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THE
GENERAL LAWS
OF
Cfje Commontoealtf) of iHasiSacijugetts;
Enacted December 22, 1920
To TAKE Effect January 1, 1921
WITH TlIK
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
COMMONWEALTH AND THE REARRANGEMENT THEREOF
AND TABLES SHOWING THE DISPOSITION OF THE
REVISED LAWS AND OF OTHER STATUTES
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Vol.. I
Chapters 1-127
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INTRODUCTION.
By Chapter 43 of the Resolves of 1916, the General Court authorized the ap-
pointment of commissioners for consolidating and arranging the general laws,
and on May 24, 1916, Henry W. Dunn of Boston, James M. Swift of Fall River,
and M. Sumner Coggan of ]\Ialden were appointed. On June 30, 1917, Henry W.
Dunn resigned, and in July of that year James A. Lowell of Newton was appointed
in his place. On December 31, 1918, James M. Swift resigned, and in January,
1919, Abraham K. Cohen of Boston was appointed in his place.
The commissioners filed three reports recommending substantive changes in
laws, which were acted on by the General Court, viz. : the preliminary report of
the commissioners, dated January 7, 1918, and printed as a public document,
also their special report and supplementary special report, printed, respectively,
as House Documents Nos. 1270 and 1720 of 1919. For legislation based on these
reports, see General Acts of 1918, Chapter 257, and General Acts of 1919, Chapters
301 and 333. The commissioners made their final report to the General Court
on June 1, 1920, submitting a consolidation of the Revised Laws and all statutes
of general application enacted since the Revised Laws, including the General Acts
of 1919.
The first part of the consolidation, relating to the administration of the State
government, was changed by the numerous recent amendments to the Consti-
tution, notably the forty-sixth, prohibiting state aid to private institutions, the
sixty-fotu-th, providing for biennial elections, and the six-ty-sixth, providing for
the consolidation of all State boards and offices, except those under the Governor
and Council, into not more than twenty departments.
The material to be consolidated was about twice as great in volume as that
consolidated in the Revised Laws, but the commissioners considerably shortened
it by eliminating unnecessary verbiage and omitting special and obsolete provisions.
No radical rearrangement was attempted, but changes from the order of previous
consolidations have been made, to cure obvious defects and make this consolidation
more logical and orderly and the laws on any subject more easy to find.
The report of the commissioners was referred to a Joint Special Committee
of the General Court of 1920. The several chapters of the Revised Laws and
[iii]
IV INTKODUCTION.
the general laws enacted since, together with the corresponding parts of the com-
missioners' report, were assigned to sub-committees, who reviewed the work of
the commissioners in detail, and reported to the Joint Special Committee. Said
committee then considered and acted upon all changes in and amendments to the
commissioners' report.
The suffrage and prohibition amendments to the Federal Constitution made
necessary numerous changes in the election laws and in the laws relating to
the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors. These changes were made by the
Joint Special Committee. The passage by the people of the act to regulate the
manufacture and sale of beer, cider and light wines made it necessary to include
its provisions also in the consolidation.
These amendments to the commissioners' report, with the addition of the
Acts of 1920, were reported by the Joint Special Conunittee to the General Court
at its special session beginning December 7, 1920. The consolidation so reported,
with some modifications, was duly enacted and approved on December 22, 1920.
This act, with the corrections authorized by Chapter 54, Resolves of 1921, is
printed in these two volumes as the General Laws of the Commonwealth. Certain
of these corrections, printed in House Document No. 1688 of 1921, have been
ratified and confirmed by the General Covu-t in Chapter 55 of the Resolves of
that year. The corrections not included in said document will be reported to
the General Court at its next session.
The tables of disposition of prior statutes, printed at the beginning of this
volimie, begin with a table showing the disposition of the Revised Laws and im-
portant later acts by subjects, which it is believed will be a convenience in finding
the law, especially pending the publication of the index. In other respects the
tables are similar to those accompanying the Revised Laws. The index, which
is to be published as a separate volume, is being prepared by William E. Dorman,
counsel to the Senate. Following the example of some other states, this index
will refer to chapters and sections instead of to pages.
References to kindred provisions in other chapters have been placed at the
end of many chapters of the General Laws. INIarginal references to earlier
statutes and to decisions are placed against each section, as in earlier consolida-
tions. The decisions cited end with the year 1920, the last case being at volume
236, page 526, of the Massachusetts Reports. Opinions of the Attorney General
are also cited, those subsequent to the published opinions being cited by year and
page of the annual report of that officer. They end with the report of 1920. The
decisions and opinions cited have been collated by George F. Tucker.
Senator Loring and Representatives Abbott and Young were appointed, by
authority of the General Court (Resolves of 1920, Chapter 86), a committee to
INTRODUCTION. V
prepare the revision of the General Laws for printing, with an introduction and
the Federal and State Constitutions.
Messrs. Abbott and Young, acting upon the advisory opinion of the Justices
of the Supreme Judicial Court, 233 Mass. 603, voted to print the Constitution of
17S0, with its amendments, as the State Constitution. Mr. Loring, being of
opinion that the Rearrangement of 1919 should be printed as the State Consti-
tution, brought the matter before the Supreme Judicial Court on a writ of
mandamus, which was argued by special assignment on April 25, 1921. A rescript
of the Court, dated August 8, 1921, decided that the Constitution of 1780, with
its various amendments, and not the Rearrangement of 1919, is the State Consti-
tution. The laws could not go to press until this question was decided. Since
then the work has gone forward as fast as conditions would permit.
The committee has decided to print the Rearrangement of the Constitution,
as provided in Article 158 thereof and in accordance with the following dictum
in the Opinion of the Justices, 233 Mass. 603, 611:
"The rearrangement of the Constitution is an important instrument. It purports to
present in unified form and in logical sequence the existing and operative provisions of the
Constitution. It possesses all the sanctions naturally flowing from the circumstances attend-
ant upon its origin, composition, adoption, approval and ratification. Doubtless its con-
venience and accessibility are its abundant justification."
In printing the State Constitution and the Rearrangement, the proofs have
been compared with the original documents, and the original wording and punc-
tuation have been followed.
The committee wishes to express its appreciation of the able report of the
commissioners, M. Sumner Coggan, Chairman, later deceased, James A. Lowell
and Abraham K. Cohen, and the assistance which they and their assistants gave
to the Joint Special Committee. Henry D. Wiggin, Jr., counsel to the House of
Representatives, who assisted the commissioners for more than three years, and
George P. Drury, who was secretary to the commissioners, have also ably and
acceptably supervised the work for the Committee on Printing.
AUGUSTUS P. LORING.
ESSEX S. ABBOTT.
BENJAMIN LORING YOUNG.
CONSTITUTION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
PREAMBLE.
Objects of the Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
Section
1. Legislative powers, in whom vested.
2. House of representatives, how and by
whom chosen. — Qualifications of a
representative. — Representatives
and direct taxes, how apportioned.
— Census. — Vacancies to be filled.
— Choosing officers. Power of im-
peachment.
3. Senators, how and by whom chosen. —
How classified. — Vacancies, how
filled. — Qualifications of a senator.
— President of the senate, his right
to vote. — ■ President pro icm. and
other officers of senate, how chosen.
— Power to try impeachments. —
When president is tried, chief justice
to preside. — Sentence.
4. Times, etc., of holding elections, how
prescribed. — One session in each
year.
5. Membership. — Quorum. — Adjourn-
ments. — • Rules. Power to punish
or expel. — • Journal. — Time of ad-
journment limited, unless, etc.
6. Compensation. — Privileges. — Dis-
qualification in certain cases.
7. House to originate all revenue bills. — ■
Veto. — Bill may be passed by two-
thirds of each house, notwithstand-
ing, etc. — ■ Bill not returned in ten
days. — Provision as to all orders,
etc., except, etc.
8. Powers of congress.
9. Provision as to migration or importa-
tion of certain persons. — Habeas
corpiis. — Bills of attainder, etc. —
Taxes, how apportioned. — No ex-
port duty. — No commercial pref-
erences. — ■ No money drawn from
treasury, unless, etc. — No titular
nobility. • — Officers not to receive
presents, unless, etc.
Section
10. States prohibited from the exercise of
certain powers.
ARTICLE II.
Section
1. President and vice-president, their
term of office. — Electors of presi-
dent and \'ice-president, number, and
how appointed. — Electors to vote
on same day. — Qualifications of
president. — On whom his duties de-
volve in case of his removal, death,
etc. — President's compensation. —
His oath.
2. President to be commander-in-chief. —
He may require opinion of, etc.,
and may pardon. — Treaty-making
power. — Nomination of certain offi-
cers. — When president may fill va-
cancies.
3. President shall communicate to con-
gress. — He may convene and ad-
journ congress, in case, etc.; shall
receive ambassadors, execute laws,
and commission officers.
4. All civil offices forfeited for certain
crimes.
ARTICLE III.
Section
1. Judicial power. — -Tenure. — Compen-
sation.
2. Judicial power, to what cases it ex-
tends. — Original jurisdiction of su-
preme court. — ■ Appellate. — Trial
by jurj', except, etc. — Trial, where.
3. Treason defined. — Proof of. — Pun-
ishment of.
ARTICLE IV.
Section
1. Credit to be given to public acts, etc.,
of every state.
2. Privileges of citizens of each state. —
Fugitives from justice to be delivered
up. — Persons held to service, having
escaped, to be delivered up.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section
3. Admission of new states. — Power of
congress over territory and other
property.
4. Republican form of government guar-
anteed. — Each state to be protected.
ARTICLE V.
Constitution, how amended. — Proviso.
ARTICLE VI.
Certain debts, etc., adopted. — Supremacy
of constitution, treaties and laws of
the United States. — Oath to sup-
port constitution, by whom taken. —
No religious test.
ARTICLE VII.
What ratification shall establish constitu-
tion.
AMENDMENTS.
Article
1. Religious establishment prohibited. —
Freedom of speech, of the press, and
right to petition.
2. Right to keep and bear arms.
3. No soldier to be quartered in any house,
unless, etc.
4. Right of search and seizure regulated.
5. Provisions concerning prosecutions,
trials and punishments. — Private
Article
property not to be taken for public
use, without, etc.
6. Further provisions respecting criminal
prosecutions.
7. Right of trial by jury secured.
S. Bail, fines and punishments.
0. Rule of construction.
10. Same subject.
11. Same subject.
12. Manner of choosing president and vice-
president.
13. Slavery abolished. — Appropriate legis-
lation.
14. Citizenship defined. — Apportionment
of representatives. — Certain persons
in rebellion excluded from office. —
Debts of United States; of states
incurred in aid of rebellion. — Appro-
priate legislation.
15. Right to vote not to be abridged on
account of race, etc. — Appropriate
legislation.
16. Taxation of incomes.
17. Senators, how and by whom chosen,
— Election to fill vacancies. —
Temporary appointments. — Amend-
ment not retroactive.
18. Intoxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses prohibited. — Appropriate leg-
islation. — ■ Time for ratification.
19. Right to vote not to be abridged on
account of sex. — Appropriate legis-
lation.
WE the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect
union, estabUsh justice, insure domestic tranquilhty, provide for the
common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.
Legislative
powers, in
House of rep-
resentatives,
how and by
whom chosen.
Qualifications
of a represent-
ative.
Representa-
tives and
direct taxes,
how appor-
tionea.
See amend-
ments XIV,
XVI.
.\IITICLE I.
Sect. 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a
congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and house
of representatives.
Sect. 2. The house of representatives shall be composed of members
chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the
electors in each state shall have the cjualifications requisite for electors
of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.
No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the
age of twenty-five j'ears, and been seven years a citizen of the United
States, and who shall hot, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state
in which he shall be chosen.
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the
several states which may be included within this Union, according to
their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the
whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a
term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other
persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after
CONSTITUTION OF THE irXITED STATES. is
the first meeting of the congress of the United States, and within every
subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct.
The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty
thousand, but each state shall have at least one representative; and un-
til such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire shall be
entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Provi-
dence Plantations one, Connecticut five. New York six, New Jersey four,
Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten. North
Carolina five. South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the ^-acan<•ie3 to
executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such ''^'•"^"i-
vacancies.
The house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other Choosing offi-
officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. fmpearhment°^
Sect. 3. [The senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senatoi-s, how
senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; chosen."''""
and each senator shall have one vote.]
Amendment XVII a substitute for this paragraph.
Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first How classified.
election, they shall be di\ided as equally as may be into three classes.
The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expira-
tion of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth
year, and of the third class at the ex-piration of the sixth year, so that
one-third may be chosen every second year; [and if vacancies happen by vacancies, how
resignation, or other,\-ise, during the recess of the legislature of any state. Amendment
the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the nex-t 3^|\"g''fo"'thi3
meeting of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.] provision.
No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of Qualifications
thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who
shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall
be chosen.
The \-ice-president of the United States shall be president of the senate, President of
but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. rlghtTo'vo'te'^
The senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro President pro
tempore, in the absence of the \'ice-president, or when he shall exercise office^rs of°sen-
the office of president of the United States. chosen"'
The senate shall have the sole power to try all impeaclmients. When Power to try
sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the '™p<=*'='^«''ts-
president of the United States is tried, the chief justice shall preside: whenpresi-
and no person shall be convicted \\'ithout the concurrence of two-thirds chfe'f justlce'to
of the members present. preside.
Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex-tend further than to Sentence.
removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of
honor, trust or profit under the United States : but the party convncted
shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment
and punishment, according to law.
Sect. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Times, etc.. of
senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the tions'.^how^re-
legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or ^°"''^''-
alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
The congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such One session in
meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by "^^ ^'''^^'
law appoint a different day.
CONSTITUTION OF THE ^^^TED STATES.
Quorum.
Adjournments.
Rules. Power
to punish or
espel.
Time of ad-
journment
limited, unless,
House to origi-
nate all rev-
enue bills.
126 Mass. 557,
191 Mass. 370.
Bill may be
passed by two-
thirds of each
227 Mass. 538.
Bill not re-
turned in ten
days.
Provision as to
all orders, etc.,
except, etc.
Sect. 5. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and
qualifications of its o%vn members, and a majority of each shall con-
stitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from
day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent
members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may
provide.
Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its
members for disorderly beha\-ior, and, •with the concurrence of two-
thirds, expel a member.
Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to
time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment
require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house
on any question shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be
entered on the journal.
Neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the con-
sent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other
place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting.
Sect. 6. The senators and representatives shall receive a compensa-
tion for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the
treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason,
felony and breach of the peace, be pri\-ileged from arrest during their
attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to
and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either
house, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was
elected, be appointed to any ci\-il office under the authority of the United
States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall
have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office
under the United States, shall be a member of either house during his
continuance in office.
Sect. 7. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of
representatives; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments
as on other bills.
Every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives and
the senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the president of
the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall re-
turn it, with his objections to that house in which it shall have originated,
who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to
reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two-thirds of that house
shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections,
to the other house, by which it shall like-n-ise be reconsidered, and if ap-
proved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But in all
such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be en-
tered on the joiu-nal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be
returned by the president ■u'ithin ten days (Sundays excepted) after it
shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner
as if he had signed it, unless the congress by their adjournment prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the senate
and house of representatives may be necessary (except on a question of
adjournment) shall be presented to the president of the United States;
and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being
CONSTITUTION OF THE XTXITED STATES. xi
disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the senate and
house of representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed
in the case of a bill.
Sect. 8. The congress shall have po^ve^ — to lay and collect taxes. Powers of
duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and pro-vide for the common 4°G?a?,^559.
defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, im- JoMlen'Mo
posts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; — to loi Mass. 303.
1 _,! 1-, i> ,1 TT ■ 1 r^ 1 106 Mass. 356.
borrow money on the credit or the United States; — to regulate com- 129 Mass. sso.
merce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 143 i.illi. 2'm.
Indian tribes; — to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and i56mS;236!
uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United }62MaS'ii3
States; — to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, }^ ^J|^^- p?-
and fix the standard of weights and measures; — to provide for the pun- i^i Mass- 545.
ishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United 201 Mass! seJi
States; — to establish post offices and post roads; — -to promote the 34i,'4oT' ^"'
progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to au- "^^^^ss. 101,
thors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective WTitings and HI m^' sal-
discoveries; — to constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court; — 5I|-,, „„,'
,„ , ... . ii<i. • 111., 236 Mass. 281.
to denne and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, 1?? [{■ s. 240.
and offences against the law of nations; — ■ to declare war, grant letters 231 u'. s. 68. '
of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and 267!''
water; — • to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to (Igio)' i63.
that use shall be for a longer term than two years; — to proxade and
maintain a na\y ; ■ — to make rules for the government and regulation of
the land and naval forces; — to provide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws of the Union, suppress insm-rections, and repel inva-
sions;—to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia,
and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service
of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment
of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the
discipline prescribed by congress; — to exercise exclusive legislation in
all cases whatsoever, o\'er such district (not exceeding ten miles square)
as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress,
become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise
like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature
of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines,
arsenals, dock yards, and other needful buildings; — and to make all
laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution
the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution
in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer
thereof.
Sect. 9. The migration or importation of such persons, as any of Provision as to
the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited importation of
by the congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, sons.'" ^"'
but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding
ten dollars for each person.
The pri\ilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended. Habeas corp^.
unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may
require it.
No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. teiider Wo
No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion Taxes, how
to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken. seeamenlment
3 Op. A. G. 267. XVI.
CONSTITUTIOISr OF THE UNITED STATES.
No commercia
preferences.
No money
drawn from
treasury ,
No titular
nobility.
Officers not to
receive pres-
ents, unless,
etc.
States pro-
hibited from
the exercise
of certain
powers.
7 Cush. 53.
12 Allen, 421,
424, 428.
103 Mass. 267.
115 Mass. 153.
151 Mass. 364.
160 Mass. 62.
172 Mass. 264.
173 Mass. 322.
176 Mass. 9.
178 Mass. 330.
180 Mass. 67.
181 Mass. 111.
182 Mass. 41,
49, 80.
184 Mass. 320.
188 Mass. 521.
189 Mass. 70,
263.
190 Mass. 605.
197 Mass. 443.
226 Mass. 618.
227 Mass. 331.
231 Mass. 113.
No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.
235 Mass. 572.
No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue
to the ports of one state over those of another; nor shall vessels bound
to, or from, one state, be obliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of
appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the
receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from
time to time.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no
person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the
consent of the congress, accept of any present, emolument, office or
title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Sect. 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or con-
federation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit
bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in
payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or
law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.
No state shall, without the consent of the congress, lay any imposts
or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely nec-
essary for executing its inspection laws: and the net produce of all
duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be
for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws
shall be subject to the revision and control of the congress. No state
shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep
troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or
compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in
war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not
admit of delay. 232 Mass. 329. 235 Mass. 572. 221 U. S. 060.
246 U. S. 135. 147.
2 Op. A. G. 125, 195, 261,
354, 426.
4 Op. A. G. 33, 272, 278,
282, 407, 529.
Op. A. G. (1919) 32.
Op. A. G. (1920) 120.
President and
vice-president,
their term of
office.
Electors of
president and
vice-president,
number, and
how appointed.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 201.
Amendment
XII a substi-
tute for this
ARTICLE II.
Sect. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a President of
the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the
term of four years, and, together \\ith the vice-president, chosen for
the same term, be elected, as follows: ■ —
Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof
may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators
and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress;
but no senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust
or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.
[The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot
for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the
same state with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the
persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they
shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the govern-
ment of the United States, directed to the president of the senate.
The president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and
house of representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall
then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes
shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole num-
ber of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. xiil
such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the house
of ^ep^esentati^'es shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for
president; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest
on the list the said house shall in like manner choose the president.
But in choosing the president, the votes shall be taken by states, the
representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this
purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-tliirds of the
states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.
In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the
greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president.
But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the
senate shall choose from them by ballot the \ice-president.]
The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and Electors to
the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the day!™^^"^
same throughout the United States.
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United Quaiificationa
States, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible
to the office of president; neither shall any person be eligible to that
office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and
been fourteen years a resident witliin the United States.
In case of the removal of the president from office, or of his death, On whom his
resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the fQ^'aseliThir
said office, the same shall devolve on the vice-president, and the con- deTth^^itc.
gress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation,
or inability, both of the president and \'ice-president, declaring what
officer shall then act as president, and such officer shall act accordingly,
until the disability be removed, or a president shall be elected.
The president shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a com- President's
pensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during "=°™p^°^"°"'-
the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive
within that period any other emolument from the United States, or
any of them.
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the follow-
ing oath or affirmation : —
" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I wll faithfully execute the His oath.
office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States."
Sect. 2. The president shall be commander-in-chief of the army President to
and na\y of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, hT-c'iST*''''""
when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require Julre'tpinTon
the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive °^- <=*"=• 5"^
J ■, . ^ , .^ 1 1 • I. , • . ™^>' PMdon.
departments, upon any subject relatmg to the duties of their respective
offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for
offences against the United States, except in cases of impeaclmient.
He shall have power, by and Mith the advice and consent of the Treaty-making
senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present igriiass. 276.
concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and con- Nomination of
sent of the senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers '""'''^"' °®"=^''^-
and consuls, judges of the supreme court, and all other officers of the
United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided
for, and which shall be established by law: but the congress may
by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think
proper, in the president alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads
of departments.
CON8TITUTION OF THE I^ITED STATES.
When presi-
dent may fill
vacancies.
President shall
communicate
to congress.
He may con-
vene and ad-
journ congress,
in case, etc.
Shall receive
ambassadors,
execute laws,
and commis-
sion officers.
All civil offices
forfeited for
certain crimes.
The president shall haA'e po^-er to fill up all vacancies that may
happen rliirine: the recess of the senate, by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their next session.
Sect. 3. He shall from time to time give to the congress information
of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraor-
dinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them, and in case
of disagreement between them, "with respect to the time of adjourn-
ment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper;
he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take
care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the
officers of the United States.
Sect. 4. The president, ^-ice-president, and all civil officers of the
United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and
conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Judicial
power.
Judicial
power, to what
cases it ex-
tends.
130 Mass. 431.
152 Mass. 230.
231 Mass. 313.
235 Mass. 538.
139 U. S. 240.
Original juris-
diction of
supreme court.
Appellate.
Trial by jury,
except, etc.
Trial, where.
ARTICLE III.
Sect. 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in
one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the congress may
from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme
and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and
shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which
shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
Sect. 2. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and
equity, arising under this constitution, the laws of the United States,
and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; —
to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls;
• — to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; — to contro-
versies to which the United States shall be a party; — to controversies
between two or more states; — between a state and citizens of another
state; ^ — between citizens of different states; — between citizens of
the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and
between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or
subjects.
In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls,
and those in which a state shall be a party, the supreme court shall
have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned,
the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law
and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the
congress shall make.
The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by
jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes
shall have been committed; but when not committed within any
state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by
law have directed.
Sect. 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in
le\'^dng war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them
aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the
testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in
open court.
The congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason,
but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture
except during the life of the person attainted.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. XV
ARTICLE IV.
Sect. 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the Credit to he
public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And a'ctret°c.!"''''^°
the congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such 99jS.^267^'
acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof. \\^ ^Im- J^°-
122 Mass. 156. 1S9 Mass. 85. 209 Mass. 282.
126 Mass. 26. 191 Mass. 128. 231 Mass. 113.
142 Mass. 47. 192 Mass. 137. 232 Mass. 224.
149 Mass. 223. 203 Mass. 159. 133 U. S. 107.
Sect. 2. The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privi- ^tirenf o^f°^
leges and immunities of citizens in the several states. each state.
3 Gray. 268. 157 Mass. 367. 188 Mass. 239.
11 Allen, 268. 173 Mass. 322. 236 Mass. 185.
152 Mass. 230. 174 Masa. 29. 4 Op. A. G. 240.
A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime. Fugitives from
who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on i"!'vMe*dup.
demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, JslMSua:
be delivered up to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the ^^^ '^'^^^ *^^-
crime.
No person held to ser\'ice or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, f 6"°°? ""ey
. . 1 1 11 • . I *** service, hav-
escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation jf^j^'i'^'^P''')! '°
therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be deliv- up.
ered up on claim of the party to whom such ser\ice or labor may be
due.
Sect. 3. New states may be admitted by the congress into this Admission ot
Union; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the juris- °«^"'='"es.
diction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction
of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the
legislatures of the states concerned as well as of the congress.
The congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful ^"els^over'^ter-
rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property be- ritoryand
longing to the United States ; and nothing in this constitution shall be ° " ^""^^^ ^'
so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of
any particular state.
Sect. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Republican
Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of erame°nt^guar-
them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the EaclTitate to
executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic ^^ protected.
violence.
ARTICLE V.
The congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it Constitution^
necessary, shall propose amendments to this constitution, or, on the °''*™™
application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall
call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case,
shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this constitution,
when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states,
or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other
mode of ratification may be proposed by congress; provided that no Proviso,
amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight
hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses
in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its
consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the senate.
CONSTITLTION OF THE ITSTITED STATES.
Certain debts,
etc., adopted.
Supremacy of
constitution,
treaties and
laws of the
United States.
191 Mass. 276.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 44.
Oath to sup-
port constitu-
tion, by whom
taken.
Op. A. G.
(1917) 87.
ARTICLE VI.
All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adop-
tion of this constitution, shall be as valid against the United States
under this constitution, as under the confederation.
This constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be
made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be
made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme
law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby,
any thing in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The senators and representatives before mentioned, and the mem-
bers of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial
officers, both of the United States and of the se\'eral states, shall be
bound by oath or affirmation, to support this constitution; but no
religious test shall ever be required as a quaHfication to any office or
public trust under the United States.
What ratifica-
tion shall
establish con-
stitution.
ARTICLE VII.
The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient
for the establishment of this constitution between the states so rati-
fying the same.
.ARTICLES
Religious es-
tablishment
prohibited.
Freedom of
speech, of the
press, and
right to peti-
tion.
No soldier to
be quartered
in any hoiise,
unless, etc.
Right of search
and seizure
regulated.
209 Mass. 396.
Provisions con-
cerning prose-
cutions, trials
and punish-
ments.
12 Pick. 496.
8 Gray, 329.
1 Allen, 150.
13 Allen, 354.
IN .ADDITION TO AND AMENDMENT OF
The constitution of the United States of Avierica, proposed by congress,
and ratified by the legislatures of the several states, pursuant to the fifth
article of the original constitution.
Art. I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
196 Mass. 220.
Art. II. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security
of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not
be infringed.
Art. III. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any
house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a
manner to be prescribed by law.
Art. IV. The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable
cause, supported by oath or affinnation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Art. V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or other-
wise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand
jury, except in cases arising in the land or na^'al forces, or in the militia,
when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any
person be subject for the same offence to be t\\ice put in jeopardy of
CONSTITUTION' OF THE UNITED STATES. XVU
life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness los Mass. i89.
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without 207 Mass' 240'
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public IggMag^ jjg
use, without just compensation. iso u. s. 311. 4 Op. a. g. 139.
Private property not to be taken for public use, without, etc. 194 Mass. 80.
Art. VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the Further provi-
right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and ing"crimmai'"
district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district ?;;2''f'i"''°°/-
, 'Til in-f. ir» Mass. 5.
shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of ip Mass- 322.
the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the "
witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining
witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
defence.
Art. VII. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy Right of trial
shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, spired.
and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court fg^J '^Jfass*|'23
of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law-. 207 Mass. eos.
TTTTT -n • T *l T II 1 * 1 • n ^^° MaSS. 63.
Art. Vlli. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fanes Ban. fines and
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punislunents inflicted. 5'Gray?482^'
173 Mass. 322. ISO U. S. 311.
Art. IX. The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights. Rule of con-
shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the ="'""="°°-
people.
Art. X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the same subject,
constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the
states respectively, or to the people.
Art. XL The judicial power of the United States shall not be same subject,
construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or pros-
ecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state,
or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
Art. XII. The electors shall meet in their respective states, and Manner ot _
.,,,,„ ., ,. ., i?i \ choosmg presi-
vote by ballot tor president and Mce-president, one ot whom, at least, dent and vice-
shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they
shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as vice-president , and they shall
make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president, and of all per-
sons voted for as vice-president, and of the number of v'otes for each,
which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat
of the government of the United States, directed to the president of
the senate; — the president of the senate shall, in presence of the
senate and house of representatives, open all the certificates and the
votes shall then be counted ; — the person having the greatest number
of votes for president, shall be the president, if such number be a
majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person
have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers
not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as president, the
house of representati\es shall choose immediately, by ballot, the pres-
ident. But in choosing the president, the votes shall be taken by
states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum
for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds
of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a
choice. And if the house of representatives shall not choose a pres-
ident whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Who are citi-
zens of United
States.
Privileges of
citizens not to
be abridged.
144 Mass. 10.
147 Mass. 636.
156 Mass. 57.
158 Mass. 509,
the fourth day of INIarch next following, then the vice-president shall
act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional
disability of the president.
The person ha^•ing the greatest number of votes as vice-president,
shall be the vice-president, if such number be a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then
from the two highest numbers on the list, the senate shall choose the
vice-president; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds
of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number
shall be necessary to a choice.
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president
shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.
Art. XIII. Sect. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary ser\itude, ex-
cept as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to
their jurisdiction.
Sect. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by ap-
propriate legislation.
Art. XIV. Sect. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or en-
force any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens
of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, lib-
erty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Apportion-
ment of repre-
sentatives.
159 Mass. 413.
169 Mass. 387.
175 Mass. 71, 369.
179 Mass. 131.
183 Mass. 242.
187 Mass. 436.
188 Mass. 363.
191 Mass. 545.
195 Mass. 262.
197 Mass. 178, 279.
200 Mass. 482.
201 Mass. 23.
203 Mass. 556.
204 Mass. 138.
207 Mass. 259,601,606.
208 Mass, 607.
209 Mass. 607.
226 Mass. 613.
228 Mass. 63. 101, 117.
229 Mass. 494.
230 Mass. 131,370,503.
231 Mass. 99.
232 Mass. 19, 28, 88, 309.
236 Mass. 185.
169 U. S. 649.
177 U. S. 155.
197 U. S. 11.
221 U. S. 660.
231 U. S. 68.
246 U. S. 135, 147.
2 Op. A. G. 354, 442, 497.
3 Op. A. G. 276.
4 Op. A. G. 138, 282, 386,
422, 557.
Op. A. G. <1917) 51, 52,
74, 77.
Op. A. G. (1920) 74.
Sect. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several
states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number
of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the
right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and
vice-president of the United States, representatives in congress, the
executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature
thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being
twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any
way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the
basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which
the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male
citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Sect. 3. No person shall be a senator, or representative in congress,
or elector of president and vice-president, or hold any office, civil or
military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having pre-
viously taken an oath, as a member of congress, or as an officer of the
United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive
or judicial officer of any state, to support the constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But congress may, by a
vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.
CONSTITUTIOX OF THE UNITED STATES. XIX
Sect. 4. The validity of the pubhc debt of the United States, au- Debt of united
thorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and be^uesl^on^.
bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be
questioned.
But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any Debts incurred
debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the ii'on'to°be"o!d,
United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but ^"''
all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Sect. 5. The congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate Appropriate
legislation, the provisions of this article. "'^"' "'°°'
Art. XV. Sect. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to Right to vote
vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any abridged on
state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. et™""' °^ '^'"^^'
159 Mass. 413. 236 Mass. 2S1.
Sect. 2. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by ap- Appropriate
. , • 1 J.- legislation.
propriate legislation.
Art. XVI. The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes Taxation of
on incomes, from whatever source derived, \\ithout apportionment among 3°op. a.' g.
the several states, and without regard to anv census or enumeration. " '
Art. XVII. The senate of the United States shall be composed of f^^brwhom
two senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six '='>o^«"-
years; and each senator shall have one vote. The electors in each
state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most
nmnerous branch of the state legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the sen- Election to en
ate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to
fill such vacancies: proNided, that the legislature of any state may em-
power the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the Temporary
people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. appom men s.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or Amendment
term of any senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the con- ^° '" '"^"^ '^^
stitution.
Art. XVIII. Sect. 1. After one year from the ratification of this intoxicatine
article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors beverage pur-
within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from £^65.''*^
the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof 443/^'*^^ ^*''
for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Op. a. g. (1920) 104.
Sect. 2. The congress and several states shall have concurrent Appropriate
. 1 • • 1 1 • 1 • 1 • legislation.
power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 236 Mass. 2si.
Sect. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been Time for
ratified as an amendment to the constitution by the legislatures of the
several states, as pro\-ided in the constitution, within seven years from
the date of the submission hereof to the states by the congress.
Art. XIX. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall ^.jfto bV°'^
not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on acci"JS'o°"ei.
account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article bv appropriate Appropriate
, . , f. ^ ^ ^f f legislation.
legislation.
[Note. The constitution was adopted September 17, 1787, by the unanimous consent
of the states present in the convention appointed in pursuance of the resolution of the
congress of the confederation of February 21, 17S7, and was ratified by the conventions
of the several states, as follows, viz.: By convention of Delaware, December 7, 1787;
Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; Netu Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2,
1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
28, 178S; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia.
June 26, 1788; New York, July 26, 1788; North Carolina, November 21, 1789; Rhode
Island, May 29, 1790.
The first ten of the amendments were proposed at the first session of the first con-
gress of the United States, September 25, 1789, and were finally ratified by the consti-
tutional number of states on December 15, 1791. The eleventh amendment was proposed
at the first session of the third congress, March 5, 1794, and was declared in a message
from the President of the United States to both houses of congress, dated January 8,
1798, to have been adopted by the constitutional number of states. The twelfth
amendment was proposed at the first session of the eighth congress, December 12, 180.3,
and was adopted by the constitutional number of states in 1804, according to a public
notice thereof by the secretary of state, dated September 25 of the same year.
The thirteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states by
the thirty-eighth congress on February 1, 1865, and was declared, in a proclamation
of the secretary of state, dated December 18, 1865, to have been ratified by the legis-
latures of three-fourths of the states.
The fourteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states
by the thirty-ninth congress, on June 16, 1866.
On July 20, 1868, the secretary of state of the United States issued his certificate,
setting out that it appeared by official documents on file in the department of state that
said amendment had been ratified by the legislatures of the states of Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois, West Vir-
ginia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Neiiraska and Iowa, and by newly established
bodies avowing themselves to be and acting as the legislatures of the states of Arkansas,
Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, South Carolina and Alahayna; that the legislatures
of Ohio and New Jersey had since passed resolutions withdrawing the consent of those
states to said amendment; that the whole number of states in the United States was
thirty-seven, that the twenty-three states first above named and the six states next
above named together, constituted three-fourths of the whole numljer of states, and
certifying that if the resolutions of Ohio and New Jersey, ratifying said amendment were
stiU in force, notwithstanding their subsequent resolutions, then said amendment had
been ratified and so become valid as part of the constitution.
On July 21, 1868, congress passed a resolution reciting that the amendment had been
ratified by Connecticut, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, Kansas,
Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Maine, Iowa,
Arkansas, Florida, North Carolirm, Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, being three-
fourths of the several states of the Union, and declaring said fourteenth article to be
a part of the constitution of the United States and making It the duty of the secretary
of state to duly promulgate it as such.
On July 28, 1868, the secretary of state issued his certificate, reciting the above reso-
lution, and stating that official notice had been received at the department of state that
action had been taken by the legislatures of the states in relation to said amendments,
as follows: "It was ratified in A.D. 1866, by Connecticut, June 30; Neio Hampshire,
July 7; Tennessee, July 19; Oregon, September 19; Vermont, November 9. In A.D.
1867, by A'^eu) yorfc, January 10; /Uinot's, January 15; TTesi Virpimo, January 16; Kansas,
January 18; Maine, January 19; Nevada, January 22; Missouri, January 26; Indiana,
January 29; Minnesota, February 1; Rhode Island, February 7; Wisconsin, Febru-
ary 13; Pennsylvania, February 13; Michigan, February 15; Massachusetts, March 20;
Nebraska, June 15. In A.D. 1868, by Iowa, April 3; Arkansas, April 6; Florida, June 9;
Louisiana, July 9; and Alabama, July 13.
"It was first ratified and the ratification subsequently withdrawn by New Jersey,
ratified September 11, 1866, withdrawn April, 1868; Ohio, ratified January 11, 1867,
and withdrawn January, 1868.
"It was first rejected and then ratified by Georgia, rejected November 13, 1866, ratified
July 21, 1868; North Carolina, rejected December 4, 1866, ratified July 4, 1868; South
Carolina, rejected December 20, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868.
"It was rejected by Texas, November 1, 1866; Virginia, January 9, 1867; Kentucky,
January 10, 1867; Delaware, February 7, 1867; and Maryland, March 23, 1867."
And on said July 28, 1868, and in execution of the act proposing the amendment and
of the concurrent resolution of congress above mentioned and in pursuance thereof,
the secretary of state directed that said amendment to the constitution be published
in the newspapers authorized to promulgate the laws of the United States, and certified
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
that it had been adopted in the manner above specified by the states named in said
resolution, and that it "has become valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the
constitution of the United States."
Subsequently it was ratified by Virginia, October 8, 1869, by Georgia, again February
2, 1870, and by Texas, February 18, 1870.
The fifteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states by
the fortieth congress on February 27, 1869, and was declared, in a proclamation of the
secretary of state, dated March 30, 1870, to have been ratified by the constitutional
number of states and to have "become valid to all intents and purposes as part of the
constitution of the United States."
The sixteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states by
the sixty-first congress, at its first session, in 1909. On February 25, 1913, the secretary
of state made proclamation to the effect that, from official documents on file in the
department, it appeared that the amendment had been ratified by the legislatures of
the states of Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, Illinois, M ississippi, Oklahotna, Mary-
land, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, Indiana,
Nevada, North Carolina, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, North Dakota, Michigan, Iowa,
Missouri, Maine, Tennessee, Arkansas, Wisconsin, New York, South Dakota, Arizona,
Minnesota, Louisiana, Delaware and Wyominu, in all thirty-six; and, further, that the
states whose legislatures had so ratified the said proposed amendment constituted three-
fourths of the whole number of states in the United States; and, further, that it appeared
from official documents on file in the department that the legislatures of New Jersey and
New Mexico had passed resolutions ratifying the said proposed amendment. He further
certified that the amendment had "become valid to all intents and purposes as a part
of the constitution of the United States."
The seventeenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states
by the sixty-second congress, at its second session, in 1912. On May 31, 1913, the sec-
retary of state made proclamation to the effect that, from official documents on file in
the department, it appeared that the amendment had been ratified by the legislatures
of the states of Massachusetts, Arizona, Minnesota, New York, Kansas, Oregon, North
Carolina, California, Michigan, Idaho, West Virginia, Nebraska, Iowa, Montana, Texas,
Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, Illinois, North Dakota, Nevada, Vermont, Maine, New
Hampshire, Oklahoma, Ohio, South Dakota, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, New Jersey,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; and, further, that the
states whose legislatures had so ratified the said proposed amendment constituted three-
fourths of the whole number of states in the United States. He further certified that
the amendment had "become valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the consti-
tution of the United States."
The eighteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states
by the sixty-fifth congress, at its second session, in 1917. On January 29, 1919, the
acting secretary of state made proclamation to the effect that, from official documents
on file in the department, it appeared that the amendment had been ratified by the
legislatures of the states of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Soiith Carolina, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming; and, further, that
the states whose legislatures had so ratified the said proposed amendment constituted
three-fourths of the whole number of states in the United States. He further certified
that the amendment had "become valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the
constitution of the United States."
The nineteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several states
by the sixty-sixth congress, at its first session, in 1919. On August 26, 1920, the secretary
of state made proclamation that, from official documents on file in the department, it
appeared that the amendment had been ratified by the legislatures of the states of
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken-
tucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, A'ebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming; and, further, that the states whose legislatures had
so ratified the said proposed amendment constituted three-fourths of the whole number of
states in the United f5tates. He further certified that the amendment had " become valid
to all intents and purposes as a part of the constitution of the United States."]
THE REARRANGEMENT
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Adopted by the Constitutional Contention of 1917, and ratified by
THE PEOPLE November 4, 1919. This instrument has been construed
BY THE Supreme Judicial Court not to be the Constitution of the
Commonwealth. It is printed here with al^rginal references to cor-
responding articles of the Constitution of the Comjuon^'ealth and
its amendments, which control in case of difference. See Opinion
of the Justices, 233 Mass. 603, and Loring v. Young, decided August 8,
1921.
PREAMBLE.
Objects of government. — Body politic,
how formed. — ■ Its nature, establishment
and title.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
Article
1. Equality and natural rights of all
men.
2. Right and duty of public religious
worship. — Protection therein.
3. Sect. 1. Religious freedom estab-
lished.
Sect. 2. No law to prohibit free ex-
ercise of religion. — Public money
not to be expended to aid institu-
tions not wholly under public
ownership and control, etc. — Ex-
ceptions. — Care and support in
private hospitals, etc., of persons
who are public charges. — Inmates
of certain public institutions not
to be deprived of religious exer-
cises of their own faith, nor com-
pelled to attend religious ser\'ices,
etc.
4. Right of self-government secured.
5. Accountability of all officers, etc.
6. Services rendered to the public being
the only title to peculiar privileges,
hereditary offices are absurd and un-
natural.
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7. Objects of government; right of people
to institute and change it.
8. Right of people to secure rotation in
office.
9. All having the qualifications pre-
scribed equally eligible to office.
10. Right of protection and duty of con-
tribution correlative. — Taxation
founded on consent. — Private
property not to be taken for public
uses without, etc.
11. Remedies, by recourse to the law, to
be free, complete and prompt.
12. Prosecutions regulated. • — Right to
trial by jury in criminal cases, ex-
cept, etc. — Benefit of habeas corpus
secured, except, etc.
13. Crimes to be proved in the vicinity.
14. Right of search and seizure regulated.
15. Right of trial by jury sacred, except,
etc.
16. Liberty of the press.
17. Right to keep and bear arms. —
Standing armies dangerous. —
MUitary power subordinate to civil.
18. Moral qualifications for office. —
Moral obligations of lawgivers and
19. Right of people to instruct representa-
tives and petition legislature.
20. Power to suspend the laws or their
execution.
[ x.\iii ]
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Article
21. Freedom of debate, etc., and reason
therefor.
22. Frequent sessions, and objects thereof.
23. No tax ■(vithout consent.
24. Ex post facto laws prohibited.
25. Legislature not to con\'ict of treason,
etc.
26. Excessive bail or fines, and cruel pun-
ishments, prohibited.
27. No soldier to be quartered in any
house, unless, etc.
28. Citizens exempt from law-n^artial, un-
less, etc.
29. Judges of supreme judicial court. —
Tenure of office. — .Salaries.
30. Separation of legislative, executive and
judicial departments.
THE FRAME OF GO\"ERNMENT.
SUFFRAGE. ELECTIONS. TERMS
OF OFFICE.
Article
31. Qualifications of voters for governor,
lieutenant-governor, senators and
representatives.
32. Reading constitution in English and
writing, necessary qualifications of
voters. — Proviso.
33. Voter who served in army or navy,
etc., not disqualified by receiving
municipal aid or non-payment of
poll tax.
34. Voter not disqualified by change of
residence until six months from
time of removal.
35. General court may provide for absent
voting.
36. Plurality of votes shall elect by the
people.
37. Voting machines. — Compulsory vot-
ing. — Proviso.
3.S. Voting precincts in towns. — Election
laws.
39. Biennial election of state officers,
councillors, senators and representa-
tives.
40. Elections to be held by the two houses
of the legislature, completion of.
— Order of filling vacancies in cer-
tain offices.
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
THE GENERAL COURT.
Article
41. Legislative department. — Com-
mencement and termination of
political year. — General court to
assemble annually, etc. ■ — Quorum.
— Recess. — Enacting style.
42. Members of general court not to be
appointed to certain offices, nor re-
ceive compensation on recess com-
mittees, except, etc.
Article
43. Governor's veto. — Bill or resolve
may be passed by two-thirds of each
house, notwithstanding. — Return
by governor to general court for
amendment, etc. — Bill or resolve
to have force of a law if not re-
turned within five days, unless
general court adjourns in the mean-
time.
THE SENATE.
Article
44. Census of inhabitants, when taken,
etc. — Special enumeration of legal
voters, etc.; to determine appor-
tionment of senators.
45. Senate, numl^er of members, districts,
etc. ■ — Qualifications of senators.
46. Manner and time of choosing senators.
— Persons qualified to vote. —
Word "inhabitant" defined. — Re-
ceiving, counting and return of
votes.
47. Governor and council to examine and
count votes, and issue summonses.
48. Senate to be final judge of elections,
etc., of its own members. — ■ Vacan-
cies, how filled.
49. Senate to choose its officers and estab-
lish its rules.
50. Not to adjourn for more than two
days.
51. Shall try all impeachments. — Oath.
— Limitation of sentence.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Article
52. Representation of the people.
53. Enumeration to determine apportion-
ment of representatives. — ■ House
to consist of 240 members. — Legis-
lature to apportion to counties, etc.
— Secretary to certify to officers
authorized to diWde counties. —
Time of meeting for di%'ision. —
Proceedings. — Qualifications of rep-
resentatives. — Districts to be num-
bered, described and certified.
54. Representatives, how chosen. —
Towns liable to fine for failure to
choose.
55. Time of election of representatives.
56. House alone can impeach. — Senate
to try impeachments.
57. House to originate money bills.
58. Not to adjourn more than two days.
59. To judge of returns, etc., of its own
members, choose its officers and
establish its rules, etc. — May
punish for certain offences. — Privi-
leges of members.
60. Senate, governor and council may pun-
ish. — General limitation. — Trial
may be by committee, or otherwise.
KEARR.VNGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
Article
61. General court may constitute judica-
tories, courts of record, etc. ■ —
Courts, etc., may administer oaths.
62. Legislature to prescribe for election of
sheriffs, registers of probate, etc.
63. General court may enact laws, etc.,
not repugnant to the constitution.
— May provide for the election or
appointment of officers, and pre-
scribe their duties. — May impose
taxes, etc. — Valuation of estates
once in ten years at least, etc.
64. Powers of general court relative to im-
posing and levying a tax on income.
— Exemptions, etc.
65. General court may charter cities. —
Provisos. ,
66. General court may provide for taking
of land, etc., to relieve congestion of
population and provide homes. —
ProWso.
67. Conservation, etc., of natural re-
sources of the commonwealth.
68. Taxation of wild or forest lands.
69. General court to determine manner
of distribution of food, etc., during
time of war, etc., by the common-
wealth, cities and towns.
70. Powers of general court in providing
for the taking of land, etc., for
widening or relocating highways,
etc.
71. Building zones in cities and towns.
72. Regulation of advertising on public
ways, etc.
73. Taking ancient landmarks, etc.
74. Organization of not more than twenty
departments to perform the execu-
tive and administrative work of the
commonwealth, except, etc.
75. Every charter, etc., subject to revoca-
tion, etc.
THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Definition.
Article
76. Initiative and referendum, definition.
The Initiative.
Initiative Petitions.
77. Contents of initiative petition.
78. Excluded matters. — Duty of general
court to carry out law approved by
the people.
79. Mode of originating petition, etc.
80. Transmission of proposed measure to
general court.
Legislative Action. General Provisions.
81. Reference to committee.
82. Legislative substitutes for initiative
measures.
Legislative Action on Proposed Constitutional
Ainendinents.
Article
83. Definition.
84. Joint session to consider amendment
to the constitution.
85. Amendment of proposed amendments.
86. Final legislative action.
87. Submission to the people, and adop-
tion.
Legislative Action on Proposed Laws.
88. Legislative procedure. — When meas-
ure becomes law and takes effect.
89. Amendment by petitioners.
Conflicting and Alternative Measures.
90. Conflicting and alternative measures,
which shall govern when approved
by the people, etc.
91. Constitutional amendment to govern
law, etc.
92. General court may provide for group-
ing, etc., upon the ballot. —
Proviso. — Only measure receiving
largest affirmative vote to be
deemed approved.
The Referendum.
When Statutes shall take Effect.
93. When certain laws passed by the gen-
eral court take effect.
Emergency Measures.
94. Emergency law to contain preamble.
— Yea and nay vote thereon. —
How governor may cause certain
laws to take effect forthwith. — ■
Certain franchise grants excepted.
Referendum Petitions.
95. Contents of referendum petition.
96. Excluded matters.
97. Mode of petitioning for suspension of
a law and referendum thereon.
98. Petition for referendum on an emer-
gency law or a law the suspension
of which is not asked for.
General Provisions.
Identification and Certification of Signatures.
99. Identification and certification of sig-
natures. — General court may regu-
late circulating of petitions for hire
or reward.
Limitation on Signatures.
100. Limitation on signatures.
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Form of Ballot.
Article
101. Description on ballots to be deter-
mined by attorney-general, etc.
102. Form of question on amendment to
constitution.
103. Form of question on a law.
Information for Voters.
104. Secretary to send certain information
to voters.
The Veto Power of the Governor.
105. Governor's veto not to apply.
The General Court's Power of Repeal.
106. Law approved by the people may be
amended, etc., by general court.
Initiative and Referendum declared to be
Self-executing.
107. Initiative and referendum self-execut-
ing. — Legislation to facilitate.
STATE BUDGET AND VETO OF ITEMS
BY THE GOVERNOR. — LENDING
CREDIT OF COMMONWEALTH.
Article
lOS. The budget.
109. The general appropriation bill; sup-
plementary budgets.
110. Special appropriation bills.
111. Governor may disapprove, etc., items
or parts of items in any appropria-
tion bill, etc. — Items to have force
of law, unless, etc.
112. Commonwealth's credit not to be
given to private enterprises.
113. Commonwealth may borrow money
for certain purposes.
114. Two-thirds yea and nay vote of gen-
eral court required to borrow money
for any other purpose.
115. Expenditure of borrowed money lim-
ited.
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
THE GOVERNOR.
Article
116. Governor. — His title.
117. To be chosen biennially. — Qualifica-
tions.
118. To be chosen by the people, by a
plurality of votes. — Choice in case
of tie.
119. Power of governor, and of governor
and council.
120. May adjourn or prorogue general
court upon request, and convene the
same, etc.
.Article
121. Governor and council may adjourn
general court not exceeding ninety
days in certain cases.
122. Governor and council may pardon
offences, except, etc. ; but not be-
fore conviction.
123. Judicial officers, etc., how nominated
and appointed. — Notaries public,
how appointed. — Women eligible,
etc. — Removal from office.
124. Commissions, how signed, etc. — To
express tenure of office.
125. Collection of revenue. — Money, how
drawn from treasuiy, except, etc.
126. All public boards, etc., to make
quarterly returns. — Boards, etc.,
to send governor despatches, etc.,
of a public nature.
127. Salary of governor. • — Salaries of jus-
tices of supreme judicial court. —
General court to enlarge if insuflS-
cient.
THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Article
128. Lieutenant-governor; his title and
qualifications. — Election in same
manner as governor. — Choice in
case of tie.
129. President of council. — Lieutenant-
governor a member, except, etc.
130. Lieutenant-governor to be acting gov-
ernor, in case, etc.
THE COUNCIL.
Article
131. Council to adv-ise governor, number,
etc.
132. Eight councillors to be chosen bien-
nially by the people. — Eligibility.
— Day and manner of election, etc.
133. Vacancies in the council, how filled.
134. Organization of the government. —
Secretary's duties, etc.
135. Rank of councillors.
136. Register of council.
137. Order of succession in office of gov-
ernor, etc., in case of vacancy.
SECRETARY. TREASURER. AUDITOR.
ATTORNEY-GENER.\L.
Article
13S. Secretary, treasurer, auditor and
attorney-general to be elected bi-
ennially by the people. — • Qualifica-
tions of voters, etc. — Vacancies,
how filled. — To qualify within ten
days, otherwise office to be deemed
vacant. — Residence requirement.
— Treasurer ineligible for more than
three successive terms.
139. Secretary to keep records; to attend
the governor and council, etc.
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Article
140. Judicial officers to hold office during
good behavior, except, etc. — Re-
tirement because of advanced age,
etc.
141. Justices of the peace; tenure of their
office.
142. Provisions for holding probate courts.
143. Marriage, divorce and alimony.
144. Provisions respecting writs.
145. Continuation of former laws, except,
etc.
146. Justices of supreme judicial court to
give opinions when required.
THE MILITIA.
Article
147. Military and naval forces, recruit-
ment, etc.
148. Military and naval officers, how ap-
pointed and removed, etc. — Gov-
ernor to issue commissions.
OATHS OF OFFICE. INCOM-
PATIBLE OFFICES. DISQUALI-
FICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Article
149. Oaths to be taken by all civil and
military officers. — Affirmation in-
stead of oath. — Tests abolished. —
Oaths and affirmations, how ad-
ministered.
Article
150. Plurality of offices prohibited to gov-
ernor, etc., except, etc. ■ — Incom-
patible offices.
151. Bribery, etc., to disqualify for office.
152. Certain offices incompatible.
THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE,
AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF
LITERATURE.
Article
153. Harvard College. — Powers, privi-
leges, etc., of the president and
fellows confirmed.
154. All gifts, grants, etc., to Harvard
College, etc., confirmed.
155. Power of alteration of government of
university reserved to general court.
156. Duty of legislatures and magistrates
to encourage education, etc.
CONTINUANCE AND ENROLLMENT.
Article
157. Rearrangement to appear in all future
publications of constitution. — Not
to be deemed to change meaning,
etc., of existing constitution.
15S. Provision for preserving and publish-
ing.
A CONSTITUTION
OR
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
for
SCfjc Commontoealtf) of jUlasfSactjusfetW.
[Rearrangement.]
PREAMBLE.
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of gov- objects of
ernment, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, p°eambie.° '
and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of en-
joying in safety and tranquillity their natural rights, and the blessings
of life: and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people
have a right to alter the government, and to take measures necessary
for their safety, prosperity, and happiness.
The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: BodypoUtic,
it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each itTnature!'''
citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be gov-
erned by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people,
therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an
REARR.\JSrGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION" OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Body politic
established
under the
name of
The Common-
wealth of Mas-
sachusetts.
equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpreta-
tion and a faithful execution of them; that every man may, at all times,
find his security in them.
We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, inhabiting the territory
formerly called the Province of Massachusetts Bay, acknowledging,
with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the uni-
verse, in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity,
deliberately and peacefully, without fraud, violence, or surprise, of en-
tering into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other;
and of forming a new constitution of civil government, for ourselves and
posterity; and devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a de-
sign, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree with each other, to form
ourselves into a free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or state,
by the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and do agree
upon, ordain, and establish, the following Declaration of Rights,
AND Frame of Government, as the Constitution thereof.
Equality and
natural rights
of all men.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. I.
Right and
duty of public
religious wor-
ship. Protec-
tion therein.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. II.
Religious
freedom
established.
Amendments,
Art. XI.
No law to pro-
hibit free exer-
cise of religion.
A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INHABITANTS
OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Article 1. All men are born free and equal, and have certain nat-
ural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned
the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of
acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking
and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Art. 2. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society,
publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the
Great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be
hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for wor-
shipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates
of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; pro-
vided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their
religious worship.
Art. 3. Section 1. As the public worship of God and instructions
in piety, religion, and morality, promote the happiness and prosperity
of a people, and the seciu-ity of a republican government; therefore, the
several religious societies of this commonwealth, whether corporate or
unincorporate, at any meeting legally warned and holden for that pur-
pose, shall ever have the right to elect their pastors or religious teachers,
to contract with them for their support, to raise money for erecting and
repairing houses for public worship, for the maintenance of religious
instruction, and for the payment of necessary expenses; and all persons
belonging to any religious society shall be taken and held to be members,
until they shall file with the clerk of such society a written notice,
declaring the dissolution of their membership, and thenceforth shall not
be liable fof any grant or contract which may be thereafter made, or
entered into by such society; and all religious sects and denominations,
demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good citizens of the common-
wealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no sub-
ordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be
established by law.
Section 2. No law shall be passed prohibiting the free exercise of
religion. Amendments, Art. XLVI, § 1.
RE.AJIR.4NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF IVLiSSACHUSETTS. XXIX
All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support Public money
of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the pended to'aid
commonwealth for the support of common schools shall be applied to, educatiS,"'^
and ex-pended in, no other schools than those which are conducted ac- or"e!ii^o^
cording to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities undertakings
!■ t --i-ii • 11 1 not wholly
or the town or city m which the money is expended; and no grant, under pubUc
appropriation or use of public money or property or loan of public control, etc.
credit shall be made or authorized by the commonwealth or any political Artl^XLvi! §'2.
division thereof for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any
school or institution of learning, whether under public control or other-
wise, wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, or any other
school, or any college, infirmary, hospital, institution, or educational,
charitable or religious undertaking which is not publicly owned and
under the exclusive control, order and superintendence of public officers
or public agents authorized by the commonwealth or federal authority
or both, except that appropriations may be made for the maintenance Exceptions.
and support of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and for free public
libraries in any city or town, and to carry out legal obligations, if any,
already entered into; and no such grant, appropriation or use of public
money or property or loan of public credit shall be made or authorized
for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any church, religious
denomination or society.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the common- care or support
wealth, or any political division thereof, from paying to privately con- h'os''p'ita1s^etc..
trolled hospitals, infirmaries, or institutions for the deaf, dumb or blind are^pubiic '^^°
not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care or 5jj,"nd^n,eo,3
support actually rendered or furnished by such hospitals, infirmaries or Art. xlvi, § 3.
institutions to such persons as may be in whole or in part unable to
support or care for themselves.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any inmate inmates of cer-
of a publicly controlled reformatory, penal or charitable institution of tution" not to ''
the opportunity of religious exercises therein of his own faith; but no religmurraer-
inmate of such institution shall be compelled to attend religious services own faHh"-^ nor
or receive religious instruction against his will, or, if a minor, without compeUed tp
, jT 1 • , • attend religious
the consent or his parent or guardian. services, etc
Amendments, Art. XLVI, § 4. * ■
Art. 4. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclu- Right of seif-
sive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent lecurKT^"'
state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and .enjoy every Art^fv.'^'^'^'
power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be,
by them expressly delegated to the United States of America.
Art. 5. All power residing originally in the people, and being de- Accountability
rived from them, the several magistrates and ofiicers of government, ^^^^^^ o^''^'^'
vested with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are 2rt! iv. ^^'''^'
their substitutes and agents, and are at all times accountable to
them.
Art. 6. No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any services
other title to obtain ad\'antages, or particular and exclusive privileges, pubUc being
distinct from those of the community, than what arises from the con- topecuiiiar"'
sideration of services rendered to the public; and this title being in g"red^a^^
nature neither hereditarv, nor transmissible to children, or descendants, "f'^^^^^* ■
1 • 1 1 1 1 i' • 1 p • • absurd and
or relations by blood, the idea of a man born a magistrate, lawgiver, or unnatural,
judge, is absurd and unnatural. Dec. of Rights, Art. vi.
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF SUSSACHUSETTS.
Objects of
government;
right of people
to institute
and change it.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. VII.
Right of people
to secure rota-
tion in office.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. VIII.
All having the
qualifications
prescribed
equally eligible
to office.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. IX.
Art. 7. Government is instituted for the common good; for the
protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for
the profit, honor, or pri^•ate interest of any one man, family, or class of
men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable,
and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or
totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and
happiness require it.
Art. 8. In order to prevent those who are vested with authority
from becoming oppressors, the people have a right, at such periods and
in such manner as they shall establish by their frame of government,
to cause their public officers to return to private life; and to fill up
vacant places by certain and regular elections and appointments.
Art. 9. All elections ought to be free; and all the inhabitants of
this commonwealth, having such qualifications as they shall establish
by their frame of government, have an equal right to elect officers, and
to be elected, for public employments.
For definition of "inhabitant", see Art. 4G.
Right of
protection and
duty of
contribution
correlative.
Taxation
founded on
consent.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. X.
Private prop-
erty not to be
taken for
public uses
without, etc.
Remedies, by
recourse to the
law, to be free,
complete and
prompt.
IDec. of Rights,
Art. XI.
Prosecutions
regulated.
Dec. of Rights
Art. XII.
Right to trial
by jury in
criminal cases,
except, etc.
Beneht of
habeas corpus
secured,
except, etc.
Ch. VI, Art.
VII.
Art. 10. Each individual of the society has a right to be protected
by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to
standing laws. He is obliged, consequently, to contribute his share to
the expense of this protection; to give his personal service, or an equiv-
alent, when necessary: but no part of the property of any individual
can, with justice, be taken from him, or applied to public uses, without
his own consent, or that of the representative body of the people. In
fine, the people of this commonwealth are not controllable by any other
laws than those to which their constitutional representative body have
given their consent. And whenever the public exigencies require that
the property of any individual should be appropriated to public uses,
he shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor.
Art. 11. Every subject of the commonwealth ought to find a cer-
tain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or WTongs
which he may receive in his person, property, or character. He ought
to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase
it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay;
conformably to the laws.
Art. 12. No subject shall be held to answer for any crimes or
offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally,
described to him; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against
himself. And every subject shall have a right to produce all proofs
that may be favorable to him ; to meet the witnesses against him face
to face, and to be fully heard in his defence by himself, or his counsel,
at his election. And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled,
or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the
protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate,
but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land. And the legis-
lature shall not make any law that shall subject any person to a capital
or infamous punishment, excepting for the government of the army and
navy, without trial by jury.
The privilege and benefit of the writ of habeas corpus shall be enjoyed
in this commonwealth, in the most free, easy, cheap, expeditious, and
ample manner; and shall not be suspended by the legislature, except
upon the most urgent and pressing occasions, and for a limited time,
not exceeding twelve months.
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Art. 13. In criminal prosecutions, the verification of facts, in the Crimes to be
vicinity where they happen, is one of the greatest securities of the life, ?idn!ty!" ""^
liberty, and property of the citizen. Dec. of Rights. Art. xiii.
Art. 14. Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable Right of
searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his serzun;""'^
possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cmst.'ot
cause or foundation of them be not previously supjjorted by oath or ^ent'iv""^"'^'
affirmation, and if the order in the warrant to a civil officer, to make Dec. of kights.
search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons,
or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation
of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seiziu-e: and no warrant
ought to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities prescribed by
the laws.
Art. 15. In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits Right of trial
between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has heretofore sa^redf except,
been otherways used and practised, the parties have a right to a trial ^onst of
by jiu'y; and this method of procedure shall be held sacred, unless, in „,• ^j vti"'"'''
causes arising on the high seas, and such as relate to mariners' wages, Dec. of Rights,
the legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it.
Art. 16. The liberty of the press is essential to the security of liberty of the
freedom in a state : it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this Kec^of Rights,
, , 1 Art. XVI.
commonwealth.
Art. 17. The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the Right to keep
common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to standin'g """^^
liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the ousl'^Mmtf^"
legislature; and the militarv power shall always be held in an exact gpw" subor-
, ,. . , ..,•,. , , • 11. dinate to civil.
subordmation to the civil authority, antl be governed by it.
Dec. of Rights, Art. XVII.
Art. 18. A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of ^^°?^J .
. ... ,, 1 „ r ; , qualifications
the constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, for office.
moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality', are absolutely neces- Art! xvii'l '
sary to preser\'e the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free
government. The people ought, consequently, to have a particular
attention to all those principles, in the choice of their officers and rep-
resentatives: and they have a right to require of their lawgivers and t/„°^g^' fV"**"
magistrates an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation givers and
and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of the
commonwealth.
Art. 19. The people have a right, in an ortlerly and peaceable Right of people
manner, to assemble to consult upon the common good ; give instructions repr'eSitatives
to their representati\es, and to request of the legislative body, by the fegltoil^lT"
way of addresses, petitions, or remonstrances, redress of the wrongs ArTxix^'^*"*^'
done them, and of the grievances they suffer.
Art. 20. The power of suspending the laws, or the execution of Power to sus-
11 1 1 • I 1 1 1 I • 1 p™° t"* '^"^
the laws, ought ne\'er to be exercised but b\' the legislature, or by ortheii
1 • 1 • 1 C • 1 • 1 •' fvafitti.
authority derived from it, to be exercised m
only as the legislature shall expressly provide for.
Art. 21. The freedom of deliberation, speech, and debate, in either Freedom of
house of the legislature, is so essential to the rights of the people, that and^eason"
it cannot be the foundation of any accusation or prosecution, action Dl^'ofRights,
or complaint, in any other court or place whatsoever. ^■■»- ^^i-
Art. 22. The legislature ought frequently to assemble for the redress Frequent
of grievances, for correcting, strengthening, and confirming the laws, obTe?t?'thereof.
and for making new laws, as the common good may require. a^xxii'^'''*'
XXXn REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
S.nslrt.*'""'"' Art. 28. No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties ought to be
ArT'xxnf^*''' established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, with-
out the consent of the people or their representatives in the legislatui-e.
kwfprohlbited. Art. 24. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence
ArTx-xrv^*"*' °^ such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding
laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental
principles of a free government.
not'to'c"onvict Art. 25. No subjcct ought, in any case, or in any time, to be
of treason, etc. declared guilty of treason or felony by the legislature.
Dec. of Rights, Art. XXV.
Excessive
bail or fines,
and cruel
punishments,
prohibited.
No soldier to
be quartered
in any house,
unless, etc.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. XXVII.
Citizens
exempt from
law-martial,
unless, etc.
Deo. of Rights,
Art. XXVIII.
Judges of
supreme
judicial court.
Tenure of
office.
Salaries.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. XXIX.
Separation of
legislative,
executive and
judicial
departments.
Dec. of Rights,
Art. XXX,
Art. 26. No magistrate or court of law shall demand excessive bail
or sureties, impose excessive fines, or inflict cruel or unusual punishments.
Dec. of Rights, Art. XXVI.
Art. 27. In tifiie of peace, no soldier ought to, be quartered in any
house without the consent of the owner; and in time of war, such
quarters ought not to be made but by the civil magistrate, in a manner
ordained by the legislatiu-e.
Art. 28. No person can in any case be subject to law-martial, or
to any penalties or pains, by virtue of that law, except those employed
in the army or navy, and except the militia in actual service, but by
authority of the legislature.
Art. 29. It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every
individual, his life, liberty, property, and character, that there be an
impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice.
It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial,
and independent as the lot of humanity will admit. It is, therefore,
not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people,
and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial court
shoiJd hold their offices as long as they behave themselves well; and
that they should have honorable salaries ascertained and established
by standing laws.
Art. 30. In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative
department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or
either of them: the executive shall never exercise the legislative and
judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the
legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may
be a government of laws and not of men.
THE FRAME OF GOVERNMENT.
SUFFRAGE. ELECTIONS. TERMS OF OFFICE.
S^viterffor"'' Art. 31. Evcry male citizen of twenty-one years of age and up-
ieutenant- wards, excepting paupers and persons under guardianship, and persons
governor, temporarily or permanently disqualified by law because of corrupt
representatives, practlccs in Tcspett to clectious, who shall have resided within the
Art™iiTxL'. commonwealth one year, and within the city or town in which he may
claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election
of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, or representatives, shall
have a right to vote in such election of governor, lieutenant-governor,
senators, and representatives; and no other person shall be entitled
to vote in such election.
EE.URR.4NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF ]VL\SSACHUSETTS. XXXIU
Art. 32. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to Reading con-
office under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be El^"iis™an'd
able to read the constitution in the English language, and vrrlte his ^^^"JfuaueS-
name: provided, however, that these provisions shall not apply to any ^°"^^^
person prevented by physical disability from complying with them, P"'"™?
nor to any person who had the right to vote when these provisions were Art. xx.
adopted.
Art. 33. No person having served in the army or navy of the United ^^edTn°
States in time of war, and having been honorably discharged from such |[™yjj°j ^f^-
service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on qualified by
account of receiving or having received aid from any city or town, or nicipai aid or
because of the non-payment of a poll tax. pSuTax.™''° °
Amendments, Art. XXXI.
Art. 34. No person, otherwise qualified to vote in elections for votemotdis-
governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and representatives, shall, by Change of "
reason of a change of residence within the commonwealth, be disqual- sf^mXth^"'
ified from voting for said officers in the city or town from which he re^va?"'°'
has removed his residence, until the expiration of six calendar months ■^"I'^xx^^'
from the time of such removal.
Art. 35. The general court shall have power to provide by law for General court
voting by qualified voters of the commonwealth who, at the time of fSr absent "
an election, are absent from the city or town of which they are inhabit- Am'e"ndments,
ants, in the choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question ^^ ^^^
submitted at such election.
Art. 36. In all elections of civil officers by the people of this com- Plurality of
monwealth, whose election is provided for by the constitution, the eTelTby'the
person having the highest number of votes shall be deemed and de- Ameidments.
clared to be elected. ^^- -^'^
Art. 37. Voting machines or other mechanical devices for voting voting
may be used at all elections under such regulations as may be pre- "emiutd at
scribed by law, and the general court shall have authority to provide AmenXents.
for compulsory voting at elections; provided that the right of secret Art. xxxvin.
voting shall be preserved.
Compulsory voting. Amendments, Art. LXI. Proviso.
Art. 38. The general coiu-t shall have full power and authority to voting
provide for the inhabitants of the towns in this commonwealth more Pn u>»-^*s'.
than one place of public meeting within the limits of each town for the AmendmenTI;
election of officers under the constitution, and to prescribe the manner ^'^- xxix.
of calling, holding and conducting such meetings.
Art. 39. Beginning with the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Biennial
November in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, the governor, state officers,
lieutenant-governor, councillors, secretary, treasurer, attorney-general, 8enat""°and
auditor, senators and representatives shall be elected biennially, and Jf^JI''^'''*"
thereafter elections for the choice of these officers shall be held biennially ^^''J^^j^^*^'
on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November. The gov- f^^^^^^y^^^^
ernor, lieutenant-governor and councillors shall hold their respective until their suc-
offices from the first Wednesday in January succeeding theu- election chXaand
to and including the first Wednesday in January in the third year ^ppear^at the
following their election, and until their successors are chosen and *?'Jo°g'reiath°^
qualified. The terms of senators and representatives shall begin with *°^'^YoTa°nd
the first W^ednesday in January succeeding their election and shall representa-
extend to the first Wednesday in January in the thu-d year following
their election. The terms of the secretary, treasurer, attorney-general ^f Xce.
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Elections to be
held by the two
houses of the
legislature,
completion of.
Ch. II, Sect.
Ill, Art. VII.
Amendments,
Art. X.
Order of filling
vacancies in
certain offices.
and auditor shall begin with the third Wednesday in January succeed-
ing their election and shall extend to the third Wednesday in January
in the third year following their election and until their successors are
chosen and qualified.
Art. 40. Elections appointed to be held by the two houses of the
legislature on the first Wednesday in January or at any other time,
if not completed on the day appointed may be adjourned from day to
day until the same shall be completed. Vacancies in the office of gov-
ernor and lieutenant-governor shall be first filled in the order named
and then vacancies in the council.
In Loring vs. Young, decided August 8, 1921, the Supreme Judicial Court expressed the opinion
that the state constitution does not fix the date, first Wednesday in January, nor the order of filling
vacancies, both of which this article purports to fix.
Legislative
department.
Ch. I, Sect. I,
Art. I.
Commence-
ment and
termination of
golitical year,
leneral court
to assemble
annually, etc.
Amendments,
Art. X; Art.
LXIV, §§ 1. 3.
Quorum, in
each branch
of the general
court, to con-
sist of a
majority of
Amendments,
Art. XXXIII.
General court
may talie
The enacting
style by the
general court.
Ch. VI.
Art. VIII.
Members of
general court
not to be ap-
pointed to
certain offices,
nor receive
compensation
on recess
committees,
except, etc.
Amendments,
Art. LXV.
Governor's
veto.
Ch. I, Sect. I,
Art. II.
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPAETMENT.
THE GENERAL COURT.
Art. 41. The department of legislation shall be formed by two
branches, a Senate and House of Representatives; each of which shall
have a negative on the other.
The political year shall begin on the first Wednesday in January,
and the general court shall assemble every year on the first Wednesday
in January, and at such other times as they shall judge necessary, or
when called together by the governor; and shall dissolve and be dis-
solved on the day next preceding the first Wednesday in January in
the third year following their election, without any proclamation or
other act of the governor, and shall be styled, The General Court
OF Massachusetts.
A majority of the members of each branch of the general court shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number
may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent
members. By concurrent vote of the two houses, the general court
may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thirty days;
but no such recess shall extend beyond the sixtieth day from the date
of their annual assembling. Amendments, Art. lii.
The enacting style, in making and passing all acts, statutes, and laws,
shall be — " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same."
Art. 42. No person elected to the general com't shall during the term
for which he was elected be appointed to any office created or the
emoluments whereof are increased during such term, nor receive addi-
tional salary or compensation for service upon any recess committee
or commission except a committee appointed to examine a general
revision of the statutes of the commonwealth when submitted to the
general court for adoption.
Art. 43. No bill or resolve of the senate or house of representatives
shall become a law, and have force as such, until it shall have been
laid before the governor for his revisal; and if he, upon such revision,
approve thereof, he shall signify his approbation by signing the same.
But if he have any objection to the passing of such bill or resolve, he
shall return the same, together with his objections thereto, in writ-
ing, to the senate or house of representatives, in whichsoever the same
shall have originated; who shall enter the objections sent down by
the governor, at large, on their records, and proceed to reconsider the
REARR.\NGEXIENT OF CONSTITLTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. XXXV
said bill or resoh^e. But if after such reconsideration, two-thirds of ™ °J "soive
... , may be passed
the said senate or house of representatives, shall, notvvithstandmar ^y two-thirds
, .,,,. ■, -111 1 *ii^^ each house,
the said objections, agree to pass the same, it shall, together with the notwithstand-
objections, be sent to the other branch of the legislature, where it shall '"^^
also be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members
present, shall ha\e the force of a law: but in all such cases, the votes
of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names
of the persons voting for, or against, the said bill or resolve, shall be
entered upon the public records of the commonwealth.
The governor, within five days after any bill or resolve shall have Return by
been laid before him, shall have the right to retiu-n it to the branch of fenlmfcourt
the general court in which it originated with a recommendation that meiftTetc'"
any amendment or amendments specified by him be made therein. aS^lI'i'"''^'
Such bill or resolve shall thereupon be before the general court and
subject to amendment and re-enactment. If such bill or resolve is
re-enacted in any form it shall again be laid before the goA^ernor for
his action, but he shall ha^•e no right to return the same a second time
with a recommendation to amend.
In order to prevent unnecessary delays, if any bill or resolve shall not ^^™ bill or
be returned by the governor within five days after it shall have been force of a law.
presented, the same shall haxe the force of a law. Art. li. ^° ' '
If any bill or resolve shall be objected to, and not approved by the Biii, etc not
governor; and if the general court shall adjourn within five days after HSi°n five
the same shall have been laid before the governor for his approbation, bccom9'iaw°it
and thereby prevent his returning it with his objections, as provided lajoums"?"'
by the constitution, such bill or resolve shall not become a law, nor have meantime.
force as such. Amendments, Art. I.
THE SENATE.
Art. 44. A census of the inhabitants of each city and town, on the P""^"' °'
first day of May, shall be taken and returned into the office of the sec- when taken',
retary of the commonwealth, on or before the last day of June, in the Amendments,
year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five; and every tenth opini^^ofthe
year thereafter. In the census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall 220'Mass 609
be made of the legal \oters, and in each city such enumeration shall Special enumer-
specify the number of legal voters aforesaid, residing in each ward of ?ot°e°rs?U?r'
such city. The enumeration aforesaid shall determine the apportion- anpo'rtio'nment
ment of senators for the periods between the taking of the census. of senators.
J not the require-
Art. 45. The senate shall consist of forty members. The general bl?" members
court shall, at its first session after each next preceding special enu- districts, etc.
.... , !_, 1 • , J. , 1* • 11 T Amendments,
meration, divide the commonwealth into forty districts of adjacent Art. xxii.
territory, each district to contain, as nearly as may be, an ecjual number
of legal voters, according to the enumeration aforesaid: provided, how-
ever, that no town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor; and
such districts shall be formed, as nearly as may be, without uniting
two counties, or parts of two or more counties, into one district.
Each district shall elect biennially for the term of two years one Qualifications
senator, who shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five ch^^'^sect'. 11,
years at least immediately preceding his election, and at the time of Amendments,
his election shall be an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen; lxiv'^''^'^'
and he shall cease to represent such senatorial district when he shall
cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth.
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OP MASSACHUSETTS.
Manner and
time of choos-
ing senators.
Ch. I, Sect. II,
Art. II.
Amendments,
Arts. XV,
LXIV.
Persons
qualified
to vote.
Word
"inhabitant"
defined.
Receiving,
counting and
return of votes.
Art. 40. The senate shall be the first branch of the legislature; and
the senators shall be chosen in the following manner: there shall be
a meeting on the Tuesday next after the first IMonday in November,
biennially, of the inhabitants of each town in the several counties of
this commonwealth; to be called by the selectmen, and warned in due
course of law, at least seven days before such Tuesday, for the piu^pose
of electing persons to be senators; and at such meetings every male
inhabitant of twenty-one years of age and upwards, qualified as pro-
vided in this constitution, shall have a right to give in his vote for the
senator for the district of which he is an inhabitant. And to remove
all doubts concerning the meaning of the word "inhabitant" in this
constitution, every person shall be considered as an inhabitant, for the
purpose of electing and being elected into any office, or place within
this state, in that city or town where he dwelleth, or hath his home.
The selectmen of the several towns shall preside at such meetings
impartially; and shall receive the votes of all the inhabitants of such
towns present and ciualified to vote for senators, and shall sort and
count them in open town meeting, and in presence of the town clerk,
who shall make a fair record, in presence of the selectmen, and in open
town meeting, of the name of every person voted for, and of the num-
ber of votes against his name: and a fair copy of this record shall be
attested by the selectmen and the town clerk, and shall be sealed up,
du'ected to the secretary of the commonwealth for the time being, with
a superscription, expressing the piuport of the contents thereof, and
delivered by the town clerk of such towns, to the sheriff of the county
in which such town lies, thirty days at least before the first Wednes-
day in January biennially; or it shall be delivered into the secretary's
office seventeen days at least before the said first Wednesday in Jan-
uary: and the sheriff of each county shall deliver all such certificates
by him received into the secretary's office, seventeen days before such
first Wednesday.
Art. 47. And that there may be a due convention of senators on
the first Wednesday in January annually, the governor with five of the
council, for the time being, shall, as soon as may be after each biennial
election, examine the returned copies of such records; and after each
biennial election fourteen days before such Wednesday he shall issue
his summons to such persons as shall appear to be chosen by the highest
number of votes to attend on that day, and take their seats accordingly.
Art. 48. The senate shall be the final judge of the elections, returns
and qualifications of their own members, as pointed out in the con-
stitution; and shall, on the first Wednesday in January biennially,
determine and declare who is elected by each district to be senator by
the highest number of votes. Any vacancy in the senate shall be filled
by election by the people of the unrepresented district, upon the order
of a majority of senators elected. Amendments, Art. xxiv.
Art. 49. The senate shall choose its own president, appoint its
own officers, and determine its own rules of proceedings.
Ch. I, Sect. II, Art. VII.
Art. 50. The senate shall have power to adjourn themselves, pro-
vided such adjournments do not exceed two days at a time.
Ch. I, Sect. II, Art. VI.
hlipl'ach'mmts ^^'^- ^^- ^'^^ Senate shall be a com-t with full authority to hear and
Art vFn '■ "' determine all impeachments made by the house of representatives,
Governor and
council to
examine and
count votes,
and issue
Ch. I, Sect. II,
Art. III.
Amendments,
Arts. X, XIV,
LXIV.
Senate to be
final judge of
elections, etc.,
of its own
members.
Ch. I, Sect. II,
Art. III.
Amendments,
Arts. X, XIV,
LXIV.
Vacancies,
how filled.
Senate to
choose its
officers and
establish
its rules.
Not to adjourn
for more than
two days.
REARRANGEMENT OP CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. XXXvii
against any officer or officers of the commonwealth, for misconduct and
maladministration in their offices. But previous to the trial of every Oath.
impeachment the members of the senate shall respectively be sworn,
triily and impartially to try and determine the charge in question,
according to evidence. Their judgment, however, shall not extend ^j°J^*nc'e°° "^
further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold or enjoy
any place of honor, trust, or profit, under this commonwealth; but
the party so convicted shall be, nevertheless, liable to indictment, trial,
judgment, and punishment, according to the laws of the land.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Art. 52. There shall be, in the legislature of this commonwealth, a Representation
representation of the people, biennially elected, and founded upon the ch' i. iS In,
principle of equality. Amendments, Art. LXIV. "^'■'- '■
Art. 53. The special enumeration of legal voters hereinbefore re- Enumeration to
quired in the case of the senate shall determine the apportionment of plnlonment'ot
representatives for the periods between the taking of the census. representatives.
The house of representatives shall consist of two hundred and forty House to con-
members. The representatives shall be apportioned by the legislatiu-e, men?bers.
at its first session after the return of each such special enumeration, to apporfionto'"
the several counties of the commonwealth, equally, as nearly as may counties, etc.
be, according to their relative numbers of legal voters, as ascertained article is
by the next preceding special enimieration ; and the town of Cohasset, A*mendm«its,
in the county of Norfolk, shall, for this purpose, as well as in the forma- ^^^' ^^^'
tion of districts, as hereinafter provided, be considered a part of the
county of Plymouth; and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the
commonwealth, to certify, as soon as may be after it is determined by Secretary to
the legislature, the number of representati\'es to which each coimty officers author-
shall be entitled, to the board authorized to divide each county into colmties."' "
representative districts.
The ma^•o^ and aldermen of the citv of Boston, the county commis- Time of meet-
. (» ' T • 1 t-i IV ^1 "" ' 1- PI 111 ^"S for division.
sioners or other counties than bunolk, or in lieu or the mayor and alder- Proceedings.
men of the city of Boston, or of the county commissioners in each county
other than Suffolk, such board of special commissioners in each county,
to be elected by the people of the county, or of the towns therein, as
may for that purpose be provided by law, shall, on the fir.st Tuesday
of August next after each assignment of representatives to each county,
assemble at a shire town of their respective counties, and proceed, as
soon as may be, to divide the same into representative districts of con-
tiguous territory, so as to apportion the representation assigned to each
county equally, as nearly as may be, according to the relative number
of legal voters in the several districts of each county; and such districts
shall be so formed that no town or ward of a city shall be divided there-
for, nor shall any district be made which shall be entitled to elect more
than three representatives.
Every representative, for one year at least next preceding his election. Qualifications
shall have been an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen, atives!^^^^"
and shall cease to represent such district when he shall cease to be an
inhabitant of the commonwealth. The districts in each county shall be Districts to be
mmibered by the board creating the same, and a description of each, described and
with the numbers thereof and the number of legal voters therein, shall '^'^'■*'fi<=<i-
be returned by the board, to the secretary of the commonwealth, the
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Representa-
tives, how
chosen.
Ch. I, Sect. Ill,
Art. III.
Amendments,
Art. XXXVIII.
178 Mass. 005.
196 Mass. 410.
1 Op. A. G. (i02.
Time of elec-
tion of repre-
sentatives.
Amendments,
House alone
can impeach.
Senate to try
inipeachments
House to
originate
money "
bills.
Ch. I, Sect. Ill,
Art. VII.
Not to adjourn
more than two
Ch!''i, Sect. Ill,
Art. VIII.
To judge of
returns, etc.,
of its own
members,
choose its
officers and
establish its
rules, etc.
May punish
for certain
offences.
Ch. I, Sect. Ill,
Art. X.
Senate, gov-
ernor and coun-
cil may punish.
Ch. I. Sect. Ill,
Art. XI.
Trial may be
by committee,
or otherwise.
county treasm-er of each county, and to the clerk of every town in each
district, to be filed and kept in their respective offices. The manner of
calling and conducting the meetings for the choice of representatives,
and of ascertaining their election, shall be prescribed by law.
Art. 54. Every member of the house of representatives shall be
chosen by written votes. A vote by a lawfully authorized voting ma-
chine or other mechanical device shall be deemed a written vote. The
house of representatives shall have power from time to time to impose
fines upon such towns as shall neglect to choose and return members
to the same, agreeably to this constitution.
Towns liable to fine for failure to choose. Ch. I, Sect. Ill, Art. II.
Art. 55. The members of the house of representatives shall be
chosen biennially as hereinbefore provided on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November; but in case of a failm-e to elect repre-
sentatives on that day, a second meeting shall be holden, for that pur-
pose, on the fourth INIonday of the same month of November.
Art. 56. The house of representatives shall be the grand inquest
of this commonwealth; and all impeachments made by them shall be
heard and tried by the senate. ch. i, sect, in. Art. vi.
Art. 57. All money bills shall originate in the house of representa-
tives; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on
other bills.
Art. 58. The house of representatives shall have power to adjom-n
themselves; provided such adjom-nment shall not exceed two days at
a time.
Art. 59. The house of representatives shall be the judge of the re-
turns, elections, and qualifications of its own members, as pointed out
in the constitution; shall choose their own speaker; appoint their own
officers, and settle the rules and orders of proceeding in their own house.
They shall have authority to punish by imprisonment every person, not
a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house, by any dis-
orderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence ; or who, in the town
where'the general court is sitting, and during the time of its sitting, shall
threaten harm to the body or estate of any of its members, for any
thing said or done in the house ; or who shall assault any of them there-
for; or who shall assault, or arrest, any witness, or other person, ordered
to attend the house, in his way in going or returning; or who shall
rescue any person arrested by tlie order of the house.
And no member of the house of representatives shall be arrested, or
held to bail on mesne process, during his going unto, returning from, or
his attending the general court.
Art. go. The senate shall have the same powers in the like cases;
and the governor and council shall have the same authority to pun-
ish in like cases: provided, that no imprisonment on the warrant or
order of the governor, council, senate, or house of representatives, for
either of the above described ofi:'ences, be for a term exceeding thirty
days.
And the senate and house of representatives may try and determine
all cases where their rights and priN'ileges are concerned, and which, by
the constitution, they have authority to try and determine, by com-
mittees of their own members, or in such other way as they may
respectively think best.
EEAEEANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
Art. 61. The general court shall forever have full power and au- General court
thority to erect and constitute judicatories and courts of record, or fudTcatories""'
other coiu-ts, to be held in the name of the commonwealth, for the hear- ^^'■'sof re^^d,
ing, trying, and determining of all manner of crimes, offences, pleas, ^^ n'i''°'' ^'
processes, plaints, actions, matters, causes, and things, whatsoever, aris-
ing or happening within the commonwealth, or between or concerning
persons inhabiting, or residing, or brought within the same: whether
the same be criminal or civil, or whether the said crimes be capital or
not capital, and whether the said pleas be real, personal, or mixed; and
for the awarding and making out of execution thereupon. To which Courts, etc.,
courts and judicatories are hereby given and granted full power and te?oathT.""^"
authority, from time to time, to administer oaths or afBrmations, for
the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending
before them.
Art. 62. The legislature shall prescribe, by general law, for the elec- Legislature to
tion of sheriffs, registers of probate, and clerks of the courts, by the ^Sron of""^
people of the several counties, and that district-attorneys shall be chosen tera'o/'pnfbate,
by the people of the several districts, for such term of office as the legis- ^*'=-
lature shall prescribe. Amendments, Arts. XIX, XXXVI.
Art. 63. And further, full power and authority are hereby given General court
and granted to the general court, from time to time to make, ordain, "c^ not°repug-
and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, cons'tiuit^on.
statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties ^J),: ij'^<=ct. i,
or without ; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this consti-
tution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this com-
monwealth, and for the go^•ernment and ordering thereof, and of the
subjects of the same, and for the necessary support and defence of the
government thereof; and to name and settle annually, or provide by May provide
fixed laws for the naming and settling, all ci^'il officers within the said or'^appolntiL'ent
commonwealth, the election and constitution of whom are not hereafter presfribe^thS?
in this form of government otherwi.se provided for; and to set forth the duties.
several duties, powers, and limits, of the several civil and military
officers of this commonwealth, and the forms of such oaths or affirma-
tions as shall be respectively administered unto them for the execution
of their se^•eral offices and places, so as the same be not repugnant or
contrary to this constitution; and to impose and levy proportional and ^aMs,"et^°'^
reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon all the inhabitants of,
and persons resident, and estates lying, within the said commonwealth ;
and also to impose and levy reasonable duties and excises upon any
produce, goods, wares, merchandise, and commodities, whatsoever,
brought into, produced, manufactured, or being within the same; to
be issued and disposed of by warrant, under the hand of the governor
of this commonwealth for the time being, with the advice and consent
of the council, for the public service, in the necessary defence and sup-
port of the government of the commonwealth, and the protection and
preservation of the subjects thereof, according to such acts as are or
shall be in force within the same.
And while the public charges of government, or any part thereof, Jsfa'Jes'fjncfin
shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto l^^^l^ ""
been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with
xl
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Powers of
general court
relative to
imposing and
levying a tax
General court
may charter
cities.
Amendments,
Art. II.
General court
may provide
for taking of
land, etc, to
relieve conges-
tion of popula-
tion and
provide homes.
Proviso.
Conservation,
etc., of natural
resources of the
commonwealth.
Amendments,
Art. XLIX.
Taxation of
wild or forest
lands.
Amendments,
Art. XLI.
General court
to determine
manner of dis-
tribution of
food, etc.,
during time of
war, etc., by
equality, there shall be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth,
taken anew once in every ten j'ears at least, and as much oftener as the
general court shall order.
Art. 64. Full power and authority are hereby given and granted
to the general court to impose and levy a tax on income in the manner
hereinafter provided. Such tax may be at different rates upon income
derived from different classes of property, but shall be levied at a uniform
rate throughout the commonwealth upon incomes derived from the
same class of property. The general court may tax income not derived
from property at a lower rate than income derived from property, and
may grant reasonable exemptions and abatements. Any class of prop-
erty the income from which is taxed under the provisions of this article
may be exempted from the imposition and levying of proportional and
reasonable assessments, rates and taxes as at present authorized by the
constitution. This article shall not be construed to limit the power of
the general court to impose and levy reasonable duties and excises.
Art. 65. The general court shall have full power and authority to
erect and constitute municipal or city governments, in any corporate
town or towns in this commonwealth, and to grant to the inhabitants
thereof such powers, privileges, and immunities, not repugnant to the
constitution, as the general coiu-t shall deem necessary or expedient for
the regulation and government thereof, and to prescribe the manner
of calling and holding public meetings of the inhabitants, in wards or
otherwise, for the election of officers under the constitution, and the
manner of returning the votes given at such meetings. Provided, that
no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not
containing twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be with the con-
sent, and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of such
town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly
warned and holden for that purpose. And provided, also, that all by-
laws, made by such municipal or city government, shall be subject, at
all times, to be annulled by the general court.
Art. 66. The general court shall have power to authorize the com-
monwealth to take land and to hold, improve, sub-divide, build upon
and sell the same, for the purpose of relieving congestion of population
and providing homes for citizens: provided, however, that this article
shall not be deemed to authorize the sale of such land or buildings at
less than the cost thereof. Amendments, Art. xmi.
Art. 67. The conservation, development and utilization of the
agricultural, mineral, forest, water and other natural resources of the
commonwealth, are public uses, and the general court shall have power
to provide for the taking, upon payment of just compensation therefor,
of lands and easements or interests therein, including water and mineral
rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting the proper conserva-
tion, development, utilization and control thereof and to enact legisla-
tion necessary or expedient therefor.
Art. 68. Full power and authority are hereby given and granted
to the general court to prescribe for wild or forest lands such methods
of taxation as will develop and conserve the forest resources of the
commonwealth.
Art. 69. The maintenance and distribution at reasonable rates,
during time of war, public exigency, emergency or distress, of a sufficient
supply of food and other common necessaries of life and the providing
of shelter, are public functions, and the commonwealth and the cities
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. xli
and towns therein may take and may provide the same for their in- the common-
habitants in such manner as the general court shall determine. and towns.
Amendments, Art. XLVII.
Art. 70. The general court may by special acts for the purpose of g °n"erI1 Murt
laying out, widening or relocating highways or streets, authorize the t^e'^takin "l/""^
taking in fee by the commonwealth, or by a county, city or town, of 'and, etc , for
more land and property than are needed for the actual construction of locating high-
such highway or street: provided, however, that the land and property Imendmmts,
authorized to be taken are specified in the act and are no more in extent ^'^' ^^^^^•
than would be sufficient for suitable building lots on both sides of such
highway or street, and after so much of the land or property has been
appropriated for such highway or street as is needed therefor, may
authorize the sale of the remainder for value with or without suitable
restrictions.
Art. 71. The general court shall have power to limit buildings Building zones
according to their use or construction to specified districts of cities 'towLs^^
and towns. Amendments, Art. LX.
Art. 72. Advertising on public ways, in public places and on private Regulation of
property within public view may be regulated and restricted by law. pubUc ways?"
Amendments, Art. L. ^''^■
Art. 73. The preservation and maintenance of ancient landmarks T.iking ancient
and other property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public use, eTc. ™*'"^'
and the commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may, upon pay- Art.Tl"^"'^'
ment of just compensation, take such property or any interest therein
under such regulations as the general court may prescribe. •
Art. 74. On or before January first, nineteen hundred twenty-one, organization ot
the executive and administrative work of the commonwealth shall be "wenty'depart-
organized in not more than twenty departments, in one of which every ["orm the etlln-
executive and administrati\'e office, board and commission, except those ^suativl wjrk"'
officers serving directly under the governor or the council, shall be of the common-
placed. Such departments shall lie imder such supervision and regula- except.' etc.
tion as the general court may from time to time prescribe by law. Ar^Lxvi!
Art. 75. Every charter, franchif^e or act of incorporation shall for- Every charter.
ever remain subject to revocation and amendment. revicatiim'etc.
Amendments, Art. LIX.
THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
DEFINITION.
Art. 76. Legislative power shall continue to be vested in the general initiative and
, , . , .'^. . referendum,
court; but the people reser^•e to themselves the popular initiative, definition,
which is the power of a specified number of voters to submit constitu- nients. Art.
tional amendments and laws to the people for approval or rejection ; initiative, i.*
and the popular referendum, which is the power of a specified number of
voters to submit laws, enacted by the general court, to the people for
their ratification or rejection.
The Initiative.
INITIATIVE petitions.
Art. 77. Contents. — An initiative petition shall set forth the full ^"^1*^"^!^ °^
text of the constitutional amendment or law, hereinafter designated as petition.
the measure, which is proposed by the petition.
Amendments, Art. XL\'III, The Initiative, II, § 1.
xlii
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Certain matters
shall not be
proposed by
initiative
petition.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
The Initiative,
II, § 2.
Duty of
general court
to carry out
law approved
by the people.
Anti-aid
amendment,
so-called, not
to be subject
of initiative
amendment.
Certain indi-
vidual rights
not to bo
subject of
initiative
amendment.
In the constitu-
tion this pro-
vision relates
to referendum
also.
Further
excluded
matters.
Certain
legislative
limitations
extended.
Initiative
petition,
mode of
originat-
ing, etc.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
The Initiative,
II, § 3.
Secretary
of the com-
monwealth to
furnish blank
forms, etc.
Time of filing
initiative
petitions.
The word
"annual" is
not in the
state consti-
tution.
Transmission
of proposed
measure to
general court.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
The Initiative,
II, § 4.
Art. 78. Excluded Matters. — No measure that relates to religion,
religious practices or religious institutions; or to the appointment,
qualification, tenure, removal, recall or compensation of judges; or to
the reversal of a judicial decision; or to the powers, creation or abolition
of courts; or the operation of which is restricted to a particular town,
city or other political division or to particular districts or localities of
the commonwealth; or that makes a specific appropriation of money
from the treasury of the commonwealth, shall be proposed by an initia-
tive petition; but if a law approved by the people is not repealed, the
general court shall raise by taxation or otherwise and shall appropriate
such money as may be necessary to carry such law into effect.
Neither the provisions of this constitution embodied in article three,
section two of the declaration of rights, nor this provision for their pro-
tection, shall be the subject of an initiative amendment.
No measure inconsistent with any one of the following rights of the
individual, as at present declared in the declaration of rights, shall be
the subject of an initiative petition: The right to receive compensation
for private property appropriated to public use; the right of access to
and protection in courts of justice; the right of trial by jury; protec-
tion from unreasonable search, unreasonable bail and the law martial;
freedom of the press; freedom of speech; freedom of elections; and the
right of peaceable assembly.
No part of the constitution specifically excluding any matter from
the operation of the popular initiative and referendum shall be the
subject of, an initiative petition; nor shall this article be the subject
of such a petition.
The limitations on the legislative power of the general court in the
constitution shall extend to the legislative power of the people as exer-
cised hereunder.
Art. 79. Mode of Originating. — Such petition shall first be signed
by ten qualified voters of the commonwealth and shall then be submitted
to the attorney-general, and if he shall certify that the measure is in
proper form for submission to the people, and that it is not, either
affirmatively or negatively, substantially the same as any measure
which has been qualified for submission or submitted to the people
within three years of the succeeding first Wednesday in December and
that it contains only subjects not excluded from the popular initiative
and which are related or which are mutually dependent, it may then
be filed with the secretary of the commonwealth. The secretary of the
commonwealth shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent signers,
and shall print at the top of each blank a description of the proposed
measure as such description will appear on the ballot together with
the names and residences of the first ten signers. All initiative petitions
with the first ten signatures attached, shall be filed with the secretary
of the commonwealth not earlier than the first \^'ednesday of the Sep-
tember before the annual assembling of the general court into which
they are to be introduced, and the remainder of the required signa-
tures shall be filed not later than the first Wednesday of the following
December.
Art. 80. Transmission to the General Court. — If an initiative pe-
tition, signed by the required number of qualified voters, has been filed
as aforesaid, the secretary of the commonwealth shall, upon the next
assembling of the general court, transmit it to the clerk of the house of
RE.\EK.USrGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. xliii
re])resentatives, and the proposed measure shall then be deemed to be
introduced and pending.
The word "next", before "assembling", is not in the state constitution.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Art. 81. Reference to Committee. — If a measure is introduced into Reference to
the general court by initiative petition, it shall be referred to a com- i!;?ttee'and"°™"
mittee thereof, and the petitioners and all parties in interest shall be Amendments,"'
heard, and the measure shall be considered and reported upon to the i^r'f^y'^?''
' • 1 1 • 1 1 • 11 The Initiative,
general coiu't with the committee s recommendations, and the reasons m. § i-
therefor, in writing. Majority and minority reports shall be signed by
the members of said committee.
Art. 82. Legislative Substitutes. — The general court may, by res- Legislative
olution passed by yea and nay vote, either by the two houses sepa- fnitLtive""
rately, or in the case of a constitutional amendment by a majority of A™.Sments,
those voting thereon in joint session in each of two general courts sue- The i^ftbthe
cessively elected as hereinafter provided, submit to the people a substi- lvtv^'^'^''
tute for any measure introduced by initiative petition, such substitute
to be designated on the ballot as the legislative substitute for such an
initiative measure and to be grouped with it as an alternative therefor.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Art. 83. Definition. — A proposal for amendment to the constitu- Definition of
tion introduced into the general coiu-t by initiative petition shall be amendment
designated an initiative amendment, and an amendment introduced by aubsufut'e"*"^
a member of either house shall be designated a legislative substitute or
a legislative amendment. Amendments. Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, IV, § 1.
Art. 84. Joint Sessio7i. — If a proposal for a specific amendment of ("'"gn^fiJ!™
the constitution is introduced into the general court bv initiative petition amendment
11 1 1 n ^ 1 i*n 1 T • to the con-
signed by not less than twenty-nve thousand quahned voters, or ii in stitution.
case of a proposal for amendment introduced into the general court by Art. xlviii,"
a member of either house, consideration thereof in joint session is called iv,''§ 2'.""*'™'
for by vote of either house, such proposal shall, not later than the second
Wednesday in the following June, be laid before a joint session of the
two houses, at which the president of the senate shall preside; and if S°cfii™™°'^
the two houses fail to agree upon a time for holding any joint session Joint session.
hereby required, or fail to continue the same from time to time until
final action has been taken upon all amendments pending, the governor
shall call such joint session or continuance thereof.
Art. 85. Amendment of Proposed Amendments. — A proposal for an Proposed
amendment to the constitution introduced by initiative petition shall tcTt'he "onsti-
be voted upon in the form in which it was introduced, unless such t"hi?h'to°™ '°
amendment is amended by vote of three-fourths of the members voting XmendmeSts,
thereon in joint session, which vote shall be taken bv call of the yeas ^f'- t^J^viii,
. J ' " •' The Initiative,
and nays u called tor by any member. iv, § 3.
Art. 86. Legislative Action. — Final legislative action in the joint Final legislative
session upon any amendment shall be taken only by call of the yeas taken by yeas
and nays, which shall be entered upon the journals of the two houses; Amendments,
and an unfavorable vote at any stage preceding final action shall be The initiative,
verified by call of the yeas and nays, to be entered in like manner. At ^^- 5 ■*•
such joint session a legislative amendment receiving the affirmative general court
votes of a majority of all the members elected, or an initiative amend- elected.
xliv
REARR.USfGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Submission o
legislative
amendment,
etc., to the
people.
Amendments
Art. XLVIII
The Initiative
IV, § 5; Art,
LXIV.
When an
amendment
becomes part
of the con-
stitution.
ment recei\'ing the affirmative votes of not less than one-fourth of all
the members elected, shall be referred to the general court next to be
elected.
Art. 87. Submission to the People. — If in the general court next
elected a legislative amendment shall again be agreed to in joint session
by a majority of all the members elected, or if an initiative amendment
shall again receive the affirmative votes of at least one-fourth of all the
members elected, such fact shall be certified by the clerk of such joint
session to the secretary of the commonwealth, who shall submit the
amendment to the people at the next biennial state election.
An amendment shall become part of the constitution if approved, in
the case of a legislative amendment, by a majority of the voters voting
thereon, or if approved, in the case of an initiati^^e amendment or a
legislative substitute, by voters equal in number to at least thirty per
cent of the total number of ballots cast at such state election and also
by a majority of the voters voting on such amendment.
Legislative
procedure on
law proposed
by initiative
petition, etc.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
The Initiative
V, § 1.
when measure
becomes law
and tal^es
effect.
Amendment of
proposed law
by petitioners
and submission
of measure to
the people by
the secretary
of the com-
monwealth.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
The Initiative,
V, §2.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON PROPOSED LAWS.
Art. 88. Legislative Procedure. — If an initiative petition for a law
is introduced into the general court, signed by not less than twenty
thousand qualified voters, a vote shall be taken by yeas and nays in
both houses before the first Wednesday of the following June upon the
enactment of such law in the form in which it stands in such petition.
If the general court fails to enact such law before such first Wednesday
of June, and if such petition is completed by filing with the secretary
of the commonwealth, not earlier than the first Wednesday of the fol-
lowing July nor later than the fir.st Wednesday of the following August,
not less than five thousand signatures of qualified voters, in addition to
those signing such initiative petition, which signatures must have been
obtained after the first Wednesday of June aforesaid, then the secretary
of the commonwealth shall submit such proposed law to the people at
the next biennial state election. If it shall be appro\-ed by voters equal
in number to at least thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast
at such state election and also by a majority of the voters voting on
such law, it shall become law, and shall take effect in thirty days after
such state election or at such time after such election as may be pro-
vided in such law.
Art. 89. Amendment by Petitioners. — If the general court fails to
pass a proposed law before such first Wednesday of June, a majority of
the first ten signers of the initiative petition therefor shall have the
right, subject to certification by the attorney-general filed as hereinafter
provided, to amend the measiu-e which is the subject of such petition.
An amendment so made shall not invalidate any signatiu-e attached to
the petition. If the measure so amended, signed by a majority of the
first ten signers, is filed with the secretary of the commonwealth before
the first Wednesday of the following July, together with a certificate
signed by the attorney-general to the effect that the amendment made
by such proposers is in his opinion perfecting in its nature and does not
materially change the substance of the measure, and if such petition
is completed by filing with the secretary of the commonwealth, not
earlier than the first Wednesday of the following July nor later than the
first Wednesday of the following August, not less than five thousand
signatures of qualified voters, in addition to those signing such initia-
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. xlv
ti^'e petition, which signatures must have been obtained after the first
Wednesday of June aforesaid, then the secretary of the commonwealth
shall submit the measure to the people in its amended form.
CONFLICTING AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES.
Art. 90. If in any judicial proceeding, provisions of constitutional Conflicting and
amendments or of laws approved by the people at the same election are measures.
held to be in conflict, then the provisions contained in the measure that govem^when
received the largest number of affirmative votes at such election shall the pe™pie*!*etc.
govern. Amendments, Art. XLVin, The Initiative, VI.
Art. 91. A constitutional amendment approved at any election Constitutional
shall govern any law approved at the same election. |™ve"?faw,'et?.
Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, VI.
Art. 92. The general court, by resolution passed as hereinbefore General court
set forth, may provide for grouping and designating upon the ballot as fS? groupi'4!
conflicting measures or as alternative measures, only one of which is the'bXt
to be adopted, any two or more proposed constitutional amendments ^^^'lvPh'
or laws which have been or may be passed or qualified for submission The initiative,
to the people at any one election: provided, that a proposed constitu- proviso.
tional amendment and a proposed law shall not be so grouped, and that
the ballot shall afl'ord an opportunity to the voter to vote for each of
the measures or for only one of the measures, as may be provided in
said resolution, or against each of the measures so grouped as con-
flicting or as alternative. In case more than one of the measures so Oniy measure
grouped shall receive the vote required for its approval as herein pro- eiraSmltwe
vided, only that one for which the largest affirmative vote was cast deemed '^'^
shall be deemed to be approved. approved.
The Referendum.
when st.\.tutes shall take effect.
Art. 93. No law passed by the general court shall take effect earlier when certain
than ninety days after it has become a law, excepting laws declared to Ihe ge^?M ^^
be emergency laws and laws which may not be made the subject of a esm.''*''''
referendum petition, as herein provided.
Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Referendum, I.
EMERGENCY MEASURES.
Art. 94. A law declared to be an emergency law shall contain a Emergency
preamble setting forth the facts constituting the emergency, and shall prlambie"'*'"
contain the statement that such law is necessary for the immediate Art^xEviii'
preservation of the public peace, health, safety or convenience. A J^^{{"'^''''
separate vote shall be taken on the preamble by call of the yeas and yea and nay
nays, which shall be recorded, and unless the preamble is adopted by '""■^ thereon.
two-thirds of the members of each house voting thereon, the law shall
not be an emergency law.
But if the governor, at any time before the election at which a law How governor
may be submitted to the people on referendum, files with the secretary «%>i"n laws to
of the commonwealth a statement declaring that in his opinion the forthwSh.*
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or convenience
requires that such law should take effect forthwith and that it is an
emergency law and setting forth the facts constituting the emergency,
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REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Certain
franchise
grants
excepted.
then such law, if not previously suspended as hereinafter pro^'ided, shall
thereupon take effect, or if such law has been so suspended such sus-
pension shall thereupon terminate and such law shall take effect.
No grant of any franchise or amendment thereof, or renewal or
extension thereof for more than one year shall be declared to be an
emergency law.
REFERENDUM PETITIONS.
referendum Art. 95. Contents. — A^ referendum petition may ask for a referen-
petition. duxa to the people upon any law enacted by the general court which is
not herein expressly excluded.
Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Referendum, III, § 1.
Certain matters
shall not be
the subject of
a referendum
petition.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII.
The Referen-
dum. HI, § 2.
Mode of
petitioning for
suspension of a
law and referen-
dum thereon.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
The Referen-
dum, III, § 3.
Votes neces-
sary for
approval, etc.
Petition for
referenduni on
an emergency
law or a law
the suspension
of whicn is not
asked for.
Art. 90. Excluded Matters. — No law that relates to religion, re-
ligious practices or religious institutions; or to the appointment, qualifi-
cation, tenure, remoA'al or compensation of judges; or to the powers,
creation or abolition of courts; or the operation of which is restricted
to a particular town, city or other political division or to particular dis-
tricts or localities of the commonwealth; or that appropriates money
for the current or ordinary expenses of the commonwealth or for any
of its departments, boards, commissions or institutions shall be the
subject of a referendum petition.
Art. 97. Mode of Petitioning for the Suspension of a Law and a
Rpferendum thereon. — A petition asking for a referendum on a law,
and requesting that the operation of such law be suspended, shall first
be signed by ten qualified voters and shall then be filed with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth not later than thirty days after the law that
is the subject of the petition has become law. The secretary of the
commonwealth shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent signers,
and shall print at the top of each blank a description of the proposed
law as such description will appear on the ballot together with the
names and residences of the first ten signers. If such petition is com-
pleted by filing with the secretary of the commonwealth not later than
ninety days after the law which is the subject of the petition has become
law the signatures of not less than fifteen thousand qualified voters of
the commonwealth, then the operation of such law shall be suspended,
and the secretary of the commonwealth shall submit such law to the
people at the next biennial state election, if thirty days intervene be-
tween the date when such petition is so completed and filed with the
secretary of the commonwealth and the date for holding such state
election; if thu-ty days do not so inter-\-ene, then such law shall be sub-
mitted to the people at the next following biennial state election, unless
in the meantime it shall \va\q been repealed ; and if it shall be approved
by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, such law shall,
subject to the provisions of the constitution, take efi'ect in thirty days
after such election, or at such time after such election as may be pro-
vided in such law; if not so approved such law shall be null and void;
but no such law shall be held to be disapproved if the negative vote is
less than thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast at such
state election.
Art. 98. Petitions for Referendum on an Emergency Law or a Law
the Susixmsion of ichich is not asked for. — A referendum petition may
ask for the repeal of an emergency law or of a law which takes efi'ect
because the referendum petition does not contain a request for suspen-
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. xlvii
sion, as aforesaid. Such petition shall first be signed by ten qualified ^n^xLvPn'
voters of the commonwealth, and shall then be filed with the secretary J^e Referen-
of the commonwealth not later than thirty days after the law which is
the subject of the petition has become law. The secretary of the com- Duties of the
monwealth shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent signers, and common-" ' ^
shall print at the top of each blank a description of the proposed law '*'<'*'*''■ «'■=•
as such description will appear on the ballot together with the names
and residences of the first ten signers. If such petition filed as aforesaid
is completed by filing with the secretary of the commonwealth not later
than ninety days after the law which is the subject of the petition has
become law the signatures of not less than ten thousand qualified voters
of the commonwealth protesting against such law and asking for a
referendum thereon, then the secretary of the commonwealth shall sub-
mit such law to the people at the next biennial state election, if thirty
days intervene between the date when such petition is so completed and
filed with the secretary of the commonwealth and the date for holding
such state election. If thirty days do not so intervene, then it shall be
submitted to the people at the next following biennial state election,
unless in the meantime it shall have been repealed; and if it shall not votes necessary
be approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, it
shall, at the expiration of thirty days after such election, be thereby re-
pealed; but no such law shall be held to be disapproved if the negative
vote is less than thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast at
such state election.
General Provisions.
identification and certification of signatures.
Art. 99. Provision shall be made by law for the proper identifica- identification
tion and certification of signatures to the petitions hereinbefore referred tkin oYsigna-
to, and for penalties for signing any such petition, or refusing to sign '"("ions etc
it, for money or other valuable consideration, and for the forgery of An^xLvfi'i'
signatures thereto. Pending the passage of such legislation all provi- General Pro-'
sions of law relating to the identification and certification of signatures
to petitions for the nomination of candidates for state offices or to
penalties for the forgery of such signatures shall apply to the signatures
to the petitions herein referred to. The general court may provide by General court
law that no co-partnership or corporation shall undertake for hire or drniiatmg'of
reward to circulate petitions, may require individuals who circulate Efre'i'JTeward.
petitions for hire or reward to be licensed, and may make other reason-
able regulations to prevent abuses arising from the circulation of peti-
tions for hire or reward.
LIMITATION ON SIGNATURES.
Art. 100. Not more than one-fourth of the certified signatures on Limitation on
any petition shall be those of registered voters of any one county. signatures.
Amendments, Art. XLVIII, General Provisions, 11.
FORM OF BALLOT.
Art. 101. Each proposed amendment to the constitution, and each Description on
law submitted to the people, shall be described on the ballots by a de- drte°min°ed by
scription to be determined by the attorney-general, subject to such pro- ''en°eraFeto
xlviii
EEARR.VNGEMENT OF CONSTITLTTIOlSr OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII.
General Pro-
visions, III.
Form of
question on
amendment to
constitution.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
General Pro-
visions, III.
Form of
question
on a law.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
General Pro-
Ill.
vision as may be made by law, and the secretary of the commonwealth
shall give each question a number and cause such question, except as
otherwise authorized herein, to be printed on the ballot in the following
form:
Art. 102. In the case of an amendment to the constitution: Shall
an amendment to the constitution (here insert description,
and state, in distincti^•e type, whether approved or disap-
proved by the general court, and by what vote thereon) be
approved?
Art. 10.3. In the case of a law: Shall a law (here insert description,
and state, in distinctive type, whether approved or disap-
proved by the general court, and by what vote thereon) be
approved?
YES.
NO.
YES.
IsoT
Secretary to
send certain
information
to voters.
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
General Pro-
visions, IV.
INFORMATION FOR VOTERS.
Art. 104. The secretary of the commonwealth shall cause to be
printed and sent to each registered voter in the commonwealth the full
text of every measure to be submitted to the people, together with a
copy of the legislative committee's majority and minority reports, if
there be such, with the names of the majority and minority members
thereon, a statement of the votes of the general court on the measure,
and a description of the measure as such description will appear on the
ballot; and shall, in such manner as may be provided by law, cause to
be prepared and sent to the voters other information and arguments
for and against the measure.
Governor's
veto not to
apply.
THE VETO POWER OF THE GOVERNOR.
Art. 105. The veto power of the governor shall not extend to meas-
ures approved by the people.
Amendments, Art. XLVIII, General Provisions, V.
THE GENERAL COURT S POWER OF REPEAL.
Law approved ^RT. 106. Subjcct to the vcto power of the governor and to the
maybe right of referendum bv petition as herein provided, the general court
amended, etc., , -i"^! iij.i i
by general may amcud or repeal a law approved by the people.
'^°"''*- Amendments, Art. XLVIII, General Provisions, VI.
Initiative and
referendum
self-executing.
Legislation to
facilitate.
INITIATIVE ANT) REFERENTDUM DECLARED TO BE SELF-EXECUTING.
Art. 107. The provisions of the initiative and referendum are self-
executing, but legislation not inconsistent with anjthing therein con-
tained may be enacted to facilitate the operation of such provisions.
Amendments, Art. XLVIII, General Provisions, VII.
STATE BUDGET AND VETO OF ITEMS BY THE GOVERNOR.
LENDING CREDIT OF COMMONWEALTH.
The budget,^ Art. 108. The Budget. — ^Yithin three weeks after the convening
Amendm'ents, of the general court the governor shall recommend to the general court
a budget which shall contain a statement of all proposed expenditures
Art. LXIII,
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. xlix
of the commonwealth for the fiscal j'ear, including those already au-
thorized by law, and of all taxes, revenues, loans and other means by
which such expenditures shall be defrayed. This shall be arranged in General court
such form as the general court may by law prescribe, or, hi default torm?etc. "
thereof, as the governor shall determine. For the purpose of prepar- Governor
I'll 1 1111 '• 11 niay require
mg his budget, the governor shall have power to require any board, information
commission, officer or department to fiu-nish him with any information etc
which he may deem necessary.
Art. 109. The General Apjyropriation Bill. — All appropriations The general
based upon the budget to be paid from taxes or revenues shall be in- bfiFand powers
corporated in a single bill which shall be called the general appropria- °[^l general
tion bill. The general court may increase, decrease, add or omit items Arj^^'xiii*'''
in the budget. The general court may provide for its salaries, mileage, § 3.
and expenses and for necessary ex])enditures in anticipation of appro-
priations, but before final action on the general appropriation bill it
shall not enact any other appropriation bill except on recommendation
of the governor. The governor may at any time recommend to the Governor may
general court supplementary budgets which shall be subject to the supplementary
same procedure as the original budget. bucfgets.
Art. 110. Special Appropriation Bills. — After final action on the when special
general appropriation bill or on recommendation of the governor, special bSil'^may 1'°°
appropriation bills may be enacted. Such bills shall provide the specific Imendliiln'ts,
means for defraying the appropriations therein contained. Art. lxui, §4.
Art. 111. Siibmission to the Governor. — The governor may disap- Governor may
prove or reduce items or parts of items in any bill appropriating money. etcTSems^'or
So much of such bill as he approves shall upon his signing the same fn an/app'rT
become law. As to each item disapproved or reduced, he shall transmit p"^"°° *""•
to the house in which the bill originated his reasons for such disapproval ^™®LXin*''
or reduction, and the procedure shall then be the same as in the case § 5.
of a bill disapproved as a whole. In case he shall fail so to transmit his items to have
reasons for such disapproval or reduction within five days after the bill unTess" etc"'
shall have been presented to him, such items shall have the force of
law unless the general coiu-t by adjournment shall prevent such trans-
mission, in which case they shall not be law.
Art. 112. The credit of the commonwealth shall not in any manner Common-
be given or loaned to or in aid of any individual, or of any private noftobe"
association, or of any corporation which is privately owned and managed. |n'il?prise"™'*
Amendments, Art. LXII, § I,
Art. 113. The commonwealth may borrow money to repel invasion, common-
suppress insurrection, defend the commonwealth, or to assist the United bormw money
States in case of war, and may also borrow money in anticipation of p°urpo3es'°
receipts from taxes or other sources, such loan to be paid out of the ^n''L'xiT'|'2
revenue of the year in which it is created.
Art. 114. In addition to the loans which may be contracted as Two-tWrds yea
before provided, the commonwealth may borrow money only by a general court
vote, taken by the yeas and nays, of two-thirds of each house of the Sriw m'oney
general court present and voting thereon. The governor shall rec- pJr^ose.""""^
ommend to the general court the term for which any loan shall be ^^lxii?'^
contracted.
Art. 115. Borrowed money shall not be expended for any other Expenditure of
purpose than that for which it was borrowed or for the reduction or m°o"ey limited.
discharge of the principal of the loan. Amendments, Art. lxii, § 4.
REARIL4NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor.
His title.
Ch. II, Sect. I.
Art. I.
To be chosen
biennially.
Qualifications.
Ch. II, Sect, I,
Art. II.
To be chosen
by the people,
by a plurality
of votes.
Ch. II, Sect. I,
Art. III.
Amendments,
Arts. X, XIV,
LXIV.
Choice in case
of tie.
The words "on
the first
Wednesday in
January" are
not in the state
constitution.
Power of gov-
ernor, and of
governor and
May adjourn
or prorogue
genera! court
upon request,
and convene
the same. etc.
Ch. II, Sect. I,
Art. V.
Amendments,
Art. X.
THE GOVERNOR.
Art. 11(3. There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall
be styled The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts; and whose title shall be His Excellency.
Art. 117. The governor shall be chosen biennially; and no person
shall be eligible to this office, unless, at the time of his election, he shall
have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for seven years next
preceding. Amendments, Arts. Xll, XXXIV and LXIV.
Art. 118. Those persons who shall be qualified to vote for senators
and representatives within the several towns of this commonwealth
shall, at a meeting to be called for that purpose, on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in November biennially, give in their votes for
a governor, to the selectmen, who shall preside at such meetings; and
the town clerk, in the presence and with the assistance of the select-
men, shall, in open town meeting, sort and count the votes, and form
a list of the persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person
against his name ; and shall make a fair record of the same in the town
books, and a public declaration thereof in the said meeting; and shall,
in the presence of the inhabitants, seal up copies of such list, attested
by him and the selectmen, and transmit the same to the sheriff of the
county, thirty days at least before the first Wednesday in January;
and the sheriff shall transmit the same to the secretary's office, seven-
teen days at least before such first Wednesday in January; or the
selectmen may cause returns of the same to be made to the office of
the secretary of the commonwealth, seventeen days at least before
such day; and the secretary shall lay the same before the senate and
the house of representatives on the first Wednesday in January, to be
by them examined; and the person having the highest number of votes
shall be deemed and declared to be elected, but if no person shall have
been so elected, the house of representatives on the first Wednesday
in January shall, by ballot, elect two out of four persons who had the
highest number of votes, if so many shall have been voted for; but, if
otherwise, out of the number voted for; and make return to the senate
of the two persons so elected; on which the senate shall proceed, by
ballot, to elect one, who shall be declared governor.
Art. 119. The governor shall have authority, from time to time,
at his discretion, to assemble and call together the councillors of this
commonwealth for the time being; and the governor with the said
councillors, or five of them at least, shall, and may, from time to time,
hold and keep a council, for the ordering and directing the affairs of
the commonwealth, agreeably to the constitution and the laws of the
land.
Art. 120. The governor, with the advice of the council, shall have
full power and authority, during the session of the general court, to
adjourn or prorogue the same to any time the two houses shall desire;
and, in the recess of the said court, to prorogue the same from time to
time, not exceeding ninety days in any one recess; and to call it together
sooner than the time to which it may be adjourned or prorogued, if the
welfare of the commonwealth shall require the same; and in case of
any infectious distemper prevailing in the place where the general court
RE.\ER.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. li
is next at any time to convene, or any other cause happening, whereby
danger may arise to the health or Hves of the members from their at-
tendance, he may direct the session to be held at some other, the most
convenient place within the state.
Art. 121. In cases of disagreement between the two houses, with Governor and
regard to the necessity, expediency, or time of adjournment or proroga- adj'ouJn™^^
tion, the governor, with the advice of the council, shall have a right to norexceeding
adjourn or prorogue the general court, not exceeding ninety days, as he "l^tain rases"
shall determine the public good shall require. ch, ii, sect, i, Art. vi.
Art. 122. The power of pardoning offences, except such as persons Governor and
may be convicted of before the senate by an impeachment of the house, pardon offences,
shall be in the governor, by and with the advice of the council; but burnot ^before
no charter of pardon, granted by the governor, with the advice of the ch'^ii'sect i
council before conviction, shall avail the party pleading the same, not- -^t- ^i"-
withstanding any general or particular expressions contained therein,
descriptive of the offence or offences intended to be pardoned.
Art. 12.3. All judicial officers, the solicitor-general, and coroners. Judicial offi-
shall be nominated and appointed by the governor, by and with the nominated and
advice and consent of the council ; and every such nomination shall ch!°iT,'^ct. i,
be made by the governor, and made at least seven days prior to such ^■■' '■^•
appointment. Amendments, Arts. XVII, XIX.
Notaries public shall be appointed by the governor in the same manner Notaries public.
as judicial officers are appointed, and shall hold their offices during seven AmenSnfe'nts, '
years. Women shall be eligible to appointment as notaries public. xxxv\i.
Change of name shall render the commission void, but shall not prevent y^"-
reappointment under the new name. The governor, with the consent eligible, etc.
of the council, may remove justices of the peace and notaries public. oiBce'™"'^"™
Art. 124. All commissions shall be in the name of the Commonwealth Cominissions,
of Massachusetts, signed by the governor and attested by the secretary ch^vi^Art'.lv;
or his deputy, and have the great seal of the commonwealth affixed
thereto. The tenure, that all commissioned officers shall bv law have To express
I . ~, 1111 1 • 1 • • ■* • tenure of office.
in their otnces, shall be expressed in their respective commissions. ch. iii. Art. i.
Art. 125. All money received on account of the commonwealth from Collection of
any source whatsoever shall be paid into the treasury thereof.
Amendments, Art. LXIII, § 1.
No moneys shall be issued out of the treasury of this commonwealth, Money, how
and disposed of (except such sums as may be appropriated for the treasury,
redemption of bills of credit or treasurer's notes, or for the payment of ch."?!! Sect, i,
interest arising thereon) but by warrant under the hand of tfie governor ^'^- ^^■
for the time being, with the advice and consent of the council, for the
necessary defence and support of the commonwealth; and for the pro-
tection and preservation of the inhabitants thereof, agreeably to the
acts and resolves of the general court.
Art. 126. All public boards, the commissary-general, all superin- ah public
tending officers of public magazines and stores, belonging to this com- make "quarterly
monwealth, and all commanding officers of forts and garrisons within ch"n!sect. i.
the same, shall once in every three months, officially, and without ■*^'- •'^^'•
requisition, and at other times, when required by the governor, deliver Provision for
to him an account of all goods, stores, provisions, ammunition, cannon oF''°ommSsary-
with their appendages, and small arms with their accoutrements, and|™"|f'dby
of all other public property whatever under their care respectively; ^"t'^L'^iil""'*'
distinguishing the quantity, number, quality and kind of each, as par-
ticularly as may be; together with the condition of such forts and gar-
Hi
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
etc.. of a
public nature.
Salary of
governor.
Ch. II, Sect. I,
Art. XIII.
Salaries of
justices of
supreme
judicial court.
General court
to enlarge
if insufficient.
risons; and the said commanding officer shall exhibit to the governor,
when required by him, true and exact plans of such forts, and of the land
and sea or harbor or harbors, adjacent.
And the said boards, and all public officers, shall communicate to the
governor, as soon as may be after receiving the same, all letters, de-
spatches, and intelligences of a public nature, which shall be directed
to them respectively.
Art. 127. As the public good requires that the governor should not
be under the undue influence of any of the members of the general court
by a dependence on them for his support, that he should in all cases act
with freedom for the benefit of the public, that he should not have his
attention necessarily diverted from that object to his private concerns,
and that he should maintain the dignity of the commonwealth in the
character of its chief magistrate, it is necessary that he should have an
honorable stated salary, of a fixed and permanent value, amply sufficient
for those purposes, and established by standing laws.
Permanent and honorable salaries shall also be established by law for
the justices of the supreme judicial court.
And if it shall be found that any of the salaries aforesaid, so estab-
lished, are insufficient, they shall, from time to time, be enlarged, as
the general court shall judge proper.
Lieutenant-
governor; his
title and
qualifications.
Ch. II, Sect. II,
Art. I.
Amendments,
Art. LXIV.
Election in
same
governor.
Choice in
case of tie.
See note to
Art. 118.
Lieutenant-
governor a
member,
except, etc.
Lieutenant-
governor to be
acting gov-
THE LIEUTENANT-GO\TRNOR.
Art. 128. There shall be biennially elected a lieutenant-governor of
the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title shall be His Honor;
and who shall be qualified, in point of residence in the commonwealth,
in the same manner with the governor; and the day and manner of his
election, and the qualifications of the electors, shall be the same as are
required in the election of a governor. The return of the votes for this
officer, and the declaration of his election, shall be in the same manner;
and if no one person shall be found to have the highest number of all
the votes returned, the vacancy shall be filled by the senate and house
of representatives, in the same manner as the governor is to be elected,
in case no person shall have the highest number of the votes of the
people to be governor.
Art. 129. The governor, and in his absence the lieutenant-governor,
shall be president of the council, but shall have no vote in council; and
the lieutenant-governor shall always be a member of the council, except
when the chair of the governor shall be vacant. ch. ii. Sect, ii, Art. ii.
Art. 130. Whenever the chair of the governor shall be vacant, by
reason of his death, or absence from tlie commonwealth, or otherwise,
the lieutenant-governor, for the time being, shall, during such vacancy,
perform all the duties incumbent upon the governor, and shall have and
exercise all the powers and authorities, which by this constitution the
governor is vested with, when personally present.
THE COUNCIL.
Council
to advise
governor,
number, etc.
Ch. II, Sect.
Ill, Art. I.
Amendments,
Art. XVI.
Art. 131. There shall be a council for advising the governor in the
executive part of the government, to consist of eight persons besides
the lieutenant-governor, whom the governor, for the time being, shall
have full power and authority, from time to time, at his discretion, to
assemble and call together; and the governor, with the said councillors.
REARR.\NGEMENT OF CONSTITtTTION OP IVL^SSACHUSETTS. liii
or five of them at least, shall and may, from time to time, hold and
keep a council, for the ordering and directing the affairs of the com-
monwealth, according to the laws of the land.
Art. 132. Eight councillors shall be biennially chosen by the in- Eight coun-
habitants of this commonwealth, qualified to vote for governor. The cLseVbien-
election of councillors shall be determined by the same rule that is re- If^X^^ *'"'
quired in the election of governor. The general coiu-t, at its first session ^"^"xv!?''''
after each decennial state census, shall divide the commonwealth into lxiv.
eight districts of contiguous territory, each of which districts shall con-
sist of five contiguous senatorial districts, as they shall be, from time to
time, established by the general court, and each of such eight districts
containing a number of inhabitants as nearly equal as practicable,
without dividing any town or ward of a city, and each entitled to elect
one councillor. No person shall be eligible to the office of councillor Eligibility.
who has not been an inhabitant of the commonwealth for the term of
five years immediately preceding his election. The day and manner of ^ann^'lf
the election, the return of the votes, and the declaration of the elections, election, etc.
shall be the same as are required in the election of governor.
Art. 133. In case of a vacancy in the council, from a failure of elec- vacancies in
tion, or other cause, the senate and house of representatives shall, by how'^fiiiSd! '
concurrent vote, choose some eligible person from the people of the Inl'xx'v""'
district wherein such vacancy occiu-s, to fill that office. If such vacancy
shall happen when the legislature is not in session, the governor, with
the advice and consent of the council, may fill the same by appointment
of some eligible person.
Art. 134. And that there may be no delay in the organization of °f'f{;"'|o^™
the government on the first Wednesday in January, the governor, with ^'■^j'^^^jg
at least five councillors for the time being, shall biennially, as soon as Arts xvi,
may be, examine the returned copies of the records for the election of
governor, lieutenant-governor, and councillors; and ten days before
such first Wednesday in January he shall issue his summons to such
persons as appear to be chosen, to attend on that day to be qualified
accordingly; and the secretary shall lay the returns before the senate secretar>-3
and house of representatives on such first Wednesday in January, to be " "^'*' ''^'''
by them examined; and in case of the election of either of such officers,
the choice shall be by them declared and published; but in case there
shall be no election of either of such officers, the legislature shall pro-
ceed to fill such vacancies in the manner provided in the constitution
for the choice of such officers.
Art. 135. The councillors, in the civil arrangements of the com- Rank of
monwealth, shall have rank next after the lieutenant-governor. ''°"''°' °™'
Ch. II, Sect. Ill, Art. III.
Art. 136. The resolutions and advice of the council shall be recorded of^^^^^eii.
in a register, and signed by the members present; and this record may ch. ^I'^^^ect.
be called for at any time by either house of the legislature; and any
member of the council may insert his opinion, contrary to the resolution
of the majority.
Art. 137. Whenever the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor order of
shall both be vacant, by reason of death, absence from the common- officfof"" ""
wealth, or otherwise, then one of the following officers, in the order of fn case°o£ *"''
succession herein named, namely, the secretary, attornej'-general, treas- Amendments,
urer, and auditor, shall, during such vacancy, have full power and au- Art. lv.
thority to do and execute all and every such acts, matters and things
Kv
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF IVLiSSACHUSETTS.
as the governor or the lieutenant-governor might or could lawfully do
or execute, if they, or either of them, were personally present.
Secretary,
treasurer,
auditor and
attorney-
general to be
elected
biennially by
the people.
Amendments,
Arts. XVII,
LXIV.
Qualifications
of voters,
manner of
election, etc.,
to be such as
are required to
elect governor.
To qualify
within ten
days, otherwise
office to be
deemed vacant.
Treasurer ineli-
gible for more
than three suc-
cessive terms.
Secretary to
keep records;
to attend the
governor and
council, etc.
Ch. II, Sect. IV,
Art. II.
SECRETARY. TREASURER. AUDITOR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Art. 138. The secretary, treasurer, auditor, and attorney-general,
shall be chosen biennially, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November; and each person then chosen as such, duly qualified in
other respects, shall hold his office for the term of two years from the
third Wednesday in January next thereafter, and until another is chosen
and qualified in his stead. The qualification of the voters, the manner
of the election, the return of the votes, and the declaration of the elec-
tion, shall be such as are required in the election of governor. In case
of a failure to elect either of said officers on the day in November afore-
said, or in case of the decease, in the mean time, of the person elected
as such, such officer shall be chosen on or before the third Wednesday
in January next thereafter, from the two persons who had the highest
number of votes for such office on the day in November aforesaid, by
joint ballot of the senators and representatives, in one room; and in
case the office of secretary, or treasurer, or auditor, or attorney-general,
shall become vacant, from any cause, during an annual or special session
of the general court, such vacancy shall in like manner be filled by
choice from the people at large; but if such vacancy shall occur at any
other time, it shall be supplied by the governor by appointment, with
the advice and consent of the council. The person so chosen or ap-
pointed, duly qualified in other respects, shall hold his office until his
successor is chosen and duly qualified in his stead. In case any person
chosen or appointed to either of the offices aforesaid, shall neglect, for
the space of ten days after he could otherwise enter upon his duties, to
qualify himself in all respects to enter upon the discharge of such duties,
the office to which he has been elected or appointed shall be deemed
vacant. No person shall be eligible to either of such offices unless' he
shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five years next
preceding his election or appointment.
No person shall be eligible to election to the office of treasurer for
more than tliree successive terms.
Amendments, Art. LXIV, § 2.
Art. 139. The records of the commonwealth shall be kept in the
office of the secretary, who may appoint his deputies, for whose con-
duct he shall be accountable; and he shall attend the governor and
council, the senate and house of representatives, in person, or by his
deputies, as they shall respectively require.
Judicial
officers to hold
office during
good behavior,
except, etc.
Ch. Ill, Art. I.
Retirement
because of ad-
vanced age, etc.
Amendments,
Art. LVIII.
THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Art. 140. All judicial officers, duly appointed, commissioned and
sworn, shall hold their offices during good behavior, excepting such
concerning whom there is different provision made in this constitution:
provided, nevertheless, the governor, with consent of the council, may
remove them upon the address of both houses of the legislature; and
provided also that the governor, with the consent of the council, may
after due notice and hearing retire them because of advanced age or
mental or physical disability. Such retirement shall be subject to any
EEARRANGElvrENT OF CONSTITUTION OF IVLiSSACHCSETTS. Iv
provisions made by law as to pensions or allowances payable to such
officers upon their voluntary retirement.
Art. 141. In order that the people may not suffer from the long justices of the
continuance in place of any justice of the peace who shall fail of dis- ort'heir office,
charging the important duties of his office with ability or fidelity, all f^i "'■ •'^•
commissions of justices of the peace shall expire and become void, in
the term of seven years from their respective dates; and, upon the
expiration of any commission, the same may, if necessary, be renewed
or another person appointed, as shall most conduce to the well-being of
the commonwealth.
Art. 142. The judges of probate of wills, and for granting letters Provisions
of administration, shall hold their courts at such place or places, on probate'rourta.
fixed daj's, as the convenience of the people shall require ; and the fy- ^^'' ■^^■
legislature shall, from time to time, hereafter, appoint such times and
places.
The words in said article of the state constitution "until which appointments, the said courts shall
be holden at the times and places which the respective judges shall direct", are omitted from this
article.
Art. 143. All causes of marriage, divorce, and alimony, and all ji\?"j.^^f„d
appeals from the judges of probate, shall be heard and determined by alimony.
the governor and council, until the legislature shall, by law, make other
provision.
Art. 144. All writs, issuing out of the clerk's ofiBce in any of the Provisions
courts of law, shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- ^^'^""'^
setts; they shall be under the seal of the court from whence they issue; ^^- ^'^' ^^- ^■
they shall bear test of the first justice of the court to which they
shall be returnable, who is not a party, and be signed by the clerk of
such court.
Art. 145. All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used, oHor^'meT'iawa
and approved in the Province, Colony, or State of Massachusetts Bay, g'^'^P.'.' ^'^- y
and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be
in full force, until altered or repealed by the legislature, such parts only
excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this
constitution.
Art. 146. Each branch of the legislature, as well as the governor justices of
and council, shall have authority to require the opinions of the justices ^Xc^f court
of the supreme judicial court, upon important questions of law, and fonf wLn""
upon solemn occasions. Ch. III, An. II. reqmred.
THE MILITIA.
Art. 147. The general court shall provide by law for the recruit- Miiitaprand
ment, equipment, organization, training and discipline of the military recruitment,'
and naval forces. The governor shall be the commander-in-chief thereof. Amendments.
and shall have power to assemble the whole or any part of them for ^n. li\.
training, instruction or parade, and to employ them for the suppression
of rebellion, the repelling of invasion, and the enforcement of the laws.
He may, as authorized by the general court, prescribe from time to time
the organization of the military and naval forces and make regulations
for their government.
Art. 148. All military and naval officers shall be selected and ap- Military and
pointed and may be removed in such manner as the general court may Sow* appointed
by law prescribe, but no such officer shall be appointed unless he shall ''°'' '■s™"''^*'
Ivi
REARRANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Governor
to issue
comtnissioDS.
shall have served one year in either the federal or state militia or in
military service. All such officers who are entitled by law to receive
commissions shall be commissioned by the governor.
OATHS OF OFFICE.
INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES.
TIONS FOR OFFICE.
DISQUALIFICA-
Oaths to be
taken by all
civil and
military
officers.
Oh. VI, Art. I.
Amendments,
Arts. VI, VII.
Oaths and
affirmations,
how admin-
istered.
Plurality
of offices
prohibited to
governor, etc.,
except, etc.
Oh. VI, Art. II
Art. 149. The following oaths shall be taken and subscribed by
every person chosen or appointed to any office, civil or military, under
the government of this commonwealth, before he shall enter on the
duties of his office, to wit:
" I, A. B., do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance
to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the consti-
tution thereof. So help me, God."
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear and affirm, that I will faithfully and
impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as
, according to the best of my abilities and under-
standing, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitution
and the laws of the commonwealth. So help me, God."
Provided, that when any person shall decline taking such oaths, he
shall make his affirmation in the foregoing forms, omitting the word
"swear" in the first oath, and inserting, instead thereof, the word
"affirm", and omitting the words "swear and" in the second oath; and
omitting the Mords "So help me, God", in each oath, and subjoining,
instead thereof, the words " This I do under the pains and penalties of
perjury."
No oath, declaration, or subscription, excepting the above oaths, shall
be recjuired of the governor, lieutenant-governor, councillors, senators,
or representatives, to qualify them for the duties of their respective
offices.
The said oaths or affirmations shall be taken and subscribed by the
governor, lieutenant-goAcrnor and councillors, before the president of
the senate, in the presence of the two houses of the legislature; and
by the senators and representatives before the governor and council for
the time being; and by the residue of the officers aforesaid, before such
persons and in such manner as from time to time shall be prescribed by
the legislature.
Art. 150. No governor, lieutenant-governor, or judge of the supreme
judicial court, shall hold any other office or place, under the authority
of this commonwealth, except such as by this constitution they are
admitted to hold, saving that the judges of such court may hold the
office of justice of the peace through the state; nor shall they hold any
other place or office, or receive any pension or salary from any other
state or government or power whatever.
No person shall be capable of holding or exercising at the same time,
within this commonwealth, more than one of the following offices,
namely: judge of probate, sheriff, register of probate, or register of
deeds; and never more than any two offices, which are to be held by
appointment of the governor, or the governor and council, or the sen-
ate, or the house of representatives, or by the election of the people
of the state at large, or of the people of any county, military offices,
and the offices of justices of the peace excepted, shall be held by one
person.
EEARR^INGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. IvU
No person holding the office of judge of the supreme judicial court, int-ompatihie
secretary, attorney-general, solicitor-general, treasurer, judge of probate, Pro\-ision for
commissary-general, sheriff, clerk of the house of representatives, register eJmm'isSry- °'
of probate, register of deeds, clerk of the supreme judicial com't, or |n""if^i,
clerk of the inferior court of common pleas, shall at the same time have Amendments,
a seat in the senate or house of representatives; but their being chosen state constitu-
or appointed to, and accepting the same, shall operate as a resignation
of their seat in the senate or house of representatives; and the place so
vacated shall be filled up.
And the same rule shall take place in case any judge of the said oa'ceT.^"''''''
supreme judicial court, or judge of probate, shall accept a seat in the
council ; or any councillor shall accept of either of those offices or places.
Art. 151. And no person shall ever be admitted to hold a seat in Bribery, etc.,
the general court, or any office of trust or importance under the gov- for office. ^
ernment of this commonwealth, who shall, in due course of law, have ^^' ^'' ^'^' '^"
been convicted of bribery or corruption in obtaining an election or
appointment.
Art. 152. No judge of any court of this commonwealth, (except Certain
the court of sessions) and no person holding any office under the au- patibie.
thority of the United States, (postmasters excepted) shall, at the same Art.'^viT™ "'
time, hold the office of governor, lieutenant-governor, or councillor, or
have a seat in the senate or house of representati\'es of this conmion-
wealth; and no judge of any com-t in this commonwealth, (except
the court of sessions) nor the attorney-general, solicitor-general, district
attorney, clerk of any court, sheriff', treasurer, register of probate, nor
register of deeds, shall continue to hold such office after being elected a
member of the Congress of the United States, and accepting that trust;
but the acceptance of such trust, by any of the officers aforesaid, shall
be deemed and taken to be a resignation of such office; and judges of
the courts of common pleas shall hold no other office under the govern-
ment of this commonwealth, the office of justice of the peace and militia
offices excepted.
THE UNR'ERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF
LITERATURE.
Art. 153. Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so early as the Har\ard
year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six, laid the foundation of ch. 'v,'^sect. i,
Harvard College, in which university many persons of great eminence ^'*" '■
have, by the blessing of God, been initiated in those arts and sciences
which qualified them for public employments, both in church and state;
and whereas the encoin-agement of arts and sciences, and all good
literature, tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian
religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States of
America, it is declared, that the President and Fellows of Harvard Powers,
College, in their corporate capacity, and their successors in that of'the^pre'sraen't
capacity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, exercise, and cSnfirmel^
enjoy, all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, privileges, immunities,
and franchises, which they now have, or are entitled to have, hold,
use, exercise, and enjoy; and the same are hereby ratified and con-
firmed unto them, the said president and fellows of Harvard College,
and to their successors, and to their officers and servants, respectively,
forever.
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EEAERANGEMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Power of
alteration of
government of
university
reserved to
general court.
Ch. V. Sect. I,
Art. III.
Rant's! etc., -^RT. 154. And whereas there have been at sundry times, by divers
Coulg7Vtc persons, gifts, grants, devises of houses, lands, tenements, goods, chattels,
Ch^™s't I legacies, and conveyances, heretofore made, either to Harvard College
Art. li. ' in Cambridge, in New England, or to the president and fellows of
Harvard College, or to the said college by some other description, under
several charters, successively; it is declared, that all the said gifts,
grants, devises, legacies, and conveyances, are hereby forever confirmed
unto the president and fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors
in the capacity aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of
the donor or donors, grantor or grantors, devisor or devisors.
Art. 155. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the general
coiu^t of this commonwealth from making such alterations in the gov-
ernment of the said university, as shall be conducive to its advantage,
and the interest of the republic of letters, in as full a manner as might
have been done by the general court under the provisions of the consti-
tution adopted in seventeen hundred and eighty.
* The words "by the general court under the provisions of the constitution adopted in seventeen
hundred and eighty" are substituted for the words "by the legislature of the late Province of the
Massachusetts Bay."
leSsTatures Art. 156. Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused gen-
to'encourage'''^ crally amoug the body of the people, being necessary for the preserva-
«iucation etc tion of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the
opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the
country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the
duty of legislatiu-es and magistrates, in all future periods of this com-
monwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and
all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, pub-
lic schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private
societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the pro-
motion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures,
and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate
the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private
charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their deal-
ings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous
sentiments, among- the people.
Rearrangement
to appear in all
future publica-
tions of con-
stitution.
Not to be
deemed to
change mean-
ing, etc., of
existing
constitution.
(New.)
Provision for
preser\dng and
publishing.
Ch. VI, Art.
XI.
CONTINUANCE AND ENROLLMENT.
Art. 157. Upon the ratification and adoption by the people of this
rearrangement of the existing constitution and the amendments thereto,
the constitution shall be deemed and taken to be so rearranged and
shall appear in such rearranged form in all future publications thereof.
Such rearrangement shall not be deemed or taken to change the mean-
ing or effect of any part of the constitution or its amendments as there-
tofore existing or operative.
Art. 158. This form of government shall be enrolled on parchment,
and deposited in the secretary's office, and be a part of the laws of the
land; and printed copies thereof shall be prefixed to the book containing
the laws of this commonwealth, in all future editions of such laws.
Ch. VI, Art. X, was not included in this rearrangement.
CONSTITUTION
OR
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Commontucaltf) of jWasisacfjusiEtts!.
PREAMBLE.
Objects of government. — Body politic,
how formed. — Its nature.
PART THE FIRST.
Declaration of Rights.
Article
1. Equality and natural rights of all men.
2. Right and duty of public religious wor-
ship. — Protection therein.
3. Legislature empowered to compel pro-
vision for public worship; and to
enjoin attendance thereon. — Ex-
clusive right of electing religious
teachers secured. — Option as to
whom parochial taxes may be paid,
unless, etc. — All denominations
equally protected. — No subordina-
tion of one sect to another.
4. Right of self-government secured.
6. Accountability of all officers, etc.
6. Services rendered to the public being
the only title to peculiar privileges,
hereditary offices are absurd and un-
natural.
7. Objects of government; right of people
to institute and change it.
8. Right of people to secure rotation in
office.
9. All having the qualifications prescribed
equally eligible to office.
10. Right of protection and duty of
contribution correlative. — Taxation
founded on consent. — Private prop-
erty not to be taken for public uses
without, etc.
Article
1 1 . Remedies, by recourse to the law, to be
free, complete and prompt.
12. Prosecutions regulated. — Right to
trial by jury in criminal cases, ex-
cept, etc.
13. Crimes to be proved in the vicinity.
14. Right of search and seizure regulated.
15. Right to trial by jury sacred, except,
etc.
16. Liberty of the press.
17. Right to keep and bear arms. — Stand-
ing armies dangerous. — Military
power subordinate to ci\-il.
18. Moral qualifications for office. — Moral
obligations of lawgivers and magis-
trates.
19. Right of people to instruct representa-
tives and petition legislature.
20. Power to suspend the laws or their ex-
ecution.
21. Freedom of debate, etc., and reason
therefor.
22. Frequent sessions, and objects thereof.
23. No tax without consent.
24. Ex post facto laws prohibited.
25. Legislature not to convict of treason,
etc.
26. Excessive bail or fines, and cruel pun-
ishments, prohibited.
27. No soldier to be quartered in any house,
unless, etc.
28. Citizens exempt from law-martial, un-
less, etc.
29. Judges of supreme judicial court. —
Tenure of their office. — ■ Salaries.
30. Separation of legislative, executive and
judicial departments.
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k
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PAUT THE SECOND.
Frame of Government.
Title of body politic.
CHAPTER I.
LEGISLATIVE POWER.
Section 1.
The General Court.
Article
1. Legislative department.
2. Governor's veto. — Bill may be passed
by two-thirds of each house, notwith-
standing. — Bill or resolve not re-
turned within five days to be law.
3. General court may constitute judica-
tories, courts of record, etc. — Courts,
etc., may administer oaths.
4. General court may enact laws, etc.,
not repugnant to the constitution;
may provide for the election or ap-
pointment of olBcers; prescribe their
duties; impose taxes, duties and ex-
cises, to be disposed of for defence,
protection, etc. — Valuation of es-
tates once in ten years, at least,
while, etc.
Section 2.
Senate.
Article
1. Senate, number and by whom elected.
— Counties to be districts, until, etc.
2. Manner and time of choosing senators
and councillors. — Word "inhabit-
ant" defined. — Selectmen to pre-
side at town meetings. — Return of
votes. — Inhabitants of unincor-
porated plantations, who pay state
taxes, may vote. — Plantation meet-
ings. — Assessors to notify, etc.
3. Governor and council to examine and
count votes, and issue summonses.
4. Senate to be final judge of elections,
etc., of its own members. — Va-
cancies, how filled.
5. Qualifications of a senator.
6. Senate not to adjourn more than two
days.
7. Shall choose officers and establish rules.
8. Shall try all impeachments. — Oath. —
Limitation of sentence.
9. Quorum.
Section 3.
House of Representatives.
Article
1. Representation of the people.
2. Representatives, by whom chosen. —
Proviso as to towns having less than
150 ratable polls. — Towns liable to
fine in case, etc. — Expenses of trav-
elling to and from the general court,
how paid.
Article
3. Qualifications of a representative.
4. Qualifications of a voter.
5. Representatives, when chosen.
6. House alone can impeach.
7. House to originate all money bills.
8. Not to adjourn more than two days.
9. Quorum.
10. To judge of returns, etc., of its own
members; to choose its officers and
establish its rules, etc. — May pun-
ish for certain offences. — Privileges
of members.
11. Senate. — ^ Governor and council may
punish. — General limitation. — Trial
may be by committee, or otherwise.
CHAPTER II.
EXECUTIVE POWER.
Section 1.
Governor.
Article
1. Governor. — His title.
2. To be chosen annually. — Qualifica-
tions.
3. To be chosen by the people, by a ma-
jority of votes. — How chosen, when
no person has a majority.
4. Power of governor, and of governor and
councU.
5. May adjourn or prorogue general court
upon request, and convene the same.
6. Governor and council may adjourn
general court in cases, etc., but not
exceeding ninety days.
7. Governor to be commander-in-chief. —
Limitation.
8. Governor and council may pardon of-
fences, except, etc. — But not before
conviction.
9. Judicial officers, etc., how nominated
and appointed.
10. Militia officers, how elected. — How
commissioned. — Election of officers.
— Major-generals, how appointed
and commissioned. — Vacancies, how
filled, in case, etc. — Officers duly
commissioned, how removed. — Ad-
jutants, etc., how appointed. — •
Army officers, how appointed. — Or-
ganization of militia.
11. Money, how drawn from the treasury,
except, etc.
12. All public boards, etc., to make quar-
terly returns.
13. Salary of governor. — Salaries of jus-
tices of supreme judicial court. —
Salaries to be enlarged if insufficient.
Section 2.
Lieutenant Governor.
Article
1. Lieutenant governor; his title and qual-
ifications. — How chosen.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Lxi
Article
2. President of council. — Lieutenant
governor a member, except, etc.
3. Lieutenant governor to be acting gov-
ernor, in case, etc.
Section 3.
Council, and the Manner of settling Elec-
tions by the Legislature.
Article
1. Council.
2. Number; from whom and how chosen.
— If senators become councillors,
their seats to be vacated.
3. Rank of councillors.
4. No district to have more than two.
5. Register of council.
6. Council to exercise power of governor
in case, etc.
7. Elections may be adjourned until, etc.
— Order thereof.
Section 4.
Secretary, Treasurer, Commissary, etc.
Article
1. Secretary, etc., by whom and how
chosen. — Treasurer ineligible for
more than five successive years.
2. Secretary to keep records; to attend the
governor and council, etc.
CHAPTER III.
JUDICIARY POWER.
Article
1. Tenure of all commissioned officers to
be expressed. — • Judicial officers to
hold office during good behavior, ex-
cept, etc. — But may be removed on
address.
2. Justices of supreme judicial court to
give opinions when required.
3. Justices of the peace; tenure of their
office.
4. Pro'visions for holding probate courts.
5. Marriage, divorce, etc., until other pro-
vision made by law.
CHAPTER IV.
DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
Delegates to congress.
CHAPTER V.
THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND
ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE,
ETC.
Section 1.
The University.
Article
1. Harvard College. — Powers, pri\Tleges,
etc., of the president and fellows con-
firmed.
2. All gifts, grants, etc., confirmed.
Article
3. Who shall be overseers. — Power of al-
teration reserved to the legislature.
Section 2.
The Encouragement of Literature, Etc.
Duty of legislatures and magistrates in all
future periods.
CHAPTER VI.
OATHS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS; INCOM-
PATIBILITY OF AND EXCLUSION
FROM OFFICES; PECUNIARY QUALI-
FICATIONS; COMMISSIONS; WRITS;
CONFIRMATION OF LAWS; HABEAS
CORPUS; THE ENACTING STYLE;
CONTINUANCE OF OFFICERS; FU-
TURE REVIS.4L OF CONSTITUTION,
ETC.
Article
1. Oaths of office, etc. — Quakers may
affirm.
2. Plurality of offices prohibited to gov-
ernor, etc., except, etc. — Incom-
patible offices. — Bribery, etc., dis-
qualify.
3. Value of money ascertained. — Prop-
erty qualifications may be increased.
4. Pro^^sions respecting commissions.
5. Provisions respecting writs.
6. Continuation of former laws, except,
etc.
7. Benefit of habeas corpus secured, ex-
cept, etc.
S. The enacting style.
9. Officers of former government con-
tinued until, etc.
10. Provision for revising constitution.
11. Pro\-ision for preserving and publish-
ing this constitution.
AMENDMENTS.
.Article
1. Bill, etc., not approved within five days,
not to become a law, if legislature
adjourn in the meantime.
2. General court empowered to charter
cities. ■ — Proviso.
3. Qualifications of voters for governor,
lieutenant governor, senators and
representatives.
4. Notaries public, how appointed and re-
moved. — Vacancies in the offices of
secretary and treasurer, how filled. —
Commissarj'-general may be ap-
pointed, in case, etc. — Militia offi-
cers, how removed.
5. Who may vote for captains and subal-
terns.
6. Oath to be taken by all officers. —
Quakers may affirm.
7. Tests abolished.
8. Incompatibility of offices.
9. Amendments to constitution, how
made.
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CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Article
10. Commencement of political year; and
termination. — Governor, etc., term
of office. — • Meetings for choice of
governor, lieutenant governor, etc.,
when to be held. — Article, when to
go into operation. — Inconsistent pro-
visions annulled.
1 1 . Religious freedom established.
12. Census of ratable polls. — • Representa-
tives, how apportioned, etc.
13. Census of inhabitants. • — Senatorial
districts. — Apportionment of rep-
resentatives and councillors. — Qual-
ifications of councillors. — Freehold
as a qualification for a seat in general
court or council not required.
14. Election by people to be by plurality.
15. Time of annual election of governor and
legislature.
16. Eight councillors to be chosen by the
people. ■ — • Legislature to district
state. — Eligibility defined. — Day
and manner of election. — Vacancies,
how filled. — Organization of govern-
ment.
17. Election of secretary, treasurer, auditor
and attorney-general by the people.
— Vacancies, how filled. — To qual-
ify within ten days. — Qualifications.
18. School money not to be applied for sec-
tarian schools.
19. Legislature to prescribe for election of
sheriffs, registers of probate, etc.
20. Reading constitution in English and
writing, necessary qualifications of
voters. — Proviso.
21. Census of voters and inhabitants. —
House of representatives to consist
of 240 members. — Legislature to
apportion, etc. — Division of coun-
ties. — Qualifications of representa-
tives. — Districts to be numbered,
etc. — Quorum.
22. Census, etc. — Voters to be basis of
apportionment of senators. — Senate
to consist of 40 members. — Sena-
torial districts. — Qualifications of
senators. — Quorum.
23. Residence of two years required of
naturalized citizens to entitle to
suffrage, or make eligible to office.
24. Vacancies in senate.
25. Vacancies in council.
26. Amendments, Art. XXIII, annulled.
27. Officers of Harvard College may be
elected members of the general court.
28. Persons having served in the U. S.
army or navy, etc., not to be dis-
qualified from voting, etc.
29. Voting precincts in towns.
30. Voters not disqualified by reasoi^ of
change of residence until six months
from time of removal.
31. Amendments, Art. XXVIII, amended.
Article
32. Provisions of Amendments, Art. Ill,
relative to payment of a tax as a vot-
ing qualification, annulled.
33. Quorum, in each branch of general
court, to consist of majority of
members.
34. Provisions of Chap. II, Sect. I, Art. II,
relative to property qualification of
governor, annulled.
35. Provisions of Chap. I, Sect. Ill, Art. II,
relative to expense of travelling to
the general assembly by members of
the house, annulled.
36. Amendments, Art. XIX, amended.
37. Removal of justices of the peace and
notaries public.
38. Voting machines may be used at elec-
tions.
39. Powers of legislature relative to the
taking of land, etc., for widening
or relocating highways, etc. — Pro-
^-iso.
40. Amendments, Art. Ill, amended.
41. Taxation of wild or forest lands.
42. Referendum.
43. Powers of general court relative to the
taking of land, etc., to relieve con-
gestion of population and to provide
homes for citizens.
44. General court may provide for taxing
incomes.
45. General court may provide for ab-
sentee voting.
46. Sect. 1. No law to prohibit free exer-
cise of religion.
Sect. 2. Public money not to be ex-
pended to aid institutions not wholly
under public ownership and control,
etc. — Exceptions.
Sect. 3. Care or support in private
hospitals, etc., of persons who are
public charges.
Sect. 4. Inmates of certain institu-
tions not to be deprived of religious
exercises of their faith; nor com-
pelled to attend services, etc.
Sect. 5. Time of taking effect.
47. General court may provide for distri-
bution of food, etc., in time of war,
etc., by the commonwealth, cities
and towns.
48. Initiative and Referendum.
I. Definitions.
The Initiative.
II. Initiative petitions.
Sect. 1. Contents.
Sect. 2. Excluded matters. — Duty
of general court to carry out law
approved by the people.
Sect. 3. Mode of originating.
Sect. 4. Transmission to the general
court.
III. Legislative action. — General pro-
visions.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
bail
Article
Sect. 1. Reference to committee.
Sect. 2. Legislative substitutes.
IV. Legislative action on proposed
constitutional amendments.
Sect. 1. Definition.
Sect. 2. Joint session.
Sect. 3. Amendment of proposed
amendments.
Sect. 4. Final legislative action.
Sect. 5. Submission to the people, and
adoption.
V. Legislative action on proposed
laws.
Sect. 1. Legislative procedure. —
When measure becomes law and
takes effect.
Sect. 2. Amendment by petitioners. —
Submission to the people.
VI. Conflicting and alternative meas-
ures.
The Referendum.
I. When laws passed by general court
take effect.
II. Emergency measures.
III. Referendum petitions.
Sect. 1. Contents.
Sect. 2. Excluded matters.
Sect. 3. Mode of petitioning for sus-
pension of a law and referendum
thereon.
Sect. 4. Petition for referendum on
an emergency law or a law the sus-
pension of which is not asked for.
General Provisions.
I. Identification and certification of
signatures. — Circulation of petitions.
II. Limitation on signatures.
III. Form of ballot.
IV. Information for voters.
V. Veto power of governor.
VI. General court's power of repeal.
VII. Amendment to be self-executing.
VIII. Amendments, Arts. IX and
XLII, annulled.
49. Conservation, etc., of natural resources
of commonwealth.
50. Regulation by law of advertising on
public ways, etc.
51. General court may provide for taking
ancient landmarks, etc.
52. General court may take a recess.
53. Chap. II, Sect. I, Art. X, the last two
paragraphs of Amendments, Art. IV,
and Amendments, Art. V, annulled.
Article
— Military and naval officers, how
appointed and removed, etc.
54. Chap. II, Sect. I, Art. VII, annulled.
— Military and naval forces, recruit-
ment, etc.
55. Chap. II, Sect. Ill, Art. VI, annulled.
— Order of succession in office of
governor, etc., in case of vacancy.
56. Return by governor to general court of
bill or resolve for amendment, etc.
57. Amendments, Art. IV, amended. —
Women may be appointed notaries
public, etc.
58. Chap. Ill, Art. I, amended. — Judicial
officers, retirement, etc.
59. Every charter, etc., subject to revoca-
tion, etc.
60. Building zones in cities and towns.
61. Compulsory voting at elections.
62. Sect. 1. Commonwealth's credit not
to be given to private enterprises.
Sect. 2. Commonwealth may borrow
money for certain purposes.
Sect. 3. Two-thirds yea and nay vote
of general court required to borrow
money for any other purpose.
Sect. 4. Expenditure of borrowed
money limited.
03. Sect. 1. Collection of revenue.
Sect. 2. The budget, contents, etc.
Sect. 3. The general appropriation
bill; supplementary budgets.
Sect. 4. Special appropriation bills.
Sect. 5. Governor may disapprove,
etc., items or parts of items in any
appropriation bill, etc. — Items to
have force of law, unless, etc.
64. Sect. 1. Biennial election of state of-
ficers, councillors, senators and rep-
resentatives; terms of office.
Sect. 2. Treasurer ineligible for more
than three successive terms.
Sect. 3. General court to assemble
annually.
Sect. 4. When first election under this
article shall be held, etc.
65. Members of general court not to be ap-
pointed to certain offices, nor receive
compensation on recess committees,
except, etc.
06. Organization of not more than twenty
departments to perform the executive
and administrative work of the com-
monwealth, except, etc.
PREAMBLE.
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of go''^i|J^nment.
government, is to secure the existence of the body pohtic, to protect
it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of
enjoying in safety and tranquiUity their natural rights, and the bless-
Ixiv
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Body politic,
how formed.
Its nature.
ings of life: and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the
people have a right to alter the government, and to take measures
necessary for their safety, prosperity and happiness.
The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals:
it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each
citizen, and each citizen M'ith the whole people, that all shall be gov-
erned by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people,
therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an
equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpreta-
tion, and a faithful execution of them; that every man may, at all
times, find his seciu-ity in them.
We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with
grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe,
in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity, delib-
erately and peaceably, without fraud, violence or surprise, of entering
into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other; and
of forming a new constitution of civil government, for ourselves and
posterity; and devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a
design, do agree upon, ordain and establish the following Declaration
of Rights, and Frame of Government, as the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
PART THE FIRST,
A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts.
nauJaingh?s Article I. All men are born free and equal, and have certain
ii5Mas"ii7 natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reck-
163 Mass. 589. oued the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties ; that
191 Mass'. 54.5. of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of
seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
208 Mass. 607. 231 Mass. 99. Op. A. G. (1920) 74.
224 Mass. 122. 4 Op. A. G. 1,38, 252.
200 Mass. 474,
Right and duty
of pubhc reU-
gious worship.
Protection
therein.
14 Mass. 340.
20 Pick. 200.
2 Cush. 104.
12 Allen, 127.
214 Mass. 599.
4 Op. A. G. 418.
empowered to
compel provi-
sion for public
worship.
Amendments,
Art. XI, substi-
tuted for this.
n. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly,
and at stated seasons to worship the Supreme Being, the great Cre-
ator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt,
molested, or restrained,' in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping
God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his
own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided
he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their
religious worship. See Amendments, Arts. XLVI and XLVIII.
III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order and pres-
erA'ation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion
and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a
community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, and
of public instructions in piety, religion and morality: Therefore, to
promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation
of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. IxV
to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the
legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several
towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies,
to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution
of the public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance
of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all
cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
And the people of this commonwealth have also a right to, and do. Legislature
invest their legislature with authority to enjoin upon all the subjects attendance
an attendance upon the instructions of the public teachers aforesaid, "''^'■<'°''-
at stated times and seasons, if there be any on whose instructions they
can conscientiously and conveniently attend.
Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, pre- Exclusive right
cincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, giourteMhera
have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of con- ^^'=>"'^-
tracting with them for their support and maintenance.
And all moneys paid by the subject to the support of public worship. Option as to
and of the public teachers aforesaid, shall, if he require it, be uniformly raxe"raay°be"*
applied to the support of the public teacher or teachers of his own l^^^^ "°'^^^'
religious sect or denomination, provided there be any on whose instruc-
tions he attends; otherwise it may be paid towards the support of the
teacher or teachers of the parish or precinct in which the said moneys
are raised.
And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peace- ah denomina-
ably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under nrTtCTted* ^
the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or tio'k^ot'on'^sect
denomination to another shall ever be established by law.] '° another.
IV. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive Right of self
right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent secured.
state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every
power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be
by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in Congress
assembled.
V. All power residing originally in the people, and being derived ^f'^airoffic'^rs!^
from them, the several magistrates and officers of government, vested ^f^-
with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are their
substitutes and agents, and are at all times accountable to them.
VI. No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other Services ren-
title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges, dis- pubUc being
tinct from those of the community, than what arises from the consid- peculiar pHvi-°
eration of services rendered to the public; and this title being in nature lafy offic'e'^are
neither hereditary, nor transmissible to children, or descendants, or unn^'J^r^i'*
relations by blood, the idea of a man born a magistrate, lawgiver, or ?P'^'' ■*"-;-,
judge, IS absurd and unnatural. i67 Mass. 290. its Mass. 599.
226 Mass. 286, 235 Mass. 320. 1 Op. A. G. 340.
VII. Government is instituted for the common good; for the pro- objects of gov-
tection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for pf'i^opfeto *
the profit, honor, or priAate interest of any one man, family, or class '(.ha'ig"e'it*'"'
of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, i^qJ^a'^g^I^o
and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter,
or totally change the same, when theii- protection, safety, prosperity
and happiness recjuire it.
Ixvi
CONSTITUTIOX OF MASSACHUSETTS.
!o?e™/e?ota-^ VIII. In order to prevent those, who are vested with authority,
tion in office, from becoiuing oppressors, the people have a right, at such periods and
in such manner as they shall establish by their frame of government,
to cause their public officers to return to private life; and to fill up
vacant places by certain and regular elections and appointments.
IX. All elections ought to be free; and all the inhabitants of this
commonwealth, having such qualifications as they shall establish by
their frame of government, have an equal right to elect officers, and
160 Mass. 5S6. to bc clcctcd, for pubHc employments.
200 Mass. 152. 228 Mass. 63. lOp.A. G. 449. 3 Op. .\. G, 497, 507.
For the definition of "inhabitant," see Part the Second, Ch. I, Sect. II, Art. II.
For absent voting, see Amendments, Art. XLV.
Freedom of elections not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See Amend-
ments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
For compulsory voting, see .Amendments, Art. LXI.
All having the
quahfications
prescribed
equally eUgible
to office.
! Mass. 594,
Right of protec-
tion and duty
of contribution
correlative.
Taxation
founded on
consent.
7 Met. 388.
4 Allen, 466.
108 Mass. 202.
208.
Ill Mass. 125,
126' Mass. 438.
131 Mass. 207.
135 Mass. 175.
139 Mass. 29,
341.
147 Mass. 609.
151 Mass. 285,
364.
161 Mass. 302.
X. Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by
it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to stand-
ing laws. He is obliged, consequently, to contribute his share to the
expense of this protection; to give his personal service, or an equivalent,
when necessary: but no part of the property of any individual can,
with justice, be taken from him, or applied to public uses, without
his own consent, or that of the representative body of the people. In
fine, the people of this commonwealth are not controllable by any other
laws than those to which their constitutional representative body have
given their consent. And whenever the public exigencies require that
the property of any individual should be appropriated to public uses,
he shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor.
174 Mass. 476.
191 Mass. 545.
197 Mass. 279.
201 Mass. 23.
224 Mass. 122.
230 Mass. 1.
231 Mass. 99.
232 Mass. 309.
233 Mass. 190.
aOp. A.G. 160.
4 Op. A. G. 483.
Op. A.G. (1919)107.
Private property not to be taken for public uses without, etc.
7 Pick. 344. 106 Mass. 356.
12 Pick. 467. 108 Mass. 202, 208.
6 Cush. 327. Ill Mass. 125.
2 Gray, 1. 113 Mass. 40.
7 Gray, 359. 126 Mass. 427, 438.
14 Gray, 155. 127 Mass. SO, 358, 408.
16 Gray, 417. 129 Mass. 559.
I Allen, 150. 136 Mass. 75.
II Allen, 530. 137 Mass. 478.
12 Allen, 223. 142 Mass. 394.
100 Mass. 544. 145 Mass. 509.
103 Mass. 120. 152 Mass. 540.
For certain public uses, see Amendments. .\rts. XLIII, XLVII and LI.
Right to receive compensation for private property appropriated to public use not to be the sub-
ject of an initiative or referendum petition. See Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2,
158 Mass. 509.
169 Mass. 417.
173 Mass. 495.
178 Mass. 199.330,363.
188 Mass. 348.
194 Mass. 80.
203 Mass. 26.
159 U. S. 380.
1 Op. A.G. 62, 224, 327.
2 0p. A.G. 72,263,423.
30p. AG. 273, 375, 396.
4 Op. A. G. 244, 541.
Remedies, by
recourse to the
law. to be free,
complete and
prompt.
224 Mass. 122.
225 Mass. 217.
227 Mass. 46.
228 Mass. 63.
Prosecutions
regulated.
S Pick. 211.
10 Pick. 9.
18 Pick. 434.
21 Pick. 542.
2 Met. 329.
12 Cush. 246.
1 Gray, 1.
5 Gray, 144.
8 Gray, 329.
10 Gray, 11.
11 Grav. 438.
2 Allen, 361.
XI. Every subject of the commonwealth ought to find a certain
remedy, by having recom-se to the laws, for all injiuies or wrongs which
he may receive in his person, property, or character. He ought to
obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase
it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay;
conformably to the laws.
XII. No subject shall be held to answer for any crimes or offence,
until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described
to him; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself.
And every subject shall have a right to produce all proofs, that may
be favorable to him; to meet the witnesses against him face to face,
and to be fully heard in his defence by himself, or his counsel, at his
election. And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or
deprived of his property, immimities, or privileges, put out of the
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Ixvii
protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, n Alien, 23s.
but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land. 12 Alien', 155.
97 Mass. 570. 141 Mass. 203. 184 Mass. 198.
100 Mass. 287. 149 Mass. 550. 189 Mass. 12.
107 Mass. 172. 150 Mass. 66, 334. 201 Mass. 23.
108 Mass. S. 158 Mass. 598. 207 Mass. 240, 259.
118 Mass. 443. 162 Mass. 90. 218 Mass. 507.
120 Mass. 118. 163Mass.411. 231 Mass. 99.
122 Mass. 330. 169 Mass. 387. 232 Mass. 88, 309.
124 .Mass. 464. 170 Mass. 328. 233 Mass. 190.
127 Mass. 550. 172 Mass. 311. 235 Mass. 357.
129 Mass. 489, 559. 173 Mass. 322, 498. 236 Mass. 310, 516.
132 Mass. 12. 175 Mass. 71. 3 Op. A. G. 396.
133 Mass. 503, 578. 179 Mass. 131.
Right of access to and protection in courts of justice not to be the subject of an initiative or ref-
erendum petition. See Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
And the legislature shall not make any law, that shall subject any Right to tri.ii
person to a capital or infamous punishment, excepting for the govern- criminal cases,
ment of the army and navj"^, without trial by jury. ^'^"^^
122 Mass. 330. 228 Mass. 63.
135 Mass. 48. Op. A. G. (1920) 95.
Right of trial by jurv not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See .Amend-
ments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
XIII. In criminal prosecutions, the verification of facts in the *^''™^^ :*° "^f
vicinity where they happen, is one of the greatest securities of the life, vicinity.
liberty, and property of the citizen.
2 Pick. 550. 121 Mass. 61. 151 Mass. 419. 208 Mass. 162.
XIV. Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable Keht of search
searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his regulated,
possessions. AH warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the Am(fnd°tiv. "
cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or Icush.^llg.
affirmation; and if the order in the warrant to a civil officer, to make j3Gray,^454
search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, Joo'^ia^g^JIg
or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designa- 126 Mass. 269.
tion of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure: and no M-ar- 152 Mass! 54b.
rant ought to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities prescribed 203 Mais! sio!
by the laws. 209 Mass. 396.
Protection from unreasonable search not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition.
See .\mendments. Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
XV. In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits Right to trial
between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has hereto- except, etc
fore been otherways used and practised, the parties have a right to a A™nd°tvii. "
trial by jury; and this method of procedure shall be held sacred, unless, 2 PicPssI"'
in causes arising on the high seas, and such as relate to mariners' wages,
the legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it.
8 Gray, 373. 128 Mass. 600. 183 Mass. 189.
11 .Alien, 574. 130 Mass. 23B. 189 Mass. 296.
102 Mass. 45. 135 Mass. 490. 205 Mass. 4S8.
114 Mass. 388. 149 Mass. 550. 215 Mass. 467.
120 Mass. 320. 152 Mass. 416. 229 Mass. 478.
122 Mass. 505. 163 Mass. 446. 230 Mass. 197.
123 Mass. 590. 173 Mass. 68. 232 Mass. 88.
124 Mass. 464. 176 Mass. 229. Op. A. G. (1917) 77.
125 Mass. 182. 180 Mass. 334, 377.
Right of trial by jur>' not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See Amend-
ments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II. § 2.
XVI. The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom Liberty of the
in a state: it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this common- 20Pick. 2ou.
wealth. 4 Op. a. g. 135, i78.
Freedom of the press not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See Amend-
ments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
XVII. The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the Right to
common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to bear arms.
7 Pick. 344.
6 Gray, 144.
Ixviii
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
dangerour™'"'' liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the
Military power legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact
subordinate to '^ .. . , . .. • , ^ . , , i l -j.
ci"'- subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
5 Gray, 121. 166 Mass. 171. 1 Op. A. G. 552.
Moral qualifica-
tions for office.
4 Op. A. G. 418.
Moral obliga-
tions of law-
givers and
magistrates.
Right of people
to instruct rep-
resentatives
and petition
legislature.
151 Mass. 50.
156 Mass. 57.
224 Mass. 176.
XVIII. A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the
constitution, and a constant adJierence to those of piety, justice, mod-
eration, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary
to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free govern-
ment. The people ought, consequently, to have a particular atten-
tion to all those principles, in the choice of their officers and repre-
sentatives: and they have a right to require of their lawgivers and
magistrates, an exact and constant observance of them, in the forma-
tion and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration
of the commonwealth.
XIX. The people have a right, in an orderly and peaceable manner,
to assemble to consult upon the common good; give instructions to
their representatives, and to request of the legislative body, by the
way of addresses, petitions, or remonstrances, redress of the wrongs
done them, and of the grievances they suffer.
Riaht of peaceable assembly not to be the subject of an initiative
Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
referendum petitic
^SthefaTs ■^■^- '^^^ power of suspcudiug the laws, or the execution of the
or their execu- laws, ought ncvcr to be exercised but by the legislature, or by authority
16 Mass. 326. derived from it, to be exercised in such particular cases only as the
legislature shall expressly provide for.
Modified by the initiative and referendum. See Amendments, Art. XLVIII, I, Definition.
batl'^et? "inf XXI. The freedom of deliberation, speech and debate, in either
reason therefor, housc of tlic legislature, is SO csscntial to the rights of the people, tliat
it cannot be the foundation of any accusation or prosecution, action
or complaint, in any other court or place whatsoever.
Freedom of speech not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See Amendments,
Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
Frequent ses-
sions, and ob-
jects thereof.
XXII. The legislature ought frequently to assemble for the redress
of grievances, for correcting, strengthening and confirming the laws,
and for making new laws, as the common good may require.
XXIII. No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties, ought to be estab-
lished, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without
the consent of the people or their representatives in the legislature.
XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence
of such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding
laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental
principles of a free government. iso Mass. 57.
XXV. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time, to be declared
guilty of treason or felony by the legislature.
XXVI. No magistrate or court of law, shall demand excessive
bail or sureties, impose excessive fines, or inflict cruel or unusual
punishments. 5 Gray, 482. 165 Mass. 66.
173 Mass. 322. 178 Mass. 549. 180 U. S. 311.
Protection from unreasonable bail not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition.
See Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2.
nlfedin^" XXVII. In time of peace, no soldier ought to be quartered in any
house without the consent of the owner; and in time of war, such
No tax without
consent.
8 Allen, 247.
Ex post facto
laws prohibited.
12 Allen, 421,
424, 428.
155 Mass. 162.
172 Mass. 264.
173 Mass. 322.
Legislature not
to convict of
treason, etc.
Excessive bail
or fines, and
cruel punish-
ments, pro-
hibited.
quartered
any house,
unless, etc.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Ixix
quarters ought not to be made but by the civil magistrate, in a manner
ordained by the legislature.
XXVIII. No person can in any case be subject to law-martial, or citizens exempt
to any penalties or pains, by virtue of that law, except those employed tiai?unies" etc.
in the army or navy, and except the militia in actual service, but by
authority of the legislature.
referendum petition. See
XXIX. It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every judges of su-
individual, his life, liberty, property, and character, that there be an rourt^ ^Tenure
impartial interpretation of the laws, and admini.stration of justice. 3^pil.™462^^'
It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial 4 Aiitn'sgi'
and independent as the lot of humanity will admit. It is, therefore, jq-'j,"' ^*|,g
not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights Of the people, 225,
and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial court 229 iiass^ 421!
should hold their offices as long as they behave themselves well; and
that they should have honorable salaries ascertained and established Sa'^^'es-
by standing laws.
Tenure of their oflfice not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See ,-Vmendments, •
Art. XLVm, The Initiative, II, § 2. The Referendum. Ill, § 2.
XXX. In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative separation of
department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or ewJutiv^and
either of them: the executive shall never exercise the legislative and m^ts^'''^''*'*'
judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the 2c'ush^677
legislati^'e and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may ^ Ajjen, sm.
be a government of laws and not of men.
100 Mass. 2S2. 142 Mass. 200. 207 Mass. 577. 230 Mass. 310.
114 Mass. 247. . 143 Mass. 490. 20S Mass. 610. 1 Op. A. G. 192, 233.
116 Mass. 315. 174 Mass. 514. 212 Mass. 127. 30p. A. G. 219,424, 507.
129 Mass. 559. 175 Mass. 71. 214 Mas.?. 602. 4 Op. A. G. 41.53, 199.
130 Mass. 357. 183 Mass. 535. 224 Mass. 122. Op. A. G. (1920) 92.
136 Mass. 239. 201 Mass. 609. 231 Mass. 99.
For initiative and referendum, see Amendments, Art. XLVIII.
For organization of executive, etc.. work of the Commonwealth in not more than twenty depart-
ments, see Amendments, Art. LXVI.
PART THE SECOND.
The Frame of Government.
The people, inhabiting the territory formerly called the Province Title of body
of Massachusetts Bay, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree with p°'''"^-
each other, to form themselves into a free, sovereign, and independ-
ent body politic, or state, by the name of The Common^'ealth of
Massachusetts .
CHAPTER I.
THE LEGISLATIVE POWER.
Section I.
The General Court.
Article I. The department of legislation shall be formed by two Legislative
branches, a Senate and House of Representatives: each of which shall Op''^a"g°''
have a negative on the other. The legislative body shall assemble every 'i^'^> **■
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
For change of
time, etc.. see
Amendments,
Art. X.
Governor's
veto.
99 Mass. 630.
214 Mass. 602.
1 Op. A. G. lOS.
3 Op. A. G. 552.
For right of
governor to
return bill or
resolve for
amendment,
see Aniend-
ments, Art.
LVI.
For disapproval
or reduction b,y
the governor
of items in
bills appropri-
ating money,
see Amend-
ments, Art.
LXIII, § 5.
Bill may be
passed by two
thirds of each
house, not-
withstanding.
186 Mass. 603.
208 Mass. 614.
227 Mass. 538.
2 Op. A. G. 513.
Bill or resolve
not returned
within five days
to be law.
135 Mass. 594.
year [on the last Wednesday in May, and at such other times as they
shall judge necessary; and shall dissolve and be dissolved on the day
next preceding the said last Wednesday in INIay;] and shall be styled,
The General Court of Massachusetts.
II. No bill or resolve of the senate or house of representatives shall
become a law, and have force as such, until it shall have been laid
before the governor for his revisal; and if he, upon such revision, ap-
prove thereof, he shall signify his approbation by signing the same.
But if he hav'e any objection to the passing of such bill or resolve, he
shall return the same, together with his objections thereto, in writing,
to the senate or house of representatives, in whichsoever the same
shall have originated; who shall enter the objections sent down by the
go\-ernor, at large, on their records, and proceed to reconsider the said
bill or resolve. But if after such reconsideration, two thirds of the
said senate or house of representatiA^es, shall, notwith.standing the said
objections, agree to pass the same, it shall, together with the objections,
be sent to the other branch of the legislatiu-e, where it shall also be
reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of the members present,
shall have the force of a law: but in all such cases, the votes of both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the
persons voting for, or against, the said bill or resolve, shall be entered
upon the public records of the commonwealth. 3 Op. a, g. 415.
And in order to prevent unnecessary delays, if any bill or resolve
shall not be returnee! by the governor within five days after it shall have
been presented, the same shall have the force of a law.
192 Mass. 15.
I case of adjournment of the general court '
3 Op. A. G. 414.
'ithin the five days, see Amendments, .\rt. I.
General court
may constitute
judicatories,
courts of rec-
ord, etc.
SGrav, 1.
12 Gray, 147,
228 Mass. 63.
See Amend-
ments, Art.
XLVIII, The
Initiative, II,
§2, and The
Referendum,
III, § 2.
Courts, etc.,
may administer
oaths.
General court
may enact laws,
etc., not re-
pugnant to the
constitution:
may provide for
the election or
appointment
oFofficers,
prescribe their
duties, etc.
9 Gray, 426.
4 Allen, 466.
6 Allen, 353.
14 Allen, 359.
100 Mass. 544.
Ill Mass. 454.
132 Mass. 542.
136 Mass. 75.
138 Mass. 601.
148 Mass. 375.
150 Mass. 592.
III. The general court shall forever have full power and authority
to erect anrl constitute judicatories and courts of record, or other courts,
to be held in the name of the commonwealth, for the hearing, trying,
and determining of all manner of crimes, offences, pleas, processes,
plaints, actions, matters, causes and things, whatsoever, arising or
happening within the commonwealth, or between or concerning persons
inhabiting, or residing, or brought within the same, whether the same
be criminal or civil, or whether the said crimes be capital or not capital,
and whether the said pleas be real, personal, or mixed; and for the
awarding and making out of execution thereupon. To which courts
and judicatories are hereby given and granted full power and authority,
from time to time, to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better dis-
covery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them.
IV. And further, full power and authority are hereby given and
granted to the said general court, from time to time, to make, ordain,
and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws,
statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with pen-
alties or without; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this
constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this
commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of
the subjects of the same, and for the necessary support and defence of
the government thereof; and to name and settle annually, or provide
by fixed laws, for the naming and settling all ci^ul officers within the
said commonwealth; the election and constitution of whom are not
hereafter in this form of government otherwise provided for; and to
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Ixxi
set forth the several duties, powers, and limits, of the several cW\\ and Jg ]^Ji;^^; flf^
military officers of this commonwealth, and the forms of such oaths or Jt?
• 1111 'ii** 1 1 i"! ^ Mass. 11/,
affirmations as shall be respectively administered unto them tor the 598
execution of their several offices and places, so as the same be not igo Mass! isui
repugnant or contrary to this constitution; and to unpose and levy i62Mass. ii3,
proportional and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon all f64'Mass. «.
the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying, within the igl'Mass. 2S7,
said commonwealth: and also to impose and levy, reasonable duties f*;2.599.
' ' 1 1* 1 loo Mass. So,
and excises, upon any produce, goods, wares, merchandise, and com- 589.
modities, whatsoever, brought into, produced, manufactured, or being ns Massing'
within the same; to be issued and disposed of by warrant, under the ire Mass! 9,
hand of the governor of this commonwealth for the time being, with i77']via°'g. 434.
the advice and consent of the council, for the public service, in the }go Mass' 274!
necessary defence and support of the government of the said common- H^.j^jj^^g 333
wealth, and the protection and preservation of the subjects thereof, isa Mass. 242.
according to such acts as are or shall be in force within the same. is. *
191 Mass. 545. 232 Mass. 88. 4 Op. A. G. 20, 27, 41, 48, 183, 207,
203 Mass. 26. 234 Mass. 612. 252, 259, 265, 276, 289, 337. 386, 407,
209 Mass. 607. 197 U. S. 11. 422, 483, 519, 521, 529, 553, 557.
211 Mass. 624. 20p. A. G. 161, 264, 326, 5S4. Op. A. G. (1917) 24, 77.
216 Mass. 356, 605. 3 Op. A. C. 109, 280, 3S4, Op. A. G. (1919) 32. •
221 Mass. 323. 388, 526, 538. Op. A. G. (1920) 97.
May impose taxes, etc., to be disposed of for defence, etc.
19 \TQaa 9.(^9 in.-^ \Tocc 9fi7 isa \Tn.
12 Mass. 252. 103 Mass. 267. 183 Mass. 333. 228 Mass. 101, 117.
6 Allen, 428. 114 Mass. 388. 188 Mass. 239. 232 Mass. 28.
6 Allen, 558. 118 Mass. 386. 190 Mass. 110. 233 Mass. 190.
8 Allen, 247, 256. 123 Mass. 493. 193 Mass. 406. 234 Mass. 42.
12 Allen, 75, 312, 126 Mass. 547. 196 Mass. 603. 246 U. S. 135, 146.
500,612. 127 Mass. 408. 199 Mass. 96. 3 Op. A. G. 294,299,
98 Mass. 19. 133 Mass. 161. 224 Mass. 31. 409, 491, 495.
100 Mass. 282. 134 Mass. 419. 226 Mass. 268. 4 Op. A. G. 192, 215.
101 Mass. 675. 145 Mass. 108.
And while the public charges of government, or any part thereof, g^ta"^*'""^"'
shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto ^^ jg^f'^^yig
been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with etc
equality, there shall be a valuation of estates within the common- 126 Mass. 547.
wealth taken anew once in every ten years at least, and as much oftener p ■• •
as the general court shall order.
For the authority of the general court to charter cities, see Amendments, Art. II._
For additional taxing power given to the general court, see Amendments, .\rts. XLI and XLIV.
For the state wide referendum on bills and resolves of the general court, see Amendments, Art. XLII,
which was annulled by Amendments, .\rt. XLVIII, General Provisions, VIII.
For the initiative and referendum, see .\mendments. Art. XLVIII.
For the power given the general court to provide by law for absentee and compulsory voting, see
Amendments, Arts. XLV and LXI.
For the power given the general court to determine the manner of providing and distributing the
necessaries of life, etc., during time of war, public distress, etc., by the commonwealth and the cities
and towns therein, see Amendments, Art. XL^'II.
CHAPTER I.
Section II.
SeJiate.
Article I. [There shall be annually elected, by the freeholders and 1^%^ ^m'^
other inhabitants of this commonwealth, qualified as in this constitution elected.
.... , .,, , p 1 Superseded bv
IS provided, forty persons to be councillors and senators tor the year Amendments,
ensuing their election; to be chosen bj' the inhabitants of the districts, which was in
into which the commonwealth may from time to time be divided by seded^y*""
the general coiu-t for that purpose: and the general court in assigning irt^xxiT'^'
the numbers to be elected by the respective districts, shall govern
Ixxii
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
see Amend-
ments, Art.
XVI.
themselves by the proportion of the public taxes paid by the said dis-
!l"™°)iiiw"^^ tricts; and timely make known to the inhabitants of the commonwealth,
the limits of each district, and the number of councillors and senators
to be chosen therein; provided that the number of such districts shall
never be less than thuleen ; and that no district be so large as to entitle
the same to choose more than six senators.
And the several counties in this commonwealth shall, until the general
court shall determine it necessary to alter the said districts, be districts
for the choice of councillors and senators, (except that the counties of
Dukes County and Nantucket shall form one district for that purpose)
and shall elect the following number for councillors and senators, viz. : —
Suffolk
Essex
Middlesex
Hampshire
Plymouth
Barnstable
Bristol
Six
Six
Five
Four
Three
One
Three
York
Dukes County 1
and Nantucket J
Worcester
Cumberland
Lincoln
Berkshire
Two
One
Five
One
One
Two]
Manner and
time of choosing
senators and
councillors.
See Amend-
ments, Arts. X,
XV, XLV, LXI
and LXIV, § 1.
As to cities,
see Amend-
ments, Art. II.
Provisions as to
qualifications of
voters super-
seded by
Amendments,
Arts. Ill, XX,
XXVIII,
XXX, XXXI,
XXXII and
XL.
Word "inhabit-
ant" defined.
3 Mass. 568.
7 Mass. 523.
5 Met. 298.
122 Mass. 594.
Selectmen to
preside at towi
meetings.
As to cities, se
Amendments,
Art. II.
Time changed
to first Wednes-
day of January,
■See Amend-
ments, Art. X.
II. The senate shall be the first branch of the legislature; and the
senators shall be chosen in the following manner, viz. there shall be
a meeting on the [first INIonday in April,] [annually,] forever, of the
inliabitants of each town in the several counties of this commonwealth;
to be called by the selectmen, and warned in due course of law, at
least seven days before the [first Monday in April,] for the piupose of
electing persons to be senators and councillors; [and at such meetings
every male inhabitant of twenty-one years of age and upwards, having
a freehold estate within the commonwealth, of the annual income of
three pounds, or any estate of the value of six-ty pounds, shall have a
right to give in his vote for the senators for the district of which he is
an inhabitant.] And to remove all doubts concerning the meaning of
the word "inhabitant" in this constitution, every person shall be con-
sidered as an inhabitant, for the purpose of electing and being elected
into any office, or place within this state, in that town, district or
plantation where he dwelleth, or hath his home.
See also Amendments, Art. XXIII, which was annulled by Amendments, Art. XXVI.
The selectmen of the several towns shall preside at such meetings
impartially; and shall receive the votes of all the inhabitants of such
towns present and qualified to vote for senators, and shall sort and
count them in open town meeting, and in presence of the town clerk,
who shall make a fair record, in presence of the selectmen, and in open
town meeting, of the name of every person voted for, and of the number
of votes against his name: and a fair copy of this record shall be at-
tested by the selectmen and the town clerk, and shall be sealed up,
directed to the secretary of the commonwealth for the time being,
with a superscription, expressing the purport of the contents thereof,
and delivered by the town clerk of such towns, to the sherift" of the
county in which such town lies, thirty days at least before [the last
Wednesday in May] [annually;] or it shall be delivered into the sec-
retary's office seventeen days at least before the said [last Wednesday
in May:] and the sheriff of each county shall deliver all such certificates
by him received, into the secretary's office, seventeen days before the
said [last Wednesday in May.]
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Ixxiii
[And the inhabitants of plantations unincorporated, qualified as this inhabitants of
constitution provides, who are or shall be empowered and required pfantat'S"'!*'^''
to assess taxes upon themselves toward the support of government, ^'ies'm ^*^'^
shall have the same privilege of voting for coimcillors and senators in ^'°*-^-'
the plantations where they reside, as town inhabitants have in their
respective towns; and the plantation meetings for that purpose shall Plantation
be held annually [on the same first Monday in April], at such place
in the plantations respectively, as the assessors thereof shall direct;
which assessors shall have like authority for notifying the electors, Assessors to
collecting and returning the votes, as the selectmen and town clerks °°*''y' ®'°-
have in their several towns, by this constitution. And all other persons
living in places unincorporated (qualified as aforesaid) who shall be
assessed to the support of government by the assessors of an adjacent Timeofcieo-
town, shall have the privilege of giving in their votes for councillors by Amend-
and senators in the town where they shall be assessed, and be notified 5^™'*'^''-
of the place of meeting by the selectmen of the town where they shall
be assessed, for that purpose accordingly.]
III. And that there may be a due convention of senators on the Governor and
[last Wednesday in May] annually, the go^■ernor with five of the council, an^neand*'"
for the time being, shall, as soon as may be, examine the returned anTissTie**^'
copies of such records; and fourteen days before the said day he shall ^^mon^es.
issue his summons to such persons as shall appear to be chosen by to first
[a majority of] voters, to attend on that day, and take their seats accord- January by '"
ingly: provided nevertheless, that for the first year the said returned in.'^x.'"''''*'''
copies shall be examined by the president and five of the council of the Majority
former constitution of government; and the said president shall, in plurality by
like manner, issue his summons to the persons so elected, that they may aS.'^xiT"*'^'
take their seats as aforesaid.
IV. The senate shall be the final judge of the elections, returns and fnaUudge'of
qualifications of their own members, as pointed out in the constitution; eiection^s. etc.,
and shall, [on the said last Wednesday in May] [annually,] determine members.
and declare who are elected by each district, to be senators [by a majority
of votes; and in case there shall not appear to be the full number of Time changed
senators returned elected by a majority of votes for any district, the Wednesday of
deficiency shall be supplied in the following manner, viz.: The members Amendments,
of the house of representatives, and such senators as shall be declared '
elected, shall take the names of such persons as shall be found to have changed to
the highest number of votes in such district, and not elected, amounting AmTudments,
to twice the number of senators wanting, if there be so many voted for; ^''" ^^'^'
and out of these shall elect by ballot a number of senators sufficient vacancies, how
to fill up the vacancies in such district ; and in this manner all such changed to
vacancies shall be filled up in every district of the commonwealth ; and "g^'j™ ^^
in like manner all vacancies in the senate, arising by death, removal See Amend-
out of the state, or otherwise, shall be supplied as soon as may be, after xxiv.
such vacancies shall happen.]
V. Provided nevertheless, that no person shall be capable of being Qualifications
elected as a senator, [who is not seised in his own right of a freehold r4operty'quai-
within this commonwealth, of the value of three hundred pounds at ish",5"" ^^"^'
least, or possessed of personal estate to the value of six hundred pounds nf^^n^^lrf
at least, or of both to the amount of the same sum, and] who has not x"i '
been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for the space of five years ^eeabo'^Am'e'nd-
immediately preceding his election, and at the time of his election, he xxn.' ^'^*"
shall be an inhabitant in the district for which he shall be chosen.
Ixxiv
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Senate not to
adjourn more
tlian two days.
Shall choose
officers and
establish rules.
Shall try all
impeachments.
167 Mass. 599.
210 Mass. 214.
VI. The senate shall have power to adjourn themselves, provided
such adjournments do not exceed two days at a time.
See Amendments, Art. LII.
VII. The senate shall choose its own president, appoint its owti
officers, and determine its own rules of proceedings.
VIIL The senate shall be a court with full authority to hear and
determine all impeachments made by the house of representatives,
against any officer or officers of the commonwealth, for misconduct and
mal-administration in their offices. But previous to the trial of every
impeachment the members of the senate shall respectively be sworn,
truly and impartially to try and determine the charge in question,
according to evidence. Their judgment, however shall not extend
further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold or
enjoy any place of honor, trust, or profit, under this commonwealth:
but the party so convicted, shall be, nevertheless, liable to indictment,
trial, judgment, and punishment, according to the laws of the land.
IX. [Not less than sixteen members of the senate shall constitute a
quorum for doing business.] See Amendments, Arts. XXII and XXXIII.
Representa-
tives, by whom
chosen.
7 Mass. 523.
Superseded by
Amendments.
Arts. XII and
XIII, which
were in turn
superseded by
Amendments,
Alt. XXI.
Proviso as to
towns having
less than 150
ratable polls.
Expenses of
travelling to
and from the
general court,
how paid.
Annulled by
Amendments,
Art. XXXV.
Qualifications
of a repre-
sentative.
CHAPTER I.
Section III.
Iloiwe of Representatives.
Article I. There shall be, in the legislature of this commonwealth,
a representation of the people, [annually] elected, and founded upon
the principle of equality.
For change to biennial elections, see Amendments, Art. LXIV. § 1.
II. [And in order to provide for a representation of the citizens of
this commonwealth, founded upon the principle of equality, every cor-
porate town containing one hundred and fifty ratable polls, may elect
one representative: every corporate town, containing three hundred and
seventy-five ratable polls may elect two representatives: every corpo-
rate town containing six hundred ratable polls, may elect three rep-
resentatives: and proceeding in that manner, making two hundred and
twenty-five ratable polls, the mean increasing number for every addi-
tional representative.
Provided nevertheless, that each town now incorporated, not having
one hundred and fifty ratable polls, may elect one representative: but
no place shall hereafter be incorporated with the privilege of electing a
representative, unless there are within the same one hundred and fifty
ratable polls.]
And the house of representatives shall have power from time to time
to impose fines upon such towns as shall neglect to choose and return
members to the same, agreeably to this constitution.
[The expenses of travelling to the general assembly, and returning
home, once in every session, and no more, shall be paid by the govern-
ment, out of the public treasury, to every member who shall attend as
seasonably as he can, in the judgment of the house, and does not depart
without leave.]
III. Every member of the house of representatives shall be chosen
by written votes; [and for one year at least next preceding his election,
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. LxXV
shall have been an inhabitant of, and have been seised in his own right >-'ew provision
of a freehold of the value of one hundred pounds within the town he see Amend-
shall be chosen to represent, or any ratable estate to the value of two xxl' ^'^*'
liinidred poiuids; and he shall cease to represent the said town im-
mediately on his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid.]
Property qualifications abolished by Amendments, Art. XIII.
IV. [Every male person, being twenty-one years of age, and resident Qualifications
in any particular town in this commonwealth for the space of one year These°provi-
next preceding, having a freehold estate within the same town, of the led^d^by^"^"
annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of six-ty pounds, Artrni.^xx,
shall have a right to vote in the choice of a representative, or repre- xxx'xxxi
sentatives for the said town.] ^^^ii«"d
See also Amendments, Art. XXIII, which was annulled by Art. XXVI.
V. [The members of the house of representatives shall be chosen Pepresenta-
annually in the month of May, ten days at least before the last Wednes- cho'sen*^''"
day of that month.]
Time of election changed by Amendments, Art. X, and changed again by Amendments, Art. XV.
VI. The house of representatives shall be the grand inquest of this House alone
commonwealth; and all impeachments made by them, shall be heard 2ioMMs*2'i4
and tried by the senate.
VII. All money bills shall originate in the house of representatives; House to origi-
but the senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other {Jjjj^ »" ™o°<'y
bills. 126 Mass. 547, 557.
VIII. The house of representatives shall have power to adjourn Not to adjourn
themselves ; provided such adjoiu-nment shall not exceed two days at a ^°yl ''""' '""^
time. See Amendments, Art. LII.
IX. [Not less than sixty members of the house of representatives, Quorum.
shall constitute a quorum for doing business.]
See Amendments, Arts. XXI and XXXIII.
X. The house of representatives shall be the judge of the returns, To judge of
elections, and qualifications of its own members, as pointed out in the ks'own mem-°'
constitution; shall choose then- own speaker; appoint their own officers, iillm^ersand
and settle the rules and orders of proceeding in their own house: They ^'g^'g^V^
shall have authority to punish by imprisonment, every person, not a May'punish
member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house, by any dis- o°ffences'!"'
orderly, or contemptuous behavior, in its presence; or who, in the town als^ivfas's^llb.
where the general court is sitting, and during the time of its sitting, ^ °p- ^- ^ ^■
shall threaten harm to the body or estate of any of its members, for any
thing said or done in the house; or who shall assault any of them there-
for; or who shall assault, or arrest, any witness, or other person, ordered
to attend the house, in his way in going or returning; or who shall
rescue any person arrested by the order of the house. And no member Privileges of
of the house of representatives shall be arrested, or held to bail on ^''"'^"^■
mesne process, during his going unto, returning from, or his attending
the general assembly.
XL The senate shall have the same powers in the like cases; and l'"^**"-
the governor and council shall have the same authority to punish in like council may
cases. Provided that no imprisonment on the warrant or order of the oraerai umita-
governor, council, senate, or house of representatives, for either of the u ciray, 220.
above described offences, be for a term exceeding thirty days.
bcxvi
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Trial may be
by committee,
or otherwise.
223 Mass. 51G.
And the senate and house of representatives may try, and determhie,
all cases where their rights and privileges are concerned, and which, by
the constitution, they have authority to try and determine, by com-
mittees of their own members, or in such other way as they may respec-
tively think best.
CHAPTER II.
His title.
To be chosen
amiually.
For chanee to
biennial elec-
tions, see
Amendments,
Art. LXIV.
§§ 1-4.
To be chosen
by the people,
by a majority
of votes.
196 Mass. 410.
See Amend-
ments, Art.
XLV.
Time of elec-
tion changed
by Amend-
ments, Art. X,
and changed
again by
Amendments,
Art. XV.
As to cities, sei
Amendments,
Art. 11.
Time changed
to first
Wednesday of
January by
Amendments,
Art. X.
Changed to
plurality by
Amendment
Art. XIV.
How chosen
I has
I per-
Power of gov-
ernor, and of
governor and
council.
190 Mass. 016.
EXECUTIVE POWER.
Section I.
Governor.
Article I. There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who
shall be styled, The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts; and whose title shall be — His Excellency.
II. The governor shall be chosen [annually:] and no person shall
be eligible to this office, unless at the time of his election, he shall have
been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for seven years next preced-
ing; [and unless he shall at the same time, be seised in his own right,
of a freehold within the commonwealth of the value of one thousand
pounds;] [and unless he shall declare himself to be of the Christian
religion.] See Amendments, Arts. VII and XXXIV.
III. Those persons who shall be qualified to vote for senators and
representatives within the several towns of this commonwealth, shall,
at a meeting to be called for that purpose, on the [first Monday of April]
[annually,] give in their votes for a governor, to the selectmen, who
shall preside at such meetings; and the town clerk, in the presence and
with the assistance of the selectmen, shall, in open town meeting, sort
and count the votes, and form a list of the persons voted for, with the
number of votes for each person against his name; and shall make a
fair record of the same in the town books, and a public declaration
thereof in the said meeting; and shall, in the presence of the inliabit-
ants, seal up copies of the said list, attested by him and the selectmen,
and transmit the same to the sheriff of the county thirty days at least
before the [last Wednesday in May]; and the sheriff shall transmit
the same to the secretary's office, seventeen days at least before the
said [last Wednesday in ^lay]; or the selectmen may cause returns of
the same to be made to the office of the secretary of the commonwealth,
seventeen days at least before the said day; and the secretary shall
lay the same before the senate and the house of representatives, on the
[last Wednesday in May], to be by them examined: and in case of an
election by a [majority] of all the votes returned, the choice shall be by
them declared and published. But if no person shall have a [majority]
of votes, the house of representatives shall, by ballot, elect two out of
four persons who had the highest number of votes, if so many shall have
been voted for, but, if otherwise, out of the number voted for; and
make return to the senate of the two persons so elected; on which
the senate shall proceed, by ballot, to elect one, who shall be declared
governor.
IV. The governor shall have authority from time to time, at his
discretion, to assemble and call together the councillors of this com-
monwealth for the time being; and the governor with the said coun-
cillors, or five of them at least, shall, and may, from time to time, hold
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. IxXVU
and keep a council, for the ordering and directing the affairs of the
commonwealth, agreeably to the constitution and the laws of the
land.
V. The governor, with advice of council, shall have full power and May adjourn
authority, during the session of the general court to adjoiu-n or pro- general court
rogue the same to any time the two houses shall desire; [and to dissolve and°onvene''
the same on the day next preceding the last Wednesday in ]\Iay; and, *''^^^""'
in the recess of the said court, to prorogue the same from time to time,
not exceeding ninety days in any one recess;] and to call it together
sooner than the time to which it may be adjourned or prorogued, if
the welfare of the commonwealth shall require the same: and in case
of any infectious distemper prevailing in the place where the said court
is next at any time to convene, or any other cause happening whereby
danger may arise to the health or lives of the members from their
attendance, he may direct the session to be held at some other, the
most convenient place within the state.
[And the governor shall dissolve the said general court on the day tion. see''""
next preceding the last Wednesday in INIay.] Aitx""^"''^'
VI. In cases of disagreement between the two houses, with regard ^oyn^Jj"^ ^""^
to the necessity, expediency or time of adjournment, or prorogation, adjourn
the governor, with ad\ice of the council, shall have a right to adjourn in cases, etc .
or prorogue the general court, not exceeding ninety days, as he shall c "edTng lii'ncty
determine the public good shall require. 190 Mass. eie. ''''*'^-
VII. [The governor of this commonwealth for the time being, shall Governor to be
be the commander in chief of the army and navy, and of all the mill- chief.
tary forces of the state, by sea and land; and shall have full power JnnunSand
by himself, or by any commander, or other officer or officers, from superseded by
. . . , . , , ... Amendments,
time to time, to train, instruct, exercise and govern the militia and Art. liv.
na\'y ; and, for the special defence and safety of the commonwealth, to
assemble in martial array, and put in warlike posture, the inhabitants
thereof, and to lead and conduct them, and with them to encounter,
repel, resist, expel and pursue, by force of arms, as well by sea as by
land, within or without the limits of this commonwealth, and also to
kill, slay and destroy, if necessary, and conquer, by all fitting ways,
enterprises, and means whatsoever, all and every such person and
persons as shall, at any time hereafter, in a hostile manner, attempt
or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment, or annoyance of this
commonwealth; and to use and exercise, over the army and navy, and
over the militia in actual service, the law martial, in time of war or
invasion, and also in time of rebellion, declared by the legislature to
exist, as occasion shall necessarily require; and to take and surprise
by all ways and means whatsoever, all and every such person or persons,
with their ships, arms, ammunition and other goods, as shall, in a
hostile manner, invade, or attempt the invading, conquering, or annoy-
ing this commonwealth; and that the governor be intrusted with all
these and other powers, incident to the offices of captain-general and
commander in chief, and admiral, to be exercised agreeably to the
rules and regulations of the constitution, and the laws of the land, and
not otherwise.
Provided, that the said governor shall not, at any time hereafter, by Limitation.
virtue of any power by this constitution granted, or hereafter to be
granted to him by the legislature, transport any of the inhabitants of
this commonwealth, or oblige them to march out of the limits of the
same, without their free and voluntary consent, or the consent of the
Ixxviii
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Governor and
council may
pardon
offences,
except, etc.
135 Slass. 48.
190 Mass. 616.
201 Mass. 609.
1 Op.A. G. 199.
4 0p. A.G. 119.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 179.
nominated and
appointed.
228 Mass. 63.
Militia ofRcers,
how elected.
Limitation of
age struck out
by Amend-
ments, Art. V.
This article
annulled and
superseded by
Amendments,
Art. LIII.
How commis-
sioned.
Major-generals,
how appointed
and
sioned.
Officers duly
commissioned,
how removed.
Superseded by
Amendments,
Art. IV.
Adjutants, etc,
how appointed.
Army officers,
how appointed.
general court; except so far as may be necessary to march or transport
them by land or water, for the defence of such part of the state, to which
they cannot otherwise conveniently have access.]
VIII. The power of pardoning offences, except such as persons may
be convicted of before the senate by an impeachment of the house,
shall be in the governor, by and with the advice of council: but no
charter of pardon, granted by the governor, with advice of the council
before conviction, shall avail the party pleading the same, notwith-
standing any general or particular expressions contained therein, de-
scriptive of the offence or offences intended to be pardoned.
But not before conviction. 109 Mass. 323.
IX. All judicial officers, [the attorney-general,] the solicitor-general,
[all sheriffs,] coroners, [and registers of probate,] shall be nominated
and appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent
of the council; and every such nomination shall be made by the gov-
ernor, and made at least seven days prior to such appointment.
For proWsions as to election of attorney-general, see Amendments, Arts. XVII and LXIV, § 1.
For provision as to election of sheriffs, registers of probate, etc., see Amendments, Art, XIX.
■For provision as to appointment of notaries public, see Amendments, Arts. IV and LVIl.
.A.ppointment, tenure, etc., of judges not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition;
see Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2, and The Referendum, III, § 2.
X. [The captains and subalterns of the militia, shall be elected by
the written votes of the train band and alarm list of their respective
companies, [of twenty-one years of age and upwards:] the field officers
of regiments shall be elected by the written votes of the captains and
subalterns of their respective regiments: the brigadiers shall be elected
ill like manner, by the field officers of their respective brigades: and such
officers, so elected, shall be commissioned by the governor, who shall
determine their rank.
The legislature shall, by standing laws, direct the time and manner
of convening the electors, and of collecting votes, and of certifying to
the governor, the officers elected.
The major-generals shall be appointed by the senate and house of
representatives, each having a negative upon the other; and be com-
missioned by the governor.
And if the electors of brigadiers, field officers, captains or subalterns,
shall neglect or refuse to make such elections, after being duly notified,
according to the laws for the time being, then the governor, with advice
of council, shall appoint suitable persons to fill such offices.
[And no officer, duly commissioned to command in the militia, shall
be removed from his office, but by the address of both houses to the
governor, or by fair trial in court-martial pursuant to the laws of the
commonwealth for the time being.]
The commanding officers of regiments shall appoint their adjutants
and quartermasters; the brigadiers their brigade-majors; and the
major-generals their aids; and the governor shall appoint the adjutant-
general.
The governor, with advice of council, shall appoint all officers of
the continental army, whom by the confederation of the United States
it is provided that this commonwealth shall appoint, as also all officers
of forts and garrisons.
The divisions of the militia into brigades, regiments and companies,
made in pursuance of the militia laws now in force, shall be considered
as the proper divisions of the militia of this commonwealth, until the
same shall be altered in pursuance of some future law.]
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. IxXlX
XL No moneys shall be issued out of the treasury of this common- Money, how
wealth, and disposed of (except such sums as may be appropriated for treMury?'" ' *
the redemption of bills of credit or treasmer's notes, or for the payment i3'^l?ie'n!*593.
of interest arising thereon) but by warrant under the hand of the gov- 5*^* ^'^^f- ^^■
ernor for the time being, with the advice and consent of the council, for ^i^i^) lO-
the necessary defence and support of the commonwealth; and for the
protection and preservation of the inhabitants thereof, agreeably to
the acts and resolves of the general court.
Certain appropriations of money from treasury not to be subjects of initiative or referendum peti-
tion. See Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, 11, § 2, and The Referendum, III, § 2.
XII. All public boards, [the commissary-general,] all superintending ah public
oflScers of public magazines and stores, belonging to this common- mTke "quarterly
wealth, and all commanding officers of forts and garrisons within the ^^'■^°^-
same, shall once in every three months, officially, and without requisi- Provision for
tion, and at other times, when required by the governor, deliver to of commissary-
him an account of all goods, stores, provisions, ammunition, cannon nuiiKiby"
with their appendages, and small arms with their accoutrements, and An^'uii'"**'
of all other public property whatever under their care respectivelj- ;
distinguishing the quantity, number, quality and kind of each, as
particularly as may be; together with the condition of such forts and
garrisons and the said commanding officer shall exhibit to the gov-
ernor, when required by him, true and exact plans of such forts, and
of the land and sea or harbor or harbors adjacent.
And the said boards, and all public officers, shall communicate to
the governor, as soon as may be after receiving the same, all letters,
despatches, and intelligences of a public nature, which shall be directed
to them respectively.
XIII. As the public good requires that the governor should not be salary of
under the undue influence of any of the members of the general court «='"'^™°''-
by a dependence on them for his support, that he should in all cases,
act with freedom for the benefit of the public, that he should not have
his attention necessarily diverted from that object to his private con-
cerns— and that he should maintain the dignity of the commonwealth
in the character of its chief magistrate, it is necessary that he should
have an honorable stated salary, of a fLxed and permanent value, amply
sufficient for those purposes, and established by standing laws: and it
shall be among the first acts of the general court, after the commence-
ment of this constitution, to establish such salary by law accordingly.
Permanent and honorable salaries shall also be established by law salaries of jus-
for the justices of the supreme judicial court. preme judicial
Compensation of judges not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition; see Amend- *^ourt.
ments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2, and The Referendum, III, § 2.
And if it shall be found that any of the salaries aforesaid, so estab- salaries to be
lished, are insufficient, they shall, from time to time be enlarged as fMuffident.
the general court shall judge proper.
CHAPTER II.
Section II.
Lieutenant Governor.
Article I. There shall be [annually] elected a lieutenant governor Lieutenant
of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title shall be, His ti!tre"nd '
Ixxx
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
See Amend-
ments, Arts.
VII and
XXXIV.
For change
to biennial
elections, see
Amendments,
Art. LXIV. § 1
How chosen.
Election by
plurahty pro-
vided for oy
Amendments,
Art. XIV.
President of
council.
Lieutenant
governor a
member,
except, etc.
Lieutenant
governor to be
acting gov-
135 Mass. 594.
See Amend-
ments, Art. LV.
and residence in the commonwealth, in the same manner with the
governor: and the day and manner of his election, and the qualifica-
tions of the electors, shall be the same as are required in the election of
a governor. The return of the votes for this officer, and the declaration
of his election, shall be in the same manner: and if no one person shall
be found to have [a majority] of all the votes returned, the vacancy
shall be filled by the senate and house of representatives, in the same
manner as the governor is to be elected, in case no one person shall
have [a majority] of the votes of the people to be governor.
IL The governor, and in his absence the lieutenant governor, shall
be president of the council, but shall have no vote in council: and the
lieutenant governor shall always be a member of the council except
when the chair of the governor shall be vacant.
III. Whenever the chair of the governor shall be vacant, by reason
of his death, or absence from the commonwealth, or otherwise, the
lieutenant governor, for the time being, shall, during such vacancy,
perform all the duties incumbent upon the governor, and shall have
and exercise all the powers and authorities, which by this constitution
the governor is vested with, when personally present.
Council.
190 Mass. Oin.
Number of
councillors
changed to
eight.
See Amend-
ments, Art.
XVI.
Number; from
whom and
how chosen.
Modified by
Amendments,
Arts. X and
xin.
Superseded by
Amendments,
Art. XVI.
If senators be-
No district to
have more
than two.
Council to
exercise power
of governor in
case, etc.
CHAPTER II.
Section III.
Council, and the Manner of settling Elections by the Legislature.
Article I. There shall be a council for advising the governor in
the executive part of government, to consist of [nine] persons besides
the lieutenant governor, whom the governor, for the time being, shall
have full power and authority, from time to time, at his discretion,
to assemble and call together. And the governor, with the said coun-
cillors, or five of them at least, shall and may, from time to time, hold
and keep a council, for the ordering and directing the affairs of the
commonwealth, according to the laws of the land.
II. [Nine councillors shall be annually chosen from among the
persons retiu-ned for councillors and senators, on the last Wednesday
in May, by the joint ballot of the senators and representatives assem-
bled in one room: and in case there shall not be found upon the first
choice, the whole number of nine persons who will accept a seat in the
council, the deficiency shall be made up by the electors aforesaid from
among the people at large; and the number of senators left shall con-
stitute the senate for the year. The seats of the persons thus elected
from the senate, and accepting the trust, shall be vacated in the
senate.]
III. The councillors, in the civil arrangements of the common-
wealth, shall have rank next after the lieutenant governor.
IV. [Not more than two councillors shall be chosen out of any one
district of this commonwealth.] Superseded by Amendments, Art. XVI.
V. The resolutions and advice of the council shall be recorded in a
register, and signed by the members present; and this record may be
called for at any time by either house of the legislature; and any
member of the council may insert his opinion, contrary to the resolu-
tion of the majority.
VI. [Whenever the office of the governor and lieutenant governor
shall be vacant, by reason of death, absence, or otherwise, then the
CONSTITUTION OF iL'i.SSACHUSETTS. IXXX]
council, or the major part of them, shall dm^ing such vacancy have This article
full power and authority to do, and execute, all and every such acts, 8uperseded"by
matters and things, as the governor or the lieutenant governor might An.'^Lv!'^''**'
or could, by virtue of this constitution, do or execute, if they or either
of them, were personally present.]
VII. And whereas the elections appointed to be made by this Elections may
constitution, on the [last Wednesday in May annually,] by the two untli/etc!"
houses of the legislature, may not be completed on that day, the said
elections may be adjourned from day to day untO the same shall be
completed. And the order of elections shall be as follows: [the vacancies Order thereof.
in the senate, if any, shall first be filled up;] the governor and lieu- ime'n'dlents,
tenant governor shall then be elected, provided there should be no ^'^^ x'xv ^'
choice of them by the people: and afterwards the two houses shaU andJLXiv.
proceed to the election of the council.
CHAPTER II.
Section IV.
Secretary, Treasurer, Commissary, etc.
Article I. [The secretary, treasurer and receiver-general, and the secretarj-, etc.,
commissary-general, notaries public, and naval officers, shall be chosen how chosen"'*
annually, by joint ballot of the senators and representatives in one Treasurer
room. And that the citizens of this commonwealth may be assured, mor'lthanfiVe
from time to time, that the moneys remaining in the public treasury, years!^'^^
upon the settlement and liquidation of the public accounts, are their
property, no man shall be eligible as treasurer and receiver-general
more than five years successively.]
For provision as to election of secretary, treasurer and receiver-general, auditor and attorney-
general, see Amendments, Arts. XVII and LXIV, § 1.
For provision as to appointment of notaries public, see .\mendment3. Arts. IV and LVII.
Commissary-general, appointment. Amendments, Art. IV: abolished. Amendments, Xjt. LIII.
Treasurer and receiver-general ineligible to election for more than three successive terms. See
Amendments, Art. LXIV, § 2.
II. The records of the commonwealth shall be kept in the office Secretary to
of the secretary, who may appoint his deputies, for whose conduct he to att'en^the
shall be accountable, and he shall attend the governor and council, founcU?etc'!'*
the senate and house of representatives, in person, or by his deputies,
as they shall respectively require.
CHAPTER III.
JUDICIARY POWER.
Article I. The teniu-e, that all commission officers shall by law Tenure of aii
have in their offices, shall be expressed in their respective commissions. offic™LTo be*
All judicial officers, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, shall ju^kfarofficers
hold their offices during good behavior, excepting such concerning whom j'jjl-"''' °^
there is different provision made in this constitution : provided never- behavior, ex-
theless, the governor, with consent of the council, may remove them But'ma.vbe
upon the address of both houses of the legislature. address. °°
134 Mass. 314. 216 Mass. SI.
For tenure, etc., of judges, see Amendments, Art. XLVIII, The Initiative, II, § 2, and The Refer-
endum, III, § 2.
For retirement of judicial officers, see Amendments, Art. LVIII.
Ixxxii
CONSTITtJTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Jxistices of su-
preme judicial
court to give
opinions when
required.
122 Mass. 600.
126 Mass. 557.
II. Each branch of the legislature, as well as the governor and
council, shall have authority to require the opinions of the justices of
the supreme judicial court, upon important questions of law, and upon
solemn occasions.
226 Mass. 268, 607, 613.
Justices of the
peace; tenure
of their office.
3 Cush. 584.
4 Op. A. G. 124.
For removal of
justices of the
peace, see
Amendments,
Art. XXXVII.
Provisions for
holding pro-
bate courts.
12 Gray, 147.
Marriage,
divorce, etc.,
until other
provision made
by law.
105 Mass. 325.
116 Mass. 315.
III. In order that the people may not suffer from the long continu-
ance in place of any justice of the peace, who shall fail of discharging
the important duties of his office with ability or fidelity, all commis-
sions of justices of the peace shall expire and become void, in the term
of seven years from their respective dates; and upon the expiration
of any commission, the same may, if necessary, be renewed, or another
person appointed, as shall most conduce to the well-being of the
commonwealth.
IV. The judges of probate of wills, and for granting letters of admin-
istration, shall hold their courts at such place or places, on fixed days,
as the convenience of the people shall require; and the legislature shall,
from time to time, hereafter appoint such times and places; until
which appointments, the said courts shall be holden at the times and
places which the respective judges shall direct.
V. All causes of marriage, divorce, and alimony, and all appeals
from the judges of probate shall be heard and determined by the
governor and council, luitil the legislature shall, by law, make other
provision.
Delegates to
confess.
CHAPTER IV.
DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
[The delegates of this commonwealth to the congress of the United
States, shall, some time in the month of June annually, be elected by
the joint ballot of the senate and house of representatives, assembled
together in one room; to serve in congress for one year, to commence
on the first Monday in November then next ensuing. They shall have
commissions under the hand of the governor, and the great seal of the
commonwealth; but may be recalled at any time within the year, and
others chosen and commissioned, in the same manner, in their stead.]
Harvard
College.
CHAPTER V.
THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF
LITERATURE, ETC.
Section I.
The University.
Article I. Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so early as the
year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six, laid the foundation of
Harvard College, in which university many persons of great eminence
have, by the blessing of God, been initiated in those arts and sciences,
which qualified them for public employments, both in church and
state: and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences, and all
good literature, tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Chris-
tian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Ixxxiii
of America — it is declared, that the President and Fellows op Powers, priv-i-
Harvard College, in their corporate capacity, and their successors the president
in that capacity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, confirmed!^
exercise and enjoy, all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, priv-
ileges, immunities and franchises, which they now have or are entitled
to have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy: and the same are hereby ratified
and confirmed unto them, the said president and fellows of Harvard
College, and to their successors, and to their officers and servants,
respectively, forever.
II. And whereas there have been at sundry times, by divers persons, aii gifts,
gifts, grants, devises of houses, lands, tenements, goods, chattels, confirm^! '
legacies and conveyances, heretofore made, either to Harvard College
in Cambridge, in New England, or to the president and fellows of
Harvard College, or to the said college, by some other description,
under several charters successively: it is declared, that all the said
gifts, grants, devises, legacies and conveyances, are hereby forever
confirmed unto the president and fellows of Harvard College, and to
their successors in the capacity aforesaid, according to the true intent
and meaning of the donor or donors, grantor or grantors, devisor or
devisors.
III. [And whereas, by an act of the general court of the colony of ^.g" ^ra' ^^
Massachusetts Bay passed in the year one thousand six hundred and
forty-two, the governor and deput\'-governor, for the time being, and
all the magistrates of that jurisdiction, were, with the president, and a See statutes,
• • • • 1SS1 224
number of the clergy in the said act described, constituted the over- 1852! 27. '
seers of Harvard College: and it being necessary, in this new constitu- isgI]!?!
tion of government to ascertain who shall be deemed successors to }||g' 1^,^132
the said governor, deputy-governor and magistrates; it is declared, Jlgl'Jg''-
that the governor, lieutenant governor, council and senate of this isge. 191.
. . 1901 187 488
commonwealth, are and shall be deemed, their successors, who with 1902,' 243.'
the president of Harvard College, for the time being, together with 1914] 593!
the ministers of the congregational churches in the towns of Cam-
bridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester,
mentioned in the said act, shall be, and hereby are, vested with all ^""""JrvidTo
the powers and authority belonging, or in any w-ay appertaining to the the legislature.
overseers of Harvard College; provided, that] nothing herein shall be
construed to prevent the legislature of this commonwealth from making
such alterations in the government of the said university, as shall be
conducive to its advantage and the interest of the republic of letters,
in as full a manner as might have been done by the legislature of the
late Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
CHAPTER V.
Section II.
The Encouragement of Literature, etc.
Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among Duty of legisia-
the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their isYrateTinTil^
rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities 'I'i'Aifent'sM^'
and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and J°5 flags' 419
among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legis- i-js Mass. em.
latures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, sop.A.d.aso.
kxxiv
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
For further to chcrisli tlic interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries
pubUc schools, of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and
mentsTArts. grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public
XLv"/°'' institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agricultiue,
arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natiu-al history
of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity
and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and
frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good
humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments among the
people.
Oaths of
office, etc.
Abolished.
See Amend-
ments, Art.
VII.
Declaration
and oaths of
all officers.
For new oath
of allegiance,
see Amend-
ments, Art. VI.
CHAPTER VI.
OATHS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS; INCOMPATIBILITY OF AND EXCLU-
SION FROM OFFICES; PECUNIARY QUALIFICATIONS; COMMIS-
SIONS; TVTIITS; CONFIRMATION OF LAWS; H.ABEAS CORPUS; THE
ENACTING STYLE; CONTINUANCE OF OFFICERS; PROVISION
FOR A FUTURE REVISAL OF THE CONSTITUTION, ETC.
Article I. [Any person chosen governor, lieutenant governor, coun-
cillor, senator or representative, and accepting the trust, shall before
he proceed to execute the duties of his place or office, make and sub-
scribe the following declaration, viz. —
"I, A. B., do declare, that I believe the Christian religion, and have
a firm persuasion of its truth; and that I am seised and possessed, in
my own right, of the property required by the constitution as one
qualification for the office or place to which I am elected."
And the governor, lieutenant governor, and councillors shall make
and subscribe the said declaration, in the presence of the two houses
of assembly; and the senators and representatives first elected under
this constitution, before the president and five of the council of the
former constitution, and forever afterwards before the governor and
council for the time being.]
And every person chosen to either of the places or offices aforesaid,
as also any person appointed or commissioned to any judicial, executive,
military, or other office under the government, shall, before he enters
on the discharge of the business of his place or office, take and subscribe
the following declaration, and oaths or affirmations, viz. —
["I, A. B., do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and
declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and of right
ought to be, a free, sovereign and independent state; and I do swear,
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the said commonwealth,
and that I will defend the same against traitorous conspiracies and all
hostile attempts whatsoever: and that I do renounce and abjure all
allegiance, subjection and obedience to the king, queen, or govern-
ment of Great Britain, (as the case may be) and every other foreign
power whatsoever: and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state
or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, superiority, pre-
eminence, authority, dispensing or other power, in any matter, civil,
ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this commonwealth, except the au-
thority and power which is or may be vested by their constituents
in the congress of the United States: and I do further testify and
declare, that no man or body of men hath or can have any right to
absolve or discharge me from the obligation of this oath, declaration.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. LxXXV
or affirmation; and that I do make this acknowledgment, profession,
testimony, declaration, denial, renunciation and abjuration, heartily
and truly, according to the common meaning and acceptation of the
foregoing words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret
reservation whatsoever — So help me, God."]
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear and affirm, that I will faithfully and oath of office.
impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as
: according to the best of my abilities and understanding,
agreeably, to the rules and regulations of the constitution, and the laws
of this commonwealth — So help me, God."
Provided always, that when any person chosen or appointed as Quakers
aforesaid, shall be of the denomination of the people called Quakers, "^eVme™-
and shall decline taking the said oath[s], he shall make his affirmation meets, Art. vi.
in the foregoing form, and subscribe the same, omitting the words
["/ do swear," "and abjure," "oath or," "and abjuration" in the first
oath; and in the second oath, the words] "swear and," and [in each of
them] the words "So help vie, God;" subjoining instead thereof, " This
I do under the pains and penalties of perjury."
And the said oaths or affirmations shall be taken and subscribed by oathsand
the governor, lieutenant governor, and councillors, before the presi- hi^w'ad^i'iSis-
dent of the senate, in the presence of the two houses of assembly; and ^"^■
by the senators and representatives first elected under this constitution,
before the president and five of the council of the former constitution;
and forever afterwards before the governor and council for the time
being: and by the residue of the officers aforesaid, before such persons
and in such manner as from time to time shall be prescribed by the
legislature.
II. No governor, lieutenant governor, or judge of the supreme Plurality of
judicial court, shall hold any other office or place, under the authority hibu^togov-
of this commonwealth, except such as by this constitution they are Ixceptretc.
admitted to hold saving that the judges of the said court may hold ?i^i7,J|'
the offices of justices of the peace through the state; nor shall they SeeAmend-
hold any other place or office, or receive any pension or salary from vm.'' ^^^'
any other state or government or power whatever.
No person shall be capable of holding or exercising at the same time, same subject.
within this state more than one of the following offices, viz. — judge iop'^a.g. '
of probate — sheriff — register of probate — or register of deeds — and ^^^' ^^^"
never more than any two offices which are to be held by appointment
of the governor, or the governor and council, or the senate, or the
house of representatives, or by the election of the people of the state
at large, or of the people of any county, military offices and the offices
of justices of the peace excepted, shall be held by one person.
No person holding the office of judge of the supreme judicial court incompatible
— secretary — attorney-general ■ — • solicitor-general — treasurer or re- ^^^ {^^y,„
ceiver-general — judge of probate — [commissary-general — president, visions as to
professor, or instructor of Harvard College] — sheriff ■ — clerk of the offices, see
house of representatives — register of probate — register of deeds — Anl'viT™ '
clerk of the supreme judicial court • — ■ clerk of the inferior court of com- officers of Har-
mon pleas — or officer of the customs, including in this description naval excepted by*
officers — shall at the same time have a seat in the senate or house of Art.^xxvir '
representatives; but their being chosen or appointed to, and accepting
the same, shall operate as a resignation of their seat in the senate or
house of representatives; and the place so vacated shall be filled up.
Provision for appointment of commissary-general repealed by Amendments, Art. LIII.
Ixxxvi
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
See Amend-
ments, Arts.
XIII and
XXXIV.
Provisions
respecting
Provisions re-
specting writs.
2 Pick. 592.
3 Met. 58.
13 Grav, 74.
221 Mass. 9.
Continuation of
former laws,
except, etc.
8 Pick. 309.
16 Pick. 107.
2 Met. 118.
6 Grav, 1.
139 Mass. 29.
148 Mass. 309.
208 Mass. 162.
Benefit of
habeas corpus
secured, ex-
cept, etc.
The enacting
style.
And the same rule shall take place in case any judge of the said
supreme judicial court, or judge of probate, shall accept a seat in
council; or any councillor shall accept of either of those offices or
places.
And no person shall ever be admitted to hold a seat in the legislature,
or any office of trust or importance under the government of this com-
monwealth, who shall, in the due course of law, have been convicted
of bribery or corruption in obtaining an election or appointment.
III. [In all cases where sums of money are mentioned in this con-
stitution, the value thereof shall be computed in silver at six shillings
and eight pence per ounce : and it shall be in the power of the legislature,
from time to time, to increase such qualifications, as to property, of
the persons to be elected to oflBces, as the circumstances of the com-
monwealth shall require.]
IV. All commissions shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, signed by the governor and attested by the secretary
or his deputy, and have the great seal of the commonwealth affixed
thereto.
V. All WTits issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the courts of
law, shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
they shall be under the seal of the court from whence they issue: they
shall bear test of the first justice of the court to which they shall be
returnable, who is not a party, and be signed by the clerk of such
court.
VI. All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and
approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and
usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in
full force, until altered or repealed by the legislature; such parts only
excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this
constitution.
VII. The privilege and benefit of the writ of habeas corpus shall be
enjoyed in this commonwealth in the most free, easy, cheap, expedi-
tious and ample manner; and shall not be suspended by the legislature,
except upon the most urgent and pressing occasions, and for a limited
time not exceeding twelve months.
VIII. The enacting style, in making and passing all acts, statutes
and laws, shall be — " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the
Officers of jx. fTo the end there may be no failure of justice, or danger arise
termer govern- l .' p ^ ^ e It
ment continued to the commouwealth from a change or the form or government — all
officers, civil and military, holding commissions under the government
and people of Massachusetts Bay in New England, and all other officers
of the said government and people, at the time this constitution shall
take effect, shall have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy, all the powers
and authority to them granted or committed, until other persons shall
be appointed in their stead: and all courts of law shall proceed in the
execution of the business of theu- respective departments; and all the
executive and legislative officers, bodies and powers shall continue in
full force, in the enjoyment and exercise of all their trusts, employments
and authority; until the general court and the supreme and executive
officers under this constitution are designated and invested with their
respective trusts powers and authority.]
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. IxXXVU
X. [In order the more effectually to adhere to the principles of the Provision for
constitution, and to correct those violations which by any means may Bti™tion?°°'
be made therein, as well as to form such alterations as from experience For easting
,, , ~ , 1 ■ 1 1 11 1 • 1 provision as to
shall be found necessary — the general court which shall be in the year amendmenta,
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall issue ments, Art.
precepts to the selectmen of the several towns, and to the assessors of The initiative,
the unincorporated plantations, directing them to convene the qualified '^"
voters of their respective towns and plantations, for the purpose of
collecting their sentiments on the necessity or expediency of revising
the constitution, in order to amendments.
And if it shall appear by the returns made, that two thirds of the
qualified voters throughout the state, who shall assemble and vote in
consequence of the said precepts, are in favor of such revision or amend-
ment, the general court shall issue precepts, or direct them to be issued
from the secretary's office to the several towns to elect delegates to
meet in convention for the purpose aforesaid.
The said delegates to be chosen in the same manner and proportion
as their representatives in the second branch of the legislature are by
this constitution to be chosen.]
XL This form of government shall be enrolled on parchment and p™8erving'and
deposited in the secretary's office, and be a part of the laws of the land — publishing thia
I * (• 1 11 1 n 1 111 • • 1 constitution.
and printed copies thereoi shall be prefixed to the book containing the
laws of this commonwealth, in all future editions of the said laws.
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT.
Article I. If any bill or resolve shall be objected to, and not Bin, etc.. not
approved by the governor; and if the general court shall adjourn within wthin five
five days after the same shall have been laid before the governor for b^oCa faw,
his approbation, and thereby prevent his returning it with his objections, adjtfurn In'the
as provided by the constitution, such bill or resolve shall not become a 3 liag^fgy
law, nor have force as such. See Const, Ch. I, Sect. I, Art. II.
Art. II. The general court shall have full power and authority to General court
erect and constitute municipal or city governments, in any corporate charter cities.
, '■ 111 i*ri_" 1''2 Mass 344
town or towns in this commonwealth, and to grant to the inhabitants 200 Mass! 152.
thereof such powers, privileges, and immunities, not repugnant to the l^j? m^^; 5^^;
constitution as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient op 'a'^g*^' ^^^'
for the regulation and government thereof and to prescribe the manner dsis) 38.
of calling and holding public meetings of the inhabitants, in wards or mTnts^l^ts.
otherwise for the election of officers under the constitution, and the xrviii^^he
manner of returning the votes given at such meetings. Provided, that ^"J'a^Ji'T^iJi'
no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not Referendum,
containing twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be with the
consent, and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of ^[.?''j|°^g ^qq
such town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meet-
ing duly warned and holden for that purpose. And provided also,
that all by-laws made by such municipal or city government shall be
subject, at all times to be annulled by the general court.
Art. III. Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and up- Quaiifieations
wards, excepting paupers and persons under guardianship who shall governor, ""^
Ixxxviii
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
lieutenant
governor,
senators and
representa-
tives.
11 Pick. 538.
6 Met. 298,
7 Gray, 299.
122 Mass. S94.
124 Mass. 596.
144 Mass. 497.
226 Mass. 607.
228 Mass. 63.
1 Op. A. G. 54,
have resided within the commonwealth one year, and within the town
or district in which he may claim a right to vote, six calendar months
next preceding any election of governor, lieutenant governor, senators,
or representatives, [and who shall have paid, by himself or his parent,
master or guardian, any state or county tax, which shall, within two
years next preceding such election, have been assessed upon him in
any town or district of this commonwealth; and also, every citizen
who shall be, by law, exempted from taxation, and who shall be, in all
other respects, qualified as above mentioned,] shall have a right to
vote in such election of governor, lieutenant governor, senators and
representatives; and no other person shall be entitled to vote in such
election.
See Amendments, Arts. XXX, XXXII, XL. See also Amendments, Art. XXIII, which was an-
nulled by Amendments, Art. XXVI.
For educational qualification, see Amendments, Art. XX.
For provision as to those who have served in the army or navy in time of war, see Amendments,
Arts. XXVIII and XXXI.
For absentee voting, see Amendments, Art. XLV.
Art. IV. Notaries public shall be appointed by the governor in
the same manner as judicial officers are appointed, and shall hold their
ofiices during seven years, unless sooner removed by the governor
with the consent of the council, [upon the address of both houses of
the legislature.]
For appointment of women as notaries public, see Amendments, Art. LVII.
[In case the office of secretary or treasurer of the commonwealth
shall become vacant from any cause during the recess of the general
court, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall
nominate and appoint, under such regulations as may be prescribed by
law, a competent and suitable person to such vacant office, who shall
hold the same until a successor shall be appointed by the general court.]
[Whenever the exigencies of the commonwealth shall require the
appointment of a commissary-general, he shall be nominated, ap-
pointed and commissioned in such manner as the legislature may,
by law, prescribe.
how*remov«r' All officers Commissioned to command in the militia may be removed
from office in such manner as the legislature may, by law, prescribe.]
Last two paragraphs of Art. IV annulled and superseded by Amendments, Art. LIII.
^r'^calTttmla^nd ^RT. V. [In the elections of captains and subalterns of the militia,
subalterns. ^\\ ^^g members of their respective companies, as well those under as
those above the age of twenty-one years, shall have a right to vote.]
This article annulled and superseded by Amendments, Art. LIII.
takra'bvaii Art. VI. Instead of the oath of allegiance prescribed by the con-
stitution, the following oath shall be taken and subscribed by every
person chosen or appointed to any office, civil or military under the
government of this commonwealth, before he shall enter on the duties
of his office, to wit:
" I, A. B., do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance
to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the consti-
tution thereof. So help me God."
Prodded, That when any person shall be of the denomination called
Quakers, and shall decline taking said oath, he shall make his affirma-
tion in the foregoing form, omitting the word "swear" and inserting
instead thereof the word "affirm;" and omitting the words "So help
me God," and subjoining, instead thereof, the words "This I do under
the pains and penalties of perjury."
Notaries pub-
lic, how
appointed
and removed.
4 Op. A. G.
124.
See Amend-
ments, Art.
XXXVII.
Vacancies in
the offices of
secretary and
treasurer, how
aied.
This clause
superseded by
Amendments,
Art. XVII.
Commissary-
general may be
appointed, in
case, etc.
officers.
2 Op. A. G. 246.
Op. A. G.
(1917) 87.
See Const.,
Ch. VI, Art. I.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Ixxxix
Art. VII. No oath, declaration or subscription, excepting the oath Tests aboi-
prescribed in the preceding article and the oath of office, shall be '^
required of the governor, lieutenant governor, councillors, senators or
representatives, to qualify them to perform the duties of their respective
offices.
Art. VIII. No judge of any court of this commonwealth (except incompatibility
the coiui; of sessions) and no person holding any office under the au- 122 aiSs. 445,
thority of the United States (postmasters excepted) shall, at the same 123'Mass. 253
time, hold the office of governor, lieutenant governor, or councillor, or J-^- ^ q 233
have a seat in the senate or house of representatives of this common- 4 0p a G.457.
wealth; and no judge of any court in this commonwealth (except the (i9'i7) is.
court of sessions) nor the attorney-general, solicitor-general, county
attorney, clerk of any court, sheriff, treasurer and receiver-general,
register of probate, nor register of deeds, shall continue to hold his said
office after being elected a member of the Congress of the United States,
and accepting that trust; but the acceptance of such trust by any of
the officers aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be a resignation of
his said office; and judges of the courts of common pleas shall hold no
other office under the government of this commonwealth, the office of
justice of the peace and militia offices excepted.
Art. IX. [If, at any time hereafter, any specific and particular Amendments
amendment or amendments to the constitution be proposed in the how made""°°'
general court, and agreed to by a majority of the senators and two- ''"'''^ ^Iji''^'?,,
thirds of the members of the house of representatives present and Art. XLyin,
voting thereon, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be iv.^and"^'" °'
entered on the journals of the two houses, with the yeas and nays A"t."xLvni,
taken thereon, and referred to the general court then next to be chosen, viefons'viii
and shall be published; and if, in the general court next chosen as afore-
said, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a
majority of the senators and two thirds of the members of the house
of representatives present and voting thereon ; then it shall be the duty
of the general court to submit such proposed amendment or amendments
to the people: and if they shall be approved and ratified by a majority
of the qualified voters voting thereon, at meetings legally warned and
holden for that purpose, they shall become part of the constitution
of this commonwealth.]
Art. X. The political year shall begin on the first Wednesday of ^""r^""^ •
January instead of the last Wednesday of May, and the general court caiyear.
shall assemble every year on the said first Wednesday of January, and i^on'te ''™^'"
shall proceed at that session to make all the elections, and do all the ann^n'°^
other acts which are by the constitution required to be made and seeAmend-
done at the session which has heretofore commenced on the last Wednes- LXivi § a.'
day of May. And the general court shall be dissolved on the day next Termination
preceding the first Wednesday of January, without any proclamation year°""^*
or other act of the governor. But nothing herein contained shall pre-
vent the general coiut from assembling at such other times as they
shall judge necessary, or when called together by the governor. The Governor, etc.,
governor, lieutenant governor and councillors, shall also hold their seeAmend-^'
respective offices for one year next following the first Wednesday of Lxivit?.'
January, and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead.
[The meeting for the choice of governor, lieutenant governor, senators Meetingsforthe
and representatives shall be held on the second INIonday of November emor, Ueuten-
in every year; but meetings may be adjourned if necessary, for the etc'fwhen°to'
choice of representatives, to the next day, and again to the nex-t sue- ''^^'=''*-
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
This clause
superseded by
Amendments,
Art. XV.
Article, when
to go into
operation.
Inconsistent
provisions
annulled.
Religious
freedom
established.
8 Met. 133.
122 Mass. 40.
See Dec. of
Rights, Art.
III.
See Amend-
ments, Arts.
XLVI and
XLVIII, The
Initiative, II,
§ 2, and The
Referendum,
III, § 2.
Census of rata-
ble polls to be
taken in 1837.
and decennially
thereafter.
7 Mass. 623.
This article
was superseded
by Amend-
ments, Art.
XIII, which
was also super-
seded by
Amendments,
Arts. XXI and
XXII.
ceeding day, but no further. But in case a second meeting shall be
necessary for the choice of representatives, such meetings shall be held
on the fourth Monday of the same month of November.]
All the other provisions of the constitution, respecting the elections
and proceedings of the members of the general court, or of any other
officers or persons whatever, that have reference to the last Wednesday
of May, as the commencement of the political year, shall be so far
altered as to have like reference to the first Wednesday of January.
[This article shall go into operation on the first day of October next
following the day when the same shall be duly ratified and adopted
as an amendment of the constitution; — and the governor, lieutenant
governor, councillors, senators, representatives and all other state
officers, who are annually chosen, and who shall be chosen for the
current year when the same shall go into operation, shall hold their
respective offices until the first Wednesday of January then next fol-
lowing, and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead, and
no longer • — ■ and the first election of the governor, lieutenant governor,
senators and representatives to be had in virtue of this article shall
be had conformably thereunto, in the month of November following
the day on which the same shall be in force, and go into operation
pursuant to the foregoing provision.
All the provisions of the existing constitution inconsistent with the
provisions herein contained are hereby wholly annulled.]
Art. XI. Instead of the third article of the bill of rights, the fol-
lowing modification and amendment thereof is substituted.
"As the public worship of God and instructions in piety, religion
and morality, promote the happiness and prosperity of a people and the
security of a republican government; — therefore, the several religious
societies of this commonwealth, whether corporate or unincorporate,
at any meeting legally warned and holden for that purpose, shall ever
have the right to elect their pastors or religious teachers, to contract
with them for their support, to raise money for erecting and repairing
houses for public worship, for the maintenance of religious instruction,
and for the pajTnent of necessary expenses : and all persons belonging
to any religious society shall be taken and held to be members, until
they shall file with the clerk of such society, a written notice, declar-
ing the dissolution of their membership, and thenceforth shall not be
liable for ajiy grant or contract which may be thereafter made, or en-
tered into by such society :^ — -and all religious sects and denominations,
demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good citizens of the common-
wealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no sub-
ordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be
established by law."
Art. XII. [In order to provide for a representation of the citizens
of this commonwealth, founded upon the principles of equality a census
of the ratable polls, in each city, town and district of the common-
wealth, on the first day of May, shall be taken and returned into the
secretary's office, in such manner as the legislature shall provide, within
the month of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-seven, and in every tenth year thereafter, in the month of
May, in manner aforesaid, and each town or city having three hundred
ratable polls at the last preceding decennial census of polls may elect
one representative, and for every four hundred and fifty ratable polls
in addition to the first three hundred, one representative more.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. XCI
Any town having less than three hundred ratable polls shall be rep- Towns having
resented thus; the whole number of ratable polls, at the last preceding rSwepoli^
decennial census of polls, shall be multiplied by ten, and the product senlii^'^'^^
divided by three hundred, and such town may elect one representative
as many years within ten years, as tliree hundred is contained in the
product aforesaid.
Any city or town having ratable polls enough to elect one or more Fractions, how
representatives, with any number of polls beyond the necessary num- ''«p'^«^'"«'-
ber, may be represented as to that surplus number by multiplying such
surplus number by ten and dividing the product by four hundred and
fifty; and such city or town may elect one additional representative as
many years within the ten years as foiu* hundred and fifty is contained
in the product aforesaid.
Any two or more of the several towns and districts may, by consent Towns may
of a majority of the legal voters present at a legal meeting in each of re"entati?/d^-
said towns and districts respectively called for that purpose, and held '"°'^'
previous to the first day of July in the year in which the decennial
census of polls shall be taken, form themselves into a representative
district, to continue until the next decennial census of polls, for the
election of a representative or representatives, and such district shall
have all the rights, in regard to representation, which would belong to
a town containing the same number of ratable polls.
The governor and council shall ascertain and determine within the The governor
months of July and August, in the year of oiu- Lord one thousand eight deferm'ine'the
hundred and thirty-seven, according to the foregoing principles, the ^"sM'trtiverto
number of representatives, which each city, town and representative wWcheach
district is entitled to elect, and the number of years within the period ''f«i.
of ten years then next ensuing, that each city, town and representative
district may elect an additional representative, and where any town
has not a sufficient number of polls to elect a representative each year
then how many years within the ten years, such town may elect a
representative, and the same shall be done once in ten years thereafter New appo>
by the governor and council, and the number of ratable polls in each mad^once'iB''*
decennial census of polls, shall determine the number of representatives, y^^*^''
which each city, town and representative district may elect as afore-
said, and when the number of representatives to be elected by each
city, town or representative district is ascertained and determined as
aforesaid, the governor shall cause the same to be published forthwith
for the information of the people and that number shall remain fixed
and unalterable for the period of ten years. All the provisions of the inconsistent
existing constitution inconsistent with the provisions herein contained, anxiiS'«r
are hereby wholly annulled.]
Art. XIII. [A census of the inhabitants of each city and town, on Census,
the first day of May, shall be taken, and returned into the secretary's p^o^!^^;^' ^^'
office, on or before the last day of June, of the year one thousand eight *" census
hundred and forty, and of every tenth year thereafter, which census Amendments'!^
shall determine the apportionment of senators and representatives for and^xxii.
the term of ten years. The several senatorial districts now existing shall Senatorial dis-
be permanent. The senate shall consist of forty members: and in the permanen"^
year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and every tenth year there- Provisions as
after, the governor and council shall assign the number of senators to superseded by
be chosen in each' district, according to the number of inhabitants in the Art. xxii.
same. But, in all cases, at least one senator shall be assigned to each dis-
trict. The members of the house of representatives shall be apportioned
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
House of repre-
sentatives, how
apportioned.
Provieions as to
representatives
superseded by
Amendments,
Art. XXI.
Small towns,
how repre-
sented.
Towns may
unite into
representative
districts.
Basis of
representation,
and ratio of
increase.
The governor
and council tu
apportion the
number of
representatives
of each town
once in every
ten years.
Councillors to
be chosen from
the people at
large.
Provisions as
to councillors
superseded by
Amendments,
Art. XVI.
Qualifications
of councillors.
Property not
requirea for
seat in gen-
eral court or
council.
Election by
people to be
by plurality.
Time of annual
election of
governor and
legislature.
For change to
biennial elec-
tions, see
Amendments,
Art. LXIV.
in the following manner: Every town or city containing twelve hun-
dred inhabitants, may elect one representative ; and two thousand four
hundred inhabitants shall be the mean increasing number which shall
entitle it to an additional representative. Every town containing less
than twelve hundred inhabitants, shall be entitled to elect a representa-
tive as many times, within ten years, as the number one hundred and
sixty is contained in the number of the inhabitants of said town. Such
towns may also elect one representative for the year in which the valua-
tion of estates within the commonwealth shall be settled. Any two or
more of the several towns may, by consent of a majority of the legal
voters present at a legal meeting, in each of said towns respectively,
called for that purpose, and held before the first day of August, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and every tenth year there-
after, form themselves into a representative district, to continue for the
term of ten years; and such district shall have all the rights in regard
to representation, which would belong to a town containing the same
number of inhabitants. The number of inhabitants which shall entitle
a town to elect one representative, and the mean increasing number,
which shall entitle a town or city to elect more than one, and also the
number by which the population of towns, not entitled to a representa-
tive every year, is to be divided, shall be increased respectively, by one
tenth of the numbers above mentioned, whenever the population of the
commonwealth shall have increased to seven hundred and seventy
thousand, and for every additional increase of seventy thousand inhab-
itants, the same addition of one tenth shall be made, respectively, to the
said numbers above mentioned. In the year of each decennial census,
the governor and council shall, before the first day of September, appor-
tion the number of representatives which each city, town, and represent-
ative district is entitled to elect, and ascertain how many years within
ten years, any town may elect a representative, which is not entitled to
elect one every year; and the governor shall cause the same to be pub-
lished forthwith. Nine coimcillors shall be annually chosen from among
the people at large, on the first Wednesday of January, or as soon there-
after as may be, by the joint ballot of the senators and representatives
assembled in one room, who shall, as soon as may be, in like manner, fill
up any vacancies that may happen in the council, by death, resigna-
tion, or otherwise. No person shall be elected a councillor, who has
not been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for the term of five years
immediately preceding his election; and not more than one councillor
shall be chosen from any one senatorial district in the commonwealth.]
No possession of a freehold or of any other estate shall be requu-ed as
a qualification for holding a seat in either branch of the general court,
or in the executive council.
Art. XIV. In all elections of civil officers by the people of this
commonwealth, whose election is provided for by the constitution, the
person having the highest number of votes shall be deemed and declared
to be elected.
Art. XV. The meeting for the choice of governor, lieutenant-
governor, senators and representatives, shall be held on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November, annually; but in case of a
failure to elect representatives on that day, a second meeting shall be
holden for that purpose on the fourth Monday of the same month of
November.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. XCOl
Art. XVI. Eight councillors shall be [annually] chosen by the in- Eight council-
habitants of this commonwealth, qualified to vote for governor. The chosen by the
election of councillors shall be determined by the same rule that is ?|2^Mass. 594
required in the election of governor. The legislature, at its first session ^8*-
after this amendment shall have been adopted, and at its first session bien^auit>°
after the next state census shall have been taken, and at its first Amendments,
session after each decennial state census thereafterwards, shall divide ^'Lxiv.
the commonwealth into eight districts of contiguous territory, each Legislature to
containing a number of inhabitants as nearly equal as practicable, with- '^"'"'"'* ^"'"^
out dividing any town or ward of a city, and each entitled to elect one
councillor: provided, however, that if, at any time, the constitution Proviso.
shall provide for the division of the commonwealth into forty senatorial
districts, then the legislatiue shall so arrange the councillor districts
that each district shall consist of five contiguous senatorial districts, as
they shall be, from time to time, established by the legislature. No
person shall be eligible to the office of councillor who has not been Eligibility
an inhabitant of the commonwealth for the term of five years im- " ° '
mediately preceding his election. The day and manner of the election. Day and man-
the return of the votes, and the declaration of the said elections, shall °J^^'' °f «'''=="""•
be the same as are required in the election of governor. [Whenever
there shall be a failure to elect the full number of councillors, the va- vacancies, how
cancies shall be filled in the same manner as is required for filling po^ng^ ^o-
vacancies in the senate; and vacancies occasioned by death, removal vision as to
from the state, or otherwise, shall be filled in like manner, as soon Amendments,
as may be after such vacancies shall have happened.] And that there organization
may be no delay in the organization of the government on the first of government.
Wednesday of January, the governor, with at least five councillors for
the time being, shall, as soon as may be, examine the returned copies
of the records for the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, and
councillors; and ten days before the said first Wednesday in January
he shall issue his summons to such persons as appear to be chosen,
to attend on that day to be qualified accordingly; and the secretary
shall lay the retiuns before the senate and house of representatives *
on the said first Wednesday in January, to be by them examined;
and in case of the election of either of said officers, the choice shall
be by them declared and published; but in case there shall be no
election of either of said officers, the legislature shall proceed to fill
such vacancies in the manner provided in the constitution for the
choice of such officers.
Art. XVII. The secretary, treasurer and receiver-general, auditor, Election of
secretary,
treasurer,
auditor, and
attorney-gen-
as such, duly qualified in other respects, shall hold his office for the "^^ \y "''=
term of [one year] from the third Wednesday in January next thereafter. For election
and until another is chosen and qualified in his stead. The qualification serAmend-"'""
of the voters, the manner of the election, the return of the votes, and "xiv,' §Y
the declaration of the election, shall be such as are required in the
election of governor. In case of a failure to elect either of said officers
on the day in November aforesaid, or in case of the decease in the
mean time of the person elected as such, such officer shall be chosen
on or before the third W^ednesday in January next thereafter from the
two persons who had the highest number of votes for said offices on
the day in November aforesaid, by joint ballot of the senators and
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
To qualify
within ten
days, other-
wise office to be
deemed vacant.
School money
not to be ap-
plied for secta-
rian schools.
12 Allen, 500,
508.
103 Mass. 94,
96.
For original
provision as to
schools, see
Dec. of Rights,
Art. III.
Legislature to
prescribe for
election of
sheriffs, regis-
ters of probate,
13 Gray, 71.
llGMasB. 172,
117 Mass. 599,
603.
Reading consti-
tution in
English and
writing, neces-
sary qualifica-
tions of voters.
Proviso.
159 Mass. 413.
For other quali-
fications, see
Amendments,
Arts. Ill,
XXVIII, XXX,
XXXI, XXXII,
XL.
Census of
voters and
inhabitants.
P. S. c. 31.
7 Mass. 523.
220 Mass. 609.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 92.
House of repre-
sentatives to
consist of 240
members.
representatives in one room; and in case the ofBce of secretary, or
treasurer and receiver-general, or auditor, or attorney-general, shall
become vacant from any cause during an annual or special session
of the general court, such vacancy shall in like manner be filled by
choice from the people at large; but if such vacancy shall occur at any
other time, it shall be supplied by the governor by appointment, with
the advice and consent of the council. The person so chosen or ap-
pointed, duly qualified in other respects, shall hold his office until his
successor is chosen and duly qualified in his stead. In case any person
chosen or appointed to either of the offices aforesaid, shall neglect, for
the space of ten days after he could otherwise enter upon his duties,
to qualify himself in all respects to enter upon the discharge of such
duties, the office to which he has been elected or appointed shall be
deemed vacant. No person shall be eligible to either of said offices
unless he shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five
years next preceding his election or appointment.
Art. XVIII. [All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities
for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be ap-
propriated by the state for the support of common schools, shall be
applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are
conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of
the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended;
and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for
the maintenance exclusively of its own schools.]
This article superseded by Amendments, Art. XLVI.
Art. XIX. The legislature shall prescribe, by general law, for the
election of sheriffs, registers of probate, [commissioners of insolvency,]
and clerks of the courts, by the people of the several counties, and that
district-attorneys shall be chosen by the people of the several districts,
for such term of office as the legislature shall prescribe.
121 Mass. 65. Op. A. G. (1917) 24. See Amendments, Art. XXXVI.
Art. XX. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to
office under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be
able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his
name : — provided, however, that the provisions of this amendment shall
not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from com-
plying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right
to vote, nor to any persons who shall be sixty years of age or upwards
at the time this amendment shall take effect.
See also Amendments, Art. XXIII, which was annulled by Amendments, Art. XXVI.
Art. XXI. A census of the legal voters of each city and town, on
the first day of May, shall be taken and returned into the office of the
secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the last day of June, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven; and a census of
the inhabitants of each city and town, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five, and of every tenth year thereafter. In the
census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall be made of the legal voters;
and in each city, said enumeration shall specify the number of such
legal voters aforesaid, residing in each ward of such city. The enu-
meration aforesaid shall determine the apportionment of representatives
for the periods between the taking of the census. The house of repre-
sentatives shall consist of two hundred and forty members, which shall
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. XCV
be apportioned, by the legislature, at its first session after the return of Legislature to
1 . p'li 1 • PI apportion, etc.
each enumeration as aioresaid, to the several counties of the common- lo Gray, eia.
wealth, equally, as nearly as may be, according to their relative numbers
of legal voters, as ascertained by the next preceding special enumeration ;
and the town of Cohasset, in the county of Norfolk, shall, for this pur-
pose, as Mell as in the formation of district.s, as hereinafter provided,
be considered a part of the county of Plymouth ; and it shall be the duty Secretary shaii
of tlie secretary of the commonwealth, to certify, as soon as may be cers'autho?i^«i
after it is determined by the legislature, the number of representatives counties^
to which each county shall be entitled, to the board authorized to divide
each county into representative districts. The mayor and aldermen of °'™,-°°°'
the city of Boston, the county commissioners of other counties than locray, eis.
Suffolk, — or in lieu of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, 225 Mass! 55,"
or of the county commissioners in each county other than Suffolk, such '
board of special commissioners in each county, to be elected by the
people of the county, or of tlie towns therein, as may for that purpose
be provided by law, shall, on the first Tuesday of August next after each
assignment of representatives to each county, assemble at a shire town
of their respective counties, and proceed, as soon as may be, to divide
the same into representative districts of contiguous territory, so as to
apportion the representation assigned to each county equally, as nearly
as may be, according to the relative number of legal voters in the sev-
eral districts of each county; and such districts shall be so formed that
no town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor, nor shall any district
be made which shall be entitled to elect more than three representatives.
Every representati^'e, for one year at least next preceding his election. Qualifications
shall have been an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen, and tiv^^"'''^"'''"
shall cease to represent such district wlien he shall cease to be an inhab- ^^" '^'*^'' '*'■
itant of the commonwealth. The districts in each county shall be num- Districts to be
bered by the board creating the same, and a description of each, with described and
the numbers thereof and the number of legal voters therein, shall be '='="'^^-
returned by the board, to the secretary of the commonwealth, the
county treasurer of each county, and to the clerk of every town in
each district, to be filed and kept in their respective offices. The
manner of calling and conducting the meetings for the choice of rep-
resentatives, and of ascertaining theu* election, shall be prescribed by
law. [Not less than one hundred members of the house of representa- Quorum.
tives shall constitute a quorum for doing business; but a less number me'n'ts™.™t."
may organize temporarily, adjourn from day to day, and compel the ^•^-^"••
attendance of absent members.]
Art. XXII. A census of the legal voters of each city and town, on Census, etc.
the first day of May, shall be taken and retiuned into the office of the 7 Mass^Ms^''
secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the last day of June, in 220 Mass.' 609I
the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven; and a census of ^^■20)92
the inhabitants of each city and town, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five, and of every tenth year thereafter. In the Voters to be
census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall be made of the legal voters, tionment 0?°"^"
and in each city said enumeration shall specify the number of such ^'"''"■°^-
legal voters aforesaid, residing in each ward of such city. The enu-
meration aforesaid shall determine the ajiportionment of senators for
the periods between the taking of the census. The senate shall consist l^^^f j'g ''°°"
of forty members. The general court shall, at its first session after members.
each next preceding special enumeration, divide the commonwealth
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Quorum.
See Amend-
ments. Art.
XXXIH.
Residence of
two years re-
qmred of natu-
ralized citizens,
to entitle to
suffrage or
make eligible
to office.
This article
annulled by
Amendments,
Art. XXVI.
Amendments,
Art. XXIII,
annulled.
Officers of
Harvard
College may be
elected mem-
bers of the
general court.
Persons having
served in the
U. S. army or
navy, etc., not
to be disquali-
fied from vot-
ing, etc.
into forty districts of adjacent territory, each district to contain, as nearly
as may be, an equal number of legal voters, according to the enumera-
tion aforesaid: — provided, however, that no town or ward of a city shall
be divided therefor; and such districts shall be formed, as nearly as
may be, without uniting two counties, or parts of two or more counties,
into one district. Each district shall elect one senator, who shall have
been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five years at least immediately
preceding his election, and at the time of his election shall be an in-
habitant of the district for which he is chosen; and he shall cease to
represent such senatorial district when he shall cease to be an inliab-
itant of the commonwealth. [Not less than sixteen senators shall
constitute a quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize
temporarily, adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of
absent members.]
Art. XXIII. [No person of foreign birth shall be entitled to vote,
or shall be eligible to office, unless he shall have resided within the
jurisdiction of the United States for two years subsequent to his nat-
uralization, and shall be otherwise qualified, according to the constitu-
tion and laws of this commonwealth: provided, that this amendment
shall not affect the rights which any person of foreign birth possessed
at the time of the adoption thereof; and, provided, further, that it shall
not affect the rights of any child of a citizen of the United States, born
during the temporary absence of the parent therefrom.]
Art. XXIV. Any vacancy in the senate shall be filled by election
by the people of the unrepresented district, upon the order of a majority
of senators elected.
Art. XXV. In case of a vacancy in the council, from a failure of
election or other cause, the senate and house of representatives shall,
by concurrent vote, choose some eligible person from the people of
the district wherein such vacancy occurs, to fill that office. If such
vacancy shall happen when the legislature is not in session, the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council, may fill the same by ap-
pointment of some eligible person.
Art. XXVI. The twenty-third article of the articles of amendment
of the constitution of this commonwealth, which is as follows, to wit: —
" No person of foreign birth shall be entitled to vote, or shall be eligible
to office, unless he shall have resided within the jurisdiction of the
United States, for two years subsequent to his naturalization, and shall
be otherwise qualified according to the constitution and laws of this
commonwealth: provided, that this amendment shall not affect the
rights which any person of foreign birth possessed at the time of the
adoption thereof; and provided, further, that it shall not affect the rights
of any child of a citizen of the United States, born during the temporary
absence of the parent therefrom," is hereby wholly annulled.
Art. XXVII. So much of article two of chapter six of the consti-
tution of this commonwealth as relates to persons holding the office
of president, professor or instructor of Harvard College is hereby
annulled.
Art. XXVIII. No person having served in the army or navy of the
United States in time of war, and having been honorably discharged
from such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified
therefor on account of [being a pauper;] or [, if a pauper,] because of
the non-payment of a poll tax. Superseded by Amendments, Art. XXXI.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. XCvii
Art. XXIX. The general court shall have full power and authority voting pre-
to provide for the inhabitants of the towns in this commonwealth 229 Mass'Toi''
more than one place of public meeting within the limits of each town For absentee
for the election of officers under the constitution, and to prescribe the ^on°see™^'
manner of calling, holding and conducting such meetings. All the a?J*^xlv°'^'
provisions of the existing constitution inconsistent with the provisions
herein contained are hereby annulled.
Art. XXX. No person, otherwise qualified to vote in elections for Voters not dia-
go^'ernor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and representatives, shall, by ^e^'dn^'f''^
reason of a change of residence within the commonwealth, be disqualified den?! unti?s^ix
from voting for said officers in the city or town from which he has months from
removed his residence, until the expiration of six calendar months removal.
from the time of such removal. p. . . .
For absentee voting provision, see Amendments, Art. XLV.
Art. XXXI. Article twenty-eight of the amendments of the con- Amendments.
stitution is hereby amended by striking out in the fourth line thereof amen'd^^ '"'
the words "being a pauper", and inserting in place thereof the words:
— receiving or having received aid from any city or town, — and also
by striking out in said fourth line the words "if a pauper", so that
the article as amended shall read as follows: Article XXVIII. No Person who
person having served in the army or navy of the United States in time o7navy°ete™^
of war, and haA'ing been honorably discharged from such service, if "rom'voting^''^
otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of '^'''■
receiving or having received aid from any city or town, or because
of the non-payment of a poll tax.
Art. XXXII. So much of article three of the amendments of the Provisions of
constitution of the commonwealth as is contained in the following A™''iu"reia-
words: "and who shall have paid, by himself, or his parent, master, or t'^etopay-
.. 1 • 1 1 n • 1 * mentofatax
guardian, any state or county tax, which shall, within two years next asa.yoting
.. ^iij.- 1 1 1 1 • . quanfication,
preceding such election, have been assessed upon him, m any town or annulled.
district of this commonwealth; and also every citizen who shall be,
by law, exempted from taxation, and who shall be, in all other respects,
qualified as above mentioned", is hereby annulled.
Art. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of the gen- Quorum, in
eral court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but general tou^?'
a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attend- ^a'^SJit^'of'
ance of absent members. All the provisions of the existing constitution members,
inconsistent with the provisions herein contained are hereby annulled.
Art. XXXIV. So much of article two of section one of chapter two Provisions of
of part the second of the constitution of the commonwealth as is con- frsectS*!""'
tained in the following words : " and unless he shall at the same time, ^eMw to
be seised in his own right, of a freehold within the commonwealth of EeatioTof'"ov-
the value of one thousand pounds"; is hereby annulled. emor, annulled
Art. XXXV. So much of article two of section three of chapter one Provisions of
of the constitution of the commonwealth as is contained in the following f°ct'"in^^^' ''
words: " The expenses of travelling to the general assembly, and return- ^Jitwe to
ing home, once in every session, and no more, shall be paid by the trTveifin" to
government, out of the public treasury, to every member who shall the general
attend as seasonably as he can, in the judgment of the house, and does members of the
not depart without leave ", is hereby annulled. ouse,annu
Art. XXXVI. So much of article nineteen of the articles of amend- An^xiT"'^'
ment to the constitution of the commonwealth as is contained in the amended.'
following Mords "commissioners of insolvency", is hereby annulled.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Voting
machines may
be used at
elections.
196 Mass. 410.
1 Op. A. G. 602.
Powers of
legislature
relative to the
taking of land,
etc., for
widening or
relocating
highways, etc.
Proviso.
Amendments,
Art. Ill,
amended.
Taxation of
wild or forest
lands.
Referendum.
This article
superseded by
Amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
and annulled
by Id,, General
Provisions,
VIII.
Powers of
general court
relative to the
taking of land,
etc., to relieve
congestion of
population
and to provide
homes lor
citizens.
General court
may provide
for taxing
incomes.
226 Mass. 268.
227 Mass. 522.
234 Mass. 42.
Op. A. 0.
(1920) 208.
Art. XXXVII. The governor, with the consent of the council, may
remove justices of the peace and notaries public.
Art. XXXVIII. Voting machines or other mechanical devices for
voting may be used at all elections under such regulations as may be
prescribed by law: provided, however, that the right of secret voting
shall be preserved. For compulsory voting, see Amendments, Art. LXI.
Art. XXXIX. Article ten of part one of the con.stitution is hereby
amended by adding to it the following words : — The legislature may
by special acts for the purpose of laying out, widening or relocating
highways or streets, authorize the taking in fee by the commonwealth,
or by a county, city or town, of more land and property than are needed
for the actual construction of such highway or street : provided, however,
that the land and property authorized to be taken are specified in the
act and are no more in extent than would be sufficient for suitable
building lots on both sides of such highway or street, and after so much
of the land or property has been appropriated for such highway or
street as is needed therefor, may authorize the sale of the remainder
for value with or without suitable restrictions.
Art. XL. Article three of the amendments to the constitution is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "guardianship", in line
two, the following: — and persons temporarily or permanently dis-
qualified by law because of corrupt practices in respect to elections.
Art. XLI. Full power and authority are hereby given and granted
to the general court to prescribe for wild or forest lands such methods
of taxation as will develop and conserve the forest resources of the
commonwealth.
Art. XLII. [Full power and authority are hereby given and granted
to the general court to refer to the people for their rejection or approval
at the polls any act or resolve of the general court or any part or parts
thereof. Such reference shall be by a majority yea and nay vote of all
members of each house present and voting. Any act, resolve, or part
thereof so referred shall be voted on at the regular state election next
ensuing after such reference, shall become law if approved by a majority
of the voters voting thereon, and shall take effect at the expiration of
thirty days after the election at which it was approved or at such time
after the expiration of the said thirty days as may be fixed in such act,
resolve or part thereof.]
Art. XLIII. The general court shall have power to authorize the
commonwealth to take land and to hold, improve, sub-divide, build
upon and sell the same, for the purpose of relieving congestion of pop-
ulation and providing homes for citizens: provided, however, that this
amendment shall not be deemed to authorize the sale of such land or
buildings at less than the cost thereof.
4 Op. A. G. 516. Op. A. G. (1920) 241.
Art. XLIV. Full power and authority are hereby given and granted
to the general court to impose and levy a tax on income in the manner
hereinafter provided. Such tax may be at different rates upon income
derived from different classes of property, but shall be levied at a uni-
form rate throughout the commonwealth upon incomes derived from
the same class of property. The general court may tax income not de-
rived from property at a lower rate than income derived from property,
and may grant reasonable exemptions and abatements. Any class of
property the income from which is taxed under the provisions of this
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. XCIX
article may be exempted from the imposition and levying of propor-
tional and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes as at present author-
ized by the constitution. This article shall not be construed to limit
the power of the general court to impose and levy reasonable duties
and excises.
Art. XLV. The general court shall have power to provide by law General court
for voting by qualified voters of the commonwealth who, at the time Sr aKtee*
of an election, are absent from the city or town of which they are in- 10'°^^ g 552
habitants in the choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question
submitted at such election. For compulsory voting, see Amendments, Art. LXI.
Art. XLVI. (In place of and substitution for article XVIII substitute for
of the articles of amendment of the constitution.) Article XVIII. An.xvni/'
Section 1. No law shall be passed prohibiting the free exercise of f^|^^
religion.
Section 2. All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities Public money
for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be ap- pended^'o"^d
propriated by the commonwealth for the support of common schools whony'un°der°'
shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which S^j'^'and*'"''"
are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence control, etc.
of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is expended; 179 Mass. 571.
and no grant, appropriation or use of public money or property or iop.a^g.^3i9,
loan of public cretlit shall be made or authorized by the commonwealth I'op^a'.g. "s,
or any political division thereof for the purpo.se of founding, maintain- 1"^ ^ q j-3
ing or aiding any school or institution of learning, whether under public ^^p ^ g
control or otherwise, wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, Op. a. g.'
or any other school, or any college, infirmary, hospital, institution, or 102. ' '
educational, charitable or religious undertaking which is not publicly (1920) 100, 116.
owned and under the exclusive control, order and superintendence of
public officers or public agents authorized by the commonwealth or
federal authority or both, except that appropriations may be made Exceptions,
for the maintenance and support of the Soldiers' Home in IMassachu-
setts and for free public libraries in any city or town, and to carry out
legal obligations, if any, already entered into; and no such grant, ap- Credit of the
I)ropriation or use of public money or property or loan of public credit weauh'°'
shall be made or authorized for the purpose of founding, maintaining Amendments
or aiding any church, religious denomination or society. Art. lxii, §'i.
Section 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent Care or sup-
the commonwealth, or any political division thereof, from paying to hospifaiTeTc.?
privately controlled hospitals, infirmaries, or institutions for the deaf, who"re"^ubiio
dumb or blind not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensa- charges.
tion for care or support actually rendered or furnished by such hos-
pitals, infirmaries or institutions to such persons as may be in whole
or in part unable to support or care for themselves.
Section 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive inmates of cer-
any inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory, penal or charitable tfdSs no't'to
institution of the opportunity of religious exercises therein of his own oFrtlfTous^'ex-
faith; but no inmate of such institution shall be compelled to attend ercises ot their
religious services or receive religious instruction against his will, or, if compelled to
a minor, without the consent of his parent or guardian. ttc^" servnces.
Section 5. This amendment shall not take effect until the October Time of
first next succeeding its ratification and adoption by the people. '""""^ ^^'"^^'
This amendment not to be the subject of an initiative amendment. See Amendments, Art. XLVIII,
The Initiative, II, § 2.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
General court
may provide
for distribution
of food, etc.,
in time of
war, etc., by
the common-
wealth, cities
and towns.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 29.
Art. XLVII. The maintenance and distribution at reasonable rates,
during time of war, public exigency, emergency or distress, of a sufficient
supply of food and other common necessaries of life and the providing
of shelter, are public functions, and the commonwealth and the cities
and towns therein may take and may provide the same for their inhab-
itants in such manner as the general court shall determine.
Initiative and
referendum,
definition.
Art. XLVIII.
/. Definition.
Legislative power shall continue to be vested in the general court;
but the people reserve to themselves the popular initiative, which is
the power of a specified number of voters to submit constitutional
amendments and laws to the people for approval or rejection; and the
popular referendum, which is the power of a specified number of voters
to submit laws, enacted by the general court, to the people for their
ratification or rejection.
Contents
of initiative
petition.
Certain mat-
ters shall not
be proposed
by initiative
petition.
Duty of gen-
eral court to
carry out law
approved
by the people.
Anti-aid
amendment,
so-called (Art.
XLVI), not
to be subject
of initiative
amendment.
Certain indi-
vidu.ll rights
not to be
subject of
initiative or
referendum
petition.
Further
excluded
matters.
The Initiative.
//. Initiative Petitions.
Section 1. Contents. — An initiative petition shall set forth the full
text of the constitutional amendment or law, hereinafter designated
as the measure, which is proposed by the petition.
Section 2. Excluded Matters. — No measiu-e that relates to religion,
religious practices or religious institutions; or to the appointment,
qualification, tenure, removal, recall or compensation of judges; or
to the reversal of a judicial decision; or to the powers, creation or
abolition of courts; or the operation of which is restricted to a par-
ticular town, city or other political division or to particular districts
or localities of the commonwealth ; or that makes a specific appropria-
tion of money from the treasury of the commonwealth, shall be proposed
by an initiative petition; but if a law approved by the people is not
repealed, the general coiu-t shall raise by taxation or otherwise and shall
appropriate such money as may be necessary to carry such law into
effect.
Neither the eighteenth amendment of the constitution, as approved
and ratified to take effect on the first day of October in the year nine-
teen hundred and eighteen, nor this provision for its protection, shall
be the subject of an initiative amendment.
No proposition inconsistent with any one of the following rights of
the individual, as at present declared in the declaration of rights, shall
be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition: The right to
receive compensation for pri\-ate property appropriated to public use;
the right of access to and protection in coiu-ts of justice; the right of
trial by jury; protection from unreasonable search, unreasonable bail
and the law martial; freedom of the press; freedom of speech; freedom
of elections; and the right of peaceable assembly.
No part of the constitution specifically excluding any matter from
the operation of the popular initiative and referendum shall be the
subject of an initiative petition; nor shall this section be the subject
of such a petition.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. O
The limitations on the legislative power of the general court in the Certain
constitution shall extend to the legislative power of the people as exer- iSationB
cised hereunder. extended.
Section 3. Mode of Originating. — Such petition shall first be signed [jon'^mode'of''
by ten qualified voters of the commonwealth and shall then be sub- originating,
mitted to the attorney-general, and if he shall certify that the measure
is in proper form for submission to the people, and that it is not, either ,
affirmatively or negatively, substantially the same as any measure
which has been qualified for submission or submitted to the people
within three years of the succeeding first Wednesday in December and
that it contains only subjects not excluded from the popular initiative
and which are related or which are mutually dependent, it may then
be filed with the secretary of the commonwealth. The secretary of fh™*^"'
the commonwealth shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent wealth to fur-
signers, and shall print at the top of each blank a description of the forms, etc.
proposed measure as such description will appear on the ballot to-
gether with the names and residences of the first ten signers. All
initiative petitions, with the first ten signatures attached, shall be Time of eiing
filed with the secretary of the commonwealth not earlier than the first petitions.
Wednesday of the September before the assembling of the general
court into which they are to be introduced, and the remainder of the
required signatures shall be filed not later than the first Wednesday
of the following December.
Section 4. Transmission to the General Court. — If an initiative Transmission
petition, signed by the required number of qualified voters, has been measu^rt^o the
filed as aforesaid, the secretary of the commonwealth shall, upon the e^nerai court,
assembling of the general court, transmit it to the clerk of the house of
representatives, and the proposed measure shall then be deemed to be
introduced and pending.
///. Legislative Action. General Provisions.
Section 1. Reference to Committee. — If a measure is introduced [^"[j,^™^.! '"
into the general court by initiative petition, it shall be referred to a committee and
committee thereof, and the petitioners and all parties in interest shall
be heard, and the measure shall be considered and reported upon to
the general court with the committee's recommendations, and the
reasons therefor, in writing. Majority and minority reports shall be
signed by the members of said committee.
Section 2. Legislative Substitutes. — The general court may, by Legislative
resolution pjissed by yea and nay vote, either by the two houses sep- ,™'tfatlve^ '"
arately, or in the case of a constitutional amendment by a majority of
those voting thereon in joint session in each of two years as hereinafter
provided, submit to the people a substitute for any measure intro-
duced by initiative petition, such substitute to be designated on the
ballot as the legislative substitute for such an initiative measure and
to be grouped with it as an alternative therefor.
IV. Legislative Action on Proposed Constitutional Amendments.
Section 1. Definition. — A proposal for amendment to the consti- Pefimtionof
1 • I ..... . . 11,, mitiative
tution introduced into the general court by initiative petition shall be amendment
designated an initiative amendment, and an amendment introduced substitute.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Joint session
to consider
amendment to
the constitu-
tion.
When governor
shall call joint
Proposed
amendment
to the consti-
tution, form
in which to be
voted upon.
Final legisla-
tive action to
be taken by
yeas and nays.
Reference to
next general
court.
Submission of
legislative
amendment,
etc., to the
226 Mass. 607.
3 0p. A.G..3T0.
When
amendment
becomes part
of the con-
stitution.
by a member of either house shall he designated a legislative sub-
stitute or a legislative amendment.
Section 2. Joint Session. — If a proposal for a specific amend-
ment of the constitution is introduced into the general court by initi-
ative petition signed by not less than twenty-five thousand qualified
voters, or if in case of a proposal for amendment introduced into the
general court by a member of either house, consideration thereof in
joint session is called for by vote of either house, such proposal shall,
not later than the second Wednesday in June, be laid before a joint
session of the two houses, at which the president of the senate shall
preside; and if the two houses fail to agree upon a time for holding any
joint session hereby required, or fail to continue the same from time
to time until final action has been taken upon all amendments pending,
the governor shall call such joint session or continuance thereof.
Section .3. Amendment of Proposed Amendments. — A proposal for
an amendment to the constitution introduced by initiative petition
shall be voted upon in the form in which it was introduced, unless such
amendment is amended by vote of three-fourths of the members voting
thereon in joint session, which vote shall be taken by call of the yeas
and najs if called for by any member.
Section 4. Legislative Action. — Final legislative action in the
joint session upon any amendment shall be taken only by call of the
yeas and nays, which shall be entered upon the journals of the two
houses;- and an unfavorable vote at any stage preceding final action
shall be verified by call of the yeas and nays, to be entered in like
manner. At such joint session a legislative amendment receiving the
affirmative votes of a majority of all the members elected, or an initi-
ative amendment receiving the affirmative votes of not less than one-
fourth of all the members elected, shall be referred to the next general
court.
Section 5. Submission to the People. — If in the next general court
a legislative amendment shall again be agreed to in joint session by a
majority of all the members elected, or if an initiative amendment or a
legislative substitute shall again receive the affirmative votes of at least
one-fourth of all the members elected, such fact shall be certified by
the clerk of such joint session to the secretary of the commonwealth,
who shall submit the amendment to the people at the next state elec-
tion. Such amendment shall become part of the constitution if ap-
proved, in the case of a legislative amendment, by a majority of the
voters voting thereon, or if approved, in the case of an initiative amend-
ment or a legislative substitute, by voters equal in number to at least
thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast at such state election
and also by a majority of the voters voting on such amendment.
Legislative
Erocedure on
iw proposed
by initiative
petition, etc.
V. Legislative Action on Proposed Laws.
Section 1. Legislative Procedure. — If an initiative petition for a
law is introduced into the general coiu-t, signed by not less than twenty
thousand qualified voters, a vote shall be taken by yeas and nays in
both houses before the first Wednesday of June upon the enactment
of such law in the form in which it stands in such petition. If the
general court fails to enact such law before the first Wednesday of
June, and if such petition is completed by filing with the secretary of
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
the commonwealth, not earher than the first Wednesday of the follow-
ing July nor later than the first Wednesday of the following August,
not less than five thousand signatm-es of qualified voters, in addition
to those signing such initiative petition, which signatures must have
been obtained after the first Wednesday of June aforesaid, then the
secretary of the commonwealth shall submit such proposed law to the
people at the next state election. If it shall be approved by voters whe
equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the total number of ballots andTakef "
cast at such state election and also by a majority of the voters voting ^''''""•
on such law, it shall become law, and shall take eft'ect in thirty days
after such state election or at such time after such election as may be
provided in such law.
Section 2. Amendment by Petitioners.- — If the general com-t fails Amendment
to pass a proposed law before the first Wednesday of June, a majority fiw Cy pe*!!
of the first ten signers of the initiative petition therefor shall have the siZTi^sston of
right, subject to certification by the attorney-general filed as herein- °;,o^^,"b*°
after provifled, to amend the measure which is the subject of such secretary of
petition. An amendment so made shall not invalidate any signature weaul™"""'
attached to the petition. If the measure so amended, signed by a
majority of the first ten signers, is filed with the secretary of the com-
monwealth before the first Wednesday of the following July, together
with a certificate signed by the attorney-general to the effect that the
amendment made by such proposers is in his opinion perfecting in its
nature and does not materially change the substance of the measure,
and if such petition is completed by filing with the secretary of the
commonwealth, not earlier than the first Wednesday of the following
July nor later than the first Wednesday of the following August, not
less than five thousand signatures of qualified voters, in addition to
those signing such initiative petition, which signatures must have been
obtained after the first Wednesday of June aforesaid, then the secretary
of the commonwealth shall submit the measure to the people in its
amended form.
VI. Conflicting and Alternative Measures.
If in any judicial proceeding, provisions of constitutional amendments Conflicting
or of laws approved by the people at the same election are held to be melsill-es?""^
in conflict, then the provisions contained in the measure that received r^''vcm''when
the largest number of affirmative votes at such election shall govern, approved by
A constitutional amendment approved at any election shall govern
any law approved at the same election.
The general com-t, by resolution passed as hereinbefore set forth. General court
may provide for grouping and designating upon the ballot as conflicting "of group^nl.
measures or as alternative measures, only one of which is to be adopted, b'aubt'.''™ **"*
any two or more proposed constitutional amendments or laws which
have been or may be passed or qualified for submission to the people
at any one election : provided, that a proposed constitutional amendment Proviso.
and a proposed law shall not be so grouped, and that the ballot shall
afford an opportimity to the voter to vote for each of the measm-es or
for only one of the measures, as may be provided in said resolution, or
against each of the measiu-es so grouped as conflicting or as alternative.
In case more than one of the measures so grouped shall receive the vote Largest affirma-
required for its approval as herein provided, only that one for which the prevail*'' '°
largest affirmative vote was cast shall be deemed to be approved.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
When laws
passed by
general court
rake effect.
Op. A. G.
(1919) 78.
The Referendutm.
/. When Statutes shall take Effect.
No law passed by the general court shall take effect earlier than
ninety days after it has become a law, excepting laws declared to be
emergency laws and laws which may not be made the subject of a
referendum petition, as herein provided. Op. a. g. (1920) 194, 199.
Emergency
law to contain
preamble.
236 Mass. 46.3.
How governor
may cause
certain laws
to take effect
forthwith.
Exception.
II. Emergency Measures.
A law declared to be an emergency law shall contain a preamble
setting forth the facts constituting the emergency, and shall contain
the statement that such law is necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public peace, health, safety or convenience. A separate
vote shall be taken on the preamble by call of the yeas and nays, which
shall be recorded, and unless the preamble is adopted by two-thirds of
the members of each house voting thereon, the law shall not be an
emergency law; but if the governor, at any time before the election at
which it is to be submitted to the people on referendum, files with
the secretary of the commonwealth a statement declaring that in his
opinion the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety
or convenience requires that such law should take effect forthwith and
that it is an emergency law and setting forth the facts constituting the
emergency, then such law, if not previously suspended as hereinafter
provided, shall take effect without suspension, or if such law has been
so suspended such suspension shall thereupon terminate and such law
shall thereupon take effect: but no grant of any franchise or amend-
ment thereof, or renewal or extension thereof for more than one year
shall be declared to be an emergency law.
Contents of
referendum
petition.
3 Op. A. G. 424.
Certain mat-
ters shall not
be the subject
of a referendum
petition.
Op. A. G.
(1919) 78.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 194, 199.
Mode of
petitioning
for the sus-
f)eiision of a
aw and a
referendum
thereon.
233 Mass. 543.
Duties of the
secretary of
III. Referendum Petitions.
Section 1. Contents. — ^ referendum petition may ask for a refer-
endum to the people upon any law enacted by the general court which
is not herein expressly excluded. Op. a. g. (1919) 95.
Section 2. Excluded Matters. — No law that relates to religion,
religious practices or religious institutions; or to the appointment,
qualification, tenure, removal or compensation of judges; or to the
powers, creation or abolition of courts; or the operation of which is
restricted to a particular towm, city or other political division or to
particular districts or localities of the commonwealth ; or that appropri-
ates money for the current or ordinary expenses of the commonwealth
or for any of its departments, boards, commissions or institutions shall
be the subject of a referendum petition.
Section 3. Mode of Petitioning for the Suspension of a Law and a
Referendum thereon. — A petition asking for a referendum on a law,,
and requesting that the operation of such law be suspended, shall first
be signed by ten qualified voters and shall then be filed with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth not later than thirty days after the law that
is the subject of the petition has become law. The secretary of the
commonwealth shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent signers,
and shall print at the top of each blank a description of the proposed
law as such description will appear on the ballot together with the
suspension
not
asked for.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. C^
names and residences of the first ten signers. If such petition is com-
pleted by filing with the secretary of the comnioTiwealth not later than
ninety days after the law which is the subject of the petition has become
law the signatiu-es of not less than fifteen thousand qualified voters of
the commonwealth, then the operation of such law shall be suspended,
and the secretary of the commonwealth shall submit such law to the
people at the next state election, if thirty days intervene between the
date when such petition is filed with the secretary of the common-
wealth and the date for holding such state election; if thirty days do
not so intervene, then such law shall be submitted to the people at the
next following state election, unless in the meantime it shall have been
repealed; and if it shall be approved by a majority of the qualified ^°y fo"^''"""
voters voting thereon, such law shall, subject to the provisions of the approval, etc
constitution, take effect in thirty da\s after such election, or at such
time after such election as may be provided in such law; if not so
approved such law shall be null and void; but no such law shall be
held to be disapproved if the negative vote is less than thirty per cent
of the total number of ballots cast at such state election.
Section 4. Petitions for Referendum on an Emergency Law or a Law Petition for
the Suspension of which is not asked for. — A referendum petition may an emergen™
ask for the repeal of an emergency law or of a law which takes effect Ihes^sp.'^"^
because the referendum petition does not contain a request for sus- asked'foi
pension, as aforesaid. Such petition shall first be signed by ten qual-
ified voters of the commonwealth, and shall then be filed with the
secretary of the commonwealth not later than thirty da>-s after the
law which is the subject of the petition has become law. The secretary Duties of
of the commonwealth shall pro\'ide blanks for the use of subsequent th"commSn-
signers, and shall print at the top of each blank a description of the "^'''*''' ^"=-
proposed law as such description will appear on the ballot together
with the names and residences of the first ten signers. If such petition
filed as aforesaid is completed by filing with the secretary of the com-
monwealth not later than ninety days after the law which is the sub-
ject of the petition has become law the signatures of not less than ten
thousand qualified ^'oters of the commonwealth protesting against such
law and asking for a referendum thereon, then the secretary of the
commonwealth shall submit such law to the people at the next state
election, if thirty days intervene between the date when such petition
is filed with the secretary of the commonwealth and the date for holding
such state election. If thirty days do not so intervene, then it shall
be submitted to the people at the next following state election, unless
in the meantime it shall have been repealed ; and if it shall not be ap- votea neces-
proved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, it shall, Ip'^rovai, etc.
at the expiration of thirty days after such election, be thereby repealed;
but no such law shall be held to be disapproved if the negative vote is
less than thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast at such
state election.
General Provisions.
7. Identification and Certification of Signatures.
Provision shall be made by law for the proper identification and and'clrtifira-
certification of signatiu-es to the petitions hereinbefore referred to, and t'o" of ^igna-
for penalties for signing any such petition, or refusing to sign it, for tions, etc
money or other valuable consideration, and for the forgery of signa-
Law to regu-
late petitions
circiilated for
hire or reward.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
tures thereto. Pending the passage of such legislation all provisions
of law relating to the identification and certification of signatures to
petitions for the nomination of candidates for state offices or to penalties
for the forgery of such signatures shall apply to the signatures to the
petitions herein referred to. The general court may provide by law
that no co-jjartnership or corporation shall undertake for hire or reward
to circulate petitions, may require individuals who circulate petitions
for hire or reward to be licensed, and may make other reasonable regu-
lations to prevent abuses arising from the circulation of petitions for
hire or reward.
//. Limitation on Signatures.
Not more than one-fourth of the certified signatures on any petition
shall be those of registered voters of any one county.
Form of
question on
ballot, etc.
III. Form of Ballot.
Each proposed amendment to the constitution, and each law sub-
mitted to the people, shall be described on the ballots by a description
to be determined by the attorney-general, subject to such provision as
may be made by law, and the secretary of the commonwealth shall
give each question a number and cause such question, except as other-
wise authorized herein, to be printed on the ballot in the following
form : —
In the case of an amendment to the constitution: Shall an amend-
ment to the constitution (here insert description, and state,
in distinctive type, whether appro\ed or disapproved by
the general coiut, and by what vote thereon) be approved?
In the case of a law: Shall a law (here insert description, and state,
in distinctive type, whether approved or disapproved by
the general court, and by what vote thereon) be approved?
TES.
NO.
TES.
NO.
Certain in-
formation for
voters to be
sent by
secretary of
thee
wealth.
IV. Information for Voters.
The secretary of the commonwealth shall cause to be printed and
sent to each registered voter in the commonwealth the full text of
every measure to be submitted to the people, together with a copy of
the legislative committee's majority and minority reports, if there
be such, with the names of the majority and minority members thereon,
a statement of the votes of the general court on the measure, and a
description of the measure as such description will appear on the ballot;
and shall, in such manner as may be provided by law, cause to be
prepared and sent to the voters other information and arguments for
and against the measure.
T'. The Veto Power of tJie Governor.
eift^ndto*cer- The vcto powcr of the governor shall not extend to measures approved
tain measures. Jjy -^he pcOplc.
T7. The General Court's Power of Repeal.
Amendment Subjcct to the vcto powcr of the govemoF and to the right of ref-
er repeal by erenduni by petition as herein provided, the general court may amend
or repeal a law approved by the people.
CONSTITUTION OF M.iSSACHUSETTS.
VII. Amendment declared to be Self -executing.
This article of amendment to the constitution is self -executing, but This amend-
ent to be
legislation not inconsistent with anything herein contained may be seif-exeeuting,
enacted to facilitate the operation of its provisions. "'^'
VIII. Articles IX and XLII of Amendments of the Constitution
annulled.
Article IX and Article XLII of the amendments of the constitution Amendments,
are hereby annulled. _ XLii'a'nniiied.
Art. XLIX. The conservation, development and utilization of the Conservation.
agricultural, mineral, forest, water and other natural resources of the natural re-
commonwealth are public uses, and the general court shall have power c°mmon°-'
to provide for the taking, upon payment of just compensation therefor, wealth.
of lands and easements or interests therein, including water and mineral
rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting the proper conserva-
tion, development, utilization and control thereof and to enact legisla-
tion necessary or expedient therefor.
Art. L. Advertising on public ways, in public places and on pri- i^^^'^lj™ J'''
vate property within public view may be regulated and restricted by tjsing on pub-
law, icwajs, ec.
Art. LI. The preservation and maintenance of ancient landmarks General court
and other property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public use, Sr ta^'ing"'''
and the commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may, upon marks'etc"'^
payment of just compensation, take such property or any interest therein
under such regulations as the general court may prescribe.
Art. LII. The general court, by concurrent vote of the two houses, oenemi court
may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thu-ty days; ^rlsli*'""'
but no such recess shall extend beyond the sixtieth day from the date ' °p- ^- ^^- ^^■
of their first assembling.
Art. LIII. Article X of Section I of Chapter II of the constitution, Certain articles
the last two paragraphs of Article IV of the articles of amendment, ainSuld'amr
relating to the appointment of a commissary general and the removal s^p^f^^ded.
of militia officers, and Article V of the articles of amendment are hereby
annulled, and the following is adopted in place thereof: Article X. navafoffice^
All military and naval officers shall be selected and appointed and how appointed
may be removed in such manner as the general court may by law pre- etc.
scribe, but no such officer shall be appointed unless he shall have passed i Op. a^g. 29;
an examination prepared by a competent commission or shall have ^*'^'
served one year in either the federal or state militia or in military
service. All such officers who are entitled by law to receive commis-
sions shall be commissioned by the governor.
Art. LIV. Article VII of Section I of Chapter II of the constitu- Certain article
tion is hereby annulled and the following is adopted in place thereof: annXd'and"
Article VII. The general coiu-t shall provide bv law for the recruit- superseded
, . J ... . , ^ , .. \ ,. . . ... Mihtary and
ment, equipment, organization, training and discipline or the mihtary navai forces.
and naval forces. The governor shall be the commander-in-chief et""" '"'" '
thereof, and shall have power to assemble the whole or any part of i^op'^A^G.^r-ig.
them for training, instruction or parade, and to employ them for the
suppression of rebellion, the repelling of invasion, and the enforcement
of the laws. He may, as authorized by the general court, prescribe
from time to time the organization of the military and naval forces
and make regulations for their government.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Certain article
of constitution
annulled and
superseded.
Order of
succession in
office of
governor, etc.,
in case of
vacancy.
general court
of bill or
resolve for
amendment,
215 Mass. 57.
Op. A. G.
(1919) 48.
Amendments.
Art. IV,
amended.
Women may
be appointed
notaries
public, etc.
Const., Chap.
Ill, Art. 1,
amended.
Every charter,
etc., subject to
revocation, etc.
Building zones
in cities and
towns.
234 Mass. 597.
Compulsory
voting at
elections.
Common-
wealth's credit
not to be
given to private
enterprises.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 116.
Common-
wealth may
borrow niouey
for certain
purposes.
Two-thirds
yea and nay
vote of
general court
required to
borrow money
for any other
purpose.
Art. LV. Article VI of Section III of Chapter II of the constitution
is hereby annulled and the following is adopted in place thereof: When-
ever the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor shall both be va-
cant, by reason of death, absence from the commonwealth, or otherwise,
then one of the following officers, in the order of succession herein
named, namely, the secretary, attorney-general, treasurer and receiver-
general, and auditor, shall, during such vacancy, have full power and
authority to do and execute all and every such acts, matters and things
as the governor or the lieutenant-governor might or could lawfully do
or execute, if they, or either of them, were personally present.
Art. LVI. The governor, within five days after any bill or resolve
shall have been laid before, him, shall have the right to return it to the
branch of the general court in which it originated with a recommenda-
tion that any amendment or amendments specified by him be made
therein. Such bill or resolve shall thereupon be before the general
court and subject to amendment and re-enactment. If such bill or
resolve is re-enacted in any form it shall again be laid before the gov-
ernor for his action, but he shall have no right to return the same a
second time with a recommendation to amend.
Art. LVII. Article IV of the articles of amendment of the consti-
tution of the commonwealth is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following words: — Women shall be eligible to appointment as notaries
public. Change of name shall render the commission void, but shall
not prevent reappointment under the new name.
Art. LVIII. Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second of the con-
stitution is hereby amended by the addition of the following words: —
and provided also that the governor, with the consent of the council,
may after due notice and hearing retire them because of advanced age
or mental or physical disability. Such retirement shall be subject to
any provisions made by law as to pensions or allowances payable to
such officers upon their voluntary retirement.
Art. LIX. Every charter, franchise or act of incorporation shall
forever remain subject to revocation and amendment.
Art. LX. The general court shall have power to limit buildings
according to their use or construction to specified districts of cities and
towns. Op. A. G. (1919) 60.
Art. LXI. The general court shall have authority to provide for
compulsory voting at elections, but the right of secret voting shall be
preserved.
Art. LXII. Section 1. The credit of the commonwealth shall
not in any manner be given or loaned to or in aid of any individual, or
of any private association, or of any corporation which is privately
owned and managed.
Section 2. The commonwealth may borrow money to repel inva-
sion, suppress insurrection, defend the commonwealth, or to assist the
United States in case of war, and may also borrow money in anticipa-
tion of receipts from taxes or other sources, such loan to be paid out
of the revenue of the year in which it is created.
Section 3. In addition to the loans which may be contracted as
before provided, the commonwealth may borrow money only by a vote,
taken by the yeas and nays, of two-thirds of each house of the general
court present and voting thereon. The governor shall recommend to
the general court the term for which any loan shall be contracted.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. CIX
Section 4. Borrowed money shall not be expended for any other Expenditure
purpose than that for which it was borrowed or for the reduction or moneyUmited.
discharge of the principal of the loan. Op. a. g. (1920) se, si.
Art. LXIII. Section 1 . Collection of Revenue. — All money re- Collection ot
ceived on account of the commonwealth from any source whatsoever op'^a'g.
shall be paid into the treasury thereof. *'''-°' ^^^•
Section 2. The Budget. — Within three weeks after the convening The budget,
of the general court the governor shall recommend to the general court ""'' ™ ^' " "'
a budget which shall contain a statement of all proposed expenditures
of the commonwealth for the fiscal year, including those already author-
ized by law, and of all taxes, revenues, loans and other means by which
such expenditures shall be defrayed. This shall be arranged in such General court
form as the general court may by law prescribe, or, in default thereof, form.^t"'"'
as the governor shall determine. I'or the purpose of preparing his
budget, the governor shall have power to require any board, commis- Governor
sion, officer or department to furnish him with any information which iSformat^ion.
he may deem necessary.
Sections. The General Appropriation Bill. — All appropriations The general
based upon the budget to be paid from taxes or revenues shall be incor- gPjj"'°P"»t'°°
porated in a single bill which shall be called the general appropriation
bill. The general court may increase, decrease, add or omit items in
the budget. The general court may provide for its salaries, mileage,
and exjjenses and for necessary expenditures in anticipation of appro-
priations, but before final action on the general appropriation bill it
shall not enact any other appropriation bill except on recommendation
of the governor. The governor may at any time recommend to the Supplementary
general court supplementary budgets which shall be subject to the " ^^'^'
same procedure as the original budget.
Section 4. Special Appropriation Bills. — After final action on the Special appro-
general appropriation bill or on recommendation of the governor, special may'bT
appropriation bills may be enacted. Such bills shall provide the specific •='""^'^'^' ^^^''
means for defraying the appropriations therein contained.
Section 5. Suhnission to the Governor. — The go\'ernor may dis- Governor may
approve or reduce items or parts of items in any bill appropriating etc^.'^tems'^or
money. So much of such bill as he approves shall upon his signing I'Jf any°apprT
the same become law. As to each item disapproved or reduced, he pr^atio° t>iii,
shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated his reason for
such disapproval or reduction, and the procedure shall then be the
same as in the case of a bill disapproved as a whole. In case he shall forceVniuv"'
fail so to transmit his reasons for such disapproval or reduction within "uiess. etc.
five days after the bill shall have been presented to him, such items
shall have the force of law unless the general court by adjournment
shall prevent such transmission, in which case they shall not be law.
Art. LXIV. Section 1. The governor, lieutenant-governor, coun- Biennial eiec-
cillors, secretary, treasurer and receiver-general, attorney-general, offic° ^*'^'°
cour
Bena
repr
tives: terms
offices from the first Wednesday in January succeeding their election of office.
to and including the first Wednesday in January in the third year
following their election and until their successors are chosen and quali-
fied. The terms of senators and representatives shall begin with the
first W^ednesday in January succeeding their election and shall extend
to the first Wednesday in January in the third year following their
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Treasurer ineli
gible for more
than three suc-
cessive terms.
General court
to assemble
annually.
When first
election under
this article
shall be held,
etc.
Members of
general court
not to be ap-
pointed to
certain offices,
nor receive
compensation
on recess
committees,
except, etc.
Op. A. G.
(1919) 74.
Organization
of not more
than twenty-
departments
to perform the
executive and
administrative
work of the
common-
wealth,
except, etc.
election and until their successors are chosen and qualified. The terms
of the secretary, treasurer and receiver-general, attorney-general and
auditor, shall begin with the third Wednesday in January succeeding
their election and shall extend to the third Wednesday in January in
the third year following their election and until their successors are
chosen and qualified.
Section 2. No person shall be eligible to election to the office
of treasurer and receiver-general for more than three successive
terms.
Section 3. The general court shall assemble every year on the
first Wednesday in January.
Section 4. The first election to which this article shall apply shall
be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty, and thereafter elections for the
choice of all the officers before-mentioned shall be held biennially on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November.
Art. LXV. No person elected to the general court shall during
the term for which he was elected be appointed to any office created
or the emoluments whereof are increased during such term, nor receive
additional salary or compensation for service upon any recess com-
mittee or commission except a committee appointed to examine a
general revision of the statutes of the commonwealth when submitted
to the general court for adoption.
Art. LXVI. On or before January first, nineteen hundred twenty-
one, the executive and administrative work of the commonwealth shall
be organized in not more than twenty departments, in one of which
every executive and administrative office, board and commission, except
those officers serving directly under the governor or the council, shall
be placed. Such departments shall be under such supervision and
regulation as the general court may from time to time prescribe by
law.
The constitution of Massachu.setta was agreed upon by delegates of the people, in
convention, begun and held at Cambridge, on the first day of September, 1779, and
continued by adjournments to the second day of March, 1780, when the convention
adjourned to meet on the first Wednesday of the ensuing June. In the mean time the
constitution was submitted to the people, to be adopted by them, provided two-thirds
of the votes given should be in the affirmative. When the convention assembled, it was
found that the constitution had been adopted by the requisite number of votes, and the
convention accordingly Resolved, "That the said Constitution or Frame of Government
shall take place on the last Wednesday of October next; and not before, for any purpose,
save only for that of making elections, agreeable to this resolution." The first legislature
assembled at Boston, on October 25, 17S0.
The first nine Articles of Amendment were submitted, by delegates in convention
assembled, November 15, 1820, to the people, and by them ratified and adopted April
9, 1821. The fifth Article was annulled by the fifty-third Article, and the ninth Article
by the forty-eighth Article.
The tenth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1829-30 and
1830-31, and was approved and ratified by the people May 11, 1831.
The eleventh Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1832 and
1833, and was approved and ratified by the people November 11, 1833.
The twelfth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1835 and
1836, and was approved and ratified by the people November 14, 1836.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
The thirteenth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1839 and
1840, and was approved and ratified by the people April 6, 1840.
The general court of the year 1851 passed an act calling a third convention to revise
the constitution. The Act was submitted to the people, and a majority voted against
the proposed convention. On May 7, 1852, another act was passed calling upon the
people to vote upon the question of calling a constitutional convention. A majority of
the people having voted in favor of the proposed convention, election for delegates thereto
took place in March, 1853. The convention met in the State House, in Boston, on May
4, 1853, and organized by choosing Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., president, and William S.
Robinson and James T. Robinson, secretaries. On the 1st of August, this convention
agreed to a form of constitution, and on the same day was dissolved, after having provided
for submitting the same to the people, and appointed a committee to meet to count the
votes, and to make a return thereof to the general court. The committee met at the time
and place agreed upon, and found that the proposed constitution had been rejected.
The fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth Articles
were adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1854 and 1855, and ratified by the
people May 23, 1855.
The twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second Articles were adopted by the legis-
latures of the political years 1S56 and 1857, and ratified by the people on May 1, 1857.
The twenty-third Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1858
and 1859, and ratified by the people May 9, 1859, and was annulled by the twenty-sixth
Article.
The twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth Articles were adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1859 and 1860, and ratified by the people May 7, 1860.
The twenty-sixth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1862
and 1863, and ratified by the people April 6, 1863.
The twenty-seventh Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years
1876 and 1877, and was approved and ratified by the people November 6, 1877.
The twenty-eighth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1880
and 1881, and was approved and ratified by the people November 8, 1881.
The twenty-ninth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1884
and 1885, and was approved and ratified by the people November 3, 1885.
The thirtieth and thirty-first Articles were adopted by the legislatures of the political
years 1889 and 1890, and were approved and ratified by the people November 4, 1890.
The thirty-second and thirty-third Articles were adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1890 and 1891, and were approved and ratified by the people November 3,
1891.
The thirty-fourth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1891
and 1892, and was approved and ratified by the people November 8, 1892.
The thirty-fifth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1892 and
1893, and was approved and ratified by the people November 7, 1893.
The thirty-sixth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1893
and 1894, and was approved and ratified by the people November 6, 1894.
The thirty-seventh Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1906
and 1907, and was approved and ratified by the people November 5, 1907.
The thirty-eighth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1909
and 1910, and was approved and ratified by the people November 7, 1911.
The thirty-ninth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1910
and 1911, and was approved and ratified by the people November 7, 1911.
The fortieth and forty-first Articles were adopted by the legislatures of the political
years 1911 and 1912, and were approved and ratified by the people November 5, 1912.
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
The forty-second Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1912
and 1913, and approved and ratified by the people November 4, 1913, and was annulled
by the forty-eighth Article.
The forty-third and forty-fourth Articles were adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1914 and 1915, and were approved and ratified by the people November 2,
1915.
In his inaugural address to the general court of 1916, Governor McCall recommended
that the question of revising the constitution, through a constitutional convention, be
submitted to the people ; and the general court passed a law (chapter 98 of the General
Acts of 1916) to ascertain and carry out the will of the people relative thereto, the ques-
tion to be submitted being "Shall there be a convention to revise, alter or amend the
constitution of the commonwealth?" The people voted on this question at the annual
election, held on November 7, casting 217,293 votes in the affirmative and 120,979 votes
in the negative; and accordingly the governor on December 19, 1916, made proclamation
to that effect, and, by virtue of authority contained in the act, called upon the people
to elect delegates at a special election to be held on the first Tuesday in May, 1917. The
election was on May 1. In accordance with the provisions of the act, the delegates met
at the State House on June 6, 1917, and organized by choosing John L. Bates, president,
and James W. Kimball, secretary. After considering and acting adversely on numerous
measures that had been brought before it, and after providing for submitting to the
people the forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh Articles, at the state election of 1917,
and the Article relative to the establishment of the popular initiative and referendum and
the legislative initiative of specific amendments of the constitution (Article forty-eight) at
the state election of 1918, the convention adjourned on Wednesday, November 28, 1917,
"until called by the president or secretary to meet not later than ■within ten days after
the prorogation of the general court of 1918."
The forty-fiith, forty-sixth, and forty-seventh Articles were submitted, by delegates
in convention assembled, September 28, 1917, August 30, 1917, and October 11, 1917,
respectively, to the people, and by them ratified and adopted November 6, 1917.
On Wednesday, June 12, 1918, the convention reassembled and resumed its work.
Eighteen more articles (Articles forty-nine to sixty-six, inclusive) were approved by the
convention and were ordered to be submitted to the people. On Wednesday, August
21, 1918, the convention adjourned, "to meet, subject to call by the president or secre-
tary, not later than within twenty days after the prorogation of the general court of
1919, for the purpose of taking action on the report of the special committee on rear-
rangement of the constitution."
The forty-eighth Article was submitted, by delegates in convention assembled, Novem-
ber 28, 1917, the forty-ninth Article, August 7, 1918, the fiftieth to the sixtieth Articles,
inclusive, August 15, 1918, the sixty-first to the sixty-fourth Articles, inclusive, August
20, 1918, and the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth Articles, August 21, 1918, to the people, and
by them ratified and adopted November 5, 1918.
On Tuesday, August 12, 1919, pursuant to a call of its president, the convention again
convened. A rearrangement of the constitution was adopted, and was ordered to be
submitted to the people for their ratification. On the following day, a sub-committee of
the special conunittee on rearrangement of the constitution was "empowered to correct
clerical and typographical errors and establish the text of the rearrangement of the con-
stitution to be submitted to the people, in conformity with that adopted by the conven-
tion."
On Wednesday, August 13, 1919, the convention adjourned, sine die.
On Tuesday, November 4, 1919, the rearrangement was approved and ratified by the
people.
(As to the effect of this action, see Opinion of the Justices, 233 Mass. 603, and Loring
». Young, decided August 8, 1921.)
TABLES OF DISPOSITION OF THE LAWS.
NOTE.
The first of these tables is an index showing in a summary manner the disposition of the chapters
of the Revised Laws, and of several other important laws, by subjects, not by exact titles. The other
tables should be consulted for the disposition of sections in detail. In all the tables 1918, 257, and 1919,
333, are treated as if they had taken effect prior to the General Laws. See Explanations at beginning
of Table IL
DISPOSITION IN GENERAL OF CHAPTERS OF THE REVISED LAWS AND OF
CERTAIN OTHER ACTS RELATING TO IMPORTANT SUBJECTS.
Chapter of
Revised Laws
or Other
Act.
Subject, so far as includeti in the General La
1 Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth ........ i
2 Arms and Great Seal of the Commonwealth ...... 2
3 General Court •••■....... 3
4 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Council ....... 6
5 State Secretary ........... 9
6 State Treasurer ........... lo
State Auditor ........... 11
State Finance -..■.....,, 29
(§§ 43-51 gone to General Laws, Chapter 3.)
7 Attorney General and District Attorneys ....... 12
8 Statutes ■•■......... 4
9 Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents .... 5
10 State House ............ g
Sergeant-at-Arms ........... 3
vState Library ........... 6
11 Elections (superseded by 1913, S35, and by several other acts) . . . 50-57
12 Assessment of Local Taxes (superseded by 1909, 490, I) . . . . 59
13 Collection of Local Taxes (superseded by 1909, 490, II) ... . 60
14 Taxation of Corporations (superseded by 1909, 490, III, and by 1919, 355) . 14, 63
15 Taxation of Legacies and Successions (superseded by 1909, 490, IV, and by
several other acts) .......... 65
16 Militia (superseded by 1917, 327) 33
17 Notaries Public, Commissioners ........ 222
18 General Provisions relative to State Officers ...... 30
19 Civil Service ............ 13, 31
Corrupt Practices ........... 55
20 Counties, County Commissioners ........ 34
21 County Treasurers, County Finances ....... 35
22 Registers of Deeds .......... 36
23 Sheriffs 37
24 Medical Examiners .......... 38
25 Towns ............. 39-42
26 Cities 39-42
27 Municipal Indebtedness (superseded by 1913, 719) ..... 44
28 Public Parks, Playgrounds, Public Domain ...... 45
29 Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths .... 46
30 Workhouses and Almshouses ......... 47
31 Watch and Ward. — Repealed by 1918, 257, § 159.
32 Fires, Fire Departments, Fire Districts ....... 48
[ cxiii ]
CXIV DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN IMPORTANT STATUTES.
Chapter of
^^''oJk''"'* Subject, 80 far as included in the General Laws.
or Other
Act.
32 State Fire Marshal (see 1919, 350, §§ 101, 104) 22, 148
33 Fences, Fence Viewers, Pounds, Field Drivers ...... 49
34 Manufacture and Distribution of Gas and Electricity by Cities and Towns
(superseded by 1914, 742) 164
35 Public Records 9, 66
36 Parishes and Religious Societies ........ 67
37 Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses ... 68
38 Libraries ............ 78
39 Board of Education 15, 69
40 Teachers' Institutes and Associations. — Repealed by 1918, 257, § 172.
41 School Funds 70
42 Public Schools 71
43 School Registers and Returns ......... 72
44 School Attendance 76
45 Nautical Training School ......... 74
46 School Offenders and County Training Schools ...... 77
47 Stat« Highways (superseded by 1917, 344, I) 81
48 Laying Out and Discontinuance of Ways (superseded by 1917, 344, II) . 82
Damages for taking Land for Public Uses (superseded by 1917, 344, II, and
by 1918, 257, § 187) 79
49 Sewers, Drains, Sidewalks ......... 83
50 Betterments (superseded by 1917, 344, III, and by.l918, 257, § 219) . . 80
51 Repair of Ways and Bridges (superseded by 1917, 344, IV) ... 84
52 Regulations and By-Laws relative to Ways and Bridges (superseded by 1917,
344, V) 85
53 Boundaries of Highways, etc. (superseded by 1917, 344, VI) ... 86
54 Law of the Road (superseded by 1917, 344, VII) 89
55 Ferries, Canals 88
56 Regulation of Trade 93
Inspection and Sale of Food ......... 94
57 Inspection and Sale of Various Articles ....... 94
58 Inspection of Gas and Gas Meters (superseded by 1914, 742) . . . 164
59 Measuring of Upper Leather ......... 95
60 Survey and Sale of Lumber, etc. (superseded by 1920, 551) ... 23, 96
61 Surveying of Land ........... 97
62 Weights and Measures 23, 98
63 Metric System 99
64 Auctioneers ............ 100
65 Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers (see 1918, 257, § 256) ... 101
66 Shipping, Seamen, Harbors, Harbor Masters ...... 102
67 Pilots 103
68 Agents, Consignees and Factors ........ 104
69 Public Warehouses (superseded in part by 1907, 582) .... 105
70 Common Carriers and Express Companies ...... 159
71 Limited Partnerships 109
72 Labels, Trade Marks and Names ........ 110
73 Money and Negotiable Instruments ........ 107
74 Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries . 259
75 Public Health 17, 111
76 Registration of Physicians, etc. . . . . . . . . 13, 112
77 Promotion of Anatomical Science ........ 113
78 Cemeteries and Burials .......... 114
79 State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief 115
80 Settlement of Paupers (superseded by 1911, 669) 116
81 Support of Paupers .......... 117
82 Maintenance of Illegitimate Children (superseded by 1913, 563) . . . 273
83 Protection and Care of Children (supplemented by 1903, 334, and 1906, 413) 119
84 State Board of Charity (now Department of Public Welfare) ... 18, 121
85 State Infirmary, etc. (see 1911, 104) 122
State Farm (see 1919, 199) 125
86 Massachusetts Training Schools (see 1911, 566) 120
Reformation of Juvenile Offenders ........ 119
87 Departmentof Mental Diseases (superseded by 1909,504; 1916,285; 1919, 350) 19
Commitment and Care of Insane and Feeble Minded (superseded by 1909,
604) 123
88 State Sanatoria for Tuberculdsis . . . . . . . . 17,111
89 Agriculture 20, 128
90 Animal Industry 21, 129
91 Fish and Game Commission ......... 21
Fisheries ............ 130
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN IMPORT.AJ^T STATUTES. CXV
Chapter of
^'oTtHh^r' Subject, so far as included in the General Laws. Ge^ne^arLa-'a
Act.
92 Preservation of Certain Birds and Animals ...... 131
93 Timber Afloat or Cast on Shore (in part repealed by 1918, 257, §§ 321-323) 135
94 Lost Goods and Stray Beasts ......... 134
95 Unclaimed or Abandoned Property ........ 135
96 Division of Waterways, etc. ......... 16
Waterways, etc. ........... 91
97 Wrecks, etc. (in part repealed by 1918, 257, § 334) ■ 91
98 Lord's Day 136
99 Gaming 137
100 Intoxicating Liquors (in part superseded by 1920, 630) .... 138
101 Common Nuisances (in part superseded by 1914, 624) .... 139
102 Licenses ............ 140
103 Supervision of Plumbing (in part superseded by 1909, 536) . . . 142
104 Inspection of Buildings, etc. (superseded by 1913, 655 and 806, and by 1914,
791) 22,143
105 Inspection of Steam Boilers (superseded by 1907, 465, and by 1915, 259) . 22, 146
106 Labor (superseded by 1909, 514) 149, 153, 229
107 Statistics of Labor, etc 9, 23, 44, 149
108 State and Other Police 22, 147
109 Corporations (so far as not superseded) ....... 14, 155
110 Corporations (so far as not superseded) ....... 155,158
111 Railroads (superseded by 1906, 463, I, II) 25,159,160
112 Street Railways (superseded by 1906, 463, III) 161
113 Savings Banks (superseded by 1908, 590) 26,168
114 Co-operative Banks (superseded by 1912, 623) 170
115 Banks and Banking (see 1918, 12). — Omitted as special.
116 Trust Companies (in part superseded by 1904, 374, and by 1908, 520) . . 172
117 Mortgage Loan Investment Companies ....... 173
118 Insurance (superseded by 1907, 576) ....... 26, 175
119 Fraternal Benefit Societies (superseded by 1911, 628) 176
120 Assessment Insurance .......... 177
121 Gas and Electric Companies (superseded by 1914, 742) .... 25, 164
122 Telephone and Telegraph Companies, Lines for Transmission of Electricity
(in part superseded by 1911, 509) 166
123 Aqueduct Companies .......... 165
Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate in Common, General Fields . . 179
124 Agricultural and Horticultural Societies ....... 156, 157, 180
125 Charitable Corporations, etc. ......... 180
126 Foreign Corporations .......... 181
127 Alienation of Land .......... 183
128 Land Court and Land Registration (see 1904, 448; 1910, 560) ... 185
129 Estates for Years and at Will 186
130 Easements 187
131 Homesteads ............ 188
132 Dower and Curtesy 189
133 Descent of Real Property 190
134 General Provisions relative to Real Property ...... 184
135 Wills 191
136 Probate of Wills, Appointment of Executors ...... 192
137 Appointment of Administrators ........ 193
138 Public Administrators 194
139 General Provisions relative to Executors and Administrators . . . 195
140 Distribution of Personal Property of Intestates ...... 190
Allowances and Advancements ........ 196
141 Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares ..... 197
142 Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons ....... 198
143 Settlement of Estates of Deceased Non-Residents ..... 199
144 Settlement of Estates of Absentees ........ 200
145 Guardians and Conservators ......... 201
146 Sales, etc., of Real Estate by Executors, etc. ...... 202
147 Trusts 203
148 General Provisions relative to Sales, Compromises, etc., by Executors,
Trustees, etc 204
149 Bonds of Executors, Trustees, etc. ........ 205
150 Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Trustees, etc. .... 206
151 Marriage ............ 207
152 Divorce 208
153 Husband and Wife 209
154 Adoption, Change of Names ......... 210
155 Masters, Apprentices and Servants. — Repealed by 1918, 257, § 402.
CXVl DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN IMPORTANT STATUTES.
Chapter of
'"'oTotte'" Subiect, so far as included in the General Laws. G^TLt.
Act.
156 The Supreme Judicial Court ......... 211
157 The Superior Court 212
158 Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts . . 213
159 Equity Jurisdiction and Procedure in the Supreme Judicial and Superior
Courts 214
160 District Courts 218
161 Trial Justices 219
Justices of the Peace .......... 222
162 Probate Courts 215
163 Courts of Insolvency .......... 216
164 Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency . . . . . 217
165 Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Courts ...... 221
166 Courts and Naturalization ......... 220
167 Commencement of Actions, Service of Process ...... 223
168 Arrest on Civil Process . ......... 224
Process after Judgment for Necessaries or Labor ..... 225
169 Bail 226
170 Absent Defendants 227
171 Survival of Actions . . . ... . • . 228
Actions for Death and Injuries resulting in Death ..... 229
172 Actions by and against Executors and Administrators .... 230
173 Pleading and Practice 231
174 Set-off and Tender 232
175 Witnesses and Evidence .......... 233
176 Juries 234
177 Judgment and Execution ......... 235
178 Levy of Executions on Land ......... 236
179 Writs of Entry 237
180 Writs of Dower 238
181 Summary Process for Possession of Land ....... 239
182 Settlement of Title to Land 240
183 Determination of Boundaries of Flats ....... 240
184 Partition (superseded by 1917, 279) 241
185 Waste and Trespass .......... 242
1S6 Private Nuisances ........... 243
187 Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages ...... 244
188 Informations by the Commonwealth ....... 245
189 Trustee Process 246
190 Replevin 247
191 Habeas Corpus and Personal Liberty (§§ 35-47 repealed by 1918, 257, § 443) 248
192 Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus, Quo Warranto .... 249
193 Writ of Error, Vacating Judgment, Writ of Review ..... 250
194 Arbitration 251
195 Improvement of Low Land and Swamps (in part superseded by 1918, 289) 252
196 Mills, Dams, Reservoirs ' . . 253
197 Liens on Buildings and Land ......... 254
198 Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of, and Liens on, Personal Prop-
erty ............. 255
199 Recognizances for Debts ......... 256
200 Seizing and Libelling Forfeited Property ....... 257
201 Claims against the Commonwealth ........ 258
202 Limitation of Actions .......... 260
203 Costs 261
204 Fees 262
205 Rights of Accused Persons ......... 263
206 Crimes against Governments ......... 264
207 Crimes against the Person ......... 265
208 Crimes against Property .......... 266
209 Forgerj', Crimes against Currency ........ 267
210 Crimes against Public Justice ......... 268
211 Crimes against Public Peace ......... 269
212 Crimes against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good Order . . . 272
213 Crimes against Public Health 270
214 Crimes against Public Policy ......... 271
215 Felonies, Accessories, Attempts . . . . . . . . 274
216 Proceedings to prevent Crimes ........ 275
217 Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives, .\rrests, etc.; Probation . . . 276
218 Indictments and Proceedings before Trial ....... 277
219 Trials and Proceedings before Judgment ....... 278
220 Judgment and Execution ......... 279
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN IMPORTANT STATUTES.
Chapter of
°™6ther"^ Subject, so far as included in the General Lawa.
Act.
221 Fines and Forfeitures ■.......,,
222 Prison Commissioners (superseded by 1919, 350, §§ 82-86) .
Powers and Duties of Department of Correction .....
223 State Penal and Reformatory Institutions ......
224 Jails, Houses of Correction, et<;. ........
225 Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions
226 Laws and Their Effect
1863, 220 Massachusetts Agricultural College
1889, 439 Sewerage System for Mystic and Charles River Valleys ....
1893, 407 Metropolitan Park Commission ........
1894, 288 Roadways and Boulevards in Metropolitan Parks .....
1895, 406 Sewerage System for Neponset River Valley ......
488 Metropolitan Water Supply .........
1903, 249 Registration in Veterinary Medicine .......
334 Neglected Children ..........
437 Business Corporations (as to taxation superseded by 1909, 490, III)
Foreign Corporations ..........
1904,374 Incorporation, etc., of Trust Companies (see 1908, 520) . . . .
409 State Forester and Forestry .........
1905, 326 Settlement of Trust Estatos in which Absentees are Interested
381 Suppression of Gypsy Moths, etc. ........
465 MiUtia (superseded by 1908, 604, and 1917, 327)
473 Registration of Embalmers .........
1906, 385 Commission for the Blind .........
390 Assignment of Wages (in part superseded by 1909, 514) ....
413 Delinquent Children ..........
463 I. Railroads and Street Railways (in part superseded by 1913, 784, and
1919,350, §§ 117-122)
II. Railroads ...........
III. Street Railways ..........
(N.B. — Some sections of the above act are in other chapters, such as Ta.\a-
tion. Actions for Death, etc.)
516 Electric Railroads ...........
1907, 363 Disposition of Old and Infirm Animals .......
414 Bucket Shops ...........
465 Inspection of Steam Boilers (in part superseded by 1915, 259)
560 Elections (superseded by 1913, 835)
561 Savings Bank Life Insurance .........
576 Insurance ............
582 Warehouse Receipts ..........
1908, 237 Sales of Personal Property
520 Trust Companies ...........
590 Savings Banks ...........
604 Militia (superseded by 1917, 327)
1909, 441 Voluntary Associations (supplemented by 1913, 509 and 596; 1914. 471 and
742; 1915, 20; 1916, 184)
490 I. Assessment of Local Taxes ........
II. Collection of Local Taxes ........
III. Taxation of Corporations (in part superseded by 1919, 355; 1920, 415
and 549)
IV. Taxation of Legacies and Successions (in part superseded by 1909, 268
and 527; 1912, 678; 1916, 268; 1920, 396 and 548) . . . .
504 Insane Persons ...........
514 §§ 1-9, 17-120. Labor
§§ 10-16. Conciliation and Arbitration .......
§§ 121-126. Assignments of Wages .......
§§ 127-143. Employers' Liability ........
526 Registration of Osteopaths .........
534 Motor Vehicles ...........
536 Supervision of Plumbing .........
1910, 171 Transfer of Stock
214 BiUs of Lading
449 Registration of Nurses ..........
619 City and Town Retirement Systems ........
1911, 456 Desertion and Non-Support of Wives and Children .....
471 Vocational Education ..........
509 Transmission of Electricity .........
532 State Retirement System .........
595 Commitment and Care of Defective Delinquents .....
280
27
124
125
126
127
281
28, 92
92
92
92
13, 112
119
63, 156
181
172
21, 132
203
132
33
13, 112
15,69
154
119
25, 159
160
161
162
133
271
146
50-56
178
175
105
106
172
167, 168
33
182
59
60
63
65
123
149
23, 150
154
153
13, 112
90
142
155
108
13, 112
32
273
74
166
32
123
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN IMPORTANT STATUTES.
Chapter of
'^TrOth^r"^ Subject, so far as included in the General Laws.
Act.
1911,628 Fraternal Benefit Societies
634 County Retirement Systems .........
669 Settlement of Paupers, etc
727 Small Loans ............
751 Workmen's Compensation .........
1912, 502 Short Forms in Conveyancing .........
503 Pensions for Laborers ..........
623 Co-operative Banks ..........
635 Tenement Houses in Towns .........
674 Congressional Districts ..........
678 Taxation of Legacies and Successions .......
700 Registration of Optometrists .........
706 The Minimum Wage ..........
726 Board of Labor and Industries (see 1919, 350, §§ 69-78) ....
1913, 447 Co-operative Associations .........
563 Maintenance of Illegitimate Children .......
655 Inspection of Buildings ..........
663 Aircraft (superseded by 1919, 306)
719 Municipal Indebtedness ..........
763 Aid to Mothers with Dependent Children ......
779 School Attendance, etc. ..........
784 Public Service Commission (in part superseded by 1919, 350, §§ 117-122)
786 Tenement Houses in Cities .........
806 Inspection of Elevators ..........
831 Child Labor
832 Teachers' Retirement System .........
835 §§1-11. General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and Elections .
§§ 12-68. Voters, Registration, etc. .......
§§ 88-92. Political Committees
§§ 93-210. Nominations, Primaries, Caucuses ......
§§211-215. State Ballot Law Commission ......
§§216-346,379-392. Elections
§§ 347-371. Corrupt Practices (in part superseded by 1914, 783)
§§372-378. Election Inquests
§§ 393-399. Town Meetings
§§ 400-433. Town Elections
§§ 434-502. Penalties
1914, 598 Taxation of Forest Lands
624 Injunctions against Houses of Prostitution ......
742 Gas and Electricity
770 Taxation of Stock Transfers (in part superseded by 1915, 238)
783 Corrupt Practices ...........
791 Cinematographs ...........
795 Fire Prevention in Metropolitan Fire Prevention District ....
1915, 145 Shade Trees
163 Support of Destitute Parents .........
237 Tax Titles
238 Taxation of Stock Transfers
259 Licensing Certain Engineers and Firemen .......
267 City Charters
292 Liens on Buildings and Land .........
296 Supervision of Electricians .........
301 Registration of Dentists and Dental Hygienists .....
1916, 184 Actions against Voluntary Associations (see 1909, 441) ....
266 Trackless Trolleys
268 Taxation of Legacies and Successions .......
269 Income Tax (for distribution see 1919, 314)
270 Senatorial and Councillor Districts, and Apportionment of Representatives .
296 Super\isor of Administration .........
1917, 202 Registration of Chiropodists .........
277 Disposition of State Revenue .........
279 Partition of Land
327 Militia
344 I. State Highways • .
II. Laying Out and Discontinuance of Ways ......
Land Damages (superseded by 1918, 257, § 187) ....
III. Betterments (superseded by 1918, 257, § 219)
IV. Repair of Ways and Bridges ........
V. Regulations and By-Laws relative to Ways and Bridges
VI. Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroachments
VII. Law of the Road
176
32
116
140
152
183
32
170
145
57
65
13, 112
151
23, 149
157
273
143
90
44
118
76,77
25, 159
144
143
149
32
50
51
52
53
55
39
41
56
61
139
164
64
55
143
148
87
273
60
64
146
43
254
141
13, 112
182, 223
163
65
62
57
7
13, 112
29
241
33
81
82
79
80
84
85
86
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN IMPORTANT STATUTES.
Chapter of
or Other Subject, so far as iDcluded in the General Laws.
Act.
1918,228 Classification of State Offices and Positions
230 Training and Instruction of Disabled Soldiers and Sailors . . . .
244 Budget System
247 Removals, etc., in Civil Service ........
257 § 187. Eminent Domain .........
§ 219. Betterments
261 Salaries of County Commissioners ........
262 Massachusetts Agricultural College ........
272 Salaries of District Attorneys and Assistant District Attorneys
2S9 Improvement of Low Lands .........
1919, 150 Veterans' Preference
241 Salaries of County Treasurers .........
259 Sale of Second Hand Motor Vehicles
271 Licensing and Regulation of Private Detectives ......
274 Probate Appeals ...........
287 Salaries of Sheriffs ...........
289 Ab.sent Voting
290 State and Military Aid
306 Aircraft
314 Distribution of Income Tax .........
350 §§14-16. Officers under Governor and Council . . . . .
Superintendent of Buildings .......
Sergeant-at-.\rm3 .........
State Secretary .........
State Treasurer .........
§ 32. State Auditor
§ 33. Attorney General .........
§§34-37. Department of Agriculture .......
§ 38. Agriculture ...........
§§ 39-44. Department of Conservation .......
Department of Banking and Insurance .....
Department of Corporations and Taxation ....
Department of Education .......
Department of Civil Service and Registration ....
§ 68. Department of Industrial Accidents ......
§§69-78. Department of Labor and Industries . . . . .
§§79-81. Department of Mental Diseases ......
§§ 82-85. Department of Correction .......
§ 86. State Farm ...........
§§ 87-89, 91, 95. Department of Public Welfare
§§ 89-94. Powers and Duties of Department of Public Welfare .
§§ 96-98. Department of Public Health
§§ 99-101, 103, 105, 106, 110. Department of Public Safety
§§ 99, 101, 102, 107-109. State Police, Powers and Duties of Department of
Public Safety ...........
§ 104. Fire Prevention ..........
§§111-116. Department of Public Works ......
§§117-122. Department of Public Utilities
§§ 123-126. Metropolit.an District Commission .....
§§ 127-129. Metropolitan Parks, Waters and Sewers ....
353 Salaries of Judges, Registers and Assistant Registers of Probate and Insolvency
355 Taxation of Business Corporations (in part superseded by 1920, 415 and 549)
356 Salaries of Clerks and Assistant Clerks of Courts
361 Salaries of Registers of Deeds and Assistant Registers
362 Salaries of Justices. Clerks and Assistant Clerks of District
363 Distribution of Certain Revenue for Schools
1920, 240 Games on Lord's Day
280 Daylight Saving
349 Stock without Par Value of Business Corporations
396 Taxation of Legacies and Successions from Non-Residents
415 Taxation of Business Corporations .
418 Regulation of Bakeries . . . .
545 Regulation of Advertising Signs
548 Ta.xatiou of Gifts in Contemplation of Death
549 Taxation of Business Corporations .
551 Survey of Lumber .....
553 Small Claims Procedure ....
579 Woman Suffrage .....
599 Municipal Operation of Street Railways .
619 Licensing of Boxing Matches .
630 Licensing of Sale of Certain Non-Into.xicating Beverages
§§ 17-21.
§§22,23.
§§24-27.
§§ 28-31.
§§45-51.
§§52-55.
§§56-62.
§§ 63-67.
Courts
30
74
29
31
79
80
34
75
12
252
31
35
140
147
215
37
54
115
90
58
3
9
10
11
12
20
128
21
26
14
15
13
24
23, 149, 1.50
19
27
125
18
121
17
22
147
148
16
25
28
92
217
58,63
221
36
218
70
136
4
156
65
63
111
93
65
63
96
218
51
161
147
138
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES PRIOR TO THE REVISED LAWS.
II.
SPECIFIC DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN ACTS AND RESOLVES ENACTED PRIOR
TO THE REVISED LAWS AND NOT THEREBY JIEPEALED.
EXPLANATIONS.
G. L. means General Laws. S. means Superseded by. R. means Repealed by. O. means Omitted.
The time for the taking effect of 1918, 257, and 1919, 333, was postponed until February 1, 1921,
before which time the General Laws became effective. (See 1919, 5, and 1920, 2.) The substantive
changes made by 1918, 257, and 1919, 233, however, appear in the General Laws, and provisions of
law repealed by them are omitted from the General Laws, and appear as repealed in this table.
1853, Res. 62 . .
S. 1876, Res. 47.
1890
270 .. .
PartG. L. 92, § 77; part S.
1860, Res. 60 . .
G. L. 127, § 152.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 1,
1863, 220, § 1 . .
PartG. L. 15, §20; 75, §§2,
3, 6, 14, 16.
13; parts. 1864,223, § 1;
1891
192 .. .
G. L. 92, § 4.
1871,378; 1918,262, §§1,
1892
251, §§ 1-3 .
G. L. 92, § 81.
2; partO.
1893
407, § 1 . .
S. 1899, 400.
" 220, § 2 . .
Part G. L. 7, §§ 3, 9-13;
part O.
407, § 2 . .
PartG. L. 92, § 100; part
S. R. L. 9, § 7; 1919, 350,
" 220, § 3 . .
Part G. L. 75, § 4; part
§§ 125, 126; partO.
Special.
407, § 3 . .
G. L. 92, § 33.
" 220, § 4 . .
S. 1918, 262, § 3.
407, § 4 . .
S. 1895, 272.
" 220, § 5 . .
Part S. 1871, 378; 191S, 262,
"
407, § 5 . .
G. L. 92, § 34.
§§ 1, 2; partO.
407, § 6 . .
S. 1896, 465, § 2.
" 220, § 6 . .
Part G. L. 75, § 22; part S.
1864, 223, § 2; part R.
407, § 7 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
6, 14, 16, 38.
1864, 223, § 7; part
"
407, § 8 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
Temporary.
407, § 9 . .
Special.
■' 220, §§7-9 .
O.
407, § 10 . .
S. 1896, 550, § 2; R. 1896,
1864, 223, § 1 .
S. 1918, 262, § 1.
550, § 4.
'■ 223, § 2 .
PartG. L. 75, § 11; part O.
407, §§11,12.
S. 1896, 550, § 3; R. 1896,
■' 223, §§ 3-6
Special.
550, § 4.
1871,378 . .
Part G. L. 75, § 8; part S.
407, § 13 . .
0.
1884, Res. 50.
1894
101 . . .
S. 1905, 211, § 1.
1876, Res. 47 .
S. 1918, 257, § 169.
"
143, § 1 . .
Temporary.
1882, 212, § 1 .
Temporary.
"
143, § 2 . .
S. 1895, 57.
" 212, §2 .
O. (See 1894, 143, § 2.)
143, § 3 . .
G. L. 75, §§ 16, 17, 19.
" 212, §3 .
Parts. 1883, 105; part O.
143, § 4 . .
Parts. 1908,459, § 1; 1918,
" 212, §4 .
O. (See 1894, 143, § 2.)
262, § 4; part O.
" 212, §5 .
Part G. L. 75, §§ 17, 18;
288, § 1 . .
G. L. 92, §5 35, 80.
part S. 1894, 143, § 3;
288, § 2 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 219.
part Special.
"
288, § 3 . .
Part G. L. 92, §§ 35-37;
" 212, §6 .
0.
part S. 1895, 450, § 8;
1883, 105 . .
S. 1894, 143, § 4.
1919, 350, § 126; part O.
1884, Res. 50 .
Part S. 1918, 262, § 2;
2SS, § 4 . .
O.
part O.
2SS, § 5 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 6,
1887. 31, § 1 .
S. 1894, 143, §§ 1, 3.
14, 16, 38.
31, §§2-5
O.
288, § 6 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
1889, 45 . .
G. L. 15, § 20.
288, § 7 . .
Special.
■■ 439. § 1 .
S. 1901, 168, §§ 1-5.
288, § 8 . .
S. 1896, 550, § 2; R. 1896,
" 439, § 2 .
Parts. 1901, 168, §2; 1919,
550, § 4.
350, § 126; part O.
288, §§ 9, 10 .
S. 1896, 550, § 3; R. 1896,
" 439, § 3 .
Part G. L. 92, § 1; part S.
550, § 4.
1895. 406, § 1; 1899, 424,
288, §11 . .
O.
§§1.2.
307, § 1 . .
Special.
" 439, § 4 .
S. 1890, 270.
"
307, § 2 .
Temporary.
" 439, §§5-7
G. L. 92, § 32.
307, §§3-6 .
S. 1895, 294, §§ 3-6.
" 439, § 8 .
S. 1899, 424, § 7.
1895
, 57 . .
Temporary.
" 439, § 9 .
.S. 1915, 150.
"
272 .. .
Part G. L. 92, §§ 33, 34, 37,
■■ 439, § 10 .
G. L. 92, § 3.
79; part S. 1919, 350,
" 439, § 11 .
. O.
§ 126; part 0.
" 439, § 12 .
Part S. 1912, 3, §§ 3-5;
294, § 1 .
Special.
part Special.
"
294, § 2 .
Temporary.
" 439, §§ 13-16
S. 1894,307, §§3-6.
**
294, §§ 3, 4
S. 1906, 369, §§ 1^.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES PRIOR TO THE REVISED LAWS.
1895, 294, § 5
. S. 1906, 369, § 5.
1896, 465, § 2 . .
S. 1898, 455.
'■ 294, § 6
. O.
" 465, § 3 . .
G. L. 92, § 88.
" 305, §§ 1-4 . .Special.
" 550 .. .
R. 1899, 419, § 3.
" 305, § 5
. S. 1895, 450, § 4.
" 550, §§2,3
S. 1899,419, §§ 1,2.
" 406, § 1
. Part G. L. 92, § 1 ; part S.
1897, 80 . . .
G. L. 92, § 2.
1899,424, §§1,2; part O.
83, § 1 . .
Special.
" 406, §§2-4 . G. L. 92, §32.
83, § 2 . .
Temporary.
" 406, § 5
. G. L. 92, § 77.
83, § 3 . .
S. 1906. 369, §§ 1, 4.
" 406, § 6
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
83, § 4 . .
S. 1906, 369, § 5.
6, 14, 16.
83, § 5 . .
O.
" 406, § 7
. R. 1897, 502, § 4.
88 . . .
Special.
" 406, § 8
. Part G. L. 92, § 100; part S.
" 121, §1 . .
Part G. L. 92, § 41; part O.
1906, 235.
" 121, §2 . .
S. 1901, 464, § 1; R. 1901,
" 406, § 9
. S. 1897, 80.
464, § 2.
" 406, § 10
. G. L. 92, § 3.
■' 121, §3 . .
S. 1919, 350, § 128.
" 406, §§11-
-13. G. L. 92, §81.
" 336 .. .
Part G. L. 92, § 16; part S.
" 406, § 14
. G. L. 92, § 4.
1909, 74, § 1.
" 406, § 15
. Special.
" 339 . .
G. L. 92, § 24.
" 406, §§ 16,
17. S. 1906, 369, §§ 1-4.
" 456 . .
Special.
" 406, § 18
. S. 1906, 369, § 5.
" 467 . .
Special.
" 406, §§ 19,
20. S. 1901, 513, § 1; R. 1901,
" 473, I 1 .
G. L. 92, § 10.
513, § 2.
■' 473, §§2-15
Special.
" 406, § 21
. o.
" 520, § 1 . .
Part G. L. 92, § 1; part
" 450, § 1
. G. L. 92, § 83.
Special.
" 450, §2
. G. L. 22, §§ 84, 85.
" 520, §§2-4
Special.
" 450, § 3
. G. L. 92, § 40.
" 520, § 5 .
S. 1915, 150.
" 450, § 4
. S. 1918, 257, §219, subs. 1,5.
" 520, §§6-10
Special.
■' 450, § 5
. S. 1898, 473, § 2.
1898, 166 . .
O.
" 450, § 6
. S. 1901, 380.
" 180, §§1-3
Special.
" 450, § 7
. S. 1901, 93.
'■ 180, §4 . .
S. 1906, 369, §§ 1, 4.
" 450, § 8
. G. L. 92, § 37.
" 180, § 5 .
S. 1906, 369, § 5.
" 450, § 9
. S. 1897, 121, § 3; R. 1897,
" 180, § 6 .
O.
121, §4.
" 215, §4 .
O.
" 450, § 10
. S. R. L. 7, § 1.
" 293, § 1 .
Special.
" 450, §11
. S. R. L. 175, § 74.
" 293, § 2 .
Part S. 1908, 560; part O.
" 488, § 1
. S. 1901, 168, §§ 1-5.
" 293, §§3-12
Special.
" 488, § 2
. S. 1899, 424, §7; 1901, 168.
" 295. § 1 .
G. L. 92, § 10.
§2; R. L. 7, § 1; 9, § 7;
" 295, § 2 .
Part G. L. 92, § 10; part O.
1919, 350, § 126.
" 295, §§3-15
Special.
" 488, § 3
. S. 1898, 392.
" 392 . .
S. 1899, 349.
" 488, § 4
. Part G. L. 92, §§ 14, 78;
" 424, §§ 1, 2
Special.
part Special.
" 424, § 3 .
Temporary.
" 488, § 5
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
" 424, § 4 . .
S. 1906, 369, §§1,4.
1,3.
" 424, § 5 . .
S. 1906, 369, § 5.
" 488, § 6
. 0.
" 424, § 6 . .
O.
" 488, §§7,
5 . Temporary.
" 455 .. .
G. L. 92, § 87.
" 488, § 9
. G. L. 92, § 32.
" 463, § 1 .
G. L. 92, §§ 33, 79.
'• 488, § 10
. PartG. L. 92, § 15; part O.
" 463, § 2 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 6,
" 488, §11
. S. 1909, 473.
14, 16, 38.
" 488, § 12
. Part G. L. 92, § 32; part O.
" 463, §3 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
" 488, § 13
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 9,
'• 463, § 4 .
O.
12, 14, 16, 22, 37, 38.
" 464 . .
G. L. 92, § 82.
" 488, § 14
. Part S. 1898, 551; part
" 473, § 1 .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 4.
Special.
" 473, §2 .
G. L. 92, § 48.
" 488, § 15
. Special.
■' 531 . .
R. 1903, 465, § 16.
" 488, § 16
. S. 1896, 436.
•■ 551 . .
S. 1901, 505.
" 488, § 17
. Special.
1899,241, §§1,2
Special.
" 488, § 18
. Part G. L. 92, §§ 25, 82;
" 241, §3 .
Temporary.
part S. 1901, 513, § 1;
'■ 241, §4 .
S. 1906, 369, §§ 1, 4.
part R. 1901, 513, § 2.
" 241, §5 .
S. 1906, 369, § 5.
" 488, § 19
. S. 1901, 489.
" 241, §6 .
O.
" 488, §§20
21 . G. L. 92, § 27.
" 306, § 1 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 14.
" 488, § 22
. S. 1897, 456.
" 306, § 2 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 22.
" 488, § 23
. S. 1897, 336.
" 308, §§ 1, 2 .
PartG. L. 92, § 17; part S.
" 488, § 24
. Part G. L. 92, § 17; part O.
R. L. 75, § 114.
'• 488, §§25-
-30. G. L. 92, §§ 18-23.
" 342 . .
S. 1900, 108, § 1.
" 488, § 31
. S. 1896, 494, § 1.
" 349 . .
S. 1907, 349.
1896, 414, § 1
. Part G. L. 92, § 1 ; part 0.
" 400 . .
S. 1900, 393.
" 414, §2
Special.
" 419, § 1 .
S. 1920, 443, §§ 1-4.
" 414, §3
. S. 1897, 88.
" 419, §2 .
S. 1920, 443, § 5.
" 414, §4
. S. 1906,369, §§ 1-3.
" 424, § 1 .
Part G. L. 92, § 1; part
" 436 .
. S. 1897, 467.
O.
" 465, § 1
. G. L. 92, § 86.
" 424, § 2 .
G. L. 92, § 1.
cxxu
1899, 424, § 3
" 424, §§4-6 .
" 424, 1 7 . .
" 424, § 8 . .
" 424, § 9 . .
" 424, §§10-12.
" 424, § 13 . .
" 424, § 14 . .
" 424, §§15-17.
" 424, § 18 . .
" 424, §§ 19,20.
" 424, §§21,22.
" 464. §§1-3 .
" 464, § 4 . .
" Res. 55 . .
1900, 108, § 1 . .
" 108, § 2 . .
" 172, § 1 . .
" 172, §§2-8 .
" 242 .. .
" 340, § 1 . .
" 340, § 2 . .
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS
Part G. L. 92, § 77; part S.
1918, 257, § 187, subs.
1, 3, 6, 14, 16.
G. L. 92, § 32.
Part G. L. 92, § 100; part S.
1906, 235.
S. 1915, 147.
G. L. 92, § 3.
G. L. 92, § 81.
G. L. 92, § 4.
Special.
S. 1906, 369, §§ 1-4.
S. 1906, 369, § 5.
S. 1901, 513, § 1; R. 1901,
513, § 2.
o.
Special.
Part S. 1920, 443, §§ 1-3, 5;
part O.
Part G. L. 74, § 46; part O.
S. 1901, 498.
O.
Part G. L. 92, § 1 ; part O.
Special.
G. L. 92, § 42.
Part G. L. 92, § 37; part O.
G. L. 92, § 37.
1900, .393
" 413, §§1-4
" 413, §5
" 413, §6
•' Res. 72
1901, 93 .
" 146 .
" 168, § 1
" 168, §2
" 168, § 3
" 168, §4
" 168, §5
" 380 .
■' 442 .
" 456, § 1
" 456, § 2
" 464, § 1
•' 489 .
505 .
513, § 1
S. 1901, 146.
S. 1908, 301, §§ 1^.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 131.
S. 1908, 301, § 5.
Part G. L. 74, § 46; part O.
G. L. 92, §§ 37, 38.
Part S. 1902, 77; 1919, 350,
§§ 123, 124; partO.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 123, 124.
Part S. 1919, 350, §§ 124,
125; part O.
S. 1919, 350, § 125.
S. 1919, 350, § 124.
Special.
PartG. L. 92, § 99; part S.
1904, 431.
G. L. 92, § 24.
Temporary.
Part S. 1920, 443, §§ 1, 3-5;
part O.
G. L. 92, § 48.
Part S. 1904, 426; part
Special.
S. 1904, 186.
O.
Part G. L. 92, § 99; part S.
1904, 431.
III.
SPECIFIC DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
EXPLANATIONS.
G. L. means General Laws. S. means Superseded by. R. means Repealed by. O. means Omitted.
The time for the taking effect of 1918, 257, and 1919, 333, was postponed until February 1, 1921.
before which time the General Laws became effective. (See 1919. 5. and 1920. 2.) The substantive
changes made by 1918. 257, and 1919, 333, however, appear in the General Laws, and provisions of law
repealed by them are omitted from the General Laws, and appear as repealed in this table.
1, §§ 1-3
. . G. L. 1. §§ 1-3.
c. 3, § 16
. G. L. 3, § 27.
■ §4
. . Part G. L. 1. § 4; part O.
" §17
. S. 1902, 544, § 1.
■ §5
Special.
■• §18
. S. 1918, 61.
• §6
. . G. L. 1, § 7.
" §19
. S. 1912, 170, § 1.
' §7
. . S. 1918. 257. § 187. subs. 44.
" §20
. G. L. 3. § 24.
' §8
. . G. L. 1, § 6.
" §21
. S. Const, amend. 65.
' §9
. . S. 1918, 257, § 188.
" §22
. G. L. 3, § 25.
' §§10-
12 . . -S. 1918, 257, § 189; R. 1918,
" §§ 23-
-25
. G. L. 3, §§40-42.
257, § 190.
■• §26
. Part G. L. 3, § 44; part 0.
' §13
. . G. L. I, § 10.
" §27
. G. L. 3, §§45,49.
2, §§ 1-4
. . G. L. 2, §§ 1^.
" §1 28,
29
. G. L. 3, §§ 46, 47.
3. §§ 1-5
. . G. L. 3, §§ 1-5.
" §30
. S. 1913, 434.
• §6
. . S. 1919, 293, §§ 1, 2; R.
" §§31
32
. G. L. 3, §§ 49, 50.
1919, 293, § 5.
c. 4, § 1
. S. 1914, 445.
• §7
. . Part G. L. 3. § 5; part S.
■■ §2
. .S. 1919, 282.
1912. 481. I 1; part R.
■■ §3
. S. 1912, 639, § 1; R. 1912
1912. 481, § 2.
639, § 2.
' §8
. . S. 1911, 676.
" §4
. G. L. 6, § 4.
' §9
. . G. L. 3, § 10.
■■ §5
. S. 1914, 158; R. 1919, 25, §3
' § 10
. . S. 1907, 163.
" §6
. S. 1902, 523, § 1; 1904
' §11
. . G. L. 3, § 12.
268, § 1; 1919, 25, § 2
• §12
. . S. 1904, 87, § 1.
R. 1902, 523, § 2; 1904
' § 13
. . G. L. 3. § 13.
268, § 2; 1919, 25, § 3.
' § 14
. . S. 1913, 450.
•• §7
. S. 1918. 257. § 3.
' §15
. . G. L. 3, § 22.
" §8
. S. 1904, 88; R. 1918. 10. § 2
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 4, § 9 .
. S. 1908, 549.
c. 6, §§ 60-64
G. L. 29. §§ 33-37.
" § 10 .
. G. L. 6, § 9.
" §65
S. 1916. 192. § 1; R. 1916,
" §11 .
. S. 1920, 253.
192. § 2.
c. 5, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 9, § 1; part S.
•' §§ 66-68
G. L. 29. §§40-42.
1907. 276.
" §69
G. L. 29. § 44.
" §2 .
. S. 1902, 364; part R. 1913,
" §70
S. 1912, 3, § 5.
721.
•• §71
G. L. 29, § 46.
" §3 .
. Part G. L. 9, § 3; part S.
•■ §72
G. L. 29, § 48.
1911, 294.
" §§ 7.3-
r6
G. L. 29, §§ 57-60.
" §§4-7
. G. L. 9, §§ 11-14.
" §77
G. L. 30, § 39.
•' §8 .
. S. 1917, 42, § 3.
" §78
G. L. 29, § 61.
" §§9,10
. G. L. 9, §§ 16, 17.
" §79
S. 1910, 512.
" §11 .
. S. 1903, 424.
c. 7, §§ 1-5
G. L. 12, §§ 3-7.
c. 6, §§ 1-3
. G. L. 10. §§ 2-A.
•' §6
PartG. L. 12, §8; part O.
" §4 .
. Part G. L. 10, § 5; part S.
" §7
G. L. 12, § 9.
1903, 398, § 1 ; 1905, 272.
" §8
S. 1908, 586.
§ 1; 1907, 276, § 1; 1910,
" §9
Part G. L. 12. § 2; part S.
151, § 1; 230; 265; 1912,
1907. 276, § 1.
7. § 1; 632; 1913, 336,
" § 10
O.
§§ 1, 2; 1919. 169, § 2;
" §11
G. L. 12, §§ 12, 13.
part R. 1903. 398. § 2;
•■ §12
PartG. L. 12, § 14; part S
1905. 272. §2; 1910. 151.
1906, 460, § 1; 1910, 310
§ 2; 1912, 7, § 2; 1913,
§1-
336, §§ 3, 4.
•' §13
S. 1902, 471, §§ 1. 2; 1903
" §5 .
. O.
395. § 1; 1905. 157
" §6 .
. G. L. 10, § 6; 58, § 28.
§§ 1-3; 1906.460. §§ 1,2
" §7 .
. G. L. 10, § 7.
part R. 1903. 395, § 2
•• §8 .
. G. L. 10. § 9.
1905, 157, § 5.
'■ §9 .
. S. 1905.211. §2.
•• §14
G. L. 12, § 18.
" §§ 10-12
. G. L. 10, §§ 12-14.
■■ §15
G. L. 12, § 26.
•• §13 .
. G. L. 11, § 1.
•• § 16
R. 1918, 257, § 8.
" §14 .
. S. 1902, 177; part R. 1903,
" §§ 17.
18
G. L. 12, §§ 27, 28.
120, § 2.
•• §19
0.
" §15 .
. G. L. 11, §7.
•' §120,
21
G. L. 12, §§ 29, 30.
•' § 16 .
. S. 1908, 195; 597, § 4.
c. 8, § 1
S. 1919, 97.
" §17 .
. S. 1908, 597, § 4.
■■ §2
G. L. 4. § 2.
" §18 .
. S. 1914. 399, § 3.
" §3
G. L. 4, § 5.
" §§ 19, 20
. G. L. 11. §§ 10, 11.
•' §4
S. 1919, 301. § 1.
" §§21,22
. S. 1905, 211, §§3,4.
§ 5 (prelim. K
G. L. 4, § 7 (prelim, t).
" §§ 23. 24
. G. L. 11, §§ 14, 15.
" § 5, cl.
1 .
G. L. 4, § 7. cl. 2.
" §25 .
. S. 1905. 211. §5.
" § 5, cU
. 2-4
G. L. 4, § 7. el3. 10-12.
" § 26 .
. S. 1905. 211, § 6; R. 1910,
" § 5, els
.5-8
G. L. 4. § 7. els. 14-17.
220, § 6.
" § 5, cl.
9 .
S. 1911. 136.
" §27 .
. R. 1905, 211, § 13.
" § 5, cl.
10
O.
" § 28 .
. S. 1917.277, §2.
" § 5, cl.
11
Part G. L. 4, § 7, cl. 19
" §§29,30
. G. L. 29, §§ 19, 20.
part O.
" §31 .
. S. 1905. 211, § 7.
'• § 5, cl.
12
G. L. 4, §7, cl. 20; 44, §3.
" § 32 .
. O.
" § 5, cl.
13
O.
'■ § 33 .
. G. L. 29, § 15.
" § 5, els
. 14-18 G. L. 4, § 7, els. 21-25.
" §34 .
. G. L. 29, § 17.
■• § 5, els
. 19-2
G. h. 4, § 7. els. 29-31.
" § 35 .
. S. 1905, 369; R. 1908, 434,
" § 5, els
. 22. 23 G. L. 4, § 7, els. 33. 34.
§ 2; 1914, 370, § 3.
" § 5, els
. 24. 25 G. L. 4. § 7. els. 37. 38.
" § 36 .
. G. L. 29, § 24.
c. 9. § 1
S. 1914, 449. § 1; R. 1914
" §§ 37, 38
. S. 1905, 211. §§S. 9.
449. § 2.
" §39 .
. G. L. 29, § 22.
" §2
Part G. L. 5, § 3; part S.
" § 40 .
. S. 1905, 211, § 10.
1908.443; 1909. 147.
" §41 .
. G. L. 29, § 27.
■• §3
S. 1908, 474.
" §42 .
. Part G. L. 29, § 30; part S.
" §4
R. 1918. 8.
1907, 520, §§ 1-4.
•• §5
R. 1905. 211. § 13.
" §43 .
. Part G. L. 3, § 30; part 0.
" §6
S. 1902. 438, § 2; R. 1902
" §§ 44, 45
. G. L. 3, §§ 31, 32.
438, § 7.
" §46 .
. S. 1903, 283, § 1.
■• §7
S. 1902, 269; 438, § 4
'• §47 .
. G. L. 3, § 34.
1903, 390; 1904, 388. § 1
" § 48 .
. S. 1903, 283, § 2.
410; 1905, 138, § 1; 275
" § 49 .
. G.L.3, §36; 6. §7; 30, §31.
1908, 444; 459, § 1; 523
" §§ 50, 51
. G. L. 3, §§ 37. 38.
§ 1; 1909, 67; 371, § 3
" §52 .
. PartG. L. 6, § 12; part 0.
1910, 514, § 1; 1913, 329
" § 53 .
. G. L. 3, § 26.
1914, 291. § 1; 374; 575
" §§ 54-56
. G. L. 30, §§ 25-27.
1915. 149; 1918. 189, § 1
•' §57 .
. G. L. 30, § 41.
R. 1902, 228. § 8; 438, § 7
" § 58 .
. G. L. 29, § 31.
1905, 138. § 2; 1908, 459
" § 59 .
. S. 1906, 487, § 1; R. 1906,
§ 3; 523, § 2; 1910, 514
487, § 2.
§ 2; 1918, 189, § 2.
CXXIV
DISPOSITION OF T
c. 9, § 8 . .
S. 1908, 422; 1914, 291, § 2;
1918, 202.
" §9 . .
Part G. L. 5, § 10; part R.
1919, 24.
" § 10 . .
G. L. 5, §§ 10, 11.
'■ §§11,12.
G. L. 5, §§ 14. 15.
" § 13 . .
S. 1919, 301, § 10.
" § 14 . .
Part G. L. 5, § 1; part S.
1914, 399, § 3.
" §15 . .
G. L. 5, § 17.
c. 10, §§ 1, 2 .
G. L. 3, §§ 15, 16.
■• §3 . .
Part G. L. 3, § 17; part R.
1919, 350, § 22; part O.
" §4 . .
Part G. L. 8, §§ 6, 9; part
S. 1919. 350, § 18.
" §5 . .
S. 1920, 593.
" §6 . .
S. 1905, 218, § 1.
" §7 . .
O.
" §8 . .
G. L. 8, § 12.
" §9 . .
Part G. L. 8, § 4; part S.
1919, 350, § 18.
" § 10 . .
S. 1903, 455.
■• §11 . .
S. 1903, 323; part R. 1911,
115, §2.
■• § 12 . .
S. 1911, 115, § 1; R. 1911,
115, §2.
■■ §13 . .
S. 1920, 346.
" § 14 . .
Part G. L. 3, § 18; part S.
1903, 323; 1911, 115. § 1.
'■ § 15 . .
S. 1910, 154, § 1.
" § 16 . .
G. L. 8, § 13.
" § 17 . .
Part G. L. 8, § 7; part S.
1919, 350, § 19.
" §18 . .
G. L. 8, § 14.
" §§ 19, 20 .
G. L. 8, §§ 15, 16.
'■ §21 . .
G. L. 8, §§ 17, 18.
" §22 . .
S. 1920, 354.
" §23 . .
G. L. 6, § 38.
" §§ 24, 25 .
G. L. 6, §§33, 34.
" §26 . .
S. 1910, 421, § 1; R. 1910,
421, §3.
" § 27 . .
Part G. L. 6, § 36; part S.
1905, 154; 1910, 421, § 2;
part R. 1910, 421, § 3.
" §28 . .
G. L. 6, § 39.
" §29 . .
S. 1905, 154; 1910, 421, §2.
" § 30 . .
Part G. L. 6, § 37; part S.
1910, 217, § 2.
c. 11, §§1-421 .
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
" §1 . .
S. 1907, 429, § 16; 560, § 1.
" §§ 2-4 .
S. 1907, 560, §§ 2-4.
" §5 . .
S. 1902, 384.
" §6 . .
S. 1907, 468.
" §§7-14 .
S. 1907, 560, §§ 7-14.
" §15 . .
S. 1907,429, § 2; 560, § 15;
part R. 1903, 279, §§ 16,
18.
•' § 16 . .
S. 1903, 279, §17; 1907. 560,
§ 16.
" §§ 17, 18 .
S. 1907, 560, §§ 17, 18.
" §19 . .
S. 1903,430: 1907,560, §19.
" §20 . .
S. 1902, 90.
" §§ 21-35 .
S. 1907, 560, §§ 21-35.
■* §36 . .
S. 1907, 429, § 4; 560, § 36.
" §§ 37^5 .
S. 1907, 560, §§ 37-45.
" §§ 46, 47 .
.S. 1903,474, §§ 1,2.
•' §§48-,50 .
S. 1907,560, §§48-50.
" §§ 51-53 .
S. 1903, 474, §§ 3-5.
" §§54-68 .
S. 1907, 560, § § 54-68.
" §§ 69-73 .
S. 1907,560, §§78-82.
" §74 . .
S. 1905, 386, § 1; 1907, 560,
§83.
" §§ 75-83 . '
S. 1907, 560, §§ 84-92.
§§ 85-87
§§ 88, 89
§90 .
§§ 91-94
§95 .
§96 .
§97 .
§98 .
§§99-102
§ 103 .
§ 104 .
§ 105 .
§§ 106, 107
§ 108 . .
§ 109 . .
§§ 110-116
§ 117 . .
§ 118 . .
§ 119 . .
§ 120 . .
§§ 121-127
§ 128 . .
§ 129 . .
§ 130 . .
§ 131 . .
§§ 132-136
§ 137 . .
§ 138 . .
§§ 139-141
§ 142 . .
§§ 143, 144
§ 145 . .
§ 146 . .
§§ 147, 148
§ 149 . .
§ 150 . .
§§ 151, 152
§§ 153-161
§ 162 . .
§§ 163-170
§171 . .
§ 172 . .
§ 173 . .
§ 174 . .
§ 175 . .
§§ 176-185
§ 186 . .
§ 187 . .
§ 188 . .
§§ 189-191
§ 192 . .
§§ 193, 194
§§ 195, 196
§ 197 . .
§§ 198-203
§ 204 . .
§§ 205-208
§ 209 . .
§§210-212
§213 . .
§ 214 . .
§§ 215-225
§226 . .
§§ 227-230
§ 231 . .
S. 1902, 225.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 94-96.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 98, 99.
S. 1903, 474, § 6.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 101-104.
S. 1907, 560, § 108.
S. 1902, 506.
S. 1907, 560, § 110.
S. 1907, 330.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 112-115.
vSpecial.
S. 1907, 560, § 116.
S. 1906, 444, § 2; 1907. 560.
§ 117.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 118, 119.
S. 1903, 474. § 7.
S. 1904, 275; 1907. 560, § 121.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 122-128.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 130, 150.
.S. 1907, 560, §§ 131. 150.
vS. 1904, 201.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 133, 150.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 134-140.
Special.
S. 1907. 560, § 141.
.S. 1906. 444. § 3.
S. 1907, 560. § 143.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 161-165.
S. 1903. 474. § 8.
Part S. 1903. 453; 1907. 560.
§ 105.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 167-169.
S. 1907. 560, § 171.
S. 1906, 444. §§ 4. 5.
1907, 560. § 174.
S. 1907.429, §7; 560. § 175.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 176. 177.
S. 1905, 386, § 3.
S. 1907. 560. § 179.
S. 1905, 386, §§ 4, 5.
S. 1907, 560. §§ 182-190.
S. 1906. 444. § 6.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 192-199.
S. 1902. 157.
S. 1903, 454, § 9; 1907. 560.
§201.
S. 1903, 454, § 9; 1905. 386.
§7.
S. 1907. 560. § 203.
S. 1903, 454. §9; 1905. 386.
§8.
S. 1907, 560. §§ 205-214.
S. 1906. 311.
S. 1907. 560. § 216.
S. 1903. 368, § 2; 1907. 560.
§§ 217. 224.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 218-220.
S. 1905. 313. § 1.
S. 1907. 560. §§221.222.
S. 1907. 560, §§ 229, 230.
S. 1907. 429. § 8; 560. § 231.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 232-237.
S. 1907, 429. § 9.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 239-242.
S. 1907,429. §10; 560, §243.
S. 1907, 560. §§ 244-246.
S. 1905. Ill ; 1907. 560, § 247.
S. 1907, 429. § 11; 560.
§§ 243. 248.
S. 1907. 560, §§ 249-259.
R. 1907, 429, § 12.
S. 1907. 560. §§ 260-263.
S. 1903. 474. § 9.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c
11, § 232 . .
. S. 1907, 560, § 265.
c. 12, § 23 .
. . S. 1902, .342, § 1; 1903,437,
■• § 233 . .
. S. 1903, 474, § 10.
§71; 1909.440. §2; 490.
" §§ 234-236
. S. 1907, 560, §§ 267-269.
I, § 23.
" § 237 . .
. S. 1906,444, §10; 1907, 560,
" §§ 24-40
. S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 24-40.
§270.
" §41 .
. . S. 1903. 157.
" §§ 23S-240
. S. 1907, 560, §§ 271-273.
" §§ 42-48
. . S. 1909. 490, I, §§42-48.
" § 241 . .
. S. 1903,474, § 11.
" § 49 .
. . R. 1902, 111.
" §§ 242-266
. S. 1907, 560, §§ 275-299.
" §§ 50-53
. . S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 49-52.
" §267 . .
. S. 1903,474, §12; 1906,444,
" § 54 .
. . S. 1908, 589, § 5.
§ 11; 1907, 560, §300.
" §§ 55, 56
. S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 54, 55.
' §§ 268, 269
S. 1907, 560, §§ 301, 302.
" §57 .
. . S. 1908, 387, § 1.
' § 270 . .
. S. 1903, 368, §§1, 2, 4; 1907,
560, § 224.
" § 58 .
. S. 1907,181; 1908,314; 387,
§ 2; 1909, 490, I, § 57.
' §271 . .
S. 1907, 560, § 225.
•■ § 59 .
. . S. 1909, 490, I, § 58.
' § 272 . .
S. & R. 1903, 368, § 3.
" §§ 60, 61
. S. 1908. 314; 1909, 490, I,
' § 273 . .
S. 1905, 313, § 2.
§§ 59, 60.
' §§ 274-278
S. 1907, 560, §§ 303-307.
" § 62 .
. S. 1909, 490. I, § 61.
' §279 . .
S. 1902,544, §2; 1907, 560,
§ 308.
" § 63 .
. S. 1908, 314; 1909. 490. I.
§62.
' §§ 280-284
S. 1907, 560, §§ 309-313.
" §§ 64-83
. S. 1909. 490, I. §§ 63-82.
' §285 . .
S. 1904, 3S0, §§ 1, 2; 1907,
" § 84 .
. S. 1902, 91.
560, § 314.
" §§ 85-92
. S. 1909, 490, I. §§ 85-92.
' § 286 . .
S. 1907, 560, § 315.
" § 93 .
. S. 1904, 181.
' §§ 287, 288
S. 1904.380, §§ 2, 3.
'■ § 94 .
. S. 1908, 314; 1909, 490. I,
' § 289 . .
S. 1907, 560, § 317.
§94.
' §§ 290-293
S. 1907, 560, §§ 321-324.
" §§ 95, 96
. S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 95, 96.
' §§ 294-296
S. 1907,560, §§318-320.
•• §97 .
. S. 1909, 490, I, § 97; R.
' §§ 297-299
S. 1904, 375, §§ 1-3.
1918. 257. § 40.
• §300 . .
R. 1904, 375, § 4.
" §§ 98-100
. S. 1909. 490. I, §§ 98-100.
' §301 . .
S. 1904, 375, § 5.
" § 101 .
. S. 1909. 449; 490, I, § 101.
' §§ 302-304
S. 1907, 560, §§ 330-332.
c. 13, §§ 1-12
. S. 1909, 490, II, §§ 1-12.
' §305 . .
S. 1904, 375, § 6.
•■ §13 .
. S. 1907, 427; 1909, 490. II.
' §§ 306-319
S. 1907, 560, §§334-347.
§13.
' § 320 . .
S. 1906, 76.
" §§ 14-19
. S. 1909. 490, II, §§ 14-19.
' §§ 321-323
S. 1907, 560, §§ .349-351.
•• §§ 20-42
. S. 1909, 490, II, §§ 21-43.
' § 324 . .
S. 1905, 386, § 9.
" §43 .
. S. 1902, 423.
' §§ 325-367
S. 1907, 560, §§353-395.
" § 44 .
. S. 1909, 259.
' §§ 368-379
S. 1907,560, §§ 398-409.
" §§45-57
. S. 1909, 490. II. §§ 46-58.
' §380 . .
S. 1906, 444, § 13.
" § 58 .
. S. 1905,325, § 1; 1909, 490,
' §§ 381-384
S. 1907, 560, §§411-414.
II, § 59.
' §385 . .
S. 1904, 310, § 1.
" §59 .
. S. 1909, 490, II, § 60.
' §§ 386, 387
S. 1907, 560, §M16, 417.
" §§ 60, 61
. S. 1902, 443.
' §388 . .
S. 1903,279, §14; 1907,560,
" §§ 62-74
. S. 1909, 490, II, §§ 63-75.
§419.
" §75 .
. S. 1905, 325, § 3.
■ § 389 . .
S. 1903, 279, § 15; 1907, 560,
" §§ 76-79
. S. 1909, 490, II, §§ 77-80.
§420.
" § 80 .
. S. 1908, 247.
' § 390 . .
S. 1904, 310, § 2.
" §§81-87
. S. 1909, 490, II, §§ 83-89.
' §§ 391-398
S. 1907, 560, §§ 42.3-430.
c. 14, § 1 .
. S. 1907, 564. § 1.
' §§ 399H101
S. 1907, 560, §§432-434.
•• §2 .
. S. 1904. 99.
' §§ 402-419
S. 1907, 560, §§ 436-^53.
■■ §3 .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 3.
' §420 . .
S. 1904, 375, § 7.
•• §4 .
. S. 1906, 271, § 1; part R.
' §421 . .
S. 1903, 318.
1908, 468.
' §422 . .
S. 1912,674, §§1,2; R. 1912,
" §5 .
. S. 1908, 433.
674, § 3.
•• §§6,7
. R. 1908, 468.
' §423 . .
S. 1906, 497, §§ 12-20.
•■ §8 .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 8.
' §424 . .
S. 1906, 497, §§ 1-10.
" §§9-16
. S. 1909,490, III. §§ 11-18.
' §425 . .
S. 1906, 497, § 22.
" §17 .
. S. 1906. 271, § 2.
' § 426 . .
S. 1906, 298, § 2; R. 1907,
" § 18 .
. S. 1909, 490, III. § 20.
560, § 456.
" §§ 19, 20
. S. 1906.271, §§3,4.
c.
12, §§1-3 .
S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 1-3.
" §21 .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 23.
• §4 . .
S. 1909.490, I, §4; part R.
" §22 .
. S. 1906, 271, § 5.
1902. 374. § 4.
" §23 .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 25.
' §5 . .
S. 1909, 490, I, § 5.
" §24 .
. S. 1903. 307.
' §6 . .
S. 1908, 120.
" §§ 25-31
. S. 1909.490. III. §§ 27-33.
' §§ 7-9 .
S. 1902. 374; R. 1902, 375.
■' § 32 .
. S. 1906. 271. § 6.
' §§ 10, 11 .
S. 1909, 490. I. §§ 8. 9.
" § 33 .
. S. 1906, 271. § 8.
' §12 . .
S. 1903. 161.
" §34 .
. S. 1909. 490. III. § 36.
' §§13, 14 .
S. 1909. 440, § 2; 490, §§ 13,
" § 35 .
. S. 1908, 520, § 12.
14.
" § 36 .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 38.
■ §15 . .
S. 1902, 113.
" §37 .
. S. 1902, 342, § 2; 1903, 437,
' § 16 . .
S. 1909, 490. I, § 16.
§48; 1906,463, II, § 211,
' §17 . .
S. 1902, 112.
III, §125; 516, §14; 1909,
' §§ 18-22 .
S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 18-22.
490, III, § 40.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 14, |§ 38, 39
" §40 .
" §41 .
" §42 .
" §§ 4.3-47
" § 48 .
" § 49 .
" § 50 .
" §§51,52
" § 53 .
" § 54 .
" § 55 .
" § 56 .
" § 57 .
" § 58 .
" § 59 .
" § 60 .
" §61 .
" § 62 .
" § 63 .
" § 64 .
" § 65 .
" § 66 .
'■ §67 .
§1 .
§2 .
§3 .
§4 .
§§5,6
§7 .
§§8-10
§11 .
§§ 12-15
§ 16 .
§17 .
§§ 18-20
§§ 1-13
§ 14 .
§§ 15-22
§23 .
§§ 24, 25
§26 .
§§ 27-29
§30 .
§31 .
§§ 32-36
§§ 37-54
§55 .
§56 .
§57 .
§§ 58-77
§78 .
S. 1902, 342, §§ 3, 4.
S. 1903,437, §74; 1906, 271,
§9.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 130; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 1902, 342, § 5.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 133-137;
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 52.
R. 1903, 437, § 95.
Part S. 1903, 437, § 75; R.
1903, 437, § 95.
R. 1903, 437, § 95.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 53.
S. 1903,437, §77; 1906, 271,
§ 10.
S. 1903,437, §49; 1908,318.
S. 1903, 437, § 79; 1909, 490,
III, § 60.
S. 1903, 437, § 78; 1909, 490,
III, §61.
S. 1903, 437, §§ 50, 78; 1909,
490. Ill, § 58.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 59.
S. 1903, 437, § 80; 1909, 490,
III, § 63.
S. 1903,437, §86; 1906,463,
II, § 216, III, § 131; 516,
§ 20; 1909,490, III, §64.
S. 1903, 437, § S7; 1906, 463,
II, §217, III, §132; 516,
§21; 1909, 490, III, §65.
S. 1903,4.37, § 81; 1909,490,
III, § 66.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 67.
S. 1903, 437, § 82; 1909, 490,
III, § 68.
S. 1903, 437, § 83; 1909, 490,
III, § 69.
S. 1903, 437, § 84; 1906, 349.
S. 1903, 437, § 85; 1909, 490,
III, §71.
R. 1903, 437, § 95.
Part R. 1907, 563, § 26.
S. 1905, 470, § 1.
Part S. 1907, 563, § 4.
S. 1907, 563, § 8.
S. 1907, 563, § 4.
S. 1907, 563, §§ 9, 10.
S. 1907, 563, § 9.
S. 1907, 563, §§ 12-14.
O.
S. 1907, 563, §§ 1&-18.
S. 1905, 367.
S. 1903, 248.
S. 1907, 563, §§ 22-24.
R. 1905, 465, § 194.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 1-13.
S. 1902, 336.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 15-22.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 23, 31.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 24, 25.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 27, 32.
S. 1905,465, §§28-.30.
S. 1903,377; 1905,465, §31.
S. 1905,465, §§33,70.
S. 1905,465, §§35-39.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 41-58.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 57, 59.
S. 1905, 46.5, § 60.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 61, 62.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 63-82.
S. 1904, 231, § 1.
16, §§ 79-81 .
•• §82 . .
" §§83-111
" §§ 113-117
" § 118 . .
§ 119
§§ 120-124
§§ 125-138
§ 1.39 . .
§§ 140-146
§ 147 . .
§§ 148-173
§§ 174-179
§ 180
181
17, §1
" §§2
'■ §4
" §5.
•• §6
" §7
" § 12
c. IS, § 1
" §§2,3
'■ §4
" §5
•• §6
" §§ 7-10
" §§11.
" § 13
" § 14
" §15
" § 16
" §§ 17.
c. 19, § 1
185
12
18
§3
§4
§5
§7
§§10,
§12
§ 13
§14
§15
§ 16
§17
§18
§ 19
§20
§21
§22
§23
§24
§25
§§26,
§28
§29
S. 1905,465, §§84-86.
S. 1902, 158.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 88-116.
S. 190.5, 465, §§ 117-121.
S. 1903,457, § 1; 1905,465,
§§122, 123; partR. 1903,
457, § 3.
S. 1903, 457, § 2; 1905, 465,
§§ 122, 123; part R. 1903,
457, § 3.
S. 1905,465, §§ 124-128.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 131-144.
S. 1903, 247.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 146-152.
S. 1904, 226.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 154-179.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 181-186.
S. 1902, 493.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 189-193.
G. L. 222, § 1.
R. 1918, 257, § 82.
G. L. 222, § 10.
PartG. L. 222, §2; part O.
G. L. 222, § 2.
Special.
G. L. 222, § 3.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 83-85.
G. L. 222, § 7.
S. 1918, 257. § 86.
G. L. 30, §§ 9, 10.
G. L. 30, § 4.
R. 1918, 257, § 88.
S. 1910, 452.
G. L. 30, §§ 11-14.
G. L. 30, §§ 21, 22.
S. 1903, 229, § 1.
R. 1903, 229, § 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 89.
S. 1904, 295.
G. L. 30, §§ 19, 20.
S. 1906, 159.
Part G. L. 13, § 3; part S.
1907, 454, § 1; 1916, 297.
§ 2; 1919, 350, § 66; part
R. 1907, 454, I 2.
G. L. 31, § 32.
G. L, 13, § 6.
S. 1902, 308.
Part G. L. 31, § 3; part S.
1919, 3.50, §66; part O.
G. L. 31, § 3.
G. L. 31, § 7.
G. L. 31, §§4, 5.
Special.
S. 1911, 119.
S. 1911, 63.
G. L. 31, § 11.
S. 1918, 257, § 92.
S. 1912, 212.
G. L. 31, § 17.
G. L. 31, § 16.
G. L. 31, §§ 15, 18.
Part G. L. 31, §§ 21, 22;
part S. 1919, 150, § 1.
S. 1902, 413.
G. L. 31, § 22.
S. 1905, 150.
PartG. L. 31, §3; 41, §112;
part S. 1919, 150, § 3.
S. 1918, 160, § 1.
G. L. 55, §§ 11, 12.
G. L. 55, § 15.
G. L. 55, § 13.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c.
19, § 30 . .
G. L. .55, § 30.
c. 21, § 43 . .
G. L. 35, § 40.
' §31 . .
G. L. 55, § 14.
" § 44 . .
G. L. 35, § 42.
■ §32 . .
G. L. 55, § 29.
•■ §45 . .
S. 1919, 350, §§ 52-54.
' §33 . .
S. 1917, 17.
•' §46 . .
S. 1912, 406.
' §34 . .
S. 1910, 359.
•■ §47 . .
G. L. 35, §§ 18, 44.
' §35 . .
G. L. 31, §51; 56, §61.
'■ §48 . .
S. 1911,35.
' §36 . .
S. 1902, 544, § 3.
" §§ 49, 50 .
G. L. 35, §§ 46, 47.
• §37 . .
G. L. 31, § 48.
c. 22, §§1-6 .
G. L. .36, § 1.
c.
20, § 1 . .
G. L. 34, § 1.
•■ §7 . .
S. 1902, 544, § 5.
■ §§2,3 .
G. L. 34, § 2.
" §§8,9 .
G. L. 36, § 4.
' §4 . .
G. L. 34, § 14.
" §§ 10-15 .
G. L. 36, §§ 8-13.
' §5 . .
G. L. 34, § 3.
■• §§ 16, 17 .
G. L. 36, § 14.
' §§6.7 .
Part G. L. 34. § 3; part O.
" §§ 18, 19 .
G. L. 36, § 15.
' §§S, 9 .
Part R. 1911, 5S1, §4; part
'■ §§20,21 .
G. L. 36, §§ 16, 17.
Special.
" §22 . .
G. L. 36, § 20; 262, § 38.
■ § 10 . .
G. L. 34, § 1.
" §§ 23, 24 .
G. L. 36, §§ 22, 23.
• §11 . .
R. 191S, 257, § 137.
" §§25-30 .
G. L. 36, §§ 25-30.
■ §§ 12,13 .
G. L. 34, § 4.
■• §31 . .
S. 1902, 422.
' § 14 . .
S. 1002, 411; 544, §4.
" §32 . .
S. 1904,452, §§1,2; part R.
' §15 . .
O.
1904, 452, § 3.
' §§ 16, 17 .
S. 1908, 431, §§ 1, 2.
■' §33 . .
Part G. L. 36, § 38; part S.
• § 18 . .
G. L. 34, § 10.
1904. 452, § 1.
' §19 . .
S. 1908. 431, § 3.
" §34 . .
G. L. 36, § 39.
' §§20,21 .
G. L. 34, § 12.
c. 23, §§ 1, 2 .
G. L. 37, §§ 2, 3.
§ 22 .
G. L. 34, § 13.
" §3 . .
PartG. L. 37, § 4; part 0.
' §23 . .
G. L. 220, § 7.
" §4 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 144.
' §§ 24-26 .
G. L. 34, §§ 14-16.
" §§ 5-10 .
G. L. 37, §§ 5-10.
' §27 . .
Part G. L. 34, § 17; part S.
•' §11 . .
G. L. 37, § 2.
191S, 257, § 1.38.
" §§12,13.
Part G. L. 37, §§ 11, 12;
' §28 . .
PartG. L. 34, § 14; part 0.
part O.
' §§29,30 .
G. L. 34, § 18.
" §§ 14-17 .
G. L. 37, §§ 13-16.
' §§31,32 .
G. L. 34, § 19.
" §18 . .
Part G. L. 37, § 19; part S.
' §33 . .
Part G. L. 34, § 4; part
Special.
1902,359; 436; 1906,233;
1907,254; 1908,397; 442;
§34 . .
G. L. 34, §§ 4, 7.
446; 1912,548; 1913, 4S1;
§35 . .
G. L. 34, § 20.
1918, 257, § 146; 1919,
' §36 . .
G. L. 34, § 22.
287.
c.
21, §1 . .
G. L. 35, § 3.
" § 19 . .
Part G. L. 37, § 20; part S.
§2 . .
Part G. L. 35, § 7; part S.
1919, 287, §§3,4.
1904, 451, § 1; part R.
" §§ 20,21 .
G. L. 37, §§ 22, 23.
1904, 451, § 5.
c. 24, § 1 . .
G. L. 38, § 1.
• §3 . .
S. 1905, 322; 332; 1906.
398, §1; 1908,352; 1912,
298; 1919, 177, § 1; R.
1906, 39X, § 2; 1909, 283,
•■ §2 . .
Part G. L. 38, § 1 ; part S.
1908, 135, § 1; 1911,365;
1913, 335; 1915, 278;
part R. 1908, 135, § 2.
§2; 1919, 177, §2.
" §3 . .
G. L. 38, § 2.
§4 . .
S. 1915, 51.
■• §4 . ^
S. 1914, 637.
§§5,6 .
G. L. 35, § 1.
" §§5,6 .
G. L. 38, §§ 3, 4.
• §§7-13 .
G. L. 35, §§ 9-15.
•• §7 . .
S. 1908, 424.
§14 . .
G. L. 35, §§ 16, 18.
" §8 . .
G. L. 38, §§ 6, 7.
■ §15 . .
G. L. 35, § 17.
•■ §9 . .
G. L. 3S, § 6.
' § 16 . .
G. L. 35, § 19.
" § 10 . .
S. 1909, 273, § 1.
• §17 . .
G. L. 35, S 10.
" §11 . .
S. 1904, 119.
§§ IS, 19 .
G. L. 35, §§ IS, 19.
•• §12 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 148.
§20 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 139.
•• §13 . .
G. L. 38, § 10.
' §21 . .
G. L. 35, § 21.
•• §14 . .
S. 1912, 496.
■ §22 . .
S. 1911, 36.
'■ §15 . .
G. L. 38, § 12.
■ §23 . .
G. L. 35, § 24.
" §§ 16,17 .
G. L. 38, § 13.
' §24 . .
G. L. 35, §§ 18, 25.
" § 18 . .
G. L. 38, § 8.
■ §25 . .
G. L. 35, §§ 18, 26.
" §19 . .
G. L. 38, § 6.
• §26 . .
G. L. 35, §§ 18, 27.
" §§ 20, 21 .
G. L. 38, §§ 14, 15.
' §27 . .
G. L. 35, §§ IS, 28.
" §22 . .
S. 1920, 18S.
' §28 . .
G. L. 35, §§ 18, 29.
" §23 . .
G. L. 38, § 17.
' §29 . .
G. L. 35, § 30.
" §§24.25.
G. L. 3S, § 18.
' §§30,31 .
G. L. 35, § 31.
•' §§ 26, 27 .
G. L. 38, §§ 19, 20.
' §§ 32-35 .
G. L. 35, §§ 32-35.
" §28 . .
R. 1917, 326, § 2.
' §36 . .
R. 1918, 257, § 141.
" §§ 29, 30 .
G. L. 38, §§21, 22.
• §37 . .
G. L. 35, § IS.
C.25, §§ 1-11 .
G. L. 42, §§ 1-11.
' §38 . .
G. L. 35, § 36.
•■ §12 . .
G. L. 40, § 2.
' § 39 . .
S. 1914, 386.
•• §13 . .
.S. 1920, 591, § 11.
' §40 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 142.
" §14 . .
Part G. L. 40, §§ 4, 41; part
' §41 . .
G. L. 35, § 40.
S. 1902, 544, § 6.
' §42 . .
PartG. L. 35, §41; part O.
" § 15 (prelim. "
) G. L. 40, § 5 (prelim. H).
CXXVIU
DISPOSITION OF T
IE REVISE
D L
.\WS.
c.
25, § 15, subs.
1-9
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 1-9.
c. 25, § 76
. G. L. 41, § 39.
§15, subs.
10 .
S. 1915, 145, § 7; R. 1915,
145, § 13.
'■ §77
" §78
. S. 1916, 131. § 1.
. G. L. 41, § 38.
§ 15, subs.
11 .
S. 1913, 62.
" §§79
80
. G. L. 41, §§ 50, 51.
1 15, subs.
12 .
S. 1903. 116; 1910, 90.
" §81
. S. 1917, 344, IV, § 10
R.
§ 15, subs.
13 .
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 13.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
§ 15, subs.
14 .
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 2.
" §82
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
I 15, subs
15,
" §83
. S. 1917, 344, IV. § 12
R.
16
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 14, 15.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
§ 15, subs.
17 ,
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 17.
'■ §84
. G. L. 41. § 65.
' § 15, subs
18,
" §§ 85.
86
. S. 1917. 344. IV, §§ 13
14-
19
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. IS.
R. 1917, 344, VIII, §
1.
§15, subs.
20 !
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 30.
" §87
. O.
§ 16 .
R. 1915, 145, § 13.
" §§ 88.
89
. G. L. 41, § 92.
' §17 .
G. L. 40, § 11.
" §§ 90,
91
. G. L. 41, §§93. 94.
' § 18 .
S. 1908, 91.
•' §§92,
93
. G. L. 41, § 95.
' §19 .
G. L. 44. § 55.
" §94
. G. L. 41. §§96.98.
' §20 .
Part G. L. 40, § 12; part O.
" §95
. S. 1920, 591, § 8.
' §21 .
G. L. 40. § 12.
•' §96
. G. L. 41, §4.
• §22 .
S. 1908. 452.
■' §97
. R. 1918, 291, § 12.
' §23 .
Part G. L. 40, § 21 ; part S.
1920. 591. § 3.
" §98
" §99
. G. L. 40, § 46.
. S. 1920. 591, § 12.
' §24 .
S. 1920. 591. § 9.
■■ § 100
. G. L. 40, § 53.
' §25 .
G. L. 40, § 31.
" § 101
. R. 1918, 257, § 149.
' §26 .
S. 1904, 344. § 1.
e. 26. § 1
. G. L. 40. § 1.
§27 .
S. 1907. 117. § 1; R. 1907,
117, §3.
" §2
■■ §3
. G.L.39. §1; 40, §1; 41
. G. L. 39, § 1.
§3.
' §28 .
G. L. 40, § 47.
" §4
. G. L. 40, § 47.
' §29 .
S. 1918, 291, §4.
" §5
. G. L. 40, § 38.
' §30 .
G. L. 40, § 50.
•■ §6
. G. L. 166, § 25.
' §31 .
G. L. 40, § 38.
" §7
. G. L. 39, § 3.
§32 .
Part G. L. 44. § 8; part S.
1913. 719. § 6. subs. 2.
" §s
•• §9
. G. L. 39, § 1.
. G. L. 39, § 4.
' §33 .
G. L. 40. § 39.
" § 10
. 0.
• §34 .
G. L. 40. § 38.
'• §11
. G. L. 39, § 2.
§35 .
S. 1902, 361.
•■ §§12
13
. G. L. 41. §91.
' §36 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
" §14
. Special.
§37 .
S. 1918. 257. § 1S7, subs. 6,
14, 16. 38.
•• §15
. Part G. L. 41, § 12;
Special.
part
. §38 .
G. L. 40. § 40.
" § 16
. G. L. 41, § 18.
•^ §39 .
S. 1918. 291. § 5.
•• §17
. G. L. 41, § 108.
' §§40,41
G. L. 40. §§ 35. 36.
" §18
. G. L. 40. § 24.
' §42 .
G. L. 40, §§ 34, 35.
" §19
. S. 1906. 210. § 1.
' §43 .
G. L. 40, § 37.
" §20
. S. 1920, 591, § 13.
' §44 .
G. L. 40, § 44.
•■ §21
. S. 1910, 261.
• §45 .
S. 1918, 291, § 6.
" §22
. G. L. 41, § 110.
' §46 .
R. 1918, 291, § 7.
■• §23
. G. L. 40, § 5, el. 1.
' §47 .
S. 1918, 291, § 8.
•• §24
. G. L. 40, § 8.
' §48 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
" §25
. G. L. 40, § 16.
• §49 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 14.
■■ §26
. S. 1914, 198. § 3.
' §50 ,
G. L. 40, § 15.
" §27
. G. L. 40. § 18.
• §51 .
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 24.
■■ §28
. S. 1915. 2.
' §§ 52, 53
G. L. 166, § 24.
■■ §§29
30
. G. L. 39. § 5.
' §54 .
G. L. 166. § 25.
" §§31-
-34
. G. L. 39, § 6.
' §55 .
S. 1918. 291, §9.
" §§35
36
. G. L. 39. §§ 7. 8.
' § 56 .
G. L. 166, § 23.
" §37
. G. L. 143. § 2.
' §57 .
S. 1909. 514, § 22; R. 1909,
" §38
. G. L. 40, § 23.
514, § 145.
" §39
. Part G. L. 41, §§ 3.
36;
' §58 .
G. L. 40, § 45.
part 0.
' §§59,60
G. L. 41, § 15.
■' §40
. G. L. 40. § 35.
' § 61 .
G. L. 41, § 16.
c. 27, § 1
. S. 1913, 719, § 7.
' §62 .
S. 1918, 291, § 11.
■■ §2
. Part G. L. 44, § 3; part 0.
' §§ 63, 64
G. L. 41, § 15.
" §§3,4
. S. 1913, 719, § 12.
' §§ 65-67
G. L. 41, §20.
" §5
. S. 1908, 341, § 2.
' § 68 ,
G. L. 41, § 29.
'• §§ 6,
r
. S. 1913, 719, §§3,4.
' § 69 .
S. 1909,517, §3.
■• §8
. G. L. 44, §§ 2, 8.
■ §70 .
G. L. 41. § 28.
" §9
. S. 1913.719, §8.
' §71 .
G. L. 41. §§ 33. 34.
" §10
. S. 1908, 250, § 1.
' §72 .
S. 1920. 591. § 6.
■' §11
. S. 1903, 375.
' §73 .
PartG. L. 41. § 36; part S.
1904, 277, § 2.
" §12
" §13
. 0.
. S. 1908, 341, § 1.
• §74 .
S. 1904. 277. § 1.
■' §14
. G. L. 41, § 44.
' §75 .
G. L. 41. § 37.
" §§ 15
16
. G. L. 44, §§48,49.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
C.27, §17
. S. 1913, 719, § 13.
c. 32, § 9 . .
■• §18
. Part G. L. 44, § 50
part S.
" § 10 . .
1913, 719, §§ 9, 15.
" §§11,12.
■■ §19
. Part G. L. 44, § 51 ;
part O.
" §13 . .
■■ §20
. G. L. 44, § 14.
" §21
. S. 1913, 719, § 11.
" §§ 14, 15 .
" §§22
23
. O.
" § 16 . .
" §24
. PartG. L. 44, §57;
part O.
■' §17 . .
" §25
. PartG. L. 44, § 21;
part O.
" §26
. S. 1913, 719, § 21.
" §18 . .
c. 28, § 1
. S. 1902, 544, § 7.
■■ §2
. G. L. 45, §§3, 5.
" § 19 . .
■' §3
. G. L. 45, § 4.
" § 20 . .
" §4
. PartG. L. 45, §5;
part 0.
" §21 . .
■' §5
. O.
" §22 . .
•■ §6
. G. L. 45, § 4.
" §7
. PartG. L. 45, §3;
part 0.
" §23 . .
•■ §8
. O.
■' §24 . .
" §9
. PartG. L. 45, §3;
part O.
" § 10
. S. 1908, 341, § 3.
" §25 . .
'■ §11
. Part G. L. 45, § 7;
part S.
" §§26-32 .
1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 5.
" § 33 . .
" §12
. S. 1918, 257, § 158.
•' §34 . .
" §13
. G. L. 45, § 9.
" §§35,36.
" §§ 14,
15
. G. L. 45, § 10.
" §37 . .
" §§ 16-18
. G. L. 45, §§ 11-13.
" §§ 19
20
. S. 1910, 508, §§ 1, 2
" §§ 38-45 .
" §21
. S. 1913, 719, § 6.
" §46 . .
" §22
. G. L. 45, § 17.
" §§47,48.
" §23
,
. S. 1913, 564, § 1.
" §49 . .
" §24
. O.
■' §§50-55 .
" §§ 25-27
. S. 1913, 564, §§ 2^
" §56 . .
'■ §28
. G. L. 45, § 23.
" §§ 57-66 ,
" §29
. S. 1913, 564, § 5.
" § 67 . .
'■ §30
. G. L. 45, § 24.
" §§ 68-70 .
c. 29, § 1
. Part G. L. 46, § 1 ;
1910, 322, § 1.
part S.
•■ §§71,72.
" §2
. G. L. 46, § 2.
" ' § 73 . .
•• §3
. S. 1910, 93. § 1; R. 1912,
" §74 . .
280, § 3.
" §75 . .
" §4
. G. L. 46, § 4.
" §76 . .
'■ §5
. S. 1910, 93, § 2.
'■ §§ 6-S
. G. L. 46, §§ 6-8.
" §77 . .
" §9
. G. L. 46, § 5.
" §§ 78-80 .
" § 10
. S. 1910, 322, § 2.
" §S1 . .
•■ §§11,
12
. G. L. 46, §§ 10, 11.
" §13
. S. 1910, 93, § 3.
■■ §82 . .
•• §§ 14,
15
. G. L. 46, §§ 13, 14.
" § 16
. PartG. L. 46, § 15;
part 0.
c. 33, §§1,2 .
" §17
. S. 1912, 470.
•• §§3-6 .
•■ §18
. S. 1903, 305.
" §§7-12 .
■• §19
. G. L. 46, §§18, 27.
" §13 . .
" §§ 20,
21
. G. L. 46, §§ 19, 20.
" §§14-16 .
" §22
. S. 1902, 544, § 8.
" §§17-19 .
" §23
. Part G. L. 46, § 22; part
" §20 . .
Special.
" §§21-25 .
" §§ 24-26
. G. L. 46, §§ 23-25.
" §§26,27 .
" §27
. S. 1919, 168, § 1.
" §28 . .
" §§28,
29
. G. L. 46, §§28, 29.
" §§29-40 .
c. 30, §§ 1-24
. G. L. 47, §§ 1-24.
c. 34 ...
c. 31
. R. 1918, 257, § 159
" §1 . .
c. 32, § 1
. S. 1902, 142, §§1,2
" §2
. G. L. 148, § 3.
" §3
. PartG. L. 148, §4;
part S.
•■ §§2-6 .
1902, 142, §§1,2;
part O.
" §7 . .
" §4
. Part G. L. 148, § 5;
1902, 142, §§ 1, 2
part S.
" §§8,9 .
" §10 . .
" §5
. S. 1902, 142, §§ 1, 2; 1920,
" §§11, 12 .
436.
" §§13-17 .
" §6
. G. L. 148, § 7.
" §18 . .
■■ §7
. PartG. L. 148, § 8;
1902, 142, §§ 1, 2
part S.
" §19 . .
" §8
. Part S. 1903, 365, § 2
partO.
" §§20,21 .
G. L. 48, § 1.
Part G. L. 48, § 2; part O.
G. L. 48, §§3, 4.
Part G. L. 48, § 5; part S.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 10.
G. L. 48, §§ 6, 7.
S. 1913, 600, § 1.
S. 1907, 475, § 3; R. 1907,
475, § 10.
S. 1907, 475, § 2; R. 1907,
475, § 10.
G. L. 48, § 9.
S. 1907, 475, S 3.
G. L. 48, § 11.
S. 1907, 475, §§ 2, 7; R.
1907, 475, § 10.
G. L. 48, § 12.
S. 1908, 209, § 1; R. 1916,
51, § 5.
G. L. 48, § 24.
G. L. 48, §§ 29-35.
G. L. 48, § 38.
Part G. L. 48, § 39; part O.
G. L. 48, §§ 40, 41.
S. 1919, 333, § 1; R. 1919,
333, § 2.
G. L. 48, §§ 45-52.
S. 1918, 291, § 33.
G. L. 48, §§ 54, 55.
8. 1906, 63.
G. L. 48, §§ 61-66.
PartG. L. 48, §67; part O.
G. L. 48, §§ 67-76.
S. 1908, 98.
G. L. 48, §§ 78-80.
S. 1902, 108, §§ 1, 2; R. 1918,
81, § 2.
S. 1903, 253.
G. L. 48, § 82.
R. 1918, 81, § 2.
S. 1918, 81, § 1; R. 1918,
81, § 2.
S. 1920, 286.
G. L. 48, §§ 84-86.
S. 1906, 476; R. 1913, 697,
§4.
S. 1913, 697, §§ 1, 5; R.
1913, 697, § 4.
G. L. 49, §§ 2, .3.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 161-164.
G. L. 49, §§ 8-13.
G. L. 49, §§ 14, 18.
G. L. 49, §§ 15-17.
G. L. 49, §§ 19-21.
S. 1918, 291, § 14.
G. L. 49, §§ 23-27.
G. L. 49, §§ 29, 30.
G. L. 49, § 28.
G. L. 49, §§ 31-42.
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1906,463,111, §59; 1914,
742, § 92; part R. 1906,
463, III, § 158.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 93-97.
S. 1908, 341, § 4.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 98, 99.
S. 1903, 255.
S. 1905, 410, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 103-107.
S. 1909, 173, § 1; R. 1909,
173, § 2.
S. 1914, 742, § 112.
S. 1905,410, §§3,4.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 34, §§ 22-26
. S. 1914, 742, §§115
-119.
c. 40 . .
. . R. 1918, 257, § 172.
•• §27 .
. S. 1905, 410, § 5.
" §4 .
. . S. 1904, 383.
" §28 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 121.
" §5 .
. . R. 1905, 260, § 2.
'■ § 29 .
. S. 1905, 410, § 6.
c. 41, § 1
. . G. L. 70, § 8.
" §§30,31
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 123
124.
" §2 .
. . O.
c. 35, § 1
. S. 1919, 350, § 24.
'■ §3 .
. . PartG. L. 70, §9; part O.
•• §§2,3
. . S. 1913, 485, §§ 1, 2
" §§4,5
. . S. 1903, 456, §§ 1, 2; R.
•• §4 .
. G. L. 9, § 17.
1903, 456, § 4.
'■ §5 .
. G. L. 4, § 7, cl. 25;
66, § 3.
" §6 .
. . S. 1913, 340; R. 1919, 363,
" §6 .
. G. L. 66, § 3.
§ 16.
■• §7 .
. G. L. 66, § 2.
" §7 .
. . R. 1919, 363, § 16.
•■ §8 .
. G. L. 66, § 4.
" §8 .
. . G. L. 70, § 18.
" §9 .
. S. 1908, 57.
c. 42, § 1 .
. . S. 1908, 181.
" § 10 .
. G. L. 66, § 4.
■■ §2 .
. . S. 1914, 556.
" §§11,12
. G. L. 66, §§ 6, 7.
" §3 .
. . S. 1902, 433. '
■• §13 .
. G. L. 66, § 16.
" §4 .
. . S. 1919, 292, § 1.
" § 14 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 167.
" §5 .
. . G. L. 71, § 14.
•■ §15 .
. S. 1913, 355.
" §§ 6, 7
. . S. 1918, 257, §§ 176, 177.
" § 16 .
. S. 1913, 485, § 3.
■• §§8,9
. . S. 1919, 292, §§2, 3.
" §§ 17-22
. G. L. 66, §§ 10-15.
" § 10 .
. . S. 1906, 505. § 3; R. 1906,
" § 23 .
. S. 1903, 177.
505, § 8.
c. 36, §§1-3
. G. L. 67, §§ 1-3.
" §11 .
. . S. 1914, 590.
" §4 .
. G. L. 67, § 5.
" §§ 12, 13
. . G. L. 71, §§ 19, 20.
•• §5 .
. G. L. 67, § 4.
" §§ 14, 15
. . G. L. 71, §§27, 28.
'■ §§6,7
. G. L. 67, §§ 6, 7.
" § 16 .
. . Part G. L. 74, § 52; part 0.
■• §8 .
. G. L. 67, § 10.
" §§ 17-21
. . G. L. 71, §§ 29-33.
" §9 .
. G. L. 67, § 8.
" §§ 22-24
. . G. L. 71, § 34.
" §§ 10, 11
. G. L. 67, §§ 11, 12.
" §§ 25, 26
. . G. L. 71, §§35, 36.
'■ §12 .
. G. L. 67, § 14.
" §27 .
. . S. 1918, 257, § 180.
" §13 .
. G. L. 67, § 13.
" § 28 .
. . PartG. L. 71, §38; part O.
" §14 .
. G. L. 67, § 15.
•■ § 29 .
. . R. 1918, 257, § 181.
" §15 .
. G. L. 67, § 9.
" § 30 .
. . R. 1903, 456, § 4.
" §§ 16-25
. G. L. 67, §§ 16-25.
•■ §31 .
. . S. 1914, 714, §§ 2, 5; R.
" §26 .
. S. 1918, 291, § 15.
1914, 714, § 6.
" §27 .
. S. 1905, 167.
" § 32 .
. . Part S. 1914, 714, § 1 ; part
" §§28-37
. G. L. 67, §§ 28-37.
O.
•• § 38 .
. Part G. L. 67, § 38
part 0.
" § 33 .
. . 0.
" §§39^2
. G. L. 67, §§39-42.
" § 34 .
. . S. 1910, 201.
" §43 .
. S. 1918, 291, § 16.
" § 35 .
. . G. L. 71, § 48.
" §§44-51
. G. L. 67, §§ 44-51.
'■ § 36 .
. . S. 1919. 292, § 8.
" §52 .
. S. 1911, 261.
" §37 .
. . G. L. 71, § 48.
" §§ 53, 54
. G. L. 67, §§ 53, 54.
" § 38 .
. . G. L. 71, § 50.
" § 55 .
. 0.
" § 39 .
. . G. L. 71, § 52.
C.37, §§ 1-14
. G. L. 68, §§ 1-14.
" § 40 .
. . Part G. L. 71, § 59; part
c. 38, §§ 1-3
. G. L. 78, §§ 1-3.
0.
■' §4 .
. Part G. L. 78, § 4
part S.
" §§41,42
. . G.L. 71. §60.
1912, 241, § 1.
" §43 .
. . S. 1911, 399.
" §5 .
. G. L. 78, § 5.
" § 44 .
. . S. 1911, 384.
" §6 .
. G. L. 78, § 7.
" § 45 .
. . S. 1918, 109.
" §§ 7-10
. G. L. 78, §§ 10-13.
" § 46 .
. . O.
" §11 .
. G. L. 15, § 9.
■• §47 .
. . G. L. 71, §§ 61, 65.
" §12 .
. S. 1910, 396, § 2.
" §48 .
. . G. L. 71, § 65.
" §§13,14
. G. L. 78, §§ 15, 16.
" § 49 .
. . S. 1919, 292, § 9.
" §15 .
. S. 1906, 183.
" §50 .
. . S. 1909, 229.
" §§ 16, 17
. G. L. 78, §§ 17, 18.
" §51 .
. . G. L. 71, § 70.
c. 39, § 1
. S. 1909, 457, § 1;
R. 1909,
■• §52 .
. . G. L. 71, § 74.
457, § 6.
" §53 .
. . 0.
" §2 .
. S. 1904, 234, § 1.
c. 43, §§ 1,2
. . S. 1912.368, §§ 1, 2.
" §§3,4
. S. 1904, 234, §§ 1
, 2; R.
■• §3 .
. . S. 1914, 443, § 1.
1904, 234, § 3.
" §§ 4-9
. . S. 1912, 368, §§ 3-8.
" §5 .
. G. L. 10, § 16; 69,
S3.
■' § 10 .
. . G. L. 72, § 7.
" §6 .
. S. 1909, 457, § 4.
" §11 .
. . S. 1912, 368, § 9.
" §§7,8
. Part G. L. 69, § 1 ;
part 0.
c. 44, § 1
. . S. 1905, 320.
" §9 .
. S. 1904, 234, § 1;
R. 1904,
•• §2 .
. . S. 191.3, 779, § 2.
234, § 3.
" §3 .
. . S. 1911, 268, § 1.
" § 10 .
. . S. 1912, 79.
■■ §4 .
. . S. 1905, 375.
" §11 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 170.
" §5 .
. . G. L. 76, § 12.
" §§ 12-16
' . R. 1904, 234, § 3.
■• §6 .
. . S. 1906. 371.
" § 17 .
. Part G. L. 69, § 4;
part O.
" §§7,8
. . G. L. 76, §§ 16, 17.
" § 18 .
. G. L. 69, § 4.
C.45, §§1,2
. . G. L. 15, §§22,23.
" § 19 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 171,
" §§3,4
. . G. L. 74, §§ 49, 50.
" § 20 .
. . G. L. 69, § 27.
" §5 .
. . S. 1903, 171.
" §21 .
. . G. L. 69, § 26.
" §6 .
. . G. L. 74, § 53.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 46, § 1
. S. 1902, 256.
c. 49
§14 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 12
'■ §2 .
. G. L. 77, § 2.
R. 1918, 257, § 214.
■■ §§3-5
". S. 1903, 3.30, §§ 1-3.
§15 .
. S. 1907, 177; R. 1918, 257,
" §6 .
. S. 1913, 779, § 9.
§214.
" §7 .
. G. L. 77, § 7.
§ 16 .
. S. 1908, 453; R. 1918, 257,
■• §S .
. S. 1904, 220, § 4.
§214.
" §9 .
. S. 1903, 308.
§§ 17-20
. S. 1918, 257, 5 219, subs. 14
'■ §10 .
. S. 1903, 330, § 4.
R. 1918, 257, § 214.
" §11 .
. PartG. L. 77, § 11; part S.
1906, 489, § 4.
§21 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 12
R. 1918, 257, § 214.
" §12 .
. S. 1912, 552.
§22 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 4
" §13 .
. S. 1913, 779, § 12.
R. 1918, 257, § 214.
c. 47
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
§23 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs
" §§ 1^
. S. 1917, 344, I, §§ 1-4.
11,12; R. 1918, 257, §214.
'■ §5 .
. S. 1909, 464, § 1.
§24 .
. S. 1907, 365.
" §6 .
. S. 1904, 108, § 1.
§25 .
. G. L. 83, § 1.
" §§7-U
. S. 1917, 344, I, §§ 7-11.
§§ 26, 27
. G. L. 83, § 23.
" §12 .
. S. 1917, 344, I, § 13.
§28 .
. 0.
" §§13,14
. S. 1917, 344, I, §§ 16, 17.
§29 .
. G. L. 83, § 8.
" §15 .
. S. 1917, 344, I, § 19.
§30 .
. G. L. 83, § 11.
" § 16 .
. S. 1909, 454, § 1; 1913, 773;
part R. 1909, 454, § 2.
§31 .
. Part G. L. 83, § 3; part S
1913, 719, § 5, c\. (13).
•• §17 .
. S. 1908, 279.
§32 .
. G. L. 83, §§ 3, 24.
" §§ 18-20
. S. 1917, 344, I, §§ 26-28.
§33 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 215.
" §21 .
. S. 1906, 463, III, § 72; 1914,
§.34 .
. G. L. S3, § 24.
742, § 130; 1917, 344, I,
§§ 35, 36
. G. L. 83, §§ 12, 13.
§ 29; part R. 1906, 463,
§§ 37-41
. R. 1918, 257, § 217.
III, § 1.58; 1914, 742,
§§ 42-45
. S. 1918, 257, § 218.
§ 199.
c. 50
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
c. 48
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
§§ l-IO
. S. 1917, 344, III, §§ 1-10.
" §1 .
. S. 1912, 554, § 1.
§11 .
. S. 1902, 503.
" §2 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 2.
§§ 12-16
. S. 1917, 344, III. §§ 12-16.
" §§ 3-8
. S. 1912, 554, §§ 2-7.
§§ 17-27
. S. 1917, 344, III, §§ 18-28.
" §§9,10
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 10, 11.
c. 51
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" §§11,12
. S. 1912, 554, §§ 8, 9.
§§1.2'
. S. 1917, 344, IV, §§ 1, 2.
" §§ 13-23
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 14-24.
§4 .
. S. 1917, 344, IV, § 11.
" §§ 25-28
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 25-28.
§6 .
. S. 1917, 344, IV, § 15.
" § 30 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 29.
§10 .
. Part S. 1917, 344, IV, § 16
•' §52 .
. S. 1903, 243, § 1.
part R. 1915, 145, § 13.
•' § 53 .
. S. 1917,344, II, §31.
§§ 11-20
. S. 1917, 344, IV, §§ 17-26.
" §§54,55
. S. 1908, 431, §§ 4, 5.
§21 .
. S. 1910, 166, § 1.
" § 56 .
. S. 1912, 554, § 10.
§§ 22-32
. S. 1917, 344, IV, §§ 28-38.
■■ §57 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 9.
c. 52
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" §§ 58-60
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 35-37.
§§1-3'
. S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 1-3.
" §§ 64-81
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 38-55.
§§4,5
. S. 1917, 344, V. §§ 5, 6.
" § 83 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 56.
§6 .
. S. 1917, 344, V, § 12.
" § 84 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 5S.
§§8-12
. S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 13-17.
" §85 .
. S. 1906, 463, III, § 50; 1917,
§13 .
. S. 1917, 344, V, § 24.
344, II, § 59; part R.
§§ 16-22
. S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 25-31.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
§§25-31
. S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 32-38.
" §§ 86, 87
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 60, 61.
§§32,33
. S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 44, 45.
" §§ 91-100
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 62-71.
c. 53
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" § 102 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 72.
§§1-5'
. S. 1917, 344, VI, §§ 1-.5.
" § 103 .
. S. 1913, 572.
§6 .
. S. 1908, 296, § 1; R. 1910
" § 104 .
. S. 1912, 24.
363, § 2.
" §§ 105, 10
6 . S. 1910,511, §§ 1, 2.
§§7-U
. R. 1910, 363, § 2.
" §§ 107-11
1 . S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 77-84.
§§12, 13
. 8.1908,296, §§2,3; R. 1915
c. 49, § 1 .
. G. L. 83, §§ 1, 6.
145, § 13.
" §2 .
. Part S. 1918, 257, § 187,
§14 .
. R. 1907, 475, § 10.
subs. 3; part O.
§ 16 .
. S. 1917, 74, § 1.
" §3 .
. Part G. L. 83, § 14; part S.
§§ 17-20
. S. 1917, 344, VI, §§ 7-10.
1918, 257, § 219, subs. 4.
c. 54
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" §4 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 5,
§§1-3'
. S. 1917, 344, VII, §§ 1-3.
7; R. 1918, 257, § 214.
§4 .
. S. 1917, 344, VII, § 5.
" §§ 5. 6
. G. L. 83, §§ 15, 16.
c. 55
§§1-11
. G. L. 88, §§ 1-11.
" §7 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 212, § 219,
c. 56
§1 .
. G. L. 93, § 1.
subs. 9.
§2 .
. G. L. 94, § 306.
" §8 .
. G. L. 83, § 18.
§§3,4
. S. 1902, 138, §§ 1-3; R.
" §9 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 213, § 219,
1902, 138, § 5.
subs. 15.
§5 .
. R. 1903, 196.
" §§ 10, 11
. G. L. 83, §§20,21.
§§6-26
. R. 1918, 257, § 221.
" §12 .
. G. L. 83, §§ 1, 3, 10, 24.
§§27,28
. G. L. 94, §§ 84, 85.
" §13 .
. G. L. 83, § 22.
§§29,30
. G. L. 41, §§ 88, 89.
DISPUSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 56, §§31-33
" § 34 .
" § 35 .
'■ §§36-41
" §42 .
" §§43,44
" §§45-47
" §4S .
" §49 .
" §50 .
'■ §51 .
" § 52 .
" §§ 53, 54
" §55
" §56
" §57
" §58
" §59
" §60
" §01
" § 62
" §63
'■ §64
" §§65,66
" § 67 .
" §§68,69
" § 70 .
" §§71,72
" § 73 .
" §§74-76
c. 57, §§1,2
•• §3 .
■• §4 .
" §5 .
" §§8-10
" §11 .
" §§12,13
" §14 .
" §15 .
" §16 .
'■ §17 .
" §§18,19
" § 20 .
" §21 .
" §22 .
" § 23 .
" § 24 .
•■ § 25 .
" §§26,27
" § 28 .
G. L. 94, §§ 86-88.
G. L. 41, § 90.
G. L. 94, § 1.
G. L. 94, §§ 49-54.
G. L. 94, §§ 60, 62.
G. L. 94, § 55.
G. L. 94, §§ 56-58.
S. 1903, 361.
G. L. 94, § 61.
G. L. 94, § 63.
Part G. L. 94, § 33; part S.
1909, 405, § 1; part R.
1909, 405, § 4.
Part G. L. 94, §§ 33, 35;
part S. 1909, 405, § 2;
part R. 1909, 405, § 4.
S. 1909, 443, §§ 1-3; R.
1909, 443, § 5.
G. L. 94, §§ 12, 19.
S. 1908, 643.
Part G. L. 94, § 20; part S.
1910, 641, § 2.
G. L. 94, § 19.
G. L. 94, § 23.
G. L. 94, § 39.
G. L. 94, § 38.
S. 1910, 641, § 1.
G. L. 94, § 36.
G. L. 94, § 35.
S. 1912, 218, §§1,2; R. 1912,
218, § 10.
S. 1909, 425; R. 1912, 218,
§ 10.
S. 1912, 218, §§5,6; R. 1912,
218, § 10.
S. 1907, 243; 1908, 411, § 1;
1912, 448.
S. 1908, 411, §§ 2, 3.
S. 1907, 293; 1913, 687, § 1.
G. L. 94, §§ 151-153.
G. L. 94, §§ 140, 141.
S. 1920, 418, § 16; R. 1920,
418, § 23.
S. 1909, 191; R. 1920, 418,
§23.
R. 1920, 418, § 23.
S. 1908, 197; R. 1920, 418,
§23.
S. 1916, 157; R. 1920, 418,
§23.
G. L. 94, §§ 93-95.
S. 1911, 388, § 1; R. 1911,
388, § 12.
S. 1911, 388, § 5; R. 1911,
388, § 12.
S. 1911, 388, § 1; R. 1911,
388, § 12.
S. 1911, 388, § 4; R. 1911,
388, § 12.
R. 1911, 388, § 12.
S. 1911, 388, §§ 7, 9; R.
1911, 388, § 12.
S. 1903, 122, § 5.
S. 1903, 122, § 10; R. 1903,
122, § 11.
S. 1912, 246.
S. 1909, 350.
S. 1918, 257, § 225.
S. 1903, 408, § 1; R. 1903,
408, § 3.
S. 1918, 257, § 226.
G. L. 94, §§ 219, 220.
G. L. 94, § 223.
. 57, § 29 .
" §30 .
" §31 .
" §§32-34
" §35 .
" §§36-38
'■ § 39 .
" §§40-43
" §§44-46
" §§47-49
" § 50 .
■' §§51-54
" §§65-59
" §60 .
" §§61-64
'■ § 65 .
" §§ 66, 07
" § 68 .
§§70-74
§§ 75-79
§80 .
§§81,82
§83
§84
§85
c. 59
c. 00
§87
§91
§92
§93
§3
§4
§5
§§0,7
§8 .
§9 .
§§10, 11
§13 .
§14 .
§15 .
§§16-18
§19 .
§§1-4'
§6 .
§1' '■
§§2,3
§4 .
§§5,6
§7 .
§8 .
§§9-11
§15 .
§§ 16-18
G. L. 94, § 222.
G. L. 94, § 221.
G. L. 94, § 224.
R. 1918, 257, § 227.
G. L. 94, § 236.
R. 1918, 257, § 228.
S. 1902, 459; R. 1918, 257,
§ 228.
R. 1918, 257, § 229.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 230-232.
G. L. 94, §§ 262-204.
S. 1918, 257, § 233.
G. L. 94, §§ 266-269.
G. L. 94, §§ 278-282.
R. 1918, 257, § 2.34.
G. L. 94, §§ 285-288.
G. L. 94, § 237.
S. 1911, 600, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 94, § 170.
S. 1911, 600, § 4; R. 1911,
600, § 5.
O.
G. L. 94, §§ 290-300.
G. L. 94, §§ 239, 301.
G. L. 94, §§ 302, 303.
S. 1902, 453, § 1.
S. 1907, 228, § 1.
S. 1907, 228, § 1; R. 1907,
228, § 2.
S. 1908, 205, § 1.
S. 1908, 205, § 2; R. 1919,
91, § 4.
S. 1902, 453, §§ 2, 3.
G. L. 94, § 246.
S. 1902, 453, § 4.
S. 1918, 257, § 238.
R. 1918, 257, § 239.
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1902, 228, §§ 1, 2; R.
1902, 228, § 8.
Part S. 1902, 228, § 2; R.
1902, 228, § 8.
S. 1902, 228, § 2; R. 1902,
228, § 8.
Part S. 1902, 228, § 3; R.
1902, 228, § 8.
S. 1902, 228, §§ 4-6; R.
1902, 228, § 8.
S. 1902, 228, §§6,7; R. 1902,
228, § 8.
S. 1914, 742, § 182.
S. 1909, 483, § 1.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 184, 185.
S. 1913, 254, § 1; 1914, 742,
§ 186.
S. 1909, 483, § 2.
S. 1903, 464.
S. 1914, 742, § 187.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 194-196.
S. 1909, 483, § 4.
R. 1913, 502, § 6.
S. 1913, 502, §§ 1-4.
S. 1913, 502, § 5.
R. 1920, 551, § 12.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 69, 74, 77.
S. 1920, 551, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1902, 477, § 1.
S. 1920, 551, §§ 4, 5.
S. 1902, 477, § 2.
S. 1920, 551, § 2.
R. 1902, 477, § 3.
S. 1918, 95, § 1.
S. 1920, 551, §§ 8-10.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 61, §§1,2
. . G. L. 97, §§ 1, 2.
c. 65
§15 .
. S. 1905, 377.
" §3 .
. . G. L. 97, § 7.
§ 16 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 262.
'■ §4 .
. . G. L. 97, § 1.
"
§17 .
. S. 1902, 531.
" §§5-8
. . G. L. 97, §§ 3-6.
§18 .
. S. 1916, 242, § 5.
c. 62, § 1 .
. . G. L. 98, § 2.
'*
§19 .
. S. 1905, 204.
" §2 .
. . S. 1914, 525.
"
§20 .
. S. 1915, 253, § 2.
" §3 .
. . S. 1902, 115.
"
§21 .
. S. 1903, 432; R. 1907, 571,
" §4 .
. . S. 1910, 297.
§2.
" §5 .
. . G. L. 94, §§ 173, 174.
\
§§ 22-25
. S. 1915, 253, §§ 3-6.
" §§6.7
. . S. 1918,257, §§241,24
§§ 26, 27
. S. 1916, 242, §§ 11, 12.
" §8 .
. . S. 1902,457, § 1; 1907
, 534,
§28 .
. G. L. 101, § 29.
§§ 1-3.
§29 .
. S. 1915, 253, § 7.
" §9 .
. . S. 1917, 125, 1 1; R.
1917,
G. 66
§1 .
. G. L. 102, § 1.
125, § 2.
§§2,3
. R. 1910, 526.
" § 10 .
. . S. 1907, 534, § 3.
"
§§4-6
. G. L. 102, §§2-4.
" §11 .
. . S. 1907,534, §3; 1918
, 257.
§7 .
. S. 1918, 291, § 17.
§ 243; part R. 1909
310,
§§ 8-16
. G. L. 102, §§ 6-14.
§1.
§§ 17, 18
. G. L. 102, §§ 17, 18.
" §12 .
. . S. 1918, 257, § 243.
§ 19 .
. S. 1909, 270, § 1.
" §13 .
. . R. 1909, 310, § 1.
§§ 20-28
. G. L. 102, |§ 20-28.
" §14 .
. . S. 1914, 633, § 1.
c. 67
§§1-21
. G. L. 103, §§ 1-21.
" §15 .
. . Part G. L. 98, § 6; p.irt R.
§§ 22, 23
. G. L. 103, §§23, 24.
1909, 310, § 1.
§24 .
. G. L. 103, § 28.
" §16 .
. . G. L. 98, § 7.
■'
§§ 25-27
. G. L. 103, §§25-27.
" §17 .
. . S. 1902, 539.
§28 .
. S. 1915, 17.
•• §1S .
. . S. 1914, 452, § 1; R.
1914,
§29 .
. G. L. 103, § 28.
452, § 4.
§30 .
. PartG. L. 103, §29; part O.
" §19 .
. . G. L. 98, § 39.
§31 .
. G. L. 103, § 30.
" § 20 .
. . S. 1907, 283.
§32 .
. .S. 1918, 56, § 3.
" §21 .
. . S. 1918, 257, § 244.
"
§§ 33-35
. G. L. 103, §§33-35.
" § 22 .
. . S. 1910, 209, § 1.
c. 68
§§1-6
. G. L. 104, §§ 1-6.
" § 23 .
. . S. 1918, 257, § 246.
c. 69
§1 .
. G. L. 105, § 1.
" § 24 .
. . G. L. 98, § 50.
"
§§2,3
. G. L. 105, §§ 3, 4.
" §§25,26
. . S. 1914, 633, §§ 2, 3.
§4 .
. S. 1907, 582, §§ 2, 3.
" §27 .
. . S. 1917, 15.
§5 .
. .S. 1907, 582, § 43.
" §§28,29
. . S. 1918, 257, §§ 247, 248.
§6 .
. S. 1907, 582, § 24.
" § 30 .
. . S. 1914, 346.
§§7,8
. G. L. 105, §§5, 6.
" §31 .
. . G. L. 98, § 52.
§§9, 10
. S. 1907, 582, §§ 35, 36.
" § 32 .
. . S. 1910, 209, § 2.
"
§§ 11-13
. S. 1907, 582, § 34.
" §33 .
. . S. 1906, 215.
§§ 14-16
. G. L. 105, §§ 62-64.
" § 34 .
. . S. 1919, 128; part R.
1909,
(-.70
§§1,2
. G. L. 159, §§ 1,2.
310, § 1.
§§3-5
. G. L. 159, §§ 5-7.
" § 35 .
. . S. 1914,452, §§ 1, 2.
§6 .
. G. L. 229, § 2.
" §36 .
. . G. L. 98, § 8.
§§7,8
. G. L. 159, §§ 8, 9.
" §§37,38
. . G. L. 98, §§ 27, 28.
c. 71
§§1-4
. G. L. 109, §§ 1-4.
•• §39 .
. . S. 1913, 164.
§5 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 274.
" §40 .
. . G. L. 94, § 178.
§6 .
. G. L. 109. § 6.
■■ §41 .
. . G. L. 98, § 58.
§7 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 275.
" §42 .
. . G. L. 94, § 179.
§§8-11
. G. L. 109, §§8-11.
" §43 .
. . S. 1909, 531.
c. 72
§§1,2
. S. 1918, 257, §§ 276, 277.
c. 63, § 1
. . S. 1914, 183.
§3 .
. G. L. 110, §3.
" §§ 2-5
. . G. L. 99, §§ 2-5.
§4 .
. R. 1918, -257, § 278.
c. 64, § 1 .
. . G. L. 100, § 2.
§5 .
. G. L. 110. §4.
" §§2,3
. . 0.
§6 .
. G. L. 110, §7.
" §§4-8
. . G. L. 100, §§ 3-7.
§7 .
. Part G. L. 110, § 8; part S.
" §9 .
. . S. 1919, 227.
1920, 618.
" § 10 .
. . q. L. 100, § 9.
§§8,9
. G. L. 110, §§9, 10.
" §11 .
. . R. 1918, 257, § 254.
§ 10 .
. G. L. 110, §§ 11,26.
" §12 .
. . G. L. 100, § 10.
§11 .
. G. L. 110, §§ 12, 26.
• " §13 .
. . G. L. 100, § 12.
§12 .
. G. L. 110. §§ 13, 26.
" §14 .
. . G. L. 100, § 11.
§13 .
. G. L. 110. §§ 14, 27.
" §15 .
. . G. L. 100, § 13.
§14 .
. G. L. 110. § 15.
c. 65, § 1
. . S. 1918, 257, §§ 256, 2
57.
§15 .
. PartG. L. 110. §17; part O.
•• §2 .
. . S. 1917, 237, § 1.
§§ 16-18
. G. L. 110. §§ 18-20.
" §§3,4
. . S. 1916, 120, §§ 1,2.
'*
§19 .
. PartG. L. 110, §21; part 0.
" §§5,6
. . S. 1918, 257, §§ 256, 258.
§20 .
. G. L. 110, §§22. 28.
" §7 .
. . PartG. L. 101, § 6; part S.
§21 .
. G. L. 110. §§23. 28.
1918, 257, § 256.
§§ 22, 23
. G. L. 110, §§24,25.
•■ §8 .
. . S. 1916, 120, § 3.
c. 73
§§1,2
. G. L. 107, §§ 1, 2.
" §9 .
. . S. 1902, 544, § 9.
§3 .
. Part G. L. 107, § 3; part 0.
" § 10 .
. . G. L. 101, § 10.
§4 .
. S. 1915, 121, § 1.
" §§11,12
. . S. 1916, 120, §§ 4, 5.
§§5,6
. G. L. 107, §§5, 6.
" §§ 13, 14
. . S. 1916, 242, §§ 1, 2.
§§7,8
. S. 1905, 454, §§1,2.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
§§9-17
§§18-40
§§41^5
§46 .
§§47-87
§88 .
§§ 89-101
§102 .
§§ 103-169
§170
§171
§§ 172-206
§207
§§208-210
§211 .
§212 .
§§l-i
75, §1
§3
§4
§5
§6
§7
§8
§§9-
§12
§13
§14
§15
§16
§17
§18
§19
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' §21 .
' §22 .
■ §23 .
' §24 .
' §§25,26
' §27 .
' §28 .
' §§29,30
' §31 .
' §32 .
' §33 .
' §34 .
' §§35,36
' §37 .
" §§38-41
" § 42 .
" §43 .
" § 44 .
' §45 .
" § 46 .
" §47 .
' §48 .
' §§49,50
G. L. 107, §§ 9-17.
G. L. 107, §§ 23-45.
G. L. 107, §§ 47-51.
S. 1918, 257, § 282.
G. L. 107, §§5.3-93.
S. 1918, 257, § 283.
G. L. 107, §§ 95-107.
8. 1910, 417, § 1.
G. L. 107, §§ 109-175.
G. L. 107, § 177.
G. L. 107, § 176.
G. L. 107, §§ 178-212.
PartG. L. 107, § 18; part O.
G. L. 107, §§ 19-21.
O.
G. L. 107, § 22.
G. L. 259, §§ 1^.
S. 1908, 237, § 4; R. 1908,
237, §78.
G. L. 259, §§ 5, 6.
S. 1914, 792, §§1,3; R. 1914,
792, § 8.
S. 1914, 792. § 3; R. 1914,
792, § 8.
S. 1906,425, § 1; 1914, 792,
§§2,3; R. 1906.425, §2;
1914, 792, § 8.
S. 1903, 480.
G. L. HI, § 9.
S. 1903, 467.
G. L. Ill, § 23.
S. 1913, 670.
G. L. Ill, §§ 26-28.
R. 1916, 53.
G. L. Ill, § 30.
S. 1914, 90.
G. L. Ill, §32.
S. 1903, 367; R. 1917, 208,
§12.
S. 1917, 208, § 6; R. 1917,
208, § 12.
S. 1910, 528, §1; 1913, 272;
1917,208, §§7,8; R. 1917,
208, § 12.
S. 1917, 208, § 8; R. 1917,
208, § 12.
G. L. 94, § 304.
S. 1917, 208, § 4; R. 1917,
208, § 12.
G. L. 94, § 154.
S. 1910, 528, § 2.
S. 1905, 236.
R. 1908, 238.
G. L. 94, § 196.
S. 1920, 418, § 3; R. 1920,
418, § 23.
G. L. Ill, §§34, 35.
R. 1920, 418, § 23.
G. L. Ill, § 36.
G. L. Ill, § 3S.
S. 1902, 403.
S. 1906, 365, § 1.
S. 1906, 365, § 1; R. 1914,
583.
S. 1906, 365, § 1.
S. 1906, 225.
G. L. Ill, § 104.
PartG. L. Ill, §105; part O.
G. L. Ill, § 106.
S. 1902, 206, § 2.
G. L. Ill, § 108.
S. 1920, .306.
S. 1905, 251, §§ 1, 2.
75, § 51 .
. S. 1915, 52.
•• §52 .
. S. 1907, 480.
" §53 .
. S. 1918, 130, § 2.
'■ §54 .
. G. L. Ill, § 115.
" § 55 .
. G. L. Ill, § 188.
" § 56 .
. S. 1906, 365, § 3.
" §57 .
. S. 1902, 213, § 1; R. 1902,
213, §3.
" §58 .
. G. L. Ill, § 10.3.
" §§59-61
. G. L. 94, §§ 160-162.
■• §§ 62-64
. S. 1910. 569.
■■ § 65 .
. G. L. Ill, § 122.
" §66 .
. G. L. Ill, § 127.
" §§67-69
. G. L. Ill, §§ 123-125.
'■ §70 .
. S. 1910, 313.
" §§71-78
. G. L. Ill, §§ 128-135.
■• §79 .
. S. 1915, 46.
'■ § SO .
. G. L. Ill, § 137.
" §81 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 192.
" §§82-85
. G. L. Ill, §§ 1.39-142.
" §§86-88
. G. L. Ill, §§ 98-100.
" § 89 .
. PartG. L. Ill, §101; part 0.
" §90 .
. S. 1903, 306.
•• §§91-98
. G. L. Ill, §§ 143-150.
" §99 .
. G. L. 94, § 118.
'■ §100 .
. S. 1907, 243; 1911, 297, §2
" §§101,10
2 . S. 1911, 297, §§3,4.
" §§ 103, 10
1 . R. 1902, 312, § 1.
" §105 .
. S. 1902, 312, § 2.
•• §106 .
. G. L. 94, §§ 134, 135.
" § 107 .
. G. L. 94, § 137.
" § 108 .
. G. L. Ill, §§ 151, 152.
" §§ 109, 11
9 . G. L. Ill, §§ 152, 153.
" § 111 .
. PartG. L. Ill, §154; parts.
1907, 243.
" § 112 .
. G. L. Ill, § 159.
" §113 .
. S. 1907, 467.
" §114 .
. G. L. Ill, § 161.
■' §115 .
. G. L. Ill, §§23, 159.
■' §116 .
. Parts. 1914,792, §2; part O.
" §117 .
. G. L. Ill, § 17.
" §§118,11
) . G. L. Ill, §§ 162, 163.
" § 120 .
. PartG. L. Ill, §164; part 0.
" §121 .
. G. L. Ill, § 165.
" §122 .
. G. L. Ill, §§ 160, 162.
" §123 .
. S. 1910, 550.
" §§ 124-12<
) . G. L. Ill, §§ 167-172.
" § 130 .
. G. L. Ill, § 174.
" §§131-13
> . G. L. Ill, §§ 176-180.
•• §136 .
. R. 1908, 337.
" §1.37 .
. S. 1902, 190, § 1.
•■ §138 .
. G. L. Ill, § 182.
" §139 .
. S. 1902, 190, § 2.
" §140 .
. G. L. Ill, § 189.
" §141 .
. G. L. Ill, § 187.
76. §§1,2
. G. L. 13, §§ 10, 11.
" §3 .
. S. 19J3, 346.
•■ §4 .
. S. 1902, 505, §§ 1, 4; R
1902, 505, § 6.
" §5 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 286.
" §6 .
. G. L. 112, § 5.
" §7 .
. G. L. 112, § 3.
" §8 .
. S. 1917, 55, § 2.
■• §9 .^
. S. 1909, 526, § 6; 1918, 85
•• §§10,11
. S. 1909, 261, §§ 3, 4.
" §12 .
. S. 1902, 505, §§ 2, 4; R
1902, 505, § 6.
" §13 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 288.
" §14 .
. S. 1906, 120.
" §15 .
. G. L. 112, § 26.
" §16 .,
. S. 1907, 140.
" §17 .
. S. 1902, 321.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 76, § 18 .
. . S. 1908, 525, § 2.
c. 81, §§27, 28
. . G. L. 117, §§41,42.
" §19 .
. G. L. 112, §32.
" § 29 .
. . G. L. 117, §40.
" § 20 .
. R. 1916, 305, § 3.
" §§ 30-40
. G.L. 117, §§23-33.
" §§21,22
. G. L. 112, §§ 33, 34.
" §41 .
. S. 1905, 115.
" § 23 .
. S. 1902, 327.
■• §42 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 300.
" §§24,25
. S. 1915, 301, §§1,2; R.
1915,
" §43 .
. G. L. 117, § 33.
301, § 14.
" § 44 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 301.
" § 26 .
. S. 1908, 294, § 1; R.
1915,
c. 82
. Part R. 1913, 503, § 9.
301, § 14.
" §1 .
. S. 1904, 159.
" §27 .
. S. 1902,505, §§3,4; R.
1902,
" §2 .
. 0.
505, § 6.
" §3 .
. S. 1913, 563, § 1.
" § 28 .
. S. 1905, 289, § 1; R.
1915,
" §§4,5
. S. 1911,53, §§ 1, 2.
301, § 14.
'■ §6 .
. Part S. 1913. 503, § 2.
" § 29 .
. S. 1903, 219; R. 1915
301,
" §7 .
. S. 1913, 563, §2; 1918, 199
§ 14.
" §§8-11
. 0.
c. 77, § 1 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 298.
" §12 .
. S. 1905, 345.
" § 2 .
. G. L. 113, §§3, 4.
■■ § 13 .
. Part S. 1913, 563, § 4.
" §3 .
. G. L. 113, §§2, 3.
■■ §14 .
. O.
" §4 .
. S. 1904, 204.
" §15 .
. S. 1913, 563, §§ 2, 6.
c. 78, §§ 1-6
. G. L. 114, §§ 1-6.
" § 16 .
. O.
■' §7 .
. S. 1919, 333. § 9.
" §17 .
. S. 1913, 563, § 3.
" §§8-14
. G. L. 114, §§ 8-14.
" §§ 18-20
. 0.
" §15 .
. O.
" §21 .
. S. 1913, 563, § 7.
" § 16 .
. S. 1909, 279.
" § 22 .
. S. 1913, 563, § 1.
" §17 .
. G. L. 114, § 17.
" § 23 .
. O.
'■ §18 .
. G. L. 114, § 19.
c. 83, §§ 1-8
. G.L. 119, §§1-8.
" §§19,20
. S. 1904, 422, §§1,2.
'■ §9 .
. G. L. 119, §§9-11.
" §21 .
. S. 1917, 7.
" § 10 .
. S. 1905, 269.
" §§22-25
. G. L. 114, §§ 23-26.
" §§ 11-17
. G. L. 119, §§ 14-20.
" §§26,27
. G. L. 114, §§29, 30.
" §§ 18, 19
. G. L. 119, §21.
" §28 .
. G. L. 114, § 32.
" §§ 20-24
. G. L. 119, §§22-26.
" §29 .
. PartG. L. 114, §33; part O.
" §25 .
. S. 1911,490, § 1.
" §30 .
. S. 1908, 379, § 1.
" §§26-34
. G. L. 119, §§ 28-36.
" §§31-35
. G. L. 114, §§ 37^1.
" § 35 .
. PartG. L. 119, §37; part 0
" §§36-41
. G. L. 114, §§ 4.3-4S.
" § 36 .
. S. 1911, 490, § 2.
" §42 .
. G. L. 114, § 50.
" §37 .
. S. 1903, 334, §§ 1, 3-5; R
" §43 .
. G. L. Ill, § 107.
1903, 3.34, § 7.
" §44 .
. G. L. 114, §49.
" § 38 .
. S. 1903, 334, § 6; R. 1903
c. 79, § 1 .
. S. 1902, 192, §§ 1, 2;
1904,
334, § 7.
381, § 1.
•• § 39 .
. G. L. 119, §39.
■' §2 .
. S. 1904, 381, § 2.
c. 84, § 1
. S. 1919, 350, §§ 87, 88.
" §3 .
. S. 1902, 251; 1904, 381
. §3.
" §2 .
. S. 1908, 598.
" §§ 4-7
. S. 1904, 381, §§ 4-7.
" §3 .
. PartG. L. 18, §6; 121, §22
" §8 .
. S. 1902, 192, § 3; R.
192, § 5.
1902,
part S. 1919, 350, §§ 90,
91, 94, 95.
■' §§9-16
. S. 1904, 381, §§ 9-16.
" §4 .
. PartG. L. 121, §22; partS.
*■ § 17 .
. S. 1904, 381, §15; 1919
,290,
1909, 208.
§15.
" §5 .
. G. L. 121, §§ 7, 22.
" §18 .
. S. 1916, 116.
" §6 .
. G. L. 121, § 39.
" §19 .
. G. L. 115, § 18.
" §7 .
. S. 1905, 211, § 11.
" § 20 .
. S. 1902, 292.
" §8 .
. G. L. 121, §9.
•• §21 .
. S. 1904, 381, § 18.
" §9 .
. G. L. 120, § 16.
" § 22 .
. S. 1902, 192, §§ 1, 2;
1904,
" §10 .
. O.
381, § 1.
" §11 .
. S. 1903, 231.
" § 23 .
. S. 1904, 381, § 1.
■■ §12 .
. G. L. 121, § 11.
" §24 .
. G. L. 115, §23.
•■ § 13 .
. O.
c. 80
. R. 1911, 669, §7.
■• § 14 .
. S. 1903, 402.
" §§ 1-3
. S. 1911, 669, §§ 1-3.
" § 15 .
. G. L. 121, §41.
" §4 .
. S. 1911, 669, §5.
c. 85, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 18, § 8; part S.
" §5 .
. S. 1911, 669, §§ 4, 5.
1919, 199, § 1.
" §6 .
. S. 1911, 669, §§4, 6.
" §2 .
. Part G. L. 122, § 1; 12.5,
c. 81, §§ 1-3 .
. G. L. 117, §§ 1-3.
§§ 2, 4, 46; part S. 1905,
" §4 .
. S. 1905, 285.
211, § 1; 1919, 350, § 8.
■' §5 .
. S. 1905, 303, § 1.
" §3 .
. G. L. 122, § 2; 125, § 44.
" §6 .
. G. L. 117, §37.
" §4 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 302.
" §7 .
. S. 1905, 303, § 2.
" §5 .
. O.
" §§8-16
. G. L. 117, §§4-12.
" §6 .
. Part G. L. 122, § 4; 125,
" §§ 17-19
. G. L. 117, §§ 14-16.
§§3,47; parts. 1917, IS.
" §20 .
. S. 1918, 180.
" §7 .
. G. L. 122, § 7.
" §21 .
. S. 1903, 355.
" §8 .
. G. L. 122, § 5.
" §§ 22-24
. G. L. 117, §§20-22.
" §9 .
. G. L. 122, § 15.
." §25 .
. S. 1915. 143.
" § 10 .
. S. 1903, 233.
" § 26 .
. G. L. 117, §39.
" §11 .
. G. L. 122, § 16.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED I^WYS.
§12 ,
. G. L. 122, § 9.
c. 86, § .36 .
. S. 1904, 363, § 2.
§13 .
. G. L. 122, § 13.
■■ §§ 37^3
. R. 1918, 257, § 305.
§14 .
. G. L. 122, § 17.
" § 44 .
. G. L. 120, § 20.
§15 .
. S. 1908, 555.
" § 45 .
. S. 1915, 113, §3.
§ 16 .
. S. 1909, 98.
■' § 46 .
. G. L. 120, § 18.
§ 17 .
. G. L. 122, § 14.
" §47 .
. G. L. 120, § 24.
§ 18 .
. G. L. 122, § 3.
" § 48 .
. O.
§19 .
. G. L. 122, § 8.
" §§49-53
. G. L. 121, §§ 15-19.
§§ 20, 21
. G. L. 122, §§ 10, 11.
•• §54 .
. O.
§22 .
. G. L. 122, § 23.
c. 87 . . .
. R. 1909, 504, § 107.
§§ 23, 24
. G. L. 122, §§ 21, 22.
•■ §§ 1-3
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 2-4.
§25 .
. G. L. 122, § 6; 125, § 54.
" §4 .
. S. 1906, 184.
§26 .
. 0.
" §5 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 6.
§27 .
. G. L. 122, § 19.
" §0 .
. S. 1908, 613, § 1; 1909, 504
§28 .
. PartG. L. 125, §45; part S.
§7.
1919,350, §§84, 86.
" §§7,8
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 8, 9.
§29 .
. Part G. L. 125, § 43; part S.
" §9 .
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 7, 10.
1919, 199, § 2.
" §11 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 13.
ISO .
. Part G. L. 272, § 53 ; part O.
" §13 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 14.
§31 .
. G. L. 127, § 114.
'■ §14 .
. Part S. 1909, 504, § 15.
§32 .
. O.
" § 15 .
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 16-18.
§33 .
. S. 1903, 188; R. 1920, 380,
" § 16 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 14.
§3.
" §17 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 23.
§34 .
. O.
" §§ 18-22
. S. 1909, 504, § 15.
§§ 35, 36
. G. L. 122, §§ 24, 25.
•• §§ 23, 24
. S. 1909, 504, § 16.
§37 .
. G. L. 279, § 36.
■' §25 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 26.
§38 .
. Part G. L. 127, § 138; part
" §§ 26, 27
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 17, 18.
S. 1909, 132, § 2; part O.
" §29 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 20.
§39 .
. S. 1904, 216.
•■ § 30 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 22.
§40 .
. S. 1908, 470.
•■ §§31,32
. S. 1909, 504, § 28.
§41 .
. G. L. 125, § 48.
•• § 33 .
. S. 1904, 459, § 1.
§§ 42, 43
. S. 1909, 504, § 69; R. 1909,
" §34 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 30.
504, § 107.
•■ § 35 .
. S. 1906, 418.
§44 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 106; R. 1909,
" §36 .
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 11, 27.
504, § 107.
" §37 .
. S. 1909,504, § 11.
§45 .
Special.
" §38 .
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 11, 27.
§1 .
. PartG. L. 18, §12; 120, §1;
" § 39 .
. S. 1905, 436.
parts. 1911, 566, § 1.
" § 40 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 35.
§2 .
. PartG. L. 120, §3; part O.
" §41 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 34.
§§3-6
. G. L. 120, §§ 4-7.
" §§ 42-47
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 36-41.
§7 .
. PartG. L. 120, § 8; part S.
" § 48 .
. S. 1904, 459, § 3; 1909, 504
1917, 18.
§48.
§§8,9
. G. L. 120, §§ 9, 10.
" §49 .
. S. 1905, 475, § 1.
§ 10 .
. PartG. L. 119, §73; part O.
■■ §51 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 12.
§11 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 303.
" §52 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 42.
§12 .
. O.
" §§ 53, 54
. S. 1905, 432, §§ 1, 2.
§13 .
. R. 1918, 257, § 304.
■■ § 56 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 91.
§14 .
. G. L. 119, § 75.
" §57 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 47.
§15 .
. S. 1906, 413, § 3; R. 1906,
■' § 58 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 69.
413, § 15.
■' § 59 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 50.
§ 16 .
. S. 1906, 413, § 6; R. 1906,
" § 60 .
. S. 1909,504, §§50, 75.
413, § 15.
■■ § 61 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 86.
§17 .
. Part G. L. 119, § 75; part
•' §§ 62-64
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 51-53.
S. 1906, 413, § 4; part R.
" § 65 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 56.
1906, 413. § 15.
■' §66 .
. S. 1906, 352.
§§ 18, 19
. S. 1906, 413, § 5; R. 1906,
" §67 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 58.
413, § 15.
" §73 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 49.
§20 .
. S. 1902, 314.
" §§ 75-80
. S. 1909, 504, § 82.
§21 .
. Part G. L. 119, § 76; part
■• § 81 .
. S. 1905, 282, § 1; R. 1905,
O.
282, § 2.
§§ 22, 23
. G. L. 119, §§ 77, 78.
•■ §§ 82, 83
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 84, 85.
§24 .
. 0.
" § 85 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 68.
§§ 25, 26
. G. L. 119, §§ 79, 80.
" §86 .
. Part S. 1909, 504, § 76.
§27 .
. O.
" §§ 87-89
. S. 1909, 504, § 69.
§§ 28, 29
. G. L. 119, §§ 81, 82.
" § 90 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 70.
§30 .
. Part G. L. 119, § 75; part S.
" §91 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 76.
1906, 413, § 4; part R.
" § 92 .
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 69, 76.
1906, 413, § 15.
" §§ 93, 94
. S. 1909, 504, § 76.
§31 .
. S. 1904, 459, § 6.
" § 95 .
. .S. 1905, 435.
§32 .
. G. L. 119, § 83.
■■ § 96 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 76.
§33 .
. G. L. 120, § 13.
" §§ 97-99
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 78-80.
§34 .
. S. 1911, 489.
" § 101 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 81.
§35 .
. G. L. 120, § 25.
" §§ 102-10
5 . S. 1905, 458, §§ 1-4.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
CXXXVII
c. 87, § 109
" §§111
112
" §113
" §114
" §§115,
116
" §117
" § 118
" § 120 .
" § 122 .
" § 12,3 .
" §§ 124,
125
" § 126 .
■• §§ 127-
129
c. 88, § 1
§3
§5
"
§6
§7
§s
§9
,c
89
§1
§3
" §7
" §8
" §9
" §10
'■ §11
" §12
" §13
c. 90, § 1
§3
§4
§5
§6
§7
§8
§9
§10
§11
§12
§§13,
§15
§§16-
§21
§22
§23
§24
§25
§26
§27
§28
§29
§30
§31
§§32,33
Part S. 1908, 613, § 1; part
Temporary.
S. 1909, 504, §§ 24, 25.
S. 1909, 504, § 59.
Part S. 1909, 504, § 60.
S. 1909, 504, §§ 61, 62.
S. 1909, 504, § 64.
S. 1904, 459, § 5; 1909, 504,
§63.
Part S. 1909, 504, § 82.
S. 1909, 504. § 60.
S. 1909, 504, § 69.
S. 1909, 504, § 66.
S. 1909, 504, § 67.
S. 1905, 175, §§ 1-3; R.
1905, 175, § 4.
S. 1905, 159; 1907,474, §§ 1,
15.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 5.
S. 1907, 474, §§ 1, 15.
S. 1907,474, §§ 6, 15.
S. 1907,474, §§ 8, 15.
S. 1907, 474, §§ 9, 15.
S. 1909, 378; R. 1911, .396.
PartG. L. Ill, §64; part S.
1919, 350, § 96.
O.
S. 1902, 116, § 4.
S. 1915, 114.
S. 1918, 268, § 3.
S. 1911, 186.
S. 1905, 155.
PartG. L. 128, § 4; part S.
1919, 350, § 38.
R. 1918, 257, § 312.
PartG. L. 128, § 5; part O.
PartG. L. 128, § 15; part S.
1919, 350, § 37.
O.
S. 1916, 46, § 1.
S. 1908, 416, § 1.
G. L. 128, § 14.
S. 1902, 116, §§ 1-3.
S. 1902, 116, § 3; 1919, 350,
§44.
Part G. L. 129, § 38; part O.
Part G. L. 129, §§ 2, 3, 5;
parts. 1911, 381, § 1.
G. L. 129, § 8.
Part G. L. 129, §§ 11, 12;
parts. 1920, 470; part O.
S. 1911, 297, § 1.
G. L. 129, § 10.
G. L. 129, § 6.
G. L. 129, § 27.
S. 1908, 515, § 1.
S. 1911, 143.
G. L. 129, §§ 16, 17.
S. 1916, 147.
G. L. 129, §§ 18-22.
G. L. 129, § 29.
G. L. 129, § 24.
S. 1918, 257, § 314.
G. L. 129, §§ 23, 38.
S. 1918, 39.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
10, § 193.
S. 1908, 515, § 2.
S. 1911, 6.
S. 1918, 39.
G. L. 129, § 35.
S. 1903, 322.
G. L. 129, §§ 33, 34.
. 90, § 34
• 91, §1
" §2
" §3
" §4
■' §5
" §6
" §7
■' §S
§9 .
§§10-13
§14 .
§§15,16
§17 .
§18 .
§19 .
§20 .
§21 .
§§22,23
§24 .
§25 .
§26 .
§§27-33
§§34-37
§§38-41
§42
§§43-51
§52
§§ 53-56
§57
§58
§59
§60
§61
§62
§63
§64
§65
§66
§67
§68
§69
§70
§71 .
§§ 72-77
§§ 78,79
§80 .
§81 .
§82 .
§83 .
§84 .
§85 .
§§86,87
§88 .
§§89-91
§92 .
§§93,94
§§95-98
§99 .
§§ 100, 101
§§ 102, 103
§ 104 . .
§§ 105-107
§ 108 . .
§§ 109-112
§ 113 . .
G. L. 129, § 37.
O.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 39, 40, 43.
S. 1905, 407.
G. L. 130, § 5.
Part G. L. 130, § 15; part O.
G. L. 130, § 14.
Special.
S. 1906, 356, § 1; R. 1910,
460, § 2.
S. 1904, 365.
G. L. 130, §§ 17-20.
G. L. 130, § 22.
G. L. 1.30, §§ 24, 25.
S. 1918, 2.57, § 315.
G. L. 130, § 27.
S. 1903, 274; R. 1911, 286,
§2.
G. h. 1.30, § 29.
S. 1918, 257, § 316.
G. L. 130, §§ 31, 32.
S. 1918, 257, § 317.
G. L. 130, § 34.
S. 1903, 294.
G. L. 1.30, §§ 36-42.
G. L. 130, §§ 44-47.
Special.
G. L. 130, § 48.
Special.
G. L. 130, § 43.
Special.
R. 1909, 377, § 4.
S. 1909,377, §§1,3;R. 1909,
377, § 4.
R. 1909, 377, § 4.
G. L. 130, § 57.
R. 1918, 257, § 319.
S. 1906, 314, § 1.
S. 1902, 137.
S. 1902, 544, § 11.
G. L. 130, § 55.
S. 1907, 296.
S. 1904, 329.
R. 1905, 417, § 2.
R. 1904, 223.
S. 1912, 129, §§ 1, 3; R.
1912, 129, § 4.
G. L. 130, § 67.
G. L. 130, §§ 69-74.
Part G. L. 130, § 76; part
Special.
G. L. 130, § 77.
S. 1904, 116; R. 1917, 182.
Special.
S. 1908, 270, § 1.
S. 1906, 288; R. 1907, 297,
§4.
S. 1913, 517.
G. L. 130, § 91.
S. 1907, 303.
G. L. 130, §§ 100-102.
S. 1909, 265, §§ 1, 2; R.
1909, 265, § 4.
G. L. 130, § 109.
G. L. 130, §§ 114-117.
Special.
G. L. 130, §§ lis, 119.
G. L. 1.30, §§ 135, 136.
S. 1913, 549.
G. L. 130, § 131.
Part G. L. 130, § 131 ; part O.
G. L. 130, §§ 131-134.
G. L. 130, § 137.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
, §114 .
§115 .
§116 .
§117 .
§ 118 .
§119 .
§120 .
§§ 121-126
§127 .
§128 .
§129 .
§130 .
§131 .
§132 .
§133 .
§§134-136
§137 .
§138 .
§ 139 .
§140 .
§1 .
§2 .
§3 .
§4 .
§5 .
§6 .
§7 .
§8 .
§9 .
§10 .
§11 .
§12 .
§13 .
§14 .
§15 .
§16
§17
§18
§19
§20
§21
" §23 .
" § 24 ..
c. 93, § 1
•■ §§2-4
" §§5,6
" §7 .
C.94, §§1,2
•■ §3 .
" §§ 4-7
" §8 .
c. 95,
il-5
i6,7
§13
G. L. 130, § 142.
Special.
S. 1913, 523.
G. L. 1.30, § 146.
Part G. L. 130, § 147; part
O.
G. L. 130, § 148.
R. 1918, 40.
Special.
S. 1905, 281, § 1.
S. 1907, 298, § 1.
R. 1907, 298, § 2.
Special.
G. L. 130, § 149.
S. 1908, 492.
S. 1903, 246.
G. L. 1.30, §§ 152-154.
S. 1908, 330, § 1; R. 1908,
330, § 2.
G. L. 1.30, § 157.
R. 1908, 76. (See 1919, 200.)
G. L. 130, § 156.
S. 1904, 176.
S. 1903, 206; R. 1908, 441,
§4.
S. 1902, 165; R. 1906, 303,
§2.
S. 1906, 301, §§ 1, 3; R.
1906, 301, § 2.
S. 1903, 162; R. 1909, 508,
§ 3; 1910,472, §2.
S. 1904, 369.
S. 1903, 287.
S. 1903, 329.
S. 1907, 166.
Special.
S. 1906, 241; R. 1910, 533,
§5.
S. 1906, 278; R. 1910, 533,
§5.
Special.
G. L. 131, § 79.
PartG. L. 131, §80; part S.
1912, 567, §§ 3, 10; part
R. 1912, 567, § 9.
S. 1905, 73; R. 1908, 477,
§4.
S. 1903, 245; R. 1910, 545,
§4.
S. 1902, 154.
G. L. 131, § 2.
S. 1905, 445; R. 1908, 330,
§2.
S. 1911, 236, §§ 1, 3; 356,
§§ 1,4; R. 1911, 236, §2;
356, § 5.
S. 1902, 236, § 1; R. 1902,
236, § 2.
Special.
G. L. 131, § 78.
G. L. 135, § 12.
R. 1918, 257, § 321.
R. 1918, 257, § 322.
R. 1918, 257, § 323.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 324, 325.
R. 1918, 257, § 326.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 327-330.
R. 1918, 257, § 331.
S. 1918, 257, § 332.
G. L. 135, §§ 1-5.
S. 1918, 257, § 333.
G. L. 135, §§ 7-11.
S. 1907, 363, §§ 1, 2.
c. 96, § 1 . .
. Part G. L. 16, § 2; part S.
1916, 288, §§ 1, 2.
" §2 . .
. Part S. 1916, 288, §§ 3, 4;
part O.
" §3 . .
. PartG. L. 91, § 2; part O.
" §§4,5 .
. G. L. 91, §§ 25, 26.
" §6 . .
. Part G. L. 91, § 27; part
O.
" §7 . .
. G. L. 91, § 37.
" §8 . .
. G. L. 91, § 10.
" §§9,10 .
. G. L. 91, §31.
" §11 . .
. G. L. 91, § 30.
■• §12 . .
. G. L. 91, §§ 3, 6.
" §13 . .
. G. L. 91, § 32.
■' §14 . .
. G. L. 91, § 34.
" §15 . .
. G. L. 91, § 19.
" § 16 . .
. Part G. L. 91, § 20; part S.
1914, 717, § 2.
•• §17 . .
. G. L. 91, § 14.
" §18 . .
. G. L. 91, § 13.
" §§19,20 .
. G. L. 91, § 18.
•■ §21 . .
. G. L. 91, § 15.
" §22 . .
. G. L. 91, § 17.
" §23 . .
. G. L. 91, §§ 21, 24.
" §§24,25 .
. G. L. 91, §§ 22, 23.
■■ §26 . .
. G. L. 91, § 28.
■' §§27,28 .
. G. L. 91, §§35, 36.
c. 97, §§1-14 .
. R. 1918, 257, § 334.
'■ §§15-20 .
. G. L. 91, §§ 39-44.
" §21 . .
. R. 1918, 257, § 334.
" §22 . .
. 0.
" §23 . .
. G. L. 91, § 45.
c. 98, §§ 1, 2 .
. S. 1904, 460, §§ 1, 2.
" §3 . .
. S. 1902, 414.
" §4 . .
. G. L. 136, § 6.
" §5 . .
. S. 1904. 460, § 3.
" §6 . .
. G. L. 1.36, § 12.
" §7
. R. 1918, 257, § 339.
" §§8-11 .
. G. L. 136, §§ 13-16.
" §12 . .
. S. 1908, 123.
" §13 . .
. G. L. 136, § 18.
•• §§14, 15 .
. G. L. 136, § 19.
" §16 . .
. G. L. 136, § 1.
'■ §17 . .
. G. L. 136, § 20.
c. 99, §§1,2 .
G. L. 137, §§ 1, 2.
•■ §3 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 340.
■' §4 . .
S. 1919, 247, § 1.
•■ §5 . .
G. L. 137, § 5.
'• §6 . .
S. 1919, 247, § 2.
" §7 . .
G. L. 137, § 7.
c. 100 ...
. [Note : Sections marked as
being superseded by 1920,
630, were used as a guide
in the revision of this
chapter. Sections marked
as omitted were dropped
as obsolete because of the
eighteenth amendment to
the Constitution of the
United States.]
" §1 . .
PartG. L. 138, § 2; part O.
" §2 . .
Part G. L. 138, § 3; part O.
" §§ 3-9 .
G. L. 138, §§4-10.
" § 10 . .
S. 1920, 630, § 3.
" §11 . .
G. L. 138, § 12.
" §12 . .
S. 1920, 630, § 4.
" §13 . .
S. 1910, 476.
■' § 14 . .
S. 1920, 630, § 6.
" §15 . .
S. 1906, 287.
" § 16 . .
S. 1920, 630, § 7.
" §17 . .
S. 1906, 395; 1920, 630, § 8.
" §18 . .
Part G. L. 138, § 18; part S.
1920, 630, § 9.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 100, § 19 .
" § 20 .
" §21 .
" § 22 .
" §23 .
" § 24 .
" § 25 .
" § 26 .
" § 27 .
§ 28 .
" §29 .
§§ 30-32
§33 .
" § 34 .
" §35 .
" §§36.37
§§ 38, 39
§40 .
" §41 .
" §42 .
" §43 .
§ 44 .
" § 45 .
" § 46 .
" §47 .
§48 .
" §49 .
" § 50 .
" §§51,52
" §53
" §54
" §§ 55, 56
" §57
" §58
" §59
§60
" §61
" §62
§63
" §§64,65
'• § 66 .
§ 67 .
§§ 68-71
" § 72 .
" §§ 73-75
•• § 76 .
" §§77-79
§ SO .
" §§ 81-84
§85 .
§86 .
" §87 .
" § 88 .
" §89 .
§90 .
c. 101, §§ 1^
" §5 .
" §6 .
" §7 .
§§ 10, 11
" §12
c. 102, § 1
PartG. L. 138, § 19; part S.
1920, 630, § 10.
S. 1902, 171.
S. 1907, 190.
S. 1913, 410, § 2.
S. 1907, 308.
G. L. 138, § 29.
G. L. 138, §§ 30, 85.
G. L. 138, § 31.
S. 1918, 257, § 341.
G. L. 138, § 88.
G. L. 138, § 33.
G. L. 138, §§39-41.
R. 1903, 461.
S. 1906, 374.
S. 1906, 104.
S. 1920, 630, §§ 14, 15.
O.
S. 1920, 630, § 16.
S. 1920, 630, § 8.
Part G. L. 138, §43; partS.
1920, 630, § 17.
Part G. L. 138, § 44; part S.
1920, 630, § IS.
Part G. L. 138, § 45; part S.
1920, 630, § 19.
Part G. L. 138, § 46; part S.
1920, 630, § 20.
PartG. L. 138, §47; part S.
1920, 630, § 21.
S. 1908, 108.
O.
S. 1907, 517, § 1.
S. 1915, 130.
O.
S. 1920, 630, § 24.
Part G. L. 138, § 87; part O.
G. L. 138, §§ 77, 78.
S. 1910, 264.
Part G. L. 138, § 49; part
Special.
G. L. 138, § 50.
O.
PartG. L. 138, §51; part O.
G. L. 138, §§52, 85.
Part G. L. 13S. § 85; part O.
G. L. 138, §§ 59, 60.
O.
Part G. L. 138, § 54; part S.
1902, 110; 1914, 484.
G. L. 138, §§ 55-58.
PartG. L. 138, § 61; part O.
G. L. 138, §§62-64.
S. 1909, 154, § 1.
G. L. 138, §§ 66-68.
Part G. L. 138, § 69; part O.
G. L. 138, §§ 70-73.
S. 1909, 154, § 2.
S. 1904, 122.
G. L. 138, § 81.
Part G. L. 138, § 82; part O.
G. L. 138, § 76.
G. L. 138, § 80.
S. 1919, 333, § 7.
G. L. 139, § 3.
S. 1914, 624, §§ 1, 11.
PartG. L. 139, §15; part S.
1914, 624, § 2.
S. 1914, 624, §§ 3, 12.
G. L. 139, § 17.
S. 1914, 624, §§ 13, 14.
G. L. 139, § 18.
G. L. 140, § 20.
§2 .
§§3,4
§§5,6
§7
§S
§9
§§10
§§13
-18
§19
§20
§21
§22
§§23
-27
§28
§§29
30
§31
§32
§§33
-39
§40
§41
§42
§§4.3-45
§§46-56
§57
§§58
59
§60
§61
§§ 62-
-65
§66
§67
§68
§69
§70
§71 .
§72 .
§§73-77
§7S .
§79 .
§80 .
§§S1,82
§83 . ,
§§84,85
§86 .
§§87,88
§89 .
§90 .
§91 .
§92 .
§93 .
§94 .
§95 . .
§§96-98
§§99, 100
S. 1910, 383.
G. L. 140, § 4.
G. L. 140, §§ 5, 6.
G. L. 140, §§ 7, 9.
G. L. 140. §§ 8, 9.
S. 1918, 64.
G. L. 140, §§ 10, 11.
G. L. 140, §§ 12, 13.
G. L. 140, §§ 13-18.
O.
G. L. 140, § 9.
G. L. 140, § 21.
G. L. 140, § 19.
G. L. 140, §§41-45.
S. 1920, 216.
S. 1902, 187, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 140, § 54.
S. 1902, 187, § 3.
G. L. 140, §§70-76.
S. 190.5, 415.
S. 1911,727, §21.
S. 1907, 211.
G. L. 140, §§80-82.
G. L. 140, §§ 85-95.
S. 1908, 605, § 1; R. 1911,
727, § 24.
S. 1911, 727, §§ 11, 12; R.
1911, 727. § 24.
R. 1911, 727, § 24.
S. 1908, 605, § 2; R. 1911,
727, § 24.
S. 1911, 727, §§ 13-16; R.
1911, 727, § 24.
S. 1908, 605, § 4; R. 1911,
727, § 24.
S. 1911, 727, § 18; R. 1911,
727, § 24.
S. 1908, 605, § 6; R. 1911,
727, § 24.
S. 1912, 486.
Part G. L. Ill, § 156; part
S. 1912, 486.
G. L. Ill, §§ 157, 158.
Part G. L. Ill, § 158; part
S. 1912. 486.
G. L. 140. §§ 115-119.
S. 1907, 373, § 1; R. 1915,
259, § 13.
S. 1905, 259, § 2; R. 1915,
259, § 13.
S. 1911, 562, § 2; R. 1915.
259. § 13.
S. 1905, 310, §§ 1, 2; R.
1915, 259, § 13.
S. 1911, 562, § 5; R. 1915,
259 § 13.
S. 1907, 373, §§ 3, 4; R.
1915. 259. § 13.
S. 1905, 310, § 3; R. 1915,
259, § 13.
S. 1910, 565, §§1,5.
S. 1904, 370, § 2.
S. 1904, 370, § 4.
S. 1904, 370, §§ 2, 4.
S. 1909, 199.
S. 1904, 370. §§ 2. 4.
Part S. 1904, 370, §§ 1, 2;
part O.
Part G. L. 148, § 26; part S.
1904, 370, § 1.
S. 1904. 370.
S. 1910, 588, § 2; R. 1910,
588, § 1.
cxl
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 102, 1 101
" § 102
•• § 103
" § 104
■■ § 105
§§ 106-
108
" §§ 109,
110
'■ §§111,
112
•■ §113
" §§114,
115
§116
■' §117
•■ §§118,
119
" §§ 120,
121
" § 122
§ 123
" § 124
" §§ 125,
126
" § 127
■' 5§ 128,
129
■■ § 130
" §131
" §132
" § 133
" § 134 .
" § 135 .
§ 136 .
" § 137 .
" § 138 .
§§ 139, 140
" § 141
" § 142
§§ 143, 144
§§ 145-150
" §151 .
" § 152
§§ 153, 154
" § 155 .
§ 156 .
" § 157
§§ 158-163
§ 164
§§ 165, 166
" § 167 .
" § 168 .
" §§ 169-171
§§172,173
§§ 174, 175
" § 176 .
" §§ 177-180
§§ 181-183
" § 184 .
§ 185 .
§ 186 .
§§ 187-189
103, § 1 . .
•• §2 . .
•■ §3 . .
" §4 . .
" §5 . .
§8
S. 1910, 588, § 4; R. 1910,
588, § 1.
S. 1904, 370.
Parte. L. 148, §27; part S.
1904, 370, § 1.
S. 1914, 795, §§ 3, 5.
O.
G. L. 148, §§ 60-62.
S. 1911, 204, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 148, §§ 22, 23.
R. 1904, 370, § 5.
Part S. 1904, 370, § 3 ; part O.
S. 1904, 370, § 4.
G. L. 148, § 18.
O.
G. L. 148, §§ 63, 64.
S. 1908, 187, § 1.
G. L. 140, § 133.
PartG. L. 140, § 134; part O.
G. L. 140, §§ 13.5, 136.
PartG. L. 140, §132; part S.
1908, 187, § 3.
S. 1914, 198, § 4.
S. 1908, 169.
G. L. 140, § 140.
G. L. 140, § 145.
Part G. L. 140, § 147; part
R. 1904, 353, § 3.
S. 1910, 319; part R. 1918,
291, §21.
G. L. 140, § 149.
G. L. 140, § 146.
G. L. 140, § 141.
S. 1904, 105, § 1; R. 1904,
105, § 2.
G. L. 140, §§ 143, 144.
S. 1904, 105, § 1; R. 1904,
105, § 2.
S. 1914, 198, § 4.
S. 1907,240, §§1,2.
G. L. 140, §§ 154-159.
S. 1903, 100.
S. 1905, 106.
G. L. 140, §§ 163, 164.
S. 1904, 142.
G. L. 140, § 166.
G. L. 140, § 161.
G. L. 140, §§ 167-172.
G. L. 140, § 153.
G. L. 140, §§ 173, 174.
G. L. 140, § 176.
S. 1920, 191.
G. L. 140, §§ 178-180.
S. 1904, 460, §§ 4, 5.
G. L. 140, §§ 184, 185.
S. 1906, 190.
G. L. 140, §§ 187-190.
S. 1910, 125, §§ 1-3.
S. 1906, 107.
G. L. 140, § 201.
S. 1902, 187, § 4.
G. L. 140, §§ 203-205.
G. L. 142, §§ 1, 3.
S. 1909, 536, §§ 2-4.
S. 1909, 536, § 1.
Part G. L. 142, § 4; part S.
1909,536, §§2-4; part O.
PartG. L. 142, § 11; part S.
1909, 536, §7; part O.
G. L. 142, §§ 12, 13.
Part S. 1909, 530, § 10;
part O.
G. L. 142, § 14.
c. 103, § 10
" §11
" §12
c. 104, § 1
•■ §§5-14 .
§§ 15-18
§§19,20
" §21 .
•• §22 .
" §23 .
" §24 .
" §25 .
" §26 .
" §27 .
" §28 .
§§ 29, 30
" §31 .
" §§32,33
" §§.34,35
" §§36,37
§§38-40
" §41 .
" §§42-47
" §§48,49
§50 .
" §51 .
" §52 .
" §53 .
§54 .
" §55 .
" §56 .
c. 105, § 1 .
2, 6; R.
R.
§3
§4
§5
Special.
G. L. 142, § 15.
G. L. 142, § 2.
S. 1912, 334; R. 1913, 655,
§61.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 2, 3; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
S. 1908, 221; R. 1913, 655,
§61.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 5-14; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 25-28; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
S. 1908, 487, §§ 1, 2; R.
1908, 487, § 3.
S. 1913, 655, § 56; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 15; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 22; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 16; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1907, 503, § 1; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 21; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 806, §§ 1,
1913, 806, § 13.
S. 1911, 455; R. 1913, i
§ 13.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 42, 43;
1913, 655, § 61.
Part S. 1913, 655, § 44; part
R. 1913,655, §61; part O.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 44, 45; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 46; R. 1913,
■655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 23, 24; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 91-93; R.
1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1907, 503, § 2; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 95-100; R.
1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 47, 48; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 50; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 57; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 60; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 52; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 29; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, § 53; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1909, 514, § 36; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
Part G. L. 22, § 6; 146,
§§ 17, 56; part S. 1907,
465, § 4; 1913, 610, § 1;
part R. 1913, 610, § 0;
part O.
S. 1907, 465, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1907, 465, §§ 1, 13.
Part S. 1907, 465, §§ 14, 15;
part O.
S. 1907, 465, §§ 15, 20.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
cxli
c. 105, § 6 . .
S. 1907, 465, § 28.
" §§7,8 .
O.
" §9 . .
S. 1907, 465, § 20.
" §§10,11
S. 1907, 465, §§ 20, 28.
" §12 . .
O.
c. 106 ...
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
•' §1 . .
S. 1904,399, § 1; 1909, 514,
§ 10; part R. 1904, 399,
§2.
" §2 . .
S. 1902, 446.
" §§3-5 .
S. 1904, 313, §§ 2-4.
" §§6-S .
S. 1909, 514, §§ 15-17.
" §9 . .
.S. 1909, 514, § 33.
'■ §10 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 120.
" §§11-13
S. 1909,514, §§ 18-20.
" §14 . .
S. 1904,311.
" § 15 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 24.
" §16 . .
S. 1908, 489, §§ 1-5; 1909,
514, § 140; part R. 1908,
489, § 6.
■' §17 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 144.
" § 18 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 30.
■' §19 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 43.
§20 . .
S. 1906, 517, § 1; 1909, 514,
§46.
" §21 . .
S. 1906, 517, § 2.
" §22 . .
S. 1906, 463, III, § 95; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
" §23 . .
S. 1904, 397; 1909, 514,
§47.
" §24 . .
S. 1902, 435.
" §§25,26
S. 1909, 514, §§ 49, 50.
" §27 . .
S. 1907, 267, § 1.
" §28 . .
S. 1905, 267, § 1.
" §§29,30
S. 1909, 514, §§ 57, 58.
" §31 . .
S. 1904, 432.
" §32 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 60.
" §33 . .
S. 1906, 499, §§ 1, 4; R.
1906, 499, § 6.
" §34 . .
S. 1906, 499, §§ 2, 4.
" §35 . .
S. 1902, 183.
§36 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 67.
'■ §§37-42
S. 1909, 514, §§ 68-73.
" §43 . .
S. 1909, 514, § 74.
■' §§44-46
S. 1909, 514, §§ 75-77.
" §§ 47-53
S. 1909, 514, §§ 79-85.
" §§54,55
S. 1909, 514, § 105.
§§ 56-61
S. 1909, 514, §§ 106-111.
§62 . .
S. 1902, 450.
§§63,64
S. 1909,514, §§ 113, 114.
" §§ 65, 66
S. 1905, 304, §§1,2.
§67 . .
. S. 1909, 514, § 117.
" §68 . .
S. 1905, 304, §3; 1909, 514,
§118.
" §69 . .
. S. 1909, 514, § 119.
" §70 . .
. S. 1909, 514, § 36.
" §71 . .
. S. 1908, 420.
" §72 . .
. S. 1906, 370.
" §73 . .
. S. 1908, 457.
" §§74-78
. S. 1909, 514, §§ 131-135.
" §79 . .
. S. 1909, 514, § 142.
c. 107 ...
. R. 1909, 371, § 10.
" §1 . .
. S. 1909, 371, §§ 1,2.
" §2 . .
. S. 1908, 462, § 1.
" §3 . .
. R. 1908, 90.
" §4 . .
. S. 1909, 371, § 9.
" §§5,6 .
. S. 1909, 371, § 4.
" §7 . .
. S. 1909, 371, § 3.
" §8 . .
. S. 1909, 371, § 5.
" §9 . .
. S. 1908, 481, § 1; R. 1908,
481, §2.
" §§10,11
. R. 1902, 438, § 7.
c. lOS, § 1 . .
. S. 1904, 318, § 1.
c. 108, § 1
§3
§4
§5
§6 . .
§7 . .
§8 . .
§9 . .
§10 . .
§§11,12
§ 13
§14
§15
§16
23
24
25
§26-
-28
§29,
30
31
§ 32-34
35
36
§37 .
§38 .
§4
§5
§6
S. 1906, 521, § 1; 1912, 726,
§ 4; 1919, 350, §§ 100,
102.
S. 1913, 480.
G. L. 22, § 8.
Part G. L. 22, § 7; part S.
1904, 382, § 1; 1905, 247,
§ 1; 365; 461, § 1; 1906,
480; 1913,834, § 1; 1918,
275, § 1; part R. 1904,
382, § 2; 1913, 834, § 2.
Part G. L. 147, § 3; part S.
1912, 726, § 10.
Part G. L. 147, § 2; part
O.
S. 1907, 413.
G. L. 147, § 7.
S. 1902, 544, § 12.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 34, 35; R.
1909, 514, § 145.
PartG. L. 159, §89; part S.
1906,463, I, §49; part R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
Part G. L. 159, § 90; part S.
1906, 463, I, § 50; part R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
PartG. L. 159, §91; part S.
1906,463, I, §51; part R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
PartG. L. 159, §92; part S.
1906,463, I, §52; part R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 53; R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
G. L. 159, § 93.
Part G. L. 159, § 95; part S
1906, 463, I, § 55; part R
1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 49; R
1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 52; R
1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, §§ 53, 54
R. 1906, 463, I, § 68.
R. 1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, §§ 50,
R. 1906, 463, I, § 68.
G. L. 147, §§ 11-13.
S. 1903,428, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 32, § 84.
G. L. 147, §§ 18-20,
PartG. L. 147, §21
S. 1919, 271, §§ 1
1919, 271, § 10.
Part S. 1919, 271, § 9; R.
1919, 271, § 10.
G. L. 147, § 31.
G. L. 155, § 1.
O.
Part G. L. 155, § 3; part S.
1903, 437, § 2; 1914, 742,
I 12; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 155, § 6; part S.
1903, 437, § 4; 1914, 742,
§ 17; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 155, § 7; part S.
1903, 437, §§ 13, 20, 22,
24; 1914, 742, § 18; part
R. 1903, 437, § 95; 1914,
742, § 199.
G. L. 155, § 8.
52
part O.
, 5; R.
cxlii
c. 109, § 7
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
§ 10
§11
§ 12
§13
§14
§ 15
§ 16
§17
§ 19
§20
S. 1903, 437, §§ 4, 40; 1910,
197; part R. 1903, 437,
§95.
Part G. L. 155, § 9; part S.
1903, 437, § 5; 1906, 463,
II, § 14; 1914, 742, § 6;
part R. 1903, 437, § 95;
1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1903, 437, § 40; 1906,
463, II, § 223; 1908, 163,
§ 1; R. 1903, 4.37, § 95;
1906,463, II, §258; 190S,
163, § 2.
S. 1903, 437, § 41 ; 1906, 463,
II, § 224; 1908, 163, § 1;
R. 1903, 437, § 95; 1906,
463, II, § 258; 1908, 163,
§2.
Part S. 1906, 463, II, § 225;
part R. 1906, 463, II,
§ 25S; part O.
PartG. L. 155, § 13; part S.
1903, 437, § 6; part R.
1903, 437, § 95.
Part G. L. 67, § 22; 155,
§ 14; part S. 1903, 437,
§§6,9; partR. 1903,437,
§95.
Parts. 1903. 437, § 9; part
R. 1903, 437, § 95; part
O.
PartG. L. 155, § 15; part S.
1903,437, § 21; 1906, 463,
II, § 34, III, § 15; 1914,
742, § 19; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
742, § 199.
Part S. 1914, 742, § 20; part
R. 1914, 742, § 199; part
O.
Part G. L. 155, § 21 ; part S.
1903,437, §29; 1906,463,
II, § 38, III, § 19; 1914,
742, § 21; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
742, § 199.
Part G. L. 155, § 16; part S.
1903, 437, §§ 8, 40, 41;
1914, 742, § 29; part R.
1903, 437, § 95; 1914,
742, § 199.
PartG. L. 155, § 17; part S.
1903, 437, § 14; part R.
1903, 437, § 95.
PartG. L. 165, §12; 166, §9;
part S. 1906, 463, II, § 63,
III, §105; 1914, 742, §36;
787, §5; partR. 1906, 463,
II, §258, III, §158; 1914,
742, ^199; 787, § 12.
Part G. L. 165, § 12; 166,
§ 10; parts. 1906,463, II,
§ 64, III, § 106; 1914,
742, § 37; 787, § 5; part
R. 1906, 463, II, § 258,
III, § 158; 1914, 742,
§ 199; 787, § 12.
Part G. L. 165, § 13; part R.
1914, 787, § 12.
PartG. L. 165, § 14; partR.
1914, 787, § 12.
109, § 24 . . . Part G. L. 165, § 12; 160,
§ 4; part S. 1906, 463, II,
§ 65, III, § 107; 1913,
784, § 3; 1914, 742, § 39;
787, § 5; part R. 1906,
463, II, § 258, III, § 158;
1914, 742, § 199; 787,
§ 12.
§ 25 ... S. 1906, 463, II, § 66, III,
§ 108; R. 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158.
§ 26 ... S. 1914, 742, § 40; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
§ 27 . . . Part G. L. 165, § 12; 166,
§ 5; part S. 1906, 463, II,
§ 67, III, § 109; 1913,
784, § 3; 1914, 742, § 41;
787, § 5; part R. 1906,
463, II, § 258, III, § 158;
1914,742, §199; 787, § 12.
§ 28 . . . Part G. L. 165, § 12; 166,
§ 6; part S. 1906, 463, II,
§ 68, III, § 110; 1914,
742, § 42; 787, § 5; part
R. 1906, 463, II, § 258,
III, § 158; 1914, 742,
§ 199; 787, § 12.
§ 29 ... G. L. 155, § 20.
§ 30 . . . Part G. L. 165, § 12; 166,
§ 7; part S. 1906, 463, II,
§ 69, III, § 111; 1909,
477, § 1; 1914, 742, § 43;
787, § 5; 1918, 54; part
R. 1906, 463, II, § 258,
III, § 158; 1909,477, §3;
1914, 742, § 199; 787,
§ 12.
§ 31 . . . Part G. L. 165, § 12; 166,
§ 8; part S. 1906, 463, II,
§ 70, III, § 112; 1909,
477, § 2; part R. 1906,
46.3, II, § 258, III, § 158;
1909, 477, § 3; 1914, 787,
§12.
§ 32 . . . PartG. L. 155, §22; parts.
1903,437, §30; 1906,463,
II. §42, III, § 23; 1914,
742, § 24; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
742, § 199.
§33. . . PartG. L. 155, §22; parts.
1903,437, §30; 1906,463,
II, § 42, III, § 23; 1914,
742, § 25; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
742, § 199.
§34. . . PartG. L. 155, §23; parts.
1914, 742, § 26; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
§ 35 . . . PartG. L. 155, §22; parts.
1903,437, §30; 1906,463,
II, § 42, III, § 23; ^914,
742, § 27; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
742, § 199; part O.
§36 . . . Part S. 1903, 423, § 1; R.
1903, 423, § 2.
§§37,38 . S. 1903,423, § 1; R. 1903,
423, § 2.
§ 39 ... R. 1903, 423, § 2.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
cxliii
§40
. . Parte. L. 155, §47; part S.
1903,437, §32; 1906,463,
II, § 44, III, § 25; 1914,
742, § 62; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II.
c. 110, § 13
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
" §14
742, § 199.
§§41
-51 . O.
§52
. . Part G. L. 155, § 50; part S.
1903,437, §51; 1906,463,
■' §15
II, §226, III, §138; 1914,
742, § 84; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
" §16
742, § 199.
■>,
§53
. . Part G. L. 155, § 51; part S.
1903,437, §52; 1906,463,
II, §227, III, §139; 1914,
742, § 85; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463. II.
§258, III, § 158; 1914,
" §17
742, § 199.
§54
. . PartG. L. 155, §52; part S.
1903,437, §53; 1905,156;
1906, 463, II, § 228, III,
" §18
§ 140; 1914, 742, § 86;
part R. 1903, 437, § 95;
1906, 463, II, § 258, III,
§ 158; 1914, 742, § 199.
" §19
§55
. . Part G. L. 155. § 53; part S.
1903,437, §54; 1906,463,
II, §229, III, §141; 1914,
742, § 87; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463. II.
I 258, III. § 158; 1914,
" §20
742. § 199.
§56
. . G. L. 155, § 54.
§57
. . PartG. L. 155, §55; part S.
1903,437, §55; 1906,463,
" §21
II, §231. III. §143; 1914,
§22
742, § 88; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1906, 463, II,
§ 258, III, § 158; 1914,
742, § 199.
" §23
§1
. . Part G. L. 155, § 2; part S.
1903, 437, § 3; part R.
1903, 437, § 95; part
O.
" §24
§2
. . Part G. L. 158, § 1; 165,
§ 12; part S. 1903, 437,
§ 1; 1914, 742, § 2; part
R. 1903, 437, § 95; 1914,
■' §25
742, § 199.
§3
. . Part S. 1903, 437, § 2; part
R. 1903, 437, § 95; part
O.
" §26
§4
. . Part G. L. 158, § 2; part S.
1903, 437, § 7; 1914, 742,
§ 3; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; "1914, 742, § 199.
§§5,
3 . . S. 1903, 437, §§ 7, 8; R.
1903, 437, § 95.
" §27
§7
. . S. 1903, 437, § 93; R. 1903,
437, § 95.
§8
. . S. 1903, 437, §§ 7, 8, 92; R.
1903, 437, § 95.
" §28
§9
. . S. 1910. 346; part R. 1914,
742, § 199.
§10
. . S. 1903, 437, §§ 1, 7, 8; R.
1903, 437, § 95.
" §29
§11
. . S. 1903,437, §§7,8; R. 1903,
437, § 95.
§12
. . R. 1918, 257, § 363.
" §30
Part G. L. 158, § 4; 165,
§ 12; part S. 1903, 437,
§§7,8; 1914,742, §§3,5;
part R. 1903, 437, § 95;
1914, 742, § 199; part O.
Part S. 1903, 437, §§ 7, 8;
1914, 742, § 4; part R.
1903,437, §95; 1914,742,
§ 199; part O.
Part G. L. 158, § 5; part S.
1903. 437, § 8; 1914, 742,
§ 5; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 155, § 9; 175,
§ 49; 177, § 4; part S.
1903, 437, § 5; 1912, 623,
§ 1; 1913, 447, § 1; 1914,
742, § 6; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914, 742, §199;
part O.
Part G. L. 158, § 6; part S.
1903, 437, § 9; 1914, 742,
§ 7; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 7; part S.
1903, 437, § 8; 1914, 742,
§ 8; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 8; part S.
1903.437, §10; 1906.463,
II, § 30; 1914, 742, § 9;
part R. 1903, 4.37, § 95;
1906, 463. II, § 258; 1914,
742, § 199.
PartG. L. 158, § 9; part S.
1903,437, §§ 11, 12; 1914,
742, § 10; part R. 1903.
437, §95; 1914, 742, §199.
O.
Part G. L. 158, § 18; part S.
1903. 437, §§ 17, 18; 1914,
742, § 13; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158. § 19; part S.
1903.437. § 18; 1914,742,
§ 14; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 20; part S.
1903,437, § 18; 1914,742,
§ 15; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 34; part S.
1903,437, §24; 1914,742,
§ 16; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914. 742. § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 35; part S.
1903, 437, §§ 13, 20; 1914,
742, § 18; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1914, 742,
§ 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 21 ; part S.
1903,437, §26; 1914,742,
§ 22; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
PartG. L. 158, §22; part S.
1903, 423, § 1; 437, § 31;
1914, 742, § 22; part R.
1903, 437, § 95; 1914. 742,
§ 199,
PartG. L. 158, §23; part S.
1914, 742, § 28; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
O.
cxliv
c. 110, §31
'• 5 32
" § 33
" §34
135
I 36
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
§43 .
§44 .
" §45 .
" §46 .
§47 .
" §48
" §49
" §51
Parte. L. 158, §24; part S.
1903,437, §40; 1914,742,
§ 35; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1903, 437, § 40; 1908, 534,
§ 1; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part S. 1903, 437, § 4; 1914,
742, § 50; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1914, 742,
§ 199.
Part G. L. 155, § 20; part S.
1903, 437, § 40; part R.
1903, 437, § 95.
0.
PartG. L. 158, §25; part S.
1902, 441, §§ 1, 2; 1914.
742, § 31; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1914, 742,
§ 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 26; part S.
1914, 742, § 32; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, §27; partS.
1914, 742, § 33; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 28; part
S. 1914, 742, § 34; part
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 29; part
S. 1914, 742, § 45; part
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 30; part
S. 1914,742, §46; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 31; part S.
1914, 742, § 47; part R.
1914, 742, § 199; part
O.
Part G. L. 158, § 32; part
S. 1903, 437, §§ 11, 12,
14; 1914, 742, § 48; part
R. 1903, 437, § 95; 1914,
742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 33; partS.
1903, 437, §§ 11, 12, 14;
1914, 742, § 36; part R.
1903, 437, §95; 1914, 742,
§ 199.
Part S. 1903, 437, § 14; 1914,
742, § 49; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199;
part O.
Part G. L. 158, § 10; part
S. 1903, 437, §§ 4, 40;
1914, 742, § 50; 1920,
295; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1903,437, §§40,41; 1910,
124; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Special.
S. 1903, 437, § 40; R. 1903,
437, § 95.
S. 1903, 437, § 94; 1914,
742, § 60; 1919, 333, § 15;
part R. 1903, 437, § 95;
1914, 742, § 199.
PartG. L. 158, §37; part S.
1903, 437, §§ 45, 46;
1914, 742, § 65; part R.
1903,437, §95; 1914,742,
§ 199; part O.
c. 110, § 52
§53
" §54
§55
§56
§58
§59
§61
§62
§64
§65
§67
§71
PartG. L. 158, §37; part S.
1903,437, §47; 1914,742,
§ 66; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 38; part S.
1903, 437, § 49; 1914,
742, § 67; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
PartG. L. 158, §39; part S.
1903,437, §§41,42; 1914,
742, § 68; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
Part G. L. 158, § 40; part S.
1903, 437, §§41, 43; 1914,
742, § 69; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
Part S. 1903, 437, § 92; part
R. 1903, 437, § 95.
Part G. L. 158, § 41 ; part S.
1903, 437, §§ 41, 46; 1914,
742, § 70; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
PartG. L. 158, §44; part S.
1903,437, §§34,35; 1914,
742, § 73; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
Part G. L. 158, § 45; part
S. 1903, 437, § 33; 1914,
742, § 74; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
Part G. L. 158, § 46; part S.
1903,437, §36; 1914,742,
f 75; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
PartG. L. 158, §47; part S.
1903, 437, § 36; 1914, 742,
§ 76; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 1.58, § 49; part
S. 1903, 437, § 36; 1914,
742, § 77; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
Part G. L. 158, § 50; part
S. 1903, 437, § 38; 1914,
742, § 78; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, § 199.
Part S. 1914, 742, § 79;
part R. 1914, 742, § 199;
part O.
Part G. L. 158, § 51; part
S. 1903, 437, § 37; 1914,
742, § SO; part R. 1903,
437, §95; 1914,742, §199.
Part G. L. 158, § 52; part
S. 1903, 437, § 37; 1914,
742, § 81; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1914, 742,
§ 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 53; part S.
1903, 437, § 37; 1914,
742, § 82; part R. 1903,
437, § 95; 1914, 742,
§ 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 54; part S.
1903, 437, § 39; 1914, 742,
§ 83; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1903,' 437, § 93; R. 1903,
437, § 95.
S. 1903, 437, § 92; R. 1903,
437, § 95.
R. 1918, 257, § 194.
O.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
cxiv
c. 110, §76
" §77
" §78
' §79
' §80
' §81
■ §82
§83
§84
5 85
c. Ill (except § 158)
" §1 . . .
" §§2-7 . .
" §8 . . .
■' §9 . . .
§ 10 . . .
" §11 . . .
§ 12 . . .
" §14 . . .
§§15,16 .
§§17-24 .
" §25 . . .
" §26 . . .
" §27 . . .
§§30-36 .
" §37 . . .
§§38-46 .
" §47 . . .
■' §48 . . .
§55 . . .
" §56 . . .
§57 . . .
" §58 . . .
§59 . . .
part
part
part
Part G. L. 158, § 12; part
S. 1914, 742, § 126; part
R. 1914, 742, § 199
Part G. L. 158, § 13; part
S. 1914, 742, § 131; part
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 14; part
S. 1914, 742, § 132; part
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1914, 742, § 64; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
Part S. 1914, 742, § 1; R.
1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 16; part
S. 1914, 742, § 63; part
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
Special.
Part G. L. 158, § 36
S. 1914, 742, § 72
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 42
S. 1903, 437, §§ 49, 50;
1914, 742, § 89; part R.
1903, 437, § 95; 1914,
742, § 199.
Part G. L. 158, § 48; part S.
1903,437, § 36; 1914,742,
§ 90; part R. 1903, 437,
§ 95; 1914, 742, § 199.
PartG. L. 158, §43; part S.
1903, 437, §§ 88, 89; 1908,
219; 382, § 1; 1914, 742,
§91; 1915,92; 1920, 598,
§6;partR. 1903, 437, §95;
1914. 742, § 199.
R. 1906, 463, II, § 258.
S. 1906, 46.3, II, §1, III, §1.
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 2-7.
S. 1902, 432, § 1; R. 1904,
429, § 3.
S. 1902, 402; R. 1906, 463,
I, § 68.
S. 1902, 432, § 2; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1906,463, I, §5; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
Amended 1906, 267; S. 1906,
463, I, § 6; R. 1906, 463,
I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 8; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1904,357, §§1,2;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, §§ 11-18; R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 433, § 13; 463, I,
§19; R. 1906,463, I, § 68.
S. 1906,463,1, §20; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1906,463, I, §22;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 8-14.
S. 1906,463, II, §§ 14, 15.
S. 1906,463, II, §§ 16-24.
S. 1906, 463, II, § 26.
S. 1906, 463, II, §§25, 27, 29.
S. 1906, 463, II, § 33.
S. 1906, 463, II, § 35.
Parts. 1906, 463, II, §§ 36,
37.
S. 1906,463,11, §§31,32.
S. 1903, 423, § 1; R. 1903,
423, § 2.
c.
Ill, §§60-70
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 45-55.
" §74 . .
S. 1906, 463, II, § 56.
■' §§ 75, 76
S. 1906,463,1, §§59,60; R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
•• §§77-82
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 57-62.
" §83 . .
S. 1906, 463, II, § 248.
■' §84 . .
R. 1903, 126.
" §§85,86
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 249, 250.
" §87 . .
S. 1906, 463, II, § 248.
•■ §§88-96
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 71-79.
§§97-116
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 81-100.
" §§118-133
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 101-116.
§ 134
S. 1902, 533, § 1; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
" § 135 .
S. 1906,463, I, §24;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
" §§136,137
S. 1902,533, §§2,3;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
§§ 138, 139
S. 1906, 463, I, §§ 27, 28; R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
" §§ 140-148
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 117-125.
§ 149
S. 1902, 440, § 1; R. 1906.
463, I, § 68.
§ 150 .
S. 1906, 463, 1, §33;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
" §§151,152
S. 1902,440, §§2,3;R. 1906.
463, I. § 68.
" § 153 .
S. 1903, 478; R. 1906, 463,
I, § 68.
§ 154
S. 1906,463,1, §38;R. 1906,
463, I. § 68.
§ 155 .
S. 1902, 440, § 4; R. 1906.
463, I, § 68.
§§ 156, 157
S. 1906,463, I, §§40,41; R.
1906, 463. I, § 68.
" § 158 .
S. 1906, 463, I, § 42.
§ 159
S. 1902, 440, § 6; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
§ 160
S. 1906,463,1. § 45; R. 1906,
463, I. § 68.
§§ 161-163 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 126-128.
§§ 164-168 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 218-222.
§169 . .
S. 1906,463,1, §58;R. 1906.
463, I, § 68.
§§170-198 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 129-157.
§§200-210 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 158-168.
§211
S. 1906, 283.
§§212-214 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 170-172.
■■ §§215-217 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 174-176.
" §218 . .
S. 1906, 463, II, § 173.
§§219-222 .
S. 1906,463, II, §§ 177-180.
§§223,224 .
S. 1906,463,1, §§56,57; R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
" §§225-236 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 181-192.
■ §237 . .
S. 1902, 544, 1 13.
§§238-248 .
S. 1906,463, II, §§ 194-204.
' §249 . .
S. 1906, 463, II. § 232.
§250 . .
S. 1905, 210.
' §251 . .
S. 1906, 463, I, §64;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
§§252-254 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 235-237.
§255
S. 1906,463, II, §§238,239.
■ §§256-258 .
S. 1906, 463, II, § 239.
' §259 . .
S. 1906, 463, II, § 240.
' §260 . .
S. 1906,463,1, §66;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
§261 . .
S. 1906, 463, II, § 241.
§262 . .
S. 1906,463,1, § 65; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
' §263 . .
S. 1903, 297; R. 1906, 463,
I, § 68.
§§264-266 .
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 242-
244.
cxhi
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. Ill, §267
|§ 268, 269
§270 .
§271
§§272-277
§278 .
§§279-283
§§284,285
§§1,2
§§3,4
§5 ■
§§6,7
§8 .
§§9,10
§11 .
§12 .
§§ 13, 14
§15 .
§16 .
§17 .
§18 .
§19 . .
§§20,21
§25 . .
§26 . .
§27 . .
§28 . .
§29 . .
§§30,31
§§32-35
§§36,37
§38 .
§39 .
§40 .
§41 .
§42 .
§§43,44
§45 . .
§46 . .
§§47,48
§§49,50
§51 . .
§52 . .
§53 . .
§§54,55
§§56,57
§58 .
§59 .
§60 .
§61 .
§63 .
§§65-68
§§69-74
§75 . .
§76
§§ 85-91
§92 . .
S. 1906, 463, 1, § 63; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1906,463, II, §§245, 246.
Part S. 1906, 463, II, § 247.
S. 1906, 463, II, § 80.
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 205-210.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 67; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 251-255.
S. 1904, 169, §§ 1, 2.
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 2, 3.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 4.
S. 1905, 80, § 1.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 6, 7.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 8-11.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 43, 44.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 32.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 144.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 145, 146.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 12, 13.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 14.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 17, 18.
S. 1903, 423, § 1; 1906, 463,
III, § 26; part R. 1903,
423 § 2.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 29.
S. 1902, 370, § 1; R. 1902,
370, § 2.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 104.
S. 1902, 370, § 1; R. 1902,
370, § 2.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 27.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 33.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 28.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 30.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 42.
S. 1902, 399; 1906, 463, III,
§§ 64, 65.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 66-69.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 76, 77.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 70.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 73.
S. 1903, 143.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 75.
S. 1905, 376, § 1; R. 1905,
376, § 2.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 78, 79.
S. 1904, 110.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 81.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 83, 84.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 88, 89.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 35.
S. 1903, 134.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 91.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 37, 38.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 92, 93.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 92.
Part S. 1906, 463, III, § 94.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 45.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 71.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 82.
S. 1906, 463, 1, § 21 ; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§113-116.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 96-101.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 40, 41.
S. 1902, 370, § 1; 1906,463,
III, § 34; part R. 1902,
370, § 2.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 36.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 51-57.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 31.
c.
112, §93 . .
S. 1906, 463, III, § 151.
" §94 . .
S. 1906,463, 1, §20;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
" §95 . .
R. 1903, 328.
•■ §§96-100
S. 1906, 463, III, §§153-157.
c.
113 ...
R. 1908, 590, § 69.
■• §1 . .
S. 1906, 204, § 1.
" §2 . .
S. 1902,490, §§1,2.
•■ §3 . .
S. 1906, 204, §3; 1908, 590,
§5.
■■ §§4,5 .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 6, 7.
•■ §§6,7 .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 9, 10.
•■ §9 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 8.
§10 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 1.
" §11 . .
S. 1906, 377.
" §12 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 18.
•' §13 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 21.
" §14 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 28.
" §15 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 35.
" §16 . .
S. 1902, 169, § 1.
" §§17,18
S. 1908, 590, §§ 26, 27.
" §19 . .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 30, 34.
" §20 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 36.
" §21 . .
S. 1902, 169, § 3.
" §25 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 46.
§ 26 (prelim.
H) S. 1908, 590, § 68 (prelim, t)-
§ 26, cl. 1
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 1.
§ 26, cl. 2 (a-
c) S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 2 (a-c).
§ 26, cl. 2 (d)
S. 1904, 208.
§ 26, cl. 2 (e.
f) S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 8 (e).
§26, cl.3(a,
b) S. 1908, 590, § 6S, cl. 3 (b, c).
§ 26, cl. 3 (c
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 3 (a).
§ 26, cl. 3(fc-m) S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 8 (e).
§ 26, cl. 4 (e
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 8 (e).
§ 26, cl. 5
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 7.
" § 26, cl. 7
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 8
(prelim. U).
§ 26, els. 8-11 S. 1908, 590, § 68, els. 9-12.
" §27 . .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 28, 44.
'■ §28 . .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 33, 45.
" §29 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 1.
" §§30,31
S. 1908, 590, §§ 59, 60.
" §§32,33
S. 1908, 590, §§ 62, 63.
" §34 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 61.
" §35 . .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 64, 66.
■' §36 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 65.
" §§37,38
S. 1908, 590, §§ 49, 50.
" §39 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 48.
'■ §40 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 47.
§§42-45
S. 1908, 590, §§ 51-54.
" §46 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 12.
" §47 . .
S. 1902, 169, § 2.
" §48 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 38.
" §49 . .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 13, 15.
" §50 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 39.
" §51 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 14.
" §§52,53
S. 1908, 590, §§ 42, 43.
" §54 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 41.
" §55 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 55.
§56 . .
S. 1908, 590, § 58.
c
114 ...
R. 1912, 623, § 45.
■' §1 . .
S. 1912, 623, § 42.
" §2 . .
. S. 1912, 623, § 1.
" §3 . .
. S. 1912, 623, §§ 1, 3, 4.
" §4 . .
. S. 1903, 147, § 1.
■■ §5 . .
. S. 1912, 623, § 12.
■' §6 . .
. S. 1912, 623, §§ 5, 6.
" §7 . .
. S. 1912, 623, § 8.
■' §8 . .
. S. 1912, 623, §§ 9, 11.
" §§9,10 .
. S. 1903, 95, §§ 1, 2.
" §11 . .
. S. 1910, 288.
■' §12 . .
. Part S. 1912, 623, § 19.
" § 13 . .
. S. 1912, 623, § 22.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
cxhii
c. 114, § 14 .
§§ 15, 16
" §17 .
■' §18 .
" §19 .
§§20,21
•■ §22 .
" §23 .
" §24 .
" §25 .
" §26 .
" §27 .
" §28 .
" §29 .
§30 .
c. 113 . .
c. 116, §§1,
" §3
■' §4
■' §5
" §6
" §7
§§9,10
§11 .
§12 .
§13 .
§§14, 15
§16 .
§17 .
§18 .
§19 .
§§20-23
§24 .
§§25-27
§28 .
§29 .
§30 .
§31 .
§§32,33
§34 .
§35 .
§36 .
§37 .
§38 .
, §§ 1-14
§15 .
§§1-6
§7 .
§§8-10
§11 .
§§ 12-14
§15 . .
§§16-18
§§20,21
§§22-25
§§26-28
§29 . .
S. 1912, 623, § 24.
S. 1912, 623, §§ 26, 27.
S. 1906, 280.
S. 1912, 623, §§ 15, 31.
S. 1912, 623, § 29.
S. 1912, 623, §§ 31, 32.
S. 1912, 623, § 37.
S. 1912, 623, § 34.
S. 1903, 203.
S. 1912, 623, § 36.
S. 1912, 623, § 2.S.
S. 1912, 623, § 9.
S. 1912, 623, § 40.
S. 1912, 623, § 43.
S. 1912, 623, § 38.
O. [.Vote: On account of
1918, 12, which provides
that on and after March
fourteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, no bank
shall be incorporated un-
der this chapter, it has
been treated as not of
general application (there
being now not over three
banks subject to its provi-
sions) and has beenomitted
from this revision.)
G. L. 172, §§ 2, 3.
S. 1909, 491, § 1.
G. L. 172, § 5.
S. 1907, 487, § 1.
S. 1904, 374, § 6.
G. L. 172, § 12.
S. 1911, 87.
G. L. 172, §§ 14, 15.
G. L. 172, § 19.
S. 1912, 54.
S. 1917, 172, § 1.
G. L. 172, §§ 34, 35.
S. 1907, 417.
G. L. 172, § 51.
S. 1908, 116.
G. L. 172, §§ 55, 58.
G. L. 172, §§ 56-59.
G. L. 172, §§49,54.
G. L. 172, §§ 77-79.
S. 1904, 374, § 7.
G. L. 172, § 80.
S. 1905, 228.
G. L. 172, § 25.
G. L. 172, §§ 38, 39.
S. 1916, 129, § 2.
S. 1912, 53.
S. 1907, 320.
G. L. 172, § 27.
G. L. 1.58, § 17.
G. L. 173, §§ 1-14.
G. L. 173, §§ 15, 16.
R. 1907, 576, § 122.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 1-6.
S. 1903,421; 1907, 576. § 8.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 8-10.
S. 1903, 223, § 1; 1907, 576,
§11.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 12-14.
S. 1902, 106.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 16-18.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 20, 21.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 23-26.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 29-31.
S. 1906,396; 1907,576, §§32,
34.
118, §30 . . .
s.
1907, 576, § 33.
" §31 . . .
s.
1907, 576, § 32.
■• §§32,33 .
s.
1907, 576, § 36.
" §§34-38 .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 37-^1.
" §39 . . .
s.
1904, 300.
" §§40-42 .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 43-45.
'■ §43 . . .
s.
1903, 174.
•' §44 . . .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 47. 50.
" §§45-47 .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 48-50.
§48 . . .
s.
1913, 343.
" §§49,50 .
s.
1907,576, §§51,52.
" §§52-55 .
s.
1907,576, §§53-56.
" §56 . . .
s.
1907, 576, § 34.
" §§57-61 .
s.
1907,576, §§ 57-61.
§§62-69
s.
1907, 576, §§ 63-70.
" §§71,72 .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 71, 72.
" §73 . . .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 73, 74.
§74 . . .
s.
1907, 576, § 82.
" §75 . . .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 76, 82.
" §76 . . .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 79, 80.
■' §§ 77-79 .
s.
1907, 576, §§83-85.
" §80 . . .
s.
1907, 576, § 34.
" §§ 81-87 .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 86-92.
" §88 . . .
s.
1906, 271, § 7.
" §§89-93 .
s.
1907, 576, §§ 94-9S.
" §94 . . .
Part S. 1907, 576, § 99.
■■ §§95,96 .
S.
1907,576, §§ 100, 101.
" §§97-112 .
S.
1907, 576. §§ 106-121.
Forms .
s.
1907, 576, § 101.
119 (except § IS)
R
1911, 628, §33.
•• §1 . . .
Parts. 1911,628, §§3,5(1),
12 (o. b).
" §2 . . .
Parts. 1911, 628, §§2, 3, 12
(a, c, e, g).
" §3 . . .
Parts. 1911, 628, § 29 (a).
" §4 . . .
S.
1911. 628. §§ 12 (rf), 29
(a).
" §5 . . .
S.
1911, 628, § 18.
" §6 . . .
S.
1911, 628, §§ 5 (1), 6. S,
9(1), 29 (a).
" §7 . . .
S.
1911, 628, §§ 5 (1), 9 (1),
10, 11.
" §8 . . .
S.
1911, 628, §§6, 11.
" §11 . . .
Parts. 1911,628, §§3,5(1),
14, 22 (h), 29 (a).
'■ § 12 . . .
S.
1903, 332.
" § 13 . . .
S.
1907, 471.
" § 14 . . .
S.
1911, 628, §§ 22 (a), 31.
" § 15 . . .
S.
1911, 628, §§ 24, 26.
" § 16 . . .
S.
1907, 472.
" § 17 . . .
S
1911, 628, § 20.
" § IS . . .
S
1911, 628, §31.
•• § 19 . . .
s
1911, 628, §§ 24, 25, 28.
" §20 . . .
s
1911. 628, §§ 12 (/), 13.
•■ §21 . . .
s
1911. 628, § 31.
■• §22 . . .
Part S. 1911, 628, § 4.
120, § 1 . . .
PartG. L. 177, § 2; part S.
1911, 628, § 4.
■' §2 . . .
G
. L. 177, § 4.
" §3 . . .
S
1919, 333, § 10.
•■ §4 . . .
G
. L. 177, § 4.
" §5 . . .
G
. L. 177, § 6.
" §6 . . .
G
. L. 177, § 8.
" §7 . . .
Part G. L. 177, § 9; part O.
" §8 . . .
S
1910, 237
" §9 . . .
G
. L. 177, § 12.
" §§10,11 .
G
. L. 177, §§ 10, 11.
•■ § 12 . . .
G
. L. 177. § 13.
" § 13 . . .
S
1903, 227.
" § 14 . . .
G
. L. 177, § 20.
" §§ 15, 16 .
G
. L. 177, §§ 14, 15.
" § 17 . . .
PartG. L. 177, § 16; part S.
1914, 661.
cxlviii
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 120, §§ 18, 19
. G. L. 177, §§ 17, 18.
c. 124, §§4, 5 . . R. 1918, 257, § 377.
" § 20 .
. G. L. 177, § 5.
" §6
. . S. 1907, 189; R. 1918, 257,
" § 21 .
. G. L. 177, § 21.
§377.
" § 22 .
. G. L. 177, § 3.
" §7
. . S. 1913, 213, § 2; R. 1918,
c. 121 . .
. R. 1914, 742, § 199.
257, § 377.
" §1 .
. S. 1907, 316.
§§8-15. . R. 1918, 257, § 377.
•■ §2 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 134.
" §16
. . G. L. 128. § 46.
•■ §3 .
. S. 1907,54, § 1; R. 1907,
54,
" §§17
18 . R. 1918. 257. § 377.
§3.
'■ §19
. . Part G. L. 180, § 4; part O.
" §4 .
. S. 1904, 435, § 1; R. 1904,
§§ 20-23 . G. L. 128, §§ 47-50.
435, § 3.
c. 125, § 1
. . G. L. 180, § 1.
" §§5,6
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 138, 139
•• §2
. . S. 1915, 213.
" §7 .
. S. 1911, 293.
" §3
. . S. 1919, 333, § 11.
" §§8,9
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 141, 142.
•• §4
. . G. L. ISO, § 5.
" §§ 10-12
. S. 1914, 742, § 38.
" §5
. . S. 1910, 181.
" § 13 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 51.
•■ §§6,
7 . . G. L. 180, §§ 7, 8.
" §§ 14-16
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 53-55.
" §8
. . S. 1915. 209; 1917, 45, § 1.
" § 17 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 127.
" §9
. . G. L. 180, § 10.
" §§ 18, 19
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 131. 132
'■ §§10
11 . G. L. 180, §§ 13, 14.
" § 20 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 138.
•• §12
Special.
" §21 .
. S. 1914. 742. § 57.
" §§ 13-
-16 . G. L. 180, §§ 15-18.
" §22 .
. S. 1914. 742, § 56.
•• §17
. . Part G. L. 159, § 86; part S
" §§ 25-27
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 155-157.
1906,463,1, §46; part R.
§ 28 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 143.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
" §§ 29, 30
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 144, 145
§18
. . PartG. L. 159, §87; part S
" §31 .
. S. 1903, 406.
1906,463,1, §47; part R
§32 .
. S. 1912, 249.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
" §33 .
. S. 1903, 164.
" §19
. . S. 1906, 463, 1, §48; R. 1906
" §§ 34, 35
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 162, 163.
463, I, § 68.
§ 36 .
. S. 1911, 348.
" §20
. . Parts. 1905,216, § 1; 1918
" §37 .
. S. 1909,318, § 1; 1914, 742,
246. § 2; 248. § 2; 274
§ 191.
§ 2; part O.
" § 38 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 198.
" §§21
22 . Part S. 1918. 246. § 2; 248
§39 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 164.
§2; 274. § 2; part O.
§40 .
. S. 1908, 243.
c. 126 .
. . Except § 8, part R. 1903
" §41 .
. S. 1914, 742, § 198.
437. §95;except §§2. 7-9
c. 122. § 1 .
. S. 1911, 509, § 1.
17-19, R. 1919. 333. § 16
" §2 .
. S. 1903, 237.
" §1
. . Part S. 1903. 437, § 56; 1914
" §3 .
. PartG. L. 166, §29; part S.
742, § 172.
1918, 257. § 187, subs. 7
.9.
" §2
. . PartG. L. 181. § 2; part S
" §4 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
42.
1903, 437, § 57.
" §5 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
3.S.
14.
" §3
. . S. 1903, 437. §§ 56, 66; R
1903. 437. § 95.
" §§6-8
. G. L. 166, §§ 1-3.
" §4
. . S. 1903. 437, § 58; 1907, 576
" §9 .
. G. L. 166, § 16.
§84.
§ 10 .
. G. L. 166, §§ 17. 18.
" §5
. . S. 1903, 437. § 59; 1907. 576
" §11 .
. G. L. 166. § 19.
§14.
" §§ 12-14
. G. L. 166. §§ 13-15.
" §6
. . S. 1903, 437, § 60.
" § 15 .
. G. L. 166. § 42.
" §7
. . Part G. L. 181, § 6; part S
" § 16 .
. G. L. 166. § 30.
1903. 437, § 61.
" §17.
. S. 1911. 509, § 3.
" §8
. . G. L. 181, § 7.
§ 18 .
. S. 1920, 591, § 18.
" §§9,
10 . . S. 1903.437. §§62. 63.
" § 19 .
. G. L. 166, § 33.
" §11
. . S. 1903. 437. § 64; 1906, 463
" § 20 .
. S. 1911, 509, §4.
III, §58; 1914,742, §172
" §§21,22
. G. L. 160, §§ 34, 35.
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158
" §23 .
. S. 1911, 509, § 5.
1914, 742. § 199.
" § 24 .
. S. 1906, 433, § 8.
•■ §12
. . S. 1903. 437. § 65.
" § 25 .
. G. L. 166. § 43.
" §13
. . S. 1903. 437. §66; 1909. 490
" § 26 .
. G. L. 166, § 37.
III, § 54.
" § 27 .
. S. 1908, 233.
•■ §14
. . S. 1903, 437, §67; 1909, 490
" §28 .
. S. 1911, 509, § 6.
III, § 55.
" §§ 29, 30
. G. L. 166, §§ 40, 41.
" §15
. . S. 1903, 437, §§ 50. 68; 1909.
c. 123, §§ 1^0
. G. L. 179, §§ 1-40.
490. III. § 58.
§41 .
. G. L. 165. § 15.
" §16
. . S. 1903.437. §69; 1909.490,
§42 .
. PartG. L. 165. §16; part S.
III. § 58.
1903. 423. § 1; part
R.
" §17
. . Part G. L. 181. § 14; part S.
1903.42.3. §2; part O.
1903. 437, § 70.
" §§43-53
. G. L. 165. §§ 17-27.
" §§18
19 . G. L. 181, §§ 15, 16.
c. 124, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 133; R. 1918. 257,
§20
. . S. 1903, 437, §91; 1919, 333.
§377.
§ 16.
" §2 .
. R. 1918, 257, § 377.
c. 127, §§1-.
) . . G. L. 183. §§ 1-5.
" §3 .
. S. 1913, 213, § 1; R. 1918,
" §6
. . G. L. 183. § 7.
257, § 377.
" §7
. . G. L. 183. § 29.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
cxlix
127, § S .
. S. 1902, 289.
c. 128
§ 109 . .
" §9 .
. G. L. 183, § 31.
"
§ 110 . .
" §§10-16
. G. L. 183, §§ 34-40.
c. 129
§§ 1-12 . .
" §17 .
. G. L. 183, § 32.
c. 130
§§1-4 . .
" §18 .
. G. L. 183, § 42 and Appen-
dix, forms 13-15.
c. 131
§1 . . .
" §19 .
. Part G. L. 183, §§ 30, 41;
§2 . . .
part O.
§3 . . .
" §20 .
. Part G. L. 183, §§ 33, 41;
"
§4 . . .
part 0.
§§5-7 . .
" §21 .
. G. L. 183, § 42 and Appen-
§§8, 9 . .
dix, form 16.
1 10 . . .
§22 .
. G. L. 183, §§30,41.
§11 . . .
" §23 .
. G. L. 183, § 42.
§ 12 . . .
" §§24-27
. G. L. 183, §§ 45^8.
"
§ 13 . . .
" §28 .
. S. 1917, 306, § 1.
c. 1.32
§1 . . .
" §29 .
. S. 1914, 108; R. 1917, 306,
§§2-5 . .
§2.
§§6-8 . .
" §§30,31
. S. 1917,306, §§3, 4.
§9 . . .
" §§32,33
. G. L. 183, §§ 52, 53.
§§ 10-14 .
§34 .
. S. 1907, 294; 1908, 149, § 1.
0.133
§§1-6 . .
" §35 .
. G. L. 183, § 55.
c. 134
§1 . . .
128, § 1 .
. S. 1904,448, §10; 1905,249,
§2 . . .
§ 1; 1910,560, §3.
§§3-6 . .
" §§2-8
. G. L. 185, §§2-8.
§§7-10 . .
■' §§9-11
. G. L. 185, §§ 10-12.
§§11-15 .
" § 12 .
. Part G. L. 185, § 14; part
§ 16 . . .
S. 1904, 386, § 1; 1906,
§§ 17-20 .
416; 1918, 260, § 3; 287,
c. 135
§1 . . .
§ 1 ; part R. 1904, 386,
§2 . . .
§2.
§3 . . .
'• § 13 .
. S. 1902, 458.
§4 . . .
" § 14 .
. G. L. 185, §§ 17, 18.
§5 . . .
" § 15 .
. G. L. 185, § 19.
§§6-9 . .
" § 16 .
. S. 1914, 696.
§§10,11 .
" § 17 .
. G. L. 185, § 21.
§12 . . .
" § 18 .
. Part G. L. 185, § 26; part S.
§§ 13-15 .
1905, 249, § 2.
§16 . . .
'■ § 19 .
. G. L. 185, § 27.
§§17,18 .
" § 20 .
. PartG. L. 185, §28; part 0.
§§ 19-21 .
" §21 .
. G. L. 185, § 35.
§§ 22, 23 .
" § 22 .
. G. L. 185, § 32.
§§24-30 .
§ 23 .
. G. L. 185, §31.
c. 136
§1 . . .
" § 24 .
. ' G. L. 185, § 29.
§2 . . .
" § 25 .
. G. L. 185, § 33.
§3 . . .
" § 26 .
. G. L. 185, § 30.
§4 . . .
" 1 27 .
. G. L. 185, § 34.
§§5,6 . .
" §§ 28-31
. G. L. 185, §§ 36-39.
§§7,8 . .
" §32 .
. S. 1906, 452, § 1.
§§9,10 . .
■' §§ 33, 34
. G. L. 185, §§41,42.
§11 . . .
§35 .
. G. L. 185, §§33,43.
§12 . . .
" § 36 .
. S. 1910, 245, § 1.
c. 137
§1 . . .
" §37 .
. S. 1910, 560, § 4.
" §38 .
. Part G. L. 185, § 46; part S.
§2 . . .
1911, 9, § 1; 1915, 290.
§§3-5 . .
" §§ 39-61
. G. L. 185, §§47-69.
§6 . . .
" §62 .
. Part G. L. 185, § 70; part S.
§7 . . .
1905, 296, § 2.
§8 . . .
§§ 63-75
. G. L. 185, §§ 71-83.
" § 76 .
. G. L. 254, § 2.
§9 . . .
" § 77 .
. G. L. 185, § 84.
§10 . . .
" § 78 .
. Part G. L. 185, § 85; part O.
§§11,12 .
" §§ 79-84
. G. L. 185, §§86-91.
§ 13 . . .
" § 85 .
. S. 1917, 279, § 43. •
§14 . . .
" §§ 86-88
. G. L. 185, §§ 93-95.
§15 . . .
" § 89 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 4.
c. 138
§1 . . .
" § 90 .
. G. L. 185, § 96.
§2 . . .
" §91 .
. PartG. L. 185, §97; partS.
§3 . . .
1919, 17.
§4 . . .
" §§ 92-10
2 . G. L. 185, §§98-108.
§5 . . .
" §§ 103-1
06 . G. L. 185, §§ 110-113.
§§6.7 . .
" § 107
. G. L. 185, §§ 114, 115.
"
§8 . . .
§ 108
. G. L. 185, § 116.
'*
§9 . . .
G. L. 262, §§ 39, 43.
G. L. 185, § 118.
G. L. 186, §§ 1-12.
G. L. 187, §§ 1^.
G. L. 188, § 1; 235, § 34,
cl. 14.
G. L. 188, § 2.
PartG. L. 188, § 10; partO.
S. 1915, 28, § 1.
G. L. 188, §§ 5-7.
G. L. 188, § 4.
G. L. 188, § 8.
S. 1917, 279, § 1.
G. L. 188, § 9.
G. L. 236, § 18.
S. 1915, 134.
G. L. 189, §§ 2-5.
G. L. 189, §§ 7-9.
S. 1904, 306.
G. L. 189, §§ 11-15.
G. L. 190, §§ 3-8.
Part G. L. 184, § 1 ; part O.
G. L. 184, § 2.
G. L. 184, §§ 4-7.
G. L. 184, §§ 9-12.
G. L. 184, §§ 14^18.
S. 1918, 257, § 383.
G. L. 184, §§ 20-23.
G. L. 191, § 1.
G. L. 191, §§ 2, 3.
G. L. 191, § 2.
G. L. 191, §4.
S. 1911, 246.
G. L. 191, §§ 6-9.
G. L. 191, § 10.
S. 1902, 160.
G. L. 191, §§ 12-14.
S. 1918, 257, § 384.
G. L. 191, §§ 16, 17.
G. L. 191, §§ 20-22.
G. L. 191, §§ 18, 19.
G. L. 191, §§ 24-30.
S. 1905, 90.
S. 1912, 493.
S. 1917, 22.
S. 1907, 130.
G. L. 192, §§ 5, 6.
G. L. 192, § 7.
G. L. 192, §§ 8, 9.
Part G. L. 192, § 10; part O.
G. L. 192, § 11.
PartG. L. 193, § 1; part S.
1914, 356.
G. L. 193, § 2.
G. L. 193, §§ 4-6.
S. 1911, 588.
G. L. 193, § 8.
Part G. L. 193, § 9; part S.
1919, 208, § 1.
G. L. 193, § 10.
S. 1918, 257, § 388.
G. L. 193, §§ 12, 13.
S. 1908, 153.
G. L. 193, § 16.
G. L. 193, § 15.
S. 1908, 510, § 1.
S. 1907, 284, § 1.
G. L. 194, § 5.
G. L. 194, § 7.
G. L. 194, § 12.
G. L. 194, § 2.
G. L. 194, § 3.
G. L. 194, § 2.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS
e. 13S
§10 .
. Part G. L. 194. § 4 ; part S.
1903, 260, § 1.
c. 145, § 20 . .
. S. 1909, 504, § 100; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
§11 .
. S. 1903, 260. § 1.
" §21 . .
. G. L. 201, § 15.
§12 .
. S. 1917, 90, § 1.
■• §22 . .
. G. L. 201, § 33.
§13 .
. G. L. 194, § 11.
" §23 . .
. S. 1906, 452, § 2.
§§14, 15
. S. 1917. 90, §§ 2, 3.
" §24 . .
. G. L. 201, § 35.
§16 .
. G. L. 194, § 8.
•■ §§25,26
. G. L. 201, §§ 37, 38.
§17 .
. G. L. 194, § 16.
■■ §27 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 395.
§18 .
. S. 1919, 208, § 4.
" §§ 28-35
. G. L. 201, §§40-47.
§19 .
. G. L. 194, § 18.
" §36 . .
. G. L. 201, § 32.
c. 139
§§1-5
. G. L. 195, §§ 1-5.
" §37 . .
. G. L. 201, § 5.
§6 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 390.
■' §38 . .
. G. L. 201, § 48.
§7 .
. R. 1918, 257, § 391.
" §39 . .
. Part G. L. 201, § 36; part
§§ 8-15
. G. L. 195, §§ 8-15.
0.
c. 140
§§1,2
. G. L. 196, §§ 1. 2.
" §40 . .
. S. 1903, 96.
§3 .
. Part G. L. 190, §§ 1, 2;
" §41 . .
. S. 1910, 95.
part S. 1905, 256.
" §42 . .
. G. L. 201. § 49.
§§4-S
. G. L. 196, §§3-7.
c. 146, § 1 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 397.
§9 .
. S. 1917, 279, § 41.
" §2 . .
. G. L. 202, § 2.
c. 141
§1 .
. S. 1914, 699, § 1.
■■ §§3-8 .
. G. L. 202. §§ 4-9.
§2 .
. S. 1904, 165.
" §9 . .
. G. L. 202. § 14.
§§3-5
. G. L. 197. §§ 3-5.
" §§10,11
. G. L. 202, §§ 10, 11.
"
§6 .
. S. 1908. 313.
" §12 . .
. G. L. 202, § 13.
§7 .
. Parte. L. 197. §7; part 0.
•• § 13 . .
. S. 1909, 604, § 102; R. 1909,
§8 .
. G. L. 197, § 8.
504, § 107.
"
§9 .
. S. 1914, 699. § 3.
■' §§ 14-17
. G. L. 202, §§ 15-18.
§10 .
. G. L. 197. § 10.
•■ §18 . .
. S. 1904. 217.
"
§§11-13
. S. 1914, 699, §§ 4-6.
'■ §§ 19-24
. G. L. 202. §§ 21-26.
"
§§ 14-16
. G. L. 197, §§ 14-16.
" §25 . .
. S. 1907. 219.
§17 .
. S. 1914, 699, § 7.
" §§26-29
. G. L. 202. §§ 28-31.
§18 .
. G. L. 197, § 18.
" §30 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 398.
§19 .
. S. 1915, 151, § 1.
'■ §§31-33
. G. L. 202, §§ 33-35.
"
§20 .
. S. 1914, 699, § 8.
c. 147, §§1-6 .
. G. L. 203, §§ 1-6.
"
§§21,22
. G. L. 197, §§ 22, 23.
'■ §§7-11 .
. G. L. 203, §§ 8-12.
§§23-32
. G. L. 197, §§ 25-34.
" § 12 . .
. S. 1916, 301.
c. 142
§1 .
. PartG. L. 198, § 1; part S.
" §§13,14
. G. L. 203, §§ 14, 15.
1909, 297.
" §15 . .
. S. 1907, 262.
§2 .
. S. 1907, 257.
" §§ 16, 17
. G. L. 203, §§ 17, 18.
"
§3 .
. S. 1911, 177.
" §18 . .
. G. L. 203, § 23.
"
§§4-8
. G. L. 198, §§ 4-8.
" §§19,20
. G. L. 203, §§ 24, 25.
"
§9 .
. S. 1915, 13.
" §§ 21-23
. G. L. 203, §§ 40-42.
"
§ 10 .
. G. L. 198, § 10.
c. 148, §§ 1-13 .
. G. L. 204. §§ 1-13.
"
§11 .
. Part G. L. 198, § 11 ; part O.
" § 14 . .
. S. 1903, 222; 1907, 447.
§12 .
. Part G. L. 198, § 12; part S.
1919, 17.
" § 15 . .
. S. 1903, 222; 1918, 257,
§399.
§§ 13-15
. G. L. 198. §§ 13-15.
§ 16 . .
. ■ Part G. L. 204. § 16; part S.
"
§16 .
. S. 1916. 19.
1903, 222.
"
§§ 17-21
. G. L. 198. §§ 17-21.
" § 17 . .
. PartG. L. 204, §17; part S.
§§22-32
. G. L. 198. §§ 23-33.
1903, 222.
c. 143
§1 .
. G. L. 199. § 1.
" § IS . .
. PartG. L. 204. § IS; part S.
§2 .
. S. 1904. 360.
1903. 222.
§§3-5
. G. L. 199. §§ 3-5.
•■ §§ 19-23
. G. L. 204, §§ 19-23.
c. 144
§1 .
. S. 1902, 544, § 14.
" §24 . .
. S. 1915, 63.
§§2,3
. G. L. 200. §§ 2, 3.
" §§ 25, 26
. G. L. 204, §§ 25, 26.
§4 .
. S. 1904, 206, § 1.
c. 149, § 1 . .
. G. L. 205. § 1.
"
§§5-7
. G. L. 200, §§ 5-7.
" §§2-7 .
. G. L. 205. §§ 3-8.
§8 .
. G. L. 200, § 9.
" §8 . .
. G. L. 205, § 4.
"
§9 .
. S. 1906, 175.
" §§ 9-14 .
. G. L. 205, §§ 9-14.
§10 .
. G. L. 200, § 12.
" § 15 . .
. S. 1912, 161.
§11 .
. S. 1908, 241, § 2.
" §§ 16-35
. G. L. 205, §§ 16-35.
§12 .
. G. L. 200, § 14.
c. 150, §§1-3 .
. G. L. 206, §§ 1-3.
c. 145
§§1.2
. G. L. 201, §§ 1, 2.
" §§4,5 .
. G. L. 206, §§ 5, 6.
§3 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 394.
" §6 . .
. S. 1913. 248.
"
§4 .
. S. 1902, 474.
" §§7-11 .
. G. L. 206. §§9-13.
§5 .
. G. L. 201, § 3.
" §12. .
. S. 1920. 46.
§G .
. S. 1907, 169, § 1; R. 1909,
" §§ 13-16
. G. L. 206, §§ 15-18.
504, § 107.
" § 17 . .
. S. 1907. 438.
§7 .
. S. 1907, 169, § 2.
" §§ 18-24
. G. L. 206, §§ 20-26.
"
§8 .
. G. L. 201, § 10.
" § 25 . .
. S. 1906, 127.
§9 ■
. G. L. 201, § 22.
" §§ 26-29
. G. L. 206, §§ 28-31.
§§10,11
. G. L. 201, §§ 12, 13.
c. 151, §§ 1-9 .
. G. L. 207, §§ 1-9.
"
§12 .
. G. L. 201, §§ 2, 7, 9, 23.
§ 10 . .
. S. 1913. 360. § 1.
§§13-19
. G. L. 201, §§ 24-30.
" §§ 11-13
. G. L. 207. §§ 14-16.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
cU
c. 151, § 14 .
§ 15 .
§ 16 .
§17 .
§§ IS, 19
§20
§§21.22
§23 .
§24 .
§25 .
§26 .
§27 .
§ 28 .
§29 .
§§ 30, 31
§32 .
§§3.3-41
§42 .
§43 .
§44 .
152, §§ 1-9
§§ 10-12
§ 13 .
§§ 14-24
§25 .
§§ 26-28
§§ 29-32
§ 33 .
§§ 34-38
§39
§40
§41
§§42
153, §§ 1,
§3
§§4-6
§7
§§S
§13
§§ 14-30
§§31
§33
§34
§35
§36
§37
c. 154, § 1
§2
§3
§4
12
32
14
c. 155
c. 156, §§ 1-4
§5
§§11-14
§15 .
§16 .
§17 .
§§ 18, 19
§20 .
§§21-25
§26 .
§27 .
157, § 1 .
§3
§4
§5
S. 1902, 310, § 1; R. 1902,
310, § 2.
G. L. 207, § IS.
S. 1911, 7.36, § 1.
S. 1912, 120.
G. L. 207. §§ 23, 24.
S. 1907, 159.
G. L. 207. §§26. 27.
S. 1911. 736, §2.
G. L. 207, § 31.
S. 1911, 7.36, § 3.
G. L. 207. § 34.
O.
G. L. 207. § 35.
G. L. 207. §§ 36, 55.
G. L. 207, §§38, 39.
G. L. 207, §§ 40, 56.
G. L. 207, §§ 41-49.
G. L. 207. § 54.
G. L. 207, §§ 51, 52.
G. L. 207. § 52.
G. L. 208. §§ 1-9.
G. L. 208. §§ 12-14.
S. 1902, 544, § 21.
G. L. 208, §§ 17-27.
S. 1918, 257, § 400.
G. L. 208, §§ 2^-31.
G. L. 208. §§33-36.
Part G. L. 208, § 37; part O.
G. L. 208, §§ 38-42.
S. 1911. 85.
G. L. 20S. § 44.
S. 1911, 127.
G. L. 208, §§46, 47.
G. L. 209, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1920, 478.
G. L. 209, §§ 4-6.
S. 1910, 576.
G. L. 209, §§ 8-12.
R. 1918, 257, § 195.
G. L. 209, §§ 13-29.
G. L. 209, § 30.
G. L. 209, § 32.
G. L. 209. § 34.
G. L. 209, § 33.
G. L. 209, § 35.
S. 1919. 333. § 28.
G. L. 210. § 1.
S. 1902. 544. § 22.
S. 1907. 405.
S. 1915. 53.
G. L. 210, §§ 5-14.
R. 1918, 257, § 402.
G. L. 211, §§ 1-4.
S. 1905, 263, § 1.
G. L. 211, §§ 5-7.
R. 1918, 257. §§ 403. 404.
G. L. 211, §§ 8-11.
S. 1903. 54, § 1.
S. 1903, 54, § 2; 1915. 107,
§2.
S. 1920, 386.
G. L. 211, §§ 15. 16.
O.
G. L. 211, §§ 17-21.
S. 1911, 743, § 1.
S. 1914, 619.
Part G. L. 212. § 1 ; part S.
1902, 3S3.
S. 1910, 555, § 1.
G. L. 212. §§ 3, 4.
O.
R. 1910, 555, § 3.
157, §§6. 7 .
G. L. 212, §§5,6.
■' §8 . .
R. 1910, 555, § 3.
" §9 . .
G. L. 212, § 7.
§10 . .
G. L. 277. § 47.
" §§11-17
G. L. 277, §§ 50-56.
§§ 18-20
G. L. 212. §§ 8-10.
" §21 . .
S. 1919, 333, § 29.
" §§22.23
G. L. 212, §§ 12, 13.
" §24 . .
Part G. L. 212, § 14; part S
1902, 456; 1903, 54, § 3
97; 1904. 38; 144; 1907
26; 1911. 254; 430.
" §25 . .
PartG. L. 212, §16; part S
1915. 292. § 4.
'■ §26 . .
0.
" §27 . .
S. 1909. 193.
'■ §28 . .
G. L. 212. § 22.
" §29 . .
S. 1912, 209.
" §30 . .
G. L. 212, § 21.
•■ §§31-34
G. L. 212, §§ 23-26.
§35 . .
S. 1911. 743. § 2.
158. §§ 1-8 .
G. L. 213, §§ 1-8.
■• §9 . .
S. 1910. 555. § 2.
§ 10 . .
S. 1908. 179.
" §11 . .
S. 1910. 540, § 2.
" §§12-15
G. L. 213, §§ 10-13.
159. §§1,2 .
G. L. 214. §§ 1. 2.
•■ §3 . .
PartG. L. 214. § 3; part S
1902. 544. § 23.
" §§4,5 .
G. L. 214. §§4. 5.
" §6 . .
G. L. 231. § 55.
" §7 . .
G. L. 214. § 6.
" §8 . .
S. 1909. 183.
" §9 . .
G. L. 214. § 8.
§10 . .
G. L. 214. § 10.
" §11 . .
S. 1905. 107.
■■ §§ 12, 13
G. L. 214, §§ 12, 13.
■' §14 . .
G. L. 214. § 15.
" §15 . .
S. 1913. 815. § 1; R. 1913
815, § 9.
§ 16 . .
S. 1913, 815, 1 4; R. 1913
815, § 9.
" § 17 . .
G. L. 214, § 16.
" §18 . .
PartG. L. 214. § 17; part 0
" §19 . .
S. 1911. 284. § 1.
" §§20-23
G. L. 214, §§ 20-23.
" §24 . .
PartG. L. 214, §24; part S
1913, 716, § 3.
" §§25.26
G. L. 214, §§ 26, 27.
" §27 . .
G. L. 214, § 30.
" §2S . .
G. L. 214. § 28.
" §29 . .
G. L. 214, § 31.
§30 . .
S. 1911, 284, § 2.
" §31 . .
G. L. 214, § 33.
" §§32,33
G. L. 214, §§ 39. 40.
■' §34 . .
S. 1911. 284, §3.
§35 . .
G. L. 214, § IS.
§§36-38
G. L. 214, §§ 34-36.
" §39 . .
G. L. 214, §41.
" §§40,41
G. L. 214, §§37,38.
" §42 . .
G. L. 214, § 43.
160, § 1 . .
Part G. L. 218. § 1 ; part S
1911. 414, § 1; 1914, 532
§1-
Part G. L. 218, § 1; part S
" §2 . .
1902, 161 ; 1903, 214, § 1
412, § 1; 1909, 93; 1911
469, § 5; part R. 1903
214, §4; 412, § 5.
" §3 . .
R. 1918, 257, § 406.
" §§4,5 .
G. L. 218, § 1.
" §6 . .
S. 1909, 219.
" §7 . .
G. L. 218. § 7.
clii
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c.
160, § 8
Part G. L. 218, § 5; part
0.
G. L. 218, § 8.
c. 160, § 68 . .
•■ §§0.
0 .
§ 69 . .
" §11
S. 1908, 289.
■' § 70 . .
" §12
G. L. 21s, § 9.
■• §71 . .
" §§13,
14
S. 1918, 257, §§ 407, 408.
e. 161, § 1 . .
" §§15-17
G. L. 218, §§ 16-18.
•• §2 . .
" §§18,
19
S. 1918,257, §409; R. 1918,
257, § 410.
" §§3,4 .
" §5 . .
§20
0.
" §6 . .
" §21
G. L. 218, § 20.
" §7 . .
" §22
Part G. L. 21N, § 20; part S.
1916, 174, § 1; part O.
" §8 . .
" §§9,10.
•■ §23
G. L. 218, § 20.
" §§ 11-13
" §24
PartG. L. 211s, §20; part O.
" § 14 . .
■• §25
G. L. 218, § 29.
•' §§26,
27'
Part G. L. 218, § 26; part S.
1918, 257, § 420.
" § 15 . .
" § 16 . .
'■ §28
S. 1909, 442.
'• § 17 . .
§29
PartG. L. 218, §26; part S.
1911, 176, § 1; 1918. 257,
§420.
•• §§ 18-26
" § 27 . .
" § 28 . .
§30
Part G. L. 218, § 26; part S.
1918, 257, § 420.
" § 29 . .
■• §§30,31
" §31
G. L. 218, § 26.
" § 32 . .
" §32
G. L. 218, § 28.
" § 33 . .
■• §33
S. 1918, 257, §411.
" §34 . .
•■ §34
G. L. 218, § 30.
§ 35 . .
'■ §35
G. L. 218, § 35.
•■ §§ 36-39
" §§36,37
G. L. 218, §§33, .34.
" §§40,41
" §38
S. 1918,257, §412; R. 1918,
257, § 413.
" §§ 42, 43
" §44 . .
■• §39
G. L. 218, § 38.
•' § 45 . .
§40
S. 1913,471, §3.
•• §46 . .
§41
G. L. 218, § 40.
•■ § 47 . .
" §42
S. 1913,471, §4.
•' § 48 . .
•■ §43
G. L. 218, § 42.
" §49 . .
" §44
S. 1906, 166.
" §50 . .
" §45
S. 1918, 257, § 414.
•■ §51 . .
" §§46
47
G. L. 218, §§ 44, 45.
" § 52 . .
•' §48
G. L. 218, § 47.
" § 53 . .
" §49
0.
" § 54 . .
'■ §50
S. 1918, 257, § 415.
§55 . .
" §§51
52
G. L. 218, §§ 2. 3.
" § 56 . .
" §§53
54
G. L. 218, §§ 48, 49.
•' § 57 . .
§55
S. 1912, 649, § 11.
§ 58 . .
" §56
S. 1907, 179.
" § 59 . .
'• §57
S. 1918, 250.
" §60 . .
§58
Part G. L. 218, § 53; part
S. 1906, 468; 1908, 418;
1913, 446; 1916, 69, § 1.
§61 . .
" §§ 62, 63
c. 162, §§1-4 .
" §59
S. 1912, 649, § 1.
" §5 . .
" §60
R. 1918, 257, § 416.
" §§6,7 .
■■ §61
G. L. 218, § 56.
" §§8,9 .
" §62
S. 1912, 497.
§ 10 . .
" §63
S. 1914, 700, § 2.
" §64
S. 1909, 386.
" §11 . .
" §65
G. L. 218, § 64.
" §66
S. 1912, 462, § 1; R. 1912,
462, § 2.
'■ § 12 . .
" §§ 13, 14
" §67
PartG. L. 218, §§69-71,74,
83, 84; part S. 1902, 299;
320; 356; 360, §§ 1, 2;
378; 1903, 214, § 2; 1904,
453, §§ 1-3; 454, § 1;
1905, 452; 1906, 289, § 1;
355, § 1; 1907, 324; 333;
1908,351; 1909, 367; 368;
1911, 259; 1912, 315;
1913,691; 725; 1914,690,
§ 1; 1919, 362, § 6; part
R. 1904, 453, §4; 454, §2;
1906, 289, § 2; 355, § 3.
•■ § 15 . .
" §16 . .
" § 17 . .
" § 18 . .
" § 19 . .
" §20 . .
" §§ 21-24
" §§ 25, 26
" § 27 . .
" § 28 . .
" §§ 29-32
" §33 . .
" §§34-37
S. 1904, 453, § 3; R. 1904,
453, § 4.
G. L. 218, § 6.
G. L. 218, § 9.
G. L. 218, § 84.
G. L. 222, § 1.
G. L. 222, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 218, § 36.
G. L. 218, § 35; 219, § 1.
S. 1917, 326, § 1.
G. L. 219, § 4.
PartG. L. 219, §4; part O.
S. 1917, 326, § 1.
R. 1917, 326, § 2.
S. 1902, 544, § 24; R. 1917,
326, § 2.
R. 1917, 320, § 2.
S. 1917, 326, § 3.
G. L. 219, § 5.
R. 1917,326, §2.
O.
S. 1917, 326, § 4.
S. 1918, 257, § 412.
G. L. 219, §§ 18, 19.
S. 1918, 257, § 421.
G. L. 219, § 25.
G. L. 219, § 29.
G. L. 219, §31.
G. L. 219, §§ 21-24.
G. L. 219, §§ 26, 27.
G. L. 219, § 28.
G. L. 219, § 30.
G. L. 219, § 28.
Part G. L. 219, § 10; part O.
S. 1918, 257, § 422.
Part G. L. 219, § 9; part O.
S. 1917, 326, § 5.
O.
s. 1917, 326, § er
R. 1917, 326, § 2.
S. 1917, 326, § 7.
G. L. 219, § 15.
O.
S. 1917, 326, § 8.
G. L. 219, § 12.
R. 1917, 326, § 2.
(By reference) G. L. 219, § 15.
G. L. 219, § 16.
PartG. L. 219, § 11; part O.
G. L. 219, § 11.
G. L. 215, §§ 1-4.
S. 1910, 100.
G. L. 215, §§7,8.
S. 1919, 274, §§ 1, 10.
S. 1919, 17; 274, §§ 2, 10;
333, § 30.
S. 1919, 274, §§ 2, 10; 333,
§31.
G. L. 215, § 19.
S. 1919, 274, §§ 6. 10.
G. L. 215, §21.
G. L. 215, §§ 22, 29.
G. L. 215, § 23.
S. 1919, 274, §§ 10, 12.
S. 1907, 266.
PartG. L. 215, § 25; part O.
G. L. 215, §§ 26-29.
S. 1919, 274, §§ 7, 10.
Part G. L. 215, § 20; part O.
O.
G. L. 215, §§ 30-33.
S. 1915, 151, § 8.
G. L. 215, §§ 35-38.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
cliii
c. 162, § 38 . .
" §§ 39. 40
" §§41,42
" §§ 43, 44
§§ 45, 46
" §47 . .
" §§ 48, 49
^50 . .
" §§ 51-57
" §58 . .
." §59 . .
" §60 . .
c. 163, § 1 .
•• §2 .
" §§3-i:
c. 164, §§1,2
" §3
" §4
■' §5
" §6
" §7
" §8
" §9
§10
■■ §11
" §12
§13
" §14
§15
" §16
•• §17
" §18
" §19
" §20
" §§21
§24
" §§25,
" §27
§28
§29
§30 .
§§31,32
§33
§34
§35
§§1,2
§3
§4
165,
§5
§6
§7
§§8-14 .
§15 . .
§16 . .
§§ 17-19
§20 . .
§21 . .
S. 1907, 129.
G. L. 215, §§ 41, 42.
G. L. 215, § 43.
G. L. 215, §§ 44, 45.
G. L. 215, §§47, 48.
S. 1905, 229.
G. L. 215, §§ 50, 51.
Parte. L. 215, §52; part S.
1919, 274, § 1.
G. L. 215, §§ 53-59.
Part G. L. 215, § 60; part O.
G. L. 215, § 61.
Part G. L. 215, §§ 62, 63;
parts. 1905, 79; 1907, 273,
§ 1; 1908, 218, § 1; 227;
1910, 262; 1914, 88, § 1 ;
1917, 38; 1919, 43; part
R. 1,907, 273, § 2; 1908,
218, §2; 1914, 88, §2.
G. L. 216, § 1.
S. 1902, 544, § 25.
G. L. 216, §§ 3-177.
S. 1907,442, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 217, § 5.
G. L. 217, § 2.
S. 1904, 401, § 1.
G. L. 217, § 14.
S. 1904, 401, § 2.
G. L. 217, § 10.
G. L. 217, § 9.
G. L. 217, § 5.
G. L. 217, § 12.
G. L. 217, § 15.
G. L. 217, § 21.
S. 1915, 26.
G. L. 217, § IS.
G. L. 217, § 20.
S. 1904, 286, § 1.
G. L. 217, § 2S.
G. L. 217, § 17.
G. L. 217, § 27.
G. L. 217, § 11.
G. L. 217, § 13.
G. L. 217, §§6, 7.
Part G. L. 217, § 39; part S.
1904, 286, § 2; 455, §§ 1,
2; 1914, 483; part R.
1904, 455, § 3.
S. 1904, 286, § 3.
PartG. L. 217, §33; part S.
1904, 219; 1907, 206; 1913,
386, § 1; 1918, 161, § 1;
part R. 1918, 161, § 2.
G. L. 217, § 42.
G. L. 217, § 43.
S. 1906, 149.
S. 1911, 302.
S. 1906, 193; 1917, 253, § 1.
G. L. 221, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 221, §§ 3, 4.
PartG. L. 221, § 4; part R.
1917, 44, § 3.
G. L. 221, § 4.
G. L. 221, § 6.
Part G. L. 221, § 5; part S.
1912, 547, § 1; part R.
1912, 547, § 2.
G. L. 221, §§ 8-14.
S. 1907, 145, § 1.^
G. L. 221, § 16.
G. L. 221, §§ 19-21.
S. 1910, 94.
G. L. 221, § 17.
. 165, §§ 22, 23
" §24 . .
§25 . .
§§26-29
" §30 . .
" §31 . .
§32 . .
" §33 . .
§34 . .
§35 . .
§§36-38
" §39 . .
§§40,41
•• §42 .
" §43 .
" §44 .
§45 .
§§46-50
§51 .
" §52 .
§53 .
" §54 .
" §55 .
" §56 ..
" §57 .
" §58 .
" §59 .
§60 .
§61 .
§62 .
" §63 .
§§ 64-66
" §67 .
" §68 .
" §69 .
■' §§70,71
•■ §§ 72-74
" §75 . .
" §76 . .
" §77 . .
■• §78 . .
" §79 . .
" §80 . .
" §81 . .
§82 . .
§83 . .
" §§84-87
•' §88 . .
166, §§ 1-12 .
§§13,14
" §§15,16
" §17 . .
c. 167, § 1
•■ §2
!3-5 .
§6 . .
§§7,8 .
§9 . .
§§ 10-14
§15 . .
§§ 16-21
§22 . .
§23 . .
§24 . .
§25 . .
G. L. 221, §§ 22, 23.
G. L. 221, § 25.
S. 1917, 206.
G. L. 221, §§ 28-31.
G. L. 221, § 33.
S. 1908, 253.
G. L. 221, § 34.
S. 1909, 165.
S. 1902, 462; 1904, 451, §§ 1,
2; 1911, 299.
S. 1902, 358; 499; 513;
1904, 451, § 3.
G. L. 221, §§ 100-102.
G. L. 221, § 35.
S. 1904, 355, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 221, § 38.
S. 1904, 355, § 3.
S. 1919, 260.
S. 1914. 432.
G. L. 221, §§48-52.
PartG. L. 221, §45; part O.
S. 1904, 348.
G. L. 221, § 54.
S. 1918. 257, § 423.
S. 1914, 576, § 2.
G. L. 221, § 57.
S. 1914, 576, § 3.
G. L. 221, § 59.
S. 1914, 576, § 4.
S. 1911, 237.
S. 1914, 576, § 5.
G. L. 221, § 63.
S. 1908, 358, § 1.
G. L. 221, §§ 65-67.
S. 1908, 358, § 2.
G. L. 221, § 69.
S. 1917, 335, § 1.
G. L. 221, § 69.
G. L. 221, § 7U.
PartG. L. 221, § 75; part S.
1917, 298.
S. 1906, 470; 1907, 459; 1917,
335, § 2.
G. L. 221, § 80.
G. L. 221, § 79.
G. L. 221, §81.
S. 1915, 142, § 1.
S. 1904, 145.
S. 1918, 257, § 424.
S. 1912, 289.
G. L. 221, §§86-89.
S. 1913, 674; 1914, 759; 1915,
142, § 2.
G. L. 220, §§ 2-13.
Part G. L. 220, §§ 14, 15;
part O.
Special.
Part G. L. 220, § 19; part
Special.
O.
G. L. 223, § 1.
S. 1913, 644.
G. L. 223, §§4-6.
S. 1904, 320.
G. L. 223, §§ 8, 9.
Part G. L. 223, § 10 ; part O.
G. L. 223, §§ 11-15.
Part G. L. 223, § 16; part O.
G. L. 223, §§ 17-22.
Part G. L. 223, § 23; part O.
O.
G. L. 223, § 24.
S. 1908, 338.
cliv DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 167, §§ 26, 27 . G. L. 223, §§ 26, 27.
§ 28 ... S. 1906, 201, § 1.
§§29-34 . G. L. 223, §§ 29-34.
§35 ... S. 1913, 309; R. 1920, 591,
§2.
§ 36 . . . G. L. 223, § 37.
§§37,38 . G. L. 223, §§ 41, 42.
§39 . . . Part G. L. 223, §§ 43, 44
part S. 1906, 463, I, § 61
part R. 1906, 463, I, § 6S
part O.
§ 40 ... G. L. 223, § 45.
§41 . . . Part G. L. 223, §46; part O.
§§42-53 . G. L. 223, §§ 47-58.
§ 54 ... G. L. 223, § 70.
§ 55 . . . G. L. 223, § 59.
§ 56 ... S. 1907, 546, § 2.
§§57-59 . G. L. 223, §§ 61-63.
§00. . . Part G. L. 22.3, §64; parts.
1913, 611, § 1; part R.
1913, 611, § 18.
§61 . . . Part G. L. 223, §65; parts.
1920, 495, § 1; part R.
1920, 495, § 2.
§ 62 . . . S. 1907, 370.
§63 ... S. 1918, 257, §.425.
§§64.65 . G. L. 223, §§ 68, 69.
§§66-68 . R. 1910, 531, § 1.
§§69-79 . G. L. 223, §§ 74-84.
§ 80 ... S. 1907, 453.
§§81-108 . G. L. 223, §§ 86-113.
§ 109 . . O.
§ 110 . . S. 1909, 190.
§ 111 . . G. L. 223, § 115.
§ 112 . . S. 1913, 305.
§§ 113-116 . G. L. 223, §§ 117-120.
§117 . . S. 1907, 393.
§118 . . PartG.L. 223, §122; parts.
1911, 150, § 1; part R.
1911, 150, § 2.
§§ 119, 120 . G. L. 223, §§ 123, 124.
§ 121 . . Part G. L. 223, § 125; part
S. 1918, 257, § 426.
Part G. L. 223, § 126; part
S. 1911, 150, § 1; part R.
1911, 150, § 2.
G. L. 223, §§ 127-131.
G. L. 223. § 133.
S. 1910, 480.
§2 . . . S. 1916, 272, § 1; R. 1916,
272, § 2.
§3 . . . G. L. 224, §§3, 4.
§ 4 . . . S. 1916, 272, § 3.
§5 . . . O.
§§6,7 . . PartG.L. 224, §59; parts.
1909, 119, §§ 1, 2; part O.
§§8-10 . . S. 1911, 192, §§ 1-3.
I 11 . . . S. 1919, 333, § 32.
§§ 12, 13 . G. L. 224, §§ 64, 65.
§ 14 . . . Parte. L. 262, §4; part O.
§§15,16 . Part G. L. 224, §§ 66, 67;
part O.
§17. . . Part G. L. 224, §§6, 7; part
S. 1920, 378; part O.
§§18,19 . Part G. L. 224, §§ 8, 9;
part O.
§ 20 . . . S. 1906, 203, § 1.
§21 . . . PartG. L.224. §11; partO
§§22-24 . G. L. 224, §§ 12-14.
§25. . . PartG. L.224, § 15; parte.
§ 26 . . . G. L. 224, § 16.
§27 . . . S. 1911, 192, §4.
§ 28 . . . G. L. 224, § 18.
§122
" §§ 123-12:
" § 128 .
c. 16S, § 1 . .
c. 108, § 29 . .
. PartG. L.224. § 19;
part O.
•' §§30-32
. G. L. 224, §§ 20-22.
•• §33 . .
. PartG. L.224, §23;
part O.
" §§ 34, 35
. G. L. 224, §§ 24, 25.
•■ §36 . .
. PartG. L.224, §26;
part O.
" §37 . .
. PartG. L.224, §70;
part O.
" §38 . .
. S. 1915, 9.
" §§39,40
. G. L. 224, §§2S, 29.
" §41 . .
. S. 1906, 203, § 2.
" §42 . .
. G. L. 224, §31.
" §43 . .
. PartG. L.224, §32;
part O.
§44 . .
. G. L. 224, § 33.
" §45 . .
. PartG. L.224, §34;
part O.
§46 .
. G. L. 224. § 35.
" §§47,48
. Part G. L. 224, §§
part O.
36, 37;
§§49,50
. PartG. L.224, §38;
part O.
" §51 .
. PartG. L.224, §39;
part O.
" §52 .
. G. L.224, §§40,42.
§§53,54
. PartG. L.224, §41;
part 0.
" §§ 55, 56
. G. L. 224, §§ 43, 44
" § 57 .
. Part G. L. 224, § 45; part 0.
§§ 58-60
. G. L. 224, §§ 46-48.
§§61,62
. 0.
§§ 63-67
. G. L. 224, §§ 49-53.
" § 68 .
. Part G. L. 224, § 1 ;
part O.
§§ 69-72
. G. L. 224, §§ 54-57.
" § 73 .
. S. 1910, 84.
" § 74 .
. PartG. L. 262, § 4;
part O.
■• § 75 .
. S. 1911, 150, § 1; R. 1911,
150, § 2.
•• § 76 .
. S. 1913, 611. §§ 1
1913, 611, § 18.
8; R.
" § 77 .
. O.
" I 78 .
. G. L. 218, §§ 47, 56
■' § 79 .
. G. L. 261, §§ 23, 26
" §§ 80, 81
. S. 1913, 471, §§ 5, 6
■■ §§ 82, 83
. G. L. 225, §§ 5, 6.
" § 84 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 428.
■• § 85 .
. G. L. 225, § 8.
§ 86 .
. S. 1913, 471, § 7.
c. 169, §§ 1-3
. G. L. 226, §§ 1-3.
•• §4 .
. PartG. L. 226, §4;
part S.
1911, 150, § 1;
part R.
1911, 1.50, §2.
" §§5-25
. G. L. 226, §§ 5-25.
c. 170, §§ 1-4
. G. L. 227, §§ 1-4.
•• §§5,6
. G. L. 227, §§ 6, 7.
" §7 .
. Part G. L. 227, § 8;
part O.
" §8 .
. G. L. 227, § 9.
" §9 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 429.
" §§ 10-16
. G. L. 227, §§ 11-17.
c. 171, § 1 .
. G. L. 228, § 1.
■• §2 .
. S. 1907, 375.
" §§3,4
. G. L. 228, §§2, 3.
" §5 .
. PartG. L. 228, §4;
part 0.
•■ §6 .
. S. 1919, 333, § 34.
■■ §7 .
. PartG. L. 228, §6;
part O.
'■ §§ 8-12
. G. L. 228, §§ 7-11.
" §§ 13-15
. O.
§ 16 .
. Part G. L. 80, § 8;
part S.
1918, 257, § 187,
,ubs. 21.
" §§ 17, 18
. G. L. 228, §§ 12. 13
" § 19 .
. PartG. L. 228, §14;
part O.
c. 172, §§ 1-4
. G. L. 230, §§ 1-4.
" §5 .
. G. L. 230, § 6.
•• §§6-11
. G. L. 230, §§ 8-13.
c. 173, §§ 1, 2
. G. L. 231, §§ 1, 2.
" §3 .
. S. 1919, 333, § 35.
" §§4-7
. G. L. 231, §§ 5-8.
" §8 .
. G. L. 231, § 10.
" §9 .
. PartG. L. 231, §11;
part O.
" § 10 .
. S. 1919, 333, § 36.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
dv
, § 11 . . . G. L. 231, §§ 12, 13.
§§12-20 . G. L. 231, §§ 14-22.
§21 . . . O.
§ 22 . . . G. L. 231, § 23.
§23. . . Parte. L. 231, §24; part O.
§§ 24-27 . G. L. 231, §§ 25-28.
§ 28 . . . S. 1913, 307.
§§ 29-31 . G. L. 231, §§ 32-34.
§ 32 . . . .S. 1918, 257, § 4.30.
§§ 33-37 . G. L. 231, §§ 36-40.
§ 38 . . . S. 1909, 227.
§39. . . PartG. L. 231, §42; partO.
§§40-51 . G. L. 231, §§43-54.
§52 . . . S. 1911, 275.
§ 53 . . . G. L. 231, § 56.
§ 54 . . . S. 1917, 101.
§ 55 . . . S. 1905, 271.
§ 56 . . . G. L. 231, § 60.
§ 57 . . . S. 1909, 225; R. 1913, 815,
§9.
§ 58 . . . R. 1913, 815, § 9.
§59 . . . S. 1909, 206, § 1 ; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
§ 60 . . . S. 1913, 815, § 2; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
§ 61 . . . S. 1912, 276, § 1; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
§62 . . . S. 1913, 815, § 7; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
§63 . . . S. 1911, 593; R. 1913. 815,
§9.
§64 . . . S. 1913, 815, §§ 3, 4; R,
1913, 815, §9.
§ 65 . . . S. 1913, 815, § 6; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
§66 . . . S. 1913, 815, § 4; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
§ 67 . . . R. 1913, 815, § 9.
§§ 68-71 . G. L. 231, §§ 70-73.
§72. . . PartG. L. 231, §74; part O.
§ 73 . . . G. L. 231, § 75.
§74 . . . G. L. 231, §77.
§75 . . . G. L. 231, §76.
§ 76 . . . R. 1906, 342, § 1.
§§77,78 . G. L. 231, §§78,79.
§79 . . . S. 1911,497.
G. L. 231, § 81.
S. 1904. 448, § 9; R. 1912,
542.
G. L. 231, §§ 82, 83.
G. L. 231, §§86, 87.
G. L. 231, § 29.
G. L. 231, §§ 88-94.
G. L. 231, § 84.
G. L. 231, § 95.
S. 1906, 342, § 2.
S. 1906, 451.
S. 1910,534, §§2,3.
Part G. L. 231, §§ 99, 100;
part O.
G. L. 231, § 101.
o.
PartG. L. 231, §102; part O.
S. 1910, 555, § 5.
S. 1906, 342, § 3.
S. 1911, 212, § 1.
S. 1912, 317, § 1.
G. L. 231, §§ 116, 117.
G. L. 231, § 121.
G. L. 231, § 127.
G. L. 231, §§ 129, 130.
S. 1915, 111.
S. 1907, 546, § 1.
§81
§§82,83
§§84,85
§86 . .
§§ 87-93
§94 . .
§95 . .
§97 . .
§§98,99
§§ 100, 101
§102 .
§103 .
§104 .
§105 .
§106 .
§ 107 .
§ 108 .
§§109,110
§111
§112 .
§§113,114
§115 .
§116 .
c. 173, §§ 117-119
§ 120 .
■' §§121,122
" § 123
" § 124
§ 125
" §126
" § 127
•■ § 128
" § 129
§ 130
c. 174, §§ 1-8
■■ §9 .
" § 10 .
§11
12, 13
§ 14 .
§11-3
§4 .
§§5-7
§8 .
§§9-20
§21 .
§22 .
§23 .
§§ 24-38
§39 .
§§ 40, 41
§§ 42-67
§68 . .
§§ 69-71
§§ 72-74
§§75-78
§§1,2
§3
§4
§5-8
§ 9-16
17 .
§ 18-36
§37-40
c. 177, § 1 . .
" §§2-13 .
" § 14 . .
■■ §§ 15, 16
" §17. .
" § 18 . .
" §§ 19-21
" § 22 . .
" § 23 . .
■' §§ 24-36
" §37 . .
" §§ 38-44
" § 45 . .
" §§ 46-51
§§ 52-58
c. 178, §§ 1-3 .
§4
§5
§6
§§7-18 .
§§ 19, 20
§§21,22
§§ 23-27
§28 . .
§§29-45
§46 . .
§§ 47-52
§53 . .
G. L. 231, §§ 135-137.
S. 1915, 185, § 1.
G. L. 231, §§ 138, 139.
G. L. 231, § 30.
G. L. 231, § 142.
PartG. L. 231, § 141; part O.
G. L. 231, § 141.
O.
G. L. 231, § 143.
G. L. 231, § 141.
G. L. 231, § 147.
G. L. 232, §§ 1-8.
PartG. L. 232, §9; part O.
G. L. 232, § 10.
Part G. L. 232, § 11 ; part O.
G. L. 232, §§ 12, 13.
Part G. L. 232, § 14; part S.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 39.
G. L. 233, §§ 1-3.
S. 1918, 257, § 435.
G. L. 233, §§5-7.
S. 1907, 328.
G. L. 233, §§ 9-20.
S. 1913, 81.
G. L. 233, § 22.
S. 1918, 257, § 436.
G. L. 233, §§ 23-37.
G. L. 233, § 40.
G. L. 2.33, §§ 38, 39.
G. L. 233, §§ 41-66.
G. L. 233, § 80.
G. L. 233, §§ 67-69.
G. L. 233, §§ 74-76.
G. L. 233, §§70-73.
G. L. 234, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1904, 307.
S. 1907, 348, § 1.
S. 1907, .348, §§ 5-8.
G. L. 234, §§ 9-16.
S. 1919, 333, § 19.
G. L. 234, §§ 18-36.
G. L. 234, §§ 39-42.
S. 1912, 190.
G. L. 235, §§ 2-13.
Part G. L. 235, § 14; part O.
G. L. 235, §§ 15, 16.
Part G. L. 235, § 18; part O.
S. 1914, 54, § 1.
G. L. 235, §§ 19-21.
Part G. L. 235, § 22; part O.
S. 1914, 54, § 2.
G. L. 235, §§ 24-36.
S. 1915, 131.
G. L. 235, §§ 38-44.
Part G. L. 235, § 45; part O.
R. 1910, 531, § 1.
G. L. 235, §§46-52.
G. L. 236, §§ 1-3.
S. 1920, 344.
G. L. 236, § 5.
S. 1913,611, § 1; 1920,495,
§ 1; part R. 1913, 611.
§ 18.
G. L. 236. §§ 6-17.
G. L. 236, §§ 19, 20.
Part G. L. 236, §§ 21, 22;
part O.
G. L. 236, §§ 23-27.
S. 1915, 127.
G. L. 236, §§ 29-45.
S. 1914, 318.
G. L. 236, §§ 47-52.
S. 1914, 436.
clvi
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
c. 178, §§ 54, 55
c. 179, § 1 . .
•• §§2-10 .
" §11 . .
" § 12 . .
" § 13 . .
" § 14 . .
§ 15 . .
■• §§ 16-20
'■ §21 . .
" I 22 . .
" §§23-31
" §§ 32-34
§§ 35-43
e. 180, §§ 1-12 .
c. 181, § 1 . .
•• §2 . .
§3 .
§§4,5
§§6,7
§8 .
§§9. 10
1-3
■■ §4 .
" §§ 5-14
" § 15 .
c. 183, § 1 .
•• §§2^
" §5 .
§6 .
182,
184
§1 .
§2 .
§3 .
§4 .
§§5, e
§8 .
§ 10 .
§11 .
§ 12 .
§ 13 .
§14 .
§ 15 .
§16 .
§§ 19, 20
§21 .
§22 .
§25 .
§§ 26, 27
§§28-30
§§31,32
§33 . .
§34 . .
§§ 35, 36
§§ 37, 38
§§ 39, 40
§41 .
§42 .
§43 .
§44 .
§45 .
§46 .
§47 .
§§ 48, 49
§50
§51
§52
§53
§54
§55
G. L. 236, §§ 54, 55.
G. L. 237, § 1.
G. L. 237, §§ 3-11.
Parte. L. 228, § 8; part O.
G. L. 237, § 12.
G. L. 237, §§21,22.
G. L. 237, § 13.
PartG. L. 237, §14; part O.
G. L. 237, §§ 15-19.
Part G. L. 237, §§ 21-25;
part S. 1904, 448, §§ 1, 8.
G. L. 237, § 20.
G. L. 237, §§ 26-34.
S. 1918, 257, § 437.
G. L. 237, §§ 36-44.
G. L. 238, §§ 1-12.
S. 1914, 146.
PartG. L. 239, § 2; part S.
1913, 644; 1918, 257,
§409.
G. L. 239, § 3.
G. L. 239, § 4.
G. L. 239, §§5, 6.
O.
G. L. 239, §§ 7, 8.
G. L. 240, §§ 1-3.
S. 1918, 257, § 438.
G. L. 240, §§ 5-14.
S. 1913, 533.
S. 1906, 50, § 1.
G. L. 240, §§20-22.
G. L. 240, § 24.
G. L. 240, § 26.
R. 1917, 279, § 40.
S. 1917,279, § 1.
S. 1917,279, §§ 1,2, 4, 5.
S. 1917, 279, § 1.
S. 1917, 279, § 6.
S. 1917, 279, § 8.
S. 1917, 279, § 6.
S. 1917, 279, § 11.
Part S. 1917, 279, § 23.
S. 1917, 279, § 10.
S. 1917,279, §§ 12, 16.
S. 1917, 279, § 23.
S. 1917, 279, § 5.
Part S. 1917, 279, § 14.
S. 1917, 279, § 24.
S. 1917, 279, § 27.
S. 1917, 279, § 18.
S. 1917, 279, § 21.
S. 1917,279, §§ 19, 20.
S. 1917, 279, §§ 28-30.
S. 1917, 279, § 2.
S. 1902, 544, § 26.
S. 1912, 135.
S. 1917, 279, §§ 8, 9.
S. 1917, 279, §§ 12, 13.
S. 1917, 279, §§ 4, 5.
S. 1917, 279, § 14.
S. 1917, 279, § 23.
S. 1917, 279, § 2.
Parts. 1917, 279, § 1.
Part S. 1917, 279, § 18.
S. 1917, 279, § 3.
S. 1907, 361.
S. 1917, 279, §§ 36, 37.
S. 1917, 279, § 1.
S. 1917, 279, § 32.
S. 1917, 279, §§ 9, 23.
S. 1917, 279, § 15.
S. 1917, 279, § 25.
S. 1917, 279, § 31.
c. 185,
c. 186,
c. 187,
c. 188,
c. 189,
§§ 56, 57
§§ 58, 59
§§ 1-9 .
§§ 1-5 .
§§ 1-13 .
§§ 14. 15
§§ 16-40
§1 .
§2 .
§§3-12
§§1-5
§§6-33
§34 .
§§35-64
§65 . .
§§ 66-82
c. 190, §§1-6 .
" §7 . .
" §§ 8-16 .
" § 17 . .
M8 ■ .
§ 19 . .
§§ 20, 21
§22 . .
§23 . .
§24 . .
§§ 1-34 .
§§35-47
§§ 48-53
§§1-3
c. 191,
c. 192,
c. 193,
c. 194,
c. 195,
§4
§§5-13
§§ 1-21
§22 .
§§ 2.3-28
§29 .
§§30-37
§§ 1-13
§1
§§2,3
§4 .
§5 .
§6 .
§9 .
§10 .
§11 .
§§12,13
§14 .
§15 .
§16 .
§§ 17-22
§§23,24
§25 . .
§§ 1-3 .
§4 . .
§§5,6 .
§7 . .
§§8-17 .
§18 . .
§§ 19-64
§1 . .
§2 . .
S. 1917, 279, § 16.
S. 1917, 279, §§ 38, 39.
G. L. 242, §§ 1-9.
G. L. 243, §§ 1-5.
G. L. 244. §§ 1-13.
S. 1906, 219, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 244, §§ 16-40.
G. L. 245, § 1.
S. 1919, 305.
G. L. 245, §§ 3-12.
G. L. 246, §§ 1-5.
G. L. 246, §§ 7-34.
S. 1905, 308; 1909, 514,
§ 125; R. 1909,514, §145.
G. L. 246, §§ 35-64.
PartG. L. 246, §66; part S.
1911, 150, § 1; part R.
1911. 150, §2.
G. L. 246, §§ 67-83.
G. L. 247, §§ 1-6.
O.
G. L. 247, §§ 7-15.
PartG. L. 247, § 16; part S.
1911, 150, § 1; part R.
1911, 150, § 2.
G. L. 247, § 17.
S. 1918, 257, § 440.
G. L. 247, §§ 19, 20.
R. 1918, 257, § 441.
S. 1918, 257, § 442.
G. L. 247, § 22.
G. L. 248, §§ 1-34.
R. 1918, 257, § 443.
G. L. 248, §§ 35-40.
G. L. 249, §§ 1-3.
S. 1902, 544, § 27.
G. L. 249, §§5-13.
G. L. 250, §§ 1-21.
Part G. L. 250, § 22; part
O.
G. L. 250, §§ 23-28.
O.
G. L. 250, §§ 29-36.
G. L. 251, §§ 1-13.
S. 1918, 289, § 1.
S. 1918, 289, § 4.
G. L. 252, § 8.
Part G. L. 252, § 8; part O.
S. 1918, 289, §§ 7, 8.
O.
Part S. 1918, 289, § 4; part O.
S. 1918, 289, §§ 13, 14.
O.
S. 1918, 289, §§ 16, 17.
Part G. L. 252. § 8; part O.
S. 1918, 289, § 18.
G. L. 252, §§ 8, 13.
S. 1918, 257. §§ 196-201.
G. L. 252, §§ 21, 22.
S. 1918, 257, § 202.
G. L. 253, §§ 1-3.
S. 1905, 259.
G. L. 253, §§ 5, 6.
Part G. L. 253, § 7; part O.
G. L. 253, §§ 8-17.
Part G. L. 253. § 18; part O.
G. L. 253. §§ 19-64.
S. 1915,292, §§1,2; R. 1915,
292, § 13.
S. 1915, 292, § 1; R. 1915,
292, § 13.
S. 1915, 292, § 2; R. 1915,
292, § 13.
c. 197, §§5-7
" §8 .
§§11-14
§§ 15-20
" §21 . .
" §§22,23
" §24 . .
" §§25-27
" §28 . .
" §§ 29-31
§§32,33
c. 198, § 1 . .
" §3 .
" §§4-22
" §§23-27
" §28 .
" §29 .
" §30 .
c, 199, §§ 1-9
" §10 .
c. 200, §§ 1, 2
" §3 .
" §§4-15
c. 201, § 1 .
" §2 .
" §§3-5
c. 202, §§ 1-3
" §4 .
§§5-10
§§11-31
c. 203, §§ 1-3
'■ §4 .
'■ §5 .
" §§6,7
" §§8-15
" §§ 16, 17
" §§ 18, 19
" §20 .
" §§21-25
'■ §26 .
" §§27,28
" §29 .
" §30 .
c. 204, § 1 .
" §2 .
" §3 .
" §4 .
" §5 .
" §6 .
" §§7-9
§ 10 .
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS
S. 1915, 292, §§ 6-8; R. 1915,
292, § 13.
G. L. 254, § 9.
S. 1915,292, §§4, 8;R. 1915,
292, § 13.
S. 1908, 127; R. 1915, 292,
§13.
S. 1915, 292, § 4; R. 1915,
292, § 13.
G. L 254, §§ 16-21.
Part G. L. 254, § 22; part O.
G. L. 254, §§ 23, 24.
S. 1915,292, §4.
S. 1915, 292, § 10; R. 1915,
292, § 13.
S. 1906, 223; R. 1915, 292,
§13.
R. 1915, 292, § 13.
G. L. 254, §§ 25, 26.
Amended 1913,656; S. 1915,
226, § 1.
G. L. 255, § 2.
Amended 1913, 656; G. L.
255, § 3.
G. L. 255, §§ 4-22.
G. L. 255, §§ 26-30.
G. L. 255, § 23.
G. L. 255, §§24,26, 27.
G. L. 255, § 31.
G. L. 256, §§ 1-9.
PartG. L. 262, §4; part O.
G. L. 257, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 445.
G. L. 257, §§4-15.
S. 1905, 370, § 1.
S. 1905, 370, § 2; R. 1910,
555, § 3.
G. L. 258, §§ 3-5.
G. L. 260, §§ 1-3.
S. 1902, 406.
G. L. 260, §§ 5-10.
G. L. 260, §§ 12-32.
G. L. 261, §§ 1-3.
O.
G. L. 261, § 4.
Part G. L. 261, §§ 5, 6;
part O.
G. L. 261, §§ 7-14.
Part G. L. 261, §§ 15, 16;
part O.
G. L. 261, §§ 17, 18.
Part G. L. 261, § 19; part
O.
G. L. 261, §§ 20-24.
S. 1904, 413.
Part G. L. 261, §§ 2.6, 27;
part O.
O.
G. L. 261, § 28.
Part G. L. 262, § 1 ; part O.
Part G. L. 262, § 2; part R.
1904, 350, § 1; 1909, 186;
1913,38, § 1; partO.
G. L. 262, § 3.
O.
R. 1917, 326, § 2.
PartG. L. 262, § 4; part S.
1912, 382; part R. 1904,
350, § 2.
G. L. 262, §§ 5-7.
Part G. L. 262, § 8; part S.
1913, 611, § 1; part R.
1913, 611, § 18.
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c. 204, § 11 . .
. S. 1913, 611, § 2; R. 1913
611, §18.
■' § 12 . .
. S. 1912, 184; R. 1913, 611
§18.
■■ §13 . .
. G. L. 262, § 21.
" §14 . .
. S. 1910, 317.
" §15 . .
. S. 1913, 611, § 6; R. 1913
611, § 18.
" §16 . .
. S. 1913. 611, §7.
" § 17 . .
. S. 1903, 256; R. 1919, 112
§2.
" §§ 18-20
. G. L. 262, §§ 26-28.
" §21 . .
. S. 1920, 207.
" §§ 22-24
. G. L. 262, §§ 30-32.
■' §26 . .
. S. 1908, 121.
" §26 . .
. G. L. 262, § 35.
" §27 . .
. S. 1920, 598, § 8.
§28 . .
. G. L. 262, § 37.
§29 . .
. S. 1908, 365.
§§30-32
. G. L. 262, §§ 40-42.
" §33 . .
. PartG. L. 262, §43;
1913, 611, § 16.
part S
" §§34,35
. G. L. 262, §§ 44, 45.
§36 . .
. PartG. L. 262, §46;
191.3, 611, § 13.
part S
" §§37,38
. S. 1913, 611, §§ 14,
1913, 611, § 18.
15; R
" §39 . .
. G. L. 262, § 47.
§40 . .
. PartG. L. 262, §48;
part O.
§§41-43
. G. L. 262, §§ 49-51.
•' §44 . .
. PartG. L. 262, §53;
part 0.
§§45,46
. G. L. 262, §§ 54, 55.
" §47 . .
. S. 1910, 311.
" §§ 48-55
. G. L. 262, §§ 57-64.
c. 205, §§1,2 .
. G. L. 263, §§ 1, 2.
" §§3-8 .
. G. L. 263, §§ 4-9.
0. 200, §§ 1-4 .
. G. L. 264, §§ 1-4.
•• §5 . .
. S. 1913, 464.
" §6 . .
. G. L. 264, § 8.
c. 207, §§ 1-16 .
. G. L. 265, §§ 1-16.
'■ § 17 . .
. S. 1911, 84.
" §§ 18-20
. G. L. 265, §§ 18-20.
•• §21 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 446.
" §§22-31
. G. L. 265, §§ 22-31.
e. 208, §§1-6 .
. G. L. 266, §§ 1-6.
•■ §§7,8 .
. S. 1912, 419, §§ 1, 2.
" §§9,10 .
. G. L. 266, §§ 9, 10.
§§11-13
. S. 1918, 257, §§ 447-449.
" §§ 14-21
. G. L. 266, §§ 14-21.
" §§22-25
. G. L. 266, §§ 23-26.
" §26 . .
. S. 1906, 261.
" §27 . .
. G. L. 266, § 31.
•• §28 . .
. S. 1919, 333, § 37; R. 1919,
333, § 38.
■' §29 . .
. G. L. 266, § 39.
" §30 . .
. S. 1910,389; R. 1911, 126.
" §§31-36
. G. L. 266, §§ 40-45.
" §37 . .
. S; 1906, 181.
" §38 . .
. S. 1913, 551.
§39 . .
. G. L. 266, § 48.
§40 . .
. R. 1902, 544, § 28.
" §§41-43
. G. L. 266, §§ 49-51.
" §44 . .
. S. 1911, 216.
" §45 . .
. G. L. 266, § 53.
" §§46-54
. G. L. 266, §§ 55-63.
" §55 . .
. S. 1910, 516.
" §§56-59
. G. L. 266, §§ 65-68.
" §60 . .
. Amended 1907, 232,
1920, 367.
§3; S.
■' §61 . .
. S. 1902, 544, § 29.
§§62-65
. G. L. 266, §§ 74-77.
§§66-76
. G. L. 266, §§ 80-90.
§§ 77-85
. G. L. 266, §§ 93-101
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DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED L.\WS.
c. 208, § 86 . .
. S. 1904, 396.
c. 212, §42 .
. Part G. L. 272, § 51 ; part S.
•• §§ 87, 88
. G. L. 266, §§ 103, 104.
1917, 275, §§ 12, 14.
" §189,90
. G. L. 266, §§ 137, 138.
" §43 .
. G. L. 272, § 52.
" §§91-98
. G. L. 266, §§ 105-112.
" §44 .
. O.
" §99 .
. S. 1904, 444, § 1.
•■ §45 .
. S. 1905, 307.
" § 100
. S. 1902, 544, § 30.
" §46 .
. S. 1914, 743.
§§ 101, 102 . S. 1902, 544, §§ 31. 3
2; R.
" §47 .
. S. 1914, 654.
1915, 145, § 13.
■' §48 .
. G. L. 272, § 53.
■• § 103
. R. 1908, 296, § 5.
" §§49-52
. G. L. 272, §§ 55-58.
§ 104
. S. 1905, 279, § 2; R.
1915,
" §53 .
. S. 1906, 403.
145, § 13.
§§ 54-60
. G. L. 272, §§ 61-67.
" § 105
. G. L. 266, § 115.
" §61 .
. S. 1913, 114.
" § 106
. S. 1902, 544, § 33.
" §§ 62-70
. G. L. 272, §§ 69-77.
§§ 107-111 . G. L. 266, §§ 118-122.
■• §§ 71-77
. G. L. 272, §§ 79-85.
■• §112
. S. 1905, 434.
•' §78 .
. G. L. 272, § 87.
" §§ 113-115 . G. L. 266, §§ 124-126.
" §§ 79, 80
. S. 1918, 99, §§ 1, 2.
■' §116
. Amended 1904, 305;
G. L.
" §§81-89
. G. L. 272, §§ 90-98.
266, § 127.
c. 213, § 1 .
. G. L. 270, § 1.
■• §117
. G. L. 266, § 128.
" §2 .
. S. 1912, 263.
" §118
. G. L. 110, §§ 23, 28.
" §3 .
. S. 1909, 346, § 1.
" §119
. G. L. 266, § 129.
" §4 .
. S. 1913, 647.
§ 120
. S. 1905, 241.
" §§5-8
. G. L. 270, §§ 9-12.
§§ 121, 122 . G. L. 266, §§ 131, 132.
•• §9 .
. S. 1913, 650, §§1-3; R. 1914,
■' § 123
. PartG.L. 266, §133; part O.
634, § 5.
§§ 124-126 . G. L. 266, §§ 134-136.
'■ §10 .
. G. L. 270, § 13.
c. 209, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 155, § 1.
c. 214, § 1 .
. G. L. 271, § 1.
" §2 .
. G. L. 267, §§ 3, 4.
" §2 .
. S. 1907, 366.
" § 3 .
. S. 1909, 155, § 2.
" §§3-6
. G. L. 271, §§ 3-6.
" §§4-28
. G. L. 267, §§ 7-31.
" §7 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 457.
c 210, §§ 1-5
. G. L. 268, §§ 1-5.
" §§8-29
. G. L. 271, §§ 8-29.
" §§6-14
. G. L. -268, §§ 7-15.
§§30-33
. G. L. 271, §§ 31-34.
•• §§ 15-18
. S. 1920, 380, § 1; R.
1920,
c. 215, §§ 1-5
. G. L. 274, §§ 1-5.
380, § 3.
•■ §6 .
. PartG. L. 274, §6; part R.
" § 19 .
. G. L. 268, § 26.
1911, 130.
§20 .
. Part G. L. 268, § 29; part O.
c. 216, §§ 1-17
. G. L. 275, §§ 1-17.
" §21 .
. G. L. 268, § 17.
c. 217, §§ 1-6
. G. L. 276, §§ 1-6.
" §22 .
. S. 1909, 255.
•■ §7 .
. S. 1908, 370.
" §§23,24
. G. L. 268, §§ 31, 32.
" §8 .
. G. L. 276, § 8.
" §§25-32
. G. L. 268, §§ 18-25.
" §9 .
. S. 1914, 521.
§33 .
. G. L. 268, § 33.
" §§10-12
. G. L. 276, §§ 10-12.
§34 .
. G. L. 222, § 9.
■' §13 .
. S. 1920, 399.
" §§35-39
. G. L. 268, §§ 34-38.
" §§ 14-23
. G. L. 276, §§ 14-23.
c. 211, §§1-8
. G. L. 269, §§ 1-8.
" §24 .
. S. 1912, 269.
•■ §9 .
. S. 1911, 548, § 3.
" §§25-27
. G. L. 276, §§ 25-27.
" §10 .
. G. L. 269, § 12.
" §28 .
. G. L. 276, § 23.
" §11 .
. S. 1911, 244, § 1; R.
1911,
" §§ 29-32
. G. L. 276, §§ 29-32.
244, § 4.
•• §33 .
. G. L. 276, § 34.
" §12 .
. G. L. 269, § 13.
" §34 .
. S. 1914, 465, § 1.
c. 212, § 1 .
. G. L. 272, § 1.
■■ §35 .
. S. 1904, 164.
" §2 .
. S. 1910, 424, § 1.
" §§36-55
. G. L. 276, §§ 37-56.
" §§3,4
. G. L. 272, §§ 3, 4.
" §56 .
. S. 1912, 226.
" §5 .
. S. 1913, 469.
" §57 .
. G. L. 276, § 58.
" §6 .
. S. 1910, 424, § 2.
" §58 .
. G. L. 276, § 60.
" §7 .
. G. L. 272, § 11.
§59 .
. S. 1920, 584, § 3.
" §§8,9
. S. 1910,424, §§3,4.
•• §§60,61
. G. L. 276, §§ 62, 63.
" §§ 10-15
. G. L. 272, §§ 14-19.
" §62 .
. S. 1906, 180.
" §16 .
. S. 1905, 316.
" §§ 63-65
. G. L. 276, §§ 65-67.
" §§ 17-19
. G. L. 272, §§ 22-24.
" §§66,67
. S. 1918, 257, §§459,460.
§20 .
. Part S. 1913, 259; part R.
" §68 .
. G. L. 276, § 70.
1904, 120.
" §69 .
. S. 1920, 584, § 5.
" §§21,22
. G. L. 272, §§ 30, 31.
" §§70-76
. G. L. 276, §§ 72-78.
" §23 .
. S. 1910, 367.
" §77 .
. S. 1906, 221.
" §§ 24, 25
. G. L. 272, §§33, 34.
" §78 .
. S. 1920, 584, § 7.
" §26 .
. G. L. 272, § 21.
" §79 .
. S. 1903, 236.
" §§27-34
. G. L. 272, §§ 35-42.
" §80 .
. G. L. 276, § 82.
" §35 .
. PartG. L. 272, §43; part S.
" §81 .
. S. 1905, 295.
1906, 463, III, § 87.
" §82 .
. S. 1910, 275.
§36 .
. Part G. L. 272, § 44; part O.
§83 .
. G. L. 276, § 90.
" §37 .
. S. 1905, 384, §§1,2.
" §84 .
. S. 1911, 8.
" §38 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 451.
" §85 .
. . S. 1908, 465, § 3; R. 1908,
§39 .
. S. 1913, 620.
465, § 6.
" §40 .
. S. 1908, 440; 1918, 257,
§452.
§86 .
. S. 1908, 465, §§2,3; R. 1908,
" §41 .
. G. L. 272, § 50.
465, § 6.
DISPOSITION OF THE REVISED LAWS.
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c. 217, §§87, 8S
. S. 1908, 465, § 2; R.
1908,
c. 222, § 8 .
. G. L. 124, § 5.
465, § 6 .
" §9 .
. Part G. L. 124, § 6; part S.
§89 .
. . S. 1908, 465, § 4; R.
1908,
190.5,211, § 1; partO.
465, § 6.
c. 223, §§ 1, 2
. G. L. 125, §§ 11, 12.
" §90 .
. . S. 1908, 465, § 1; R.
465, § 6.
1908,
" §3 .
. PartG. L. 125, § 13; part S.
1916,278; part 0.
" §91 .
. . S. 1910, 485.
" §4 .
. G. L. 125, §§2,4
" §92 .
. . S. 1910, 479.
" §5 .
. PartG. L. 125, § 3; part S.
'■ §93 .
. G. L. 276, § 94.
1917, 18.
§94 .
. . S. 1906, 440.
■■ §6 .
. PartG. L. 125, §14; part 0.
" §95 .
. G. L. 276, § 96.
" §7 .
. G. L. 125, § 7.
" §96 .
. G. L. 276, § 85.
" §8 .
. Part G. L. 125, § 5; part S.
" §97 .
. G. L. 276, § 97.
1917, 18.
c. 218, §§ 1-37
. G. L. 277, §§ 1-37.
" §9 .
. G. L. 125, § 10.
" §§38-45
. G. L. 277, §§ 39-46.
" §10 .
. R. 1918, 257, § 468.
§§46-61
. G. L. 277, §§ 57-72
" §§11-16
. G. L. 125, §§ 15-20.
" §§62-67
. G. L. 277, §§ 74-79.
" §17 .
. S. 1906, 242.
" forms at end
" §18 .
. G. L. 125, § 8.
of chapter. G. L. 277, forms at e
nd of
" § 19 .
. Part G. L. 125, § 22; part S.
chapter.
1902, 454; 1910, 430, § 1;
c. 219, §§ 1-6
. G. L. 278, §§ 1-6.
1918,228; 1919, 186; 234,
" §7 .
. S. 1909, 49.
§ 1; 1920, 340; 353; part
" §§ 8-10
. G. L. 278, §§ 8-10.
R. 1910, 430, § 2; 1911,
" §§11,12
. S. 1904, 257; R. 1909
§ 107.
504,
542, § 2; 1914, 554. § 2;
part O.
" §§ 13-15
. G. L. 278, §§ 11-13.
" §§20,21
. G. L. 125, §§ 23, 24.
. " §16 .
. S. 1909,504, § 104; R.
1909,
" §22 .
. G. L. 125, §§ 2, 4.
504, § 107.
" §23 .
. G. L. 125, § 3.
" §§17,18
. G. L. 278, §§ 13, 14.
■■ §24 .
. Part G. L. 125, § 26; part O.
" §19 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 461.
■• §25 .
. Part G. L. 125, § 5; part S.
■' §§20,21
. G. L. 278, §§ 16, 17.
1917, 18.
§22 .
. S. 1905, 319.
" §26 .
. G. L. 125, § 27.
§23 .
. G. L. 278, § 19.
" §27 .
. PartG. L. 125, §29; part S.
" §§24,25
. S. 1918, 257, §§462, 463.
1908, 426; 1910, 430, § 1;
" §26 .
. G. L. 278, § 22.
1911, 542, § 1; 1914, 554,
" §27.
. G. L. 278, § 24.
§1; 1918, 228; 1919,234,
§28 .
. S. 1909, 381.
§ 1; 1920, 343; 353, § 1;
§§ 29-38
. G. L. 278, §§ 25-34.
part R. 1910, 430, § 1;
c. 220, § 1 .
. S. 1905, 338.
1911, 542, § 2; 1914, 554,
'■ §§2,3
. G. L. 279, §§ 3, 4.
§2.
" §4 .
. S. 1902, 544, § 34.
§28 .
. G. L. 125, § 30.
" §§5,6
. G. L. 279, §§ 6, 7.
§29 .
. S. 1912, 380, § 1.
" §7 .
. S. 1911, 179.
" §30 .
. Part G. L. 125, §§ 2, 4;
'■ §§8-14
. G. L. 279, §§ 9-15.
part 0.
" §15 .
. Parte. L. 279, § 16; part 0.
" §31 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 472.
" §16 .
. S. 1904, 224.
" §§ 32-34
. G. L. 125, §§ 32-34.
" §§ 17, 18
. G. L. 279, §§21, 22.
" §35 . .
. Part G. L. 125, § 5; part S.
" §19 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 464.
1917, 18.
" §20 .
. G. L. 279, § 24.
" §36 . .
. G. L. 125, § 35.
" §21 .
. -S. 1904, 303.
•' §37 . .
. R. 1904, 205.
" §§22-26
. G. L. 279, §§ 26-30.
" §38 . .
. G. L. 125, § 37.
" §27 .
. S. 1908, 232.
" §39 . .
. Part G. L. 125, § 38; part S.
" §28 .
. G. L. 279, § 32.
1909, 303; 1912, 380, §2;
§29 .
. S. 1907, 252.
1913, 675; 1919, 233, § 1;
" §30 .
. G. L. 27S, § 34.
part R. 1912, 380, § 3;,
" §31 .
. S. 1914, 310.
1919, 233, § 2.
§§32-44
. G. L. 279, §§ 38-50.
" §40 . .
. G. L. 125, § 54.
" §45 .
. G. L. 279, § 52.
§§41-45
. G. L. 125, §§ 49-53.
c. 221, § 1 .
. G. L. 280, § 1.
" §46 . .
. Part G. L. 125, § 54; part 0.
" §2 .
. S. 1911, 250, §§ 1, 2.
c. 224, §§ 1-15 .
. G. L. 126, §§ 1-15.
" §§3-9
. G. L. 280, §§ 3-9.
" §16 . .
. S. 1914, 34.
§§10,11
. S. 1918,257, §§466, 46
7.
" §17 . .
. PartG. L. 126, §17; part O.
" §§ 12-16
. G. L. 280, §§ 12-16.
" §§ 18, 19
. G. L. 126, §§ IS, 19.
c. 222, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 27, § 6; part S.
§20 . .
. S. 1909, 514, § 55; R. 1909,
1913, 829, §3; 1916
241,
514, § 145.
§§1-3; partR. 1913
829,
§§ 21-29
. G. L. 126. §§21-29.
§8.
" §30 . .
. S. 1912, 77.
" §2 .
. R. 1916, 241, § 9.
" §§31,32
. G. L. 126, §§ 33, 34.
" §3 .
. G. L. 124, § 1.
" §33 . .
. O.
" §4 .
. S. 1916, 241, §§7,8; R,
1916,
'• §§34-37
. R. 1904, 211.
241, § 9.
c. 225, §§1-9 .
. G. L. 127, §§ 2-10.
" §5 .
. R. 1914, 526; 1916, 241
, §9.
" §10 . .
. S. 1904, 214.
" §§6,7
. G. L. 124, §§ 8, 9.
" §11 . .
. PartG. L. 127, §12; part O.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
c
225, §§ 12-14
. G. L. 127, §§ 13-15.
c. 225, § 90 .
G. L. 127, § 104.
" §15 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 475.
" §§91,9
2
G. L. 127, §§ 105, 106.
" §§ 16, 17
. G. L. 127, §§ 21, 22.
" §93 .
G. L. 127, § 102.
" §18 . .
. S. 1904, 241.
" §§94,95 .
G. L. 127, §§ 107, 108.
" §§ 19-25
. G. L. 127, §§ 27-33.
•• §96 .
S. 1905. 240.
" §26 . .
. G. L. 127, § 48.
" §97 .
G. L. 127, § 111.
" §27 . .
. G. L. 127, § 34.
" §98 .
S. 1906. 302, § 2.
" §28 . .
. S. 1903, 207.
§99 .
G. L. 127, § 113.
§29 . .
. S. 1905, 244.
" § 100
S. 1906, 302, §§1,3.
" §§30-33
. G.L. 127, §§35-38.
§ 101
S. 1906, 472; R. 1909, 504,
" §§34-36
. G. L. 127, §§ 40-42.
§107.
■• §37 . .
. R. 1911, 193.
•• § 102
S. 1909, 504. § 106; R. 1909,
■• §§38-42
. G. L. 127, §§ 43-47.
504, § 107.
" §§43,44
. G. L. 127, §§ 51, 52.
" § 103
S. 1909, 504, §§ 105, 106;
" §45 . .
. S. 1912, 565, § 1.
R. 1909, 504, § 107.
" §§46-50
. G. L. 127, §§ 61-65.
" § 104
G. L. 127, § 116.
•■ §51 . .
. S. 1903, 213.
" §§105-
107 .
G. L. 127, §§ 120-122.
" §§52,53
. Part G. L. 127, §§
67, 68;
" §10S
S. 1903, 354.
part 0.
" §§ 109,
110 .
G. L. 127, §§ 124, 125.
" §54 . .
. Part G. L. 127, §§
57, 69;
" §111
PartG.L. 127, §126; part 0.
part S. 1910, 414,
§§2,5.
" §112
S. 1919, 105.
§55 . .
. Part S. 1910, 414,
1910,414, §6.
5 4; R.
" §113
Part G. L. 127, §§ 128, 130;
part S. 1913, 829, § 3.
§56 . .
. S. 1914, 669.
" §114
S. 1911,451, § 1.
" §§57-62
. G. L. 127. §§ 72-77.
" §§115,
116 .
G. L. 127. §§ 133, 134.
" §§ 63, 64
. O.
" §117
S. 1906, 244.
" §65 . .
. S. 1916, 183.
'■ §118
Part G. L. 127, § 136; p.art S.
" §66 . .
. S. 1904, 243, § 1; R. 1904,
1903, 209, § 5; part O.
243, § 5.
" §§119,
120
S. 1909, 1.32, §§ 1, 2.
" §67 . .
. G. L. 125, §§ 41, 54.
•• §121
S. 1902, 227.
" §68 . .
. G. L. 127, § 78.
•■ § 122
0.
" §§69-71
. G. L. 127, §§ 85-87.
§ 123
Part G. L. 127, § 143 ; part 0.
" §72 . .
. S. 1904, 363, § 1.
" § 124
S. 1916, 3.
" §73 . .
. G. L. 127, § 89.
■' § 125
G. L. 127, § 145.
" §74 . .
. S. 1917, 248, § 1; R. 1917,
§126
Part G. L. 127, § 146 ; part O.
248, § 2.
" §127
G. L. 127, § 147.
" §§ 75-80
. G. L. 127, §§ 92-97.
•• § 128
S. 1908, 251.
" §81 . .
. S. 1915, 184.
•■ § 129
S. 1903, 452.
" §82 . .
. PartG. L. 127, §110
partO.
" §§ 130-132
G. L. 127, §§ 150-152.
" §§83,84
. G. L. 127, §§ 99, IOC
.
•• §§ 133-
135
G. L. 127, §§ 155-157.
" §85 . .
. PartG.L. 127, §101
part O.
" § 136
S. 1903, 212.
§86 . .
. G. L. 127, § 111.
" § 137
S. 1905, 235.
" §87 . .
. Part G. L. 127, § 112; part
§§ 138-140
G. L. 127, §§ 161-163.
S. 1915, 113. § 2;
part R.
§ 141
Part G. L. 127, § 164; part
1915, 113, § 2.
O.
■' §88 . .
. S. & R. 1915, 113, §
2.
" §142
G. L. 127, § 165.
§89 . .
. Part G. L. 127, §§ 103, 115;
c. 226, §§ 1-7
G. L. 281, §§ 1-7.
parts. 1909,312;
partO.
•■ §8 .
G. L. 281, § 9.
IV.
SPECIFIC DISPOSITION OF GENERAL PROVISIONS OF LAW ENACTED SINCE
THE REVISED LAWS.
EXPLANATIONS.
G. L. means General Laws. S. means Superseded by. R. means Repealed by. O. means Omitted.
The time for the taking effect of 1918, 257, and 1919, 333, was postponed until February 1, 1921,
before which time the General Laws became effective. (See 1919. 5. and 1920, 2.) The substantive
changes made by 1918, 257, and 1919, 333, however, appear In the General Laws, and provisions of law
repealed by them are omitted from the General Laws, and appear as repealed in this table.
1902, 57, § 1
57, §2
57, §3
Part G. L. 132, §§ 25, 26;
part S. 1914, 404.
R. 1905, 381, § 10.
S. 1905, 381, § 11.
1902, 77
" 90
Part S. 1919, 350, § 125; part
O.
Part S. 1903, 279, § 5 ; R. 1903,
279, §16; 1907,560, § 456.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxi
1902, 91
" 101
109, § 1
109,
§2
110
112
113
115
116,
§1
116,
§2
116,
§3
116,
§4
127,
§1
127,
1 Q7
§2
lOi
138
142,
§i
142,
§2
142,
§3
154
157
1.59 .
160 .
161 .
165 .
169, § 1
169, § 2
169, §§3,4
171 .
177 .
178 .
183 .
186 .
187, § 1
187, § 2
187, § 3
187, § 4
187, § 5
189 .
190, § 1
190, § 2
192, § 1
192, § 2
192, § 3
192, §4
196 .
205 .
206, § 1
206, § 2
213, §§1
225 .
226 .
227 .
228 .
S. 1909, 490, I, § 83.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3;
R. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
46.
S. 1907, 576, § 15; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
S. 1906, 171, §§ 1,2;R. 1906,
171, § 3.
Part G. L. 40, § 5, cl. 27;
part S. 1907, 311.
S. 1907, 311.
O.
S. 1909, 490, I, § 17.
S. 1909,440, §2; 490, I, § 15.
S. 1911, 397.
o.
S. 1912, 60S, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1912, 608, § 3.
S. 1916, 49.
S. 1907, 250, § 2.
G. L. 131, § 20.
S. 1906, 314, § 2.
R. 1918, 33.
O.
S. 1903, 365, § 1; R. 1904,
433, § 3.
R. 1904, 433, § 3.
S. 1905, 245.
S. 1903, 454, §9; 1907, 560,
§ 200.
S. 1905, 465, § 87; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
G. L. 94. § 238.
G. L. 191, § 11.
Part G. L. 218, § 1; part O.
8. 1905, 406; R. 1906, 303.
§2.
S. 1908, 590, § 29.
S. 1908, 590, § 37.
S. 1908, 590, §§ 19, 20; R.
1908, 590, § 69.
S. 1905, 206, § 1.
S. 1903, 120, § 1; 1905. 149,
§1; partR. 1903, 120, §2.
G. L. 130, § 11.
S. 1909, 514, § 66; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
Part G. L. 218, § 1; part 0.
S. 1910, 554, § 1.
S. 1910, 193.
S. 1910, 554, § 2.
G. L. 140, § 202.
G. L. 140, §§ 54, 202.
S. 1909, 258.
G. L. Ill, § 181.
S. 1902, 644, § 10; R. 1902,
544, § 35.
O.
Part G. L. 6, §§ 22, 24; part
S. 1904, 381, § 1; part O.
S. 1904, 381, § 8.
S. 1903, 420, § 1.
S. 1908, 465, § 3; R. 1908,
465, § 6.
S. 1917,344, V, §§ 7, 8; R.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1906, 365, § 4.
S. 1906, 365, § 2.
S. 1907,386, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1902, 492.
S. 1904, 127.
S. 1912, 158.
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
1902, 228, § 1
228, § 2
228, §§3,4
228, § 5
228, § 6
228, § 7
230 .
236, § 1
251
253
256
264
272
286
288
289
292
297
298, § 1
298, § 2
299
307, §§ 1-13
.307, § 14
307, § 15
308 .
309 .
310, § 1
311, §1
311, §2
311, §§3,4
312, §2
314 .
315 .
315, § 1
315, §§2
315, §4
315, §5
320 .
321
322 .
324 .
327 .
336 .
340 .
340, § 1
340, § 2
340, § 3
342, § 1
342, § 2
342, § 3
342, § 4 .
S. 1914, 742, § 133.
S. 1914, 742, § 174.
S. 1909, 483, §§ 5, 6.
S. 1909, 318, § 1; 483, § 8;
part R. 1909, 318, § 2.
S. 1907,54, §2; R. 1907, 54.
§3.
S. 1914, 742, § 179.
S. 1913, 622.
G. L. 131, § 77.
G. L. 207, § 58.
S. 1904,381, §§17, IS; 1913,
323.
S. 1904, 381, § 3.
S. 1912, 382.
S. 1913, 779, § 5.
Part S. 1907, 560, § 15; part
Special.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
G. L. Ill, §25.
S. 1910, 90.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 38; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
G. L. 183, § 30.
S. 1904, 381, § 17.
S. 1916, 201, § 1; R. 1916,
201, §2.
S. 1906,463, I, §§30,32; R.
1906, 463, I, § 6S.
S. 1906,463,1, §§31,32; R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1904, 453, § 1 (Class H).
Special.
G. L. 92, § 10.
Special.
S. 1915, 6.
G. L. 218, § 6.
G. L. 207, § 17.
Special.
Part G. L. 66, § 17; part
O.
G. L. 66, § 17.
S. 1903, 220, § 2.
S. 1906, 413, § 3.
R. 1903, 473, § 15.
S. 1903, 473, § 8.
S. 1903, 473, §§ 7, 8.
S. 1903, 473, § 13.
S. 1903, 473, § 9.
S. 1904, 453, § 1 (Class H).
S. 1918, 257, § 290.
S. 1909, 514, § 78; R. 1909.
514, § 145.
G. L. 208, § 32.
S. 1908, 525, § 3.
S. 1904, 439; R. 1905, 465.
§194.
R. 1907, 576, § 122.
S. 1907, 576, § 34, cl. 6.
S. 1907, 576, § 85.
S. 1907, 576, § 34, cl. /.
S. 1909, 490, I. § 23, cl. 10.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 40.
Amended 1909, 267, § 2; S.
1903,437, §72; 1906,463,
II, § 212, III, § 126; 516,
§ 15; 1907, 395; 1909, 439,
§ 2; 490, III, §41.
S. 1903,437, §73; 1906,463,
II, § 213, III, § 127; 516,
§ 16; 1909, 439, § 3; 490,
III, § 42.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES
SINCE THE REVIS
1902, 342,
§5 .
S. 1903,437, §76; 1906, 463,
II, § 215, III, § 129; 516.
1902, 436
§ 19; 1909, 439, § 4; 490.
" 437,
§1 . .
III. § 45.
" 438,
§1 • •
" 346
R. 1907, 560. § 456.
" 346,
§i .'
S. 1907, 560, § 359.
" 438,
52 . .
" 346,
§3 .
S. 1907, 660, § 359.
" 438,
§3 . .
" 348
S. 1902, 512; R. 1907, 560,
" 438,
§4 . .
§456.
" 438,
§5 . .
" 349
S. 1909, 490, II, § 81.
" 438,
§6 . .
" 350
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
" 350,
§§1-3
S. 1909, 514, § 74.
" 440
" 355,
§1 .
G. L. 172, § 45.
" 440,
§i '■ '■
" 355,
§2 .
S. 1908, 520, § 15.
" 440,
§2 . .
•' 356
S. 1904, 453, § 1 (Class F).
" 440,
§3 . .
" 358
S. 1904, 451, § 3.
" 440,
§4 . .
" 359
S. 1912, 561.
" 440,
§6 . .
" 360
S. 1904, 453, § 1 (Class F).
" 440,
§7 . .
" 361
G. L. 40, § 40.
" 441,
§1 . .
" 364
Part G. L. 9, § 2; part S.
1908, 561 ; 1920, 620. § 1 ;
part R. 1913, 721.
" 368
S. 1906, 355, § 2.
" 370,
§i '
S. 1906, 463, III, § 103; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
" 371,
§1 .
G. L. 215, §5.
" 441,
§2 . .
" 371,
§§2-4
G. L. 205, § 2.
" 374,
§§1.2
S. 1909, 490, HI, § 10.
" 374.
§3 .
S. 1909, 490, I, § 7.
'• 378
S. 1904, 453, § 1 (Class G).
" 383
S. 1903, 472, § 2.
" 384
S. 1904, 334; R. 1909, 514,
§ 145.
" 443
" 389
G. L. 114, § 18.
" 444
'■ 391,
§i '
G. L. 92, § 15.
" 446
" 391,
§2 .
Temporary.
" 395
S. 1906, 463, III, § 7; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
" 449
" 449,
§1 ' '
" 396
S. 1906, 463, III, § 7; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
" 449,
" 450
§§2-4 .
" 397
S. 1912, 489, § 1; R. 1912,
489. § 2.
•■ 453,
§1 . .
" 399
S. 1906,463, III, §§7,64,65;
" 453,
§2 . .
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
" 453,
§3 . .
" 402
S. 1906, 417; 463, I, § 2; R.
1906, 463, I, § 68.
" 453,
■' 454
§4 . .
" 403
G. L. Ill, §37.
" 455
" 406
S. 1913, 435.
■■ 456
" 411
S. 1902, 544, § 4; R. 1902,
544, § 35.
" 457
" 458
" 412
G. L. 217, § 33.
" 459
" 413
Part S. 1919, 150. § 2; part
O.
" 462
" 463
" 414
S. 1908, 126, § 1.
" 416,
§§1.2
S. 1920, 527, §§1,2.
" 470
" 416,
§3 .
Part G. L. 218, §§ 6, 8; part
S. 1904, 453, § 1.
" 471
" 416,
§4 .
O.
" 473
" 416,
§5 .
Temporary.
" 417
G. L. 113, § 5.
" 474
'• 422
G. L. 36, § 31.
" 477,
§1 ! ;
" 423
S. 1905, 193.
" 430
S. 1904, 335, § 2; R. 1904,
335, § 3.
" 477,
§2 . .
" 432,
§1 .
S. 1906,463,1, §1; R. 1906,
" 478
463, I, § 68.
" 483,
§§1-3 '.
" 432,
§2 .
S. 1904, 429, § 1; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
" 490
" 433
S. 1906, 200, § 1; 1911, 537;
1918, 198, § 2; R. 1906,
200, §2; 1918, 198, §8.
" 492
" 435
S. 1908, 645; R. 1909, 514,
§ 145.
" 493
Part G. L. 37, § 21; part S.
1913, 637; part O.
S. 1920, 515, § 1.
S. 1912, 719, § 10; 1916, 296,
§ 1.; R. 1916, 296, § 9.
G. L. 7, § 9.
G. L. 30, § 35.
G. L. 7, § 9.
G. L. 29, § 28.
S. 1916, 296, § 5; R. 1916,
296, § 9.
R. 1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 29.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 34.
S. 1905, 408, § 2.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 39.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 43.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 35.
PartG. L. 155. § IS; part S.
1903, 437, §§ 26, 27, 40;
1913, 764, § 1; 1914, 742,
§§ 5, 30; 1915, 299, § 1;
part R. 1903, 437, § 95;
1913, 764, § 5; 1914, 742,
§ 199; 1915, 299, §4.
PartG. L. 155, § 19; part S.
1903,437, §27; 1913,764,
§3; 1914,742, §30; 1915,
299, §2; part R. 1903, 437,
§95; 1913,764, §5; 1914,
742, § 199; 1915. 299, § 4.
S. 1905, 325, § 2; 1909, 490.
II, §61.
O.
S. 1904, 313, § 1; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 1906, 218.
S. 1906,463, III. §§ 61-63.
S. 1906, 427; R. 1909, 514,
§ 145.
S. 1918, 257, § 235.
S. 1908, 304.
S. 1910. 219. § 2.
G. L. 94, § 248.
G. L. 125, § 22.
G. L. 218, § 1.
G. L. 212, § 14.
S. 1907,534. §§2,3.
S. 1910, 560, § 1.
R. 1918, 257, § 228.
S. 1904. 451, § 1.
S. 1906, 347, § 3; R. 1906,
347, § 5.
R. 1918, 16.
S. 1905, 157, § 3; R. 1905,
157, § 5.
S. 1903, 276; R. 1907, 563,
§26.
S. 1904, 163.
S. 1918, 95, § 2; R. 1920,
551, § 12.
S. 1920, 551, § 6; R. 1920,
551, § 12.
G. L. 189, § 6.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§147-149;
R. 1906. 463, III, § 158.
S. 1906,204, §§1,2;R. 1906,
204, § 5.
S. 1907, 560, § 93; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
S. 1905, 465, § ISO; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxiii
1902, 495 .
" 495, § 1
" 495, § 2
" 495, § 3
" 495, § 5
" 495, § 6
" 499 .
" 50.3 .
" 505, § 1
" 505, § 2
" 505, §3
" 505, § 4
" 505, §§ 5, 6
" 506 . .
513
523,
§1
524
530
531
533
533,
§1
533,
§2
533,
§3
537
537,
§1
537,
§2
537.
§3
537,
§4
539
540
542
544,
§1
544,
§2
544,
§3
544,
§4
544,
§5
544,
§6
544,
§7
544,
§8
544,
§9
544,
§10
544,
§11
544,
§12
544,
§13
544, § 14
544, §§ 15-19
544, § 20
544, § 21
544, § 22
544,, § 23
544, § 24
544, § 25
544, § 26
544, § 27
544, § 29
R. 1909, 444, § 17.
S. 1907, 321, § 1; 1909, 444,
§1.
S. 1909, 444, § 2.
S. 1909, 444, § 4.
S. 1907, 321, I 2.
S. 1909, 444, § 15.
S. 1904, 451, § 3.
S. 1917, 344, III, § 11; R.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
G. L. 13, § 11.
S. 1907, 399.
S. 1903, 228.
Part G. L. 13, §§ 11, 24;
parts. 1915,301, §3.
O.
S. 1907, 560, § 109; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, § CO; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
S. 1904, 451, § 3.
S. 1906, 109, § 1; 1908, 497;
1919,25, §2; R. 1906,109,
§ 2; 1919, 25, § 3.
G. L. 180, § 27.
S. 1905, 157, § 2; R. 1905,
157, § 5.
S. 1906, 151.
R. 1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 23.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 25.
S. 1906, 463, I, § 26.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1903, 425.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 170, 177.
S. 1907, 560, § 172.
S. 1907, 560, § 167.
Part G. L. 98, § 32; part S.
1917, 125, § 1; part R.
1909, 310, § 1.
G. L. 94, § 11.
S. 1909, 504, § 15; R. 1909.
504, § 107.
G. L. 3, § 28.
S. 1907, 560, § 308; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
G. L. 31, §47; 40, §8.
Part G. L. 34, § 7; part
S. 1904, 451, I 1; 1911,
162.
S. 1918, 257, § 143.
S. 1918, 291, § 1.
Part G. L. 45, § 2; part O.
G. L. 46, § 21.
PartG. L. 101, §§8, 9; part
S. 1918, 257, § 256.
Part G. L. 1 1 1 , § 183 ; part O.
S. 1905, 190.
G. L. 147, § 8.
S. 1906, 463, II, § 193; R.
1906, 463, II, § 258.
S. 1903, 241.
R. 1903, 241, § 3.
R. 1904, 206, § 2.
S. 1914, 385.
S. 1904, 302.
S. 1910, 531, § 2.
R. 1917, 326, § 2.
G. L. 216, § 2.
S. 1917, 279, § 28; R. 1917,
279, § 40.
G. L. 249, § 4.
G. L. 266, § 73.
1902, 544, § 30
" 544. §§ 31
544, § 33
544, § 34
Res. 65
54, §§1,2
54, §3
54, §§4,5
95, §1
95, §2
96 .
97 .
100 .
116 .
120, § 1
122 .
§1
§§2,3
§4
§5
§7
§9
§10
137 .
143 .
147, § 1
147, §2
150
151, §
158
161
162
171
173
177
179
188
195
202
203
206
207 .
209, § 1
209, §§2,3
209, § 4
209, § 5
212 .
213 .
214, §1
Part G. L. 266, § 114; part
S. 1915, 145, § 11.
S. 1915, 145, § 12; R. 1915,
145, § 13.
G. L. 266, § 117.
G. L. 279, § 5.
G. L. 73, § 6.
S. 1915, 107, §§ 1,2.
S. 1919, 109.
O.
S. 1912, 623, §§ 14, 16.
S. 1912, 623, § 17.
S. 1905, 127.
S. 1909, 197.
S. 1904, 283, § 1.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 12.
S. 1905, 149, § 1.
R. 1912, 527, § 15.
S. 1912. 527. §§ 2, 3.
S. 1912. 527. § 1.
S. 1912. 527, § 12.
S. 1912, 527. § 9.
S. 1912. 527. §§ 11. 12.
S. 1912, 527, § 13.
S. 1912, 527, § 1.
S. 1904, 332.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 90; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
Part G. L. 221, § 4; part S.
1904, 451, § 3.
S. 1905, 376, § 1; R. 1906,
463, III, § 158.
S. 1912, 623, § 10; R. 1912.
623, § 45.
R. 1912, 623, § 45.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 188, 189.
S. 1905, 465, § 64; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
S. 1909,440, §§ 2, 3; 490, I,
§41.
o.
S. 1909, 490, I, § 10.
S. 1905, 414; R. 1910, 472,
§2.
S. 1914,742, § 161; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
Part G. L. 74, § 51 ; part O.
S. 1904, 265; R. 1906, 463,
I, § 68.
S. 1907, 576, § 46; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
G. L. 66, § 18.
S. 1907, 323.
S. 1920, 380, § 1; R. 1920,
380, § 3.
S. & R. 1918, 257, § 1.
S. 1904, 441; R. 1906, 463,
III. § 158.
S. 1912. 623. § 35.
S. 1908, 441, §§ 1-3; R. 1908,
441, § 4.
G. L. 127, § 49.
G. L. 279, § 17.
S. 1907, 251, § 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 475.
Part G. L. 127, §§ 136, 148;
part O.
Part G. L. 27, § 4; 127.
§§ 158. 160; part S. 1919.
266. § 1.
G. L. 127, § 66.
Part G. L. 218, § 1; part
Special.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
214,
§2 .
Part G. L. 218, §§ 6, 8, 74;
part S. 1904, 453, § 1;
part O.
214,
§3 .
O.
219
S. 1905, 289, § 2.
220,
§1 ".
S. 1909, 471 ; 476.
220,
§2 .
S. 1908, 329, § 6.
222
Part G. L. 204, §§ 16-18;
part S. 1907, 447; 1918,
257, § 399.
223
S. 1907, 576, § 11; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
226,
§§1.2
S. 1912,3, §§ 1, 2; R. 1912,
3, §6.
226,
§3 .
R. 1905, 169.
227
G. L. 177, § 19.
228
S. 1915, 301, § 3.
229,
§1 "
G. L. 30, § 24.
231
Part G. L. 121, § 10; part O.
233
G. L. 122, § 16.
236,
§i '.
S. 1920, 584, § 8.
236,
§2 .
O.
237
S. 1906, 117.
241,
§1 '
S. 1906, 224, § 1.
241,
§2 .
G. L. 200, § 13.
242,
§1 ■
Part G. L. 92, § 1 ; part O.
242,
§§2-7
Special.
243
R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
243,
§1 '■
S. 1917, 344, II, § 30.
244,
§1 .
G. L. 131, § 28.
244,
§2 .
G. L. 131, §§ 28, 89.
245
S. 1905, 419.
246
S. 1913, 439.
247
S. 1905, 465, § 145; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
248
S. 1907, 563, §§ 4, 21; part
R. 1907, 563, § 26.
249,
§1 .
S. 1906, 503, § 1.
249,
§2 .
G. L. 13, §27; 112, §54.
249,
§3 .
Part G. L. 112, § 55; part
Temporary.
249,
§4 .
S. 1906, 503, § 2.
249,
§5 .
S. 1911, 199.
249,
§6 .
G. L. 112, § 57.
249,
§7 .
S. 1914, 750.
249,
§§8,9
S. 1907, 314, §§ 1, 2.
251
S. 1907, 563, § 7; part R.
1907, 563, § 26.
253
S. 1911,90.
255
S. 1914, 742, § 100; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
256
S. 1919, 112, § 1; R. 1919,
112, § 2.
260,
§1 .
S. 1905, 124, § 1.
260,
§2 .
G. L. 194, § 9.
274
S. 1907, 306; R. 1911, 285,
§2.
275,
§1 .
S. 1904, 335, § 1; R. 1904,
335, § 3.
275,
§2 .
S. 1904, 335, § 1; R. 1904,
335, § 3.
276
S. 1907,56,3, §§5, 7; part R.
1907, 563, § 26.
279
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
279,
§§1-5
S. 1904, 245, §§ 2-6.
279,
§6 .
S. 1907, 560, § 75.
279,
§7 .
R. 1904, 245, § 7.
279,
§§8,9
S. 1907, 560, §§ 76, 77.
279,
§10 .
S. 1903, 474, § 1; R. 1903,
474, § 13.
279,
§§ 11, 12 S. 1907, 560, §§ 396, 397.
279,
§13 .
S. 1905, 318, § 1.
279,
§§ 14, 15 S. 1907, 560, §§ 419, 420.
1903, 279, § 16
279, § 17
279, § 19
283, § 1
283, § 2
287 .
291 .
294 .
297 .
299
305
306
307
308
318
320
320,
§1
320,
§2
320,
§3
321
322
323
329 . .
3.30, §§ 1-3
330, § 4
332 .
333 .
3.34, § 1
334, §§2-6
.344
354
355
357
361
365,
§1
365,
§2
365,
§3
365,
§4
367
368
368,
§i
36S,
§2
368,
§3
368,
§4
375
377
383,
§1
383,
§2
383,
§3
383,
§4
386
387,
§1
390
395,
§1
398,
§1
400
402
406
S. 1907, 560, § 20.
S. 1907, 560, § 16.
S. 1907, 560, § 54.
G. L. 3, § 33.
G. L. 3, § 35.
S. 1907, 250, 8 1.
S. 1905, 211, § 1.
S. 1904, 308.
S. 1906, 463, 1, §62;R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
G. L. 71, § 62.
S. 1906, 415.
G. L. Ill, § 102.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 26.
G. L. 77, § 9.
S. 1907, 429, § 13; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
R. 1910, 63, § 2.
S. 1909, 514, § 25.
S. 1908, 228.
S. 1909, 514, § 25.
S. 1908, 613, § 1.
G. L. 129, § 32.
S. 1911, 60; 115, § 1; 1914,
710, § 1; part R. 1911,
115, §2.
G. L. 131, §§ 22, 89.
S. 1904, 220, §§ 1-3.
S. J913, 779, § 11.
S. 1909, 407.
G. L. 147, § 9.
S. 1909, 181.
G. L. 119, §§43-47.
G. L. 131, §90.
Part G. L. 127, § 123; part S.
1906, 324.
S. 1912, 331.
G. L. 12, § 2.
G. L. 94, § 59.
S. 1904, 433, § 1; R. 1904,
433, § 3.
S. 1904, 433, § 2.
O.
S. 1913, 610, § 1; R. 1913,
610, § 6.
S. 1917, 208, § 1; R. 1917,
208, § 12.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, § 223.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 223, 224.
S. 1905, 313, § 1.
S. 1907, 560, § 228.
S. 1913,719, §§5, 6.
S. 1905, 465, §31; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
G. L. 83, § 5; 92, § 9.
G. L. 92, § 9.
S. 1907, 464.
G. L. 83, § 13; 92, § 9.
G. L. 93, §41; 271, §30.
Temporary.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918.
189, § 2.
S. 1905,157, §§1,2;R. 1905,
157, § 5.
S. 1913, 336, § 2; R. 1913,
336, §§ 3, 4.
S. 1905, 458, § 1; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
S. 1913, 82.
S. 1914, 742, § 146; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
S. 1912, 438.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxv
1903, 408,
" 408,
" 410
" 412,
" 412,
412,
415
420
421
§4
423, § 1
424
425
426,
§1 . .
426,
§2 . .
426,
§3 . .
430
432
437,
§i .' .'
437,
§2 . .
437, § 3
437,
§4 . .
437,
§5 . .
437,
56 . ,
437,
§7 . .
437,
§8 . .
437,
§§9,10 .
437,
§11 . .
437,
§12 . .
437,
§13 . .
437,
§14 . .
437,
§15 . .
437,
§16 . .
437,
§17 . .
437,
§18 . .
437,
§19 . .
437
§20 . .
437,
§21 . .
437,
§§ 22, 23
437,
§24 . .
437,
§25 . .
437,
§26 . .
437,
§27 . .
437,
§28 . .
437,
§§ 29, 30
437,
§31 . .
437
§32 . .
437
§33 . .
437.
§34 . .
S. 1911, 380, § 1.
S. 1905, 209.
S. 1909, 504, § 94; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
G. L. 218, § 1.
Part G. L. 218, §§ 6, 8, 74;
part S. 1904, 453, § 2;
part O.
Part G. L. 218, § 1; part
Special.
Temporary.
G. L. 106, §§ 1, 2.
Parts. 1904, 3IS1. §l;partO.
S. 1907, 576, § 7; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
Part G. L. 155, §§ 45, 46;
part S. 1903, 437, § 2S;
1906, 463, II, § 41, III,
§ 22; 1910, 171, §§ 1, 3;
1914, 742, § 23; part R.
1903, 437, § 95; 1906, 463,
II, § 258, III, § 1.58; 1910,
171, §24; 1914,742, §199.
G. L. 9, § 18.
S. 1907, 560, § 166; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
S. 1909, 188.
O.
G. L. 32, § 83.
S. 1907, 560, § 19; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
R. 1907, 571, § 2.
S. 1910, 385.
Part G. L. 155, § 3; part S.
1910, 353.
Part G. L. 155, § 2; part S.
1909, 490, III, § 2; 1918,
257, § 345.
G. L. 155, §6; 156, §4.
S. 1918, 257, § 346.
G. L. 155, §§ 13, 14.
S. 1906, 286.
Part G. L. 156, § 6; part S.
1920, 349, § 1.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 347, 348.
G. L. 156, § 10.
PartG. L. 156, § 12; part S.
1918, 257. § 349.
G. L. 156, § 13.
S. 1918, 257, § 350.
G. L. 156, §§ 18, 19.
Part G. L. 156, § 20; part S.
1918, 257, § 352.
G. L. 156, § 21.
S. 1918, 257, § 353; 1920,
237, § 1.
G. L. 156, §§ 25, 26.
Part G. L. 156, § 28; part S.
1904, 207.
G. L. 155, § 15.
G. L. 156, §§ 30, 31.
S. 1912, 175.
G. L. 156, § 27.
S. 1916, 105.
S. 1920, 349, § 3.
Part G. L. 155, §§ 45, 46;
part S. 1910, 171, §§ 1, 3;
part R. 1910, 171, § 24.
G. L. 155, §§ 21, 22.
G. L. 156, § 34.
G. L. 155, § 47.
G. L. 156, § 35.
S. 1911, 488, § 1.
303, 437
§35 . .
•■ 437
§36 . .
" 437
§37 . .
" 437
§38 . .
■' 437
§39 . .
" 437
§40 .
" 437
§41 . .
" 437
§§ 42-45
•• 437
§46 . .
'■ 437
§47 . .
■' 437
§48 . .
" 437
§49 . .
" 437.
§50 . .
" 437,
§51 . .
" 437,
§52 . .
" 437,
§53 . .
•■ 437,
§54 . .
■• 437,
§55 . .
" 437,
§56 . .
" 437,
§57 . .
" 437,
§58 . .
•• 437,
§59 . .
" 437,
§60 . .
" 437,
§61 . .
" 437,
§§ 62, 63
" 437,
§64 . .
" 437,
§65 . .
" 437,
§66 . .
" 437,
§67 . .
" 437,
§68 . .
" 437,
§69 . .
■ 437,
§70 . .
' 437,
§71 . .
' 437,
§72 . .
• 437,
§73 . .
' 437,
§74 . .
• 437,
§75 . .
' 437,
§76 . .
' 437,
§77 . .
' 437,
§78 . .
' 437,
§79 . .
•■ 437,
§80 . .
" 437,
§81 . .
•■ 437,
§§ 82-85
•• 437,
§86 . .
" 437,
§87 . .
•■ 437.
§§ 88, 89
" 437,
§§ 90, 91
" 437,
§92 . .
' 437,
§93 . .
' 437,
§94 . .
■ 437,
§96 . .
' 450
' 450,
§1 ' '.
■ 450,
§2 . .
' 450,
§3 . .
' 452
' 453
' 454
' 454,
§i '. '.
' 454,
§2 . .
' 454,
§§3,4 .
' 454,
§5 . .
' 454,
§6 . .
' 454,
§7 . .
G. L. 156, § 37.
S. 1911, 488, § 2.
G. L. 156, § 39.
S. 1920, 349, § 5.
R. 1911, 488, § 3.
S. 1920, 349, § 6.
S. 1918, 257, § 360.
G. L. 156, §§44-47.
G. L. 156, §§47, 48.
S. 1908, 300, § 1.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 40.
S. 1906, 346, § 1.
G. L. 156, § 52.
G. L. 155, § 50.
S. 1920, 165.
Part G. L. 155, § 52; 156,
§ 51 ; part S. 1905, 156.
G. L. 155, § 53.
G. L. 155, § 55.
Part G. L. 181, § 1; part S.
1914, 742, § 172; 1919,
333, § 16.
G. L. 181, § 2.
S. 1905, 242.
G. L. 181, § 4.
S. 1918, 171.
G. L. 181, § 6.
G. L. 181, §§ 8, 9.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 58; 1914,
742, § 172.
G. L. 181, § 11.
S. 1905, 233.
S. 1908, 300, § 2.
S. 1906, 346, I 2.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 58.
G. L. 181, § 17.
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 16.
S. 1909, 439, § 2; 490, III,
§41.
S. 1909, 490, III, I 42.
S. 1904, 261.
S. 1907, 578.
S. 1909, 439, § 4; 490, III,
§45.
S. 1906, 271, § 13.
S. 1909, 490, III, §§ 61, 62.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 60.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 63.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 66.
S. 1909, 490, III, §§ 68-71.
S. 1908, 614.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 65.
S. 1907, 396, §§1,2.
S. 1920, 598, §§3,4.
G. L. 158, § 15.
G. L. 157, §§ 1, 2; 158. § 15.
G. L. 155, § 12.
O.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, § 166.
S. 1907, 560, § 170.
S. 1907, 560, § 167.
G. L. 127, § 149.
S. 1907,560, §§ 105, 106; R.
1907, 560, § 456.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, § 1.
S. 1904. 377; 1907. 560,
§144.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 147. 148.
Part S. 1907. 560, § 149.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 130. 150.
S. 1907. 560, § 151.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1903, 454,
" 454,
" 454,
" 454,
" 454,
" 454,
" 454,
" 454,
•■ 455
" 456
•■ 466,
■' 456,
§8
§9
§ 10
§11
§12
§13
§§14
1,2
5 .
457, §§1,2
§3
459
460
464
465,
465,
465,
465,
465,
465,
465,
465,
465,
467
472,
472,
472,
473
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
473,
474
474,
474,
474,
474,
474,
474,
474,
474,
474,
475
475,
475,
475,
476,
480
481
§§1,2
§3 .
§§4-6
§7
§8
§9
§10
§§ 11
§ 14
§7
§10
§11
§12
§ 13
§14
§§1.2
§§3-5
§6
§7
§8
§9
§10
§11
§12
§1 .
§§2,3
§§4-6
§§1-4
S. 1907, 560, §§ 153, 154.
S. 1905, 386, §§ 6-8.
S. 1907, 560, § 155.
S. 1907,429, §14; 1907,560,
§ 156.
S. 1907, 560, § 157.
S. 1905, 386, § 14.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 159, 160.
S. 1905, 386, § 16.
S. 1905, 218, § 2.
R. 1919, 363, § 16.
S. 1918, 186, §§ 1, 2.
Part S. 1919, 363, § 15.
S. 1905, 465, §§ 122, 123; R.
1905, 465, § 194.
G. L. 40, § 42.
G. L. 138, § 2.
S. 1909, 483, § 3; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
Temporary.
S. 1906, 368, § 1.
Temporary.
S. 1906, 368, § 2.
Special.
S. 1906, 402, § 2.
O.
S. 1906,402, §§3-5.
O.
S. 1907, 208.
G. L. 212, § 15.
S. 1907, 286.
Part G. L. 221, § 6; part S.
1904, 451, § 3.
R. 1909, 534, § 31.
S. 1905, 311, §§2,3.
S. 1909, 534, §§ 5, 6, 9.
S. 1905, 311, § 4.
S. 1909, 534, §§ 10, 12.
S. 1905, 311, § 2; R. 1905,
311, §7.
S. 1909, 534, § 14.
S. 1906, 412, § 1 ; 1909, 534,
§14.
S. 1905, 311, § 5.
S. 1909, 534, § 7.
S. 1909, 534, §§7, 11.
S. 1907, 580, § 3.
S. 1909, 534, § 1.
S. 1905, 366, § 1; R. 1905,
366, § 2.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, §§46,47.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 51-53.
S. 1907, 560, § 100.
S. 1905, 386, § 2.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 89, 166.
S. 1907, 560, § 264.
S. 1906, 444, § 8.
S. 1907, 560, § 274.
S. 1904, 293, § 1 ; 1907, 560,
§300.
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1909, 514, § 86.
S. 1909, 514, § 87.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 88-90.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§ 46-49;
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 1905, 408, § 3; R. 1906,
463, I, § 68.
S. 1912, 104.
S. 1907, 356, § 1; R. 1907,
356, § 3.
S. 1919, 292, § 5.
1903, 484 . .
•■ 484. §§2, 3
" 484, § 4
1904, 38 .
41 .
87 .
88 .
99 .
105, § 1
107, § 1
107, §2
108, § 1
108, § 2
110 .
116 .
119 .
120 .
122 .
125, § 1
125, § 2
127 .
142 .
144 .
145 .
152 .
153 .
159 .
163
164
165
169
170, §§ 1-6
172
173
176
179
181
183
186
194
198
200
201
204
206,
207
208
209
210
214
215
216
217
218
219
220,
220, §§2,3
R. 1915, 72.
S. 1906, 434, §§ 1, 2.
R. 1906, 434, § 3.
G. L. 212, § 14.
S. 1907, 560, § 145; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
S. 1906, 463, II, § 233; R.
1906, 463, II, § 258.
S. 1906, 126.
Part S. 1908, 507, § 1 ; part
R. 1908, 507, § 2; part O.
S. 1906, 322.
G. L. 140, § 142.
G. L. 70, § 17.
R. 1919, 363, § 16.
S. 1909, 464, § 2; R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
O.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 80; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 190.5, 81; R. 1917, 182.
S. 1909, 273, § 2.
O.
G. L. 138, § 75.
S. 1917, 344, 1, § 15; R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
Temporary.
G. L. 140, § 160.
S. 1907, 241.
G. L. 212, § 14.
G. L. 221, § 83.
S. 1908, 290.
Part G. L. 35, § 37; part S.
1913, 719, § 90; part O.
Part S. 1913, 563, § 1; part
R. 1913, 563, § 9.
S. 1919, 333, § 1; R. 1919,
333, § 2.
G. L. 201, §§ 4, 5.
S. 1920, 584, § 1.
S. 1914, 699, § 2.
S. 1906, 463, II, §§ 256, 257;
R. 1906, 463, II, § 258.
G. L. 92, §§ 89-94.
PartG. L. 71, §51; part O.
G. L. 71, § 52.
S. 1918, 53.
S. 1907,560, § 107; R. 1907,
660, § 456.
S. 1906, 271, § 11.
G. L. 110, §§ 16, 27.
Part S. 1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 16; part Temporary.
S. 1911, 352.
G. L. 31, § 6.
G. L. 167, § 21.
S. 1907, 560, § 132; R. 1907,
500, § 466.
G. L. 113, § 6.
S. 1918, 257, § 393.
G. L. 156, § 28.
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 2 (d).
G. L. 5, §§ 3, 4; 78, § 6.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 150; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
G. L. 127, § 11.
PartG. L. 71, §66; part O.
G. L. 127, § 149.
S. 1906, 73.
G. L. 278, § 35.
G. L. 217, § 33.
S. 1906, 389; 1913, 779, § 6.
S. 1913, 779, §§ 7, 8.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxA-ii
904. 220, § 4 .
. S. 1913, 779, § 10.
1904, 2S6,
§3 .
" 223 . .
. o.
" 224 . .
. G. L. 279, § 20.
" 287
" 226 . .
. S. 1905, 465, §153; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
" 292
" 231, § 1 .
. S. 1905, 465, § 83; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
" 293,
§1 '■
" 231, §2 .
. Special.
" 293,
§2 .
" 231, §3 .
. S. 1905, 465, § 83; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
" 294,
§1 .
" 234, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 69, §§ 1, 2; part
S. 1909, 457, § 3; 1910,
" 294,
§§2,3
282; 1918, 257, § 168.
" 295
" 234, § 2 .
. S. 1910, 282, § 1.
•' 300
" 240 . .
. S. 1907, 576, § 60; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
" 302
" 241 . .
. Part G. L. 127, §23; part S.
" 303
1905, 459, § 1.
" 304
" 242, § 1 .
. Amended 1911, 129; S. 1915,
160.
" 305
'■ 242, §§2-6
. G. L. 140, §§ 34-38.
•' 306
" 242, § 7 .
. G. L. 140, §§34,39,40.
" 307
" 243, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 127, §§ 74, 81;
" 308
part S. 1915, 260, § 1.
" 310,
§1 '
" 243, 1 2 .
. S. 1916, 187; R. 1920, 380,
§3.
•■ 310,
§2 .
" 243, § 3 .
. PartG.L. 127, §137; part 0.
" 243, § 4 .
. S. 1909, 295.
" 311
" 244, . .
. 0.
•' 245 . .
. R. 1907, 560, § 456.
" 313,
§§1-4
" 245, § 1 .
. S. 1907, 560, § 421.
" 245, § 2 .
. S. 1906, 444, § 12.
" 314,
§1 .
" 245, §§3,4
. S. 1907, 560, §§ 71, 72.
" 245, § 5 .
. S. 1905, 318, § 2; 1907, 560,
§73.
" 314,
§2 .
" 245, § 6 .
. S. 1907, 560, § 74.
" 315
" 248 . .
. Part G. L. 74, § 44; part S.
1912, 445, § 1; part R.
" 317
1912, 445, § 2.
" 318
" 257 . .
. S. 1909, 504, § 103; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
" 320
" 258 . .
. S. 1913, 526.
" 259, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 218, § 1; part S.
1917, 302; part R. 1910,
" 322.
§§1-3
258.
" 326
" 261 . .
. S. 1906, 271, § 12.
" 263 . .
. G. L. 29, §§ 53, 54.
" 327,
§1 .
" 264 . .
. Part G. L. 218, § 1; part
" 327,
§§2,3
Special.
" 329
" 265 . .
. S. 1906,463,1, §7; R. 1906,
" 331
463, I, § 68.
" 332
•" 267 . .
. S. 1906, 463, III, § 102; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
" 334
" 268, § 1 .
. S. 1919, 25, §2; R. 1919, 25,
§3.
" 335
" 271 . .
. S. 1911, 628, § 29, cl. (6).
" 335,
§§1,2
" 272 ■ . .
. G. L. 217, §§ 30, 39.
" 343
" 273 . .
. G. L. 92, § 32.
" 274, § 1 .
. S. 1905, 348.
" 344,
§1 .
" 274, § 2 .
. G. L. 47, § 25.
" 344,
§2 .
" 275 . .
. S. 1907, 429, § 5; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
•■ 347,
§§1-3
" 277, § 1 .
. G. L. 41, § 36.
" 348
" 277, § 2 .
. Part G. L. 41, § 36; part O.
" 349
" 278, § 1 .
. G. L. 123, § 22.
" 278, § 2 .
. G. L. 122, § 20.
" 350
" 281 . .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 355,
§i '
" 282, §§1,2
. G. L. 130, §§ 143, 144.
" 355,
§2 .
" 282, § 3 .
. G. L. 218, § 26; 219, § 24.
" 355,
§3 .
" 283 . .
. S. 1911, 392.
" 356,
§§1-3
" 286, § 1 .
. S. 1907, 442, § 3.
" 357
-' 286, § 2 .
. S. 1904, 455, §§ 1, 2; 1906,
265.
" 360
R.
R.
Part G. L. 217, § 33; part S.
1907, 207, § 2; 1914, .559.
S. 1912, 547, § 1; R. 1912,
547, § 2.
S. 1912, 623, § 24.
S. 1907, 560, § 300; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
O.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 17, 19;
1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, §§ IS, 19;
1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1916, 196.
S. 1907, 576, § 42; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
G. L. 210, § 2.
G. L. 279, § 2.5.
S. 1907, 576, §§ 62, 83; R.
1907, 576, § 122.
G. L. 266, § 127.
G. L. 189. § 10.
S. 1906, 257.
S. 1918, 257, § 318.
S. 1907. 560. §415; R. 1907,
560. § 456.
S. 1907, 560, § 422; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
S. 1909, 514, § 21; R. 1909,
514. § 145.
S. 1909. 514. §§ 11-14; R.
1909, 514. § 145.
S. 1918, 247. § 1; R. 1918,
247, § 4.
S. 1905, 243; R. 1918. 247,
§4.
S. 1909, 514, § 44; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 39.
S. 1913, 610, § 1; 1919, 350,
§§ 99-103, 108.
G. L. 223, § 7. (R. 1909.
514. § 145; Re-enacted
1910, 63, § 1.]
G. L. 41, § 53.
Part G. L. 92, §§ 41, 48;
part O.
Part G. L. 32, § 85; part O.
G. L. 32, § 85.
S. 1916, 6.
S. 1914, 690, § 1.
S. 1912, 528, § 14; R. 1912.
528, § 15.
S. 1907, 560, § 5; R. 1907,
560. § 456.
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 31, 32.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 28, 29; R.
1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1919, 275.
S. 1905, 144.
S. 1909, 514, § 101; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
S. 1914, 411.
S. 1909, 514, § 23; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
O.
S. 1914, 670.
G. L. 221, § 37.
G. L. 221, § 39.
G. L. 119, §§ 49-51.
S. 1906, 463, I, §§ 9, 10;
1906. 463, I, § 68.
G. L. 199, § 2.
R.
clxviii
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1904, 361
•' 363,
" 363,
" 364
" 365
" 366,
" 367,
" 367,
" 3G9
" 370,
" 370,
" 371
" 372,
372,
372,
373
374,
374,
374, §
374,
375
375,
375,
375,
375,
377
379
380
380,
380,
381,
381,
381,
381,
382,
383
§4
§§5-16
§§ 17, i;
§1
§1
385
386,
387
388,
388,
392,
395
396
399, § 1
401,
401,
403,
408,
408,
409,
409,
409,
409,
409,
§1
§1
S. 1905, 465, § 157.
G. L. 127, § 88.
G. L. 120, § 21.
R. 1905, 417, § 2.
G. L. 130, § 17.
R. 1907, 161.
S. 1910, 548.
G. L. 130, § 7.
S. 1912, 567, §§ 1, 6, 10; R.
1912, 567, § 9.
S. 1905, 280, § 1.
S. 1905, 2S0, § 3.
S. 1905, 391.
G. L. 218, § 1.
Part G. L. 218, § 6; part
1919, 362, § 1; part O.
Part G. L. 218, § 1; part O.
O.
S. 1906, 463, III, §§117-121;
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
G. L. 172, §§ 6-9.
Part G. L. 172, § 10; part S.
1920, 598, § 7.
Part G. L. 172. § 11; part S.
1916, 37, § 1.
S. 190.5, 331.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 326-328.
S. 1907, 560, § 329.
S. 1907, 560, § 333.
S. 1907, 560, § 454.
S. 1905, 386, § 17; R. 1905,
386, § 18.
G. L. 91, §2.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, § 316.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 316, 325.
S. 1909, 468, §§ 1-3.
S. 1908, 405.
S. 1909, 468, §§ 5-16.
S. 1907, 354, §§1,2.
Part S. 1913, 834, § 1 ; part O.
S. 1905, 260, § 1; R. 1918,
257, § 172.
S. 1909, 490, I, § 12.
S. 1906, 416.
§ 1; R. 1913,
j§ 1,2;R. 1908,
S. 1913, 386
386, § 2.
S. 1908, 459,
459, § 3.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
S. 1912, 623, § 39.
S. 1909, 391, §§ 1, 2.
Part G. L. 266, § 102; part
S. 1906,463, III, §85; part
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 1909, 514, § 47; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
S. 1909, 514, § 10; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
S. 1912, 322.
G. L. 217, § 40.
O.
S. 1917, 235, § 1; R. 1917,
235, § 3.
Temporary.
S. 1907, 473, § 1.
Part G. L. 132, §§1,6; part
O.
S. 1912, 577.
S. 1919, 350, § 42.
S. 1916, 97.
904, 409,
§6 .
" 410
" 413
" 414
" 414,
§§'l.2
" 421
" 422
" 423
" 423,
§1 '
" 423,
§7 .
" 423,
§9 .
" 423,
§§20,
" 426
'• 427,
§1 '.
" 427,
§2 .
" 427,
§3 .
•■ 427,
§4 .
" 427,
§§5-8
" 429
" 429,
§§1.2
" 430
" 431
" 432
433, § 1
433, § 2
435
435,
435,
439
440
441
442, § 1
442,
443
444,
444,
444,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
446,
448,
448,
448,
448,
448,
§2
§1
§2
§3
§1
§2
§3
§4
§5
§6
§7
§8
§9
§§ 10,
§12
§13
§1
§2
§3
S. 1907, 473, § 2.
S. 1908, 462, §3; 1918. 189,
§ 1; R. 1918, 189, § 2.
G. L. 261, § 25.
R. 1908, 460, § 4.
S. 1908,460, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1907, 563, § 7; R. 1907,
563, § 26.
G. L. 114, §§ 20, 21.
R. 1914, 692, § 11.
S. 1909, 371, § 7.
Part S. 1914, 692, § 2.
Part S. 1914, 692, § 2.
Part S. 1914, 692, § 2.
S. 1906, 457.
G. L. 174, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 174, §§3,4.
PartG. L. 174, §§5, 6; part
O.
G. L. 174, §§ 7, 8.
G. L. 174, §§ 9-12.
R. 1906, 463, I, § 68.
S. 1906, 463, I, §§3, 4.
S. 1912,726, §12; 1919,350,
§108.
G. L. 92, § 99.
S. 1905, 213; R. 1909, 514,
§145.
Part G. L. 148, §§ 3, 4, 8;
parts. 1905,247, §1;461,
§ 1; 1918, 275, §2; 1919,
350, §§ 99-102, 104, 108;
partR. 1905,247, §2; 461,
§ 2; part O.
S. 1913, 610, § 1; R. 1913,
610, § 6.
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 9.
S. 1914, 742, § 137.
S. 1905, 465, § 14; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
O.
S. 1906, 463, III, § 41; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 490, I,
§84.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 46.
R. 1918, 257, § 203.
G. L. 266, § 113.
G. L. 128, § 7.
S. 1914, 239.
PartG.L. 18, §10; 121, §28;
part O.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 5.
G. L. 121, § 29.
Temporary.
G. L. 121, § 28.
Temporary.
G. L. 18, § 6.
G. L. 121, § 30.
S. 1909, 497.
G. L. 121, §§ 32, 33.
Part G. L. 121, § 6; part S.
1919, 350, § 93.
S. 1905, 128.
Part G. L. 185, § 25; part S.
1910, 560, § 3.
G. L. 185, § 22.
Part G. L. 185, § 15; part S.
1910, 560, § 1; part R.
1910, 560, § 5.
G. L. 185, § 23.
S. 1910, 560, § 3.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxix
1904, 448, § 6 .
. G. L. 185, §§ 24, 37.
1905, 73
. S. 1906, 482; 1908, 477, §§ 1
' 448, § 7 .
. O.
3; R. 1908, 477, §4.
■ 448, § 8
. S. 1910, 560, § 6.
79
. G. L. 215, § 62.
' 448, § 9 .
. S. 1905, 286; R. 1912, 542.
80,
§1 '. .
. Part S. 1906, 463, III, § 5
' 448, § 10
. Gone to many places.
R. 1906, 463, III, § 158.
• 450 . .
. R. 1913, 655, §61.
81
. R. 1917, 182.
' 450, § 1 .
. S. 1913, 655, § 30.
90
. G. L. 192, § 1.
' 450. § 2 .
. S. 1905, 342, §§ 1, 2.
92
. S. 1912, 322.
' 450, §§3, 4
. S. 1913, 655, §§32,33.
" 106
. G. L. 140, § 162.
• 450, § 6 .
. S. 1913, 655, § 34.
■' 107
. G. L. 214, § 11.
' 450, § 7 .
. R. 1905, 342, §3.
" 110
. S. 1906, 187.
' 450, §§8, 9
. S. 1913,655, §§35,36.
" 111
. S. 1907, 560, §247; R. 1907
' 450, § 10 .
. S. 1913, 655, § 55.
660, § 456.
' 450, § 11 .
. S. 1913, 655, § 59.
" 115
. G. L. 117, §34.
' 450, § 12 .
. S. 1913, 655, § 49.
" 124,
§1 '
. G. L. 194, § 9.
' 450, §§ 13,
14 S. 1913, 655, §§ 37, 38.
" 124,
§2 .
. 0.
•• 451, § 1 .
. S. 1905, 179; 1906, 290; 1910,
" 127
. S. 1907, 169, § 3.
537; 1913, 423, § 1; 603;
" 128
. Special.
651, § 1; 1915, 272, § 1;
" 133
. G. L. 218, § 8.
1918, 261, § 1; 263, § 1;
" 134
. S. 1906, 463, III, § 86; R
287, §l;partR. 1918,287,
1906, 463, III, § 158.
§7.
" 138,
§1 .
. .S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918
" 451, §2 .
. S. 1918, 287, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
287, § 7.
" 144
. G. L. 40, § 32.
" 451, §3 .
. S. 1907, 145, § 2; 1911, 174;
■' 149
. S. 1907, 139, § 2.
1914, 405; 1918, 287, § 1;
" 150
. S. 1910, 500.
R. 1918, 287, § 7.
" 154,
§1 '
. S. 1910, 421, §2; 1916, 112
■ 451, §4 .
. G. L. 35, § 3.
§1.
' 451, §5 .
. 0.
" 155
. Part G. L. 20, § 5; part S
' 451, §6 .
. S. 1918, 287, 1 6.
1907, 401, § 1; 1919, 350
' 452, § 1 .
. S. 1919, 361, §§ 1,2, 4.
§37.
' 452, § 2 .
. S. 1913, 682.
" 156
. Part G. L. 155, § 52; 156
" 453, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 218, § 10; part S.
1905, 165; 443, §§ 1, 2;
1906, 325, §§ 1, 2; 1908,
323; 1909,357; 1911,414,
§ 51; part S. 1906, 463, II
§228, III, §140; 1914, 742
§ 86; part R. 1914, 742
§ 199.
§ 2; 1912, 604, § 1; 660;
" 157,
§1 .
. S. 1910, 369, § 1; 1911, 485
1914, 686; 1915, 286; 1916,
§ 1; R. 1918, 272, §5.
261-263; 1917, 340, § 1;
" 157,
§2 .
. S. 1914,326, §2; 1917, 242
1918, 173; 211, § 1; 260,
1918, 272, § 2; R. 1918
§ 2; 1919, 362, §§ 1, 2;
272, § 5.
part R. 1912, 604, § 2;
" 157,
§3 .
. S. 1906, 460, § 2; R. 1918
1918, 211, § 2.
272, § 5.
" 453, § 2 .
. 8.1907,128, §§1-3; R. 1907,
" 157,
§4 .
. G. L. 12, § 23.
128, § 4.
" 157,
§6 .
. Temporary.
" 453, § 3 .
. S. 1919, 362, § 3.
" 159
. S. 1907, 474, §§ 1. 2, 15.
" 453, 1 5 .
. G. L. 218, § 47.
" 162
. G. L. 121, § 38.
" 454, § 1 .
. S. 1906, 449, § 1; 450; 1912,
649, § 10; 1913, 726; 736,
" 163
. S. 1908, 349; R. 1912, 174
§2.
§1.
" 165
. S. 1918, 211, § 1; 1919, 362
" 455, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 217, §§ 34, 35;
§§1.2.
part S. 1906, 265, § 1;
'■ 167
. G. L. 67, § 27.
1907, 442, § 4; 1908, 541,
" 169
. O.
§ 3; 1911, 668; 1912, 378;
" 175,
§§1-3
. S. 1909, 504, §§ 95-97.
585; 654; 1919,353, §§1-3.
" 176,
§§1-3
. S. 1908, 566, §§ 1-3.
9, 10, 12; part R. 1906,
" 179
. S. 1918, 261, § 1; 263, § 1
265, § 2.
287, §l;partR. 1918,263,
" 455, § 2 .
. S. 1919, 353, § 7.
§4.
" 457, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 92, § 10; part
" 183
. G. L. 217, § 33.
0.
" 189
. S. 1916,37, §1; R. 1916,37,
" 457, §§2-1
2 . Special.
§2.
" 458, §§1-7
. 0.
" 190
S. 1909, 377, §§ 1-3; R. 1909,
" 459, § 1 .
. S. 1905, 447.
377, § 4.
" 459, § 2 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 41.
" 191,
§§1-4
. S. 1907, 576, §§ 102-105; R.
" 459, § 3 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 48.
1907, 576, § 122.
■' 459, § 4 .
. O.
" 192
. Part G. L. 218, § 8; part S.
" 459, § 5 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 48.
1919, 362, § 2.
" 459, § 6 .
. O.
" 193
. S. 1909, 490, II, § 44.
" 460, § 1 .
. S. 1908, 385, § 1.
" 195
G. L. 185, § 43.
" 460, § 2 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 336.
" 202
. S. 1908, 317, § 1; R. 1908,
" 460, § 3 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 338.
317, §2.
" 460, § 4 .
. S. 1905, 341.
" 204
. S. 1907, 571, § 1.
' 460, § 5 .
. S. 1907, 309.
" 206,
§1
. S. 1911, 83, § 1.
clxx
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
i, 208 . . . S. 1906, 463, II, § 234-, R.
1906, 463, II, § 258.
209 .. . S. 1911,380, § 2.
210 .. . S. 1906, 463, II, § 233; R.
1906, 463, II, § 258.
211, §1 . . S. 1918, 257, §476.
211, §2 . . G. L. 10, § 10.
211, §3 . . S. 1907, 139, § 1.
211, §4 . . S. 1908, 630, § 1.
211, §5 . . S. 1918, 244, §3.
211, §6 . . S. 1910, 220, § 1; R. 1910,
220, § 6.
211, §7 . . S. 1918, 257, §6.
211, §8 . . G. L. 29, § 25.
211, §9 . . G. L. 29, §16.
211, § 10 . . S. 1918, 257, §7.
211, §11 . . S. 1911, 154.
211, §12. . Part G. L. 29, § 12; part O.
213 .. . S. 1907, 224; R. 1909, 514,
§145.
216, § 1 . . S. 1906, 275, § 1.
216, §2 . . S. 1918,274, §2.
218, §1 . . S. 1909, 174, § 1; R. 1909,
174, § 2.
218, §2 . . S. 1907, 359, § 1.
220 .. . S. 1910, 541, §§1,2; R. 1910,
541, § 3.
222 ... S. 1918, 257, § 356; R. 1918,
257, § 357.
228 .. . G. L. 172, § 24.
229 ... G. L. 215, § 49.
231 ... S. 1909, 514, § 55; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
233 .. . S. 1909, 490, III, § 54.
235 .. . PartG.L.27,§4; 127,§§159,
160; part S. 1919, 266, § 1;
part O.
236 .. . S. 1906, 305.
238 .. . S. 1909, 514, § 106; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
240 .. . S. 1916, 76.
241 ... G. L. 266, § 130.
242 ... G. L. 181, § 3.
243 ... S. 1918, 247, § 1; R. 1918,
247, § 4.
244 ... G. L. 127, § 50.
245 .. . S. 1913, 552.
247, §1 . . S. 1913, 834, § 1; R. 1913,
834, § 2.
249, § 1 . . S. 1910, 560, § 3.
249, § 2 . . G. L. 185, § 26.
249, § 3 . . G. L. 185, § 99; 262, § 39.
249, § 4 . . O.
249, §5 . . PartG. L. 262, §39;partO.
250 .. . S. 1908, 590, §68, cl. 8 {^).
251 .. . S. 1907, 480.
255, §§1-6 . Special.
255, § 7 . . Part G. L. 218, § 1 ; part S.
1906, 497, §§5, 14, 22;
1916,226, §4; part O.
255, §§8-12 . Special.
256 .. . S. 1917, 303.
258 .. . G. L. 268, § 28.
259 .. . G. L. 253, § 4.
260, § 1 . . R. 1918, 257, § 172.
263, § 1 . . O.
263, § 2 . . S. 1909, 33.
266, § 1 . . G. L. 231, § 3.
267, § 1 . . S. 1906, 284, § 2; 1909, 514,
§ 56; R. 1909, 514, § 145.
267, § 2 . . S. 1909, 514, § 58; R. 1909,
614, § 145.
209 . . . S. 1911, 500.
1905, 271 .
. . S. 1910, 538.
" 272 .
. . O.
" 275 .
. . S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
" 279 .
. . R. 1915, 145, § 13.
" 279, § 1
. . S. 1908, 297, § 1.
•• 279, §2
. S. 1915, 145, § 9.
■■ 279, §3
. S. 1908, 297, § 2.
" 280, § 1
. S. 1908, 502, § 1; 1910, 565,
§§2,3; 1914,795, §3.
•' 280, §2
. S. 1910, 223, § 2.
■' 280, §3
. G. L. 148, § 16.
" 281 .
. O.
" 2S2, § 1
. S. 1908, 629; 1909, 504, § 1;
R. 1909, 504, § 107.
" 284 .
. S. 1911,88.
" 285 .
. G. L. 121, §7.
" 286 .
. R. 1912, 542.
" 287
. S. 1907, 576, § 11; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
" 288 .
. Part S. 1910, 560, § 6; part
R. 1910, 560, § 2.
" 289, § 1
. S. 1908, 294, § 2.
" 289, § 2
. S. 1915, 301, § 12; R. 1915,
301, § 14.
" 291 .
Temporary.
■' 295
. S. 1906, 329.
" 296, § 1
. G. L. 185, § 70.
" 296, § 2
. O.
" 298 .
. S. 1905,465, §120; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
" 303, § 1
. G. L. 117, §36.
" 303, §2
. S. 1913, 112.
" 304 .
. R. 1909, 514, § 145.
" 304, §§ 1,
2 . S. 1909, 514, §§ 115, 116.
" 304, § 3
. S. 1909,514, § 118.
" 307 .
. S. 1906, 501, §§1-3; R. 1907,
563, § 26. (Revived 1908,
104.)
•' 308 .
. S. 1906, 390, § 1 ; 1909, 514,
§ 125; R. 1909, 514, § 145.
" 310, § 1
. S. 1911,562, §3.
" 310, §2
. S. 1906, 414.
" 310, §3
. S. 1915, 259, § 11.
" 311
. R. 1909, 534, § 31.
" 311, §1
. S. 1908, 648, § 1.
•■ 311, §2
. S. 1906, 412, § 8.
" 311, §3
. S. 1907, 580, § 2.
" 311, §4
. S. 1908, 648, § 5.
" 311, §5
. S. 1906, 412, § 3.
" 311, §6
. S. 1906, 412, § 5:
" 313 .
. S. 1907, 560, §§ 226, 227;
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
" 315 .
. S. 1911, 628, § 12 (a).
•' 316 .
. G. L. 272, § 20.
" 317 .
. R. 1911, 614, § 13.
" 317, §§1,2
. S. 1908, 402, §§1,2.
" 317, §3
. S. 1911, 614, § 11.
" 317, §5
. S. 1911, 614, § 11.
" 318, § 1
. S. 1907,560, §418; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
" 318, §2
. S. 1907, 560, § 73; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
" 319 .
. S. 1913, 652.
■■ 320 .
. S. 1906, 383.
" 321, § 1
. -G. L. 221, §24.
" 321, §2
. G. L. 9, § 17.
" 322 .
. S. 1911, 270, § 1; R. 1911,
270, § 2.
" 323 .
. Part G. L. 217, §§ 24, 26;
part S. 1917, 214.
" 324 .
. G. L. 246, § 65.
" 325, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 490, II, § 59.
I
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED L.A.WS.
clxxi
1905, 325, § 2
. S. 1909, 490, II, § 62.
1905, 386, § 9
. S.
" 325, § 3
. Amended 1908, 226; S. 1909,
" 386, § 10
. s.
490, II, § 76.
" 386, §11
. s.
" 326, § 1
. G. L. 203, §§26, 27.
•' 386, § 12
. s.
" 326, §§2-
r . G. L. 203, §§ 2S-33.
" 3S6, § 13
. s.
" 326, § 8
. PartG. L. 203, §34; part 0.
" 386, §§ 14
15 S.
" 326, § 9
, G. L. 203, § 35.
" 386, § 16
. S.
" 326, § 10
. G. L. 203, § 39.
" 386, § 17
. s.
" 326, §§ 11
-13 G. L. 203, §§ 36-38.
" 390 .
. R.
" 328 .
. G. L. 6, § 13.
■■ 391 .
. S.
" 330, § 1
. S. 1912, 442, § 1.
" 330, § 2
. S. 1908, 269.
" 400 .
. s.
" 330. § 3
. S. 1918, 96, § 1.
" 331 .
. S. 1908, 520, §§8-11.
" 401, § 1
. s.
" 332 .
. S. 1907, 231.
" 336 .
. S. 1913, 611, §§ 3, 15; R.
1913, 611, § IS.
" 401, §2
. s.
" 338 .
. S. 1912, 154.
" 406 .
. s.
" 339 .
. S. 1910,501, §§ 1,2.
" 340 .
. O.
" 407 .
. G.
" 341
. S. 1907, 274, § 1.
" 408
. R.
" 342, §§1,
I . S. 1913, 655, § 31; R. 1913,
" 408, § 1
. S.
655, §61.
" 408, §§2,
J . S.
" 344 .
. G. L. 117, § 20.
•• 410
. R.
" 345 .
. Part R. 1913, 563, § 9; part
" 410, §§1,
2 . S.
Temporary.
•■ 410, §3
. S.
" 347 .
. G. L. 143, §§22, 23.
" 410, §4
. S.
" 348
. G. L. 47, § 25.
" 410, §5
. s.
" 354, § 1
. S. 1909, 504, § 82; R. 1909,
" 410, §6
. s.
504, § 107.
" 410, §7
. s.
" 354, § 2
. 0.
" 414
. s.
" 355, § 1
. G. L. 125, § 39.
'• 415
. G.
" 355, § 2
. G. L. 127, § 79.
'■ 417, §1
. G.
" 355, § 3
. Part S. 1920, 380, § 1 ; part O.
" 419 .
. s.
" 355, § 4
. Part G.L. 124, §1; 127, §80;
" 428, §§1,
2 . S.
part S. 1916, 183.
" 42S, § 3
. G.
" 355, § 5
. Temporary.
" 428, § 4
. G.
" 365 .
. Part S. 1913, 834, § 1; part
R. 1913, 834, § 2; part O.
" 428, § 5
. S.
" 366, § 1
. S. 1906, 412, § 9; R. 1909,
" 432 .
. s.
534, § 31.
" 434 .
. G.
" 367 .
. S. 1907, 563, §§ 6, 19; R.
" 435 .
. S.
1907, 563, § 26.
" 436 .
. s.
" 369 .
. S. 1908, 434, § 1; 1912, 71;
" 437 .
. s.
R. 1908, 434, § 2; 1914,
" 443 .
. s.
370, § 3.
" 445 .
. s.
" 370, § 1
. G. L. 258, § 1.
" 370, § 2
. S. 1908, 288; R. 1910, 555,
" 447 .
. s.
§3.
•■ 452 .
. s.
" 373, §§1-S
. G. L. 41, § 48.
" 454 .
. G.
" 375 .
. S. 1911,268, §2.
■• 456, §§1-^
. G.
" 376, § 1
. S. 1906, 463, III, § 74; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
•' 456, § 5
. s.
" 377 .
. S. 1906, 345.
" 457
. G.
" 381, § 1
. G. L. 132, § 11.
" 458, §1 1-4
. S.
" 381, §2
. Part G. L. 132, § 4; part S.
1909, 263, §§ 1, 2.
" 459 .
. G.
" 381, §§3-e
) . S. 1906, 268, §§ 1-4.
" 461, § 1
. S.
" 381, §7
. Part G. L. 132, §§ 19, 20;
part S. 1906, 268, § 5.
" 464, § 1
. G.
" 381, §§S,S
) . O.
" 465 .
. R.
" 381, §11
. S. 1906, 268, § 6.
" 465, §§ 1-1
1 . S.
" 381, § 12
. S. 1907, 521, § 4.
" 465, § 12
. S.
" 384, § 1
. S. 1917, 135.
" 465, § 13
. s.
" 384, §2
. G. L. 272, § 46.
■' 465, § 14
. s.
" 386 .
. R. 1907, 560, § 456.
" 465, § 15
. s.
" 386, § 1
. S. 1907, 560, § 82.
" 465, § 16
. s.
" 386, § 2
. S. 1907,560, §§120, 149, 181.
" 465, §§ 17
-19 S.
" 386, I 3
. S. 1907, 560, § 178.
" 465, § 21
. s.
" 386, §§4,
5 . S. 1907, 560, §§ 180, 181.
" 465, §22
. s.
" 386, § 6
. S. 1911, 436; 1913,835, §226.
•' 465, § 23
. s.
" 386, § 7
. S. 1907, 560, § 202.
" 465, § 24
. s.
" 386, § 8
. S. 1907, 560, § 204.
" 465, § 25
. s.
1906, 298, § 1.
1907, 560, § 181.
1907, 560, § 146.
1907, 560, § 129.
1907, 560, § 152.
1907, 560, §§ 158, 159.
, 1907,560, §§168,178-181.
1907, 560, § 145.
1918, 257, § 203.
1905, 465, § 112; R. 1905,
465, § 194.
1909, 504, § 14; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
1907, 576, § 34, cl. (a) ; R.
1907, 576, § 122.
1907, 576, § 85; R. 1907,
576, § 122.
1906,303, §§1,3;R. 1906,
303, § 2.
L. 21, §6; 130, §2.
, 1906, 463, I, § 68.
1906, 463, I, § 32.
1906, 463, I, §§ 36, 37.
1914, 742, § 199.
1914, 742, §§ 101, 102.
1914, 742, § 113.
1906, 411.
1914, 742, § 120.
1914, 742, § 122.
1914, 742, § 125.
. 1907, 99; R. 1910,472, §2.
i. L. 140, § 77.
L. 130, § 60.
1907, 307.
1906, 408, §§ 1, 2.
L. 169, § 4.
L.-169, § 16.
1907, 377, § 7; R. 1909,
287, § 1.
1909, 504, §§45, 46.
L. 266, § 123.
1909, 504, § 75.
1909, 504, § 33.
1908, 566.
1907, 128, §§ 2, 3.
1907, 300; R. 1908, 330,
§2.
1909, 504, § 29.
1918, 227.
L. 107, §§ 7, 8.
L. 92. §§ 49-52.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 14,
16.
. L. 92, § 97.
1909, 504, §§ 71-74; R.
1909, 504, § 107.
. L. 127, §§23, 24.
1913, 834, § 1; R. 1913,
834, § 2.
L. 119, § 40.
1908, 604, § 209.
1908, 604, §§ 1-11.
1907, 526, § 1.
1908, 604, § 13.
1908.604, §§ 14, 39.
1906, 504, § 1.
1908, 604, § 116.
1908, 604, §§35-37.
1906, 504, § 2.
1908, 604, § 15.
1908, 344.
1908, 604, § 17.
1908, 604, § 32.
clxxii
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1905, 465, § 26 .
S. 1908, 604, § 28.
1905, 473, § 5
. Part G. L. 13, § 31
; part S.
" 465, § 27 .
S. 1906, 423, § 1; 1908, 604,
1916.305, §2; part O.
§20;part R. 1906,423,§4.
■• 473, § 6
. S. 1910, 390.
" 465, § 28 .
S. 1906, 273.
" 473, § 7
. Part G. L. 112, §
84
part
" 465, § 29 .
S. 1907,305, § 1; 1908, 604,
O.
§20; part R. 1907, 305, §3.
" 473, §§8-10. G. L. 112, §§ 85-87
" 465, § 30 .
S. 1908, 604, § 19.
•• 474, § 1
. S. 1913, 73.
" 465, §31 .
S. 1908, 604, § 22.
•■ 474, §2
. Temporary.
" 465, § 32 .
S. 1908, 604, § 20.
" 475, § 1
. S. 1906, 471; R. 1909
504,
" 465, § 33 .
Part S. 1908, 604, § 20.
§107.
•■ 465, §§ 34,
35
S. 1906, 504, §§ 3, 4.
•■ 475, §2
. Special.
•■ 465, § 36 .
S. 1908, 604, § 33.
" Res. 2
. S. 1909, Res. 5.
•■ 465, §§ 37-
39
S. 1908, 604, §§ 40-42.
1906, 50, § 1
. G. L. 240, § 19.
" 465, §40 .
Part S. 1908, 604, § 43.
50, §2
. G. L. 240, § 23.
" 465, §§ 41-
56
S. 1908, 604, §§44-59.
50, §3
. G. L. 240, § 25.
" 465, §§ 57-
-62
S. 1908, 604, §§ 61-66.
59 .
. G. L. 217, § 43.
•■ 465, § 63 .
S. 1908, 604, §§42, 67.
63 .
. G. L. 48, § 60.
" 465, §§ 64-69
S. 1908, 604, §§6.8-73.
66 .
. S. 1906, 347, § 4.
" 465, § 70 .
S. 1908,604, §§74-79.
" ■ 67 .
. G. L. 36, § 10.
•■ 465, §§ 71-
76
S. 1908, 604, §§ 80-85.
73 .
. S. 1907, 236.
" 465, § 77 .
S. 1908, 604, §§ 86, 87.
76 .
. S. 1907, 560, § 348;
R.
1907,
" 465, §§ 78,
79
S. 1908, 604, §§ 88, 89.
560, § 456.
■■ 465, § 80 .
S. 1906, 504, § 5.
" 104 .
. S. 1920, 630, § 13.
" 465, §§ 81,
82
S. 1908, 604, §§ 91, 92.
" 105
. R. 191.3, 655, § 61.
" 465, § 83 .
S. 1906, 212.
" 105, § 1
. S. 1913, 655, § 51.
" 465, §§ 84-86
S. 1908, 604, §§ 100-102.
" 105, §§2,3 . S. 1913, 655, §35.
" 465, § 87 .
S. 1906, 373.
" 105, §4
. S. 1913, 655, §§55,
56.
" 465, §§ 88,
89
S. 1908, 604, §§ 104, 105.
" 105, § 5
. S. 1913, 655, § 59.
" 465, § 90 .
S. 1906, 504, § 7.
" 105, § 6
. S. 1913, 655, § 58.
" 465, §§ 91-
-98
S. 1908, 604, §§ 107-114.
'■ 107 .
. S. 1907, 355.
" 465, § 99 .
S. 1906, 504, § 8.
•• 109, § 1
. S. 1919, 25, §2; R.
1919, 25,
" 465, §§100
-109
S. 190S, 604, §§ 117-126.
§3.
" 465. §110
S. 1906, 504, §9 a 110).
" 116, §§1,
2 . G. L. 94, § 48.
" 465, §§111
-116
S. 1906,504, §9(§§ii5-i20).
" 116, §3
. S. 1908, 435, § 1.
" 465, §117
S. 1906, 504, §9 (^111).
'■ 116, §4
. S. 1908, 435, § 1;
R.
1908,
" 465, §118
S. 1906, 504, §9 (§ US).
435, § 2.
" 465, §119
S, 1906, 504, §9 (.^111).
" 117 .
. S. 1911, 509, §2.
" 465, § 120
S. 1906, 504, § 9 (§§ 114.
123).
" 120 .
" 126 .
. S. 1908, 525, § 1.
. S. 1915, 271.
" 465, § 121
S. 1906, 504, § 9 (§§ 121,
122).
" 127 .
" 129 .
. G. L. 206, § 27.
. G. L. 209, § 36.
•• 465, §§122
123
S. 1906,504, §9 (§i2/).
" 139 .
. G. L. 136, § 11.
" 465, §§124-152
S. 1908, 604, §§ 141-169.
" 141 .
. Temporary.
" 465, § 153
S. 1906, 198.
" 146 .
. G. L. 1, § 5.
'• 465. §§154
155
S. 1908, 604, §§ 171, 172.
" 147 .
. S. 1912, 134.
" 465, § 156
S. 1906, 504, § 11.
■' 149
, S. 1912, 658.
" 465, § 157
S. 1905,468, § 1; 1906, 504,
•■ 151 .
. S. 1910, 419.
§12.
" 158, § 1
. S. 1920, 541, §§ 1
2,
4; R.
" 465, § 158
S. 1907, 305, § 1; R. 1907,
1920. 541. § 5.
305, § 3.
" 158, §2
. S. 1920, 541, § 3;
R.
1920,
" 465, §§ 159
16C
S. 1908, 604, §§ 175, 176.
541, § 5.
'■ 465, § 161
S. 1906, 504, § 13.
" 159 .
. S. 1907, 344.
" 465, §§162-
-176
S. 1908,604, §§178-192.
" 165 .
. S. 1907, 410, §§ 1,2.
" 465, § 177
S. 1906, 504, § 14.
" 166 .
. G. L. 218, § 40.
" 465, §§178-181
S. 1908, 604, §§ 194-197.
" 171, §1
. S. 1917, Sp. 121, §1
;R
1917,
■■ 465, § 182
S. 1906, 504, § 15.
Sp. 121, § 3.
" 465, §§183
-187
S. 1908, 604, §§ 199-203.
•• 171, §2
. S. 1917,Sp. 121, §2
;R
1918,
" 465, § 188
S. 1908, 604, § 24.
81, § 2.
" 465, §§189-193
S. 1908, 604, §§ 204-208.
'■ 172, § 1
. S. 1911, 548, § 1.
" 468, § 1 .
S. 1906, 504, § 12; R. 1908,
604, § 209.
" 172, §2
" 175 .
. S. 1908, 350, § 1.
. G. L. 200, § 10.
" 468, § 2 .
Special.
" 179, §§ 1-
J . S. 1908,488, §§1-3
R.
1908,
" 470, § 1 .
S. 1906, 436, § 1; R. 1907,
563, § 26.
■' 180 .
488, § 3.
. G. L. 276, § 64.
'• 470, § 2 .
O.
" 181 .
. G. L. 266, § 46.
" 472, § 1 .
S. 1907, 465, §§ 1, 14.
" 183 .
. S. 1913, 316.
" 472, § 2 .
S. 1907, 465, §§ 10, 15, 17.
" 184 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 5;
R.
1909,
" 472, §3 .
S. 1907, 465, § 28.
504, § 107.
" 473, §§1,2
Part G. L. 13, §§ 29, 30;
part O.
" 185, § 1
" 185, §§ 2,
. S. 1913, 281.
3 . G. L. 272, § 78.
" 473, §3 .
Temporary.
•■ 187, § 1
. G. L. 221. § 53.
•' 473, § 4 .
Part G. L. 112, § 82; part
O.
" 187, §2
" 190 .
. O.
. S. 1920, 47.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxxiii
906, 192 . .
Part G. L. 218, § 66; part S.
1906. 268. § 6 .
1918, 195.
" 269 . .
'• 193 . .
S. 1917, 253, § 1; R.
253, § 2.
1917.
" 271, § 1 .
" 194 . .
G. L. 218, § 8.
" 271, §2 .
" 195 . .
S. 1908, 348.
" 271. §3 .
" 196 . .
S. 1914, 690, § 1.
" 271. §4 .
" 197, § 1 .
S. 1914, 690, § 1.
" 271. §5 .
" 197, §2 .
O.
" 271. §6 .
" 19S . .
S. 1908,604, §170; R.
604, § 209.
1908,
■' 271.17 .
'■ 200, § 1 .
S. 1908, 427; R. 1918
198,
" 271. §8 .
§8.
" 271, §9 .
" 201, §1 .
S. 1920, 591, § 2.
" 203, § 1 .
S. 1914, 429.
" 203, § 2 .
G. L. 224, § 30.
'■ 271. §10 .
" 204 . .
R. 1908, 590, § 69.
" 271, §11 .
" 204, §§ 1, 2
S. 1908,590, §§2,3.
" 271, §12 .
" 204, § 4 .
S. 1908, 590, § 4.
" 271, § 13 .
" 210, § 1 .
S. 1907, 272; R. 1918,
§4.
247,
" 273 . .
'■ 210, §2 .
S. 1918, 247, § 2; R.
1918,
" 274 . .
247, § 4.
" 275 . .
" 212 . .
S. 1906, 423, § 3: 504
§ 0;
" 276 . .
R. 1900, 423, § 4;
1908,
604, § 209.
" 277 . .
" 215 . .
. S. 1914, 379.
■' 278 . .
" 218 . .
. S. 1914, 742, § 109; R.
1914,
742, § 199.
" 280 . .
" 219, §1 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 439.
" 219, §2 .
. G. L. 244, § 15.
" 281 . .
" 219, §3 .
. O.
" 281, § 1 .
" 221 . .
. S. 1911, 160.
" 281, §§2, 3
" 223 . .
. S. 1909. 237.
" 282, § 1 .
" 224 . .
. G. L. 200, §§ 1, 8.
" 282. § 2 .
" 225 . .
. S. 1906, 365, § 1.
" 283 . .
" 228 . .
. S. 1914, 690. § 1.
" 232 . .
. S. 1910, 634.
" 284 . .
" 233 . .
. S. 1914, 3.34.
" 234 . .
. G. L. 85, § 2.
" 286 . .
" 235 . .
. G. L. 92. § 100.
" 287 . .
" 239, § 1 .
. G. L. 130, § 75.
•• 288 . .
" 239, § 2 .
. G. L. 130. § 35.
" 240 . .
. Part G. L. 218. § 8; part S.
" 289, § 1 .
1918. 211, § 1.
" 290 . .
" 241 . .
. S. 1909. 328; R. 1910
533,
§5.
" 293 . .
" 242 . .
. G. L. 125, § 21.
" 296 . .
" 243, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 125, §39; part O.
" 296, § 1 .
" 243, § 2 .
. G. L. 127, § 151.
" 296, § 2 .
" 244 . .
. PartG. L. 127, § 135;
S. 1911,451. § 1.
part
" 296, §3 .
" 248 . .
. Part G. L. 21S. § 8; part S.
" 298 . .
1918.211. § 1.
" 250 . .
. S. 1909. 514, § 102; R.
1909,
" 299, § 1 .
514, § 145.
" 299, § 2 .
" 251. § 1 .
. S. 1919, 292, § 4.
" 251, §2 .
. G. L. 71, § 47.
" 299. § 3 .
" 256 . .
. G. L. 218, § 11.
" 299, § 4 .
" 257 . .
. G. L. 234, § 3.
" 301, § 1 .
" 261, § 1 .
. G. L. 266. § 30.
" 261, §2 .
. O.
" 301, §3 .
" 262 . .
. G. L. 147. § 2.
" 265, § 1 .
. S. 1907,442. § 5; 1911
. 445,
" 302, §§ 1-3
§ 1; 1913.791; 191S
,280,
" 302, §4 .
§ 1; 1919.353, §4.
" 303 . .
" 266 . .
. S. 1906. 463. I, § 7; part R.
" 303, § 1 .
1906, 463, III, § 158
" 303, § 3 .
" 267 . .
. S. 1906. 463. I. § 6.
" 304 . .
" 268, § 1 .
. S. 1908. 591. § 1.
" 305 . .
" 268, §§2, 3
. S. 1907. 521, §§ 1. 2.
" 306, §§ 1-3
" 268, § 4 .
. S. 1908, 591. § 2.
■' 309. § 1 .
" 268, § 5 .
. S. 1907, 521. § 3.
G. L. 132, § 12.
G. L. 246. § 5.
Part S. 1909, 490, III. § 4;
part R. 190S, 468.
S. 1909, 490, III. § 19.
S. 1907. 246.
S. 1909. 490. III. § 22.
S. 1909. 490. III. § 24.
S. 1909. 490. Ill, § 34.
S. 1907, 576. § 93; R. 1907.
576. § 122.
S. 1909. 490, III, § 35.
S. 1906, 463, II, § 214, III.
§ 128; 516, § 17; 1909,
490, III, § 43.
S. 1909, 490. III. § 57.
S. 1909. 490. I, § 93.
S. 1909, 490. III. § 43.
S. 1909. 490. Ill, § 57.
S. 1908, 604, § 20; R. 1908,
604, § 209.
Temporary.
S. 1918. 274, § 2.
Part G. L. 221, § 6; part S.
1918. 287, §§ 1, 3.
G. L. 31, §§8, 9.
S. 1910, 533, § 3; R. 1910,
533, § 5.
S. 1912, 623, § 27; R. 1912,
623, § 45.
R. 1913. 413. § 4.
S. 1913. 413, § 1.
S. 1909, 261, §§ 2, 3.
S. 1907, 251, § 1.
O.
S. 1906, 463, II. § 169; R.
1906, 463. II, § 258.
S. 1909. 514, § 56; R. 1909,
514. § 145.
S. 1912, 595.
O.
S. 1907, 297, §§ 1-3; R. 1907,
297, § 4.
S. 1914, 690, § 1.
S. 1918. 261, § 1; 263, § 1;
287, § 1.
G. L. 127, § 25.
R. 1909. 371. § 10.
S. 1909. 371, § 6.
S. 1909. 371. § 3.
S. 1907.79. § 1; R. 1907.79,
§2.
S. 1907, 560, §352; R. 1907,
560. § 456.
G. L. 218. § 1.
PartG. L. 218. § 6; part S.
1917, 328.
O.
Temporary.
S. 1909, 421, § 1; R. 1909,
421, §3.
S. 1909. 421. § 4; R. 1909.
421, §3.
G. L. 127, §§ 117-119.
G. L. 127, § 123.
R. 1908, 441, § 4.
S. 1908, 441, §§ 1. 2.
S. 1908. 441. § 3.
G. L. 131, § 24. .
S. 1913, 795.
G. L. 31, §31.
S. 1907. 4S9. § 1; R. 1909.
504, § 107.
clxxiv
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1906, 309, § 2 . . R. 1909, 504, § 107.
" 311 ... S. 1907, 560, §215; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
" .313 . . . S. 1909, 504, § 14; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
314, §§1,
2 . S. 1909, 377, §§1,3; R. 1909,
377, § 4.
314, §3
. o.
315, § 1
. S. 1907, 367.
315, §2
. S. 1909, 490, I, § 5, cl. 14.
316 .
. S. 1909, 504, § 54; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
322 .
. S. 1907, 564, § 2.
323, § 1
. G. L. 98, § 51.
323, § 2
. Part G. L. 98, § 56; part S.
1914, 452, § 3.
324 .
. G. L. 127, § 123.
325, § 1
. S. 1914, 547; 1917, 319; 1918,
211, § 1; 1919, 362, § 1.
325, § 2
. S. 1907, 128, § 1.
327 .
. G. L. 130, § 12.
329 .
. S. 1907, 261.
336 .
. S. 1912, 3, § 4.
337 .
. S. 1912, 3, § 4.
338 .
. S. 1912, 3, § 4.
339, §§ 1-^
t . S. 1906, 463, III, § 76; R.
1906, 463, III, § 158.
341 .
. G. L. 121, § 14.
342, § 2
. S. 1910, 555, § 4.
342, § 3
. S. 1911,212, § 1.
342, § 4
. Special.
344, §§1,
2 . G. L. 240, §§ 27, 28.
344, § 3
. S. 1910, 560, § 7.
345
. S. 1916, 48.
346, § 1
. S. 1909, 440, § 2; 490, III,
§ 58; 1914, 198, § 7.
346, § 2
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 58, 1st
%
347, § 1
. S. 1910, 343.
347, §§2-^
1 . G. L. 167, §§ 38-40.
349 .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 70.
351 .
. Part G. L. 218, § 8; part S.
1918,211, § 1; parte.
352 .
. S. 1907, 432, § 1.
353 .
. R. 1909, 534, § 31.
353, §§ 1,
2 . S. 1909, 534, § 27.
353, § 3
. S. 1909, 534, § IS.
353, § 4
. S. 1909, 534, § 27.
355, § 1
. S. 1913, 488.
355, § 2
. G. L. 218, § 63.
356 .
. S. 1910, 460, § 1; R. 1910,
460, § 2.
365, § 1
. Part G. L. Ill, §§ 75, 93,
117, 118; part S. 1907,
445; 1911, 613.
365, § 2
. S. 1915, 12.
365, § 3
. G. L. Ill, §97.
365, § 4
. G. L. Ill, §94.
368, § 1
. O.
36S, § 2
. Part S. 1909, 524, §§ 5, 7;
part 0.
36S, § 3
. . O.
369, § 1
. G. L. 92, § 5.
369, §§2,
3 . G. L. 92, § 6.
369, §§4,
5 . G. L. 92, §§7,8.
370 .
. S. 1909, 514, § 128; R. 1909,
614, § 145.
371 .
. . S. 1907, 215.
372 .
. . G. L. 155, § 11; 181, § 19.
373 .
. . S. 1908, 604, § 103; R. 1908,
604, § 209.
374 .
. . S. 1917, 36.
375 .
. . S. 1907, 433.
1906, 377
" 383
" 384,
§§1,2
" 384,
§§3,4
" 385,
§1 .
" 385,
§2 .
" 385,
§3 .
. " 3S5,
§4 .
" 385,
§5 .
" 385.
§6 .
•■ 385,
§7 .
'• 385,
§8 .
" 386,
§1 .
•' 386,
§2 .
386, §§3,4
386,
§5
386,
§6
387,
§1
387,
§2
387,
§3
387,
§§^
389,
§1
389,
§2
390
390,
§§
390,
§5
392
395,
§1
396
398, § 1
,399,
399,
§1
402, § ;
402,
§§3-
403
404,
§1
407,
§§1.
407,
§3
407,
§4
408,
§1
408,
§2
408,
§3
408,
§4
411
412
412,
§1
412,
§2
412,
§§3,
412,
§5
412,
§§6,
412,
§8
412,
19
413,
§§1,
413,
§3
413,
§4
413,
§§5,
413,
§7
413,
§8
S. 1908, 590, §§ 16, 17; R.
1908, 590, § 69.
S. 1913, 779, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 140, § 198.
G. L. 140, §§ 199, 200.
S. 1918, 266, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1916, 160, § 1.
G. L. 69, §§ 13, 21.
G. L. 69, §§ 14, 21.
G. L. 69, §§ 15, 22.
S. 1920, 201.
Part G. L. 15, § 15; 69,
§§ 2, 12; part S. 1918,
266, §§ 2, 3.
o.
S. 1907, 259, § 1.
S. 1907, 259, § 1; R. 1907,
259 § 3.
S. 1910, 387, § 2; R. 1910,
387, § 11.
S. 1910, 387, § 4; R. 1910,
387, § 11.
PartG. L. 94, §217; part S.
1910, 387, §§ 5, 9.
S. 1907, 465, § 1.
S. 1912, 531, § 1.
O.
S. 1907, 465, § 28.
S. 1913, 779, § 6; R. 1913,
779, § 25.
O.
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 121-124.
S. 1909, 514, § 126.
S. 1908, 529, § 4; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
S. 1920, 630, § 8.
S. 1907, 576, § 32, cl. 4; R.
1907, 576, § 122.
S. 1909, 283, § 1; R. 1912,
333, § 2.
S. 1907, 213; R. 1913, 205.
Part S. 1911, 731, § 1; R.
1913, 205.
Special.
Part S. 1920, 443, §§ 1, 3-5;
part Special.
Special.
G. L. 272, § 59.
S. 1907, 349.
G. L. 10, § 15.
G. L. 11, § 10.
Temporary.
S. 1907, 377, § 1.
S. 1911,358, § 1.
S. 1909, 287, § 2.
G. L. 169, § 17.
S. 1914, 742, § 114; R. 1914.
742, § 199.
R. 1909, 534, § 31.
S. 1909, 534, § 16.
S. 1909, 534, § 1.
S. 1908, 648, §§ 6, 7.
S. 1907, 408.
S. 1909, 534, § 23.
S. 1907, 580, § 1.
S. 1909. 534, § 17.
G. L. 119, §§ 52, 53.
G. L. 119, §§ 54, 66.
G. L. 119, §55.
S. 1916, 243, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 119, §57.
S. 1916, 243, § 3.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxxv
1906, 413,
413,
413,
413,
413,
414
415
416
417
421,
421,
421,
421,
423
423,
425,
427
§11
§12
§13
§14
§1
§2
§3
§4
§§1-3
§1
433, § 1
433,
433,
433,
433,
433,
433,
433,
433,
433,
433,
433,
434,
435
435,
435,
435,
435,
435,
435,
435,
§9 . .
§§ 10, 11
§12
§13
§§1-3
436, § 1
436, § 2
437 .
440
444
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
444,
449,
449,
450
451
§2
§3
§4
§5
§6
§7
§8
§9
§10
§11
§12
§13
§1
§2
G. L. 119, §§ 59, 60.
G. L. 119, §§ 61, 74.
G. L. 119, § 62.
S. 1916, 243, § 4.
S. 1912, 187.
S. 1907, 373, § 2; R. 1915,
259, § 13.
G. L. 46, § 17.
S. 1913, 738.
S. 1910, 401, § 1; R. 1910,
401, § 2.
S. 1909, 504, § 32; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
S. 1910, 497, § 2.
S. 1911, 423.
O.
S. 1907, 517, § 2.
R. 190S, 604, § 209.
S. 1908, 604, §§ 93-95.
S. 1907, 364.
S. 1907, 193; R. 1909, 514,
§ 145.
S. 1913, 784, §§ 2, 3; 1917.
344, I, § 1.
S. 1913, 784, § 9.
R. 1913, 784, § 3.
G. L. 159, § 43.
Part G. L. 159, § 24; part 0.
G. L. 159, § 39.
G. L. 25, § 5.
Part G. L. 166, § 11; part S.
1913, 784, § 3; 1917, 122,
§1.
G. L. 166, § 12.
S. 1913, 784, §§ 11, 12.
G. L. 166, § 43.
G. L. 159, § 42.
R. 1915, 72.
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1909, 514, § 1.
S. 1907, 135, § 1; 1908, 485,
§1.
S. 1908, 485, §§1,2.
S. 1909, 514, § 4.
S. 1908,485, §§4, 5.
S. 1908, 485, § 3.
S. 1907, 135, § 1; R. 1907,
135, § 2.
S. 1907, 563, § 1; part R.
1907, 563, § 26.
Temporary.
S. 1908, 534, § 1; R. 1908,
534, § 2.
S. 1914, 491.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 429, § 15.
S. 1907, 560, § 117.
S. 1907, 560, § 142.
S. 1907, 429, § 6.
S. 1907, 560, § 173.
S. 1907, 560, § 191.
S. 1907, 560, § 65.
S. 1907, 560, § 266.
S. 1907, 560, § 170.
S. 1907, 560, § 270.
S. 1907, 560, § 300.
S. 1907, 560, § 70.
S. 1907, 560, § 410.
S. 1913, 736, § 1; R. 1913,
736, § 2.
G. L. 218, § 69.
S. 1913, 726.
S. 1910, 534, § 1.
1906, 452, § 1 .
452, § 2 .
457 . .
460, §§1,2
460, § 3 .
460, § 4 , .
460, § 5 .
463, I, § 1
463, I
463, I
463, I
463, I
463, I
463, I
463, I
463, I
463,1
463,1
12
463, I
463,1
463, I
463, I
463, I
18
463, I
463,1
§7
§13
§14
§15
§16
§§ 21,
G. L. 185, § 40.
G. L. 201, § 34.
G. L. 92, § 26.
S. 1910,439, §§2, 4;R. 1910,
439, § 6.
G. L. 12, § 20.
S. 1910, 439, § 5; R. 1910,
439, § 6.
G. L. 12, § 21.
Part G. L. 25, § § 3, 6, 7 ; part
S. 1911, 681; 1913, 784,
§§1.9.
S. 1910, 401, § 1.
S. 1909, 4U0, III, § 9; R.
1913, 784, § 8.
R. 1913, 784, § 8.
G. L. 159, § 43.
PartG. L. 159, §22; part S.
1911, 755, §§ 1, 2; 1913,
784, § 2.
S. 1913, 784, § 2.
G. L. 159, § 39.
S. 1909, 343.
PartG. L. 159, §24; part O.
G. L. 159, §§ 29, 30.
S. 1913, 784, § 11.
G. L. 159, § 38.
S. 1913, 784, § 11.
G. L. 159, § 35.
G. L. 159, § 31.
G. L. 159, § 42.
PartG. L. 159, §32; part S.
1917, 122, § 1.
463, I,
§23 .
S. 1908, 542, § 1.
463, I,
§24 .
G. L. 159, § 60.
463, I,
§25 .
S. 1908, 542, § 2.
463, I,
§§ 26-
33
G. L. 159, §§62-69.
463, I,
§34 :
S. 1914, 722, § 1.
463, I,
§35 .
G. L. 159, § 73.
463, I,
§36 .
S. 1918, 257, § 204; 285
463, I,
§37 .
S. 1908, 390, § 1.
463,1
§38 .
S. 1912, 156.
463,1
§39 .
S. 1908, 390, § 2.
463, I,
§40 .
G. L. 159, § 79.
463,1
§41 .
S. 1910, 544.
463,1
§42 .
Special.
463,1
§43 .
S. 1909, 358.
463,1
§44 .
Special.
463, I
§45 .
G. L. 159, § 82.
463, I
§§ 46-
50
G. L. 159, §§ 86-90.
463, I,
§ 51 .■
S. 1918, 257, § 364.
463, I,
§§ 52,
53
G. L. 159, §§ 92, 93.
463, I,
§54 .■
S. 1914, 423.
463, I,
§55 .
G. L. 159, § 95.
463, I,
§56 .
S. 1913, 784, § 13.
463, I,
§57 .
G. L. 159, § 29.
463, I,
§58 .
G. L. 159, § S3.
463, I,
§§ 59.
60
G. L. 159, §§ 55, 56.
463, I,
§61 '.
G. L. 223, § 43.
463, I,
§62 .
G. L. 159, § 28.
463, I,
§63 .
S. 1907, 392.
463, I,
§64 .
G. L. 159, § 101.
463, I,
§§ 65,
66
G. L. 159, §§ 103, 104.
463, I,
§67 '.
S. 1907, 585, § 7.
clxxvi
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1906, 463
I,
§69
•■ 463
II
§1
" 463
II
§2
■' 463
II
§§3-1
" 463
II
§17
" 463
II
§18
" 463
II
§§19-
3
" 463,
II
§32 .
" 463,
11.
§33 .
" 463,
II,
§34 .
" 463,
II,
§§35-
37 .
•' 463,
II.
§38 .'
•' 463,
II,
§§39,
40 . .
463,11, §41
463, II,
463, II,
463, II.
463, II,
463, II,
47 .
463, II,
463. II,
463. II,
463, II,
56 .
463, II,
62 .
463, II,
463. II.
463, II.
463, II,
463. II,
463, II,
463, II,
70 .
463, II,
463, II,
463. II,
463. II,
463, II,
463. II,
463, II,
463, II.
463, II.
81 .
463. II.
463. II.
463. II.
463, II.
463, II,
463, II.
§42
§43
§44
§45
§§ 46,
§48
§50
§§51-
§§57-
§63
§64
§65
§66
§67
§68
§72
§73
§74
§75
§76
§77
§78
§82
§83
§84
§85
§86
§87
O.
G. L. 160, § 1.
PartG. L. 160. §2; part O.
i G. L. 160. §§ 3-16.
G. L. 160, § IS.
G. L. 160, § 17.
G. L. 160. §§ 19-31.
PartG. L. 160, § 32; part S.
1918, 257, § 365.
G. L. 160, § 33.
G. L. 155, § 15.
G. L. 160, §§ 34-36.
G. L. 155, § 21.
G. L. 160, §§ 37, 38.
Part G. L. 155, § 46; part S.
1910, 171, §§ 1,3; part R.
1910, 171, § 24.
G. L. 155, § 22.
G. L. 155, § 42.
G. L. 155, § 47.
G. L. 160, §§ 39, 40.
G. L. 160, §§ 41. 42.
S. 1912,725,11, §5;R. 1913,
784, § 16.
G. L. 160, § 49.
S. 1913, 784, § 15; R. 1913,
784, § 16.
G. L. 160. §§ 50-55.
G. L. 160. §§ 64-69.
G. L. 160, § 56.
S. 1918, 257, § 366.
S. & R. 1913, 784, § 16.
S. 1912,725,11, §4;R. 1913,
784. § 16.
G. L. 160, § 252.
S. 1913, 784, § 16.
S. 1908,636, §§1,2;R. 1919,
333, § 24.
G. L. 160, §§ 76, 252.
G. L. 160, § 77.
S. 1912, 725. II, § 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
G. L. 160, § 79.
Part G. L. 160, § 86; part O.
G. L. 160, § 85.
S. 1915, 157, § 2.
463, II, § 88
463. II,
463, II,
463, II.
463, II,
463, II,
463. II,
463, II,
§90 .
§91 .
§92 .
§93 .
§94 .
§95 .
G. L. 160, §
G. L. 160, §i
S. 1912, 72.5.
S. 1918, 257,
S. 1918, 257,
S. 1918, 257,
S. 1918, 257,
41.
S. 1918, 257,
39.
S. 1918, 257.
Part G. L.
•tart O.
S. 1918, 257,
G. L. 160, §
S. 1918, 257,
14.
S. 1918, 257,
S. 1918, 257,
§ 87-89.
j 75, 252.
II, § 3.
§ 187, subs. 7.
§ 187, subs. 40.
§ 187, subs. 39.
§ 187, subs. 14,
§ 187, subs. 38,
§ 187. subs. 22.
160. §§ 81, 90;
§ 187, subs. 40.
81.
§ 187, subs. 11,
§ 187, subs. 20.
§ 187, subs. 24.
1906, 463, II
§§ 96,
97
S. 1918. 257. § 187, subs. 32,
33.
" 463, II
§98 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 19.
" 463, II
§99 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 18.
" 463, II
§ 100
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 17.
" 463, II
§§101,
102
G. L. 160, §§ 91, 92.
" 463, II
§ 103'
G. L. 160, §§ 93, 252.
" 463, II
§ 104
G. L. 160, § 94.
" 463, II
§ 105
G. L. 160, §§ 95, 252.
" 463, II
§ 106
G. L. 160, §§96, 252.
" 463, II
§107
G. L. 160, § 97.
" 463, II
§108
G. L. 160, §§ 98, 252.
" 463, II
§109
G. L. 160, § 100.
" 463, II
§ 110
S. 1918, 257, § 206.
" 463, II
§§111-
113
G. L. 160, §§ 102-104.
" 463, II
§ 114'
S. 1918, 257, §207; 285.
" 463, II
§115
G. L. 160, § 106.
" 463, II,
§ 116
S. 1907, 315.
" 463, II,
§ 117
G. L. 160, § 108.
" 463, II,
§118
G. L. 160, §§ 100, 252.
" 463, II,
§ 119
0.
•■ 463, II,
§§120-
126
G. L. 160, §§ 109-115.
■• 463, II,
§§127-
142 .
G. L. 160, §§ 118-133.
" 463, II,
§ 143'
S. 1913, 161.
" 463, II,
§§144-
150
G. L. 160, §§ 135-141.
" 4'63, II
§ 151'
G. L. 160, § 147.
" 463, II
§ 152
G. L. 160, §§ 148, 252.
" 463, II,
§ 153
G. L. 160, §§ 149, 252.
" 463, II
§§154,
155
G. L. 160, §§ 150, 151.
" 463, II
§ 156
G. L. 160, §§ 152, 252.
•' 463, II,
§157
S. 1910, 355.
" 463, II,
§§ 158.
159 .
G. L. 160, §§ 154, 155.
" 463. II,
§160
G. L. 160, §§ 156, 252.
" 463, II,
§§161-
166 .
G. L. 160, §§ 157-162.
" 463, II,
§ 167'
S. 1909, 514, § 143; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
" 463, II,
§ 168
S. 1917,41.
" 463, II,
§§169-
172 .
G. L. 160, §§ 164-167.
" 463, II,
§173'
S. 1909, 348.
" 463, II,
§§174-
177 .
G. L. 160, §§ 169-172.
" 463, II,
§§'l78,
179 .
G. L. 160, §§ 177, 178.
'■ 463, II,
§ 180'
G. L. 160, § 176.
" 463, II,
§181
G. L. 160, § 186.
" 463, II,
§ 182
G. L. 160, § 188.
" 463, II.
§ 183
S. 1908, 649, § 2; R. 1908,
649, § 3.
" 463, II,
§184
G. L. 160, § 187.
" 463, II,
§ 185
G. L. 160, § 196.
" 463, II,
§186
G. L. 160, § 194.
" 463, II,
§ 187
G. L. 160, § 197.
" 463, II,
§ 188
Part G. L. 160, § 198; part
0.
G. L. 160, §§ 193, 252.
" 463, II,
§189
■' 463, II,
§190
G. L. 160, § 199.
" 463, II,
§ 191
G. L. 160, § 173.
" 463, II,
§§192-
196 .
G. L. 160. §§ 201-205.
" 463, II,
§ 197'
G. L. 160, §§ 206, 252.
" 463, II,
§§198-
200
G. L. 160, §§ 207-209.
" 463, II.
§201
G. L. 160, §211.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxxv'ii
1906,463,11, §§202,
1906,463,111, §41 .
S. 1907. 402, § 1; R.
1907
203 . . .
S. 1910, 633, §§ 1, 2.
402, § 2.
" 463, II, § 204
G. L. 160, § 214.
" 463, III, §42.
S. 1910, 551.
" 463, II, §§205-
" 463, III, §§ 43-
20S . . .
G. L. 160, §§58-61.
49 . . .
G. L. 161, §§55-61.
" 463, II, § 209
S. 1907, 585, § 8.
" 463,111, §50.
S. 1917, 344, II, § 59.
" 463, II, '§ 210
G. L. 160, § 63.
" 463, III, § §51-
" 463, II, § 211
S. 1909. 490, III, § 40.
57 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 62-68.
" 463, II, § 212
S. 1909, 439, § 2; 490, III,
" 463, III, §58.
S. 1919, 333, § 16.
§41.
'■ 463, III, §59.
S. 1914, 742, § 92; R.
1914
" 463, II, § 213
S. 1909, 490, III, § 42.
742, § 199.
" 463, II, § 214
S. 1909, 490, III, § 43; 513,
" 463.III, §§60-
§1.
62 . . .
S. 1914, 742, §§ 109-111; R
" 463, II, § 215
S. 1909, 439, § 4; 490, III,
1914, 742, § 199.
§45.
" 463. III. § 63 .
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
" 463, II, §§ 216,
" 463, III, §§64,
217 . . .
S. 1909, 490, III, §§ 64,
65.
65 . . .
" 463,111, §§ 66-
S. 1909, 417, §§ 2, 3.
" 463, II, §§21S,
68 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 77-79.
219 . . .
G. L. 159, §§ 96, 97.
" 463, III, §69.
Part G. L. 161, §80; part O
" 463. II, § 220
G. L. 159, § 99.
" 463, III, §70.
S. 1909, 417, § 4.
" 463, II. § 221
G. L. 159, § 98.
" 463,111, §71 .
G. L. 161, § 82.
" 463, II, § 222
G. L. 159, § 100.
•• 463. Ill, §72.
S. 1917, 344, I, § 29.
" 463, II, §§223-
" 463,111, §§73-
225 . . .
G. L. 160, §§ 215-217.
81 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 83-91.
■' 463, II, §§226,
" 463, III, §82.
S. 1911, 290.
227 . . .
G. L. 155, §§50, 51.
" 463, III, §§83,
" 463, II, § 228
Part G. L. 155, § 52; part S.
84 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 93, 94.
1919, 333, § 12.
" 463, III, §85.
G. L. 206. § 102.
" 463, II, §§229-
" 463, III, §86.
G.L. 161, §95.
231 . . .
G.L. 155, §§53-55.
" 463,111, §87.
G. L. 272, § 43.
" 463, II, §§232,
" 463, III, §§88,
233 . . .
G. L. 160, §§218, 219.
89 . . .
G. L. 161, §§96,97.
" 463, II, § 234
S. 1909, 233, § 1.
" 463, III, §90.
S. 1911, 345.
" 463, II, §§235-
" 463, III, §§91,
247 . . .
G. L. 160, §§ 222-2.34.
92 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 100, 101.
" 463, II. § 248
S. 1909, 502, § 1; 1917, 122,
" 463, III, §93.
Special.
§3.
" 463, III, §94.
G. L. 161, § 102.
" 463, II, §§249-
" 463, III, §95.
S. 1909, 514, § 46; R.
1912
251 . , .
G. L. 160, §§ 243-245.
533, § 1.
" 463, II, § 252
S. 1912, 375.
" 463,111, §§96,
" 463, II, §§253-
97 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 104, 105.
257 . . .
G. L. 160, §§247-251.
" 463, III, §98.
G. L. 161, § 107.
" 463. II. § 259 .
O.
" 463, III, §99.
S. 1906, 479 ; R. 1908, 530, § 2.
" 463, III, §§1-6
G. L. 161, §§ 1-6.
" 463, III, §§100
" 463, III, §7 .
S. 1909, 417, § 1.
101 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 109, 110.
" 463, III, §§ 8-
" 463, III, § 102
G. L. 161, § 113.
12 . . .
G. L. 161. §§ 8-12.
" 463, III, § 103
Amended 1910, 536;
3. L.
" 463, III, § 13 .
S. 1909, 417, § 5.
161, § 25.
" 463, III. §14.
G. L. 161, § 14.
" 463, III, §104
G. L. 161, § 27.
" 463,111, §15 .
G. L. 155, § 15.
" 463,111, §105
G. L. 161, § 36.
" 463,111, §§ 16-
" 463,111, §106
S. 1918, 257, § 368.
18 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 15-17.
•■ 463, III, §107
G. L. 161, § 28.
" 463, III, § 19 .
G. L. 155, § 21.
" 463,111, §108
S. 1914, 671.
" 463, III, §§20,
" 463, III, §§109
21 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 18, 19.
110 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 30, 31.
" 463,111, §22 .
Part G. L. 155, § 46; part S.
" 463, III, §§111
1910, 171, §§1,3; partR.
112 . . .
S. 1908, 6.36, §§1,2;R.
1919,
1910, 171, § 24.
333, § 24.
" 463, III, §23.
G. L. 155, § 22.
" 463,111, §113
G. L. 161, § 129.
'■ 463,111, §24.
G. L. 155, § 42.
" 463, III, §114
Part S. 1918, 257, §
187,
" 463, III, §25.
G. L. 155, § 47.
subs. 3; part 0.
" 463, III, §26.
G. L. 161, § 20.
" 463, III, §§115
" 463, III, §27.
G. L. 161, §§ 21, 22.
116 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 130, 131.
" 463, III, §§28,
" 463, III, §§117
29 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 23, 24.
118 . . .
G. L. 159, §§96, 97.
" 463, III, §§ 30-
" 463,111, §119
G. L. 159, § 99.
33 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 38-41.
" 463,111, §120
G. L. 159, § 98.
" 463,111, §34.
S. 1915, 133.
" 463, III, §121
G. L. 159, § 100.
" 463,111, §35.
G. L. 161, § 43.
" 463, III, §§122-
" 463, III, §36.
G. L. 161, § 46.
124 . . .
G. L. 161, §§ 132-134.
" 463,111, § §37-
" 463, III, § 125
S. 1909, 490, III, § 40
502,
40 . . .
G. L. 161, §§49-52.
§3.
clxxviii
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE KEVISED LAWS.
906, 463, III
§126
S. 1909, 439, § 2; 490, III,
1906, 493
§41.
" 494
§1 . .
" 46.3, III
§127
S. 1909, 490, III, § 42.
" 497
§§1-3 .
" 463, III
§128
S. 1909, 490, III, § 43; 513,
" 497
§4 . .
§2.
" 497,
§5 . .
•' 463, III
§129
S. 1909, 439, § 4; 490, III,
§45.
" 497,
§6 . .
•' 463, III
§130
S. 1909, 502, § 4.
" 497,
§7 . .
" 463,111
§§131
" 497,
§8 . .
132 .
S. 1909, 490, III, §§ 64, 65.
" 497,
§§9,10 .
" 463, III
§§133
-
" 497,
§11 . .
136 .
S. 1909, 490, III, §§47^50.
" 497,
§§ 12-20
" 463, III
§137
S. 1907, 318.
" 497,
§21 . .
" 463, III,
§§138
" 497,
§22 . .
139 .
G. L. 155, §§ 50, 51.
" 497,
§23 . .
" 463, III,
§140
PartG. L. 155, § 52; part S.
1919, 333, § 13.
" 499,
§§1-5 .
" 463, III,
§§141
" 501,
§1 . .
143 .
G. L. 155, §§ 53-55.
" 501,
§2 . .
" 463,111,
§144
G. L. 161, § 135.
" 501,
§§3,4 .
■■ 463,111,
§145
Part G. L. 161. § 136; part O.
" 501,
§5 . .
■• 463,111,
§146
G. L. 161, § 137.
" 501,
§6 . .
•■ 463, III,
§§147
" 502,
§§1.2 .
148 .
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 5; R.
" 502,
§§3,4 .
1908, 590, § 69.
" 502,
§5 . .
" 463, III,
§149
S. 1908, 590, § 68, cl. 13; R.
1908, 590, § 69.
" 502,
§6 . .
" 463, III,
§150
S. 1908, 590, § 68, o!. 8 (e) ;
" 502,
§7 . .
R. 1908, 590, § 69.
" 503,
§1 . .
" 463, III,
§151
S. 1917, 122, § 4.
" 463,111,
§152
S. 1913, 784, § 12.
" 503,
§2 . .
" 463, III,
§§153-
" 503,
§3 . .
155 .
G. L. 161, §§ 139-141.
" 504
" 463,111,
§156
G. L. 159, § 39.
" 504,
§i '■ '■
" 463,111,
§157
G. L. 161, § 142.
■■ 504,
§2 . .
" 463. Ill,
§§159
" 504,
§3 . .
160 .
O.
" 504,
§4 . .
" 465 .
Part G. L. 13, § 3; part S.
" 504,
§5 . .
1910, 204, § 1; 1919, 350,
" 504,
§6 . .
§ 66; part R. 1910, 204,
§2.
" 504,
§7 . .
•• 468 .
PartG. L. 218, § 53; part S.
" 504,
§8 . .
1913, 726.
" 504,
§9 . .
" 469 .
S. 1908, 604, § 140; R. 1908,
604, § 209.
" 504,
§10 . .
" 470 .
Part G. L. 221, § 76; part S.
" 504,
§§ 11, 12
1919, 267, § 2.
" 504,
§13 . .
" 471 .
S. 1909, 504, § 49; R. 1909,
" 504,
§14 . .
504, § 107.
" 604,
§15 . .
" 472 .
S. 1909,504, § 105; R. 1909,
" 505
504, § 107.
" 505,
§i '. '.
" 474 .
8.1910,540, §§1,2;R. 1910,
■' 505,
§2 . .
540, § 3.
■• 505,
§3 . .
" 476 .
S. 1913, 697, §§1.5;R. 1913,
" 505,
§4 . .
697, § 4.
" 505,
§5 . .
" 479 .
S. 1908, 530, § 1; R. 1908,
■• 505,
§6 , .
530, § 2.
" 505,
§7 . .
" 480 .
S. 1918, 275, § 1.
" 508
(except
" 481 .
G. L. 51, § 1.
§§9-11) .
" 482 .
S. 1908, 477, § 1; R. 1908,
" 508,
§1 . .
477, § 4.
■' 508,
§2 . .
■' 4S7, § 1
G. L. 29, § 32.
" 508,
§3 . .
" 489, § 1
G. L. 218, § 57.
" 508,
§4 . .
" 489, § 2
G. L. 21.8, §§ 58, 59.
" 508,
§5 . .
" 489, § 3
Part G. L. 218, § 59; part S.
" 508,
§6 . .
1918, 178; 1919, 255.
" 508,
§7 . .
" 489, § 4
G. L.77, §11; 218, §§57,59,
" 508,
§8 . .
60.
" 508,
§§9-11 .
" 489, § 5
S. 1916, 243, § 2.
" 508,
§12 . .
" 489, § 6
PartG. L. 276, §§86,91,94,
" 508,
§14 . .
95; parts. 1915,254, § 1.
" 508,
§15 .!. .
" 489, § 7
G. L. 119, §69.
" 508,
§16 . .
" 489, § 8
G. L. 119, § 68.
" 508,
§17 . .
S. 1909, 490, I, § 5, el. 15.
S. 1907, 170.
S. 1916, 270, §§ 1-3.
S. 1916, 270, §§ 2, 4, 5.
Part S. 1916, 270, §§ 5-7, 11;
part O.
S. 1916, 270, §§ 7, 8, 10.
S. 1916, 270, § 9.
S. 1916, 270, §§ 7, 10.
S. 1916, 270, §§ 11, 12.
Special.
S: 1916, 270, §§ 14-22.
Special.
S. 1916, 270, § 24.
Special.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 61-65; R.
1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1909, ISO.
S. 1911, 456, § 2.
S. 1911,456, §§5, 6.
S. 1911, 456, § 3.
O.
S. 1910, 257, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 71, §§ 55, 56.
G. L. 71, §§ 56, 57.
Part G. L. 71, §§ 57, 58;
part S. 1908, 189.
R. 1908, 412.
Part G. L. 13, §§ 26, 28;
part O.
S. 1918, 257, § 295.
G. L. 112, § 57.
R. 1908, 604, § 209.
S. 1908, 604, §§ 20, 39.
S. 1908, 604, § 38.
S. 1908, 604, §§ 25, 26.
S. 1908, 604, § 31.
S. 1908, 604, § 90.
S. 1907, 305, § 2; 1908, 604,
§§ 95-99.
S. 1908, 604, § 106.
S. 1908, 604, § 115.
S. 1907, 526, §§ 2-14; 1908,
604, § 129.
S. 1908, 604, § 161.
S. 1908, 604, §§ 173, 174.
S. 1908, 604, § 177.
S. 1908, 604, § 193.
S. 1908, 604, § 198.
R. 1911, 471, § 11.
S. 1909, 457, §§ 1-3.
Part S. 1911, 471, § 2.
Part S. 1911, 471, §§ 3, 4.
S. 1911,471, §5.
S. 1909, 540.
S. 1911,471, §2.
G. L. 75, § 15.
R. 1909, 504, § 107.
S. 1907, 421; 1909, 504, § 15.
S. 1909, 504, §§ 17, 18.
Part S. 1909, 504, § 20.
S. 1909, 504, § 16.
S. 1909, 504, § 23.
S. 1909,504, §§ 18, 26.
S. 1909, 504, § 95.
S. 1909, 504, § 27.
Temporary.
S. 1909, 504, §§ 48, 63.
S. 1909, 504, § 61.
S. 1909, 504, §§ 62, 76.
S. 1909, 504, § 64.
S. 1909, 504, § 82.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxxix
1906, 516,
§§1-
5 . G. L. 162, §§ 3-7.
1907. 140
" 516,
§§6,
7 . S. 1907, 428, §§ 1, 2.
•• 145.
§1 ; ;
" 516,
§§8,
3 . G. L. 162, §§ 10, 11.
" 145,
§2 . .
" 516,
§§ 10
11 G. L. 162, §§ 14, 15.
" 158
" 516,
§§ 12
13 S. 1907,428, §§3,4.
" 159
" 516,
§14
. S. 1909, 490, III. § 40.
" 163
" 516,
§15
. S. 1909, 439. § 2; 490, III,
§41.
" 164
" 516,
§16
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 42.
" 165,
§§1.2 .
" 516,
§17
. S. 1909. 490. III. §43; 513,
§3.
" 166
" 516,
§18
. S. 1909, 490. III. § 44.
" 516,
§19
. S. 1909. 439, § 4; 490, III,
§45.
" 169,
§1 . .
" 516,
§§ 20
21 S. 1909,490,111, §§64, 65.
" 169.
§2 . .
" 516,
§§ 2:
-26 S. 1909, 490, III, §§ 47-51.
" 169,
§3 . .
" 516,
§27
. G. L. 162, § 1.
" 170
" 517
. R. 1909, 514. § 145.
" 173
" 517,
§§1,
2 . S. 1907.269, §§1,2.
" 517,
§3
. S. 1909, 514, § 39.
" 176
'■ 517,
§4
. S. 1907, 269, § 3.
" 177
" 517,
§5
. S. 1909, 514. § 41.
■' 179
" 521,
§1
. S. 1911. 619.
" 180
" 521,
§2
. Temporary.
" 181
" 522,
§1
. S. 1909. 410.
" 183
" 522,
§2
. S. 1907, 465, § 16.
" 186,
§1 : .'
" 522,
§3
. S. 1907, 465, §§ 16, 28.
" 186,
§§2,3 .
1907, 26
. G. L. 212, § 14.
" 189
43
. S. 1909. 468. § 1.
" 190
54,
§1
. S. 1908, 636, § 1; R. 1908,
" 191,
§1 ^ ;
536, § 3.
" 191,
§2 . .
54,
§2
. S. 1908, 536. § 2; 1909, 483,
" 191,
§3 . .
§ 8; R. 1908, 536, § 3;
" 191,
§4 . .
1913, 317. § 3.
" 191,
§5 . .
79,
§1
. S. 1909, 371. § 2; R. 1909,
371, § 10.
" 191,
§6 . .
80
. S. 1914, 511.
" 191,
§7 . .
98
. Part G. L. 218, § 1; part
Temporary.
99
. S. 1909. 508. §§ 1, 4; 1910,
" 191,
§8 . .
472, §1; R. 1909,508, §3;
•• 191,
§9 . .
1910, 472, § 2.
" 193
" 110,
§1
. Part G. L. 218, § 1; part
Special.
" 195
" 111,
§1
. G. L. 5, § 9.
" 196
" 111,
§2
. S. 1918. Sp. 157.
" 117
. S. 1908. 142. §§1.2.
" 198
" 118
. G. L. 131, § 21.
" 198,
§1 ^ ^
" 128.
§1
. S. 1912, 563; 660; 672, § 1;
1917, 319; 1918, 211, § 1;
" 198,
§2 . .
1919, 362, § 1; part R.
" 198,
§3 . .
1912, 672, § 2.
" 198,
§4 . .
" 128,
§2
. S. 1912,604. § 1; 1913.483:
" 198,
§5 . .
748, §1; 1914,509; 1917,
" 19.S,
§7 . .
333; 1918, 208; 211. § 1;
" 203
1919, 362, § 1.
" 128,
§3
. S. 1917,203; 1918,211, § 1;
1919, 362, § 1.
" 204
" 206
" 129
. G. L. 215, § 40.
" 207,
§1 .' .'
" 130
. S. 1918. 257. § 387.
" 133,
§1
. S. 1919. 267. § 1.
" 207,
§2 . .
" 135,
§1
. S. 1908. 485. § 6; R. 1909,
514. § 145.
" 208
" 211
" 137
. 0.
" 213
" 138
. G. L. 114. §44.
" 139,
§1
. PartG. L. 11. § 12; part S.
1908, 597, § 4.
" 215
" 216
" 139,
§2
. Part G. L. 11, § 6; part S.
'■ 219
1907, 276, § 1; 1908, 597,
222,
§1 '. '.
§2; 1912,512, §2; 1914,
222,
§2 . .
399. § 1; part R. 1907,
" 223
276, § 2; 1912, 512, § 3;
" 224
1914, 399. § 2.
S. 1910, 172, § 2.
G. L. 221. § 15.
S. 1918. 287. § 1.
Part G. L. 262, § 33; part O.
G. L. 207. § 25.
S. 1912. 13.
S. 1909, 514, § 104; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
G. L. 92, § 98.
S. 1908, 413. § 1; 1909, 466,
§§ 1, 3; R. 1909, 466.
§2.
S. 1909, 504, § 99; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
G. L. 201. §§ 8, 9.
G. L. 201, §§ 1, 16-18.
G. L. 12, § 24.
Part G. L. 69, § 24; part R.
1919, 301, § 8.
G. L. 212, §22; 223, § 24.
S. 1908, 356.
G. L. 218. § 51.
G. L. 270. § 3.
S. 1909. 490. I, § 57.
G. L. Ill, § 6.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 30.
G. L. 32, § 88.
R. 1918, 257, § 377.
S. 1913, 410, § 1.
G. L. 41, § 73.
Part G. L. 41, | 74; part O.
G. L. 41, § 75.
G. L. 41, § 77.
S. 1918. 135; R. 1918, 257,
§ 150.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 28.
Part G. L. 41. §§ 79, 81;
part S. 1918, 257, § l.s7,
subs. 10.
PartG. L. 41, §81; part O.
G. L. 41. § 73.
S. 1908. 650; R. 1909. 514,
§145.
G. L. 119, §§70, 71.
S. 1917, 344, IV. § 5; R.
1917. 344. VIII. § 1.
R. 1911. 614, § 13.
S. 1911,614, §§ 1, 11.
S. 1909, 262, § 2; R. 1909.
262, § 1.
S. 1911, 614, §§2, 9.
S. 1911, 614, § 2.
S. 1911, 614, §§ 10, 11.
S. 1909, 262, § 2.
^. 1909, 534, §§ 15, 18; R.
1909, 534, § 31.
G. L. 4, § 9.
S. 1910, 335.
PartG. L. 217, §23; part S.
1919, 353, § 4.
S. 1914. 559.
O.
G. L. 140. § 79.
Part S. 1911. 731. § 1; R.
1913, 205.
S. 1918, 117.
G. L. 94, §§ 12, 21.
G. L. 201, §31; 202, §27.
S. 1912, 468.
G. L. Ill, § 65.
S. 1915, 254, § 1.
S. 1909, 514, § 59; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
clxxx
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1907, 225, § 1 .
. G. L. 36, § 18; 217, § 15.
•' 225, § 2 .
. G. L. 36, § 19.
" 225, §3 .
. G. L. 185, § 9.
" 226 . .
. G. L. 121, § 28.
" 228, § 1 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 236.
" 229, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 91, § 52; part S.
1912, 257, § 2.
" 229, §2 .
. G. L. 91, § 53.
" 229, §§3, 4
. G. L. 91, § 54.
" 229, §§ 5, 6
. G. L. 91, §§ 55, 56.
" 231 . .
. S. 1916, 182.
" 232, § 1 .
. S. 1920, 591, § 11.
" 232, §2 .
. S. 1913, 464.
■' 232, § 3 .
. S. 1920, 367.
" 232, § 4 .
. S. 1908, 604. § 170; R. 1908,
604, § 209.
" 234 . .
. G. L. 221, §§4, 5.
" 236 . .
. S. 1917, 296.
" 238 . .
. Part G. L. 92, § 10; part .S.
1907, 349.
" 240, § 1 .
. S. 1908, 182.
" 240, § 2 .
. G. L. 140, § 152.
" 241 . .
. S. 1910, 392.
" 243 . .
. Parte. L. 94, § 148; part S.
1912, 448.
" 245 . .
. O.
" 246 . .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 21.
" 250, § 1 .
. S. 1917, 20.
" 250, § 2 .
. G. L. 131, § 20.
" 251, §1 .
. S. 1914, 635; 1910, 347.
" 251, §2 .
. S. 1910, 347.
" 252 . .
. S. 1910, 356.
" 253 . .
. S. 1917, 134, § 1; R. 1917,
134, § 2.
" 254 . .
. S. 1919, 287, § 1.
" 255 . .
. O.
" 257 . .
. G. L. 198, § 2.
" 259, § 1 .
. 0.
" 259, § 2 .
. S. 1917, 208, § 9.
" 261 . .
. S. 1910, 332.
" 262 . .
. S. 1917, 279, § 42.
" 266 . .
. S. 1919,274, §§ 10, 12.
" 267 . .
. S. 1909, 514, § 51; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
" 269 . .
. R. 1909, 514, § 145.
" 269, § 1 .
. S. 1907, 570.
'■ 269, § 2 .
. S. 1909, 514, § 38.
" 269, § 3 .
. S. 1909, 514, § 40.
" 271, §1 .
. PartG. L. 121, § 22; part 0.
" 271, §2 .
. G. L. 121, § 38.
" 272 . .
. S. 1918, 247, § 2.
" 273, § 1 .
. G. L. 215, § 62.
" 274 . .
. S. 1908, 385, § 2.
" 276, § 1 .
. S. 1908, 469; 1912. 575, § 1;
1914, 589, § 1; 1919, 308,
§1; 309, § 1 ; part R. 1914,
589, § 2.
" 282 . .
. R. 1918, 257, § 355.
" 282, § 1 .
. S. 1908, 180.
" 282, § 2 .
. S. 1918. 257, § 354.
" 283 . .
. Part G. L. 98, § 31 ; part S.
1907, 534, § 3.
" 284, § 1 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 389.
" 284, § 2 .
. Temporary.
" 285, §§ 1-3
. G. L. 130, §§ 138-140.
" 285, § 4 .
. S. 1913, 504.
" 286 . .
. S. 1911,567.
" 287 . .
. S. 1908, 504.
" 289 . .
. S. 1911, 388, § 7; R. 1911,
388, § 12.
" 293 . .
. S. 1913, 687.
" 294 . .
. S. 1908. 149, § 1; R. 1908,
149. § 2.
1907, 296 . .
. R. 1909, 377, § 2; R. 1909
377, § 4.
'■ 297 . .
R. 1909, 403, § 4.
'■ 297, §§1,2
,S. 1909, 403, § 1.
" 297, §3 .
S. 1909, 403, § 3.
" 298, § 1 .
S. 1918, 31.
" 299 . .
G. L. 48, § 15; 1.30, § 9.
" 300 . .
. S. 1908, 330, § 1; R. 1908
330, § 2.
" 303 . .
. S. 1916. 61.
" 304 . .
. S. 1916, 277.
" 305, § 1 .
S. 1908, 604, § 30; R. 1908
604, § 209.
" 305, § 2 .
. S. 1908, 604, § 96; R. 1908
604, § 209.
" 306 . .
. S. 1911, 285, § 1; R. 1911
285, § 2.
" 307 . .
. S. 1908, 377; R. 1910, 545
§4.
" 308 . .
. S. 1909, 261, § 1.
" 309 . .
. S. 1909, 2.54.
" 311 . .
. G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 27.
" 312 . .
. G. L. 221, § 78.
" 314 . .
. G. L. 112, §§59, 60.
'■ 315 . .
. G. L. 160, § 107.
" 316 . .
. S. 1910,539; 1914, 742, §133
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
" 318 . .
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 51.
" 319, § 1 .
. S. 1908, 520, § 14.
" 319, §2 .
. S. 1912, 73, § 1.
" 319, §§3, 4
. G. L. 172, §§22, 23.
" 320 . .
. S. 1908, 520. § 13.
" 321 . .
. R. 1909. 444, § 17.
" 321, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 444, § 1.
" 321, §2 .
. S. 1909, 444, § 6.
" 321, §3 .
. S. 1909, 444, § 13.
" 321, §4 .
. S. 1909, 444, §§ 8, 9.
" 321, §§5-7
. S. 1909, 444, §§ 10-12.
" 321, §8 .
. S. 1909, 444, § 14.
" 323 . .
. S. 1911, 454.
" 324 . .
. S. 1917. 282, § 1; R. 1920
485, § 2.
" 327 . .
. G. L. 262, § 24.
" 328 . .
. S. 1913, 85.
" 329 . .
. S. 1908, 193.
" 330 . .
. S. 1907, 560, § 111; R. 1907
560, § 456.
■' 332 . .
. S. 1913, 257.
" 333 . .
. S. 1920, 490.
■• 334, § 1 .
. S. 1912, 459.
" 335 . .
. G. L. 276, § 92.
■• 336 . .
. G. L. 180, § 28.
" 337, §§1-3
. G. L. 180, § 26.
" 340 . .
S. 1908, 590, §§ 56, 57; R
1908, 590, § 69.
" 343, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 201.
" 343, § 2 .
. G. L. 41, § 17.
"344 . .
. S. 1910, 608.
" 348, § 1 .
. G. L. 234, § 4.
■' 348, § 2 .
. G. L. 234, §§ 4, 37.
" 348, § 3 .
. G. L. 234, § 38.
" 348, §§4-8
. G. L. 2.34, §§ 4-8.
■• 349 . .
. G. L. 92, §§ 10, 12.
•' 351 . .
. S. 1912, 623, § 30.
" 354 . .
. S. 1909, 468, §§ 17, 18.
" 355 . .
. S. 1910, 532.
" 356, §§1,2
. S. 1908, 604, §§ 26, 27; R
1908, 604, § 209.
" 359 . .
. Part G. L. 3, § 15; part S
1914,710; 1919,350, §18
" 361 . .
. S. 1917, 279, § 33; R. 1917
279, § 40.
" 362 . .
. G. L. 120, § 12.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE TUE KEVISED LAWS.
clxxxi
1907, 363, § 1
" 363, §§2,
" 364 .
365 .
366 .
367 .
370 .
371 .
373 .
373, § 1
373, § 2
373, §§3,
375 .
377, § 1
377, §§ 2,
377, §4
377, § 5
377, § 6
377, § 7
378 .
383 .
384 .
386, § 1
3S6, § 2
389 .
390 .
392, § 1
392, § 2
393 .
394, § 1
395 .
396 .
399 .
401 .
402, § 1
405 .
408 .
410, § 1
410, § 2
411
413
414, §§1-4
417 .
421 .
427 .
428, § 1
428, § 2
428, § 3
428, § 4
429 .
429, § 1
429, § 2
429, § 3
429, § 4
429, § 5
429, § 6
429, § 7
429, § 8
429, § 9
429, § 10
429, § 11
429, § 13
429, § 14
429, § 16
S. 1915, 125.
G. L. 133, §§ 2, 3.
S. 1914, 792, § 2; R. 1914,
792, § 8.
G. L. 83, § 2.
S. 1913, 370.
S. 1909, 490, I, § 5, cl. 14.
G. L. 223, § 66.
G. L. 203, § 22.
R. 1915, 259, § 13.
S. 1911, 562, § 1.
S. 1911, 562, § 4.
S. 1911,562, §§6, 7.
G. L. 229, § 5.
S. 1913, 179.
G. L. 169, §§ 6, 7.
Part G. L. 169, § S; part R.
1911, 358, § 2.
G. L. 169, § 9.
G. L. 169, § 11.
R. 1909, 287, § 1.
S. 1908, 299, §§1,2.
S. 1911, 428, § 1; R. 1911.
428, § 2.
S. 1914, 684.
S. 1909, 380.
S. 1917, 70.
G. L. 266, § 32.
G. L. 208, § 16.
Part G. L. 229, § 3; part S.
1912, 354.
O.
G. L. 223, § 121.
S. 1911, 163.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 41.
S. 1920, 349, §§ 8, 9.
S. 1914, 384, § 1; R. 1914,
384, § 2.
S. 1919, 350, § 37.
S. 1918, 238.
G. L. 210, § 3.
S. 1909, 534, § 24; R. 1909,
534, § 31.
S. 1908, 150.
Part G. L. 270, §§ 14, 15;
part O.
S. 1918, 257, § 41S.
PartG. L. 149, § 17; part S.
1907, 537, § 5; 1912, 726,
§5.
G. L. 271, §§ 35-38.
G. L. 172, § 50.
S. 1909, 504, § 14.
S. 1909, 490, II, § 13.
G. L. 162, § 8.
S. 1908, 450.
G. L. 162, § 16.
G. L. 162, § 18; 229, §3.
R. 1907, 560, § 456.
S. 1907, 560, § 1.
S. 1907, 560, § 15.
S. 1907, 560, § 19.
S. 1907, 560, § 36.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 121, 149.
S. 1907, 560, § 172.
S. 1907, 560, § 175.
S. 1907, 560, § 231.
S. 1907, 560, § 238.
S. 1907, 560, § 243.
S. 1907, 560, § 248.
S. 1907, 560, § 455.
S. 1907, 560, § 150.
S. 1907, 560, §§ 1, 101.
1907, 429, § 17 .
S. 1907, 560, § 431.
" 429, § IS .
S. 1907, 560, § 435.
" 431, §§ 1-6
G. L. 160, §§ 235-240.
" 432, § 1 .
S. 1909, 504, §§ 57, 58. 69:
R. 1909, 504, § 107.
" 433 .. .
S. 1908, 324.
" 438 .. .
G. L. 206, § 19.
" 442, §§ 1, 2
S. 1908, 541, §§ 1, 2.
" 442, § 3 . .
S. 1909, 248.
" 442, § 4 . .
S. 1912, 584.
" 442, § 5 . .
S. 1909, 431, § 1; R. 1909.
431, § 2.
" 443, §§1,2
G. L. 221, §§ 43, 44.
" 443, § 3 . .
Temporary.
" 445 .. .
G. L. Ill, § 95.
" 447 .. .
G. L. 204, § 14.
" 448 .. .
Part G. L. 162, § 17; part S.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 10.
" 451 . . .
Part G. L. 22, § 6; part S.
1913, 610, § 1; part R.
1913,610, §6; part O.
" 452, § 1 . .
S. 1907, 563, § 11.
" 452, § 2 . .
Temporary.
" 453 . . .
PartG. L. 223, §85; part O.
" 454, § 1 . .
S. 1919, 350, § 66.
" 458 .. .
S. 1915, 95.
" 459, § 1 . .
G. L. 221, § 74.
" 460, §§ 1-3 .
G. L. 266, § 78.
" 464 .. .
G. L. 92, § 9.
" 465, §§1,2 .
S. 1908,563, §§1, 2.
" 465, §3 . .
G. L. 146, §§ 11, 12.
" 465, § 4 . .
G. L. 22, §6; 146, § 13.
" 465, § 5 . .
S. 1912, 531, §3.
" 465, § 6 . .
G. L. 146, §§ 14, 57, 59-62.
" 465, §7 . .
G. L. 146, §§ 5S, 63.
" 465, § 8 . .
Part G. L. 146, § 16; part
0.
G. L. 146, §§ 17-20.
" 46.5, §§9-12 .
" 465, §§ 13-15
S. 1912, 531, §§ 4-6.
•■ 465, § 16 . .
G. L. 146, § 24.
■■ 465, § 17 . .
S. 1912, 531, § 7.
" 465, § IS . .
S. 1908, 563, § 2.
" 465, § 19 . .
G. L. 146, §§8, 27.
" 465, §§20-23
G. L. 146, §§28-31.
" 465, § 24 . .
Part G. L. 22, § 10; part S.
1919, 350, § 105; part 0.
" 465, § 25 . .
PartG. L. 22, § 10; 146, §2;
part S. 1913, 610, § 5;
1919, 350, § 105; part 0.
" 465, § 26 . .
S. 1909, 393, § 2.
" 465, §27 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 344.
" 465. § 28 . .
S. 1909, 393, § 3.
" 465, § 30 . .
0.
" 466 .. .
S. 1908, 178.
" 467 . . .
G. L. Ill, § 160.
" 468 .. .
S. 1907, 560, § 6; R. 1907,
560, § 456.
" 469 .. .
G. L. 93, § 14.
" 471 . . .
S. 1911, 628, §§ 16, 17.
" 472 .. .
S. 1910, 296.
" 473, § 1 . .
S. 1909, 263, § 1.
" 473, § 2 . .
O.
" 474, § 1 . .
Part S. 1919, 350, §§ 96. 98;
part Temporary.
" 474, § 2 . .
S. 1919, 350, §§ 96, 97.
" 474, §3 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 5.
" 474, §4 . .
Part G. L. Ill, § 67; part S.
1919. 3.50, § 96.
" 474, §5 . .
S. 1908, 532, § 1.
" 474, § 6 . .
PartG. L. 17, §9; 111, §63;
part S. 1919, 350, § 96.
" 474, § 7 . .
S. 1908, 532, § 2.
" 474, § 8 . .
S. 1919,350, §§96,98.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1907, 474,
§9
. Parte. L. 17, §9; HI, §63;
part S. 1910, 491; 1919,
350, § 96.
1907, 535, § 2 . .
" 474,
§10
. S. 1912, 17.
" 537, §§1,2 .
" 474,
§11
. O.
■' 537, § 3 . .
■• 474,
§12
. S. 1919, 350, 1 96.
" 537, § 4 .
" 474,
§13
Special.
" 474,
§14
. S. 1919, 350, § 96.
" 537, §5 . .
•■ 474,
§15
. S. 1919, 350, §§ 96, 98.
" 537, § 6 . .
" 475,
§1
. S. 1913, 600, § 1.
■' 537, § 7 . .
" 475,
§2
. G. L. 48, § 25; 132, § 37.
" 537, § 8 . .
•■ 475,
§3
. G. L. 48, § 10.
" 539, § 1 . .
" 475,
§4
. G. L. 132, § 3.
•■ 539, §2 .
" 475,
§5
. S. 1918, 257, § 160.
■• 539, §3 . .
'■ 475,
§6
. G. L. 48, § 27.
" 543 .. .
" 475,
§7
. G. L. 48, § 26.
" 546, § 1 .
" 475,
§8
. G. L. 132, § 3.
'■ 546, § 2 .
" 475,
§9
. Temporary.
•■ 549, § 1 .
" 480
. PartG.L. Ill, §111; parts.
" 549, § 2 .
1910, 269; 1916, 55.
•■ 553 . .
" 482
. S. & R. 1911, 561, § 3.
" 556 . .
" 487,
§i
. S. 1913, 206.
•' 560 . .
" 489,
§1
. S. 1909, 504, § 65; R. 1909,
504. § 107.
" 560, § 1 .
" 489,
§2
. O.
" 560, §§ 2-4
" ' 490,
§1
. G. L. 255, § 33.
" 560, §5 .
" 490,
§2
. G. L. 255, § 32.
" 560, §§6-13
" 494
. S. 1909, 534, § 19; R. 1909,
534, § 31.
" 560, § 14 .
" 499
. S. 1908, 487, § 1; R. 1908,
" 560, § 15 .
487, § 3.
" 560, §§16, 17
■■ 500,
§1
. G. L. 266, § 27.
" 560, § 18 .
" 500,
§§2,
i . G. L. 140, §§ 83, 84.
■' 503,
§1
. S. 1913, 655, § 20; R. 1913,
655, §-61.
" 560, § 19 .
" 503,
§2
. S. 1909, 514, §§ 94, 103; R.
" 560, §§ 20-23
1909, 514, § 145.
" 560, § 24 .
" 517,
§1
. S. 1910, 497, § 1.
" 517,
§2
. O.
■' 560, §25 .
" 520
. R. 1918, 290, § 5.
" 520,
§1
. S. 1918, 290, §§ 1-3.
•■ 560, § 26 .
" 520,
§§2,
3 . S. 1918, 290, § 3.
•' 520,
§4
. S. 1918, 290, § 1.
" 560, §§ 27-40
" 520,
§5
. S. 1914, 662.
" 560, §41 .
" 521,
§1
. Part G. L. 132, § 14; part S.
" 560, §42 .
1910, 150.
" 560, § 43 .
•■ 521,
§2
. S. 1911, 474.
" 521,
§3
. G. L. 132, §§ 15, 21.
•' 560, §44 .
" 521,
§4
. G. L. 132, § 14.
" 524.
§1
. G. L. 92, § 28.
" 560, §45 .
" 524,
§2
. G. L. 92, §31.
" 560, § 46 .
" 524,
§3
. S. 1909, 177, § 1.
" 526
. R. 1908, 604, § 209.
•■ 560, §§47-59
" 526,
§1
. S. 1908, 604, § 12.
" 560, § 60 .
" 526,
§§2,
5 . S. 1908, 604, §§ 127, 128.
" 526,
§§4,
5 . S. 1908, 604, §§ 130, 131.
" 560, § 61 .
" 526,
§6
. S. 1908, 604, §§39, 132.
" 560, §62 .
" 526,
§§7-
) . S. 1908, 604, §§ 133-135.
" 560, §§63-69
" 526,
§10
. Part S. 1908, 604, § 136.
" 560, §70 .
" 526,
§§11
-14 S. 1908, 604, §§ 137-140.
" 533,
§§1-
5 . G. L. 167, §§ 41-43.
" 560, § 71 .
■' 533,
§4
. G. L. 167, § 45.
" 533,
§5
. G. L. 167, § 44.
'■ 560, § 72 .
■- 533,
§6
. PartG.L. 167, §45; part O.
" 560, § 73 .
" 534
§1
. S. 1918, 218, § 1.
" 5.34
§2
. S. 1910, 465, § 1.
" 560, § 74 .
" 534
§3
. Part G. L. 98, §§ 29, 57;
part S. 1918, 257, §§ 241,
" 560, § 75 .
243; partO.
" 560, § 76 .
" 534
§4
. G. L. 98, § 30.
" 534
§5
. S. 1918, 257, § 251.
" 560 §§77,78
" 534
§6
. 0.
" 560, § 79 .
" 535
§1
. S. 1917, S.
Part G. L. 98, § 43; part S.
1914, 346; 1918, 257,
§§ 244, 245.
S. 1910, 523, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. Ill, § 18; 149, § 18.
Part G. L. Ill, § 19; part .S.
1914, 792, § 5; 1917, 151.
S. 1912, 726, § 5.
S. 1910, 523, § 3.
o.
S. 1914, 792, § 2.
G. L. 110, § 5.
S. 1908, 316.
G. L. 110, §5.
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
G. L. 231, § 134.
Part G. L. 223, § 60; part O.
S. 1915, 61.
Temporary.
G. L. 230, § 7.
G. L. 162, § 2.
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1912, 398, §§ 1, 2; 1913,
835, § 1.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 2-4.
S. 1909, 514, § 45.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 6-13.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§14.
S. 1909, 344, § 1.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 16, 17.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§18.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§19.
S. 1913, 835, §§20-23.
S. 1909, 440, § 6; 1913, 835,
§24.
S. 1909, 440, §§ 2, 6; 1913,
835, § 25.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§26.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 27-40.
S. 1909, 344, § 2.
S. 1913, 835, § 42.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§43.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1912, 471,
§1.
S. 1909, 344, § 3.
S. 1909, 440, §2; 1913, 835,
§46.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 47-59.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§60.
S. 1913, 835, § 61.
S. 1910, 147.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 63-69.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§70.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§71.
S. 1913, 835, § 72.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 286;
835, § 73.
S. 1909,440, §2; 1913, 835,
§74.
S. 1913, 835, § 75.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1912, 471,
§2.
S. 1913, 835, §§77, 78.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§79.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxxxiii
907, 560, § 80 .
. S. 1909, 440,
§80.
§ 2; 1913.835,
1907, 560.
§ 190 . S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
§216.
" 560, § 81 .
. S. 1913, 835.
§81.
•' 560,
§§ 191, 192 S. 1913, 835, §§ 217. 218.
" 560, § 82 .
. R. 1908, 83.
" 560,
§ 193 . S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
" 560, § 83 .
. S. 1909, 440,
§2; 1913,835,
§219.
§82.
■• 560,
§§ 194-199 S. 1913, 835, §§ 220-225.
'■ 560, §§84,
35 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 83, 84.
" 560,
§200 . S. 191 1,436; 1913, 835. §226.
" 560, § 86 .
. S. 1909. 440.
§ 2; 1913, 835,
" 560,
§§ 201-205 S. 1913, 835, §§ 227-231.
§85.
" 560,
§206 . S. 1912, 515.
" 560, §§87, 88 8.1913,835,
§§ 86, 87.
" 560,
§§ 207-218 S. 1913, 835, §§ 233-244.
'■ 560, § 89 .
. S. 1911. 550.
§§ 1, IS; 1913,
" 560,
§219 . S. 1912, 641, § 5.
835. § 88.
" 560,
§§ 220-222 S. 1913, 835, §§ 246-248.
" 560, §§90-92 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 89-91.
" 560,
§223 . S. 1912. 641, § 1; R. 1912,
" 560, § 93 .
. S. 1908, 428.
641, § 13.
■' 560. §§94, 95 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 190. 191.
" 560,
§224 . S. 1912, 641, §§1,2; R. 1912,
" 560, § 96 .
. R. 1911, 550
§21.
641, § 13.
" 560, § 97 .
. S. 1911.378.
" 560,
§225 . S. 1912, 641, § 4; R. 1912.
" 560, § 98 .
. R. 1911, 550
§21.
641, § 13.
" 560, § 99 .
. S. 1911, 550.
§144.
§ 1; 1913. 835,
" 560,
§226 . S. 1912, 641, § 12; R. 1912,
641, § 13.
" 560, §§ 100-102 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 145-147.
■' 560,
§227 . S. 1912, 641, § 8; R. 1912,
" 560, § 103
. S. 1913. 835,
§§ 125, 148.
641, § 13.
" • 560, § 104
. S. 1913, 8.35,
§ 149.
" 560,
§228 . S. 1912, 641, § 10; R. 1912,
" 560, § 105
. S. 1911. 353.
641, § 13.
" 560, § 106
. S. 1913. 835.
§ 151.
" 560,
§ 229 . S. 1913, 835, § 257.
" 560, § 107
. S. 1912, 254.
" 560,
§ 230 . S. 1912, 398, § 3; 1913. 835,
" 560, §§108-
-116 S. 1913, 835.
§§ 152-160.
§258.
" 560. §117
. S. 1911.517.
" 560,
§§ 231-233 S. 1913, 835, §§ 259-261.
" 560, §§ 118,
119 S. 1913. 835.
§§ 162, 163.
•' 560,
§ 234 . S. 1912, 266.
" 560. § 120
. S. 1911. 550.
§4; 1913, 835,
" 560,
§§ 235-240 S. 1913, 835, §§ 263-268.
§ 164.
" 560,
§ 241 . S. 1908, 461.
" 560. § 121
. S. 1910, 200
1911, 550, § 5;
" 560,
§§ 242-246 S. 1913, 835, §§ 274-278.
1913, 835,
§ 165.
" 560,
§247 . S. 1912, 307.
" 560, §§ 122-
-129 S. 1913. 835.
§§ 166-173.
" 560.
§§ 248-250 S. 1913, 835, §§ 280-282.
" 560, § 130
. S. 1913, 835.
§§ 104-100.
" 560,
§251 . S. 1911,304.
'■ 560, § 131
. S. 1913. 835.
§§ 107, 175.
" 560,
§§ 252-261 S. 1913, 835, §§ 284-293.
" 560, § 132
. S. 1913, 835.
§ 108.
" 560,
§262 . S. 1912, 641, §9.
" 560, § 133
. S. 1908. 423,
§1.
" 560,
§§263-297 S. 1913, 835, §§ 295-329.
" 560, §§134-
-138 S. 1913, 835.
§§ 176-180.
" 560,
§ 298 . S. 1913. 686.
" 560, § 139
. S. 1909, 440,
§2.
" 560,
§299 . S. 1913. 835. §331.
" 560, § 140
. S. 1911, 735.
" 560,
§300 . S. 1909. 440. § 2; 1913, 835,
" 560, §§ 141
142 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 183, 184.
§332.
" 560, § 143
. S. 1911, 518.
" 560,
§§301-303 S. 1913, 835, §§ 333-335.
" 560, § 144
. S. 1913, 835,
§§ 93, 128.
" 560,
§§ 304-306 S. 1913, 835, §§ 337-339.
" 560, §§ 145
146 S. 1913. 835,
§§ 129, 1,30.
" 560,
§307 . S. 1908, 391; 1913, 835, §340.
" 560, § 148
. S. 1909, 264.
" 560,
§§ 308-313 S. 1913, 835, §§ 341-346.
" 560, § 149
. S. 1911, 550
§§ 4, 5; 1913,
■' 560
§314 . S. 1913, 835, § 1.
835, §§ 94
131-133, 135.
" 560
§ 315 . S. 1913, 835, § 347.
" 560, § 150
. S. 1913. 835,
§§ 103-109.
" 560
§§316, 317 S. 1911.679. §§1, 2.
" 560, § 151
. S. 1908, 423,
§2.
" 560
§318 . S. 1913, 8.35, §350.
" 560, §§ 152-
-154 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 100-102.
'• 560.
§319 . S. 1911, 679. §3.
" 560, § 155
. S. 1913. 835.
§ 136.
" 560,
§§ 320-324 S. 1913, 835, §§ 357-361.
" 560, § 156
. S. 1913, 835,
§§ 110, 111.
" 560,
§325 . S. 1911,679, §4.
" 560, § 157
. S. 1913, 835,
§ 112.
" 560,
§§ 326-343 S. 1913, 835, §§ 363-380.
" 560, § 158
. Part S. 1913
835, § 137.
" 560,
§§ 344-349 S. 1913, 835, §§ 382-387.
" 560, § 160
. S. 1913. 835,
§99.
" 560,
§350 . S. 1910, 246, § 1; R. 1910,
•■ 560, §§ 161
-164 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 186-189.
246, § 2.
" 560, §§ 165-168 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 192-195.
" 560,
§§ 351-364 S. 1913, 8.35. §§ 389-402.
" 560, § 169
. R. 1911, 550
§21.
" 560
§§365-368 S. 1913, 835, §§ 404-407.
" 560, § 170
. S. 1911. 354.
" 560
§§ 369-380 S. 1913, 8.35, §§ 409-420.
" 560, § 171
. S. 1911. 355.
" 560
§381 . S. 1913. 431.
" 560, § 172
. S. 1913. 835,
§ 198.
" 560
§§382-429 S. 1913. 835. §§ 422-469.
'■ 560. § 173
. S. 1909, 440
§ 2; 1913, 835,
" 560
§ 430 . S. 1910. 55, § 3.
§199.
" 560
§§431-433 S. 1913. 835, §§ 471-473.
" 560, § 174
. S. 1913. 835,
§200.
" 560
§§434^46 S. 1913. 835. §§ 475-487.
" 560, § 175
. S. 1908. 425.
" 560
§ 447 . S. 1909. 514. § 45.
" 560, § 176
. S. 1913, 835.
§202.
" 560
§§448^53 S. 1913, 835, §§ 489-494.
" 560, § 177
. S. 1909, 149;
1913,835, §203.
" 560
§§ 454, 455 S. 1913, 835, §§ 501, 502.
■' 560, §§178
-180 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 204-206.
" 561
§§1-9 . G. L. 178. §§ 1-9.
" 560, § 181
. S. 1913, 835,
§§ 122, 207.
" 561
§ 10 . . S. 1915, 32.
" 560, §§ 182
-185 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 208-211.
" 561
§ 11 . . S. 1908, 222.
" 560, § 186
. S. 1912, 641.
§1.
" 561
§ 12 . . S. 1918, 70.
" 560, §§ 187
-189 S. 1913, 835,
§§ 213-215.
" 561
§ 13 . . G. L. 178, § 13.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1907, 561, § 14
561, § 15 . .
561, § 16 . .
561, §§17-23
561, §24 . .
561, §§25-28
561, §29 . .
561, §§30-32
561, §33 . .
563, § 1 . .
563, § 2 . .
563, § 3 . .
563, §§4-13 .
563, § 14 . .
563, § 15 . .
563, § 16 . .
563, §§ 17-24
563, § 25 . .
563, § 26 . .
564, § 1 . .
564, § 2 . .
570 .. .
571, § 1 . .
576, § 1 . .
576, § 2 . .
576, § 3 . .
576, §4 . .
576, § 5 . .
576, §§6-10 .
576, §11 . .
576, § 12 . .
576, § 13 . .
576, § 14 . .
576, § 15 . .
576, § 16 . .
576, § 17 . .
576, §§ 18, 19
576, § 20 . .
576, § 21 . .
576, § 22 . .
576, §§23,24
576, § 25 . .
576, § 26 . .
576, § 27 . .
576, § 28 . .
576, § 29 . .
576, § 30 . .
576, § 31 . .
576, § 32 . .
576, § 33 .
576, § 34 .
576, § 35 .
Parte. L. 26. § 10; 178, §14;
part S. 1919, 350, §§ 46.
51.
S. 1914, 246.
G. L. 26, § 12; 178, § 16.
G. L. 178, §§ 17-23.
G. L. 63, § 18.
G. L. 178, §§ 24-27.
Part G. L. 178, § 28; part O.
G. L. 178, §§ 29-31.
Temporary.
S. 1909, 268, § 1.
S. 1909, 490, IV, § 2; part R.
1912, 678, § 2.
S. 1909,490, IV, §3;R. 1912,
678, § 2; 1916, 268, § 3.
S. 1909, 490, IV, §§4-13.
S. 1908, 268.
S. 1909, 490, IV, § 15; part
R. 1912, 678, § 2.
S. 1909, 490, IV, § 16; part
R. 1912, 678. § 2.
S. 1909, 490, IV, §§ 17-24.
S. 1909, 490, IV, § 25; part
R. 1909, 527, § 8.
Part R. 1908, 104, §2; part O.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 1.
S. 1909, 430, § 1; 490, III,
§2; part R. 1909,430, §2.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 37, 39; R.
1909, 514, § 145.
S. 1912, 192.
G. L. 175, § 1.
G. L. 175, § 29.
G. L. 175, §§2,3.
Part G. L. 26, § 6; part S.
1919, 350, § 50.
S. 1911, 292, § 1; 1916, 40,
§1.
G. L. 175, §§ 4-8.
Part G. L. 175, §§ 9-11;
parts. 1911, 54; 315; 1912,
74; 1920, 168, § 1; 333;
part R. 1920, 168, § 2.
G. L. 175, § 13.
G. L. 175, § 180.
G. L. 175, § 154.
S. 1911, 429, § 4.
G. L. 175, § 15.
Part G. L. 175, §§ 16, 17;
part S. 1919, 29; part O.
G. L. 175, §§ 18, 19.
S. 1909, 345; 1914, 448, § 1;
1919, 114, § 1.
G. L. 175, § 186.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 356, 499.
G. L. 175, §§ 30, 31.
S. 1917, 113.
PartG. L. 175, §§34,57,58,
60, 64; part S. 1908, 473.
G. L. 175, § 35.
G. L. 175, § 37.
S. 1920, 150.
G. L. 175, §§ 38-43.
G. L. 175, §§44, 67.
S. 1908, 2i>i; 509; 1910, 499,
§ 1; 1913, 2.35; 541; 1917.
146, § 2; 1919, 96; 1920,
327, § 1.
S. 1919, 333, § 14.
S. 1908, 81; 1912, 524; 1920,
152; 327, § 2.
G. L. 175, § 56.
1907, 576,
§36
•■ 576,
§37
" 576,
§38 .
" 576,
§39 .
" 576,
§40
" 576,
§41
" 576,
§42
" 576,
§43
" 576,
§44 .
" 576,
§45 .
" 576,
§46
" 576,
§47
" 576,
§§48,
49
'■ 576,
§50
■' 576,
§§51-
56
" 576,
§57
" 576,
§§58,
59'
" 576,
§60
" 576,
§61
" 576,
§62
" 576,
§63
■■ 576,
§§64,
65
" 576,
§06
" 576,
§67
" 576,
§68
" 576,
§69
" 576,
§70
" 576
§71
" 576,
§72
" 576,
§73
" 576
§74
" 576
§75
■• 576
§§76-79
" 576
§80
" 576
§81
" 576
§82
" 576
§83
•• 576
§84
" 576
§§85
86
•■ 576
§87
■■ 576
§88
" 576
§89
576, § 90
576, § 91
576,
§92 .
576,
§93 .
576,
§94 .
576,
§95 .
576,
§96 .
576,
§97 .
576,
§98 .
576,
§99 .
576
§ 100
576
§ 101
576
§§102
576
§106
G. L. 175, §§ 57-62.
Part G. L. 175, §§ 63, 66;
part S. 1909, 92; 95; 1910,
375, § 1.
G. L. 175, § 69.
S. 1912, 396.
G. L. 175, § 71.
S. 1918, 69.
PartG. L. 175, §73; part S.
1912, 403.
Part G. L. 175, §§ 76, 77;
part S. 1915, 7.
Part G. L. 175, §§ 77, 78;
part S. 1908, 471.
G. L. 175, § 79.
S. 1909, 390, § 1; R. 1909,
390, § 2.
S. 1908, 482.
G. L. 175, §§ 81, 82.
S. 1913, 343.
G. L. 175, §§ 84-89.
G. L. 175, §§ 95, 96.
G. L. 175, §§ 97, 9.8.
Part G. L. 175, § 99; part S.
1911, 406; 1916, 150, § 1.
S. 1909, 256; 1911,344; 1912,
330.
G. L. 175, § 106.
G. L. 175, §§ 114, 115.
S. 1917, 146, §§3, 4.
Part G. L. 175, § 118; part S.
1917,210.
G. L. 175, § 23.
G. L. 175, § 153.
PartG. L. 175, §§ 120, 121;
parts. 1908,511, §§ 1,2.
G. L. 175, § 122.
S. 1916, 12; 1918, 35.
G. L. 175, § 20.
Part G. L. 175, §§ 124-127;
part S. 1909, 242.
S. 1909,467.
Part G. L. 175, § 132; part S.
1918, 60.
G. L. 175, §§ 140-143.
S. 1908, 166.
G. L. 175, § 149.
G. L. 175, § 94.
G. L. 175, § 150.
PartG. L. 175, § 151; part S.
1909, 415; 1919, 114, § 1;
part R. 1919, 114. § 2.
G. L. 175, §§ 155, 156.
G. L. 175, § 5.
S. 1908, 165.
Part G. L. 175, §§ 157, 158;
parts. 1914,448, §2; part
R. 1919, 114, § 3.
G. L. 175, § 159.
G. L. 175, § 161.
S. 1911, 429, § 1.
Part S. 1908, 170; part R.
1917, 104, § 2.
S. 1919, 35.
S. 1911, 429, § 3.
S. 1919, 19.
G. L. 175, § 171.
S. 1919, 86.
G. L. 175, § 185.
G. L. 175, § 178.
G. L. 175, §§ 14,25,26.
5 G. L. 40, § 13.
G. L. 175, § 160.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
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1907, 576, § 107
576, § 108
576, § 109
576, § 110
576, §§ 111, 11
57G, § 113
576, §114
576, § 115
576, § 116
576, § 117
576, § 118
676, §119
576, § 120
676, § 121
576, § 123
577, §§ 1-3
578 . .
579 . .
580, § 1 .
680, § 2 .
5S0, § 3 .
580, § 4 .
581 . .
581, §§ 1,2
581, §3 .
681, §4 .
582, § 1 .
582, § 2 .
682, §§3-17
682, § 18 .
682, §§19-25
582, § 26 .
582, §§27-40
682, § 41 .
682, § 42 .
582, § 43 .
682, §§44-55
582, § 56 .
682, §§67,58
582, § 59 .
582, § 60 .
585, § 1 .
585, § 2 .
585, §§3,4
585, §§5,6
585, § 7 .
585, § 8 .
585, § 9 .
685, § 10 .
686, §11 .
686, § 1 .
586, §§2-7
, 67, § 1 .
75 . .
81 . .
85, § 1 .
85, § 2 .
91 . .
98 . .
99, § 1 .
S. 1919, 47; 130.
G. L. 175, § 168.
G. L. 175, § 18.
PartG. L. 175, § 26; part S.
1914, 661.
! G. L. 175, §§ 20, 21.
G. L. 175, § 23.
S. 1919, 110.
G. L. 175, § 85.
S. 1908, 162.
G. L. 176, § 4.
G. L. 175, § 122.
G. L. 175, § 45.
G. L. 175, § 194.
Part G. L. 175, § 159; part S.
1910, 426.
O.
S. 1909, 514, § 52; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 56.
S. 1913, 835, § 408; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1908, 648, § 3; R. 1909,
534. § 31.
S. 1909, 534, §§ 4, 29; R.
1909, 634, § 31.
S. 1908, 642, § 1; R. 1909,
534, § 31.
Temporary.
R. 1913, 835. § 603.
S. 1910, 55, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1911, 422.
S. 1913, 835, § 499.
Part G. L. 106, § 7; part S.
1916, 98.
S. 1918, 257, § 270.
G. L. 105, §§ 9-23.
8. 1909, 227.
G. L. 105, §§ 24-30.
G. L. 223, § 72.
G. L. 105, §§ 31-44.
S. 1918, 257, § 271.
G. L. 105, § 46.
G. L. 105, § 47; 223, § 73.
G. L. 105, §§ 48-59.
G. L. 105, § 56.
G. L. 105, §§ 65, 66.
O.
G. L. 106, § 66.
Part G. L. 160, § 71; part
Temporary.
Part G. L. 160, §§ 33, 71;
part Temporary.
G. L. 160, §§ 72, 73.
G. L. 160, §§ 116, 117.
G. L. 169, § 64.
G. L. 160, § 62.
G. L. 160, § 74.
G. L.159, § 54.
O.
S. 1908, 194, § 1; 1909, 490,
III, §72.
S. 1909, 490, III, §§ 73-78.
G. L. 66, § 4.
G. L. 201, § 11.
S. 1912, 311.
S. 1913, 835, § 352; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1913, 835, § 495; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1915, 164.
G. L. 48, § 77.
S. 1909, 490, II, § 32.
1908, 99, § 2
104 .
108 .
110, §1
110, §2
116
120
121
123
126
127
133
135, § 1
142
143
149, §
150
151
153
158
162
163, § 1
165
166
168
169
170
173
177
178
179
181
1S2, § 1
185
187,
189
190
191
193 .
194, § 1
194, § 2
194, § 3
195 .
197 .
205, § 1
205, § 2
208 .
209 .
209, §§ 1-3
209, §§4,5
216, § 1
216, §2
218, §1
219 .
220
221
S. 1909, 490, II, § 85.
o.
S. 1920, 630, § 22.
S. 1909, 166.
S. 1913, 211.
S. 1908, 505.
S. 1909, 490, I, § 6.
S. 1911, 736, § 5.
G. L. .136, § 17.
S. 1908, 273, § 1.
S. 1915, 292, § 4; R. 1916,
292, § 13.
G. L. 133, § 4.
G. L. 38, § 1.
G. L. 40, § 48.
G. L. 147, § 2.
G. L. 183, § 54.
G. L. 270, § 14.
G. L. 175, § 46.
G. L. 193, § 14.
G. L. 92, §§ 95, 96.
G. L. 175, § 188.
G. L. 155, § 10.
G. L. 175, § 168.
S. 1910, 366.
G. L. 216, § 123.
S. 1910, 87.
S. 1911, 429, § 1.
G. L. 5. § 3.
G. L. 231, § 119.
S. 1914, 370, § 1; R. 1914,
370, § 3.
S. 1910, 540, § 1.
S. 1915, 15; R. 1918, 257,
§355.
S. 1917, 169.
S. 1910, 629.
S. 1919, 350, § 108.
G. L. 140, § 132.
G. L. 71, § 58.
S. 1915, 254, § 1.
Part G. L. 218, § 65; part S.
1912, 462, § 1; part R.
1912, 462, § 2.
S. 1909, 490, I, § 11.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 72.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 79.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 72.
G. L. 30, § 29.
S. 1914, 653, §§6, 7; R. 1914,
653, § 9.
S. 1918, 257, § 237.
S. 1909, 424, § 1; R. 1919,
91, §4.
S. 1915, 253, § 5.
R. 1916, 61, § 5.
S. 1911, 244, §§ 1-3.
S. 1911, 244, §§2, 3.
S. 1917, 344, III, § 17; R.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1917, 344, III, § 19; R.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1909, 514, § 27; R. 1909,
614, § 145.
G. L. 215, § 62.
S. 1908, 382, § 1; R. 1908,
382, § 2.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 68.
S. 1913, 655, § 4; R. 1913,
665, § 61.
G. L. 178, § 11.
S. 1909, 490, II, § 76.
G. L. 215, § 62.
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1908, 228
" 229
" 230
" 231
232 . .
233 . .
237, §§ 1, 2
237, § 3 .
237, §§4-14
237, § 15 .
237, §§ 16-19
237, § 20 . .
237, §§21,22
237, § 23 . .
237, §§24-26
237, §§27-29
237, § 30 . .
237, §31 . .
237,
§32 . .
237,
§§33-38
237,
§39 . .
237,
§40 . .
237,
§§41-52-
237,
§§53,54
237,
§§55, 56
237,
§57 . .
237,
§§58-61
237,
§62 . .
237,
§§63-75
237,
§76 . .
237,
§77 . .
243
245,
§1 .
245,
§2 . .
245,
§3 . .
247
248
250,
§1 '■ '■
250,
§2 . .
251
253
255
256
257,
§1 . .
257,
§2 . .
259
263
266,
§§1,2
266,
§3 .
266,
§§4,5
268
269
270
273
278
279
280
286
S. 1009, 514, § 26; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
S. 1915, 37.
S. 1916, 241, § 1.
Part G. L. 217, §§ 24, 26;
parts. 1911,445, § l;part
R. 1911, 445, § 2.
G. L. 279, § 31.
G. L. 166, § 38.
G. L. 106, §§3,4.
PartG. L. 106, § 5; part O.
G. L. 106, §§ 6-16.
Part G. L. 106, § 17; part O.
G. L. 106, §§ 18-21.
Part G. L. 106, § 22; part S.
1910, 214, § 40.
G. L. 106, §§ 23, 24.
Part G. L. 106, § 25; part O.
G. L. 106, §§ 26-28.
(By reference) G. L. 106,
§29.
S. 1918, 257, § 280.
(By reference) G. L. 106,
§29.
S. 1918, 257, § 281.
(By reference) G. L. 106,
§29.
G. L. 223, § 72.
(By reference) G. L. 106,
§29.
G. L. 106, §§ 30-41.
Part G. L. 106, §§ 42, 43;
part O.
G. L. 106, §§44, 4.5.
Part G. L. 106, § 46; part O.
G. L. 106, §§47-50.
Part G. L. 106, § 51 ; part S.
1910, 214, §42.
G. L. 106, §§ 52-64.
Part G. L. 106, § 65; part O.
G. L. 106, § 63.
S. 1914,742, § 197; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
S. 1919, 350, § 37.
G. L. 128, § 39.
S. 1912, 500, § 1.
S. 1909, 490, II, § 82.
S. 1913, 334.
S. 1913, 719, § 9.
O.
G. L. 127, § 148.
S. 1916, 177.
G. L. 130, § 8.
S. 1908, 604, § 130; R. 1908,
604, § 209.
PartG. L. 73, § 2; part O.
Tcmporarj'.
S. 1918, 287, § 4; R. 191S,
287, § 7.
G. L. 90, § 18.
G. L. 161, §§73, 74.
G. L. 161, § 73.
G. L. 161, §§ 75, 76.
S. 1909, 490, IV, § 14.
S. 1912, 442, § 2.
S. 1909,403, §§2,3; R. 1909,
403, § 4.
S. 1911, 328, § 1.
G. L. 161, § 114.
S. 1917,344,1, §23;R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
G. L. 266, §§ 71, 72.
S. & R. 1918, 257, § 419.
5INCE THE RI
1908, 288 .
:VISED L.\WS.
. S. 1909, 204, § 1; R. 1910,
555, § 3.
" 289 .
. G. L. 218, § 10.
" 290 .
. G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 26.
" 294, § 1
. S. 1915, 301, §§ 1-5, 7; R.
1915, 301, § 14.
" 294, § 2
. S. 1909, 301.
" 295 .
. G. L. 205, §§ 1, 5.
" 296, § 1
. O.
" 296, §2
. S. 1910, 321; R. 1915, 145,
§13.
" 296, § 3
. S. 1915, 145, § 3; R. 1915,
145, § 13.
'■ 296, § 4
. S. 1915, 145, § 2.
" 297, § 1
. S. 1915, 145, § 8; R. 1915,
145, § 13.
•■ 297, § 2
. S. 1915, 145, § 10; R. 1915,
145, § 13.
•■ 299 .
. S. 1909, 490, II, § 20.
" 300, § 1
. S. 1909, 326.
■• 300, §2
. S. 1909, 490, III, § 55.
" 301, §§1-
> . G. L. 92, §§ 43-47.
" 304 .
. S. 1910, 219, § 1.
" 305 .
. S. 1913, 324.
" 306 .
. R. 1909, 514, § 145.
" 306, § 1
. S. 1909, 514, § 8.
" 306, §§2,
} . S. 1909, 514, § 9.
" 307 .
. R. 1910, 387, § 11.
" 307, § 1
. S. 1910, 387, § 1.
" 307, § 2
. S. 1909, 375, § 1.
" 307, §4
. S. 1910, 387, § 5.
" 313 .
. G. L. 197, § 6.
" 314 .
. S. 1909,490,1, §§57,59,60
62, 94.
" 315 .
. Temporary.
" 316 .
. G. L. 110, §6.
■■ 317, §1
. S. 1908, 604, § 174; R. 1908,
604, § 209.
" 318 .
. S. 1909, 490, III, §59; 1909
528.
" 319 .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 323 .
. S. 1914, 532, § 2.
" 324
. S. 1909, 145, §§1,2.
" 325, §§1,
2 . G. L. 149, § 107.
" 325, § 3
. O.
" 326 .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
■• 327 .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 328, § 1
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 329, § 1
. G. L. 94, § 138.
" 329, §§2,
J . G. L. 94, §§ 122, 123.
" 329, § 4
. G. L. 94, § 121.
" 329, § 5
. Part G. L. 94, § 124; part O.
" 329, § 6
. S. 1912, 248, § 2.
" 329, § 7
. O.
" 330, § 1
. G. L. 130, § 13.
" 333 .
. G. L. 136, § 6.
" 335 .
. R. 1913, 655, § 61.
" 335, § 1
. S. 1913, 655, §§ 31, 51.
■' 335, § 2
. S. 1910, 143.
" 335, § 3
. S. 1913, 655, § 58.
" 335, §4
. S. 1913, 655, § 1.
" 338
. G. L. 223, § 25.
" 341, § 1
. S. 1911, 350.
" 341, §2
. S. 1913, 719, § 6, subs. 4.
" 341, §3
. G. L. 45, § 6.
" 341, §4
. S. 1914, 742, § 98; R. 1914
742, § 199.
" 342 .
. S. 1910, 421, § 2.
" 343 .
. G. L. 136, § 6.
" 344 .
. S. 1908, 604, § 16; R. 1908
604, § 209.
" 345, §§1-
J . R. 1913, 835, § 503.
" 348 .
. S. 1913, 339.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
dxxxvii
1908, 349 . .
. S. 1912, 174, § 1; R. 1912,
174, § 2.
1908,418
. Part G. L. 218, § 53; part S.
1913, 736, § 1; part R.
" 350, § 1 .
. S. 1911, 548, §2.
1913, 736, § 2.
" 350, § 2 .
. S. 1908, 583.
" 420
S. 1909,514, § 127; R. 1909,
" 351 . .
. G. L. 218, § 69.
514, § 145.
" 352 . .
. S. 1919, 177, § 1.
" 422
. S. 1914, 336.
" 353 . .
. S. 1919, 112, § 1; R. 1919,
112, §2.
" 423,
§1 .'
S. 1913, 835, § 109; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 354 . .
. G. L. 136, § 10.
" 423,
§2 .
S. 1913, 8.35, § 98; R. 1913,
" 356 . .
. S. 1910, 330; R. 1918, 257,
835, § 503.
§214.
" 424
S. 1918, 249.
" 358, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 221, § 64; part
Temporary.
" 425
S. 1913,835, §201; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 358, § 2 .
. S. 1909, 230.
" 426
G. L. 125, §§28, 29.
" 360, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 140, §49; part O.
" 427,
§i '
Part S. 1911, 537; R. 1918,
" 360, § 2 .
. G. L. 140, § 50.
198, § 8.
" 365 . .
. S. 1910, 273.
" 427.
§2 .
O.
" 368 . .
. G. L. 140, § 179.
" 428
S. 1913, 835, § 92; R. 1913,
" 370 . .
. G. L. 276, § 7.
835, § 503.
" 371 . .
. S. 1908, 604, § 174; R. 1908,
" 431,
§§1,2
G. L. 34, § 9.
004, § 209.
" 431,
§3 .
G. L. 34, § 11.
" 372, § 1 .
. S. 1914, 527, § 1; R. 1914,
527, § 2.
" 431,
§§4,5
S. 1917,344,11, §§32,33; R.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" 372, § 2 .
. S. 1909, 429.
" 433
S. 1909, 490, III, § 5.
" 374 . .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 434,
§i '
S. 1912, 71; 1914, 370, § 2;
" 375 . .
. G. L. 22, § 6.
R. 1914, 370, § 3.
" 377 . .
. S. 1909, 396; R. 1910, 545,
" 435,
§1 .
G. L. 94, § 45.
§4.
" 436
G. L. 175, § 139.
" 378 . .
. G. L. 129, § 15.
•■ 440
S. 1913, 612, § 2.
" 379, §§1-3
. G. L. 114, §§34 36.
" 441,
§1 '■
S. 1909, 272, § 1; 1911, 236,
" 380 . .
. S. 1909,514, §141; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
§ 1; 356, § 1; R. 1909,
272, § 2; 1911, 236, § 2;
" 381, § 1 .
. G. L. Ill, § 185.
356, § 5.
" 381, §§2, 3
. G. L. Ill, § 186.
" 441,
§2 .
S. 1911, 236, § 1; 356, § 3;
" 382, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 158, §43; part S.
R. 1911,236, §2; 356, §5.
1914, 742, § 91; part R.
" 441,
§3 .
S. 1911, 236, § 3; 3.56, § 4;
1914, 742, § 199.
R. 1911,2.36, §2; 356, §5.
" 385, § 1 .
. G. L. 130, §§2,4.
" 442
S. 1919, 287, § 1.
" 385, § 2 .
. Part G. L. 140, § 181; part
" 443
G. L. 5, § 3.
0.
" 444
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
" 386 . .
. S. 1918, 237.
189, § 2.
" 387 . .
. S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 56, 57.
" 446
S. 1919, 287, §§ 1, 4.
" 389 . .
. R. 1913, 655, § 61.
•• 450
G. L. 162, § 9.
" 3S9, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 354.
" 452
Part G. L. 40. §§ 16-18; part
" 389, § 2 .
. S. 1913, 655, § 49.
S. 1909, 289.
" 389, § 3 .
. Parts. 1913, 655, §58; part
O.
■• 453
S. 1918,257, §219, subs. 14;
R. 1918, 257, § 214.
" 390, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 159, § 75; part S.
" 454,
§§1.2
G. L. 93, §§ 2, 3.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 6.
" 454,
§3 .
G. L. 93, § 7.
■■ 390, §2 .
. S. 1914, 18.
" 454,
§4 .
O.
" 391 . .
. S. 1913, 835, § 340; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 457
S. 1909,514, §§ 129, 130; R.
1909, 514, § 145.
" 392 . .
. G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 25.
" 458
G. L. 218, § 70.
" 395 . .
. S. 1920, 282.
" 459,
§1 '.
S. 1910, 429, § 1.
" 396 . .
. S. 1918, 161, § 1; R. 1918,
161, § 2.
" 459,
§2 .
S. 1910, 429, § 2; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
" 397 . .
. S. 1919, 287, §§ 1, 4.
" 459,
§3 .
R. 1918, 189, § 2.
" 402 . .
. R. 1911, 614, § 13.
■' 400
R. 1909, 436, § 4.
'■ 402, § 1 .
. S. 1911, 614, § 1.
" 460,
§§1-3
S. 1909,436, §§ 1-3.
" 402, § 2 .
. S. 1910, 614, § 3.
■' 401
S. 1913,835, §269; R. 1913,
" 405 . .
. S. 1909, 468, § 4.
835, § 503.
" 411, §1 .
. S. 1912, 448.
■■ 462
R. 1909, 371, § 10.
" 411, §2 .
. G. L. 94, § 146.
" 462,
§1 '
S. 1909,371, §§ 1-3.
" 411, §3 .
. G. L. 94, § 149.
" 462,
§§2-5
S. 1909, 371, § 3.
" 413, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 466, § 1; R. 1909,
■' 403
O.
466, § 2.
" 464,
§1 '
S. 1908, 594.
" 414 . .
. G. L. 29, § 43.
" 464,
§2 .
S. 1909, 490, III, § 21.
" 416, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 20, §5; 12S, §§5,
12; part O.
" 465,
§1 .
Part G. L. 270, § 98; part S.
1914, 191.
" 416, §2 .
. o.
" 465,
§§2,3
G. L. 276, §§ 99, 100.
" 417, § 1 .
. S. 1917, 271, § 1.
" 465,
§4 .
Part G. L. 276, § 101; part
" 417, §2 .
. G. L. 1.30, § 3.
O.
" 417, §3 .
. G. L. 130, § 2.
" 465,
§5 .
G. L. 276, § 102.
clxxx\'iii
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1908, 469 .
Part S. 1912, 66; part R.
1918, 257, § S.
1908, 515,
" 516
§2 . .
" 470 .
S. 1919, 105.
'• 518
" 471 .
G. L. 175, § 78.
" 518,
§i .' .
•' 473 .
G. L. 175, § 33.
" 518,
§2 . .
•■ 474 .
Part G. L. 5, § 4; part S.
" 520,
§1 . .
1912, 61, § 1.
" 520,
§2 . .
" 475
S. 1919, 127.
" 520,
§§3.4 .
" 476, § 1
G.L.92, §62; 147, §§14,17.
" 520,
§5 . .
" 476, § 2
G. L. 147, §§ 14, 17.
" 520,
§6 . .
" 477 .
R. 1909, 309, § 4.
" 520,
§7 . .
'■ 477, §§ 1-
-3
S. 1909, 309, §§ 1-3.
■' 520,
§8 . .
" 478, § 1
S. 1909. 214.
" 520,
§9 . .
" 478, § 2
G. L. 132, § 10.
" 520,
§§10,11
" 478, § 3
G. L. 132, § 2.
" 520,
§12 . .
" 478, § 4
G. L. 132, § 10.
" 520,
§13 .
■' 478, §§5,
6
O.
" 520,
§14 . .
" 478, § 7
G. L. 132, § 10.
" 520,
§15 . .
" 478, § 8
G. L. 132, § 5.
■■ 523,
§1 . .
■■ 479 .
S. 1911,561, §5.
" 480 .
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 835,
" 523,
§2 . .
§70; R. 1913, 835, §503.
" 525,
§1 . .
" 481, §1
S. 1909, 371, § 2; R. 1909,
" 525,
§2 . .
371, I 10.
" 525,
§3 . .
" 482 .
S. 1909, 390, § 1.
" 528
" 483 .
S. 1912, 229, §§ 1, 2; R.
" 529
1913, 835, § 503.
" 529,
§1 ; '.
" 484 .
R. 1911, 614, § 13.
" 529,
§2 . .
" 484, §§ 1
2
S. 1911, 2.35, §§ 1, 2.
" 529,
§§3,4 .
" 484, § 3
S. 1909, 325.
" 529,
§5 . .
" 484, § 4
S. 1910, 614, § 2.
" 529,
§6 . .
" 484, § 5
S. 1911, 2.35, §3.
" 530
" 485
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
" 531,
§1 '. '.
" 485, §§ 1-
-6
S. 1909, 514, §§ 2-7.
" 485, § 7
S. 1909, 371, § 3.
" 486
S. 1914,742, § 114; R. 1914,
'■ 531,
§2 . .
742, § 199.
" 531,
§3 . .
" 487 .
R. 1913, 655, § 61.
" 531,
§4 . .
" 487, §§ 1
2
S. 1913, 655, §§55, 56.
" 488, §§ 1
2
G. L. 130, § 62.
" 488, § 3
Part G. L. 130, § 62; part 0.
" 531,
§§5,6 .
" 489 .
R. 1909, 514, § 145.
" 532
" 489, §§ 1
2
S. 1909, 514, § 136.
" 534,
§1 .' .
" 489, § 3
S. 1909, 514, § 137.
" 489, §§4
5
S. 1909, 514, § 138.
" 536,
§1 . .
" 489, § 6
S. 1909, 514, § 140.
" 492
S. 1917, 53.
" 536,
§2 . .
" 493, § 1
G. L. 169, § 10.
" 537
" 493, § 2
G. L. 169, § 3.
" 539
" 495 .
G. L. 159, § 102.
" 541,
§§1.2 ;
" 497 .
S. 1919,25, §2; R. 1919,25,
" 541,
§3 . .
§3.
" 542,
§1 . .
" 498, §1 1
2
G. L. 32, §§ 42, 43.
" 542,
§2 . .
" 498, § 3
R. 1913, 832, § 16.
" 543
" 499, §§ 1
2
S. 1911, 135, §§ 1, 2.
" 544
" 499, § 3
O.
" 547
•' 499, § 4
G. L. 40, § 41.
" 499, § 5
S. 1911, 135, § 3.
" 549
" 499, § 6
O.
" 550,
§1 " '■
" 502 .
S. 1910, 223, § 1.
" 550,
§2 .
" 504 .
G. L. 160, § 195.
" 550,
§3 .
" 505 .
G. L. 172, § 52.
" 550,
§4 .
" 507, § 1
S. 1914, 159; R. 1918, 257,
§2.
" 552
" 553
" 509 .
S. 1910,499, § 1; 1913, 541;
1917, 146, § 1.
" 555
" 560
" 510, § 1
S. 1913, 246.
" 561
" 510, §2
S. 1908, 621, § 1.
" 511, §§1-4
S. 1912, 401, §§ 1-4.
" 512 .
S. 1917, 344, VII, §§4, 5;R.
" 563,
§1 .
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" 563,
§2 . .
" 513, §§ 1-
-5
S. 1912, 223, §§ 1-5.
" 515, §1
S. 1912, 608, § 5.
■' 565
G. L. 129, § 36.
G. L. 231, § 118.
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1913, 835, § 358.
S. 1913, 835, § 500.
G. L. 172, § 60.
Part G. L. 172, § 61 ; part O.
G. L. 172, §§ 62, 63.
G. L. 172, § 65.
Temporary.
G. L. 172, § 66.
S. 1910, 377.
S. 1917, 283.
G. L. 172, §§ 75, 76.
S. 1909. 490, III, § 37.
G. L. 172, § 26.
G. L. 172, § 20.
G. L. 172. § 45.
S. 1918. 189, I 1; R. 1918.
189. § 2.
R. 1918. 189. § 2.
S. 1918. 257. § 289.
S. 1913. 720. §§ 1. 2.
S. 1910. 172. § 1.
G. L. 227. § 5.
R. 1914. 742. § 199.
S. 1914. 742. § 1.
S. 1914. 742. § 165.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 167, 168.
S. 1909, 316, § 1.
S. 1914, 742, § 171.
S. 1910, 567.
Part G. L. 94, § 291 ; part S.
1911, 266, § 1; part R.
1911, 266, § 5.
G. L. 94, § 1.
G. L. 94, § 292.
Part G. L. 94, § 295; part S.
1911, 266, § 4; part R.
1911, 266, §5.
G. L. 94, §§ 293, 294.
Temporary.
Part S. 1914, 742, § 35; part
R. 1914, 742, §199;partO.
S. 1913. 317. § 1; R. 1913,
317, §3.
S. 1913, 317, § 2.
S. 1920, 141.
G. L. Ill, § 173.
G. L. 217, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1919, 353, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1909, 47, § 1.
G. L. 159, § 61.
S. 1920, 327, § 2. cl. (6).
G. L. 6, § 11.
S. 1909, 514, §§ 53, 54; R.
1909, 514. § 145.
G. L. 6. § 8.
S. 1909. 490. Ill, § 2.
S. 1909. 490. III. § 5.
S. 1909. 490. III. § 7.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 6.
G. L. 159. §§84, 85.
S. 1909, 514, § 143.
S. 1913, 797. § 1.
G. L. 92. § 10.
Part G. L. 9, § 2; part S.
1912. 522; 1913,718; part
O.
S. 1909, 393, § 1.
Part G. L. 146, § 26; 175,
§ 117; part O.
R. 1914, 791, § 16.
I
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
clxxxix
1908, 566 . .
. R. 1914, 791, § 16.
" 566, §§1,2
. S. 1914, 791, §§ 1, 2.
" 566, § 3 .
. S. 1914, 791, § 15.
" 566, § 4 .
. Parts. 1914, 791, §§ 4, 10.
" 566, § 5 .
. S. 1914, 791, § 5.
" 568 . .
. O.
" 570, § 1 .
. G. L. 94, §§ 1, 19.
" 570, § 2 .
G. L. 94, § 19.
" 572 . .
R. 1911,471, § 11.
" 572, §§1,2
S. 1909,457, §§ 1,2.
" 572, § 3 .
Parts. 1911, 471, §§4, 8.
" 572, § 4 .
S. 1911, 471, § 7.
" 583 . .
G. L. 269, § 10.
" 586 . .
S. 1916, 248, § 1.
" 589, §§ 1-4
Special.
" 589, § 5 .
S. 1909, 490, I, § 53.
■■ 589,.§§ 6-9
Special.
" 590, § 1 .
G. L. 4, § 7, cl. 28; 167, § 1.
" 590, § 2 .
Part G. L. 26, § 2; part S.
1919, 350, §§ 45, 49; part
0.
S. 1912, 516, § 1.
" 590, § 3 .
" 590, §§4, 5
S. 1909, 491, §§ 2, 3.
" 590, §§6, 7
G. L. 167, §§ 3, 4.
" 590, § 8 .
S. 1910, 622. § 2.
" 590, § 9 .
S. 1910, 399, § 2; R. 1910,
399, § 17.
" 590, § 10 .
S. 1910, 399, § 7; R. 1910,
399, § 17.
" 590, § 11 .
S. 1910, 399, § 2; R. 1910,
399, § 17.
" 590, § 12 .
S. 1910, 622, § 3.
" 590, § 13 .
S. 1912, 97.
" 590, § 14 .
Part G. L. 167, § 8; part O.
" 590, § 15 ,
S. 1910, 393.
" 590, § 16 .
S. 1909, 491, § 4.
" 590, § 17 .
S. 1914, 470.
" 590, § 18 .
G. L. 168, § 2.
" 590, §§ 19-24
G. L. 168, §§ 4-9.
" 590, § 25 .
Part G. L. 168, § 10; part S.
1909, 491, § 5.
" 590, §§26, 27
G. L. 168, §§ 11, 12.
" 590, §§28-30
S. 1910, 622, §§ 4-6.
" 590, §31 .
G. L. 168, § 16.
" 590, § 32 .
S. 1910, 622, § 7.
■' 590, § 33 .
G. L. 168, § 22.
" 590, §34 .
S. 1910, 622, § 8.
" 590, § 35 .
G. L. 168, § 24.
" 590, § 36 .
S. 1911, 211.
" 590, § 37 .
G. L. 168, § 26.
" 590, § 38 .
S. 1915, 62.
" 590, § 39 .
G. L. 168, § 27.
" 590, § 40 .
S. 1909, 491, § 6.
" 590, §41 .
G. L. 233, § 77.
" 590, § 42 .
R. 1910, 622, § 9.
" 590, §§43-45
G. L. 168, §§ 28-30.
" 590, § 46 .
S. 1909, 491. § 7.
" 590, § 47 .
G. L. 168, § 32.
" 590, §§48-54
G. L. 168, §§ 34-^0.
" 590, § 55 .
S. 1918, 257, § 369.
" 590, § 56 .
S. 1916, 198.
" 590, § 57 .
S. 1912, 70.
" 590, § 58 .
G. L. 167, § 21.
" 590, § 59 .
G. L. 168, § 45.
■' 590, § 60 .
S. 1919, 116, § 4.
" 590, § 61 .
S. 1920, 414.
" 590, §§62-66
G. L. 168, §§49-53.
" 590, § 67 .
G. L. 168, § 3.
" 590, § 68 (pre
Km. H) .
G. L. 168, § 54 (prelim. V-
" 590, § 68, cl. 1
S. 1910, 622, § 10.
" 590, § 68, cl
2 (o-c) .
. G. L. 168, §54, el. 2 (a-c).
908,590, § 68,
cl.
2(d)
S. 1909, 491, § 8.
" 590, § 68,
cl.'
2(e)
S. 1912, 580.
" 590, § 68,
cl!
3(a)
G. L. 168, §54, cl. 3 (o).
" 590, § 68,
cl.'
3 (6-d)
S. 1909, 491, § 8.
" 590, § 68,
cl.'
3(e) .
Part G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 3 (e) ;
part O.
" 590, § 68,
el.
3(/) .
G. L. 168, §54, cl. 3 (/).
" 590, § 68,
cL
3 (g) .
Part G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 3 (g) ;
part S. 1909, 491, § 8.
" 590, § 68,
cl.
3 (h. i) .
G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 3 {h, i).
" 590, § 68,
cl'.
3 U) .
S. 1909, 491, § 8.
" 590, § 68,
cl.'
3 (ft-n) .
G. L. 168, §54, el. 3 (k-n).
" 590, § 68, cl. 4
G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 17.
" 590, § 68,
els.
5,6
G. L. 168, § 54, els. 4, 5.
" 590, § 68, cl. 7
G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 7.
" 590, § 68, cl. 8
(prelim.
V
S. 1909, 491, § 8.
" 590, § 68,
cl.
8(a) .
G. L. 168, §54, cl. 9 (a).
" 590, § 68,
cL
8 (6-d) .
S. 1909, 491, § 8.
" 590, § 68,
cl.'
8(e) .
Part G. L. 168, § 54, el. 9 (c) ;
part S. 1909, 491, § 8.
" 590, § 68,
cl.
8(/) ■
G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 9 (/).
" 590, § 68,
els!
9-13 .
G. L. 168, § 54, els. 11-15.
" 590, §§ 69
70
O.
" 591, § 1 .
PartG. L. 132, §§8, 11; part
S. 1909,263, §§1,2; 1919,
350, § 42.
" 591, §2 .
S. 1915, 124.
'■ 594 . .
S. 1909, 490, I, § 5, cl. 15.
" 595, § 1 .
G. L. 91, § 46.
" 595, §§2, 3
G. L. 91, §47.
" 595, §§4, 5
G. L. 91, §§48, 49.
" 597, § 1 .
G. L. 11, § 1.
" 597, § 2 .
PartG. L. 11, § 2; part 0.
" .597, § 3 .
S. 1919, 210.
" 597, § 4 .
Part G. L. 11, § 8; part S.
1916, 296. §§ 3, 4.
" 597, § 5 .
S. 1910, 220, § 1; R. 1910,
220, § 6.
" 597, § 6 .
G. L. 11, §8.
" 598 . .
Part G. L. 121, § 6; part S.
190S, 639, § 6; 1919, 350,
§§ 91-93.
599, §1 . ■. Part G. L. 159, § 33; part
S. 1917, 122, § 1.
599, § 2 . . G. L. 159, § 33.
599, § 3 . . S. 1913, 784, § 13.
599, §4 . . S. 1911, 755, §§ 1, 2.
601, §1 . . S. 1911, 673, § 1.
601, §2 . . S. 1920, 461.
601, §3 . . G. L. 32, §48.
604 ,. . R. 1917, 327, § 268.
604, § 1 . . S. 1917, 327, § 1.
604, §2 . . S. 1917, 327, §§ 2, 3.
604, §§3, 4 . S. 1917, 327, §§3, 4.
604, § 6 . . S. 1917, 327, § 3.
604, §§ 7-11 . S. 1917, 327, §§ 5-9.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1908, 604,
604,
604,
604,
004,
604,
604,
604,
604,
§12
§13
§14
§15
§16
§17
§18
§19
§20
604, § 21
604
§22 . .
604
§25 . .
604
§26 . .
604
§28 . .
604
§29 . .
604
§30 . .
604
§31 . .
604
§32 . .
604
§33 . .
604,
§35 . .
604,
§36 . .
604,
§37 . .
604
§38 . .
604
§39 . .
604
§40 . .
604,
§41 . .
604,
§42 . .
604,
§43 . .
604,
§44 . .
604,
§45 . .
604,
§46 . .
604,
§47 . .
604,
§48 . .
604,
§49 . .
604,
§50 . .
604,
§51 . .
604,
§52 . .
604,
§53 . .
604,
§54 . .
604,
§55 . .
604,
§56 . .
604,
§57 . .
604,
§58 . .
604,
§59 . .
604,
§61 . .
604,
§62 . .
604,
§63 . .
604
§64 . .
604
§65 . .
604
§66 . .
604,
§§67,68
604,
§69 . .
604
§70 . .
604,
§71 . .
604
§72 . .
604,
§73 . .
S. 1912, 720, § 1.
S. 1916, 284, § 1.
S. 1910, 348, § 1.
Part S. 1917, 327, § 10.
S. 1915, 289, § 1.
S. 1917, 327, § 14.
S. 1912, 365, § 1; 1917, 327,
§§ 11,78(6), 194(a).
S. 1916, 1, § 1.
S. 1910, 228; 1911, 326; 1912,
365, § 2; 720, § 2.
S. 1917, 327, § 194; R. 1912,
365, § 4.
S. 1911, 670.
S. 1916, 284, § 3 (a); 1917,
327, §§ 78 (c), 118, 222 (a).
S. 1915, 289, § 2.
S. 1917, 327, § 78 (b).
S. 1917,327, §222 (a).
S. 1917, 327, § 15.
S. 1917, 327, § 189; part R.
1916, 284, § 16.
S. 1915, 289, § 3.
S. 1917, 327, § 16.
S. 1917,327, §§50,81 (c).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 81 (a), 197.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 81 (fe), 198.
S. 1917, 327, §§ S3, 84.
S. 1910, 348, § 2.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 85, 201.
S. 1911, 298.
S. 1910, 299.
S. 1917,327, §§ 88, 203 (b).
S. 1916, 284, § 6.
S. 1917, 327, §§90, 205 (a).
S. 1917, 327, §§91, 205 (6).
S. 1917, 327, §§92, 205 (c).
S. 1917,327, §§93, 208 (a).
S. 1917,327, §§94, 205 (d).
S. 1917, 327, §§95, 205 (c).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 96,205 (/),
208 (6).
S. 1917, 327, §§97, 208 (c).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 98, 205 (h),
208 (e).
S. 1917,327, §§99, 208(/).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 100, 206
(a).
S. 1917,327, §§ 101, 206 (b).
S. 1916, 284, § 7.
S. 1917,327, §§103,207 (a).
S. 1917,327, §§ 104,207 (6).
Parts. 1912, 138, § 1; 464,
§§1,2,4, 6; R. 1912, 138,
§ 4; 464, § 13.
S. 1912, 464, § 7; R. 1912,
464, § 13.
S. 1912,464, §§ 1,4, 5, 8, 9;
R. 1912, 464, § 13.
S. 1912, 464, § 3; R. 1912,
464, § 13.
S. 1912, 464, §§ 1, 9; R.
1912, 464, § 13.
R. 1912, 464, § 13.
S. 1912, 464, § 5; R. 1912,
464, § 13.
S. 1912, 464, § 7; R. 1912,
464, § 13.
S. 1912, 464, § 11; R. 1912,
464, § 13.
S. 1917, 327, §§105 (ft), 210.
S. 1917,327, §§ 110 (a), 263.
S. 1917,327, §§109,217.
604,
604,
604,
604,
604,
604
604,
604,
604
604
604,
§74
§78
§79
§80
§81
§82
§83
§84
604
§90 .
604
§§91,92
604
§93 . .
604
§94 .
604
§95 .
604
§96 .
604
§97 .
604
§98 .
604
§99 .
604
§100
604
§101
604
§102
604
§103
604
§104
604
§105
604
§106
604
§107
604
§108
604
§109
604
§110
604
§111
604
§113
604
§114
604
§115
604
§116
604
§117
604
§118
604
§§119-121
604
§122 .
604
§123 .
604
§124 .
604
§126 .
604
§§127-132
604
§133 .
604
§§134,135
604
§136 .
604
§137 .
604
§§ 138, 139
604
§140
604
§141 .
604
§142
604
§§ 143-148
604
§149 .
604
§150 .
604
§151 .
604
§152
S. 1916, 284, §§ 10, 16; 1917,
327, § 119.
S. 1916, 2S4, § lU; 1017, 327,
§ 119.
S. 1917, 327, § 119.
S. 1916, 284, § 10; 1917, 327,
§119.
R. 1909, 167.
S. 1916, 284, §§ 10. 16; 1917,
327, §119.
S. 1917,327, §§ 120,223 (a).
S. 1916, 284, § 11.
S. 1914, 376.
S. 1915, 126, § 2; 1917, 327,
§§ 122, 225 (W.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 123, 225 (c).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 124 (a), 226.
Part S. 1917, 327, §§ 125,
227 (a).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 126, 227
(b, c).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 191, 265.
S. 1912, 444, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1917, 327, § 111.
Part S. 1917, 327, §112.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 113, 219.
S. 1912,441.
S. 1917,327, §§ 114, 219 (6).
Part S. 1917, 327, § 219 (d).
S. 1915, 2S9, § 4.
S. 1917,327, §§ 116,220 (a).
S. 1915, 289, § 5.
S. 1917,327, §§ 117,221 (6).
S. 1912, 87.
S. 1917,327, §§129, 229 (fc).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 130, 229 (a).
S. 1912, 67.
S. 1911, 554.
S. 1916, 284, § 13.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 134, 231 (c).
R. 1913, 321.
S. 1917,327, §§ 135,231 (d).
S. 1917, 327, § 141.
S. 1917,327, §§ 136,232.
S. 1917,327, §§137 (c), 140,
233 (c), 236.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 139, 140,
235, 236.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 137 (b),
233 (6).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 137 (a),
233 (a).
S. 1917, 327, §§ 138 (,a-c),
234 (a-c).
S. 1917, 327, § 142.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 143, 237.
S. 1912, 142.
S. 1917, 327, § 145.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 35^0.
S. 1909, 323.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 42, 43.
Part S. 1917, 327, § 44.
S. 1913, 812, § 3; 1917, 327,
§45.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 46, 47.
S. 1914, 752, § 1.
S. 1917, 327, § 25.
S. 1915, 289, § 6.
S. 1917,327, §§27-32.
R. 1912, 116.
S. 1917, 327, § 33.
S. 1917, 327, § 146.
S. 1916, 209.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
, §153
. S. 1917,327, §§148,239 (c).
1908, 606,
§2 .
, §154
. S. 1916,209; 1917,327, §149.
" 606,
§3 .
, §155
. S. 1917, 327, § 150.
" 606,
§§4,5
, §§ 156, 157 S. 1917, 327, §§ 151 (a, b).
" 606,
§§6,7
239 id).
" 606,
§8 .
, §15S
. S. 1911,642, § 1.
" 612
, §159
. S. 1917,327, §§ 157,243 (a).
" 613,
§1 '■
, §160
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 17, 152.
, §161
. Part S. 1917, 327, §§ 158,
243 (6).
" 613,
§2 .
, §162
. S. 1911, 594, § 1.
" 613,
§3 .
, §163
. S. 1917,327, §54 (a).
" 614
, §§ 164-166 S. 1917, 327, §§ 55-57.
" 615
. §167
. S. 1917, 327, § 187 (c).
" 617
, §168
. S. 1917,327, §§ 161,245.
" 617,
§1 '■
, §169
. S. 1917, 327, § 58.
" 617,
§2 .
, §170
. S. 1916, 8.
" 617,
§3 .
,§171
. S. 1917, 327, § 60.
" 620
, §172
. Parts. 1917, 327, §§34, 160,
" 621
244 (h).
" 629
, §173
. S. 1913, 532.
,§174
. S. 1911, 642, § 2; 1912, 399;
" 630
part R. 1916, 221, § 2;
" 636,
§i .'
1917, 105, §3.
" 636,
§§2,3
,§175
. S. 1917, 327, § 169.
" 637,
§1 .
, §176
. S. 1912, 568.
" 637,
§2 .
, §177
. S. 1914, 481.
" 638
, §178
. S. 1917, 327, §§179, 264.
" 639,
§1 '.
, §§ 179, 180 S. 1917, 327, |§ 178, 257 (b).
. §181
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 180, 181,
" 639,
§2 .
258 (a).
" 639,
§3 .
, § 182
. S. 1912, 519.
, §183
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 180-184,
257 (a), 259 (a, 6).
•' 639,
§4 .
, §184
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 180, 183,
257 (a).
, §185
. S. 1917, 327, §§ ISO, 183,
" 6.39,
§5 .
185-187 (a), 257 (a), 260
" 639,
§6 .
(a, b).
. §186
. Part S. 1917, 327, §§ 186,
•• 639
§7 .
260 (a).
" 642
, §187
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 153 (6), 180,
196, 257 (a).
" 643
, §188
. S. 1917,327, §§ 153(6), ISO,
182, 183, 196, 257 (a).
" 645
, §189
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 153 (h).
" 646
188, 196.
" 648
I, § 190
. Part S. 1917, 327, §§ 153,
" 648,
§§1,2
188, 196.
" 648,
§3 .
, §191
. S. 1915, 289, § 7.
" 648
§4 .
, §193
. S. 1917,327, § 19.
" 648,
§5 .
, §194
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 153 (a), 196.
" 648,
§6 .
, § 195
. S. 1917, 327, § 64.
" 648,
§7 .
I. §§ 196, 197 S. 1917, 327, §§ 66, 67.
" 648,
§8 .
, §198
. S. 1909, 170; part R. 1916,
" 649,
§1 .
284, § 16.
" 649,
§2 .
I, § 200
. S. 1912, 58.
" 650
, §201
. S. 1916, 284, § 14.
I, § 202
. S. 1917, 327, § 71.
" Res
59 .
I, § 203
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 154, 240.
1909, 33
I, § 204
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 192, 266.
" 47
i. § 205
. S. 1917, 327, § 74 (a).
•' 49
I, § 206
. S. 1917, 327, §§155, 241.
■• 50
I, § 207
. S. 1917,327, §§ 177, 255.
" 60
I, § 208
. S. 1917, 327, § 75.
" 67
J
. R. 1911,727, §24.
" 74,
Si' ;
>, §1
. S. 1911,727, §3.
" 74,
S2 .
>, §2
. S. 1911,727, §§4,7.
" 92
>, §4
. S. 1911, 727, § 17.
" 93
5. §5
. S. 1911, 727, § 10.
" 94
5, §6
. S. 1909, 317.
5, §§7,
3 . S. 1910, 563.
■' 95
3, §1
. G. L. 88, § 14.
" 98
G. L. 88, § 17.
G. L. 88, § 19.
G. L. 88, §§ 14, 15.
G. L. 88, §§ 17, IS.
G. L. 88, §§15, 17.
G. L. 36, §§4,5.
S. 1909, 504, § 1; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
S. 1909, 504, §§ 14, 15; R.
1909, 504, § 107.
Temporary.
S. 1909, 490, III, § 64.
S. 1909, 490, III, §§ 72-79.
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1914, 742, § 159.
S. 1914, 742, § 146.
S. 1914,742, §§ 159, 160.
G. L. 159, § 53.
Temporary.
S. 1909, 504, § 82; R. 1909,
504, § 107.
G. L. 11, § 13.
S. 1909, 369.
G. L. 159, §§ 51, 52.
S. 1909, 216.
S. 1915, 254, § 1.
G. L. 11, § 12.
Part G. L. 120, § 1; part S.
1911, 566, § 1; part O.
PartG. L. 18, § 6; part O.
Part G. L. 119, § 73; 121,
§ 15; part S. 1918, 257,
§306; partO.
Part G. L. 120, §§ 14, 15;
parts. &R. 1915, 113, §2;
part O.
G. L. 120, §§3,4.
Part S. 1919, 350, § 87; part
O.
Special.
S. 1909, 534, § 30; R. 1909,
534, § 31.
S. 1917, 189.
S. 1909, 514, § 48; R. 1909.
514, § 145.
S. 1920, 327, § 2, el. (6).
R. 1909, 534, § 31.
S. 1909, 534, §§ 25, 26.
Part S. 1909, 534, § 2.
S. 1909, 534, § 20.
S. 1909, 534, § 8.
S. 1909, 5.34, §§ 18, 21.
S. 1909, 634, § 22.
S. 1909, 534, § 29.
G. L. 160, § 189.
Part G. L. 160, § 190; part O.
S. 1909, 514, § 112; R. 1909,
514, § 145.
PartG. L. 75, § 14; part O.
O.
G. L. 159, § 59.
G. L. 27S, § 7.
G. L. 5, § 3.
PartG. L. 2, § 6; part O.
O.
G. L. 92, § 16.
Part G. L. 92, § 16; part O.
G. L. 175, § 63.
G. L. 218 § 1.
S. 1913, 336, § 2; R. 1913,
336, §§3,4.
G. L. 175, §§ 66, 68.
G. L. 122, § 12.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1909, 103
114
115
116
117
118
119, § 1
119, §2
131 .
132, § 1
132, § 2
133 .
134 .
136, § 1
136, § 2
145, § 1
145, § 2
147 .
148 .
149 .
154, § 1
154, § 2
155, § 1
155, § 2
160 .
166
167
170
173,
§1 .
174,
§1 .
177,
§1 .
177,
§2 .
180
181
183
184
186
187
188
189
190
191
192,
§i "
192,
§2 .
193
196
197
198,
§i '.
198.
§3 .
199
201
204,
§i '
204,
§2 .
206,
§1 .
G. L. 40, § 43.
G. L. 194, § 6.
G. L. 200, § 11.
G. L. 223, § 35.
Part G. L. 218, § 1; part O.
S. 1917, 327, § 52; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
o.
G. L. 224, § 59.
G. L. 146, § 69.
G. L. 127, § 140.
Part G. L. 127, §§ 138, 140;
part O.
S. 1914, 276; R. 191S, 257,
§377.
S. 1917, 344, V, §4; R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
Part G. L. 29, § 39; part S.
1916, 152.
G. L. 29, § 39.
G. L. 92, § 53.
Temporary.
Part G. L. 5, § 3; part S.
1910, 80, § 1; 1912, 144,
§1.
R. 1910, 137.
S. 1912, 446, § 1; 1913, 835,
§203; R. 1913,835, §503.
G. L. 138, § 65.
G. L. 138, § 74.
G. L. 267, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 267, §§ 5, 6.
PartG. L.36, §21; 262, §38;
part S. 1920, 495, § 1 ; part
R. 1920, 495, § 2.
PartG. L. 221, § 93; part S.
1918, 287, § 1.
G. L. 217, § 3.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1914, 380; R. 1916, 284,
I 16; 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1914, 742, § 108; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
Part G. L. 3, § 21; part S.
1914, 710, § 1; part R.
1919, 350, § 23.
G. L. 92, § 30.
G. L. 92, § 29.
S. 1911, 456, §§ 1, 7.
G. L. 119, § 42.
Part G. L. 214, § 7; part
O.
G. L. 148, § 65.
O.
R. 1918, 257, § 34.
G. L. 32, § 83.
G. L. 136, § 4.
G. L. 223, § 114.
R. 1920, 418, § 23.
S. 1920, 327, § 2, cl. (a).
S. 1920, 327, § 2.
G. L. 212, § 17.
G. L. 110, § 18.
G. L. 212, § 14.
G. L. 191, § 23.
G. L. 191, § 23.
S. 1919, 180.
G. L. 41, § 17.
S. 1910, 645; R. 1910, 555,
§3.
O.
S. 1913, 815, § 3; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
909, 208 .
. PartG. L. 121, §§8, 22
O.
; part
" 211 .
. S. 1909, 514, § 139; R.
614, § 145.
1909,
" 212, §1
. G. L. 128, § 3.
•• 212, §2
. Temporary.
" 213 .
. S. 1913,835, §340; R.
835, § 503.
1913,
" 214 .
. G. L. 132, § 10.
■• 216 .
. S. 1915, 254, § 1.
" 217 .
. G. L. 218, § 70.
" 218, §1
. S. 1914, 370, § 1; R.
370, § 3.
1914,
" 219, §1
. S. 1911,473, §§ 1,2.
" 219, §2
. S. 1911,473, § 2.
" 220 .
. S. 1913, 815, §§1,3; R
815, §9.
1913,
■' 221 .
. PartG. L. 100, §§ 1,2
Special.
part
" 227
. S. 1913, 228.
" 229 .
. S. 1911, 232.
" 230 .
. S. 1920, 540, § 1.
" 233 .
. G. L. 160, § 220.
" 235 .
. G. L. 276, § 59.
" 236, §§ 1,
2 . G. L. 231, §§ 122, 123.
" 236, §3
. G. L. 231, § 131.
•■ 237 .
. S. 1915, 292, § 9.
" 242 .
. G. L. 175, § 131.
" 243 .
. G. L. 59, §§ 6, 7.
" 245 .
. G. L. 102, § 15.
" 248 .
. G. L. 217, § 23.
" 250 .
. G. L. Ill, §69.
" 254 .
. G. L. 140, § 182.
•' 255 .
. G. L. 268, § 30.
•• 256 .
. S. 1912, 330.
■• 258 .
. G. L. 92, § 10.
" 259 .
. S. 1909, 490, II, § 45.
" 261, §1
. G. L. 138, § 27.
" 261, §2
. O.
" 261, §3
. Part G. L. 13, § 22; part O.
■' 261, §4
. G. L. 13, § 23.
" 261, §5
. S. 1918, 257, § 292.
" 262 .
. R. 1911, 614, § 13.
" 262, § 2
. S. 1911,614, §4.
" 263, § 1
. S. 1917, 63.
" 263, § 2
. O.
•■ 264 .
. S. 1913, 835, § 97; R.
835, § 503.
1913,
•• 265
. R. 1917,312, §7.
" 265, § 1
. S. 1917,312, §§ 1, 2.
•• 265, § 2
. S. 1917,312, §6.
■' 266 .
. G. L. 65, §§ 33, 34.
" 267. § 1
. S. 1914, 198, §6 (§40,
t3).
■' 267, § 2
. S. 1914, 198, §6 (§41,
15).
" 268 .
. S. 1909, 527, § 1.
•■ 270 .
. G. L. 102, § 19.
•' 272 .
. S. 1910, 365, § 1; R.
365, § 2.
1910,
" 273, § 1
. S. 1916, 114.
•■ 273, §2
. S. 1912, 443.
" 274 .
. G. L. 123, §§ 102, 103
" 276 .
. S. 1910, 439, § 3.
" 278 .
. G. L. 140, § 114.
" 279 .
. G. L. 114, § 15.
" 280 .
. S. 1917, 327, § 62; R.
327, § 268.
1917,
" 281 .
. R. 1914, 791, § 16.
" 281, §1
. S. 1911,48, § 1.
" 281, § 2
. S. 1914,791, §§ 4, 10.
" 281, §3
. S. 1914, 791, § 5.
" 283 .
. R. 1912, 333, § 2.
" 283, § 1
. S. 1912, 333, § 1.
" 286, § 1
. G. L. 92, § 70.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SIXCE THE REVISED LAWS.
286, § 2 .
Part G. L. 92, § 70; part O.
1909,371, §3
. Part G. L. 44. § 44; 149.
286, §§3,4
. Part G. L. 92, § 71 ; part O.
§ 160; part S. 1910, 83;
287. § 2 .
. S. 1909, 450.
1911, 74; 1918, 189, § 1;
289 . .
. S. 1917,344, IV, §6; R. 1917,
part R. 1918, 189, § 2.
344, VIII, § 1.
*■ 371. §§4, J
. G. L. 149, §§ 171, 172.
292 . .
. G. L. 117, § 19.
" 371, §6 .
. Part G. L. 44, §§43, 44; part
295 . .
. S. 1920, 334.
O.
297 . .
. G. L. 198, § 1.
" 371, §7 .
. Part G. L. 9, § 8; part S.
298 . .
. S. 1917,327, §174; R. 1917,
1914, 692, § 1; 1919. 350,
327, § 268.
§§ 25, 26.
300 . .
. S. 1917, 327, § 61; R. 1917,
•■ 371, §8
. S. 1919, 350, §§ 25, 26.
327, § 268.
" 371, §9 .
. G. L. 9, § 19; 44, § 46; 149,
301 . .
. S. 1911,377.
§ 173.
302 . .
. S. 1912, 384.
" 375 .
. S. 1910, 387, § 2; R. 1910.
303 . .
. S. 1919, 2.33, § 1; R. 1919,
387, §11.
233, § 2.
" 377
. R. 1918, 30, § 6.
309, § 1 .
. G. L. 131, §42.
" 377, § 1
. S. 1910, 469.
309, § 2 .
. Part G. L. 131, § 43; part
•■ 377, §§ 2, :
. S. 1918, 30, §§4, 5.
S. 1912, 567, §§2, 3; part
" 378 .
. R. 1911, 396.
R. 1912, 567, § 9.
•• 379 .
. G. L. 121, § 7.
309, § 3 .
. Part G. L. 131, § 42; part
" 380 .
. G. L. Ill, § 116.
S. 1912,567, § 10; part R.
" 381 .
. S. 1910, 244.
1912, 567, § 9.
" 382, § 1
. G. L. 31, §4.
310, §2 .
. S. 1910, 320.
" 384 .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
312 . .
. G. L. 127, § 115.
" 386
. S. 1916, 69, § 2.
316 . .
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 169, 170; R.
" 390, § 1
. S. 1910, 463.
1914, 742, § 199.
" 391, §1
. G. L. 121, § 12.
317 . .
. Part S. 1911, 727, §,19; R.
" 391, §2
. O.
1911, 727, §24.
" 393, § 1
. S. 1912, 531, § 1.
318, § 1 .
. S. 1914,742, §§177, 191; R.
" 393, §2
. G. L. 146, §§ 2-1.
1914, 742, § 199.
" 393, §3
. G. L. 146, §§5,7,32,33,68.
319 . .
. S. 1914, 787, § 5; R. 1914,
" 394 .
. G. L. 160, § 241.
787, § 12.
" 396 .
. S. 1910, 545, §§1,5; R. 1910,
323 . .
. S. 1912, 665; R. 1917, 327,
545, § 4.
§268.
" 398 .
. S. 1910, 459.
325 . .
. S. 1910, 614, § 1; R. 1911,
" 399, § 1
. G. L. 93, §§35, 37.
614, § 13.
" 399, § 2
. S. 1911,81.
326 . .
. S. 1920, 349, § 7.
" 399, § 3
. G. L. 93. § 37.
328 . .
. S. 1910, 533, §§ 1, 2, 4; R.
" 399, § 4
. G. L. 93. § 39.
1910, 533, § 5.
'• 402 .
. G. L. 166. § 20.
331, § 1 .
. S. 1915, 262.
" 403 .
. R. 1910, 177, § 5.
342, § 1 .
. S. 1912, 189.
" 403, §§ 1, ;
! . S. 1910, 177, §§1,2.
342, §§2-4
. G. L. 63, §§ 13-15.
" 403, § 3
. S. 1910, 177, § 4.
343 . .
. G. L. 159, § 23.
" 405, § 1
. S. 1910, 114.
344 . .
. R. 1913, 835, § 503.
" 405, §2
. G. L. 94, §§ 33, 34.
344, § 1 .
. S. 1909, 440, §§ 2, 5; 1913,
" 405, § 3
. S. 1909, 443, § 4.
835, § 15.
■■ 407 .
. S. 1910, 339.
344, § 2 .
. S. 1913, 835, § 41.
" 408 .
. O.
344, § 3 .
. S. 1913, 835, § 45.
" 410 .
. S. 1911, 561, §4.
345 . .
. S. 1919, 114, § 1.
" 412, §1
. G. L. 98, § 1.
346, § 1 .
. G. L. 270, §§ 6, 7.
•■ 412, §2
. S. 1914, 346; 1918. 257.
346, § 2 .
. Part G. L. 270, § 7; part
§§244, 245.
O.
" 413 .
. S. 1913, 610, § 1; R. 1913,
346, § 3 .
. G. L. 270, § 6.
610, § 6.
348 . .
. G. L. 160, § 168.
" 415 .
. S. 1913, 247.
350 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 224.
" 416 .
. R. 1919, 122, § 6.
353 . .
. S. 1913, 386, § 1; R. 1913,
•' 416, §§ 1-
i . S. 1914,381, §§ 1-4.
386, § 2.
" 417, §1
. Part G. L. 161, § 7; part
354 . .
. R. 1913, 655, § 61.
Special.
356 . .
. R. 1913, 835, § 503.
■• 417, §§2,
3 . G. L. 161, §§70, 71.
357 . .
. S. 1919, 362, § 2.
" 417, §4
. G. L. 161, §81.
358 . .
. S. 1914, 722, § 2.
■• 417, §5
. S. 1918, 257, § 367.
362, §§ 1-3
. G. L. 131, § 68.
" 417, §6
. Special.
363 . .
. G. L. 153, § 3.
■• 419 .
. R. 1915, 268, § 26.
364 . .
. G. L. 218, § 70.
" 419, § 1
. S. 1915, 268, § 1.
365, § 1 .
. S. 1912, 336.
" 419, §2
. S. 1915, 268, § 5.
365, § 2 .
. O.
" 419, §3
. S. 1915, 268, § 2.
366 . .
. S. 1914, 690, § 1.
" 419, §4
. S. 1915, 268, § 4.
367 . .
. S. 1917, 282, § 3.
" 419, §5
. S. 1915, 268, § 3.
368 . .
. S. 1914, 690, § 1.
" 419, §§6,
7 . S. 1915. 268, §§6, 7.
369 . .
. S. 1915, 298.
•■ 419, §8
. . S. 1915, 268, §§ 12, 13.
371, §1 .
. S. 1919, 350, §§ 25, 52.
" 419, §9
. S. 1915, 268, § 14.
371, §2 .
. S. 1912, 560, § 1.
" 419, § 10
. Part S. 1915, 268, § 15.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
909, 419
§11 . .
•■ 419
§12 . .
" 419,
§§13-15
" 419
§17 . .
" 419,
§§18,19
" 419,
§§20,21
" 419,
§22 . .
" 419,
§23 . .
" 419,
§24 . .
" 420,
§1 . .
" 420,
§2 . .
" 421,
§1 . .
" 421,
§2 . .
■• 421,
§4 . .
" 422,
§§1-3 .
" 423,
§1 . .
" 423,
§2 . .
" 423,
§3 . .
" 423,
§§4-6 .
" 424
428
428,
§1 .
428,
§2 .
428,
§3 .
429
430,
§i '.
431,
§1 .
432
433,
§i '.
433,
§2 .
433,
§3 .
433,
§4 .
434
436
436,
§§1-3
439,
§1 .
439,
§§2^
440
440,
§i ."
440,
§2 .
440,
§3
440,
§4
440,
§5
440,
§6
441,
§1
441,
§2
443,
443,
443,
S. 1915,268, §§ 13, 17.
S. 1915, 268, § 16.
S. 1915,268, §§9-11.
S. 1915, 268, § 19.
S. 1915, 268, § 24.
S. 1915, 268, §§ 21, 22.
S. 1915, 268, § 20.
S. 1915, 268, § 25.
S. 1915, 268, § 23.
G. L. 136, § 9.
G. L. 136, § 6.
Part G. L. 131, §§ 37, 89;
part S. 1912, 567, §§ 2, 3,
6; part R. 1912, 567, § 9.
G. L. 131, § 40.
Part G. L. 131, § 37; part
S. 1912, 567, § 10; part
R. 1912, 567, § 9.
G. L. 131, §§29-31.
S. 1918, 257, § 337.
S. 1913, 451.
G. L. 136, § 7.
G. L. 136, §§ 5-7.
S. 1919, 91, §§ 1-3; R. 1919,
91, §4.
S. 1912, 218, § 3; R. 1912,
218, § 10.
R. 1917, 85, § 6.
S. 1913, 590.
S. 1917, 85, § 1.
S. 1914, 298, § 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
S. 1913, 792.
S. 1911,73, §1; R. 1911,73,
§2.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 101, 108.
G. L. 83, § 6.
G. L. 83, § 10.
G. L. 83, § 7.
PartG. L. S3, § 13; part O.
G. L. 218, § 70.
R. 1910, 627, § 4.
S. 1910, 627, §§ 1-3.
S. 1913, 458.
S. 1914, 198, § 6 (§§ 41, 42,
45).
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
(See 1914. 198, § 1.)
Part S. 1909, 490, I, §§ 1.3-
15,23,26,94, II, §§3,50,
III, 11, 14; 1912,471, § 1
1913,453, § 1; 835, §§ 14,
15, IS, 19, 24-26, 43, 46
60, ISl, 199,216,219,332
part gone to many places.
(See 1914, 198, § 5; 1918
57; 184, § 7; 257, § 46
1920, 307.)
S. 1909, 490, I, § 41.
(See 1914. 198, § 4.)
S. 1913, 835, § 15.
S. 1913, 835, § 24.
S. 1914,471.
Part G. L. 182, § 4; part S.
1909, 440, § 1; 1914, 742,
§ 148; part R. 1909, 440,
§8.
Part G. L. 218, § 26; part S.
1911, 176, § 1; 1918, 257,
§420.
G. L. 94, § 40.
G. L. 94, § 42.
G. L. 94, § 41.
14
1909, 444 . .
444, §§1-4
444, §§6-12
444, §§13,
444, § 15
449
450 .
453, § 1
453, § 2
453, § 3
453, §4
453, § 5
454, § 1
457, § 1
457, § 2
457, § 3
457, § 4
457, § 5
464 .
464, § 1
464, §§2-4
466
466, § 1
460, § 3
467 .
468, § 1
468, § 2 .
468, § 3 .
468, § 4 .
468, §§5-16
468, § 17 .
468, § 18 .
469, §§ 1-4
469, §§5,6
469, §§7,8
471
472, § 1
472, § 2
473 .
474 .
476 .
477, § 1
477, § 2 .
481, §§1,2
481, § 3 .
483 . .
483, § 1 .
483, § 2 .
483, § 3 .
483, § 4 .
483, §§5-7
483, § 8 .
485 . .
488 . .
490, I, §§ 1-
490, I, § 4
490, I, § 5, els,
1,2 .
490,1, §5,cl.3
490,1, §5, cl.4
490,1, §S,cl. 5
490, 1, § 5, cl. 6
R. 1912, 507, § 16.
S. 1912, 507, §§ 1-4.
S. 1912,507, §§5-11.
S. 1911, Res. 103.
.S. 1912, 507, § 14.
S. 1911, 366, § 1; R. 1911,
366, § 2.
S. 1913, 245.
G. L. 32, § 69.
G. L. 32, § 73.
G. L. 32, § 69.
S. 1913, 545.
G. L. 32, § 72.
S. 1917,344,1, §22;R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 56-58.
O.
S. 1910, 282, § 1.
Part G. L. 69, § 2; 72, § 1;
parts. 1915, 294, § 5.
Temporary.
R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1917, 344, I, § 5.
S. 1917, 344, I, § 6.
R. 1911, 118, §4.
S. 1911, lis, § 1.
S. 1911, 118, §5.
Part G. L. 175, § 129; part S.
1913, 474, § 1.
S. 1912, 549: 1914, 407, § 1;
587, §l;partR. 1914,407,
§2.
S. 1910, 467.
S. 1910, 470; 1914, 587, § 3.
S. 1912, SS9.
S. 1914, 5S7, §§ 5-16.
S. 1914, 311.
S. 1913, 475.
G. L. 130, §§ 85-88.
G. L. 130, § 87.
G. L. 130, §§89, 90.
S. 1911, 297, § 5.
G. L. 120, § 14.
S. 1914, 207.
G. L. 92, §§ 11, 13,82.
G. L. 94, § 139.
G. L. 94, §§ 129, 130.
S. 1910, 374, § 1; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
S. 1914, 742, § 44; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
G. L. 91, § 11.
Part G. L. 91, § 29; part S.
1913, 635, § 3.
R. 1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 175, 183.
S. 1914, 742, § 180.
S. 1912, 233.
S. 1914, 742, § 198.
S. 1914, 742, §§ 175-177.
S. 1913, 317, § 2; R. 1913,
317, §3.
G. L. 161, § 26.
S. 1920, 327, §2, cl. (6).
G. L. 59, §§ 1-3.
Part G. L. 59, § 4; part S.
1914, 198, §2; part O.
G. L. 59, § 5, els. 1, 2.
S. 1914, 518, § 1.
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 4.
S. 1920, 17S.
O.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1909, 490, I,
7,8
" 490, 1,
" 490, I,
10
" 490, I,
11
" 490, I,
12
" 490, I,
13
" 490, 1,
14
" 490, I,
15
§ 5, els
§ 5, cl. <
§ 5, cl.
G. L. 59, §5, els. 11, 12.
S. 1916, 144, § 1.
§ 5. cl.
§5,'cl.
§ 5, el.
'§5,'cl.
§5,'cl.
490, I, § 6
490, 1,
490, 1,
490, 1,
490, I,
490, 1,
490, I,
490, I,
14
490, I,
490, I,
IS
490, I,
490, I,
22 . .
490, 1, § 23
§7 .
§8 .
§9 .
§10 .
§11 .
§12 .
§§13,
§15 .
§§16-
§19 '.
§§20-
490, 1, § 24
490, I, § 25
490, I, § 26
490, I, §§27,
28 . . .
490, I, § 29 .
490, I, § 30 .
490, I, §31 .
490,1, §§32,
33 . . .
490,1, §§34-
36 . . .
490, I, § 37 .
490, I, §38 .
490, I, § 39 .
490, I, § 40 .
490, I, § 41 .
490, I, § 42 .
490, I, §43 .
490, I, §44 .
490,1, §§45-
48 . . .
490, I, § 49 .
490, I, § 50 .
490, I, § 51 .
490, I, § 52 .
490, I, § 53 .
490, I, § 54 .
490,1, §§55,
56 . . ,
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. IS.
S. 1918, 42.
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 21.
S. 1916, 144, § 2.
S. 1910, 333.
S. 1914, 83.
S. 1914, 598, § 5; R. 1914,
598, §26; 1918,257, §61.
S. 1913, 473, § 2.
S. 1914, 629, § 1.
G. L. 59, § 6.
S. 1914, 629, § 2; 1918, 52,
§2.
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 14, § 18,
cl. 2.
PartG. L. 59, §5, cl. 2; part
Special.
Part G. L. 59, §§ 9, 10; part
S. 1914, 198, § 2.
S. 1914, 198, § 2; 1915, 237,
§23.
G. L. 59, §§ 12-14.
Special.
G. L. 59, §§ 15-17.
Part G. L. 59, § 18; part S.
1909, 516, § 2; 1911, 383,
§2; 1914, 198, §2; 1918,
129, § 1.
R. 1918, 129, § 2.
Part G. L. 59, § 11; part O.
Part G. L. 59, § 19; part S.
1909, 440, § 2; 1914, 198,
§ 2; part O.
G. L. 59, § 18, els. 6, 7.
S. 1918, 257, § 35.
G. L. 59, § 90.
R. 1918, 43.
G. L. 59, §§ 91, 92.
G. L. 59, §§ 20-22.
S. 1918, 28.
G. L. 59, § 24.
G. L. 59, §§ 27, 93.
G. L. 59, § 28.
S. 1909, 440, §§ 2, 3;
198, § 5.
S. 1909, 515.
S. 1916, 130.
G. L. 59, § 32.
G. L. 59, §§ ,34-37.
R. 1918, 50, § 1.
S. 1919, 51.
G. L. 59, § 26.
Special.
S. 1910, 521.
S. 1913, 649.
G. L. 59, §§ 43, 44.
1909, 490, I, § 57 .
S. 1909, 440, § 1; 1914, 198,
§ 2: 1920,307.
" 490, I, § 58 .
Part G. L. 59, § 46; part R.
1918, 257, § 38.
" 490, I, § 59 .
Part G. L. 59, § 47; part
Special.
" 490, I, § 60 .
Part G. L. 59, § 49; part
Special.
" 490, I, §61 .
G. L. 59, § 94.
" 490, I, § 62 .
G. L. 58, §29; 59, §50.
" 490, I, § 63 .
G. L. 59, § 51.
" 490, I, §§64,
65 . . .
G. L. 59, § 52.
" 490, I, §§ 66-
69 . . .
G. L. 59, §§ 53-56.
" 490, I, § 70 .
S. 1913, 688, § 3; R. 1913,
688, § 5.
" 490, I, § 71 .
S. 1913, 688, § 1.
•' 490, I, § 72 .
G. L. 59, § 59.
" 490, I, § 73 .
S. 1918, 50, § 2.
" 490, I, §§ 74-
76 . . .
G. L. 59, §§62-64.
" 490, I, § 77 .
S. 1918, 257, § 39.
" 490, I, §§ 78-
S2 . . .
G. L. 59, §§ 66-70.
" 490, I, § 83 .
S. 1913, 226.
" 490, I, § 84 .
S. 1914, 198, § 5.
" 490, I, § 85 .
S. 1911, 89.
" 490, I, § 86 .
S. 1915, 237, § 17.
" 490, I, § 87 .
G. L. 59, § 78.
" 490, I, § SS .
S. 1913, 599, § 1.
" 490, I, §§ 89-
91 . . .
G. L. 59, §§80-82.
" 490, I, § 92 .
O.
" 490, I, § 93 .
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1913, 453,
§1-
490, I, § 94 . Part G. L. 59, §§84, 94; part
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1914,
198, § 2.
G. L. 59, § 86.
Part S. 1909, 440, § 2; R.
1911,308.
R. 1918, 257, § 40.
G. L. 59, § 87.
S. 1919, 135.
G. L. 58, § 9.
S. 1911,366, § 1.
Part G. L. 60, § 1 ; part S.
1920, 255.
S. 1918, 257, § 41.
Part G. L. 60, § 3; part S.
1909, 440, § 2; 1914, 198,
§2.
§ 4 . G. L. 60, § 6.
§ 5 . S. 1918, 48.
§ 6 . S. 1918, 257, § 43.
§§7-10 G. L. 60, §§9-12.
G. L. 60, §§ 100, 101.
S. 1918, 257, § 44.
S. 1909, 512; 1915,237, §22.
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1914, 198,
§ 2; 1918, 57.
490, I, I
490, I, !
490, I, I
490, I, i
490, I, I
490, I, !
490, I,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
§3
§11
§12 .
§13 .
§14 .
15-
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
18 .
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
490, II,
23 .
490, II,
490, II,
30 . . .
490, II, § 31 .
§19 .
§20 .
§21 .
§§22,
§24 ;
§§25-
G. L. 60, §§ 18-21.
S. 1913, 599, § 2.
G. L. 60, § 23.
PartG. L. 60, §24; part O.
G. L. 60, §§ 25, 26.
R. 1919, 349, § 2.
G. L. 60, §§ 27-32.
G. L. 60, §§ 33, 103.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
909, 490, II, § 32 .
S. 1913, 237.
1909,490,111, §11 .
Part G. L. 63. § 1; part S.
" 490. II, §§33,
1909, 440, § 2; 1914,
198,
34 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 35, 36.
§2.
'• 490, II, § 35 .
O.
■■ 490, III, §§12,
" 490, II, § 36 .
S. 1909,440, §2; 1914, 198, |
13 . . .
G. L. 63, §§ 2, 3.
§2; 1918,257, §46. |
•• 490, III, § 14 .
Part G. L. 63, § 4; part S.
" 490, II, §§37,
1909,440, §2; 1914,
198,
38 . . .
G. L. 60, §§38, 39.
§2.
" 490, II, § 39 .
S. 1913, 255.
" 490, III, §§ 15-
" 490, II, §§40,
17 . . .
G. L. 63, §§ 5-7.
41 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 41, 42.
'■ 490, III, § 18 .
S. 1909, 440, § 2; 1914,
198,
'■ 490, II, § 42 .
S. 1918, 257, § 48.
§2; 1918, 184, §7.
" 490, II, § 43 .
G. L. 60, § 44.
" 490, III, §§ 19,
" 490, II, § 44 .
S. 1911, 370.
20 . . .
G. L. 63, §§ 9, 10.
" 490, II, § 45 .
S. 1912, 390.
" 490, III, § 21
S. 1912. 189.
" 490,11, §46 .
G. L. 60, § 47.
'■ 490, III, § 22
G. L. 63, § 13.
■' 490, II, § 47 .
S. 1918, 257, § 50.
•■ 490, III, § 23
G. L. 59, § 5, els. 16, 28
63,
•' 490, II, §§48,
§15.
49 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 49, 50.
" 490, III, § 24
G. L. 63, § 17.
•■ 490, II, §§50,
" 490, III, § 25
G. L. 59, § 5, els. 16, 30
63,
51 . . .
Part G. L. 60, § 51 ;
part S.
§19.
1909, 440, § 2; 1914, 198,
" 490, III, § 26
S. 1915, 217.
§2.
" 490, III, §27
R. 1919, 349, § 8.
•■ 490, II, § 52 .
S. 1915, 237, § 24.
■' 490, III, § 28
S. 1918, 184, § 2.
•• 490, II, § 53 .
S. 1918, 2.57, § 51.
" 490, III, §§29,
■■ 490,11, §54 .
G. L. 60, § 53.
30 . . .
S. 1919, 349, §§ 10, 11.
■• 490,11, §55 .
S. 1915, 237, § 2.
" 490, III, §31
S. 1918, 1.S4, § 3.
" 490, II, §§ 56-
" 490, III, § 32
S. 1919, 349, § 10.
58 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 55-57.
" 490, III, § 33
S. 1916, 227.
" 490, II, § 59 .
S. 1915, 237, § 16.
" 490, III, § 34
S. 1917, 104, § 1.
•• 490,11, §60 .
G. L. 60, §§ 62, 104
" 490, III, § 35
S. 1910. 235.
" 490,11, §§61,
" 490, III, §36
G. L. 63, § 29.
62 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 62, 63.
■' 490, III, § 37
S. 1910, 216; R. 1919,
349,
■• 490, II, § 63 .
S. 1918, 257, § 54.
§16.
•• 490,11, §64 .
R. 1918, 257, § 55.
" 490, III, §38
R. 1919, 349, § 16.
•■ 490, II, §§ 65,
" 490, III, §39
S. 1919,355, §§ 1, 14.
66 . . .
G. L. 60, §§59, 60.
" 490, III, § 40
S. 1909,502, §3; 1911,
379;
" 490, II, §§ 67,
1912, 124; 457; 1914
198,
68 . . .
S. 1915,237, §§19,
20.
§6.
" 490, II, §§ 69,
" 490, III, §41
.S. 1910, 270; 1914, 198
§6.
70 . . .
Special.
•• 490, III, § 42
S. 1914, 198, § 6; R.
1919,
" 490, II, §§ 71-
349, § 17.
74 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 82-85.
•■ 490, III, §43
S. 1913, 453, § 2.
" 490, II, § 75 .
S. 1918, 257, § 57.
" 490, III, § 44
R. 1919, 349, § 18.
" 490,11, §76 .
R. 1915, 237, § 26.
" 490, III, § 45
S. 1914, 198, § 6.
" 490, II, §§ 77-
•
" 490, III, §46
G. L. 63, § 59.
83 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 87-93.
•• 490, III, § 47
S. 1912, 457, § 2.
" 490, II, § 84 .
G. L. 60, §§ 94, 99.
" 490, III, §48
G. L. 63, § 62.
" 490, II, §§ 85,
•■ 490, III, § 49
G. L. 63, §§ 63, 64.
86 . . .
G. L. 60, §§ 95, 96.
" 490, III, §§50,
" 490, II, § 87 .
S. 1919, 41.
51 . . .
G. L. 63, §§ 65, 66.
" 490, II, § 88 .
G. L. 60, § 98.
" 490, III, § 52
G. L. 63, § 54.
•• 490, II, § 89 .
Part G. L. 60, § 105
part S.
" 490, III, § 53
R. 1918, 184, § 8.
1913, 311.
" 490, III, § 54
S. 1915, 167.
" 490, II, sched-
" 490, III, § 55
Part G. L. 181, § 13;
part
ule of forms
S. & R. 1913, 311.
O.
" 490, III, § 1 .
Part G. L. 14, § 2;
part S.
" 490, III, § 56
S. 1918, 235.
1919,350, §§ 52,
53.
" 490, III, § 57
S. 1919, 349, § 20.
" 490, III, § 2 .
S. 1913,792; 1918,
103.
•• 490, III, § 58
Part G. L. 63, § 80;
181,
" 490, III, § 3 .
G. L. 58, § 29.
§ 21; part S. 1914,
198,
" 490, III, § 4 .
Part G. L. 58, § 2;
part S.
§ 2; part O.
1914, 198, § 2.
" 490, III, §59
S. 1909, 528; 1914, 198
,§6.
" 490, III, § 5 .
S. 1916, 173.
" 490, III, § 60
G. L. 63, § 70.
" 490, III, § 6 .
Part G. L. 58, § 3;
part S.
" 490, III, § 61
G. L. 63, § 73.
1914, 198, § 2.
" 490, III, § 62
G. L. 63, §§ 75, 80.
■• 490, III, § 7 .
G. L. 58, § 4.
" 490, III, § 63
G. L. 63, § 74.
" 490, III, § 8 .
Part G. L. 58, § 26
1914, 198, § 2.
part S.
■' 490, III, § 64
S. 1910, 456; 1912,
1914, 198, § 6.
695;
" 490, III, § 9 .
Part S. 1914, 742
§ 136;
" 490, III, § 65
G. L. 58, § 25.
1913, 784, § 8;
part R.
" 490, III, § 66
S. 1919, 349, § 22.
1914, 742, § 199; part
" 490, III, § 67
G. L. 63, § 68.
O.
" 490, III, § 68
S. 1919, 349, § 23.
" 490, III, § 10 .
S. 1913, 473, § 1.
'• 490, III, § 69
G. L. 63, § 72.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
909, 490, III, § 70
Part G. L. 63, §77; part R.
1909, 504, § 10 . .
R. 1914, 762, § 9.
1919, 349. § 20.
" 604, §11 . .
G. L. 123, § 24.
" 490, III, §71
G. L. 63, § 78.
'■ 504, § 12 . .
G. L. 123, § 23.
" 490, III, § 72
Part S. 1914, 198, § 2; R.
" 504. § 13 . .
G. L. 123. § 9.
1918. 257, § 77.
" 504. § 14 . .
G. L. 19, § 5; 123, § 25.
" 490, III, § 73
Part S. 1914. 198, § 2; R.
" 504, § 15 . .
Part G. L. 19, § 6; part R
1918, 257, § 77.
1914.358, §3; part Tem-
" 490, III, § 74
R. 1918, 257. § 77.
porary.
" 490, III, § 75
Part S. 1914, 198, § 2; R.
" 504, § 16 . .
G. L. 123, § 27.
1918, 257, § 77.
" 504, § 17 . .
PartG. L. 19, §6; 123, §26
" 490, III, §§76,
part S. 1914, 762, § 8, cl.
77 . . .
R. 1918, 257, § 77.
(b).
" 490, III, § 78
S. 1914, 198, § 6; R. 1918,
" 504, § 18 . .
S. 1914, 762, § 6; R. 1914
257, § 77.
762, § 9.
" 490, III, § 79
R. 1918. 257, § 77.
" 504. § 19 . .
R. 1914, 762, § 9.
" 490, IV, § 1 .
S. 1909.527, § 1.
'• 504, § 20 . .
S. 1914. 762, § 8, els. (a, c.
" 490, IV, § 2 .
Part R. 1912, 678, § 2; piirt
ff);R. 1914, 762, §9.
O. (See 1920, 396, § 2.)
" 504. § 21 . .
S. 1915, 79, § 4.
" 490, IV. § 3 .
S. 1911, 502; R. 1912, 678,
" 504. § 22 . .
Part S. 1914, 762, § 8, cl. (/)
§2; 1916,268, §3.
part O.
" 490, IV, §4 .
S. 1909, 527, § 2.
" 504, § 23 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 5.
•• 490, IV, § 5 .
G. L. 65. § 15.
" 504, §§24, 25
S. 1914. 762, § 7; R. 1914,
•• 490, IV, §§6, 7
S. 1909.527, §§3,4.
762, § 9.
•• 490,IV, §§l^
•• 504, §§26, 27
G. L. 123, §§ 40, 41.
11 . . .
G. L. 65, §§ 16-19.
" 504, § 28 . .
G. L. 123, § 10.
■' 490, IV, § 12 .
G. L. 65. § 21.
" 504, § 29 . .
S. 1914. 473.
" 490, IV, §§ 13,
" 504. §§30. 31
G. L. 123, §§51,52.
14 . . .
S. 1909, 527, §§ 5, 6.
•• 504, § 32 . .
.S. 1916, 67.
" 490, IV, § 15 .
Part R. 1912, 678, § 2; part
" 504, § 33 . .
G. L. 123, § 54.
O. (See 1920, 396, § 4.)
" 504, § 34 . .
G. L. 123, §§ .55, 71.
" 490, IV, § 16 .
S. 1909, 527, § 7; part R.
•• 504, §§35, 36
G. L. 123. §§ 56. 57.
1912, 678, § 2.
" 504, §37 . .
S. 1919. 333, § 6.
■• 490. IV, § 17 .
G. L. 204, § 3.
" 504, §§38-40
G. L. 123, §§59-61.
" 490, IV, § 18 .
G. L. 65, § 20.
•■ 504, §41 . .
G. L. 123, § 75.
'■ 490, IV, § 19 .
G. L. 65, § 25.
" 504, § 42 . .
G. L. 123, § 78.
" 490, IV, § 20 .
G. L. 65, § 27.
" 504, § 43 . .
S. 1919, 145.
" 490, IV, §21 .
G. L. 65, § 30.
" 504, § 44 . .
O.
•■ 490, IV, § 22 .
S. 1911, 551.
" 504, § 45 . .
G. L. 123, §§ 86, 96.
" 490, IV, § 23 .
Part G. L. 65, § 23; part R.
" 504, § 46 . .
S. 1918, 257, §310; R. 1918.
1910,481, §2.
257, §311.
" 490, IV. § 24 .
S. 1918, 257, § 75.
•■ 504, §§47.48
G. L. 123, §§ 72, 73.
" 490, IV, §§ 25-
" 504, § 49 . .
S. 1910, 420.
27 . , .
G. L. 65, § 36.
" 504, § 50 . .
S. 1914, 558.
" 491, § 1 . .
G. L. 172. § 4.
" 504, §§51-53
G. L. 123, §§ 63-65.
" 491, §2 . .
Part S. 1919. 350, §'47; part
•• 504, § 54 . .
S. 1918, 139, § 3.
O.
■■ 504, § 55 . .
O.
" 491, §3 . .
S. 1910. 622, § 1.
" 504. § 56 . .
G. L. 123, § 68.
" 491, §4 . .
S. 1914, 610.
" 504, §§57, 58
S. 1911, 71, §§ 1, 2.
" 491, §5 . .
G. L. 168, § 10.
" 504, § 59 . .
S. 1918, Sp. 119.
•■ 491, §6 . .
S. 1912, 171.
" 504, § 60 , .
PartG. L. 19, § 6; part O.
" 491, §7 . .
S. 1917, 144.
" 504, §§61,62
G. L. 123, §§45,46.
'• 491, § 8 . .
G. L. 168. § 54, ol. 2 (d).
" 504, §§63, 64
S. 1916, 122, §§ 1,2.
cl. 3 (b-d, g, j). fl. 9
" 504, § 65 . .
G. L. 123, 5 67.
(prelim. H), (6-c).
" 504, §§66, 67
G. L. 123, §§ 48, 49.
•■ 491, §9 . .
Temporary.
■■ 504, § 68 . .
G. L. 123, § S3.
" 492 .. .
S. 1913, 835, § 17; R. 1913,
" 504, § 69 . .
S. 1911. 334, § 1.
835, § 503.
" 504, § 70 .■ .
G. L. 123, § 21.
" 494 .. .
Part G. L. 217, §§ 25, 26;
•• 504, § 71 . .
S. 1914, 493.
part S. 1916, 276, § 2.
" 504, § 72 . .
G. L. 123, § 17.
" 497 .. .
G. L. 121, §31.
" 504, § 73 . .
G. L. 123, §§ 19, 31.
" 502 .. .
R. 1917, 122, § 5.
" 504, §74 . .
G. L. 123, § 18.
" 502, § 1 . .
S. 1910, 558.
" 504, § 75 . .
S. 1917, 48.
■' 504, § 1 . .
G. L. 123, § 2.
" 504, §§76,77
G. L. 123, §§ 89, 90.
■' 504, §§2,3 .
S. 1914, 762, § 1; R. 1914,
■' 504, §§78-80
,S. 1916, 122, §§3-5.
762, § 9.
" 504, § 81 . .
G. L. 123, § 94.
" 504, §§4, 5 .
S. 1914, 762, § 3; R. 1914,
" 504. § 82 . .
1915, 208.
762, § 9.
■' 504, § S3 . .
O.
" 504, § 6 . .
G. L. 123, § 11.
" 504, §§84, 85
G. L. 123, §§97, 98.
" 504, § 7 . .
S. 1914, 762, § 2; R. 1914,
" 504, § 86 . .
G. L. 123, § 95.
762, § 9.
" 504, §§87-92
G. L. 123, §§ 106-111.
" 504, § 8 . .
S. 1914. 762, §§4, 5; R. 1914,
" 504, § 93 . .
S. 1919, 48.
762, § 9.
" 504, § 94 . .
S. 1918, 63.
" 504, § 9 . .
G. L. 123, § 5.
" 504, § 95 . .
PartG. L. 123, §32; part O.
CXCVUl
E
ISPO.SITION OF STAT
UTE.S
SINCE THE REV
S
1909, 504,
§96 .
O.
1909, 514, § 53 . .
' 504
§§97,98
Special.
" 514, §54 . .
' 504
§99 .
G. L. 201, §§ 6, 7.
' 504
§ 100
G. L. 201, § 14.
" 514, §55 . .
' 504,
§101
G. L. 201, § 13; 206, §
7,
" 514, §§ 56, 57
' 504,
§102
G. L. 202, § 12.
■' 514, §58 . .
' 504,
§103
S. 1917, 46, § 1.
" 514, §59 . .
' 504,
§104
G. L. 123, § 101.
" 514, §60 . .
• 504
§105
G. L. 123, §§ 102, 103.
■ 504
§106
S. 1910, 122.
" 514, §61 . .
' 504
§108
O.
" 514, §§62-64
' 50S
§1 .
Part G. L. 131, §§ 39, 89:
" 514, §65 . .
part S. 1912, 567,
§ 6;
" 514, §66 . .
part R. 1912, 567, §
9.
" 514, §67 . .
" 5D8
§2 .
G. L. 131, §40.
" 514, § 68 . .
'• 508.
§3 .
O.
" 614, §§69, 70
*■ 508,
§4 .
Part G. L. 131, § 39;
part
" 514, §71 . .
S. 1912, 567, § 10;
part
" 514, §72 , .
R. 1912, 567, § 9.
" 514, §73 . .
" 512
S. 1915, 237, § 22; R.
237, § 26.
1915,
" 514, §74 . ,
" 514, §75 . .
*
• 513,
§§1-3
S. 1913, 453, § 2.
" 514, §§76, 77
' 514,
§1 .
G. L. 149, § 160.
" 514, §78 . .
• 514,
§2 .
PartG.L. 149, § 161; part O.
" 514, §79 . .
' 514,
§3 .
S. 1911, 158.
" 514, § 80 . .
' 514,
§§4-6
G. L. 149, §§ 163-165.
" 514, §81 . .
■ 514,
§7 .
G. L. 23, § 4; 149, § 166.
" 514, § 82 . .
• 514,
§§8,9
G. L. 149, §§ 167, 168.
" 514, §§83, 84
' 514,
§10 .
PartG.L. 23, §13; 150, §2;
" 514, §85 . .
part S. 1917, 341;
1918,
" 514, §86 . .
225; 257, § 476;
1919,
350, §§71,72,74; part 0.
" 514, §§ 87, 88
' 514,
§11 .
S. 1914, 681, § 1.
" 514, § 89 . .
■ 514,
§§ 12,13
G. L. 150, §§5, 6.
" 514, §90 .
' 514,
§14 .
S. 1920, 361.
" 514. §91 .
' 514,
§15 .
S. 1913, 444.
■• 514. §92 .
■ 514,
§ 16 .
S. 1914, 681, § 2.
■' 514, § 93 .
' 514,
§17 .
PartG. L. 149, § 1; part S.
" 514, §94 .
1911, 241: part R.
1913,
" 514, §95 .
655, § 61.
" 514, §96 .
' 514,
§§18,19
G. L. 149, §§ 19, 20.
• 514,
§20 .
G. L. 149, §§25, 180.
' 514,
§21 .
G. L. 149, § 26.
" 514, §§97. 98
' 514,
§22 .
G. L. 149, § 28.
' 514,
§23 .
S. 1920, 210.
" 514, §99 . .
' 514,
§24 .
G. L. 159, §4.
' 514,
§§25,26
G. L. 271, §§ 40, 41.
•■ 514, §§ 100,
' 514,
§27 .
G. L. 149, §21.
101 . . .
' 514,
§28 .
S. 1912, 495.
" 514, §102
• 514,
§29 .
G. L. 271, § 39.
" 514, § 103
' 514,
§30 .
G. L. 175, § 29.
" 514, § 104
' 514,
§31 .
G. L. 110, §9.
■• 514, § 105
' 514,
§32 .
G. L. 266, § 69.
•■ 514, §§ 106-
' 514,
§§33-35
G. L. 149, §§ 175-177.
109 . .
■ 514,
§36 .
Part G. L. 143, § 20;
149,
" 514, §110
§ 180; part S. 1913
806,
" 514, § HI
§12.
" 514, §112
' 514,
§§37,38
S. 1911,494, §§ 1, 2.
■' 514, §113
■ 514,
§39 .
S. 1911,494, §§ 1,4.
" 514, § 114
■ 514,
§40 .
S. 1911,494, §3.
" 514, § 115
' 514,
§41 .
Temporary.
" 514, §116
' 514,
§42 .
S. 1911, 494, § 1.
" 514. §117
' 514,
§43 .
G. L. 149, § 37.
" 514, §118
' 514,
§44 .
G. L. 48, § 56.
• 514,
§45 .
S. 1913, 835, §§ 5, 488.
" 514, §§119, 120
• 514,
§46 .
S. 1912,533, §§2,3.
" 514, § 121
' 514,
§47 .
S. 1913, 758.
" 514, § 122
' 514,
§48 .
S. 1911,484, § 1.
" 514, § 123
' 514,
§49 .
Part G. L. 149, § 57; part 0.
" 514, § 124
' 514,
§50 .
O.
" 514, §125
' 514,
§51 .
Part G. L. 149, § 59;
part
" 514, § 126
S. 1913,831, §9.
" 514, § 127
*
' 514,
§52 .
G. L. 149, §§ 47, 49, 50.
" 514, § 128
G. L. 149, § 39.
PartG. L. 125, §§ 13, 24, 31;
p.irt O.
G. L. 149, § 40.
S. 1913, 779, §§ 14, 15.
S. 1910, 257, § 3.
S. 1913, 779, § 17.
S. 1910, 257, § 4; 1913, 779,
§ 18.
S. 1910, 249.
S. 1913, 779, §§ 20-22.
S. 1913, 831, § 26.
.S. 1913, 779, § 23.
G. L. 149, § 99.
S. 1917, 110.
G. L. 149, §§ 101, 102.
G. L. 149, § 100.
S. 1912, 96.
S. 1913,831, §§3, 20.
R. 1913, 806, § 13.
S. 1910, 404.
G. L. 149, §§ 104, 105.
S. 1915, 117.
S. 1914, 328, § 1.
S. 1910, 259, § 1.
G. L. 149, § 136.
S. 1910, 259, § 2.
G. L. 149, §§ 117, 118.
G; L.449, § 122.
Part G. L. 149, § 119; part
O.
G. L. 149, §§ 120, 121.
S. 1915, 116.
S. 1915, 69.
G. L. 149, §§ 124, 125.
G. L. 149. § 125.
S. 1914, 566.
S. 1912,318.
G. L. 149, § 128.
Part G. L. 143, § 20; 149,
§ 129; part R. 1913, 806,
§ 13.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 17, IS; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
S. 1913, 655, §§ 19, 54; R.
1913, 655, § 61.
G. L. 149, §§ 130, 131.
G. L. 149, § 137.
G. L. 149, § 140.
S. 1914, 557.
R. 1913, 655, § 61.
G. L. 149, §§ 143-146.
G. L. 149, § 147.
G. L. 149, § 146.
S. 1910, 350.
S. 1916, 14.
G. L. 149, §§ 153, 154.
G. L. 149, § 155.
S. 1911, 263.
G. L. 149, § 17.
PartG. L. 149, §157; part S.
1919, 193. § 2.
G. L. 149. §§ 158. 159.
S. 1916. 208. § 1.
G. L. 154, § 4.
G. L. 154, § 1.
S. 1916, 208, § 2.
S. 1910, 563.
G. L. 154, § 7.
G. L. 153, § 1.
S. 1915, 179.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
909,514, §129
. G. L. 229, § 4.
1909, 534, § 24 .
'■ 514, § 130
. G. L. 229, § 8.
'■ 5.34, § 25 .
" 514, § 131
. G. L. 153, §5; 229, §9.
" 534, § 26 .
" 514, § 132
. S. 1910, 166, § 2.
■' 514, § 133
. G. L. 153, § 7.
■' 534, § 27 .
" 514, § 134
. G. L. 153, § 2.
" 514, § 135
. G. L. 153, § S.
" 534, §28 .
" 514, §§ 1.36-139 R. 1911, 751, V, §4.
" 534, § 29 .
" 514, § 140
. O.
" 534, § 30 .
" 514, § 141
. G. L. 153, § 9.
" 534, § 32 .
" 514, § 142
. G. L. 153, §1;229, §4.
" 536, § 1 .
" 514, § 143
. G. L. 153, § 4.
" 514, § 144
. S. 1912, 409; R. 1913, 746,
" 536, § 2 .
§2.
" 536, § 3 .
" 514,1145
. Part S. 1910, 63, §§ 1, 2;
part O.
•' 536, § 4 .
" 514, § 146
. 0.
" 536, § 5 .
" 515 .
. G. L. 58, §5; 59, §30.
" 536, § 6 .
" 516, § 1
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 19.
" 536, § 7 .
" 516, §2
. S. 1918, 129, § 1.
" 517, §§1,
2 . G. L. 59, §§ 60, 61.
" 536, §8 .
" 517, §3
. G. L. 41, §30.
" 5.36, § 9 .
" 624, §§1,
2 . Special.
" 536, § 10 .
" 524, § 3
. Part S. 1911, 498, § 1; part
" 5.36, § 11 .
Special.
" 540 . .
" 524, § 4
. Special.
" 524, §§,5,
5 . S. 1910, 582, §§ 1, 2.
" 541, §§ 1-3
•■ 524, § 7
. PartG. L. 92, §76; part O.
" 542 . .
" 524, § 8
. G. L. 218, § 1.
" Res. 5 . .
■• 524, § 9
. G. L. 212, § 6.
1910, 44 . .
" 524, § 10
Special.
" 524, § 11
. Part S. 1920, 443, §§ 1, 3-5;
55 . .
part O.
55. §§1,2
'• 526, §§ 1,
2 . Temporary.
55, §3 .
" 526, §§3,
i . G. L. 112, §11.
63, § 1 .
" 526, § 5
. G. L. 112, § 10.
63, § 2 .
" 526, §6
. S. 1918, 85, § 2.
73 . .
" 527, § 1
. S. 1912, 678, § 1.
" 527, § 2
. S. 1915, 152.
80 . .
" 527, §§3,
i . G. L. 65, §§ 13, 14.
83 . .
" 527, §5
. G. L. 6.5, § 22; 217, § 16.
■■ 527, § 6
. G. L. 217, § 16.
84 . .
" 527, § 7
. Part S. 1920, 396, § 5; part
87 . .
R. 1912, 678, § 2.
90 . .
" 527, § 8
. G. L. 65, § 2.
93, § 1 .
" 527, §9
. G. L. 65, § 29.
" 527, §§10
11 G. L. 65, § 36.
93, § 2 .
" 52S .
. S. 1914, 198, § 6.
93, §3 .
" 531
. S. 1920, 45.
94 . .
" 534, § 1
. S. 1914, 204, § 1; 1915, 16,
§1.
95 . .
" 534, § 2
. S. 1912, 400.
98 . .
•' 534, § 3
. S. 1910, 605, § 1.
" 100 . .
" 534, § 4
. S. 1915, 16, § 2.
■■ 114 . .
" 534, § 5
. S. 1910, 605, § 2.
■' 121 . .
" 534, § 6
. S. 1914, 420, § 1.
" 122 . .
" 534, § 7
. S. 1915, 16, § 3.
■' 123 . .
" 534, § 8
. S. 1910, 605, § 3.
" 124 . .
" 534, § 9
. S. 1915, 87; 1919, 88.
" 534, § 10
. S. 1910, 605. §4.
" 534, § 11
. G. L. 90, § 11.
" 125, §§ 1-3
" 534, § 12
. S. 1911,37.
" 126 . .
" 534, § 13
. G. L. 90, § 13.
" 130, § 1 .
" 534, § 14
. S. 1910, 605, § 5.
" 130, § 2 .
" 534, § 15
. G. L. 90, § 16.
" 141 . .
" 534, § 16
. S. 1910, 605, § 6.
" 143 . .
" 534, § 17
. G. L. 90, § IS.
" 534, § 18
. S. 1913, 116.
" 147 . .
" 534, § 19
. G. L. 90, § 21.
" 534, § 20
. S. 1913, 95.
" 150 . .
" 534, § 21
. S. 1915, 16, § 7.
" 151, §1 .
" 534, § 22
. S. 1913, 123.
" 152 . .
" 534, § 23
. G. L. 90, § 25.
" 153 . .
G. L. 90, § 27.
G. L. 90. §§ 28, 33.
Part G. L. 90, §§ 29, 30; part
S. 1912, 123.
PartG. L. 90, § 31; part S.
1919, 350, § 116.
G. L. 90, § 32.
S. 1914, 695.
S. 1910, 525.
O.
Part G. L. 17, § 10; part S.
1910, 597.
G. L. 142, § 4.
PartG. L. 17, § 10; 142, §5;
part Special.
G. L. 142, §§3, 6, 7.
G. L. 142, §§ 8, 9.
G. L. 142, § 10.
PartG. L. 31, §4; 142, § 11;
part Special.
G. L. 142, § 2.
Part G. L. 142, § 1 ; part O.
S. 1914, 287.
Temporary.
S. 1911, 471, § 9; R. 1911,
471, § 11.
S. 1917, 98, §§ 1-3.
G. L. 166, § 20.
S. 1911,427.
S. 1913, 835, § 4; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1913, 8.35, §§354, 355.
S. 1913, 835, § 470.
Part G. L. 223, § 7 ; part O.
O.
S. 1914, 381, § 5; R. 1919,
122, § 6.
S. 1912, 109.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
G. L. 224, § 58.
G. L. 140, § 139.
S. 1920, 528.
S. 1912, 280, §§ 1, 2; R.
1912, 280, § 3.
G. L. 46, § 5.
G. L. 46, § 12.
G. L. 185, §9; 221, § 17.
G. L. 201, §§ 19, 20; 205,
§§ 1, 13, 19.
S. 1912, 82.
S. 1917, 126.
G. L. 94, § 33.
O.
S. 1917, 46, § 2.
O.
PartG. L. 158, §11; part S.
1914, 742, § 52; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
G. L. 140, §§ 191-193.
PartG. L. 10, §5; part O.
G. L. 39, § 16.
Special.
G. L. 148, § 66.
S. 1913, 655, §51; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
S. 1913, 835, § 62; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1913, 600, § 2.
S. 1919, 169, § 2.
S. 1919, 182, § 1.
G. L. 132, § 2.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
010, 154 . . .
G. L. 3, § 19.
1910, 227 .
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 166, § 1 . .
S. 1912, 221; R. 1917, 344,
•• 227, § 1
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 163 (a).
VIII, § 1.
248 (a).
" 166, §2 . .
S. 1910, 611.
" 227, §2
. S. 1917, 327, § 163 (6).
" 171, §§1,2 .
G. L. 155, §§ 27, 28.
" 227, § 3
. S. 1917, 327, § 164.
" 171, §3 . .
PartG. L. 155, §29;
1914, 742, § 23.
part S.
" 228, § 1
. S. 1911, 326; R. 1917, 327,
§268.
■■ 171, §§4-12 .
G. L. 155, §§ 30-38.
" 230 .
. S. 1913, 336, § 2.
•• 171, §13 . .
G. L. 155, §39; 223
§71.
" 235 .
. S. 1919, 349, § 15.
•• 171, §14 . .
S. 1910,531, §2.
•■ 236 .
. S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
•■ 171, §§15-17
G. L. 155, §§40-42.
189, § 2.
" 171, §§18, 19
G. L. 155, §§24,25.
■• 237 .
. G. L. 177, § 7.
" 171, §§20,21
G. L. 155, §§43,44.
" 244 .
. G. L. 278, § 25.
•■ 171, §22 . .
G. L. 155, § 26.
" 245, § 1
. G. L. 185, § 44.
" 171, §§23,25
O.
" 245, § 2
. O.
" 172, §1 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 291.
" 246, § 1
. S. 1913, 835, §388; R. 1913.
•■ 172, § 2 . .
G. L. 112, §27.
835, § 503.
" 177, §1 . .
S. 1919, 334.
•• 248, § 1
. G. L. 262, § 52.
" 177, §§2,3 .
G. L. 130, §§80,81.
" 249
. S. 1913, 779, § 19.
•■ 177, §4 . .
G. L. 130, § 83.
" 253, § 1
. S. 1914, 690, § 1.
" 179 .. .
S. 1918, 189, § 1.
" 253, § 2
. Temporary.
" 181 . . .
G. L. 180, § 6.
" 2.55 .
. G. L. 91, § 49.
" 182 .. .
S. 1913, 835, §170;
R. 1913,
" 256 .
. S. 1912,401, §3.
835, § 456.
" 257, §§1,
2 . G. L. 71, §§53, 54.
" 184 .. .
Part G. L. 13, § 3;
part S.
" 257, § 3
. S. 1911, 269.
1919, 350, § 66.
" 257, §4
. S. 1913. 779, § 18.
" 185 .. .
S. 1912, 401, § 3.
" 259
. G. L. 149, §§ 134, 135.
" 187, § 1 . .
S. 1919, 349, § 19.
" 260 .
. Part G. L. 59, § 76; part O.
" 187, §2 . .
G. L. 63, § 76.
•■ 261 .
. S. 1920, 591, § 14.
" ISS . . .
PartG. L. 221, §4;
part S.
" 262 .
. G. L. 215, § 62.
1918, 287, §§ 1, 3.
•■ 263, § 1
. G. L. 93, § 38.
" 193 . . .
S. 1918, 291, § 19.
" 263, § 2
. 0.
•■ 197 . . .
S. 1914, 742, § 61; R. 1914,
" 264 .
. G. L. 138, § 79.
742, § 199.
" 265 .
. S. 1919, 169, § 2.
" 200 .. .
S. 1913, 835, §§ 133,
1913, 835, § 503.
165; R.
" 266 .
. Part G.L. 217, §§24, 26; part
S. 1919, 353, § 5.
" 201 . . .
S. 1919, 292, § 7.
" 268 .
. S. 1911,43.
" 204, § 1 . .
Part G. L. 13, § 3;
part S.
" 269 .
. S. 1914, 177.
1919, 350, § 66.
" 270 .
. S. 1912, 491.
" 207, § 1 . .
G. L. 218, § 1.
" 271 .
. R. 1914, 694, § 7.
" 207, §2 . .
PartG. L. 218, §§6,
8; part
•• 271, §1
. S. 1914, 694, §§ 1, 4.
O.
•■ 271, §2
. S. 1914, 694, §§2,3.
" 207, § 3 . .
Part G. L. 218, §
1 ; part
" 271, §3
. S. 1914, 694, § 6.
Special.
" 272, § 1
. G. L. 60, § 14.
" 207, §4 . .
Temporary.
" 272, § 2
. S. 1916, 131, §2.
" 209, § 1 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 245.
" 273 .
. S. 1920, 495, § 1.
■' 209, § 2 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 249.
" 275 .
. G. L. 276, § 89.
" 214, §§1-4 .
G. L. 108, §§1-4.
" 279 .
. G. L. 218, § 70.
" 214, §5 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 284.
" 281 .
. G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 11.
" 214, §§6-19 .
G. L. 108, §§ 6-19.
" 282 .
. S. 1911, 466.
" 214, §20 . .
S. 1913, 228.
" 283 .
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 166, 249; R.
" 214, §§21-23
G. L. 108, §§ 20-22.
-1917,327, §268.
" 214, § 24 . .
G. L. 223, § 72.
" 284, § 1
. PartG.L. 143, §§54,57;part
" 214, §§25-32
G. L. 108, §§ 23-30.
Special.
" 214, §33 . .
G. L. 108, §31; 223
§73.
" 287 .
. G. L. 218, § 13.
" 214, §§34-51
G. L. 108, §§ 32-49.
" 288 .
. S. 1912, 623, §§ 19-21.
" 214, §52 . .
G. L. 108, § 51.
■' 296 .
. S. 1911,628, §§21, 29 (a), 31.
" 214, §53 . .
G. L. 108, § 50.
" 297 .
. S. 1912, 284.
" 214, §54 . .
Special.
■' 298, § 1
. S. 1918, Sp. 160, § 1.
" 214, §56 . .
G. L. 108, § 51.
" 298, §2
. Special.
" 216 .. .
S. 1911, 383, § 1; R. 1910,
•' 299 .
. S. 1912, 268; R. 1917, 327,
349, § 16.
§268.
" 217, §1 . .
G. L. 6, § 33.
■' 300 .
. S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
" 217, §2 . .
G. L. 6, §§ 34, 37.
189, § 2.
" 219 .. .
G. L. 94, §§ 244, 245
" 306 .
. G. L. 30, § 44.
" 220 .. .
R. 1912,719, § 11.
" 310, § 1
. S. 1919, 220, § 1.
" 220, §§1,2 .
S. 1912,719, §§3,4.
■■ 310, §2
. S. 1918, 272, § 2; R. 1918,.
" 220, § 3 . .
S. 1918, 290, § 3.
272, § 5.
" 220, §§4, 5 .
0.
" 310, §3
. R. 1918, 272, § 5.
" 223, § 1 . .
S. 1913, 452, § 1.
■■ 311 .
. G. L. 262, § 56.
" 223, § 2 . .
G. L. 148, § 19.
" 313 .
. G.L. Ill, § 126.
" 224 .. .
G. L. 218, § 70.
" 316 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 465.
" 225 .. .
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 317 .
. G. L. 262, § 22.
I
I
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
910,319 . .
Part G. L. 140, § 148; part
S. 1918,291, §10; part R.
1910, 387, §6 .
1918, 291, § 21.
" 387, § 7 .
" 320 . .
O.
" 387, § 8 .
" 321 . .
S. 1915, 145, § 2; R. 1915,
" 387, § 9 .
145, § 13.
" 387, § 10 .
" 322, § 1 .
G. L. 46, § 1.
" 389 . .
'■ 322, §2 .
PartG. L. 46, §9; part O.
" 390 . .
" 326 . .
G. L. 8, § 10.
" 327 . .
G. L. 136, § 6.
" 392 . .
" 328 . .
G. L. 148, § 9.
" 393 . .
" 329 . .
G. L. 217, §33.
" 330 . .
S. 1914, 450; R. 191S, 257,
" 394 . .
§214.
•' 396, § 1 .
" 332 . .
S. 1911, 116.
■' 396, § 2 .
" 333 . .
S. 1916, 144, § 3.
" 335 . .
S. 1914, 359.
" 338, § 1 .
S. 1913, 178.
" 397, § 1 .
" 338, § 2 .
G. L. 169, § 17.
" 397, §2 .
" 339 . .
S. 1911, 628, §§20, 29 (6).
" 398, § 1 .
" 342 . .
S. 1917, 277, § 2.
" 398, § 2 .
" 343 . .
G. L. 167, §37.
" 399, § 1 .
" 345 . .
S. 1911, 604.
" 399, § 2 .
" 346 . .
Part G. L. 158, § 3; part S.
" 399, § 3 .
1914, 742, § 3; part R.
•• 399, §§4-16
1914, 742, § 199.
" 400, §§ 1-3
" 347 . .
G. L. 279, § IS.
■' 401, § 1 .
•' 348, § 1 .
S. 1912, 593; R. 1917, .327,
§268.
" 348, § 2 .
S. 1911, 747; R. 1917, ;i27,
§268.
" 404 . .
" 350 . .
S. 1911, 208.
" 353 . .
G. L. 156, § 3.
•• 405, |§ 1,2
" 355 . .
G. L. 160, § 153.
" 405, §3 .
" 356 . .
G. L. 279, § 33.
" 405, §4 .
" 358 . .
G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 9 (c).
" 411 . .
" 359 . .
G. L. 31, §§38,39.
" 412 . .
" 360 . .
G. L. 127, § 26.
" 414, §§1-3
" 363, § 1 .
S. 1915, 145, § 1; R. 1915,
" 414, §4 .
145, § 13.
" 414, §5 .
" 364 . .
S. 1912, 623, § 38.
" 414, §6 .
" 365, § 1 .
S. 1911, 236, § 1; 356. § 1;
R. 1911,236, §2; 356, §5.
•■ 416, § 1 .
" 366 . .
G. L. 175, §§ 144, 145.
■• 416, §2 .
" 367 . .
G. L. 272, § 32.
" 417, §1 .
" 369, § 1 .
S. 1911, 485, § 1; R. 1918,
•• 417, §2 .
272, § 5.
" 419 . .
" 369, § 2 .
Temporary.
" 420 . .
" 370 . .
G. L. 35, § 23.
" 421, §1 .
" 374, § 1 .
S. 1914, 742, §§ 39, 43; R.
1914, 742, § 199.
" 421, §2 .
" 375, § 1 .
G. L. 175, § 63.
■• 422, § 1 .
" 375, § 2 .
S. 1916, 5.
" 422, §2 .
•' 376, § 1 .
G. L. 183, § 43.
" 424, § 1 .
" 376, §§2,3
G. L. 183, § 44.
" 424, §2 .
" 376, § 4 .
0.
" 424, §§3, 4
" 377 . .
Part G. L. 172, § 32; part S.
■' 424, § 5 .
1914, 422.
•■ 424, §§6-8
" 378, §§ 1, 2
G. L. 266, §§ 33, 34.
" 426 . .
" 379, § 1 .
G. L. 44, § 20.
" 427 . .
•' 379, § 2 .
Special.
" 379, 1 3 .
PartG. L. 44, § 20; part 0.
" 428, §§1,2
" 383 . .
G. L. 140, § 2.
" 429, § 1 .
" 385 . .
G. L. 156, § 2.
" 429, § 2 .
" 387, § 1 .
G. L. 94, § 216.
" 387, § 2 .
S. 1915, 187, §§1, 2;R. 1915,
187, § 12.
■' 430 . .
" 387, § 3 .
S. 1915, 187, § 2; R. 1915,
" 436 . .
187, § 12.
" 439, § 1 .
" 387, § 4 .
S. 1915, 187, § 4; R. 1915,
187, § 12.
" 439, §2 .
" 387, § 5 .
S. 1911, 341; R. 1915, 187,
" 439, §3 .
§12.
" 439, § 4 .
Part S. 1915, 187, § 8; R.
1915, 187, § 12.
S. 1911,372, § 1.
S. 1912, 283, § 3.
G. L. 94, § 217.
Temporary.
R. 1911, 126.
Part G. L. 13, § 31; 112,
§ 83; part O.
S. 1918, 271.
PartG. L. 167, §9; part S.
1918, 189, § 1.
(By reference) G. L. 94, § 60.
G. L. 15, § 11.
Part G. L. 78, § 14; part S.
1914, 373, § 2; 1918, 189,
§1.
S. 1918, 257, § 269.
O.
S. 1914, 262.
G. L. 40, § 11.
G. L. 107, § 1.
S. 1912, 472, § 2.
S. 1913, 177.
G. L. 167, §§ 24-36.
G. L. 140, §§ 194-196.
Part G. L. 25, § 6; part S.
1912, 622, § 1; 1913, 784,
§§ 1, 9, 13; part R. 1912,
622, § 2.
Part S. 1913, 831, §§ 6, 20;
R. 1^13, 831, § 28.
S. 1911, 282, §§ 1,2.
G. L. Ill, § 22.
O.
G. L. 195, § 7.
G. L. 40, §51.
S. 1915, 207, §§ 1-3.
G. L. 127. § 58.
S. 1912, 565, § 2.
Part O; part Special.
S. 1917, 208, §§ 4, 5; R.
1917, 208, § 12.
R. 1917, 208, § 12.
G. L. 107, §§ 108, 169.
O.
S. 1916, 242, § 4.
G. L. 123, § 74.
S. 1920, 423, § 1.
S. 1916, 112, § 1; R. 1916,
112, § 2.
S. 1913, 225.
G. L. 6, § 20.
G. L. 272, § 2.
G. L. 272, § 6.
G. L. 272, §§ 12, 13.
S. 1914, 621.
G. L. 272, §§ 8-10.
G. L. 175, § 176.
S. 1918, 241, § 1; R. 1918,
241, § 2.
G. L. Ill, §8.
S. 1914, 91, § 1.
S. 1914, 91, § 2; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
S. 1911, 542, § 1; R. 1911,
542, §2; 1914,544, §2.
G. L. 272, § 60.
S. 1914, 542, § 1; R. 1914,
542, § 2.
S. 1918, 272, § 3; 281.
S. 1913, 602.
S. 1919, 245.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1910, 439, § 5 .
440 . .
443 . .
445. § 1 .
445. § 2 .
449, §§ 1, 2
449, § 3
449, § 4
449, § 5
449, § 6
449, § 7
449, § 8
449, § 9
449, §§ 10,
449, § 12
452 .
453 .
454 .
456, § 1
457 .
45S, § 1
458, § 2
459 .
460, I 1
462 .
463 .
465 .
467 .
469 .
470 .
472, § 1
473 .
476 .
478 .
479 .
480 .
481, §1
483 .
485 .
487 .
488, § 1
489 .
491 .
493, § 1
493, § 2
493, § 3
493, § 4
493, § 5
493, § 6
493, § 7
495, § 1
495, § 2
497, § 1
497. § 2
498 .
499, § 1
499, § 2
500 .
501 .
S. 1918, 281.
G. L. 65, § 31.
G. L. 161, § 69.
S. 1914, 347, § 1; R. 1914,
347, § 6.
S. 1914, 347, § 4; R. 1914,
347, § 6.
PartG. L. 13, §§13,14; part
O.
S. 1919, 142.
G. L. 112, § 75.
Temporary.
G. L. 112, §76.
Part G. L. 13, § 15; part 0.
G. L. 112, § 77.
Part G. L. 112, § 78; part O.
G. L. 112, §§ 80, 81.
G. L. 112, §79.
S. 1915, 222, § 1.
G. L. 161, § 106.
G. L. 125, § 6.
S. 1914, 198. § 6 (§ 64).
G. L. 94, § 33.
G. L. Ill, § 14.
O.
G. L. 32, § 50.
G. L. 130, § 16.
G. L. 98, §§ 16, 17.
S. 1917, 9.
S. 1911, 632.
S. 1914, 587, § 2; 1919, 290,
§2.
S. 1916, 25, § 1; 1918, 30,
§1; R. 1916,25, §2; 1918,
30, § 6.
S. 1914, 587, § 3.
S. 1916, 15.
S. 1911, 136.
S. 1915, 67.
G. L. 266, § 116.
Part G. L. 276, §83; partS.
1915, 254, § 1.
S. 1916, 272, § 1.
G. L. 65, § 24.
S. 1914, 447.
PartG. L. 276, § 103; part O,
S. 1917,344, 1, § 18; R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1914, 370, § 1; R. 1914,
370, § 3.
G. L. 175, § 101.
Part G. L. 17, § 9; part S.
1919, 350, §§96,98.
Part G. L. 175, § 108; part
S. 1916, 28; 1919, 92, § 1.
G. L. 175, §§22, 109.
S. 1911, 628, § 4.
G. L. 175, § 193.
G. L. 175, § 187.
S. 1919, 92, § 2.
G. L. 175, §§ 5, 190.
G. L. Ill, § 12.
S. 1915, 104.
S. 1912, 201.
O.
S. 1917, 344, 1, §20; R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1913, 174; 1914, 426; 1920,
327, § 1.
Part G. L. 175, § 56; part S.
1920, 327, § 2.
G. L. 31, §26.
S. 1919, 362, § 4.
910, 508,
§1
. S. 1915, 25, § 1.
" 508,
§2
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 6
14, 38.
" 508,
§3
. S. 1918, 124.
" 50S,
§4
. G. L. 45, § 18.
" 511,
§1
. S. 1917, 344, I, 1 18, II
§ 76; R. 1917, 344, VIII
§1.
. S. 1917, 344, 1, §18; R. 1917,
" 511,
§2
344, VIII, § 1.
" 512
. G. L. 29, § 62.
'■ 513
. S. 1917,327, §§ 193, 267; R
1917, 327, § 268.
" 514,
§1
. S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918
189, § 2.
" 515,
§1
Special.
" 515,
§2
. G. L. 92, § 12.
" 516
. G. L. 266, § 64.
" 517
. S. 1911, 526, § 1; R. 1911
526, § 3.
" 518
. G. L. 161, § 72.
•' 520
. S. 1911, 550; R. 1913, 835
§503.
■' 521
. S. 1913, 719, §§ 18, 19.
'■ 523,
§§'l-
5 . S. 1914, 792, § 5.
" 524
. S. 1917, 169.
" 525
. S. 1917, 276.
" 528,
§1
. S. 1917, 208, § 7; R. 1917
208, § 12.
" 528,
§2
. G. L. 94, § 155.
" 531,
§2
. G. L. 214, § 3.
" 532
. G. L. 140. § 197.
" 533,
§1
. S. 1911, 101.
•■ 533,
§2
. S. 1911, 118, § 2; R. 1911
118, §4.
" 533,
§3
. S. 1911, 118, §3.
" 533,
§4
. S. 1911, 118, § 5; 1919, 83.
■• 534,
§§1.
2 . G. L. 231, §§97, 98.
" 534,
§3
. O.
" 536
. G. L. 161, § 25.
" 537
. S. 1918, 261, § 1; 263, § 1
287, § 1.
" 538
. S. 1911, 305.
" 539
. S. 1914,742, §133; R. 1914
742, § 199.
" 540,
§1
. S. 1918, 257, § 95.
" 540,
§2
. G. L. 32, § 62.
" 640,
§3
. O.
" 541,
§1
. S. 1920, 185.
" 541,
§2
. G. L. 270, § 4.
'■ 543,
§1
. G. L. 149, § 108.
" 543,
§§2,
3 . G. L. 149, § 109.
" 543,
§§4,
5 . G. L. 149, §§ 110, HI.
■' 543,
§6
. PartG. L. 149, §112; part 0
" 543,
§7
. 0.
" 544
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3
§§ 205, 285.
" 545
. R. 1913, 529, § 4.
" 545,
§1
. S. 1913, 529, § 1.
" 545,
§2
. S. 1912. 388.
" 545,
§3
. S. 1913, 529, § 3.
" 545,
§5
. S. 1913, 529, § 5.
" 548
. G. L. 130, § 6.
" 550
. G. L. Ill, § 166.
" 551
. G. L. 161, § 54.
" 552,
§1
. G. L. 175, § 102.
" 552,
§2
. G. L. 175, § 99.
" 554,
§1
. S. 1917, 130.
" 554,
§2
. S. 1918, 291, § 20.
" 555,
§1
. G. L. 212, § 2.
" 555,
§2
. G. L. 213, § 9.
" 555,
§4
. S. 1918, 257, § 432.
" 555,
§5
. S. 1917, 345.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
,558 . . . S. 1917, 122, § 1 ; R. 1917,
122, § 5.
559, §§1.2 . G. L. 32, §§39,40.
559, §3 . . G. L. 32, §41; 59. §5, ol. 9;
62, §S(ff).
560, §1 . . G. L. 1S5, §§ 15, 16; 231,
§ 111.
560, § 3 . . Part G. L. 185, § 1 ; part O.
560, § 4 . . G. L. 185. § 45.
560, §6 . . G. L. 185, § 15; 231, § 111.
560, § 7 . . G. L. 185, § 15.
563 .. . Part G. L. 154, § 6; part S.
1911,727, §22.
564 . . . R. 1911, 172. §3.
564, §§1,2 . S. 1911, 172, §§ 1,2.
664, §3 . . S. 1911, 172, §4.
565. § 1 . . G. L. 148, § 57.
565, §2 . . G. L. 148, §§ 10, 13.
565, § 3 . . G. L. 148, § 10.
665, § 4 . . G. L. 148, § 19.
565, §5 . . G. L. 148, §§ 16, 59.
565, § 6 . .0.
567 ... G. L. 161. § 108.
569 .. . Part G. L. Ill, §§ 72, 73;
parts. 1911, 264.
575, § 1 . . Part G. L. 21, §7; part O.
575, § 2 . . O.
576 .. . G. L. 209, § 7.
582, § 1 . . G. L. 92, § 38.
582, § 2 . . O.
583, § 1 . . G. L. 123, § 6.
583, § 2 . . G. L. 10, § 17.
583, §3 . . G. L. 11, § 10.
585 .. . G. L. 92, §§ 72, 73.
587, §§1,2 . G. L. 162, §§ 12, 13.
587, § 3 . . G. L. 162, § 2.
588, § 2 . . G. L. 148, § 10.
588, § 3 . . Temporary.
588, §4 . . G. L. 148, § 17.
590 .. . G. L. 129. § 9.
596 .. . G. L. 161, § 48.
597. § 1 . . G. L. 17, § 10.
597, § 2 . . Temporary.
598, §§ 1, 2 . S. 1913, 706, § 1.
598, § 3 . . G. L. 44, § 36.
598. §4 . . G. L. 14, §4.
598, § 5 . . G. L. 44, § 39.
598, §6 . . G. L. 44, § 41.
599, §1 . . S. 1918. 189. § 1; R. 1918.
189. § 2.
599. § 2 . . Temporary.
605, § 1 . . S. 1914, 204, § 2.
605, §2 . . Part G. L. 90, § 6; part S.
1914, 695.
605, §3 . . S. 1915, 10, § 1.
605. § 4 . . S. 1914, 204, § 3.
605, § 5 . . S. 1914, 190, § 1; 1917, 200,
§1-
605. § 6 . . G. L. 90, § 17.
607. § 1 . . G. L. 58. § 13.
607. §§ 2-4 . S. 1911. 478, §§ 1-3.
607, § 5 . . G. L. 58, § 16.
607, §6 . . S. 1911,478, §4.
608 .. . S. 1916, 297, § 1.
611 ... S. 1911, 178.
614 ... R. 1911. 614, § 13.
614, § 1 . . S. 1911. 614, §§ 1,5, 6.
614, §2 . . S. 1911, 614, § 9.
614, §3 .y. S. 1911,614, §§2, 3, 9.
616, § 1 . . G. L. 44, § 23.
616, §2 . . Part G. L. 44, § 24; part S.
1912, 45.
616, § 3 . . Part G. L. 44, § 25; part O.
1910,616, §4
S. 1912, 49, § 1.
" 616, §5 . .
G. L. 44, § 60.
" 619, §§ 1-6 .
S. 1911,3.38, §§ 1-6.
" 619. § 7 . .
G. L. 32, § 37.
" 619. §8 . .
G. L. 32, § 34.
" 619, §9 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 133.
" 619, § 10 . .
G. L. 32, § 38.
•• 622, § 1 . .
S. 1912, 173.
" 622, §§2, 3
G. L. 167, §§ 5, 6.
" 622, §§4, 5 .
G. L. 168, §§ 13, 14.
" 622, § 6 . .
S. 1912. 357.
" 622, § 7 . .
G. L. 168. § 17.
" 622, § 8 . .
G. L. 168, § 23.
" 622, § 10 . .
G. L. 168, § 54. cl. 1.
" 622, §11 . .
G. L. 168, § 44.
" 624, § 1 .
S. 1916, 252.
■• 624, §§2-5
G. L. 41, §§56-59.
•■ 624, § 6 .
S. 1911,207.
" 624, §7 .
G. L. 41. §61.
" 627 . .
R. 1911.592, §3.
" 627, § 1 .
0.
" 627, §1 2, 3 .
S. 1911.592, §§ 1.2.
" 628, |§ 1-3
S. 1911,439, §§ 1-3.
" 629 . .
S. 1911,391.
" 633, §§1,2
G.L. 160, §§212,213.
•' 633, § 3 .
G. L. 94, § 16.
■' 634 . .
S. 1914, 667.
" 640 . .
G. L. 94, §§ 167, 168.
" 641. § 1 .
G. L. 94, § 37.
" 641. §2 .
G. L. 94, § 20.
" 645, § 1 .
G. L. 258, § 2.
" 645, § 2 .
Temporary.
■• 648 . .
R. 1911, 748, § 18.
" 648, §§1,2
S. 1911,748, §5.
" 648, §3 .
S. 1911.748, §7.
" 648, § 4 .
S. 1911.748, § 6.
■■ 648, §5 .
S. 1911, 748, § 10.
" 648, § 6 .
S. 1911,748, § 17.
■■ 648, §7 .
S. 1911,748, § 11.
" 649, § 1 .
R. 1911, 628, §§ 4, 9, 33.
" 649. § 2 .
0.
" 653, §§1-5
S. 1911. 220, §§ 1-5
" 653, §§6-9
S. 1911,220, §§7-10.
" 656, § 1 .
G. L. 93, § 24.
" 656, §2 .
Part G. L. 93, § 25; part O
" 656, § 3 .
S. 1919, 101, § 1.
" 656, §§4. 5
G. L. 93, §§ 26, 27.
" 656. § 6 .
G. L. 93, § 26.
" 656. § 7 .
S. 1919, 101. § 2.
■■ 656, §8 .
G. L. 93. § 24.
■■ Res. 100 .
PartG. L. 75, § 23; part 0
1911, 3 . . .
G. L. 29, § 47.
4 .
G. L. 29, § 47.
5 .
0.
6 .
P. 1918, 209.
S .
G. L. 276, §§ 85, 87.
9 .
G. L. 185, § 46.
" 19, § 1 .
G. L. 131, § 23.
" 19, §2 .
S. 1912, 567, §§ 2, 3; R
1912, 567, § 9.
" 19. § 3 .
PartG. L. 131, §23; part S
1912, 567, § 10; part R
1912, 567, § 9.
" 30 . . .
G. L. 270, § 5.
■' 31 .
G. L. 229, § 6.
" 35 .
S. 1914, 216.
" 36 .
S. 1913. 121.
" 37 .
S. 1915, 16, § 5.
" 38 .
S. 1917, 4.
" 43 .
S. 1913, 534.
" 48 .
S. 1914, 791, § 3; R. 1914
791, § 16.
" 51 .
G. L. 175, § 17.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1911, 53, § 1
53, § 2
54 .
59 .
60 .
63 .
68 .
70
71, § 1
71, §2
72 .
" 73, § 1
74 .
75 .
77 .
81 .
82 .
" 83, § 1
83, §2
84
85
87
88
89
90
101
111, §1
115, U
116
118, §1
lis, §§2,3
118, §5
119 .
120 .
121, §1
121, §2
122 .
127
129
135, § 1
135, § 2
135, § 3
136 .
140 .
143 .
145
145, I 2
145, §3
145, §4
146, §§1,2
146, §§3-5
146, § 6
146, § 7
147 .
150, I 1
151
154
158
160
162
163
172, § 1
172, § 2
172, §4
S. 1913, 563, § 6; part R.
1913, 563, § 9.
S. 1912, 163.
S. 1920, 333.
S. 1912, 560, § 1; R. 1912,
560, § 2.
S. 1919, 350, § 22.
G. L. 31, § 10.
S. 1911, 483, § 1; R. 1911,
483, § 2.
G. L. 246, § 6.
G. L. 123, § 69.
G. L. 123, § 87.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 21.
S. 1919, 353, § 4.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
R. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 17.
O.
G. L. 93, § 36.
R. 1912, 719, § 11.
S. 1920, 630, § 11.
Temporary.
G. L. 265. § 17.
G. L. 208, § 43.
G. L. 172, § 13.
O.
G. L. 59, § 75.
Part G. L. 48, § 81 ; part S.
1919, 350, § 30; part 0.
S. 1916, 110.
S. 1911,628, §29 (b).
S. 1914, 710, § 1.
S. 1911,470, § 1.
S. 1914, 120.
G. L. 131, §§ 48, 49.
Part G. L. 131, §§ 48. 49;
part S. 1920, 425, § 4.
G. L. 31, §§ 13, 14.
G. L. 159, § 3.
G. L. 208, § 10.
S 1919 194.
s! 1913,419; R. 1918, 162, § 2.
G. L. 208, § 45.
G. L. 140, § 33.
G. L. 40, § 41.
Part G. L. 40, § 41 ; part O.
G. L. 59, § 6.
S. 1916, 104, § 1.
Part S. 1914, 118; part O.
S. 1912, 608, § 6.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917, 327, § 80.
Temporary.
Part S. 1916, 284, § 15.
G. L. 41, §§82,83.
G. L. 41, § 84.
G. L. 41, § 83.
G. L. 41, § 82.
Part G. L. 260, § 11; part
O.
G. L. 262, § 23.
G. L. 149, § 45.
G. L. 121, § 40.
G. L. 149, § 162.
S. 1920, 584, § 6.
G. L. 34, § 8.
G. L. 94, § 177.
S. 1913. 270.
G. L. 131, § 45.
PartG. L. 131, §45; part S.
1912, 567, § 10; part R.
1912, 567, § 9.
1911.173
. G. L. 266, § 105.
" 174 .
. S. 1918, 287, § 1.
•■ 175
. G. L. 119, § 47.
•■ 176, §1
. PartG. L. 218, §26; part S.
1918, 257, § 420.
•■ 176, §2
. S. 1911, 461.
'■ 177 .
. S. 1916, 18.
" 178 .
. S. 1912, 251.
•■ 179 .
. G. L. 279, § 8.
" 184 .
. Part G. L. 268, § 6; part S.
1914, 742, § 149; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
'• 185 .
. G. L. 130, § 78.
" 186 .
. S. 1915, 250.
" 187 .
. R. 1912, 490.
" 188 .
. G. L. 131, § 38.
•' 191 .
. G. L. 65, § 24.
" 192, § 1
. G. L. 224, §§59, 65.
" 192, §§2,.
5 . G. L. 224, §§ 61, 62.
•■ 192, §4
. G. L. 224, §§ 17, 63.
■■ 192, §5
. G. L. 224, § 63.
" 194
. G. L. 266, § 123.
" 195 .
. G. L. 127, § 70.
" 198 .
. G. L. 131, § 25.
■' 199 .
. S. 1914, 116.
" 204, §§ 1-C
. G.L. 148, §§20-22.
" 205
. S. 1920, 327, § 2, cl. (b).
" 206
. G.L. 201, §§7, 14, 17.
" 207 .
. G. L. 41, § 60.
" 208 .
. S. 1914, 247.
" 210
. R. 1920. 166, § 3.
" 210, §§1,
2 . G. L. 147, §§ 15, 17.
" 210, §3
. S. 1911,625.
" 211
. S. 1918, 11.
" 212 .
. G.L. 231, §§ 113, 114.
" 214 .
. S. 1914, 527, § 1.
•■ 215 .
. G. L. 131, §61.
" 216 .
. G. L. 266, § 52.
'• 218 .
. G. L. Ill, § 10.
•• 220, § 1
. S. 1916, 45.
■• 220, § 2
. G. L. 128, § 32.
■■ 220, § 3
. Part G. L. 128, § 33 ; part O.
■• 220, §§4,
5 . G. L. 128, § 34.
" 220, § 6
. . G. L. 128, § 35.
" 220, § 7
. PartG. L. 128, §36; part 0.
" 220, § 8
. G.L. 128, §§5, 37.
" 220, § 9
. G. L. 128, § 38.
" 220, § 10
. O.
222
. S. 1913,835, §403; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
•■ 228 .
. G. L. 167, §§ 1, 14.
'■ 229, § 1
. G. L. 149, § 55.
•• 229, § 2
. Part G. L. 149, § 55; part O.
" 229, § 3
. G. L. 149, § 180.
" 231 .
. G. L. 32, § 64.
" 232 .
. S. 1919, 84.
" 235, § 1
. S. 1911, 614, § 1.
" 235, § 2
. S. 1911,614, §§2, 7.
" 235, 1 3
. S. 1911, 614, § 11.
" 236, § 1
. S. 1912, 203.
" 236, § 3
. G. L. 131, §§ 34, 35.
" 237 .
. G. L. 221, § 61.
" 241
. S. 1912, 191.
" 242, §§ 1-
i . G. L. 132, §§ 22-24.
" 244
. R. 1916, 51, § 5.
" 244, §§ 1,
2 . S. 1912, 419, §§3,4.
" 246, § 1
. S. 1918, 257, § 385.
" 246, § 2
. 0.
" 247 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 174.
" 249 .
. . G. L. 149, §§ 151, 152.
" 250 .
. . G. L. 280, § 2.
" 251, §1
. . S. 1912, 311.
" 251, §2
. . G. L. 175, § 90.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
911,251, §3
. S. 1915, 181.
1911,3.34, §2 .
. O.
•• 254 .
. G. L. 212, § 14.
■• 337 . .
. S. 1912, 189.
" 259 .
. S. 1920, 484.
" 338, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 32, § 26; part 0.
" 261 .
. G. L. 67, § 52.
" 3.38, § 2 .
. G. L. 32, § 27.
•' 263 .
. S. 1919, 193, § 1.
" 338, § 3 .
. Part G. L. 32, § 28; part S.
'■ 264 .
. G. L. Ill, § 71.
1918, 257, § 126.
•' 265 .
. G. L. 127, § 39.
•' 338, § 4 .
. Part G. L. 32, § 29; part ,S.
" 266, §§ 1,
2 . G. L. 94. §§289, 290.
1918, 257. § 127; part O.
" 266, § 3
. G. L. Ill, § 10.
'■ 338, § 5 .
. PartG. L. 32. § 30; part S.
" 266, § 4
. G. L. 94, § 289.
1918. 257. § 128.
" 268 .
. S. 1913, 779. §§ 3, 4.
" 338, § 6 .
. Part G. L. 32. §§ 31. 32;
" 269 .
. S. 1913, 779, § 16.
part S. 1918. 257. §§ 130.
" 270, § 1
. Part G. L. 35, § 7; part S.
131.
1917, 173.
" 338, § 7 .
. G. L. 32. § 27.
" 273 .
. S. 1916, 122, I 1.
" 339. §§1.2
. O.
" 274, § 1
. G. L. 279, § 51.
'■ 341 . .
. S. 1915, 187, § 11.
" 275
. G. L. 231, § 55.
•■ 343. § 1 .
. O.
" 278
. G. L. 94, § 32.
" 343. §§2. 3
. G. L. 131, §41.
•' 281, § 1
. Parte. L. 149, §132; part O.
" 344 . .
. S. 1912, 330.
" 281, §2
. G. L. 149, § 132.
" 345 . .
. S. 1913, 357.
" 281. §3
. Temporary.
" 348 . .
. S. 1914,742, §190; R. 1914,
" 282
. G. L. Ill, §§20. 21.
742, § 199.
" 283 .
. S. 1911. 548. § 3; R. 1911,
" 349 . .
. S. 1914, 742, § 51; R. 1914,
548. § 4.
742, § 199.
" 284, § 1
. Part G. L. 214, § 19; 231,
" 350 . .
. S. 1913, 719, § 14.
§ 135; part S. 1913, 716,
•" 352 . .
. G. L. 31, §4.
§ 3; part O.
" 353 . .
. S. 1913, 835, § 150; R. 1913,
" 284, § 2
. G. L. 214, § 32.
835, § 503.
" 284, § 3
. G. L. 214, § 29.
" 354 . .
. S. 1913, 835, § 196; R. 1913,
" 285, § 1
. Part G. L. 130, §28; part O.
835, § 503.
" 289, § 1
. S. 1917, 208, § 9; R. 1917,
" 355 . .
. S. 1913, 835, § 197; R. 1913.
208, § 12.
835. § 503.
" 290 .
. G. L. 161, § 92.
" 356. § 1 .
. S. 1912, 270.
" 292 .
, S. 1912, 407, § 1; 1916, 40.
" 356, § 2 .
. 8.1912,567, §§2,3; R. 1912,
§1.
567. § 9.
" 293 .
. S. 1914. 742. § 140; R. 1914.
" 356, § 3 .
Part G. L. 131, §§ 81, 88;
742. § 199.
part S. 1912, 567, § 6;
'■ 294 .
. G. L. 9. §3; 11, §3.
part R. 1912, 567, § 9.
" 297, § 1
. G. L. 94, § 147.
■■ 356, § 4 .
. Part G. L. 131. §§ 34. 35;
" 297, § 2
. PartG. L. 94. § 119; part S.
part S. 1912. 567. § 10;
1916. 153. § 1; part R.
part R. 1912, 567, § 9.
1916. 153, § 2.
" 357 . .
. G. L. 161, § 63.
" 297, §3
. S. 1911, 534. § 1.
" 358, § 1 .
. S. 1912, 335.
■' 297, § 4
. S. 1919. 27.
" 358, §2 .
O.
" 297, § 5
. S. 1914, 206.
" 359 . .
. G. L. 65, § 35.
" 297, § 6
. S. 1911,534, §2.
" 361, §1 .
. S. 1912, 52.
" 298 .
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 86, 202; R.
" 361, §§2, 3
. G. L. 175, §§ 147. 148.
1917. 327, § 268.
" 365 . .
. G. L. 38, § 1.
" 299, § 1
. S. 1918. 261, § 2; 263. § 3;
" 366 . .
. S. 1914, 198, § 5.
287, § 5.
■• 367, § 1 .
. S. 1912, 157; 320.
'• 299, § 2
. Temporary.
" 367, § 2 .
. R. 1914, 538, § 3.
" 302 .
. Part G. L. 217, §§ 30, 39;
" 370, § 1 .
. S. 1915, 237, § 1.
part S. 1917, 335, § 2.
•• 372, § 1 .
S. 1912, 283, § 1.
" 304 .
. S. 1913,835, §283; R. 1913.
" 372, § 2 .
. G. L. 94, § 214.
835. § 503.
■• 372, §3 .
. S. 1912, 283, § 2.
" 305 .
. PartG. L. 231, §59; part 0.
" 375, § 1 .
PartG. L. 69, §5; 71, § 12;
" 309 .
. G. L. 71. § 20.
part O.
" 310 .
. R. 1913. 779. § 25.
■■ 375, §2 *.
PartG. L. 69, § 5; part O.
" 313 .
. S. 1912, 452, § 1.
" 375, §3 .
O.
" 314 .
. G. L. 71, § 47.
" 377 . .
. S. 1915, 301, §§ 10, 13; R.
" 315 .
. S. 1917, 10, §§ 1, 3. 4; R.
1915, 301, § 14.
1917, 10. § 5.
" 378 . .
. S. 1913, 835, §143; R. 1913,
" 322, § 1
. S. 1920, 213, § 1.
835, § 503.
" 322. § 2
. S. 1917, 335, § 2; R. 1917,
'• 379 . .
. S. 1914, 198, § 6.
335. § 3.
" 380. § 1 .
. G. L. 94. §§ 115. 116.
" 322, § 3
. S. 1920, 213, § 5.
•• 380. §§2.3
. G. L. 94. §§ 116. 117.
" 325 .
. Part G. L. 148, § 25; part S.
" 381, § 1 .
PartG. L. 129. §§2.7; part
1914, 155, § 1.
S. 1913. 329.
" 326 .
. S. 1912, 720, § 2; R. 1917,
" 381, §2 .
Part G. L. 111. § 16; 128.
327, § 268.
§ 13; part S. 1912, 608,
" 328 .
. S. 1914, 757, § 1.
§§1.2.
" 329 .
. G. L. 175, § 4.
" 381, §3 .
. G. L. 129, § 7.
" 334, § 1
. S. 1917, 131.
" 381. §4 .
O.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1911,383,
383,
384
388,
388,
388,
388,
388,
§1
§2
§§1.2
§3
§4
§5
§6
388, § 7
388,
388,
388,
388,
389
391
392
394
395
397
399
400
406
409
§§1-5
§6 .
§§7,8
§9
§1
§2
410,
410,
410,
410,
414,
414,
423
427
428,
429,
429,
429,
429,
429,
430
431
432
433
434
439,
439,
440,
442
443,
443,
444
445,
446
447
449
451, § 1
2
§3
§1
§1
§3
451,
451,
452
454
455
456, I 1
R. 1919, 349, § 16.
S. 1918, 129, § 1.
G. L. 71, §§ 63, 66.
G. L. 94, §§ 250, 251.
G. L. 94, §§ 1, 252.
G. L. 94, § 253.
Part G. L. 94, § 254; part O.
S. 1918, 220, § 1.
G. L. 75, §20; 94, §257.
G. L. 94, § 258.
S. 1918, 220, § 2.
Part G. L. 94, § 259; part O.
Part G. L. 94, § 1; part O.
G. L. 172, § 53.
G. L. 140, § 151.
S. 1920, 547.
G. L. 123, § 82.
S. 1915, 174.
Part G. L. 94, § 175; part O.
S. 1912, 114.
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 3 (d).
G. L. 175, § 100.
G. L. 59, §5, cl. 2, § 11; 75,
§§26-28.
G. L. 131, §§ 69-73.
O.
G. L. 131, §§ 74, 75.
G. L. 131, §§71,74.
PartG. L. 218, § 1; part O.
S. 1918, 211, § 1; 1919, 362,
§§1.2.
Parts. 1913, 835, §356; R.
1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1917, 180, § 1.
G. L. 6, §§ 12, 13.
G. L. 266, § 92.
S. 1918, 71.
Temporary.
S. 1919, 47.
S. 1920, 326.
O.
S. 1917, 88.
G. L. 180, § 19.
G. L. 277, §§48,49.
O.
S. 1914,742, §193; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
S. 1913, 835, § 226; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
G. L. 92, § 69.
Special.
S. 1914, 791, § 17; R. 1914,
791, § 16.
G. L. 161, § 45.
S. 1912, 155.
G. L. 140, §§ 52, 53.
G. L. 71, § 59.
S. 1913, 791.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
G. L. 35, §§ 18, 28.
Part S. 1917, 327, § 87 (6);
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
Part G. L. 127, § 131 ; part S.
1912, 103; 1913, 829, §3.
G. L. 127, § 149.
Part G. L. 127, § 132; part S.
1912, 103.
S. 1912, 160.
G. L. 218, § 69.
S. 1913, 806, § 4; R. 1913,
806, § 13.
G. L. 273, § 1.
1911,456, §2 .
G. L. 273, § 3.
■ 456, § 3 .
G. L. 273, § 2.
' 456, § 4 .
G. L. 273, § 4.
■ 456, § 5 .
S. 1918, 257, § 453.
• 456, § 6 .
S. 1914, 520.
• 456, § 7 .
G. L. 273, § 7.
■ 456, § 8 .
S. 1912, 310.
■ 456, § 9 .
G. L. 273, § 10.
■ 460 . .
G. L. 264, § 10.
• 461 . .
G. L. 218, § 31.
' 462 . .
G. L. 161, § 105.
' 466 . .
S. 1912, 80, § 1.
■ 467 . .
Part S. 1920, 353, § 1 ; p.^rt O
■ 468, § 1 .
S. 1918, 291, § 22.
■ 468, § 3 .
G. L. 31, § 49.
' 469, §§ 1-4
Special.
• 469, § 5 .
G. L. 218, §1.
• 470, § 1 .
Part G. L. 276, § 83; part S
1913, 612, § 1; 1915, 254
§1-
Temporary'.
' 470, § 2 .
' 471, §1, els. 1
-5 G. L. 74, § 1.
• 471, §1, els. 6
7 S. 1919. 292, §§ 14, 15.
' 471, §1, els. 8
9G. L. 74, § 1.
• 471. §2 .
G. L. 69, §2; 74, §2.
■ 471, §3 .
S. 1917,215, §5; 1919, 292
§ 16.
• 471, §4 .
G. L. 74, § 3.
' 471, §5 .
PartG. L. 74, §§4,5;partO
■ 471, §6 .
G. L. 74, § 6.
• 471,§7, els. 1
2G. L. 74, §§7,8.
• 471, §8 .
G. L. 74, § 1.
' 471, §9,cl. 1
G. L. 74, §§1,9.
■ 471, §9, el. 2
S. 1917, 61. § 1.
' 471, §9,cl. 3
G. L. 74, § 10.
' 471, § 10 .
S. 1919, 292, § 17.
' 473, § 1 .
G. L. 218, §§4, 6.
' 473, § 2 .
G. L. 218, § 6.
• 474 . .
G. L. 132, §§ 14, 16, 17.
' 477 . .
G. L. 148, § 15.
' 478, § 1 .
S. 1914, 648, § 1.
' 478, §§2, 3
G. L. 58, §§ 14, 15.
' 478. § 4 .
G. L. 58, § 17.
• 478, § 5 .
G. L. 58, § 13.
• 480 . .
S. 1917, 277, § 1.
' 483, § 1 .
G. L. 220, § 16.
■ 484 . .
S. 1912, 477.
• 485, § 1 .
S. 1912, 576; 1914, 326, § 1
1917, 242; 1918, 272, § 1
R. 1918, 272, § 5.
' 485, § 2 .
Temporary.
■ 486, § 1 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 8.
■ 486, § 2 .
G. L. 159, § 76.
• 486, § 3 .
Temporary.
487 . .
G. L. 161, § 47.
■ 488, §§ 1, 2
S. 1918,257, §§358,359.
489 . .
G. L. 120, § 19.
490, § 1 .
G. L. 119, § 27.
490, § 2 .
G. L. 119, § 38.
491, §1 .
S. 1912, 581.
491, §2 .
G. L. 160, § 175.
492, § 1 .
G. L. 93, § 18.
492, § 2 .
G. L. 93, § 15.
492, § 3 .
G. L. 93, § 17.
492, § 4 .
G. L. 93, §§ 15, 16.
493, § 1 .
Part G. L. 26, § 8; part S.
1919, 350, § 50.
493, § 2 .
G. L. 175, § 104.
493, § 3 .
Part G. L. 26, § 8; part 0.
494, § 1 .
S. 1916, 240, § 1.
494, §§ 2, 3
G. L. 149, §§ 34, 35.
494, § 4 .
S. 1916, 240, § 2.
495, § 1 .
G. L. 140, § 121.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1911,495, §2 .
0.
1911,542 . .
" 495, §§3-10
G. L. 140, §§ 122-129.
" 495, §11 .
G. L. 140, § 121.
" 548, §§1-3
" 497 . .
G. L. 231, § SO.
" 550 . .
" 498 . .
G. L. 92, § 74.
" 550, § 1 .
" 500 . .
G. L. 119, §§ 12, 13.
" 550, § 2 .
" 501 . .
G. L. 231, § 128.
" 550, §§3,4
" 502 . .
R. 1912,678, §2; 1916,268,
§3.
" 550, § 5 .
•' 503, § 1 .
G. L. 93, §§ 2, 4.
" 550, § 6 .
" 503, §§2-4
G. L. 93, §§ 5-7.
" 506, § 1 .
PartG. L. 180, §20; part 0.
" 550, §7 .
" 506, §§2, 3
G. L. 180, §§21,22.
•• 550, § 8 .
" 506, §4 .
PartG. L. 180, §23; partO.
" 550, §9 .
" 506, §§5, 6
G. L. 180, §§ 24, 25.
" 550, § 10 .
" 507 . .
O.
" 550, § 11 .
" 508 . .
G. L. 160, §§ 191, 192.
•■ 550, § 12 .
" 509, § 1 .
Part G. L. 166, § 21 ; part S.
" 5.50, §§13,
1914, 742, § 127.
" 550, § 15 .
" 509, § 2 .
PartG. L. 166, §22; part S.
" 550, § 16 .
1916, 166.
" 550, § 17 .
" 509, § 3 .
G. L. 166, § 31.
■' 550, § 18 .
" 509, § 4 .
G. L. 166, § 34.
" 550, § 19 .
" 509, § 5 .
G. L. 166, § 36.
■' 551 . .
" 509, § 6 . .
G. L. 166, § 39. '
" 554 . .
" 509, § 7 . .
Part G. L. 166, § 27; part S.
1914, 742, § 132; part R.
■' 558 . .
1914, 742, § 199.
" 509, § 8 . .
G. L. 166, § 28.
" 561, § 1 .
" 614 .. .
S. 1917,327, §§ 167,248 (c) ;
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 561, § 2 .
" 517 .. .
S. 1913, 835, §161; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 561, §3 .
" 518 .. .
S. 1913, 835, § 185; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 561, §4 .
" 526, § 1 . .
G. L. 10, § 11.
" 526, § 2 . .
PartG. L. 10, § 11; part S.
1918, 189, § 1; part R.
" 561, §5 .
1918, 189, § 2.
" 527, § 1 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 95; R. 1918,
" 562 . .
257, § 96.
" 562, § 1 .
" 532, § 1 . .
S. 1912, 363, § 1.
" 562, § 2 .
" 532, § 2 . .
Temporary.
" 562, § 3 .
" 532, § 3 . .
S. 1912, 363, § 2.
" 562, § 4 .
" 532, § 4, cl. 1 .
PartG. L. 10, § 18; part S.
" 562, §§5-7
1919, 350, § 28; part O.
" 562, § 8 .
" 532, § 4, cl. 2 .
G. L. 10, § 19.
" 566, § 1 .
" 532, § 4, cl. 3 .
S. 1912, 363, § 3.
" 532, §4,cl. 4 .
PartG. L. 32, §3,cl. 3; part
.S. 1919, 350, § 29; part
" 566, § 2 .
R. 1919, 350, § 29.
" 566, § 3 .
" 532, §4,cl. 5 .
G. L. 32, § 3, cl. 4.
" 567 . .
" 532, § 4, cl. 6 .
S. 1919, 36.
■' .576 . .
" 532, § 5 . .
Part G. L. 32, § 4; part S.
" 577 . .
1918, 257, § 104.
" 578 . .
" 532, § 6 . .
PartG. L. 32, §§5,32; part
" 578, § 1 .
S. 1912, 363, §4; 1913,63,
" 578, §§2,3
§ 1; 1914, 582, §§ 1, 2;
" 578, § 4 .
1918, 257, §§ 105, 106,
" 578, §§5, 6
108.
" 584 . .
" 532, § 7 . .
G. L. 32, § 37; 59, § 5, cl. 8;
62, §8(ff).
" 588 . .
" 532, § 8 . .
G. L. 32, § 34.
" 589, § 1 .
" 532, § 9 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 109.
" 589, § 2 .
" 532, § 10 . .
G. L. 32, § 38.
" 589, §§3-5
" 534, § 1 . .
G. L. 94, § 125.
" 592 . .
" 534, § 2 . .
G. L. 94, § 128.
" 592, §§1,2
" 537 .. .
Amended 1913, 396; S. 1918,
198, §§2,3,5,6; R. 1918,
" 593 . .
198, § 8.
" 594 . .
" 539, §§ 1-5 .
G. L. 160, §§ 179-183.
" 594, § 1 .
" 539, § 6 . .
G. L. 160, § 182.
" 594, § 2 .
" 541 . . .
S. 1913, 685.
" 594, § 3 .
S. 1914, .5.54, § 1; part R.
1914, 554, § 2.
S. 1919, 207, §§ 1-3.
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 1, 88, 113.
S. 1912, 274, § 1.
S. 1913,835, §§ 115, 116.
S. 1912, 446, § 2; 483, § 1;
1913,835, § 117.
S. 1912, 275, § 1; 1913, 835,
§ 118.
S. 1913, S35, § 119.
S. 1912, 274, § 2.
S. 1913, 83.5, § 94.
S. 1913, 835, § 121.
S. 1913, 835, § 96.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 103, 107.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 110, 111.
S. 1913, 8.35, § 123.
S. 1912, 261.
S. 1913, 835, § 125.
S. 1912, 265.
S. 1913, 835, § 127.
S. 1915, 64.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 132,231 (a);
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1914, 742, § 188; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
S. 1918, 275, § 2; 1919, 350,
§101.
S. 1913, 610, § 5; 1918, 275,
§2.
Parts. 1918, 275, § 2; 1919,
350, § 101; part O.
Part G. L. 22, § 6; part S.
1913, 610, §§ 1, 5; 1918,
275, § 2.
S. 1918, 275, § 2; 1919, 350,
§101.
R. 1915, 259, § 13.
S. 1914, 451.
S. 1915, 259, § 3.
S. 1915, 259, §§ 4-6.
S. 1913, 209.
S. 1915, 259, §§ 8-10.
S. 1915, 2.59, § 12.
PartG. L. 18, §§ 12, 13; 120,
§ 2; part O.
PartG. L. 18, §§ 14-16; part
O.
o.
G. L. 212, § 1.
S. 1914, 408.
G. L. 277, § 73.
R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1914, 182.
S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 19, 20.
S. 1917, 344, V, § 23.
S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 21, 22.
G. L. 149, § 154.
Part G. L. 193, § 7; part S.
1919, 208, § 1.
G. L. 123, § 35.
G. L. 123, § 37.
G. L. 123, §§ 36-38.
R. 1912, 705, § 3.
S. 1912, 705, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1913, 815, § 3; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917,327, §§ 159, 244(a).
S. 1917, 327, § 188.
S. 1913, 524.
DISPOSITION OF STATLTTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
911,594,
§5
" 594
§6 . .
" 594
§7 . .
■' 595
§§1-4 .
" 595,
§5 . .
" 595
§§6-11 .
" 595
§12 . .
" 596
" 597
" 600,
§i ; ;
" 600,
§2 . .
" 600,
§3 . .
" 600,
§4 . .
" 603,
§§1.2 .
•• 603,
§3 . .
" 603,
§4
" 604
" 607
" 610,
§i
•' 610,
§2
•' 613
" 614
" 614,
§1
" 614,
§2
" 614,
§§3-
" 614,
§7
" 614,
§8
" 614,
§9
" 614,
§10
" 614,
§11
'• 614,
§12
•' 616
" 618
•' 619
" 620
■' 624
" 625
" 628,
§§1-3 '.
" 628,
§4 . .
■• 628,
§5,cl. (1)
" 628,
§ 5, cl. (2)
" 628,
§ 5, cl. (3)
" 628,
§6 . .
" 628,
§7 . .
" 628,
§8 . .
" 628,
§9,cl. (1)
" 628,
§ 9, cl. (2)
*' 628,
§10 . .
" 628,
§11 . .
" 628,
§ 12, cl. (a)
" 628,
§ 12, cl. (6)
•• 628,
§ 12, cl. (c)
" 628,
§ 12, cl. (d)
" 628,
§ 12, els.
(e
■ /) . .
" 628
§ 12, cl. (a)
" 628
§1 13, 14
" 628
§15 . .
" 628
§16 . .
" 628
§17 . .
" 628
§§18,19
" 628
§20 . .
" 628
§21 . ,
" 628
§ 22, cl. (a)
" 628
§22,
cl. W
S. 1917, 327, § 162.
S. 1917, 327, § 136.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 166, 177.
G. L. 123, §§ 113-116.
S. 1913, 790, § 1.
G. L. 123, §§ 118-123.
S. 1913, 796, § 2.
G. L. Ill, § 33.
S. 1912, 637, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 94, § 171.
S. 1915, 239.
S. 1915, 158.
G. L. 94, § 169.
PartG. L. 149, §§ 114, 115;
part O.
G. L. 149, § 115.
O.
G. L. 123, § 103.
S. 1915, 129.
S. 1912, 474, § 1.
G. L. 94, § 24.
S. 1912, 151.
R. 1919, 296, § 14.
S. 1919, 296, § 1.
S. 1917, 26.
S. 1919, 296, §§4-7.
S. 1916,74, § 1; R. 1916, 74,
§2.
S. 1919, 296, § 9.
S. 1915, 212.
S. 1919, 296. § 11.
S. 1912. 379.
S. 1919, 296, § 10.
S. 1913, 610, § 1; R. 1913,
610, § 6.
G. L. 63, § 16.
PartG. L. 22, §7; 147, § 1;
part S. 1913, 610, §§ 1, 4;
part R. 1913, 610, § 6.
S. 1913, 610, § 1; part R.
1913, 610, § 6.
S. 1915, 251; R. 1918, 247,
§4.
O.
G. L. 176, §§ 1-3.
G. L. 175, §3; 176, §5.
G. L. 176, § 19.
S. 1917, 108.
G. L. 176, § 17.
S. 1913, 617, § 1.
G. L. 176, §31.
G. L. 176, § 20.
G. L. 176, § 13.
G. L. 176, § 15.
S. 1920, 359.
G. L. 176. § 14.
G. L. 176, § 6.
S. 1913, 617, § 2.
G. L. 176, § 7.
S. 1918, 105.
G. L. 176, §§ 9, 10.
G. L. 176, § 32.
G. L. 176, §§ 11, 12.
Temporary.
S. 1920, 257, § 2.
G. L. 176, §42- 223, §28.
G. L. 176, §§ 33, 34.
G. L. 176, § 30.
G. L. 176, § 35.
G. L. 176, § 38.
Part G. L. 176, §§ 39, 40;
part R. 1913, 617, § 3.
1911,628, §23 .
R. 1913, 617, § 4.
•' 628, §§24, 25
G. L. 176, § 36.
" 628, § 26 .
G. L. 176, § 44.
" 628, § 27 .
G. L. 176, § 37.
" 628, § 28 .
G. L. 176, §§ 41, 43.
'• 628, § 29 .
Part G. L. 176, §§ 45, 46;
parts. 1913, 411; 617, §5.
" 628, § 30 .
S. 1917, 204.
" 628, § 31 .
Part G. L. 176, §§ 48-50;
part S. 1914, 661. § 1.
" 628, § 32 .
O.
" 629, § 1 .
S. 1913, 831, § 10.
" 629. § 2 .
S. 1913, 831, § 20.
" 632 . .
S. 1912, 256.
■' 633 . .
S. 1912, 720, § 2; R. 1917,
327. § 268.
" 634. § 1 .
S. 1913, 817, § 1.
" 634, § 2 .
G. L. 32, § 21.
" 634, § 3 .
PartG. L. 32, § 22; part S.
1913, 817, § 2; 1918, 257,
§ 117.
" 634, § 4 .
Part G. L. 32, § 23; part S.
1918, 257, § 118; part
O.
" 634, § 5 .
Part G. L. 32, § 24; part S.
1918,257, §§ 119, 120.
" 634, 1 6 .
Part G. L. 32, §§ 25, 32; part
S. 1913, 817, § 3; 1918,
104, §§ 1, 2; 257, §§ 122,
124.
" 634, § 7 .
G. L. 32, § 37; 59, § 6, cl. 8;
62, § 8 (a).
" 634, § 8 .
G. L. 32, § 34.
" 634, § 9 .
S. 1918, 257, § 125.
" 634, § 10 .
G. L. 32, § 38.
" 635 . .
G. L. 229, § 6.
" 642, § 1 .
S. 1917,327, §§156,242; R.
1917, 327, § 268.
" 642, § 2 .
S. 1912, 399; R. 1916, 221,
§ 2; 1917, 105, § 3; 327,
§268.
" 649, § 1 .
S. 1917, 50.
" 649, § 2 .
O.
" 656, §§1,2
S. 1915, 211, § 1.
" 656, § 3 .
G. L. 146, §§56-59,65, 67.
•• 656, § 4 .
G. L. 146, §§58,66.
" 656, § 5 .
G. L. 146, § 54.
" 656, § 6 .
Part G. L. 146, §§ 5, 68;
part S. 1915, 259, § 11;
part R. 1915, 259, § 13.
" 667 . .
Part G. L. 5, § 3; part S.
1912, 144.
•• 668 . .
S. 1917, 336.
" 669, 1 1 .
PartG. I,. 116, § 1; part S.
1918, 257, § 299.
" 669, § 2 .
G. L. 116, § 2.
" 669, § 3 .
S. 1913, 266.
" 669, § 4 .
S. 1914, 323; 1916,316.
■• 669, § 5 .
G. L. 116. §§5,6.
" 669, § 6 .
G. L. 116, §7.
" 670 . .
S. 1912, 506, § 1; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
" 673 . .
S. 1916, 273.
•' 675, §§ 1-3
G. L. 32, § 68.
" 676 . .
S. 1918, 62.
" 679 . .
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
" 679, §§ 1, 2
S. 1913, 835, §§ 348, 349.
" 679, § 3 .
S. 1913, 835, § 351.
" 679, § 4 .
S. 1913, 835, § 362.
" 679, §§5, 6
S. 1913, 835. §§ 497, 498.
" 681 . .
. S. 1913, 784, § 9.
" 682, § 1 .
G. L. 32, § 65.
" 709 . .
. 0.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
911,722, 11
. Part G. L. 21, § 5; 48, § 28;
1911,751, II, §§9,10
S. 1914. 708. §§ 4. 5.
part S. 1919, 350, § 42.
" 751,11, §11 .
S. 1912, 571, §2; 1913, 445.
" 722, § 2
. G. L. 48, § 28; 132, § 4.
" 751,11, §12 .
G. L. 152. § 38.
" 722, § 3
. G. L. 130, § 9.
" 751.11, §13 .
S. 1914, 708, § 7.
" 722, § 4
. Temporary.
" 751, II, §§ 14,
■• 723 .
. O.
15 . . .
G. L. 152, §§40, 41.
" 727, § 1
. S. 1912, 675, § 1.
" 751, II, § 16 .
S. 1912. 172.
" 727, § 2
. G. L. 140, § 112.
" 751, II, § 17 .
G. L. 152, § 43.
" 727, § 3
. S. 1912, 675, § 2.
" 751,11, §18 .
PartG. L. 152, §44; part S.
" 727, §§4-(
3 . G. L. 140. §§ 97-99.
1920. 223, § 1.
" 727, § 7
. S. 1916, 224.
•• 751,11, §19 .
S. 1912, 571, § 4.
" 727, § 8
. PartG.L. 140. §101; part O.
" 751,11, §§20,
•' 727, § 9
. G. L. 140, § 102.
21 . . .
G. L. 152. §§46, 47.
" 727, § 10
. S. 1912. 675. § 3.
" 751,11, §22 .
S. 1914. 708. § 8.
" 727, §§ 11
12 G. L. 140. §§ 104. 105.
" 751,111, §§1-5
S. 1912. 571. §§ 6-10.
" 727, § 13
. S. 1912, 675, § 4.
" 751, III, § 6 .
S. 1912. 571, § 11; R. 1917,
" 727, §§ 14-
-16 G. L. 140. §§ 107-109.
297, § 3.
" 727, § 17
. S. 1912, 675, § .5.
•• 751,111, §7 .
S. 1912, 571, § 12.
" 727, § 18
. G. L. 140, § 111.
•• 751,111, §8 .
S. 1914, 708, § 10.
" 727, § 19
. PartG.L. 140, §114; parte.
" 751,111, §9 .
R. 1917, 297, § 5.
" 727, § 20
. Temporary.
■' 751,111, §§10,
" 727, § 21
. G. L. 140, § 78.
11 . . .
S. 1912, 571, §§ 13, 14.
" 727, § 22
. S. 1912, 675, § 6.
" 751,111, §§12,
" 728 .
. G. L. 3, §§ 39, 43, 49.
13 . . .
S. 1914, 708, §§ 11, 12.
". 731, §1
. S. 1913, 368.
" 751,111, §14
S. 1917, 297, § 10.
" 731, §2
. G. L. 71, §45.
■■ 751, III, § 15
S. 1913, 448.
" 731, §3
. G. L. 71, § 67.
" 751,111, §16
S. 1912, 571, § 15.
" 731, §4
. G. L. 71, §§45. 67.
" 751,111, §17
G. L. 152. § 18.
" 735 .
. S. 1913,835. §182; R. 1913,
" 751,111, §18
S. 1913. 746, § 1.
835, § 503.
" 751, IV, § 1 .
S. 1915. Sp. 314, § 1.
" 736, § 1
. G. L. 207. § 19.
" 751, IV, §2 .
S. 1914, 338.
" 736, § 2
. S. 1912. 463. § 1.
" 751.IV, §§ 3-
" 736, § 3
. G. L. 207, §§ 33, 53.
12 . . .
Special.
" 736, § 4
. S. 1912, 463, § 2.
" 751, IV, § 13 .
PartG. L. 152, § 53; part S.
" 736, § 5
. S. 1919. 168. § 2.
1916, 200, § 1 ; part Special.
" 736, § 6
. G. L. 207. § 29.
•■ 751, IV, §§14,
" 743 .
. S. 1920, 627. §§ 1, 2.
15 . . .
Special.
" 745 .
. S. 1912, 275, § 1; R. 1912.
" 751. IV, §§16,
275, § 2.
17 . . .
PartG. L. 152, § 53; part S.
•' 747 .
. S. 1913, 733; R. 1917, 327.
1916, 200, § 1.
§268.
'■ 751, IV, § 18 .
G. L. 152, § 64.
" 748, § 1
. S. 1914, 712, § 1.
•■ 751, IV, §19.
S. 1914, 661, § 1.
" 748, § 2
. Part G. L. 91, § 3; part S.
" 751, IV, §20.
G. L. 152. § 21.
1916, 288, § 3.
" 751, IV. §21.
S. 1912. 571. § 16.
" 748, § 3
. Part G. L. 91, § 3; part S.
" 751. IV, §22 .
G. L. 152. § 25.
1919, 550, § 12; part
" 751, IV, §23.
S. 1915. Sp. 314. §1;R. 1915,
Temporary.
Sp. 314, § 2.
'■ 748. § 4
. Parte. L. 91, §§1,3; parts.
" 751, IV, § 24 .
O.
1919, 325.
" 751,V, §1 .
G. L. 152, § 23.
" 748, § 5
. G. L. 91, § 5.
" 751, V, §2 .
Part G. L. 152, § 1; part S.
" 748, § 6
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
1913, 568.
" 748, § 7
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 6,
" 751, V, §§3,4
S. 1912, 571, §§ 17, 18.
14, 16.
" 751, V, §5 .
O.
" 748, § 8
. G. L. 91, § 7.
" 755, § 1 . .
S. 1913, 784, §§ 10, 22.
" 748, § 9
. S. 1912, 181.
" 755, § 2 . .
S. 1913, 784, §§ 10, 23.
" 748, § 10
. G. L. 91, §4.
" 755. § 3 . .
O.
" 748, |§11
12 G. L. 91. §§8.9.
" 755, § 4 . .
Part S. 1913, 784, §§ 8, 9;
" 748, § 13
. S. 1916. 288. § 4.
part O.
" 748, § 14
. Temporary.
■' 755. § 5 . .
0.
" 748, § 15
. G. L. 91, § 16.
•• 755. § 6 . .
S. 1913. 784, §6; 1918, 283,
" 748, § 16
. G. L. 91, § 57.
§ 2; part R. 1913, 784, § 6.
" 748, § 17
. Special.
" 755. § 7 . .
O.
•' 751,1, §1
. G. L. 152, § 66.
" Res. 5 . .
G. L. 6, § 14.
" 751.1, §§1
i, 3 G. L. 152, § 67.
" Res. 103 . .
Part G. L. 20. § 5; part S.
" 751, 1, §4
. Part G. L. 152, § 68; part S.
1912,507, §§12, 13; 1919.
1913, 807, § 4.
350. § 37.
" 751, 1. § 5
. Part G. L. 152, § 24; part S.
1912. 3, §§ 1-4
G. L. 29, §§49-52.
1912, 666, § 2.
3, §5 . .
G. L. 29, § 45.
" 751, II, §§
1,2 G. L. 152. §§26, 27.
'■ 7, § 1 . .
S. 1917, 2, § 1; R. 1917, 2,
" 751, II, § ;
i . S. 1912, 571, § 1.
§2.
" 751, 11, I ^
t . S. 1916, 90.
" 13 . . . .
S. 1918. 203.
" 751,11, §§
5-7 S. 1914, 708, §§ 1-3.
" 17 . . . .
Part G. L. Ill, § 66; part
" 751, II, i
i . S. 1917, 269.
O.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
912, 24
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 75; R.
1912, 155 . .
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" 156 . .
45
. G. L. 44, § 24.
" 157 . .
49,
§1
. PartG. L. 44, §26; part O.
49,
§2
Special.
" 158 . .
52
. G. L. 175, § 146.
" 159 . .
53
. G. L. 172, §41.
" 160 . .
54
. G.L. 172, §31.
" 161 . .
58
. S. 1917,327, §§176,254; R.
" 162 . .
1917, 327, § 268.
" 163 . .
59
. G. L. Ill, §8.
61
. G. L. 5, § 4.
" 165 . .
62
. S. 1917, Sp. 244.
" 170 . .
64
. G. L. 36, §§4, 7.
" 171 . .
66
. S. 1914, 615; part R. 1918,
" 172 . .
257, § 8.
" 173 . .
67
. S. 1917,327, §§51, 131,230;
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 174, § 1 .
70
. PartG. L. 168, §43; part S.
" 175 . .
1913, 130; part R. 1913,
" 181 . .
130.
" 182 . .
71
. S. 1914, 45; R. 1914, 370, §3.
73
. G. L. 172, § 21.
" 184 . .
74
. S. 1920, 333.
77,
Hi-
5 . G. L. 126, §§ 30-32.
" 185 . .
79
. PartG.L. 73, §§l,4;partO.
" 187 . .
SO
. S. 1913, 421, § 1.
" 189 . .
82
. G. L. 176, § 47.
" 190 . .
87
. S. 1917,327, §§128,228; R.
" 191 . .
1917, 327, § 268.
" 192 . .
90
. G. L. 172, § 42.
" 197 . .
96
. G. L. 149, § 103.
" 201 . .
97
. G. L. 167, § 7.
'■ 203 . .
" 103
. G. L. 127, §§ 131, 132.
" 209 . .
'■ 104
. S. 1917, 190.
'• 212 . .
" 106
. S. 1915, 266.
" 218, §1 .
" 109
. G. L. 5, § 3.
" 218, §2 .
" 110,
ll
. S. 1913, 573, §§ 1, 2; R.
" 218, §3 .
1913, 573, § 4.
" 218. §§4, 5
" 110,
§2
. S. 1913, 573, § 3; R. 1913,
" 218, §6 .
573, § 4.
" 218, §7 .
" 114
. G.L. 71, §§61,63.
■' 218, §§8, 9
" 115
. S. 1918, 257, § 146.
" 219 . .
" 117
. S. 1917, 327, § 53; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
" 221 . .
" 119
. G. L. 175, § 130.
" 223, § 1 .
" 120
. S. 1913, 752, § 2.
" 223, §§2, 3
" 122
. G. L. 168, § 46.
" 22.3, §§4, 5
" 123
. G. L. 90, § 29.
" 226 . .
" 124
. S. 1914, 198, § 6 [§ 40
(Third)].
" 229, § 1 .
" 128
. G. L. 167, § 10.
" 229, § 2 .
" 129,
§§l-i
. G.L. 130, §§64-66.
" 134
. G. L. 221, § 72.
" 233 . .
" 135
. S. 1917,279, §§1-4; R. 1917,
279, § 40.
" 234 . .
" 138
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 238 . .
" 138,
§1
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 105 (fl), 213.
" 241, § 1 .
" 138,
§2
. S. 1912, 464, § 9.
" 246 . .
" 139
. G. L. 175, § 50.
" 248, § 1 .
" 142
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 144, 238;
" 248, § 2 .
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 249 . .
" 144
. G. L. 5, § 3.
" 145
. S. 1914, 370, § 1; R. 1914,
" 251 . .
370, § 3.
" 252 . .
" 147
. S. 1917, 327, § 18; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
" 253 . .
" 149
. S. 1916, 40, § 1; R. 1916,
" 254 . .
40, § 2.
" 254, § 1 .
" 151
. PartG.L. Ill, §92; part S.
" 254, §2 .
1914, 647; 1920, 108, § 1;
" 254, §3 .
part R. 1916, 286, § 15.
" 254, §4 .
" 154
. S. 1913, 653.
" 256 . .
G. L. 140, § 51.
G. L. 159, § 77.
S. 1912, 320, § 1; R. 1912,
320, § 2.
G. L. 127, § 141.
G. L. 220, § 18.
G. L. 217, § 33.
G. L. 205, § 15.
G. L. 175, §§ 27, 2.8.
Part R. 1913, 563, § 9; part
O.
G. L. 119, § 48.
S. 1919, 364, § 1.
G. L. 167, § 20.
S. 1912, 571, § 3.
PartG. L. 167, §2; part O.
S. 1919, 177, § 1; R. 1919,
177, § 2.
S. 1920, 349, § 2.
S. 1912, 663, § 1.
S. 1914, 791, § 4; R. 1914,
791, § 16.
S. 1913, 611, § 3; R. 1913,
611, § 18.
S. 1918, 151, § 2.
G. L. 119, § 64.
G. L. 63, §§ 11, 12.
G. L. 235, § 1.
PartG. L. 149, § 1; part O.
S. 1915. 253, § 1.
G. L. 264, § 7.
O.
S. 1917, 170. § 1.
G. L. 212. § 20.
S. 1915. 76.
S. 1918. 257. § 222.
G. L. 94. § 26.
S. 1919. 301. § 9.
G. L. 94. §§28, 29.
G. L.94, §31.
G. L. 94, § 30.
O.
S. 1918, 287, § 1.
S. 1917, 344, IV, § 27; R.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
G. L. 45, § 15.
S. 1918, 124.
G. L. 45, § 16.
S. 1914, 390.
Parts. 1913, 835, §353; R.
1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1913, 835, § 496; R. 1913,
835, § 603.
S. 1914,742, §181; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
G. L. 65, § 26.
R. 1918, 129, § 2.
S. 1913, 180.
S. 1913, 713.
G. L. 94, §§ 131, 132.
S. 1916, 139.
S. 1914, 742, § 147; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
G.L. 153, §6; 229, § 10.
S. 1913, 835, §398; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
G. L. 218, §§61, 62. 83.
R. 1913. 835. § 503.
S. 1913, 835. § 138.
S. 1913, 835. §§97, 139.
S. 1913, 835, § 140.
S. 1913, 835, § 142.
S. 1917, 243.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1912, 257,
" 257,
" 260
263
264
265
269
270
271
272,
272,
273
276,
277,
277,
277,
280,
283,
283,
283,
284
289
298
304
307
308
310
311
312,
312,
312,
315
317,
317,
318
320,
322
325
330
331
332
335
336
347
352
il . . G. L. 91, §24.
I 2 . . G. L. 91, § 52.
S. 1913, 240; R. 1918, 257,
§378.
S. 1913,835, §124; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1916, 78.
G. L. 273, § 9.
S. 1913, 835, § 126; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1913,835, §262; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1914,715; 1916,284, §5;
1917, 327, § 87 (o) ; R.
1917, 327, § 268.
G. L. 276, § 24.
S. 1917, 170, § 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 382.
G. L. 58, § 7.
S. 1918, 257, § 33.
. S. 1913, 516; R. 191.3, 835,
§503.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 97, 114; R.
1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1912, 446, § 3; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1912, 483, § 2; 1913, 835,
§118; R. 1913,835, §503.
S. 1913, 815, § 5; R. 1913,
815, § 9.
R. 1913, 815, § 9.
G. L. 107, § 46.
G. L. 167, §19(seeG.L. 107,
§46).
) 3 . . G. L. 107, § 18.
!§1, 2 . Part G. L. 46, §3; part O.
S. 1915, 159.
|2 . . S. 1915,187, §11; 1917, 275,
§ 13; R. 1917, 275, § 22.
1 3 . . G. L. 94, § 215.
S. 1913, 176.
G. L. 221, § 85.
S. 1917, 99; R. 1919, 177,
§2.
G. L. 209, § 3.
S. 1912, 473 ; 1913, 835, § 279 ;
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
G. L. 39, § 13.
G. L. 273, § 9.
S. 1913, 750.
G. L. 59, § 48.
1 2 . . S. 1913, 694.
I 3 . . G. L. 59, § 94.
S. 1914, 690, § 1.
G. L. 231, §§ 112, 115.
Temporary.
S. 1914, 328, § 2.
S. 1913, 391.
S. 1913, 70.
G. L. 278, § 23.
G. L. 175, §§ 5, 18, 105.
G. L. 117, § 18.
Parte. L. 217, §23; part S.
1919, 353, § 4.
S. 1919, 177, § 1; R. 1919,
177, § 2.
S. 1913, 655, § 1; R. 1913,
655, § 61.
G. L. 169, §§2, 3.
S. 1914, 690, § 1.
S. 1913, 645.
S. 1914, 370, § 1; R. 1914,
370, § 3.
912, 353
" 354
" 357
" 358
" 360,
§1
" 362
" 363,
§1
363,
§3 .
363,
§4 .
365
365,
§i '.
365,
§2 .
368,
§1 .
368,
§2 .
368,
§3 .
368,
§4 .
368,
§5 .
368,
§§6,7
368,
§8 .
368,
§9 .
372
375
377,
§1 .'
377,
§2 .
378
379
380,
§1 .
380,
§2 .
382
384
387
388
389
390
391
394,
§1 '
394,
§2 .
396
398,
§§1.2
398,
§3 .
399
400 . .
401, §§1,2
401, §3 .
401, §4 .
403 . .
406 . .
407 . .
409 . .
411 . .
419, §§1,2
419, §3 .
G. L. 217, § 33.
G. L. 229, § 3.
G. L. 168, § 15.
S. 1917, 327, § 69; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
G. L. 244, § 14.
G. L. 9, § 2.
Part G. L. 32, § 1; part S.
1914, 568, § 1.
Part G. L. 32, § 2; part ,S.
1918, 257, §§ 101, 102;
part O.
S. 1918, 257, § 103.
PartG. L. 32, §§5 (2), 6 (6);
part S. 1918, 257, § 107;
1920, 416, § 3.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917, 327, § 195 (a).
S. 1912, 720, § 2.
PartG. L. 72, § 1; part O.
G. L. 72, § 1.
S. 1913, 356.
G. L. 72, §§3,8.
G. L. 72, § 4.
G. L. 72, § 5.
G. L. 72, § 6.
G. L. 72, § 8.
G. L. 91, § 58.
G. L. 160, § 246.
PartG. L. 35, §43; 44, §52;
part S. 1916, 152.
G. L. 35, §43; 44, § 61.
S. 1914, 620.
S. 1913, 249; R. 1919, 296,
§ 14.
G. L. 125, § 31.
S. 1919, 233, § 1; R. 1919,
233, § 2.
G. L. 262, § 4.
G. L. 147, § 10.
G. L. 41, § 54.
S. 1913, 529, § 2; R. 1913,
529, § 4.
G. L. 138, § 5.
G. L. 60, § 46.
Part G. L. 269, § 11 ; part O.
G. L. 212, § 6; 218, § 1.
Special.
G. L. 175, § 70.
S. 1913, 835, § 1; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1913,835, §258; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
S. 1913, 664; 1916,221, § 1;
1917, 105, § 2; 327,
§§ 168, 250, 256; R. 1916,
221, § 2; 1917, 105, § 3;
327, § 268.
S. 1919, 294, § 1.
S. 1920, 147, §§1,2.
G. L. 175, § 184.
S. 1920, 147, § 3.
G. L. 175, §§ 74, 75.
S. 1914, 546.
S. 1916, 40, § 1; R. 1916,
40, § 2.
R. 1913, 746, § 2.
S. 1918, 241, § 1; R. 1918,
241, § 2.
G. L. 218, § 8.
G. L. 266, §§ 7, 8.
S. 1916, 51, § 1; R. 1916,
51, § 5.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
912,419, §4
. S. 1916, 51, § 4; R. 1916,
1912,496 . .
. S. 1917, 94.
51, § 5.
" 497 . .
. S. 1914, 700, §§ 1-3.
•■ 437
. R. 1914, 742, § 199.
" 498 . .
. Part G. L. 217, §§ 24, 26;
" 437, § 1
. S. 1914, 742, §§ 190, 191,
part S. 1919, 353, § 5.
198.
" 499 . .
. G. L. 218, § 70.
•■ 437, § 2
. S. 1914, 742, § 192.
" 500, § 1 .
. S. 1914, 424, § 1.
" 438 .
. G. L. 131, §67.
" 500, § 2 .
. Temporary.
" 441
. S. 1917, 327, §§113, 219(a);
" 502, § 1 .
. G. L. 183, § 8.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 502, § 2 .
. G. L. 183, § 10 and Appen-
•■ 442, § 1
. G. L. Ill, §70.
dix, form 1.
" 442, §2
, G. L. Ill, §70; 233, §79.
" 502, §3 .
. G. L. 183, § 11 and .Appen-
" 443 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 147.
dix, form 2.
" 444, § 1
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 110 (W,
" 502, §§4, 5
. G. L. 183, Appendix, forms
218 (a); R. 1917, 327,
3,4.
§268.
■• 502, § 6 .
. S. 1913, 369.
" 444, § 2
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 110 (c, e),
•■ 502, §§ 7-12
. G. L. 183, Appendix, forms
218 (6); R. 1917, 327,
7-12.
§268.
" 502, § 13 .
. G. L. 18.3, § 9.
" 445, § 1
. S. 1918, 257, § 476.
" 502, § 14 .
. G. L. 183, § 12.
" 446 .
. R. 1913, 835, § 503.
" 502, § 15 .
. G. L. 183, § 14.
" 446, 1 1
. S. 1913, 835, § 203.
" 502, §§ 16, 1
7 G. L. 183, §§ 16, 17.
" 446, § 2
. S. 1913, 835, § 117.
" 502, § 18 .
. G. L. 183, § 19.
" 446, § 3
. S. 1913, 835, § 120.
" 502, § 19 .
. G. L. 183, § 13.
" 447, §§ 1-^
I . G. L. 32, §§52-55.
" 502, § 20 .
. G. L. 183, § 28.
" 448 .
. S. 1914, 627.
" 502, § 21 .
. G. L. 183, § 15.
" 452 .
. S. 1913, 758.
" 502, §§ 22-2
4 G. L. 183, §§ 25-27.
" 457, § 1
. S. 1914, 198, § 6.
" 502, § 25 .
. S. 1920, 495, § 1; R. 1920,
" 457, § 2
. G. L. 63, § 61.
495, § 2.
" 459
. G. L. 223, § 1.32.
" 503, § 1 .
. .S. 1915, 47.
" 462, § 1
. G. L. 218, § 65.
" 503, § 2 .
. Part G. L. 32, § 77; part
" 463, § 1
. S. 1914, 428, § 1.
Temporary.
" 463, § 2
. G. L. 207, § 30.
" 503, § 3 .
. Temporary.
" 464 .
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 503, § 4 .
. G. L. 32, § 77.
" 464, § 1
, Part S. 1917, 327, § 212.
" 506 . .
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 464, § 2
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 105 (i), 211.
" 506, § 1 .
. S. 1914, 718, § 1.
" 464, § 3
. S. 1916, 284, § 9.
" 506, § 4 .
. R. 1914, 362, § 1.
" 464, § 4
. S. 1915, 203.
" 507, § 1 .
. S. 1919, 350, § 37.
" 464, § 5
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 105 (c).
" 507, § 2 .
. G. L. 128, § 17.
209(c).
" 507, § 3 .
. S. 1916, 91, § 1.
" 464, § 6
. Parts. 1917, 327, § 209 (a).
" 507, § 4 .
. G. L. 128, § 19.
" 464, § 7
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 105 (/),
" 507, § 5 .
. S. 1919, 331, § 1.
209 (e).
" 507, §§ 6, 7
. S. 1915, 161, §§ 1, 2.
" 464, § 9
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 107, 212.
" 507, § 8 .
. G. L. 128, § 25.
" 464, § 10
. Part S. 1917, 327, § 108.
'■ 507, §9 .
. S. 1916, 91, § 3.
" 465, § 1
. S. 1913, 250.
■■ 507, § 10 .
. G. L. 128, § 29.
■' 465, § 2
. G. L. 21, §7.
" 507, §11 .
. Part G. L. 128, § 30; part O.
" 466 .
. G. L. 38, §§ 1, 2.
•■ 507, § 12 .
. S. 1918, 193.
" 467 .
. G. L. 94, § 136.
" 507, § 13 .
. G. L. 128, § 28.
" 468 .
. G. L. Ill, § 65.
" 507, § 14 .
. Part G. L. 20, § 5; 128,
" 470 .
. G. L. 46, § 10.
§§ 16, 17; part S. 1919,
" 471, § 1
. S. 1913, 835, § 44; R. 1913,
350, § 37.
835, § 503.
" 507, § 15 .
. Temporary.
" 471, § 2
. S. 1913, 835, § 76; R. 1913,
" 507, § 16 .
. O.
835, § 503.
" 512, § 1 .
. G. L. 11, §3.
" 472, § 1
. O.
" 512, §2 .
. S. 1915, 274, § 1; R. 1915,
" 472, § 2
. G. L. 167, § 22.
274, § 2.
" 473 .
. S. 1913,835, §279; R. 1913,
" 515 . .
. S. 1913,835, §232; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
835, § 503.
" 474 .
. G. L. 94, § 17.
" 516 . .
. S. 1913, 294.
" 477 .
. S. 1913, 758.
" 519 . .
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 180-184,
" 479 .
. R. 1913, 806, § 13.
187 (b), 257 (o), 258 (a-c).
" 4S1, §1
. S. 1914, 56; R. 1919, 293,
259 (a, 6). 262; R. 1917,
§5.
327, § 268.
" 482 .
. G. L. 276, § 28.
" 522, § 1 .
. G. L. 9, § 2.
" 483 .
. S. 1913, 835, §§ 117, 118;
" 523 . .
. G. L. 131, §§ 36, 45.
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
" 524 . .
. S. 1916, 135.
" 486 .
. G. L. Ill, § 155.
" 527, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 94, § 1; part 0.
" 488 .
. G. L. 160, § 200.
" 527, §§2-4
. G. L. 94, §§ 225-227.
" 4S9, § 1
. S. 1914, 288; R. 1916, 149,
" 527, §§5, 6
. S. 1917, 47, §§ 1, 2.
§3.
" 527, §§ 7, 8
. G. L. 94, §§ 230, 231.
" 491 .
. S. 1914, 198, § 6.
" 527, § 9 .
. G. L. 75, § 20; 94, § 232.
" 493 .
. G. L. 192, § 2.
" 527, § 10 .
. G. L. 94, § 233.
" 495 .
. G. L. 271, § 39.
" 527, §§11,1
2 G. L. 94, § 234.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1912, 527, § 13 .
. G. L. 94, § 235.
1912,571,
§6 . .
•' 527, § 14 .
. O.
" 528 . .
. S. 1914, 455.
" 571,
§7 .
" 530. § 1 .
. G. L. 123, § 25.
" 571,
§8 .
'■ 530, § 2 .
. Gone to many places.
" 571,
§9 .
" 530, § 3 .
. Part G. L. 123, § 25;
part
" 571
§10 .
Special.
" 571,
§11 .
" 531, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 146, §§6-9;
part
" 571,
§12 .
0.
" 571,
§§13, 14
" 531, §2 .
. Part G. L. 146, § 10;
part
" 571,
§15 .
O.
" 571,
§16 .
" 531, §3 .
. G. L. 146, §§ 14, 15.
" 571,
§17 .
" 531, §4 .
. G. L. 146, § 21.
" 571,
§18 .
" 531, §5 .
PartG. L. 146, §22; part O.
" 575
" 531, §6 .
. G. L. 146, § 23.
■■ 576
" 531, §7 .
G. L. 146, § 25.
" 532, § 1 .
G. L. 138, § 53.
•• 577
" 532, § 2 .
O.
" 580
" 533, § 1 .
O.
" 581
" 533, § 2 .
. S. 1913, 833, § 1.
" 584
" 533, § 3 .
S. 1913, 833, §§ 1, 2.
" 585
" 533, § 4 .
O.
" 586
" 535, §§ 1, 2
G. L. 207, §§21,22.
" 587,
§1 '■
" 535, § 3 .
G. L. 207, § 32.
" 545 . .
S. 1914, 347, § 5; R.
1914,
347, § 6.
" 587,
§2 .
" 546, §§ 1, 2
G. L. 48, § 57.
" 587,
§3 .
" 546, §3 .
Temporary.
" 587,
§4 .
" 547, § 1 .
Part G. L. 221, § 4; part S.
1918,287, §§ 1,3.
" 587,
§ 5, cl. 1
" 548 . .
S. 1919, 287, § 1.
" 587,
§ 5, cl. 2
" 549 . .
S. 1914, 587, § 1.
" 587,
§6 .
" 552 . .
S. 1912,711.
" 589
" 554 . .
R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1
" 592
" 554, § 1 .
S. 1917, 344, II, § 1.
" 593
" 554, §§2-7
S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 3-8
" 554, §§8, 9
S. 1917,344,11, §§ 12,
13.
■' 595
" 554, § 10 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 34.
" 597
" 660, § 1 .
PartG. L. 9, § 9; 44,
§45;
•■ 603
149, § 169; part S.
1919,
" 604
350, §§ 26, 52-55.
" 604,
§1 '
" 561 . .
S. 1919, 287, § 1.
" 562 . .
. G. L. 127, § 90.
■' 563 . .
S. 1918,211, § 1; 1919
§1.
362,
" 604,
■■ 606
§3 .
■' 565, § 1 .
G. L. 127, § 53.
" 60S,
§1 '.
" 565, §2 .
G. L. 127, § 57.
" 608,
§2 . .
" 565, § 3 .
G. L. 127, §§53,54,64
" 608,
§3 .
" 565, §§4, 5
G. L. 127, §§ 59, 60.
" 608,
§4 .
" 566, § 1 .
Part G. L. 74, §§ 26
. 27;
" 608,
§5 . .
part S. 1917, 247,
§ 1;
" 608,
§6 .
part O.
" 608,
§7 .
" 566, § 2 .
. Part S. 1914, 544, § 1 ;
part
" 608,
§§8,9
R. 1914, 544, § 2;
part
" 614
Special.
" 621
" 566, § 3 .
. Part G. L. 74, §§ 11
, 25;
" 622,
§1 '
part O.
" 623,
§§1-5
" 566, § 4 .
. S. 1917, 247, § 3; R.
1917,
" 623,
§6 .
247, § 6.
" 623,
§§7,8 .
'• 566, § 5 .
. Part G. L. 74, § 34; part S.
" 623,
§9 .
1917, 247, § 5.
" 623,
§§10,11
" 566, § 6 .
. G. L. 74, § 38.
" 623,
§§12,13
" 567, §§ 1-6
. G. L. 131, §§ 81-86.
" 623,
§14 .
" 567, § 7 .
. G. L. 131, §89.
" 623,
§15 .
" 567, § 8 .
. G. L. 131, § 87.
" 623,
§§16-18
" 567, § 10 .
. G. L. 131, § 88.
" 623,
§§ 19-21
" 568 . .
. S. 1917,327, §§170,251; R.
" 623,
§22 .
1917, 327, § 268.
" 623,
§23 .
■' 571, § 1 .
. G. L. 152, § 28.
■" 623,
§24 .
" 571, §2 .
. S. 1913, 696.
" 623,
§25 .
" 571, §3 .
. G. L. 152, § 42.
" 623,
§§ 26-28
" 571, §4 .
. G. L. 152, § 45.
•' 623,
§29 .
" 571, §5 .
. S. 1918, 119.
" 623,
§§30-32
Part G. L. 24, § 2; part S.
1917,297, § 1; part O.
S. 1913, 48.
S. 1915, 123.
G. L. 152, § 6.
S. 1914, 708, § 9.
R. 1917, 297, § 3.
S. 1917, 297, §4.
S. 1917, 297, §§ 6, 7.
G. L. 152, § 16.
G. L. 152, § 22.
Part G. L. 152, § 52; part O.
O.
S. 1920, 422, § 1.
S. 1918, 272, § 1; R. 1918,
272, § 5.
G. L. 132, § 9.
G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 2 (e~g).
G. L. 160, § 174.
S. 1919, 353, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1919, 353, §§ 1, 2, 11.
G. L. 156, §§ 2, 45.
Part G. L. 74, §§ 26, 27;
part S. 1917, 176, § 1;
part O.
Special.
PartG. L. 74, § 11; part O.
Part G. L. 74, §§ 11, 25;
part O.
G. L. 74, §§ 7, 32, 33.
G. L. 74, §§8,30.
G. L. 74, § 38.
S. 1914, 587, § 4.
S. & R. 1916, 33.
S. 1913, 710; R. 1917, 327,
§268.
S. 1914, 598, § 24.
G. L. 31, § 4.
O.
Part R. 1913, 748, § 2.
S. 1913, 748, § 1; 1914, 509,
§ 1; 1917,333; 1918,208;
1919, 362, § 1.
O.
G. L. 220, § 16.
O.
S. 1919, 350, § 40.
S. 1914, 490, § 1.
.S. 1913, 329.
G. L. 129, § 28.
G. L. 129, § 15.
G. L. 129, § 26.
Temporary.
S. 1919, 350, § 101.
G. L. 59, § 33.
G. L. 25, § 6.
G. L. 170, §§ 2-6.
S. 1914, 643, § 1.
G. L. 170, §§ 8, 9.
S. 1915, 38.
S. 1914, 643, §§ 2, 3.
G. L. 170, §§ 14, 15.
S. 1914, 613, § 4.
G. L. 170, § 17.
S. 1914, 643, §§ 5-7.
G. L. 170, §§21-23.
S. 1917, 52.
G. L. 170, § 25.
S. 1918, 83, § 2.
S. 1918, 101.
G. L. 170, §§ 28-30.
G. L. 170, § 32.
G. L. 170, §§ 36-38.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1912, 623
§§33,
34
623
§§35-40
623
§41 .
623
§§42,43
623
§44 .
623
§46 .
629
§§1^
632
635
§i '.
635
§2 .
635
§3 .
635
§4 .
635
§§5-S
635
§9 .
635
§10 .
635
§11 .
635
§12 .
635
§13 .
635
§14 .
635
§15 .
635
§16 .
635
§17 .
635
§18 .
' 635
§19 .
635
§20 .
' 635
§21 .
' 635
§22 .
635
§23 .
635
§24 .
635
§25 .
' 635
§26 .
' 635
§27
' 635
§28
635
§§29,
30
' 635
§31 .
' 635
§32 .
635
§33 .
635
§34 .
' 635
§§35,
36
' 635
§37
' 635
§38
' 635
§39
' 635
§40
' 635
§41
' 635
§42
' 635
§§43,
44
' 635
§45
' 635
§§46-48
' 635
§49
' 635
§50
' 635
§51
' 635
§52
' 635
§53
' 635
§54
' 635
§§55.
56
' 635
§57
' 635
§58
' 635
§59
' 635
§60
' 635
§§61-
64
' 635
§65
■ 635
§66
' 635
§67
■ 635
§§68-
72'
' 635
§73
' 635
§§74-
78'
' 635
§79
' 635
§80
' 635
§§81-
86'
S. 1914, 643, §§ 8, 9.
G. L. 170, §§ 41-46.
Part G. L. 170, § 47; part O.
G. L. 170, §§48,49.
Special.
O.
G. L. 168, §§ 18-21.
S. 1919, 169, § 2.
O.
G. L. 145, § 2.
G. L. 145, § 9.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4.
G. L. 145, §§ 5-8.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 10.
G. L. 145, §§3, 11.
G. L. 145, §§3, 12.
G. L. 14,5, §§ 3, 13.
G. L. 145, §§3, 14.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 15.
G. L. 145, § 16.
(By reference) G. L. 145,
§§3,17.
G. L. 145, §§3, 18.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 19.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 20.
G. L. 145, §§3, 21.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 22.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 23.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 24.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 25.
G. L. 145, § 26.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 27.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 28.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 29.
(By reference) G. L. 145, §4.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 30.
G. L. 145, §§3, 31.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 32.
G. L. 145, § 33.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 34.
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 35.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4,
(By reference) G. L. 145
§36.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4,
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 37.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4,
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 38.
G. L. 145, § 39.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4,
G. L. 145, §§ 3, 40.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4,
Part G.L. 145, §§3,41; part
S. 1913, 614.
G. L. 145, § 42.
G. L. 145, § 43.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4.
(By reference) G. L. 145,
§44.
G. L. 145, § 45.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4
G. L. 145, § 46.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4
G. L. 145, § 47.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4
G. L. 145, § 4S.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 4
G. L. 145, § 49.
(By reference) G. L. 145, § 50
G. L. 145, §§ 61-56.
1912,635, §§87,88
§ 89-92
635,
635,
635,
637,
637,
638
639,
641
041,
641,
641,
641,
641,
641,
041,
641,
648,
648,
649,
649,
649,
649,
649,
649,
649,
649,
651,
651,
651,
651,
651,
651,
651,
651,
652,
652,
652,
652,
652,
652,
653,
653,
653,
654
658
660
§1
§§3,4
§5
§§6-8
§9
§10
§11
§1
§2
§1
I §3-6
|7
l§8, 9
llO
§11
§12
§1
§§2,3
§4
§5
§6
§7
§§8,9
§ 10
§§1,2
§3
§4
§§5-8
§9
§10
663, § 1
663,
663,
664
665
666, § 1
666,
672,
674,
674,
675,
675,
(By reference) G. L. 145,
§§ 57, 58.
G. L. 145, §§ 59-62.
PartG. L. 145, § 63; part O.
Part G. L. 145, § 1 ; part O.
S. 1916, 57.
S. 1920, 238, § 2.
S. 1915, Sp. 329, § 1: R.
1915, Sp. 329. § 3.
PartG. L. 6, §3; part O.
R. 1913, 835, § 503.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 212, 249.
S. 1913, 835, § 250.
S. 1913, 835, § 251.
S. 1913, 835, § 245.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 252-254.
S. 1913, 835, § 294.
S. 1913, 835, § 255.
S. 1913, 835, § 474.
S. 1916, 109.
S. 1913, 612, § 1.
Part G. L. 21S, § 54; 223,
§2; parts. 1916, 174, § 1.
S. 1914, 35, § 2.
G. L. 231, §§ 104-107.
Temporary.
S. 1914, 35, §§ 3, 4.
Part G. L. 218, § 53; part
S. 1913, 726; 1917, 262;
1918, 287, § 1; part O.
S. 1913, 430.
G. L. 218, § 52.
G. L. 93, § 8.
G. L. 93, § 9.
G. L. 93, § 10.
G. L. 93, § 8.
G. L. 93, § 12.
R. 1918, 257, § 220.
G. L. 93, § 11.
O.
S. 1917, 149, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1919, 28.
S. 1920, 297, § 2.
S. 1917, 149, §§ 3-6.
G. L. 94, § 67.
G. L. 94, § 73.
G. L. 149, § 54.
O.
G. L. 149, § 54.
S. 1919, 353, § 3.
G. L. 217, §§.30,39.
S. 1918, 211, § 1; 1919, 362,
§§1,2.
Part G. L. 91, § 6; part S.
1916, 232.
Special.
Temporary.
S. 1915, 254, § 1.
S. 1917, 327, § 41; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
G. L. 152, § 52.
G. L. 152, § 24.
PartG. L. 218, § 10; part S.
1917, 330, §§ 1, 2; 19'l8,
211, §1.
G. L. 57, § 1.
Part G. L. 57
1916, 226, §
1916, 226, § 6.
PartG. L. 26, §§3, 4; part S.
1913, 638; 1919, 350, §§45,
49.
S. 1913, 347, § 1.
§ 1; part S.
1-5; part R.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1912, 675, § 3
. G. L. 140, § 103.
" 675. §4
. G. L. 140, § 106.
" 675, § 5
. S. 1913. 347, § 2.
" 675, § 6
. G. L. 154, § 2.
" 678, § 1
. S. 1913, 498, § 1; 1916, 26S,
§1-
" 678, § 2
. Part G. L. 65, § 36; part O.
" 678, § 3
. G. L. 65, § 36.
" 683 .
. G. L. 92, § 66.
" 684, § 1
. S. 1916,40, § 1;R. 1916,40,
§2.
i . R. 1916, 40, § 2.
" 684. §§2,
" 695 .
. R. 1914. 198, § 6 (§ 64).
" 700. § 1
. G. L. 112. § 66.
" 700, § 2
. S. 1920. 512, § 1.
" 700. § 3
. G. L. 13. § 17.
" 700, §§4-(
) . S. 1920. 512, §§ 2-4.
" 700. § 7
. S. 1920, 403.
" 700. § 8
. G. L. 112. § 71.
" 700, §§9,
10 . S. 1920, 512, §§ 6, 7.
" 705. § 1
. O.
" 705, § 2
. S. 1918, 262, § 4.
" 706, § 1
. .S. 1916, 303. § 1.
" 706, § 2
. Part G. L. 23, § 13; part S.
1919, 350, § 12.
" 706, § 3
. G. L. 23, § 12; 151, § 1.
" 706, § 4
. S. 1914, 368, § 1.
" 706. §§5.
3 . S. 1913, 673, §§ 1, 2.
" 706, § 7
. R. 1914, 368, § 3.
" 706, § 8
. S. 1920, 387.
'■ 706. §§9,
0 . G. L. 151, §§ 6, 7.
" 706, § 11
. S. 1913, 330.
" 706, § 12
. G. L. 151. § 9.
" 706, § 13
. S. 1913, 673, § 3.
" 706, §§ 14-
-16 G. L. 151, §§ 11-13.
" 706, § 17
. Part G. L. 151, § 15; part S.
1919, 350, § 8.
■' 711
. G. L. 77, § 12.
■' 712. §1
. G. L. 220, § 16.
" 715 .
. O.
■' 719, §1
. S. 1914, 698, § 1; R. 1914,
698, § 2.
" 719, §2
. S. 1916, 296, § 2; R. 1916,
296, § 9.
" 719, §§3,^
t . S. 1917, 278, §§1,2; R. 1918.
244, § 5.
" 719, §5
. S. 1916. 296, § 7; R. 1916,
296, § 9.
" 719, §§6,
7 . G. L. 7, §§12, 13.
" 719, §8
. Part G. L. 7, § 8; part O.
" 719, §9
. S. 1917, 165, § 2.
" 719, § 10
. Part G. L. 7, § 16; part O.
" 720, § 1
. S. 1914, 460; R. 1917, 327.
§268.
720, §2 . . Part S. 1917, 327, §§ 78
(b,d,e), 81 (d), 87 (a), 89;
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
722 .. . G. L. 32, §§ 66, 67.
723, § 1 . . G. L. 32, § 75.
723, § 2 . . Part G. L. 32, § 76; part O.
725, I . . . Special.
725, II, § 1 . G. L. 160, § 84.
725, II, § 2 . Part G. L. 160, § 78; part R.
1915, 157, § 1.
725, II, §3 . Part G. L. 160, §§80-82, 86;
part S. 1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 7.
725,11, §4 . S. 1913, 784, §§ 15, 16; R.
1913, 784, § 16.
725, II, § 5 . S. 1913, 784, § 15; R. 1913,
784, § 16.
725, II, § 6 . G. L. 160. § 70.
725, II, § 7 . G. L. 160, § 210.
1912. 726, § 1
•' 726, § 2
726, § 3
726, § 4
726. § 5
726, § 6
726, § 7
726. § S
726, § 9
726, § 10
726. § 11
726, § 12
726, § 13
726, § 14
729
Res. 22
Res. 120
1913, 38, § 1
38. §2
48 .
62
63
70
73
81
82
85
93
95
112
114
116
120
121
123
130
132
148
154, § 1
154,
161
164
174
176
2,3
180
181
182
191
206
209
210
211
213
214
S. 1919, 350, §§ 69. 70.
Part S. 1919, 350, § 70; part
O.
Part G. L. 23, § 13; part S.
1919, 350, § 70.
Part G. L. 149, § 5; part S.
1913, 813, § 1; 1919, 350,
§§ 71, 74.
PartG. L. 147, §1;149, §§1,
2; part S. 1919, 350, § 71.
Part G. L. 149, §§ 4, 18;
part O.
S. 1919, 350, § 74.
S. 191.5. 74; 1919, 224; 350,
§§ 74, 75.
Part G. L. 149, § 15; part S.
1919, 350, § 71.
G..L. 149. § 16.
S. 1919, 3.50, § 75.
Part.S. 1913, 610. § 1; 1919.
350, §§ 101, 108; part O.
S. 1913. 746, § 1; R. 1913,
746. § 2.
S. 1914, 533.
O.
G. L. 9. § 19.
Part G. L. 74, § 48; part O.
O.
R. 1917, 326, § 2.
Part G. L. 24, § 4; part S.
1919. 299, § 1; part O.
G. L. 40. § 5, subs. 11.
Part G. L. 32, § 5 (2) A (6) ;
part S. 1918, 257, § 134.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 34.
G. L. 217, § 8.
Part G. L. Ill, § 68; part
Special.
S. 1914, 406.
G. L. ISO. § 12.
S. 1916, 31.
G. L. 78, § 9.
S. 1915, 16, § 6.
G. L. 117, §38.
G. L. 272, § 68.
G. L. 90, § 20.
PartG. L. 276, § 84; part O.
Part G. L. 35, § 22; part O.
S. 1916, 290.
Part G. L. 168, § 43; part O.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 37.
G. L. 92, § 26.
Special.
G. L. 160. § 134.
S. 1913, 801.
S. 1917, 238, § 1.
S. 1915, 43.
G. L. 167, § 23.
G. L. 169, § 1.
G. L. 169, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 78, § 4.
G. L. 175, § 167.
G. L. 114. § 42.
S. 1916, 38, § 1.
S. 1916, 37, § 1.
S. 1915, 259, § 7; R. 1915,
259, § 13.
G. L. Ill, § 29.
G. L. 217, §§ 3, 41.
R. 1918. 257, § 377.
S. 1914, 76.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1913, 223
. S. 1917, 344, VII, § 6; R.
1913, 334 . .
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" 335 . .
" 225
. PartG. L. 6, § 19; part O.
" 336, § 1 .
" 226
. G. L. 59, § 71.
" 336, § 2 .
" 227
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 336, §3 .
" 228
. PartG. L. 231, §41; part 0.
" 339 . .
" 235
. S. 1913, 541.
" 340 . .
" 236,
§1 '.
. S. 1913, 728.
" 236,
§2 .
. G. L. 276, § 33.
" 341 . .
" 237
. S. 1919, 12.
■■ 343 . .
'• 240
. S. 1914, 209; R. 1918, 257,
" 346 . .
§378.
" 347, § 1 .
" 245
. G. L. 169, § 5.
" 347, § 2 .
" 246
. S. 1917, 12.
" 349 . .
" 247
. G. L. 175, § 151.
" 355 . .
" 248
. G. L. 206, § 8.
" 356 . .
" 249
. S. 1919, 296, § 12; R. 1919,
" 357 . .
296, § 14.
" 358 . .
" 250
. G. L. 21, §7.
" 254
. S. 1914,742, §186; R. 1914,
" 359, § 1 .
742, § 199.
'■ 359, § 2 .
" 255
. S. 1920, 270.
" 360, §§ 1-3
" 256
. G. L. 265, § 33.
" 360, § 4 .
" 257
. G. L. 223, § 38.
" 360, § 5 .
" 259
. S. 1918, 257, § 450.
" 365 . .
" 264
. G. L. 170, § 31.
" 368 . .
•' 265
. S. 1917, 208, §§ 1, 2, 7.
" 369 . .
■• 266
. G. L. 116, §4.
" 268
. S. 1917, 327, § 73; R. 1917,
" 370 . .
327, § 268.
" 376 . .
" 269
. G. L. 130, § 10.
" 386, § 1 .
■' 270
. S. 1917, 170, § 3.
" 390 . .
" 272
. S. 1917, 208, § 7; R. 1917,
" 391 . .
208, § 12.
" 392 . .
" 281
. G. L. 272, § 78.
•' 396 . .
" 286
. S. 1913, 835, § 73; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 401, § 1 .
" 288
. G. L. 233, § 78.
" 401, §2 .
" 289
. G. L. 218, §41.
" 404 . .
" 290
. G. L. 229, § 11.
" 291
. Part G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 16;
part S. 1915, 273, § 2.
" 408, §§ 1-4
" 294
. Part G. L. 26, § 3; part S.
" 409, §§ 1-3
1919, 350, § 49; part 0.
" 409, § 4 .
" 295
. Part G. L. 120, § 6; part S.
'• 410, § 1 .
1918, 189, § 1; part R.
" 410, §2 .
1918, 189, § 2.
" 411 . .
" 296
. G. L. 131, § 76.
" 413, § 1 .
" 300
. G. L. 255, §§ 25, 26.
" 413, §2 .
" 305
. G. L. 223, § 116.
■■ 413, §3 .
" 307
. G. L. 231, §§31, 141.
" 414, § 1 .
■• 309
. R. 1920, 591, § 2.
" 310,
§1 '■
Temporary.
•■ 416 . .
" 310,
§2 .
. G. L. 32, §§ 5 (2), 6 (b).
" 417 . .
" 311
. Part G. L. 60, § 105; part
Special.
" 419 . .
" 312
. G. L. 266, § 36.
" 421 . .
" 316
. S. 1914, 373, § 1.
" 422
" 317,
§1 .'
. S. 1914, 742, § 135.
" 423, § 1 '.
" 317,
§2 .
. ,S. 1914, 742, § 178.
" 319
. S. 1914, 267; R. 1918, 241,
" 423, § 2 .
§2.
" 424 . .
" 321
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 426, § 1 .
" 323
. G. L. 115, § 17.
" 426, §2 .
" 324
. PartG. L. 84, §21; part 0.
" 430 . .
" 328
. G. L. Ill, § 184.
" 431 . .
" 329
. Part G. L. 129, § 2; part S.
1914, 291; 1918, 189, § 1;
" 434 . .
part R. 1918, 189, § 2.
" 435 . .
" 330
. S. 1914, 368, § 4.
" 439 . .
" 332,
§i "
. G. L. 218, § 10.
" 441 . .
" 332,
§2 .
. S. 1919, 362, § 2.
" 444 . .
" 333
. S. 1913, 746.
S. 1918, 115, § 2.
G. L. 38, § 1.
S. 1919, 169, § 1.
S. 1917, 231; 1919, 169, § 2.
O.
G. L. 218, § 70.
S. 1918, 257, § 173; R. 1919,
363, § 16.
Special.
G. L. 175, § 83.
S. 1915, 293.
G. L. 140, § 96.
G. L. 140, § 110.
G. L. 127, § 153.
G. L. 66, §5.
S. 1914, 443, § 2.
G. L. 161, § 98.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
G. L. 149, § 46.
G. L. 149, § ISO.
G. L. 207, §§ 10-12.
G. L. 207, § 50.
G. L. 207, I 13.
S. 1913, 758.
S. 1919, 292, § 6.
G. L. 183, §§ 18, 20-24,
Appendix, forms (5, 6).
S. 1918, 257, § 456.
G. L. 29, § 55.
G. L. 217, § 33.
G. L. 220, § 17.
S. 1914, 538, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 5, § 3.
S. 1918,198, §§3, 4; R. 1918,
198, § 8.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 35.
R. 1915, 281, § 1.
Part G. L. 266, § 123; part S.
1918, 257, § 307.
S. 1913, 835, §§ 270-273; R.
1913, 835, § 503.
G. L. 172, §§28-30.
O.
Part G. L. 138, § 25; part O.
S. 1915, 200.
G. L. 176, § 46.
Part G. L. 138, § 28; part O.
G. L. 138, § 27.
G. L. 138, § 87.
S. 1918, 212, § 1; 1919, .362,
§1.
G. L. 44, § 24.
G. L. 92, § 75.
S. 1918, 162, § 1; R. 1918,
162, § 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 168.
G. L. 92, § 26.
S. 1918, 263, § 1; R. 1918,
263. § 4.
R. 1918, 263, § 4.
Special.
S. 1914, 241.
G. L. 149, § 53.
G. L. 218, § 50.
S. 1913,835, §421; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
G. L. 3, § 48.
G. L. 260, § 4.
G. L. 130, § 151.
G. L. 145, § 42.
Part G. L. 150, § 8; part S.
1914,370, § 1; 1920,207.
4
i
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1913,445
'• 446
447,
447,
447,
447,
§3
§4
§5,cl
§6,cl
447, § 7
448
450
451
452
453
454
457
458
464
467,
467,
467,
468
469
471,
471,
471,
471,
471,
§1
(2,3
473,
473,
474,
475
479
483
485,
§1
485,
§2
485,
§3
487,
§1
487,
§§.
487,
§4
488
489
494,
§1
494,
§2
494,
§3
494,
§4
498
499, 1 1
499, §§
501
502,
503,
503,
503,
504
i§l-5
§3
S. 1913, 696.
Part G. L. 218, § 53; part S.
1913, 736, § 1.
G. L. 157, § 3.
S. 1915, lis, § 1.
G. L. 157, § 5.
G. L. 157, § 6, els. 1, 2.
Part G. L. 157, § 6, cl. 3;
part S. 1915, 118, § 3.
G. L. 157, § 7.
G. L. 152, § 15.
S. 1920, 345, § 1.
G. L. 136, § 8.
S. 1916, 162.
S. 1914, 198, §§ 5, 6.
Part G. L. 182, § 4; part S.
1914, 742, § 148.
R. 1914, 465, § 2.
S. 1918, 129, § 1, cl. 5.
S. 1914, 570.
S. 1916, 82.
G. L. 76, § 3.
S. 1913, 779, § 2.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
G. L. 272, § 5.
R. 1918, 257, § 458.
G. L. 279, § 2.
G. L. 218, § 39.
G. L. 231, §97.
Part G. L. 225, §§1-3; part
O.
G. L. 225, § 4.
G. L. 225, §§9, 10; 262, § 4.
G. L. 149, § 142.
G. L. 63, § 67.
G. L. 59, § 8.
G. L. 175, § 181.
Part G. L. 175, § 5; part S.
1919, 46; 47.
S. 1914, 587, § 18.
S. 1919, 296, § 5; R. 1919,
296, § 14.
S. 1913, 610, § 5; 1918, 275,
§ 2; 1919, 350, § 101.
S. 1919, 287, § 1.
S. 1918, 211, § 1.
Part G. L. 9, § 5; part S.
1919, 350, § 24.
S. 1915, 45.
G. L. 66, § 9.
S. 1914, 138.
G. L. 48, § 37.
Part G. L. 48, § 36; part O.
S. 1918, 227.
S. 1920, 327, § 2, cl. (b).
S. 1914, 283, § 1.
G. L. 41, §71.
S. 1914, 283, § 2.
G. L. 41, § 72.
S. 1916, 268, § 1.
Part G. L. 155, § 4; part S.
1914, 742, § 173; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
Part G. L. 155, § 5; part S.
1914, 742, § 173; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
S. 1918, 201.
G. L. 95, §§ 1-5.
Part G. L. 98, §§ 1, 44; part
S. 1918, 257, § 245.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 244, 245.
Part G. L. 98, § 56; part O.
G. L. 130, § 141.
1913, 508 .
. O.
" 509, § 1
. G. L. 182, § 7.
" 509, § 2
. S. 1914, 742, § 150; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
" 509, § 3
. G. L. 182, § 8.
" 509, § 4
. S. 1914,742, § 151; R. 1914,
742, § 199.
" 509, § 5
. Part G. L. 182, § 9; part S.
1914, 742, § 152; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
" 509, § 6
. Part G. L. 182, § 10; part S.
1914, 742, § 153; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
" 509, § 7
. PartG. L. 182, § 11; part S.
1914, 742, § 154; part R.
1914, 742, § 199.
" 510 .
. S. 1919,86; R. 1919, 85.
■' 515, § 1
. S. 1913, 840.
" 516
. S. 1913, 835, § 193; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 517 .
. S. 1915, 86.
" 518, §1
. G. L. 220, § 16.
" 520, § 1
. S. 1918, 23.
" 520, § 2
. G. L. 41, §42.
'• 520, § 3
. Part G. L. 41, § 43; part O.
" 523 .
. S. 1917, 54.
" 524 .
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 525 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 37.
" 526
. G. L. 218, § 69.
■' 529, § 1
. S. 1914, 453.
" 529, § 2
. S. 1917, 139.
" 529, § 3
. O.
" 529, § 5
. G. L. 131, §§ 62-64.
" 530, § 1
. S. 1917, 186.
•' 530, §2
. G. L. 90, § 26.
" 532 .
. S. 1917, 105, § 1; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
" 533 .
. G. L. 240, § 15.
" 534 .
. S. 1917, 217.
" 535, § 1
. G. L. 175, § 187.
" 537, § 1
. G. L. 92, § 26.
" 537, §§2,
3 . Special.
•• 538, § 1
. .S. 1914, 545.
•■ 538, § 2
. G. L. 94, § 91.
" 541
. S. 1918, 115, § 1; 1920, 327,
§ 1, els. 7, 8.
•• 542, § 1
. G. L. 131, § 66.
■• 542, § 2
. O.
■• 545 .
. S. 1920, 515, § 2.
" 546 .
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
•' 546, §§ l-[
. S. 1917, 344, II, §§ 35-37.
" 546, § 5
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 38.
" 549 .
. G. L. 130, § 131.
" 551 .
. G. L. 140, § 175; 266, § 47.
" 552 .
. G. L. 131, § 65.
'• 559 .
. S. 1913,835, § 134; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
" 563, § 1
. PartG. L. 273, § 11; part O.
'• 563, § 2
. G. L. 273. §§ 12, 13.
" 563, § 3
. G. L. 273, § 17.
" 563, §§4,.
> . G. L. 273, §§ 13, 14.
" 563, § 6
. G. L. 273, §§ 15, 16.
" 563, § 7
. G. L. 273, §§ 15, 16, 19.
" ,563, §8
. G. L. 212, § 24.
•• 563, § 9
. PartG. L. 273, § 19; part O.
" 564, § 1
. S. 1915, 162.
■' 564, § 2
. G. L. 45, § 21.
" 564, §§3,
1 . G. L. 45, § 22.
■' 564, § 5
. Part G. L. 44, § 7 (2) ; part
S. 1913, 719, §§ 8, 14.
" 564, § 6
. S. 1913, 719, § 8.
" 568 .
. S. 1914, 708, § 13.
" 569, §§ 1-^
t . G. L. 130, §§ 110-113.
CCXVlll
DISPOSITION OF STA
Tl
TES
SINCE THE EEVIS
1913, 572 .
. S. 1917, 56; R. 1917
344,
1913, 629, §§3-5 .
VIII, § 1.
" 629, § 6 . .
" 573, §§ 1-3 . G. L. 130, § 58.
" 629, §§7-9 .
" 574 .
. R. 1920, 551, § 12.
" 633, § 1 . .
" 575, § 1
. S. 1919, 292, § 10;
292, § 21.
R.
1919,
■• 633, § 2 . .
" 635, § 1 . .
" 575, § 2
. R. 1919, 292, § 21.
" 578, § 1
. S. 1914, 523, § 1.
" 635, § 2 . .
" 578, § 2
. R. 1914, 523, § 2.
" 635, § 3 . .
" 578, § 3
. Temporary.
" 636 .. .
" 585 .
. S. 1916, 78.
" 637 .. .
" 590 .
. S. 1914, 298, § 1; R.
1917,
" 638 .. .
85, § 6.
" 642 . . .
" 595, § 1
. Part G. L. 121, § 23
part S.
" 643, §§1-5 .
1919, 350, § 90.
" 644 .. .
" 595, § 2
. S. 1919, 350, § 88.
" 595, § 3
. PartG. L. 121, §27
part 0.
" 645 .. .
" 596 .
. PartG. L. 182, § 5;
part O.
" 646, § 1 . .
" 597 .
. G. L. 156, § 5.
" 646, § 2 . .
" 598
. G. L. 161, § 99.
" 647 .. .
" 599, § 1
. G. L. 59, § 79.
" 648 .. .
" 599, § 2
. S. 1916, 20.
" 649 .. .
" 600, § 1
. G. L. 48, § 8.
•• 650, §§1-3 .
" 600, § 2
. G. L. 132, §§ 13, 14.
" 602
. S. 1916, 287.
" 651, §1 . .
" 603
. S. 191S, 261, § 1.
" 652 .. .
" 605, § 1
. S. 1915, 80.
•■ 653 .. .
" 605, § 2
. G. L. 132, § 28.
•■ 654 .. .
" 610, §1
. S. 1918, 275, § 1; 1919
350,
" 655, §§ 1-3 .
§§ 99, 101, 103.
" 655, §4 . .
'■ 610, §2
. Part S. 1913, 655, § 14
part
" 655, §§5-10 .
O.
" 655, § 11 . ,
" 610. §3
. Temporary.
" 655, §§ 12, 13
" 610, §4
. G. L. 146, §§ 1, 5.
•■ 655, § 14 . .
" 610, § 5
. S. 1918, 275. § 2; 1919
350,
" 655, §§15-18
§ 101.
•■ 655, § 19 . .
" 611, §§1,
2 . PartG. L. 262, §§8,
0.
9
part
" 655, §20 . .
" 655, §§21-28
" 611, §3
. Part G. L. 262, § 10
part O.
" 655, § 29 . .
" 611, §4
. G. L. 223, § 36.
" 655, § 30 . .
" 611, §§5-
5 . G. L. 262, §§ 11-14.
" 655, §§31-38
" 611, §9
. O.
■' 655, § 39 . .
" 611, §§10
-12 G. L. 262, §§ 15-17.
" 655, § 40 . .
'■ 611, §13
. G. L. 262, § 46.
" 655, § 41 . .
" 611, §14
. G. L. 262, § 18.
" 611, §15
. PartG. L. 262, § 19
part 0.
" 655, §§42-46
" 611, §16
. G. L. 262, § 43.
" 655, § 47 . ,
" 611, §17
. G. L. 262, § 20.
" 655, §§48-51
" 612, § 1
. G. L. 276, § 83.
" 655, § 52 . .
" 612, §2
. S. 1915, 254, § 2.
" 613 .
. G. L. 175, §§35,36.
" 614 .
. G. L. 145, § 41.
" 655, §§53, 54
" 616
. S. 1920, 383.
" 655, § 55 . .
" 617, § 1
. G. L. 176, § 21.
" 655, §§56-59
" 617, §2
. S. 1915, 39.
" 655, § 60 . .
'■ 617, §3
. 0.
" 656 .. .
" 617, §5
. G. L. 175, §29; 176
§46.
" 619, § 1
. G. L. 149, §§47,48.
" 657 . . .
" 619, §§2-^
I . G. L. 149, §§50-52.
" 660, § 1 . .
" 619, §5
. G. L. 149, § 49.
" 660, §§2, 3 .
" 619, §6
. G. L. 149, §§48, 52.
" 663 .. .
" 619, § 7
. 0.
'■ 663, § 1 . .
" 620 .
. G. L. 272, § 48.
" 663, § 2 . .
" 622
. G. L. Ill, §24.
■• 663, § 5 . .
" 623 .
. S. 1914, 742, §189;
742, § 199.
R.
1914,
" 663, § 6 . .
■• 663, § 7 . .
" 624
. G. L. 237, § 2.
" 663, § 8 . .
" 625, § 1
. G. L. 175, § 103.
" 663, §11 . .
" 625, § 2
. G. L. 175, § 99.
" 664 .. .
" 626, §§ 1-.
i . G. L. 131, §§ 58-60.
" 628 .
. G. L. 71, §44.
" 668 .. .
" 629 .
. R. 1914, 649, § 10.
" 669, §§1,2 .
■' 629, §§ 1,
2 . S. 1914, 127, §§ 1, 2.
" 670 .. .
S. 1914, 649, §§ 3-5.
S. 1914, 127, § 3.
S. 1914,649, §§ 7-9.
G. L. 127, § 83.
S. 1914, 180.
Part G. L. 91, § 4; part
Temporary.
Temporary.
G. L. 91, § 29.
G. L. 59, § 3.
S. 1919, 287. § 1.
S. 1919, 350, § 49.
S. 1920, 204.
G. L. 130, §§ 94-98.
PartG. L. 223, §2; 239, §2;
part O.
PartG. L. 40, § 6; part O.
G. L. 129, § 13.
S. 1918, 257, § 193.
G. L. 270, § 8.
G. L. 4, § 8.
S. 1913, 823.
S. 1914, 634, §§2-i;R. 1914,
634, § 5.
S. 1918, 261, § 1.
G. L. 278, § 18.
G. L. 279, § 1.
O.
G. L. 143, §§ 3-5.
S. 1918, 291, § 23.
G. L. 143, §§7-12.
G. L. 143, § 32.
G. L. 143, §§ 13, 14.
G. L. 143, § 1.
G. L. 143, §§ 15-18.
G. L. 143, § 19.
S. 1917, 156, § 1.
G. L. 143, §§ 24r-31.
G. L. 143, § 33.
G. L. 143, § 1.
G. L. 143, §§ 34-41.
G. L. 143, §§ 1, 52.
G. L. 143, § 42.
Part G. L. 143, §§ 1, 42;
part O.
G. L. 143, §§ 44^8.
G. L. 143, § 43.
G. L. 143, §§ 49-52.
G. L. 143, §§ 15, 16, 21, 24-
31, 33, 43, 45, 46. 49. 51,
57.
G. L. 143, §§ 53, 54.
S. 1917, 156, § 2.
G. L. 143, §§ 56-59.
Part G. L. 143, § 60; part O.
S. 1915, 226, § 1; R. 1915,
226. § 2.
S. 1916, 88.
S. 1915,21, §2.
R. 1915, 21. §3.
R. 1919, 306, § 10.
S. 1919,306, §§ 1,2,8.
Parts. 1919,306, §§ 1,8.
S. 1919, 306. § 4.
S. 1919. 306, § 3.
S. 1919, 306, § 5.
S. 1919, 306, § 1.
S. 1919, 306, § 9.
S. 1917, 327, § 77; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
PartG. L. 15, § 11; part O.
G. L. 41, § 52.
G. L. Ill, § 7.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1913,671
673, § 1
673, § 2
673, § 3
674, § 1
675 .
676 .
677 .
678 .
678, § 1
679 .
679, §§ 1,
679, § 3
679, § 4
681 .
682 .
685 .
686 .
687, § 1
688, § 1
688, § 2
688, § 3
688, § 4
689, § 1
689, § 2
690 .
691 .
692, § 1
692, § 2
694 .
696
697, §§ 1, 2
697, § 3
697, § 5
702 .
705, § 1
705, § 2
705, § 3
705, § 4
705, § 5
705, § 6
705, § 7
700, § 1
706, § 3
709,
§1 .
709,
§2 .
710
711
713
716,
§1 '.
716,
§§2,3
716,
§4 .
716,
§5 .
718
719,
§1 '
719,
§§2,3
719
§4 .
719,
§5 .
719
§6 .
719
§7 .
S. 1914, 352, §§1,2;R. 1914,
:352, § 3.
G. L. 151, §3.
S. 1914, 368, § 2.
S. 1914, 368, § 5.
S. 1915, 142, § 2.
PartG. L. 125, §36; part S.
1919, 233, § 1; part R.
1919, 233, § 2.
G. L. 143, § 61.
G. L. 3, § 8.
R. 1915, 255.
R. 1913, 818.
R. 1919, 321, § 5.
S. 1919,321, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1918, 257, § 42.
S. 1919, 321, §3.
G. L. 32, § 86.
S. 1919, 361, § 3.
G. L. 92, § 64.
S. 1913,83.5, §330; R. 1913,
835, § 503.
G. L. 94, § 150.
S. 1915, 237, § 21.
S. 1913, 824.
G. L. 59, § 58.
S. 1914, 625.
G. L. 65, § 13.
G. L. 65, § 36.
G. L. 149, § 24.
S. 1917, 292.
G. L. 44, § 56.
G. L. 44, § 13.
G. L. 58, § 29 (3).
S. 1914, 70S, § 6.
S. 1918,257, §§97,98.
G. L. 32, § 80.
G. L. 32, § SO.
G. L. 30, § 30; 34, § 21; 40,
§52.
S. 1916, 85.
G. L. 112, §38.
S. 1920, 360.
G. L. 112, §39.
PartG. L. 112, § 40; part O.
G. L. 112, §42.
G. L. 112, §41.
Part G. L. 44, §§ 37, 38;
parts. 1916, 13, § 1.
Temporary.
Part G. L. 14, § 4; part S.
1919, 350, § 55.
G. L. 12, § 10.
S. 1914, 728.
S. 1917, 327, § 24; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
G. L. 32, § 74.
G. L. 94, § 96.
G. L. 231, § 132.
G. L. 231, §§ 124, 125.
S. 1918, 257, § 431.
G. L. 231, § 126.
Part G. L. 9, § 2; part O.
G. L. 44, § 2.
S. 1914, 143, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1918, 26, § 2.
Part G. L. 44, § 7; cl. 3 S.
1916, 11; cl. 8 S. 1914,
317.
Part G. L. 44, § 8; cl. 4 S.
1915, 115; concluding K
S. 1914, 143, § 3.
G. L. 44, §§2,20.
1913,719,
719,
719,
719,
719,
719,
719,
§11 .
§12 .
§13 .
§14 .
§ 15 .
719, § 16
719,
719,
719,
719,
719,
719,
719,
720,
720,
722
724
725
(20 .
121 .
§22
727, § 1
727, §
727, §
727, §
736,
§1 .
737
738
743,
§§1,2
743,
§3 .
744
745
746,
§1 '
748,
§1 .
752, § 1
752, § 2
752, § 3
758 .
759
759, § 5
761, § 1
761, §2
762
763, § 1
763
§2 .
763
§3 .
763,
§4 .
763
§§5,6
763
§7 .
764
§§1-4
774, § 1 .
779, §§1,2
779, § 3 .
779, § 4 .
779, § 5 .
779, §§ 6-8
779, § 9 .
S. 1914. 143, §§4, 5.
G. L. 44, § 18.
G. L. 44, § 12.
G. L. 44, § 10.
Part G. L. 44, § 47; part
Special.
S. 1916, 62, § 1.
G. L. 44, § 11.
G. L. 44, §31.
S. 1916, 101.
Special.
S. 1915, 18.
S. 1915, 138.
G. L. 44, § 59.
Part G. L. 44, § 2; part
Special.
O.
G. L. 112, §§30,31.
G. L. 112, §30.
G. L. 148, § 56.
S. 1915, 207.
S. 1917, 282, § 2; R. 1919,
250, § 2.
S. 1918, 287, § 1.
Part G. L. 44, § 23; part O.
S. 1914, 55, §§ 1, 2.
Part G. L. 44, § 26; part O.
G. L. 44, § 25.
Part G. L. 44, § 60; part O.
G. L. 276, § 33.
S. 1916,284, §4; 1917, 327,
§ 82; R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1914, 666; 1918, 287, § 1.
S. 1919, 361, § 2.
S. 1920, 627, § 3.
S. 1914, 67, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 94, §§ 60, 64.
G. L. 131, § 64.
R. 1918, 290, § 5.
G. L. 152, § 19.
S. 1918, 211, § 1; 1919, 362,
§1.
Part G. L. 175, § 55; part S.
1918,115, §2.
G. L. 207, § 37.
S. 1914, 121.
G. L. 207, § 52.
S. 1915, 57.
R. 1917, 212, §3.
S. 1914, 596, § 2.
Part G. L. 94, §§ 46, 47;
part O.
G. L. 94, §§ 46, 47.
O.
G. L. 116, § 3; 118, §§ 1,
2.
G. L. 118, §3.
G. L. 118, § 4.
G. L. 116, §3; lis, § 1.
G. L. 118, §§5, 6.
Temporary.
G. L. 161, §§ 32-35.
G. L. 149, § 116.
S. 1914, 514, § 1; R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1917,344,1, §25;R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
S. 1915, 81, §§ 1,2.
G. L. 76, § 5.
S. 1915, 78; 1919, 291.
S. 1914, 738; 1918, 257, § 184.
G. L. 77, §§ 3-5.
S. 1918, 257, § 185.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1913,779, § 10
779,
779,
779,
779,
779,
779,
779,
779,
779,
779,
§13
§14
§15
§16
§17
§18
§19
§20
§21
779, § 22
779, § 23
779,
784,
784,
784,
§24
784, §§4,5
784,
784,
784, § 8 . .
784, § 9 . .
784, § 10 . .
784, §11 . .
784, § 12 . .
784, § 13 . .
784, § 14 . .
784, § 15 . .
784, § 16 . .
784, § 17 . .
784, § 18 . .
784, §§ 19, 20
784, § 21 . .
784, § 22 . .
784, § 23 . .
784, § 24 . .
784, § 25 . .
784, § 26 . .
784, § 27 . .
784, § 28 . .
784, § 29 . .
786, § 1 . .
786, § 2 . .
786, §§3,4 .
786, §§5-8 .
786, §§9-96 .
786, § 97 . .
786, § 98 . .
791 . . .
792 .. .
795 .
796, § 1
796, § 2
797, § 1
801
803, §§ 1-5
Part G. L. 77, § 8; part
Special.
S. 1918, 257, § 186.
G. L. 77, § 13.
G. L. 77, § 12.
S. 1913,831, § 1.
S. 1916, 95, § 2.
Part G. L. 149, § 87; part
S. 1919, 62.
Part G. L. 149, § 88; part S.
1914, 580; 1916, 66.
PartG. L. 149, §89; part S.
1914, 316.
S. 1915, 70.
G. L. 149, §§ 92, 180.
G. L. 149, §§ 93, 180.
G. L. 149, §§S6, 94, 95.
Part G. L. 149, § § 95, 97, 98 ;
part S. 1916, 95, § 3.
G. L. 149, § 96.
S. 1918, 283; 1919, 350,
§§117.118.
G. L. 159, § 12.
S. 1918, 54.
Special.
S. 1915, 193.
PartG. L. 25, §1; 159, §11;
233, §76; 262, §44; part
O.
O.
Part G. L. 25, §§ 7, 8, 10;
part O.
G. L. 159, §§ 13,41.
G. L. 159, §§34,36,44.
G. L. 159, § 31.
G. L. 159, § 27.
G. L. 159, § 26.
S. 1915, 303.
Part G. L. 160, §§ 48, 252;
part O.
G. L. 159, § 17.
S. 1914, 679.
G. L. 159. §§ 18, 19.
S. 1916, 24.
Amended 1916, 92; G. L.
159, § 14.
S. 1916, 244.
G. L. 160, § 185.
S. 1916, 137.
G. L. 159, § 37.
Part G. L. 25, § 5; part S.
1919, 350, § 121.
PartG. L. 25, §5; 159, §40;
part S. 1919, 350, § 121.
PartG. L. 159, §105; part O.
O.
PartG. L. 144, §2;part O.
G. L. 144, §§ 8, 9.
G. L. 144, §§4-7.
G. L. 144, §§ 10-97.
Part G. L. 144, § 98; part O.
G. L. 144, § 1.
S. 1919,353, §§4, 13.
Part G. L. 14, § 6; part S.
1918, 103, § 1; 257, §345;
1919, 350, § 53.
S. 1916, 58.
G. L. 123, § 117; 125, §30.
G. L. 123, § 124; 125, § 30.
S. 1917, 216.
S. 1917, 14.
S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 39-43;
R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
1913, 805,
805,
805,
805,
805,
806,
§1 .
§§2,3
§4 .
§5 .
§§6,7
§§1-5
§6 .
§7 .
806, § 8
806,
§9
806,
§10 . .
806,
§§11, 12
807,
§§1,2 .
807,
§3 . .
807,
§4
807,
§§5,
3 .
807,
§7
812
812,
§§1,
2
812,
§3
813,
§1
813,
§2
813,
§3
813,
§4
813,
§§5,
813,
§7
813,
§8
813,
§9
813,
§10
813,
§11
813,
§12
813,
§13
815,
§§1-
815,
§8
816
817,
§1
817,
§2
817,
§3
819,
§§1-4
822
823
824
825
829,
§§1.2
829,
§3 .
829
§4 . .
829,
§5
829, § 6
829,
830,
830,
830,
831,
831,
831,
17
(§1,:
13
§§4-
§1
§4
S. 1919, 311, § 1, els. 2, 3, 5.
S. 1919,311, §2.
S. 1919,311, § 3, cl. 1.
Parts. 1919, 311, § 3, cl. 1;
part O.
S. 1919, 311, §§4, 5.
G. L. 143, §§ 62-66.
Part G. L. 143, § 68; part S.
1919, 350, § 106; part O.
Part G. L. 143, §§ 62, 69;
part .S. 1919, 350, § 106;
part Temporary.
PartG. L. 143, § 69; part S.
1919, 350, § 106.
G. L. 143, §§ 67, 69.
Temporary.
G. L. 143, §§70,71.
G. L. 152, §§ 69, 70.
Part G. L. 152, § 71; part O.
G. L. 152, §§ 68. 72.
G. L. 152, §§73, 74.
,S. 1916, 307.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917,327, §§41,42.
S. 1917, 327, § 45.
Part G. L. 149, § 6; part S.
1916, 308.
PartG. L. 149, § 8; part S.
1919, 350, § 71.
S. 1916, 308; 1919,350, § 76.
G. L. 149, §3; 152, §2.
G. L. 149, §§ 10, 11.
PartG. L. 149, § 8; part S.
1916, 308.
S. 1919, 224.
PartG. L. 24, § 5; part O.
G. L. 149, § 12.
O.
G. L. 149, § 1.
G. L. 149, §§ 13, 180.
G. L. 231. §§ 61-67.
G. L. 215, §43; 231, §§ 142,
144.
S. 1919,350, §§ 101, 108.
PartG. L. 32, § 20; part S.
1915, 234, § 1.
G. L. 32, § 22.
Part G. L. 32, § 25 (2) C (b) ;
part S. 1915, 234, § 2;
1918, 257, § 123.
G. L. 53, §§ 19-22.
Temporary.
S. 1918, 257, § 37.
R. 1915, 237, § 26.
G. L. 41, § 41.
S. 1916,241, §§ 1, 5.
S. 1915, 206.
S. 1916, 241, § 3.
PartG. L. 27, §4; 124, §4;
part S. 1914, 179, § 1;
1919, 266; part II. 1914,
179, § 2.
S. 1917, 266, § 1; R. 1917,
266, § 2.
S. 1916, 241, §5.
Special.
Part S. 1920, 510, § 1 ; part
R. 1920, 510, § 2; part
Special.
Special.
G. L. 149, § 60.
G. L. 149, § 61.
G. L. 149, § 63.
i
i
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1913,831, §§5-
S .
G. L. 149, §§ 62-65.
" 831, §9
S. 1917, 294.
" 831, §§10
-16
G. L. 149, §§ 68-74.
" 831, § 17
S. 1915, 57.
" 831, § IS
G. L. 149, §§ 75, 76.
" 831, §19
G. L. 149, § 77.
" 831, §20
PartG. L. 149, §78; part O.
" 831, §21
PartG. L. 149, § 79; part O.
" 831, §22
G. L. 149, § SO.
" 831, §23
PartG. L. 149, § 81; part O.
" 831, § 24
Part G. L. 149, § 82; part O.
" 831, §25
Part G. L. 149, § 83; part O.
" 831, §§26
27
G. L. 149, §§84,85.
" , 832, § 1
Part G. L. 32, § 6; part S.
1916,257, § 1; 1917, 233,
§1.
" 832, § 2
0.
" 832, § 3
Part G. L. 32, §§ 7, 18; part
S. 1919, 292, § 18.
" 832, § 4, cl
■d)
Parts. 1919,350, §61; part
Temporary.
" 832, § 4, cl
•(2)
G. L. 15, § 17.
" 832, § 4, cl
.(3)
G. L. 15, §18; 32, §8,cl. (2).
" 832, § 4,
els.
(4-6)
G. L. 32, § 8, els. (3-5).
" 832, § 5
Part G. L. 32, § 9; part S.
1918, 257, §§ 111, 112.
" 832, § 6
Part G. L. 32, § 10; part S.
1916, 257, § 2; 1918, 257,
§§113, 114; 1920,335, § 1.
" 832, § 7
S. 1915, 198, § 3; 1916, 60,
§§ 1, 2; 238; 1919, 292,
§19.
" 832, § 8
G. L. 32, § 37; 59, § 5, cl. 8;
62, § 8 (ff).
" 832, §§9,
10 .
G. L. 32, §§ 12, 13.
" 832, §§11
12
Part G. L. 32, §§ 14, 15;
part 0.
" 832, § 13
PartG. L. 32, § 16; part S.
1919, 292, § 20.
" 832, § 14
G. L. 32, § 8.
" 832, § 15
G. L. 32, § 17.
" 833, § 1
S. 1915, 277.
" 833, § 2
G. L. 161, § 103.
" 833, § 3
0.
" 834, § 1
S. 1918, 275, § 1.
" 835, § 1
Part G. L. 4, § 7, cl. 1 ; 50,
§1; parts. 1914,783, §1;
1918,293, §29; 1919,289,
§§ 1, 18; partO.
' 835, §§2^
I .
G. L. 50, §§ 2-4.
' 835, § 5
G. L. 149, § 178.
' 835, § 6
S. 1920, 630, § 8.
' 835, § 7
G. L. 50, § 5.
' 835, § S
Part G. L. 50, § 1; part
Special.
' 835, § 9
G. L. 50, § 7.
' 835, §§ 10
11
S. 1918, 257, § 10.
' 835, § 12
G. L. 51, § 1.
' 835, § 13
S. 1914, 345, § 1.
' 835, § 14
G. L. 51, § 3.
' 835, §§15^
-19
.S. 1915, 91, §§ 1-5.
' 835, § 20
S. 1917, 106, § 6.
' 835, § 21
G. L. 51, § 10.
' 835, § 22
G. L. 51, § 13.
' 835, § 23
Part G. L. 51, § 14; part
Special.
' 835, § 24
G. L. 51, § 17.
' 835, § 25
G. L. 51, § 15.
' 835, §§26
27'
S. 1919, 269, §§ 2, 3.
' 835, §§2S
29
'G. L. 51, §§ 19,20.
' 835, § 30
G. L. 51, § 23.
' 835, § 31
G. L. 51, §21.
1913, 835, §§ 32, 33 S. 1920, 243, §§ 1, 2.
" 8.35, §34 . . G. L. 51, § 25.
" 835, §35 . . G. L. 51, § 2.3.
" 835, § 36 . . Part G. L. 51, §§ 26-28, 30;
parts. 1919, 159, §1;269,
§l;partR. 1919,159, §2.
835, § 37 . . Part G. L. 51, § 26; part S.
1919, 269, § 1.
835, §38 . . Part G. L. 51, § 29; part
Special.
§39 . . G. L. 51, § 31.
§40 . . G. L. 51, § 33.
§41. . S. 1918, 257, §11; 1919, 108,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
8.35,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
part
part
§42 . . G. L. 51, §32.
§43 . . G. L. 51, §36.
§44 . . S. 1917, 77.
§45 . . G. L. 51, § 42.
§46 . . S. 1915, 91, § 6.
§§47-50 G. L. 51. §§ 44-47.
G. L. 51, § 38.
S. 1916, 81.
G. L. 51, §49.
G. L. 51, § 39.
G. L. 51, §§ 40, 41.
G. L. 51, §§ 52-54.
S. 1920, 579, § 1.
G. L. 51, § 5G.
Part G. L. 51, § 57;
S. 1919, 269, § 1;
Special.
G. L. 51, §§ 5S, 59.
Part G. L. 51, § 60; part
Special.
S. 1919, 269, § 4.
G. L. 51, § 62.
S. 1914, 676, § 1.
R. 1915, 91, § 13.
S. 1914, 611, § 1; R. 1915,
91, § 13.
R. 1915, 91, § 13.
S. 1914, 611, § 2; R. 1915,
91, § 13.
S. 1915, 91, §7.
Special.
S. 1915, 48.
Special.
S. 1919, 269, § 7.
§86 . . Parts. 1919,269, § 1; part
Special.
j87 . . Special.
)§ 88,89 S. 1914, 790, §§ 12, 13.
i 90 . . S. 1915, 100.
j91 . . Part G. L. 52, § 8; part S.
1919. 269, § 1.
i92 . . G. L. 52, § 10; 53, §72.
i§ 93-96 G. L. 53, §§24-27.
} 97 . . S. 1919, 289, § 20.
i 98 . . G. L. 53, § 24.
j 99 . . S. 1918, 19.
G. L. 53, §§ 29, 30.
S. 1917, 80.
S. 1914,790, §§ 1-3.
S. 1914,790, §§4,5.
G. L. 53, § 35.
S. 1914, 790, §§ 6-9.
PartG. L. 53, §§2, 41; part
S. 1918, 257, § 13.
835, § 114 . G. L. 53, § 42.
835, §115 . S. 1920, 481.
835, § 116 . G. L. 53, § 44.
835, § 117 . S. 1915, 283; part R. 1914,
790, § 10.
§51
§52 . .
§53 . .
§54 . .
§§55,56
§§57-59
§60 . .
§61 . .
§62 . .
i§63, 64
)65 . .
§67 . .
§68 . .
§§69-72
§73 . .
§74 . .
§75 . .
§76 . .
§§77-82
§83 . .
§84 . .
§85
§ 100, 101
102
835, §§ 103-105
i 106, 107
108
§ 109-112
113
83,
835,
835,
835,
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1913,835, § 118
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
(§119-123
i 124
i§125, 126
!127
)§ 128-131
(132
i 133
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
134
§ 135-137
§ 138, 139
140
141
835, § 142
5 143-147
148
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
S35,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
835,
!§ 149-154
j 155
j§ 156-163
)§ 164, 165
i§ 166-179
(180
|§ 181-185
!186 .
i I 187-189
!§ 190, 191
jl92
)193
jl94
)195 .
jl96
)197
!19S
5199
j200
(201
)202
(203
i§ 204-207
j§ 208-210
j211
j212
i§ 213, 214
1215
S216
J217
(§218,219
(§220-224
(225
(226 .
(§227,228
5 229 .
(230 .
(§231-235
(236
(§237,238
(239
j240 .
5 241
(242
(243
(§244-248
S. 1914, 790, § 11; 1916, 179,
§10.
G. L. 53, §§47-51.
S. 1917, 81.
G. L. 53. §§ 53, 54.
G. L. 9, § 2.
G. L. 53, §§ 55-58.
G. L. 53, §§59, 60.
Part G. L. 56, § 14; part S.
1914, 345, § 2; part O.
S. 1915, 105.
G. L. 53, §§ 62-64.
G. L. 53, §§ 66, 67.
S. 1916, 16.
G. L. 53, § 69.
G. L. 53, § 70.
G. L. 53, §§ 73-77.
Part G. L. 53, §§ 2, 78, 85;
part O.
G. L. 53, §§ 79-84.
G. L. 53, §§ 86, 87.
G. L. 53, §§ 88-95.
G. L. 53, § 96.
G. L. 53, §§ 97-110.
S. 1918, 257, § 15.
G. L. 53, §§ 112-116.
G. L. 53, §§2, 117.
G. L. 53, §§ 118-120.
G. L. 53, § 2.
S. 1919, 269, § 11.
PartG. L. 53, §§3, 71; part
S. 1918,.257, § 16.
G. L. 53, § 71.
G. L. 53, § 4.
G. L. 53, § 80.
G. L. S3, § 5.
Part G. L. 53, § 6; part S.
1919, 269, § 1; part Spe-
cial.
S. 1917, 82, § 1.
R. 1917, 82, § 2.
Part G. L. 53, § 8; part S.
1917, 250, § 1; part O.
G. L. 53, § 9.
S. 1918, 293, § 33.
PartG. L. 53, §§11-14; part
Special.
G. L. 53, §§ 15-17.
PartG. L. 6, § 29; part O.
G. L. 6, § 30.
G L. 6, § 32.
G. L. 6, § 31.
S. 1914, 676, § 2.
S. 1918, 74.
S. 1914, 676, §§3,4.
G. L. 54, §§5-9.
S. 1920, 146, § 2.
Part G. L. 54, § 11; part
Special.
G. L. 54, §§ 12, 13.
Special.
S. 1919, 269, § 12.
G. L. 54, §§ 15-19.
Part G. L. 54, § 20; part
Special.
G. L. 54, §§ 21, 22.
Part G. L. 41, § 14; part S.
1918, 257, § 155.
G. L. 54, § 23.
S. 1919, 269, § 13.
G. L. 54, § 25.
S. 1920, 169.
G. L. 54, §§ 27-31.
1913, 835, § 249
. Part G. L. 54, § 32; part S.
1918, 257, § 17.
" 835, § 250
. G. L. 54, § 33.
" 835, § 251
. S. 1916, 43, § 1.
" 835, §§252-255 G. L. 54, §§ 35-38.
" 835, § 256
. S. 1916, 43, § 2.
" 835, § 257
. Part G. L. 54, § 40;
Special.
part
" 835, § 258
. S. 1917, 250, § 2.
" 835, § 259
. S. 1915, 36.
" 835, §§ 260-264 G. L. 54, §§ 43^7.
" 835, §§265
266 S. 1919, 364. §§ 3, 4.
" 835, §§267, 268 G. L. 54, §§50, 51.
" 835, § 269
. S. 1919, 54.
■' 835, §§270
271 S. 1919, 301, § 4.
" 835, § 272
. G. L. 54, § 57.
" 835, § 273
. S. 1919.301, §4.
" 835, §§274
275 S. 1919, .364, §§5,6.
" 835, § 276
. G. L. 54, § 61.
" 835, § 277
. S. 1916, 247.
" 835, § 278
. S. 1919, 269, I 15.
■' 835, § 279
. S. 1914, 329.
" 835, § 280
. S. 1919, 364, § 7.
" 835, §§281-
-291 G. L. 54, §§ 66-76.
" 835, §§292
293 S. 1914,435, §§1,2.
" 835, § 294
. S. 1916, 80.
" 835, §§ 295-
-297 G. L. 54, §§ 80-82.
" 835, § 298
. Part G. L. 54, § 83;
Special.
part
" 835, § 299
. G. L. 54, § 84.
" 835, § 300
. S. 1918, 41.
" 835, § 301
. S. 1919, 301, § 2.
" 835, §§ 302-304 G. L. 54, §§ 105-107.
" 835, § 305
. S. 1920, 493, § 2.
" 835, §§ 306-308 G. L. 54, §§ 109-111.
" 835, § 309
. S. 1917, 109, § 1.
" 835, §§310
311 G. L. 54, §§ 113, 114.
" 835, §312
. S. 1917, 109, § 2.
" 835, §§31.3-
-317 G. L. 54, §§ 116-120.
" 835, §§ 318, 319 S. 1914, 393, §§ 1, 2.
" 835, §§ 320-328 G. L. 54, §§ 123-131.
" 835, § 329
. S. 1917, 109, § 3.
■' 835, §§330,
331 G. L. 54, §§ 133, 134.
" 835, § 332
. Part G. L. 54, § 135;
Special.
part
" 835, §§333-
-337 G. L. 54, §§ 136-140.
"• 835, § 338
. PartG. L. 54, §141; part S.
1919, 269, § 1.
" 835, § 339
. G. L. 54, § 142.
" 835, § 340
. PartG. L. 35, § 2; 36
§8;
54, § 143; part S.
1919,
269, § 1.
" 835, § 341
. PartG. L. 54, §144; part S.
1919, 269, § 1.
" 835, § 342
. Part G. L. 54, §§ 142
part S. 1919, 269, § 1
-144;
" 835, § 343
. G. L. 54, § 146.
" 835, § 344
. Part G. L. 54, § 147; part S.
1919, 269, § 1.
" 835, § 345
. G. L. 54, §§ 138, 148.
" 835, § 346
. G. L. 54, § 149.
" 835, § 347
. G. L. 55, § 28.
" 835, § 348
. S. 1914, 783, § 2.
" 835. § 349
. S. 1914, 783, §§ 2, 3.
" 835, §§ 350-352 G. L. 55, §§ 8-10.
" 835, § 353
. G. L. 55, § 7.
" 835, § 354
. S. 1920, 256.
" 835, § 355
. G. L. 55, § 32.
" 835, § 356
. G. L. 55, § 7.
" 835, § 357
. G. L. 55, § 35.
" 835, § 358
. S. 1914, 783, § 4.
" 835, § 359
. G. L. 55, § IS.
" 835, § 360
. G. L. 55, § 17.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
913,835, §.361
S. 1914, 783. § 5.
1913, 835. § 437
■• 835, § 362
Amended 1914, 783, § 6; S.
" 835, §§4.38-447
1917, S3.
" 835, §§448, 449
" 835, § 363
Amended 1914, 783,
G. L. 55, § 19.
§ 7;
" 835, § 450
" 835, § 364
S. 1914, 783, § 8.
" 835, §451
" 835, §§ 365-367 G. L. 55, §§ 23-25.
•' 835, § 452
" 835, § 368
S. 1914, 783, § 9.
" 835, §§453,454
" 835, § 369
S. 1914, 783, § 2.
" 835, § 370
G. L. 55, § 21.
" 835, §455
" 835, § 371
S. 1914,783, § 11.
•' 835, § 456
" 835, §§ 372-378 G. L. 55, §§ 39-45.
■' 835. § 457
" 835, § 379
Part G. L. 54, § 150; part S.
•' 835, §§458-461
1919, 269, § 1.
" 835, §§462-464
" 835, § 380
PartG. L. 54, § 151; part S.
" 835, § 465
1919, 269, § 1.
•• 835, § 466
" 835, §§ 381-388 S. 1919, 269, §§ 16-23
" 835, § 467
" 835, § 389
S. 1918, 114, § 1.
" 835, § 468
" 835, § 390
S. 1919, 269, § 25.
" 835, § 469
" 835, §391
S 1917, 255, § 1.
" 8.35, § 470
" 835, §392
G. L. 12, § 12; 35, §
1; 36,
" 835, §471
§2.
■' 835, §472
•' 835, § 393
G. L. 39, § 9.
" 835, §§473, 474
" 835, §394
S. 1917, 221, § 1.
" 835, § 475
•' 835, § 395
S. 1918, 291, § 24.
" 835, § 476
" 835, § 396
S. 1917,221, §2.
" 835, §477
•' 835, § 397
G. L. 39, § 14.
■' 835, § 478
" 835, § 398
PartG. L. 39, § 15; part 0.
•' 835, §479
" 835, § 399
G. L. 39, § 17.
" 835, § 480
" 835, §400
S. 1918,291, §§13, 14
1920,
" 835, §481
591, § 33; part R.
1918,
291, § 26.
" 835, § 482
" 835, § 401
S. 1918,257, § 151;R
1920,
591, § 35.
" 835,1483
" 835, §402
S. 1920, 591, § 33; R.
1920,
'■ 835, §484
591, §35.
" 835, §485
" 835, § 403
S. 1918, 257, § 152; R.
1920,
" 835, §486
591, § 35.
" .835, §487
" 835, §404
S. 1920, 591, § 33; R.
1920,
■■ 835, §488
591, § 35.
'■ 835, §489
" 835, § 405
Part S. 1920, 591, § 33; R.
" 835, §490
1920, 591, § 35.
■• 835, §491
" 835, §§406, 4C
)7S. 1920, 591, § 33; R.
1920,
" 835, §492
591, § 35.
■■ 835, §493
" 835, § 408
S. 1920, 591, § 34.
" 835, §494
" 835, § 409
G. L. 41, § 63.
" 835, §495
" 835, § 410
S. 1918, 257, § 154.
'■ 835, § 496
■' 835, § 411
Part S. 1920, 591, § 31; R.
•■ 835, §§497,498
1920, 591, § 35.
" 835, §499
" 835, § 412
G. L. 41, §5.
■• 835, § 500
•' 835, §413
G. L. 41, § 9.
" 835, §501 .
" 835, §414
S. 1920, 591, § 15.
" 835, § 502
" 835, §415
S. 1918, 291, § 27.
" 835, § 504 .
" 835, §416
R. 1918,291, §28.
" 840 .. .
" 835, §417
G. L. 41, § 8.
1914, 18 . . .
" 835, §§418, 4
19 G. L. 39, §§ 18, 19.
33 . . .
" 835, § 420
O.
" 835, §421
S. 1918, 291, § 29.
34 . . .
" 835, § 422
Part G. L. 39, § 21 ; part O.
35, § 1 . .
" 835, § 423
Part G. L. 41, § 10; part S.
35, §2 . .
191S, 291, § 30.
35, §§3,4 .
" 835, § 424
S. 1918, 257, § 155.
45 . . .
" 835, § 425
R. 1920, 591, § 35.
" 835, § 426
G. L. 41, § 27.
54, § 1 . .
" 835, § 427
G. L. 41, § 40.
54, § 2 . .
" 835, § 428
G. L. 41, § 49.
55, § 1 . .
" 835, § 429
S. 1918, 291, §31.
" 835, § 4.30
G. L. 41, § 109.
55, § 2 . .
" 835, § 431
G. L. 41, § 10.
56 . . .
" 835, §§432,4
33 G. L. 41, §§6,7.
" 835, § 434
G. L. 56, § 1.
67 . . .
" 835, § 435
G. L. 56, § 3.
76 . . .
" 835, § 436
S. 1915, 91, § 8.
S3 . . .
G. L. 56, § 4.
G. L. 56, §§ 15-24.
I S. 1918, 257, § 20.
Part G. L. 56, § 28; part
Special.
.S. 1918, 257, § 21.
G. L. 56, § 32.
: S. 1918, 257, § 21; R. 1918,
257, § 22.
S. 1918, 257, § 23.
S. 1918, 257, § 21.
G. L. 56, § 5.
.S. 1915, 91, §§9-12.
: G. L. 56, §§ 9-11.
G. L. 56, §§ 12, 29.
S. 1918, 257, § 26.
G. L. 56, § 46.
G. L. 56, § 13.
Special.
G. L. 55, §.34; 56, §65.
G. L. 56, § 45.
G. L. 56, § 39.
[G. L. 56, §§47,48.
S. 1918, 257, § 27.
G. L. 56, § 44.
G. L. 56, § 43.
R. 1918, 257, § 156.
G. L. 56, § 30.
G. L. 56, § 49.
S. 1918, 257, § 26; R. 1918,
257, § 28.
S. 1918, 257, § 26; R. 1918,
257, § 28.
S. 1918, 257, § 29.
R. 1918, 257, § 30.
G. L. 56, § 50.
S. 1918, 257, § 31.
G. L. 56, § 51.
G. L. 149, §§ 178, 180.
G. L. 55, §27; 56, §63.
G. L. 55, § 26; 56, § 63.
G. L. 56, § 40.
G. L. 56, § 42.
G. L. 56, § 41.
G. L. 56, § 53.
G. L. 56, § 59.
G. L. 56, § 58.
;S. 1914, 783, §§ 12, 13.
G. L. 56, §§ 58, 62.
G. L. 56, § 57.
G. L. 56, § 66.
G. L. 56, §§ 67-69.
O.
G. L. 214, § 9.
G. L. 159, § 78.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 14,.
22.
G. L. 126, § 16.
G. L. 231, § 110.
S. 1914, 409.
G. L. 231, §§ 108, 109.
S. 1914,370, §§1,2; 11.1914,
370, § 3.
G. L. 235, § 17.
G. L. 235, § 23.
Part G. L. 44, § 24; part
O.
G. L. 44, § 24.
S. 1919, 293, §§ 1, 3; R.
1919, 293, § 5.
G. L. 94, §§64, 65.
G. L. 265, § 32.
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 25.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1914, 88, § 1 .
. S. 1916, 73; R. 1918, 123,
1914.246 . .
§2.
'• 247 . .
" 90 . .
. S. 1920, 591, § 17.
" 262 . .
91, §1 .
. S. 1916, 233, § 1.
" 263 . .
91, §2 .
. S. 1916, 233, § 2; R. 1918,
189. § 2.
" 267 . .
" 101 . .
. R. 1920. 308, 1 6.
■' 272 . .
" 101, §§1,2
. S. 1920, 308, § 2.
" 276 . .
■■ 101, §3 .
. S. 1920, 308, § 5.
" 283, § 1 .
■■ 108 . .
. S. 1917, 306, § 1; R. 1917.
" 283, § 2 .
306, § 2.
■■ 284 . .
'■ 116 . .
. G. L. 112. § 56.
" 287 . .
" 118 . .
. G. L. 78, § 8.
" 288 . .
" 120 . .
. S. 1917, 170, § 4.
'■ 121 . .
. G. L. 207, § 20.
•■ 291, §1 .
" 122 . .
. S. 1920, 218.
" 126 . .
. G. L. 263, § 3.
" 127 . .
. R. 1914, 649, § 10.
" 291, §2 .
" 127, §§1,2
. S. 1914, 649, §§ 1, 2.
" 127, §3 .
. S. 1914, 649, § 6.
" 298 . .
" 134 . .
. R. 1919, 7.
•■ 298, § 1 .
" 138 . .
. G. L. 48, § 36.
" 298, §2 .
" 143, § 1 .
. G. L. 44, § 1.
" 298, §3 .
" 143, § 2 .
. S. 1918, 26, § 1.
" 304 . .
" 143. §3 .
. G. L. 44, §§8, 10.
" 143, §§4, 5
. G. L. 44, §§ 16, 17.
■• 310 . .
" 146 . .
. G. L. 239, § 1.
•■ 311 . .
" 155 . .
. G. L. 148, § 24.
•■ 315 . .
" 158 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 2; R. 1919.
■' 316 . .
25, § 8.
•' 317 . .
" 159 . .
. S. & R. 1918, 257, § 2.
■■ 318 . .
" 161 . .
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
•• 320 . .
" 161, §1 .
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 78 (b).
195 id).
■■ 323 . .
" 164 . .
. G. L. 149, § 138.
■' 325, § 1 .
" 174 . .
. G. L. 74, § 18.
•■ 325, §2 .
■■ 177 . .
. G. L. Ill, §§ 109, 110.
■' 326 . .
'• 179 . .
. G. L. 127, § 158.
" 326. §§1.2
" 180 . .
. S. 1915, 177.
" 328, § 1 .
■• 182 . .
. S. 1916, 30; R. 1917, 344,
" 328, §2 .
VIII, § 1.'
" 328, §3 .
" 183 . .
. G. L. 99, § 1.
" 329 . .
•' 190 . .
. S. 1917, 200.
■■ 334 . .
" 191 . .
. Ci. L. 276, § 98.
" 336 . .
" 196 . .
. S. 1917, 327, § 49; R. 1017,
" 338 . .
327, § 268.
" 340 . .
■• 198, § 1 .
. G. L. 59, § 21.
" 342. § 1 .
" 198, § 2 .
. G. L. 58, §§ 2, 26; 59, §§ 9,
10, 19, 84; 60, §§ 3, 51;
" 343, § 1 .
63, §§1,4.
" 198, §3 .
. G. L. 40, § 17.
■• 343, §§2-6
" 198, §4 .
. G. L. 140, §§ 137, 138, 150.
■' 345, § 1 .
" 198, §5 .
. Part G. L. 59, §§ 74, 83;
" 345, § 2 .
part S. 1914, 689; 1918,
•■ 346 . .
257, § 36.
" 347, § 1 .
" 198, § 6 .
. Parte. L. 58, §26; 63, §§55,
" 347, §§2, 3
79; parts. 1915,34; 1918,
•' 347, §4 .
184, §§ 5, 6; 222; 1919,
" 347, § 5 .
332, § 1; 349, §§ 14, 21;
" 349 . .
part R. 1918, 257, § 77.
" 350, § 1 .
•• 198, §7 .
. G. L. 156, § 50.
•■ 200 . .
. G. L. 160, § 99.
" 352, § 1 .
•■ 204, § 1 .
. S. 1915, 16, § 1.
" 352, § 2 .
" 204, § 2 .
. G. L. 90, § 3.
" 356 . .
" 204. § 3 .
. S. 1915, 16, § 4.
" 206 . .
. G. L. 94, § 127.
" 358, § 1 .
" 207 . .
. Temporary.
•• 209 . .
. S. 1917, 226; R. 1918, 257,
" 358, § 2 .
§378.
" 358, § 3 .
" 216 . .
. Part G. L. 35, § 45; part O.
" 359 . .
•■ 217 . .
. G. L. 41, § 111.
" 362, § 2 .
" 239 . .
. S. 1920, 202.
" 367 . .
" 241 . .
. S. 1915, 27.
" 368, § 1 .
G. L. 17, § 15; 26, § 11.
S. 1915, 75.
G. L. 40, § 11.
G. L. 149, § 179.
S. 1918, 241, § 1; R. 1918.
241, § 2.
G. L. 119. § 41.
R. 1918, 257, § 377.
G. L. 41, § 70.
G. L. 121, § 26.
G. L. 165, § 11.
G. L. 142, § 16.
S. 1916, 149, §§ 1, 2; R.
1916, 149, § 3.
Part G. L. 128, § 5; part S.
1918, 189, § 1; part R.
1918, 189, § 2.
R. 1918, 189, § 2 (but see
1918, 202).
R. 1917, 85, § 6.
S. 1917,85, §§ 1,4.
S. 1917, 85, § 3.
S. 1917, 85, § 5.
S. 1917,344,1, §12;R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
G. L. 279, § 35.
S. 1914, 587, § 17.
G. L. 13, § 25.
G. L. 149, §§ 87, 89.
G. L. 44, § 7.
G. L. 236, § 46.
G. L. 176, § 32.
Part G. L. 116, § 5; part S.
1916, 316.
G. L. 94, §§ 89, 144.
S. 1917, 11.
R. 1918, 272, § 5.
S. 1918, 272, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1914, 726.
G. L. 149, §§ 113, 127.
O.
S. 1919, 364, § 2.
S. 1919, 287, § 1.
S. 1918, 202.
Special.
G. L. 92, § 101.
S. 1917, 327, § 76 (a); R.
1917, 327, § 268.
Part G. L. 92, § 1; part
Special.
Special.
S. 1920, 579, § 2.
G. L. 53, § 60.
Part G. L. 98, § 55; part O.
G. L. 149, § 22.
G. L. 149, § 23.
S. 1915, 108.
S. 1916, 89.
S. 1914, 587, § 3.
S. 1917, 105, § 1; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
G. L. 32, § 78.
Part G. L. 32, § 79; part O.
Part G. L. 193, § 1 ; part S.
1914, 702.
Part G. L. 19, § 5; part O;
part Temporary.
PartG. L. 19, §6; part O.
O.
G. L. 217, § 33.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
G. L. 94, § 83.
S. 1919, 72.
I
I
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
914, 36S, §
2 .
" 36S, § 4 .
" 368, § 5 .
" 370, § 1 .
" 370, § 2 .
■' 371 . .
" 373, § 1 .
" 373, §2 .
" 374, § 1 .
" 375 . .
" 376 . .
" 379 . .
" 380 . .
" 381 . .
'■ 381, §§1-5
'■ 384, § 1 .
" 385 . .
" 386
" 387
" 390
•' 391
" 393
" 397
" 399. § 1 .
" 399, §3 .
" 401, §§1,2
" 401, §3 .
" 404 . .
" 405 . .
" 406 . .
" 407, § 1 .
" 408 . .
" 409 . .
" 411 . .
" 419, §1 .
" 420, § 1 .
'■ 420, §§2, 3
" 421 . .
" 422 . .
" 423 . .
" 424 . .
" 426 . .
" 428, § 1 ,
" 428, § 2 .
" 429 . .
" 432 . .
" 435 . .
" 436 . .
" 437 . .
" 437, § 1 .
" 437, § 2 .
" 437, § 3 .
" 437, § 4 .
" 437, § 5 .
" 442, §§ 1-3
" 443, § 1 .
" 443, §2 .
" 445 . .
" 446 . .
" 447 . .
" 448, § 1 .
" 448, §2 .
" 449, § 1 .
" 450
G. L. 151, § 4.
S. 1919, 76.
G. L. 151, § 10.
G. L. 29, § 23.
Part G. L. 29, § 23; part S.
1917, 327, §§ 175, 253.
R. 1918, 257, § 434.
G. L. 78, §§ 14, 19.
S. 1918, 127.
S. 1918, 189, § 1.
S. 1914, 587, § 6.
S. 1915, 126, § 1; 1917,327,
§§ 121 (c), 224 (a); R.
1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1918, 257, § 250.
S. 1917, 327, § 68; R. 1916,
284, §16; 1917,327, §268.
R. 1919, 122, § 6.
S. 1919. 122, §§ 1-5.
Part G. L. 13, § 24; part
O.
G. L. 208, § 15.
G. L. 35, § 37.
G. L. 94, § 180. .
S. 1920, 584. § 2.
G. L. 74, § 18.
G. L. 54, §§ 121, 122.
G. L. 165, § 10.
G. L. 11, § 6.
G. L. 11, §9.
G. L. 131. §§ 43. 44.
G. L. 131, §§43,44.
G. L. 132, §§ 25, 26.
S. 1918. 287, § 1; R. 191S,
287. § 7.
S. 1919, 268.
S. 1914, 587, § 1.
G. L. Ill, §57.
G. L. 231, § 103.
S. 1915, 304.
S. 1918, 257, § 110.
G. L. 90, § 6.
S. 1915, 16, § 1; R. 1917,
187, § 2.
S. 1916, 65.
G. L. 172, § 73.
G. L. 159, § 94.
S. 1917, 75.
S. 1920, 327, § 1, cl. 4.
G. L. 207, § 28.
G. L. 207, § 57.
G. L. 224, § 10.
G. L. 221, §41.
G. L. 54, §§ 77, 78.
G. L. 236, § 53.
R. 1915, 268, § 26.
S. 1915, 268. §§ 11, 18, 19.
S. 1915,268, §§ 11, 18.
Part S. 1915, 268, § IS.
S. 1915. 268. § 18.
Part S. 1915. 268. § 18.
O.
S. 1916, 102, § 1.
S. 1915, 90; 1916, 102, § 2.
G. L. 6, § 1.
G. L. 217, § 33.
PartG. L. 9, § 17; part O.
S. 1919, 114, § 1.
R. 1919, 114, §3.
S. 1918. 151.
Part S. 1918. 257. § 219,
subs. 12; part R. 1918,
257, §214; part O.
1914,451
. . S. 1915. 259, § 1; R. 1915.
259, § 13.
" 452, §§1,
2 . S. 1918, 257, §§252,253.
" 452, §3
. . G. L. 98, § 36.
" 453 .
. . G. L. 131, § 62.
" 454 .
. G. L. 50, § 1.
" 455 .
. S. 1916, 258.
■' 458 .
. G. L. 125, § 9.
" 460
. S. 1917, 327, § 22; R. 1917.
327. § 268.
■' 462
. G. L. 65, § 28.
" 464, § 1
. G. L. 175, § 112.
" 464, § 2
. G. L. 175, §113; 214. §3.
" 465, § 1
. G. L. 276, § 35.
" 467, § 1
. G. L. 146. § 42.
" 467, § 2
. PartG. L. 146, §43; part 0.
" 467, §§3,
4 . G. L. 146, §§ 44, 45.
•' 467, § 5
. G. L. 146, §§ 5, 55.
" 470 .
. S. 1918, 44.
" 471 .
. G. L. 182, §§ 1, 2.
■■ 473 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 309.
■• 474, § 1
. S. 1917, 260.
" 474, §2
. G. L. 149, §§ 2, 27.
•' 477
. G. L. 209, § 31.
" 479 .
. G. L. 31, § 40.
•• 481 .
. S. 1916, 86; R. 1917, 327,
§268.
" 483 .
. S. 1920, 477.
" 484 .
. G. L. Ill, § 11.
" 486 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 91.
" 490 .
. Part G. L. 21, § 9; part S.
1919, 350, §§40, 44.
• 491 .
. G. L. 276. § 95.
■• 492 .
. G. L. 114. §31.
" 493 .
. G. L. 123, § 16.
" 494, § 1
. G. L. 32. §7(1).
" 494, § 2
. 0.
" 504, §§ 1,
1 . Part G. L. 172, §§ 43, 44;
part O.
" 504, §3
. Part G. L. 172, § 46; part
O.
" 505, § 1
. G. L. 175, § 11.
" 509, § 1
. S. 1919. 362, § 1.
" 509, § 2
. S. 1918. 211. § 1.
" 510, § 1
. S. 1918. 168. § 1.
" 510, §2
. o.
" 511
. G. L. 212, § 28.
■• 514, §1
. S. 1917,344. I, §21; R. 1917,
344, VIII, § 1.
•■ 515, §1
. S. 1916, 107.
■■ 515, §§2. C
. G. L. 92, § 68.
" 518, § 1
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 3.
•' 520 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 454.
" 521 .
. G. L. 276, § 9.
■■ 522 .
. G. L. 15, § 11.
•• 523, § 1
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 13.
•• 525 .
. G. L. 94, § 172.
•• 526 .
. R. 1916. 241. § 9.
■■ 527, § 1
. G. L. 159. § 71.
" 531
. G. L. 92. § 39.
•• 532, § 1
. PartG. L. 218. § 1; part O.
" 532, §2
. S. 1918. 211, § 1; 1919, 362,
§§1.2.
" 533 .
. PartG. L. 149, § 14; part S.
1918, 189, § 1.
" 537, § 1
. G. L. 172, §§ 48, 81.
'• 537, §2
. G. L. 172, § 47.
" 537, §3
. G. L. 172. §§ 31. 37.
" 538, §§1,5
. G. L. 71. § 71.
" 540, § 1
. G. L. 31. § 41.
" 542, § 1
. G. L. 12. § 25.
" 544. § 1
. S. 1917, 247, § 3.
" 545 .
. S. 1915, 55.
CCXXV'l
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES
SINCE THE REVI
SED LAWS.
1914, 546 .
. Part G. L. 14, § 5; part S.
1914, 605 . .
R. 1919, 320, § 2.
1919, 350, §§ 53, 55.
" 605, §§1,2
S. 1918,228, §§ 1,3.
" 547 .
. S. 1919, 362, § 1.
" 605, §§3,4
S. 1919, 320, § 1.
■• 553, §
. G. L. 231, § 85.
" 605, § 5 .
S. 1918, 228, § 1.
■' 554, §
. S. 1919, 213, § 1.
" 605, § 6 .
S. 1919, 320, § 1.
" 556
. S. 1918, 257, § 175.
" 606, § 1 .
G. L. 121, § 1.
•' 557
. S. 1915, 216.
•• 606, § 2 .
G. L. 121, § 7.
" 558
. S. 1915, 73.
" 606, §§3-5
G. L. 121, §§ 20-22.
" 559
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 610 . .
G. L. 107, § 12.
•■ 56.3
. G. L. 65, § 36.
" 611 . .
R. 1915, 91, § 13.
" 566
. G. L. 149, § 126.
" 615 . .
Part G. L. 30, § 17; part S.
•' 567
. G. L. 266, § 54.
1917,327, §72; 1920,546.
" 568, 1 ]
. S. 1919, 94.
§2; part R. 1918, 257, §8.
" 570
. S. 1917, 265.
" 616 . .
S. 1919, 350, § 11.
•' 571
. O.
" 619 . .
G. L. 211, §23.
" 573, §
. S. 1919, 220, § 1; R. 1919,
" 620 . .
S. 1917, 336.
220, § 4.
" 621 . .
G. L. 272, § 7.
" 573, §2
. G. L. 12, § 22.
" 622 . .
Part G. L. 22, § 6; part S.
■' 575 .
. S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
1919, 3.50, § 101.
189, § 2.
" 623 . .
G. L. 149, § 40.
" 576, § 1
. G. L. 231, § 140.
" 624, § 1 .
G. L. 139, § 4.
•' 576, § 2
. G. L. 221, § 56.
" 624, § 2 .
G. L. 139, § 5; 219, § 26.
" 576, § 3
. G. L. 221, § 58.
" 624, §§3-9
G. L. 139, §§ 6-12.
" 576, § 4
. G. L. 221, § 60.
" 624, § 10 .
O.
" 576, § 5
. G. L. 221, § 62.
" 624, § 11 .
G. L. 139, § 14.
" 576, § 6
• o.
" 624, § 12 .
G. L. 139, § 16.
•• 577, § 1
. Temporary.
•• 624, §§ 13, 14
G. L. 139, §§ 19, 20.
" 577, §2
. Part G. L. 22, § 6; part S.
■' 624, § 15 .
G. L. 139, § 13.
1919, 350, §§ 101, 108.
" 625 . .
G. L. 60, § 17.
" 580 .
. G. L. 149, § 88.
•' 626 . .
G. L. 223, § 39.
•' 582, § 1
. S. 1915, 197, § 3.
" 627 . .
G. L. 94, §§ 146, 148.
'■ 582, § 2
. G. L. 32, § 5 (2) B.
" 629 . .
S. 1918, 52, §§ 1, 2.
" 587, § 1
. S. 1918, 164, § 1.
•■ 631, §1 .
G. L. 25, § 9.
" 587, § 2
. S. 1919, 290, § 2.
" 631, §2 .
G. L. 25, § 10; 164, § 85.
" 587, § 3
. S. 1917, 161; 1919, 290, §3.
" 633, § 1 .
G. L. 98, § 38.
" 587, § 4
. S. 1919,290, §§4, 16.
" 633, § 2 .
S. 1917, 21.
" 587, §§ 5-
5 . S. 1919, 290, §§ 5-15.
" 633, § 3 .
G. L. 98, § 48.
" 587, § 16
. Temporary.
" 634, § 1 .
G. L. 94, § 1.
" 587, § 17
. S. 1916, 191.
" 634, § 2 .
PartG. L. 94, § 142; part S.
•' 587, § 18
. S. 1917, 160.
1917, 78.
" 589. § 1
. Part G. L. 9, § 1; part S.
" 6.34, §§3, 4
G. L. 94, § 143.
1914, 615.
" 635 . .
G. U 279, §§ 18, 19.
" 590 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 179.
" 637 . .
G. L. 38, § 3.
" 594 .
. G. L. 266, § 22.
■• 642 . .
G.L. 175, §47,cl.3, §§90,91.
" 596
. R. 1917, 212, § 3.
" 643, § 1 .
G. L. 170, § 7.
" 597, §§ 1,
2 . G. L. 1.30, § 120.
" 643, § 2 .
S. 1915, 77.
" 597, §§3-
12 . G. L. 130, §§ 121-130.
" 643, § 3 .
G. L. 170, § 13.
" 598, § 1
. G. L. 61, § 1.
" 643, § 4 .
S. 1920, 110.
" 598, § 2
. Part G. L. 61, § 2; part S.
" 643, §§ 5-7
G. L. 170, §§ 18-20.
1918, 257, § 59.
" 643, §§8,9
G. L. 170, §§ 39, 40.
" 598, § 3
. G. L. 61, §4.
'• 647 . .
G. L. HI, § 92.
" 598, §4
. PartG. L. 61, § 5; part 0.
•• 648, § 1 .
PartG. L. 14, §4; 58, § 13
" 598, § 5
. PartG. L. 59, §5, cl. 26; 61,
part S. 1919, 349, § 1.
§6; partO.
■■ 648, § 2 .
Part G. L. 58, § 13; part O
" 598, § 6
. G. L. 61, § 7.
" 649, §§ 1-6
G. L. 146, §§ 34-39.
" 598, § 7
. Part G. L. 61, § 8; part O.
'■ 649, § 7 .
G. L. 146, § 34.
" 598, § 8
. Part G. L. 61, §§ 9, 25, 26;
" 649, §§8, 9
G. L. 146, §§40, 41.
part 0.
" 653, § 1 .
G. L. 94, § 181.
" 598, § 9
. Part G. L. 61, § 10; part O.
" 653, § 2 .
Part G. L. 94, § 182; part S
" 598, §§ 10
-19 G. L. 61, §§ 11-20.
1920, 418, § 17.
" 598, § 20
. G. L. 61, §§21, 22.
" 653, § 3 .
S. 1917, 208, § 6.
" 598, §§21
22 G. L. 61, §§ 23, 24.
•■ 653, § 4 .
G. L. 94, § 181.
" 598, § 23
. G. L. 61, § 27.
" 653, § 5 .
G. L. 94, § 184.
" 598, § 24
. G. L. 156, §§ 6, 7.
" 653, § 6 .
Part G. L. 94, § 183; part S
" 598, § 25
. O.
1920, 418, § 22.
■' 598, § 26
. S. 1918, 257, § 61.
" 653, § 7 .
PartG. L. 94, §181; part S
•• 598, § 27
. O.
1920, 418, § 17.
" 000, § 1
. G. L. 31, § 19.
" 653, §8 .
PartG. L. 94, § 184; part S
" 600, § 2
. G. L. 31, § 12.
1920, 418, § 17.
" 600, §§3,
4 . G. L. 31, §§36, 37.
" 653, § 10 .
O.
■■ 600, § 5
. S. 1918, 257, § 94.
" 654 . .
Part G. L. 272, § 54; part O
" 604 .
. PartG. L. 218, § 10; part S.
" 656 . .
S. 1918, 189, § 1.
1917, 291.
" 658, § 1 .
G. L. 93, § 19.
DISPOSITION OF ST.^
.TUTES
SINXE THE K
EVISED LAWS. CCXXVU
1914, 658, § 2
. . S. 1918, 257, § 223.
1914, 708, § 15
. . Part G. L. 24. §§ 6, 7; 152.
" 658, § 3
. . G. L. 93, § 21.
§63; parts. 1919,299, § 1.
" 658, § 4
. . Part G. L. 93, § 22;
part 0.
" 708, §§16
,17 0.
" 658, § 5
. . G. L. 93, § 23.
" 710, § 1
. . Parts. 1917, 244; 1919, 183;
" 661, § 1
. . G. L. 155, § 48; 176, § 48;
235; partO.
181, § 20.
" 710, § 2
. . 0.
" . 661, § 2
. . G. L. 155, §49; 181
§20.
" 712, § 1
. . S. 1916, 288, §§ 1, 2.
" 662 .
. . S. 1914,762, §4; 1918, 290,
" 712, §2
. . O.
§ 4; R. 1914, 762, § 9;
•' 712, §3
. Temporary.
1918, 290, § 5.
" 712, §4
. O.
" 663 .
. . G. L. 217, § 33.
" 714, §§1-
3 . G. L. 71, §§ 41-43.
" 666 .
. . S. 1918, 287, § 1.
" 714, §§4,
5 . G. L. 71, § 42.
" 667 .
. . S. 1919, 203, § 1.
" 714. §7
. . S. 1918, 257, § 182.
" 669 .
. . Part G. L. 127, § 71
part S.
" 714, § 8
. . G. L. 71. §§41-43.
1917, 277, § 1.
" 715
. . S. 1915. 71; R. 1917. 327.
" 670 .
. . S. 1915, 249.
§268.
•' 671
. . G. L. 161, § 29.
" 717, § 1
. . G. L. 91, § 10.
" 673
. . G. L. 221, § 92.
" 717, §2
. . G. L. 91, § 20.
" 676, § 1
. S. 1919, 269, § 5.
" 717, §3
. . S. 1917. 240. § 1.
" • 676, § 2
. S. 1920, 146, § 1.
•• 717, §4
. . S. 1917, 240, § 3.
" 676, § 3
. G. L. 54, § 3.
" 718
. . R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 676, § 4
. Part G. L. 54, § 4;
part S.
" 718, § 1
. . S. 1916, 284, § 3.
1919, 269, § 1.
•• 719, § 1
. Part G. L. 74, §§ 11, 35;
" 677 .
. S. 1920, 100, §§1,3;
R. 1920,
part O.
100, § 4.
" 719, §2
. G. L. 74, §§ 28-30.
" 679
. G. L. 159, § 15.
" 720, § 1
. S. 1919, 350, §§ 39, 40, 42.
" 681, § 1
. G. L. 150, § 3.
" 720, § 2
. S. 1916, 136.
" 681, § 2
. G. L. 150, § 9.
" 720, § 3
. G. L. 132, §§ 4, 31.
" 684 .
. S. 1919, 215, § 1.
" 720, § 4
. G. L. 132, § 7.
" 686
. S. 1919, 362, § 1.
" 720, § 5
. G. L. 58, § 13.
" 688, §§ 1,
2 . G. L. 149, §§ 41, 42.
■■ 720, § 6
. G. L. 132, § 32.
" 688, § 3
. Temporary.
•■ 722. § 1
. G. L. 159. § 70.
" 689 .
. G. L. 58, § 10.
" 722, § 2
. G. L. 159, § 81.
" 690, § 1
. Part G. L. 218, § 73
part S.
•• 722. § 3
. Temporary.
1919, 219.
" 723 .
. G. L. 160, § 184.
" 690, § 2
. G. L. 218, § 73.
" 724 .
. R. 1918, 76.
" 694 .
. R. 1915, 187, § 12.
" 726 .
. G. L. 149, § 133.
" 694, §§ 1-^
i . S. 1915, 187, §§ 1-4.
" 728 .
. G. L. 12, § 10.
" 694, § 5
. S. 1915, 187, § 6.
" 736 .
. G. L. 218, § 63.
" 694, § 6
. S. 1915, 187, § 11.
" 739 .
. S. 1915, 254, § 2.
" 695 .
. Part G. L. 90, § 33;
part S.
'• 740
. G. L. 44, § 15.
1915, 10, § 2; 16, § 8;
•■ 742, § 1
. PartG. L. 164, § 1; part 0.
1916, 140; 1919, 294, §2;
" 742, § 2
. G. L. 164, § 3.
1920, 262, § 2; 419.
■• 742, § 3
. G. L. 164, § 5.
" 696 .
. S. 1919, 155.
" 742. §4
. R. 1919, 333, § 18.
" 698, § 1
. S. 1916, 296, § 2; R. 1916. |
" 742, § 5
. G. L. 164, § 6.
296, § 9.
" 742, § 6
. S. 1919, 333, § 17; R. 1919,
" 699, §§ 1, ;
i . G. L. 197, §§ 1,2.
333, § 18.
" 699, § 3
. G. L. 197, § 9.
" 742, § 7
. S. 1918,257, §372; R. 1919,
" 699, §§4,
J . G. L. 197, §§ 11, 12.
.333, § 18.
" 699, § 6
. S. 1918, 257, § 392.
" 742, § 8
. G. L. 158, § 7.
" 699, § 7
. S. 1915, 33, § 1.
" 742, § 9
. S. 1919, 333, § 17; R. 1919,
" 699, § 8
. G. L. 197, § 21.
333, § 18.
" 700, § 1
. S. 1918, 257, § 417.
" 742, § 10
. G. L. 158. § 9.
" 700, § 2
. G. L. 218, §§ 61, 62.
•• 742, § 11
. O.
" 700, § 3
. S. 1920, 490.
" 742, § 12
. G. L. 155, § 3.
" 702 .
. G. L. 193, § 1.
" 742, §§ 13-
15 S. 1919, 333, § 17; R. 1919,
" 707 .
. R. 1918. 257, § 380; 273, |
333, § 18.
§6.
" 742, § 16
. S. 1918. 257. § 373.
" 70S, § 1
. S. 1917, 198.
•' 742, § 17
. G. L. 155. § 6.
" 708, § 2
. G. L. 152, § 31.
" 742. § 18
. G. L. 164. § 7.
" 708, § 3
. PartG. L. 152, §32;
part S.
" 742, § 19
. S. 1918. 257. § 374.
1919, 204.
" 742, § 20
. R. 1919. 333. § 18.
" 708, § 4
. S. 1917, 249.
" 742. § 21
. G. L. 155. § 21.
" 708, § 5
. S. 1919, 205.
" 742. § 22
. G. L. 158. §§ 21. 22.
" 708, § 6
. G. L. 152, § 36.
" 742, § 23
. G. L. 155, §§ 27, 29, 45,
" 708, § 7
. G. L. 152, § 39.
46.
" 708, § 8
. G. L. 152, § 48.
" 742, § 24
. S. 1919, 333, § 17.
" 708, § 9
. S. 1917, 297, § 2.
" 742, § 25
. PartG. L. 155, § 22; part S.
" 708, § 10
. S. 1916, 72.
1919, 333, § 17.
" 708, §§ 11,
12 S. 1917, 297, §§ 8, 9.
■' 742. § 26
. G. L. 155, § 23.
" 708, § 13
. G. L. 152, § 1.
•■ 742. § 27
. Part G. L. 155, § 22; part S.
" 708, § 14
. G. L. 152, § 50.
1919, 333, § 17.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
§2S . .
§29 . .
§30 . .
§§31-34
§35 . .
742,
742,
742,
742,
74^
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
742,
§36 . .
5 37 . .
S§3S, 39
§§40,41
§42 . .
§§43,44
§§45-47
§48
§51
§52
§§53
§58
§59
§60
§61
§62
§63
§64
§67
§§69,70
§71 . .
§72 . .
§73 . .
§§74-76
§§77,78
§79 . .
§§80-83
§84 . .
§§85-87
!91
!92
i93
)§ 94-99
(100 .
)§ 101-104
j§ 105-113
!§114, 115
j§ 116-119
il20
\ 121
)§ 122-124
!§ 125, 126
jl27
jl28
jl29
5130
S 131
5 132
G. L. 158, § 23.
G. L. 155, § 16; 164, §8.
G. L. 155, §§ 18, 19.
G. L. 1.58, §§ 25-28.
G. L. 15S, § 24; 164, § 10;
(by reference) 165, § 2.
G. L. 164, § 11; (by refer-
ence) 165, § 2.
S. 1918, 257. § 375.
G. L. 164, §§ 13, 14; (by ref-
erence) 165, § 2.
G. L. 164, § 16; (by refer-
ence) 165, § 2.
G. L. 164, §§ 17, 18; (by ref-
erence) 165, § 2.
G. L. 164, §§ 18, 19.
G. L. 158, §§ 29-31.
G. L. 164, § 20.
R. 1919, 333, § 18.
G. L. 158, § 10; (by refer-
ence) 165, § 2.
G. L. 164, § 21; (by refer-
ence) 165, § 2.
S. 1915, 192.
G. L. 164, §§ 23-27.
G. L. 155, § 10; 164, § 28.
S. 1918, 257, § 376.
S. & R. 1919, 333, § 15.
S. 1919, 111.
G. L. 155, § 47.
G. L. 158, § 16.
G. L. 164, § 31.
G. L. 158, § 37.
G. L. 158, § 37; (by refer-
ence) 156, § 49.
G. L. 158, § 38.
G. L. 158, § 39; (by refer-
ence) 165, § 2.
G. L. 158, §§ 40, 41.
O.
G. L. 158, § 36.
G. L. 164, § 32.
G. L. 158, §§ 45-47.
G. L. 158, §§ 49, 50.
O.
G. L. 158, §§ 51-54.
S. 1919, 333, § 17; R. 1919,
333, § 18.
G. L. 155, §§ 51-53.
G. L. 155, § 55.
G. L. 158, § 42.
G. L. 158, § 48.
S. 1915, 92.
S. 1917, 205, § 2.
Part G. L. 164, § 35; part
O.
G. L. 164, §§ 36-41.
PartG. L. 164, § 42; part S.
1915, 20, § 1.
G. L. 164, §§ 43-46.
G. L. 164, §§ 48-56.
S. 1918, 77, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 164. §§ 59-62.
S. 1918, 78, § 1.
S. 1920, 236.
G. L. 164, §§ 65-67.
G. L. 164, §§ 69, 70.
G. L. 164, § 71; 166, § 21.
S. 1917, 141.
G. L. 164, § 73.
S. 1917, 344, I, § 29.
G. L. 164, § 74.
G. L. 164, § 75; 166, § 27.
1914, 742
§133
" 742
§134
'■ 742
§135
" 742
§136
" 742
§137
" 742
§138
•■ 742
§139
" 742
§140
" 742
§§141-
143
■■ 742
§144
" 742
§145
■■ 742
§146
■' 742
§147
'■ 742
§148
" 742
§149
" 742
§§150-154
" 742
§§ 155-
160
" 742
§§161-
163
" 742
§§ 164-
171
" 742
§172
•■ 742
§173
•■ 742
§174
" 742
§175
■■ 742
§176
" 742
§177
•• 742
§178
■■ 742
§ 179
" 742
§180
" 742
§181
" 742
§182
" 742
§§ 183-
-185
'■ 742
§186
" 742
§§187,
188
" 742
§189
" 742
§190
" 742
§191
" 742
§§192-
-197
" 742
§198
•■ 742
§200
•■ 743
" 744
§1 '.
" 744
§§2-5
" 744
§6 .
" 745
§1 .
" 746
" 750
" 751
" 752
§1 .
" 752
§2 .
" 757
" 758
" 759
•■ 761
S 1
762,
762,
Part G. L. 25, § 3; part S.
1919, 350, §§ 117, 118;
part O.
S. 1916, 220, § 1.
G. L. 25, § 9.
S. 1917, 205, § 3.
G. L. 25, § 12.
G. L. 164, § 76.
G. L. 164, § 106.
S. 1918, 78, § 2.
G. L. 164, §§78-80.
S. 1920, 583, § 1.
G. L. 164, § 82; (by refer-
ence) 165, § 2.
S. 1920, 583, § 2.
Part G. L. 164, § 84; part O.
S. 1915, 20, § 2.
G. L. 268, § 6.
G. L. 182, §§ 7-11.
G. L. 164, §§ 86-91.
G. L. 164, §§ 92-94.
G. L. 164, §§ 95-102.
Part G. L. 181, § 1; part S.
1919, 333, § 16.
G. L. 155, §§4,5.
S. 1916, 220, § 2.
G. L. 164, § 103.
Part G. L. 25, § 14; part O.
S. 1920, 242.
G. L. 25, § 15.
S. 1917, 205, § 4.
G. L. 164, § 105.
S. 1918, 9, § 1.
S. 1918, 9, § 3.
G. L. 164, §§ 112-114.
G. L. 164, §§ 115, 119.
G. L. 164, §§ 116, 117.
G. L. 164, §§ 118, 119.
G. L. 164, § 120.
PartG. L. 164, § 121; part 0.
G. L. 164, §§ 122-127.
G. L. 164, § 2.
O.
G. L. 272, § 53.
S. 1916, 228.
G. L. 94, § 43.
G. L. 94, § 35.
G. L. 160, § 221.
O.
Part G. L. 112, § 58; part O.
S. 1917, 327, § 48 (c) ; R.
1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1915, 31; R. 1917, 327,
§268.
S. 1917, 327, § 48; R. 1917.
327, § 268.
S. 1916, 146, § 1.
S. 1917,93, §1; R. 1917,93,
§2.
PartG. L. 221, §91; part S.
1919, 357, § 2.
o.
Parts. 1916, 285, §§ L, 2,4;
part R. 1916, 285, § 8;
part O.
Part G. L. 123, § 3; part S.
1916, 285, § 3; part R.
1916, 285, § 8.
Part S. 1916, 285, § 4; 1918,
257, § 308; part R. 1916,
285, § 8.
S. 1918, 290, §§1^;R. 1918,
290, § 5.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1914, 762, §5 .
. G. L. 123, § 8.
1914, 795, § 4
. . G. L. 148, § 31.
" 762, § 6 .
. S. 1915, 241, § 1.
•■ 795, §5
. . G. L. 140, § 120.
" 762, § 7 .
. Part S. 1916, 285, §?
6, 7;
" 795, §§6-14 . G. L. 148, §§ 32-40.
part R. 1916, 285, -
S.
" 795, §§ 15-18 G. L. 148, §§ 42-45.
" 762, §8 .
. S. 1915, 241, § 2.
'■ 795, §§ 1£
,20 Part G. L. 148, §§ 46, 47
" 767, § 1 .
. Special.
part O.
•■ 767, § 2 .
G. L. 92, § 12.
■• 795, §21
. . G. L. 148, § 48.
" 770, § 1 .
S. 1915, 238, § 1.
■■ 795, §22
. . G. L. 148, § 41.
" 770, § 2 .
S. 1919, 349, § 25.
■' 795, §23
. . G. L. 148, § 50.
" 770, §3 .
PartG. L. 64, §3; part O.
" 795, § 24
. . G. L. 148, § 49.
■• 770, § 4 .
G. L. 64, § 5.
■■ 795, §25
. . G. L. 22, §7; 148, §29.
" 770, § 5 .
PartG. L. 64, §4; part O.
■• 795, § 26
. . G. L. 148, § 28.
" 770, §§6, 7
S. 1915, 238, §§3,4.
" 795, §27
. . G. L. 148, § 51.
" 770, § 8 .
G. L. 64, § 9.
" 795, § 28
. . G. L. 148, § 2.
" 770, §9 .
S. 1920, 464.
1915, 2 .
. . G. L. 40, § 9.
" 770, § 10 .
S. 1915, 238, § 5.
6 .
. . G. L. 31, §§29,30.
" 770, § 11 .
G. L. 64, § 6.
7 .
. . G. L. 175, § 77.
" 770, § 12 .
S. 1915, 238, § 6.
8 .
. . S. 1917, 344, 1, §24; R. 1917,
" 770, § 13 .
G. L. 30, § 27.
344, VIII, § 1.
" 770, § 14 .
Temporary.
9
. . G. L. 224, § 27.
" 778
0.
10, §1
. . G. L. 90, § 8.
" 783, § 1 .
S. 1916, 161.
10. §2
. . G. L. 90, § 33.
" 783, §§2, 3
S. 191S, 257, § 18.
11
. . G. L. 90, § 10.
'■ 783, § 4 .
G. L. 55, § 4.
12 .
. . G. L. Ill, § 96.
" 783, § 5 .
G. L. 55. § 6.
13
. . G. L. 198, § 9.
" 783, § 6 .
S. 1917, S3.
14
. . G. L. 36, §32; 217, § 19.
" 783, § 7 . .
G. L. 55, §§ 20, 36.
15
. S. 1918,257, §354; R. 1918,
" 783, § 8 . .
G. L. 55, § 22.
257, § 355.
" 783, § 9 . .
G. L. 55, § 36.
16, §1
. Part G. L. 90, § 1; part S.
" 783, § 10 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 19.
1915, 99; 1919, 214.
" 783, §11 . .
G. L. 55, § 38.
16, §2
. S. 1920, 262, § 1.
" 783, §§ 12, 13
G. L. 56, §§ 54, 55.
16, §3
. S. 1918, 17.
" 783, § 14 . .
0.
16, §4
. G. L. 90, § 10.
" 787, § 1 . .
G. L. 25, §3; 165, §4.
16, §5
. G. L. 90, § 12.
" 787, § 2 . .
G. L. 25, § 9.
16, §6
. G. L. 90, §§ 22, 23.
" 787, § 3 , .
G. L. 25, § 11.
16, §7
. G. L. 90, § 23.
" 787, § 4 . .
G. L. 165, § 7.
16, §8
. G. L. 90, § 33.
" 787, § 5 . .
S. 1920, 295.
17
. G. L. 103, §§24,28.
" 787, §§6-8 .
R. 1915, 21, § 1.
18 .
. Part G. L. 44, § 29; part O.
" 787, §§9, 10 .
G. L. 165, §§ 8, 9.
19 .
. G. L. 90, § 20.
" 787, §11 . .
G. L. 165, § 1.
20, § 1
. G. L. 164, § 42.
" 787, § 12 . .
G. L. 165, § 3.
20, § 2
. G. L. 182, §§ 3, 4.
" 787, § 13 . .
O.
21, §2
. G. L. 165, § 6.
" 788 .. .
R. 1915, 187, § 12.
22 .
. G. L. 94, § 145.
" 790, §§ 1-9 .
S. 1916, 179, §§ 1-9.
23 .
. Gone to many places.
" 790, § 10 . .
S. 1915, 283.
24 .
. G. L. 215, § 46.
" 790, §11 . .
S. 1916, 179, § 10.
25 .
. S. 1918, 124.
" 790, § 12 . .
S. 1919, 269, § 8.
26 .
. G. L. 195, § 6; 217, § 22.
" 790, § 13 . .
S. 1915, 42; 1919, 269
§9.
27 .
. G. L. 149, § 53.
" 790, § 14 . .
O.
28, § 1 .
. G. L. 188, § 1.
" 791, §§ 1-7 ,
G. L. 143, §§72-78.
28, §2 .
. G. L. 188, § 3.
" 791, §8 . .
Part G. L. 143, § 79; part O. j
31 . .
. S. 1917, 327, § 48; R. 1917,
" 791, §9 . .
G. L. 143, § 75.
327, § 268.
" 791, § 10 . .
G. L. 143, §§ 75. 80.
32 . .
. S. 1919, 115.
" 791, §§11-13
G. L. 143, §§ 81-83.
33, § 1 .
. G. L. 197, § 17.
'■ 791, § 14 . .
O.
33, § 2 .
. O.
" 791, § 15 . .
G. L. 143, § 84.
34 . .
. G. L. 63, § 55.
" 791, § 17 . .
G. L. 143, § 85.
35 . .
. S. 1917, 201, § 1; R. 1917,
" 792, § 1 . .
Part G. L. 17, § 1; part S. |
201, §2.
1919, 350, §§ 96, 97;
part
36 . .
. PartG. L. 53, §40; 54, §42;
" 792, § 2 . .
0.
PartG.L. 17, §§2, 6,7;
111,
37 . .
part 0; part Special.
. G. L. 2, § 5.
§ 2; part S. 1919,
350,
38 . .
. G. L. 170, § 11.
§97.
39 . .
. S. 1916, 4.
" 792, § 3 . .
G. L. 17, §3; 111, §3.
40 . .
. S. 1917, 327, § 74 (6); R.
" 792, § 4 . .
G. L. 17, § 4.
1917, 327, § 268.
" 792, § 5 . .
S. 1920, 435.
41, §1 .
. S. 1916, 276, § 1.
" 792, §§6, 7 .
Temporary.
41, §2 .
. G. L. 217, § 29.
" 795, § 1 . .
PartG.L. 148, §§1,28;
part
42 . .
. G. L. 90, §§ 4, 33.
O.
43 . .
. G. L. 94, § 173.
" 795, § 2 . .
Part G. L. 22, § 8; part S. 1
44 . .
. G. L. Ill, § 74.
1919, 350, §§ 99, 101,
104.
45 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 165.
" 795, § 3 . .
S. 1916, 138.
1
46 . .
. G. L. Ill, § 136.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1915, 47 .
48
" 49, §§ 1,
51
52 .
53 .
54, § 1
54, §2
55
56, § 1
56, § 2
56, § 3
56, §4
56, §5
57
60
61
62
63
70
71
73
74
75
76
77
78
79, §1
79, §§2,3
79, § 4 .
80 .
81, §1
81, §2
82
82, §1
82, §2
82, §3
83, §1
83, §2
84
85, §1
85, §2
85, §3
85, §4
85, §5
85, §6
85, §7
86 .
87
88, §1
88, § 2 .
89 . .
90 . .
91, §§ 1-5
91, §6 .
91, §§7-11
91, §12 .
92 . .
93 . .
S. 1919, 21.
S. 1919, 269, § 6.
G. L. 130, § 63.
G. L. 35, § 8.
G. L. Ill, § 113.
G. L. 210, § 4.
S. 1917, 27.
G. L. 130, § 61.
Part G. L. 94, § 91 ; part O.
S. 1918, 257, § 52.
G. L. 60, § SO.
S. 1915, 237, § 25.
G. L. 59, § 72.
O.
S. 1916, 222.
G. L. 41, § 111.
S. 1919, 333, § 26.
R. 1919, 16.
G. L. 204, § 24.
Part G. L. 193, § 3; part S.
1919, 349, § 6.
S. 1919, 77, § 1; R. 1919,
77, §2.
S. 1915, 265. § 1; R. 1915,
265, § 2.
G. L. 123, § 25.
G. L. 149, § 122.
G. L. 149, § 90.
S. 1917, 327, § 87 (6); R.
1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917, 69.
S. 1919, 350, § 74.
S. 1916, 229.
G. L. 31, § 17.
S. 1918, 83, § 1.
S. 1919, 291.
PartG. L. 19, §5; 123, §25;
part O.
Part G. L. 123, § 25; part O.
Part G. L. 19, § 6; part
Temporary.
G. L. 132, § 27.
Part G. L. 76, § 1 ; part S.
1919, 281.
Part G. L. 76, §§ 2, 4; part O.
R. 1920, 317, § 3.
S. 1920, 317, § 2.
S. 1916, 11.
S. 1920, 317, § 2.
S. 1918, 25, § 1.
G. L. 44, § 5.
G. L. 44, § 27.
Part G. L. 44, § 9; part O.
G. L. 44, § 20.
G. L. 44, § 16.
Part G. L. 44, § 47; part O.
S. 1916, 62, § 2.
G. L. 44, § 11.
O.
G. L. 1.30, § 84.
G. L. 90, § 9.
Part G. L. 12, § 14; part S.
1917, 222, § 1; part R.
1917, 222, § 2.
o.
S. 1915, 254, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1916, 102, § 2.
S. 1917, 29, §§ 1-5.
S. 1916, 87.
S. 1917, 29, §§ 12-16.
S. 1918, 257, § 25.
S. 1915, 264.
G. L. 167, § 15.
1915, 94
95
100
101
104
105
106, §§ 1,
106, § 3
107, § 1
107, § 2
lOS .
109 .
110 .
Ill
112, §1
112, §§2,
113, § 1
113, §2
113, §§3,4
113, §5
114 .
115
116 .
117
118, §1
lis, §2
lis. §3
119 .
120, §§1,2
120, §3
121, §1
123 .
124 .
125 .
126, § 1
126, § 2
127
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137, § 1
137, §§2-4
137, § 5
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145, § 1
145, § 2
145, §§3-12
145, § 14
146, § 1
146, § 2
146, § 3
146, § 4
G. L. 76, § 13.
G. L. 32, § 49.
G. L. 48, § 57.
G. L. 105, §§ 2, 7.
S. 1916, 260.
S. 1919, 269, § 10.
S. 1918, 245.
G. L. Ill, § 13.
S. 1918, 257, § 14.
G. L. 78, § 20.
O.
G. L. 211, § 12.
S. 1920, 386.
S. 1916, 143.
S. 1917, 112, § 1.
S. 1920, 333.
S. 1918, 257, § 433.
G. L. 240, § 16.
Part G. L. 240, §§ 17, 18;
part O.
G. L. 120, § 13.
Part G. L. 120, § 16; part
O.
G. L. 120, §§ 22, 23.
G. L. 120, § 12.
S. 1918, 268, § 2.
G. L. 44, § 8.
G. L. 149, § 123.
G. L. 149, § 106.
G. L. 157, § 4.
Part G. L. 157, § 9; part S.
1918, 257, § 362.
G. L. 157, § 6, subs. 4.
S. 1920,580, §§1,2;R. 1920,
580, § 4.
G. L. 36, § 24.
G. L. 262, §§38,39.
G. L. 107, § 4.
S. 1915, 275.
G. L. 132, §§ 8, 18.
Part G. L. 133, § 1; part
O.
S. 1917, 327, §§ 121 (6), 224
(a) ; R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917,327, §§122, 225(a);
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
G. L. 236, § 28.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 87-90.
O.
G. L. 235, § 37.
G. L. 152, § 17.
G. L. 161, § 42.
S. 1918, 257, § 381.
O.
G. L. 123, § 71.
S. 1918, 138.
G. L. 59, §§ 40-42.
G. L. 59, § 73.
S. 1920, 172.
G. L. 29, § 56.
R. 1920, 231.
G. L. 127, §§ 137, 148, 149.
S. 1915, 295, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 20, § 14.
G. L. 140, § 54.
G. L. 87, § 13.
G. L. 87, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 87, §§ 3-12.
O.
G. L. 231, § 9.
G. L. 231, § 7.
G. L. 223, § 3.
G. L. 231, § 68.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
146, forms
itend
1915, 189, § 7
. G. L. 74, § 30.
of chapt
csr . G. L. 231, forms at end uf
•■ 189, §8
. PartG. L. 74, § 11; part O.
chapter.
" 189, § 9
. G. L. 74, §§ 32, 33.
147 .
. PartG. L. 92, § 2; part 0.
" 189, § 10
. G. L. 74, § 38.
148, § 1
. G. L. 94, §§ 270, 276.
" 190 .
. G. L. 98, § 33.
148, § 2
. G. L. 94, § 271.
" 191 .
. G. L. 164, § 47.
148, §§3-.
) . G.L. 94, §§273-275.
" 192 .
. G. L. 164, § 22.
148, § 6
. G. L. 94, §§ 274, 276, 277.
" 193 .
. S. 1918, 283, § 2.
149
. S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
" 197, § 1
. G. L. 32, § 9 (4).
189, § 2.
" 197, §2
. S. 1920, 49.
150 .
. G. L. 92, § 2.
■• 197, § 3
. G. L. 32, § 5 (2) A (a).
151, §§1,;
J . G. L. 197, §§ 19, 20.
•• 198, § 1
. S. 1919. 94.
151, §3
. G. L. 206, § 4.
" 198, §2
. G. L. 32, § 4 (2) A.
151, §4
. G. L. 197, § 24; 198, § 22.
" 198, §3
. S. 1919, 292, § 19.
151, §5
. G. L. 197, § 24.
" 200 .
. G. L. 138, § 26.
151, §6
. G. L. 215, § 39.
" 201
. S. 1920, 512. § 3.
151, §7
. G. L. 230, § 5.
" 202 .
. S. 1919. 273. § 1; R. 1919,
151, §8
. G. L. 215, § 34.
273, § 2.
152, § 1
. S. 1916, 268, § 2.
•• 203 .
. S. 1917,327, §§ 105, 209; R.
152, 1 2
. G. L. 65, § 36.
1917, 327, § 268.
155, § 1
. S. 1919, 92, § 1.
" 205 .
. G. L. ISO, § 11.
156 .
. G. L. 114, § 16.
" 206 .
. Part G. L. 124, § 7; 127,
157. § 1
. O.
§§ 128, 129, 149; part S.
157, §2
. Part G. L. 160, § 83; part S.
1916, 241, § 1; partO.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 5.
" 207, § 1
. G. L. 127, § 54.
158 .
. G. L. 94, § 165.
" 207, §2
. G. L. 127. §§ 55, 57.
159 .
. S. 1910, 117.
" 207, § 3
. G. L. 127, § 56.
160 .
. G. L. 140, § 33.
•■ 208 .
. S. 1917, 133.
161, §1
. G. L. 128, §21.
•■ 209 .
. S. 1917, 45. §§ 2. 3.
161, §2
. S. 1916, 91, §5.
" 211 .
. G. L. 146, §§ 53, 65.
162
. G. L. 44, §7; 45, § 19.
" 212 .
. S. 1919, 296, § 10; R. 1919,
163, § 1
. G. L. 273, § 20.
296, § 14.
163, § 2
. G. L. 273, § 22.
" 213 .
. G. L. ISO, § 2.
163, § 3
. Part G. L. 273, § 21 ; part O.
" 214 .
. G. L. 149, § 149.
164 .
. G. L. 40, § 5, cl. 27.
" 216 .
. S. 1918, 110.
165 .
. G.L. 41, §72; 45, §§2, 5.
" 217 .
. S. 1919, 349, § 7.
166 .
. S. 1920, 508, §§ 1, 2.
" 219 .
. G. L. 172, §§ 16, 17.
167 .
. S. 1916, 83.
" 220 .
. G. L. 148, § 12.
168 .
. O.
•■ 222 .
. S. 1915, 269.
169 .
. G. L. 143, § 72.
'■ 223, § 1
. G. L. 91, § 33.
171 .
. G. L. 132, § 29.
" 223, § 2
. G. L. 185, § 117.
174
. G. L. 123, § 79.
" 223, § 3
. O.
175 .
. G. L. 5, § 9.
" 224 .
. Part S. 1919, 350. §§ 18, 19
176 .
. R. 1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
part 0.
176, §§ 1-
i . S. 1917, 344, V, §§ 9-11.
■' 225
. O.
177
. S. 1918, 159.
•• 226, § 1
. G. L. 255, § 1.
178, § 1
. G.L.175, §47,cl.5,§§55,90.
" 227 .
. R. 1916, 256. § 1.
178, § 2
. G. L. 175, § 90.
" 231 .
. R. 1918. 257. § 370.
178, § 3
. G. L. 175. § 92.
•• 233 .
. R. 1919. 349. § 16.
179
. G. L. 229, § 7.
" 234, § 1
. Part G. L. 32, § 20; part S
180, §§ 1,
I . G. L. 272, § 25.
1919, 106, § 1.
180, §§3,
1 . G. L. 272, §§26,27.
" 234, § 2
. G. L. 32, § 25 (2) C (6).
180, § 5
. G. L. 140, § 3.
■• 236
. G. L. 152, § 51.
181
. G. L. 175, §§ 90, 93.
'• 237, § 1
. S. 1918, 257, § 49.
182, § 1
. Part G. L. 41, §§ 113, 114;
" 237, §2
. G. L. 60, § 54.
part O.
" 237, §§3-
2 . G. L. 60, §§ 64-73.
182, §§2-
3 . G. L. 41, §§ 115-119.
■• 237, § 13
. G. L. 60, § 75.
182, § 7
. PartG. L. 41, § 113; part 0.
•• 237, § 14
. G. L. 60, § 74.
183, § 1
. G. L. 152, § 62.
" 237, § 15
. G. L. 60, § 76.
183, §2
. S. 1916, 29.
" 237, § 16
. S. 1918, 257, § 53.
184 .
. G. L. 127, § 98.
■' 237, § 17
. R. 1918, 257, § 47.
185 .
. G. L. 231, § 120.
" 237, §§ 18
19 G.L. 60, §§77, 78.
187 .
. R. 1917, 275, § 22.
•• 237, § 20
. S. 1918, 257, § 56.
187, §§ 1-
i . S. 1917, 275, §§ 1-9.
•• 237, §21
. S. 1916, 103.
187, §11
. S. 1917, 275, §§ 13, 21.
'■ 237, §22
. Part G. L. 60, § 15; part S
189, § 1
Temporary.
1918, 257, § 45.
189, § 2
. Part G. L. 74, §§ 25-27; part
" 237, §23
. G. L. 59, § 11.
O.
" 237, § 24
. G. L. 60, § 51.
189, § 3
. Special.
" 237, § 25
. G. L. 60, § 81.
189, § 4
. G. L. 74, § 25.
" 237, § 26
. S. 1918, 257, § 58.
189, § 5
. G. L. 74, §§ 35-37.
" 238, § 1
. S. 1918, 257, § 78.
189, § 6
. Part G. L. 74, §§28, 29, 31;
" 238. § 2
. G. L. 64, § 17.
part O.
" 238, § 3
. G. L. 64, §§ 15, 16.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAW'S.
1915, 238, §
4 .
. G. L. 64, §§ 10-13.
•■ 238, § 5 .
. G. L. 64, § 2.
■• 238, § 6 .
. S. 1918, 46.
•' 239 . .
. S. 1916, 189.
" 240, §§1,2
. G. L. 131, § 16.
•■ 240, §§3,4
. G. L. 131, §§ 17, IS.
" 241, §1 .
. PartG. L. 123, §§ 7, 28, 43;
part S. 1918, 239.
■• 241, §2 .
. Part G. L. 123, §§ 26, 29;
part S. 1919, 350, § 8.
•• 244 . .
. PartG. L. 152, §75; part O.
" 245, § 1 .
. S. 1918, 287, § 1.
" 249 . .
. G. L. 221, § 36.
•■ 250 . .
. S. 1916, 46, § 2.
" 251 . .
. S. 1918, 247, §§1-3; R. 1918,
247, § 4.
•• 25.3, §§ 1. 2
. S. 1916, 242, §§ 6, 7.
" 253, § 3 .
. G. L. 101, § 25.
" 253, §§4-6
. S. 1916, 242, §§ 8-10.
■• 253, § 7 .
. S. 1916, 120, § 6.
•• 253, §8 .
. O.
■' 254, § 1 .
. G. L. 276, § 83.
" 254, § 2 .
. G. L. 276, § 88.
" 258 . .
. R. 1920, 418, § 23.
" 258, § 1 .
. S. 1920,418, §§ 12, 13.
■• 258, § 2 .
. S. 1920, 418, § 22.
" 259, §§1,2
. G. L. 146, §§46, 47.
•■ 259, §3 .
. Part G. L. 146, § 46; part O.
" 259, § 4 .
. G. L. 146, §§50,57, 64.
" 259, § 5 .
. G. L. 146, §§56-59, 64.
" 259, § 6 .
. G. L. 146, §§ 59, 67.
" 259, § 7 .
. G. L. 146, § 49.
" 259, § 8 .
. G. L. 146, § 48.
" 259, § 9 .
. G. L. 146, §§ 58, 66.
■■ 259, § 10 .
. G. L. 146, § 51.
" 259, § 11 .
. G. L. 146. §§ 5, 55, 56, 68.
•' 259, § 12 .
, G. L. 146, § 52.
" 200, § 1 .
. G. L. 127, § 81.
•• 260, § 2 .
. Part G. L. 127, §§ 71, 72;
part S. 1917, 277, § 1 ; part
o.
. G. L. 94, § 100.
'■ 261, §1 .
'■ 261, §§2, 3
. S. 1916, 63, §§ 1, 2.
'■ 261, §4 .
. G. L. 94, § 103.
■• 261, §5 .
. S. 1917, 13.
■• 261, §6 .
. G. L. 94, § 105.
" 261, §7 .
. G. L. 94, § 112.
" 261,18 .
. S. 1916, 63, § 3.
'• 261, §9 .
. G. L. 94, § 107.
" 261, §10 .
. S. 1916, 63, § 4.
" 261, §11 .
. Part G. L. 94, § 110; part O.
" 261, §12 .
. G. L. 94, § 110.
■• 261, §13 .
. Temporary.
•• 261, §14 .
. S. 1918, 169, § 2.
•■ 261, §15 ..
. G. L. 94, § 113.
" 261, § 16 .
. Part G. L. 94, § 1 ; part 0.
" 262 . .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
'■ 263 . .
. G. L. 40, § 14.
" 264 . .
. Part G. L. 164, § 33; part S.
1920, 598, § 5.
" 265, § 1 .
. S. 1919, 350, §25; 1920,630,
§5.
" 266 . .
. Part G. L. 74, §§ 1, 14; part
S. 1917, 215, § 5.
" 267, 1, §§ 1-6 G. L. 43, §§ 1-6.
" 267, 1
§7
. Part G. L. 43, § 7; part 0.
" 267, I
§§8-15 G. L. 43, §§8-15.
" 267, I
§§16
17 S. 1916, 68, §§ 1,2.
" 267, I
§§18-
-22 G. L. 43, §§ 18-22.
" 267, I
§23
. S. 1917, 162.
" 267, I
§§24-
-31 G. L. 43, §§24-31.
" 267, I
§32
. S. 1918, 257, § 157.
" 267, I
§§3.3,
34 G. L. 43, §§ 33, 34.
, 267, I, § 35 .
267,1, §§36-41
267, I, § 42
267, I. § 43
267, 1, §§44,45
267, I, § 46
267, I, § 47
267, II, § 1
267, II, § 2
267,11, §§3-10
267, III, § 1
267,111, §2
267, III, §§3,
267, III, § 5
267, III, §§ 6
267,111, §8
267, IV, § 1
267, IV, §§2-
14 . .
267, V, i
267, V, I
267. V,
267, V,
§1.2
§3,4
§5,6
267, V, § 8
267, V, § 9
267, V, §§ 10-
14 . .
268, §§ 1-7
268, § 8 .
268, §§9, 10
268, § 11 .
268. §§ 12-16
268, § 17 .
268, § 18 .
268, § 19 .
268, § 20 .
268, §§21,22
268, §§23-25
268. § 26
271
272. § 1
273, § 1
273, § 2
274, § 1
275
278 .
280, § 1
282, §§ 1-3
282, § 4
282, § 6
283 .
284, § 1
285
286
287
288
289
289, § 1
289, § 2
289, § 3
289, § 4
289, § 5
289, § 6
289, § 7
290 .
G. L. 43, § 33.
G. L. 43, §§35-40.
G. L. 43, § 42.
O. ,
G. L. 43, §§ 43, 44.
G. L. 43, §41.
G. L. 43, § 45.
G. L. 43, § 46.
PartG. L. 43. § 47; part O.
G. L. 43, §§ 48-55.
G. L. 43, § 56.
Part G. L. 43, § 57; part O.
G. L. 43. §§ 58. 59.
S. 1916. 99, § 1.
G. L. 43, §§ 61, 62.
(By reference) G. L. 43, § 63.
G. L. 43, § 64.
G. L. 43, §§ 66-78.
G. L. 43. §§ 79, 80.
S. 1920, 3.37, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 43, §§83, 84.
Part G. L. 43, § 85; part S.
1920, 337, § 3.
G. L. 43, § 86.
S. 1920, 337, § 3.
G. L. 43, §§ 88-92.
G. L. 171, §§ 1-7.
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 15.
G. L. 171, §§8, 9.
PartG. L. 171, § 17; part O.
G. L. 171, §§ 10-14.
G. L. 171, § 18.
Part G. L. 171, §§ 19-21;
part O.
G. L. 171, § 15.
PartG. L. 171. § 16; part O.
G. L. 171, §§22, 23.
G. L. 171, §§ 25-27.
O.
S. 1919, 131.
G. L. 3, § 13.
S. 1918, 261, § 1.
Part G. L. 168. § 54, cl. 4;
part O.
O.
S. 1916, 236, § 1.
Part G. L. 152, § 5; part S.
1920, 207.
G. L. 161, § 103.
G. L. 38. § 1.
S. 1919. 353, § 4.
G. L. 41, §§ 45^7.
O.
G. L. 41, § 45.
G. L. 53, § 45.
S. 1916, 59.
G. L. 44, § 23.
S. 1919, 362, § 1.
G. L. 152, §§ 54, 55.
G. L. 149, §§ 41, 42.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917,327, §§ 11,78 (6).
S. 1917, 327, § 14.
S. 1917, 327, § 12.
S. 1917, 327. §§ 115 (a).
219 (e).
Parts. 1917.327, §§ 110 (d)„
221 (o).
S. 1917, 327, § 26.
Part S. 1917, 327. § 63.
G. L. 185, § 46.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
§§1,2
§3
§1
10
§11
§12
§13
§14
" 301
" 301
" 301
" 301
'• 303
" 304
" Sp. 314, § 1
" Sp. 329, § 1
" Sp. 329, § 2
1916, 1
1, §1
1,§2
2 .
G. L. 254, § 1.
S. 1916, 306, §§ 1-3.
G. L. 254, § 6.
S. 1916, 306, § 4.
S. 191S, 265, § 3.
G. L. 254, § 11.
Part G. L. 254, § 12; part O.
S. 1916, 306, § 5.
G. L. 254, §§ 14, 15.
O.
S. 1917, 55, § 1.
S. 1919, 350, §§59, 60.
Part G. L. 15, § 6; 69, § 7;
part S. 1919, 350, § 60;
part O.
G. L. 69, § 8.
G. L. 15, § 6.
G. L. 69, § 2.
G. L. 69, § 7.
G. L. 15, § 5.
Tempor.ary.
G. L. 221, § 82.
S. 1919, 357, § 1.
G. L. 141, § 1.
Part G. L. 13, § 32; 141,
§§2, 3; partO.
Part G. L. 141, § 3; part S.
1918, 257, § 342; 1919,
333, § 8.
S. 1916, 199, § 2.
G. L. 141, §5.
G. L. 141, §§ 6, 10.
G. L. 141, §§ 7, S.
S. 1918, 257, § 343.
S. 1919, 333, § 23.
G. L. 160, §§ 43, 44.
G. L. 160, §§ 45, 46.
PartG. L. 13, § 19; 112, §43;
part O.
G. L. 13, § 20; 112, § 43.
S. 1920, 424, § 1.
S. 1918, 257, § 293.
S. 1920, 424, §§2-4.
PartG. L. 112, §48; part S.
1918, 217, § 2.
Part G. L. 112, §§ 49, S3;
part O.
Part G. L. 112, §§ 50, 52;
part O.
S. 1917, 76, § 1.
G. L. 112, § 5.3.
S. 1917, 76, § 2.
O.
G. L. 160, § 47.
S. 1916, 70.
Special.
G. L. 75, §§ 25, 27.
O.
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1917, 327, § 79.
S. 1917, 327, § 78 (6).
S. 1919, 320, § 1; R. 1919,
320, § 2.
G. L. 127, § 144.
G. L. 176, § 416.
Part G. L. 175, § 65; part
O.
G. L. 130, § 59.
G. L. 131, § 66.
S. 1917, 327, § 59; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
S. 1917, 327, § 2.39 (6); R.
1917, 327, § 268.
37, §1
38, §1
38, §2
39 .
40, §1
§1
§2
43, §2
44
45 .
46, §1
46,
§2
47,
§1
47,
§2
48
49
51,
§§1
51,
§3
51,
§4
52
54,
§1
54,
§2
54,
§3
55
56,
§1
56,
§2
56,
§3
56,
§4
56,
§§5
57
58
59
60
61
62
63,
§1
63,
§2
63,
§3
63,
§4
64
65
S. 1920, 317, § 2; R. 1920,
317, §3.
S. 1918, 35.
G. L. 44, § 35.
Part G. L. 149, § 150; part
O.
G. L. 131, §§ 26, 27.
G. L. 53, § 68.
G. L. 198, § 3.
G. L. 198, § 16.
G. L. 60, § 22.
G. L. 175, § .54, cl. (6).
G. L. 170, § 10.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 16.
G. L. 159, § 20.
S. 1918, 30, § 1; R. 1918,
30, § 6.
G. L. 93, § 34.
S. 1919, 92, § 1.
G. L. 152, § 61.
S. 1917, 183; R. 1917, 344,
VIII, § 1.
G. L. 233, § 8.
G. L. 175, §§ 52, 152.
R. 1919, 320, § 2.
G. L. 264, § 6.
G. L. 172, § 18.
G. L. 35, § 23.
Temporary.
S. 1917, 71.
Part G. L. 175, § 105; part S.
1918, 254; 1919,350, §50;
1920, 181.
G. L. 90, §§ 4, 33.
G. L. 90, §§ 4, 5.
Part G. L. 54, § 34; part
Special.
G. L. 54, § 39.
G. L. 23, § 12.
Part G. L. 20, § 5; part S.
1919, 350, § 37.
PartG. L. 20, §5; 128, § 12;
part S. 1919, 350, § 37.
S. 1917, 286.
G. L. 175, §§ 132, 187.
Part O; part Temporary.
S. 1916, 242, § 3.
S. 1918, 268, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 48, §§ 13, 14.
Temporary.
G. L. 48, § 15.
G. L. 90, § 33.
G. L. 32, § 7 (4).
Special.
G. L. 32, § 2 (7).
G. L. HI, § 112.
S. 1918, 82.
G. L. 92, § 63.
G. L. 32, § 70.
G. L. 32, § 73.
G. L. 32, §§ 71, 72.
S. 1916, 197.
G. L. 94, § 156.
G. L. 39, § 23.
S. 1919, 292, § 19.
G. L. 130, § 99.
G. L. 44, § 19.
G. L. 94, § 101.
S. 1918, 169, § 1.
G. L. 94, § 106.
G. L. 94, § 109.
G. L. 164, § 9.
S. 1918, 275, § 4.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
66 . . . Part G. L. 149, § 88; part S.
1919, 292, § 13.
67 . . . Parte. L. 123, §53; part O.
OS . . . G. L. 43, §§ 16, 17.
09, § 1 . . Part G. L. 218, § S3; part S.
1918, 287, § 1.
69, § 2 . . G. L. 218, §§ 61, 62.
70 . . . G. L. 221, § 53.
71 . . . G. L. 218, § 72.
72 . . . G. L. 152, § 9.
73 . . . S. 1918, 123, § 1; R. 1918,
123, § 2.
74, § 1 . . S. 1919, 296, § 8; R. 1919,
296, § 14.
74, § 2 . . O.
75 . . . G. L. 32, § 92.
76 . . . G. L. 125, § 39; 127, § 109.
78 . . . Part G. L. 270, § 2; part O.
79 . . . S. 1920, 580, § 3; R. 1920,
580, § 4.
80 . . . G. L. 54, § 79.
81 . . . G. L. 51, § 48.
82 . . . G. L. 76, § 3.
83 . . . S. 1917, 89.
84 . . . G. L. 220, § 16.
85 . . . G. L. 112, §37.
86 . . . S. 1917, 105, § 2; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
87 . . . S. 1917, 29, § 6.
88 . . . S. 1918, 257, § 135.
89 . . . S. 191S, 251.
90 . . . G. L. 152, § 29.
91, § 1 . . G. L. 128, § 18.
91, § 2 . . S. 1919, 331, § 2.
91, §3 . . G. L. 128, §26.
91, § 4 . . Temporary.
91, §5 . . G. L. 128, §21.
92 . . . G. L. 159, § 14.
95, § 1 . . G. L. 149, § 1.
95, §2 . . S. 1919, 292, § 12.
95, § 3 . . Part G. L. 149, § 95; part O.
97 . . . G. L. 132, § 4.
99, § 1 . . G. L. 43, § 60.
99, §2 . . Part G. L. 43, §60; part O.
101 ... G. L. 44, § 54.
102 .. . G. L. 72, §§2,3.
103 .. . S. 1918, 190.
104 .. . G. L. 4, § 7, cl. 18.
105 .. . G. L. 156, § 33.
107 .. . G. L. 92, § 67.
108 .. . G. L. 184, § 3.
109 .. . G. L. 218, § 67.
110 ... S. 1919, 65.
111 ... G. L. 44, §7 (3).
112, § 1 . . Part G. L. 6, § 36; part S.
1917, 25; part R. 1918,
126, § 2.
113 .. . G. L. 32, § 90.
114 ... Part G. L. 38, § 7; part O.
115, § 1 . . S. 1917, 72.
115, §2 . . O.
115, §3 . . G. L. 149, § 139.
116 .. . S. 1919, 171, § 1.
117 .. . G. L. 94, § 214.
119 .. . G. L. 48, §36.
120, § 1 . . S. 1917, 237, § 2.
120, §2 . . G. L. 101, §4.
120, § 3 . . Part G. L. 101, §§ 3, 7; part
S. 1918, 257, § 256.
120, §§4,5 . S. 1917, 237, §§3, 4.
120, § 6 . . G. L. 101, § 32.
122, § 1 . . G. L. 123, §§ 66, 70.
122, §2 . . S. 1917, 223, §2.
122,
§§3-5 . G. L. 123, §§91-93.
123
. Part S. 1917, 327, § 76 (b)
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
124
. S. 1917, 344, IV, §§ 7-9; R
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
125
. G. L. 217, §33.
126
. S. 1917, 327, § 65; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
127
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 20, 21; R
1917, 327, § 268.
128
. S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 12.
129,
§1
. G. L. 172, § 36.
129,
§2
. S. 1917, 172, § 2.
130
. S. 1916, 294, § 1.
131
. G. L. 60, §§ 13, 14.
133
. S. 1917, 320.
134
. G. L. 94, § 35.
135
. S. 1918, 36.
136
. G. L. 132, § 30.
137
. G. L. 159, § 21.
138
. G. L. 148, §§ 26, 27, 30.
139
. G. L. 94, § 133.
140
. S. 1920, 426.
142
. G. L. 167, § 11.
143
. G. L. 149, § 23.
144,
§1
. S. 1917, 136.
144,
§§2,.
5 . G. L. 59, § 5, els. 22, 23.
146
. G. L. 147, § 6.
146
. G. L. 136, § 6.
147
. G. L. 129, § 25.
148
. G. L. 223, § 125.
149,
§1
. G. L. 266, § 91.
149,
§2
. O.
150,
§1
. G. L. 175, § 99.
150,
§2
. S. 1917, 137.
151
. G. L. 98, §§ 18, 19.
152
. S. 1917, 116, § 1; R. 1917,
116, §2.
153,
§1
. G. L. 94, § 120.
153,
§2
. 0.
153,
§3
. PartG. L. 94, §120;p.irtO
154,
§1
. G. L. 142, § 17.
154,
§§2,
5 . S. 1917, 39, §§ 1, 2.
154,
§4
. G. L. 142, § 20.
155
. G. L. Ill, § 15.
157
. S. 1920, 418, § 16; R. 1920
418, § 23.
158
. G. L. 272, § 86.
159,
§1
. PartG. L. 92, § 1; part O.
159,
§§2-
5 . Special.
160
. G. L. 69, §§ 19, 20.
161
. G. L. 50, § 1.
162
. G. L. 148, § 14.
164.
§1
. Temporary.
164,
§2
. G. L. 32, § 5 (2) C (6).
166
. G. L. 166, § 22.
167,
§1
. G. L. 164, §§ 107, 110.
167,
§2
. O.
167,
§3
. G. L. 164, § 108.
168
. O.
169
. G. L. 217, § 33.
170
. R. 1917, 327, § 268.
170,
§1
. S. 1917, 327, § 78 (g).
170,
§2
. S. 1917, 327, §215.
170,
§3
. S. 1917,327, §§ 78 («, 210.
170,
§4
. S. 1917, 327, §§78 (i), 216.
173
. S. 1918, 257, § 32.
174,
§1
. G. L. 218, § 44.
174,
§2
. G. L. 218, § 4.
175,
§§1-
1 . G. L. 169, §§ 12-15.
175,
§5
. G. L. 169. § 18.
170
. Part G. L. 58, § 29, cl. 4
part Special.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
916, 177
■• 179,
§§1-3
" 179,
§§4,5
" 179,
§6 .
•' 179,
§7 .
" 179,
§§8,9
" 179,
§10 .
" 182
" 183
" 184
■' 185,
§1 '
" 185,
§§2,3
" 185,
§4 .
" 187
" 188
'■ 189
" 190,
§§1-5
" 190,
§6 .
" 190,
§7 ,
" 190,
§8 .
" 190,
§9 .
■■ 191
■' 192,
§1 '■
" 194,
§1 .
" 194,
§2 .
" 195
" 196
" 197
" 198
" 199,-
§1 '
" 199,
§2 .
" 199,
§3 .
" 200,
§1 .
" 200,
§2 .
■' 201,
§1 .
" 20S,
§1 .
" 20S,
§2 .
" 208,
§3 .
" 209
" 218
" 220,
§1 '■
•' 220,
§2 .
" 220,
§3 .
" 221,
§1 .
" 222
" 223
" 224
225
" 22G,
§§1-5
" 227
" 228
" 229
■' 233,
§1 '.
" 233,
§2 .
" 234,
§§1,2
" 234,
§3 .
" 234,
§4 .
" 234,
§5 .
'■ 236
" 238
" 239
" 240,
§i ;
" 240,
§2 .
" 240
§3 .
" 241
§1 .
" 241
§2 .
G. L. 221, § 32.
G. L. 53, § 32.
G. L. 53, §§ 33, 34.
G. L. 53, § 36.
S. 1920, 493. § 1.
G. L. 53, §§ 38, 39.
S. 1917, 79.
S. 1919, 177, § 1.
G. L. 125, §§ 2-4, 40.
G. L. 182, § 6; 223, §40.
S. 1918, 257, § 183.
G. L. 74, §§ 16, 17.
Temporary.
S. 1920, 380, § 1; R. 1920,
380, § 2.
G. L. 101, § 33.
S. 1918, 145.
G. L. 41, §§ 73-77.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 28.
G. L. 41, § 79.
Part S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs.
10; part O.
G. L. 41, § 73.
S. 1918, 183.
G. L. 29, § 38.
S. 1919, 350, § 49.
O.
Part G. L. 218, § 10; part S.
1919, 362, § 2.
Part G. L. 30, § 18; part O.
S. 1917, 290.
G. L. 168, § 42.
O.
G. L. 141, § 4.
O.
G. L. 152, § 53.
Special.
S. 1918, 55.
G. L. 154, § 3.
G. L. 154, § 5.
O.
S. 1917,327, §§147, 239(a);
R. 1917, 327, § 268.
G. L. 32, § 82.
G. L. 25, § 6.
G. L. 25, § 13.
Special.
S. 1917,327, §§ 168,250; R.
1917, 327, § 268.
S. 1919, 113.
G. L. 41, §§ 103. 104.
G. L. 140, § 100.
G. L. 32. § 75.
G. L. 57, § 1.
S. 1917, 97.
G. L. 94, §§ 43, 44.
S. 1918, 87.
G. L. 75, § 8.
S. 1918, 189, § 1; R. 1918,
189, § 2.
Special.
Part G. L. 75, § 29; part
Special.
G. L. 75, § 30.
Temporary.
G. L. 11, § 6.
S. 1919, 292, § 19.
G. L. 123, § 88.
G. L. 149, §§ 1, 30-33.
G. L. 149, § 36.
Part G. L. 149, § 30; part O.
O.
S. 1919, 350, §§82, 83.
1916, 241, §3
241, §4
241, §5
241
§6 .
241
§7 .
241,
§8 .
242,
§1 .
242,
§2 .
242,
§3 .
242,
§§4-8
242,
§9 .
242,
§§10,
242,
§12 .
243,
§1 .
243,
§2 .
243,
§3 .
243,
§4 .
244
247
248
249
251
252
254
255 .
256
257, § 1
257, § 2
258 .
259 .
260 .
261 .
262 .
263 .
264 .
266, § 1
266, §§2
266, § 6
266, §§7-10
267 .
268, § 1
268, § 4
269, § 1
269, § 2 (pre-
lim. V
269, § 2, subs,
(a)
269, § 2, subs,
(b)
269, §2, subs,
(c) .
269, § 3
269, § 4
269, § 5 (pre-
lim. V
269, § 5, subs,
(a)
Part S. 1919, 350, §| 83, 84;
part O.
O.
Part G. L. 27, § 5; part S.
1919, 350, § 85.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 83, 85.
Part G. L. 27, § 3; 124, § 2;
127, § 129; partO.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 83-85.
S. 1918, 257, § 260.
G. L. 101, § 16.
S. 1918, 257, § 261.
S. 1918, 257, §§ 263-267.
Part G. L. 101, § 30; part
O.
G. L. 101, §§ 27, 28.
S. 1918. 257, § 268.
G. L. 119, §§56, 67.
G. L. 119, § 65.
Part G. L. 119, § 58; part
O.
G. L. 119, § 63.
G. L. 159, § 16.
S. 1919, 269, § 14.
G. L. 12, § 11.
Part G. L. 27, § 4; part S.
1919, 266, § 1.
G. L. 30, § 40.
G. L.-41, §55.
S. 1919, 201, § 1; R. 1919,
201, §2.
S. 1919, 201, § 1; R. 1919,
201, § 2.
o.
G. L. 32, § 6.
S. 1918, 257, § 115.
G. L. 92, § 65.
G. L. 161, § 111.
S. 1917, 187, § 1.
Part G. L. 218, § 10; part S.
1918, 211, § 1; 1919, 362,
§§1,2.
S. 1918, 211, § 1; 1919, 362,
§2.
S. 1919, 362, § 1.
G. L. 217, § 24.
PartG. L. 163, §2; part O.
G. L. 103, §§ 3-6.
Part G. L. 159, § 12; 163,
§7; parts. 1918,226, §2.
G. L. 163, §§8-11.
S. 1919, 201, § 1; R. 1919,
201, § 2.
Part G. L. 65, §§ 1, 6, 12;
part S. 1920, 396, § 1.
G. L. 65, §§ 7, 9, 11.
G. L. 65, § 36.
O.
G. L. 02, § 1.
Part G. L. 62, § 1 ; part S.
1918, 7; 150.
S. 1920, 352.
G. L. 62, § 1.
S. 1919, 286.
S. 1918, 32.
G. L. 62, § 5.
G. L. 62, §1 5, 8.
CCXXXAl D
ISPOSmON OF STATUTES
1916, 269, § 5, subs
(b) . .
Part G. L. 62, §§5, 8(c, e);
part S. 1918, 150; 1920,
102.
" 269, § 6 (pre-
lim. H) .
G. L. 62, § 6.
" 269, § 6, subs
(a-d) .
G. L. 62, § 6 (a-d).
" 269, § 6, subs
(e-ff) .
S. 1918, 257, §§ 62-64.
" 269, § 6, subs
(« . .
G. L. 62, § 6 (ft).
" 269, § 6, subs
(i) . .
S. 1918, 257, § 65.
" 269, § 7 .
S. 1917, 295.
" 269, §8 .
.S. 1919, 136, § 1.
" 269, § 9 .
S. 1918, 207.
" 269, § 10 .
G. L. 62, §§ 17-21.
" 269, §11 .
S. 1918, 257, § 69; 1919,
349, § 4.
■■ 269, § 12 .
Part G. L. 62, §§ 22-24,
26-28; part S. 1919, 136,
§2.
G. L. 62, §§31, 55, 56, 59,
" 269, § 13 .
60.
•■ 269, § 14 .
PartG. L. 62, §§3.5,37,38;
part S. 1918, 257, § 70;
1919, 349, § 5.
" 269, § 15 .
S. 1918, 29. § 1.
" 269, § 16 .
S. 1918,257, §71; 1919,50.
" 269, § 17 .
PartG. L. 14, §§4, 8-10; 62,
§ 40; part S. 1919, 349,
§ 1 ; part O.
" 269, § 18 .
S. 1918, 29, § 2.
■• 269, § 19 .
Part G. L. 62, §§ 45, 46;
part S. 1918, 257. § 73.
■• 269, § 20 .
G. L. 62, §§47,48.
" 269, §21 .
G. L. 62, §§ 49-53.
'■ 269, § 22 .
Temporary.
" 269, § 23 .
PartO; part Temporarj'.
" 269, § 24 .
G. L. 58, § 19.
" 269, §25 .
S. 1918, 257, § 74.
•■ 269, §26 .
G. L. 62, § 34.
■• 269, §27 .
G. L. 62, § 54.
" 269, §28 .
O.
" 269, § 29 .
R. 1916, 300, § 6.
" 270, §§ 1-12
G. L. 57, § 3.
" 270, § 13 .
Temporary.
•' 270, §§ 14-22
G. L. 57, § 2.
" 270, § 23 .
Temporary.
•■ 270, §24 .
G. L. 57, § 4.
" 270, § 25 .
Temporary.
'• 271 . .
S. 1918, 129, § 11, cl. 1.
'■ 272, § 1 .
PartG. L. 224, §2; part S.
1918, 257, § 427.
" 272, § 3 .
G. L. 224, § 5.
■■ 273 . .
G. L. 32, § 46.
" 274 . .
G. L. 140, § 113.
'• 276, § 1 .
Part G. L. 217, §§ 29, 39;
part S. 1919, 354.
" 276, § 2 .
S. 1919, 353, § 6.
" 278 . .
PartG. L. 125, § 13; part S.
1919, 157, § 1; part R.
1919, 157, § 2.
" 279 . .
G. L. 33, § 56.
" 281 . .
G. L. 58, § 30.
" 284 . .
R. 1917. 327, § 268.
" 284, § 1 .
S. 1917, 327. § 23.
" 284, § 2 .
Part S. 1917, 327. § 54.
" 284. §3 .
S. 1917. 327. §§ 195, 239 (6).
" 284, § 4 .
S. 1917, 327, § 199.
" 284, § 5 .
S. 1917, 327, §§ 22, 87 (a).
203 (a).
1916, 284, §6 . .
S. 1917, 327, §§ 89, 204.
" 284, § 7 . .
S. 1917,327, §§ 102, 206(c).
" 284, § 8 . .
S. 1917,327, §§ 105 (i), 211.
" 284, § 10 . .
S. 1917,327, §222 (6).
" 2S4, § 11 . .
S. 1917, 327, §§ 121 (a).
223 (6).
" 284, § 12 . .
■S. 1917, 327, §§ 121 id),
224 (6).
" 284, § 13 . .
S. 1917,327, §§ 133,231 (6).
" 284, § 14 . .
S. 1917, 327, § 70.
" 284, § 16 . .
Parts. 1917,327, §§224 (a).
227 (6), 239 (d), 242 (a).
243 (a, 6), 244 (6); part
O.
Part S. 1919,350, §79; part
O.
PartG. L. 19, §§ 1-3; part
" 285, § 1 . .
•■ 285, § 2 . .
S. 1919, 350, § 79.
" 285, §3 . .
PartG. L. 123, §3; part S.
1918, 121; 1919,350, §81.
■■ 285, §4 . .
PartG. L. 19, §4; 123, §4;
part S. 1919, 350, § 80.
" 285, § 5 . .
G. L. 123, § 14.
" 285, §§6, 7 .
S. 1917,2.32, §§ 1,2.
" 286, § 1 . .
S. 1918, 187, § 1.
" 286, § 2 . .
S. 1917,251, § 1.
" 286, § 3 . .
S. 1919, 32, § 2.
" 286, §4 . .
G. L. Ill, §91.
•• 286, §5 . .
S. 1917, 103.
■' 286, §6 . .
S. 1918, 80.
•■ 286, §7 . .
G. L. Ill, §83.
■• 286, §8 . .
G. L. 44, §8; 111, §84.
" 286, §9 . .
G. L. Ill, §85.
■• 286, § 10 . .
PartG. L. Ill, §86; parts.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
" 286, §§11,12
G. L. Ill, §§87, 88.
■■ 286, § 13 . .
S. 1917, 251, § 3.
■' 286, § 14 . .
G. L. Ill, §90.
" 286, § 15 . .
PartG. L. Ill, §92; part O.
" 287 .. .
S. 1918, 281.
" 288, § 1 . .
Parts. 1919,350, §111; part
O.
S. 1919,350, §§ 111-113.
" 288, § 2 . .
" 288, § 3 . .
S. 1919, .350, § 114.
" 288, § 4 . .
PartG. L. 16, §7; part O.
" 289 .. .
G. L. 93, § 40.
" 290 .. .
G. L. 90, § 24.
" 291, §§ 1-3 .
S. 1917, 140, §§ 1, 2.
" 292, §§ 1-3 .
G. L. 221, § 46.
" 292, §4 . .
S. 1917, 168.
" 293 . . .
R. 1919, 371, § 7.
" 293, § 1 . .
S. 1919,371, §§ 1-4.
" 293, § 2 . .
S. 1919, 371, § 2.
" 294, § 1 . .
G. L. 59, § 31.
•• 294, § 2 . .
Part G. L. 59, § 31; part
Special.
" 290, § 1 . .
Part S. 1919, 350, § 15; part
O.
S. 1920, 565, § 1.
" 296, §2 . .
" 296, § 3 . .
S. 1917, 138.
•• 296, §4 . .
O.
" 296, § 5 . .
G. L. 7, §9; 30, §35.
" 296, § 6 . .
S. 1917, 217.
" 296, § 7 . .
G. L. 7, § 11.
■' 296, § 8 . .
S. 1917, 165, §§ 2, 3.
" 297, § 1 . .
Part G. L. 13, § 3; part S.
1919, 350, §§ 63-65.
" 297, §2 . .
Part G. L. 13, § 3; part S.
1919, 350, § 66; part 0.
" 297, § 3 . .
G. L. 31, §§33,34.
" 297, §4 . .
0.
" 297, §5 . .
G. L. 13, § 7.
'• 297, § 6 . .
G. L. 31, § 35.
D
ISPOSITION OF ST.iTL
rXES
SINCE THE RI
:VISED LAWS. CCXXX\'U
916,299. §§1,2
G. L. 5S, §§23, 24.
1917, 32 .
. G. L. 203, § 7; 214, §42.
•' 299, §3 .
G. L. 59, § 85.
33 .
. Part G. L. 171, § 24; part
" 299, §§4, 5
G. L. 58, §§11, 12.
Special.
" 301 . .
G. L. 203, § 13.
34 .
. S. 1917, 344, IV, I 13; R.
" 303 . .
S. 1919. 350, § 72.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
" 304 . .
G. L. 221, § 26.
35 .
. O.
'■ 305, § 1 .
Temporary.
36 .
. Part G. L. 138, § 48; part S.
" 305, § 2 .
Part G. L. 13, §§ 15
31;
1920, 630, § 12.
parts. 1920, 463; part 0.
37 .
. G. L. 175, § 128.
" 306, §§1,2
G. L. 254, §§ 2, 3.
38 .
. G. L. 215, § 62.
" 306, § 3 .
G. L. 254, § 5.
39 .
. G. L. 142, §§ 18, 19.
" 306, §4 .
G. L. 254, § 7.
41 .
. G. L. 160, § 163.
" 306, §5 .
Amended 1918, 257, §
444;
42, §§1,2 . G. L. 222, §8.
S. 1918, 265, § 4.
42, §3
. G. L. 9, § 15.
" 307 . .
O.
43, §§ 1-3
. S. 1918, 37, §§ 1-3.
" 308 . .
G. L. 149, §§3,6,7, 10
-13.
43, §4
. Temporary.
" 314, §§1,2
S. 1917, 5, §§ 1, 2.
44, § 1
. PartG. L. 221, §4; part S.
" 314, §3 .
S. 1919, 290, § 7.
1918, 287, §§1,3.
" 314, §4 .
S. 1919, 290, §§ 1,7,8.
44, §12,3 . 0.
" 314, §5 .
S. 1919, 290, § 14.
45 .
. G. L. 180, § 9.
" 314, §6 .
S. 1917, 179, § 7.
" 46, § 1
. G. L. 123, §§ 100, 105.
" 314, §7 .
S. 1919,290, §§3,9.
46, §2
. G. L. 123, §§ 104, 105.
" 316 . .
PartG. L. 116. §5; part O.
47
. G. L. 94, §§ 228, 229.
" Sp. 174, § 1
Temporary.
48 .
. G. L. 123, § 88.
■' Sp. 174, § 2
Parte. L. 74, §.23; part O.
49 .
. PartG. L. 39, § 14; part O.
" Sp. 174, §3
G. L. 74, § 23.
50 .
. G. L. 123, § 30.
" Sp. 174, §4
Special.
" 51, §§1,:
. G. L. 48, §§ 21, 22.
" Sp. 174, §5
G. L. 74, §§ 11, 23.
61, §§3,-:
1 . G. L. 48, § 21.
" Sp.2S2, §§1-
5 Special.
52
. G. L. 170, § 24.
" Sp. 282, § 6
PartG. L. 57, §§ 1, 3;
218,
53, § 1
. S. 1919, 33.
§ 1 ; part Special.
53, § 2
. G. L. 130, § 150.
" Sp. 282, §§7-
54
. S. 1918, 27.
11 . .
Special.
55, § 1
. S. 1918, 85, § 1.
" Res. 117 .
Part G. L. 75, § 23; part O.
55, § 2
. S. 1918, 257, § 287.
917, 2, § 1 .
G. L. 10, § 5.
55, §3
. S. 1917, 199.
4 . .
G. L. 90, § 30.
56 .
. S. 1917, 344, II, § 73; R.
5, § 1 .
Temporary.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
5, §2 .
S. 1919, 290, § 3.
58 .
. G. L. 115, § 17.
6 . .
S. 1918, 66; R. 1919,
273,
60 .
. S. 1918, 189, § 1.
§2.
61, §1
. G. L. 74, § 12.
7 . .
G. L. 114, § 22.
61, §2
. Temporarj'.
8 . .
Part G. L. 98, §§ 1
43;
62 .
. G. L. 183, § 6.
part S. 1918, 257, §§
244,
63 .
. PartG. L. 21, §5; 132, § 1;
245.
part S. 1919, 350, §§ 39,
9 . .
G. L. 175, § 80.
40, 42.
10, § 1 .
PartG. L. 175, §12; part 0.
66 .
. G. L. 218, § 14.
10. § 2 .
G. L. 175, § 1.
67, § 1
. O.
10, §§3, 4
G. L. 175, § 12.
•• 67, §2
. S. 1918, 18, § 1.
11 . .
G. L. 94, §§ 90, 145.
69 .
. S. 1918, 139, § 1.
12 . .
G. L. 194, §§ 1, 13.
70 .
. G. L. 116, §3.
13 . .
G. L. 94, § 104.
71
. G. L. 221, § 77.
14 . .
G. L. 94, § 176.
72
. G. L. 149, § 139.
15 . .
G. L. 98, § 53.
•• 73, § 1
. G. L. 131, §§ 37, 89.
17 . .
G. L. 44, § 58.
73, §2
. O.
18 . .
S. 1920, 546, § 4.
" 74, § 1
. S. 1917, 344, VI, §6; R. 1917.
19 . .
G. L. 4, § 7, cl. 13.
344, VIII, § 1.
20 . .
S. 1920, 208.
" 74, § 2
. Part G. L. 128, § 2; part O.
21 . .
G. L. 98, § 47.
75
. PartG. L. 20, §5; 128, §39;
22 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 386.
part S. 1919, 350, § 37.
23 . .
G. L. 140, § 47.
76, § 1
. G. L. 112, § 51.
24 . .
G. L. 44, § 38.
76, §2
. S. 1918, 257, § 294.
" 25 . .
S. 1918, 126, § 1; R.
1918,
77 .
. G. L. 51, § 37.
126, § 2.
78 .
. G. L. 94, § 142.
26 . .
. S. 1919, 296, § 2; R.
1919,
79
. G. L. 53, § 46.
296, § 14.
80 .
. G. L. 53, § 31.
27 . .
. G. L. 130, § 61.
81 .
. G. L. 63, § 52.
" 29, §§ 1-5
S. 1917, 106, §§ 1-5.
82, § 1
. S. 1918, 122.
" 29, § 6 .
S. 1917, 106, § 7.
83 .
. G. L. 55, § 16.
" 29, §§7-10
Special.
84 .
. G. L. 71, § 39.
29, § 11 .
Part S. 1920, 145;
part
" 85, §§ 1-
3 . R. 1918, 257, § 379.
Special.
88 .
. G. L. 212, § 14.
29, § 12 .
. Special.
89 .
. . S. 1918, 133.
29, §§ 13-16
S. 1917, 106, §§ 17-20.
90, §§1,
2 . S. 1919, 208, §§ 2, 3.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1917, 90, § 3
. Parte. L. 194, § 15; part S.
1919, 17.
90, § 4
. O.
91
. O.
92
. S. 1917, 327, § 24; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
93, § 1
. S. 1917, 327, § 165; R. 1917,
327, § 268.
94 .
. G. L. 38, § 11.
95 .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
97
. S. 1918, 184, § 1.
98, § 1
. G. L. 98, §§ 1, 45.
98, § 2
. PartG. L. 98, § 55; part S.
1918, 257, §§ 244, 245.
98, §3
. G. L. 98, §§ 34, 56.
99 .
. S. 1919, 177, § 1; R. 1919,
177, § 2.
" 100 .
. Part G. L. 221, § 4; part S.
1918, 287, §§ 1,3.
" 101 .
. PartG. L. 231, §57; part O.
" 102 .
. Part G. L. 218, § 8; part S.
1917, 340, § 2.
" 103
. G. L. HI, §81.
" 104, § 1
. S. 1918, 184, § 4.
" 104, § 2
. O.
" 105, § 1
. S. 1917, 327, §§162, 246-248
(h); R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 105, §2
. S. 1917, 327, §§ 171-173,
252; R. 1917, 327, § 268.
" 106, §§ 1-'
T . S. 1918, 282, §§ 1-7.
" 106, §§8-
6 . Special.
" 106, §§17-
-19 S. 1918, 282, §§ 17-19.
" 106, § 20
. S. 1918, 257, § 24.
" 106, §21
Special.
" 107
. PartG. L. 176, §22; part O.
" 108 .
. S. 1919, 68.
" 109, § 1
. S. 1919, 301, § 3.
" 109, § 2
. G. L. 54, § 115.
'■ 109, §3
. G. L. 54, § 132.
" 110
. G. L. 149, § 100.
" 111 .
. G. L. 117, §43.
" 112 .
. G. L. 94, § 44.
'■ 113
. G. L. 175, § 32.
" 115
. G. L. 123, § 76.
" 116, §1
. G. L. 29, §39; 35, §43; 44,
§52.
" 117
. G. L. 175, § 119.
'■ 121, §1
. G. L. 129, § 14.
" 121, §2
. G. L. 129, §§ 14, 31.
" 122, § 1
. G. L. 159, § 32; 160, § 242;
166, §11.
'• 122, §2
. Part G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 4;
part Temporary.
" 122, §3
. G. L. 159, § 31; 160, § 242.
" 122, §4
. G. L. 159, §§ 31, 32; 161,
§138.
" 123 .
. G. L. 217, § 33.
" 124 .
. Part G. L. 218, § 8; part S.
1917, 340, § 2.
" 125, § 1
. G. L. 98, § 32.
" 126
. S. 1917, 279, § 44.
" 128, §§ 1-f
) . G. L. 176, §§ 23-28.
" 129 .
. Part G. L. 127, § 82; part O.
" 130 .
. S. 1918, 291, § 18.
" 131 .
. G. L. 123, § 20.
" 132 .
. G. L. 175, § 168.
" 133
. G. L. 123, § 96.
" 134, § 1
. Part G. L. 221, § 4; part S.
1918, 287, §§ 1, 3.
" 135 .
. G. L. 272, § 45.
" 136 .
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 17.
•' 137
. O.
" 138 .
. G. L. 7, §§ 2, 6, 7.
139 .
. G. L. 131, § 63.
140, § 1
. G. L. 48, § 5S.
140, §2
. Part G. L. 48, § 58; part 0.
141 .
. S. 1918, 91.
143 .
. G. L. 220, § 16.
144
. S. 1919, 11.
146, § 1
. S. 1920, 327, § 1, cl. 10.
146, §2
. S. 1920, 327, § 1.
146, § 3
. G. L. 175, § 116.
146, §4
. G. L. 175, § 114.
149, § 1
. G. L. 94, § 1.
149, § 2
. S. 1920, 297, § 1.
149, §3
. G. L. 94, § 70.
149, §4
. G. L. 94, § 72.
149, § 5
. S. 1920, 297, § 3.
149, § 6
. G. L. 94, § 92.
150, §§1,
2 . G. L. 1.38, § 42.
150, §3
. G. L. 138, § 89.
151 .
. G. L. Ill, § 19.
152, §§1-
3 . G. L. 98, §§ 9-14.
152, § 7
. G. L. 98, § 9.
153 .
. G. L. 148, §§ 58, 59.
154 .
. Part G. L. 218, § 10; part S.
1919, 362, § 2.
155
. G. L. 203, § 16.
156, § 1
. G. L. 143, § 21.
156, § 2
. G. L. 143, § 55.
159, § 1
. Part G. L. 44, § 35; part O.
159, §2
. G. L. 44, §§37,38.
159, §3
. G. L. 44, § 39.
159, §4
. G. L. 44, §41.
159, §5
. Part G. L. 44, § 41 ; part O.
160
. S. 1919, 129.
161
. S. 1919, 290, § 3.
162
. G. L. 43, § 23.
163 .
. S. 1918, 257, § 455.
164 .
. S. 1919, 38, §§ 1, 2.
165, § 1
. G. L. 7, § 4.
165, § 2
. G. L. 7, § 14; 268, § 1.
165, §3
. G. L. 7, § 15.
166, § 1
. G. L. 165, § 2.
166, §2
. G. L. 165, § 5.
168 .
. G. L; 221, § 47.
169
. S. 1918, 257, § 174.
170, §§ 1-^
1 . S. 1919, 153, §§ 1^.
171
. G. L. 58, § 6.
172, § 1
. G. L. 172, § 33.
172, § 2
. G. L. 172, § 40.
173
. S. 1919, 177, § 1; R. 1919,
177, § 2.
176, § 1
. G. L. 74, § 11.
176, § 2
. G. L. 74, §§ 36, 37.
178 .
. G. L. 91, § 12.
179 .
. R. 1918, 108, § 10.
179, § 1
. S. 1918, 108, §§ 1, 2.
179, § 2
. S. 1918, 108, §§ 2, 3.
179, §§3, '
1 . S. 1918, 108, §§4,5.
179, §§5, (
J . S. 1918, 108, § 6.
179, § 7
. S. 1918, 233.
179, §8
. S. 1918, 108, §§ 1, 2.
180 .
. O.
183 .
. S. 1917, 344, V, § 18; R.
1917, 344, VIII, § 1.
185 .
. G. L. 41, § 78.
186 .
. G. L. 90, § 26.
187, § 1
. G. L. 90, § 1.
188, § 1
. S. 1918,30, §§2,3; R. 1918,
30 §6.
188, § 2
. S. 1918,30, §5; R. 1918,30,
§6.
189 .
. PartG. L. 94, § 12; part O.
190 .
. G. L. Ill, §§5, 23.
191 .
. G. L. 175, § 54, cl. (c).
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
192
G. L. 44, § 35.
193,
§1 '■
G. L. 94, § 166.
193,
§2 .
G. L. 94, § 168.
194
G. L. 231, § 69.
196
S. 1920, 425, I 3.
198
S. 1920, 324.
199
PartG. L. 112, §8; part O.
200
G. L. 90, §§ 14, 16.
201,
§1 '
G. L. 124, § 7.
202,
§§1.2
G. L. 112, §§ 13.14.
202,
§3 .
G.L. 13, §12; 112, §§15,16.
202,
§4 .
PartG. L. 112, § 15; part O.
202,
§5 .
PartG. L. 112, § 16; part S.
1918, 15; partO.
202,
§6 .
G. L. 112, § 16.
202,
§7 .
PartG. L. 112, § 16; part 0.
202,
§8 .
G. L. 112, §§ 16, 17.
202,
§§9-11
G. L. 112, §§ 18-20.
202,
§12 .
G. L. 112, §§ IS, 20.
202,
§13 .
G. L. 112, §5.
202,
§14 .
G.L. 112, §21.
202,
§15 .
PartG. L. 112. §23; part O.
202,
§16 .
G. L. 112, §22.
203
S. 1919, 362, § 1.
204,
§1 .'
G. L. 59, § 5, el. 7.
204,
§2 .
Temporary.
205,
§1 .
G. L. 164, § 68.
205,
§2 .
G. L. 164, § 34.
205,
§3 .
PartG. L. 25, § 11; part S.
1919, 350, § 122.
205,
§4 .
G. L. 25, § 16.
206
G. L. 221, § 27.
207
G. L. 136, § 6.
208,
§§1-3
G. L. 94, §§ 190-192.
208,
§§4,5
G. L. 94, §§ 188, 189.
208,
§6 .
G. L. 94, § 1.
208,
§§7,8
G. L. 94, §§ 186, 187.
208,
§§9-11
G. L. 94, §§ 193-195.
208,
209
§13 .
G. L. 94, § 185.
G. L. 44, § 30.
210
G. L. 175, § 118.
212,
§§1,2
S. 1918, 289, §§ 2, 3.
212,
§4 .
Temporary.
214
S. 1919, 353, § 5.
215,
§1 '■
0.
215,
§2 .
G. L. 74, § 19.
215,
§3 .
Part G. L. 74, § 20; part O.
215,
§4 .
G. L. 74, §§ 21, 22.
215,
§5 .
G. L. 74, § 14.
216
G. L. 122, § 18.
217
PartG. L. 7, § 10; 30, §38;
part Temporary.
218,
§1 .
S. 1918, 257, § 296.
218,
§§2-4
G. L. 112, §§62-64.
218,
§5 .
S. 1918, 257, § 297.
219
G. L. 30, § 36.
221,
§1 '■
S. 1920, 591, § 1.
221.
§2 .
G. L. 39, § 12.
222,
§1 .
S. 1918, 272, § 2; R. 1918,
272, § 5.
222,
§2 .
O.
223,
§1 .
G. L. 123, § 66.
223,
§2 .
G. L. 123, § 47.
224
G. L. 156, § 2.
226
R. 1918, 257, § 378.
227
G. L. 231, § 58.
228
PartG. L. 130, §54; part O.
229,
§i '.
PartG. L. 12, § 14; part S.
1918, 272, § 2; part R.
1918, 272, § 5.
229,
§2 .
O.
231
S. 1919, 169, § 2.
232,
§§1.2
G. L. 123, §§ 33, 34.
1917,232, §3
233, § 1
233, § 2
235,
235,
237,
237,
237,
238,
238, §
240
242, §
242, §
243
244
245
246, §
246,
246,
247,
247,
247,
§1
§2
§§1,
§3
§4
§1
1.2
247,
247,
248,
249
250,
250,
251,
251,
251,
252
253,
255,
255,
256,
256,
256,
256,
257
258,
258,
258,
259,
259,
260
262
263,
263,
265
266,
267
269
270
271,
271,
273,
273,
274,
274, § 2
(5,6
§1
§1
§2
§§1,2
§3
§4
§§5,6
§§1.
§§3,4
§5
§1
§§2,3
§1
274,
274,
274,
274,
275,
275,
G. L. 123, § 80.
G. L. 32, § 6.
Part G. L. 32, § 10; part S.
1920,335, §§4-6; part O.
S. 1918, 257, § 320.
G. L. 130, § 93.
PartG. L. 101, §§ 2, 3; part
S. 1918, 257, § 256.
S. 1918, 257, § 259.
G. L. 101, § 12.
S. 1920, 327, § 1, cl. 1.
G. L. 175, § 53.
G. L. 91, § 12.
S. 1918, 272, §§ 1, 2; R.
1918, 272, § 5.
O.
S. 1918, 218, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1919, 235.
O.
G. L. 160, §§ 142, 143.
G. L. 90, § 15.
G. L. 160, §§ 144-146.
Gone to many places.
G. L. 74, §§ 35-37.
PartG. L. 74, §§28, 29, 31;
part O.
G. L. 74, § 30.
Part G. L. 74, §§32, 33; part
O.
G. L. 127, § 91.
S. 1918, 113.
G. L. 53, § 8.
G. L. 54, § 41.
S. 1918, 187, § 2.
G. L. Ill, § 85.
G. L. HI, §89.
PartG. L. 218, §10; part S.
1919, 362, § 2.
S. 1918, 166.
S. 1918, 114, § 2.
Temporary.
G. L. 94, § 13.
S. 1918, 170.
G. L. 94, § 15.
G. L. 94, § 18.
G. L. 63, §§ 12, 17.
G. L. 126, §§ 35, 36.
S. 1918, 156, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 126, § 39.
G. L. 94, § 1.
G. L. 94, § 22.
S. 1919, 253.
S. 1920, 614.
Temporary.
G. L. 128, § 22.
Part G. L. 264, § 5; part O.
G.L. 124, §7; 127, § 154.
G. L. 221. §41.
G. L. 152, § 33.
G. L. 62, § 8 (/).
PartG. L. 130, §§ 2, 4; part
O.
G. L. 140, § 137.
S. 1918, 287, § 1.
O.
G. L. 218, § 1.
G. L. 218, §§ 6, 8.
PartG. L. 218, § 1; part O.
Temporary.
O.
Special.
G. L. 94, §§ 198-208.
G. L. 94, i§ 210-212.
ccxl
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
917, 275, § 15 .
. G. L. 94, § 209.
1917, 307, § 2 . .
Temporary.
" 275, §§ 16,
17 G. L. 277, § 38.
" .307, § 3 . .
S. 1920, 433.
" 275, § 18 .
. G. L. 277, § 79 and forms at
" 307, § 4 . .
G. L. 30, § 37.
end of chapter.
" 309 . . .
G. L. 202, § 3.
" 275, § 19 .
. Part G. L. 94, § 197; part O.
" 310, § 1 . .
G. L. 121, § 24.
" 275, § 20 .
Special.
" 310, §2 . .
S. 1918, 204.
" 275, §21 .
. G. L. 94, § 213.
" 310, §3 . .
O.
" 276 . .
. G. L. 90, § 34.
" 311 ...
G. L. 264, § 9.
" 277, § 1 .
. G. L. 29, § 2.
" 312 .. .
R. 1920, 434, § 8.
" 277, § 2 .
. G. L. 29, § 18.
" 312, § 1 . .
S. 1920, 434, § 1.
" 278, § 1 .
. S. 1918, 244, §§ 1, 3; R.
" 312, §2 . .
S. 1918, 212.
1918, 244, § 5.
" 312, §§3-5 .
S. 1920, 434, §§ 3-5.
" 278, § 2 ,
. S. 1918, 244, §§ 2, 3; R.
" 312, §6 . .
S. 1920, 434, § 7.
1918, 244, § 5.
" 314 .. .
G. L. 92, § 10.
" 279, §§ 1-2
1 . G. L. 241, §§ 1-21.
" 319 .. .
S. 1918,211, § 1; 1919,362,
" 279, § 22 .
. S. 1919, 274, §§7, 8.
§1.
" 279, §§ 23-
25 G. L. 241, §§ 22-24.
" 320 .. .
Part G. L. 221, §§ 71, 72;
•' 279, § 26 .
. PartG. L. 241, §25; part O.
part 0.
" 279, § 27 .
. S. 1919, 274, § 1; R. 1919,
" 321, §1 . .
Part G. L. 15, § 5; part S.
274, § 11.
1919, 350, §§ 59, 60.
'■ 279, §§28-
39 G. L. 241, §§ 26-37.
•• 321, §2 . .
G. L. 69, § 11.
" 279, §41 .
. G. L. 196, § S.
■■ 321, §3 . .
Temporary.
" 279, § 42 .
. G. L. 203, § 16.
'■ 320, § 1 . .
PartG. L. 219, §§ 1-3; part
" 279, § 43 .
. G. L. 185, § 92.
S. 1918, 245.
" 279, § 44 .
. G. L. 215, § 6.
" 326, § 3 . .
G. L. 219, § 5.
" 279, § 45 .
. Special.
" 326, § 4 . .
Part G. L. 219, §§ 3, 6, 7;
" 279, §§46-48 O.
part O.
" 280 . .
. G. L. 31, §46.
•• 326, § 5 . .
G. L. 219, § 11.
" 281, § 1 .
. G. L. 218, § 1.
" 326, § 6 . .
G. L. 219, § 5.
" 281, §2 .
. G. L. 218, §§6, 8.
" 326, § 7 . .
G. L. 219, § 14.
" 281, §3
. Part G. L. 218, § 1; part
" 326, § 8 . .
G. L. 219, § 13.
O.
" 326, §9 . .
G. L. 219, § 8.
" 281, §4 .
. Temporary.
" 326, § 10 . .
S. 1919, 181.
" 281, §5 .
. O.
" 326, §11 . .
Temporary.
" 281, §6 .
. Special.
" 326, § 12 . .
vSpecial.
" 282, § 1 .
. S. 1920, 485, § 1; R. 1920,
■■ 327, §§ 1-4 .
G. L. 33, §§ 1-4.
485, § 2.
" 327, §5 . .
PartG. L. 33, § 5; part O.
" 282, § 2 .
. S. 1919, 250, § 1; R. 1919,
'■ 327, §§6-9 .
G. L. .33, §§ 6-9.
250, § 2.
" 327, §§ 10, 11
Part G. L. 33, §§ 10, 11;
" 282, § 3 .
. S. 1920, 486.
part 0.
" 283 .
. S. 1919, 82.
" 327, §§ 12, 13
G. L. 33, §§ 12, 13.
" 284 . .
. PartG. L. 12, § 14; part S.
" 327, §§ 14-21
G. L. 33, §§ 18-25.
1918, 272, § 2; part R.
" 327, § 22 . .
Part G. L. 33, § 26; part S.
1918, 272, § 5.
1919, 18.
" 286 .
. PartG. L. 20, § 5; 128, §6;
'■ 327, § 23 . .
G. L. 33, § 27.
part S. 1919, 350, § 37.
'■ 327, § 24 . .
S. 1919, 280, § 1.
" 289 .
. G. L. 264, § 6.
" 327, §§25-34
G. L. 33, §§29-38.
■' 290 .
. S. 1920, 238, § 1.
" 327, § 35 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 79.
'■ 291 .
. S. 1919, 362, § 2.
" 327, §§36, 37
G. L. 33, §§40,41.
" 292 .
. S. 1919, 184.
" 327, § 38 . .
S. 1918, 257, § 80.
" 293 .
. S. 1919, 206.
" 327, § 39 . .
G. L. 33, § 43.
" 294 .
. G. L. 149, §§ 66, 67.
" 327, § 40 . .
G. L. 6, § 18; 33, § 44.
" 295 .
. G. L. 62, § 7.
" 327, §§41,42
G. L. 33, §§ 45, 46.
" 296
. G. L. 202, § 19.
" 327, §43 . .
S. 191S, 221.
" 297, § 1
. Part G. L. 24, §§ 2, 3; part
" 327, §§44-47
G. L. 33, §§ 48-51.
S. 1919, 299, § 3; part 0.
" 327, § 48 . .
Part G. L. 33, § 52; part S.
•' 297, § 2
. G. L. 152, § 7.
1919, 64.
•• 297, § 4
. G. L. 152, § 8.
" 327, §§49-51
G. L. 33, §§ 53-55.
•■ 297, §§6-
0 . G. L. 152, §§ 10-14.
" 327, §§52-58
G. L. 33, §§ 57-63.
" 298 .
. G. L. 221, § 75.
" 327, § 59 . .
S. 1920, 131.
" 300 .
. G. L. 33, § 65.
" 327, §§60-63
G. L. 33, §§ 66-69.
" 302, § 1
. PartG. L. 218, § 1; part S.
■' 327, § 64 . .
S. 1920, 199.
1920, 527, § 1.
" 327, §§ 65, 66
G. L. 33, §§ 71, 72.
" 302, § 2
. O.
" 327, § 67 . .
G. L. 33, § 70.
" 302, § 3
. Special.
" 327, §§68-73
G. L. 33, §§ 73-78.
" .303 .
. S. 1920, 468.
" 327, § 74, el. (a) G. L. 33, § 79.
" 304
. S. 1918, 272, § 2; R. 1918,
" 327, § 74, cl. (6) G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 6.
272, § 5.
" ,327, §§75-80
G. L. 33, §§ 80-85.
" 305, §§ 1,
2 . G. L. 91, § 50.
" 327, §81 . .
Part G. L. 33, § 86; part S.
" 305, § 3
. . G. L. 91, §51.
1920, 358, § 1 ; part O.
" 306, § 1
. . G. L. 183, I 49.
" 327, § 82 . .
Part G. L. 33, § 87; part S.
" 306, §§3,
4 . G. L. 183, §§ 50, 51.
1918, 234; 1920, 358, § 2;
" 307, § 1
. . G. L. 30, § 37.
part R. 1920, 595.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
ccxli
917,327
■• 327
'■ 327
" 327
" 327
§§83,84
§§85,86
§87 . .
§88 . .
§89 . .
" 327
" 327
§§90-104
§ 105
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
§§106-110
§§111, 112
§113
§114
§115 (a)
§115 C6)
§§116-130
§131 .
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
" 327
§§ 132-145
§ 146
§147 .
§ 148
§§ 149-161
§162
" 327
" 327,
" 327
" 327,
§ 163 (a)
§ 163 (h)
§§164-167
§168 .
" 327,
" 327,
" 327,
" 327,
§§ 169-174
§175 .
§§ 176-193
§194
" 327,
" 327,
§§ 195-208
§209
" 327,
" 327,
§§210-218
§219 .
" 327,
" 327,
§§ 220-229
§ 230 .
■' 327,
" 328
" 329,
" 329,
§§ 231-267
§i .' i
§2 . .
" 329,
§3 . .
" 329,
" 330
" 333
" 334
14 . .
" 335.
" 335,
§1 . .
§2 . .
" 336
" 340,
§§1,2 '.
" 341
" 344,
i,§i' ;
" 344,
" 344,
I,§2 .
I,§3 .
" 344,
" 344,
" 344,
I, §4 .
I,§5 .
I, §6 .
344, 1, § 7
G. L. 33, §§ 88, 89.
S. 1920, 127, §§ 2, 3.,
S. 1920, 127, §§ 1, 7.
G. L. 33, § 93.
S. 1920, 127, § 1; R. 1920,
127, § 8.
R. 1920, 127, § 8.
S. 1919, 301, § 5; 1920, 127,
§4.
G. L. 33, §§ 95-99.
S. 1920, 127, §§ 5, 6.
S. 1918, 232.
G. L. 33, § 103.
G. L. 33, § 104.
Special.
G. L. 33, §§ 105-119.
G. L. 33, § 120: 60, § 24;
235, § 34, el. 10.
G. L. 33, §§ 121-134.
G. L. 33, §§ 1.35, 138.
G. L. 33, § 135.
G. L. .33, §§ 136, 137.
G. L. 33, §§ 138-150.
PartG. L. 33, § 151; part S.
1920, 274.
S. 1918, 257, § 81.
G. L. 33, § 152 (6).
G. L. 33, §§ 153-156.
Part G. L. 33, § 157; part S.
1919, 73.
G. L. 33, §§ 158-163.
S. 1920, 365.
G. L. 33, §§ 165-182.
PartG. L. 33, § 183; part S.
1918, 128.
G. L. 33, §§ 184-197.
PartG. L. 33, § 198; part S.
1919, 301, § 6.
G. L. 33, §§ 199-207.
Part G. L. 33, § 208; part
Special.
G. L. 33, §§ 209-218.
G. L. 33, § 219; 60, § 24;
235, § 34, cl. 10.
G. L. 33, §§ 220-256.
S. 1919, 362, § 1.
G. L. 83, § 4.
Part G. L. 83, § 4; part S.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
Part G. L. 83, § 4; part S.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 6.
G. L. 83, § 9.
S. 1919, 362, §§ 1, 2.
S. 1919, 362, § 1.
Part S. 1920, 358, § 1; R.
1920, 358, § 3.
G. L. 221, § 73.
PartG. L. 221, § 74; part S.
1920, 213, § 3.
S. 1919, 353, §§ 1-3, 9-12.
S. 1918, 178; 211, § 1; R.
1918, 211, § 2.
S. 1919, 350, § 74.
Part G. L. 16, § 2; part S.
1919, 350, §§ lim4.
G. L. 81, § 1.
Part G. L. 16, § 7; part
O.
G. L. 81, § 2.
G. L. 81, § 4.
Part G. L. 81, §§ 5, 13;
part O.
G. L. 81, §6.
1917,344,1, §8
. Part G. L. 81, § 12
part S.
1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 43
part O.
" 344, I, §§9,
10 G. L. 81, §§7,8.
" 344, I, § 11
. G. L. 81, § 13.
" 344, I, § 12
. Part G. L. 81, § 14
part O.
" 344, I, § 13
. Part G. L. 81, § 9;
part O.
" 344, I, § 14
. G. L. 29, § 23.
" 344, I, § 15
. G. L. 81, § 10.
" 344, I, § 16
. G. L. 81, §§ 18,31.
" 344, I, § 17
. G. L. 81, § 19.
" 344, I, § IS
. Part G. L. 81, § 11
part O.
" 344, I, § 19
. G. L. 81, § 15.
" 344, I, § 20
. G. L. 159, § 72.
" 344, I, §21
. Part G. L. 81, § 16;
part 0.
" 344, I, § 22
. G. L. 81, § 17.
•• 344, I, §§23
24 G. L. 81, §§ 23, 24.
" 344, I, §25
. PartG. L. 81, §25;
part 0.
" 344, I, § 26
. G. L. 81, § 20.
" 344, I, § 27
. G. L. 81, § .3.
" 344, I, § 28
. G. L. 81, § 22.
" 344, I, § 29
. G. L. 81, § 21.
" 344, II, §§ 1,
2 G. L. 82, § 2.
" 344, II, §§3,
4 G. L. 82, §§ 3, 4.
" 344, II, §5
. G. L. 82, §§ 4, 5.
" 344, II, §6
. G. L. 82, § 6.
" 344, II, § 7
. S. 1918, 257, § 208.
•• 344, II, § 8
. Part G. L. 82, § 8;
part S.
1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 1,
13.
" 344, II, §§9,
10 G. L. 82, §§ 9, 10.
■■ 344, II, §§11
12 . .
'. G. L. 82, § 10.
" 344, II, § 13
. PartG. L. 82, 1 11;
part O.
" 344, II, § 14
. Part S. 1918, 257,
subs. 6; part O.
§ 187,
" 344, II, § 15
. S. 1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 9.
" 344, II, §§16
17 S. 1918,257, § 187,
1.3.
subs. 12.
" 344, II, §§ 18-
20 . .
. S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 24-
344,11, §21
344, II, § 22
344, II,
24 .
344, II,
26 .
344, II,
344, II,
344, II,
344, II,
344,11,
344, II,
38 .
344, II,
40 .
344, II,
344, II,
344, II,
344, II,
344, II,
344,.II,
344, II,
344, II,
344, II,
50 .
344, II,
§§ 23,
§§ 25,
§27 .
§28 .
§31 .
§§32-
26.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 10,
27.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 10,
28.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 29.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 30,
31.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 14.
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 16,
IS.
L. 82, § 12.
L. 34, § 18; 82, § 13.
§§ 39,
§41 .
G. L. 82, §§ 14-20.
G. L. 82, § 21.
G. L. 82, § 22.
§ 42 . S. 1918, 257, § 209.
§ 43 . S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 6, 9.
§ 44 . S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 27.
§ 45 . G. L. 82, § 23.
§ 46 . G. L. 82, § 25.
§ 47 . G. L. 82, § 29.
§ 48 . S. 1918, 257, § 210.
§§■49,
. . G. L. 82, §§ 27, 28.
§§ 51,
. . G. L. 82, § 30.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1917,344,11, §53 .
G. L. 82, § 31.
1917, 344, IV, §14 .
G. L.
41, § 68.
■• 344, II, § 54 .
Part S. 1918, 257, § 187,
•■ 344, IV, §§ 15,
subs. 38 ; part O.
16 . . .
G. L.
84, § 7.
" 344, II, § 55 .
Part G. L. 82, § 32; part S.
" 344, IV, §§ 17,
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 13.
18 . . .
G. L.
84, §§ 8, 9.
" 344, II, § 56 .
G. L. 82, § 32.
" 344, IV, § 19 .
G. L.
84, § 7.
" 344, II, § 57 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 8.
" 344, IV, § 20 .
G. L.
84, § 10.
" 344, II, §§ 58-
" 344, IV, §§21,
61 . . .
G. L. 82, §§ 33-36.
22 . . .
S. 1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 10
" 344, II, § 62 .
G. L. 34, § 4.
•• 344, IV, § 23 .
G. L.
229, § 1.
" 344, II, § 63 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 3.
" 344, IV, § 24 .
Part G. L. 84, § 15
part O
" 344, II, § 64 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 8,
" 344, IV, § §25-
16.
28 . . .
G. L.
84, §§ 17-20.
■• 344,11, §65 .
Gone to many places.
" 344, IV, § 29 .
G. L.
84, § 22.
" 344,11, §66 .
O.
" 344, IV, § 30 .
G. L.
84, § 25.
" 344, II, § 67 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 1.
" 344, IV, §§31,
" 344, II, § 68 .
Part S. 1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 3; part 0.
32 . . .
" 344, IV, §§ 33-
G. L.
84, § 12.
"* 344, II, §§ 69,
35 . . .
G. L.
84, § 13.
70 . . .
G. L. 84, §§ 23, 24.
" 344, IV, §§ 36-
" 344, II, §71 .
G. L. 84, § 26.
38 . . .
G. L.
84, § 14.
" 344, II, § 72 .
G. L. 88, § 16.
" 344, V, §§ 1-3
G. L.
85, § 1.
•■ 344,11, §73 .
G. L. 82, § 37.
" 344, V, |§4-6
G. L.
85, §§3-5.
•■ 344,11, §74 .
G. L. 86, § 3.
" 344, V, § 7 .
Part G. L. 40, § 7;
85, § 6
" 344,11, §76 .
G. L. 86, § 1.
part O.
" 344, II, § 76 .
G. L. 82, § 38.
" 344, V, § 8 .
G. L.
85, § 7.
•■ 344,11, §77 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 23.
" 344,V, §§9, 10
G. L.
85, § 8.
" 344,11, §78 .
O.
" 344, V, §§ 11-
" 344, II, §§ 79,
14 . . .
G. L.
85, §§ 9-12.
80 . . .
Part S. 1918, 257, § 187,
" 344, V, §§ 15,
subs. 14, 15; part O.
16 . . .
G. L.
85, § 13.
" 344, II, § 81 .
Part G. L. 82, §39; part S.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 7.
" 344, V, § 17 .
" 344, V, §§ 18,
G. L.
85, § 14.
" 344, II, § 82 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 36.
19 . . .
G. L.
85, § 15.
" 344, II, § 83 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 14,
22.
" 344, V, § 20 .
" 344, V, §§ 21-
G. L.
85, § 16.
" 344, II, § 84 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 32.
23 . . .
G. L.
85, § 17.
" 344, III, § 1 .
Part S. 1918, 257, § 219,
subs. 1 ; part O.
" 344, V, §24 .
" 344, V, §§ 25,
G. L.
85, § 18.
" 344, III, § 2 .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 15.
26 . . .
G. L.
85, § 19.
•' 344, III, § 3 .
S. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 12,
" 344, V, §§ 27-
13, § 219, subs. 1.
33 . . .
G. L.
85, §§ 20-26.
" 344, III, § 4 .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 3.
" 344. V, §§ 34,
" 344, III, § 5 .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 12.
35 . . .
G. L.
85, § 27.
•■ 344, III, §§ 6, 7 S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 7, 8.
" 344, V, §§ 36,
" 344, III, § 8 .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 10.
37 . . .
G. L.
85, §§ 28, 29.
" 344,111, §9 .
o.
" 344, V, § 38 ,
G. L.
84, § 16.
" 344, lU, § 10
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 4,
" 344, V, §§ 39-
11, 12.
41 . . .
S. 191S, 116, §§ 1-3
" 344, III, § 11
Part G. L. 79, § 39; part S.
" 344, V, § 42 .
Part G. L. 85, § 32
part O
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 39.
" 344, V, § 43 .
G. L.
85, § 33.
" 344, III, § 12
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 5.
" 344, V, §§ 44,
" 344, III, § 13
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 4.
45 . . .
G. L.
88, §§ 12, 13.
" 344, III, § 14
O.
" 344, VI, § 1 .
G. L.
86, § 2.
" 344, III, §§ 15-
" 344, VI, §§ 2-5
G. L.
86, §§4-7.
17 . . .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 12.
" 344, VI, § 6 .
G. L.
6, § 15.
" 344, III, § 18
Part S. 1918, 257, § 219,
" 344, VI, §§7-9
S. 1918, 257, § 187,
subs. 5.
subs. 12; part 0.
" 344, VI, § 10 .
G. L.
45, § 7.
" 344, III, § 19
O.
" 344, VII, §§ 1-
" 344, III, §§ 20-
6 . . .
G. L.
89, §§ 1-6.
22 . . .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 1.
" 344, VIII, § 2
O.
" 344, III, § 23
O.
" 345 .. .
G. L.
231, § 111.
" 344, III, §§ 24-
" Sp. 121, § 1 .
S. 1918,81, §1; R.
1918, 81
26 . . .
S. 1918, 257, § 219, subs. 2.
§2
'■ 344, III, §§27,
'• Sp. 121, §2 .
R. 1918, 81, § 2.
28 . . .
0.
" Sp. 123 . .
G. L.
5, §3.
" 344, IV, §§ 1-5
G. L. 84, §§ 1-5.
" Sp. 244
G. L.
74, § 47.
" 344, IV, § 6 .
G. L. 40, § 16.
" Res. 25
Part G. L. 75, § 23
part 0
" 344, IV, §§7-9
G. L. 84, § 6.
1918, 1 .
G. L.
29, § 11.
" 344, IV, §§ 10,
4 .
G. L.
217, § 24.
11 . . .
G. L. 41, § 62.
7 .
S. 1918, 120.
" 344, IV, § 12 ,
G. L. 41, § 64.
9, §1
G. L.
164, §§ 109, 110.
" 344, IV, § 13 .
G. L. 41, §§ 66, 67.
9, §2
G. L.
164, § 106.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
ccxliii
1918,
9, §3
. G. L. 164, § 111.
1918, 77
G. L. 164, §§ 57, 58.
10 .
. 0.
78
§1 .
G. L. 164, § 63.
11
. G. L. 168, § 25.
78
§2 .
G. L. 164, § 77.
12 .
. O.
78,
§3 .
Temporary.
14 .
. G. L. 65, § 11.
79
G. L. 127, § 142.
15 .
. Special.
80
PartG. L. Ill, § 82; part S.
17
. G. L. 90, § 7.
1920, 87; part O.
18, §1
. G. L. 81, § 30.
81,
§1 .
Part G. L. 48, § 81 ; part 0.
18, §2
. G. L. 10, § 8.
82
G. L. 92, § 63.
19 .
. Special.
83,
§1 ."
PartG. L. 170, § 12; part S.
21
. O.
1920, 429.
23 .
. G. L. 41, § 41.
83,
§2 .
G. L. 170, § 26.
25 .
. G. L. 44, § 5.
85,
§1 .
S. 1918, 257, § 285.
26, §1
. Part G. L. 44, § 4; part O.
85,
§2 .
G. L. 112, §7.
26, §2
. ' G. L. 44, § 6.
86
S. 1919, 140.
27
. G. L. 130, § 145.
87
G. L. 149, § 148.
28 .
. G. L. 59, § 23.
89
G. L. 218, § 46.
29, §1
. G. L. 62, § 39.
90,
§1 '.
Temporary.
29, §2
. G. L. 62, § 41.
" 90,
§2 .
G. L. 149, § 36.
30, §§ l->
) . G. L. 130, §§ 49-53.
91
G. L. 164, § 72.
31
. Special.
93
G. L. 184, § 8.
32 .
. G. L. 62, §8(a).
95
S. 1920, 551, §§ 3, 11; R.
34
. R. 1920, 339, § 3.
1920, 551, § 12.
34, §§ 1-.
i . S. 1920, 339, § 1.
96,
§§1,2
G. L. Ill, §§ 119, 120.
34, §4
. S. 1920, 339, § 2.
96,
§3 .
G. L. Ill, § 119.
35 .
. G. L. 175, § 123.
97
Part G. L. 219, § 3; part
36 .
. S. 1920, 327, § 2.
Temporary.
37, §§ 1<
S . S. 1919, 350, § 110.
98
G. L. 233, § 77.
37, §4
. Temporary.
99
G. L. 272, §§88, 89.
38 .
. G. L. 29, § 29.
'• 100
G. L. 120, §§ 16, 17.
39 .
. G. L. 129, § 30.
" 101
G. L. 170, § 27.
41
. G. L. 54, §85; 56, §38.
" 103
PartG. L. 14, §§ 4, 6; 181,
42
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 20.
§ 3; part S. 1919, 349,
44 .
. G. L. 167, § 13.
§ 1; 350, §§53,55.
45 .
. G. L. 218, § 14.
" 104,
§1 .
G. L. 32, § 25 (2) A.
46 .
. PartG. L. 14, §4; 64, §7;
parts. 1919,349, §1;350,
" 104,
§2 .
Part G. L. 32, § 25 (2) B.
part S. 1918, 257, § 121.
§§ 53, 55.
" 105
S. 1920, 257, § 1.
47
. G. L. 170, §§33-35.
" 106,
§1 '■
G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 10.
48 .
. G. L. 60, § 7.
" 106,
§2 .
Temporary.
50, §2
. G. L. 59, § 61.
" 107
Part G. L. 44, § 30; part
52 .
. G, L. 59, §§6, 7.
Temporary.
53 .
. G. L. 131, § 32.
" 108,
§1 .
S. 1919, 139.
54 .
. PartG. L. 25, §3; 159, §12;
" 108,
§§2,3
S. 1919, 151, §§ 1, 2.
166, §§4, 5, 7, 11; part O.
" 108,
§4 .
S. 1919, 290, § 7.
55 .
. S. 1919, 15.
•• 108,
§5 .
S. 1919, 290, §§ 1, 7, 8.
56, §1
. G. L. 103, § 31.
" 108,
§6 .
Parts. 1919.290, § 7; part
56, §2
. G. L. 103, § 22.
O.
56, §3
. G. L. 103, § 32.
" 108,
§7 .
S. 1919, 290, § 14.
57 .
. G. L. 60, § 16.
" 108,
§8 •
Special.
58 .
. G. L. 127, §§ 16-18.
" 108,
§9 .
O.
59 .
. G. L. 5, § 13.
" 109
S. 1920, 371.
60 .
. G. L. 175, § 132.
" 110
G. L. 149, § 141.
61 .
. G. L. 3, § 29.
" 111
G. L. 112, § 12.
62 .
. S. 1919, 239, § 1; 273. § 1;
" 112,
§§1,2
G. L. 175, §§ 133, 134.
part R. 1919, 273, § 2.
" 112,
§3 .
G. L. 175, § 187.
63 .
. G. L. 268, § 27.
" 112,
§§4-6
G. L. 175, §§ 135-137.
64
. S. 1919, 99.
" 112,
§7 .
G. L. 175, § 3.
65, §1
. Part G. L. 41, § 85; part O.
" 112,
§8 .
G. L. 175, §§ 132, 138.
65, §§2,
3 . G. L. 41, § 86.
" 113
S. 1919, 197.
65, §4
. G. L. 41, §87.
" 114,
§1 '■
S. 1919, 269, § 24.
66 .
. S. 1919, 273, § 1; R. 1919,
" 114,
§2 .
S. 1919, 269, § 26.
273, § 2.
" 115,
§1 .
S. 1920, 327, § 1, cl. 2.
67 .
. G. L. 168, § 54, el. 10; 172,
" 115,
§2 .
S. 1920, 327, § 1, cl. 5.
§61.
" 116,
§§1,2
G. L. 85, §§ 30, 31.
68, §§ 1-;
! . G. L. 203, §§ 19-21.
" 116,
§3 .
G. L. 85, § 30.
68, §4
. G. L. 201, § 45.
" 117
G. L. 76, § 15.
69 .
. G. L. 175, § 72.
" 119
Part G. L. 152, § 49; part S.
70 .
. G. L. 178, § 12.
1920, 223, § 2.
71 .
. S. 1919, 46.
■' 120
G. L. 62, § 1 (a), cl. 1.
72 .
. G. L. 175, § 179.
" 121
G. L. 123, §§ 3, 49.
74 .
. Part G. L. 54, § 2; part
Special.
" 122
Part G. L. 53, § 7; part S.
1920, 579, § 2.
ccxliv
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1918, 123,
124
126,
127
128
129,
130
131,
131,
131,
131,
131,
133
135
136
137
138
139,
139,
139,
140
141
§1
146,
§§1
146,
§3
146,
§4
147
148
149
150
151,
§1
151,
§2
153
155,
§§1
155,
§4
155,
§5
156
159
160
161,
§1
162,
§1
163
164,
§1
164,
§2
166
168
169,
§i
169,
§2
169,
§3
175
176
178
180
181
183
184,
184,
184,
1S4,
184,
184,
186
§1 .
§§2,3
§4 .
§5 .
G. L. 215, § 62.
S. 1919, 217.
G. L. 6, § 36.
G. L. 15, § 10.
G. L. 33, § 1S3 (b).
G. L. 59, § 18.
G. L. Ill, §§ 113, 114.
G. L. Ill, §§ 51, 52.
Part G. L. Ill, §53; part O.
G. L. Ill, §§ 54, 55.
Temporary.
G. L. Ill, § 56.
S. 1919, 154.
G. L. 41, §§80, 81.
G. L. 9, § 10.
G. L. 94, § 167.
G. L. 59, § 39.
G. L. 123, § 62.
Temporary.
G. L. 123, §§ 86, 96.
G. L. 217, § 33.
G. L. 69, § 25.
G. L. 123, §§ 84, 85.
G. L. 161, § 112.
G. L. 94, §§ 103, 164.
G. L. 55, §§ 11, 12.
G. L. 55, § 36; 56, § 60.
G. L. 55, §§36,37; 56, §56.
G. L. 149, § 58.
G. L. 212, § 18.
G. L. 140, § 48.
G. L. 62, §1 (a), el. 4, §5(6).
S. 1919. 137.
G. L. 5, § 5.
G. L. 123, § 99.
G. L. 81, §§ 26-28.
G. L. 81, §§29,31.
Temporary.
G. L. 126, §§ 37, 38.
G. L. 127, § 84.
S. 1919, 14, §§ 1,2.
G. L. 217, § 33.
S. 1919, 177, § 1.
G. L. 35, § 45.
S. 1919, 190.
G. L. 31, §5.
S. 1919, 228.
O.
G. L. 94, § 102.
G. L. 94, § 112.
G. L. 94, §§ 111, 114; 128,
§8.
G. L. 94, § 14.
G. L. 181, § 5.
S. 1918,211, §1; 1919,362,
§§1,2,4.
G. L. 5, § 8.
G. L. 123, § 39.
Part G. L. 218, § 76; part S.
1918, 211, § 1; part R.
1918, 211, §2.
G. L. 117, § 17.
G. L. 2, § 7.
S. 1919, 290, § 17.
S. 1919, 349, § 12.
S. 1919, 349, §§ 9, 10.
S. 1919, 349, § 13.
Part G. L. 63, §§ 53, 54; part
S. 1918. 257, § 76; part R.
1919, 355, § 12.
O.
G. L. 63, § 8.
R. 1919, 363, § 16.
918, 186,
§
I
•• 186,
§2
■' 187
" 189,
§1
■■ 190
" 192
" 193
" 194
" 195
■■ 197
" 198,
§1
■' 198,
§§2-7
■■ 199
•■ 200
•■ 201
" 202
" 203
" 204
" 205,
§i
" 205,
§§2.3 .
" 205,
§4
" 205,
§5
'■ 207
" 208 .
" 209 .
•• 210 .
" 211, §1
" 212 .
" 213 .
" 214 .
" 215, § 1
" 215, §2
■■ 216 .
" 217, §§1-.
■' 217, §4
" 218, §1
•■ 218, §2
" 218, §3
■' 220, § 1
" 220, § 2
" 220, § 3
" 221 .
" 222 .
" 225 .
" 226 .
" 226, § 1
■' 226, § 2
" 227 .
" 228, §§ 1,
i
■' 228, § 3
" 228, § 4
" 228, §5
" 228, § 6
" 228, § 7
" 229, § 1
" 229, §2
" 230, § 1
" 230, § 2
" 230, § 3
" 230, § 4
" 230, § 5
" 230, § 6
■* 231, § 1
" 231, §2
" 231, §3
S. 1919, 363, §§ 11-15.
S. 1919, 363, § 9.
Part G. L. Ill, §§ 78, 79;
part S. 1919, 32, § 1.
S. 1918, 257, § 9.
S. 1920, 460.
G. L. 149, § 152.
G. L. 128, § 27.
G. L. 218, § 83.
S. 1919, 264.
G. L. 71, § 40.
G. L. 71, § 11.
G. L. 71, §§5-10.
G. L. 273, § 18.
G. L. 71, § 13.
Part G. L. 221, §§ 71, 72;
part S. 1919, 347, § 2.
G. L. 5, § 7.
S. 1920, 1.
G. L. 121, §25.
Part G. L. 40, § 19; part O.
G. L. 40, § 20.
G. L. 40, § 19 (e) ; 44, § 8.
G. L. 40, § 19.
Amended 1918, 257, § 68;
partG. L. 62, §§8(<i), 10-
13, 16; part S. 1918, 257,
§§ 66, 67.
S. 1919, 362, § 1.
G. L. 129, § 1.
G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 8.
S. 1919, 362, § 2.
S. 1920, 434, § 2; R. 1920,
434, § 8.
G. L. 141, §3.
G. L. 127, § 139.
G. L. 128, § 23.
Temporary.
G. L. 152, § 56.
G. L. 112, §88.
G. L. 30, § 27.
Part G. L. 23, § 13; part S.
1919, 350, §§ 69, 74, 77.
S. 1919, 244.
O.
PartG. L. 94, § 256; part O.
G. L. 94, §§ 260, 261.
Part G. L. 94, §§ 255, 259;
part O.
Part G. L. 33, § 47; part O.
S. 1918, 264, § 1.
S. 1919, 350, § 70.
R. 1919, 371, § 7.
S. 1919, 371, §4.
S. 1919, 371, §§ 1, 3, 6.
G. L. 218, §§ 74, 75.
G. L. 30, §§45,46.
S. 1919, 320, § 1.
G. L. 30, § 48.
G. L. 30, § 50.
PartG. L. 30, §49; part O.
O.
Special.
G. L. 35, § 45.
G. L. 15, § 7; 74, §39.
G. L. 15, § 7.
G. L. 74, § 40.
G. L. 74, § 39.
G. L. 74, § 41.
Part O; part Temporary.
PartG. L. 24, § 8; part O.
G. L. 24, §§4,9.
G. L. 152, § 3.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
ccxiv
918, 232
. G. L. 33, § 102.
1918, 2.57, § 45 . .
G. L. 60, § 15.
■' 233
. Temporary.
" 257, §46 . .
G. L. 60, § 37.
" 234
. G. L. 33, § 87.
" 257, §48 . .
G. L. 60, § 43.
" 235
. S. 1919, 3.55, § 15.
" 257, §49 . .
G. L. 60, § 45.
" 237
. G. L. 272, § 29.
" 257, §50 . .
G. L. 60, § 48.
" 238
. G. L. 161, § 53.
'■ 257, §51 . .
G. L. 60, § 52.
" 239
. G. L.31, §42; 123,
§28.
" 257, § 52 . .
Part G. L. 60, § 79;
" 240, §§1.2
. G. L. 126, § 20.
Temporary.
" 240, § 3 .
. O.
" 257, § 53 . .
G. L. 60, § 62.
" 240, § 4 .
. G. L. 126, § 20.
" 257, §54 . .
G. L. 60, § 58.
" 240, § 5 .
. Special.
" 257, §56 , .
Special.
" 241, § 1 .
. S. 1919, 350, § 38.
" 257, §57 . .
G. L. 60, § 86.
" 242 . .
. S. 1919, 3.50, § 18.
" 257, §58 . .
PartO; part Special.
" 244, §§ 1-3
. G. L. 29, §§3-5.
" 257, §59 . .
G. L. 61, §3.
" 244, § 4 .
. S. 1919, 52.
" 257, § 60 . .
G. L. 61, § 10.
" 245, § 1 .
. PartG. L. 218, §§ 1
.6;
part
'■ 257, §61 . .
O.
S. 1919, 362, § 5.
" 257, §§62-64
G. L. 62, § 6 (e-ff).
" 245, § 2 .
. Part G. L. 218, § 1
part 0.
" 257, § 65 . .
G. L. 62, §§5(e),6.
" 245, § 3 .
. O.
■' 257, § 66 . .
G. L. 62, § 10.
" 246, §§1,2
. Part G. L. 74, §§
42
43;
•■ 2.57, §67 . .
G. L. 62, § 14.
part O.
'■ 257, § 68 . .
O.
" 246, § 3 .
. Temporary.
" 257, § 69 . .
S. 1919, 349, § 4.
" 247, §§ 1-3
. G. L.31, §§43-45.
■' 257, § 70 . .
G. L. 62, §§ 29, 36.
" 248, §§ 1, 2
. Part G. L. 74, §§
42
43;
■' 257, §71 . .
S. 1919, 117.
part 0.
257, § 72 .
G. L. 62, § 42.
" 248, § 3 .
. Temporary.
" 257, § 73 . .
S. 1920, 385, § 4.
" 249 . .
. S. 1919, 216.
■' 257, § 74 . .
G. L. 62, §§33,57.
" 250 . .
. G. L. 21S, § 52.
" 257, § 75 . .
G. L. 65, § 32.
" 251 . .
. G. L. 150, § 4.
" 257, § 76 . .
G. L. 63, § 53.
" 254 . .
. S. 1919, 350, § 50.
" 257, §78 . .
S. 1919, 349, § 24.
" 257, § 1 .
. Part G. L. 264, § 5
part O.
" 257, §79 . .
G. L. 33, § 39.
'■ 257, §§2,3
. S. 1919, 25, §§1,2;
R. 1919,
" 257, §80 . .
G. L. 33, § 42.
25, § 3.
" 257, §81 . .
G. L. 33, § 152 (a).
" 257, § 4 .
. Part G. L. 29, § 21
part 0.
" 257, §§83-85
G. L. 222, §§ 4-6.
" 257, § 5 .
. G. L. 11, § 7.
" 257, §86 . .
G. L. 30, § 8.
" 257, § 6 .
. G. L. 29, § 1.3.
" 257, § 87 . .
G. L. 30, § 44.
" 257, § 7 .
. Part G. L. 29, § 26
part S.
■• 257, § 89 . .
G. L. 30, § 43.
1919, 20.
" 257, § 90 . .
S. 1920,546, §§1,4.
" 257, § 9 .
. G. L. 5, § 6; 11,
§ 7
30,
" 257, §91 . .
G. L. 31, §4.
§ 32; 149, § 170.
" 257, §92 . .
G. L. 31, §§ 12, 15.
" 257, § 10 .
. G. L. 50, § 8.
" 257, § 93 . .
R. 1919, Sp. 188.
•• 257, § 11 .
. S. 1919, 108, § 6.
" 257, §94 . .
G. L. 31, § 51.
" 257, § 12 .
. S. 1919, 108, § 22.
" 257, §95 . .
S. 1919, 301, § 7.
" 257, § 13 .
. G. L. 52, § 9.
" 257, §§97,98
G. L. 32, §§ SO, 81.
" 257, § 14 .
. G. L. 53, § 61.
" 257, §§99, 100
R. 1919, 333, § 3.
" 257, § 15 .
. G. L. 53, §111.
'■ 257, §§ 101, 102 G. L. 32, § 2 (3, 4).
" 257, § 16 .
. G. L. 53, § 2.
•■ 257, § 103
G. L. 32, §3 (2).
" 257, § 17 .
. G. L. 54, § 32.
■• 257, § 104 .
G. L. 32, § 4 (2) B'(h).
" 257, § 18 .
. Part G. L. 55, §§
2,
3, 5;
" 257, § 105 .
G. L. 32, § 5 (2) B (6).
part S. 1920, 149
" 257, § 106
G. L. 32, §5(2) C(a).
" 257, § 19 .
. G. L. 55, § 37.
" 257, § 107
G. L. 32, § 5 (2) C (6).
" 257, § 20 .
. G. L. 56, § 25.
" 257, § 108
S. 1920, 416, § 4.
" 257, § 21 .
. G. L. 56, § 31.
" 257, § 109
G. L. 32, § 35.
•■ 257, § 23 .
. G. L. 56, § 33.
•' 257, § 110
S. 1920, 416, § 5.
" 257, §§24,
25 S. 1918, 282, §§ 20,
21.
" 257, §§111, 112G. L. 32, §9 (2).
" 257, § 26 .
. G. L. 56, §§ 35, 36.
" 257, § 113 .
G. L. 32, § 10 (1).
" 257, § 27 .
. G. L. 56, § 26.
" 257, §1 114, 115 S. 1920, 335, §§ 2, 3.
" 257, § 29 .
. G. L. 56, § 37.
" 257, §116
G. L. 32, § 35.
" 257, § 31 .
. G. L. 56, § 52.
•• 257, §117 .
G. L. 32, § 22 (1).
" 257, § 32 .
. Part G. L. 14, § 5;
58,
§1;
" 257, § 118 .
G. L. 32, § 23.
part S. 1919, 349,
§1
350,
" 257, §119 .
G. L. 32, §24 (1).
§§ 53-55.
" 257, § 120
G. L. 32, §24(2) B (6).
" 257, §33 .
. G. L. 58, § 8.
■• 257, § 121 .
G. L. 32, § 25 (2) B (6).
" 257, § 35 .
. G. L. 59, § 89.
" 257, § 122 .
S. 1920, 319.
" 257, § 36 .
. G. L. 59, § 29.
" 257, § 123 .
G. L. 32, § 25 (2) C (6)
" 257, § 37 .
. Part G. L. 59, §
25;
part
" 257, § 124
G. L. 32, § 25 (2) E.
Special.
" 257, § 125 .
G. L. 32, § 36.
" 257, §38 .
. 0.
" 257, § 126 .
G. L. 32, § 28 (1).
" 257, §39 .
. G. L. 59, § 65.
" 257, § 127
G. L. 32, § 29 (1).
" 257, §41 .
. G. L. 60, § 2.
" 257, § 128 .
G. L. 32, § 30 (2) B (h)
" 257, § 42 .
. S. 1919, 321, § 4.
" 257, § 129
G. L. 32, § 31 (2) B (6)
" 257, § 43 .
. G. L. 60, § 8.
" 257, § 130
G. L. 32, § 31 (2) C (o)
" 257, §
44 .
. G. L. 60, § 102.
" 257, § 131
G. L. 32, § 31 (2) E.
ccxivi
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1918, 257, § 132
G. L. 32, §31 (2) C (6).
1918, 257
§212
G. L. 83, § 17.
" 257, § 133
G. L. 32, § 36.
" 257, § 213 .
G. L. 83, § 19.
" 257, § 134
G. L. 32. § 33.
" 257, §§215,216 G. L. 83, §§27, 28.
" 257, § 135
S. 1919, SO.
" 257, §217
O.
" 257, § 136
G. L. 32, § 41.
" 257, §218
PartG. L. 83, §§25-28; part
" 257, § 138
G. L. 34, § 17.
0.
•' 257, § 139
G. L. 35, § 20.
" 257, §219 (pre-
•■ 257, § 140
G. L. 35, §31; 59,
§28.
lim. H) . .
O.
" 257, § 142
G. L. 35, § 38.
" 257, §219, subs
■' 257, § 143
G. L. 36, § 3.
1 . . .
S. 1919, 333, § 4.
" 257, § 144
G. L. 37, § 5.
" 257, §219, subs
" 257, § 145
G. L. 37, § 7.
2, 3 . . .
' G. L. 80, §§ 2, 3.
" 257, § 146
S. 1919, 287, § 4.
" 257, §219,subs
" 257, §§147,148 G. L. 38, §§8, 9.
4 . . .
Part G. L. SO, § 4;
part S.
" 257, § 151
Part S. 1920, 591,
1920, 591, § 35.
§ 33; R.
■■ 257, §219, subs
1920, 124.
" 257, § 152
S. 1920, 591, §33;
591, § 35.
R. 1920.
6-7 . . .
" 257, §219, subs
'g. L. 80, §§5-7.
" 257, § 153
G. L. 41, §63..
8
S. 1919, 333, § 22.
" 257, § 154
G. L. 39, § 14.
■■ 257
§219, subs
" 257, § 155
G. L. 41, § 14.
9
-16 , .
G. L. 80, §§ 10-17.
" 257, § 157
G. L. 43, § 32.
" 257
§ 219o .
o.
" 257, § 158
G. L. 45, § 8.
" 257
§ 222 .
G. L. 94, § 25.
■■ 257, § 160
G. L. 48, § 8.
" 257
§223
G. L. 93, § 20.
•■ 257, §§ 161-
-164 G. L. 49, §§ 4-7.
•' 257
§§224,225 G. L. 94, §§98, 99.
" 257, §§ 165
166 G. L. 66, §§ 1, 2.
•■ 257
§ 226 .
G. L. 94, §§97, 108,
218.
" 257, § 167
G. L. 66, § 8.
" 257
§§ 230-232 G. L. 94, §§ 157-158
.
•■ 257, § 168
Part G. L. 15, § 5
; part S.
" 257
§ 233 .
G. L. 94, § 265.
1919, 350. §§ 57,
58, 60.
" 257
§235 .
G. L. 94, § 23S.
" 257, § 169
G. L. 73, § 5.
" 257
§§ 236,237 G. L. 94, §§ 240, 24
.
'• 257, § 170
PartG. L. 73, §3;
part O.
" 257
§238 .
G. L. 94, § 249.
•■ 257, § 171
G. L. 69, § 26.
" 257
§240 .
G. L. 94, § 173.
'■ 257, § 173
R. 1919, 363, § 16.
" 257
§§241-243 G. L. 98, §§3-5.
■• 257, § 174
G. L. 71, § 1.
" 257
§§244,245
G. L. 98, §§ 41, 42.
■' 257, § 175
G. L. 71, §4.
" 257
§246 .
G. L. 98, § 49.
" 257, §§176,
177 G. L. 71, § 14.
•' 257
§247 .
G. L. 98, § 40.
" 257, § 178
G. L. 71, § 15.
" 257
§248
G. L. 98, § 54.
" 257, § 179
G. L. 71, § 18.
" 257
§§249,250
G. L. 98, §§ 25, 26.
■■ 257, § 180
G. L. 71, §37.
" 257
§251 .
G. L. 9S, § 37.
•■ 257, § 182
G. L. 71, §41.
" 257
§252 .
G. L. 31, § 4; 98, §
34.
" 257, § 183
G. L. 74, § 15.
" 257
§253 .
PartG. L. 98, § 35;
part O.
" 257, § 184
Part G. L. 77, § 1
part S.
" 257
§255 .
G. L. 100, § 2.
1920. 40.
" 257
§256 .
G. L. 101, §§ 1-3, 5-8.
" 257, § 185
G. L. 77, § 6.
" 257
§257 .
G. L. 101, § 1.
" 257, § 186
G. L. 77, § 10.
" 257
§258 .
G. L. 101, § 5.
" 257, § 187 (pre-
" 257
§259
G. L. 101, § 11.
lim. H)
O.
" 257
§260 .
G. L. 101, §§ 13-15.
" 257,' §187, subs
•■ 257
§261 .
S. 1920, 591, § 20.
1-20 .
G. L. 79, §§ 1-20.
■■ 257
§ 262
G. L. 101, § 18.
" 257, §187, subs
" 257
§263
G. L. 101, §§ 19, 20.
21 . .
PartG. L. 79, §21;
part O.
•■ 257
§§ 264-266 G. L. 101, §§ 21-23.
" 257, §187, subs
" 257
§267 .
G. L. 101, § 26.
22 . .
S. 1919, 333, § 21.
" 257
§268 .
G. L. 101, §31.
" 257, §187, subs
" 257
§269
G. L. 102, § 16.
23-34 .
G. L. 79, §§23-34.
'■ 257
§270 .
G. L. 105, § 8.
" 257, § 187, subs
" 257
§271
G. L. 105, § 45.
35 . .
S. 1919, 297.
" 257
§ 272 .
G. L. 105, § 48.
" 257, § 187, subs
" 257
§273 .
G. L. 105, § 61.
36-45 .
G. L. 79, §§36-45.
" 257
§274 .
G. L. 109, § 5.
" 257, §§ 188,
189 G. L. 1, §§ 8, 9.
" 257
§275 .
G. L. 109, § 7.
" 257, § 191
G. L. 48, § 5.
" 257
§276 .
PartG. L. 110, § 1;
part O.
" 257, § 192
G. L. Ill, § 138.
" 257
§277 .
G. L. 110, §2.
" 257, § 193
PartG. L. 129, §31
, parte.
" 257
§279 .
S. 1920, 618.
" 257, §§ 196-201 G. L. 252, §§ 15-20
" 257
§§280,281 G. L. 106, §29.
" 257, § 202
G. L. 252, § 23.
" 257
§282
G. L. 107, § 52.
" 257, § 204
G. L. 159, § 74.
" 257
§283 .
G. L. 107, § 94.
" 257, § 205
G. L. 159, § 80.
'■ 257
§284 .
G. L. 108, § 5.
" 257, § 206
G. L. 160, § 101.
" 257
§285 .
PartG. L. 112, §2;
part O.
" 257, § 207
G. L. 160, § 105.
" 257
§286 .
PartG. L. 112, §4;
part O.
" 257, § 208
G. L. 82, §§ 5, 7.
" 257
§287 .
G. L. 112, §6.
" 257, § 209
G. L. 82, § 24.
" 257
§288 .
PartG. L. 112, §25;
part O.
■' 257, § 210
G. L. 82, § 26.
" 257
§ 289 .
G. L. 112, § 24.
" 257, §211
Special.
" 257
§290
G. L. 112, § 28.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
ccxlvii
1918, 257, § 291
257
25'
257,
257
257,
257
257
257
257
257,
257
257
257,
257
5 292
J293
(294
)295
1296
i297
j298
j300
j301
J302
j303
(306
j307
257
§309
257
§310
257
§313
257
§314
257
§315
257
§316
257
§317
257
§318
257
§320
257
§§324
257
§§327-
257
§332
257
§333
257
§335
257
§336
257
§337
257
§338
257
§340
257
§341
257
§342
257
§343
257
§344
257
§345
257
§346
257
§347
257
§348
257
§349
257
§350
257
§351
257
§352
257
§353
257
§354
257
§356
257
§358
257
§359
257
§360
257
§361
257
§362
257
§364
257
§365
257
§366
257
§367
257
§368
257
§369
257
§371
257
§372
257
§373
257
§374
257
§375
257
§376
. Part G. L. 112, §§30, 35, 36;
138, § 26; partO.
. G. L. 112, §29.
. G. L. 112, §§ 44, 52.
. G. L. 112, § 52.
. PartG. L. 112, §55; part O.
. G. L. 112, § 61.
. G. L. 112, § 65.
. PartG. L. 113, §§ 1, 2; part
O.
. S. 1919, 333, § 5.
. G. L. 117, § 35.
. G. L. 117, § 13.
. G. L. 122, § 3.
. G. L. 120. § 11.
. G. L. 120, § 17.
. G. L. 120, § 26; 266, § 123;
268, § 30.
. PartG. L. 123, § 15; part S.
1919, 350, § 8.
. G. L. 123, § 50.
. G. L. 123, § 81.
. G. L. 129, § 4.
. G. L. 129, § 7.
. G. L. 130, § 26.
. G. L. 130, § 30.
. G. L. 130, § 33.
. G. L. 130, § 35.
. G. L. 130, § 92.
325 G. L. 134, §§ 1, 2.
-330 G. L. 134, §§ 3-6.
. G. L. 134, § 7.
. G. L. 135, § 6.
. G. L. 91, § 38; 92, § 72.
. G. L. 136, §§ 2, 3, 5.
. G. L. 136, § 7.
. G. L. 136, §§ 2, 3.
. G. L. 137, § 3.
. G. L. 13S, § 32.
. G. L. 141, § 3.
. G. L. 141, § 9.
. G. L. 146, § 2.
. Part G. L. 181, § 3; part S.
1919, 350, § 53.
. G. L. 155, § 9.
. G. L. 155. § 14; 156, §8.
. G. L. 156, § 9.
. G. L. 156, §§ 11, 12.
. Part G. L. 156, §§ 15, 16;
part S. 1920, 556.
. G. L. 156, § 17.
. G. L. 156, §§ 18, 20.
. S. 1920, 237, § 1.
. G. L. 156, § 24.
. G. L. 156, § 29; 181, § 18.
. G. L. 156, § 36.
. G. L. 156, § 38.
. G. L. 156. § 43.
. S. 1920, 598, § 3.
. G. L. 157, § 8.
. G. L. 159, § 91.
. G. L. 160, § 32.
. G. L. 160, § 57.
. G. L. 161, § 13.
. G. L. 161, § 37.
. G. L. 168, § 41.
. G. L. 175, § 111; 176, § 29.
. S. 1919, 3.33, § 17; R. 1919,
333, § 18.
. G. L. 158, § 34.
. G. L. 155, § 15.
. G. L. 164, § 12.
. G. L. 164, § 29.
918, 257
§ 381 .
" 257
§382 .
" 257
§383 .
" 257
§384 .
" 257
§385 .
•• 257
§386 .
" 257
§387 .
" 257
§388 .
" 257
§389 .
" 257
§390 .
" 257
§392 .
" 257
§393 .
" 257
§394 .
" 257
§395 .
" 257
§396 .
" 257
§397 .
■• 257
§398
" 257
§399 .
" 257
§400 .
" 257
§401
" 257
§405 .
■• 257
§407 .
" 257
§408
" 257
§409 .
" 257
§411 .
257
§412 .
■■ 257
§414
■' 257
§415 .
" 257
§417 .
•■ 257
§418
" 257
§419 .
" 257
§420 .
" 257
§421 .
•• 257
§422 .
" 257
§423 .
" 257
§424 .
" 257
§425 .
" 257
§426 .
■• 257
§427 .
•■ 257
§428 .
" 257
§429 .
" 257
§430 .
■• 257
§431
•■ 257
§432 .
•• 257
§433
" 257
§435 .
" 257
§436 .
" 257
§437 .
" 257
§438 .
•■ 257
§439 .
•■ 257
§440
" 257
§442
" 257
§444
" 257
§445
■■ 257
§446
" 257
§§447-449
" 257
§450 .
•' 257
§451
•■ 257
§ 452 .
" 257
§§ 453, 454
" 257
§455
" 257
§456
•• 257
§457 .
" 257
§459
" 257
§460 .
" 257
§461
" 257
§§462,463
" 257
§464 .
" 257
§465
" 257
§§466,467
" 257
§469 .
G. L. 189, § 1.
G. L. 184, § 13.
G. L. 184, § 19.
G. L. 191, § 15.
G. L. 191. § 5.
G. L. 192, § 3.
G. L. 192, § 4.
G. L. 193, § 11.
G. L. 194, § 4.
G. L. 195, § 6.
S. 1919, 333. § 25.
G. L. 200, § 4.
G. L. 201, § 2.
G. L. 201, § 39.
G. L. 201, § 21.
G. L. 202, § 1.
G. L. 202, § 32.
G. L. 204, § 15.
G. L. 208, § 28.
S. 1919, 274, § 1.
G. L. 214, § 14.
G. L. 218, I 12.
G. L. 218, § 15.
G. L. 218, § 19; 231, § 41;
239, § 2.
G. L. 218, §§30, 32.
G. L. 218, § 37.
G. L. 218, § 43.
G. L. 218, § 40.
G. L. 218, §§ 61, 62, 83.
PartG. L. 119, § 72; part O.
Part G. L. 119, §§ 68, 69;
part O.
G. L. 218, § 27.
G. L. 219, § 20.
Part G. L. 219, § 13; part O.
Part G. L. 221, § 55; part O.
G. L. 221, § 84.
G. L. 223, § 67.
G. L. 223, § 125.
G. L. 224, § 2.
G. L. 225, § 7.
Part G. L. 227, § 10: part O.
G. L. 231, §§35, 141.
G. L. 214, § 25.
G. L. 231, § 96.
G. L. 231, § 133.
G. L. 233, § 4.
G. L. 191, § 2.
G. L. 237, § 35.
G. L. 240, §§ 2, 4.
G. L. 244, § 14.
G. L. 247, § 18.
G. L. 247, § 21.
G. L. 254, § 13.
Part G. L. 257, § 3; part O.
G. L. 265, § 21.
G. L. 266, §§ 11-13.
G. L. 272, § 28.
G. L. 272, § 47.
G. L. 272, §49; 276, § 88.
G. L. 273, §§ 5, 6.
S. 1919, 148.
G. L. 271, § 2.
G. L. 271, § 7.
S. 1920, 584, § 4.
G. L. 276, § 69.
G. L. 278, § 15.
G. L. 278, §§ 20, 21.
G. L. 279, § 23.
G. L. 279, § 37.
G. L. 280, §§ 10, 11.
G. L. 125, § 3.
ccxiviii
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1918, 257,
257,
257,
257,
257,
257,
257,
257,
257,
258
259,
259,
259,
259,
259,
259,
259,
259,
260,
260,
260,
261,
261,
262,
262,
262,
262,
262,
262,
263,
263,
264,
265,
265,
265,
265,
266,
§470
§471
§472
§473
§474
§475
§476
§477
§478
§1
§2
§§3-5
§6
§7
§§10,
§1
§2
§3
§1
§2
§1
§2
§3
§4
§5
§6
§1
§§2,;
§1
§2
§1
§2
§3
§4
§1
266, § 2
266, § 3
266,
268,
268,
268,
268, § 4
§1
■ 272,
§3
' 272,
§4 .
' 273,
§1 .
' 273,
§§2,3
' 273,
§4 .
' 273,
§5 .
' 274,
§§1.2
■ 274
§3 .
' 275,
§1
' 275,
§2
' 275,
§3
' 275,
§4
G. L. 125, § 7.
G. L. 125, §§ 8, 10.
S. 1919, 333, § 20.
G. L. 125, § 7.
G. L. 125, §§ 8, 10.
G. L. 127, § 20.
G. L. 4, §7, cl. 9; 30, §§28,
32.
S. 1919, 333, § 39.
S. 1919, 5.
G. L. 51, §§50, 51.
PartG. L. 140, §22; part O.
G. L. 140, §§ 3, 23.
G. L. 140, §§ 25-27.
G. L. 140, § 29.
G. L. 140, § 28.
G. L. 140, §§24,26, 27.
G. L. 140, §§ 23, 30.
G. L. 140, §§31, 32.
S. 1919, 276, § 1.
S. 1919, 362, § 5.
Part G. L. 185, § 14; part O.
Part G. L. 34, §5; part O.
G. L. 34, § 6.
Part G. L. 75, § 1 ; part O.
Part G. L. 15, § 20; part S.
1919, 350, § 62.
Part G. L. 75, § 7; part O.
G. L. 75, §§ 5, 6.
G. L. 75, § 24.
O.
S. 1919, 241, §§ 1, 3.
S. 1919, 241, §§ 1, 2.
Part G. L. 63, § 58; part R.
1919, 355, § 12.
G. L. 63, § 56.
G. L. 254, § 4.
G. L. 254, § 10.
G. L. 254, § 8.
G. L. 254, § 13.
Part S. 1919, 350, §§ 56, 59;
part O; part Temporary.
Part G. L. 15, § 14; part
Temporary.
Part G. L. 15, § 15; 69,
§§ 17, IS; partO.
G. L. 69, §§ 2, 12, 14.
Part S. 1919, 350, § 34; part
O; part Temporarj'.
S. 1919, 350, § 35.
Part G. L. 20, § 5; part S.
1919, 350, §36; part O.
Part S. 1919, 350, § 36; part
O.
G. L. 140, § 165.
Part G. L. 12, §§ 15, 17;
part S. 1918, 281.
Part G. L. 12, §§ 16, 17;
part S. 1919, 220, §§ 1-3;
part R. 1919, 220, § 4.
S. 1918, 281.
G. L. 12, § 17.
S. 1919, 34.
G. L. 128, §§42, 43.
S. 1920, 517.
G. L. 128, § 45.
Part G. L. 74, §§ 42, 43;
part O.
Temporary.
S. 1919, 350, §§ 100, 101.
S. 1919, 350, § 101.
O.
G. L. 148, § 12.
918, 280
§1 .
Part G.L. 161, §115; part 0.
" 280, §§2-12
G
L. 161, §§ 116-126.
" 280, § 13 .
PartG. L. 161, § 127; part O.
" 280, § 14 .
G
L. 161, § 128.
" 280, § 15 .
G
L. 159, § 40.
" 281 . .
PartG. L. 12, § 19; part S.
1920, 451, § 1.
■• 282, §§ 1-^
S.
1919, 108, §§ 1-4.
" 282
§5 .
S.
1919, 81.
" 282
§6 .
S.
1919, 108, § 5.
" 282
§7 .
S.
1919, 108, § 7.
" 282
§§8-16
Special.
" 282
§§ 17-20
S.
1919, 108, §§ 17-20.
" 283 . .
S.
1919, 350, §§118, 119.
" 287, § 1 .
Part G. L. 185, § 14; 221,
§ 98; part S. 1919, 328,
329; 356, § 1.
" 287, § 2 .
Part G. L. 221, § 97; part S.
1919, 347, § 1 ; 356, § 5.
'■ 287, §3 .
Part G. L. 218, § 74; 221,
§ 97; part S. 1919, 357,
§5.
" 287, § 4 .
G
L. 218, §74; 221, §97.
■• 287
§5 .
S.
1919, 356, § 4.
" 287
§6 .
PartG. L. 221, §99; part S.
1919, 209.
" 289
§1 .
G.
L. 252, § 1.
■■ 289
§2 .
G.
L. 252, §§ 2, 3.
" 289
§§3-5
G
L. 252, §§ 4-6.
" 289
§6 .
G
L. 252, §§ 7, 13.
" 289
§7 .
G
L. 252, § 13.
" 289
§8 .
Part G. L. 252, § 14 ; part 0
" 289
§9 .
G
L. 252, § 8.
■• 289
§10 .
G
L. 252, § 7.
'■ 289
§11 .
G
L. 252, § 9.
" 289
§12 .
G
L. 252, § 8.
■■ 289
§13 .
G
L. 252, §§ 12, 13.
" 289
§14 .
G
L. 252, § 11.
" 2S9
§15 .
0.
" 289
§16 .
G
L. 252, § 5.
" 289
§§17,18
G
L. 252, § 10.
" 289
§19 .
G
L. 252, § 13.
" 290
§§1,2
G
L. 29, § 7.
" 290
§3 .
G
L. 29, §§ 7, 8.
" 290
§4 .
G
L. 29, § 9.
" 291
§1 .
G
L. 40, § 4.
" 291
§2 .
G
L. 40, § 5, subs. 22.
" 291
§3 .
G.
L. 40, § 21, subs. 10-12.
" 291
§4 .
G
L. 40, § 49.
" 291
§5 .
G
L. 40, § 34.
•• 291
§6 .
G
L. 40, § 14.
" 291
§7 .
O.
" 291
§8 .
G
L. 40, § 14.
" 291
§9 .
G
L. 166, § 26.
" 291
§10 .
G
L. 41, § 13.
" 291
§11 .
G
L. 41, § 19.
" 291
§13 .
G
L. 49, § 1.
" 291
§14 .
G
L. 49, § 22.
" 291
§15 .
G
L. 67, § 26.
" 291
§16 .
G
L. 67, § 43.
" 291
§17 .
G
L. 102, § 5.
" 291
§18 .
PartG. L. 140. §54; part O
" 291
§19 .
G
L. 140, § 56.
" 291
§20 .
G
L. 140, § 55.
■• 291
§22 .
G
L. 31, § 49.
" 291
§23 .
G
L. 143, § 6.
" 291
§24 .
G
L. 39, § 11.
" 291
§25 .
S.
1919, 176.
" 291
§26 .
0
" 291
§27 .
G
L. 41, § 107.
■' 291
§29 .
G
L. 39, § 20.
" 291
§§30,31
G
L. 41, §§ 10, 11.
" 291
§32 .
G
L. 41, § 109.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
ccxlix
1918,291
§33
. G. L. 48, § 53.
1919, 49, § 1
. G. L. 123, §§ 10, 50, 77.
•• 293
§§1-
52,
" 49, §2
. G. L. 123, §§78, 79, 86.
34 .
. R. 1919, 289, § 23.
50 .
. S. 1919, 117.
" 293,
§1
. S. 1918, 295, § 1.
51
. G. L. 69, § 38.
" 293,
§2
. Part S. 1919, 289, § 6.
52
. G. L. 11, §5; 29, §6.
" 293,
§3
. Parts. 1919, 289, §§4, 5.
53 '.
. G. L. 74, § 45.
" 293,
§§4,
5 . Part S. 1919, 289, §§5, 6.
54 .
. S. 1920, 559.
" 293,
§7
. S. 1919, 289, § 6.
56 .
. G. L. 141, § 3.
" 293,
§8
, S. 1919, 289, § 15.
57 .
. G. L. 130, § 68.
" 293,
§10
. S. 1919, 289, § 15.
59 .
. G. L. 217, §33.
" 293,
§12
. (See G. L. 50, § 50.)
GO
. G. L. 168, § 33.
" 293,
§13
. S. 1919, 289, § 2.
61,§§1-L
. S. 1920, 292, §§ 1-3.
" 293,
§16
. Part S. 1919, 289, §§ 2, 4, 5.
62 .
. G. L. 149, § 87.
" 293,
§17
. Part S. 1919, 289, § 5.
63
. G. L. 94, § 305.
" 293,
§18
. S. 1919, 289, § 7.
64
. Part G. L. 33, § 52 (a) ; part
" 293,
§21
. Part S. 1919, 289, § 8.
S. 1919, 312.
" 293,
§22
. S. 1919, 289, § 19.
65
. PartG. L. 131, § 57; part 0.
" 293,
§24
. S. 1919, 289, § 14.
66, § 1
. S. 1920, 437, § 1; R. 1920,
" 293,
§29
. S. 1919, 289, § 18.
437, § 9.
■■ 293,
§31
. S. 1919, 289, § 22.
66, § 2
. S. 1920, 437, § 7; R. 1920,
" 293,
§33
. S. 1919, 289, § 21.
437, § 9.
" 293.
§34
. (See G. L. 9, § 2.)
67 .
. Special.
" 294
. R. 1919, 144.
68 .
. G. L. 176, § 16.
" 295
. R. 1919, 289, § 23.
69 .
. G. L. 11, §5.
" 295,
§1
. Part S. 1919, 2.S9, § 1.
70, §§H
. G. L. 156, § 23.
■' Sp.
101, §
1 . G. L. 148, § 30.
■• 71, §§1-;.
. G. L. 221, § 42.
•• Sp.
119
. G. L. 19, § 6.
" 72
. S. 1920, 48.
" Sp.
151, §
1 . Part G. L. 74, §24; part O.
73
. Part G. L. 33, § 157 (a);
" Sp.
151, §
2 . S. 1920, 14.
part 0.
" Sp.
51, §
i . G. L. 74, § 1.
76 .
. G. L. 151, § 8.
•• Sp.
57
. G. L. 5, § 9.
77, § 1
. G. L. 151, § 14.
■i Sp.
160
. G. L. 8, § 20.
80 .
. G. L. 32, §91.
1919, 5
. S. 1920, 2, § 1.
81 .
. G. L. 51, §§8,9.
11
. G. L. 168, § 31.
82 .
. G. L. 172, § 74.
12
. G. L. 60, § 34.
83 .
. G. L. 131, § 57.
13
. G. L. 168, § 54, el. 3 (o).
84 .
. G. L. 71, § 69.
14
. S. 1920, 219, §§ 1, 2.
86 .
. G. L. 175, §§ 162, 164.
15
. Parte. L. 69, §21; part O.
87 .
. G. L. 175, § 177.
17
. Gone to many places.
88 .
. G. L. 90, § 9.
18
. G. L. 33, § 26.
89 .
. G. L. 81, § 30.
19
. G. L. 175, §§ 169, 170.
90 .
. G. L. 175, § 107.
20
. G. L. 29,' § 10.
91, §1
. G. L. 94, §§ 242, 247.
21
. G. L. 32, § 77.
91, §2
. G. L. 94, §§ 243, 247.
22
. G. L. 101, § 24.
91, §3
. G. L. 94, § 248.
23
. G. L. 44, § 28.
91, §5
. G. L. 94, § 247.
24
. O.
■■ 92, § 1
. G. L. 175, § 108.
25,
§§
1,
I . G. L. 6, §§ 5, 6.
92, §2
. G. L. 175, § 110.
26
. G. L. 175, § 175.
93 .
. G. L. 31, § 12.
27
. G. L. 94, § 126.
94 .
. G. L. 32, § 1.
"
28
. G. L. 17, § 6; 94, §§ 67-69.
95 .
. S. 1919, 358.
29
. G. L. 175, § 16.
96 .
. S. 1920,327, § 1, cl. 11.
30
. G. L. 175, § 25.
97 .
. G. L. 4, § 1.
31
. G. L. 175, § 100.
98 .
. G. L. 252, §§ 3, 4.
32,
§1
. Part G. L. Ill, §79; part S.
99 .
. G. L. 140, § 9.
1920, 532, § 1.
" 100 .
. G. L. 220, § 16.
32,
§2
. G. L. Ill, § 80.
■• 101, §1
. G. L. 93, § 25.
33
. G. L. 130, § 150.
■■ 101, §2
. G. L. 93, § 28.
34
. Part G. L. 128, §§ 1, 40, 41;
" 102 .
. G. L. 193, § 5.
part O.
" 104, § 1
. PartG. L. 164, §15; part O.
35
. G. L. 175, § 165.
" 104, § 2
. G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 6.
,36
. G. L. 32, § 3 (5).
" 105 .
. G. L. 127, § 127.
37,
§1
. G. L. 167, § 16.
" 106
. G. L. 32, § 20.
37,
§2
. O.
■• 108, §§ 1-
I . G. L. 51, §§4-7.
38,
§1
. G. L. 175, §§ 14, 162, 172.
" 108, § 5
. Part G. L. 51, §§ 11, 12;
38,
§2
. G. L. 175, § 172.
part O.
41
. G. L. 60, § 97.
• 108, §6
. G. L. 51, §§34,35.
42
§1
. G. L. 217, §§32, 39.
" 108, §7
. G. L. 51, § 43.
42
§2
. 0.
•' 108, §§8-
6 . Special.
43
. G. L. 215, § 62.
" 108, § 17
. G. L. 56, § 2.
45
. G. L. 127, § 57.
■■ 108, §§ 18-
-21 G. L. 56, §§ 5-8.
46
. G. L. 175, §§ 14, 163.
" 108, § 22
. G. L. 50, § 6.
47
. G. L. 175, § 166.
" 109 .
. G. L. 212, § 14.
48
. G. L. 123, § 112.
" 110 .
. G. L. 175, §§ 190, 193.
ccl
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
919,111
. G. L. 164. § 30.
1919. 168. § 1 .
'■ 112, §1
. G. L. 262, § 25.
■■ 168, § 2 .
" 113
. G. L. 149. §§ 56. 75.
" 169 . .
'■ 114, §1
. Part G. L. 175, §§ 20,
21;
■' 171, §1 .
part O.
" 171, §2 .
" 115
. G. L. 17S. § 10.
" 176 . .
" 116, §1
. G. L. 172. § 67.
" 177. § 1 .
" 116, §2
. S. 1919. 326. § 1.
" 178 . .
" 116, §3
. G. L. 172, § 69.
" 179, § 1 .
" 116, §4
. G. L. 16S, § 47.
" 179, §2 .
" 117
. G. L. 62, §§ 32, 58.
" 179, §3 .
" 119, §1
. S. 1920, 514, §§ 1, 2.
" ISO . .
" 119, §2
. S. 1920, 514, § 3.
" 181 . .
" 120
. G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 29;
48,
" 182 . .
§23.
" 183 . .
" 122, § 1
. Part G. L. 6. § 26; part 0.
" 184 . .
" 122, §§2,:
5 . G. L. 6, § 27.
■' 185 . .
'■ 122, §4
. Part G. L. 6. § 28; part O.
" 122, § 5
. G. L. 6, § 28.
" 186 . .
" 123 .
. G. L. 94, § 272.
" 187, §§1,2
" 124
. G. L. 114. § 28.
" 187, §3 .
" 127 .
. G. L. 218, § 70.
" 188 . .
" 128 .
. G. L. 98. § 56.
" 189 . .
" 129
. S. 1919. 290, § 18.
" 190 . .
" 130 .
. G. L. 175. § 160.
" 191 . .
" 131
. G. L. 30, §§33, 34.
" 193, § 1 .
" 132, §§1-.
) . G. L. 48. § 59.
" 193. §2 .
" 132, § 6
. Part G. L. 48, § 59; part O.
" 194 . .
" 133
. G. L. 146, §§ 22, 40.
" 195, §§1-4
" 134 .
. G. L. 266, § 79.
" 195, § 5 .
" 135
. G. L. 59, § 88.
'■ 195, § 6 .
" 136, § 1
. G. L. 62, §§ 9, 13.
" 195. § 7 .
" 136, § 2
. G. L. 62. § 25.
" 196, § 1 .
" 137
. G. L. 5. § 2.
•■ 196, § 2 .
" 138, §§ \-4
, G. L. 33, §§ 14-17.
" 196, §3 .
" 139 .
. Temporary.
'■ 197 . .
" 140
. S. 1920. 327. § 2.
" 198 . .
" 141, §§ 1-;
! . G. L. 266, § 37.
" 199, § 1 .
" 142
. PartG. L. 112. §74; partO.
" 199, §2 .
" 143. §§ 1,
I . G. L. 32. § 44.
" 143, § 3
. G. L. 32. § 45.
" 200 . .
" 144
. O.
" 201, § 1 .
" 145
. G. L. 123. § 77.
" 202 . .
" 146
. G. L. 58. § 27.
" 203 . .
" 148 .
. G. L. 273, § 8.
" 204 . .
" 149
. G. L. 159, § 25.
" 205 . .
" 150, § 1
. G. L. 31, §21.
" 206 . .
" 150, § 2
. G. L. 31, §23.
■■ 207, §1 .
" 150, § 3
. G. L. 31. § 24; 41, § 11
2.
" 207, § 2 .
" 150, §4
. G. L. 31, § 25.
■■ 207, § 3 .
" 150, § 5
. 0.
" 208, § 1 .
" 150, § 6
. G. L. 31. §§ 26, 45.
" 208, § 2 .
" 150, §7
. G. L. 31, § 26.
" 208, §3 .
" 151, §1
. S. 1919,290, §§3, 9.
" 208, § 4 .
" 151, §2
. S. 1919. 290, §§ 3, 9, 13
14.
" 209 . .
17, 18.
" 210 . .
" 151, §3
. G. L. 115. § 17.
" 212, §1 .
" 151, §4
. PartG. L. 115. §21; part S.
" 212, §2 .
1919, 290, § 13.
" 212, §3 .
" 152 .
. G. L. 149, § 38.
" 213 . .
" 153, 1 1
. Part G. L. 131, §§ 33,
81;
part O.
" 214 . .
" 153, §2
. G. L. 131, § 34.
" 215 . .
" 153, §3
. G. L. 131, §§45. 81.
■' 216 . .
" 153, §4
. S. 1920. 425. § 1.
" 154 .
. S. 1919, 355, § 28.
" 217 . .
" 155 .
. S. 1920. 573.
" 156 .
. G. L. 212, § 19.
" 219 . .
■■ 157, § 1
. PartG. L. 125, §§22, 29
38;
" 220, § 1 .
part 0.
" 220, § 2 .
" 158 .
. G. L. 32, § 22 (3).
" 159, § 1
. G. L. 51, § 28.
" 220, § 3 .
" 160, §§ 1-'
I . G. L. 140, § 183.
" 221 . .
G. L. 46. §§ 26. 27.
G. L. 262. § 34.
G. L. 10. § 5.
G. L. 115, § 17.
S. 1919, 290, § 11.
G. L. 39, § 15.
G. L. 35, § 7.
G. L. 35. § 37.
G. L. 276. § 1. cl. 13.
G. L. 276, § 3.
G. L. 276, §§ 2-8.
G. L. 140, § 130.
G. L. 219, § 17.
S. 1919, 350. § 18.
G. L. 3, § 18.
S. 1920. 482.
Part G. L. 75, §§ 17, 21;
part O.
PartG. L. 125, §22; part O.
G. L. 54. §§53. 54.
G. L. 54. § 53.
G. L. 266. § 38.
G. L. 220. § 1.
S. 1919. 290, § 1.
G. L. 264, §§ 11, 12.
S. 1920. 417.
G. L. 149, § 156.
G. L. 208, § 11.
G. L. Ill, §§58-61.
Temporary.
G. L. 111. §62.
G. L. Ill, § 58.
G. L. 55. § 31.
G. L. 56. § 64.
G. L. 55. §31.
G. L. 152, § 34.
G. L. 152. § 20.
S. 1919, 350, § 86.
G. L. 127, §§ 128, 138, 148,
149.
G. L. 130. § 155.
S. 1919, 350, § 18.
S. 1919, 350, § 18.
S. 1919, 350, § 18.
G. L. 152, §32 (d).
G. L. 152, § 35.
S. 1920, 362.
G. L. 140. § 131.
G. L. 269. § 10.
G. L. 269, § 9.
G. L. 193, §§ 7, 9.
G. L. 194, § 10.
G. L. 194. § 14.
G. L. 194, § 17.
G. L. 221, § 99.
G. L. 11, § 4.
G. L. 90. § 7.
G. L. 90. § 16.
G. L. 90. § 20.
S. 1920. 459, § 1; R. 1920,
459, § 3.
G. L. 90, § 1.
S. 1919. 350. § 18.
Part G. L. 38, § 5; part S.
1919, 230.
PartG. L. 45. § 14; part O;
part Temporary.
G. L. 218, § 73.
S. 1920, 395, § 1.
Part G. L. 12, §§ 14, 16;
part O.
G. L. 12, § 16.
G. L. 81, § 1.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
cdi
1919, 222 . .
. G. L. 85, § 34.
1919.269, §§ 16-18
G. L. 54, §§ 1.52-154.
" 224 . .
. Part G. L. 23, § 4;
part S.
" 269, § 19 .
. G. L. 54, § 155; 221. §3.
1919, 350, §§ 74,
75; part
" 269. § 20 .
. G. L. 54. § 156.
O.
" 269. §21 .
G. L. 36. § 2; 54, § 157.
" 226, §§ 1-4
. G. L. 152, §§ 57-60
" 269, §22 .
G. L. 34, §4; 54, § 158.
" 227 . .
. G. L. 100, § 8.
" 269, § 23 .
G. L. 37, § 1; 54, § 159.
" 228 . .
. S. 1919, 372, § 1.
" 269. § 24 .
G. L. 35, § 1; 54, § 160.
" 229 . .
. Part G. L. 69, § 16; part
" 269. § 25 .
G. L. 54, § 161; 57, §5.
Temporary.
" 269. § 26 .
G. L. 12, § 12; 34. §4; 35.
" 230 . .
. G. L. 38, § 5.
§ 1; 36, §2; 37, § 1; 54,
" 233, § 1 .
PartG. L. 125, §38
part O.
§145; 217, §4; 221, §3.
" 234 . .
G. L. 125, §§ 22, 29
" 269. §27 .
Temporary.
" 235 . .
G. L. 3, § 18.
" 271. §U-7
G. L. 147, §§ 22-28.
•• 236 . .
G. L. 217, § 33.
" 271, §S .
G. L. 147, § 30.
" 239 . .
Part G. L. 3, § 9;
part R.
" 271, §9 .
G. L. 147, § 29.
1919, 273, § 2.
" 272, § 1 .
G. L. 152. § 65.
" 2il, §1 .
G. L. 35, §§4,5.
■• 272, § 2 .
G. L. 152, § 37.
" 241, §§2,3
G. L. 35, §§ 5, 6.
" 272, §3 .
O.
•• 241, §4 .
G. L. 35, § 5.
" 273, § 1 .
G. L. 3, §§ 9, 20.
" 242 . .
Part G. L. 221, § 90
part O.
■• 274, § 1 .
G. L. 215, §§ 9, 22. 52.
" 243 . .
G. L. 8, § 5.
" 274, §§2-5
G. L. 215, §§10-13.
" 244 . .
Part G. L. 23, § 9;
part S.
" 274, §6 .
G. L. 215. §§ 14. 15.
1919, 350, § 74.
" 274, §§7, 8
G. L. 215. § 16.
" 245 . .
G. L. 12, § 19.
" 274, § 9 .
PartG. L. 215. §17; part 0.
" 246 . .
G. L. 221. § 7.
" 274, § 10 .
O.
" 247, § 1 .
G. L. 137. § 4.
" 274, § 12 .
G. L. 215. § 24.
" 247, § 2 .
G. L. 137. § 6.
" 274, § 13 .
G. L. 215. § 18.
" 249, § 1 .
S. 1920. 322.
" 275 . .
G. L. 40, § 32.
■' 249, § 2 .
G. L. 266, § 29.
" 276 . .
G. L. 217, § 39; 218, § 75;
" 250. § 1 .
S. 1920, 487.
221, §§ 71, 73, 74.
" 251 . .
Part G. L. 221. § 6;
part S.
" 277 . .
G. L. 71, §46.
1919. 356. § 3.
" 280 . .
S. 1920, 364, § 1.
" 252, §§1,2
G. L. 90, § 19.
" 281 . .
G. L. 76, § 1.
" 252, § 3 .
G. L. 90, § 20.
" 282 . .
G. L. 6, § 2.
" 253 . .
G. L. 149, § 26.
" 286 . .
G. L. 62, §§ 2-4. 56.
" 254 . .
G. L. 3, § 18.
" 287, § 1 .
G. L. 37. § 17.
" 255 . .
G. L. 218, § 76.
" 287, §2 .
G. L. 37. §§ 17. 18.
" 256, §§ 1-3
G. L. 128, §§9-11.
" 287, § 3 .
Part G. L. 37, § 20; part 0.
" 259, §§ 1-3
G. L. 140, §§57-59.
■' 287, § 4 .
Part G. L. 37, §§ 20, 21;
" 259, § 4 .
G. L. 140, § 61.
part O.
" 259, §§5-7
G. L. 140, §§ 66-68.
■' 287, §5 .
G. L. 37, §§ 17, 21.
" 259, §§8-11
G. L. 140, §§ 62-65.
■' 287, §6 .
G. L. 37, § 18.
" 259, § 12 .
G. L. 140, § 60.
" 288, § 1 .
G. L. 211, §22; 212, §27.
" 259, § 13 .
G. L. 140, § 69.
■■ 288, §2 .
G. L. 32, § 61.
" 259, § 14 .
G. L. 140, § 57.
" 289, §§1-6
G. L. 54, §§ 86-91.
" 260 . .
G. L. 221, § 40.
" 289. § 7 .
G. L. 54, §§ 86, 92.
" 262, § 1 .
G. L. 42, § 12.
" 289. §§8-17
G. L. 54, §§93-102.
" 262, § 2 .
G. L. 185, § 15.
" 289. § 18 .
G. L. 50, § 1: 54, §§86,87.
" 263 . .
G. L. 60, § 61.
" 289. § 19 .
G. L. 54, § 103.
" 264 . .
S. 1920. 473.
" 289, §20 .
Part G. L. 53. § 28; part
" 265 . .
G. L. 221, § 5.
Special.
" 266 . .
S. 1920, 342, § 1.
" 289, § 21 .
Part G. L. 53. § 10; part
" 267, §§1,2
G. L. 221, § 76.
Special.
" 267, § 3 ,
0.
" 289, §22 .
G. L. 56, §§27,34.
" 268 . .
S. 1920, 120.
" 290, § 1 .
PartG. L. 6, §§22-25; 115,
" 269, § 1 .
G. L. 50. § 1; 51. §
§ 26, 28,
§2; parts. 1920.431. §1;
30. 57; 52. § 8;
53. § 6;
part R. 1920, 431, § 2.
54, §§ 4, 141-144, 147,
•• 290, § 2 .
G. L. 115, §3.
150, 151.
" 290, §§3-6
G. L. 115, §§6-9.
" 269, § 2 .
G. L. 51, § 16.
" 290. §§7. 8
G. L. 115, §§4, 5.
" 269, § 3 .
G. L. 51, § 18.
" 290. §§9-15
G. L. 115, §§ 10-16.
" 269, § 4 .
G. L. 51, §61.
" 290. § 16 .
G. L. 115, § 1.
" 269, § 5 .
G. L. 51, § 63.
" 290. §§ 17, 18
G. L. 115. §§ 19, 20.
" 269, § 6 .
S. 1920, 142.
" 290, § 19 .
O.
" 269, § 7 .
Special.
" 291, §l,ol. (a
G. L. 76, §§ 1, 6.
" 269, § 8 .
G. L. 52, § 1.
" 291. §l,cls.
" 269, § 9 .
G. L. 52, §§ 2-6.
(b-f) .
G. L. 76, §§ 7-11.
" 269, § 10 .
G. L. 52, § 7.
" 291, §l,cl. (ff
G. L. 74, §§ 7, 10.
" 269, § 11 .
G. L. 53, § 1.
" 292, § 1 .
G. L. 71, § 14.
" 269, § 12 .
Part G. L. 54, § 14; part
" 292, §§2, 3 .
G. L. 71, §§ 16, 17.
Special.
" 292, § 4 .
G. L. 71, §47.
" 269, § 13 .
G. L. 54, § 24.
" 292, §5 .
G. L. 76, § 14.
" 269, §§ 14, 15
G. L. 54, §§ 62, 63.
" 292, § 6 .
S. 1920, 18.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1Q19, 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 292,
" 293,
" 293,
" 294,
" 294,
" 294,
" 294,
" 295,
" 295,
" 295,
" 295,
" 296,
" 296,
" 296,
" 296,
" 296,
" 296,
" 296,
" 296,
" 297
" 298
" 299,
" 299,
" 299,
" 301,
" 301,
" 301,
" 301,
" 301,
" 301,
" 301,
" 301,
" 301,
" 303,
" 303,
" 304
" 305
" 306,
" 308
" 309
" 310
" 311,
4
" 311,
" 311,
" 311,
" 311,
" 311,
" 311,
" 311,
" 311,
" 312
" 313,
" 313,
" 314,
'■ 314,
" 318
" 319,
" 319,
" 320,
§7
§8
§9
§§10,
§12
§13
§§14,
§16
§17
§18
)19
j20
!§l-3
\i
§3
§4
§1
§2
§3
§4
§1
§§2
§4
§5
§6
§7
§8
§§9-13
§1
§2
§3
§1
§2
§3
§4
§5
§6
§7
§9
§10
§§1.
§3
§§1-
§l.cli
§ i, ci
§2
§3, cl
§3, cl
§4
§5
§6
§7
|1
§2
G. L. 71, § 3.
G. L. 71, §49.
S. 1920, 78.
G. L. 71, §§ 72, 73.
G. L. 149, § 86.
G. L. 149, § 88.
G. L. 74, § 1.
G. L. 74, § 13.
PartG. L. 69, § 2; part O.
Part G. L. 32, § 7, el. (3) ;
part Temporary.
G. L. 32, §§ 11, 33.
G. L. 32, § 16.
G. L. 3, § 6.
G. L. 266, § 89.
G. L. 90, § 2.
G. L. 90, § 33.
G. L. 90, § 9.
G. L. 90, §§ 3, 5, 0, 11.
G. L. 69, § 9.
G. L. 69, §§ 9, 10.
G. L. 69, § 9.
Temporary.
G. L. 130, §23; 131, §3.
G. L. 131, §§4, 5.
G. L. 131, § 7.
G. L. 131, §9.
G. L. 131, § 8.
G. L. 131, § 10.
S. 1920, 300.
G. L. 131, §§ 11-15.
G. L. 79, §35; 185, § 109.
G. L. 93, § 13.
G. L. 24, §§ 2, 4, 7.
Temporary.
Part G. L. 24, § 2; part
Temporary.
G. L. 4, § 6.
G. L. 54, § 104.
G. L. 54, § 112.
G. L. 54, §§55,56. 58.
S. 1920, 127, § 4 (j).
G. L. 33, § 198 (ff).
G. L. 32, § 61.
G. L. 94, §§ 27, 28.
G. L. 5, § 16.
G. L. 148, §§54, 55.
G. L. 148, § 54.
G. L. 121, § 13.
G. L. 245, § 2.
G. L. 90, §§ 35-43.
G. L. 10, § 1.
G. L. 11, § 1.
G. L. 217, § 33.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
O.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
G. L.
71, §§ 21-23.
149, § 65.
71, §24.
71, §25.
149, § 87.
149, § 91.
149, § 87.
71, § 26.
71, §21.
33, §52 (a).
12, § 14.
12, § 22.
58, § 18.
123, §§ 12, 13.
59, §§ 21, 53.
59, § 21.
30, § 47.
1919, 320, §3 . .
G. L. 30, § 47.
" 321, §§1,2 .
G. L. 60, §§ 4, 5.
•• 321, §3 . .
G. L. 60, §§ 4, 5.
•■ 321, §4 . .
G. L. 60, § 4.
" 323, §§1,2 .
G. L. 148, §§ 52, 53.
" 323, § 3 . .
G. L. 148, § 52.
" 323, §4 . .
G. L. 276, § 1, cl. 14.
" 325 . .
G. L. 91, § 3.
•■ 326, § 1 . .
S. 1920, 311.
" 326, §2 .
G. L. 167, § 18.
" 328 . .
S. 1920, 491, § 1; R. 1920,
491, § 2.
'• 329 . .
S. 1920, 492, § 1; R. 1920,
492, § 2.
•• 331, §1 .
G. L. 128, § 20.
" 331, §2 .
G. L. 128, § 24.
" 332 . .
Part G. L. 63, § 55; part R.
1919, 355, § 12.
" 333, § 1 .
G. L. 89, § 7.
" 333, § 4 .
G. L. SO, § 1.
" 333, § 5 .
G. L. 116, § 1, cl. 5.
" 333, § 6 .
G. L. 123, § 58.
■• 3.33, § 7 .
G. L. 139, §§ 1, 2.
" 333, §8 .
G. L. 141, §3.
" 333, §9 .
G. L. 114, §7.
" 3.33, § 10 .
G. L. 177, § 4.
" 333, §11 .
G. L. ISO, § 3.
" 333, §§ 12, 13
G. L. 155, § 52.
" 3.33, § 14 .
G. L. 175, § 49.
" 333, § 15 .
Part G. L. 155, § 12; part
O.
" 333, § 16 .
PartG. L. 181, §§ 1-6,8-11,
23; part O.
" 333, § 17 .
G. L. 155, §§ 2, 9, 22, 50;
164, §4.
" 333, § 19 .
G. L. 234, § 17.
" 333, §20 .
G. L. 125, § 3.
" 333, §21 .
G. L. 79. § 22; (by reference)
231, § 145.
" 333, § 22 .
G. L. 80, § 9; (by reference)
231, § 145.
■' 333, § 23 .
G. L. 159, § 50.
" 333, § 25 .
G. L. 197, § 13.
" 333, §26 .
G. L. 202, § 20.
" 333, §§27, 28
G. L. 209, §§ 36, 37.
" 333, § 29 .
G. L. 212, § 11.
" 333, §§30, 31
0.
" 333, §§32, 33
G. L. 224, §§ 68, 69.
" .3.33, §34 .
G. L. 228, § 5.
" 333, § 35 .
G. L. 231, § 4.
" 333, §36 .
G. L. 231, § 12.
•■ 333, § 37 .
G. L. 266, § 35.
" 333, §§39, 40
O.
" 333, §41 .
S. 1920, 2, § 2.
" 334 . .
G. L. 130, § 79.
" 347, § 1 .
S. 1919. 356, § 3.
" 347, § 2 .
G. L. 221, § 71.
" 349, § 1 .
G. L. 14, § 5.
" 349, § 3 .
G. L. 62, § 18.
" 349, § 4 .
Part G. L. 59, § 5, els. 27, 29,
33; 62, §§8(6, e), 15; part
O.
" 349, § 5 .
G. L. 62, § 30.
" 349, § 6 .
G. L. 193, § 3.
•• 349, § 7 .
G. L. 63, § 20.
" 349, §§9, 10
G. L. 63, §§ 22, 23.
" 349, §11 .
G. L. 63, § 21.
" 349, § 12 .
G. L. 63, § 24.
" 349, § 13 .
G. L. 63, §§25,26.
" 349, § 14 .
G. L. 63, §§27, 80.
" 349, § 15 .
G. L. 63, § 28.
" 349, § 19 .
G. L. 63, § 76.
" 349, §20 .
S. 1920, 385, § 1.
DISPOSITION pF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
ccliii
1919,349, §21
349,
349,
349,
349,
349,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350.
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
§22
§23
§24
§25
§26
§1
§§2,
§4
§5
§§6,7
§8
§9
§10
§11
§12
§13
§14
§15
§16
§17
§21
§23
§24
§25
§26
§27
§28
§29
§30
350,
§31 .
350,
§32 .
350,
§33 .
350,
§34 .
350,
§35 .
350,
§36 .
350,
§37 .
350,
§38 .
350,
§§39,40
350,
§41 .
350, § 42
350, § 43
350,
§44
350,
§45
350,
§46
350,
§47
350,
§48
350,
§49
350,
§50
350,
§51
350
§52
350
§53
G. L. 58, §§ 21, 22; 59, § 5,
c.l. 32.
G. L. 63, § 69.
S. 1920, 385. § 2.
Part G. L. 64, § 1 ; part O.
G. L. 64, § 14.
O.
PartG. L. 30, §2; part O.
Temporary.
Part G. L. 32, § 93; part
Special.
Temporary.
Special.
Gone to many places.
G. L. 30, § 3.
G. L. 30, § 5.
G. L. 30, § 23; 31, § 5.
G. L. 8, § 10.
Part G. L. 29, § 26; part
Temporary.
G. L. 6, § 16.
G. L. 7, § 1.
G. L. 6, § 17.
PartG. L. 8, §§1,2; partO;
part Temporary.
Part G. L. 8, §§ 4, 5, 9, 10;
part O.
G. L. 8, § 6.
Part G. L. 8, §§ 3, 6, 8;
parts. 1920, 112.
PartG. L. 8, § 11; part O.
PartG. L. 3, §§ 18, 21; 30,
§ 45; part S. 1920, 593;
part O ; part Temporary.
PartO; part Temporary.
Part G. L. 9, § 4; part O;
part Temporary.
Part G. L. 9, § 8; part O.
S. 1920, 157.
G. L. 9, § 1.
Part G. L. 10, § 18; part O.
Part G. L. 10, § 20; part O.
PartG. L. 10, §21; part O;
part Temporary.
G. L. 10, § 1.
G. L. 11, § 1.
G. L. 12, § 1.
PartG. L. 20, § 1; part O.
Part G. L. 20, §§ 1, 2; part
Temporary.
G. L. 20, §§ 2, 3.
G. L. 20, § 4.
G. L. 128, § 2.
PartG. L. 21, § 1; part O.
PartG. L. 21, §§ 1-3; part
O ; part Temporary.
PartG. L. 21, §§ 4, 5; 132,
§§ 30-32; part O.
PartG. L. 21, §§ 6, 7; part
O; part Temporary.
Part G. L. 21, § 10; part O.
Part G. L. 26, § 1 ; part O.
PartG. L. 26, §§ 1, 9; part
O.
Part G. L. 26, § 5; part O.
Part G. L. 26, § 8; part O.
PartG. L. 26, §§ 2-5; part
S. 1920, 596, § 1; part O.
S. 1920, 181.
S. 1920, 564.
PartG. L. 14, § 1; part O.
Part G. L. 14, §§ 1, 2, 4, 6,
7; part O.
1919, 350,
350,
350,
§54
§55
§56
350, § 57
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350.
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
350,
§58 .
§59 .
§60 .
§61 .
§62 .
§63 .
§64 .
§65 .
§66 .
§67 .
§68 .
§69 .
§70 .
§71 .
§72 .
§73 .
§74 .
§75 .
§80
§81
§82
§83
§84
§86 .
§87 .
§88 .
§89 .
§90 .
§91 .
§92 .
§93 .
§94 .
§95 .
§96 .
350, § 97 .
350,
350,
350,
i99 .
ilOO
350, § 101
350,
350,
350,
102
, 103
i 104
G. L. 14, §§ 7, 8.
G. L. 14, §§ 3, 4.
PartG. L. 15, §§1,4, 19,22;
part O.
PartG. L. 15, §§ 1-3; part
O ; part Temporary.
G. L. 15, §§ 2^.
PartG. L. 15, §§4,8, 12, 13;
part O.
G. L. 15, § 5.
Part G. L. 15, § 16; part O.
G. L. 15. §§ 20, 21.
PartG. L. 13, §§ 1, 9; part
O.
PartG. L. 13, §§ 1, 9; part
O.
Part G. L. 13. § 2; part O;
part Temporary.
G. L. 13, §§2-5; 31, §§2,3,
10.
Part G. L. 13, § 8; 112, § 1;
part O.
Part G. L. 24, § 1 ; part O.
PartG. L. 23, § 1; part O.
PartG. L. 23, §§ 1, 2; part
O ; part Temporary.
G. L. 23, § 3.
G. L. 23, §7; 150, §§1,7,8;
151, §§ 1, 9; 262, §29.
G. L. 23, § 6.
G. L. 23, § 4.
Part G. L. 23, § 5; part O;
part Temporary.
G. L. 149, § 7.
G. L. 23, §§3, 4, 8.
G. L. 149, § 9.
PartG. L. 19, § 1; part O.
G. L. 19, §4; 123, §42.
G. L. 19, § 5; 123, § 44.
Part G. L. 27, § 1 ; part O.
Part G. L. 27, § 1; part O;
part Temporary.
PartG. L. 27, §§ 1, 2; part
O.
Part G. L. 27, § 5; part O;
part Temporary.
Part G. L. 125, § 43 ; part O.
Part G. L. 18, § 1 ; part O.
PartG. L. 18, §§ 2, 3; part
O ; part Temporary.
Part G. L. 18, §§ 2, 5; 121,
§ 2; part O.
PartG. L. 18, §3; 121, §3;
part O.
Part G. L. 18, §§ 5, 7, 8, 10,
12; part O.
G. L. IS, §§7, 9, 11.
G. L. 121, § 5.
G. L. 121, § 4.
PartG. L. 18, §4; part O.
PartG. L. 17, §1; 111, §63;
part O.
Part G. L. 17, §§ 1, 5, 6;
part O.
G. L. 17, §§4,8.
Part G. L. 22, § 1 ; part O.
Part G. L. 22, §§ 1, 2; part
O; part Temporary.
Part G. L. 22, §§ 3, 4, 6;
147, § 1 ; part O.
O.
PartG. L. 22, §6; part O.
PartG. L. 148, §11; partO.
ccHv
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1919, 350, § 105
350
350
350
350
350
350,
350
350,
350,
350
350
350
350
350,
350,
350
350,
350,
350
350,
350
350,
350,
351
351
351
351
351
351
352
353
353
353
353
353
353,
353
353
353
353
354
355
355
355
355
355
355
355,
355
355
355
355
355
355
355
355
355
355,
355,
355,
§106
§107
§108
§109
§110
§111
§112
§113
§114
§115
§116
§117
§118
§119
§120
§121
§122
§123
§124
§125
§126
§127
§128
§129
§§1-6
§§7,8
§10
§11
§12
§3
1,2
4-6
§7 . .
§8 . .
§§9,10 .
§11 . .
§12 . .
§13 . .
§14 . .
§i,ci'. (1)
§ 1, cl. (2)
§ 1, cl. (3)
§2 .
§3 .
§§4,5
§6 .
§7 .
§10 .
§11 .
§12 .
§13 .
§14 .
§15 .
§16
§§17
§19
Part G. L. 22, § 10; part
Temporary.
G. L. 22, § 11.
G. L. 147, § 4.
Part G. L. 22, § 6; part
Temporary.
G. L. 147, § 5.
G. L. 22, § 9.
PartG. L. 16, § 1; part O.
Part G. L. 16, § 2; part O;
part Temporary.
PartG. L. 16, §§ 1, 3; part
O.
G. L. 16, § 4.
PartG. L. 16, § 5; 90, § 2S;
part O.
G. L. 16, §6; 90, § Cl.
PartG. L. 25, § 1; part O.
Part G. L. 25, § 2; part O;
part Temporary.
G. L. 25, § 4.
O.
G. L. 25, § 5.
G. L. 25, § 11.
Part G. L. 28, § 1 ; part O.
Part G. L. 28, § 1; part O;
part Temporary.
G. L. 28, §§ 2, 3.
PartG. L. 28, §§ 3, 4; part
O.
G. L. 92, § 102.
G. L. 92, §§ 61, 63.
G. L. 92, § 60.
G. L. 94, §§ 74-79.
S. 1920, 297, § 3; R. 1920,
297, § 4.
G. L. 94, § 80.
G. L. 94, § 72.
G. L. 21, § 8; 94, § 81.
G. L. 94, § 82.
S. 1920, 591, § 11.
G. L. 217, § 34.
G. L. 217, § 35.
S. 1920, 626.
G. L. 217, §§ 34, 36.
G. L. 217, §§ 34, 35.
G. L. 217, § 37.
S. 1920, 623.
G. L. 217, § 38.
S. 1920, 626.
O.
G. L. 217, § 39.
G. L. 63, § 30, subs. (1).
G. L. 63, § 30, subs. (6).
G. L. 63, §30, subs. (3), §31.
S. 1920, 549, § 1.
S. 1920, 415, § 1.
G. L. 63, §§ 35, 36.
S. 1920, 415, § 2.
G. L. 63, §§ 44-47.
G. L. 63, § 48.
G. L. 6.3, §§49,50.
S. 1920, 385, § 3.
S. 1920, 415, § 3.
G. L. 59, § 5, cIs. 16, 31.
G. L. 58, § 20.
G. L. 63, § 30, subs. 2, 6.
Part G. L. 63, § 30, subs. 4,
31, 39; part S. 1920, 549,
§2.
S. 1920, 415, § 4.
G. L. 63, § 40.
S. 1920, 415, 8 5.
1919, .355, §§ 20
21 G. L. 63, §§ 42, 43.
355, § 22
. . G. L. 63, §§44^7.
" 355. § 23
. G. L. 63, § 48.
" 355, § 24
. G. L. 63, §§ 49, 50.
" 355, §25
. G. L. 63, § 51.
" 3.55, §§26
27 S. 1920, 415, §§ 6, 7
■■ 355, § 28
. G. L. 181, § 12.
" 355, §§29
30 0.
" 355, §31
. G. L. 58, § 20.
" 355. §32
. S. 1920, 549, § 4.
" 356, § 1
. G. L. 221, § 94.
'■ 356, §§2,
3 . G. L. 221, § 95.
" 356, §4
. G. L. 221, §§ 94, 96.
" 356, § 5
. G. L. 221, §§ 95, 97.
" 356, § 6
. G. L. 221, §§ 94, 95.
" 356, § 7
. 0.
" 356, § 8
. G. L. 221, § 5.
'■ 357, §§ 1-
3 . G. L. 221, § 91.
" 358 .
. G. L. 128, § 31.
" 360, §§ 1-
5 . G. L. 138, §§34-38.
•• 361, §1
. G. L. 36, § 33.
" 361, §2
. G. L. 36, § 36.
" 361, §3
. G. L. 36, §§33, 34.
" 361, §4
. S. 1920, 625.
" 361, §5
. G. L. 36, § 37.
" 361, §6
. G. L. 36, § 34.
" 362, § 1
. G. L. 218, § 78.
■• 362, § 2
. PartG. L. 218, §79;
1920, 615; part O
part S.
" 362, §§3,
1 . G. L. 218, §§ 81, 82.
" 362, §5
. G. L. 218, §§ 77, 78.
•• 362, § 6
. PartG. L. 218, §74;
part 0.
" 363, § 1
. G. L. 58, § 18; 70, §
1.
" 363, §§2-8 . G. L. 70, §§ 1-7.
" 363, §9
. G. L. 70, § 10.
" 363, § 10
. PartG. L. 70, § 11;
part 0.
" 363, §§11-
-15 G. L. 70, §§ 12-16.
" 363, § 17
. Special.
" 364, § I
. G. L. 3, § 23.
'■ 364, § 2
. G. L. 39, § 22; 54, § 64.
" 364, § 3
. G. L. 54, § 48.
" 364, §4
. Part G. L. 54, § 49; part
Special.
" 364, §§ 5,
5 . G. L. 54, §§ 59, 60.
" 364, § 7
. S. 1920, 479.
" 371, § 1
. Part G. L. 159, §§
part 0.
12, 45;
" 371, §2
. G. L. 159, § 46.
" 371, §3
. Part G. L. 159, §§
part O.
12, 47;
" 371, §4
. G. L. 161, § 44.
" 371, §5
. G. L. 1.59, § 49.
'• 371, §6
. G. L. 159, § 48.
" 371, §7
. 0.
" 372, § 1
. G. L. 217, §§31, 39.
" 372, § 2
. O.
" Sp. 188
. 0.
■' Sp. 246, §
1 . G. L. 8, §§ 17, 18.
" Sp. 24C
,§
2 . G. L. 8, § 18.
1920, 1
. G. L. 3, § 11.
2
. 0.
14
. Part G. L. 74, § 24;
part 0.
18
. G. L. 69, § 6.
29
. G. L. Ill, § 11; 138,
§54.
38
. G. L. 167, § 17.
40
. G. L. 77, § 1.
44
. G. L. 30, § 6.
45
. G. L. 98, § 15.
46
. G. L. 206, § 14.
47
. G. L. 140, § 186.
48
. G. L. 151, § 2.
49
. G. L. 32, § 10 (7).
50, §
. G. L. 32, § 18.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
cclv
920, 50,
§
. Temporary.
1920, 188
50,
§3
. Special.
" 191
50,
§4
. G. L. 32, § 11.
" 199
50,
§5
Special.
" 201
55
. G. L. 5, § 18.
" 202
56,
§§1-.
5 . G. L. 32, § 19.
" 204
72
. O.
" 205
78
. G. L. 71, §§ 34, 68.
" 207
87
. G. L. Ill, §82.
" 208
" 100,
§§1-
J . G. L. Ill, §50.
" 209
" 102,
§1
. G. L. 62, § 5 (6).
" 210
•' 102,
§2
. O.
" 213, § 1 .
" 103
. G. L. 128, § 40.
•' 213, §2 .
" 108,
§1
. G. L. Ill, §92.
" 213, §3 .
" 108,
§2
. Special.
" 213, §4 .
" 110
. G. L. 170, § 16.
" 213, §5 .
" 111
. G. L. 148, § 29.
" 216 . .
" 112
. G. L. 8, § 3.
" 217
" 113
. G. L. 277, § 15.
" 218
" 114
. G. L. 44, § 7, cl. (16)
•• 219
" 120
. G. L. 233, § 21.
" 221
" 122
. G. L. 276, § 93.
222
" 123,
§1
. G. L. 175, § 192.
" 223, § 1 .
" 123,
§2
. G. L. 175, § 191.
" 223, §2 .
" 124
. G. L. 80, § 4.
" 232 . .
•' 127,
§1
. G. L. 33, § 94 (k).
■• 236 . .
" 127,
§§2,
i . G. L. 33, §§ 90, 91.
" 237, § 1 .
" 127,
§4
. G. L. 33, § 94.
" 237, §2 .
" 127,
§§5,
3 . G. L. 33, §§ 100, 101
" 238, § 1 .
" 127,
§7
. G. L. 33, § 92.
" 238, §§2, 3
" 131
. G. L. 33, § 64.
" 240, §§ 1-3
" 137
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 22.
" 240, § 4 .
" 139
. PartG. L. 130, §82;
part 0.
" 240, §§ 5, 6
" 141
. G. L. 136, § 10.
" 240, § 7 .
" 142
. Special.
" 240, § 8 .
" 143
. G. L. 41. § 111.
" 145
. Special.
" 240, § 9 .
" 146,
§1
. G. L. 54, § 1.
" 242 . .
" 146,
§2
. G. L. 54, § 10.
" 243, § 1 .
" 147,
§1
. G. L. 175, §§ 182, 184.
" 243, § 2 .
" 147,
§2
. G. L. 175, § 183.
" 244, § 1 .
■■ 147,
§3
. G. L. 175, § 194.
" 244, § 2 .
" 147,
§4
. G. L. 175, § 5.
" 149
. G. L. 55, § 1.
•' 245, §§ 1, 2
" 150
, G. L. 152, § 55; 175
189, 193.
, §§22,
•• 245, § 3 .
■' 245, §4 .
" 152
. S. 1920, 327, § 2, cl.
(d).
" 245, §5 .
" 154,
§1
. Part G. L. 50, § ]
Special.
; part
" 253 . .
" 254 . .
" 154,
§§2-.
> . Special.
" 255 . .
" 157
. G. L. 9, §§ 6-8.
" 256 . .
" 164
. G. L. 4, § 7, cl. 32.
" 257, § 1 .
" 165
. G. L. 155, § 51.
" 257, § 2 .
" 166,
§1
. G. L. 147, §§ 16, 17.
" 259, §§ 1-5
" 166,
§2
. G. L. 147, § 17.
" 262, § 1 .
" 166,
§4
. PartG. L. 147, §16;
part 0.
■' 262, § 2 .
" 166,
§5
. G. L. 147, § 16.
" 269 . .
" 167,
§§1-^
. G. L. 212, § 29.
" 270 . .
" 168,
§1
. G. L. 175, § 11.
" 274 . .
" 168,
§2
. 0.
" 280, § 1 .
" 169
. G. L. 54, § 26.
" 280, §§2, 3
" 172
. G. L. 44, §§ 32-34.
" 282 . .
" 174
. G. L. 30, § 42.
" 285, §§ 1-3
" 175
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 5.
" 286 . .
" 178,
§§ 1-.
> . Special.
" 288 . .
" 178,
§6
. Part G. L. 57, §§ 1-4; 218,
" 290 . .
§ 1 ; part Special.
" 292, § 1 .
" 178,
§§7-
4 . Special.
" 292, § 2 .
" 179,
§1
. Part G. L. 32, § 77;
part 0.
" 292, § 3 .
" 179,
§2
. G. L. 32, § 77.
" 295 . .
" 181
. PartG. L. 26, § §6-8
part S.
1920, 596, §2; part O.
" 297, § 1 .
" 185
. G. L. 138, § 36.
" 297, § 2 .
G. L. 38, § 16.
G. L. 140, § 177.
G. L. 33, § 70.
G. L. 69, §§ 15, 23.
G. L. 128, § 7.
G. L. 32, § 51.
G. L. 30, § 7.
G. L. 262, § 29.
G. L. 131, § 19.
G. L. 221, § 18.
G. L. 149, § 29.
G. L. 221, § 70.
G. L. 221, §§ 70, 79.
G. L. 221, §§ 70, 74, 77.
G. L. 221, § 71.
G. L. 221, §§ 70, 72. 79.
G. L. 140, § 46.
G. L. 176, § 40.
G. L. 115, § 22.
G. L. 31, §§ 27, 28.
G. L. 8, § 5.
G. L. 89, § 8.
G. L. 152, § 44.
G. L. 152, § 49.
G. L. 220, § 16.
G. L. 164, § 64.
G. L. 156, §§ 21, 22.
O.
G. L. Ill, § 76.
G. L. Ill, § 77.
G. L. 136, §§ 21-23.
G. L. 136, § 28.
G. L. 136, §§ 24, 25.
G. L. 136, § 21.
Part G. L. 136, § 26; part
Temporary.
G. L. 136, § 27.
Part G. L. 164, § 104; part O.
G. L. 51, §§ 22, 23.
G. L. 51, §§ 22, 24.
G. L. 112, §§7,9.
G. L. 46, §§ 3, 9-11, 15, 16;
111, § 111.
G. L. 44, §§ 40, 41.
G. L. 44, § 40.
G. L. 44, § 42.
G. L. 14, § 4.
G. L. 6, § 10.
G. L. 40, § 9.
G. L. 60, § 1.
G. L. 55, § 33.
G. L. 176, § 8.
G. L. 176, § 41.
G. L. 98, §§ 20-24.
G. L. 90, § 5.
G. L. 90, § 33.
G. L. 48, § 24.
G. L. 60, § 40.
G. L. 33, § 151 (6).
O.
G. L. 4, § 10.
G. L. 218, § 70.
O.
G. L. 48. § 83.
G. L. 175, § 20.
G. L. 5, § 9.
G. L. 40, § 3, § 5, subs. 12.
G. L. 44, § 8.
Part G. L. 41, § 105; part O.
G. L. 25, § 12; 158, §§ 10,
24; 165, § 2.
Part G. L. 94, § 66; part O.
G. L. 94, § 71.
ccK
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1920, 297, § 3
. G. L. 94, § 69.
1920,380, §§ 1,
2 . G. L. 26S, § 16.
■■ 298 .
. G. L. 149, § 61.
" 382 .
. G. L. 130, § 21.
" 300 .
. G. L. 131, §6.
" 383 .
. G. L. 217, §§30, 39.
" 304, §§ 1-;
i . G. L. 32, § 2 (9).
" 385, § 1
. G. L. 63, § 60.
'■ 306 .
. G. L. Ill, § 121.
" 385, § 2
. G. L. 6, §21; 6.3, §§60, 71
■' 307 .
. G. L. 59, § 45.
" 385, §3
. G. L. 63, § 51.
" 308, §§ 1-
) . G. L. 4S, §§ 16-20.
" 385, § 4
. G. L. 62, §§ 43, 44.
" 310 .
. G. L. 12, § 2.
" 386 .
. G. L. 211, §§ 13, 14.
" 311 .
. G. L. 167, § 17.
" 387 .
. G. L. 151, § 5.
" 317, §§1,
2 . G. L. 175, §§ 173, 174.
" 388, § 1
. G. L. 4, § 3.
" 319 .
. G. L. 32, § 25 (2) C (a).
" 388, § 2
. G. L. 3, § 23.
" 320 .
. G. L. 12, §§ 14, 16.
" 395
. G. L. 12, §§ 14, 16.
" 321 .
. G. L. 114, §47.
" 396, § 1
. S. 1920, 548, § 1.
" 322 .
. G. L. 266, § 28.
" 396, §§2,3 . G. L. 65, §§4, 5.
" 324 .
. G. L. 152, § 30.
" 396, § 4
. G. L. 65, § 8.
•■ 325, §§ 1, :
J . G. L. 94, §§ 283, 284.
" 396, § 5
. G. L. 65, § 10.
" 325, §3
. G. L. 94, § 283.
" 396, § 6
. G. L. 65, § 36.
•' 326 .
. G. L. 175, § 14.
" 398 .
. G. L. 62, § 13.
'■ 327, § 1
. G. L. 175, §§ 47, 48.
" 399
. G. L. 276, § 13.
" 327, § 2
. G. L. 175, §§ 24, 51, 52, 54,
■• 403
. G. L. 32, §§ 71, 72.
152.
" 404
. G. L. 62, § 37.
■• 327, §3
. O.
" 408
. G. L. 33, § 180.
" 328 .
. G. L. Ill, §68.
" 411
. G. L. 71, §2.
" 333 .
. G. L. 175, § 9.
" 412
. G. L. 149, § 162.
" 334 .
. G. L. 127, §§ 158-160.
" 414
. G. L. 168, § 48.
" 335, § 1
. G. L. 32, § 10 (2).
" 415, § 1
. G. L. 63, § 30, subs. 5.
■■ 335, §§2,;
5 . G. L. 32, § 10 (4, 5).
" 415, §2
. G. L. 63, §§ 37, 38.
' 335, § 4
. G. L. 32, § 10 (8).
" 415, §3
. G. L. 63, § 48.
" 335, § 5
. G. L. 32, § 10 (10).
•' 415, §4
. G. L. 63, § 30, subs. 5.
" 335, 1 6
. G. L. 32, § 10 (12).
" 415, §5
. S. 1920, 549, § 3.
" 335, § 7
. G. L. 32, § 10 (17, 18).
" 415, §6
. G. L. 63, § 48.
" 336 .
. G. L. 35, §39; 44, §22.
" 415, §7
. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. 16.
" 337, §§1,5
! . G. L. 43, §§ 81, 82.
" 416, §1
. G. L. 32. § 2 (2).
" 337, § 3
. G. L. 43, §§ 82, 85, 87.
" 416, §2
. G. L. 32, § 5 (2) 0 (c).
" 337, § 4
. G. L. 43, § 80.
" 416, §3
. G. L. 32, § 5 (2) C (6).
" 339, §§1,5
! . G. L. 130, § 56.
" 416, §4
. S. 1920, 539.
•' 340 .
. PartG. L. 125, §22; part 0.
" 416, §5
. G. L. 32. § 2 (8).
" 341 .
. G. L. 124, § 1.
" 417
, G. L. 149, § 156.
" 342 .
. G. L. 27, § 4.
" 418, § 1
. G. L. 94. § 1; 111, § 39.
" 343 .
. Part G. L. 125, § 29; part
•• 418, §2
. G. L. 94, § 6; 111, §39.
Temporary.
" 418, §§3-8 , G. L. Ill, §§40-45.
'■ 344 .
. G. L. 236, § 4.
" 418, §§9,
10 . G. L. 94, § 2.
" 345 .
. G. L. 3, § 14.
" 418, §11
. G. L. 94, § 3.
" 346 .
. G. L. 3, § 18.
" 418, § 12
, G. L. 94, §§3, 4.
" 349, § 1
. G. L. 156, § 6.
" 418, §§13-
-15 G. L. 94, §§4-6.
•■ 349, § 2
. G. L. 156, § 32.
" 418, § 16
. G. L. 94, §§ 7, 8.
" 349, §3
. G. L. 156, § 14.
" 418, §17
. G. L. 94, § 9.
" 349, § 4
. G. L. 156, § 35.
" 418, §§18
19 G. L. Ill, §§ 46, 47.
" 349, § 5
. G. L. 156, § 40.
" 418, §20
. Temporary.
" 349, §6
. G. L. 156, §§41,42.
•■ 418, §§21
22 G. L. Ill, §§48.49.
" 349, § 7
. G. L. 156, § 49.
" 419
. G. L. 90, § 33.
•' 349, §§8, <
) . S. 1920, 598, §§ 1, 2.
•■ 420 .
. G. L. 168, § 54, cl. 3 (o).
•' 349, 1 10
. G. L. 157, §§ 1, 3.
" 421
. PartG. L. 27, §3; 127, §19
" 352
. G. L. 62, § 1 (b, c).
part O.
" 353 .
. G. L. 125, §§ 22, 29.
" 422 .
. G. L. 12, § 11.
" 354 .
. G. L. 8, § 19.
" 423 .
. G. L. 6, § 35.
'• 358, § 1
. G. L. 33, § 86 (a).
" 424, § 1
. PartG. L. 13, §21; part 0
" 358, § 2
. G. L. 33, § 87.
" 424, §§2,
5 . G. L. 112, §§45,46.
" 359 .
. G. L. 176, § 18.
" 424, §4
. G. L. 112, §§45, 47.
" 360 .
. G. L. 112, §§38, 39.
" 424, §5
Temporary.
" 361 .
. G. L. 150, § 7.
" 425, §§1,
2 . G. L. 131, §§46, 47.
" 362 .
. G. L. 125, § 25.
" 425, §3
. G. L. 131, § 46.
" 364 .
. G. L. 33, § 28.
" 425, § 4
. G. L. 131. § 50.
" 365 .
. G. L. 33, § 164.
" 425, §5
. G. L. 131, §§ 46. 47.
" 367 .
. G. L. 266, § 70.
" 426
. G. L. 90, § 33.
'■ 368, §§ 1-'
I . G. L. 31, § 20.
" 429 .
. G. L. 170, § 12.
" 368, § 5
. O.
" 431, §1
. G. L. 6, §§ 22, 24.
" 368, § 6
. G. L. 31, § 20.
" 432 .
. G. L. 90, § 6.
'■ 369, §§ 1-
i . G. L. 98, § 46.
" 433 .
. G. L. 30, § 37.
" 371 .
. G. L. 71, §§ 64, 65.
" 434, § 1
. G. L. 130, § 103.
" 376 .
. G. L. 149. § 43.
" 434, §§2,
3 . G. L. 130, § 104.
" 377 .
. G. L. 124, § 3.
" 434, §§4-
7 . G. L. 130, §§ 105-108.
" 378 .
. G. L. 224, § 7.
" 435
. G. L. 17, §7; 111, §4.
DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
cclvii
1920, 436, § 1
436, § 2
437, §§1
437, §§3
437, §§5
437, § 7
437, § 8
443, §§ 1-5
443, § 6
447
451
459, § 1
459, § 2
460
461
463
464
467
468
470
473
476
477
478
479
481
482
484
485, I 1
486
487
488, §§ 1-3
488, § 4
490 .
491, § 1
492, § 1
493, § 1
493, § 2
494, § 1
494, § 2
495, §§1,2
495, § 3
496 .
508 .
510 .
511, §1
511, §2
512, § 1
512, §2
512, §3
512, §§4-7
512, §8 .
514, §§1,2
514, §3
515, § 1
515, §2
517 .
527 .
528 .
531
532, § 1
532, § 2
534 .
535 .
537, § 1
537, § 2
539 .
540 .
G. L. 148, § 6.
G. L. 148, § 2.
G. L. 131, §51.
G. L. 131, §§ 54, 55.
G. L. 131, §§ 52, 53.
G. L. 131, § 56.
O.
G. L. 92, §§ 54-58.
Part G. L. 92, § 59; part O.
G. L. 84, § 15.
G. L. 12, §§ 14-16.
G. L. 125, §§ 22, 29.
Temporary.
G. L. 59, § 57.
G. L. 32, § 47.
PartG. L. 13, § 18; part O.
G. L. 64, § 8.
G. L. 115, §24.
G. L. 190, § 1.
G. L. 129, § 12.
G. L. 218, S 75.
G. L. 90, § 1.
G. L. 217, § .39.
G. L. 209, § 3.
G. L. 54, § 65.
G. L. 53, § 43.
G. L. 218, § 83.
G. L. 218, § 83.
G. L. 218, § 83.
G. L. 218, § 83.
G. L. 218, § 83.
G. L. 84, § 11.
O.
G. L. 218, § 83.
G. L. 218, § 75.
G. L. 218, § 75.
Part G. L. 53, § 37; part
Special.
Part G. L. 54, § 108; part
Special.
G. L. 217, § 39; 221, §§ 71,
73, 74, 76.
O.
Part G. L. 262, § 38; part S.
1920, 587.
G. L. 36, § 35.
G. L. 218, § 75.
G. L. 218, § 55.
G. L. 8, § 9.
G. L. 8, §§ 17, 18.
G. L. 8, § 18.
PartG. L. 13, § 16; part O.
G. L. 112, §67.
G. L. 112, §§68, 69.
G. L. 112, §§70-73.
G. L. 13, § 16.
Part G. L. 23, §§ 10, 11;
part O.
G. L. 149, § 174.
G. L. 32, § 87.
G. L. 32, § 71.
Part G. L. 128, § 44; part O.
G. L. 218, § 1.
G. L. 40, § 5, subs. 12.
G. L. 149, § 44.
G. L. Ill, §78.
Special.
G. L. 218, § 68.
G. L. 32, § 1.
Part G. L. 19, § 5; part O.
G. L. 19, § 6; 123, § 25.
G. L. 32, § 5 (2) E.
G. L. 221, § 68.
1920, 541,
" 541,
" 545,
" 545,
" 545,
" 545,
" 545,
" 546,
" 646,
" 546,
" 546,
" 547
" 548,
" 548,
" 548,
" 649,
" 549,
" 549,
" 549,
" 551,
'■ 551,
•' 551,
" 551,
" 551,
" 551,
" 551,
" 553,
" 553,
" 553,
" 556
" 558,
" 558,
" 658,
" 559
" 560
" 563,
" 563,
" 563,
" 563,
" 564
■' 565,
" 565,
" 567
" 569,
" 569,
" 569,
" 569,
" 573
" 574,
" 574,
" 574,
" 574,
" 579,
" 579,
" 580,
" 582
" 583,
" 683,
" 584,
" 684,
" 584,
" 584,
" 684,
" 584,
" 587
" 590,
" 590,
" 690,
" 590,
§§1-4
§5 .
§§1-3
§4
§5
§6
§7
§1
§2
§3
§4
§i
§2
§3
§3
§4
§1
§2
§3
§§4,5
§6
§7
§§8-11
§1 .
§§2,3
§§4,6
§§1-3
§4
§5
§1
§§2-4
§5
§1
§2
§1
§2
§3
§4
§§1-3
§4
§5
5§6,7
§1
(2,3
il-3
§1
§2
§1
§2
§3
§4
§6
§§6-8
G. L. Ill, § 175.
O.
G. L. 93, § 29.
G. L. 93, § 30.
G. L. 93, § 32.
G. L. 93, § 31.
G. L. 93, § 33.
G. L. 30, § 16.
G. L. 37, §2; 126, §§ 16,24.
G. L. 11, §§3-5.
G. L. 30, §§ 15, 17; 122, §4;
125, §§ 3, 6.
G. L. 140, § 161.
G. L. 65, § 1.
G. L. 65, §§ 3, 7, 9.
G. L. 65, § 36.
G. L. 63, §§ 32-34.
G. L. 63, § 39.
G. L. 63, § 41.
G. L. 63, § 52.
G. L. 23, §§ 4, 9; 96, § 3.
G. L. 96, § 1.
G. L. 96, §§ 4, 5.
G. L. 96, §§ 6, 7.
G. L. 96, §§ 1, 8.
G. L. 96, § 2.
G. L. 96, §§ 9-12.
G. L. 218, §§ 21, 22.
G. L. 218, § 23.
G. L. 218, §§ 24, 25.
G. L. 156, § 16.
G. L. 272, §§ 99-101.
G. L. 277, § 79 and forms at
end of chapter.
G. L. 272, § 102.
G. L. 54, § 52.
G. L. 53, § 18.
G. L. 172, §§ 13, 60, 61.
G. L. 172, §§ 70-72.
G. L. 172, § 64.
G. L. 172, § 68.
G. L. 26, §§ 9, 10.
Part G. L. 7, §§ 1, 3-5;
part O.
Special.
G. L. 28, § 4; 92, § 61.
G. L. 36, § 6.
G. L. 36, §§ 6, 8.
G. L. 36, §§ 4, 6, 19.
G. L. 36, § 6.
G. L. 185, §§ 13, 14, 20.
G. L. 32, §§ 56-58.
G. L. 32, § 56.
G. L. 32, § 59.
G. L. 32, § 60.
Part G. L. 61, § 55; part
Special.
G. L. 51, §§ 1, 2.
G. L. 40, § 10.
G. L. 3, § 7.
G. L. 164, §81; 165, §2.
G. L. 164, §83; 165, §2.
G. L. 276, § 36.
G. L. 276, § 57.
G. L. 276, § 61.
G. L. 276, § 68.
G. L. 276, § 71.
G. L. 276, §§ 79-81.
G. L. 262, § 38.
G. L. 255, § 36.
G. L. 255, § 38.
G. L. 255, § 37.
G. L. 255, § 39.
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DISPOSITION OF STATUTES SINCE THE REVISED LAWS.
1920,590
§5
590
§§ fi, 7
591
§1 .
591
§2 .
591
§3 .
591
§4 .
591
§5 .
591
§6 .
591
§7 .
591
§8 .
591
§9 .
591
§10 .
591
§11 .
591
§12 .
591
§§13,
591
§15 .
591
§16 .
591
§17 .
591
§18 .
591
§19 .
591
§20 .
591
§21 .
591
§§22,
591
§24 .
591
§25 .
591
§26 .
591
§§27-.
591
§30 .
591
§§31,
591
§33 .
591
§34 .
591
§36 .
591
§37 .
591
§38 .
591
§39 .
591
§40 .
591
§41 .
591
§42 .
591
§43 .
591
§44 .
591
§45 .
591
§§46,
593
594
595
596
§1 '
596
§2 .
597
§§1-4
598
§§1-3
598
§4 .
598
§5 .
598
§6 .
598
§7 .
598
§8 .
599
§§1-3
599
§4 .
G. L. 255,
G. L. 255,
G. L. 39, §
Part G. L.
part O.
G. L. 40, §
G. L. 40, §
G. L. 40, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 44, §
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G. L. 41, §
G. L. Ill,
G. L. 166,
G. L. 114,
G. L. 101,
G. L. 101,
G. L. 41,
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
Part G. L.
G. L. 48, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 114
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 41, §
G. L. 3, §§
G. L. 217,
O.
G. L. 26, §
G. L. 26, §
G. L. 121,
G. L. 156,
G. L. 181,
G. L. 164,
G. L. 158,
G. L. 172,
G. L. 262,
G. L. 161,
G. L. 161,
§34.
!§ 34, 35.
10.
223, §§ 28,
21.
33.
21, cl. (13).
35.
53.
108.
41, §
40, §
44, § 7, cl. (17).
40, § 3.
41, § 110.
41, §§ 99, 100.
41, § 107.
15.
§31.
§32.
§22.
§17.
§ 15.
97.
98.
97.
41, § 97; part O.
§ 42-44.
103.
10.
§1,:
24.
21.
26.
102.
32.
69.
101.
106.
§27.
22.
23.
21.
18, 21.
§33.
§§34-37.
§§ 53-55.
§23.
§33.
§ 43, cl. 4.
§ 10.
§36.
§§ 143-145.
§ 158.
20, 599,
§5 .
' 599,
§6 .
' 599,
§§7-10
' 599,
§11 .
' 599,
§§12-16
' 599,
§17 .
' 599,
§18 .
' 601,
§§1,2 .
• 601,
§3 .
' 601,
§§4,5
' 601,
§§6,7 .
■ 601,
§§8,9 .
■ 602
' 603,
§1 ' .
' 603,
§2 . .
' 604,
§§1-3 .
• 604,
§4 .
' 604,
§§5,6 .
' 604,
§7 .
• 614
• 615
• 618
' 619,
§i '. '.
' 619,
§2 . .
' 619,
§§3-14
' 619,
§15 .
' 619,
§§16-19
' 619,
§20 .
' 619,
§§21,22
' 620
' 623
' 625
' 626
' 627,
§1 '.
' 627,
§2 .
' 627,
§3 .
' 627,
§4 .
' 627,
§5 .
' 630,
§1 .
' 630,
§2 . .
' 630,
§3 .
' 630,
§§4,5 .
' 630,
§6 . .
' 630,
§§7-14 .
' 630,
§§15,16
' 630,
§§ 17-22
' 630,
§23 . .
' 630,
§24 . .
' 630,
§25 . .
■ 633
• 640,
§§1-5 '.
' 640,
§6 . .
G. L. 161. § 146.
G. L. 161, § 147.
G. L. 161, §§ 148-151.
G. L. 44, § 8; 161, § 152.
G. L. 161, §§ 153-157.
O.
G. L. 161, § 159.
G. L. 40, § 25.
Part G. L. 40, § 26; part O.
G. L. 40, I 27.
G. L. 40, §§ 28, 29.
G. L. 40, §§ 29, 30.
G. L. 217, § 33.
G. L. 36, § 6.
G. L. 36, §§ 4, 6, 8.
G. L. 132, § 33.
G. L. 131, § 68; 132, | 34.
G. L. 132, §§ 35, 36.
O.
Part G. L. 32, § 64; 218,
§ 75; part O.
G. L. 218, § 80.
G. L. 110, § 8.
Part G. L. 22, § 12; part
O.
G. L. 22, §§ 5, 12.
G. L. 147, §§ 32-43.
G. L. 271, § 42.
G. L. 147, §§ 44-47.
Part G. L. 147, §§ 48, 49;
part O.
G. L. 147, §§ 50, 51.
G. L. 9, § 2.
G. L. 217, § 38.
G. L. 36, § 35.
G. L. 217, §§ 35, 38.
G. L. 211, § 22.
G. L. 212, § 27.
G. L. 185, § 14.
G. L. 32, § 63; 185, § 14;
211, § 22; 212, § 27.
G. L. 32, § 63.
G. L. 138, § 1.
G. L. 138, §§ 4-10, 12.
G. L. 138, § 11.
G. L. 138, §§ 13, 14.
Part G. L. 138, § 15; part
O.
G. L. 138, §§ 16-23.
G. L. 138, §§ 23, 24.
G. L. 138, §§ 43-48.
Temporary.
G. L. 138, §§ 83, 84, 86.
O.
G. L. 41, §§ 2, 3.
G. L. 3, §§ 51-55.
O.
ANALYSIS
TITLES AND CHAPTERS
CONTAINED IS
THE GENERAL LAWS
Vol. I.
PART I.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
TITLE I.
JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE GENERAL
COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Chapter 1. Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States.
Chapter 2. Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth.
Chapter 3. The General Court.
Chapter 4. Statutes.
Chapter 5. Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents.
TITLE II.
EXECUTH'E AND ADMINISTRATRTE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Chapter 6. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers under the
Governor and Council, and State Library.
Chapter 7. Supervisor of Administration.
Chapter 8. Superintendent of Buildings, and State House.
Chapter 9. Department of the State Secretary.
Chapter 10. Department of the State Treasurer.
Chapter 11. Department of the State Auditor.
Chapter 12. Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys.
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ANALYSIS — PART I.
Chapter 13. Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Chapter 14. Department of Corporations and Ta.xation.
Chapter 15. Department of Education.
Chapter 16. Department of Public Works.
Chapter 17. Department of Public Health.
Chapter 18. Department of Public Welfare.
Chapter 19. Department of Mental Diseases.
Chapter 20. Department of AgricultiH-e.
Chapter 21. Department of Conservation.
Chapter 22. Department of Public Safety.
Chapter 23. Department of Labor and Industries.
Chapter 24. Department of Industrial Accidents.
Chapter 25. Department of Public Utilities.
Chapter 26. Department of Banking and Insurance.
Chapter 27. Department of Correction.
Chapter 28. Metropolitan District Commission.
TITLE III.
LAWS RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS.
Chapter 29. State Finance.
Chapter 30. General Provisions relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and
Employees.
TITLE IV.
CIVIL SERVICE, RETIREMENTS AND PENSIONS.
Chapter 31. Civil Service.
Chapter 32. Retirement Systems and Pensions.
TITLE V.
MILITIA.
Chapter 33. Militia.
TITLE VI.
COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Chapter 34. Counties and County Commissioners.
Chapter 35. County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts, and County Finances.
Chapter 36. Registers of Deeds.
Chapter 37. Sheriffs.
Chapter 38. Medical E.xaminers.
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TITLE VII.
CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS.
Chapter 39. Municipal Government.
Chapter 40. Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns.
Chapter 41. Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.
Chapter 42. Boimdaries of Cities and Towns.
Chapter 43. City Charters.
Chapter 44. Municipal Finance.
Chapter 45. Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Pubhc Domain.
Chapter 46. Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Chapter 47. Workhouses and Almshouses.
Chapter 48. Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.
Chapter 49. Fences, Fence Viewers, Pounds and Field Drivers.
TITLE VIII.
ELECTIONS.
Chapter 50. General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and Elections.
Chapter 51. Voters.
Chapter 52. Political Committees.
Chapter 53. Nominations, Questions to be submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses.
Chapter 54. Elections.
Chapter 55. Corrupt Practices and Election Inquests.
Chapter 56. Violations of Election Laws.
Chapter 57. Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and Apportionment of Rep-
resentatives.
TITLE IX.
T.VXATION.
Chapter 58. General Provisions relative to Taxation.
Chapter 69. Assessment of Local Taxes.
Chapter 60. Collection of Local Taxes.
Chapter 61. Taxation of Forest Lands.
Chapter 62. Taxation of Incomes.
Chapter 63. Taxation of Corporations.
Chapter 64. Taxation of Stock Transfers.
Chapter 65. Taxation of Legacies and Successions.
TITLE X.
PUBLIC RECORDS.
Chapter 66. Pubhc Records.
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TITLE XI.
CERTAIN RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS.
Chapter 67. Parishes and Religious Societies.
Chapter 68. Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses.
Chapter 69.
Chapter 70.
Chapter 71.
Chapter 72.
Chapter 73.
Chapter 74.
Chapter 75.
Chapter 76.
Chapter 77.
Chapter 78.
Chapter 79.
Chapter 80.
Chapter 81.
Chapter 82.
Chapter S3.
Chapter 84.
Chapter 85.
Chapter 86.
Chapter 87.
Chapter 88.
Chapter 89.
Chapter 90.
Chapter 91.
Chapter 92.
TITLE XII.
EDUCATION.
Powers and Duties of the Department of Education.
School Funds and Other State Aid for Public Schools.
Public Schools.
School Registers and Returns.
State Normal Schools.
Vocational Education.
Massachusetts Agricultural College.
School Attendance.
School Offenders and County Training Schools.
Libraries.
TITLE XIII.
EMINENT DOMAIN AND BETTERMENTS.
Eminent Domain.
Betterments.
TITLE XIV.
PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS.
State Highways.
The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and
Specific Repairs thereon.
Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.
Repair of Ways and Bridges.
Regulations and By-laws relative to Ways and Bridges.
Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroacliments thereon.
Shade Trees.
Ferries, Canals and Public Landings.
Law of the Road.
Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.
Waterways.
Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.
TITLE XV.
REGULATION OF TRADE.
Chapter 93. Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises.
Chapter 94. Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles.
Chapter 95. Measuring of Leather.
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Chapter 96. Survey of Lumber.
Chapter 97. Surveying of Land.
Chapter 98. Weights and Measures.
Chapter 99. The Metric System of Weights and Measures.
Chapter 100. Auctioneers.
Chapter 101. Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.
Chapter 102. Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.
Chapter 103. Pilots.
Chapter 104. Agents, Consignees and Factors.
Chapter 105. PubUc Warehouses.
Chapter 106. Sales of Personal Property.
Chapter 107. Money and Negotiable Instruments.
Chapter 108. BOls of Lading.
Chapter 109. Limited Partnerships.
Chapter 110. Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration thereof.
TITLE XVI.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Chapter 111. Public Health.
Chapter 112. Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations.
Chapter 113. Promotion of Anatomical Science.
Chapter 114. Cemeteries and Burials.
TITLE XVII.
PUBLIC WELFARE.
Chapter 115. State and Military Aid, Soldiers' ReUef, etc.
Chapter 116. Settlement of Paupers.
Chapter 117. Support of Paupers by Cities and Towns.
Chapter 118. Aid to Mothers with Dependent Children.
Chapter 119. Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings against Them.
Chapter 120. Massachusetts Training Schools.
Chapter 121. Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare, and the Massachusetts
Hospital School.
Chapter 122. State Infirmary and State Paupers.
Chapter 123. Commitment and Care of the Insane and Other Mental Defectives.
TITLE XVIII.
PRISONS, IMPRISONMENT, PAROLES AND PARDONS.
Chapter 124. Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction.
Chapter 125. Penal and Reformatory Institutions of the Commonwealth.
Chapter 126. JaUs, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms.
Chapter 127. Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and
Pardons.
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Vol. II.
TITLE XIX.
AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION.
Chapter 128. Agriculture.
Chapter 129. Animal Industry.
Chapter 130. Powers and Duties of the Division of Fisheries and Game. Fisheries.
Chapter 131. Preservation of Certain Birds and Animals. Hunting and Fishmg Licenses.
Chapter 132. Forestry.
TITLE XX.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER.
Chapter 133. Disposition of Old and Infirm Animals.
Chapter 134. Lost Goods and Stray Beasts.
Chapter 135. Unclaimed and Abandoned Property.
Chapter 136. Observance of the Lord's Day.
Chapter 137. Gaming.
Chapter 138. Intoxicating Liquors and Certain Non-Intoxicating Beverages.
Chapter 139. Common Nuisances.
Chapter 140. Licenses.
Chapter 141. Supervision of Electricians.
Chapter 142. Supervision of Plumbing.
Chapter 143. Inspection and Regulation of, and Licenses for, Buildings, Elevators and Cine-
matographs.
Chapter 144. Tenement Houses in Cities.
Chapter 14.5. Tenement Houses in Towns.
Chapter 146. Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and
Operators of Hoisting Machinery.
Chapter 147. State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of the Department of
Public Safety.
Chapter 148. Fire Prevention.
TITLE XXI.
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
Chapter 149. Labor and Industries.
Chapter 150. Conciliation and Arbitration of Industrial Disputes.
Chapter 151. The Minimum Wage.
Chapter 152. Workmen's Compensation.
Chapter 153. Liability of Employers to Employees for Injiiries not resulting in Death.
Chapter 154. Assignment of Wages.
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TITLE XXII.
CORPORATIONS.
Chapter 155. General Provisions relative to Corporations.
Chapter 156. Business Corporations.
Chapter 157. Co-operative Corporations.
Chapter 158. Certain Miscellaneous Corporations.
Chapter 159. Common Carriers.
Chapter 160. Railroads.
Chapter 161. Street Railways.
Chapter 162. Electric Railroads.
Chapter 163. Trackless Trolley Companies.
Chapter 164. Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity.
Chapter 165. Water and Aqueduct Companies.
Chapter 166. Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the Transmission of
Electricity.
Chapter 167. Banks and Banking.
Chapter 168. Savings Banks.
Chapter 169. Deposits with Others than Banks.
Chapter 170. Co-operative Banks.
Chapter 171. Credit Unions.
Chapter 172. Trust Companies.
Chapter 173. Mortgage Loan Investment Companies.
Chapter 174. Bond and Investment Companies.
Chapter 175. Insurance. '
Chapter 176. Fraternal Benefit Societies.
Chapter 177. Assessment Insurance.
Chapter 178. Savings Bank Life Insurance.
Chapter 179. Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate lying in Common, and General Fields.
Chapter 180. Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes.
Chapter 181. Foreign Corporations.
Chapter 182. Voluntary Associations.
PART II.
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
TITLE I.
TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY.
Chapter 183. Alienation of Land.
Chapter 184. General Provisions relative to Real Property.
Chapter 185. The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land.
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Chapter 186. Estates for Years and at Will.
Chapter 187. Easements.
Chapter 188. Homesteads.
Chapter 189. Dower and Curtesy.
TITLE II.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS
AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS.
Chapter 190. Descent and Distribution of Real and Personal Property.
Chapter 191. Wills.
Chapter 192. Probate of Wills and Appointment of Executors.
Chapter 193. Appointment of Administrators.
Chapter 194. Public Administrators.
Chapter 19.5. General Provisions relative to Executors and Administrators.
Chapter 196. Allowances to Widows and Children, and Advancements.
Chapter 197. Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.
Chapter 198. Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons.
Chapter 199. Settlement of Estates of Deceased Nou-Residents.
Chapter 200. Settlement of Estates of Absentees.
Chapter 201. Guardians and Conservators.
Chapter 202. S.ales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors, Administrators,
Guardians and Conservators.
Chapter 203. Trusts.
Chapter 204. General Provisions relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, etc., by
Executors, etc.
Chapter 205. Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and
Receivers.
Chapter 206. Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Con-
servators, Trustees and Receivers.
TITLE III.
DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
Chapter 207. Marriage.
Chapter 208. Divorce.
Chapter 209. Husband and Wife.
Chapter 210. Adoption of Children and Change of Names.
ANALYSIS — -PART III.
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PART III.
COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES.
TITLE I.
COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS.
(For the Land Court see Chapter 185.)
Chapter 21 L The Supreme Judicial Court.
Chapter 212. The Superior Court.
Chapter 213. Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.
Chapter 214. Equity Jurisdiction and Procedure in the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.
Chapter 215. Probate Courts.
Chapter 216. Courts of Insolvency.
Chapter 217. Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency.
Chapter 218. District Courts.
Chapter 219. Trial Justices.
Chapter 220. Courts and Naturalization.
Chapter 221. Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts.
Chapter 222. Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners.
TITLE II.
ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN.
Chapter 223. Commencement of Actions, Service of Process.
Chapter 224. Arrest on Civil Process.
Chapter 225. Process after Judgment for Necessaries or Labor.
Chapter 226. Bail.
Chapter 227. Proceedings against Absent Defendants and upon Insufficient Service.
Chapter 228. Survival of Actions and Death and Disabilities of Parties.
Chapter 229. Actions for Death and Injuries resulting in Death.
Chapter 230. Actions by and against E.xecutors and Administrators.
Chapter 231. Pleading and Practice.
Chapter 232. Set-off and Tender.
Chapter 233. Witnesses and Evidence.
Chapter 234. Juries.
Chapter 235. Judgment and Execution.
Chapter 236. Levy of E.xecutions on Land.
TITLE III.
REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.
Chapter 237. Writs of Entry.
Chapter 238. Writs of Dower.
Chapter 239. Summary Process for Possession of Land.
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ANALYSIS — PART III.
Chapter 240. Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land.
Chapter 241. Partition of Land.
Chapter 242. Waste and Trespass.
Chapter 243. Actions for Private Nuisances.
Chapter 244. Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages.
Chapter 245. Informations by the Commonwealth.
TITLE IV.
CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES.
Chapter 246. Trustee Process.
Chapter 247. Replevin.
Chapter 248. Habeas Corpus and Personal Liberty.
Chapter 249. Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo Warranto.
Chapter 250. Writs of Error, Vacating Judgment, Writs of Review.
Chapter 251. Arbitration.
Chapter 252. Improvement of Low Land and Swamps.
Chapter 253. Mills, Dams and Reservoirs.
Chapter 254. Liens on Buildings and Land.
Chapter 255. Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal Property, and Liens
thereon.
Chapter 256. Recognizances for Debts.
Chapter 257. Seizure and Libelhng of Forfeited Property.
Chapter 258. Claims against the Commonwealth.
TITLE V.
STATUTES OF FRAUDS AND LIMITATIONS.
Chapter 259. Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries.
Chapter 260. Limitation of Actions.
TITLE VI.
COSTS AND FEES.
Chapter 261. Costs in Civil Actions.
Chapter 262. Fees of Certain Officers.
ANALYSIS — PARTS IV. AND V.
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PART lY.
CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES.
TITLE I.
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
Chapter 263. Rights of Persons accused of Crime.
Chapter 264. Crimes against Governments.
Chapter 265. Crimes against the Person.
Chapter 266. Crimes against Property.
Chapter 267. Forgery and Crimes against the Currency.
Chapter 268. Crimes against Public Justice.
Chapter 269. Crimes against PubUc Peace.
Chapter 270. Crimes against PubUc Health.
Chapter 271. Crimes against Public Policy.
Chapter 272. Crimes against Chastity, Morahty, Decency and Good Order.
Chapter 273. Desertion, Non-Support and Bastardy.
Chapter 274. Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to commit Crimes.
TITLE II.
PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES.
Chapter 275. Proceedings to prevent Crimes.
Chapter 276. Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives from Justice, Arrest, Examination, Com-
mitment and Bail. Probation Officers and Commission on Probation.
Chapter 277. Indictments and Proceedings before Trial.
Chapter 278. Trials and Proceedings before Judgment.
Chapter 279. Judgment and Execution.
Chapter 280. Fines and Forfeitures.
PART V.
THE GENERAL LAWS. AND EXPRESS REPEAL OF CERTAIN ACTS AND
RESOLVES.
Chapter 281. The General Laws and their Effect.
Chapter 282. Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves.
GENEEAL LAWS
MASSACHUSETTS
^\)t (Eommoiiioealtl) of iBassacljusctte
IN THE TEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
AN ACT
CONSOLIDATING AND ARRANGING
GENERAL STATUTES
COMMOI^WEALTH
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would be inconsistent with
its intent and purpose to consolidate and revise the general laws as of the
thirty-first day of December, accordingly it should take effect before any
general legislation enacted in the year nineteei| hundred and twenty-one, and
it is therefore declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same :
PART I.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
TITLE I.
JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
THE GENERAL COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCU-
MENTS.
Chapter 1. Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States.
Chapter 2. Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth.
Chapter 3. The General Court.
Chapter 4. Statutes.
Chapter 5. Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents.
CHAPTER 1.
JURISDICTION OF THE COMMONWE.A.LTH AND OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Sect.
1. Citizenship defined.
2. Jurisdiction of the commonwealth.
3. Marine boundaries of the common-
wealth.
4. Repair of state boundaries.
5. Boundary marks not to be removedi
etc. Penalty.
0. Conveyance to the United States of
land owned by the commonwealth.
Sect.
7. Concurrent jurisdiction in land ac-
quired by the United States.
S. Officers of United States geological
survey or coast survey, or of the
division, may enter on land, etc.
9. Right to damages, and determination
and recovery thereof.
10. Signals, etc., not to be injured, etc.
Penalty.
1 Section 1. All persons who are citizens >of the United States and citizenship
2 who are domiciled in this commonwealth are citizens thereof. r. i.. i', 5 1.
186 Mass. 231. Op. A. G. (1920) 223, 200.
1 Section 2. The sovereignty and jurisdiction of the commonwealth Jurisdiction of
2 shall extend to all places within its boundaries subject to the concurrent wKiiTh"
~ ■. 1.
. 1, I 2.
R. L. 1,§ 2.
201 Mass. 387.
1 Section 3. The territorial limits of the commonwealth shall extend ^'"^'S^^
2 one marine league from its seashore at extreme low water mark. If an the comi
3 inlet or arm of the sea does not exceed two marine leagues in width usso. 28n.
4 between its headlands, a straight line from one headland to the other p.s.i.'fi.'
5 shall be equivalent to the shore line. R. l. i, § 3.
3 Gray, 268. 147 Mass. 61. 152 Mas.s. 230. 139 U. S. 240.
[3]
JURISDICTION OF COMMONWEALTH AND UNITED STATES. [ChAP. 1.
Repair of state
boundaries.
1S98, 299.
1901,469, § 1.
R. L. 1. § 4.
1916,288.
1919,350.
§§ HI, 113.
Section 4. The division of waterways and public lands of the de- 1
partment of public works, in this chapter called the division, shall in the 2
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five and in every fifth year thereafter 3
inspect all monuments or other marks defining the location of the bound- 4
ary lines of the commonwealth, and if any of them have been injured, 5
displaced, removed or lost the division shall, in co-operation with persons 6
duly authorized by the adjoining state, restore them or replace them 7
with suitable stone monuments, and in the same manner set suitable 8
stone monuments at points not properly marked where the state bound- 9
ary is intersected by the boundary of any counties, cities or towns in the 10
commonwealth or iDy a highway or railroad. If ofEcers of adjoining 11
states are required to make such inspection at other times, the division 12
may co-operate with them. 13
be I
Penalty.
1900, 146,
§§1,2.
1916, 2.88.
1919, 350,
§§ 111, 113.
Section 5. No person shall wilfully or maliciously disturb or injure, 1
or, except as herein provided, remove, obliterate, deface or cover up any 2
monument or mark designating the boundary line of the commonwealth. 3
Any person desirous of removing and replacing any such monument or 4
mark may apply in writing to the division, who may grant permission 5
therefor under its supervision, first making provision for preserving the 6
exact location of the original boundary or mark, and also giving notice 7
to the adjoining state of the time and place at which proposed action is 8
to be taken. The monument shall be reset in the identical location from 9
which it was removed, or at a convenient distance therefrom upon the 10
boundary line. A full description of any change in such monument or 11
mark shall be recorded in the offices of the clerks of the contiguous 12
towns, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the state secretary. 13
Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than 14
fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. 15
Conveyance
to the United
States of land
owned by the
commonwealth.
1880, 184.
P. S. 1, § 7.
R. L. 1, § 8.
1910, 288.
1919, 350,
§§ 111, 113.
2 Op. A. G.
279.
Section 6. The division, with the approval of the governor and 1
council, may, upon the application of an agent of the United States, in 2
the name and behalf of the commonwealth, convey to the United States 3
the title of the commonwealth to any tract of land covered by navigable 4
waters and necessary for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse, beacon 5
light, range light or other aid to navigation, or light keeper's dwelling; but 6
such title shall revert to the commonwealth if such land ceases to be used 7
for such purpose. 8
Concurrent
jurisdiction in
land acquired
by the United
States.
1871,233.
1872, 309.
1873, 43.
1874,383,5 1.
1875, 35.
P. S. 1, § 4.
1882, 131.
R. I.. 1, § 0.
201 Mass. 387.
Section 7. The United States shall have jurisdiction over any tract 1
of land within the commonwealth acquired by it in fee for the follow- 2
ing purposes: for the use of the United States bureau of fisheries, or for 3
the erection of a marine hospital, custom office, post office, life-saving 4
station, lighthouse, beacon light, range light, light keeper's dwelling or 5
signal for navigators; provided, that a suitable plan of such tract has 6
been or shall be filed in the office of the state secretary within one year 7
after such acquisition of title thereto. But the commonwealth shall 8
retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over any 9
such tract of land to the extent that all civil and criminal processes issu- 10
ing under authority of the commonwealth may be executed thereon as if 11
there had been no cession of jurisdiction, and exclusive jurisdiction over 12
any such tract shall revest in the commonwealth if such tract ceases to be 13
used by the United States for such public purpose. 14
Chap. 1.] jurisdiction of coiiMomvEALXH and united states. 5
1 Section 8. In connection with their official duties persons employed unitld spates
2 by the United States geological survey or coast survey, or by the di\-ision, f4°'°'^'coLsT'"
3 may enter upon land and erect works, stations, buildings and appurte- suKey, or of
4 nances; provided, that, in case of such entry or erection by persons em- may enter on
5 ployed by the United States, it shall make adequate provision by law for isw'.'igi, § i.
6 compensation for any taking of property thereby.
G.S. 1,§4. 1903. 150, § 1. 1919,5; 350, §§111, 113.
P.S.I, §8. 191tl, 2S8. 1920,2.
R. L. 1, § 9. 191S. 257, § ISS. U. S. Rev. Sts. § 1681.
1 Section 9. In case of entry by persons employed by the common- RiKhtto
2 wealth, it shall pay all damages thereby caused. In case of entry, not d?S^nat"on
3 constituting a taking, by persons employed by the United States, such ?h^reof°''"^
4 persons shall pay all such damages. If the parties interested cannot jf^^is^^'
5 agree upon the amount to be paid for damages under the preceding p|ji'|||7j"j
6 section, such damages shall be determined and recovered imder chapter R i- i.
7 seventy-nine. i903, iso, § 2. i9i8, 257, §§ is9. 190. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
1 Section 10. Whoever wilfully injures, defaces or removes a signal, □jft^fo^bf ■
2 monument, building or appurtenance erected, used or constructed under ijJured. etc
3 the authority of the United States shall be punished by a fine of fifty i845, 192. § 7.
4 dollars, and be liable in tort to the United States for all damages so p.'s.i,'§i3.
5 sustained. R. l. 1, § 13.
REFERENCES.
Statutes relating to boundaries of Massachusetts are omitted from this chapter,
viz.:
1899, 369, N. H. 1899, 476, R. I. (part).
1900, 131, Vt. 1883, 154, R. I.
1901, 374, N. Y. 1908, 192, Conn.
Statutes ceding jurisdiction over territory in the commonwealth to the United
States which are omitted but not repealed:
R. L. 1, § 5;
1902, 373, consent to purchase of land in Nahant for national defence;
1903, 258, cession of a tract of land called Graves for a light and fog signal station;
1904, 428, consent to acquisition of land in Nantucket for a weather bureau
observatory;
1905, 446, consent to acquisition of land in Hingham and WejTnouth for naval
magazine and for other purposes of national defence;
1905, 455, approval of purchase of two tracts of land in Hull and extension of pro-
visions of 1898, 512, to include all lands heretofore acquired by the United
States and constituting military reservation of Fort Revere;
1906, 511, consent to purchase of four parcels in Hull for national defence;
1907, 172, consent to purchase of land on Deer island for fortification purposes;
1910, 331, consent to acquisition of land in East Boston for immigration station
and for other purposes of United States Department of Commerce and Labor;
1911, 255, confirmation of United States jurisdiction over tract of land in Lowell
acquired for post office;
1911, 546, consent to acquisition of land in East Boston for immigration
station and for other purposes of United States Department of Commerce and
Labor;
1912, 224, consent to purchase of land in Littleton for cattle quarantine station;
1913, 793, consent to purchase of Outer Brewster island for national defence;
1917, 308, consent to acquisition of Little Hog and Calf islands for national de-
fence ;
1918, 179, consent to acquisition of Great Brewster and Middle Brewster islands
for national defence;
1919, 258, bridge over the Neponset river and cession of land therefor authorized;
1919, 270, consent to purchase of land in South Boston;
1919, 285, consent to exchange certain lands in Watertown;
1920, 189, consent to acquisition of lands at Point Allerton in Hull.
AKMS, GREAT SEAL, ETC.
[ClL\P. 2.
CHAPTER 2.
ARMS, GREAT SEAL AND OTHER EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Sect.
1. Arms of the commonwealth.
2. Official representation.
3. Great seal of the commonwealth
4. Existing seal to be official.
Sect.
5. Design for the flag of the common-
wealth.
6. Display of the flags of the United States
and of the commonwealth.
7. Flower of the commonwealth.
Arms of the
commonwealth.
1885, 288, § 2.
R. L. 2, § 1.
Quincv, 468.
189 Mass. 76.
Official repre-
sentation,
1898, 519.
R. L. 2, § 2.
Section 1. The arms of the commonwealth shall consist of a shield 1
having a blue field or surface with an Indian thereon, dressed in a 2
shirt and moccasins, holding in his right hand a bow, and in his left 3
hand an arrow, point downward, all of gold; and, in the upper corner 4
of the field, above his right arm, a silver star with five points. The 5
crest shall be a wreath of blue and gold, whereon, in gold, shall be a 6
right arm, bent at the elbow, clothed and ruffled, with the hand grasp- 7
ing a broadsword. The motto shall be " Ense petit placidam sub libertate 8
quietem." 9
Section 2. The coat-of-arms as drawn and emblazoned under 1
the direction of the state secretary in the year eighteen hundred and 2
ninety-eight and deposited in his office shall be the official represen- 3
tation of the arms of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and all 4
designs of said coat-of-arms for official use shall conform strictly to 5
said representation. 6
Great seal
of the com-
monwealth,
1885, 288, § 1.
R. L. 2, § 3.
189 Mass. 76.
Section 3. The great seal of the commonwealth shall be circular
in form, bearing upon its face a representation of the arms of the
commonwealth encircled with the inscription, "Sigillum Reipublicse
Massachusettensis." The colors of the arms shall not be an essential
part of said seal, and an impression from a seal engraved according
to said design, on any commission, paper or document shall be valid
without such colors or the representation thereof by heraldic lines or
marks.
Existing seal
to be official.
1885, 288, § 3.
R. L. 2, § 4.
Section 4. The seal of the commonwealth now in use in the office 1
of the state secretary shall be the authorized seal so long as its use may 2
be continued. 3
Design for
the flag of
Section 5. The flag of the commonwealth shall bear on one side 1
a representation of the arms of the commonwealth, as prescribed by 2
sections one and two, upon a white field, and on the other side a 3
blue shield bearing a representation of a green pine tree, upon a white 4
field. 5
?ags'oft'he"'° Section G. The flag of the United States and the flag of the com- 1
and'ouhe"""' monwcaltli shall be displayed on the main or administration building 2
igoo^Go"""'"'' *^^ ^^^^^ public institution of the commonwealth. The flags shall be of 3
suitable dimensions and shall be flown every day when the weather 4
permits. 5
Chap. 3.]
THE GENERAL COURT.
1 Section 7. The mayflower (epigsa repens) shall be the flower or ^^"'^^^"Jj
2 floral emblem of the commonwealth. i9is, isi.
REFERENCE.
Regulation of the use of the flag, arms or great seal of the commonwealth, Chap.
264, § 5.
CHAPTER 3.
THE GENERAL COURT.
Sect.
1. Secretary to make and deliver lists of
persons returned.
2. Persons named on lists may take seats
as members.
3. Manner of calling house to order, and
who shall preside.
4. Persons having certificates, etc., but not
on lists, to present credentials to
presiding officer.
5. Notice of certain petitions to be pub-
lished. Deposit and transmission of
petition.
6. Notice and deposit, etc., of petitions
for incorporation of educational in-
stitutions.
7. Petitions for legislation affecting cor-
porations other than public service
or educational corporations.
S. Petition of city or town for authority
to borrow money outside the debt
limit.
9. Compensation of members of the gen-
eral court.
10. Compensation of members chosen to
fiU vacancies or who resign.
11. Payment of members of generiil court.
12. Salary of clerks. Tenure of office.
13. Appointment, salaries and tenure of
office of assistant clerks. Clerical
assistance.
14. Compensation of chaplains.
15. Sergeant-at-arms, salary, removal, etc.
16. Appointment, etc., of assistant ser-
geant-at-arms.
17. Duties of sergeant-at-arms.
18. Certain employees of sergeant-at-arms.
Salaries.
19. Number of doorkeepers, etc., author-
ized.
20. Compensation for travel to door-
keepers, assistant doorkeepers, mes-
sengers, pages, etc.
21. Appointment, etc., of employees of
sergeant-at-arms.
22. Custody of journals, etc., of senate and
house.
23. Engrossment of bills and resolves.
Sect.
24. Engrossment of proposed amendments
to the constitution.
25. No session on holidays.
26. Books, etc., not to be ordered for mem-
bers.
27. Members of committees may administer
oaths.
28. Testimony before general court or com-
mittees thereof.
29. Stenographic reports.
30. Expenses incurred under orders of the
general court.
31. Expenses of committees of the general
court.
32. Expenses of committees acting during
recess.
33. Advertisement of legislative committee
hearings.
34. Form of advertisements.
35. Designation of newspapers.
36. Postage for legislative committees.
37. Auditing of expenses of legislative com-
mittees.
38. Payment of fees for witnesses before
general court.
39. Definition of "legislative counsel" and
" legislative agent. "
4(1. Names of legislative counsel and agents
to be entered on a docket, etc.
41. Sergeant-at-arms to keep dockets, etc.
Form of entries.
42. Subjects of legislation to be specified on
dockets.
43. Members of political committees not to
be legislative agents.
44. Compensation not to be contingent
upon action of general court.
43. Written authority to be filed with ser-
geant-at-arms.
46. Proceedings for disbarment.
47. Opening, closing and disposition of
legislative dockets.
48. Employers of legislative counsel and
agents to file statements, etc.
49. Penalties.
50. Certain sections not to apply to city or
town soUcitors.
THE GENER.U, COURT.
[Chap. 3.
Sect.
contintro'us consolidation of the
general statutes.
51. Counsel for senate and house. Ap-
pointment, etc. Certain duties.
52. Counsel to draft bills, etc.
Sect.
53. To propose corrections and prepare
revisions.
54. Assistance and expenses.
55. Counsel legislative officers. Kxemp-
tion from civil service.
Secretary to
make and
deliver lists
of persons
returned.
1844, 143,
§§4,6.
G.S. 2, § 1.
P. S. 2, § 1.
R. L. 3, § 1.
Section 1. The state secretary shall receive and examine the certifi- 1
cates of the election of representatives to the general court returned into 2
his ofEce, and make a list of the persons therein named. On the Tuesday 3
next preceding the first Wednesday of January following a state election 4
he shall deliver to the sergeant-at-arms a list of the persons then returned, 5
and upon receiving any further certificates before the house of repre- 6
sentatives is called to order he shall immediately make and deliver to 7
the sergeant-at-arms a list of the persons returned by such further certifi- 8
cates. He shall also transmit the certificates, with a list of all persons 9
returned, to the house of representatives as soon as the members are 10
called to order. 11
Persons named
on lists may
take seats
as members.
1844, 143, § 5.
G. S. 2, § 2.
P. S. 2, § 2.
Manner of
calling house
to order, and
who shall
preside.
1844, 143, § 7.
G. S. 2, § 3.
P. S. 2, § 3.
R. L. 3, § 3.
Section 2. The persons named on the lists delivered to the sergeant- 1
at-arms shall be admitted to take seats as members in the representatives' 2
chamber on said first Wednesday of January or thereafter during the 3
terms for which they are elected. R- l. 3, § 2. 4
Section 3. On said first W^ednesday of January, between the hours 1
of ten in the forenoon and twelve at noon, the persons so returned and 2
admitted as members into the representatives' chamber shall be called 3
to order by the oldest senior member present, who shall be the presiding 4
officer of the house until a speaker is chosen or the house otherwise 5
determines. 6
Persons having
certiiicates,
etc., but not
on lists,
to present
credentials to
presiding
officer.
1844, 143, § 8.
G. S. 2, § 4.
P. S. 2, § 4.
R. L. 3, § 4.
Section 4. A person having a certificate or other documentary evi- 1
dence of his election as a representative who is not named on said lists 2
may, after the house has been called to order, present such certificate or 3
evidence to the presiding officer, or to the speaker if one has been chosen, 4
who shall communicate the same to the house for its action thereon; 5
but such person shall not take a seat as a member until permitted by the 6
house. 7
Notice of
certain
petitions to
be pubUshed.
Deposit and
transmission
of petition.
1831, 43, § 1.
1832. 59.
R. S. 2,
§§ 7, 8.
1857, 261,
l§ 1-5.
G. S. 2,
§§ 8-12.
1862,91. § 3.
1871, 381, § 11.
P. S. 2,
§§5-14.
1SS5, 24,
§§1.2.
1890, 302.
R. L. 3,
§§5,7.
114 Mass. 592.
Section 5. '\^'}loever intends to present to the general court a petition 1
for the incorporation of a city or town, for the division of an existing city 2
or town, for the incorporation of a railroad, street railway, elevated rail- 3
road or canal company, or for the amendment, alteration or extension 4
of the charter or corporate powers or privileges of any such company, 5
whether specially incorporated or organized under general laws, or for au- 6
thority to take water for a water supply, or relative to building struc- 7
tures over navigable or tide waters, shall give notice of such petition by 8
publishing a copy thereof once in each of three successive weeks in such 9
newspapers as the state secretary, having regard to the locality of the 10
interests involved in such petition, shall direct, the last publication to 11
be made at least fourteen days before the session at which the petition 12
is to be presented. Such petition shall be deposited on or before Jan- 13
uary first in the office of the state secretary, with proof of publication 14
satisfactory to him, and he shall transmit it to the general court during 15
Chap. 3.] the gener.vl court. 9
16 the first week of the session, with his endorsement that the required
17 publication has been made.
1 Section 6. Whoever intends to present to the general court a pe- Notice and
2 tition for the incorporation of a college, university or other educational petitfons^^for' °^
3 institution with power to grant degrees, or for an amendment to the ol'^educationai
4 charter of any existing educational institution which will give it such 'igg'^'g^i"^-
5 power, shall on or before November first prior to its intended presenta- §§ i. 2.
6 tion deposit the same in the office of the department of education. The He,'?.'
7 petitioners shall give notice of the petition by publishing a copy thereof iqiI! sh. '
8 once in each of three successive weeks in such newspapers as the com- §5'i'-3^''|.'
9 missioner of education may designate, the last publication to be made at
10 least fourteen days before the session of the general court at which the
11 petition is to be presented; and the petitioners shall, on or before Jan-
12 uary first, file with the said commissioner satisfactory evidence that the
13 petition has so been published. If the petition is approved by said de-
14 partment, it shall transmit it to the general court during the first week
15 of the following session, together with its recommendations relative
16 thereto.
1 Section 7. Whoever intends to present to the general court a peti- Petitions for
c\ ' 1 T 1 ■ • 1 1 1* • legislation
2 tion to establish or revive a corporation, other than a public service affecting rorpo-
3 corporation, or a college, university or other educational institution than public
4 to which the preceding section applies, or to amend the charter or change Id'^atioriai
5 the corporate purpose or name of such an existing corporation, shall, ^9^°'5S2°°^'
6 on or before November first prior to its intended presentation, deposit
7 the same in the office of the commissioner of corporations and taxation.
8 The petition shall specifically set forth the facts showing why the object
9 sought cannot be accomplished under the general laws, and if such a
10 petition relates to a corporation organized or to be organized for pur-
1 1 poses of business or profit, shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five
12 dollars, which shall be paid to the commonwealth. Said commissioner
13 shall examine every petition filed as aforesaid, and shall attach thereto a
14 certificate or memorandum stating whether or not, in his opinion, the
15 object sought may be accomplished under the general laws or whether the
16 same requires legislation. He may also insert in said memorandum any
17 other relevant statement which, in his opinion, might be of assistance
18 to the general court in passing on the petition, and shall transmit the
19 same to the general court not later than the second Saturday of the fol-
20 lowing regular session.
1 Section 8. Any petition to the general court, with the accompanying Petition of
2 bill, of any town for authority to borrow money outside the statutory fi'/autho^ty to
3 limit of indebtedness shall be transmitted by the committee of the general oStsfde the"'^
4 court to which the same may be referred to the director of accounts for ^ij'g'e"!''
5 information as to the financial condition of the town, and he shall as i^w. sso, § 52.
6 soon as possible make a report thereon to said committee.
1 Section 9. Each member of the general court shall receive fifteen Compensation
2 hundred dollars for each regular annual session of the term for which he "f the'generai
3 is elected, and three dollars for every mile of ordinary traveling distance ^sss! 2. §§ 1, 3.
4 from his place of abode to the place of sitting of the general court. The P,- ^j^jg
10
THE GENERAL COXmX.
[CH.A.P. 3.
1861, IfiO.
18li5, 228.
1871, 190.
president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives 5
shall each receive fifteen hundred dollars additional compensation. 6
1875, 48.
187B, 28, § 1.
1879, 78, § 1.
P. S. 2. § 15.
1884, 319.
1886, 352.
1892, 59, § 4.
1894, 359.
R. L. 3, § 8.
1911, 676, § 1.
1918, 62.
1919, 239, § 1;
273, §§ 1,2.
1 Op. A. G. 42.
Compensation
of members
chosen to till
vacancies or
who resign.
1872, 328, § 1.
1876, 28, § 3.
1879,78, § 11.
P. S. 2, § 16.
Pajrment of
members of
general court.
1M8, 2, § 1.
G. S. 2, § 13.
1872, 328, § 2.
P. S. 2, § 20.
R. L. 3, § 10.
1907, 163.
1912, 13, § 1.
1918, 203, § 1.
1920, 1.
Section 10. Each member of the general court chosen to fill a vacancy, 1
or who resigns his seat during a regular annual session, shall be entitled 2
to a per diem compensation for the time of his membership at the rate 3
of fifteen hundred dollars for each regular annual session, and his mileage 4
as provided in the preceding section. 5
R. L. 3, §9. 1911, 676, §1. 1918,62. 1919,273.
Section 11. Each member of the general court shall be entitled to be 1
paid two hundred dollars on account on the day preceding the last legis- 2
lative day of each month ; but such monthly paj'ments in any year shall not 3
exceed in the aggregate the compensation of the member for the annual 4
session; and each member shall, on the last legislative day in which the 5
general court is in session preceding the fifteenth day of each month, be 6
entitled to receive an amount not exceeding the proportion then due at 7
the rate of two hundred dollars monthly. 8
Salary of
clerks. Ten-
ure of office.
1844, 143, § 9.
1858, 2, § 5.
Section 12. The clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of 1
representatives shall each receive a salary of three thousand dollars, and 2
each shall hold office until his successor is qualified. g. s. 2, §§ 5, 17. 3
Salaries of present incumbents, 1920, 347.
Appointment,
salaries and
tenure of office
of assistant
clerks. Clerical
assistance.
1844, 143, § 10.
G. S. 2. § 6.
1873, 372,
§§3,4.
1879, 7R, § 3.
1880, 253.
P. S. 2,
§§ 22, 26.
1882, 257, § 1.
1884, 334.
1888, 1.
1894, 394.
Compensation
of chaplains.
1858, 2, § 6.
G. S. 2, § 18.
Section 13. The clerks of the senate and house of representatives, 1
subject to the approval of the senate and house, respectively, may each 2
appoint an assistant clerk at a salary of two thousand dollars who, in the 3
absence of the clerk, shall perform his duties unless a temporary clerk 4
is chosen. Each clerk may remove the assistant clerk appointed by him. 5
The clerk of the senate may also employ necessary clerical assistance 6
at an annual expense of not more than fifteen hundred dollars, and the 7
clerk of the house of representatives may also employ necessary clerical 8
assistance at an annual expense of not more than forty-five hundred 9
dollars. i899, loo. r. l. a, §§ 12, 13. 10
1904,87,5 1. 1906,126,5 1. 1915, 271, § 1.
Salaries of present assistant clerks, 1920, 348.
Section 14. The chaplains of the senate and house shall each receive 1
a salary of seven hundred and fifty dollars. is72, 7. i879, 78, § 8; 304. 2
Sergeant-at-
arms, salary,
removal, etc.
1835, 154.
R. S. 13,
§§ 58, 64, 65.
1837, 13.
1843, 9.
1854, 131, § 1.
G. S. 14,
§§ 49, 50.
1867, 305.
Section 15. The general court shall annually in January choose a 1
sergeant-at-arms at a salary of thirty-five hundred dollars who shall hold 2
office until removed or until another is chosen. He may be removed by 3
the general court or, during its recess, may be suspended by the governor 4
and council. If a vacancy or suspension occurs during such recess, the 5
governor and council may appoint a person to perform the duties of the 6
office until a new election. p- s. 5, §§ i, lo. iss4, 333. 7
Chap. 3.] the general court. 11
1 Section 16. In case of the disability or necessary absence of the Appointment.
2 sergeant-at-arms, he may appoint, with the approval of the presiding ant'sergeant-
3 officers of the two branches of the general court or, during its recess, iso""?,
4 of the governor, an assistant sergeant-at-arms to perform his duties p §• |- « o
5 during such disability or absence. His compensation shall be paid by R- l. I'o, § 2.
6 the sergeant-at-arms, who shall be responsible for his fidelity and good
7 conduct in office; but for misconduct or other sufficient cause he may
8 be remo^•ed by the general court or, during its recess, by the governor
9 and covmcil.
1 Section 17. The sergeant-at-arms shall serve such processes and ^"gelnt^t-
2 execute such orders as may be enjoined upon him by the general ?["Jf .,
3 court or by either branch thereof, attend the members or clerks of §§59. t.o.
4 either branch when they are charged with a message from one branch § si.'
5 to the other or to the governor and council, maintain order among the R.L.w^fs.
6 spectators admitted into the chambers in which the respective branches ^^^^' ^^°- ^ ^^■
7 hold their sessions, prevent the interruption of cither branch or of the
8 committees thereof, and shall have the control of, and superintendence
9 over, his subordinate officers, taldng care that they promptly perform
10 their duties.
1 Section 18. There shall be a doorkeeper for each branch, each at a Certain
2 salary of two thousand dollars, and such assistant doorkeepers as it may sergeam-at°
3 direct, each at a salary of seventeen hundred dollars; a postmaster at a lakries.
4 salary of eighteen hundred dollars; an assistant postmaster; messengers, fjgl' 2'*'/7^'''
5 each at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars; pages whose compensation f4®5|4^''''
6 shall be six hundred dollars each for the regular annual session and a sum ises. 22s.
7 not exceeding three dollars for each day's service after said session; a i8so!2i2,
8 clerk to take charge of the legislative document room at a salary of I: s! 2. §1 n-
9 eighteen hundred dollars, an assistant clerk of said room at a salary of Hjil.'llyf'''"
10 thirteen hundred dollars, and such assistants therein as may be neces- fls^J^iig
1 1 sary, for whose fitness and good conduct the sergeant-at-arms shall be 55 1. 3.
12 responsible. isgs, 103, §§ 1,3, r. l. 10, §§5, n-u. 1903, 323, §i.
1919, 183, § 1;235, §1;
254; 350, § 22.
1920, 346; 593.
1 Section 19. The number of doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers, mes- Number of
2 sengers and pages of the senate and of the house shall not exceed forty et°"au\K-'
3 in all. 1879, 7s, § 10. p. s. 2, § 27. 1882. 257, § 4. "^^•
1895, 11. R. L. 10, § 15. 1910, 154, § 1. 1919, 350, § 22.
1 Section 20. Doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers, messengers and pages, compensation
for travel
to doorkeepers,
assistant
doorkeepers,
4 each annual session three dollars for every mile of ordinary traveling messengers,
5 distance from their places of abode to the place of the sitting of the 1915,202.'
6 general court. 1918. gc. § 1. loiy, 273, §§ 1,2.
1 Section 21. The sergeant-at-arms shall, immediately after his elec- Appointment,
2 tion, with the appro\al of the presiding officers of the two branches of Employees
3 the general court, appoint such employees as are necessary to fill any °t-l'rmr°*'
4 existing vacancies in the employees pro\aded for by section eighteen ; J^i^' ^^o. § 22.
5 and no employee provided for by said section, excepting pages, shall
1905, 218.
1911,00; 115.
1907. 359, § 1.
1914, 710, § 1.
1909, 174.
1917, 244.
12
THE GENERAL COURT.
[Chap. 3.
be removed except with the consent of the presiding officer of tlie 6
branch to wliich he Is assigned or of both branches If he is assigned 7
to both. The sergeant-at-arms may appoint and remove such addl- 8
tional clerical and other assistants as the duties of his office may 9
require, and, subject to sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter 10
thirty and the rules and regulations made thereunder, may fix their 11
compensation. 12
Custody of
journals, etc.,
of senate and
house.
1844, 153.
G. S. 2, § 21.
1876, Res. 24.
P. S. 2, § 28.
R. L. 3, § 15.
Section 22. The journals, files and papers of the senate and of the
house of representatives shall be In the custody of their respective clerks
during each political year, and thereafter in the custody of the state
secretary. The clerk of each branch shall at all times have access to the
same. Copies of such journals, files and papers, certified by the clerk of
the branch to which they originally appertained or by the state secretary,
shall be evidence in like manner as the originals.
1
Engrossment
of bills and i
resolves.
Const,
amend. 48.
(Const. Rev.
arts, 76-107.)
1826, 37.
R. S. 13, § 6.
1836, 24.
G. S. 2, § 22.
1877, 201.
P. S. 2, § 31.
1901, 191.
R. L. 3, § 19.
1912, 170, § 1.
1919, 364, § 1.
1920, 388, § 2.
Section 23. Bills and resolves passed to be engrossed by the general 1
court, and bills for which Initiative petitions are completed under the 2
constitution of the commonwealth, shall, under the direction of the state 3
secretary, be fairly engrossed on parchment or parchment paper In a plain 4
and legible handwriting, or written by a typewTlting machine, without 5
interlineation, and with a margin of not less than one Inch on each side, 6
and in engrossing bills for which Initiative petitions are completed 7
the enacting clause shall be In the form prescribed by section three of 8
chapter four. Each sheet on wlilch bills are engrossed or tj^jewrltten 9
shall be eighteen inches long and thirteen inches wide, and each sheet on 10
wlilch resolves are engrossed or typewritten shall be fifteen inches long 11
and ten inches wide. The secretary shall cause the acts and resolves 12
of each session to be neatly and strongly bound In separate volumes of 13
convenient size and lettered on the back mth a designation of the con- 14
tents and the legislative year. If such original engrossed acts or resolves 15
are becoming Illegible, he shall cause parchment or parchment paper 16
copies thereof, similar to the originals, to be engrossed, and shall attest 17
them. Such attested copies shall have the same force and effect as the 18
originals. 19
Engrossment
of proposed
amendments
to the consti-
Section 24. All proposed amendments to the constitution which 1
have been passed by the general court in the manner prescribed in the 2
constitution shall be engrossed on parchment, signed by the presiding 3
officer of each branch, and deposited In the office of the state secretary. 4
on holidays.
1856, 113, § 1.
G. S. 2, § 24.
Section 25. The general court shall hold no session for the transac- 1
tion of ordinary business on a legal holiday. p. s. 2, § 34. r. l. 3, § 22. 2
Books, etc.,
not to be
ordered for
members.
G. S. 2, § 16.
Section 26. No periodicals, publications or books, other than those 1
printed for the use of the general court, shall be ordered for members 2
thereof at the expense of the commonwealth, p. s. 16. § 49. R. L. a. § 53. 3
Members of
committees
may admin-
ister oatha.
1825, 90.
Section 27. Senators and representatives, acting as members of a 1
committee of the general court, may administer oaths to persons exam- 2
ined before such committee. R- s. 2, § 10. 3
G, S. 2, § 20. P. S. 2, § 29. R. L. 3, § 16.
Chap. 3.] the general court. 13
1 Section 28. A person shall not be excused from attending and tes- Testimony
2 tifying before either branch of the general court or before a committee couJro?'^"'^'^''
3 thereof upon a subject referred to such committee on the ground that thereo'"''''^
4 his testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, may tend to crimi- p^g^'g^'j gg
5 nate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but he shall not be R- l. a. § i7.
6 prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account of ibv'Mass'. iri.
7 any action, matter or thing concerning which he may be required to loi u! s! 591!
8 so testify or produce evidence, except for perjury committed in such
9 testimony.
1 Section 29. Stenographic reports of hearings before legislative com- stenographic
2 mittees or special commissions made at the expense of the common- Isg^'iis.
3 wealth shall, at the conclusion of the work of such committees or com- Jgj^' gj^ ^*-
4 missions, be deposited in the state library.
1 Section 30. Accounts for expenditures made or services rendered Expenses in-
* . currea under
2 under an order of the general court or of either branch thereof, other orders of the
3 than by legislative committees, may be approved by the president or is57. Res. 19.'
4 speaker, by the sergeant-at-arms, or by any other person to whose direc- g! s! is. '§ 37. "
5 tion or supervision such expenditures or services have been specially ks''u)°'§ lo!'
6 intrusted. R. l. 6, § 43. 1917, 277, | 2.
1 Section 31. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no joint Expenses of
2 committee of the general court shall, unless authorized by order of both of the'
3 branches, incur any expense to be paid by the connnonwealth; and no fs^^ris^Yi-
4 committee of either branch shall, unless authorized by the branch to which r. l. o^^i'.'
5 it belongs, incur such expense. i37 Mass. 139.
1 Section 32. No committee of the general court shall, after the close Expenses of
2 of the regular session, incur any expense to be paid by the commonwealth actmg during
3 unless there is an authorized appropriation therefor; nor shall a committee JssTiss § 12
4 appointed to act during the recess of the general court incur any such o. s. is. §45.
5 expense after the recess. p. s. ig. § 44. r. l. 6, § 45.
1 Section 33. No hearing before a committee of the general court, or Advertisement
2 of either branch thereof, shall be advertiseii at the e.xpen.se of the com- ?omm?tre'e™
3 monwealth in more than two newspapers publisiied in any county, nor J877°f8i § 2
4 more than twice in any newspaper; and no hearing on a matter of special ^^^^ I'l,' § ^^-■
5 legislation afl'ecting the interest of only a portion of the commonwealth i897,'503.
6 shall be advertised in any newspapers except in those published daily in r. l! «. '§ 4g'
7 tlie county of Suffolk and in the localities directly interested therein, if ^'''°'^' ^^'^' ^'
8 there are any so published, otherwise in those published weekly. No
9 hearing shall be advertised where the parties in interest can readily be
10 reached by notices sent by mail.
1 Section 34. In all newspapers designate<l to advertise such hearings. Form of
2 the advertisements shall be uniformly printed in type not larger than isgirre?" 2°'^'
3 nonpareil, set solid, and without display either in the headings or in the ^' ^' ^' ^ *^'
4 body of the advertisements.
1 Section 35. Advertisements of hearings shall be published only in Designation of
2 newspapers designated by the chairman of the committee on the part ^sssTstTI^.
3 of the senate or of the house of representatives and the clerk of the l|98',7of§V'
4 committee, and in each case the order for the advertisement shall '^■^- ^' | *»
14
THE GENERAL COURT.
[ClIAP. 3.
be signed by the chairman and clerk of the respective committees, 5
■v\{ho shall designate therein the newspapers in wliich such advertise- 6
ment is to be published, designating daily papers whenc\-er such are 7
available, and shall file the same with the state auditor, who shall 8
thereupon forward a copy to the newspapers so designatefl for publica- 9
tion, and shall give the necessary directions to secure uniformity in the 10
style and manner of publication, as pro\ided in the preceding section. 11
The auditor shall certify all bills for publishing such advertisements, 12
and shall annually, during the first week in April, report in detail to 13
the general court the expenses incurred by the several committees under 14
this section. 15
Postage for
legislative
committees.
1S56, Res. 74.
1877, 181, § 4.
P. S. 16, § 43.
R. L. 6, § 49.
Section 36. Postage for committees of the general court shall be
provided by the sergeant-at-arms, who shall be reimbursed therefor.
The printing, binding and procuring of stationery for the use of the
senate and house of representatives shall be under the direction of the
clerk of each branch, respectively, and shall be approved by him.
Auditing of
expenses of
legislative
committees.
187.5, 186, § 1.
1877, 181, § 3.
P. S. 16, § 45.
R. L. 6, § 50.
Section 37. Except as provided in the two preceding sections, no 1
money shall be paid from the treasury for expenses incurred by com- 2
mittees of the general court unless, at the beginning of each month and 3
at other convenient and necessary times during the session, the clerk of 4
the committee prepares a schedule, on forms furnished by the state au- 5
ditor, of the expenses incurred for which bills have been rendered, which 6
shall be approved in writing by a majority of the members of the commit- 7
tee and transmitted to the auditor. If a bill for an authorized expense 8
incurred during a regular or special session of the general court is not 9
rendered during such session so that it can be approved as aforesaid, the 10
written approval of a majority of the members of the committee shall 11
be sufficient to authorize the auditor to certify it. 12
Payment of
fees for
witnesses
before general
court.
1859, 221, § 1.
G. S. 15. § 4B.
1860,41,
Hi, 2.
P. S. 16,
§§46,47.
R. L. 6, § 51.
Section 38. Money appropriated for fees of witnesses before the 1
general court may be paid to the sergeant-at-arms, who shall pay there- 2
from the legal fees due to witnesses summoned before committees 3
authorized to send for persons and papers, upon the certificate of the 4
chairman or other member authorized by the committee to certify such 5
accounts, as soon as may be after said witnesses have been discharged, 6
and in like manner shall pay the expense of taking depositions authorized 7
by such committees, and shall, within ten days after prorogation, return 8
to the state auditor an account of such payments, and repay to the state 9
treasurer the unexpended balance of such money. If witnesses are 10
summoned in any session before an appropriation for their payment has 11
been made, the governor may draw his warrant for an amount not exceed- 12
ing the appropriation made in the preceding fiscal year, and in no case 13
exceeding three hundred dollars. 14
Definition of
"legislative
counsel "
and "legisla-
tive agent ."
1911,728.
Section 39. The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall 1
have the following meanings: 2
"Legislative counsel", any person who for compensation appears at 3
any public hearing before any committee of the general court in regard 4
to proposed legislation, and who does no otlier acts in regard to the same 5
except such things as are necessarily incident to such appearance before 6
such a committee; 7
Chap. 3.] the general court. 15
8 " Legislative agent ", any person who for hire or reward does any act
9 to promote or oppose legislation except to appear at a pubHc hearing
10 before a committee of the general court as legislative counsel.
1 Section 40. A person employing or agreeing to employ a person Namesof
2 to act as counsel or agent to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, cmiLd'and
3 legislation by the general court, or to act as legislative counsel or agent, entered*on''a
4 shall, within one week after such emplo^-ment or agreement, cause the i89o'^45g"'§ j
5 name of such counsel or agent to be entered upon a docket as provided }f^L'3"'i'2V'
6 in the following section; and such counsel or agent shall also enter his 236 Mass lii.
7 name upon such docket. The termination of such employment may be 311.'''
8 entered opposite to the name of such counsel or agent either by him or by Penalty, § 49.
9 his employer.
1 Section 41. The sergeant-at-arms shall keep a docket in which shall arm^ft^k"'
2 be entered the names of all who are employed as legislative counsel dockets, etc
3 and of all coimsel who act or ad\ise in relation to legislation. He entries.
4 shall also keep a docket in which shall be entered the names of all who isoi,' 223! § 2.
5 are employed as legislati^■e agents and of all persons employed for other l^bp'. a. a*'
6 purposes rendering any ser\-ices as such agents. Such entries shall in- ^'^p j^ q
7 elude the name and business address of the employer, the name, residence *'^^-
8 and occupation of the employee, the date of the emplojnnent or agree-
9 ment therefor, the diu-ation of the employment, if it can be determined,
10 and the special subjects of legislation, if any, to winch the emplojinent
11 relates.
1 Section 42. A person employing any legislative counsel or agent Subjects of
2 shall, as subjects of legislation are introduced which such counsel or blspeae'ed on
3 agent is to promote or oppose, make additional entries under the name of flgol^^e, § 3.
4 such employer in the appropriate docket, stating such special employment r^ls^i'Io^'
5 and specifically referring to the petitions, orders, bills or other subjects f^p- ^- ^■
6 of legislation to which it relates. Such entries shall also be made opposite
7 the names of such counsel or agent so that the entries opposite the name '^°* *'
8 of an employer shall show all the subjects of legislation relative to which
9 any counsel or agent is employed by him, and so that the entries opposite
10 the name of every person employed shall show all the subjects of legisla-
11 tion with reference to which he is employed. No legislative committee
12 shall allow a person to appear as counsel before it in respect to any
13 legislation not described in the docket of legislative counsel against his
14 name.
1 Section 43. No member of a state or district political committee Members of
2 shall act as legislative agent. ^ommfttees
1911, 728, § 1. Penalty, § -tO. ."o* 'o be
legislative
1 Section 44. No person shall be employetl as a legislative counsel or Compensation
2 agent for a compensation dependent upon the passage or rejection of contingent
3 proposed legislation or upon any other contingency connected with the ^''^eneraf"
4 action of the general court or of either branch or of a committee thereof, ^ggo'^sr, § 3
5 A person whose name is entered upon the docket of legislative counsel Jf^L'|-||/'
6 shall not render service as legislative agent unless his name is also entered
7 upon the docket of legislative agents. ^°* ^'
16
THE GENERAL COURT.
[Ch.\p. 3.
Written au-
thority to be
filed with
sergeant-at-
Section 45. Every legislative counsel or agent shall, within ten 1
days after entering his name upon a docket as hereinbefore provided, file 2
with the sergeant-at-arms a written authority to act as such counsel or 3
agent, signed by the person for whom he assumes to act. 4
R. L. 3, § 27. Penalty, § 49.
Proceedings
for disbar-
ment.
1S90, 456,
R. L. 3, §
28.
Section 46. The general court may, upon cause shown therefor,
disbar a person from acting as a legislative counsel or agent; but
a person against whom proceedings for disbarment are brought shall
be allowed a hearing before a committee or otherwise as the general
court may determine. No person who has been so disbarred shall be
employed as legislative counsel or agent witliin tliree years after such
disbarment.
Opening,
closing and
disposition
of legislative
dockets.
1890, 456, 5 5.
1894, 298.
R. L. 3, I 29.
Section 47. The dockets of legislative counsel and agents for each 1
year shall be closed upon the prorogation of the general court, and the 2
dockets for the ensuing year shall then be opened. Within thirty days 3
after such prorogation, the sergeant-at-arms shall deposit in the office 4
of the state secretary the dockets which have been so closed. 5
Employers of
legislative
counsel and
agents to file
statements, etc.
1890, 456, § 0.
1891, 223, § 2.
R. L. 3, § 30.
1913,434.
3 Op. A. G.
469.
Penalty, § 49.
Section 48. Within thirty days after the prorogation of the gen- 1
eral court, every person whose name appears upon the dockets so closed 2
as an employer of any legislative counsel or agent shall render to the 3
state secretary a complete and detailed statement, on oath, of all ex- 4
penses incurred or paid in connection with the employment of legisla- 5
tive counsel or agents or with promoting or opposing legislation. When 6
such expense is included in an employment by annual salary or retainer, 7
the statement shall specify the amount of the salary or retainer appor- 8
tioned therefor. In case such employment is without any such appor- 9
tionment, then the total salary or retainer which includes such services 10
shall be stated. Such statements shall be in such form as the state sec- 11
retary may prescribe, and shall be open to public inspection. 12
Penalties.
1890, 456, 5 7.
1896, 342,
§§2,3.
R. L. 3,
§§27,31.
1911, 72S.
Section 49. Violations of any provision of sections forty, forty-two, 1
forty-three, forty-four and forty-eight shall be punished by a fine of not 2
less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Any person 3
acting as legislative counsel or agent contrary to any provision of sec- 4
tions forty, forty-two, forty-tliree and forty-four shall, in addition to such 5
fine, be disqualified from acting as legislative counsel or agent for three 6
years from the date of conviction of such offence. Violation of section 7
forty-five shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand 8
dollars or by disqualification from acting as legislative counsel or agent 9
for three years, or by both such fine and disqualification. The attorney 10
general shall cause prosecutions to be instituted for violations of any 11
provision of sections forty, forty-two to forty-five, inclusive, forty-seven 12
and forty-eight. 13
ScuSITsnot Section 50. Sections thirty-nine to forty-nine, inclusive, shall not 1
city'S'town 'ipply to the employment by a town of its solicitor to represent it in any 2
solicitors. legislative proceeding. isoo, 456, § s. r. l. 3, § 32. 3
Chap. 3.] the general court. 17
CONTINUOUS CONSOLIDATION OP THE GENERAL STATUTES.
1 Section 51. The committees on rules of the senate and house of Counsel for
~. • 1 11 1 • 1 'n 1 senate and
2 representatives shall each appomt a skillet! person to act as counsel house. Ap-
3 to the senate and house of representatives, respectively, at such com- etc.
4 pensation as the said committees may approve. The persons so ap- i92o^64o,"§'i^'
5 pointed shall serve for the term of two years from the date of appoint-
6 ment, subject to the pleasure of the said committees. They shall, under
7 the direction of the said committees, annually prepare a table of changes
8 in the general statutes, an inde.x to the acts and resolves, and shall from
9 time to time, under the direction of the said committees or of the general
10 court, consolidate and incorporate in the General Laws all new general
11 statutes.
1 Section 52. The said counsel shall, under like direction, assist 9<"!"!«:','o
2 members and committees of the senate and house of representatives in etc.
3 drafting bills, and shall advise and assist the committees on bills in the " '
4 third reading. They shall, so far as possible, draft all bills proposed for
5 legislation as general statutes in the form of specific amendments of or
6 additions to the General Laws.
1 Section 53. The said counsel may, from time to time, submit to to propose
2 the general court such proposed changes and corrections in the general an" p'^r'epare
3 statutes as they deem necessary or advisable. They shall, as early as "m mo, § a.
4 practicable after prorogation, file in the office of the state secretary a copy
5 of all amendments of and additions to the General Laws, which shall
6 be open to public inspection.
1 Section 54. The said counsel may employ such legal and other Assistance and
2 assistance as may be necessary in the discharge of their duties, subject 1920? mo. § 4.
3 to the approval of the said committees on rules, and may expend with
4 like approval such sums as may be necessary for office, printing and
5 other expenses.
1 Section 55. The said counsel shall not be deemed to be executive Counsel,
2 or administrative officers within the meaning of the constitution, but oScl"!™
3 shall serve directly under the general court. They and their assistants ^o^dv™
4 shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one. 1920, 64o, § 5. service. .
REFERENCE.
§§ 18, 21. For special salaries, see 1917, 323, granting temporary increases to
certain employees, and 1918, 118 and 242, making those increases permanent.
18
[Chap. 4.
CHAPTER 4,
STATUTES.
Sect.
1. When statutes shall take effect.
2. Resolves to take effect upon passage.
3. Enacting style of proposed laws sub-
mitted by initiative.
4. .Acceptance of statute by city or town.
5. Return to be made to state secretary of
acceptance or rejection, etc., of cer-
tain acts and resolves.
6. Rules for construing statutes.
Sect.
7. Meaning of certain words in construing
statutes.
8. Construction of special acts authorizing
indebtedness.
9. Performance of certain acta on day
after Sunday or legal holiday.
10. DayUght saving.
11. Marginal references.
When statutes
shall take
effect.
R. S. 2, §§ 4, 5.
G. S. 3, § 6.
P. S. 3. § 1.
H. L. 8. § 1.
1919, 97.
10 Mass. 290.
3 Gray, 601.
6 Gray, 316.
16 Gray, 144.
108 Mass. 30.
Section 1. A statute enacted by the general court which is not sub- 1
ject to a referendum petition shall take effect throughout the common- 2
wealth, unless it is otherwise e.Kpressly provided therein, on the thirtieth 3
day next after the day on which it is approved by the governor, or is other- 4
wise passed and approved, or has the force of law, conformably to the 5
constitution. An act declared to be an emergency law shall, unless 6
otherwise provided therein, take effect upon its passage. 7
197 Mass. 178. 213 Mass. 222. 3 Op. A. G. 249.
212 Mass. 253. 219 Mass. 211. 4 Op. A. G. 298.
tik'eeffect" SECTION 2. A rcsolve, unlcss otherwise expressly provided therein, 1
1864 287^"^^' S^"^'' ^^^^ ^^^^* "P°" ^*^ passage. p. S. 3, § 2. R. L. 8, 5 2. 2
^t^opoJ^f" Section 3. The enacting style of all measures submitted to the peo- 1
bv SiiSadve'"' pie in pursuance of an initiative petition for a law shall be : Be it enacted 2
1920, 388, § i. by the People, and by their authority. 3
Acceptance of
statute by
city or town.
Section 4. Wherever it is provided that a statute shall take effect
upon its acceptance by a city or town, such acceptance shall, except
as otherwise provided in such statute, be, in a city, by vote of the city
council or, in a town, by vote of the inhabitants thereof at a town
meeting.
Return to be
made to state
secretary of
acceptance or
rejection, etc.,
of certain acts
and resolves.
1883, 100.
R. L. 8, § 3.
1 Op. A. G.
105.
Section 5. If an act or resolve is to take effect upon its acceptance 1
by a municipal or other corporation, a return of the action taken by 2
such corporation shall be made by its clerk to the state secretary within 3
thirty days thereafter. If such act or resolve prescribes a time within 4
which it may be accepted, and within the time limited it is rejected 5
or no action is taken thereon, said clerk shall, within thirty days after 6
the expiration of the time so limited, make a return to the state secretary, 7
stating that such act or resolve was rejected or that no action was taken 8
thereon. 9
Rules for
construing
statutes.
G. S. 3, § 7.
P. S. 3, § 3.
R. L. 8, § 4.
1919, 301, § 1.
Section 6. In construing statutes the following rules shall be ob- 1
served, unless theu" observance would involve a construction inconsistent 2
with the manifest intent of the law-making body or repugnant to the 3
context of the same statute: 194 Mass. 486. 4
Chap. 4.] statutes. 19
5 First, The repeal of a statute shall not revive any previous statute, Repeal not to
6 except in case of the repeal of a statute, after it has become law, by previous"^
7 vote of the people upon its submission by referendum petition. statute.
1SB9, 410. R. L. 8, § 4."cl. 1. 232 Mass. 28.
P. S. 3, § 3, cl. 1. 1919, 301, § 1. 4 Op. A. G. 547.
8 Second, The repeal of a statute shall not affect any punishment, ^^^"^^ enaitie
9 penalty or forfeiture incurred before the repeal takes effect, or any suit, etc.. previously"
10 prosecution or proceeding pending at the time of the repeal for an offence iseg, 410.
11 committed, or for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture incurred, under ci. 2^
12 the statute repealed. r. l. 8, § 4, d. 2. 1919,301,51.
123 Mass. 407. 150 Mass. 315. 184 Mass. 515. 210 Mass. 445.
13 Third, Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common How words and
14 and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases Lra^nstrued.
15 and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate mean- ^; f ^' ^ ®'
16 ing in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. ^. s. 3, § 7,
p. S. 3. § 3, cl, 3. 10 Allen, 155. 218 Mass. 8. 14.
U. L. 8. § 4. cl. 3. 204 Mass. 42. 222 Mass. 563.
1919. 301. § 1. 205 Mass. 124. 225 Mass. 349.
7 Allen, 287, 304. 210 Mass. 588. 230 Mass. 370.
8 Allen, 297. 213 Mass. 79. 4 Op. A. G. 307, 320, 348.
17 Fourth, Words importing the singular number may extend and be Number and
18 applied to several persons or things, words importing the plural number r;"s.''2, § e,
19 may include the singular, and words importing the masculine gender may q |- 3 § 7
20 include the feminine and neuter. p. s. 3, § 3, ci. 4. '^'- ^■
R- L. 8. § 4, cl. 4. 105 Mass. 33. 131 Mass. 376.
1919, 301, § 1. 127 Mass. 503. 3 Op. A. G. 93.
21 Fifth, Words purporting to give a joint authority to, or to direct any joint
22 act by, three or more public officers or other persons shall be construed as r" s'Tl^e, ci. 3.
23 giving such authority to, or directing such act by, a majority of such R|.|;||;ci.|:
24 officers or persons. R. L. s, § 4, cl. 5. 1919, 301, § 1. c Met. 340.
5 Cush. 2fi9. 16 Grav. 341. 152 Mass. 500. 201 Mass. 107.
7 Gray, 128. 113 Mass. 161. 195 Mass. 72. Op. A. G. (1920)234.
25 Si.xth, Wherever any writing is required to be sworn to or acknowl- a4*o",gd
26 edged, such oath or acknowledgment shall be taken before a justice of ment, before
1 ii* -I .. whom.
27 the peace, notary public or special commissioner.
28 Seventh, Wherever action by more than a majority of a city council is Action by
29 required, action by the designated proportion of the members of each °' ^ °°"°'' '
30 branch thereof, present and voting thereon, in a city in which the city
31 council consists of two branches, or action by the designated proportion
32 of the members thereof, present and voting thereon, in a city having a
33 single legislative board, shall be a compliance with such requirement.
34 Eighth, Wherever publication is required in a newspaper published I^JJe'e no°new3-
35 in a city or town, it shall be sufficient, when there is no newspaper pub- paper in city
rt ^ 1 . 1 1 "i ■ 'PI 11- • * 1 • 1 1 • 1 1 • "■" town, etc.
36 lished therein, it the publication is made in a newspaper pubhshed in 1912. 360.
37 the county where the city or town is situated; and for this purpose a
38 newspaper which by its title page purports to be printed or published
39 in such city, town or county and which has a circulation therein, shall
40 be deemed to have been published therein.
41 Ninth, Wherever a penalty or forfeiture is provided for a violation of fjbe'for el'cii
42 law, it shall be for each such violation. offence.
1 Section 7. In construing statutes the following words shall have Meaning of
2 the meanings herein given, unless a contrary intention clearly appears: ^"constrSng^
G. 8^3, § 7. P. S. 3, § 3. R. L. 8, § 5. statutes.
3 First, "Aldermen", "board of aldermen", "mayor and aldermen", ^'Aldermen,"
4 "city council" or "mayor" shall, in a city which has no such body or Jli^ilsg' 624
5 officer, mean the board or officer having like powers or duties. 225 Mass. 104.
20
STATUTES.
[CH.KP. 4.
" Annual
meeting. "
R. S. 2, § 6,
"Attorney.'
" Charter. "
Second, "Annual meeting", when applied to towns, shall mean the 6
annual meeting required by law to be held in the month of February, 7
March or April. 8
G. S. 3, § 7, cl. 4.
P. S. 3, § 3, cl. 6.
R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 1.
" Fiscal year"
for the com-
monwealth.
1905, 211, I I.
1912.445, § 1.
1918, 257,
§476.
"Gaming,"
gaming."
•■unlawful
gaming."
Third, "Assessor" shall include any selectman acting as assessor and 9
any person chosen in accordance with law to perform the duties of an 10
assessor. 1 1
Fourth, " Attorney " shall mean attorney at law. 12
Fifth, "Charter", when used with reference to cities or towns, shall 13
include any special act or provision relating thereto. 14
Sixth, "City solicitor" shall include the head of the legal department 15
of a city or town. 16
Seventh, "District", when applied to courts or the justices or other 17
officials thereof, shall include police and municipal. 18
Eighth, "Dukes", "Dukes county" or "county of Dukes" shall 19
mean the county of Dukes county. 20
Ninth, "Fiscal year", when used with reference to the commonwealth 21
or any of its offices, departments, boards, commissions or institutions, 22
shall mean the year beginning with December first and ending with the 23
following November thirtieth, both inclusive. 1919,5. 1920,2. 24
Tenth, "Gaming", "illegal gaming" or "unlawful gaming" shall 25
include every act punishable under any law relative to lotteries, policy 26
lotteries or policy, the buying and selling of pools or registering of bets. 27
1S95, 419, § 1.
R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 2.
Eleventh, "Grantor" may include every person from or by whom a 28
freehold estate or interest passes in or by any deed; and "grantee" may 29
30
"Grantor" and
"grantee."
R. S. 2, § 6,
g'. s.' 3, §'7, cl. 5. include every person to whom such estate or interest so passes.
p. S. 3, I 3, cl. 7. 5 Mass. 438. 165 Mass. 359.
R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 3. 5 Gush. 359.
^Highway," Twelfth, "Highway", "townway", "public way" or "way'
R. s. 2, § 6, cl. 6. include a bridge which is a part thereof.
shall 31
32
G. S. 3, § 7, cl. 6.
P. S. 3, § 3, cl. 8.
R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 4.
"Inhabitant."
Const, pt. 2,
c. 1, § 2, art. 2.
Thirteenth, " In books", when used relative to the records of cities and 33
towns, shall not prohibit the making of such records on separate leaves, 34
if such leaves are bound in a permanent book upon the completion of a 35
sufficient number of them to make an ordinary volume. 36
Fourteenth, "Inhabitant" may mean a resident in any city or town. 37
(Const. Rev. art. 46.)
R. S. 2, § 6, cl. 7.
G. S. 3, § 7, cl. 7.
P. S. 3, § 3. cl. 9.
R. L. 8, § 5, cl. -
Fifteenth, "Insane person" and "lunatic" shall include every idiot, 38
non compos, lunatic and insane and distracted person. 39
R. S. 2, § 6, cl. 8; G. S. 3, § 7, cl. 8^
P. S. 3, § 3, cl. 10.
194 Mass. 486.
cl.' 9; 61, § 13.
"Land."
"lands," and
"real estate."
" Recorded. "
R. S. 2, S 6,
cl. 10: 60, § 32.
G. S. 3, § 7,
cl. 10.
Sixteenth, "Issue", as applied to the descent of estates, shall include 40
all the lawful lineal descendants of the ancestor. g. s. 3, § 7, ci. 9. 41
p. S. 3, § 3, cl. 11. R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 7. 140 Mass. 267.
Seventeenth, "Land", "lands" and "real estate" shall include lands, 42
tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein; 43
and "recorded", as applied to plans, deeds or other instruments affecting 44
land, shall, as affecting registered land, mean filed and registered. 45
, S. 3. § 3, cl. 12.
. L. 8, § 5, cl. 8.
155 Ma
3 Op. A
Chap. 4.] statutes. 21
46 Eighteenth, "Legal hoHday" shall include January first, February "Legal _
47 twenty-second, April nineteenth. May thirtieth, July fourth, the first iss'e, U3, § i.
48 Monday of September, October twelfth. Thanksgiving day and Christ- igsf, I'l ^*'
49 mas day, or the day following when any of the five days first mentioned, fgg^; 49^ ^*"
50 October twelfth or Christmas day occurs on Sunday; and the public JH^'iso §4
51 oflSces shall be closed on all of said days.
1896, 162, § 1.
1910, 473.
1916, 104. 1 1.
R. L. 8, § 5. cl. 9.
1911, 136.
3 Op. A. G. 467.
52 Nineteenth, "Month" shall mean a calendar month, except that, "Month" and
53 when used in a statute providing for punishment by imprisonment, one r. s. 2, § 6,
54 "month" or a multiple thereof shall mean a period of thirty days or the g'. s.'s, § 7,
55 corresponding multiple thereof; and "year", a calendar year. "' ^ '
p. S. 3, § 3, cl. 13. 19 Pick. 532. 217 Mass. 520.
R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 11. 14 Gray, 37. Op. A. G. (1918) 58.
56 Twentieth, "Net indebtedness" shall mean the indebtedness of a ;'Net
57 county, city, town or district, omitting debts created for supplying the i"8'75!'209,T§ 6.
58 inhabitants with water and other debts exempted from the operation of Jggo. 32.
59 the law limiting their indebtedness, and deducting the amount of sinking I'j |- 1^-
60 funds available for the payment of the indebtedness included. isss. 127.
1894, 317, § 21, cl. 2, f; 1895, 164.
522, § 34, cl. 4. R. L. 8, § 5, cl, 12.
61 Twenty-first, "Oath" shall include affirmation in cases where by law "Oath."
62 an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. §; ^2.^' ^'
G. S. 3, § 7, cl. 12. p. S. 3. § 3. cl. 14. R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 14.
63 Twenty-second, "Ordinance", as applied to cities, shall be synonymous "Ordinance.-
64 with by-law. p. s. 3, § 3, ci. is. r. l. 8, § 5, ci. is. °; f; ^' ^ ''■
65 Twenty-third, "Person" or "whoever" shall include corporations, "Person" and
66 societies, associations and partnerships. ' '"^°'''■''"'■
R. S. 2. § 6. cl. 13. 6 Gush. 477.
206 Mass. 417.
209 Maai
3.38.
2U Masi
3. 561.
214 Maa
3.79.
220 Mas;
B. 42.
4 Op. A.
G.342.
' or town.
11 Gray,
81.
102 Maai
3. 214.
G. S. 3, § 7, cl. 13. 12 Gush. 54.
P. S. 3, § 3, cl. 16. 8 Gray, 509.
R. L. 8, § S, cl. 16. 8 Allen, 207.
3 Gush. 25. 118 Mass. 354.
4 Gush. 588. 153 Mass. 42.
67 Twenty-fourth, "Place" may mean a city or town. "PUce.'
G. S. 3, § 7,
cl. 18.
68 Twenty-fifth, "Preceding" or "following", used with reference to any "Preceding"
69 section of the statutes, shall mean the section last preceding or next i*n''g ■• " ""'
70 following, unless some other section is expressly designated in such §; f^^' ^ ®'
71 reference. g. s. 3, § 7, ci. 14. p. s. 3, 1 3, ci. 18. r. l. s, § 5. ci. is.
72 Twenty-sixth, "Public records" shall mean any WTitten or printed "^"'']'''„
73 book or paper, any map or plan of the commonwealth, or of any county, 1897, 439, 1 1.
74 city or town which is the property thereof, and in or on which any entry 197 Mass. 218.
75 has been made or is requhed to be made by law, or which any officer or lit' Mass. 254.
76 employee of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town has received |if ^ilH] ^°^-
77 or is required to receive for filing, and any book, paper, record or copy |gOp- •*• '^■
78 mentioned in sections five to eight, inclusive, and sixteen of chapter f^^-.^Q ?;,
79 sixty-six.
80 Twenty-seventh, "Salary" shall mean annual salary. "Salary."
81 Twenty-eighth, "Savings banks" shall include institutions for savings. "Savings
R. L. 113, 510. 1908, 590, §§ 1,69. banks."
82 Twenty-ninth, If the seal of a court, public office, public officer or "Seai."
83 corporation is required by law to be affixed to a paper, the word "seal" ^; ^j^' ^ ^•
84 shall mean either an impression of the official seal upon the paper or an G^l'lf^y^
85 impression on a wafer or wax affixed thereto. p. s. 3, § 3, ci. 19. ci. 15.
R. L. 8, 5 6, cl. 19. 10 Allen, 251. 14 AUcn, 381.
22
[Ch.\p. 4.
"Spendthrift."
R. S. 79, § 34.
G. S. 3, 1 7. cl. i
P. S. 3, § 3,
cl. 20.
"State" and
"United
States."
R. S. 2, § 6,
cl. 16.
G. S. 3, § 7,
cl. 16.
" State audi-
tor, " "state
secretary "
and "state
treasurer."
1920, 164.
"Swear."
Const, pt. 2,
c. 6, art. 1.
Const,
amend. 6.
(Const. Kev.
art. 149.)
G. S. 3, § 7,
els. 12. 22.
P. S. 3, § 3,
cl. 22.
"Town."
R. S. 2, 5 6,
cl. 17.
Tliirtieth, "Spendthrift" shall mean a person who is liable to be put 86
under guardianship on account of excessive drinking, gaming, idleness 87
or debauchery. R. l. s, § 5, ci. 20. 88
Thirty-first, "State", when applied to the different parts of the 89
United States, shall extend to and include the District of Columbia and 90
the several territories; and the words "United States" shall include 91
said district and territories. p. s. a, 5 3, ei. 21. r. l. s, § 5, ci. 21. 92
Thirty-second, "State auditor" and "state secretary" shall mean 93
respectively the auditor of the commonwealth and the secretary of the 94
commonwealth. " State treasurer " or " treasurer of the commonwealth " 95
shall mean the treasurer and receiver general as used in the constitution 96
of the commonwealth, and shall have the same meaning in all contracts, 97
instruments, securities and other documents. 98
Thirty-third, "Swear" shall include affirm in cases in which an 99
affirmation may be substituted for an oath. When applied to public 100
officers who are required by the constitution to take oaths therein 101
prescribed, it shall refer to those oaths; and when applied to any other 102
officer it shall mean sworn to the faithful performance of his official 10.3
duties. R. L. 8, 5 5, cl. 22. 104
Thirty-fourth, "Town", when applied to towns or officers or em- 105
ployees thereof, shall include city. g. s. 3, § 7, ci, 17. p. s. 3, § 3. ci. 23. 106
"Water
district. "
"Will."
R. S. 2, § 6,
cl. 18.
"Written" ai
"in writing- '
R. S. 2, § 6,
cl. 19.
G. S. 3. § 7,
cl. 20.
P. S. 3, § 3,
cl. 25.
Thirty-fifth, "Valuation", as applied to a town, shall mean thevalua- 107
tion of such town as determined by the last preceding apportionment 108
made for the purposes of the state tax. 109
Thirty-sixth, " Water district " shall include water supply district. 110
Thirty-seventh, "Will" shall include codicils. g. s. 3. j 7, d. 19. HI
p. S. 3, I 3, cl. 24. R. L. 8, § 5, cl. 24. 5 Cush. 245.
Thirty-eighth, "Written" and "in wxiting" shall include printing, en- 112
graving, lithographing and any other mode of representing words and 113
letters; but if the written signature of a person is required by law, it 114
shall always be his own handwriting or, if he is unable to write, his 115
•"'"•-■" 157 Mass. 439. 229 Mass. 435.
210 Mass. 588. 4 Op. A. G. 316.
ConstructioE
of special ad
authorizing
indebtedness
1913, 648.
Section 8. In construing any special act authorizing a city or town 1
to incur indebtedness for a specified purpose to a limited amount, such 2
limitation of amount shall be deemed to apply only to the indebtedness 3
authorized by the special act, and not to affect any other power which 4
the city or town may have to incur indebtedness for said purpose under 5
any other provisions of law; and in special acts authorizing loans to be 6
payable by proportionate payments, such provision shall be construed 7
to mean payments as nearly equal in amount as is possible without 8
unreasonable fractions, but no payment of the principal shall be greater 9
than any preceding payment. 10
Performance
of certain acts
on day after
Sunday or
legal holiday.
1907, 204.
Section 9. Except as otherwise provided, when the day or the last 1
day for the performance of any act, including the making of any payment 2
or tender of payment, authorized or required by statute or by contract, 3
falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, the act may, unless it is specifically 4
authorized or required to be performed on Sunday or on a legal holiday, 5
be performed on the next succeeding business day. 6
Chap. 5.] printing and distkibution of laws and documents.
23
1 Section 10. At two o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in Daylight
2 March of each year, the standard time in this commonwealth shall be h)2o.^28o,
3 advanced one hour, and at two o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday ^^ ^' ^■
4 in October of each j'ear the standard time in this commonwealth shall,
5 by the retarding of one hour, be made to coincide with the mean astro-
6 nomical time of the degree of longitude governing the zone wherein the
7 commonwealth is situated, the standard official time of which is described
8 as United States standard eastern time, so that between the last Sunday
9 of March at two o'clock ante-meridian and the last Sunday in October
10 at two o'clock ante-meridian in each year the standard time in this com-
11 monwealth shall be one hour in advance of the United States standard
12 eastern time. And in all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules and regu-
13 lations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or
14 department of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or dis-
15 trict thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights shall accrue or
16 determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by
17 any person subject to the jurisdiction of the commonwealth, and in all
18 the public schools and in all institutions of the commonwealth, or of any
19 county, city, town or district thereof, and in all contracts or choses in
20 action made or to be performed in the commonwealth, it shall be under-
21 stood and intended that the time shall be United States standard eastern
22 time as changed by this section.
1 Section 11. Marginal references to statutes shall refer to general Marginal
2 acts, unless otherwise expressly noted.
CHAPTER 5.
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Sect.
printinq and distribution of laws.
1. Supervision of state printing.
2. Annual publication of the laws.
3. Distribution of the laws.
4. Pamphlet edition of the laws.
5. Cumulative index of the laws.
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCU-
MENTS, ETC.
6. Publication of annual reports as public
documents.
7. Distribution of public documents.
8. Distribution of case books and techni-
cal reports.
Sect.
9. Preserv'ation, printing and distribution
of copies of proceedings of the several
departments of war veterans.
10. Printing and distribution of journals of
each branch of general court, etc.
11. Manual of the general court.
12. Bulletin of committee hearings.
13. Legislative documents to be mailed to
subscribers.
14. Books, etc., to be furnished to towns.
15. Same subject. Insurance.
16. Distribution of laws, etc., to members
of the general court.
17. Delivery charges on documents.
18. Purchase and distribution of books con-
taining portraits of members, etc.
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS.
1 Section 1. The state secretary shall supervise the state printing, and Super\-ision of
2 all publications by the commonwealth shall be printed and distributed is93, 2S7.
3 under his direction unless otherwise provided. r. l. 9, § u. isgei 248.'
24
PRIXTIXG AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS XSD DOCOIENTS. [ChAP. 5.
Annual _
publication
of the laws.
Const., pt. 2,
c. 6, art. 11.
(Const. Rev.
arts. 157, 158.)
1811, Res. 7G.
R. S. 2, § 1.
1839, Res. 83.
1851, 256, § 4.
G. a. 3, § 1.
1865, 156.
1866, 65. § 1.
1876, 178.
1877, 248, § 3.
1878, 264, § 3.
1880, 193, § 3.
1881, 293, § 3.
P. S. 4, § 1.
1882, 238.
1884, 166, § 1.
1885, 369, § 2.
1889, 440, I 1.
1894, 393, I 1.
R. L. 9, § 1.
1910, 483.
1914, 449,
55 1. 2. ,
1918, 151, § 1.
1919, 137, § 1.
215 Mass. 57.
Distribution
of the laws.
R. S. 2, § 2.
G. S. 3, § 2.
1866, 65, § 2.
1872, 329.
1877, 248, § 3.
1878, 264, § 3.
1880, 193, § 4.
1881, 293,
§§ 3, 4.
P. S. 4, § 2.
1884, 166, I 1.
1885, 369, I 2.
1889, 440, § 2.
1893, 108.
1894, 393, § 2.
1895, 238; 250.
1899, 336.
R. L. 9, § 2.
1904, 209.
1908, 173;
443; 597, § 1.
1909, 50; 147;
504, § 98.
1910, 80.
1911, 181;
667.
1912, 109;
144.
1913, 392.
1917. Sp. 123.
1919, 350,
§§ 52, 54, 99,
100.
Section 2. The state secretary shall, at the close of each regular 1
session of the general court, collate and cause to be printed in a single 2
volume the following: 3
(1) The constitution of the commonwealth. 4
(2) All acts and resolves passed at such session. 5
(3) All amendments to the constitution referred at such session to the 6
next general court or to be submitted to the people at the next state 7
election. 8
(4) All acts and resolves passed at any special session of the general 9
court, except a general revision of the statutes, and not theretofore pub- 10
lished in any preceding annual volume. 11
(5) All laws and constitutional amendments adopted by the people 12
at the last preceding state election, with the aggregate vote thereon, both 13
affirmative and negative, arranged in such detail as the secretary may 14
determine. 15
(6) A statement in bold type at the conclusion of each law as printed, 16
or in a postscript at the end of the volume with a suitable reference to 17
each law, as to which a petition asking for a referendum thereon has 18
been filed prior to the publication of the volume, with a sufficient number 19
of signatures to suspend its operation and to procure its submission to 20
the people, together with a recital of the pertinent provisions of article 21
forty-eight of the amendments to the constitution. 22
(7) A statement showing what acts of the general court were submitted 23
to the people at the preceding state election, with the total vote, affirma- 24
live and negative, on each measure, with a specific reference to such 25
laws of the general court as have been so rejected. 26
(8) A table of changes in the general statutes and an index, to be pre- 27
pared as pro\'ided in section fifty-one of chapter three. 28
Section 3. Eleven thousand five hundred copies of said volume shall 1
be printed, and the state secretary shall, immediately after their publi- 2
cation, deposit five of such copies in his office and distribute others as 3
follows : 4
To the clerk of the senate, for the use of the senate, twelve; 5
To the clerk of the house of representatives, for the use of the house, 6
twenty-four; 7
To each member of the general court and to the clerks of each branch 8
thereof, twenty; 9
To the state library, twenty-five; 10
To the state treasurer and the state auditor, five, each; 11
To the governor, the lieutenant governor, the members of the executive 12
council, the attorney general and his assistants, the adjutant general, 13
every permanent state department, board and commission having an 14
office and clerk, the senators and representatives in congress from the 15
commonwealth, the justices, clerks, registers and assistant registers of 16
courts, the reporter of decisions, trial justices, justices of the peace to issue 17
warrants and take bail, district attorneys, masters in chancery, medical 18
examiners, associate medical examiners, the director of accounts, county 19
commissioners, county treasurers, registers of deeds, sheriffs, town clerks, 20
treasurers and auditors, and, upon application, chairmen of boards of 21
town officials elected by the voters of the respective towns, for the use of 22
such towns, the commissioner of public safety, the warden of the state 23
prison, the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory, the super- 24
intendent of the reformatory for women, keepers of jails and houses of 25
CmiP. 5.] PRINTING AND DISTEIBITTION OF LAWS AND DOCUMENTS. 25
26 correction, superintendents of state hospitals, superintendents of the
27 Lyman and industrial schools, superintendents of the state infirmary and
28 the state farm, Harvard University, Boston University, Clark University,
29 Williams College, Amherst College, Tufts College, College of the Holy
30 Cross, Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Worcester
31 Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Wellesley
32 College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, the
33 law schools of Harvard University and Boston University, the North-
34 eastern College School of Law of the Boston Young Men's Christian
35 Association, the Suffolk Law School, the state normal schools, such high
36 schools in the commonwealth as may apply therefor, such common school
37 in each town having no high school as may be designated by the school
38 committee, all free publhc libraries, the county law libraries, all incor-
39 porated law libraries and branch libraries maintained by them, the
40 Massachusetts Historical Society, the New England Historic Genealogi-
41 cal Society, the Boston Athenaeum, the American Antiquarian Society in
42 Worcester, such other educational and historical institutions and or-
43 ganizations as the state secretary may designate, the justices of the
44 supreme court of the United States, the judges and clerks of the United
45 States circuit court of appeals and district court for the district of Massa-
46 chusetts, one, each; to the clerks of the supreme judicial court and the
47 superior court, a number sufficient to supply two copies at each place
48 where regular or adjourned sessions of said courts are held ;
49 To the secretary of state of the United States, four; to the secretary
50 of each of the United States for the use of such states, three; to the
51 library of congress, three; y
52 To the state secretary for distribution in certain important cases not
53 otherwise provided for by law, twenty-five;
54 To each member of the general court at the session next following the
55 passage of the acts and resolves in said volume, one copy, to be delivered
56 at the beginning of such session.
57 After making the foregoing distribution or making provision therefor,
58 the state secretary may sell copies at such price per copy, not less than
59 the cost of printing, binding and paper, as shall be fixed by him; pro-
60 vided that he may, on application, deliver any copies so remaining after
61 January first next following the passage X)f said acts and resolves to
62 members of the general court for gratuitous distribution.
1 Section 4. The state secretary shall also, at the close of each regular PampUet
2 session of the general court, publish in pamphlet form twenty thousand the'iaws"
3 copies of the acts and resolves passed and of any proposed amendments \lll\ ^^' |g;
4 to the constitution passed during such session, and shall at his discretion f^^^- \-^ ^■
5 apportion said copies, excepting one thousand which he may reserve in isee! ^s, § 3
6 his office for general distribution, among the clerks of the several towns, ists! 264[ § s.
7 to be delivered by them to such inhabitants thereof as apply therefor. issi! 293! § 3.
8 He shall also, as soon as any act or resolve is passed, send a copy thereof issg.liil; '
9 to the following: each state department, officer, board or commission 1894.^393. § 3.
10 whose duties are affected by any such act or resolve, the clerks of the ^g,^- |q| ^
11 several towns, for the use of the inhabitants thereof, the justices, clerks J-*??' JI^.M-
. .... 1912, bl, 3 1.
12 and registers of courts, district attorneys, sheriffs, trial justices, justices
13 of the peace authorized to issue warrants and take bail, county law libra-
14 ries, and all incorporated law libraries and branch libraries maintained by
15 them. He may also send copies to such persons as apply therefor, charg-
16 ing not less than the cost thereof.
26
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS ANT) DOCUMENTS. [CiL4.P. 5.
Cumulative
index of
the laws.
1904, 209.
1912. 185.
1918, 151, § 2.
Section 5. The joint committee on rules of the general court shall 1
prepare and print from time to time during the session of the general 2
court a cumulative index to all acts and resolves passed, and to any pro- 3
posed amendments to the constitution passed, up to the date of publica- 4
tion. The state secretary shall mail or deliver one copy to each member 5
of the general court and one copy to each of the persons mentioned in the 6
second paragraph of the preceding section and to such other persons as he 7
may select. 8
Publication
of annual
reports as
public
documents.
1857, 40. § 2
G. S. 4. § 2.
1863, 219.
1876, 178.
1877, 248,
§§ 1, 5.
1878, 264. §
1880, 193, § :
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS, ETC.
Section 6. All reports required to be made by permanent state de- 1
partments, ofRcers and commissions shall, except as otherwise provided, 2
be printed annually before the assembling of the general court, or as soon .3
thereafter as possible. They shall be numbered in a series to be called 4
public documents. The supervisor of administration shall designate the 5
number of copies of each report to be printed, and none additional shall 6
be printed at the expense of the commonwealth. 7
1881, 293, § 1. 1902, 228, § 8; 269; 438, § 7.
P. S. 4, § 7. 1903, 390.
1885, 369. 1904, 388; 410.
1889, 440, § 7. 1905, 138; 275.
1894, 393, § 7. 1908,444; 459; 462, §§ 3-5; 523.
1896, 258. 1909, 67; 371, § 3.
1897, 243. 1910,83; 179; 236; 300; 393;
1901,257. 429, §2; 514; 599.
R. L. 9, §7. 1911, 74; 446; 526, §2.
1913, 132; 295; 329; 358; 595, § 3.
1914,91, §2; 291; 374; 533; 575; 656.
1915 149
1916! 233^ § 2; 296, | 1.
1917, 60.
1918, 189; 257, § 9.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
For statutes prior to the R. L. stating the number of copies of reports to be printed, see R. L. 9, § 7.
distribution
of public
documents.
1857, 40, § 9.
G. S. 4, §8.
1877, 248,
§§ 2, 4.
1878, 264, 5 2
1880, 193, I 2
1881. 293, I 2
P. S. 4,
§§ 8, 10.
1889, 440, § 8
1894, 393. § S
R. L. 9, § 8.
1908, 422.
1914, 291,
§ 2; 336.
1918, 202.
1919, 350,
§24.
Section 7. The state secretary shall furnish to each town of the 1
commonwealth, to be preserved in a public place therein, one copy of each 2
of such reports included in the public document series as the town clerk 3
may apply for. He shall furnish one copy of each of said reports to such 4
public and other libraries as may apply therefor. If the supervisor of 5
public records shall report to the state secretary that such town is unable 6
to make suitable provision for the care and use of the documents, he may 7
discontinue sending them to such town. Each member of the general 8
court and of the executive department, the clerk of each branch of the 9
general court and each reporter assigned to either branch may, upon a 10
written request signed by him and delivered to the state secretary, 11
receive a copy of any such document. Ten copies shall be placed in the 12
state library for the use of the library and for exchange. 13
Distribution
of case books
and technical
reports.
1916, 296, § 5.
1918. 175.
Section 8. Case books and technical reports published at the public 1
expense shall be distributed exclusively by the state secretary. Such 2
publications shall be distributed free of charge, but only upon written 3
request, to such persons and in such numbers as are mentioned in the 4
preceding section, or for the purpose of exchange with other states. 5
They may be delivered to other persons only upon receipt of a sum equal 6
at least to the estimated cost thereof, as determined by the state auditor. 7
The supervisor of administration shall determine whether such publica- 8
tion is a case book or a technical report, and from his decision an appeal 9
shall lie to the committee of the executive council appointed to consider 10
matters of finance, whose decision shall be final. 11
prSg^and' Section 9. The state secretary shall annually procure copies of the 1
copVe'sof'pm-' proceedings of the annual encampments of the departments of Massa- 2
ceedings of tiie chusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, United Spanish War Veterans, and 3
ClL^P. 5.] PRIXTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS ANfD DOCUMENTS. 27
4 American Legion, held in that year, with the general and special orders, several depart-
5 circulars and other papers forming parts thereof, and shall cause the same veterans.
6 to be kept as parts of the records of the commonwealth. He shall an- 1915; 175'
7 nually cause copies thereof, including in the case of those relating to the {920, 296.^^^'
8 Grand Army of the Republic the portraits of department officers and staff
9 and of the executive committee of the national encampment, to be printed
10 and bound; and shall cause one printed and bound copy of each to be
11 sent to each town library in the commonwealth. He shall also send one
12 copy of the volume relating to the Grand Army of the Republic to each
13 grand army post, one copy of the volume relating to the United Spanish
14 War Veterans to each camp of Spanish war veterans, and one copy of the
15 volume relating to the American Legion to each post of the American
16 Legion, in the commonwealth. He shall cause the other copiesof each to be
17 distributed in the same manner as the annual report of the state secretary.
1 Section 10. One thousand copies of the joiu-nals of the senate and drs'tHbIftitn''of
2 of the house of representatives shall be printed annuallj^ under the di- 'p°"h"gl,an^i, „[
3 rection of the respective clerks thereof; and, unless the general court general court,
4 shall otherwise order, twelve hundred copies of the lists of members is77, 248, § 4.
5 and committees shall be printed annually under the joint direction of isso! 193! i 4!
P • I 1 , 1881, 293.
0 said clerks. §§ 3, 4.
7 The foregoing publications shall, under the direction of said clerks, f'jf.'ib.
8 be distributed as follows: one copy to each member of the general J||^' }|^-.
9 court, to each member of the executive department, to the clerk and jgg^^lgl' '"■
10 assistant clerk of each branch of the general court, and to each reporter §§ 9,' 10. '
1 1 who is entitled to the privileges of the reporters' gallery in either branch; §§' 9,' 16.
12 and ten copies to the state library for use therein and for exchange.
13 The state secretary shall send to the members of the general court the
14 journals to which they are entitled under the provision of this section,
15 and he shall also send one copy of said journals to each free public library
16 in the commonwealth.
17 The remaining copies of the foregoing publications shall be dis-
18 tributed at the discretion of the clerks of the two branches, preference
19 being given to the members of the general court and to state officers.
20 Two thousand copies of the go\'ernor's annual address shall be
21 printed, of w^hich fifteen hundred shall be for the general court and five
22 hundred for the governor.
1 Section 11. The clerks of the two branches shall annually pre- Manual of
2 pare a manual of the general court, of which thirteen thousand five 'ourt'"'^'^''
3 hundred copies shall, under their direction, be printed and distributed \llf^ lit] § 3,
4 as follows: four copies to each member of the general court; one copy }^^^; ^^|; ^ ^■
5 to each member of the executive department, to the clerk and assistant ||g3' *gj
6 clerk of each branch of the general court, and to each reporter who is |,^|'^-
7 entitled to the privileges of the reporters' gallery in either branch; and §§ 9', I'o.
8 ten copies to the state library. isss! 369, § 3.
9 The state secretary shall send thirty additional copies to each mem- Jlfg; H;
10 ber of the general court, and he shall send one copy to each free public Jig]; ggf;
11 library in the commonwealth, to each town clerk for the use of said |^g^,' 210
12 town and to each of the justices, clerks and registers of courts, trial ^gio'j^f '°-
13 justices, registers of deeds, county commissioners, treasurers and sheriff's
14 of the several counties, medical examiners, associate medical examiners,
28
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS AND DOCUMENTS. [ClIAP. 5.
Bulletin of
committee
hearings.
1905. Res. 2.
1909, Res. 5.
1911, 427.
trustees and superintendents of the several state institutions, officers of 15
the several state departments, boards and commissions, and principals 16
of the state normal schools. 17
Under the direction of the clerks of the two branches, tliree hundred 18
copies shall be reserved for the use of the general court at its next annual 19
session, and fifty additional copies shall be placed in the state library 20
for exchange. 21
Copies not required for the foregoing piu-poses shall be distributed 22
at the discretion of the clerks of the two branches, preference being 23
given to the members of the general court and to state officers. 24
Section 12. The joint committee on rules shall publish during each
regular session of the general court bulletins of committee hearings, and
shall appoint the editor thereof and fix his compensation. The senate
or house chairman of said committee shall approve bills for editing and
printing said bulletins before they are sent to the state auditor for allow-
ance. On receipt of two dollars from each applicant therefor, the ser-
geant-at-arms shall mail to him copies of the bulletin.
Legislative
documents to
be mailed to
subscribers.
1905. Res. 2.
1909, Res. 5.
1911, 427.
1918, 59.
Section 13. The sergeant-at-arms shall, as soon as they are published,
mail copies of all printed and numbered bills, resolves and other docu-
ments pending before committees of the general court, to towns and
persons who subscribe therefor and pay in advance the sum of ten dollars.
The money received under this and the preceding section shall be paid
monthly to the commonwealth.
fo°be tonished Section 14. The State secretary shall furnish to every town the re-
to towns. ports of the decisions of the supreme judicial court from time to time, as
p. s.'4, §12. ■ published, and shall furnish to every town hereafter incorporated a full
1889'. 440, § 12. set of Said decisions, the index-digest thereof, a copy of the General
R^L.'9.^|'n."' Laws, and copies of all such books and documents in his office as shall
have been previously furnished to towns by the commonwealth; but
the clerk of such town shall first file with the secretary a certificate
that the town has made suitable provision for the preservation and con-
venient use of such books and documents.
Same subject. SECTION 15. A town which has oucc been furnishcd with such books
i877!T5"o, § 2. and documents shall not again be supplied with the same at the ex-pense
r88li,'440,'§i3. of the commonwealth. Towns may effect insurance thereon for their
1894, 393. § 12. , (■,
R. L. 9, § 12. own benefit.
Distribution of
laws, etc., to
members of
the general
court.
1894, 393, § 13
R. L. 9. § 13
Section 16. The state secretary shall, in the distribution of laws 1
and documents to members of the general court, effect such exchanges 2
amongmembersas they shall direct; and he may employ such additional 3
clerical or other assistance as may be necessary for the purpose. Copies 4
1919, 301. § 10. ^j ^j^g j^^^^g j^j^^j (documents apportioned to members of the general court 5
which remain undisposed of for three months after the end of the year 6
in which they were issued shall revert to the commonwealth and be 7
subject to general distribution. 8
Delivery
charges on
documents.
1889, 53.
1892, 422.
Section 17. Delivery charges on documents forwarded to members 1
of the general court and to free public libraries shall be prepaid by the 2
commonwealth. i895, 93. r. l. 9. § 15. 3
Chap. 5.] printing and distribution of laws and documents. 29
1 Section 18. The clerks of the two branches of the general court may Purchase and
2 annually purchase three hundred and twenty copies of a book containing oft^oks'™
3 portraits and biographical sketches of members of the general court and ITnrLusoi
4 other state elective officers, lists of committees and such other informa- "g2o''M ' '^"''
5 tion as the clerks approve. The clerks shall furnish one such copy to each
6 such member and shall distribute the other copies as the committees on
7 rules of the senate and house of representatives may direct. The clerks
8 may annually expend therefor a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dol-
9 lars, to be paid from the appropriations for the necessary expenses for the
10 general court.
REFERENCES.
Certain state publications not to be printed without the approval of the supervisor
of administration, Chap. 7, § 9.
Cost of printing and publishing report, etc., to be paid from appropriation for de-
partment, etc., issuing it, Chap. 29, § 28.
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THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL. [ChAP. 6.
TITLE II.
EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
COMMONWEALTH.
OF THE
Chapter 6. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers
under the Governor and Council, and State Library.
Chapter 7. Supervisor of Administration.
Chapter 8. Superintendent of Buildings, and State House.
Chapter 9. Department of the State Secretary.
Chapter 10. Department of the State Treasurer.
Chapter 11. Department of the State Auditor.
Chapter 12. Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys.
Chapter 13. Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Chapter 14. Department of Corporations and Taxation.
Chapter 15. Department of Education.
Chapter 16. Department of Public Works.
Chapter 17. Department of Public Health.
Chapter 18. Department of Public Welfare.
Chapter 19. Department of Mental Diseases.
Chapter 20. Department of Agriculture.
Chapter 21. Department of Conservation.
Chapter 22. Department of Public Safety.
Chapter 23. Department of Labor and Industries.
Chapter 24. Department of Industrial Accidents.
Chapter 25. Department of Public Utilities.
Chapter 26. Department of Banking and Insurance.
Chapter 27. Department of Correction.
Chapter 28. Metropolitan District Commission.
CHAPTER 6.
THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CERTAIN
OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, AND STATE
LIBRARY.
Sect.
1. Salary of governor.
2. Salary of lieutenant governor.
.3. Salaries of councillors.
4. Traveling expenses of lieutenant gov-
ernor and council.
5. Governor's private secretary, etc.
6. Executive secretary, etc.
7. Stationery for council.
8. Extraordinary expenses of executive.
9. Governor and council to represent com-
monwealth in government surveys.
Sect^
10.
11. Members of unpaid commissions, etc.,
may be reimbursed for expenses.
12. Compensation of commissioners, etc.
13. Observance of the birthday of Abra-
ham Lincoln.
14. Observance of Flag Day.
15. Observance of Arbor and Bird Day.
16. State military and naval officers to
serve under governor.
CkAF. 6.] THE GOVEENOR, LIEUTEN.WfT GOVERNOR AAT) COLiNCIL.
31
Sect.
certain officehs under governor and
COUNCIL.
17. Certain ofiScers to serve under governor
and council.
ARMORY COMMISSIONERS.
18. Armory commissioners.
ART COMMISSION.
19. Art commission.
20. Powers and duties.
BOARD OF APPEAL.
21. Board of appeal from decisions of the
commissioner of corporations and tax-
ation.
COMMISSIONER OF STATE AID AND PENSIONS.
22. Commissioner of state aid and pen-
sions.
23. Certain expenses of commissioner.
24. Deputy commissioner.
25. Commissioner may appoint chief clerk,
etc.
Sect.
commissioners on uniform .state l.vws.
26. Commissioners on uniform state laws.
27. Duties.
28. Expenses.
STATE BALLOT LAW COMMISSION.
29. State ballot law commission.
30. Members not to hold political office, etc.
31. Compensation.
32. May summon witnesses, administer
oaths, etc.
TRUSTEES AND LIBRARIAN OF ST.iTE LI-
BRARY.
33. Trustees of state library.
34. Duties of trustees.
35. Librarian.
36. Expenditures authorized.
37. Annual report.
STATE LIBRAKY.
38. State library.
39. Books, etc., belonging to common-
wealth to be placed in state librarj'.
1 Section 1. The governor shall receive a salary of ten thousand dol- Salary of
_.| 11 11 1*11 i* • trnvcrnnr.
2 lars, and shall not be entitled to any fees or perquisites.
1788, 57.
1818, 88.
R. S. 13, §§ 1, 2.
1843, 9, § 1.
1854, 308,
G. S. 14, § 1.
1864, 240.
1879, 35. § 1.
P. S. 15. § 1.
1884, 328.
1892, 101.
R. L. 4. § 1.
1914,445, § 1.
1 Section 2. The lieutenant governor shall receive a salary of four salary of
2 thousand dollars; but if the office of governor shall be vacant for a period governor'
3 of more than thirty days he shall, for the time during which he performs it'l'i'l.'fl;
4 the duties of governor, receive at the rate allowed to the governor. i**^' ^' ^ i
1858, 78, § 3. 1876, 214, § 1.
1879, 35, § 2.
P. S. 15, § 2.
1896, 347.
R. L. 4, § 2.
1919. 282, § 1.
1 Section 3. Each member of the council shall receive a salary of one salaries of
2 thousand dollars. i85s, 78, § l g. s. u, § 2. councillors.
1 Section 4. The lieutenant governor and each member of the council Traveling
2 shall be paid for his travel from his abode to the place of sitting of the lieutenant
3 governor and council, and return, such amounts as he certifies in writing rauncS""^ ""
4 that he has actually expended therefor in the performance of his official §f^l,'3.^'
5 duties. 1859,7. g. s. 14, §2.
1872, 328, § 3.
1875, 48, § 2.
1876, 214, § 2.
1879. 35, § 3.
P. S. 15. § 4.
R. L. 4, § 4.
1 Section 5. The governor may appoint a private secretary, an as- Governor's
2 sistant private secretary, and such other assistants as may be necessary, se"rrtary, etc.
3 who shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor, and shall re- }866!ms,§4.
4 ceive such salaries as may be approved by the council, not exceeding Jlyg' s^i^/^
5 the sum annually appropriated therefor by the general court.
p. S. 15, § 5.
18S5, 77.
1891,411, § 1.
R. L. 4, § 5.
1908, 507, § 1.
1914, 158, § 1; 159.
1918, 257, § 2.
1919,5; 25, §§ 1,3.
1920, § 2.
1 Section 6. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- Esccutive
2 cil, may appoint an executi\'e secretary, a stenographer, a messenger and ml.'iie. "*"'
3 an assistant messenger, each of whom shall hold office during the pleas- g"'h^'
5§ 63, 64.
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THE GOVEKNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL. [CiLAP. 6.
1866, 29S, § 4.
1867, 167, § 7.
1876, 214, § 3.
1881, 147.
P. S. 15, § 6.
1884, 8; 38.
18S7, 83; 221.
ure of the governor and council, shall perform the duties required of 4
him by the governor or by the governor and council, and shall receive 5
such salary as may be fixed by the governor and council, not exceeding 6
the sum annually appropriated therefor by the general court. 7
1891,411, § 2; 429.
1892, 16.
1897, 188.
1898, 104.
R. L. 4. §§ 6, 7.
1902, 623.
1904, 268.
1906, 109.
1908,497; 540, §§1,
1918, 257, § 3.
1919, 5; 25. §§ 2, 3.
1920, 2.
Stationery for
council.
1856, Res. 74.
R. L. 6, § 49.
Section 7. The printing, binding and procuring of stationery for the 1
use of the council shall be under the direction of the executive secretary 2
and shall be approved by him. 3
Extraordinary
expenses of
executive.
1890,415.
R. L. 4, § 9.
1908, 549.
Section 8. An amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars 1
shall be appropriated each year for carrying out sections twenty-nine 2
to thirty-seven, inclusive, of chapter thirty-three, for the entertain- 3
ment of the president of the United States and other distinguished 4
guests while visiting or passing through the commonwealth, for extraor- 5
dinary expenses not otherwise provided for, which the governor and 6
council may deeni necessary, and for transfer, upon the recommen- 7
dation of the state auditor, with the approval of the governor and 8
council, to such appropriations as have proved insufficient. 9
Governor and
council to
represent com-
monwealth in
government
survevs.
P. S. 15, § 8.
R. L. 4, § 10.
Section 9. The governor and council shall co-operate in behalf of 1
the commonwealth in all scientific surveys made by the United States 2
government of harbors, rivers, shores or waters within the common- 3
wealth, and shall represent the commonwealth in relation to such sur- 4
veys, and protect its interests therein. 5
Delegates to
conventions.
1894, 376.
R. L. 4, § 11.
1920, 253.
Section 10. The governor may appoint state officers as delegates to 1
represent the commonwealth at such conventions as may be held in any 2
part of the United States for the purpose of considering questions of 3
charity, reform, statistics, insurance and other matters affecting the 4
welfare of the people. Their necessary expenses may be paid from such 5
appropriations as the general court may make for the traveling and 6
contingent expenses of such officers. No officer or employee of the 7
commonwealth shall travel outside the commonwealth at public ex- 8
pense unless he has previously been authorized by the governor to 9
leave the commonwealth, and in applying for such authorization the 10
officer or employee shall specify the places to be visited and the probable 1 1
duration of his absence. 12
Members of
unpaid com-
missions, etc.,
may be re-
imbursed for
expenses.
1908, 544, 5 1.
Section 11. The governor and council may reimburse members of 1
unpaid commissions, and citizens who may be sent officially to represent 2
the commonwealth at national conventions, for such expenses as they 3
may find reasonably necessary. 4
Compensation
1850, 143, § 1.
G. S. 15, § 47.
P. S. 16, § 48.
R. L. 6, § 52.
Section 12. The compensation of legal counsel and commissioners 1
appointed by the governor shall, unless otherwise provided, be deter- 2
mined by the governor and council, who shall approve such claims before 3
they are sent to the state auditor. 4
Observance of
the birthday
of Abraham
Lincoln.
190S, 328.
Section 13. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation 1
setting apart February twelfth as Lincoln Day, and recommending 2
that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises in the 3
Chap. G.] certain officers txder governor and council. 33
4 public schools and otherwise, as he may see fit, to the end that the
5 memory of the public service and private virtues of Abraham Lincoln
6 may be perpetuated.
1 Section 14. The governor shall annually set apart June fourteenth obsen-anceof
2 as Flag Day, and shall issue his proclamation recommending that the ml r^; 5.
3 day be observed by the people in the display of the flag and in such na't^on^^g"
4 other ways as shall be in harmony with the general character of the ^hTcontinrotS
5 daV. Congress on
•^ June 14, 1777.
1 Section 15. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation set- observance of
2 ting apart the last Saturday in April as Arl)or and Bird Day, recom- i^ird Day.
3 mending its observance by the public in the planting of trees, shrubs and r. l! s3!^§ ib.
4 vines, particularly those attractive to birds, in the promotion of forest mI^vi! | 0]
5 growth and culture, in the adornment of public and private grounds, ^"^' ^ ^'
6 places and ways, and in such other efforts and undertakings as shall
7 harmonize with the general character of the day. He shall further rec-
8 ommend that the Friday preceding be observed in rural and suburban
9 schools by exercises appropriate to Arbor and Bird Day.
1 Section 16. The staff of the commander-in-chief and all officers state military
2 included in the organization of the land and naval forces of the com- offiI-e"s™o serve
3 monwealth, including the adjutant general in his capacity as commis- const^pt"™"^'
4 sioner of war records under chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts ?; ^' ! '• "'''■. ^•
„. 1111 111 I. Const, amend.
5 or nmeteen hundred and twelve and chapter one hundred and seven or ^4.
6 the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, shall serve under art. 147.)
7 the governor in his capacity as commander-in-chief. 1919, 350, § 14.
certain officers under governor and council.
1 Section 17. The armory commissioners, the art commission, the certain officers
2 board of appeal from decisions of the commissioner of corporations and u'iderg^overnor
3 taxation, the commissioner of state aid and pensions, the commissioners ?S?n'^'i"-""'-
., , , 1 11 1 • • 1919. 3o0,
4 on unitorm state laws, the state ballot law commission and the trustees §§ is. 62, 53.
5 of the state library shall serve under the governor and council, and shall
6 be subject to such supervision as the go\"ernor and council deem neces-
7 sary or proper.
ARMORY commissioners.
1 Section 18. The go\-ernor, with the advice and consent of the conn- Armory com-
2 cil, shall appoint a commissioner, who, together with the adjutant gen- isls'^S!? 1.
3 eral and the chief quartermaster, shall be armory commissioners. The ^gs' les^ '°^'
4 adjutant general shall serve without compensation; the chief quarter- ILl"i'„^.^*.- ,,
_ ,, .. in '1 PI . 19Uo, 504. s 9.
5 master and the commissioner shall receive such pay tor duty pertormed i^oi, S2ti, § e.
6 as the commander-in-chief shall order. In addition to these three per- §§ 132. 269.
7 sons, the senior officer of the troops to be quartered in any armory shall §§ Yo.^lss.
8 be a consulting armory commissioner during the period of the construe- } op! a^ g.^so^s.
9 tion of the armory, but shall have no vote as such commissioner and shall ^ *-'p- ^- *^- ^"^^
10 serve without compensation other than reimbursement for expenses ac-
11 tually incurred in the performance of his duty.
art commission.
1 Section 19. There shall be an art commission for the comtnon- Art commis-
2 wealth consisting of five members, who shall be citizens of the common- 1910.422, § 1.
. 3 wealth. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any member thereof, }^}|' H^- j jg
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CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL. [ChAP. 6.
his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and 4
consent of the council, for fi\-e years. The commission shall serve with- 5
out compensation, but shall be allowed such necessary expenses as may 6
be approved by the governor and council, not exceeding one hundred 7
dollars in amount, and shall have power to adopt its own rules and to S
elect such officers from its own members as may be deemed proper. 9
Powers ai
duties.
1910, 422
Section 20. The art commission shall act in an advisory capacity 1
relative to the creation, acquisition, construction, erection or remodeling 2
by the commonwealth, or upon any land owned by the commonwealth, 3
of any work of art, and relative to the artistic character of any building 4
constructed, erected or remodeled by the commonwealth, or upon land 5
owned by the commonwealth; and when, upon request of the governor, 6
there shall be submitted to said commission any plan, proposal or offer, 7
relating to such creation, acquisition, construction, erection or remodeling 8
of any such work of art, or relating to such construction, erection or re- 9
modeling of any such building, accompanied by designs, descriptions, 10
specifications, drawings or models sufficient to enable the commission 11
to determine the artistic character of such work of art or building, the 12
commission shall file with the governor, within sixty days after such 13
submission, its opinion of such proposed work of art or building, together 14
with such suggestions and recommendations as it deems proper. The 15
term "building", as used herein, shall include structures intended for 16
human occupation and use, and also all bridges, arches, gates, walls or 17
other permanent structures of any character; and the terra "work of 18
art", as used herein, shall include any painting, portrait, mural decora- 19
tion, stained glass, statue, bas-relief, ornament, fountain or any other 20
article or structure of a permanent character intended for decoration or 21
commemoration. 22
BOARD OF APPEAL.
Board of SECTION 21. The State treasurer, the state auditor and a member of 1
decisions of the the council designated by the governor, shall constitute the board of 2
appeal from decisions of the commissioner of corporations and taxation. 3
1865, 283, § 13.
P. S. 13, § 62.
R. L. 14, § 65.
1908,597,5 1.
1909, 490, III, § 68.
1919. 349, §23; 350,
1920. 385, § 2.
2 Op. A. G. 628.
Commissioner
of state aid
and pensions.
1877, 192, § 7.
1879, 252. § 6.
P. S. 30, § 1.
1885,214.
1888, 396, I 1.
1889, 279. I 9.
1892, 291.
1894, 279, § 9.
1899, 372, I 9;
374, § 6.
COMMISSIONER OF STATE AID AND PENSIONS.
Section 22. There shall be an officer to be known as the commis- 1
sioner of state aid and pensions, who shall be appointed by the governor, 2
with the advice and consent of the covmcil, for three years, at a salary 3
of four thousand dollars. He shall devote his whole time to the duties 4
of his office. He shall be state agent for the settlement of pensions, 5
bounty and back pay claims of citizens of this commonwealth against 6
the government of the United States. 7
R. L. 79, §§ 1.22. 1909, 468, §1. 1919, 190: 290, § 1;
1902, 192, §§ 1, 2. 1914, 407, § 1; 587, § 1. 350. § 16.
1904, 3S1, § 1. 1918, 164, § 1. 1920, 431.
Certain ex-
penses of
commissioner.
1888, 396, I 2.
1891, 196,
§§ 1.2.
R. L. 79, § 22.
1904,381, § 1.
1909, 468, 1 1.
Section 23. The commissioner shall be allowed his traveling ex- 1
penses when necessary for him to visit the city of Washington, and may 2
expend for such purpose and for all other expenses necessary for the 3
proper performance of his duties such sums as are annually appropriated 4
therefor. WU. 5S7, § l. 1918, 164. § l. 1919, 190; 290, § 1. 5
ClIAP. 6.] CERTAIN OFFICERS trNDER GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL. 35
1 Section 24. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- Deputy com-
2 cil, shall appoint a deputy commissioner of state aid and pensions for 5'902,T92, § 2.
3 three years, at a salary of twenty-seven hundred dollars, who shall Jg^; |||; | };
4 devote his whole time to the duties of his office. He shall be subject 5s7'*s*{'''' ^ ^'
5 to the direction and control of the commissioner, and shall perform lais. im. § i-
6 the duties of the commissioner during his absence on account of dis- 200. § 1. '
r. 1M-, .1 1920,431.
t ability or other cause.
1 Section 25. The commissioner, with the approval of the governor commissioner
2 and council, may appoint a chief clerk and not more than five other Sf cK,"'
3 clerks and stenographers and twelve agents. The salaries of such fgga, 190, § 4.
4 appointees shall be fixed by the commissioner. i903, 420, § 1.
1904, 381. § 1. 1909, 468, § 1. 1914, 587, § 1. 1919, 190; 290, § 1.
1907, 43, §1. 1912,549. 1918, 164, § 1. Op. A. G. (1920) 305.
commissioners on uniform st.\.te laws.
1 Section 26. The commissioners on uniform state laws, appointed ^°'^^fa^^^^
2 under section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the General state '^".s-
3 Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, shall hold office until the ex- i9i4!3si!§i!
4 piration of the terms for which they were appointed, unless sooner §§ i.'e. '
5 removed. Vacancies shall be filled, and removals may be made, as
6 provided in said section.
1 Section 27. The commissioners shall examine subjects upon which outi
•'109
i2
114. --
■)2,3.
4 United States; shall confer upon these matters with the commissioners Js'|'3^|'
5 appointed by other states for the same purpose; shall consider and draft
6 uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption by the several
7 states; and generally shall devise and recommend such other or further
8 course of action as may tend to accomplish such purposes. They shall
9 keep a record of their doings, and shall, on or before December thirty-
10 first in each year, and may at other times, make a report of their doings
11 and their recommendations to the governor and council, to be trans-
12 mitted to the general court.
1 Section 28. They shall serve without compensation, but each com- Expenses.
2 missioner shall be paid by the commonwealth the amount of his actual 1910! 73. '
3 traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his §§'4,'5.*''
4 official duty, after an account thereof has been audited by the com- §|'4:6'."^'
5 missioners. They shall keep a full account of their expenditures. They
6 may contribute each year a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars
7 toward the expenses of the conference of commissioners on uniform
8 state laws, the same to be paid from such appropriation for the expense
9 of the commissioners as may be made by the general court.
state ballot l.\w commission.
1 Section 29. There shall be a state ballot law commission, consisting state iwiiot law
2 of three persons, one of whom shall annually in June or July be appointed issgTriTl 7.
3 by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for three 43h°§^5.''' ^ ^'
4 years from the succeeding August first. The governor, with the advice i||^2, 406, 1 1^
5 and consent of the council, may remove any member of the commission. Jlgg'fU'lijj
6 There shall always be on said commission a member of each of the two R. l! n,§ ise.'
7 leading political parties. i907, sao, §§ iss, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 211. 503.
36
STATE LIBR.VRY.
[Chap. 6.
Section 30. No member of said commission shall hold any public 1
Members not to
hold political
office, etc.
1896. 3S3. § 2. ,. rr. p l- • l
1898, 548, date for public office, or member or employee oi any political committee. 3
R. L.'ii, § 157. If any member of the commission shall be nominated as a candidate 4
§§ 186, 456. for public office and shall not in writing decline said nomination within 5
1913! 835! ^ ^' three days, he shall be deemed to have ^■acated his office as a member of 6
lop^ VaM-. said commission. 7
LS9T406?§T Section 31. The members of said commission shall each be paid
1896' 383' I V' such compensation for their services, not exceeding five hundred dollars
P?!?^*' annually, as the governor and council may determine; and the total
R. L.'ii, § 160. expenditures by and on account of said commission shall not exceed the
1907, 560. t ^ ^1 I J II
§§ 189, 456. sum or two thousand dollars in any one year. lois, sss, §§ 215, 503.
May summon
witnesses.
administer
Section 32. It may summon witnesses, administer oaths, and re- 1
quire the production of books and papers at a hearing before it upon any 2
ligs iii' ^ ^' ™^tter within its jurisdiction. Witnesses shall be summoned in the same 3
manner, be paid the same fees, and be subject to the same penalties as 4
witnesses summoned before the general court. Any member may sign a 5
summons or administer an oath. The decision of the commission upon 6
any matter within its jurisdiction shall be final. 7
1907, 560, §§ 187, ISS, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 213, 214, 503.
i 93, 94,
i896, 383,
§§3,4.
1898, 548,
§§ 155, 156.
R. L. 11,
§§ 158, 159,
Trustees of
state library.
1850, 182, § 1.
G. S. 5. § 2.
P. S. 5, § 15.
1893, 86, § 1.
R. L. 10, § 24.
1910,217, § 1.
TRUSTEES AND LIBRARI.VN OF ST.\TE LIBR.\.RY.
Section 33. There shall be a board of trustees of the state library, 1
consisting of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of 2
representatives, who shall be trustees ex officiis, and three other persons 3
appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, 4
of whom one shall be appointed annually for three years from June 5
first of the year in which he is appointed. 6
Duties of
trustees.
1825, 123, § 3.
R. S. 11. § 11.
G. S. 5. § 3.
1870, 150.
P. S. 5. § 16.
R. L. 10, § 25.
1910, 217, I 2.
Section 34. Said trustees shall have the management and control 1
of the state library and of the moneys appropriated therefor. They may 2
sell or otherwise dispose of such books belonging to the library as they 3
consider unsuitable for its purposes, and they may deposit any duplicate 4
volumes for safe keeping and use in any town, city or college library in 5
the commonwealth, upon such terms and conditions as they shall pre- 6
scribe. They may make and enforce rules for the use of the library, and 7
shall see that its rooms are properly prepared for the accommodation of 8
persons permitted to use them. 9
Librarian.
1825, 123, § 1.
R. S. 11,
§§ 10,11.
1849, 155, § 1.
Section 35. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- 1
cil, shall appoint a librarian of the state library, at a salary of five thou- 2
sand dollars, who shall hold office during their pleasure. 3
1859, 64. P. S. 5. § 17. 1893. 86, § 2. 1910, 421, § 1.
Expenditures
authorized.
1825, 123, § 4.
R. S. 11, § 12.
G.S. 5, §§5,7.
1861, Res. 33.
1866, Res. 28.
1867, Res. 22.
1869, Res. 68.
Section 36. The trustees of the state library may expend annually 1
for permanent assistants and clerks such sums as the general court may 2
appropriate therefor; a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for tem- 3
porary clerical assistants; a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars 4
for books, maps, papers, periodicals and other material for the library, 5
Chap. 6.] state library. 37
6 and for binding the same; a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dol- ^ &\'5^^^' ^^'
7 lars for incidental expenses, including binding their report; and a sum i|g2%9°'
8 not exceeding one thousand dollars for preparing an index of current JSSi-^L^'^-
9 events and other important matters contained in the newspapers of the « i.'2. '
10 day. They may also expend annually for cataloguing such sums as the i89i!24!
11 general court may appropriate therefor. 1892, i40, § i. 1897, lu.
1899, 192. 1905. 154, § 1. 1910, 421, § 2. 1917, 25, § 1.
R. L. 10, §§ 27, 29. 1908,342. 191G, 112. §§ 1, 2. 1918,126.
1 Section 37. The trustees of the state library shall keep records of i^Q^^f^C^-
2 their doings, and shall make an annual report thereof, with a list of books, pi'tlii
3 maps and charts lost, missing or acquired during the preceding fiscal year, r l. lo, § so.
4 specifying those obtained by exchange, gift or purchase, and such sug-
5 gestions for the improvement of the library as they may deem proper.
1
state library.
Section 38. The state library shall be in the state house, and shall f^^'gi; 123^5''^
'z oe kept open every day except Sundays and legal holidays for the use of R • «. ii,.5 9.
3 the governor, lieutenant governor, council, general court and such officers g. s.'s, §1.
4 of the government and other persons as may be permitted to use it. r. l. I'o, § 23.
1 Section 39. Unless otherwise provided, all books, maps, documents Books, etc.,
2 and other publications belonging to the commonwealth for public use, commonwealth
3 except such as by order of the respective departments of the government state library.'"
4 are retained in the chambers of the senate and the house of representa- jf'I'iPi^o'
5 tives or in the department of the state secretary, shall be deposited and }?*2'i°t^ ^•
6 suitably arranged in the library. p. s. 5, § 19. r. l. 10, § 2s.
REFERENCES.
Other powers and duties of the governor :
To make a budget, Chap. 29, § 6.
To issue precepts where failure to elect certain officers, Chap. 54, §§ 139, 140,
142.
To authorize display of foreign flags, Chap. 264, § 8.
To give written approval for transfer of state securities, Chap. 29, § 3.5.
To appoint agents of M. S. P. C. A. as special police officers, Chap. 147, § 10.
To appoint agents of M. S. P. C. C. as special state police officers, Id., § 9.
To appoint a committee of the council to examine the value of notes and securi-
ties in hands of state treasurer, Chap. 29, § 42.
To appoint a committee of the council to examine into the sufficiency of certain
bonds. Chap. 30, § IS.
Other powers and duties of the governor and council :
To approve trust companies for the deposit of pubUc moneys at^ least once in
three months, Chap. 29, § 34.
To remove any appointed state official failing to comply with the order of the
supervisor of administration as to purchasing and handling stores, etc.. Chap.
7. § 7-
To remove any state official failing to comply with the orders of the supervisor
of administration relative to marking state owned motor vehicles. Chap. 30,
§ 36.
Powers of the committee on finance of the council, Chap. 7.
Other appointments made by the governor and confirmed by the council:
Trustees, Massachusetts General Hospital (four) (one-year term), 1864, 46, § 1.
Trustees, Perkins Institution, etc., for the Blind (four) (one-year term), 1864,
96, § 1.
Trustees, Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary (two) (one-year term),
1873, 134.
Trustees, Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts (three) (three-year term), 1889, 282.
Trustees, Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital (five) (three-year term), 1890,
358, § 2.
Fall River Board of Police (three) (three-year term), 1894, 351, § 1.
Greylock Reservation Commission (three) (six-year term), 1898, 543, § 1.
38
SUPERVISOR OF ADMINISTRATION.
[Ciup. 7.
Other appointments, etc. — Concluded.
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Commission (three) (six-year term),
1899, 378, § 1.
Pohce Commissioner of Boston (five-year term), 1906, 291, § 7.
Licensing Board of Boston (three) (six-year term), 190fi, 291, § 1.
Mount Everett Reservation Commission (three) (six-year term), 1908, 571, § 1.
Trustees, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (two) (six-year term), 1909, 370, § 2.
Member, Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board (three-year term), 1913,
700, § 1.
Trustees, Independent Industrial Shoemaking School of the City of Lynn (eight)
(four-year term), 1916, Sp. 174.
Board of Excise of Chelsea (three) (three-year term), 1916, Sp. 310, § 1.
Trustees, Boston Elevated Railway Company (five) (ten-year term), 1918, Sp.
1.59, § 1.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Commission (six) (indefinite term), 1919, Sp. 112. See
1919, 12.5, § 1.
Commission on Uniform State Laws (three) (five-year term), 1919, 122.
Soldiers' Memorial Commission (seven) (three-year term), 1919, 192.
Purgatory Chasm State Reservation Commission (three) (six-year term), 1919, 327.
CHAPTER 7.
SUPERVISOR OF ADMINISTRATION.
Sect.
1. Supervisor of administration.
2. Finance committee.
3. Appointment, term of office and salary
of the supervisor.
4. Deputies.
5. Secretary and assistants. Expenses.
6. Deputy to investigate method of pur-
chasing and handling stores, etc.
7. Supervisor to make changes in methods
of purchasing, etc., and to make
orders, etc.
8. Inquiry to be made into laws governing
financial transactions, etc.
Sect.
9. No state publication to be printed with-
out approval of supervisor.except, etc.
10. Supervisor to prepare and print lists of
state officials and employees, with
their salaries or compensation.
1 1 . Supervisor to make reports on estimates
filed with him.
12. Special examinations to be made.
13. Same subject.
14. Conduct of special examinations, etc.
15. Production of books, etc., at any exam-
ination may be required.
16. Annual report.
Section 1. There shall be a supervisor of administration, in this 1
Supervisor of
administration. . i i n i i i r.
1916. 296, 1 2. chapter called the supervisor, who shall serve under the governor and 2
1920,' 505,' § 1. ' council. Op. A. G. (1920) 142. 3
fdmmft^tee. SECTION 2. The Committee of the executive council appointed to 1
1917; lis' ^ ^' consider matters of finance, in this chapter called the finance com- 2
mittee, shall act as a board of advisers of the supervisor. 3
Section 3. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a supervisor,
his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and
consent of the council, for three years. The supervisor shall receive
a salary of six thousand dollars. 1920, ses, § 1.
Section 4. The supervisor, with the consent of the governor and
Appointment,
term of office
and salary of
tfie supervisor.
1912, 719, § 1.
1914.698.
1916, 296,
§§ 1, 2, 9.
Deputies.
1916, 296, I 2.
1920! sol; 1 1.' council, may appoint, and for cause remove, one or more deputies
Op^.A.G.(i92b) and, with like consent, may determine their salaries and duties, except
as otherwise provided. He may, with the approval of the finance com-
mittee, designate a deputy to act as supervisor during his absence or
disability.
Chap. 7.] supervisor of adxiixistration. 39
1 Section 5. The supervisor may appoint a secretary and such ex- secretary and
2 perts, clerks and other assistants, and may pay them such salaries and Elpen"es*.'
3 incur such other expenses, including traveling expenses, as he may \l\l] lit] ^ ^'
4 deem necessary and proper, not exceeding the amounts annually ap- 1920' lbs, § i.
5 propriated therefor, subject to the approval of the finance committee.
1 Section 6. The super\isor may, with the approval of the finance Deputy to
2 committee, designate a deputy who shall, under the direction of the meSol o't"
3 supervisor, investigate the method of purchasing and handling all and handifng
4 stores, supplies, materials and equipment used by any state depart- ^5)o's^597^s4
5 ment, officer or commission. The deputy shall report the results of J?'^^'|^'''
6 his investigations, with his recommendations, to the supervisor. isn'. iss.
" ' f 3 Op. A. G. 316.
1 Section 7. The supervisor, after a hearing before the governor and ^"JkeThan*es
2 council given to the officials concerned, may, with the approval of the '" methods of
3 governor and council, order changes consistent with law in the methods etc and to
4 of purchasing and handling stores, supplies, materials and equipment "to.. " °' "^'
5 in any or all state departments, offices or commissions, and may make Jg}?; jsl; ^ ^'
6 orders, rules and regulations consistent with law governing the same.
7 Copies of orders or rules and regulations so made shall be transmitted
8 to the officials concerned. Any appointed official failing to comply
9 with any order, rule or regulation made hereunder may be removed by
10 the governor, with the advice and consent of the council.
1 Section 8. The supervisor shall inquire into the business affairs of inquiry- to be
2 the commonwealth and the laws governing them, and shall consider Uwsgovern-
3 the possibility of promoting economy and efficiency and avoiding useless transactions,
4 labor and expense therein. He shall recommend to the governor and i9'i2, 719, § g.
5 council and to the general court, if in session, such measures as in ^'■''*'' ^^''' ^ ^■
6 his judgment will tend to accomplish this result. He shall consider
7 and report upon the following questions among others: changes in the
8 laws relating to matters of finance, reorganization, consolidation or
9 co-ordination of departments and institutions, changes in methods of
10 administration, classification of employees, fixing maximum and mini-
11 mum salaries and standardizing vacations.
1 Section 9. All departments, officers and commissions before enter- No state pub-
2 ing upon the preparation of any annual or special report, document or prmted without
3 other publication issued by or on behalf of the commonwealth shall l^llr^isot
4 submit careful statements of the scope, and estimates of the size, of i8!J8''258'°"
5 such publication to the supervisor who shall examine them and define Jf^/'g^sT
6 the form, and extent of such publication, determining the number of 1902; 43s, §'§ 2.
7 pages to which it may extend and whether it shall include maps, plans, isis, 296, §| 1,
8 photogravures, woodcuts or other illustrations; and no such publica- 2'op. a. g. 39s.
9 tion shall be printed unless it bears the certified approval of the super-
10 visor. An appeal may be taken from any decision of the supervisor
11 hereunder to the finance committee, whose decision shall be final. This
12 section shall not apply to publications issued by the officers of either
13 branch of the general court, or issued under special authority given by
14 the general court, or to the regular annual reports of the attorney
15 general, state treasurer, state auditor or state secretary, or to reports
16 of capital trials prepared by the attorney general under section eleven
17 of chapter twelve, or to publications prepared by the state secretary
IS in conformity with sections two and four of chapter five.
40
SUPERVISOR OF ADMINISTRATIOX.
[Chap. 7.
Supervisor to
prepare and
print lists of
state officials
and employees,
with their
salaries or
compensa-
tion,
1910. 2GS, § 1.
1911,43, § 1.
1913, 5.34, § 1.
191(1. 296, § 6.
1917, 217.
Section 10. The supervisor shall collect at least once in every 1
fiscal year such information relative to certain officials and employees 2
of the commonwealth as shall Ite furnished to him under section thirty- 3
eight of chapter thirty, which shall cover the fiscal year preceding. 4
From the information so collected he shall keep a record, open to public 5
inspection, showing the name, residence, designation, rate of compen- 6
sation and date of appointment or qualification of everj' such official 7
and employee, and any increase in the rate of salary or compensation 8
paid him during the preceding fiscal year. The record shall also con- 9
tain such other information concerning such officials and employees as, 10
in the opinion of the supervisor, may be desirable. The state auditor 11
shall, upon request of the supervisor, verify a list of such officials and 12
employees, the amounts and rates of compensation and other informa- 13
tion concerning payments to officials and employees about whom in- 14
formation is furnished. The supervisor shall, on or before April fifteenth 1,5
in each even numbered year, publish a document containing such in- 16
formation concerning said officials and employees in the employ of the 17
commonwealth on the preceding November thirtieth as, in his opinion, IS
may be of public interest. Said document shall contain such summary 19
and comparative tables as will best show the numbers of officials and 20
employees in the service of the commonwealth during the two years 21
preceding said November thirtieth, and dm-ing a further period of two 22
years prior thereto, to be arranged in such manner as will make them 23
of the greatest practical utility. The document may be revised or re- 24
arranged at the discretion of the supervisor. 25
Supervisor to
make reports
on estimates
filed with him.
1912, 719, § 5.
1916, 296,
Section -11. On request of either branch of the general court or 1
of the ways and means committee of either branch, or of the governor, 2
or of the council, or of the finance committee, the supervisor shall make 3
a report on such of the estimates of departments, officers and com- 4
missions made to him under sections three and four of chapter twenty- 5
nine as may be required, and he may make recommendations relative 6
thereto. 7
Special
examinations
to be made.
1912, 719. § 6.
1916, 296, I 1.
Op. A. G.
(191S) 117.
Section 12. On request of either branch of the general court or of 1
the ways and means committee of either branch, or of the governor, 2
or of the finance committee, the supervisor shall make a special exam- 3
ination of, and give to them any information in his possession relative 4
to, any matter affecting the management or finances of any depart- 5
ment, officer, commission or undertaking which receives^ an annual 6
appropriation of money from the commonwealth, including annual 7
appropriations to be met by assessments. 8
Same subject.
1912, 719, § 7.
1916, 296, § 1.
Section 13. The supervisor may make a special examination of
the management or finances of any department, officer, commission or
undertaking which receives annual appropriations of money from the
commonwealth, including annual appropriations to be met by assess-
ments, and may report thereon from time to time to the governor and
council and to the general court, if in session.
Conduct of
special ex-
aminations,
1912, 719, § !
1916, 296, I i
1917, 165, § ;
Section 14. Whenever requested to make a special examination 1
under section twelve, or after first obtaining the approval of the 2
governor or of the finance committee in making a special examination 3
under the preceding section, the supervisor or any deputy designated 4
Chap. 7.] supervisor of administration. 41
5 by him may require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
6 the production of all books, papers, contracts and documents relating
7 thereto. Witnesses shall be summoned in the same manner and shall
8 be paid the same fees as witnesses before the superior court. The super-
9 visor may prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of hearings,
10 and he or his deputies may administer oaths to witnesses or take their
11 affirmation. If any person summoned and paid as a witness refuses to
12 attend, or to be sworn or to affirm, or to answer any question, or to
13 produce any book, contract, document or paper pertinent to the matter
14 before the supervisor or deputy, a justice of the supreme judicial or the
15 superior court, upon application by the supervisor or his deputy, may
16 issue an order requiring such person to appear before the supervisor or
17 deputy, and to produce his books, contracts, documents and papers
18 and to gi\'e evidence touching the matter in question. Failure to obey
19 such an order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt
20 thereof. Any person summoned and paid who refuses to attend, or to
21 be sworn or to affirm, or to answer any proper question, or to produce
22 any book, contract, document or paper, pertinent to the matter before
23 the supervisor or deputy, and any person who wilfully interrupts or
24 disturbs any hearing, or who is disorderly thereat, shall be punished
25 by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more
26 than one month, or both. Upon application by the supervisor or his
27 deputy, commissions to take depositions of persons without the coin-
28 monwealth may be issued by a justice of the supreme judicial or the
29 superior court, to be used in hearings before the supervisor or deputy,
30 and all laws and rules relating to such commissions in civil actions shall
31 apply to commissions issued hereunder. This section shall not be con-
32 strued to compel any person to give any testimony or to produce any
33 evidence, documentary or otherwise, which may tend to incriminate him.
1 Section 15. In making any examination or investigation author- Production
2 ized under this chapter, the supervisor or any deputy designated byetc,°atany
3 him may require the production of books, papers, contracts and docu- ma"be''rfr^°
4 ments relating to any matter within the scope of such examination or ?9i6',''296, § g.
5 investigation. i9i7. les, § 3.
1 Section 16. The supervisor shall make an annual report showing Annual report.
2 the work done by him during the preceding fiscal year, and such facts, 1909; e?**'
3 suggestions or recommendations as to the finances or management of \l\l] HI] | J^-
4 any department, office, commission or undertaking of the common- l^lfg^^^-
5 wealth, as he may see fit. i9i9, 5. 1920, 2.
REFERENCES.
state departments, etc., to furnish information relative to officials and employees
of commonwealth to supervisor, Chap. 30, § 38.
Supervisor to designate number of each report to be printed, Chap. 5, § 6.
Supervisor to determine whether report is a case boolj; or a technical report, Chap.
5, §8.
Estimates for appropriations to be filed with the supervisor, Chap. 29, §§ 3, 4,
7-9-
Examination of estimates for appropriations preliminary to preparing budget,
Chap. 29, § 6.
To classify certain appointive offices and positions in the government of the com-
monwealth, Chap. 30, § 45 et seq.
To regulate marking of commonwealth motor vehicles, Chap. 30, § 36.
To approve certain measures relative to records of commonwealth, etc., Chap.
66, § 1.
§ 4. Salary of present deputy supervisor, 1920, 565, § 2.
42
SUPERINTENDENT OF BLILDIXGS, AND STATE HOUSE. [ChAP. 8.
CHAPTER 8.
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS, AND STATE HOUSE.
Sect.
1. Superintendent of buildings.
2. Appointment and term.
3. Purcliasing agent and storekeeper.
4. Appointment of employees.
5. Compensation of employees.
6. Purchase of furniture, supplies, etc.
7. Superintendent may repair state house.
8. Selection of uniform stylo of paper for
departments, etc.
9. Care of state house, etc.
10. Assignment of rooms in state house, etc.
11. Bond, accounts, report, etc.
Sect.
12. Prevention of trespasses at state house,
etc.
13. Fees forbidden.
14. Military museum.
15. Joint standing committee on state
house.
16. Land around state house to remain open.
17. Rooms for the several departments of
war veterans.
IS. Records, etc.
19. Portraits of former governors.
20. Care and maintenance of the old pro-
vincial state house.
o"buUdfngf^°' Section 1. There shall be an officer to be known as the superin- 1
1919, 350, § 17. tendent of buildings, in this chapter called the superintendent. 2
amfterm"^"' SECTION 2. Upou the c.xpiration of the term of office of a superin- 1
1919, 350, 1 17. tendent, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the 2
advice and consent of the council, for three years. The superintendent 3
shall receive such salary as shall be fi.xed by the governor, with like 4
advice and consent. 5
Purchasing
agent and
storekeeper.
1919. 350, § 20.
1920, 112.
Appointment
of employees.
1868,341.
1881, 275, § 5.
P. S. 5. § 9.
1S87, 128.
1895, Res. 68.
R. L. 10, § 9.
1911, 723.
1915,224.
T9in, 350.
§§ 17, IS.
Compensation
of employees.
1903, 455.
1905, 218, § 2.
190fi, 232.
1907, 359, § 1;
384.
1910, 152; 034.
1914, 667; 684.
1916,254; 255;
267.
1917, 323.
1918, 242.
Section .3. The superintendent shall be provided with quarters in 1
the state house and shall establish a supply office therein. With the 2
approval of the governor and council, he may appoint a purchasing 3
agent who shall be qualified by training and experience in the pur- 4
chase and sale of office furniture, fi.xtures, equipment and supplies and 5
a storekeeper who shall be qualified by training and experience to con- 6
duct the receiving, storage and issue of said articles, and may with like 7
approval remove them. The purchasing agent shall, under the direction 8
of the superintendent, and subject to rules and regulations adopted 9
under section seven of chapter seven, establish such standards for said 10
articles as will tend to reduce the variety and cost thereof. 1 1
Section 4. He may appoint such clerks, engineers, electricians, fire- 1
men, oilers, mechanics, watchmen, elevator operators, porters, cleaners 2
and other persons as may be necessary to enable him to perform his 3
duties. He shall be responsible for the fitness and good conduct of 4
all such employees and may remove them at his discretion. Appoint- 5
ments under this section shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one. G
Section 5. He shall fix the compensation of all persons employed 1
by him; provided, that the minimum wage paid to scrub women em- 2
ployed by the commonwealth shall be not less than forty cents an hour 3
and provided, that such compensation shall not exceed in the aggregate 4
the sums annually appropriated therefor by the general court. Scrub 5
women employed in the state house by the superintendent shall be 6
paid weekly. 1919,243; 350,§ is. 1920,221. 7
Chap. 8.] superintendent of boldings, and state house. 43
1 Section 6. He shall have charge of purchasing all office furniture. Purchase of
2 fixtures, equipment, stationery and office supplies for all executive and BuppUesfetc
3 administrative departments and officers, except paper for the state fgjl- jf;| ^°-
4 printing contract; and in purchasing the same he shall be subject to cf^'f/'^^'
5 sections fifty-six and fifty-seven of chapter one hundred and twenty- §§ si. 52. 62
6 seven and section twenty-five of chapter sixty-nine. He shall keep on iss?, i'2s. §'i."'
7 hand a reasonable quantity of such office stationery and supplies. He r. l! lo, '
8 shall direct the making of all repairs and improvements in the state flis', 224.
9 house and on the state house grounds. All said departments and officers §|W^|o.'
10 shall make requisition upon him for all office furniture, fixtures, equip- 0° a^^iIIo)
11 ment, stationery and office supplies which they may require, and for any ss.
12 repairs or improvements necessary in the state house or in other build-
13 ings or parts thereof owned by or leased to the commonwealth and
14 occupied by said departments or officers. Such articles shall be furnished,
15 and such repairs or improvements shall be made, only upon such requisi-
16 tion signed by the head or chief clerk of the department or office. Each
17 department or officer shall be allowed for office furniture, fixtures,
18 equipment, stationery and office supplies such sums as are annually
19 appropriated, and all such articles requisitioned by them from the
20 superintendent shall be charged at cost against the sums so allowed,
21 and shall be credited to the account of the superintendent. The amounts
22 so credited shall be available for use by the superintendent during the
23 same fiscal year in making purchases under this section. No depart-
24 ment or officer shall purchase any article for the purchase of which pro-
25 vision is made herein. This section shall not apply to state institutions or
26 officers thereof.
1 Section 7. If the state house is damaged by fire or other casualty, Superintendent
2 during the recess of the general court, the superintendent may make all state house.
3 repairs necessary for the protection and preservation of the building g.Vi4,'§ 62.
4 without an appropriation therefor. p. s. 5, § 12.
18S7, 128. R. L. 10, § 17. 1919, 350, § 17.
1 Section 8. The state secretary may arrange with the superintend- uniform°st°yie
2 ent to assist in the handling of paper purchased for the state printing of paper for
3 contract by ordering or issuing such paper through the supply office or etc.
4 storing it therein, or otherwise. The state secretary, the supervisor of ' ' '
5 administration and the superintendent shall, after consultation with the
6 heads of departments and superintendents of institutions, determine a
7 uniform style of paper and headings for letterheads to be used by all
8 executive and administrative departments, officers and institutions; but
9 other styles may be authorized in limited quantities for special purposes.
10 Paper for letterheads shall be purchased by the state secretary in the
1 1 same manner as paper for the state printing contract.
1 Section 9. The superintendent shall, under the supervision of the Care of state
2 governor and council, have charge of the care and operation of the state h° 's.'^il, § 6o.
3 house and its appurtenances and shall ha\e general charge and over- fj fi "i
4 sight of any other buildings or parts thereof in Boston owned by or leased fs|7_^i28*s i
5 to the commonwealth for the use of public officers, and shall see that jf^L'io*'«4 '
6 the chambers and lobbies of the general court and of its committees are i9i3', sab, § 3.
. . • 1915 224
7 kept clean and in good order; shall superintend all ordinary repairs 1919! ssoi
8 thereof and shall have charge of the current expenses for the care and 1920. sio'.
9 preservation of the state house and its appurtenances, and for the or- IS.?'^'^'
44
SUPEKINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS, .^'D STATE HOUSE. [ClIAP. 8.
dinary repairs of the furniture and fixtures therein. He shall take proper 10
precautions against damage thereto, or to the furniture, fixtures or other 11
public property therein. There shall be maintained an adequate passage- 12
way for foot passengers from north to south through the east wing or 13
extension of the state house, to be kept open during such hours as the 14
superintendent shall fix. 15
1910, 326.
1915,224.
1919, 350.
S§ la, 18.
Section 10. He maj% under the supervision of the governor and 1
council, assign the rooms in the state house and rooms elsewhere used by 2
the commonwealth, and may determine the occupancy thereof in such .3
manner as the public service may require; provided, that the executive 4
and administrative departments of the commonwealth shall be pro- 5
vided with suitable quarters which shall, so far as is expedient, be in the 6
state house; and provided further, that this section shall not apply to 7
rooms assigned to or used by either branch of the general court or any 8
committees or officers thereof, except with the written consent of the 9
presiding officer of the branch using such rooms, or to rooms assigned to 10
or used by joint committees of the general court, except with the written 11
consent of the presiding officers of both branches of the general com-t, 12
nor shall it apply to the rooms used by the Grand Army of the Republic 13
of the department of Massachusetts under section seventeen, except 14
with the consent of the commander thereof. He shall during the ses- 15
sions of the general court, upon application of the sergeant-at-arms, 16
.assign such rooms as may be required for the use of committees and 17
other purposes. 18
?e°port,''et'c.™"' SECTION 11. The Superintendent shall give bond to the state treas- 1
1919,350,5 21. yj.gp jjj ^ gyjj^ ^Q |jg fixed by the governor and council for the faithful 2
performance of his duties and for the rendering of a proper account of all 3
money intrusted to him for the use of the commonwealth. He may 4
expend such sums as are annually appropriated for the care of the state 5
house and the state house grounds, and of other buildings or parts thereof 6
used by state departments and officers, for making necessary repairs and 7
improvements, and for paying the compensation of his officers and 8
employees. He may also expend, in addition to the amounts credited 9
to him for articles requisitioned by departments and officers, such sums 10
as the general court may annually appropriate, to be used in performing 11
the duties prescribed by sections three, six and eight. He shall, under 12
direction of the governor, install a system of accounting for all articles 13
purchased and distributed through the supply office established under 14
section three. He shall submit an annual report to the governor and 15
such other reports as the governor may require. 16
Prevention of
trespasses at
state house,
etc.
1881, 275, § 2.
P. S. 5, § 8.
1887, 128.
1895, 284. § 4.
R. L. 10. § 8.
1919, 350, § 17.
Section 12. The superintendent shall take proper care to prevent any 1
trespass on, or injury to, the state house or its appurtenances, or any 2
other building or part thereof in Boston owned by or leased to the com- 3
monwealth for public offices; and if any such trespass or injury is com- 4
mitted, he shall cause the offender to be prosecuted therefor. For any 5
criminal offence committed in any part of the state house or the grounds 6
appurtenant thereto, or in any other building in Boston owned by or 7
leased to the commonwealth, the superintendent and his watchmen shall 8
have the same power to make arrests as the police officers of Boston. 9
Chap. S.] superintendent of buildings, and state house. 45
1 Section 13. No fee or reward shall be taken by the superintendent, Fees forbidden.
2 the sergeant-at-arms or by any person under the authority of either of R. s.' is, § 65.
3 them for opening the public rooms in the state house for the view and p.'s.'s, § u. '
4 inspection of visitors. R. l. lo, § le. i9i9, sso, § is.
1 Section 14. Tlie superintendent may expend not more than fifteen Military
2 hundred dollars annually for the maintenance of the museum estab- 1897T204,
3 lished in the state house for the preservation and exliibition of the regi- fg/g; ssbf §'17.
4 mental flags and other military relics in the possession of the common-
5 wealth and of other objects connected with the military history of the
6 United States and especially of the New England states.
1 Section 15. There shall be a joint standing committee on the state joint standing
2 house, consisting of three members of the senate and eight of the house, statehouse°°
3 who shall report to the general court what repairs and improvements are cf^s's^j 9^'
4 necessary upon the state house and the grounds connected therewith, ^ ^ ^^^ i^ g
5 and in any other building or part thereof owned by or leased to the com-
6 monwealth for the use of public officers, with an estimate of the expense.
1 Section 16. The land now taken by the commonwealth about the Land around
2 state house shall remain an open space, and no railroad or railway shall remain°open*°
3 be constructed or operated in, upon or over the same. A grant made to R.^Liof'iM!
4 a railroad or railway corporation shall not be construed to include any
5 portion of said land.
1 Section 17. There shall be set apart suitably furnished rooms in Rooms for the
2 the state house for the use of the Grand Army of the Republic of the de- prrtmenttof
3 partment of Massachusetts and the INIassachusetts department of the TsosTl'u.Ti.
4 American Legion, respectively, and there may be assigned by the super- fgig.sp. lis,'
5 intendent, with the approval of the governor and council, certain spaces jj:-^ ^^^ ^ j
6 in the state house, suitably furnished, for the use of the Massachusetts o'p A.G.'ci92b)
7 department of the United Spanish War Veterans, such rooms or spaces
8 to be under the charge of the state commanders of the respective de-
9 partments, subject to this chapter. The headquarters thus established
10 for the first named department shall be used for storing its supplies and
11 property, relics and mementos of the war of the rebellion and for arrang-
12 ing and preserving the history of persons who ser\ed in the army, navy
13 or marine corps during such war in organizations of the commonwealth,
14 or of citizens of the commonwealth who served in the regular army, navy
15 or marine corps of the United States, which said department may col-
16 lect and desire to preserve. The headquarters thus established for each
17 of the other departments shall be used for storing and preserving the
18 records and other property of the department and relics and mementos of
19 the world war and Spanish war, respectively.
1 Section 18. The histories, relics and mementos of the Grand Army Records, etc.
2 of the Republic of the department of Massachusetts and the records of §§ i.'2. '
3 the Massachusetts departments of the United Spanish War Veterans and of fgjg; 1°'. He,'
4 the American Legion shall be accessible at all times, under suitable rules 1920, s'n,
5 and regulations, to members of the respective departments and to others §§ !• ^■
6 engaged in collecting historical information. Whenever any such de-
7 partment ceases to exist, its records, papers, relics and other effects shall
8 become the property of the commonwealth.
46
STATE SECRET.UIY.
[CiL\p. 9.
Portraits
of former
governors.
1890, Res. 58.
1895. Res. 54.
1900, 297,
§§ 1,3.
R. L. 10, § 22.
1920, 354.
Section 19. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- 1
cil, may expend, for the purpose of procuring portraits of the governors 2
of the commonwealth who shall have held office subsequent to Way 3
fourth, nineteen hundred, not more than three thousand dollars for each 4
such portrait, and such portrait shall be hung in the state house under 5
the direction of the art commission. 6
Care and
maintenance
of the old
proWncial
state house.
1910, 298, § 1.
1918, Sp. 160,
§1.
Section 20. There shall be allowed and paid annually by the com-
monwealth the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to be expended under
the direction of the governor and council, for the care and maintenance
of the old provincial state hou.se in Boston.
CHAPTER 9.
DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE SECRETARY.
Sect.
1. State secretary.
2. Deputies, cashier, clerks, etc.
3. Deputies may act, when.
4. Supervisor of public records.
5. Expenditures for certain clerical and
other services.
6. State census director.
7. Clerical assistants.
8. Decennial census.
9. State census director may require at-
tendance of witnesses.
Sect.
10. State registrar of vital statistics.
11. Custody of great seal.
12. Custody of books relating to Maine
lands.
13. Custody of stereotype plates.
14. Purchase of paper.
15. Notice of expiration of commissions.
16. Annual list of designated justices.
17. Annual report.
IS, Abstracts of certificates.
19. Documents, etc., may be destroyed.
State secretary.
1818,97.
R. S. 13,
5§9, 11.
1843, 9, § 1.
1854, 131.
1859.221.
G. S. 14. § 3.
1864, 300.
1865, 247, § 4.
1866, 298, § 3.
P. S. 15, § 9.
1870, 380.
1876,218, § 1.
1879, 79, § 1.
Section 1. There shall be a department of the state secretary under 1
his supervision and control, organized as provided in this chapter. 2
The state secretary shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars. He 3
shall make a quarterly return on oath to the governor and council of all 4
fees of office received by him, and give to the state treasurer a bond, 5
in a penal sum and with sureties approved by the governor and council, 6
conditioned satisfactorily to account for all money received by him in 7
his official capacity. is84, 79. isss, 385. 1892, 202, 1 1. 8
R. L. 5, § 1. 1907, 276. 1914, 589. 1919, 350, | 27.
etc.
1820, 74.
R. S. 13,
§§ 12. 13.
1837, 167.
1843,9.
1845, 113.
1846,217.
1853, 275.
1854, 131, § 2.
1855,440.
18.57,269.
1859, 133; 221.
G. S. 14, § 4.
1865, 247, § 5.
1866, 298, 1 5.
Section 2. He may appoint a first deputy and a second deputy, each 1
at a salary of three thousand dollars, a chief of the archives division at a 2
salary of twenty-six hundred dollars, a commission clerk at a salary of 3
fifteen hundred dollars, a cashier for Mhose conduct he shall be respon- 4
sible and from whom he may require a bond, and additional clerks, 5
messengers and other assistants necessary for the prompt despatch of 6
public business. He may also employ such clerical assistance as he 7
may deem necessary to carry out the laws relative to primaries and 8
absentee voting, and such employment shall not be subject to chapter 9
thirtV-One. 1873, 377, § S. 1S76, 2I8, § 2. 1877, 27. 1879, 79, § 2. 10
1881,23, § 1; 224.
P. S. 15, § 10.
1883, 48.
1884, 15, § 1.
1885, 87.
1886, 238.
1887, 26.
1SS9, 101.
1890, 239.
1891,410.
1892, 262. § 1.
1893, 103: 112.
1895, 402.
1897, 351.
1900, 383.
R. L. S, § 2.
1902, 364.
1908, 561.
1879, 79, § 2.
1911,550, § 19.
1912,362:522.
1913,718:721:
835, §§ 127, 503.
1918, 293, § 34.
1920, 620.
Salaries of present first and second deputies, 1919, Sp. 174.
Chap. 9.] state secret.uiy. 47
1 Section 3. If the secretary is disabled from performing his official °!''when""'^
2 duties, his deputies shall perform the same during such disability. In i?^M| > „
3 the event of a vacancy in the office of secretary, the first deputy shall be g'. s. u'. § 5^
4 continued in office, and shall perform all statutory duties of the secretary r. l. 5,'§ 3. '
5 until a secretary is duly qualified. 1911.294.
1 Section 4. The secretary, with the approval of the governor and puE"c"records.
2 council, shall appoint and may remove a competent person to be known jglUg*! '°*-
3 as supervisor of public records, and may with like approval fix his com- §§ i.'s.
4 pensation. Said supervisor, under the supervision of the secretary, shall §§ 1I2. '
5 perform the duties required of him by law, and such other duties as 1919'. sso! § 24.
6 the secretary determines.
1 Section 5. The secretary may expend not more than three thousand E^le'Jfiill'^"
3 in connection with the duties required of the supervisor of public records 1892.333, ,
4 under chapter sixty-six as the governor and council may approve. i9i3,4s'5, §"i.
2 council, shall appoint and may remove a competent person to be known Jlff'lo^i^^'
3 as the state census director, and may with like approval fix his salary. g.s.'2o,'§2.'
4 Said director, under the supervision of the secretary, shall have charge §§3,'?. '
5 of collecting, compiling and publishing information in connection with is-i.sm.
6 the decennial census and of the enumeration of summer residents under fsvG.^isi, § 1.
7 section fourteen of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight. He shall per- I'jt.ia; 15
8 form such other duties as the secretary determines.
1SS4, 181. §§ 1,15, 18. 1899, 341; 462. 1914, 692, §| 1, 11.
1888, 340. R. L. 100, § 13; 107. § I. 1915, 67; 265. §§ 1, 2.
1892, 280. 1904. 423, § 1. 1919, 350. §§ 25, 26.
1894, 224, §§ 1,4, 18. 1909, 371, §§ 2, 7, 8, 10. 1920,157.
1896,440. 1910,476. 220 Mass. 609.
1897, 430, 5 2. 1912, 6G0, § 1.
1 Section 7. The secretary may appoint and remove officers, clerks clerical
2 and other assistants necessary to assist him in performing the duties r^.s.si.m.
3 required in connection with said census and enumeration, and may fix §§*4*,'/|.^is.
4 their compensation. Appointments under this section shall not be sub- }|94'5|4
5 ject to chapter thirty-one. §§ *■ 7. i*. is-
1896,440. 1904.423. §§7,9,20, 21. 1914, 692, §§ 2, 11.
1897.430. 1909. 371. §2. 1915. 67; 265. §§ 1, 2.
1899, 462. 1910, 476. 1919, 350, § 26.
R. L. 100, § 13. 1912, 560, § 1. 1920, 157.
1 Section 8. The decennial census of the commonwealth required by Decennial
2 articles twenty-one and twenty-two of the amendments to the constitu- ilsl^^g, § 3.
3 tion and the decennial census of industries and agriculture shall be §§^.'2"'
4 taken by the state secretary in nineteen hundred and twenty-fi\'e and Pjf?"'
5 every tenth year thereafter; and he may super\ise the taking of the ises, eg.
6 United States censuses for Massachusetts, and co-operate with the 1874,386.
7 federal authorities in all respects possible and feasible, so far as is con- p s!3i. § 1.
8 sistent with the interests of the commonwealth, for the purpose of pro- §f*i*,'ia^'
9 moting economy and efficiency in the gathering, compilation and publi- ^f^i^'i^g"'*'
10 cation of statistical matter. In nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and Iff'^-.fj
11 every tenth year thereafter, he shall submit to the general court a pre- woa, sVi, § 7;
12 liminary report embodying an estimate of the cost of taking, compiling 1914,692,
13 and publishing the next succeeding decennial census, and such other 1919,350,
14 information and recommendations as may be necessary to comply with ig2a'i57.
48
STATE SECRETARY.
[CiLAP. 9.
this section. He shall also include in his annual estimates, for years 15
when work is to be performed relating to the taking of the census, such 16
amounts as he shall consider to be required therefor. 17
state census
director may
require attend-
ance of
witnesses.
1869, Res. 102.
P. S. 31. § 14.
R. L. 107, § 2.
1909,371,
§§2,10.
Section 9. The state census director may in connection with his 1
duties in reference to the decennial census, require the attendance of wit- 2
nesses and the production of books and documents, and may examine 3
witnesses on oath; and such witnesses shall be examined in the same 4
manner and be paid the same fees as witnesses before the superior court. 5
1912, 560, § 1. 1919. 350, § 25.
Section 10. The state secretary may, with the approval of the 1
governor and council, appoint a state registrar of vital statistics, who 2
shall be a competent statistician, at a salary of three thousand dollars. 3
The said registrar may, under the direction of the secretary, enforce 4
all laws relative to the registry and return of births, marriages and 5
deaths, and may prosecute in the name of the commonwealth any 6
violations thereof. 7
Custody of
great seal.
R. S. 13, § 5.
G. S. 14. § 6.
P. S. 15, § 12.
E. L. 5, § 4.
Section 11. The state secretary shall have the custody of the great 1
seal of the commonwealth; and copies of records and papers in his de- 2
partment, certified by him and authenticated by said seal, shall be 3
evidence like the originals. 4
Custody of
books relating
to Maine lands
1883, 99.
R. L. 5, § 5.
Section 12. He shall have the custody of the books of records of 1
grants and conveyances of land formerly held by the commonwealth 2
situated in the state of Maine, and of all other books and records relative 3
thereto. 4
Custody of
stereotype
plates.
1879, Res. 5.
P. S. 15, § 13.
R. L. 5, § 6.
Section 13. He shall, except as otherwise provided by section four 1
of chapter sixty-four, have the custody of all stereotype, electrotype, 2
steel and copper plates and woodcuts, owned by the commonwealth, 3
and may dispose of them as in his judgment the best interests of the 4
commonwealth require. 5
Purchase
of paper.
1882, Res. 56.
1885,319.
R. L. 5, § 7.
Section 14. He shall purchase at the lowest market price the paper 1
used in the execution of the contract for state printing and each purchase 2
shall be subject to the approval of the governor and council. He shall 3
furnish to the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory such of 4
said paper as he may need to fill any order for printing received from 5
any department of the commonwealth for printing not included in the 6
state printing contract. 7
Notice of
expiration of
commissions.
1865, 231, § 1.
P. S. 15, § 14.
1899, 178, § 1.
R. L. 5, § 8.
Section 15. The secretary shall send by registered mail to every 1
justice of the peace, special commissioner or notary public a notice of 2
the time of expiration of his commission, not more than thirty nor less 3
than fourteen days before such expiration. i9i7, 42, § 3. 4
Annual list of
designated
justices.
1899, 387, § 4.
R. L. 5, § 9.
Section 16. He shall annually in January send to the town clerks 1
and registrars a list of all justices of the peace designated under section 2
thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and seven, with the dates of expira- 3
tion of their commissions and notice of any revocation of a designation. 4
Chap. 9.] state secrktary. 49
1 Section 17. He shall, in addition to the special reports required by Annual report.
2 law, make an annual report showing the transactions of his department 333r§ 4.
3 for the preceding fiscal year. He shall include therein a report showing Isge^wl; | k
4 the aggregate vote, both affirmative and negative, on every act or part fj/^f ■ ^ '"■
5 of an act which shall have been referred by the general court for accept- js js. 321. § 2.
6 ance or rejection to the voters of any political subdivision of the com- i9h;447. ^
7 monwealth or to the city council of any city during the year; the returns
8 of the number of licenses for the sale of certain non-intoxicating be\"er-
9 ages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and tliirty-eight,
10 granted by the several towns, the amounts received for the same, and
11 the votes of the towns on the question of granting the same; the retmns
12 by the sheriffs of the several counties of money receiAcd by them aJid the
13 number of days they have attended upon a com-t of record and upon the
14 county commissioners, and the abstracts and tabular statements of facts
15 and statistics relative to the trial of cases in the superior court for the
16 several counties prepared from the returns furnished to him as required
17 by section twenty-four of chapter two hundred and twenty-one. He
18 shall also include in such report a record of the work of his department in
19 respect to public records under chapter sixty-six, with recommendations
20 and suggestions relative thereto.
1 Section 18. He shall annually prepare, cause to be printed and on Abstracts of
2 the third Wednesday in January submit to the general court a true ilsl, i33?§ 14.
3 abstract from the certificates, excepting those of foreign corporations, ?87o, 224! 5^62.
4 required by law to be deposited with him, a statement of the names of fg^j ^^^^ \^^
5 all corporations changed, and the names of all corporations dissolved. R. l. 6, § 11.
1903,424, 1918, 257, § 476. 1919,5. 1920,2.
1 Section 19. The state secretary, having first obtained authority Documents,
2 from the governor and council, may destroy or sell such documents, de'str"v«i. "
3 records and papers as in his judgment are of no value; and if sold, the r*^l!io7, «4.
4 proceeds thereof shall be paid to the commonwealth. 1909,371, 1 9.
1912, Res. 22. 1919, 3.50, § 25.
REFERENCES.
For various duties of the state secretary:
As to election laws, Chaps. 50-57, inclusive.
As to furnishing clerks and registrars of cities and towns with lists of legal impedi-
ments to marriage, Chap. 207, § 37.
As to furnishing forms of returns and preparing abstracts and tabular statements
relative to the trial of cases in superior court, Chap. 221, § 24.
As to printing the statute relative to carrying concealed weapons. Chap. 269, § 11.
As to engrossing bills, resolves and amendments to the constitution, Chap. 3,
§§ 23, 24.
As to organizing the house of representatives, Chap. 3, § 1.
As to receiving petitions for incorporation of a city or town, etc.. Chap. 3, § 5.
As to supervising the printing and distribution of laws and pubUc documents,
Chap. 5.
As to keeping records of naturalization, Chap. 220, § 19.
As to receiving and causing to be printed as public documents declarations of trust,
etc., filed by voluntary associations owning or controlling pubUc service corporations,
with the commissioner of corporations and taxation. Chap. 182, § 5.
50
STATE TREASIHER.
[CiLU'. 10.
CHAPTER 10.
DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE TREASURER.
Sect.
1. State treasurer.
2. Treasurer's bond.
3. Same subject.
4. Removal of treasurer.
5. Deputies and certain other employees.
6. Certification of certain deposits.
7. To receive money from the United
States for soldiers' home.
8. To receive money from the United
States for highways.
9. Transmission to attorney general of ac-
count of overdue money and bonds.
10. Treasurer's annual report.
11. Publication of certain statements rela-
tive to metropolitan districts.
12. Provisions for care of funds on death
of treasurer, etc.
13. Inventory of money, etc., to be taken.
Sect.
14. Duplicate receipts by new treasurer
where no vacancy.
15. Treasurer to receive and invest trust
funds of Massachusetts training
schools.
10. To receive and invest trust funds for
educational purposes.
17. To receive and invest trust funds for
institutions under supervision of de-
partment of mental diseases.
BOARD OF RETIREMENT.
18. Board of retirement.
19. Reimbursement of members.
20. Clerical assistants, etc.
COMMISSIONERS ON FIREMEn's RELIEF.
21. Commissioners on firemen's relief.
State treasurer.
1818, 97, § 1.
R. S. 13, §20.
1843, 9.
1854, 131, § 1.
Treasurer's
bond.
1789, 15.
1791,59, § 1.
R. S. 13, § 14.
G. S. 15, I 9.
P. S. 16, § 14.
R. L. 6, § 1.
1907, 576, § 61.
1909, 256.
1911,344.
1912,330.
Section 1. There shall be a department of the state treasurer, under 1
his supervision and control, organized as provided in this chapter. The 2
state treasurer shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars. 3
R. L. 6, § 4.
1907, 276.
1919,308,5 1; 350, §§28-31.
1 Op. A. G. 21.
G. S. 15, § 12.
1864, 300.
1865, 247, § 1.
1866,298, § 1.
1872, 204, § 1.
1879,80, § 1.
P. S. 16, § 17.
1885. 263.
Section 2. The state treasurer shall give bond in the sum of one 1
hundred thousand dollars, with at least three sureties approved by the 2
governor and council, or with a .surety company as sole surety as pro- 3
vided in section one hundred and five of chapter one hundred and seventy- 4
five, payable to the commonwealth, conditioned that he and all persons 5
employed in his department shall faithfully discharge their duties and 6
trusts; that he shall u.se all necessary and reasonable diligence and care 7
in the safe keeping and lawful disposition of all money, bonds, notes, 8
papers, books and other things pertaining to his department which shall 9
come to his hands or to the hands of the persons employed by him; that 10
he shall, upon reasonable notice, render true accounts of his doings when 11
thereto required by law or by the senate or house of representatives; 12
that he shall deliver over to his successor in office or to such other person 13
as may be authorized to receive the same all money, bonds, notes, papers, 14
books and other things belonging to said department; and that all 15
balances and defalcations which shall appear against him shall forthwith 16
be paid by him to the commonwealth. 17
Same subject.
1791,59, §4.
R. S. 13, f 15.
G. S. 15, 1 10.
P. S. 16, § 15.
R. L. 6. § 2.
Section 3. The bond shall be deposited in the office of the state 1
secretary; and upon the order of the governor, with the advice and con- 2
sent of the council, or upon the order of the general court, the attorney 3
general or any other person by them authorized therefor shall commence 4
an action thereon and prosecute it to final judgment, execution and 5
satisfaction. 6
Chap. 10.] state treasurer. 51
1 Section 4. If any person represents on oath that the treasurer is Removal of
2 insane or manifestly insolvent, or has absconded or concealed himself, or conlt'amcnd.
3 is absent from the commonwealth or from the duties of his office to the (Const. Rev.
4 hazard of the public treasury, the governor, with the advice and consent i79/5|'§2
5 of the council, if upon examination such representation appears to be g|}|j}^-
6 true, may designate the first deputy treasurer, upon his giving bond to p.'s.'ie.'s le.'
7 the commonwealth for the faithful performance of his duties in a sum 191.3; 331;,
8 and with sureties approved by them, to perform the duties of the office fgig.ieg, § 1.
9 until the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, otherwise
10 orders.
1 Section 5. The state treasurer may, with the consent of the governor Deputies and
2 and council, appoint, and may for cause with such consent remove, a employees.*'
3 first and a second deputy treasurer, shall prescribe their respective duties, r*^|' Ji;
4 and, with the approval of the governor and council, shall determine their is4|^'9^^'
5 salaries. During the illness, absence or other disability of the treasurer, i|«' igs.
6 his official duties shall be performed by the said deputies in the order of 1854! i3i.
7 seniority. The treasurer may employ in his department to assist him is37!269!
8 in the performance of his duties, other than those in connection with isr,4', 300.
9 the board of retirement, an accountant, a junior accountant, a paying [log; HI] | f
10 teller, a warrant teller, an assistant warrant teller, a receiving teller, an }s79',8o^'§2
11 assistant receiving teller, a bond clerk, a fund clerk, a warrant clerk, a fg|;\^j',^ '■'■
12 record clerk, a messenger and two stenographers, fix their salaries and .i883,'i64.
13 expend for additional clerical and other assistance such sum as may be isse! ss; 334.
14 appropriated therefor. He may employ a suitable person whom, upon i896!326.'
15 his written recommendation, the governor may appoint as a special state Jlol;!!!!
16 police officer for a term of three years unless sooner removed; in employ- fgos' I'qI*'
17 ing said person preference shall be gi\^en to persons who have served in }^g|'||^
18 the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war and have i9i6!i26: isi;
19 been honorably discharged from such service or released from active 1912. 7;''632.
20 duty therein. All said employees shall give bond to the commonwealth, i9i7!2;23i.
21 with sureties to be approved by the treasurer, for the faithful perform- IsJ^j^lg;
22 ance of their duties. Salariesof present deputies. 1920, 3S1.
1 Section 6. The state treasurer shall annually certify to the com- Certification
2 missioner of corporations and taxation the average deposits of every deposiSJ.
3 corporation or organization required to make deposits in trust with the 190!', ili!
4 state treasurer. '' '"■ "• * ^•
1 Section 7. He shall receive from the United States all sums of money To receive
2 paid for the benefit of the Massachusetts soldiers' home under authority un'ted s^tates ^
3 of any act of congress, and pay them over to the treasurer of said soldiers' home.''^"''^^
4 home, or to any persons authorized to receive the same, without specific R^^^'l^jy,
5 appropriation.
1 Section 8. He shall receive from the United States all sums of J°
fn
3 construction of any highways therein. The sums so received shall be lais, i8,§'2.
4 expended upon the order or approval of the division of highways of the §113.
5 department of public works without specific appropriation.
1 Section 9. He shall annually, on the first Monday of May, transmit f„"ttj;ifei°°
2 to the attorney general an account of bonds, notes and securities in the general of ac-
52
STATE TREASURER.
[Chap. 10.
count of over-
due money
and bonds.
1834, 199.
R. S. 13, § 25.
treasury in which the commonwealth is interested and on which tlie
principal or interest remains due and unpaid or of which the conditions
have not been performed, classifying them under distinct heads.
Treasurer's
annual report.
1S58, 1, § 4.
G. S. 15, § 19.
P. S. IB, § 22.
R. L. 6, § 9.
1905,211. § 2.
Section 10. He shall annually, on the first Wednesday in January, 1
report to the general court a statement of the transactions of his depart- 2
ment for the preceding fiscal year, including a specific statement of all 3
warrants remaining unpaid and of the names of the persons in whose 4
fa^•or they are drawn. 5
Publication
of certain
statements
relative to
metropolitan
districts.
1910, 517.
1911,526.
1918, 189, § 2.
Section 11. He shall annually, as soon after the prorogation of the 1
general court as is practicable, publish a statement showing the assess- 2
ments for interest, sinking fund and maintenance requirements due 3
from towns in the metropolitan sewerage systems, north and south, met- 4
ropolitan parks and water districts; a statement showing the several 5
classes of debts incurred for metropolitan district purposes, and the 6
share of the towns in the several districts as measured by the basis used 7
in computing the assessments mentioned in the first statement; and such 8
other statements, if any, as he may deem advisable. The expense of 9
printing shall be apportioned and paid in equal parts from the main- 10
tenance funds of the sewerage systems, north and south, the parks system 11
and water system. 12
Provisions for
care of funds
on death of
treasurer, etc.
1791, 69, § 3.
R. S. 13, § 17.
G. S. 15. § 20.
P. S. 16, § 23.
R. L. 6, § 10.
Section 12. Upon a vacancy in the office of state treasurer, the 1
state secretary, with two suitable persons appointed by warrant of the 2
governor, shall, after notice to the former treasurer, or, if he is deceased, 3
to his heirs, executors or administrators, and to his sureties or one of 4
them, or to such of them as are within the commonwealth, seal up and 5
secure, in their presence if they attend, all money, papers and other things 6
supposed to be the property of the commonwealth; and they shall give 7
such representatives or sureties, if required by them, a true list of all 8
packages so sealed up and of the places where they are deposited. 9
Inventory of
money, etc.,
to be taken.
1791, 59, § 3.
R. S. 13, 5 18.
G. S. 15, §21.
P. S. 16, § 24.
R. L.e, § 11.
Section 13. As soon thereafter as may be, and after like notice, the 1
state secretary and the two persons so appointed shall cause the packages 2
to be examined, and a true inventory to be taken of the money and of 3
all bonds, notes, securities, books and such other things pertaining to said 4
office as shall be required by the former treasurer or by his representa- 5
tives or sureties. A copy of such inventory shall be deposited in the 6
state secretary's office, and copies shall be gi\'en on request to any of 7
said persons. The state secretary and said two persons shall safely keep 8
all property so inventoried until a treasurer is duly qualified, to whom 9
they shall deliver the same, taking duplicate receipts from him therefor, 10
one of which shall be deposited with the state secretary and the other 11
with the former treasurer or his legal representatives or sureties. 12
Duplicate i
ceipts by n
treasurer
(Const. Rev.
art. 138.)
1791,59,5 3.
R. S. 13, § 19.
Section 14. The new state treasurer shall, upon his election or ap- 1
pointment and qualification, give duplicate receipts for all property of the 2
commonwealth transmitted to him, one of which shall be deposited with 3
the state secretary; and such receipts shall be sufficient evidence for his 4
predecessor of the delivery of said property, and shall be his sufficient 5
discharge therefor. g. s. is, § 22. p. s. la, § 2s. r. l. 6, § 12. 6
Chap. K).] state treasurer. 53
1 Section 15. The state treasurer may recei\'e from the trustees of Treasurer to
2 Massachusetts training schools the principal of the various trust funds invest trust
3 conveyed or bequeathed to the said trustees for the use of any institution Massachusetts
4 of which they are trustees; and upon the request of said trustees he shall school"^
5 expend the income of all such funds, and such part of the principal as §§'*i','2.°^'
6 may be subject to the control of said trustees, in such manner as the
7 trustees may direct, subject to any condition affecting the administra-
8 tion thereof. The said funds, if in cash, shall be invested safely by the
9 state treasurer, or, if in securities, he may hold them in their original
10 form or, upon the approval of the governor and council, sell them and
11 reinvest the proceeds in securities which are legal investments for the
12 commonwealth sinking funds. He shall be held responsible for the faith-
13 ful management of said trust funds in the same manner as for other funds
14 held by him in his official capacity.
1 Section 16. He shall invest, in the name of the commonwealth, the To receive and
2 money received from the department of education under section three funds'for^edu-
3 of chapter sixty-nine, and pay to the department the income or prin- po'eT''' ''"'^
4 cipal thereof as it shall require; but no disposition shall be made of any q ^s'|| § 2
5 money or property received under said section which is inconsistent P- S- *!■ §2-
6 with the terms of the trust under which it is held. He shall be responsible
7 upon his bond for the faithful management of all such money or property.
1 Section 17. The state treasurer may receive the principal of any to receive and
2 fund given or bequeathed to the commonwealth or to the department of funds'foTfn-
stitutiona
under super-
vision of de-
. . . partnient of
5 any mstitution or placed under the supervision of said department; and mental dis-
6 upon its request he shall expend the income of all such funds, and such i9'io,'5s.3. § 2.
7 part of the principal as may be subject to the control of said department, isiiolssb.'JTg.
8 in such manner as it may direct, subject to any condition affecting the
9 administration thereof. Said funds shall be invested safely by the state
10 treasurer, and he shall be held responsible for the faithful management
11 of the same in the same manner as for other funds held by him.
board of retirement.
1 Section 18. There shall be a state board of retirement serving in Board of
2 the department, consisting of three members, one of whom shall be the ig'ii'jsso.''
3 state treasurer, ex officio, who shall be chairman, a second member fgV'sso § 28
4 elected by the state retirement association established under section
5 two of chapter thirty-two from among their number in such manner as
6 the commissioner of insurance may determine, and a third member
7 chosen by the other two. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an
8 elected or chosen member or in case of a vacancy in either of said offices,
9 his successor shall be elected or chosen as aforesaid for three years.
1 Section 19. The members of the board shall serve without com- Reimburse-
2 pensation, but, they shall be reimbursed out of the contingent fund Scmbers.
3 provided in section four of chapter thirty-two for any expense or loss of §''*4/cU2).
4 salary or wages which they may incur through service on the board. All '^^^' ^^°' ^ -*■
5 claims for reimbursement on this account shall be subject to the approval
6 of the governor and council.
54
STATE AUDITOR.
[Chap. 11.
Stanti.etc. SECTION 20. The State treasurer may appoint and remove such cleri- 1
§4^ oi^(4)' ^^^ ^^'^ other assistants as may be required to carry on the work of the 2
1919, isso, 5 29. state board of retirement and may fix their compensation. 3
COMMISSIONERS ON FIREMEN S RELIEF.
Section 21. There shall be a board to be known as the commis- 1
.sioners on firemen's relief serving in the department and consisting of the 2
state treasiu-er, ex officio, two members appointed by the governor, with 3
the advice and consent of the council, and two members appointed by the 4
, .. Massachusetts state firemen's association. Upon the expiration of the 5
1919! 350? /'30. term of office of an appointive member, his successor shall be appointed 6
as aforesaid for two years. Any vacancy existing shall be filled for the 7
unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment. 8
Commissioners
on firemen's
relief.
1890, 450, § 2.
1891,274, § 2.
1892, 177, § 2.
R. L. 32, § 73.
1903,253, § 1.
1911,90, 5 1
REFERENCES.
Various duties of the state treasurer:
To estimate the expenses, etc., of the various metropohtan systems, and to assess
the same on the cities and towns of the various dLstricts, Chap. 92, §§8, 26, 54-59.
To send statement to a city or town auditor upon making payment of public money
to a city or town treasurer, Chap. 41, § 54.
To make payments on account to members of the general court, Chap. 3, § 11.
To receive deposits of cemetery funds and invest the same, Chap. 114, §§ 20, 21.
To refund certain fees deposited with him by director of accounts. Chap. 44, § 26.
CHAPTER 11.
DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE AUDITOR.
Sect.
1. State auditor.
2. First deputy auditor.
3. Second deputy auditor.
4. Supervisor and assistant supervisor of
accounts.
5. Deputy to assist with budget.
6. First clerk, accountant, bookkeeper,
messenger, etc.
7. Auditor's duties.
Sect.
8. Auditor to prescribe form of accounts.
9. Measurement of state printing.
10. Bills, etc., to be deposited with auditor.
11. Auditor to keep accounts, etc.
12. Annual examination of books, etc., of
treasurer, auditor, etc.
13. Annual report.
14. Same subject.
15. Same subject.
1854, 131, § 1.
G. .S. 15,
HI, 2.
18G4, 300.
1865, 247, i 2.
1866, 298, § 3.
1867, 178.
§§ 1, 2.
Section 1. There shall be a department to be known as the depart-
ment of the state auditor under his supervision and control, organized
as provided in this chapter. The state auditor shall receive a salary of
six thousand dollars and shall give to the state treasurer a bond for
the faithful performance of his official duties in a penal sum and with
sureties approved by the governor and council.
1870. 380.
1<S76, 156, § 1.
1879, 81. § 1.
P. S. 16, §5 1, 2.
18S5, 195, § 1.
1889, 70.
R. L. 6, §§ 13, 14.
1902, 177, § 1.
1905, 149, § 1.
1907, 139, § 2; 276.
1908, 597, § 1.
1919,309, I 1; 350, § 32.
First deputy
auditor.
1901, 157.
R. L. 6, § 14.
1902, 177, § 1.
1905, 149, I 1.
1907. 139, § 2.
1908, 597, § 2.
1911, 294, § 1.
1920, 546, I 3.
Section 2. He shall, with the consent of the governor and council, 1
appoint a first deputy auditor, at a salary to be fixed by the auditor, with 2
the approval of the governor and council, who shall perform such duties 3
as may be assigned to him by the auditor and who may be removed by 4
him for cause at any time, with the consent of the go^'erno^ and coun- 5
cil. If, by reason of sickness, absence or other cause, the auditor is tern- 6
Chap. 11.] state auditor. 55
7 porarily unable to perform the duties of liis office, the first deputy shall
8 perform the same until such disability ceases. In the event of a vacancy
9 in the office of auditor, the first deputv shall be continued in office and
10 shall perform all statutory duties of the auditor until an auditor shall be
11 duly qualified. The first deputy shall give bond to the commonwealth
12 for the faithful discharge of his duties, in a sum not exceeding five
13 thousand dollars.
1 Section 3. With the consent of the governor and council, he may second deputy
2 appoint and for cause remove a second deputy auditor, at a salary to be i952.°5i2. § i.
3 fixed by the auditor, with the approval of the governor and council, who ^''"°' *"'' ^ ^'
4 shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the auditor. If,
5 by reason of sickness, absence or other cause, the auditor and first deputy
6 are temporarily unable to perform the duties of their respective offices,
7 the second deputy shall perform the same until such disability ceases.
8 The requirements of the preceding section as to the bonding of the
9 first deputy shall apply to the second deputy.
1 Section 4. The auditor, with the consent of the governor and council, f"8^s^S'nt°super-
2 shall appoint a supervisor of accounts and an assistant supervisor of ^"^"Jg
3 accounts at salaries to be fixed by him with the approval of the governor isos, S97. § 3.
4 and council.
1 Section 5. He may, subject to confirmation by the governor and £sP"'^ith
2 coiuicil, appoint a deputy in his department at a salary not exceeding j95'|''244 « 4
3 thirty-five hundred dollars, who shall, when requested by the governor, 1919! 52; '«9.
4 furnish him with information relative to the finances of the common-
5 wealth and shall otherwise assist him in the preparation of the budget.
6 The requirements of section two as to the bonding of the first deputy
7 shall apply to the deputy appointed hereunder.
1 Section 6. The auditor mav emplov a first clerk, an accountant '^''^t <^'"'';
i" i*'r»ii 1* accountant,
2 and a bookkeeper, each at a salary to be faxed by the auditor, and may bookkeeper,
3 expend annually for their salaries and the compensation of examiners, 18S1.239.'
4 stenographers, and for additional clerical and other assistance such 1S54] isii
5 sum as may be appropriated therefor. isss, 440. g. s. 15, § 2. ^^ ^- ^-
1864, 300.
P. S. 16. § 2.
R. L. 6, § 14.
1865, 247, § 5.
1885, 195,
§2.
1902, 177, § 1.
1866, 101; 298, §5.
1887, 30.
1903, 120, §§ 1, 2.
1867, 167, § 6; 178, § 2.
1888, 432.
1905, 149, § 1.
1871, 383.
1891, 375.
1907, 139, i 2.
1873, 377, §1 7, 10
1894, 397.
1912, 512. §§2, 3.
1876, 156, §§ 2-6.
1898,521.
1914, 399, §§ 1, 2.
1879, 81, §§ 2-6.
1899, 151.
1915, 274, § 1, 2.
1881, 254.
1900, 217.
1916, 236, 1.
1 Section 7. He shall examine all accounts and demands against the Auditor's
2 commonwealth, excepting those for the salaries of the governor and of m9;^56, § 2.
3 the justices of the supreme jutlicial court, for the pay rolls of the executive jssf sVs.^ ^'
4 council and members of the general court, and those due on account of If^gfi^' ^ ^'
5 the principal or interest of a public debt. He may require affidavits that fig^'^tg
6 articles have been furnishe<l, ser\'ices rendered and expenses incurred, §§ 3,'4. '
7 as claimed. Such affidavit for any institution shall be made by the dis- r. l. 6,'§ is.
8 bursing officer thereof. The auditor shall make a certificate specifying 257?§§*5,'9. ''
9 the amount due and allowed on each account or demand so examined, j92o;2.'
10 the name of the person to whom such amount is payable, the law author- 1^ ^"^°' ^^^-
56
•STATE AITDITOR.
[Chap. 11.
izing the same and the head of expenditure to wliich it is chargeable. If 11
the general court, by express statute, authorizes a department or pubhc 12
officer to approve accounts or demands against the commonwealth, and 13
an appropriation therefor has been made, the auditor shall, when such 14
accounts or demands have been properly appro\'ed, promptly audit 15
and certify such an amount, not exceeding the appropriation therefor, 16
as he may deem correct; and if it appears to him that there are improper 17
charges in said accounts or demands he shall report the same to the 18
governor and council, with a separate certificate therefor. But he shall 19
not certify any bill for printing incurred in violation of section six of 20
chapter five. He shall keep copies of all such certificates and trans- 21
mit the originals to the governor, who, with the advice and consent of 22
the council, may issue his warrant to the state treasurer for the amoimt 2,3
therein specified as due. 24
Auditor to
prescribe form
of accounts.
1887, 87.
R. L. 6,
l§ 16, 17.
1907, 139, § 1.
1908, 597,
§§4,6.
1912. 79.
Section 8. Under the direction of the auditor, the supervisor of 1
accounts shall direct and control all the accounts in all departments, 2
offices, commissions and institutions of the commonwealth which incur 3
expense or to which income accrues, and shall have full authority to 4
prescribe, regulate and make changes in the methods of keeping and 5
rendering accounts, and shall see that they are properly maintained, and 6
that all items are correctly allocated between capital receipts and dis- 7
bursements and operating revenue and expense. He shall establish in 8
each such department, office, commission and institution a proper system 9
of accounts, which shall be uniform so far as is practicable, and a proper 10
system of accounting for stores, supplies, materials and products, and 11
may provide, where he deems it necessary, for a continuing in\-entory 12
thereof. He shall provide such safeguards and systems of checking as 13
will ensure, so far as possible, the proper collection of all revenue due the 14
commonwealth; and, where he deems it necessary, shall provide that 15
forms and receipts shall be numbered consecutively, making each such 16
department, officer, commission or institution responsible for their use or 17
cancellation. 18
Measurement
of state
printing.
1893, 287.
1896, 248.
E. L. 6, § 18;
9, § 14.
1914, 399, § 3.
Bills, etc.. to
be deposited
with auditor.
1867, 178, § 4.
1378, 187, § 1.
P. S. 16, § 4.
R. L. 6, § 19.
1906, 407, § 3.
1910, 583, § 3.
Auditor to
lieep accounts,
1849, 56, § 3.
G. S. 15, § 4.
1867, 178, § 5.
P. S. 16, § 5,
R. L. 6, § 20.
Section 9. The auditor shall cause all the printing under the state 1
printing contract to be examined and measured, and no bill for printing 2
shall be allowed unless it is in strict conformity with such contract. He 3
may employ an expert in printing to examine the bills for printing under 4
such contract and perform such other clerical assistance as the auditor 5
may require. 6
Section 10. All original bills and vouchers on which money has 1
been or may be paid from the treasury upon the certificate of the auditor 2
or the warrant of the governor shall be kept in the auditor's department; 3
and all departments, officers or commissions authorized to make con- 4
tracts under which money may be payable from the treasury shall file 5
with the auditor certified copies thereof. 6
Section 11. The auditor shall keep a distinct account, under appro- 1
priate heads, of all public receipts and expenditures. He shall keep a like 2
account of the school fund and of other public property and of all debts 3
and obligations due to and from the commonwealth; and for such pur- 4
pose he shall have free access to the books and papers of the several 5
departments, offices, commissions and institutions. 6
Chap. 11.] state auditor. 57
1 Section 12. He shall annually examine the books, accounts and ^^^^^^^-^^^
2 vouchers of the state treasurer. He shall at least once in each year, and of books, etc..
.3 oftener in his discretion, audit the accounts of all state departments, auditor, etc."
4 officers, commissions and institutions receiving money to be paid to the s, 7.'''_'
5 commonwealth. His own books and accounts shall be subject at any §§7,' 8°'
6 time to such examination as the governor and council or the general p^a'w,^;.^'
7 court may order. He shall comply with any written regulations, con- fgog^'n V3
8 sistent with law, relative to the duties of his office made by the governor jsoj. i39. § i-
9 and council. This section shall not apply to the accounts of state officers 1919', 356! § 54.
10 which the director of accounts of the department of corporations and
11 taxation is required by law to examine.
1 Section 13. He shall annually on the second Wednesday in January Annual report.
2 submit to the general court a printed abstract of his report, exliibiting a d. s.'i5,'§ 5.'
3 full and accurate statement of the financial condition and transactions of p's'ie^ii^'
4 the commonwealth for the preceding fiscal year, and as soon as may be r^l'6?§22.
5 thereafter he shall submit his printed report in detail.
1905,211. § 4. 1908,630, I 1.
1 Section 14. Such report shall contain a summary statement of the same subject.
2 receipts into, and pavments from, the treasury of the commonwealth §§"2,'5. '
•">67, 17
I 8, 10
S. 16.
■ J 8, 10.
5 permanent departments, offices, commissions, services and institutions; Rl. 6, §23.
6 and all exceptional and special charges incurred for articles purchased.
7 The account shall be so constructed as to show the expenses which have
8 been actually incurred within the fiscal year, whether paid or unpaid at
9 the end of such year. It shall include all items of accounts of expendi-
10 ture of interest to the public, and, as far as may be, shall show the different
11 departments, officers or commissions under whose direction the expendi-
12 ture was made and the different officers who have received salaries or
13 other general charges; and no expenditure exceeding five hundred dol-
14 lars, including separate items, shall be classified under an indefinite head.
1 Section 15. The report shall show the aggregate amount of funded f^'^gl^^'f^^
2 debt and of all temporary loans at the beginning and end of the fiscal jig*/^,o
3 year respectively and the balance of increase or decrease in each case, 11. 13.
4 and state the cause of such increase or decrease. It shall state whether li, is.
5 or not the ordinary expenses of the fiscal year have exceeded the income, itosI^I,^*'
6 and show the amount of the balance. It shall contain a particular state- ^^ ^' *•
7 ment of all transactions affecting the funds belonging to or held in trust
8 by the commonwealth, including new investments of any portion of the
9 same made during the preceding fiscal year, and also of the manner in
10 which the income of the school fund has been disbursed. In making such
11 report the auditor shall estimate the value of securities at their market
12 value at the time of making his report.
58
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. [CiLAP. 12.
CHAPTER 12.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS.
Sect.
departmext of the attorney general.
1. Department of attorney general. Sal-
ary.
2. Assistants.
3. Attorney general to appear for com-
monwealth, when.
4. Collection of claims of commonwealth.
5. Actions, how brought.
6. Attorney general to advise district at-
torneys, etc.
7. May file informations.
8. Shall enforce application of charity
funds.
9. Shall aid and adwsecommittees of gen-
eral court.
10. Powers and duties relative to unlawful
combinations, etc., in restraint of
trade, etc.
11. Annual report and reports of capital
trials.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
12. District attorneys.
13. Districts for administration of criminal
law.
Sect.
14. Assistant district attorneys, etc.
15. Salaries of district attorneys.
16. Salaries of assistant district attorneys,
etc.
17. Adjustment of salaries of district at-
torneys and assistant and second
assistant district attorneys.
18. Clerk or temporary assistant in certain
cases.
19. Stenographers, etc., in Suffolk.
20. Additional legal assistants in Suffolk.
21. Detail for police and detective service
in Suffolk.
22. Clerks and stenographers in northern
and southeastern districts.
23. Traveling expenses.
24. Certain expenses to be paid by the
county.
25. Counties may advance certain expenses.
26. Court may appoint substitute.
27. General duties of district attorneys.
28. Suits on recognizances, etc.
29. Attorney general and district attorneys
to account for fees.
30. Prosecuting officers not to receive fees,
etc.
Department
of attorney
general.
Salary.
1786, 84.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 1. There shall be a department of the attorney general,
under his supervision and control, organized as provided in this chapter.
The attorney general shall receive a salary of eight thousand dollars.
17S9, 25; 45.
1813, 131, § 1.
1832, 130, § 10.
R. S. 13. § 43.
1849. 186, § 12.
G. S. 14, § 16.
1866. 298, § 2.
1873, 254.
1879, 123, § :
P. S. 17, § 1.
1889, 402, § :
R. L. 7, § 9.
1907. 276.
1912,575, § 1.
1919, 350. § 33.
1920, 422.
1855, Res. 25.
1856, Res. 60.
G. S. 14. § 16.
1868, 93.
1874, 132.
1879, 123, § 2.
P. S. 17, § 2.
1886, 216.
1888, 425.
1889, 402, § 2.
1896, 490, § 3.
R. L. 7, S 9.
1903, 357,
§§ 1, 2.
Section 2. He may appoint such assistants as the duties of the 1
department require and a cliief clerk and, with the appro\-al of the 2
governor and council, shall fix their compensation. He may appoint a 3
casliier and, subject to the approval of the governor and council, fix his 4
salary. Such cashier shall give bond to the commonwealth in the sum 5
of twenty thousand dollars. He may, with the appro^•al of the governor (5
and council, employ additional legal assistance. Appointments under 7
tlus section shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one. 1920,310. 8
Attorney
general to
appear for
commonwealth,
when.
1807, 18, § 1.
1809, 31.
1811, 10.
1832, 130, § 8.
R. S. 13,
§§ 29, 30.
Section 3. The attorney general shall appear for the commonwealth 1
and for state departments, officers and commissions in all suits and 2
other civil proceedings in which the commonwealth is a party or in- 3
terested, or in which the official acts and doings of said departments, 4
officers and commissions are called in question, in all the courts of the 5
commonwealth, except upon criminal recognizances and bail bonds, 6
Chap. 12.] attorney geneilal. 59
7 and in such suits and proceedings before any other tribunal when re- is39, 2s, § 2.
8 quested by the governor or by the general court or either branch thereof. {Hg; fgi;,
9 AH such suits and proceedings shall be prosecuted or defended by him g. i'.ii^'
10 or under his direction. Writs, svunmonses or other processes served f|7g'^'g^^'
11 upon such officers shall be forthwith transmitted by them to him. All F;|'^'''
12 legal services required by such departments, officers, commissions and 1S92'. 159.
13 commissioners of pilots for the harbor of Boston in matters relating isosIsts!
14 to their official duties shall, except as otherwise provided, be rendered §§^^,"2.^"'
15 by the attorney general or under his direction. ^' ^' "• ^ ^'
3 Cush. 25. 1 Op. A. G. 36, 54, 80. 81, 3 Op. A. G. 425, 596.
SCush. 336. 88,154,562.595,003. 4 0p. A.G. 451.
187 Mass. 185. 2 Op. A. G. 50, 95. 100, 434. Op. A. G. (1917) 60.
1 Section 4. He shall enforce the collection of such money due on Collection of
2 the bonds, notes and securities listed in the accounts transmitted to com'monweaith.
.3 him under section nine of chapter ten, and the performance of such r*^s.'i3,^§25.
4 conditions therein referred to as, with due regard to the situation of pfjo'lj^'
5 the debtors, he may consider that the interests of the commonwealth R- l- 7, § 2.
6 require.
1 Section 5. All civil actions to recover money for the common- Actions, how
2 wealth may be brought in the name of the commonwealth by the at- ileef 233, § 2.
3 torney general or by a district attorney. p. s. 16, § 53. r. l. 7, § 3.
1 Section 6. He shall consult with and advise district attorneys in Attorney
2 matters relating to their duties; and, if in his judgment the public IdvSedutrict
3 interest so requires, he shall assist them by attending the grand jury i"3°2,°i'3o,' I's.'
4 in the examination of a case in which the accused is charged with a ft fg";
5 capital crime, and appear for the commonwealth in the trial of indict- is43, 99, § 2.
6 ments for capital crimes. 1849, ise. §§ 2. 4. isso, 46.
G. S. 14, §§ 17, 19. 1891, 379, 5 10. R. L. 7. § 4.
P. S. 17, § 5. 1893, 324. Op. A. G. (1917) 60.
1 Section 7. He may, if in his judgment the public interest so re- May file
2, • fi ' . . .1 • . 1 informations.
quires, prosecute informations or other processes against persons who 1849, ist;, § 9.
3 intrude on the land, rights or property of the commonwealth, or com- p. 1. 17,' 1 1.^'
4 mit or erect a nuisance thereon. R. l. 7, § 5. 123 Mass. 479.
1 Op. A. G. 609, 617, 2 Op. A. G. 631, 632,
624, 629, 633, 638, 642, 635, 640, 642, 646, 649.
646, 647, 650, 654, 655. 3 Op. A. G. 588, 593.
1 Section 8. He shall enforce the due application of funds given or shaii enforce
2 appropriated to public charities within the commonwealth, and prevent oF?harity°
3 breaches of trust in the administration thereof. "" '
1847. 263.
P. S. 17, § 6.
126 Mass. 216.
1849. 186, § 8.
R. L. 7, § 6.
218 Mass. 378.
G. S. 14, § 20.
5 Cush. 336.
3 Op. A. G. 588, 596.
1 Section 9. He shall, when required by either branch of the general shaii aid and
, , . . . ' , . '^ , . . , , . . , adv^se com-
2 court, attend during its sessions and give his aid and advice in the ar- mittees of
3 rangement and preparation of legi.slative documents and business, and i832, iso. § s.
4 shall give his opinion upon questions of law submitted to him by the i843, 99. § 3.'
5 governor and council or by either branch of the general court. He, or G*i; /f_ j li.'
6 some person designated by him, shall, when requested by a vote of a fg(|j/3^73^ §i.
7 legislative committee, appear before such committee and advise it upon ^J^- ^ ^J-^q
8 the legal effect of proposed legislation pending before it.
2 Op. A.G. 125,405,570. 3 Op. A. G. Ill, 424, 471. 4 Op. A. G. 557.
60
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
[Chap. 12.
Powers and
duties relative
to unlawful
combinations,
etc., in restraii
of trade, etc.
1913, 709,
§§ 1.2,
1914, 728, § 1,
Section 10. He shall take cognizance of all violations of law or of 1
orders of courts, tribunals or commissions affecting the general welfare 2
it of the people, including combinations, agreements and unlawful prac- 3
tices in restraint of trade or for the suppression of competition, or for the 4
undue enhancement of the price of articles or commodities in common 5
use, and shall institute or cause to be instituted such criminal or civil 6
proceedings before the appropriate state and federal courts, tribunals 7
and commissions as he may deem to be for the public interest, and 8
shall investigate all matters in which he has reason to believe that there 9
have been such violations. To carry out this section, he may appoint 10
necessary assistants, with such compensation as, with the approval 11
of the governor and council, he may fix, and may expend such sums as 12
may be approved by the governor and council. In criminal proceedings 13
hereunder he may require district attorneys to assist him and under his 14
direction to act for him in their respective districts. 15
Annual report
and reports
of capital
trials.
1832, 130, § 8.
R. S. 13,
§§ 31, 32.
1839, 157, § 4.
1849, 186, § 4.
G. S. 14, § 23.
P. S. 17, § 9.
1886, 214.
1898, 436.
1900, 373, § 2.
R. L. 7, § 8.
1908, 586, § 1.
1916, 248. 5 1.
District
attorneys.
Const, amend.
19.
(Const. Rev.
art. 62.)
1807, 18.
1832, 130, § 9.
R. S. 13,
§§ 36, 37.
1848, 16, § 2.
Section 11. He shall make an annual report showing the number 1
of cases tried, argued or conducted by him during the preceding fiscal 2
year, with suggestions and recommendations as to the amendment 3
and the proper and economical administration of the laws. He shall 4
include therein a statement of his acts under section nine, with sug- 5
gestions and recommendations relative thereto. He may, with the 6
approval of the governor and council, prepare and publish such reports 7
of capital trials as he deems expedient for public use. One copy shall 8
be sent to each public and law library in the commonwealth, and the 9
balance may be sold, or otherwise disposed of, at the discretion of the 10
state secretary. 11
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Section 12. There shall be a district attorney for each district 1
set forth in the following section, who shall be a resident therein and 2
shall be elected as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of 3
chapter fifty-four. He shall serve for four years beginning with the 4
first Wednesday of January after his election and until his successor is 5
qualified. i852, i96, § 3. isss, 275, § 2. 6
1856, 173, §§1,5. 1893, 417, §§ 250, 258. 1913, 835, §§ 391, 392, 503.
G.S. 10, §2; 14, §28.
P. S. 10, § 2; 17, § 12
1890, 423, § 189.
1898, 548, §§ 314, 322, 323.
R.L.7,§11:11,§§325,326.
1907, 560, §§353,354,456.
1917, 255, § 1.
1918, 114, § 2,
1919, 269, § 26.
Districts for
administration
of criminal
law.
1832, 130, § 9.
R. S. 13,
§§ 34, 35.
1848, 16, § 1.
1852, 196,
§§ 1, 2.
1855, 275, § 1.
G. S. 14, § 28.
P. S. 17, § 12.
R. L. 7, § 11.
Section 13. For the administration of the criminal law, Suffolk 1
county shall constitute the Suffolk district; Middlesex county, the 2
northern district; Essex county, the eastern district; Norfolk and 3
Phinouth counties, the southeastern district; Bristol, Barnstable, 4
Nantucket and Dukes counties, the southern district; Worcester 5
county, the middle district; Berkshire and Hampden counties, the 6
western district; and Franklin and Hampshire counties, the north- 7
western district. 8
1856, 67, § 1.
G. S. 14, § 32.
1870, 361, § 2.
1874, 164.
Section 14. District attorneys of the following districts may ap- 1
point the following officers, as herein specified, and may at their pleasure 2
remove them : 3
For the Suffolk district, sLx assistant district attorneys. 4
P. S. 17, § 13.
R. L. 7, § 12.
1906, 460, § 1.
1909, 276.
1910, 439,
1913, 602.
1916, 287.
1918, 281.
1920, 451.
Chap. 12.] district attorneys. 61
5 For the northern district, an assistant district attorney and three issi, 157.
6 second assistant district attorneys. R. l. 7, §12. ■•- ■,
1910. 310, 5 1. 1914, 573, I 1. 1919, 220, §§ 1, 4. 1920, 395.
7 For the eastern district, an assistant district attorney and a second ^^I'l^l' 12
8 assistant district attorney. 1917, 229.
9 For the middle district, an assistant district attorney and a second k^l'7^1i''
10 assistant district attorney. 1920.320.
11 For the southeastern district, an assistant district attorney and a i89i, 113.
12 second assistant district attorney, and, if in the opinion of the district isiis', s's.
13 attorney the interests of the commonwealth require, with the approval ^®'®' ^^^' ^ ^'
14 of the chief ju,stice of the superior court, a deputy district attorney.
15 For the southern district, an assistant district attc
16 assistant district attorney. 1917, 284.
17 For the western district, an assistant district attorney, or an assistant i9i9. 220, § 2.
18 and a second assistant district attorney, of whom one shall reside in
19 Berkshire county and the other in Hampxlen county.
1 Section 15. Subject to section seventeen, district attorneys shall Ij^^^^j,^^ °^
2 receive from the commonwealth salaries as follows: attorneys.
1832, 130, § 10. G. S. 14, §29. 1879, 238, §1. 1905, 157, §§ 1, 5.
R. S. 13, §43. 1867,349,5 1. 1881,286. 1911,485, §1.
1843, 9. 1868, 4. P. S. 17, § 15. 1918, 272, §§ 1, 5.
1859, 216. 1872, 352. R. L. 7, § 13. 225 Mass. 309.
3 For the Suffolk district, nine thousand dollars. ]ll°- ?!!';■ 5 1-
1887, IbO.
1912, 576. 1918, 281. 1920, 451.
4 For the northern district, five thousand dollars. }it5' 2Si
loot, zjb.
1858,118. 1903,395. 1910, 369, § 1.
5 For the eastern district, five thousand dollars. \^f |!;^5 ^■
1858, 118. 1882, 156.
6 For the middle district, five thousand dollars. Jfj^. i96. § *■
1S5S. 111. 1885,168. 1889,250. 1917,242.
7 For the southern district, four thousand dollars. }!*§■ }*■„
1858,118. 1892,319.
8 For the southeastern district, four thousand dollars. Jfiij' ^^- , ,
' ISoJ, 196, § 4.
1856, 277.^ 1888. 267. 1899, 470. 1914, 320, § 1.
9 For the western district, three thousand dollars. JUS' ?5i
104y, 14Z.
1855, 275, § 3. 1S87, 97.
10 For the northwestern district, two thousand dollars. 1855,275, §3.
1 Section 16. Subject to the following section, assistant and second f^l"l^n°'d^a.
2 assistant district attorneys and deputy district attorneys shall receive trict attorneys,
3 from the commonwealth salaries as follows: 1868,4.
p. S. 17, §15. R, L. 7. §13. 1918,272,1
1S95, 424. 1905, 157, § 2. 225 Mass. :
4 For the Suffolk district, four assistants, five thousand dollars, and G^tfJ'Ji
5 two assistants, four thousand dollars. 1S67, 349, § 1.
1870, 361, § 2. 1882, 245. § 2. 1902, 471. 1913. 602.
1873, 89. 1887, 160. 1905, 157, § 3. 1916, 287.
1874,164. 1892,23.3. 1906, 460. § 2, 1918. 272. § 3; 2S1.
1879, 238, § 2. 1898, 235. 1910, 439, §§ 2, 3. 1920, 451.
6 For the northern district, assistant, three thousand dollars; second Jloslsos;
7 assistants, twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars. i9io, sio, § 2.
1917. 304. 1919, 220, §§ 1, 3. 1920, 395.
62
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
[Chap. 12.
1882, 157.
1888, 289.
1902, 530.
1888, 157.
1893, 138.
1917, 242.
1888, 2B7.
1891, 113.
1894, 297.
1901, 500.
1914, 326,
1915, 88.
1917, 222.
1893, 457.
1897, 306.
1917, 284.
For the eastern district, assistant, three thousand dollars; second 8
assistant, twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars. i9i7, 229. 9
For the middle district, assistant, three thousand dollars; second 10
assistant, twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars. 1920,320. 11
For the southeastern district, assistant, twenty-four hundred dollars; 12
second assistant, eighteen hundred dollars; deputy district attorney, 13
such compensation as shall be fixed by the district attorney, with the 14
approval of the chief justice of the superior court. i9i9, 3i3, § 1. 1,5
For the southern district, assistant, twenty-four hundred dollars; 16
second assistant, eighteen hundred dollars. 17
For the western district, assistant, fifteen hundred dollars, or if the 18
district attorney elects to appoint an assistant and a second assistant, 19
such salaries as he may fix, not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars in the 20
aggregate. 21
Adjustment
of salaries of
district at-
torneys and
assistant and
second as-
sistant district
attorneys.
1905, 157,
§§1,2.
1910, 369.
1911,485.
1918, 272,
§§ 1.2,4,
5; 281.
1919, 220,
§§2-4; 350,
§§ 82, 83.
Section 17. The salaries of district attorneys for the several dis- 1
tricts, except Suffolk, shall, in January, nineteen hundred and twenty- 2
two, and every five years thereafter, be adjusted by the state treasurer, 3
upon the basis of the annual average disposition of criminal cases in 4
their respective districts for the five years preceding the first day of 5
October immediately preceding, as determined by the returns of the 6
clerks of courts made to the commissioner of correction under section 7
eight of chapter one hundred and twenty-four, in accordance with the 8
following schedule; and the salaries of the assistant and second as- 9
sistant district attorneys in the several districts, except Suffolk and the 10
western district, shall be sixty and forty-five per cent, respecti^■ely, of 11
the salaries of their respective district attorneys, as so adjusted; all of 12
said salaries shall be allowed from January first in the year of adjust- 13
ment and be paid by the commonwealth. 14
Annual Average Dispcsition of Criminat. Cases in the District
October First immediately rREcEDiNO the Date or Adjustment.
Salary
of District
Attorney.
3,000 or more
750 to 3.000
500 to 750
250 to 500
Less than 250 ' .
$7,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
Clerk or
temporary
assistant in
certain cases.
1873, 278.
1875, 12.
P. S. 17, § 16.
1888, 267, § 2.
E. L. 7, § 14.
Stenographers,
etc., in Suffolk.
1869, 373.
1879, 238, § 2.
P. S. 17,
§§ 13, 15.
1887, 160.
1889, 238.
R. L. 7,
§§ 12, 13.
Section 18. If there is no assistant district attorney, the court may
allow a reasonable sum, payable from the county treasury, for the
services of a clerk to aid the district attorney; and in the northern,
eastern, middle and southeastern districts, the court may appoint, for
the sitting at which the appointment is made, a competent person to
act as an assistant to the district attorney and his compensation, not
exceeding six hundred dollars in one year, shall be paid from the county
treasury.
Section 19. The district attorney for the Suffolk district may
appoint a messenger, whose annual compensation shall not exceed four-
teen hundred dollars, and, with the approval of the chief justice of
the superior court, such stenographers, telephone operators and other
office assistants as in his opinion the interests of the commonwealth
require, whose compensation shall be fixed by said district attorney
Chap. 12.] district attorneys. 63
7 \\ith like appro\-al. The compensation of any person appointed here- i906,46o.
8 under shall be paid by Suffolk county, and any such person may be ioid. 4'39,
9 removed by said district attorney at his pleasure. i9is, 2si. i9i9, 245. ^* '''^'
1 Section 20. The district attorney for the Suffolk district may Additional
2 employ additional legal assistants, with the approval of the chief justice In^iuffoTk''^*^
3 of the superior court. The length of time of such employment, which ^^°''' *'^' ^ *•
4 shall in no instance exceed three months, and tlie amount of com-
5 pensation, which shall in no instance exceed t«o thousand dollars,
6 shall be determined by said district attorney, with the appro\al of saifl
7 chief justice. Such compensation shall be paid by the treasurer of
S Suffolk county upon presentation of bills approved by said district
9 attorney, by said chief justice and by the auditor of said county. An
10 attorney so employed shall have none of the powers or authority of the
11 assistant district attorneys, except that he may, with the approval of
12 the presiding justice in the trial of a criminal cause, in the preparation
13 of which he has rendered service under such employment, act as asso-
14 ciate counsel with the district attorney or assistant district attorney,
15 and then only in the presence of and under the immediate direction of
16 the district attorney or of such assistant district attorney.
1 Section 21. The superintendent of police of Boston shall, upon DetaUfor
3 detail for police and detective ser\'ice under his direction inspectors or |"ffo^ik.'°
4 police officers, not exceeding two in number. Such inspectors or officers i906, 460. §5.
5 shall receive no extra compensation for services thus rendered, and
6 shall be subject to the rules antl regulations of the police department,
7 unless relie\ed therefrom temporarily by said superintendent or by the
8 police commissioner of Boston.
1 Section 22. The district attorney for the northern or southeastern cicrUs and
2 district may employ such persons for clerical or stenographic work as ^nlloHhern^
3 may be approved by any justice of the superior court, and may remo-\-e eas'tem"'^'
4 them at his pleasure. Their compensation shall be fixed by the district i9i'4'''J|3 § 2
5 attorney, with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court, I'Ji^. sis. § 2.
6 and shall be paid, if they were employed by the district attorney for
7 the northern district, by Middlesex county; or if employed by the
8 district attorney for the southeastern district, by Norfolk and Plymouth
9 counties, one half from each.
1 Section 23. Except in the Suffolk district, district attorneys and J™™]^"^
2 assistant district attorneys shall receive for tra\'eling expenses neces- ''Jo^, 157, 5 4.
3 sarily incurred in the performance of their official duties such sums as
4 shall be approved by a justice of the superior court, to be paid by the
5 commonwealth.
1 Section 24. A district attorney, in the name of any county in his Certain ex-
2 district, may contract such bills for stationery, experts, travel outside pa'id^by the^
3 of the commonwealth by witnesses required by the commonwealth in iaoB!494.
4 the prosecution of cases, for necessary expenses incurred by officers 2^op;^™Q 112.
5 under his direction in going outside of the commonwealth for the pur-
6 pose of searching for or bringing back for trial persons under indict-
7 ment in said county, and for such other expenses as may in his opinion
64
ATTORNEY GENERAL XXD DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. [ChaP. 12.
be necessary for the proper conduct of his office in the investigation 8
of or preparation and trial of criminal causes; and all such bills shall 9
be paid by the county for the benefit of which they were contracted 10
upon a certificate by the district attorney that they were necessarily 11
incurred in the proper performance of his duty, and upon approval of 12
the auditor of Suffolk county if the bills were incurred for said county, 13
otherwise upon the approval of tlie county commissioners or of a justice 14
of the superior court. 1 5
Counties may
advance cer-
tain expenses-
1910, 439, § 1.
1914, 542.
Section 25. Money to be used for the necessary expenses to be 1
incurred by officers, under the direction of a district attorney, in going 2
outside of the commonwealth for the purpose of searching for, or bring- 3
ing back for trial, persons under indictment in any coimty in the dis- 4
trict of said district attorney shall be advanced by the treasurer of 5
that county, up>on the presentation of a certificate signed by the dis- 6
trict attorney and approved in the manner provided in the preceding 7
section for approving bills incurred by district attorneys. After their 8
return, such officers shall account for such money by filing with the 9
county treasurer itemized vouchers duly sworn to, approved by the 10
district attorney and also approved in the manner provided in the 11
preceding section for approving bills incurred by district attorneys. 12
Such vouchers shall show the necessary expenses so incurred, and any 13
unexpended balance of such money shall be paid to the county treasurer. 14
Court may
appoint
substitute.
1832, 130, § 9.
R. S. 13, § 40.
Section 26. The supreme judicial or superior court may at any 1
sitting, in the absence of the attorney general and district attorney, 2
appoint some suitable person to perform their duties. g. s. i4, § 25. 3
p. S. 17, § 22. R. L. 7, § 15. 4 Gray, 146. 8 Gray, 501.
General duties
of district
attorneys.
1807, 18, § 1.
1832, 130, § 9.
R. S. 13,
H 38, 39.
G. S. 14,
§§31,33.
P. S. 17,
§§ 19, 21.
1893, 345.
R. L. 7, § 17,
3 Cush. 25.
8 Gray, 497.
15 Gray, 447.
Section 27. District attorneys within their respective districts 1
shall appear for the commonwealth in the superior court in all cases, 2
criminal or civil, in which the commonwealth is a party or interested, 3
and in the hearing, in the supreme judicial court, of all cjuestions of 4
law arising in the cases of which they respectively have charge, shall 5
aid the attorney general in the duties required of him, and perform 6
such of his duties as are not required of him personallj'; but the 7
attorney general, when present, shall ha\-e the control of such cases. 8
They may interchange official duties. 123 Mass. 223. 1 Op. a. g. 73. 9
2 0p. A. G. 112. Op. A. G. (1917) 60. Op. A. G. (1918) 77.
Suits on
recognizances,
1874, 394, § 2.
P. S. 17, § 20.
R.L. 7, § 18.
Section 28. District attorneys shall commence suits upon recog- 1
nizances in criminal cases within their respective districts within sixty 2
days after default has been entered of record, or after they have sat- 3
isfactory evidence of an act which would cause a forfeiture thereof, 4
and shall prosecute them without delay. Such suits shall not be dis- 5
continued except with consent of the court or upon a certificate, signed 6
by the sheriff or his deputy and filed in court, that the amount of the 7
recognizance and the costs of suit have been paid to him. They may, 8
however, be begun after the expiration of said sixty days. 9
Attorney
general and
district at-
torneys to ac-
count for fees.
Section 29. The attorney general and the district attorneys shall 1
account to the state treasurer for all fees, bills of costs and money re- 2
ceived by them by virtue of their offices. i786, 84. 3
1789, 25; 45. 1832, 130, § 10. G. S. 14, § 27. R. L. 7, § 20.
1813,131,5 2. R. S. 13, §45. P. S. 17, §24. 1 Op. A. G. 522.
Chap. 13.] department of civil service and registration.
65
1 Section 30. No prosecuting officer shall recei\'e any fee or reward l^^^^notui
2 from or in behalf of a prosecutor for services in any prosecution or busi- ^Ig'^^ig'^yQ'"'
3 ness to which it is his official duty to attend, nor shall he be concerned 1832] isb, § io.
4 as counsel or attorney for either party in a civil action depending upon a', s. u, § 26!
5 the same facts involved in such prosecution or business. r'.l. t^'s 2^l
REFERENCES.
Approval of by-laws of town by attorney general, Chap. 40, § .32.
Attorney general's duties as to corrupt practices, Chap. 5.5, §§ 21, 23, 24.
Attorney general shall assist board of boiler rules in framing rules for construction,
installation and inspection of steam boilers, Chap. 146, § 2.
Attorney general's duties as to removal of attorneys. Chap. 221, § 40.
Attorney general to approve deeds and title to lands pvircha.sed at the instance of
the commissioner of conservation for experiment and illustration of forest manage-
ment. Chap. 132, § 10.
Attorney general to proceed on treasurer's bond. Chap. 10, § 3.
District attorneys shall prosecute all violations of the law relative to corrupt
influencing of agents, employees or servants by gifts, or the receiving by agents of
gifts. Chap. 271, § 39.
Duties of attorney general and district attorneys in relation to monopolies or
discrimination in sale of commodities, Chap. 93, §§3, 12.
Term of oiSce of attorney general. Chap. 54, § 150.
CHAPTER 13
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE AND REGISTRATION.
Sect.
1. Organization of department.
DIVISION OF CIVIL SERVICE.
2. Commissioner and associate commis-
sioners.
3. Employees.
4. Organization and meetings of the
board. Appointment of deputy.
5. Certain powers of the associate com-
missioners.
6. Examiners.
7. Certain persons ineligible as repre-
sentatives of the division.
DIVISION OF HEGISTRATION.
8. Director.
9. Certain boards serving in the division.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE.
10. Board of registration in medicine.
Appointment.
11. Meetings, organization and compensa-
tion.
12. Examination of chiropodists. Expert
assistance. Compensation. Travel-
ing expenses.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF NURSES.
13. Board of registration of nurses. Ap-
pointment, etc.
14. Meetings, organization, etc.
15. Compensation and expenses.
Sect.
board of registration in optometry.
16. Board of registration in optometry.
Appointment, etc.
17. Meetings, organization, etc.
IS. Compensation and expenses.
BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS.
19. Board of dental examiners. Appoint-
ment.
20. Meetings, organization.
21. Salaries and expenses.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN PHARMACY.
22. Board of registration in pharmacy.
Appointment.
23. Meetings, organization.
24. Salaries and expenses.
25. Agent appointed by the board.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN VETERINARY
MEDICINE.
26. Board of registration in veterinary
medicine. Appointment, etc.
27. Organization, meetings, etc.
28. Salaries and expenses.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN EMBALMING.
29. Board of registration in embalming.
Appointment, etc.
30. Meetings, organization, bond of secre-
tary.
31. Salaries and expenses.
STATE EXAMINERS OF ELECTRICIANS.
32. State examiners of electricians.
66
DIVISION OF CIVIL SERVICE.
[Chap. 1.3.
OrKanization
of department.
1884. 320, § 1.
n. L. 19. § 1.
1906, 159.
1907, 344.
1910, 608.
1916, 297. § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 63, 64.
Section 1. There shall be a department of civil service and regis- 1
tration, which shall consist of a division of ci\'il service and a division 2
of registration. The commissioner of civil service and the director of 3
registration shall act as a board in all matters affecting the department 4
as a whole. ISS Mass. 601. 5
1884, 320, § 1.
R. L. 19. § 1.
1906, 159.
1907, 344,
1910, 608.
1916, 297. § 1.
1919. 350,
§§ 65, 66.
DIVISION OF civil SERVICE.
Section 2. The division of civil service shall be under the super- 1
vision and control of a commissioner of civil service, who shall be the 2
executive and administrative head of the division, and two associate 3
commissioners. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a com- 4
missioner or an associate commissioner, his successor shall be appointed 5
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for three 6
years. The commissioner shall receive such salary, not exceeding five 7
thousand dollars, and the associate commissioners such salary, not 8
exceeding two thousand dollars, as the governor and council may deter- 9
mine. The associate commissioners shall not be of the same political 10
party. 1 1
Emplovees.
1884. 320,
§§ 1, 20.
18SS, 41.
1889, 177; 351.
1895, 376,
R. L. 19.
§§1.2.
1906, 159; 465.
1907, 344; 4.54.
1910, 184; 204;
60S.
Section 3. The commissioner may appoint and remove such officers
and employees as the work of the division of civil service may require,
and fix their compensation. He may expend for such compensation,
and for necessary traveling and other expenses for himself, the associate
commissioners and employees of the division whose duties require them
to travel, such amounts as are annually appropriated therefor.
1916, 297, §§ 1, 2, 1919, 350, § 66. 1 Op. A. G. 382.
Organization
and meetings
of the board.
Appointment
of deputy.
1919, 350, § 66.
Section 4. The commissioner and associate commissioners shall
constitute a board which may appoint and remove a deputy commis-
sioner of the division, determine his powers and duties, and, subject to
the approval of the governor and council, fix his compensation. The
board may authorize the commissioner to organize the division into sub-
divisions and to assign officers and employees of the division thereto.
Meetings of the board shall be held at least once a month at such times
as it may by rule determine, and when requested by any member thereof. 8
Certain
powers of the
Section 5. The associate commissioners or either of them may 1
require the commissioner or any official or employee of the division 2
igigTssaT'ee. to give full information, and produce all papers and records, relating 3
to any official act performed by him. 4
Examiners.
1884, 320, § 20.
R. L. 19, § 4,
1919. 350,
§§ 64, 66.
Section 6. The board may designate persons in the official service 1
of the commonwealth or of any city, or of any town where chapter 2
thirty-one is in force, who shall, with the consent of the head of the 3
department or office in which any such person serves, act as examiners 4
of applicants for any public employment, but no person shall serve 5
as such examiner when any relative or connection by marriage, within 6
the degree of first cousin, is an applicant. 7
p^son" Section 7. A person holding an office or position to which he has 1
i-epreseita^^vea been clcctcd by the people, or by the aldermen or city council of a city 2
?o?r''on'4'T? or the selectmen of a town, shall not be eligible for appointment to the 3
office of representative of the division or civil service. 4
Chap. 13.] boards of registration. 67
DIVISION OF REGISTRATION.
1 Section 8. The division of registration shall be under the super- Director.
2 vision of a director, to be known as the director of registration, at such ' ■ ■ ' •
3 salary, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, as the governor and council
4 may determine. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director,
5 his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and
6 consent of the council, for not exceeding two years.
1 Section 9. The various boards of registration and examination here- Certain
2 after mentioned in this chapter shall serve in the division of registration, in the^cUvisloii^
1919, 350, §1 63. 64.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE.
1 Section 10. There shall be a board of registration in medicine, in Board of
2 the two following sections called the board, consisting of seven persons, medfdne."" '"
3 residents of the commonwealth, who shall be graduates of a legally fsM'J'Sss.T'i.
4 chartered medical college or university having the power to confer ^- ^- '"^' ^ ^■
5 degrees in medicine, and who shall have been for ten years actively
6 engaged in the practice of their profession. No member of said board
7 shall belong to the faculty of any medical college or university, and no
8 more than three members thereof shall at one time be members of any
9 one chartered state medical society. One member thereof shall annu-
10 ally in June be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent
11 of the council, for seven years from July first following.
1 Section 11. Said board shall hold regular meetings on the second o'gan'i^^tion
2 Tuesdavs of March, July and November in each year, and additional ""^ com-
• 1 • 1 1 • 1 • A 1 1 pensation.
3 meetmgs at such tunes and places as it may determine. At the regular 1894,45s,
4 meeting in July, it shall organize by the choice of a chairman and secre- r. l. 76,
5 tary, who shall hold their offices for one year. The secretary shall give 1902, sos,
6 bond to the state treasurer in the sum of five thousand dollars, with *^ ^' *■ '^'
7 sufficient sureties to be approved by the governor and council, for the
8 faithful performance of his official duties. There shall be paid by the
9 commonwealth to the secretary of the board a salary of twenty-five
10 hundred dollars, to each of the other members thereof a salary of three
11 hundred dollars, and to each member thereof his necessary traveling
12 expenses actually incurred in attending the meetings of the board.
1 Section 12. The board, in the examination of applicants for registra- Examination
2 tion as chiropodists, shall have the assistance of two chiropodists, who ExyrtLsist-^"
3 shall each have practiced chiropody in the commonwealth for not less compensation.
4 than five years. They shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the Jj^en^es^
5 board, and shall act under its direction, and shall each receive in full i^i^' 202, § 3.
6 compensation for his services one hundred and fifty dollars a year. The
7 members of the board who shall be designated by the board to act in the
8 examination of such applicants shall each receive for such services one
9 hundred dollars a year; and such members and the two chiropodists
10 assisting them shall be allowed for their traveling expenses necessarily in-
1 1 curred such sums as may be approved by the governor and council.
68
BOARDS OF REGISTRATION.
[ClIAP. 13.
Board of
registration
of nurses.
Appointment,
BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF NURSES.
Section 13. There shall be a board of registration of nurses, in the 1
two following sections called the board, consisting of five members, 2
one of whom shall be the secretary of the board of registration in medi- 3
cine, ex officio. Three members shall be nurses holding diplomas, each 4
from a different training school for nurses giving a course of two years 5
at least in the theory and practice of nursing in a hospital, and each 6
of them shall have had eight years' experience in nursing the sick. The 7
fifth member shall be a physician who is a superintendent of a hospital 8
having a training school for nurses. Of the four appointive members, 9
one qualified as aforesaid shall annually before October first be ap- 10
pointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, 11
to hold office for four years from said October first. 12
Section 14. The board shall hold regular meetings on the second 1
Tuesdays of January, April and October in each year at the office of 2
the board of registration in medicine, and it may hold a<lditional meet- 3
ings at such times and places as it may determine. At the regular 4
meeting in October, it shall organize by electing a chairman, who shall 5
hold office for one year. The secretary of the board of registration in 6
medicine shall be secretary of the board, and shall receive as compen- 7
sation therefor such sums as may be fixed by the governor and council. 8
Compensation
and expenses.
1910, 449, I 7.
1916, 305, I 2.
Section 15. Each member of the board, except the secretary, shall 1
receive five dollars for e\-ery day actually spent in the performance of 2
his duties; provided, that the total sum paid to any member thereof 3
shall not in any one year exceed one hundred and fifty dollars, and the 4
necessary traveling expenses actually incurred in attending the meetings 5
of the board, not exceeding three cents a mile each way. Said com- 6
pensation and traveling expenses, and any incidental expenses neces- 7
sarily incurred by the board or any member thereof, shall be paid by 8
the commonwealth; provided, that such compensation and expenses 9
shall not be in excess of the receipts for registration paid to the common- 10
wealth by the board. 11
Board of
registration in
optometry.
Appointment,
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN OPTOMETRY.
Section 16. There shall be a board of registration in optometry, in 1
the two following sections called the board, consisting of five members, 2
citizens of the commonwealth, all of whom shall have been actually 3
engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in section sixty-six of 4
chapter one hundred and twelve for the five years nexi; preceding their 5
appointment; provided, that nothing in this provision shall disqualify 6
any member thereof in office on August twenty-third, nineteen hundred 7
and twenty, from completing the term of office for which he was ap- 8
pointed. One member shall annually, in September, be appointed by 9
the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for five years. 10
No member thereof shall be a stockholder of any school of optometry, all
member of the faculty or on the board of trustees thereof, or financially 12
interested in a manufacturing or wholesale optical business. 13
Ch.VP. 13.] BOARDS OF REGISTRATION. 69
1 Section 17. The board shall meet on the second Tuesday of October Meetings,
2 in each year, at such time and place as it shall determine, and shall °[^'=-'^'^'^''°"'
3 organize by electing a chairman and secretary, who shall be members of ^^'^' ''°°' ^ ^'
4 the board, and who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The
5 secretary shall gi\'e to the state treasurer a bond, with sufficient sure-
6 ties to be approved by the governor and council, for the faithful per-
7 formance of his duties. The board shall annually hold regular meetings
8 on the second Tuesdays of February, June and November, and addi-
9 tional meetings at such times and places as it shall determine.
1 Section IS. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the secre- Compensation
2 tary of the board a salary of five hundred dollars, to each other member i9i2r"oo!T7.
3 thereof a salary of three hundred and fifty dollars and to each member Jyoo' lei.' ^ ^'
4 thereof his necessary traveling expenses actually incurred in attending
5 the meetings of the board, not exceeding four cents a mile each way, and
6 such other expenses of the board as are incurred under the two pre-
7 ceding sections or under sections sixty-six to seventj'-three, inclusive,
8 of chapter one hundred and twelve.
BOARD OF dental EXAMINERS.
1 Section 19. There shall be a board of dental examiners, in the Board of
2 two following sections called the board, consisting of five persons, each
3 of whom shall be a legal resident of the commonwealth, a graduate of mT^'is^T'i.
4 a reputable dental college, and a reputable dentist with an actual J5),s goi ^ ^^'
5 practice in dentistry in the commonwealth for the ten years next pre- 5§ i. n-
6 ceding his appointment. No member shall be a member of the faculty
7 or a trustee of any institution engaged in educating dentists or having
8 power to confer degrees in dentistry. One member thereof shall annu-
9 ally in April be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent
10 of the council, for fi\'e years. No member shall serve more than two
11 full terms.
1 Section 20. The board shall hold at least two regular meetings in Meetings,
2 each year in Boston, and shall annually choose from its own number a isl7?'i37',°s'2.
3 chairman and a secretary. R. l. to, § 23. 1913, 301, §§ 2, u.
1 Section 21. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the chair- Salaries ami
2 man and secretary of the board salaries of eight hundred dollars each, to i887, 137, § 7.
3 the other members thereof six hundred dollars each, and to each member 1902; 505.
4 thereof his necessary traveling expenses actually incurred in attending 1903, 228.
5 meetings of the board. The board shall keep a record of all money s^'I'j*"^'
6 received and expenses incurred by it, and a duplicate thereof shall be 1920, 424, § 1.
7 open to public inspection in the office of the state auditor.
BOARD OF registration IN PHARMACY.
1 Section 22. There shall be a board of registration in pharmacy. Board of
2 in the three following sections called the board, consisting of five p1fa?macy.° '"
3 persons, residents of the commonwealth, who shall be skilled phar- tsss^'si","!''!.
4 macists, and shall have had ten consecutive years of practical experience }|gg' ^||' | J-
5 in the compounding and dispensing of physicians' prescriptions, and fdogleiVs'
6 shall actually be engaged in the drug business. Not more than one
70
BOARDS OF REGISTRATION.
[ClIAP. 13.
member shall have any financial interest in the sale of drugs, medicines 7
and chemicals and the compounding and dispensing 6f physicians' 8
prescriptions in the same councillor district. One member shall annu- 9
ally in November be appointed by the governor, with the advice and 10
consent of the council, for five years from December first following, 11
and no person shall serve as a member thereof for more than five con- 12
secutive years. 13
Meetings,
organization.
1885. 313. § 2.
1896, 397, § 2.
R. L. 76. § 11.
1909, 261, § 4.
Section 23. The board shall meet on the first Tuesday of Decern- 1
ber in each year at such time and place as it may determine, and shall 2
organize by electing a president and secretary, who shall be members of 3
the board, and shall hold their offices for one year. The secretary shall 4
give to the state treasurer a bond, with sufficient sureties to be approved 5
by the governor and council, for the faithful performance of his official 6
duties. The board shall annually hold regular meetings on the first 7
Tuesdays of January, May and October, and additional meetings at 8
such times and places as it shall determine. 9
Salaries and
expenses.
1885. 313. § 5.
1896, 397. § 3.
R L. 76, § 12.
1902, 505,
§§ 2, 4, 6.
1907, 399.
1914, 384.
Section 24. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the
secretary of the board a salary of one thousand dollars, to each of the
other members thereof a salary of seven hundred dollars, and to each
member thereof his necessary traveling expenses actually incurred in
attending the meetings of the board.
Agent
appointed by
the board.
1914, 315.
Section 25. The board shall appoint an agent, who shall receive 1
from the commonwealth a salary of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars 2
and his tra\-eling expenses. He shall inspect drug stores and make a 3
daily report of his doings pertaining thereto, and report all violations 4
of the laws relating to pharmacy. 5
Board of
registration in
veterinary
Appointment.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN VETERINARY MEDICINE.
Section 26. There shall be a board of registration in veterinary 1
medicine, in the two following sections called the board, consisting 2
of five veterinarians, residents of the commonwealth and graduates of 3
schools of veterinary medicine recognized by the American Veterinary 4
Medical Association. One member thereof shall annually before De- 5
cember first be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent 6
of the council, for five years from January first following. 7
Organization,
meetings, etc.
1903, 249, § 2.
Section 27. The members of the board shall meet on the second 1
Tuesday of January in each year, at such time and place as they shall 2
determine, and shall immediately organize by electing a chairman and 3
a secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The 4
board shall hold regular meetings on the first Tuesdays of March, July 5
and November of each year, and such additional meetings at such times 6
and places as it may determine. 7
Salaries and
expenses.
1903, 249, 5 1.
1906, 503, § 1.
Section 28. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the 1
secretary a salary of four hundred dollars and his necessary traveling 2
and contingent expenses, not exceeding three hundred dollars, actually 3
incurred in attending to the necessary work of the board, and to each 4
Chap. 13.] state examiners of electricians. 71
5 of the other members of the board a salary of fifty dollars and his neces-
6 sary traveling and contingent expenses actually incurred in attending
7 the meetings thereof.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN EMBALMING.
1 Section 29. There shall be a board of registration in embalming, Board of
2 in the two following sections called the board, consisting of three mem- embaim^n"^"^
3 bers, who shall be skilled embalmers, resident in the commonwealth, ^ppo'°t">ent.
4 who have had five years of practical experience in the embalming of '^°^' *''^- ^ '■
5 human dead bodies. One member shall before October first in each year
6 be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
7 for three years from said October first next ensuing. Not more than one
8 member of the board shall be engaged in embalming in the same town.
1 Section 30. The board shall hold regular meetings on the first Meetings.
2 Tuesdays of January, May and October in each year, and such ad- boircroT '°°'
3 ditional meetings at such times and places as it may determine. At igol'lvs', § 2.
4 the regular meeting in October, it shall organize by the choice of a '^^°' ^^' ^ *•
5 chairman and secretary, who shall be members thereof, and shall hold
6 their offices for one year. The secretary shall give to the state treasurer
7 a bond, with such sureties as shall be approved by the governor and
S council, for the faithful discharge of his duties.
1 Section 31. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to each salaries and
2 member of the board a salary of one hundred dollars, and his neces- i905°473, § 5.
3 sary traveling ex'penses actually expended in attending meetings thereof, \l\°' ^ § ,
4 and the incidental expenses of the board, including any sum not ex-
5 ceeding five hundred dollars annually, expended for purposes of in-
6 struction, and for dissemination of new and useful knowledge among
7 and for the benefit of licensed embalmers; provided that such salaries
8 and expenses shall not be in excess of the receipts for registration re-
9 ceived by the state treasurer from the board.
state examiners of electricians.
1 Section 32. The commissioner of civil service, the state fire state
2 marshal and the commissioner of education shall constitute the state IS;™
3 examiners of electricians. They shall appoint an executive secretary \l\g\ IsJj; ^ ^'
4 who is a wage earner, a citizen of the commonwealth and a practical ^^ *^' ''^' ^°'-
5 electrician of at least ten years' experience in the installation of wires and
6 appliances for carrying electricity for light, heat or power purposes. He
7 shall receive such salary as shall be determined by the state examiners.
8 The three examiners shall receive no compensation for their services
9 under chapter one hundred and forty-one. They may expend for the
10 salary of the secretary, and for necessary traveling and other expenses
11 for themselves and their employees such sums as are annually appro-
12 priated therefor.
72
DEPARTMEXT OF CORPORATIONS ANT) T.AXATIOX. [ChAP. 14.
CHAPTER . 14.
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TASLATION.
Sect.
1. Department of corporations and ta.xa-
tion.
2. Commissioner. Appointment, term and
salary.
3. Powers and duties of commissioner.
4. Deputy commissioners and other sub-
ordinates.
5. Traveling expenses.
Sect.
6. Duties of deputy commissioners.
7. Certain functions of directors of divi-
sions.
8. Duties and powers of income tax offi-
cers.
9. Income tax districts, etc.
10. Bonds of income tax assessors.
Department
of corporations
and taxation.
1865. 283, § 12.
1870, 224. § 01.
1876, 155.
P. S. 13. § 1.
1890, 160, § 1.
R. L. 14, § 1.
1907, 564, § 1.
1909, 490,
HI, § 1.
Section 1. There shall be a department of corporations and taxa-
tion, under the supervision and control of a commissioner of corporations
and taxation, and consisting of an income tax division, a division of cor-
porations, a division of inheritance taxes, a division of local taxation, a
division of accounts and such other divisions as the commissioner deter-
mines, each division to be in charge of a director. i9i9, 350, §§ 52, 53.
Commissioner,
Appointment,
Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commis-
1870 "224^ "l^'ei' sioner, his successor shall be appointed for three years by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council. The commissioner shall
receive such salary, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, as the
governor and council determine. R l. 14, § 1.
1907, 564, § 1. 1909, 490, III. § 1. 1919, 350, §§ 52. 53.
1876, 155
1879, 288, § 1
P. S. 13, § 1.
1887. 342, § 1
1890, 160, I 1
dutiesof"'' Section 3. The commissioner shall administer and enforce all laws 1
iQ'?!f"a5n'°s's^ which the department is required to administer and enforce, shall assign 2
to all officials, agents, clerks and other employees of the department 3
their respective duties, and may transfer them. 4
1919, 350, § 55.
Deputy com-
missioners and
other subordi-
nates.
1870, 224, § 61.
1876, 155.
1879, 288, § 2.
1881, 175,
P. S. 11, § 97;
13. §2.
1887,342:
438. §§ 1, 2.
1890, 306.
1891, 342.
1895, 175.
1898,477;
507, § 3.
1900, 137.
1901, 449.
R. L. 14, §2;
21, §§45,46.
1904, 99.
1906, 296. § 3;
322.
1907, 79;
564, § 2.
1908,481;
550, § 1.
1909,371, §§2,
10; 430; 490,
III, § 2.
1910, 598, § 4;
607, § 2.
1911, 478, § 1.
Section 4. The commissioner may, with the advice and consent of 1
the governor and council, appoint and remove the following officers and 2
subordinates in his department: 3
A deputy commissioner, at such salary, not exceeding five thousand 4
dollars, as may be fixed by the commissioner, with the approval of the 5
governor and council; 6
A second deputy, at such salary, not exceeding four thousand dollars, as 7
may be fixed by the commissioner, with the approval of the governor 8
and council; 9
Directors of divisions, at such salary as may be fixed by the commis- 10
sioner, with the approval of the governor and council; 11
Three supervisors of assessors, two assistants, four examiners, one 12
income tax assessor for each district established by the commissioner 13
for the assessment and collection of the income tax, and such deputy 14
income tax assessors, who may be members of local boards of assessors 15
as the governor and council may deem necessary, all at salaries to be 16
fixed by the commissioner; 17
A principal appraiser, at such salary, not exceeding three thousand 18
dollars, as the commissioner may fix; 19
Chap. 14.] dep.^rtment of corpor.\tions and t.axation. 73
20 Such assistants to the director of accounts as may from time to time 1912 406, § i;
21 be necessary to carry out sections thirty-five to forty-three, inclusive, 1913, roe. § 3;
22 of chapter forty-four, who shall receive such compensation as the com- 1914,546. § i;
23 missioner may fix. _ _ 770! § 12.
24 He may appoint two permanent clerks, and may fix their salaries, }9}t;|||;|iV.
25 and may appoint such assistants to the director of the income tax divi- JIJ^-^l^'j^-
26 sion, and such assistants and clerks to the income tax assessors, as the i^il^^^g^'g^
27 governor and council may deem necessary, and may fix their salaries. 1920, '245, § 5.
28 He may appoint from time to time such appraisers as may be neces-
29 sary to appraise property subject to the inheritance tax or to assist him
30 in determining land values under section thirteen of chapter fifty-eight,
31 and may fix their compensation.
32 He may appoint such additional officials, agents, clerks and other em-
33 ployees as the work of the department requires, may remove them, and
34 may fix their compensation.
1 Section 5. The commissioner, his deputies, directors of divisions. Traveling
2 assistants, appraisers, examiners and clerks, the supervisors of assessors, is87,438, § 2.
3 the assistants to the director of the income tax division, and the income \lls, 477;
4 tax assessors and their deputies, assistants and clerks shall be allowed ^\^ii § 5.,
5 such reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses as are ap- jg;,! 433, jj.
6 proved by the commissioner and the governor and council. 550, § 1.
1909, 490. III. §§ 2, 5. 1914,546, §1; 648. §1: 191S, 46. § 1; 103, § 1 ;
1910, 607, §2. 770. §12. 257. § 32.
1911,478, §1. 1915, 238, §6. 1919, 5; 349, § 1; 350, § 53.
1912, 406, § 1. 1916, 173; 269, § 17. 1920, 2.
1 Section 6. The deputy commissioner and the second deputy com- Duties of
2 missioner shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the commissioners.
3 commissioner. The deputy commissioner, or in case of a vacancy in his ^°l\ f^J; § i.
4 office or in his absence or disability the second deputy commissioner, J^os, 437, 1 3.
5 shall, in case of a vacancy or in the absence or disability of the commis- JfJ'^j 2^°'
6 sioner, perform the duties of the commissioner. isis, 792, § 1.
1918, 103; 257, § 345. 1919, 5; 350. § 53. 1920, 2.
1 Section 7. The commissioner shall assign to the several divisions in certain
2 the department their appropriate functions. The directors of divisions di°e'ctSre 0°
3 shall, under the supervision and control of the commissioner, exercise fssf'Tss. § 1.
4 the functions assigned to them, and shall also perform such other inci- fgog; sn.^^l.
5 dental duties as the commissioner may prescribe. The director of the J^J^,. ^^^^
6 division of accounts, who shall be known as the director of accounts, shall |9i|'_35o.
7 perform the duties required of the department by law in relation to the
8 compilation of municipal statistics, the auditing of municipal accounts
9 and the certification of notes of towns and districts. The commissioner
10 may designate a competent employee in the division of accounts to per-
il form the duties of the director of accounts in case of his absence, death
12 or disability; and notes of towns and districts, when certified by such
13 employee, shall have the same validity as if certified by the director.
1 Section 8. The director of the income tax division, income tax Duties and
2 assessors, and deputy income tax assessors shall have such duties and }J°con" tax
3 powers consistent with chapter sixty-two as the commissioner shall i^io"2e9, § 17.
4 prescribe. 1919, sso, § S4.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
[Chap. 15.
di'stric^'ttc SECTION 9. FoF the purposes of chapter sixty-two, the commissioner 1
1916, 269, § 17. gi^all divide the commomveahh into income tax districts, the limits of 2
which he may change. An income tax assessor need not be a resident 3
of his district, but in making appointments preference shall be given to 4
residents of the district, so far as may be practicable. The commissioner 5
may transfer any income tax assessor from one district to another, and 6
may assign any such assessor to temporary or extraordinary service in 7
any district. 8
Sc"m°tai Section 10. The commissioner shall require the income tax assessors 1
'^^^i^SS; . ,, to give bond with such sureties as mav be approved by the governor and 2
1916, 269, 8 17. o ,^
1920, 546, § 4. council. O
REFERENCE.
Board of appeal from decisions of the commissioner, Chap. 6, § 21.
CHAPTER 15.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Sect.
1. Department of education.
2. Commissioner of education.
3. Advisory board.
4. Certain duties of commissioner. Divi-
sions in the department.
5. Directors and clerical assistants.
6. Advisory council, etc., for university ex-
tension and correspondence courses.
DIVISION FOR THE TRAINING OF DISABLED
SOLDIERS AND BAILORS.
7. Division for the training of disabled
soldiers and sailors.
DIVISION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
S. Division of public libraries.
9. Board of free public library commis-
sioners.
10. Commissioners to serve without pay.
11. Agents of the board.
DIVISION OF IMMIGRATION AND AMERICANI-
ZATION.
12. Division of immigration and Americani-
zation.
Sect.
division of the blind.
13. Division of the blind.
14. Commission for the blind.
15. Agents and teachers.
teachers' RETIREMENT BOARD.
16. Teachers' retirement board.
17. Members to be reimbursed for ex-
penses, etc.
18. Clerical assistance.
CERTAIN TRUSTEES AND COMMISSIONERS
SERVING IN THE DEPARTMENT.
19. Certain trustees, etc., serving in the
department.
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
20. Trustees.
TEXTILE SCHOOLS.
21. Boards of trustees.
MASSACHUSETTS NAUTICAL SCHOOL.
22. Commissioners of Massachusetts nauti-
cal school.
23. Commissioners to serve without com-
penTatlon.
Department of
education.
1837,241, § 1.
G. S. 34, § 1.
P. S. 41, § 1.
R. L. 30. § 1.
1909, 457,
K 1, 6.
1919, S.W.
§§ 66, 57.
Section 1. There shall be a department of education, in this chapter 1
called the department, which shall be under the supervision and control 2
of a commissioner of education, in this chapter called the commissioner, 3
and an advisory board of education of six members, in sections one to 4
six, inclusive, called the board, of whom at least two shall be women and 5
one shall be a school teacher of the commonwealth, i Op. a. g. 233, 5S7. 6
Chap. 15.] department of education. 75
1 Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commis- Commissioner
2 sioner, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice i837, 241,
3 and consent of the council, for five years. The commissioner shall re- isss. 159, § 2.
4 ceive such salary, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, as the }|||; fg*' ^ ^•
5 governor and council may determine. g. s. 34. §§ 1, 4, s. 1862, 212.
1864, 99, 1894, 176. 1911, 466, § 1.
1865, 246. R. L. 39, §§ 1-3. 1912, 80, § 1.
1867. 276. 1904, 234, §§ 1, 3. 1913, 421, § 1.
1876, 110. 1906, .50.1, § 1. 1918, 257, § 168.
P. S. 41, II 1, 4, 8. 1909, 457, §| 1, 3, 6. 1919, 5; 350, §§ 57, 58.
1885,227. 1910,282,11. 1920,2.
1 Section 3. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- Advisory
2 cil, shall annually appoint two members of the board for three years i837, '241, § i.
3 each. The board shall meet at least once a month, and at such other g^|'||;
4 times as it may determine by rule and when requested by the commis- |,^ |' ^^•
5 sioner or by any three members. The members of the board shall serve |§ J. 10.
6 without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual neces- §§' 1,4. '
7 sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. .,..-.
1906,505,11. 1911,466,11. 1918, 257, § 16S.
1909, 457, |§ 1, 6. 1912, SO, §1. 1919, 5; 350, §| 57, 58.
1910,282,11:491. 1913,421,11. 1920,2.
1 Section 4. The commissioner shall be the executive and administra- Certain
2 tive head of the department. He shall have charge of the administration commissioner.
3 and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of Jhe depart'-'
4 the department to administer and enforce, and shall be chairman of the "gog^s^ S3
5 board. He shall organize in the department a division of public libraries, Jg!?'??^' I }■
6 a division of immigration and Americanization, a division of the blind 1912', so, 1 1.'
7 and such other divisions as he may determine. Each division shall be in ibis! 257',
8 charge of a director and shall be under the general supervision of the i9\9*'5: 350,
9 commissioner. 1920, 2; 72. 5§ 58, 59.
1 Section 5. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, directors Directors and
2 of divisions of the department shall be appointed and may be removed Ltistants.
3 by the commissioner, with the approval of the board. The commissioner JUs'.ll'' ^ "
4 shall fix the compensation of such directors, subject to the approval of the }|!^' ^^ ||-
5 governor and council. Except in the case of the teachers' retirement g. s^34,
6 board, the division of public libraries, the division of the blind and in- 1862,212.
7 stitutions under the department, the commissioner may appoint such 1865] 246.
8 agents, clerks and other assistants as the work of the department may \s%] ua
9 require, may assign them to divisions, transfer and remove them and fjlito
10 fix their compensation, but none of such employees shall have any JIgf'iyg'
11 direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the publication or sale of any 1895^132.
12 text or school book, or article of school supply used in the public schools i90i! 262!
13 of the commonwealth. For the compensation of such agents, clerks and §§ 3,'4,'9.
14 other assistants as it may employ, for conferences and conventions of Hot] fot] 1 1.
15 teachers held under the direction of the department, and for travel- Jg^oJI^ili'
16 ing and other necessary expenses incurred by the members and subordi- JgU'so'sV'
17 nates, the department may be allowed such sums as may annually be i9i3!42'i. 1 i.
IS appropriated. i9i5, 294, §§1,2, 7. 1917, 321, § 1.
1918, 257, I 168. 1919, 5; 350, § 60. 1920, 2.
1 Section 6. The commissioner, with the approval of the board, may Advisory
2 appoint and define the functions of a state advisory council and local for" university
3 advisory councils in connection with university extension and corre- correspondence
4 spondence courses, and with the appro\-al of the governor and council jgi5^f94
5 may rent suitable offices. 1919, 350, 11 56, ss. §1 2,' 4.
76
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
[Chap. 15.
Division for
the training (
disabled
soldiers and
sailors.
1918, 230,
§§1.2.
1919, 350,
§§ 56, 58.
DIVISION FOR THE TRAINING OF DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Section 7. The commissioner may establish a division to carry out 1
the purposes of section thirty-nine of chapter seventy-four, consisting of 2
a director and an advisory board. Said board shall consist of the com- .3
missioner of education, who shall be chairman, the chief surgeon of the 4
land forces of the militia, the commissioner of public health, the com- 5
missioner of labor and industries, who shall be the executive secretary, 6
the commissioner of mental diseases, the chairman of the industrial 7
accident board and the supervisor of administration, ex ofRciis, and nine 8
other persons who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice 9
and consent of the council, and shall serve without compensation. 10
Division of
public libraries,
1919, 350, § 59.
DIVISION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Section 8. The division of public libraries shall consist of the board 1
of free public library commissioners, the chairman of which shall be the 2
director of said division. 3
Board of free
public library
commissioners.
1890, 347, § 1.
1897, 134.
R. L. 38, § 11.
Section 9. The board of free public library commissioners, in sec- 1
tions nine to eleven, inclusive, called the library board, shall consist of 2
five persons, residents of the commonwealth, one of whom shall annually 3
be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- 4
cil, for five years. The governor shall designate the chairman of the 5
librarv board. G
fo°s"^?;4'''''°"'' Section 10. No member of the library board shall receive any com- 1
r89o?347^Y6. pensation, but it may annually expend not more than the amount appro- 2
R. L. 38, § 12. priated for clerical assistance and for other necessary expenses. 3
1910, 396, § 2. 1914, 373, § 2. 1918, 127.
Agents of the
board.
1910. 396. § 1.
1913. G68, I 1.
1914, 522.
Section 11. The library board, with the consent of the governor and 1
council, may appoint a general secretary and adviser for not exceeding 2
three years, whose salary shall be paid from the appropriation authorized 3
by the preceding section. The library board, with the consent of the 4
governor and council, may also appoint an agent for not exceeding five 5
years, at a salary to be fi.xed by it, and, with the consent of the governor 6
and council, an agent or secretary to direct educational work for the 7
benefit of the alien population of the commonwealth, at such salary as 8
it may fix. The library board, by a majority vote of its members, may 9
remove from office any person appointed under this section. 10
Division of
immigration
and Ameri-
canization.
1917, 321, § :
1919, 350, § ;
1920, 72.
DIVISION OF immigration AND AMERICANIZATION.
Section 12. The division of immigration and Americanization shall 1
consist of a director, who may be a woman, and an advisory board of 2
six persons. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director of 3
the division, his successor shall be appointed for five years by the gov- 4
ernor, with the advice and consent of the council. Two members of the 5
advisory board shall be appointed annually for three years each, by the 6
governor, with like advice and consent. Said board shall meet at least 7
once a month, and at such other times as it may determine by rule and 8
Chap. 15.] department of education. 77
9 when requested by the director or by any three members. The director
10 and members of said board shall receive no compensation for their serv-
1 1 ices, but shall be reimbursed for their actual necessary expenses incurred
12 in the performance of their duties.
DIVISION OF THE BLIND.
1 Section 13. The division of the blind shall consist of the commis- Division of
2 sion for the blind. The director of said commission shall be the director m9'|'3"5o, § 59.
3 of said division.
1 Section 14. The commission for the blind shall consist of a director, Commission
2 at such salary, not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, as the governor igoni'lss,""^'
3 and council determine, and five associate members, who shall serve with- flis, 266,
4 out compensation. Upon the ex-piration of the term of office of a direc- ^^ '•^■
5 tor, his successor shall be appointed for five years by the governor, with
6 the advice and consent of the council. One associate member shall
7 annually be appointed by the governor,^ with like advice and consent,
8 for five years. Said director and associate members shall be reimbursed
9 for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
1 Section 15. The director, with the approval of the commission for Agents and
2 the blind, may appoint, at such compensation as he may fix, such agents, 1900. ^ss, § 7.
3 teachers and subordinate officers as said commission may deem necessary, '^'*' "'"''' ^ "*■
4 and may remove them with the approval of said commission, but no
5 person employed by him shall be a member thereof.
teachers retirement BOARD.
1 Section 10. The teachers' retirement board shall consist of the com- Teachers'
2 missioner of education, ex officio, a second member elected by the bo'ar™*"'
3 teachers' retirement association established under section seven of \l\g^ HI] | g^
4 chapter thirty-two from among their number, in a manner approved by
5 said board, and a third chosen by the other two. Upon the expiration
6 of the term of office of an elected member or in case of a vacancy in said
7 office, his successor shall be elected for three years as aforesaid. Upon the
8 expiration of the term of office of a third member or in case of a vacancy
9 in said office, his successor shall be chosen by the other two and shall
10 serve for one year.
1 Section 17. The members of the retirement board shall serve with- Members to be
2 out compensation, but they shall be reimbursed from the expense fund lx^ases%t°.'
3 of the retirement association for any expenditures or loss of salary or }|}|; Hq; | |i
4 wages which they may incur through serving on said board. All claims
5 for reimbursement on this account shall be subject to the approval of
6 the governor and council.
1 Section 18. The retirement board may employ a secretary, who clerical
2 shall give bond, and also necessary clerical and other assistance. The 1913*832,' §4.
3 salaries of such employees shall be fixed by said board.
1919, 350, § 61. 1920, 546, § 4.
78
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
[Chap. 15.
CERTAIN TRUSTEES AND COMMISSIONERS SERVING IN THE DEPARTMENT.
uusfera, etc., SECTION 19. The trustccs of the Massachusetts agricultural col- 1
de'iS?fnJent''° '^S*^' ^^^ board of Commissioners of the Massachusetts nautical school, 2
1919, 350, §56. the trustees of the Bradford Durfee textile school of Fall River, the 3
trustees of the Lowell textile school and the trustees of the New Bed- 4
ford textile school shall serve in the department. 5
Trustees.
1863, 220, § 1.
1864, 223, § 1.
1871. 378, § 1.
1884, Res. 50.
1889, 45, § 1.
1918, 262, § 2.
1919, 350, § 62.
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Section 20. There shall be a board of trustees of the Massachusetts 1
agricultural college, consisting of the governor, the commissioner of 2
education, the commissioner of agriculture and the president of the col- 3
lege, ex ofRciis, and not more than fourteen appointive members; pro- 4
vided, that the appointive members in office on May thirty-first, nine- 5
teen hundred and eighteen, shall continue in office until the expiration 6
of their respective terms, unless sooner removed. Upon the expiration 7
of the term of office of any appointive member, his successor shall be 8
appointed for seven years by the governor, with the advice and consent 9
of the council. The appointive members shall serve without compensa- 10
tion, but their personal and incidental expenses shall be paid as are those 11
of trustees of other public institutions. 12
Boards of
trustees.
1895, 475,
§§ 1-3.
1899, 299,
§§ 1-3.
1901, 175, § 1.
R. L. 125,
§§ 20-22.
1905, 216.
1906, 275.
1918, 246, § 2;
248, § 2;
274, § 2.
1919, 350,
§§ 56, 62.
165 Mass. 419.
textile schools.
Section 21. There shall be boards of trustees for the Bradford Dm- 1
fee textile school of Fall River, for the New Bedford textile school, and 2
for the Lowell textile school, each consisting of fifteen appointive mem- 3
bers and the commissioner of education or a member of the advisory 4
board of education designated by him as an ex officio member, and the 5
following additional members ex officiis: for the first and second boards 6
above named, the mayor and superintendent of schools of Fall River and 7
New Bedford, respectively; for the third board above named, the mayor 8
of Lowell. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an appointive 9
member, his successor shall be appointed for three years by the governor, 10
with the advice and consent of the council. 11
of Massa-
iL4.SSACHUSETTS NAUTICAL SCHOOL.
Section 22. There shall be a board of commissioners of the Massa-
cailchoor*"'"" chusetts nautical school serving in the department and consisting of
r^l'45^§V tbree citizens of the commonwealth, one of whom shall annually before
1913, 224, 1 i. July first be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of
1919, 350, § 56. 1 *! i? J.1 £ *J J
the council, tor three years trom said day.
to'S^T^th-" Section 23. The commissioners shall serve without compensation,
penslto ^^^ s^^ll be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in the perform-
1891, 402, § 2. ance of their official duties. R. l. 45, § 2.
Chap. 16.] department of public works. 79
CHAPTER 16.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Sect.
1. Department of public works.
2. Commissioner and associate commis-
sioners.
3. Associate commissioners to be assigned
to divisions, etc.
Sect.
4. Commissioner. Powers and duties.
5. Registrar of motor vehicles.
6. Rules and regulations.
7. Annual report.
1 Section 1. There shall be a department of public works, consisting Department of
2 of a division of highways and a division of waterways and public lands. 1866^149,"^ §''1.
1877,213,5 1. 1900,474,5 1. 1916, 288, §§ 1. 2.
1879,263,5 1. R. L. 47, § 1; 96, § 1. 1917, 344, I, § 1,
P. S. 19, §1. 1911,748,5 1. VIII, §1.
1893,476,11. 1914. 712, §1. 1919, 350, §§ 111, 113.
1 Section 2. The department shall be under the supervision and ^°,f™s?daTe''
2 control of a commissioner of public works and four associate com- ^g^J'g"'!^^"'^'';''-
3 missioners. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commissioner \fj[^^^'-
4 or an associate commissioner, his successor shall be appointed for three is79, 263, § i.
5 years by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. The p. s.'ig.'i i. '
G commissioner shall receive such salary, not exceeding seventy-five 476^§^i'.*'
7 hundred dollars, and the associate commissioners such salaries, not J^-J^'J^s: 672.
8 exceeding six thousand dollars, as the governor and council may deter- |* l;^^^ ^ j.
9 mine. The commissioner and associate commissioners shall be allowed 96, § i. '
10 their actual traveling and other necessary expenses.
1906, 433, § 1. 1914, 712, § 1.
1911,748,5 1. 1916, 288, |§ 1, 2.
1 Section 3. Two of the associate commissioners shall be designated ^o'n°^ss?onera
2 by the governor to have charge of the division of highways, and two to be assigned
...A 111- 11 Tin to Qiviaions, etc.
3 to have charge of the division of waterways and public lands. When- is^'Sj^so,
4 ever a change in the associate commissioners occurs, the governor may
5 make a new designation. The commissioner may act as a member of
6 both divisions, and when present shall act as chairman of the division.
7 The concurrence of two members shall be necessary in any official act
8 of either division.
1 Section 4. The commissioner shall be the executive and adminis- Commissioner.
2 trative head of the department. He shall approve all contracts made duties.
3 by either division, and may require any of the expenditures of either \l^t[ 263! § 2.
4 division to be submitted to him for approval. He may appoint, assign p*|''i^9*^'§2.^'
5 to divisions, transfer and remove such officials and employees as the J|g|;m^^'
6 work of the department may require, and fix their compensation. laoo, 474, § 1.
R. L. 47. § 1; 96, § 2. 1916, 288, §3. 1919,350,5 114.
1911,748, §2. 1917, 344, I, § 1, VIII, § 1. 4 Op. A. G. 619.
1 Section 5. The commissioner shall appoint and may remove, sub- Registrar of
2 ject to the approval of the governor and council, an official to be known 1919, 350,
3 as the registrar of motor vehicles, and may, with like approval, fix his ^ ^^^'
4 compensation.
80
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Chap. 17.
Rules and
regulations.
1S76, 122. § 1.
P. S. 53, § 28.
R. L. 52, § 2B.
1906, 353,
§§1,2.
1909, 634,
§§27,31.
1917, 344, V,
§33. VIII, § 1.
1919, 350,
§ 116.
4 Op. A. G. 592.
Section 6. Except as otherwise prox-ided by sections tliirty-one and 1
forty-one of cliapter ninety and section sixty of chapter one hundred and 2
forty, all rules and regulations within the jurisdiction of the division 3
of highways or the division of waterways and public lands shall be 4
drafted by the associate commissioners ha^'ing charge of said di\-ision, 5
shall be submitted to the commissioner and associate commissioners 6
sitting as a board, and shall take effect when approved by them, and at 7
such time as they shall designate. Said board shall also have power to 8
make all needful rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions 9
of law relating to the department. 10
Annual report.
1866, 149, § S.
1879, 263, § 3.
1893,476,
§§3,5.
P. S. 19, § 2.
R. L. 47, § 3;
96. § 2.
1911,748, § 13.
1916,288, § 4.
1917,344,1,
§3, VIII, § 1.
1919. 350,
§§S, 111, 113.
Section 7. The commissioner shall make an annual report con- 1
taining, in addition to other matters required by law the following: 2
A list of the expenditures of the division of highways, with such 3
statements relative to the construction and maintenance of public 4
ways and such recommendations as to the general policy of the com- 5
monwealth relative thereto as it considers appropriate. 6
He shall also make an annual report containing, in addition to other 7
matters required by law, a statement of the acts of the division of water- 8
ways and public lands. 9
CHAPTER 17.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
Sect.
1. Department of public health.
2. Commissioner.
3. Public health council.
4. Directors of divisions.
5. Deputy commissioner.
Sect.
6. Assistant directors and other employees.
7. District health officers.
8. Institutions under division of sanatoria.
9. Employees of the division of sanatoria.
10. Examiners of plumbers.
Department of
public health.
1S69, 420, § 1.
Section 1. There shall be a department of public health, consist- 1
ing of a commissioner of public health and a public health council. 2
1879. 291, § 2. R. L. 75. § 1. 1919, 350, §§96, 97.
136 Mass. 578.
4 Op. A. G. 298, 403.
Commissioner.
1869, 420, § 5.
1886, 101, I 3;
274, §§ 1, 2.
1888, 375,
§§ 1, 2.
1897, 510, § 2.
R. L. 75. § 3.
1906, 425.
1907, 364; 474,
§§ 1.2.
1914, 792,
§§2,8.
Section 2. The commissioner shall be a physician skilled in sani- 1
tary science and experienced in public health administration. Upon 2
the expiration of the term of office of a commissioner, his successor 3
shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of 4
the council, for five years. The commissioner shall receive a salary of 5
seventy-five hundred dollars. He shall be the executive and adminis- 6
trative head of the department. i9i9, 350, § oe. 4 Op. a. g. 298, 403. 7
Public health
council.
1869, 420,
§§1.3.
1879.291,
§§ 2, 7.
P. S. 79,
§U,3.
1886, 101,
§§1.2.
R. L. 75,
§§ 1-3.
Section 3. The public health council shall consist of the commis- 1
sioner, ex officio, and six appointive members, at least three of whom 2
shall be physicians. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an 3
appointive member, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, 4
with the advice and consent of the council, for three years. The council 5
shall meet at least once a month, and at such other times as it shall 6
determine by its rules, or when requested by the commissioner or any 7
Chap. 17.] department of public health. 81
8 four members. The appointive members shall receive ten dollars a i9i4, 792.
9 day while in conference, and their necessary traveling expenses while in 1919, 350, § oo.
10 the performance of their official duties. 4 0p. a. G.403.
1 Section 4. There shall be in the department a division of sanatoria Directors
2 and such other di\'isions as the commissioner may, with the approval 1907^474"^'
3 of the public health council, from time to time determine. The com- 1914,792,
4 missioner may, subject to the approval of the governor and council, 1919, 350, § 93
5 appoint and remove a director of the division of sanatoria, and, subject
6 to the approval of the public health council, shall appoint and may
7 remove a director to take charge of every other division, and shall pre-
8 scribe the duties of such other divisions. The compensation of directors
9 of all divisions shall be fixed by the commissioner, subject to the ap-
10 proval of the governor and council.
1 Section 5. The commissioner may, with the approval of the public Deputy
2 health council, designate a director of a division as a deputy commis- 59iT35o?T97.
3 sioner, who shall perform the duties of the commissioner during his
4 absence or disability and such other duties as may be prescribed by the
5 commissioner.
1 Section 6. The commissioner may, with the approval of the public Assistant
2 health council, appoint and remove assistant directors of divisions and arHfother
3 epidemiologists, who shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one, inspec- iSS',°274!'
4 tors and other necessary employees, and may fix their compensation. ^^ '• ^
1888, 375, §§ 1, 2. 1907, 537, § 8. 1914, 792, § 2.
1897, 510, § 2. 1912, 652, § 3. 1919, 28; 350, § 97.
R. L. 75, § 116.
1 Section 7. The commissioner, with the approval of the public health District
2 council, shall appoint and may remove a district health officer, who i907%3^*"'"
3 shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one, for each health district pro- f 910, 523,
4 vided in section four of chapter one hundred and ele\'en. Such officers ^l^^^ ^gg
5 shall be graduates of incorporated medical schools, admitted to practice §§2.' 5.
6 in the commonwealth, or shall have had at least five years' experience
7 in public health duties and sanitary science, and shall give their entire
8 time to the performance of their duties. The salary of such officers
9 shall be fixed by the commissioner.
1 Section 8. The division of sanatoria shall include the state sana- institutions
2 toria at Rutland, North Reading, Lakeville and Westfield. The com- "°nV"'
3 missioner may also place the Penikese hospital in said division. sanatoria.
1907, 474, §§ 1. 15. 1910, 198, § 1; 491. 1919, 350, §§ 96, 98.
In addition to the persons employed under section six, Employees
ler, with the approval of the public health council, may "t sanatoria
1 Section 9.
2 the commissioner,
3 appoint a treasurer for each sanatorium, who shall give bond for the \llf J^g' | }■
4 faithful performance of his duties, and physicians, assistants and em- q lyj'tl
5 ployees necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the p s S7.' § 7.
6 institutions under the charge of the division, may fix their compensa- §§5.' 8. '
7 tion and may incur all expenses necessary for the maintenance of the ss.YM.'faP^'
8 institutions.
1907, 474, §1 6, 9, 15. 1910, 491. , 1913, 762. § 1. 1919, 350, § 96.
82
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
[Chap. 18.
Examiners
of plumbers.
1909. 536.
Ǥ 1, 3.
1910, 597, § ;
1919, 350, § !
Section 10. There shall be a board to be known as the state ex- 1
aminers of plumbers serving in the department and consisting of three 2
examiners, one of whom shall annually be appointed by the department 3
for three years. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for unexpired 4
terms. The first examiner shall be a practical plumber of at least five 5
years' continuous practical experience, the second shall be a sanitary 6
ex-pert, and the third shall have such qualifications as may be required 7
by the department. The first examiner shall act as clerk of the board 8
and receive a salary of two thousand dollars or such other sum as may 9
be fixed by the department, subject to the approval of the governor 10
and council. Each of the other examiners shall receive not exceeding 11
five dollars for every day of actual service, but not more than three 12
hundred and fifty dollars a year. The compensation of the examiners, 13
the traveling and other necessary expenses of the clerk, and, to an 14
amount not exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars annually, 15
the traveling and other necessary expenses of the two other examiners, 16
shall, when approved by the commissioner and by the governor and 17
council, be paid by the commonwealth. The examiners shall make an 18
annual report to the commissioner, who shall incorporate the same in 19
the annual report of the department. 20
CHAPTER 18.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
Sect.
1. Department of public welfare.
2. Organization of the department. Co
missioner.
3. Advisory board.
4. Clerical and other assistants.
5. Divisions in the department.
6. Expenses of trustees of institutions.
DIVISION OF AID AND RELIEF.
7. Director.
8. Trustees of state infirmary.
Sect.
division or child guardianship.
9. Director.
10. Massachusetts Hospital School.
DIVISION OF JUVENILE TRAINING.
11. Director.
12. Board of trustees.
13. Appointment.
14. Secretary. Temporary secretary.
15. Secretary to be the executive officer,
etc.
16. Clerical assistance.
Department of SECTION 1. Thefc shall be a department of public welfare, in this 1
public welfare. ,,,,,,,. O
1863,240, §1. chapter called the department. ^
1879, 291, § 2. 1898. 433, § 24. 1915, 129.
PS 79, § 1. R. L. 84. § 1. 1919, 350, § 87.
1886,101,5 4. 1911,607. 136 Mass. 578.
Orga-oization
of the depart-
ment. Com-
missioner.
1919, 350,
Section 2. The department shall be under the super\ision and
control of a commissioner of public welfare, who shall be its executive
and administrative head, and an advisory board consisting of the com-
missioner, ex officio, and six appointive members, of whom two shall
be women. The commissioner shall receive such salary, not exceeding
six thousand dollars, as the governor and council determine. Upon
the expiration of his term of office, his successor shall be appointed
for five years by the governor, with the advice and consent of the
council.
Chap. 18.] department of public welfare. 83
1 Section 3. Two members of the advisory board shall annually be Advisory board.
2 appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, §§*'f;4^''°'
3 for three years each. The members shall receive no compensation, but |§'|'|^^'
4 shall be reimbursed for their actual necessary expenses incurred in the !"; j^^'
5 performance of their ofBcial duties. R. l. 84, §§ i, 3. ion, got.
1913, 595, § 2. 1915, 129. 1919, 350, §§ 88, 90.
1 Section 4. Except as otherwise provided, the commissioner of pub- aencai and
2 lie welfare may appoint such officials, agents, clerks and other employees mo.figf^'i^'
3 as the work of the department may require, designate their duties, r s''7^9^^§ 1.^'
4 except so far as they are otherwise defined by law, assign them to di- fg/g, 350,^5^95
5 visions, transfer and remove them, and fix their compensation. The
6 appointments in the divisions of aid and relief and of child guardianship
7 shall be made with the advice of the directors thereof.
1 Section 5. The commissioner shall organize in the department a Divisions in
2 division of aid and relief, a division of child guardianship, and a divi- Llnt^'""^*
3 sion of juvenile training, each in charge of a director.
1908, 598. 1919, 350, §§ 89, 91.
1 Section 6. The members of the boards of trustees of the state insti- fru?™e^g^of^
2 tutions under the supervision of the department shall receive no compen- ig^'9*"29i°5 7
3 sation for their services, but their traveling and other necessary expenses p- s.'79, § 3.
4 shall be allowed and paid. R. l. 84, § 3. 1904, 446, § 7. 1908, 639, § 2.
division of aid and relief.
1 Section 7. The commissioner, with the approval of the governor and fJ58f5°98
2 council, shall appoint, fix the compensation of, and may with like approval If'^^i^ga'
3 remove, the director of the division of aid and relief, who shall, under the
4 supervision and control of the commissioner, perform the duties required
5 of him by law relative to the state adult poor.
1 Section S. There shall be a board of trustees of the state infirmary Trustees of
2 serving in tlie division and consisting of five men and two women, three issl, 275^'|*6'''
3 of whom shall annually in June be appointed by the governor, with the \llg\ t??! 1 3!
4 advice and consent of the council, for three years each, except that in the ^g^l 291 %^9
5 year nineteen hundred and twenty-one and every third year thereafter fg^ 297^52
6 only one such trustee shall be so appointed.
1900,333. R. L. 85, §1. 1911,104. 1919, 199; 350, §§ 87, 91.
DIVISION OF CHILD GUARDIANSHIP.
1 Section 9. The commissioner, with the appro\-al of the governor and J^5|'^5°9'3
2 council, shall appoint, fix the compensation of, and may with like approval i|i9 350,
3 remove, a director of the division of child guardianship, who shall, under
4 the supervision and control of the commissioner, perform the duties
5 required of him by law relative to children.
1 Section 10. There shall be a board of trustees, to be known as the Massachusetts
2 board of trustees of the Massachusetts hospital school, serving in the sSi!*'
3 division and consisting of five persons. The governor, with the advice Iggl; 226: i 1.
4 and consent of the council, shall annually appoint a member of the board, Jl'sf^g^"'
5 who shall serve for five years beginning on the first Monday in December
6 in the year of his appointment, and until his successor is qualified.
84
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL DISEASES.
[Chap. 19.
DIVISION OF JUVENILE TRAINING.
Section 11. The director of the division of juvenile training shall be 1
a member of the board of trustees of the Massachusetts training schools 2
designated by the governor. He shall receive no compensation as such, 3
and his term of office shall be that of his appointment as such trustee. 4
Board of
trustees.
1847. 165, § 1.
1855, 442, § 1.
G. S. 75, § 1;
76, I 1.
1868, 153, § 1.
Section 12. The board of trustees of the Massachusetts training 1
schools shall consist of nine persons, two of whom shall be women, and 2
shall constitute the division of juvenile training. No person employed 3
by the board for compensation shall be a member thereof. i873, lee. 4
1877, 195, § 1.
1879, 291, § S.
P. S. 89, § 1.
1895, 428, § 2.
R. L. 86, § 1.
1908, 639, § 1.
1911, 566, § 1.
1919, 350, §§ 87, 91.
136 Mass. 581.
Appointment. Section 13. The govcmor, M'ith the advice and coiiscut of the couucil,
isos! 442; § 24'. shall in June of each year appoint two members, except that in nineteen
76,1 L ' ^ '' hundred and twenty-one and every fifth year thereafter one only shall be
it?!; ill'. ^ '■ appointed. The members shall hold office for five years from July first
lira; 29?; 1 1: following their appointment. p. s. 89. § i.
R. L. 86, 51. IOCS. 639, § 1- 1911,566,5 1.
Tmporary SECTION 14. The trustccs shall appoint, and may Temoxe, a secretary 1
ilTriee' § 2 not a member of the board, at a salary to be fixed by the trustees. 2
They may appoint a temporary secretary, who may be a member of the 3
board, who shall perform the duties of the secretary in his absence. 4
bfthe^execu- SECTION 15. The Secretary shall be the executive officer of the trus- 1
tive officer, ^pgg j^g gj^g^U fjg p^ij the ncccssary expenses incurred in the perform- 2
1911, 566, § 2. ance of his duties. 3
assTstMce SECTION 16. The trustccs may expend such sums for clerical assist- 1
1911, 566,' § 2. ance and office expenses as may be appropriated by the general court. 2
CHAPTER 19.
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL DISEASES.
Sect.
1. Department of mental diseases.
2. Commissioner.
3. Associate commissioners.
4. Commissioner. Certain duties. Assist-
ant commissioner, etc.
Sect.
5. Public institutions in the department.
6. Boards of trustees of public institu-
tions.
1898, 433, § 1.
R. L. 87, § 1.
1909, 504,
§§ 2, 107.
Section 1. There shall be a department of mental diseases, con- 1
sisting of the commissioner of mental diseases and four associate com- 2
missioners. The commissioner and at least two associate commissioners 3
shall be physicians and experts in the care and treatment of the insane. 4
1914, 762, |§ 1, 9. 1916, 285, §§ 1, 2. 1919. 350. § 79.
Chap. 19.] department of mental diseases. 85
1 Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commis- Commissioner.
2 sioner, his successor shall be appointed for five years by the governor, §§i,'2. '
3 with the advice and consent of the council. The commissioner shall fg'oo'lw!^^'"'
4 receive such salary, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, as the 1914,762°""
5 governor and council determine, and shall be reimbursed for expenses f^,'' ?,•„,
6 necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties. loio, 350, § 79. §§ 1, 2.
1 Section 3. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an associate Associate
2 commissioner, his successor shall be appointed for four years by the isasTST"'
5 for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
1916, 2S5, §§ 1,2. 1919, 350, § 79.
1 Section 4. The commissioner shall be the executive and adminis- Commissioner.
2 trative head of the department and may organize therein such divisions AsIisTant com-
3 as he may determine. He may, with the approval of the governor and i879,°29i! ^'°'
4 council, appoint and fix the compensation of an assistant commissioner, kI.'to, §§2, 3.
5 who shall discharge the duties of the commissioner during his absence or |f®|'|^^-
6 disability and perform such other duties as the commissioner may pre- ft i' F'
7 .scribe. The commissioner shall appoint and may remove such agents 1909, 504,
8 and subordinate officers as the department may deem necessary, and 1914,762,
9 shall fix their compensation. Physicians, pathologists and psychiatrists 1916, 285,
10 shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one. ^^ ''• ^■
1919, 350, § 80. 2 Op. A. G. 194. 4 Op. A. G. 74.
1 Section 5. The boards of trustees of the following public institu- Public in-
2 tions shall serve in the department: Boston psychopathic hospital, department
3 Boston state hospital, Danvers state hospital, Foxborough state hospital, il??;!^! I l
4 Gardner state colony, Grafton state hospital, Massachusetts school for f88^\|22!§ i
5 the feeble-minded, Medfield state hospital, Monson state hospital. Nor- Jlgg'^gM }■
6 folk state hospital, Northampton state hospital, Taunton state ho,spital, woo', 451! §5.
7 Westborough state hospital, Worcester state hospital and Wrentham |§ 13, le.
8 state school.
1905, 400. 1908, 613, S 2. 1915, 79, §5 1-3.
1906,313:508. 1909, 504, §§ 14, 107, 1919,350,5 81.
1907,421. 1914, 358; 442, §§ 1-3. 1920,537.
1 Section 6. The board of trustees for each of the institutions men- Boards of
2 tioned in the preceding section, except the Massachusetts school for the Juhhcta-
3 feeble-minded, shall consist of seven members, five men and two women; i832''i'63'
4 provided, that the board of trustees of the Norfolk state hospital shall H^^ \^
5 consist of seven men. One member of each board, except as aforesaid, ILV'^
6 shall annually in January be appointed for seven years from the first R. s. 48.
7 Wednesday of the following February by the governor, with the advice issi, ii£s.'44.
8 and consent of the council. The board of trustees of the Massachusetts Itlf,', 2I7', ^ ^'
9 school for the feeble-minded shall consist of six members on the part of 1I59'. ^7, § a.
10 the commonwealth, one of whom shall annually be appointed for six9.'^J^'
11 years by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and jSg'fU'la'
12 of six members to be elected by the school, subject to the approval of 1879! 291', s 7.
13 the governor and council. All the above trustees shall serve without §§4,6,55,56.'
14 compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in the isl?! 149'; 322,
15 performance of their duties. i8S9, 414, §§ 1, 15. §§3,5.
1892, 425, §§ 1, 4. 1902, 542. 1914, 358.
1893, 256. 1906, 508, §§ 1, 2. 1915. 79, § 4.
1895, 483, §§ 2, 7. 1908, 613, § 2. 1918, Sp. 119.
1900, 451, §§ 4, 6. 1909,504, §§15, 17, 1919, 350, § 81.
R.L. 87, §§14, 18-22,26, 113, 114. 59,60,107. 1920, 537, § 2.
86
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
[Chap. 20.
CHAPTER 20.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Sect.
1. Department.
2. Commissioner and members of advi-
sory board.
3. Certain powers and duties of the de-
partment.
Sect.
4. Organization of department.
and other employees.
5. Expenses.
Department.
1S52, 142, § 1.
G. S. 16, § 1.
1866, 263, § 3.
P. S. 20, § 1.
1894, 144.
B. L. 89, § 1.
Section 1. There shall be a department of agriculture under the
supervision and control of a commissioner, and an advisory board of
six members the principal vocation of at least three of whom shall be
agriculture. 1902, 116, 5 4. 1916, 49, § 1.
1918, 268. §5 1, 2. 1919, 350, §§ 34, 35. 1 Op. A. G. 406.
Commissioner
and members
of advisory
hoard.
1852, 142,
§§ 1,2,4.
G. S. 16,
§§ 1-3.
P. S. 20.
H 1-3.
1894, 144.
1896, 254.
R. L. 89,
§§ 1-3.
1902, 116, 5 4.
Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a com- 1
missioner or a member of the advisory board, his successor shall be 2
appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, 3
for three years. The commissioner shall receive such salary, not ex- 4
ceeding five thousand dollars, as the governor and council may deter- 5
mine. Each member of the advisory board shall receive ten dollars a 6
day while in conference and his actual traveling expenses incurred in 7
the performance of his official duties. i9i5, ii4, §i. S
1916,49,5 1. 1918, 268, §§ 2, 3. 1919, 350, §§ 35, 36.
and'duti^sof" Section 3. The Commissioner shall be the executive and adminis-
iss'^i'S'T™*' trative head of the department, and shall have charge of the adminis-
PoV^-^„^.J ?o tration and enforcement of all laws which it is the duty of the depart-
loDo, 263, §3. ... ii» iiiiT II' *i
P.S.20, §3. ment to administer and enforce, and shall direct all inspections and
1918', 268, ■ investigations. The advisory board shall exercise advisory powers only,
1919, 350, § 36. and shall meet when requested by the commissioner or by any three
4 Op'. A. G. 175. members.
Organization
of department.
Directors and
other em-
ployees.
1854, Res. 72.
1859, 203, § 1.
G. S. 16,
§§4,9. .
1862, 164.
1865, 243.
1869, 96.
1879, 235.
1881, 264.
P. S. 20,
§§ 4, 10.
1887, 245.
1891, 300;
412, §§7, 11;
416, § 6.
1893, 130.
1898, 459.
1900, 368.
1901, 335.
Section 4. The commissioner shall organize the department in 1
divisions, including a division of dairying and animal husbandry, a 2
division of plant pest control, a division of ornithology, a division of 3
markets, a division of reclamation, soil survey and fairs, and such other 4
divisions as he may from time to time determine, and shall assign to 5
said divisions their functions. The commissioner may appoint and 6
remove a director of each division to have charge of the work of the 7
division. The compensation of directors shall be fixed by the com- 8
missioner, with the approval of the governor and council. The com- 9
missioner may also appoint an inspector of apiaries and such other in- 10
spectors, investigators, scientific experts, clerks and other officers and 11
assistants as the work of the department may require, and may assign 12
them to divisions, transfer and remove them, and fix their compensation. 13
R. L. 89, §§4, 5, 9, 11.
1902, 495, §§ 1, 6.
1905, 155.
1907,321, §1; 401, § 1.
1908, 245, §§ 1, 3.
1909,444, §§ 1, 15, 17.
1910, 653, § 1.
1911, 186, §1; 220,51;
Res. 103,
1912,500; 507,551, 14,16.
1914,424.
1915.250, 5 1.
1916,45; 46.
1917, 75; 286, § 1.
1919, 350, § 37.
Chap. 21.]
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.
87
1 Section 5. The department may expend for the traveling ex-
2 penses of its members and employees incurred in the performance of
3 their official duties and for other necessary expenses of the department
4 such sums as may be annually appropriated.
18S4, 66.
1891.412, §§ 6, 8.
1892, 139.
1895, 214.
R.L. 89, §§3-5, 11,12.
1902, 495, § 6.
1905, 155.
1908,245, §3; 416.
1909, 444, §§15, 17.
1910,653, § 1.
1911, 186, § 1; 220,
Res. 103.
1912,500,51; 507, §
1913, Res. 96.
1914,424, § 1.
1915, 250, § 1.
1916,45; 46.
1917, 75; 286.
1918, 268, § 3.
1919, 350, § 34.
2 Op. A. G. 118.
Expenses.
1852, 142, § 4.
G. S. 16, § 3.
1869, 96, § 2.
P. S. 20,
§§3,4.
CHAPTER 21.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.
Sect.
1. Department of conservation.
2. Commissioner.
3. Duties of commissioner.
DIVISION OP rORESTRY.
4. Director of division of forestrj^
5. Experts, clerical assistants, etc.
Sect.
division of fisheries and game.
6. Director of division of fisheries and game.
7. Experts, fish and game wardens, and
other assistants.
8. State inspector of fish and deputies.
DIVISION OP ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
9. Director of division of aninaal industry.
10. Experts, clerical assistants, etc.
1 Section 1. There shall be a department of conservation, consist- Department of
2 ing of a division of forestry, a division of fisheries and game and a divi- i860, 192, § i;
3 sion of aniinal industry, each under the charge of a director. The de- 1862, 2s, § 1.
4 partment shall be under the supervision and control of a commissioner Hf^i ||f; 1 1\
5 of conservation. The directors shall act as an advisory council to the p^'|'9(S^"§ 12;
6 commissioner. is85. 378. isse, 276, § 7. 1894, 491, § 36. 9i- § 2.
1895. 56.
1899, 408, § 1.
R. L. 90, § 1; 91. § :
1902, 116, §§ 1-3.
1904, 409, § 1.
1905, 381, § 2.
1907, 473, § 1.
1909, 263, §§ 1, 2.
1912,608, §§ 1-3.
1914,490, § 1; 720, § 1.
1917, 63.
1919, 350, §§ 39-41.
1 , Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commis- Commissioner.
2 sioner, his successor shall be appointed for three years by the governor,
3 with the advice and consent of the council. The commissioner shall
4 receive such salary, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as the governor
5 and council determine.
1 Section 3. The commissioner shall be the executive and adminis- Duties of
2 trative head of the department. He shall be designated by the governor i9i9™fo°§"i.
3 as a director of one of the divisions, but shall receive no salary as such Op^a.g.(i920)
4 director. He shall supervise the work of the divisions, and shall have
5 charge of the administration and enforcement of all laws which it is
6 the duty of the department to administer and enforce, and shall direct
7 all inspections and investigations.
DrvisiON OF forestry.
1 Section 4. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director of ^^^'^^°(
2 the division of forestry, his successor shall, except as provided by the forestry.
3 preceding section, be appointed for three years by the governor, w-ith 1905', 38i', § 2.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.
[Chap. 21.
1907.473, § 1.
1909. 263,
H 1.2.
1914, 720, § 1.
1917, 63.
1919,350, §42.
the advice and consent of the counciL The director shall be known as 4
the state forester. He shall be qualified by training and experience to 5
perform the duties of his office, and shall, except as provided by the pre- 6
ceding section, receive such salary, not exceeding five thousand dollars, 7
as the governor and council determine. 8
Experts, cleri-
cal assistants,
1904, 409, § 4.
1905, 3S1, § 3.
1906, 268, I 1.
1908, 691, I 1.
1911,722, § 1.
1917. 63.
1919. 350, 5 42.
Section 5. The director may, subject to the approval of the com- 1
missioner, appoint and remove a state fire warden and such experts, 2
clerical and other assistants as the work of the division may require, and 3
fix their compensation. The director shall be allowed necessary traveling 4
expenses for himself and his employees incurred in the discharge of duty. 5
Director of
division of
fisheries and
game.
1866, 238, § 1.
1869, 384, § 2.
1872, 302.
P. S. 91, § 2.
1886. 276, § 7.
1895, 66.
R. L. 91, I 2.
1919, 350, § 43.
DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND GAME.
Section 6. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director 1
of the division of fisheries and game, his successor shall, except as pro- 2
vided by section three, be appointed for three years by the governor, 3
with the advice and consent of the council. The director shall be qual- 4
ified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office, and 5
shall, except as provided by section three, receive such salary, not ex- 6
ceeding four thousand dollars, as the governor and council determine. 7
The director shall be allowed necessary traveling expenses for himself 8
and his employees incurred in the discharge of duty. 9
Experts, fish
ana game
wardens, and
other as-
sistants.
1905. 407.
1910, 575, I 1.
1912, 465,
§5 1.2.
1913, 250.
1919, 350. § 43.
Section 7. Except as provided in the following section, the director 1
may, subject to the approval of the commissioner, appoint and remove 2
such experts, fish and game wardens, clerical and other assistants as the 3
work of the division may require, and fix their compensation, which 4
shall be paid by the commonwealth. On written application of the city 5
council of a city or the selectmen of a town, he may, subject to like 6
approval, appoint in such city or town, from a list of names to be sub- 7
mitted to him by such city council or selectmen, a fish and game warden, 8
who shall act under his authority and instructions and have the same 9
powers and duties as a fish and game warden appointed as above pro- 10
vided; the annual compensation of every such warden, not exceeding 11
fifty dollars, shall be paid by the city or town in which he is appointed. 12
The director may also, subject to like approval, appoint deputy fish and 13
game wardens who shall serve without compensation. 14
State inspector
of fish and
deputies.
1919,351. § 11.
Section 8. There shall be a state inspector of fish serving in the 1
division. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a state inspector 2
of fish, his successor shall be appointed for three years by the governor, 3
with the advice and consent of the council. The state inspector may 4
appoint from time to time such permanent and temporary deputy in- 5
spectors as may be authorized by the governor and council. The state 6
inspector and deputy inspectors shall receive such compensation as may 7
be fixed by tlie governor and council. 8
Director of
division of
animal
industry.
1860, 192, § 1 ;
221, § 1.
1862, 28, 5 1.
division OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Section 9. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director 1
of animal industry, his successor shall, except as provided by section 2
three, be appointed for three years by the governor, with the advice and 3
consent of the council. The director shall, except as provided by section 4
Chap. 22.]
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
89
5 three, receive a salary of thirty-five hundred dollars, and shall be allowed fgg^ 378^ '^'
6 his necessary expenses paid or incurred in the performance of his official Jfgg' 403' 1 1*''
7 duties. r. l. 90, §1. 1902. iie, §51-3. 1912, eos, §§ 1-3.
19H. 490, §1. 1919, 350, § 44. 1 Op. A. G. 556.
1 Section 10. The director may, subject to the approval of the com- Experts, cieri-
2 missioner, appoint and remove such experts, clerical and other assistants ^*^ '>^'*'**"'°'^'
3 as the work of the division may require, and fix their compensation.
CHAPTER 22.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Sect.
1. Department of public safety.
2. Commissioner.
3. Certain duties of commissioner.
sions.
4. Directors.
5. Secretary.
6. Officers and other assistants.
7. Expenses of officers, etc.
Sect.
8. Officers, etc., to be sworn and give
bond.
9. Appointment of additional state police
officers.
10. Board of boiler rules.
11. Board of elevator regulations.
12. State boxing commission.
1 Section 1. There shall be a department of public safety under the Department of
2 supervision and control of a commissioner of public safety. ^^ "'^'"'^■
1865, 249, § 1. 1875, 15. §§ 1, 5. R. L. 108, § 1.
1871, 394, § 1. 1879, 305, §§ 1. 3, 12. ' '
1 Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commis- Commissioner.
2 sioner, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice §§ i.'s. '
3 and consent of the council, for five years. The commissioner shall receive ]l^l[ lUi ^ ^'
4 such salary, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as the governor and ilya.asg,
5 council determine. is74, 405. 1875, 15, §§ 1, 6. 1879, 305, §§ 1, 3, 5.
p. S. 103, i
1887, 127.
1S92, 128.
1, 3, 5.
R. L. 108,
1904,318, <
1906, 480.
1913, 8.34.
1918,275, § 1.
1919, 350, § 100.
1 Section 3. The commissioner shall be the executive and adminis- Certaii
2 trative head of the department. There shall be in the department a
3 division of state police under his own immediate charge, a division ^'o5^'249,' § 1.
4 of inspection under the charge of a director to be known as chief of HH] Iqs ^ ^'
5 inspections, and a division of fire prevention under the charge of a di- }*^*' l^'J}^
^ , , , nil 1879, 30o, § 3.
6 rector tb be known as the state fare marshal. psios, §3. isse, 354, §1.
1888, 113.
1894,444, § 1:481, § 1
R, L. 32, § I; lO.S. § 1.
1902, 142, §§ 1, 2.
1903, 365, § 1.
1904, 318, I 1 :
433, §§ 1.3.
1906, 521, § 1.
1911,619, § 1.
1913,610. §§ 1,6.
1914. 795. § 2.
1919,350, §§ 101, 102.
1 Section 4. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a state fire Directors.
2 marshal or a chief of inspections, his successor shall be appointed by the §§ i,'4. '
3 governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for three years. §§^/,' ?.'''''
4 They shall each receive such salary, not exceeding four thousand dollars, ^^l[ ||°-
5 as the governor and council determine. 1902, 142, §§ 1, 2. 1903, 365, §§ 1, 2. §§ i. 7.
1904, 433.
1906, 521, I 1.
1911, 619, § 1.
1913,610, 5§ 1,6.
1914, 795, § 2.
1918, 275, I 1.
1919, 350, §§ 101, 103, 104.
1 Op. A. G. 174.
3 Op. A. G. 492.
90
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
[Chap. 22.
Secretary.
1920, 619, § 2.
Section 5. The commissioner may appoint a secretary, who shall 1
be exempt from chapter thirty-one, and may remove him for such 2
cause, to be stated in the order of removal, as he deems sufficient. He 3
shall receive such salary, not exceeding three thousand dollars, as the 4
commissioner may fix. The secretary, in addition to his duties under 5
section twelve, shall perform such other duties as the commissioner 6
prescribes. 7
Officers and
other as-
sistants.
1865, 249,
§§1,3.
1866, 261, § 1.
1871, 394,
§§2.5.
1872. 355.
1875, 15,
§§1,6.
1877, 214, 5 6.
1878, 242, § 1.
1879, 305,
§§ 1, 2, 5, 12.
1880, 178.
P. S. 103,
§§ 1. 2, 5, 9.
1885, 131.
1887, 127; 256.
Section 6. The commissioner may appoint, transfer and remove 1
officers, inspectors, experts, clerks and other assistants and fix their com- 2
pensation. Except as provided in section nine, the number of officers 3
and inspectors heretofore authorized by law may be increased only with 4
the approval of the governor and council. Boiler inspectors in the division 5
of inspection shall not be over forty-five years of age when first ap- 6
pointed, and shall not be subject to any civil service rules like those 7
requiring members of the state police to be of a certain height and 8
weight. Inspectors assigned to the division of inspection shall be desig- 9
nated as building inspectors or as boiler inspectors according as their 10
duties relate to buildings or boilers. 11
ISSS.
1890,
1891,
1892,
1893,
1894,
481, §
1895,
1896,
113; 426, § 13.
137.
302; 357, § 6.
249.
281; 444, §§ 1, 7;
l§ 1,3, 5,6.
396; 418, § 8; 452, § 1.
546, § 4.
160; 219; 261.
32, 55 1, 7; 105, § 1;
i§ 1, 3, 5.
1902, 142, §§ 1, 2.
1903, 365, §§ 1, 4.
1904, 318; 382; 430;
433, §§ 1, 3.
1905, 247; 365; 461.
1906, 522, § 1.
1907,451, § 1;465, §§4,
482, § 1.
1908, 185, § 1; 375, § 1;
479, § 1.
1909,410, § 1; 413, § 1;
432, § 1.
1911, 561; 616, § 1; 619;
620, § 1.
1912.614, § 1; 726, § 12.
1913,424, § 1; 480;
610, §§ 1,5, 0; 816, § 1; 834.
1914, 577, §2; 622, §1;
795, § 2.
1918, 275.
1919, 350. §§ 101, 103, 108.
1 Op. A. G. 404.
Expenses of
officers, etc.
1865, 249, § 3.
1871, 394,
§§3,5.
1875, 15, § 6.
1878, 242, § 3.
1879, 305. § 5.
P. S. 103, § 5.
Section 7. Each officer and inspector in the department shall re-
ceive his actual traveling and necessary expenses when on duty, which
shall be verified by oath and approved by the commissioner. No salary
shall be paid to any such officer or inspector until he has made oath
that he has paid to the commonwealth all fees received by him.
1886, 354, § 4,
1887, 127.
1894, 444, § 7.
1895, 418, § 8
1896, 546,
4.
1898, 160; 261.
R. L. 32, § 7; 108, 5 5.
1902, 142, § 1.
1904, 382.
1906, 521, § 1.
1911.619.
1914,795,5 25.
1919, 350, I 99.
Officers, etc.,
to be sworn
and give bond.
1875, 15,
§§2.3.
1879, 305, § 4.
P. S. 103, § 4.
R. L. 108, § 4.
1914, 795, § 2.
Section 8. Each officer or inspector shall, before entering upon the
performance of his duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof,
and shall give bond to the state treasurer, with sureties approved by the
governor, in the sum of three thousand dollars, conditioned faithfully to
perform his official duties and to account for all property which may come
into his possession as such officer or inspector. He may be required by
the governor to renew said bond from time to time; and unless his oath
of office is taken and his bond approved and filed within ten days after
the date of his appointment, the appointment shall be void.
Appointment
of additional
state police
officers.
1917, 43.
1918,37.
1919,350,
§ 110.
Section 9. Whenever the governor shall deem it necessary to pro-
vide more effectively for the protection of persons and property and
for the maintenance of law and order in the commonwealth, he may
authorize the commissioner to make additional appointments, not ex-
ceeding one hundred in number, to the division of state police, together
with such other employees as the governor may deem necessary for
the proper administration thereof. The appointment of the additional
Chap. 22.] department of public safety. 91
8 officers shall be temporary until the general court has authorized their
9 permanent addition to the department. The commissioner may, sub-
10 ject to the approval of the governor, make rules and regulations for the
11 said additional force, including matters pertaining to their discipline,
12 organization and government, compensation and equipment, and means
13 of swift transportation.
1 Section 10. The commissioner shall appoint a board of boiler rules, Board of
2 consisting of the chief of inspections as chairman and four associate igm^ISsT'
3 members, one of whom shall be an operating engineer and three shall igig^'slo,
4 represent users, manufacturers and insurers of boilers, respectively. ^ '°^-
5 Upon the expiration of the term of office of an associate member, his
6 successor shall be appointed for three years by the commissioner. The
7 associate members shall receive as compensation for service and reim-
8 bursement for expenses such sums as the governor and council shall
9 determine, not exceeding in all one thousand dollars a year. Such cleri-
10 cal and other assistants as may be required by the board shall be as-
11 signed to it by the commissioner.
1 Section 11. The commissioner shall, as occasion requires, appoint a Board of
2 board of elevator regulations, consisting of the chief of inspections as regutations.
3 chairman, a consulting engineer, the building commissioner of Boston, §§^1:8*'"''
4 an inspector of buildings of some city other than Boston, a representa- |^/o6^^°'
5 tive of a liability insurance company licensed to write elevator insurance
6 in the commonwealth, a representative of elevator manufacturers and
7 an experienced elevator constructor. The members of said board shall
8 serve without compensation, but their necessary expenses shall be paid
9 by the department. Such clerical and other assistants as may be re-
10 quired by the board shall be assigned to it by the commissioner.
1 Section 12. The state boxing commission shall serve in the depart- state boxing
2 ment and shall consist of the commissioner, ex officio, who shall be 1920,619,
3 chairman, and two appointive members. Upon the expiration of the op.A.b.
4 term of office of an appointive member, his successor shall be appointed '^®^°' ^^^'
5 by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for three
6 years. The appointive members shall receive such salaries, not ex-
7 ceeding thirty-five hundred dollars each, as the governor and council
8 may fix. The members shall receive their traveling expenses neces-
9 sarily incurred in the performance of their duties, and the commission
10 shall be allowed such sums for clerical assistance as the governor and
11 council may approve. The secretary of the department shall act as the
12 secretary of the commission and shall keep full and true records of all
13 its proceedings. The commissioner may deputize one or more persons
14 to represent the commission and to be present at any match or ex-
15 hibition authorized to be held under sections thirty-two to fifty-one of
16 chapter one hundred and forty-seven. Such persons may receive such
17 compensation for actual services as shall be fixed by rule or regulation
18 of the commission, together with their traveling expenses necessarily
19 incurred in the discharge of their duties.
92
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
[Chap. 23.
CHAPTER 23.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
Sect,
department of labor and industries.
1. Department of labor and industries.
2. Commissioners.
3. Commissioner. Certain duties.
4. Directors. Other appointees.
5. Certain requirements as to officers and
employees.
6. Duties of assistant commissioner.
7. Board of conciliation and arbitration.
DIVISION OF STANDARDS.
8. Duties of the director of standards.
9. Inspectors of standards and surveyors
of lumber.
Sect.
commission on foreign and domestic
commerce.
10. Commission on foreign and domestic
commerce. Appointment of com-
missioners.
11. Appointment and compensation of em-
ployees.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
12. Department to be furnished offices, etc.
13. Expenses.
industries.
1912, 726, § 1,
1919. 350,
§§ 69, 70.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
Section 1. There shall be a department of labor and industries, 1
under the supervision and control of a commissioner of labor and in- 2
dustries, in this chapter called the commissioner, an assistant com- 3
missioner, who may be a woman, and three associate commissioners, 4
one of whom shall be a representative of labor and one a representative 5
of employers of labor. 6
Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a com- 1
missioner, an assistant commissioner or an associate commissioner, his 2
successor shall be appointed for three years by the governor, with the 3
advice and consent of the council. The commissioner shall receive 4
such salary not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, and the as- 5
sistant commissioner and associate commissioners such salaries, not 6
exceeding four thousand dollars each, as the governor and council 7
determine. 8
Commii
duties.
1912, 726.
§§4,5, 9.
1919. 350,
§§ 71, 77.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 57.
Certain Section 3. The Commissioner shall be the executive and administra-
tive head of the department. He shall have charge of the adminis-
tration and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations which it is
the duty of the department to administer and enforce, and shall direct
all inspections and investigations except as otherwise provided. He
shall organize in the department a division of standards and such other
divisions as he may from time to time determine, and may assign the
officers and emploj^ees of the department thereto. He shall prepare 8
for the consideration of the associate commissioners rules and regula- 9
tions for the conduct of the department and all other rules and regu- 10
lations which the department is authorized by law to make, and they 11
shall, except as otherwise provided, take effect when approved by the 12
associate commissioners, or upon such date as they determine. The 13
commissioner may designate an associate commissioner to discharge the 14
duties of the commissioner during his absence or disability. 15
Chap. 23.] department of labor and industries. 93
1 Section 4. The commissioner and associate commissioners may, Directors.
2 with the approval of the governor and council, appoint, and fix the pointees'?'
3 salaries of, not more than five directors, and may, with like approval, i859,224f§*'2.
4 remove them. One of them, to be known as the director of standards, ^'Jy* 51, 5 3
5 shall have charge of the division of standards, and each of the others gj^^l^'^^'
6 shall be assigned to take charge of a division. Except as otherwise isst, 209, § 1.
... . . 1SS8 261
7 provided in section eleven, the commissioner may employ and remove isoo! im', § 2;
8 such experts, inspectors, investigators, clerks and other assistants as §§ 9-11. '
9 the work of the department may require, and fix their compensation. 1901] lii!
10 Four inspectors shall be men who, before their employment as such, ^^ \'-^-
11 have had at least three years' experience as building construction work- ??'.^?' i""'
12 men. The commissioner may require that certain inspectors in the 1902,457.
. • 1904 313
13 department, not more than seven in number, shall be persons qualified §4:399.'
14 by training and experience in matters relating to health and sanitation. 1907.' 534,'
15 The commissioner may employ temporarily, from time to time, such i909~m4.
16 persons to act as surveyors of lumber as he may find necessary for flio 46i^'^ 1
17 making the surveys applied for, and such employment shall be exempt JgJ.VIjg'l \:
IS from chapter thirty-one. He may fix their compensation and, subject 726, '»4,'7, s.
19 to his approval, they may be allowed reasonable expenses incurred in the 1915] 74, '§ i.'
20 performance of their official duties. 1917, 243; 341.
191S, 21s, §§ 1, 2 1919, 224, §1:244:350, §§ 74. 77. 1920, 551, § 1.
1 Section 5. All directors, inspectors and other permanent em- Certain re-
2 ployees of the department shall devote their whole time to the affairs toofficera and
3 of the department ; and all directors and inspectors and such other is'59,°224!'§ 2.
4 employees as may be designated by the commissioner shall, before p |'6lf'§|2^3
5 entering upon their duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, jsoo, isS' § 2.
6 The number of inspectors heretofore authorized by law may be in- i9i2i 726, § s.
7 creased only with the approval of the governor and council. The com- 350, '§ 7'5.'
8 missioner and associate commissioners shall determine from time to
9 time how many of the inspectors employed shall be women.
1 Section 6. In all matters relating specifically to women and minors Duties of as-
2 the assistant commissioner shall have and exercise such duties and ml'sioner.™
3 authority as may be prescribed by the commissioner, with the approval ^®^*' ^^°' ^ "^•
4 of the associate commissioners.
1 Section 7. The associate commissioners shall constitute the board ^ifiatfo°'a°<|'
2 of conciliation and arbitration, and shall have the powers and perform arbitration.
1886 263 § I
3 the duties given them by chapter one hundred and fifty relative to con- iss?! 209! § 1!
4 ciliation and arbitration of industrial disputes, and chapter one hundred 1909! sh! § /o.
5 and fifty-one relative to the minimum wage. The board shall have \lu[ esi! 1 1'.
6 assigned to it such assistants from the officers and employees of the ]l\l' |?,|' ^ ^•
7 department as the commissioner and the board from time to time ^^'■^' ^5°' ^ "2-
S determine.
DIVISION OF standards.
1 Section 8. The director of standards shall, in addition to the Duties of the
2 powers and duties conferred and imposed upon him by law, perform standard".
3 such other duties as may be assigned to him by the commissioner. ^®^®' ^^°' ^ ^'''
1 Section 9. Inspectors of standards, and surveyors of lumber, ap- inspectors of
2 pointed under section four shall give bond for the faithful performance lL"rve?ora of""*
3 of their duties. Such surveyors shall be sworn. 1859, 224, §§ 2, 3. lumber.
G. S. 49, §127. R. L. 60, §2. 1911, 632, §1. 1918, 218, § 2.
P. S. 63, § 2. 1907, 534, § 2. 1912, 250, | 1. 1919, 244.
1890, 159, § 2, 1910, 465, § 1. 1917, 243. 1920, 551, § 1.
94
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
[Chap. 24.
Commission
on foreign and
domestic
commerce.
Appointment
of commis-
sioners.
1919, 119, 5 1.
1920, 514, § 1.
COMMISSION ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE.
Section 10. There shall be a commission on foreign and domestic
commerce serving in the department and consisting of the commissioner
of labor and industries, ex officio, and four appointive members who
shall serve without compensation. Upon the expiration of the term of
office of an appointive member, his successor shall be appointed for
four years by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council.
The commission shall choose one of its members as chairman.
Appointment
and com-
pensation of
employees.
1919, 119. § 1.
1920, 614, § 2.
Section 11. Subject to the approval of the governor and council, 1
it may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary, an assistant 2
secretary and such experts as it may rec^uire and may remove them 3
with like approval. It may also employ such other clerks and em- 4
ployees as it may require and fix their compensation. 5
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
to^be^mnrshed SECTION 12. The department, in addition to offices in the state 1
i9i2T706r house, shall be provided with offices elsewhere in the commonwealth if 2
§ 2; 726, § 3. approved by the governor and council. i9i6, 44. 1919, 350, § 12, 3
Expenses.
1S86, 263, § 8.
1887. 269, § 5.
1890, 159, § 6;
426. § 9.
R. L. 60, § 15
62, §8; 106, §
Section 13. The department may expend for the traveling expenses
of its members and employees incurred in the performance of their duties
and for other necessary expenses of the department such sums as are
annually appropriated therefor. i904, 399, § 1.
1907, 534, § 2.
1909, 514, § 10.
1910, 465, § 1.
1911, 632, § 1.
1912,256, §1; 706, §2;
726, §3.
1917, 243.
1918,95, § 1;
218, § 1.
CHAPTER 24,
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
Sect.
1. Department of industrial accidents.
2. Industrial accident board.
3. Reviewing board.
4. Secretary, expenses, etc.
5. Inspectors.
Sect.
6. Branch o£Sces.
7. Medical adviser.
8. Division of industrial training.
9. Head of division.
Department
of industrial
accidents.
1919, 350, § 68.
Section 1. There shall be a department to be known as the depart- 1
ment of industrial accidents, consisting of the industrial accident board 2
hereinafter provided for. 3
Industrial
accident
board.
1911,751.
Ill,
1,2.
1912,571,
§§ 6, 7.
1913,48, § 1.
1917, 297, § 1.
1919, 299,
§§1,3.
Section 2. The industrial accident board shall consist of six mem-
bers, at salaries of Hve thousand dollars each, except that the chairman,
who shall be designated by the governor, shall receive a salary of fifty-
five hundred dollars. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a
member, his successor shall be appointed for five years by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council. The members shall devote
their whole time in business hours to the work of the board.
ClL\P. 24.] DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS. 95
1 Section 3. The chairman shall from time to time designate five mem- Reviewing
2 bers to serve as a rexaewing board, three members whereof shall constitute i9i7, 297, § 1.
3 a quorum, to decide all matters required to be heard by said board.
1 Section 4. The salaries and expenses of the department shall be paid fxpen'^/'^tc
2 by the commonwealth. The department may appoint a secretary at a J^/H|^i'
3 salary of forty-five hundred dollars, and may remove him. It shall 1912, sn, § 7.
4 also be allowed such sums as may annually be appropriated by the gen- 191s! 231, § 2.
5 eral court for clerical service and traveling and other necessary expenses. 35a §"11' ^'
6 Its records shall be kept in its office. 229 Mass. 435.
1 Section 5. The department may appoint and remove not more inspectors.
2 than six inspectors and fix their compensation. They shall be required ^^^^' ^''^' ^ ^'
3 to pass examinations of a comprehensive and practical character based
4 upon the particular requirements of the work to be done by them.
1 Section 6. There may be established and maintained under the con- Branch offices.
2 trol of the department not more than four branch offices in cities selected ^ ^*' *' ^*'
3 by it, from time to time, after proper investigation, for the better adjust-
4 ment of disputed cases and for the better information of all parties as to
5 their rights under chapter one hundred and fifty-two. Said department
6 may provide such offices with rooms, furnitiu-e and equipment, and ap-
7 point such officers, agents, clerks and assistants as are necessary for the
8 discharge of its duties in connection with such offices.
1 Section 7. The department may appoint a duly qualified physician Medical
2 as medical adviser, at a salary of forty-five hundred dollars, and shall 1914^708, § is.
3 prescribe his duties. i9i9, 299, § 1.
1 Section 8. There shall be a division of industrial training, under Division of
2 the control of the department, for the training and instruction of persons trainfn™
3 whose earning capacity has been impaired by industrial accident while ^^^*' ^^'' ^ *■
4 residents of the commonwealth.
1 Section 9. The head of the division shall be appointed and his salary Head of
2 determined by the department, subject to the approval of the governor igis! 231, 1 2.
3 and council, and he may be removed by it.
96
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
[Chap.
CHAPTER 25.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Sect.
1. Department of public utilities.
2. Commissioners.
3. Commissioners not to be interested in
certain companies, etc.
4. Certain powers and duties of the chair-
man and commissioners.
5. Rulings of commission. Review. En-
forcement of orders, etc.
6. Clerks.
7. Employees and counsel for the per-
formance of duties relative to com-
mon carriers.
8. Expenses for the performance of duties
relative to common carriers.
Department of
public utilities.
1861, 168, I 1.
1864, 152, I 1.
Commis-
Bioners.
1864, 152,
1874, 372,
§§ 6. 17.
1879, 287.
P. S. 112,
§§ 9, 10.
1885, 314,
§§ 1,2,4.
Sect.
9. Expenses and employees for the per-
formance of duties relative to water,
gas and electric companies.
10. Control over officers and employees.
11. Assessment of appropriations upon
companies and municipalities.
12. Balance to be carried to next year.
13. Inspectors of gas, etc.
14. Deputy inspectors of gas meters.
15. Salaries and expenses of inspectors of
gas, etc.
16. Expenses of gas inspection, etc., to be
borne by companies, etc.
Section 1. There shall be a department of public utilities, in this
chapter called the department. It shall have an official seal, which
shall be judicially noticed. i869, 408, § i.
1874, 372, § 6. R. L. 58, § 1; HI, § 8; 121, | 1.
P. S. 61, § 1; 112, I 9. 1902, 228, §§ 1, 8; 432, § 1.
1885, 314, § 1. 1906, 463, I, §§ 1, 68; II, § 258.
1889, 169; 373. 1907, 316.
1913,784, §1 1,7.
1914, 742, §§ 133, 199.
1919, 350, § 117.
216 Mass. 432.
Section 2. The department shall be under the supervision and con-
trol of a commission of five members, in this chapter called the commis-
sion. The governor shall, with the advice and consent of the council,
annually appoint one commissioner for five years. The governor shall
designate one of said commissioners as chairman. The chairman shall
receive such salary, not exceeding eight thousand dollars, and each of the
other commissioners such salary, not exceeding seven thousand dollars,
as the governor and council determine.
1900,406. 1906,417, §1; 1913,784,5 1.
R.L. Ill, §|S, 9; 463, I, §§ 1, 2, 68; II, § 258. 1914, 742, §§ 133, 199.
121, §1. 1907,316. 1918, 283, §1.
1902, 402; 432, § 1. 1910, 401; 539. 1919, 350, § 118.
Commissioners
not to be in-
terested in cer-
tain companies,
1864, 152, § 1.
1869, 408, 1 13.
1874, 372, I 6.
1876, 206, I 1.
P. S. 112, § 9.
1885, 314,
§§1,4.
1894, 603.
1895, 313.
1898, 499.
R. L. Ill, §8;
121, § 1.
1902, 432, I 1.
1906, 433;
463, I, §§ 1, 68;
II, § 258.
1907, 316.
1913, 784,
§§ 1, 3.
1914, 742,
§§ 133, 199;
787, § 1.
1918, 54.
Section 3. The commissioners shall be sworn to the faitliful per- 1
formance of their official duties. They shall not be in the employ of, or 2
own any stock in, any gas or electric company, water company, railroad 3
corporation or street railway company, or company engaged in the trans- 4
mission of intelligence by electricity in the commonwealth, or be in any 5
way, directly or indirectly, pecuniarily interested in the sale of water 6
or the manufacture or sale of gas or electricity or of any article or com- 7
modity used by gas or electric companies or companies engaged in the 8
transmission of intelligence by electricity or used for any purpose con- 9
nected with the sale or distribution of water, the manufacture or sale of 10
gas or electricity or the transmission of intelligence by electricity nor 11
shall they be connected with or in the employ of any person financing any 12
company engaged in the transmission of intelligence by electricity. They 13
shall not personally or tlirough a partner or agent render any professional 14
service or make or perform any business contract with or for a railroad 15
corporation or street railway company chartered under the laws of the 16
commonwealth, except contracts made with them as common carriers, nor 17
Chap. 25.] dep.\rtment of public utilities. 97
18 shall they, directly or indirectly, receive a commission, bonus, discount,
19 present or reward from any such corporation or company.
1 Section 4. The chau-man shall have and exercise supervision and ^nd'auti?""!"
2 control over all the affairs of the commission. He shall preside at all the chairman
1 • I'll- 1 1 11 1 • • • ^"'^ commis-
3 hearings at winch he is present, and shall designate a commissioner to sioners.
4 act as chairman in his absence. He shall not, except as is otherwise pro- lais! rsi \ e.
5 vided herein, be charged with any administrative functions. In order to igis! 283. § 2.
6 promote efficiency in administration he shall from time to time make such §7i9.^°°'
7 division or redivision of the work of the department among the com-
8 missioners as he deems expedient. All the commissioners shall, if so
9 directed by the chairman, participate in the hearing and decision of any
10 matter coming before the commission. In the hearing of all matters
11 other than those of formal or administrative character coming before
12 the commission, at least two commissioners shall participate and in the
13 decision of all such matters at least tliree commissioners shall participate.
14 In every case the concurrence of a majority of the commissioners par-
15 ticipating therein shall be necessary for a decision. With the consent of
16 all parties concerned in a matter coming before the commission, the
17 hearing may be held by a single commissioner.
1 Section 5. Wlien so requested by any party interested, the commis- Rulings of
2 sion, or any member or members acting for the commission, shall rule Revi^.^"'En-
3 upon any question of substantive law properly arising in the course of ordere!™*c.°^
4 any proceedings before the commission or any member or members jg^g'; ~^[ ^ ^■
5 thereof, and any party in interest aggrieved by such ruling may object f^i|'''3|o
6 thereto, and may secure a review thereof as hereinafter provided. Any | i^i
7 failure or refusal of the commission, or of any member or members 224 Mass.' ses]
8 thereof acting for the commission, to rule upon such a question at the 229 Mass! 399!
9 request of any party in interest as aforesaid within ten days after such 329, 46^' ^'^'
10 request, shall be taken and recorded as a ruling adverse to the party
11 requesting the ruling.
12 The supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity to re-
13 view, modify, amend or annul any ruling or order of the commission, or
14 of any member or members representing the commission, but only to the
15 extent of the unlawfulness of such ruling or order. The procedure before
16 said court shall be that prescribed by its rules, which shall state upon
17 what terms the enforcement of the ortler shall be stayed. The attorney
18 for any party petitioning the supreme judicial court hereunder shall
19 file with the clerk of the court a certificate that he is of opinion that
20 there is such probable ground for the appeal as to make it a fit subject
21 for judicial inquiry, and that it is not intended for delay; and double
22 co.sts shall be assessed by the court upon any such party whose petition
23 shall appear to the court not to be a fit subject for judicial inquiry or
24 shall appear to be intended for delay. The burden of proof shall be
25 upon the party adverse to the commission to show that its order is
26 invalid. Any proceeding in any court of the commonwealth directly
27 affecting an order of the commission or to which it is a party shall have
28 preference over all other civil proceedings pending in such court, except
29 election cases.
30 The supreme judicial court shall also have jurisdiction, upon applica-
31 tion of the commission, to enforce all valid orders of the commission and
32 the pro\nsions of this chapter and of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine.
98
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
[Chap. 25.
Clerks.
1869, 408,
1873, 377.
1874, 372,
§§ 6, 17.
1879, 287.
P. S. 112,
« 9, 10.
1885, 119;
314, § 1.
1894, 50.3.
1895, 313.
1898, 499.
R. L. Ill,
§§8,9;
121. §2.
1902, 402,
432, § 1.
Section 6. The commission may, subject to the approval of the
governor and council, appoint and remove a clerk at a salary of three
thousand dollars. The provisions of section three relating to commis-
sioners shall apply to him. He shall not engage in any other business,
shall keep a full and accurate record of the proceedings of the commis-
sion and serve such notices and perform such other duties as it may re-
quire. The commission may appoint and remove an assistant clerk at a
salary not e.xceeding twenty-five hundred dollars who shall perform such
clerical and other office work as it may require and who during the absence
or disability of the clerk may, if so directed by it, perform his duties.
1906, 417, § 2; 463, 1, 1910, 401. 1914, 742, §§ 134, 199.
§§1,2,68; II, §258.
1916, 220, § 1.
Employees and
counsel for the
performance of
duties relative
to common
1876, 185, § 3.
1879, 287.
P. S. 112, §11.
1885, 164.
1887, 334, § 2.
1894, 535,
§§1,2,7.
R. L. Ill,
§§ 8, 9.
1902,402, § 1;
432, § 1.
1906, 463, 1,
§§ 1, 2, 68;
II, § 258.
1907, 245.
1910,401.
1911, 214; 681;
755, § 4.
1913, 784,
§§ 5, 9.
1914, 527, § 1.
Expenses for
the perform-
ance of duties
relative to
carriers.
1869, 408, I 7.
1874,372, § 17.
P. S. 112. § 10.
1890, 200, § 1.
1901, 54.
R. L. Ill, § 9.
1902, 402, 1 1.
1906, 433, I 2;
463. I, §§ 2, 08
II, § 258.
Section 7. For the performance of the department's duties relative 1
to common carriers the commission may appoint or employ and remo\'e 2
such engineers, accountants, statisticians, bureau chiefs and division 3
heads, assistants, inspectors, clerks and other subordinates as are required 4
therefor, and fi.x their compensation, and may appoint on such terras as 5
it deems advisable a counsel and attorneys who, in the conduct of litiga- 6
tion and court proceedings, shall act uncler the direction of the attorney 7
general. Accountants shall be skilled in the methods of railroad account- 8
ing and under the direction of the commission shall supervise the method 9
by which the accounts of corporations operating railroads or street rail- 10
ways are kept. The commission shall appoint one or more competent 11
experts to examine the reports required by section eighty-three of chapter 12
one hundred and fifty-nine, and may, whenever in its opinion public in- 13
terest requires, in connection with any proposed issue of stock or bonds 14
by a railroad corporation or street railway company, employ competent 15
experts to investigate the character, cost and value for railroad or rail- 16
way purposes of the property of such corporation or company. 17
Section 8. For the performance of the department's duties relative 1
to common carriers the commission may expend annually such sums to 2
procure opinions, advice, plans, surveys, appraisals, audits, examinations, 3
statistics, information, apparatus, instruments, books, tables, maps, 4
drawings, supplies, sundries, and for travel within or without the com- 5
monwealth and expense incidental thereto, as it may from time to time 6
deem requisite in the performance of its duties. It may from time to 7
time cause to be made a compilation with annotations of the statutes of 8
this commonwealth relating to common carriers. 9
1910, 401. 1913, 784, §§ 3, 9. 1918, 54.
Section 9. For the performance of the department's duties relative
to water, gas and electric companies the commission may expend annu-
ally for necessary statistics, books, stationery and contingent expenses,
and for clerical and other assistance, such sums as the general court
shall annually appropriate, and may appoint or employ, subject to the
approval of the governor and council, such expert assistance as it may 6
deem advisable, on such terms of office or employment and at such salaries 7
as it may deem proper, and may expend therefor and for the performance 8
of the duties imposed upon it by law such sums as the general court shall 9
annually appropriate. i9i3. 3i7, §§ i, a. i9i4. 63i, § i; 742, § i35; 7S7, § 2. 10
1
Expenses and
employees for
the perform-
ance of duties
relative to
water, gas and
electric com-
panies.
1885, 314, § 5.
1891,351.
1895,463. § 1.
1899, 365.
1901,499, I 1.
R. L. 121, §3.
1907, 54,
§§1,3.
1908, 536,
§§ 1. 3.
officer and" Section 10. The commissiou may assign to all officers and employees
i9i3°784^§ 9 appointed or employed under the three preceding sections such duties 2
1914; 63i; 1 2. and rank as it shall from time to time deem advisable, but all acts of such 3
Ch.\P. 25.] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. 99
4 officers and employees shall be done under the supervision and control
5 of, and subject to revision by, the commission.
1 Section 11. The general court, in making annual appropriations for Assessment of
2 the department, shall designate what portions thereof shall be used for u^^nTom-'""'
3 salaries of employees and expenses incurred in the performance of its !5funfci''aiHie9
4 functions relative to gas, electric and water companies and municipal J^s^, su. | «.'
5 lighting plants. Except as otherwise provided, the portions thus desig- isoiissi!
6 nated, including one half the sum annually appropriated for the salaries ligg^sei: *'
7 of the commissioners, shall be apportioned by the commissioner of cor- ^904; 435; ^ *'
8 porations and taxation among the several gas and electric companies, 1909,490,
9 water, companies and cities and towns which have acquired municipal \l\}jio
10 lighting plants, and, on or before July first in each year, he shall assess l^-'^.'^b"^'
11 upon each of said companies, cities and towns its share of said sums, in 1917. 205, §3.
12 proportion to gross earnings in the case of companies, and in proportion §^im.^^°"
13 to expenses as defined in section fifty-seven of chapter one hundred
14 and sixty-four, in the case of cities and towns, for the year last pre-
15 ceding the year in which the assessment is made; and such assessments
16 in the case of companies shall be collected in the manner in which taxes
17 upon corporations are collected, and in the case of cities and towns, in
18 the manner in which the state tax is collected.
1 Section 12. Of the amount so assessed and collected any balance re- Balance to be
2 maining on November thirtieth in any year, and all forfeitures collected yea"*"^ '° "'"''
3 during the preceding fiscal year from such companies for failure to make \l°l] *ll' ^ ^■
4 returns and all fees collected during said year from electric and water ffy^Ysi/ w'g-
5 companies and from consumers of electric light and water for testing 787.'§5.'
6 meters, shall be carried forward to the next year and shall be taken into - •' ^■
7 account in making an appropriation for that year.
1 Section 13. The commission shall appoint an inspector and one or inspectors
2 more assistant inspectors of gas and gas meters for such terms of office as 186^168!
3 it may deem proper. Such inspectors shall be sworn to the faithful per- ffgo'lao § 1
4 formance of their official duties and they and the deputy inspectors pro- fg|j ^g^^ '^■
5 vided for in the following section shall not be pecuniarily interested, 1906! 459!
6 directly or indirectly, in the manufacture or sale of gas, or gas meters, k. l. ss,
7 or of any other article or commodity used by gas companies or used for i?02"228,
8 any purpose connected with the consumption
9 panics, and they shall not give certificates or w
10 or vendors of any such articles or commodities.
1 Section 14. The commission may from time to time, if in its opinion Deputy in-
2 such action is necessary, appoint one or more deputy inspectors of meters g^rmeTerl
3 for such term and at such compensation as it determines. Such deputy \ll\] }g|' ^ *•
4 inspectors of meters shall be sworn, shall act under the direction of the ^^^^ ^^^^ f-^
5 commission, shall not be connected with or employed by any gas com- R- l. ss, § s.
6 pany, and from their decisions the gas company or the consumer may §§4,'8.
7 appeal to the commission. i909, 483. § 6. 1914, 742, §§ i76, 199.
1 Section 15. The commission may expend annually for the com- Salaries and
2 pensation of the inspector of gas and gas meters, assistant inspectors, spectM-'s^o"/ '"'
3 deputy inspectors of meters and for office rent, traveling and other neces- fgeif les, § 2.
100
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND INSURANCE.
[Cel\p. 26.
1879, 172, § 1 sary expenses incidental to the duties of said inspectors, such sum as the 4
§§ i,'2. ' general court shall annually appropriate. issi, i82. p. s. ei, §§2, 6. 5
1899, 465, 5§ 1,2. 1902, 228, §§ 6, 8. 1909,483,5 8.
1900. 459, |§ 2. 5. 1907, 54, §§ 2, 3. 1913, 317, §§ 2, 3.
R. L. 58, §§ 5, 6. 1908, 536. §§ 2, 3. 1914, 742, §§ 178, 199.
Expenses of
gas inspection,
etc., to be
borne by com-
panies, etc.
1861, 168, § 3.
1878, 223.
P. S. 61, § 7.
1900, 459, I 4.
R. L. SS, § 7.
1902, 228,
§§ 7, 8.
1914. 742.
§§ 179, 199.
1917. 205, § 4.
Section 16. The amount of expenses incurred by the commission in 1
the inspection of gas and gas meters and in salaries paid therefor, less the 2
amount deposited with the state treasurer from the fees for the inspec- 3
tion of such meters, shall, in the manner provided in section eleven, be 4
assessed upon and recovered from the several gas companies and cities 5
and towns which have acquired municipal gas plants. If at any time the 6
amount collected for testing meters exceeds such expenses and salaries, 7
such excess shall be applied to reduce the assessment levied upon the said 8
gas companies and cities and towns under section eleven. 9
CHAPTER 26.
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND INSURANCE.
Sect.
1. Divisions of the department.
DIVISION OF BANKS AND LOAN AGENCIES.
2. Commissioner of banks.
3. Appointment of employees, etc.
4. Supervisor of loan agencies.
5. Board of bank incorporation.
DIVISION OF INSURANCE.
6. Commissioner of insurance.
7. First deputy and other assistants.
8. Board of appeal on fire insurance rates.
Sect.
division of savings bank life insur-
ANCE.
9. Division. Commissioner of savings
bank life insurance.
10. Trustees of the General Insurance Guar-
anty Fund. Deputy.
11. State actuary.
12. State medical director.
Divisions of
the depart-
ment.
1906. 204, § 5.
1919.350,
§§ 45, 46.
Section 1. There shall be a department of banking and insurance,
consisting of a division of banks and loan agencies, a division of in-
surance, and a division of savings bank life insurance. Each division
shall be in charge of a commissioner, who shall be known, respectively,
as the commissioner of banks, the commissioner of insurance and the
commissioner of savings bank life insurance. The commissioners shall
act as a board in all matters concerning the department as a whole.
Commissioner
of banks.
1838, 14,
§§ 1.9.
1843, 43.
1844, 45.
1851, 127.
§§1,9.
G. S. 57,
§§1,11.
1862, 212, § 1.
1866. 192,
§§ 1,9.
1870, 244.
1876,231.
1879, 124;
293, § 3.
P. S. 116,
§§ 1. 2.
DIVISION OF B.iNKS AND LO.^JJ AGENCIES.
Section 2. Upon the expiration of the term of ofBce of a commis- 1
sioner of banks, his successor shall be appointed for three years by the 2
governor, with the advice and consent of the council. The commissioner 3
shall receive such salary, not exceeding six thousand dollars, as the gov- 4
ernor and council determine. He shall not be an officer of or directly or 5
indirectly interested in any national bank or in any bank, trust company, 6
corporation, business or occupation that requires his official supervision, 7
and he shall not engage in any other business. He shall give bond with 8
sureties in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be approved by the 9
state treasurer, for the faithful performance of his duties. 10
1886, 252, § 1.
1889,321.
1894, 317, §§ 1,2.
R. L. 113, §§ 1.2.
1902, 490, § 1.
1906, 204, § 1.
1908, 590, §§2. 69.
1919,350. §§45,49.
1920, 596, § 1.
Chap. 26.] division of insurance. 101
1 Section 3. The commissioner may appoint and remove such clerical oFfm^iries
2 and other assistants as the work of the division may require, and fix et<i-
3 their compensation. He shall be allowed necessary expenses, including « s.'g. '
4 those for the investigation of, and prosecution for, violation of any pro- §§ s.'g. '
5 vision of sections ninety-six to one hundred and foiu-teen, inclusive, 5§2,ii!
6 of chapter one hundred and forty, and the actual expenses incurred by \llf_ jJI | f
7 him and his subordinates in traveling in the performance of official }|™- ^^- , ^
8 duties. The clerical and other assistants shall give bonds, with sureties J^^^'Jl*'
9 to be approved by the commissioner, for the faithfid performance of issb, le'i, § 5.
10 their duties. p. s. no, §2. i8S2, ms.
1886, 252, §§ 2, 3.
R.L.I 13, § 2.
1912,516, § 1; 675, § 1.
1889, 77.
1902, 490, § 1.
1913, 294.
1894, 3X7, § 2.
1906, 204, §^2, 5.
1916, 194.
1895, 66.
1908, 590, « 3, 69.
1919, 350. § 49.
1897, 362.
1911, 727. 1 1.
1920.546, §4.
1 Section 4. The commissioner of banks may, with the approval of foan^^'^^i"^
2 the governor and council, appoint and remove a deputy as supervisor of 1911,727, s i.
3 loan agencies, who shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, 1913! 638! 1 1.
4 with sufficient sureties, payable to and approved by the state treasurer, ^^^^' ^^°'
5 and, subject to the approval of the governor and council, may fix his
6 compensation.
1 Section 5. There shall be a board of bank incorporation serving in Board of
2 the division, consisting of the state treasurer, the commissioner of banks pomtio™"^
3 and the commissioner of corporations and taxation. woe. 204, §§ 4, 5.
1908, 590, |§ 4, 69. 1909, 491, § 2. 1919, 350, §5 47, 49.
division of insurance.
1 Section 6. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commis- Commissioner
2 sioner of insurance, his successor shall be appointed for three years by issSf^Ys;
3 the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. The commis- ^gsi.Vsl; § 42.
4 sioner shall receive such salary, not exceeding six thousand dollars, as J®^f'2^4'
5 the governor and council determine. He shall give bond with sureties ^f^^-^^^'^ '
6 in the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be approved by the state treas- §§'1,11'
7 urer, for the faithful performance of his duties.
1866, 255. 1879, 109. § 1. 1890, 247. 1907. 576, §§ 4, 122.
1867, 267, §§ 8, 9. P. S. 119, §2, 1894, 522, § 4. 1919, 350, § 50.
1876,210,11. 1887, 214, §4. R. L. IIS, § 4. 1920, 181; 596, § 2.
1 Section 7. The commissioner of insurance may appoint and remove, First deputy
2 with the approval of the governor and council, a first deputy, who shall ar^tan"
3 discharge such duties as may be prescribed by the commissioner, an }|jg; Jsl' 5 2
4 actuary and a chief examiner and such additional deputies, examiners, g'sy's^s^' ^ ^'
5 assistant actuaries and inspectors as the service may require. In case ^^j^'iH- ,f
6 of a vacancy in the office of commissioner, and during his absence or i872!374'
7 disability, the first deputy shall perform the duties of the office, or in i877,'203!
S case of the absence or disability of such first deputy, the deputy who p^a'n'g^,'
9 has been longest in the service of the division. The commissioner may i|s6"*is7.
10 appoint and remove such clerical and other assistants as the work of }?fl'?i*'^^-
11 IT** * 1^1* • lOOO, o4.
1 1 the division may require, and fax their compensation.
1894, 522, §5. R. L. 118, §5. 1912,149; 1918.254.
1895, 81. 1907, 576. §§ 5, 122. 407; 684. 1919. 330. § 50.
1896, 335. 1911, 292, § 1. 1916, 40. 1920, 181.
1 Section 8. There shall be a board of appeal on fire insurance rates Board of appeal
2 serving in the division of insurance and consisting of two appointive anceratel.""^
3 members, who shall be citizens of the commonwealth, and the commis- I^Y's^^'
102 DIVISION OF SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSURANCE. [ChAP. 26.
1919.350. sioner of insurance or a deputy designated by him, ex officio. The 4
iMa'iTi. commissioner or such deputy shall be chairman of the board. Upon 5
the expiration of the term of office of an appointive member, his successor 6
shall be appointed for three years by the governor, with the advice and 7
consent of the council. An office and a room for hearings shall be pro- 8
vided by the commonwealth, when deemed necessary by the governor 9
and council, and the board may employ a stenographer, and shall have 10
power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of 11
books and documents. The compensation of each appointive member 12
shall be ten dollars a day for each day or fraction thereof while engaged 13
in the performance of his duties. 14
DIVISION OF SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSURANCE.
Commissioner SECTION 9. The division of savings bank life insurance shall consist 1
isuranre"'' °^ *^® body corporatc known as the General Insurance Guaranty Fund. 2
1919' 350 ^ ^^' '^^^ commissioner of savings bank life insiu-ance shall be one of the
^^o^fv^.i- board of trustees of the corporation, designated by the governor as 4
such commissioner. His term shall be that of his appointment as 5
trustee. He shall act as president of the board of trustees of said corpo- 6
ration, and shall have general supervision and control of the work of 7
the division. 8
«i™Ge?er°ai SECTION 10. The govcmor, with the advice and consent of the council, 1
Insurance sliall annually appoint a trustee of the General Insurance Guaranty 2
Deputy. ' Fund for seven years from July first in the year of his appointment. 3
1919! 350,' '*■ Such trustee shall serve without compensation and shall be selected 4
I921)!'564'. from persons who are trustees of savings banks or of savings and in- 5
surance banks. The trustees may elect from their own number a vice 6
president to act as president of the board of trustees in the absence or 7
disability of the president, and shall elect a treasurer and a clerk, all 8
of whom shall hold office for one year and until their successors are 9
appointed. The trustees may, with the approval of and subject to 10
confirmation by the governor and council, appoint, and with their 11
consent remove, a deputy who shall discharge the duties of the com- 12
missioner during his absence or disability, 13
190?! leirris. Section 11. The trustees shall, with the approval of the governor 1
1919' 350 1 46 ^^^ council, appoint, and may with their consent remove, an insurance 2
actuary to be called the state actuary, with such salary or compensa- 3
tion to be paid by the commonwealth as the trustees shall from time 4
to time determine. The trustees may also appoint such clerks and 5
assistants to the state actuary as the public business in his charge 6
may require. 7
1919, 350, § 40.
^?^gte^™'dicai Section 12. The trustees shall, with the approval of the governor 1
iq?q' i^n Vj^; ^^^ council, appoint, and may with their consent remove, a physician to 2
be known as the state medical director, with such salary or compensation 3
to be paid by the commonwealth as the trustees shall from time to time 4
determine. The state medical director may appoint such assistants, if 5
any, as the public business in his charge requires. 6
CiL^p. 27.]
DEPARTiMENT OF CORRECTION.
103
CHAPTER 27
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
Sect.
1. Department of correction.
sioner.
2. Deputies.
3. Clerical assistants, etc.
Sect.
4. Agents for aiding discharged prisoners.
5. Board of parole.
6. No officer to be interested in contracts,
etc.
1 Section 1. There shall be a department of correction, under the Department
2 supervision and control of a commissioner of correction. The com- commfsdon"er.
3 missioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the de- IfY'i'^'
4 partment, and shall receive such salary, not exceeding six thousand R- 1' i**.
5 dollars, as the governor and council may determine. Upon the expira- isso, 37.
6 tion of the term of office of a commissioner, his successor shall be ap- is-o, 370,
7 pointed for three years by the governor, with the advice and consent 1879,294.
8 of the council. p. s. 219, §§ 1, 2. is93, 453. 55 1- ^^■
1 Section 2. The commissioner may, with the approval of the gov- Deputies.
2 ernor and council, appoint and remove two deputy commissioners, and, igJeiilii^^'
3 with like approval, fix their compensation. The deputy commission- fg^g 350, § §4
4 ers shall perform such duties as the commissioner shall prescribe, and
5 he may designate one of them to discharge the duties of thecommis-
6 sioner during his absence or disability.
1 Section 3. The commissioner may appoint a director of physical ^l^[^^^l^^
2 training, employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary, and may etc '
3 fix their compensation, not to exceed in the aggregate the amounts 1377! 120,' § 1.'
4 annually appropriated therefor.
1879,294, §§ 2, 31.
P. S. 219, §§ 3, 39.
1885, 52.
1888, 328.
1895, 431.
R. L. 222, § 2.
igi"?, 241, §§ 1, 7,9.
1919, 350, §§ 82, 84.
1920,421.
1 Section 4. The commissioner may employ, at salaries not to exceed A8«°ts for
2 two thousand dollars each, payable by the commonwealth, four male charged pris-
3 agents for aiding discharged male prisoners, one of whom, in addition i845,i76,
4 to his other duties, shall assist the commissioner in secretarial work. 1848, 82, § 2
5 He may also employ, at salaries not to exceed sixteen hundred dollars c^tiso'.^ *'
6 each, payable by the commonwealth, two women agents for aiding i86^i*'78% 2.
7 discharged female prisoners. In addition to the agents hereinbefore J|79'|g|'|o7
8 authorized, the commissioner may, with the approval of the governor 1881! 179', § 1.
9 and council, appoint, at salaries not to exceed those above specified §§26,27'.
10 for men and women, respectively, such nimiber of agents as may be isssisso!
11 needed to secure emplojmient for prisoners released from the state 1895,383.
12 prison, the Massachusetts reformatory and the reformatory for women, jf^L'225'
13 and to enable him and the board of parole to carry out the laws rela- f|o3^?;io^^ j
14 tive to the identification of criminals and the parole of prisoners from i905i235l
..... . 1913 82^ § 5
15 the state prison. The agents shall give their entire time diu-ing busi- igie', 249!
16 ness hours to their duties. They shall be reimbursed for the necessary 1920', 342!
17 expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties after the
18 bills therefor have been approved by the commissioner.
104
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
[Chap. 28.
Board of
parole-
1880. 218. §
P. S. 222, §
1894, 258.
R. L. 225,
§113.
1913, 829.
§§ 1-3, 7.
1915, 206.
1916,241,
§§ 1.2,5.
1919, 350, §
4 Op. A. G.
Section .5. There shall be in the department a board of parole, 1
consisting of a deputy commissioner designated by the commissioner 2
and two appointive members. Upon the expiration of the term of 3
office of an appointive member, his successor shall be appointed by 4
the go\'ernor, with the advice and consent of the council, for three years. .5
The governor shall designate the chairman of the board. The deputy 6
commissioner shall receive no additional compensation for his services 7
on said board. The two appointive members shall receive such salary, 8
not exceeding two thousand dollars each, as the governor and council 9
may determine; but if one of said members is designated as chair- 10
man, he shall receive a salary not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars. 11
The appointive members of the board shall be reimbursed by the com- 12
monwealth for actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of 1.3
their official duties. 14
Section 6. No officer of the department shall be concerned or 1
1827, 118, § 16.
R. s. 144, 1 23. on account of any prison.
G. S. 179, § 36. 1879, 294, § 1.
3
CHAPTER 28.
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Sect.
1. Metropolitan district commission.
2. Salary of commissioners.
Sect.
3. Commissioner to be head of commission.
Divisions. Directors.
4. Employees.
Metropolitan
district com-
mission.
1889, 439, § 1.
1893, 407, § 1.
1895,488, § 1.
1899, 400.
1900, 393.
1901, 146; 16?
§§ 1.2,4.
1919, 350,
§§ 123, 124.
Section 1. There shall be a metropolitan district commission, con- 1
sisting of a commissioner and four associate commissioners, who shall at 2
the time of their appointment be resident within the district of which 3
the commission has jurisdiction, and at least one shall be a resident of 4
Boston. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commissioner or 5
an associate commissioner, his successor shall be appointed for five years 6
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. 7
Salary of
commissioners.
1889, 439, § 1.
1893, 407, § 1.
1895, 488. § 1.
Section 2. The commissioner shall receive such salary, not exceed-
ing six thousand dollars, and each associate commissioner such salary, not
exceeding one thousand dollars, as the governor and council determine.
Divisions.
Directors.
1889, 439, §
1893, 407, §
1895, 488, §
1901, 168, I
1919, 350,
§§ 125, 126.
Section 3. The commissioner shall be the executive and adminis-
trative head of the commission and shall organize it in such divisions as
he may from time to time determine. He may, with the approval of
the governor and council, appoint a director of each division to have
charge of its work, and may, with like approval, remove him. The
compensation of directors shall be fixed by the commissioners, with the
approval of the governor and council.
Chap. 28.] metropolitan district comimis.sion. 105
1 Section 4. The commissioners may appoint a secretary, engineering Employees.
2 chiefs, a purchasing agent, engineers, inspectors, officers and members i893!407;
.3 of the police force, one or more women as special police officers, clerks flol'.l'ss, §.3.
4 and such other officers and employees as the work of the commission i8|5.272;4S8,
5 may require, may assign them to divisions, transfer and remove them, Jgil'lgg'^^-
6 and fix their compensation. The secretary and engineering chiefs shall L^fA-gy
7 be exempt from chapter thirty-one.
106
STATE FINANCE.
[Chap. 29.
TITLE III.
LAWS RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS.
Chapter 29. State Finance.
Chapter 30. General Provisions relative to State Departments, Commissions,
Officers and Employees.
CHAPTER 29
STATE FINANCE.
Sect.
1. Definition of " departments. "
2. Disposition of state revenues.
3. Estimates of amounts required for or-
dinary maintenance to bo filed.
4. Estimates for otiier purposes to be filed.
5. State auditor to tabulate and file cer-
tain information and estimates.
6. Budget.
7. Estimates for building construction,
etc., to be accompanied by prelim-
inary studies, etc.
8. Procedure when general court author-
izes construction, etc.
9. Payment for estimates when general
court fails to make appropriation to
carry out construction, etc.
10. Officers, etc., authorized to continue
expenditures at rate of preceding
fiscal year.
11. Advances to members of general court.
12. Appropriations, fiscal year.
13. Unexpended appropriations for ordinary
maintenance.
14. Application of appropriations for olhor
than ordinary maintenance.
15. Successive appropriations.
16. Payments from ordinary revenue, etc.
17. Payment withheld from person having
unadjusted account.
IS. Paj-ments from the treasury regulated.
19. Itemized bills.
20. Payments from appropriations, how au-
thorized.
21. Specific approval of office expenses by
governor and council not required.
22. Payments limited to expense incurred.
23. Advances from the treasury.
24. Officer to certify immediate need.
25. Statement in detail to state auditor.
Sect.
26. Expenses not to exceed appropriations;
obUgation incurred in excess thereof
not to impose liability on common-
wealth.
27. Expenses and increases regulated.
28. Payment for publisliing state publica-
tions.
29. Transfer of funds with approval of state
auditor.
30. Insurance.
31. Salaries, when payable. Advances.
32. Disposal of unpaid checks.
33. Par of exchange estabUshed.
34. Deposit of public moneys.
35. Assignment of bonds, mortgages, etc.
36. State treasurer may assign instead of
discharge mortgage.
37. State treasurer may sell real estate held
by foreclosure.
3S. Investment of funds of the common-
wealth.
.■39. Registration of bonds, etc., held by the
commonwealth.
40. Trust deposits with state treasurer reg-
ulated.
41. Custody of bonds, etc., belonging to
commonwealth.
42. Annual examination of securities by
committee of council.
43. Annual examination of cash, etc., by
commissioner of banks.
44. Unappropriated income.
45. Application of accumulations of sinking
funds. Investment of sinking funds
limited.
46. Transfer of securities from one fund to
another.
47. State treasurer may borrow in antici-
pation of receipts.
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Sect.
48. Notes for borrowed money.
49. Bonds, etc., to be issued on serial pay-
ment plan.
50. Amount to be included in state tax.
51. Assessments on metropolitan districts.
52. Application of premium.
53. Proposals for certain bonds or notes is-
sued by commonwealth.
54. Deposits by bidders.
55. Pa3Tnent of expense of sale, etc., of
bonds, etc.
Sect.
56. Transfer of unexpended receipts from
sales of bonds, etc.
57. Bonds or scrip payable in gold.
58. Issue of registered in exchange for cou-
pon bonds.
59. Issue of duplicate bonds when originals
have been lost or destroyed.
GO. Bond of indemnity by owner of lost or
destroyed bond.
Gl. Requirement of oath of claimant.
62. Agent to prosecute claims.
1 Section 1. The word "departments", as used in this chapter, shall, P|^'^*i™ents ■•
2 unless the context otherwise requires, mean all the departments of the
3 commonwealth, except the departments of banking and insurance and of
4 civil service and registration but including in lieu thereof the di\isions
5 of banks and loan agencies, of insurance, of savings bank life insurance
6 and of civil service and the several boards serving in the division of
7 registration of the department of ci^•il service and registration, and also
8 including the metropolitan district commission.
1 Section 2. All revenue payable to the commonwealth and available Disposition of
2 for meeting any costs or expenses of state offices, departments or under- m^.m^ni'
3 takings, or for meeting any other cost or expense of the state govern-
4 ment, shall be paid into the general fund or ordinary revenue, except
5 revenue from or on account of the metropolitan district commission and
6 its activities, revenue for meeting the principal of or interest on con-
7 tingent debt, revenue from investments of sinking funds, re\enue now
8 placed by law in the land registration assurance fund, and all revenue
9 for trust funds, including the Massachusetts school fund, the contribu-
10 tions of state employees to their retirement fund, and the contributions
11 of public school teachers to their retirement fund, which funds shall be
12 maintained and the income applied in accordance with existing laws.
1 Section 3. Every officer having charge of any office, department Estimates of
2 or undertaking which receives an annual appropriation of money from quir^for*^
3 the commonwealth, including annual appropriations to be met by as- ?eninc7t™be""
4 sessments, shall annually, on or before October fifteenth, submit to the f^^^^ jgg 5 j
5 supervisor of administration statements showing in detail the amounts ^^^s. i5.^§ 2s.
6 appropriated for the current fiscal year, and estimates of the amounts ^*|°'/g^*l'|(;'-
7 required for ordinary maintenance for the ensuing fiscal year, with an isss, 41 ^
8 explanation of any increased appropriations recommended, and with 1905; 211, sb.
9 citations of the statutes relating thereto, together with any other in- |§\°,'6.^ '
10 formation required at any time by the supervisor. The said estimates §f|;n.®'
1 1 shall not include any estimate for any new or special purposes or objects J^J|' |4f; ^ ^■
12 not authorized by statute. The officer submitting the estimates shall file §§ i.'s-
13 on the same date duplicate copies thereof with the state auditor.
1 Section 4. Officers and heads of departments who, in their annual othl^p'iSjoses
2 reports or otherwise, recommend or petition for the expenditure of money to bj; Med. ^
3 by the commonwealth from any source of revenue, including expendi- 1912! tiqI
4 tures to be met by assessments or the issue of notes or bonds, for any pur- 1917, 278, § 2.
5 pose not covered by the estimates required to be submitted under the §§2,' 5. '
6 preceding section shall annually, on or before October fifteenth, submit
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detailed estimates thereof to the supervisor of administration, together 7
with any otlier information required by him. 8
State auditor
to tabulate and
file certain in-
formation and
estimates.
1849, 56, § 4.
1S56, Res. 74.
1858, 158, § 1.
G.S. 15, §6.
1867. 178, § 12.
1872, 349.
P. S. 16. § 26.
1885.41.
R. L. 6,
§§12,26.
1905, 211,
§§5,6.
1908, 597, § 5.
1910, 220,
§§1,2,6.
1912, 719,
§§3,4.
1917. 278, § 1.
1918, 244, § 3.
Section 5. The state auditor sliall annually, on or before December
twenty-sixth, prepare and file with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives and with the supervisor of administration statements of state
accounts setting forth in comparative tabidations the estimates filed
under section three and estimates of all claims and other expenditures
authorized by law, including interest, sinking fund and serial bond
requirements, the appropriations for the preceding fiscal year and ex-
penditures for all state purposes for the preceding three fiscal years. 8
The state auditor shall further prepare and file with said clerk and 9
supervisor, on or before said December twenty-sixth, his estimates 10
for the ordinary and other revenue of the commonwealth in compara- 11
tive tabulations with the actual revenue for the preceding tliree fiscal 12
years, together with a statement of the free or unencumbered cash 13
balance and other resources available for appropriation. 14
Budget.
Const, amend.
63, § 2.
(Const. Rev.
art. 108.)
1910, 220,
§§4,5.
1912, 719,
§§5,11.
1916, 296, § 9.
1918, 244, § 4.
1919, 52.
Estimates for
building con-
struction, etc.,
to be accom-
panied by pre-
liminary
studies, etc.
Section 6. The supervisor of administration shall study and review 1
all estimates and requests for appropriations and other authorizations 2
for expenditures of state funds filed with him as provided by sections 3
three and four, and shall make such investigations as will enable him 4
to prepare a budget for the governor, setting forth such recommenda- 5
tions as the governor shall determine upon. The governor may call 6
upon the state auditor for information relative to finances and for as- 7
sistance in the preparation of the budget. The budget shall be sub- 8
mitted by the governor to the general court annually within tliree weeks 9
after the general court con^•enes, and it shall embody all estimates, 10
requests and recommendations for appropriations or other authori- 11
zations for expenditures by the commonwealth. The budget shall be 12
classified and designated so as to show separately estimates and recom- 13
mendations for: (a) expenses of administration, operation and main- 14
tenance; (b) deficiencies or overdrafts in appropriations of former 15
years; (c) new construction, additions, improvements and other capital 16
outlay; (d) interest on the public debt and sinking fund and serial 17
bond requirements; and (e) all requests and proposals, for expenditures 18
for new projects and other undertakings; and shall include in detail 19
definite recommendations of the governor relative to the amounts which 20
should be appropriated therefor. The budget shall also include definite 21
recommendations of the governor for financing the expenditures recom- 22
mended, and the relative amounts to be raised from ordinary revenue, 23
direct taxes or loans. All appropriations based upon the budget to be 24
paid from taxes or revenue shall be incorporated in a single bill to be 25
designated the general appropriation bill. With the budget the gov- 26
ernor shall submit to the general court such messages, statements or 27
supplemental data relative thereto as he deems expedient, and from 28
time to time during the session of the general court he may submit 29
supplemental messages on recommendations relative to appropriations, 30
revenues and loans. 31
Section 7. Estimates for building construction and institutional 1
development filed under section four shall be accompanied by pre- 2
liminary studies and general specifications sufficient for a careful esti- 3
mate by a competent contractor, and at least one such estimate of the 4
Chap. 29.] state finance. 109
5 cost of any new construction, including heating, plumbing, lighting, issg, 177, § 1.
6 ventilation and equipment, for alteration or repair of existing con- p.' s.' le,' 1 39.'
7 struction when such estimate exceeds five thousand dollars. Copies 1907; 520,*^'
8 of such preliminary studies and estimates shall be filed in his office by f9io~*22o §3
9 the officer having in charge such construction, alteration, repair or 1^12, 719, § 3.
10 development. Preliminary studies so submitted shall not be changed wis! 290! '
11 or amended thereafter in any^ respect, except with the written approval
12 of such officer, and such changes shall be kept on file distinct from the
13 original studies authorized.
1 Section 8. The officer in direct charge of such construction, altera- Procedure
2 tion, repair or development, shall obtain working plans and specifi- rom-°author-
3 cations, when so authorized by the general court, shall advertise in a iion"tS'™°'
4 reasonable number of newspapers for proposals for the performance of Js^J'!^"'
5 such work, and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible and 1914, 762. §4.
6 eligible bidder; but no contract shall be awarded for a sum in excess of §§ 3,' 5.
7 the appropriation available therefor.
1 Section 9. To meet the expenses incurred under section seven in Payment tor
2 any case where the general court fails to make an appropriation to glnMafroun °
3 carry out the construction, alteration, repair or development asked lppr^r™,on
4 for, reasonable amounts in compensation for such preliminary studies, to carry out
_.^. ,. ^ .. PI- 1 construction,
5 specmcations and estimates not exceedmg one per cent or the estimated etc
6 cost of the work may be expended; provided the general court makes i9i4!662';
7 an appropriation therefor. 1918, 290, § 4.
1 Section 10. Officers or departments having charge or supervision officers, etc.,
2 of expenditures in behalf of the commonwealth may continue expendi- TOntin""ex-°
3 tures in each year at the rate authorized by appropriations for the fat'e'of'prec^d-
4 preceding fiscal year, until the general court makes an appropriation is5|'*j58''ri''3
5 therefor or provides otherwise. g.s. 15, §41.
1 Section 11. The state treasurer shall make advances to members Advances to
2 of the senate and house of representatives on account of compensation "enTr'aUourt
3 due for services and traveling expenses in accordance with existing ^^^*' ^■
4 laws at the rate authorized by appropriations for the preceding fiscal
5 year, until the general court makes an appropriation therefor or provides
6 otherwise.
1 Section 12. Unless otherwise specifically provided therein, appro- Appropria-
2 priations by the general court for ordinary maintenance shall be made year^'
3 for the fiscal year established for the commonwealth. 1905, 211, § 12.
1 Section 13. An unexpended balance of an appropriation for ordinary Uneipended
2 maintenance of any fiscal year may be applied in the succeeding fiscal f^r^'oXna'iy'"
3 year to the payment of expenses incurred during the fiscal year for which Tsss^T^Tst
4 the appropriation was made; but any balance then remaining shall re- c^g^g^-
5 vert to the commonwealth. p. s. le, § 30. r. l. 6, § 31. §§ si, 46.
1905, 211, § 7. 1918, 257, § 6. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
110
STATE FINANCE.
[ClIAP. 29.
Application of
appropriations
for otner than
ordinary
maintenance.
Section 14. An appropriation for any purpose other than ordinary 1
maintenance shall not be available for more than two years after the 2
date of the appropriation act, except that payments may be made there- 3
after to fulfil contracts and other obligations entered into within the 4
said two years. 5
Section 15. An appropriation shall supersede an earlier one made 1
Payments
from ordinary
revenue, etc.
1858, 11, I 8;
158, § 10.
G. S. 15, § 33.
P. S. 16, § 33.
R. L. 6, § 38.
1905, 211, § 9.
Section 16. Payments authorized by appropriation acts shall be 1
made from the ordinary revenue, if no other provision is expressly made 2
therefor. Cash from the ordinary revenue on hand at the beginning of 3
each fiscal year shall be carried to the account of the ordinary revenue 4
of that year. s Alien, 247. 5
Payment
withheld from
person having
unadjusted
account.
1858, 11, § 2;
158, § 13.
G. S. 15, § 32.
P. S. 16, § 31.
R. L. 6, § 34.
8 Allen, 247.
Section 17. An appropriation act shall not be construed to require
a payment to a person w;ith whom the commonwealth has an unadjusted
account. The governor, upon receiving satisfactory information that
money is illegally withheld from the commonwealth by any person,
shall instruct the state treasurer to withhold all payments to him until
he pays such account.
Payments
from the treas-
ury regulated.
Const, pt. 2,
c. 2, § 1,
art. 11.
(Const. Rev.
art. 125.)
1M9, 56, I 2.
1856, Res. 74.
1858, 1, § 1.
G. S. 15, § 30.
1867, 178, § 4.
P. S. 16, § 28.
R. L. 6, § 28.
1910,342.
1917, 277, § 2.
13 Allen, 593.
Section 18. Except as otherwise provided, no money shall be paid 1
by the commonwealth without a warrant from the go\'ernor drawn in 2
accordance with an appropriation then in effect, and after the demand 3
or account to be paid has been certified by the state auditor; but the 4
principal and interest on all public debts shall be paid when due without 5
any warrant, and the revenue received from fees and fines under chapter 6
ninety and the revenue now paid into special funds and expended by 7
the division of waterways and public lands of the department of public 8
works shall be appropriated by the general court for the purposes de- 9
fined in existing laws; provided, that no appropriation shall be required 10
for the payment of principal or income of funds held in trust by the 11
commonwealth, or of sinking funds to meet maturing bonds, or of 12
treasury notes issued for duly authorized temporary loans, or of cor- 13
poration and other taxes collected by the commonwealth for distribu- 14
tion to towns, or for the investment of such funds as the state treasurer 15
is duly authorized to invest, or for pajTuents authorized by law out of 16
the several prison industries funds, or for repayments required by section 17
seventy-eight of chapter sixty-three; and, provided, further, that the 18
governor may, without an appropriation, draw his warrant for the 19
payment of his own salary and the salaries of the justices of the supreme 20
judicial court. No certificate shall be required from the state auditor for 21
payment of the pay rolls of the members of the council and general 22
court. 23
1852? 33! j''l ' Section 19. No account against the commonwealth shall be al- 1
G*s'i5^M9 low^^ or paid unless authority to contract the same was given by the 2
p. s. 16,' J 32. general court or by either branch thereof nor unless the items thereof are 3
specified. 4
R. L. 6, § 29.
Chap. 29.] state finance. Ill
1 Section 20. No account or demand requiring the certificate of the Payments
2 state auditor or warrant of the go\'ernor shall be paid from an appro- priations.Tow
3 priation unless it has been authorized and approved by the head of the i856°Res'^V4.
4 department or office for which it was contracted; nor shall any appro- Jlgflf-s.^^i
5 priation be used for expenses, except gratuities and special allowances ^ ^ ^i'iio'
6 by the general court, unless full and properly approved vouchers there-
7 for have been filed with the state auditor.
1 Section 21. When the law provides that expenses of a state officer, Specific ap-
2 department or division thereof shall be subject to the approval of the expenses' by^*^^
3 governor and council, specific approval of the governor and council shall coundfno"''
4 not be required for the office expenses thereof. required.
1918, 257, § 4. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
1 Section 22. Except as otherwise expressly provided, no greater sum Payments um-
2 from an appropriation shall be drawn from the treasury at any one time in^'r'ed.^'"''"'^
3 than is necessary to meet expenses then incurred.
1874, 360, § 2. P. S. 16, § 36. K. L. 6, § 39.
1 Section 23. Any officer authorized to e.xpend money in behalf of 4'^^°^^'^°™
2 the commonwealth may have money advanced to him from the treasury, i884, 179,
3 in such sums and subject to such rules and regulations as the state i887, 269, § .5.
4 auditor determines, for the following pm-poses and subject to the fol- iggo! ss, '§ 2''
5 lowing conditions : To carry out provisions of law requiring weekly pay- \lll[ ?o*'
6 ments of wages, to secure cash discounts wherever possible, and to pay f^^i^ ^ ^^'
7 necessary expenses inciured by him or by employees of his office, de- J-jos. sra, 1 1.
8 partment or division when obliged to travel in the discharge of their i908;i78!
9 duties. For other purposes, there may be advanced to any such officer §§ 15, 145.
10 sums not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars at any one time, except 1912; 7if§ i;
11 that there may be advanced to the commissioner of correction, for aid- }9f^f|f4, 5 1
12 ing prisoners who have been discharged from the Massachusetts re- J^h, 43, § 1 ;
13 formatory, five hundred dollars; to the sergeant-at-arms, for necessary i^io, 241, §1.
14 and legitimate expenditures made by him for committees of the general i, § 14. _ '
15 coml while traveling under an order thereof, two thousand dollars; to the §§ 17, 82.'
16 superintendent of buildings for incidental expenditures made by him in
17 the care of the state house and grounds, five hundred dollars; and to
18 the attorney general, five hundred dollars.
1 Section 24. Such officers shall certify that the amount is needed for officer to
2 immediate use, and, as specifically as may be, the pm-poses for which mediatrnced.
3 the expenditure is required. The certificate shall bear the approval of R^^leJl'le^"
4 the officer or department having the supervision of such expenditure and,
5 when filed with the state auditor, his certificate and the warrant and
6 payment shall follow as in case of claims against the commonwealth.
1 Section 25. Such officers shall, within thirty days after receipt of an statement in
2 advance, file with the state auditor a detailed statement of the amounts stafe auditor.
3 expended subsequent to the previous accounting, approved by the officer ]s9o! ssf' ^ ^'
4 or department authorized to supervise such expenditure, with vouchers |{^ J; g 5 37
5 therefor if they can be obtauied. All ad\-ances so made shall be ac- i^o^' 211, § s.
6 counted for and vouchers therefor filed with the state auditor before
7 December first in each vear.
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STATE FINANCE.
[Chap. 29.
Expenses not
to exceed ap-
propriations;
obligation in-
curred in ex-
cess thereof
not to impose
liability on
commonwealth.
1858, 11, § 7;
158, § 13.
G. S. 15, § 41.
1878, 187, § 2.
P. S. 16, § 37.
R. L. 6, § 40.
1905,211, § 10.
191S, 257, § 7.
1919, 5;
350, § 13.
1920. 2.
Section 26. Expenses of offices and departments for compensation 1
of officers, members and employees and for other purposes shall not 2
exceed the appropriations made therefor by the general court. No 3
obligation incurred by any officer or servant of the commonwealth in 4
excess of the appropriation for the office, department or institution which 5
he represents shall impose any liability upon the commonwealth. If 6
expenditures are made in excess of appropriations, the officers having 7
charge of such expenditures shall annually, on or before December fif- 8
teenth, report to the state auditor the details thereof with the reasons 9
therefor, and he shall make a special report of the same to the general 10
com't early in its session. 11
Expenses and SECTION 27. No public officer or board shall incur a new or unusual 1
regulated. expcnsc, make a permanent contract, increase a salary or employ a new 2
g". s.' 15, § 42. ■ clerk, assistant or other subordinate unless a sufficient appropriation to 3
1897, 128, § 2. cover the expense thereof has been made by the general court. R. l. 6, § 4i. 4
pubiSwnJstate SECTION 28. The cost of printing and publishing any publication 1
i9m'438"?'5 issued by or on behalf of the commonwealth by any office or depart- 2
ment shall be paid from the appropriation for such office or department. 3
Transfer of
funds with
approval of
state auditor.
1918, 38.
Section 29. No transfer of funds from one item of account to an- 1
other on the books of any officer or board having charge of any office, 2
department, institution or undertaking receiving an annual appropria- 3
tion from the commonwealth, upon which items of account such annual 4
appropriation is based, shall be made without the written approval of the 5
state auditor. 6
Insurance.
1879, 290.
P. S. 16, § 39.
Section 30. No officer or board shall insure any property of the 1
commonwealth without special authority of law. 2
R. L. 6, § 42.
Salaries,
when payable.
Advances.
1858, 11,
§§3,4.
1859,272, §4.
G. S. 15, § 30.
1867, 263.
1868, 4.
P. S. 16, § 54.
1895, 34.
R. L. 6, § 58.
98 Mass. 484.
Section 31. Salaries payable by the commonwealth shall, unless
otherwise provided, be paid on the first day of each month, and shall
be in full for all services rendered to the commonwealth by the persons
to whom they are paid. Advances on account of salaries may be made
under such regulations as the state treasurer may prescribe, not exceeding
the proportion of salary then due, nor oftener than once in seven days
nor after the twenty-fifth day of the month. No salary shall be paid
282 ■28?^"'^''^ to any person for a longer period than that during which he has been 8
actually employed in the duties of his office. If a salary shall be dimin- 9
ished, no greater rate shall be paid because of any previous appropriation 10
therefor. 1 1
Disposal of Section 32. All checks given by the state treasurer and not paid
1900, 117, § 1.' within one year after issue shall be payable only at the office of the said
R. L. 6, § 59. .
1906, 487. treasurer.
Schan e SECTION 33. The par of exchange established by section thirty-five 1
e|tabii^shed. huudrcd aud sixty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States is 2
R. l! 6, §■ 00. hereby adopted for all accounts, entries and records in the books of 3
the state auditor and of the state treasurer. 4
Chap. 29.] st.\te fin.\nce. 113
1 Section 34. The state treasurer may deposit any portion of the Deposit of
2 public moneys in his possession in such national banks, or trust com- i807','2™°°*^''
3 panies, lawfully doing business in the commonwealth, as shall be ap- fs9i', aia ^'''
4 proved at least once in three months by the governor and council ; but ^- ^- ^- ^ ''^■
5 the amount deposited in any one bank or trust company shall not at
6 any one time exceed forty per cent of its paid-up capital. A state
7 treasm'er making any deposit in violation of the foregoing provision
8 shall be deemed guilty of misconduct and maladministration in his office
9 within the meaning of the constitution; and any bank or trust company
10 receiving any dejiosit in violation thereof shall be disqualified from re-
1 1 ceiving said moneys for the period of tliree years from the date of said
12 deposit. All interest received on any deposits under this section shall
13 be paid to the commonwealth.
1 Section 35. No bond or security belonging to the commonwealth Assignment
2 shall be transferred except with the written approval of the governor, mortgages, etc.
3 A note, bond, mortgage or other security which has been made to the (?^s' ff; | ff,
4 state treasurer by name may be assigned, transferred or discharged by r f; e^'lff^*'
5 him or by any successor in office.
1 Section 36. If the state treasurer is authorized to discharge a state treasurer
2 mortgage held by the commonwealth, he may instead thereof assign hlsfe^ol"
3 it; but such assignment shall not impose upon the commonwealth any mortgage.
4 liability, express or implied.
1847, 195. G. S. 15, § 13. P. S. 16, § 57, R. L. 6, § 63.
1 Section 37. Real estate acquired by the commonwealth by fore- state treasurer
2 closure may, with the approval of the governor and council, be con- estate held by
3 veyed by the state treasurer upon payment of the amount of the mort- isi>r,To3?§ i.
4 gage debt ^\■ith the interest and expenses accrued thereon.
ISofi, 08, § 1. G. S. 15, § 14. P. S. 16, § 58. R. L. 6. § 64.
1 Section 38. Funds o\er which the commonwealth has exclusive con- investment
2 trol shall be invested by the state treasurer, with the approval of the commonwea'uh.
3 governor and council, as follows: Ra'ib\'ioo.'
4 (o) In securities of the commonwealth, in the notes or bonds of the ^^l^ Jf § 65
5 several counties, cities and towns thereof, or in the bonds or notes of ^^^^- 192.
6 any incorporated district in the commonwealth whose net indebtedness
7 at the time of purchase does not exceed fi\'e per cent of the last pre-
8 ceding valuation of the property therein for the assessment of taxes;
9 or in the notes of any corporation established within the common-
10 wealth to become due within a period not exceeding one year, if secured
11 by a pledge of bonds of the United States or of this commonwealth of
12 at least an equal \'alue estimating them at not more than eighty-five
13 per cent of their market value.
14 (b) In the public funds of the United States, or of any of the New
15 England states.
16 (c) In the bonds or notes of any city of IMaine, New Hampshire,
17 Vermont, Rhode Island or Connecticut, whose net indebtedness does
18 not exceed five per cent of the last preceding ^"aluation of the property
19 therein for the assessment of taxes; or of any county or town of said
20 states whose net indebtedness does not exceed three per cent of such
21 valuation; or of any incorporated water district of said states which
114
STATE FINANCE.
[Ch.\p. 29.
has within its Hmits more than five thousand inliabitants, and whose 22
bonds or notes are a direct obhgation on all the taxable property of 23
the district, and whose net indebtedness does not exceed three per cent 24
of such valuation. 25
(d) In the legally authorized bonds of the states of New York, Penn- 26
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, INIichigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 27
Missouri or Iowa, or of the District of Columbia; or in the legally au- 28
thorized bonds for municipal purposes, or in the refunding bonds issued 29
to take up at maturity bonds which have been issued for other than 30
municipal purposes, but on which the interest has been fully paid, of 31
any city of the aforesaid states which has, at the date of such invest- 32
ment, more than thirty thousand inhabitants, as established by the last 33
national or state census, or city census certified to by the city clerk or 34
city treasurer and taken in the same manner as a national or state 35
census, preceding such in\-estment, and whose net indebtedness does 36
not exceed five per cent of the valuation of the taxable property therein, 37
to be ascertained by the last preceding valuation of property therein 38
for the assessment of taxes; or of any city of the aforesaid states or of 39
any of the New England states or of the states of Maryland or Ken- 40
tucky, which has at the date of such investment more than two hundred 41
thousand inhabitants, established as aforesaid, and whose net indebted- 42
ness does not exceed seven per cent of the valuation of the taxable 43
property therein, established and ascertained as above pro\ided. 44
In subdivisions (c) and (d) of this section the words " net indebtedness" 45
shall mean the indebtedness of a county, city, town or district other 46
than debts created for supplying the inhabitants with water and debts 47
created in anticipation of taxes to be paid within one year, and de- 48
ducting the amount of sinking funds available for the payment of the 49
indebtedness included. 50
Registration
of bonds, etc.,
held by the
commonwealth.
1909, 136.
1916, 152.
1917, 116.
Section 39. \^^len the commonwealth holds any bond, note or 1
certificate of indebtedness payable to bearer and issued by a county, 2
city, town or district or any domestic corporation, such county, city, 3
town, district or corporation shall, at the request of the state treasurer, 4
issue in exchange therefor a bond, note or certificate of the same effect, 5
payable to the commonwealth by name. The commonwealth shall 6
pay the expense involved in making such exchange. Any county, city, 7
town, district or corporation neglecting or refusing to comply with 8
this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 9
Trust deposits
with state
treasurer
regulated.
1893, 224.
R. L. 6, § 66.
Section 40. No deposit required to be made by any corporation 1
in trust with the state treasurer, or any part thereof, shall consist of a 2
mortgage upon real estate or of a loan upon personal notes or of notes 3
secured by collateral. He may receive, as a part of such deposit, money 4
or certificates of deposit, or certified checks on any approved state de- 5
positary, and may hold the same without interest until it may reason- 6
ably be invested in a proper legal security. 7
Custody of Section 41. The state treasurer shall have the custody and keep a
befonging^to separate account of all notes, bonds and mortgages belonging to the
i830?98.""^* " commonwealth, and shall receive all money accruing therefrom. All
a i: 1°; 1 18. deeds and instruments conveying real estate to the commonwealth shall,
v^^s'ii^' when recorded, be deposited with and safely kept by him. R. l. 6, § 67.
§§ 19, 20.
Chap. 29.] state fin.ince. " 115
1 Section 42. The governor shall, annually in August, appoint a com- Annual exami-
2 mittee of the council, which shall examine the value of the notes and securities
3 securities in charge of the state treasurer and report thereon to the gov- ofcou'ndi."'^''
4 ernor and council, who may direct him to sell or to collect notes or p*&?'i|^||i^'
5 securities over which the commonwealth has exclusive control and to R- ^- ^- § ^s.
6 reinvest the proceeds according to section thirty-eight.
1 Section 4.3. The commissioner of banks, either personally or by his Annual ei-
2 assistants, shall, under the direction of the joint committee on ways cash, etc., by
3 and means of the general court, annually in January, make an examina- of b^s!°°''
4 tion of the securities, investments and cash in charge of the state treas- IgJI; ggg-
5 urer and report thereon to the general court. ^5 *^' *^-
1 Section 44. The income or any surplus of fimds belonging to or in unappropriated
2 the custody of the commonwealth shall, unless otherwise provided, be i^2?l3, § 4.
3 added to the principal. P. s. i6, § 62. r. l. 6, § 69.
1 Section 45. WTien any sinking fund of the commonwealth, with its Application of
" " ' accumulati
of sinking
funds. In „
_ ment of sink-
4 turity the indebtedness for which it was established, the state treasurer 5°„^/,^'j''^
5 shall add such surplus to any other sinking funds which are not suiB- is9i, 259._^
6 cient with their accumulations, so calculated, to meet the indebtedness 1912; 3,
7 for which they were established. In determining the sufficiency of any o'p.A.G.(i920)
8 sinking fund under this section, obligations of the United States, and ob- ''°'
9 ligations of the commonwealth, or of any county, city or town thereof,
10 which mature on or prior to the date of matiuity of the indebted-
11 ness on account of which said sinking fund was established, shall be
12 figured at their par value; but all other obligations or other secur-
13 ities in said sinking fund shall be figured at their fair market value at
14 the time such determination of sufficiency is made, but not exceeding the
15 par value thereof. No securities shall hereafter be purchased for any
16 sinking fund which do not mature on or prior to the maturity date of
17 the indebtedness on account of which said sinking fund was established.
1 Section 46. The state treasurer, instead of selling any securities, Transfer of
2 belonging to any fund over which the commonwealth has exclusive con- one^fund to°™
3 trol, to meet maturing liabilities, may transfer them to any other such lm^"i,
4 fund upon terms and conditions approved by the governor and council. ^ f; 6%^7^l
1 Section 47. The state treasurer may borrow at any time during a state treasurer
2 fiscal year, in anticipation of the receipts for that year, including assess- ^'t»!ip°a't'ion of
3 ments for the metropohtan districts, such sums of money as may be ^gfofm.
4 necessary for the pajinent of ordinary demands on the treasury, includ- coni't^amend.
5 ing interest and maintenance charges of said districts, and may issue ^5-^^^^ ^^^
6 notes therefor. Money so borrowed and notes so issued may be at an. us.)
7 such rates of interest as shall be found necessary. He shall repay any
8 sums borrowed under this section as soon after said receipts are paid as
9 is expedient, but in any event before the close of the fiscal year in which
10 the same were borrowed. He may collect proportionately from the
11 cities and towns of each such district all interest that may be paid upon
12 money borrowed for that district under this section.
116
STATE FINANCE.
[ClL\P. 29.
bo^row'^"^ Section 48. Notes for money borrowed in anticipation of the receipts 1
^57! Res. 99. shall be signed by the state treasurer, approved by the governor, and coun- 2
1858, Res. 13. tersigned by the state auditor. g. s. 15, § 34. r. l. 6, § 72. 3
Bonds, etc.,
to be issued
on serial pay-
ment plan.
1903, 226, § 1.
1912,3, §§ 1,C
Section 49. The state treasurer shall issue all bonds or scrip of the 1
commonwealth upon the serial payment plan. The said plan shall pro- 2
vide for the issue of bonds or scrip to be paid serially in such amounts 3
and at such times as he shall determine, with the approval of the gov- 4
ernor and council, to be for the best interests of the commonwealth ; the 5
bond last payable in any such issue shall become due at a date not later 6
than the time named in the act authorizing such issue. 7
Amount to be
included in
state tax.
1903, 226, § 2.
1912, 3, § 2.
Section 50. He shall annually certify to the state auditor the 1
amount necessary to be included in the state tax to provide for such 2
serial payments of any bonds or scrip of the commonwealth, and the 3
amount shall be included in the state tax to be assessed for the year in 4
which such payments are to be made. 5
Assessments
on metropoli-
tan districts.
1903, 226, I 3.
1905, 169.
1912, 3, § 3.
Section 51. On all bonds or scrip issued for the benefit of any of the 1
metropolitan districts, so called, the state treasurer shall assess upon 2
the said metropolitan districts annually amounts necessary for the pay- 3
ment of the serial bonds falling due, and shall collect the same in the 4
same manner as assessments for sinking fund purposes are collected. 5
premium'."" °' SECTION 52. Any premium received on the sale of bonds or scrip shall 1
1912, 3, § 4. }jg applied to the payment of the principal of the first bonds which mature. 2
Proposals for
certain bonds
or notes issued
by common-
wealth.
1904, 263, § 1.
Section 53. Whenever there is to be an issue of bonds or notes of
the commonwealth maturing at a time later than one year from their
dates, excepting such bonds or notes as are to be issued for the in-
vestment of cash in any of the sinking or other established funds of the
commonwealth, the state treasurer shall invite proposals for the pur-
chase thereof by advertisement, which shall be published at least ten
days before the time for receiving such proposals, in not less than four
daily papers published in the commonwealth, at least two of which shall
be published in Boston, and in at least one paper published in the city 9
of New York. Such advertisement shall state the time and place for 10
opening the proposals in answer thereto, and shall reserve the right to 11
reject any or all proposals. The proposals shall be opened in public by 12
the state treasurer at the place specified in said advertisement, and in 13
the presence of such of those who have made proposals as may desire to 14
attend. If no proposal is accepted the whole or any part of the loan may 15
be awarded to any person. 16
Deposits by
bidders.
1904, 263, § 2.
Section 54. Every bidder, as a condition precedent to the considera- 1
tion of his proposal, shall deposit with the state treasurer in cash, or by 2
certified check drawn to the order of the state treasurer upon some state 3
or national bank or trust company doing business in this commonwealth 4
or in the city of New York, an amount to be fixed by the state treasurer, 5
but not to exceed two and one half per cent of the amount of his proposal. 6
Chap. 29.] state finance. 117
1 Section 55. The state treasurer may annually expend such sums Payment of
2 as the general court shall appropriate for the purpose of providing for saie!«c.?of
3 and advertising sales of bonds for the direct debt of the commonwealth i9"3,^376?"
4 and for the purpose of preparing and paying for bond books necessary
5 for such sales. But, when bonds of the commonwealth are issued, the
6 payment of which is provided by assessments upon the metropolitan
7 or other districts, the expenses of providing for and advertising sales and
8 for the preparing and pacing for bond books shall be paid from the main-
9 tenance appropriation of the district from which the assessment is to be
10 received.
1 Section 56. The state treasurer, with the approval of the governor Transfer of
2 and council, may transfer funds remaining in his hands from the sale re°dpu from
3 of bonds and other securities issued for specific purposes, when such i^J,''" of tio'"'^'
4 purposes have been fully accomplished and said bonds or other securities ^^^^' ^^®'
5 so issued paid in full, to such sinking funds or such other accounts for
6 the reduction of outstanding indebtedness of the commonwealth as may
7 be approved by the state auditor.
1 Section 57. The principal and interest of all bonds or scrip of the Bonds or scrip
2 commonwealth when due shall be paid in gold coin or its equivalent. gold!
1862, 82. 1878, 11. 1S90, 94. R. L. 6, § 73.
1 Section 58. The state treasurer may, upon terms and regulations issue of reg-
2 prescribed by the governor and council, issue, in denominations of not chan^for''''"
3 less than one thousand dollars, registered bonds in exchange for any 5867°255°'"^^'
4 coupon bonds of the commonwealth, which, with the exception of the ^g'jg
5 coupons, shall be in conformity with the laws authorizing the issue of P§\^^j_
6 such coupon bonds. He shall mutilate and retain the bonds so received in 221 Mass. 201.
7 exchange. The state auditor shall certify such registered bonds; and
8 he and the state treasurer shall each keep a register of their dates, num-
9 bers and amounts, the names of the persons to whom they were issued,
10 when they are payable, and for what bonds they were issued in exchange.
11 The state treasurer may also, upon the same terms and regulations, issue
12 in substitution for mutilated, defaced -or endorsed bonds presented to
13 him other bonds of like or equivalent issues.
1 Section 59. If it appears to the governor and council that any issue of dupii-
2 interest-bearing bond of the commonwealth identified by number and when originals
3 description has, without bad faith upon the part of the owner, been lost o?destroyedf'
4 or destroyed, wholly or in part, they shall, under regulations and with ^s^.'ie.^llo.'
5 restrictions as to time and retention for security or otherwise prescribed ^- ^- ^' ^ '^^•
6 by them, order the state treasurer to issue a registered duplicate of such
7 bond, payable at the same time, bearing the same rate of interest as the
8 bond lost or destroyed, and so marked as to show the number and date
9 of the original bond. If such bond was of a class or series which has been
10 called in for redemption before the application for a reissue, it shall be
11 paid, with such interest only as would have been paid if the bond had
12 been presented in accordance with such call.
1 Section 60. The owner of such bond shall surrender so much thereof jem^ty by
2 as may remain, if any, and shall give to the state treasurer a bond in "J^'Segt""^'
3 double the amount of said lost or destroyed bond and of the interest bond.
118
STATE FIN.^NCE.
[Ckxp. 29.
1872, 367, § 2.
P. S. 16, § 71.
R. L. 6, § 76.
wliicli would accrue until the principal is due and payable, with two 4
sufficient sureties, residents of the commonwealth, approved by the 5
go\'ernor and council, conditioned to indemnify and sa^'e harmless the 6
commonwealth from any claim on account of said lost or destroyed bond. 7
Requirement
of o.ath of
claimant.
1862, 101, I 3.
P. S. 16, § 65.
R. L. 6, § 78.
Section 61. The state auditor or any other person authorized to 1
appro\'e claims for materials, supplies or other articles furnished to, or 2
for service or labor performed for, the commonwealth, may, before ap- 3
proving any such claim, require the claimant to certify on oath that all 4
the articles have been furnished, for which the claim has been made, or 5
that the service or labor has been performed, and that no commission, 6
discount, bonus, present or reward of any kind has been received or 7
promised or is expected on account of the same. 8
Agent to
prosecute
claims.
1883, Res. 45.
R. L. 6, § 79.
1910, 512.
Section 62. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- 1
cil, may, from time to time appoint an agent to examine and prosecute 2
any account or claim of the commonwealth against the United States; 3
and if any amount is received into the treasury of the commonwealth by 4
reason of the services rendered by such agent he may be paid in full 5
compensation for services and expenses such sum, not exceeding ten per 6
cent of the amount so received, as may be agreed upon in advance be- 7
tween the governor and council and such agent. 8
REFERENCES.
Money may also be advanced, as follows:
For pay, mileage and various other expenses of the militia. Chap. 33, §§ 151, 153,
154, 157-164, 235, 237, 239-242, 245.
To state authorities in charge of the industries for the blind for working capital
for said industries, Chap. 69, § 24.
For nautical school cruise. Chap. 74, § 51.
To the metropolitan district commission to enable it to pay its pay rolls and other
accounts. Chap. 92, § 99.
Money received for commonwealth to be paid over monthly, Chap. 30, § 27.
Ch.\p. 30.
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO STATE OFFICERS, ETC.
119
CHAPTER 3 0.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATR'E TO STATE DEPARTMENTS, COM-
MISSIONS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Sect.
1. Definitions.
2. Certain offices, etc., to be placed
temporarily under the supervision
of some state department.
3. Establishment of certain divisions sub-
ject to approval of governor and
council.
4. Organization of departments, etc.
5. Appeal to governor and council in case
of conflict of orders, etc.
6. Head of department, etc., may desig-
nate person to perform his duties,
etc.
7. Appointment and removal of confiden-
tial employees.
8. Tenure of office.
9. Removal of officers.
10. Filling of vacancies.
11. Taking of oaths of office.
12. Failure to qualify.
13. Fee for certain commissions.
14. Commission not to issue until bond, if
required, approved.
15. Amounts of certain bonds, how fixed.
16. Schedule bonds.
17. Reimbursement for premiums.
18. Examination of bonds.
19. Removal of principal not giving new
bond.
20. Examination of bonds of county
officers.
21. More than one salary forbidden.
22. Penalty for holding offices in violation
of law.
23. Certain state officers may be required
to give full time.
24. Office hours of departments.
25. Expenses of state officers, etc.
26. Traveling expenses of officers, etc.
27. Money received for commonwealth to
be paid over monthly.
28. Books and accounts to be kept for
fiscal year.
Sect.
29. Maintaining office and keeping books
at state institutions.
30. Size of paper for official letters estab-
lished.
31. Printing, etc., for departments, etc.
32. Annual reports.
33. Annual reports to be accompanied by
drafts of legislation.
34. Reports of special commissions to be
accompanied by drafts of legislation.
35. Special reports. Appeal.
36. Marking and record of state motor
vehicles, etc.
37. Taking effect of certain rules and regu-
lations. Filing and indexing thereof.
38. Departments, etc., to furnish infor-
mation concerning officials and em-
ployees.
39. Security against mechanics' liens on
public buildings.
40. Discharge and substitution of bonds
given to commonwealth.
41. Itemized accounts of sales of property.
42. Disposal of duplicate and obsolete doc-
uments, etc.
43. Employees not to receive fees.
4-4. Officer or employee not to act as agent
in sale of land to commonwealth.
CLASSIFICATION OP CERTAIN STATE OFFICES
AND POSITIONS.
45. Classification of certain state offices
and positions.
46. Supervisor to make rules and regula-
tions for application and administra-
tion of classification.
47. Procedure in obtaining increase of
salary.
48. Duties of incumbents of positions
classified.
49. Appeal from classification.
50. Limit of application of five preceding
sections.
1 Section 1. The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have Definitions.
2 the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:
3 "Departments", except in section two, all the departments of the
4 commonwealth, except the departments of banking and insurance and
5 of civil service and registration but including in lieu thereof the divisions
6 of banks and loan agencies, of insurance, of savings bank life insurance
7 and of civil service and the several boards serving in the division of
8 registration of the department of civil service and registration, and also
9 including the metropolitan district commission.
10 "Supervisor", supervisor of administration.
120
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO STATE OFFICERS, ETC. [CiLVP. .30.
rtc'^'t'J'b'e*'^''''' Section 2. All executive and administrative offices, boards, com-
rarilyViXr"^ missioos and other governmental organizations and agencies, except those
the supervision serving directly under the governor or the governor and council, not by
department. law placcd uodcr the direction and control of some state department,
.shall be placed thereunder by order of the governor, with the advice and
consent of the council, until such time as the general court shall make
provision therefor.
nie'nt'^ofcertain SECTION 3. In all cascs whcre the executive and administrative head 1
''JatoT^rovai of ^ department is vested with authority to establish therein divisions 2
of governor not Specifically provided for by law, the establishment of such divisions 3
1919, 350, §9. shall be subject to the approval of the governor and council. 4
o/deparfmelits. SECTION 4. A statc department, board or commission shall, upon 1
189S 265 organizing, report its organization to the state secretary. R. l. is, § 4. 2
Appeal to
governor and
council in case
of conflict of
orders, etc.
1919, 350, § 10.
Section 5. In all cases where a question arises between executive 1
or administrative departments, or officers or boards thereof, as to their 2
respective jurisdictions or powers, or where such departments, or officers 3
or boards thereof, issue conflicting orders or make conflicting rules and 4
regulations, the governor and council may, on appeal by any such depart- 5
ment or by any person affected thereby, determine the question, and 6
order any such order, rule or regulation amended or annulled; pro- 7
vided, that this section shall not deprive any person of the right to 8
pursue any other lawful remedy. The time within which such appeal 9
may be taken shall be fixed by the governor and council. 10
Head of de-
partment, etc.,
may designate
person to
perform his
duties, etc.
1920, 44.
Section G. Every commissioner or head of an executive or adminis- 1
trative department whose duties during his absence or disability are not 2
specifically authorized by law to be performed by another person, may 3
designate another person in his department to perform his duties in case 4
of and during his absence or disability, but a person so designated shall 5
have no authority to make permanent appointments or removals. Every 6
such designation shall be subject to approval by the governor and council, 7
and shall remain in force and effect until revoked by the commissioner or 8
head of such department or by the governor and council. 9
Appointment
and removal of
confidential
employees.
1920, 205.
Section 7. Each officer, board and commission having supervision
and control of an executive or administrative department, including
the adjutant general, the supervisor and each officer, board and com-
mission mentioned in section seventeen of chapter six, may, subject to
the approval of the governor and council, employ a person to serve in
a confidential capacity and may, with like approval, remove him. Such
employee shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the officer,
board or commission employing him.
Iffice" °' Section 8. A public officer appointed for any term by the governor,
1887, 364 ^ ^.jth or -without the advice and consent of the council, shall hold his
1918; 257, §86. officc duriug the term for which he is appointed and until his successor in
1920! 2: office has qualified, unless he is sooner removed in accordance with law.
154 Mass. 603. ^^^^^^ othcrwisc provided, the beginning of the term of office of a public
Chap. 30.] general provisions as to state officers, etc. 121
6 officer appointed by the governor shall be the date of his appointment. For provisions
7 or, if he is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the offic^rffo take
8 council, it shall be the date of his confirmation; but no officer shall entering°office,
9 enter upon the duties of his office until he is duly qualified as provided c^eParTV*' ^'
10 bylaw. Const, amend. 6. (Const. Rev. art. 149.)
1 Section 9. Unless some other mode of removal is provided by law, a Removal of
2 public officer, if appointed by the governor, may at any time be removed issT,!'?.
.3 by him for cause, and, if appointed by him with the advice and consent r. t.^iVa.
4 of the council, may be so removed with its advice and consent.
2X6 Mass. 605. 1 Op. A. G. 140.
1 Section 10. If a vacancy occurs during the recess of the general court Fining of
2 in an office to be filled by an election by the general court and for which iseo, 216.'
3 no other provision is made, the governor, with the advice and consent R.L.^.^a.
4 of the council, shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy to hold office i^i^'^so-
5 until the assembling of the general court and until another is chosen in
6 his stead. Any vacancy in any office, the original appointment to which
7 is required by law to be made by the governor, with or without the ad-
8 vice and consent of the council, and for which no other method of filling
9 vacancies is expressly provided by law, shall be filled for the unexpired
10 term in the manner provided for an original appointment; and the ap-
11 pointment of a successor of any incumbent of any such office who is hold-
12 ing over .after the expiration of his term of office shall be made in like
13 manner for the remainder of the term which would have begun at such
14 expiration if his successor had then been appointed.
1 Section 11. A person chosen or appointed to an office may, unless Taking of
2 otherwise provided by law, take and subscribe the oaths required to itso! ReJ.'ss!'
3 qualify him before the governor, lieutenant governor, two councillors or §; |; \l] | fg!
4 two commissioners appointed under section three of chapter two hundred ^ l^/j Yr
5 and twenty-two.
Const, pt. 2, c. 6, art. 1. Const, amend. 6. (Const. Rev. art. 149.)
1 Section 12. A person appointed to an office by the governor with Failure to
2 or without the advice and consent of the council shall be notified of his 1862/169.
3 appointment by the state secretary and his commission delivered to him, ^g^' ^^'gl
4 and if he does not, within three months after the date of such appoint- |>^^'|i'-
5 ment, take and subscribe the oaths of office, his appointment shall be §§4.5.'
6 void, and the secretary shall forthwith notify him thereof and require
7 him to return his commission, and shall also certify said facts to the
8 governor. This section shall be printed on every such commission.
1 Section 13. Before the delivery of a commission to a person ap- Fee for
2 pointed commissioner under section three or four of chapter two hun- mfs^tons™""'
3 dred and twenty-two, notary public, master in chancery, justice of the jre^j'™'^''
4 peace, special commissioner or pilot, he shall pay to the state secretary ^''^■^^^il^-
5 a fee of five dollars. isqs, 574, § 2. 1901, 149. r. l. is, § 9.
1 Section 14. If a bond is required of any person appointed to office by Commission
2 the governor with or without the advice and consent of the council, the until bondr
3 commission shall not issue until the bond has been approved. approvS^'
1881,56. P. S. 21,§7. R. L. IS. § 10.
122
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO STATE OFFICERS, ETC. [ChAP. 30.
Amounts of
certain bonds,
how fixed.
1917, 18.
1920, 546, § 4.
Section 15. When state officials or employees are required to give
bond in which the amount is not fixed by law, the state auditor shall
fix the amount and shall require that such bonds be made uniform so far
as possible.
Schedule
bonds.
1918, 257,
§ 90; 294.
1919,5; 144.
1920, 2;
54G, § 1.
Section 16. State officers and heads of state departments may ar- 1
range for such schedule bonds as they deem advisable, which shall take 2
the place of bonds required by law of them or any of their officers and 3
employees. Every such schedule bond shall be a surety company bond 4
with a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth 5
as surety, conditioned that the officers and employees named in the 6
bond shall faithfully perform the duties of their offices and employ- 7
ments, with other conditions or provisions required by law. 8
Reimburse-
ment for
premiums.
1907. 276.
1908, 469, § 1.
1912, 66.
1914, 589; 615.
1918,257, §§8,
90; 294.
1919, 5; 144.
1920,2;
546, § 4.
Section 17. If an official having custody of property of the com-
monwealth, or charged with the duty of receiving or disbursing money,
is required to give bond to the commonwealth for the faithful discharge
of his duty, the commonwealth shall reimburse him for the amount paid
by him to a surety company for becoming surety on his official bond.
Premiums on all surety bonds paid by the commonwealth shall be
paid out of the appropriations for expenses of the several officers and
departments.
Examination
of bonds.
1885, 32,
§§ 1, 2.
R. L. 18, § 16.
1904, 295.
1916, 196, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§46,52,54.
Section 18. Every public official having custody of any bond for the 1
faithful performance of the duties of any office, occupation, agency or 2
trust, requiring the approval of any court, public officer, department or 3
board other than the governor and council, shall, except in those cases 4
where the duty is imposed upon the director of accounts, annually in 5
JNIarch examine into the sufficiency of every such bond, and shall, when- 6
ever at any other time there is reason to believe that any such bond has 7
become insufficient, examine into its sufficiency. The governor shall 8
appoint a committee of the council which shall annually in March make 9
such examination of bonds required to be approved by the governor or by 10
the governor and council. If a bond is found upon examination to be in- 11
sufficient, the person who has examined it shall forthwith notify the prin- 12
cipal thereof and shall require him, within thirty days after the date of 13
such notice, to file a new bond in conformity with law. All bonds requir- 14
ing the approval of the state treasurer and all bonds requiring his exam- 15
ination as to their sufficiency shall, when he deems it necessary, be secured 16
by a surety company approved by the commissioner of insurance. 17
prllTripainot Section 19. If E Hcw bond is not filed, as required by the pre- 1
giving new ceding section, the governor, wuth the advice and consent of the council, 2
1885,'32,
R. L. 18,
shall remove the principal from such office or trust or terminate his 3
authority to exercise such occupation or agency. 4
of'^brads 0™ Section 20. Bonds of public officers, except officers in Suffolk county,
i893*25°7^'^''^' required to be deposited with county treasurers shall, at least once a year,
wiV 350^ ^*' ^^ examined by the director of accomits or his representative. If such
§§52,54.' bond is insufficient, he shall report to the superior coiu-t, which shall
require a new bond, satisfactory to it, within such time as it shall order.
Chap. 30.] general provisions as to state officers, etc. 123
1 Section 21. A person shall not at the same time receive more than More than one
2 one salary from the treasury of the commonwealth. biddTn.""^
G. S. 15,§36. R. L. IS, §11. Op. A. 0.(1920)282, 283.
P. S. 21, § 8. 2 Op. A. G. 21, 309.
1 Section 22. Whoever wilfully violates the preceding section or wil- hoiSnfiffices
2 fully accepts or holds office in violation of article two of chapter six of the j° j™'"*'""
3 second part of the constitution, as amended by article twenty-seven of J^l'^gif"; g
4 the amendments thereof, shall forfeit to the commonwealth the com- u. l. is. § 12.
5 pensation from all offices held in violation of said provisions during the art^Tso.) '^^'
6 time they are so held, to be recovered by the attorney general, upon
7 written complaint made within one year by any citizen.
1 Section 23. Any person in any executive or administrative depart- '^^^^^^1^%^
2 ment who is appointed to office by the governor, with the advice and required to
3 consent of the coimcil, and who is paid a salary, may be required by the 1919,350, § ii.
4 governor, with like advice and consent, to give his whole time to the
5 duties of his office.
1 Section 24. The offices of all the departments of the state govern- oaice hours of
2 ment shall be open to the public for the transaction of business daily, isee'eT"'"'
3 except on Sundays and legal holidays, from nine o'clock in the forenoon \ll\] fi^'
4 until five o'clock in the afternoon, except on Saturdays, when they may fgg^^lsy^ ^°'
5 be closed at twehe o'clock, noon. The state treasurer shall not be re- j*^^' ^g^-^ ^^
6 cjuired to keep his office open for the receipt and payment of money later loos, 229^ u.^
7 than two o'clock in the afternoon.
1 Section 25. State officers, and members of departments recelxang Expenses of
2 a salary or its eqiii\'alent, who are provided with offices by tlie common- etc." °
3 wealth and whose duties require regular attendance at such offices, shall r. l! e, §'54.
4 not be allowed or paid by the commonwealth any expenses in the nature
5 of traveling or li\ing expenses. Such officers or members of departments
6 whose duties recjuire them to tra\el elsewhere than to and from the
7 offices provided for them by the commonwealth, and unpaid state officers
8 or members of departments, and those whose duties do not require daily
9 attendance and who receive compensation by the day, shall be allowed
10 their actual reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of such
1 1 duties, if such expenses are authorized by law to be paid by the coinmon-
12 wealth. Bills for such expenses shall be itemized and the dates when, and
13 the purposes for which, such ex-penses were incurred shall be stated be-
14 fore their allowance by the state auditor.
1 Section 26. Such officers and members of departments to whom Traveling
2 traveling expenses are allowed by the commonwealth shall, unless other- oS'c\ra!etc.
3 wise provided, receive the amount actually expended but not more than al.'il.^s Is.'
4 three and one half cents a mile each way actually tra\'eled.
p. S. 16, § SO. R. L. 6, § 55.
1 Section 27. All fees or other money received on accomit of the com- Money re-
2 monwealth shall be paid into the treasury thereof and such payments commonwealth
3 shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, be made at least once in montiSy.'' """"^
4 each month. is74, 300, §1. p. s. le. §52. r. l. 6, §56.
1914, 770, § 13. Const, amend. 03, § 1. (Const. Rev. art. 125.)
124
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO STATE OFFICERS, ETC. [ClIAP. 30.
Books and
accounts to
be kept for
fiscal year.
1905,211, § 1.
Section 28. All books and accounts of all offices, departments, 1
boards, commissions and institutions of the commonwealth shall be kept 2
by the fiscal year established for the commonwealth. 3
191S, 257, § 476. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
Maintaining
office and
keeping
books at state
institutions.
1SS7.S7, § 1.
R.L.6, § 16.
1908, 195.
Size of paper
for official
letters estab-
lished.
1913, 702.
Section 29. Every treasurer and disbursing officer of a state institu- 1
tion shall maintain an office at his institution where all books, accounts 2
and vouchers of such institution shall be kept. The books shall show all 3
receipts and disbursements on account of the institution. 4
Section 30. Official letters of departments, institutions or officials 1
of the commonwealth shall be written or printed, so far as practicable, 2
on paper eight and one half inches wide and eleven inches long. 3
Printing, etc.,
for depart-
ments, etc.
1856, Res. 74.
R. L. 6, § 49.
Section 31. The printing, binding and procuring of stationery for 1
the use of the several offices and departments of the commonwealth shall 2
be under the direction of the heads of said offices or departments and 3
shall be apjjroved by them. . 4
Annual
reports.
1905,211, § 1.
1918, 189, § 1:
257, §§ 9, 476.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 32. All annual reports required by law to be made by state 1
officers and departments or heads thereof shall, except as otherwise ex- 2
pressly provided, cover the preceding fiscal year and, except for facts or 3
information specifically required by law, shall be a brief summary of the 4
said year's work, together with recommendations for the succeeding 5
fiscal year. All such reports shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, 6
be deposited with the state secretary and by him transmitted to the 7
general court on or before the third Wednesday in January. 8
Annual reports
to be accom-
panied by
drafts of
legislation.
1893, 144.
R. L. 18, § 6.
1910,452, § 1.
1915,222, § 1;
269.
1919, 131.
Section 33. State officers and departments or heads thereof, except 1
the supervisor, shall annually, on or before the first Wednesday in De- 2
cember, deposit with the state secretary such parts of their annual reports 3
as contain recommendations or suggestions for legislative action, accom- 4
panied by drafts of bills embodying the legislation recommended; and 5
the state secretary shall forthwith transmit them to the general court; 6
provided, that such recommendations or suggestions for legislative 7
action shall not include any requests for appropriations or any matters 8
required to be covered by budget estimates submitted to the supervisor 9
under section three or four of chapter twenty-nine. 10
^1;™'i'lom- Section 34. All reports of special commissions recommending legis- 1
accom"anied^ latlou shall bc accompauicd by drafts of bills embodying the legislation 2
by drafts of rccommendcd. 1915,209. 1919,131. 3
legislation.
Special reports.
Appeal.
1902, 438,
§§ 3, 6.
1916, 296,
§§ 1,5,9.
Section 35. State officers, departments or heads thereof may make
such special reports as the supervisor deems to be of practical utility.
Appeal may be taken from any decision of the supervisor hereunder to
the committee of the executive council appointed to consider matters of
finance whose decision shall be final.
rerord'Sstete SECTION 36. Every motor vehicle purchased by the commonwealth 1
motor vehicles, shall bc marked on a part of the vehicle not readily removable, and in a 2
1917,219. conspicuous place, with the words in plain letters "Commonwealth of 3
§115. ' Massachusetts" or in such other manner as may be approved by the 4
Chap. 30.] general provisions as to state officers, etc. 125
5 supervisor. He may make rules and regulations governing the marking
6 of such motor vehicles, and may enforce them in the manner pro\'ided
7 by section seven of chapter seven. Every officer, department, board,
8 commission or institution of the commonwealth operating any such
9 motor vehicle shall keep such a record of the use of such vehicle, and
10 shall make such reports in relation thereto, as may be prescribed by the
11 state auditor. The registrar of motor vehicles shall furnish for each
12 such motor vehicle a distinctive number plate bearing such arrangement
13 of letters or numbers, or both, as will distinguish the particular vehicle,
14 and the officer, department, board, commission or institution by which
15 the vehicle is operated, and at the expense thereof.
1 Section 37. Every department, commission, board or official vested '^("'^l^^i^^'^*'
2 by law with the power to make and issue rules or regulations general in '"'•■s and
-, 111 1 !> 1 1 1 p 1 • 1 • regulations.
3 scope, and to be observed or pertormed under penalty tor the violation Filing and
4 thereof, shall file attested copies thereof, together with a citation of the thereof.
5 law by authority of which the same purport to have been issued, with §§V.'3,*4.'
6 the state secretary, and such rules or regulations, whether or not they 1920,433.
7 require the approval of the governor and council, or other authority,
8 before taking eifect, shall not take effect until so filed. The foregoing
9 provision shall not apply to rules or regulations issued by commissions,
10 boards or officials of towns, or to municipal ordinances or by-laws, or to
1 1 rules or regulations affecting solely the internal management or discipline
12 of a department, commission, board or office, nor to orders or decrees
13 made in specific cases within the jurisdiction of a department, commis-
14 sion, board or official. The state secretary shall file and index all rules
15 and regulations filed with him hereunder, noting and keeping available
16 such references to preceding rules and regulations as may be necessary
17 for certification purposes.
1 Section 38. Every state officer, department or head thereof shall, ^e''\'i^?™nfs'h
2 whenever required by the supervisor, furnish him with such information information
3 as he prescribes concerning all officials and employees of the common- officials and
4 wealth employed in or by such office or department for whose services 1910, 268, § 1.
5 money has been paid by the commonwealth.
1 Section 39. Officers or agents contracting in behalf of the common- Security
2 wealth for the construction or repair of public buildings or other public mechanics'
3 works shall obtain sufficient security, by bond or otherwise, for payment bu"idi°n'gs''"'''"'
4 by the contractor and sub-contractors for labor performed or furnished i?s\'i^6!^§64.
5 and for materials used in such construction or repair; but in order to ^^hf-^V^^
^ , 1/4 Mass. 335.
6 obtain the benefit of such securitv, the claimant shall file with such is2 Mass. 4.so.
„ ^ ,. , . , . ..... p 197 Mass. 357.
7 officers or agents a sworn statement ot his claim, witlun sixty days after 202 Mass. 326.
8 the completion of the work. 204 Mass. 494. 208 Mass. 372,
212 Mass. 534. 215 Mass. 3(i9. 222 Mass. 405. 233 Mass. 420.
1 Section 40. Bonds or other security given to the commonwealth to Discharge
2 secure the performance of contracts for the construction or repair of Sn o" bonds
3 public buildings or other public works, or given in accordance with the fommonweaith.
4 preceding section, may be discharged or released by the goN'ernor, with ^^i®' ^^i-
5 the advice and consent of the council, upon such terms as they deem ex-
126
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO STATE OFFICERS, ETC. [ChAP. 30.
pedicnt, after the expiration of sixtj'-five clays from the time of the com-
pletion of the work contracted to be done; provided, that no claim filed
under said section is pending; and new bonds or other security in sub-
stitution therefor may be taken by the governor, with like advice and
consent.
Itemized ac-
counts of sale;
of property.
1884, 326.
a. L. 6, § 57.
Section 41. If sales of property of the commonwealth are made by 1
any officer of a state institution, the superintendent thereof shall submit 2
to the trustees or other supervising board or officer an itemized account, 3
on oath, of such sales, for their approval in the same manner as accounts 4
for materials and supplies for such institutions are approved, and such 5
account shall be filed with the state treasurer when the proceeds are 6
paid over to liim. 7
Disposal of
duplicate and
obsolete docu-
ments, etc.
1920, 174.
Section 42. The supervisor, the superintendent of buildings and 1
an assistant attorney general designated by the attorney general, acting 2
as a board, in consultation with the chairman of any board or commission 3
and the head of any department or institution which may be interested, 4
may, in their discretion, sell any duplicate volumes or documents, the 5
property of the commonwealth, which are held in the state library or 6
any other department, and they shall sell or destroy, from time to time, 7
obsolete or worthless records, books and documents. At least thirty 8
days before selling or destroying any such records, books or documents, 9
the board shall publish in a daily newspaper in Boston a notice of its 10
intention so to do, containing a brief description or summary of the 11
articles to be sold or destroyed, and it shall give such other and further 12
notice as it deems advisable to historical societies or persons inter- 13
ested in the matter. It may, and upon petition of twenty-five or more 14
citizens of the commonwealth shall, before selling or destroying any 15
particular records, books or documents, give a public hearing to all 16
persons interested, and ten days' notice of such hearing shall be given 17
in a daily newspaper published in Boston. Any money received from 18
sales under this section shall be paid to the commonwealth. 19
Employees
not to receive
1805, 259, § 3.
P. S. 21, § 11.
R. L. 18, § 15.
1918, 257, § 89.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
Section 43. No person employed in any state department shall re- 1
ceive for his own use any fee for copying public records or documents, or 2
for other services during office hours, but all fees therefor shall be paid to 3
the commonwealth. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by 4
a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and shall be disqualified for 5
employment in any state department. 6
Officer or
employee
not to act as
agent in sale
of land to
commonwealth.
1910, 306.
1918, 257, I 87.
1919, 5.
Section 44. No officer or employee of the commonwealth shall act
as agent or attorney of any person in a sale or conveyance of land to the
commonwealth. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and shall be
disqualified for employment in any state department. 1920, 2.
Classification
of certain state
offices and
positions.
1914, 605,
§§ 1,2,5,9.
classification of certain state offices and POSITIONS.
Section 45. All appointive offices and positions in the government
of the commonwealth, except those in the judicial branch and those
in the legislative branch other than the additional clerical and other
Chap. 30.] gener.\l provisions as to st.\te officers, etc. 127
4 assistants in the sergeant-at-arms' office, shall be classified by the super- igis, 228, § 1.
5 visor, subject to the approval of the governor and council, in services, 0p''.a.g°'(i9iI')
6 groups and grades according to the duties pertaining to each office or ^"'■
7 position. Such classification shall be established by specifications
8 defining for each grade the titles, duties and responsibilities, and mini-
9 mum qualifications for entrance and promotion. The titles so designated
10 shall be the official title of offices or positions included therein, and
11 shall be set forth on all pay rolls. The following words as used in this
12 and the four following sections and in said classification shall have the
13 following meanings:
14 "Group" includes offices and positions in a separate profession, voca-
15 tion, occupation or trade involving a distinctive line of work which re-
16 quires special education, training or experience;
17 "Grade", a subdivision of a group, including all positions with sub-
18 stantially identical authority, duties and responsibility as distinct from
19 all other grades in that group;
20 "Advancement", an increase from one salary rate to another within
2L a grade;
22 "Promotion", a change from the duties of one grade to the duties of a
23 higher grade, which shall involve a change in salary to the rates of the
24 higher grade.
1 Section 46. The supervisor may make rules and regulations, subject f"^JJ'^°„ie3
2 to the approval of the governor and council, providing for the applica- and regulations
3 tion and administration of the classification and the specifications estab- andTc?minis™
4 lished under the preceding section; and the salaries of all officers and ciass?fication.
5 employees holding offices and positions required to be classified under ^^^*' ^^*' ^ ^'
6 said section, except those whose salaries are now or shall be otherwise
7 regulated by law and those whose salaries are required by law to be
8 fixed subject to the approval of the governor and council, shall be fixed
9 in accordance with such classification and specifications.
1 Section 47. Recommendations for increases in the salaries of officers Procedure in
2 and employees whose salaries are required by the preceding section ?reas'eof salary.
3 to be fixed in accordance with such classification and specifications, §§'i%™h.'
4 shall be submitted in the first instance to the supervisor, and if ap- Jgls lil^js
5 proved bv him shall take eft'ect upon notice b^' the supervisor to the J^i^iFP,; „.
^ • ."^ J, . ., . , , ;. , p^ I . 350, §§ bJ, bo.
D commissioner 01 civil service and the state auditor. It the supervisor Op.a.g.(1920)
7 does not approve a proposed increase in salary, he shall report the recom-
8 mendation of the department or institution with his own recommendation
9 to the governor and council whose decision shall be final, except that
10 the governor and council shall not grant an increase in salary greater
11 than that recommended by the department or institution. Increases
12 in salaries granted under this section shall conform to such standard
13 rates as may be established by rule or regulation in accordance with
14 the preceding section. No increase in salary shall be granted under
15 this section unless an appropriation sufficient to cover such increase
16 has been granted by the general court in accordance with estimates
17 for the budget filed as required by law. No increase in a salary exceeding
18 or to exceed one thousand dollars, authorized under this section between
19 December first and May thirty-first, both inclusive, in any year shall
20 take effect until June first following or such later date as may be fixed
21 by the department or institution recommending such increase, with the
22 approval of the supervisor or the governor and council.
128
GENERAL PROAISIONS AS TO STATE OFFICERS, ETC. [ChAP. 30.
Duties of in-
cumbents of
positions
Section 48. Incumbents of offices or positions classified under sec- 1
tions forty-five to fifty, inclusive, shall perform, so far as practicable, 2
the duties prescribed for the respective grades, but said sections shall 3
not limit or restrict administrative authorities in exercising supervision 4
of, or control over, their employees, or in assigning related, incidental 5
or emergencv duties to them. 6
Appeal from
classification.
1918, 228, § 6.
Section 49. Any employee of the commonwealth objecting to any
provision of the classification aft'ecting his office or position may appeal
in writing to the supervisor and shall be entitled to a hearing upon such
appeal. Tlie supervisor shall report thereon with such recommendations
as he may deem expedient to tlie go\'ernor and council.
Limit of
application
of five pre-
ceding sec-
tions.
1918, 228, § 5.
1919, 350,
§ 103.
Section 50. For the purposes of the classification authorized by 1
section forty-five the words laborers, workmen and mechanics shall 2
have the same meaning as in sections thirty to thirty-six, inclusive, 3
of chapter one hundred and fort,\-nine; and sections forty-five to forty- 4
nine, inclusive, of this chapter shall not be construed as placing state 5
employees outside the civil service laws, rules and regulations, nor 6
shall the classification aforesaid take precedence over any rulings of the 7
division of inspections of the department of public safety, of the board 8
of boiler rules of said department, or of the state examiners of electri- 9
cians, regarding the construction, care and operation of boilers, engines 10
and other apparatus which may be under the charge of such laborers, 11
workmen and mechanics. 12
REFERENCES.
State official making payment to a city or town to furnish statements to auditor,
etc.. Chap. 41, § 54.
Salaries of turnkeys and watchmen at state prison and Massachusetts reformatory
regulated. Chap. 125, §§ 22, 29.
Chap. 31.]
CIVIL SERVICE.
129
TITLE IV.
CIVIL SERVICE, RETIREINIEXTS AND PENSIONS.
Chapter 31. Civil Service.
Chapter 32. Retirement Systems and Pensions.
CHAPTER 31
CIVIL SERVICE.
Sect.
1. Definitions.
2. Certain duties of board.
RULES.
3. Rules.
4. Positions to be included.
5. Positions not to be included.
6. Applicant entitled to three *certifica-
tions.
7. Changes in rules, distribution and pub-
lication.
EXAMINATIONS.
8. Notices of examinations to be posted.
9. Penalty for failure to post, or destruc-
tion of notices.
10. Scope of examination.
11. Obstruction of right of examination
forbidden.
12. Lists of eligibles. ■
13. Statements required of applicants for
examination.
14. Labor service.
APPOINTMENTS.
15. Appointment, certification, etc.
16. Recommendation by public officers re-
stricted.
17. Certain persons ineligible.
18. Names of appointees, etc., to be re-
ported to commissioner.
19. Citizens to have preference in public
appointment.
20. Appointment and promotion of police
officers.
VETERANS' PREFERENCE.
21. Veteran defined.
22. Employment without examination.
23. Preference for veterans passing ex-
aminations.
Sect.
24. Veterans in labor service.
25. Provisional appointment of veteran in
absence of eligible list.
26. Removal, etc., of veteran in public
service only after full hearing.
27. Reinstatement after military or naval
service.
28. Names to be restored to eligible list.
GENERAL POWERS.
29. Records and files.
30. Recommendations and report.
31. City officers to make reports, etc. En-
forcement. Penalty.
32. Summoning witnesses, etc.
INVESTIGATIONS.
33. Commissioner may investigate classified
service as to efficiency, etc.
34. May investigate classified service as to
duties, compensation, etc.
35. Exemption of policemen and firemen.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
36. Provisional appointment of alien to
terminate, etc.
37. Enforcement of dismissal of alien.
38. Enforcement of law and rules.
39. Remedy by mandamus to collect
salary, etc.
40. Commissioner to certify laborer or me-
chanic for foreman.
41. Qualifications of inspectors of masonry.
42. Appointment of treasurers and stewards
of state institutions.
43. Removal, suspension, reduction in
grade, or transfer.
44. Removal, suspension or transfer of
police officer.
130
CIVIL SERVICE.
[Chap. 31.
Sect.
45. Review by court of action of removing
officer.
46. Removal, etc., of certain prison
officials.
APPLICATION OF LA.V>' TO CITIES AND TOWNS.
47. Application of chapter.
48. Application to police, etc., of certain
towns.
Sect.
49, Application to chiefs of police, etc., of
certain cities and towns.
50. Existing special laws not affected.
PENALTT.
51. Penalty for violation of this chapter
generally.
De&nitions.
1919, 350,
§§ 65, 66.
Section 1. In this chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided or 1
the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the follow- 2
ing meanings: 3
"Board", commissioner and associate commissioners of civil service; 4
"Commissioner", commissioner of civil service; 5
"Division", division of civil service of the department of civil service 6
and registration; 7
"Town" shall not include city. 8
of"'oarf^"''" Section 2. In addition to other duties imposed by this chapter and 1
1919, 350, 1 66. chapter thirteen, the board shall hear and decide all appeals taken by an 2
applicant, eligible person or appointee from any decision of the commis- 3
sioner, and pass on appointments made by the mayor of Boston, as re- 4
quired by chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen 5
hundred and nine, and amendments thereof. 6
Rules.
1884, 320,
§§ 2. 14.
189.1, 501. § 1.
1896, 517,
§§6,8.
R. L. 19.
§§ 6, 7, 24.
1916, 297, § 4.
1919, 350, I 66.
138 Mass. 601.
143 Mass. 589.
145 Mass. 587.
166 Mass. 14,
170'Mas5. 58.
178 Mass. 186.
192 Mass. 299.
193 Mass. 537.
203 Mass. 539.
223 Mass. 270.
1 Op. A. G. 71,
194, 216, 243,
252, 353, 554,
568.
2 Op. A. G.
119, 186, 280,
296, 302, 342,
344,391,409,
460, 467, 623.
3 0p. A. G.
165, 190, 270.
296, 324, 368,
575.
4 Op. A. G.
127, 151, 172,
619.
Op. A. G.
(1918)66,97.
Op.A.G.<1920)
127.
Section 3. The board shall, subject to the approval of the governor 1
and council, from time to time make rules and regulations which shall 2
regulate the selection of persons to fill appointive positions in the gov- 3
ernment of the commonwealth, the several cities thereof, and any such 4
towns as have been placed under its jurisdiction by any act of the general 5
court or by accepting provisions of this chapter or corresponding pro- 6
visions of earlier laws, and, except as otherwise provided in section 7
forty-seven, the selection of persons to be employed as laborers or other- 8
wise in the service of the commonwealth and said cities and towns. Such 9
rules shall be of general or limited application, shall be consistent with 10
law and shall include provisions for the following: 11
(a) The classification of the positions and employments to be filled; 12
(b) Open competitive and other examinations to test the practical 13
fitness of applicants; 14
(c) The selection of persons for public positions and employments 15
in accordance with the results of such examinations, or in the order of 16
application, or otherwise; 17
(rl) Promotions, if practicable, on the basis of ascertained merit in the 18
examination and seniority of service; 19
(e) A period of probation before an appointment or employment is 20
made permanent; 21
(/) Preference to veterans in appointment and promotion, not incon- 22
sistent with this chapter. 23
The present rules of the board so far as they are consistent with law 24
shall continue in force until changed. 25
Chap. 31.] civil service. 131
1 Section 4. The following, among others, shall be included within Positions to
2 the classified civil service by rules of the board: be included.
3 All persons having charge of steam boilers, heating, lighting or power Persons having
4 plants maintained by the commonwealth; i9h, 4SG. bofiera.'etc'*''"
1918, 257. §91. 1919,5. 1920,2.
5 All sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures in towns of over seaiers of
6 ten thousand inhabitants and in cities, whether such officers are heads n^a3ures.''etc.
7 of principal departments or not, and also the inspectors of standards in }g^^' ^||- . j
S the service of the commonwealth;
1918, 218; 1919, 5. 222 Mass. 296.
257, 8 252. 1920, 2. 4 Op. A. G. 213.
9 Members of police and fire departments of cities and of such towns Members of
10 as accept the proAisions of this chapter, or have accepted corresponding Jiepartmelitl'*'
11 provisions of earlier laws, and members of the police or fire department Jgot'll"' ^ '^'
12 of any to\\'n which, as to such department, accepts section forty-eight 'ij^'^q^^®'^'^-
13 or has accepted corresponding pro^^sions of earlier laws; except that no i9ii,'352.'
14 rule regulating the height and weight of persons eligible to become
1.5 members of the fire department shall be made or enforced except by the
1() city council or selectmen;
17 Inspectors of plumbing in receipt of an annual salary; inspectors of
1S94, 455, § 5. R. L. 103, § 5. 1909. 536, § 7. plumbing.
18 Instructors in the state prison and the Massachusetts reformatory, instructors,
19 and all other employees in said institutions having prisoners under their fnd' refOTm™
20 charge. 1012. 59- a'°^-
1 Section 5. No rule made by the board shall apply to the selection Positions
2 or appointment of any of the following : rndudJa*
3 Judicial officers ; officers elected by the people or, except as otherwise lUf ^1°^ ^ •'•
4 expressly provided in this chapter, by a city council; officers whose ap- jfL-fo^ig
5 pointment is subject to confirmation by the executive council, or by the 1911! 468.
6 city council of any city; officers whose appointment is subject to the i9i9!35o,'
7 approval of the governor and council; officers elected by either branch ils'liass. isa.
S of the general court and the appointees of such officers; heads of principal Jgt Ma^; ll\_
9 departments of the commonwealth or of a city; directors of divisions 203 Mass' 539'
10 authorized by law in the departments of the commonwealth; employees |?3^l*^- f''-
11 of the state treasurer appointed under section five of chapter ten, em- 229Mass:i47.
12 ployees of the commissioner of banks, and of the treasurer and collector io2,''i94. ' ' '
13 of taxes of any city; two employees of the city clerk of any city; public 158^3^5.*^' '"^'
14 school teachers; secretaries and confidential stenographers of the gov- 32°""^ "^^'^^
15 ernor, or of the mayor of any city; police and fire commissioners and chief so's'^ *^ "'^°'
16 marshals or chiefs of police and of fire departments, except as provided
17 in section forty-nine; and such others as are by law exempt from the
IS operation of this chapter.
1 Section 6. No rule shall be made which shall prevent, except for Applicant
2 moral unfitness and after investigation, the certification for the same threeM^tm-
3 office, on at least three separate occasions, of any person whose name is ioJ^"f9s
4 on any eligible list.
1 Section 7. Changes in the rules, when approved, shall be printed changes in
2 forthwith for distribution, and a certified copy thereof sent to the mayor tion and pubii-
3 of each city and the selectmen of each town to which such changes relate, is,84.°320, § 19.
4 and shall be published in one or more newspapers. Such publication ^^t. igfi s.
5 shall specify the date when such changes shall take effect, which shall be
6 not less than sixty days subsequent to the date of publication.
132
CIA'IL SERVICE.
[CUAP. 31.
Notices of
examinations
to be posted.
1906, 277. § 1.
Penalty for
failure to post,
or destruction
of notices.
1906, 277. § 2.
Scope of
examination.
18S4. 320. § 16.
R. L. 19, § 13.
1911.63.
1919, 350. § 66.
Obstruction
of right of
examination
forbidden.
1SS4, 320. § 18.
R. L. 19, § 14.
Lists of
eligibles.
1895.
501,
§4.
1896,
.517,
§ 4.
R. L.
19. §15.
1914,
600,
§ 2.
1918,
257,
§ 92.
1919,
5:93.
1920,
2.
223 Mass.
109.
Statements
required of
applicants for
examination.
1884, 320, § 17.
1S89, 183.
K. L. 19, § 12.
1911,119.
EX.\MINATIONS.
Section 8. The commissioner shall prepare notices of civil service 1
examinations and send them to the clerks of the several cities and towns, 2
who shall cause the same to be posted in the city and town halls and in 3
other conspicuous places. Of such notices there shall be posted not less 4
than five in every town, and not less than twenty-five m every city, .5
including one in each ward. 6
Section 9. Any city or town clerk who refuses or wilfully neglects 1
to post the notices required by the preceding section and any person who 2
maliciously tears down, destroys, defaces or injures any such notice prior 3
to the date of any examination of which notice is given therein, shall be 4
punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. 5
Section 10. No question in any examination shall relate to political 1
or religious opinions or affiliations, and no appointment to a position or 2
selection for emplojTnent shall be affected by them. Examinations shall 3
be conducted under the direction of the commissioner. They shall be 4
practical and shall relate to matters which will fairly test the capacity 5
and fitness of the applicants; and all answers of applicants to questions 6
in examinations relating to training and experience, outside of the labor 7
service, shall be on oath, if the board so requires. The board shall de- 8
termine the scope and weight of examinations. 9
Section 11. No person in the public service shall \\ilfully and cor- 1
ruptly defeat, deceive or obstruct any person as to his right of exam- 2
ination; or wilfully or corruptly make a false mark, grade, estimate or 3
report on the examination or proper standing of any person examined 4
under this chapter, or wilfully or corruptly make any false representation 5
concerning the same or concerning the person examined; or wilfully or 6
corruptly furnish to any one special or secret information, for the purpose 7
of improving or injuring the prospects or chances of appointment, em- 8
ployment or promotion of any person so examined or to be examined. 9
Section 12. The lists of persons eligible to any position shall be 1
prepared or revised as soon as may be after their respective ratings or 2
standings have been determined by the commissioner by examination or 3
otherwise in accordance with the rules of the board. The commissioner 4
shall not place on any such list any person not a citizen of the United 5
States. All persons who have taken an examination shall be notified of 6
the results thereof within sixty days from the completion of such examina- 7
tion. All lists established, as aforesaid, shall be open to public inspection. 8
Section 13. Every application shall state under oath the full name, 1
residence and post office address, citizenship, age, place of birth, health 2
and physical capacity, right of preference as a veteran, pre\ious em- 3
ployment in the public service, occupation and residence for the previous 4
five years and education of the applicant, and such other information as 5
may be reasonably required relative to his fitness for the public service; 6
but, except in the case of applicants for police or prison ser\ace, no ques- 7
tion shall be asked in such application or in any examination requiring 8
a statement as to any offence committed before the applicant reached the 9
age of sixteen. 10
Chap. 31.] civil service. 183
1 Section 14. Applicants for positions in the classified labor service Labor service.
2 of the commonwealth, and of the cities and towns having such a service, r. l. i9, § 12.
3 shall be allowed to register on the first INIondays of February, May,
4 August and November in each year, at places appointed therefor by the
5 board. The number registered shall not be limited below five hundred
6 in the commonwealth or in any city.
appointments.
1 Section 1.5. No person shall be appointed to any position in the Appointment,
2 classified civil service except upon certification by the commissioner etc.' '"' '°"'
3 from an eligible list in accordance with the rules of the board; but if {ggt; so?,' 1 1.^'
4 there is no suitable eligible list, or if the commissioner is unable to comply ^^^- ^^^' « ■*•
.5 with a requisition in accordance with the rules of the board, the com- ^jg^gj^y . 9,
6 missioner, subject to section twenty-fi\'e, may authorize a pro\'isional isisi s.
7 appointment or may authorize the appointing officer or board to select
8 a suitable person who shall be subjected to a non-competitive exam-
9 ination, such provisional or non-competitive appointment to be subject to
10 the rules of the board. Within five days after the certification of per-
il sons for appointment or employment the commissioner shall make a
12 record of the persons so certified. If the appointing officer rejects all
13 the persons certified he shall so notify the commissioner.
1 Section 16. No recommendation of an applicant for an office or Recommcnda-
2 position under this chapter gi\en by any member of the general court, officers ^"
3 alderman or councilman, except as to the character or residence of the i|8"''32o; § 5.
4 applicant, shall be received or considered by any person concerned in ^' '' 1^' ^ ^^■
5 making the appointment.
1 Section 17. No person habitually using intoxicating liquors to ex- Certain persons
2 cess shall be appointed, employed or retained in any position to which i8S4*'32o,
3 this chapter applies, nor shall any person be appointed or employed in fsss. 334.
4 any such position within one year after his coiiAiction of any crime against ^'^ Jg ^^j
5 the laws of the commonwealth. 1912,212.
1915, 70. 1 Op. A. G. 243. 3 Op. A. G. 105, 401.
1 Section IS. The officer appointing, emploj-ing, promoting or dis- Names of
2 charging any person within the classified civil service shall forthwith ef?,°to'br'
3 report to the commissioner the name and residence of the person, tlie commYslioner.
4 designation of the position, and the fact of the appointment, employ- h*l' i9°'§\9.^'
5 ment, promotion or discharge.
eference
!ap-
1 Section 19. In all work of any branch of the service of the common- citizen
2 wealth, or of any city or town therein, citizens of the commonwealth inpuS'
3 shall be given preference. I9i4. eoo, § i. 223 Mass. 109. pomtment.
1 Section 20. Appointments and promotions in the police forces of Appointment
.. , Ti ii-p *i*ii* and promotion
2 cities and towns, except Boston, whose pohce forces are within the classi- of po''ce offi-
3 fied civil service, shall be made only by competitive civil service exam- 1926, 368.
4 ination, except as otherw ise provided in this chapter, or in the rules of
5 the board relative to temporary or emergency appointments. No such
6 examination shall be held until there are at least three applicants for
7 appointment or promotion for one existing vacancy, except as to appli-
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CIVIL SERVICE.
[Chap. 31.
cants for appointment to the lowest grade. In making appointments 8
or promotions to all grades of service other than the lowest, the exam- 9
ination and appointment shall be limited to persons of the next lower 10
rank; but if the number of applicants for examination in such lower 11
rank is not sufficient to hold an examination, the next lower ranks shall 12
in succession be thrown open to the examination until at least the nee- 13
essary number have applied. 14
VETERANS PREFERENCE.
defined" SECTION 21. The word "veteran" as used in this chapter shall 1
1^90, 617, mean any person who has served in the army, navy or marine corps of 2
R. L. 19. § 20. the United States in time of war or insurrection and has been honorably 3
196 Mass'. 24S. discharged from such ser\dce or released from active duty therein, or 4
1 Op. a!'g. 408. who distinguished himself by gallant or heroic conduct while serving in 5
Op. A.^.°(i920) the army or navy of the United States and has received a medal of honor 6
^°- from the president of the United States, provided that such person was 7
a citizen of the commonwealth at the time of his induction into such 8
service or has since acquired a settlement therein; and provided further 9
that any such person who at the time of entering said service had de- 10
clared his intention to become a subject or citizen of the United States 11
and withdrew such intention under the provisions of the act of congress 12
approved July ninth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and any person 13
designated as a conscientious objector upon his discharge, shall not be 14
deemed a "veteran" within the meaning of this chapter. 1.5
Employment
withovit
examination.
1896, 617, § 3.
R. L. 19,
§§ 20, 22.
166 Mass. 589.
196 Mass. 370.
Section 22. A veteran of the ci\il war, or a person who has received 1
a medal of honor as provided in the preceding section, may apply to the 2
commissioner for appointment or employment in the classified civil service 3
without examination. In such application, he shall state on oath the facts 4
required by the rules. Age, loss of limb or other disability wliich does not 5
in fact incapacitate shall not disqualify him for appointment or employ- 6
ment imder this section. Appointing officers may make requisition for 7
the names of any or all such veterans and appoint or employ any of them. 8
Preference for
veterans
passing
examinations.
1887, 437.
1889, 473.
1895, 501,
§§ 1-3, 6.
1896, 517, § 2.
R. L. 19, § 21.
1902,413.
1919, 150, § 2,
145 M,
Section 23. The names of veterans who pass examinations for
appointment to any position classified under the civil service shall be
placed upon the respective eligible lists in the order of their respective
standing, above the names of all other applicants, and upon receipt of a
requisition not especially calling for women, names shall be certified from
such lists according to the method of certification prescribed by the civil
587. service rules applying to civilians.
166 Mass. 14, 589. 195 Mass. 370. 1 Op. A. G. 243, 340.
Veterans in
labor service.
1896, 617, § 6.
R. L. 19, § 24.
1919, 150, 5 3.
166 Mass. 14,
589.
170 Mass. 58.
192 Mass. 299.
193 Mass. 637.
195 Mass. 370.
Section 24. A veteran who registers for employment in the labor 1
service of the commonwealth and of the cities and towns thereof, if found 2
qualified, shall be placed on the eligible list for the class for wliich he 3
registers ahead of all other applicants. The names of eligible veterans 4
shall be certified for labor service in preference to other persons eligible 5
according to the method of certification prescribed by the civil service 6
rules applying to civilians. If, however, the appointing officer certifies 7
in the requisition for laborers that the work to be performed requires 8
Chap. 31.] cn'iL service. 135
9 young and vigorous men, and, on investigation, the commissioner is
10 satisfied that such certificate is true, he may fix a Hmit of age and certify
11 only those whose age falls within such limit.
1 Section 25. If there is no suitable eligible list from wliich to certify Provisional
2 to fill a requisition, the commissioner shall authorize the appointing oFveteran°n
3 officer to make provisional appointment of a veteran, and shall send to eiigfbi?ibt
4 the appointing officer the names and addresses of veterans who have ^^^^- ^^°- 5 *■
5 filed applications for the kind of work for which requisition is made, and
6 the position shall be filled provisionally by the appointment of a veteran.
7 If, however, the appointing officer cannot find a veteran qualified for
8 the position \\ho will accept, he may with tlie appro\'al of the commis-
9 sioner, appoint provisionally some other person. Tliis section shall not
10 apply to requisitions calling for women.
1 Section 26. No veteran holding office or employment in the public Removal, etc.,
2 service of the commonwealth or any city or town therein shall be re- pubf.c^Ie°vire
3 moved or suspended, or, without his consent, transferred from such hlliring*'''^ '""
4 office or employment, nor shall his office or position be abolished, nor }|U^' f}^- . ^
5 shall he be lowered in rank or compensation, except after a full hearing J^oi! 339!
6 of which he shall have at least seventy-two hours' \\Titten notice, with 1^05. isb, § 1.
7 a statement of the reasons for the contemplated removal, suspension, law! 150!
8 transfer, lowering in rank or compensation, or abolition. The hearing If 72^69,^°'
9 in case of a state employee shall be before the board of conciliation and l?i'Ma^ss. 489.
10 arbitration, in case of a town employee before the selectmen, in case of \l\ jl^jl^- 1^-
11 a city employee before the board of aldermen. At any such hearing each }q|«f'^''||7-
12 veteran concerned may be present and be represented by counsel. Such s*?, seg. '
,„ 1 ■ J. e 1 ••! .■ 196 Mass. 248.
13 removal, suspension or transfer, lowering in rank or compensation, or 202 Mass. 352.
14 abolition of an office, shall be made only upon a written order stating fully 222 Mass! 296!
15 and specifically the causes therefor, and signed by the board of concilia- OPg^*^ d^^o)
16 tion and arbitration, or by the selectmen, or by the aldermen, as the case
17 maj' be, after a hearing as aforesaid. An appeal from such order may
18 be taken under section forty-five. This section shall not apply to the
19 state or Boston pohce or to those of the metropohtan district commission.
1 Section 27. Any person who resigns from or leaves the classified Reinstatement
. after military
2 public service of the commonwealth or of any city or town therein or who or n?vai
3 is discharged, suspended or granted a huxe of absence therefrom, for the is98, 4'54.
4 purpose of serving in the military or naval ser\-ice of the United States igis! leb, S'li
5 in time of war, and who so serves, shall, if he so requests of the appoint- Hlo, 219? § 1.
6 ing authority within two years after his honorable discharge from such
7 military or naval service, or release from active duty therein, and if also,
8 within said time, he files with tlie division the certificate of a registered
9 physician that he is not physically disabled or incapacitated for the posi-
10 tion, be reappointed or re-employed, without civil service application or
1 1 examination, in his former position, provided that the incumbent thereof,
12 if anj', is a temporary appointee; or, if his former position has been filled
13 by a permanent appointment, he shall be employed in a similar position
14 in the same department, if a vacancy exists therein. All appointments
15 made to fill vacancies caused by the military or naval service of the
16 former incumbent shall be temporary only, and no temporary appoint-
17 ment heretofore made to fill any such vacancy shall be made permanent
18 during the world war or until the expiration of two years thereafter.
136
CIVIL SERVICE.
[Chap. 31.
Names to be
restored to
eligible list.
191S, 160, § 2.
1919, 14, § 2.
1920, 219, § 2
Section 28. A person whose name is on any eligible list or register 1
of the division at the time of liis entering the military or naval ser\'ice of 2
the United States in time of war shall be suspended from such eligible 3
list or register; but upon his request, made at any time within two years 4
after his honorable discharge from such service, or release from active 5
duty therein, his name shall be restored thereto for the remainder of his 6
period of eligibility, provided that he files with the division the certifi- 7
cate of a registered physician that he is not physically disabled or in- 8
capacitated for the position. 9
1S84, 320, § 2:
R. L. 19, § 5.
1902, 308.
1915,6.
Recommenda-
tions and
report.
1884, 320, § 2.
R. L. 19, § 5.
1902, 308.
1915,6.
GENERAL POWERS.
Section 29. Records of the proceedings of the board and of the 1
commissioner, all recommendations of applicants and all applications 2
and examination papers, shall be kept on file. Said records and files 3
shall be open to public inspection under rules approved by the governor 4
and council. No applications, recommendations or examination papers 5
need be preser\ed for a longer period than three years. 6
Section 30. The commissioner shall recommend to the general 1
court appropriate legislation for the administration and improvement 2
of the civil service, and shall make an annual report containing any rules 3
adopted under this chapter. 4
City officers
to make
reports, etc.
Enforcement.
Penalty.
1906, 306.
Section 31. The officer or board having power in any city to ap- 1
point or employ persons in any department thereof to which this chap- 2
ter and the rules thereunder apply shall, within seven days after the 3
receipt of a written request therefor made by the commissioner, make, 4
and file with the auditor or oSicers whose duty it is to audit the accounts 5
of such appointing or employing officer or board, a report containing 6
the names of all persons who have been appointed or employed by such 7
appointing or employing officer or board or who ha\'e received pay or 8
rendered bills for services or labor rendered or performed during the 9
calendar month next preceding the date of the filing of such request. 10
Said report shall be made on oath, shall be open to public inspection in 1 1
the office of the auditor or auditing officers and shall contain the follow- 12
ing information: First, name of person appointed or employed, or render- 13
ing bill for ser\'ices or labor; second, nature and brief description of the 14
services or labor which such person has actually rendered or performed 15
during said month; third, title of the office or emploj-ment of such per- 16
son as stated in the pay rolls of the department; fourth, the regular 17
salary or wages of the appointee or employee; fifth, all other payments 18
of any kind made to the appointee or employee during said month; pro- 19
vided, that such appointing or employing officer or board shall not be 20
required to file more than one such report in any month. 21
The supreme judicial court by mandamus or other appropriate 22
remedy in law or in equity, upon suit or petition of the commissioner, 23
may compel any such appointing or employing officer or board in any 24
city, upon failure to make and file such report, to comply with this 25
section. 26
Every appointing or emplojang officer, or in the case of a board 27
every member thereof, who wilfully refuses or who neglects to comply 28
with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five 29
nor more than one hundred dollars. 30
Chap. 31.] civil .service. 137
1 Section 32. In any investigation or inquiry the commissioner, or Summoning
2 an associate commissioner, may summon witnesses, administer oaths, i89i, ilo'* °'
3 and take testimony. Fees for such witnesses shall be the same as for ^ ^ ^^' ^'
4 witnesses before the superior court and shall be paid from the appropria-
5 tion for incidental expenses.
INVESTIG.\TIONS.
1 Section 33. On request of any appointing power in respect to Commissioner
2 officers or employees by it appointed, the commissioner shall, and the S'tedaSed
3 commissioner may at any time without such request, inquire into the efficienc>^ 1*10.
4 efficiency and conduct of any officers or employees in the classified civil isie. 297, § 3.
5 ser\ace, and may recommend to the appointing power the remo\'al of any
6 such officers or employees, or make other appropriate recommendations.
1 Section 34. The commissioner may investigate in whole or in part May investi-
2 the classified civil service, and the work, duties and compensation of fer'vice'as'to
3 the officers and employees therein, and the number employed, and the penSionretc.
4 grades, titles, ratings and methods of promotion established, and may i9i6. 297. §3.
5 report thereon to the governor, or to the general court.
1 Section 35. The two preceding sections shall not apply to police- Exempti
2 men or firemen. me, 297. § 6.
lolicemen and
miscellaneous provisions.
1 Section 36. If an appointing officer, before a list of eligible ap- Provisional
2 pointees is established, appoints under provisional authority from the ofai'ie"n"to"'
3 commissioner a person not a citizen of the United States, he shall 19™!'^^).'^.'
4 discharge such person, and appoint another from the list when it is 223 Mass. 109.
5 established.
1 Section 37. On complaint by any citizen of the commonwealth of the Enforcement
2 employment of a non-citizen when there is a list of eligibles existing, the °l f/fe"!'""''
3 commissioner shall take steps to enforce the dismissal of such non-citizen 223^iilM'. 109.
4 and the appointment in his place of a person from the eligible list.
1 Section 38. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, a person is ap- Enforcement
2 pointed or employed in the classified public service in violation of any ruie"^" "'
3 provision of this chapter or any rule of the board, the commissioner shall, ^°l[ f ',"§ 34.
4 after written notice mailed to the appointing or employing officers, and ^^^°' ^^^
5 to such person, notify in writing the treasurer, auditor or other officer
6 whose duty it is to pay the salary or compensation of such person, or to
7 authorize the drawing, signing or issuing of the warrant therefor; and
8 the payment of any salary or compensation to such person shall cease
9 at the expiration of one week after the mailing of the notice to such treas-
10 urer, auditor or other officer, and no such officer shall pay any salary
11 or compensation to such person, or draw, sign or issue, or authorize the
12 drawing, signing or issuing of any warrant therefor, until the legality
13 of such appointment or employment is duly established.
1 Section 39. Any person found by the commissioner to be illegally Remedy by
2 appointed or employed may file a petition for a writ of mandamus in the ?inect Ta'ilry.
138
CIVIL SERVICE.
[ClL\P. 31.
1901, 512.
R. L. 19, § 34.
1910, 359.
229 Mass. 147.
supreme judicial or superior court to compel the commissioner to author- 3
ize such appointment or employment, and the payment of compensation 4
or salary therefor. At any time after the petition is filed the court, if of 5
opinion that there is reasonable doubt whether the appointment or em- 6
ployment of such person is in violation of the civil service law or rules, 7
may order that the compensation accruing to such person for services 8
actually rendered shall be paid to him until otherwise ordered by said 9
court. 10
Commissioner
to certify
laborer or
mechanic for
foreman.
1914, 479.
Section 40. If an appointing officer or board in applying for the cer- 1
tification of persons eligible for appointment as foreman or inspector 2
expresses a preference for persons having had experience in his depart- 3
ment, the commissioner shall so far as practicable include among those 4
certified the name of at least one person for each vacancy who is serving 5
as a laborer or mechanic in such department. 6
Qualificatior
of inspectors
of masonry.
1914, 640.
vSection 41. Persons employed by the commonwealth, or by any 1
county, city or town, as inspectors of masonry construction, shall have 2
had at least three years' practical experience in masonry construction, 3
but shall not be required to have technical knowledge as engineers, archi- 4
tects or draftsmen, unless they have other duties for which such knowledge 5
is necessary. This section shall apply only to persons whose principal 6
duty is the inspection of masonry construction, consisting of stone, brick 7
or substitutes therefor. 8
Appointment
of treasurers
and stewards
of state
institutions.
1918, 239.
Section 42. Appointments of treasurers and stewards in the insti- 1
tutional service of the commonwealth shall not be made from a civil 2
service list established by examination. Whenever a vacancy occurs 3
in the office of treasurer or steward at any institution of the common- 4
wealth, the appointing authority shall certify to the commissioner the 5
name of a person believed to be competent by reason of training and 6
experience to fill the vacancy, and shall give the commissioner such 7
information concerning the proposed appointee as he may reciuire. The 8
commissioner shall immediately make a careful inquiry into the quali- 9
fications of the proposed appointee under such rules as the board may, 10
with the approval of the governor and council, establish; and if he is 11
satisfied that the appointee is a competent person, with the requisite 12
qualifications, he shall notify the appointing authority that the appoint- 13
ment is approved, and upon receipt of such notice the appointment shall 14
take effect, subject to the provisions of law relating to the filing of bonds 15
by the treasurers of institutions. If the commissioner does not, within 16
thirty days after the appointee is certified to him, notify the appointing 17
authority of his approval, the appointment shall be void. 18
Removal, sus-
pension, reduc-
tion in grade,
or transfer.
1904, 314.
1905, 243, § 1.
1918, 247,
§§1,4.
187 Mass. 323.
190 Mass. 804.
196 Mass. 539.
199 Mass. 47.
201 Mass. 506.
202 Mass. 352.
204 Mass. 482.
Section 43. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every per- 1
son holding oflfice or employment in the classified public service of the 2
commonwealth, or of any county, city or town thereof, shall hold such 3
office or employment and shall not be removed therefrom, lowered in rank 4
or compensation or suspended, or without his consent transferred from 5
such office or employment to any other, except for just cause, and for 6
reasons specifically given him in writing within twenty-four hours after 7
such removal, suspension, transfer or lowering in rank or compensation. 8
Chap. 31.] civil service. 139
9 If within three days thereafter, the person sought to be removed, sus- 222 Mass. s.
10 pended, lowered or transferred shall so request in writing, he shall be IfsMass. 478.
11 given a public hearing in not less than three nor more than fourteen days log Hm- \^j
12 after the filing of the request, by the ofHcer or board whose action affected |3|^^^33 ^74
13 him as aforesaid, and he shall be allowed to answer the charges preferred 234 Mass^49i.
14 against him, either personally or by counsel, and shall be notified, in
15 writing within three days after the hearing, of the decision of such officer
16 or board. In default of such hearing, said person shall forthwith be re-
17 instated. A copy of said reasons, notice, answer and decision shall be
IS made a matter of public record in the department.
1 Section 44. Except as provided in section twenty-six, every police Removal,
2 officer holding an office classified under the civil service rules, in any transf°r'of °'
3 city, whether for a definite or stated term, or otherwise, shall hold such isgofsi?.''"
4 office continuously during good behavior, and shall not be removed ^904' iii^s'l'
5 therefrom, lowered in rank or compensation, or suspended, or without }go7'|72'
6 his consent transferred from such office or employment to any other, wis', 247;
7 except for just cause and for reasons specifically given in writing by the i87 Mass. 323.
8 removing officer or board within twenty-four hours after such removal, 196 MaS: 248^
9 suspension, transfer or lowering in rank or compensation; and every ioiMass. soe.
10 police officer sought to be so removed, lowered in rank or compensa- 202 Mass. 352.
11 tion, suspended or transferred shall be entitled to a public hearing, the 213 Mass. 1,
12 same in all respects as provided in the preceding section, including 22b Mass. 393,
13 notice of decision, reinstatement and record of proceedings. 221 Mass iso.
227 Mass. 116. 233 Mass. 174.
1 Section 45. Within thirty days after the hearing provided for in Review by
2 either of the two preceding sections, or after an order under section of"rem°ov?nE°°
3 twenty-six or action under section forty-six, the person so removed, igiT.W.
4 transferred or lowered in rank or compensation, or suspended, or whose }g}|' HJ'
5 office or position is abolished, except members of the police department of s?'3''4^.*2'57
6 Boston, the police of the metropoUtan district commission and the state §93.'
. .. . .. ... ..19195"! 50
7 poHce, may bring a petition in the district court of the judicial district §6;35d,
8 where such person resides, addressed to the justice of the court, praying Ip.'iss.^ '
9 that the action of the officer or board may be re\iewed by the court, and 213 Mass. 1,
10 after such notice to such officer or board as the court deems necessary, ^|° \ll^- J^^-
1 1 it shall review such action, hear the witnesses, and shall affirm the decision 222 Mass. 5
12 of the officer or board unless it shall appear that it was made without 228 Mass! 12.
13 proper cause or in bad faith, in which case said decision shall be reversed
14 and the petitioner be reinstated in his office without loss of compensation.
15 The decision of the coiu-t shall be final and conclusive upon the parties.
1 Section 46. Except as provided in section twenty-six, an officer or Removal, etc.,
2 employee of the state prison, of the reformatory for women, of the prison pHson officials.
3 camp and hospital, or of the Massachusetts reformatory, sought to be Jgjg; 3I0; 5 §3
4 removed, suspended, lowered in rank or compensation, or transferred,
5 shall be notified of the proposed action, and shall be furnished a copy of
6 the reasons therefor as required by section forty-three, and shall, if he so
7 requests in writing, be given a hearing before the commissioner of correc-
8 tion, and be allowed to answer any charges preferred against him, either
9 personally or by counsel. Said commissioner, after hearing the officer
10 preferring the charges, and the officer or employee in question, together
11 with such witnesses as either of the parties may produce, shall determine
12 whether or not the reasons for such proposed removal, suspension, lower-
140
CIVIL SERVICE.
[ClIAP. 31.
ing in rank or compensation, or transfer, are just and sufficient, and shall 1.3
certify his finding to the head of the institution in which such officer or 14
employee is employed, who shall, if the reasons given have been sustained 15
by the finding, forthwith remove from office or emplojTnent, suspend, 16
lower in rank or compensation, or transfer the officer or employee in 17
question, subject to the right of judicial review provided by the preceding 18
section. If said commissioner finds that such reasons are not just and 19
sufficient, the head of the institution in which the officer or employee is 20
employed shall continue him in service or, if he has temporarily been sus- 21
pended, shall forthwith restore him to duty or to his original rank or 22
compensation, as the case may be. A copy of the reasons, notice, answer, 23
finding, and order of removal, suspension, lowering in rank or compensa- 24
tion, or transfer, shall, in each case, be filed in the office of the division 25
and made a matter of public record. 26
Application
of chapter.
1894, 267.
1896, 449.
R. L. 19, § 36.
1902. 544, § 3.
201 Mass. 506.
APPLICATION OF LAW TO CITIES AND TOWNS.
Section 47. This chapter shall continue in force in all the cities of 1
the commonwealth and in all towns of more than twelve thousand 2
inliabitants wliich have accepted corresponding pro\'isions of earlier laws, 3
and shall be in force in all such towns which hereafter accept it by vote 4
at a town meeting. The provisions of this chapter and the rules estab- 5
lished under it relative to employment of laborers designated as the 6
"labor service" shall not be in force in any city of less than one hundred 7
thousand inhabitants, which has not heretofore accepted the correspond- 8
ing provisions of earlier laws, until said provisions are accepted by the 9
city council. 10
Application to
police, etc., of
certain towns.
1901, 78.
R. L. 19, § 37.
Section 48. A town which has not accepted this chapter or the 1
corresponding provisions of earlier laws may accept this section as to 2
its regular or permanent police and fire forces, or as to either of them. 3
Acceptance as to the fire force shall include regular members, and may 4
include call members, and a town which has accepted this section or 5
the corresponding pro\dsions of earlier laws as to regular firemen may 6
afterward accept it as to call firemen. In a town which accepts this 7
section by vote of the town at a town meeting, or has accepted corre- 8
sponding provisions of earlier laws, as to any or all of said forces, the 9
members of the forces to which the acceptance relates shall be subject to 10
this chapter and the rules made hereunder, and shall hold office until their 11
death, resignation or removal; but members in office at the time of such 12
acceptance shall continue in office without examination or reappointment. 13
Application to
chiefs of
police, etc.,
of certain
cities and
towns.
1911,468.
191S, 291, § 22.
213 Mass. 1.
229 Mass. 147.
Section 49. This chapter and the rules made hereunder shall apply 1
to superintendents, chiefs of police and chief marshals in cities which 2
have accepted chapter four hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nine- 3
teen hundred and eleven in the manner therein provided, and in towns 4
which have a police force subject to this chapter, and which have ac- 5
cepted said chapter four hundred and sixty-eight, or accept this section, 6
bv vote at an annual town meeting. 7
Existing special SECTION 50. Nothing in this chapter shall repeal, amend or affect 1
affected. any spccial provision of law relative to any city or town, or extend to 2
any city or town any provision of law to which it is not now subject. 3
Chap. 32.]
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS.
141
1 Section 51. Whoever makes an appointment or employs any person Penalty for
2 in \'iolation of any provision of this chapter, or the rules made thereunder, STs^chapter
3 or whoever refuses or neglects to comply with any of such provisions iss4!'320, § 24.
4 or rules, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor Jfgg; jj^; 1 7;
5 more than one thousand dollars, unless some other penalty is specifically f^^- l^^^i
6 provided. lois, 257, § 94.- 1919,5. 1920,2. 192 Mass. 299.
REFERENCES.
Women police officers, Chap. 41, § 97.
§ 5. Additional exemption: physicians, pathologists and psychiatrists of the de-
partment of mental diseases. Chap. 19, § 4.
CHAPTER 32
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS.
Sect.
state retirement system.
1. Definitions.
2. State retirement association.
3. Certain duties of the Ijoard of retire-
ment.
4. Creation of the retirement fund.
5. Administration of funds.
RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS.
6. Definitions.
7. Teachers' retirement association.
8. Certain duties of the retirement board.
9. Funds of retirement system.
10. Retiring allowances.
11. Same subject.
12. Duties of school committees.
13. Trustees of certain schools.
14. Treasurers of cities and towns, duties
of.
15. Membership in other retirement asso-
ciations.
16. Reimbursement of cities and towns.
17. Referendum and repeal.
IS. Certain sections not applicable to
Boston.
19. Persons employed in the public schools
and also by the commonwealth.
COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
20. Definitions.
21. Establishment of retirement system.
22. The retirement association.
23. The board of retirement.
24. Creation of the retirement fund.
25. Administration of funds.
Sect.
retirement systems for cities amd
TOWNS.
26. Definitions.
27. Establishment of retirement system.
2S. The retirement association.
29. The board of retirement.
30. Creation of the retirement fund.
31. Administration of funds.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
32. Certificates of membership. Policies.
33. Payments to estates of deceased
members.
34. Supervision by commissioner of in-
surance.
35. Violations of state or teachers' retire-
ment law or rules.
36. Violations of county or municipal re-
tirement law or rules.
37. Exemption from taxation, attachments
and assignments.
38. Jurisdiction of superior court.
PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS FOR PROVIDING
PENSIONS.
39. Association for providing pensions.
40. By-laws and statements.
41. Exemption from taxation, attachments
and assignments.
MUNICIPAL PENSIONS FOB TE.ICHERS.
42. Municipal pensions for teachers.
43. Same subject.
MUNICIPAL PENSIONS FOR SCHOOL JANITORS.
44. Municipal pensions for school janitors.
45. Same subject.
142
STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
[Chap. 32.
Sect.
pensions for prison employees.
46. Pensions for prison employees.
47. Computation of time of service.
4S. Amount of pension.
VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
49. Veterans in service of commonwealth.
50. Veterans in scr\'ice of county.
51. Veterans in service of soldiers' home.
52. Veterans in municipal service.
5.3. Veterans employed jointly by twotowns.
54. Acceptance of two preceding sections.
55. Acceptance subject to mayor's veto.
VETERANS OF SPANISH AND WORLD WARS.
56. Retirement if incapacitated.
57. Same subject.
5S. Retirement after thirty years* service.
59. Retiring authority.
60. Acceptance of four preceding sections,
etc.
PENSIONS FOR JUSTICES AND COURT OF-
FICERS.
61. Pensions for justices and judges of
supreme, superior, probate and land
courts.
62. Same subject.
63. Same subject.
64. Justices of municipal court of Boston.
65. Justices of district courts.
66. Pensions for court officers.
67. Expenses.
PENSIONS FOR STATE POLICE.
68. Pensions for state police.
PENSIONS FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE.
69. Pensions for permanent members.
70. Pensions for call officers.
71. Annuities to families.
Sect.
72. Appropriations for pensions, etc.
73. Law as to removal not applicable.
PENSIONS FOR SCRUB WOMEN.
74. Scrub women in state house.
PENSIONS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS.
75. Pensions for probation officers.
76. Amount of pension.
PENSIONS FOR LABORERS.
77. Pensions for laborers.
78. Laborers in fire or water districts.
79. Existing pensions.
PENSIONS FOR FIREMEN IN CITIES.
SO. Pensions for firemen.
81. Amount of pension.
82. Pensions for call members.
PENSIONS FOR POLICE AND FIREMEN.
53. Pensions for police in cities.
54. Retirement of injured police officers in
cities and towns having no pension
systems.
So. Pensions for policemen and firemen in
towns.
86. Police pensioners accepting other em-
ployment not to draw pension.
87. Payments to families of policemen
killed while on duty.
88. Pensions to families of policemen, fire-
men, etc., in certain towns.
89. Annuities to families of policemen in
certain cities.
90. Aged police officers not subject to
certain laws.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
91. Pensioners not to be paid for services.
92. No interest in a pension to be pledged,
etc.
93. 1919, 350, not to affect pensions.
Definitions.
1911,532, § 1.
1912, .363, § 1.
1914,568.
191,5.198, § 1.
1919,94; 350,
§64.
1920, 535.
ST.\TE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Section 1. In sections one to five, inclusive, unless the context other- 1
\vi.se requires, the following words shall have the following meanings: 2
"Annuities", the payments for life derived from contributions of 3
members; • 4
"Association", the retirement association provided by section two; 5
"Board", the board of retirement specified in section three; 6
"Employees", permanent and regular employees in the direct service 7
of the commonwealth or in the service of the metropolitan district com- 8
mission, whose sole or principal employment is in such service; 9
"Pensions", the payments for life, derived from money contributed 10
by the commonwealth; 11
"Regular interest", interest at three per cent per annum, compounded 12
semi-annually on the last days of December and June, and reckoned 13
for full three and six months' periods only; 14
Chap. 32.] state retike.ment system. 143
15 "Retirement system" or "system", the arrangements provided for
16 the payment of annuities and pensions;
17 The words "continuous service" shall mean uninterrupted employ-
18 ment, but a lay-off on account of illness or reduction of force, and a
19 leave of absence, suspension or dismissal, followed by reinstatement
20 within two years shall not be considered as breaking the continuity of
21 service; provided, that in the case of employees engaged in the military
22 or naval service of the United States or of nations associated with the
23 United States in the world war such reinstatement may occur at any
24 time within two years after discharge from such service or release from
25 active duty therein. As to appointees of the sergeant-at-arms the interval
2() between sessions of the general court shall not be considered as breaking
27 the continuity of service. Engineers and inspectors in the intermittent
28 service of the commonwealth shall not lose the benefit of continuity
29 of service in the intervals between employments, and for the purpose of
30 computation, cumulative credit shall be given them for all periods of
31 employment in the service of the commonwealth as shown by the records
32 of the division of civil service.
33 In the case of employees of any department or institution formerly
34 administered by a city, county or corporation, and later taken over by
35 the commonwealth, service rendered prior to such transfer shall be
3(3 counted as a part of a continuous service.
37 In the case of employees who before entering the service of the com-
38 monwealth had been regularly employed as teachers in public schools, as
39 defined by section six, all periods of such employment rendered prior to
40 July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, shall be counted as a part of
41 a continuous service; provided, that this paragraph shall not apply to
42 employees entering the service of the commonwealth after July first,
43 nineteen hundred and fourteen, who are not members of the teachers'
44 retirement association mentioned in section seven.
45 Any member of the association who shall have withdrawn from the
46 service of the commonwealth or metropolitan district after June first,
47 nineteen hundred and twelve, on being re-employed in such service
48 within two years, may be reinstated in said association in accordance with
49 such rules for reinstatement as the board shall adopt, and when so re-
50 instated the period of such withdrawal shall not operate to break the
51 continuity of service, but shall not be counted as service. All periods
52 of active service for the commonwealth or metropolitan district rendered
53 prior to June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, by members of the
54 association shall be a part of their continuous service, and for the purpose
55 of computing the accumulation for the pension for such service, regular
56 interest as defined in this section shall be allowed for all periods that
57 are to be counted as service.
1 Section 2. There shall be a retirement association for the employees state retire-
2 of the commonwealth, including employees in the service of the metro- J^on* °^^°''^'
3 politan district commission, organized as follows: I9i2,'363;| 1;
4 (1) All persons who are now members of the state retirement asso- JgJg'IJ®-
5 elation established on June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be §§ i. 3. '
^ L xL i! 1918,257,
0 members thereof. §§ loi, 102,
7 (2) All persons who are members of the teachers' retirement associa- 1919,5.
8 tion at the time of entering the service of the commonwealth, and persons 4io°'§f '1, 5. '
9 who were or are in the employment of a department or institution for- '^^i^j ^;
10 merly administered by a city, county or corporation when taken over
(1918) 55.
144 STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. [Ch.\P. 32.
by the commonwealth shall become members of the association, irrespec- 1 1
tive of age, but no such person shall remain in the service of the com- 12
monwealth after reaching the age of seventy. Except as proNided in 13
paragraph (3) all other persons who enter the service of the common- 14
wealth hereafter shall, upon completing ninety days of service, become 15
thereby members of the association, except that such persons over fifty- 16
five shall not be allowed to become members of the association, and no 17
such person shall remain in the service of the commonwealth after reach- 18
ing the age of seventy. 19
Ch3.A.G.(i920) ^^^ -jyj^ oflScer elected by popular vote shall be a member of the as- 20
sociation, nor any employee who is or will be entitled to a non-contribu- 21
tory pension from the commonwealth; but if such employee leaves a 22
position for which such a pension is provided, before becoming entitled 23
thereto, and takes a position to which this section applies, he shall 24
thereupon become a member of the association. 25
*0p-A<2- (4) Any member who reaches the age of sixty and has been in the 26
Op. A. G. continuous service of the commonwealth for a period of fifteen years 27
immediately precedmg may retire or be retired by the board upon 28
recommendation of the head of the department in which he is em- 29
ployed, or, in case of members appointed by the governor, upon recom- 30
mendation of the governor and council, and any member who reaches 31
the age of seventy must so retire. 32
(5) Any member M-ho has completed a period of thirty-five years of 33
continuous service may retire, or may be retired at any age by the 34
board upon recommendation of the head of the department in which 35
he is employed, if such action be deemed advisable for the good of the 36
service. 37
(6) Employees who are paid partly by tlie commonwealth and partly 38
by a county having a retirement system shall be enrolled as members of 39
the association. Such employees shall be assessed on their full wages or 40
salaries, and the assessments on the part of such wages or salaries paid 41
by the county shall be deducted by the county treasurer and turned 42
over by him to the fund of the association. When any such employee 43
is retired under this paragraph, the state treasurer shall be reimbursed 44
out of the county treasury for a part of the pension payments to such 45
employee equivalent to the amount of the annuity payable on the 46
assessments on that part of his wages or salary paid by the county which 47
was deducted and turned over to the fund of the association in the 48
manner hereinbefore provided. 49
(7) All persons except teachers employed in the training schools 50
maintained and controlled by the department of education in buildings 51
owned by the commonwealth shall be considered employees of the 52
commonwealth. 53
(8) Any member, after fifteen years of continuous service, may be 54
retired for permanent disability at a yearly rate of not more than one 55
half of his salary, based on the average annual rate of salary received 56
during the last ten years of service; provided, that the minimum amount 57
be not less than three hundred dollars, and the board may call upon the 58
chief surgeon of the land forces of the commonwealth, or, if he is absent 59
or unable to act, may employ a physician to assist it in determining the 60
degree of disability. The decision of the board shall be final. 61
(9) A paid fish and game warden who is a member and is permanently 62
incapacitated, mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through 63
Chap. 32.] state retirement system. 145
64 no fault of his own while in the actual performance of his duty, from
65 the further performance of such duty, may be retired, irrespective of
66 age and of his period of service, and shall receive yearly payments as
67 follows: (a) An annuity at his age nearest birthday, as provided by
68 section five (2) B (a) ; (6) Such a pension from the commonwealth that
69 the sum of the annuity and pension shall equal one half of the annual
70 salary received by him at the time when the injury was received. A
71 person retired under this paragraph shall not receive from the common-
72 wealth any other sum by way of annuity or pension.
73 Application for disability retirement hereunder shall be made in
74 writing within two years after the date of the applicant's last salary
75 payment, and pension and annuity payments granted under this para-
' 70 graph shall be payable only from the date of receipt by the board of
77 such application. The board may employ a physician to assist it in
78 determining the degree of disability, and its decision shall be final.
1 Section 3. (1) The retirement system shall be managed by the Certain duties
2 board of retirement provided in section eighteen of chapter ten. ^etiremen"
3 (2) Subject to the approval of the board the state treasurer shall have \l\l' ^If 1 1
4 custody of the funds of the system and any and all unappropriated P/03^^^'
5 income thereof, and shall invest and reinvest the same when not re- l^W^-p-
^.,„ ... . , ., ... 350, § 4d.
6 quired tor current disbursements, in accordance with section tiiirty- 1920,2.
7 eight of chapter twenty-nine.
8 (3) The board may make by-laws and regulations consistent with
9 law.
10 (4) It shall determine the percentage of wages or salary that em-
it ployees shall contribute to the fund, subject to the minimum and maxi-
12 mum percentages, and may classify employees for the purposes of the
13 system and establish difl'erent rates of contribution for dift'erent classes
14 within the prescribed limits.
15 (5) The board shall file in the office of the commissioner of insurance,
16 annually on or before the fifteenth day of February, unless for cause
17 shown the commissioner shall extend the time, a sworn statement show-
18 ing the financial condition of the system on the thirty-first day of the
19 preceding December and its financial transactions for the year ending
20 thereon. The statement shall be in the form, and shall give the details,
21 prescribed by the commissioner. Subject to the same conditions and
22 requirements, the state treasurer shall file a sworn statement showing
23 the financial condition of the system on said day.
1 Section 4. The funds of the retirement system shall be raised as Creation of
^ « ,1 * the retirement
2 follows: fund.
(1) Expense and Co?iti7iqent Fund. i9io!i98;§2!
11 II • f 1 1918.257,
3 Such amount as the general court may annually appropriate for the 5 iw.
4 purpose of defraying the entire expense of administration according to ii32o;2!
5 estimates prepared by the state treasurer shall constitute an expense and
6 contingent fund.
(2) Annuity and Pension Fund.
7 A. Deposits by Members. — Each member shall deposit in this fund
8 from his salary or wages, as often as the same are payable, not less than
9 one nor more than five per cent thereof, as determined by the board
10 under section three (4); provided, that employees who receive more
146 STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. [ChAP. 32.
than thirty dollars weekly in salary or wages shall not be assessed for 11
contribution to this fund on the excess above that amount. 12
Members of the teachers' retirement association, described in section 13
seven, who enter the service of the commonwealth shall have the full 14
amount of their contributions, with interest thereon as determined by 15
the teachers' retirement board, transferred by the state treasurer to the 16
retirement fund provided by this section, and these amounts shall 17
thereby become a part of their deposits. 18
B. Contributions of the Comvionwcalth. — The commonwealth shall 19
contribute as follows: 20
(a) Each month, such amount as the board may determine to be 21
necessary to pav current pensions for subsequent service under section 22
five {2) C (a). ^ 23«
(b) Each year, such amount as is necessary to guarantee regular 24
interest and make good any deficiency in the annuity fund as of the 25
preceding thirty-first day of December. 26
(c) Each month, such amount as the board may determine to be 27
necessary to pav current pensions for prior service under section five 28
(2) Cib). ' _ 29
(d) Each month, such amount as the board may determine to be 30
necessary to insure the minimum payments provided for in section 31
five (2) E, and also the pa^inents provided for in section two (9) (6). 32
(5) Provision for Payments.
All amounts payable by members of the association under paragraph 33
{2) A of this section shall be deducted by the commonwealth from the 34
amounts payable to them as salary or wages as often as the same are 35
payable, and shall immediately be credited to the retirement fund by 36
the state treasurer. 37
ofh!ifdl"''*'°° Section 5. The state treasurer shall administer the funds of the 1
1912' 363' 1 4' system in accordance with the following plan: 2
1913', 63, '§ 1;'
1914,582, (/) Expense and Contingent Fund.
1916' 164' 1 2' The fund provided for by section four {!) shall be used, so far as 3
1918', 25?; ■ necessary, for the payment of the expenses of administration. Any 4
1919, 5. unused portion shall be repaid into the treasury of the commonwealth. 5
§1^2-4^;' 539. If the amount appropriated for the ex-pense and contingent fund in any 6
year should prove insufficient, the general court shall appropriate in-the 7
following year an additional sum to cover the deficit. 8
{2) Annuity and Pension Funds.
Op. A.G. (1918) ^_ Refunds. — (a) Should a member of the association enter a position 9
Op.A.G.(i920) in the service of the commonwealth not covered by sections one to five, 10
inclusive, or cease to be an employee of the commonwealth for any 11
cause other than death, or for the purpose of entering the service of the 12
public schools as defined in section six, before becoming entitled to a 13
pension, there shall be refunded to him all the money paid in by him 14
under section foiu- {2) A, with such interest as shall have been earned 15
thereon. 16
(6) Should a member of the association die before becoming entitled 17
to a pension, there shall, subject to section thirty-three, be paid to his 18
Chap. 32.] state retirement system. 147
19 legal representatives all the money paid in by him under section four
20 (2) A, with such interest as shall have been earned on such deposits.
21 B. Annuities from Emj^loyees' Deposits. — Any member who reaches
22 the age of sixty and has been in the continuous service of the common-
23 wealth for fifteen years immediately preceding and then or thereafter
24 retires or is retired, any member who retires or is retired at the age of
25 seventy, and any member who is retired for the good of the service under
26 section two (5), shall recei\e an annuity to which the sum of his deposits
27 under section four (2) A, with such interest as shall have been earned
28 thereon, shall entitle him, according to the tables adopted by the board,
29 in one of the following forms:
30 (a) A life annuity, payable monthly.
31 (b) A life annuity, payable monthly, with the provision that in the
32 event of the death of the annuitant before receiving annuity payments
33 equal to the sum, at the date of his retirement, of his deposits under
34 section four (2) A with such interest as shall have been earned thereon,
35 the difference shall be paid to his legal representatives; provided, that
36 this form of annuity shall not be paid unless the amount of his accumu-
37 lations will provide an annuity of one hundred dollars or more.
38 C. Pensions derived from Contributions by the Commonwealth. — (a)
39 Pensions based upon subsequent service. Any member entitled to an
40 annuity under paragraph {2) B of this section shall receive in addition
41 thereto a pension for life, payable monthly, equivalent to that annuity
42 to which he would be entitled if his annuity were figured under {2) B (a)
43 of this section, to be paid out of the fund contributed by the common-
44 wealth under section four {2) B (a). In computing the pension for
45 subsecjuent service of any member who has left a position in the service
46 of the commonwealth for which a non-contributory pension is provided
47 to take a position subject to sections one to five, inclusive, he shall be
48 credited with regular accumulated contributions to the annuity fund
49 during his period of service in said former position since June first,
50 nineteen hundred and twelve.
51 (b) Pensions based upon prior service. Any member of the associa-
52 tion who reaches the age of sixty and has been in the continuous service
53 of the commonwealth for fifteen years or more immediately preceding
54 and then or thereafter retires or is retired, and any member who com-
55 pletes thirty-five years of continuous service and then or thereafter
56 retires or is retired, shall receive, in addition to the annuity and pension
57 provided for by paragraphs (2) B and (2) C (a) of this section, an extra
58 pension for life as large as the amount of the annuity and pension to
59 which he might have acquired a claim if the retirement system had
60 been in operation at the time when he entered the service of the com-
61 monwealth, and if accordingly he had paid regular contributions from
62 that date to June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, at the same rate
63 as that first adopted by the board, and if such deductions had been
64 accumulated with regular interest.
65 The pension for prior service under (2) C (b) of tliis section of any
66 person becoming a member of the association under chapter three
67 hundred and ten of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen or chap-
68 ter one hundred and sixtj'-four of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
69 dred and si.xteen shall not be based upon or include any allowance for
70 the time between June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the date
71 when such person became a member of the association.
148 STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. [ChaP. 32.
If any employee is paid partly by the commonwealth and partly by 72
a county having a retirement system, or has rendered service in the 73
past both for the commonwealth and for such county, all of his con- 74
tinuous service rendered either for the commonwealth or for the county 75
before June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be counted as 76
part of his prior ser^'ice for the purposes of this section. 77
Where members of the association are husband and wife, if one of 78
the two retires or is retired the other may also retire, and shall be paid 79
a retiring allowance proportionate to the amount of his accumulated 80
contributions to date, or, in case the allowance thus calculated is less 81
than the minimum allowance hereinafter provided for, shall be paid 82
that sum annually. 83
If the accumulated contributions of any employee retired under 84
sections one to five, inclusive, exceed the amount required to provide 85
an annuity equal to one fom-th of the average annual rate of wages or 86
salary of such employee during the last five years prior to his retire- 87
ment, the excess above that amount shall be paid to such employee in 88
a lump sum with the first monthly payment on the account of his retiring 89
allowance. 90
Any employee who had already reached the age of fiftj'-five on June 91
first, nineteen hundred and twelve, and who also had become a member 92
of the association, may be retired under the first paragraph of (2) C (b) 93
of this section without having completed the otherwise required service 94
period of fifteen years. In computing any pension payable for prior 95
service, the board may estimate, on a basis determined by it, the wages 96
received at any period for which they may deem it impracticable to 97
consult the original records. 98
Any employee not a member of the association who had already 99
reached the age of fifty-five on June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, 100
may be retired at any time, and shall be paid a pension equivalent to 101
the minimum payment hereinafter provided for. 102
(c) Any member entitled to retirement under sections one to five, 103
inclusive, whose continuous employment for the commonwealth began 104
at the time a department or institution formerly administered by a city, 105
county, or corporation was taken over by the commonwealth shall receive 106
at retirement in addition to the pension payable under paragraph (2) 107
C (b) of this section an extra pension for life equal to the annuity he lOS
would have purchased under paragraph {2) B (a) of this section by five 109
per cent contributions from the salary paid to him by the department 110
or institution from June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, up to the 111
date of membership in the retirement association if such contribu- 112
tions had been accumulated with regular interest to the date of his 113
retirement. 114
D. Application of Surplus. — Subject to the approval of the com- 115
missioner of insurance the board may determine the application of any 116
surplus. 117
E. Minimum and Maximum Payments. — In no case shall a member 1 18
be retired at a rate less than three hundred dollars per year, or at a 119
rate more than one half the average annual rate of his salary or wages 120
during the five years prior to retirement. 121
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RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS.
1 Section 6. In sections seven to nineteen, inclusive, unless the con- Definitions.
2 text otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following ml'. Is?! 1 1"
3 meanings: I9i7,233,u.
4 "Annuities", payments for life derived from contributions of
5 members;
6 "Annuities-certain", payments for a definite number of years only,
7 derived from contributions of members, and the number of years during
8 which payments shall be made shall be determined by the retirement
9 board;
10 "Annuity fund", the fund provided in section nine (2);
11 "Assessments", the annual payments to the annuity fund by
12 members;
13 "Association", the teachers' retirement association provided in sec-
14 tion seven;
15 "Board", the teachers' retirement board specified in section eight;
16 "Expense fund", the fund provided in section nine (1);
17 "Pensions", payments for life, derived from contributions of the
18 commonwealth;
19 "Pension fund", the fund provided in section nine (3);
20 "Public school", any day school conducted in the commonwealth
21 under the superintendence of a duly elected school committee, also
22 any day school conducted under sections one to twenty-foiu", inclusive,
23 of chapter seventy-four;
24 "Regular interest", interest at the rate determined by the retire-
25 ment board, which shall be substantially that which is actually earned
26 compounded annually on the last day of December;
27 "Retirement system" or "system", the arrangement provided for
28 payment of annuities and pensions to teachers;
29 "School year", the twelve months beginning July first in any year
30 and ending June thirtieth next;
31 "Teacher", any teacher, principal, supervisor or superintendent 3 op. a. g.
32 employed by a school committee or board of trustees in a public day *'''''
33 school in the commonwealth.
1 Section 7. There shall be a teachers' retirement association organ- Teachers-
2 ized as follows: ^^S^.
3 (1) All persons now members of the teachers' retirement association Jgu'fgf'^^'
4 established on July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, shall be mem- §| i'2- ', ,
5, , „ 191h, 54. § 1.
bers thereor. 1919. 292, § is.
6 (2) All teachers hereafter entering the service of the public schools (i9i8)'si'.
7 for the first time shall thereby become members of the association.
8 (3) Any teacher who entered the service of the public schools before
9 July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, who has not become a member
10 of the association, may hereafter, before attaining the age of seventy,
11 upon written application to the board, become a member of the associa-
12 tion by paying an amount equal to the total assessments, together with
13 regular interest thereon, which he would have paid if he had joined the
14 association on September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.
15 (4) Teachers in training schools maintained and controlled by the
16 department of education shall be considered as public school teachers
17 under sections seven to nineteen, inclusive, and such a teacher upon
150 RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS. [ClLiP. 32.
becoming a member of the association shall thereafter pay assessments 18
based upon his total salary including the part paid by the common- 19
wealth; provided, that the total assessments shall not exceed one hundred 20
dollars in any year. Such assessments shall be deducted in accordance 21
with rules prescribed by the board. This paragraph shall not apply to 22
teachers regularly employed in the normal schools and therefore subject 23
to sections one to five, inclusive, although they devote a part of their 24
time to training school work. 25
Certain duties
of the ret
Section 8. (1) The retirement system shall be managed by the 1
Kis, 83?§ 4 teachers' retirement board provided in section sixteen of chapter fifteen. 2
1919^355; §61. ^2) The board may make by-laws and regulations consistent with 3
law. 4
(3) The board shall provide for the payment of retirement allowances 5
and the other expenditures required by sections seven to nineteen, 6
inclusive. 7
(4) The board shall adopt for the retirement system one or more 8
mortality tables, and shall determine what rates of interest shall be 9
established in connection therewith, and may later modify such tables 10
or prescribe other tables to represent more accurately the ex-pense of 11
the system, or may change such rates of interest, and may determine 12
the application of the changes made. 13
(5) The board shall perform such other functions as are required to 14
comply with sections seven to nineteen, inclusive. 15
meStsyftem'''^ SECTION 9. The fuuds of the systcm shall consist of an expense 1
1915; fg?: 1 1: fu"*^- ^^ annuity fund and a pension fund. 2
1918:257; (1) The expense fund shall consist of such amounts as shall annually 3
1919,5. ' be appropriated by the general court, on estimates submitted by the 4
' ■ board, to defray the expenses of administration, exclusive of the pay- 5
ment of retirement allowances. 6
(2) The annuity fund shall consist of assessments paid by members 7
and interest derived from investments of the annuity fund. Each 8
member shall pay into the annuity fund, by deduction from his salary 9
in the manner provided in section twelve (5), such assessments upon 10
his salary as may be determined by the board. The rate of assessment 11
shall be established by the board on the first day of July of each year 12
after a prior notice of at least three months, and shall at any given 13
time be uniform for all members of the association, and shall not be 14
less than three nor more than seven per cent of the member's salary; 15
provided, that when the total sum of assessments on the salary of any 16
member at the rate established by the board would amount to more 17
than one hundred dollars or less than thirty-five dollars for a full school 18
year, such member shall in lieu of assessments at the regular rate be 19
assessed at the rate of one hundred dollars a year or thirty-five dollars 20
a year, payable in equal instalments, to be assessed for the number of 21
months during which the schools of the community in which such 22
member is employed are commonly in session. Any member who shall 23
for thirty years have paid regular assessments to the annuity fund 24
shall be exempt from further assessments; but such member may there- 25
after, if he so elects, continue to pay his assessments to the fund. No 26
member, however, shall pay further assessments after the total sum 27
Ch.\P. 32.] RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS. 151
28 of assessments paid by him shall have amounted, with regular interest,
29 to a simi sufficient to purchase under section ten (.3) (a) an annuity of
30 five hundred dollars at age sixty, and interest thereafter accruing shall
31 be paid to the member on his retirement.
32 (3) The pension fund shall consist of such amounts as shall be ap-
33 propriated by the general court from time to time, on estimates sub-
34 mitted by the board, for the purpose of paying pensions to teachers.
35 (4) Members of the state retirement association, provided in section
36 two, who enter the service of the public schools shall have the full
37 amount of their contributions, together with such interest as shall
38 have been earned thereon, transferred by the state treasurer to the
39 annuity fund established by paragraph (2) of this section, and these
40 amounts shall thereby become a part of their assessments.
1 Section 10. (1) Any member of the association shall, on written ap- Retiring
2 plication to the board, be retired from service in the public schools on i9i3^"83T§ 6.
3 attaining the age of sixty, or at any time thereafter. If in the opinion ]l\^[ lUi 1 2
4 of the employing school committee any member who has attained said }g}g' |p' ^ -■
5 age is incapable of rendering satisfactory service as a teacher, he may, ||,y j"''^-
6 with the approval of the board, be retired by such committee. If he 1920! 2- 49:
7 is not employed by a school committee, he may be so retired by his
8 employer.
9 (2) Any member, on attaining the age of seventy, shall be retired
10 from service in the public schools at the end of the school year in which
11 said age is attained, but any member attaining that age in July, August
12 or September shall then be retired.
13 (3) A member, after his retirement under paragraph (1) or (2) of this
14 section, shall be entitled to receive from the annuity fund, as he shall
15 elect at the time of his retirement, on the basis of tables adopted by
16 the board: (a) an annuity, payable in quarterly payments, to which
17 the sum of his assessments under section nine (2), with regular interest
18 thereon, shall entitle him; or (6) an annuity of less amount, as deter-
19 mined by the board for the annuitants electing such option, payable in
20 quarterly payments, with the pro\ision that if the annuitant dies before
21 receiving annuity payments equal to the amount used to purchase the
22 annuity, the difference shall be paid to his estate.
23 (4) Any member receiving payments of an annuity as provided in
24 paragraph (3) of this section, if not rendered ineligible therefor by section
25 fifteen, shall receive with each quarterly payment of his annuity an
26 amount from the pension fund, as directed by the board, equal to the
27 quarterly annuity payment to which he woidd be entitled if his annuity
28 were figiu-ed under clause (a) of paragraph (3) of this section.
29 (5) Any member who served as a regular teacher in the public schools
30 prior to July first, nineteen hmidred and fourteen, and who has served
31 fifteen years or more in the public schools, not less than five of which
32 shall immediately precede retirement, on retiring as provided in para-
33 graph (1) or (2) of this section, shall be entitled to receive a retirement
34 allowance as follows: (0) such annuity and pension as may be due
35 under paragraphs (3) and (4) of this section; {b) an additional pension
36 to such an amount that the sum of this additional pension and the pen-
37 sion provided in paragraph (4) of this section shall equal the pension to
38 which he would have been entitled under sections seven to nineteen, in-
39 elusive, if he had paid thirty assessments based on his average yearly rate
152 RETIREMf:NT SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS. [ChAP. 32.
of salary for the five years immediately preceding hid retirement, at the 40
rate of assessment in effect at that time, and his account had been annu- 41
ally credited with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum; pro- 42
vided, that if his term of service in the commonwealth shall have been 43
over thirty years, the thirty assessments, with interest as provided above, 44
shall be credited with interest at the rate of four per cent, compounded 45
annually for each year of service in excess of thirty; but the assumed 46
accumulation of assessments with interest under this paragraph shall 47
not exceed the aniount which at the age of sixty and in accordance with 48
clause (fl) of paragraph (3) of this section will purchase an annuity of 49
five hundred dollars, and the minimum pension shall be of such an amount 50
that the annual pension, plus the annual amount which would have been 51
])aid from the annuity fund if the member had chosen an annuity com- 52
puted under clause (3) (a) of this section, shall be four hundred dollars. 53
If a member is at any time eligible to retire and receive a pension computed 54
under this paragraph, he shall receive upon retirement a pension com- 55
puted hereunder without the necessity of five years of continuous service 56
preceding retirement. 57
(6) If at any time it is impossible or impracticable to consult the 5(S
original records as to wages received by a member during any period, 59
the board shall determine the pension to be paid under clause (b) of para- 60
graph (5) of this section in accordance with the evidence it may be able to 61
obtain. 62
(7) In determining the retiring allowance of a member of the asso- 63
elation who was regularly employed by the commonwealth prior to June 64
first, nineteen hundred and twelve, or as a teacher in the public schools 65
prior to July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, credit shall be given 66
in the manner provided for by paragraph (5) of this section for all periods 67
of employment by the commonwealth and of service as a teacher in the 68
public schools, if such service is fifteen years or more, not less than five 69
of which shall immediately precede retirement; provided, that this 70
paragraph shall not apply to any person who had the option of joining 71
the state retirement association and did not become a member thereof. 72
Such rules as the board may adopt under paragraph (3) of section eleven 73
shall apply to a person becoming a member thereof after July first, nine- 74
teen hundred and twenty, who shall have withdrawn any sum from the 75
state retirement association. 76
(S) Any member of the association whose employment by the com- 77
monwealth and service in the public schools amount to twenty or more 78
years, the last five years of which are consecutive, and who, before at- 79
taining the age of sixty, becomes permanently incapable of rendering 80
satisfactory service as a teacher by reason of physical or mental disability, 81
may, with the approval of the board, be retired by the employing school 82
committee or other employer as provided in paragraph (1). 83
(9) Any member shall, upon retirement under the preceding para- 84
graph, and during the continuance of disability, be entitled to receive 85
from the annuity fund, in quarterly payments, a sum computed in ac- 86
cordance with paragraph (3) of this section; provided, that upon the 87
approval of the board, an annuity-certain based upon the tables of the 88
board may be substituted for either of the plans provided for in said 89
paragraph; and in case of the death of the annuitant before all the in- 90
stalments thereon have been paid, the value at that time of the unpaid 91
instalments, as determined on the basis of the tables adopted by the 92
board, shall be paid to his estate. 93
Chap. 32.] retirement system for teachers. 153
94 (10) Any member receiving a payment under the preceding para-
95 graph shall, if not rendered ineligible therefor by section fifteen, recei\e
96 from the pension fund for each year of service a pension equal to one
97 thirtieth of the pension which would have been due him if he had retired
98 at the age of sixty, having paid thirty annual assessments to the annuity
99 fund, and received an annuity computed in accordance with clause (a)
100 of paragraph (.3) of this section; provided, that the minimum annual
101 amount to be paid from the pension fund shall be such that a member
102 shall receive from this fund, for each year of his service, one thirtieth of
103 two hundred and fifty dollars; and provided, further, that the total re-
104 tiring allowance shall not be greater than the amount which the said mem-
105 ber would receive if he were to continue in service until the age of sixty,
10(i contributing annual assessments based on his average yearly rate of
107 salary for the five years immediately preceding retirement, at the rate of
108 assessment in effect at that time.
109 (11) If a member is granted an annuity-certain by the board, his
110 total retiring allowance shall not be limited to the total retiring allowance
111 which he would have received at the age of sixty, as provided in the
112 preceding paragraph, but the amount to be paid from the pension fund
113 shall be the amount which would have been paid from that fund if an
114 annuity-certain had not been granted.
115 (12) In computing the amount to be paid from the pension fund
116 under paragraph (10) of this section, the assumed assessments necessary
117 to complete the thirty annual assessments shall be based on the average
1 IS yearly rate of salary for the five years immediately preceding retirement,
119 and shall be at the rate of assessment in effect at that time. Interest on
120 the amount to the member's credit on his retirement and on the assumed
121 assessments shall be figured at the rate of four per cent.
122 (13) No member shall be retired under paragraph (8) of this section
123 until the fact of his disability has been certified to on oath by an examin-
124 ing physician selected by the employing school committee or other em-
125 ployer as provided in paragraph (1) and approved by the board, and
126 until any fiuther evidence of his disability which the board may require
127 shall have been fm^nished.
128 (14) At intervals of not less than one year, any member receiving
129 a retiring allowance under this section, who has not attained the age
130 of sixty, shall, if so requested by the board, be re-examined by a phy-
131 sician selected by it. If the board finds that disability which prevents
132 satisfactory service as a teacher no longer exists, the retiring allowance
133 shall cease. Refusal to submit to re-examination shall be cause for dis-
134 continuing the retiring allowance.
135 (15) If a teacher ceases to receive a retiring allowance under the pre-
136 ceding paragraph, the amount then to his credit in the annuity fund
137 shall be determined on the basis of tables adopted by the board, and the
1.38 said amount shall be considered to constitute the sum of his assessments,
139 with the regular interest allowed thereon, to the time when his retiring
140 allowance ceased.
141 (16) Any member who shall cease to receive a retiring allowance
142 under paragraph (14) of this section, who does not re-enter public school
143 service, and who does not withdraw the amount to his credit in the
144 annuity fund, may, upon attaining the age of sixty, receive a retiring
145 allowance computed in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of this
146 section, or may, before attaining the age of sixty, under conditions to be
147 determined by the board, upon request and after an interval of one year.
154
RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS.
[Cjup. 32.
be entitled to further re-examination by a physician selected by it, and, 148
if disability contracted during service as a public school teacher is found 149
to exist, shall again be entitled to receive a retiring allowance under par- 150
agraphs (9) and (10) of this section. 151
(17) In determining the average salary under paragraphs (5), (10) 152
and (12) of this section, the yearly rate which the teacher would have 153
received had he been in service shall be used for periods of sickness or 154
leave of absence. 155
(18) Periods of leave of absence or sickness of one month or more shall 156
not be considered as part of the five years of service immediately pre- 157
ceding retirement required under paragraphs (5), (7) and (S) of this 158
section, but, subject to the approval of the board, such periods of absence 159
or sickness shall not be considered as breaking the continuity of service. 160
i9^!832!T7- Section 11. (1) Any member withdrawing from the public school
1916' 60*' ^ ^' service before becoming eligible to retirement, except for the purpose of
II i.'2: entering the service of the commonwealth, and any member who becomes
1919, 292. § 19. subject to cliaptcr two hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen
' ' hundred and chapter five hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and eight as amended shall be entitled to recei\'e from the
annuity fund all amounts contributed as assessments, together with
regular interest thereon, either in one sum or, at the election of the board,
in four quarterly payments. If a member dies before receiving all his
quarterly payments the balance thereof shall be paid to his estate.
(2) Any member thus withdrawing, after having paid ten annual
assessments, may recei\'e, at his election and in lieu of payments under
paragraph (1) of this section, an annuity for life, as determined by the
board, of such amoimt as the sum of his assessments under section nine,
paragraph (2), with regular interest thereon, shall entitle him to receive,
with the provision that if he dies before receiving payments equal to
the amount used to purchase the annuity the difference shall be paid
to his estate.
(3) Any member after having withdrawn from the public school
service shall, on being re-employed in such service, be reinstated as a
member in accordance with such rules for reinstatement as the board
shall adopt.
(4) If a member who is not receiving payments under paragraph (1)
or (2) of this section dies before retirement, the full amount of his as-
sessments, with regular interest thereon, shall be paid to his estate.
Duties of
school con:
mittees.
1913, 832,
Section 12. (1) Any school committee, before employing a teacher
to whom sections seven to nineteen, inclusive, apply, shall notify him
of his duties and obligations under said sections.
(2) Annually on or before October first school committees shall certify
to the board the names of all teachers to whom said sections apply.
(3) School committees shall, on the first day of each month, notify the
board of the employment of new teachers, removals, withdrawals or
changes in salaries occurring during the month preceding.
(4) Under the direction of the board, school committees shall fm-nish
such other information as the board may require relevant to the discharge
of the duties of the board.
(5) The school committee of each town shall, as directed by the
board, deduct from the amount of the salary due each teacher employed
in the public schools of such town such amounts as are due as contribu-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Chap. 82.] rktirement system for te.\chers. 155
15 tions to the annuity fund as prescribed in section nine, shall send to the
16 treasurer of said town a statement as voucher for such deductions, and
17 shall send a duplicate statement to the secretary of the board.
18 (6) School committees shall keep such records as the board may
19 require.
1 Section 1.3. The boards of trustees of schools conducted under sec- Trustees of
2 tions one to twenty-four, incliisi-\'e, of chapter seventy-four shall per- i"/3,'832,'Tio.
3 form all the duties prescribed for school committees under section twelve.
1 Section 14. (1) The treasurer of each town, on receipt from the Treasurers of
2 school committee or board of trustees of the voucher for deductions town3"°duties
3 from the teachers' salaries provided for in section twelve, shall transmit 1913,832, § n.
4 monthly the amounts specified in such voucher to the secretary of
5 the board.
6 (2) The secretary of the board shall monthly pay to the state treas-
7 urer all sums received under the preceding paragraph.
8 (3) All funds of the system shall be in the custody of the state treas-
9 urer, and he shall, in accordance with the laws governing the investment
10 of sinking funds, invest and reinvest such funds as are not required for
11 current disbursements.
12 (4) The state treasurer shall make such payments to members from
13 the annuity fund and pension fund as the board shall order to be paid,
14 in accordance with sections ten and eleven.
15 (5) On or before the third Wednesday in January, the state treasurer
16 shall file with the commissioner of insurance and with the secretary of
17 the board a sworn statement exhibiting the financial condition of the
18 system on December thirty-first preceding and its financial transactions
19 for the year ending thereon. Such statement shall be in the form pre-
20 scribed by the board and approved by the commissioner of insurance.
1 Section 15. (1) No person required to become a member of the Membership
2 association shall participate in the benefits of any other teachers' retire- retirement
3 ment system, supported in whole or in part by funds raised by taxation, ig'is'.'Isl.Tia.
4 or be entitled to a pension under section forty-three or chapter five hun- op^a.g.(1920)
5 dred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, as
6 amended by chapter six hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen
7 hundred and ten.
8 (2) No member shall receive any pension under section ten who is
9 at the time in receipt of a pension paid from funds raised in whole or in
10 part from taxation, under section forty-three or under chapter five hun-
11 dred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, as
12 amended by chapter six hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen
13 hundred and ten, or any other act providing pensions for teachers.
1 Section 16. (1) Whenever, after July first, nineteen hundred and ^f^cnJ^nd^"'
2 fourteen, a town retires a teacher who is not eligible to a pension under '°T?^<,,„ , ,,
6 section ten, paragraph (4) and pays to such teacher a pension in accord- i9i9. 292, § 20.
4 ance with section forty-three, or chapter five hundred and eighty-nine of
5 the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by chapter six hun-
6 dred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, and the
7 school committee of said town certifies under oath to the board the
8 amount of said pension, said town shall be reimbursed therefor annually
156
COIT^TY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
[ClIAP.
Referendum
and repeal.
1913, 832, § 15.
by the commonwealth; provided, that no such reimbursement shall be 9
granted unless the retirement has been approved by the board and the 10
amount of said reimbursement shall not be in excess of the amount, as 11
determined by the board, to which said teacher would have been entitled 12
as a pension, had he been a member of the association. 13
(2) The board shall make an annual report containing a statement 14
of the amount expended previous to the preceding first day of July 15
by towns in the payment of pensions under the preceding paragraph, 16
for which such towns should receive reimbursement. On the basis of 17
such a statement, the general court may make an appropriation for 18
the reimbursement of such towns up to such first day of July. 19
Section 17. Upon the petition of not less than five per cent of the 1
legal voters of any city or town in which sections forty-two and forty- 2
three are in force, the following question shall be placed upon the ballot 3
and submitted to the voters of such city at the next city election, or to 4
the voters of such town at the next annual town meeting: "Shall 5
sections forty-two and forty-three of chapter thirty-two of the General 6
Laws, authorizing cities and towns to retire and pension teachers in the 7
public schools, be repealed?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon 8
at such election or meeting shall vote in the affirmative, said sections shall 9
cease to be in force in such citv or town. 10
St'onsnot Section IS. Sections six to fifteen, inclusive, shall not apply to
Boston''''' *° teachers in the public schools of Boston, except teachers employed by
Jnin'f?~i^^' Boston in dav schools conducted under sections one to twent-s'-four, inclu-
Op. A. G. (1920) sive, of chapter seventy-four.
Persons em-
ployed in the
public schools
and also by
the common-
wealth.
1920, 56.
Definitions.
1911,634. §
1913.817,1
1915,234, I
1919, 106.
Section 19. A person who is principally employed as a teacher in
the public schools but who is also employed by the commonwealth shall, 2
if a member of the teachers' retirement association, pay assessments to 3
the annuity fund established by paragraph (2) of section nine, based on 4
the total salary received for service as a public school teacher and for 5
employment by the commonwealth; provided, that the annual assess- G
ment of such a member shall not exceed one hundred dollars. 7
A person who is principally employed by the commonwealth but who 8
is also employed in the public schools shall not be a member of the 9
teachers' retirement association, but shall be subject to sections one to 10
five, inclusive, and if a member of the state retirement association shall 11
pay assessments to the annuity fund established by section four based 12
on the total salary received for service rendered to the commonwealth 13
and for employment as a public school teacher; provided, that a person 14
who receives more than thirty dollars weekly in salary or wages shall 15
not be assessed on the excess above that amount. 16
Assessments under this section shall be deducted from salary or other 17
compensation in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed 18
by the respective retirement boards having jurisdiction. 19
This section shall not apply to teachers referred to in paragraph (4) of 20
section seven. 21
county retirement systems.
Section 20. In sections twenty-one to twenty-five, inclusive, unless 1
the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the follow- 2
ing meanings: 3
Ch.\P. 32.] COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. • 157
4 "Annuities", the payments for life derived from money contributed
5 by the members;
6 "Association", the retirement association provided by section twenty-
7 two;
8 "Board", the retirement board provided by section twenty-three;
9 "Employees", permanent and regular employees in the direct serv-
10 ice of the county whose sole or principal employment is in such service;
11 "Pensions", the payments for life derived from money contributed
12 by the county;
13 "Regular interest", interest at three per cent per annum, com-
14 pounded semi-annually on the last days of December and June and
15 reckoned for full three and six months' periods only;
16 "Retirement system" or "system", the arrangements provided
17 for the payment of annuities and pensions;
18 The words "continuous service" shall mean uninterrupted employ-
19 ment; but a lay-off on account of illness or reduction of force, and a
20 leave of absence, suspension or dismissal, followed by reinstatement
21 within two years, shall not be considered as breaking the continuity of
22 service; provided, that in reckoning the period of two years, all time
23 spent in the military or naval service of the United States or of any
24 nation associated with it in the world war shall be excluded.
25 In the case of employees of the county who are now paid wholly by
26 it, but who at any prior period were employees of the county as defined
27 above and were not paid wholly by it, or in the case of employees of
28 any department or institution formerly administered by the common-
29 wealth or formerly administered in part by the commonwealth and in
30 part by the coimty and later taken over by the county, service rendered
31 prior to such payment in whole by the county or transfer to it shall be
32 counted as a part of their continuous service.
1 Section 21. Any county, except one which has established a system Establishment
2 under chapter six hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hun- "y/t'em^'"^'"
3 dred and eleven, may establish a retirement system for its employees by 1919; 350,' § Is.
4 accepting sections twenty to twenty-five, inclusive, in the following
5 manner: Upon the initiative of the county commissioners, the following
6 question shall be placed upon the ballot and submitted to the voters of
7 the county at the next state election: "Shall sections twenty to twenty-
8 five, inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, entitled
9 'County Retirement System ', be accepted? " If a majority of the voters
10 voting thereon at such election shall vote in the affirmative, said sections
11 shall take effect in that county, as hereinafter provided.
12 A copy of the vote, sworn to by the county commissioners or the
13 officers corresponding thereto, shall, within thirty days after the date
14 of the vote, be filed in the office of the commissioner of insurance. The
15 latter shall forthwith issue a certificate that the retirement system is
16 declared established in that county, to become operative on the first
17 day of January or the first day of July following the ex-piration of three
IS months after the date of the certificate.
1 Section 22. Whenever a county shall have voted to establish a The retirement
2 retirement system under section twenty-one, or corresponding pro\'isions i9n?634,°§ 3.
3 of earlier laws, a retirement association shall be organized as follows: Jgls.'lsv.'lin.
4 (1) All employees of the county on the date when the retirement Ull-^' ^^®
158 COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. [ChAP. 32.
system is declared established by the issue of the certificate under 5
section twenty-one may become members of the association. On the ex- 6
piration of thirty days after said date, every such employee shall thereby 7
i^ecome a member unless he shall have, within that period, sent notice 8
in writing to the county commissioners or officers performing like duties 9
that he does not wish to join the association. 10
(2) All employees who enter the service of the county after the date 11
when the system is declared established, except persons who have al- 12
ready passed the age of fifty-five, shall, upon completing ninety days 13
of service, thereby iDecome members. Persons over fifty-five who enter 14
the service of the county after the establishment of the system shall 15
not be allowed to become members, and no such employee shall remain 16
in the service of the county after reaching the age of seventy. 17
(3) No ofiicer elected by popular vote, except in Worcester county, 18
nor any employee who is or will be entitled to a pension from any county 19
for any reason other than membership in the association may become a 20
member. 21
(4) Any member who reaches the age of sixty and has been in the 22
continuous service of the county for fifteen years immediately preceding 23
may retire, or be retired by the board upon recommendation of the 24
head of the department in which he is employed, and any member who 25
reaches the age of seventy shall so retire. 26
(5) Any member who has completed thirty-five years of continuous 27
service may retire, or be retired u])on recommendation of the head of 28
the department in which he is employed, if such action be deemed ad- 29
visable for the good of the service. 30
^he board of SECTION 23. (1) The systcm shall be managed by the board of re- 1
1911. 634, § 4. tirement, consisting of three members, one of whom shall be the county 2
§118. ' treasurer; the second member shall be a member of the association, 3
350, '§ 46. elected by the latter within sixty days after the system is declared estab- 4
1920,2. lished, in a manner to be determined by the county commissioners; the 5
third member shall be chosen by the other two. If the third member is 6
not so chosen within thirty days after the election of the second, the 7
chairman of the county commissioners shall appoint the third member. 8
The initial terms of the second and third members shall be two years; 9
thereafter their terms shall be three years. If a vacancy occurs in the 10
board or if the term of a member thereof expires, a successor of the 11
person whose place has become vacant or whose term has expired shall 12
be chosen in the same manner as his predecessor. 13
(2) The members of the board shall serve without compensation; but 14
they shall be reimbursed out of the contingent fund for any ex-pense or 15
loss of salary or wages incurred through service on the board. All claims 16
for reimbursement on this account shall be subject to the approval of 17
the county commissioners. 18
(3) The county treasurer shall have custody of the funds of the system, 19
subject to the approval of the board, and shall in\-est and reinvest the 20
same, and may sell any securities held by him and invest and reinvest 21
the proceeds and any and all unappropriated income of said funds; 22
provided, that all funds received by him not required for current dis- 23
bursements shall be invested in accordance with the laws relating to the 24
investment of the funds of savings banks, giving preference to the securi- 25
ties of the county. 26
Chap. ?)2.] county retirement systems. 159
27 (4) The board may make by-laws and regulations consistent with law,
28 and employ necessary clerical or other assistance for the performance of
29 its duties, subject to the approval of the coimty commissioners.
30 (5) Tlie board shall determine the percentage of wages which em-
31 ployees shall contribute to the fund, subject to the minimum and maxi-
32 mum percentages, and may classify employees for the purposes of the
33 system, and establish within the prescribed limits different rates of con-
34 tribution for different classes.
35 (6) The county treasurer shall annually in January, unless for cause
36 the commissioner of insurance shall extend the time, file in the office
37 of the commissioner a sworn statement, showing the financial condition of
38 the system of his county on the thirty-first day of the preceding Decem-
39 ber and its financial transactions for the year ending thereon. The state-
40 ment shall be in the form, and give the details, prescribed by the
41 commissioner.
1 Section 24. The funds of the system shall be raised as follows: Creation of
the retirement
fund.
1911.634,5.';.
{1) Expense and Contingent Fund. ITiii^iio
2 The county shall annually expend, from the amount appropriated \lll' |-
3 therefor by the general court, the sums necessary to defray the entire
4 expense of administration, according to estimates prepared by the
5 county treasurer and by him submitted to the county commissioners,
6 who shall include the same in their estimates required by section twenty-
7 eight of chapter thirty-five.
(2) Annuity and Pension Fund.
8 A. Deposits by Members. — Each member shall deposit in this fund
9 from his wages or salary, as often as the same is payable, not less than
10 one nor more than five per cent of the amount of his wages or salary, as
11 determined by the board under section twenty-three (5); provided, that
12 employees receiving more than thirty dollars weekly in wages or salary
13 shall not be assessed for contributions to this fund on the excess above
14 that amount.
1.5 B. Contributions by the County. — The county shall contribute the
16 following:
17 (a) Each month, such amount as the board may determine to be
18 necessary to pay current pensions for subsequent service under section
19 twenty-five (2) C (a).
20 (b) Each year, the amount necessary to guarantee regular interest
21 and make good any deficiency in the annuity fund as of the preceding
22 thirty-first day of December.
23 (c) Each month, such amoimt as the board may determine to be nec-
24 essarv to pav current pensions for prior service under section twentv-
25 five (^) C (b).
26 (d) Each month, such amount as the board may determine to be
27 necessary to insure the minimum payments provided for in section
28 twenty-five {2) E.
(S) Provision for Payments.
29 All amounts payable by members under paragraph {2) A of this section
30 shall be deducted by the county from the amount paj'able to them as
160
COUNTY KETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
[ClLiP. 32.
wages or salary as often as the same are payable, and shall immediately 31
be credited to the retirement fund by the county treasurer. 32
Administration
of funds.
1911,634. § 6.
1913,817. 6 3.
1915, 231. § 2.
1918, 104.
§§1,2; 257,
§§121-124.
Section 25. The county treasurer shall administer the funds of the 1
system as follows: 2
(1) Expense and Contingent Fund.
The fund provided for in section twenty-four (7) shall be used, so .'>
far as necessary, for the payment of the expenses of administration. 4
Any unused portion shall be repaid into the treasury of the county. If 5
the amount appropriated for the expense and contingent fund in any 6
year should prove insufficient, the general court shall appropriate in the 7
following year an additional sum to cover the deficit. 8
{2) Annuity and Pension Funds.
A. Refunds. — (a) Should a member cease to be an employee of the 9
county for any cause other than death before becoming entitled to a 10
pension, there shall be refunded to him all the money that has been paid 1 1
in by liim under section twenty-four (2) A, with such interest as shall 12
have been earned thereon. • 13
(b) Should a member die before becoming entitled to a pension, there 14
shall be paid to his legal ^epresentati^'es all the money that has been paid 1.5
in by him under section twenty-four (2) A, with such interest as shall 16
have been earned thereon. 17
B. Annuities from Employees' Deposits. — Any member who reaches 18
the age of sixty and has been in the continuous service of the county for 19
fifteen years immediately preceding and then or thereafter retires or is 20
retired, any member who retires or is retired at the age of seventy, and 21
any member who is retired for the good of the service under section 22
twenty-two (5), shall receive an annuity to which the sum of his deposits 23
unde^ section twenty-four (2) A, with such interest as shall have been 24
earned thereon, shall entitle him, according to the tables adopted by the 25
board, in one of the following forms : 26
(a) A life annuity, payable monthly. 27
(6) A life annuity, payable monthly, with the provision that in the 28
event of the death of the annuitant before receiving payments equal to 29
the sum at the date of his retirement of his deposits under section twenty- 30
four {;2) A, with such interest as shall have been earned thereon, the 31
difference shall be paid to his legal representatives; provided, that this 32
form of annuity shall not be paid unless the amount of his accumulations 33
will provide an annuity of one hundred dollars. 34
C. Pensions derived from Contributions by the County. — (a) Pen- 35
sions based upon subsequent service. Any member entitled to an annuity 36
under paragraph (2) B of this section shall receive in addition thereto a 37
pension for life, payable monthly, equivalent to one and one half times 38
that annuity to which he would be entitled if his annuity were figured 39
under (2) B (a) of this section, to be paid out of the fund contributed by 40
the county under section twenty-four {2) B (a). 41
(b) Pensions based upon prior service. Any member who reaches 42
the age of sixty and has been in the continuous service of the county for 43
fifteen years or more immediately preceding and then or thereafter 44
retires or is retired, and any member who completes thirty-five years of 45
continuous service and then or thereafter retires or is retired, shall re- 46
Chap. 32.] retirement systejis for cities and towns. 161
47 ceive, in addition to the annuity and pension provideti for by paragraphs
48 (2) B and (2) C (a) of this section, an extra pension for life as large as
49 the amount of the annuity and pension to which he might have acquired
50 a claim if the system had been in operation when he entered the service
51 of the county, and if accordingly he had paid regular contributions from
52 that date to the date of the establishment of the association at the same
53 rate as that first adopted by the board, and if such deductions had been
54 accumulated with regular interest.
55 If any two members are husband and wife, and one of the two retires
5G or is retired, the other may also retire, and shall be paid a retiring allow-
57 ance proportionate to the amount of his accumulated contributions to
58 the date of such retirement, or, if sucli allowance should be less than
59 the mininuuu allowance of two hundred dollars hereinafter provided
60 for, sliall be paid that sum annually.
61 If the accumulated contributions of any employee retired under sec-
62 tions twenty to twenty-five, inclusive, exceed the amount required to
63 pro^■ide an annuity equal to one fourth of the average annual rate of
64 wages or salary of such employee during the last ten years prior to his
65 retirement, the excess abo\'e that amount shall be paid to such employee
66 in a gross sum with the first monthly payment on the account of his
67 retiring allowance.
68 Any employee who had already reached the age of fifty-five when the
69 retirement system was established, and also had become a member, may
70 be retired under the first paragraph of (2) C (h) of this section without
71 having completed the otherwise required service period of fifteen years.
72 In computing any pension payable for prior service, the board may esti-
73 mate, on a basis determined by them, the wages received at any period
74 for which they may deem it impracticable to consult the original re(^rds.
75 Any employee not a member who had already reached the age of
76 fifty-five when the system was established may be retired at any time,
77 and shall be paid a pension equivalent to the minimum payment here-
78 inafter provided.
79 D. Application of Srirplu^. — Subject to the approval of the com-
80 missioner of insurance the board may determine the application of any
81 surplus.
82 E. Minimum and Maximum Payments. — The total monthly pay-
83 ment to a member shall not be at a rate of less than two hundred dollars
84 per year, or of more than one half the average annual rate of wages or
85 salary of' such member during the ten years prior to his retirement.
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS FOR CITIES AND TOWNS.
1 Section 26. In sections twenty-seven to thirty-one, inclusive, unless Definitions.
2 the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the follow- igii;33s; 1 1."
3 ing meanings :
4 "Annuities", the payments for life derived from money contributed
5 by the members ;
6 "Association", the retirement association provided by section twenty-
7 eight;
8 "Board", the retirement board provided by section twenty-nine;
9 "Employees", regular and permanent employees whose sole or prin-
10 cipal employment is in the service of the city or town;
11 "Pensions", the payments for life derived from money contributed
12 by the city or town;
162
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS FOR CITIES AND TOWTSfS. [ChAP. 32.
Establishment
of retirement
system.
1910. 6in, § 2.
1911, 338,
§§2,7.
1919, 350, § 46.
"Regular interest", interest at three per cent per annum, compounded 13
semi-annually on the last days of January and July, and reckoned for 14
full three and six months' periods only. 15
The words "continuous service" mean uninterrupted employment; 16
but a lay-off on account of illness or reduction of force, and a leave of 17
absence, suspension or dismissal, followed by reinstatement within one 18
year, shall not be considered as breaking the continuity of service. 19
Section 27. Any city or town may establish a retirement system 1
for its employees by accepting sections twenty-six to thirty-one, inclusive, 2
in the following manner: In a city, whenever a vote to accept sections 3
twenty-six to thirty-one, inclusive, has been passed by the city council, 4
the following question shall then be placed upon the ballot and submitted 5
to the voters of the city at the next municipal election: "Shall sections 6
twenty-six to thirty-one, inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General 7
Laws authorizing the cities and towns of the commonwealth to estab- 8
lish retirement systems for their employees, be accepted?" In a town, 9
whenever a vote to accept said sections has been passed by the selectmen, 10
the said question shall then be submitted to the voters of the town at 11
the next town meeting. If a majority of the voters voting on the ques- 12
tion at the city election or at the town meeting shall vote in the affirma- 13
tive, said sections shall take effect in such city or town as hereinafter 14
provided. 15
A copy of the vote of the city council or of the selectmen, certified by 16
the city or town clerk, and a copy of the vote at the city election or at 17
the town meeting, sworn to by tlie local election commissioners or the 18
officers corresponding thereto, shall, witliin thirty days respectively after 19
the Aite of the latter vote, be filed in the office of the commissioner of 20
insurance. He shall forthwith issue a certificate that the retirement 21
system is declared established in said city or town, to become operative 22
on the first day of February or the first day of August following the 23
expiration of three months after the date of the certificate. 24
Sections twenty-six to thirty-one, inclusive, may be altered or amended 25
from time to time, and all such alterations and amendments shall, upon 26
their passage, become binding upon cities and towns which have previ- 27
ously accepted said sections, and all contractual rights entered into by 28
and between any city or town and the employees thereof under said sec- 29
tions shall be deemed to have been entered into subject to being subse- 30
quently affected by such alterations or amendments; provided, that no 31
such alterations or amendments shall affect the rights of employees under 32
section thirtj-one (~) A with reference to deposits pre\'iously made. 33
The retirement
association.
1910,619,5 3.
1911,338, § 3.
1918, 257,
§ 126.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 28. Whenever a city or town has voted to establish a sys- 1
tem, a retirement association shall be organized as follows: 2
(1) All employees of the city or town, when the system is declared 3
established by the issue of the certificate under section iwenty-seven, 4
may become members of the association. On the ex-piration of thirty 5
days from that time every such employee shall thereby become a member, 6
unless he shall have, within that period, sent notice in MTiting to the 7
city council or selectmen that he does not wish to join the association. S
(2) All employees who enter the service of the city or town after the 9
date when the retirement system is declared established, except persons 10
who have passed the age of fifty-five, shall, upon completing thirty days 11
of service, thereby become members. Persons over fifty-five who enter 12
Chap. 32.] retirement systems for cities and towns. 163
13 the service of the city or town after the establishment of the system shall
14 not become members, and no such employee shall remain in the service
15 of the city or town after reaching the age of seventy.
16 (3) No officer elected by popular vote may become a member, nor any
17 employee who is or will be entitled to a pension from the city or town for
18 any reason other than membership in the association.
19 (4) Any member who reaches the age of sixty and who has been in the
20 continuous service of the city or town for a period of fifteen years imme-
21 diately preceding may retire or be retired by the board upon recom-
22 mendation of the head of the department in which the member is em-
23 ployed, and any member who reaches the age of seventy shall be retired.
24 (5) Any member who has completed thirty-five years of continuous
25 service may retire or be retired at any age by tlie board upon recommen-
26 dation of the head of the department in which the member is employed,
27 if such action be deemed advisable for the good of the service.
1 Section 29. (1) The system shall be managed by the board of re- The board of
2 tirement, consisting of three members, one of whom shall be the city or lo'iaew'^ 4.
3 town treasurer; the second shall be a member of the association, elected \?^\l' Hf ^ *■
4 by the latter within sixty days after the system is declared established, in f,j\|^g.
5 a manner to be determined by the city council or selectmen; the third sso, m'g.
6 shall be chosen by the other two. If the third member is not so chosen
7 within thirty days after the election of the second, the mayor or the
8 chairman of the selectmen shall appoint him. The initial terms of the
9 second and third members shall be two years; thereafter their terms
10 shall be three years. If a vacancy occurs in the board or if the term of
11a member thereof expires, a successor of the person whose place has
12 become vacant or whose term has expired shall be chosen in the same
13 manner as his predecessor.
14 (2) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but
15 they shall be reimbursed out of the contingent fund for any expense
16 or loss of salary or wages incurred through service on the board. All
17 claims for reimbursement on this account shall be subject to the approval
18 of the city council or selectmen.
19 (3) The city or town treasurer shall have custody of the funds of the
20 system, subject to the approval of the board, and shall invest and rein-
21 vest the same, and may sell any securities held by him and invest and
22 reinvest the proceeds and any and all unappropriated income of said
23 funds; provided, that all funds received by him not required for current
24 disbursements shall be in\-ested in accordance with the laws relating to
25 the investment of the funds of savings banks, giving preference to securi-
26 ties of the city or town in which the system has been established.
27 (4) The board may make by-laws and regulations consistent with law,
28 and employ necessary clerical or other assistance for the performance of
29 its duties, subject to the approval of the city council or selectmen.
30 (5) The board shall determine the percentage of wages that em-
31 ployees shall contribute to the fund, subject to the minimum and maxi-
32 mum percentages, and may classify employees for the purposes of the
33 system, and establish within the prescribed limits different rates of con-
34 tribution for different classes.
35 (6) The city or town treasurer shall annually in February, unless for
36 cause the commissioner of insurance shall extend the time, file in the
37 office of the commissioner a sworn statement, showing the financial con-
38 dition of the system of his city or town on the thirty-first day of the
164
RETIREMKNT SYSTEMS FOR CITIES AND TOWNS. [ChaP. 32.
preceding January and its financial transactions for the year ending .39
thereon. The statement shall be in the form, and shall give the details, 40
prescribed by the commissioner. 41
Creation of the
retirement
fund.
Section 30. The funds of the system shall be raised as follows:
1910, 610, § 5. 1911, 33S, § 5. 191S, 257, § 12S.
1
(/) Expense and Contingent Fund. >
The city or town shall appropriate annually the amount necessary to 2
defray the whole expense of administration, according to estimates pre- 3
pared by the city or town treasurer. 4
{2) Annuity and Pension Fund.
A. Deposits by Members. — Each member shall deposit in this fund 5
from his wages or salary, as often as the same are payable, not less than 6
one nor more than five per cent of the amount of his wages or salary, as 7
determined by the board under section twenty-nine (5) ; provided, that 8
employees recei\ing more than thirty dollars weekly in wages or salary 9
shall not be assessed for contribution to this fund on the excess above 10
that amount. 11
B. Contributions by the City or Town. — The city or town shall con- 12
tribute the following: 13
(a) Every month, such amount as the board may determine to be 14
necessary to pay current pensions for subsequent service under section 15
thirty-one (^') C (a); 16
(b) Every year, in February, the amount necessary to guarantee regu- 17
lar interest and make good any deficiency in the annuity fund as of the 18
preceding thirty-first day of January; 19
(c) Every month, such amount as the board may determine to be 20
necessary to pay current pensions for prior service imder section thirty- 21
one {:2) C (b) ; 22
(d) Every month, such amount as the board may determine to be nee- 23
essary to insiue the minimum payments under section thirty-one (2) E; 24
(e) Every year, by appropriation, the amount necessary to defray the 25
contributions to be made by it under paragraphs (-•') B (a), (b), (c) and 26
(d) of this section, according to estimates prepared by the city or town 27
treasurer. 28
(5) Provisions for Payments.
All amounts payable by members under paragraph (;2) A of this section 29
shall be deducted by the city or town from the amounts payable to them as 30
wages or salary, as often as the same are payable, and shall be credited 31
immediately to the retirement fund by the city or town treasurer. 32
Section 31. The city or town treasurer shall administer the funds of 1
Administration
of funds.
1910, fii9. % 6. the svstem as follows: isis, 257, §§ 129-132. 1919, 5; 350, § 46. 1920, 2. 2
{1) Expense and Contingent Fund.
The fund provided under section thirty (/) shall be used, so far as 3
necessary, for the payment of the expenses of administration. Any 4
unused portion shall be repaid into the city or town treasury. If the 5
amount appropriated for the expense and contingent fund in any year 6
should prove insufficient, the city or town shall appropriate in the follow- 7
ing year an additional sum to cover the deficit. 8
Chap. 32.] retirement hystem.s for cities axd towns. 165
(2) Annuity and Pension Funds.
9 A. Refunds. ■ — (a) Should a member cease to be an employee of the
10 city or town for any cause other than death before becoming entitled
11 to a pension, there shall be refunded to him all the money that has
12 been paid in by him under section thirty {■:!) ,1, with regular interest.
13 (b) Should a member die before becoming entitled to a pension,
14 there shall be paid to his legal representatives all the money that has
15 been paid in by him under section thirty (2) A, with such interest as
16 shall have been earned thereon.
17 B. Annuities from Employees' Deposits. — Every member who
18 reaches the age of sixty and has been in the continuous ser\-ice of the
19 city or town for fifteen years immediately preceding and then or there-
20 after retires or is retired, every member who retires or is retired at the
21 age of seventy, and every member who is retired for the good of the
22 service under section twenty-eight (5), shall receive an annm'ty to which
23 the sum of his deposits under section thirty (2) A, with regular interest,
24 shall entitle him, according to the tables adopted by the board, in one
25 of the following forms:
26 (a) A life annuity, payable monthly.
27 (b) A life annuity, payable monthly, with the provision that in the
28 event of the death of the annuitant before receiving payments equal
29 to the sum at the date of his retirement of his deposits under section
30 thirty (2) A, with regular interest, the difference shall be paid to his
31 legal representatives; provided, that this form of annuity shall not be
32 paid unless the amount of his accumulations will provide an annuity of
33 one hundred dollars or more.
34 C. Pensions derived from Contributions by the City or Town. — (a)
35 Pensions based upon subsequent service. Any member entitled to an
36 annuity under paragraph {2} }> of this section shall receive in addition
37 thereto a pension for life, payable monthly, equivalent to that annuity to
MS which he would be entitled if his annuity were figured under (.-') B (a)
39 of this section, to be paid out of the fund contributed by the city or
40 town under section thirty (2) B (a).
41 {b) Pensions based upon prior service. Any member who reaches the Op. a. G.ciois)
42 age of sixty and has been in the continuous service of the city or town *^'
43 for fifteen years or more immediately preceding and then or there-
44 after retires or is retired, shall receive, in addition to the annuity and
45 pension provided by paragraphs (2) B and (2) C (a) of this section, an
46 extra pension for life as large as the amount of the annuity to which he
47 might have acquired a claim if the system had been in operation at
48 the beginning of such period of continuous ser\ice, and if accordingly
49 he had paid regular contributions from that date to the date of the
50 establishment of the association at the same rate as that first adopted
51 by the board and if such deductions had been accumulated with regular
52 interest.
53 Any employee who had already reached the age of fifty-five when the
54 system was established, and also had become a member, may be retired
55 under the preceding paragraph without having completed the otherwise
56 required service period of fifteen years.
57 In computing any pension payable for prior service, the board may
58 estimate, on a basis determined by them, the wages received at any
59 period for which they may deem it impracticable to consult the original
60 records.
166
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
[Chap.
Any employee not a member who had already reached the age of 61
fifty-five when the system was established may be retired at any time, 62
and shall be paid a pension equivalent to the minimum payment herein 6.^
provided for. 64
If the accumulated contributions of any employee retired under 65
sections twenty-six to thirty-one, inclusive, exceed the amount required 66
to provide an annuity equal to one fourth of the average annual rate of 67
wages or salary of such employee during the last ten years prior to his 68
retirement, the excess shall be paid to such employee in a gross sum 69
witli the first monthly payment on the account of his retiring allowance. 70
D. Application of Surplus. — Subject to the approval of the com- 71
missioner of insurance, the board may determine the application of any 72
surplus. 73
E. Miiiimum and Maximum Payments. — The total monthly pay- 74
ment to a member shall not be at a rate of less than two hundred dollars 75
a year, or of more than one half the a\'erage annual rate of wages or 76
salary of the member dming the ten years prior to his retirement. 77
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Certificates of
membership.
Policies.
1910,619, § 0.
1911,338, § 6;
532, 5 C;
034, I 6.
Section 32. In any association provided by the preceding sections, 1
except the teachers' retirement association, the board shall issue to each 2
member a certificate of membership and to each member who retires 3
or is retired a policy Avhich shall be evidence of his right to an annuity 4
or a pension. 5
Payments to
estates of
deceased
members.
1913, 63.
1916, 238, § 1.
1918, 257,
§134.
1919,5;
292, § 19 (5).
1920, 2.
Section 33. Should there be due to the estate of a deceased member 1
of any of the retirement associations established under the preceding 2
sections any sum of money payable from the funds of the association, 3
the same shall be paid to his legal representatives; provided, that if 4
the sum so due does not exceed three hundred dollars if due from the 5
funds of the teachers' retirement association, or one hundred dollars if 6
due from the funds of any other such association, and there has been no 7
demand therefor by a duly appointed executor or administrator, pay- 8
ment may be made, after the expiration of three months from the date of 9
the death of such member, to the persons appearing, in the judgment of 10
the board, to be entitled thereto, and such payment shall be a bar to 11
recovery by any other person. 12
Supervision
by commis-
sioner of
insurance.
1910,619, § S.
1911,632, § 8;
634, § 8.
1919, 350, § 10.
Section 34. The commissioner of insurance shall prescribe for the 1
state retirement system and for each county, city and town retirement 2
system one or more mortality tables, and fix the rates of interest to be 3
used in connection therewith, and may later modify such tables or pre- 4
scribe other tables to represent more accurately the expense of such 5
retirement systems, or may change the rates of interest and determine 6
the application of such changes. He shall also prescribe and supervise 7
methods of bookkeeping of their retirement associations. 8
The commissioner or his agent shall at least once every year thor- 9
oughly inspect and examine the affairs of each such retirement association 10
to ascertain its financial condition, its ability to fulfil its obligations, 11
whether all the parties in interest have complied with the laws applicable 12
thereto, and whether the transactions of each board of retirement have 13
been in accordance with the rights and equities of those in interest. 14
Chap. 32.] pensions. ' 167
15 Each such retirement system shall be credited, in the account of its
16 financial condition, with its investments having fixed maturities upon
17 which the interest is not in default at amortized values, and its other
18 investments at a reasonable valuation.
19 For the purposes aforesaid, the commissioner or his agent shall have
20 access to all the securities, books and papers of such retirement systems,
21 and may summon and administer oath to and examine any person rela-
22 tive to the financial affairs, transactions and condition of the retirement
23 system. The commissioner shall preserve in a permanent form a full
24 record of the proceedings at such examination and the results thereof.
25 Upon the completion of such examination, verification and valuation, the
26 commissioner shall make a report in writing of his findings to the board,
27 and shall send a copy thereof to the governor and council, the county
28 commissioners, the city council or the selectmen, as the case may be.
1 Section 35. If, in the judgment of the commissioner of insurance, the violations of
2 commonwealth, the state board of retirement or the teachers' board of re- teacher's' retire-
3 tirement has violated or neglected to comply with any provision of sec- ™''°uie|^
4 tions one to nineteen, inclusive, or the rules and regulations established }-[Ji' |p, § 9.
5 thereunder, he shall give notice thereof to the governor and to the board, §§ ido. no.
• • * 1919 5'
6 and thereafter, if such violation or neglect on the part of the board con- sso, § 40.
7 tinues, shall forthwith present the facts to the attorney general for action. ^°" ' "'
1 Section 36. If, in the judgment of the commissioner of insurance, violations of
2 the county, city or town or the board of retirement thereof has violated muSapa^i
5 he shall give notice thereof to the county commissioners or the mayor J?%|%3
6 or the chairman of the selectmen and to the board of retirement, and loigTs;
7 thereafter, if such violation or neglect continues, shall forthwith present 1920, 2. '
8 the facts to the attorney general for action.
1 Section 37. The funds of every retirement system established Exemption
.. .. . PI •!• 1 '""om taxation,
2 under the preceding sections, so tar as they are invested m personal attachments
3 property, shall be exempt from taxation. m"ents^ "^
4 That portion of the wages of a member deducted or to be deducted Hn, 532! § 7-
5" under the preceding sections, the right of a member to an annuity or 1913^332, § s.
6 pension, and all his rights in the funds of the retirement system shall be
7 exempt from taxation and from the operation of any law relating to
8 bankruptcy or insolvency, and shall not be attached or taken upon
9 execution or other process. No assignment of any right in or to said
10 funds, annuities or pensions shall be valid.
1 Section 38. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, Jurisdiction of
2 upon petition of the commissioner of insurance or any interested party, igiaeigTuo.
3 to compel the observance and to restrain the violation of any provision 634!'§^'*o.' ^ ^°'
4 of sections one to thirty-one, inclusive, and of the rules and regulations JgJi; 350] | le."
5 established thereunder.
private assocl^tions for providing pensions.
1 Section 39. Employees, officers and agents of any person and the Association
2 person by whom they are employed may form an association for the p°en5o°n". '"^
3 purpose of providing annuities, pensions or endowments for employees i^io.ssg, §1.
168
[CiL\p. 32.
retiring from their emplo\inent on account of age, under a system by 4
which the participating employees contribute to the funds of the associa- 5
tion a percentage or portion of their salaries or wages as fixed by the 6
by-laws of the association, to be deducted by the employer and paid to 7
the association, and the employer contributes to the funds of the associa- 8
tion in the manner and to the extent fixed in said by-laws. The funds so 9
provided shall be held by trustees independently of other funds of the 10
employer, for the purchase or payment of annuities, pensions or endow- 1 1
ments to participating employees upon their retirement from ser\-ice on 12
account of age, for the payments to the representatives or appointees 13
of any participator dying before reaching the age of retirement, for the 14
payment to any participator retiring from service before becoming en- 15
titled to a pension or annuity and for the payment of the ex^penses of 16
the administration. An association formed under the authority of this 17
section shall not be subject to chapter one hundred arid seventy-five or 18
to such other provisions of law as relate to insurance companies or asso- 19
ciations, except as provided by this and the following section. 20
By-laws and
statements.
1910, 559, § 2.
1919,350, §46.
Section 40. The by-laws of every such association shall be approved
by the commissioner of insurance, and shall prescribe the manner in
which and the officers and agents by whom the association may be con-
ducted and the manner in which its funds may be invested and paid out.
Such association shall be deemed to be formed when its by-laws have
been appro^'ed and agreed to by the employer and by the employees by
vote of two thirds of all emploj'ees present and voting at a meeting
called by the employer for the purpose, and have been approved by 8
said commissioner. Such association shall annually, on or before Febru- 9
ary first, report to the commissioner such statements of its membership 10
and financial transactions for the year ending on the preceding thirty- 11
first day of December as the commissioner may consider necessary 12
to show its business and standing. Said commissioner may verify such 13
statement by an examination of the books and papers of the association; 14
and whoever, having charge or custody of said books and papers, 15
neglects to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not 16
more than five hundred dollars. 17
Exemption
from taxation,
attachments
and assign-
ments.
1910, 559, § 3.
1918, 257,
§136.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 41. The property of every such association, the portion of 1
the wages or salary of an employee deducted or to be deducted under 2
the two preceding sections, the right of an employee to an annuity, 3
pension or endowment, and all his rights in the funds of the association, 4
shall be exempt from taxation and from the operation of any law relating 5
to bankruptcy or insolvency, and shall not be attached or taken on 6
execution or other process to satisfy any debt or liability of the employer 7
or of any member of the association. 8
No assignment of any right in or to said funds or of any pension, 9
annuity or endowment payable under section thirty-nine or forty shall 10
be valid. 11
Municipal
pensions
for teachers.
1908, 498,
§§1.3.4.
1913, 832, § 16.
MUNICIPAL PENSIONS FOR TE.4.CHERS.
Section 42. In any city or town, except Boston, which accepted
chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and eight, the pension fund established for the retirement of teachers in
the public schools shall be derived from such revenues as may be assigned
Chap. 32.] pensions. 169
5 thereto by the city council of a city or by direct appropriation by a
6 town. The treasurer of the city or town shall be the custodian of the
7 fund, and shall make annual or semi-annual payments therefrom to
8 such persons and of such amounts as shall be certified to him by the
9 school committee.
1 Section 43. The school committee of any such city or town may Same subject.
2 retire from active service and place upon the pension roll any teacher ^^°*' '^^^' ^ ~'
3 of such city or -town who is sixty or over or who, in the judgment of said
4 committee, is incapacitated for useful service, and who has faithfully
5 ser\'ed such city or town for twenty-fi\'e years. The amount of the
6 annual pension allowed to any person under this and the preceding
7 section shall not exceed one half of the annual compensation received
8 by such person at the time of such retirement, and in no case shall it
9 exceed five hundred dollars.
IIUNICIPAL PENSIONS FOR SCHOOL JANITORS.
1 Section 44. The school committee, official, board or other body Municipal
2 having control of janitors employed in public schools of cities and towns MhooUanrtors
3 which accept this section, as provided in the following section, or have H'f.'o"'''
4 accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may retire, M'ith an
5 annual pension, any janitor so employed who has reached the age of
6 sixty, after completing a service of not less than twenty-five years, and
7 is physically incapacitated. The pension shall be one half the com-
8 pensation to which the pensio^ner would have been entitled for full
9 employment diu-ing the last year of his service, but not more than five
10 hundred dollars a j'ear, and shall be payable out of the appropriation
11 for the support of public schools, maintenance of school buildings or
12 payment of janitors.
1 Section 45. The preceding section shall not apply to the city of fgj^® 1J3' ^s
2 Boston, but shall apply to any other city upon its acceptance by the
3 mayor and city council thereof and to any to\\n having a population
4 of ten thousand or more, according to the state census last preceding its
5 submission to the town, upon its acceptance by the town at a meeting.
PENSIONS FOR PRISON EMPLOYEES.
1 Section 46. The commissioner of correction ma\', with the appro\-al Tensions for
^Pi , -I •!• • '• 11 prison em-
2 or the governor and council, retire ironi active service and place upon pioyees.
3 a pension roll any officer of the state prison, the Massachusetts re- loiijcrsiii
4 formatory, the prison camp and hospital, the state farm, the reforma- 27.^'"*^'^ ''
5 tory for women or any jail or house of correction, or any person employed §§'^82fl3.'
6 to instruct the prisoners in any prison or reformatory, as provided in (Jgifyos
7 section fifty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, or any other
8 employee of the state prison, the Massachusetts reformatory or the
9 prison camp and hospital, who has attained the age of sixty-five and
10 who has been employed in prison service in the commonwealth, with
11a good record, for not less than twenty years; or who, without fault of his
12 own, has become permanently disabled by injuries sustained in the per-
13 formance of his duty; or who has performed faithful prison service for
14 not less than thirty years; provided, that no officer of any jail or house
15 of correction shall so be retired except upon the recommendation of the
170
[Chap. 32.
sheriff and county commissioners of the county, except in the county of 16
Suffolk, where the recommendation as to the officers of the jail shall be 17
made by the sheriff and the mayor of Boston, and, as to the officers of 18
the house of correction, by the penal institutions commissioner and the 19
major of Boston; and provided, that no such officer, instructor or em- 20
ployee shall be retired unless he beo;an emplojTiient as such in one of 21
the above named institutions, or as an officer or instructor in one of those 22
named in the following section, on or before Jime seventh, nineteen hun- 23
dred and eleven. . 2-4
Computation
of time of
service.
1908,601, §2.
1920, 461.
Section 47. An officer, instructor or employee in any institution 1
named in the preceding section shall, for the purpose of retirement there- 2
under, be credited 'with all the time which he has served as such in any 3
of said institutions, or as an officer or instructor at the industrial or 4
Ljonan school for boys, the industrial school for girls, the Suffolk school 5
for boys or any county training school, if he has not been discharged for 6
misconduct from any of said institutions, or, if so discharged, it was 7
afterward found that he was not at fault; and the restoration to duty 8
or reappointment in the institution from which he was discharged shall 9
be sufficient evidence for his exoneration. 10
Amount of
pension.
1908,601, § 3.
Section 48. An officer, instructor or employee who is retired under 1
section forty-six shall be allowed a pension equal to one half of the salary 2
which he was receiving at his retirement. The pension, in the case of 3
an officer, instructor or employee of the state prison, ]\Iassachusetts 4
reformatory, prison camp and hospital, state farm or reformatory for 5
women, shall be paid in monthly instalments by the commonwealth; 6
and in the case of an officer or instructor of a jail or house of correction, 7
the pension shall be paid in monthly instalments by the county. 8
VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Section 49. A veteran of the civil war in the service of the com-
1907 458^^*"''' monwealth, if incapacitated for active duty, shall be retired from active
1915195.'
3 0p. A. G.
119, 128, 141,
494.
4 Op. A. G. 54.
service, with the consent of the governor, at one half the rate of com-
pensation paid to him when in active service, to be paid by the com-
monwealth; provided, that no veteran shall be retired under this section
unless he shall have been in the service of the commonwealth at least
ten years. But if, in the opinion of the governor and council, any
veteran of the civil war, after five years in said service, is incapacitated
to such a degree as to render his retirement necessary for the good of
the service, he may so be retired. A veteran otherwise qualified for 10
retirement under this section, whose term of service was for a fixed 11
number of years and has expired, shall be entitled to its benefits with- 12
out reappointment. 13
Section 50. A veteran of the civil war in the ser\-ice of any county, 1
if incapacitated for active duty, may be retired from active service by 2
the county commissioners, with the consent of the governor, at one 3
half the rate of compensation paid to him when in active service, but 4
not to exceed eight hundred dollars a year, to be paid by the county; 5
provided, that no A-eteran shall be retired under this section unless he 6
shall have been in the service of the county at least ten years and shall 7
have arrived at the age of sixty-five. But if, in the opinion of the gov- 8
Chap. 32.] pensions. 171
9 ernor and council, any veteran of the civil war in said service is incapaci-
10 tated to such a degree as to render his retirement necessary for the good
11 of the service, he may so be retired at any time.
1 Section 51. A veteran of the civil war who has been in the service veterans in
2 of the soldiers' home in Massachusetts for fifteen years, if incapaci- Ioidic?s°home.
3 tated for active service, may be retired by the trustees of the home, with Jggo! 204'
4 the consent of the governor and council, at one half the average rate of
5 compensation paid to him during the two years immediately preceding
6 his retirement.
1 Section 52. A veteran of the civil war who has been in the service veterans in
2 of any city or town.for ten years, if incapacitated for active duty, may be ^"^ice^^^
3 retired from active service by the city council or the selectmen at one 1912.447, § i.
4 half the rate of the average compensation paid to him during the two
5 years immediately preceding his retirement.
1 Section 53. A veteran of the civil war who is employed jointly by veterans em-
2 two municipalities, if incapacitated for active duty, may be retired from Ky tS^\°owns.
3 active service by the joint action of the governing bodies thereof, whether ^^^^' *'*''• ^ ^•
4 the city council or selectmen, as the case may be, at one half the rate
5 of the average compensation paid to him during the two years immedi-
6 ately preceding his retirement, one half of the said retiring compensation
7 to be paid by each of the municipalities employing him; provided, that
8 no veteran shall be retired under this section unless he has been in the
9 service of the two municipalities, as aforesaid, for a period of not less
10 than ten years preceding the time of his retirement. But a period of
11 employment by either one of said municipalities immediately preceding
12 his employment by both jointly shall be reckoned as a part of the said
13 ten years.
1 Section 54. The two preceding sections shall be in effect in any Acceptance of
2 city which by vote of the city council or in any town which at a town seSiona^^'''"*
3 meeting accepts them or has accepted corresponding pro\-isions of earlier ^®'"' **''• ^ ^•
4 laws.
1 Section 55. The action of any city coimcil in regard either to the Acceptance
2 acceptance of sections fifty-two and fifty-three or to the retiring of any mayor's'veto.
3 veteran under authority thereof shall be subject to veto by the mayor i^'-' **''• ^ *■
4 and to passage over his veto in the manner provided by the charter of
5 the city.
VETER,ANS OF SPANISH AND A^'ORLD WARS.
1 Section 56. A person who has served in the army, navy or marine Retirement if
2 corps of the United States in the Spanish war or Philippine insurrection 1920^ s"!^*^'^'
3 between April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and oV\*g (1920)
4 July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, or in the world war between --°-
5 April sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and November eleventh,
6 nineteen hundred and eighteen, and has been honorably discharged from
7 such service or released from active duty therein, in sections fifty-six to
8 sixty, inclusive, called a veteran, who is in the service of the common-
9 wealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof, shall be retired
10 with the consent of the retiring authority, if incapacitated for active
172
[Ch-^p. 32.
service, at one half the regular rate of compensation paid to him at the. 11
time of retirement, and payable from the same source; provided, that 12
he has been in the said service at least ten years, has reached the age of 13
fifty, and has a total income from all sources, exclusive of such retire- 14
ment allowance, not exceeding five hundred dollars. 15
Section 57. A veteran who has been in the service of the common- 1
wealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof, for a total period 2
of ten years, may, upon petition to the retiring authority, be retired, in 3
the discretion of said authority, from active service, at one half the 4
regular rate of compensation paid to him at the time of retirement, and 5
payable from the same source, if he is found by said authority to have 6
become incapacitated for active service; provided, that he has a total 7
income, from all sources, not exceeding five hundred dollars. 8
Section 58. A veteran who has been in the service of the common- 1
wealth, or of any county, city, town or district, for a total period of 2
thu-ty years, shall, at his own recjuest, with the approval of the retiring 3
authority, be retired from active service at one half the regular rate of 4
compensation paid to him at the time of retirement, and payable from 5
the same source. 6
Retiring
authority.
1920, 674,
Acceptance of
four preceding
sections, etc.
1920, 671,
§§ 6, 7.
Section 59. The words "retiring authority", as used in sections 1
fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, shall mean, as to the commonwealth, the 2
governor; as to a county, the county commissioners; as to a city, the 3
mayor; as to a town, the selectmen; as to the metropolitan district, 4
the metropolitan district commission; and as to all other districts, the 5
governing boards thereof. 6
Section 60. Sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive, shall not take 1
effect in any county, city, town or district until accepted by the retiring 2
authority of the particular county, city, town or district, nor shall they 3
apply to veterans who are members of the police department of Boston. 4
Pensions for
justices and
judges of
supreme,
superior, pro-
bate and
land courts.
1885, 162.
1887,420.
1899, .310, § 1.
R. L. 158, § 10.
1906,474, § 1.
1908. 179.
1910, 540,
§§1.3.
1911,627.
1918, 257,
§§95,96.
1919, 5; 288,
§ 2: 301, § 7.
2 0p. A.G.52.
PENSIONS FOR JUSTICES AND COURT OFFICERS.
Section 61. A justice of the supreme judicial or superior court, or 1
any judge of the land court or of probate and insolvency, who, having 2
attained the age of seventy and having served in any or all of said courts 3
for at least ten consecutive years, resigns his office or retires from active 4
service, or any judge of probate and insolvency who is retired by the 5
governor, with the consent of the council, because of advanced age or 6
mental or physical disability, shall during the remainder of his life receive 7
an amount equal to three fourths of the salary which was payable to 8
him at the time of his resignation or retirement, to be paid by the 9
commonwealth in the same manner as the salaries of justices or judges 10
of said courts. A justice of the superior court who has attained the 11
age and performed the service required by this section may retire from 12
active service, and may thereafter perform service with his own consent, 13
on the written request of the chief justice of said court; and when so 14
performing service he shall receive, on the certificate of the chief justice, 15
his expenses actually incurred while holding court in places where he 16
does not reside. He shall not be counted in the number of justices pro- 17
vided by law for the superior court. IS
Chap. 32.] pensions. 173
1 Section 62. A justice of the supreme judicial or superior court, or same subject.
2 any judge of the land court or of probate and insolvency, who, having r^^l! las! | li.
3 attained the age of sixty and having served in any or all of said courts l^SJ'tlo'^^'
4 for at least fifteen consecuti\-e years, shall have become disabled for the 5§ 2,'3.
5 full performance of his duties as such justice or judge by reason of illness
6 or otherwise, may, with the approval of the governor and- council, resign
7 his office, and shall thereafter during the remainder of his life receive
8 the same amount as provided in the preceding section, in the manner
9 provided therein.
1 Section 63. The two preceding sections shall not apply to justices Same subject.
2 of the supreme judicial or superior court or to judges of the land court, §§^4,' 5.^^'
3 appointed after June fourth, nineteen hundred audi twenty, or to those
4 who, although appointed before that date, accepted the increase in
5 salary provided by chapter six hundred and twenty-seven of the acts
6 of nineteen hundred and twenty. Anj^ justice or judge of any of the (Const. Rev.
7 said courts retired under article fifty-eight of the amendments to the "''■ "°^
8 constitution shall on retirement be entitled to receive a pension equal to
9 one half the salary which a like justice or judge was entitled to receive
10 immediately prior to the above mentioned date. Sections one to five,
11 inclusive, shall not apply to justices or judges of any of said courts.
1 Section 64. The chief justice and any associate justice of the munic- Justices of
2 ipal court of the city of Boston who shall resign his office after having ciurt'^o?"'
3 attained the age of seventy, and after having served in said court at least fg^^S.^i § ]
4 twenty consecutive years, shall during the remainder of his life receive i^-°' '''^'' ^ ^■
5 an amount equal to three fourths of the salary payable to him at the
6 time of his resignation, to be paid by the county of Suffolk in the same
7 manner in which the salaries of acting justices are paid. The foregoing
8 provision shall not apply to any justice appointed after June fourth,
9 nineteen hundred and twenty, or to one who, although appointed before
10 that date, accepted the increase in salarj^ provided by chapter six him-
11 dred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty. Any
12 justice retired under article fifty-eight of the amendments to the con- (Const. Rev.
13 stitution shall be entitled to receive a pension equal to one half the '"^* ^*°*
14 salary which a like justice was entitled to receive immediately prior to
15 the above mentioned date.
1 Section 65. Any justice of a district coiu-t, except the municipal al^trfcTcourts
2 court of the city of Boston, who shall have reached the age of seventy, i9ii.682, § i.'
3 and who shall have served as a justice of such court for at least twenty
4 consecutive years, may, with the approval of the governor and council,
5 resign his office, and shall thereupon during the remainder of his life
6 receive an amount equal to tlu-ee fourths of the salary payable to him
7 at the time of his resignation, to be paid in the same manner in which
8 the salaries of acting justices are paid.
1 Section 66. Any court officer of the supwme judicial or superior Pensions for
2 court who, in the judgment of the sheriff of his county, is disabled for 1912! T^rri.
3 useful service in either of said courts, and who is certified by a physician,
4 designated by the sheriff, to be permanently incapacitated, either men-
5 tally or physicall}^ by injuries sustained through no fault of his own, in
174
[Chap. 32.
the actual performance of his duty in said court, and any court officer 6
of either of said courts who has performed faithful service therein for 7
not less than twenty years, and who in the judgment of the sheriff of 8
his county is incapacitated for fiu-ther service in said court, shall, if 9
the sheriff so requests, with the approval of a majority of the justices 10
of the court in which he serves, be retired, and shall annually receive 11
a pension equal to one half of the compensation received by him at the 12
time of his retirement. 13
Expenses.
1912.722, § 2.
Section 67. Pensions granted under the preceding section and all 1
expenses connected therewith shall be paid by the commonwealth and 2
the several counties to the same extent and in the same proportion as 3
the salaries of the pensioners were paid at the time of their retirement. 4
Pensions for
state police.
1911,675.
1919, 350,
§§ 99, 102.
Op. A. G. (192
19S.
PENSIONS FOR STATE POLICE.
Section 68. Any member of the state police who, in the judgment 1
of the governor, is disabled for useful service in the division of state 2
police, and who is certified by a physician, designated by the governor, 3
to be permanently incapacitated, either physically or mentally, for the 4
further performance of his duty in the division, by injuries sustained 5
through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty, and 6
any member of the said division who has performed faithful service 7
for the commonwealth for not less than twenty years, and who, in the 8
judgment of the governor, is incapacitated for further service as a member 9
of the state police, shall, if he so requests, be retired, and shall annually 10
receive a pension from the commonwealth equal to one half of the com- 11
pensation received by him at the time of his retirement. The governor 12
may in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such tempo- 13
rary service as a state police officer as he may be fitted to perform. 14
Pensions for
permanent
members.
1909, 463,
§§ 1.3.
1919, 350,
§ 123.
PENSIONS FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE.
Section 69. The metropolitan district commission shall, at the 1
request of any permanent member of its police department, if, in the 2
judgment of said commission, he is disabled fur useful service in said 3
department, retire from active service and place upon a pension roll 4
such member, if a physician selected by the commission certifies in writing 5
that he is permanently disabled, either mentally or physically, by injuries 6
sustained through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his 7
duty, from further performing duty as such member, or any permanent 8
member of said department who has performed faithful service therein 9
for not less than twenty years continuously, if, in the judgment of the 10
commission, said member is incapacitated for useful service as a police 11
officer; and every member so retired shall annually receive as a pension 12
one half the amount of compensation received by him at the time of his 13
retirement. The commission may in case of emergency call upon any 14
person pensioned under this section for such temporary service as a police 15
officer as he may be fitted to perform, and during such service he shall 16
be entitled to full pay. ♦ 17
Pensions for
call officers.
1916, 50, § 3.
1919, 350,
Section 70. The commission may, at the request of any call officer, 1
if in its judgment he is disabled for useful service as such call officer, re- 2
tire him from active service and place him upon the pension roll; pro- 3
Chap. 32.] pensions. • 175
4 vided, that a physician selected by the commission certifies in writing
5 that such officer is permanently disabled, either mentally or physically,
6 and that by reason of injuries sustained through no fault of his in the
7 actual performance of his duty as a call officer he is unable further to
8 perform his duty as such officer; and every member so retired shall
9 annually receive a pension equivalent to one half of what his annual
10 compensation for continuous service throughout the year would have
1 1 been at the rate of pay he received from said commission at the time he
12 received the injury.
1 Section 71. If any permanent police officer of said police depart- Annuities to
2 ment or any call officer dies from injuries received while in the discharge 1900,453, § 4.
3 of his duty in the service of the commission and leaves a widow, or if ibm, 56, '§ 5. '
4 no widow, any child or children under the age of sixteen, a sum not l^/li^^"'
5 exceeding one thousand dollars may be paid as an annuity to such l\l%*2^'
6 widow so long as she remains unmarried, or for the benefit of such
7 child or children so long as he or any one of them continues under the
8 age of sixteen, and the commission may from time to time determine
9 the amount of such annuity within the limits aforesaid. The provi-
10 sions of this and the two preceding sections as to pensions or annuities
11 for disability or death resulting from injuries received in the performance
12 of duty shall apply to officers assigned to duty under the commissioner
13 of public safety as provided in section four of chapter one hundred and
14 forty-seven.
1 Section 72. Pensions and annuities granted under the three pre- Appropria-
2 ceding sections and any expenses connected therewith shall, except as pensbns.etc.
3 hereinafter provided, be paid out of the appropriations for the Metro- 1910; 5fii'§^6^'
4 politan Parks Maintenance Fund ; provided, that such pensions, annul- \l^- ^^o. § i29-
5 ties and expenses shall not be paid out of any general appropriations
6 made for the maintenance of reservations or boulevards under the care
7 and control of said commission, but shall be provided for by specific
8 appropriations for the purpose. Pensions or annuities paid on account
9 of disability or death of officers assigned to duty under the commis-
10 sioner of public safety shall be paid out of the ordinary revenue of the
11 commonwealth.
1 Section 73. Sections twenty-six and forty-three of chapter thirty- Law as to
2 one shall not apply to the retirement of a police officer under section applicable"'
3 sixty-nine or seventy. 1909, 453, § 2. 1916, se, § 4.
pensions fok scrub women.
1 Section 74. Any woman in the employ of the superintendent of f''yj'',"^""^°
2 buildings as a cleaner and scrub woman who has reached the age of is's, 711.
3 sixty and has been in such employ or in that of the sergeant-at-arms ' ^ '
4 for not less than fifteen years and has become physically or mentally
5 incapacitated for labor, and any such employee who has been in such
6 employ for not less than ten years and has become physically or mentally
7 incapacitated for labor by reason of any injury received in the per-
8 formance of her duties, may, with the approval of the superintendent,
9 be retired from service, and if so retired she shall receive from the
10 commonwealth for the remainder of her life the smn of three dollars
1 1 per week.
176
[Chap. 32.
Pensions for
probation
officers.
1912,723,5 1.
1916,225, § 1.
215 Mass. 57.
4 Op. A. G.
576.
PENSIONS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS.
Section 75. Any probation officer or assistant probation officer 1
whose whole time is given to the duties of his office shall, at his request, 2
be retired from active service and placed upon a pension roll by the .3
court upon which it is his duty to attend, with the appro \'al of the 4
county commissioners of the county in which the court is situated; 5
provided, that he is certified in writing by a physician designated by 6
such court to be permanently disabled, mentally or physically, for 7
further service by reason of injuries or illness sustained or incurred 8
through no fault of his in the actual performance of his duty as such 9
officer. Any such probation officer or assistant probation officer who 10
has faithfully performed his duties for not less than twenty consecutive 11
years, and who is not less than sixty, shall be retired at his request 12
without the aforesaid certification. Such probation officer must be re- 13
tired upon attaining the age of seventy. 1-4
Section 76. Every person retired under the preceding section 1
shall receive an annual pension equal to one half of the compensation 2
received by him at the time of his retirement, to be paid by the county 3
employing him, or, if he is employed by more than one county, b.y the 4
counties by which his salary is paid, and in tlie same proportion. 5
Pensions for
laborers.
1912, 503,
§§ 1,2.4.
1915,47, § 1.
1919.21.
1920, 179.
PENSIONS FOR LABORERS.
Section 77. (a) Any laborer in the employ of a city or town, except 1
Boston, which accepted chapter fi-\-e hundred and three of the acts of 2
nineteen hundred and twelve, who has reached the age of sixty and has 3
been in such employ for not less than twenty-five years and has become 4
physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, and any laborer in the 5
employ of such city or town who has been in such employ for not less 6
than fifteen years and has become physicallj^ or mentally incapacitated 7
for labor by reason of any injury received in the performance of his 8
duties for such city or town may, at his request, in cities, with the ap- 9
proval of the mayor, or in towns, with the approval of the selectmen, 10
be retired from service ; and if so retired he shall receive from the city 1 1
or town for the remainder of his life an annual pension equal to one half 12
of the annual compensation paid to him as a laborer at his retirement. 13
Any laborer in the employ of such city or town who has reached the age 14
of sixty-five and has been in such employ for not less than twenty-five 15
years, including the time when incapacitated by reason of sickness, not 16
exceeding two years in the aggregate, as certified by a physician in 17
regular standing, shall be retired from service, and shall receive from 18
the city or town an annual pension computed in the manner herein- 19
before set forth. 20
(b) In any such city or town which accepts this paragraph or has 21
accepted chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen 22
hundred and twenty by the city council or by the voters at a town 23
meeting, "laborer" shall include foremen, inspectors, mechanics, draw 24
tenders, assistant draw tenders and storekeepers, but no such person 25
shall receive a pension of more than four hundred dollars a year. 26
Section 78. Any laborer employed by any fire or water district 1
which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of 2
Chap. 32.] pensions. 177
3 earlier laws, who has reached the age of sixty and has been in the employ i9i3, evi, § i.
4 of such district for not less than twenty-five years and has become §§\%.*^'
5 physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, and any laborer in the
6 employ of any such district who has been in such employ for a period
7 of not less than fifteen years and has become physically or mentally in-
8 capacitated for labor by reason of any injury received in the performance
9 of his duties for such district, may, at his request, with the approval of
10 the prudential committee or water commissioners, be retired from service;
11 and if so retired he shall receive from the district, for the remainder of
12 his life, an annual pension equal to one half of the average annual com-
13 pensation paid to him as a laborer during the two years next prior to
14 his retirement. Any laborer in the employ of such a district who has
15 reached the age of sixty-five and has been in such employ for not less
16 than twenty-five years shall be retired from service, and shall receive
17 from the district an annual pension computed in the manner herein-
18 before set forth. This section shall take effect in any fire or water district
19 if accepted by the district at a meeting.
1 Section 79. All pensions which were payable under chapter five ExistiDg
2 hundred and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve or chapter i9i3,°67i, § 2.
3 six hundred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen §§2%^.^^'
4 by any city or town to former employees of a fire or water district therein
5 which accepted chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the acts of nine-
6 teen hundred and fourteen at the annual meeting of the district held
7 next after the passage thereof, shall be paid by the district.
PENSIONS FOR FIREMEN IN CITIES.
1 Section 80. In cities, except Boston, which accept this and the fol- Pensions for
„i. . 1 , ,. .. „ . firemen.
2 lowing section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier is98,267.
3 laws by vote of the city council, the fire commissioner in cities having r. l.'32, '
4 such an official, otherwise the aldermen, in all cases with the approval of ioo6!'476.
5 the mayor, shall retire from active service and place upon the pension §§'f,'3-5^.'
6 roll any fireman, call fireman or substitute call fireman of the city whom IaH's^'^'^^*'
7 the city physician certifies in writing to be permanently disabled, men- 1920,2.
8 tally or physically, by injiu-ies sustained or illness incurred through no
9 fault of his own in the actual performance of duty, from furtlier perform-
10 ing duty as such member; or any permanent member of said department
11 who has performed faithful ser\ice therein for not less than twenty-five
12 years if in the judgment of said board or official such member is disabled
13 for useful service in the department; provided, that any permanent mem-
14 ber of said department who has performed faithful ser\'ice therein for
15 twenty-five years and has attained the age of sixty shall be retired at his
16 request.
1 Section 81. Any permanent member of a fire department retired Amount of
2 under the preceding section shall receive an annual pension, payable i9i3.697, §2.
3 monthly, equal to one half of the annual salary or other compensation 1919] s.
4 payable to him dm-ing the last year of his service. The pension of any ^^"°' ^'
5 call or substitute call fireman retired under said section shall be the
6 same as that of a permanent member of the first grade of the same de-
7 partment in which he served, or, if there be no grades, his compensation
8 shall be that of a permanent member of the department performing
9 duties like those which he performed.
178 PENSIONS. [Chap. 32.
ca™members. SECTION 82. All Call members of fire departments of cities, except 1
1916,218. Boston, which accept this section or have accepted corresponding pro- 2
visions of earlier laws, by vote of the city council, with the approval of 3
the mayor, who were retired for chsability p^e^■ious to INIay twenty- 4
third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall receive the same pension 5
provided for call members of fire departments placed on the retired list 6
under section eighty. 7
PENSIONS FOR POLICE AND FIREMEN.
poHceTif cfues. SECTION 83. In cvery city, except Boston, which, by vote of its city 1
§u-4 '^*' council, accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of 2
55 29 'so' earlier laws, the mayor and aldermen, or the board of police where such 3
i903,'428. a board is established, shall, at his own request or at the request of the 4
1909 1S8 • .... •
i9i8!257; chief or superintendent of police if, in the judgment of said board or 5
ilio^'s'""' officer, he is disabled for useful service in said department, retire from 6
1920.^2^' active service and place upon a pension roll any member of the police 7
220 Mass 393 department of such city whom the city physician of such city certifies in 8
writing to be permanently disabled, mentally or physically, by injuries 9
sustained through no fault of his own in the actual performance of 10
duty, from further performing duty as such member, or any member of 11
said department who has performed faithful service therein for not less 12
than twenty years continuously if, in the judgment of said board or 13
officer, such member is disabled for useful service in the department; 14
and every member so retired shall annually receive as a pension one 15
half the amount of compensation received by him at his retirement, 16
such amount to be paid by the city, which shall appropriate money 17
therefor. 18
The board of police, or the mayor in cities having no such board, may 19
in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary 20
service in the department as he may be fitted to perform, and during 21
such service he shall be entitled to full pay. 22
S^ureT^oHc"/ SECTION 84. In citics which, by vote of the city council, and in 1
officers in cities towus whicli, by votc of the inhabitants at an annual town meeting, 2
having no pen- acccpt this section, or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier 3
I'goifsTT!"''' laws, and which have not established a system of pensions for the mem- 4
R. L. 108, § 31. ^^^^ ^j j^g police department, the board or officer having authority to 5
make appointments to the police department shall retire from further 6
service therein any member of said department whom the city or town 7
physician and two other physicians certify to be permanently incapaci- 8
tated, physically or mentally, by injuries sustained in the actual per- 9
formance of duty in the department. A member who is so retired shall 10
annually receive as a pension one half the compensation received by 11
him at his retirement. 12
poilcimln'"^ Section 85. The selectmen of every town which accepts this section 1
fn townr'^" or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a two thirds 2
1904,327, -^rote at an annual town meeting shall retire from active service and 3
place upon the pension roll any permanent member of the police depart- 4
ment and any permanent member of the fire department of such town 5
found by them to be permanently incapacitated, mentally or physically, 6
for useful service in the department to which he belongs, by injuries 7
received through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his 8
1-3.
Chap. 32.] pensions. 179
9 duty. They may also retire and place upon the pension roll any perma-
10 nent member of either of said departments who has performed faithful
11 service in the department for not less than twenty-five years continu-
12 ously, and is not less than sixty. Every person so retired shall annually
13 receive from the town as a pension a sum equal to one half of the annual
14 compensation received by him at his retirement. The selectmen may
15 in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary
16 service in the department from which he was retired as they may deem
17 him fitted to perform, and during such "service he shall be entitled to
18 full pay.
1 SECTIO^f 86. Any police officer lawfully retired and pensioned after Police pen-
2 May nineteenth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, who accepts another iJig"othe"°''
3 appointment or employment as a police officer or police official in any not'to^Sw
4 city or town, shall not receive a pension dm-ing such time as he shall igjs^si, § i.
5 hold the new appointment or employment.
1 Section 87. If a policeman in a regularly organized police depart- Payments to
2 ment of a city or town, or a member of the department of public safety policemen killed
3 doing police duty is killed, or dies within sixty days from injuries re- "902! 437 "^'
4 ceived, while in the performance of his duties, and his death is certified '^-°'^^5' ^ '•
5 by the city or town clerk or commissioner of public safety, as the case
6 may be, and by the attending physician or medical examiner, to the
7 officer required to make payment as hereinafter provided, there shall be
8 paid to his executor or administrator the sum of one thousand dollars
9 for the use equally of his widow and minor children ; or if there are
10 minor children but no widow, to their use, or if there is no minor child,
11 to the use of the widow. A child of full age dependent upon such
12 policeman for support shall be regarded as a minor child. Payment
13 shall be made by the treasurer of the city or town concerned, if the
14 policeman was in the service of a city or town, and by the state
15 treasurer if the policeman was a member of the department of public
16 safety doing police duty.
1 Section 88. The selectmen of any town which accepts this section Pensions to
2 or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a two thirds po™ '^^ °
3 vote at an annual town meeting may pay to the widow of any permanent fn certain*""
4 member of the police department or of any person aiding a police officer igo°^is5
5 in the discharge of his duty by the order or request of such officer or any §§ a.'s.
6 of the authorities of the town, or to the widow of a fireman in the regu-
7 larly organized fire department of the town or of a person doing fire duty
8 at the request or by the order of the authorities of the town, if it has no
9 organized fire department, or of a person performing the duties of a
10 fireman in such town, who dies from injuries received through no fault
1 1 of his own in the actual performance of his duty, a pension not exceeding
12 three hundred dollars a year while such vvidow remains unmarried, or,
13 if there is no widow, a pension not exceeding said sum for the benefit of
14 any of the children under sixteen of such deceased person while any such
15 child is under the age of sixteen, and the selectmen of such town may
16 determine the amount of such pension within said limits.
1 Section 89. Any city except Boston which accepts this section or Annuities to
2 has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by vote of the city p^oUcemenin
3 council may pay an annuity not exceeding four hundred dollars a year loonav*'^^"
180
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS.
[ClL^P. 32.
to or for the beoefit of the widow, so long as she remains unmarried, or 4
for the benefit of the children, so long as such children or any of them 5
remain under the age of sixteen years, of any member of the police de- 6
partment of the city who dies from injuries received while in the exercise 7
of his duty as such member. Such payments shall be made only in cases 8
where, first, it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the city council that 9
the injury in question was received by the deceased member while in the 10
exercise of due care in the discharge of his duty as such member, and, 11
secondly, the city physician, if there be one, and two other reputable 12
physicians of the city, shall certify that the death was the direct result 13
of the said injury. The city council shall from time to time determine 14
the amount of any such annuity which shall in no case exceed the sum 15
of four hundred dollars a year on account of any one death. 16
officersnofsub- SECTION 90. Scctions twenty-six and forty-three of chapter thirty- 1
iawB*° '^'"^""'' one shall not apply in cities to the retirement on a pension of members 2
1916, 113, § 1. Qf police departments who are over seventy years of age. 3
Pensioners
not to be paid
for services.
1913,657, 5 1.
1916, 88.
1918, 257,
§ 135.
1919, 5; 80.
1920, 2.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 81.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 91. No person while receiving a pension or an annuity 1
from the commonwealth, or from any county, city or town, except teach- 2
ers who on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, were 3
receiving annuities not exceeding one hundred and eighty dollars per 4
annum, shall, after the date of the first payment of such annuity or pen- 5
sion, be paid for any service rendered to the commonwealth, county, 6
city or town which pays such pension or annuity, except for jury service 7
or for service rendered in an emergency under section sixty-eight, sixty- 8
nine or eighty-three, or for service in a public office to which he has been 9
elected by the direct vote of the people. 10
No interest in
a pension to
be pledged.
Section 92. Any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of 1
any right, claim or interest in any pension from the commonwealth or any 2
county, city or town shall be void. Whoever is a party to such pledge, 3
mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of any right, claim or interest 4
in any pension or pension certificate from the commonwealth or any 5
county, city or town, or holds the same as collateral security for any 6
debt or promise, or upon any pretext of such security or promise, shall 7
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 8
1919, 350,
not to affect
pensions.
1919, 350, § 4,
Section 93. Persons who, at the time when chapter three hundred 1
and fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen took 2
effect, were appointed to or employed by an office, board, commission 3
or other governmental organization or agency abolished by said chapter 4
and were appointed to positions in any of the departments established 5
thereby shall retain all rights to retirement with pension that had accrued 6
or would thereafter accrue to them, and their services shall be deemed 7
to have been continuous as if said chapter had not been passed. 8
REFERENCES.
Power of the governor to remove judges on account of age or disability, Const,
amend. 58. (Const. Rev. art. 140.)
Special provision for employees of Worcester Law Library, 1919, 103.
Chap. 33.]
181
TITLE Y.
MILITIA.
Chapter 33. Militia.
CHAPTER 33
MILITIA.
(The General Acts regulating the militia subsequent to the General Statutes and prior to the Public Stat-
utes are Sts. 1864, 238; 1S66, 219; 1873, 313; 1874, 320; 1878, 265.]
Sect.
defi^.^tions.
1. "Soldier," "enlisted man," and "com-
pany" defined.
UNORGANIZED MILITIA.
2. Persons to be enrolled in the militia.
3. Exemptions.
4. Same subject.
5. Organized and unorganized militia.
6. Assessors' lists for enrolment.
7. Tavern keepers, etc., to give names,
etc.
8. Calling out of unorganized militia.
9. Muster of same, etc.
VOLUNTEER OR ORGANIZED MILITIA.
10. Active militia, designation.
11. Organization and provisions appli-
cable.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
12. Commander-in-chief may raise volun-
teer companies.
13. May transfer companies.
14. Recruiting and appointment of provi-
sional officers.
15. Time of appointment, etc.
16. Enlistment of veterans, etc.
17. Assignment of units.
18. May prescribe organization, etc.
19. May prescribe number mounted, etc.
20. May disband inefficient company.
21. May order out for escort duty, etc.
22. May exclude traffic from highways,
etc.
23. May make regulations, publish militia
law, etc.
Sect.
24. May transfer organizations, etc.
25. May lease property to United States,
etc.
26. Governor's staff, appointment, com-
position, etc. Military coimcil and
naval militia bureau.
27. Adjutant general and department of
naval militia.
28. Adjutant general and assistants, sal-
aries.
AID TO CIVIL POWER.
29. Volunteer militia called out in case of
invasion or insurrection.
30. Call of militia in case of tumult, riot,
etc.
31. Duty of commander of unit.
32. Penalty for disobedience.
33. Troops to appear armed, etc.
34. Additional orders to be in writing
when practicable.
35. No liability for acts under orders.
36. Detail of commander of company,
etc., without officers.
37. Additional force to be taken from un-
organized militia.
38. Excuse from duty, and punishment
for absence without leave.
ARMORIES.
39. Cities and towns to provide armories
and headquarters.
40. Location of armories and headquarters
in certain cases.
41. Allowances to cities and towns for
armories and headquarters in build-
ings not exclusively occupied by the
militia.
182
[Chap. 33.
Sect.
42. Parade grounds, etc.
43. Allowances to cities and towns for ar-
mories of the second class.
44. Duties of armory commissioners, etc.
45. Construction, etc., of armories, drill
grounds, ranges, etc.
46. Purchase of armories of the second
class, etc.
47. Expenditures.
48. Armories of the first class.
49. Cities and towns to be relieved of cer-
tain obligations. Armories of first
class to be under control of com-
mander-in-chief, etc.
50. Cities and towns to make annual re-
turns to chief quartermaster.
51. Commanding officer to have control of
armory, etc.
52. Use of armories limited. Temporary
use for public purposes, etc.
53. Operation of cinematographs, etc., in
armories, etc.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
54. Pay not allowed for inspections.
55. Penalty for unauthorized wearing of
uniforms, etc.
56. Disposition of returns and applica-
tions.
57. Street railways, etc., may transport
military supplies.
58. Military bands may be excused from
camp and substitute duty ordered.
59. No parade without approval. Details
for temporary or special duty.
60. Bounds of parades or encampments,
and punishment for intrusion, etc.
61. Penalty for molesting or insulting
troops on duty.
62. Troops to have right of way, etc.
63. No military duty on election day,
except, etc.
64. Unauthorized drilling forbidden, etc.
65. Certain organizations may drill and
parade with firearms.
66. Penalty.
67. Rifle team.
68. Officers of United States army and
navy to be reimbursed for ex-
penses.
69. Regimental, etc., funds.
70. Exemption from jury duty and from
civil arrest.
71. No loss of pay or vacation to state em-
ployees in militia.
72. Rolls of militia. Penalty for false
certificate.
73. Compensation for injury during mili-
tary duty.
74. Interference with militia, penalty.
75. Paymasters' bonds.
76. Bond for military property, etc.
77. Reimbursement for premium on bond.
78. Schedule bonds.
Sect.
79. Certain rights of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company not
affected.
SO. Penalty on civil officers for violation
of this chapter.
81. Prizes for competitions. Maintenance
and repair of aeroplanes.
82. Allowances for military instruction.
LAND FORCES.
Organization,
83. Composition of land forces.
84. First and second corps of cadets, offi-
cers, equipment, etc.
Staff Corps and Departments.
85. Titles and grades to conform to
United States laws and regulations.
86. Chief surgeon, judge advocate, etc.
87. Chief quartermaster, salary, etc.
88. Officers not to be pecuniarily inter-
ested in purchases and sales, etc.
89. Penalty.
Commissioned Officers — Appointment.
90. Eligibility to appointment.
91. Relative rank of commissioned offi-
cers, date of commission, etc.
92. Appointment of staff officers.
93. Eligibility for appointment as medical
or veterinary officer, etc.
94. Examinations. Military service com-
mission, appointment, etc.
95. Oath, United States requirements, etc.
96. Discharge for failure to pass tests.
97. Retirement after failure to pass.
98. Form and administering of oath.
Commissioned Officers — Discharge and Re-
tirement.
99. Discharge, dismissal and placing in
reserve of officers.
100. Term of office of brigadier general, etc.
101. Term of office of colonel.
102. Retirement of officers.
103. Retirement for disability.
104. Register of retired officers.
105. Retired officers, privileges and duties.
106. Certificate of discharge of officers.
Noncommissioned Officers — Appointment
and deduction.
107. Number of noncommissioned officers
to conform to law or orders.
108. Commander-in-chief to make regula-
tions as to appointment, etc., of
noncommissioned officers.
Enlisted Men — Enlistment and Muster.
109. Commanding officer may make regu-
lations as to enlistment, etc., of
soldiers.
110. Enlistment, rank, recruiting officers,
etc.
Chap. 33.]
183
Sect.
111. Mustering officers, duties, etc.
112. Enlistment papers.
113. Oath before mustering officer, etc.
114. No duty or pay until muster, etc.
115. Muster of unfit persons forbidden.
116. No enlistment in another organization
during term of service.
Enlisted Men — Discharge.
117. Discharge during term of service only
by order of commander-in-chief.
Inaptitude, disability, etc.
118. Dishonorable discharge, etc., only on
sentence of court-martial.
119. Certificate of discharge.
Uniforms of Officers.
120. Uniforms, etc., of commissioned offi-
cers.
Public Properly — Issue, Accountability,
etc.
121. Certain supplies to be provided by
the commonwealth. Chief quarter-
master may sell certain other sup-
plies to soldiers.
Uniforms of soldiers, how prescribed
and provided.
Uniforms, etc., to be used only for
military purposes, etc.
Regulations as to military property.
Responsibility for military property,
etc.
Accountability of officer for military
property, etc.
Disposition of and liability for records,
reports and military property.
Penalty for unlawful purchase, etc.
Liability for loss.
Penalty on officer or soldier for de-
struction of state property, etc.
Uniform to be worn only when on
duty, etc.
Adoption of other than prescribed uni-
form, etc.
Volunteer organizations may own per-
sonal property, etc.
Inspection and condemnation of mili-
tary property, etc.
Camp equipage may be loaned to
Grand Army of the Republic, etc.
122.
123.
124.
125.
126.
127.
128.
129.
130.
131.
132.
133.
134.
Duty-
- Active and Peace.
Drill.
Inspection and
135. Annual service training.
136. Militia on duty may enter and occupy
certain lands, etc., without liability.
137. Damages for use of or injury to land,
etc.
138. Inspection at encampment.
139. Judge advocate at encampment.
140. Notice for duty.
141. Mounted bands.
Sect.
142. United States system of discipline to
be observed. Officers and men sub-
ject to military law and jurisdiction.
143. Officers and men not entering serv-
ice of the United States remain in
militia.
144. Troops to be ordered outside com-
monwealth, etc., only by consent of
commander-in-chief. Penalty, dis-
bandment.
Meetings and Assemblies.
145. Meetings of officers and noncommis-
sioned officers for instruction.
School for officers.
146. Visits by commanding officers, etc.
Mileage allowed.
147. Evening company inspection may be
ordered.
14S. Company and regimental, etc., drills.
149. Excuses from drills, etc.
Pay and Allowances.
150. No compensation except for personal
service, etc.
151. Pay of officers and soldiers.
152. Compensation for killing or injury of
horse, etc.
153. Annual appropriation for claims for
killing or injury of horses, etc.
154. Annual appropriation and regulations
for maintenance of state draft and
riding animals, etc.
155. Excess of state pay, etc., over United
States pay, etc., to be given, when.
156. Allowance for motor vehicles, etc.
157. Allowance for travel, etc. Reimburse-
ment to United States. Pay of in-
specting officers.
158. Allowance for transporting horses.
159. Subsistence.
160. Allowance to headquarters, etc., for
certain expenses.
161. For repair, etc., of uniforms, etc.
162. For armorer.
163. For artillery mechanic.
164. Advances to chief quartermaster from
treasury for pay, etc.
165. Pay officers' vouchers and accounts.
166. Pay and allowances for United States
service.
Courts-Martial ■ — Courts of Inquiry —
Special Boards.
167. Courts of inquiry.
168. Allowance to witness.
169. Courts-martial.
170. General courts-martial, how con-
voked. Punishments, etc.
171. Special courts-martial, appointment,
powers, etc.
172. Summary courts, appointment, pow-
ers, etc.
184
[Chap. 33.
Sect.
173. Sentence to confinement in lieu of
fines.
174. Governor to approve sentence of dis-
missal or dishonorable discharge.
175. Power to issue warrants, compel at-
tendance of witnesses, etc.
176. Processes, etc., how executed, etc.
177. United States articles of war, etc.,
to apply to national guard, subject
to modifications by commander-in-
chief.
General Provisions.
178. Band of musicians.
179. Chaplains.
ISO. Service medals.
181. Oaths, by whom administered.
182. Delegates to annual conventions of
national guard association.
NAVAL FORCES.
Organization.
183. Naval forces, who shall constitute,
etc.
184. Naval militia, how composed, etc.
185. System of discipline prescribed by
United States to be followed.
186. Medical head of naval militia.
187. Acting judge advocate general for
naval militia, duties, etc.
18S. Clothing. Equipment. Transporta-
tion.
189. Use of armories or grounds by naval
militia.
Com
190.
191.
193.
194.
195.
196.
197.
198.
201.
202.
nissioned Officers — Election and Ap-
pointJnent.
Persons eligible for commissions.
Relative rank of commissioned offi-
cers.
Staff of naval brigade, etc., appoint-
ment, etc. Requirements for medi-
cal officers.
Methods of election and appointment.
Procedure as to elections.
Acceptance or declination.
Appointment in case of failure to
elect. Disbandment in certain cases.
Time and place, etc., of elections.
Naval militia service board, appoint-
ment, etc. Examinations, etc.
No second examination after assign-
ment to duty.
Certain officers exempt from examina-
tion.
Physical examination and oaths.
Board of medical oflScers to make
physical examinations. Disabilities
may be waived in certain cases.
Commander-in-chief may require re-
ports on men in cadet school and
on reserve officers.
Graduates of cadet school to be ap-
pointed ensigns on reserve list, etc.
Sect.
205. Officers on reserve list, etc., assign-
ments, etc.
206. Oath of commissioned officer.
Commissioned Officers — Discharge and He-
tirement.
207. Discharge of officer upon address or
sentence of court-martial. Honor-
able discharge.
208. Retirement of officers for length of
service or disability.
209. Retired officers, privileges and duties.
Ensigns on reserve list.
210. Dismissal of officer. Certificate of
discharge of officer.
Pitly Officers — Appointment and Reduc-
tion.
211. Number of petty officers, etc., to con-
form to orders. Commander-in-
chief to make regulations as to
appointment, etc.
Enlisted Men — Enlistment and Muster.
212. Enlistment and muster.
213. Commanding officer to be recruiting
officer. Recruiting depots, etc.
214. Mustering officers. Enlistment papers.
215. Oath before mustering officer.
216. Muster. No enlistment in another
organization during term of service.
Enlisted Men — Discharge.
217. Discharge of enlisted men.
218. Certificate of discharge. Dishonorable
discharge.
Uniforms of Officers.
219. Commissioned officers to provide
their uniforms, etc.
Public Property — Issue and Accounta-
bility.
220. General provisions relative to uni-
forms, arms, etc.
221. Responsibility for care and return of
naval property.
222. Officers accountable for property, etc.
Recovery of stolen or embezzled
property.
223. Officer to turn over records, reports
and property to successor. Liability
for loss, etc.
224. Penalty for unlawful purchase, etc., of
certain property.
225. Penalty on officer or sailor for destruc-
tion, etc., of property.
226. Personal property of organizations and
suits to recover same.
227. Inspection and condemnation of state
military property.
Duty — Active and Peace. Inspection and
Drill.
228. Annual training.
Chap. 33.
DEFINITIONS UNORG.VNIZED MILITIA.
185
229. Officers and men not entering service
of United States remain in naval
militia.
230. Naval militia not to be ordered out
of the commonwealth, etc., without
consent of commander-in-chief.
Meetings and Assemhlies,
231. Meetings of officers and petty officers
for instruction. School for officers.
232. Visits by commanding officers, etc.
233. Division and battalion drill.
Pay and Allowances.
234. No compensation except for personal
service, etc.
235. Pay, etc., for certain duties.
236. To be paid from appropriation.
237. Compensation for killing or injury of
horse, etc. Allowance for horses,
etc., and motor vehicles.
238. Excess of state pay over United States
pay to be given, when.
239. Allowance for travel, etc.
240. Subsistence.
241. Allowance to headquarters, etc., for
certain expenses.
242. Advances to acting paj-master general
from treasury for pay, etc.
Sect.
243. Pay officers' vouchers and accounts.
244. Naval militia in service of United
States to receive pay and allowances
of regular naval forces of United
States.
245. Reimbursement to United States for
injury to its property, etc.
Courts-Martial — Courts of Inquiry —
Special Boards.
246. Courts-martial. Courts of inquiry.
247. General courts-martial. Summary
courts-martial. Deck courts.
248. Powers of courts.
249. Power to issue warrants, compel at-
tendance of witnesses, etc. Process,
etc., how executed.
250. Commanding officer may impose same
punishments as in na\'y.
251. Fines, how collected.
252. Special board of examiners as to effi-
ciency, etc., of officers.
253. Allowance to witness.
General Provisions.
254. Service medals.
255. Administration of oaths.
256. Delegates to conventions of Naval
Militia Association.
DEFINITIONS.
1 Section 1. In thi.s chapter except as otherwise provided herein, the ;;soidier,"
2 word "soldier", or the words "enlisted man", shall include musicians mln','" atd^
3 and all persons, except commissioned officers, in the volunteer or reserve desS"^ '
4 militia, including both land and naval forces; and the word "company" fjle/e^a'.Va^.^'
5 shall include battery, troop and na\-al division.
1887,411. J 162.
1893, 367, I 162.
1908. 604. § 1.
1917,327,5 1.
UNORGANIZED MILITIA.
1 Section 2. Subject to the following section, every able-bodied male
2 citizen, and every able-bodied male of foreign birth who has declared
3 his intention to become a citizen, resident within the commonwealth,
4 of the age of eighteen and under the age of forty-five, shall be enrolled
5 in the militia. In all cases of doubt respecting the age of a person en-
6 rolled, the burden of proof shall be upon him.
1917, 327, § 2. 22 Pick. 571. 14 Gray, 614.
1 Section 3. Persons exempted from military service by the laws of p^™f4_'"
2 the United States shall be exempt from such enrolment. §§ 1.2,5.
Persons to be
enrolled in the
militia.
P. S. 14, § 1.
1887,411, § 1.
1893, 367, § 1.
R. L. 16, I 2.
1905, 465. § 2.
1908, 604, § 2.
1887,411, §S 1,2,5.
1893, 367, §§ 1, 2, 5.
R. L. 16. §§ 2. 3, 6.
1905, 465, §§ 2, 3. 6.
1908,604, §§2,3,6.
1917,327, §3.
14 Mass. 374, 394.
17 Mass. 49.
2 Pick. 597.
3 Pick. 226.
23 Pick. 208.
1 Section 4. Every person of the religious denomination of Quakers Same subject.
2 or Shakers conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall, if such con- i887,4ii,§'3.
3 scientious belief is established as provided by the laws of the United §|^3^,'|'^^'
4 States, be exempt from service in the militia in a combatant capacity, fgos, ies.^^i.
1908, 604, § 4. 1917, 327, § 4. 12 Mass. 441. 17 Mass. 351.
186
I'NORGANIZED MILITIA.
[ClL\P. 33.
Organized and
unorganized
militia.
P. S. 14, § 6.
1887,411, § 6.
1893, 367, § 6.
R. L. 16. § 7.
1905, 465, § 7.
1908, 604, I 7.
1917, 327, § 5.
Section 5. The militia shall consist of two classes, namely, the organ- 1
ized militia, to be known as the ISIassachusetts volunteer militia, com- 2
posed and organized as provided in this chapter; and the remainder, to 3
be known as the unorganized militia. The unorganized militia shall be 4
subject to no active duty except in case of war, actual or threatened, 5
invasion, the prevention of invasion, the suppression of riots, and the 6
assisting of civil officers in the execution of the laws. 7
lists for
enrolment.
P. S. 14. § 7.
1887,411.5 7.
1893, 367, § 7.
R. L. 16, § S.
1905, 465, § 8.
1908, 604, § 8.
1917, 327, § 6.
Section 6. Assessors shall annually, in April or May, make a list of 1
persons living within their respective limits liable to enrolment, and 2
shall place a certified copy thereof in the hands of the clerks of their re- 3
spective towns, who shall place it on file with the records of such town, 4
and annually, in INIay, June or July, transmit returns of the militia thus .5
enrolled to the adjutant general. 6
Tavern
keepers, etc.,
to give names,
etc.
P. S. 14, § 8.
1887,411, § 8.
1893, 367, § 8.
R. L. 16, § 9.
1905, 465, I 9.
1908, 604, I 9.
1917, 327, § 7.
Section 7. Keepers of taverns or boarding houses, and masters and 1
mistresses of dwelling houses, shall, upon application of the assessors, 2
or of persons acting under them, give information of the persons residing 3
in their houses, liable to enrolment or to military service and every such 4
person shall, upon like application, give his name and age. Any such 5
keeper, master or mistress violating this section shall forfeit twenty dol- 6
lars, and any person liable to enrolment or to military service guilty of 7
such violation shall forfeit twelve dollars, to be recovered on complaint 8
of any of the assessors. 9
Calling out of
unorganized
militia.
P. S. 14, 5 9.
1887,411,5 9.
1893, 367, § 9.
R. L. 16, § 10.
1905. 465, § 10.
1908, 604, § 10.
1917, 327, § 8.
Section 8. ^Vlien necessary to call out any part of the unorganized 1
militia for active duty, the commander-in-chief shall direct his order to 2
the aldermen or to the selectmen, who shall forthwith, by written order 3
or oral notice to each individual, or by proclamation, appoint a time and 4
place for the assembling of the unorganized militia in their town, and 5
shall then and there draft as many thereof, or accept as many volunteers, 6
as are required by the order of the commander-in-chief, and shall 7
forthwith forward to him a list of the persons so drafted or accepted as 8
volunteers. 9
Muster of
same, etc.
P. S. 14. § 10.
1887, 411, §10.
1893, 367, § 10.
R. L. 16, § 11.
1905,465, § 11.
1908,604, § U.
1917, 327, § 9.
1920, 127, § 1.
Section 9. The part of the unorganized militia so drafted or accepted 1
shall immediately be mustered under the orders of the commander-in- 2
chief into the service of the commonwealth for three years, or for such 3
less period as he may direct, and shall be organized into new units, or 4
assigned to organizations of the volunteer militia then existing. Such 5
new organizations shall be officered, equipped, trained and governed 6
according to the laws for the government of the volunteer militia. In 7
such new organizations, the commander-in-chief may detail officers to 8
train and command them until the officers-elect shall have qualified. 9
Every member of the unorganized militia who volunteers or is detached 10
or drafted, who does not appear to be mustered in as required by the 11
orders of the commander-in-chief, and has not some proper substitute at 12
such time and place, and does not produce a sworn certificate, from a 13
physician in good standing, of phy.sical disability so to appear, shall be 14
taken to be a deserter. . 15
Chap. 33.] organized militl\ — comjl\nder-in-chief. 187
VOLUNTEER OR ORG.VNIZED MILITIA.
1 Section 10. The active or organized militia shall be composed of des^^nato''*'
2 volunteers. P- .s- 1^. § 21. iss7, 411, § 21. is93, 367, § 21.
R. L. 16, § 22. 1905, 465, § 22. 190S, 604, § 15. 1917, 327. § 10.
1 Section 11. (a) The Massachusetts volunteer militia shall comprise Organization
2 the staff of the commander-in-chief, the land forces and naval forces, appiicawl!'""^
3 (b) Sections one to eighty-two, inclusive, shall apply to all persons, §^8^(0°^'
4 including all parts of the volunteer militia and the unorganized militia. \l\^\ 3I7; 1 1\
5 (c) Sections eighty-three to one hundred and eighty-two, inclusive,
6 shall apply to all persons except the naval forces (including an officer of
7 the naval forces detailed as aide on the staff of the commander-in-chief)
8 and except such part of the unorganized militia as may under sections
9 eight and nine be called out for active service as a part of the naval
10 forces.
11 ((/) Sections one hundred and eighty-tlu-ee to two hundred and fifty-
12 six, inclusive, shall apply to all persons except the staff of the commander-
13 in-chief (not including an aide detailed from the naval forces), and ex-
14 cept the land forces and such part of the unorganized militia as may under
15 sections eight and nine be called out for active service as a part of the
16 land forces.
commander-in-chief.
1 Section 12. The commander-in-chief may raise volunteer companies Commander-
2 or detachments, as he deems necessary, or when they are needed to raise voiu'n^er
3 maintain the forces of the commonwealth at the strength and of the p°'s!^i4|^|'24.
4 composition required or permitted by law. is87, 4u, § 24.
1893,367,124, 1905,465,5 25. 1915.289,5 3.
R. L. 16, § 25. 1908, 604, § 32. 1917, 327. § 12.
1 Section 13. He may transfer companies from one regiment to May transfer
2 another as he deems for the best interests of the service. igiT^^Ts 13.
1 Section 14. He may, to recruit the Massachusetts volunteer militia, Recruiting and
2 appoint provisional officers for such units as he may from time to time p^ovi'slona"' °
3 create, by orders in accordance with this chapter. Such provisional Jglg^fss, § 1.
4 officers, subject to removal by the commander-in-chief and until their
5 successors are ciualified as provided by the constitution and laws of the
6 commonwealth, shall exercise the same military authority over their
7 several commands as is specified in the said laws for duly chosen offi-
8 cers of the organized militia.
1 Section 15. Such provisional officers may be appointed before the Time of
2 enlisted personnel of the units to which they are assigned are enlisted ^pp°'°*'"'=°*'
3 and mustered and may be designated as enlisting and mustering officers of ^®^^' '^^' ^ ^'
4 the respective units to which they are assigned.
1 Section 16. Enlisted men who have been honorably discharged from Enlistment of
2 the United States army, navy or marine corps or released from active i9i9?i38,"'§''3.
3 service therein may be enlisted and mustered without physical examina-
4 tion for the term of one year and the commander-in-chief may direct in
188
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
[Chap. 33.
orders that commanding officers may furlougli the enlisted personnel of 5
their respective commands for sucli periods as the commander-in-chief 6
mav determine in orders. 7
ofumte'"' Section 17. The commander-in-chief may assign such units as he
1919, 13S, § 4. may create to such armories as he may designate.
Const., pt. 2,
c. 2, § 1, art. 10.
Const, amend.
53.
(Const. Rev.
art. 148.)
P. S. 14, § 23.
1882, 97.
1884, 230, § 2.
1887,411, §23.
1893, 367, § 23.
1897. 391.
Section 18. He may from time to time prescribe in orders the organ- 1
ization of the Massachusetts volunteer militia, and the numbers, titles, 2
grades and duties of all officers and enlisted men as he deems the interest 3
of the service demands; provided, that the organization shall not con- 4
flict with the laws of the United States relating to the organized militia. 5
He shall, subject to the constitution and laws of the commonwealth, 6
direct how such officers and enlisted men shall be appointed to office or 7
to specific duty. R. l. lo, § 24. 8
1903, 481. 1907, 356, § 1. 1915, 289, § 2.
1905, 465, § 24. 1908, 004, §§ 17, 26. 1917, 327, § 14.
May prescribe
number
mounted, etc.
PS, 14. §31.
1884, 230, § 5. bg allowed for militia use
Section 19. He may from time to time, by order, fix the number of
officers and enlisted men to be mounted, and the number of animals to
1887.411, § 129.
1893, 367, § 129.
1897, 448, § 13.
1898, 348, § 4.
R. L. 16, I 152.
1905, 465, §§ 32, 15S.
1907, 305, §§ 1
1908, 604, § 30
1917,327, § 15
hi'effic'ira't''"'^ Section 20. He may, subject to the laws of the United States, dis- 1
company band any company of the volunteer militia falling below the proper 2
standard of efficiency.
1905, 465
1893, 367
1908, 004, §
R. L. 16, § 33.
1917, 327, §16.
May order out
for escort duty.
Section 21. He may order out any part of the volunteer militia for 1
escort and other duties. . 2
1908, 604, § 160.
1917, 327, § 17.
May exclude
traffic from
highways, etc.
1912, 147.
1917,327, § 18.
Section 22. The governor, under such regulations as he may pre- 1
scribe, with the consent of the council, may exclude traffic from high- 2
ways during target practice or maneuvers of the Massachusetts volun- 3
teer militia, whenever he deems that public convenience or safety so 4
requires. 5
May make
regulations,
Eublish militia
iw, etc.
P. S. 14, I 151.
1887,411,
§ 149.
1893, 367,
§ 149.
R. L. 16, § 171.
1905, 465,
§ 177.
1906, 504, § 14.
1908, 604,
1193.
Section 23. The commander-in-chief may make regulations for the 1
government of the militia in accordance with law, and may publish them 2
with a sufficient index. He shall cause copies of this chapter, with such 3
amendments as may be made from time to time, to be published for the 4
information and use of the volunteer militia, with a sufficient index for 5
every such publication, and copies sufficient for the proper supply of 6
the several commands of the volunteer militia shall be printed and issued 7
by the adjutant general. i9i7, 327, § 19. 8
Section 24. The governor, with the advice and consent of the 1
council, may transfer any or all organizations, departments or staff 2
corps of the Massachusetts volunteer militia to such United States 3
volunteer military or naval force, other than the regular army or navy, 4
as the congress of the United States may at any time authorize, and 5
commission or enlistment in such United States force shall entitle officers 6
ClIAP. 33.] COMMANDEK-IN-CIilEF. 189
7 and men to an honorable discharge from the Massachusetts volunteer
8 militia ; but no organization shall be transferred by the governor to such
9 United States force if a majority of the officers and enlisted men of the
10 organization shall by vote reject such proposed transfer within thirty
11 days after notice to the commanding officer thereof by the governor of
12 his proposal to so transfer. This section shall not affect the right of
13 any officer to be retired under the provisions of this chapter. Any
14 officer or enlisted man of any organization that has been transferred
15 to such United States force, not electing to enter the said force, shall
16 b^ entitled to receive an honorable discharge from the Massachusetts
17 volunteer militia, if such discharge would not contravene any law of
18 the United States.
1 Section 25. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, M=>y lease
2 may lease to, or permit to be used by, any United States volunteer mili- united states,
3 tary or naval force, authorized by the congress of the United States, igl'e. 127, § 2.
4 military or naval property belonging to the commonwealth, upon such ^^'■''•^-''■^^^■
5 terms and conditions as will fully protect the commonwealth against
6 expense.
1 Section 26. The staff of the commander-in-chief shall be appointed Governor's
2 by him and shall consist of: ment.'aJmpV
3 One adjutant general with the grade of brigadier general; Military"''
4 Two aides de camp, each with the grade of captain; navai'ndu^ia
5 Eight aides de camp, to be detailed annually from the commissioned coiTsTamend
6 officers of the Massachusetts volunteer militia, but not to be relieved fi,53.
_n I . ■, , . .. |.| ... , (Const. Kev.
7 from duty with their organizations while serving in that capacity. arts. 124, us.)
8 In case of war, actual or threatened, the commander-in-chief may ap- p. s.'i4,§§ 11,
9 point such additional staff officers as the service may require, with such iss4, 230, § 6.
10 grade, not higher than that of colonel, as he may designate, and he may §|Yi,*34.'
11 delegate to or confer on such staff officers such authority and duties as Hgs'le?'
12 he deems proper. iloV 4^ § 1
13 The staff officers aforesaid, excepting the detailed aides de camp, shall i897!448,'
14 be commissioned and hold office until their successors are qualified, but isos'.s'on.
15 they may be removed at any time by the commander-in-chief. 190a m2;
16 No person shall be eligible to appointment on said staff unless he has ^\, ig, §5 12,
17 served at least six years in the volunteer militia of the commonwealth, ^g^^ ^g, ,5,.,
18 at least t\\o years of which shall have been as a commissioned officer, or ?■!■ , .,,. . .
,„ , , , .1 ... c 1 TT • 1 ri 1907,526, § 1.
19 has had equivalent service in the army or navy of the United States, or ipos, 604, §§ 12,
20 in the organized militia of other states. 1910, 299.
21 During the absence or disability of the chief of any staff corps or 72a '§T*'
22 department, or when he is called into the service of the United States, \l\ii 11°; § 5
23 the commander-in-chief may in orders designate some officer to perform \l\l' H^' ^ ^'~-
24 his duties.
25 The commander-in-chief may detail from the officers of the land forces
26 a military council which, subject to his authority, shall determine the
27 policies of the land forces; and he may appoint or detail from the officers
28 of the naval forces a naval militia bureau in the department of naval
29 militia which, subject to his authority, shall determine the policies of
30 the naval forces.
31 The adjutant general shall be, ex officio, a member of the military
32 council, and of the naval militia bureau in the department of naval
33 militia.
190
AID TO CIVIL POWDER.
[Chap. 33.
Adjutant
general and
department of
naval militia,
1S79. 117, §2.
P. S. 14. § 12.
1S87,-111,§ 12.
1893, 307, § 12.
R. L. 16. I 13.
1905,465, § 13.
1908, 604, § 13.
1916,284, § 1.
1917, 327, § 23.
216 Mass. 605.
Section 27. The adjutant general shall be charged with carrying out
the policies of the commander-in-chief and the military council as to the
land forces, and shall issue orders in the name of the commander-in-chief.
The department of naval militia shall be charged with carrying out the
policies of the commander-in-chief as to the naval forces, and shall issue
orders under the authority of the commander-in-chief. E.xcept in those
cases where by law or regulations specific powers are conferred on the
adjutant general as such, he shall have no authority independently of 8
the commander-in-chief, from whom his orders shall be considered as 9
emanating, and the acts of the adjutant general and the department 10
of naval militia shall be regarded as in execution of tlie orders of the 11
commander-in-chief. 12
All orders and instructions, and all regulations for the government of 13
the militia and of the officers and enlisted men therein, shall be issued 14
by and communicated to the commands and individuals in the military 15
service tlirough the adjutant general and the department of naval militia. 16
The adjutant general shall make such returns and reports as may be 17
prescribed by the commander-in-chief or required by the laws or regula- 18
tions of the commonwealth or of the United States. 19
Adjutant
general and
assistants,
salaries.
1879, 117,
§3; 197.
P. S. 14, § 13.
1886, 237.
1887,411,113.
1893, 193;
231; 367, | 13.
Section 28. The adjutant general shall receive a salary of forty-one 1
hundred dollars. An adjutant general, rank of lieutenant colonel, adju- 2
tant general's department, shall receive a salary of twenty-two hundred 3
dollars. The adjutant general may employ such clerks and other assist- 4
ants as may be necessary in his department at an expense not exceeding 5
the amount annually appropriated therefor. 6
1895. 465, § 2.
R. L. 16. § 14.
1902, 336,
1904, 439,
1905, 465, § 14.
1908,604, § 14.
1910, 348, § 1.
1912, 593.
1913, 710.
1917, 92; 327, § 24.
1919, 280, § 1.
1920, 364, § 1.
Volunteer
militia called
out in case of
invasion or
insurrection.
P. S. 14,
§§ 21, 100.
1887,411,
§§21,98.
1893, 367,
§§21,98.
AID TO CrV'IL POWER.
Section 29. The commander-in-chief shall call out the volunteer 1
militia to repel an invasion or to suppress an insurrection made or threat- 2
ened. If such invasion, insurrection or imminent danger thereof is so 3
sudden that the commander-in-chief cannot be informed and his orders 4
seasonably received and executed, a brigade commander in that part of 5
the commonwealth may order out his brigade, or any part thereof. 6
R. L. 16, §§ 22, 120. 1908. 604, §§ 15. 141. 8 Mass. 547.
1905, 465, §§ 22, 124. 1917, 327, § 25.
Call of militia
in case of
tumult, riot,
P. S. 14, § 101.
1887, 411, §99.
1893, 367, § 99.
R. L. 16, § 121.
1905, 465,
§125.
1908, 604,
§ 142.
1915,289, § 0.
1917, 327, 5 26.
Section 30. In case of a tumult, riot, mob or a body of persons 1
acting together by force to violate or resist the laws of the common- 2
wealth, or when such tumult, riot or mob is threatened, or in case of 3
public catastrophe when the usual police provisions are inadequate to 4
preserve order and afford protection to persons and property, and the 5
fact appears to the commander-in-chief, to the sheriff of a county, to the 6
mayor of a city or to the selectmen of a town, the commander-in-chief 7
may issue his order, or such sheriff, mayor or selectmen may issue a pre- 8
cept, directed to any commander of a brigade, regiment, naval brigade 9
or battalion, battalion, squadron, corps of cadets or company, within the 10
jurisdiction of the officer issuing such order or precept, directing him to 11
order his command, or any part thereof, to appear at a time and place 12
therein specified to aid the ci\'il authority in suppressing such violations 13
and supporting the laws ; which precept shall be in substance as follows : 14
Chap. 33.] .'\.id to civil power. 191
COMMON'tt-EALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
To (insert the officer's title) A. B., connnnnding (insert his command).
Whereas, It appears to (the sheriff, mayor or the selectmen) of the (county,
city or town) of , that (here state one or more of the causes above
mentioned) in our of , and that military force is
necessary to aid the civil authority in suppressing the same: Now, therefore,
we command you that you cause (the command or such part thereof as may be
desired), armed and equipped with ammunition and with proper officers, to
parade at , on then and there to obey such orders as
may be given according to law. Hereof fail not at your peril, and have you
there this precept with your doings returned thereon.
15 This precept shall be signed by the sheriff, mayor or selectmen, and
16 may be varied to suit the circumstances of the case; and a copy of the
17 same shall immediately be forwarded by the sheriff, mayor or selectmen
18 to the commander-in-chief.
1 Section 31. The officer to whom the order of the commander-in-chief °"nde°^o7"ni,
2 or brigade commander, or a precept as aforesaid, is directed shall forth- p- s. u, § 102.'
3 W'ith order the troops therein called for to parade at the time and place § 106.
4 appointed, and shall immediately notify the commander-in-chief of his § 106. '
5 order, in the most expeditious manner, and also by letter tlirough the fgos', icsf '"^'
6 usual military channels. loos, 604, § us. loi-, 327, § 27. ^ ^-^•
1 Section 32. If an officer neglects or refuses to obey such order or PensiUy for
2 precept, or if any officer or soldier fails to obey an order issued in pur- p.^a H^sTds.
3 suanee thereof, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
1887, 411, § 101. R L. 16, § 123. 1908, 604, § 144.
1893, 367, § 101. 1905, 405, § 127. 1917. 327. | 28.
1 Section 33. Such troops shall appear at the time and place ap- Troops to
2 pointed, armed, ecjuipped, and with ball ammunition, and shall obey ^pp'""' '"■"'' •
3 and execute such orders as they have received, or such additional orders fsfl «'i! ^°*'
4 as they may then and there or thereafter receive from the commander- fs93^'367
5 in-chief, or from an officer or magistrate acting under section twenty- fj^^-^g jg^
6 nine or thirty. iocs, 465, § 12s. 190s, 604, § 145. 1917. 327, § 29.
1 Section 34. Whenever practicable all orders issued under the pre- Additional
2 ceding section shall, at the recjuest of the officers to whom addressed, be i'n'wnt*ng''when
3 in wTiting and signed by the officers or magistrates issuing the same. iJo^'lls'"'
4 Such orders shall set forth the piu-pose to be accomplished by the mill- fgo|^go4
5 tarv officer to whom addressed, but shall not prescribe the military meas- § i^s-
• . * 1917 327 § 30
6 lu-es to be used or the orders to be issued by said officer, who shall use
7 such measures and issue such orders as he deems necessary to accomplish
8 the purpose indicated.
1 Section 35. No officer or soldier shall be liable, either civilly or crim- No liability for
2 inally, for any injury to persons or property caused by him or by his order"° "
3 order, while serving under section twenty-nine or thirty and acting in §^30.^^"'
4 obedience to and in execution of any orders received from the persons, |^{f7.^°^'
5 and in the manner, prescribed by this chapter, unless the act or order i^i^- ^^7. § si.
6 causing such injiu-y was manifestly beyond the scope of the authority of
7 such officer or soldier.
192
ARMORIES.
[Chap. 3.3.
Detail of
commander o
company, etc,
without
officers.
P.S. 14. § lo;
1887,411.
§103.
Section 36. If a company without officer.? is ordered to marcli, or if 1
a detachment is ordered therefrom, the commander of the regiment, 2
battalion, squadron, naval brigade, naval battalion or corps shall detail 3
an officer to command, who shall have the same authority and responsi- 4
bility as the commanding officer of such company. 5
1905. 4G5. § 131.
1908, 604. § 148.
Additional
force to be
taken from
unorganized
militia.
Excuse from
duty, and
punishment
for absence
without leave.
P. S. 14. § 129.
1SS7. 411.
§126.
1893. 367.
§126.
R. L. 16. § 149.
1905, 465,
§ 155.
1908, 604,
§172.
Section 37. When the entire organized militia has been called out 1
under section twenty-nine or thirty, and a further force is required, it 2
shall be taken from the unorganized militia, as provided in section eight. 3
p. S. 14, § 107. R. L. 16, § 127. 1908, 604, § 1.50.
1887. 411, § 105. 1905. 4(',5, § 133. 1917, 327, § 33.
1893, 367, § 105.
Section 38. No officer or soldier of the volunteer militia, not on 1
leave of absence or furlough, shall be excused from duty when called or 2
ordered out under section twenty-nine or thirty, except upon a physician's 3
certificate of disability. If an officer or soldier is absent without leave 4
and does not produce such certificate to his commanding officer, he shall 5
be tried by coiu-t-martial for desertion, or absence without leave. Sick- 6
ness shall not be an excuse unless he procures a certificate or satisfies the 7
court-martial that he was unable to procure the same. 8
1917. 327, § 34. 9 Mass. 322. 11 Mass. 456. 7 Pick. 251.
Cities and
town!
3 tor
)ro-
vide 1
ries
and head-
quarters.
P.S.
14, §
92.
1887,411,
§90.
1893,
367,
§90.
R. L.
16, §105.
1905,
465,
§ 110
1906,
504,
§9.
1907,
526,
§ 2.
1908.
604,
§ 127
1917,
327,
§ 3.5.
1918,
257,
§ 79.
1919.
5.
1920,
2.
Location of
armories and
headquarters
in certain
P. S. 14.
§§ 93. 95.
1887.411. ,
§§91.93.
1893. 367.
§§91.93.
R. L. 16,
§§ 113, lis.
1905, 465,
§§ 117, 119.
1906, 504. § 9.
1907. 526, I 3.
1908. 604,
§ 128.
Section 39. The aldermen or the selectmen shall provide for each 1
command of the volunteer militia, or detachment thereof, not provided 2
with an armory of the first class, and permanently stationed within the 3
limits of their respective towns, an armory, including a suitable hall for 4
the purpose of drill, and suitable rooms annexed thereto for the meetings .5
of the command, for administrative work, and for the safe keeping of 6
military property; and shall also provide for each headquarters perma- 7
nently located within their said limits, suitable rooms for administrative 8
work, for the assembling of officers for instruction, and for the safe keep- 9
ing of military property; and they shall provide for every such armory 10
and headquarters the necessary fuel, lights, water, telephone service, 11
janitor service and necessary repairs, or shall make a reasonable allowance 12
therefor. Any town failing to comply with this section shall forfeit to 13
the commonwealth a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each 14
year during which such failure continues, to be recovered upon an in- 15
formation in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the attorney 16
general at the relation of the adjutant general. Any amount so forfeited 17
shall be credited to the armory appropriation for the fiscal year in which 18
the forfeiture occurs. 19
Section 40. Where two or more commands of the volunteer militia 1
are permanently stationed in the same town, the aldermen or the se- 2
lectmen may, if practicable, provide for such commands a suitable hall 3
for drill, to be used by them in common; provided, that in every other 4
respect the preceding section is complied with. When practicable, the 5
rooms provided for a headquarters shall be in an armory provided for 6
its command, or for any of the units thereof. When a company is formed 7
by men residing in different towns, the permanent location of its armory 8
shall be determined by vote of a majority of its members, subject to 9
the approval of the adjutant general. 1917,327, §36. 10
Chap. 33.] armories. 193
1 Section 41. For each armory or headquarters located in a building Allowances to
2 not exclusively devoted to the use of the volunteer militia, provided and tow^^or
3 maintained by a town in compliance with the provisions of two preceding hradquartrrs
4 sections, there shall annually be allowed and paid by the commonwealth e°o'iuslvcir °°'
5 the following amounts, to be in full for rental and for all other charges °,''^"jP^^'^ ^^ ""^
6 of maintenance: for an armory provided for one company, a sum not J^^g'l^'^^-
7 exceeding nine hundred dollars; for each additional company quartered § 129.
8 therewith, a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars; for each head-
9 quarters located in a building wherein are quartered no other troops,
10 a sum not exceeding four hvmdred dollars; for each headquarters located
11 in the same building with other troops, a sum not exceeding two hundred
12 dollars; for a detachment frorti any command, an amount to be deter-
13 mined by the adjutant general, which amount shall be deducted from
14 the total amount allowed by law for armory rental and maintenance at
15 the home station of the command of which such detachment forms a
16 part. Armories provided and maintained under this section shall be desig-
17 nated and known as armories of the third class.
1 Section 42. The aldermen or the selectmen shall provide and ''^"J'^^lg g^^
2 maintain for each command of the volunteer militia or detachment ?;^^'ii
3 thereof permanently stationed within the limits of their respective 18877411,
4 towns suitable grounds for parade, drill and small arms practice, unless isg's.'se?,
5 such grounds have been furnished for such command by the common- r. l°'i6^'
6 wealth. Any town failing to comply with this provision shall forfeit to fto5!465',^'
7 the commonwealth a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each floVso"^
8 year during which such failure continues, to be recovered upon an in- lao?! 526,
9 formation in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the attor- 1908,256;
10 ney general at the relation of the adjutant general. Any amount so 1917, 327.'§38.
11 forfeited shall be credited to the appropriation for small arms practice s^so- III'.
12 for the fiscal year in which the forfeiture occurs. When two or more HIq'I'
13 commands of the volunteer militia are permanently stationed in the 1 Op. a. g. 63.
14 same town, the aldermen or the selectmen may, if practicable, provide
15 for such commands suitable grounds for parade, drill and small arms
16 practice, to be used by them in common. Land for drill and parade
17 grounds and for ranges for small arms practice may be acquired by pur-
18 chase or lease, or under chapter seventy-nine. Towns where headquar-
19 ters, commands or detachments of the volunteer militia are permanently
20 stationed may raise money by taxation or otherwise for the acquisition
21 of land for drill and parade grounds or ranges for small arms practice or
22 for complying with sections thirty-nine and forty-three.
1 Section 43. For each armory maintained by a town in a building Allowances to
2 constructed or provided for the exclusive use and occupancy of the volun- lomsTor
3 teer militia, no part thereof being devoted to any other purpose except gerond dri**"*
4 in accordance with the later provisions of this section or with those of fjlg'^'g gg
5 section fifty-two, there shall annually be allowed and paid by the com- }|?5'|^j-
6 monwealth the following amounts: for the rental of an armory in which §§94, 90,'97.
7 are quartered not more than two companies, an amount not exceeding §§ 94, 9o,'97.
8 twelve hundred dollars, and further siuns not exceeding four hundred r.^l! ttT ^'
9 dollars for each company, and two hundred dollars for each headquarters, Wq^^' ^^*"
10 quartered in the armory in addition to the two companies first named; Jgog'^g-
1 1 but the aggregate sum allowed as rental for the armory shall not exceed W 120, 122,
12 four per cent of the total cost thereof, including the amounts paid for loois, 504, § 9.
194
[Chap. 33.
1907, 526, I 5.
1908, 604,
5 131.
1917,327,5 39.
1 Op. A. G.
508.
both land and building; for all other expenses of the maintenance of an 13
armory maintained under this section in which are quartered not more 14
than two companies, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, and further 15
sums not exceeding one hundred dollars for each company and fifty dol- 16
lars for each headquarters, in addition to the two first named companies 17
and quartered in the same building therewith. Armories constructed or 18
provided and maintained under this section shall be designated and 19
known as armories of the second class. Towns constructing or main- 20
taining armories of the second class, as herein provided, may by enlarge- 21
ments thereof or additions thereto, in accordance with plans approved 22
by the chief quartermaster, provide rooms for municipal or town offices. 23
The cost of such additions or enlargements shall be ascertained to the 24
satisfaction of the chief quartermaster, and allowances for rent of such 25
armories, so far as based upon the cost thereof, shall exclude the cost 26
of such additions or enlargements. The amount allowed to a corps of 27
cadets shall be determined by the commander-in-chief, but not to exceed 28
the allowance which would be made in the aggregate to a regiment and 29
the headquarters thereof, when quartered in an armory of the second 30
class. 31
armory'com- SECTION 44. The armory commissioners provided for in section 1
^S'°?,?P'/o°- eighteen of chapter six shall have full supervision and control of the 2
1907, 526, § 6. '^ -pii • 111 11 1 r,
1908, 604, construction oi all armories erected by the commonwealth, and on com- 6
1917, 327, §40. pletion and acceptance of any such armory the care and maintenance 4
thereof, as well as the care and maintenance of all armories belonging to 5
the commonwealth, shall devolve upon the chief cjuartermaster. 6
Construction,
etc., of
armories, drill
grounds,
ranges, etc.
1888, 384,
§§2,5.
1894, 224.
R. L. 16,
§§ 107, 108.
1904,371.
1905,391;
465, §§ 112,
113.
1906, 504. § 9.
1907, 526, § 7.
1908, 604,
§133.
1909, 323.
1912,665.
1917,327,5 41.
193 Mass. 406.
Taking of land
for drill
grounds,
ranges, etc.
1913,812, § 1.
1917, 327, § 41
Section 45. The armory commissioners shall rebuild, remodel or re- 1
pair armories of the first class injured or destroyed by fire, and may re- 2
construct, remodel, enlarge or otherwise improve existing state armories, 3
if they deem the needs of the service so require, and shall construct addi- 4
tional armories until the volunteer militia shall be provided Mith adequate 5
quarters. They shall designate the location of armories so to be con- 6
structed and shall thereupon, on behalf of the commonwealth, take 7
under chapter seventy-nine or acquire by purchase or otherwise, suitable 8
lots of land in the respective towns designated, and shall erect, furnish 9
and equip thereon armories sufficient for one or more companies of 10
militia, and for such other commands or headquarters thereof perma- 11
nently stationed in any such town as they deem necessary; but no land 12
shall be acquired and no buildings erected, reconstructed, remodeled or 13
enlarged until the site and plans thereof, respectively, and the total 14
amount to be authorized therefor, have been approved by the governor 15
and council. 16
The armory commissioners, on behalf of the commonwealth, may, 17
with the approval of the governor and council, take under chapter 18
seventy-nine, or purchase or lease land suitable for parade and drill 19
grounds or for ranges for target practice until the volunteer militia is ade- 20
quately provided with parade and drill grounds and ranges for target 21
practice, and upon land so acquired may, with the approval of the gov- 22
ernor and council, erect such building or buildings as may be needed for 23
the use of the militia. 24
If land is acquired by piu-chase, under this section, the purchase price 25
shall be paid by the commonwealth upon the execution of such a release 26
or conveyance as shall be prescribed by the attorney general. 27
Ch.\P. 33.] ARMORIES. 195
1 Section 46. The armory commissioners may, by agreement with Purchase of
2 the aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town where an armory Becondda°s,
3 of the second class is located, determine the value of the land and build- 1907,526, § s.
4 ings, and on approval of such agreement by the governor and council j^jfi^"*'
5 may purchase said armory in behalf of the commonwealth, and there- 1917,327,542.
6 upon title to the land and buildings so purchased shall vest in the
7 commonwealth.
8 The armory commissioners may, by agreement with the owners of the Purchase
9 armory of the first corps of cadets in Boston and of the armory of com- armories"
10 pany E, fifth regiment, in Medford, determine the value of the land and
1 1 buildings, and on approval of such agreement by the governor and council
12 may purchase in behalf of the commonwealth either or both of said
13 armories.
14 The armory commissioners may, by agreement with the aldermen of d"i[fgrounds
15 any city or the selectmen of any town holding title to a drill and parade et<j ^
16 ground or a target range, determine the value of such drill and parade i9i7i 327', § 42,
17 ground or target range and on approval of such agreement by the gov-
18 ernor and council may purchase such drill and parade ground or target
19 range in behalf of the commonwealth, and thereupon title to the land
20 and buildings so purchased shall vest in the commonwealth.
1 Section 47. To meet the expenses incurred under the two preceding Expenditures.
2 sections the armory commissioners may expend such amounts as are is94!2ii!|2!
3 annually appropriated therefor by the general court, together with such fgo^; 371^ '°^-
4 armory loan funds as may from time to time be authorized specifically s°°iV^'
5 by the general comt. 1906, 504, § 9. 1907, 526, § 9.
190S, 004, § 135. 1917, 327, § 43. 1918, 221.
1 Section 48. Armories built or purchased by the armory commis- Armories of
2 sioners under former or existing laws shall be designated and known as igoel'^sM, Tl'.
3 armories of the first class.
1907, 526. § 10. 1908, 604, § 130. 1917, 327, § 44.
1 Section 49. (a) When any armory of the first or second class or any cities and
2 parade and drill ground or range for target practice is furnished by the Jehe"v'ed°of^
3 commonwealth in any town, the adjutant general shall notify the town oiJhgaUons.
4 where such armory, parade and drill ground or range for target practice fir''™°ias3tobe
5 lies, and thereupon all obligations of said town, vmder sections thirty-nine, "?''''J„™°^j°' .
6 forty and forty-two, and all allowances and payments by the common- in-chief, etc.
7 wealth for rent, shall cease, as to the organizations quartered in said r. l! lo, § iii.
8 armory, or using said parade and drill ground or said range for target i905!465',
9 practice. _ i9ob%o4, §9.
10 (6) All armories taken, purchased or erected under this chapter shall Jgosow!^''"
1 1 be under the control of the commander-in-chief, and shall be cared for fg\|^-8j2 § 3
12 and maintained by the commonwealth, and the necessary expenditures 1917! 327! 1 45.
13 for care and maintenance shall be made subject to the approval of the
14 chief quartermaster.
1 Section 50. The aldermen of a city, or the selectmen of a town, cities and
2 providing an armory or armories, or headquarters, for use of the volun- annulueSirns
3 teer militia, shall annually on or before February first make returns quan'ermaster.
4 thereof to the chief quartermaster on blank forms provided by him. I'^gg^gg
5 All statements contained therein shall be sworn to by at least two mem- isso, 147.
6 bers of the board of aldermen or by two of the selectmen. All such re- §§ 90,97.'
196
[Chap. 33.
1893, 367,
l§ 96, 97.
1897, 253.
R. L. 16,
§§ 117-119.
1903, 457.
1905, 465,
§§ 121-123.
1906, 604, § 9.
1907, 526, I 12.
1908, 604,
§ 138.
1917, 327, § 46.
turns shall give the designation and location of each armory or head- 7
quarters, the name of each command or headquarters therein quartered, 8
the rental paid or charged therefor, and when required by the chief 9
quartermaster under the classification of such armories or headcjuarters, 10
the expense incurred in heating, lighting and repairing the same, in fur- 11
nishing water, telephones and janitor service, as well as the aggregate 12
cost of the land and building. The chief quartermaster shall examine 13
each return so made and allow or disallow, in whole or in part, the sums 14
so returned, his decision being subject to review and amendment by the 15
commander-in-chief. He shall annually, not later than March first, file 16
with the state auditor his certificate, stating the sum allowed for each 17
armory, the name of the command or headquarters occupying it, and 18
the town making the return, and thereupon he shall notify the mayor or 19
the selectmen of the sum allowed, which shall be paid to such town; but 20
no return received by the chief quartermaster after February first shall 21
be allowed. 22
Commanding
officer to have
control of
armory, etc.
P. S. 14, § 97.
1887, 411, I 95.
1893, 367, I 95.
R. L. 16. §117.
1905, 465,
§121.
1906, 504. § 9.
1907, 526, § 13.
1908, 604,
§ 139.
1917, 327, § 47.
Section 51. Every officer whose command occupies, or assembles or 1
drills in any armory, drill hall or building used according to law for that 2
purpose shall have control of such premises during the period of occupa- 3
tion, subject to orders of his superior officers, and any person intruding 4
contrary to his orders or to the orders of his superior officers, or who 5
interrupts, molests, obstructs or insults the troops or any of them so 6
occupying such premises, may be ejected, forcibly, if necessary, or may 7
be dealt with as provided in sections sixty and sixty-one for like offences, 8
at the discretion of such officer or of his superior officers; but in armories 9
of the second and third classes reasonable inspection of the premises 10
may be made by the aldermen or by the selectmen, or by the owners of 1 1
the premises if such inspection is under the terms of the lease. 12
Use of
limited.
Temporary
use for public
purposes, etc.
P. S. 14, § 96.
1887. 411, §94.
1893, 367, 1 94.
1895, 465. I 5.
R. L. 16, § 110.
1905. 298;
465, § 120.
1906,469, § 1;
504, § 9.
1907,526, § 14.
1908. 604,
§ 140.
1914, 752.
1915,31.
1917, 327, § 48.
1919, 64; 312;
350, § 63.
1 Op. A. G. 508.
Section 52. (a) Armories provided for the militia shall be used only 1
by the volunteer militia for the military purposes or purposes incidental 2
thereto designated by the commander-in-chief; provided, that the com- 3
mander-in-chief, upon terms and conditions prescribed by him and upon 4
an application approved by the military custodian of an armory, may 5
allow the temporary use of such armory for public purposes at such times 6
and in such manner as not to interfere with the military use thereof. 7
The compensation for every such temporary use shall be fixed by the 8
armory commissioners subject to the approval of the commander-in- 9
chief, and shall, except as is otherwise provided herein, be at least suffi- 10
cient to cover all expenses of lighting, heating, guarding and cleaning 11
the armory, and similar expenses, and shall be paid to the military cus- 12
todian of the armory before the occupation of the armory therefor. 13
The compensation as fixed shall be collected by the military custodian 14
and forwarded to the adjutant general who shall pay the same to the 15
commonwealth. 16
As used in this section the words "public purposes" shall include: 17
A public meeting or hearing held by a state department or commission. 18
An examination conducted by the division of civil service. 19
A meeting of an organization composed of veterans of the civil, Spanish 20
or world war, a board of trade, a chamber of commerce or an occupa- 21
tional organization, or a meeting to raise funds for any non-sectarian 22
charitable or non-sectarian educational purpose. 23
Chap. 33.] org.\nized i\iiliti.\, general provisions. 197
24 A meeting to raise funds for a benefit association of policemen or
25 firemen.
26 Elections, primaries or caucuses, and town meetings.
27 Meetings of such military organizations of scholars in the public schools
28 of a town as may be approved by the school committee thereof.
29 (b) The commander-in-chief may also, upon terms and conditions Use for raiiy
30 prescribed by him and upon an application approved by the military mumdpai °^
31 custodian, allow the use in such manner as not to interfere with the mill- i954'^752, § 2.
32 tary use thereof of any one, two, tloree or fom- company armories for a
33 meeting or rally of a political or municipal party, as defined by section
34 one of chapter fifty, conducted by the duly constituted local committee
35 of such party, no party to be permitted the use of the same armory more
36 than twice in the same year.
37 (c) Upon application to the commander-in-chief, approved by the Use of armories.
38 custodian of an armory, any organization of boys under eighteen years et" , by'Trgani-
39 of age, and any student military organizations conforming to the regula- igi^rsi.''"^^'
40 tions and training prescribed by the commander-in-chief, with a view to
41 preparing the members thereof for military or naval service, shall be per-
42 mitted to use such armory for military instructions on payment of a
43 sum sufficient to cover all expenses occasioned by such use thereof and
44 such use shall be regarded as a military piu"pose. Upon application to
45 the commander-in-chief and on terms and conditions prescribed by him,
46 such organizations may be permitted to use for parade or drill piu-poses,
47 such grounds owned by the commonwealth as are used by the militia of
48 the town where the organization is located. Such organizations shall
49 reimbiu-se the officer or authority responsible for any damage to or loss
50 of any property or equipment.
51 (d) Compensation for the use of any armory under subsection (6) or CompeDsation
52 (c) shall be fixed as provided in subsection (a). mifrM. § 2.
1 Section 53. An officer or enlisted man of the volunteer militia Operation of
2 licensed under chapter one hundred and forty-tliree, may, in any armory graphs, etc.. in
3 or other place permanently occupied by the commonwealth for military ig'u.TnG*"''
4 purposes, operate any cinematograph or similar apparatus owned or i9l9;35o;|§''99,
5 controlled by the commonwealth, without obtaining the special license 101. 102.
6 required by section eighty-two of said chapter or, in Boston, that re-
7 quired by chapter two hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen hun-
8 dred and thirteen; provided, that all other laws of the commonwealth
9 and the regulations of the state police relative to the use of the cine-
10 matograph or similar apparatus are complied with.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 54. Inspections by the inspector or his assistants shall not Pay not
2 constitute tours of duty for which state pay will be allowed to the troops inspections.
3 inspected.
1 Section 55. Any part of the uniform or insignia of rank prescribed unau'th'ori''z'ed
2 for officers or enlisted men of the volunteer militia shall be worn only by «ea"°8 «' ,
■ 1 I 1 1 * • I • 1 I 1 p uniforms, etc.
3 persons entitled thereto by commission or enlistment under the laws of isso. 425. § s.
. » . 1893 367 § 71,
4 this commonwealth or of the United States or of another state of the r. l!i6, §85.'
198
ORGANIZED MILITIA, GENERAL PROVISIONS.
[Chap. 33.
JnS?'cn?'l^° United States. Whoever violates a provision of this section shall be 5
19UU. 504, §7. (*ii 1 1111 II
1908, 6(M. punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, 6
on complaint of any officer or enlisted man of the militia. i9i7, 327, § 51. 7
§ 100.
Disposition o
returns and
applications.
1916,279.
Section 56. Returns made to the adjutant general by town clerks 1
under section six, and applications for the use of armories made under 2
section fifty-two, may, after the lapse of one year from the date of their 3
receipt, be destroyed or disposed of by order of their lawful custodian, 4
and any proceeds received in the course of their disposal shall be paid to 5
the commonwealth. (3
ftcrmay'""^'' SECTION 57. Street railway, electric railroad and elevated railway
m?utTr°'^* companies may transport military supplies and equipment over their
Buppiies- respective lines, and from and to any point thereon, subject only to the
1917', 32?] § 52. supervision of the department of public utilities and to such regulations
" as it may impose.
ma'*b7excu^ed SECTION 58. Commanding officers of organizations which are allowed 1
from camp and military bands may, with the approval of the commander-in-chief, 2
ordered. excusc the members of such bands from performing the annual toiu-s of 3
1917! 327] §53. camp duty with their organizations, or any part of such tours, and at 4
any time thereafter may, with the approval of the commander-in-chief, 5
order such bands to perform duty from time to time not in excess of the 6
number of days for which they were excused from camp duty, and the 7
members of the bands shall be paid for such duty at the same rate and 8
with the same allowance which they would have received had they per- 9
formed such duty at camp. 10
No^p^arade SECTION 59. (a) No parade or voluntary service shall be performed 1
approval by any company under arms or with state uniform without the approval 2
of the regimental, separate battalion, naval battalion or squadron com- 3
mander, or, if unattached, of its next superior commander. 4
teMorar°yor W Any officcr or cnlistcd man may temporarily bc detailed or assigucd 5
sps^'aiduty.^ to duty with commands other than his own, or he may be detailed for 6
1917," 327", 1 54. any special duty by competent authority. . 7
Bounds of
parades or
encampments,
and punish-
ment for
intrusion, etc.
P. S. 14, § 121.
1887,411,
1118.
1893, 367,
S118.
R. L. 16, §141.
1905, 465,
§147.
1908, 604,
§ 164.
1917, 327, §55.
Section GO. Every commanding officer, when on duty, may fix nee- 1
essary bounds and limits to his parade or encampment, not including 2
a road within such bounds in such manner as to prevent traveling 3
thereon, within which bounds and limits no person shall enter without 4
his leave. Whoever intrudes within the limits of the parade or encamp- 5
ment, after being forbidden, may be ejected, forcibly if necessary, or 6
may be confined under guard during the time of parade or encampment, 7
or during a shorter time, at the discretion of the commanding officer; and 8
whoever resists a sentry may be arrested by order of the commanding 9
officer and dealt with as provided in the following section. 10
molestrng^or SECTION 61. Whocvcr interrupts, molests or insults, by abusive 1
insulting words or behavior, or obstructs any officer or soldier while on duty or at 2
troops on duty. , i .n . p .'i- . j • i* i o
P. s. 14, § 122. any parade, drill or meeting tor military improvement, may immediately 6
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4 be put under guard and kept at the discretion of the commanding officer i887,4n,
5 until the duty, drill, parade or meeting is concluded; and may be de- issi^'seo, § 3.
6 livered into the custody of any police officer or constable of the town §*n9.^*^'
7 where such duty, parade, drill or meeting is held, who shall detain him ^os'les^"^'
8 in custody for examination or trial before a coiu-t having jurisdiction of fgo|^fi04
9 the place; and any person found guilty of any of the offences enumerated § les.
10 in this section, or in sections fifty-one and sixty, or of obstructing or
11 interfering with United States forces or troops or any part of the militia
12 in the exercise or enjoyment of the right of way granted by the following
13 section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars
14 or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
1 Section 62. United States forces or troops, and any part of the Troops to have
2 militia parading, or performing any duty, according to law, shall have etl'° "''^'
3 the right of way in any street or highway tlirough which they may pass; fss^y/Zi'i! ^"^'
4 provided, that the carriage of the United States mails, the legitimate fggf 367,
5 functions of the police, and the progress and operation of fire engines i^L^ig 143
6 and fire departments shall not be interfered with thereby.
1905, 465, § 149. 1908, 601. § 166. 1917, 327, § 57.
1 Section 63. Except while on duty under section twenty-nine or no military
2 thirty, or in obedience to the commander-in-chief, no officer or soldier ?ion^day,^'^°'
3 shall be required to perform military duty on a day appointed for a state f? 's.^Hru26.
4 election in the town where he resides; and an officer parading his com- Pfg^j*'^'
5 mand, or ordering it to parade, contrary to this section, shall be liable to i893. 367,
6 trial by court-martial. r. l. le, § i46.
1905, 465, § 152. 1908, 604, § 169. 1917, 327, § 58.
1 Section 64. No body of men, except the volunteer militia, the troops unauthorized
2 of the United States, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of b^ddTn, 'e°to'.
3 Boston, and the state guard, except as provided in the following sec- fgHZ/yg^ '"'^'
4 tion, shall maintain an armory, or associate together at any time as a J||^' |^o, § is.
5 company or organization, for drill or parade with firearms, or so drill or §124.
6 parade; nor shall any town raise or appropriate money toward arming, i893!367i
7 equipping, uniforming, supporting or providing drill rooms or armories 1895,465, § 6.
8 for any such body of men; provided, that associations wholly composed rjl! }6^§ 147.
9 of soldiers honorably discharged from the service of the United States IgM;^!;
10 may parade in public wjth arms, upon the reception of any regiment or fggl^jgg
1 1 company of soldiers returning from said service, and for escort duty at loo^' 232, § 4.
12 the burial of deceased soldiers, with the written permission of the alder- § no.
13 men of the city or selectmen of the town where they desire to parade; 1917! 327, § S9.
14 that students in educational institutions where military science is a 1920! ili! ^ ''
15 prescribed part of the course of instruction may, with the consent of I'^oi^ a^g^86,
16 the governor, drill and parade with firearms in public, under the superin- ^^-^^ ^^-•
17 tendence of their teachers; that members of schools for military instruc-
18 tion conducted with the approval of the governor, may drill and parade
19 with firearms in public, under the supervision of their instructors; that
20 foreign troops whose admission to the United States has been consented
21 to by the United States government may, with the consent of the gov-
22 ernor, drill and parade with firearms in public; and any body of men
23 may, with the consent of the governor, drill and parade in public with
24 any harmless imitation of firearms approved by the adjutant general;
25 that regularly organized posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, and
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[Chap. 33.
of the American Legion, and regularly organized camps of the United 26
Spanish War Veterans, may at any time parade in public their color guards 27
of not more than twelve men armed with firearms; that regularly organ- 28
ized camps of the Sons of Veterans may at any time parade in public 29
their color guards of ten men with firearms; and that any organization 30
heretofore authorized by law may parade with side-arms ; and any veteran 31
association composed wholly of past members of the militia of the com- 32
monwealth may maintain an armory for the use of the organizations of 33
the militia to which its members belonged; provided, that such drill or 34
parade is not in contravention of the laws of the United States. 35
Stion'rmar"' SECTION 65. The adjutant general, with the approval of the gov- 1
drill and parade emor, may prescribe rules and regulations under which any body of citi- 2
1917,300. zens of the commonwealth, organized as an association, club or training 3
school for the purpose of acquiring military knowledge, discipline and 4
training, may drill or parade with firearms; provided, that written con- 5
sent is first obtained from the adjutant general, and that the body organ- 6
ized as aforesaid shall adopt such uniform, equipment and insignia of 7
rank as he shall prescribe. He may authorize the use by any such body 8
of any state armory for drill or training; provided, that such use shall 9
not interfere with the occupation and use of the armory by the national 10
guard. The governor may, at any time, disband any such body. This 11
section shall be operative only during such time as the United States may 12
be in a state of actual warfare. 13
Penalty.
P. S. 14. § 128.
1887,411,
§125.
1893, 367,
§125.
1895, 465, § 7.
Section 66. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding 1
sections, or belongs to or parades with any such unauthorized body of 2
men with firearms, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty 3
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. 4
R. h. 16, § X4S. 1905, 465, § 154. 1908, 604, § 171. 1917, 327, § 60.
1909, 300°' Section 67. The commander-in-chief may send a rifle team com- 1
1917, 327, § 61. posed of members of the Massachusetts volunteer militia to take part in 2
the annual competitions in rifle shooting for national and other trophies 3
held in the United States. 4
Officers of
United Sta
army and
to be reim
bursed for
expenses.
1909, 280.
1917, 327,
j^g Section 68. Officers of the army and navy of the United States 1
na^y detailed by the war or navy department, at the request of the com- 2
mander-in-chief, to act as instructors, advisers or umpires, or to perform 3
any other duty in connection with the volunteer militia of the common- 4
^ '^'' vyealth, shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth, from the appropria- 5
tion for compensation of officers and men of the militia, for all expenses 6
incurred by them in the performance of the said duties, and authorized 7
or approved by the adjutant general, in excess of those expenses allowed 8
and paid by the United States. Payments under this section shall be 9
made to officers entitled thereto on certificates approved by the adjutant 10
general, in such form as the commander-in-chief shall prescribe. 1 1
Sc^'Tunds'' Section 69. Regimental, battalion, squadron, company, mess, band 1
1915. 289, 1 7. oi- detachment funds shall be maintained and conducted as the com- 2
mander-in-chief may prescribe in regulations. The administration of such 3
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4 a fund by the officer designated in regulations to have the custody thereof
5 shall be one of the duties pertaining to his office and for the proper per-
6 formance of which he shall furnish bond to the commonwealth. Suit on
7 the bond of such officer to recover for any misappropriation of the fund
8 shall be brought in the name of the commonwealth for the benefit of
9 the organization affected. Upon the disbandment of any organization
10 maintaining a fund as above provided, the adjutant general shall at
11 once become custodian or treasurer thereof, and shall draw a check for
12 the total amount on deposit in favor of the state treasurer, who shall hold
13 such funds or shall expend them as the general coiu-t may prescribe.
1 Section 70. Members of the volunteer militia shall not be liable for Exemption
2 jury duty, and any citizen who has served for nine years in the volunteer and from civil
3 militia, or whose total faithful service in the volunteer militia and in p"f' ii.
4 the United States army in time of war equals nine years, shall be exempt i887^4n^*'
5 for life from jury duty. No officer or soldier shall be arrested on civil fggl^jev,
6 process while going to, remaining at or returning from a place where he i'J^-.g
7 is ordered to attend for election of officers or for military duty. §§ its, 174.
1 Section 71. Any person in the ser-\-ice of the commonwealth shall Jt°vrrat°on''?o
2 be entitled, during the time of his service in the organized militia, under f^^in"^'"^^^^
3 sections twenty-one, twenty-nine, thirty, one hundred and thirty-five, J9}7'3|fs65
4 one hundred and thirty-six and two hundred and twenty-eight, to receive
5 pay therefor, without loss of his ordinary remuneration as an employee
6 or official of the commonwealth, and shall also be entitled to the same
7 leaves of absence or vacation with pay gi^•en to other like employees or
8 officials.
lilitia.
2 general, field, staff and noncommissioned staff officers, and the names of ^^°e'<.e''rtificate
3 all company officers and enlisted men in the service, shall be made annu- p^s^ i*^i i^o.
4 ally on January first. Those for companies shall be prepared by the § iss.
5 respective company commanders, and all others by direction of the § iss.
6 commanding officers of the several organizations. A sworn copy of such 1902', 493.
7 rolls, or of so mucli thereof as may be necessary, shall be furnished by I^Jfo*'^'''
8 the commanding officers of companies and of such other organizations j^flg^"^'
9 annually before January tenth to the registrars of voters in any city H^pi^^''^^^'^'
10 except Boston, and in Boston to the election commissioners, and to the 23 Pick. 208.
11 selectmen of any town, where such companies or organizations or any
12 members thereof are situated, for use in ascertaining exemptions from
13 jury duty. The issue by an officer of the volunteer militia of a false
14 certificate, or the issue of a certificate to any person not entitled to receive
15 it, in order to secure exemption from jury duty, shall be punished in
16 such manner as the commander-in-chief shall direct. The clerk of the
17 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company shall furnish annually to the
18 election commissioners in Boston and to the registrars of voters in any
19 other city, or to the selectmen of any town, sworn rolls of all active mem-
20 bers belonging to the company resident in such city or town. No member
21 of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, otherwise liable for
22 jury duty, shall be exempt if the sworn roll hereby required has not been
23 made and furnished as aforesaid.
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[Chap. 33.
Compensation
for injury
during military
duty.
P. S. 14, § 155.
1887, 411,
§ 153.
1893. 367,
§ 153.
R. L. 16, § 175.
1905. 465,
§ 182.
1906, 504, § 15.
1908, 604,
§198.
1909, 170.
1914, 380.
1917, 327, I 68.
Section 73. A member of the volunteer militia who shall, when on 1
duty or when assembled therefor under sections twenty-one, twenty-nine, 2
thirty, one hundred and thirty-five, one hundred and thirty-six, one hun- 3
dred and forty-eight, two hundred and twenty-eight and two hundred 4
and thirty-three, receive any injury by reason of such duty or assembly, or 5
who shall without fault or neglect on his part be woimded or disabled, or 6
contract any sickness or disease, while performing any such lawfully 7
ordered militia duty, temporarily incapacitating him from pursuing his 8
usual business or occupation, shall, during the period of such incapacity, 9
receive compensation to be fixed by a board appointed to inquire into 10
his claim, not exceeding in amount the pay pro\-ided for by this chapter 11
and actual necessary expenses for care and medical attendance. All claims 12
arising under this section shall be inquired into by a board of three officers, 13
at least one of whom shall be a medical officer, appointed by the com- 14
mander-in-chief. The board shall have the same power to take evidence, 15
administer oaths, issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to attend and 16
testify and produce books and papers, and to punish their failure to do 17
so, as is possessed by a general court-martial. The findings of the board 18
shall be subject to the approval of the commander-in-chief. The amount 19
so found due and so approved shall be a charge against the common- 20
wealth, and paid in the same manner as other military accounts. 21
Interference
with militia,
penalty.
1912, 358.
1917, 327, § 6
Section 74. Whoever wilfully deprives a member of the volunteer 1
militia of his employment, or denies him employment, or prevents his 2
being employed by another, or obstructs or annoys him or his employer 3
in respect of his trade, business or employment, because of such mem- 4
ber's connection with the volunteer militia or because of his necessary 5
absence from business in performance of his duty as such, and whoever 6
dissuades any person from enlisting in the volunteer militia by tlareat of 7
injury to him in respect of his employment, trade or business, or of other 8
injury, if he shall so enlist, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 9
five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, 10
or both. 11
Pajinasters'
bonds.
P. S. 14, § 158.
1887,411,
§156.
1893, 367,
§ 156.
R. L. 16, § 178.
1905, 465,
§185.
Section 75. Each oflBcer regularly assigned to the duty of paying 1
troops, and the pay officers of the naval militia, shall give bond in the 2
penal sum of ten thousand dollars, with such surety or sureties as may 3
be approved by the governor and council, conditioned faithfully to per- 4
form the duties of his office. 5
1908, 604, § 201.
1916,284. § 14.
Bond for
military
property, etc.
P. S. 14, § 159.
1887,411,
§ 157.
1893, 3G7,
§ 157.
R. L. 16. § 179.
1905, 465,
§186.
1908, 604,
§202.
1917, 327, §71.
Section 76. Any officer of the volunteer militia to whom any public 1
property is at any time issued may be required to give bond, with such 2
surety or sureties as maj^ be approved by the governor and council, con- 3
ditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his office; to properly hold 4
and administer funds; to use all necessary care in the safe keeping of 5
military stores and property committed to his custody; and to account 6
for and deliver to his successor, or to any other person authorized to 7
receive the same, all such military property or funds. 8
Reimburse-
ment for
premixim on
bond.
1908, 469.
Section 77. When a member of the volunteer militia having the 1
custody of property of the commonwealth, or charged with the duty of 2
receiving or disbursing money, is required to give bond to the common- 3
Chap. 33.] land forces. 203
4 wealth for the faithful discharge of his duty, the commonwealth shall JgJficJs,
5 reimburse him for any amount that he may be required to pay to a surety i^i''- ^27, § 72.
6 company for becoming surety on his official bond.
1 Section 7S. The adjutant general may arrange for such schedule schedule
2 bonds as he deems advisable to take the place of bonds required by law i9i3.''2fi8.
3 from any officers of the Massachusetts volunteer militia. Any such ^®^''' ^^^' ^ ^^■
4 schedule bond shall be with siuety satisfactory to the governor and
5 council, and conditioned that the officers named in the bond shall faith-
6 fully perform the duties of their offices; and it shall contain such other
7 conditions or provisions as may be required by law. Such bonds shall
8 take the place of any bond required from any officer named in the sched-
9 ule bond. The premium due to any surety company for acting as surety
10 on any such bond shall be paid by the commonwealth.
1 Section 79. This chapter shall not affect the right of the Ancient Certain rights
c^ ^ T^ 1 1 t •!! /^ ... . . ... of the Ancient
2 and Honorable Artillery Company to maintain its organization as a mill- and Honorable
3 tary company and its constitution and by-laws in so far as the same are Comp"ny not
4 not repugnant to the laws of this commonwealth or of the United States p. a'i4,' § ig3.
5 and do not restrain the lawful parade or exercise of the active militia. I^fe^i.*"'
1S93, 367, § 161. 1905, 465, | 190. 1917, 327, § 74.
R. L. 16, § 182. 1908, 604, | 205.
1 Section 80. Ci\il officers named in this chapter who neglect or refuse Penalty on
2 to obey its provisions shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, forfeit fiVvfoiation
3 not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars, p. s. u. § los. of this chapter.
1887, 411, § 163. R. L. 16. §185. 1908, 604, § 208.
1893, 367, § 103. 1905, 465, § 193. 1917, 327, § 75.
1 Section 81. (a) Money or other suitable prizes may be awarded ^J^^^^ong
2 for shooting, athletic or other competitions in the militia under such Maintenance
3 regulations as the commander-in-chief shall determine, which prizes aeroplanes.
4 shall be paid by the commonwealth from the appropriation for military i9i7; 327! 1 76.
5 accounts, or from the appropriation for small arms practice if the prizes
6 are for shooting.
7 (b) For the maintenance and repair of aeroplanes, given to the com- i9i6, 123.
8 monwealth for the use of the mOitia, the adjutant general may expend
9 annually such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
1 Section 82. There shall annually be allowed and paid by the com- Allowances for
2 monwealth such sum as may annually be appropriated, to be expended BSuction'"'
3 under the direction of the adjutant general in furnishing the officers and Jgof; lu] eo*,
4 men of the militia with uniform instruction in military authority, or- f9\2'*'399
5 ganization and administration and in the elements of military art. Cer- Jmy'says 77
6 tificates for allowance of expenses incident to such instruction shall be
7 furnished to the adjutant general and upon his approval payment shall
8 be made to the persons certified to be entitled thereto.
land forces.
Organization.
1 Section 83. (a) The land forces shall consist of the national guard, o°|"nd1orces
2 the national guard reserve, the national guard retired list, such other ^JJ-,^?'''
3 units, officers and enlisted men as the commander-in-chief may pre-
4 scribe under section eighteen, and any part of the unorganized militia
5 serving with the land forces under sections eight, nine and eleven.
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L.yVD FORCES.
[Chap. 83.
National guard.
P. S. 14. §§ 22,
25-28. 35.
1884, 2.30,
§§ 1.3,6.
1885, 236.
1886, 63,
§§ 1,4,5.
1887.411,
§§22.25-29,34.
(b) The national guard of Massachusetts shall consist of sucli regi- 6
ments, corps or other units as the commander-in-chief may from time 7
to time authorize to be formed, all to be organized in accordance with 8
the laws of the United States affecting the national guard and the regu- 9
lations issued by the secretary of war. is9o, 425, §§ 1,2. 10
23,26-20,32,33
1891. 232.
1S93, 367,
1894, 236.
1898, 348,
1900, 188,
R. L. 16, i
t 22, 25-27, 34.
I§ 1-3.
§ 23, 25-28, 31.
1905, 465,
1906, 273.
1907, 305, §§ 1, 3.
1908,344; 604, §§ 16, 18(6),
20, 23, 28.
1910, 228.
1911,326; 633.
1912,365, §2; 720, i
1914.161.
1915,289. § 1.
1916, l.§2.
1917, 327, § 78 (.b).
To continue as
1908, 604, § 25.
Coast artillery
corps a
regiment.
1908, 604, § 20.
1912, 720, § 2.
Special details,
etc., by com-
mander-in-
chief.
1908, 604, § 20.
1912. 720, § 2.
1917, 327,
§ 78 (e).
National guard
Graduates of
training school
to be appointed
reserve officers.
Const., c. 2, §1,
art. 10.
Const, amend.
53.
(Const. Rev.
art. 148.)
1916. 170. § 1.
1917. 327,
5 78 (s).
Reserve
officers, further
training, dis-
charge, etc.
1916, 170, § 3.
1917,327,
§ 78 (h).
Reserve
officers exempt
from certain
examinations.
1916, 170, § 4.
1917, 327,
§ 78 (»).
(c) The national guard and the organizations thereof shall be and 11
continue as at present constituted until changed by the commander-in- 12
chief under authority of law. i9i7, 327, § 78 (c). 13
(d) The coast artillery corps shall be considered a regiment in all 14
matters of administration and law, unless especially excepted in law or 15
orders. 1917.327, § 78 (</). 16
(f) The commander-in-chief may, by order, attach officers and en- 17
listed men of staff departments and corps to brigades, regiments, bat- 18
talions and other organizations for duty therewith, and shall so detail 19
such officers and enlisted men as may be necessary to comply with the 20
provisions of United States laws concerning the organized militia. 21
(/) The national guard reserve shall consist of such organizations, 22
officers and enlisted men as the commander-in-chief shall prescribe, 23
consistently with the requirements of the United States. 24
{(/) Graduates of the training school, national guard, Massachusetts 25 .
volunteer militia, shall, upon their own request, at any time within the 26
three j^ears next following the date of graduation, be appointed by the 27
commander-in-chief second lieutenants on the reserve list of the national 28
guard, INIassachusetts volunteer militia, and upon passing a satis- 29
factory physical examination in the manner now or hereafter required of 30
newly commissioned officers of the same grade, shall be commissioned 31
accordingly. 32
(A) Officers on the reserve list of the national guard, upon being com- 33
missioned, may be assigned, for a period of one year, as additional second 34
lieutenants, to such companies as the commander-in-chief may direct, 35
in order to continue their military training. At the conclusion of said 36
assignments the commander-in-chief shall cause due inquiry to be made 37
as to the efficiency and general fitness of reserve officers, and those found 38
zealous, efficient and generally fitted to discharge the duties of their 39
grade shall be continued on the reserve list for a further period of five 40
years, during which time they shall perform such duties consistent with 41
the constitution and laws of the commonwealth as may be required of 42
them by the commander-in-chief; otherwise they shall be honorably 43
discharged. At the end of such further period of five years a reserve 44
officer who has not in the meantime received a commission on the active 45
list shall be honorably discharged. Officers of the reserve lists of the 46
national guard shall be subject to all laws now or hereafter applicable 47
to commissioned officers of the land forces, active or retired, except as 48
otherwise provided in this chapter. 49
(0 Officers on the reserve list of the national guard appointed to 60
office on the active list, not higher in grade than that of first lieutenant, 51
shall be exempt from passing the examinations required of other newly 52
commissioned officers of those grades, and, upon being commissioned 53
and qualified, shall be assigned to duty. 54
Chap. 33.] l.\nd forces. 205
1 Section 84. To the first corps of cadets there shall be one colonel, fj^^^nd^o ,
2 one lieutenant colonel, two majors, regimental and battalion staffs and of cadets.
3 such other officers, noncommissioned staff' officers and noncommissioned ment. etc.
4 officers and other enlisted men, not exceeding the numbers of each pro- iss7.4ij, im.
5 vided by law and regulations for a regiment of engineers, as the com- r. l! le, '§ 29. '
6 mander-in-chief deems expedient. The first corps of cadets shall be Jgoi; eoli 1 19!
7 instructed, armed and equipped as the commander-in-chief directs, and }9}7'J27 §79
8 shall receive the same compensation and allowances as a regiment. The
9 second corps of cadets shall be organized and equipped as a battalion of
10 field artillery, and may retain its name. It shall retain the right to own
11 and wear in place of such full dress uniform as may be prescribed by
12 orders or regulations for the militia, a full dress uniform of special design
13 such as may be by it adopted and approved by the commander-in-chief.
Staff Corps and Departments.
1 Section 85. The officers of the several corps and departments shall Jr'ades'to''con-
2 be commissioned with such title and grade and have such designation uj^^gjfgt^tes
3 as may be necessary to conform to the laws of the United States, and the laws and
4 regulations issued under the authority thereof. i9u. us, § 2. 1917, 327, § so.
1 Section SG. (a) Except when ordered on duty under section twenty- chief surgeon.
2 nine or thirty, the chief surgeon shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred p. s.'u. § 17.
3 dollars; and, subject to the orders of the commander-in-chief, shall have §*n.'*'^'
4 general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the medical jf^Li^'s^s^'
5 department of the land forces, and shall prescribe the physical and mental J90|' f^- 1 ^f
6 disabilities exempting from military duty. He shall purchase and issue ifuij us, § 4.
7 all medical and hospital supplies, and perform such other official duties 1917! 321', § si'
8 as the commander-in-chief directs. 1920, sss, § 1. '"'•
9 (6) The judge advocate shall examine and report in writing on all l^f^^ ^''^'^
10 proceedings of courts-martial requiring the action of the commander- p^^s. h.^§is.^
11 in-chief and, in matters referred to him by law or by the commander- 1893! sct! § is!
12 in-chief, shall be the legal adviser of the militia department of the i905.'465, § 19.
13 commonwealth and shall bring all necessary actions.
1908, 604, § 37. 1911. 145, § 4. 1917, 327, § 81 (6).
14 (c) The inspector, or such other officers as the commander-in-chief {"gP^^Jf^ f
15 shall designate, shall inspect once in every year, and oftener if the state property
16 commander-in-chief deems it necessary, all headquarters, armories and etc^
17 state property in the hands of the land forces, and report the condition is87. 411, § ie.
18 of the same. The superintendent of the state arsenal shall, when so r^l! le.'^j 17.^'
19 ordered, inspect state property in armories and ascertain what supplies Jgoi; eol,' 1 35.'
20 are needed. The inspector, or his assistants under his orders, may in- {gjy-gly'^*'
21 spect any organization at any time when the troops thereof are imder §sr(c). '
22 arms, or in attendance at their armories.
23 (d) The ordnance officer, under the direction of the adjutant general, ^gj"*'"'''
24 shall be charged with the care and control of all state rifle ranges, with the jaoe, 504, § l
25 supervision of all other ranges provided for the small arms practice of 1911! us! § 4.'
• •• . , . . * 1912 720 § 2
26 the volunteer militia, and with the supervision of expenditure of public 1917! 327',
27 funds appropriated by the commonwealth for the promotion of small *'
28 arms practice.
1 Section 87. The chief quartermaster shall receive a salary of tliree chief quarter-
2 thousand dollars. An officer of the quartermaster corps of the land ftl^ '^^' ^* ^'^'
206
LAND FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
1879.
197,
§4.
P. S.
14.
§§ 13,
14.
1887,
41!,
8§13
;. 14.
1893.
367,
§§13
M4.
1895,
465,
§2.
R. L.
16,
§§14,
15.
1902,
336.
1904.
439.
1905.
465,
§§14
.15.
1906.
504.
§ 1.
1907.
526.
§6.
1908.
604.
§39.
1910.
348.
§2.
1911,
145,
§ 4;
747.
1913.
733.
1916.
284,
§15.
1917.
327,
§82.
1918.
234.
1920,
358,
§2;
595.
1 Op.
A. G.
166.
To have Ci
and control of
state
camp
grouD
,d, etc.
Duties con-
cerning loans
of state mili-
tary property.
forces, detailed to have supervision of state armories, shall receive com- 3
pensation not exceeding eight hundred dollars a year, to be paid out of the 4
appropriation for maintenance of armories of the first class. An officer 5
of the quartermaster corps of the lanfl forces with the grade of captain, 6
detailed to act as superintendent of the state arsenal, shall receive 7
fifteen hundred dollars a year, except when ordered on duty under sec- 8
tion twenty-nine or thirty, and shall be in the quartermaster corps of 9
the land forces as a clerk in addition to the clerks hereinafter provided 10
for. The chief quartermaster shall give bond to the commonwealth in 11
the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, witli surety or sureties ap- 12
proved by the governor and council, conditioned faithfully to perform 13
the duties of his office, to use all necessary diligence and care in the safe 14
keeping of military stores and property of the commonwealth committed 15
to his custody, and to account for and deliver over to his successor, or to 16
any person authorized to receive the same, such stores and property. 17
The commander-in-chief may require the duties imposed upon the chief 18
quartermaster to be performed by any officer of the land forces, M'ho 19
shall, in that case, give bond to the commonwealth in like manner as 20
is required of the chief quartermaster. The chief quartermaster, un- 21
der orders of the commander-in-chief, shall have the care and control 22
of the state camp ground and all other land held for military purposes, 23
of all state arsenals and magazines, of the soldiers' burial lot and monu- 24
ment at Dcdham, and of all military property of the commonwealth ex- 25
cept such as is by law expressly intrusted to the keeping of other officers. 26
He shall procure and provide transportation for the land forces and 27
for all their implements, munitions of war and military supplies; such 28
transportation to be in kind whenever practicable. He shall, at the 29
public expense, provide suitable places for the safe keeping of all muni- 30
tions of war, and all other implements of war. Such implements shall 31
be designated as the property of the commonwealth by suitable permanent 32
brands or marks on each of them. He may allow annually proper ac- 33
counts for the repair of uniforms and equipment. He shall adjust all 34
accounts relating to loans of state military property to towns, institu- 35
tions and schools, and shall require annual returns of such property and 36
of its condition, at such time and in such manner as he may direct, and 37
may at any time, under direction of the commander-in-chief, require 38
the return of the whole or any part of such property as he deems best 39
for the commonwealth. He may employ a superintendent of armories, 40
at a salary of twenty-three hundred dollars. The actual transportation 41
expenses of the superintendent of armories, in visiting the various ar- 42
mories of the state under direction of the chief quartermaster, shall be 43
paid from the appropriation for maintenance of armories of the first 44
class. The chief quartermaster may employ necessary clerks and other 45
assistants in his department, at an expense not exceeding the amount 46
annually appropriated therefor. 47
Po^i'cfpecSni- Section 88. The adjutant general, the officers of a corps or depart-
F''y [.nteresj^ed ment, and the officers attached thereto, shall not be interested, directly
and sales etc. OF ludircctly, in the purchase or sale of any articles intended for, or apper-
1887, 411, § 20. taining to, their respective departments, except for and on account of
R. l'. le^'j 21°' the commonwealth ; nor shall they or any of them take or apply to his or
1906! sol; 1 1'' their own use, for negotiating or transacting business in their respective
1917: 327; § s!; departments, any gift, gain or advantage other than that allowed by
law.
Chap. 33.] land forces. 207
1 Section 89. Any officer violating any provision of the preceding Penalty.
2 section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dol- \IqI] t^! | Is.
3 lars, or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. '^"' ^-^' ^ *^-
Commissioned Officers — Appointment.
1 Section 90. No person, except an officer of the United States army. Eligibility to
2 shall be eligible to appointment as a commissioned officer in the land p'^aTllTss.
3 forces who is not a male citizen of the United States of twenty-one years }gg3; HI] | H'
4 or over, resident in the commonwealth, or who is disqualified by law ftjoVlfisVsT
5 from enrolment in the militia, or who is not certified as eligible by the 'q°^' oSj' I *?•
6 military service commission as hereinafter provided; and no person shall 1920', 127', § 2.'
7 be eligible to such appointment who is under sentence of disability to p- ■• •
8 hold office or command, or of suspension from command, in the military
9 forces of the United States or of any state. But no citizen not subject
10 to enrolment on account of his age, or otherwise qualified, but exempted
11 from military service by the laws of the United States, or subject to en-
12 rolment but not enrolled, shall, on that account, be ineligible to position
13 in the land forces, or incapable of serving in a volunteer company, unless
14 he is made ineligible to such office or service by the laws of the United
15 States. No person shall receive a commission in the national guard
16 unless he has been selected from such classes as may be prescribed by the
17 laws of the United States.
1 Section 91. Commissioned officers of the land forces shall rank in Relative rank
2 their grade, according to the date of their commissions. Between officers Soned officers.
3 of the same grade and date of appointment or commission, where there mission.'^etc'
4 has been no previous commissioned service, the relative rank shall be ^^§j ^^^^^ f\^
5 determined by lot. Where there has been such previous service in the !?*■!■ ^SS' f 1.;
^ p 1 TT • 1 o * I '11 • 1 1893, oo7, 8 0.3.
D army or the United States, or ni the national guard or national guard isos, 4fi5, §3.
7 reserve of the commonwealth, it shall count in the order herein named, r. h. if>. § 35:
8 The day of the appointment of an officer shall be expressed in his com- igos! eol,' § If.
9 mission and shall be considered as the date thereof. When an officer is 19I7; llf; § se.
10 appointed or transferred from one office or organization to another, with- J^^°' ^^^5 ^254
11 out increase of grade or loss of continuous service, he shall rank in his
12 grade according to the date of his original commission, which shall be
13 stated in his new commission.
14 Graduates of the training school, national guard, Massachusetts vol- |'radua°tes of
15 unteer militia, holding commissions on the reserve li.st of the same date, training school,
16 shall take rank among themselves according to their standing in the
17 class in which they graduated. Officers on the reserve list shall take
18 rank after all officers of like grade on the active and retired lists.
1 Section 92. All staff officers of the national guard, including officers Appointment
2 of the pay, inspection, subsistence and medical departments, appointed cJ^u^SmT
3 after May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall have had fconst Rev.
4 previous military experience, and shall hold their positions until they i^gg' 3IJ § g
5 reach the age of sixty-four years, unless retired prior to that time by R l! lo, s 58
6 reason of resignation, disability, or for cause to be determined by a i908,' 604,' § 42.
7 com't-martial legally convened for that purpose, and vacancies among 1911', 449!
8 said officers shall be filled by appointment from the officers of the militia \l\i[ ni;
9 of Massachusetts. 1915, 71. 1917, 327, § 87. 1920, 127, § 7.
208
LAND FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
Siwi'nt'ment'^ SECTION 93. No person shall be eligible to appointment as a medi- 1
vlto!narv ""^ ^''^^ °^ Veterinary commissioned officer unless he has been duly registered 2
?S,'?''il=''i ^n in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth, and has complied 3
1905. 465. ^ 40. , . . « , . p . '■
1908, 604, § 43. with its laws relative to the practice or his proression. i9i7, 327, § ss. 4
Mii.Ta'J'y"""''' Section 94. (a) There shall be a military service commission,
mis'sionl'ap- Consisting of thi-ee commissioned officers appointed or detailed by the
^ointment etc. commander-in-cluef. Upon the expiration of the term of office of each
1SS4, 2.30, § 8. commissioner, his successor shall be appointed or detailed for tliree years.
1887,411. §8. 1905,465,5 57. 1915,203.
1893, 367, § 53. 1908, 604. § 61. 1917, 327. § 105 (a).
1899, 381, §1. 1912, 464, §§4, 13. 1920, 127, § 4.
R. L. 16, § 53.
Eligible
officera* list.
1917, 327,
§ 105 (6).
Rules, exami-
nations, etc.
Conat. amend.
53.
(Const. Rev.
art. 148.)
P. S. 14, § 54.
1884. 230, § 8.
1887,411, § 53.
1893, 367, § 63.
1899,381,
S§ 5, 8-10.
R. L. 16,
§§ 55, 68, 59.
1903, 161.
1905, 465,
§§ 59, 63, 64.
(b) The military service commission shall establish an eligible officers' 5
list for all commissioned grades in the land forces. 1920, 127, § 4. 6
(c) The commission shall from time to time prepare rules, to take 7
effect upon approval by the commander-in-chief, regulating the selec- 8
tion of persons to fill commissioned offices in the land forces. Such rules 9
may be of general or limited application and shall include provision for: 10
(1) the classification of all grades to be filled; (2) open, competitive and 11
other examinations to test the practical fitness of applicants; (3) the 12
filling of vacancies in and selection of persons for commission in the land 13
forces, in accordance with the fitness of applicants and the results of such 14
examination or otherwise. i90s, 604, §§ 63, 67, 68. 1912, 464, § 5. 15
1915, 203, § 1. 1917, 327, 5 105 (c). 1920, 127, § 4.
Examiners.
1917,327,
§ 105 id).
1920, 127, § 4.
1917,327,
§ 105 (e).
Record in case
of e.ich person.
1899,381, § 4.
R. L. 16, § 54.
(d) The commission may designate commissioned officers of the regu- 16
lar army or land forces to act as examiners of particular grades or branches 17
of the service. 18
(f) The commission and examiners shall receive such pay for duty 19
performed and may incur such expenses as the commander-in-chief shall 20
order. 1920, 127, § 4. 21
(/) The commission shall prepare a full record of its proceedings and 22
findings in the case of each person appearing before it for examination. 23
1905. 465, § 58. 1912, 464, §§ 7, 13. 1917, 327. § 105 (/).
Physical
examination,
P. S. 14, § 54.
1884, 230. § 8.
1887, 411, §53.
1893, 367, § 63.
1899, 381,
§§ 1,5.
R. L. 16,
§§ 63, 56.
1905,465, § 57.
1908. 604, §61.
1912, 138,
§§ 1,4; 464,
§13.
1917, 327,
S 105 (.7).
1920, 127, § 4.
Physical dis-
abilities may
be waived in
certain cases.
No further
examination
for appoint-
(g) All examinations as to physical qualifications to hold office in the 24
land forces shall be made by a board of three medical officers appointed 25
by the commander-in-chief. If such board finds an officer physically 26
competent to perform his duties, it shall certify that fact to the com- 27
mander-in-chief; if such board finds an officer not physically fit to per- 28
form his duties, it shall transmit a report to the commander-in-chief 29
setting forth the nature of the disabilities found and the manner and ex-tent 30
to which such disabilities are likely to prevent or impau- the full perform- 31
ance of the duties of the office. Whenever the commander-in-chief finds 32
that an officer reported by such board to be physically unsound possesses 33
professional and general qualifications of a high order, and that liis physi- 34
cal disabilities will not materially impair his efficiency as an officer, he may 35
thereupon waive such physical disabilities and order the officer to duty. 36
A detailed description of such disabilities and all reports and facts result- 37
ing in a waiver of the same shall be entered in the military record of the 38
officer concerned. 39
(/^) An officer, certified as eligible for his grade, if assigned to duty in 40
that grade, shall not be required to take another examination under the 41
Chap. 33.] land forces. 209
42 rules adopted by authority of subsection (c) in order to continue to hold Sr wiiicif^" '
43 the same commission. But the military service commission may, by ef^^yj.^
44 rule or regulation, limit the length of time during which an applicant's k^l 16^^62^"
45 name may remain on an eligible list without re-examination.
1905, 465, § 67. 1908, 604, § 71. 1917, 327, § 105 (i). 1920, 127, § 4,
46 (i) Officers appointed from one office to another of equal or lower grade Certain officers
47 in the same branch of the militia service, chaplains, and retired officers, eMmmation!
48 shall be exempt from all examinations under this chapter, as to profes- fsM, 2*30^5*8
49 sional and practical qualifications. iss7,4ii, §53.
1893, 367, §53. 1905,465,8 57. 1916, 284, § 8.
1899, 381, §1. 1908,604,5 61. 1917, 327, § 105 (i).
R. L. 16, § 53. 1912, 464, |§ 2, 13. 1930, 127, § 4.
50 (j) Subject to article fifty-three of the articles of amendment of the con- certain per-
51 stitution, any person certified as eligible for any specified grade in the p°aced°on^eii-
52 national guard under the laws of the United States shall be placed on ^ij^houf
53 the eligible list by the military service commission without professional (c^™st^jj°°"
54 examination. The commission shall prepare the final examination of the art. hs.)
... 1916, 170
55 training school, and its graduates shall be placed on the eligible list. §§ 1,3.
1917, 327, § 105 0). 1919, 301, §5. 1920, 127, § 4.
56 (A") All commissioned officers of the land forces shall be selected from Commissioned
57 the eligible officers' list provided for in this section. General officers F^ces'tobe"'*
58 and chiefs of departments shall be appointed by the commander-in-chief |h|ibie'^offi'-™
59 from said list. ' Sot'tt.2,
60 Regimental and separate unit commanders shall be appointed by the '^■^■X^'
61 commander-in-chief from said fist upon recommendation of superior Con.st. amemi.
62 commanders, if any. (Const. Rev.
63 All other officers of the line shall be appointed by the commander-in- k*s.'i4;^
64 chief from said list upon the recommendation of regimental or separate i||^%^3o, § 6.
65 unit commanders, approved by superior commanders, if any. !?sj^' *^^'
66 Departmental officers shall be appointed by the commander-in-chief IfjV^o'V''
67 from said list upon the recommendation of the chief of the department 1897,438, § i.
68 in wliich the appointment is to be made. i905, 465, §§ 39, 41. §§ 36, 37.
1908, 604, §§20,42,44. 1912, 268; 720, § 2. 1917, 327, §5 87 (a). 89.
1910,299. 1916, 284, §1 5, 6. 1920, 127, §§ 1, 8.
1 Section 95. No person commissioned as an officer in the national gatii, united
1 p p ^ • tr* ' t 1 ' • States require-
2 guard shall enter upon the performance of ms official duties or e.xercise "i^'Sij'j^-
3 any command unless he shall have taken and subscribed to the oath of § loe. " '
4 office, shall have been selected from such classes, and shall have success-
5 fully passed such tests as to his physical, moral and professional fitness,
6 as are prescribed by the laws of the United States, except that an officer
7 may be ordered to duty pending such tests as hereinbefore provided.
1 Section 96. An officer failing to pass satisfactorily the tests re- Discharge for
2 quired by this chapter or by the laws of the United States and the regu- ra'^tes't".
3 lations issued thereunder, shall, unless further time is allowed for cause, fj^' ^*' ^^ ^^'
4 forthwith be discharged by the commander-in-chief. 1887, 4ii, §§ 53, 64. ss^s'l^"'
1893, 367, §§ 53, 64. R. L. 16, § 57. 1912, 464, §§ 9, 13.
1897, 448, § 8. 1905, 465, § 61. 1917, 327, § 107.
1899, 381, § 7. 1908, 604, § 65. 1 Op. A. G. 29.
1 Section 97. An officer failing to pass satisfactorily the required Jff''/{^™*e
2 tests, but otherwise entitled to be retired, may, in the discretion of the ig-P^^^g.
3 commander-in-chief, be placed upon the retired list with the grade to I9i7',327,'§i08!
210 LAND FORCES. [ChAP. 33.
I which his new commission entitles him, instead of being discharged as 4
provided in the preceding section. 5
adrnln^stfring Se.ction 98. Every commissioned officer, before entering upon tlie 1
p s"i4 5 55 performance of his official duties or exercising any command, shall take 2
1887, 411. « 54. and subscribe the following oaths and declarations: 3
1893, 367, I 54. °
1897, 448. § 17.
R. L. 16, § 64. I^ A. B., do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
1908' 604' I 73' commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the constitution thereof.
1917! 327,' " So help me, God.
' ^'^' I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will obey the lawful orders of all my
superior officers. So help me, God.
I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge
and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the
best of my ability and understanding, agreeably to the rules and regulations
of the constitution and the laws of the commonwealth. So help me, God.
I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United
States. So help me, God.
All officers shall take and subscribe the said oaths before an officer quali- 4
fied under section one hundred and eighty-one to administer oaths, 5
except retired officers and the staff of the commander-in-chief who may 6
take the said oaths before any competent authority; and the following 7
certificate shall be printed on every commission and shall be signed by 8
the person before whom the oflBcer is qualified : 9
This may certify that A. B., commissioned as within on this
day of , A. D. , personally appeared and took and subscribed
the oaths required by the constitution and laws of this commonwealth and by
a law of the United States, to qualify him to discharge the duties of fiis office.
Before me.
Commissioned Officers — Discharge mid Retirement.
Di?chargeof SECTION 99. (a) At any time the moral character, capacity and 1
1897, 4'48. § 16. general fitness for the service of any officer may be investigated and 2
1905; 465, § 68. determined by an efficiency board of three commissioned officers, senior 3
191?; 327. ' in rank to him, to be appointed by the commander-in-chief. The in- 4
5 i»o t")- vestigation may include misconduct in civil life for which the officer is 5
not amenable to court-martial. If the findings of the board are unfavor- 6
able to the officer and are approved by the commander-in-chief, the 7
officer shall be discharged. 8
SidressTnd^ (6) Au officcr may be discharged by order of the commander-in-chief 9
upon sentence ;ipon an addrcss of both branches of the general court, or to carry out 10
martial. the lawful sentcuce of a court-martial, or under this chapter. 11
Const, amend. 4, 53. 1893, 367, § 63. 1908, 604, § 91.
(Const. Rev. arts. 124, 148.) 1897, 448, § 7. 1912,444,5 1.
P S. 14, § 64. R. L. 16. § 76. 1917, 327, | 110 (6).
1887, 411, § 63. 1905, 465, § 81.
Honorable (j.) ^jj officer may be honorably discharged by the commander-in-chief 12
p. s. 14, § 66. upon removal of residence from the commonwealth, upon tender of 13
1890] 425, 1 5. ' resignation, or when he accepts an appointment in the army or navy 14
lie: 425: ^ ^'"^ of the United States. i897, 448, § 9. r. l. i6, § 77. 15
1905, 465, § 82. 1908, 604, § 92. 1912. 444, § 2. 1917, 327, | 110 (c).
pi|ni^9|ai (^) The commander-iu-chief may dismiss an officer convicted of 16
1887, 411, § 66. crime, or who has been absent without leave for a period of tliree months. 17
1893, 367, § 66.
R. L. 16, § 80.
1905, 465, § 85.
Chap. 33.] l.\nd forces. 211
IS (e) Officers rendered surplus by the disbandment of their organiza- Pkcing in
19 tions shall be placed in the national guard reserve. Officers may, upon smpiul officers.
20 their own application, be placed in the said reserve.
p. S. 14. §
66.
1896. 425.
1908. 604,
192.
1887.411,
1 65.
1897. 448. § 9.
1912. 444.
§ 2.
1890. 425,
§5.
H. L. 16. § 77.
1917, 327,
§ 110 (e).
1893. 367.
§ 65.
1905, 465. § 82.
1 Section 100. The term of office of a brigadier general of the line Term of office
2 shall be five years from the date of his appointment, and he shall be in- gL'Sfi'^".
3 eligible for reappointment. The time during which such an officer is in r**l! lef §y.'
4 the service of the United States, shall be excluded from, and shall be in jg^l' ^^|' ^ ^'^■
5 addition to, the term of office herein specified. laos. 604. § 93. §§ 1.4.
1917. 473, § 111. 1920, 127, § 5. 1 Op. A. G. 449.
1 Section 101. The term of office for a colonel of a regiment, and for Term of office
2 the colonel of the coast artillery corps, shall be seven years from the igoel^s,' § 2.
3 date of his appointment and he shall be ineligible for reappointment. \l°^] gSi; ^ ®^-
4 The time during which such an officer is in the service of the United fgljfiojt g
5 States shall be excluded from, and shall be in addition to, the term
6 of office herein specified.
1 Section 102. Any commissioned officer in the militia service of the Retirement
2 age of sixty-four shall be discharged or placed upon the retired list with ilg^TsI' § i;
3 the grade held by him at the time of making application therefor, pro- tsgs,^^. § 1.
4 vided that he complies with this chapter. Any commissioned officer ^^l' ff-. _g
5 in the militia service who has served as such in the active militia of the J?°^'Pi'
() commonwealth for the period of ten years may, upon his own applica- 1905. 465. § 83.
7 tion, be placed upon the retired list with the rank held by him at the 423, '§§3.'4;
8 time of making the application ; but an officer who, at the time of mak- 1907,^305, § 2.
9 ing such application, has remained in the same grade for the period ^^''gs.'ge.'
10 of ten years, or has served as a commissioned officer for the period of {gjy'soi'
11 fifteen years, or, having served in the army or navy of the United States in ^„'Jf„,,
12 time of war and having been honorably discharged therefrom, has also
13 served as a commissioned officer in the militia of the commonwealth for
14 the period of five years, may be retired with the rank next in grade above
15 that held by him during the six months preceding the time of making
16 such application.. Any commissioned officer who has served in the active
17 militia of this commonwealth for the period of fifteen years, at least six of
18 which have been as a commissioned officer, may be placed upon the re-
19 tired list with the rank held by him at the time of making such applica-
20 tion. Any commissioned officer requesting retirement after the com-
21 pletion of twenty-five years or more of commissioned service may be
22 placed upon the retired list with such increase in rank as the commander-
23 in-chief may direct. A commissioned officer upon the retired list accept-
24 ing a commission in the active militia may at any time, upon his own
2.") appfication, be placed again upon the retired list with the rank with
26 which he was formerly retired; provided, that if his latest service on
27 the active list has entitled him to a grade on the retired list higher than
28 that previously held by him, he shall be given such higher grade. At
29 his own request, an officer applying for retirement, or a retired ofiBcer,
30 may be given any rank of the same grade then held by him or of a lower
31 grade. All officers who held a commission in the Massachusetts volun-
32 teer militia prior to ]\Iay twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eighteen.
212
LAND FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
who would have been entitled to retirement as hereinbefore provided 33
had the same been in effect, shall be entitled to apply for retirement 34
under the provisions of this section. 35
disaSy"""' Section 103. The commander-in-chief may order any commis-
1I97! 448! 1 1'. sioned officer before a medical board consisting of at least three com-
1904'23'iS'^i missioned medical officers, and, if the board reports such officer to be
JSSf • J?S' ^ *''• physically unable to perform the duties of his office, the commander-in-
1906. 212; ^, ^ „*',,. ^
504, §6. chief may retire him. loos, 604, § 97. 1917, 327, § 114.
Register of
retired offic
1904, 231, I
1905, 465, §
1906, 212;
504, § 6,
Section 104. The names and records of all retired officers shall 1
annually be printed in a separate register in the order of their retired 2
rank, to be appended to the report of the adjutant general, or to the 3
im^cM, § 99. roster of the officers of the volunteer militia. i9i5, 239, § 4. 1917, 327, § 115. 4
Retired
officers, pri'
ileges and
duties.
1897, 448, §
1898, 84, §
R. L. 16. §
1905, 465, §
1908. 604,
§ 100.
1917, 327, §
Section 105. Retired officers shall be commissioned on the retired 1
list by the commander-in-chief, and on occasions of ceremony may, and 2
•i- when acting under orders as hereinafter provided shall, wear the uni- 3
79. form of their retired rank. They shall be eligible to perform any mill- 4
tary duty to the same extent as if not retired, and the commander-in- 5
116. chief may require them to serve upon military boards, courts of inquiry 6
and courts-martial, or to perform any other special or temporary mili- 7
tary duty, and while actively engaged in such duty they shall receive 8
the pay and allowances provided for like service by officers of the land 9
forces. They shall be amenable to court-martial for military offences, as 10
if upon the active list of the land forces. Their names shall be borne on 11
a separate roster, kept under the supervision of the adjutant general. 12
They shall report to the adjutant general any change in their residence. 13
An officer now on the retired list may, on application, receive a com- 14
mission on the retired list as provided above, and such commission shall 15
state the date on which he was so retired. 16
dilcharge'of^ SECTION 106. Officers discharged from the service of the common- 1
p^su 5 68 wealth shall be entitled to a certificate of discharge, in such form as the 2
1887, 411, § 07. commander-in-chief shall direct. i893. 367. § 67. . r. l. le. § si. 3
1905, 465. § 86. 1908. 604. § 102. 1917. 327, § 117.
Number of
sioned officers
to conform to
law or orders.
1905, 465. § 34.
1906. 604. § 3.
Noncommissioned Officers — Appointment and Reduction.
Section 107. Commanding officers shall warrant, appoint, enlist or 1
keep warranted, appointed or enlisted the number of noncommissioned 2
staff officers, noncommissioned officers and other enlisted men specified 3
herein or required in orders of the commander-in-chief. 4
1908, 604, § 25. 1917,327,5 118.
regulations as
to appoint-
ment, etc.,
of noncommis-
sioned officers.
Section 108. The commander-in-chief shall provide, in regulations 1
issued by him, how and by whom noncommissioned officers and other 2
rated men shall be appointed, warranted and reduced. p. s. i4, § so. 3
1887.411, §55,
1890, 425, § 3.
1893. 367, § 55,
1894, 236, I 1.
1897, 448, § 6.
1900, 188, §§ 3. 0.
R. L. 16. §§ 31, 65. 6
1905. 465, §§ 70. 71.
1908, 604, §§ 74-8
1909, 167.
1916. 284, § 16.
1917, 327, § 119.
Chap. 33.] l.\nd forces. 213
Enlisted Men — Enlistment and Muster.
1 Section 109. The commander-in-cliief may, by regulations, pre- Commandine
2 scribe such conditions of qualification, enlistment, service and discharge makl're^a-
3 of enlisted men as he deems necessary, but such regulations shall not JiXielftfetc""
4 conflict with the laws of the United States or with the regulations issued ^yf_'|??';5 2.
5 thereunder. p. s. h, § 57.
1S87, 411, § 56.
R. L. 16. § 67.
1908,604, §81.
13 Mass. 491.
1893, 367, 1 56.
1905,465, §72.
1917,327, §120.
11 Pick. 264.
1 Section 110. (o) All soldiers shall be enlisted and mustered in with Enlistment,
2 such rank or rating as the commander-in-chief shall prescribe. officers, etc.
p. S. 14, 5 58. 1893, 367, § 57. 1905, 465, § 73. 1916, 284, § 11.
1887,411,157. R. L. 16, §68. 1908, 604, § 82. 1917. 327, § 121 (o).
3 (b) The commanding officer of a brigade, regiment, separate battalion Commanding
4 or squadron, or of the coast artillery corps, first corps of cadets, or signal ^rui^^'officer
5 corps, shall be the recruiting officer for his noncommissioned staff and p.s"i4^§'5"'
6 enlisted men attached to or to be attached to the headquarters of his lHviln.'Iss.
7 command, and for enlisted men who are or are to be permanently de- JH^'glf'llg
8 tailed for duty away from the companies in wliich they are enlisted. R.J;' i^^'^.^^^
1903, 601, 1 S3. 1914, 376. 1915, 126, § 1. 1917, 327. § 121 (6). ^' ' * '
9 (c) The senior officer of the medical corps or an officer designated ojfi^c™!,*^^
10 by him shall be the recruiting officer of sanitary troops assigned to any I'^^^l^J^ troops,
1 1 staff corps. The senior officers of the staff corps and the departments, or rompani(»', etc.
12 officers designated by them, shall be the recruiting officers for their re- i884, 230, § 7.
mi 1-1_-I! ■ i. J. I. 1887,411.158.
13 spective corps. Ihe commander-in-chier may appoint persons to act as 1890,425, §4.
14 recruiting officers of new companies until a captain has qualified. Com- J|93;367;|5\
15 pany commanders shall be the recruiting officers for their commands. In ^qL. i^^^li.
16 case of a vacancy the commanding officer of a regunent, coast artillery J^^f • f9^' ^ ^^■
17 corps, separate battalion or squadron may order some officer to per- i9jijj327,
18 form the duty until the vacancy is filled. Recruiting officers may enroll
19 applicants for enlistment above the maximum allowed by law, not ex-
20 ceeding fifteen in each company, and such applicants may be instructed
21 and drilled as recruits, and in the discretion of the recruiting officer may
22 be preferred for enlistment as vacancies may occur.
23 {d) In time of war, or when the volunteer militia is called into actual Jep^S^fe'tl
24 service for any reason and is on duty at some point other than its regu- J^J^. 2|4- § i2-
25 larly established armory or location, the commander-in-chief may estab- § 121 w.
26 lish recruiting depots and may detail officers as recruiting and mustering
27 officers, and officers so detailed shall have authority to enlist and muster
28 enlisted men for all units of the volunteer militia on such duty.
1 Section 111. The officers named in the preceding section as re- Mustering
2 cruiting officers shall be mustering officers for mustering in and adminis- dut'ie^'etc.
3 tering the prescribed oath of enlistment to all soldiers enlisted by them, r"^; lt%\o.
4 but any such officer may authorize any other officer of his command to }|^|; ^^; | g^;
5 muster in and administer the prescribed oath of enlistment to soldiers \l\^- 126. § 2.
6 enlisted by such recruiting officer. 5 122.
7 Mustering officers shall forward to the commander-in-chief the J*^" f//,^°'j°'
8 turns of the enlistment and muster-in of soldiers as soon as practicable, ^ ™™ • * "•
9 and not later than ten days thereafter. Such returns shall be in such
10 form, and accompanied by such certificates, descriptive lists and other
11 information relating to the recruit, as may be required by law or in
214
LAND FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
orders by the commander-in-chief. No recruit shall be accepted who is 12
known to be ineligible for enlistment or physically or otherwise below 13
the standard prescribed by the commander-in-chief. No recruit having 14
been accepted shall be mustered into the service until all requirements of 15
the statute law, the militia regulations, and all proper orders relating to 16
the enlistment and muster-in of sokliers have been complied with. 17
Enlistment SECTION 112. Rccruits shall sigu such enlistment papers as the com- 1
I^l"i4. §60. mander-in-chief may prescribe. iss7, 411, §S9. i893, 367, § 59. 2
R. L. 16, § 71. 1905, 465, § 76. 1908, 604, | 85. 1917, 327, § 123.
SuSerfn"" SECTION 113. (a) As soon as practicable, the recruit shall be mus-
officer, etc. tcrcd lu by a mustering officer, before whom he shall make oath as
p. S. 14, § 61.
1887, 411, § 60. follows: —
1893, 367, § 60.
1905] 465, § 77. I, do Solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and al-
s§°86^87' legiance to the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the con-
1917,'327, stitution thereof; and I do also solemnly swear that I will faithfully observe
5 ^^*- and obey all laws and regulations for the government of the volunteer militia
of the commonwealth, and the orders of all officers over me. I do also solemnly
swear that I will support the constitution of the United States. So help me, God.
Sworn to before me,
Mustering Officer.
No muster until
enHstment
contract is
signed, etc.
1917, 327,
§124.
(6) No person shall be mustered in as a member of the national guard 4
until he shall have signed such enlistment contract and taken and sub- 5
scribed such oath of enlistment as may be prescribed by the commander- 6
in-chief in compliance with the laws of the United States or the regula- 7
tions issued thereunder. 8
No duty or pay SECTION 114. No enlisted man shall be held to duty in the land 1
until muster, . .11 -i j. J • o
forces or receive any compensation or allowance until mustered in. J
1887, 411, §60. R. L. 16, §72. 1908, 604, § 87.
1893, 367, § 00. 1905, 465, § 77. 1917, 327, § 125.
P. S. 14, §61.
Muster of SECTION 11.5. The Commanding officer of any regiment, separate 1
iol-bicK""^ battalion or squadron, or of the first corps of cadets may forbid the 2
Tslf, "ii! §^61. mustering in of any person enlisted if, in his judgment, such person is 3
1893: 367; 1 61. unfit to be a member of the volunteer militia. R. l. le, § 73. 4
1905, 465, § 78. 1908, 604, § 88. 1917, 327, § 126.
S°anothe"^°' SECTION 116. No soldicr whosc term of service in one organization 1
organization }^as uot expircd shall enlist in another organization of the volunteer 2
during term of .... o
service. milltia. P- S- 14. § 63. .6
1887. 411, § 62. R. L. 16, § 74.
1893, 367, I 62. 1905, 465, § 79.
Discharge
during term of
service only
by order of
commander-
in-chief.
Enlisted Men — Discharge.
Section 117. (a) No enlisted man shall be discharged before the
expiration of his term of service, except by order of the commander-in-
chief.
p. S. 14, § 69. 1893, 367, § 68.
1884, 230, § 10. R. L. 16, § 82.
1887, 411, § 68. 1902, 158.
1905, 465, § 87.
1906, 373
1908, 604, § 103.
1912, 87.
1917,327
1 Op. A. (
5 128.
Chap. 33.] land forces. 215
4 (b) When an enlisted man is inapt, or does not possess the required jTslbUityretc
5 degree of adaptabihty for the military service, or gives evidence of habits
6 or traits of character which serve to render his retention in the service
7 undesirable, or is disqualified for service, physically or in character,
8 through his own misconduct, his company or detachment commander
9 shall report the facts to the commanding officer, who shall convene a
10 board of officers, three if practicable, to determine whether or not the
1 1 soldier should be discharged prior to the expiration of his term of enlist-
12 ment. If the company or detachment commander is also the command-
13 ing officer, he shall report the facts to the next higher commander, who
14 shall convene the board. When the findings of the board indicate dis-
15 qualification through physical disability, the proceedings shall be ac-
16 companied by a certificate of disability. If discharge be recommended,
17 the board shall also recommend the character to be given on the dis-
18 charge, and the proceedings of the board, when approved by the con-
19 vening authority, shall be forwarded to the commander-in-chief for
20 final action. If the commander-in-chief approves the proceedings, he
21 shall order the discharge of the enlisted man, in accordance therewith,
22 subject to the laws of the United States.
1 Section 118. A dishonorable discharge, or a discharge expressly for- Dishonorable
2 bidding re-enlistment, shall be given only to carry out the sentence of a oniy^'on^len-"'"
3 court-martial. p. S. U, § 7. 1887, 4H. § 69. 1890, 425, § 6. mania"! °°^'''
1893, 367, § 69. R. L. 16, § 83. 1908, 604. § 104.
1897, 448, § 10. 1905, 465, | 88. 1917, 327. § 129.
1 Section 119. A discharged soldier shall be furnished with a cer- Certificate of
2 tificate of discharge, setting forth his rank and stating clearly the reason p.^s.'i4^''§7i.
3 for his discharge. i887. 411, § 70. i890, 425, 5 7. is93, 307. § 70.
1897, 448, § 11. 1905, 465. § 89. 1917. 327, § 130.
R. L. 16, § 84. 1908, 604. § 105. 8 Mass. 279.
Uniforms of Officers.
1 Section 120. Commissioned officers shall provide themselves with uniforms, etc..
2 uniforms, arms and equipments prescribed by the commander-in-chief.
p. S. 14, I 72. 1893, 367. § 71. 1906, 504, § 7.
1887, 411. § 71. R. L. 16, § 85. 1908, 604, | 106,
1890, 425, § 8. 1905, 465, § 90.
Public Property — Issue, Accountabilify , etc.
1 Section 121. Except as provided in the preceding section, organi- *"i"g''tJbe'''ro-
2 zations of the land forces shall be provided, at the expense of the com- ^'d«i by the
3 monwealth, with the uniforms, arms, equipments, colors, musical in- wealth.
4 struments, books of instruction and of record, supplies and camp and mas%?may"eii
5 garrison equipage, wagons and draft animals necessary for their proper sS?pi'i^s°to"^
6 training and instruction and for the performance of military duty. Such f? a h, § 73.
7 property shall be issued as the commander-in-chief may prescribe. The HH' ^l]' I ]\
8 chief quartermaster may make sales of clothing, equipment, ordnance Pgos' ieg^ f gi
9 stores and medical stores for cash to officers and enlisted men of the i908!604,'
10 Massachusetts volunteer militia, and the money so received by him shall i9u, 554.
11 be paid to the commonwealth. 1917, 327, § 132. 4 Gray, 502.
1 Section 122. The uniform of the land forces shall be prescribed Umformsot
2 by the commander-in-chief. No uniforms, except required yearly sup- prescribed and
3 plies, shall be provided by the commonwealth without a special appro- I™s.'i4,'§74.
216
LAND FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
1887. 411, § 73. priation therefor, and they shall be purchased under such inspection as 4
i893;367', I 73. the commander-in-chief may direct. n. l. le, §87. 1905.405.592. 5
190S. 604, § 108. 1916, 284, § 13. 1917, 327, § 133.
?t?',^°toTe used Section 123. The uniforms, arms, equipments and other property
tar'' 'u'r"oses ^^ provided shall be used only for military purposes, under regulations
p °s 14 s 75 ' prescribed by the commander-in-chief, and shall be returned when
1887, 411. § 74. ordered by the commander-in-chief. i893, 367, § 74.
R. L. 16, § 88. 1905. 465, § 93. 1908, 604, § 109. 1917. 327, § 134.
to^^Sdifta^r "'' Section 124. The regulations issued by the commander-in-chief shall 1
I^J'.^Hys 77 provide how, and where, such property shall be kept and used. 2
1887,411,176. R. L. 16. §90. 190S, 604, § ill.
1893, 367, § 76. 1905, 465, § 95. 1917, 327, § 135.
te^mliitwy*^ Section 12,5. An officer or soldier shall be responsible for the care, 1
p°S^i'l'tso- ^^^^ keeping and return of all government and state property delivered 2
isis'sOT Ira to ^™! ^^ ^^^" "^^ t^'' ^^™® °^ military piu-poses only, and upon re- 3
R. l! i6,_'§?3. ceiving a discharge or otherwise leaving the military service, or upon the 4
demand of his commanding officer, shall forthwith deliver such property 5
in his possession to the commanding officer, or to any officer ordered to 6
receive it, in good order and condition, reasonable use and ordinary wear 7
thereof excepted. 8
1905, 465
1908. 604,
§ 114.
1917, 327.
I 136.
Accountability
of officer for
military
property, etc.
P. S. 14, § 83.
1887,411, §82.
1893, 367, I 82.
R. L. 16, § 96.
1905, 465.
§ 101.
1908, 604,
§ 118.
Court-martial
for neglect as
to same.
P. S. 14, § 82.
1887, 411, §81.
1893,307, § 81.
R. L. 16, § 95.
1905, 465,
§ 100.
Recovery of
stolen or
embezzled
property.
1900, 504, § 8.
1908, 004,
§ 115.
1917, 327,
§ 137 (c).
1919, 350,
§§ 99-101.
Section 126. (a) An officer shall be accountable for public prop- 1
erty received by him for military use, and shall not sell, loan or transfer
it or any part of it, without the authority of the commander-in-chief;
and shall be liable to the commonwealth for all property defaced, in-
jiued, destroyed or lost by his neglect or default, or for its value, to
be recovered in tort brought by a judge advocate in the name of the
commonwealth. loiv. 327, § 137 w.
(b) Commissioned officers shall exercise the strictest care and vigilance
for the preservation of the uniforms, arms, equipment and other prop-
erty furnished to their several commands; and in case of any loss thereof 10
or damage thereto, by their neglect or default, they shall be liable to 11
punishment as a court-martial may direct. 12
1908, 604, § 117.
1917, 327, § 137 (.b).
(c) When any officer or enlisted man neglects or refuses to return any 13
military property of the commonwealth or of the United States or of 14
any military organization, or to account satisfactorily for it to the officer 15
responsible for its custody, or to the officer ordered to receive it, such 16
custodian or officer may make a written complaint directly to the com- 17
missioner of public safety, describing the ofTender and the missing prop- 18
erty, and thereupon the state police shall make diligent search for the 19
property and the offender, and shall take possession of all such property 20
and tm-n the same over to the officer responsible for its custody. 21
porTs'and''^ SECTION 127. (a) An officer of the land forces, upon vacating an
turned'ove°rto officc, shall tuTU ovcF to his immediate successor, or other officer des-
suc^ss^or^etc^ iguatcd by the commander-in-chief, all records, reports and military
i887j4ii, ■ property in his possession belonging or in any -way pertaining to such
i893,'367, § 164. officC. R- L. 16, § 97.
1905, 465, § 102. 1908, 004, § 119. 1917, 327, § 138 (<i).
Chap. 33.] l.\nd forces. 217
6 (6) Upon the disbandment of any organization which has received dbbandmenr
7 property for miUtary use, the commissioned officers thereof shall be p\ j^ ^ ^
8 responsible for the safe return to the officer ordered to receive it of all issl' "i. 1 1|-
9 such property in its possession, and the officer who has receipted for R- l- le, § 98.
10 such property shall be liable for any loss or damage thereto.
1905. 465, § 103. 190S. 604, § 120. 1917, 327, § 138 (6).
11 (c) Until an officer or his legal representative receives from the ad- TOntiiue,*e°tc.
12 jutant general notice that the property accounts of such officer have been ^entory tobe
13 found correct, the liability of such officer or of his estate for public prop- p"'|'=i|'|8g
14 erty for which he is or may have been responsible shall continue. Upon iss7, 411, § 84.
15 the death or desertion of an officer responsible for public property his r l! 16,599. '
16 immediate commanding officer shall at once cause such property to be ] loi. '
17 collected, and a correct inventory made by actual count and examina- j^fi.*'"'*'
18 tion and forwarded to the adjutant general, and compensation for any fH^^f^J;
19 deficiency may be recovered as provided in the preceding section.
1 Section 128. Whoever purchases, retains or has in possession any Penalty for
2 implement, or any weapon of ordnance or article of clothing, camp or pSrcLse, etc.
3 garrison equipage or field equipage issued by and the property of the joS'"'^"'' '"^
4 United States or the commonwealth, unless the same shall have been 5*817, inf §^13.
5 issued to him or is in his possession in accordance with law, shall be Jf ®l' le^'^Ve*-
6 punished by a fine not exceeding ten times the value thereof. Every i905, 465, § le.
7 officer and enlisted man of the land forces who loses tlirough carelessness § iie.
8 or neglect, carries away, or unlawfully disposes of arms, equipment or § 139.
9 other military property belonging to the IJnited States or to the com-
10 monwealth, shall be charged with the money value thereof, as deter-
1 1 mined by a surveying officer or board of survey detailed or appointed by
12 the commander-in-chief to investigate and report upon the case. Such
13 surveying officer or board of survey shall submit with the report all the
14 evidence bearing upon the loss or disposition of the property.
1 Section 129. An officer or enlisted man who wilfully or maliciously Penalty on
2 destroys, injures or defaces any United States or state property, or who Boidfe'r°for
3 loses or injiu-es such property tlu-ough carelessness or neglect, or who st*ate"pr"perty,
4 carries away or unlawfully disposes of such property, or who retains in ff'^jj j^ 5 gj
5 his possession such property and neglects or refuses to return it when so JH^' « i- 1 10-
6 ordered, or who uses it in violation of the regulations or law, or who fails J^^^l' te^'s 94^'
7 satisfactorily to account for it, shall be punished as a court-martial may 1905', 465,
., .. S§ 16, 99,
8 direct. 1906, 504, § s. i9os, 604, §§ 115, iie. 1917, 327, § 140.
1 Section 130. No soldier shall wear or use, except upon military Uniform to be
2 duty or by special permission of his company commander or other com- on duty, etc.
3 petent authority, any uniform or other article of military property be- iss7,4i'i, §78.
4 longing to the commonwealth. is93, 367, § 7S. r. l. i6, § 92.
1905, 465, § 97. 1908, 604, § 113. 1917, 327, § 141.
1 Section 131. Any organization of the land forces may, with the ap- Adoption ot
2 proval of a majority of its commissioned officers and of the commander- prescribed
3 in-chief, adopt at its own expense any other uniform than that prescribed k '|°™; fib.
4 under section one hundred and twenty-two, but such uniforms shall not Ills,' II7,' | |i:
5 be worn, except by permission of the commander-in-chief, when such RgpL. i6^§ 100.
6 organization is on duty under his orders, loos, 604, § 122. 1917. 327, § 142. § los.
218 LAND FORCES. [ChAP. 33.
organizations SECTION 132. Voluntecr organizations may own personal property, 1
Snai°TS^ert *° ^^ Under thc control of the active members thereof; and the com- 2
etc. ' manding officer of any organization may recover in his own name for its 3
1887, 411, § 86. use in any county where such organization or part thereof is located any 4
R^L.' ie^'s^oi'. debts or effects belonging to it, or damages for injury to such property. 5
1905, 465. j^Q g^jj pj. complaint pending in his name shall be abated by his ceasing 6
im 604, ^Q jjg commanding officer of the organization; but his successor shall be 7
Ph3 ^^^' admitted to prosecute the suit or complaint. 8
JSnStmnrtron'' SECTION 133. Three officers designated by the commander-in-chief 1
°ro'"erty'^etn ^^^^^ coustitutc a board to inspect and condemn state military property 2
887 ^4 'i^ 1*87 ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^' ^"'^ '^° property shall be sold until it has been so inspected 3
1893'. 367! § sf. and condemned, and the condemnation approved by the commander-in- 4
1905,' 465, ■ chief, except that subsistence stores of a perishable nature, which would 5
i908!'6O4, spoil before action could be taken by a board of inspection as above 6
ig'il! 142. provided, may be sold by the officer responsible therefor, after survey by 7
1917.327. g^ surveying officer detailed by the commanding officer of the organiza- 8
tion. The report of the survey, approved by the commanding officer, 9
shall be forwarded by the accountable officer with his report of the 10
sale. The proceeds of all sales made hereunder shall be paid to the 11
commonwealth. 12
Sty?,/?o"a'Sed' SECTION 134. The chief quartermaster, under the direction of the 1
of thTid'^Ii^^ commander-in-chief, may, without expense to the commonwealth, lend 2
i88i*R 19 Dii'itary camp equipage to any state encampment of posts of the Grand 3
p. s.'iiTi 91.' Army of the Republic, and may permit any such encampment to occupy 4
1887! 4u,'§89. the state camp ground at Framingham and its appurtenances for a state 5
r^^l! i6!'/fo4. encampment, when this can be done without interfering with its use 6
1905^465, jjy ^j^g militia. A bond, with sufficient sureties in double its value, shall 7
1908^604, jjg given for the return of such camp equipage without loss or damage. 8
1916, 284, § 15. 1917, 327, § 145.
• Duty — Active and Peace. Inspection and Drill.
Annual service SECTION 135. The land forccs shall perform during cach year not Icss 1
training. , '^ . ^. ,, ^
1881, 277, than fifteen days trainmg under service conditions at times and places Z
p. s! 14, §§ 108, designated by the commander-in-chief. 3
109, 111.
1884, 230, §5 13, 14. 1898, 348, § 1. 1908, 604, §§ 151, 152, 154.
1887, 411, §§106, 107, 109. R. L. 10, §§ 128. 129. 131. 1916.209.
1893, 367. §§ 106, 107, 109. 1905, 465, §§ 134, 135, 137. 1917, 327, §§ 146. 147.
Militia on duty Section 136. When on duty under orders of the commander-in- 1
may enter and ^ .. . l J r>
occupy certain chief, the militia may enter upon and occupy any public or pm-ate lands Z
without ' within the commonwealth for the necessary purposes of such duty, and 3
Rs.''i4,'§ no. no officer or soldier shall thereby become liable, either civilly or crim- 4
U08.*^'' inally, for trespass; but, except in times of invasion, insurrection, riot, or 5
1893^367, public catastrophe or danger, neither the organizations of the militia 6
r^gpL. 1M130. ,.^Qj. individual members thereof shall be permitted to enter houses or 7
§ isii.g^' other buildings or their immediate enclosures, without the consent of the 8
§ 153. ^ ' owner or tenant in possession, nor to go upon the gardens, lawns, tobacco 9
1917, 27, 14 . ggjjg^ cranberry meadows, vineyards, nurseries, fields with especially 10
valuable crops, orchards or cemeteries unless extreme necessity for such 11
entry exists, and then only in obedience to the specific orders of the 12
senior officer present . 1 ^
Chap. 33.] land forces. 219
1 Section 137. In the case of land entered upon under the preceding Damages for
2 section for an encampment or other substantial occupancy, the owner TnTuryto
3 thereof shall receive damages in the nature of compensation for the use p°s.'f4?§ no.
4 of the land and for any injury to the same resulting from such occupancy; isfa.'ley.'l lot
5 and in the case of land so entered upon or passed over in the course of J^- ^- ISv^,'??^
„ /. 1 1 • ■ -I • 1 1905,465,5136
D maneuvers, held exercises, or any smiilar transient purposes, the owner i908,604, §153.
7 shall receive damages for any injury to the same resulting from such § us.
8 entry, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the use of the land.
9 The amount of damages to be paid by the commonwealth under this
10 section shall be as agreed upon by the owner of the land with an officer
11 or board of officers appointed by the commander-in-chief to adjust the
12 claim, but if the parties are unable to agree, the damages shall be assessed
, 13 under chapter seventy-nine.
1 Section 138. At each encampment, the inspector, or such assistants inspection at
2 as may be detailed, shall be present, and shall, within thirty days there- i88ir277?°''
3 after, report in writing to the commander-in-chief in regard to numbers, r 1.' li, §§ los,
4 discipline and other matters affecting the character and efficiency of the }|^ 230, § 14
5 organizations. 1893, 367. §§ iob, 109. r. l. i6, §§ 12s, i3i. JfYde^Vog
1905, 465. §§ 134, 137. 1908, 604, §§ 146, 151, 154. 1917, 327. § 149.
1 Section 139. A judge advocate may be detailed by the commander- judge
2 in-chief to attend any encampment, and during the encampment shall, en™mpment.
3 within the limits of the camp and for a distance of one mile from the guard Isii.^tii, "^'
4 line, have the jurisdiction of a district court of all offences then and Jg93%87
5 there committed. n. l. i6, § 132. § 116.
1905, 465. § 138. 190S, 604, § 155, 1917, 327, § 150.
1 Section 140. (a) The notice for the duty required under sections one Notice for
2 hundred and thirty-five and one hundred and thirty-six shall be given to Js's,' 265,
3 each person verbally, or by delivery to him in person, or by leaving at or p/s°i4. § 114.
4 mailing to his last known abode or place of business the order therefor, S^f/j*"-
5 at least four days previous to the time appointed. •
1893, 367, § 111. 1908, 604, § 156. 21 Pick. 332.
R. L. 16, §133. 1917, 327, § 151 (o). 22 Pick. 406.
1905, 465, § 139. 15 Pick. 7. 23 Pick. 54, 57.
6 (b) The commanding officer of a regiment, separate battalion or Delivery by
7 squadron, or of the first corps of cadets, or of a company, may direct i878!265?''°'
8 such orders to be delivered by one or more of the enlisted men of his p.",\4, § us.
9 command.
R. L. 16, § 134. 1908, 604, § 157.
1905, 465, § 140. 1917, 327, § 151 (6).
1 Section 141. The commander-in-chief may authorize the use of bands'^
2 mounted bands. p. s. 14, §117.
1887.411, § 114.
1893,367, § 114.
1 Section 142. (a) The land forces shall conform to the system of ^nUed staj;ea
2 discipline and field exercise ordered to be observed by the army of the "?''■"; *<> ^^
3 United States, or to such other system as may hereafter be established p. s. 14, § 152.
4 by the laws of the United States.
1887, 411, § 150. R. L. 16, § 172.
1893, 367, § 150. 1905, 465, § 178.
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[Chap. 33.
Officers and
men subject to
military law
and jurisdic-
tion.
1881, 277, § 5.
P. S. 14, §§145-
148.
1887.411,
§§ 143-146.
(b) Officers and enlisted men of the land forces may be tried and 5
punished under this chapter for acts contrary to the provisions thereof 6
or to the regulations for the government of the militia, or for any offence 7
for which officers and enlisted men of the United States army may be so 8
tried and punished.
1917, 327, § 153 (6).
Officers a
men not (
tering i
of the United
States remain
in militia.
1905, 465,
§ 187.
1908, 604,
§ 203.
1917, 327,
§ 154.
Section 143. Commissioned officers and enlisted men, who, by rea- 1
spn of their supplementary positions in the land forces, cannot be ac- 2
cepted when the organization to which they are attached is taken into 3
the service of the United States, shall not therefor be discharged from 4
the land forces, but shall be subject, within the limits of the common- 5
wealth, to such military duty as the commander-in-chief shall require, 6
and upon the retiu-n to the state of the organization to which they were 7
attached shall resume their former duties. 8
In like manner, officers and soldiers in the service of the common- 9
wealth, but who for any lawful reason do not enter the service of the 10
United States, shall retain their positions with the land forces. 11
Troops to be
ordered outside
commonwealth,
etc., only by
consent of
commander-
in-chief.
Penalty,
disbandment.
P. S. 14, § 167.
1887, 411,
§ 165.
1893, 367, § 165.
Section 144. Except by order of the commander-in-chief, or with 1
his consent, no organization of the land forces shall be ordered with- 2
out the limits of the commonwealth or leave the commonwealth for 3
any period or purpose whatever, with public military property in its 4
possession or use. Any organization disobeying the provisions of this 5
section may, subject to the laws of the United States, be disbanded by 6
the commander-in-chief. R- l. i6, i i83. 7
1905, 465, § 191. 1908, 004, § 200. 1917, 327, § 155.
Meetings of
officers and
noncommis-
sioned officers
for instruction.
P. S. 14, § 116.
1887, 411,
§ 113.
1893, 367,
§ 113.
R. L. 16. § 133.
1905, 405,
§ 141.
1908. 604,
§ 158.
1911,642, § 1.
1917,327,
I 156.
Visits by
commanding
officers, etc.
Mileage
allowed.
1887,411,
§ 128.
1891, 232, § 2.
1893. 367,
§ 127.
1898, 348, § 2.
Meetings and Assemblies.
Section 14.5. (a) Brigade commanders may, six times in each year, 1
call meetings for instruction of their staff officers, including attached de- 2
partmental officers, field officers, adjutants, and captains of unattached 3
companies of their commands, at some convenient place within the 4
limits of their brigades, or at such place as the commander-in-chief may 5
designate. The commanding officer of each regiment, separate battalion 6
or squadron, or of the first corps of cadets may call similar meetings of 7
the officers and noncommissioned officers of his command, including 8
attached departmental officers, six times in each year. No compensa- 9
tion shall be allowed for attendance at such meetings, but the officers 10
and noncommissioned officers attending such meetings shall be pro- 11
vided with the necessary transportation, at the rates established by law, 12
when the distance traveled exceeds five miles. 13
(6) At the discretion of the commander-in-chief a school for officers 14
may be established in any part of the commonwealth, under such regula- 15
tions as he deems proper. 16
Section 146. Brigade commanders may visit the headquarters and
companies of their brigades whenever they deem it necessary for military
instruction. The commanding officer of each regiment, separate bat-
talion or squadron, or of the first corps of cadets may visit the companies
in his command six times each year; field and staff officers, such com-
panies as they are ordered to visit by regimental, separate battalion or
Chap. 33.] land forces. 221
7 squadron or corps commanders, six times each year; inspectors of small fgoj' Jgj^ ^^®'
8 arms practice may visit the companies in their respecti\-e organizations, fgltf-gQ,'
9 when ordered so to do, three times each year: bri2;ade staff officers, in- § im.
• 1917 327
10 eluding attached departmental officers, when ordered so to do by theu" § 157.
11 commanding officers, may visit each company in their brigade once in
12 each year. The senior ordnance officer may visit competitions of com-
13 pany teams in regimental, battalion, squadron and corps competitions,
14 and competitions of regimental, battalion, squadron and corps teams in
15 state matches. Mileage for such visits shall be allowed oh receipt of re-
16 turns therefor at the rate of foiu* cents a mile each way, the distance being
17 computed by the line of the most direct railway communication from
18 the residence of the officers, or by such route as may be approved by the
19 commander-in-chief.
1 Section 147. The commanding officer of any regiment, separate Evening com-
2 battalion or squadron, or of the first corps of cadets may order company tkin'^may''b'e
3 inspection in the evening at the several company armories, when the r''"h, § ng.
4 good of the service so requires. i8S7, 411, § 115.
1893. 367, § 115. 1905, 465. § H-t. 1908, 604, § 161.
R. L. 16, § 138. 19U6, 504, § 10. 1917, 327. § 158.
1 Section 148. In addition to the duty required by sections one hun- company and
2 dred and thirty-five and one hundred and thirty-six, and in addition to etc'.Trma''
3 any duty that may be required under sections twenty-one, twenty-nine fs87, 4*11! ^^^'
4 and thirty, every company of the volunteer militia shall assemble for fggj^^gy
5 instruction and drill at least forty-eight times in each vear, and oftener § us.
.. RL16 5 139
6 upon the orders of the company commander or his superior command- 1903! 247.
7 ing officers. Regimental, battalion, or squadron drills may be held § 14^5. ^'
8 in place of company drills, and transportation to and from the place j^i'li'''''''
9 of such drills shall be furnished for the companies, batteries or troops \l\l] ^H] 1 1-.
10 composing the regiment, battalion or squadron, if authorized by the ^27, § 159.
1 1 commander-in-chief.
1 Section 149. The commanding officer of a regiment, separate bat- Excuses from
2 talion or squadron, of the first corps of cadets, or of a staff corps or p. s!'i4. § 129.
3 department may, on sufficient grounds, excuse absences from camp §^26.*'^'
4 duty and drills. iS93. 367. § 126. r. l. le, § 149.
1905, 465, 5 155. 1908, 604. § 172. 1917, 327, 5 160.
Pay and AUoivances.
1 Section 150. No officer or soldier in the land forces shall be en- Nocompen-
2 titled to compensation for military service unless he personally performs for persona?
3 the same, although he may be excused therefrom; and no substitute p.'s!74,^ri25.
4 shall be allowed any compensation for such services.
1887, 411, I 122. R. L. 16, § 145. 1908, 604, § 168.
1893,367,1122. 1905, 465, § 151. 1917, 327, § 161.
1 Section 151. (a) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to officers Pay of officers
2 of the land forces, on rolls and accounts kept in such form as the com- p" s.^w.Tiso.
3 mander-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty prescribed by sections lHy;]!?;
4 twenty-one, twenty-nine, thirty, one hundred and thirty-five and one fg9^i^'232. § i
5 hundred and thirty-six, the same per diem pay as is received by officers Pj'|^^''~'
6 of like grade in the regular army.
1898, 348, §§ 3, 4. 1905, 46.5, 5 156. 1913, 532.
1900, 188, S 4. 1906,504,5 11. 1916,221.
R. L. 16, §150. 1908,604,5 173. 1917, 105, I 1 ; 327, § 162.
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[Chap. 33.
of officers for
certain duties.
1!)20, 274.
4 Gray, 601.
Of enlisted men
for certain
duties.
Of officers and
soldiers for
certain duties.
Allowance for
horses and
draft animals.
To be paid
from certain
appropria-
tion.
1914,350
(b) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to soldiers of the land 7
forces, on rolls and accounts kept in such form as the commander-in- 8
chief may prescribe, for the duty prescribed by sections twenty-one, 9
twenty-nine, and thirty, as follows: noncommissioned staff officers, 10
first sergeants of companies, three dollars and five cents; bandsmen, four 11
dollars and iifty-five cents; cooks, three dollars and fifty-five cents, if, in 12
such form as the commander-in-chief prescribes, it is certified and made 13
to appear that in each case the duty of superintending and assisting in 14
the preparation of the food of the company was actually performed by 15
the cook in person during the tour of duty or day of duty for which he is 16
returned for pay, otherwise the pay of other enlisted men of like grade; 17
and every other enlisted man, one dollar and fifty-five cents. 18
(c) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to soldiers of the land 19
forces, except bandsmen and cooks, on rolls and accounts kept in such 20
form as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty prescribed 21
by sections one hundred and thirty-five and one hundred and thirty-si.x, 22
the same per diem pay and allowances as are received by soldiers of like 23
grade in the regular army. Bandsmen and cooks shall receive the same 24
per diem pay for this duty as is provided for members of a band and 25
cooks serving under section twenty-one. 26
{d) For all other duty under orders of the commander-in-chief unless 27
specially provided, or as a M-itness or defendant under summons, there 28
shall be paid per diem to all officers above the rank of captain, four 29
dollars; to every other commissioned officer, two dollars and fifty cents; 30
to every member of a band, three dollars and fifty-five cents, and if 31
with troops one dollar additional; and to every other enlisted man, one 32
dollar and fifty-five cents. 33
(e) There shall be allowed for each horse actually used and furnished 34
by officers and soldiers authorized to be mounted, and for each draft 35
animal used, a sum not exceeding four dollars a day, which shall be in full 36
for keeping and forage, except that when forage is furnished in kind, as 37
provided in section one hundred and fifty-nine, the cost of the same 38
shall be deducted from this allowance. 39
(J) In addition to the pay herein specified, each member of a band 40
and each enlisted man shall receive forty-five cents per diem, in lieu of sub- 41
sistence, except as provided in section one hundred and fifty-nine. 42
(g) All sums specified as pay for officers and enlisted men under this 43
section shall be paid from the appropriation for pay and allowance for the 44
militia. i9i7, los, § i (9); 327. § 162(9). 45
Compensation
for killing or
injury of
horse, etc.
1910, 227, § 1.
1917, 327,
§ 163 (a).
1918, 257. § 81.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Manner of
adjusting
claims.
1910, 227. § 2.
1917, 327,
§ 163 (6).
Section 152. (a) An owner of a riding or draft animal which is
killed or injured while in the custody of a person in the performance of
duty under the provisions of section twenty-one, twenty-nine, thu-ty,
one hundred and thirty-five or one hundred and thirty-six shall be en-
titled to receive compensation for the loss sustained by such death or
injury. _
(b) All claims for such death or injury shall be inquired into by a
board of tliree officers appointed by the commander-in-chief. The 8
board shall have the same power to take evidence, administer oaths, 9
issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to attend and testify and produce 10
books and papers, and to punish their failure to do so, as is possessed by 11
a general court-martial. The findings of the board shall be subject to 12
the approval of the commander-in-chief. The amount found due to the 13
Chap. 33.] land forces. 223
14 owner by said board, to the extent that its findings are approved by the
15 commander-in-chief, shall be paid from the fund established by the fol-
16 lowing section.
1 Section 153. To defray the claims and expenses arising under the Annual appro-
2 preceding section, there shall annually be allowed by the commonwealth aSi^sloT"'
3 a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars. fn/ury o(
1910, 227. § 3. 1917, 327, § 164. horses, etc.
1 Section 154. (a) There shall annually be allowed and paid by the Annual appro-
2 commonwealth a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, for the main- fegu'ktlons'for
3 tenance of United States and state draft or riding animals, used for ors'tl'tTdraft
4 military purposes, and from this sum there may be allowed and paid to anfmai's'°etc
5 each troop of cavalry and battery of field artillery, and other military Jo},' qI?',*,^
6 organizations authorized to be mounted, a sum not exceeding fifteen § les (aj.
7 dollars each month for every such animal owned by such organization
8 or by individual members thereof and used for military purposes. Such
9 allowance to an organization maintaining horses under this section shall
10 be for forage, care and maintenance, and shall be in lieu of any allowance
11 for instruction in riding provided for by section one hundred and fifty-
12 seven. The commander-in-chief shall, by order, prescribe the conditions
13 and regulations relative to the use and maintenance of such horses,
14 which shall be complied with before the allowance shall be paid.
15 (b) The commander-in-chief shall, by order, prescribe the conditions Regulations.
16 and regulations for the use and maintenance of draft or riding animals maintenance""?
17 owned by the commonwealth and used for military purposes, and may ammafl.efc'"^
18 authorize the use and letting of such animals. All income received from Jg}*' 9|?'3^27'
19 such use and letting shall be paid to the commonwealth. § les (6).
1 Section 155. When an organization of the land forces engages in Excess of state
2 any encampment, maneuvers or field instruction under the laws of the ?imt«i state"
3 United States, or the troops of this commonwealth receive from the gK^en^'when ^"
4 United States government any pay, subsistence, forage and transporta- Jg}?'!!?'
5 tion or other allowance on account of such service, the allowance for § i66.
6 pay, subsistence, forage and transportation provided for by this chapter
7 shall be reduced by the amounts so received from the United States
8 government.
1 Section 156. There may be allowed, on approval of the adjutant Allowance for
2 general, for motor vehicles actually used in lieu of horses, to each officer etc.
3 and soldier authorized to be mounted, but using such vehicle in lieu of a ion'. 327^
4 horse, a sum not exceeding four dollars per day; but the commonwealth '^^'
5 shall not be liable for any injury to or depreciation of motor vehicles
6 so used, or for any damages to persons or property resulting therefrom.
1 Section 157. (a) There shall be allowed and paid to each officer and fra"")" etc '^
2 soldier required to travel on duty, as follows: under sections twenty- Reimburse-
o • 1" 111 11*^ 1 111 nient to
6 one, twenty-nine, thirty, one hundred and thirty-nve and one hundred united states.
4 and thirty-six, mileage at the rates established by law computed by the inspecting
5 most direct railroad communication from the place where the head- p. a Ti,
6 quarters of the various commands and the armories of the companies are fs^! 411.
7 situated and return, or by such route as may be approved by the com- fggl^sey,
8 mander-in-chief; and when upon duty as a member or judge advocate ^^^\g s j5i
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LAND FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
1905, 465.
§ 157.
1906. 504.
1908. 604,
§ 174.
1911, 642. !
1912, 399.
1916, 221.
1917, 327,
§ 168(a).
1919, 73.
1920, 127.
For instruction
in riding.
1905. 465,
§ 157.
1906. 504, § 12.
1908. 604,
§ 174.
1912. 399.
1917.327,
§ 168 (6).
missioned
officer.
1904, 361.
1905, 465,
§ 157; 468.
1906, 504, § 12.
1908, 604,
§ 174.
1912, 399.
1917, 327,
§ 168 (c).
Reimburse-
ment to
United States
for injury to its
property, etc.
1908,371;
604. § 174.
1912, 399.
1917, 327,
§ 168 (d).
Pay and alio
ances of in-
specting
of any military court or board, or as a witness or defendant before such 9
court or board, when attending meetings of officers and noncommissioned 10
officers, as provided in section one hundred and forty-five; when acting 11
as a paymaster, and in any case when obHged by orders of the com- 12
mander-in-chief to travel without troops, — four cents a mile each way, 13
computed by the most direct railroad communication from the residence 14
of the officer or soldier, or by such route as may be approved by the 15
commander-in-chief. 16
(b) The commander-in-chief may allow and pay a sum for instruction 17
in riding not exceeding ten dollars per man for the aggregate enlisted 18
strength, entitled by law to be mounted, of each organization for which 19
no horses are issued or available for military instruction. Certificates 20
signed by the commanding officer of each organization, stating the num- 21
ber of men in his command who have received such instruction and who 22
have ridden at least five times under proper military instruction, shall 23
be furnished to the adjutant general, and upon his approval payments 24
shall be made from said sum to the commanding officer of each organiza- 25
tion at the rate of ten dollars for each man in his command, not exceed- 26
ing the maximum legal enlisted strength thereof, so certified as having 27
received instruction. 28
(c) There shall annually be allowed and paid by the commonwealth 29
to every person who has held a commission in the land forces and who 30
has served the whole of the year preceding April first of each year, the 31
sum of thirty-five dollars, upon the approval of the adjutant general, 32
and of the intermediate commander of organizations, and upon their 33
certification that such persons during the said period of service have 34
complied with section one hundred and twenty; and every commis- 35
sioned officer who has not held his office during the whole of said year 36
shall, upon the approval and certification by the officers specified in this 37
section and in the manner aforesaid, be allowed and paid such sum as 38
may equitably be due him for that part of the year during which he 39
actually served. 40
(rf) When military property loaned by the United States government 41
to the commonwealth has sufi'ered loss or injury, the amount of such loss 42
or injury shall be paid to the United States government by the common- 43
wealth on approval of the adjutant general, and the amounts so paid 44
shall be deducted from allowances made payable to officers of the militia 45
or from sums paid to the commonwealth by the adjutant general on 46
account of such loss or injury and collected by him from officers of the 47
militia responsible therefor, or from their bondsmen. 48
(e) Inspecting officers, when on duty in armories under orders of the 49
commander-in-chief, shall receive the pay and allowances provided for 50
officers on duty. i893, 367, 1 128. 51
rtmg
Allowa
transpc
horses.
1878, 265,
§ 129.
P. S. 14, §§ 132,
133.
1887,411,
|§ 130, 131.
1893, 367,
§§ 130, 131.
R. L. 16, § 153.
1905, 465, § 159.
Section 158. Mounted officers and men, when ordered by the com- 1
mander-in-chief to transport their horses, shall be allowed the actual 2
cost of such transportation from the point of departiue nearest to the 3
several headquarters or the armories of the companies to which they 4
belong. No allowance shall be made for transportation not actually used, 5
nor to officers or men, when transported by horses provided by the 6
commonwealth. 7
1908, 604, § 175. 1917, 327, | 169.
Chap. 33.] l.\nd forces. 225
1 Section 159. Subsistence for enlisted men and bandsmen shall be Subsistence.
2 furnished in kind, unless it is otherwise directed by the commander-in- isst. 411,
3 chief, when troops are on duty under sections twenty-one, twenty-nine, liH.'aer,
4 thirty, one hundred and thirty-five and one hundred and thirty-six, and R.^ff le, § 154.
5 the necessary cost thereof shall be paid from the appropriation for pay and P°|^*^^'
6 allowances. Bids for supplies for the annual encampment of the militia, i^os. 604,
7 involving the expenditure of more than one hundred dollars, shall be i9io,'225.
8 advertised for by the senior quartermaster in such newspapers as the 1917:327;
9 adjutant general approves; and the contract shall be awarded to the ^"°'
10 lowest bidder, if the bid is approved by the adjutant general, and the pUesto'^b"''
11 bidder furnishes such security, if any, as the adjutant general may re- *''^'*"'^^-
12 quire. This requirement as to advertising shall not apply to supplies
13 purchased or drawn from the war department or from contractors under
14 contract to that department, if the commander-in-chief so directs. The Saies of com-
15 senior quartermaster may make sales of commissary stores for cash, at For^sh^tc'^
16 contract prices, to officers and enlisted men, and to civilian employees of
17 the state or of the United States assigned to or employed at the station
18 or with the troops, and the moneys so received by him shall be paid to
19 the commonwealth, and shall be credited to the appropriation for pay
20 and allowances for that year. The senior quartermaster may purchase
21 annually for sale for cash to officers and enlisted men and to such civilian
22 employees of the state or of the United States, commissary stores to a
23 value not exceeding five thousand dollars. Forage and transportation
24 may be furnished in kind in lieu of money allowances.
1 Section 160. There shall annually be allowed and paid for postage. Allowance to
2 printing, stationery, care of property, equipment, military expense, in- et^.tofcer-^'
3 eluding clerical assistance: to each brigade headquarters, one hundred R'S^T'ria^s.
4 and fifty dollars; to each regimental headquarters, twelve hundred Ji|7;tii,
5 dollars, and fifty dollars for every company in the command; to each f 190^425^^5 n
6 separate battalion or squadron, and to the first corps of cadets, one hun- 5f^fis^''A,.
7 dred and fifty dollars for each company therein; and to each company, 439.
8 five hundred dollars, and five dollars for each enlisted man attached r. l! le. '
9 thereto or enrolled therein, not exceeding the maximum enlisted strength fgoV^Vs, '
10 allowed by law. 1906, 504, §§ 12. 13. 1908, 604, §§ 174, 177. §§157.161.
1912,399. 1914,481. 1916,86. 1917, 105. §5 2, 3; 327, § 171.
1 Section 161. There shall annually be allowed and paid to each head- o/'u^PrJ^'g**"'
2 quarters, department, corps, and company, the sum of two dollars for «'=•
3 each enlisted man, excepting bandsmen not mustered, attached thereto isoa, 439!
4 or enrolled therein, not exceeding the maximum enlisted strength al- 1905.465,
5 lowed by law, the amount so paid to be expended in the repair and alter- i906!'504,
6 ation of uniforms, or in defraying the incidental military expenses of 190s, 604, § 177.
7 the several organizations.
1914, 481. 1916, 86. 1917, 105, § 2; 327. § 172.
1 Section 162. There shall annually be allowed and paid to each regi- fgoe^sM'fis
2 mental, separate battalion, squadron, and corps headquarters, and to i90|i604,
3 each company, for the services of a company armorer, or armorer for i9i4, 48i.
4 regimental, separate battalion, squadron and corps headquarters, who 1917,' 195, § 2;
5 shall devote all necessary attention to the care of the arms, equipments, - •^^'
6 uniforms, and quarters of the headquarters or company, the sum of one
7 hundred and twenty-five dollars.
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[Chap. 33.
For artillery
mechanic.
1909, 298.
1917. 327,
§ 174.
Section 163. There shall annually be allowed and paid to each 1
battery of field artillery the sum of eight hundred dollars for the em- 2
ployment of a competent mechanic, to be appointed by the battery 3
commander and approved by the chief cjuartermaster, and who shall be 4
regularly enlisted in the battery. The said mechanic shall devote his 5
time and labor exclusively to the care of the artillery equipment and ma- 6
terial of the battery, except, however, that he may be required by the 7
chief quartermaster to perform, without further compensation, the duties 8
of assistant armorer in the quarters occupied by the battery. 9
Advances to
chief quarter-
master from
treasury for
pay. etc.
1900, 266.
R. L. 6, § 35.
1905, 369.
1908,434.
1912, 71, § 1.
1914, 45;
370, §§ 2, 3.
Section 164. The chief quartermaster may have advanced to him 1
by the commonwealth, under such rules and regulations as the state 2
auditor may prescribe, one hundred per cent of the pay and mileage for 3
duty performed at camp, or under section twenty-nine or thirty, and 4
shall return the unexpended balance of the sum so advanced as soon as 5
possible, or at such times as the auditor may require. 6
1916. 284, 5 15. 1917, 327, § 175. 1920, 365.
Pay officers'
vouchers and
accounts.
P. S. 14. § 157.
1887, 411,
§ 155.
1893, 367,
R. L.'i6, §177. shall be held to account for any discrepancies.
1908, 604, § 200. 1912, 58,
Section 165. Pay officers shall take proper vouchers for all pay- 1
ments, and immediately after the payment of troops shall file with the 2
state auditor an account of their payments, with their vouchers; and such 3
accounts shall be audited by the state auditor, and the several pay officers 4
1905, 465, § 184. 5
1917, 327, § 176.
anresfor""""" Section 166. The militia, when in the service of the United States,
servke.^*"'*'' '^ P^i^ ^y the commonwealth, shall receive the same pay and allowances
f88^7 «.'/ ^'^^' ^^ *^^ regular troops of the United States, and the rations when com-
§ 166. ' muted shall be valued at the rate fixed by the regulations of the United
§ 166. ' States army in force at the time. When the militia are discharged from
1905^465, ■ such service, they shall be allowed pay and rations to their respective
^ ^^^' homes. i908, eoi, § 207. 1917, 327, § 177.
Courts of
inquiry.
P. S. 14,
§§ 137, 138.
1887, 411,
§§ 135, 136.
1893, 367,
§§ 135, 136.
1897, 448, 1 14.
Courts-Martial — Courts qf Inquiry — Special Boards.
Section 167. Courts of inquiry in the land forces shall be instituted, 1
constituted and conducted in the same manner and shall have like powers 2
and duties as similar courts in the army of the United States, except that 3
such courts shall be ordered by the commander-in-chief or by a brigade 4
commander. R L- is. §§ 157, i58. 5
1905. 465, §§ 103, 104. 1908, 604, §§ 179, ISO. 1917. 327, § 178.
All.
to witness.
P. S. 14, I 136.
1887. 411,
§ 134.
1893. 367,
§ 134.
R. L.
1905. 465,
§ 162.
I 156.
Section 168. There shall be allowed to each person, not in the vol- 1
unteer militia, appearing before courts of inquiry or courts-martial, 2
upon summons of the president or judge advocate thereof, one dollar 3
and fifty cents for each day's attendance and four cents for each mile 4
necessarily traveled in obedience to the summons. 5
1908, 604, § 178. 1917, 327, § 179.
Courts-
martial.
P. S. 14,
§§ 139-143.
145-147.
Section 169. Courts-martial in the land forces shall be of three 1
kinds, namely, general courts-martial, special courts-martial and sum- 2
mary courts-martial. They shall be constituted like similar courts pro- 3
ClL\P. 33.] L\ND FORCES. 227
4 vided for by the laws and regulations governing the afmy of the United ^f^i'^jjlV^,
5 States, and shall have cognizance of the same subjects as those courts Jl^g'^l^,
6 and possess like powers with them, except as to punishments, and the ly^y"-
7 proceedings of coiu-ts-martial of the national guard shall follow the forms r. l. le',
8 and modes of procedure prescribed for said similar coiu-ts. les-iey.
1 Section 170. General coiu-ts-martial of the land forces may be con- General courts-
2 voked by order of the president or of the governor, and may impose one TOmokk."''
3 or more of the following punishments or sentences for each offence: (1) P"^'"^''™^''*^'
4 Fine, not exceeding two hundred dollars. (2) Forfeitiu-e of pay and 5'5'i3"i4i.
5 allowances. (3) Reprimand. (4) Dismissal or dishonorable discharge If/g/i/jg
6 from the service. (5) Reduction of noncommissioned officers to the JfoS; 367.
7 ranks. R. L. 16, §§ I59-I6I. 1905, 465, §§ 165-167.
1908, 604, H 181-183. 1912, 519. 1917, 327, § 181.
1 Section 171. The commanding officer of each garrison, fort, post. Special courts-
2 camp or other place, brigade, regiment, detached battalion, or other pointment,
3 detached command, may appoint special courts-martial for his command; ^°.T"C "'
4 and such special courts-martial may in any case be appointed by superior it""' "^'
5 authority at its discretion. Special courts-martial may try any person sfi'ss.Vig,
6 subject to military law, except a commissioned officer, for any crime or J^^j jg^
7 offence made punishable by the military laws of the United States, and \\^^^' '^s.
8 such special courts-martial shall have the same powers of punisliment R i. le,
9 as do general courts-martial, except that fines imposed by them shall ibg.
10 not exceed one hundred dollars. i905, 465, §§ 166, 167, 172.
1908. 604, §§ 182, 183, 188. 1912. 519, 1917, 327, § 182.
1 Section 172. The commanding officer of each garrison, fort, post, Summary
,1,1 ,. 1 courts, appomt-
2 or other place, regiment, or corps, detached battalion, company, or other mem, powers,
3 detachment, of the land forces may appoint for such place or command a p. s. u,
4 summary court to consist of one officer, who may administer oaths and i46"°^* '
5 try the enlisted men of such place or command for breaches of discipline H^iis-ih,
6 and violation of laws governing such organizations; and said court, when \l*-^ gg^
7 satisfied of the guilt of the soldier brought before it, may impose fines §U38-i4i,
8 not exceeding twenty-five dollars for any single offence, may sentence R. ^^J^^gg
9 noncommissioned officers to reduction to the ranks, and may sentence i66.
10 to forfeiture of pay and allowances. The proceedings of such courts shall §§ lee-ieg,
11 be informal, and the minutes thereof shall be the same as are prescribed Jgos, 604,
12 for summary courts of the army of the United States. §§i82-i85,i88.
1912, 519. 1917, 327, § 183.
1 Section 173. All courts-martial of the land forces, including the sentence to
2 summary courts, may sentence to confinement in lieu of fines authorized uell of "nes.
3 to be imposed, not exceeding one day for each dollar of fine authorized. 1*887, 4i'i! ^*^'
1893, 367, § 139. 1905, 465, § 167. 1912, 519. § 139.
R. L. 16, § 161. 1908, 604, § 183. 1917, 327, § 184.
1 Section 174. No sentence of dismissal from the service or dis- Governor to
2 honorable discharge imposed by a court-martial shall be executed until sentence of
3 approved by the governor. i9i7. 327, § i85. dSronombL
discharge.
228
LAND FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
Power to issue
warrants,
compel attend-
ance of wit-
nesses, etc.
P. S. 14,
§§ 143, 144.
1887, 411.
§§ 141. 142.
1893, 367.
§§ 141, 142.
R. L. 16,
§§ 163, 164.
1905, 465,
§§ 169, 170.
1908, 604,
§§ 185. 186.
Section 175. In the land forces, presidents of courts-martial and 1
summary court officers may issue warrants to arrest accused persons and 2
to bring an accused person before the court for trial whenever he shall 3
have disobeyed a written order from the convening authority, delivered 4
to the accused, with a copy of the charge or charges, and directing him to 5
appear before the court. The said officials may issue subpoenas and sub- 6
poenas duces tecum, and may enforce the attendance of witnesses and 7
the production of books and documents, and may sentence for a refusal 8
to be sworn or to answer, as in actions before civil courts. i9i7, 327, § ise. 9
p. S. 14. § 143.
1887, 411.
§141.
1893, 367,
§141.
R. L. 16, § 163.
1905, 465,
§169.
Fines, how
collected.
1912,619.
1917, 327,
§ 187 (6).
Fine may be
paid out of
funds due
person con-
victed.
Commander
may keep
offender under
puard.
p. S, 14. § 124.
1887,411,
§ 121.
Section 176. (a) All processes and sentences of said courts shall be 1
executed by an officer qualified to serve criminal process, and commit- 2
ment under said sentences may be made to any jail or house of correc- 3
tion in the commonwealth. The necessary charges shall be paid by the 4
commonwealth on duplicate vouchers to be submitted to the adjutant 5
general. i9os, 604. § iss. 1917. 327, § i87 (a). 6
(b) All fines assessed under sections eighty-three to one hundred and 7
eighty-two, inclusive, and collected or witliheld shall be paid to the com- 8
manding officer of the regiment, separate battalion, squadron, corps or 9
department, to which the person fined is attached, to be used by such 10
commanding officer to replace lost or damaged property, or for such 11
other purposes as he may determine, subject to such regulations as may 12
be prescribed by the commander-in-chief. Upon receipt of a certificate 13
from the authority convening the court as to any fine assessed by it, the 14
pay officer concerned shall pay o\-er any funds due to the person con- 15
victed, not exceeding the amount of the fine, to the commanding officer 16
upon his sole receipt. 17
(c) Any soldier guilty of a military offence may be put and kept under 18
guard by the commander of the company, corps, separate battalion, 19
scjuadron or regiment, or of the post, for a time not extending beyond the 20
term of service for which he is then ordered. iS93, 367, § 121. 21
R. L. 16, § 144. 1905, 465, § 150. 1908, 604, § 167. 1917, 327, § 187 (c).
Sides of war, SECTION 177. The provisious for training and the general rules of
to^nationaf'^ couduct sct forth in the articles of war and general regulations for the
tomodifirations government of the army of the United States, so far as applicable, and
by commander- with sucli modifications as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, shall
p. s. 14, 1 148. apply to the national guard, and the officers and men of the national
1887 411 Ail/ C7 r
§ 146. ' guard shall conform thereto. 1893, 367, § i46.
R. L. 16. § 168. 1905, 465, § 174. 1908. 604, § 190. 1917, 327, § 188.
General Provisions.
Section 178 The commanding officers of a squadron of cavalry 1
and of the first corps of cadets may each employ or raise by enlistment a 2
band of musicians, not exceeding twenty-four in number, to be under 3
his command. Such musicians while on duty shall be subject to the 4
1905; ^M.^^^'ss. laws and regulations for the government of the militia, except that they 5
loos; oot; I li. may not be mustered in. I9i6, 284, § i6. I9i7, 327, § i89. 6
Band of
musicians.
1881, 277, § 1,
P. S. 14, § 30.
1884, 230, § 4
1887,411, § 3(
1893, 367, § 3(
R. L. 16, § 32
Chaplains.
1917, 327,
§ 190.
Section 179. Chaplains in the land forces shall hold the same grades 1
as chaplains in the regular army. 2
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 229
1 Section 180. To each officer or enlisted man who completes nine service medals.
2 years of honorable service, continuous or otherwise, there shall be issued is9i!233i §3.'
3 a medal, and, for each additional five years of like service, a clasp to be §^{'2^7.^^^'
4 affixed thereto. Active, retired or honorably discharged officers and en- ^^l' f*^-^ ^g
5 listed men who have served in the military or naval service of the United jsos. ^es, | so.
6 States in time of war and have been honorably discharged therefrom, i9os! 315';
7 shall receive an additional clasp indicative of such service, to be affixed to 1910, Res. 28.
8 the medal herein provided for. Ail officers and euHsted men of the land § jgi. '
9 forces who were drafted into the service of the United States and dis- lop.A.G.se.
10 charged therefrom, and who within one year after the date of their dis- ({^ig,-^-.
11 charge are commissioned or enlisted in the land forces, shall be deemed
12 to have had continuous service from the time of their draft into the serv-
13 ice of the United States to the date of their commission or enhstment in
14 the land forces, and such service shall be construed as service in the vol-
15 unteer militia as contemplated by this section and section one hundred
16 and two.
1 Section 181. General and field officers, officers regularly assigned ^hom'a'd'-
2 to the duty of paying troops and all judge advocates may administer the p'|'*5^^*ji5i
3 oaths required by this chapter and by the regulations for the govern- 1887.411.
4 ment of the militia. isoa, 367, 5 159. r. l. le, § isi.
1905, 465, § 189. 1908, 604, § 204. 1917, 327, § 192.
1 Section 182. The governor may appoint from the Massachusetts Delegates to
2 national guard association delegates, at his discretion, to represent the ventionsof
3 militia of the commonwealth at the annual conventions of the national as^s'Slo^n.*"^^
4 guard association of the United States. The necessary ex-penses of the \l[^i ^f^
5 delegates so appointed shall be paid out of the appropriation for military 5 ws.
6 accounts.
NAVAL forces.
Organization.
1 Section 183. (a) The naval forces shall consist of the department J^^^'J^'Jp^'
2 of naval militia, the naval militia, the naval militia retired list, and the constitute, etc
3 naval militia reserve list, and any part of the unorganized militia serving 1917! 327,'
4 with the naval forces under sections eight, nine and eleven. '^^ '"'■
5 (b) The department of naval militia shall consist of a naval militia Naval miutia.
6 bureau, such other officers as the commander-in-chief may detail, and i908!^604°§'2i.
7 necessary clerks and other assistants. The expense of such clerical and §§ i;^, '
8 other assistance shall not exceed the amount annually appropriated flgi^b)'
9 therefor. i^iS' i^s-
10 The chief of the naval militia bureau shall be the chief of the depart- ^„''™'„""'"*
11 ment. A member of the bureau shall be designated as assistant chief of
12 bureau and shall, in the absence of the chief of department, be acting
13 chief of department. The adjutant general shall be, ex officio, a member
14 of the naval militia bureau, and shall be, ex officio, acting chief of de-
1.5 partment in the absence of the chief of bureau and the assistant chief
16 of bureau.
1 Section 184. (a) The naval militia shall consist of the regularly Naval militia,
2 enlisted forces of the commonwealth between the ages of eighteen and posed, etc.
3 forty-five, organized as prescribed by law for the naval militia, and com- \l^f-i. ®'
230
NAVAL FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
1892, 366,
§§ 1-5.
1893, 367, §|:
29.
1894, 312.
1896, 182.
1898, 407.
R. L. 16, §§:
missioned officers between the ages of twenty-one and sixty-two, naval 4
branch, and twenty-one and sixty-four, marine corps branch; provided, 5
that enlisted men may continue in service after the age of forty-five, 6
and until the age of sixty-two, naval branch, or sixty-four, marine corps 7
branch, provided that the service is continuous. 8
1903, 377.
190.5, 465, §
1908, 604, §§
1911,670.
1912,365, f
1914,718, i
Present organi-
zations to
continue until
changed by
commander-
in-chief.
(b) The naval militia and the organizations thereof shall continue as 9
at present constituted, until changed by the commander-in-chief, under 10
authority of law. 11
1908, 604, § 25
1916, 284, § 3 (a).
1917, 327, § 195 (6).
Engineer or
aeronautic
division.
1914. 718,
§ 1 (e).
(c) Detachments of an engineer division or of an aeronautic division 12
may be recruited and stationed in separate cities and towns. 13
1916, 284, § 3 (c). 1917, 327, § 195 (c).
Maximum
enlisted
strength may
be increased,
when.
1914, 161, § 1.
1917,327,
§ 195 W).
(d) Whenever in any headquarters, division, company, detacliment 14
or section enlisted men are, by orders of the commander-in-chief or of 15
the commanding officer, permanently detailed away from their head- 16
quarters, division, company, detachment or section, the commander-in- 17
chief may authorize the maximum enlisted strength of such unit to be in- 18
creased by the number of men so permanently detailed. If the necessity 19
for which such enlisted men were detailed has ceased to exist, they shall 20
be returned to their respective units, and the maximum enlisted strength 21
of sucli units may be reduced by the commander-in-chief by the number 22
of men so returned. 23
System of
disciphne
prescribed
United Sta
to be fol-
lowed.
ISSl, 277, !
P. S. 14, §§
148, 152.
1887, 411,
§§ 143-146,
1893, 367,
§§ 143-146,
Section 185. The naval militia shall be subject to the system of 1
by discipline prescribed for the naval militia by the laws of the United States, 2
and officers and enlisted men of the naval forces may be tried and pun- 3
i5. ished under this chapter for any offence for which officers and enlisted 4
'*^ men of the United States navy and marine corps may be tried and pun- 5
150. ished, or for acts contrary to this chapter or to the regulations for the 6
150 government of the naval forces. 7
R. L. 16, §§ 165-168, 172. 1908, 604, §§ 187-190, 194, 1914, 362, § 1.
1905, 465, §§ 171-174, 178, 1912, 606, § 4. 1917, 327, § 196.
Medical head SECTION 186. Such officer of the JSIassachusctts volunteer militia as 1
°sso'40 *^^^ commander-in-chief may designate shall have general supervision 2
p. s.' 14,' § 17. and control of all matters pertaining to the medical department of the 3
1893^ 367] § n'. naval forces, and shall, subject to the laws of the United States, pre- 4
foos; 465,\'is. scribe the physical and mental disabilities exempting from military 5
1916! 284! I it', duty. He shall purchase and issue all medical and hospital suppUes and 6
§m^^^' ^^^^^ perform such other medical duties as the commander-in-chief may 7
direct. 8
Acting judge
advocate
general for
naval militia,
duties, etc.
P. S. 14, § 18.
1887,411, § IS.
1893, 367, § 18.
R. L. 16, § 19.
1905, 465, § 19.
1908, 604, § 37.
1911, 145, §4.
1917, 327,
§ 198.
Section 187. Such officer of the Massachusetts volunteer militia as 1
the commander-in-chief may designate as acting judge advocate gen- 2
eral for the naval militia may be required to examine and report in writing 3
upon all proceedings of courts-martial in the naval forces requiring the 4
action of the commander-in-chief; and, in matters referred to him by 5
law or by the commander-in-chief, shall be the legal adviser of the de- 6
partment of naval militia of the commonwealth, and shall bring all 7
necessary actions. 8
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 231
1 Section 188. (a) Such officers as the commander-in-chief may des- clothing.
2 ignate shall have the supervision and control of all clothing, equip- f ?a"nsportation.
3 ment and other naval property, both state and federal, issued to, drawn, fg^l^ \*j'j^ ."j4
4 or purchased for the use of the naval militia. Such clothing, equipment ^^f^ \l''\\l*-
5 and other naval property shall be piu-chased, drawn and issued as the Jbos. ^es, § is.
6 commander-in-chief may direct. i90s, 604, § 39.
1910. 348, § 2. 1916, 284, §§ 4, 15.
1911, 747. 1917, 327, § 199 Ca).
1913, 733. 1 Op. A. G. 166,
7 (b) Such officers as the commander-in-chief may designate shall pro- Transporta-
8 cure and provide transportation for the naval forces and their equip- \'°r"e°, "^"^^
9 ment and other property under such regulations as the commander- j^/gg^i)'^'
10 in-chief may prescribe.
11 (c) The adjutant general, or such other officer as the commander-in- Adjutant gcn-
12 chief may designate, shall have control of the appropriations for the use office"/ to'"""
13 and benefit of the naval forces, and may allow, annually, proper ac- p™p™at1?n3
14 counts for the repair of uniforms and equipment. and allow
^ * * accounts for
1917, 327, § 199 (c). repairs.
1 Section 189. The naval militia while occupying armories, or quar- uae of armories
2 ters therein, or using grounds for parades, drill or small arms practice, nav^afmiUtia^
3 as provided in sections one to eighty-two, inclusive, shall be subject 5^2o6.^"'^"
4 to the same rules and regulations in the use thereof, and the same ad-
5 ministrative control, as is the national guard. The officer or official
6 charged by law with the care and maintenance of armories shall, at the
7 public expense, provide suitable places for the safe keeping of all cloth-
8 ing, equipment and other naval property of the naval militia.
Commissioned Officers — Election and Appointment.
1 Section 190. No person, except an officer of the United States Persons eii-
2 navy, shall be eligible for election or appointment to commissioned office commUsions.
3 in the naval forces who is not a male citizen of the United States, of i887',4nff32
4 twenty-one or over, resident in the commonwealth, or who is disquali- jf *'l' le^s 11 ^'
5 fied by law from enrolment in the naval militia, or who has not been wosi 465, § sV.
6 certified as eligible by the naval militia service board, hereinafter pro- 1917', 327,'
7 vided for. No person shall be eligible to such election or appointment
8 who is under sentence of disability to hold office or command, or of sus-
9 pension from command, in the naval or military forces of the United
10 States or of any state.
1 Section 191. Commissioned officers on the active and retired lists Relative rank
2 of the naval militia shall take rank in their grade according to the date ^/onedo'fficers.
3 of their commission. Between officers of the same grade and date of fg^^^/Zi/fss
4 appointment or commission, where there has been no previous commis- Jlqo'oS'foi
5 sioned service, the relative rank shall be determined by lot. Where there 1895! 455! 1 3. '
6 has been previous commissioned service in the navy of the United States r. l! le, '§ 35!
7 or in the naval forces of the commonwealth, it shall count in the order Igoii eof; § 4?;
8 herein named. 1911,29s. 1917,327,5202. lOp. a. G.254.
9 The date of the appointment or election of an officer shall be expressed °*Qt°e„r
10 in his commission and shall be considered as the date thereof. When
11 an officer is appointed, elected or transferred from one office or organiza-
12 tion to another, without increase of grade or loss of continuous service, he
232
NAVAL FORCES.
[Ch.\p. 33.
Not applicable
to certain
transfers.
Graduates of
naval militia
cadet school
and reserve
officers.
shall rank in his grade according to the date of his original commission, 13
which shall be stated in his new commission. This paragraph shall not 14
apply when a commissioned officer is transferred by election or appoint- 15
ment from the staff to the line. 16
A commissioned officer of the naval militia may be reduced in rank 17
in his grade by sentence of a general com-t-martial. No officer, however, 18
shall be reduced in grade. When an officer is reduced in rank, as herein 19
provided, he shall, if the sentence is approved, immediately forward his 20
commission to the commander-in-chief, through the proper channels, and 21
the commander-in-chief shall cause his commission to be endorsed with 22
the date of the commission of the officer, next after whom the officer 23
reduced shall thereafter take rank. 24
Graduates of the naval militia cadet school, Massachusetts naval 25
forces, holding commissions on the reserve list of the same date, shall 26
take rank among themselves according to their published standing in 27
the class in which they graduated. Officers on the reserve list shall take 28
rank after all officers of like grade on the active and retired lists. 29
Staff of naval
brigade, etc.,
appointment,
etc.
Const, pt. 2,
0.2, § 1,
art. 10.
Section 192. (a) The staff of a naval brigade or of an adminis- 1
trative naval battalion shall be appointed by the commanding officer 2
thereof; and they shall be commissioned by the commander-in-chief on 3
the request of the appointing officer. 4
Const, amend. 53.
(Const. Kev. art. 148.)
P. S. 14, § 35.
1884, 230, I 6.
1887, 411, 1 34.
1893, 367, 5 34.
R. L. 16. § 36.
1905, 465, § 39.
1908, 604, § 42.
1910, 299.
1912, 268.
1914, 718, 5 3.
1916, 284, I 5.
1917, 327, § 203 (o).
tolTirfi^ar*^ (6) No person shall be eligible to appwintment as a medical officer 5
i«)5 lbs § 40 '^^ ^'^^ naval militia unless he has been duly registered under the laws of 6
1917' 327' ^ **■ *^® commonwealth, and has complied with said laws relative to the prac- 7
§ 203 (6).' tice of his profession. 8
Methods of
election and
appointment.
Const, pt. 2,
c. 2, § 1,
art. 10.
Const, amend.
5, 63.
(Const. Rev.
art. 148.)
P. S. 14, I 36.
1887, 411, 1 35.
1893, 367, § 35.
R. L. 16, § 37.
1905,465, §41.
1908, 604, § 44.
1916,284, §6.
1917,327,
§204.
Section 193. The commanding officer of an administrative naval 1
battalion shall be elected by the elected division and company officers of 2
the battalion. The other line officers of the battalion, except division 3
and company officers and officers detailed from the reserve lists, shall be 4
appointed by the commanding officer of the battalion. The command- 5
ing officer of a naval brigade composed of administrative naval battalions 6
shall be elected by the elected line officers of the brigade. The other line 7
officers of such naval brigade, except battalion, division and company 8
officers, shall be appointed by the commanding officer of the brigade. 9
Line officers appointed under this section shall be commissioned by the 10
commander-in-chief on request of the appointing officers. 11
Officers of divisions, companies, and of detachments or sections not 12
organized into divisions or companies, except ensigns detailed from the 13
reserve lists, shall be elected by the written votes of the enlisted men of 14
the respective units. 15
as'^to'^iections. Section 194. (o) Elcctions of Commanding officers of a naval bri- 1
Tss?, 4*11^ § 36. gade or administrative naval battalion shall be ordered by the com- 2
1^*93,367 §^|6. rnander-in-chief. Elections of other officers shall be ordered either by 3
1905, 46'5, § 42. the commander-in-chief or by officers authorized by him. 4
1908, 604, § 45. 1917, 237, § 205 (a).
Chap. 33.] n.\v.\l forces. 233
5 (b) Elections of officers shall not be ordered in any division, com- No election
6 pany, detachment or section unless the minimum number of men are div'isionretc.,
7 actually enlisted and mustered in. p. s. i4, § ss. mum enUst-''
1887, 411,5 37. R, L. 16. § 39. 1908, 604, § 46. ment.
1893, 367, § 37. 1905, 465, § 43. 1917, 327, § 205 (b).
8 (c) Vacancies in the grades of division and company officers of an vacancies,
9 organization shall be filled and the officers-elect commissioned and gned.
10 qualified before an election of commanding officer is held in that ^gf?, 4*11! §38.
1 1 organization. iS93, 367, § 3S. r. l. ig, § 40.
1905, 465, § 44. 1908,604,5 47. 1917, 327, § 205 (c).
12 (d) An officer receiving an order for an election shall order such elec- Notices of
13 tors to assemble for the election at the time and place designated. Such p^s"ir§ 41
1887,411, f -
1893, 367, S
R. L. 16. §
1905, 465,
16 by leaving it at or mailing it to his last known place of business or abode. §*8- „„ , ,„
•' " * ^ 1908, 604, § 49.
1917, 327, § 205 id).
17 (e) The officer ordering an election under subsection (a) may preside, Presiding
18 or may detail some officer of suitable grade so to do. The grade of lieu- election.'
19 tenant shall be deemed suitable at the election of an officer of equal or f8j'7//ii^§4i.
20 inferior rank; but no candidate for an office to be filled may preside at if^L'i6V4V'
21 the election, except to adjourn the meeting if no proper officer appears to 1905,465,
22 preside. i90s, 604, § 50. 1917, 327. § 205 m.
23 (/) The officer-elect, if he is eligible and accepts, shall thereupon be officer-eiect to
24 commissioned by the commander-in-chief and notified to appear before aioa^^iT.
25 the proper examining board. p. s. 14, § 43.
1887. 411, § 42. R. L. 16. § 44. 1908, 604, § 51.
1893, 367, § 42. 1905, 465, § 48. 1917, 327, § 205 (/).
26 (g) The qualifications of an elector are, for an officer, that he has been QuaiiBcations
27 commissioned and qualified, and for an enlisted man, that he has been i9f7!327!'
28 duly mustered. ^2°^^^-
29 (h) Elections may not be adjourned more than twice and each ad- p'^s'"™™™'^'
30 journment shall be for a period of not exceeding seven days. issi, 411,545.
1893, 367, § 45. 1905,465,5 50. 1917, 327, § 205 (A).
R. L. 16, § 46. 1908, 604, 5 53. 1 Op. A. G. 46.
1 Section 195. (a) Persons elected to office in the naval militia shall, deTunatwn ""^
2 within three days after their election, declare in writing to the officer p%*'fP^il|'^-
3 presiding at their election the acceptance or declination, which shall be i887, 4i'i, § 48.
4 a part of the return of the presiding officer. i893, 367, § 4s. e. l. le, § 4s.
1905,465,5 52. 1908,604,5 55. 1917, 327, § 206 (a).
5 (b) If, before the dissolution of the meeting, the person chosen signi- ^^^l^^ "'
6 fies to the presiding officer, either in person or in writing, his refusal to p^^'f^'slg*-
7 accept, the refusal shall be recorded and included in the return, and the i887, 411, 5 49.
8 electors shall proceed to another election. 1893, 367, § 49. r. l. i6, 5 49.
1905, 465, § 53. 1908, 604, 5 56. 1917, 327, 5 206 (b).
9 (c) The acceptance of one office in the naval militia shall, for the pur- Acceptance to
10 pose of election, vacate another office therein previously held by the previ'ousS""
11 same person; but the officer shall serve until his successor is qualified, if p^g' fl"-^ 51
12 so ordered by his brigade or battalion commander or by the commander- Jlg^'gg'' 1 50
,13 in-chief. If an officer is so ordered to serve, he shall do so by virtue of R- l.' i6.'5 50.'
14 his old commission, and with the rate of pay of such old commission, until wos, eoi', § sr.
234
NAVAL FORCES.
[Cbl\p. 33.
1917' 327' ^ '^' ^^ ^^^ taken and subscribed the oath of office under his new commission, 15
§ 206 (c).' and has been ordered to duty thereunder. 16
i^^£Se°o?''"' Section 196. (a) \Nhen the electors neglect or refuse to fill a vacancy 1
failure to fjig cominander-in-chicf may appoint or detail an eligible officer thereto. 2
Const, pt. 2, c. 2, § 1,
P. S. 14. 1 52.
art. 10.
1887,411, f 5:
Const, amend. 53.
1893, .■i67, I 51
(Const. Rev. art. 148.)
R. L. 16, § 51.
1905, 465, I 55.
1908, 604. I 58.
1917, 327, § 207 (a).
fo^fSi'iT'to' (^) I^ ^ division, company, detachment or section having no com-
p*^'' 14 5 53 niissioned officers has twice been ordered to elect officers, and neglects
1887, 411, 1 52. or refuses to elect one of such officers, it may be disbanded by the com-
R. l! 16, § 62."" mander-in-chief, subject to the laws of the United States.
1905, 465, § 55. 1908, 604, § 59. 1917, 327, § 207 (6).
T™|a°d ^^ Section 197. (a) Elections shall be held at places most convenient 1
elections. ' for the majority of the electors. Officers ordering elections shall desig- 2
1887, 411, § 39. nate the time and place at which the election shall be held. 3
1893, 367, § 39. 1905, 465, § 45. 1917, 327, § 208 (a).
R. L. 16, I 41. 1908, 604, | 48.
Eiect^onrecord, (^) The presiding officer shall keep a record of the proceedings and 4
P-s. i4,§'43 shall, within six days thereafter, make a certified return thereof to the 5
1893! 367] § 42! department of naval militia, through the proper military channels, for 6
1905^ 465, § 48. the information of the commander-in-chief. 7
1908, 604, § 51. 1917, 327, § 208 (6).
Rosters and
rolls.
P. S. 14. § 44.
1887, 411, I 43.
1893, 367, § 43.
R. L. 16. §45.
1905, 465, I 49.
1908, 604, I 52.
1917, 327,
§ 208 (c).
Conduct of
election.
1917, 327,
5 208 W).
Quorum,
opening and
closing of
ballot, and
adjournment.
P. S. 14,
§§45,47.
18S7. 411,
§§ 44, 46.
1893, 367,
§§ 44, 46.
R. L. IR, I 46.
1905, 465, § 50.
1908, 604, § 63.
Counting votes,
declaring result,
number re-
quired to elect.
1878, 265, § 46.
P. S. 14, § 48.
1887, 411, § 47.
1893, 367, § 47.
R. L. 16, § 47.
1905, 465, § 51.
1908, 604, § 54.
(c) Officers shall carefully revise and correct rosters or rolls before 8
issuing orders to electors to assemble for an election, and shall submit 9
to the presiding officer a certified copy of the roster or roll and the order 10
to the electors to assemble, with a certificate thereon endorsed of the 11
notice given to them; and every officer presiding at an election shall 12
report to the department of naval militia any commanding officer who 13
shall have neglected this duty. 14
{d) The presiding officer at an election shall first read the order call- 15
ing it and ordering him to preside. He shall then call the names borne 16
on the certified roster or roll, in an election of an officer or officers of a 17
division or company, directing the men to fall in as their names are called; 18
and after reading the order to the electors to assemble and the certificate 19
thereon endorsed, showing that proper notice has been given, shall in- 20
quire if there is any objection, and report the objection, if any is made, 21
with his return of the election. 22
(e) No presiding officer shall proceed with an election unless a quorum, 23
consisting of a majority of the electors, is present. No votes shall be 24
received for any candidate before the hour named in the order, and 25
after such hour every legal vote, presented before the ballot is declared 26
closed, shall be received. If no quorum is present and voting, or the 27
electors present fail to elect, the presiding officer shall adjourn the meet- 28
ing to a day certain, and shall in writing report the facts to the depart- 29
ment of naval militia. i9i7, 327, § 208 («). 30
(/) The presiding officer, having declared the ballot closed, shall coimt 31
the votes, after which he shall announce and record the whole niunber 32
present, the number necessary for a choice, the number given for each 33
candidate, and the result. The person ha\'ing a majority of the ballots 34
of the electors present shall be deemed elected, and the presiding officer 35
shall forthwith notify him of his election. i9i7, 327, § 208 (/). 36
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 235
37 (g) If no person is elected on the first ballot, the presiding officer shall f^g""^ °°?
38 require the electors to ballot again and again until some person is elected, taiiots.
39 or until, in the opinion of the presiding officer, it is evident that no elec- § 208 (b)."
40 tion can result. When the presiding officer is satisfied that further ballots Adjournment
41 are useless, he may declare the election adjourned, subject to subsection e°Ict'"'"'^ '°
42 (/i) of section one hundred and ninety-four. A recess of not more than
43 two hours shall not be considered an adjournment.
44 (h) After the business for which the meeting was called has been Meeting dis-
45 transacted, or after the number of adjournments allowed by law have i9i7.''327!'^'''
46 been made and the presiding officer is satisfied that further ballots are ^ ^°* ""'■
47 useless, he shall dissolve the meeting.
48 (i) The record of the proceedings at an election shall be signed by the Record of
49 presiding officer, and forwarded by him directly to the officer ordering i9i7°^27,*''
50 the election, who shall retain it. ^ ^°* '"'■
51 (j) The presiding officer shall, after the election, ascertain whether or inquiry and
52 not the person elected is eligible for office, and make a report thereof to e?ig°biii'ty'of
53 the department of naval militia with the return of the election. ?9r7°'327°'^'^'
§'20S 0").'
1 Section 198. (a) There shall be a naval militia service board, con- Naval miiitia
2 sisting of three commissioned officers of the naval forces, appointed or appointm'rat.'
3 detailed by the commander-in-chief. Upon the expiration of the term fnatjons'"'^"^"
4 of office of each member of the board, his successor shall be appointed ^^^^ ^*^^ ^*^
5 or detailed for tlu-ee years. The commander-in-chief may make tempo- iss?! 411', § 53.
6 rary details to fill vacancies in said board caused by absence, temporary 1899! ssi,'
7 disability or active duty in the service of the United States, as he deems r. L'.le, §53.
8 necessary. i905, 405, § 57. 1908, 604. § ei.
1912, 464, §S 4, 6, 12. 13. 1915, 203. 1917, 327, § 209 (a).
9 (6) Said board shall establish an eligible officers' list for all commis- Eligible
10 sioned grades in the naval militia. 1917, 327, § 209 (6). officers Ust.
1 1 (c) The board shall from time to time prepare rules to take effect upon Rules, eiam-
12 approval by the commander-in-chief, regulating the selection of persons conTamend.
13 to fill elective and appointive commissioned offices in the naval militia, fconst Rev
14 Such rules may be of a general or limited application and shall include "'g'tf'. 54
15 provisions for (1) the classification of all grades to be filled; (2) open, 1884,230, §8.
16 competitive and other examinations to test the professional and prac- isgs! 367', § 53.
17 tical fitness of applicants; (3) the filling of vacancies in and selection of §§s,'8, 9.'
18 persons for commissions in the naval militia, in accordance with the fit- ?8. w^^' ^^ ^^'
19 ness of applicants, the results of such examination or otherwise; and (4) Jgol'Jeg'
20 promotion, if practicable, on the basis of ascertained merit in the exam- flos^'eol ^'
21 ination, and seniority of service in grade. §§ es, 67,' es.
1912, 464, §§ 5, 13. 1915, 203. 1917, 327, | 209 (c).
22 (d) The board may designate officers of the naval forces, or, if it be Examiners.
23 practicable, may procure the services of officers of the regular navy, to §^209^1'
24 act as examiners of applicants for certification of eligibility in particular
25 grades or branches of the service.
26 (e) The board shall prepare a full record of its proceedings and findings Record in case
27 in the case of each person appearing before it for examination. i899,°38^!l°4!'
28 (/) The members of the board and examiners shall receive such pay Pay and ex-
29 for duty performed and may incur such expenses as the commander-in- boar?a°nd
30 chief shall determine. i9i7, 327, § 209 (/).
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[Chap. 33.
Cadet school,
eligible list of
graduates.
1916, 170,
§§ 2, 4.
1917, 327,
§ 209 (»).
(g) Graduates of the cadet school shall be placed on the eligible list 31
by the naval militia service board, upon certificate of the superintendent, 32
without examination; but the board shall prepare the final examination 33
of said school. wis. soi, § e. 34
NosecoDd Section 199. An officer certified as eligible for his grade, if ap-
exammation , . " i i ii i
after assign- pointed or elected and assigned to duty in that grade, shall not there-
1897, 448,"§ 15. aftcF be required to take another examination under the rules adopted
1905', 465, § 67. uudcr subscctiou (c) of the preceding section in order to continue to
1917! 327,' ^ ^^' hold the same commission. But the naval militia service board may, by
^ ^^°- rule or regulation, limit the length of time during which an applicant's
name may remain on an eligible list without re-examination.
Semttf°rom" SECTION 200. Officcrs clccted or appointed from one office to an- 1
examimitwn^ othcr of cqual or lower grade in the same branch of the naval militia 2
iss*. 230. 1 8.^ ser\'ice, chaplains and retired officers shall be exempt from all examina- 3
1893! 367] § 53: tions uudcr this chapter as to professional and practical qualifications. 4
1899, 381, § 1. 1908, 604, § 61, 1916, 284, § 8.
R. L. 16, § 53. 1912, 464, §§ 2, 12. 13. 1917, 327, J 211.
1905, 465, § 57.
Physical exam-
ination and
oaths.
P. S. 14,
§§ 54, 65.
1884, 230,
§§8,9.
1887,411,
§§ 53, 64.
1893, 367,
§§ 53, 64.
1897, 448, § 8.
1899, 381, § 7.
R. L. 16, § 57.
1905,465, §61.
Section 201. No person commissioned as an officer of the naval militia 1
shall enter upon his official duties or exercise any command until he has 2
successfully passed an examination as to his physical qualifications, as 3
provided in the following section, and has taken and subscribed to the 4
oaths required by this chapter and the laws of the United States. An 5
oflRcer failing to pass the physical examination and whose physical dis- 6
abilities are not waived by the commander-in-chief shall be discharged, 7
except as provided in section two hundred and eight. 8
1908, 604, I 65. 1912, 464, |§ 1, 9, 13. 1917, 327, § 212.
Board of
medical officers
to make
physical ex-
aminations.
Disabilities
may be
waived in
certain cases.
P. S. 14, § 54.
1884, 230, § 8.
1887, 411, §53.
1893, 367, § 53.
1899, 381.
§§ 1,5.
R. L. 16,
§§ 53. 55.
1905, 465, § 57.
1908, 604, § 61.
1912, 138,
§§ 1.4;
464, § 13.
1917, 327,
§213.
Section 202. All examinations as to the physical qualifications to 1
hold office in the naval militia shall be made by a board of three medical 2
officers appointed by the commander-in-chief. If the board of medical 3
officers finds an oflScer elected or appointed physically competent to per- 4
form the duties of his office, it shall certify that fact to the commander- 5
in-chief, who shall, as soon as the officer has taken the prescribed oaths, 6
order him to duty. If the board deems an oflScer not physically fit to 7
perform his duties, it shall so report to the commander-in-chief, setting 8
forth the nature of the disabilities found and the manner and extent to 9
which they are likely to prevent or impair the full performance of the 10
duties of the office. Whenever the commander-in-chief finds that an 11
officer reported by the medical board to be physically unsound possesses 12
professional and general qualifications of a high order and that his physi- 13
cal disabilities will not materially impair his efficiency as an officer, he 14
may waive such physical disabilities and order the officer to duty. A 15
detailed description of the disabilities and a statement of all the facts 16
as to professional and general qualifications resulting in a waiver of the 17
same shall be entered on the military record of the officer concerned. 18
£-Smfy're- Section 203. The commandcr-iii-chief may require the na^-al militia 1
SS'J^c'nm'^'* service board to examine and report on enlisted men of the naval militia 2
cadet school appointed to the naval militia cadet school as to their general fitness to 3
and on reserve ^ ^ „.. t*iiii l 'a
officers. pursue the course of training at the said school, and may also require 4
Chap. 33.] n.\v.\l forces. 237
5 said board to inquire into and report on the zeal, efficiency and general Pgu^^^'
6 fitness to discharge the duties of their grade, of officers on the naval
7 militia reserve list, as required in section two hundred and five.
1 Section 204. Graduates of the naval militia cadet school, shall, ^;de't"s''JhooUo
2 upon their own request, and at any time within three years next fol- te appointed
3 lowing the date of graduation, be appointed by the commander-in-chief reserve Ust, etc.
4 ensigns on the reserve list of the naval militia, and, upon passing a sat- 63.
5 isfactory physical examination in the manner now or hereafter required art°T48.) ^^'
6 of newly commissioned officers of the same grade, shall be commissioned Jgjy; 32?; ^ ^"
7 accordingly. 5^'®-
1 Section 205. OflScers on the reserve list of the naval militia, upon officers on
2 being commissioned, may be assigned for a period of one year as addi- etc., assign-
3 tional ensigns to such units of the naval militia as the commander-in- coust.' amend.
4 chief may direct, in order to continue their training. At the conclusion of fconst. Rev.
5 said assignments the commander-in-chief shall cause due inquiry to be jg'je'^fo
6 made as to the efficiency and general fitness of reserve officers, and those || 3, 4
7 who shall be found zealous, efficient and generally fitted to discharge the § 216.
8 duties of their grade shall be continued on the reserve list for a further
9 period of fi\-e years, during which time they shall perform such duties
10 consistent with the constitution and laws of the commonwealth as the
11 commander-in-chief may require; otherwise they shall be honorably dis-
12 charged. At the end of such further period of fi\'e years a reserve offi-
13 cer who has not in the meantime received a commission on the active
14 list shall be honorably discharged. Officers on the reserve list of the
15 naval militia shall be subject to laws applicable to commissioned officers
IG of the naval militia, active or retired, except as is otherwise provided
17 in this chapter. Officers on the reserve list of the naval militia elected
18 or appointed to office on the active list not higher in grade than that of
19 ensign, line duties only, shall be exempt from passing the examination
20 required of other newly commissioned officers of that grade, and, upon
21 being commissioned and qualified, shall be assigned to duty.
1 Section 206. Every commissioned officer, before entering upon the oathofcom-
2 performance of his official duties or exercising any command, shall take officer."
3 and subscribe such oaths as may be required by the laws of the United isIa^'mm.
4 States, and in addition the oaths and declarations prescribed in section JIP; I48', | f*;
5 ninety-eight. R. l. le. § 64. 1905, 405. § 69.
6 All officers shall take and subscribe the said oaths before an officer Oaths to be
7 qualified under section two hundred and fifty-five to administer oaths, by qualifying
8 except retired officers, who may take the said oaths before any com- icro876b4. § 73.
9 petent authority; and the certificate set forth in section ninety-eight §^7^^^'
10 shall be printed on every commission and shall be signed by the person ^ Cush. sse.
11 before whom the oflBcer is qualified.
Commissioned Officers — Discharge and Retirement.
1 Section 207. (a) An officer may be discharged by order of the com- Discharge of
2 mander-in-chief upon an address of both branches of the general court, addTe^s^o?"
3 or to carry out the lawful sentence of a court-martial, or under this couxt-martiai.
4 chapter. Const, amend. 4, 53. (Const. Rev. arts. 124, 148.)
P. S. 14, § 64. 1897, 448, § 7. 1908, 604, 5 91.
1887, 411, § 63. R. L. 16, § 76. 1912, 444, | 1.
1893, 367, I 63. 1905, 465, § 81. 1917. 327, § 218 (a).
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NAVAL FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
Honorable
discharge.
P. S. 14, § C6.
1887,411, §65.
1890, 425, I 5.
1893, 367, § 05.
1896, 425.
1898, 448, § 9.
R. L. 16, § 77.
(b) An officer may be honorably discharged by the commander-in-chief 5
upon removal of residence from the commonwealth, upon tender of resig- 6
nation, upon the disbandment of the organization to which he belongs, 7
or when he accepts an appointment in the army or navy of the United 8
States. 1905, 465, § 82. 1908,604,5 92. 1912, 444, § 2. 1917, 327. § 218 (6). 9
Retirement of
officers for
length of
disabihty.
1897, 448, § 4.
1898, 84, § 1.
1899, 302, § 1.
R. L. 16, § 78.
1904, 231,
§§1.2.
1905. 465, § 83.
1906,212;
423, §§3,4;
504. § 6.
1907, 305, § 2.
1908, 604,
§§95,96.
1912,441.
1917,327,
5 219 (a).
Retirement for
disability.
1895. 465, § 4.
1897, 448, § 5.
R. L. 16, § 78.
1904, 231, § 1.
1905, 465, § S3.
1906, 212;
504, § 6.
1908, 604, § 97.
1917, 327,
I 219 (6).
Service on
reserve list
counted for
retirement.
Register of
retired officers.
1904,231, §3.
1905, 465, § 83.
1906, 212;
504, § 6.
1908, 604, § 99.
Section 208. (a) Any commissioned officer of the naval militia serv- 1
ice who has served as a commissioned officer in the volunteer militia of 2
the commonwealth for the period of ten years may, upon his own appli- 3
cation, be placed upon the naval militia retired list with the grade held 4
by him at the time of making such application; but an officer who at 5
the time of making such application has remained in the same grade for 6
the period of ten years, or has served as a commissioned officer for the 7
period of fifteen years, or having served in the army or navy of the United 8
States in time of war and having been honorably discharged therefrom, 9
has also served as a commissioned officer in the volunteer militia of the 10
commonwealth for the period of five years, may be retired with the grade 11
next above that held by him during the six months preceding the time 12
of making the said application. Any commissioned officer requesting 13
retirement after the completion of twenty-five years or more of commis- 14
sioned service may be placed upon the retired list with such increase in 15
grade as the commander-in-chief may direct. At his own request an 16
officer applying for retirement may be given the grade herein provided 17
for, or a lower grade. A commissioned officer on the naval militia retired 18
list accepting a commission in the active militia may at any time, upon 19
his application, be placed again upon the retired list with the grade with 20
which he was formerly retired; but if his latest service on the active list 21
of the naval militia has entitled him to a grade on the retired list higher 22
than that previously held by him, he shall be given such higher grade. 23
(6) The commander-in-chief may order any commissioned officer of 24
the naval militia before a medical board, consisting of at least three 25
commissioned medical officers, and may retire such officer if the board 26
reports him to be physically unable to perform the duties of his office. 27
Such officer may be retued with any increase in grade that he would 28
be entitled to receive if retired upon his request under the preceding 29
subsection. 30
(c) The service of an officer on the reserve list shall be allowed in com- 31
puting eligibility for retirement. i9i7, 327, § 219 (c). 32
(f/) The names and records of all officers on the retired list of the naval 33
militia shall annually be printed in a separate register in the order of 34
their retired rank, to be appended to the report of the department of 35
naval militia, or to the roster of officers of the volunteer militia. 36
1915, 289, § 4.
1917. 327, § 219 (e).
Retired
officers, privi-
leges and
duties.
1897, 448, § 4
1898, 84, I 1.
Section 209. (a) Retired officers shall be commissioned on the retired 1
list by the commander-in-chief, and on occasions of ceremony may, and, 2
when acting under orders as hereinafter provided, shall wear the uniform 3
...^. ....... of their rethed rank. They shall be eligible to perform any military 4
1908: to!; ^ ^■*' duty to the same extent as if not retired, and the commander-in-chief may 5
require them to serve upon military boards, courts of inquiry and courts- 6
martial, or to perform any other special or temporary military duty, and 7
while actively engaged in such duty they shall receive the pay and allow- 8
ances provided for like service by officers of the active naval militia. 9
§ 100
1917, 327,
§ 220 (a).
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 239
10 They shall be amenable to courts-martial for military offences, as if upon
11 the active list of the naval militia. Their names shall be borne on a
12 separate roster, kept under the supervision of the adjutant general. They
13 shall report to the adjutant general any change in their residence. An
14 oflScer now on the retired list may, upon application, receive a commis-
15 sion on the retired list as provided above, and such commission shall
16 state the date on which he was retired.
17 (b) Ensigns on the reserve list, when ordered to active duty, shall wear Ensigns on
18 the vmiform of their grade, and while actually performing such duty under '^it^Ut!"
19 the orders of the commander-in-chief, shall receive the pay and allow- ^ ^^° '''•
20 ance of officers of like grade in the active naval militia. Their names
21 shall be borne on a separate list on the roster of naval militia officers, kept
22 under the supervision of the department of naval militia. They shall re-
23 port to the department of naval militia any change in their address.
1 Section 210. (a) The commander-in-chief may dismiss an officer Dismissal
2 convicted of crime, or absent without leave and whose whereabouts are p.s"i"'§67.
3 unknown for a period of three months, or who has been dishonorably J^g^' 367' | m'
4 discharged or dismissed or who is a deserter from the service of the R J- io/§ so^
5 United States, or from the volunteer militia of this or any other state; isosiecM;
6 or he may dismiss an officer in order to carry out the sentence of a i9i5,'2S9, § 5.
7 court-martial. 1917, 327, § 221 (a).
8 (b) Ofiicers discharged from the service of the commonwealth shall be Certificates of
9 entitled to a certificate of discharge, in such form as the commander- office"*^ °
10 in-chief shall direct. p. s. u, § es.
1887,411, §67. R. L. 16. §81. 1908, 604, § 102.
1893, 367, § 67. 1905, 465, § 86. 1917, 327, § 221 (6).
Petty Officers — Appointment and Reduction.
1 Section 211. (a) Commanding oflScers shall warrant, appoint, en- Number of
2 list, or keep warranted, appointed, or enlisted, the number of chief petty etc'aofo'nform
3 officers, petty officers and other enlisted men required in orders of the igos,''!^, §34
4 commander-in-chief.
1906, 504, § 3. 1908, 604, §§ 25, 29. 1917, 327, § 222 (a).
5 ib) The commander-in-chief shall provide, in regulations issued by Commander-
6 him, how and by whom chief petty officers, petty officers, and other makl'regSia-
7 rated men shall be appointed, warranted and reduced. pointment.etc
p. S. 14, § 56. 1897. 448. | 6. 1908, 604, §§ 74-76, 78, 80.
1887, 411, §55. 1900, 188. |§ 3, 6. 1916. 284, §| 10, 16.
1890, 425, § 3. R. L. 16, §| 65, 66. 1917, 327, § 222 (6).
1893, 367, § 55. 1905, 465, §§ 70, 71.
Enlisted Men — Enlistment and Muster.
1 Section 212. (o) Every person enlisting in the naval militia shall Enlistment
1- 1 'PI IIP ^"^ muster.
2 be mustered into the service oi the commonwealth for a term of three i^si, 227, § 2.
3 years; but an enlisted man who has received an honorable discharge i887,4n, §56.
4 from the naval militia at the expiration of his term of service may be r. l.' i6, §67. '
5 re-enlisted and mustered in for a term of one, two or three years, at his igos! ew! | si!
6 election. Terms of service, except in cases of re-enlistment, shall begin l^oJs^a)^'
7 on the day of enlistment, if the enlisted man is mustered in within thirty JJ pick" 264^'
8 days thereafter. When an enlisted man re-enlists, and is mustered into
9 service within thirty days after the expiration of his previous term of
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[Chap. 33.
service, his term of service shall be considered as continuous and his 10
new enlistment shall be dated on the day succeeding that on which his 11
previous service expires. Terms of service shall expire on the day of the 12
month next preceding the date of commencement of service, but an en- 13
listed man may be held to service on the last day of his enlistment. 14
(b) All enlisted men shall be enlisted and mustered with such rank or 15
16
Commander-
in-chief to _
prescribe rank rating as the commander-in-chief mav prescribe
or ratmg. ® ^ r-
P. S. 14. § 58. 1893, 367. § 57. 1905, 4r.5, § 73,
1887, 411,1 57. R. L. 16, § 68. 190S, 004, § 82,
1916,284, § 11.
1917, 327, § 223 (t.).
Commanding
officer to be
recruiting
officer.
P. S. 14, § 59.
1884, 230, § 7.
1887,411,158.
1890, 425, I 4.
1892, 366, I 6.
1893. 367, § 58.
R. L. 16. § 69.
1905, 465, § 74.
1908, 604, I 83.
1914, 376.
1915, 126, § 1.
1916,284, § 16.
1917, 327,
I 224 (a).
Recruiting
depots, etc.
1916,284, § 12.
1917, 327,
§ 224 (6).
Section 213. (a) The commanding officer of a naval brigade or of 1
an administrative naval battalion shall be the recruiting officer for the 2
chief petty officers, petty officers and other enlisted men attached or to 3
be attached to the headquarters of his command, and enlisted men who 4
are or are to be permanently detailed for duty away from the units in 5
which they are enlisted. The commander-in-chief may appoint persons 6
to act as recruiting officers of new units of the naval militia until an 7
officer has been elected or appointed, and qualified. Division, company, 8
section or detacliment commanders shall be the recruiting officers for 9
their commands. In case of a vacancy a commanding officer of a naval 10
battalion may order some officer to perform the duty until the vacancy 11
is filled. Recruiting officers may eiu-oU applicants for enlistment in the 12
naval militia above the maximum allowed by law not exceeding fifteen 13
in each unit, and such applicants may be instructed and drilled as re- 14
cruits, and in the discretion of the recruiting officer may be preferred for 15
enlistment as vacancies occur. 16
(b) In time of war, or when the volunteer militia is called into ac- 17
tive service for any reason, and is on duty at some point other than its 18
regularly established armory or location, the commander-in-chief may 19
establish recruiting depots and may detail officers as recruiting and 20
mustering officers, and the officers so detailed shall have authority to 21
enlist and muster in enlisted men for the naval militia. 22
Mustering
officers.
1900, 188, § 5.
R. L. 16, § 70.
1905, 465, § 75.
1908, 604, I 84.
1915, 126, I 2.
1917, 327,
§ 225 (a).
Duties.
1900, 188, § 5.
R. L. 16, § 70.
1905, 465, § 75.
1908, 604, § 84.
1917, 327,
§ 225 (()).
Enlistment
papers.
P. S. 14, § 60.
1887,411, §59.
Section 214. (a) The officers named in the preceding section as re- 1
cruiting officers shall be mustering officers for mustering in and admin- 2
istering the prescribed oaths of enlistment to all enlisted men enlisted 3
by them, but any such officer may authorize any other officer of his 4
command to muster in and administer the prescribed oaths of enlist- 5
ment to enlisted men enlisted by the recruiting officer. 6
(6) Mustering officers shall forward to the commander-in-chief the 7
returns of the enlistment and mustering in of enlisted men as soon as 8
practicable, and not later than ten days thereafter. Such returns shall 9
be in such form, and accompanied by such certificates, descriptive lists 10
and other information relating to the recruit, as may be required by law 11
or prescribed in orders by the commander-in-chief. No recruit shall be 12
accepted who is known to be ineligible for enlistment or physically or 13
otherwise below the standard prescribed by the commander-in-chief. 14
No recruit having been accepted shall be mustered into the service until 15
all the requirements of statute law, of the naval militia regulations, and 16
of all proper orders relating to the enlistment and muster-in of enlisted 17
men have been complied with. 18
(c) Recruits shall sign such enlistment papers as the commander-in- 19
chief prescribes. 20
1893, 367, I 59. 1905, 465, | 76.
R. L. 16, § 71. 1908, 604, | 85.
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 241
1 Section 215. As soon as practicable, within thirty days after en- Oath before
2 listment, the recruit shall be mustered in by a mustering officer, before Xcer""^
3 whom he shall make oath as required by the laws of the United States, i88l^.4n!|60.
4 and in addition shall take the oath prescribed in section one hundred and ^^l' \V,'^n'
5 thirteen. 1905, 465, 5 V7. 1908, 604, § 86. 1917, 327, § 226.
1 Section 216. (a) No enlisted man shall be held to duty in the naval pa°y''u"n&°''
2 militia or receive any compensation or allowance until mustered in. muster.
p. S. 14, § 61. 1893, 367, § 60. 190.5. 465, § 77. 1916, 284, § 16.
1887, 411, § 60. R. L. 16, § 72. 1908,604,187. 1917, 327, § 227 (a).
3 (b) The commanding officer of any brigade or independent administra- Commanding
4 tive naval battalion may forbid the mustering in of any person enlisted, ".^bfd muster
5 if he deems him unfit to be a member of the naval militia. persons.
p. S. 14, § 62. . 1893, 367. § 61. 1908, 604, § 88.
1887, 411. § 61. R. L. 16, §73. 1916, 284, § 16.
1892. 366, § 6. 1905, 465, § 78. 1917, 327, § 227 (6).
6 (c) No enlisted man whose term of service in one organization has not N" enlistment
7 expired shall enlist in another organization of the volunteer militia. organization
p. S. 14, §63. 1893,367,5 62. 1905. 465, | 79. 1917, 327, § 227 (c). otTe'^^oe™
1887. 411, § 62. R. L. 16, § \i. 1908, 604, §89. °' ^""''*'-
Enlisted Men — Discharge.
1 Section 217. No enlisted man shall be discharged before the expira- Discharge of
enlisted men.
p. S. 14, § 69.
1884, 230, I 10.
1887,411,168.
4 commission; upon removal of residence from the commonwealth, or so r ®l' le'^s 8?'
5 far from the bounds of the command to which he belongs that he cannot, }902, iss,
6 in the opinion of the commanding officer, properly perform his military woe! 373!
7 duty; upon the disbandment of the organization of wliich he is a mem- § 103.
8 ber; upon disability, established by certificate of a medical officer; upon 1917] 327.
9 conviction of felony; when the commander-in-chief deems the interests of ^^"^'
10 the service require his discharge; to carry out the sentence of a court-
1 1 martial ; or upon application of his company commander, approved by a
12 superior commander: provided, that whenever the commanding officer
13 of a division, company, detachment or section shall apply to his superior
14 commander for the discharge of an enlisted man as last provided above,
1.5 he shall at once notify the enlisted man of such application; and should
16 the enlisted man, within seven days after such notification by his com-
17 pany commander, apply directly to the commanding officer of his or-
18 ganization, or, in case of unattached units, to the department of naval
19 militia, for a hearing upon the application for his discharge, he shall be
20 given a hearing, and, if he so requests, shall be represented by counsel,
21 at his own expense. No discharge shall, however, be given in contra-
22 vention of the laws of the United States.
1 Section 218. (a) A discharged enlisted man shall be furnished with Certificate to
2 a certificate of discharge, setting forth his rank or rating, and stating for*discha?ge.
3 clearly the reason for his discharge. P. s. 14, § 71.
1887,411, §70. 1893, 367, § 70. R. L. 16, § 84. 1908, 604, § 105.
1890, 425, § 7. 1897, 448, § 11. 1905, 465, § 89. 1917, 327. § 229 (a).
4 (b) A dishonorable discharge, or a discharge expressly forbidding Dishonorable
5 re-enlistment, shall be given only to carry out the sentence of a oSy ol?'' '^'°"
6 court-martial. p.s.i4,§70. co^'t-martLi.
1887, 411, §69. 1893, 367, § 69. R. L. 16. § 83. 1908, 604, § 104.
1890,425,16. 1897,448,110. 1905, 465, § 88. 1917, 327, § 229 (6).
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[Chap. 33.
Commissioned
officers to
provide their
uniforms, etc.
Uniforms of Officers.
Section 219. Commissioned officers shall provide themselves with 1
uniforms, arms and equipments prescribed by the commander-in-cliief. 2
p. S. U. § 72.
1887.411, §71.
1890, 42.5, I 8.
1893, 367, § 71.
R. L. IG, § 85.
1905. 4«5. I 90.
1906, 504, 1 7.
1903, 604, § 106.
1912, 67.
1917, 327, § 230.
Uniforms,
to be provided
by the com-
monwealth.
P. S. 14, § 73.
1887,411,172.
1893, 367, § 72.
R. L. 16, § 86.
1905, 465, § 91.
1908, 604,
§107.
1911, 554.
1917, 327,
§ 231 (o).
Uniform of
naval militia.
P. S. 14, § 74.
1887,411, § 73.
1890, 425, § 9.
1893, 367, § 73.
R. L. 16, § 87.
State uni-
forms, etc., to
be used for
military pur-
poses only.
P. S. 14, I 75.
1887.411,5 74.
PiMic Property — Issue and Accountability.
Section 220. (a) Except as provided in the preceding section, organ-
izations of the naval militia shall be provided at the expense of the com-
monwealth with the uniforms, arms, equipments, colors, musical instru-
ments, books of instruction and of record, supplies, equipage and draft
animals necessary for their proper training and instruction and the proper
performance of their duties. Such property shall be issued as the com-
mander-in-chief may fhrect, but in time of peace no uniforms, arms, equip-
ments or supplies shall be issued to, or for the use of, any company not
having the minimum number of enlisted men.
(b) The uniform of the naval militia shall conform as nearly as practi- 10
cable to that of the regular navy of the United States, and the style shall 11
be prescribed by the commander-in-chief, and shall be as designated by 12
the navy department of the United States. i905, 465, § 92. 13
Regulations as
to property
issued to naval
militia.
1908, 604, § 108.
1917, 327, § 231 (b).
(c) The uniforms, arms, equipments and other property so provided 14
shall be used only for military purposes in accordance with regulations 15
issued by the commander-in-chief, and shall be returned when he so 16
orders. 1893, 367, § 74. 17
R. L. 16, § 88. 1905, 465, § 93. 1908, 604, § 109. 1917, 327, § 231 (c).
(d) The regulations issued by the commander-in-chief shall provide 18
how and where such property shall be kept and used. p. s. u, § 77. 19
te'rar^'a'Jid**^ Section 221. An officer or enlisted man shall be responsible for the 1
"ton^of naval ^.^^^^^ g^fg keeping and return of all government or state property de- 2
p. s. 14, §80. livered to him; and upon receiving a discharge, or otherwise leaving the 3
1893! 367! 1 79: .service, or upon the demand of his commantling officer, shall forthwith 4
wos! 465,\''98. deliver such property in his possession to the commanding officer, or to 5
1908^604, ^^y officer ordered to receive it, in good order and condition, reasonable 6
r23'2^^^' use and ordinary wear thereof excepted. 7
Officers ac-
countable for
property, etc.
P. S. 14, § 83.
1887,411,182.
1893, 367, I 82.
R. L. 96, § 96.
1905, 465,
§ 101.
1908, 604,
§ 118.
1917, 327.
§ 233 (a).
Commissioned
officers liable
to court-mar-
tial for damage
to property.
P. S. 14, § 82.
1887.411, §81.
1893,367, §81.
R. L. 96, § 95.
Section 222. (a) An officer shall be accountable for public property 1
received by him for military use, and shall not sell, loan or transfer the 2
same, or any part thereof, without the authority of the commander-in- 3
chief and shall be liable to the commonwealth for all property defaced, 4
injured, destroyed or lost by his neglect or default, and for its value, to 5
be recovered in tort by the acting judge advocate general in the name 6
of the commonwealth. 7
{b) Commissioned officers shall exercise the strictest care and vigilance 8
for the care of uniforms, arms, equipments and other property furnished 9
to their several commands, and in case of any loss thereof or damage 10
thereto, by their neglect or default, they shall be liable to punishment as 11
a court-martial may direct. 12
1905, 465, § 100.
1908, 604, § 117.
1917, 327, § 233 (6).
Chap. 33.] nav.\l forces. 243
13 (c) When any officer or enlisted man neglects or refuses to retiu-n any Recovery ot
14 military property of the commonwealth or of the United States, or of be°zzied ' °'"'
15 any naval militia organization, or to account satisfactorily for it to the i906"m, §8.
16 officers responsible for the custody of the property, or to the officer l^us®"*'
17 ordered to receive it, such custodian or officer may make a written com- \^i^g^/^7'
18 plaint directly to the commissioner of public safety, describing the offender wis. sso. §§ 99.
19 and the missing property, and thereupon the state police shall make dili-
20 gent search for the property and the offender, and shall take possession
21 of all such property and turn it o^'er to the officer responsible for its
22 custody.
1 Section 223. (a) An officer of the naval militia upon vacating an Officer to
2 office shall turn over to his immediate successor, or other officer desig- records^re-
3 nated by the commander-in-chief, all records, reports and military prop- prope^y'^to
4 erty in his possession belonging, or in any way pertaining, to such office. p^s^u"^? lee
1887, 411, f 164. R. L. 16. 597. 1908, 604, § 119.
1893, 367, I 164. 1905, 465, § 102. 1917, 327, § 234 (a).
5 (6) Up>on the disbandment of any naval militia organization which Liability of
6 has received property for military use, the commissioned officers thereof disbandSent.
7 shall be responsible for the safe return of all such property in its posses- fgsl^.^i^fss.
8 sion; and the officer who has receipted for such property shall be liable r *l' i^a^'^ ll^'
9 for any loss or damage thereto.
1905, 465, § 103. 1908, 604, § 120. 1917, 327, § 234 ((>).
10 (c) Until an officer, or his legal representative, receives from the de- Liability to
11 partment of naval militia notice that the property accounts of such notified'that'
12 officer have been found correct, the liability of the officer or of his estate corre"°!e".*
13 for public property for which he is, or may have been, responsible shall J'j^y \'\'i^||4
14 continue. Upon the death or desertion of an officer responsible for public }.*¥'?S'^'ti5*-
I • • !• !• rr' 1 11 ^ , R. L. 16. § 99.
15 property, his immediate commanding officer shall at once cause such 1905,465,
16 property to be collected and a correct inventory made by actual count 1908,604,
17 and examination, and forwarded to the department of naval militia; and i9\7!'327.
18 compensation for any deficiency may be recovered as provided in section ^'^^^ *''•
19 two hundred and twenty-two.
1 Section 224. Whoever purchases, retains or has in possession any Penalty tor
2 tool or equipment, or any weapon of ordnance, or article of clothing or purchase, etc.,
3 equipment issued by and the property of the United States or the com- °l^'^"'^"' f™^
4 monwealth, unless it has been issued to him or is in his possession in fgfy^'i^i^s
5 accordance with law, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten times 1893! ^w,' § is.
6 the value thereof. 1905, 465, § le. 1908, 604, § 116. i9i7, 327, § 235.
1 Section 225. An officer or enlisted man of the naval forces who wil- og"er*^r°"aiior
2 fully or maliciously destroys, injures or defaces any United States or for destruction,
3 state property, or who loses or injures such property through carelessness property.
4 or neglect, or who carries away or unlawfully disposes of such property, i887, 411, |80.
5 or who retains in his possession such property and neglects or refuses to HEa 448! 1 12!
6 return it when so ordered, or who uses it in violation of the regulations or fg-Qj; 455^ ^*-
7 law, or who fails satisfactorily to account for it, shall be punished as a f|(j|f'5^' « §
8 court-martial may direct. 1908, 604, §§ iis, 116. 1917,327,5236.
1 Section 226. Naval militia organizations may own personal prop- Personal
2 erty, to be under the control of the active members thereof; and the organizations
3 commanding officer of any organization may recover in his own name recover^me.
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NAVAL FORCES.
[Chap. 33.
fm, 4*11^^86 for its use, in any county where such organization or part thereof is 4
R^L 16^5^01' located, any debts or effects belonging to it, or damages for injury to 5
1905; 465, such property. No suit or complaint pending in his own name shall be 6
1908, 604, abated by his ceasing to be commanding officer of the organization, but 7
1917,327,
§237.
his successor shall be permitted to prosecute the suit or complaint.
Inspection and SECTION 227. Three officcrs designated by the commander-in-chief
condemnation ^ i i
of state military shall coustitutc R board to inspect and condemn state military property
p. §. 14, § 88. unfit for use ; and no property belonging to the commonwealth shall be
18931 367,' § ST. sold Until so inspected and condemned, and the condemnation approved
fgosilMf ^°^' by the commander-in-chief, except that subsistence stores of a perish-
able nature, which would spoil before action could be taken by a board
of inspection as above provided, may be sold by an officer appointed by
the senior officer present of the organization. The report of the survey, 8
approved by the commanding officer, shall be forwarded by the account- 9
able officer with his report of the sale. The proceeds of all sales made 10
hereunder shall be paid to the commonwealth. 11
I 107.
1908, 604,
§ 124.
1912, 142.
1917, 327.
S238.
Annual
training.
P. S. 14. § 109.
1884, 230, § 13.
1887,411,
§ 107.
Duty may be
performed
afloat.
1888, 366, § 4.
1892, 366. § 5.
1893, 367, § 29.
1896, 182, § 1.
Duty — Active and Peace. Inspection and Drill.
Section 228. (o) The naval militia shall perform during each year 1
not less than fourteen days' training under service conditions at times 2
and places designated by the commander-in-chief. i893, 367, § io7. 3
1898, 348, § 1.
R. L. 16, § 129.
{b) The duty of the naval militia may be performed afloat on vessels
of the navy or on vessels or boats loaned by the secretary of the navy to
the governor or other proper state authority, for the use of the naval
militia. R. l. le, § so. i90'5, 465, § 3i.
Expenses for
use of United
States ships.
1916, 10, f 1.
Camp grounds
in time of
peace.
P. S. 14, § 110.
1887, 411.
§ 108.
1893, 367,
§108.
R. L. 16, § 130.
1905, 465.
§ 136.
Notice for
duty.
1878, 265,
§§ 110,111.
P. S. 14,
§1 114, 115.
1887,411,
§§111, 112.
1893, 367,
§§111, 112.
R. L. 16,
§§ 133, 134.
The annual appropriation for the furnishing, repair and care of any 8
United States ships loaned to the commonwealth for the use of the naval 9
militia shall be available for the payment of all damages and other ex- 10
penses incident to the use of such ships. Claims for damages shall be 11
paid only when approved by the adjutant general, and the release ob- 12
tained shall be in such form as he may prescribe. 13
(c) No ground shall be occupied for an encampment of the naval 14
militia in time of peace without the consent of the aldermen of the city, 15
or the selectmen of the town, where the encampment is to be held, unless 16
ordered by the commander-in-chief. The commonwealth shall pay for 17
the use of such grounds on contracts approved by the department of 18
naval militia. 19
1908, 604, § 153. 1917, 327, § 239 (c). 7 Gray, 359.
(d) The notice of the duty required under this section shall be given 20
to each person verbally, or by deli\'ery to him in person, or by leaving 21
at or mailing to his last knowai abode or place of business, an order there- 22
for, at least four days previous to the time appointed. 23
The commanding officer of a brigade, battalion, division, company, 24
detachment or section may duect such orders to be delivered by one or 25
more enlisted men of his command.. 26
1905.465, §§ 139, 140.
1908, 604. §§ 156, 157.
1916. 284. § 16.
1917, 327, § 239 (<J).
15 Picli. 7.
21 Pick. 332.
Chap. 33.] n.vv.\l forces. 245
1 Section 229. Commissioned officers and enlisted men who, by officers and
2 reason of their supplementary positions in the naval militia, cannot be inrservicTot
3 accepted when the organization to which they are attached is taken into
1905, 465
5 the naval militia, but shall be subject witliin the limits of the common- fgof g^^
6 wealth to such military duty as the commander-in-chief requires, and, 1^°^-^^^
7 upon the return to the state of the organization to which they were at- § 246. " '
8 tached, shall resume their former duties. In like manner, officers and
9 enlisted men in the service of the commonwealth, who for any lawful
10 reason do not enter the service of the United States, shall retain their
11 positions with the naval militia.
1 Section 230. Except by order of the commander-in-chief, or with Naval mmtia
2 his consent, no organization of the naval militia shall be ordered without OTde'ed out of
3 the limits of the commonwealth or leave the commonwealth for any ^^eluhT^t?"
4 period or purpose whatever, with public military property in its posses- ^'^^^°^\l°^:
5 sion or use. Any organization disobeying tliis section may, subject to the °J^^"j'^"='"'""
6 laws of the United States, be disbanded by the commander-in-chief. p. s.'u. § i67.
1887, 411, § 165. R. L. 16, §183. 190S. 604, § 206.
1893, 367, § 165. 1905. 465, § 191. 1917, 327, § 241.
Meetings and Assemblies.
1 Section 231. (a) Commanders of naval brigades or independent ^ff^^^^^
2 administrative naval battalions may call meetings for the instruction of petty officers
3 the officers and petty officers of their respective commands si.x times in p,'^s'°i4'!"§ ii6.'
4 each year. No compensation shall be allowed for attendance at such §*n3*^''
5 meetings, but the officers and petty officers attending the meetings shall j^ff^^^^'
6 be provided with the necessary transportation, at the rates provided by Rg^L. i6^§ i3s.
7 law, when the distance traveled exceeds five miles. i90s, 604, § iss. S m-
1911, 642, § 1. 1916, 284, § 16. 1917, 327, § 242 (a).
8 (b) At the discretion of the commander-in-chief a school for officers school for
9 may be established in any part of the commonwealth under such regula- i?i7;'327,
10 tions as he deems proper. * ~*~'
1 Section 232. (o) Commanding officers of brigades and battalions may viaits by
2 visit the companies in their command six times each year; headquarters officers.°etc.^
3 officers of brigadier and administrative naval battalions may visit such l^f2s^^^'
4 companies as they are ordered to visit by the brigade or battalion com- Jl^i- 1||' 5 -■
5 manders, sLx times each year. Mileage for such visits shall be allowed on fgigl^-g^g , ,,
6 receipt of returns therefor at the rate of four cents a mile each way, the r. l! le, § ise.
7 distance being computed by the line of most direct railway communica- §142. '
8 tion from the residence of the officers, or by such route as may be ap- j^Jm.*^*"'
9 proved by the commander-in-chief. i9i6,284, § 16. 1917,327, § 243 Ca).
10 (b) The commanding officer of a naval brigade or battalion may order company
11 company inspections in the evening at the several company armories, p.TulTiis.
12 when the good of the service so requires. isQS, 367, § 115. i887.4ii, § 115.
R. L. 16, § 138. 1905, 504. § 10. 1916, 284, 5 16.
1905, 465, § 144. 1908, 604, §§ IS (a), 161. 1917, 327, § 243 (6).
1 Section 233. (a) In addition to all other duties required by this Division and
2 chapter, every division, company, detachment or section of the naval p. s. i4, § 119'.
3 militia shall assemble for instruction and drill at least forty-eight times in j^hg.*^''
4 each year, and oftener upon the orders of the division, company, detach- §^^0,^®'^'
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NAVAL FORCES.
[ClL^P. 33.
R. L. 16, § 139.
1903, 247.
1905, 465,
§ 145.
1908, 604,
§ 162.
1911, 594, § 1.
ment or section commander or his superior commanding officer. Bat-
talion drills may be held in place of company drills; and transportation
to and from the place of such drills shall be furnished for the companies
composing the battalions, if authorized by the commander-in-chief.
1917, 327, § 244 (a).
drifisfet™™ (^) Commanding officers of naval brigades and battalions may, on suf-
T8f7 4uS^?26 ficient grounds, excuse absences from duty and drills.
1893,367,5 126. 1905, 465, § 155. 1916, 284, § 16.
R. L. 16, § 149. 1908, 604, § 172. 1917, 327, § 244 (6).
No compensa-
tion except for
personal
service, etc.
P. S. 14, § 125.
1887, 411,
§122.
Pay and Allowances.
Section 234. No officer or enlisted man in the naval militia shall be
entitled to compensation for military services unless he personally per-
forms the same, although he may be excused therefrom; and no sub-
stitute shall be allowed any compensation for such service.
1893, 367, § 122.
R. L. 16, § 145.
1917, 327, § 245.
Pay and allow-
ances of officers
for certain
duties.
P. S. 14, § 130.
1882, 178.
1887,411,5127.
1893, 367,
§§ 29, 127.
1896, 182, § 1.
190O, 188, § 4.
Of chief petty
officers, petty
officers and
enlisted men
for certain
duties.
1917, 327,
§246.
Of officers and
enlisted men
for certain
duties.
Section 235. (o) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to
officers of the naval forces on rolls and accounts kept in such forms as
the commander-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty prescribed by sec-
tions twenty-one, twenty-nine, thirty and two hundred and twenty-eight,
the same per diem pay and allowances received by officers of like grade
in the regular navy, or marine corps. R. l. i6, §§ 30, 150.
1905, 465, i
1906, 604, !
1908, 604, !
1911, 670.
1912,506, § 1.
1913, 532.
1914,718, § l(s).
1917, 105, § 1;
327, § 246.
ih) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to enlisted men of the 7
naval militia on rolls and accounts kept in such form as the commander- 8
in-chief may prescribe, for the duty prescribed by the sections named in 9
subsection (a), as follows: chief petty officers, three dollars and five 10
cents; members of a band, four dollars and fifty-five cents; cooks, first 11
class, bakers, first class, cabin stewards, cabin cooks, wardroom stewards, 12
wardroom cooks, steerage stewards and steerage cooks, three dollars and 13
fifty-five cents, if, in such form as the commander-in-chief prescribes, it 14
is certified and made to appear that in each case the duty of superintend- 1.5
ing and assisting in the preparation of food was actually performed by 16
the steward, cook or baker in person during the tour of duty, or day of 17
duty, for which he is returned for pay, otherwise the pay of other en- 18
listed men of like grade; officers' mess attendants, one dollar and fifty-five 19
cents; and to every other enlisted man of the naval militia, one dollar 20
and fifty-five cents; except that for the first fifteen days' duty each year 21
prescribed by section two hundred and twenty-eight, enlisted men of the 22
naval militia, except bandsmen, stewards, cooks, bakers and officers' 23
mess attendants, certified as actually performing the duty of their rating, 24
shall receive the same per diem pay as is received by enlisted men of like 25
rank or rating in the navy of the United States. 26
(c) For all other duty under orders of the commander-in-chief, unless 27
otherwise specially provided, or as a witness or defendant under sum- 28
mons, as provided in this chapter, there shall be allowed and paid per 29
diem to all officers above the rank of lieutenant, four dollars; to every 30
other commissioned officer, two dollars and fifty cents; to every mem- 31
ber of a band, three dollars and fifty-five cents, and, if with troops, one 32
dollar additional; and to every other enlisted man, one dollar and fifty- 33
five cents. 34
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 247
35 (d) In addition to the pay herein specified, each member of a band f.^^f^^^
36 and each enHsted man shall receive forty-five cents per diem, in lieu of sist«nce.
37 subsisteHce, except as provided in section two hundred and forty.
1 Section 236. All sums specified as pay for officers and enlisted men To be paid from
2 under the preceding section shall be paid from the appropriation for pay igf^sso.*'""'
3 and allowances for the militia. i9i7, los, § i (a) ; 327, § 247.
1 Section 237. (a) If any duty is performed by the naval militia Compensation
2 under such cu-cumstances that any of the officers and enlisted men thereof injury "f^riding
3 are by order of the commander-in-chief authorized to be mounted, or i9i(),''227,°§T'
4 if by order of the commander-in-chief draft animals are employed, the i^i/s^aj'
5 owner of a riding or draft animal which is killed or injured while in
6 the custody of a member of the naval mOitia, or other person, in the
7 performance of duty under this chapter, shall be entitled to receive com-
8 pensation for the loss sustained by such death or injury, to be deter-
9 mined as provided in section one hundred and fifty-two (b).
10 (6) There shall be allowed for each horse actually used by officers and h"°e3''Bnd^°'^
11 enlisted men authorized to be mounted and for each draft animal, a jf\!'fi"?i3Q
12 sum not exceeding four dollars a day, to be in full for keeping and forage, issi it's.
13 except that when forage is furnished in kind, as provided in section two § 127. '
14 hundred and forty, the cost of the same shall be deducted from this 1I93', Ill.'Im.
15 allowance. is98, 34s, § 4. r. l. le, § iso.
16 (c) There may be allowed, upon approval of the department of naval ^°hi™°g'°'
17 militia, for motor vehicles actually used in lieu of horses, to each officer 1911,514.
. . . . 1917 327
18 and enlisted man authorized to be mounted, but using such vehicle in § 248(c).'
19 lieu of a horse, a sum not exceeding four dollars per day; but the com-
20 monwealth shall not be liable for any injury to or depreciation of motor
21 vehicles so used, or for any damage to persons or property resulting
22 therefrom.
1 Section 238. When the naval militia, or any part thereof, engages Excess of state
2 in any cruise, encampment, maneuvers or field instruction under the ?FSted''states
3 laws of the United States, and receives from the United States govern- gfv^n°,|^hen
4 ment any pay, subsistence, forage and transportation or other allowance J^[0' ||^-
5 on account of such service, the allowance for pay, subsistence, forage and § 249.
6 transportation provided for by this chapter shall be reduced by the
7 amounts so received from the United States government.
1 Section 239. (a) There shall be allowed and paid to each officer and ^rtravdtetc
2 enlisted man required to travel on duty, as follows: under sections ?i„^,- ^/;,5 ^^'■■
• 1* 1 1111 '1 1887,411,
3 twenty-one, twenty-nine, tlurty and two himdred and twenty-eight, two § i^s-
4 and one quarter cents per mile each way, computed by the most direct § 128.
5 railroad communication from the place where the headquarters of the 1905,405!'
6 various commands and the armories erf the companies, divisions or de- i9og!'604, § 12.
7 tachments are situated, or by such route as may be approved by the ^^fli"**^'
8 commander-in-chief; and when upon duty as a member or judge advocate Jgj-Vsgg'^^'
9 of any court or board provided for by this chapter, or as a witness before i9i6! 221.
10 such court or board, when appearing before the board of examiners pro- §256ca).'
11 vided for in section two hundred and two, when attending meetings of
248
NAVAL FORCES.
[ClL\P. 33.
Annual
allowance to
commissioned
officer.
1904.361.11.
1905, 465,
§ 157; 46S.
1906, 504, § 12.
1908, 604,
§174.
1912, 399.
1917, 327,
§ 250 (fc).
Annual allow-
ance to ac-
counting and
disbursing
officers.
1917, 327.
§ 250 (c).
Pay and
allowances to
inspecting
officers.
1889, 360, § 4.
officers and petty officers as provided in section two hundred and tliirty- 12
one, when acting as the presiding officer at an election, as an elector at 13
the election of a brigade or battalion commander, or in any case when 14
obliged to travel without troops, four cents a mile each way, computed 15
by the most direct railroad communication from the residence of the 16
officer or enlisted man, or by such route as may be approved by the 17
commander-in-cliief. 18
(b) There shall annually be allowed and paid by the commonwealth 19
to every commissioned officer of the naval forces, who has held a com- 20
mission in the Massachusetts volunteer militia and who has served the 21
whole of the year preceding April first of each year, the sum of thirty-five 22
dollars, upon the approval of the chief of department of naval militia 23
and of the brigade or battalion commanding officer, and upon their certi- 24
fication that such persons during the said period of service have com- 25
plied with section two hundred and nineteen; and every commissioned 26
officer who has not held his office during the whole of said year shall, upon 27
the approval and certification by the officers specified in this section and 28
in the manner aforesaid, be allowed and paid such sum as may equitably 29
be due him for that part of the year during which he actually served. 30
(c) There shall annually be allowed and paid to an officer of the naval 31
militia detailed or assigned to duty as accounting officer the sum of two 32
hundred and fifty dollars; and to an officer of the naval militia detailed 33
or assigned to duty as disbursing officer the sum of one hundred dollars. 34
(d) Inspecting officers, when on duty in armories under orders of the 35
commander-in-cliief, shall receive the pay and allowances provided for 36
officers on special duty. i893, 367, § 128. 37
R. L. 16, § 151.
1905, 465, § 157.
Subsistence.
P. S. 14, § 134.
1887,411,
§ 132.
1893, 367,
1132.
R. L. 16, § 154.
1905, 465,
§160.
1908, 604,
§ 176.
1910, 225.
1912, 568.
1917, 327,
§251.
Section 240. Subsistence for enlisted men and bandsmen shall be 1
furnished in kind, unless it is otherwise dhected by the commander-in- 2
cliief, when organizations are on duty under sections twenty-one, twenty- 3
nine, thirty and two hundred and twenty-eight, and the necessary cost 4
thereof shall be paid from the appropriation for pay and allowances. The 5
pay officer may make sales of commissary stores for cash, at cost price, 6
to officers and enlisted men, and to civilian employees of the state or of 7
the United States assigned to or employed at the station or on a ship, 8
and the money so received by liim shall be paid to the commonwealth 9
and be credited to the appropriation for pay and allowances for that 10
year. Forage and transportation may be furnished in kind in lieu of 11
money allowances when so directed by the commander-in-chief. 12
Allowance to
headquarters,
etc., for certain
expenses.
P. S. 14, § 135.
18S7, 411,
§ 133.
1890,425, § 11.
1893. 367,
§ 133; 439.
R. L. 16, § 155.
1905, 465,
§ 161.
1906, 504, § 13.
1908, 604,
§ 177.
1914, 481.
1916, 86.
1917, 105, § 2;
327. § 252.
Section 241. (0) There shall annually be allowed and paid for 1
postage, printing, stationery, office incidentals, and as an allowance: to 2
each brigade headquarters, one hundred and fifty dollars; to each ad- 3
ministrative battalion headquarters, one hundred dollars, and fifty dollars 4
for each division or company therein; to each division or company, five 5
hundred dollars, and, in addition, five dollars per enlisted man therein, 6
not exceeding the maximum enlisted strength allowed by law; and to 7
each aeronautic section not attached to a division, and to each marine 8
section not attached to a company, two hundred and fifty dollars, and 9
five dollars per enlisted man therein, not exceeding the maximum en- 10
listed strength allowed by law. 1 1
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 249
12 (6) There shall annually be allowed and paid to each headquarters, Allowance for
13 division, company, detachment or section, the sum of two dollars for umforms'"" °'
1-4 each enlisted man, excepting bandsmen not mustered, attached thereto l^iJi^"^'
15 or enrolled therein, not exceeding the maximum enlisted strength allowed
16 by law, the amount so paid to be expended in the care, repair and altera-
17 tion of uniforms and other equipment.
IS (c) There shall annually be allowed and paid to each battalion head- Allowance for
19 quarters, division and company for the services of a company armorer, 1917.327,
20 or armorer for battalion headquarters, who shall devote all necessary
21 attention to the care of the arms, equipment, uniforms and quarters of
22 the headquarters, division or company, the sum of one hundred and
23 twenty-five dollars; and to detachments and sections there shall annu-
24 ally be allowed and paid for the services of an armorer, for like duties,
25 the sum of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.
1 Section 242. Such officer as may be designated in orders of the Advances to
2 commander-in-chief to act as paymaster general for the naval militia mastir general
3 may have advanced to him, by the commonwealth, under such rules and {o?'^ay°tt"^
4 regulations as the state auditor prescribes, one hundred per cent of the ii"L'6°t'3s
5 pay and mileage for duty to be performed under section two hundred jsos. 369.
6 and twenty-eight, and he shall return the unexpended balance so ad- 1912! 71."
7 vanced as soon as possible, or at such time as the state auditor may require. 370. '§§ 2, 3.
1916, 284, § 15. 1917, 327, § 253.
1 Section 243. Pay officers shall take proper vouchers for all pay- Pay officers-
2 ments, and, immediately after the payment of officers and men of the l°coun".^'^^
3 naval militia, shall file with the state auditor an account of their pay- fssl^, "u^ ^^^'
4 ments, with their vouchers; and such accounts shall be audited by said fsgl^soy
5 auditor, and the several pay oflicers held to account for any discrepancies. 5 iss.
R. L. 16, § 177. 1908, 604, § 200. 1917, 327, § 254.
1905, 465, § 184. 1912, 5S.
1 Section 244. The naval militia, when in the service of the United Naval miutia
2 States, if paid by the commonwealth, shall receive the same pay and united states
3 allowances as the regular naval forces of the United States; and the an^aiTo^wances
4 rations when commuted shall be valued at the rate fixed by the regula- SlylfflTrces of
5 tions of the United States navy in force at the time. When the naval p''s*''uff les
6 militia are discharged from such service they shall be allowed pay and iiSMii-Uf?-
_ . , . ^ . , *^ r tJ 1893, do7, § 166.
7 rations to theu" respective homes. n. l. lo, i is4.
1905, 465, § 192. 1908, 604, § 207. 1917. 327, § 255.
1 Section 245. When military property loaned by the United States Reimbursement
2 government to the commonwealth has suffered loss or injury, the amount ItaVeTfof
3 of such loss or injury shall be paid to the United States government by p"i,pTrt*y, etc
4 the commonwealth upon the approval of the department of naval militia, gM^'sWi ^ ^'
5 and the amounts so paid shall be deducted from allowances hereby made i9i2, 399.'
6 payable to officers of the naval militia or from sums paid to the com- § 256.
7 monwealth by the department of naval militia on account of such loss
8 or injury and collected from officers of the naval militia responsible
9 therefor, or from their bondsmen.
250
NAVAL FORCES.
[ClL\P. 33.
Courts-
martial.
P. S. 14,
§§ 140-143,
145-147.
1887,411,
§§ 138-141,
143-145.
1893, 367,
§§ 138-141,
143-145.
R. L. 16.
§§ 160-163,
165-167.
Courts-Martial — Courts of Inquiry — Special Boards.
Section 246. (a) Courts-martial in the naval forces shall consist 1
of general courts-martial, summary courts-martial, and deck courts. 2
Courts-martial shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be constituted 3
like similar courts provided for in the navy of the United States, and shall 4
have cognizance of the same subjects as those courts and possess like 5
powers with them, except as to punishments. The proceedings of courts- 6
martial of the naval forces shall follow the forms and modes of procedure 7
prescribed for such courts in the navy of the United States. 8
Courts of
inquiry.
P. S. 14,
H 137, 138.
1887,411,
§§ 135, 136.
1893, 367,
§§ 135, 136.
1897,448, § 14.
R. L. 16,
§§ 157. 158.
(6) Courts of inquiry in the naval forces shall be instituted, consti- 9
tuted and conducted in the same manner and shall have like powers 10
and duties as similar courts in the navy of the United States, except 11
that such courts shall be ordered by the commander-in-chief or by the 12
commanding ofEcer of a naval brigade or independent administrative 13
battalion. 1905,465, §§ les, i64. 1908, 6W, §§ 179, iso. 1917, 327. § 257 (6). 14
General
courts-martial.
P. S. 14, § 139.
1887,411,
§ 137.
Section 247. (o) General courts-martial shall consist of not less than 1
tliree nor more than thirteen officers and may be convened by order of 2
the commander-in-chief. 3
cS-martiai. (b) Summary courts-martial may be ordered by the commander-in- 4
PggS- 4J'i^|"38 chief, or by the commanding officer of a naval militia battalion or brigade. 5
1893,367,5138. 1905. 465, 5 K'fi. 1912,519.
R. L. 16, § 160. 190S, 604, § 182. 1917, 327, § 258 (6).
Deck TOurts^^ (c) Deck courts may be ordered by the commanding officer of a naval 6
1887 411, militia battalion or brigade, or by a naval militia officer in command of 7
1893,367, naval militia forces on shore or on any vessel loaned to the common- 8
R.^L*i6, § 160. wealth, or on any vessel on which said forces may be serving. 9
1905, 465, § 166. 1908, 604, § 182. 1912, 519. 1917, 327, § 258 (c).
Place of sitting M-\ 'pj.jg precept or order for the convening of any court in the naval 10
ol courts. V' l^ ir ^ ^ ^ -xii
S w/' forces may order the court to sit at any place or on any vessel convenient 11
or desirable for the purpose of such court-martial. 12
Powers of
courts.
P. S. 14,
§§ 140, 141.
18S7, 411.
§§ 138, 139.
1893, 367,
5§ 138, 139.
R. L, 16.
§1 160, 161.
Of summarj*
courts.
P. S. 14,
5§ 140, 141.
1887,411,
§§ 138, 139.
Section 248. (a) General courts-martial may impose one or more
of the following punishments or sentences for each offence: (1) Fine,
not exceeding two hundred dollars. (2) Forfeiture of pay and allow-
ances. (3) Reprimand. (4) Dismissal or dishonorable discharge from
the service. (5) Reduction in rank or rating. i905, 465, « i66. io7.
1908, 604, II 182, 183. 1912, 519. 1917, 327, | 259 (a).
(h) Summary coiu-ts-martial shall have the same powers of punish-
ment of enlisted men as general courts-martial, except that fines im-
posed by summary courts-martial shall not exceed one hundred dollars.
Of deck
courts.
1917, 327,
I 259 (c).
(c) Deck courts may impose fines not exceeding fifty dollars for any 9
single offence, may sentence enlisted men to reduction in rank or rating, 10
to forfeiture of pay and allowances, to a reprimand, to discharge, other 11
Chap. 33.] naval forces. 251
12 than a dishonorable discharge, or to a fine in addition to any one of the
13 other sentences specified.
14 (d) Any court-martial in the naval forces provided for herein, in- Sentence to
15 eluding deck courts, may sentence to confinement in lieu of fines au- fieu "fTn "s! '°
16 thorized to be imposed, not exceeding one day for each dollar of fine §^259 w)^.'
17 authorized.
18 (e) No sentence of dismissal or dishonorable discharge from the naval ^om^rnder-
19 forces shall be executed without the approval of the commander-in-chief, in-chief for
^ ^ dismissal or
1917. 327. § 259 (e). dishonorable
discharge.
1 Section 249. (a) Presidents of general courts-martial, senior mem- Power to issue
2 bers of smnmary courts-martial and deck court officers of the naval forces Tom^d'at-
3 may issue warrants to arrest accused persons and to bring an accused ^tnessefctc.
4 person before the court for trial, whenever he shall have disobeyed a Fsf43*i44
5 WTitten order from the convening authority, delivered to the accused with H^hf^ho
6 a copy of the charge or charges, and directing him to appear before isss. 367, '
7 the court. The said ofiicers may issue subpcrnas and subpoenas duces r. l. I'e,
8 tecum, and may enforce the attendance of witnesses and the production ilos, 465,
9 of books and documents, and may sentence for refusal to be sworn or to fgos^^dM!"'
10 answer, all as authorized for similar proceedings for courts-martial in the igj7*327*^-
11 navy of the United States. 1266(a).'
12 (b) Processes and sentences of coiu-ts-martial and deck courts pro- Process, etc.,
13 vided for in this chapter shall be executed as provided by the laws of the p°s.T4T§ 143.
14 United States. The necessary charges shall be paid by the commonwealth §*f4'^i *"'
15 on duplicate vouchers to be submitted to the department of naval militia, j^fli^*"^'
1908,604,5 185. 1917, 327, § 260 (6).
1916, 284, 1 16.
1 Section 250. The commanding officer of a naval militia battalion or Commanding
2 brigade, and the naval militia officer in command of naval militia forces Tmpose'same
3 on shore or on any vessel of the navy loaned to the commonwealth, or on as'Tn nr^T'^
4 any vessel on which naval militia forces are training, may, without trial ^^^li ^^^'
5 by court-martial, impose upon members of the naval militia the punish-
6 ments which the commanding officer of a vessel of the navy is authorized
7 by law to impose.
1 Section 251. All fines assessed under sections one hundred and foiiect^""
2 eighty-three to two hundred and fifty, inclusive, and collected or with- i9J2, sig.
3 held shall be paid to the commanding officer of the naval militia of the § 262.
4 Massachusetts volunteer militia, to be used by him to replace lost or
5 damaged property, or for such other purposes of the naval militia as he
6 may determine, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the
7 commander-in-chief or by the secretary of the navy of the United States.
8 Upon receipt of a certificate from the authority convening the court as
9 to any fine assessed by it, the pay officer concerned shall pay over any
10 funds due to the person fined, not exceeding the amount of the fine, to
11 the commanding officer upon his sole receipt.
1 Section 252. An officer of the naval militia who, in the opinion of of^^il'nere'*
2 the commander-in-chief or his commanding officer, is incompetent, or is ^f^°of'oace?s'
3 impairing the efficiency of the organization to which he is attached by is97. 443, § le.
4 unfitness, mismanagement, neglect or misconduct in civil life for which igosUes, §68.
5 he is not amenable to court-martial, or who refuses, neglects or fails to 1917! 327) '"
6 qualify for his grade under the requirements of the navy department, ^^^^'
252 NAVAL FORCES. [Chap. 33.
may, at the discretion of the commander-in-chief or upon the request 7
of his commanding officer, be ordered to appear before a special board of S
examiners consisting of not less than three nor more than seven officers, 9
none of whom shall, if practicable, be of lower rank than the officer under 10
investigation. The members of the board may, for cause, be challenged 1 1
by the accused as provided by the regulations as to courts-martial, and 12
vacancies thus created shall be filled in the manner prescribed for general 13
courts-martial. Said board shall without delay inquire into the charges 14
preferred against the accused, and may examine him as to his mental 15
and professional qualifications; but the accused may produce any com- 16
petent evidence by witnesses or otherwise, and may be represented by 17
counsel. The president of the board may administer oaths to witnesses, IS
and may issue summonses as provided by law in the case of courts- 19
martial; and officers or enlisted men failing to serve any such summons 20
or failing to appear when so summoned, without a sufficient excuse, shall 21
be liable to trial by court-martial as for disobedience of orders, or may, 22
as well as other witnesses failing to appear, be compelled to appear, as 23
provided by section ten of chapter two hundred and thirty-three. The 24
board may, with the approval of the commander-in-chief, require a 25
judge advocate to attend its sittings, when taking testimony or investi- 26
gating any complaint. It shall report the f{icts, with the evidence and 27
its recommendations, to the commander-in-chief, who may, if the board 28
so recommends, discharge the officer accused. An officer failing to 29
appear, as ordered, before such a special board shall be discharged by 30
the commander-in-chief. 31
^'tn™s°''^*° Section 253. The provisions of section one hundred and sixty- 1
isii 4*11^ '^°' t'ight shall apply to each person appearing before courts of inquiry or 2
§ 134. ' courts-martial. i893, 367, § 134. r. l. le, § ise. 3
1905, 465, § 162. 1908, 604, § 17S. 1917, 327, § 264.
General Provisions,
^mo^'hf.ffi' Section 254. The provisions of section one hundred and eighty, 1
1893' 367' §127 cxccpt the last sentence, shall apply to the naval forces. 2
1896, 348, §§ 1, 2. 1906. 504, § 5. 1917, 327, 1 265.
R. L. 16, § 75. 1908, 315; 604, § 90. 1 Op. A. G. 36.
1905, 465, § 80. 1910, Res. 28.
of'*rat?il.'™*'°° Section 255. Officers of or above the rank of lieutenant-commander, 1
188^7, 4u^ '*''' P^y officers, and any officer serving as judge advocate or as a member of 2
i893''367' ^ court or board, may administer the oaths required by this chapter and 3
§ 159. ' by the regulations for the government of the militia. R. l. i6, § i8i. 4
190.5, 465, § 189. 1908, 604, | 204. 1917, 327. | 266.
°nvlnt?ons°of Section 256. The governor may order officers to represent the naval 1
^sMc'ia'tion'''' militia of the commonwealth at the annual conventions of the Naval 2
liriF Militia Association of the United States. The necessary ex-penses of 3
§ 267. ' the delegates so ordered shall be paid in like manner as the expenses of 4
officers ordered on military duty. 5
Chap. 34.]
COUNTIES AND COXJNTY COMMISSIONERS.
253
TITLE VI.
COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Chapter 34. Counties and County Commissioners.
Chapter 35. County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts, and
County Finances.
Chapter 36. Registers of Deeds.
Chapter 37. Sheriffs.
Chapter 3S. Medical Examiners.
CHAPTER 34.
COUNTIES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Sect.
counties.
1 . Boundaries and powers.
2. County maps.
3. Counties to provide public buildings.
COUNTY CO.MMI8SIONERS.
4. County commissioners. Election and
qualification.
5. Salaries.
6. Adjustment of salaries.
7. Compensation of associate commission-
ers, etc.
8. Expenses of commissioners.
9. Regular meetings.
10. Record of proceedings.
11. Appointment of temporary clerk.
Sect.
12. Proceedings if commissioners absent,
interested, etc.
13. Commissioners may administer oaths,
punish for contempt, etc.
14. General powers of commissioners. Seal.
15. Return of qualification of officers.
16. Half holidays for county employees.
17. County contracts.
18. Recognizances and damages.
19. Proceedings at other times than regular
meetings and returns thereof.
20. Laws as to commissioners and clerks
applicable to certain other officers.
21. Official letters.
22. Penalty for violation of duty.
COUNTIES.
1 Section 1. The boundary of counties bordering on the sea shall be
2 the marine boundary of the commonwealth. Counties separated by
3 waters within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth shall exercise a
4 concurrent jurisdiction over such waters. Each county shall be a body
5 politic and corporate for the purposes of suit, of buying and holding, for
6 county uses, personal estate and land lying therein, and of contracting and
7 doing other necessary acts relative to its property and affairs.
Boundaries
and powers.
Mass. Records,
1643, vol. 2.
p. 38; 1662,
vol. 4, part 2,
p. 52.
Plymouth
records. 16S5.
1692-3, 27.
1695-6, 7.
1730-31, 8.
1760-61, 33.
1792, 72.
1803, 14.
1811, 61, 137, 141.
R. S. 14, §§ 1, 45.
1859, 289.
G. S. 1, § 1; 17, 5 1.
P. S. 22, §§ 1, 11.
R. L. 20, §§ 1, 10.
16 Mass. 193.
121 Mass. 380.
153 Mass. 141.
139 U. S. 240.
1 Section 2, County commissioners shall cause changes in the County maps.
2 boundaries of towns, in the courses of highways, railroads and canals, §§ 2,' 3. '
254
COIINTIES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
[ClL^P. 34.
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325
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and other topographical alterations to be correctly delineated on the 3
county maps, which shall remain in their possession. 4
The state secretary, as often as necessary, shall transmit the manu- 5
script county maps in his office to the respective county commissioners 6
who shall cause a competent engineer or surveyor under their direction 7
to transfer thereto all changes, and shall, within two months after their 8
receipt, return them to the secretary, who shall forthwith cause the 9
changes to be copied on the plates of the state map. 10
Counties to
provide public
buildings.
C. L. 127. 5 2.
1700-1, 2,
§ 10.
1784. 41, I 1.
1811.8. §6.
1834. 151, § 1.
Section 3. Each county shall provide suitable court houses, jails, 1
houses of correction, fireproof offices and other public buildings neces- 2
sary for its use, and suitable accommodations for district courts, except 3
that the county of Dukes need not provide a house of correction, and that 4
Boston shall provide necessary public buildings for Suffolk county. 5
R. S. 14, §§ 9, 10.
G. S. 17, §§ 5, 6.
p. S. 22, §§ 5, 6.
1890, 440, § 11.
1891, 70.
1893, 396, S 1.
1897, 245.
R. L. 20. §§ 5-7.
163 Mass. 34.
County
commissioners.
Election and
qualification.
1821, 109, § 8;
110.
1834, 83.
1835, 152.
§§2,4.
1838, 71, § 1.
R. S. 14,
§§ 16,21,24,
25, 29, 30; 84,
§§ 8, 9.
1850, 299,
§§ 1-3.
1851, 336,
§§1,2.
1852, 53; 163.
1853, 295.
1854, 77,
§§3,4,6.
G.S. 10, ■
17,
6.7;
11,
32-34; 43, §i
Salaries.
1827, 77, § 10.
R. S. 84, § 4.
1859, 163.
G. S. 17, § 29.
1860, 185.
1864, 280, § 1.
1867, 340.
1871, 236.
1872, 151.
1879, 295.
P. S. 22, § 14.
1885, 277.
1886, 251.
1887, 211.
1888, 65.
1889, 30: 339.
1890, 133.
1891, 79; 80.
1892, 298; 354.
1893, 276; 288.
R. L, 20, § 14.
1902, 411; 544,
§§4.35.
1904, 451, § 1.
1905, 179.
1906, 290.
1910, 537.
1913, 603; 651.
1915, 272.
1918, 261, § 1.
117 Mass. 433.
140 Mass. 59.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Section 4. Except in Nantucket and Suffolk counties, there shall 1
be elected in each county, as provided in section one hundred and fifty- 2
eight of chapter fifty-four, for terms of four years beginning the first 3
Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors 4
are qualified, three county commissioners and two associate commis- 5
sioners, who shall be sworn before entering upon their duties, and shall 6
annually, at their first meeting after the first Wednesday of January, 7
choose by ballot a chairman. In Nantucket county the selectmen of 8
Nantucket, in Suffolk county the mayor and city council of Boston and 9
the municipal council of Chelsea, in their respective cities, and in Re- 10
vere and Winthrop the commissioners for Middlesex county, shall, 11
except as otherwise provided, have the powers and perform the duties of 12
county commissioners. is72, 87, §§ i, 3. 13
P.S.10,§§6,7;
22, §§13, 29, 30;
1893, 417, § 255.
1898, 217, §§ 2, 3.
R. L. 11,§321;
20, §§12, 13,33,34;
48, §91.
1907,560,§§349.456.
1913,835, §§391,503.
1917, 255, § 1;
344, II, § 62.
1918, 114, § 2.
1919, 269, § 26.
3 Gray, 126.
Op. A. G. (1917) 8.
Section 5. To establish the salaries of county commissioners, the
counties, except Suffolk and Nantucket, are divided into eight classes,
based upon population, according to the following schedule, and said
salaries, in full for all services performed by said commissioners, except
as otherwise provided, shall be as follows:
Class.
Population of County.
Salary of Each
Commissioner.
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
500,000 and over, .
400,000 to 500,000,
300,000 to 400,000,
200,000 to 300,000,
100.000 to 200,000,
50,000 to 100,000, .
15,000 to 50,000, .
Under 15,000,
$3,000
2,600
2,200
1,800
1,400
1,000
750
250
3 Op. A. G. 360.
Op. A. G. (1918) 70.
Chap. 34.] county commissioners. 255
1 Section 6. In the year succeeding each national or state census, Adjustment
2 county treasurers shall adjust the salaries of their county commissioners isu.m?'
3 in accordance with changes in population and the classification set forth '®'^' ^*'' ^ "■
4 in the preceding section, and any increase in salaries so adjusted shall be
5 allowed from the preceding January first.
1 Section 7. An associate commissioner shall be paid by the county Compensation
2 not less than five dollars for each day of actual service, to an amount TOmSfoners,
3 not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars in any county in any year, fsii, ii. § lo.
4 and ten cents a mile for travel each way. The commissioners of Middle- ]gj- j^'g^ ■*■
5 sex county, when acting in relation to Revere or Winthrop, shall be ^^^ J^'gS 29.
6 paid therefor by said places, or either of them, in such proportions as ism! 280, 5 1.
7 the commissioners may direct, at the rate of five dollars a day and five isii! ase!
8 cents a mile travel for each commissioner in attendance. 1879, 295.
p. S. 22, §14. 1895,112. R. L. 20, §1 14, 34.
1885, 277. 1898. 316. 1902, 544, § 4.
1894. 250. 1900, 198. 1 Op. A. G. 197.
1 Section 8. An itemized statement of the actual and proper cost Expenses of
2 to the commissioners for transportation and other necessary expenses i893, 273,
3 incurred in the performance of their official duties shall, on the first 1902,' 544, §4.'
4 day of each month, be certified by them to the director of accounts, who Jgjg; J50;
5 shall audit and if correct certify it to the county treasurer who shall |^op^;a!*g. 302.
6 reimburse them.
1 Section 9. The commissioners shall hold meetings at the following Regular
2 times and places for their respective counties : isis, 120. meetings.
1827, 77, § 3. 1867, 341. P. S. 22, |§ 15, 16.
R. S. 84. § 6. 1868, 325, § 3. R. L. 20, %% 16, 17.
G. S. 17, § 31. 1869, 208. 1908, 431, S§ 1, 2.
3 At Barnstable, the second Tuesday of April and October. is23, 145.
4 At Pittsfield, the first Tuesdav of January, April, July and October. 1837, ue.
1860, 3. 1883, 63.
5 At Taunton, the fourth Tuesday of March and September.
6 At Edgartown, the Wednesday next after the third Monday of May 1820, 41.
7 and the Wednesday next after the second Monday of November.
8 At Ipswich, the second Tuesday of April; at Salem, the second Tues- 1820,27.
9 day of July; at Newburyport, the second Tuesday of October; at il5i;227!
10 Lawrence, the last Tuesday of August; and the fourth Tuesday of
11 December, at Ipswich, Salem or Newburyport, as they shall order at
12 the preceding meeting.
13 At Greenfield, the first Tuesday of March and September and the 1828, 103.
14 second Tuesday of June and December.
15 At Springfield, the second Tuesday of April, the first Tuesday of Jlao;!"^'
16 October and the fourth Tuesday of June and December.
17 At Northampton, the first Tuesday of March, September and JUg; 221:
18 December and the Tuesday next after the second Monday of June.
19 At Cambridge, the first Tuesday of January and June; at Lowell, }|t?;36.
20 the first Tuesday of September.
21 At Dedham, the third Tuesday of April, the fourth Tuesday of June 1837, 200.
22 and September and the last Wednesday of December.
23 At Plymouth, the first Tuesday of January, the third Tuesday of 1*28, 103.
24 March and the first Tuesday of August.
256
1828. 103.
1869. 208.
P. S. 22, § IB.
R. L. 20. § 17.
1908, 431.
IS 1, 2.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
[Ch.\p. 34.
At Worcester, the fourth Tuesday of March, the third Tuesday of 25
June, the second Tuesday of September and the fourth Tuesday of 26
December. 27
They may by vote, specifying the time and place, establish other 28
regular meetings within their county, and may also hold special meet- 29
ings therein at such times and places as may be necessary. They may 30
adjourn any regular or special meeting to any place within the county, 31
and persons required to appear at, or processes returnable to, any such 32
meeting, shall appear at or be returnable to the adjourned meeting. 33
Record of
proceedings.
1896, 384. § 1.
R. L. 20. § 18.
1919, 350,
§§ 52, 54.
205 Mass. 189.
Section 10. They shall keep a full and complete record of the 1
proceedings at all their meetings and, if their vote or decision is not 2
unanimous, the record shall show how each commissioner voted. A 3
copy thereof, attested by their clerk, shall be transmitted annually, 4
on or before the fifteenth day of January, to the director of accounts, 5
who shall submit it to the general court. 6
of temporary
clerk.
1890, 198.
1896, 384, § 2.
Section 11. They may, in the absence from any meeting of the 1
clerk or any assistant clerk, appoint a temporary clerk, who may be a 2
commissioner or other suitable person. He shall be sworn by the chair- 3
man or presiding commissioner, keep a record of the proceedings, and 4
deliver the same forthwith to the clerk or assistant clerk, who shall 5
enter it upon the records of the commissioners. 6
ProceediDgs if
absent,
interested, etc.
1835, 152, § 5.
R. S. 14. § 26.
1837, 151.
G. S. 17, § 12.
P. S. 22. § 17.
1893. 238.
1900, 198.
R. L. 20,
§§ 20, 21.
11 Pick. 322.
2 Met. 185.
7 Gush. 394.
13 Gray, 12.
Section 12. In case of a vacancy, inability to attend, or interest 1
in a question before the commissioners, or if any part of a highway 2
relative to which they are to act lies within the town where a com- 3
missioner resides, the members qualified to act shall give notice to one 4
or both the associate commissioners, as the case may be, who shall 5
then act as commissioners. They may, however, receive a petition, 6
issue an order of notice thereon, or take a recognizance, whenever two 7
members are competent to act. If they cannot otherwise organize, 8
residence shall not disqualify. i03 Mass. 120. 9
105 Mass. 219, 225. 116 Mass. 73. 122 Mass. 258.
Commissioners
may administer
oaths, punisti
for contempt,
etc.
R. S. 84, § 2.
1856, S3.
G. S. 17, § 14.
P. S. 22, § 19.
R. L. 20, § 22.
Section 13. When in session, the commissioners may administer 1
oaths to witnesses and punish disorderly conduct which interrupts their 2
meeting or is an open and direct contempt of their authority or persons 3
by a fine of not more than five dollars or by confinement in the custody 4
of the sheriff, a deputy sheriff or constable for not more than twelve 5
hours. 6
General
powers of
commissioners.
Seal.
1784, 41, § 1.
1786, 67.
1811, 75, § 3.
1827, 77.
R. S. 14,
§§8.31.
G. S. 17,
§§4, 16.
1862, 157.
P. S. 22,
§§ 4, 20.
1897, 137, § 1;
316.
R. L. 20,
§5 4, 24, 28.
Section 14. In addition to such powers and duties as may other- 1
wise be conferred or imposed by law, the commissioners may provide 2
for erecting and repairing court houses, jails and other necessary public 3
buildings within and for the use of their county, but no money shall 4
be paid or liability inciured therefor in excess of the amount specifically 5
authorized by the general court, except for emergency repairs, and no 6
bills for construction or enlargement of a jail, house of correction or 7
reformatory shall be incurred or paid until the plans therefor have been 8
approved by the commissioner of correction, except as otherwise pro- 9
vided. They shall have authority to represent their county, and to have 10
Chap. 34.] county commissioners. 257
1 1 the care of its property and the management of its business and affairs i|i|^_|«^o-
12 in cases where not otherwise expressly provided; to sell and convey any iss Masa. wi.
13 real estate of the county by deed, sealed with the county seal, signed iop..vG.399.
14 and acknowledged by them; to adopt a county seal, which shall be in
15 the custody of their clerk and affixed to all processes requiring it.
1 Section 15. They shall, upon administering the oaths of office to Retumof
2 officers required by law to qualify before them, forthwith make return of'officcrs'"
3 thereof to the state secretary. r.l.'20, §25.
1 Section 16. They may allow one half holiday in each week without Half holidays
2 loss of pay to county employees, hicluding therein laborers, mechanics employees.
3 and all other classes of workmen, during such portions of the year as they r, l.' 20, § 26.
4 may determine.
1 Section 17. All contracts exceeding eight hundred dollars in amount County
2 made by the commissioners for building, altering, furnishing or repairing ism. 2ob.
3 public buildings, or for the construction or repair of public works, or for p.' s.' 22.' § 22.'
4 the purchase of supplies, shall be in writing and recorded in a book kept {goo! no! ^ ^'
5 therefor with the county records after notice inviting bids therefor has fgig.fsT,^"''
6 been posted for at least one week in a conspicuous place in each county f9\9* 5
7 building where they have an office, and has been advertised at least three JlJ^jf
8 times in a newspaper, if any, pulilished in the town wherein the public i7o Mass! 528.
9 building, bridge, highway or public work or institution to be supplied in 3 Op. a. g. 9.'
10 accordance with the contract is or is to be situated; otherwise in any
1 1 newspaper of general circulation in the county. They shall in each case
12 make and file with the county treasurer a sworn certificate of such post-
13 ing and advertising, but in an emergency, to the existence of which they
14 shall certify upon the orders to the county treasurer for the payment of '~'
15 bills, they may contract for repairs without such posting or advertising.
16 All bids shall be publicly opened in the presence of the commissioners
17 and recorded in their records. All changes in, or additions to, or agree-
18 ments or orders for extras under, such contracts, shall also be in writing
19 and be so recorded. No contract made in violation of this section shall
20 be valid against the county, and no payment thereunder shall be made.
21 The commissioners may, however, repair county buildings by day work,
22 .if in their judgment, expressed in a vote, the best interests of the county
23 so require; but no bill therefor in excess of eight hundred dollars shall
24 be paid by the county treasurer unless, upon or with the bill, the clerk
25 of the commissioners has certified that such vote is entered upon their
26 records.
1 Section 18. The commissioners shall require all applicants for the Recognizances
2 award of damages or the performance of any other official act in which 1836^2?'^^'^'
3 the county has no interest to recognize to the county, with sureties to 1I47 I'^g § 2.
4 their satisfaction, for the payment of all costs and expenses accruing to ^*^|' j^' * *•
5 the county by reason of their application and the proceedings thereon, |,§ l^'g?^' ^'*-
6 which shall be added to the damages, if any, assessed in consequence §§ 2is-25.
7 thereof. If an application, is dismissed and costs are chargeable to the §§' 29, 30.
8 petitioner, they shall be taxed for each commissioner at the rate of three §§ 29, 31.' '
9 dollars a day, and five cents a mile for travel to and from the place of ^^^ '^^^' ^'°"
10 meeting, and paid to the county. If the persons recognizing refuse or
25S
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
[Chap. .34.
neglect, when required by the commissioners, to pay such costs and 11
expenses, the commissioners may, after notice to the persons who so 12
recognized, issue a warrant against them or some of them, unless sufB- 13
oient cause is shown to the contrary, for the amount ordered to be 14
paid by them, with the further costs of the notice and warrant, and the 15
money shall be collected and paid into the county treasury. 16
Proceedings at
other times
than regular
meetings
and returns
thereof.
1839, 76,
§§ 2, 3.
1846, 271.
1847, 259, § 1.
G. S. 17,
§§ 26, 27.
P. S. 22,
§§ 26. 27.
1885,91.
1900, 198.
R. L. 20,
§§31,32.
114 Mass. 514.
Section 19. The commissioners severally, except associate com- 1
missioners, may, at other times than at regular meetings, receive petitions 2
relati\'e to railroads or to matters where the county has no interest and .3
may take recognizances thereon, and, upon such petitions and similar 4
petitions entered at a regular meeting the commissioners or the chair- 5
man may, at other times than at regular meetings, appoint hearings and 6
direct notices to be given to persons interested. They shall se\erally 7
make return of such petitions and recognizances, with their proceedings, 8
at any regular or special meeting held therefor; and the clerk shall 9
record the same. The costs of any such special meeting shall be paid by 10
such parties as the commissioners determine. 11
Laws as to
commissioners
and clerks
applicable to
certain other
officers.
Section 20. The laws relative to the powers, duties and liabilities 1
of county commissioners and their clerks shall apply, except as other- 2
wise provided, to all other public officers exercising their powers. 3
R. S. 14, § 37. G. S. 17, § 35. P. S. 22, § 31. R. L. 20, § 35.
Official
letters.
1913, 702.
Section 21. The provisions of section thirty of chapter thirty rela- 1
tive to the dimensions of official letters shall apply to letters from county 2
officials. 3
Penalty for
violation
of duty.
1847, 199.
G. S. 17, § 19.
P. S. 23, § 23.
1897, 130,
. §§ 1-3.
Section 22. For wilful breach or neglect of a duty imposed by law,
a county commissioner or clerk of the county commissioners shall for-
feit not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars, recoverable
to the use of the county, at the suit of the attorney general.
R. L. 20, § 36.
1
REFERENCE.
Clerk of county commissioners, Chap. 221, § 3.
Chap. 35.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
259
CHAPTER 35.
COUNTY TREASURERS, STATE SUPERVISION OF COUNTY ACCOUNTS,
AND COUNTY FINANCES.
Sect.
county tkeasureiis.
1. County treasurers.
2. Temporary treasurer.
3. County treasurers, oath, bond.
4. Salaries.
5. Adjustment of salaries.
6. Limitation.
7. Office and clerical assistance.
8. Traveling expenses.
9. Penalties for violation of official duty.
10. Treasurer to collect and disburse.
11. Treasurer not to pay out certain money
without order from commissioners.
12. Delivery to treasurer of bills for ex-
penses of sittings of courts.
13. Bills, vouchers, etc., to be filed and kept.
14. Treasurer personally liable for certain
payments.
15. Treasurer's accounts.
16. Financial year of counties.
17. Countersigning of licenses. Receipts to
be in duplicate.
18. Certain sections not applicable to
SufTolk and Nantucket counties.
19. County salaries.
20. Treasurer may sue on county bonds, etc.
21. Treasurer to notify district attorney of
public officers delinquent as to money
payments.
22. Surplus cash to be deposited in banks.
23. Disposition of money paid into court.
Interest.
24. Interest upon overdue accounts.
25. Annual report of treasurer.
26. Annual report of county commissioners.
27. Publication and distribution of reports.
Sect.
county finances.
28. Estimates of county expenses.
29. Expenditures authorized by general
court.
30. Amount of county tax regulated.
31. Apportionment, assessment and collec-
tion of county taxes.
32. Expenditures in excess of appropria-
tions.
33. Proceedings when appropriation is
insufficient.
34. Payments from unappropriated bal-
ances.
35. Enforcement of duties of commissioners
and treasurers.
36. Annual account.
37. Temporary loans regulated.
38. Proposals for purchase of bonds, etc.,
for county loans, to be advertised.
30. Interest rate on county securities.
40. Returns of fines.
41. Sworn certificates of certain officers to
accompany payments to treasurers.
42. Auditor of Boston to be auditor of
Suffolk county.
43. Registration of bonds, etc., held by
sinking fund commissioners.
SUPERVISION OF COUNTY ACCOUNTS.
44. Director of accounts to examine ac-
counts of county officers.
45. Visitations. Accounts. Returns to
director of accounts.
40. Annual report.
47. Pemalties on county, etc., officers.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
1 Section 1. In Sufl'olk county the treasurer of Boston, and in Nan-
2 tucket county the treasurer of the to-\\n of Nantucket, shall be the county
3 treasurer. In a.U other counties, a treasurer, who shall be a resident of
4 the county, shall be elected as provided in section one hundred and
5 sixty of chapter fifty-four, for the term of six years beginning with the
6 first Wednesday of January following his election and until his successor
7 is qualified. No incumbent of the office of attorney general, district
8 attorney, justice of the superior court, clerk of the courts or shcrift" shall
9 be county treasurer. isoo, 423, |§ iss, 196.
County
treasurers.
C. L. 150, §
1785, 7f,, §
1809,91.
1821. 109, i
1823,91.
R. S. 14,
§§ 43. 47-4
1855, 92, §
G. S. 10. § !
17, §§ 44-4
P. S. 10. §§
23, §§ 3-5.
1893,417, §§ 257,258.
1898, 548, §§ 320, 322, 323.
R. L. 11. §§323,325;
21, §§ 5, 6.
1907, 560. §§ 326, 351. 353, 4.50.
1913, 835. §§ 389. 391, 392. 503,
1917. 255, § 1.
1918, 114.
1919, 269, §§ 24, 26.
2 Gray, 370.
260
COUNTY TREASURERS.
[Chap. 35.
Tempor.iry
treasurer.
1913,835,
§340.
Section 2. If a county treasurer is unable to act, the county comini.s- 1
sioners may appoint a temporary treasurer, who shall hold office imtil the 2
treasurer is able to resume his duties, and shall give bond as provided in o
the following section. 4
County
treasurers,
oath, bond.
C. L. 150, § 2.
1692-3, 27. § 1.
1785, 76, § 1.
1811,49.
1814, 150.
1820, 63.
R. S. 14, § 45.
G. S. 17, § 36.
P: S. 23, § 1.
1890, 308.
1897, 128, § 1.
1898,317.
R. L. 21, § 1.
1804,461, § 4.
Section 3. County treasurers, except in Suffolk and Nantucket 1
counties, shall be sworn before the county commissioners, who shall make 2
a record thereof. Each treasurer shall give bond to the county for the 3
faithful performance of his official duties, in a form approved by the at- 4
torney general, with such sureties and in such sum as the commissioners 5
shall approve. An attested copy thereof and a certificate of the commis- 6
sioners that the original is in their possession shall be filed with the state 7
secretary within one week after its appro\al. Suit thereon may be brought 8
in the name and for the benefit of the county by the commissioners or by 9
the attorney general. Except in Sufi'olk and Nantucket counties the 10
treasurer shall be reimbursed by the county, upon appro\-al of the com- 11
missioners, for a reasonable sum paid as premium to any surety company 12
cjualified to act as surety on said bond. l'>
Salaries.
C. L. 151, §4.
1785, 76, § 2.
1791, 53, I 5.
1794,48, § 2.
R. S. 14, I 61;
141. § 10.
1859, 263,
§§1,2,4.
G. S. 17, § 37.
1867, 278.
1872, 80; 247.
1873, 90.
1879, 246.
1881, 15.8.
P. S. 23, § 2.
1884,112.
1886, 132; 133,
1887,57; 159.
1889, 16;
58; 260.
1890, 143.
1892, 295.
1898,294;
322: 323; 330.
R. L. 21, §2.
1904,451, § 1.
1905. 179.
1906, 290.
1910, 537.
1913.423.
1918, 203,
§§1.2,4.
1919. 241,
§§1,2.
Section 4. The salaries of county treasurers, payable by their respec- 1
tive counties, in full for all services performed by them, shall in the first 2
instance be based upon county population as determined by the state 3
census of nineteen hundred and fifteen, as follows: 4
Population. Salary.
Under 30,000, $750
30,000 to 40,000 1,000
40,000 to 50,000, 1,250
50,000 to 100,000, 1,500
100,000 to 150,000, 1,750
150,000 to 200,000, 2,000
200,000 to 300,000, 2,250
300,000 to 400,000, 2,.500
400,000 to 500,000, 2,750
500,000 and over, 3,000
In addition to their salaries based upon population, each treasurer shall 5
receive additional compensation equal to one mill for each dollar of the 6
average annual receipts of his county, excluding loans, for five years next 7
preceding June first, nineteen hundred and nineteen. 8
Adjustment
of salaries.
1911,299.
1918, 263, § 3.
1919, 241,
§§ 1,2,4.
Section 5. In the year following each state and national census, 1
each treasurer shall adjust his salary in accordance with the classification 2
set forth in the preceding section, based upon the population as ascertsiined 3
by said census and upon the average annual receipts of the county for the 4
five years next preceding the first day of January in the year of ailjust- 5
ment, and shall be paid as of said day. The salary of no treasurer in 6
office on June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, shall be di- 7
minished by reason of said classification or any adjustment made as 8
aforesaid. ^
Limitatio
c Ll'5ir§4. Section 6. Sections four and five shall not apply to Suffolk, Nan- 1
?tm' ??• I ?• tucket and Dukes counties. The annual salary of the treasmer of Dukes 2
1791, 53, § 6.
Chap. 35.] county treasurers. 261
.3 county shall be five hundred dollars, payable by said county in full for 1794, 48, § 2.
4 all services performed by him. 141, §16. ° "
1S59, 2.53, §5 1, 2, 4. 1874, 124. R. L. 21, § 2. 1918, 26.3.
G. S. 17, §37. 1881,158. 1904, 451, §§ 1, 5. 1919, 241, § 3.
1868, 92. P. S. 23. § 2. 1906, 290.
1 Section 7. The treasurer shall be provided by the comity with an office and
2 office in the court house or other county building, and shall be allowed sSstance!"'
3 such clerical assistance with such compensation, payable by the county, a^l.' i7.^§ 37.'
4 as shall be approved by the county commissioners.
1867, 278, § 1.
1899, 153.
1911, 122; 270.
P. S. 23, § 2.
1901, 388.
1912, 174; 298, § 1;333.
1889,85; 310.
R. L. 21, §§2. 3.
1913, 419, § 1.
1892, 144.
1905, 163; 322; 332, § 1.
1916, 182.
1893, 156.
1906, 398.
1917,99; 173.
1895, 113; 133.
1907, 231.
1918, 162.
1896, 147.
1908, 349; 352.
1919, 177.
1897, 257.
1909, 2S3.
1 Section 8. The county treasurer shall be paid liis actual and proper Traveling
2 traveling expenses incurred in the transaction of county business. An isge?!^.
3 itemized statement thereof shall, on the first day of each month, be igis'.l}'. ^*"
4 certified to the commissioners, by whom it shall be audited and approved.
1 Section 9. For wilful violation of a duty imposed by law, a county Penalties for
2 treasurer shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than one thousand offida'i°duty.
3 dollars, recoverable at the suit of the attorney general to the use of the Ifllz^^'
4 county. R. l. 21, § 7.
1 Section 10. The treasurer shall collect, receive and safely keep all Jjiiecrand'"
2 money belonging to the county, and disburse it according to law. He c^L^Tsi § •>
3 shall not make payments to the county commissioners or associate com- i^e*. 28a 1 2.
4 missioners to be disbursed by them in behalf of the county. He shall p. 8.23, '
5 pay all claims against his county within ten days after their allowance, r. i.'. 21,
G He may pay any claim by a bank check which, when paid and returned, lop. a!g.
7 shall be a sufficient receipt therefor. ^^'^■
)t payments of expenses in criminal ^^ p^y ^^,4 ^g^-
2 prosecutions, of expenses of the courts, of the compensation or salaries ^ithoit"order
3 of county officers established by law, of outstanding notes or bonds and f^o"" commis-
4 of interest thereon, shall be made by a treasurer except upon orders drawn i785, 76, § 2.
5 and signed by a majority of the county commissioners, certified by their o'. s. n'. § 3q.
6 clerk and accompanied, except in Snft'olk county, by the original bills, §§'2*,'4.*°'
7 vouchers or evidences of county indebtedness for which payment is or- |§^°'5.^^'
8 dered, stating in detail the items and confirming the account. Said clerk F;| |''j^
9 shall not certify such orders until he has recorded them in the records of i|^°'|°^'
10 the commissioners.
1897, 128, § 4, R. L. 21, § 9. 205 Mass. 189.
1 Section 12. Original bills or vouchers for services and expenses Delivery to
2 incident to the sittings of the supreme judicial or superior court under wn'^forex-
3 section eight of chapter two hundred and thirteen shall be delivered to ti^gs^of'coi'rts.
4 the county treasurer, or in Suffolk county, to the auditor of Boston, with |f ^l' li'^s^o
5 orders for their payment.
1 Section 13. Bills, vouchers and other evidences of county indebted- ^t^^to™'^''^"'
2 ness shall be carefully filed and safely kept by the treasurer, so as to be s'^'^ ''°<i ^^p^-
3 accessible for future reference. is64,280, || 2, 4.
p. S. 23, § 9. 1890, 206, §2. R. L. 21, § 11.
262
COUNTY TREASURERS.
[ClIAP.
Treasurer
personally
liable for
certain pay-
ments.
1880, 198, I 2.
P. S. 23, § 10.
1897, 128, § 2,
R. L. 21. § 12.
Section 14. The treasurer may, before payment of an account 1
rendered against the county by a county officer, in writing require of 2
him a written statement of the specific provision of law authorizing it, 3
which shall be filed with the vouchers. The treasurer shall be personally 4
liable for money paid out by him, except when specifically required by 5
law, unless there 'is an unexpended balance of an appropriation made 6
therefor sufficient for such payment, except as provided in section thirty- 7
four, and for any money paid by him without tlie voucher and certifi- 8
cate required by law. County officers may continue the several de- 9
partments under their charge after the close of the financial year, at the 10
rate of expenditure authorized for the previous year, until an appropria- 1 1
tion has been made by the general court. 12
Treasurer's
accounts.
C. L. 160. § 2.
1864, 280, § 3.
P. S. 23. § 11.
1897, 153, § 1.
R. L. 21, § 13.
Section lo. The treasurer shall keep a full and accurate account 1
stating when, from or to whom, and on what account money has been 2
received or paid. Except in Suffolk county, his books shall be kept in 3
the form prescribed by the director of accounts. i9i9, sso, §§ 52, 54. 4
Financial year
of counties.
1897, 153, § 2.
R. L. 21, 5 14.
Section 1(5. The financial year of each county shall be the calendar 1
year, but the treasurer shall, until January tenth, enter in his books the 2
items for the payment of bills incurred and salaries earned during the 3
previous year. Immediately after January first, he shall paj' to every 4
officer in his county any salary balance remaining due. 5
Countersigning
of licenses.
Receipts to be
in duplicate.
1880, 198, § 3.
P. S. 23, § 12.
R. L. 21, § 15.
Section 17. Licenses issued, endorsed or countersigned by a county 1
treasurer shall be endorsed or countersigned and recorded by the clerk of 2
courts for the county; and receipts for money paid to a county shall be 3
given in duplicate, one copy to tlie person making payment and one to 4
said clerk. 5
Certain
sections not
applicable to
.Suffolk and
Nantucket
counties.
R. S. 14, § 30.
1853.310. § 1.
G. S. 17, § 20.
Section 18. Sections ten, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-five to twenty- 1
nine, inclusive, and forty-four shall not apply to Suft'olk county, nor 2
shall sections fifteen, sixteen, twenty-five to thirty, inclusive, and thirty- 3
two to thirty-four, inclusive, affect the special laws relative to Suffolk 4
or Nantucket county. is64, 280, § 2. 5
1880, 198, § 5.
P. .S. 23, §§ 14, 27.
1887, 438, § 3.
1890, 141.
1897, 153,
1898, 317.
R. L. 21, §§S, 14,18,
24-28, 37, 47.
1911,447.
County
salaries.
1881, 158.
P. S. 23, § 15.
1890, 209,
§§ 1,3.
Section 19. County salaries shall, except as otherwise provided,
be payable in monthly instalments on the first day of the month; but
no such instalment shall be paid to clerks of courts until all fees then
payable by them to the county ha\'e been paid to the county treasurer
or other officer entitled thereto. County treasurers shall pay no fees to
clerks of courts for any official service.
Treasurer may
sue on county
bonds, etc.
1797, 14.
R. S. 14, I 54.
G, S. 17, I 42.
P. S. 23, § 10.
Section 20. A county treasurer may prosecute suits upon bonds, 1
notes and other securities given to or held by the county or its treasurer. 2
He may also prosecute for injuries to the land, buildings or other prop- 3
erty of his county, subject to section thirty-six of chapter forty-one. 4
R. L. 21, § 20. 1918, 257, 5 139. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
Chap. 35.] coxinty tre.^surers. 263
1 Section 21. If a public officer, required by law to account with Treasurer to
2 and pay money to a county treasurer, fails so to do for ten days after the attorney^of"'*
3 time prescribed by law therefor, the treasurer shall notify the district ^eUnqu^nra™
4 attorney, who shall forthwith proceed to recover the sum due. to money
•^ ' ^ payments.
1859, 221, § 4. G. S. 17, § 43. P. S. 23, § 17. R. L. 21, § 21.
1 Section 22. Except as otherwise provided, county treasurers, clerks Surplus cash
2 of the courts, clerks of district courts, sheriffs and masters of jails and inbanks.""^' ^
3 houses of correction, probation officers, registers of probate and insol- ^"^t.lxk \i-
4 vency and registers of deeds, having more money in their hands than is }|gg' f^l;
5 required for immediate use, shall deposit it, in their official names, in p-,^ ?!• ^ ^^•
•111 ''l IT 11 1911. .it).
6 national banks or trust companies in the commonwealth at the best isis. 121.
7 practicable interest rates, which interest shall be paid to the county,
8 except that interest accruing to deposits by registers of probate shall be
9 paid to the commonwealth.
. 1 Section 23. Money paid into the courts for Suffolk county shall be Disposition of
2 placed at interest by the clerks thereof, and the interest shall be available Tnto courT.
3 for the uses of the county, unless the court directs it to be paid to one i9i"^7o.
4 of the parties to the litigation in connection with wliich such money was }g}|; 3!'^ j
5 paid into court. All interest in the custody of any clerk of the said
6 courts, after payment, by order of the court, of the principal fund to the
7 jxirty litigant held to be entitled thereto, shall annually on January
8 thirty-first be paid to the collector of Boston, to be used for general county
9 purposes. In all other counties such moneys paid into the superior court
10 shall be placed at interest, if possible, by the clerks of courts, and the
11 interest over and above the amount accumulated on cases pending on
12 March thirteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall be paid to the
13 county treasurer between January first and tenth of each year, to be
14 used for general county purposes.
1 Section 24. If a time is fixed for payment of money due a county, interest upon
2 the debtor shall, if notified by the county treasurer seven days at least accounts
3 before such time, pay interest thereon at the rate of twelve per cent per r's'l's, § 19.
4 annum from such fixed time until payment. n. l. 21. 5 23.
1 Section 25. Immediately after January tenth, the county treasurer Annual report
2 shall annually prepare a report of the county receipts and expenditures 1811,74, §2.
3 for the preceding year, stated separately under the heads prescribed by p. s.'23, § 28.'
4 the director of accounts for keeping the treasurer's books. Such state- JIgy' JIJ; 1 3;
5 ment shall contain in detail the name of every person, except witnesses, by ^^^ |^^* ^''■
6 or to whom money has been paid, the amounts so paid or received under §§ 52,54.
7 appropriate classifications and the objects of payment ; also a table setting
8 forth the appropriation made by the general court for each specific object,
9 the amount ex-pended therefrom, the unexpended balance thereof, and
10 any excess of payments over said appropriation.
1 Section 26. Immediately after January tenth, the county commis- Annual report
2 sioners shall annually prepare a report on county affairs, showing their acts commi^sfoners.
3 during the year preceding, so as to give the taxpayers of the county a full cf^l'n"! 20'
4 and clear understanding of its affairs and of the objects and methods of fifg^jOf 2
5 county expenditures. They shall state specifically what petitions relating 1397! 153! §4!
6 to highways have been received, and what highways have been laid out, 1919', 35b,
7 altered, relocated or discontinued, the manner of their alteration or new ^ ^^''
264 COUNTY FINANCES. [ChAP. 35.
construction, the time of their intended completion, what have been com- 8
pleted, at what cost and at whose expense, and what remain to be com- 9
pleted, what damages or betterments have been awarded or estimated and 10
to or against whom, what damages have been paid or betterments col- 11
lected, and what suits are pending in relation thereto. They shall also 12
state what highways have been laid out under orders stating that bet- 1.3
terments are to be assessed, their action relative to public and private 14
ways, what applications relative to state highways they have made to 15
the department of public works, and, so far as ascertainable, what high- IG
ways have been laid out within the county by said department, what 17
have been constructed and at what expense, what sums expended by 18
the commonwealth in the county for highways have been repaid by 19
said county, what sums remain to be paid, and when. They shall also 20
make a detailed statement of the repairs upon the several county build- 21
ings, stating separately the ■work done by contract and by day, and the 22
money paid, and the liabilities incurred in the construction of new 23
buildings. They shall present a table showing the salaries paid to county 24
officers, stating separately those prescribed by law, a statement of the 25
county debt, giving the date when each obligation 'uill mature and the 20
rate of interest, stating separately the loans made in anticipation of 27
taxes and permanent loans, a statement of the amount of county taxes 28
due and unpaid, and a list of the assets of the county, including land, 29
buildings, law library, furniture in court houses, jails and other public 30
buildings. 31
Publication and SECTION 27. The county trcasurcr shall cause such report to be 1
reports. printed and bound with his own report in number sufficient to furnish a 2
R. s.'ii. § 30. copy for every three hundred inhabitants of the county, and shall send 3
a^s.'f7.°§ 20.' a copy to the state library, to the director of accounts, and to the mayor 4
i8f(),?4i! §2. of each city and the selectmen of each town in the county, and the remain- 5
R ^l' 2i'''5\e ^"o copies to the clerk of each city and town in the county, in proportion 6
1919,3.50, to its population, for the use of the inhabitants. He shall, at the close of 7
each year, advertise in not more than three newspapers published in the 8
same or an adjoining county an account of the county receipts and ex- 9
penditures arranged under distinct heads, and a specific statement of the 10
county debts, the purposes for which incurred and their dates of maturity. 1 1
COUNTY FINANCES.
ofcountr Section 28. The county commissioners shall annually prepare esti- 1
e|p™|e^s. ^ mates of county receijjts and expenditures for the ensuing year, in the 2
1792! 26'. form prescribed by the director of accounts and upon blanks by him fur- 3
1834; 122,' fi. nished, including estimates for construction and repair of county build- 4
f§' 31,^32, sri. ings, with a statement of the corresponding appropriations for the preced- 5
G^i'. !?!'§ IS. Jng year, and expenditures for each of the three preceding years, ex-plaining 6
189^' 143^ ^^' ^^y difference between the amount of an estimate and the latest appro- 7
1897' isl 5 6 priation for the same purpose, and citing the laws relating thereto. The 8
1898! 317! _' clerk of the commissioners shall record the foregoing in a book kept there- 9
i9ii!447. '■ for, and, on or before January fifteenth, shall send a copy thereof, by him 10
§§'52-5^4°' attested and signed by the chairman, to the said du-ector, who shall 11
14 Gray, 13S. analyze and classify said estimates, and report the same in print to the 12
general court not later than February first. The director shall send a 13
copy of said report to the mayor of each city and to the selectmen of each 14
town in the commonwealth. 15
€lL\P. 35.] COUNTY FINANCES. 265
1 Section 29. The expenditure of monev bv the several counties shall Expenditures
, . , -11 • • ' p 1 1 •!• authorized by
2 be in accordance with annual appropriations oi the general court, speciiy- cenerai court.
3 ing as separate appropriations the several items of expenditure, as pre- ima. 357! § 1!
4 scribed by the director of accounts. At the closing of the county treas- iggsi 317!
5 urer's books on January tenth, the balance to the credit of each annual fgjg; ||o, ^^'
6 appropriation shall become a part of the general unappropriated balance ^^ ^-"^■'•
7 in the county treasury; but no special appropriation shall lapse until the
8 work for which it was made has been completed, the bills paid and the
9 account closed.
1 Section 30. The amount which the county commissioners shall OT'unty tax
2 levy as the county tax shall be as authorized annually bv the general ^IS.'i'^'?! , „
3 court, and as computed by adding together the amounts 01 the annual R- l. 21, § 29.
4 appropriation and of any new special appropriation, so far as the money
5 therefor is to be raised by taxation, and deducting therefrom so much
6 of the probable receipts from all sources, except loans, and of the unappro-
7 priated balance in the county treasury at the closing of the treasurer's
8 books for the previous year as the general court deems advisable.
1 Section 31. The county commissioners shall apportion and assess Apportion-
2 all county taxes among and upon the several towns according to the ment'andT^^"
3 latest state valuation, and shall, by their clerk, certify the assessments oounty'tax'es.
4 to the assessors thereof, and prescribe the time of payment. The several ^^g- ff ^ ^■
5 amounts so apportioned and assessed shall be collected and paid like the ^ s^\y\ qj
6 state tax into the respective town treasuries, and the commissioners l^'J'^P-. ,
7 in their warrants shall require the selectmen or assessors of each town i8S9,"2S3.
8 to pay, or to issue their warrants requiring the treasurer thereof to §§36.31.
9 pay, to the county treasurer the amount so assessed, at such times as §"146.^^'^'
10 shall be fixed in the warrant of the commissioners. The selectmen or Hlo.k
11 assessors of each town shall return a certificate of the name of the
12 treasurer of such town, with the sum which he may be required to col-
13 lect, to the county treasurer within the time fixed by the warrant of
14 the county commissioners.
1 Section 32. No county expenditure shall be made or liability in- Expenditures
2 curred, nor shall a bill be paid for any purpose, in excess of the appro- ^° "ro'^riations
3 priation therefor, except as provided in the two following sections and in 'g^s, J?2. 1 1-
. . « 1896, 357. § 1.
4 section fourteen. is97, 153, § 9. r.. l. 21, § 32. 1 Op. a. g. 43s.
1 Section 33. If the appropriation for any purpose is insufficient to Proceedings
2 meet an expenditure required by law, the treasurer maj% on the order prbtionfa""
3 of the county commissioners, pay the same from any money in the 'i895?482!*§ 2.
4 treasury. The commissioners shall place on their records a statement }|^^' ^|^' | ^^
5 of all such payments with the reasons in detail therefor, and shall report R^l! 21, § '33.
6 fully and specifically thereon in their next annual report. 391, 509.
1 Section 34. After December thirty-first and before the regular ap- payments
2 propriations have been made by the general court, the county commis- p™^Jd"''""'°"
3 sioners and other officers authorized to incur liabilities paj^able by the jggj""/!^ § 3
4 county may incur liability at a rate of expenditure not in excess of that i896[ 357,' § 4.
5 authorized for the same purpose for the preceding year, but not exceeding 153, '§ u.'
6 one half the last annual appropriation therefor. Payments therefor ^' ^
7 may be made from any unappropriated balance in the county treasury,
266
COUNTY FINANCES.
[Chap. 35.
to be charged to the regular annual appropriation when made. No new 8
or unusual expense shall be incurretl or permanent contract made, or 9
salary increased until an appropriation sufficient therefor has been made 10
by the general court. 1 1
of^du^efof"* Section 35. The supreme judicial court, upon the suit of the at- 1
commissioners tomcy general or petition of one or more taxable inhabitants of a county, 2
1897. 153, § 12. may in law or in equity enforce sections eleven, thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, 3
R T 21 § 35 . . ..
twenty-five to thirty, inclusive, and thirty-two to thirty-four, inclu- 4
sive, of this chapter, and sections fourteen and seventeen of chapter 5
thirty-four. 6
Section 36. At the end of each year the treasurer shall render to the 1
county commissioners an account of all county receipts and expenditures, 2
Annual
account.
1785, 76, § 2.
§§31,35,51. and when approved and allowed by them, shall deliver it to their clerk. 3
G. S. 17. 51 17, 40. P. S. 23. §§ 20, 21. 1897, 130, § 4. R. L. 21, § 38.
Temporary'
loans
regulated.
1853,310,5 2.
1854, 238.
1859, 231.
G. S. 17, § 22.
P. S. 23, 5 20.
1897, 128, 5 3.
R. L. 21, § 39.
1904, 153.
1914, 386.
1919, 178.
Section 37. County commissioners may borrow money in anticipa- 1
tion of, and to be repaid from, the county tax of the current year. If 2
said tax has been granted, such loans shall not exceed its amount; other- 3
wise they shall not exceed the amount of the previous annual tax. They 4
may issue therefor county notes with or without interest, maturing within 5
one year after the date \Ahen the debt for which they are issued was 6
incurred. If without interest they may be sold at such discount as the 7
commissioners may deem proper, otherwise at not less than par. Such 8
notes shall be signed by the treasurer, countersigned by a majority of 9
the commissioners, and shall expressly be made payable from the taxes of 10
the current year, but shall nevertheless be negotiable. Except as other- 11
wise expressly provided by law, neither county commissioners nor county 12
treasurers, except in Suffolk and Nantucket counties, may borrow money 13
or negotiate loans upon the credit of the county. Notes may also be 14
issued between January first and January tenth, in accordance with this 15
section, in anticipation of assessments payable to the county by cities, 16
towns or corporations, imder statutory provisions and unpaid at the end 17
of the preceding year, in cases in which the total cost of the project for 18
which the assessment is levied was paid by the county in the first 19
instance. 20
Proposals for
purchase of
bonds, etc.,
for county
loans, to be
advertised.
1895, 111.
R. L. 21, 5 40.
1918, 257,
5 142.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 38. Before issuing notes or securities increasing county 1
indebtedness, the county commissioners shall invite proposals for the 2
purchase thereof by advertisements in two or more newspapers pub- 3
lished in said county, if any, and by advertisements in at least three 4
daily newspapers published in Boston. They shall reserve the right to 5
reject any and all bids. The bids shall be publicly opened and noted 6
in their records. If no proposal is made or accepted they may award 7
the whole or any part of the loan to any person. S
Interest rate
on county
securities.
1920, 336.
Section 39. All bonds, notes and other securities issued by any 1
county after April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and twenty, shall 2
bear such rate of interest as the county treasurer, with the approval of 3
the county commissioners, may fix. 4
Chap. 35.] supervision of county accounts. 267
1 Section 40. The treasurer shall annually, in November, notify all Returns of
2 officers required to account for and pay to him any fines, expenses, for- c. l. isi, m-
3 feitures, fees and money, to make the returns tliereof, specifying the §§4.5.
4 laws requiring the same. He shall annually, in January, return to the §"§29^30.
5 director of accounts a sworn statement of all such items received by him il92;«o
6 in criminal matters during the preceding year, from whom received, and P«4i^4^
7 the name of each magistrate or officer failing to comply, and what pro- i9i'''.'24i. § 1.
8 ceedings have been taken by reason thereof. He shall also, annually, §§ S2, 54,' sa.
9 on or before October fifteenth, make a return to the commissioner of cor-
10 rection, upon blanks to be provided by said commissioner, of ail amounts
1 1 paid or recei\ed by him on account of any jail or house of correction for
12 the year ending on the preceding September thirtieth.
1 Section 41. Public officers or agents shall accompany payments Swom certifi-
2 of public funds to county treasurers with a sworn statement, showing tain^officera to
3 the date, amount and purpose thereof, and such other details as the pa^nt" to
4 director of accounts may prescribe, transmitting forthwith a duplicate i8^||"27or ,
5 to him. 1901. 109. r. l. 21, § 42. 1919, 350, §§ 52, 54.
1 Section 42. The auditor of Boston shall be auditor of Suffolk county. Auditor of
2 receiving in full for all services rendered as such and for all clerical assist- ^udftm- 1° ""^
3 ance not more than eight hundred dollars a year. No bill against said f8?9'256""'^'
4 county shall be paid until audited and allowed by him. H i.'2.
p. S. 23, §§ 34, 35. R. L. 21, § 44.
1 Section 43. A county, city, town or district, or any domestic corpo- Registration
2 ration, which shall ha\'e issued any bond, note or certificate of indebted- heid°by^' ^"^"
3 ness payable to bearer, held by the sinking fund commissioners of a co'mmPssixiners
4 county, shall, at the request of such commissioners, issue in exchange Ss^^'l^''
5 therefor a bond, note or certificate to the same eiTect, payable to such js'o. i52.
6 commissioners by name; provided, that the county desiring such exchange §§ 1,2.
7 shall, if requested, furnish the blank form for the bond, note or certificate
8 therefor in the same general form as that furnished by the common-
9 wealth under section thirty-nine of chapter twenty-nine. Any county,
10 city, town, district or corporation neglecting or refusing to comply with
11 this section shall be subject to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars.
SUPERVISION OF COUNTY ACCOUNTS.
1 Section 44. The director of accounts or his representative shall, Director of
1*1111 i»i accounts to
2 unannounced, examine the books and accounts 01 each county treasurer examine
3 and all original vouchers for the expenditures of each treasurer at least county officers.
4 once a year, and if the same are correct, and if the accounts are accom- isso! lei! 1 2.
5 panied by sufficient vouchers stating in detail the items thereof, and if fslv, 4ls! f 3.
6 such vouchers confirm and sustain the same, and if in case of all pay- }gg°' ^g' ^ ^^•
7 ments in excess of eight hundred dollars section seventeen of chapter k- l! 21, § 47.
8 thirty-four has been complied with, he shall so certify on the treasurer's §§ 52. 54.'
9 cash book and shall set forth in words at length the balance existing
10 when the examination is completed. If such accounts are incorrect or
11 not accompanied by sufficient vouchers, the director shall, unless the
12 irregularity is promptly rectified, notify in writing the county commis-
13 sioners and attorney general, and shall make a full statement thereof in
14 his next annual report.
268
SUPERVISION OF COUNTY ACCOUNTS.
[CILA.P. 35.
Visitations.
Accounts.
Returns to
director of
accounts.
1879, 293, § 1
1S80. 161,
Kl,3.
1881,187; 21
P. S. 23,
§§ 36, 38.
1887, 438,
§§3,4.6.
1890, 306.
1893, 270, § 1
1894, 183.
1895, 493,
§§4.5.
1900, 116.
1901, 110.
R. L. 21, § 48
1904, 448, § 1
1908, 103, S 1
1911,35.
1914,216.
1918, 163;
229, § 2.
1919, 350,
§§ 52-54.
1 Op. A. G.
610.
Section 4.5. The said director or his representati\-e shall also visit,
unannounced, at least once a year, all other county officers receiving
money payable to the county, clerks of the supreme judicial and supe-
rior courts in SuiYolk county, the recorder and all assistant recorders of
the land court, registers of probate and insolvency, registers of deeds,
trial justices and clerks of district courts, probation officers, superin-
tendents of training schools and of shops in houses of correction, and
trustees and other officers receiving or disbursing funds of county 8
tuberculosis hospitals, infirmaries or sanatoria, and shall examine their 9
accounts and vouchers, and the items of receipts and e.vpenditures. He 10
shall ascertain the actual amount of money on hand with each of said 11
officers. He shall reqiure, so far as possible, uniformity and correctness 12
in the method of keeping said accounts, and may prescribe the classifica- 13
tion of receipts and expenditures and a uniform system of receipts, 14
certificates, vouchers and exhibits. Said officers shall afford such assist- 15
ance as the director may require in making said examination and shall 16
make returns and exhibits on oath in such form and at such times as he 17
shall prescribe. They shall keep an accurate account of all money charged 18
to or received by them in their official capacities, and also of all expendi- 19
tures made or liabilities incurred by them on account of the same, and 20
shall annually, on or before January fifteenth, make a sworn return to 21
said director of such receipts and expenditures for the preceding year. 22
Annual report.
1880, 161, § 1.
P. S. 23, § 36.
1887, 438, § 6.
1888,275, § 1.
R. L. 21, § 49.
1919, 350,
§§ 8, 52-54.
Section 46. The commissioner of corporations and taxation shall 1
annually, on or before February first, make a report to the general court, 2
which shall include the material portions of the returns made under the 3
preceding section, compiled in tabular form, with his suggestions and 4
recommendations. 5
Penalties on
county, etc..
officers.
1847, 199.
1880, 161, § 3.
P. S. 23, § 38.
1887, 438,
§§ 4, 7.
1890, 216, § 2.
R. L. 21, § 50.
Section 47. An officer or person named in section forty-four or forty- 1
fi\-e who refuses or neglects to comply with any provision thereof, or 2
who, for more than ten consecutive days, refuses or neglects to enter in 3
the cash book prescribed by the director of accounts all money received 4
or ex-pended by him in his official capacity or on account of the same, 5
or refuses or neglects to give any information within his knowledge 6
required by said director or his representative shall be reported by the 7
director to the attorney general, and shall be punished by a fine of not S
more than one hundred dollars. 9
REFERENCES.
Duties of a county to register its bonds held by the commonwealth. Chap. 29,
§ 39, or by the sinking fund commissioners of cities, towns and districts, Chap. 44,
§§52,61.'
County oflficer paying town treasurer to furnish statement to town auditor, etc.,
Chap. 41, § 54. ■ I
Annual examination by director of accounts of bonds of county officers, Chap. 30,
§20.
§ 31. Recovery in contract against delinquent municipality. Chap. 59, § 28.
Ciup. 36.]
REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
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CHAPTER 36
REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
Sect.
1. Registry districts in certain counties.
2. Election of registers of deeds.
3. Register to be sworn and give bond.
4. Assistant registers.
5. Second assistant register in Suffolk.
6. Same in Essex, Middlesex and Worces-
ter.
7. Chief clerk in Worcester district.
8. Assistant register to act, when. Tem-
porary registers.
9. Removal of register.
10. New register to record deeds unre-
corded by his predecessor.
11. Register's office hours.
12. Place of record.
13. Record of office copies of instruments
relating to land lying in more than
one county.
14. Register to note receipt of papers in
book to be kept for the purpose.
15. Manner of recording instruments, and
notation of stamp.
16. Evidence of pajTncnts of succession
taxes to be recorded.
17. DupUcate records, fees for.
18. Attestation of records by volume.
19. Facsimile attestation.
20. Noting instrument affecting mortgage,
when recorded in different registries.
Sect.
21. Marginal references on record of cer-
tain mortgages.
22. Noting instruments affecting tax deeds.
23. Certificate on deed of date and place of
record.
24. Federal tax lien.
25. Indexes and form thereof.
26. Entries in indexes, when and how made.
27. Names to be entered in indexes in cer-
tain special cases.
28. Classified copies of indexes.
29. New or printed indexes.
30. Estimates of expense of indexes.
31. Index commissioners in Suffolk county.
32. Notice to department of public welfare
of instruments creating charitable
trusts, etc.
33. Salaries.
34. Adjustment of salaries in year follow-
ing census.
35. Salaries in Dukes, Nantucket and
southern district of Berkshire.
36. Salaries of assistant registers.
37. No compensation to registers or as-
sistants for title work.
38. Allowances for clerical assistance, etc.
39. Accounts and fees.
1 Section 1. The counties of Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex Registry dis-
2 and Worcester are for the registry of deeds severally divided into the couSiS."'^'*'"
3 following districts:
4 In Berkshire, the middle district, with its office in Pittsfield, compris- in Berkshire
5 ing Pittsfield, Becket, Dalton, Hinsdale, Lee, Lenox, Otis, Peru, Rich- ™^g'y
6 mond, Stockbridge, Tyringham and Washington; the northern district, }|°f'|f-
7 with its office in Adams, that portion of the county lying north of the R. s'm. ^
8 middle district; and the southern district, with its office in Great Bar- is48. 4.
9 rington, that portion of the county lying south of the middle district. a^s.'i?, I 82.'
1868, 325, §5. 1876,127. P. S. 24, | 1. R. L. 22, § 1.
10 In Bristol, the southern district, with its office in New Bedford, com- j^ ^^^^^„l
11 prising New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Westport, Jga^^ge,
12 the Fall River district, with its office in Fall River, comprising Fall « ^^^^ j ^3
13 River, Freetown, Somerset and Swansea; and the northern district, 1861,23'.
14 with its office in Taunton, the remainder of said county.
1891, 234, § 1. R. L. 22, § 2.
15 In Essex, the northern district, with its office in Lawrence, comprising in Essex
16 Lawrence, Andover, Methuen and North Andover; the southern district, 5169*445,
17 with its office in Salem, the remainder of said county. ^^ ^' *■
p. S. 24, § 3. R. L. 22, § 3.
18 In Middlesex, the northern district, with its office in Lowell, compris- in Middlesex
19 ing Lowell, Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Draciit, Dunstable, Tewks- \ll^%.
270
REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
[Chap. 36.
185G, 116.
G. S. 17, § 84.
1860, 162.
P. S. 24, § 4.
In Worcester
county.
1884.40. § 1.
R. L. 22, § 5.
In other
counties.
C. L. 33, !
1715-16, !
bury, Tyngsborough, Westford and Wilmington; the southern district, 20
with its office in Cambridge, the remainder of said county. 21
R. L. 22, § 4.
In Worcester, the northern district, with its office in Fitcliburg, com- 22
prising Fitchburg, Ashburnham, Leominster, Lunenburg and We.st- 23
minster; the W^orcester district, with its office in Worcester, the remainder 24
of said county. 25
Each of the other counties of the commonwealth shall have an office 26
for the registry of deeds in a shire town thereof. i7S3, eo, § i. 27
R. S. 14, § 103. G. S. 17, § 85. P. S. 24. § 5. R. L. 22, § 6.
Election of SECTION 2. In cach such district and in each county not divided into 1
of deeds. districts, a register of deeds, who shall be a resident of such district or 2
R._s.' i4,^§ 101. county, shall be elected, as provided in section one hundred and fifty- 3
ggygjj (jf chapter fifty-four, for the term of six years, beginning with the 4
first Wednesday of January following his election, and until his successor 5
is qualified. p. s. lo, §9. i89o, 453, § i96. 6
1S93, 417, §§ 253, 258. 1906, 76. 1917, 255, § 1.
1898, 548, §§ 317, 322, 323. 1907, 560, §§ 348, 353, 354. 1918, 114, § 2.
R. L. 11, §§ 320, 325. 320. 1913, 835, §§ 386, 391, 392. 1919, 269, §§ 21, 26.
1837, 186,
1855, 79, § 3
92, §1 1, 5.
1856, 118,
5§ 1. 2.
G, S. 10, § 9.
Register to be
sworn and give
bond.
1697, 21, § 5.
1715-16, 5, § 1.
1783, 60, § 1.
1825, 145, § 2.
R. S. 14, § 102.
G. S. 17. § 80.
P. S. 24, § 6.
1890, 308.
Section 3. Each register of deeds shall be sworn before the county
commissioners, or in Suffolk county before the city council of Boston,
and shall give bond to the county for the faithful performance of his
official duties and those of his assistant registers, with such sureties and
in such sum as the commissioners or said council, respectively, shall
approve. R. l. 22, 1 7. 1902, 544, § 5.
1918, 257, § 143. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
Assistant
registers.
1872, 34;
181, §§ 1,2.
1873, 19,
§§1.2.
P. S. 24,
H 9, 10.
1885, 7.
R. L. 22.
Section 4. Each register, with the approval, of the superior court, 1
may appoint an assistant register of deeds, removable at his pleasure, 2
for whose official acts he shall be responsible. The assistant shall give 3
bond in the same manner as the register, and may be a woman. Any 4
document or paper certified or attested by such assistant or by a second 5
assistant register or by a chief clerk designated under section seven 6
shall be admissible evidence as if certified or attested by the register. 7
1920,569, §3; 003, §2.
Second assist-
ant register
in Suffolk.
1908, 612.
Section 5. The register for Suffolk county may, by a writing re- 1
corded in his registry, designate one of the persons employed therein as 2
second assistant register, which designation he may at pleasure in like 3
manner revoke. 4
Same in
Essex, Mid-
dlesex and
Worcester.
1920, 509;
603.
Section 6. The registers for the southern district of Essex, the
southern district of Middlesex and the W^orcester district may, with
the approval of their respective county commissioners, appoint and at
pleasure remove, a second assistant register, who may be a woman. Such
an assistant shall have all the powers and authority vested in an as-
sistant register, and shall receive such compensation as maj- be allo\\ed
by the county commissioners.
1
Chief clerk
in Worcester
district.
1912, 64.
Section 7. The register for the Worcester district may, by a writing 1
recorded in Iiis registry, authorize a person employed in said registry to 2
Chap. oG.) registers of deeds. 271
3 certify or attest, as chief clerk, records or copies of records recorded or
4 filed therein, which authority the register maj' at pleasure in like manner
5 re\'oke.
1 Section 8. During the disability of a register, or if a vacancy occurs Assistant
2 in the office, the assistant register, or second assistant register, or if Jhen. "^Tem- '
3 none, the clerk, shall perform the register's duties. If the register is dis- fe°"''^ ''''*"'■
4 abled and there is no assistant or clerk, or if they are both unable, by p^i;i^^ H'
5 reason of illness or otherwise, to perform their official duties, the county ^^^- 22^§ lo.
6 commissioners, or in Suffolk county the superior court, may appoint a i9i3,'835,
7 temporary register of deeds and fix his compensation. Notice of such 1920, seg, '
8 appointment shall be recorded in the registry. Section three shall apply "' °^'
9 to temporary registers who shall exercise the same powers and duties
10 as registers of deeds until the register or a cjualified assistant is able to
11 assume the same, or until the qualification of a new register.
1 Section 9. If a register, upon presentment of the grand jury, is found J^^^J'^^J."' "'
2 guilty of misconduct in his official duties, or if from bodily or mental j7*|'f7'|fos
3 infirmity he is incapable in person of rightly performing the same, the a', s. n', § 88. '
4 county commissioners, or in Suft'olk county the superior court, shall, r.l. 22. §11.
5 after reasonable notice, remove him from office, and may order delivery
6 of the books, papers and other things belonging to the office to their clerk
7 or to a new register when appointed or elected.
1 Section 10. If, upon the death, removal or expiration of the term of a New register
2 register, deeds or other instruments entered in the registry are unrecorded, dee'ds u^nre-
3 or recorded but unattested, or if records are unattested, his successor or p^edlcess^or'!'^
4 any subsequent register shall record or attest such deeds, instruments }||^' I**"' ^ ^•
5 or records agreeably to the facts and conformably with the records and p- |- 2^ 5 8-^
6 books of entry. 1906. 67.
1 Section 11. Every register shall keep in his registry all books, records. Register's
2 deeds and papers belonging thereto, and shall keep the office open a m3%o"ri-
3 fixed number of hours daily except on Sundays and legal holidays, for g; |; }*; | |!J^
4 receiving and recording papers. Office hours heretofore fixed in the ^^^^ ^12/ '"'
5 respective counties shall continue until changed by order of the county {q9j'2|^'5 ^■
6 commissioners. Notice thereof shall be given by posting the same in r. l. 22, § is.
7 conspicuous places upon or near the entrance door and upon the walls
8 or counters in each registry.
1 Section 12. Every deed and other instrument required to be recorded p^^^" °f ''^'^^■■''■
2 in the registry of deeds shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the nss. 37! § 4!
3 district where the land lies to which such deed or instrument relates; 59, §22.'
4 and in all things relating to the register or registry of deeds, each district g. s.' i7, § 90.
5 therefor shall be deemed a county. p. s. 24, § 13. r. l. 22, § u.
1 Section 13. If a deed or other writing affecting land lying in more Record ot office
2 than one county has been recorded in a county where part of the land lies, stnimentsre-
3 an office copy thereof recorded in any other county where another part iying*in°more
4 of the land lies, and where the original has not been recorded, shall have *ou",y°°
5 the same effect as a record of tlie orirrinal instrument. r.l. 22, § is. i8S9.4i8.
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REGISTERS OF SEEDS.
[ClL\P. 36.
Register to
note receipt of
papers in book
to be kept for
the purpose.
1830, 15,
§§ 1.2.
R. S. 59,
§§ 23, 24.
G.S. 17,
§§ 92, 93.
P. S. 24,
§§ 14, 15.
1900, 327, 5 2.
R. L. 22,
§§ 16, 17.
140 Mass. 112.
146 Mass. 610.
175 Mass. 193.
Section 14. Each register shall keep a book, each page of which
shall be divided into six columns, with the following hea^lings:
Ma
•of I
cording instru-
ments, and
notation of
stamp.
1S44, 104.
G. S. 17, § 94.
1863, 225.
P. S. 24,
§§ 16, 17.
Date of
Reception.
To whom de-
livered after being
recorded.
He shall enter therein, in the order of receipt, all deeds and instru-
ments left for record, and all copies left as cautions, noting in the first
column the day, hour and minute when received and the other items
in the appropriate columns; and every deed or instrument shall be con-
sidered as recorded at the time so noted. Papers received for record
outside the hours fixed under section eleven shall be entered as of the first
minute of the next succeeding business hour.
Section 15. He shall record all instruments upon the pages of the
record books in fair and legible handwriting or in print, and in continuous
successive lines, and shall note on the record, before attesting the same,
all erasures and interlineations and the value of any stamp affixed thereto
pursuant to federal law, and the cancellation thereof.
17 Pick. 361. 12 Met. 157. 3 Op. A. G. 241.
Evidence of
payments of
succession
taxes to be
recorded.
1868, 132.
P. S. 24, § l.S.
R. L. 22, § 20.
Duplicate
records, fees for.
1892, 2.53.
R. L. 22, § 21.
Attestation of
records by
volume.
1907, 22.5, § 1.
Section 16. He shall record receipts of federal revenue collectors for 1
succession taxes, or other evidence of their payment, if the person apply- 2
ing for such record first makes affidavit to the genuineness of such re- 3
ceipt or evidence before a person qualified to take acknowledgment of 4
deeds. 5
Section 17. The register shall, at the expense of the county, pro- 1
cure and keep duplicate record books, in which he shall make fair and 2
legible copies of the record of any deed or other instrument existing in 3
the registry which has become worn, mutilated or indistinct, if so directed 4
by the county commissioners, or if so requested by any person lawfully 5
interested in preserving the same. He shall attest such copies, referring 6
in his certificate of attestation to the book and page of the original record, 7
and shall note on the margin of the first page of the original the volume 8
and page of the duplicate records containing the copy. Such copies shall 9
have the same force as the original records. He shall receive the same 10
fees for copies and notations as for an original record, payable by the 11
person requesting the same. 12
Section 18. He may attest the records by the volume, and the 1
attestation shall be sufficient when the volume containing the same bears 2
the attest, with the written signature of the register or other person 3
lawfully authorized. 4
Section 19. A facsimile of the signature of any register, imprinted 1
. ' ' ' testation of the fact that the same has been recorded in his registry, shall
have the same validity as his written signature.
ment°fffectin' Section 20. If an assignment, extension, partial release, release or
mortgage, when discharge of a mortgage of land, or a certificate of the taking or surrender
different of posscssiou for foTcclosure of such mortgage, or an affidavit of notice
ilflfwT''. of sale under a power of sale therein, or an execution for possession of
Chap. 36.] registers of deeds. 273
5 the premises conveyed thereby or any other instrument purporting to p. s. 24, § 19.
6 affect the same, has been recorded in the county where the land lies, and
7 the original mortgage was not recorded in the same registry, the register
8 of the county where such mortgage was originally recorded, upon ex-
9 hibition to him at the registry of such instrument purporting to affect
10 the same, shall enter upon the margin of the record of the mortgage a
11 note of reference to the record of such instrument.
1 Section 21. When an instrument described in the preceding section Marginal ref-
2 affecting a mortgage is recorded, and it refers by book and page to the recorTof"cr-
3 record of the mortgage, the register shall enter upon the margin of such igog^ieo.^"*''^'
4 record, if in the same registry, a notation of the record of the instrument
5 containing such reference.
1 Section 22. If an assignment, release, partial release, discharge or Noting instru-
2 disclaimer affecting title to land created by a sale or taking for payment Sx^deeds'^'^'"'^
3 of a tax or assessment is recorded, the register shall make a note of refer- r^I'mTs 20.''
4 ence thereto on the margin of the record of the deed or instrument of ^- ^- ^^' ^ ^^'
5 sale or taking, if in his registry and referred to in such conveyance.
1 Section 23. He shall certify upon every instrument recorded by him Certificate on
2 the time when received and the number of the book and leaf or page and p°ace^of
3 where recorded. 1697, 21, § 5. r. s. 59, § 5. ''"°"^-
G. S. 17, § 95. p. S. 24, § 21. R. L. 22, § 24.
1 Section 24. Notice of a federal tax lien on real estate may be filed f^^^"^^^ ''"'
2 with the register of deeds for the county where the land lies, and shall l?^f 2^°'
3 be recorded, or, if intended to affect registered land, shall be filed and
4 registered in accordance with section seventy-eight of chapter one hun-
5 dred and eighty-five.
1 Section 25. He shall keep two indexes, each divided into six cohnnns, indexes and
2 with headings in one as follows: 'i°8« aoTu
G. S. 17, § 96.
P. S. 24, § 22.
18S5, 29
R. L. 22, § 25.
3 And in the other as follows :
4 In Suffolk county neither index need contain the last column.
1 Section 26. He shall, within twenty-four hours after a deed or other Entries in
2 instrument which he is by law required to record has been left for record, Ln'd how'^ade.
3 cause the name of each grantor, grantee or other party thereto to be q *|' f°^§ %f;
4 entered at length and alphabetically in the appropriate index, and in ^jj'^ |g' |^j*-
5 the appropriate column, if any, the name of the town where the land R- l' 22! 1 213.
6 described in the instrument lies, if the same is therein disclosed. Within
7 a reasonable time after such instrument has been recorded, he shall
8 affix to such entry the number of the book and leaf or page where recorded.
274
REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
[Chap. 30.
tain special
cases.
1845, 205, § 3.
1856, 292, § 1.
P. S. 24, § 24.
R. L. 22, § 27.
1917, 279,
Section 27. When an instrument by which a person transfers or 1
conveys by authority of law the real estate of another is left for record, 2
the register shall enter in the entry book and grantor index both the 3
name of the nominal grantor and that of tlie real party in interest, if 4
appearing therein, otherwise he shall enter such party as "unknown", 5
under the letter U. When notice of the filing of a petition for partition 6
or of amendment thereof, or a copy of a decree in partition is left for 7
record, he shall enter in the entry book and in both the grantor and 8
grantee indexes the names of all persons whose estates plainly appear to 9
be affected thereby. 10
w*fli^of Section 28. Each register, except in Suffolk county, shall annually, 1
i856'"292 2 ^^ ^'^^ cxpcnsc of the county, cause competent persons to make copies of 2
1857! 38; 277. the iudexcs of the preceding year, in which the grantors and grantees 3
p.'s.24.'§25. ' shall be classified by their respective surnames in alphabetical order, 4
it\!22,^§28! and arranged thereunder in the order in which the deeds and other con- 5
1 Op. A. G. 308. veyances to which they refer were left for record. He may also cause 6
the Christian names of the grantors and grantees, as well as their sur- 7
names, to be arranged in alphabetical order in such lists. Such copies shall 8
in other respects be in the form required for the original indexes. 9
Sdlx^^ printed SECTION 29. A register may, with the consent of the county com- 1
i|5|.292, missioners, cause a competent person, at the expense of the county, to 2
G. s! 17, § 104. make copies of the indexes or new indexes to the records, or of any part 3
1896, 443, § 2. thereof. Such copies may be printed at county expense and sold at a 4
R. L. 22, § 29. pj.jpg j^Q^ jggg ii^Q^y^ i\^Q cost of printing, paper and binding. 5
Estimates of
expense of
indexes.
1896, 443,
§13,4.
R. L. 22, I 30.
Section 30. Each register, except in Suffolk county, shall annually,
before January first, file with the county commissioners an estimate in
detail of the character, amount and cost of indexing which, in his judg-
ment, may be required for the ensuing year, and the commissioners shall
include in the estimates for county taxes so much thereof as in their judg-
ment is necessary. The amount authorized by the general court may,
under the direction of the register, be expended for the purposes specified
in his said estimate, and shall be paid to the persons actually performing
the work, on approval of the bills by the commissioners.
Index com-
missioners in
Suffolk county.
1878, 129.
P. S. 24, § 27.
1901,401.
R. L. 22, § 31.
1902, 422.
Section 31. In Suffolk county all the powers and duties exercised in 1
other counties by the registers, with or without the consent of the county 2
commissioners, under sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine, shall be 3
exercised by an unpaid board of three index commissioners, of whom 4
one shall annually, in March, be appointed by the justices of the superior 5
court, for a term of three years beginning with the first day of April follow- 6
ing. A commissioner may be removed by said justices for cause, and 7
a vacancy shall be filled by them for the unex-pired term. 8
Notice to de-
partment of
public welfare
of instruments
creating chari-
table trusts,
etc.
Section 32. Whenever there is filed for record in a registry of deeds 1
any deed of trust or other instrument creating or increasing an estate or 2
fund for bene\olent, charitable, humane or philanthropic purposes, the 3
register shall forthwith send to the department of public welfare a state- 4
ment noting the book and page of the record, with the name, if any, of 5
the said estate or fund, and by whom the said estate or fund has been 6
created or increased, and by whom it is to be administered. 7
Chap. 36.] registers of deeds. 275
1 Section 33. The salaries of registers of deeds, except in Dukes and I"'!™! j 29
2 Nantucket counties and the southern district of Berkshire county, in |^^^^||^iy
3 full for all services rendered as register and as assistant recorder of the 1904.452, § 1.
4 land court, shall in the first instance be basetl upon population as deter- §s i.'s, *'.
5 mined by the state census of nineteen hundred and fifteen, as follows: sopiAioiseo:
4 Op. A. G. 296.
Population of County or District. Salar>'.
Under 75,000, $2,200
75,000 to 100,000, 2,300
100,000 to 125,000, 2,400
125,000 to 150,000, 2,500
150,000 to 200,000, 2,600
200,000 to 250,000 2,700
250,000 to 300,000 2,800
300,000 to 350,000, 2,900
350,000 and over, 3,000
6 In addition to their salaries, based upon population, said registers
7 shall receive, in districts having a population of seventy-five thousand or
8 less, a sum equal to fifteen per cent, and in districts ha\ing a population
9 of more than seventy-five thousand a sum equal to ten per cent, of the
10 annual average gross income of their respective registries from all sources
11 for the five years next preceding June first, nineteen hundred and nine-
12 teen, but in no case shall such salary exceed sixty-five hundred dollars.
1 3 The salaries of registers shall be paid by their respective counties.
1 Section 34. In the year following each state and national census. Adjustment of
2 said salaries shall be adjusted by each county treasurer in accordance toifowTng" ^'"^'
3 with the classification set forth in the preceding section, based upon 5904?4S2, § 2.
4 population as ascertained by said census and upon the average annual JgJg'jBi,
5 gross income for the five years next preceding January first in the year ||^3, 6.^^ ^ ^
6 of adjustment, and shall be paid as of said day provided that seventy per 4 6p! a. g. 296.
7 cent only of all income received after May twentieth, mneteen hundred
8 and twenty, shall be taken as a basis for computing said average annual
9 income. The salary of no register or assistant register in office July
10 t\venty-fourth, nineteen hundred and nineteen shall be diminished by
1 1 reason of any such adjustment thereof.
1 Section 3.5. The salaries of the registers for Dukes and Nantucket ff'^'^'J?
2 counties shall be nine hundred dollars each, and that of the register for tucket'and
3 the southern district of Berkshire county, one thousand dollars. In t?iJt of °
4 addition, said registers shall receive a sum equal to t\\enty per cent of fs^elfn^.'
5 the annual average gross income from all sources of their ^especti^'e p*|'''2\^ 1 29.
6 registries for the five years next preceding January first, nineteen hun- Jf^^'H^ky'
7 dred and twenty, and said additional amounts shall be paid as of said 1904. 452, § 1.
8 date; and thereafter, in the year succeeding each state and national 1919! aeij § 4.
9 census, said additional amounts shall be recomputed on the basis of 025.' "'
10 said average annual receipts for the five years next preceding January
11 first in said year, and shall be added to said salaries as of said date,
12 provided that seventy per cent only of all income recei\'ed after May
13 twentieth, mneteen hundred and twenty, shall be taken as a basis for
14 computing said average annual income.
1 Section 36. Except as otherwise provided the salaries of assistant f^gf^^^t"'
2 registers shall in all cases be fifty-five per cent of the salary of the regis- registers.
276
[Chap. 37.
1895,493, ter of their respective districts and shall be paid by their respective 3
1896, 172, § 1. counties. R. l. 22, §§ 32, 33. 4
sation'to""' Section 37. No register or assistant register shall demand or re- 1
registers or ccivc, dircctlv or indirectly, compensation for title work performed by 2
title work. him or under his direction, in his registry. i9i9, sei, § 5. 3
1895, 493, § 2.
1896, 172.
R. L. 22, § 33.
Section 38. Registers shall be allowed for clerical assistance, upon 1
their sworn certificate, filed with the county treasurer that the work was 2
actually performed and was necessary, and specifying the amount thereof 3
or the time occupied therein and the names of the persons by whom 4
performed, such reasonable amount specified in said certificate as shall 5
be approved by the county commissioners, which shall be paid by the 6
county to the persons entitled thereto. 7
Accounts
and fees.
1895,493, § 3,
R. L. 22, § 34.
Section 39. Each register shall enter in a cash book, which shall be 1
the property of the county, all fees received by him for all official acts 2
and services; and he shall, on the first day of each month, pay to the 3
county treasurer, or other officer entitled to receive the same, all fees 4
received during the preceding month, and shall render to him a sworn 5
account thereof. 6
CHAPTER 37.
SHERIFFS.
Sect.
1. Election of sheriffs.
2. Oath and bond.
3. Appointment of deputies.
4. Special sheriff.
5. Duties of special sheriffs.
6. Discharge of sureties on sheriff's bonds.
7. Penalty for neglect to give bond.
8. Suits on bonds of sheriffs.
9. State treasurer to furnish copies of
sheriff's bonds.
10. Sheriffs not to be arrested in civil suits.
Executions to run against their prop-
erty only.
11. Sheriffs and their deputies may serve
precepts.
Sect.
12. Sheriffs and their deputies may serve
demands, etc.
13. Sheriffs and their deputies may re-
quire aid.
14. Sheriffs and their deputies may serve
writs after removal.
15. Service of writs for and against sheriffs.
16. Sheriffs to attend courts, etc.
17. Salaries of sheriffs in certain counties.
18. .Adjustment of salaries.
19. Salaries of sheriffs in Suffolk, etc.
20. Sheriffs as masters or keepers of jail.
21. Traveling expenses of sheriffs.
22. Sheriffs to account for fees, etc.
23. Annual return.
Election of
sheriffs.
Const, amend.
19.
(Const. Rev.
art. 62.)
1856, 173,
§§ 1.5.
Section 1. A sheriff shall be elected in each county, as provided in
section one hundred and fifty-nine of chapter fifty-four, for six years,
beginning with the first Wednesday of January following his election,
and until liis successor is qualified. c.s. 10, §5. p. s. 10, §5.
H. L. 11, §§
1907, 500, r
1913, 835, i
1890. 423, § 192.
1893,417, §§ 256,258.
1898, 548, §§319, 322.
.322. 325.
i 350. 353, 456.
) 388, 391, 503.
1917, 255, i
1918, 114, I
1919, 269, i
I 23, 26.
Section
A sherifi', before performing any official act shall be 1
sworn and shall give to the state treasurer a bond in such amount and 2
with such sureties as the superior court shall order and approve, con- 3
Chap. 37.] sheriffs. 277
4 ditioned to perform faithfully his own duties and to be responsible for isos. 46, § 2
5 the official acts of his deputies. The treasurer of his county shall, sub- §§' ss, 77.
6 ject to the approval of the county commissioners, reimburse him for the g.'s.'i?.'
7 premium paid to a surety company thereon. A default, malfeasance or f.^ I.^Js^'
8 misfeasance in office of a deputy sheriff or jailer after the death, removal |j§ J; ]^^
9 or resignation of the sheriff by whom he was appointed, shall be a breach §§ 1. i"i-
10 of the bond of such sheriff".
1 Section 3. A sheriff may appoint deputies, who shall be sworn be- Appointment
2 fore performing any official act. i783, 44. § 1. r. s. 14, § 59. °' deputies.
G.S. 17, §53. P. S. 25. §2, R. L. 23, 12
1 Section 4. He shall appoint a special sheriff, who shall be sworn special sheriff.
2 and shall give such bond to the sheriff as he may require for the faithful issi! 58. '
3 discharge of his duties. A special sheriff shall have the authority of a §"§3,4^'
4 deputy sheriff'. Upon his qualification, the sheriff shall send a written |*g ^- 1^'
5 notice thereof, giving the name and residence of the appointee, to the j^Jg'l"'^"^-
6 state secretary, who shall record such notice in a book kept for the 1920:2.
_ "" ^1 Met. 508.
7 purpose.
1 Section 5. If, by reason of illness, absence, interest or otherwise, Duties of
2 the sheriff is unable to perform his official duties, they shall be performed iot^soo?"
3 by the special sheriff, and compensation therefor, if not otherwise pro- f gig 157^
4 vided for, shall be paid by the sheriff. During a vacancy in the office of fjgfj
5 sheriff, the special sheriff, first giving bond as required of the sheriff, |§ *■ |g
6 shall perform all the duties of the sheriff, and the deputies of the former §§4,5. '
7 sheriff" shall continue to exercise the powers of deputy sheriffs.
1918, 257, § 144. 1919, 5. 1920. 2.
1 Section 6. If a surety upon the official bond of a sheriff, or his heirs. Discharge of
2 executor or administrator applies to the superior court to be discharged sheriffs bonds.
3 from further liability thereon, the court, after notice to the sheriff, shall r."s.' w,' § 62.
4 require him, within such time as it may order, to give a new bond to its P. |. 25,' § 7."'
5 satisfaction. Upon such new bond being given, such surety or his estate ^- ^- ^^- ^ ''■
6 shall be discharged from liability for subsequent breaches thereof.
1 Section 7. A sheriff neglecting or refusing to give bond as required ^^"{^^l^°'
2 in the preceding section or in section eighteen of chapter tliirty shall f-g^^^^'^i n
3 forfeit one hundred and fifty dollars for each month's neglect, at the 1824', 23! 1 2.
4 suit of the attorney general. The superior court shall forthwith certify a. s. n', § so!
5 the fact of such neglect or refusal to the governor and council and to the r. i;. 23, § 7.
6 attorney general, and, unless the sheriff' satisfies the governor and coun- j^i^s.^"'^^'
7 cil that there was reasonable cause for such neglect and gives security to J^|^| ^■
8 their satisfaction within twenty days after the receipt of such certificate,
9 the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall remove
10 him from office.
1 Section 8. The holder of a judgment against a sheriff or his estate, suits on bonds
2 for a cause which constitutes a breach of the condition of his official bond, i805,T9,''§ 1.
3 or a person who has obtained an allowance of such claim against his f§64,'65.
4 estate, if settled as insolvent, may, at his own expense, prosecute a suit p.s.is.'f"'
5 on such bond in the name of the state treasurer, and the proceedings shall fj \^^ |g?;
6 be the same as in a suit by a creditor on an administration bond.
13Gray, 3S4. 195 Mass. 411. 217 M.iss. 294.
278
[CH.'i.p. 37.
Stale treasurer
to furnii»h
copies of
flheriff's bonds.
1805, 99. § S.
R. S. 14, 5 67.
G. S. 17, §59.
P. S. 25, § 11.
R. L. 23, § 9.
Section 9. The state treasurer shall deliver an attested copy of the 1
official bond of any sheriff to any person applying and paying therefor, 2
which shall be received as competent evidence in a case relating to the 3
bond; but if the execution of the bond is disputed, the court may require 4
the said treasurer to produce the original in court. 5
Sheriffs not to
be arrestefl in
civil suits.
Executions to
run against
their property
only.
1783, 44, 5 4.
R.S. 14,
§§ 73-76.
G.S. 17.
§§ 60-fi2.
P. S. 25,
§§ 12-14.
R. L. 23, § 10.
Section 10. A sheriff shall not be arrested upon mesne process or 1
execution in a civil action. If judgment is rendered against him, either 2
in his official or pri\ate capacity, the execution shall issue against his 3
goods, chattels and land, but not against his body. If such execution 4
is returned unsatisfied, the creditor may file with the governor and 5
council an attested copy of the execution and return, and notify the 6
sheriff. If he does not, witfiin thirty days after such notice, pay to the 7
creditor the whole amount of his debt, with reasonable costs of the copies 8
and notice, the governor, with the ad\'ice and consent of the council, 9
shall remove him from office. After the appointment of liis successor, 10
the clerk of the court from which any execution against him has issued, 11
upon the return thereof unsatisfied, shall issue alias executions in com- 12
mon form, as well against the body as against the goods, chattels and 13
land. 14
Sheriffs i
md
their deputies
may
ser\
'e
precepts.
1783,
44,
§ 1.
1808,
19,
§ 2.
1817,
13.
R.S.
14,
§§68
i, 69
G.S.
17.
'§ 65.
P.S.
25,
§ IB.
Section 11. Sheriffs and their deputies shall serve and execute, 1
within their counties, all precepts lawfully issued to them and all other 2
process required by law to be served by an officer. They may serve 3
process in cases wherein a county, city, town, parish, religious society 4
or fire or other district is a party or interested, although they are inhab- 5
itants or members thereof. R. i- 23, § 12, 6
130 Mass. 113. 135 Mass. 191. 191 Mass. 50.3.
fhdrdepuUes Section 12. They may serve by copy, by them attested, demands, 1
may serve noticcs and citatious not required by law to be served by an officer, and 2
G.s! 17, § 66. their returns of service thereof shall be prima facie evidence. 3
p. S. 25, § 17. R. L. 23, § 13.
Sheriffs and
their deputies
may require
aid.
C. L. 103, § 6.
1698,20, § 1.
1795,68.1 1.
Section 13. They may require suitable aid in the execution of their 1
ofiice in a criminal case, in the preservation of the peace, in the appre- 2
bending or securing of a person for a breach of the peace and in cases of 3
escape or rescue of persons arrested upon ci^■il process. 4
P.S. 25, §18. 3 0p. A. G.488, 515.
R. S. 14, § 72.
G. S. 17, § 67.
Sheriffs and
their deputies
may serve
writs after
removal.
1783,44,5 4.
1808, 46, § 3.
R. S. 14, § 70.
G.S. 17, § 68.
Section 14. They may execute precepts in their hands at the time 1
of their removal from office; and, upon a vacancy in the office of sherifT, 2
every deputy in office under him, having a writ or precept in his hands, 3
shall have the same authority to serve, execute and return the same, 4
as if the sheriff had continued in office. p s. 25, § 19. 5
R. L. 23, § 15. 13 Pick. 477. 120 Mass. 143.
writs'for and Section 15. If a sheriff is a party to a suit or other proceeding, any 1
a|5inijt^heriff3. ■writ, prcccpt or proccss therein, required to be served or executed by 2
a sheriff or deputy sheriff, shall be served or executed by the sheriff of 3
an adjoining county, or his deputy. R. l. 23, § le. 4
1881, 160
p. S. 25, § 20.
1885, 75.
Chap. 37.] sheriffs. 279
1 Section 16. Sheriffs shall attend all sessions of the supreme judicial fJienj^eourts
2 and superior courts in their respective counties, and, when required, ^^^^^ ^57 3
3 meetings of the county commissioners.
G.S. 17, §69. P. S. 25, § 21. R. L. 23, § 17.
1 Section 17. The salaries of sheriffs, except in Suffolk, Dukes and f^^^iffs^n'
2 Nantucket counties, shall be based upon population as determined by certain coun-
3 the census of nineteen hundred and fifteen, and paid by their respective 11599-1700.
4 counties as follows: isao.'iio,
§§ 3, 4.
Population of County. S.ilar.v. R- |- '^j
Under 40,000, $2,000 1I43 75,'
40,000 to 45,000, 2,100 f| !• |„
45,000 to 50,000, . 2,200 g s.'i7,§7o:
50,000 to 55,000, 2,300 JffiHlt-
55,000 to 60,000 2,400 1875; 137!
60,000 to 65,000, 2,500 }il?'??i-
6.5,000 to 70,000, 2,600 p s 25. § 22.
70,000 to 75,000, 2,700 JiiHtiJ^t
75,000 to 80,000, 2,800 Imas.' '
80,000 to 85,000, 2,900 }i^M?i4,,
85,000 to 90,000, 3,000 itttitt
90,000 to 95,000, 3,100 Jg^^'ii
95,000 to 100,000, 3,200 r. i.: 23! § is.
100,000 to 125,000, 3,300 IS^H^?'*''"-
125,000 to 150,000, 3,400 Igm.fbt
150,000 to 175,000, 3,500 190S,397;442:
175,000 to 200,000, 3,600 i9ii2, MS; 5«i.
200,000 to 250,000, 3,700 i^lM?]''^^"-
250,000 to 300,000, 3,800 {919:287;
300,000 to 340,000 3,900 ll^^'^A'^f' fii'>
340,000 to 400,000 4,000 ■'^p-^-^ '-
400,000 to 475,000, 4,100
475,000 and over, 4,200
and $100 additional for each 75,000 population above 475,000.
1 Section 18. In the year following each state and national census, Adjustment
2 each county treasurer shall adjust the salary of the sheriff' in accordance igig.'S?!
3 with the classification set forth in the preceding section, and the salary ^ '
4 so adjusted shall be paid as of January first in the year of adjustment,
5 but the salary of no sheriff' in office on July fifth, nineteen hundred and
6 nineteen, shall be diminished by reason of any such adjustment.
1 Section 19. The sheriff' of Suff'olk county shall receive from the Salaries of
2 county a salary of three thousand dollars. The sheriffs of Dukes and sulioik.'etc.
3 Nantucket counties shall receive from their respective counties salaries 9^§V^°°'
4 of three hundred dollars each, and may likewise retain to their own use ^f"*";""'
5 the fees received by them for service of process. R. s. 14, §§ so, n.
1843, 75, §§ 1.2. 1866, 298, § 11. 1881,158. 1886,28.
IS.TO, 257, § 1. 1872, 350. P. S. 25, § 22. 1888, 228.
G. S. 17, § 70. 1879, 269. 1884, 209. R. I.. 23, | 18.
1 Section 20. Salaries established under sections seventeen and eight- sheriffs as
2 een shall be in full compensation for all services rendered both as sher- keepers of
3 iff and as master or keeper of the jail or house of correction. If a 1860,92.
4 sheriff, to whom said sections apply, elects not to act as such master or r. i;.l3,\^i9.
5 keeper, the sum of one thousand dollars shall be deducted from his ^^'I'l*^'
6 salary. If he does so act, he shall also be entitled to rent, heat and light, 2 0p. a. g. 612.
7 and such subsistence as he may desire out of the regular subsistence
8 rations purchased for prisoners. If the sheriff' in Suffolk, Dukes or Nan-
280
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[Chap. .38.
tucket county personally performs the duties of such master or keeper, 9
he shall receive, in addition to his salary as sheriff, the compensation 10
established by law for such services, but not more than one thousand 11
dollars a year. 12
Traveling
expenses of
sheriffs.
1S97, 454.
R. L. 23, § IS.
1902, 436.
Section 21. Except in Suffolk, Dukes and Nantucket counties 1
sheriffs shall be entitled to receive from the county their actual traveling 2
expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. .3
Sheriffs to
account for
fees, etc.
1830. 110. § 2.
R. S. 14, § 90.
1859, 257. § 2.
G.S. 17, § 71.
P. S. 25. § 24.
R. L. 23, I 20.
Section 22. Each sheriff shall keep an account of all fees and money 1
received by virtue of his office, and, except as otherwise provided, shall 2
annually, on or before December fifteenth, render to the county treasurer 3
a sworn account thereof and, except as provided in section nineteen, 4
pay him the same. 5
1850, 31.
1859, 257.
G. S. 17,
§§ 72, 73.
P. S. 25,
§§ 25, 26.
R. L. 23, § :
Section 23. Sheriffs shall annually, on or before October fifteenth, 1
return to the state secretary on blanks provided by him a sworn account 2
of all money received by them for the year ending on the preceding 3
September thirtieth, designating the amounts received from the county 4
treasurer and from all other sources, and specifying the amounts received 5
for fees in civil and criminal processes. They shall also return the number 6
of days of attendance upon the courts and upon the county commis- 7
sioners, and also the number of days of attendance upon more than one 8
of said tribunals simultaneously. If a sheriff neglects to make such 9
return, he shall forfeit two hundred dollars.
CHAPTER 38.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
Sect.
1. Appointment of medical examiners and
associate examiners in the several
counties.
2. Duties of associate examiners.
3. Official bonds and discharge of surety's
liability.
4. Breach of condition of bond.
5. Salaries and fees.
6. Duties of examiners. Autopsy, when
authorized.
7. Report to district attorney and court.
Certificate to town clerk.
8. Inquest.
9. Jurisdiction extended.
10. Appointment of officer to investigate.
11. Report of evidence and magistrate's
report in certain cases to be sent to
department of public utilities.
Sect.
12. Report on inquest.
13. Arrest of person charged with crime.
Binding over of witnesses.
14. Use of embalming fluid restricted.
15. Delivery of body for burial.
16. View of body intended for cremation.
17. Compensation for landing body found
in water.
18. Custody and delivery of personal
property found upon or near body.
Penalty.
19. Return, audit and payment of fees and
expenses.
20. Returns to state secretary.
21. Fees for records and returns.
22. Secretary to provide record books, etc.,
bind and index returns, and insert
tabulations thereof in annual report.
o/'Sed'icS™* Section 1. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, 1
Ms'ciat"'"""' shall appoint for terms of seven years able and discreet men, learned 2
examiners in in the scicHce of medicine, as medical examiners in and for their respec- 3
Chap. 38.] medical ex^aminers. 281
4 tive counties, and as associate medical examiners in and for their respec- the several
5 tive districts in counties divided into districts, otherwise in and for their il"?, 'lob,
6 respective counties, in number as follows: isso, 59. § 2. ^^ • ■*• ''■
1881, 295. P. S. 26, §§ 1-4. 1898, 318, § 1. R. L. 24, §§ 1, 2.
7 Two examiners and two associate examiners in Suffolk county, and i9f2°'4g6
8 one examiner and one associate examiner in Nantucket county and in Nantucket.
9 each of the following districts:
10 Barnstable county, district one, comprising Harwich, Dennis, Yar- BarnstaWe.
11 mouth, Brewster, Chatham, Orleans and Eastham; district two. Barn- i^s*, 127.
12 stable. Bourne, Sandwich, Mashpee and Falmouth; and district three,
13 Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet.
14 Berkshire county, district one, comprising North Adams, Williams- Berkshire.
15 town, Clarksburg, Adams, Florida, Savoy, New Ashford and Cheshire;
16 district two, Pittsfield, Lanesborough, Windsor, Dalton, Hinsdale,
17 Peru and Hancock; district three, Richmond, Lenox, Washington,
18 Becket, Lee, Stockbridge, Tyringham and Otis; and district four, W'est
19 Stockbridge, Alford, Great Barrington, Monterey, Sandisfield, New
20 Marlborough, Sheffield, Egremont and Mount Washington.
21 Bristol county, district one, comprising Attleboro, North Attle- Bristol.
22 borough, Seekonk, Norton, Mansfield and Rehoboth; district two, ^^^''■*^^-
23 Taunton, Raynham, Easton, Berkley and Dighton; district three, Fall
24 River, Somerset, Swansea, Freetown and Westport; and district four,
25 New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Acushnet.
26 Dukes county, district one, comprising Edgartown and Oak Bluffs; Dukes.
27 district two, Tisbury, West Tisbury and Gosnold; and district three, 1907! 27. '
28 Chilmark and Gay Head.
29 Essex county, district one, comprising Gloucester and Rockport; Essex.
30 district two, Ipswich, Rowley, Hamilton and Essex; district three,
31 Newburyport, Newbury, West Newbury, Amesbury and Salisbury;
32 district four, Haverhill and Merrimac; district five, LawTence, Methuen,
33 Andover and North Andover; district six, Georgetown, Boxford, Tops-
34 field and Groveland; district seven, Beverly, Wenham and Manchester;
35 district eight, Peabody, Danvers, Middleton and Lynnfield; district
36 nine, Lynn, Saugus, Nahant and Swampscott; and district ten, Salem
37 and Marblehead.
38 Franklin county, the northern district, comprising Orange, Warwick, Franklin.
39 New Salem and Wendell; the eastern district, Bernardston, Erving,
40 Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, Nortlifield, Shutesbury and
41 Sunderland; and the western district, Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont,
42 Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe,
43 Shelburne and Whately.
44 Hampden county, district one, comprising Brimfield, Holland, Palmer, Hampden.
45 Monson and Wales; district two, Springfield, Agawam, East Long- 1894! 418!
46 meadow, Longmeadow, West Springfield, Wilbraham and Hampden; ^^"•^'''•
47 district three, Holyoke; district four, Blandford, Chester, Granville,
48 Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland and Westfield; and district
49 five, Chicopee and Ludlow. .
50 Hampshire county, district one, comprising Northampton, Chester- Hampshire.
51 field, Cummington, Go.shen, Hatfield, Plainfield and Williamsburg; ^**^' "''''■
52 district two, Easthampton, Huntington, Middlefield, Southampton,
53 Westhampton and Worthington; district three, Amherst, Granby,
54 Hadley, Pelham and South Hadley; and district four, Belchertown,
55 Enfield, Greenwich, Prescott and Ware.
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MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
[Chap. .38.
Middlesex.
1884. 309.
1888. 374.
1890, 320.
1892, 324,
1899, 162.
Norfolk.
1885, 37.
1888, 47, 347.
1897, 226.
1913, 335.
Plymouth.
1886, 48, 74.
1888, 64.
Worcester.
1886, 126.
1901, 173.
1908, 135.
1915, 278.
1916, Sp. 282.
1920, 178.
Middlesex county, district one, comprising Cambridge, Belmont and 56
Arlington; district two, Maiden, Somerville, Everett and Medford; 57
district three, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, Reading 58
and North Reading; district four, Woburn, Winchester, Lexington 59
and Burlington; district five, Lowell, Dracut, Tewksbury, Billerica, 60
Chelmsford and Tyngsborough ; district six, Concord, Carlisle, Bedford, 61
Lincoln, Littleton, Acton and Boxborough; district seven, Newton, 62
Waltham, Watertown and Weston; district eight, Framingham, Way- 63
land, Natick, Sherborn, Holliston, Hopkinton and Ashland; district 64
nine, Marlborough, Hudson, Maynard, Stow and Sudbury; district ten, 65
Ayer, Groton, Westford, Dunstable, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend and 66
Ash by. 67
Norfolk county, district one, comprising Dedham, Needham, Welles- 68
ley, Westwood, Norwood and Dover; district two, Cohasset; district 69
three, Quincy, Milton and Randolph; district four, Weymouth, Brain- 70
tree and Holbrook; district five, Avon, Stoughton, Canton, Walpole 71
and Sharon; district six, Franklin, Foxborough and Wrentham; district 72
seven, Medway, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk and Bellingham; and district 73
eight, Brookline. 74
Plymouth county, district one, comprising Brockton, West Bridge- 75
water. East Bridgewater, Bridgewater and Whitman; district two, 76
Abington, Rockland, Hanover, Hanson, Norwell and Pembroke; district 77
three, Plymouth, Halifax, Kingston, Plympton and Du.xbury; district 78
four, Middleborough, Wareham, Mattapoisett, Carver, Rochester, 79
Lakeville and Marion; and district five, Hingham, Hull, Scituate and 80
Marshfield. 81
Worcester county, district one, comprising Athol, Dana, Petersham, 82
Phillipston and Royalston; district two, Gardner, Templeton and 83
Winchendon; district three, Fitchburg, Ashburnham, Leominster, 84
Lunenburg, Princeton and Westminster; district four, Berlin, Bolton, 85
Boylston, Clinton, Harvard, Lancaster and Sterling; district five, 86
Grafton, Northborough, Southborough and Westborough; district six, 87
Hopedale, Mendon, Milford and Upton; district seven, Blackstone, 88
Douglas, Millville, Northbridge and Uxbridge; district eight, Charlton, 89
Dudley, 0.\ford, Southbridge, Sturbridge and Webster; district nine, 90
Brookfield, East Brookfield, North Brookfield, Spencer, Warren and 91
West Brookfield; district ten, Barre, Hubbardston, Hardwick, New 92
Braintree, Oakham and Rutland ; and district eleven, Worcester, Auburn, 93
Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Shrewsbury, Sutton and West 94
Boylston. 95
te
1880, 59, § 1.
1881, 295.
P. S. 26, § 3.
1898, 318, § 2.
R. L. 24, 5 3.
1912, 466, § 2.
Section 2. The associate medical examiners for Suffolk county 1
shall, at the request of either of its medical examiners, perform the 2
duties and have the powers of medical examiners. Each medical ex- 3
aminer shall in each year be entitled to two months' service in the 4
aggregate from the associates. Associate examiners in the other coun- 5
ties shall, in the absence of the medical examiners or in case of their 6
inability to act, perform in their respective districts all the duties of 7
medical examiners. 8
aiS'^diic'hTr'''e SECTION 3. Each examiner and associate examiner, before entering 1
o|^surety's upou his duties, shall be sworn and give bond for the faithful ])erformance 2
R* s. H, 5 95. thereof, in the sum of five thousand dollars, to the county treasurer, 3
Chap. 3S.] medical examiners. 283
4 with sureties by him approved. Faihire for three months after appoint- q. s. n, 5 76
5 ment to give such bond shall render his appointment void. A surety or |f'J"|i°'
6 his executors or administrators may be discharged from further liability |**0'|?' 5 2-
7 thereon in the manner provided in section six of chapter thirty-seven. § § i>, t- '
R. L. 24, %% 4, S. 1914, 637. 2 Op. A. G. 115.'
1 Section 4. Upon breach of the condition of such bond to the in- Breach of
2 jury of any person, the principal may be removed from office and action Jjond.'""' °'
3 brought thereon in like manner as upon the bond of a sheriff. k. s. u, % 96.
G. S. 17, § 77. 1877, 200, § 24. P. S. 26, § 8. R. L. 24, § 6.
1 Section 5. In Suffolk county each medical examiner shall receive salaries and
2 from the county a salary of five thousand dollars, and each associate j^fy 200, § 3
3 medical examiner a salary of eight hundred and thirty-three dollars; p^^s'lg^ig
4 but if either associate serves in any year more than two months, he iss's. 379, § 1.
. . 1890 213
5 shall for such additional service be paid at the same rate, and the amount 1892) 286!
6 so paid shall be deducted from the salary of the medical examiner at 1908,424 ''
7 whose request he so serves. The medical examiners for said county shall 1919; lie- 230.
8 be provided with rooms suitably furnished for the performance of their
9 duties, the rent, furnishing and office ecjuipment of which shall be paid
10 for by said county upon approval of the mayor of Boston. Each of
11 said medical examiners may, in the name of the county, contract such
12 bills for clerical service, postage, stationery, printing, telephone, travel-
13 ing, and for such other incidental expenses as may in his opinion be
14 necessary for the proper performance of his duty, to an amount not
15 exceeding sLx thousand dollars in any one year; and each associate may
16 so contract bills for the said purposes to an amount not exceeding one
17 thousand dollars in any one year; and all such bills shall be paid by
18 said county, upon a certificate by the contracting examiner that they
19 were necessarily incurred in the performance of his duty, and upon the
20 approval of the auditor of Boston, as provided in section nineteen,
21 and of the mayor. Medical examiners and associate medical examiners
22 in other counties shall receive fees as follows: For a view without an
23 autopsy, seven dollars; for a view and an autopsy, thirty dollars; and
24 for travel, ten cents a mile to and from the place of view.
1 Section 6. Medical examiners shall make examination upon the Duties ot
Autopsy, whe
uthorized.
1877, 200,
3 died by violence. If a medical examiner has notice that there is within
4 his county the body of such a person, he shall forthwith go to the place l^Z' f;.'-^-
5 where the body lies and take charge of the same; and if, on view thereof §§ 16, 11. 19.
6 and personal inquiry into the cause and manner of death, he considers i89o,'44o! |9:
7 a further examination necessary, he shall, upon written authorization 9^19;^*'
8 of the district attorney, mayor or selectmen of the district, city or town JH Mass! lei!
9 where the body lies, make an autopsy in the presence of two or more |j^ ^i^i 528
10 discreet persons, whose attendance he may compel by subpoena. Be- 2 0p. a. g. 95
11 fore making such autopsy he shall call the attention of the witnesses
12 to the appearance and position of the body. He shall then and there
13 carefully record every fact and circumstance tending to show the con-
14 dition of the body and the cause and manner of death, with the names
15 and addresses of said witnesses, wdiich record he shall subscribe. If a
16 medical examiner or an associate examiner considers it necessary to have
17 a physician present as a witness at an autopsy, such physician shall
18 receive a fee of five dollars. Other witnesses, except officers named in
284
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
[Chap. 38.
section fifty of chapter two hundred anrl sixty-two, shall be allowed two 19
dollars each. A clerk may be employed to reduce to writing the results 20
of a medical examination or autopsy, and shall receive two dollars a 21
day. 22
The medical examiner may, if he considers it necessary, employ a 23
chemist to aid in the examination of the body or of substances supposed 24
to have caused or contributed to the death, and he shall receive such com- 25
pensation as the examiner certifies to be just and reasonable. 26
Report to
district
attorney and
court.
Certificate to
town clerk.
1877,200, §9.
P. S. 26, § 12.
1885,379, §7.
1887, 310, § 2.
R. L. 24,
§§8,10.
1909, 273.
1916,114.
207 Mass. 259.
214 Mass. 313.
219 Mass. 528.
Section 7. He shall forthwith file with the district attorney for his 1
district a report of each autopsy and view and of his personal inquiries, 2
with a certificate that, in his judgment, the manner and cause of death 3
could not be ascertained by view and inquiry and that an autopsy was 4
necessary. The district attorney, if he concurs, shall so certify to the 5
commissioners of the county where the same was held, or in Suffolk 6
county, to the auditor of Boston. If upon such view, personal inquiry 7
or autopsy, the medical examiner is of opinion that the death may have 8
been caused by the act or negligence of another, he shall at once notify 9
the district attorney and a justice of a district court or trial justice 10
within whose jurisdiction the body was found, if the place where found 11
and the place of the said act or negligence are within the same county, 12
or if the latter place is unknown; otherwise, the district attorney and 13
such a justice within whose district or jurisdiction the said act or negli- 14
gence occurred. He shall also file with the district attorney thus noti- 15
fied, and with the justice or in his court, an attested copy of the record 16
of the autopsy made as provided in the preceding section. He shall in 17
all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the place where the de- 18
ceased died his name and residence, if known; otherwise a description 19
as full as may be, with the cause and manner of death. 20
Inquest.
1877. 200.
§§ 10, 15.
P. S. 26.
§§ 13. 18.
1894, 535, § 5.
1897, 376, § 2.
R. L. 24,
§§ 11, 18.
1904, 119.
1909, 273, § 2.
1912, 443.
1918, 257,
§ 147.
1919, 5; 350,
S§ 111, 115,
117.
1920, 2.
219 Mass. 528,
552.
2 Op. A. G. 95.
Section 8. The court or trial justice shall thereupon hold an inquest, 1
from which all persons not required by law to attend may be excluded. 2
The district attorney, or any person designated by him, may attend the 3
inquest and examine the witnesses, who may be kept separate, so that 4
they cannot converse with each other until they have been examined. 5
Within sixty days after any case of death by accident upon a railroad, 6
electric railroad, street railway or railroad for private use an inquest 7
shall be held, and the court or justice shall give seasonable notice of the 8
time and place thereof to the department of public utilities. Within 9
a like period after any case of death in which a motor vehicle is involved, 10
an inquest shall be held, and the court or justice shall give seasonable 11
notice of the time and place thereof to the department of public works. 12
The attorney general or the district attorney may, notwithstanding the 13
medical examiner's report that a death was not caused by the act or 14
negligence of another, direct an inquest to be held, and likewise in case 15
of death by any casualty. 16
Jurisdiction
extended,
1899, 207.
R. L. 24, § 12.
1918, 257,
I 148.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 9. If it appears that the place where the supposed act or 1
negligence occurred and the place where the body was found are both 2
without the limits of the judicial district of the coiu-t or the jurisdiction 3
of the trial justice notified by the medical examiner under section seven, 4
the court or justice shall nevertheless proceed with the inquest and have 5
continuous and exclusive jurisdiction thereof if either place is within the 6
Chap. 38.] medical examiners. 285
7 commonwealth and within fifty rods of the boundary Hne of such dis-
8 trict or jurisdiction, unless a prior and like notice shall have been issued
9 by a medical examiner in another county in accordance with said section.
1 Section 10. A district court about to hold an inquest may appoint Appointment
2 an officer qualified to serve criminal process to investigate the case and investigate.
3 to summon the witnesses, and may allow him additional compensation r^^l. 24^ '§ is'.
4 therefor, payable in like manner as the fees of officers in criminal cases.
1 Section 11. If a magistrate believes that an inquest to be held by Report ot
2 him relates to the accidental death of a passenger or employee upon a magistrate's
3 railroad or electric railroad or a traveler upon a public or private way cert°airi'cases
4 at a railroad crossing, or to an accidental death connected with the opera- department°of
5 tion of a street railway or of a railroad for pri\'ate use, he shall cause a jj"^'tfgg
6 verbatim report of the evidence to be made and sworn to by the person isss. 365.
7 making it; and the report and the bill for services, after examination 1S90U40, §9.
8 and written approval by the magistrate, shall be forwarded to the de- r. l'. 24? § 14.
9 partment of public utilities within thirty days after the date of the Jglf; 94^'
10 inquest, and, when made, a copy of the magistrate's report on the incjuest. I'l^'y.^^"'
11 The bill, when approved by said department, shall be forwarded to the
12 state auditor and paid by the commonwealth, assessed on the person
13 owning or operating such railroad or railway, and shall be collected in
14 the same manner as taxes upon corporations. The magistrate may in
15 his discretion refuse fees to witnesses in the employ of the person upon
16 whose railroad or railway the accident occurred.
1 Section 12. The magistrate shall report in writing when, where and ^^^^^^°°
2 by what means the person met his death, his name, if known, and all }*"■ ^PO; § =?^-
• 1 • 1- 1-1 11 -PI „ p. S. 26, § 15.
3 material circumstances attending his death, and the name, 11 known, 01 R. l. 24, § is.
4 any person whose unlawful act or negligence appears to have contrib- 219 Mass! 552!
5 uted thereto. He shall file his report in the superior court for the county
6 where the inquest is held.
1 Section 13. If a person charged by the report with the commission Arrest of
2 of a crime is at large, the magistrate shall forthwith issue process for his S"h°crime*^
3 arrest, returnable before any court or magistrate ha^'ing jurisdiction, of witnessed
4 If he finds that murder, manslaughter or an assault has been committed, jf^s,^!"";
5 he may bind over, for appearance in said court, as in criminal cases, such i"; %~i~
6 witnesses as he considers necessary, or as the district attorney may R l '24^
7 designate.
1 Section 14. No embalming fluid, or any substitute therefor, shall bafn,°ng"fluid
2 be injected into the body of any person supposed to have met his death jfg.5''^!|!5
3 by violence, until a permit, signed by the medical examiner, has first been R- l. 24, § 20.
4 obtained.
1 Section 15. After an autopsy or a view or examination without P j'^Y'' °^
2 an autopsy, the medical examiner shall deliver the body, upon appli- burial.
3 cation, to the husband or wife, to the next of kin, or to any friend of p. s.'2b, §20. '
4 the deceased, who shall have priority in the order named. If the body is itV. 24, '§ 21'.
5 unidentified or unclaimed for forty-eight hours after the view thereof,
6 the medical examiner shall deliver it to the overseers of the poor of the
7 town where found, who shall bury it in accordance with section seventeen
8 of chapter one hundred and seventeen.
286
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
[Chap. 38.
intended W SECTION 16. Mcdical examiiiers and associate examiners within
Jsssfars! § 4. their respective districts shall, on application and payment or tender
1920 188^ "" *^^ seven dollars, view the body and make personal inquiry concerning
the death of any person whose body is intended for cremation, and shall
authorize such cremation only when of opinion that no further examina-
tion or judicial inquiry concerning such death is necessary.
forTinding'"" SECTION 17. The mcdical examiner may allow reasonable compen-
in water""'' satiou, payable by the county in the manner provided in section nine-
1877, 200, 1 18. teen, for services rendered in bringing to land a human body found in
R. L. 24, § 23, any of the harbors, rivers or waters of the commonwealth, but this provi-
sion shall not entitle any person to compensation for services rendered
in searching for a dead body.
Custody and
delii
'Of
personal
property found
upon or near
body. Penalty.
1877, 200,
§§ 19, 20.
P. S. 26,
l§ 22, 23.
R. L. 24,
§§ 24, 25.
13 Allen, 465.
Return, audit
and payment
of fees and
expenses.
1877, 200, § 2:
P. S. 26, § 24.
1885, 379, I 7.
1887, 310, I 2.
R. L. 24, § 26.
Returns to
state secretary.
1885, 379,
Fees for
records and
returns.
1885, 379, § 4.
R. L. 24, § 29.
Secretary to
Erovide record
ooks, etc.,
bind and index
returns, and
insert tabula-
tions thereof in
annual report.
1885, 379,
§§ 5. 6.
R. L. 24, § 30.
Section 18. The medical examiner shall take charge of any money
or other personal property of the deceased found on or near the body,
and deliver it to the person entitled to its custody or possession, or, if not
claimed within sixty days, to a public administrator. For fraudulent
neglect or refusal so to deliver such property within three days after
demand, a medical examiner or an associate medical examiner shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than two years.
Section 19. Every medical examiner shall return an account of the
expenses of each view or autopsy, including his fees, to the commissioners
of the county where held, or in Suffolk county to the auditor of Boston,
and shall annex to his return the written authorization of the autopsy.
The commissioners or auditor shall audit the same, and certify to the
county treasurer what items therein are just and reasonable, and he
shall pay the same to the person entitled thereto. No auditing officer
shall certify any fee for an autopsy until he has received from the dis-
trict attorney the certificate required by section seven.
Section 20. Every medical examiner and associate examiner shall
annually, on or before March first, transmit to the state secretary certi-
fied copies of the records of all deaths by him investigated during the
preceding year, and within sixty days after the expiration of his term
shall make like returns for so much of the year as he held office. For a
refusal or neglect so to do, he shall forfeit not less than ten nor more than
fifty dollars.
Section 21. Each medical examiner and associate examiner, includ-
ing those in Suffolk county, shall receive from the commonwealth twenty
cents for each of the first twenty deaths recorded and returned by him
in any year, as provided in the preceding section, and ten cents for each
additional death so recorded and returned, as certified by the state 5
secretary. 6
Section 22. The state secretary shall, at the expense of the com- 1
monwealth, prepare and furnish to the medical examiners blank record 2
books and blank forms for returns, and shall cause the returns for each 3
year to be bound together in one volume with indexes; and shall pre- 4
pare therefrom such tables as will render them of utility, and shall make 5
annual report thereof to the general court in connection with the report 6
required by section twenty-one of chapter forty-six. 7
Chap. 39.]
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
287
TITLE VII.
CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS.
Chapter 39. Municipal Government.
Chapter 40. Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns.
Chapter 41. Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.
Chapter 42. Boundaries of Cities and Towns.
Chapter 43. City Charters.
Chapter 44. Municipal Finance.
Chapter 45. Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain.
Chapter 46. Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Chapter 47. Workhouses and Almshouses.
Chapter 48. Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.
Chapter 49. Fences, Fence Viewers, Pounds and Field Drivers.
CHAPTER 39.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
Sect.
CITT GOVERNMENT.
1. Allocation of powers.
2. Presiding officer of board of aldermen.
3. Election by municipal boards.
4. Presentation of orders to mayor. Veto
power.
5. Vacancy in the office of mayor.
6. Vacancies.
7. Holding of other office.
8. Ineligibility to salaried offices.
TOWN MEETINGS.
9. Time of meeting.
10. Warrant.
11. In case of vacancies in office of select-
men.
12. In case of refusal by selectmen.
Sect.
13. Quorum.
14. Election of moderator.
15. Duties of moderator. By-laws for regu-
lation of proceedings.
1 6. Appropriation, advisory or finance com-
mittees.
17. Moderator to preserve order.
18. Moderator to receive votes.
19. Ballots on question of granting liquor
licenses.
20. Precinct voting.
21. Canvass of returns.
22. Designation of hour of annual town
meeting, etc.
23. Election of town officers at different
date from meeting for other business.
24. Effect of this chapter limited.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1 Section 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, city councils shall
2 have the powers of towns; boards of aldermen shall have the powers,
3 perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities of selectmen, except
4 with respect to appointments, and the mayor shall have the powers,
5 perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities of selectmen with
G respect to appointments, but all his appointments shall be subject to
7 confirmation and rejection by the aldermen, and upon the rejection of a
8 person so appointed the mayor shall within one month thereafter make
9 another appointment. In cities having a single legislative board other
of powers
G. S. 19,
§ 2.
1876, 80.
P. S. 2S,
§§ 2, 5.
R. L. 26.
§§ 2, 3, 8.
140 Mass
485
145 Mass
384
187 Mass
461
196 Mass
220
200 Mass
175
202 Mass
402
203 Mass
639
207 Mass
341
288
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
[Ch.\p. 39.
219 Mass. 580.
225 Mass. 104.
233 Mass, 275.
than a board of aldermen, such board shall, so far as appropriate and 10
not inconsistent with the express provisions of any general or special 11
law, have the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabili- 12
ties of the board of aldermen. 1,3
board of
aldermen,
1876, 193. § 2.
P, S, 28. § 7,
1882, 180,
R, L. 26. § 11.
233 Mass. 65.
Election by
municipal
boards.
1899, 129; 170.
R. L. 26, § 7.
196 Mass. 220.
205 Mass. 102.
Presentation
of orders to
mayor. Veto
power.
1873, 139.
1876, 193, § 1.
P. S. 28, § 6.
R. L. 26, § 9.
132 Mass. 42.
189 Mass. 513.
191 Mass. 370.
204 Mass. 202.
227 Mass. 538.
233 Mass. 65.
236 Mass. 210.
Vacancy i:
nthe
office of n:
layoi
18S2, 182.
§§ 1, 2.
1896, 380,
5§1.2.
R. L. 26,
§§ 29, 30.
204 Mass.
456.
211 Mass.
165.
Vacancies.
1845, 217,
§§1,2,4.
1854, 44S,
Section 2. If the mayor acts as presiding officer of the board of 1
aldermen, he shall not vote in meetings of said board nor in conventions 2
of the two branches of the city council. The board of aldermen may elect 3
one of its number as president, who shall, in the absence of the mayor, 4
preside at meetings of the board. This section shall apply to every city, 5
notwithstanding any special law enacted prior to April twenty-ninth, 6
eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 7
Section 3. No election of a city officer by a municipal body or board 1
shall be ^'alid unless made by a viva voce vote, each member present 2
answering to his name when called by the clerk or other proper officer, 3
stating the name of the person for whom he votes, or that he declines to 4
vote. The clerk or other proper officer shall record every such vote. 5
Section 4. Every ordinance, order, resolution or vote requiring the 1
concurrence of the board of aldermen and of the common council, except 2
the question of a convention of the two branches or of the election of an 3
officer, shall be presented to the mayor. If he approves it, he shall sign 4
it; if he disapproves it, he shall return it, with his written objections, to 5
the branch wherein it originated, which shall enter such objections at 6
large on its records and again consider it ; and if two thirds of the mem- 7
bers present and voting pass it, notwithstanding such objections, it shall, 8
if not originally requiring concurrent action, be in force; but if originally 9
requiring concurrent action, it shall be sent, with the objections of the 10
mayor, to the other branch, where it shall be again considered, and if 11
passed by two thirds of the members present and voting, it shall be in 12
force; but in all cases the vote shall be by yeas and nays. Such ordinance, 13
order, resolution or vote shall be in force if not returned by the mayor 14
within ten days after it has been presented to him. This section shall 15
not apply to budgets submitted under section thirty-two of chapter 16
forty-four, or to appropriations by a city council under section thirty- 17
three of said chapter. 18
Section 5. Except as otherwise provided bj' city charters, upon the 1
death, resignation or absence of the mayor, or his inability to perform 2
the duties of his office, the president of the board of aldermen shall per- 3
form them ; and if tliere is no such officer, or if he also is absent or unable 4
from any cause to perform them, they shall be performed by the president 5
of the common council, or, if there is no such officer, or if he is absent 6
or unable to perform such duties, by such alderman as the board of 7
aldermen may from time to time elect, until the mayor or the president 8
of the board of aldermen is able to attend to said duties or until the 9
vacancy is filled. The person upon whom such duties devohe shall be 10
called "acting mayor" and shall possess the powers of mayor only 11
in matters not admitting of delay, and shall not make permanent 12
appointments. 13
Section 6. If, at or after the time for the mayor and aldermen to 1
enter upon the performance of their duties, it appears that the mayor or 2
Chap. 39.] aiunicipal government. 289
3 the full number of aldermen has not been elected, such of said officers g. s. i9, §§ e-s,
4 as have been elected shall issue warrants for the election of a ma.^'or or p.'s '28,'§§ 17-
5 of aldermen as the case may be. If none of said officers has been elected, issi'iMi
6 the president of the common council shall issue such warrants. If no 26,^^31-34!°' '
7 mayor has been elected, the president of the board of aldermen shall
8 perform the duties of the office until a mayor is chosen and sworn. If
9 there is a vacancy in the board of aldermen, in the common council, or in
10 a city or ward office which is to be filled by an election of the people, the
11 board of aldermen shall issue their warrant for an election to fill such va-
12 cancy at a time and place designated by them. A city officer shall, not-
13 withstanding his removal from one ward of the city to another, con-
14 tinue to perform his official duties during his term of office. This section
15 shall not be in effect in any city unless the city council accepts it or has
16 accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws.
1 Section 7. The mayor or an alderman or a member of the common Holding of
2 council of a city which adopts this section or has adopted corresponding 'issi.io."''
3 provisions of earlier laws, may at the same time hold any other office p; |; 2!,' | 23!
4 under the city government to which he may be chosen, except one of ^- ^- ^^' ^ 35.
5 emolument.
1 Section 8. No member of the city council shall, during the term for ineligibility to
2 which he was chosen, either by appointment or by election of the city issejn?.*''*^'
3 council or of either branch thereof, be eligible to any office the salary of J^5^Mass.\f|'.
4 which is payable by the city. 3 0p.a.g.593.
town meetings.
1 Section 9. Except as otherwise provided by special law, the annual Time of
2 meeting of each town shall be held in February, March or April ; and i7S5. 75, § 10.
3 other meetings may be held at such times as the selectmen may order. 25. ' '
4 Meetings may be adjourned from time to time, and to any place within a^s.' il,' § 20.
5 the town. p. s. 27. § 53. isgo, 423. § 209.
1893,417, §259. R.L.11,§327. 1913. 835. §§ 393, 503.
1898, 548, § 324. 1907, 560, §§ 355, 456. 117 Mass. 384.
1 Section 10. Every town meeting, except as hereinafter provided, ^^a^"^".".'
2 shall be called in pursuance of a warrant, under the hands of the select- R. s.' is,' §§ 19-
3 men, notice of which shall be given at least seven days before such meet- g. s. is, §§ 21,
4 ing. The warrant shall be directed to the constables or to some other p?'s 27, §§ 54.
5 persons, who shall forthwith gi\e notice of such meeting in the manner f|9o,423,
6 prescribed by the bj'-laws, or, if there are no by-laws, by a vote of the \lii'^il^^\26o
7 town. The warrant for all town meetings shall state the time and place i898!548;§325.
8 of holding the meeting and the subjects to be acted upon thereat. The 1907,' seo,
9 selectmen shall insert in the warrant for the annual meeting all subjects i9f3*'835^^'
10 the insertion of which shall be recjuested of them in writing by ten or ]9ff','22i!'§ 1.
11 more registered voters of the town and in the warrant for every special Jo'mms^'ios'
12 town meeting all subjects the insertion of which shall be requested of * p'';''; ^ss.
13 them in writing by one hundred registered voters or by ten per cent of the 21 Pick^ 75. '
14 total number of registered voters of the town. No action shall be valid e Met.' 346, 497.
15 unless the subject matter thereof is contained in the warrant. Two or ii'"cSsii.*294,
16 more distinct town meetings for distinct purposes may be called by the | Gray, 526.
17 same warrant. 11 Gray, 340. 11 Alien, ss.
99 Mass. 472.
118 Mass.
354.
131 Mass.
521.
145 Mass.
50.
110 Mass. 39.
122 Mass.
290.
132 Mass.
289.
165 Mass.
183.
Ill Mass. 368.
127 Mass.
502.
138 Mass.
286.
173 Mass.
591.
117 Mass. 384.
130 Mass.
270.
143 Mass.
110.
192 Mass.
455.
290 Ml-NICIPAL GOVERNMENT. [ChAP. 39.
varancief in SECTION 11. If a majority of tlie selectmen or any less number shall 1
office of vacate their offices, or if the full number shall fail to be elected or qualified. 2
selectmen. ,. . ^^ ,, -tpi
1785, 75, § 5. the selectmen m omce may call a town meetnig. It there are no remaniing 3
g'. s. is! § 24! selectmen, the town clerk may call it; and, if there is no town clerk, a 4
fsoo, 423:^213. justice of the peace may call it in the manner prescribed in the following 5
lloi; MS, IS section. r.l. n, §329. 6
1907, 560, §§ 357. 456. 1913. 835, §§ 395. 503. 1918, 291, § 24.
refusafb' SECTION 12. If the Selectmen unreasonably refuse to call a town meet- 1
selectmen ing, a justicc of the peace, upon written application of one hundred reg- 2
R.s.'i5.'§23 istered voters or of ten per cent of the total number of registered voters 3
p.'s.'27.'§'56. of the town, may call a meeting by a warrant under his hand, stating the 4
1893! 417 J 262! subjccts to be acted upon, directed to the constables of the town if there 5
1898,548, are any, otherwise to any of the persons applying therefor, directing 6
R;„t l'.:,^ ^^° them to summon the inhabitants qualified to vote in town affairs to 7
1907, 5b0, , . . . , - 1 p I 1 ■ 1
§§358.456. assemble at the time and place and tor the purposes expressed m the 8
1913.835, . ^ f f f
§§396.503. warrant. 1917.221, §2. 19s Mass, 48S. 219 Mass. 200. 9
ig^iTsos. Section 13. Towns may prescribe by by-law the number of legal 1
voters necessary to constitute a quorum at town meetings except such 2
parts of meetings as are devoted exclusively to the election of town 3
officers. 4
moderat"/ SECTION 14. At cvcry town meeting when modcrators are uot clcctcd 1
1785, 75 § 6. for the term of one year, a moderator shall first be chosen. The election 2
1831,' 50. of a moderator at a meeting for the choice of town officers shall be by 3
27. 34^^' ^'^' ballot, and the voting list shall be used thereat. 4
§i,32.^*' ^^ ""' Any town or fire, water, light or improvement district which has so 5
59 1'o^''' ^^ ^'^' voted or hereafter so votes may at any annual election of town or dis- 6
1890 423'^' trict officers elect from the inhabitants thereof by ballot a moderator 7
§§ 214-216. to preside at all town or district meetings. His term of office shall begin 8
1893 417 • . • •
§§263,273. as soon as he is qualified, and shall continue until the next annual town 9
§§ 328, 338. or district meeting and until his successor is ciualified. Any town or dis- 10
§§■331! 342. trict which has elected a moderator for the term of one year shall there- 11
§§T'3^^' after elect a moderator at every annual election of town or district 12
J?°ji;^^%„ officers, unless the town or district votes to discontinue the electing of 13
§§ 359, 3<0, 1 \^ n • 1 ^ 1 .1
456. moderators tor said term. 14
§§ 397, 410, If a vacancy in the said office occurs during any term, it may be filled 15
1917,49. by the voters of the town or district. If a moderator so elected is 16
m^257, aljsent, a temporary moderator may be elected. 17
Jggo'l' In towns or districts w'here official ballots are used, the vote to elect 18
i2^ick 485 ^ moderator for the term of one year shall be taken at a meeting held 19
103 Mass. 543. at least thirty days before the annual town or district meeting at which 20
126 Mass! 603! the vote is to become operative; and at the first annual meeting after 21
the town or district has so voted a moderator shall be chosen as herein 22
provided to serve at that meeting, and the moderator elected on the 23
official ballot at that meeting shall act at subsequent town or district 24
meetings until his successor is qualified. 25
At every town or district meeting until a moderator or temporary 26
moderator is elected, the clerk of the town or district shall preside; but 27
if he is absent or if there is no clerk, the chairman of the selectmen or 28
prudential committee or body exercising similar powers, if present, 29
otherwise the senior member present in point of continuous service, 30
Chap. 39.] municipal government. 291
31 shall preside; but if no selectman or member of said committee or body
32 is present, the justice of the peace calling such meeting, if the meeting is
33 so called, shall preside. Such presiding officer shall ha\e the powers and
34 perform the duties of a moderator.
1 Section 15. The moderator shall preside and regulate the proceed- °ode4?or.
2 ings, decide all questions of order, and make public declaration of all f/„fJJfon ^f
3 votes, and may administer in open meeting the oath of office to any town proceedings
4 officer chosen thereat. If a vote so declared is immediately questioned r.s.' is! §§ 2S,
5 by seven or more voters, he shall verify it by polling the voters or by g.'s. is, § 27.
6 dividing the meeting unless the town has by a previous order or by by- ^890,423^ '^'°'
7 law provided another method. If a two thirds vote of a town meeting is Hgg'^n
8 required by statute, the count shall be taken, and the vote shall be fg^g^-j^g
9 recorded in the records by the clerk; but if the vote is unanimous, a §329.
10 count need not be taken, and the clerk shall record the vote as unanimous. 1907. seo.
11 A town may pass by-laws, subject to this section, for the regulation 1912^*252*"'
12 of the proceedings at town meetings. Such by-laws shall be approved j^'lgg^^'loa
13 and published in the manner prescribed by section thirty-two of chapter J^is. 291, § 25.
14 forty. 1S2 Mass. 433.
1 Section 16. A town may by by-law provide for the appointment ach1so?y'OT°°'
2 and duties of appropriation, advisory or finance committees, who may ''"^'"=?„
3 consider any or all municipal questions for the purpose of making re- i9io, 130, § 1.
4 ports or recommendations to the town; and such by-laws may provide
5 that committees so appointed may continue in office for terms not
6 exceeding three years from the date of appointment.
1 Section 17. No person shall address a town meeting without leave Moderator to
2 of the moderator, and all persons shall, at the request of the moderator, ires!"!,"! o"'
3 be silent. If a person, after warning from the moderator, persists in dis- ^o.^' ^^' ^^ ^'
4 orderly behavior, the moderator may order him to withdraw from the ^g ^- ^^- ^^ ^^•
5 meeting, and, if he does not \\ithdraw, may order a constable or any p.s. 27. §§6i,
6 other person to remove him and confine him in some convenient place 1890.423,
„ ,., ,V ,• • ]• 1 §§218,220.
7 until the meetnig is adjourned.
1893. 417, § 265. R. L. 11. § 333. 1913. 833, §§ 399, 503.
1898, 548, I 330. 1907, SBO, §§ 3(>1, 450. 10 Mass. 385.
1 Section 18. The moderator shall receive the vote of any person Moderator to
2 whose name is on the voting list or who presents a proper certificate from 1S22, 104, § 5.
3 the registrars of voters.
R. S. 3. § 10.
1890, 423, § 223.
R. L. 11, § 350.
G. S. 7, § 11.
1893, 417, § 281.
1907,560, §§378,456.
P.S. 7, § 11.
1898, 548, § 340.
1913,835, §§418,503.
1 Section 19. The state secretary shall, at least seven days before the Ballots on
2 annual meeting, send to the town clerk of each town not using official granting"
3 ballots ballots upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of isss.Vm!?!^
4 certain non-intoxicating beverages, as defined in section one of chapter §§^8i*||;
5 one hundred and thirty -eight, therein, which shall contain the words: S^Hj*^^"
6 "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of beverages containing not less 1898,548,
7 than one half of one per cent nor more than two and three quarters per r. l.u, §351.
- - - '007,560,
) 379, 456.
)13, 835.
.,i 419, 503.
10 number of registered voters in such town. They shall be distributed 9j^ig, fgg
11 to the voters at the polling place under the direction of the town clerk.
292
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
[Chap. 39.
Precinct voting.
1894, 132,
5§ 1, 2,4.
1895, 54S,
§349.
R. L. 11, §353.
1907, 5(50.
§§ 381, 460.
1918, 431:
835, §§421.
503.
1918, 291, § 29.
180 Mass. 155.
202 Mass. 539.
Section 20. Towns divided into voting precincts may, for their
annual town election, establish precinct \-oting for all town officers to
be chosen thereat and for voting on the cjuestion of granting licenses
for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages, as defined in section
one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, by accepting this section
at a meeting held fourteen days at least before the annual town meeting.
The acceptance of this section or corresponding pro\'isions of earlier laws
may be revoked by the town at a meeting held thirty days at least before 8
the annual town meeting; and if so revoked this section shall cease to 9
be in force therein. In towns in which this section or corresponding pro- 10
visions of earlier laws are in force, all matters to be considered at the 11
annual town meeting, other than the election of town officers, and the 12
question of granting licenses for the sale of certain non-intoxicating 13
beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and tliirty- 14
eight, shall be in order only at a town meeting held within thirty days 15
after the date of the annual election, and not later than April thirtieth. 16
The time and place of holding such subsequent meeting shall be stated 17
in the warrant for the annual election, and said election, subsequent 18
meeting and its adjournments shall be regarded as parts of the annual 19
town meeting. The election of a moderator, except in towns where 20
moderators are elected for the term of one year, shall be the first business 21
in order at said subsequent meeting. Towns by vote or by-law may 22
authorize voting by precincts at special elections of town officers. 23
Canvass of
returns.
1894, 132, § :
1895,89, § 1.
1898, 548,
§350.
Section 21. The town clerk and the board of registrars, upon receipt 1
of the returns from the several precincts, shall forthwith canvass the same, 2
and immediately declare the result. 3
R. L. 11, § 354. 1907, 560, §§ 382, 456. 1913, 835. §§ 422, 503.
Designation of
hour of annual
town meeting,
etc.
1912,473.
1913, 835,
§279.
1914, 329.
1919, 364, § 2.
Section 22. A town may by by-law designate the hour at -which the
annual town meeting shall be called, and, subject to section sixty-four
of chapter fifty-four, may by vote or by-law designate the hours during
which the polls shall remain open; and may provide that all business,
except the election of such officers and the determination of such matters
as by law are required to be elected or determined by ballot, shall be
considered after a certain hour, or by adjournment to another day.
Election of
town officers
at different
date from
meeting for
other business.
1915, 284.
1916,59.
Section 23. A town which accepts this section or has accepted cor- 1
responding provisions of earlier laws may pro\ade that the election of 2
town officers and the vote on the question of granting licenses for the 3
sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages, as defined in section one 4
of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, shall take place at any time 5
within seven days before or after the annual meeting held for the tran,?- 6
action of other business. The time and place of holding such election 7
and vote shall be stated in the warrant for the annual town meeting and 8
such election and vote shall be deemed parts of the annual town meeting. 9
Effect of
this chapter
limited.
Section 24. The provisions of this chapter shall be in force only so 1
far as they are not inconsistent with the express provisions of any general 2
or special law. 3
Chap. 40.]
POWEES AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
293
CHAPTER 40.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
Sect.
1. Powers to continue.
2. Towns may sue and be sued.
3. Power to hold and convey property.
4. Power to contract.
PnRPOSES FOR WHICH TOWNS M.VT APPRO-
PRIATE MONET.
5. Power to make appropriations.
6. Reserve funds.
7. Removal of snow and ice.
S. Enforcement of civil service law.
9. Armories, holidays, G. A. R. and
American Legion posts.
10. Markets and market places.
1 1 . Prevention of forest fires.
12. Public baths or wash houses.
13. Municipal buildings insurance fund.
TAKING, PURCHASE AND AB.4NDONMENT OF
LAND.
14. Taking or purchase of land.
15. Abandonment of land or easements.
STREET SPRINKLING.
16. Sprinkling of public ways.
17. Assessments for street sprinkling.
18. Collection of assessment.
PROVIDING NECESSITIES.
19. Providing necessities in time of dis-
tress.
20. Articles to be sold at cost. Accounts.
ORDINANCES, BY-LAWS AND REOUL.4.TIONS.
21. Town by-laws.
22. Regulation of carriages.
23. City councils may regulate erection of
balustrades, etc.
24. Inspection of ice.
25. Limitation of particular classes of
buildings to specified districts or
zones.
26. Notice and hearing.
27. Withholding of permits. Appeal.
28. Enforcement by injunction.
29. Exemption of existing structures and
buildings of public service corpora-
tions.
Sect.
30. Repeal and modification.
31. Performance of duty imposed by by-
laws.
32. Publication of by-laws.
33. Copy of rules to be filed with town
clerk.
LOCKUP.
34. Maintenance of lockup.
35. Keeper of lockup.
36. Powers of keeper. Charges for keep-
ing.
37. Lockup to be accessible to officers.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.
38. Town may purchase water supply.
39. Pipes may be laid in another town.
Damages.
40. Emergency water supply.
41. Protection of water supply.
42. Authorization of laying of pipes.
HOT WATER AND STEAM.
43. Pipes for hot water and steam.
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
44. Establishment of improvement dis-
tricts.
RECOGNIZANCE.
45. Recognizances by towns.
OATH OF CL.\IM.\NT.
46. Oaths may be required of persons
bringing demand for payment.
47. Seal.
RECORDS AND REPORTS.
48. Custody of books.
49. Annual town report.
50. Town clerks to forward copies of reports
to state library.
51. Names of paupers not to be published.
52. Size of official letters.
ILLEGAL APPROPRIATIONS.
53. Restraint of illegal appropriations.
1 Section 1. Cities and towns shall be bodies corporate, and, except Powers to
2 as otherwise expressly provided, shall have the powers, exercise the i7S5, rs,' § 9.
3 privileges and be subject to the duties and liabilities provided in the ci.' i7: 'is, '
4 several acts establishing them and in the acts relating thereto. Except g. |'.3%7.
294
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
[Chap. 40.
p. S. 3, 5 3,
cl. 23; 27, § 1;
and such additional powers as are granted to them by their charters
or by general or special law, and all laws relative to towns shall apply to
cities.
140 Mass. 381, 485.
148 Mass. 148.
187 Mass. 150, 461.
191 Mass. 78.
200 Mass. 175.
202 Mass. 402.
203 Mass. 539.
207 Mass. 341.
219 Mass. 580.
233 Mass. 275.
1 Op. A G. 463.
4 Op. A. G. 540.
Section 2. A town may in its corporate capacity sue and be sued by 1
its name, and may appoint necessary agents therefor. 2
p. S. 27, § 8.
1694-5. 15, §§ 1
1783,39, §4.
1785, 75, § 8.
R. S. 15, § 10.
G. S. 18, § 8.
R. L. 25, § 12.
113 Mass. 67.
122 Mass. 268, 344.
127 Mass. 272.
199 Mass. 527.
Power to hold
and convey
property.
R. S. 15, § 11.
G. S. 18, § 9.
1880, 111, S 1.
P. S. 27, § 9.
1885, 60.
1891, 218.
1901, 152.
R. L. 25,
13.
1907. 232,
1919, 61, § 1;
1920, 292, § 1 ;
591. § 11.
3 Mass 352.
10 Mass. 146.
12 Mass. 415.
2 Pick. 345.
8 Gush. 21.
12 Gush. 103.
5 Allen, 575.
8 Allen, 11.
10 Allen, 169.
113 Mass. 433.
122 Mass. 344.
127 Mass. 1.
Section 3. A town may hold real estate for the public use of the in- 1
habitants and may convey the same by a deed of its selectmen thereto 2
duly authorized, or by a deed of a committee or agent thereto duly author- 3
ized ; may by its selectmen let or lease for not more than five years, on such 4
terms as the selectmen determine, a public building or part thereof, except 5
schoolhouses in actual use as such ; may hold personal estate for the pub- 6
lie use of the inliabitants, and alienate and dispose of the same; may hold 7
real and personal estate in trust for the support of schools, and for the 8
promotion of education, witliin the Hmits of the town; may receive, hold 9
and manage any de\-ise, bequest or gift for the establishment or ec[uip- 10
ment of memorials for properly commemorating the services of the 11
soldiers, sailors and marines who have served the country in war, and 12
for the estabhshment or maintenance of any reading room for which it 13
may grant money under the proNnsions of section five; and may make 14
such orders as it may deem necessary or expedient for the di.sposal or 15
use of its corporate property. All real estate or personal property of the 16
town, not by law or by vote of the town placed in the charge of any 17
particular board, officer or department, shall be under the control of the 18
selectmen, except as is otherwise pro\ided in section nine. 19
Power to
contract.
R. S. 15, I
5 11.
G. S. 18, i
5 9.
P. S. 27. § 9.
1889, 377.
1890, 119.
1895, 217.
R. L. 25,
i n.
1902, 544,
§ 6.
1918, 291,
§ 1.
167 Mass.
115.
182 Mass.
39.
191 Mass.
291.
217 Mass.
381.
219 Mass.
580.
233 Mass.
275.
Section 4. A town may make contracts for the exercise of its cor- 1
porate powers and for the following purposes: 2
For the disposal of its garbage, refuse and offal by contract for a term 3
of years. Contracts for such disposal may be made by the selectmen, 4
board of health or other officers ha\'ing charge thereof. 5
For the reception, care and treatment by hospitals established in or 6
near the town, if it maintains and manages no hospital, of persons who by 7
misfortune or poverty require relief during temporary illness; but this 8
provision shall not add to the compensation now required from the com- 9
monwealtli or from any town for the care and treatment of any person 10
chargeable to them respectively as a pauper, nor diminish the right of 11
the commonwealth to require the removal to the state infirmary of a 12
pauper dependent upon it. Contracts for such reception, care and treat- 13
ment may be made by the overseers of the poor or by the board of 14
health. 15
To pay interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum, during 16
the lives of any persons in being at the time of entering into such con- 17
tract, upon any cash gift which it may lawfully receive. 18
Chap. 40.] powers and duties of cities and towns. 295
PURPOSES for which TOWNS MAY APPROPRIATE MONEY.
1 Section 5. A town may at any town meeting appropriate money for Power to make
2 the following purposes: 17S5, 75, § 7. R. S. is, §§ 12, I6; 25, § S. appropriations.
G. S. 18, § 10. 13 Mass. 272. 11 Gray, 340. 134 Mass. 555.
P. S. 27. §§ 10, 12. 6 Pick. 101. 10 Allen, 570. 137 Mass. 171.
1897,132. 21 Pick. 64. 11 Allen. 108. Op. A. G. (1919) 30.
R. L. 25. § 15, 10 Gush. 56. 252. 108 Mass. 408. Op. A. G. (1920) 108.
3 (1) To pay a proper charge of an insurance company for acting as i89s, 45.
4 surety on the official bond of any town officer. An officer authorized ^' ^' ^''' ^ '^'
5 to approve such bonds may accept an insurance company, if qualffied
6 to do business in the commonwealth, as a sufficient surety thereon.
7 (2) For the support of public schools authorized or required by law, i826, 143, § 4.
S and for conveying pupils to and from the public schools, or, if it main- fsef, 132.^ ^'
9 tains no high school or public school of corresponding grade, but affords Hit] tH] 1 1;
10 high school instruction by sending pupils to other towns, for the neces- }o3'^Mass''94
11 sary transportation expenses of such pupils, the same to be expended J0|-
12 by the school committee in its discretion.
187 Mass. 436. 199 Mass. 112. Op. A. G. (1920) 27.
13 (3) For the relief, support, maintenance and employment of the 1692-3, 2s, § 6.
14 poor. R.S.46,U. ' 1793,59,5 1.
15 (4) For laying out, discontinuing, making, altering and repairing i786. 67, § 2.
16 public ways, and for materials used and labor employed thereon. '*'*' '^'
R. S. 24,§§70, 7S; 25, § 9.
17 (5) For the purchase and improvement of parks laid out under chap- i8S2, 154. § s.
18 ter forty-five.
19 (6) For the printing and publishing of town records. 1899, 171.
20 (7) For procuring the writing and publishing of town histories. i854, 429.
21 (8) For burial grounds. 103 Mass. 94.
22 (9) For encouraging the destruction of noxious animals. R. s. 54, § 3.
1838,38. l^l^'l"-
23 (10) For planting shade trees in accordance with section seven of p^^l'lj^i 12
24 chapter eighty-seven. i885, 123, § 1. 1899, 330, § 2. 1915, 145, §§ 7, 13.
25 (11) For necessary aid to soldiers and sailors and their families, and jlsl'ilg'^^'
26 to the families of the slain, and, by special vote, may intrust such fLV y. '
27 amount or any part thereof to any post of the Grand Army of the Re- 1912! 62^ § 1.
28 public in such town, to be disbursed under its direction to any such
29 persons residing therein; but the treasurer or other financial officer of
30 such post shall, before receiving such money, give bond to the town
31 for the faithful disbursement thereof in a sum and with sureties to the
32 satisfaction of the selectmen, and annually return to the town an
33 itemized and specific statement under oath of the disbursement of such
34 amounts during the preceding year, and exliibit his vouchers therefor
35 to a committee of the town for examination. Such special vote may
36 also include such amount as the town may consider necessary to pay
37 the rent of a suitable place for the post of the Grand Army of the Re-
38 public situated in the town in which to hold its meetings.
39 (12) For erecting headstones or other monuments at the graves of J|fJ' }^^-
40 persons who served in the war of the revolution, the war of eighteen JlU'yl-
41 hundred and twelve, the Seminole war, the Mexican war or the war of is9e;29i;455.
42 the rebellion or w'ho served in the mihtary or naval serAice of the United 1902] 286.'
43 States in the Spanish- American war or in the world war; for acquiring 1910! 9a '
44 land by purchase or by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or \l\t] Jif § 1.
1896, 477.
1870, lis.
1872, 84.
P. S. 27, J
i 50.
125 Mass.
526.
1889, 380.
151 Mass.
437.
183 Mass.
232.
296 POWERS AND DITIES OF CITIES AND TOWT^S. [ClIAP. 40.
lll%^l%s, for purchasing, erecting and equipping buildings or for constructing 45
other suitable memorials for properly commemorating the services anri 46
sacrifices of the soldiers, sailors and marines; and for keeping in repair 47
or decorating graves, monuments or other memorials erected to the 48
memory of its firemen who died from injuries received in the performance 49
of their duties in the fire se^^^ce, or for other memorial observances in 50
their honor. Money appropriated in honor of sucli firemen may be paid 51
over to, and expended for such purpose by, any veteran firemen's asso- 52
ciation or similar organization. 53
(13) For marking historic spots within its limits. 54
(14) For necessary and convenient drinking troughs, wells and foun- 55
tains in the public ways, public squares and commons. 197 Mass. 199. 56
(15) For the emplojTnent of counsel, if authorized by a two thirds 57
vote, to represent the town at any hearing in which it is interested 58
before a committee of the general court; but no expense is hereby 59
authorized except such as wouUl be incurred in presenting a case before 60
the judicial courts, and a detailed account of all expenses incurred 61
shall be filed with the town clerk and be open to the inspection of all 62
the taxpayers of the town. 63
1916, 23 (16) For prosecuting or defending proceedings, however instituted, 64
§ 117. ' before a court, the department of public utilities, or any other public 65
board or commission exercising the same or similar powers, in all 66
matters relative or incidental to the prescribing of rates or fixing of 67
charges by public service corporations or the exercise of rights under OS
their franchises. 69
1869, 206. (17) por procuring the detection and apprehension of any person com- 70
mitting a felony therein. 71
1851, 305, § 2. (IS) P'or the establishment, maintenance or increase of a public 72
G. s.' 33,' § 9. library therein, and for the erection or provision of suitable buildings 73
1872! 217! § 4. or rooms therefor, or for maintaining a library therein to which the 74
ilso! m, § 1. inhabitants have free access and of which they have the use, and for 75
fo Allen, ^69.' establishing and maintaining a public reading room in connection with 76
2^ '^^A^G *3i6 ^^'^ under the control of the managers of such library. 77
(19) For the performance of the duties of the board of health and 78
for the establishment and maintenance of hospitals, or of beds therein, 79
sanitary stations, chnics, dispensaries and quarantine grounds, and for 80
the care of indigent persons suffering from disease, in accordance with the 81
provisions of chapter one hundred and eleven. 82
1873, 192 (20) For the erection and maintenance of a hospital for the reception 83
~ '''. 8i\ §"25. of persons requiring relief during temporary sickness. Such hospitals 84
shall be managed by trustees or other officers and agents appointed 85
in accordance with ordinances, rules or regulations made by the city 86
council or the selectmen. 87
1911, 72. (21) For the employment of district or other nurses; but not more 88
than two thousand dollars shall be appropriated for such purpose in 89
any year. Such appropriation may be expended by the selectmen, or 90
by the board of health when so authorized by the selectmen. 91
191.S, 291, § 2. (22) For reimbursing persons for the use of property loaned to, or 92
seized or requisitioned by, the police or fii-e department for the proper 93
performance of its duty in cases of emergency, or for damage to or loss 94
of such property. 95
ligg' 330 5 4 ^"'^-' ^^^ destroying and suppressing gypsy, brown tail and leopard 96
R. l! 25, '§ 16'. moths, tent caterpillars and elm beetles, "under chapter one hundred 97
and thirty-two. 98
1915, 143.
Chap. 40.] powers and duties of cities and towns. 297
99 (24) For constructing telegraph lines for the use of the town upon, iseo, 457, § i.
100 along and under the public ways and squares within its limits, sub- r.l.m.Vsi.
101 ject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-sLx, so far as
102 applicable.
103 (25) For establishing and maintaining public gjinnasiums, swimming i9os, 392, § 1.
104 baths and such other means of instruction or exercise as the town may
105 authorize. Every such public place shall be managed under the direc-
106 tion of the selectmen of the town.
107 (26) For public band concerts, or for music furnished for public cele- 1904, 132.
108 brations, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. 1^°*' ^so-
109 (27) For the celebration of the foiu^h day of July, or for the ob- 1374 112
110 servance of an old home week or day, to take place during any week or li^t^'oy s ^
111 upon any day of the year in vvliich the appropriation is made, during wliich issp, 21'.
112 the town may conduct appropriate celebrations in honor of returning isge! 152!
113 residents and other in^'ited guests and hold exercises of historical in- f902; 109.^ ^*'
114 terest; and, by a two thirds vote, for the celebration of the anniversary igos! 91.^'
115 of its settlement or of its incorporation at the end of a period of fifty, or 2osVatl: 190.
116 of any multiple of fifty, years therefrom, and of publisliing the proceed-
117 ings thereof. If there is a question as to the date of the settlement, the
lis date shall be determined by the selectmen, subject to the approval of
119 the voters. The celebration of the amiiversary may be held at any time
120 during the year.
121 (28) For carrjing out sections seventy-three to eighty-one, inclusive, ino7, 191, § 6.
122 of chapter forty-one. Such appropriation shall be expended by the ^''^''' '^°'
123 board of survey.
124 (29) For erecting and maintaining forest fire observation towers, as i9i9. 120.
125 pro\'ided by section twenty-tliree of chapter forty-eight.
126 (30) For the compensation of all town officers whose election or ap- 1907, ise. § 1.
127 pointment is authorized or required by law, and for all other necessary g^piek^'^o^i'^'
128 charges arising in such town.
12 Pick. 227. 3 ,\Ilen, 9. 130 Mass. 272, 528.
19 Pick. 485. 6 Allen, 1.52. 131 Mass, 521.
23 Pick. 71. 10 Allen, 570. 132 Mass. 436.
3 Met. 163. II Allen, 108. 134 Mass. 555.
3 Cush. 530. 108 Mass. 408. 139 Mass. 341.
10 Cush. 56. 109 Mass. 3X1. 153 Mass. 129.
12 Cush. 103. 112 Mass. 1. 172 Mass. 286.
4 Gray, 502. 114 Mass. 592. 183 Mass. 232.
11 Gray. 340. 122 Mass. 270. 196 Mass. 220, 267.
1 Allen, 103. 127 Mass. 275. 198 Mass. 221.
1 Section 6. To provide for extraordinary or unforeseen expendi- Rese^^•e funds.
2 tures, a town may at an annual town meeting appropriate a sum not ex- ll\f Up
3 ceeding five per cent of the tax levy of the preceding year, to be known
4 as the reserve fund. No direct drafts against this fund shall be made,
5 but transfers from the fund may from time to time be voted by the
6 finance or appropriation committee of the town, in towns having such a
7 committee, and in other towns by the selectmen ; and the town account-
8 ant in towns having such an official, and in other towns the auditor or
9 board of auditors, shall make such transfers accordingly.
1 Section 7. Any town which accepts this section or has accepted ^™°Jnd"-^e
2 corresponding provisions of earlier laws may appropriate money for the i^O;' 205, § i.
3 removal of snow and ice from its sidewalks, in accordance with the pro- § 7,'viii,'§ i.
4 visions of section six of chapter eighty-five. This section shall not apply
5 to cities.
298
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
[Chap. 40.
Tcement SECTION 8. A citv, OF a town wliicli accepts chapter thirty-one or 1
''ill"- has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may appropriate 2
■ 2<3. § 24. money for the enforcement therein of the laws relating to its ci\'il ser\'ice. 3
1902, 544, § 3. 201 Mats. 506.
Armories,
holidays,
G. A. R. and
American
Legion posts.
1861, 165.
P. S. 28, § 13.
R. L. 20, § 28.
1915,2.
1920, 254.
1 Allen, 103.
98 Mass. 219.
137 Mass. 171.
140 Mass. 467.
172 Mass. 286.
Markets and
market places.
1915, 119.
1916, 79.
1919, 350,
§§ 34, 35.
1920, 580.
Section 9. A city or town may for the purpose of providing a suit- 1
able headquarters for a post of the American Legion, lease for a period 2
not exceeding five years a building or part of a building which shall be 3
under the direction and control of such post, subject to regulations 4
made in cities by the mayor with the approval of the council and in 5
towns by vote of the town, and for this purpose a town with a valuation 6
of less than five million dollars may annually appropriate not more 7
than one thousand dollars; a town with a valuation of five million dol- 8
lars but not more than twenty million dollars may annually appropriate 9
not more than fifteen hundred dollars; a town with a valuation of 10
twenty million dollars but not more than seventy-five million dollars 11
may annually appropriate not more than two thousand dollars; a town 12
with a valuation of seventy-five million dollars but not more than one 13
hundred fifty million dollars may annually appropriate not more than 14
twenty-five hundred dollars; and a town with a valuation of one hun- 15
dred fifty million dollars or more may annually appropriate twenty-five 16
hundred dollars for each one hundred fifty million dollars of valuation, 17
or fraction thereof. The city council of a city may, by a two thirds 18
vote, appropriate money for armories for the use of the state militia, for 19
the celebration of holidays, for the purpose of providing or defraying the 20
expenses of suitable quarters for posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, 21
and for other like public purposes to an amount not exceeding in any 22
one year one fiftieth of one per cent of its valuation for such year. 23
Section 10. A city, or a town having a population of not less than 1
ten thousand, may provide and maintain one or more public markets, 2
with suitable buildings and grounds, and for this purpose may acquire 3
land by gift or purchase or lease the same, with or without buildings, and 4
may make alterations in buildings and construct new buildings on land 5
so acquired or leased. Any city or town which does not so maintain a 6
public market shall upon a petition signed by not less than five per cent 7
of its voters designate one or more streets or squares or other public 8
places, suitably situated and approved by the department of agriculture, 9
to be used by farmers as public market places. Such a petition shall be 10
filed with the city or town clerk, and he shall determine whether it con- 11
tains a sufiicient number of signatures and whether such signatures are 12
genuine, and when satisfied that the petition meets the requirements of 13
this section, he shall so certify to the mayor or the chairman of the board 14
of selectmen and shall also notify the commissioner of agriculture that 15
the petition has been filed and state to him the date of filing. Any city 16
or town which maintains a public market or market place in accordance 17
with this section may, subject to the approval of the commissioner of 18
agriculture, make rules and regulations for the management and use 19
thereof, and may prescribe penalties for their violation, and may also 20
designate a market master, who may be a police officer or other mu- 21
nicipal officer or employee, and who shall have charge of such markets 22
or market places and shall conduct them in the interest of the market 23
men and their customers, shall enforce said rules and regulations, and 24
shall maintain order within the market limits. 25
Chap. 40.] powers and duties of cities and towns. 299
1 Section 11. A town which accepts this section, or has accepted cor- Prevention of
2 responding provisions of earlier laws, may appropriate money for the ispl'lslfs ii.
3 prevention of forest fires to an amount not exceeding one tenth of one f^^^- 1^^ ^ "■
4 per cent of its valuation. Every such town with a valuation of one i|i^' lig.
5 million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars or less which appro-
6 priates and expends money, with the approval of the state forester, for
7 apparatus to be used in pre\Tnting or extinguishing forest fires, or for
8 making protective belts or zones as a defence against forest fires, shall,
9 upon the recommendation of the state forester, approved by the governor,
10 receive from the commonwealth a sum equal to one half of the said ex-
11 penditure; but no town shall receive more than two hundred and fifty
12 dollars. A sura not exceeding five thousand dollars may annually be
13 expended by the commonwealth for this purpose.
1 Section 12. A town which accepts this section, or has accepted cor- PubUc baths
2 responding provisions of earlier laws, by a two thirds vote at an annual houJIs''
3 meeting, may purchase or lease land, and erect, alter, enlarge, repair \fh^^^-
4 and impro\e buildings for public baths and wash houses, either with or p s. 27.
.5 without open drying grounds, and may make open bathing places, pro- is98.'i25,
6 vide them with the requisite furniture, fittings and conveniences and r. l. 25,
7 provide instruction in swimming. Such town may establish rates for lls'Mass. 387.
8 the use of such baths and wash houses, and appoint officers therefor,
9 and may make by-laws for the government of such officers, and au-
10 thorize them to make regulations for the management thereof and for
11 the use thereof by non-residents of said town.
1 Section 13. A town which at a meeting or a city which by its city Municipal
2 council accepts this section, or has in like manner accepted corresponding insurance
3 provisions of earlier laws, may appropriate an amount not exceeding in 19S5; i9i_
4 any one year one twentieth of one per cent of its assessed valuation to floyTsre,
5 establish and maintain a municipal buildings insurance fund, from which p^i^^-ios,
6 any municipal buildings or other municipal property damaged or de-
7 stroyed by fire, lightning or otherwise may be repaired, rebuilt or replaced
8 by other buildings or property to be used in place thereof; but no money
9 shall be appropriated for such purpose while the fund equals or exceeds
10 one per cent of such assessed valuation. Such fund shall be managed
11 and administered by the sinking fund commissioners of the town, if any,
12 otherwise by the commissioners of trust funds of the town.
taking, purch.\se and abandonment of land.
1 Section 14. The aldermen of any city, except Boston, or the select- taking or
2 men of a town may purchase, or take by eminent domain under chap- P"f*j'''
3 ter seventy-nine, for any municipal purpose any land within the town is^s. 237, § 1.
4 not already appropriated to public use; but no land shall be taken or isssisis!
5 purchased under this section unless the taking or purchase thereof has iseV, 411, § 1'.
6 previously been authorized by the city council or by vote of the town, k's.'27,^§43;
7 nor until an appropriation of money, to be raised by loan or otherwise, figl *45.
8 has been made for the purpose by a two thirds vote of the city council 5?^['|^^'
9 or by a two thirds vote of the town at a regular meeting, and no lot of 1899,379,
10 land shall be purchased for any municipal purpose for a price more than 1900,437.
11 twenty-five per cent in excess of its average assessed valuation during the §§' 45, 4^7.
12 previous three years. 1918,291, §§6,8. 227 Mass. 538. 233 Mass. 392. 1915,143:263.
300
POWERS >lSD duties OF CITIES AND TO\\TS"S.
[Chap. 40.
Abandonment
of land or
easements.
1901, 294.
R. L. 25. § 50.
Section 15. If any officer of a city or town having charge of any 1
land, easement or right taken for such city or town, otherwise than by 2
purchase, notifies the city council or the selectmen that, in his opinion, 3
such land, easement or right, or part thereof, is no longer required for 4
public purposes, and if thereafter the city council or the inhabitants of 5
the town by a two thirds vote authorize the conveyance of such land, or of 6
part thereof, or the abandonment of such easement or right, or part 7
thereof, and specify the minimum amount to be paid for such convey- 8
ance or abandonment, the mayor or the selectmen may, for such amount 9
or a larger amount, and upon such other terms as the mayor or selectmen 10
shall consider proper, convey said land, or part thereof, by deed, or declare 11
said easement or right, or part thereof, to be abandoned. Such declara- 12
tion, being recorded in the registry of deeds for the district where the 13
land is situated, shall extinguish the easement or right. 14
Sprinkling of
public ways.
1890, 365.
1891, 179,
§§ 1.4.
1895. 186.
1897, 419, § 1.
R. L. 25, § 22;
26, § 25.
1908, 452.
1909, 2S9.
STREET SPRINKLING.
Section 16. A town may sprinkle or spread upon its public ways, 1
or parts thereof, any liquid or material suitable for laying or preventing 2
dust and preserving the surface of such ways or for sanitary purposes, 3
may appropriate money therefor, and determine that with respect to the 4
whole or any part of such ways the whole or any part of such expense 5
shall be assessed upon the estates abutting thereon. 6
1917, 344, IV, §G, 173 Mass. 71. 183 Masa. 333.
VIII, § 1. 175 Mass. 118.
Assessments
for street
sprinkling.
1890, 365.
1891, 179,
S§2^.
1895, 186.
1897, 419,
H 2, 3.
R. L. 25, § 22;
26, § 26.
1908, 452.
1909, 440, § 2.
1914, 198, § 3.
173 Mass. 71.
175 Mass. 118.
183 Mass. 333.
193 Mass. 327.
199 Mass. 5.
218 Mass. 339.
Section 17. If a city determines that the public ways or any portion 1
thereof shall be sprinkled in whole or in part at the expense of the 2
abutters, such expense for a municipal year, and the proportion thereof 3
to be borne by abutters, and the rate to be assessed upon each linear foot 4
of frontage upon such ways, shall be estimated and determined by the 5
board of aldermen and assessed upon the estates abutting on such ways 6
in proportion to the number of linear feet of each estate upon such ways 7
or portion thereof sprinkled. The amount of such assessments upon each 8
estate shall be determined by said board, or, if said board so designates, by 9
the board of public works, board of street commissioners, superintendent 10
of streets or other officer; and such board or officer shall, as soon as may be 11
after the first day of April, cause a list of such ways or portions thereof 12
to be made, specifying each estate and the number of linear feet thereof 13
abutting thereon, the amount per linear foot, and the amount on each 14
estate of such assessment, and certify and commit said list to the asses- 15
sors of taxes. In a town such assessment shall be made by the assessors. 16
Collection of
assessment.
1891, 179,
§§ 3, 4.
1895, 186.
1897, 419,
§§ 3, 4.
R. L. 25, § 22;
26, § 27.
1908, 452.
175 Mass. 118.
183 Mass. 333.
193 Mass. 327.
199 Mass. 5.
218 Mass. 339.
Section 18. The assessors shall include such assessment in the 1
tax list and warrant committed by them to the collector of taxes for 2
that municipal year, and it shall be included in the next annual tax 3
bill, or if the estate so assessed is otherwise exempt from taxation, it 4
shall be rendered as a tax bill. Such assessment shall be a lien upon 5
the estate, and shall be levied, collected, reassessed, paid, apportioned, 6
and bear interest and become payable, in the same manner as, and shall 7
be a part of, the tax for that year on such estate; but in cities the as- 8
sessors shall make no abatement thereof except upon the recommenda- 9
tion of the board or officer by whom the list was certified to them. 10
Chap. 40.] powers and duties of cities and towns. 301
PROVIDING necessities.
1 Section 19. For the purpose of maintaining, distributing and pro- providing
2 viding at reasonable rates during time of war, public exigency, emer- "„ tfme'oT
3 gency or distress a sufficient supply of food, other common necessaries fg^/^^fos
4 of life and temporary shelter for their inhabitants, towns may raise H i- *■ s-
5 and appropriate money outside of any limit imposed by law upon their
6 tax rate or debt; but any bond, note or certificate of indebtedness issued
7 therefor shall be payable in not more than two years from the date of
8 its issue. The receipts from any undertaking or service authorized by
9 this section shall not be applied to municipal purposes, other than those
10 herein described, so long as there are any obligations outstanding issued
11 on account of any such undertaking or ser^•ice. The expenditure of
12 all money so appropriated shall be under the direction of the mayor,
13 or of an officer appointed by the mayor, with the appro\'al of the city
14 council in cities other than Boston, and in Boston with the approval of
15 the commissioner of civil service, and in towns shall be under the direction
16 of the selectmen or of an officer appointed by them.
1 Section 20. Articles furnished or services rendered under the pre- Articles to be
2 ceding section shall be charged for, so far as practicable, at rates calcu- AccounS!^ '
3 lated to cover all costs and charges connected with the particular under- J^""*'- ""end,
4 taking or service, and shall be paid for in cash at the time of delivery a?t"tf9 )^'''
5 or performance. Any town acting under said section shall keep ac- Jsl?'|°^'
6 counts, in the form prescribed by the director of accounts, covering wis. sso, § S4.
7 separately, so far as practicable, the cost of the particular undertaking
8 or service in respect to each commodity included therein; and a report
9 in detail of receipts and exyienditures connected with such undertaking
10 or service shall be included in the annual report of the town treasurer.
ordinances, by-laws AND REGULATIONS.
1 Section 21. Towns may, for the purposes hereinafter named, make xownby-iaws.
2 such orders and by-laws, not repugnant to law, as they may judge most i692-3]*28, § s.
3 conducive to their welfare, which shall be binding upon all inliabitants Hq^i gl' * ^'
4 thereof and all persons within their limits. They may, except as herein jf'^g'^j-
5 provided, affix penalties for breaches thereof, not exceeding twenty |i,y' 'gi
6 dollars for each offence, which may be reco^'ere<l by indictment or on g. s.' is. '
7 complaint before a district court or trial justice, and shall enure to the p. 8.^277 ^ '
8 town or to such uses as it may direct :
R. L. 25, § 23. 1 Gush. 493.
1920, 591, § 3. 2 Cush. 562.
3 Pick. 462. 12 Gray, 161.
6 Pick. 187. 14 Gray, 52.
12 Pick. 227. 9 Allen. 266.
23 Pick. 71. 97 Mass. 221.
1 Met. 130. 121 Mass. 356.
9 (1) For directing and managing their prudential affairs, preserving Prudential
10 peace and gootl order, and maintaining their internal pwalice. fntoMtpoiice.
174 Ma«s. 578. 219 Mass. 580.
1 1 (2) For preventing the fall of snow and ice from roofs and securing Removal of
12 the removal thereof in such portions of their limits and to such exlent roots. '^°"'
13 as they deem expedient. The penalty for violation of such by-laws '*^''' *^"
14 shall apply to the owner of such building or to his agent having the
15 care thereof.
S, 190, § 1
145 Masa.
384.
155 Mass.
531.
172 Mass,
,58.
183 Mass,
, 491.
190 Mass,
, 442,
504.
206 Mass,
,380.
219 Mass
.580.
302
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
[Chap. 40.
Removal of
snow from
sidewalks.
1898, 190. «
Erection of
barriers.
1878, 91.
Regulation of
the use of
sewers.
1897, 116, § 1.
Regulating
water supply
pipes.
1875, 105,
Regulating
width of tires.
1827, 106.
1829, 29.
1918, 291, § 3.
1918, 291, § 3.
1920, 591, § 5.
(3) For providing for the removal of snow and ice from the side- 16
walks within the limits of the public ways therein to such extent as 17
they deem expedient. The penalty for the violation of such by-laws 18
shall apply to the owner of abutting property or his agent having charge 19
thereof. 20
(4) For requiring owners of buildings near the line of public ways to 21
erect barriers, or to take other suitable measures to prevent the fall of 22
snow and ice therefrom upon persons traveling on such ways, and to 23
protect such persons from other dangers incident to the maintenance, 24
occupation or use thereof. 25
(5) For declaring any sewer or drain laid in any land or way, public 26
or private, opened or proposed to be opened for public travel, to be 27
a common sewer, and that it shall not be laid or connected with any 28
existing common sewer except by the board or officers authorized to 29
lay and maintain common sewers. 30
(6) For regulating, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for 31
each offence, the use of the common sewers and the connections which 32
may be made therewith. 33
(7) For regulating throughout the town or within a limited portion 34
thereof, by any designated board or commission, the inspection, 3.5
materials, construction, alteration or use of pipes and fixtures through 36
which water is supplied by public water works; and to prohibit the use 37
of such water by persons neglecting or refusing to comply with such 38
by-laws. 39
(8) For regulating, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for each 40
offence, the use of reservoirs connected with its water supply and land 41
and driveways appurtenant thereto. 42
(9) For regulating the width of tires of vehicles owned in such town 43
and Used on the highways thereof. ' 44
1832, 148. 1834, 29. 1895, 296.
(10) For requiring and regulating the numbering of buildings on or 45
near the line of public or private ways and prescribing by whom and 46
the method in which it shall be done. 47
(11) For regulating the disposal by town boards, officers or depart- 48
ments of personal property belonging to the town. 49
(12) For regulating the making of annual reports by boards, officers 50
or departments not required by law to make such reports. 51
(13) For requiring all town officers to pay all fees received by them 52
by virtue of their office into the town treasury, or to report the amount 53
thereof from time to time to the selectmen, who shall publish the same 54
in the annual town report. 55
Regulation
of carriages.
1847, 224,
§§ 1,2.
1850, 275.
G. S. 19, § 14.
P. S. 28, § 25.
1885, 197.
R. L. 25, § 24.
1920,591, § 9.
2 Cush. 562.
98 Mass. 1.
114 Mass. 328.
122 Mass. 60.
139 Mass. 195.
155 Mass. 227.
Section 22. Except as otherwise provided in, section eighteen of 1
chapter ninety, a city or town may make ordinances or by-laws, or the 2
board of aldermen or the selectmen may make rules and orders, for the 3
regulation of carriages and vehicles used therein, with penalties for the 4
violation thereof not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence; and may 5
annually receive one dollar for each license granted to a person to use 6
any such carriage or vehicle therein. Such rules and orders shall not 7
take effect until they have been published at least once in a newspaper 8
published in the city, town or county.
187 Mass. 221.
188 Mass. 79.
191 Mass. 439.
194 Mass. 14.
199 Mass. 490, 542.
203 Mass. 629.
205 Mass. 344.
210 Mass. 240.
217 Mass. 18.
231 Mass. 386.
233 Mass. 535.
4 Op. A. G. 7.
Chap. 40.] powers and duties of cities .and towns. 303
1 Section 2.3. A city council may make rules and regulations for the city councils
2 erection and maintenance of balustrades or other projections upon the erection of
3 roofs or sides of buildings therein, with penalties for the violation thereof efc"*"^" ^^'
4 of not more than twenty dollars for each ofYence; but no such rule G*i',jl% 13,
5 or regulation shall take efTect until sixty days after its publication in r f; nil's
6 a newspaper published in the city or in the county where the city is [r-Pj?^- ^\h
7 situated. ■ 122 Mass. 173. 12S Mass. 330.
1 Section 24. A city may make ordinances to secure the inspection inspection
2 of ice sold therein and to pre\'ent the sale of impure ice, and affi.x penal- isgst'sss.
3 ties of not more than twenty dollars for each violation thereof.
R. L. 26. § 18. 219 Mass. 121.
1 Section 25. A city or town may by ordinance or by-law restrict ^^"'i'"*,'"" °^
2 buildings to be used for particular industries, trades, manufacturing or classes of
3 commercial purposes to specified parts of the city or town, or may ex- specific/
4 dude them from specified parts of the city or town, or may provide zonls.^^°'^
5 that such buildings, if situated in certain parts of the city or town, shall §f"i°'|°''
6 be subject to special regulations as to their construction or use. A city
7 or town may also by ordinance or by-law provide that certain kinds of
8 dwelling houses and tenement houses shall be restricted to specified parts
9 of the city or town, or shall be excluded from specified parts of the city
10 or town, or that dwelling houses or tenement houses situated in specified
1 1 parts of the city or town shall conform to certain regulations in respect
12 to their construction or use which do not apply to such buildings in
13 other parts of the city or town. For the above purpose the city or town
14 may be divided into districts or zones, and the construction and use of
15 buildings in each district or zone may be regulated as above provided.
16 The provisions of this section shall be carried out in such manner as
17 will best promote the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the
18 inhabitants, will lessen the danger from fire, will tend to improve and
19 beautify the city or town, will harmonize with its natural development,
20 and will assist the carrying out of any scheme for municipal improvement
21 put forth by any municipal planning board or board of survey or other
22 like authority. Due regard shall be paid to the characteristics of the
23 different parts of the city or town, and the ordinances or b>'-Iaw3 estab-
24 lished hereunder in any city or town shall be the same for zones, dis-
25 tricts or streets having substantially the same character.
1 Section 26. No ordinance shall be enacted under the preceding Notice and
2 section in any city until after a public hearing thereon has been held, J920,"if6i, § 3.
3 notice of which shall be published, at least thirty days before the hearing
4 in a newspaper published in such city, or in the county if no newspaper
5 is published in the city. The hearing shall be given by the city council
6 or by such officer, board, commission or committee as may be designated
7 or appointed for the purpose by tlie city council.
1 Section 27. The superintendent of buildings, or the officer or board ^''^^J'"^^"^
2 ha\'ing supervision of the construction of buildings or the power of en- ■^J^o'Imi,
3 forcing the municipal building laws, or if in any town there is no such §§ ■*. 5-
4 officer or board, the selectmen, shall withhold a permit for the construc-
5 tion or alteration of any building if the building as constructed or altered
6 would be in violation of any ordinance or by-law enacted under section
7 twenty-five; and municipal officers shall refuse any permit or license
304
PO'tti;RS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
[Chap. 40.
for the use of a building which use would be in ^nolation of any ordi- 8
nance or by-law enacted under said section. Any person aggrieved by the 9
refusal of a permit under this section may appeal to the municipal of- 10
ficer or board to which a rigjit of appeal lies from decisions under the 11
building laws of the city or town, and if there is no such officer or board, 12
then the appeal shall lie to the city council or to the selectmen, or to such 13
officer, board, commission or committee as shall be designated or ap- 14
pointed by the city council or by the selectmen to act as a board of ap- 15
peals hereunder. 16
bv^in'unction SECTION 28. The supeHor court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the 1
1920, 601, § 0. proAasions of section twenty-five and may restrain by injunction any 2
\iolations thereof. 3
Exemption of
existing struc-
tures and
buildings of
public service
corporations.
1920, 601,
§§7,8.
Section 29. An ordinance or by-law enacted under section twenty- 1
five shall not apply to existing structures nor to the existing use of any 2
building, but it shall apply to any alteration of a building to pro\-ide for 3
its use for a purpose, or in a manner, substantially different from the 4
use to which it was put before alteration. A building used or to be used 5
by a public service corporation may be exempted from the operation of 6
an ordinance or by-law enacted under section twenty-five if, upon a 7
petition of the corporation, the department of public utilities shall, after 8
a public hearing, decide that the present or proposed situation of the 9
building in question is reasonably necessary for the convenience or wel- 10
fare of the public. 11
Repeal and
modification.
1920, 601, § 9.
Section 30. No ordinance' or by-law enacted under section twenty-
fixe shall be repealed or modified except after reasonable notice of the
proposed repeal or modification, and an opportunity to the objectors to
be heard thereon. If in a city any owner of real estate which would be
afi'ected by the proposed repeal or modification objects thereto, it shall
not be repealed or motlified except by a unanimous vote of all the mem-
bers of the city council; and in no case shall such an ordinance or by-law
be repealed or modified except by a two thirds vote of all the members
of the city council, or by a two thirds vote of a town meeting.
Performance
of duty
imposed by
by-laws.
1855, 287.
G. S. 18, § 13.
P. S. 27, § 20.
R. L. 25, § 25.
166 Mass. 133.
Section 31. If a town by-law imposes a duty and affixes a penalty 1
for the neglect or violation thereof, it may also provide that upon such 2
neglect or \'iolation the duty may be performed by officers therein 3
named, at the expense of the person liable to perform the same; and 4
such expense, to an amount not exceeding the penalty, may be recov- 5
ered in contract by the town. G
Publication
of by-laws.
1692-3, 28, § 5.
1695-6, 9, § 5.
1785, 75, § 7.
R. S. 15, §§ 13,
15.
1847, 166.
1855, 222,
§§1,2.
1857, 82.
G. S. 18,
§§ 14, 16.
P. S. 21,
§§21,23.
R. L. 25, § 26.
1904, 344,
5§ 1. 2.
Section 32. Before a by-law takes effect it shall be approved by 1
the attorney general, and shall be published at least three times in one 2
or more newspapers, if any, published in the town, otherwise in one 3
or more newspapers published in the county; or instead of such publi- 4
cation, notice of the by-law shall be given by delivering a copy thereof 5
at every occupied dwelling or apartment in the town, and affidavits of 6
the persons delivering the said copies, filed with the town clerk, shall 7
be conclusive evidence of proper notice hereunder; provided, that any 8
by-law in force upon May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and four, shall 9
not be subject to this section. loos. 144. 10
1919, 275. 2 Cush. 335. 140 Mass. 485. 141 Mass. 81.
Chap. 40.] powers and duties of cities .\nd towns. 305
1 Section 33. A copy of all rules or regulations made by town boards Copy ot ruiea
2 or officers for which a penalty is pro\-ided by law shall be filed with the »°th'town
3 town clerk within ten days after they take effect. i920, 591, § 4. '='^^''-
1 Section 34. Each town containing more than three thousand in- Maintenance
2 habitants shall, and any town may, maintain a secure and convenient i862!2ib', § le.
3 lockup to which persons arrested without a warrant may be com- \lll\ Hg] | f ;
4 mitted; and a magistrate may commit, for further examination, a §"§12,^35.
5 prisoner charged with a bailable offence and not recognizing, to the ^^ ^^ ^^^
6 lockup in the town where the prisoner was arrested or to the lockup lais. 291, § 5.
7 in a town where the court is helcl, if he considers it safe and commodious
8 and that expense may be saved thereby. If a town neglects to provide
9 and maintain a lockup as herein required, it shall forfeit ten dollars
10 for each month during which such neglect continues.
1 Section 35. The mayor of each city, except Boston, and in Boston Keeper of
2 the police commissioner, and the selectmen of each town required to istsTits,
3 maintain a lockup shall annually, by a writing recorded with the town ilgV, ne, § 7.
4 clerk, appoint a keeper of the lockup, who shall have the care and §"§33,^35.
5 custody thereof and of persons committed thereto. He shall accept 28^| 27.^ ^ ^
6 the appointment within three days after notice thereof, shall be sworn R- l. 25^
7 and shall hold office for one year unless sooner removed. If the select- 26^|'40.'
8 men neglect to appoint a keeper, each selectman shall forfeit ten dol-
9 lars for each month during which such neglect continues; and if the
10 mayor, except in Boston, or in Boston the police commissioner, neglects
1 1 for three months to appoint a keeper, he shall forfeit thirty dollars and
12 ten dollars additional for each subsequent month of such neglect.
1906, 291, I 10,
1 Section 36. Such keeper shall ha\e the power of a police officer Powers of
2 and shall receive the compensation to be fixed by the selectmen upon chTrges for
3 his appointment. For the expenses of detention and support of each i862!°li6, ? 17.
4 person committed, shown by the officer's return to have been actually \l^l] \lg] 1 1;
5 detained in the lockup, there may be charged upon the precept, if any, p*\f'27 § 34
6 and paid to the town, fifty cents for each day or fraction thereof.
1890, 1G6. R. L. 25. § 41.
1 Section 37. Such lockups shall at all reasonable hours be ac- Lockup to be
2 cessible to the state police, sheriffs, constables and police officers for officers. "
3 any legal and proper use; and a keeper thereof neglecting to keep it liyglsosifl!
4 so accessible, or refusing to said officers the use of the same, shall be r l¥5.\«.
5 punished by a fine of not less than fi\'e nor more than twenty dollars.
public water supply.
1 Section 38. A town, by the action of its selectmen, ratified by a Town may
2 majority of its voters present and voting thereon at a town meeting water supply.
3 at which the voting list shall be used, or a city, by two thirds vote of §§'i,'5. '
4 its city council, ratified by a majority of the voters thereof at an elec- r a'l?,"'
5 tion called therefor, may, for the purpose of supplying water to its II.Y'a^''
6 inhabitants, purchase of any municipal or other corporation the right ^^ ^^ ~^^,
7 to take water from its sources of supply or from its pipes; or may pur- 26, §5.
306
POWERS AND DITIES OF CITIES AND TO'WNS.
[Chap. 40.
126 Mass. 416. chasc its wliolc Water rights, estates, franchises and privileges, and 8
192 Mass! 455! thereby become entitled to all its rights and privileges and subject to 9
^^' ' all its duties and liabilities; or may contract therewith for a supply 10
of water. All purchase money ^ecei^•ed under this section by a town 11
owing a water debt shall be applied to the payment thereof. 12
Pipes may be
laid in another
town.
Damages.
1870, 93, § 4.
P. S. 27, § 30.
R. L. 25, § 33.
Section 39. If the water is con\'eyed through another town, pipes 1
may be laid through any public ways therein which the board of alder- 2
men or selectmen thereof may designate; and the town laying such 3
pipes shall be liable for damages caused thereby. 4
Emergency
water supply.
1901, 313.
§§ 1,4.
R. L. 25.
§§ 35, 38.
1902, 361.
1919, 350,
§§ 96, 123.
Section 40. The metropolitan district commission in cities or 1
towns using the metropolitan water supply, the city council in other 2
cities, or the selectmen or water commissioners in other towns ha^•i^g 3
a system of water supply, may, in cases of emergency, take by eminent 4
domain under chapter seventy-nine the right to draw water from any 5
stream, pond or reser\'oir not already appropriated to uses of a munic- 6
ipal water supply, or may purchase water from any city, town or water 7
company for a period of not more than six months in any year, in quan- 8
titles necessary to relieve the emergency; but no such taking or pur- 9
chase shall be made until after the department of public health has 10
approved the water as a proper source of water supply, and selectmen 11
or water commissioners of towns shall not make such taking or purchase 12
unless they have first been so authorized by a vote of the inhabitants 13
at a town meeting. They may also take by eminent domain under 14
chapter seventy-nine the right to use any land for the time necessary 1.5
to use such water. The vote of a city council or of the inhabitants of 16
a town or of the metropolitan district commission to make or authorize 17
such taking or purchase shall be conclusive evidence .of the existence of 18
the emergencv. 19
Protection of
water supply.
188S, 160.
R. L. 25. § 14.
1908, 499,
§§ 1, 2, 4.
1911, 135,
§§ 1. 2.
1919, 350, § 9C.
Section 41. Towns and water supply and fire districts duly es- 1
tablished by law may, with the consent and approval of the department 2
of public health, given after due notice and a hearing, take by eminent 3
domain under chapter seventy-nine, or accjuire by purchase or other- 4
wise, and hold, lands, buildings, rights of way and easements within 5
the watershed of any pond, stream, reservoir, well or other water 6
used by them as a source of water supply, which said department may 7
deem necessary to protect and preserve the purity of the water supply. 8
All lands taken, purchased or otherwise acquired under this section 9
shall be under the control of the board of water commissioners of the 10
town or district acquiring the same, who shall manage and improve 11
them in such manner as they shall deem for the best interest of the 12
town or district. All damages to be paid by a town or district by reason 13
of any act done under authority hereof may be paid out of the proceeds 14
of the sale of any bonds authorized by law to be issued by such town or 15
district for water supply purposes or from any surplus income of the 16
water works available therefor. A town may also make a contract to 17
contribute to the cost of building, by any other town situated in the 18
watershed of its water supply, a sewer or system of sewers to aid in 19
protecting such w'ater supply from pollution. 20
Chap. 40.] powers and duties of cities and towtsts. 307
1 Section 42. The board of aldermen or the selectmen may, upon Authorization
2 terms and conditions prescribed by them, authorize the laying of pipes of pipS*
3 and conduits for the conveyance of water under any public way in their I^q^ ^!g. 342.
4 town; provided, that this section shall not authorize any person to
5 supply water to any other person in any town where municipal water
6 works are established except with the consent of the board or authority
7 having charge of such water works therein.
HOT WATER AND STEAM.
1 Section 43. The board of aldermen or the selectmen may, upon Pipes for iiot
2 terms and conditions prescribed by them, authorize the lasing of pipes rteam""
3 and conduits for the transmission of steam or hot water for heating, ^°°^' '°^-
4 cooking and mechanical power, for private use, under any public way
5 in their town, may regulate and control the same, may at any time re-
6 quire the persons using such pipes and conduits to make alterations in
7 the location or construction thereof, and may, after notice and hearing,
8 order the removal thereof. Any use of such pipes and conduits other
9 than herein authorized shall terminate the authority to maintain the
10 same. Sections twelve, thirteen and fourteen of chapter one hundred
11 and fifty-eight shall apply to proceedings hereunder so far as applicable.
IMPROVEiMENT DISTRICTS.
1 Section 44. A town may, at a town meeting, authorize a village Establishment
2 or district therein, if it contains not less than one thousand inhabitants, distri?t?.^^"^°'
3 to organize under a name approved by the town for the purpose of ks*;!?,^'
4 erecting and maintaining street lamps, establishing and maintaining ^^ ^J^j ■ ^ ^4
5 libraries, building and maintaining sidewalks, or for employing and iss Mass. 129.
6 paying police officers, and shall accurately define the limits of such vil-
7 lage or district. Such village or district shall have a clerk and a pru-
8 dential committee, and may have a treasiuer and such other officers
9 as it determines, each of whom shall hold office for one year and imtil
10 another is qualified. Such village or district may adopt by-laws to
11 define the manner of calling its meetings and the duties of its officers,
12 may sue and be sued in the name of its inhabitants, and, so far as
13 appropriate, shall be subject to sections sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-sLx,
14 sixty-nine, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-seven and
15 seventy-nine of chapter forty-eight.
recogniz.\nce.
1 Section 45. The selectmen of a town required to enter into a Recognizances
2 recognizance may by an order or vote authorize any person to enter isss?™!'.
3 into the recognizance in its name and behalf. No siuety shall be re- fi fg/lg.
4 quired thereon. g. s. is, § is. p. s. 27, § 51. r. l. 25, § ss.
0.\TH OF CLAIiLANT.
1 Section 46. Any person authorized to appro\-e a claim against a Oaths may be
2 town for labor, materials or service may, before approval thereof, re- persons "^
3 quire the claimant to certify under oath that all the articles for which demfnl for
4 claim is made have been furnished, or that all the labor or service has ?sb™°io\ § 3
308 POM'ERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS. [ChAP. 40.
fsgl.^'sfsVd. been performed, and that no commission, discount, bonus, reward or 5
R. L. 25, § 98. present of any kind has been recei\'ed by, or promised to, or is expected 6
by, any person on account of the same. 7
1898, 389, § 2. SECTION 47. Each town shall have a seal, established at a town 1
1899,256, meeting, to be kept by the town clerk. Papers or documents issued from 2
26 ^4^^' ^ ^^' ^"-^ office or board of the town may be attested therewith. Cities which 3
had an authorized seal in use on May tenth, eighteen hundred and 4
ninety-nine, may continue to use such seal until changed by ordinance, 5
and other cities shall by ordinance establish a seal of the city and desig- 6
nate the custodian thereof. 7
RECORDS AND REPORTS.
bo"oks^^ °^ Section 48. Every town shall provide suitable places, to be approved 1
§m'2°^' ^y ^'^^ supervisor of public records, for the preservation and convenient 2
PS i-'lir "^^ °^ ^'^ books, reports and laws received from the commonwealth; 3
R. L. 25, § 27. and for every month's neglect so to do shall forfeit ten dollars. Said books, 4
1907 117 .
1908! 142; reports and laws shall be in the custody or control of the town clerk, 5
1919, 350, § 24. unless the city council or selectmen shall by vote designate some other 6
4 Op. A. G. 212. pgj-gQjj iq have said custody or control of all or part of the same. 7
repon.' '°''° Section 49. The selectmen, before the annual town meeting, shall 1
1918,' 29i,\^4.' ^t the expense of the town print the annual town report, for the use of 2
the inhabitants, containing the report of the selectmen for the financial 3
year preceding said meeting, the report of the school committee, and, ex- 4
cept as otherwise provided by vote or by-law of the town, of such other 5
officers and boards as consider it expedient to make a report, the jury 6
list as required by chapter two hundred and thirty-four, and such 7
other matters as the law, or the town by vote or by-law, requires, or as 8
the selectmen consider expedient. If the selectmen neglect or refuse to 9
make the annual town report, they shall severally forfeit fifty dollars. 10
toward "'"pies" SECTION 50. One copy or more of the annual report and of any 1
state^hbrary spccial Tcport of E town shall annually, on or before the last day of 2
I86j5,^i95, April, be transmitted by the town clerk to the state library, and until 3
p s! 27, such transmission the publications distributed by the commonwealth 4
R. L.'25,§ 30. shall be withheld from the town. 5
pau"er8°not SECTION 51. No town or officer thereof shall publish in any report 1
fXhS.""''' ^o'" general distribution to the public or to its citizens the names of 2
1919' 29o' 5" persons assisted in any way by the overseers of the poor of the town, 3
or the names of any persons residing in such town who received aid 4
under chapter one hundred and fifteen. 5
fe'uerf."®"'"' Section52. All official letters from officcrs of towus sliall be Written 1
1913, 702. Qj, printed, so far as practicable, on paper eight and one half inches wide 2
and eleven inches long. 3
Chap. 41.] officers and employees of cities, towtsts and districts.
309
ILLEGAL APPROPRIATIONS.
1 Section 53. If a town or any of its officers or agents are about
2 to raise or expend money or incur obligations piu-porting to bind said
3 town for any purpose or object or in any manner other than that for
4 and in which such town has the legal and constitutional right and power
5 to raise or expend money or incur obligations, the supreme judicial or
6 superior court may, upon the petition of not less than ten taxable in-
7 habitants of the town, determine the same in equity, and may, before
8 the final determination of the cause, restrain the unlawful exercise or
9 abuse of such corporate power. 6 Alien, 152.
Restraint of
illegal
appropriations.
1847, 37.
G. S. 18, § 79.
P. S. 27, § 129.
1885, 312, § 5.
1891, 293.
1898, 490.
R. L. 25, § 100.
3 Cush. 530.
10 Cush. 252.
1 Allen, 103,
166.
99 Masi
103 Ma
116 Ma
139 Ma
140 Ma
148 Ma
153 Ma
154 Ma
. 341.
. 459.
. 285.
. 129.
. 410.
160 Mass. 36.
166 Mass. 347.
185 Mass. 142.
193 Mass. 406.
196 Mass. 220, 267.
198 Mass. 221. 248.
201 Mass. 453.
203 Mass. 146.
11 Allen, 108.
200 Mass. 129.
207 Mass. 172.
212 Mass. 583.
216 Mass. 422.
217 Mass. 336.
223 Mass. 109.
224 Mass. 176.
231 Mass. 252.
REFERENCES.
Cities and towns may appropriate money for the following additional purposes:
State and military aid, Chap. 115, §§ 1-16, inclusive.
Relief of soldiers and sailors. Chap. 115, §§ 17, 18.
Burial of indigent soldiers and sailors and care of graves. Chap. 115, §§ 19-22.
County aid to agriculture, Chap. 12,S, § 45.
Cultivation of shellfish. Chap. 130, § 14.3.
Protection of certain birds. Chap. 131, § 76.
§ 11. Other provisions for expenditure of money for prevention of forest fires.
Chap. 48, § 24.
CHAPTER 41.
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS.
ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
1. Officers to be elected.
2. New board of officers. Increase or
decrease in membership of board.
3. Officers of cities.
4. Penalty for not choosing selectmen or
assessors.
5. Voting list.
6. Towns may provide for use of official
ballots.
7. Determination of officers to be chosen
^ official ballot.
8. Deposit of ballots.
9. Sealing of ballots.
10. Failure to elect, and vacancies.
11. Appointment to fill vacancy.
CLERK.
12. Term of office in cities.
13. To give bond to town.
14. Temporary clerk.
15. Duties of clerk.
16. Return of certificate of oath.
17. Copies of city contracts.
18. Assistant city clerk.
19. Assistant town clerk.
Sect.
selectmen.
20. Duties and oaths.
21. Vote authorizing selectmen to act as
or appoint other officers.
22. Term of office and salary of ap-
pointees.
23. Rescission of vote.
ASSESSORS.
24. Term and number to be chosen.
25. Appointment by selectmen.
26. Same subject.
27. Appointment by county commission-
ers.
28. Assistant assessors. Powers and
duties.
29. Oath of office.
30. Penalty for false valuation.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
31. Vote authorizing selectmen to act as
overseers of the poor.
32. Superintendent of the poor.
33. Organization of overseers.
34. Records.
310
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TO^\'NS AND DISTRICTS. [ClIAP. 41.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
35. Treasurer. Bond. Duties.
36. Prosecution of certain actions on be-
half of town.
37. Collection of taxes by treasurer.
3S. Collector may be given powers of
treasurer.
39. Constable collector of taxes, when.
40. Temporary treasurer or collector.
41. Oath to pay rolls and bills required.
42. Contents of pay roll.
43. Penalty.
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
44. Appointment. Terms. Treasurer and
secretary.
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS.
45. Appointment of commissioners.
46. Duties of town treasurer.
47. Duties of commissioners.
48. Term of office in cities.
49. Vacancy in town.
50. Powers and duties.
51. Notice to creditor of amount payable.
52. Approval of bills.
53. Auditing of public trusts.
54. Notice to auditor of payment to treas-
urer.
ACCOUNTANT.
55. Appointment and qualifications.
56. Warrants for expenditures.
57. Shall keep books of account.
58. Notice to town officers of condition of
their appropriations.
59. Annual estimates to be furnished to
accountant.
60. Table of estimated appropriations.
61. Annual report.
OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF ROADS, SEWERS
AND WATER WORKS.
62. Duties of highway surveyor.
63. Road commissioners and sewer com-
missioners.
64. Road commissioners. Powers and
duties.
65. Sewer commissioners. Powers and
duties.
66. Superintendent of streets. Appoint-
ment and term.
67. One superintendent for two or more
towns.
68. Duties of superintendent of streets.
69. Superintendent of water or sewer de-
partment.
PLANNING BOARD.
70. Appointment and duties.
71. Annual reports.
72. Ordinances and by-laws.
BOARD OF SURVEY.
Appointment and terms.
Filing of plans by private persons.
Preparation of plans by board.
Substitution of new plans.
Construction of ways not in accord-
ance with plans forbidden.
Plans not to be recorded unless ap-
proved by board.
Monuments and marks.
Establishment of exterior lines.
ART COMMISSION.
82. Acceptance of statute.
S3. Appointment and removal.
84. Approval of municipal buildings and
works of art in public places.
WEIGHERS, MEASURERS AND SURVEYORS
OF COMMODITIES.
85. Appointment, qualification and term
of office.
86. Duties and obligations.
87. Not to affect weighers of particular
commodities.
88. Weighers of fish.
89. Deputy weighers.
90. Penalty for violating oath of office.
CONST.ABLES.
91. Appointment and removal in cities.
92. Ser\'ice of civil process.
93. Remedy on bond. :
94. Powers and duties.
95. Jurisdiction outside town limits.
POLICE OFFICERS.
96. Appointment and tenure of office.
97. Police departments of certain towns.
98. Powers and duties of poUce officers.
99. Service in other places on requisi-
tion.
100. Indemnification of police officers or
firemen.
101. Commissioner of public safety.
INSPECTOR OF HEALTH.
102. Appointment and duties.
PURCHASING AGENT.
103. Duties and salary.
104. Acceptance of preceding section.
TRUSTEES OF SOLDIERS' MEMORIALS.
105. Duties and manner of selection.
TREE WARDEN.
106. Appointment.
ClL\P. 41.1 OFFICERS .\ND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS.
311
Sect.
term of office. compensation.
107. Oath of office. Time of entering upon
duties.
lOS. Compensation.
109. Resignation. Effect of removal from
town.
HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS.
110. Half holidays to employees.
111. Vacations of laborers.
EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS.
112. Employment of veterans in labor
service.
Sect.
district officers.
113. District may vote to use official bal-
lots. Certain districts to be subject
to laws relative to such ballots.
114. Election laws to apply.
115. Filing of nomination papers, etc.
116. Duties of prudential committee and
clerk.
117. Town to proi-ide polling place, ballot
box, etc.
118. State secretary to supply blank
forms, tally sheets, etc.
119. Time of holding election and meeting,
etc.
R. S. 15, §33;
19, § 16; 23, § 10.
1S57, 270, §§ 1, 2, 4.
1859, 264.
G. S. 18, §31; 38, §!
1871, 158.
1874, 389.
1877, 186.
1878, 255.
1879, 223, § 4.
1901,482.
R. L. 11, §!
1907, 660, S
1911, 222.
1913,835, §
1918, 257, i
291, § 26.
1919, 5.
1920.2: 591, §§33,35.
Op. A. G. (1918) 115.
168 Mass. 562.
ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
1 Section 1. Every town at its annual meeting shall in every year officers to be
2 when the term of office of any incumbent expires, and except when other i7^s5?52, § i;
3 provision is made by law, choose by ballot from its inhabitants the fol- ilil, h3, § 5.
4 lowing town officers for the following terms of office :
p. S. 27. § 78; 44,
§§21,26.
1886, 150; 295, § 1.
1888. 221, § 1.
1893,304, § 1; 417, § 266.
1894, 16: 218: 473, § 1.
1895, 374, § 1; 506, §§ 2,3.
1896, 190, § 1; 319.
1898, 548, §§ 331, 332, 334.
1899, 330, § 1.
5 A town clerk for the term of one or more years.
6 A town treasurer for the term of one year.
7 One or more collectors of taxes for the term of one year, unless the
8 town votes otherwise or votes to authorize its treasurer to act as
9 collector.
10 Three or five selectmen for the term of one or three years.
1 1 Three or five assessors for the term of three years. toctu
217 Mass. 520.
12 Three or five overseers of the poor for the term of one or three years
13 unless the town votes to authorize its selectmen to act as overseers
14 of the poor.
15 One or three auditors for the term of one year, unless a town account- 203 Ma
16 ant is appointed.
17 One or more highway surveyors for the term of one or three years; or 15 Gray. 480.
IS A road commissioner for the term of one year; or
19 Tliree road commissioners for terms of three years, as the town may
20 vote.
21 A sewer commissioner for the term of one year; or
22 Three sewer commissioners for the terms of three years if the town has
23 provided for such officers, unless the town by vote authorizes its road
24 commissioners to act as sewer commissioners.
25 A tree warden for the term of one year.
26 One or more constables, unless the town by vote provides that they
27 shall be appointed.
28 Three, or a number not exceeding fifteen, divisible by three, members
29 of the school committee for terms of three years.
30 Three or more assistant assessors, if the town so votes, for the term
31 of three years.
115 Mass. 431.
312
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TO^\^SrS AND DISTRICTS. [ChAP. 41.
194 Mass' 5i' Three members of the board of health for the term of three years if the 32
town provides for such board, otherwise the selectmen shall act as a board 33
of health. 34
All other town officers shall be appointed by the selectmen unless 35
other provision is made by law or by vote of the town. 36
Women shall be eligible to all town offices, notwithstanding any special 37
law to the contrary. 38
In any case where three or more members of a board are to be elected 39
for terms of more than one year, as nearly one third as may be shall be 40
elected annually. 41
New board of
oflficers. In-
crease or de-
crease in mem-
bership of
board.
1878, 255.
P. S. 27,
§§ 64-69, 73.
1893, 417,
§§ 267-270.
1895, 374, § 2.
1898, 548,
§§333,335,336.
R. L. 11.
§§337,339,340.
1907, 560,
§§365,367,368,
456.
1913, 835,
§§404,406,407,
503.
1920, 591,
§§33,35; 633.
185 Mass. 85.
221 Mass. 223.
Section 2. Where the town elects a new board or officer to perform 1
the duties of an existing board or officer, the office of such existing board 2
or officer shall terminate upon the qualification of the new board or 3
officer. Where official ballots are used, the establishment of a new 4
board or office, or the fixing of the term of office of town officers where 5
such term is optional, or the increase or reduction of the number of 6
members of a board, shall be determined at a meeting held at least thirty 7
days before the annual meeting. In towns not using official ballots the 8
matter may be determined by vote at the annual meeting. Such vote 9
shall continue in effect until rescinded. If a town votes to increase the 10
number of members of any board, such increase shall be made by adding 11
one or more to each class, to hold office according to the tenure of the 12
class to which they are severally chosen, as will within three years effect it, 13
and such vote to increase shall remain in force until the increase under it 14
is accomplished. If a town votes to diminish the number of members 15
of any board, such diminution shall be made by choosing annually such 16
number as will within three years effect it, and a vote to diminish shall 17
remain in force until the diminution under it is accomplished. If a town 18
votes to reduce a board of three members to a single officer, such vote 19
shall take effect at the following annual town meeting, and upon the elec- 20
tion and qualification of such officer the term of said board shall termi- 21
nate; proNided, that in towns where official ballots are used, unless the 22
vote thus passed is more than thirty days prior to the annual town meet- 23
ing, it shall not take effect until the succeeding annual town meeting. 24
Officers of
cities.
R. 8. 2. § 6,
cl. 17,
G. S. 19, § 2.
P. S. 28. § 2.
1882. 164,
R. L. 26, § 2.
1920, 633.
Section 3. Officers of cities shall have the powers and be subject 1
to the liabilities of the corresponding town officers, if no other pro- 2
visions are made relative to them. Women shall be eligible to city 3
offices to the same extent as to town offices, notwithstanding any special 4
law or charter to the contrary. 5
103 Mass. 443. 219 Mass. 580. 1 Op. A. G. 463.
Penalty for
not choosing
selectmen or
1699-1700,
26, § 5.
1785,50, §3.
Section 4. A town W'hich does not choose selectmen or assessors 1
shall forfeit such amount, not less than one hundred nor more than 2
five hundred dollars, as the county commissioners of the county where 3
the town is situated may order. R. s. i5, § 35. 4
G.S. 18, §34. p. S. 27, §82. 1893, 423, § 38. R. L. 25, § 96.
Voting list.
1874, 376, § 23.
P. S. 7, § 9.
1890, 423,
§216.
1893, 417,
§275.
1898, 548,
§340.
Section 5. The voting list shall be used and the name of every 1
person voting shall be checked thereon, in the election of all town officers 2
whose election is by law required to be by ballot, and in voting upon 3
the question of granting licenses for the sale of certain non-intoxicating 4
beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty- 5
Chap. 41.] officers .\nd employees of cities, tot\tsis and districts. 313
6 eight; but in tiie election of other town officers, the meeting shall deter- R. l. ii, §344.
. . 1007 560
7 mine whether the voting list shall be used. I9i3. sss, §§412,503. §'§372,456.
12 Pick. 485. 103 Mass. M3. Ill Mass. 256.
1 Section 6. A town may, at a town meeting, vote that official ballots Towns may
2 as defined in section one of chapter fifty shall thereafter be used therein ; Sse of offidai
3 and may, at the annual town meeting or at a meeting held at least thirty il^.'l'se, § i.
4 days before the annual town meeting, by a two thirds vote rescind such I^Hj^^' *'^'
5 action. In town elections at which official ballots are used, nominations p||^^^'
6 for town officers elected by ballot shall be made, ballots and other ap- R l. ii. 1 364.
7 paratus therefor provided, and elections of such officers conducted, in §§,192,456.
8 accordance with chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, so far as applicable. §§'432^^563.
1 Section 7. If a town votes that official ballots shall be used for the Determination
2 election of town officers, it shall at the same meeting determine what chosfn^by'" ''*
3 officers, in addition to those recjuired to be elected by ballot, shall there- if9o|'386."§'2.
4 after be chosen by official ballot, and determine the number and terms }|g3'457^ ^'
5 of office, if not already fixed. No change shall thereafter be made in the |„^^'' ^.g'
G officers to be chosen by official ballot, or in the number or terms of office § sei.
7 thereof, except at a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual 1907'! seo,
8 meeting at which such change is to become operative, laia. 335. §§ 433, 503. ^^ ^^^' *^'^-
1 Section 8. At any meeting for the choice of town officers in a town Deposit of
2 not using official ballots, no ballots shall be received by the moderator i79s,'3i, § 3.
3 unless presented for deposit in the ballot box, open and unfolded, by the i^^^'I'll-
4 voter in person, and so that the moderator can know that only one ballot Jg^l ^^^ s 4
5 is presented. No moderator or other election officer shall, before the g. &\'7 §12;
6 polls are closed, read, examine, or permit to be read or examined, the p.'s. 7. §12;
7 names contained upon any ballot. isoo, 423, §§ 221, 224.
1 Section 9. If the town clerk, selectmen, assessors, treasurer, col- ?"?,''"« °'
1117 ballots.
2 lector of taxes and school committee are voted tor on one ballot, the ism. 417.
3 moderator shall cause all such ballots, when canvassed and counted, isys, ms.
4 and record thereof has been made, publicly to be enclosed in envelopes, r. l. 11. § 345.
5 which shall be sealed and endorsed, and certified in the manner required 5§'3f3*^4'56.
6 by section one hundred and seven of chapter fifty-four.
1913, 835, §§ 413, 503.
1 Section 10. If there is a failure at an election to choose a town Failure to
2 officer, or if a person chosen shall not accept such office, or if a vacancy vacancies.
3 shall occur, the town may at any meeting elect a person to such office. Jj^^l; Jf; | *2.
4 If, at an election of town officers for which official ballots are used, Q^|'jg%43
5 there is a failure to elect a town officer, he may be elected at an ad- 1 864, 174 '
6 journed or succeeding meeting; and ballots shall be prepared and fur- 1 sod, 386, § 15.
7 nished for such meeting, containing the nominations already made and §§ i,'2. '
8 such as may subsequently be made for the office. §§^284* m2.
9 The proceedings in such election and the qualifications of a person if^lsj^lsg.
10 to be elected or appointed in case of failure to elect, refusal to accept or ft 355^^63
11 vacancy shall be the same as in an original election.
1907, 560, §§ 383, 391, 456. 1918, 291, § 30.
1913, 835. §§ 423, 431, 503. 1920, 591, § 33.
1 Section 11. If there is a failure to elect, or if a vacancy occurs Appointment
2 in any town office, other than the offices of selectmen, town clerk, IIm.uI^'"'^'
314 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS. [ClI.\P. 41.
Tsgl' 336^ fl ^I'^'isurer, collector of taxes or auditor, the selectmen shall in wTiting 3
i8|3!4i7,' appoint a person to fill such vacancy. If there is a vacancy in a board 4
1898, 548, consisting of two or more members, the remaining members shall give 5
R. L.'ii, 5 3C1. written notice thereof to the selectmen, who, with the remaining mem- 6
ll'ssg^Ta;. 'jt'r or members of such board shall, after one week's notice, fill such 7
§f «9^^5d3. \acancy by ballot. A majority of the ballots of the officers entitled to 8
1918. 291, § 31. vote shall be necessary to such election. The person so appointed or 9
elected shall perform the duties of the office until the next annual meet- 10
ing or until another is qualified. 11
officein SECTION 12. In cities which accepted chapter three hundred and 1
cities thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and one, the term of office 2
1901 332 .
R. l126,'5 15. of the city clerk shall be three years from the date of his election or 3
appointment, except that in cities required to elect a city clerk in Decem- 4
ber his term shall be three years from the beginning of the next munici- 5
pal year. In either case the clerk shall serve until the qualification of 6
his successor unless sooner removed; and a person appointed to fill a 7
vacancy in the office of city clerk shall hold the office until the end of the 8
unexpired term of his predecessor. 9
Jotm-l^°'"^ Section 13. Every town clerk shall, within ten days after his 1
It^i'l""' qualification, give bond to the town for the faithful performance of 2
1910 319 ^ ^^^' ^^'^ duties, in such sum and with such sureties as the selectmen may 3
1918,' 291, approve. If he does not give bond within the time prescribed, the 4
selectmen may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy in the 5
manner prescribed in the following section. 6
I 10,21.
Temporary SECTION 14. If tlie office of city clcrk is vacant, or if a city clerk is 1
1829, 54. unable to perform the duties required by chapters fifty to fifty-six, in- 2
§§49-51. elusive, the mayor shall appoint a temporary clerk to perform such 3
§§' 47, 48. duties. If at a town meeting the office of town clerk is vacant, or if the 4
§§ '97, 98. town clerk is absent, the meeting shall elect by ballot a temporary clerk. 5
189a 423, 'pj^g selectmen, or in their absence three persons chosen at the meeting 6
§rn7* 2^83 ™ ^^^"^'h manner as the voters present shall determine, shall receive and 7
i|98, 548,^ count the votes and declare the election of such clerk. If in case of 8
R. L, ii, "' a vacancy other duties than those required of a town clerk at a town 9
1907, 560, ' meeting are to be performed, or if he is unable to perform such duties, 10
§1^213, 3S4, ^j^^ selectmen may in writing under their hands appoint a clerk for the 1 1
§§^239^^24, performance thereof, who shall be sworn and shall, in the performance 12
1918 257 ''^ such duties, have the same powers and be subject to the same re- 13
I i55g ' quirements and penalties as the town clerk, and he shall immediately 14
i92o! 2. make a record of his election or appointment. 15
^9o!| °Jtf 'f 4' Section 15. The town clerk shall record all votes passed at town 1
il?l'"l' ^s. s 3. meetings held during his term of office. He shall administer the oaths 2
R.s.' 15,' §§ 44, of office to all town officers who apply to him to be sworn, and shall 3
G.'s. 18, §§ 45, make a record thereof and of the oaths of office taken before justices of 4
Ks. 27, §§95, the peace of which certificates are filed. He shall, immediately after 5
1885,190. every annual election of town officers, transmit to the state secretary, 6
ills' 4^' ^"^ blanks to be furnished by him, a complete list of all town officers elected 7
R L 25 '§§ 59 ^""^ qualified and shall promptly report to the secretary any changes in 8
60, 63, 64. ' such officers. He shall, except in the county of Suffolk, within seven 9
is'pick. 305. ■ days after the qualification of a constable make return of his name to 10
Chap. 41.] officers and' EiiPLOYEESi of cities, towtsis and districts. 315
11 the clerk of the courts of the county. He shall make and keep an index 3 Aiien,409.
12 of instruments entered with him required by law to be recorded, which n7Mnss!4fi9!
13 shall be divided into five columns, with appropriate headings for recording J35 Mass^ ds.
14 the date of reception, the names of parties and the book and page on I39 MaS; Ist.
15 which each instrument is recorded. It shall be open to public inspection. 228 Mass. 205.
1 Section 16. A justice of the peace administering the oath of office Return of
2 to any town officer shall, within seven days thereafter, return to the oroLth!'^
3 town clerk a certificate -thereof. 1756-7, 26. § 3, r. l. 25, § 01.
1 Section 17. Every officer of a city who makes or executes a con- copies of city
2 tract on behalf of the city shall furnish said contract or a copy thereof JgSy^sw.
3 to the city clerk within one week after its execution; and the city clerk ^^°^' ^°'-
4 shall keep such contract or copy on file, open to public inspection dur-
5 ing business hours. Such contracts or copies shall be kept in a book by
6 themselves or in several books, arranged according to the subject of
7 the contract, or in other con\"enient form, and an index to the suijject
8 matter of the contracts and to the names of the contractors shall be
9 made semi-annually, and shall also be open to public inspection in
10 some con\'enient form. All allowances under and additions to such
11 contracts, or copies thereof, shall be filed with the city clerk, together
12 with a sworn statement of the officer making such allowances or ad-
13 ditions that the same are correct and in accordance with the contract.
14 A city clerk or other city officer failing to comply with this section
15 shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one
16 hundred dollars.
1 Section 18. A city may by ordinance establish the office of as- Assistant
2 sistant city clerk, and prescribe the manner of his appointment and ism? 72. '
3 his powers and duties. His certificate or attestation shall ha\-e the r l 20] | is.'
4 same effect as that of the city clerk. 203 .Mass. 539.
1 Section 19. The town clerk may in writing appoint an assistant Assistant
2 clerk, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties; 1829, S4,
3 and a record shall be made of the appointment and oath. The assistant r. s. is. §§ so,
4 town clerl^ may, in the absence of the clerk, perform his duties and q g is, § 43.
5 have the powers and be subject to the requirements and penalties f89^3,^6'();^4^i7'.
6 applicable to him, unless a temporary clerk is elected or appointed ^glj^'j*?^' ^ *■
7 pursuant to section fourteen. The assistant clerk shall not receive a ?cj,V||',^s'yi
8 salary from the town, but his compensation, if any, shall be paid by i92o;633.'
9 the clerk, to whom all fees received by the assistant shall be paid.
selectmen.
1 Section 20. Selectmen shall, upon the receipt and approval of the Duties and
2 bond of a collector of taxes or treasurer, give written notice thereof to 11599-1700,
3 the assessors. The selectmen shall be assessors of taxes and overseers i?sl, 50, §§ 1,
4 of the poor in towns which have not authorized the election of such ^ |^'J ^■
5 officers; and before acting as assessors they shall take the oath re- 0|-"j|*-
6 quired of assessors. A person elected a selectman who enters upon the §§ 49, so.
7 performance of his duties before taking the oath of office shall forfeit p. s.'27, '
8 not more than one hundred dollars. ^^ ^"' '°°' '°''
1893, 423, §§ 6, 8, 9. R. L. 25, §§ 65-67. 145 Mass. 50.
316
OFFICERS AND EMPLCVEES OF CITIES, TOWTVS .\ND DISTRICTS. [ChAP. 41.
Vote authoriz-
ing selectmen
to act as or
appoint other
officers.
1920, 591,
§§ 36, 46, 47.
Section 21. Ten per cent of the registered voters in any town may 1
file a petition with the selectmen thirty days or more before the annual 2
town meeting asking that the selectmen act as a water and sewer board, 3
water commissioners, sewer commissioners, park commissioners, board 4
of health, assessors or overseers of the poor, or perform the duties of 5
such boards or officers or any of them, or that cemetery commissioners, 6
assessors, a superintendent of streets, a chief of the police and fire de- 7
partments or a tree warden be thereafter appointed by the selectmen. 8
The selectmen shall thereupon direct the town clerk to cause tlie ques- 9
tion whether the petition shall be granted to be printed upon tlie official 10
ballot used for the election of town officers at the next annual election in 11
substantially the following form: — 12
Shall the town vote to have its selectmen act as ? ' 13
Shall the town vote to have its selectmen appoint ? -^^ 14
If the vote is in the affirmative it shall be valid and binding and the 15
town shall, at the next annual meeting, unless the selectmen are then 16
so elected, provide for their election for three year terms in the manner 17
provided in section one. Upon the election and qualification of the 18
selectmen at such next annual meeting, and upon the appointment and 19
qualification by oath of the officers herein authorized to perform the 20
duties of any existing town board or officer, the term of office of such 21
existing board or officer shall thereupon terminate, and all the duties, 22
powers and obligations of said boards and officers shall be transferred to 23
and imposed upon their successors; and if the town votes to have a super- 24
intendent of streets appointed, the office of highway surveyor or road 25
commissioner shall terminate. 26
Term of office
and salary of
appointees.
1920,591, §44.
Rescission of
vote.
1920,691, §45.
Section 22. Officers appointed by authority of a vote under the pre- 1
ceding section shall hold office until removed by the selectmen, and shall 2
receive such salary as the selectmen may determine, subject to the ap- 3
propriations of the town therefor; and any vacancies existing in any of 4
said offices under the supervision and control of the selectmen shall be 5
filled in the manner of an original appointment. 6
Section 23. A town may, after a vote under section twenty-one 1
has been in effect therein for a period of not less than three years, by a 2
vote at a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual town meet- 3
ing, rescind such action in whole or in part, and thereupon said town 4
shall, at the next town meeting, nominate and elect such officers as are 5
necessary to carry out the duties exercised in accordance with section 6
twenty-one by the board of selectmen or officers appointed by them. 7
Such officers, when to be elected for three year terms, if members of a 8
board of three or more, shall be nominated and elected for one, two or 9
three years respectively, and thereafter for the term of three years, and 10
upon their election and qualification shall have all the duties and obli- 11
gations imposed upon them by law. 12
Term and
number to be
chosen.
1907, 579.
1913, 835,
§§ 408, 503.
ASSESSORS.
Section 24. Each assessor in every city or town except Boston 1
shall be elected or appointed to hold office for three years, or until his 2
successor is duly elected or appointed. 3
Chap. 41.] officers and employees of cities, TO'msrs and districts. 317
4 There shall be three, five, seven or nine assessors in each city, and as 1920 591, §34.
5 nearly one third of the number as may be shall be elected or appointed 206 Mass^ 129!
6 annually.
1 Section 25. In towns which accept this section or have accepted b^^eieotmTn.
2 corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the selectmen shall appoint jl^gi^^g'a'
3 suitable citizens of the town assessors and assistant assessors for a term
4 of not more than three years, and may remove them at any time for
5 cause after a hearing. Upon the qualification of persons so appointed
6 the term of existing assessors or assistant assessors of such town shall
7 terminate.
1 Section 26. If a town votes under section twenty-one to have its same subject.
2 selectmen appoint a board of assessors, the selectmen shall thereupon
3 appoint thre£ or five suitable persons as assessors and may appoint one or
4 more assistant assessors, who, subject to the supervision of the selectmen,
5 shall act as assessors and assistant assessors of the town and shall have all
6 necessary powers therefor.
1 Section 27. If assessors, or selectmen acting as such, shall in any Appointment
2 year fail to perform their duties, the county commissioners may ap- comSioners.
3 point three or more inhabitants of the county to be assessors for such ^^i; 1°; ^ ^■
4 town, who shall be sworn, shall hold oflice until the offices of assessors |;^ |^'i|^§ 36.
5 are filled by the town, and shall receive from the town the compensation jjIj 4^5*2137
6 of assessors.
1 Section 28. Assistant assessors shall, in their respective districts. Assistant
2 assist the assessors in making lists of persons liable to be assessed for Powers and
3 poll taxes in such districts, in publishing and transmitting lists of i809!^27.
4 persons so assessed, in estimating the value of the real and personal §; 1; }|; | fl
5 estate in such districts, and in the performance of such other duties ^39^3, 423^ 5°^.
6 as the assessors require. R- L- 25, § 70.
1 Section 29. Anv person chosen to assess taxes or to determine or Oath of office.
- .., .^., , p . p .1 fa 1099-1700, 26,
2 to assist in determining the ^•alue or property tor the purpose 01 taxa- §§1,2.
3 tion shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, take the {sol", 127.
4 following oath: fsfs-'sf
G. S. 18,
I, having been chosen to assess taxes and estimate the value of property for 15|'-|3.
the purpose of taxation for the town (or city) of for the year (or 55 102-104.
206 Mass. 380.
years) ensuing, do swear that I will truly and impartially, according to my best isss, 355,
skill and judgment, assess and apportion all such taxes as 1 may during that 1893, 423, § 10.
time assess; that I will neither overvalue nor undervalue any property subject K^^'-^^f'
to taxation, and that I will faithfully perform all the duties of said office.
5 If he neglects to take such oath before entering upon the performance
6 of his duties, he shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars.
1 Section 30. Any person chosen to determine the valuation of prop- Penalty for
2 erty for the purpose of taxation who, in order that the taxpayers may tfon'^*""'
3 escape payment of their just proportion of any state or county tax or R**L;25.^§y.'
4 in order to evade any law limiting municipal indebtedness or the rate gas^j^/als' m.
5 of taxation to a percentage of valuation or for any other fraudulent
6 or corrupt purpose, knowingly fixes the valuation of any property at a
318
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS. [ClIAP. 41.
smaller or greater amount than its full and fair cash value, or who causes
an abatement to be made otherwise than is provided by law, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by im-
prisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Vote author-
izing selectmen
to act as over-
seers of the
poor.
1785, 75, § 2.
1893,417,
§274.
1898, 548,
1339.
R. L. 11. § 343.
1907. 560,
§§371,456.
1913, 835.
§§411,503.
Superintend-
ent of the
poor.
1920,591, §39.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Section 31. A town which chooses its overseers of the poor for one 1
year may, instead of electing such officers, provide by vote that the 2
selectmen shall act also as overseers of the poor. Such vote shall, in 3
any town using official ballots, be passed at a meeting held at least 4
thirty days before the annual meeting at which such selectmen are to 5
be chosen, and thereafter the selectmen shall continue to act as over- 6
seers of the poor until the town rescinds such action by a vote passed at 7
a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual meeting. 8
1920, 591, §§ 33, 35. 1 Op. A. G. 617.
Section 32. If a town votes under section twenty-one to have its 1
selectmen act as overseers of the poor, the board may appoint a super- 2
intendent of the poor, who shall assist the selectmen in the performance 3
of their duties as such overseers. 4
Organization
of overseers.
1877, 186, § 3.
P. S. 27, § 71.
R. L. 25. § 71.
195 Mass. 173.
Records.
1877, 186, § 4.
P. S. 27, § 92.
1893, 423, § 12.
R. L. 25. § 71.
145 Mass. 535.
Section 33. Overseers of the poor shall, within seven days after 1
the annual town election, choose a chairman, and a secretary who need 2
not be one of the o\'erseers. 3
Section 34. Overseers of the poor shall keep books so arranged as 1
to readily furnish information required by law relative to all needy per- 2
sons aided by them, and all further information as to relief applied for, 3
whether giAen or refused, the preser\ation of which may be of impor- 4
tance to the town or to the commonwealth, stating the amount and kind 5
of aid given and the reasons for giving or refusing it. 6
Treasurer.
Bond.
Duties.
1699-1700, 12.
R. S. 15,
§§ 58, 64.
G. S. 18.
§§ 54, 59.
P. S. 27,
§§ 105. 110.
1893, 423, § 13.
1899, 394,
§§3,4.
R. L. 25, § 72.
1920. 591, § 6.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
Section 35. The town treasurer shall give bond for the faithful 1
performance of his duties in a sum and with sureties appro\-ed by the 2
selectmen, shall receive and take charge of all money belonging to the 3
town, and pay over and account for the same according to the order 4
of the town or of its authorized officers. No other person shall pay any 5
bill of any department. He shall have the authority given to an 6
auditor by section fifty-one, and shall annually render a true account 7
of all his receipts and disbursements and a report of his official acts. 8
Prosecution
of certain
actions on
behalf of town.
1699-1700, 12.
1715-16,
14, § 2.
1785, 28, § 4.
1797, 14.
R..S. 14, §54;
15, §§ 59, 62,
63.
1854, 87, 419.
G. S. 18,
§§ 55, 56;
19, § 15.
Section 36. He may in his own name and official capacity prose- 1
cute actions upon bonds, notes or other securities given to him or to 2
his predecessors in office; and unless otherwise provided, he or the 3
chief or superintendent of police or other police officer of the town may 4
prosecute for trespasses committed in or on any public building or 5
enclosure belonging to or within the town. If a public building or en- 6
closure is owned in part by the town and in part by the county, such 7
prosecution may be instituted by the treasurer of either the town or 8
the COUntj'. 1S70, 227. p. S. 27, §5 IO6, 107; 2s, § 26. 1893, 423, §§ 14, 15. 9
R. L. 25. §§ 73, 74; 26, § 39. Ill Mass. 407. 157 Mass. 407.
1904, 277. 153 Mass. 211. 1S3 Mass. 491.
Chap. 41.] officers and employees of cities, towns and districts. 319
1 Section 37. A town treasurer acting as collector of taxes may Collection
2 appoint deputies, who shall give bond to the satisfaction of the select- trea^irer.'*
3 men for the faithful performance of their duties; and such collector {I!?! 09"' ^'
4 and deputies shall have the powers of collectors of taxes. A treasurer §§|o,^oi.
5 acting as collector may issue his warrant to the sheriff of the county ^^fy^fs
6 or his deputy, or to any constable of the town, directing them to dis- r's^qI^'joq
7 train the property or take the body of any person delinquent in the 1893, 423. § 16.
8 payment of taxes, and may proceed in the same manner as collectors, siviet.m. ^'
99 Mass. 472. 100 Mass. 172.
1 Section 38. A town may authorize its collector of taxes to use all may^btTgiven
2 means of collecting taxes which a town treasurer may use when ap- powers of
, ,, „ treasurer.
3 pointed a collector of taxes.
1850, 57. P. S. 27, § 125. R. L. 25, § 78. 100 Mass. 172.
G. S. IS, § 73. 1893, 423, § 19 99 Mass. 472. 145 Mass. 50.
1 Section 39. If a person appointed to collect taxes in a town refuses Constable
2 to serve, or if no person is elected or appointed a collector of taxes, the taxes, when.
3 constables of the town shall be the collectors of taxes.
1699-1700, 26, 5 10. R. S. 15, § 78. P. S. 27, § 123. R. L. 25, § 76.
17S5, 70, § 1. G. S. 18, § 71. 1893, 423, § 17. 6 Gray. 387.
1 Section 40. If the office of treasurer or collector of taxes is ^•acant, Temporary
2 or if the treasurer or collector is unable to perform his duties, the ooirec"tor ""^
3 selectmen may in writing appoint a temporary treasurer or collector, If^^' il § 40.
4 who shall be sworn, give bond in like manner as the treasurer or col- {>*'«.■ 27?'
5 lector chosen by the town, and hold such office until another is qualified flgg^'/j 7
6 or the disability is removed. If a treasurer or collector does not, within § 288.
. . 1898 548
7 ten days after his election or appointment, give bond, the selectmen may § 355.
8 declare the office vacant and appoint another. 1907, 560, §§387, 456.
1913, 835, §§ 427, 503. 4 Gray, 250. 140 Mass. 386.
1 Section 41. No treasurer or other fiscal officer of any city other Oath to
2 than Boston shall pay any salary or compensation to any person in ErifsKquiW.
3 the service or employment of the city unless the pay roll, bill or ac- 825^' ^^''' ^ '"
4 count for such salary or compensation shall be sworn to by the head of '^'*' ^^■
5 the department or the person immediately responsible for the appoint-
6 ment, emplojTiient, promotion or transfer of the persons named therein,
7 or, in case of the absence or disability of the head of the department
8 or of such person, then by a person designated by the head of the
9 department and approved by the mayor. A city council, board of al-
10 dermen, common council, commission, committee or board of trustees
11 may for the purposes of this section designate any one of its members
12 to make oath to a pay roll, bill or account for salary or compensation
13 of its members or employees, but this provision shall not limit the re-
14 sponsibility of each member of any such body in the event of a non-
15 compliance with this section.
1 Section 42. Every such pay roll, bill or account shall contain the Contents of
2 following information: First, full name of each employee; second, title ioi3%2o, § 2.
3 of his office, or specific nature of the labor which he was originally en-
4 gaged to perform; third, kind of work in which he has actually been en-
5 gaged since the submission of the last previous pay roll; fourth, salary,
6 wages or other compensation; fifth, dates of employment.
320
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TO"msrS AND DISTRICTS. [ClIAP. 41.
Penalty.
1913, 520, § 3.
Section 4.3. Each appointing, employing or other officer, who wil- 1
fully refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of the two preced- 2
ing sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-fi\'e nor 3
more than one hundred dollars. 4
Appointment.
Treasurer and
Becretarv.
1875, 209. § .5.
P. S. 29, § 10.
R. L. 27, 5 14.
1913, 719, § 13.
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
Section 44. A city or town ha\'ing a sinking fund as provided in 1
section forty-seven of chapter forty-four shall elect each year for terms 2
of three years the number of sinldng fund commissioners ecjual to the .3
number whose term then expires. In towns they shall be elected by 4
ballot at town meeting, and in cities by concurrent vote of both branches 5
of the city council. In case of a vacancy the remaining member or mem- 6
bers shall exercise the powers of the board until the vacancy is filled. 7
The city or town treasurer shall not be eligible as a commissioner, and 8
the acceptance by a commissioner of the office of treasurer shall render 9
his former office vacant. The foregoing provisions as to the mode of 10
electing commissioners shall not apply to boards of sinking fund com- 11
missioners which were established before the thirteenth day of June in 12
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-fi\'e. The commissioners shall 13
choose a treasurer, who may be the city or town treasurer; and if the 14
city or town treasurer is chosen his bond shall apply to and include 15
duties performed as treasurer of the sinking fund. If any other person 16
is chosen treasurer he shall give a bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction 17
of the commissioners, for the proper performance of his official duties. 18
The commissioners may also choose a secretary. 19
Appointment
COMMISSIONERS OF TRU.ST FUNDS.
Section 45. Any city or town, except Boston, may create a board 1
of commissioners of trust funds, consisting of three persons who shall 2
have the management of all trust funds gi\'en or bequeathed for the 3
benefit of the to\™ or the inliabitants thereof, unless the donor in making 4
the gift or bequest shall otherwise provide. In cities the commissioners 5
shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. In 6
towns they shall be elected in the same manner as other tovni officers. 7
At the time of creating said board there shall be appointed or elected 8
one member for one year, one member for two years, and one member 9
for three years; and there shall be appointed or elected annually there- 10
after one member for three years. Vacancies shall be filled by the mayor, 1 1
with the approval of the council, or by the selectmen. 12
Duties of
town treasurer.
1915, 282, § 2.
Section 46. The town treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds 1
and securities of such trust funds, and shall invest and reinvest them, 2
and expend therefrom moneys as directed by the commissioners. The 3
treasurer shall furnish a bond satisfactory to them for the faithful per- 4
formance of his duties. 5
Duties of
oomraissionera.
1915, 2S2, 5 3.
Section 47. The said board of commissioners shall, so far as con- 1
sistent with the terms of the trusts, manage and control the same, and 2
distribute the income in accordance with the terms of the respective 3
trusts. The board shall keep a record of its doings, and at the close of 4
each financial year shall make a report to the town, showing the total 5
amount of the funds, and their investments, receipts and disbursements 6
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7 on account of the same, setting forth in detail the sources of the receipts
8 and the purposes of the expenditures.
1 Section 48. In cities which accepted chapter three hundred and J|™i°'
2 seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and five, the auditor shall S'g'i^'' 3-,
3 hold office for three years from the date of his election or appointment 203 Mass! 539.
4 and until his successor is qualified, unless sooner removed. A person
5 chosen to fill a vacancy shall hold the office until the end of the unex-
6 pired term of his predecessor.
1 Section 49. If the office of an auditor in a town is vacant, the vacancy
2 remaining auditors, if any, may perform the duties thereof and may isqo^Sm.
3 appoint a person to aid them. If there is no remaining auditor, the I^IIq.*^^"
4 selectmen shall appoint an auditor to serve until another is qualified. I^He^^'
R. L. 11, §360. 1907, 560, §§ 388, 456. 1913, 835, |§ 428, 503.
1 Section 50. The auditors of a town shall examine the books and ^°^^^'''^
2 accounts of all its officers and committees intrusted with the receipt, }|||'i?f-
3 custody or expenditure of money, and all original bills and vouchers on isss! 423, § 20.
4 which money has been or may be paid from its treasury. They shall 203 iiask 539.
5 have free access to such books, accounts, bills and vouchers as often
6 as once a month for the purpose of examination, and shall examine
7 the same at least once in each year, and annually report in WTiting the
8 result of their examinations.
1 Section 51. An auditor may notify a person to whom money is Notice to
2 due from the town that a certain designated amount, which may be amount
3 either the whole or a part of the money so due, is payable to him upon is99,''394,
4 application to an officer named in the notice, and, unless pajTuent is R.i'.25, §80.
5 refused upon such application, no interest shall accrue on said des-
6 ignated amount after the giving of the notice. A part pajTnent au-
7 thorized by this section shall not affect a right of tender, lien or other
8 provision of law for the recovery of the amount of the debt, or inter-
9 est or costs thereon, remaining due; but if the part pajTiient is more
10 than the debt as finally determined, the excess, without interest, shall be
1 1 repaid to the town.
1 Section 52. All accounts rendered to or kept in the departments Approval
2 of any city shall be subject to the inspection of the city auditor or ?9i'3','669,
3 officer having similar duties, and in towns they shall be subject to the ^^ ^' ^'
4 inspection of the selectmen. The auditor or officer having similar
5 duties, or the selectmen, may require any person presenting for settle-
6 ment an account or claim against the city or town to make oath before
7 him or them, in such form as he or they may prescribe, as to the ac-
8 curacy of such account or claim. The wilful making of a false oath
9 shall be punishable as perjury. The auditor or officer having similar
10 duties in cities, and the selectmen in towns, shall approve the pay-
11 ment of all bills or pay rolls of all departments before they are paid by
12 the treasurer, and may disallow and refuse to approve for pajTnent,
13 in whole or in part, any claim as fraudulent, unlawful or excessive;
14 and in that case the auditor or officer having similar duties, or the se-
15 lectmen, shall file with the city or town treasurer a written statement
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of the reasons for the refusal; and the treasurer shall not pay any claim 16
or bill so disallowed. This section shall not abridge the powers con- 17
f erred on town accountants by sections fifty-five to sixty-one, inclusive. 18
Auditing of
public trusts.
1904, 322.
Section 53. Town auditors shall at least once every year, and so 1
much oftener as they deem necessary, audit the accounts of the trustees 2
of any property the principal or income of which, in whole or in part, 3
was bequeathed or given in trust for public uses for the benefit of the 4
town or any part thereof, or for the benefit of the inhabitants of the 5
town or of any part thereof, and examine and estimate the funds, securi- 6
ties and evidences of property held by such trustees. Said trustees 7
shall give said auditors free access to their accounts, funds, securities 8
and evidences of property; and any such trustee refusing to exhibit the 9
same shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than 10
two hundred dollars. Town auditors shall include in their annual re- 11
ports a report of such auditing and investigation; and if they discover 12
any fraud or irregularity they shall immediately report the same to the 13
mayor and city treasurer or to the selectmen and town treasurer. 14
Notice to
auditor of
payment to
Section 54. Whenever any officer of the commonwealth, or of a 1
county, city or town, makes a pajinent of public money to the treasurer 2
of a city or town in the commonwealth, he shall furnish at the same 3
time to the auditor of such city or town, or to the town accountant, 4
if there is no auditor, a written statement of the amount of the pay- 5
ment, and the date and purpose thereof. 6
Appointment
and qualifi-
cations.
1910, 624. § 1.
1916, 252.
ACCOUNTANT.
Section 55. Any town may authorize the selectmen to appoint a 1
town accountant, who shall perform the duties and possess the powers of 2
town auditors as defined in sections fifty to fifty-three, inclusive. In 3
towns so authorizing the appointment of a town accountant the office 4
of town auditor may, if the town so vote, be abolished. In towns which 5
have accepted chapter thirty-one or corresponding provisions of earlier 6
laws, the appointment of the town accountant shall be subject to the 7
civil service rules. The town accountant shall be sworn to the faithful 8
performance of his duties, shall hold no other town office involving the 9
receipt or disbursement of money, shall receive such salary as the town 10
shall vote, and shall hold office for three years and until his successor 11
is qualified; provided, that the town clerk, if he holds no other office 12
involving the receipt or disbursement of money, may be appointed town 13
accountant. 14
Warrants for
expenditures.
1910, 624, § 2.
Section 56. The selectmen and all boards, committees, heads of 1
departments and officers authorized to expend money shall approve 2
and transmit to the town accountant as often a;s once each month all 3
bills, drafts and orders chargeable to the respective appropriations of 4
which they have the expenditure. The town accountant shall examine 5
all such bills, drafts or orders, and, if found correct and approved as 6
herein provided, shall draw a warrant upon the treasurer for the pay- 7
ment of the same which shall also be signed by the officer or by a ma- 8
jority of the board or committee authorized to make the expenditure. 9
The treasurer shall pay no money from the treasury except upon a 10
warrant so signed. 11
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1 Section 57. The town accountant shall keep a complete set of tooUs'^c^''
2 books wherein shall be entered the amount of each specific appropri- ^5'"°"^*;.
3 ation, the amounts and purposes of expenditures made therefrom, the isigisso!
4 receipts from each source of income, the amount of each assessment
5 levied, and the abatements made; and he shall keep his accounts, so far
6 as practicable, in conformity with the classifications and forms pre-
7 scribed by the director of accounts in accordance with section forty-
S three of chapter forty-four. The town accountant shall have custody of
9 all contracts of the town, shall keep a register of the sureties on all bonds
10 of indemnity given to the town, shall keep a detailed record of the
11 town debt, showing the purpose for which it was incurred, when incurred,
12 when due, the rate of interest and the provisions made for the pay-
13 ment of the debt.
1 Section 58. Whenever anv appropriation shall have been expended N"t'ce to
.... ji • 1 town officers of
2 or whenever, in the judgment oi the town accountant, it appears that conditionof
3 the liabilities incurred against any appropriation may be in excess of priations.
4 the unexpended balance thereof, he shall immediately notify the se- ^ ^°' '* '
5 lectmen and the board, committee, head of department or officer au-
6 thorized to make expenditures therefrom, and no claim against such
7 appropriation shall be allowed nor any further liability incurred until
8 the town makes provision for its payment. The town accountant shall,
9 at regular intervals and as often at least as once each month, send to
10 the selectmen and to each board, committee, head of department or
11 officer having the disbursement of an appropriation a statement of
12 the amount of orders approved and warrants drawn on behalf of said
13 board, department or officer during the preceding month, and a state-
14 ment of the balance of such appropriation remaining subject to draft.
15 Each head of a department, board or committee authorized to expend
16 money shall furnish the town accountant, at the close of the financial
17 year, a list of bills remaining unpaid, showing to whom and for what
18 due, and their amounts; and the town accountant shall incorporate the
19 same in his annual report covering the financial transactions of the
20 town, as provided by section sixty-one.
1 Section 59. The selectmen and all boards, committees, heads of '^jJJ^"}
2 departments or other officers of a town authorized by law to expend t>e furnished
3 money shall furnish to the town accountant, not less than ten days i9io, 624, § a.
4 before the end of the town financial year, detailed estimates of the
5 amounts necessary for the proper maintenance of the departments
6 under their jurisdiction for the ensuing year, with explanatory state-
7 ments as to any changes from the amounts appropriated for the same
8 purposes in the preceding year, and an estimate of amounts necessary
9 for outlays or permanent improvements. They shall also prepare esti-
10 mates of any income likely to be received by the town during the
11 ensuing year in connection with the town's business or property in-
12 trusted to their care. The selectmen shall include in their estimates
13 the salaries and expenses connected with their own office, and the sal-
14 aries of all other town officers shall be included in the estimates for the
15 office, department or branch of the public service of which they are in
16 charge. The treasurer shall, in addition to his estimate of the amount
17 required for the maintenance of his own office, prepare a separate state-
18 ment indicating the amounts required for the payment of interest on
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the town debt and for the payment of such portions of the town debt 19
as may become due during the succeeding year. 20
Table of
estimated
appropriations.
1910, 624. § 6.
1911,207.
1919, 350,
§§ 52, 54.
Annual report.
1910. 624. § 7.
1919, 350,
§§ 52, 54.
Duties of
highway
1786, '81,' § 2.
1796, 58, § 4.
R. S. 25, § 7.
G. S. 44, § 6.
P. S. 52. § 4.
1895. 374. § 1.
R. L. 25. § 81;
51, §4.
Road commis-
sioners and
sewer commis-
1871. 158. § 1.
P. S. 27. § 74.
1893. 417,
§271.
1898, 548,
§337.
R. L. 11, § 341
1907, 560.
§§ 369. 450.
1913. 835.
§§ 409. 503.
1918, 257,
§ 153.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 60. The town accountant shall immediately upon the
close of the financial year compile statements in tabulated form showing
the amounts appropriated and the amounts expended from each appro-
priation during the preceding year, and the estimates for the current
year, and shall forthwith furnish a copy thereof to the selectmen, or to
such committee as the town may appoint to consider and report on
proposed appropriations. The selectmen, or said committee when so
appointed, shall after due consideration designate the amounts which
in their opinion should be appropriated for the ensuing year, and shall
accompany the same with such explanations and suggestions in relation 10
thereto as they may deem desirable for the proper information of the 11
inhabitants. The selectmen shall print and distribute this document 12
at or before the annual town meeting, and the town clerk shall transmit 13
a copy thereof and of all town reports to the director of accounts. 14
Section 61. The town accountant shall make an annual report, 1
to be published as a town document, giving a statement of all receipts 2
and expenditures of the town for the past financial year, including 3
those of funds managed by trustees or commissioners for the town and 4
showing also the amount of each specific appropriation, the ex-penditures 5
therefrom, and the purpose for which money has been spent; and said 6
statement shall be arranged in accordance with the classifications pre- 7
scribed by the director of accounts. Such report shall contain a state- S
ment of any change in the amount of the town debt during the year 9
and a list of indebtedness incurred and unpaid at the end of the financial 10
year. 11
officers in charge of roads, se-wers and water works.
Section 62. If a highway surveyor be chosen, he shall have the 1
exclusive control of the ordinary repair of public ways in his town with- 2
out being subject to the authority of the selectmen. If more than one 3
highway surveyor be chosen, the selectmen shall annually, before May 4
first, assign to each surveyor the limits and di\isions of the ways to be 5
kept in repair by him. i9i7. 344. iv, §§ 10, 11, viii, i 1. 6
Section 63. A town may at an annual meeting if official ballots 1
are not used, otherwise at a meeting held at least thirty days before 2
the annual meeting, vote to elect in the following manner three road 3
commissioners or three sewer commissioners, or both. 4
It shall, at the annual meeting when such vote is passed or at the 5
annual meeting next succeeding the meeting at which the vote was 6
passed, elect one for one year, one for two years and one for three years; 7
and at each annual meeting thereafter it shall elect one for three years. 8
A town which has voted to elect said officers as herein provided may 9
in like manner rescind such action; and thereupon, if at an annual 10
meeting, the offices of road commissioners or sewer commissioners or 11
both shall be abolished. If such vote is taken at a meeting held at 12
least thirty days before the annual meeting, such abolition shall take 13
effect at the next annual meeting. Upon the election of road com- 14
missioners as herein provided, the office of highway surveyor shall be 15
abolished. 16
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1 Section 64. If road commissioners be chosen, they shall exclusively Road
2 have the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities power's^anS'^'^^'
3 and penalties of selectmen and surveyors of highways relative to public fsrii^iss. § 2.
4 ways, monuments at the termini and angles thereof, guide posts, side- ^"i;ij;^j^
5 walks and shade trees, and, if sewer commissioners be not chosen, rela- i*^.^' i,i\Kl^-
6 tive to sewers and drams. i9i7. 344, iv, § 12, vm, § 1. 128 Mass. 550.
146 Mass. 43. 164 Mass. 263. 174 Mass. 450.
1 Section 65. If sewer commissioners be chosen, they shall, as to Sewer
2 sewers and drains, exclusively have the powers, perform the duties Pow™rsand*"'
3 and be subject to the liabilities and penalties of selectmen and road i893;''304, § 2;
4 commissioners. R. l- 25, § S4. *-^- ^ -*■
1 Section 66. In a town which has not authorized the election of Superintendent
. . . 1. 1 • 1 1 n °' streets.
2 road commissioners or surveyors of highways, the selectmen shall, as Appointment
3 soon after the annual town meeting as may be, appoint in writing a i8S9, 98,'§§ 1,
4 superintendent of streets, who shall receive such compensation as they 1893, 423, § 25.
5 or the town determine and shall be removable by them when the public ^^t. 23, § ss.
6 interest requires. He shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his l^/a^'viii.Yi.
7 duties, and shall hold office until the next annual town meeting or until ig| ^J||^. 30i.
8 his successor is qualified. 223 Mass. 485. 229 Mass. 663.
1 Section 67. The selectmen of two or more towns may unitedly, onesuperin-
2 subject to the approval of the division of highways, appoint and fix the tn°o or more
3 compensation of a superintendent of streets who shall exercise the same mr34:344,
4 powers and duties and be otherwise subject to the same provisions of jgjg^ 350
5 law as if appointed in each of such towns. His compensation shall be §§ m^ li^-
6 paid by said towns in such proportions as the selectmen may unitedly
7 determine.
1 Section 68. The superintendent of streets shall, under the direction Duties of
2 of the selectmen, have full charge of all repairs and labor upon public of^treets"''^''*
3 ways and sidewalks, and, if no other provision is made, of repairs upon §§*|;3*'
4 sewers and drains; and in relation to such matters he shall have the j|^3', 423, § 26.
5 powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penal- R l- 25, V86'.
6 ties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners. iss Mass. 301. § 14,'viii, § i.
205 Mass. 493. 223 Mass. 485. 229 Mass. 563.
1 Section 69. If a town votes under section twenty-one to have its Superintend-
2 selectmen act as water and sewer boards, water commissioners or sewer or'sew«^*d"
3 commissioners, the selectmen may appoint a suitable person to act as i92o?59i,' § 40.
4 superintendent of the water or sewer department or designate the super-
5 intendent of streets so to act if the town has voted to have its selectmen
6 appoint such officer, who, subject to the control of the selectmen, shall
7 have all necessary powers therefor.
planning board.
1 Section 70. Every city and every town having a population of an^tTdutiTs^"*
2 more than ten thousand at the last preceding national or state census \^\f |||' | J-
3 shall, and towns having a population of less than ten thousand may, 4 Op'. a. g. iss.
4 create a planning board, which shall make careful studies of the re-
5 sources, possibilities and needs of the town, particularly with respect
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to conditions injurious to the public health or otherwise in and about G
rented dwellings, and make plans for the development of the munici- 7
pality, with special reference to proper housing of its inhabitants. In 8
cities the said board shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to con- 9
firmation by the council, and in towns shall be elected at the annual 10
town meeting. 11
Annual
reports.
1913, 494, § 2.
1919, 350, § S;
Section 71. Every planning board shall make a report annually 1
to the city council or to the annual town meeting, giving information 2
regarding the condition of the town and any plans or proposals for its 3
development and estimates of the cost thereof. Every such planning 4
board shall file with the department of public welfare a copy of each 5
report made by it. 6
Ordii
and by-law
1913, 494, i
1915, 165.
Section 72. Cities and towns may make ordinances and by-laws
for carrying out the purposes of section seventy, and they may ap-
propriate money therefor. The planning board of a town may be au-
thorized by vote of the town to act as park commissioners therein,
and may be vested with all the powers and duties of park commissioners
in towns.
BOARD OF SURVEY.
Section 73. In cities which accept this section by vote of the city 1
council or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the 2
mayor, with the approval of the city council, may in January in any 3
year appoint three inhabitants thereof to be a board of survey. Of the 4
members first appointed one shall serve for one year, one for two years, 5
and one for three years from the first day of the following February, 6
and thereafter, in January of each year, one member of said board shall 7
be appointed to serve for three years from the first day of February 8
after his appointment, or until his successor is qualified. If a vacancy 9
occurs a member shall be appointed in the manner provided herein to 10
serve for the remainder of the term. The city engineer shall act as 11
clerk of the board. The compensation of the members of the board 12
shall be fixed by the city council. In towns which accept this section 13
or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the selectmen 14
shall constitute a board of survey. 15
Section 74. After the establishment of a board of survey no person 1
Filing of
p"^a<« p«™n8. shall open a private way for public use without first submitting to said
i9i6[ i9o; § 2. board suitable plans thereof in accordance with such rules and regula-
tions as the board may prescribe. In cities such plans shall be so pre-
pared as to show the profiles of such way and the method of drainage
of the adjacent or contiguous territory. Upon the receipt of said plans,
with a petition for their appro\'al, the board shall give a public hearing
thereon, after giving notice of the same by publication once in each of
two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or town, the
last publication to be at least two days before the hearing; and after 10
the hearing, the board may alter such plans, and may determine where 1 1
such ways shall be located and the width and grades thereof, and shall 12
indicate any modifications on said plans. The plans as appro\'ed or 13
modified by the board shall then be signed by the board, and in cities 14
shall be filed in the office of the city engineer, and in towns in the office 15
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16 of the town clerk; and the officer with whom they are filed shall attest
17 thereon the date of filing; and thereafter no way in the territory to
IS which the plans relate shall be laid out or constructed except in ac-
19 cordance therewith, or with further plans subsequently approved by
20 the board.
1 Section 75. The board of survey may, and in cities, upon the vote Preparation
2 of the planning board and the city council, shall, from time to time Coard"^ ^
3 cause plans to be made of such territory or sections of lands in the city \l%\ [H] 1 1;
4 or town as the board of survey or the planning board may deem neces-
5 sary, showing thereon the location of such ways, whether already laid
6 out or not, as, in the opinion of the board, the interest of the public
7 may or will require in such territory, showing clearly the direction,
8 width and grades of each way, and in cities a plan of drainage, and
9 said board may incur such expenses as it may deem necessary therefor,
10 not exceeding the amount appropriated for the piu-pose. In cities such
11 plans shall be prepared by the city engineer, under the direction of
12 the board. Before causing such plans to be made, the board shall give
13 a public hearing thereon, which shall be advertised in the manner pre-
14 scribed in the preceding section, and shall, after the making of any
15 such plan, give a hearing thereon, advertised in like manner, and keep
16 the plan open to public inspection for one month after tlie first ad-
17 vertisement of the hearing. After the hearing, and after any altera-
18 tions deemed necessary by said board have been made, the same shall
19 be approved, signed, marked, filed and attested as provided in respect
20 to the plans mentioned in the preceding section.
1 Section 76. In cities the board of survey may from time to time substitution
2 make new plans in place of plans filed in accordance wath the two pre- igJeTiao^Ti.
3 ceding sections, or make changes on plans so filed; provided, that any
4 action involving new plans or changes in plans already duly attested
5 and filed shall be made only after the notice and hearing, and in all
6 other respects in the manner specified in section seventy-four; and the
7 last plan so made, or the plan with the changes last made thereon and
8 duly attested and filed, shall be the plan governing the future develop-
9 ment of the territory affected.
1 Section 77. The powers of the city council or of the selectmen Construction
2 in regard to highways shall not be abridged by sections seventy-three accOTdan°e '°
3 to eighty-one, inclusive, in any manner, except as provided herein, Jl^'rbifiem
4 and the powers conferred by said sections shall be in addition to other J^°^' }^^' | *;
5 powers possessed by cities and towns. No public way shown on any
6 plan filed as aforesaid shall hereafter be laid out, located anew, altered
7 or widened, and no such way, whether already or hereafter laid out,
8 shall be constructed by any public authority except in accordance with
9 the plan duly attested and recorded under said sections. If any person
10 shall open for public travel any private way the location, direction,
11 width, grades and plan of drainage of which have not previously been
12 approved in writing by the board of siu-vey in the manner provided in
13 said sections, neither the city or town nor other public authority shall
14 place any public sewer, drain, water pipe or light in, or do any public
15 construction work of any kind, or make repairs, on such private way;
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provided, that this section shall not prevent the laying of a trunk 16
sewer, drain, water or gas main if required by engineering necessities 17
for the accommodation of other territory. 18
Plans not to be
recorded unless
approved by
board
1917, 185.
Section 78. No register of deeds shall record any plan showing 1
thereon proposed ways in any town ha\-ing a board of survey, unless 2
there is endorsed thereon a certificate of said board, or other proper 3
officer by it designated, that all laws applicable to such plan have been 4
complied with. The clerk of each town shall notify the register of 5
deeds of the district where such town is situated of the acceptance by 6
such town of section seventy-three or corresponding provisions of earlier 7
laws, or of any special act establishing a board of survey therein, and 8
also the name of the officer designated by said board to approve plans 9
hereunder. 10
Monuments
and marks.
1907, 191, § 7.
1916. 190, § 7,
Section 79. Boards of survey, their officers and agents may, so 1
far as they deem it necessary in carrying out sections seventy-three to 2
eighty-one, inclusive, enter upon any lands and there make examina- 3
tions and surveys, and place and maintain monuments and marks. 4
Establishment
of exterior
lines.
1907, 191, § 5.
1918, 135.
Damages.
1907, 191,
§§7,8.
1916, 190, § 8.
1918, 135.
Section 80. A town which accepts section seventy-three or has ac- 1
cepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws or has accepted any 2
special act authorizing the creation of a board of survey therein may 3
establish, in the manner provided for the laying out of town ways, the 4
exterior lines of any way, the plan of which is approved under section 5
seventy-four or seventy-five or under such special act; and thereafter 6
no structure shall be erected or maintained between the exterior lines of 7
the way so established, except that buildings or parts of buildings exist- 8
ing at the time of the establishment of said lines may remain and be 9
maintained to such extent and under such conditions as may be pre- 10
scribed by the board of survey of such town. Lines established under 11
this section may be discontinued in the manner provided for the dis- 12
continuance of a highway or a town way. This section shall not apply 13
to 9ties. 14
Section 81. Sections seventy-three to seventy-nine, inclusive, shall 1
not authorize the taking of land nor authorize a town to lay out or 2
construct any way which may be indicated on any plan until such way 3
has been laid out as a highway; nor shall said sections render a town 4
liable for damages except such as may be sustained under section 5
seventy-six by reason of the making and filing of any new plan or by 6
reason of changes made in any plan already duly attested and filed, 7
and for such damages as may be sustained by reason of the acts of the 8
board of survey, its officers and agents under section seventy-nine. Any 9
person injured in his property as aforesaid or by the establishment or 10
discontinuance of exterior lines under section eighty may recover the 11
damages so caused under chapter seventy-nine. 12
Aoceptanee
of statute.
1911, 146,
ART commission.
Section 82. Cities and towns which accept this section or have 1
accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws may, except where 2
their charters make special provisions therefor, establish art commis- 3
Chap. 41.] officers and employees of cities, to^-ns and districts. 329
4 sions in accordance with the two following sections. In cities such
5 acceptance shall be by the city council and in towns at an annual town
6 meeting.
1 Section 83. Within sixty days after the acceptance of the preced- aifl^emova"'
2 ing section, the school committee, the board of trustees of the public i?'o'i''®"
3 library and the board of park commissioners, or the members of three
4 similar boards designated by the town at the time of such acceptance,
5 shall each send in writing to the mayor or the selectmen the names of
6 two citizens of the town, and the mayor or selectmen shall, as soon as
7 may be, appoint from the persons so nominated an art commission of
8 three members to serve without compensation, one to serve until the
9 first day of May succeeding the appointment, one to serve until one
10 year from said first of May, and one to serve until two years from said
11 first of May. Thereafter, prior to the first day of April in each year,
12 the several boards designated shall each send in writing to the mayor
13 or selectmen the name of one citizen of the town, and the mayor or
14 selectmen shall, from the persons so nominated, appoint one member
15 to serve for three years from the first day of May in that year or until a
16 successor is qualified. The members so appointed may be removed in
17 cities by a vote of two thirds of the city council and in towns by a vote
18 of two thirds of the voters at an annual town meeting; and thereafter
19 section eighty-two shall not apply to such city or town unless again
20 accepted as provided therein.
1 Section 84. In any town which has accepted section eighty-two Approval of
2 or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no municipal structure buiidings'and
3 shall be erected, and no work of art or ornament or object of utility, ,"°pubiic"'
4 except authorized structures of public service corporations and public Jg'Jf '*J45
5 watering troughs or drinking fountains not constituting works of art §§3-3.
6 or ornament, shall be placed on any public ways or on any public lands
7 other than cemeteries, and no work of art or object of decoration shall
8 be placed in or upon any public or municipal building or be removed,
9 relocated or altered, unless the design thereof or the action to be taken
10 therewith shall have been approved in writing by the art commission,
11 or unless said commission shall have failed to disapprove the same in
12 writing within thirty days after its submission. Whoever violates the
13 provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two
14 hundred dollars.
WEIGHERS, MEASURERS AND SURVEYORS OF COMMODITIES.
1 Section 85. The mayor or the selectmen, on the written request of qu^Xati™*'
2 any person engaged in buying, selling or transporting goods or com- "Jjj'J.J"™ °'
3 modities which require weighing, surveying or measuring, shall appoint isis. es, § i.
4 weighers, measurers or surveyors of such goods or commodities, who
5 shall be sworn before entering upon their duties, shall serve for one
6 year, and may be removed at any time by the appointing authority.
7 At least one such weigher, measurer and surveyor in each town shall
8 not be engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting the
9 goods or commodities weighed, measured or surveyed by him, but no
10 person shall be ineligible for appointment because of sex or because of
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OFFICERS ANT) EMPLOYEES OF CITIES/TOIiVNS AND DISTRICTS. [ChAP. 41.
residence elsewhere than in the town where appointed, notwithstanding 11
any provisions to the contrary in any general or special act. 12
Duties and
obligations.
1918, 65,
§§ 2, 3;
218. § 1.
19in. 350,
Section 86. All persons appointed under the preceding section 1
shall keep accurate records, in the form prescribed by the director of 2
standards, of all weighings, measurements or surveys made by them, .3
which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by said director 4
and his inspectors and by the local sealer of weights and measures. If 5
any person so appointed shall wilfully misrepresent the weight, quantity 6
or measurements of any goods weighed, measured or surveyed by him, 7
he shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 8
Not to affect
weighers of
particular
commodities.
191S, 65, § 4.
Section 87. The two preceding sections shall not affect the pro- 1
\isions of law for the appointment of weighers, measurers or surveyors 2
of particular commodities. 3
Weighers
of fish.
1SS8, 163, § 1.
E. L. 56, § 29.
Section 88. The mayor of each city, and the selectmen of each 1
town, where salt water fish are landed from vessels, shall annually 2
appoint a public weigher of fish, to hold office for one year from the 3
time of his appointment and until his successor is appointed, who shall 4
be sworn to the faithful performance of his official duties and shall 5
give bond, with sureties, in the sum of five thousand dollars. 6
Deputy
weighers.
1888, 163, § 2.
R. L. 50, § 30.
Section 89. A public weigher of fish may appoint, subject to the 1
approval of the mayor or the chairman of the selectmen, deputy 2
weighers, for whose official conduct he shall be answerable, who shall 3
be sworn, and from each of whom such weigher shall require a bond, 4
with sureties, in the sum of one thousand dollars. The weigher and 5
his deputies shall not be interested directly or indirectly in the buying 6
or selling of fish. 7
Penalty for
\'ioIating oath
of office.
1888, 163, 5 6.
R. L. 56, § 34.
Section 90. A weigher or any of his deputies who violates his 1
oath of office shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five 2
nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall forfeit his office. 3
Appointment
and removal
in cities.
1859, 294.
G. S. 19, § 3.
P. S. 28, § 8.
1898, 203.
R. L. 26,
§§ 12. 13.
constables.
Section 91. In a city in which the city council accepts this sec-
tion, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, constables
shall be appointed by the mayor. The mayor may, with the consent
of the board of aldermen, remove a constable from office for gross
misconduct.
Service of
civil process.
1845, 70. § 1.
1847, 98, I 2.
1851, 94,
§§ 1,2.
G. S. 18, § 61.
1870, 149.
1872, 208.
P. S. 27,
5§ 113, 114.
1893, 423,
§§ 27, 28.
1900, 213.
R. L. 25,
Section 92. A constable who has given bond to the town in a sum 1
of not less than one thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the 2
selectmen, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties in 3
the service of all civil processes committed to him, and has filed the 4
same, with the approval of the selectmen endorsed thereon, with the 5
town clerk, may within his town serve any writ or other process in a 6
personal action in which the damages are not laid at a greater sum 7
than two hundred dollars, and in replevin in which the subject matter 8
does not exceed in value two hundred dollars, and any writ or other 9
Chap. 41.] officers and employees of cities, to'^'ns and districts. 331
10 process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine. A constable who isMet. 30:
11 has filed such bond, in a sum of not less than three thousand dollars, i ah.
2 Gray. 20S.
8 Allen, 398.
12 may, within his town, also serve any such writ or other process in which n^il
13 the damages are laid at a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and JigMS 143!
14 any process in reple\'in in which the subject matter does not exceed in '^9 Mass. 432.
15 value three hundred dollars. 172 Mass. 303. 174 Mass. 307.
1 Section 93. The town clerk shall note upon every bond given by a Remedy on
2 constable the time of filing. Any person injured by a breach of the i845,'7o,
3 condition thereof may, at his own expense, sue thereon in the name il5\~^94, 5 2.
4 of the town, and the proceedings shall be the same as in an action pf^l'ln.?
5 by a creditor on an administrator's bond. The wTit shall be endorsed JS93, 423 § 29.
6 by him and, if he is not a resident of the commonwealth, it shall also id Met' 309.
7 be endorsed by a responsible resident thereof. If judgment is for the 3 Ai'ieny'i26. '
8 defendant, execution shall issue for costs against the endorser as if he vAUeniss?!
9 were a plaintiff of record. 103 Mass. 28O. 104 Mass. 376.
1 Section 94. Constables may serve the writs and processes de- Powers and
2 scribed in section ninety-two and warrants and processes in criminal c"*i!^3i, § 2;
3 cases, although their town, parish, religious society or district is a party }o92-3, 22, § 6;
4 or interested. They shall have the powers of sheriffs to require aid in jfif.ja e § •>
5 the execution of their duties. They shall take due notice of and prose- \lli~^\^{2
6 cute all violations of law respecting the observance of the Lord's day, ngi^ssiiii;.
7 profane swearing and gaming. They shall serve all warrants and other es. §1. ' ' '
8 processes directed to them by the selectmen of their town for notifying ss^'i'l."'
9 town meetings or for other purposes. They may serve by copy, at- 72,%!^77!^ ™'
10 tested by them, demands, notices and citations, and their returns of 9^ ^^}^j
11 service thereof shall be prima facie evidence; but this provision shall Jif-.F:,,,
12 not exclude the service thereof by other persons. is93, 423, §§ 30-34.
R. L. 25, § 91. 135 Mass. 191. 151 Mass. 212.
1 Section 95. A constable, in the execution of a warrant or writ Jurisdiction
2 directed to him, may convey prisoners and property in his custody limit,.''
3 under such process beyond the limits of his town, either to the justice i79g~6'8^§ 4.
4 who issued it or to the jail or house of correction of his county. If a f^y- g|; | j^-
5 warrant is issued against a person for an alleged crime committed ?j|g^|^
6 within any town, any constable thereof to whom the warrant is directed P- s^'27.
7 may apprehend him in any place in the commonwealth.
police officers.
1 Section 96. Selectmen may appoint police officers, who shall hold aPf°enure°of
2 office during their pleasure. issi, 162. office.
G. S. 18, § 38. R. L. 25. § 94. 99 Mass. 592.
P. S. 27, § 85. 4 Gray, 34. 103 Mass. 443.
1893, 423, § 7. 98 Mass. 4. 165 Mass. 183.
1 Section 97. In towns wliich accept this section or have accepted Poii«depart-
i» T* 1 1 T 1 ments of certain
2 corresponding provisions of earlier laws there shall be a police depart- towns.
3 ment established under the direction of the selectmen, who shall appoint s'§22',23,25,26.
4 a cliief of police and such other police officers as they deem necessary, and
332
OFFICERS AND EMPLO'i'EES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS. [ClIAP. 41.
fix tlieir compensation in an amount not in the aggregate exceeding the 5
annual appropriation therefor. The selectmen may make suitable regu- 6
lations governing the poHce department and the officers tliereof, and in 7
towns wliich are not subject to provisions of chapter thirty-one to the 8
contrary may remove the chief and otlier officers at pleasure. The chief 9
of police shall be in immediate control of all town property used by the 10
department, and of the police officers, who shall obey his orders. 11
Powers and
duties of police
officers.
1851, 162.
G. S. 18, § 38.
P. S. 27, § 85.
1893, 423, § 7.
R. L. 25, § 94.
1920, 621, § 24.
Section 98. The chief and other police officers of all cities and towns 1
shall have all the powers and duties of constables except serving and exe- 2
cuting civil process. They shall suppress and prevent all disturbances and 3
disorder. They may when on duty carry such weapons as the mayor or 4
selectmen shall determine. During the night time they may examine all 5
persons abroad whom they have reason to suspect of unlawful design, and 6
may demand of them their business abroad and whither they are going; 7
may disperse any assembly of three or more persons, and may enter any 8
building to suppress a riot or breach of peace therein. Persons so sus- 9
pected who do not give a satisfactory account of themselves, persons so 10
assembled and who do not disperse when ordered, and persons making, 11
aiding and abetting in a riot or disturbance may be arrested by the 12
poUce, and may thereafter be safely kept by imprisonment or otherwise 13
unless released in the manner provided by law, and taken before a dis- 14
trict court or trial justice to be examined and prosecuted. 15
Service in
other places
on requisition.
1880, 82.
P. S. 28, § 11.
R. L. 26, § 20.
1920, 591, § 13,
Section 99. A mayor or selectmen may, upon the requisition of the 1
mayor or selectmen of another city or town, provide police officers, who 2
shall have the authority of constables and police officers within the 3
limits of such city or town, except as to the service of civil process ; and 4
the city or town proxading said officers shall be entitled to receive from 5
such city or town the amount paid to them for their services, including 6
their necessary traveling expenses. 7
Indemnifica-
tion of police
officers or
firemen.
1888, 379.
1893, 186.
1900, 220.
R. L. 26, § 21.
1910, 261.
1920, 591, § 14.
Section 100. A city, town, fire or water district may indemnify a 1
police officer, fireman or a member of the fire department or a person 2
required to assist a police officer in the discharge of his duties, to an 3
amount not more than the amount recommended by the board or officer 4
authorized to appoint police officers, firemen or members of the fire 5
department of such city, town or district, for expenses or damages 6
sustained by him while acting as a police officer, fireman or member 7
of the fire department or as such assistant, or incurred by him in the 8
defence or settlement of an action brought against him for acts done 9
by him while so acting; and, if he be dead, such expenses or damages 10
shall be payable to his ■n'idow, or, if he leaves no ■R-idow, then to his 11
next of kin who, at the time of his death, were dependent upon his 12
wages for support. 13
Commissioner
of public
safety.
1920, 591, §41.
Section 101. If a town so votes under section twenty-one the 1
selectmen shall appoint a suitable person as chief of the police and fire 2
departments who may be designated as commissioner of public safety. 3
He shall have authority, subject to the approval of the selectmen, to 4
appoint a deputy as chief of the police and one or more deputy chiefs of 5
the fire department. He shall have all the authority of constables 6
Chap. 41.] officers and employees of cities, towns and districts. 333
7 and police officers in towns and also the powers and duties of fire en-
8 gineers, and, subject to the approval of the selectmen, shall fix the
9 compensation of police officers and permanent and call members of the
10 fire department. Such compensation shall not exceed, however, in the
11 aggregate the amount appropriated therefor by the town. The deputy
12 chiefs of the fire department shall under him have the powers of fire
13 engineers relative to the extinguishing of fires in the town and the pro-
14 tection of life and property in case of fire.
INSPECTOR of health.
1 Section 102. If a town votes under section twenty-one to have Appointment
2 its selectmen act as a board of health, the selectmen may appoint an i92o,59iT§3S
3 inspector of health, who shall assist the selectmen in the performance
4 of their duties as such board.
purchasing agent.
1 Section 103. A city which accepts this section in the manner pro- Duties and
2 vided in the following section or has accepted corresponding provisions !9i"f223, § i.
3 of earlier laws, or a town which accepts this section or has accepted i'-'2o, 591, §30.
4 corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may establish a purchasing
5 department, to consist of a purchasing agent and such assistants as
6 the city council or selectmen may determine. In cities the salaries of
7 the purchasing agent and assistants shall be determined by the city
8 council. In cities the agent and assistants shall be appointed by the
9 mayor for such terms of office as may be prescribed by ordinance, and
10 in towns they shall be appointed and may be removed by the selectmen.
11 The purchasing agent shall purchase all supplies for the city or town
12 and for every department thereof except in case of emergency. All
13 purchases or contracts for purchases exceeding one hundred dollars in
14 amount shall be based upon competition. A record shall be kept by the
15 department of the prices paid for the supplies, and shall be open to the
16 inspection of any citizen.
1 Section 104. A city council, with the approval of the mayor, may Acceptance
2 vrfte to submit the preceding section to the qualified voters of the city Bectmn. '"^
3 at any annual city election, in the form of the following question to be ^^^*'' ^"^' ^ ^'
4 placed upon the official ballot: "Shall section one hundred and three of
5 chapter forty-one of the General Laws, authorizing the estab-
6 lishment of purchasing departments in cities, be accepted?"
7 If a majority of the voters voting thereon shall vote in the affirmative,
8 said section shall take effect in that city.
trustees of soldiers' memorials.
1 Section 105. Towns which accept gifts or bequests or appropriate oiitiesand
2 money for the purpose of properly commemorating the services and "efectfJn"^
3 sacrifices of the soldiers, sailors and marines who have served the Jy2o;292,W
4 country in war may provide for a board of trustees to have charge and
5 control of the construction of any such memorial, and to have the
6 custody and care thereof after its construction. In cities the board
7 shall consist of the mayor, and five members appointed by him and
YKS.
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OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS. [ChAP. 41.
approved by the council, two of whom shall not be veterans of any 8
war; two members shall be appointed for one year, two for two years, 9
and one for three years, and as the term of each member expires, a 10
successor shall be appointed for three years. Any vacancy shall be 11
filled in the same manner for the unexpired term. In towns the said 12
board shall consist of the chairman of the board of selectmen, and 13
five members elected by the town in the same manner as other town 14
officers, two of whom shall not be veterans of any war; two members 15
shall be elected for one year, two for two years and one for three 16
years, and as the term of each member expires, a successor shall be 17
elected for three years; but until such board is elected, the selectmen 18
may appoint a temporary board to serve until the next annual town 19
meeting. Any vacancy occurring in the town board shall be filled for 20
the unexpired term by the remaining members. Such boards may 21
make such rules and regulations relative to the use of said memorials 22
as they deem necessary. 23
TREE WARDEN.
Section 106. If a town so votes under section twenty-one, the
selectmen shall appoint a tree warden.
Oath of office.
Time of enter-
ing upon
duties.
17S5, 75, § 2.
R. S. 15, § 33.
G. S. 18, I 31.
P. S. 27,
5§ 78, 79.
1893,417,
§§ 277, 278.
1898, 548,
§§ 342, 343.
R. L. 11,
§§346,347.
1907, 560,
§§374,375,
456.
1913, 835,
§§414,415.
503.
1918,291, §27.
TERM OF OFFICE. COMPENSATION.
Section 107. A person who is elected town clerk shall be sworn 1
either by the moderator or by a justice of the peace, and shall enter 2
upon the performance of his duties on the seventh day succeeding his 3
election or as soon thereafter as he is qualified and shall hold office 4
during the term fixed by law, which shall begin on the seventh day 5
succeeding his election, and until another person is qualified in his 6
stead. Every other town officer designated by name in section one, 7
unless other provision is specifically made by law, shall enter upon the 8
performance of his duties on the day after his election, or as soon there- 9
after as he is qualified, and shall hold office during the term fixed by 10
law, which shall begin on the day after the annual meeting, and until 11
another person is qualified in his stead. 1920, 591, § 15. 7 Gray, 128. 12
fsssfmlT.' Section 108. The salary and compensation of all elected officers of 1
n^i If ■§ 95^' a to^'n shall be fixed by vote of the town. All boards or heads of de- 2
1*^20 5^1 8 partments of a town shall fix the salary or compensation of all officers 3
206 Mass'. 129. or employccs appointed or employed by them, subject to the provisions 4
208 Mass. 51.
of section thirty-one of chapter forty-four. A city may by ordinance
prescribe that all fees, charges or commissions allowed by law to any
officer thereof shall be paid into the city treasury and belong to the city,
and in such case shall pay such officer such compensation as the city
council may determine.
Resignation.
Effect of
removal from
town.
P. S. 27, § 89.
1893, 417,
§291.
Section 109. A town officer may resign his office by filing a resig-
nation thereof in the office of the town clerk, and such resignation shall
be efl^ective forthwith unless a time certain is specified therein when it
shall take efi'ect. If a person removes from a town he shall thereby
vacate any town office held by him. R l- n. § 362.
1907. 560, §§ 390, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 430, .TO3. 1918. 291, § 32. 1 Pick. 129.
Chap. 41.] officers and employees of cities, towns and districts. 335
HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS.
1 Section 110. The city council of a city may provide that the em- Half holidays
2 ployees, inckiding laborers, mechanics and all other classes of workmen i898?367i^^'*'
3 employed by the city, shall be allowed one half holiday in each week r. i'ls. §99;
4 without loss of pay during such portion of the year as the city council jgjo 591 § 12
5 determines. The selectmen of a town, upon the recommendation in
6 wTiting of the head of any town department, may provide that the em-
7 ployees of such department in the town, including laborers, mechanics and
8 all other classes of workmen employed by the town, shall be allowed
9 one half holiday in each week without loss of pay during such part of
10 the year as the selectmen determine.
1 Section 111. In any town which accepted chapter two hundred and J^^™*^""" °f
2 seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, all persons JoJt'gF-
3 classified as laborers, or doing the work of laborers, who have worked 1917,' le.'
4 for such town for at least thirty-two weeks in the aggregate during the 1920! 143.'
5 preceding calendar year, shall be granted a vacation of not less than
6 two weeks during each year of their employment, without loss of pay.
7 In any city which accepted said chapter the city council may determine
8 that a vacation of two weeks without loss of pay shall be granted to every
9 person regularly employed by such city M'ho is classified by the commis-
10 sioners of civil service as a common laborer, skilled laborer, mechanic
11 or craftsman in the labor service, under regulations established by said
12 commissioners for cities to which the labor rules adopted by said com-
13 missioners are or may become applicable. If such vacations are au-
14 thorized, they shall be granted by the heads of the executive departments
15 of the city at such times as in their opinion will cause the least inter-
16 ference with the performance of the regular work of the city.
employment of VETERANS.
1 Section 112. In towns in which the provisions of chapter thirty-one Employment
2 and the rules governing the civil service have not been applied to the °ibor'serWce°
3 labor service, the selectmen and the city councils shall take any neces- ^^l] 19^5^24;
4 sary action to secure the employment of veterans in the labor service of {gg Mat"' iV'
5 their respective cities and towns in preference to all other persons except ^§2 •„
6 women. 192 Mass. 299. 193 Mass. 537. 195 Mass. 370.
DISTRICT OFFICERS.
1 Section 113. A fire, improvement or water district situated in one District may
2 or more towns where official ballots are used may, at the annual meet- officiafbajiots.
3 ing or at a meeting called for the purpose, vote that official ballots fr"ts't°o'be
4 shall thereafter be used therein. Sections one hundred and fourteen to reiatlvlto'""^
5 one hundred and nineteen, inclusive, shall apply to all such districts and «"<='; ''^''°*^-
6 to all districts which are now subject to the corresponding provisions of §§ i,'7.
7 earlier laws; but any of said districts may, at the annual meeting or
8 at a meeting called for the purpose at least thirty days before the an-
9 nual meeting, by a two thirds vote discontinue the use of official ballots,
10 and cease to be subject to said sections.
1 Section 1 14. Where official ballots are used nominations for district Election laws
2 officers elected by ballot shall be made, ballots and other apparatus i9i5, i82, § i.
336
OFFICERS AND EMPLO\'EES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS. [ClIAP. 41.
therefor provided, and the elections of such officers conducted in ac- 3
cordance with chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, so far as applicable, 4
except as otherwise provided in sections one hundred and fourteen to one 5
hundred and seventeen, inclusive, of this chapter. 6
Filing of
nomination
papers, etc.
1915, 182, § 2.
Section 115. Every nomination paper of a candidate for office in 1
said districts shall, before being filed, be submitted, on or before five 2
o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday preceding the day on which .3
it must be filed, to the registrars of voters of the town where the dis- 4
trict is situated, who shall forthwith certify thereon the number of 5
signatures which are names of voters qualified to vote in the district. 6
All nomination papers and certificates of nomination shall be filed with 7
the clerk of the district within the time allowed by the general laws 8
relating to filing nomination papers and certificates of nomination w'ith 9
the town clerk in town elections. In a district composed of parts of 10
two or more towns the prudential committee of the district shall act 11
as registrars of voters for the purpose of certifying the signatures on 12
nomination papers. 13
Duties of
prudential
committee
and clerk-
1915, 182, § 3.
Section 116. In carrying out the provisions of sections one hun-
dred and thirteen to one hundred and nineteen, inclusive, the pru-
dential committee of a district shall perform all the duties required to
be performed by the selectmen in town elections where official ballots
are used, and the clerks of said districts shall perform all the duties re-
quired to be performed by the town clerk in elections of town officers
where official ballots are used.
Town to
provide polling
place, ballot
Section 117. The town where a district is situated shall provide 1
for said district an oflficial ballot box and other necessary election par- 2
aphernalia when they are required for use in elections in that dis- 3
trict, but all expense incurred in any election in the district shall be 4
borne by the district. In districts composed of parts of two or more 5
towns the ballot box and election paraphernalia shall be furnished by the 6
town where the election is actually held. 7
fo^suVpiy"''"^ Section 118. Upon request of the clerk of a town wlierein any 1
uny'^she™,' such district uses the official ballot, the state secretary shall supply for 2
?n°,,: ,co « ,. use of such district or districts such blank forms, tally sheets and total 3
1915, laJ, §5. i.i p • !•
vote sheets as are supplied to towns tor use in town elections. 4
Time of
holding
election and
meeting, etc.
1915, 182, § 6.
Section 119. Said districts may hold the meeting for the election 1
of officers and the business meeting on the same day, or they may hold 2
the election and the business meeting on dift'erent days. The election 3
and business meeting may be held in the evening; provided, that the 4
polls shall be kept open for the election of officers at least two hours. 5
Chap. 42.]
BOUNDARIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
337
CHAPTER 42.
BOUNDARIES OF CITIES AXD TOWNS.
Sect.
1. Seaward boundary of towns.
2. Perambulation of town lines.
3. Notice of perambulation.
4. Monuments to be erected.
5. Perambulations of towns adjoining
other states.
6. Penalty.
7. Changes in boundary of contiguous
towns.
Sect.
S. Plan of boundary formed by stream or
highway.
9. Triangulation points to be evidence of
location of lines.
10. Obliteration of monuments forbidden.
11. Penalties.
12. Determination of doubtful or disputed
boundaries.
1 Section 1. The boundary line of towns bordering upon the sea Seaward
2 shall coincide with the marine boundary of the commonwealth as defined town^^"^^ °'
3 in section three of chapter one. issi. i96. § i. p. s. 27, § 2.
R. L. 25, § 1. 114 Mass. 214. 152 Mass. 230. 139 U. S. 240.
1 Section 2. The boundary lines of every town shall be perambulated ^f j^nlln*^""
2 and run and the marks renewed, once in every five years, by two or more 9A}i_P' | \
3 of the selectmen of each town or by substitutes appointed by them in i785,
4 writing, and the proceedings shall be recorded in the records of each town. g'.
p. S. 27, § 3. 15 Pick. 44. 100 Mass. 58. 183 Mass. 189.
R. L. 25, I 2. 2 Gush. 400. 102 Mass. 148.
,§ 1.
. .... |2.
. 18, I 3.
1 Section 3. Ten days before a perambulation of the boundary be- Notice of
2 tween two contiguous to\\ns the selectmen of the older of such to\\ns 1092-3! 28,''n.
3 shall give written notice to the selectmen of the other town of the time 1785775^5 1.
4 and place of meeting therefor; and selectmen neglecting to give such g'IJs'm'
5 notice or to attend personally or by their substitutes shall severally for- S?' ^95 lit
6 feit twenty dollars.
1 Section 4. The selectmen of contiguous towns shall, at the joint Monuments to
2 and equal expense of such towns, erect permanent stone monuments at c^"''io?§ 1.
3 every angle of their respective boundary lines and where\er a highway r^^|.'i5,'§4.'"
4 crosses such lines, unless such monument, two feet high from the ground, ^scPi'.sl^ ^'
5 already exists or unless such lines are bounded by the sea or by a per- rl Ism'
6 manent stream. The monuments shall be well set in the ground, at least
7 four feet high from its surface, and shall have the initial letters of the
8 respective names of such towns legibly cut thereon.
1 Section 5. The selectmen of towns bordering on another state, if ofJo^ng"'"'"""^
2 the lines between the states have been established, shall once in every adjoining other
3 five years give notice to the selectmen or other proper officers of adjoin- iS2o, 117, § 2.
4 ing towns in the other state of their intention to perambulate such lines, a. s. is,' § 0.
5 If such proposals are accepted, a perambulation shall be mad^ as above r.l. 25,1*5.
6 provided. No bound erected by the commonwealth and an adjoining
7 state shall be removed by such selectmen or other officers.
1 Section 6. A selectman who refuses or neglects to perform any Penalty.
2 duty required of him by the two preceding sections shall forfeit twenty r".s.'i5, §'§ 4-7.
3 dollars. g. s. is, § 7. p. s. 27, § 7. r. l. 25, § 0.
338
BOUNDARIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
[Chap. 42.
Changes in
boundary of
contiguous
towns.
1888, 330, § 1.
1901, 46fl. § 1.
R. L. 25, § 7.
1919. 350,
§ 113.
Section 7. The division of waterways and public lands may, with 1
the concurrence of towns at town meetings, propose changes, by 2
straightening or otherwise, in the boundary lines of contiguous towns. 3
Such proposed changes shall be submitted to the next regular session of 4
the general court, and, if ratified and accepted by it, said division shall 5
locate and define such changes by determining by triangulation the 6
position of each angle and corner in such new boundary line; and the 7
selectmen of such contiguous towns shall thereafter place such monu- 8
ments at the new points determined, and place such marks on them, 9
in addition to initials, as the division may prescribe and in the manner 10
required by section four. Monuments marking angles and corners in 11
town boundaries, the position of which has not been changed, shall 12
be re-marked in the manner indicated by said division so as to estab- 13
lish a uniform system of designating the angles and corners of town 14
boundary lines. 15
Plan of bound-
ary formed by
stream or
highway.
1888, 336, § 2.
R. L. 25. § S.
1919, 350,
§ 113.
Section S. If the boundary line between towns is formed wholly
or partly by a stream or by a highway, a survey and plan of such stream
or highway shall be made by said division, based on the triangulation
common to the other town boundary lines, and the plan shall be filed in
the office of said division.
1
Triangulation
points to be
evidence of lo-
cation of lines.
1888, 336, § 3.
R. L. 25, § 9.
1919, 350,
§ 113.
Section 9. The triangulation points established by said division 1
shall be regarded as a part of the evidence of the location of town bound- 2
ary lines, and a description of the position and marks of such points shall 3
be communicated in writing by said division to the selectmen of the towns 4
where such points are located, and shall be filed with the perambulation 5
records of such towns. 6
Obliteration
of monuments
forbidden.
1888, 336, § 4.
R. L. 25, § 10.
Section 10. No person, except as hereinafter provided, shall remove, 1
obliterate or cover up any monument or mark designating a boundary 2
line made under the three preceding sections. The county commissioners 3
of the county where any such monument or mark is wholly or partly situ- 4
ated may grant to any person making written application permission to 5
remove, cover up or obliterate the same, first making provision for pre- 6
serving the exact location of the original boundary or mark by causing 7
proper witness marks to be set up, or other means taken, which shall, 8
with proper designation and measurement, indicate the position of the 9
original mark or monument. The commissioners shall cause a full 10
description and designation of such witness marks and monuments so 11
made and set up to be recorded in the office of the town clerk of the 12
contiguous towns, and a copy of such description to be forwarded to 13
the state secretary. 14
FlPo "Jlc « n Section 11. \Mioever violates any provision of the preceding section, 1
ISOO, OOO, §5, •IPii 1**1T 1 *• I 1 f-»
R. L. 25, §11. or wiltully or maliciously disturbs or injures the monuments or marks 2
aforesaid, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by 3
imprisonment for not more than six months. 4
'^/j'"'ui?",''°° Section 12. If the true boundary between two or more adjacent 1
of doubtful . . . , .... ^ ,„ ... . Ill r.
ordisuuted couutics, citics, towus or districts IS doubtful or in dispute, the land court 2
1919, 262, § 1. may determine the location thereof upon the petition of one or more of 3
CiLiP. 43.]
CITY CILVRTERS.
339
4 such counties, cities, towns and districts and after such notice to all other
5 counties, cities, towns and districts interested as the court shall order,
6 and the court may make such order as to the setting of durable bounds to
7 perpetuate the lines the location of which is so determined, and as to the
S costs and expenses of the proceedings, as law and justice may require.
REFERENCE.
Division of highways may place signs at town boundaries. Chap. 81, § 1.
CHAPTER 43
CITY CHARTERS.
GENEEAL PROVISIONS.
1. Certain terms defined.
2. Certain cities may adopt one of the
plans of government provided.
3. Legislative powers not abridged.
4. Ordinances, etc., in effect until re-
pealed, etc.
5. Existing organization to continue until
superseded.
6. Number of wards to continue until
changed according to law.
7. Filing of petition calling for vote on
adoption of plan.
8. Form of petition.
9. Copy to be sent to city council. Sub-
mission at state election.
10. One plan only may be considered at an
election.
11. Majority vote required. Election of
officers.
12. Vote on other plans.
13. Four year period for plan adopted.
14. Certain officials to carry out provi-
sions, etc.
15. Dates of elections.
16. No primaries or caucuses to be held.
17. Certain officials to be sworn, time, etc.
IS. Legislative powers, proceedings, city
clerk, etc.
19. Information by mayor to city council,
attendance at meetings, etc.
20. Ordinances, passage, etc.
21. Amendments, etc.
22. Passage at one session.
23. Ordinances, etc., to be published.
24. Obligations, actions, legal acts, etc., to
continue.
25. Civil service laws not to apply to cer-
tain employees.
26. Certain vacancies, how filled. Acting
mayor.
27. Officials and employees prohibited from
making or sharing in contracts.
Penalty.
Sect.
28. Proposals to be asked for certain con-
tracts.
29. Mayor to approve certain contracts.
Surety bond, etc.
30. Purchase or taking of land for munic-
ipal purposes.
31. School committee, number, term, etc.
32. To appoint superintendent, etc. Mem-
bers not to hold other offices.
33. Powers and duties.
34. Sites, plans, etc., for school buildings.
35. Meetings to be public. Yea and nay
vote.
36. May fill vacancy in their own body.
37. Initiative petition.
38. Signatures to initiative petitions.
Certification. Transmission.
39. Action by city council or school com-
mittee if initiative petition is fully
signed. Referendum.
40. Proceedings if petition not fully signed.
41. Ballots to state nature of measure.
42. Referendum petition.
43. City council may submit questions to
voters.
44. Measures with conflicting provisions.
45. Certain pro\-isions to apply to any
plan adopted.
PLAN A. GOVERNMENT BT MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL ELECTED AT LARGE.
46. Plan A.
47. When plan takes effect.
48. Mayor, election, term, etc.
49. Party or political designations abol-
ished.
50. City council, number, election, etc.
51. Salaries.
52. Mayor may make appointments with-
out confirmation.
53. Certificates of appointment.
54. Removals. Certain officers exempted.
55. Approval and veto by mayor of orders,
etc.
340
CITY CHARTERS.
[Ch.\p. 43.
Sect.
plan b. government by mayor and
council elected by districts and at
LARGE.
56. Plan B.
57. When plan takes effect.
58. Mayor, election, term, etc.
59. City council, election, number, terms
of office, etc.
60. Appointments by mayor subject to
confirmation.
61. Removals, etc.
62. Salaries.
63. Approval by mayor of orders, etc.
PLAN C. COMMISSION FORM OF GOV-
ERNMENT.
Plan C.
When plan takes effect.
City council to be governing body.
Members to act as departmental com-
missioners.
Terms of office.
Organization, etc.
Meetings.
Meetings to be public. City clerk,
duties, etc.
Powers.
Sect.
73. Methods of action.
74. Mayor to be chief executive officer, etc.
Acting mayor.
75. Distribution of executive powers by
council. Determination of policies.
76. Heads of departments, etc., appoint-
ments and removals.
77. Records of departments to be kept.
78. Salaries.
PLAN D. MAYOR, CITY COU.NCIL AND CITY
MANAGER.
79. Plan D.
80. When plan takes effect.
SI. City council and mayor to be gov-
erning body.
82. Members, election, term, etc.
83. Organization, etc.
84. Time for meetings.
85. Meetings to be public. Records, etc.
86. Vacancies.
87. Mayor, powers.
88. Salaries.
89. City manager.
90. Powers and duties of city manager.
91. Appointments and removals.
92. Regulations.
Certain terms
defined.
1915, 2G7,
I. § 1.
222 Mass. 574.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter sTiall, unless 1
the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings : 2
"Officer", "officers" and "administrative officers", when used with- 3
out further qualification or description, any person or persons in charge 4
of any department or division of the city. The said words when used 5
in contrast with a board or members of a board, or with division 6
heads, shall mean any of the persons in sole charge of a department of 7
the city. 8
"Ordinance", a vote or order of the city council entitled "ordinance" 9
and designed for the permanent regulation of any matter witliin the 10
jurisdiction of the city council as laid down in this chapter. 1 1
"Plan A", a city government and legislative body composed of the 12
mayor and a city council, the councillors being elected at large. 13
"Plan B", a city government and legislative body composed of a 14
mayor and city council, the councillors being elected partly at large and 15
partly from districts or wards of the city. 16
"Plan C", a city government and legislative body composed of a 17
mayor and commissioners as hereinafter specified. 18
"Plan D", a city government and legislative body composed of a 19
mayor and four councillors, and an administrative officer, called the 20
city manager, whose powers and duties are defined in sections eighty- 21
nine to ninetj'-two, inclusive. 22
"Regular municipal election", the annual election of municipal 23
officers for which provision is made in this chapter. 24
Certain
cities may
adopt one of
the plans of
Section 2. Any city, except Boston, which shall adopt, in the 1
manner hereinafter prescribed, one of tiie plans of government pro- 2
Chap. 43.] city charters. _ 341
3 vided in this chapter shall thereafter be governed by the provisions Kovernment
4 thereof; and the inhabitants of snch city shall continue to be a municipal i9i5, 2G7,
5 corporation under the name existing at the time of such adoption, and '
6 shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and
7 privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and obligations
8 provided for in this chapter, or otherwise pertaining to or incumbent
9 upon said city as a municipal corporation.
1 Section 3. None of the legislative powers of a city shall be abridged po^-eJt n™
2 or impaired by this chapter; but all such legislative powers shall be i9j'^^,*|f7
3 possessed and exercised by such body as shall be the legislative body of !■ § s.
4 the city under this chapter.
1 Section 4. Ordinances, resolutions, orders or other regulations of ^,c'','?n°ff|ct
2 a city or of any authorized body or official thereof, existing at the time ""^{gj^jc
3 when such city adopts a plan of government set forth in this chap- i9i5. 267,
4 ter, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, modified or 22s -Mass. 249.
5 superseded.
1 Section 5. Until superseded under this chapter, the organization Existing
2 of the executive and administrative departments, and the powers and to"contmie°
3 duties of the officers and employees of any city adopting any of the plans "e'cfe'd^"''^'^'
4 provided for in this chapter, and the fiscal year of such city shall remain i^\%^^^'
5 as constituted at the time of the adoption of such plan; but the city 222 Mass. 574.
6 council or other legislative body may at any time by ordinance, con-
7 sistent with general laws, reorganize, consolidate or abolish departments,
8 in whole or in part; transfer the duties, powers and appropriations of
9 one department to another, in whole or in part; establish new depart-
10 ments; and increase, reduce, establish or abolish salaries of heads of
11 departments or members of boards. This section shall not authorize any
12 action in conflict with chapter thirty-one.
1 Section 6. The territory of a city adopting any of the plans of J^"rdsto°'
2 government provided for in this chapter shall continue to be divided ^g°„°"f ""'"^
3 into the same number of wards existing at the time of such adoption, according
4 which shall retain their boundaries until changed in accordance with 1915,267,
5 general law.
1 Section 7. A petition addressed to the city council, in the form and Sjlfo"'
2 signed and certified as provided in the following section, may be filed calling for
3 with the city clerk, who shall present the same to the city council. The adoption of
4 petition shall be signed by qualified voters of the city to a number equal i9'i5'. 2S7,
5 at least to ten per cent of the registered voters at the state election next '' ^ '''
6 preceding the filing of the petition.
1 Section 8. The petition shall be in substantially the following Form of
2 form:
petition.
To the city council (or other legislative body) of the city of
We, tlie undersigned, qualified voters of the city, respectfully petition your
honorable body to cause to be submitted to a vote of the voters the following
question: " Shall the city of adopt the form of government defined
as Plan (A, B, C, or D, as it is desired by petitioners), and consisting of (describe
plan briefly, as government by mayor and nine coimcillors elected at large, or
govermnent by a mayor and councillors elected partly at large and partly from
342
CITY CHARTERS.
[Chap. 43.
Separate
sheets
may be used.
wards or districts, or government by five commissioners, one of whom shall be
the mayor, or government by a maj'or and four councillors, with a city manager),
according to chapter forty-three of the General Laws relating to city charters?"
The petition may be in the form of separate sheets, each sheet con- 3
taining at the top thereof the heading above set forth, and when attached 4
together and offered for filing the several papers shall be deemed to con- 5
stitute one petition, and there shall be endorsed thereon the name and 6
address of the person presenting the same for filing. 7
Copy to be
sent to city
council.
Submission
at state
election.
1915. 2G7,
I, §9.
Section 9. Witliin five days after the petition has been filed with 1
him, the city clerk shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the city 2
council, except that the signatures upon the petition need not be copied, 3
but in place thereof the city clerk shall state the number of signatures of 4
registered voters thereon, certified as such by the registrars of voters. 5
If the petition has been filed with the city clerk, or if, in case a summary 6
proceeding has been instituted, final decree thereon has been made in 7
favor of the sufficiency of the petition, not less than one month prior 8
to a regular state election, the question proposed by the petition shall 9
duly be submitted upon the official ballot to a vote of the registered voters 10
of the city at such regular state election. 11
One plan
only nia.v be
considered
at an election.
1915.267,
I, § 10.
Section 10. The question of the adoption of not more than one plan 1
may be submitted at an election. If, pending the determination of the 2
question proposed by petition already filed, another petition presenting 3
the question of the adoption of a different plan shall be presented for 4
filing with the city clerk, no action shall be taken upon the later petition, 5
except to file it, until after the submission to a ^'ote of the question pro- 6
posed by the earlier petition. Should the result of such vote be adverse 7
thereto, proceedings shall then be had upon the later petition as though 8
it had been filed upon the day when such vote on the earlier petition 9
was cast. 10
Majority
vote required.
Election of
officers.
1915. 287,
I. §11.
222 Mass. 574.
Section 11. If a majority of the total number of votes cast at a 1
regular state election for and against the adoption of one of the plans of 2
government provided for in this chapter shall be in favor of its adoption, 3
this chapter, so far as applicable to the form of government under the 4
plan adopted by the city, shall supersede the provisions of its charter and 5
of the general and special laws relating thereto and inconsistent herewith, 6
but not, however, until officers provided for under such plan shall have 7
been duly elected and their terms of office shall have begun. The 8
officers provided for under the plan so adopted shall be elected in accord- 9
ance with the provisions of this chapter relating to such plan and in 10
accordance with section fifteen, and their terms of office shall begin at 11
ten o'clock in the forenoon of the first Monday of January following their 12
election. 13
Vote on
other plans.
1915. 267,
I, § 12.
Section 12. Should a majority of the votes cast be against the 1
adoption of the plan proposed, no petition proposing the same plan 2
shall be filed within one year thereafter; but a petition proposing the 3
adoption of one of the other plans provided for in this chapter may be 4
filed at any time thereafter, and, subject to section ten, proceedings 5
thereon shall be had as though no prior petition under this chapter had 6
been filed. 7
Chap. 43.] city charters. 343
1 Section 13. Should any plan provided for in this chapter be adopted, ^^g^od for
2 it shall continue in force for at least four years from the beginning of the pJj"i adopted.
3 terms of office of the officials elected thereunder; and no petition pro- i. § is.
4 posing a different plan shall be filed until after three years and six months
5 from such adoption.
1 Section 14. The mayor, the aldermen and the common council, omctMto
2 the city council or other legislative body, and the city clerk in office when <^*"y 9"'
3 any plan set forth in this chapter has been adopted, or is proposed for etc.
4 adoption, shall comply with all requirements of this chapter relating i, § i4.
5 to such proposed adoption and to the election of the officers specified
6 in said plan, in order that all things necessary for the nomination and
7 election of the officers first to be elected under the provisions of this
8 chapter and of the plan so adopted may be done.
1 Section 15. The first city election next succeeding the adoption of ^eft^onf
2 any plan provided for by this chapter shall take place on the third l^l^i?'^''-
3 Tuesday of December next succeeding such adoption, and thereafter the
4 city election shall take place annually on the Tuesday next following the
5 first Monday of December, and the municipal year shall begin and end at
6 ten o'clock in the morning of the first Monday of January in each year.
1 Section 16. No primary or caucus for municipal officers shall be No primaries
2 held. Candidates for mayor, city council and school committee, and beSd"^^^
3 assessors, if elected by the people, shall be nominated in accordance i^l^if.^^'
4 with section six of chapter fifty-three. i9io, gs, § i.
1 Section 17. On the first Monday in January at ten o'clock in the Certain
2 forenoon, the mayor-elect and the councillors-elect, and assessors-elect swornI\imcr
3 if elected by the people, shall meet and be sworn to the faithful discharge ig'jj 267,
4 of their duties. The oath may be administered by the city clerk or by {giVeg § 2
5 a justice of the peace, and a certificate thereof shall be entered on the
6 journal of the city council. At any meeting thereafter the oath may be
7 administered in the presence of the city council to the mayor, or to any
8 councillor absent from the meeting on the first ]\Ionday in January.
1 Section 18. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the leg- Legislative
2 islative powers of the city council may be exercised as provided by p^^eSings,
3 ordinance or rule adopted by it. lais, 207, i. § is. "'y '=■«'■''■ "'■'=■
4 1. Ever.y member of the council may vote on any question coming Quorum, etc.
5 before it. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum, and the
6 affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the council shall be
7 necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance.
8 2. The city council shall, from time to time, establish rules for its pro- ProceediDgs.
9 ceedings. Regular and special meetings of the council shall be held at a ^'"'
10 time and place fixed by ordinance. All legislative sessions shall be open
11 to the public, and every matter coming before the council for action shall
12 be put to a vote, the result of which shall be duly recorded. A full and
13 accurate journal of the proceedings of the council shall be kept, and
14 shall be open to the inspection of any registered voter of the city.
15 3. The council shall, by a majority vote, elect a city clerk to hold office City cierk,
16 for three years and until his successor is qualified. He shall have such ^" '°°'^ °'
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CITY CHARTERS.
[Chap. 43.
City clerk to
bold office
until suc-
cessor is
qualified. '
powers and perform such duties as the council may prescribe, in addition 17
to such duties as may be prescribed by law. He shall keep the records 18
of the meetings of the council. 19
The person holding the office of city clerk at the time when any of the 20
plans set forth in this chapter has been adopted by such city shall con- 21
tinue to hold office for the term for which he was elected and until liis 22
successor is qualified. 23
by mayor to
attendance at
Section 19. The city council at any time may request from the 1
mayor specific information on any municipal matter within its jurisdic- 2
tion, and may request him to be present to answer written questions 3
relating tliereto at a meeting to be held not earlier than one week from 4
the date of the receipt by the mayor of said questions. The mayor shall 5
personally, or through a head of a department or a member of a board, 6
attend such meeting and publicly answer all such questions. The person 7
so attending shall not be obliged to answer questions relating to any other 8
matter. The mayor may attend and address the city council in person 9
or through the head of a department, or a member of a board, upon any 10
subject. 11
Ordinances,
passage, etc.
1915, 207.
I. § 20.
Section 20. No ordinance shall be pas.sed finally on the date on 1
which it is introduced, except in cases of special emergency involving the 2
health or safety of tlie people or their property. 3
No ordinance shall be regarded as an emergency measure unless the 4
emergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto separately 5
voted on and receiving the affirmative vote of two thirds of the members G
of the city council. 7
No ordinance making a grant, renewal or extension, whatever its 8
kind or nature, of any franchise or special privilege shall be passed as 9
an emergency measure, and except as pro\'ided in sections seventy and 10
seventy-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-four and in chapter one 11
hundred and sixty-six, no such grant, renewal or extension shall be 12
made otherwise than bv orchnance. 13
Section 21. No ordinance shall be amended or repealed except by
an ordinance adopted in accordance with this chapter.
Section 22. Any ordinance, order or resolution may be passed 1
through all its stages of legislation at one session, provided that no 2
member of the council objects thereto; but if any member of the council 3
objects, the measure shall be postponed for that meeting. , 4
Ordinances,
etc., to be
published.
1915,267,
I, § 23.
1917, 162.
Section 23. Every proposed ordinance or loan order, except emer- 1
gency measures as hereinbefore defined, shall be published once in full 2
in at least one newspaper of the city, and in any additional manner that 3
may be provided by ordinance, at least ten days before its final passage. 4
After such final passage, it shall, in the same manner as before, again be 5
published once, as amended and completed, except in the case of an 6
emergency ordinance which may be passed as hereinbefore provided 7
and which shall take effect on its passage, and shall be so published at 8
the earliest practicable moment; provided, that if any ordinance or pro- 9
posed ordinance, or codification of ordinances or proposed ordinances, 10
shall exceed in length eight octa\o pages of ordinary book print, then, 1 1
Chap. 43.] city charters. 345
12 in lieu of the advertising required by this section, the same may be pub-
13 lished by the city council in a municipal bulletin or printed pamphlet,
14 and if so published in full at least ten days before its final passage, and
15 thereafter, as amended and completed, again published in such bulletin
16 or pamphlet, said publications shall be deemed sufficient without the
17 newspaper publication as herein required.
1 Section 24. All official bonds, recognizances, obligations, contracts obligations,
2 and other instruments entered into or executed by or to the city before aots?"t'c.!to
3 its adoption of a plan provided by this chapter, and all taxes, special igis/'aor,
4 assessments, fines, penalties, forfeitures incurred or imposed, due or ^' ^ ^^■
5 owing to the city, shall be enforced and collected, and all writs, prose-
6 cutions, actions and causes of action, except as herein otherwise provided,
7 shall continue without abatement and remain unaffected by this chapter;
8 and no legal act done by or in favor of the city shall be rendered invalid
9 by its adoption of a plan provided by this chapter.
1 Section 25. The civil service laws shall not apply to the appoint- civii service
2 ment of the mayor's secretaries or of the stenographers, clerks, telephone apply to
3 operators and messengers comiected with his office, and the mayor may empi^ees.
4 remove such appointees without a hearing and without making a state- i^| m^^*^'
5 ment of the cause of their removal.
1 Section 26. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor or city certain
2 council before the last six months of the term of office, the city council how filled.
3 shall order an election for a mayor or a member of the council to serve '^gis^le??*""^'
4 for the unexpired term; and if such vacancy occurs in the last six months !■ ^ ^^■
5 of said term, the president of the city council shall succeed to the office
6 of mayor for the unexpired term. If the mayor is absent or unable from
7 any cause temporarily to perform his duties they shall be performed by
8 the president of the city council. The person upon whom such duties
9 shall devolve shall be called "acting mayor", and he shall possess the
10 powers of mayor only in matters not admitting of delay, but shall have
11 no power to make permanent appointments.
12 Whenever, under Plan C, any councillor shall be temporarily unable
13 for any cause to perform the duties of his office, the council may appoint
14 one of its members to exercise his powers and perform his duties during
15 such disability. Should an appointive officer of the city be temporarily
16 unable for any cause to perform his duties, the council or the mayor, hav-
17 ing the power of original appointment, may make a temporary appoint-
18 ment of some person to act until such official resumes his duties.
1 Section 27. No mayor or member of the city council or school com- officials and
2 mittee and no officer or employee of the city shall directly or indirectly pro^iiwted
3 make a contract with the city, or receive any commission, discount, or°sha'r&g'"^
4 bonus, gift, contribution, or reward from or any share in the profits of P(.n°"t';*'^*^'
5 any person making or performing such contract, unless the mayor, such \^]°if''''-
6 member, officer or employee, immediately upon learning of the existence
7 of such contract, or that such contract is proposed, shall notify in writing
8 the mayor, city council or school committee of the nature of his interest
9 in such contract, and shall abstain from doing any official act on behalf
10 of the city in reference thereto. In case of such interest on the part of
11 an officer whose duty it is to sign such contract on behalf of the city,
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the contract may be signed by any other officer of the city duly au- 12
thorized thereto by the mayor, or if the mayor has such interest, by the 13
city clerk; provided, that when a contractor with the city is a corpora- 14
tion or a voluntary stock association, the ownership of less than five 15
per cent of the stock or shares actually issued shall not be considered as 16
involving an interest in the contract within the meaning of this section, 17
and such ownership shall not affect the validity of the contract unless the 18
owner of such stock or shares is also an officer or agent of the corporation 19
or association, or solicits or takes part in the making of the contract. 20
A violation of any provision of this section shall render the contract 21
in respect to which such violation occurs voidable at the option of the 22
city. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished 23
by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment 24
for not more than one year, or both. 25
Proposals to
be asked tor
certain
contracts.
1915,267,
I, § 2S.
Section 28. No contract for construction work or for the purchase 1
of apparatus, supplies or materials, whether for repairs or original con- 2
struction, the estimated cost of which amounts to two hundred dollars 3
or more, except in cases of special emergency involving the health or 4
safety of the people or their property, shall be awarded unless proposals 5
for the same have been invited by advertisements in at least one news- 6
paper published in the city once a week for at least two consecutive 7
weeks, the last publication to be at least one week before the time specified 8
for the opening of said proposals. Such advertisements shall state the 9
time and place where plans and specifications of proposed work or sup- 10
plies may be had and the time and place for opening the proposals in 11
answer to said advertisements, and shall reserve to the city the right to 12
reject any or all of such proposals. All such proposals shall be opened in 13
public. No bill or contract shall be split or divided for the purpose of 14
evading any provision of this chapter. 1")
Mayor to
approve
certain
contracts.
Surety bond,
etc.
1915, 267,
I, §29.
Section 29. All contracts made by any department, board or com- 1
mission where the amount involved is two hundred dollars or more shall 2
be in writing, and no such contract shall be deemed to have been made 3
or executed until the approval of the mayor and of the department or 4
board making the contract is affixed thereto. Any contract made as 5
aforesaid may be required to be accompanied by a bond with sureties 6
satisfactory to the board or official having the matter in charge, or by 7
a deposit of money, certified check or other security for the faithful 8
performance thereof, and such bonds or other securities shall be depos- 9
ited with the city treasurer until the contract has been carried out in 10
all respects; and no such contract shall be altered except by a written 11
agreement of the contractor, the sureties on his bond, and the officer, 12
department or board making the contract, with the approval of the 13
mayor affixed thereto. 14
Purchase o:
taking of
land for
municipal
purposes.
1915, 267,
I, § 30.
Section 30. At the request of any department, and with the approval
of the mayor and the city council, the city council may, in the name of
the city, purchase, or take under chapter seventy-nine, any land within
its limits for any municipal purpose. Whenever the price proposed
to be paid for a lot of land for any municipal purpose is more than twenty-
five per cent higher than its average assessed valuation during the previous
tliree years, the land shall not be purchased, but shall be taken as afore-
Ch.\P. 43.] CITY CHARTERS. 347
8- said. No land shall be taken or purchased until an appropriation by
9 loan or otherwise for the general purpose for which land is needed has
10 been made bj' the city council, by a two thirds vote of all its members;
11 nor shall a price be paid in excess of the appropriation, unless a larger
1 2 sum is awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction. All proceedings in
13 the taking of land shall be under the advice of the law department, and
14 a record thereof shall be kept by that department.
1 Section 31. The school committee shall consist of the mayor, who School com-
2 shall be the chairman, and six members elected at large. At the first beV, term"et"c.
3 annual city election held in any city after its adoption of one of the plans J^j'sf.'''^'
4 provided in this cliapter, there shall be elected two members to serve for
5 one year, two for two years and two for three years, and annually there-
6 after there shall be elected two members to serve for three years.
1 Section 32. The school committee shall elect a superintendent of J^peSSteSd-
2 schools annually, except as pro\'ided in section forty-one of chapter jj^nf^ersnot
3 seventy-one, and may, under chapter thirty-one, appoint, suspend or to hoW other
4 remove at pleasure such subordinate officers or assistants, including isis, 267,
5 janitors of school buildings, as it may deem necessary for the proper dis- ibis, 257,
6 charge of its duties and the conduct of its business; it shall define their i9\9''5.
7 terms of service and their duties, and shall fLx their compensation. No ^^-°' ^■
8 member of the school committee, except the mayor, shall, during the
9 term for which he is elected, hold any other office or position the salary
10 or compensation for which is payable out of the city treasury. The
11 committee shall organize annually on the first Monday in January, and
12 shall elect one of its members as vice chairman, who shall preside at all
13 meetings of the committee at which the mayor is not present.
1 Section 33. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and subject Powers and
2 to any laws which limit the amount of money that may be appropriated i9i5^'*267.
3 in any city for school purposes, the school committee, in addition to the ' ^^' ^ '
4 powers and duties conferred and imposed by law on school committees,
5 may provide, when necessary, temporary accommodations for school
6 purposes, may make all repairs, the expenditures for which are made
7 from the regular appropriation for the school department, shall ha^'e
8 control of all school buildings and grounds connected therewith and
9 shall make all reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with law,
10 for the management of the public schools of the city and for conduct-
11 ing the business of the committee.
1 Section 34. No site for a school building shall be acquired by the sites, plans,
2 city unless the approval of the site by the school committee is first ob- buii'dmgs."^
3 tained. No plans for the construction of or alterations in a school build- Jf §^3!.'''''
4 ing shall be accepted, and no work shall be begun on the construction or
5 alteration of a school building, unless the appro\al of the school com-
6 mittee and the mayor is first obtained. This section shall not require
7 such approval for the making of ordinary repairs.
1 Section 35. All meetings of the school committee shall be open to Meetings to
2 the public, except that, when requested by four members, any particular vea and'^nay
3 meeting shall be private. The vote on any particular measure shall be \q\% 267,
4 by yeas and nays, when requested by two members. '• ^ ^'^-
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body.
1916, 207,
I, § 37.
Section 36. If a vacancy occurs in the school committee by faihire to 1
elect, or otherw-ise, the city council and the remaining members of the 2
school committee shall meet in joint convention and elect a suitable 3
person to fill the vacancy until the next annual city election. The mayor, 4
if present, shall preside at the convention. 5
Initiative
petition.
191.5, 267.
I, § 3S.
Section 37. A petition conforming to the requirements hereinafter 1
provided and requesting the city council to pass a measure, except an 2
order granted under section seventy or seventy-one of chapter one hun- 3
dred and sixty-four or chapter one hundred and sixty-six, or requesting 4
the school committee to pass a measure, therein set forth or designated, 5
shall be termed an initiative petition, and shall be acted upon as herein- 6
after provided. In this and the eight following sections, " measure " shall 7
mean an ordinance, resolution, order or vote passed by a city council, 8
or a resolution, order or vote passed by a school committee, as the case 9
may be. 10
Signatures to
initiative
petitions.
Certification.
Transmission.
1915, 267,
I. § 39.
Section 38. Signatures to initiative petitions need not be all on 1
one paper. All such papers pertaining to any one measure shall be fas- 2
tened together and shall be filed in the office of the city clerk as one instru- 3
ment, with the endorsement thereon of the names and addresses of three 4
persons designated as filing the same. With each signature to the peti- 5
tion shall be stated the place of residence of the signer, giving the street G
and number, if any. 7
Within fi\-e days after the filing of said petition the registrars of voters 8
shall ascertain by what number of registered voters the petition is signed, 9
and what percentage that number is of the total number of registered 10
voters, and shall attach thereto their certificate showing the result of 11
such examination. 12
The city clerk shall forthwith transmit the said certificate with the 13
said petition to the city council or to the school committee, according 14
as the petition is addressed, and at the same time shall send a copy of 15
said certificate to one or more of the persons designated on the petition 16
as filing the same. 17
Action by city
council or
school com-
mittee if
initiative
petition is
fully signed.
Referendum.
1915, 267,
I, § 40.
Section 39. If any initiative petition is signed by registered voters 1
equal in number to at least twenty per cent of the whole number of regis- 2
tered voters, the city council or the school committee shall, within 3
twenty days after the date of the certificate of the registrars to that 4
effect: 5
1. Pass said measure without alteration, subject to the referendum 6
vote provided by this chapter, or 7
2. The city council shall call a special election to be held on a Tuesday 8
fixed by it not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after the 9
date of the certificate hereinbefore mentioned, and shall submit the 10
proposed measure without alteration to a vote of the registered voters of 1 1
the city at that election; provided, that if any city election is otherwise 12
to occur within ninety days after the date of said certificate, the city 13
council may, at its discretion, omit calling the special election and submit 14
the proposed measure to the voters at such approaching election. 15
Proceedings
if petition
not fully
signed.
Section 40. If an initiative petition is signed by registered voters 1
equal in number to at least eight per cent but less than twenty per cent 2
Chap. 43.] city charters. 349
3 of the total number of registered voters, and said measure be not passed J^J^^f®^'
4 without alteration within twenty days by the city council or the school
5 committee, as provided in the preceding section, such proposed measure,
6 without alteration, shall be submitted by the city council to a vote of
7 the registered voters of the city at the next annual city election; and
8 if under this or the preceding section it shall be approved by a majority
9 of the registered voters voting thereon such proposed measure shall
10 become law.
1 Section 41. The ballots used when voting upon a proposed measure Ballots to
2 under section tliirty-nine or forty, or a measure or part thereof protested of^'measure.'"
3 against under the following section, shall state the nature of the measure {^'§^46.''^'
4 in terms sufficient to show the substance thereof. No such proposed
5 measure shall go into effect unless it receives the affirmative votes of at
fi least a third of the whole number of registered voters.
1 Section 42. If, within twenty days after tlie final passage of any Referendum
2 measure by the city coimcil or by the school committee, a petition signed inV5.'°2"7,
3 by registered voters of the city, equal in number to at least twelve per 22lMaBs. i76.
4 cent of the total number of registered voters, is presented to the city
5 council or to the school committee, as the case may be, protesting against
(') such measure, or aaiy part thereof, taking effect, the same shall thereupon
7 and thereby be suspended from taking effect; and the city council or
8 the school committee, as the case may be, shall immediately reconsider
9 such measure or part thereof; and if such measure or part thereof is not
10 entirely rescinded, the city council shall submit the same, by the method
11 herein provided, to a vote of the registered voters of the city, either at
12 the next regular city election, or at a special election which may, in its
13 discretion, be called for the purpose, and such measure or part thereof
14 shall forthwith become null and void unless a majority of the registered
15 voters voting on the same at such election vote in favor thereof.
16 The petition described in this section shall be termed a referendum Procedure.
17 petition and section thirtj'-eight shall apply to the procedure in respect
18 thereto, except that the words "measure or part thereof protested
19 against" shall for this purpose be understood to replace "measure" in
20 said section wherever it may occur, and "referendum" shall be under-
21 stood to replace the word "initiative" in said section.
1 Section 43. The city council may, of its own motion, and shall, upon city council
2 request of the school committee if a measure originates with that com- ™e^tlonrto
3 mittee and pertains to the affairs under its administration, submit to a igl^^ieT,
4 vote of the registered voters of the city for adoption or rejection at a '• ^ **■
5 general or special city election any proposed measure, or a proposition
G for the repeal or amendment of any. measure, in the same manner and
7 with the same force and effect as are hereby provided for submission on
8 petition.
1 Section 44. If two or more proposed measures passed at the same Measures with
2 election contain conflicting provisions, only the one receiving the greater p^ovi'si'on.f.
3 number of affirmative votes shall take effect. lois, 267, i, § 43.
1 Section 45. Sections one to forty-four, inclusive, shall, upon the Certain pro-
2 adoption by any city of any of the plans hereinafter set forth, apply to Ipp?" to°
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Plan A.
1915, 267
11. § 1.
When plan
takes effect.
1915. 267,
II. § 2.
election,
term. etc.
1913. 267,
II, § 3.
PL.1N A. — GOVERNilENT BY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ELECTED .^.T
LARGE.
Section 46. The method of city government provided for in the 1
nine following sections shall be known as Plan A. 2
Section 47. Upon the adoption of Plan A, it shall become operative 1
as provided in sections one to forty-five, inclusive. 2
Section 48. There shall be a mayor, elected by and from the quali- 1
fied voters of the city, who shall be the chief executive officer of the city. 2
He shall hold office for the term of two years from the first Monday of 3
January following his election, and until his successor is qualified. 4
Party or
political
designations
abolished.
1915, 267,
II. § 4.
City council,
number,
election, etc.
1915. 267.
II, § 5.
Salaries.
1915. 267,
II. § 6.
Mayor may
make ap-
pointments
without con-
firmation.
1915, 267,
II, § 7.
Section 49. No ballot used at any annual or special city election
shall have printed thereon any party or political designation or mark,
and there shall not be appended to the name of any candidate any such
party or political designation or mark, or anything showing how he was
nominated or indicating his views or opinions.
Section 50. The legislative powers of the city shall be vested in a
city council, consisting of nine persons, elected at large by and from the
qualified voters of the city. One of its members shall be elected by the
council annually as its president. At the first election held in a city after
its adoption of Plan A, the five candidates receiving the largest number
of votes shall hold office for two years, and the four receiving the next
largest number of votes shall hold office for one year. Thereafter, as
these terms expire, there shall be elected at each annual city election a
sufficient number of members to fill the vacancies created by the expira-
tion of said terms, each member so elected to serve for two years.
Section 51. The mayor shall receive for his services such salary as
the city council shall by ordinance determine, not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, and shall receive no other compensation from the city. His
salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he
is elected. The council may, by a two thirds vote of all its members taken
by yeas and nays, establish a salary for its members not exceeding five
hundred dollars each. Such salary may be reduced, but no increase
therein shall be made to take effect during the year in which the increase
is voted.
Section 52. Upon the adoption of Plan A, all heads of departments
and members of municipal boards, except the school committee, officials
appointed by the governor, and assessors if elected by vote of the people,
as their terms of office ex-pire, shall be appointed by the mayor without
confirmation by the city council.
Certificates of
appointment.
1915, 267,
II, § S.
Section 53. In making his appointments the mayor shall sign and 1
file with the city clerk a certificate in the following form : 2
Certificate of Appointment.
I appoint (name of appointee) to the position of (name of office), and I certify
that in my opinion he is a recognized expert in the work wliich vnW devolve upon
him, and "that I make the appointment solely in the interest of the city.
Mayor.
CH-\P. 43.] CITY CHARTERS. 351
3 or in the following form, as the case may be:
Certificate of Appointment.
I appoint (name of appointee) to the position of (name of office), and I certify
that in my opinion he is a person specially fitted by education, training or ex-
perience to perform the duties of said office, and that I make the appointment
solely in the interest of the city.
Mayor.
1 Section 54. The mayor may remove the head of a department or Removals.
2 member of a board by filing a written statement with the city clerk setting office''rs'
3 forth in detail the specific reasons therefor, a copy of which shall be de- i5i5'267'
4 livered or mailed to the person thus removed, who may make a written '^' 5 9-
5 reply, which, if he desires, may be filed with the city clerk; but such
6 reply shall not affect the action taken unless the mayor so determines.
7 This section shall not apply to the school committee, or to officials ap-
8 pointed by the governor, or to assessors if elected by the people.
1 Section 55. Every order, ordinance, resolution and vote relative to Approval and
2 the affairs of the city, adopted or passed by the city council, shall be of o°rdere"efc°'^
3 presented to the mayor for his approval. If he approves it he shall sign n'j'io^^'
4 it; if he disapproves it he shall return it, with his written objections,
5 to the city council, which shall enter the objections at large on its records,
6 and again consider it. If the city council, notwithstanding such disap-
7 proval of the mayor, shall again pass such order, ordinance, resolution
8 or vote by a two thirds vote of all its members, it shall then be in force,
9 but such vote shall not be taken for seven days after its return to the
10 city council. Every such order, ordinance, resolution and vote shall be in
1 1 force if not returned by the mayor within ten days after it has been pre-
12 sented to him. This section shall not apply to budgets submitted under
13 section thirty-two of chapter forty-four or to appropriations by a city
14 council under section thirty-three of said chapter.
PLAN B. GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECTED BY DISTRICTS
AND AT LARGE.
1 Section 56. The method of city government provided for in the PianB.
2 seven following sections shall be known as Plan B.
1915, 267, III, § 1. 229 Mass. 147.
1 Section 57. Upon the adoption by a city of Plan B, it shall become when plan
2 operative as provided in sections one to forty-five, inclusive. a es e ect.
191.5, 267, III, § 2. 231 Mass. 322.
1 Section 58. There shall be a mayor, elected by and from the qualified ^/eS'^i
2 voters of the city, who shall be the chief executive officer of the city. He jsYj'Jgj
3 shall hold office for the term of two years from the first Monday in Jan- lii. §3.
4 uary following his election and until his successor is qualified.
1 Section 59. The legislative powers of the city shall be vested in a City council,
2 city council. One of its members shall be elected by the council annually numb™! term
3 as its president. In cities having more than seven wards, the city council i9i°^26'7?"''
4 shall be composed of fifteen members, of whom one shall be elected from '"■ * ■*■
5 each ward by and from the qualified voters of that ward, and the remain-
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iiig members shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of the city. 6
In cities having seven wards or less, the city council shall be composed 7
of eleven members, of whom one shall be elected from each ward by and 8
from the qualified voters of that ward, and the remaining members shall 9
be elected by and from the qualified voters of the city. 10
At the first election held in a city after its adoption of Plan B, the 11
councillors elected from each ward shall be elected to serve for one year, 12
and those elected at large shall be elected to serve for two years, from 1.3
the first Monday in January following their election and until their 14
successors are qualified; and at each annual city election thereafter the 15
councillors elected to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms 16
of councillors shall be elected to serve for two vears. 17
Appointments
by mayor
subject to
confirmation.
Section 60. Upon the adoption of Plan B, all heads of departments 1
and members of municipal boards, except the school committee, officials 2
appointed by the governor, and assessors if elected by the people, as 3
their terms of office expire, shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to 4
confirmation by the city council ; but the city solicitor shall be appointed, 5
and may be removed, by the mayor, without confirmation by the city 6
council. This section shall apply to the city solicitor in office when 7
Plan B becomes operative. 8
Removals, etc.
1915. 267,
III. 5 6.
222 Mass. 574.
229 Mass. 147.
Section 61. The mayor may, with the approval of a majority of the 1
members of the city council, remove the head of a department or mem- 2
ber of a board before the expiration of his term of office, except members 3
of the school committee, officials appointed by the governor, and assessors 4
if elected by the people. The person so removed shall receive a copy 5
of the reasons for his removal, and he may, if he desires, contest the 6
same before the city council. He may be represented by counsel at 7
the hearing. 8
Salaries.
1915, 207,
III, § 7.
22S Mass.
249.
Section 62. The mayor shall receive for his services such salary as 1
the city council by ordinance shall determine, not exceeding five thou- 2
sand dollars, and shall receive no other compensation from the city. .3
His salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which 4
he is elected. 5
The council may, by a two thirds vote of all its members, taken by 6
call of the yeas and nays, establish a salary for its members not exceeding 7
five hundred dollars each. Such salary may be reduced, but no increase 8
therein shall be made to take effect during the year in which the increase 9
is voted. 10
mayorof"'^ SECTION 63. Section fifty-fi\-e shall apply to cities which adopt 1
orders, etc. Plan B, 2
1915, 267, III, § S. 225 Mass. 104. 231 Mass. 322.
Plan C.
1915, 267,
IV, § 1.
PLAN C. • — COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNilENT.
Section 64. The method of city government provided for in the 1
fourteen following sections shall be known as Plan C.
Section 65. Upon the adoption by a city of Plan C, it shall become 1
operative as pro\-ided in sections one to forty-five, inclusive. 2
Chap. 43.] city charters. 353
1 Section 66. The government of the city and the general manage- city councu
2 ment and control of all of its affairs shall be vested in a city council, ■ng'bod'y'!"''"
3 which shall be elected and shall exercise its powers in the manner herein- }^,i*' |^^'
4 after set forth; except that the general management and control of the
5 public schools of the city and of the property pertaining thereto shall
6 be vested in the school committee.
1 Section 67. The city council shall consist of the following five mem- Members to
2 bers: a mayor, who shall be the commissioner of administration; a com- partmMtai
3 missioner of finance; a commissioner of health; a commissioner of pubHc ^^^^'r^^"""^-
4 works and a commissioner of public property. Each commissioner iv. § 3.
5 shall have charge of the department of city affairs indicated by his official
6 title, except as to the affairs and property of the city which are within
7 the jurisdiction of the school committee. All of these officers shall be
8 elected by and from the qualified voters of the whole city for terms of
9 two years, except as hereinafter provided.
10 In case of a difference of opinion as to the departments to be in charge
11 of any one or more of the commissioners, the matter shall be determined
12 by vote of a majority of all the commissioners.
1 Section 68. The terms of office of the members of the council shall J^™' "'^
2 commence at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the first INIonday in January i^is 267,
3 following their election and shall be for two years each, and until their
4 successors are qualified; provided, that the terms of office of the com-
5 missioner of administration, the commissioner of finance and the com-
6 missioner of health first so elected shall be for two years, and the terms of
7 office of the commissioner of public works and the commissioner of public
8 property first so elected shall be for one year, and thereafter the com-
9 missioncrs elected at each annual city election to fill the vacancies caused
10 by the expiration of the terms of commissioners shall be elected to serve
1 1 for two years.
1 Section 69. The city council elected as aforesaid shall meet at ten organization,
2 o'clock in the forenoon on the first Monday of January in each year, and 1(^5,267,
3 the members of the city council whose terms of office then begin shall '^' ^ *■
4 severally make oath, before the city clerk or a justice of the peace, to per-
5 form faithfully the duties of their respective offices. The city council
6 shall thereupon be organized by the choice of a president, who shall hold
7 his office during the pleasure of the city council. The president of the
8 city council shall be any member thereof, except the mayor. The organi-
9 zation of the city council shall take place as aforesaid, notwithstanding the
10 absence, death, refusal to serve, or non-election of the mayor or of one
11 or more of the four other members; provided, that at least three of the
12 persons entitled to be members of the city council are present and make
13 oath as aforesaid. Any member-elect, not present at the time fixed
14 therefor, may make oath at any time thereafter.
1 Section 70. The city council shall fix suitable times for regular Meetings.
2 meetings. The mayor, the president of the city council or any two mem- iv'*§ I"''
3 bers thereof may at any time call a special meeting by causing a written
4 notice, stating the time of holding such meeting and signed by the per-
5 son calling the same, to be delivered in hand to each member, or left at
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CITY CHARTERS.
[Chap. 43.
his usual dwelling place, at least six hours before the time of such meet-
ing. Meetings of the city council may also be held at any time when all
the members of the council are present and consent thereto.
Meetings to
be public.
City oleik,
duties, etc.
1915. 267,
IV, § 7.
Section 71. A majority of the members of the city council shall 1
constitute a quorum. Its meetings shall be public, and the mayor, if 2
present, shall preside and may vote. In the absence of the mayor the 3
president of the city council shall preside, and in the absence of both, a 4
temporary chairman shall be chosen. The city clerk shall be, ex officio, 5
clerk of the city council, and shall keep records of its proceedings; but in 6
case of his temporary absence, or of a vacancy in the office, the city council 7
may elect by ballot a temporary clerk, who shall be sworn to the faithful 8
discharge of his duties and may act as clerk of the city council until a 9
city clerk is qualified. All final votes of the city council involving the 10
expenditure of fifty dollars or more shall be by yeas and nays and be 11
entered upon the records. On the request of one member any vote shall 12
be by yeas and nays and be entered upon the records. The affirmative 13
vote of at least three members shall be necessary for the passage of any 14
order, ordinance, resolution or vote. 15
Powers.
191fl, 267.
IV, § S.
Section 72. The city council shall have and exercise all the legisla-
tive powers of the city, except as such powers are reserved to the school
committee and to the qualified voters of the city herein and in sections
one to forty-five, inclusive, and the city council and its members shall,
severally or collectively, have and possess, and shall themselves or through
such officers as they may elect or appoint, exercise all the other powers,
rights and duties had, possessed or exercised, immediately prior to the
adoption of this plan, by the mayor, board of aldermen, common council, 8
and all other boards, commissions and committees of the city and their 9
members, severally or collectively, except such as are in sections one to 10
forty-five, inclusiA-e, conferred upon the school committee, or are other- 1 1
wise pro\-ided for in sections sixty-four to seventy-eight, inclusi\e. 1 2
Methods of
action.
1915, 267,
IV, §9.
Yea and nay
vote.
Appropriations,
etc., to be
itemized.
Section 73. In legislative session, the city council shall act by ortli- 1
nance, resolution, order or vote. 2
The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances 3
and resolutions, and entered upon the journal of its proceedings. Upon 4
request of any member, the yeas and nays shall be taken and recorded 5
upon any order or vote. Every ordinance, resolution, order or vote 6
passed by the city council shall, except as is hereinafter provided, require 7
on final passage the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the 8
city council. 9
All votes making appropriations of money or authorizing loans shall be 10
in itemized form. 11
Mayor to be
chief execu-
tive officer,
etc. Acting
mayor.
1913, 267,
IV. 5 10.
Section 74. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the 1
city, commissioner of administration and, ex officio, chairman of the 2
school committee. When present, he shall preside at all meetings of 3
the city council and of the school committee and at all joint conven- 4
tions thereof. 5
He may vote on all questions coming before the city council, but shall 6
have no power of veto. 7
Chap. 43.] city charters. 355
8 He shall have such other duties, risrhts and powers as may be pro-
9 vided by ordinance, not in conflict with this chapter.
10 During the absence or inability of the mayor to act, the commissioner
11 of finance shall, as acting mayor, assume the duties and exercise all the
12 rights and powers of the mayor. In the absence or inability so to act of
13 the commissioner of finance the city council may select another com-
14 missioner from their number to perform the duties of acting mayor.
1 Section 75. All executive and administrative powers, authorities Distribution
2 and duties, not otherwise pro\ided for in this chapter, shall be assigned powTrrby ^
3 to a suitable department by the city council by orilinance, and changes Determination
4 in the assignments may be made by ordinance by the affirmative vote jflPg'oCT'
5 of three members of the city council, or by the qualified voters of the city iv, §' u. '
G upon initiative petition.
7 The city coinicil shall determine the policies to be pursued and the
8 work to be undertaken in each department, but each commissioner shall
9 have full power to carry out the policies or to have the work performed
10 in his department as directed by the city council.
1 Section 76. Each commissioner may, except as is otherwise pro- Heads of
2 vided herein, appoint a qualified person to serve as the head of each of et^rai^o^nt-
3 the departments luider his charge and may remo\'e him for cause stated removals'^
4 in the order of removal. All appointments and remo\-als so made shall J-J^'s, 2C7,
5 be subject to confirmation by the city council. The employees in each
6 department shall be appointed and removed by the head of that depart-
7 ment. This section shall not affect the laws governing the civil service.
1 Section 77. Each of said commissioners shall keep a record book Records of
2 in which shall be recorded a brief but clear and comprehensive record to'ife'^kep"/
3 of all affairs of the department under his charge as soon as performed, iv!^§' is'^'
4 and shall quarterly render to the city council a full report of all operations
5 of his department, and shall annually, and oftener if required by t!ie
6 city council, make a synopsis thereof for publication. All such records
7 shall be open to public inspection. The city council shall provide for the
8 publication of such annual or other reports, and of such parts of the
9 quarterly reports, or of such other information regarding city affairs as
10 it may deem advisable.
1 Section 78. The naayor shall receive for his services such salary as Salaries.
2 the city council shall by ordinance determine, not exceeding five thou- iv!"§' i"'
3 sand dollars, and he shall receive no other compensation from the city.
4 His salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term for
5 which he is elected. The council may, by a vote of not less than three
6 members taken by yeas and nays, establish a salary for its members, not
7 exceeding four thousand dollars each. Such salary may be reduced, but
8 no increase therein shall be made to take effect until the municipal year
9 succeeding that in which the vote establishing the salary is passed.
PLAN D. — MAYOR, CITi' COUNCIL AND CITi' MANAGER.
1 Section 79. The method of city government provided for in the Plan d.
2 thirteen following sections shall be known as Plan D. lois, 267, v. § i.
356
CITT CHARTERS.
[Chap. 43.
When plan
takes effect.
191.5, 207.
V, S 2.
1920,337, §4.
Section 80. Upon the adoption by a city of Plan D, it shall become 1
operative as pro\'ided in sections one to forty-five, inclusive; provided, 2
that any city government under the provisions of Plan D on April .3
twenty-second, nineteen hundred and twenty, which did not accept 4
chapter three hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred 5
and twenty at its next municipal election, shall continue to be governed 6
under said provisions, as existing on said date, until its method of govern- 7
ment is changed in accordance with law. 8
City council
and mayor to
be governing
body.
1915, 267.
V, § 3.
1920. 337. § 1.
Section 81. The government of the city and the general manage- 1
ment and control of all its affairs shall be vested in a mayor and a city 2
council, who shall be elected and shall exercise their powers in the manner 3
hereinafter set forth, subject to sections one to forty-five, inclusive; ex- 4
cept that the city manager shall have the authority hereinafter specified, 5
and that the general management and conduct of the pubhc schools of 6
the city and of the property pertaining thereto shall be vested in the 7
school committee. 8
Memher.s,
election,
term. etc.
191,5. 267.
V. §§4, 9.
1920. 337,
§§2,3.
Section 82. The city council shall consist of four members and the 1
mayor, to be elected by and from the qualified voters of the city for 2
terms of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified; 3
except that at the first election the two candidates for the city council 4
having the liighest number of votes shall serve for two years and 5
the two candidates for the city council having the next highest number 6
of votes shall serve for one year, and the mayor shall serve for two years. 7
If the office of mayor becomes vacant, the remaining members of the 8
council shall choose from their own number his successor for the unexpired 9
term. 10
Section 83. All the legislative powers of the city shall be vested 1
in the city council. The city council elected as aforesaid shall meet 2
at ten o'clock in the forenoon on the first Monday of January in each 3
year, and the members of the city council whose terms of office then 4
begin shall severally make oath before the city clerk, or a justice of the 5
peace, to perform faithfully the duties of their respective offices. The 6
city council shall thereupon be organized by the choice of a president, 7
who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the city council. The 8
president of the city council shall be any member thereof, except the 9
mayor. The organization of the city council shall take place as afore- 10
said, notwithstanding the absence, death, refusal to serve, or non-election 11
of one or more of the members; provided that at least three of the 12
persons entitled to be members of the city council are present and 13
qualified. Any member-elect, not present at the time fixed therefor, 14
may make oath at any time thereafter. 15
Section 84. The city council shall fix suitable times for its regular 1
meetings. The mayor, the president of the city council or any two 2
members thereof may at any time call special meetings by causing written 3
notices, stating the time of holding such meetings and signed by the 4
persons calling the same, to be delivered in hand to each member, or left 5
at his usual dwelling place, at least six hours before the time of such 6
meetings. Meetings of the city council may also be held at any time 7
when all the members of the council are present and consent thereto. 8
Chap. 43.] city charters. 357
1 Section 85. A majority of the members of the citv council shall Jifptings to
r> • T • II- i" 1 . he public.
2 constitute a quorum. Its meetmgs shall be public, and the mayor, if Ret-ords^etc.
.3 present, shall preside and may vote. In the absence of the mayor the v, § V.
4 president of the city council shall preside, and in the absence of both,
5 a temporary president shall be chosen. The city clerk shall be, ex officio,
6 clerk of the city council, and shall keep records of its proceedings; but
7 in case of his temporary absence, or of a vacancy in the office, the city
8 council may elect by ballot a temporary clerk, who shall be sworn to the
9 faithful discharge of his duties and may act as clerk of the city council
10 until a city clerk is qualified. All final votes of the city council involving
11 the expenditure of fifty dollars or more shall be by yeas and nays and be
12 entered on the records. On the request of one member any vote shall
13 be by yeas and nays and be entered upon the records. The affirmative
14 vote of at least three members shall be necessary for the passage of any
15 order, ordinance, resolution or vote.
1 Section 86. Vacancies in the city council shall be filled by the coun- vacanrica,
2 cil for the remainder of the unexpired term. v.^t's'"'
1 Section 87. The mayor shall be the official head of the city. He Mayor.
2 shall have no power of veto, but shall have the same power as the other igis^li;-,
3 members of the council to vote upon all measures coming before it. 1920,^337. §3.
1 Section 88. The mayor shall receive for his services such salary as Salaries.
2 the city council shall by ordinance determine, not exceeding two thou- v!^|'io.''^"
3 sand dollars, and shall recei\'e no other compensation from the city. His
4 salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he
5 is elected.
6 The council may by a vote of not less than three members, taken by
7 yeas and nays, establish a salary for its members, not exceeding five
8 hundred dollars each. Such salary may be reduced, but no increase
9 therein shall be made to take effect during the year in which the increase
10 is voted.
1 Section 89. The city council shall appoint a city manager, who shall c"^*^ '5g°"ser.
2 be the administrative head of the city government and shall be responsi- v, § 11.
3 ble for the administration of all departments. He shall be appointed
4 with regard to merit only, and need not be a resident of the city when
5 appointed. He shall hold office during the pleasure of the city council
6 and shall recei\'e such compensation as it shall fix by ordinance.
1 Section 90. The city manager shall be the administrative head of ^°^^^"g^"f^y
2 the city government, see that within the citv the laws of the common- manager.
. ^ 1915 267
3 wealth and the ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the council are v", § 12.
4 faithfully executed, attend all meetings of the council, and recommend
5 for adoption such measures as he shall deem expedient, make reports to
6 the council from time to time upon the affairs of the city, keep the council
7 fully advised of the city's financial condition and its future financial
8 needs and appoint and remove all heads of departments, superintendents
9 and other employees of the city.
1 Section 91. Such city officers and emplo.yees as the council shall ^^^Jren'^fais"
2 determine are necessary for the proper administration of the city shall 1915.267,
358
MLTNICIPAL FINANCE.
[ClIAP. 44.
be appointed and may be removed by tlie city manager, who shall report 3
every such appointment and remo\al to the council at the next meeting 4
thereof following any such appointment or removal. 5
Jg'fgl'gfiT'"^' Section 92. The officers and employees of the city shall perform the 1
V, § 11. duties required of them bv the citv manager, under general regulations 2
3
of the city council.
CHAPTER 44.
MUNICIPAL FINANCE.
Sect.
definitions.
1. Certain terms defined.
MUNICIP.M. INDEBTEDNESS.
2. Municipal indebtedness regulated.
3. Computation of indebtedness.
4. Cities, towns and districts may borrow
for one year in anticipation of reve-
nue.
5. Towns may borrow between Januarj' 1
and date of town meeting.
6. Cities and towns may borrow for tem-
porary loans for payment of laud
damages, etc.
7. Purposes for which cities and towns
may borrow within the debt limit.
8. Purposes for which cities and towns
may borrow outside the debt limit.
9. When districts may borrow.
10. Debt limit.
11. Earlier payment of debts, etc.
12. City may incur indebtedness for water
supply purposes.
13. Town officers may incur liabilities be-
tween December 31 and next appro-
priation.
LIABILITY FOR DEBTS.
14. Liability for lawful debts.
15. Cities, towns, etc., not to be exempt
from liability to pay debts con-
tracted under special acts, etc.
BONDS, NOTES AND CERTIFICATES OF IN-
DEBTEDNESS.
16. Issue, of bonds, notes, etc.
17. Temporary loan may be made for
period not exceeding one year, etc.
IS. Discount of notes.
19. Provision for payment of debts by
cities, towns and districts.
20. Proceeds of sale of bonds to be used
only for purposes specified, etc.
Premiums.
Sect.
21. Issue of new securities for old, recalled
or paid. New, when payable.
22. Rate of interest.
FORM AND CERTIFICATION OF TOWN AND
DISTRICT NOTES.
23. Director of accounts to issue book of
forms for town and district notes.
24. Issue of town and district notes.
25. When note is paid, director to be no-
tified.
26. Fees to be charged by director and paid
into treasury.
27. Certification prima facie evidence.
REPORT OF BORROWING.
28. Director to be informed of all municipal
loans, etc.
TAX LIMIT IN CITIES.
29. Tax limit in certain cities.
DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
30. Department appropriations in certain
cities.
31. Liability not to be incurred in excess of
appropriation, etc.
BUDGET IN CITIES.
32. Mayors, etc., of certain cities to submit
annual budgets, etc.
33. Failure of mayor or commissioner or
director of finance to recommend ap-
propriation.
34. Expenditures in anticipation of appro-
priations.
AUDITING.
35. Auditing of accounts of towns and dis-
tricts.
36. Auditing of accounts of cities.
37. Director to assist municipal accounting
oflScers.
38. LTniformity in municipal accounting.
39. Director to report result of audit to
city, town or district authorities.
Chap. 44.]
MUNICIPAL FINANCE.
359
Sect.
40. Triennial audits of city and town ac-
counts. Preference to petitions.
41. Expenses of auditing, payment and col-
lection.
42. Report of local audit.
43. Returns and information to director.
Forms for accounting.
44. Annual report and bulletins of munici-
pal statistics.
45. Witnesses, production of documents,
etc.
46. Destruction or sale of old papers.
SINKING FUND.
47. No new sinking funds. Existing funds
continued.
48. Duties of sinking fund commissioners.
Investments.
49. Issue of new bonds to sinking fund
commissioners of cities.
50. Payment of debts at earlier periods.
Sect.
51. Loans from state sinking funds not to
be made to certain cities and towns.
52. Registration of bonds, etc., held by
sinking fund commissioners.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
53. Department receipts to be paid into
treasun,% etc.
54. Investment of trust funds, etc.
55. Deposits of towns limited.
56. Financial year of towns. Returns.
57. Interest on certain debts to be paid
from ta.\es.
58. Cities not to pay for wines, liquors or
cigars.
59. Enforcement of chapter.
CO. Penalty for violation of law relative to
town and district notes.
Gl. Penalty for refusal to issue non-nego-
tiable bond to sinking fund >
DEFINITIONS.
1 Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context othenvise requires, Certain terms
2 the following Mords shall have the following meanings: i9i4, 143, § 1. m^ng, § 2.
3 "Revenue", receipts from taxes and income from all other sources.
4 "Director", director of accounts in the department of corporations 1919, 350, § 54.
5 and taxation.
6 "Division of highways", division of highways in the department of P/fa^^"'
7 public works.
8 "Majority vote" and "two thirds vote", as applied to towns or
9 districts, the ^•ote of a majority or two thirds, respecti\-ely, of the voters
10 present and voting at a meeting duly called, and, as applied to cities,
11 the vote taken by yeas and nays of a majority or of two thirds, as the
12 case may require, of all the members of each branch of the city govern-
13 nicnt where there are two branches, or of all the members where there
14 is a single branch of the city government, or of a majority or two thirds
15 of the commissioners where the city government consists of a commis-
16 sion; and in every case subject to the approval of the mayor, where such
17 appro\-al is required by the charter of the city.
IS "Town" shall not include city.
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
1 Section 2. Except in Boston and except as otherwise expressly per- Municipal
2 mitted by law, cities and towns shall incur debts only in the manner of j-egular^d"^™
3 voting and within the limitations as to amount and time of payment pre- ^~^- ^^■.. ^
4 scribed in this chapter: but this section shall not be construed as pro- R. l. 27,'§§i,'8.'
. . • ■ . . . 1913 719
5 hibiting any city, town or district from placing additional restrictions, §§i,'7, 22.
6 consistent with this chapter, upon the manner of incurring debt, nor as 4 0p.'A.'G.'26i.
7 affecting the right of any city, town or district to incur debt under any
8 special act ; but no debt may be authorized under a special act except
9 by a two thirds vote, unless the act so provides.
1 Section 3. The indebtedness of a city or town for a specific pur- computatioi
2 pose shall be its net indebtedness, which shall be the total indebted- "esa"'^'''""'
360
MUNICIPAL FrN.\NCE.
[Chap. 44.
1875. 209,
§§ 6, 10.
1S80, 32.
P. S. 29, §i
1883, 127.
1894,317, §21,
cl. 2,/; .522,
§ 34, cl. 4.
i2,3.
ness for that purpose after deducting the amount of sinking funds
applicable to the same. The indcbtednes.s to which the debt limit im-
posed by section ten shall be applied shall be the total net indebtedness
of the city or town after excluding debts exempted from the operation
of said section.
1895, 1G4. R. L. S, § 5, cl. 12: 27, § 2. 218 Mass. 161. 1 Op. A. G. 0,5.
Cities, towns
and districts
may borrow
for one year
in anticipation
of revenue.
1875, 209, I 2.
P. S. 29, § fi.
1885.312, § 4.
1889,372.
1891, 221.
1893, 23.
R. L. 27, § 6.
1913. 719,
§§ 1,3.
1914, 143, § 2.
1918, 26, § 1;
257, § 159.
1919.5.
1920. 2.
3 0p. A.G.
327, 342.
4 Op. A.G.
149.
Section 4. Cities, towns and fire, water, light and improvement 1
districts may, by a majority vote, incur debt for temporary loans in 2
anticipation of the revenue of the financial year in which the debt is .3
incurred and expressly made payable therefrom by such vote, and may 4
issue notes therefor to an amount which for cities and towns shall not 5
exceed in the aggregate the total tax le\'y of the preceding financial year, 6
together with the bank, corporation, street railway and income tax re- 7
ceived during the preceding financial year, exclusive of special or addi- 8
tional assessments or re\'enue from any other source except payments 9
made by the commonwealth in lieu of taxes on account of property 10
taken for institutions or for metropolitan district purposes. Such notes 11
shall be payable, and shall be paid, not later than one year from their 12
date, and shall not be renewed or paid by the issue of new notes, except 13
as provided in section seventeen. 14
Towns may
borrow
between
January 1
and date of
town meeting.
1915, 83,
§§ 1.2.
1918, 25, § 1.
Section 5. To provide necessary funds to meet liabilities authorized 1
by section thirteen, the town treasurer, with the appro\'al of a majority 2
of the selectmen, may borrow on notes of the town during any one month 3
between January first and the next annual town meeting a sum not ex- 4
ceeding one twelfth of the amount obtained by adding the preA'ious tax 5
levy and the sum received from the commonwealth during the preced- 6
ing year on account of the income tax. The amount so borrowed shall 7
be deemed a part of the amoimt which may be borrowed under the pre- 8
ceding section. Said notes shall be subject to certification, in accordance 9
with law, by the director, who shall furnish a statement certifying 10
to the amount of the tax le\y of the preceding year as filed with the 11
commissioner of corporations and taxation by the assessors, and they 12
shall not be renewed or paid by the issue of new notes except as provided 13
in section seventeen. 14
Cities and
towns may
borrow for
temporary
loans for pay-
ment of land
damages, etc.
1892, 178.
R. L. 27, § 7.
1913, 719,
§§1,4.
1918, 26, § 2.
Section 6. Cities and towns may, by a majority -v'ote, incur debt 1
for temporary loans for the payment of land damages or any proportion 2
of the general expenses of altering a grade crossing which they are re- 3
quired primarily to pay, or any proportion of the expense of construct- 4
ing a highway in anticipation of reimbursement by the commonwealth 5
or county, such reimbursement first having been agreed upon by the 6
division of highways or county commissioners, and may issue notes 7
therefor for a period not exceeding one year from their date; and when 8
any money so paid is repaid to tlie municipality, it shall be applied to 9
the discharge of the loan. Notes issued under this section shall not be 10
renewed or paid by the issue of new notes, except as provided in section 1 1
seventeen. 12
wh[?h dtieT Section 7. Cities and towns may incur debt, within the limit of 1
maVCmw indcbtcdness prescribed in section ten, for the following purposes, and 2
payable within the periods hereinafter specified : 3
1891,321. 1913, 719, §§ 1, 5. 1 Op. A. G. 24. 4 Op. A. G. 261.
the debt limit.
Chap. 44.] municip.\l finance. 361
4 (1) For the construction of sewers for sanitary and surface drainage p. s. 29, §8.
5 purposes and for sewage disposal, thirty years. r^^l! 27i''§\i;
1903. 375. 1913, 719, § 5. subs. 1.
6 (2) For acquiring land for public parks or public domain under chap- is82, 154, § 9;
7 ter forty-five, thirty years ; but no indebtedness incurred for public r. i. 28,
8 domain shall exceed one half of one per cent of the last preceding as- fgos^'s^", § 3.
9 sessed valuation of the city or town.
1913, 564, §§1,5; 719, § 5. subs. 2. 1915, 162, § 1.
10 (3) For acquiring land for any purpose for which a city or town is or r. l. 27. § 11.
11 may hereafter be authorized to acquire land, not otherwise herein speci- 1913.' 719! §5,
12 fied, and for the construction of buildings which cities and towns are igjl; in, § 1.
13 or may hereafter be authorized to construct, including the cost of original ^^^^- ®^' ^ ^■
14 equipment and furnishing, twenty years.
15 (4) For the construction of additions to schoolhouses or buildings to 1894, 221.
16 be used for any municipal purpose, including the cost of original equip- 1903', 375. ^^'
17 ment and furnishings, where such additions increase the floor space of subs! I^^' ^ ^'
IS said buildings, twenty years. sop. a. g. 71. op. a. g. (1919)93.
19 (5) For the construction of bridges of stone or concrete, or of iron 1913. 719, §5,
20 superstructure, twenty years. "^ '^ "^
2i\. (6) For the original construction of public ways or the extension or 1913, 719, § 5,
22 widening thereof, including land damages and the cost of pavement
23 and sidewalks laid at the time of said construction, ten years.
24 (7) For the construction of stone, block, brick or other permanent wis. "19, § 3,
25 pavement of similar lasting character, ten years.
26 (8) For macadam pavement or other road material under specifica- 1913. 719, § 5,
27 tions approved by the division of highways, five years. 1914, 317.
28 (9) For the construction of walls or dikes for the protection of high- lais, 719, § 5,
-_ ^ ^ , , ^ = subs. 9.
29 ways or property, ten years.
30 (10) For the purchase of land for cemetery purposes, ten years. lois, 719, § 5,
31 (11) For such part of the cost of additional departmental equipment 1913.719, §5,
32 as exceeds twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of the preceding year's ^"''^ 'i-
33 valuation, five years.
34 (12) For the construction of sidewalks of brick, stone, concrete or wis. 719, § .5,
35 other material of similar la.sting character, five years.
36 (13) For connecting dwellings or other buildings with common sew- 1899, 319. §1.
37 ers, when the cost is to be assessed in whole or in part on the abutting 1913^ 719, § s,'
38 property owners, five years. su ». 1 .
39 (14) For the abatement of nuisances in order to conserve the public 1913.719. §3,
40 health, five years.
41 (15) For extreme emergency appropriations involving the health or i875, 209, § 3.
42 safety of the people or their property, five years. R. l. 27, § s.
1913, 719, § 5, subs. 13. 3 Op. A. G. 422, 565. 4 Op. A. G. 134.
43 (16) For the payment of final judgments rendered after the fixing of 1920,114.
44 the tax rate for the current year, one year.
45 (17) For such other emergency appropriations as shall be approved 1920, 591, § 10.
46 by a board composed of the attorney general, the state treasurer and
47 the director, one year.
48 Debts mav be authorized under this section onlv bv a two thirds vote. 1913. 719, § 5.
1 Section 8. Cities and towns may incur debt, outside the limit of ^V'"'?;
hich cities
2 indebtedness prescribed in section ten, for the following purposes and and towns
3 payable within the periods hereinafter specified: outside the
1913, 719, §§ 1. 6. 4 Op. A. G. 261. '^"^'^ ''°"'-
362 MUNICIPAL FiN.uvCE. [Chap. 44.
subs' 1^^'^^' ^^^ For temporary loans under section four, five, six or seventeen, one 4
year. 5
1918,205,5 4. (2) For maintaining, distributing and providing food, other common 6
necessaries of life and temporary shelter for their inhabitants upon the 7
occasions and in the manner set forth in section nineteen of chapter 8
forty, two years. 9
i870,|3, (3) por establishing or purchasing a system for supplying the inhab- 10
Jf^?'?S^, , itants of a citv or town with water, for the purchase of land for the 11
Io75, 209, §4. .„' p . . .,,,
P. s. 27, protection oi a water system, or tor acquirmg water rights, thirty 12
29, §s. ■ years. 1592,245, §6. isqs, 48s, § 21. r. l. 2s, §32; 27, § 11. 13
1903, 375. 1913. 719, § 6, subs. 2. 4 Op. A. G. 261. 218 Mass. 161.
1913,719, §6, (4) For the extension of water mains and for water departmental 14
equipment, five years. 15
1891, 370, §4. (,5) For establishing, purchasing, extending or enlarging a gas or 16
R. L.'27, §5. electric lighting plant within the limits of the territory within which 17
1913! 719! § 6, such gas or electric lighting plant is authorized to distribute its product, 18
1914,742, §98. twenty years; but the indebtedness so incurred shall not exceed in a 19
1915, 115. town five per cent and in a city two and one half per cent of the last 20
preceding assessed valuation of such town or city. 21
R^L 27^5^1 • '■^'^ ^'^^ acquiring land for the purposes of a public playground, as 22
28, §21,' ' specified in section fourteen of chapter forty-five, thirty years; but the 23
1913! 719! § 6, indebtedness so incurred shall not exceed one half of one per cent of 24
the last preceding assessed valuation of the city or town. 25
1920 292^5^2 ^"-^ ^'^^ acquiring land or constructing buildings or other structures, 26
including the cost of original equipment, as memorials to soldiers, sailors 27
and marines, twenty years; but the indebtedness so incurred shall not 28
exceed one half of one per cent of the last preceding assessed valuation 29
of the city or town. 30
1916, 286, J 8. (8) For payment of an assessment for a proportionate share of the 31
expense of construction of a county tuberculosis hospital under section 32
eighty-three of chapter one hundred and eleven, twenty years. 33
1920, 599. § 11, (9) For acquiring street railway property under sections one hun- 34
dred and forty-tliree to one hundred and fifty-eight, inclusive, of chap- 35
ter one hundred and sixty-one, operating the same, or contributing 36
toward the sums expended by a transportation area for capital pur- 37
poses, ten years; but the indebtedness so incurred shall not exceed two 38
per cent of the last preceding assessed valuation of the city or town. 39
1875, 209, § 3. Debts mentioned in clause (1) of this section shall be payable as pro- 40
R. L. 27, § 8. vided for in sections four, five, six and seventeen. Debts for all other 41
1914! lis! 1 3. purposes mentioned in this section shall be payable within the periods 42
1 Op. A. G. 24. above specified from the date of the first issue of bonds or notes on ac- 43
count thereof, and may be incurred in accordance with the laws relating 44
to such purposes, so far as they are consistent with this chapter. Debts, 45
except for temporary loans, may be authorized under this section only 46
by a two thirds vote. 47
i,8TO.|3, §§2,3. Debts mentioned in clauses (3) and (4) of this section shall not be 48
5§28, 29. authorized to an amount exceeding ten per cent of the last preceding 49
218 Mass. 161. assesscd valuation of the city or town. i Op. a. g. 263. 50
^y borrow'!'^ Section 9. FLrc, water, light and improvement districts may by 1
1918' 257^ ^' ^ *^° thirds vote authorize the incurring of debt for the purposes 2
8 159. ' prescribed, and payable within the periods specified, by sections seven 3
i92o! 2! and eight, so far as they are authorized by law to make expenditures for 4
the purposes mentioned therein. 5
Chap. 44.] municipal finance. 363
1 Section 10. Except as otherwise authorized by law, a city shall not Debt limit.
2 authorize indebtedness to an amount exceeding two and one half per p.s.'ag, §4. '
3 cent, and a town shall not authorize indebtedness to an amount exceed- r^^l. iyf ' ^ ^'
4 ino; three per cent, on the average of the assessors' valuations of the fgil'.ng,
5 taxable property for the three preceding years, the valuations being first fli^'^j^g^gg
6 reduced by the amount of all abatements allowed thereon previous to 218 Mass! lei.
7 December thirty-first of the preceding year. All debts, except those
8 expressly authorized by law to be incurred outside the debt limit, shall
9 be reckoned in determining its limit of indebtedness under tliis section.
1 Section 11. Cities, except Boston, towns and districts may pay or Earlier pay-
2 provide for the payment of any debt at an earlier period than is required ^e°' "' '^^'"*'
3 by this chapter or may appropriate money for the purchase and can- p^g^'al^^j 14*"
4 cellation of outstanding indebtedness, and shall not refund anv debt i^^?' H^'Al-
5 except as provided in section seventeen; and cities, towns and districts 1913,719.
6 may, for the purpose of reducing the whole debt for the redemption of 1915, 85, § 6.
7 which sinking funds have been established by cities or towns prior to 3 op. a!'g. 71!
8 May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and by districts
9 prior to March twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, or of reduc-
10 ing the amount to be raised by taxation for such funds, add to any
11 such sinking fund the excess of any appropriation over the amount
12 required for the purpose thereof, or add to such funds any sums derived
13 from taxation or from other sources not required by law to be expended
14 otherwise.
1 Section 12. A city, except Boston, which, at a meeting of its voters city may incur
2 held for that purpose, has accepted, by a vote of two thirds of the legal for water°sup-
3 voters voting thereon, any act to supply the city with water, may, by a fsii^w"^^'
4 two thirds vote, incur debt and issue bonds or notes for the purposes r L'l^yllff
5 and to the extent authorized by such act, in the manner provided in, and J?i^'7/^'
6 subject to the provisions of, section nineteen. 3 Op. a. g. 422, scs.
1 Section 13. In towns, during the interval between December thirty- i„„„ officers
2 first in each year and the time of making the next annual appropri- "XiiSer
3 ations, town officers authorized to make expenditures mav incur liabil- between
... . ,, ' . ,-, December 31
4 ities in carrying on the several departments intrusted to them, and and next
5 payments therefor shall be made from the town treasury from any avail- 1913, 092, § 2.
6 able funds therein, and the same shall be charged against the next annual
7 appropriation; provided, that the liabilities incurred during said interval
8 do not exceed in any month the sums spent for similar purposes during
9 any one month of the preceding year; and provided, further, that said
10 officers may expend in any one month for any officer or board created
11 by law an amount not exceeding one twelfth of the estimated cost for
12 said year; but all interest and debt falling due in the said interval shall
13 be paid.
LIABILITY FOR DEBTS.
1 Section 14. Nothing in this chapter shall exempt a city or town Liability for
2 from its liability to pay debts contracted for purposes for which it may isrs? 209, *§ 10.
3 lawfully expend money.
p. S. 29, §16. R. L. 27, §20. 144 Mass. 177. lOp.A.G. 24.
1 Section 15. Cities, towns and districts authorized by special acts Cities, towns,
2 to incur debt shall not be exempt from liability to pay debts contracted exempt from^
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[Chap. 44.
liability to
pay debts
contracted
under special
acts, etc.
1914, 740.
for the purposes for which tliey may lawfully expend money under such .3
acts, notwithstanding that the amount of the annual payment and the 4
period of the loan may not have been .specified by the vote authorizing .5
the debt to be incurred, and the officers authorized to issue bonds or notes 6
therefor may issue the same, subject to the provisions and limitations of 7
such acts, provided that in all other respects the requirements of law 8
shall have been complied with; and the provisions of this section shall 9
apply to any bonds or notes of a city, town or district issued under the 10
authority of any special act heretofore or liereafter enacted. 11
Issue of bonds,
notes, etc.
1884, 129.
1896, 269.
R. L. 27,§9.
1913, 719,
§§ 1,8.
1914, 143, § 4.
1915, S5, § 3.
201 Ml
212 Ml
BOND.S, NOTES ANTJ CERTIFIC.^TE.S OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Section 16. A city, town or district which has authorized a debt to 1
be incurred within the limitations, as to amount and time of payment, 2
prescribed by this chapter may issue therefor bonds or notes, or, in the 3
case of a city, certificates of indebtedness, all of which shall be prop- 4
erly denominated on the face thereof, signed by its treasurer, and, if 5
^2*. ' issued by a city, countersigned by its mayor, unless its charter other- 6
wise provides, or, if issued by a town, by a majority of its selectmen, 7
or, if issued by a di.strict, by a majority of the prudential committee or 8
commissioners, and by any other officers, boards or commissioners of a: 9
city, town or district whose counter-signatures may be required by law, 10
at such rate of interest as may be deemed proper; and such city, town 11
or district may, except as provided in section eighteen, sell such bonds, 12
notes or certificates of indebtedness at not less than par, at public or 13
private sale, or may use the same in payment of such debts; provided, 14
that if the amount of the annual payment and the period of the loan 1.5
are not specified by the vote authorizing the debt to be incurred, the 16
officers authorized to issue bonds or notes therefor may issue the same 17
subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter. The auditor 18
or similar officer in cities, the town accountant in towns having such an 19
ofRcer, the treasurer in all other towns, or the prudential committee or 20
comrnissioners in a district, shall, not later than May first of each year, 21
notify the board of assessors in wTiting of the amount of debt falling due 22
during the current financial year, the sinking fund requirements, if any, 23
and what provision has been made for meeting such requirements; and 24
the board shall make such provision for meeting said debt and sinking 2.5
fund requirements in the tax levy of that year as in its judgment may 26
be necessary. This section and the four following sections shall not apply 27
to Boston. 28
Temporary
loan may be
made for
period not
exceeding one
year, etc.
187.5, 209, § 8.
P. S. 29. § 14.
1898, 526.
R. L. 27,
§§ 10, 18.
1908, 250. § 1.
1913, 719,
§§ 1,9.
1914, 143. § 5.
1 Op. A. G. 24.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 34.
Section 17. If a city, town or district votes to issue bonds, notes or 1
certificates of indebtedness in accordance with law, the officers authorized 2
to issue the same may, in the name of such city, town or district, make a 3
temporary loan for a period of not more than one year in anticipation of 4
the money to be derived from the sale of such bonds, notes or certificates 5
of indebtedness, and may issue notes therefor; but the time within which 6
such securities shall become due and payable shall not be extended by 7
reason of the making of such temporary loan beyond the time fixed in 8
the vote authorizing the issue of such bonds, notes or certificates of 9
indebtedness; and notes issued under this section and sections four, 10
five and six for a shorter period than one year may be refunded by the 11
issue of other notes maturing within the required period; provided, 12
that the period from the date of issue of the original loan and the date 13
Chap. 44.] ml-nicipal finance. 365
14 of maturity of the refunding loan shall be not more than one year; and
1.5 provided, further, that no notes shall be refunded under this section
16 except under authority of such vote as is required for the original
17 borrowing.
1 Section 18. Notes issued under section four, five, six or seventeen Discount of
2 may be sold at such discoiuit as the treasurer or other officer authorized i9o"'i53.
3 to sell the same may, with the approval of the officer or officers whose If^f/iJ®'
4 counter-signature is required on said notes, deem proper, the discount to
5 be t)-eated as interest paid in advance.
1 Section 19. Cities, towns and districts shall not issue any notes Provision for
2 payable on demand, and they shall provide for the payment of all debts, debts by dties,
3 except those incurred under sections four, five, six and seventeen, by d°^°fete°'^
4 such annual payments as will extinguish the same at maturity, and so is82. i^s, § i.
5 that the first of such annual pavments on account of any loan shall be wos, 341, § 1.
• 1911 350
6 made not later than one year after the date of the bonds or notes issued lais,' rig]
7 therefor, and so that the amount of such annua! payments in any year on 1915. ss. § 5.
8 account of such debts, so far as issued, shall not be less than the amount ll^f;!.^'
9 of principal payable in any subsequent year, and such annual amounts,
10 together with the interest on all debts, shall, without further vote, be
11 assessed until the debt is extinguished; provided, that in the case of
12 bonds or notes issued for establishing or purchasing a water supply sys-
13 tem for its inhabitants, for the purchase of land for the protection thereof
14 or for acquiring water rights, the first of such annual payments shall be
15 made not later than three years after the date thereof.
1 Section 20. The proceeds of any sale of bonds or notes, except Proceeds of
2 premiums, shall be used only for the purposes specified in the authoriza- tobe°use°d ^
3 tion of the loan; provided, that transfers of unexpended amoimts may poies^°pe^?fied,
4 be made to other accounts to be used for similar purposes. Any premium 19'io ^7"'"™'
5 received upon such bonds, less the cost of preparing, issuing and mar- flA'^jg
6 keting them, shall be applied to the payment of the principal of the first §"§ i.'t. '
7 bonds or notes so to matiu-e, and the contributions from other sources 4"op'. a.'g. '
8 for the payment of said bonds or notes shall be reduced correspondingly. ^®^'
1 Section 21. A city or town which recalls and pays any of its securi- issue of new
2 ties under rights reserved therein mav issue, in place of securities so securities for
0 1*11 • • T* I • 1 • 1 • 1 ■ ' recalled
3 recalled and paid, other seciu'ities payable at periods within the maturity or paid
4 of those originally issued. Such new securities shall be made payable payable.
5 within thirty years from the time of contracting the original debt. p. s''.'29, §23.'
R. L. 27, § 25. 1 Op. a. G. 24.
1 Section 22. All bonds, notes and other securities issued by cities or Rate of
2 towns, except Boston, shall bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by isea Ise.
3 the city or town treasurer, with the approval of the mayor or selectmen,
4 notwithstanding any general or special provision of law enacted prior to
5 April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and twenty.
form and certification of toW'N and district notes.
1 Section 23. The director shall furnish to the treasurer of every town. Director of
2 and of every fire, water, light and improvement district, forms for the rsBu°e"book''of
3 issue of notes for money borrowed by the town and by such districts. InTdiitJict"^"
4 Every such note shall state the amount thereof, the date of issue, which JgJo^ gie § 1
366
MLT^ICIPAL FINANCE.
[Chap. 44.
1913, 727, § 1.
1915. 285.
1918, 257,
§ 159.
1919, 5: 3.50,
§§ 52, 55.
1920, 2.
3 Op. A. G.
342, 523, 578.
shall be construed as the date from whicli interest is payable, the interest 5
which it bears, the date when it will become due, and such other matter 6
as the director may deem necessary; and a record of every such note 7
shall be kept by said treasurer in such form as the director may designate. 8
The director may place upon notes submitted to him for certification 9
such denominations as will show the purpose for which they are issued 10
and as may be required by law to appear thereon. 11
Issue of town
and district
19I0,'616. § 2.
1912,45, § 1.
1913,411), § 1;
727, §§ 2, 3.
1914, 55,
§§1.2.
1918, 257,
§ 159.
1919.5.
1920, 2.
4 Op. A. G.
134.
Section 24. Whenever a town or a fire, water, light or improvement 1
district votes to raise money otherwise than by the issue of bonds, the 2
treasurer thereof shall make notes for the amount of the proposed loan, 3
and shall use one or more, in serial order, of the forms provided for in 4
the preceding section, with the blank spaces properly filled in. Town 5
notes shall be signed by the treasurer thereof, and a majority of the 6
selectmen shall countersign and approve each note in the presence of 7
the town clerk, who shall certify to the fact on the face thereof and affix 8
thereon the town seal. Notes of districts shall be signed by the treasurer 9
thereof, and a majority of the prudential committee or commissioners 10
shall countersign and approve them in the presence of the clerk of the 11
district, who shall certify to the fact on the face thereof. The treasurer 12
of the town or district, after making a record of the transaction in accord- 1.3
ance with the preceding section, shall forward, with the fee required by 14
section twenty-six, every such note to the director, with a copy of said 1.5
record and a copy of the vote authorizing the loan, certified by the clerk 16
of the town or district, and a certification by said clerk that the person 17
whose signature appears upon the note as treasurer was the duly au- 18
thorized treasurer of the town or district when such signature was made, 19
and that the persons whose signatures appear upon the note as those of a 20
majority of the selectmen or of the prudential committee or commissioners 21
were duly qualified as such when such signatures were made; and the 22
treasurer of such district shall furnish such other information with refer- 23
ence to the financial condition of the district as the director may require 24
to enable him properly to certify the note. If upon examination the 25
note appears to the director to have been duly issued in accordance with 26
the vote of the town or district authorizing it, or in accordance v.ith an 27
act of the general court, and to have been signed by the duly qualified 28
officials of such town or district, he shall so certify and shall thereupon 29
return the note by registered mail to the treasurer of such town or dis- 30
trict; but, under such regulations as he may prescribe, if so authorized 31
by the town treasurer with the appro\al of the selectmen, or by the 32
treasurer of the district with the approval of the prudential committee 33
or commissioners, the director may deliver a certified note to the payee 34
thereof. He may certify to the issue of a note on any date not earlier 35
than three days prior to the date of issue appearing on the note, if the 36
other conditions of this chapter have been complied with. He shall not 37
certify a note payable on demand, nor shall he certify any note unless 38
the laws relating to municipal indebtedness have been complied with. 39
pai d,"d"rVtor SECTION 25. Whenever a note issued by a town or district is paid, the 1
WW, 6i6!^§ 3. treasurer thereof shall immediately notify the director of such payment, 2
I9i8;2l7,'§\59 stating the source from which such payment was made. 3
1919, 5. 1920, 2.
Chap. 44.] municipal finance. 367
1 Section 26. The director shall establish a reasonable fee for every Fees to be
2 note certified, to he turned over monthly to the commonwealth; and director and
3 the state treasurer may refinid the amount of any fee deposited with treasury?
4 him by said director for the certification
5 celled before money is obtained thereon.
1913, 727, § 4. Const, amend. G3, § 1. (Const. Rev. art. 125.)
1 Section 27. The certification of town and district notes by the CertiSsation
2 director shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of such town or e™ence"'
3 district therefor. lois, 84. § i.
REPORT OF BORROWING.
1 Section 28. Whenever a city, town or district votes to authorize Director to be
2 the incurrence of indebtedness, the city, town or district clerk, as the mu'J[iSpii°' *"
3 case may be, shall, within forty-eight hours after the vote becomes ef- ^igii^^s"^'
4 fective, furnish to the director a copy thereof; and whenever a loan is
5 issued by a city, the city treasurer shall notify the director of the amount
6 and purpose of the loan, and shall stjite whether it be in the form of bonds
7 or notes; and whenever a loan is issued by a town or district in the form
8 of bonds, the treasurer thereof shall notify the director of the amomit
9 and purpose thereof. City, town and district treasurers shall also fur-
10 nish the director, upon request, with any other information in respect
1 1 to the authorization and issue of loans, which he may require to enable
12 him to keep a complete and accurate record of indebtedness authorized
lo or incurred by cities, towns and districts.
tax limit in cities.
1 Section 29. The tax limit heretofore established by ordinance under Tax limit in
2 section nineteen of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of isss. i78. §i;
3 nineteen hundred and thirteen, in cities other than Boston, shall have 1887,^281.
4 the force of law until it is annulled or modified by the action of the city Hqo'.Im.' **^'
5 council or other governing body. The mayor, or in cities having a com- ^j*^' f^*-, g^
G mission form of government the commissioner or director of finance, isos. ss^. | s-
7 may request a change in the tax limit as then existing or the fixing of § s.i.'
8 a limit; and when such request is submitted in writing to the city council, i9i3,' 719,' § i9.
9 it shall immediately order a public hearing to be held not less than seven ^^^^' ^^' ^ ''
10 days thereafter relative to the fixing of a tax limit, and after such hearing
11 the council may, between January first and May first only, by ordinance
12 passed by a two thirds vote, fix a limit or abolish a limit previously
13 established, and such ordinance shall remain in force until further modi-
14 fied, as above provided.
DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
1 Section 30. A city, except Boston, wherein the appropriation for Department
2 any department is determined by law at a certain rate or percentage of fn ce?t^a'in"°"'
3 the taxable valuation or the valuation of the taxable property therein, ^gll-^on.
4 or however otherwise the same may be described, shall, in addition to '®^*' '°''-
5 the amount so determined, appropriate and use for such department
6 such proportion of the proceeds of the tax upon incomes, returned by
7 the commonwealth to the city under section eighteen of chapter fifty-
8 eight, as the appropriation so determined by law bears to the total local
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[Chap. 44.
tax levy of that city for the current year; but in each year such depart- 9
ments shall be credited with their proportion of the income tax received 10
during the preceding year. 11
Section 31. No department of any city or town, except Boston,
shall inciu- liability in excess of the appropriation made for the use of
such department, except in cases of extreme emergency involving the
health or safety of persons or property, and then only by a vote in a city
of two thirds of the members of the city council, and in a town by a vote
of two thirds of the selectmen.
Mayors, etc.. of
certain cities
to submit
annual budgets,
1913, 719,
l§ 1. 20.
1915, 138, I 1.
1920. 172.
231 Mass. 252,
322.
BUDGET IN CITIES.
Sfxtion 32. Within sixty days after the annual organization of the 1
city government, in cities other than Boston not having the commission 2
form of government the mayor, and in such cities having said commis- 3
sion form, the commissioner or director of finance, shall submit to 4
the city council the annual budget of the current expenses of the city, 5
and the mayor or commissioner or director, as the case may be, may sub- 6
mit thereafter supplementary budgets. The budget shall consist of an 7
itemized and detailed statement of the money required, and the city 8
council, by a majority vote, shall make such appropriations in detail, 9
clearly specifying the amount to be expended for each particular purpose; 10
but the budget shall not be in such detail as to fix specific salaries of 11
employees under the direction of boards elected by the people, other than 12
the city council. The city council may reduce or reject any item, but, 13
without the approval of the mayor or commissioner or director of finance, 14
as the case may be, shall not increase any item in or the total of a budget, 15
nor add any item thereto. In such cities not having the commission 16
form of government, the city officials, when so requested by the mayor, 17
shall submit to him forthwith in such detail as he may require estimates 18
for the next fiscal year of the expenditures of their departments or offices 19
under their charge, which shall be transmitted to the city council. In 20
such cities having the commission form of government each commissioner 21
or director shall, within thirty days after the annual organization of the 22
city government, submit to the commissioner or director of finance esti- 23
mates in such detail as he may require of the amounts deemed necessary 24
for the current expenses of their respective departments. In all cities 25
other than Boston, if the council fails to approve or disapprove any item 26
in the budget, as submitted by the mayor or commissioner or director 27
of finance, within sixty days after its receipt thereof, such item shall, 28
without any council action, become a part of the budget for the year, 29
and the sum named shall be available for the purpose designated. 30
Nothing in this section shall prevent the mayor or commissioner or 31
director of finance from recommending, and the city council from mak- 32
ing, appropriations prior to the adoption of the annual budget. 33
Failure of
mayor or
or director of
Bnanee to
recommend
appropriation.
1913, 719,
§S I. 20.
1915, 138, § 1.
Section 33. In case of the failure of the mayor or commissioner or
director of finance to transmit to the city council a written recommenda-
tion for an appropriation for any purpose deemed necessary by the coun-
cil, after having been so requested by vote thereof, said council, after
the expiration of seven days from such vote, upon its own initiative may
make an appropriation for such purpose by a vote of at least two thirds of
1
Chap. 44.] municipal finance. 369
7 its members, and shall in all cases make such appropriations in detail, 23i'Mass 252
S clearly specifying the amount to be expended for each particular pur-
9 pose, but not in such detail as to fix specific salaries of employees under
10 the direction of boards elected by the people, other than the city council.
1 Section 34. In the period after the ex-piration of any fiscal year and ^^anticipation
2 before the regular appropriations ha\'e been made by the city council, J^^^pp''"'"''''"
3 the city officers who are authorized to make expenditures may incur lia- i^'^'IJ"'
4 bilities in carrying on the work of the several departments intrusted to 1915', is's, § 1.
5 them, and payments therefor shall be made from the treasury from any
() available funds therein, and charged against the next annual appropria-
7 tion; pro\"ided, that the liabilities incurred during said interval do not
8 exceed in any month the sums spent for similar purposes during any one
9 month of the preceding year; and provided, further, that said officers
10 may expend in any one month for any new officer or board lawfully
11 created an amount not exceeding one twelfth of the estimated cost for
12 the current year. x\ll interest and debt falling due in said interval shall
13 be paid.
auditing.
1 Section 35. Any town and any fire, water, light or improvement Auditing of
2 district, at a meeting legally called therefor, may petition the director towns and
3 for an audit of its accounts or for the installation of an accounting system; I'iio'ms, § i.
4 and said director, as soon as possible after the receipt of such petition, \l\l' l^\\^'
5 shall cause such audit to be made or system of accounts to be installed, ^g'^'j^^^' ^ ^'
6 Any town or district, at a meeting legally called therefor, after such 1918,257,
7 accounting system has been installed, may petition for subsecjuent audits, loio.'s.
8 or may provide in its by-laws for periodical audits under the supervision
9 of said director, who shall cause such audits to be made. The selectmen
10 may petition said director for an audit of the town accounts when, in
11 their opinion, the condition of the accounts is such as to warrant the
12 making of such audit, and said director, as soon as possible after the re-
13 ceipt of such petition, shall cause such audit to be made.
1 Section 3G. Any city may, by vote of its city council, petition the Auditing of
2 director for an audit of its accounts or for the installation of an account- citie""'* °'
3 ing system; and, if a statute or an ordinance requires a city official or com- {g}"' ^oe | \
4 mission to cause an audit to be made, such official or commission may
5 petition therefor, and said director, as soon as possible after the receipt
6 of such petition, shall cause such audit to be made or accounting system
7 installed.
1 Section 37. Whenever, after such accounting system has been in- Director to
2 stalled, a city, town or district accounting officer requests the advice or plTacrollSting
3 assistance of the director, he shall render such assistance as in his judg- "gl's^'Tbe, § 1.
4 ment may be necessary. 1917. 159, § 2.
1 Section 38. The accounting systems installed in accordance with uniformity in
2 this chapter shall be such as will, in the judgment of the director, be most ^counting.
3 effective in securing uniformity of classification in the accounts of such \l\°- fog; | f
4 cities, towns and districts. The director may supply approximately at \l}/\^2'
5 cost to cities, towns and districts where such accounting systems have
6 been installed such books, forms or other supplies as may be required from
7 time to time after the original installation of such systems.
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Director to
report result
of audit to
city, town or
district au-
tliorities.
1910. 598. § 5.
1917, 159, § 3.
Section 39. Upon the completion of an audit under section thirty-
five or thirty-six, the director shall render a report to the city govern-
ment or the board of selectmen or the prudential committee or com-
missioners, respectively, embodying the results of his findings, with such
suggestions as he may deem advisable for the proper administration of
the finances of the city, town or district.
6
Triennial
audits of city
and town
accounts.
Preference to
petitions.
1920. 245,
§§ 1,3.
Section 40. The director shall cause an audit to be made of the ac- 1
counts of all cities and towns of the commonwealth, except Boston, and 2
may cause subsequent audits to be made of the accounts of each city 3
and town, except Boston, as often as once in three years, and for this 4
purpose he, and his duly accredited agents, shall have access to all neces- 5
sary papers, books and records. Upon the completion of each audit, 6
as aforesaid, a report thereon shall be made to the mayor and city gov- 7
ernment in cities, and to the selectmen in towns, and a copy of the same 8
shall be furnished to the city or town clerk, who shall cause the same or 9
a summary of its essential features to be published at the expense of the 10
city or town. The director, in his discretion, may give preference to 11
audits upon petitions under section thirty-five or thirty-six over audits 12
under this section. 13
Expenses of
auditing,
paynient and
collection.
1910, 598, § 6.
1917, 159,
§§4,5.
1920, 245, § 2.
Report of
local audit.
1920, 245, § 4.
Section 41. The expenses incurred under sections thirty-five to 1
forty, inclusive, shall be paid primarily by the commonwealth ; and the 2
state treasurer shall issue his warrant requiring the assessors of the 3
cities and towns concerned and of the towns in which such district is 4
located to assess a tax to the amount of said expense, and such amounts 5
shall be collected and paid to the state treasurer in the same manner 6
and subject to the same penalties as state taxes. Any balance due 7
shall be assessed in the succeeding years in the same manner as other 8
state taxes. 9
Section 42. Whenever a city or town causes an audit of its accounts 1
or the accounts of separate departments to be made by a person of its 2
own selection, the city or town clerk shall immediately, upon the em- 3
ployment of such person, file his name and address with the director, and 4
such person shall, within ten days after making the report of his audit 5
and recommendations to the city or town, file a certified copy thereof 6
with the director; and in any such case the director may, in his dis- 7
cretion, accept the audit so made, or cause an audit to be made under 8
section forty. " 9
Returns and
information
to director.
Forms for
accounting.
1906,296, § 1.
1909. 371,
§§ 6, 10.
203 Mass. 539.
Section 43. The director shall annually furnish to the auditor or 1
other accounting officer of each city and town schedules so arranged 2
as to provide for uniform returns giving detailed statements of all re- 3
ceipts classified by sources, and all payments classified by objects, for 4
its last fiscal year; a statement of the public debt showing the purpose 5
for which each item of the debt was created and the provision made 6
for the payment thereof; and a statement of assets and liabilities at the 7
close of the fiscal year. The director may prescribe standard forms 8
intended to promote the systematic accounting of financial transactions 9
and the publication of the same in the city and town reports. He shall 10
collect from the proper local authorities such other information pertaining 1 1
to municipal aft'airs as in his judgment may be of public interest. All 12
accounting and other officials and custodians of public money of cities 13
Chap. 44.] municipal finance. 371
14 and towns shall fill out properly and return promptly to the director
15 all schedules transmitted by him to them.
1 Section 44. The commissioner of corporations and taxation shall Annual report
,,... .• !• * n 'tr-p ^ bulletins
2 include in his annual report statistics relative to tne nnancial aitairs of of municipal
3 cities and towns and other information of public interest pertaining to looe. 296, § 2.
4 municipal affairs. Said part of his report may be printed and distributed §§3,'6. '
5 as a separate document or in separate parts, and the commissioner may HH] i|g,
6 also publish, at such intervals as he deems expedient,
7 reports of the director relative to municipal affairs.
1 Section 45. The director may require the attendance of witnesses witnesses,
2 and the production of books and documents, and may examine witnesses do?^ment3,°ete
3 under oath in the same manner as in the superior court.
1 Section 46. The director, having first obtained authority from the Destruction 0
2 governor and council, may destroy or sell all such records, papers and papera."'''
3 schedules accumulated in the division of accounts as in his judgment are ^^l' joV^'i
4 of no value. 1909. 371. §§ 9, 10.
sinking funds.
1 Section 47. No further sinking funds for the payment of debt shall f^° f^^^f"^^'
2 be established by any citv, town or district, but cities and towns shall Existing funds
' ^^• PI ii'ii • T\r continued.
3 contribute to every sinking fund established prior to May twenty- iS75, 209, § 7.
4 eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and districts shall contribute §§12,13.
5 to every sinking fund established prior to March twentieth, nineteen 1913,' nbf ^''
6 hundred and fifteen, until such sinking fund, with its accumulations, 1915, gs, §4.
7 shall be sufficient to extinguish at maturity the debt for which it was
8 established. This section shall not apply to Boston.
1 Section 48. The sinking fund commissioners shall have charge of ^^^^^f fy^^j
2 all sinking funds intrusted to them by the city, town or district, and shall commissioners.
3 invest and reinvest, in the name of the board, all amounts contributed is7o. 209, §5.
4 thereto and the income thereof as it accrues, in the particular bonds, 1894, w'e.
5 notes or certificates of indebtedness for the redemption of which such 1915; la] 1 4'^^^'
6 sinking fund was established, or in other bonds of their city, town or 208 Mass. 537.
7 district secured by sinking funds, or in temporary loan notes or certifi-
8 cates of their city, town or district issued in anticipation of taxes, or in
9 securities, except personal securities, in which funds of savings banks
10 may by law be invested; but no part thereof shall be loaned to the city
11 or town except as herein provided. The commissioners may sell such
12 securities and reinvest the proceeds. They shall keep a record of their
13 proceedings, and shall annually make a written report to the city, town
14 or district of the amount and condition of said funds and of the income
15 thereof for the preceding financial year. Their records and the securities
16 belonging to said funds shall at all times be subject to the inspection of
17 the mayor, aldermen, selectmen, or any committee or commissioners
18 of the city, town or district authorized for the purpose. No member
19 of the board shall receive compensation for his services; but the nec-
20 essary expenses of the board shall be paid by the city, town or district,
21 and the treasurer and secretary thereof shall receive such compensation
22 as shall be fixed by the city, town or district.
372
MUNICIPAL FIN.U^CE.
[Chap. 44.
Securities to
be stamped as
not negotiable.
When securities for the redemption of which a sinking fund has been 2.3
estabHshed become a part of said sinking fund, the commissioners shall 24
cause a notice to be stamped or written on the face thereof that they are 25
a part of such sinking fund, and are not negotiable; and all coupons 26
thereof, as they are paid, shall be cancelled. 27
. of 1
bonds to
siniiing fund
commissioners
of cities.
1895, 243.
R. L. 27, § 16.
Section 49. If, when bonds payable from the sinking fund become 1
due, the sinking fund commissioners of a city hold any other bonds of 2
the city not due and payable, which have been stamped as the property 3
of said sinking fund and are not negotiable, they shall so certify to the 4
mayor and request that new bonds be issued to them by the city in lieu 5
of the bonds not due. If the mayor is satisfied that there is occasion 6
therefor, he shall cause new bonds to be prepared, bearing the same rate 7
of interest, and payable as to principal and interest on the same dates 8
as the bonds to be surrendered, and identical in terms therewith; and 9
when executed by him and the city treasurer and approved by the com- 10
mittee on finance of the city council, they shall be issued to such comrais- 11
sioners on the surrender by them to the city treasm-er and the cancellation 12
of such former bonds. Such cancellation and new issue shall be entered 13
in full on the books of the citv treasurer. 14
Payment of
debts at
earlier periods.
1875, 209, § 8.
P. S. 29. § 14.
1892, 245, § 7.
R. L. 27, § 18.
142 IVIass. 274.
Section 50. Cities and towns may add to any sinking fund, to 1
reduce the entire debt for the redemption of which it was established or 2
the amount to be raised by ta.xation for such fund, the excess of any 3
appropriation over the amount required for the purpose thereof, or 4
any other sums derived from taxation or from other sources, not re- 5
quired by law to be otherwise expended. 6
Loans from
state siniiing
funds not to
be made to
certain cities
and towns.
1875, 209, § 9.
P. S. 29, § 15.
R. L. 27, § 19.
Section 51. No part of the sinking funds of the commonwealth 1
shall be loaned to a city or town the indebtedness of which exceeds five 2
per cent of the last preceding annual valuation for the assessment of 3
taxes of the taxable property therein, or to a city or town not comply- 4
ing with this chapter; but the certificate of the treasurer of a city or 5
town as to the percentage of its indebtedness, and as to such compliance, 6
shall justify the state treasurer in making any such loan, unless he has 7
reasonable cause to suppose that its statements are untrue. 8
Registration of
bonds, etc., held
by sinking fund
1912. 377, § I
191.i, 85, § 4.
1916, 152.
1917, 116,
Section 52. A county, city, town or district, or any domestic cor- 1
poration, which shall have issued any bond, note or certificate of in- 2
debtedness payable to bearer, held by the sinking fund commissioners 3
of any city, town or district, shall, at the request of such commissioners, 4
issue in exchange therefor a bond, note or certificate of the same effect, 5
payable to such commissioners by name; provided, that the city, town 6
or district desiring such exchange shall, if requested, furnish the blank 7
form for the bond, note or certificate therefor in the same general form 8
as that furnished by the commonwealth under section thirty-nine of 9
chapter twenty-nine. 10
Department
receipts to be
paid into
treasury, etc.
1920, 591, § 7.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 53. All moneys received by any town officer or department, 1
except as otherwise pro\dded by special acts and except fees pro\aded 2
for by statute, shall be paid by such officer or department upon their re- 3
ceipt into the towai treasury. Any sums so paid into tlie town treasury 4
CiiAP. 44.] MinsriciPAL fin.ance. 373
5 shall not later be used by such officer or department ^v^thout a specific
6 appropriation tlaereof.
1 Section 54. Trust funds, including cemetery perpetual care funds, investment of
2 unless otherwise provided or directed by the donor thereof, shall be placed etc.
3 at interest in savings banks, trust companies incorporated under the laws H^f' (7^'
4 of the commonwealth, or national banks, or invested by cities and towns ^^^'^' ^'"'
5 in securities which are legal investments for savings banks. This section
6 shall not apply to Boston.
1 Section 55. A town shall not at any one time have on deposit in Deposits of
2 a bank or trust company an amount exceeding sixty per cent of the is93,''266'.'"''^'
3 capital and surplus of such bank or trust company, unless satisfactory ^- ^- ^^' ^ ^^■
4 security is given to it by such bank or trust company for such excess.
1 Section 5G. The financial year of all towns of the commonwealth Financial year
2 shall end on December tliirty-first, and the returns made to the director BeTuml'
3 under section forty-three shall show the financial condition of the town ^^^^' ®®^' ^ ^'
4 at the close of business on that day.
1 Section 57. A city or town owing debts incurred in aid of a railroad Jertafn debts
2 corporation shall annually raise by taxation an amount sufficient, with to be paid
3 the income, if any, derived from its stock or securities, to pay the in- is76, 133.
4 terest on such debts. p. s. 29, §§ 20-22. e. l. 27, § 24.
1 Section 58. No city shall pay a bill incurred by any official thereof p^y^r^ines.
2 for wines, liquors or cigars. iss4, 320, § is. r. l. 19, § 33. 1917, 17. liquors or
^ ^ cigars.
1 Section 59. The supreme judicial or superior court, by mandamus Enforcement
2 or other appropriate remedy, at law or in equity, upon the suit or i875,''2o"§ 11.
3 petition of the attorney general or of the mayor, or of one or more tax- fss5,Ti2! §5.
4 able inhabitants of a city, town or distric-t authorized by law to incur f^^- ^^^^ 26.
5 debt, or of any creditor to whom it is indebted to an amount not less than §§ i.' 21.^
6 one thousand dollars, may compel such city, town or district, and its as-
7 sessors, collectors, treasurers, commissioners of sinking funds and other
8 proper officers, to conform to this chapter.
1 Section 60. A town treasurer or a treasurer of a fire, water, light or Penalty for
2 impro^'ement district, who violates any pro\'ision of sections twenty- Sw relative to
3 three to twenty-five, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less districTnotes.
4 than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. isio, eio, § 5.
1913, 727, § 6. 1918, 257, § 159. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
1 Section 61. A county, city, town, district or corporation which neg- Penalty for
2 lects or refuses to issue a bond, note or certificate in accordance with no'n-nego^ "^'^"^
3 section fifty-two when requested so to do by the sinking fund commis- tiabie bond
{, . ... iiTTi. 1 J? **^ Sinking fund
4 sioners of any city, town or district shall be subject to a penalty of not coi
5 more than fifty dollars. 1915, ss, § 1.
REFERENCES.
Duties of cities, towns and districts to register their bonds held by the common-
wealth. Chap. 29, § 39, or by the sinking fund commissioners of a county, Chap. 35,
§ 43.
§ 7, cl. (13). Method of assessing cost of connecting real estate with sewers. Chap.
83, §§ 3, 24.
374
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND PUBLIC DOMAIN.
[Chap. 45.
CHAPTER 45
PUBLIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
DEFINITION.
1. Definition.
PUBLIC PARKS.
2. Park commissioners, appointment and
removal.
3. Taking or purchase of land for parks.
4. Connection of park with other sections
of city or town.
5. Powers of park commissioners.
G. Betterments, how applied.
7. Erection of buildings upon parks.
8. Military evolutions in parks.
9. Annual reports.
10. Acceptance of certain sections.
11. Building line. Height of buildings on
parkways.
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS.
12. Care of public grounds by improvement
associations.
13. Penalty for trespassing on public
grounds.
Sect.
PLAYGROUNDS.
14. Laying out, use and control of play-
grounds.
15. Obligation to provide playgrounds.
10. Acceptance of playground act by
towns.
17. Temporary playgrounds.
IS. LTse of playgrounds by adults.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
19. Laying out and use of public domain.
20. Taking by eminent domain.
21. City, town or state forester to have
charge.
22. Buildings on public domain.
23. Expenditure limited to appropriation.
24. Penalty for violation of rules and
regulations.
DEFINITION.
Section 1. In this chapter " town " shall not include city.
Park corn-
appointment
and removal.
1S82, 154, §§ 1,
2. 13.
1S90, 240.
1899, 253.
R. L. 28, § 1.
1902, 544, § 7.
1915, 165.
137 Mass. 450.
143 Mass. 521.
1 Op. A. G, 617.
PUBLIC PARKS.
Section 2. A town in which at a town meeting a majority of the 1
voters, voting by ballot with the use of the voting list, adopt the pro- 2
visions of the first nine sections of this chapter or have adopted cor- 3
responding provisions of earlier laws, may elect a board of park com- 4
missioners, consisting of three persons, and prescribe their terms of office, 5
or the members of a town planning board may if so authorized by vote of 6
the town act as park commissioners therein; and the mayor of a city 7
which, at an election held on such day as the aldermen at a regular meet- 8
ing designate, accepts said provisions may, with the approval of the city 9
council, appoint a board of park commissioners for said city, consisting 10
of five persons, who shall hold office for terms of one, two, three, four 11
and five years respectively from the first Monday in INIay next following 12
such appointment, or until their successors are qualified; and thereafter 1.3
the mayor shall annually, before the first Monday in May, with like 14
approval appoint one such commissioner for a term of five years from 15
said first Monday in May. No selectman, member of the city council, 16
clerk or treasurer of such city or town shall be such commissioner. In 17
cities a vacancy in such board shall be filled in like manner for the residue 18
of the unexpired term. A commissioner may be removed by a vote of 19
two thirds of the voters of a town, or by a vote of two thirds of all 20
the members of a city council. Such commissioners shall serve without 21
compensation. 22
Chap. 45.] p.\rks, pl.wgroi'^ds and public domain. 375
1 Section 3. Such boards may locate public parks within their re- Taking or
2 spective cities or towns and for that purpose may take in fee by eminent Emd u>T °
5 for the conveyance thereof to their respective cities or towns; but in a ^ 9, ,
!•' PI IP II- iiiii Ti 111 ^^' Mass. 450.
6 town no takuig oi land tor a public park shall be valid, nor shall any ex- n3 Mass. 521.
• • 2iy M'lss 323
7 penditure therefor be incurred, unless such taking has first been reported 231 Massibo?!
8 to the town, filed, accepted and allowed as in the case of a town way and
9 an apjiropriation sufficient for the estimated expense thereof has been
10 made by a two thirds vote of a town meeting, and in a city no such taking
11 shall be made or expenditure incurred until a like appropriation therefor
12 has been made by a two thirds vote of the city council. Such expenditures
13 shall not exceed the appropriations made therefor, and all contracts in-
14 volving expenditures in excess of such appropriations shall be void. A
15 city or town may take and hold in trust or otherwise any grant, gift,
16 bequest or devise, made for the purpose of laying out or improving any
1 7 parks therein.
1 Section 4. Such boards may connect any public park or way, under Connection
2 their control, with any part of the city or town for which they are ap- otifeTser«ons
3 pointed by taking over any connecting ways, or part thereof leading to ?893%oo,'°"°'
4 such park, and may accept and add to such park any way or part thereof, |j^ Y 28^'
5 adjoining and parallel with any boundary line of the same; but the con- fly^i^^gg 221
6 sent of the public authorities having control of such way, and the written
7 consent of a majority of the owners of land abutting thereon, shall first
8 be obtained. They shall have the same power and control over such
9 ways as they have over parks, and a town may invest tliem with the
10 control, improvement and maintenance of any of the ways thereof for
11 the purpose of carrying out this section. If any such way or part
12 thereof shall pass from the control of any such board, the power and
13 authority over the same shall revert to the public authorities having
14 control of ways in the town in which such way is located.
1 Section 5. Such boards may lay out and improve public parks, Powers of
2 make rules for their use and government, appoint all necessary engi- missioners.
3 neers, surveyors, clerks and other officers, including a police force to act it*L'. 2!^" ^'
4 in such parks, define their powers and duties and fix their compensation fls^Mass. 321.
5 and do all acts needful for the proper execution of their powers and ^°'' ^^'^^^- ^''°-
6 duties. They shall have the authority gi\'en to the mayor, aldermen,
7 selectmen, road commissioners and tree warden respectively by section
8 seven of chapter eighty-four and by chapter eighty-seven, in places under
9 their jurisdiction.
1 Section 6. All amounts received for betterments which accrue by the Betterments,
2 laying out of parks under this chapter shall be applied to the payment isMrisiTVg.
3 of park loans. R. l. 2s, § 10. 1908, 341, § 3.
1 Section 7. Land taken for or held as a park under this chapter Erection of
2 shall be forever kept open and maintained as a public park, and no build- upon'pSks.
3 ing which exceeds six hundred scpiare feet in area on the ground shall §§7,'2.^^'
4 be erected on a common or park dedicated to the use of the public with- j'j %^\t^
5 out leave of the general court; but, except in parks in Boston and in j|g|' yl*' ^ '"•
376
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND PUBLIC DOMAIN.
[Chap. 45.
R. L. 28. park.s comprising less than one hundred acres in extent, structures for 6
1917,344, ' shelter, refreshment and otlier purposes may be erected of such material 7
419. and in such places as, in the opinion of the fire commissioners, if any, 8
lis do not endanger buildings beyond the limits of such park. The superior 9
3 Op. AG. 400. court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon petition of not less than ten 10
taxable inhabitants of the city or town in which such common or park is 11
located, to restrain the erection of a building on a common or park in vio- 12
lation of this section. 1,3
164 M;
166 Mi
212 M;
Military
evolutions
in parks.
1882, 164. § „. . . , , • , P • 1
R L. 28. § 12. exercise in, or enter, any park laid out as aforesaid, except in case of riot, 3
§ 158. ' insurrection, rebellion or war. loio, 5. 1920, 2, 4
Section 8. Without the consent of such board no military organiza- 1
tion shall camp, parade, review, or perform any military evolution or 2
Annual reports.
1882. 154, § 12.
R. L. 28, § 13.
Section 9. Such boards shall make reports of their respective do-
ings and detailed statements of all receipts, expenditures and liabilities
for the preceding financial year, in towns at the annual town meetings and
at such other times as the town directs, and in cities to the city council
annually within thirty days after the end of the financial year.
Acceptance of
certain sections.
18S2, 154,
§§ 13, 14.
Section 10. Ballots on the acceptance of the preceding sections
of this chapter shall be "yes" or "no" in answer to the question "Shall
sections one to nine, inclusive, of chapter forty-five of the General Laws,
authorizing cities and towns to lay out public parks within their limits,
be accepted?" The ballots cast shall be sorted, counted, and public
declaration made thereof as prescribed in sections one hundred and four
to one hundred and nine, inclusive, of chapter fifty-four. A second
meeting for the purpose of voting upon the acceptance of said sections
shall not be called within twelve months after the first, unless the first
meeting fails through illegality or irregularity in the proceedings.
Building line.
Height of
buildings on
parkways.
1896, 313.
1897, 379.
R. L. 28, § 16.
Section 11. In a city which by a vote of its city council, or in a 1
town which by vote of a town meeting, accepts this section, or has ac- 2
cepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the park commissioners 3
may, in accordance with section thirty-se\'en of chapter eighty-two, 4
establish a building line distant at no point more than twenty-five feet 5
from any exterior line of a way under their control or the part of a public 6
way on w-hich a park abuts; and the extreme height to which buildings 7
upon such ways may be erected shall be seventy feet exclusive of such 8
steeples, towers, domes, cornices, parapets, balustrades, sculptured orna- 9
ments, chimneys and roofs as such board may approve. 10
Care of public
grounds by
improvement
associations.
1885, 157, § 1.
R. L. 28, § 17.
i.mprovement associations.
Section 12. A town having public grounds or open spaces in any 1
of its public w^ays, which have been or may be designated by it as not 2
needed for public travel, may give the improvement thereof to cor- 3
porations within its limits organized under section four of chapter one 4
hundred and eighty, which, under the direction of the selectmen or road 5
commissioners, shall have the use, care and control thereof and may 6
grade, drain, curb and fence the same, set out shade or ornamental 7
trees, lay out flower plats and otherwise improve them. 8
Chap. 45.] parks, playgrounds and public domain. 377
1 Section 13. Any person who wilfully or maliciously drives cattle, Penalty for
2 horses or other animals, or any vehicle, on or across such grounds or ways, pubUc'^gJminds.
3 or destroys or removes any fence or railing on such grounds or ways, jf^l.'s^'^'
4 or plays games thereon, or otherwise interferes with or injures the work ^- ^- ^^- ^ ^^■
5 of the corporation having the care of the property so injured, shall be
6 punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars, which shall be paid
7 over to such corporation.
PLAYGROUNDS.
1 Section 14. Any city or town may acquire land and buildings Laying out,
2 within its limits by gift or purchase, or by eminent domain under chapter rantrofof
3 seventy-nine, or may lease the same, or may use suitable land or build- i8937223!''^'
4 ings already owned by it, for the purposes of a public playground or ^^ \; |g 5 jg
5 recreation centre, and may conduct and promote recreation, play, sport i90|' |i3'
6 and physical education, for which admission may be charged, on such isio! sbs,
7 land and in such buildings, and may construct buildings on land owned or i9i2', 223.
8 leased by it and may provide equipment for said purposes. Buildings 1915, Ir,. § 1.
9 so acquired, leased or constructed may be used also for town meet- i9i|;2i7.'
10 ings, and, with the consent of, and subject to the conditions and terms lilMass'sIa'
11 prescribed by, the officer or board in control of the building, may be
12 used by the municipality, or by any department thereof, or by any person,
13 society or other organization for such other public, recreational, social
14 or educational purposes as the said officer or board may deem proper.
1.5 For the piu"poses aforesaid, any city or town may appropriate money,
16 and may employ teachers, supervisors and other officers, and may fix
17 their compensation. Except in Boston and except as to the making of
15 appropriations, the powers conferred by this section shall be exercised
19 by the board of park commissioners, or by the school committee, or by a
20 playground or recreation commission appointed by the mayor or elected
21 by the voters of the town at a town meeting, or may be distributed be-
22 tween the board of park commissioners, the school committee and such
23 playground or recreation commission, or any two of them, or they may
24 be exercised by a committee made up from any one or more members of
25 all or any one of said boards or commissions, accordingly as the city
26 council or the town may decide. Any municipal officer or board au-
27 thorized to exercise any of the powers conferred by this section may con-
28 duct its activities on property under its control, on other public property
29 under the control of other public officers or boards, with the consent of
30 such officers or boards, or on private property, with the consent of the
31 owners.
1 Section 15. Every town having a population of more than five thou- obligation to
2 sand which accepts this section, and every city and town having such groumfs."*^'
3 population which has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, Hlf, 223,' 1 1'.
4 shall provide and maintain at least one public playground conveniently
5 located and of suitable size and equipment, for the recreation and physi-
6 cal education of the minors of such city or town, and at least one other
7 playground for every additional twenty thousand of its population.
1 Section 10. In towns which have a population of more than five Acceptance
2 thousand and which have not already satisfied the provisions of the pre- act^'h'j^fow'n".
3 ceding section or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, upon petition 5§°f.','f' ^'
4 to the selectmen by ten per cent of the voters filed fifteen days before P'|'|^^'
378
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND PUBLIC DOMAIN.
[Chap. 45.
the clay of the annual election of town officers, the following cjuestion 5
shall be submitted to the town at the next annual meeting or shall be 6
placed on the official ballot, if any, at the next town election: "Shall 7
section fifteen of chapter fort\-fi\e of the General Laws, requiring cer- 8
tain towns to provide public playgrounds, be accepted by this town?" 9
Said section shall take effect in any town to which it applies upon its 10
acceptance by a majority of the voters voting as aforesaid. 1 1
Temporary
plavgrounds.
1893, 331.
R. L. 28. § 22.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 17. If in a town in the metropolitan parks district, or in 1
any city, tenement buildings are built about or contiguous to open spaces, 2
the owners of such buildings may apply to the park commissioners, if 3
any, or, in a city or town of said district having no park commission, 4
to the metropolitan district commission, and said boards may, with the 5
approval of the board of health of the city or town, take a lease of such 6
open spaces for a neighborhood playground for a term not exceeding 7
fifteen years, subject to renewal, at a rental not exceeding the taxes 8
thereon. The owners of such buildings shall have the care and control 9
thereof under the supervision of the park commissioners, or if there are 10
none, of the selectmen. 11
^oundfby' Section 18. This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the
jg^o'^JQg § 4 use of any playgrounds by adults at the discretion of the body having
the grounds in charge.
Laying out
and use of
public domain,
1882, 255,
§§ 1, 6.
R. L. 28, § 23.
1913, 564, § 1.
1915, 162, § 1.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Section 19. A town, by a two thirds vote at an annual town meet- 1
ing, or a city, by a two thirds vote of the city council, may determine to 2
take or purchase land within its limits, which shall be a public domain, 3
and may appropriate money and accept gifts of money and land there- 4
for. Such public domain shall be devoted to the culture of forest trees, 5
or to the preservation of the water supply of such city or town, and the 6
title thereto shall vest in the city or town in which it lies, except that 7
cities or towns owning land within the territorial limits of other cities 8
and towns for water supply purposes may, as herein provided, convert 9
such land into a public domain and retain the title thereto. 10
Jmi'nent'^^ SECTION 20. If a city or town has determined to take land for a 1
i9i8''257 public domain as provided by the preceding section, the aldermen or the 2
|gij87',|ub's. 1. selectmen shall within ten days adopt an order for the taking of such 3
i92o; i. land in fee by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine. 4 ,
City, town or
state forester to
have charge.
1882, 255, § 3.
R. L. 28, § 25.
1913. 564, § 2.
Section 21. In each city or town which has a public domain, as 1
defined in section nineteen, the mayor or selectmen shall appoint a 2
forester, who may appoint one or more keepers. Said forester and 3
keepers shall have the management and charge of said public domain. 4
But a town, by a two thirds vote at an annual town meeting, or a city, 5
by a two thirds vote of the city council, may place all such public domain 6
under the general supervision and control of the state forester, who shall 7
thereupon, upon notification thereof, make regulations for the care and 8
use of such public domain and for the planting and cultivating of trees 9
therein; and the city or town forester in such case and his keepers, under 10
the supervision and direction of the state forester, shall be charged with 11
publi.
? domain.
1882,
255,
§§4,
5.
R. L.
28.
§§ 26
, 27.
1913,
564,
Ch.\P. 45.] PARKS, PL.WGROUNDS AND PUBLIC DOMAIN. 379
12 the duty of enforcing all such regulations and of performing such labor
13 therein as may be necessary for the care and maintenance thereof. The
14 city or town forester and his keepers within such public domain shall
15 have the powers of constables and police officers.
1 Section 22. Any city or town owning a public domain may lease any Buildings on
2 building thereon, and it may erect thereon any building for public instruc-
3 tion and recreation; provided, that if such public domain has been placed
4 under the supervision and control of the state forester under the pre-
5 ceding section, no such building shall be erected unless his approval shall
G first be obtained. All sums derived from rents or from the sale of the
7 products of any such domain shall be applied, so far as may be necessary,
8 to the management thereof.
1 Section 23. No land shall be taken or purchased for a public domain. Expenditure
2 no building erected thereon and no expenditures authorized or made or aJJJJropriation.
3 liability incurred therefor until an amount sufficient to cover the esti- Jj**£; ||f §^28!
4 mated expense thereof has been appropriated therefor as provided in
5 section nineteen, and all contracts made for expenditures in excess
G thereof shall be void. The expenditures shall not exceed the appro-
7 priations therefor.
1 Section 24. Whoever violates any rule or regulation for the gov- pj.„ait.v for
2 ernment or use of any land or way taken or held under this chapter J:^°g3anlj°'
3 or for like purposes under any special act, and made under authority "■^eu'ations.
4 of law by any board or officer in charge thereof, shall be punished by a u. l'. 28, § 3o.
5 fine of not more than tw'entv dollars.
REFERENCES.
The following provision.s of law also relate to parks:
Assessment of betterments, Chap. 80.
Building line, Chap. 86.
Change of name, Chap. 85, § 3.
Loans, Chap. 44, § 7.
Taking of land and assessment of damages therefor, Chap. 79.
Deposit of trust funds for parks. Chap. 168, § 37.
Metropolitan parks. Chap. 92.
§ 19. For an additional method of taking for protection of water supply.
Chap. 40, § 41.
380
RETURN, ETC., OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. [ChAP. 46.
CHAPTER 46.
RETURN AND REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Facts to be
recorded by
city and town
clerks.
A. C. 43.
C. L, 130, § 2.
1692-3, 48.
1695-6, 2.
1795, 69, § 1.
R. S. 15, I 46.
1844, 159, § 1.
1849, 202, § 1.
G. S. 21, § 1.
P. S. 32, § 1.
1887, 202, § 5.
1890, 402.
1897. 444, § 1.
R. L. 29, § 1.
1910, 322, § 1.
200 Mass. 474.
4 Op. A. G.
126.
Sect.
1. Facts to be recorded by city and town
clerks.
2. Separate record and indexes.
3. Physician or officer to record and make
report of births. Fee. Penalty.
Daily list to board of health.
4. Information as to births required.
Penalty.
5. City and town clerks to ascertain facts
for record of births, and may correct
deficiencies and clerical errors therein.
6. Notice of births and deaths by parent,
keeper, etc.
7. Master to report births and deaths on
vessel.
8. Penalty for neglect to report.
9. Physician or officer to give death cer-
tificate. Penalty.
10. Physician or officer to stale causes of
death of soldier or sailor. Penalty.
11. Undertakers to make returns, etc.
12. Copies of records of births and deaths,
etc.
13. Correction of errors in record.
Sect.
14. Penalty for false return.
15. Clerks to provide blanks for returns of
births.
16. Blank forms to be furnished to towns,
etc.
17. Copies of records of births and mar-
riages to be transmitted to state sec-
retary annually, and deaths monthly,
etc.
18. Copies to be legibly written.
19. Clerk's record to be prima facie evidence.
20. Superintendent of state infirmary to
make records and returns.
21. Copies of records of births, marriages
and deaths to be bound, etc.
22. Registrar in certain cities and towns.
23. Proceedings on neglect to report.
24. Omission of name of illegitimate, etc.,
child.
25. Disposition of forfeitures.
26. Fees of city and town clerks.
27. Penalty for violation by clerks, etc.
28. Who may administer oaths.
29. Attestation of copies under seal.
Section 1. Each town clerk shall receive or obtain and record in 1
separate columns the following facts relative to births, marriages and 2
deaths in his town: 3
In the record of births, date of record, date of birth, place of birth, 4
name of child, his sex and color, names, places of birth and residence of 5
his parents, including the maiden name of the mother and occupation 6
of the father. In the record of birth of an illegitimate child, the name of, 7
and other facts relating to, the father shall not be recorded except on 8
the written request of both father and mother. The term " illegitimate" 9
shall not be used in the record of a birth unless the illegitimacy has been 10
legally determined, or has been admitted by the sworn statement of 11
both the father and mother. 12
In the record of marriages, date of record, date of marriage, place of 13
marriage, name, residence and official station of the person by whom 14 "
solemnized, names and places of birth of the parties married, residence 15
of each, age and color of each, the number of the marriage (as first or 16
second) and if previously married, whether widowed or divorced, the 17
occupation of each and the names of their parents, and the mfliden names 18
of the mothers. If tlie woman is a widow or divorced, her maiden name 19
shall also be given. 20
In the record of deaths, date of record, date of death, name of deceased, 21
sex, color, condition (whether single, widowed, married or divorced), 22
supposed age, residence, occupation, place of death, place of birth, names 23
and places of birth of the parents, maiden name of the mother, disease 24
or cause of death, defined so that it can be classified under the inter- 25
national classification of causes of death, place of burial, name of the 26
ClIAP. 46.] RETURN, ETC., OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. 381
27 cemetery, if any, and if deceased was a married or divorced woman or a
28 widow, her maiden name and the name of her husband. The word " resi-
29 dence ", as used in this section, shall be held to include the name of the
30 street and number, if any, of the house.
1 Section 2. Births, marriages and deaths shall be recorded separately, Separate
2 separate indexes thereof kept, and each entry shall be numbered in its fndexes*"
3 order. Returns of births, marriages and deaths shall be preserved by the \lll] |^; ^ ^"
4 town clerk and conveniently arranged for examination. R. l. 29, § 2. §5 !• -■ i"-
1 Section 3. Every physician, or hospital medical officer registered ^^^^jfj^" °''
2 under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve, in this chapter record and
3 called officer, shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of of births.
4 which he was in charge, showing date and place of birth, the name, Daliy lisTto'^"
5 if any, of the child, its sex and color, the name, age, birthplace, occupa- health"^
G tion and residence (inchiding the street number, if any, and the ward ilso^asi
7 number, if in a city) of each parent, the maiden name of the mother and Ps'|.->
8 the name of the phvsician or officer, if anv, personallv attending the §§7,9.'
■ *'••• •'! « o 18S3 1^8 Si
9 birth. If the child is illegitimate, the name of and other facts relating to issg! 288!
10 the father shall not be set forth except upon written request of both r. L^lgf'ss. '
11 the father and mother. Said physician or officer shall, within fifteen 1912.' Isbf^"
12 days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the town ||,Jj' ^;^^ , ^
13 where such birth occurred, a report stating the facts hereinabove required
14 to be shown on said record and also the said written request, if any; pro-
15 vided, that if said report is not so made within forty-eight hours after
16 such birth, said physician or officer shall, within said forty-eight hours,
17 mail or deliver to said clerk or registrar a notice stating the date and
18 place of the birth, the street number, if any, the ward number, if in a
19 city, and the family name. Upon presentation to him of a certificate of
20 the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the
21 town treasurer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty-five
22 cents for each birth so reported. Any physician or any such officer
23 violating any provision of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-
24 five dollars.
25 The said town clerk or registrar shall file daily with the local board of
26 health a list of all births reported to him, showing, as to each, the date of
27 birth, sex, color, family name, residence, ward and physician or officer in
28 charge.
1 Section 4. A member or servant of a family in which a child is born, information
2 liaving knowledge of the facts required for record relative to such birth, requir^'i"'^
3 shall furnish the same upon request of the clerk of the town where such iigy^4^4^ § 4,
4 child was born or its parents reside, or of any person authorized by him. R- ^- ^o. § *■
5 Such member or servant refusing to furnish such facts shall be punished
6 by fine not exceeding ten dollars.
1 Section 5. The clerk of each town shall annually in January ascertain city and town
2 the facts required for record by section one relati\e to all children born aicerta'in
3 during the preceding year and resident therein. When necessary to supply record"Jf
4 deficiencies in the birth records, he may enter therein any written infor- births, and
5 mation obtained by him but he shall not change facts already recorded deficiencies
6 except as provided in section thirteen or except to correct errors in errors therein.
382
RETURN, ETC., OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. [ChAP. 46.
1897, 444,
§§ ■■>, 9.
R. L. 29,
§§ 5. 9.
1910, 93, § 2.
Notice of
births and
deaths by
parent, keeper,
etc.
C. L. 130. § 2.
1692-3. 48.
1795, 69, S 2.
R. S. 15, § 47.
G. S. 21. § 2.
P. S. 32, § 2.
1897. 444, § 6.
R. L. 29, § 6.
See section 20.
Master to
report births
and deaths on
vessel.
1692-3, 48.
1795, 69. § 2.
R. S. 15, § 47.
G. S. 21, § 2.
P. .S. 32. § 2.
1897, 444. § 7.
R. L. 29, § 7.
Penalty for
neglect to
report.
1795, 69, § 2.
R. S. 15, § 47.
G.S. 21, §2.
P. S. 32, § 2.
1897, 444. § S.
R. L. 29, § 8.
copying from notices, reports or certificates on file in his office. If such 7
an error is so corrected, a statement to that effect, signed by him, shall S
be entered upon the record. 9
Section 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and 1
every householder, within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause 2
notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is 3
born. Every householder in whose house a death occurs and the oldest 4
next of kin of a deceased person in the town where the death occurs shall, 5
within five days thereafter, cause notice thereof to be given to the board 6
of health, or, if the selectmen constitute such board, to the town clerk. 7
The keeper, superintendent or person in charge of a workliouse, house of S
correction, prison, reformatory, hospital, almshouse or other institution, 9
public or private, which receives inmates from within or without the 10
limits of the town where it is located shall, when a person is received, 11
obtain a record of all the facts which would be required for record in the 12
event of the death of such person, and shall, on or before the fifth day of 13
each month, give notice to the town clerk of every birth and death among 14
the persons under his charge during the preceding month. The facts 15
required for record by section one shall, so far as obtainable, be included 16
in every notice given under this section. 17
Section 7. The master or other commanding officer of a \essel shall
give notice, with the facts required for record, of every birth or death
occurring among the persons under his charge. The notice of a birth
shall be given to the clerk, and the notice of a death shall be given to the
board of health or, if the selectmen constitute such board, to the clerk
of the town at which his vessel first arri\'es after such birth or death.
Section 8. A parent, keeper, superintendent or other person required
by section six to give or cause to be given notice of a birth or death,
neglecting so to do for ten days after the time limited therefor, and the
master or commanding officer of a vessel neglecting so to do for ten days
after the arrival of his vessel at the place where notice is to be given,
shall forfeit not more than five dollars.
Physician or
officer to
give death
certificate.
Penalty.
G. S. 21. § 3.
P. S. 32. § 3.
1888, 63;
306, § 1.
1893,263,5 1
1897, 444, § 1
R. L. 29, § 10
1910, 322, § 2
1920, 244, § 2,
4 Op. A. G.
406.
Section 9. A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall 1
forthwith, after the death of a person whom he has attended during his 2
last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person 3
or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a 4
standard certificate of death, stating to the best of his knowledge and 5
belief the name of the deceased, his supposed age, the disease of which he 6
died, defined as required by section one, where same was contracted, 7
the duration of his last illness, when last seen alive by the physician or 8
officer and the date of his death. A physician or officer attending at 9
the birth of a child dying immediately thereafter, or a physician or 10
officer attending at the birth of a child born dead, shall forthwith furnish 11
for registration a certificate, stating that to the best of his knowledge and 12
belief such child either died immediately after birth or Mas born dead. 13
Both the birth and death of such child shall be recorded and, if it was 14
born dead, the word "stillborn", shall be entered in both the record of 15
birth and death. A physician or any such officer neglecting or refusing 16
to make such certificate or making: a false statement therein shall forfeit 17
lot more than fifty dollars. 18
Chap. 46.] eeturn, etc., of births, m.\jikiages .^-d deaths. 383
1 Section 10. A physician or officer furnishing a certificate required o^^lj.'^i'j," °'
2 by the preceding section shall, if the deceased was a soldier or sailor state causes
3 who served in the war of the rebellion, give both the primary and the soldier or
4 secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same, PenTi'ty.
5 and for neglect thereof shall forfeit ten dollars.
1889,224. 1897, 444, § 11. R. L. 29, § 11- 1920,244, §2.
1 Section 11. Every undertaker or other person in charge of a funeral to°make''"^
2 shall forthwith obtain the physician's or officer's certificate required by Jl^^^ig'^^S^
3 section nine, enter thereon the facts as to the deceased required by isw! 202! § 3!
4 section one to be recorded, and return it to the board of health or its 1872;275. §i.
5 agent, or, if the selectmen constitute such board, to the clerk of the ^.'i'H^ii.
6 town where the death occurred. The person making such return shall r^^l. 29!'m2^
7 receive from the town a fee of twent\--five cents. The board of health i^^o, 244, § 2,
0 I 11 • 1 'n 1 ' 200 Mass. 479.
8 shall transmit such certificate to the town clerk. 4 Op. a. g. 400.
1 Section 12. Each town clerk shall forthwith make a certified copy Copies of
2 of the record of each birth and death recorded during the previous month, blnhslnd
3 if the parents of the child born or the deceased were residents of any fllg^I'd'"'
4 other town in the commonwealth or in any other state at the time of ^^l' 2t\\3^'
5 said birth or death, and transmit it to the clerk of the town where such isio! 93! § 3.
6 parents or deceased person were so resident, and in case of a birth, also
7 to the town where the birth occurred, stating the name of the street and
8 number of the house, if any, where such parents or deceased person
9 so resided; and the clerk of a town in the commonwealth recei\ing such
10 certified copy, or certified copies of births, marriages or deaths, from the
11 clerk of a town without the commonwealth, shall record the same.
1 Section 13. If the record relating to a birth, marriage or death Correction
2 does not contain all the required facts, or if it is claimed that the facts record"" '°
3 are not correctly stated therein, the town clerk shall receive an affidavit }|g|; fol ^ ^'
4 containing the facts required for record, if made by a person required by ^%'%*'ii*'
5 law to furnish the information for the original record, or, at the discre-
6 tion of the town clerk, by credible persons having knowledge of the case.
7 He shall file such affidavit and record it in a separate book kept there-
8 for, with the name and residence of the deponent and the date of such
9 record, and shall thereupon draw a line through the incorrect statements
10 without erasing them, shall enter upon the original record the facts re-
11 quired to amend the record and forthwith, if a copy of the record has
12 been sent to the state secretary, shall forward to him a certified copy of
13 the corrected record upon blanks to be provided by him and he shall
14 thereupon amend the record in his office and state in the margin thereof
15 his authority therefor. Reference to the record of the affidavit shall
16 be made by the clerk on the margin of the original record. If the clerk
17 furnishes a copy of such record, he shall certify to the facts contained
18 therein as amended, and shall state that the certificate is issued under
19 this section, a copy of which shall be printed on every such certificate.
20 Such affidavit, or a certified copy of the record of any other town or of a
21 written statement made at the time by any person since deceased re-
22 quired by law to furnish evidence thereof, may, in the discretion of the
23 clerk, be made the basis for the record of a birth, marriage or death not
24 previously recorded, and such copy of record may also be made the
25 basis for completing the record of a birth, marriage or death not contain-
26 ing all the required facts.
384
EETUKN, ETC., OF BIRTHS, MARKIAGES AND DEATHS. [ClLVP. 46.
Sse^rlturn. SECTION 14. '\Mioever wilfully makes a false return relative to a 1
r^l'29*^\F' '^ii'th, marriage or death shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars. 2
prOTidebianks SECTION 15. Each town clerk shall annually give public notice that 1
birtJw"™^"' ^^ ^''' furnish blanks for returns of births to parents, householders, 2
1880, 33, § 2. physicians and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor. 3
p. S. 32, § 8. 1897, ■!«, | 17. R. L. 29, § 10. 1920, 244, § 2.
Blank forms to
be furnished to
towns, etf .
1842, 95, § 2.
1844. 159,
§§ 6, 7.
1S49, 202, § 5.
G. S. 21, § 9.
P. S. 32, § 14.
1897, 444, § 18.
1900, 333.
R. L. 29, § 17.
1911, 104.
1912, 470.
1920, 244, § 2.
Section 16. The state secretary shall prepare and furnish to the 1
clerks and boards of health of towns, and to the superintendent of the 2
state infirmary, record books, books for indexes thereto, forms for returns, 3
on paper of uniform size, and any necessary instructions and explanations, 4
including an explanation that sections one hundred and ten and one 5
hundred and eleven of chapter one hundred and eleven require physicians, 6
registered hospital medical officers, nurses, relatives or other attendants 7
to report immediately to the local board of health every child one or 8
both of whose eyes become inflamed, swollen and red and show an un- 9
natural discharge within two weeks after birth. Town clerks shall dis- 10
tribute the blank forms as the state secretary shall direct. A town may 1 1
provide such books and forms if they conform to those so prepared. 12
Copies of
records of
births and
marriages to be
transmitted to
state secretary
annually,
and deaths
monthly, etc.
1842, 95, § 1.
1844. 159, § 1.
1849, 202, § 5.
G. S. 21, § 5.
1875, 21.
P. S. 32, I 10.
1894. 206.
1897, 444, § 19.
1901, 167.
R. L. 29. § IS.
1903, 305.
1906. 415.
Op. A.G.
(1918) 89.
Section 17. The clerk of each town, and of each city containing less 1
than thirty thousand inhabitants, annually, on or before March first, 2
the clerks of cities containing more than thirty thousand and less than 3
one hundred thousand inhabitants, annually, on or before April first, 4
and the clerks of cities containing one hundred thousand inhabitants or 5
more, annually, on or before May first, shall transmit to the state secretary 6
certified copies of the records of births and marriages recorded therein 7
during the preceding year, with certified copies, upon blanks provided 8
by him, of such records and corrections in such records as have not been 9
previously returned. The clerk of each city and town shall, on or before 10
the tenth day of every month, transmit to the state secretary, upon blaioks 1 1
to be furnished by him, certified copies of the returns of deaths in such 12
town during the preceding month. In case no deaths have occurred, 13
the fact shall be certified by the town clerk within ten days after the close 14
of such month. 15
kgibfy written. Section 18. The state secretary shall require and town clerks shall 1
R ^l' 29^'§\9°' cause copies transmitted under the preceding section to be written in a 2
legible hand. Penalty, § 27. 3
Clerk's record SECTION 19. The Tecord of the town clerk relative to a birth, marriage 1
facie evidence, or death shall bc prima facie evidence of the facts recorded. A certificate 2
a', s. 21,' 1 6. ' thereof, signed by the town clerk or assistant clerk, shall be admissible 3
r89^',44'4f§^2i. as exidence of such record. 4
R. L. 29, § 20: 122 Mass. 43. 142 Mass. 466. 217 Mass. 451.
10 Allen, 161. 133 Mass. 242. 1U3 Mass. 453. 226 Mass. 67.
of'statetn-''^''* SECTION 20. The Superintendent of the state infirmary shall obtain,
maklTecords Tccord and make return of the facts relative to births and deaths therein
and returns. in the samc manner as town clerks. The clerk of the town where such
G.s.'2i, §8. infirmary is located shall, relative to the births and deaths therein, be
r89l^, 4m! §^22. exempt from the duties otherwise required of him by this chapter.
R. L. 29, § 21. 1911, 104.
Chap. 46.] return, etc., of births, marriages and deaths. 385
1 Section 21. The state secretary shall cause the copies received by Copies of
2 him for each year to be bound, with indexes thereto. He shall prepare wrtL.^mar-
3 from said copies such statistical tables as will be of practical utility, and deitL^tohe
4 make annual report thereof to the general court. bound, etc.
1842, 95, § 2. 1849, 202, § 5. P. S. 32, § 15. R. L. 29, § 22.
1844, 159, § 7. G. S. 21, § 10. 1897, 444, § 23. 1902, 544, § 8.
1 Section 22. Any city, except Boston, and any town containing more Registrar in
2 than ten thousand inhabitants, may provide for the appointment of a and^t'owns'.^
3 person other than the clerk to be registrar. Such registrars, and in cTs.' 21?'/ iV.
4 Boston the city registrar, shall be sworn and the provisions of this chapter ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^■
5 relative to clerks shall apply to them. 1897, 444, § 24. r. l. 29, § 23.
1 Section 23. The town clerk shall give written notice of the require- Proceedings
2 ments of this chapter to any person neglecting to comply therewith, and ?°porf.''^'^' *"
3 upon the continuance of such neglect for one month shall notify the agent Ifii^it
4 or attorney duly appointed by the town to sue in its corporate capacity, ^- ^■'^^- 5 24.
5 or, if there is no such agent or attorney, the district attorney of the dis-
6 trict, who shall cause a prosecution for the penalty or forfeiture therefor
7 to be instituted.
1 Section 24. In any statement of births and deaths printed by a town Omission of
2 the name of an illegitimate child or of its parents or of the parents of a "eg^tfm'atV
3 stillborn child shall not be printed, but the word "illegitimate" or j|97''44^'|-5 27.
4 "stillborn" shall be used in place thereof. A town violating this section ^ ^- ^^- 5 ^s-
5 shall forfeit to the mother of such child not more than one hundred
6 dollars.
1 Section 25. All fines and forfeitures recovered under this chapter Disposition of
2 shall, except as provided in sections twenty-four and twenty-seven, accrue i's97!*444f'§ 2s.
3 to the benefit of the town where the required return should have been ^- ^- ^®' ^ ^''■
4 made.
1 Section 26. The town clerk shall receive the following fees from Fees of city
2 the town upon presenting to the town treasurer a certificate of the re- clerks"'*"
3 ceipt of the prescribed copies by the state secretary: For each marriage, }|l9'202'|2'
4 fifty cents; for each birth, one dollar; for each death returned to him fgol'^Qg^/",
5 by an undertaker or the board of health, fifty cents; for each death not 1873,' 145'; 341.
6 so returned but obtained and recorded by him, one dollar. He shall also is97, 4"44, § 29.
7 receive from the town the following fees: For each certificate trans- i9i9' les, /i.'
8 mitted under section twelve, fifty cents; for receiving and recording an "i Mass. 479.
9 affidavit and forwarding a copy thereof under section thirteen, one dollar;
10 for sending the notice required by section twenty-three, fifty cents; for
11 each oath administered in his capacity as clerk, twenty-five cents. A
12 town containing more than ten thousand inliabitants may limit the
13 aggregate compensation allowed to its clerk.
1 Section 27. A city or town clerk or registrar refusing or neglecting Penalty for
2 to perform any duty required of him under this chapter shall be punished derkslTtc*?^
3 by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. JgH'ifg^/s
4 Fines recovered for violation of section eighteen shall be to the use of Jf^s'l?"! 7^'
5 the commonwealth. p. s. 32, § 12.
1897, 444, §§ 20, 29. R. L. 29, §§ 19, 27. 1919, 168, § 1.
386 WORKHOUSES AND ALMSHOUSES. [ClL\P. 47.
Section 28. An oath required by this chapter may be administereil 1
1SS7. 444. 5 30.
by the clerk, assistant clerk or registrar of a town. r. l. 29, § 28.
Attestation of
seal. record of births, marriages or deaths with the official seal of the town. 2
1S98, 3S9, S 3. R. L. 29, 5 29.
REFERENCE.
Publication of early town records, 1920, 562.
CHAPTER 47.
WORKHOUSES AND ALMSHOUSES.
Workhouses
or almshouaes.
Commitments
thereto.
1743-4, 12,
§§1.8.
1788, 30, §§ 7,
11.
1828, 142, § 3.
R.S. 16, §§1,
22; 46, § 4.
1852, 275.
1857, 153.
G.S.22, S§ 1,
P.'S.33, §§ 1,
22.
R. L. 30, § 1.
Location of
almshouse.
1848, 291.
Directors of
workhouse,
master, etc.
1743-4, 12, § 1.
1788, 30, § 1.
R.S. 16,
§§2,3.
1. Workhouses or almshouses. Com-
mitments thereto.
2. Location of almshouse.
3. Directors of workhouse, master, etc.
4. Meetings of directors.
5. Joint workhouses.
6. Joint board of directors.
7. Each place to choose three directors,
etc.
8. Meetings of directors.
9. Moderator and clerk.
10. By-laws, etc.
11. Boards may act upon other matters.
12. Compensation, by whom paid.
13. Remedy against places not paying.
14. Number of inmates to be proportional.
Sect.
15. Refusal to contribute forfeits right to
use house.
16. Each place may furnish materials, etc.,
for persons committed by it.
17. Register of inmates.
IS. Controversies.
19. Profits and earnings, how appropri-
ated.
20. Discharge of inmates.
21. Inmates to be employed. Discipline.
22. Provisions respecting foreigners com-
mitted.
23. Discontinuance of workhouses.
24. Construction of this chapter.
25. Tramps and certain persons committed
to almshouses, etc., to be confined in
separate quarters, etc.
Section 1. A town may erect or provide a workhouse or alms- 1
house for the employment and support of indigent persons maintained 2
by or receiving alms from it; of persons who, being able to work and 3
not having estate or means otherwise to maintain themselves, refuse 4
or neglect to work; of persons who li\-e a dissolute, vagrant life and 5
exercise no ordinary calling or lawful business; of persons who spend 6
their time and property in public houses to the neglect of their proper 7
business or who, by otherwise misspending their earnings, are likely to 8
become chargeable to the town; and of other persons sent thereto under 9
authority of law. 10
151 Mass. 505.
2 0p. A. G. 548.
Section 2. No town shall erect or maintain an almshouse or house ]
of correction within the limits of any other town without its consent. 2
G. S. 22, § 2. p. S. 33, § 2. R. L. 30, § 2.
Section 3. A town which has a workhouse or almshouse may an- 1
nually choose three, five, seven or more directors to have the manage- 2
ment thereof, who may appoint a master and assistants. If such 3
directors are not chosen, the overseers of the poor shall be the directors. 4
G. S. 22, § 3. P. S. 33, § 3. R.'L. 30, § 3. 152 Mass. 500. 186 Mass. 341.
Chap. 47.] workhouses and almshouses. 387
1 Section 4. The directors shall at least monthly hold general meet- 5?^<^^'tora °'
2 ings at which they may make orders and regulations for the house, to i7|3-4a'2,§i.
3 be binding until the next meeting of the town or of the city council, r.s.'ib.'s 4.'
4 when the same shall be submitted to such meeting, and if approved p.s.'ll's 1.'
5 shall remain in force until re^■oked by the town or by the city council. ^- ^- ^°' ^ ^•
1 Section 5. Any number of towns may, at their joint charge and ^"'Jkhouses.
2 for their common use, erect or provide a workhouse or almshouse and J^H'l^'^'g^ ^•
3 purchase land for the use thereof. i82s, 142, § 3.
R. S. 16, § 5; 46, § 4. G. S. 22, § 5. P. S. 33. § 5. R. L. 30, § 5.
1 Section 6. The management and repair of such house and the Joint board
2 appointment, or removal for sufficient cause, of a master and assistants 1743-4. 12,52.
3 shall be vested in a joint board of directors, who shall be chosen an- r.*|.' le,' § 6."
4 nually by the se^'e^al towns interested.
G. S. 22, § 6. p. S. 33, I 6. R. L. 30, § 6.
1 Section 7. Unless all the towns interested in such house agree to Each place to
2 choose a different number, each of them shall choose three members of dir°ectors.'?t°c.
3 the joint board; and upon the death of a director, or his removal from J7li'3b,'§'2^. ^'
4 the place for which he was chosen, the vacancy may be filled by such |^j f ■ |^'
5 town. If a town neglects to choose directors, those chosen by the other p|||-|7-
6 towns shall have charge of the house. R l- so, § i.
1 Section 8. Quarterly meetings of a joint board shall be held on the Meetings of
2 first Tuesday of January, April, July and October at the worldiouse or i743-4"i2, § a.
3 almshouse under its charge, for the purpose of inspecting the manage- r.*|; f o,' 1 9."
4 ment and directing the business thereof. IMeetings may be called at p|||;||;
5 other times by the directors chosen by any town interested, by giving R- l- so, § 8.
6 notice of the time and purpose thereof to the other members in the
7 manner fixed by the by-laws.
1 Section 9. The directors may choose a moderator, and at their Moderator
2 first general meeting shall appoint a clerk, who shall be sworn and shall 1743-4, 12, § 4.
3 record all votes and orders. i7S8, so, 5 3.
R. S. 16, § 10. G. S. 22, § 9. p. S. 33, § 9. R. L. 30, § 9.
1 Section 10. If one half of the members are present, at a quarterly By-iaws, etc.
2 meeting, they may make reasonable orders and by-laws, consistent with nss, ab, §'4.
3 law, for regulating the house under their charge, establishing the man- 12 ' ^ ' " '
4 ner of calling meetings, and determining the compensation of the master p ; |; ||; | lo.'
5 and assistants. R- l. so, § 10.
1 Section 11. Other matters may be acted upon at any meeting Boards may
2 duly notified, if one third of the members are present; but such action othe"r'matters.
3 may be altered or revised at any general meeting.
1 Section 12. The compensation of the master and assistants, and by whom'paid!
2 the expense of keeping the house in repair, shall be paid by the several JyllTlb^l'l.^'
3 towns interested, in proportion to their share of the state tax at the g- 1- 1^. | is.
4 time when the expense was incurred, unless they agree to a different p. s. 33, § 12.
5 proportion. R. l. so, § 12.
388
WORKHOUSES AND ALMSHOUSES.
[Chap. 47.
Remedy
against places
not paying.
1743-4, 12, § 6.
1788, 30, § 5.
R. S^16, § 14.
G. S. 22. § 13.
P. S. 33, § 13.
R. L. 30, § 13.
Section 1.3. If a town does not advance or reimburse its proportion 1
of the sums of money mentioned in the preceding section or of any 2
other charges mentioned in this chapter, after it has been adjusted by 3
the joint board, the same may be recovered in contract by any person 4
appointed by the board in writing therefor. 5
Number of
inmates to be
proportional.
1743-4, 12, § 7.
1788. 30, § 6.
R. S. 16, § IS.
G. S. 22, § 14.
Section 14. No more persons from a town shall be received into 1
such workhouse or almshouse than such town's proportion therein, 2
when they would exclude or inconvenience those belonging to other 3
towns interested. p. s. 33, § 14. r. l. 30, § 14. 4
Refusal to
contribute
forfeits right
Section 15. No town shall send any person to such house while it 1
does not provide its proportion of the necessary expenses thereof, or 2
i7S8"3b'l'8 ^' °^ ^^^ materials, implements or other means for performing the work 3
required according to its agreement or to the directions of the joint 4
R. L. 30, § 15. 5
R. S. 16, § 16
G. S. 22, § 15. , ,
P. s. 33, § 15. board
may\Srn1sh Section 16. Each towu may provide, for the employment of in- 1
materiais,^^ matcs, sucli additional materials, implements and means of work as 2
sons committed the ovcrseers of the poor thereof may choose; and the master of the 3
1743^, 12, house shall receive them and keep them separate from those of the 4
1788, 30, § 9. other towns and shall be accountable to each town interested for the 5
G i' 22! I il'. cost and for all profits and earnings of the inmates of said house from 6
R;i;.3o'.Vi1i' such town. 7
Register of
inmates.
1743-4, 12,
§ 10.
1788, 30, § 9.
R. S. 10, § 18.
G. S. 22, § 17.
P. S. 33, § 17.
1901, 177.
Section 17. Each master shall keep a register, in a form prescribed 1
by the department of public welfare, of the names of the persons com- 2
mitted or received, the towns to which they belong, the dates of their 3
reception and discharge, and of their respective earnings, and shall 4
submit it to the overseers of the poor at their request. 5
R. L. 30, § 17. 1914,792,5 1. 1919, 350, § 96.
Controversies.
1743-4, 12,
§ 10.
1788, 30, § 9.
R. S. 16, § 19.
G. S. 22, § 18.
P. S. 33, § 18.
Section 18. Controversies between a master and the overseers of 1
the poor of any town relative to the accounts or other official doings of 2
the master shall be determined by the directors of the house at their 3
general or quarterly meeting. R. l. 30, 1 is. 4
Profits and
earnings, how
appropriated.
1743-4, 12,
§ 12.
1788, 30, § 12.
R. S. 16, § 23.
G. S. 22, § 19.
P. S. 33, § 19.
Discharge of
inmates.
1743^, 12,
§11.
1788, 30, § 10.
R. S. 16, § 20.
G. S. 22, § 20.
1880, 221, § 3.
P. S. 33, § 20.
R. L. 30, § 20.
Section 19. Profits and earnings of inmates of a workhouse or 1
almshouse shall, with the stock remaining on hand, be disposed of as 2
the overseers of the poor of the several towns shall think proper, either 3
to the use of their towns, of the persons committed or of the families 4
of such persons. R- l. so, § 19. 5
Section 20. No person who has been committed to a workhouse 1
shall be discharged within the time for which he was committed, except 2
under section one hundred and forty of chapter one hundred and 3
twenty-seven, or by the court or justice who made the commitment, 4
by the directors of the house at their general or quarterly meeting or 5
by the superior court held in the county where the house is situated, 6
and for good cause shown upon application therefor. 7
Inmates to be
employed.
Discipline.
1743-4, 12,
§11.
Section 21. Every person committed to a workhouse shall, if able 1
to work, be kept diligently employed in labor during his commitment. 2
If he does not perform such reasonable task as is assigned, or if he is 3
Chap. 48.] fires, fire departments and fire districts.
389
4 stubborn and disorderly, he shall be punished according to the orders nss, so, § lo.
5 and regulations established by the directors. ' ' ' ' " '
G. S. 22, §21. p. S. 33. §21. R. L. 30, § 21. 2 Op. A. G. 548.
1 Section 22. When a person not having a legal settlement in this Provisions
2 commonwealth becomes idle or indigent, he may be committed to the foreJuMs
3 workhouse, to be there employed, if able to labor, in the same manner
4 and under the same rules as other persons there committed.
mitted.
G. S. 22, § 22.
P. S. 33, § 22.
R. L. 30, § 22.
1 Section 23. A workhouse or almshouse may be discontinued or Discontinu.ance
2 appropriated to any other use if towns interested so determine.
R. S. 16, § 24.
G. S. 22, § 23.
P. S. 33, § 23.
R. L. 30, § 23.
1 Section 24. This chapter shall not afFect any powers or privileges Constructio
2 heretofore granted to towns, or to the overseers of the poor thereof, by chapter.
3 special acts relative to worlchouses or almshouses therein.
1743-4. 12, § 16. R. S. 16, § 25. P. S. 33, § 24.
R. L. 30. § 24.
17S8, 30, § 13.
G. S. 22, § 24.
1 Section 25. Persons committed to any workhouse or almshouse for Tramps and
certain persons
0 11 j.*j. 1 • 1 J. n certain person
1 vagrancy, drunkenness or petit larceny, or as nightwalkers, rogues or committed to
3 vagabonds, or for any other offence, and persons received therein as tto!!'to"brdon-
4 tramps or vagrants without commitment, shall be confined in separate fa"t'e'quartera,
5 and distinct quarters and shall not be permitted to associate or com- ?'°-, „,,
-, • • 1 1 • 1 i» A 1 . 1904, 274,
() mumcate with the pauper inmates thereof. Any person having au- §§ \- 2.
7 thority in or over any workhouse or almshouse who knowingly violates
8 this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred
9 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
CHAPTER 48.
FIRES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DISTRICTS.
Sect.
FIREWARDa.
1. Firewards.
2. Firewards to attend fires.
3. Buildings to be pulled down, when.
4. Same subject.
5. Owners to be indemnified.
6. Firewards may command assistance.
7. Firewards may direct tlie enginemen,
etc.
FOREST WARDENS.
8. Forest wardens. Appointment, etc.
9. Back fires in woodlands.
10. Forest wardens may appoint deputies,
etc.
11. Penalty for refusal of aid.
12. Compensation of foresters, etc.
13. Setting, etc., fires in open air regulated.
14. Exceptions to preceding section.
15. Arrest without warrant.
16. Clearing land of slash.
17. Clearing ways of slash.
Sect.
18. Electric, etc., companies to clear land of
slash.
19. Forester, forest wardens, etc., to en-
force three preceding sections.
20. Penalty.
21. Spark arresters.
22. Same subject.
23. Erection of observation towers.
24. Expenditures authorized.
25. Duties of forest wardens. Posting no-
tices, etc.
26. Penalty for destroying notice.
27. Forest wardens not liable for trespass.
28. Prevention of forest fires. Report.
ENGINEMEN AND HOSEMEN.
29. Selectmen, etc., to appoint enginemen.
30. Annual meeting of enginemen. Rules
and penalties.
31. Meetings of engine companies.
32. Selectmen, etc., to appoint enginemen
to private engines.
390
[Chap. 48.
Sect.
33. If selectmen refuse, commissioners may
appoint.
34. Enginemen to live near engines.
35. Hosemen may be appointed.
36. Certain call men in fire departments
may be appointed to permanent
force.
37. Exception to application of section
34.
38. Compensation of enginemen.
39. Chief engineer and assessors to certify
lists. Treasurers to pay.
40. Penalty for refusing certificate, etc., or
making false one.
41. Three preceding sections not to apply
unless adopted.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
42. Fire departments in certain towns.
43. Chief to act as forest warden.
44. Effect of two preceding sections on fire-
men under civil service.
45. Engineers. Appointment.
46. Organization of engineers.
47. Engineers to have powers of firewards;
to appoint enginemen, etc.
48. Organization of enginemen. By-laws,
etc.
49. Privileges of engineers, etc.
50. Apparatus of fire departments.
51. Penalty.
52. Engineers to have care of engines, etc.
53. Engineers may regulate carrying fire in
streets, etc.
54. Other powers of engineers as to pre-
venting, etc., fires.
55. Term of office.
56. Hours of labor of members of fire de-
partments.
57. Days off for members of fire depart-
ments, etc.
58. Tenure of office of chiefs of fire depart-
ments in the metropolitan fire pre-
vention district.
59. Platoon system.
FIRE DISTRICTS.
60. Fire departments in districts.
61. Establishment of fire districts.
62. Selectmen to call meeting upon re-
quest.
63. Voters. Clerk, his duties. Temporary
clerk.
64. Meeting may establish fire department.
65. Engineers, how chosen.
66. Meetings of fire district, how called
and conducted.
67. Voting Usts for elections in fire districts.
68. Certain election laws to apply to fire
districts.
69. Fire districts may raise money for pur-
chase of engines, etc.
70. Temporary debts.
71. Prudential committee. Treasurer.
72. Temporary treasurer.
73. Assessment, etc., of money raised by
fire district, etc.
74. Board of engineers to make rules and
appoint enginemen.
75. Powers of engineers and liability of
district for their acts.
76. Privileges, etc. Compensation.
77. By-laws to be approved, etc.
78. Penalties, how recovered, etc.
70. District may exclude persons or
estates.
SO. Districts heretofore organized.
firemen's relief.
81. Appropriation for relief of firemen.
Disbursement.
S2. Members of protective associations,
etc., entitled to benefits.
83. Allowance to families of firemen, etc.,
killed or fatally injured.
SPECUL PROVISIONS.
84. Firemen's clubs not to be established
unless, etc.
85. Penalty for joining unauthorized club.
86. Two preceding sections to be in force
only where, etc.
FIREWARDS.
Section 1. Selectmen may annually, in March or April, appoint
i74|-|r3o;§iV firewards, and shall forthwith give them notice thereof. Whoever
~ "" ■' " neglects, within seven days after such notice, to file with the town
clerk his acceptance or refusal of the office shall, unless excused by
the selectmen, forfeit ten dollars. p- s. 35, § i.
R. L. 32, § 9.
1907, 475, § 5.
R. S. 18.
§§1,2.
G. S. 24,
Section 2. If a fire breaks out, the firewards shall immediately re-
1796, 88 § 2.
Firewards to
attend fires. ■ i i i i e n?
1711^12 5, § 2. pair thereto, and shall wear a suitable badge of otface
R. S. 18, I 3.
G. S. 24, I 3.
P. S. 36, I 2.
R. L. 32, § 10.
1907, 475, § 5.
1918, 257, § 160.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
4 Op. A. G. 379.
Chap. 48.] fires. 391
1 Section 3. Three or more firewards present at a place which is in Buildings to
2 immediate danger from fire, or if there are not three of them present wh?". " °''°'
3 the selectmen or the mayor and the aldermen present, or in their Jy^^Is^'so; I2.
4 absence two or more of the civil officers present, or in their absence ^'''i'fi'l^'
5 two or more of the chief military officers of the place present may plfj'll-
6 direct any biiildine to be demolished if they deem it necessary to pre- RL. 32, § n.
/ vent the spread 01 the fare. isis, 257, § 160. 1919, 5.
1020.2. S Cush. 2C9. 11 Cush. 433. ) 1 .\Ilen, 507.
1 Section 4. If a city by its city council or a town accepts tliis section same subject.
2 or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the official of p* s^'lsl^j 4.
3 a fire department in command at a fire shall have exclusively the power ^gy; If'^^ § |'_
4 conferred by the preceding section.
19IS. 2.57. § 160. 1919, .5. 1920. 2.
1 Section 5. If such demolition of a building is the means of stopping owners to be
2 the fire or if the fire stops before it comes to it, the owner shall be en- irolTssf m.
3 titled to recover reasonable compensation from the town unless it was §; 1; H] | 5;
4 the building in which the fire started. Such compensation shall be de- ^ ^ |°^ i^jg
5 termined and recovered under chapter seventy-nine, as if the building i-jo^, 475, § 5.
6 demolished were taken by eminent domain. 1919, 5. §§ I'do, 191.
1920,2. 8 Met. 462. 11 Cush. 433. 11 Allen, 507.
1 Section 6. Such firewards or other officers may require assistance Firewards may
2 for extinguishing a fire and for removing furniture, goods or merchandise assistance.
3 from a building on fire or in danger of fire. They may appoint guards nllll^'so. Vz.
4 to secure the same, may require assistance for demolishing a building, R™s'f|'||'
5 and suppress tumults and disorders at fires. g. s. 24, § 6.
p. S. 35, § 6. 1907, 475, § 5. 1919, 5.
R. L. 32, § 14. 1918,257, §160. 1920,2.
1 Section 7. They may direct the stations and operations of the Firewards may
2 enginemen with their engines and of all other persons, for the purpose eig'in'emen, etc.
3 of extinguishing the fire. Whoever refuses or neglects to obey such }7]4l5"3o' | f
4 orders shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars. i"^''' ^s. §'2.
R. S. 18, § 6. P. S. 35, 5 7. 1907, 475, 5 5. 1919, 5.
G.S. 24, §7. R. L. 32, §15. 1918,2.57, § 160. 1920,2.
forest W'ARDENS.
1 Section 8. The mayor in cities and, except as provided in section Forest wardens.
2 forty-three, the selectmen in towns shall annually, in January, appoint a ^ppo.ntment.
3 forest warden, and forthwith give notice thereof to the state forester, in §§*2,'6.^^'
4 this chapter called the forester. Such appointment shall not take effect 5907475^ ^^^'
5 unless approved by the forester. When so approved notice of the ap- fr^i?, -^fof, -
6 pointment shall be given by the mayor or selectmen to the person so ap- riis.':;.57.'§i60.
7 pointed. Whoever having been duly appointed fails within seven daj's i'j2o;2;
8 after receipt of such notice to file with the city or town clerk his ac-
9 ceptance or refusal of the office shall, unless excused by the mayor or
10 selectmen, forfeit ten dollars. The same person may hold the offices of
11 tree warden, selectman, chief of fire department and forest warden.
1 Section 9. If a fire occurs in woodland, the forest warden of the Back fires in
2 town, or of a town containing woodland endangered by such fire, at a TsT^iSs.'''
3 place in immediate danger therefrom, may set back fires and take neces- ^ f; H' \%
4 sary precautions to prevent its spread.
1907, 475, 5 5. 1918, 257, § 160. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
392
[Chap. 48.
Forest wardens
may appoint
deputies, etc.
188(j. 296, § C.
1897, 254,
§§4,5.
R. L. 32.
§§ 17, 20.
1907, 475,
§§ 3, 5.
1918.257, § IGO.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Penalty for
refusal of aid.
1897, 254, § 6.
R. L. 32, § 21.
Section 10. The forest warden may appoint deputies to assist him 1
in his duties, and may discharge them; and he or his deputies may, if in 2
their judgment there is danger from a forest fire, employ assistance 3
or require any male person in their town between the ages of eighteen 4
and fifty to aid in its extinguishment or prevention, and may require 5
the use of horses, wagons and other property adapted therefor, and 6
shall keep an account of the time of all persons assisting them and a 7
schedule of all property so used. 8
Section 11. Whoever, without sufficient cause, wilfully refuses or 1
neglects to assist or to allow the use of his property as required by the 2
preceding section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor 3
more than one hundred dollars, to be equally divided between the com- 4
plainant and the town, and may also be imprisoned for not more than 5
two months. 6
188C, 296, § 6.
1897, 254, § 8.
R. L. 32, § 23.
1907. 475, § 5.
1918,257,
§ 160.
1919.5.
1920, 2.
Section 12. PajTuent shall be made to forest wardens, their depu- 1
ties, and persons assisting them, and for property used under their 2
direction at a forest fire, at a rate prescribed by the town or, in default 3
of its action thereon, by the selectmen. No such payment shall be 4
made until an itemized account, approved by the forest warden under 5
whose direction the work was done or assistance furnished, shall have 6
been filed with the officer making payment. 7
Setting, etc.,
fires in open
air regulated.
1752-3, 18, § 3.
1756-7, 14, § 3.
1796,82, § 11.
1837, 177, § 1.
G. S. 164, § 12.
P. S. 206, § 12.
1897,254, I 10.
R. L. 32, §24;
211, § 11.
1907, 475, §5.
1908,209, § 1.
1911,244,
§§ 1.4.
1912,419, § 3.
1916,51,
§§1,5.
1918, 257, §160.
1919, 5; 350,
SI 101, IM.
1920, 2.
230 Mass. 595.
Section 13. No person shall set, maintain or increase a fire in the 1
open air between March first and December first except by ^\Titten 2
permission of the state fire marshal, within the metropolitan fire pre- 3
vention district as defined in section twenty-eight of chapter one hun- 4
dred and forty-eight, or, outside thereof, of the forest warden or chief 5
of the fire department in cities and towns, or, in cities having such an 6
ofiicial, the fire commissioner; provided, that debris from fields, gardens 7
and orchards, and leaves and rubbish from yards may be burned on 8
ploughed fields by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees, if such fire 9
is at least two hundred feet distant from any sprout or forest land and 10
at least fifty feet distant from any building and is properly attended un- 1 1
til extinguished; and provided, further, that persons above the age of 12
eighteen may set or maintain a fire for a reasonable piirpose upon sandy 13
land, or upon salt marshes or sandy or rocky beaches bordering on tide 14
water, if the fire is enclosed within rocks, metal or other non-inflammable 15
material. The forest wardens in towns and officials performing the duties 16
of forest wardens in cities shall cause public notice to be given of the pro- 17
visions of this section, and shall enforce the same. Whoever violates 18
any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than 19
one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, 20
or both. 21
Exceptions to
preceding
section.
1908, 209, § 2.
1916,51. § 2.
1919, 350.
§§ 101, 104.
Section 14. The preceding section shall not apply to fires which 1
may be set, maintained or increased within said metropolitan district 2
in accordance with regulations and methods approved by the state fire 3
marshal, nor to fires which may be set for the purpose of suppressing 4
gj-psy and brown tail moths in accordance with regulations and methods 5
approved by the forester, nor to fires set or increased within the limits 6
of any public way by the employees of the commonwealth or of any 7
county, city or town in the performance of public work. 8
Chap. 48.] tires. 393
1 Section 15. The forester, the state fire warden or any duly au- Arrest without
2 thorized assistant forester, forest wardens in towns and officials per- rgorrSgg;
3 forming the duties of forest wardens in cities, or any duly appointed ^903,^2*09, §4.
4 deputy forest warden, the director of the division of fisheries and game, JgJa'lig'll'
5 fish and game wardens and deputy fish and game wardens mav arrest i9i6, si.§§4,5.
. . , *. . 101s 257,1160.
6 without warrant any person found ni the act of setting, maintaining or 1919'. s; s'so,
7 increasing a fire in violation of sections thirteen and fourteen. 1920, 2.
1 Section 16. Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of lands or of ''ll^l'^^'^^'^
2 any rights or interests therein, except electric, telephone and teleerraph i»i4. 101, § 1.
. .. . lO'^O 308
3 companies, who cuts or permits the cutting of brush, wood or timber on §§"i,'e.
4 lands which border upon woodland, or upon a highway or railroad loca-
5 tion, shall dispose of the slash caused by such cutting in such a manner
6 that the same will not remain on the ground within forty feet of any
7 woodland, highway or railroad location.
1 Section 17. Any person who cuts or causes to be cut trees, brush or clearing ways
2 undergrowth within the limits of any highway, shall dispose of the igS^oi. § 2.
3 slash and brush then and there resulting from such cutting in such a §§"2,'6.°*'
4 manner that the same will not remain on the ground within the limits
5 of said highway.
1 Section 18. Electric, telephone and telegraph companies which, at Electric, etc.,
2 the time of erecting their transmission lines, cut or cause to be cut brush, deTf'knd of°
3 wood or timber on land which borders upon woodland or upon a highway 1920, sos, § 3.
4 or railroad location, shall dispose of the slash caused by such cutting in
5 such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground within forty
6 feet of any woodland, highway or railroad location; such companies
7 which after the erection of their lines trim or cut brush, wood or timber
8 which has grown up since the line was erected, and which borders upon
9 woodland or upon a highway or railroad location, shall, upon the request
10 of the forester, and within a time limit set by him, dispose of the slash
11 of second or subsequent cuttings if the same in his opinion constitutes
12 a menace to adjoining property.
1 Section 19. The forester, or any duly authorized assistant, and the Forester,
2 forest wardens in cities and towns are hereby authorized to inspect wood lt"ft "enforce
3 or lumber operations, and also the rights of way of electric, telephone sectfons'"'"'"'^
4 and telegraph companies' transmission lines, to determine whether the i^^o, aos, § 4.
5 slash and brush are disposed of in accordance with sections sixteen to
6 eighteen, inclusive.
1 Section 20. Violation of any provision of sections sixteen to eight- Penalty.
2 een, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor 1920! sos]
3 more than one himdred dollars. ^^ ^' *"■
1 Section 21. Whoever, except when the ground is covered with spark
2 snow, operates in or adjacent to forest or grass lands any portable igr?."!.
3 steam sawmill, steam roller, steam shovel or steam tractor, which ^^ ^■^•*'
4 burns wood, coke, coal or other spark producing material as fuel, unless
5 the same is provided with a suitable spark arrester approved by the
6 forester, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
394
[Chap. 48.
one hundrt'd dollars. This section shall not apply to the metropolitan 7
fire prevention district as defined in section twenty-eight of chapter S
one hundred and forty-eight. 9
19"! 51 !"§"" 2*' Section 22. The forester or his assistants may inspect all appliances 1
described in the preceding section to determine if they are provided 2
with suitable spark arresters. 3
Erection of
obser\-ation
1919, 120.
Section 23. Towns may construct, in co-operation with other towns 1
or with the commonwealth, forest fire observation towers, the situa- 2
tion and construction of which shall be subject to the direction of the 3
forester. 4
Expenditures
authorized.
1S97, 254,
§§ 11, 12.
R. L. 32, § 25.
1907, 475, § 5.
1918,257.
§ 160.
1919, 5.
1920, 2; 269.
Section 24. Money appropriated by a town under section eleven 1
of chapter forty, for the prevention of forest fires, and all fines received 2
under sections elcAen, thirteen and twenty-six of this chapter and section 3
nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-six shall be expended by the 4
forest warden, under the supervision of the selectmen, in trimming brush 5
out of wood roads, in preparing and preserving suitable lines for back 6
fires, or in other ways adapted to prevent or check the spread of fire; 7
or such town may expend any portion of such money in taking by em- 8
inent domain such woodland as the selectmen, upon recommendation 9
of the forest warden, consider expedient to prevent forest fires. Such 10
taking and the payment of damages therefor or for injury to property, 11
other than by fire or back fire, shall be governed by chapter seventy- 12
nine. Every town, the valuation of which does not exceed one million 13
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which expends in any one year 14
a sum equal to one tenth of one per cent of its valuation in the extin- 15
guishment of forest fires, shall, upon the recommendation of the forester, 16
approved by the governor, receive from the commonwealth one half of 17
any additional sum expended by it in the extinguishment of forest fires, 18
provided that the total amount paid by the commonwealth to any such 19
town in any one year shall not exceed tM'o hundred and fifty dollars. 20
Duties of
forest wardens.
Posting
notices, etc.
1886, 296, § 3.
1897, 254, § 7.
R. L. 32,
§§ 18, 22.
1907, 475,
§§2,6, 10.
1918,257, § 160.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 25. Every forest warden shall take precautions to prevent 1
the spread of forest fires and the improper kindling thereof, and shall 2
have sole charge of their extinguishment. He shall investigate the 3
causes and extent of forest fires and the injmy done thereby, and shall 4
report thereon to the forester at such times and in such form as he re- 5
quires. Every forest warden shall also post in suitable places in the 6
town such warnings against the setting of forest fires and statements 7
of law relating thereto as may be supplied to him by the forester. The 8
engineers or other officers in charge of fire departments in cities and 9
in towns which have so voted shall perform the duties and exercise 10
the powers of forest wardens with respect to forest fires. 11
deslroyinr Section 26. Whoever wilfully and maliciously tears down or de- 1
1897^254 7 ^troys any notice posted under the preceding section shall be punished 2
R. L. 32, § 22: by a fine of ten dollars. 1907^ 475, §§ 7, 10. 3
not uabie^fOT"^ Section 27. Forest wardens, their deputies and assistants shall not 1
be liable for trespass when engaged in the performance of their duties 2
under this chapter or chapter one hundred and thirty-two. 3
1907, 475, § 6.
Chap. 48.] fires. 395
1 Section 28. The state fire warden appointed under section five of J^'cirfire" °'
2 chapter twenty-one shall aid and advise the forest wardens and their fn^°'Lo
3 deputies in towns and the municipal officers exercising the functions §§ i.^" '
4 of forest wardens in cities in preventing and extinguishing forest fires § 39.'
5 and in enforcing the laws relative thereto. The forester may designate
6 not more than fifteen assistants to aid the warden. The state fire
7 warden shall report annually to the forester upon his work and upon
8 the forest fires occurring in the commonwealth. This report shall be
9 included in the report of the commissioner of conservation relative to
10 the acts of the forester.
ENGINEMEN AND HOSEMEN.
1 Section 29. The mayor of cities or the selectmen of towns wliich selectmen, etc.,
2 are provided with fire engines may appoint enginemen, to hold office at engineinen.
3 the pleasure of the authority appointing them, and may discharge them }78|;4|;
4 for negligence in their duties. 1794, 43. 5§ 1. 2-
1 Section 30. Each company of enginemen so appointed shall meet Annual meeting
2 annually in May, choose a foreman and a clerk, and establish such Rules and
3 regulations, consistent with law, relative to their duty as enginemen, as i7S5, 42!'§ 1.
4 shall be approved by the aldermen or selectmen; and they shall annex § i;2t,' 1 12!
5 penalties thereto, not exceeding ten dollars, which may be recovered by r i 32,^2^7
6 their clerk.
1 Section 31. Each company shall meet monthly, or oftener if neces- Meetings
2 sary, to examine their engine and its equipments and see that they are compares.
3 in good repair and ready for use. They shall, under the direction of R^l'il'lfs
4 the firewards, extinguish any fire in their city or town or in its vicinity. p|||'|i|'
R. L. 32, § 28. 4 Op. A. G. 379.
1 Section 32. Upon application therefor by the proprietors of an en- selectmen,
2 gine, the mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where it is owned engi'nlmlnTo"'
3 may appoint enginemen and use the engine as if it belonged to the i7'gg"|2^'§^3°''^'
4 town, and shall determine where it shall be kept, if the proprietors do J?- §• '?• f Jf ■
5 not agree upon such place. p. s. 35, § 17. r. l. 32, § 29. 127 Mass. 275.
1 Section 33. If the mayor or selectmen, upon such application, re- if selectmen
2 fuse or delay for fourteen days to appoint enginemen, the proprietors mlsIwnl°T'
3' may apply therefor in writing to the comity commissioners, giving WTit- "fii^^H^'^^
4 ten notice to such mayor or selectmen seven days at least before the g- 1- 1|' | J|-
5 sitting of the commissioners; and if sufficient cause is shown, the com- p.'s.'ss's is.'
„ . ." • X v. • R. L. 32, § 30.
6 missioners may appoint such engmemen. 127 Mass. 275.
1 Section 34. Enginemen appointed under either of the two preceding Enginemen
2 sections, shall, if possible, live at or near the place where the engine is eniines"'''"^
3 kept, and shall have the privileges and exemptions of other enginemen. i|"s.'il,°§\6.'
G. S. 24, § 16. p. S. 35, § 19. R. L. 32, § 31.
1 Section 35. ^^.^^^^^.., ^^.g,,..^^^., ^. ^^ ^^^^^^^^^,,^^ c.,,^, ^„^ uwai^ be appointed:
2 of engineers of fire districts may, in towns having one or more steam 1869,92.
396
[Chap. 48.
p%'''ll§2o ^^® engines, or in which water for extinguishing fires is supplied from 3
R. L. 32, § 32. hydrants or reservoirs, appoint not more than twenty men to each hose 4
carriage. 5
; appoin
to permanent
force.
1913.487, § 1
1914, 138.
1916, 119.
Section 3G. Any town which has accepted chapter four hundred 1
partments may aud cighty-sevcn of the acts of nineteen hiaidred and thirteen, and has 2
a call or part call fire department which now is or may hereafter be 3
subject to chapter thirty-one, may, on the recommendation of the board 4
of engineers of the fire department or of the officer or board having charge 5
of the fire department, appoint as members of the permanent force, with- 6
out civil service examination, any persons then in the call or part call 7
fire department who have served as call men or part call men or sub- 8
stitute call men for five or more successive years, and who are certified 9
to be competent physically for the duty by the town physician, if any, 10
otherwise by a physician designated therefor by the board of engineers 11
or other authority, as aforesaid. 12
Exception i
application
section 34.
1913, 487,
§§2,3.
Section 37. The preceding section shall not apply to any town in 1
which the promotion of call men to the permanent or regular force is 2
regulated by a special act relating to such town, nor to Boston. 3
Compensation
of enginemen.
1834, 50, § 2.
R. S. 18, § 19.
G. S. 24, I 18.
P. S. 35, § 22.
R. L. 32, § 33.
Section 38. Enginemen or members of the fire department who 1
have served for one year preceding May first in any year, shall receive 2
from the town a sum equal to the poll taxes paid by or for them and 3
such further compensation as the town determines. 4
Chief engineer
and assessors
to certify lists.
Treasurers to
pay.
1834, 50, § 2.
R. S. IS, § 20.
G. S. 24, § 19.
P. S. 35. § 23.
R. L. 32, § 34.
Section 39. The chief engineer or other officer in charge of a fire
department, and the foreman or director of each company where no
fire department is established by law, shall annually on or before INIay
first certify to the assessors of their respective towns a list of all persons
in their department or companies who during the preceding year have
performed all the duties required by law. The assessors shall within
ten days thereafter examine such lists and certify to the treasurers of
their respective towns the amount to be paid to each person named 8
therein. Each treasurer shall, after deducting all taxes due from the 9
persons so named, pay the amount so certified to them, or, if minors, 10
to their parents or guardians. Upon refusal of the treasurer to pay 11
any sum so certified, the person entitled may recover such amount in 12
contract. 13
Penalty for
refusing certifi-
cate, etc., or
making false
1834, 50, § 3.
R. S. 18, § 21.
G. S. 24, § 20.
P. S. 35, § 24.
R. L. 32, § 35.
Section 40. If such chief engineer or other officer wilfully refuses to 1
make such certificate, he shall forfeit for each person entitled to be so 2
certified not more than five dollars, to the use of such person, or, on 3
complaint, to the use of the town; and if such engineer or other officer 4
makes a false certificate in such case, he shall forfeit not less than 5
twenty nor more than fifty dollars. 6
Thr
; pre-
ceding sections
not to apply
unless adopted.
1834, 50, § 5.
R. S. 18, 5 22.
G. S.24, §21.
P. S. 35, § 25.
R. L. 32, § 36.
Section 41. The three preceding sections shall be in force only in 1
those towns which adopt the same by vote of their city council or at 2
their annual town meeting, or which have so adopted corresponding 3
provisions of earlier laws. If such adoption is revoked by the city 4
council or by the town at an annual meeting, said sections shall cease 5
to be in force. 6
Chap. 48.] fire departments. 397
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
1 Section 42. Towns accepting the provisions of this and the two Firedepart-
2 following sections or which have accepted corresponding provisions of ^^nafn towns.
3 earlier laws may establish a fire department to be under the control of ^^'°' ^®'' ^ ^^'
4 an officer to be known as the chief of the fire department. The chief
5 shall be appointed by the selectmen, and shall receive such salary as
6 the selectmen may from time to time determine, not exceeding in the
7 aggregate the amount annually appropriated therefor. He may be re-
8 moved for cause by the selectmen at any time after a hearing. He shall
9 have charge of extinguishing fires in the town and the protection of life
10 and property in case of fire. He shall purchase subject to the approval
11 of the selectmen and keep in repair all property and apparatus used for
12 and by the fire department. He shall have and exercise all the powers
1.3 and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed by statute upon engi-
14 neers in towns except as herein provided, and shall appoint a deputy
15 chief and such officers and firemen as he may think necessary, and may
16 remove the same at any time for cause and after a hearing. He shall
17 have full and absolute authority in the administration of the depart-
18 ment, shall make all rules and regulations for its operation, shall report
19 to the selectmen from time to time as they may require, and shall annu-
20 ally report to the town the condition of the department with his recom-
21 mendations thereon; he shall fix the compensation of the permanent and
22 call members of the fire department subject to the approval of the select-
23 men. In the expenditure of money the chief shall be subject to such
24 further limitations as the town may from time to time prescribe.
1 Section 43. The chief of the fire department shall act as forest chieftoact
2 warden in all such towns, and shall have authority to appoint deputy warden.
3 wardens and fix their compensation subject to the approval of the ' ■ » •
4 selectmen.
1 Section 44. The two preceding sections shall not affect the tenure Effeotoftwo
2 of office nor apply to the removal of permanent and call members of fire Mctlons'on
3 departments in towns which have accepted chapter thirty-one or corre- cMser^e^'
4 sponding provisions of earlier laws. Said sections shall not apply to ^^^°' ^'"' ^ ^^•
5 cities.
1 Section 45. The selectmen, except as provided in the three preceding Engineers.
2 sections, may establish a fire department, and thereafter shall annually, is39°T3s^™
3 in April, appoint a suitable number of engineers, not exceeding twelve, flos.W
4 for one year from the following May first, and until others are appointed ^^ 23.^24.
5 in their stead ; may, for cause, remove an engineer, after seven days' notice P; Ig^l'g
6 to him and a hearing, and shall fill all vacancies. isse, 113.
R. L. 32, §38. 101 Mass. 117. 216 Mass. 422. 2 Op. A. G. 253.
1 Section 4G. They shall, immediately after such appointment, no- organization
2 tify each of said engineers to meet at a time and place designated, iglgflsl^'^j 3.
3 At such meeting the engineers shall choose a chief engineer, a clerk and pi's^'liQ
4 other necessary officers. R. l. 32, § 39.
1 Section 47. The engineers, in the extinguishment of fires, shall ha°ve"power3 of
2 exercise the powers of firewards, and in the nomination and appoint- firewarda; to
398
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
[Chap. 48.
appoint engine- ment of enginemeii shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of 3
1839, 138, § 4. selectmen. They may appoint such men to the engines, hose and hook 4
p.s.'35,'§ 31.' and'ladder carriages, and constitute such companies for securing prop- 5
ni^Ma^s'sfea' erty endangered by fire, as they deem expedient. 6
Organization
of enginemen.
By-laws, etc.
1839, 138, § S.
G. S. 24, § 27.
P. S. 35, § 32.
R. L. 32, § 41.
Section 48. The engine, hose and hook and ladder men and pro- 1
tective companies may organize companies, elect officers and establish 2
such regulations and by-laws as the board of engineers approve; and 3
may annex penalties for the violation thereof, not exceeding ten dollars 4
for each offence, which may be recovered by the clerk to the use of the 5
company. 6
englnlfr?, etc. SECTION 49. The engineers and all persons appointed by them shall 1
1839,^38^ |6. perforin the duties, be subject to the liabilities and entitled to the privi- 2
p. s. 35, § 33. leges and exemptions of enginemen appointed by selectmen. R. l, 32, § 42. 3
Section 50. A town having a fire department or having a fire dis-
trict in which only the fire department thereof responds to the first
alarm of fire therein shall provide and keep in good condition and ready
for immediate use one or more of the following articles: a gun or other
suitable device capable of throwing a projectile with a cord attached
thereto over the top, or into the windows, of any building therein, with
all needful appliances for properly working the same; and a life net or
jumping net strong enough to break the fall of a person jumping from 8
the top story of such building. Such apparatus shall be taken to every 9
fire in a building over two stories in height. The engineers shall see 10
that a sufficient number of firemen are regularly trained in the proper 11
handling and use thereof. 12
Tmsw, 53. Section 51. A town or the engineers thereof violating any pro- 1
R. L. 32, § 44. vision of the preceding section shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more 2
than five hundred dollars. 3
Engineers to
have care of
engines, etc.
1839. 138, § 7.
G. S. 24, § 29.
P. S. 35, § 34.
R. L. 32, § 45.
216 Mass. 422.
223 Mass. 473.
Section 52. The board of engineers shall have the care and super- 1
intendence of the public engines, hose, fire hooks, ladder carriages and 2
ladders, the buildings, fixtures and equipments, and of all pumps, reser- 3
voirs for water and apparatus owned by the town and used for extin- 4
guishing fires; and shall cause the same to be kept in repair or renewed, 5
and shall make necessary alterations therein and additions thereto at 6
an expense not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one year, unless 7
the town has authorized a larger appropriation. 8
Enginee:
regulate
carrying fire ii
streets, etc,
1839, 138, § 8.
G. S. 24, § 30.
P. S. 35, § 35.
1888, 220.
R. L. 32, § 46.
1918, 291, § 3;
may
Section 53. They may make regulations as to the carrying of fire, 1
firebrands, lighted matches or other ignited materials openly in the 2
streets or thoroughfares of their town, or of such parts thereof as they 3
may designate, or as to prohibiting owners or occupants of buildings within 4 .
their town, or such part thereof as they may designate, from maintaining 5
any defective chimney, hearth, oven, stove or stove pipe, fire frame 6
or other fixture, deposit of ashes or whatever may give just cause of 7
alarm or be the means of kindling or spreading fire. Whoever violates 8
any such rule or regulation shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars. 9
Chap. 48.] fire dep.\rtments. 399
1 Section 54. They may make regulations, consistent with law, for other powers
2 their own government and for the conduct of citizens at fires, and annex to preventing^
3 penalties for violation thereof not exceeding twenty dollars for each igag^^'Jal, § s.
4 offence, to be recovered by the chief engineer and appropriated to the p |||'||,-'
5 improvement of the fire apparatus of the town ; but such regulations R- L- 32, § 47.
6 shall be approved by the town and published as it may direct.
1 Section 55. A town which has established a fire department may Term of
2 vote to fix the term of office for the members of such department at one istv.'ss.
.3 year from a designated day, and may at the same time determine the §"§38^39.
4 then current term of office of members of fire departments; but no term ^- ^- ^-' ^ **•
5 shall be made shorter than six or longer than eighteen months, and the
6 incumbents shall hold office until others are appointed in their stead.
7 In such cases all provisions of this chapter referring to the month of
8 May shall be construed to refer to the first month of the year thus
9 designated.
1 Section 56. Except in towns subject to section fifty-nine, any city Hours of labor
2 by ordinance and any town by by-law may establish the hours of labor fire"de"art^ °'
3 of the members of its fire department, looi, 315, § 1. 1909, su, §§ 44, us. '"^°'^-
1 Section 57. Subject to section fifty-nine, members of the fire de- Days ofi for
2 partment of every city which accepted chapter five hundred and forty- sre'depart'-
3 six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve or chapter ninety-seven "Q"2^54e,'^'
4 of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, shall be excused JgJ?!}*
5 from duty for one day out of every five days, without loss of pay. The
6 time and manner of so excusing members shall be determined by the
7 chief, or other officer or board at the head of the fire department, who
8 shall have authority, in case of any public emergency, to prevent any
9 member of the department from taking the day off herein provided for
10 at the time when he is entitled thereto or at the time assigned therefor;
1 1 but such day oft' shall be granted to him as soon thereafter as practicable,
12 and such days shall be in addition to any annual vacation allowed to the
13 members of said departments, and such annual vacation shall not be
14 diminished on account of the days off herein provided for.
1 Section 58. In every town in the metropolitan fire prevention dis- Tenure of
2 trict, as defined in section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and °i fire°depart-
3 forty-eight, which accepted chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the nI™r*op'oUtan
4 General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen or chapter one hundred j^^'tJi^t''™'''"'
5 and forty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, or in Jlji^, 291.
6 which the provisions of chapter thirty-one were, on April third, nineteen
7 hundred and seventeen, applicable to the chief of the fire department
8 thereof, such chief shall hold his office continuously during good behavior
9 unless incapacitated by physical or mental disability to perform the
10 duties of his position; provided, that in every such city the official
11 having the power of appointment, with the consent of the confirming
12 board, if any, and in every such town, the selectmen, may, for just cause
13 and for reasons specifically assigned by said official or selectmen, remove
14 such chief, first giving him a copy of such reasons and allowing him a
15 reasonable time to answer them in writing. A copy of the reasons, no-
16 tice and answer, and of the order of removal, shall be filed with the
17 town clerk.
400
FIRE DISTRICTS.
[Chap. 48.
Platoon
system.
1919. 132
Section 59. The permanent members of the uniformed fire fighting 1
force in every town which accepts this section or has accepted correspond- 2
ing provisions of earher laws shall be divided by the fire commissioner, 3
board of fire commissioners, chief engineer, board of engineers, or other 4
officers having charge of the fire fighting force into two bodies or platoons, 5
which shall be designated as a day force and a night force, and shall 6
alternate on tours of duty every third day. 7
The hours of duty of the day force shall be from eight o'clock in the 8
forenoon to six o'clock in the afternoon, and the hours of duty of the 9
night force shall be from six o'clock in the afternoon to eight o'clock in 10
the forenoon; provided, that on every third day, for the purpose of alter- 11
nating the day force with the night force and vice versa, the number of 12
hours of duty herein stated may be exceeded, but one force shall be at 13
liberty at all times, except that in case of a conflagration the officer or 14
board having charge of the fire fighting force shall have full authority 15
to summon and keep on duty all members of the fire fighting force while 16
the conflagration continues. 17
This section shall not affect any law, ordinance or by-law relative to IS
salary, pensions, annual vacations or sick or disability leave of absence 19
of the members of the fire fighting force in any town subject to tliis 20
section. Sections fifty-six and fifty-seven shall not apply to the perma- 21
nent members of the uniformed fire fighting force in any such town. 22
All ordinances or by-laws, or parts thereof, affecting the number that 23
may be appointed as members of a fire fighting force, or the meal hours 24
or days off of the members of the fire department of any such town, 25
shall have no force after its acceptance becomes effective. 26
Upon petition of not less than ten per cent of the registered voters in 27
any town, duly certified by the registrars of voters and filed with the 28
state secretary not less than thirty days before any state election, the 29
state secretary shall cause to be printed upon the official ballot to be 30
used in such town at such state election the following question: "Shall 31
section fifty-nine of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws, providing 32
for the division into day and night forces of permanent members of 33
fire departments, known as the two platoon system, be accepted?" If 34
a majority of the votes cast on the said question in any town are in 35
the affirmative, this section shall take eft'ect in such town ninety days 36
thereafter. 37
Fire depart-
ments in
districts.
1844, 152, § 1.
G. S. 24, § 33.
P. S. 35, § 40.
R. L. 32, § 49.
1906, 63.
FIRE DISTRICTS.
Section 60. Fire departments may be established in districts con- 1
taining not less than one thousand inhabitants, or not less than five 2
hundred inhabitants in towns the population of which does not exceed 3
two thousand; and the officers thereof shall have charge of and be 4
responsible for the apparatus for the extinguishment of fire therein, in 5
the same manner as firewards and enginemen of towns. 6
Establishment
of fire districts
1844, 152, § 2.
G. S. 24, § 34.
P. S. 35, §41.
R. L. 32, § 50.
Section 61. Before a district is constituted and organized, a peti- 1
tion shall be presented to the town at a meeting, stating the limits of the 2
proposed district, and requesting the town to raise taxes for the estab- 3
lishment and maintenance of a sufficient fire department for the reason- 4
able protection of the inhabitants and property within said limits. If 5
the town refuses or neglects so to do, the inhabitants of the proposed 6
district may organize it and establish a fire department therein. 7
Chap. 48.] fire districts. 401
1 Section 62. The selectmen, on written application of not less Selectmen to
2 than seven freeholders, inhabitants of such proposed district, setting upon^Tqueft.
3 forth the limits thereof, and requiring them to notify a meeting of the cf^'of.^laf;
4 voters thereof to consider the expediency of organizing such district and r III' \*5^i,
5 establishing a fire department, shall forthwith give such notice in the
6 manner of notifying town meetings, requiring the voters to assemble at
7 some suitable place within the district for said purpose, the substance of
8 which shall be expressed in the notice. If the selectmen refuse or neglect
9 to give notice of such meeting, a justice of the peace may do so. )
1 Section 63. If at such meeting the voters determine to organize such voters.
2 district, they shall choose a clerk, who shall be sworn. He may be re- dutLs.
3 moved by the district, and in case of a vacancy another may be chosen ; derk""""^'
4 or in such case, or in case of his disability, the selectmen may appoint a cf".'24,"§ le.'
5 temporary clerk, who shall be sworn and shall perform such duties until ^^^'.^^''i 43
6 the vacancy is filled or the disability removed. R l. 32. § 52.
1 Section 64. The district at such meeting may vote to establish a Meeting may
2 fire department, to consist of a chief engineer and as many assistant department^
3 engineers, enginemen, hosemen and hook and ladder men as they may G^s.'24f§37.'
4 consider necessary, not exceeding seventy-five for each suction engine, r.l.^3|'_\*s3.
5 thirty-five for each common engine, fi\'e for each one hundred and fifty
6 feet of leading hose kept for use within the district, and not exceeding
7 twenty-five hook and ladder men. Each of said officers and members
8 shall be furnished with a certificate, signed by the chief engineer and
9 clerk, declaring his station in the department.
1 Section 65. The chief engineer and assistant engineers shall be Engii
2 chosen annually by the district, and shall be sworn. 1844, 152, § 6. " °^
G. S. 24, § 38. 1871, 25. P. S. 35, § 45. R. L. 32, § 54.
1 Section 66. District meetings shall be called by the clerk, when re- Meetings of
2 quested in writing by the chief engineer or by two assistant engineers or how called and
3 by seven voters; the clerk shall give notice thereof by posting written is44,"i52,§7.
4 notices, briefly stating the purpose of the meeting, in at least sLx public p; |; fsj | fe.'
5 places in the district not less than seven days prior to the meeting, or by f^i^i^f^^^^is
6 publishing the same in a newspaper, if any, published in the town in
7 which the district is situated. At each meeting a moderator shall be
8 chosen, who shall have the powers of the moderator of a town meeting.
9 After the choice of a clerk he shall preside at subsequent meetings with
10 like powers until a moderator is chosen.
1 Section 67. The registrars of voters of towns containing fire dis- voting lists for
2 tricts, or the prudential committee in districts composed of portions districts""
3 of two or more towns, shall, at least ten days before the annual fire dis- 557,'2.^*'
4 trict election, make correct alphabetical lists of all persons qualified |'i|7^4g
5 to vote at such election; shall cause such lists to be posted in two or Pcjg^l^
6 more public places in said district; and shall correct said lists in the
7 same manner as they are required by law to correct voting lists for
8 town elections.
1 Section 68. Section eight of chapter forty-one and sections eighty- Certain
2 three and one hundred and six of chapter fifty-four shall apply to fire to apply to fire
3 districts. 1S71, 124. § 3. p. S. 35, § 49. R. L. 32, § 5S. districts.
402
FIRE DISTRICTS.
[Chap. 48.
Fire districts
may raise
money for
purchase of
engines, etc.
1844. 152. § 12.
G. S. 24. § 4.3.
1864, 159.
1874. 151. § 1.
P. S. 35. § 51.
189S. 295.
1901, 76.
R. L. 32, § 59.
1.54 Mass. 450.
219 Mass. 46.
Section 69. Such districts may, at meetings called therefor, raise 1
money by taxation for the purchase of engines and other articles neces- 2
sary for the extinguishment of fires, for hydrant and water service, for 3
the purchase of land, for the erection and repairs of necessary buildings, 4
for the erection and maintenance of street lamps within their limits, 5
for the payment of a proper charge of an insurance company for acting 6
as surety on an official bond which may be given to such district by 7
any of its officers, and for other incidental expenses of the fire depart- 8
ment. The prudential committee of such district may accept an in- 9
surance company as sufficient siu-ety upon such bond. 10
Temporary
debts.
1896. 280.
Rr L. 32, § 60.
205 Mass. 54.
219 Mass. 46.
Section 70. Such districts may by ordinary vote incur debts for 1
temporary loans in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year in 2
which such debts are incurred and of the receipts from other sources 3
due in such year, and expressly made payable, by vote of the district, 4
from such taxes and receipts. 5
Prudential
committee.
Treasurer.
1844. 152. § 12.
G. S. 24. § 43.
1870. 332, § 3.
1874. 151.
§§ 1.2.
P. S. 35,
§§51,52.
1895, 295.
R. L. 32, I 61.
Section 71. Such districts shall choose a prudential committee, 1
which shall expend, for the purposes prescribed by the district, the 2
money so raised or borrowed, and shall choose a treasurer, who shall 3
give bond for the faithful performance of his official duties in a sum 4
and with sureties approved by the prudential committee. He shall 5
receive all money belonging to the district, and shall pay over and 6
account for the same according to its order or that of the prudential 7
committee. 8
trSre?"^* Section 72. If the treasurer is prevented from performing his 1
p%*'3'5''§ 53 ■ offif^ial duties, or if the office is vacant, the prudential committee may 2
R. L. 32, § 62. in writing appoint a temporary treasurer, who shall give a bond in like 3
manner as the treasurer and shall hold his office until another is chosen. 4
etc., of money
raised by fire
district, etc.
1844. 152. § 13.
G, S. 24. § 44.
1870. 332.
1874, 151, § 4.
1876, 114.
1878, 185, § 2.
P. S. 35. § 54.
R. L. 32. § 63.
11 Met. 374.
138 Mass. 527.
219 Mass. 46.
Section 73. The clerk shall certify to the assessors of the town all 1
votes of the district authorizing interest to be added to taxes and all 2
sums of money voted to be raised, which shall be assessed and collected 3
in the same manner as town taxes, and shall be paid over to the district 4
treasurer. The assessors, treasurer and collector of a town in which 5
such district is organized shall have the same powers and perform the ti
same duties relative to the assessment and collection of the money voted 7
by the fire district as they have and exercise relative to the assessment, 8
collection and abatement of town taxes, and the sums so voted shall be 9
assessed upon the property, real and personal, within the district. 10
Board of SECTION 74. The board of engineers may make and publish rules
make rules and and Tcgulations as providcd in case of fire departments by sections
men. _ fifty-tlirce and fifty-four. It may appoint and remove enginemen,
§s 8.' if. ' hosemen and hook and ladder men, and fill vacancies in the companies.
G. S. 24, § 40. P. S. 35. § S5. R. L. 32, § 64.
Powers of
engineers and
liability of
district for
their acts.
1844, 152, § 9.
G. S. 24, §41.
P. S. 35, § 56.
R. L. 32, § 65.
Section 75. Engineers shall have and exercise within their dis- 1
trict the powers and authority of firewards of towns relating to the 2
extinguishment of fires and the demolition of buildings; and districts 3
shall be liable in the same manner for acts done by such engineers, or 4
by their orders, as towns for acts done by firewards. 5
Chap. 48.] fires, fire departments and fire districts. 403
1 Section 76. Members of the fire department of such district shall Pn^-iiegeB, etc.
^, 1. •• I'M i> n t • n Compensation.
2 nave the mimumties and privileges ot farewards and enginemen of towns, is^-*. i52,
3 and shall receive such compensation as the district determines. g. s. 24, § 42.
p. S. 33. § 57. R. L. 32, § 66.
1 Section 77. No by-law, rule or regulation adopted by a fire district By-i.iws to
2 imposing a penalty shall be in force until approved by the attorney etc!'''''™" '
3 general and published at least three times in one or more newspapers, g. s.'24r§45. '
4 if any, published in the town; otherwise, in one or more newspapers r.l.^32,|^61^.
5 published in the county where the fire district is situated. 1908, 98, § 1.
1 Section 78. Penalties under any of the four preceding sections Penalties, how
2 may be recovered in tort in the name of the chief engineer and appro- 184TT52,' '^"''
3 priated to expenses of the fire department of the district, or on com- g^ |: 24', § 46.
4 plaint or indictment to the use of the commonwealth. If the chief J^- f; 32' |1;8
5 engineer dies, resigns or removes during the pendency of such action,
6 it shall not abate, but his successor shall be admitted to prosecute it.
7 Residence in the district shall not disqualify a judge, juror or officer in
8 such action.
1 Section 79. A district, at a meeting called therefor, may annex District may
2 adjacent territory and its inhabitants, if a majority of the voters of OT'c"ta'tes!"^^°"'
3 said territory petition therefor, defining the limits thereof; or may on a*s.' 24.'^§ 47.'
4 the petition of any person, with the assent of the town containing such ^^s'ii% eo
5 district, exclude him or his estate therefrom. R. l. 32. § go. los Mass. 142.
1 Section 80. Fire districts heretofore legally organized shall con- Districts
2 tinue and be subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to fire organ'iied!
3 districts. g. s. 24, § 43. p. s. 35, § ei. r. l. 32, § 70.
firemen's relief.
1 Section 81. The sum of eighteen thousand dollars may be paid f^^P/Xf 0*/°"
2 annually from the state treasiu-v to furnish relief to firemen injured in firen.en.
„i p pT'i ^ n ••! . Disbursement.
3 the performance 01 their duty at a fare or in going thereto or returning 1890,459,
4 therefrom, or while engaged in company drills, when such drills are is9i', 274.
5 ordered by the chief, acting chief or board of engineers of the fire de- 1892, 1'77,
6 partment, or required by city ordinance or town by-law, and to widows r. l'.3'2^'
7 and children, of firemen killed in the performance of such duty. Pay- flo^'iol' ^""i
8 ments on account of said relief shall be determined in manner and amount, j-jojl' ^53.
9 on properly approved vouchers, by the commissioners on firemen's relief, i9ii!90. '
10 in the same manner as other claims against the commonwealth. Five §§ i.'i.^'
11 hundred dollars of the amount hereby authorized may be expended for §|\*.'2.''
12 the traveling and incidental expenses of said commissioners.
3 Op. A. G. 279.
4 0p. A. G.427, 544.
1919, 350. § 30.
1 Section 82. Any officer or member in active service in an incor- Members of
2 porated protective department co-operating with a fire department, L^sodations,
3 and any person performing the duties of a fireman in a town having no tlnefi't's''"'^ ''
4 organized fire department, shall be entitled to the benefits provided i|^o. 450, § 4.
5 by the preceding section.
1892, 177, § 4. R. L. 32, § 74. 2 Op. A. G. 253.
404
FENCES, POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS.
[Chap. 49.
h^mts"t^° Section S.3. If a person entitled under either of the two preceding 1
kfilecfoi-'fatiiiy sectioiis to the benefits provided in section eighty-one is killed, or dies 2
injured within sixty days from injuries received, while in the performance of 3
18991417! _ duties entitling him to such benefits, and his death is certified to the 4
1920, 2s'c.. ' state auditor by the town clerk and the attending physician or medi- 5
^ ^' " ■ cal examiner, the state auditor shall certify for payment to the executor 6
or administrator of such person, out of the appropriation annually made 7
for the purpose, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the use 8
equally of his widow and minor children; or if there are minor children 9
but no widow, to their use; or if there is no minor child, to the use of 10
the widow; and if there is no widow or minor child, to the'use of the next 11
of kin if dependent on such deceased person for support. A child of full 12
age dependent upon such person for support shall be regarded as a minor 13
child. 14
SPECIAL PROVISIONS.
noV'to^te "'"''^ Section 84. No association, society or club organized as firemen 1
rniess'''etc' shall be established in any town except by WTitten permission of the 2
1855, ioi, § 1. aldermen or selectmen. g. s. 24, § 49. p. s. 35, § C2. r. l. 32, § 78. 3
Penalty for
joining un-
authorized
club.
1855, 161, § 2.
G. S. 24, § 60.
P. S. 35, I 63.
Section 85. Whoever joins, belongs to or assembles with such 1
association, society or club established without such permission shall 2
be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred 3
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months. 4
R. L. 32, § 79.
Section 8G. The two preceding sections shall be in force in those 1
Two preceding
sections to be ^
where^'et"'^ towiis Only which adopt them or have adopted corresponding provi- 2
1865, 161, § 3. sions of earlier laws. g. s. 24, § si. p. s. 35, § 64. r. l. 32. § 80. 3
REFERENCES.
Duties of division of fisheries and game as to fires. Chap. 130, § 9.
State aid to towns for preventing or e.xtinguishing fires. Chap. 40, § 11.
CHAPTER 49.
FENCES, FENCE VIEWERS, POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS.
Sect.
fences and fence viewers.
1. Fence viewers, appointment and term
of office.
2. Fences defined.
3. Adjoining occupants to maintain fences.
4. Proceedings on neglect, etc., of party.
5. Remedy against adjoining owner for
repair of fence.
6. Controversies as to repairs, etc.
7. Double damages, when.
8. Compensation for repairing more than
just share.
9. Fences, how and where made, when
lands are bounded by water.
Sect.
10. Improved land in common, without
partition fences, may be divided.
11. Maintenance of fences. Land, how
laid common.
12. Purchase of right in fence.
13. If unimproved land is enclosed, etc.,
person benefited shall pay, etc.
14. Fence viewers may establish division
lines, when.
15. Removal of fence to and rebuilding on
true line.
16. Fence viewers, when fences are on town
lines.
17. Water fences, how made.
Chap. 49.]
405
Sect.
18. Fence viewers may determine whether
fence is required.
19. Penalty for fence viewer's neglect of
duty.
20. Fees of fence viewers.
SPITE FENCES.
21. Fence a nuisance, when.
AND IMPOUNDING
FIELD DRIVEBS.
OF CATTLE.
22. Pounds to be maintained.
23. Penalty for injuring same.
24. Beasts at large without keeper to be
taken up.
25. Beasts to be impounded.
26. Fees of field driver and pound ieeper.
27. Fees of field driver and pound keeper
to be paid by owner of beasts.
Sect.
2S. Impounding of beasts on premises of
field driver.
29. Distraint of beasts doing damage.
.30. Impounding of such beasts.
31. Person distraining to state demand.
32. Beasts not delivered until costs paid.
33. Notice to be given owner or keeper.
34. Notice to be posted and published.
35. Determination of disputed amount.
36. Same subject.
37. If not paid, beasts to be sold.
38. Disposition of proceeds.
39. Escaped or rescued beasts may be re-
taken.
40. Penalty for rescuing beasts distrained.
41. Legality of distress, how tried.
42. Rams and he-goats, when not to go at
large.
FENCES AND FENCE VIEWERS.
1 Section 1. The mayor of each city, subject to confirmation by the Fence viewers,
2 city council, and the selectmen of each town shall annually appoint two and term of
3 or more fence viewers, to hold office for one year and until their sue- 1093%, 7, 5 1.
4 cessors are qualified. i785. 52, § 1.
R. S. 15, § 33; 19, § 16.
G. S. 18, § 31.
P. S. 27, § 78.
R. L. 11, § 334.
1 Section 2. Fences four feet high, in good repair, constructed of rails, Fences defined.
2 timber, boards, iron or stone, and brooks, rivers, ponds, creeks, ditches idgs-t, 7'. 1 1'.
3 and hedges, or other things which the fence viewers consider equivalent r. s.' 19,' § 1.'
4 thereto, shall be deemed legal and sufficient fences. g. s. 25, § 1.
1 Section 3. The occupants of adjoining lands enclosed with fences Adjoining occ
2 shall, so long as both of them improve the same, maintain partition tain fence™"
3 fences in equal shares between their enclosures, unless they otherwise I74|i3f33.'''
4 agree. 1785.52, §§2, 3.
R. S. 19, §§ 2, 8. R. L. 33, I 2. 4 Gray, 215.
G.S. 25, S§2, 8. 2 Met. 180. 134 Mass. 227.
P. S. 36, II 2, 8. 4 Met. 589. 154 Mass. 587.
1 Section 4. If a person refuses or neglects to repair or rebuild the
2 part of a partition fence which under this chapter he is required to
3 maintain, any person aggrieved may complain to the fence viewers,
4 who, after notice to each party, shall view the fence; and if they deter-
5 mine that it is insufficient and that a partition fence is required, they
6 shall so state in writing to the delinquent occupant, and direct him to
7 repair or rebuild his part within such time as the fence viewers may deter-
8 mine ; and if the fence is not so repaired or rebuilt, the complainant, after
9 having repaired or rebuilt his part of said fence, may repair or rebuild
10 the part of such occupant. isao, 2.
Proceedings on
neglect, etc.,
of party.
C. L. 17, § 2.
1093-4. 7, § 1.
1742-3. 33.
17S5, 62, § 2.
R. S. 19, § 3.
G. S.25, §3.
1S63. 190, § 1.
1870, 376.
P. S. 36, § 3.
R. L. 33. § 3.
1918, 257,
§161.
1919, 5.
1 Section 5. If a deficient fence which has been built up or repaired aglTnft^ adjoit
2 by a complainant is, after due notice to each party, adjudged sufficient 'j^^^irSf fince
3 by the fence viewers, and the value of the part of the delinquent occupant, 1^85, 52, § 3.
406
[Chap. 49.
R. S. 19, § 4.
G. S. 25, § 4.
P. S. 38, § 4.
R. L. 33, § 4.
1918. 257,
§162.
1919. 5.
1920. 2.
6 Mass. 90.
5 Pick. 503.
14 Pick. 276.
together with the fees of the fence viewers, has been ascertained by a cer- 4
tificate under their hands, the complainant may demand either of the 5
owner or of the occupant of the land where the fence was deficient double 6
the amount so ascertained; and upon the neglect or refusal to pay the 7
same for one month after demand, he may recover the same, with inter- 8
est at one per cent a month, in an action of contract. 9
11 Met. 496. 6 Allen, 437. 131 Mass. 431. 134 Mass. 227.
Controversies
as to repairs,
etc.
1742-3, 33.
1785, 52, § 3.
R. S. 19, § 5.
G. S. 25, § 5.
P. S. 36, § 5.
R. L. 33, § 5.
1918, 257,
§ 163.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
11 Met. 496.
11 Cush. 450.
Section 6. When any dispute arises concerning the part of a parti- 1
tion fence which under this chapter each party is required to build or 2
maintain, either party may apply to the fence viewers, who, after notice 3
to each party and a hearing, may in writing assign to each his share 4
thereof, and may direct the time within which each party shall erect or 5
repair his share; which assignment, being recorded in the office of the 6
town clerk, shall be binding upon the parties and upon the succeeding 7
occupants of the lands. 8
174 Mass. 524.
221 Mass. 19S.
Double
damages, when.
1693-4, 7, § 1.
1742-3. 33.
1785. 52, § 3.
R. S. 19. § 6.
G. S. 25, § 6.
P. S. 36. § 6.
E. L. 33, § 6.
Section 7. If a person refuses or neglects to erect and maintain the 1
part of a fence assigned to him by the fence viewers, it may be erected 2
and maintained by the adjoining occupant, and if adjudged sufficient 3
by the fence viewers, he shall be entitled to double the value thereof, 4
which shall be ascertained and recovered in the manner aforesaid. 5
Compensation
for repairing
more than
just share.
R. S. 19, § 7.
G. S. 25, § 7.
1863, 190, § 1.
1870, 376.
P. S. 36, § 7.
R. L. 33, § 7.
14 Pick. 276.
206 Mass. 454.
Section 8. If a partition fence is required under this chapter between 1
the lands of adjoining occupants, and either of them has, before com- 2
plaint made, voluntarily erected the whole fence or more than his just 3
share thereof, or has otherwise become proprietor thereof, the fence 4
viewers may order the other occupant to pay the value of so much thereof 5
as may be assigned to him to repair or maintain, to be ascertained and 6
recovered as provided in this chapter. 7
Fences, how
and where
made, when
lands are
bounded by
water.
1740-1, 19,
§1.
1745-6. 17.
1752-3, 17.
1760-1,21.
1770-1, 5.
1775-6, 14.
1779-80, 18.
1785, 62, § 4.
R. S. 19, I 9.
G. S. 25, i 9.
P. S. 36, § 9.
R. L. 33, § 8.
11 Met. 496.
Section 9. If lands of different persons, required under this chapter 1
to be fenced, are divided by a river, brook, pond or creek, and one of the 2
occupants refuses or neglects to join in making a partition fence, or they 3
disagree respecting the same, the fence viewers shall, upon application, 4
forthwith view such river, brook, pond or creek; and if they determine 5
that it is not sufficient as a fence, that it is impracticable to fence on the 6
true boundary line without unreasonable expense, and that a partition 7
fence is required, they shall, after notice to the parties, determine how or 8
on which side the fence shall be set up and maintained, or whether partly 9
on the dhe side and partly on the other, as to them may appear just, and 10
shall reduce their determination to writing; and if either party refuses or 11
neglects to make and maintain his part of the fence according to such 12
determination, it may be made and maintained as before provided, and 13
the delinquent party shall be subject to the same costs and charges, and 14
they shall be recovered in like manner. 15
J^Mmmon"""^ Section 10. If land belonging to two persons in severalty has been 1
tition"feMes occupicd in common without a partition fence, and one of the occupants 2
may be ' desircs to occupy his part in severalty, and the other occupant refuses or 3
1785, 52, § 5. neglects on demand to divide the line where the fence ought to be built, 4
Chap. 49.] fences. 407
5 or to build a sufficient fence on his part of the line when divided, the r. s. i9, § lo.
6 party desiring it may have the same divided and assigned by the fence isea'.ilo: ^°'
7 viewers in the manner provided in this chapter; and the fence viewers p^a's^e^'j lo.
8 may in writing assign a reasonable time, having regard to the season, for J^i^ji^ss ^4li
9 making the fence; and if the occupant complained of does not make his i54Mass. ssv.
10 part of the fence within the time so assigned, the other party may, after
11 having made up his part of the fence, make up the part of such occupant,
12 and recover therefor double the sum total of the expense thereof and fees,
13 as provided in section five.
1 Section 11. If a division of fence between the owners of improved of'*e"'p^p°^°'^^
2 land has been made either by fence viewers or under an agreement in i-and. how
3 writing between the parties which has been recorded in_the office of the 1822, eo.
4 clerk of the town, the several occupants of such land and their heirs and c,'. s. 25! § 11!
5 assigns shall erect and maintain said fences agreeably to such division; h.l. 33,§i(j.
6 but if a person lays his land common and determines not to improve any 134 M''ass.'227.
7 part adjoining the fence so divided, and gives sLx months' notice of his
8 determination to all the occupants of adjoining land, he shall not be
9 required to keep up or maintain said fence during the time that his land ^
10 lies common and unimproved.
1 Section 12. If one person ceases to improve his land or lays open his Purchase of
2 enclosure, he shall not take away any part of the partition fence belong- c^l!'i9,™7.'''
3 ing to him and adjoining the next enclosure if the occupant or owner nfi-s.M*'
4 pays the reasonable value thereof, as determined in WTiting by the fence i/^^'fl'lu
5 viewers. G. S. 25. § 12. p. S. so. §12. R. L. 33, §11. 154 Mass. 5S7.
1 Section 13. If unenclosed land is afterward enclosed or used for de- u unimproved
2 pasturing, the occupant or owner shall pay for one half of each partition e't", pel^son^ '
3 fence standing upon the line between it and the enclosed land of any pa™ etc** ''''^"
':. L. 19,
698, 12,
742-3,, 3„.
6 refuses, for tliirty days after demand, to pay one half of the value, the R. s.'i9,^§ 12.
7 proprietor thereof may maintain an action of contract therefor and for g.s.'25,'"§ is.
8 the costs of ascertaining the same; but the occupant or owner of unen- r. l. 33,
9 closed land on the island of N
10 not be subject to tliis section.
1 Section 14. If the division line between lands of respective occupants Fence viewers
2 is in dispute or unknown, the fence viewers may designate a line on which division lines,
3 the fence shall be built, and may employ a surveyor therefor; and such Tsosligo, § 1.
4 line shall, for the purpose of maintaining a fence, be deemed the division r. l.33,Vi3-
5 line between such lands until it is determined that the true line is in }|4Mass'f87;
6 another place, and until so determined all laws relati\'e to the erection, ^l* m^||- 52|.
7 maintenance and protection of fences shall be applicable to the fence
8 erected or to be erected on such line.
1 Section 15. If it is determined that the true division line is in an- Removal of
2 other place, each occupant shall remove his part, of the fence to, and amf rebuilding
3 rebuild the same on such line; and in case of neglect or refusal by either ?863?iVo,''r2.
4 to remove and rebuild his share thereof, the other may apply to the fence r. i. m'.Vh-
5 viewers, who shall view the premises and assign a time within which the
408
POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS.
[Chap. 49.
fence shall be removed and rebuilt, and shall give the delinquent party 6
notice thereof; and if such party does not remove and rebuild the fence 7
within the time so assigned, the other party may remove and rebuild the 8
same and recover double the expense thereof, with the fees of the fence 9
viewers, to be ascertained and recovered in the manner provided in sec- 10
tion five. 11
ZTmi^Dcet"' Section 16. If the line upon which a partition fence is to be made or 1
fin°ra° '"^^ divided is a boundary line of a town or is partly in one and partly in 2
1785', 52, § 0. another town, a fence viewer shall be taken from each place. 3
R, S. 19. §13. G. S. 2J. §14. PS. 36, §16. R. L. 33, § 15.
Section 17. A water fence, or fence running into the water, shall, 1
Water fences,
how made.
i7|o-i^i9.^§ 3. unless otherwise agreed by the parties, be built by them in equal shares; 2
E. s.' 19,' § 14. and they shall have like remedies as in case of partition fences. 3
G. S. 25, § 15. P. S. 36, § 17. R. L. 33, § 16. 11 Met. 496.
Fence viewe
may determ
whether fen
is required.
Section 18. Fence viewers, when called upon to act under any sec- 1
tion of this chapter, may determine whether a partition fence is required. 2
18G3, 190, § 1. 1870, 376. P. S. 36, § 14. R. L. 33, § 13.
Penalty for Section 19. A fcncc viewer who, when requested, unreasonably
neg1ect'o7duty. neglccts to perform any duty required of him in this chapter shall for-
i753-4f29,\ 1. feit five dollars, to be recovered in tort to the use of the town, or on com-
ivisTM^l's. plaint to the use of the commonwealth, and shall also be liable for all
G. 1 25: 1 16: damages to the party injured. p. s. 36, § is. r. l. 33, § 17.
Fees of fence
1698, 12, 5 1.
1753-4, 29, § 1.
1756-7, 24.
1785, 52, § 8.
R. S. 19, § 18.
G. S. 25, § 17.
1862, 93.
P. S. 36, § 19.
R. L. 3.3, § 18.
11 Met. 496.
Section 20. Each fence viewer shall be paid at the rate of two dollars 1
a day for the time during which he is employed. Such payment shall be 2
made by all or by such of the parties in dispute, and in such proportions, 3
as shall be determined by a certificate in writing under the hands of the 4
fence viewers acting in each case. If any person required to pay the 5
whole or any portion of said fees neglects to pay the fence viewers within 6
thirty days after the certificate has been delivered, they may recover in 7
tort double the amount of the fees due from such delinquent person. 8
SPITE FENCES.
Fence a SECTION 21. A fcucc or Other structurc in the nature of a fence which
i887!348'." *"■ unnecessarily exceeds six feet in height and is maliciously erected or main-
HSMMs.^sb^s, tained for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoin-
isoMass. 482. iug property shall be deemed a private nuisance. Any such owner or
i62Mass.543. ogpupant iiijured in the comfort or enjoyment of Ifis estate thereby
may have an action of tort for damages under chapter two hundred
and forty-tloree.
Pounds to be
maintained.
C.L. 124.
1698, 6, § 1.
1728-9, 5.
1788, 65, § 1.
POUNDS AND IMPOUNDING OF CATTLE. FIELD DRIVERS.
Section 22. Each town may provide and maintain one or more 1
pounds. The mayor or selectmen may appoint a pound keeper for each 2
pound and one or more field drivers for the town. is34, i84, § i. 3
R. S. 15, § 33; 19,
15 16, 19-21.
1848, 272.
G. S. 18, §31; 25, §§ 18.20
P. S. 27, § 78; 36, §§ 20, 22.
R. L. 11, § 334; 33, § 20.
1913,835, §400.
1918,291, §§14,26.
6 Allen, 408.
ClIAP. 49.] POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS. 409
1 Section 23. Whoever wilfully injures a pound shall be punished by Penalty for
2 a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisoiunent for not more is'34,'"ir?8.
3 than three months. R. s. 19, § 24.
G. S. 25, § 19. P. S. 3G, § 21. R. L. 33, § 21.
1 Section 24. Every field driver shall take up horses, mules, asses, neat Beasts at large
2 cattle, sheep, goats or swine going at large in the public ways, or on to iie taken up.
3 common and unimproved land within his town and not under the care nss. 44, § 2;
4 of a keeper; and any other inhabitant of the town may take up such 1793, I9.
5 cattle or beasts so going at large on Sunday, and for taking up such Jt^g.' i^9,*§ 22.'
6 beasts on said day the field driver or such other inhabitant of the town piii'i-?^-
7 may in tort recover for each beast the same fees which the field driver is R- l- 33, § 22.
8 entitled to receive for taking up like beasts. 21 Pick. is7.
23 Pick. 251. 4 Gr.av. 314,345. 6 Allen. 408.
12 Met. 198. IG Gray, 264. 131 Mass. 428.
12 Gush. 98. 1 Allen, 270. 174 Mass. 565.
2 Gray, 178. 3 Allen, 39. 222 Mass. 119.
1 Section 25. Beasts so taken up by a field driver or such inhabitant Beasts to be
2 shall be forthwith impounded, and while so impounded shall be furnished nss, bs, § 2.
3 with suitable food and water. is34, i84, § 4. r. s. 113, § 1.
G. S. 25, § 22. 12 Met. 198. 4 Gray. 312.
P. S. 36, § 24. 5 Cush. 263. 16 Gray, 264.
R. L. 33. § 23. 12 Cush. 98, 103. 6 Allen, 408.
1 Section 26. The field driver shall be entitled to ten cents each for Fees of field
2 sheep and goats and fifty cents each for other beasts so taken up by him, pound keeper.
3 and the pound keeper shall be entitled to four cents each for animals im- issf; isi, m.
4 pounded in the pound; but if more than ten sheep are taken up at the g:I25^§23.'
5 same time, the fees of the field driver for all above that number shall be p*'if 'gY^s 25
6 only five cents each. r. l. 33, §24. 131 Mass. 426.
1 Section 27. The pound keeper shall not deliver to the owner any Fees of field
2 beast so impounded until the owner pays him his fees, the expense of pound keeper
3 keeping the beasts, and the fees of the field driver, which, when received, by own^^'of
4 he shall pay to the field driver. '''^°*^
1834, 184, § 4. G. S. 25, § 24. 21 Pick. 187.
R. S. 113, § 3. R. L.,33, S 25. 5 Cush. 263.
1 Section 28. Beasts taken up by a field driver in a town which adopts impounding of
2 this section or has adopted corresponding provisions of earlier laws may fses'of 661^^""
3 be impounded on his own premises; and for the purposes of this cliapter fseg^see.
4 he shall be considered a pound keeper, and such place on his premises ^- 1; ^g^' i%^g
5 shall be considered a town pound relative to beasts therein impounded.
1 Section 29. If a person is injured in his land by horses, mules, asses. Distraint of
2 neat cattle, sheep, goats or swine, he may recover his damages in an ac- damage."'"^
3 tion against the owner of the beasts or by distraining the beasts doing i75frl7; 24'.^^'
4 the damage and proceeding therewith as hereinafter directed; but if the JsH'ili^^s
5 beasts were lawfully on the adjoining lands and escaped therefrom through ^- SiPi ||-
6 neglect of the person injured to maintain his part of the division fence ps-36'§27.
7 the owner shall not be liable nor the beasts distrained.
5 Greenl. 356, 4 Met. 589. 114 Mass. 466.
6 Mass. 90. 13 Met. 407. 126 Mass. 364.
16 Mass. 33. 12 Cush. 93. 131 Mass. 426.
21 Pick. 55. 10 Allen, 544. 134 Mass. 510.
410
[Chap. 49.
Impounding
of such beasts,
C. L. IS, § 3.
1698, 6. § 3.
1788, 65, § 3.
1834, 184, § 5.
E. S. 113, § 5.
Section 30. Beasts so distrained sliall be impounded in the pound 1
or in some suitable place under the immediate care and inspection of the 2
distrainor, and he shall furnish them with suitable food and water while .3
they remain impounded. G. s. 25. § 20. p. s. 36. § 2S. 4
R. L. 33, § 27. 13 j,let. 407. 126 Mass. 364.
Person dis-
training to
state demand.
17SS, 65, § 4.
1834, 184, § 5.
E. S. 113, §6.
G. S. 25, § 27.
P. S. 36, § 30.
E. L. 33, § 29.
21 Pick. 187.
23 Pick. 251.
Section 31. If the beasts are impounded in the pound, the dis- 1
trainor shall leave with the pound keeper a memorandum in writing, 2
under his hand, stating the cause of impoiuiding and the amount which 3
he demands from the owner for the damage done by them, and also for 4
the daily charges of feeding them; and if they are impounded in any 5
other place, he shall on demand give a like memorandum to the owner. 6
12 Met. 198. 13 Met. 407. 10 Allen, 544. 126 Mass. 304.
Beasts not de-
livered until
costs paid.
1834, 184, § 5.
E. S. 113, §7.
G. S. 25, § 28.
P. S. 36, §31.
Section 32. The pound keeper shall not deliver the beasts to the
owner until his fees, the amount so demanded by the distrainor for the
damages and charges aforesaid, the expense, if any, of advertising, and
all other legal costs and expenses have been paid to him.
E. L. 33, § 30. 5 Gush. 263.
Notice to be
given owner
or keeper.
C. L. 18, §3;
125; 146, § 3.
1698, 6, § 3.
1788, 65. § 4.
1834, 184, § 6.
E. S. 113, §8.
G. S. 25, § 29.
P. S. 36, § 32.
Section 33. ^Yhoeve^ impounds beasts shall, within twenty-four 1
hours thereafter, give notice in writing, containing a description of the 2
beasts and a statement of the time, place and cause of impounding, to 3
the owner or person having the care of them, if known and living within 4
sLx miles of the place of impounding, by delivering it to him or leaving 5
it at his place of abode. e. l. 33, § 3i. 6
21 Pick. 187.
Notice to be
posted and
published.
1834, 184, § 6.
E. S. 113, § 9.
G. S. 25, § 30.
P. S. 36, § 33.
R. L. 33, § 32.
12 Met. 198.
3 Allen, 39.
Section 34. If there is no person entitled to such notice, the person 1
impounding the beasts shall, within forty-eight hours thereafter, post a 2
like notice in a public place in the town and in a public place in each of 3
any two adjoining towns, if within four miles from the place where the 4
beasts were taken; and if their value exceeds thirty dollars and no 5
person claims them within seven days after the day of impounding, a 6
like notice shall be published tliree weeks successively in a newspaper, 7
if any, published within twenty miles of the pound, the first publica- 8
tion to be within fifteen days after the day of impounding. 9
Determination
of disputed
amount.
C. L. 18, § 3.
1788, 65, § 4.
1834, 184, § 6.
E. S. 113, § 10.
Section 35. If the owner or keeper of the beasts is dissatisfied with 1
the claim of the person impounding them, he may have the amount 2
for which he is liable determined by two disinterested persons, who shall 3
be appointed and sworn by a justice of the peace'or by the town clerk. 4
G.S. 25, §31.
Same subject.
1703-4, 10.
1788, 65. § 4.
1834, 184, § 6.
E. S. 113, § 11.
G. S. 25, § 32.
P. S. 36, § 35.
R. L. 33, § 34.
21 Pick. 55.
Section 36. If the amount for which the beasts have been impounded 1
and detained is not paid within fourteen days after notice of the im- 2
pounding has been given as before directed, or after the last publication 3
of such notice, the person who impounded them shall apply to a justice 4
of the peace or to the town clerk, who shall issue a warrant to two dis- 5
interested persons, to be appointed and sworn by the justice or clerk, 6
and they shall determine the amount due from the owner or keeper of 7
the beasts for the damages, costs and ex-penses for which they have been 8
impounded and detained, including reasonable compensation for their 9
10
own services.
Chap. 49.] pounds. 411
1 Section 37. If the amount so determined is not paid forthwith, the if not paid.
2 person who impounded the beasts shall cause them to be sold by auction sold.
3 in the town where impounded, first advertising the sale by posting a 1703^*10 '
4 notice thereof for twenty-four hours at some public place in such town. ]s||; ifif §*6.
R. S. 113, §12. p. S. 36, §36. 21 Pick. 55.
G. S. 25. § 33. R. L. 33, § 35.
1 Section 38. The proceeds of ■ the sale, after paying all damages, Disposition of
2 costs, expenses and charges for advertising and selhng the beasts, shall c°l. hg, § a.
3 be deposited in the town treasury for the use of the owner, upon proof 1757-8! 10!
4 of his right thereto within two years from the sale. 1760-1,21.
1770-1, 5. 17SS, 65, § 3. G. S. 25, § 34.
1775-6, 14. 1834, 184, § 6. P. S. 36, § 37.
1779-80, 18. R. S. 113, § 13. R. L. 33, § 36.
1 Section 39. If beasts lawfully distrained or impounded escape or are Escaped or
2 rescued, the pound keeper, field driver or other person who distrained mTyli r^^'°
3 them may, within seven days thereafter, retake, hold and dispose of them i834°'i84, § 7.
4 as if there had been no escape or rescue. Rs. ii3, § u.
G. S, 25, I 35. P. S. 36, § 38. R. L. 33, § 37.
1 Section 40. Whoever rescues beasts lawfully distrained or impounded ^^^'^^^'^J^fg
2 shall be liable in tort to any person injured for all damages su.stained c''l'"i" s^'s 2
3 thereby and the fees and charges incurred before the rescue; and he shall was, 6, §'4.
4 also be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty 1834! 184. § s.
5 dollars.
R. S. 113. §15. R. L. 33, §38. 17 Mass. 342.
G. S. 25, § 36. 1 Mass. 168. 5 Pick. 514.
P. S. 36, § 39. 4 Mass. 471, 5 Cush. 267.
1 Section 41. The defendant in an action for rescuing beasts dis- Legality of
2 trained or impounded shall not be allowed to allege or give in evidence trted^'
3 the insufficiency of the fences or any other fact or circumstance to show r.*|,' m. §^i6.
4 that the distress or impounding was illegal, but if there is such ground p.l.ll.'llo.'
5 of objections to the proceedings he may avail himself thereof in an action ^j^aa^^'47f^'
6 of replevin. 5 Pick. 514. 5 Cush. 267.
1 Section 42. If the owner of a ram or he-goat suffers it to go at large i^ams and he-
2 out of his enclosure between July first and December twenty-fifth, he to goat large,
3 shall, if prosecuted within thirty days next after such ram or he-goat is r'-s,'i9,'§23,
4 found going at large, be punished by a fine of five dollars.
G, S, 25, § 38. P. S. 36, § 41. R. L, 33, § 40.
412
PRIMARIES, CAUCUSES AND ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 50.
TITLE YIII.
ELECTIONS.
Chapter 50. General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and Elections.
Chapter 51. Voters.
Chapter 52. Political Committees.
Chapter 53. Nominations, Questions to be submitted to the ^'oters, Primaries and
Caucuses.
Chapter 54. Elections.
Chapter 55. Corrupt Practices and Election Inquests.
Chapter 56. Violations of Election Laws.
Chapter 57. Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and Apportion-
ment of Representatives.
CHAPTER 50.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PRIMARIES, CAUCUSES AND
ELECTIONS.
DEFINITIONS.
1. Definitions.
DETERMINATION OF RESULTS.
2. Results of elections, how determined.
PROVISIONS AFFECTING CONSTRUCTION OF
STATUTES.
3. Elections in cities to be on Tuesdays.
4. Time, how computed in election laws.
5. Posting of lists, notices, etc.
Sect.
6. Application of laws to Boston, Cam-
bridge, Chelsea and Watertown.
POWER OF ALDERMEN OR SELECTMEN TO
MAKE REGULATIONS.
7. Ballot boxes, etc. Regulations as to use.
PRESU.MPTION OF REGULARITY IN CRIMINAL
CASES.
8. Presumption in criminal cases that reg-
istration, election, etc., was regular.
DEFINITIONS.
Definitions.
1888,436. § 1.
1889,413, § 1.
1890, 423, § 1.
Aldermen.
1911, 550, 5 1.
1913, 835, § 8.
1920, 154.
Section 1. Terms used in chapters fifty to fifty-seven, inclusive, shall 1
be construed as follows, unless a contrary intention clearly appears : 2
1892,351,1 1;
416. § 6.
1893, 417, §§ 2, 231.
1894, 504, § 1.
1895,449,13;
489. §2; 507, §1.
1897, 530. § 1.
1898, 548, § 1.
R. L. 11, § 1.
1907, 660, 5 1
1913. 835, I 1
"Aldermen" or "board of aldermen" shall include the election com-
missioners of Boston and the election commission of Lowell, as to all
matters coming within the scope of their powers and duties, and as to
such matters shall not apply to the city council of either city.
"Caucus" shall apply to any public meeting of the voters of a precinct,
ward or town, held under the laws relating to caucuses.
Chap. 50.] primakies, caucuses .\nd elections. 413
9 "Caucus officers" shall apply to chairmen, wardens, secretaries, Caucus
10 clerks and inspectors, and, when on duty, to additional officers appointed
11 or elected, or elected to fill a vacancy, and taking part in the conduct of
12 caucuses.
13 "City clerk" shall include the election commissioners of Boston and r l'^i^'I's
14 the election commission of Lowell, with reference to all matters coming wo?, sao. § |.
15 within the scope of their powers and duties, and as to such matters shall i9i9.' 2S9, § is.
16 not apply to the city clerk of either city.
17 "City election" shall apply to any election held in a city at which a City election.
18 city officer is to be chosen by the voters, whether for a full term or for the
19 filling of a vacancy.
20 "Convention" shall apply only to a meeting of delegates duly chosen Convention.
«■.••• J.- J. UJ- • • C iU 1907, 429, §1-
21 in primaries or caucuses, representing two or more subdivisions or the
22 district for which the convention is held.
23 "Direct plurality vote" shall mean the highest total vote, determined piurauty vote.
24 according to section two, received for a nomination at the primaries or
25 caucuses in an entire electoral district.
26 "Election" shall apply to the choice by the voters of any public officer Election.
27 and to the taking of a vote upon any question by law submitted to the
28 voters.
29 "Election officer" shall apply to wardens, clerks, inspectors and ballot ^^^H"""
30 clerks, and to their deputies when on duty, and also to selectmen, town
31 clerks, moderators and tellers when taking part in the conduct of elections.
32 "Majority", with reference to a question on the ballot, shall mean Majority.
33 more than one half of those voting upon the question.
34 "Mayor" or "mayor and aldermen" shall include the election com- Mayor. etc.
35 missioners of Boston and the election commission of Lowell, with refer- idof. seo, § 8.
36 ence to all matters coming within the scope of their powers and duties, 1920] 154!
37 and as to such matters shall not apply to the mayor or city council of
38 either city.
39 "Municipal party" shall apply to a party, not a political party as to Municipal
40 state elections or state primaries, which at the preceding city or town i903^'454, 5 1.
41 election polled for mayor or a selectman at least three per cent of tlie ^ ' *^^'
42 entire vote cast in the city or town for that office, or, in a city, which
43 files with the city clerk, at least sixty days before the annual municipal
44 election, a petition to be allowed to place nominations of such party on
45 the official ballot, signed in person by a number of registered voters of
46 the city equal at least to three per cent of the entire vote polled in the
47 city for mayor at the preceding election.
48 "Official ballot" shall mean a ballot prepared for any primary, caucus o^'=^^^aUot.
49 or election by public authority and at public expense.
50 "Political committee" shall apply only to a committee elected as pro- ^°_Jj^™J^g
51 vided in chapter fifty-two, except that in chapter fifty-five it shall apply i892r4i6f§ 6.
__ '^ . *' ' . \. e ^^ U U 1 1 1893.417, § 231.
52 to every committee or combination 01 three or more persons who shall isos, 548, § 287.
53 aid or promote the success or defeat of a political party or principle in a HJoAsVd.liil:
54 public election, or shall favor or oppose the adoption or rejection of a Jglo'ili;^^-
55 question submitted to the voters. op.a.g. (1920)41.
56 "Political party" shall apply to a party which at the preceding bi- ^"j'g^fg'gP'I'^i^-
57 ennial state election polled for governor at least tliree per cent of the entire ja^s^^eg'. |^i^.
58 vote cast in the commonwealth for that office; but when a candidate for
59 governor receives two or more nominations for that office "political
60 party" shall apply only to a party which made a nomination at the
61 preceding state primary and which in said primary polled at least three
414
PRIMARIES, CAUCUSES AND ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 50.
1898, 548. § 9.
R. L. II, §8.
1907, SBO, § 8.
191.3, 835, I 8.
1918, 293, § 29.
1919,289, § 18.
1920, 154.
State election.
Town.
Two leading
political
parties.
1912, 398, § 2.
1919, 269, § 1.
Voter.
Written
acceptance.
1914, 454, § 1.
per cent of the entire vote for nomination for governor therein cast in 62
the commonwealth. With reference to municipal elections and pri- 6.3
maries and caucuses for the nomination of city and town officers, "po- 64
litical party" shall include a municipal party. 6.5
"Presiding officer" shall apply to the warden or chairman at a caucus, 6(5
to the warden, chairman of the selectmen, moderator, temporary mod- 67
erator or town clerk in charge of a polling place at a primary or election, 68
or to a justice of the peace acting as moderator at a town meeting, or, 69
in the absence of any such officer, to the deputy warden or the clerk or 70
senior inspector or senior selectman present who shall ha\e charge of a 71
polling place. 72
"Primary" .shall apply to a joint meeting of political or municipal 73
parties held under the laws relating to primaries. 74
"Registrars" or "registrars of voters" shall mean the board of regis- 75
trars of voters of a city or town, and shall include the board of election 76
commissioners of Boston and the election commission of Lowell, with 77
reference to all matters coming within the scope of their powers and 78
duties. "Registrar" shall, when applicable, mean a member of any of 79
said boards. SO
"State election" shall apply to any election at which a national, state, 81
or county officer is to be chosen by the voters, whether for a full term or 82
for the filling of a vacancy. 83
"State officer" shall apply to any person to be chosen at a state 84
election. 85
"Town" shall not include city. 86
"Two leading political parties" shall apply to the political parties 87
which elected the liighest and next highest number of members of the 88
general court at the preceding biennial state election. 89
"Voter" shall mean a registered voter. 90
"Written acceptance" shall mean acceptance signed personally or by 91
attorney duly authorized in WTiting. 92
Restilts of
elections, how
determined.
Const, amend.
14.
(Const. Rev.
art. 36.)
1856, 157.
1857, 185.
G. S. 7, § 14.
P. S. 7, § 25.
1890, 423. § 96.
1893, 417, I 3.
1898, 548, § 2.
R. L. 11. § 2.
1907, 560, § 2.
DETERMIN.\TION OF RESULTS.
Section 2. In elections, the person receiving the highest number of 1
votes for an office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such 2
office; and if two or more are to be elected to the same office, the 3
several persons, to the number to be chosen to such office, receiving 4
the highest number of votes, shall be deemed and declared to be 5
elected; but persons receiving the same number of votes shall not be 6
deemed to be elected if thereby a greater number would be elected 7
than are to be chosen. This section shall apply to all nominations and 8
elections by ballot at primaries or caucuses. i9i3, 835, §§ 2, 113, 143. 9
provisions affecting construction of statutes.
dt!e3'tobe°on Section 3. All elections in cities which by charter or statute are to 1
i87T''376! § S3 ^^ ^^^'^ ^^ ^ Monday shall be held on the following Tuesday. 2
p. S. 7, § 67.
1890, 423, § 142.
1893, 417, § 4.
1898, 548, § 3.
R. L. 11, §3.
computecTin Section 4. In computing the period of time prescribed in any 1
i89o!423?''^' statute relating to primaries, caucuses or elections, Sundays and holi- 2
5187. days shall generally be included; but when the last day of such period 3
Chap. 50.] primaries, caucuses and elections. 415
4 falls on a Sunday or on a holiday, the following day shall be considered Igga^IiTf/s.
5 the final day of such period; and when the first day of such period jf ''f' ii^'§\*'
6 falls on a Sunday or on a holiday, the day preceding shall be considered wo^. seo, § i.
7 the first day of the period. Whenever the day designated for a primary, isis! 835, § 4.
8 caucus or election is a holiday, said primary, caucus or election shall be
9 held on the following day.
1 Section 5. All lists, notices and copies of laws relating to primaries Posting of
2 or elections, required to be posted, shall be posted at the same places etc'' "" '"^'
3 with the voting lists, or as near as may be thereto.
1 Section 6. Laws now in force relating particularly to Boston, Cam- Application ot
2 bridge, Chelsea or Watertown shall prevail where they are in conflict crmbridgef °"'
3 with provisions of chapters fifty-one to fifty-seven, inclusive; but except wa'tenown.
4 as otherwise provided by any law now in force, said chapters and all ^^l; u%^^'
5 other statutes in any way concerning the right to vote at primaries, Jnis'lss'lf
6 caucuses or elections, or its exercise, or matters incidental thereto, J^'^v^s^. § i2;
7 shall apply to Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Watertown, in addition ibib, s; ios,
• . ., & 22* 280 § 12
8 to the laws particularly applicable thereto, and the provisions of chapter 1920', 2. '
9 fifty-one relative to registrars of voters and other city and town officers
10 shall apply to officers having corresponding duties in the places named.
power of aldermen or selectmen to make regulations.
1 Section 7. Boards of aldermen or selectmen may make regula- Baiiot boxes,
2 tions consistent with law relative to the use of ballot boxes and seals, tions asTo use.
3 counting and other apparatus, the receiving of ballots and the counting islo] 423! 1 94!
4 and returning of votes. 1893, 417, §§ 126, 155, 205. is98, 548, § 8.
R. L. 11,§9. 1907, sr.O. § 9. 1913. 835. §9.
presumption of regularity in criminal cases.
1 Section 8. In any criminal prosecution for the violation of any Presumption in
2 law relating to the assessment, qualification or registration of voters, that'regis-"^'
3 to voting lists or ballots or matters pertaining thereto, or to primaries, uon',°e°tc^,'wa8
4 caucuses or elections or matters pertaining thereto, the presumption Y^"q3
5 shall be that every proceeding or official act was valid, regular and flgg'^-jy
6 formal; but evidence may be introduced either to rebut or support the ^^„l°vH''
7 presumption. As to an alleged election or primary, the testimony of §1 16, 11.'
8 the city or town clerk, and as to an alleged caucus, the testimony of §§' 16. 11.
9 the presiding officer, secretary or clerk thereof, that such election, pri- JgoAseo!^^'
10 mary or caucus was held, shall be prima facie evidence that the same i9i3%35,
11 was regularly and duly held. §§ i", 11.
1918, 257, § 10. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
416
[Chap. 51.
CHAPTER 51.
VOTERS.
Sect.
qualifications of voters.
1. Qualifications of voters.
2. Vote by woman whose name has been
changed.
3. Place of registration and voting.
ASSESSMENT OF POLL TAXES AND LISTS OF
PERSONS ASSESSED.
4. Assessors to make lists of persons liable
to a poll tax, and of women voters, etc.
5. Assessors to transmit lists to registrars
and collectors, etc.
6. Assessors of cities and certain towns to
prepare street lists, etc.
7. Form and contents of street lists.
8. Assessment of persons not previously
9. Certain persons desiring to be registered
to present statenaent to assessors, etc.
10. Sessions of assessors.
11. Records to be kept.
12. Copies of sections prescribing penalties
to be posted.
13. Assessments to be subject to abate-
ment, etc.
14. Names, etc., of certain persons to be
sent to registrars.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
15. Registrars in certain cities and towns,
appointment, term of office, etc.
16. Registrars in small towns.
17. Registrars in certain cities, appoint-
ment, term of office, etc.
18. Registrars, political representation.
19. Equal representation to be preserved.
20. Temporary vacancies.
21. Registrars, term of office.
22. Assistant registrars in cities, appoint-
ment, etc.
23. Registrars, oath of office, etc.
24. Powers and duties, etc.
25. Registrars, etc., not to hold other office.
SESSIONS FOR REGISTRATION.
26. Sessions of registrars.
27. Sessions before primaries.
28. Sessions on last day.
29. Registration for special elections.
30. Sessions in towns.
31. Registrations when final day falls on
Sunday or holiday.
32. Notices of sessions for registration, etc.
DUTIES OF REGISTRARS.
33. Any registrar may examine applicants,
etc.
Sect.
34. Not to enter names on registers after
close of registration, except, etc.
35. Notices of omitted assessments to be
compared, etc.
36. Records to be kept in general register.
37. Annual register, entries, arrangement,
etc.
38. Revision and correction of registers.
39. Notice of error to be transmitted to
assessors.
40. Sessions for registration and records to
be open to public.
41. Documents to be preserved.
MANNER OF REGISTRATION.
42. Persons whose names are not on annual
register must apply in person, etc.
43. Male applicant to present tax bill or
certificate, etc.
44. Examination of applicants for registra-
tion. Oath. Registration slips, etc.
45. Registration of naturalized citizens.
46. Registration of minors.
47. Applicants to be notified of rejection, etc.
ILLEGAL OR INCORRECT REGISTRATION.
48. Complaint and examination by regis-
trars.
49. Examination of persons, etc.
SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATION OF SOL-
DIERS AND SAILORS.
50. Soldiers and sailors may register, when.
Additional meetings.
51. Certificate of supplementary registra-
tion, and voting thereon.
MAINTENANCE OF ORDER AND REGULARITY.
52. Authority of registrar.
53. Police officers at meetings.
54. Supervisors of registration, appoint-
ment, etc.
VOTING LISTS.
55. Voting lists, contents, arrangement, etc.
56. Names of certain voters to be placed at
end of list.
57. Posting of voting lists.
58. Additional names to be posted or pub-
lished.
59. Certificate in case of omission or error.
60. Voting lists for use at polls.
61. Returns of assessed polls, registered
voters, etc.
62. Voting list for use at caucus.
63. List of voters before a new division of a
city into wards.
Chap. 51.] voters. 417
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS.
1 Section 1. Every citizen twenty-one years of age or older, not being Quauacations
2 a pauper or person under guardianship, who can read the constitution of const amend.
3 the commonwealth in English and ^\Tite liis name, and who has resided is.^siKsi.^^'
4 in the commonwealth one year and in the city or town M'here he claims a i^^si-w^)
5 right to vote six months last preceding a state, city or town election, and jpi' f^^ i-
6 who has complied with the requirements of tliis chapter, may have his Rs.'s, §'i.
7 name entered on the list of voters in such city or town, and may vote i874, sVb, § i.
8 therein in any such election or in any meeting held for the transaction of 27."'§ 52 ^'
9 town affairs. No other person shall have his name entered upon the list §§*i*-3^^*'
10 of voters or have the right to vote; except that no person who is pre- Jlgo'lls'
11 vented from reading or WTiting as aforesaid by a physical disability, or f Ig^,' |g|°*5 ,
12 who had the right to vote on May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, 1892! 351!
13 shall, if otherwise qualified, be deprived of the right to vote by reason of isos, 417', § 13.
14 not being able so to read or ■WTite; and no person who, ha\'ing served in r*^l! ii*'§ 12^'
15 the army or navy of the United States in time of war, has been honorably Jgo?; tlo\
16 discharged from such ser\-ice, if other\^^se qualified to vote, shall be dis- fgis^g^as^'
17 qualified therefrom on account of recei\'ing or haiing received aid from fL'^'g-i-. ,
18 any city or town, or because he is exempted by section five of chapter is9 Mass.' 413'.
19 fifty-nine from the assessment of a poll tax; and no person otherwise S4, 69.
20 qualified to vote for national or state officers shall, by reason of a change 252.'^' '
21 of residence within the commonwealth, be disquaUfied from voting for
22 such officers in the city or town from which he has removed liis residence
23 until the expiration of six months from such removal.
1 Section 2. If the name of a female who is duly registered as a voter vote by woman
2 is changed by marriage or by decree of court within sixty days prior to been^hlS^.'^
3 any city, town or state election or primary or caucus, she may vote at '^^°' *^®' ^ ^"
4 such election, primary or caucus in her former name, but at any election,
5 primary or caucus held after the expiration of such period she may not
6 vote without first re-registering in her new name, and on any re-regis-
7 tration on account of change of name the marriage certificate or decree
8 of court, as the case may be, or a certified copy thereof, shall be exliibited
9 to the registrar.
1 Section 3. A person qualified to vote in a city or town divided into Place of
2 wards or voting precincts shall be registered and may vote in the ward or [la^voting!
3 voting precinct in which he resided on April first preceding the election, §§^4,'6.^^"
4 or, if he became an inhabitant of such city or town after said April first, ?; ^q-^i
5 in the ward or voting precinct in which he first became a resident.
1884,298, 1890, 423, §4. 1898,548,115. 1909,440,5 2.
§§29,31. 1892, 351, §4. R. L. 11, §14. 1913, 835, §§ 14, 503.
1886, 264, §5. 1893,417,115. 1907, 560, §§ 14, 456, 1 Op. A. G. 69.
ASSESSMENT OF POLL TAXES AND LISTS OF PERSONS ASSESSED.
1 Section 4. The assessors, assistant assessors, or one or more of ^|kf5st8*of
2 them, shall annually, in April or May, visit every building in their re- personshabie
3 spective cities and towns and, after diligent inquiry, shall make true lists and of women
4 containing, as nearly as they can ascertain, the name, age, occupation, i88l?247!^'
5 and residence on April first in the current year, and the residence on §§^26,^34.'
6 April first in the preceding year, of every male person twenty years of illeies.^'i^?'
7 age or older, residing in their respective cities and towns, liable to be as- jslg^igg.
8 sessed for a poll tax, and of soldiers and sailors exempted from the pay- f^k^A-, ,
418
[Chap. 51.
1892, 351, § 7.
1893,417, § 16.
1894. 2tiS, § 1.
1898, 548, § 16.
1899,361, § 1.
R. L. 11, § 15.
1902, 264.
1903, 279,
§§ 16, 18.
1906,481, § 1.
1907, 429: 560,
§§ 15, 456.
1909,344, § 1;
440, §§ 2, 5.
1913, 835,
§§ 15, 603.
1915,91, § 1.
1917,29, § 1;
106, § 1.
1918, 2S2, § 1.
1919, 108, § 1.
Penalty for
failure to give
name or in-
formation to
assessor, etc..
Chap. 56, § 5;
for giving false
information.
Id., § 6: for
falsifying list.
Id., § 1: same
as to Boston,
etc., Id., § 2.
ment of a poll tax under section five of chapter fift.y-nine; and, except in 9
Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Watertown, shall also make true lists 10
containing the same facts relative to every woman twenty years of age or 1 1
older residing in their respective cities and towns. 12
Any inmate of the soldiers' home in Chelsea shall have the same 13
right as any other resident of that city to be assessed and to vote 14
therein. 15
The assessors shall, upon the personal application of an assessed or 16
listed person for the correction of any error in their original lists, and 17
whenever informed of any such error, make due investigation, and, upon IS
proof thereof, correct the same on their books. When informed of the 19
omission of the name of a person who is averred to have lived in the city 20
or town on April first in the current year, and to have been assessed, or 21
listed as provided in this section, there in the preceding year, they shall 22
make due investigation, and, upon proof thereof, add the name to their 23
books, and, except in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Watertown, give 24
immediate notice thereof to the registrars of voters. They shall preserve 25
for two years all applications, certificates and affidavits received by them 26
under this section. 27
transmit lists to SECTION 5. The asscssors, except in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea
coSectoJs'""^ and Watertown, shall, before June fifteenth in each year, transmit to
1885 271 8 1 ^^^ registrars of voters the lists required by the preceding section, or cer-
1886] 68, '§ 1. ■ tified copies thereof, and shall promptly transmit to the registrars and
i89o;423;|ii. to the collector of taxes notice of every addition to and correction in the
ligi; 417, 1 f?. lists made by them. Every assessor, assistant assessor and collector of
1898! 548! 1 17. taxes shall furnish all information in his possession necessary to aid the
R. L. 11, § 16. registrars in the performance of their duties. i903, 279, § 17.
1907, 500, §§ 16, 456. 1915, 91, § 2. 1918, 282, § 2.
1913, 835, i§ 16, 503. 1917, 29, § 2; 106, § 2. 1919, 108, | 2.
Assessors of
cities and cer-
tain towns to
f)repare street
ists, etc.
1884, 298, § 19.
1888. 206.
1890, 305; 423,
§§ 25, 26.
1891, 277.
1892, 351, § 9.
1893, 417, 1 18.
1898,548, § 18.
R. L. 11, I 17.
1903, 279, I 3.
1904. 294, § 1.
1907, 500,
§§ 17, 456.
1909, 492, § 1.
1913,835,
§§ 17, 503.
1915,91, 5 3.
1917,29, I 3;
106, § 3.
1918, 282, § 3.
Form and
contents of
street lists.
1884, 298, § 19.
1890, 423, 1 25.
1891, 277.
1892, 351, § 10.
1893,417,1 19.
1898, 548, I 19.
R. L. 11, § 18.
1904, 294, § 2.
1907, 560,
§§ 18, 456.
1909, 440, § 2.
1913, 835,
§§ 18, 503.
Section 6. The assessors of cities, except Boston, Cambridge and 1
Chelsea, on or before June fifteenth in each year, and. the assessors of 2
towns having over five thousand inhabitants, according to the latest 3
national or state census, except W'atertown, shall, on or before July first 4
in each year, prepare street lists containing the names of all persons 5
listed by them under section four for the current year. Such lists shall 6
be arranged by the smallest subdivision of the city or town for the pur- 7
pose of voting. They shall print such lists in pamphlet form, shall deliver 8
to the registrars as many copies thereof as they may require, and shall hold 9
the remaining copies for public distribution. In all other towns they 10
shall, on or before July first in each year, cause such lists to be prepared 11
and conspicuously posted in two or more public places in every such town, 12
and such lists may be arranged alphabetically by names of persons, or by 13
streets. , loig, los. §3. 14
Section 7. Except in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Watertown, 1
the assessors shall name or designate in such street lists all buildings used 2
as residences, in their order on the street where they are located, by 3
giving the number or other definite description of each building so that 4
it can be readily identified, and shall place opposite to or under each 5
number or other description of a building the name, age and occupation 6
of every person residing therein on April first of the current year who 7
is listed under section four, and his residence on April first of the 8
preceding year. isiS' ^i' § *• 9
1917, 29, i 4; 106, § 4. 1918, 282, § 4. 1919, 108, § 4.
Chap. 51.] voters. 419
1 Section S. If a male resident in a city or town, except Boston, Assessment of
2 Cambridge, Chelsea and Watertown, on April first was not assessed for prev°ous?y
.3 a poll tax, or if an exempted soldier or sailor or a woman in such a city or 1874T37B. § 6.
■4 town was not listed under section four, such person shall, in order to es- p*"'6^,°/'8^ ^'
0 tablish his right to be assessed or listed, present to the assessors before the }|||' |[5g' | \^-
6 close of registration a sworn statement that he was on said day a resident i890. 423. | u-
7 of such city or town, and a sworn list of his polls and estate. If the asses- isq*! 271' | 4.'
8 sors are satisfied that such statement is true, they shall assess or list him, isgs! 54s, § 20.
9 as the case may be, and give him a certificate thereof. ■ • .
1903, 430. 1909, 440, § 2. 1917, 29. § 5; 106, § 5.
1904. 294, § 3. 1913, 835. §§ 19, 603. 1918. 282, § 5.
1907, 560, §§ 19, 456. 1915, 91, § 5. 1919, SI.
Penalty for false affidavit. Chap. 56, § 7.
1 Section 9. A person who becomes a resident of a city or town. Certain persons
2 except Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and ^Vatertown, after April first registen;d°to''
3 and desires to be registered as a voter shall present to the assessors a mentto^*"'^
4 sworn statement that he has been a resident therein for six months im- if9|f6™'§**2°'
5 mediately preceding the election at which he claims the right to vote. If jf^^' ii*'§\9°"
6 the assessors are satisfied that such statement is true, they shall give i904, 294, § 3.
7 him a certificate that he has been a resident in such city or town for the seo, '§§ 19, 4S6.
8 six months preceding the election, and shall forthwith notify the regis- 1913! ass!
9 trars of v^oters of the city or town, if in the commonwealth, where such ili5^'9^i°^§' 5.
10 person resided on April first, that they ha\-e given such certificate. loe^i^s.' ^ ^'
1918, 282, § 5. 1919, 81. Penalty for false affidavit. Chap. 56, § 7.
1 Section 10. The assessors shall hold such day and such evening Sessions of
2 sessions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the two isM^m, § 4.
3 preceding sections. 1895, ei, § 4. i89s, 548, § 22.
R. L. 11, §21. 1907, 560. §§ 21, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 21, 503.
1 Section 1 1 . The assessors, except in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and be^^fpt^ '°
2 Watertown, shall enter the name and residence of each person assessed or 1^94. 27i, M-
3 certified under section eight or section nine in a book provided therefor. is98;54s,§2i.
1899. 361, § 2. 1903. 270. § 16. 1917, 106, § 6.
R. L. 11, § 20. 1907. 560. §§ 20, 456. 191.S. 282, § 6.
1902,90. 1913, 835, H 20, 503. 1919,108,5 5.
1 Section 12. In every place where voters are registered, the regis- Copies of
2 trars, and in every place where oaths are administered as required by p^res'c°r?bing
3 this chapter, the assessors, shall post in a conspicuous place a copy of Ee"posted'°
4 sections se\en and nine of chapter fifty-six, printed on white paper with }|gg; el.^'jV'
5 black ink, in type not less than one quarter of an inch wide. i^'^*' s^*' § 21.
1899. 361, § 2. 1902, 90.
R. L. 11, § 20. 1907, 560, §§ 20, 456.
1 Section 13. All assessments made under section eight shall be subject Assessments
. . p. PP . iini 1*1 to be subject to
2 to section sixty-one or chapter nrty-mne and shall be entered in the tax abatement, etc
3 list of the collector of taxes and be collected by him according to law. i892i ssil § 26.
1893, 417. § 22. R. L. 11, § 22; 1907, 560, §§ 22, 456.
1898, 51S. § 23. 12, §74. 1913, 835, §§ 22, 603.
1 Section 14. The citv or town clerk or other officer having charge of Names, etc.,
•^ , , p of certain per-
2 the registration of deaths in each citv or town shall, on the first day of sons to be sent
„ ... IIP* 1* ..to registrars.
3 every month, and also two days beiore every election, transmit to the 1884, 298, § 30.
4 registrars of voters a list of the names of all residents thereof twenty-one i889! 404! § 5.
5 years of age or older who died in the preceding month or since the date of JI92; 351] 1 39!
6 the list previously transmitted, with a statement of the ward, street and Jfgs; Us, 1 24!
7 number therein, if any, where such person resided at his death. 1900,241.
1901,441. R. L. 11, §23. 1907, 560, §§ 23, 456, 1913, 835, §§ 23, 503.
420
[Chap. 51.
Registrars in
certain cities
and towns,
appointment,
term of office,
1S81, 210, § 1.
P. S. 6, § U.
1884, 298, 1 U.
1890,423.5 18.
1893, 417, 121
1898, 548, § 2 J.
R. L. 11, §25.
1907, 560,
§§ 25, 456.
1909, 440,
§§2,6.
1913, 835,
§§ 25, 503.
1920, 154.
EEGISTR.\RS OF VOTERS.
Section 15. Except as provided in section seventeen, there shall be 1
in every city, except Boston and Lowell, and in every town having three
hundred or more voters registered therein for the annual state election a
board of registrars of voters consisting of the city or town clerk and three
other persons who shall, in a city, be appointed by the mayor, with the
approval of the aldermen, and in a town, by a writing signed by the se-
lectmen and filed with the town clerk. When a board of registrars is
first appointed, the registrars shall be appointed in February or March
for terms respectively of one, two and three years, beginning with April
first following. In February or March in every year after the original 10
appointment, one registrar shall be appointed for the term of three years, 1 1
beginning with April first following. 12
Registrars in
small towns.
1884, 298. § 49.
1890, 423, § 59.
1893,417, §27.
1898, 548, § 27.
R. L. 11, §20.
1907, 560,
§§26,456.
1909, 440. § 2.
1913, 835,
§§ 26, 503.
1919, 269, § 2.
Section 16. In every towm having less than three hundred voters 1
registered for the biennial state election, the selectmen and the town 2
clerk shall constitute a board of registrars of voters; but when three 3
hundred voters shall be so registered, a board of registrars shall in the 4
following year be appointed as provided in the preceding section, and shall 5
continue to perform the duties of registration until the number of voters 6
so registered for two successive biennial state elections shall be less than 7
three hundred, whereupon, on April first following such second biennial 8
state election, such board shall cease to exist and thereafter the select- 9
men and town clerk shall constitute a board of registrars of voters. 10
Registrars in
certain cities,
appointment,
term of office,
1881,210, § 1.
P.S. 6, § 11.
1884, 298, § 14.
1889, 69,
§§1,2.
1890, 423, § 19.
1893, 417, § 24.
1898, 548, § 25.
R. L. 11. § 24.
1907, 560,
§§ 24, 450.
1909, 440, § 6.
1913, 835,
§§ 24, 503.
Op. A. G.
(1917) 27.
Section 17. In every city, except Boston, which, by vote of the city 1
council, approved by the mayor, accepts the pro^•isions of this section, 2
or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, or which is 3
now subject to similar provisions of law, there shall be a board of regis- 4
trars of voters, consisting of four persons, who shall be appointed by the 5
mayor with the appro^•al of the board of aldermen. \Mien a board of 6
registrars is first appointed after the acceptance of the provisions afore- 7
said, two registrars shall be appointed in February or INIarch following 8
such acceptance for terms respectively of three and four years, beginning 9
with April first next ensuing. The city clerk of such city shall cease to 10
be a member of the board of registrars on April first, but the remain- 1 1
ing two members of the existing board of registrars whose terms 12
do not then ex-pire shall continue to hold office for their respective 13
terms of one and two years. In February or March of every year after 14
such first appointments, there shall in like manner be appointed one 15
registrar of voters for the term of four years, beginning with April first 10
following. The board so constituted shall annually in April organize 17
by electing one of its members as clerk, who shall perform all the duties IS
of a city clerk when acting as clerk of the board of registrars. 19
Registrars,
political
representation.
1881,210, § 1.
P. S. 6, § 11.
1884, 298, § 14.
1889, 69, § 3.
1890, 423. § 18.
1891, 395.
1893,417,
§§ 28, 30.
Section 18. In the original and in each succeeding appointment and
in filling vacancies, registrars of voters shall be so appointed that the
members of the board shall, as equally as may be, represent the two
leading political parties, and in no case shall an appointment be so made
as to cause a board to have more than two members, including the city
or town clerk, of the same political party.
1898, 548, § 28.
R. L. 11, §27.
1907, 560, §§27, 456.
1913,835, §§ 27, 503.
Chap. 51.] voters. 421
1 Section 19. If, upon written complaint to the mayor or to the Equal repre-
2 selectmen, it shall appear, after notice and hearing, that the city or town p^r?served.'° ^^
3 clerk, when a member of the board of registrars, and two registrars are j|9o'|||§2i
4 of the same political party, the mayor or selectmen, as the case may be, j||]3. |||. 1 19.
5 shall remov'e from office the one of such two registrars having the shorter R i-' n, § 28.'
. 1907 560
6 term. If, upon like proceedings, it shall appear, after notice and hear- §§ 2s, 456.
7 ing, that a registrar of voters, other than the city or town clerk, has §§ 28, 503.
8 ceased to act with the political party which he was appointed to repre- 20p*ArG.^I*i.
9 sent, the mayor or selectmen, as the case may be, shall remove liim
10 from ofBce.
1 Section 20. If a member of the board of registrars shall be unable Temporary
2 to perform the duties of his office, or shall, at the time of any meeting i8S5°246.'
3 of said board, be absent from tiie city or town, the mayor or selectmen J|||5; l^f | |J-
4 may, upon the request in writing of a majority of the remaining mem- Jf °l' ii*'§ m°'
5 bers of the board, appoint in writing some person to fill such temporary i907, seb,
6 vacancy, who shall be of the same political party as the member whose laisVss'a,'
7 position he is appointed to fill. Such temporary registrar shall perform '
8 the duties and be subject to the requirements and penalties provided
9 by law for a registrar of voters.
1 Section 21. Each registrar shall, unless sooner removed, hold his' Registrars,
2 office for the term for which he is appointed and until his successor is is84,298, ui.
3 qualified. is90, 4j3, § 19. isos. 417, § 24. iS98, 54s, § 32.
R. L. 11, §31. 1907, 500, §§ 31, 450. 1913, 835, §§ 31, 503.
1 Section 22. The registrars in cities may appoint assistant registrars Assistant
2 for the term of one year, beginning with April first, unless sooner removed "fies.'^ap-'"
3 by the registrars, and they shall, as nearly as may be, equally represent p"^'""'™™''
4 the different political parties. Assistant registrars shall be subject to Jg^g' jJs' I gl'
5 the same obUgations and penalties as registrars. Registrars may remove R l' h. § 32.'
6 an assistant registrar, and may fill a vacancy for the remainder of the §'§ 32, 33,' 450.
7 term. 1913, sss, §§ 32, 33, 503. 1920, 243, §1.
1 Section 23. The registrars and assistant registrars shall, before Registrars,
2 entering upon their official duties, each take and subscribe an oath faith- e?c^ °^ °^'^^'
18S
§§2,3,6.
p. S. 6, § 1_.
5 pensation shall not be regulated by the number of names registered by Jf^Pi^l?'
6 them, and a reduction of compensation shall apply only to registrars is92,'35'i', § 14.
7 and assistant registrars appointed thereafter. The city council or §§ 32, 30.'
S selectmen shall provide them suitable rooms, and necessary assistance. §§^31,^30.'
9 The city or town clerk, when a member of the board of registrars, shall I'j 35/35
10 act as clerk thereof, shall keep a full and accurate record of its proceed- ^^"g'^j *3''5*''45g
11 ings and shall cause such notices as the registrars may require to be 5?^ln*|;^'sn->
' , . 8 8 30, 00, ouj.
12 properly given.
1 Section 24. The registrars may cause the duties devolving upon a Powers and
2 single registrar to be performed by one or two assistant registrars, and, myi^ol"'
3 if two are designated for such duties, they shall be, so far as practicable, flsg, 337,
4 of different poUtical parties. The registrars shall make suitable regula- !i3*.,-r so,
r • • 1 • • 1 1 • 1111 1 . ^*93, 417, § 34.
5 tions governmg the assistant registrars, whose doings shall be subject to isss. S''*'.^,^*-
6 their revision and acceptance.
1907, 500, §§ 33, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 33, 503. 1920, 243, § 2.
422
[Chap. 51.
Registrars,
etc. not to
hold other
office.
1889, 337, i 3.
1890. 423.
§§ 18, 19.
1893, 417, § 35.
1895, 207.
1898, 548, § 35.
R. L. 11. § 34.
1907, 560,
§§ 34, 456.
1913, 835,
|§ 34, 503.
Section 25. No person shall be appointed a registrar or assistant 1
registrar who is not a voter of the city or town for which he is appointed, 2
who holds an office in the city or town for which he is appointed either 3
by election or by direct appointment of the mayor or of the selectmen, or 4
who holds an office by election or appointment under the government of 5
the United States or of the commonwealth, except as a justice of the 6
peace, notary public, or officer of the state militia. The acceptance by 7
a registrar or assistant registrar of any such office shall vacate his office 8
as registrar or assistant registrar. 9
Sessions of
registrars.
1874. 376. (
1877, 235,
§2.
1878, 233, !
1879, 37.
P. S. 6,
§§ 23, 25.
1884, 298.
§§ 36, 37.
1890. 423,
§§44,45.
1892. 351,
§§ 15-18.
1893. 417.
§§ 37-40.
1894. 271.
§§ 1.2.
1895. 27, §
SESSIONS FOR REGISTR.^.TION.
Section 26. The registrars, for the purpose of registering voters 1
in the manner hereinafter provided, shall hold such day and such eve- 2
ning sessions as the town by by-law or the city by ordinance shall pre- 3
scribe, and such other sessions as they deem necessary; but, except 4
as provided in section fifty, in every city registration shall cease at ten 5
o'clock in the evening on the twentieth day preceding the biennial state 6
election and the annual city election, and in every town registration 7
shall cease at ten o'clock in the evening on the Saturday last but one pre- 8
ceding the biennial state election and the annual town meeting. The 9
time and place of registration shall be the same for male and female 10
applicants. i897, 210; 530, § 2. 11
1898, 548, §§ 37, 38.
R. L. 11, §§ 36, 37.
1919, 269, § 1.
1 Op. A. G. 64, 184.
Penalty for misconduct at registration. Chap. 56, § 10.
P. S. 6,
§§ 23, 25.
1884, 298,
§§ 36. 37.
Section 27. They shall hold at least one session at some suitable 1
place in every city or town on or before the Saturday last preceding a 2
primary, except a primary preceding a special election. 1890,423, §44. 3
1892. 351. § 17. 1895. 27. § 1.
1893.417,139. 1897, 530. § 2.
1894, 271, § 1.
11. §§36,37.
1907. 560. §§ 36, 37, 456.
1913,835, §§ 36,37, 503.
Sessions
on last day.
1874, 376, § 8.
1878, 233, I 2.
P. S. 6,
§§ 23, 25.
1884, 298,
§§ 36, 37.
1890. 423, I 44.
1892. 351, § 15.
1893, 417, § 37.
Registration
for E
:ial
elections.
1893, 209;
417, §41.
1895, 2.
1898, 548, § 39.
Sessions in
towns.
1874, 376, I
1878, 233, i
P. S. 6,
§§ 23, 25.
1884. 298,
§§ 35-37.
1890, 423,
§§44,45.
1892, 351,
§§ 17-19.
1893. 417,
§§ 38, 39.
Section 28. They shall hold a continuous session from twelve o'clock 1
noon until ten o'clock in the e\'ening on the last day for registration pre- 2
ceding the biennial state election and the annual city election or town 3
meeting, except that in towns having less than three hundred voters said 4
session shall be sufficient if it includes the time from two to four o'clock 5
in the afternoon, and from seven to ten o'clock in the evening. 6
1894. 271, §§ 1,2. R. L. 11. §§ 36, 37. 1913. 835. §§ 36. 37, 503.
1895. 27. § 1. 1907, 560, §§ 36, 37, 456. 1919, 159; 269, § 1.
1898,548, §§ 37,38.
Section 29. They shall, in some suitable place, hold a continuous 1
session from twelve o'clock noon until ten o'clock in the e\'ening, on the 2
fourth day preceding a special election. Registration shall cease at ten 3
o'clock in the e^'ening of the day on which such session is held. 4
R. L. 11. §38. 1907, 560. §§ 38, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 38, 503.
Section 30. In towns divided into voting precincts the registrars 1
shall, within twenty days before the biennial state election, and also 2
within twenty days before the annual town meeting, but in each case 3
on or before the last day fixed for registration, hold one or more sessions 4
in each voting precinct. In towns not divided into voting precincts they 5
shall, during the same period, hold sessions in one or more suitable places. 6
They shall hold a session before the last day for registration, at some suit- 7
able place in any village or locality distant two or more miles from the 8
Chap. 51.] voters. 423
9 place of registration, if ten or more voters residing in or near the same isgs, 27. § 1.
10 file with the town clerk not less than eighteen days before the biennial isas', sis,' § 37.
11 state election or the annual town meeting a petition stating that in such §536.37.
12 village or locality there are at least ten citizens who are entitled and de- 56o^§§^36,45^.
1.3 sire to be registered. i9i3, sss, §§ 36, 503. 1919, 209, § 1.
1 Section 31. If the final day for registration of voters falls on Sun- Registration
2 day or on a holiday, the preceding day shall be the final day for such raiiron°sunday
3 registration. i890, 73. i898, ms, § 40.
R. L. 11, §39. 1907, 560, §§ 39, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 39, 503.
■ holiday.
1 Section 32. Registrars shall seasonably post or publish notices Notices of
2 stating the places and hours for holding all sessions, including the final reStration,
3 sessions preceding any election, and also stating that after ten o'clock p.''g. e,
4 in the evening of the last day fixed for registration they will not, until f|s|^'4^; § 4,
5 after the next election, add any name to the registers except the names Jig"' 35?' f "'
6 of voters examined as to their qualifications between the April thirtieth }^^|'|^pn|
7 precedmg and the close of registration.
R. L. 11, §42. 1907, 560, §§ 42, 456. 1913, 835, 5§ 42, 503.
Penalty for defacing or removing posted notice, Chap. 56, § 12.
DUTIES OF REGISTRARS.
1 Section 33. Any registrar, at a place appointed for registration, on Any registrar
2 the days and during the hours designated for the purpose, may receive TppncanSITtc
3 applications for registration and examine on oath applicants and wit- {Im! ssi! I la
4 nesses; but all doings of one registrar shall be subject to the revision IggI; tls. | ti!
5 and acceptance of the board.
R. L. 11, § 40. 1907, 560, §§ 40, 456. 1913, S35, §§ 40, 503.
1 Section 34. After ten o'clock in the evening of a day on which Not to enter
2 registration is to cease the registrars shall not register any person as a ?e^gTst'er°°after
3 voter until after the nex-t election, but they may enter or correct on regtstmtion,
4 the registers the names of persons whose qualifications as voters have p"'|''g'f25.
5 been examined between April thirtieth preceding and the close of J^^O'l^s, |'45.
6 registration. i893,4i7, §42.
189S, 548, § 42. 1907, 560, §§ 41, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 41, 503.
R. L. 11, §41. 1909, 344, §2. 1919, 108, § 6.
1 Section 35. Except in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Water- Notices of
2 town, registrars shall compare all notices of omitted assessments, trans- m^nts^toTr^'
3 mitted to them by the assessors under section four, with the annual p's^eri'^il"^'
4 register of voters for the previous year, and if it appears to their satis- J^g^' ||i ■ 1 25
5 faction that any of said omitted assessments is that of a person entitled i893,'4i7', |42;
6 to vote in such previous year they may before the close of registration r. L!n,'§4i.'
7 enter such name on the current annual register. In every case they §§41,456.
8 shall require the \ote by \irtue of which such entry or correction is made JgJI; |||; ^ ^•
9 to be attested by their clerk. 191s, 257, §11. I9i9, 5; los, 1 6. §§41,503.
1 Section 36. They shall keep in general registers, records of all per- Records to be
2 sons, male and female, registered as qualified to ^•ote in the city or town. reT.ste".^'"""^''
3 They shall enter therein the name of every such voter MTitten in full, }|78; HI] § 2.
4 or instead thereof the surname and first Christian name or that name ?; %fn^ jg.
424
[Chap. 51.
1884, 298,
§§ 17, 18,
22, 38.
1890, 423,
§§ 24, 30, 31.
1892, 351,
§§ 11,22,23.
1893,417, §44.
1898, S48, § 44.
R. L. 11. § 43.
1907, SfiO,
§§43,456.
1909, 440, § 2.
1913, 835,
§§ 43, 503.
by which he i.s generally known, written in full, and the initial of every 5
other name which he may have, and also his age, place of birth and resi- 6
dence on April first preceding or at the time of becoming an inhabitant 7
of the city or town after said day, the date of his registration and his 8
residence at such date, his occupation and the place thereof, the name 9
and location of the court which has issued to him letters of naturalization 10
and the date thereof, if he is a naturalized citizen, and any other par- 11
ticulars necessary to identify him fully. Except in Boston, the general 12
registers shall have uniform headings in substantially the following form, 13
and blank books suitable for the purpose shall be provided at cost by 14
the state secretary to registrars appljang therefor: 15
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Annual
register,
entries, ar-
rangement,
etc.
1884, 298,
§§ 16, 29.
1886, 264, § 3.
1890, 423,
§§ 23, 38.
1892, 351, § 12.
1893,417, §45.
1894, 268, I 3.
1898, 548, § 45.
R. L. 11, § 44.
1907, 560,
§§ 44, 456.
1909, 440, § 2.
1912,471, § 1.
1913, 835,
§§ 44, 503.
1917, 77.
1 Op. A. G. 54.
Exception.
1913, 835, § 76.
1915, 91, §7.
1917. 29, § 12;
106, § 15.
1918,282,5 15.
1919, 108, § 15.
Section 37. The registrars, after April first, shall prepare an annual 1
register containing the names of all qualified voters in their city or 2
town for the current year, beginning with said day. Such names shall be 3
arranged in alphabetical order, and, opposite to the name of each voter, 4
his residence on April first preceding or on any subsequent day when he 5
became an inhabitant of the city or town. The registrars shall enter in G
the annual register every name contained in the lists transmitted to 7
them by the assessors under section five, which they can identify as that 8
of a man or woman whose name was borne on the voting list of the city 9
or town at the la.st preceding election or town meeting, giving the resi- 10
dence of each such person on April first, which, in the case of a person 11
assessed a poll tax, shall be the place at which he was so assessed. They 12
shall make all inquiries and investigations necessary to identify such 13
person, and they shall not enter in the annual register the name of a 14
person objected to by any registrar until such person has been duly 15
notified and given an opportunity to be heard. They shall forth^-ith 16
enter in the annual register the name of every person whose qualifications 17
as a voter have been determined by them in the current year and whose 18
name has accordingly been entered in the general register. They shall, 19
on or before the first Monday of August in each year, send notice in 20
writing by mail to each voter of the preceding year whose name has 21
not been entered in the annual register of the current j'car that his or 22
her name has not been so entered. This section shall not apply to Boston, 23
Cambridge, Chelsea or Watertown. 24
rarrection Sf SECTION 38. The registrars shall revise and correct the general regis-
ilfl'^s §44 *^^ ^^'-^ *^^ current annual register in accordance with any facts which
i|90^4|3. may be presented to them. They shall strike therefrom the name of
1892,351, § 26. every deceased person which has been transmitted to them under section
1898! 548! § 52! fourteen ; but after the name of a voter has been placed upon the current
CiL-VP. 51.] VOTERS. 425
6 annual register, they shall not change the place of residence as given r.l. ii^ §5i.
7 thereon, nor, unless the voter has died, strike such name therefrom, until loo/isGo!
8 they have sent him a notice of their intention so to do, naming a certain igis.'sss,'
9 day when he may be heard. " ^'' *°^-
1 Section 39. The registrars shall promptly transmit to the assessors Notice of
2 notice of every error which they discover in the name or residence of transmitted
3 a person assessed. This section shall not apply to Boston, Cambridge, i892T35TT26.
4 Chelsea or Watertown. isqs, 417, § se.
1 Section 40. The registrars shall perform their duties in open session. Sessions for
2 They shall distinctly announce the name of every applicant for registra- anT'ecord" to
3 tion before entering his name on the general register. Their records shall pubi?™ *°
4 at suitable times be open to public inspection.
1S84, 298, § 39. 1892. 351. §§ 14, 22. R. L. 11. § 55.
1889, 404, §4. 1893, 417, I 57. 1907, 560, §§ 55. 456.
1890, 423, §§ 28, 49. 1898, 548, | 50. 1913. 835, §§ 55, 503.
1 Section 41. The registrars shall preserve all ^\Titten complaints and ^J'pr^lrved"
2 certificates received by them, and all other documents in their custody Jl*^'^?*. |3*
,. ..„ rll IJ* 1890, 42J, s 4j.
3 relative to registration, tor two years after the dates thereof.
1892,351.514. 1898, 548. § 57. 1907, .560, §§ 56, 456.
1893,417,5 58. R. L. 11, § 56. 1913, 835, §§ 56, 503.
MANNER OF REGISTRATION.
1 Section 42. Every person, male or female, whose name has not Persons whose
J 1 • . 1 .1 . 1- names are not
2 been entered on the annual register in accordance with section thirty- on annual
3 four, thirty-five or thirty-seven, or a corresponding provision of law apply in
4 applicable to Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea or Watertown, must, in order i8S4°'29V§2i.
5 to be registered, apply in person for registration and prove that he is Ifg"; siii § il;
6 qualified. 1S93.417, §46. 1898, 548, § 46. R. L. 11, §45.
1907, 560, §§ 45, 456. 1913, 835. §§ 45, 503. 1918,282,116.
1909, 344, § 3. 1917, 106, § 16. 1 Op. A. G. 54.
Penalty for illegal attempt to register, Chap. 56, § 9.
1 Section 43. Every male applicant for registration, except in Boston, Male applicant
2 Cambridge, Chelsea and Watertown, whose name has not been trans- buforcert^-"
3 mitted to the registrars as pro\ided in section five, shall present a tax ^sgs, e'l, § i.
4 bill or notice from the collector of taxes, or a certificate from the asses- r^l ii*'§W'
5 sors showing that he was assessed as a resident of the citv or town on isos, 474, § 1.
„ , ., „ ^ ,. .„ Ill '• 1 1 • 1907,560,
6 April hr.st preceding, or a certincate that he became a resident therein §§ 46, 456.
7 at least six months preceding the election at which he claims the right to 1913! 835!
8 vote, and the same shall be prima facie evidence of his residence. iIisI'dm 6.
1916, 87. 1918, 282, § 7. 1 Op. A. G. 54.
1917, 29, § 6; 106, § 7. 1919, 108, § 7,
Penalty for false certificate, Chap. 56, § 7.
1 Section 44. The registrars shall examine on oath an applicant Examination of
2 for registration relative to his qualifications as a ^•oter, and shall, unless ?IJstration.°'^
3 he is pre\-ented by physical disability, or unless he had the right to vote Regutration
4 on May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, require him to write his istIiIsi', §3.
5 name in the general register and to read in such manner as to show that ^^^^ ogl^^io
6 he is neither prompted nor reciting from memory. Registrars shall be issg! iw, § 4.
7 provided by the state secretary with a copy of the constitution of the §§ 27, 2s.'
8 commonwealth printed in English on uniform pasteboard slips, each is93!4i7', §48.'
9 containing five lines of said constitution printed in double small pica isgs, sis! 1 48.
426 VOTERS. [ClL\P. 51.
R. L. 11. §47. type, and with a box so constructed as to conceal them from view. 10
1907! 5(5o! ' The registrars shall place said slips in the box, and shall require each 1 1
1913^' sslf.' apphcant to draw one of said slips from the box and read aloud, in full 12
iM^Ma^s^^is, "^''6^^' ^^^^ hearing of the registrars, the five lines printed thereon. Each 13
1 Op. A. G. 54. slip shall be returned to the box immediately after the test is finished, 14
Penalty for and the Contents of the box shall be shaken up by a registrar before 1.5
misconduct of j, , . . . ^t p -t . i i • •
registrar, etc., another drawing is made. JNo person laihng to read the constitution as 16
forltaise iath,' printed on the slip thus drawn shall be registered as a voter. The regis- 17
cant.'id.t'"'''" trars shall keep said slips in said box at all times. The state secretary 18
5^ ''■^- shall upon request provide new slips to replace those worn out or lost. 19
natoaUz'id" °^ SECTION 45. If an applicant for registration is a naturalized citizen, 1
ismTis ^^® registrars shall require him to produce for inspection his papers of 2
?S74 376 ^s 15 naturalization, and to make oath that he is the person named therein, 3
p. s.'e, §26. and shall, if satisfied that the applicant has been legally naturalized, 4
i89o! 423', 1 48! make upon his papers a memorandum of the date of such inspection. If 5
1893! 417, 1 so! papers of naturalization have once been examined and record thereof 6
R ^L ii^'§^4s*' made in the general register, the registrars need not again require their 7
i|o/^5M), ■ production. iqis, sss, §§ 48, 503. 8
Penalty for false oath, etc., Chap. 50, §§ 7, 9.
Sm'fnOTs.'°° Section 46. If, upon examination, the registrars are satisfied that 1
i89o' 42I' 1 32 an applicant for registration has all the qualifications of a voter, ex- 2
1^92, 351, §24. cept that of age, and that he will on or before the day of the next elee- 3
1898! 548', § 50. tion Or town meeting attain full age, they shall place his name upon the 4
• • 11' 5 *^- registgi.g_ 1907, 560, §§ 49, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 49, 503. 5
be''not?fi°edo° SECTION 47. If the registrars decline to register the name of a person 1
isll'ssi ^§*25 examined for registration and reported to them therefor by a registrar, 2
1898 548 1 5i' ^^^^^ sliall uotify him of their refusal, and give him a reasonable oppor- 3
R. l!ii,'§5o.' tunity to be heard by them upon his application. They shall upon the 4
§§ 50, 456. rejection of an applicant forthwith inform him thereof. 5
1913, 835, §§ 60, 503.
ILLEGAL OR INCORRECT REGISTR.\^TION.
Mamml'tion^by Section 48. Upou complaint signed and sworn to by a registered 1
511'^'™'=- voter, and filed with the registrars at least fourteen days in a city, or at 2
fsli OTs^f'32 1^^^*- ^^^'^ days in a town, before a primary, election or town meeting, 3
i89o! 423,' § 42! stating that the complainant has reason to believe and does believe that 4
§§ 27, 28.' a certain person by him therein named has been illegally or incorrectly 5
ilgs! lis! I m! registered, and giving the reasons for such belief, the registrars shall 6
i903!474,V4 examine into such complaint, and if satisfied that there is sufficient 7
§§^52^456 ground therefor, they shall summon the person complained of to appear 8
1913, '835, before them at a certain place and time before the ne.xt primary or elec- 9
i9i6,'8i. ' tion or town meeting to answer to the matters set forth in the complaint, 10
Penalty for and the substaucc of the complaint and a copy of this and the following 1 1
Chrp°56!'§ 7. section shall be set forth in the summons. Service of the summons shall 12
be made by an officer qualified to serve civil or criminal process, not more 13
than fourteen nor less than two days before the day named for appear- 14
ance, by delivering in hand a copy of the summons to the person therein 15
named, or by leaving it at his place of residence, or, if personal service 16
cannot be made and the person's residence is unknown to the officer and 17
cannot be ascertained by inquiry at the place of alleged illegal or in- 18
Chap. 51.] voters. 427
19 correct residence or at any later residence of such person appearing on
20 the register, then at such person's last residence, if any, known to the
21 officer, or, if the person's last residence is unknown, at the last place
22 appearing as his residence in the register. The officer shall return the
23 summons to the registrars before the day named for appearance, with
24 the certificate of his doings endorsed thereon.
1 Section 49. If a person summoned before the registrars to answer Examioation
2 to such complaint appears before them, they shall examine him on oath, ^ssTleS^' ''"''
3 and shall receive other evidence which may be offered in regard to the f8l4,2y|.^f32.
4 matters set forth in the complaint, and if satisfied that he is properly Jlgg'ssi'llg'
5 registered as a qualified voter they shall enter in the register a state- isgsUi?'. §55.
6 ment of their determination upon the facts required for registration, r. l.'ii,'§ 53.'
7 If the registrars are satisfied that he is not a qualified voter in the city 1907! too, ^'
8 or town, they shall strike his name from the register. If they are satis- flil^'sss^'
9 fied that, although he is a qualified voter in the city or town, he is ille- ^^ ^^' *^-
10 gaily or incorrectly registered in a ward or voting precinct other than the J^^g^'^^i""^
11 ward or voting precinct in which he is required by section tliree to be cfaap. 56,'§7.
12 registered, and have determined the ward or voting precinct in which
13 he is so required to be registered, and his place of residence therein, they
14 shall change his place of residence as given on the register accordingly.
15 If a person duly summoned as aforesaid does not appear as directed in
16 the summons and the complainant produces sufficient testimony to
17 make out a prima facie case, the name of the person complained of shall
IS be struck from the register; but if such person appears before the regis-
19 trars before the election or town meeting following and shows sufficient
20 cause for his failure earlier to appear, the hearing shall be reopened and
21 the matter decided on its merits, as determined from the evidence pre-
22 sented on both sides. The complainant and the person complained of
23 may be represented by counsel, and all witnesses may be cross-examined.
SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATION OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
1 Section 50. Any soldier or sailor in the service of the United States soUiers and
2 who had a legal residence in any city or town in the commonwealth at registcr™Sen.
3 the time of entering said service, but who by reason of his being in the n.eetfigs"'
4 army or navy was absent from the city or town during the periods when 293*5^'?' ^ ^'
5 sessions for listing or assessing and for registration were held, may ap- lOp.A. 6.552.
6 pear before the registrars and, in accordance with this chapter, prove
7 his qualifications as a voter under section one and be registered, if he so
8 appears not less than three days before the election. For the purpose of
9 such registration the registrars shall hold meetings on dates other than
10 those fixed by sections twenty-six to thirty-two, inclusive.
1 Section 51. To every person registered under the preceding section Certificate of
2 the registrars shall issue a certificate, similar to that provided for in sec- ?e£?tr™t?on!"^^
3 tion fifty-nine, entitled "Supplementary Registration: Soldier or Sailor", Jh^rKrn.""^
4 and referring by chapter and section number to this and the preceding i9is,258, 12.
5 section. Upon presentation of the certificate to the presiding officer at
6 the proper polling place, he shall have the same right to vote as any
7 other registered voter. After he has voted, the presiding officer shall
8 attach the certificate to the voting list and it shall be considered a part
9 thereof, and shall be returned to the registrars and preserved in accord-
10 ance with law.
428
[Chap. 51.
MAINTENANCE OF ORDER AND REGULARITY.
Tm£tnr^°^ Section 52. A registrar shall enforce regularity in all proceedings
1890 423 1 50 b^^ore him, maintain order in and about the place where a session is held,
JS?' ??i' i ?!?■ or applications for registration are received, and keep the access thereto
1893, 417, § 59. 1 1 i ^ 1
1S98, 548, § 58. open and unobstructed. R.L.11,§57. 1907,560, §§57,456. 1913,S35,§§57,503.
Police officers
at meetings.
1884, 298, § 42.
1890, 423, ■' "
1892,351, '
1893,417, §60.
1898, 548, § 59
R. L. 11, § 58.
Section 53. The board of police or officer in charge of the police 1
force of a city or town shall, when requested by the registrars, detail a 2
sufficient number of police officers to attend any meeting held by a regis- 3
trar in the performance of his duties, and to preserve order and enforce 4
his directions. 1907, 56o, §§ 5s, 456. 1913, 835, §1 ss, 503. 5
Supervisors of
registration,
appointment,
1884, 298, § 50.
1890, 423, § 60.
1892, 351, I 38.
1893,417, §61.
1898, 548, § 60.
R. L. 11, § 59.
1907. 560,
§§ 59, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 59, 503.
1 Op. A. G. 599.
Penalty for in-
terference with
Section 54. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- 1
cil, shall, on the petition of not less than ten qualified voters of a city or 2
town, appoint for a term of one year two supervisors of registration for 3
each place of registration therein, one from each of the two leading politi- 4
cal parties. They shall attend all sessions or meetings for registration 5
held at the places for which they are appointed, and either of them may 6
attach to any book or papers there used for purposes of registration any 7
statement touching the truth or fairness of the proceedings which he 8
may deem proper, and may add thereto his signature or other marks for 9
the purpose of identification. 10
Voting lists,
contents, ar-
rangement, etc.
1813, 68, § 1.
1822, 104, § 2.
1833, 102, § 2.
R. S. 3, § 5.
G. S. 6, § 5.
1874, 376, § 7.
1877. 208, § 3.
1878, 233, § 1.
1881, 191, § 3;
210, § 4.
P. S. 6,
§§ 18-20, 27.
1884, 298,
§§27,28,43.
1886, 264. § 2.
1890, 423,
§§ 35, 37, 53.
VOTING LISTS.
Section 55. Registrars shall, from the names entered in the annual 1
register of voters, prepare voting lists for use at elections. In such \oting 2
lists they shall place the names of all voters entered on the annual regis- 3
ter, and no others, and opposite to the name of each his residence on 4
April first preceding or at the time of his becoming an inhabitant of 5
such place after said day. They shall enter the names of women voters 6
in separate columns or lists. In cities, they shall prepare such voting 7
lists by wards, and if a ward or a town is di^•ided into voting precincts, 8
they shall prepare the same by precincts, in alphabetical order, or by 9
streets. Names shall be added thereto or taken therefrom as persons 10
are found to be qualified or not qualified to vote. is92, 351, §30. 11
1893, 417, § 62. 1897, 296, § 4. R. L. 11, § 60.
1895, 449, §4. 1898, 548, § 61. 1907, 560, §§ 60, 456
1896, 469, § 1. 1899, 148. 1909. 440. § 2.
1913.835. §§ 60. 503.
1920. 579. § 1.
Op, A.G. (1920) 252.
?ert"fn ?otera SECTION 5G. They shall placc at the end of the voting lists of each
S encf i'f'^Hst ^ard, voting precinct or town to be used at a state election, under a
1S90, 423, 1 47. proper heading, the names of all persons who, by changes in city or town
1893! 417! 1 63'. bouudarics, are not entitled to vote for the whole number of officers to
1898, 648, § 62. , ,
R. L. 11, §61. be chosen. 1907, SeO, §§ ei, 456. 1913,S35, §§ 61,503. See section 6I.
Posting of
voting lists.
1813,68, § 1.
1822, 104, § 2.
1833, 102, § 2.
R. S. 3, § 5.
G. S. 6, I 5.
1874, 376. § 7.
1878, 233, § 1.
P. S. 6, § 18.
1884, 298, § 27.
Section 57. They shall, at least twenty days before the annual city 1
or town election, and except in Boston, at least sixty days before the 2
biennial state election, cause copies of the voting lists provided for in 3
the two preceding sections to be posted in their principal office and in 4
one or more other public places in the city or town, and in each precinct 5
therein. is86, 264, §2. i890, 423, §§ 35, 30. 1892,351,532. 6
1893, 417, § 64.
1895, 449, § 4.
1896,469, § 2.
Penalty for defacing (
1898, 648, § 63.
R. L. 11. § 62.
1907, 660, §§ 62, 456,
1910, 147.
1913, 835, §§ 62, 503.
1919, 269, § 1.
removing posted voting list. Chap. 56, § 12.
Chap. 51.] voters. 429
1 Section 58. After the voting lists h.ave been posted, registrars, Additional
2 within forty-eight hours after a new name has been added to the annual po™|d or
3 register, shall cause it to be added to the lists posted in their principal isg^'.^asi!' § 33.
4 office. If a city or town shall authorize the registrars to publish the names }ggg' ^gg' | 3^-
5 added to the register, they may, instead of posting them, cause all addi- j^ss, ^^s, §^fi4.
G tional names to be printed in a newspaper published in the city or town, i907, seb.
7 if any, otherwise in a newspaper published in the county.
1913. 835, §§ 63, 503.
1 Section 59. On the day of an election, registrars shall gi\'e to a voter Certificate
2 whose name has been omitted from the voting list, or in whose name or om'is^on or
3 residence, as placed on the voting list, a clerical error has been made, a i877,'208, § 3.
4 certificate of his name and residence, as stated on the annual register, fss^' 298^45
5 signed by a majority of the registrars. On presentation thereof to the ifoS' 35?' 1 1|'
6 presiding election officer of the ward, voting precinct or town in which I893!4i7!|66;
7 the voter was registered, he shall be allowed to vote, and his name shall r. L,'n,'§ el.'
8 be checked on the certificate, which shall be attached to and considered a §§ 64, 456.
9 part of the voting list and returned and preserved therewith. §§ w,^503.
1 Section 60. Before every election and meeting in a city or town at voting lists for
2 which voting lists may be required to be used, registrars shall prepare ists, 262.
3 such lists for each ward, voting precinct or town in which such election or 1884, 298, § 46.
4 meeting is to be held, containing the names and residences of all persons is9o! Isn, ^ ^°'
5 qualified to vote therein, as the same appear upon the annual register, l/gf,. ta'
6 and shall seasonably transmit the same to the election officers in every s^f^k^se^^'
7 such precinct, ward or town. Such voting lists shall be in duplicate for i*93, 417, 1 67.
8 all elections and meetings at which duplicate lists are required to be used. R- l' 11. \ es.'
1907,569,55 65,456. 1913,835, §§65,503.
1 Section G1. They shall forthwith, after the final day for registra- Returns of
2 tion before a biennial state or annual city or town election, certify to the "gS'erer"^'
3 state secretary the number of assessed polls, the number of soldiers and i89o"223,''§ i;
4 sailors listed under section four, and of women listed under said section, t89'''^3M' § 35
5 the number of registered male and female voters in the city or town, and i893,'4i7,'|68.
6 in each ward and precinct therein, and the number of persons entitled to R l' n. § 66.'
7 vote for a part only of the whole number of officers to be chosen at a state §'§ ee, 456.
8 election in such city or town and in each ward and precinct therein, with §§'66,^^3.
9 the titles of the officers for whom such persons are entitled to vote. '^^'^^ '^^' ^ *'
10 In cities where the city clerk is not a member of the board of regis- See section se.
11 trars, the registrars shall likewise, after the last day for registration for a
12 city election, certify to the city clerk the number of registered male and
13 female voters in the city, and in each ward and voting precinct therein.
1 Section 02. ^Mien a caucus is called, the registrars, on the request of Xf'ift^cauou"
2 the chairman of the ward or town committee of the party whose caucus i893,4i7, §69.
3 is to be held or of the person designated to call the caucus to order, shall 1895! 489! 1 13!
4 furnish him for use in the caucus a certified copy of the last published r. l!ii,§67.'
5 voting list of the town, or of the ward of the city for which the caucus §§°67,^456.
6 is to be held, adding thereto the names of voters registered since such §§'67*503
7 publication.
1 Section 63. In cities, after the biennial state election in nineteen List of voters
2 hundred and twenty-four, and in every tenth year thereafter, for the dfvSon of a
3 purpose of furnishing the information necessary for a new di\dsion of the i888l'437r^'''^'
430
POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
[Ch.\p. 52.
1898, 548,
5 69
R.I,.
11, 168.
190/,
560,
K 68, 456
1918,
SH.S,
»!»(«)■
5(i;-
1914,
676,
5 1
1919,
269,
§ 5.
clerk, on or before the first Tuesday after the said state election, a list 5
of all voters therein who were registered for such election, which shall 6
be so arranged as to show the number of voters residing in each ward 7
and precinct, if any, by streets. The registrars shall likewise in any 8
other year, upon request of the board of aldermen, furnish, for the pur- 9
pose of di\'iding the ward into voting precincts, a list of the voters of 10
any ward in the city, arranged as aforesaid. 11
REFERENCES.
Listing and registration of voters in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Watertown,
1913, 83.5, §§69-88; 1917, 29; 106; 1918, 282; 1919, 108.
Judicial construction of word "inhabitant" or "resident." See decisions cited under
Chap. 59, § 9.
§ 1. "Inhabitant" defined as "resident," Chap. 4, § 7, cl. 14th.
§ 55. Registration and voting lists in certain wards in Suffolk senatorial districts,
1911, 243.
CHAPTER 52.
POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Sect.
1. State committees. Election, terms, etc.
2. Ward and town committees. Election,
terms, etc.
3. City committee.
4. City and town committees. Organi-
zation.
5. Lists of officers and members to be
filed.
Sect.
6. Vacancies.
7. Election of city and ward committees
upon redivision of cities into wards.
8. Organization of existing committees.
9. Committees to fix nimiber of members,
etc.
10. Committees may make rules and regu-
lations, etc.
1895
489
§3.
1898
548
§81
1901
402,
§ 1.
R. L
11,
SO.
1907,
560,
§§89
,456
1911
550,
§§1,
18.
191.3
835,
§§88
,503
1914
790,
§12
1919
209,
§8.
mHtees°"' SECTION 1. Each political party shall, at the primaries before each 1
Election, terms, biennial state election, elect a state committee, the members of which 2
shall hold office for. two years from January first next following their 3
election and until their successors shall have organized. Said committee 4
shall consist of one member from each senatorial district, to be elected 5
at the state primaries by plurality vote of the members of his party in the 6
district, and such number of members at large as may be fixed by the 7
committee, to be elected at the state convention. 8
The members of the state committee shall, in January following 9
their election, meet and organize by the choice of a chairman, a secre- 10
tary, a treasurer and such other officers as they may decide to elect. 11
The secretary of the state committee shall, within ten days after such 12
organization, file with the state secretary, and send to each city and 13
town committee, a list of the members of the committee and of its officers. 14
A vacancy in the office of chairman, secretary or treasurer of the 15
committee or in the membership thereof shall be filled by the com- 16
mittee, and a statement of any such change shall be filed as in the case 17
of the officers first chosen. 18
committeea."'™ SECTION 2. Each political party shall, in every ward and town, 1
^eims°eic. clcct at the primaries before each biennial state election a committee 2
895' 489' 1 4' ^° ^^ called a ward or town committee, whose members shall hold office 3
896, 469,' 1 10. for two years from January first following their election and mitil their 4
899!346i § 1.' successors shall have organized. 5
1915, 42.
1919, 269, § 9.
Ch.\P. 52.] POLITICAL COMMITTEES. 431
1 Section 3. The members of the several ward committees of a polit- city
... . ^ committee.
2 ical party in a city shall constitute the city committee. i894, 504, § 2.
1895, 489, § 4. 1899, 346, § 1. 1913, 835, §§ 89, 503.
1 Section 4. Each town committee shall, between January first and rommltfee"""
2 March first following its election, and each ward and city committee '^g^l'^'^Q^'T'z
3 shall, within thirty days after the beginning of its term of office, meet Jigg'ifg'lio
4 and organize by the choice of a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and is98!548', |82!
5 such other officers as it may decide to elect. At such meeting the com- r. l! ii.'§ si!
6 mittee may add to its numbers. i907,56o,§§ 90,456.
1 Section 5. The secretary of each city and town committee shall, and^memtHre"
2 within ten days after its organization, file with the state secretary, with tob^e filed. ^
3 the city or town clerk and with the secretary of the state committee of 1S95!4S9!|5^
4 the political party which it represents, a list of the officers and members i899!346', 1 1.'
5 of the committee. R. l. u. § 81. 1907, 56o. §§ 90, 456.
1913, 835, §§ 89, 503. 1914, 790, § 13. 1919, 269, | 9.
1 Section 6. A vacancy in the office of chairman, secretary or treas- vacancies.
2 urer of a city, ward or town committee shall be filled by the committee. Hit', 489! t s!
3 and a vacancy in the membership of a ward or town committee shall be Jlgg! 3!4g! | I'f'
4 filled by such committee, and, in the case of a city or town committee, a ^g^^- H'^^ *i-
5 statement of any such change shall be filed as in the case of the officers §§ ^o. ^ss-
6 first chosen. 1913, 835, §§ 89, SOS. 1914, 790, § 13, 1919, 269, § 9.
1 Section 7. Upon a redivision of a city into wards, any political and'war/com'^
2 party may in the following year elect its ward committees for such terms, j^jj""^- JJf "^
3 not exceeding the length of the terms for which the former committees ot cities into
4 were chosen, as the city committee existing at the time of calling the iS95, 507, § so.
5 caucuses may determine, and thereafter shall elect such committees at i898! 548," 1 83!
6 the times and for the terms prescribed by law. The caucuses for the ^907; Hof *^"
7 choice of such ward committees shall be called by the city committee in flfl^'lg^f;
S existence at the time, and shall be si ' '
9 said city committee shall determine.
1 Section 8. Committees existing at the time when the party which Organization
2 they represent first polls for governor at a biennial state election three ?ommUt°?3.
3 per cent of the entire vote cast in the commonwealth for that office Jfgf ; ||o; | ^6.
4 shall be deemed elected under this chapter, and shall be subject to its r "l iif 'i^sl!'
5 provisions.
1907, 500, §§ 92, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 91, 503. 1919, 269, § 1.
1 Section 9. The state committee shall fix the number of delegates to committees to
2 the state convention, not less than one for each ward or town. City and memb?r's?eto.
3 town committees shall fix the number of members of ward and town com- }g}J' Ig?' ^ ^•
4 mittees, not less than three for each ward or town. Notice of the number ||iy|'5|°^5 jg
5 of delegates and members of committees to be elected shall be given by i9i9! s.
6 the state, city or town committee, as the case may be, to the state secre-
7 tary on or before August first.
432
NOMINATIONS, ETC.
[Chap. 53.
ma'^make'ruies SECTION 10. A statc, City or towH Committee may make rules and 1
and reguiutions, regulations, consistent with law, for its proceedings, and a state com- 2
1894. 504, § 3. mittee may make rules and regulations, consistent with law, for calling 3
1895, 489, § 6. , • , ^ .
1897, 530, § 10. conventions. 1S9S, 548, § 85. 4
1899, 329, §1. 1902,225:492. 1908,428.
R. L. H, § 84. 1907, 560, §§ 93, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 92, 503.
CHAPTER 53.
NOMINATIONS, QUE.STIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS,
PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES.
Sect.
nomination of candidates.
1. What parties may make nominations.
2. Nominations, how made. ^
3. Candidate whose name is not printed
must accept nomination.
4. Calling and holding of conventions.
5. Certificate of nomination, contents,
signatures, oath of officers, filing.
6. Nomination papers, number of signa-
tures.
7. Same, signatures; form, qualifications
of signer, certification, limiting num-
ber.
8. Certificates of nomination and nomina-
tion papers, contents, party desig-
nation, etc.
9. Same, filing, acceptance.
10. Time for filing certificates of nomina-
tion and nomination papers.
11. Objections, necessity, time of filing,
etc.
12. Objections, etc., by whom considered,
powers, notice, etc.
13. Withdrawal of names of candidates.
14. Nomination to fill vacancy, how made,
when filed, objections, etc.
15. Certificate in case of nomination to fill
vacancy, acceptance.
16. Certificates, etc., public inspection,
preservation, etc.
17. Blanks for nomination.
QUESTIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS.
IS. Opinion of voters to be ascertained as
to amendments to federal constitu-
tion in certain cases.
19. Questions of public policy to be sub-
mitted in certain districts upon ap-
plication.
20. Signers to be certified, etc., as in case
of nomination papers.
21. Applications to be filed with secretary,
etc.
■ 22. No instruction except by majority of
votes cast.
Sect,
pkovisions applying to all primaries.
23. Certain sections to apply to all pri-
maries.
24. Conduct of primaries.
25. Withdrawal of candidates.
26. Nomination papers, validity. Objec-
tions, time for filing.
27. Objections, etc., by whom considered.
28. Days and places of holding primaries.
29. Officers may be designated to serve at
primaries.
30. Same subject.
31. Certain persons not ineligible as pri-
mary officers.
32. Ballots for primaries, preparation and
number.
33. Ballots for each party to be printed on
paper of a different color, etc.
34. Ballots, substance, arrangement and
form.
35. A cross to constitute a vote, etc.
36. Delivery of ballots, etc., at polling
places. Posting specimen ballots.
37. Party enrolment of voters.
38. Voters enrolled in one political party
not to receive ballot of another
political party, except, etc.
39. Counting of votes.
40. Number of votes needed to nominate
by pasters, etc.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO STATE PRIMARIES.
41. Nominations and elections at state pri-
maries. Sections applicable.
42. Notice to state secretary that pri-
maries will be held by wards, pre-
cincts, or groups of precincts.
43. When polls shall be open.
44. Nomination papers, number of signa-
tures.
45. Same, contents, qualifications of sign-
ers, acceptance, number of candi-
dates.
46. Same, certification, limitation on can-
didates.
47. Same, preparation, etc.
Chap. 53.]
NOMINATIONS, ETC.
433
Sect.
48. Same, last day for filing.
49. Nomination in case of death, with-
drawal or ineligibility.
50. Vacancies caused by withdrawal, time
of filling, objections.
51. No ballots to be counted before close
of polls.
52. Canvass and returns of votes, etc.
53. Vacancies caused by ties or In dele-
gations or committees, how filled.
54. State conventions of political parties.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CITY AND TOWN
PRIMARIES.
55. Primaries for municipal nominations.
Certain sections to apply.
56. Submission of question of holding pri-
maries. Notice of result to state
secretary.
57. Notices of intention to participate in
primaries to be furnished.
58. Blank nomination papers to be pro-
vided, etc.
59. Nominations to be made by nomina-
tion papers, signatures, acceptance.
60. Nomination papers, etc.
61. Same, filing, certification, etc.
62. Vacancies, how filled.
63. Polls to be open during certain hours.
64. Canvass of returns of votes, etc.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARIES.
65. Certain sections to apply to presiden-
tial primaries.
66. Delegates to national conventions,
election, fixing number, etc.
67. Notice to state secretary of determi-
nation to hold primaries by wards,
precincts, etc.
68. Preference of delegates for president
to be placed on ballots if candi-
date assents.
69. Vacancy in delegation to national con-
vention, how filled.
70. Certain provisions of law to apply.
PROVISIONS APPLTINO TO ALL CAUCUSES
OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
71. Certain cities and towns to nominate
at caucuses. Certain provisions of
law to apply.
72. City and town committees may paake
regulations, etc.
73. Caucuses may be held by precincts or
groups of precincts in certain cases.
74. Caucuses relative to special election.
75. Calling of caucuses, etc.
76. Caucuses open only to members of
political party calling them. Chal-
lenges. Oath.
77. Voting lists to be used.
78. Tie vote for caucus officers.
Sect.
79. Certificates of election, etc.
80. Returns of caucuses at which direct
nominations are made, tabulation of
results, notice to nominees, etc.
81. Tie vote in cases of direct nomination,
how filled.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CAUCUSES OF
POLITICAL PARTIES AT WHICH OFFICIAL
BALLOTS ARE NOT USED.
82. Polling places to be provided, etc.
83. Notice of caucuses. Procedure.
84. Balloting and duration of caucus.
85. Proceedings in case of tie vote for
elective office, etc.
86. Ballots and check lists to be trans-
mitted to city or town clerk.
87. In case of contest, etc., ballots to be
preserved until finally determined.
Recounts.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CAUCUSES OF
POLITICAL PARTIES AT WHICH OFFICIAL
BALLOTS ARE USED.
88. Calling, etc., of caucuses at which
official ballots are used.
89. Adoption of law for official ballots at
caucuses.
90. Acceptance may be revoked, etc.
Notice of action.
91. Time of holding caucuses.
92. Notices of caucuses to contain certain
information, etc.
93. Polling places, etc., to be provided.
Voting in two or more lines.
94. Seven days' notice to be given by city
and town committees, etc.
95. Blank nomination papers to be pro-
vided, etc.
96. Nominations to be made by nomina-
tion papers, etc.
97. Nomination papers, sealing, filing,
opening, etc.
98. Correction of errors, etc.
99. Proceedings in cities when papers are
not filed, nomination by ward com-
mittee, etc.
100. Proceedings in towns when papers are
not filed, etc.
101. Withdrawals. Filling vacancies.
102. Nomination papers to be delivered to
city or town clerk.
103. Correction of errors, etc.
104. Objections to nomination papers, etc.,
by whom considered.
105. Cities and towns to provide ballots, etc.
106. Form of official ballot, etc.
107. Certain provisions of law to apply.
108. Order of business.
109. Challenges.
110. Counting of ballots. Announcement,
etc., of result. Sealing, transmission,
etc., of record, etc.
434
NOMINATIONS.
[Chap. 5.3.
Sect.
111. Certified copy of voting list as checked
to be furnished.
112. Recount of ballots, etc.
113. Caucus officers, election, persons eli-
gible, term of office, oath, duties.
114. Vacancies, additional officers, etc.
115. Appointment of officers to serve at
first caucus.
116. Caucus officers in newly incorporated
city or on redivision into wards, etc.
SECT.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CAUCUSES OTHEK
THAN THOSE OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
117. Twenty-five or more voters may hold
caucus for city and town offices,
representative, etc.
lis. Notice and conduct of caucus.
119. Caucus to vote by ballot upon written
request, etc.
120. Preservation of ballots and voting
lists, etc.
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.
What parties
may make
nominations.
1888, 436,
§§2,3.
1889.413, § 3.
1890, 436. § fi.
1893,417, §75.
1895, 323.
1898, 548,
§ 136.
R. L. 11, § 136.
1907, 560,
§§ 165, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 192, 503.
1919,269, § 11.
1 Op. A. G. 388.
Section 1. At any primary, caucus or convention held under this
chapter, each party having the right to participate in or hold the same
may nominate as many candidates for each office for which it has the
right to make nominations therein as there are persons to be elected to
that office, and no more. A party which has not polled at the preceding
state or municipal election the vote required to make it a political or
municipal party as defined in section one of chapter fifty, but which
at the three preceding biennial elections has polled in the common- 8
wealth, or in any district, county, city, town or ward, respectively, a 9
number of votes for governor equal to the number of voters required to 10
nominate by nomination papers a candidate for an office which is to be 11
filled by election therein, may hold a caucus or convention and make a 12
nomination for the office so to be filled. A party which makes one or 1.3
more nominations shall be entitled to have the name of each of its can- 14
didates printed on the ballot to be used at the ensuing election; but, 15
unless the nomination is made by direct plurality vote in a primary or in 16
several caucuses held in more than one ward or in more than one precinct 17
or group of precincts, a certificate of nomination must be filed as pro- 18
vided in section five. 19
Nominations,
how made.
1888.441,
§§ 1. 7.
1889, 413,
§§3,4.
1890, 386, § 4.
1893,417, §71.
1895,489, § 10;
507, § 2.
1898, 548,
S§ 86, 132.
1899, 355.
1900, 120,
1901.402, § 1.
R. L. 11,
§§ 85, 86, 132.
1907, 560,
§§94,95,161,
166, 456.
1909, 486, § 52.
1911,550. § 1.
Section 2. Except in the case of municipal nominations where city 1
or town charters otherwise provide, candidates of political parties for 2
all elective offices, except presidential elector, shall be nominated, and 3
members of pohtical committees and delegates to conventions shall be 4
elected, in primaries or caucuses, and the nomination of any party other 5
than a political party, in any district containing more than one ward 6
or town, shall be made by a convention of delegates chosen by caucuses 7
held under section one hundred and seventeen in the wards and towns 8
of the district for which the nomination is to be made. All nominations 9
and elections in primaries and caucuses shall be by direct plurality vote. 10
No candidate shall be nominated, or political committee or convention 11
delegate elected, in any other manner than is herein provided. 12
1913, 835, §§ 113, 186,
190, 191. 193.
1918, 257, § 16.
1 Op. A. G. 88.
2 Op. A. G. 225, 642.
Candidate SECTION 3. A pcrsou whosc name is not printed on a state primary
whose name is ^ /r> i ^ • rr»'
not printed ballot as E Candidate for an office but who receives sufficient votes to
nomination. nominate him therefor, shall file a written acceptance of the nomination
tions by nomination paper or otherwise for such office, otherwise his name
shall not be printed on the ballot as a candidate for that office at the 6
ensuing state election. 7
ClL\P. 53.] NOMINATIONS. 435
1 Section 4. No convention to nominate candidates shall be called hoWilJIof''
2 for or held on a date earlier than four days after the holding of the cau- ig!Se^535°°|i
3 cuses for the choice of delegates thereto, and all such conventions shall J?®!'^,®'
4 be called for and held on a date not later than forty-eight hours prior to is99,'i46;'
5 the hour for filing certificates of nomination as proNided in section ten. woi, U7.
R. L. 11,§140. 1907, 560, §§ 168,456. 1913, 835, §§ 195, 503.
1 Section 5. Every certificate of nomination shall state such facts as Certificate of
2 are required by section eight and shall be signed and sworn to by the contems',°°'
' ' ignaturi
ath of
fBcers, ;
- _ ^ - ---- - - i8S9,41b, s o.
5 the seventy-two hours succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the }S9'??^'|,?a
^ , T*ii 111 • (»i • 1893, 417, § 76.
6 day upon which the caucus was held or the session of the convention P^o^g"*'
7 terminated, and within the time specified in section ten, file such certifi- R. l. ii. § 142.
8 cate at the place specified in section nine. 1907, seo, §§ 171, 456.
1911, 355. 1913, 835, §§ 197, 503. 198 Mass. 340.
Penalty for forgery, etc., of certificate. Chap. 56, § 13.
1 Section 6. Nominations of candidates for any offices to be filled by Nomination
2 all the voters of the commonwealth may be made by nomination papers, ^fsfgn'at'urS''^'^
3 stating the facts required by section eight and signed in the aggregate }|s|; 4^3; 1 1;
4 by not less than one thousand voters. Nominations of all other candi- JIgs'lfy'lyy
5 dates for offices to be filled at a state election, and of all candidates for P??i^*'
6 offices to be filled at a city election, except where city charters provide R- l. 11, § 143.
7 otherwise, may be made by like nomination papers, signed in the aggre- igoi', 444! § 4!
8 gate by two voters for every one hundred votes cast for governor at the seol'sl'ifl,^'
9 preceding biennial state election in the electoral district or division for 1909,486,553.
10 which the officers are to be elected, but in no case by less than fifty nor jf^^gf^los
11 more than one thousand qualified voters. Nominations of candidates J?R',2«9'§i-
„ ~, , „,, , ^ , . , , , . . 159 Mass. 487.
12 tor omces to be nlled at a town election may be made by nomination op a.g.(1920)
13 papers signed in the aggregate by at least one voter for every fifty votes
14 polled for governor at the preceding biennial state election in such town,
15 but in no case by less than twenty voters. At a first election to be held
16 in a newly established ward, the number of voters upon a nomination
17 paper of a candidate who is to be voted for only in such ward need not
18 exceed fifty; and at a first election in a town the number for the nomi-
1 9 nation of a candidate who is to be voted for only in such town need not
20 exceed twenty.
1 Section 7. Every voter signing a nomination paper shall sign in same, signa-
2 person, with his name as registered, and shall state his residence on April qualifications of
3 first preceding, and the place where he is then liN'ing, with the street and ciSln. "u^tiag
4 number, if any; but any voter who is prevented by physical disability l^^^f^s 54
5 from writing or who had the right to vote on May first, eighteen hun- l3|'''ss*f',^o*'
6 dred and fiftv-seven, may authorize some person to write his name and 1893,417, §78.
T -J • U- J J. • • ,• 1895,262,11.
7 residence in nis presence; and every voter may sign as many nomination i896, 459, § 5.
8 papers for each office as there are persons to be elected thereto, and no THi.^*'
9 more. Every nomination paper of a candidate for a state oSice shall fgdeJliS"*'
10 be submitted, on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the Friday |§°/73^^456
11 preceding the day on which it must be filed, to the registrars of the city ioo9'||9'5 2.
12 or town where the signers appear to be voters, and every nomination §§ i_99.563.
13 paper of a candidate for a city or town office shall seasonably be sub- wis! 122.
14 mitted to said registrars. In each case the registrars shall forthwith ies m?ss'. 539.
15 certify on the nomination paper the number of signatures which are
436
NOMINATIONS.
[Chap. 5.3.
Penalty for names of votcrs both in the city or town and in the district or division 16
of nomination foF which the nomination is made. They need not certify a greater num- 17
Shap'^^'se, 1 13. ber of names than are required to make a nomination, increased by one 18
fifth thereof. Names not certified in the first instance shall not there- 19
after be certified on the same nomination papers. The state secretary 20
shall not be required to receive nomination papers for a candidate after 21
receiving such papers containing a sufficient number of certified names 22
to make a nomination, increased by one fifth thereof. 23
Certificates of
nomination and
nomination
papers, con-
tents, party
designation,
etc.
1888, 436, § 5.
1889, 413, § 5.
1890, 3SU, § 5:
436, § 2.
1891, 269.
1893, 417, § 79.
1896, 469, § 0.
1898, 548.
§ 143.
R. L. 11, § 146.
1907, 420, § 7;
560, §§ 176,
456.
1908, 425.
1909, 486, § 53.
1913, 835,
§§ 201,503.
1917.250, § 1.
Op. A. G. (1920)
252.
Penalty for
alteration, etc.,
of nomination
paper, etc..
Chap. 56. § 13.
Section 8. All certificates of nomination and nomination papers 1
shall, in addition to the names of candidates, specify as to each, (1) his 2
residence, with street and number, if any, (2) the office for which he is 3
nominated, and (3), except as otherwise pro\'ided in this section and in 4
city charters, the party or political principle which he represents, ex- 5
pressed in not more than three words. Certificates of nomination made 6
by convention or caucus shall also state what provision, if any, was made 7
for filling vacancies caused by the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of 8
candidates. The names of the candidates for president and vice presi- 9
dent of the United States may be added to the party or political desig- 10
nation of the candidates for presidential electors. To the name of each 1 1
candidate for alderman at large shall be added the number of the ward 12
in which he resides. 13
If a candidate is nominated otherwise than by a political party, the 14
name of a political party shall not be used in his political designation. 15
Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for town offices need 16
not include a designation of the party or principle which the candidate 17
represents. 18
Same, filing,
acceptance.
1888, 436, § 6.
1889. 413, § 6.
1890.386, § 6;
436, § 3.
1891.305.
1893. 349;
417. §§ 81. 83.
1895, 262, § 2.
1898, 548,
§ 144.
R.L. 11. § 147.
1907, 560.
§§176, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 202, 503.
Section 9. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for 1
state offices shall be filed with the state secretary. Certificates of nomina- 2
tion or nomination papers for city and town offices shall be filed with the 3
city or town clerk. Every nomination paper shall be filed by a responsi- 4
ble person, who shall sign such paper and add to his signature his place 5
of residence, giving street and number, if any; and the state secretary 6
or the city or town clerk shall require a satisfactory identification of such 7
person. No nomination paper shall be received or be valid unless the 8
written acceptance of the candidate thereby nominated shall be filed 9
therewith. Penalty for filing forged, etc., paper, or suppressing valid paper. Chap. 56. § 13. 10
Time for filing
certificates of
nomination and
nomination
papers.
1889.413. § fi.
1890. 436. § 3.
1891.305.
1893. 417, §82.
1895. 244.
1898. 548,
§ 145.
R.L. 11. §148.
1907. 560.
§§ 177, 456.
1912,446.
1913.835.
§§ 203. 503.
Section 10. Certificates of nomination of candidates for offices to 1
be filled by all the voters of the commonwealth, except for presidential 2
electors, shall be filed on or before the seventh Monday, and of all other 3
candidates for oflfices to be filled at a state election, including presi- 4
dential electors, on or before the fifth Thursday, and nomination papers 5
of all candidates for offices to be filled at a state election, on or before the 6
sixth Monday, preceding the day of the election; but if there is a special 7
election to fill any state office, certificates of nomination shall be filed 8
on or before the twelfth day, and nomination papers on or before the 9
eleventh day, preceding the day of such election. 10
In cities, except in Boston and where city charters provide otherwise, 11
certificates of nomination for city offices shall be filed on or before the 12
Chap. 53.] nominations. 437
1.3 third Monday, and nomination papers on or before the second Wednes-
14 day, preceding the day of the election.
15 In towns, certificates of nomination for town offices shall be filed on or in towns.
16 before the second Wednesday, and nomination papers on or before the ilgy.'gi^ '
17 second Thursday, preceding the day of the election; but if such Wednes- i^og. i49.
18 day or Thursday falls on a legal holiday, the said certificates of nomina-
19 tion or nomination papers shall be filed on or before the succeeding day;
20 but if a town election is held on a day of the week other than Monday,
21 such certificates of nomination and nomination papers shall be filed,
22 respectively, on the twelfth and eleventh days preceding the day of the
23 election.
24 Certificates of nomination and nomination papers shall be filed before Last hour
25 five o'clock in the afternoon of the last day fixed therefor. "^ '"^'
18S9, 413, § 6. 1891, 74, § 2. 1893, 417, § 83.
1 Section 11. When certificates of nomination and nomination papers Objections,
2 have been filed, and are in apparent conformity with law, they shall be tfme'of ming,
3 valid unless written objections thereto are made. Such objections shall 1888,436, 1 7.
4 be filed as to state offices with the state secretary, and as to city or town Jggo'lge' 1 1'-
5 offices with the city or town clerk, and in the case of state offices within fgljjj^.^ . „l
6 the se\'enty-two week day hours, in the case of city offices, except where i89s;548!
7 city charters provide otherwise, within the forty-eight week day hours, r. l.'ii, §149.
8 and in the case of town offices within the twenty-four week day hours, 1905; tm, ^^'
9 succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the last day fixed for filing nom- flgy', 550,
10 ination papers for such offices. 191 Mass. 497. 1913, 835, 5§ 204, 503. §§ 178,456.
1 Section 12. Objections to nominations for state offices, and all °te^*by°whom
2 other questions relating thereto, shall be considered by the state ballot considered.
^ 1 .. ..p.,^ .-r, 1 powers, notice,
6 law commission; to nommations^tor city offices, except in isoston, by etc.
4 the board of registrars, the city clerk and the city solicitor; and to nomi- i89o! sm, § e';
5 nations for town offices, by the board of registrars. 1891,^270.
6 Boards in cities and towns may, at hearings on such objections and is93;4?7,'§V80,
7 questions, summon witnesses, administer oaths and require the produc- jg^J'*343
8 tion of books and papers. Such witnesses shall be summoned in the Jf-'^'.^*^'
9 same manner, be paid the same fees, and be subject to the same penalties i89s', 548, § H7.
10 for default, as witnesses before the superior court. A summons may be r. l! 11. '§ iso.
11 signed, and an oath may be administered by any member of such board, IgSf; 5I0, '"'
12 and the decision of the board shall be final. ims^sai^'
13 When such objection has been filed, notice thereof shall be forthwith §§205,503.
14 mailed by the state secretary, or by the city or town clerk, as the case
15 may be, to the candidates aft'ected thereby, addressed to their residences
16 as given in the certificates of nomination or nomination papers, and to
17 any party committee interested in the nomination to which objection is
18 made.
19 If more candidates bearing the same designation are nominated for Determination
20 an office, otherwise than by nomination papers, than are to be elected eamridr^"^"'
21 thereto, such boai
22 such designation.
1 Section 13. A person nominated as a candidate for any state, city withdrawal
2 or town office may withdraw his name from nomination by a request ^ncSd'ates.
3 signed and duly acknowledged by him, and filed with the officer with \lll[ tisi 1 1
438
NOMINATIONS.
[Ch.\p. 53.
1890, 436, 5 9.
1891, 155.
1893, 417, I 84.
1898. 548,
§ 148.
whom the nomination was filed, within the time prescribed by section 4
eleven for filing objections to certificates of nomination and nomina- 5
tion papers. r. l. ii,§i5i. i903, 454, § is. 6
1905, 386, 5§ 4, 16. 1907, 560, §§ 180. 456. 1913, 835, §§ 200, 503.
Penalty for forgery, etc., of withdrawal. Chap. 56, § 13.
Nomination to
fill vacancy,
how made,
when filed,
objections, etc.
1890, 436, § 4.
1891, 278.
1893, 417, § 87.
1895, 253, § 2.
1896, 469. § 7.
1898, 548,
§149.
R. L. 11, § 152.
1903,454, §10.
1905, 386,
5§6, 10, 16.
1907, 560,
§§ 181,456.
1913, 835,
|§ 207, 503.
Section 14. If a candidate nominated for a state, city or town office 1
dies before the day of election, or withdraws his name from nomina- 2
tion, or is found ineligible, the vacancy, except for city offices where city 3
charters provide otherwise, may be filled by the same political party or 4
persons who made the original nomination, and in the same manner; 5
or, if the time is insufficient therefor, the vacancy may be filled, if the 6
nomination was made by a convention or caucus, in such manner as the 7
convention or caucus may have prescribed, or, if no such provision has 8
been made, by a regularly elected general or executive committee rep- 9
resenting the political party or persons who held such convention or 10
caucus. In the event of the withdrawal or death of any candidate of a 11
political party nominated by direct nomination for any office, the vacancy 12
may be filled by a regularly elected general or executive committee 13
representing the election district in which such vacancy occurs, or, if no 14
such committee exists, by the members of the ward and town committees 15
in the wards and towns comprising such district. If a vacancy is caused 16
by withdrawal, certificates of nomination made otherwise than in the 17
original manner shall be filed within seventy-two week day hours in the 18
case of state offices, or within forty-eight week day hours in the case of 19
city or town offices, succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the last day 20
for filing withdrawals. They shall be open to objections in the same 21
manner, so far as practicable, as other certificates of nomination. No 22
vacancy caused by withdrawal shall be filled before the withdrawal has 23
been filed. 24
Certificate in
case of nomi-
nation to fill
vacancy, ac-
ceptance.
1890, 436, § 4.
1891, 278.
1893, 417, 1 80.
1895, 253, I 1.
1898, 548,
§150.
R. L. 11, 1 153.
1907, 560,
§§ 182, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 208, 503.
Section 15. When a nomination is made to fill a vacancy caused by 1
the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate, the certificate of 2
nomination shall, in addition to the other facts required, state the name 3
of the original nominee, the fact of his death, withdrawal or ineligibility, 4
and the proceedings had for filling the vacancy; and the presiding officer 5
and secretary of the convention or caucus, or the chairman and secretary 6
of an authorized committee, shall sign and make oath to the truth of the 7
certificate, and it shall be accompanied by the WTitten acceptance of the 8
candidate nominated. 9
436, § 8.
Section 16. Certificates of nomination, nomination papers, objec- 1
Certificates,
etc., public i
speetion, prea- tions tlicrcto and withdrawals, when filed, shall, under proper regulations,
ervation, etc. .... .11 1 1 • 1
1888, 436, 1 9. be open to public inspection, and the state secretary and the city and
i89o! 386,' § 6- town clcrks shall preserve the same in their offices for one year.
1893. 417, § 88. R. L. 11. § l.H. 1913, 835, §§ 209, 503.
1898, 548, § 151. 1907, 500, §§ 183, 456.
Blanks for
nomination.
1907, 560,
Section 17. The state secretary shall, upon application, provide 1
blank forms for the nomination of candidates for all state offices; and he 2
shall send blank forms for certificates of nomination for the office of repre- 3
sentative in the general court to the clerk of each city and town for the 4
use of any caucus or convention other than of political parties held therein 5
for the nomination of candidates for that office. He shall likewise provide 6
Chap. 53.] questions to be submitted to the voters. 439
7 the clerks of towns wherein official ballots are used with blank forms for
8 the nomination of candidates for town offices.
' i
questions to be submitted to the voters.
1 Section 18. If a proposed amendment to the federal constitution is Opinion of
2 duly submitted to the general court as provided in article five of the con- ascertained as
3 stitution of the United States, and is not ratified at the session at which n?en"sTo
4 it is submitted, there shall be submitted to all the voters of the common- stituSinln
5 wealth at the following state election, if such an election is to occur prior ig''oQ''5eQ^'''''
6 to the next regular session of the general court, otherwise at such special
7 or regular state election as the general court may order, the question
8 whether such ratification is desirable. The question shall be placed
9 upon the official ballot in the following form: "Is it desirable that
10 the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States (de-
ll scribing the same) be ratified by the general court?" The votes cast
12 shall be received, sorted, counted, declared and transmitted to the state
13 secretary, laid before the governor and council, and by them opened
14 and examined in accordance with the laws relating to votes for state
15 officers so far as they are applicable, and the governor shall thereupon
16 communicate to the general court the total number of votes cast in
17 the affirmative and in the negative for the proposed amendment, and
IS likewise the same totals arranged by senatorial and representative
19 districts.
1 Section 19. On an application signed by twelve hundred voters in Questionsof
2 any senatorial district, or by two hundred voters in any representative fobe'subm^tted
in certain dis-
tricts ujjon
application.
1913, 819, §1.
5 sentatives from that district, and stating the substance thereof, the state f[p a. c^
6 secretary shall determine if such question is one of public policy, and if
7 he shall so determine shall draft it in such simple, unequivocal and ade-
8 quate form as he shall deem best suited for presentation upon the ballot.
9 Upon the fulfilment of the requirements of this and the two following
10 sections the state secretary shall place such question on the official ballot
11 to be used in that senatorial or representative district at the next state
12 election.
1 Section 20. Signers of applications shall append to their signatures signers to be
2 their residence, with street and number, if any, and shall be certified as as in case^f '
3 registered voters by the proper registrars of voters. All laws relating to pa™e'rs^"°"
4 nomination papers shall, so far as applicable, apply to such applications. ^^^^' *'^' ^ ^■
1 Section 21, Applications shall be filed with the state secretary not Applications to
2 less than sixty days before the election at which the questions are to be se'cretary^etc.
3 submitted. Not more than two questions under section nineteen shall be ^'"^' ^''' * ''
4 placed upon the ballot at one election, and they shall be submitted in
5 the order in which the applications are filed. No question negatived and
6 no question substantially the same shall be submitted again in less than
7 tliree years.
1 Section 22. No vote under the three preceding sections shall be No instruction
2 regarded as an instruction imder article nineteen of the bill of rights mafOTity^of
3 of the constitution of the commonwealth, unless the question submitted iml^ gil! § 4.
4 receives a majority of all the votes cast at that election. *H°'Tq> ^''^'
440
PRIMARIES.
[ClL\P. 53.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL PRIMARIES.
S'appb'to'air Section 23. Sections twenty-four to forty, inclusive, shall apply to 1
all primaries, except as therein otherwise provided. 2
Conduct of
primaries.
1903, 454,
§§ 2, 7.
1907, 560,
§§ 144, 151,
456.
Section 24. Primaries shall be subject to all laws relating to elections 1
and corrupt practices therein, so far as applicable and except as other- 2
wise provided in this chapter and in chapters fifty-four, fifty-five and 3
fifty-six. 1908, 423, § 2. 1913, 835, §§ 93, 98, 503. 4
candidSrs^' °' SECTION 25. Withdrawals of nominations of persons to be voted for
1895' 507' 1 14 ^* primaries shall be subject to section thirteen, except that the date from
1898] 548', which the time for filing withdrawals shall be computed shall be the last
i9oi,'249, § 2. day for filing nomination papers for such primaries, and that the time
1907,' 560, ' shall be forty-eight hours in the case of a town primary.
§§ 126, 456.
1911, 550, §9.
1913. 835, 5§ 94, 503.
Nomination
fidfty.^' ^Objec-
tions, time for
filing.
1888, 4,36, § 7.
1889, 413, § 7.
Section 26. Section eleven shall apply to nomination papers of 1
candidates to be voted for at primaries, except that the date from which 2
the time for filing objections shall be computed shall be the last day for 3
filing nomination papers for such primaries. i890, 3S6, § 6; 436, § 9. 4
1893,417, §85.
1898, 548, I 146.
R. L. U, § 149.
1905, 386, § 3.
Section 27. Objections to nomination papers of candidates to be 1
1911, 550, § 11. ,. , ,
1913, 83.5, applicable.
§§ 96, 503. ^^
Days and
places of hold-
mg primaries.
1903, 454, § 4.
1907, 560,
§§ 148, 456.
1909,264;
486, § 52.
1911,550, § 2.
1912, 254, I 2;
274, § 1.
1913, 835,
§§97,503,
Section 28. State primaries shall be held on the eighth Tuesday
preceding state elections, city primaries on the third Tuesday preceding
city elections, town primaries on the second Tuesday preceding town
elections, and presidential primaries on the last Tuesday in April ; except
that primaries before a special election shall be held on the second Tues-
day preceding the special election.
Except in Boston, they shall be held wholly or partly by wards, pre-
1919, 289, § 20. cincts or towns, as the aldermen or selectmen may designate.
defignatSTo''^ Section 29. The city or town clerk may designate two inspectors
rfHmliries ^^'^ ^^'''^ dcputy inspcctors, representing the two leading political parties,
1907" 560 ^ ^^ *° serve at primaries, and from the \vhole body of election officers he
§§ 152, 456. may designate officers equally representing the two leading political
§1 100, 503. parties to serve as tellers in any precinct or ward during part of the
Penalty for day for the purpose of receiving ballots, checking names, or canvass-
office""'*"'^' °^ i'lg ^nd counting votes, such tellers to receive such part of a full day's
Chap. 56, § 15. compensation of election officers as the aldermen or selectmen may
determine.
i9TO?454,''§''8. Section 30. In wards or towns where voting is by precincts at elec- 1
H^/M^^ise tions but by wards or towns at primaries, the city or town clerk shall 2
iriof^sos. designate which of the election officers shall serve as primary officers. 3
not'ineiigfb7e°°° SECTION 31. A person shall not be ineligible to act as a primary 1
offio"™'"^ officer because he is a candidate for delegate to a convention, or, except 2
1903, 454, § 8. in Boston, a candidate for or member of a ward or town committee. 3
1907, 560, §§ 154, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 102, 503. 1917, 80.
Chap. 53.] primaries. 441
1 Section 32. Ballots shall be prepared and provided, and the number Ballots for
2 thereof determined, in state and presidential primaries by the state secre- prl^arau™
3 tary, in city and town primaries by the city or town clerk. No other isgi^sol.""^'
4 ballots shall be received or counted, except that if ballots provided for flJI^'sol § le.
5 a state or presidential primary are not delivered, or after delivery lost, J'^j^^j^*'
6 destroved or stolen, ballots similar as far as possible shall be provided bv k l- iivSH'-
, . *■ I , ^ I . . ,^-,1 . r 1 11 1903. 4o4. g 6,
7 the city or town clerk and used at the primary, ihe number oi ballots 1907. seo^
8 provided at a city or town primary shall not for any ward or town exceed 456.
9 one ballot of each party for each voter therein. No such ballots shall {gls'.lss. ^ '"
10 be printed in any printing establishment owned or managed by the city ig/^'^fgo,'''^''''
] 1 of Boston. 1916. 179. §1 1-3. §§ 1-3-
1 Section 33. Ballots for each party shall be printed on paper of a Ballots for
2 different color from that on which the ballots for any other party are be'^prmted on
3 printed. At least six facsimile copies of the ballot for each party, printed Sfffe/ent ?oior,
4 on colored paper, shall be provided for each polling place as specimen ilgg, 54s, § u7.
5 ballots.
R.L. 11,5117.
1907, 560, §§ 130. 150, 456.
1914, 790, § 4.
1903, 454, § 6.
1913, 835, §§ 106, 503.
1916, 179, § 4.
1 Section 34. At the top of each ballot shall be printed the words Ballots, sub-
2 "Official ballot of the (here shall follow the party name) ". On the back rangement
3 of each ballot when folded shall be printed the same words, followed by ^sm^'sw.
4 the number of the precinct and ward or the name of the town for which ftj^ j^g^j
.3 the ballot is prepared, the date of the primary and for state or presi- §§ is, is."
6 dential primaries a facsimile of the signature of the state secretary and i898!548!
7 for city or town primaries a facsimile of the signature of the city or town igoi, 402. § 1.
8 clerk. Names of candidates for each elective office shall be arranged fns/''
9 alphabetically according to their surnames. 190?; sua ^'''
10 Names of candidates for ward or town committees, and for delegates fl,',^^ **';•,„
1 • • 11 11 1911,550, § 12.
1 1 to conventions shall be arranged in groups in such order as may be de- 1913.835.
12 termined by lot, under the direction of the state secretary, who shall 1914, 700, § .5.
1:] notify each state committee and gi\'e a representative of each such com- ■ ' ■ ^•
14 mittee an opportunity to be present. When necessary, groups may be
l.j printed on the ballot in two or more columns.
16 Against the name of a candidate for an elective office, for a ward or Residence to
1 7 town committee or for a member of a state committee shall be printed " ''"° ^
18 the street and number, if any, of his residence.
19 Against the name of a candidate for an elective office shall be printed be^priDted.'"
20 the statement contained in the nomination paper placing him in
21 nomination.
22 No names shall be printed on a ballot other than those presented on Nomination
23 nomination papers. Immediately following the names of candidates, '^^^" '^'^''""^
24 blank spaces equal to the number of persons to be chosen shall be pro-
25 vided for the insertion of other names.
26 The number of persons to be voted for for the different offices shall be Number to be
27 stated on the ballot. be stated. °
28 The form of ballots and the arrangement of printed matter thereon Form, etc
29 shall be in general the same as that of the official state ballots, except as
30 otherwise provided in this chapter.
1 Section 35. A cross (X) marked against a name shall constitute a a cross to
2 vote for the person so designated. A cross in the circle at the head of a vote.'etc.^"
442
PRIMARIES.
[Chap. 5.3.
1594, 504, § 25.
1595, 507, § IS.
1897, 530, § 4.
1S9S, 548,
§ 119.
K, L. 11. § 119.
1904, 201.
1907, 560,
§§ 132, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 108, 503.
group of candidates for ward committees or for delegates to a state con- 3
■\-ention shall count as a vote for each candidate therein. A voter may 4
vote for one or more candidates in any such group by marking a cross 5
against the name of each such candidate, or he may insert another 6
name and mark a cross against it. If he votes for more candidates 7
than the number to be elected, his vote shall not be counted. 8
Delivery of
ballots, etc.,
at polling
places.
Posting
specimen
ballots.
1894, 504, § 26.
1895, 507, § 19.
1898, 548,
5 120.
R, L. 11. § 120.
1907, 560,
S§ 133,456.
1908, 423. § 1.
1913. 835,
H 109,503.
1914. 790. § 6.
1916. 179, § 6.
Section .36. The city or town clerk, before the opening of the polls on 1
the day of the primary, shall deliver at the polling place to the warden 2
or, if he is absent, to the clerk or, if both are absent, then to any inspec- 3
tor, ballot boxes, ballots, specimen ballots, voting lists, suitable blank 4
forms and apparatus for canvassing and counting the ballots and making 5
the returns, a seal of suitable device and a record book for each polling G
place. The presiding officer at each polling place shall, before the open- 7
ing of the primary, conspicuously post in such polling place at least six 8
specimen ballots for each party, which shall be kept so posted until the 9
polls are closed, except that where voting booths are provided two of 10
the six specimen ballots for each party may be posted on the outside 11
of the booth. 12
1903, 454, § 11.
1907, 429.
§ 14: 560,
§§ 156,456.
1911, 550, § 13.
1913, 835,
H 110. 503.
1914, 790, § 7.
1916, 179, § 7.
1920, 493, § 1.
Section 37. When, in a primary, a ^•oter seeks to pass the guard 1
rail, he shall be asked by one of the ballot clerks with which political 2
party he desires to be enrolled, and the ballot clerk upon reply shall dis- 3
tinctly announce the name of such political party and give him such 4
political party ballot. The voter's selection shall be checked on the 5
■\-oting list used by the ballot clerk, and such list shall be returned to 6
the city or town clerk for preservation for three years. Said officers 7
shall, upon receiving a written request therefor, signed by the chairman 8
of any ward, town or city committee, or by at least ten voters in the 9
ward, town or precinct for which the list is desired, furnish a certified 10
copy of said list to any ward, town or city committee. The party en- 11
rolment of voters on such voting lists, and all subsequent party enrolment 12
of voters, shall be transferred each year to the voting lists used at subse- 13
quent primaries, if the names of such voters have been entered in the 14
annual register prepared by the registrars. 15
Voters enrolled
in one political
party not to
receive ballot
of another
political party,
except, etc.
1911.550,1 14.
1913,835.
§5 111.503.
1914. 790. § 8.
1916, 179, § 8.
Section 38. No voter enrolled at a primary shall be allowed to re- 1
ceive the ballot of any political party except that with which he is so 2
enrolled ; but he may establish, change or cancel his enrolment by appear- 3
ing in person before the city or town clerk and requesting in writing to 4
have his enrolment changed to another party, or cancelled, or by filing 5
with such officer the said request in writing duly acknowledged, and 6
such change or cancellation shall take effect at the exj^iration of thirty 7
days thereafter. No voter enrolled as a member of one political party 8
shall be allo\\ed to receive the ballot of any other political party, upon 9
a claim by him of erroneous enrolment, except upon a certificate of such 10
error from the registrars, which shall be presented to the presiding 11
officer of the primary and preserved as part of the records of such pri- 12
mary; but the political party enrolment of a voter shall not preclude 13
liim from recei\'ing at a city or town primary the ballot of any municipal 14
party, though in no one primary shall he receive more than one party 15
ballot. IG
CiiAP. 53.] PRiiLAHiEs. 443
1 Section 39. In counting votes when the ballots are removed from Counting of
2 the ballot box, they shall first be sorted into piles, one for each party, i903!'454, § 12.
3 and each pile shall be counted and sealed separately. Votes shall be |§°i57*456.
4 counted only for nominations of the party on whose ballot they appear. |§'u2^563
1914, 790, § 9. 1916, 179, § 9.
Penalty for false count, etc.. Chap. 56. | 15.
1 Section 40. No person who is a candidate for a political office at a Number of
2 primary, and whose name is not printed on the ballot therefor, shall be nomfnat^by '°
3 deemed to be nominated unless he receives a number of votes at least igis^lal'"'
4 equal to the number of signatures which would be required by law to place f /j^® gg
5 his name on the ballot as a candidate at such primary.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO STATE PRI.MARIES.
1 Section 41. Primaries shall be held for the nomination of candi- anTe'Sctmnl at
2 dates of political parties for all offices to be filled at a state election, ex- ^o-^<^ primaries.
3 cept presidential elector, and for the election of district members of state applicable
4 committees, members of ward and town committees, and delegates to 1913! sssi
5 state conventions of political parties. Sections forty-two to fifty-four, "^' ^'^'
6 inclusive, shall apply to such primaries.
1 Section 42. In cities or towns where the aldermen or selectmen Notice to state
2 determine the question of holding primaries by wards, precincts or primari^ wm
3 groups of precincts, they shall give notice of their determination to the waJds'''p'j^
4 state secretary on or before August first; except that in case of prima- cincts, or
_ . , « .... 1 1 n • 1 . 1 f groups of
5 ries before special elections tne\^ shall gi\-e such notice at least fourteen precincts.
• • 1911 550 5 2
6 days before the primaries. 1912. 274, § 1. 1913, sss, §§ 114, 503.
1 Section 43. The polls at every state primary shall be open during whenpoiis
2 such hours, not less than nine in cities or two in towns, as may be desig- 1911, sso."! 3.
3 nated by the aldermen in cities, and in towns by by-law or vote, or, in 5§'n|^|o3
4 default of such by-law or vote, by the selectmen. 1920, 4si.
1 Section 44. The nomination of candidates for nomination or elec- Nomination
2 tion at state primaries shall be by nomination papers. In the case of ofsfgnat'u"S''^'^
3 offices to be filled by all the voters of the commonwealth such papers Hlf ^' | \^-
4 shall be signed in the aggregate by at least one thousand voters, not less Ilqg tyj'.^ '^•
5 than two hundred and fifty to be from each of four different counties. 5*8. § los.
6 Such papers for all other offices to be filled at a state election, and for r. l! 11, § los.
7 members of committees and delegates to the state convention, shall be igos! 386! § 2.
8 signed by a number of voters ecjual in the aggregate to five voters for §§°/2o.«6
9 each ward or town in the district or county, but in no case shall more than JgjJ' l^- ^ *■
10 two hundred and fifty be required. 163 Mass. 539. 55116,503.
1 Section 4.5. Every nomination paper shall state, in addition to the samc, contents,
2 name of the candidate, (1) his residence, with street and number thereof, ofsigne^'.™'*
3 if any, (2) the office for which he is nominated, (3) the political party nu''^^e^°of'
4 whose nomination he seeks, and, except for candidates for ward and 5?;"<?''i?,'«^-
, , . . , 1894. 504,
5 town committees and delegates to conventions, the paper may state, §5 is. le.
• * • '111/' 1895 507
6 in not more than eight words, the public offices which he holds or has 55 ",'8.
7 held, and, if he is an elected incumbent of an office for which he seeks isgs! i7i': 548,
8 renomination, that he is a candidate for such renomination. ^^ ^°'*' ^°^'
444
[Chap. 53.
1900. 245.
1901,435.
R. L. 11.
§§ lOS. 109.
1903, 474, 5 7.
1904, 275.
1905, 386, I 2.
1907, 429. I 5;
560, §§ 120,
121,456.
1911,550. § 5.
1912.446, §2;
483, § 1.
1913, 835,
§§ 117, 503.
Signatures shall be subject to section seven, and every voter may 9
sign as many nomination papers for each office as there are persons to 10
be nominated for or elected thereto, and no more. 1 1
A nomination paper shall be valid only in respect to a candidate whose 12
written acceptance is thereon. L3
No nomination paper shall contain the name of more than one candi- 14
date, except in the case of delegates to the state convention and members 15
of ward and town committees. i^w. 79o. § lo. IQ
1915, 283, § 1. 163 Mass. 539. Penalty for false statement, Chap. 56, § 14.
Same, certifi-
cation, limi-
tation on can-
didates.
1911.550,
§ 6; 745.
1912.275;
483, § 2.
1913. 835.
§§ 118.503.
1914,790. § 11.
1916, 179, § 10.
1917, 79.
Section 46. Every nomination paper shall be submitted, on or be- 1
fore five o'clock in the afternoon of the Friday preceding the day on 2
which it must be filed, to the registrars of the city or town in which the 3
signers appear to be voters, who shall forthwith certify thereon the 4
number of signatures which are names of voters both in the city or town 5
and in the district for which the nomination is made, and who are not 6
enrolled in any other party than that whose nomination the candidate 7
seeks. 8
The provisions of section seven relative to the number of names to be 9
certified and received, and to names not certified in the first instance, 10
shall apply to such papers. For the purpose of certifying to the names 11
on primary nomination papers the registrars shall hold meetings on the 12
four Fridays next preceding the date on which such papers are required 13
to be filed with the state secretary, except that for primaries before 14
special elections the meetings shall be held on the two Fridays next pre- 15
ceding such date. 16
No person shall be a candidate for nomination for more than one 17
office; but this shall not apply to candidates for membership in political 18
committees or delegations to the state convention. 19
Same, prepara-
tion, etc.
1911.550. § 7.
1913. 835,
§§ 119,503.
Section 47. Nomination papers for use in the nomination of candi- 1
dates to be voted for at state primaries shall be prepared, and on request 2
furnished, by the state secretary. 3
Same, last day
for filing.
1911. 550. § 8.
1912,274, §2;
446, § 3.
1913, 835.
§§ 120, 503.
Section 48. All nomination papers of candidates to be voted for at
state primaries shall be filed with the state secretary on or before the
fifth Tuesday preceding the day of the primaries; except in the case of
primaries before special elections, when nomination papers shall be filed
on or before the second Tuesday preceding the day of the primaries.
ras™" d'eath," Section 49. If a pcrsou nominated to be voted for at a state primary
?neh''iS™v °'^ ^^^^ before the day of the primary, or withdraws his name from nomina-
1913' 835 ^ ^°' ^'*^"' °'" ''^ found ineligible, and there is no other candidate for the party
§ 121. ' nomination for the office, the vacancy may be filled by the state com-
mittee, if the candidate is one to be voted for by all the voters of the
commonwealth; and, in the case of candidates for nomination or election
in a district, by the members of the ward and town committees in the
wards and towns comprising the district.
rauTeTby SECTION 50. In cases of withdrawal, nominations to fill vacancies 1
time'i?fimng ^^^^'^ ^^ ^^^'^^ '^^'^^'^ t^^^ statc Secretary within seventy-two week day 2
isi'i'^'ws'' hours succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the last day for filing 3
1893', 417; § 87. withdrawals. 4
Chap. 53.] primaries. 445
5 They shall be open to objections in the same manner, so far as practi- i|95, 253, § 2.
6 cable, as other nominations. isqs! ms!
7 No vacancy caused by withdrawal shall be filled before the withdrawal r. l.u, § 152.
8 has been filed
1905,386,8 5. 1907, ,51,0, 5§ 181, 456. 1013, S35, §§ 122, 603.
1 Section 51. No ballots cast at a state primary shall be counted ^^"counted'"
2 until the close of the polls. 1911, SSO. § is. 1913, 835, 5§ 123. 503. before close
■^ of polls.
1 Section 52. Upon receipt of the records of votes cast at state pri- Canvass and
2 maries the city or town clerk shall forthwith canvass the same and votes, etc
3 within four days after said primary make return of the votes for candi- 1912! 261'.
4 dates for nomination for state offices, and for election as members of the §§\^24^ ms.
5 state committee, to the state secretary, who shall forthwith canvass such i9i7, si.
6 returns, determine the results thereof, notify the successful candidates,
7 and certify to the state committees the names of the persons nominated
8 for state offices and elected as members of state committees. Said clerks
9 shall determine the results of the vote for delegates to state conventions
10 and members of ward and town committees, issue proper certificates
1 1 thereof to the successful candidates, and notify the chairmen of the city
12 and town committees of the respective parties.
1 Section 53. In case of a tie vote where the number of persons re- vacancies
2 ceiving equal votes exceeds the number of nominations available, there or'in°detlga-^°
3 shall be deemed to be a vacancy. If the tie is between candidates for n,°t"p°/ ^ow"
4 an office to be filled by all the voters of the commonwealth, the vacancy ^i'^f ,„, , „
1 • Ti- 1 ■ • 1 1-1 1894, 504, § 9.
5 shall be failed by the state committee. It the tie is between candidates i895, 439, § u
6 for nomination for any other office, the vacancy shall be filled by the i898! 548,' § 93.
7 members of the ward and town committees in the district for which the r.°l! ii^'§ 93.
8 nomination is to be made. If there is a tie vote for delegates to a con- §§°/d3^ ^e.
9 vention, or a place unfilled in a delegation, or a vacancy occasioned by }g}^' Ig^' ^ ''^•
10 inability or neglect of a delegate elected to attend a convention, such §§ 125, 563.
1 1 vacancy shall be filled only by vote of the remaining members of the dele-
12 gation at a meeting called therefor. Such meeting shall choose a chair-
13 man and secretary, and the secretary shall notify the secretary of the
14 convention of the action taken relative to the vacancy, except that, if
15 only one delegate or two delegates were to be elected, the delegate or
16 remaining delegate, as the case may be, shall fill the vacancy and notify
17 the secretary of the convention of that action.
18 If there is a tie for members of a ward or town committee, the mem-
19 bers elected shall fill the vacancy.
20 If a majority of a delegation, or of a ward or town committee, is not
21 elected, the vacancy shall be filled by the persons elected to the ward or
22 town committee.
23 All vacancies caused by ties shall be filled only by the choice of one
24 of the candidates receiving the tie vote.
1 Section 54. A political party may, upon the call of its state com- state con-
2 mittee, but not earlier than one week nor later than two weeks after the poHtimf °^
3 holding of the primaries, hold a state convention for the purpose of ^gji'^^^o § is
4 adopting a platform, electing such number of members at large of the IgJI'^gf-
5 state committee as may be fixed by it, nominating presidential electors, §§ 126, sos.
6 and for such other purposes consistent with law as the state committee
7 or the convention may determine. Such convention shall consist of the
446
PRIMARIES.
[Chap. 53.
delegates elected at the state primary, the members of the state com- 8
mittee, the United States senators from Massachusetts who are mem- 9
bers of the party, the nominees of the party for all offices to be filled at 10
the state election, and in years in which no elections are held for such 11
offices, the incumbents of tliose offices who are members of the party. 12
Primaries for
municipal
nominations.
Certain sec-
tions to
apply.
1903, 454, § 2.
1907, 560,
§§ 144, 456.
Submission
of question
of holding
Notice of
result to state
secretary.
1903, 4.54.
§§ 2, IS.
1904,41; 377.
1905,386, §17
1907, 560,
§§ 145, 456.
1910, 520.
1913, 835,
§§ 129, 503.
200 Mass. 152.
Notices of
intention to
participate in
primaries to be
furnished.
1905, 386. § 11.
1907, 560,
§§ 146. 456.
1913. 835.
§§ 130, 503.
Blank nomi-
nation papers
to be pro-
vided, etc.
1894. 504. § 22.
1895, 507, § 6.
1898, 548,
S 107.
R.L. 11, §107.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CITY AND TOWN PRIMARIES.
Section 55. The nomination of candidates of political and municipal
parties to be voted for at city and town elections, in cities and towns
where such nominations are permitted by law, and which vote that pri-
maries shall be held therein, shall be made under sections twenty-three to
forty, and fifty-six to sixty-four, both inclusive.
1913, 835, §§ 128, 503. 2 Op. A. G. 473.
Section 56. In any city or town which has adopted the provisions
of law for nominating by primaries, the following question shall be put 2
on the official ballot at any city election or annual town meeting on 3
petition of five per cent of the voters registered at the time of the pre- 4
ceding city election or annual town meeting, filed with the city or town 5
clerk on or before the last day for filing nomination papers: "Shall 6
primaries for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at city (or 7
town) elections continue to be held in this city (or town)?" In any city , 8
or town not nominating by primaries, w'here such nominations are per- 9
mitted by law, the following question may, by similar petition, be put 10
on the ballot at the next city election or annual town meeting: "Shall 11
primaries for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at city (or 12
town) elections be held in this city (or town)?" In accordance with the 13
result of such vote, such primaries shall or shall not thereafter be held. 14
Clerks of cities or towns which vote to hold primaries or to rescind 15
such action shall forthwith notify the state secretary of such vote. 16
Section 57. Notices of intention to participate in primaries shall 1
be furnished to the city or town clerk, not less than twenty-two days 2
prior to the day on which the primaries are to be held, by the city and 3
town committees of such political and municipal parties as are entitled 4
to and desire to participate therein. 5
Section 58. The city or town clerk shall seasonably prepare, and 1
the city or town shall provide, blank nomination papers for use in the 2
nomination of candidates to be voted for at city or town primaries. 3
Such papers shall state the place where, and the day and hour prior to 4
which, nomination papers shall be filed. i903, 454, § 5. 5
1907, 560, §§ 119, 149, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 131, 503.
Nominations
to be made by
nomination
papers,
signatures,
acceptance.
1894, 504, § 15.
1895, 507, I 7.
1896,469, § 13.
1898, 171;
548, § 108.
1901,435.
R. L. 11,
§ 108.
1903, 474. § 7.
1905, 386, § 2.
1907, 560,
§1 120, 456.
Section 59. Nominations of candidates for elective offices, to be 1
voted for at a primary, shall be made by nomination papers, as herein- 2
after provided. Such nominations shall be made on the blank nomina- 3
tion papers prepared in accordance with the preceding section; and no 4
nomination paper offered for filing shall be received or be valid to which 5
is attached any card, paper or other device containing the name of a 6
candidate, his wTitten acceptance, or the signature of any A'oter required 7
by this section. Such papers shall be signed by at least five \oters of the 8
ward or town where the primary is to be held, who shall add to their 9
signatures the street and number, if any, of their residences. Such papers 10
Chap. 53.] primaries. , 447
11 for a district composed of more than one ward shall be signed by a num- 1913, sss,
12 ber of voters equal in the aggregate to not less than five voters for each los^lfiS'^ssg.
13 ward in said district. Nomination papers shall not contain a larger
14 number of names of candidates than there are persons to be elected.
15 No vacancy caused by the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of any
16 candidate shall be filled, unless the person entitled to fill such vacancy
17 files the written acceptance of the candidate who is nominated to fill the
IS vacancy.
1 Section 60. Section forty-five shall apply to nomination papers Nomination
2 for city and town primaries, except that the name of more than one Fsg^sw?? 16.
3 candidate may appear on the same nomination paper, if it contains no llgi^sJs.'liM.
4 more names of candidates than there are persons to be elected. 1900,245.
R. L. 11, § 109.
1910. 200.
1914, 345.
1904, 275.
1913, 835, §§ 132, 133, 503.
1920, 579,
1907,429, §5; 560, §§121
, 149, 456.
Penalty for false statement. Chap. 56, § 14.
1 Section 61. All nomination papers of candidates to be voted for at Same, filing.
2 city or town primaries shall be filed with the city or town clerk not less e".' ™'°"'
3 than ten week days pre\ious to the day on which the primary is to be §§\34^m'3.* ^'
4 held for which the nominations are made. Every such nomination igil^lw's u.
5 paper shall be submitted at or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the }g|o'2'
6 Friday preceding the day on which it must be filed to the registrars of
7 the city or town where the signers appear to be ^■ote^s, and the registrars
■S shall forthwith certify thereon a number of signatures which are names
9 of ^-oters both in the city or town and in the district for which the nomi-
10 nation is made. They need not certify a greater number of names than
11 are required to make a nomination, increased by one fifth thereof.
12 Names not certified in the first instance shall not thereafter be certified
13 on the same nomination papers. The city or town clerk shall not be re-
14 quired, in any case, to receive nomination papers for a candidate after
15 receiving papers containing a sufficient number of certified names to
16 make a nomination, increased by one fifth thereof.
1 Section 62. In case of a vacancy caused by the death, withdrawal X'"'^?.'.'''?'
.... * * . . now nlled.
2 or ineligibility of a candidate, the person who filed the nomination paper is^^ sw, 1 20.
3 placing such candidate in nomination may fill the vacancy by presenting i898! 548',
4 a new name on a nomination paper signed by him. If such vacancy was 1901,249, § 2
5 caused by withdra\\al, the nomination paper shall be filed within twenty- 190^; 50b? '^*'
6 four week day hours succeeding five o'clock of the last day for making Hq'^' "®'
7 withdrawals. 1910, 182. 1913, 835, §§ 135, 503.
1 Section 63. The polls at every such primary shall be open during Poiistobe
2 such hours, not less than nine in cities nor four in towns, as may be desig- cer'tain"houra.
3 nated by the aldermen or selectmen.
1903, 454, § 10. 1907, 560, §§ 155, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 136, 503.
1 Section 64. City and town clerks shall canvass the returns of votes, Canvass of
2 determine the results, and issue proper certificates thereof to the success- vo\"s°et°c.
3 ful candidates. 1905,3S6, §14. 1907. 560, §§ 158, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 137, 503. 1903, 454, § 13.
provisions applying to presidential primaries.
1 Section 65. Sections sixty-six to seventy, inclusive, shall apply to Certain sec-
2 presidential primaries. to°preaWe?itiai
448
PRIMARIES.
[CiLiP. 53.
Delegates to
national con-
ventions,
election, f]:cing
number, etc.
1904, 17B.
1907, 560,
§§ 107, 456.
1912, 254. I 1.
1913. 835.
§§ 138, 503.
Section 66. In any year in which candidates for presidential elec- 1
tors are to be elected, the election of delegates and of alternate delegates 2
to national conventions of political parties shall be by direct plurality 3
vote in primaries. The number of district delegates and the number of 4
district alternate delegates, not less than one from each congressional 5
district, and the number of delegates and alternate delegates at large, 6
shall be fixed by the state committee, who shall give notice thereof to the 7
state secretary on or before the third Wednesday in March. 8
Notice to state
secretary of
determination
to hold prima-
ries by wards,
precincts, etc.
1912, 254, § 2.
Section 67. In cities and towns where the question of holding
primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts is determined by
the aldermen or selectmen, they shall give notice of their determination to
the state secretary on or before the third Wednesday in March.
1913, 835, §§ 139, 503.
Preference of
delegates for
president to
be placed on
ballots if can-
didate assents.
1912, 2.54, § 3.
1913. 835,
§§ 140,503.
1910, 16.
Section 68. The state secretary shall cause to be placed on the
official ballot for use in primaries at which delegates to national conven-
tions of political parties are electe<l, under separate lieadings, and in the
following order, the names of candidates for delegates at large, alternate
delegates at large, district delegates, and alternate district delegates.
The names of candidates appearing in nomination papers containing
nominations for all the places to be filled shall be placed first on said
ballot, arranged in groups and in the same order as in the nomination 8
papers. The order in which the groups shall appear shall be determined 9
by lot in thi manner provided in section thirty-four. The names of 10
candidates appearing in nomination papers containing nominations for 11
less than all the places to be filled shall follow, alphabetically arranged. 12
The ballot shall also contain a statement of the preference, if any, of each 13
candidate for delegate as to a candidate for nomination for president, 14
provided that such statement appears in his nomination papers; but no 15
such statement of preference by any candidate for delegate shall appear 16
upon the ballot unless such candidate for nomination for president files 17
his written assent thereto with the state secretary on or before five o'clock 18
in the afternoon of the last day for filing nomination papers. Such as- 19
sent may be communicated by telegraph. Upon the receipt of the 20
records of votes cast at presidential primaries, the city or town clerk 21
shall forthwith canvass the same and make return thereof to the state 22
secretary, who shall forthwith canvass such returns, determine the re- 23
suits thereof, and notify the successful candidates. 24
Vacancy in
delegation to
national con-
vention, how
filled.
1913, 835,
§ 141.
Section 69. In case of the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a 1
candidate for delegate to a national convention, the vacancy may be 2
filled in any manner which is clearly provided for on the nomination 3
paper placing such candidate in nomination, before the signature of any 4
voter is entered thereon, otherwise the remaining candidate or candi- 5
dates nominated by the same nomination paper may fill the vacancy. 6
In case of a withdrawal, such vacancy must be filletl by filing in the 7
office of the state secretary, within se\'enty-two week day hours succeed- 8
ing five o'clock in the afternoon of the last day for filing withdrawals, a 9
statement signed by the person or persons authorized to fill the vacancy, 10
giving the name and residence of the candidate nominated, accompanied 1 1
by his written acceptance. 12
Chap. 53.] caucuses. 449
1 Section 70. The provisions of law relating to primaries consistent Certain pro-
2 with the three preceding sections shall apply to presidential primaries to apply.
3 so far as practicable. i9i2. 254, § 4. 1913, sss, §§ U2. 503.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL CAUCUSES OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
1 Section 71. In cities and towns which have not accepted the pro- Certain cities
2 visions of law relating to primaries for the nomination of municipal nSminate'at''
3 officers, political parties which nominate candidates for elective city or certafrpro-
4 town offices shall do so by direct plurality vote in caucuses, except when ™a°p"piy.^ '^^
5 city or town charters provide otherwise. All provisions of law relative J^jj^, 537, § 4.
6 to the preparation of nomination papers and ballots, to primaries and §§i«'fi. i6'7,456.
7 elections, to ballots cast at primaries and elections, and to recounts of §5193.104,503.
8 such ballots, shall, so far as applicable, apply to such caucuses. '"^ '
1919,5. 1920,2. 2 Op. A. G. 469.
1 Section 72. Each city or town committee may make reasonable City and town
2 regulations, consistent with law, relative to caucuses called by it and to mS,^lkl^
3 determine membership in the party, and to restrain persons not entitled etS."^""""^'
4 to vote at caucuses from attendance thereat or taking part therein. But ||^|'|°'*'
5 no political committee shall prevent any voter from participating in a Jf^l'^*^'
G caucus of its party for the reason that the voter has supported an in- 1897.530,
7 dependent candidate for political office. isgs, 543, § ss.
1 Section 73. If in a city, except Boston, or town wherein elections Caucuses may
2 are held by precincts, the city or town committee of either of the two precrnctsor
3 leading political parties shall file with the aldermen or selectmen, at dn"ts''iifcer^
4 least two weeks prior to the time of holding its caucuses, a notice that JloV'^so'o'sg?
5 such party desires to hold its caucuses by precincts, or by groups of pre- jsu, 378.
6 cincts in any ward, the aldermen or selectmen shall furnish a polling §§143.563.
7 place in each precinct or group of precincts for the use of such party,
8 as provided in section ninety-three, and the caucuses of such party shall
9 be held accordingly.
1 Section 74. Caucuses relative to a special election shall be held at Caucuses reia-
2 such time and place and subject to such reasonable notice as the political elections.
3 committee whose duty it is to provide for holding the same may deter- isqs! 548,' § sg!
4 mine. Calls therefor shall be issued by the chairman and secretary of i907;56b, ^^'
5 said political committee. 1913, 83.5, §§ 144. 503. ^^ ^^' **''■
1 Section 75. Every caucus of a political party shall be called by a Caiiingof
2 written or printed notice. No caucus or meeting of a political party not i894!To4,'' "'
3 so called shall be recognized as valid under sections seventy-one to figs, 489, §10.
4 eighty-one, inclusive. The presiding officer at a caucus shall open it at lill;^!,'!^:
5 the hour appointed therefor in the notice thereof. R. l. 11, § 90.
1903, 474, §6. 1907, 5G0, §§ 100, 45G. 1913, 835, §§ 145, 503. 191 Mass. 497.
1 Section 76. Notices of caucuses shall apply to all members of the Caucuses open
2 party calling them, and to them only. No person having voted in the bersof'^h™cai
3 caucus of one political party shall be entitled to vote or take part in them, "^"chal-
4 the caucus of another political party within the twelve ensuing months; 'I'gg^'^so/'l's.'
450
[Chap. 53.
1S95, 489, § 7.
1897,530. § 11.
1898. 548. § 91.
R. L. 11. § 91.
1907, 429, § 16;
560, §§ 101,
456.
1913, 835.
§ 146.
181 Mass. 184.
2 Op. A. G. 644.
Penalty for
violation by
officer,
Chap. 56, § 16;
by voter. Id.,
§ 32; for false
oath, Id., § 31.
except that voting or taking part in the caucuses of any municipal party 5
by any voter shall not affect his legal right to vote or to take part in the 6
caucuses of any political party, for any other election, and having voted 7
or taken part in the caucuses of a political party for any previous elec- 8
tion, shall not affect his right to vote or take part in the caucuses of any 9
municipal party. No voter shall be prevented from voting or partici- 10
pating in any caucus if he takes the following oath, which shall be ad- 11
ministered to him by the presiding officer of the caucus: 12
You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are a registered voter in this ward
(or town) and have the legal right to vote in this caucus; that you are a member
of the political party holding the same, and intend to vote for its candidates at
the polls at the election next ensuing; and that you have not taken part or
voted in the caucus of any other political party for twelve months last past.
Such voter may be challenged like any other voter. Any person whose 1.3
right to vote is challenged for any cause recognized by law shall not be 14
permitted to vote until he has taken the foregoing oath; and the clerk 15
or secretary of the caucus shall make a record of the administration 16
of said oath to every person taking the same, which record shall state 17
whether or not said person voted. The record shall be returned with the 18
proceedings of said caucus and shall be prima facie evidence in any court 19
that such person took said oath and \'oted in said caucus. 20
^o°be'uied^ SECTION 77. In balloting, the voting lists furnished under section
lilt' 504 5 32' sixty-two of chapter fifty-one shall be used as check lists, and no person
1895! 489,' § 13! shall vote or take part in a caucus whose name does not appear upon
said lists, unless he presents to the presiding officer of the caucus the
certificate provided for by section fifty-nine of said chapter.
1913, 835, §§ 147, 503. 181 Mass. 184.
1898, 548, § 92.
R. L. 11, §92,
1907, 560,
§§ 102, 456.
caucus*officers. SECTION 78. If there is a tie vote for any caucus officer, the caucus 1
1895' 489' § 14 o^cers clcctcd shall fill the vacancy. is97, 530, § 5. 2
1898, 548, § 93. R. L. 11, § 93. 1907, 560, §§ 103, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 148, 503.
Section 79. The presiding officer and secretary or clerk of each 1
Certificates of
election, etc.
Jco«' !??' 1 1^- caucus shall within three week days after its final adjournment deliver
18yb, 435, so. .« 1* t * ^ • i i
1898, 548, § 94. or scnd to each caucus officer a certificate oi his election, and to each
1907] 560, candidate for an elective office a notice of his nomination.
§§ 104, 456.
1913, 835, §§ 149, 503.
Returns of
caucuses at
which direct
nominations
are made,
tabulation of
results, notice
to nominees,
etc.
1902. 537, § 2.
1903, 453, i 1.
1906, 444, I 9.
1907, 560,
§§ 105, 170,
456.
1911, 363; 354.
1913, 835,
§1 150, 196, 503.
Section 80. Returns of all caucuses of political parties at which are 1
made any direct nominations for a district comprising more than one 2
ward, or where caucuses are held by precincts or by groups of pre- 3
cincts in any ward or town, shall be made in accordance with section one 4
hundred and ten. Immediately upon receipt of such returns the city 5
or town clerk shall tabulate and determine the results thereof, shall notify 6
the successful candidates, and cause their names to be printed on the 7
ballot to be used at the ensuing election. Recounts of ballots cast at 8
such caucuses shall be made as provided in section one hundred and 9
twelve. 10
caleIo*fUrect SECTION 81. If there is a tie votc for any Candidate of a political party 1
nomination, nominated directlj' for any office, for a district comprising more than 2
1903, 453,' § 2. one ward, the regularly elected general or executive committee represent- 3
Chap. 53.] caucuses. 451
4 ing the party for the election district in which such vote has been cast i907. seO;
5 shall fill the vacancy, but only by the choice of one of the candidates i9i3. sss? '
6 receiving such tie vote. ^^ ^^^' ^°^-
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CAUCUSES OF POLITICAL PARTIES AT WHICH
OFFICIAL BALLOTS ARE NOT USED.
1 Section 82. At least two weeks prior to the date on which caucuses Poiung places
2 are to be held, the chairman or secretary of the city or town committee *°^.''* p'^""''^'*-
3 shall notify the aldermen or the selectmen respectively of such date, ilgsitsl; §Vi;
4 and said aldermen or selectmen shall, at the expense of the city or town, iggg^^g 5 95
5 provide polling places for said caucuses, in case of a city, not less than R- l' n. § 95.
6 one for each ward; and shall, at least ten days prior to the date of §'§108.456.
7 said caucus, give said chairman or secretary notice of the places so §§ is2, 503.
8 provided.
1 Section 83. Notice of caucuses, signed by the chairman and secre- Notice of
2 tary, shall be issued by each city and town committee not less than seven procedure.
3 days prior to the day on which they are to be held. The notices shall llgsltsl; |^2;
4 state the place where and the day and hour when the several caucuses i8g8^|4g'f96
5 are to be held. They shall be conspicuously posted in at least five places i899;329!| 2.'
6 on the public ways, and, if practicable, in every post office in the city 1802; sob.
7 or town, or shall be published at least twice in one or more local news- §§ 169.456.
8 papers. The hour fixed for calling the caucus to order shall not be later §§^^53^563.
9 than eight o'clock in the evening. The notice shall designate by name
10 or office the person who shall call such caucus to order, and he shall
11 preside until a chairman is chosen. If he is absent at the time appointed,
12 any member of the ward or town committee present shall call the caucus
13 to order and preside until a chairman is chosen. The first business in
14 order shall be the choice of a chairman, a secretary and such other officers
15 as the meeting may determine. No person shall serve as a caucus officer
16 at any caucus in which he is a candidate for a nomination to an elective
17 office.
1 Section 84. A ballot shall be taken for the choice of any candidate. Balloting and
2 to be selected by such caucus, and the polls shall be kept open at least caucus"" "
3 thirty minutes. 1893, 417, § 69.
1894. 504, § 32. 1898, 548, § 97. 1907, 560, §§110. 456.
1895,489,513. R. L. 11, § 97. 1913. 835, §§ 154, 503.
1 Section 85. If a majority of caucus officers is not elected, or there is Proceedinga
2 a tie vote for candidates for an elective office, the caucus shall at once votrfor"
3 proceed to another ballot unless some one present entitled to vote objects; etc^"™ °^'^^'
4 in which case the caucus shall adjourn to any subsequent day. The j^^|; f ^; | ^4
5 hour and place shall, if practicable, be the same as that named in the Jlgg^sfls
6 call. R. L. 11, §93. 1907, 560, §§ 103, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 148, 503.
1 Section 86. The secretary of each caucus shall forthwith, after the Ballots and
2 ballots cast therein have been counted, transmit them, with the check beTransmitted
3 list used at the caucus, to the city or town clerk, who shall preserve them Jferk'^ °'^ *°""
4 for ten days. If during said time ten voters entitled to vote in said Hlf^ 5^; | If
5 caucus shall file with said clerk a WTitten request so to do, he shall pre- r^lii^s^'
6 serve the ballots and voting lists for three months, and shall produce 1907. 33b: seb.
7 the same if required by any court having jurisdiction or authority over 1913, 835,
8 them. §§155,503.
452
[Ch.\p. 53.
In case of
contest, etc.,
ballots to be
E reserved until
nally deter-
mined.
Recounts.
1898, 548, 5 98.
1899, 329, I 3.
R. L. 11, §98.
1907,330; 560,
§§ 111. 4.56.
1913, 835,
§§155, 503.
Penalty,
Chap. 56, § 15.
Section 87. If within three week days after any caueu.s a person 1
who has received votes thereat for nomination or election to any office 2
shall file a written statement with the city or town clerk, claiming an 3
election or nomination or declaring an intention to contest the election 4
or nomination of any other person, the clerk shall preserve the ballots 5
for such nomination or office until the claim or contest has been finally 6
determined. Upon receipt of such statement, the clerk shall immediately 7
give written notice to the persons affected and to the chairman and sec- 8
retary of the caucus, fixing a time witliin twenty-four hours thereafter 9
and a place at which said ballots will be recounted. The chairman and 10
secretary of the caucus shall, at said time and place, recount said ballots 11
and determine the questions raised. Each candidate affected may be 12
present during such recount, or may be represented by an agent ap- 13
pointed by him in writing. If it shall appear upon a recount that persons 14
were nominated or elected other than those declared to have been nomi- 1.5
nated or elected, certificates of such change shall be made in the manner 16
provided in section five as to an original certificate. 17
Calling, etc.,
of caucuses at
which official
ballots are
used.
1894, 504, § 12.
1895, 507, § 2.
1896, 109, § 2.
1898, 548. § 99.
R. L. 11, § 99.
1907, 560,
§§ 112,456.
Adoption
of law for
official
ballots at
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CAUCUSES OF POLITICAL PARTIES AT WHICH
OFFICIAL BALLOTS ARE USED.
Section 88. All caucuses for the election of caucus officers, or for the
nomination of candidates for any city or town office in any city or town
wherein the laws relating to primaries have not been adopted, held by a
political party wliich has adopted the provisions of law for the use of
official ballots, shall be called and held as provided in sections eighty-
nine to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive. i9i3, S35, §§ i56, 503.
§ 100.
R. L. 11, § 100.
1907, 560,
§§ 113, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 157, 503.
Section 89. Any city or town committee shall, at the WT-itten re- 1
quest of fifty voters, members of its party, call caucuses of said party to 2
determine by ballot whether the provisions of law for the use of official 3
ballots shall be adopted. The notice of said caucus shall state the pur- 4
pose for which it is called, the place, the day, and the hour, not earlier 5
than six o'clock and not later than half past seven o'clock in the even- 6
ing, of holding said caucus. It shall be issued at least seven days prior 7
to the day named therefor, and shall be published at least twice in one 8
or more local newspapers, if any, and shall be posted in at least five 9
public places in each ward or town. The polls shall be kept open at 10
least one hour. If said caucuses shall vote to adopt said provisions, all 11
caucuses of said political party in said city or town shall thereafter be 12
called and conducted accordingly. 13
Acceptance
may be
revoked, etc.
Notice of
action.
1894, 504, § 37.
1895, 507, § 25.
1898, 548,
I 101.
R. L. 11, § 101.
1907, 560,
§§ 114, 456.
1913, 835,
|§ 158, 503.
Section 90. A political party in a city or town which has accepted 1
said special provisions may, not less than one year after the date of the 2
caucus wherein such provisions were adopted, revoke such action at a 3
caucus called and held in the manner provided in the preceding section. 4
Upon the adoption of said provisions or upon the revocation of such 5
adoption, the secretary of the city or town committee of such political 6
party shall, within ten days thereafter, file a notice thereof with the 7
state secretary and with the clerk of the city or town and the secretary 8
of the state committee of the political party so voting. 9
Ja'"!i?es''°''''°^ Section 91. All such caucuses of a political party for the choice of 1
1895' SQ7' 1 3^' candidates for a city or town election, except caucuses relating to a special 2
Cpup. 53.] CAUCUSES. 453
3 election, shall be held on the same day in each city and town. The city i896. 469, § 12.
4 or town committee shall fix the days for holding all caucuses mentioned | foi^**'
5 in this section, and all calls for the same shall be issued by its chairman r*'l! ii!''§\o2.
6 and secretary. No two political parties shall hold their caucuses on the ^^Yis^we
7 same day. The party first filing a copy of the call for a caucus with the ii'fjg^^j^^g
8 city or town clerk shall be entitled to precedence as to the day so fixed.
1 Section 92. Notices of caucuses in said cities or towns shall state Noti<-esof
2 the place where and the day and hour when nomination papers shall be contahrcertain
3 issued; the place where and the earliest day and hour when such nomi- yjfor™ation,
4 nation papers may be filed, which time shall be not less than twenty-four J*^4. sm, § h.
5 week day hours succeeding three o'clock of the day fixed for issuing such fony^Lt' ^ ,,
6 papers; the place where and the day and hour prior to which such nomi- isgs! 543!
7 nation papers shall be filed; and the day on which the several cau- 1901,249. §1.
8 cuses will be held, and shall be issued not less than eighteen days prior fgm, llii ^°*'
9 thereto. 1913, sss, §§ leo, 503. ^^ "^- *^^-
1 Section 93. At least two weeks prior to the day named for a caucus, Polling places,
2 the chairman or secretary of the city or town committee shall give notice proyided"
3 of such date to the aldermen or to the selectmen, who shall, at least ten o°n"o^eUn7°.
4 days prior to such date, notify the city or town committee of the places sort's *5*^' ^ ^^'
5 selected for holding the caucuses, and shall, at the expense of the city }|SSc' SS' ^ ^^"
6 or town, provide polling places, in a city not less than one for each ward, § ios.
7 and in cities and towns where elections or caucuses are held in voting i9or.',44i, §2.'
8 precincts, one in each of such precincts, as the city or town committee Is^uT^.^e.
9 shall designate, but not less than one for each ward, and furnish them \l\l[ HI]
10 with booths, registering ballot boxes, guard rails and the like, as they §§i6i, 503.
1 1 are arranged for state elections, also postage for mailing credentials and
12 notices or certificates of nomination and election.
13 If twenty-fi\'e voters of a ward or of a town shall request in writing at
14 least twelve days before any caucus of the political party to which they
15 belong, the aldermen or selectmen shall so arrange the polling place of
16 such ward or town as to allow voting to proceed in two or more lines at
17 the caucus.
1 Section 94. At least seven days prior to the day named for a caucus. Seven days-
2 the city or town committee shall issue a notice that such caucus will be given by city
3 held, stating the place, the day and the hour of holding the same. The mittee""™"'
4 hour shall not be earlier than two o'clock in the afternoon nor later than isgs^tsg', lYi;
5 half past seven o'clock in the evening. Such notices, and notices rela- iggj^sfo § 13.
6 tive to the filing of nomination papers, shall be published at least twice c%g^*'
7 in one or more local newspapers, if any.
II. L. 11, § lOfi. 1907. 560, §§ 118, 45G. 1913, 835, §§ 162, 503.
1 Section 95. The city or town shall provide, and the city or town Blank nomi-
2 clerk shall seasonably prepare, for each political party, blank nomination to be provided.
3 papers for use in the different wards of the city or in the town. Such 1^4,504, §22.
4 papers shall state the place where, and the day and hour prior to which, HH] 1%] ^ *"■
5 signed nomination papers shall be filed. On the back of each, the first r^l'^'u, 5 107.
6 sentence of section seven, sections forty-five and sixty, and sections Js^/^g^'^^^g
7 ninety-six to one hundred and one, inclusive, shall be printed. They 1913.835,
8 shall be delivered only to the chairman or secretary of the political com-
9 mittee for whose use they have been prepared.
454
[Cpl\p. 53.
Nominations
to be made by
nomination
papers, etc.
1894, 504, § 15.
1895, 507, § 7.
1896, 469, § 13.
1S9S, 171;
548, § 108.
1901,435.
R. L. 11, § 108.
1903,474, § 7.
1904. 275.
1905, 386, I 2.
1907, 429, § 7;
560, §§120,
121, 456.
1910,200.
1913. 835.
§§ 164, 165, ,503.
163 Mass. 539.
Section 96. Nominations of candidates for elective city or town 1
offices and for caucus officers to be voted for at a caucus, shall be made 2
by nomination papers, as hereinafter provided. Such nominations shall 3
be made on the blank nomination papers prepared and delivered in ac- 4
cordance with the preceding section; and no nomination paper offered 5
for filing shall be received or shall be valid to which is attached any card, 6
paper or other device, containing the name of a candidate, his written 7
acceptance, or containing the signature of any voter required by this 8
section. Such papers shall be signed in person by at least five voters of 9
the ward or town where the caucus is to be held, and for a district com- 10
posed of more than one ward shall be signed by a number of voters equal 11
in the aggregate to not less than five voters for each ward in said district, 12
and shall be subject to sections forty-five and sixty, except that the 13
nomination paper of a candidate for caucus officer shall not contain 14
the statement permitted by section forty-five. No vacancy caused by 15
the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of any of the above candidates 16
shall be filled, unless the person entitled to fill such vacancy files the 17
written acceptance of the candidate nominated to fill the vacancy. 18
?ap™rseaUnE, Section 97. All nomiuatiou papers shall be sealed up and file<l with
etc°^' °P*°'"^' the secretary of the city or town committee not less than ten week days
1895,504, §§ 17. previous to the day on which the caucus is to be held for which the nomi-
§§9. id nations are made, and he shall endorse upon them the time when he re-
1898! 548! ' ceived them. They shall not be opened until the time for their filing has
R.^Lii, §110. .ex-pired, when the secretary, at his office, shall publicly open them and
§§*i'22,T56. publicly announce the nominations therein made. i9i3, 835, §§ i66. soa.
CT?OTretc°°^ Section 98. The secretary of the city or town committee shall im-
1895' 507' I ii' mediately give notice to the person filing the nomination paper of any
1898! 548! error, irregularity or informality appearing therein, and such person may,
R. L.ii. § 111. witliin two week days after the time when the nomination papers were
II 123, 456. opened, correct the same, or said secretary may make such correction.
1913, 835, §§ 167, 503.
Proceedings in
cities when
papers are not
riled, nomina-
tion by ward
committee,
etc.
1894. 504. § 19.
1895, 507, § 12.
1898, 548.
§112.
R. L. 11, I 112.
1907. 560,
§§ 124,456.
1913, 835.
§§ 168, 503.
Section 99. If, in a city, nomination papers placing persons in nomi- 1
nation for all the offices to be filled at a caucus in any ward are not filed, 2
the secretary of the city committee shall forthwith notify the chairman 3
or secretary of the committee of such ward, who shall forthwith call a 4
meeting of said committee, which may nominate candidates for all offices 5
for which nomination papers have not been filed, and shall immediately 6
file with the secretary of the city committee nomination papers signed by 7
all the members of the committee who agree to the nominations therein 8
made. In case of disagreement two sets of such nomination papers 9
may be filed. If, at the expiration of two week days after the time at 10
which nomination papers were opened, proper nomination papers have 11
not been filed for all the offices to be filled, or upon any vacancy caused 12
by death or otherwise, except a withdrawal, the chairman and secretary 13
of the city committee may file nomination papers for such offices or 14
vacancies. 15
towns^-iifn '° Section 100. If, in a town, nomination papers placing persons in 1
papers are not nomination for all the offices to be filled at a caucus are not filed, or upon 2
1894, 504. § 19. a vacancy by death or otherwise, except a withdrawal, the chairman or 3
Chap. 53.] caucuses. 455
IS95, 507, § 13.
1898, 548,
5 committee, which shall have all the powers relative to the nomination of |j"*jj . ^^3
6 candidates conferred in the preceding section upon a ward committee and !?°''Ag^'^j';y
7 the chairman and secretary of a city committee. 1913, 835. §§ i69, 503.
1 Section 101. A person nominated by a nomination paper may, withdrawals.
2 within forty-eight week day hours succeeding five o'clock in the after- vacancies.
3 noon of the day fixed for opening nomination papers, withdraw his name isgsisoy.'j h-
4 from nomination by a request signed by him in person and filed with the §^n4.^**'
5 secretary of the city or town committee. Thereupon, the secretary shall ^°l- i{®'§\f4
6 immediately give notice of such withdrawal and of the provisions of this S^^/^g^^^g
7 section to the person who filed such nomination paper, and such person 1910, 182.
8 may, within twenty-four week day hours succeeding five o'clock in the §§170,563.
9 afternoon of the last day fixed for making withdrawals, present a new
10 name on a nomination paper signed by himself in person; otherwise the
11 chairman and secretary of the committee may file nomination papers
12 for the vacancy. If at any time after the expiration of the time for filling
13 vacancies it shall appear that a vacancy has been created by death, the
14 chairman of the committee may file with the city or town clerk a new
15 name to fill such vacancy; and if the time is sufficient therefor, the new
16 name shall be printed upon the official ballot.
1 Section 102. Not less than seven week days before the day upon Nomination
2 which the caucuses are to be held and before five o'clock in the afternoon SeUvered uf
3 of the last day, the secretary of each city or town committee shall de- ^j^^,^"'^ *°"°
4 liver to the city or town clerk the nomination papers filed with him.
1894,504, § 21. 1898, 548, § 115. 1907, 560, §| 127, 456.
1895, 507, § 15, R. L. 11, §115. 1913, 835, §| 171. 503.
1 Section 103. If an error or informality is found in any nomination Correction of
2 paper, it shall be forthwith returned to the secretary of the committee i8967435'!'5 3.
3 by whom it was filed, for correction; and if not corrected and again filed j^ne.^*'
4 before five o'clock in the afternoon of the day following its return to said fg^- iJjjS n".
5 secretary, it shall be void. i9i3, 835, §| i72, so3. §§ i28, 456.
1 Section 104. Objections to nomination papers, and all other ques- objections to
2 tions relating thereto, shall be considered in cities by the board of regis- papers, etc..
3 trars, the city clerk and the city solicitor; and in towns by the board of conSSe^d.
4 registrars. i90s,3S6, §12. i907, seo, §§ 129, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 173, 503.
1 Section 105. Ballots for each political and municipal party, ballot ^^'^|J°^^^
2 boxes, voting lists, specimen ballots, blank forms and apparatus, seals vide baiiots,
3 and record books, shall be provided and treated in accordance with sec- is94, 504,
4 tions thirty-two to thirty-sLx, inclusive, so far as applicable, except that ilgl^'sOT, § ig.
5 the chairman and secretary of the city or town committee, or, if they §*]'ff"^'
6 fail to do so, the city or town clerk, may determine the number of ballots f^^^- H'^^ ^"■
7 to be provided for each ward or town, not exceeding one for each voter §§ iso, 456.
8 therein. i9i3, 835, §§ 174, 503.
1 Section 106. On the back and outside of each ballot when folded ^°i™t,°itc°.'^°''^
2 shall be printed the words "Official ballot of the (here shall be inserted ^l^gVg's'
3 the party name)" followed by the number of the precinct and ward or 1^95, 507.
4 the name of the town for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the i897,'53d. § 4.
456
[Chap. 53.
1898, 548,
§ lis.
R. L. 11, § lis.
1907, 660,
§§ 131,456.
1913, 835,
§§ 175. 503.
caucus and a facsimile of the signature of the secretary of the poHtical 5
committee. 6
Ballots shall be printed on white paper, except as otherwise provided 7
by law. 8
Names of candidates for caucus officers shall be arranged in groups 9
in the order in which they are filed. 10
Against the name of a candidate for an elective or caucus office shall 11
be printed the street and number, if any, of his residence. 12
A star (*) against a name shall indicate that a person is a candidate for 1.3
re-election. 14
Certain pro-
visions of law
to apply.
1S94, 504, § 34.
1895, 507, § 31.
Order of
business.
1894, 504, § 30.
l.«95, 507, § 20.
1898, 548,
§ 122.
R. L. 11, § 122.
1907, 560,
§§ 135, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 177, 503.
Section 107. Caucuses, except as otherwise provided, shall be held 1
in general accordance with the laws governing the conduct of elections 2
and the manner of voting thereat. isgs, 548, § 121. 3
R. L. 11, §121. 1907. 560, §§ 134, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 176, 503.
Section 108. The order of business shall be as follows: 1
First, Any necessary preliminary business. . 2
Second, Balloting until half past eight o'clock in the evening, when 3
the polls shall be closed unless the caucus shall vote to keep them open 4
until a later hour; but every voter waiting in line at the hour for closing 5
the polls shall be allowed to vote. 6
Third, After the polls have been closed, any other business properly 7
before the caucus. 8
Challenges.
1894, 504, § 31.
1895, 507, § 21.
1898, 548,
§ 123.
R. L. 11, § 123.
1907, 560,
§§ 136, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 178, 503.
Section 109. If the right of a person offering to vote is challenged 1
for any legal cause, and he takes the oath required by section seventj'-six, 2
the presiding officer shall require him, or some one in his behalf, to WTite 3
his name and residence on the outside of the ballot offered, and before it 4
is received the presiding officer shall add thereto the name of the person 5
challenging and the cause alleged for the challenge. No officer or other 6
person shall give any information in regard to a ballot cast by a chal- 7
lenged voter unless required by law so to do. 8
Counting of
ballots. .\n-
noun cement,
etc., of result.
Sealing, trans-
mission, etc.,
of record, etc.
1894, 504, § 33.
1895, 449, § 7;
607. § 22.
1897, 630, § 23.
1898. 548.
§ 124.
1S99, 190.
R. L. 11, § 124.
1907. 560,
§5 137, 456.
1913. 835.
§§ 179, 503.
Penalty for
false count, etc..
Chap. 66. § 15.
Package to be
endorsed and
transmitted to
city or town
clerk, etc.
Section 110. Immediately after the polls have been declared closed, 1
but not before, the ballots shall be counted in full view of the voters. 2
When they have been counted and the result ascertained, the presiding 3
officer shall make public announcement thereof in open meeting, and 4
the clerk shall, in open meeting, enter in words at length in the record 5
book, the total number of names checked on the voting list, the total 6
number of ballots cast, the names of all persons voted for, the number 7
of votes for each person, and the title of the office for which he was a 8
candidate. The clerk shall forthwith make a copy of said record, certify, 9
seal and transmit it to the city or town clerk. He shall then, before the 10
adjournment of the caucus, and in the presence of those who counted 11
the same, seal up all ballots cast, with the voting lists used, and a state- 12
ment of any challenge made. 13
The warden and clerk shall endorse upon such package the name of 14
the political party holding the caucus, its date, its purpose, and, if in a 1.5
city, for what ward and precinct the ballots were cast. The warden 16
shall forthwith transmit, by the officer detailed to attend the caucus, 17
to the city or town clerk, the ballots cast, the voting lists, the ballot 18
boxes, the ballot box seals, the counting apparatus, the copy of the 19
records, and the record book. 20
Chap. 53.] caucuses. 457
21 The city or town clerk shall safely keep such sealed packages for ten Sealed packages
22 days. If within said time ten voters entitled to vote in said caucus file ° ' ''''' **°'
23 with him a written request so to do, he shall preserve said ballots and
24 voting lists for tliree months and shall produce them if required by any
25 court having jurisdiction or authority over them.
1 Section 111. The city or town clerk, upon written application Certified copy
2 signed by at least ten voters of a ward or town, for a copy of a list as as checked *to
3 checked, shall open the envelope containing the voting list used at any is9"435,^§ 7.
4 caucus in such ward or town and shall fm-nish to them a certified copy §*i'|5.^^'
5 thereof as checked. looi, 265.
1 Section 112. If before five o'clock in the afternoon of the second ba^|^°t"°lt'c
2 day next succeeding the day of a caucus, ten or more voters of any town j^-js. 507, i 23.
3 or ward shall sign, adding thereto their respective residences on April is97;53o,§ 12.
4 first of that year, and file with the city or town clerk a sworn statement § 126.
5 that the records and returns made by the caucus officers of such town r*^l! ii!*! ilo.
6 or ward are erroneous, specifying the error, or that challenged votes were §§''/39^,'456.
7 cast by persons not entitled to vote therein, said city or town clerk shall J^°^, 440. § 2.
8 forthwith transmit such statement to the registrars of voters with the fL^i}- ^'^^jo,
9 sealed package containing the ballots and voting lists, and said registrars
10 shall give MTitten notice to the person affected, fixing a place and time,
1 1 as early as may be, at which said ballots will be recounted, and at such
12 place and time shall open the packages containing the ballots and voting
13 hsts and recount said ballots and determine the questions raised, and
14 shall reject any challenged vote cast by a person found not to have been
15 entitled to vote; and such recount shall stand as the true result of the
16 vote cast in such caucus. Each candidate affected may be present diu"-
17 ing such recount, or may be represented by an agent appointed by him
18 in writing. If it shall appear upon a recount that persons were nomi-
19 nated or elected other than those declared to have been nominated or
20 elected, certificates of such change shall be made as in the case of the
21 original certificate.
1 Section 113. At the caucus held for the choice of candidates for a Caucus om-
3 and at least five inspectors, and, in wards having more than five pre- „/ offi'r ^""^
persons
■" ible. 1
. jffice, oath,
4 cincts, such additional inspectors as the city committee of the political igg4'^^504
5 party whose caucuses are to be held may determine. They shall be §§ 27-29 '
6 voters of the ward or town where elected and members of the political §§ 26-28.'
7 party whose caucus is to be held. No person shall be eligible to the posi- isq?! sso! § 24.
8 tion of warden, clerk or inspector who is a state, county or city em- §^^27.^^*'
9 ployee, or a member of a ward or town committee, and no person shall ^90^7; ggbf ^^^'
10 serve as a caucus officer at any caucus wherein he is a candidate for fli^y's*^®'
11 nomination to an elective office. Every caucus officer shall hold office Jf^^io^^los
12 for one year, beginning with the first day of the month succeeding his
13 election, and until his successor is elected. He shall, before entering m!°c™duetof
14 upon the performance of his duties, be sworn by the warden, clerk, or a Qfa^'''5(; § jg
15 justice of the peace, and a record thereof made upon the record book of
16 such caucus. The respective duties of caucus officers shall be in gen-
17 eral the same required of election officers at elections.
458 CAUCUSES. [Ch.\p. 53
Section 114. A majority of the caucus officers present at a caucus 1
Vacancies,
additional
i^4Tl64,'§28. ™^y fi'l temporary vacancies and elect additional officers to serve in that
1897' 530 i if' caucus Only. Such temporary officers shall be duly sworn. Permanent
1898! 548', vacancies shall be filled by a majority ^•ote of all the caucus officers.
R. L. 11,§129. 1907, 560, §§ HI, 450. 1913, 835, 5 § 183, 503.
129.
ofTCerato' Section 115. A city or town committee of a political party which 1
cfuTus.* ^'^^*' ^^^ adopted the provisions of law for the use of official ballots shall, at 2
is9s's4s' ^^^' ^^^^^ *^" 'i^iys before holding any caucus thereunder, appoint caucus 3
§130. ' officers in each ward, town, or voting precinct in cities and towns where 4
1906'. 444, § 3. ' caucuses are held in such precincts, to serve at the first caucus to be 5
§1142,450. held thereafter. i9i3, S35, §§ is4, 503. 6
S''newiy°il-^''^ SECTION 116. In a ncwly incorporated city, or upon a redivision 1
P?'?nTediwrSn '"t'5 wards of a city to which said provisions apply, the caucus officers 2
',°on°r "/„■?''« S^"- to serve in the first caucuses held in the next succeeding year shall be ap- 3
1890, Ou7, I 3U. 'Ill* • T i'
1896,409, 1 14. pointed by the city committee; and at such caucuses the regular caucus 4
1 131. ' officers shall be chosen. Where additional polling places are provided, 5
1907; 560, ' after the election of caucus officers, officers to act in such polling places 6
i9nt 518^"" shall be appointed by the city committee. i9i3, 835, §§ i85, 503. 7
Twenty-five or
more voters
may hold
caucus for city
and town
offices, repre-
sentative, etc.
1888,441,
§iS 1,7.
1889. 413,
§§3,4.
1890,386, § 4;
436. § 6.
1893,417, §71.
1898, 648.
§132.
R. L. II, § 132.
1907, 560,
§§ 161,456.
1913,835,
§§ 186,503.
1 Op. A. G. 88.
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO CAUCUSES OTHER THAN THOSE OF POLITICAL
PARTIES.
Section 117. A caucus of the voters, or of a specified portion thereof 1
in a ward of a city, or in a town, may be called and held for the nomina- 2
tion of candidates to be voted for at any city election, or at any election 3
of town officers for which official ballots are used, or for the selection of 4
delegates to a convention, or for the appointment of a committee. A 5
like caucus in any representative district may be held for the nomina- 6
tion of a candidate for representative in the general court. The pro- 7
ceedings of such caucuses shall be invalid unless at least twenty-five 8
\oters participate and vote therein. Except as provided in this section, 9
no caucus or meeting other than those of political parties shall be en- 10
titled to nominate a candidate whose name shall be placed on the official 1 1
ballot, or to select delegates to a political convention for the nomination 12
of a candidate ^\•hose name shall be placed on such ballot. 13
1888, 441, § 2.
1893,417,5 72.
1894. 604, 5 7.
1896, 469, I 4.
1898, 648,
§133.
1699, 329, § 5.
R. L. 11, §133.
1907, 660,
§§ 162,450.
1913, 835,
§§ 187, 503.
Section 118. The notice for a caucus under the preceding section 1
shall be WTitten or printed, shall state the place where, and the day and 2
hour when, said caucus is to be held, shall be issued at least seven days 3
prior thereto, and shall be conspicuously posted in at least five places 4
on lines of public travel, and, if practicable, in every post office within 5
the city or town, or shall be published at least twice in one or more local 6
newspapers. Said notice shall be signed by one or more voters of the 7
ward, town or district for which the caucus is called, and shall designate S
by name or office the person who shall call such caucus to order, and 9
he shall preside until a chairman is chcsen. In his absence, the caucus 10
may choose a temporary chairman. The first business in order shall be 1 1
the organization of the caucus by the choice of a chairman, a secretary, 12
and such other officers as the meeting may require. The persons receiv- 13
ing the highest number of votes shall be declared elected or nominated. 14
The caucus may adopt regulations consistent with law. 15
Chap. 54.]
ELECTIONS.
459
1 Section 119. Upon the written request of ten or more voters present Caucus to
2 at a caucus and entitled to vote tlierein, presented by a motion or other- upon ^tten'
3 wise to the presiding officer for the time being, at any time before the il8s!44i,'§ 3.
4 clioice of the officer to which it relates, any candidate, delegate or mem- \llf ^^' 5 ^3.
5 ber of a political committee, and unless the caucus votes otherwise, the l,^?''-.,
G chairman of the caucus, shall be elected by ballot. In balloting, the looTiseb.
7 voting lists furnished under section si.\tv-two of chapter fiftv-one shall 1913,835.
8 be used as check lists. ^ ' " ^**' '°^-
1 Section 120. The secretary of a caucus held under the three pre- Preservation
2 ceding sections shall, at the WTitten request of ten voters entitled to vote vot'ing'iis\s,°etc.
3 in the caucus, preserve all ballots cast and voting lists used therein for ilgiiliv.'fTi.
4 three months, and shall produce the same if required by any court, Pflj^*'
5 board, convention or other tribunal having jurisdiction thereof.
R. L. 11, 1 135. 1907, 560, §§ 164, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 189, 503.
REFERENCES.
Application of corrupt practices law to primaries, caucuses, etc., Chap. 55, § 38.
Failure to obey primary or caucus officer. Chap. 56, § 42.
Penalties for violation of laws relating to conduct of primaries and caucuses, Chap.
56, §§ 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 26, 28-33, 35-37, 40-42, 44, 46, 52, 53.
Power of aldermen or selectmen to make regulations relative to receiving, counting
and returning votes, etc.. Chap. 56, § 26.
§ .54. Election of delegates, § 41. Their number. Chap. 52, § 9.
CHAPTER 54
ELECTIONS.
WARDS AND VOTING PRECINCTS.
1 . Wards, new division of cities into.
2. Voting precincts, division of cities and
wards into.
3. Voting precincts under new division
of wards.
4. When new divisions shall take effect.
5. Map or description of new precincts
to be published and posted, etc.
6. Voting precincts in towns.
7. Changes in voting precincts in towns.
8. Map or description to be posted, etc.
9. Town may discontinue voting pre-
cincts, etc.
10. State secretary to be notified.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
11. Election officers in certain cities, ap-
pointment, etc.
12. Election officers in towns divided into
voting precincts.
13. Election officers, party representation,
term of office, removal.
14. Filling of vacancies in number of elec-
tion officers.
15. Candidates not eligible to act as elec-
tion officers.
Sect.
16. Deputy to act in certain cases, etc.
17. Ballot clerks of precincts, detail,
duties, etc.
18. Presiding officer in towns not divided
into precincts, etc.
19. Ballot clerks in certain towns.
20. Oath of office of election officers.
21. Tellers.
22. Election officers, compensation.
23. Supervisors of elections.
VOTING PLACES.
24. Polling places, designation, prepara-
tion, notice, etc.
25. Marking shelves and guard rails to be
provided, etc.
BALLOT BOXES, VOTING MACHINES, COUNT-
ING APPARATUS AND BL.\NKS.
26. State ballot boxes and counting appa-
ratus to be provided.
27. Blanks and envelopes for returns of
votes, forms for use by election
officers, etc.
28. Ballot boxes, voting machines and
counting apparatus, care, repair,
etc.
460
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
Sect.
29. Defective ballot boxes, etc., may be
replaced.
30. Precinct seals, use, custody, etc.
31. Ballot box, apparatus, etc., to be sent
to polling place.
32. State ballot law commission to exam-
ine and approve, etc., voting ma-
chines, ballot boxes, etc. Action if
they cease to conform to law.
33. Requirements of voting machines and
ballot boxes, etc.
34. Cities and towns may adopt use of
voting machines and purchase or
lease them, etc.
35. Preparation for use and delivery at
polling place.
36. Election officers when voting ma-
chines are used.
37. Regulations for use of voting ma-
chines, ballot boxes and counting
apparatus.
38. Voting machines, ballot boxes and
counting apparatus to be inspected,
etc.
39. Persons of whom machines or ballot
boxes are purchased to give bond,
etc.
PREPARATION AND FORM OF BALLOTS.
40. Ballots, preparation, and furnishing.
41. Ballots, names, residences and politi-
cal designations of candidates.
42. Contents, arrangement of names,
blank spaces, etc.
43. Presidential electors, arrangement of
names of candidates, etc.
44. Official ballots, paper, size, form, type,
etc.
45. Ballots, nimiber to be provided, etc.
Partial ballots.
46. Ballots to be arranged in packages,
etc.
47. Printing of ballots when vacancy oc-
curs.
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
48. Cards of instruction. Specimen bal-
lots and copies of proposed amend-
ments to the constitution.
49. Lists of candidates, etc., at state elec-
tions, to be transmitted to regis-
trars and posted.
50. City election, posting.
51. Town election, posting.
52. Lists of candidates, etc., at state and
city elections, to be published.
53. Arguments may be sent to voters in
certain cases.
54. Filing of arguments with secretary.
55. Notice to be given to voters in cities
of referendum measures.
50. Statement of purport of proposed law
or amendment may be substituted.
Sect.
57. When to be sent.
58. Certaiii provisions may be suspended,
etc.
DELIVERT OF BALLOTS, ETC.
59. Ballots, etc., packing and transmis-
sion.
60. Delivery at polls, state and city elec-
tions.
61. Substitute ballots.
CALLING OF ELECTIONS.
62. Biennial state election, date, officers to
be chosen.
63. Calls for elections in cities.
64. Notices or warrants to specify officers,
etc. Time of opening and closing
of polls.
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.
65. Posting instructions, etc. Pasters.
Other posters or cards forbidden.
Opening of ballots, etc.
66. Use and custody of state ballot boxes,
etc.
67. Voting lists, delivery and use. Party
representation.
68. No statement to be made before pub-
lic declaration of vote, except, etc.
69. Persons permitted within guard rail.
70. Number of voters allowed within
guard rail.
71. Presiding officer, general powers and
duties.
72. Police officer, etc., to preserve order.
73. Persons smoking, etc., or having
liquor, etc., to be removed.
74. OiTender to be detained, etc., but not
prevented from voting.
75. Duties of officers when law is violated.
MANNER OF VOTING.
76. Voting, giving name, delivery of bal-
lot, etc.
77. Marking ballot.
78. Voting for presidential electors.
79. Assistance in marking ballot.
80. Certain marks on ballot prohibited.
81. Voter spoiling ballot may obtain
others.
82. Marking and folding ballot, leaving
promptly, etc.
83. Depositing ballot, giving name, check
list, etc.
84. Ballots not to be removed from en-
closed space, etc.
85. Proceedings when vote is challenged.
ABSENT VOTERS.
86. Absent voters may vote on applica-
tion, etc.
87. Secretary to prepare absent voting
ballots, applications, etc.
CiL\p. 54.]
461
88. Distribution of absent voting ballots,
etc.
89. Obtaining blank applications, mailing
ballots, etc.
90. Blanks, etc., to be sent to voters in
military or naval service. Applica-
tions to secretary.
91. Filing and certification of applications,
notation on voting list, etc.
92. Method of voting.
93. Time of mailing ballot.
94. Application to be attached to ballot.
Delivery to election officers.
95. Duties of election ofiScers, etc.
96. Challenges.
97. Immaterial irregularities not to cause
rejection.
98. Proceedings when absent voter cannot
mark ballot.
99. Disposition of ballots received late.
100. Voting in person after mailing absent
voter ballot.
101. Statement of military or naval officer
in lieu of jurat.
102. Information and instructions relative
to absent voting.
103. Jurisdiction of courts relative to ab-
sent voting.
COUNTING OF VOTES.
104. State blanks and apparatus to be used,
etc.
105. Proceedings at close of polls. Count-
ing votes. Announcing and record-
ing result. Counting in towns
during vote.
106. Certain ballots not to be counted, etc.
107. Ballots, cast and not cast, and voting
lists, to be sealed up, etc.
108. Copies of voting lists as checked, how
furnished.
109. Ballots and lists, custody, disposition,
etc.
RECORDS AND CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION.
Copies of Records prepared in Cities and
Towns.
110. Record not to be rejected when num-
ber of votes can be ascertained.
111. Examination of precinct records, cor-
rection, etc.
112. Transmission to state secretary, etc.,
of copies of records of votes.
113. Proceedings when copy is received un-
sealed.
114. Memorandum of receipt to be made.
Examination and Certification by Governor
and Council, etc.
115. Examination of copies of records and
determination of results by governor
and council, etc.
116. Certification of results, issue of sum-
monses and certificates of election.
Sect.
117. Return to state secretarj', laying before
legislature, filing,
lis. Presidential electors, examination of
returns of votes, proclamation, and
certificate.
Contested Elections of Presidential Electors.
119. Petition in court for declaration of
election, etc.
120. Procedure. Compulsion and immu-
nity of witness.
Examination and Certification of Records of
Votes for Certain County Officers.
121. County commissioners, etc., to exam-
ine returns of votes. Notice to state
secretary.
122. Board of examiners to examine in cer-
tain counties. Notice to state sec-
retary, etc.
Correction of Records.
123. When incomplete, etc., new returns
to be made, etc.
129.
mination and Certification of Records of
Votes for Representative.
Representative district, one city or
town, etc., examination, record.
In other districts clerks to meet and
determine election, etc.
Designation, change and notice of
places of meeting of clerks.
Correction of errors in records of votes
for representative.
Certificate in duplicate of election of
representative, transmission, form,
return of officer.
Returns of votes to state secretary.
General Provisions relative to Records.
130. Whole number of ballots to be stated
in words at length, etc.
131. Violation of certain provisions not to
afifect, etc.
Information to be certified by City and Town
Clerks.
132. Number of names checked to be certi-
fied to state secretary, etc.
Secretary's Report of Assessed Polls, etc.
133. Report of number of assessed polls,
registered voters, etc.
RECOUNTS OF VOTES.
134. Contested election, ballots to be re-
tained. Power to recount, etc.
135. Recount, upon statement filed, how
and by whom conducted, notice of
result, amendment of record, etc.
462
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
Sect.
136. No information to be given regarding
challenged voter.
137. In cities, election results not to be
declared before recount or expira-
tion of time therefor. No city
officer to act without certificate of
election.
PROCEEDINGS UPON FAILURE TO ELECT,
AND VACANCIES IN STATE OFFICES.
138. Presidential electors, failure to elect
majority, vacancy or absence.
139. Failure to elect senator in congress, or
vacancy.
140. Same, representative in congress.
141. Same, representative in general court.
142. Same, district attorney and county
officers.
143. Same, county treasurer, register of
deeds.
144. Same, county or associate commis-
sioner.
145. Death after election and before begin-
ning of term of office.
Sect.
146. State secretary to be notified, etc.
147. Elections to fill vacancies, proceedings.
proceedings of presidential electors.
148. Presidential electors, meeting, organi-
zation, proceedings.
149. Compensation.
officers to be elected at state elec-
tions.
150. State officers to be elected biennially.
151. Presidential electors.
152. Senators in congress.
153. Representatives in congress.
154. District attorneys.
155. Clerks of courts.
156. Registers of probate and insolvency.
157. Registers of deeds.
158. County commissioners.
159. Sheriffs.
160. County treasurers.
161. Commissioners to apportion Suffolk
county into representative districts.
Wards, new
division of
cities into.
1865, 7.
P. S. 28,
§§ 14-16.
1888. 437,
§§ 1.4.
1893,417, § 96.
1898, 548.
§ 158.
R. L. 11, § 161.
1907, 560,
§§ 190, 456.
1909, 440, § 2.
1913, 835,
§§ 216, 503.
\V.\RDS AND VOTING PRECINCTS.
Section 1. In nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and every tenth 1
year thereafter, in December, a city, by vote of its city council, may 2
make a new division of its territory into such number of wards as may 3
be fixed by law. The boundaries of such wards shall be so arranged 4
that the wards shall contain, as nearly as can be ascertained and as 5
may be consistent with well defined limits to each ward, an equal number 6
of voters. The city clerk shall forthwith gi\e written notice to the state 7
secretary of the number and designations of the wards so established, 8
together with an official copy of the description of said wards. 9
1914, 676, § 2. 1920, 146, § 1.
Voting prt
cincts, div
of cities and
wards into.
1884, 299, § 3.
1890,423, §69.
1893.417. §97.
1896, 244.
1898. 548,
§ 159.
R. L. 11, § 162.
1906, 444, § 6.
1907, 560.
§§ 191, 456.
1913,835,
§§ 217, 503.
1918, 74.
Section 2. Each city shall be divided into convenient voting pre-
cincts, designated by numbers or letters and containing not more than
one thousand voters. E^•ery ward shall constitute a voting precinct by
itself, or shall be divided into precincts containing as nearly as may be an
equal number of voters, consisting of compact and contiguous territory
entirely within the ward, and bounded, so far as possible, by the center
line of known streets or ways or by other well defined limits. If a ward
constituting one precinct contains more than one thousand voters, 8
according to the registration at the preceding araiual city election, the 9
aldermen, on or before the first Monday of July, shall divide it into two 10
or more voting precincts. They may so divide a ward containing less 11
than one thousand voters. If in any year, according to such registration, 12
a voting precinct contains more than one thousand voters, the aldermen 13
shall in like manner either divide such precinct into two or more voting 14
precincts or make a new division of the ward into voting precincts. 15
Voting pre-
cincts under
new division
of wards.
1884, 299, § 3.
Section 3. On or before the first Monday of July in the year fol- 1
lowing a redivision of a city into wards, the aldermen shall divide such 2
city into voting precincts, conformably to the preceding section. 3
1888, 437, § 2.
1890, 423, § 69
R. L. 11, § 163.
1907, 560, §§ 192, 456.
1913,835, §§ 218, 503.
1914, 676, § 3.
Chap. 54.] elections. 463
1 Section 4. For all elections held prior to the second biennial state when new
2 primary following a redivision of a city into wards, and for the assess- take'effeol.''^"
3 ment of taxes prior to such primary, the wards as existing previous to }|||; 4^^; | gj
4 such redivision shall continue, and for such purposes the election officers ^^^^' 220.
5 shall be appointed and hold office, and voting lists shall be prepared, ^^^i '
6 and all other things required by law shall be done, as if no such redivision 1907! seb.
7 had been made. For all other purposes the new division shall take effect 1909, 440, § 2.
8 on December thirty-first of the year when made.
1913, 835, §§ 219, 503. 1914, 676, § 4. 1919, 269, § 1. 157 Mass. 595.
1 Section 5. When a ward has been divided into new voting precincts, Map or
2 or the voting precincts thereof have been changed, the aldermen shall new p^edncts
3 forthwith cause a map or description of the division to be published, in and po''s'ted?ete!
4 which the new precincts shall be designated by numbers or letters and J|^q' ^f | ^^
5 shall be defined clearly and, so far as possible, by known boundaries; P?qA*^'''
6 and they shall cause such map or description to be posted in at least ten is98,'548,
7 public places in each precinct of a ward so divided, and copies thereof r. l.'ii. § les.
8 furnished to the registrars of voters, and to the assessors, and to the §§ i^^^e.
9 election officers of each precinct so established. i9i3, sss. §§ 220, 503.
1 Section 6. A town may direct its selectmen to prepare a division voting pre-
2 of the town into convenient voting precincts. The selectmen shall, so i8S6,'2'64!Ti"''
3 far as possible, make the center line of streets or ways, or other well Jigs,' li?', ^ ^^'
4 defined limits, the boundaries of the proposed precincts, and shall desig- fsgy'-ggg « g
5 nate them by numbers or letters. They shall, within sixty days, file a l*?!^***'
6 report of their doings with the town clerk, with a map or description of R. l- 11. § lea.
7 the proposed precincts, and with a statement of the number of voters §"§ 195, 456.
8 registered in each for the preceding state or town election. The report §§'221^^503.
9 shall be presented by the town clerk at the next town meeting, but shall
10 not be acted upon except at a meeting held at least seven days after the fe^i^nlo" ^^'
11 report has been filed. The division so reported may be amended at such
12 meeting, and shall take effect when adopted. Elections of state officers
13 held in sucli town more than sixty days after such action shall be held
14 in the precincts so established. If such report shall be rejected the town
15 may at any time direct the selectmen to prepare a new division.
1 Section 7. A town may make any change in its voting precincts changes in
2 which the selectmen recommend in a statement giving the boundaries, ciJi*cte i^towns.
3 the designations of the proposed precincts and the number of voters {gga,' ti?; ^ '^^'
4 registered in each for the preceding state or town election, filed with the fggf -548
5 town clerk at least seven days before a town meeting; but no changes § im-
6 other than those so proposed bv the selectmen shall be made at such 1907; seb.
-. i- . §§196,456.
/ meeting. 1013, sss, §§ 222, 503.
1 Section 8. When a town has been divided into voting precincts Map or
2 or the voting precincts thereof have been changed, 'the selectmen shall to be posted,
3 post in the office of the town clerk and in at least three public places in I'gga, 417,
4 each new precinct a map or description in which the new precincts shall 189^543
5 be designated by numbers or letters, and defined clearly and, so far as ^^j°\i
6 possible, by known boundaries. They shall furnish copies thereof to the § I'i^v.'
7 registrars of voters and the assessors of such town, and to the election §§ 197, 456.
8 officers of each precinct so established. 1913, sss, §§ 223, 503.
464
ELECTIONS.
[ClLtP. 54.
Town may
discontinue
voting pre-
cincts, etc.
18SS, HG,
§U.3.
Section 9. Any town may at a town meeting discontinue its voting 1
precincts; and subsequent elections therein shall be held as if no such 2
division had been made. But it may, in any subsequent year, establish 3
voting precincts as hereinbefore provided. isos, 417, § 104. 4
1898, 548, § 166. R. L. 11, § 169. 1907, 560, §§ 198, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 224, 503.
State secretary
to be notified.
1888, 146, § 2.
1890, 423,
§§ 71-73.
1893, 417,
§ 105.
1898, 548,
§167.
Section 10. AMien wards of a city have been changed or when vot- 1
ing precincts in a city or town have been established, changed or dis- 2
continued, the city or to\\n clerk shall forthwith give a written notice 3
thereof to the state secretary, stating the number, designation and 4
official description of such wards or voting precincts and in a city the 5
wards where such precincts are situated. 6
1907, 560, §§199, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 225, 503. 1920, 146, § 2.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Election ofEcer;
in certain cities
appointment,
1884, 299, § 7.
18SS, 436, § 20.
1889, 413, § 20.
1890, 219;
423, § 75.
1891,256.
1892, 431.
1893, 417,
§ 106.
1898, 548.
§ 168.
R. L. 11, §171.
1902, 157.
1903, 454, § 9.
1905, 386, § 6.
1907, 560,
§§200,456.
1911,436.
1913, 835.
§§ 226, 503.
Section 11. The mayor of every city, except where city charters 1
provide otherwise, shall annually appoint as election officers for each 2
voting precinct, one warden, one deputy warden, one clerk, one deputy 3
clerk, four inspectors and four deputy inspectors, who shall, at the time 4
of their appointment, be qualified voters in the ward of which such 5
precinct forms a part. He may, in like manner, appoint two inspectors 6
and two deputy inspectors in addition. Every such appointment shall 7
be filed in the office of the city clerk of such city in August, and shall 8
be acted on by the aldermen not less than three days after the filing of 9
such appointment and on or before the second Monday in September 10
following. Such appointment shall be open to public inspection. In cities 11
where the aldermen accept tliis section or have accepted corresponding 12
provisions of earlier laws, no deputy warden, deputy clerk or deputy 13
inspectors shall be appointed. 14
Election
officers in towns
divided into
voting pre-
cincts.
1890, 423, § 76.
1892, 431.
1893, 417,
§ 108.
1898, 548,
Section 12. The selectmen of every town divided into voting pre- 1
cincts shall annually, between August first and fifteenth, appoint as 2
election officers for each voting precinct, one warden, one deputy warden, 3
one clerk, one deputy clerk, two inspectors and two deputy inspectors, 4
who shall be voters of the precinct. They may, in like manner, appoint 5
two inspectors and two deputy inspectors in addition. 6
R. L. 11, § 172. 1903, 454, § 9. 1907, 560, §§ 201, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 227, 503.
Election
officers, party
representation,
term of otfice,
removal.
1890, 423,
§§ 75, 76.
1893,417,
§§ 106, 108.
1898, 548,
§ 170.
R. L. 11, § 173.
1903, 454, f 9.
1905, 386, § 7.
1907, 660,
§§ 202, 456.
1913, 835.
§§ 228, 503.
Section 13. Such election officers shall be so appointed as equally 1
to represent the two leading political parties, except that, without dis- 2
turbing the equal representation of such parties, not more than two of 3
such election officers not representing either of them may be appointed. 4
The warden shall be of a different political party from the clerk, and not 5
more than one half of the inspectors shall be of the same political party. 6
In each case the principal officer and his deputy shall be of the same 7
political party. Every election officer shall hold office for one year, be- 8
ginning with Septeihber fifteenth succeeding his appointment, and until 9
liis successor is qualified, or until his removal. An election officer may 10
be remo\'ed by the mayor, vvith the approval of the aldermen, or by the 11
selectmen, after a hearing, upon wi-itten charge of incompetence or 12
official misconduct preferred by the city or town clerk, or by not less 13
than six voters of the ward, or, in a town, of the voting precinct where 14
the officer is appointed to act. 15
Chap. 54.] elections. 465
1 Section 14. If a vacancy in the number of the election officers Filling of
2 occurs before September twentieth in any year, or, in a city, after Novem- nSmber^^ '"
3 her first and one week at least before the annual city election, or if an offi^cert.'""
4 election officer declines his appointment and gi\-es notice thereof to the jI^'^j^H;
5 city or town clerk before September twentieth, or, if at a special election J^^j^^/Ydg
6 the office of an election officer is vacant, the mayor or the selectmen shall i89s ms,
7 fill the vacancy; and the appointment shall be so made as to preserve r. l.u, §175.
8 the ecjual representation of the two leading pohtical parties. Appoint- igos! sso.' § si
9 ments to fill vacancies may be acted upon immediately by the aldermen. §|°2af,''456.
1913, 835, §§ 230, 503. 1919, 269, § 12.
1 Section 15. No person shall, at a state, city or town election, be Candidates not
2 eligible or act as an election officer in a voting precinct where he is a L deotion*"
3 candidate for election; and if a person appointed an election officer isIT.mq, §8,
4 becomes such a candidate, and does not forthwith resign his office, the J^g"; i^^' ^ ^*-
5 mayor or selectmen, if he is a candidate at a state election, shall remove Igg^^jg, . j
6 him from office before November first, or, if a candidate at a city election, isos! 548!
7 the mayor shall so remove him at least eight days before the day of the r. l.'ii. § i76.
8 election, or if a candidate at a town election the selectmen shall remove §§ 265, kse.
9 him before the election. i9i3, S35, §§ 231, 503. iso Masa. 3S2.
1 Section 16. If a warden, clerk or inspector is absent at the opening Deputy to act
2 of the polls or subsequently on the day of election, or if the office is vacant, etc
3 the deputy of such officer shall act for that election in his place. If the jggo', ihs,
4 warden and deputy warden, clerk and deputy clerk, or an inspector and IsJi'tir.
5 his deputy, shall be absent, the voters of the precinct on nomination and f f ,'°^' ^°''
6 by hand vote shall fill the vacancy, and the officer so elected shall act i^j^^j^**'
7 during the remainder of the election; but otherwise no deputy officer R. l.u. § 177.
8 shall act in an official capacity or be admitted to the space reserved for §§ 260, 450.
9 election officers while the polls are open or during the counting of the \l\l] sh'.
10 votes. _ _ _ _ ^y232,503.
11 In cities where no deputy warden or deputy clerk is appointed, if a
12 warden or clerk is absent at the opening of the polls or subsequently on
13 the day of election, or if the office is vacant, the senior inspector of the
14 same political party as such warden or clerk shall act as warden or clerk
15 for that election, and the voters of the precinct, on nomination and by
16 hand vote, shall fill the vacancy in the office of inspector.
1 Section 17. At state elections in cities and in towns divided into Baiiot clerks
2 voting precincts, and in city elections, the presiding election officer of detau,™uties,
3 each voting place or precinct shall detail two inspectors of different po- jggg^ 453 5 20.
4 litical parties to act as ballot clerks, who shall have charge of the ballots Jlgg'^if'^^^'
5 and shall furnish them to voters. isQS, 548, 1 i7s. § ii3.
R. L. 11, § 178. 1907, 560, §§ 207, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 233, 503.
1 Section 18. At state elections in towns not di\-ided into voting Presiding
2 precincts, the selectmen shall have the powers of wardens in cities or not'^^dI^dded""°^
3 moderators in towns, and shall act by their chairman or senior member '^^° precincts,
4 present, W'ho shall be the presiding election officer.
Const. Pt. 2, R. S. 5, § 6; 6, § 16. 1893, 417, § 114.
c. 1, § 2, art. 2. G. S. 7. § 8. 1898, 548, § 176.
(Const. Rev. art. 46.) 1874, 376, § 22. R. L. 11, § 179.
1795, 55. § 1. P. S. 7, § 8. 1907, 560, §§ 208, 456.
1832, 169, § 1. 1890, 423, § 79. 1913, 835, §§ 234, 503.
466
ELECTIONS.
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Section 19. At state elections in towns not divided into voting
precincts, and at town elections in towns where official ballots are
used, the selectmen, before the opening of the polls, shall appoint two
voters as ballot clerks, who shall have charge of the ballots and shall
furnish them to voters. The selectmen or the moderator presiding at
r.'l!ii.§ ISO. such election may subsequently appoint additional ballot clerks, not ex-
1907, 560,
§§ 209, 450.
1913, 835,
§§ 235, 503.
Ballot clerks
in certain
towns.
1890, 386, § 13;
423, § 77.
1891,31.
1893, 417.
§ 115.
1898, 548,
§ 177,
ceeding one for every four hundred voters and majority fraction thereof,
and may likewise fill any vacancy after the opening of the polls. Such
ballot clerks shall be so appointed as to represent the two leading politi-
cal parties as equally as may be, except that such additional ballot clerks 10
may be appointed from voters not representing either of them. 11
Oath of office
of election
officers.
1884, 290, § 7.
1890, 423,
§§ 75, 76.
1893, 417,
U12.
Section 20. Every election officer before entering upon the per-
formance of his official duties shall be sworn before the city or town
clerk, the presiding officer or clerk at the polls, or any officer qualified
to administer oaths, and a record thereof shall be made. isos, 54s, § i7s.
R. L. 11, § 181. 1907, 560, §§ 210, 456. 1913, 835, |§ 236, 503.
Tellers.
1883, 229.
1885, 261.
1886, 262, § 3.
1890, 423,
§§ 78, 80, 215,
222.
1893, 417,
§ 116.
1895, 285.
1898, 548,
§ 179.
1899. 329, § 0.
R. L. 11, § 182.
1907. 560,
§§ 211, 456.
Section 21. Selectmen of towns shall, at least five days before a 1
state or town election, appoint voters as tellers to assist at the ballot box 2
and in checking the names of voters upon the voting lists, and in can- .3
\'assing and counting the votes. Presiding officers in such towns, at 4
state and town elections, may appoint voters as additional tellers, and 5
they shall do so on the written request of ten voters of the town. Tellers 6
appointed at elections where official ballots are used shall be so appointed 7
that the election officers making and assisting in the canvass and count 8
of votes shall equally represent the two leading political parties. 9
1913, 835, §§ 237, 503.
138 Mass. 214.
180 Mass. 382.
Election
officers,
compensation.
1884, 299,
§§ 7, 8.
1890, 423,
§§ 75, 76, 78.
189.3, 417,
§119.
Section 22. Election officers shall receive such compensation for
each day's actual service as the city council or the selectmen respectively
may determine; but no deputy officer shall receive compensation except
for attendance at the opening of the polls or for services in place of an
absent officer. i89s, 548, § iso. R. L. ii, § 183.
1907, 560, §§ 212, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 238, 503. 152 Mass. 530.
185.
Supervisors
of elections.
1884, 299, § 9
1885, 268.
1891,264,
§§1,2.
1893. 417,
§120.
1898, 548,
§182.
R. L. 11, i
1907, 560,
§§ 214, 456,
1913, 835,
§§ 240, 503,
Penalty for
misconduct by
supervisor of
elections,
,Chap. 56, § 17;
for interfer-
ence witii
Section 23. Upon the written petition of ten qualified voters of a 1
ward or of a town, presented at least twenty-one days before a state or 2
city election therein, the governor, with the advice and consent of the 3
council, shall appoint for such ward or town or for each voting precinct 4
named in the petition, two voters of the city or town. Mho shall not be 5
signers of the petition or members of any political committee or can- 6
didates for any office, to act as supervisors at such election. One super- 7
visor shall be appointed from each of the two leading political parties. 8
They shall be sworn by the city or town clerk or by an officer qualified 9
to administer oaths. The supervisors shall attend the polling places 10
for which they are appointed, may challenge persons offering to vote, 11
and shall witness the conduct of the election and the counting of votes; 12
but they shall not make any statement tending to reveal the state of the 13
polls before the public declaration of the vote. They shall remain where 14
the ballot boxes are kept after the polls are open and until the ballots 15
are sealed for transmission to the officers entitled to recei\'e them. Each 16
supervisor may affix his signature, for the purpose of identification, to the 17
Chap. 54.] elections. 467
18 copy of the record of votes cast, or attach thereto any statement touch-
19 ing the truth or fairness or conduct of the election. Supervisors shall
20 receive such compensation for each day's actual service as the city coun-
21 cil or the selectmen may determine.
VOTING PLACES.
1 Section 24. The aldermen in cities, except where city charters pro- Poiiing places.
2 vide otherwise, and the selectmen of towns divided into voting precincts, preparation.
3 shall, twenty days at least before the biennial state or annual city elec- ?g|Ij'''^229'^§ 5
4 tion and ten days at least before any special election of a state or city J||*' i*| ^ ^^
5 officer therein, designate the polling place for each voting precinct and is93!4i7;
6 cause it to be suitably fitted up and prepared therefor. In a city or town isgs.'sis.
7 which has provided voting booths such booths may be placed in the R.'ifii. § ise.
8 public ways of such city or town, provided said ways are left reason- J907; Ho,
9 ably safe and con\-enient for public travel. It shall be in a public, orderly fgi|^ Is*^^'
10 and convenient portion of the precinct; but if no such polling place can f9j|''269'li3
11 be had within the precinct, they may designate a polling place in an ad- wo Mass'. 358.'
12 joining precinct. No building or portion thereof shall be designated or
13 used as a polling place in which intoxicating liquor has been sold within
14 the thirty days preceding the day of the election. When the polling places
15 have been designated, the aldermen, in at least five public places in each
16 precinct of the city, and selectmen, in at least three public places in each
17 precinct of the town, shall forthwith post a printed description of the
18 polling places designated, and may give further notice thereof.
1 Section 25. Except where voting machines are used as provided in Marking
2 section thirty-four, the aldermen or selectmen shall cause each polling guanfraih to
3 place in their respective cities and towns to be provided with a sufficient efc!"^""'''^'
4 number of suitable marking shelves or compartments where voters may lilgiliaiyi;
5 conveniently and secretly mark their ballots; and they shall cause a Pf'lj*''^'
6 guard rail to be so placed that only persons inside thereof can approach is^s. 548,
7 within six feet of the ballot boxes or of the marking shelves or compart- R. i^. 11. § i87.
8 ments. The ballot boxes and the marking shelves or compartments shall §§ 216, 456.
9 be in open view of persons in the polling place outside the guard rail, jl^^^.^sos.
10 The number of marking shelves or compartments shall be not less than
1 1 one for e\'ery seventy-five voters at such polling place, and not less than
12 five in any voting precinct of a city, and not less than three in any town
13 or voting precinct thereof. Each marking shelf or compartment shall
14 at all times be provided with proper supplies and conveniences for mark-
15 ing the ballots.
BALLOT boxes, VOTING MACHINES, COUNTING APPARATUS AND BLANKS.
1 Section 26. Except where voting machines are used as provided in state ballot
2 section thirty-four, the state secretary shall, at the expense of the com- counting ap-
3 monwealth, provide e\-ery city and town for use at every polling place provSld'" ^^
4 therein with a state ballot box and counting apparatus approved by the JH^- 1||' | \°-
5 board of voting machine examiners as provided in section thirty-two. JHo't^s'lli
6 Ballot boxes shall be purchased by the secretary at a price not exceeding is9i! aSs! § 1."
7 seventy dollars each. is9s, 548, § iss. § 123. '
R. L. 11, §188. 1907, 560, f§ 217, 456. 1920.169.
1903, 368, § 2. 1913, 835, |§ 243, 503. 1 Op. A. G. 251, 376.
Penalty for malicious injury, etc., of ballot box, etc., Chap. 56, §§ 47, 48.
468
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
Blanks and
envelopes for
returns of
votes, forms
for use by
election
officers, etc.
1857, 295, § 1.
G. S. 7, § 20.
1S74, 376. § 34.
P. S. 7. § 43;
8, § 18; 22,
§28.
1890, 423,
§ 112.
1891,328.5 1;
329, I 3.
1893, 417.
§§ 123, 124.
Section 27. The state secretary shall provide every city and town 1
with suitable blank forms and envelopes for all certificates, copies of 2
records and returns required to be made at his office, with such printed 3
directions thereon as he may deem necessary; and such other blank 4
forms and suggestions and instructions, as will assist the election officers 5
in the performance of their duties. The clerks of the courts of the sev- 6
eral counties shall in like manner provide cities and towns with suitable 7
blank forms and envelopes for all certificates, copies of records and 8
returns required to be made to the county commissioners and boards 9
of examiners. i898. 648, §§ i85, ise. 10
R. L. 11, §§ 188, 189. 1907, 560, |§ 217, 218, 456. 1913, 835, §5 243, 244, 503.
Penalty for malicious injury, etc., of blank forms, Chap. 56, § 47.
Ballot boxes,
voting ma-
chines and
counting ap-
paratus, care,
repair, etc.
1884, 299, § 14.
1890, 423, § 87.
1891, 329, § 1.
1893. 307;
417, § 125.
1898, 548,
§187.
R. L. 11, § 190.
1907, 560,
§§219,456.
1912,641, §5.
1913, 835,
§§ 245, 503.
Section 28. The clerk of each city or town shall provide therein a 1
place for the safe keeping of the ballot boxes and counting apparatus 2
furnished by the commonwealth, and of voting machines used in such .3
city or town. He shall have the care and custody thereof, and see that 4
they are kept in good order and repair. The custody, care and repair 5
of all such voting machines, ballot boxes and apparatus shall be at the 6
expense of the city or town, but shall be subject to the supervision and 7
control of the state secretary, who may, at the expense of the common- 8
wealth, subject to approval as provided in section thirty-two, cause 9
necessary improvements to be made in any of such voting machines, 10
ballot boxes or apparatus. 1 1
Defective
ballot boxes,
etc., may be
replaced.
1895, 508, § 1.
Section 29. If a state ballot box becomes defective or is lost or de- 1
stroyed, the state secretary, upon application by the city or town clerk, 2
shall provide another ballot box at the expense of such city or town. 3
1898, 548, § 188.
R. L. 11, § 191.
1907, 560, §§ 220, 456.
1913, 835, §§ 246, 503.
Precinct seals,
use, custody,
1874, 376, § 42.
1876, 188, § 6.
1880, 87.
P. S. 7,
§§ 28, 39.
1884, 299,
§§ 23, 33.
1890, 423, § 89.
1892, 405.
1893, 417,
§127.
Section 30. The clerk of every city and of every town divided into 1
voting precincts shall furnish to the clerk of each voting precinct a seal 2
of suitable device, with a designation thereon of such precinct; and such 3
seal shall be used in sealing all envelopes required by law to be used at 4
elections. The clerk of the precinct shall retain custody of the seal, 5
and shall, at the end of his term of office, deliver it, with the records of 6
the precinct and other official documents in his custody, to the city or 7
town clerk. 8
1898, 548, § 190. R. L. 11,§193. 1907, 560, §§ 221, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 247, 503.
Ballot box,
apparatus,
etc., to be sent
to polling place.
1884, 299, 1 16.
1890, 423, 1 89.
1891, 328, I 3.
Section 31. Every city and town clerk shall send to the election 1
officers at each polling place, before the opening of the polls on the day 2
of an election or meeting at which the same are required to be used, the 3
ballot box, blank forms and counting and other apparatus. 4
1898, 548, § 191.
R. L. 11, § 194.
State ballot
la
sion to (
and approve,
etc., voting
machines,
ballot boxes,
etc. Action if
they cease to
conform to law
Const, amend.
38.
(Const. Rev.
art. 37.)
Section 32. The state ballot law commission shall constitute the 1
state board of voting machine examiners and no member thereof shall 2
ha\'e any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in any voting machine, 3
ballot box or counting apparatus. They shall, at such times, under such 4
conditions, and after such public notice as they shall determine, examine 5
voting machines, ballot boxes and counting apparatus, and shall file 6
with the state secretary their written approval of all machines, ballot 7
boxes and counting apparatus which in their judgment conform to the 8
Chap. 54.] elections. 469
9 requirements of law, together with such written or printed descriptions, i898, 378,
10 and such drawings, specifications and photographs as will clearly identify 54s,'§ 267.
11 such machines, and the state secretary shall send a copy of each report 1903; sesf"'"'
12 on voting machines to every city and town clerk. For the purpose of floV.seo.
13 such examination said board may employ not more than three ex- igfl^gli*' *^^'
14 pert machinists at a cost not exceeding ten dollars each for each day §§i.'i3. '
15 emploved, to be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the §§249,563.
in ■ ■ i-i I I- 1918,257, § 17.
lb commission. 1919,5.
17 If any machine, ballot box or counting apparatus approved and pre- igeMass. 4io.
18 scribed by said board in accordance with this and the following section lOp. a. G.ses.
19 shall, in the judgment of the board at any time thereafter, by reason
20 of the enactment of further requirements, cease to conform to the re-
21 quirements of law, the board shall notify the state secretary thereof, who
22 shall forthwith send a copy of such notice to every city and town clerk;
2.3 and no such machine, ballot box or counting apparatus shall be used at
24 any primary, caucus or election until, upon examination by said board,
25 it shall in their judgment conform to all the requirements of law, and
26 shall be approved in the manner herein provided.
1 Section 33. Voting machines shall furnish convenient, simple and ^f^lojfn^n"^!
2 satisfactory means of voting at primaries and elections and of ascertain- chines and
3 ing and recording the true result thereof with facility and accuracy, etc
4 special regard being given to the prevention and detection of double S48, '§ 257. "'
5 voting at primaries and elections and of voting for candidates of more 1907; Mbf^'"'
6 than one political party at a primary; but no machine shall be approved fgil'Vi!^
7 which does not secure to the voter as much secrecy in voting as is afforded i^^^ ^|j
8 by the use of the official ballot. Ballot boxes shall have sufficient locks §§ 250, sda.
9 and keys or seal fastenings, and shall contain mechanical devices for
10 receiving, registering and cancelling every ballot deposited therein;
11 but no such box shall record any distinguishing number or mark upon a
12 ballot. No machine, ballot box or counting apparatus, not approved
13 in accordance with this and the preceding section, shall be used at
14 any election, primary or caucus; nor shall any such machines, ballot
15 boxes or counting apparatus be used except in accordance with the
16 laws relating to primaries and elections. The arrangement of names
17 and questions on voting machines shall be in general the same as on
18 the official ballot, except that when in the judgment of the ballot law
19 commission it is impracticable, said commission shall determine the
20 arrangement.
1 Section 34. The aldermen of a city, except Boston, or a town, cities and
2 may, at a meeting held at least thirty days before the primary or election adopt wl^
3 at which voting machines are to be used, determine upon and purchase, ^'a^cMnel and
4 or lease, one or more voting macliines approved as provided in section purchase or
5 tliirty-two, and order the use thereof at primaries and elections of state, isas, 465, § 1. '
6 city or town officers in such city or town; and thereafter at all primaries i898;378! §.3;
7 and elections of state, city or town officers in that city or town, until i9oi,^53i*'
8 otherwise ordered by the aldermen in a city, and the selectmen in a town, fg^[ Hh^ ^''''
9 said machines shall be used at primaries and for voting for the officers to f9i|^64*^'''
10 be elected at such elections and for taking the vote upon questions sub- || 3. *.^3.
11 mitted to the voters. §§251,563.
12 For polling places in which voting machines are to be used no ballot 1 Op. a.'g. '
13 boxes or ballots shall be furnished. ^^''^ ''°^-
470
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
Preparation
for use and
delivery at
polling place.
1912, 641, § B.
1913, 835,
§§ 252, 503.
Section 35. The body, board or official charged with the conduct 1
of elections in any city or town where voting machines are used shall, 2
before the opening of the polls at a primary or election, cause each ma- 3
chine to be prepared for use and delivered at the polling place, and shall 4
cause to be done all things necessary to hold the primary or election with 5
machines. Penalty for tampering with voting machine, etc.. Chap, 56, § 48. 6
Election
officers when
voting ma-
chines are used.
1912,641, § 7.
1913, 835,
§§ 253, 503.
Section 36. In any election when voting machines are used in any 1
polling place in any city or town, the number of election officers in such 2
polling place may be less than six in the discretion of the board, body or 3
official in which or in whom the authority to determine the number of 4
election officers in such polling place is vested by law, subject to section 5
thirteen. 6
Regulations
fori
:of
voting ma-
chines, ballot
boxes and
counting ap-
paratus.
1898, 378, § 5;
548, § 270.
Section 37. The ballot law commission shall make regulations for 1
the use of the voting machines, ballot boxes and counting apparatus 2
approved by it, and suitable instructions for the voters in cities and 3
towns where such machines, ballot boxes and counting apparatus are 4
used shall be prepared and furnished by the state secretary. 5
R. L. 11, § 273.
1905, 313, § 2.
1907, 560, §§ 227, 456.
1912,641, §§8,13.
Voting ma-
chines, ballot
boxes and
counting ap-
paratus to be
inspected, etc.
1884, 299, § 10.
1887, 443, I 1.
1890, 423, 1 84.
1893, 417,
§ 123.
1898, 378, § 2;
548, §§ 185,
267.
Section 38. No voting machine shall be used at a primary or elec- 1
tion until it has been inspected under the direction of the state secre- 2
tary and found to conform to drawings and specifications to be filed in 3
the office of the secretary by the ballot law commission, with their 4
report on the machine, nor shall any ballot box or counting apparatus 5
be used at a primary, caucus or election until it has been inspected and 6
approved under the direction of said secretary. 7
1913, S35, §1 255, 503.
Persons of
whom machines
or ballot boxes
are purchased
to give bond,
etc.
1895, 508, i 3.
1898, 378,
§ 4; 548,
§§ 189, 269.
R. L. 11,
§§ 192, 272,
1903, 368, § 3.
1905,313, § 1.
1907, 560.
§§ 226, 456.
1912,641.
§§ 12, 13.
1913, 835.
§§ 256, 503.
1916, 43, § 2.
Section 39. When voting machines or ballot boxes are purchased 1
by the commonwealth or by a city or town, the persons of whom the 2
purchase is made shall give to the state secretary, city or town clerk or 3
election commissioners, as the case may be, a bond with sufficient sure- 4
ties to keep such machines or ballot boxes in working order for two years. 5
Such persons shall also give a bond with sufficient sureties, conditioned 6
to defend and indemnify the commonwealth or cities and towns pur- 7
chasing, or leasing, and using the machines or ballot boxes against any 8
suit at law or in equity and for any expense, damage or inconvenience 9
which they may incur or suffer by reason of any suit brought against 10
them for infringement of patents or other rights, arising from the pur- 11
chase, lease, or use of such machines or ballot boxes. 12
prepar.\tion and form of ballots.
preparation, Section 40. All ballots for use in elections of state officers shall be
is^'^is*'""^' prepared and furnished by the state secretary, and all ballots for use in
1890 386 5 7 ^Icctious of city or town officers, by the city or town clerk. No such
1893,' 417! ■ ballots shall be printed in any printing establishment owned or man-
1897,530, § 21. aged by Boston. 1898, 548, § 192. R. L. 11, §195.
1907, 560, §§ 229, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 257, 503. 164 Mass. 486.
Chap. 54.] elections. - 471
1 Section 41. Ballots for the use of voters in a voting precinct or town BaUots, names,
2 shall contain the names of all candidates duly nominated for election poTitfMirdes?g-
3 therein, and, except as pro\'ided in section forty-three, such ballots shall randidlfis.
4 contain the name of no other person. J^||; |f ^'; | }^-
5 To the name of each candidate for a state office shall be added the 43i;°5^|''' ^ ^■
6 name of the city or town where he resides. To the name of each candi- issi. 269: 270.
7 date for a city office shall be added the name of the street on which he is98!54s!§i93'
8 resides, \\-ith his street number, if any; and to the name of each candi- 1900! 231]
9 date for alderman at large shall also be added the number of the ward ^o?; Ubf ^'^'
10 where he resides. iii2!'398'!*§ 3.
11 To the name of each candidate for a state or city office, except Is'JsI'ms
12 city offices in cities where political designations are forbidden, shall be i9i7, 2so, § 2.
13 added in the same space his party or political designation or designa- i98 Mass! 340!
14 tions. To the name of each candidate for a town office upon an official ^ ^"^^^ ^^ '
15 ballot shall be added the designation of the party or principle which he
16 represents, contained in the certificate of nomination or nomination
17 papers.
18 If a candidate shall receive the nomination of more than one party or
19 more than one political designation for the same office, he may, within
20 the seventy-two hours next succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of
21 the last day fixed for the filing of nomination papers, by a writing de-
22 livered to the officer or board required by law to prepare the official
23 ballot, direct in what order the several nominations or political designa-
24 tions shall be added to his name upon the official ballot; and such direc-
25 tions shall be followed by the said officer or board. If, during said time,
26 said candidate shall neglect to so direct, said officer or board shall adtl
27 said nominations or political designations to the name of said candi-
28 date upon the official ballot in such order as said officer or board shall
29 determine.
1 Section 42. The names of candidates for every state, city and town Contents,
2 office, except presidential electors, shall be arranged under the designa- ornameslTi-mk
3 tion of the office in alphabetical order according to their surnames, except islsrsls"'
4 as city charters otherwise provide in the case of municipal offices; but {fgo 386 1 7"'
5 the names of candidates for different terms of servdce in the same office 436, § 11.'
6 shall be arranged in groups according to the length of their respective §§ i3o, 135.
7 terms, and the names of candidates nominated by single wards but to be 1897; 482'.
8 voted for at large shall be arranged in groups by wards. In the case of l^fli.^*^'
9 representatives in congress, the designation may be "congressman". JgoV Im^'I!'
10 Blank spaces shall be left at the end of the list of candidates for each dif- |^j?' 5§ 231,
1 1 ferent office, equal to the number to be elected thereto, in which the voter lois, sss,
12 may insert the name of any person not printed on the ballot for whom he 1915, 36.
13 desires to vote for such office. If the approval of any question is sub- 221 mIII'. 223!
14 mitted to the voters, it shall be printed on the ballot after the names of ^29 Mass! is^'
15 the candidates. IR^irrs'y
. , ^ 4 0p. A.O.U42.
16 Ballots shall be so prmted as to give to each voter an opportunity to
17 designate by a cross (X), in a square at the right of the name and desig-
18 nation of each candidate, and at the right of each question, his choice
19 of candidates and his answer to such question; and upon the ballots
20 may be printed such directions as will aid the voter; for example,
21 " vote for one ", " vote for two ", " yes ", " no ", and the like. On the back
22 and outside of each ballot when folded shall be printed the words
23 "Official Ballot for", followed by the designation of the voting precinct
24 or town for which the ballot is prepared, the date of election, and a
472
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
Presidential
electors, ar-
rangement of
didates, etc.
1832, 169, § 1.
R. S. 6. § 15,
Q. S. 9, § 11.
P. S. 9, § 11.
1889, 413, § 10.
1890, 423,
I 172.
1892, 279, § 1.
1893, 417,
§ 131.
1898, 548,
§ 195.
R. L. 11, § 198.
1907,429, § 12;
560, §§ 232,
456.
1913, 835,
51 260, 503.
facsimile of the signature of the officer who has cau.sed the ballot to be 25
prepared. 26
Section 4.3. The names of candidates for presidential electors shall 1
be arranged in groups as presented in the several certificates of nomina- 2
tion or nomination papers. The groups shall be arranged in the alpha- 3
betical order of the surnames of the candidates for president, and the 4
names of the candidates in each group shall be printed upon the ballots 5
in two columns of equal width. If candidates are nominated at large 6
and for the several congressional districts, the name and place of resi- 7
dence of one of the candidates at large shall be put at the head of each 8
column, and the names of the other candidates with their places of resi- 9
dence and the numbers of their congre.ssiQual districts shall follow in the 10
numerical order of the districts. The surnames of the candidates of each 11
political party for the offices of president and vice president, with the 12
political designation thereof at the right of the surnames, shall be placed 13
in one line above the group of candidates of such party for electors. A 14
sufficient square in which each voter may designate by a cross (X) his 15
choice for electors shall be left at the right of each political designa- 16
tion; and no other space or margin shall be left in any such group of 17
candidates. IS
Official ballots,
paper, size,
form, tvpe, etc.
1889.413, § 10.
1890, 386, § 7;
423, § 81.
1892, 279, § 1.
1893, 417,
§ 132.
1898, 548,
§ 196.
R. L. 11, § 199.
1907, 560,
§§ 233, 456.
1913, 835,
§§261, 503.
221 Mass. 223.
Ballots,
number to be
provided, etc.
Partial ballots.
Const, amend.
30.
(Const. Rev.
art. 34.)
1888,436, § 12.
1889,413, § 12.
1890, 386, § 9;
436, § 7.
1893, 417,
§133.
1898, 163;
548, § 197.
R. L. 11, § 200.
1907, 660,
§§ 234, 456.
1912, 266.
1913, 835,
§§ 262, 503.
Ballots to be
arranged in
packages, etc.
1888, 436, § 11.
1889,413,511.
1890, 386, § 8.
1893, 417,
§ 134.
Section 44. The official ballots shall, except as otherwise provided 1
in this chapter, be of ordinary white printing paper, of two or more 2
pages, and shall, before distribution, be so folded as to measure not less 3
than four and one half nor more than five inches in width and not less 4
than six nor more than thirteen and one half inches in length. The names 5
of all candidates shall be printed in black ink in lines at a right angle with 6
the length of the ballot. The names of all candidates, other than candi- 7
dates for presidential electors and for president and vice president, and 8
the initial letters of all names of candidates for presidential electors, shall 9
be in capital letters not less than one eighth nor more than one quarter 10
of an inch in height. The surnames and political designations of the 11
candidates for president and vice president shall be in capital letters 12
not less than three sixteenths of an inch in height. 13
Section 45. One set of ballots, not less than sixty for every fifty 1
registered voters, and for every fraction of fifty thereof, shall be provided 2
for each polling place at which an election for state, city or town officers 3
is to be held. The state secretary or the city or town clerk, as the case 4
may be, may provide a duplicate set of ballots for any polling place when 5
lie deems it necessary. 6
A sufficient number of partial ballots in state elections shall be pre- 7
pared for voters entitled to vote for a part only of the officers to be 8
voted for in a city or town. A statement shall be printed on the back 9
of such ballots, in addition to the official endorsement, indicating the 10
class of voters for whose use the ballots are furnished, and such ballots 11
only shall be furnished to those voters. 12
Section 46. Ballots, in convenient numbers, shall be arranged in 1
packages. A record of the number of ballots printed and delivered to 2
each polling place shall be kept by the state secretary, or the city or 3
town clerk, for one year. 4
1898, 548, § 198, R. L. 11, § 201. 1907, 580, §§ 235, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 263, 503.
Ch.\P. 54.] ELECTIONS. 473
1 Section 47. Jf a vacancy occurs or is declared in the list of nomina- Printing of
2 tions, by reason of death or ineligibility, the name of the candidate nomi- vacancjTocrara.
3 nated to fill such vacancy shall, if the ballots have not been printed, be Jfg?; lyg ^ *■
4 placed on them or, if the ballots have been printed, ballots containing ^^flg*'^'
5 the new nomination shall, when practicable, be substituted. §^199^**'
R. L. 11, §202. 1907. 560, §§ 236, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 264, 503.
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
1 Section 48. The state secretary in state elections, city clerks in city Cards of in-
2 elections, and town clerks in town elections at which official ballots are specimen
3 used, shall, for every such election, prepare and cause to be printed in copies^o1°pro-
4 large clear tj-pe cards containing full instructions to voters for obtaining me^n^^o the
5 ballots, marking them, obtaining assistance and new ballots in place of 5|^'43g°?i3
6 those accidentally spoiled: and on separate cards such abstracts of the isso! 4i3,' 1 13!
• . 1890 386 5 lO
7 laws imposing penalties upon voters as they shall deem proper. They i893!4i7!
8 shall also provide for each polling place ten or more specimen ballots isgs.MS,
9 which shall be facsimiles of the ballots provided for voting, but printed R"L'^n,§203.
10 without the endorsements and on colored paper. The state secretary ||°J37''!?56
11 shall pro\nde copies of any proposed amendment to the constitution, Jt'lol'ais
12 law or proposed law, submitted to the people, with a heading in large 1919, 304, § 3.
13 type, "Proposed Amendment to the Constitution", "Law Submitted
14 upon Referendum after Passage", "Law Proposed by_ Initiative Peti-
15 tion", as the case may be.
1 Section 49. The state secretary, at least five days before state elec- Lists of can-
2 tions, shall transmit to the registrars printed lists of the names, residences stare'electmns,'
3 and designations of candidates to be voted for at each polling place, mittedTo"
4 substantiallv in the form of the official ballot, and also printed copies of registrars and
* 1 1 1 • • I 11 posted.
5 any proposed amendment to the constitution, law, or proposed law, to isss, 436, 1 14.
6 be submitted to the people. Upon the receipt thereof, the registrars shall is92,' 124! § 2.'
7 conspicuously post in not less than three public places in each voting §§ iss-ho.
8 precinct or town the lists and copies aforesaid for such precinct or if^L.' ii^jVar'
9 town. 1907, 429, §9; 500, §§238, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 266, 503. 1919, 364, §4.
Penalty for tearing down posted list, Chap. 56, § 30.
1 Section 50. At least four days before a city election, city clerks city election,
2 shall cause to be posted in every voting precinct the names, residences i889,°4i3, § 15.
3 and designations of all candidates duly nominated to be voted for in i893,'4f7,'i^39.
4 their respective cities, substantially in the form of the official ballot.
1898, 548, § 202. 1907, 560, §§ 239, 456.
R. L. 11, § 205. 1913, 835, §§ 267, 503.
1 Section 51. In towns using official ballots the town clerk, at least Town election.
2 four days before an election therein, shall cause to be posted in one or isgoTlse. §11.
3 more public places the names, residences and designations of all candi- is98,'548,'§203!
4 dates duly nominated to be voted for in the town, substantially in the i*^ i^- ii§206.
5 form of the official ballot. i907,56o, §§240, 456. 1913, S35, §§ 268, 503.
1 Section 52. Before everv state election, the state secretary shall Lists of can-
r-v 1 ii'iii* I'll 1*1 1 IP' 1 didates, etc., at
2 cause to be published a list or all candidates to be voted tor m each sen- state and city
3 atorial district, except that in the county of Suffolk the publication shall published.
4 be of all candidates to be voted for therein. He shall also publish with ilsg! 41.3,' § is!
5 skid lists the form of any question to be submitted to the voters. Before If^fsl.Yig.
474
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
1S9S, 54S.
§204.
R. L. 11,§207.
1907, 560.
§§ 241, 456.
1908,461.
1913, 835,
§§269, 503.
1919.54.
1920, 559.
every city election, city clerks shall cause to be published a list of all can- G
chelates to be voted for in their respective cities, and the form of any 7
question to be submitted to the voters at such election. Such lists and 8
ciuestions shall in all cases be in the form, as near as may be, in which 9
they are to appear upon the official ballot, and for state elections shall 10
he printed in at least four newspapers, if there be so many, published in 11
English in each senatorial district, or in the county of Suffolk, as the case 12
may be. Such publication shall, so far as is practicable, be in newspapers 13
representing the two leading political parties, and at such reasonable cost 14
as the secretary may determine. For city elections the publication shall be 15
made in at least two newspapers representing the two leading political 16
parties, if there are so many in the city, devoted wholly or chiefly to the 17
publication of local or general news. 18
Arguments
may be sent
to voters in
certain cases.
1919, 187,
§§ 1.3.
(Const. Rev.
arts. 76-107.)
Section 53. The election commissioners in Boston at least twenty- 1
four days, and the registrars of voters in every other city and town at 2
least sixty days, before the biennial state election, shall cause to be sent 3
to the state secretary mailing lists of the voters whose names appear on 4
the latest revised voting lists of their respective cities and towns, and 5
shall promptly furnish him with subsequent additions to and corrections 6
in the said lists. The secretary shall cause to be printed in type of a 7
size not less than ten point and sent to each person whose name appears 8
upon the said lists, with copies of the measures to which they refer, argu- 9
ments for and against measures to be submitted to the people under the 10
forty-eighth article of the amendments to the constitution, provided 11
that the arguments are filed with him as provided in the following section. 12
Filing of
arguments
with secretary.
1919, 187, § 2.
Section 54. The first ten signers of an initiative or referendum 1
petition, or a majority of them, may prepare and file with the state 2
secretary, not later than ten days after the petition is completed and 3
filed with the secretary in case of a law, and not later than ten days after 4
final legislative action and certification to the secretary in case of a 5
constitutional amendment, a written argument containing not more 6
than five hundred words. If such WTitten argument is filed with the 7
secretary he shall cause to be prepared by a registered voter of the com- 8
monwealth and filed with him, within such time as he may designate, 9
a contrary written argument of the same maximum length. All argu- 10
ments filed with the secretary under this section shall be open to public 11
inspection. 12
1913.408. § 1;
835, §§ 270,
503.
1919,301, § 4.
Section 55. Whenever any law submitted for acceptance to the 1
voters of a city is to be placed on the ballot at any election, the city 2
clerk in every city where such law is to be voted upon, except as herein- 3
after provided, shall send to each of the registered voters in his city en- 4
titled to vote thereon a copy thereof, with the statement that such law 5
is to be voted on at said election. 6
pS'on™f°ro- Section 56. Upon vote of a city council, with the approval of the 1
posed law or mayor, there may be substituted for a copy of such law a statement of 2
may be sub- the general purport thereof, which statement shall be prepared by the 3
city solicitor of the city and approved by the mayor and city council. 4
stituted.
1913,408, §2; 835, §§271,503.
1919,301,
ClIAP. 5-t.] ELECTIONS. 475
1 Section 57. All such copies or statements shall be sent not less than when to
2 seven and not more than twenty-one days before the election at which lai'sTws, 5 s;
3 said matter is to be voted upon. fos! ^^ ^'^^'
1 Section 58. By vote of a city council, with the approval of the Certain pro-
2 mayor, the three preceding sections may be suspended and made in- ™spe°nded,^ ''^
3 applicable as to a particular law submitted for acceptance. *'"
1913, 408, § 4; 835, §§ 273, 503. 1919, 301, § 4.
DELIVERY OF BALLOTS, ETC
1 Section 59. Ballots for state elections shall be enclosed in a package Baiiot^, et<-..
2 by the state secretary, sealed and marked with the number of ballots of fraMmfsSou.
3 each kind therein, and specimen ballots, cards of instruction, cards con- jf^fi-^f®'
4 taining abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters, and copies 5?*f^*i|'
5 of any measiu-e to be submitted to the people shall be enclosed in another is92,'3i6.
6 package, and the whole shall be fiu-ther enclosed in a single package §§ hi-us.
7 with marks on the outside indicating its contents and the polling place §*205.^*'
8 for which it is intended, and transmitted to city and town clerks, so as fgoy; Ho^ "°^
9 to be received at least twelve hours before the date of election. The flo^^^rt*^. ,
, lyu, Zoo, s 1.
10 clerks shall return receipts therefor to the secretary. He shall keep a Js^Im^sos
11 record of the time when and the manner in which the several packages i9iu, sei, § 5.
12 are transmitted, and shall preserve the receipts therefor for one year.
13 The clerk of each city and of each town using official ballots shall en-
14 close the ballots, specimen ballots, cards of instruction and cards con-
15 taining abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters for city or
16 town elections in the same manner.
1 Section 60. The city or town clerk, on the day of every state or Delivery at
2 city election, before the opening of the polls, shall transmit to the elec- city'^eieamnT''
3 tion officers of each polling place thereui, all things mentioned in the JUg; tis] | il
4 preceding section which have been provided for such polling place; and ^I^A^I^' ^ *'''
5 the presiding election officer at the polling place shall receipt therefor to i893, 4i7.
6 the clerk, and such receipt, with a record of the number of ballots trans- i895, 275.
7 mitted, shall be kept in the clerk's office for one year. At town elections, isgs! tit'.
8 the town clerk shall, on the day of the election, before the opening of r. L°n^^''
9 the polls, deliver the ballots at the polling place to the ballot clerks, i907°«i"§ lo;
10 who shall receipt therefor, and their receipt shall be preserved in the igjaHee^^"'^'
11 office of the clerk for one year. If a moderator presides at such election, |9i3' ^35.
12 no such ballots shall be delivered to voters untU he has been chosen. 1919, 364, § 0.
13 The town clerk shall also deliver the specimen ballots, cards of instruc- penalty for
14 tion and cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon ua^nsmiSon
15 voters at the same time and place. No ballots or specimen ballots shall "etums,'*"
16 be delivered by city or town clerks except as provided herein. chap. 56, §45.
1 Section 61. If the ballots provided for any polling place are not Substitute
2 delivered, or if after delivery they are destroyed or stolen, the city or isss, 436, § 19.
3 town clerk shall cause similar ballots to be prepared; and upon receipt iggsili?',
4 of such new ballots, accompanied by a statement by him on oath that isIs^ms,
5 they have been so prepared and transmitted by him, and that the original |j'l^u, 5 210.
6 ballots have not been delivered or have been so destroyed or stolen, the Ij'aif'^.fje
7 ballots so substituted shall be used. 1913, 835, §§275, 503. 159 Mass. 4S7.
476
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
Biennial state
election, date,
officers to be
chosen.
Const, amend.
19. 36. 64.
(Const. Rev.
arts. 39. 62.)
1832, 169.
1833. 68.
R. S. 6,
§§ 3, 13.
1S4S. 33.
G. S. 8, § 1:
9, §§ 3, 9, 10.
P. S. 8, § 1:
9. §§3, 9, 10;
10. § 1.
CALLING OF ELECTIONS.
Section 62. The biennial state election for the choice of governor, 1
lieutenant governor, councillors, state secretary, state treasurer, attorney 2
general, state auditor and senators and representatives in the general 3
court, shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem- 4
ber in every even numbered year. There shall also be chosen at the 5
biennial state election, when required by law, presidential electors, and 6
senators in congress, and, in their respecti\'e districts or counties, repre- 7
sentatives in congress, district attorneys, clerks of the courts, registers 8
of probate and insolvency, registers of deeds, county commissioners, 9
associate commissioners, sheriffs and county treasurers. 10
1890. 423, §§ 147,
165, 170, 171, 188.
1893, 417, I 146.
1S9S, 548, § 20S.
R. L. 11, § 211.
1907, 500, §§ 24.1
1913, 835, §§ 2':
191(1, 247.
1919,269, § 14.
Calls for
elections in
cities.
1884, 299, § 2.
1890, 423,
§5 67, 68.
1893, 417,
§ 147.
1898, 548,
"i 209.
R. L. 11.
1907, 560,
§§ 246, 456.
1913, 835.
§§ 278, 503.
1919, 269, § 15.
163 Mass. 411.
Section 6.3. Elections of state officers and city officers shall be 1
called by the aldermen, and the city clerk shall, under their direction, 2
cause notice of such elections to be printed in one or more newspapers 3
published in such city and to be conspicuously posted in the office of 4
the city clerk; and in Boston, in at least four daily newspapers pub- 5
lished therein. Such notices shall be in lieu of the notices or warrants 6
for election required in any city by special statutes. Elections of state 7
officers and town officers shall be called in towns as provided in section 8
ten of chapter thirty-nine. The biennial state and the annual city 9
and town elections shall be called at least seven days before the day 10
prescribed for the holding thereof. 11
Penalty for defacing or removing notice. Chap. 56, § 29.
Notices or
warrants to
specify offices,
etc. Time of
opening and
closing polls.
1874, 376, § 21.
1879, 2.
P. S. 7, §1 1-3.
1884, 299, § 1.
1890, 386, § 3;
423, §§ 66-68,
148, 165, 171.
1891,314.
1892, 124, § 1.
1893, 417,
1148.
1898,83, § 1;
548, § 210.
1901, 116.
R. L. 11, §213.
1905, 111, I 1.
1907, 560,
§§ 247, 456.
1912, 307; 473.
1913, 835,
5§ 279, 503.
1914, 329.
1919, 364, § 2.
2 Op. A. G.649.
Section 64. Notices or warrants for state and city elections and 1
for the election of town officers in towns where official ballots are used 2
shall specify by name all the offices to be voted for, and state, in the 3
form in which it will appear upon the ballot, any question submitted to 4
the voters. They shall specify the time when the polls will be opened, 5
and in cities and in towns when voting by precincts, when the polls will 6
be closed, and in towns when not voting by precincts, when they may 7
be closed. 8
The polls shall in no case be kept open after eight o'clock in the 9
evening. 10
In cities, the polls may be opened as early as six o'clock in the forenoon, 11
and shall be opened as early as ten o'clock in the forenoon and shall be 12
kept open at least six hours. 13
In towns, at the election of state and town officers, the polls may be 14
opened as early as fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, and 15
shall be opened as early as twelve o'clock, noon, and shall be kept open 16
at least four hours, and until the time specified in the warrant when 17
they may or will be closed; and in towns not voting by precincts they 18
may be kept open for such longer time as the meeting shall direct. At 19
annual town meetings they shall be kept open at least one hour for the 20
reception of votes upon the question of licensing the sale of certain non- 21
intoxicating beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred 22
and thirty-eight. After an announcement has been made by the presiding 23
officer of a time so fixed for closing the polls they shall not be closed at 24
an earlier hour. , 25
Chap. 54.] elections. 477
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.
1 Section 65. At an election of state or city oflScers, and of town Posting in-
2 officers in towns where official ballots are used, the presiding election plst^e'r'""^' ^*°'
3 officer at each polling place shall, before the opening of the polls, post at „ carcf^°for-^
4 least three cards of instruction, tliree cards containing abstracts of the q'*^^)"- ^j
5 laws imposing penalties upon voters, tliree copies of measures to be sub- ''^''°'!' "''^j
6 mitted to the people, if any, and at least five specimen ballots within isooissfiju!
7 the polling place outside the guard rail, and the cards of instruction and sir,. ' "" ' "'
8 a copy of each measm-e to be submitted to the people in each marking §^^49.*^''
9 compartment; and no other poster, card, handbill, placard, picture or }896;469;§8.
10 circular intended to influence the action of the voter, except a paster to i^os^ ^^s,
11 be placed upon the official ballot, shall be posted, exliibited, circulated r.l. ii,§2u.
12 or distributed in the polling place, in the building where the polling §'n;'56o!
13 place is located, on the walls thereof, on the premises on which the build- 1913,835.
14 ing stands, on the sidewalk adjoining the premises where such election is )9i9%64, § 7.
15 being held, or within one hundred and fifty feet of the entrance to such joiVal^' 223.
16 polling place. Pasters to be placed on the official ballot shall be subject p^^^^^ ,^j,
17 to all the restrictions imposed by sections forty-one and forty-four as to tearing down
18 names and residences of candidates and the size of the type in which structionor
19 the names shall be printed; but no political or other designation shall batiot.c'hap 56,
20 appear on such pasters, and no vote by paster shall be counted if such IrfbuUng cards,
21 designation appears. The presiding election officer shall, at the open- poning place"
22 ing of the polls, publicly open the packages containing the ballots and ctap. 5u, § 39.
23 deliver them to the ballot clerks. All specimen ballots not posted shall
24 be kept in the custody of the presiding officer until after the closing of
25 the polls.
1 Section 66. The state ballot boxes shall be used for receiving the use and
2 ballots in state and city elections, and in town elections where official gtat'e baOot
3 ballots are used. The election officers at each polling place shall, at the i874^'3^7'6; § 41.
4 opening of the polls and before any ballots are received, publicly open Jlgos?*'^^'
5 the ballot box, and ascertain by personal examination, and publicly r.s. '7, §§20,
6 show, that the same is empty, and shall immediately thereafter lock or iss4, 299,
7 fasten the box. The clerk of the precinct or town shall make a record of i887,'443. § 1.
8 the condition of the box register, and, if a key is used, it shall be retained |§*2,'3.^*'
9 by the police officer or constable at the polling place. The ballot box shall ||^s4,*85,'89,
10 not, after it is shown to be empty, be removed from public view until all ^s^g 405
11 ballots have been removed therefrom and the box has been relocked or 1893: we § i;
12 sealed. The ballot box shall not be opened nor any ballot removed 1894, 275, § 1.
13 therefrom until the polls are closed, except as provided in section one i89s!548,
14 hundred and five; but in order to make room for ballots, the presiding r^i,"ii, §215.
15 officer may, in the presence of all the election officers, open the box and 5§°2'49,''456.
16 pack and press down the ballots therein. irisf^los
17 The presiding officer of each polling place shall have charge of. the
18 ballot box and ballot box seal, and shall, at the close of each election,
19 retiu^n the same, cither personally or by a police officer or constable in
20 attendance at the polling place, to the city or town clerk.
21 If it becomes impossible to use the state ballot box, the voting shall
22 proceed in such manner as the presiding officer shall direct, and in such
23 case the clerk shall record the reason why such ballot box is not used,
24 and shall enclose an attested copy of such record in the envelope with
25 the ballots cast. The provisions as to the use and custody of the state
478
ELECTIONS.
[CfL^P. 54.
ballot box shall, so far as applicable, apply to the ballot box substituted 26
therefor. 27
deiiv°e?ylnd SECTION 67. 0x16 votiug list shall be delivered to the ballot clerks 1
representation ^'^^^ auothcr to the officers in charge of the ballot box. When a ballot 2
51*20*22 ■ '^ delivered to a voter, his name shall be checked on the first and when 3
1890,386, § 14; hc dcposits his ballot it shall be checked on the second. The officer in 4
1893, 417, charge of the ballot box and the officer in charge of the voting list shall 5
isII'ms be of different political parties. 6
§ 213.
No statement
to be made
before public
declaration of
vote, except,
etc.
1874. 376. § 54.
P. .S. 7, § 53.
1888, 203, § 1.
1890. 423,
§ 123.
1893, 417,
§ 152.
1898, 548,
§214.
Section 68. No election officer shall, before the public declaration 1
of the vote, make any statement of the number of ballots cast, the num- 2
ber of votes given for any person, the name of any person who has voted 3
or whose name has not been checked, or of any other fact tending to show 4
the state of tlie polls, except that he shall when requested make a state- 5
ment of the figures on the ballot box register, which statement shall not 6
be considered an official declaration as to the state of the polls or of the 7
number of ballots cast. R l. n. § 217. 1907, 560, §§ 251, 456. 8
1911, 304. 1913, 835, §§ 283, 503. Penalty, Chap. 56, § 18.
m1tt?d''withm Section 69. No persons except the election officers, supervisors, the 1
1889^413,' § 21. city or town clerks, and voters admitted for the purpose of voting, shall, 2
Pfls'*'^' during the progress of an election and until the public declaration of the 3
1898,548, vote, be permitted within the guard rail, unless authorized by the elec- 4
R. L. 11, § 218. tion officers for the purpose of keeping order and enforcing the law. 5
1907, 560, §§ 252, 456.
1913, 835, §§ 284, 503.
Ntimber of
voters allowed
within guard
rail.
1889,413,
§22.
1893, 417,
§ 154.
1898, 548,
§216.
R. L. 11, § 21
1907. .560,
§§ 253, 456.
Section 70. No more than four voters, besides election officers and 1
supervisors, and the city or town clerk, in excess of the number of mark- 2
ing compartments provided, shall be allowed at one time within the 3
guard rail, and except the election officers and supervisors, no voters 4
shall be admitted therein after the time fixed for closing the polls; but 5
voters previously admitted shall be allowed five minutes after the time 6
.so fixed to deposit their ballots. i9i3, 835, §| 2S5, sos. 7
Presiding
officer, general
powers and
duties.
1884. 299, § 37.
1889,413, § 23.
1890, 423,
§ 125.
1893, 417,
§ 156.
1898, 548,
§217.
R. L. 11. § 220.
1907, 560.
§§ 254, 456.
Section 71. The presiding officer at each polling place shall enforce 1
the performance by election officers of their duties. During an election 2
and the counting of tlie ballots after the close of the polls, he shall have 3
authority to maintain order and to enforce obedience to his lawful com- 4
mands, in and about the polling place and to keep the access thereto 5
open and unobstructed, and he may require any police officer, constable 6
or other person to communicate his orders and directions and assist in 7
their enforcement. i9i3, 835, §§ 2S6, 503. le Mass. 385. 8
Penalty for disobeying election officer, Chap. 56, § 42.
Police officer,
etc., to pre-
serve order.
1884, 299. § 38.
1890, 423.
§126.
1893,417,
§ 157.
1898, 548,
§218.
R. L. 11, § 221.
Section 72. The board or officer in charge of the police force of 1
each city and town shall detail a sufficient number of police officers or 2
constables for each- polling place at every election therein to preserve 3
order and to protect the election officers and supervisors from any in- 4
terference with their duties and to aid in enforcing the laws relating to 5
elections. i907, sao. §§ 255, 456. 1913, sas, |§ 287, 503. fi
Chap. 54.] elections. 479
1 Section 73. Any person who, during an election or town meeting, Persons
2 shall, in a polling place or place of such meeting, smoke or have in his o™ Lving* ""
3 possession a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette, or carry into any such place be "emoved.*"
4 or keep therein any into.xicating liquor, shall be deemed guilty of dis- p*s';'7^/|'64.
5 orderly conduct; and the presiding officer shall order him to remove such Jlgs'lif'lJsg
6 pipe, cigar, cigarette or liquor, or to withdraw from such place, and for i^is^s^s.
7 disobedience of such order shall cause him to be removed from such r. l.ii, § 222.
8 polling place or meeting. wo?, seo, §§ 2.56, 456. 1913, 835, |§ 2S8, 503.
Penalty for failure to remove or withdraw when ordered. Chap. 56, § 41.
1 Section 74. If a person at an election refuses to obey the lawful d^^^nS p°e^^
2 commands of the presiding officer or, by disorderly conduct interrupts but not pre-"
3 or disturbs the proceedings of an election officer, the presiding officer voting.
4 may require any police officer, constable or other person to take him ipo! 423,' ^^'
5 into custody and detain him until after the election; but the presiding ig93^'4i7f§ 159.
6 officer may at any time order his release. Such order of detention shall R®LliL'|223'
7 not be so enforced as to prevent such person, if a voter at that polling Jl'ljjy^'if^g
8 place, from voting. 1913, S35, §§ 239, 503. le Mass. 385.
Penalty for disorderly conduct, Chap. 56, § 40.
1 Section 75. Every election officer shall forthwith report every viola- Duties of
2 tion of any provision of sections sixty-two to eighty-five and one hun- ^wf^ "'''"'
3 dred and four to one hundred and thirty-seven, both inclusive, to the {889*4i3 §27
4 police officer or constable in attendance at the polling place, and such Jigl'llo'lioi'
5 police officer or constable shall cause the offender to be prosecuted. R- l. 11, '§ 224!
1907, 560, §§ 258, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 290, 503.
manner of voting.
1 Section 76. Each voter desiring to vote at a polling place where Voting, giving
2 official ballots are used shall give his name and, if requested, his residence of baUot! e^t"^
3 to one of the ballot clerks, who shall thereupon distinctly announce the \lll\ Isg) 1 22!
4 same; and if such name is found upon the voting list by the ballot clerk, 5||o' 423' I of
5 he shall check and repeat the name and give one ballot to such voter, i*?!;*^^'
6 who shall then be admitted within the guard rail. If not entitled to vote 1898,548,
7 for all the offices upon the ballot, he shall receive a partial ballot. i899, 323.
R. L. 11, §225. 1907. 560, §§ 259, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 291, 503.
1 Section 77. The voter on receiving his ballot shall, without leaving Marking
2 the enclosed space, retire alone to one of the marking compartments, i888,'436, § 23.
3 and shall, except in the case of voting for presidential electors, prepare iggs;!}?', ^"^'
4 his ballot by making a cross (X) in the square at the right of the name i898%48
5 of each candidate for whom he intends to vote or by inserting the name i^'^,, ..797
6 and residence of such candidate in the space provided therefor and making lioi. 560. "
7 a cross in the square at the right; and, upon a question submitted to the wisi's'ss.
8 vote of the people, by making a cro.ss in the square at the right of the i9i4%'35, §i.
9 answer which he intends to give. 177 Mass. 518. 182 Mass. 524.
195 Ma.ss. 222. 221 Mass. 223. 229 Mass. 23. 1 Op. A. G. 3.
1 Section 78. A voter may vote for an entire group of candidates for voting for
2 presidential electors by making a cross (X) in the square at the right of eieSors"''^
3 the party or political designation immediately above such group. If a §*|.^'^^''
4 voter does not intend to vote for any one candidate in the group, he Pf'ls*''^'
480
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
189S, 548, may strike out his name, and the cross shall count as a vote for each of 5
R. L.'ii,§228. the other candidates in such group. If a voter desires to vote for another 6
person in place of a candidate whose name he has struck out, he may in- 7
sert his name and residence in one of the blank spaces and make a cross 8
in the square at the right thereof. A voter who does not mark for any 9
group of candidates may \'ote for candidates for electors, up to the num- 10
ber to be elected, by inserting names and residences in the blank spaces 11
at the end of the groups of electors and making a cross in the square at 12
the right of each name so inserted. 13
1907, 560,
§§ 261, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 293, 503.
1914, 435, § 2.
1 Op. A. G. 389.
^lAing'^baliot. Section 79. A voter who declares on oath to the presiding officer
1889' 413 1 25 ^hat he had the right to vote on May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-
1898! 548,'§ 226. seveu, and cannot read, or that from blindness or other physical disability
i907i 560, ' he is unable to prepare his ballot or register his vote upon a voting ma-
1912, 641, §9. chine, shall be assisted in such marking or registering by any qualified
§§ m^563. voter whom he may designate. i9i6, so.
Penalty for false statement or oath, Chap. 56, § 31.
Certain marks
on ballot
prohibited.
1889,413, §27.
Section SO. Except as authorized by this chapter, no voter, election 1
officer or other person shall place on a ballot any mark by which it may 2
be identified ; nor shall any person place a mark against any name upon 3
a ballot not cast by himself. i898, 548. § 227. 4
1913, 835, §§ 295, 503.
221 Mass. 223.
ballot Say''"^ Section 81. If a voter spoils a ballot, he may obtain two others, one 1
i888''436'^n'4 ^* ^ time, upon returning each spoiled one, and all ballots so returned 2
1889! 413', § 24! shall immediately be marked by an election officer "Spoiled ". 3
1893, 417, § 166. R. L. 11, 5 231. 1907, 560, §§ 264, 456.
1898,548,5 228. 1903, 474. § 9. 1913. 835, §§ 296, 503.
Marking and
folding ballot,
lea\-ing
promptly, etc.
1889,413, §23.
1893, 417,
§ 167.
1898, 548,
§229.
R.L. 11, § 232.
1907, 560,
|§ 265,456.
1913, 835.
§§ 297, 503.
Section 82. Before leaving the marking compartment the voter 1
shall fold his ballot, without displaying the marks thereon, as it was 2
folded when received by him, and shall keep it so folded until he has 3
voted. A voter shall mark and deposit his ballot without undue delay, 4
shall leave the space enclosed by the guard rail as soon as he has voted, 5
and shall not remain within the guard rail more than ten minutes. No 6
voter shall occupy a voting compartment more than five minutes, if all 7
the marking compartments are in use and other voters are waiting to 8
occupy the same, nor shall he occupy a marking compartment occupied 9
by another, except as provided in section seventy-nine. 10
Penalty for allowing marks on ballot to be seen. Chap. 56, § 31.
Depositing
ballot, giving
name, check
list, etc.
1889, 413,
§§ 23, 26, 27.
1890, 423,
§§90.91.
1893, 417,
§ 168.
1898, 548,
§ 230.
R. L. 11, § 233.
1903,474, § 10.
1906, 444, § 8.
1907, 560.
§§ 266, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 298, 503.
177 Mass. 518.
Section 83. A voter after marking his ballot shall give his name and, 1
if requested, his residence, to one of the officers in charge of the ballot box, 2
who shall distinctly announce the same. If the name is found on the 3
voting list by the election officer, he shall distinctly repeat the name 4
and check it on the voting list; and the voter may then deposit his ballot 5
in the ballot box with the official endorsement uppermost and in sight. 6
No ballot without the official endorsement, except as provided in section 7
sixty-one, shall be deposited in the ballot box. No person shall vote if 8
his name is not on the voting list, nor until the election officer shall 9
check his name thereon, unless he presents a certificate from the regis- 10
trars of voters as provided by section fifty-nine of chapter fifty-one. 11
ClL\P. 54.] ELECTIONS. 481
1 Section S4. No person shall remove any ballot from the space en- Ballots not to
2 closed by the guard rail before the polls are closed. No voter whose name {"romTndosed
3 has been checked on the voting list in charge of the ballot clerk, other l8||^'436'','5 24.
4 than an election officer or supervisor, shall again enter such enclosed st^?3'*,'4^'
5 space during the election. i893, in, § leg.
1898, 548, §231. R. L. 11, §234. 1907, 560, §§ 267, 456. 1913, 835, 5§ 299, 503.
Penalty for removing ballot from within guard rail. Chap. 56, § 51.
1 Section 85. If in any state, city or town election at which official ^•h'e'if TO,°e^f3
2 ballots are used the right of a person offering to vote is challenged for ^sy^'^joo'''
3 any legal cause, the presiding officer shall administer to him the follow- F;''*^'
4ingoath: 1890,423, § 92.
1892, 332, § 1.
You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are the identical person whom you § 176.
represent yourself to be, that you are registered in this precinct (or town) and Jf^J'^^"-
that you have not voted at this election. ilgg ^g
§ 232.
5 He shall also be required to wTite his name and residence on the out- si°26l''456
6 side of the ballot offered, and the presiding officer shall add thereto the 1913.835,
7 name of the person challenging, and the cause assigned therefor, where- igis.ii.
8 upon such ballot shall be recei\ed; and no person shall make any state-
9 ment or give any information in regard thereto, except as required by
10 law. The clerk shall record the name and residence of every person who
11 has been challenged and has voted.
Penalty for failure to make proper entry on ballot of challenged voter. Chap. 56, § 19; for false
oath by voter. Id., § 31; for illegal challenging, Id., § 38; for giving information relative to
challenged votes. Id., §§ 20, 53.
ABSENT VOTERS.
1 Section 86. Any voter who on the day of the biennial state election Absent voters
2 is absent from the city or town where he is registered, and whose applica- "pphcrtk)™
3 tion for an official absent voting ballot has been filed with the city or ^onst. amend.
4 town clerk as provided in section eighty-nine, or with the state secretary fconst Rev
5 as provided in section ninety, and certified imder section ninety-one, art 35^ i
6 may vote in accordance with sections eighty-seven to one hundred and 295y§'i.
7 three, inclusive. I9i9, 2S9, §§ 1, 7, is. Op. a. g. (1918) s8, 84.
Penalty for official misconduct under §§ 86 to 103, inclusive. Chap. 56, § 27.
1 Section 87. Prior to each biennial state election the state secretary Secretary to
2 shall prepare in such quantities as he may deem necessary the following voto^baiiote'
3 papers: applications. "
4 (a) Official absent voting ballots, similar in all respects to the official Jl'fs^fl'
5 ballot to be used at such election, but printed on paper differing in color 1?'|'?P'
6 from that used for official or specimen ballots.
7 (6) Blank forms of application for such ballots, worded as follows:
I, , hereby apply for an official absent voting ballot. I am a
legal resident of the city or town of , a duly qualified voter, and,
as I believe, entitled to vote at the next state election at precinct ,
ward , in said city or town.
My address on April first in the current year was
My present address is
(If in the service of the United States, the applicant will fill out the following:)
I am in the mihtary, naval, civil service of the United States, and my rank
or official position is _ (date)
(Signature)
482
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
We, the undersigned, a majority of the registrars of voters of the
of , hereby certify that the above signature, to the best of our
knowledge and belief, appears to be genuine, and that we believe said
is a duly registered voter in said precinct , ward ,
city or town of
Registrars of voters of the of
(c) Envelopes of sufficient size to contain the ballots specified in clause 8
(a), bearing on their reverse the following affidavit: 9
State of ,
County of , ss.
I, , do solemiJy swear that I am a registered voter in the city or
town of , Massachusetts, in precinct , ward ,
that there are at least two municipalities intervening between the municipality
in which I am a registered voter and the place where I now am; that I have
carefully read the instructions forwarded to me with the ballot herein enclosed,
and that I have marked, enclosed and sealed the within ballot as stated hereon
by the person taking my oath.
(Signature)
Subscribed and sworn to before me bj' the above affiant, personally known
to me, this day of , 19 , in the city or town of
, state of , and I hereby certify that when I was alone
with the affiant he showed me the ballot herein enclosed, unmarked, and then in
my presence marked the same without my seeing how he marked it, after which
he sealed said ballot in this envelope. I had no communication with the affiant
as to how he was to vote.
(Seal, if any) Name
Residence
Official title or military or naval rank
(d) Envelopes of size sufficient to contain the preceding, addressed 10
to the clerks of the several cities and towns within the commonwealth, 11
upon which shall be printed "Enclosed is the ballot of an absent voter", 12
and at the top thereof blank spaces for the name, address and voting 13
place of the sender with the words "name", "address", "ward" and 14
"precinct" appropriately printed thereon. 15
(e) Copies of sections eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, 16
with such explanatory matter and instructions as the state secretary, 17
with the approval of the attorney general, shall deem appropriate to 18
carry into effect the purposes of said sections. 19
Distribution of
absent voting
ballots, etc.
1919, 2S9, § 3,
Section 88. The state secretary shall retain for his own use so many 1
of the papers provided for in the preceding section as he may deem suffi- 2
cient, and shall supply each city and town clerk in the commonwealth .3
with as many of them as he may deem necessary. 4
biank°appii- SECTION 89. The blank form of application set forth in clause (6) of 1
baiiou,'e™c.'''°* section eighty-seven, and the other papers described in clause (e) of said 2
i8i|.293. section, shall, as soon as they can be prepared, be delivered to any per- 3
1919. 289, son who by mail or otherwise applies therefor to the state secretary or to 4
any city or town clerk. The official absent voting ballot and all other 5
papers described in said section shall be mailed by city and town clerks, 6
postage prepaid, to all voters who seasonably file with them, either 7
directly or through the state secretary under the following section, the 8
application set forth in said clause (6), after the same is certified by the 9
Ch.\P. 54.] ELECTIONS. 483
10 registrars and returned to the clerk, as provided in section ninety-one.
11 Any voter who has received the blank form of said application under
12 this or the following section may file said application with the city or
13 town clerk.
1 Section 90. The state secretary shall obtain as soon as practicable Blanks, etc.,
2 the names, addresses, official rank or title, and the places where they votera''fn miu-
3 are entitled to vote, of all registered \-oters in the military or naval serv- 'emcT.'A™'
4 ice of the United States, or in the civil or official service of the United f^'^J^°°^ '°
5 States or of this commonwealth, who by reason of such service are absent J^'I'^l^jg j^
6 from the commonwealth. The adjutant general and all city and town 1919, 289, §3.
7 officials shall give him all reasonable assistance that he may request for
8 this purpose. To such ^•oters he shall forward as soon as practicable the
9 papers mentioned in clauses (6) and (e) of section eighty-seven, with re-
10 turn envelopes addressed to himself. All applications received by him
11 from such voters shall be forwarded to the clerks of the several cities or
12 towns where such voters assert the right to vote.
1 Section 91. When an application for an official absent voting ballot ^^f^lJi'J,^ „j
2 is received by the clerk of a city or town, whether from the voter directly applications,
3 or through the state secretary, it shall be transmitted by him to the votmg°iist,°
4 registrars, who shall examine it and, if they believe the signature thereon jg'is. 293.
5 to be genuine and the person executing the signature to be a duly regis- fgil; Isl', § e.
6 tered voter, shall execute the certificate thereon and return the applica-
7 tion to said clerk. The clerk shall cause to be placed on the voting list,
8 opposite the name of each person registered as an absent voter, the letters
9 in capitals A. V. If the registrars find the person signing the application
10 not to be a duly registered voter, they shall send him written notice to
11 that effect and shall preserve the application during the time fixed by
12 law for the preservation of ballots cast in the coming election, after
13 which time said application shall be destroyed. The clerk shall keep
14 lists of the names and addresses, arranged by voting precincts, of all
15 voters filing applications for absent voting ballots, and shall post copies
IG of the same for public inspection.
1 Section 92. A voter, who has received an official absent voting Method of
2 ballot as provided in section eighty-nine, may vote by mailing the same igis! 293. § i^s.
3 to the city or town clerk. He shall mark said ballot in the presence of i^i'-''^*^' ^ '■
4 an official authorized by law to administer oaths, and of no other person,
5 in a municipality which is separated by at least two municipalities from
6 the city or town where the voter is registered. Before marking the ballot
7 he shall exliibit it to said official, who shall satisfy himself that it is un-
8 marked, but he shall not allow said official to see how he marks it. Said
9 official shall hold no communication with the voter, nor he with said
10 official, as to how he is to vote. Thereafter the voter shall enclose and
1 1 seal the same in the envelope provided for by clause (c) of section eighty-
12 seven. He shall then execute before said official the affidavit on said
13 envelope as set forth in said clause (c), and shall enclose and seal the
14 envelope with the ballot in the envelope provided for in clause {d) of said
15 section, endorse thereon his name, address and voting place, and mail
IG the same within the time prescribed in the following section, postage
17 prepaid, at a post office in a municipality which is separated by at least
IS two municipalities from the city or town wherein the voter is registered.
484 ' ELECTIONS. [Chap. ,54.
In^LiioT^'^' Section 93. AH ballots cast under the preceding section shall be 1
1919 2S9' ! I*' ^^^i'^*^ °^ or before the day of election. The postmark, if legible, shall 2
be conclusive evidence of the time and place of mailing. 3
be''at'tec'hrf '° Section 94. Upon receipt of an envelope purporting to contain an 1
DeUve?y to official abscnt voting ballot, the clerk of the city or town shall attach 2
igrl'ags*''''^^' thereto the application for an official absent voting ballot executed by 3
II 20, 21,' 23 the voter whose name appears thereon and certified by the registrars of 4
Op.A.G.(i920) voters. All such envelopes shall be preserved unopened. Upon election 5
day before the hour for the closing of the polls the said clerk shall deliver 6
all envelopes recei\'ed by him to the election officers in the several voting 7
precincts where the voters named therein assert the right to vote. 8
?"a'fon°officer3, SECTION 9-5. Immediately after the closing of the polls, and after 1
19*19 289 § 10 *^^ ballots cast have been removed from the ballot box, the warden or 2
his deputy in each polling place shall open all envelopes delivered to him 3
under the preceding section, and shall compare the signatures on the 4
envelopes therein enclosed with the signatures on the applications at- 5
tached thereto, except in the case of ballots prepared under section 6
ninety-eight, and shall examine the postmarks and affidavits. If the 7
affidavits are properly executed, and if the postmarks and affidavits, or 8
in case the postmarks are illegible, the affidavits, sufficiently disclose 9
that the ballots were executed and mailed in accordance with sections 10
eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, and if the signatures on 11
the affidavits appear to be executed by the same persons who signed the 12
applications, and to be the signatures of duly registered voters w ho have 13
not voted at the election, he shall make public announcement of the 14
names of the absent voters, open the envelopes in such manner as not 15
to destroy the affidavits thereon, take out the ballots without unfolding 16
them, or permitting them to be opened or examined, and, after checking 17
the names of the absent voters on the voting list, shall deposit the ballots 18
in the ballot box. If he finds an envelope to bear an affidavit improperly 19
executed, or not signed by the person who signed the accompanying 20
application, or if the voter whose name appears thereon is not a regis- 21
tered voter or has voted in person, he shall not open the envelope, but 22
shall mark across the face thereof "Rejected as defective", "Rejected 23
as not a voter", "Voted in person", as the case may be. All envelopes, 24
opened or unopened, shall be retained with the ballots cast at the elec- 25
tion, and preserved and destroyed in the manner provided by law for 26
the retention, preservation or destruction of official ballots. The tally 27
sheets in use at elections shall pro\ide in convenient form for the re- 28
cording thereon of all envelopes, as well as all accepted or rejected ballots 29
of absent voters. 30
ml!, 2"s97§ n. Section 96. All ballots received by mail shall be subject to challenge 1
when and as cast for non-compliance w'ith any provision of sections 2
eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, or for any other reason 3
allowed by law, and if challenged shall be disposed of in accordance with 4
section eighty-five, except that so much of said section as involves the 5
administering of an oath shall not apply thereto, and the writing of the 6
name and address of the voter on the ballot shall be performed by the 7
officer charged with depositing the ballot in the ballot box. 8
Chap. 54.] elections. 485
1 Section 97. No ballot transmitted under any provision of sections immaterial
2 eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, shall be rejected for any not to cause
.3 immaterial addition, omission or irregularity in the preparation or execu- i9r9''2's9, § 12.
4 tion of any writing or affidavit required by said sections.
1 Section 98. An absent voter unable to mark his ballot may have Proceedings
2 it marked for him by the clerk of a court of record, who shall add in voter cannot
3 writing to the jurat a statement of the fact that the voter is unable to mo, 2S9,°§'i3.
4 write, stating the reason therefor, and shall sign the voter's name on
5 both en\'elopes.
1 Section 99. All envelopes received by clerks of cities and towns Disposition
2 after the hour fixed for the closing of the polls on the day of election shall ceived late"^^
3 be retained by them unopened until the time set by law for the destruc- |"24.'
4 tion of ballots cast at the state election, at which tin
5 shall likewise be destroyed, unopened and unexamined.
1 Section 100. Sections eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, voting in
2 shall not prevent a voter who has mailed a ballot under them from mai1'i'ng''absent
3 \'oting in person. No ballot mailed under said sections shall be counted ^l", 293,°''
4 if the officers charged with the duty of counting the same are cognizant i9i|~2S9, § 15.
5 of the fact that the voter has died prior to the opening of the polls on
6 the day of the election.
1 Section 101. Any soldier, sailor or marine, without the United n't't™y"o*r°'
2 States, voting as permitted by sections eighty-six to one hundred and pa™i officer
, , . ^ I ■ n 1 ■ 1 • ... in lieu of jurat.
3 three, inclusive, may substitute for the required jurat and transmit with i9i9. 2S9, § le.
4 the seakd ballot, a written statement in such form as the state secretary
5 shall prescribe, setting forth the facts required, made by any one of his
6 superior officers of a rank in the army higher than first lieutenant, and
7 in the navy higher than lieutenant of the second grade.
1 Section 102. The state secretary shall prepare for the use of election information
2 officers, city and town clerks and registrars of voters such printed in- tions'°liaUve to
3 formation and instructions, subject to approval by the attorney general, i9i™28o,"§'l7.
4 as he may deem proper to facilitate the operation of sections eighty-six
5 to one hundred and three, inclusive. Such printed matter shall be trans-
6 mitted to said officials prior to each state election. The state secretary
7 may prepare and distribute, subject to like approval, such general in-
8 formation relative to said sections as he may deem expedient.
1 Section 103. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction of
2 jurisdiction in equity to require the certification of any application for to'abse'nt'' "°
3 an absent voting ballot which the registrars have unreasonably refused i9i8"^293, § 22.
4 to certify, to order the counting of any ballot improperly rejected, or ^^^^' ^^^' ^ ^^■
5 to enjoin the counting of any ballot which cannot reasonably be identi-
6 fied as the ballot of a person lawfully entitled to vote as provided in sec-
7 tions eighty-six to one hundred and two, inclusive, or which was not cast
8 in accordance therewith; provided, that no proceeding hereunder shall be
9 begun later than the date fixed by law for the final canvass of votes cast
10 for candidates for state offices.
486
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
State blanks
and apparatus
to be used, etc.
1891, 328,
§§1,2^
1893.417,
§171.
1898, 548,
§233.
R. L. 11, § 236.
1907. 500.
§1 269, 456.
1913. 835.
5§ 301, 503.
1919, 301, § 2.
COUNTING OF VOTES.
Section 104. The blank forms and apparatus provided by the state 1
secretary shall be used in ascertaining the result of the election or vote 2
in state elections in cities and towns, in city elections, in elections of town 3
officers in towns where official ballots are used, and also in taking the 4
vote upon any proposed amendment to the constitution, upon any law 5
or proposed law submitted to the voters by referendum or initiative 6
petition, upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of certain non- 7
intoxicating beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred 8
and thirty-eight, and upon any other question submitted by statute to 9
the voters of any senatorial or representative district, or of any city or 10
town in which official ballots are used. If it is impossible to use such 11
blank forms or apparatus, the canvass of the votes shall be made as the 12
presiding officer shall direct; and the clerk shall record the facts relating 1.3
to the failure to use such blank forms or apparatus, and shall enclose an 14
attested copy of such record in the envelope with the ballots cast. 1 5
Proceedings at
close of polls.
Counting votes.
Announcing
and recording
result.
Counting in
towns during
vote.
1857, 171.
G. S. 7, § 15.
P. S. 7. § 26.
1884, 299. 1 19.
1890, 423, § 95.
1891, 328, § 4.
1892, 431.
1893, 146;
308; 417, § 172.
1895. 240.
1898, 548,
§234.
1899, 209.
R. L. 11, §237.
1906, 444, § 10.
1907, 560,
§§ 270, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 302, 503.
200 Mass. 31S.
Penalty for
interference
with trans-
mission of
returns,
Chap. 56, § 45.
Ballots, pro-
ceedings, etc.,
to be kept in
open view, et(
Removal of
ballots from
ballot box
before voting
Section 105. If the state ballot bo.x is used, the clerk shall, as soon as 1
the polls are closed, record the ballot box register. The election officers 2
shall then, publicly and in the presence of the other election officers, 3
count audibly and distinctly the number of names checked on each list 4
and announce the same. The ballot box shall then be opened by the 5
presiding officer and the ballots taken therefrom and audibly counted, 6
one by one, and the whole number of ballots cast shall be publicly an- 7
nounced by him. The ballots may be divided into convenient packages, S
and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each block or package 9
shall be canvassed and counted by two election officers representing the 10
two leading political parties, detailed by the presiding officer. Each 11
election officer, in so canvassing and counting votes, shall be under the 12
inspection of an election officer of a different political party. The result 13
of the can^'ass and count shall be reported to the presiding officer, who 14
shall cause it to be correctly recorded on the blank forms provided there- 15
for. At state elections in towns not divided into voting precincts, the 16
canvass and count of votes shall be made by the selectmen and town 17
clerk, who may be assisted by the tellers. 18
The clerk in open meeting shall publicly announce the result of the 19
vote and enter in his records, in words at length, the total number of 20
names of male and female voters checked on the voting lists, the total 21
number of ballots cast, the names of all persons voted for, the number 22
of votes for each person and the title of the office for which he was a can- 23
didate, the number of blank ballots for each office, and the number of 24
affirmative and negative votes in answer to any question submitted to 25
the voters, and shall forthwith make a copy of such record, certify and 26
seal up the same, and deliver it to the city or town clerk, who shall forth- 27
with enter it in his records. 28
The voting lists and all ballots removed from the ballot box shall be 29
kept in open view of the voters present until enclosed and sealed up, and 30
all proceedings in the canvass and counting of votes shall be public and 31
in open view of the voters, and there shall be no adjournment or postpone- 32
ment until the canvass and counting have been completed, and the vot- 33
ing lists and ballots have been enclosed and sealed up. 34
In towns, the ballot box at any polling place may be opened and ballots 35
taken therefrom for counting when all the selectmen and the town clerk, 36
Chap. 54.] elections. 487
37 or, where the moderator is in charge of the election, the moderator and ^^^ ceased.
„„ 1 II nil- rr- J • • 1 II counting, etc.
38 the town clerk, or all the election orhcers at the voting precinct shall so iss4. 298. § 20.
39 order. When tiie ballots have been thus removed the presiding officer isqs! i4ii^: 417,
40 shall select from the election officers an equal number from each of the 173'^°' ^'^'
41 two leading political parties, who shall canvass such ballots, in accord- 1901] Ig!*'
42 ance with this section; but no announcement of the result of such can- fooo,' 444,\^io'
43 vass shall be made by any election officer until the total result of the ss''27o''456
44 canvass of ballots has been ascertained. 1913, sss, §§ 302, 503.
1 Section 106. If the use of a state ballot box is required, no ballot Certain ballots
2 shall be counted unless it has been deposited in and cancelled by such counted, etc.
3 ballot box, or has been otherwise deposited in accordance with section issel 413! 1 20!
4 sixty-six. Only official ballots shall be counted in any election for which JI93; 54I; ^ ^'
5 they are provided. If a voter marks more names than there are persons ^^ifu 5 23s
6 to be elected to an office, or if his choice cannot be determined, his ballot ss°27i''4S6
7 shall not be counted for such office. Ballots cast but not counted shall be isis. sss.
8 marked "defective" on the outside thereof, and shall be preserved like 177 Mass. 51s.
9 other ballots. 1S2 Mass. S24. 195 Mass. 222, 213 Mass. 153. 229 Mass. 23.
1 Section 107. The presiding officer at every polling place at elections Ballots, cast
2 of state and city officers and of town officers in towns where official bal- and voting''
3 lots are used shall, after the record of the counting has been made, cause eeafed up!etc.
4 all ballots cast to be publicly enclosed in an envelope and sealed up with W^i ^J^'
5 the seal provided therefor, and also with the private seal of any election p*l;''7*5k28 29
6 officer who may desire to affix the same; and a majority of the election ism, 299,
7 officers of the voting precinct or town shall endorse upon such envelope the i8S9,'4i3.
8 polling place, the election and the date, and also a certificate that all the fLa'sse,
9 ballots cast by the voters of such precinct or to^n, and none other, are || 97; gg' *^^'
10 contained therein. He shall cause all ballots not cast to be enclosed in i^fy^*^^'
1 1 an envelope and sealed up as aforesaid, and shall certify on the envelope ^^l'^- ^^s,
12 the contents thereof. Such presiding officer shall cause the voting lists R^L.ti. § 239.
13 to be enclosed in an envelope and sealed up as aforesaid, and a majority §"§ 272,456.
14 of the election officers shall certify thereon to the identity of the voting §§'364^^563.
1.5 lists enclosed. He shall forthwith personally deliver to the city or town i'^^ Mass. 409.
16 clerk or transmit to him, by the police officer or constable in attendance 56°s'22' ^or*^"
17 at the election, all the ballots cast, and not cast, the voting lists, the bal- false endorse-
,, 1111 1 1 • ment, delay in
18 lot box, ballot box seals and counting apparatus. delivery, etc., of
' " ^^ ballot, Id., I 49.
Penalty for interference with transmission of ballots, Chap. 56, § 45.
1 Section 108. Upon written application, signed by at least ten voters Copies of
2 in the town or ward of which the precinct forms a part, or upon writ- checkldfho^
3 ten request signed by the chairman of any ward, town or city committee, isSTm § 24.
4 the city or town clerk may open the envelope containing such voting Jl™' |i|' ^ ^*'
5 list and may make a copy of the list as checked. After any such voting Lljl^go
6 list has been so copied, said clerk shall at once enclose the list in an en- ms. sis,
7 velope and seal up the same and certify thereon to the identity of such r.'l.ii, § 240.
8 lists. 1907, 500, §§ 273, 450. 1913, S35, §§ 305, 503. 1920, 493, | 2.
1 Section 109. City and town clerks shall retain in their custody the Ballots and
2 envelope containing the ballots cast, without examining them or permit- dfspisiiion,^'
3 ting them to be examined by any person except as required by law, and 18% jgg § j
4 upon the expiration of the period fixed for their preservation shall cause ^gj| ^^ ^*-
5 such ballots to be destroyed. issJ; 299, § 26.
488
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
1889.413,
§§ 24, 26.
1890, 386,
|§ 14, 16: 423,
II 100, 101.
1893, 417,
§ 176.
1898, &48.
§ 238.
R. L, n, §241.
1903, 474, § 11.
City and town clerks shall retain in their custody the voting lists and 6
ballots not cast as long as they retain the ballots cast. They shall then 7
transmit such voting lists to the registrars of voters for future reference, 8
and shall destroy the ballots marked " Spoiled ", without examining them 9
or permitting them to be examined, and may make such disposition of 10
the undistributed ballots as they may deem proper. i907, seo, §§ 274,456, H
l,'i7 Mass. 403. Penalty, Chap. 56, § 23.
Record not to
be rejected
Examination
of precinct
records, cor-
rection, etc.
1852. 209. § 1.
G. S. 7, § 15.
P. S. 7, § 37.
1890, 423,
§102.
1892, 190, § 1.
1S93, 417,
§ 178.
1898, 548,
§240.
R. L. 11, §243.
1907, 560.
§§ 276, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 308, 503.
RECORDS AND CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION.
Copies of Records prepared in Cities and Towns.
Section 110. No record of votes cast or copy thereof shall be re-
be ascertained therefrom.
G. S. 7. § 16.
1874, 370, § 27.
P. S. 7, §37; 8, § 10.
1890, 423, §§ 102, 15
1893, 417, § 177.
1898, 548, § 239.
R. L. 11, § 242.
1907, 560, §§ 275, 456.
1913, 835. §§ 307, 503.
Section 111. In state and city elections, the aldermen and city 1
clerk, and in state elections the selectmen and town clerk of towns 2
divided into voting precincts, shall forthwith after such election exam- 3
ine the copies of the records of the election ofBcers, and if any error 4
appears therein, they shall forthwith give notice thereof to the officers 5
by whom the error Mas made, who shall forthwith make an additional 6
record under oath in conformity with the facts and deliver a copy thereof 7
to the city or town clerk. Such copy of the records made, with or with- 8
out notice as aforesaid, shall be received by the city or town clerk at 9
any time before the last day fixed for the transmission of copies of records 10
of the votes cast in the city or town, or on which the results of the elec- 11
tion are required to be declared. 12
The aldermen and city clerk, and the selectmen and town clerk, shall 13
examine all original and all additional copies of the records and make 14
them part of the records of such election, and shall certify and attest 15
copies of the records of votes for the several candidates. 16
Transmiasion
to state sec-
retary, etc.,
of copies of
records of
votes.
R. S. 14, §§ 17,
44, 101, 107.
1850, 299, §2.
1852, 53.
1855, 92, § 2.
1856, 118.
1857, 171,
§§ 1.2: 311.
1858, 93,
§14,12.
G. S. 7, § 17.
1881, 65.
P. S. 7, § 40:
9, §4.
1890, 423,
§§ 108, 100.
1893,417,
§179.
1896, 469, § 9.
1898,217, § 1;
548, § 241.
R. L. 11,§244.
1907. 560,
§§ 277, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 309, 503.
1917, 109, § 1.
1919.301, §3.
13 Gray, 83.
Section 112. The clerk of each city and town, within ten days, and 1
in Boston the election commissioners, within fifteen days, after the day 2
of any election therein for a senator in congress, representative in con- 3
gress, governor, lieutenant governor, councillor, state secretary, state 4
treasurer, state auditor, attorney general, clerk of courts, register of pro- 5
bate and insolvency, sheriff, district attorney, or senator, or for presi- 6
dential electors, shall transmit to the state secretary copies of the records 7
of votes for such officers, together with the records of votes cast on any 8
constitutional amendment, law or proposed law, and on any question 9
submitted to them by statute in any senatorial or representative dis- 10
trict or in two or more cities or towns. Said record shall be certified 11
by the aldermen, selectmen or election commissioners, and attested and 12
sealed by the clerk or by said commissioners. The city or town clerk 13
shall, within ten days after an election for county treasurer or register 14
of deeds, transmit to the county commissioners, and within ten days 15
after an election for county commissioners or associate commissioners, 16
transmit to the clerk of the courts the records of votes for such officers, 17
certified, attested and sealed as aforesaid; except that in Chelsea, Revere 18
and Winthrop the records of votes for register of deeds shall be trans- 19
Chap. 54.] elections. 489
20 mitted to the election commissioners of Boston, and that in Revere and ^™ure^to°make
21 Wintlirop the records of votes for county commissioners and associate and transmit
• 1 II 1 • 1 I 1 1 c 1 (> Ti/T' 1 11 copies of record,
22 commissioners shall be transmitted to the clerk or the com-ts tor Middle- chap se, § 24;
23 sex county. Such copies shall be transmitted in envelopes, upon which tificate of re-
24 shall be stated the offices for, questions on which and districts in which irert°on. w.,
25 the votes were cast. ^ ^^'
1 Section 113. If any such copy transmitted to the state secretary is Proceedings
2 not sealed as recjuired by law, he shall forthwith gi\e notice thereof to J^ecched"^ "
3 the officers who transmitted the same; and thereupon another copy shall jgH^'loo § 2
4 be made, attested, certified, sealed and transmitted to the secretary. If pfJ'l]!'
5 the second copy is received by him before determination of the persons 1890,423,
6 appearing to be elected and the original appears to be in substantial con- is93.'4i7,
7 formity therewith, the original copy shall not be rejected. '* '
1S98, 548, § 242. R. L. 11, §245. 1907, 5G0, §§ 278, 456. 1913, 835. §§ 310, 503.
1 Section 114. The state secretary shall cause the date of the receipt Memorandum
2 of each copy of the records of votes to be endorsed on the envelope con- be made.
3 taining it; and if received unsealed, a memorandum thereof shall be g*'s.'7,^§'2i.^'
4 made on the copy. p. s. 7, § 44.
1890, 423, § 113. 1898, 548, § 243. 1907, 5R0, §§ 279, 456.
1893, 417, § ISl. R. L. 11, §246. 1913, 835, §§ 311, 503.
Examiyiatioii and Certification by Governor and Council, etc.
1 Section 115. The state secretary shall lay before the governor and o,''*™^^^;"
2 councU the copies of the records of votes cast, with their seals unbroken, records and
3 The governor with at least five councillors shall, as soon as may be, open of results by
4 and examine all such copies and determine who are elected to the several TOunXetc!
5 offices, and the result of the votes on any question or questions. Upon ^°i"^§'J^*art. 3.
6 such determination, the state secretary, upon application, shall furnish f6?77 i^°°'''
7 to newspapers an abstract of the records of the votes examined. '•^°"^h^.^7-
^ '^ arts. 47. 02,
R. S. 5, § 22; 6, § 5. 1890, 423, §§ 114, 115. 1907. 560, §| 2S0, 456. 134,138.)
1856, 173, §§ 4, 10. 1893, 417, § 182. 1913, 835, §§ 312, 503.
G. S. 7, § 22. 1898, 548, § 244. 1917, 109, § 2.
P. S. 7, § 45. R. L. 11, § 247. 136 Mass. 583.
1882, 28, § 3.
1 Section 116. The governor shall, in the presence of at least five certification of
2 councillors, certify to the results of the examination of the copies of the summonses'"'^
3 records of the votes for governor and lieutenant governor, for councillors, and certificates
^ ,. or election.
4 for state secretary, state treasurer, state auditor and attorney general. Const, amend.
5 and for senators, and shall issue his summons to such persons as appear (Const. Rev.
6 to be chosen to said offices. The governor shall issue certificates of elec- i857, 295, § 3.
7 tion to such persons as appear to be chosen to the offices of senator in p.' 1.' 7,' III.'
8 congress, representative in congress, clerk of the com-ts, register of pro- §j^n4,^nG.
9 bate and insolvency, sheriff and district attorney, which shall be counter- l^f^ *i^'
10 signed and transmitted by the state secretary. isos, 54s, § 245.
R. L. 11, § 248. 1907, 560, §§ 281, 456. 190S, 597, | 1. 1913, 835, §§ 313, 503.
1 Section 117. After such certification, such copies shall be replaced Return to state
^■1- ■ 111- 1.11 -n n ■ secretary, lay-
2 in their respective envelopes and delivered with the certificate of exami- jng before
3 nation to the state secretary, who shall on the first Wednesday in Jan- fi^i?ns:f """'
4 uary lay the same, with schedules showing the number of ballots cast for i6°.'^'' ^'"^° '
5 each person voted for, before the senate and house of representatives. i?t°T34.f°^'
490
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
1857, 295, § 4.
1859, 27.
G. S. 7, § 24.
P. S. 7, § 47.
1882, 28, § 3.
Except for the above purposes, all such copies, both original and cor- 6
rected, transmitted to the state secretary, shall remain on file in his 7
office and be there open to the inspection of any interested person. 8
1890,423, §§ 115,117.
1893,417, § 184,
1898, 648, § 246.
R. L. 11. §249.
1907, 660, §1 282, 456.
1013, 835, §1 314, 503.
Presidential
electors, exam-
ination of
returns of
votes, procla-
mation, and
certificate.
1851, 40, § 2.
G. S. 9, § 13.
P. S 9. § 13.
1888, 382, § 1.
1890, 423,
§173.
1893, 417,
§ 185.
1898, 548.
1247.
R. L. 11. § 250.
1907. 560,
|§ 283, 456.
1913, 83.5,
§§ 315, 503.
Petition in
court for
declaration of
election, etc.
1888, 382,
§§ 4-6.
1890. 423,
§§ 178-180.
1893,417,
§S 186, 1.87.
1898, 548,
§248.
R. L. 11, §251.
1907, 560,
§§ 284, 456.
1913, 835.
§§ 316, 503.
Section 118. The copies of the records of votes for presidential 1
electors shall, in any event, within ten days after they have been trans- 2
mitted to the state secretary, be opened and examined by the governor 3
and council, who shall thereafter declare, by proclamation printed in at 4
least one newspaper in each county, the names of the persons who have 5
received at least one fifth of the entire number of votes cast for electors, 6
and the number of votes received by each such person. The several 7
persons, to the number of electors required to be chosen, who have re- 8
ceived the highest number of votes so ascertained, unless notice of a 9
contest has been received by the governor, shall, at the expiration of four- 10
teen days from the date of such proclamation, be deemed to be elected; 11
and the governor shall thereupon issue a certificate of election to every 12
such person. 13
Contested Elections of Presidential Electors.
Section 119. Any person who appears, by the proclamation of the 1
governor, to have received not less than one fifth of the entire number 2
of votes cast for electors, may, if the election is contested, apply by pe- 3
tition to the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county, for a declaration 4
of his election as an elector. Such petition shall set forth the name of 5
every person whose election is contested and the ground for the contest, 6
shall be filed within seven days after the date of such proclamation and 7
shall not thereafter be amended. Before any proceedings thereon, the 8
petitioner shall recognize to the commonwealth, in such sum and with 9
such sureties as the court shall order, to pay all costs incurred in the 10
prosecution of his petition if he shall not prevail. If the petitioner pre- 11
vails, the cost shall be paid by the commonwealth. The court shall fix 12
a day for a hearing by the full court, which shall be not less than three 13
nor more than seven days after the date of the filing of the petition, and 14
shall order notice of the hearing to be given, with a statement of the 15
substance of the petition in such manner as it may direct, to the gov- 16
ernor and to every person whose election is contested. The court shall 17
also order such notice to be published in at least one newspaper desig- 18
nated by it in each county. 19
Procedur
Compuls:
of
lity
tness,
1888, 382,
§§ 7-10.
1890, 423,
§§ 181-184.
1893, 417,
§§ 187, 188.
1898, 548.
§249.
R. L. 11, § 252.
1907, 560,
§§ 285, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 317, 503.
Section 120. The petitioner and the contestant may appear and 1
produce evidence at the hearing, and no person other than the petitioner 2
or a contestant shall be made a party to the proceedings on such petition, 3
or be heard thereon. If more than one petition is pending, or the elec- 4
tion of more than one person is contested, the court may order the cases 5
to be heard together and shall apportion the costs between them, and 6
shall finally determine all questions of law and fact. No person shall be 7
excused from testifying or producing papers or documents therein on 8
the ground that his testimony or the production of the papers or docu- 9
ments will tend to criminate him; but no person so testifying shall be 10
liable to any suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, for any matter or 11
cause in respect to which he shall be so examined or to which his testi- 12
Chap. 54.] elections. 491
13 mony shall relate, except to a prosecution for perjury committed in
14 such testimony. The court shall forthwith certify its decision to the
15 governor, who shall thereupon issue certificates of election in accordance
16 therewith. If the petitioner does not prosecute his petition it shall be
17 dismissed and notice thereof given to the governor, who shall issue certifi-
18 cates of election to the persons entitled thereto.
Examination and Certification of Records of Votes for Certain County
Officers.
1 Section 121. The county commissioners to whom the copies of the County com-
2 records of votes for county treasurer and register of deeds have been etc*!'™ examine
3 transmitted shall, on the first Wednesday of the month following the vo\m°^ Notice
4 election, examine such copies, determine what persons appear to be JetS'^ ^"^"^
5 elected, issue certificates of election to them and give notice to the state R j| || Y^'
6 secretary of the name, residence, and number of votes received by each isssiiis. §3.
7 candidate in each city and town, with the name and term of office of issd, 139, § 2.
c I i ] p. S. 7. § 50.
8 every person elected. i884, 299, § 34.
9 In Suftolk county, the election commissioners of Boston shall, within §^^21.*^^'
10 ten days after the election of register of deeds, in like manner examine j^i'li*^'''
11 the copies of the records of votes, determine who appears to be elected, P||j^*'
12 issue a certificate and give notice as above provided. R l. 11, § 253.
1907, 560, §§ 286, 456. 1913, 835, §| 318, 503. 1914, 393, | 1. 2 Gray, 370.
1 Section 122. In each county, except Suffolk and Nantucket, the Board of <
2 judge and register of the probate court and the clerk of the courts shall
aminers to
4 person in any county, the sheriff shall be a member of the board. The |'j'^'« secretary,
5 members of said board shall each be paid at the rate of three dollars a isss, i52,§i
6 day for every day employed in the performance of their duties and ten 18,28,40.
7 cents a mile for travel to and from the place of their meeting; and their g.^s! 7', § 25;
8 accounts shall be audited and settled by the county treasurer. Said K's^7fj48;23,
9 board shall meet on the first Wednesday of the month following an election jlgo'^l,
10 for county commissioners or associate commissioners and shall examine f|oV4i7^°'
1 1 such copies, determine what persons appear to be elected, issue certifi- § 192.
12 cates of election to them and give notice to the state secretary of the § 251.
13, name, residence and number of votes received by each candidate in each 1907,' soo,
14 city and town, with the name and term of office of every person so ilil^'ssf^'
15 elected, and shall, within three days thereafter deposit said copies in the f9i4j3'9|°j'2.
16 office of the clerk of the courts.
20 Picli. 484. 13 Gray, 83. 126 Mass. 282.
Correction of Records.
1 Section 123. If it shall appear to the governor and council, to the when incom-
2 board of examiners, to the election commissioners or to the county com- new^re^turns to
3 missioners, that any copy of a record of votes examined by them is in- \l^^2i'.fi.
4 complete or erroneous, they may order a new copy of the records to be ills, jol'; 229^'
5 made and transmitted to them. Such new copy shall be transmitted by 5*^22*^^'
6 the city or town clerk within seven days thereafter, and if found to be i893 417.
7 correct and in conformity to the requirements of law, shall have the same isgs.'sis,
8 force as a first copy. R. l. 11, § 255.
1907, 560, §§ 288, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 320, 503. 153 Mass. 108.
492
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
Representativ*
district, one
city or town,
lion, record.
J 890, 423,
§ 153.
1893, 417,
5 194.
1898, &48,
§253.
Examination and Certification of Records of Votes for Rejpresentative.
Section 124. If a district for the election of representatives in the
general court is composed of one city or town, or one or more wards of a
city, the aldermen or selectmen shall forthwith examine the records of
the votes and determine who appear to be elected. The city or town
clerk shall record the names of all persons for whom votes for represent-
ative were cast, and the number of votes for each.
R. L. 11, §256. 1907, 5G0, §§ 289, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 321. 503.
In other dis-
tricts clerks to
meet and
determine
election, etc.
1874. 376,
§§ 25, 27. 28.
P. S. 8, §§ 8,
10, 12.
1886, 262, § 5.
1890, 423,
§§ 149. 151,
152.
1893,417,
§ 195.
aS98, 548,
§234.
R. L. 11, §257.
1907. 660,
§§ 290, 4.56.
1913, 835.
§§ 322, 503.
Section 125. In other representative districts, the election officers 1
in e\ery voting precinct, and the selectmen and town clerk of each town 2
therein not divided into voting precincts, shall, as soon as the vote for 3
representatives has been recorded, cause a complete copy of such record 4
to be made, and shall certify, seal and deliver it to the city or town clerk. 5
The city and town clerks in such districts shall meet at the place 6
designated at noon on the tenth day following the day of the election; 7
but on the fourth day following the day of an election to fill a vacancy. 8
They shall examine the copies of the records of votes of every such voting 9
precinct and town, and determine who appear to be elected to the office 10
of representative. They shall, in words at length, make and certify all
schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for representative 12
were cast in the district and the number of votes for each, and the clerk 13
of each city and town shall record such schedule within four days after 14
the day of the meeting. 15
Designation,
change and
notice of
places of
meeting of
clerks.
Const, amend.
21.
(Const. Rev.
art. 53.)
1874, 376, § 26.
P. S. 8, § 9.
1890, 423.
§§ 149, 150.
1893,417.
§ 196.
Section 126. If a representative district is included under the pre- 1
ceding section, the officers authorized to divide the county into represent- 2
ative districts shall, in making such division, designate a place in each 3
such district or adjacent thereto at which the clerks shall meet to deter- 4
mine the result of the election. Such place of meeting may be changed 5
on petition of two of such clerks after a hearing. Notice of such designa- 6
tion and of every change thereof shall be given by said officers having 7
such authority to the state secretary, and to e^'ery city and town clerk in 8
the district. is97, 475, § 1. i898. 548. § 255. 9
R. L. 11, I 258. 1907,560, §§ 291, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 323, 503.
'emialnxef- Section 127. If an crror appears in the copies of the records of votes
for re°'res°enta- ^°'' ^ representative, the city and town clerks shall forthwith give notice
tive. thereof to the election officers, who shal^ thereupon make an additional
P. s.'s, § 'lo. ' record on oath and transmit a copy thereof to said clerks. Such addi-
tional copy shall be examined by them if received within two days from
the time appointed for their meeting; and for such purpose their meeting
may be adjourned for not more than two days.
R. L. 11, § 259. 1907, 560, §§ 292, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 324, 503.
1890, 423,
§ 151.
1893, 417,
§197.
1898, 548,
§256.
Certificate in
duplicate of
election of
representative,
transmission,
form, return of
officer.
1874, 376,
§§29-31,34.
P. S. S, §§ IS-
IS, 18.
Section 128. The aldermen, the selectmen, or the city or town clerks 1
acting in a representative district shall make duplicate certificates of 2
election of the persons appearing to be elected and shall, within fifteen 3
days after the day of the election, or within ten days after the day of an 4
election to fill a vacancy, transmit one certificate to the state secretary, 5
and shall transmit the other certificate, by a constable or other officer, 6
Chap. 54.] elections. 493
7 to the person elected. Such certificates of election shall be in the follow- isss, i07.
0 ■ e 1890,423,
8 ing torm: §§153,154,
156, 159.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, county of . At a meeting of P?|g''^^'
the qualified voters of Representative District Number , held on the 1S98,548,
day of November instant, for the choice of Representatives in the |[^l'']j s 26O
General Court to be holden on the first Wednesday of January next, 1907, soo,
wore elected to said office, flil^lgj^®-
Dated at the day of in §'§ 325, 563.
the year one thousand nine hundred and
9 Sections one to four, inclusive, of chapter three, this section and sec-
10 tion one hundred and forty-one of this chapter shall be printed on every
11 such form. The officer transmitting the certificate shall make a return
12 of his doings.
1 Section 129. City and town clerks shall, within fifteen days after Returns of
2 an election for representative in the general court, transmit to the state Je'cr^tao'^
3 secretary an attested copy of the record of votes cast for all candidates §*is5.*^^'
4 for said office in each voting precinct and in each town not divided into j^f'gg*'^'
5 voting precincts. i89s, 548, § 258.
R. L. 11, §261. 1907, 560, §§ 294, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 326, 503.
General Provisions relative to Records.
1 Section 130. The whole nftmber of ballots cast at elections shall be whoie number
2 stated in words at length in the records of votes and in all copies thereof, sLS'in woMs
3 but if not so stated, the record or copy shall not be invalid if the true i874°376', f ss
4 result can be ascertained therefrom. p. s. 8, § i9.
1 Section 131. A violation by a public officer or election officer of cer'tai'n°pra-^
2 laws relative to providing ballot boxes, blank forms and other apparatus visions not to
3 or to the care and preservation thereof, or to the manner of canvassing 1891,328, § 6.
• • • 1893 417
4 and counting votes, shall not invalidate any record or copy of a record § 201.
5 or certificate made by a city, precinct or town clerk, or affect the title of § 260. '
G a person declared to be elected to office.
R. L. 11,§263. 1907, 560, §§ 296, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 328, 503.
Information to he certified by City and Town Clerks.
1 Section 132. The city or town clerk shall, within fifteen days after Number ot
2 an election of state, city or town officers, certify to the state secretary tote certified
3 the total number of names of male and of female voters checked on the retary'.Vt..
4 voting list at such election in each voting precinct or town, and a dupli- ]||°§^fo9 ^ ^'
5 cate copy thereof, sealed, to be by him transmitted to the governor and Plgj*^'^-
6 council; and the committee of the council tabulating the returns of i898,'54s,
7 votes shall include in their report thereon the number of ballots cast in r l.ii, §264.
8 a district wherein a question is submitted to the voters and a return §'§297,456.
9 thereon is made to the state secretary. i9i3, s35, §§ 329, sos. 1917, 109, § 3.
Secretary's Report of Assessed Polls, etc.
1 Section 133. The state secretary shall before February first of ^^^°f^^°^f
2 each year report to the general court the number of assessed polls and assessed poiis,
3 the number of registered male and female voters in each city and town voters, etc.
494
ELECTIONS.
[ClUP. 54.
Const, amend.
64, §§ 1.4.
(Const. Rev.
art. 39.)
1890, 223. § 3;
423, § 118.
1891, 329, § 4.
1893, 417,
§204.
1894, 200.
1898, 548,
§ 262.
R. L. 11, § 265.
1907, 560.
§§ 298, 456.
at the date of the last preceding state, and city or town election, as the 4
case may be, and the total number of persons, male and female, who 5
voted at each such election in e\-ery city and town, and in every voting 6
precinct therein, and, in the year following a state election, the number 7
of votes received by each candidate for nomination and for election for 8
a state office, and for election for a state committee, arranged by cities, 9
towns and districts, and a concise statement of other matters relating 10
to elections, with such suggestions as he deems advisable. 11
1913,686:835, §§330,503.
Contested
election,
ballots to be
retained.
Power to
recount, etc.
1876, 188, § 2.
P. S. 7, § 35.
1884, 299, § 29.
1890, 423,
§ 103.
1893, 417.
§206.
1S98, 548,
§263.
R. L. Il,§2e6.
1907, 560,
§§299,456.
1913, 835.
§§ 331, 503.
157 Mass. 403.
182 Mass. 624.
RECOUNTS OF VOTES.
Section 134. If a person who has received votes for any office at an 1
election shall, within thirty days thereafter, himself or by his agent 2
serve upon a city or town clerk a written claim to such office or a declara- 3
tion of an intention to contest the election of any other person, the clerk 4
shall retain the envelopes containing the ballots for such office until such 5
claim is withdrawn or the contest is determined. The envelopes and 6
ballots shall be subject to the order of the body to which such person 7
claims to be elected, or of the officers required by law finally to examine 8
the records and to issue certificates of election to such office, or of any 9
court having jurisdiction thereof. Such body or officers may require the 10
clerk to produce such envelopes and ballots, and may recount the ballots 1 1
and amend any record or copy thereof in* relation to such office. 12
Recount, upon
statement filed,
how and by
whom con-
ducted, notice
of result,
amendment of
record, etc.
1876, 188, § 4.
P. S. 7, § 36.
1883, 42.
1884, 299,
§§30,31.
1886, 262,
§§ 1-3.
1890, 423,
§§ 104-106,
226.
1892, 224.
1893,417,
§§ 207-212.
1894, 132. §2;
385.
1895,89; 299.
1898, 548,
§264.
R. L. 11, §267.
1903, 474, 1 12.
1904, 293, I 1.
1906,444, §11.
1907. 560,
§§ 300, 456.
1909, 440. § 2.
1913, 835,
§§ 332, 503.
136 Mass. 583.
182 Mass. 524.
192 Mass. 409.
200 Mass. 318.
Candidates
and persons
representing
Petitioners to
e notified, etc.
Section 135. If, on or before five o'clock in the afternoon on the 1
third day following an election in a ward of a city or in a town, ten or 2
more voters of such ward or town, except Boston, and in Boston fifty or 3
more voters of a ward, shall sign in person, adding thereto their respective 4
residences on April first of that year, and cause to be filed with the city 5
or town clerk a statement sworn to by one of the subscribers that they G
have reason to believe and do believe that the records, or copies of 7
records, made by the election officers of certain precincts in such ward 8
or town, or in case of a town not voting by precincts, by the election 9
officers of such town, are erroneous, specifying wherein they deem 10
them to be in error and that they believe a recount of the ballots cast 1 1
in such precincts or town will aft'ect the election of one or more candi- 12
dates voted for at such election, specifying the candidates, or will affect 13
the decision of a question voted upon at such election, specifying the 14
question, the city or town clerk shall forthwith transmit such state- 15
ment and the envelopes containing the ballots, sealed, to the registrars 16
of voters, who shall, without unnecessary delay, but not before the 17
last hour for filing requests for recounts, open the envelopes, recount 18
the ballots and determine the questions raised; but upon a recount of 19
votes for town officers in a town where the selectmen are members of 20
the board of registrars of voters, the recount shall be made by the mod- 21
erator, who shall have all the powers and perform all the duties conferred 22
or imposed by this section upon registrars of voters. 23
The registrars shall, before proceeding to recount the ballots, give 24
written notice to the several candidates interested in such recount and 25
likely to be affected thereby, or to such person as shall be designated by 26
the petitioners for a recount of ballots cast upon questions submitted to 27
the voters, of the time and place of making the recount, and each such 28
Chap. 54.] elections. 495
29 candidate or person representing petitioners shall be allowed to be
30 present and witness such recount, either in person, accompanied with
31 counsel if he so desires, or by an agent appointed by him in writing. In
32 the case of a recount of the ballots cast upon a question submitted to
33 the voters, one representative from any committee organized to favor or
34 to oppose the question so submitted shall be permitted to be present
35 and witness the recount.
36 All recounts shall be upon the questions designated in the statements Recounts to be
37 filed, and no other count shall be made, or allowed to be made, or other SeiMgnated 'i^"^
38 information taken, or allowed to be taken, from the ballots on such |ta'ement3.
39 recount.
40 The registrars shall, when the recount is complete, enclose all the Hecordand
41 ballots in their proper envelopes, seal each envelope with a seal provided fe°suft °
42 therefor, and certify upon each envelope that it has been opened and
43 again sealed in conformity to law; and shall likewise make and sign a
44 statement of their determination of the questions raised. The envelopes,
45 with such statement, shall be returned to the city or town clerk, who
46 shall alter and amend, in accordance with such determination, such
47 records as have been found to be erroneous; and the records so amended
48 shall stand as the true records of the election. Such amended records of
49 votes cast at a state election shall be made and transmitted as required
50 by law in the case of copies of original records. If, in case of a recount
51 of votes for town officers, it shall appear that a person was elected other
52 than the person declared to have been elected, the registrars of voters
53 shall forthwith make and sign a certificate of such fact, stating therein
54 the number of votes cast, as determined by the recount, for each candi-
55 date for the office the election to which is disputed, and shall file the
56 same with the town clerk. The town clerk shall record the certificate
57 and shall, witliin twenty-four hours after such filing, cause a copy of
58 such certificate, attested by him, to be delivered to or left at the resi-
59 dence of the person so declared to have been elected, and to the person
60 who by such certificate appears to be elected.
61 Registrars of voters may employ such clerical assistance as they deem clerical
62 necessary to enable them to carry out this section.
assistance.
1 Section 136. ^,^^ v....^v,. .^^^^..^...^^ ^^..^^^ ^..^.., ^^^^^^ ^^ .^^„..^« . ,
2 by law, make anv statement or give any information relative to a ballot garding cimi-
_ ■' ' 1 ,1 " I ^ lenged voter.
3 cast by a challenged voter. is92, 332, § 1. i893, 417, § 213.
1898, 548, § 265. R. L. 11. §268. 1907, 560, §§ 301, 450. 1913, 835, §§ 333, 503.
1 Section 137. The aldermen shall not declare the result of an election in cities,
2 for state or city officers or of a vote upon any question submitted to the not'to be ""-'^
3 voters until the time for filing a petition for a recount of ballots has recou'nt'or°ex-
4 expired, or, if such petition has been filed, until the ballots have been pirationof
ir ' ' IT 7 ^ ^ ^ time tnereior.
5 recounted and the returns amended, notwithstanding any special act No city officer
6 relating to their city. After the ballots have been recounted and the certificate of
7 records amended, they shall forthwith declare the result of the election, isrelTss, § 5.
8 and the city clerk shall thereupon issue certificates of their election to i'88^', 299,^^32.
9 the persons elected. No person elected to a city office shall act in an }|||; \lf
10 official capacity by virtue of such election before his certificate of elec- S^f'Q^'*^^'
11 tion has been issued. is93, 417, § 214. is9s, 548, § 266.
R. L. 11, § 269. 1907, 560, §§ 302, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 334, 503. 182 Mass. 524.
496 ELECTIONS. [Chap. 54.
PROCEEDINGS UPON FMLURE TO ELECT, AND VACANCIES IN STATE
OFFICES.
^iTto^"'!"'! Section 138. If, upon examination of the copies of the records of 1
toeiect'ma- votcs for presidential electors, it appears that a majority of the whole 2
o/absence'' ^ numbcr of electoFS has not been chosen, the governor shall forthwith, 3
§4."" ' by proclamation, call together the general court; and the senators and 4
isst. 4b!§"3. representatives assembled in joint convention shall by ballot choose 5
?§ i4,°i5. electors to complete the full number. 6
f? ?4^i5 ^^ ^^^^ whole number of electors has not been chosen when the electors 7
8,382, § 2. meet on the second Monday in January, or if an elector has died or is 8
1890, 423,
174, 175. then absent, the electors present shall forthwith choose electors from 9
1893, 417,
215, 224. the citizens of the commonwealth to complete the full number. 10
1898, 548, §§ 271, 280. 1907, 500, §§ SO.?, 312, 456. 146 U. S.
R. L. 11, §§ 274, 283. 1913, 835, §§ 335, 345. 503.
fenitor in *'"' SECTION 139. Upon failure to choose a senator in congress or upon a 1
congreas. vacaucy iu said office the governor shall cause precepts to be issued to 2
1913, 835, ■ the aldermen in every city and the selectmen in every town directing 3
them to call an election on the day appointed therein for the election 4
of such senator. 5
tatTve [n"'''^''"' SECTION 140. Upou failure to choose a representative in congress or 1
issl'es' § 4 "P°'^ ^ vacancy in said office, the governor shall cause precepts to be 2
1851' Vfi issued to the aldermen in every city and the selectmen in every town in 3
G. s.'9, §5. ■ the district, directing them to call an election on the day appointed 4
1890, 423, ' ■ therein for the election of such representative. 5
§§ !''''■ 1'^*- 1893, 417, § 216. R. L. 11, § 27.5. 1913, 835, §§ 337, 503.
1898, 548, I 272. 1907, 560, §§ 304, 456. 1 Op. A. G. 242.
fe™tiv?ir Section 141. Upon failure to choose a representative in the general 1
il^rsVe""^'' court at the biennial state election, a certificate thereof shall be trans- 2
§§|Y3.' mitted forthwith to the state secretary by the officers required to trans- 3
§§16,17. mit certificates of election, and another election to fill the vacancy for 4
§f?57*,^i5s such representative shall be held on the fourth Monday of the same 5
nil: til: I III: month of November. 6
5|(/f ig'o5 276. Upon a vacancy in the office of representative in the general court or 7
«j30|3«6. ypojj failure to elect on the fourth Monday of November, the speaker 8
§§ 338, 503. of the house of representatives shall issue precepts to the aldermen of 9
1919, 269, § 1. ^^^^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^ selectmen of each town comprising the district or any 10
part thereof, appointing such time as the house of representatives may 11
order for an election to fill such vacancy. Upon receipt of such precepts, 12
the aldermen or the selectmen shall call an election, which shall be 13
held in accordance with the precepts. 14
fttSmfy^and' Section 142. Upon failure to choose a district attorney, clerk of the 1
r"s Vt's^' courts or in Suffolk county of the supreme judicial or superior court, 2
1856.173, ' register of probate and insolvency or sheriff, the governor shall cause 3
185*8.93^1 12. precepts to be issued to the proper officers, directing them to call an 4
?§■ 10,^13; election on the day appointed therein for the election of such officer. 5
p.'i la §§ 10, Upon a vacancy by removal or otherwise in any of the above named 6
fi8*i59^*§ 7 offices, he shall in like manner cause precepts to be issued for an election 7
Chap. 54.] Elections. 497
8 to fill such vacancy at the next biennial state election for which pre- isoo. 423,
9 cepts can be seasonably issued, unless the term of the office expires on los^^'^' ^°'''
10 the first Wednesday of January following such state election. s^zfs*^'^'
11 Upon a vacancy in the office of district attorney, register of probate Jf^g^jfg^f^
12 and insolvency or sheriff, the governor with the advice and consent of i* l^Ji^
13 the council may appoint some person thereto until a district attorney, wor.'sm. '
14 register of probate and insolvency or sheriff is qualified. Upon a vacancy 111°'^'' ^°^'
15 in the office of clerk of the courts in any county, or of the clerk of the » 3^39*^3^i2,
16 supreme judicial court in Suffolk county, the justices of said court may fjjfg jrq 5 1
17 appoint a clerk to hold the office until a clerk is qualified. ^^^ iiass 497.
IS Upon a vacancy in the office of a clerk of the superior court in Suffolk isT. ' ' '
19 county, the justices of said court may appoint a clerk to hold the office
20 until a clerk is qualified.
1 Section 14.3. Upon failure to choose a county treasurer or a register same, county
2 of deeds for a county or district, except Suffolk and Nantucket counties, 'erofdeeds'^^'^"
3 the county connnissioners shall forthwith issue precepts to the aldermen \IU', I'h^i'i.
4 of each city and the selectmen of each town in such county or district, fife'ioe 107
5 directing them to call an election for the election of such officer on a Jf^s'io*'
6 day appointed therein. S§ 12, is; 17,
7 Upon a vacancy by removal or otherwise in the office of county treas- p. s. io, §§ 12,
8 urer or of register of deeds in a county or district, except in Suffolk and IsbcHilf,
9 Nantucket counties, the county commissioners shall in like manner issue iM^ao'e^"^'
10 precepts for an election to fill such vacancy at the next biennial state 5*2^1^9*^'^'
11 election for which precepts can be seasonably issued, unless the term of ||9|;548
12 the office expires on the first Wednesday of January following such state R. l/hT
13 election, and may appoint some person to fill such office until a person 1907'. seo. '
14 is elected thereto and qualified. The person so appointed shall give He^"^'^"®'
15 bond as provided in section three of chapter thirty-five or section three rnisisss! ^''
16 of chapter thirty-six, as the case may be. lo3^^°' ^^''
17 Upon failure to choose a register of deeds in Suffolk county, or upon i9i9. 269, § 1.
18 a vacancy in that office, the city council of Boston shall call meetings to
19 elect a register of deeds or to fill such vacancy, as is above provided for
20 an election in other counties; and, upon a vacancy in that office in said
21 Suffolk county, the superior court shall appoint some person to the office
22 until a person is elected thereto and qualified.
23 Upon failure to choose a register of deeds in Nantucket county, or
24 upon a vacancy in that office, the selectmen of the town of Nantucket
25 shall call a meeting to elect a register of deeds as is above provided for
26 an election in other counties, and may appoint some person to the office
27 until a person is elected thereto and qualified.
1 Section 144. Upon failure to choose a county commissioner or asso- same, county
2 ciate commissioner, the board of examiners shall forthwith issue precepts TOmmSfoner.
3 to the aldermen of each city and to the selectmen of each town in such jf^3^'4^''
4 county, directing them to call an election to elect such officer on a day Jifg^ig "■>
5 appointed therein. In Middlesex county, such precept shall also be is5o,'299',T2.
G issued to the aldermen of Revere and the selectmen of Winthrop. c.s.'io,'
7 Upon a vacancy by removal or otherwise in the office of county com- is72!'87,'§ 3.
8 missioner or associate commissioner, the board of examiners shall in like fj ^j^ li.
9 manner issue precepts for an election to fill such vacancy at the next If^fgl'loi
10 biennial state election for which precepts can be seasonably issued, unless Jf^fg'^'
498
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
1893, 417,
§ 220.
189S, 54S.
§§ 276, 277.
R.L. 11,
5§ 279, 2S0.
1902, 541, § 2.
1907, 560,
§§308, ,309. 456.
1913,83.5,
§§341,342,503.
the term of office of the commissioner whose office is so vacant expires on 11
tlie first Wednesday of January following such election. 12
Upon a vacancy in said offices, the county commissioners or the two 13
remaining county commissioners, as the case may be, and the clerk of 14
the courts for the county, or a majority of them, may appoint some 15
person to fill such office until a person is elected thereto and qualified. 16
1919,209, I 1.
^Ictionand SECTION 145. If a' person elected to any of the offices mentioned in 1
nfng'^of'temr ^^^ three preceding sections dies before the first Wednesday of January 2
of office. following his election, the office shall be filled as in case of a vacancy. 3
1917, 255, §1. 1918, 114, §2. 1919, 269, § 26.
State secre-
tary to be
notified, etc,
1890, 423,
§§ 120, 121,
207.
1893.417,
§221.
1898, 548,
R.L.ii, §281. to him a copy of the precepts issued by them for an election
1907, 560. §1 310, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 343, 503.
Section 146. The county commissioners in each county shall forth-
with notify the state secretary of any vacancy in the office of county
treasurer or of register of deeds; and the board of examiners shall give
like notice to the state secretary of any vacancy in the office of county
commissioner or associate commissioner, and in each case they shall send
fii'fvacTncies, Section 147. At clcctions held because of a failure to elect or to fill 1
issste^s^^^' vacancies, the proceedings shall be the same, so far as applicable, as in 2
§§4,5. elections to the same office at the biennial state election. 3
R. S. 6, §§ 6, 7.
G. S. 9, §§6, 6.
1874, 376, § 33.
P. S. 8, § 17; 9, §§ 5, 6.
1890, 423, §§ 158.
167, 168, 198, 199.
1893,417, §222.
1898, 548, I 279.
R.L. 11.5 282.
1907, 560, §§ 311, 456.
1913, 835. §1 344. 503.
1919, 269, § 1.
Presidential
electors,
meeting, or-
ganization,
proceedings.
U. S. Const,
amend. 12.
1 U. S. Comp.
Sts., § 199
et S€q,
1832, 169, § 4.
R.S. 6, §§21,
G.'S.Q, §§ ir-.
' 15,
P. S. 9,
16.
1888. 382.
§§2.3.
1890. 423.
§§ 175. 176.
1893. 417,
§224.
1898, 548.
§280.
R. L. 11, § 283.
1907, 500,
§§312,456.
1913, 835.
§§ 345, 503.
proceedings of presidential electors.
Section 148. The persons chosen as presidential electors shall meet 1
at the state house on the Saturday preceding the second Monday in 2
January succeeding their election at three o'clock in the afternoon and 3
organize by the choice of a presiding officer and secretary. The state 4
secretary shall call the meeting to order, call the roll of electors, and 5
preside until a presiding officer shall be chosen. 6
They shall A'ote by ballot for president and vice president of the United 7
States, one of whom at least shall not be an inhabitant of this common- 8
wealth. They shall name in their ballots the person voted for as presi- 9
dent, and in distinct ballots, the person voted for as vice president. 10
They shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president and of 11
all persons voted for as vice president and of the number of votes for each, 12
and shall sign, certify and transmit such lists, sealed, to the seat of gov- 13
eminent of the United States, directed to the president of the senate; 14
and they shall in all respects proceed conformably to the constitution 15
and laws of the United States. The secretary of the electors shall keep 16
a journal of their proceedings and deposit the same in the office of the 17
state secretary, where it shall be recorded and filed. 18
Compensation.
1832, 169, § 4.
R. S. 6, I 23.
G. S. 9, I 17.
P.S. 9, § 17,
Section 149. Each elector shall receive from the commonwealth 1
three dollars for each day of attendance, and one dollar for every five 2
miles of travel from his residence to the place of meeting. 3
1898, 548, § 281.
R.L. 11, § 284.
Chap. 54.] elections. 499
OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED AT STATE ELECTIONS.
1 Section 150. At the biennial state election there shall be chosen state officers
2 by the voters of the commonwealth, as prescribed by the constitution, b?enniaiiy.
3 a go\ernor, lieutenant governor, state secretary, state treasm-er, state M.fl f .T"*^'
4 auditor and attorney general; by the voters in each councillor district, ^^""g')^^'''
5 one councillor; by the voters in each senatorial district, one senator; p||%^]^-
6 and by the voters in each representative district, such number of rep- 1896,423,
7 resentatives as the district is entitled to elect. isos, 4i7, § 247.
1S98, S48, §311. 1007, .560, §§ 342, 456. 1913, 83.5, §§ 379, 503.
R.L. 11, §314. 1908,597.5 1. 1919, 269, § 1.
1 Section 151. At the biennial state election in each year in which Presidential
2 presidential electors are required to be elected, a number of electors, r?s.°6!§ is.
3 equal to the whole number of senators and representatives in congress p."|.|,'|§9;}o.
4 to which the commonwealth is entitled, shall be chosen by the voters jf^fyo/^j^fi.
5 of the commonwealth. i893, 4i7, § 248. i898. 548, § 312.
R.L. 11, §315. 1907, 560, §§ 343, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 380. 503. 1919, 209, § 1.
1 Section 152. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred f^^'^l^ '°
2 and twenty-two, and in every sixth year thereafter, and in nineteen i^jlj^^s,
3 hundred and twenty-four, and in every sixth year thereafter, a senator i9i9,'269,
4 in congress shall be chosen by the voters of the commonwealth.
1 Section 153. At each biennial state election a representative in Representa-
2 congress shall be chosen by the voters in each congressional district. congress.
1833, 68, 5 3. G. S, 9, § 3. 1893, 417, § 249, 1907, 560, §§ 344, 456.
R S. 6. § 3. P. S. 9. § 3. 1898, 548, § 313. 1913, 835, |§ 382, 503,
1856,224. 1890, 423, § 165. R. L. 11, § 316. 1919,269,5 17,
1 Section 154. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and ^''^'^'j^^^'y,
2 twenty-two, and in every fourth year thereafter, a district attorney shall i|07, is^ ^
3 be chosen by the voters in each of the districts into which the common- r. s.'is, § 37.'
4 wealth is divided for the administration of the criminal law. 55 i.'s.' '
G.S. 10.5 2. 1893,417,5 250. 1907,560,55 345,456.
P S 10, 5 2. 1898, 548, § 314. 1913, 835, §5 383, 503.
1890,423,5 189. R.L. 11, 5 317. 1919,269,5 18.
1 Section 155. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and ^J^*| °^
2 twenty-two, and in every sixth year thereafter, the clerk of the courts in Jf^l'g^^^-
3 counties other than Suffolk, and in Suffolk the clerk of the supreme i_857', i. '
4 judicial court for that county and the clerks of the superior court for p.'s.io.'5 3.'
5 civil and for criminal business therein, shall be chosen by the voters of 5*i^9'o.*^^'
6 their respective counties. 1893,417,5251. i898, 54s, § sis.
R.L. 11, §318. 1907,560,55 346,456. 1913,835,55 384,503. 1919,269,5 19.
1 Section 156. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and p^o^batelnd
2 twenty-four, and in every sixth year thereafter, a register of probate and 'j"85°8^95''^-4
3 insolvency shall be chosen by the voters of each county. g. s. lo, § 4.
p. S. 10. §4. 1893,417,5 252.
1890, 423, § 191. 1898, 548, | 316.
1 Section 157. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and Je^/jf^" °'
2 tv>enty-two, and in every sixth year thereafter, a register of deeds shall ^^3. eo. ^^^
3 be chosen by the voters of each district for the registry of deeds, and of issV, i86.
4 each county not divided into- districts.
1855, 79; 92, § 1. P. S. 10, 5 9. 1898, 548, 5 317, 1907, 560, §5 348, 456.
1856,118. 1890,423,5 196. R. L. 11, § 320. 1913, 835, §§ 386, 503.
G. S. 10, 5 9. 1893, 417, 5 253. 1906, 76. 1919, 269, 5 21.
500
ELECTIONS.
[Chap. 54.
County
commissioners.
1835, 152,
§§2,4.
E. S. 14, §§ 16,
21, 23.
1850, 299, § 2.
1852, S3.
1854, 77.
§§3,6.
G. S. 10,
§§6-8.
1872, 87, § 3.
1874, 329, § 1.
P. S. 10,
§§ 6-8.
1S90, 423,
§§ 193-195.
1S93. 417,
§ 255.
1898, 217, § 2;
648, § 318.
1900, 198.
R. L. 11, §321.
1907, 560,
§§ 349, 450.
1913, 836,
§§ 387, 603.
1919,269, §22.
3 Gray. 126.
Section 158. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and 1
twenty-four, and in every fourth year thereafter, there shall be chosen 2
by the voters of Middlesex county and of Revere and Winthrop two 3
county commissioners for said county, city and town, and by the voters 4
of each of the other counties, except Suffolk and Nantucket, two county 5
commissioners for the county; and at the biennial state election in nine- 6
teen hundred and twenty-two, and in every foiuth year thereafter, there 7
shall be chosen by the voters of Middlesex county and of Revere and 8
Wintlirop one county commissioner for said county, city and town, and 9
by the voters of each of the other counties, except Suffolk and Nantucket, 10
one county commissioner for the county. 11
At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-two, 12
and in every foiuth year thereafter, there shall likewise be chosen by 13
the voters of Middlesex county and of Revere and Wintlirop two asso- 14
ciate commissioners for said county, city and town, and by the voters 15
of each of the other counties, except Suffolk and Nantucket, two associate 16
commissioners for the county. 17
Not more than one of the county commissioners and associate commis- 18
sioners shall be chosen from the same city or town. If two persons re- 19
siding in the same city or town shall appear to have been chosen to said 20
offices, only the person receiving the larger number of votes shall be de- 21
clared elected; but if they shall receive an equal number of votes, no 22
person shall be declared elected. If a person residing in a city or town 23
where a county commissioner or an associate commissioner who is to 24
remain in office also resides, shall appear to have been chosen, he shall 25
not be declared elected. If the person is not declared elected by reason 26
of the above provisions, the person receiving the next highest number of 27
votes for the office, and who resides in another city or town, shall be 28
declared elected. 29
Sheriffs.
1856, 173, § 1.
G. S. 10, § 5.
P. S. 10. § 6.
1890. 423,
§ 192.
Section 159. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and 1
twenty-six, and in every sLxth year thereafter, a sheriff shall be chosen 2
by the voters in each county. i893,4i7, § 256. 3
1898. 548. § 319. 1907, 560, §§ 350, 456. 1913, 835, §§ 388, 503.
R. L. 11, § 322.
1919,269, §23.
County
treasurers.
1785, 76, § 1.
R. S. 14, § 43.
1855, 92, § 1.
G. S. 10, §9.
Section 160. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and 1
twenty-four, and in every sixth year thereafter, a county treasurer shall 2
be chosen by the voters in each county, except Suffolk and Nantucket. 3
p. S. 10, § '
1890, 423, !
1893, 417, I
1898, 548, i
196.
257.
320.
R. L. 11, §323.
1907, 560, §§ 351, 456.
1913, 835, §§ 389, 503.
1918, 114, § 1.
1919, 269, §24
2 Gray, 370.
Commissioners
to apportion
Suffolk county
into representa-
tive districts.
1897, 287, § 1.
1898, 548,
§321.
R. L. 11, § 324.
1905, 386, § 9.
1906, 298, I 1.
1907, 560,
§§ 352, 456.
1913, 835,
§§ 390, 503.
1919, 269, §25.
224 Mass. 598.
225 Mass. 55,
124.
Section 161. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and 1
twenty-four, and in every tenth year thereafter, nine commissioners 2
shall be elected to apportion Suffolk county into representative districts 3
under section five of chapter fifty-seven. Five of said commissioners 4
shall be residents of and voters in Boston and shall be elected by the 5
voters of that city; two shall be residents of and voters in Chelsea and 6
shall be elected by the voters thereof; one shall be a resident of and a 7
voter in Wintlirop and shall be elected by the voters thereof; and one 8
shall be a resident of and a voter in Revere and shall be elected by the 9
voters thereof. Said commissioners shall hold office for two years from 10
the first Wednesday of January next after their election. At their first 11
meeting, they shall organize by choosing a chairman, who shall be one of 12
Chap. 55.
CORRUPT PRACTICES AND ELECTION INQUESTS.
501
13 their number, and a clerk. The city of Boston shall provide them with
14 a suitable office and room for hearings and shall allow and pay to them
15 for compensation a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars each, said
16 sum to be determined by the governor and council, and a further sum of
17 not more than seven hundred dollars for clerk hire, stationery and inci-
18 dental expenses.
REFERENCES.
Town meetings, Chap. 39, §§ 9-23.
For terms of office and residence of elective county officers, see the chapters relative
to the several offices.
For list of elective town officers and provisions as to their terms of office, etc.,
Chap. 41.
Power of aldermen or selectmen to make regulations relative to receiving, counting
and returning votes. Chap. 56, § 26, and penalty for violation.
Penalty for interference with town clerk or election officer, Chap. 56, § 44.
Penalty for altering ballots, putting ballots improperly in box, and similar frauds,
Chap. 56, § 52.
Right of employee to be absent two hours on election day to vote, Chap. 149, § 178.
§§ 76-85. Penalty for illegal voting in general, Chap. 56, § 33; for interference
with voting. Id., §§ 3.5-39; for failure to obey election officer. Id., § 42.
§§ 86-103. Penalties, Chap. 56, § 34.
CHAPTER 55
CORRUPT PRACTICES AND ELECTION INQUESTS.
Sect.
political expenses of candidates.
1. Campaign expenses of candidates lim-
ited and defined.
2. Candidates to keep detailed accounts,
with vouchers.
3. Candidates for United States senator
and representative to be subject to
United States laws in case of conflict.
POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
4. Political committees, organization, etc.,
regulated; statements to be filed
with state secretary, etc.
6. Payments by political committees re-
stricted.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
6. Receipts or disbursements by certain
persons prohibited.
7. Political contributions by corporations,
and soliciting or receiving such con-
tributions, forbidden.
8. Pajinents, etc., to be in true name of
donor.
9. Soliciting, etc., from candidates for-
bidden.
10. Political committees not to demand or
solicit money for nomination papers.
11. Public officers and employees forbidden
to solicit political contributions.
12. Soliciting political contributions in
public buildings forbidden.
Sect.
13. Making political contributions within
the public service forbidden in cer-
tain cases.
14. Persons in public service not required
to contribute or otherwise render
political service.
15. Certain persons in state and municipal
service not to be affected by failure to
contribute.
STATEMENTS OF POLITICAL EXPENSES OF
CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES.
16. Candidates to file statements.
17. Treasurer to file statement, contents,
etc.
18. Persons acting for committees to give
accounts and vouchers to treasurer.
19. Filing of statement, duplicate, oath.
20. Statements to be preserved, etc.
21. Blanks to be furnished for statements.
22. Statements to be inspected and delin-
quents notified.
23. Attorney general to be notified, etc.
24. Courts may compel filing of statements,
etc.
25. Immunity of witness.
CERTAIN PRACTICES FORBIDDEN.
26. Bribery and corruption forbidden.
27. Influencing voter in connection with
emplojTnent forbidden.
502
CORRUPT PRACTICES.
[Chap. 55.
Sect.
28. Certain promises of appointment, etc.,
forbidden.
29. Promise of appointment, etc., for polit-
ical action forbidden.
30. Use of official authority or influence to
affect political action forbidden.
31. Certain officers, etc., not to promote or
oppose for hire certain measures to be
voted on at elections.
32. Payments for editorial support, and
their receipt, forbidden.
33. Publication of unsigned political adver-
tisements forbidden. Advertisements
to be marked as such.
34. Certain unsigned circulars and posters
forbidden. -
35. Payments for naturalization fees, etc.,
forbidden.
Sect.
general provisions kelatrv'e to cor-
rupt practices.
30. Corrupt practice by candidate defined.
37. Election petitions for corrupt practices.
38. Preceding sections to apply to elections,
primaries, etc.
ELECTION INQUESTS.
39. Inquests upon violations of election
laws.
40. Conduct of hearings.
41. Witnesses, attendance, fees, etc.
42. Stenographer.
43. Witnesses may be bound over.
44. Certain persons may be apprehended.
45. Guilty party may be forced to testify,
and receive immunity.
Campaign
expenses of
candidates
limited and
defined.
1892,416,
§§1.3,4.
1893,417,
§§ 226, 228,
1898, 548,
§§282,284,
285.
R. L. 11,
§§285.
287-289.
1904, 380.
1907, 560.
§§ 316, 317,
456.
1911, 679.
§§1,2.
1913, 835,
§§ 348, 349,
503.
1914, 783.
§§2,3.
1918,257, §18.
1919,5.
1920, 2: 149.
See 1918. 146.
3 Op. AG. 497.
Op. A. G.
(1917) 143.
POLITICAL EXPENSES OF CANDID.ATES.
Section 1. No person, in order to aid or promote his own nomina- 1
tion or election to public office, shall himself or tlirough another person 2
give, pay, expend or contribute any money or other thing of value, or 3
promise so to do, in excess of the following amounts: 4
Primary. Election.
United States Senator, $2,500 $5,000
Governor, 2,500 5,000
Lieutenant Governor, State Secretary, State Treasurer, State
Auditor, Attorney General, 1,.500 3,000
Representative in Congress, 1,500 3,000
State Senator, 500 500
Representative in the General Court : —
Each candidate may spend:
In a district entitled to three representatives, . . . 300 300
In a district entitled to two representatives, . . . 200 200
In a district entitled to one representative, .... 200 200
A candidate for any other office may expend an amount not exceeding 5
twenty dollars for each one thousand, or major portion thereof, of the 6
registered voters qualified to vote for candidates for the office in ques- 7
tion at the next preceding election; but no such candidate shall expend 8
more than fifteen hundred dollars for the expenses of a primary, nor more 9
than three thousand dollars for the expenses of an election. Any candi- 10
date may, however, expend a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars 11
for primary or election expenses. Contributions by a candidate to po- 12
litical committees shall be included in the foregoing sums. 13
The sums hereby authorized shall include all contributions from 14
individuals, political committees or other sources to a candidate or 15
person acting in his behalf, and shall include every payment or promise 16
of payment for any purpose, made directly or indirectly by, or for the 17
benefit of, a candidate, except that a political committee may make 18
and incur expenses not for the sole benefit of an individual candidate, 19
or which it is permitted by section fi\'e to make for an individual candi- 20
date; and the gift, payment, contribution or promise of any money or 21
thing of value in excess of those sums, by a candidate directly or in- 22
directly, or by any persons for his benefit, shall be deemed a corrupt 23
practice. 24
Chap. 55.] coerupt pr.\ctices. 503
1 Section 2. Every candidate for nomination or election to a public Candidates to
2 office shall keep detailed accounts of all money or other things of value accountet'with
3 received by or promised to him or any person acting under Iiis authority, i892,''4i6. § 20.
4 and of all expenditiues and disbm-sements made by him or by any person l^2ii*^~'
5 acting under his authority. Said accounts may be kept by an agent I*?,?;^*^'
6 duly authorized thereto, but the candidate shall be responsible for them. R. l.'ii, § 304.
7 They shall be kept separate and distinct from all other accounts and § 332.
8 shall include money or other things of value contributed or paid by the §§'161. 563.
9 candidate from his personal funds. igisilsT.'Ifs.
10 Every payment shall, unless the total expense payable to any one Jgig't'
11 person is less than fi\^e dollars, be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating see I'gis, i46.
12 the particulars of the expense, and every voucher, receipt or account
13 hereby required shall be preserved for six months after the primary or
14 election to which it relates. Failure by a candidate so to preserve such
15 vouchers, receipts and accounts shall be deemed prima facie evidence
16 of a corrupt practice.
1 Section 3. Candidates for nomination or election to the senate or Candidates for
2 house of representatives of the United States shall be subject to the senatorand''^
3 laws of the United States in so far as sections one, two and five may con- tcfbe^subfeot to
4 flict with such laws. ikws'nlasl'of
1914, 783, §2. 1918,257, § IS. 1919,5. 1920,2. conflict.
POLITIC.\L COMMITTEES.
1 Section 4. A political committee not elected by the voters in pur- Political com-
2 suance of chapter fifty-two shall consist of at least five persons who are zitio^n.^etcf""'
3 voters of the commonwealth. Every political committee shall have a stftemMtsto
4 chairman and a treasurer and shall file the names of such chairman and ^^te'ferretary,
5 treasm-er, and, in the case of a political committee not elected, a state- f^^^ ^j^ , g
6 ment of the purpose for which such committee is organized, and the is-'.S' ^i''!
7 names of at least three additional members of such committee, with the isns.Ms,
8 state secretary, or in city and town elections with the clerk of the re- RrL.'ii. §290.
9 spective city or town, and no person acting under the authority or in §^321.^™'
10 behalf of such a committee shall recei\'e any money or other thing of {gjl; Hf ^ ^■
11 value, or expend or disburse the same until the names of the chairman f|i4* 7S3°^5 4
12 and treasurer and, in the case of committees not elected, the names of ' „
13 said additional members, shall have been so filed. 50, § 57!
14 Any change in officers or membership of any political committee shall
15 forthwith be certified to the state secretary or to the city or town clerk.
16 The treasurer of any political committee shall remain subject to all
17 duties and liabilities imposed by this chapter until the appointment of a
18 successor is duly certified to the state secretary or city or town clerk, or
19 until he files his ^Titten resignation with such officer. No expenses shall
20 be paid or incurred by any political committee during any vacancy in
21 the office of treasurer or during any period in which the files of such
22 officer show any such vacancy. E\'ery treasurer of a political committee
23 shall keep and preserve detailed accounts, vouchers and receipts, as pre-
24 scribed for an individual candidate.
1 Section 5. Political committees, duly organized, may receive, pay Payments by
2 and expend money or other things of value for the following purposes, MmmHtees
3 and no others: advertising, writing, printing and distributing circulars igu'''?!! § 3.
4 or other publications, hire and maintenance of political headquarters, J9J9' 5^"' ^ ^^'
504
CORRUPT PRACTICES.
[Ch.\p. 55.
1920, 2.
See 1918. Hfl
Op.A.G. (1921
and clerical hire incidental thereto, meetings, refreshments, not includ- 5
0) ing intoxicating liquors, but including cigars and tobacco, decorations 6
and music, postage, stationery, printing, expressage, traveling expenses, 7
telephone, telegraph and messenger service, and the hire of con\-eyances 8
and workers at polling places. 9
Such committee may contribute to other political committees. A 10
political committee may contribute to the personal fund of a candidate; 11
but no such committee shall pay, directly or indirectly, any expenses of 12
any candidate for nomination or election, or for his sole benefit, other 1.3
than decorations, music, and traveling expenses of members of the com- 14
mittee and speakers, except by a contribution to the fund of the candi- 15
date. Political committees may hire conveyances and workers at elec- 16
tions only, and not more than one such conveyance and not more than 17
two persons at each polling place shall be hired to represent the same 18
political party or principle. 19
Receipts or
disbursements
by certain
persons
prohibited.
1892,416, § 9.
1893, 417,
§234.
1898,548,
§290.
R. L. 11. § 293.
1907, 5B0,
§324,
1913, 835,
§§361,503.
1914, 783, § 5.
Op.A.G. (1920)
41.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 6. No person, except a person acting under the authority or 1
in behalf of a political committee having a treasurer, or a candidate for 2
nomination or election to a public office, or person acting under his 3
authority, shall receive money or its equivalent, or expend, disburse or 4
promise to expend or disburse money or its equivalent, to aid or promote 5
the success or defeat of a political party or principle or a constitutional 6
amendment or other question submitted to the voters in any election, 7
or to aid or influence the nomination, election or defeat of a candidate for 8
office; except that any individual, not a candidate, may contribute to 9
political committees or to candidates a sum which in the aggrega4;e of 10
all contributions by him shall not exceed one thousand dollars in any 11
election and primary preliminary thereto. This section shall not pro- 12
hibit the rendering of services by speakers, publishers, editors, writers, 13
checkers and watchers at the polls or by other persons for which no 14
compensation is asked, given or promised, expressly or by implication; 15
nor shall it prohibit the paj-ment by themselves of such personal ex- 16
penses as may be incidental to the rendering of such services; nor shall 17
it prohibit the free use of property belonging to an individual and the 18
exercise of ordinary hospitality for which no compensation is asked, 19
given or promised, expressly or by implication . 20
Political con-
tributions by
corporations,
and soliciting
or receiving
such contribu-
tio
, for-
bidden.
1907,576. §22;
581, §3.
1908, 483, § 1.
1911.422.
1912,229.5 1.
1913,835,
§§353,356,
503.
Penalty, Chap.
56. § 58.
Section 7. No corporation carrying on the business of a bank, 1
trust, surety, indemnity, safe deposit, insurance, railroad, street rail- 2
way, telegraph, telephone, gas, electric light, heat, power, canal, aque- 3
duct, or water company, or any company having the right to take land 4
by eminent domain or to exercise franchises in public ways, granted by 5
the commonwealth or by any county, city or town, no trustee or trustees 6
owning or holding the majority of the stock of such a corporation, no 7
business corporation incorporated under the laws of or doing business 8
in the commonwealth and no officer or agent acting in behalf of any 9
corporation mentioned in this section, shall directly or indirectly give, 10
pay, expend or contribute, or promise to give, pay, expend or contribute, 11
any money or other valuable thing in order to aid, promote or prevent 12
the nomination or election of any person to public office, or to aid, pro- 13
mote or antagonize the interests of any political party, or to influence 14
or affect the vote on any question submitted to the voters. No person 15
ClIAP. 55.] CORRUPT PRACTICES. 505
16 or persons, no political committee, and no person acting under the au-
17 thority of a political committee, or in its behalf, shall solicit or receive
IS from such corporation or such holders of stock any such gift, paj-ment,
19 expenditure, contribution or promise to gi\e, pay, expend or contribute;
20 except that such a corporation, or such trustee or trustees, may in good
21 faith publish or circulate paid matter when, under a question submitted
22 to the ^■oters, the taking, purchasing or accjuiring of any of the property,
23 business or assets of the corporation is involved, provided that the name
24 of the corporation appears therein in the nature of a signature, and that,
25 if inserted as reading matter, such matter is preceded or followed by the
26 word "i\dvertisement", in the manner required by section thirty-three.
1 Section 8. No person shall, directly or indirectly, make a pajTnent Payments, etc.,
2 or promise of payment to a political committee or to any person acting name of donor.
3 under its authority or in its behalf, in any name except his own; nor ism! 417,'
4 shall such committee or person knowingly recei\-e a payment or promise isos^s^s.
5 of payment, or enter or cause the same to be entered in the accounts or e'l^h. 5 294.
6 records of such committee, in any other name than that of the person by l^°i^ s*'"'
7 whom it is made. 1913, S35. §§ aso, sos.
1 Section 9. No person, no political committee and no person acting soliciting, etc.,
2 under the authority of a political committee or in its behalf, shall de- forhidden"^"''^
3 mand, solicit, ask or invite from a candidate for nomination or election lloaltjy; ^ ''■
4 to public office, or a person occupying an elective public office, any pay- ^891^-543
5 ment or gift of money or other valuable thing, or promise of payment or i^?--..
6 gift of money or other valuable tiling for advertising, gratuities, dona- 1907,506,
7 tions, tickets, programs, or any other piu-pose whatsoever; and no 1911, 679, §3.
8 such candidate for nomination or election, and no one occupying an il'lif.'^sos.
9 elective public office, shall make any such payment or gift, or promise to
10 make any such payment or gift, to any person, political committee, or
11 any person acting under the authority of a political committee, if such
12 person or political committee has demandefl, solicited, asked, or invited
13 from him any such payment, gift or promise of payment or gift; but
14 this section shall not apply to the soliciting or making in good faith of
15 gifts for charitable or religious purposes.
1 Section 10. No political committee, and no person acting under Political com-
2 its authority or in its behalf, shall demand or solicit from any candidate demand ot
3 for nomination to elective office, or from any one acting in his behalf, a for nomina-^
4 payment of money or a promise of payment of money, as a prerequisite ^'gosfss^'^^'
5 to his obtaining from such committee or its agent the nomination papers |?'^|^|^|q3
6 required by sections ninety-five to one hundred and one, inclusive, of „ , ' ,
- 1 .. CtV 4.1 Penalty, Chap.
/ chapter nity-three. 56, § 59.
1 Section 11. No person holding any public office or employment. Public officers
2 under the commonwealth or any county, city or town, shall directly or forbidden to
3 indirectly demand, solicit or receive, or be concerned in demanding, contrtb'Sion'L*
4 soliciting or receiving any gift, payment, contribution, assessment, sub- r^*l.' i9°'§ 26!
5 scription or promise of money or other thing of value for the political ^^'*' "^' ^ ^•
6 campaign purposes of any candidate for public office or of any political ^^"""'5^'
7 committee, or for any political purpose whatever; but this section shall §§56, eo.
8 not prevent such persons from being members of political organizations
9 or committees.
506
CORRUPT PRACTICES.
[Ch.\p. 55.
Soliciting po-
litical contri-
butions in
public build'
Section 12. No person shall in any building or part thereof occu-
pied for state, county or municipal purposes demand, solicit or receive
i884!32o^§^7!' ^^y payment or gift of money or other thing of value for the pm-poses
R. L.'i9, §27. set forth in section eleven. i9is, ue, §2. Penalties, Chap. 55.5 §56, eo.
Making po-
litical contri-
butions within
the public
service for-
bidden in
certain cases.
1SS4, 320, § 9.
R. L. 19, § 29.
See 1918, 146.
Section 13. No officer, clerk or other person in the service of the 1
commonwealth or of any county, city or town shall, directly or indirectly, 2
give or deli\'er to an officer, clerk or person in said service, or to any 3
councillor, member of the general comt, alderman, councilman or com- 4
missioner, any money or other valuable thing on account of, or to be 5
applied to, the promotion of any political object whatever. 6
Penalty, Chap. 56, § 01.
Persons in
public service
not required
to contribute
or otherwise
render politi-
Section 14. No person in the public service shall, for that reason,
be under obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any
political service, and shall not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for
refusing to do so. is84, 320, § 11. r. l. 19, § 31.
142 Mass. 90. See 1918, 146. Penalty, Chap. 66, § 61.
iii"tate an"°°' SECTION 15. No officcr or employee of the commonwealth or of any
^rvi'ce'n'dt to couiity, city or town shall discharge, promote, or degrade an officer or
failure to""'^ employee, or change liis official rank or compensation, or promise or
contribute tlircatcn so to do, for giving, witliliolding or neglecting to make a con-
R. L.' 19, § 28.' tribution of money or other valuable thing for a political purpose.
142 Mass. 90. See 1918, 146. Penalty, Chap. 56, § 61.
Candidates to
file statements.
1904, 380, § 3.
1907. 5B0,
§325.
1911,679, §4.
1913,835.
§§ 362, 503.
1914, 783, § 6.
1917, 83.
STATEMENTS OP POLITICAL EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES AND COMiVIITTEES.
Section 16. Every candidate for nomination to a public office shall, 1
within seven days after the last day for filing nominations for that office, 2
and every candidate for election to a public office shall within fourteen 3
days after the election held to fih the office, file a statement setting forth 4
each sum of money and thing of value expended, contributed, or prom- 5
ised by him, for the purpose of securing or in any way affecting his nomi- 6
nation or election to the office, and the name of the person or political 7
committee to whom the payment, contribution or promise was made S
and the date thereof, or, if nothing has been contributed, expended or 9
promised by him, a statement to that effect. 10
Treasurer to
file statement,
contents, etc.
1892,416, § 8.
1893,417.
§233.
1898, 548,
§289.
1900, 307.
R. L. 11, § 292
1907, 560,
§323.
1913, 835,
§§ 360, 503.
Section 17. The treasurer of every political committee which re- 1
ceives, expends or disburses any money or its equivalent, or incurs any 2
liability to pay money in connection with any nomination or election 3
to an amount exceeding twenty dollars, shall, \\ithin thirty days after 4
such election, file a statement setting forth all the receipts, expendi- 5
tures, disbursements and liabilities of the committee and of every officer G
and other person acting under its authority or in its behalf. It shall in- 7
elude the amount in each case received, the name of the person or com- S
mittee from whom received, the date of its receipt, the amount of every 9
expenditure or disbursement, the name of the person or committee to 10
whom it was made, and the date thereof; and, unless such expenditure 11
or disbursement was made to another political committee, shall clearly 12
state the purpose of such expenditure or disbursement; also the date 13
and amount of every existing promise or liability, both to and from such 14
ClI-'VP. 55.] CORRUPT PRACTICES. 507
15 committee, remaining unfulfilled and in force when the statement is
16 made, the name of the person or committee to or from whom the un-
17 fulfilled promise or liability exists, and a clear statement of the purpose
18 for which the promise or liability was made or incurred. If the aggre-
19 gate receipts or disbursements of a political committee in connection with
20 any election shall not exceed twenty dollars, the treasurer of the com-
21 mittee shall, within thirty days after the election, certify the fact on oath
22 to the state secretary.
1 Section 18. Whoever, acting under the authority or in behalf of a Persons acting
2 political committee, receives any money or its equivalent, or promise togwek^counts
3 of the same, or expends or incurs any liability to pay the same, shall, on totrlasur^'e"'*
4 demand, and in any event within fourteen days after such receipt, ex- [Hf l\f ^ ''•
5 penditure, promise or liability, give to the treasurer a detailed account fgH^-g^g'
6 of the same, with all vouchers required by this chapter, which shall be § 288.
7 a part of the accounts and files of such treasurer.
R. L. 11, §291. 1907, SCO. § 322. 1913, 835, § 359.
1 Section 19. The statement required to be filed by a candidate. Filing of
2 treasurer or other person shall be filed with the clerk of the city or town dupfi™a'te!'oath.
3 where such candidate, treasurer or other person is a voter. If the nomi- §|^i2,*/6.'
4 nation to which such statement relates is a nomination to a state or g^ls^g*^^'
5 national office, or the election is a state or national election, a duplicate }|9|' |*|
6 shall be filed with the state secretary. Whoever makes such a state- § 294.
7 ment shall make oath that it is in all respects correct and true to the best 1904, 37's, § i.'
8 of his knowledge and belief.
1907, 560, § 326. 1913, 835, §§ 363, 503. 1914, 783, § 7.
1 Section 20. All statements shall be preserved for fifteen months statements to
2 after the election to which they relate and shall, under reasonable regu- ercf^^^"^"
3 lations, be open to public inspection. is92, 4i6, § i7.
1893,417, § 242. R. L. 11, § 303. 1913, 835, §§ 368, 503.
1898, 648, § 300. 1907, 560, § 331. 1914, 783, § 7.
1 Section 21. The state secretary shall at the expense of the common- Blanks to be
2 wealth furnish to city and town clerks blanks in form appro\'ed by him Itatoments'"^
3 and by the attorney general, suitable for the statements required by Jggj' IJy' ^ ^*-
4 law. On receipt of a list of candidates for public office before a caucus fglifv-o'
5 or primary, or upon the filing of a nomination before a municipal elec- § 302.
6 tion the city or town clerk shall transmit to the candidate or candidates 1904^ 373, § u. '
7 put in nomination, and to the treasurers of political committees, the l^sUi^^""
8 blanks above described. Upon the filing of a nomination before a state §§'370,^563.
9 or national election, the state secretary shall transmit to the candidate
10 or candidates put in nomination, and to the treasurers of the political
11 committees, the blanks above described. Such blanks shall be furnished,
12 upon application, to any person required to file a statement.
1 Section 22. The state secretary shall inspect all statements of candi- statements to
2 dates filed with him, and the clerks of cities or towns shall inspect all and deim-
3 statements relating to nominations and to city or town elections filed is94,24'8°
4 with them, within fifteen days and all other statements within sixty i895~242,
5 days after the election to which they relate, and if upon examination flgg'^g,
6 of the official ballot it appears that any person has failed to file a state- §§295,297.
508
CORRTJPT PRACTICES.
[Chaf. 55.
R. L. 11,
§§ 298. 300.
1904. 375,
§§2.4.
1907, 560,
§327.
1913. 835,
§304.
1914, 783, § S.
ment as required by law, or if it appears to the state secretary that any 7
such statement filed with him does not conform to law, or if it appears 8
to a city or town clerk that such statement relating to a city or town 9
nomination or election does not conform to law, or upon written com- 10
plaint by five registered voters that a statement does not conform to 11
law, or that any person has failed to file a statement required by law, the 12
state secretary or city or town clerk shall in writing notify the delinquent 13
person. Such complaint shall state in detail the grounds of objection, 14
shall be sworn to by one of the subscribers, and shall be filed with the 15
state secretary or with the proper city or town clerk within thirty days 16
after the election in question, or within ten days after the filing of a 17
statement or amended statement. 18
Attorney
general to be
notified, etc.
1892, 416. § 13.
1893, 417,
§239.
1S94, 248,
§§ 4, 5.
1895, 242,
§§ 4, 5.
1898. 548.
§§296, 297.
R. L. 11,
§§299,300.
1904, 375,
§§3,4.
1907. 560,
§328.
Section 2.3. Upon failure to file a statement within ten days after 1
receiving notice under the preceding section, or if any statement filed 2
as above discloses any violation of any provision of this chapter, the 3
state secretary or the city or town clerk, as the case may be, shall notify 4
the attorney general thereof and shall fiu-nish him with copies of all 5
papers relating thereto, and the attorney general, within two months 6
thereafter, shall examine every such case, and if satisfied that there is 7
cause, he shall in the name of the commonwealth institute appropriate 8
civil proceedings or refer the case to the proper district attorney for such 9
action as may be appropriate in the criminal courts. 10
1913, S3S, §§ 365, 503. 165 Mass. 169.
Courts may
compel filing
of statements,
etc.
1892, 416, § 13.
1893, 417,
§239.
1898. 548,
§298.
R. L. 11. § 301.
1904, 375, § 5.
1907, 560,
§329.
1913, 835,
§§ 366, 503.
165 Mass. 109.
Section 24. The supreme judicial or superior com-t may compel 1
any person failing to file a statement as above required, or filing a state- 2
ment not conforming to the foregoing requirements in respect to its 3
truth, sufficiently in detail, or otherwise, to file a sufficient statement, 4
upon the application of the attorney general or district attorney or peti- 5
tion of any candidate voted for, or of any five persons qualified to vote 6
at the election on accomit of which the expenditures, or any part thereof, 7
were made or are alleged to have been made. Such petition shall be 8
filed within sixty days after such election, if the statement was filed 9
witliin the thirty days required, but a petition may be filed within thirty 10
days of any payment not included in the statement so filed. Proceedings 1 1
under tliis section shall be advanced for speedy trial upon the request of 12
either party. No petition brought under this chapter shall be discon- 13
tinned without the consent of the attorney general. 14
Immunity
of witness.
1892, 416, § 14.
1893. 417,
§240.
1898, 548,
§299.
R. L. 11, §302.
1907, 660,
§330.
Section 25. No person compelled to testify in any proceedings under 1
the preceding section shall be liable to criminal prosecution for any 2
matters or causes in respect of which he shall be examined or to which 3
his testimony shall relate, except to prosecution for perjury committed 4
in such testimony. i9i3, S35, §§ 367, soa. 5
Bribery and
corruption
forbidden.
1876, 172, § 2.
CERTAIN PR.\CTICES FORBIDDEN.
Section 26. No person shall, directly or indirectly, pay, give or 1
promise to a voter, any gift or reward to influence liis vote or to induce 2
p. s. 7, § 61. him to witliliold his vote.
1890, 423, §§ 136, 137.
1893, 417, § 338.
Penalty, Chap. 56, § 63.
Chap. 55.] cokrupt practick.s. 509
1 Section 27. No person shall, by tlireatening to discharge a person influencing
2 from his employment or to reduce his wages, or by promising to give nectiVn wkh"
3 liim employment at liigher wages, attempt to influence a voter to give f^biddra'^'"
4 or to withhold his vote, or, because of the giving or withholding of a G^l'7f§'3i
5 vote, discharge a person from his employment or reduce his wages. ^- ^- ^' 5 6o.
1890, 423. 5 136. ISO.S, 54S. § 410. 1913, 835, §§ 489, 503.
1893, 417, §337. R.L. ll.§414.
1894, 209, § 1; 508, 5§ 5. 58. 1907, 5ii0, § 448. Penalty, Chap. 56, § 63.
1 Section 28. No person shall, to aid or promote his nomination or Certain
2 election to a public office, directly or indirectly promise to appoint or appointment,
3 to seciu-e or assist in securing the appointment, nomination or election i*s92,^4i6',''§ 2°'
4 of another person to a public position or employment or to a position of I^H?*^*^'
5 honor, trust or emolument, except that he may announce or define what 5*||i^^^'
6 is his choice or purpose in relation to an election in wliich he may be R l ii,§286.
7 called to take part, if elected.
1907, 5G0, § 315. 1913, 835, §§ 347, 503.
1 Section 29. No person holding a public office or in nomination for. Promise of
2 or seeking a nomination for, or appointment to, an office, shall corruptly ef?™for'^oi'it'i-
3 use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or bi'dden."" ^°'^"
4 influence to confer upon any person, or to aid a person to obtain, an r *l' fg^'j^ao^'
5 office or public emplovment, or a nomination, confirmation, promotion „ ,, „,
PI , . , . ,. . 1 T Penalty. Chap.
0 or increase of salary, upon the consideration or condition that the vote, se, § ei.
7 political influence or action of any person shall be given or used in behalf
8 of a candidate, officer or party, or upon any other corrupt condition or
9 consideration.
1 Section 30. No person in the service of the commonwealth or of auThorit'^OT'
2 any county, city or town shall use his official authority or influence to influence to
3 coerce the political action of any person or body, or to interfere with any action for-
4 election. 1SS4, 320, § lO. R. L. lO, §30. Penalty, Chap. 56, § ei.
1 Section 31. No member of the general court or paid officer or em- Certain
2 ployee of the commonwealth shall promote or oppose, for a valuable notTopromote
3 consideration other than reimbursement for expenses actually incurred, hfre'^ertain"'^
4 the acceptance by the voters of any political subdivision of the common- "oS'on at ^^
5 wealth of any law conditioned to take effect therein upon such acceptance, j979'°'5fg
6 or of any law or proposed law or constitutional amendment submitted §§ 1. 3- '
7 under the forty-eighth amendment to the constitution, or an expression arts. 76-107 )
8 of opinion by the voters on any question of public policy.
Penalty, Chap. 56, § 64.
1 Section 32. No person shall pay the owner, editor, publisher, or Payments for
2 agent of a newspaper or other periodical to induce him editorially to port°"n'/their
3 advocate or oppose any candidate for public office or political principle, '^iMet. '°''
4 or any question submitted to the voters; and no such owner, editor, \l%'il\^2^'
5 publisher, or agent shall accept such payment. This section shall not i?'|;|%3
6 apply to the outright purchase of such newspaper or periodical.
Penalty, Chap. 56, § 62.
1 Section 33. No person shall publish or cause to be published in a Publication of,
2 newspaper or other periodical, either in its advertising or reading columns, raflfd'vert^s"!^""
3 any paid matter designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat any candi- b!dden'°'^'Ad-
4 date for public oflSce or any question submitted to the voters, unless the to be™ark*ed
5 name of the chairman or secretary or the names of two officers of the as such.
510
CORRt'PT PRACTICES.
[Chap. 55.
1907, 581. § 1. political or other organization inserting the same, or the name of some 6
1913.' 835. ■ voter who is responsible therefor, with his residence and the street and 7
liiia^iiti^' number thereof, if any, appear therein in the nature of a signature. Such 8
Penalty, Chap, matter inserted in reading columns shall be preceded or followed by the 9
50, § 62. word "Advertisement" in a separate line, in tj-pe not smaller than that 10
of the body type of the newspaper or other periodical. This section 11
shall not authorize expenditures otherwise prohibited by this chapter. 12
Certain un-
signed circulars
and posters
forbiciden.
1890, 381.
1893. 417,
§322.
1898, S48,
§394.
R. L. 11.5 398.
1907. 500,
§ 430.
1910,55, § 3.
1913. 835.
§§ 470. 503.
Section 34. No person shall intentionally write, print, post or dis- 1
tribute, or cause to be written, printed, posted or distributed, a circular 2
or poster designed or tending to injure or defeat any candidate for nomi- 3
nation or election to any public office, by criticising his personal char- 4
acter or political action, or designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat 5
any question submitted to the voters, unless there appears upon such 6
circular or poster in a conspicuous place either the names of the chair- 7
man and secretary, or of two ofEcers of the political or other organization 8
issuing the same, or of some voter who is responsible therefor, with his 9
name and residence, and the street and number thereof, if any. 10
Payments for
naturalization
fees. etc..
forbidden.
1893, 376:
417, § 237.
Section 35. No political committee and no person required to file 1
a statement shall make any payment or promise of payment of money 2
to or in behalf of any person for naturalization fees or for services as 3
counsel or otherwise in assisting any one to obtain naturalization. 4
R. L. 11, §296. 1907. 560. § 320. 1913, 835, §§ 357, 503.
Corrupt prac-
tice by candi-
date defined.
1914, 783,
§§ 7, 9.
1918, 146,
§§3,4.
228 Mass. 63.
Penalties,
Chap. 56,
§§ 56, 60.
Penalty, Chap.
56, § 63.
Penalty, Chap.
56, § 35.
Penalties.
Chap. 56, §§36,
37, 43, 44,
46-49, 52.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO CORRUPT PRACTICES.
Section 36. A candidate shall be deemed to have committed a cor- 1
rupt practice who, either by himself or by another, commits any of the 2
following offences: 3
Violation of the provisions of section one relative to the expenditure 4
of money in excess of the amounts therein authorized. 5
Violation of any provision of section eleven or twelve. 6
Making a false return in any statement filed under sections sixteen and 7
nineteen. 8
Violation of any provision of section twenty-sLx. 9
Aiding or abetting, either by himself or another, a person not entitled 10
to vote, in voting or attempting to vote at a primary or election, or in 11
voting or attempting to vote under a name other than his own, or in 12
casting or attempting to cast more than one ballot. 13
Either by himself or another, fraudulently and wilfully obstructing and 14
delaying a voter, interfering with, hindering or preventing an. election 15
officer from performing his duties, forging an endorsement upon, alter- 16
ing, destroying or defacing a ballot, tampering with or injuring or at- 17
tempting to injure any voting machine or ballot box to be used or being 18
used in a primary or election, or preventing or attempting to prevent 19
the correct operation of such machine or box. 20
tons'fo" cor- Section 37. (o) If fivc Or more voters have reasonable cause to
i9i4,''7S3''§''ib believe that a corrupt practice, as defined in the preceding section, has
1919' 5^^' ^^' ^^^^ committed by any successful candidate, other than a candidate
i92o! 2. for the United States congress, or for the general court, for whom such
228 Mass! 63. ' votcrs had the right to vote, with reference to his election, or by any other
Chap. 55.] corrupt practices. 511
6 person in his interest or behalf with reference thereto, such voters may
7 apply to a justice of the superior court, sitting in equity within and for
8 Suffolk county, for leave to bring an election petition against such can-
9 didate praying that the election of such candidate be declared void. Such
10 application shall be subscribed and sworn to by the petitioners and it
11 shall be heard ex parte by the justice of the superior court in a summary
12 manner and upon such evidence as he may require; and if the petitioners
13 shall establish to his satisfaction that there is reasonable cause to be-
14 lieve that a corrupt practice has been committed with reference to the
15 election of the candidate in question, and that upon the evidence obtain-
16 able there is reasonable cause to believe that such violations may be
17 proved, he shall make an order granting leave to the petitioners to bring
18 an election petition against such candidate.
19 (6) After the entry of such order, and within two months after the
20 election to which it relates, the election petition may be filed in the
21 superior coiu't within and for Suffolk county.
22 Notice of the petition shall be by writ of subpoena according to the Notice,
23 usual course of proceedings in equity and shall be returnable fourteen p"^"""^""-
24 days after the date on which the petition is filed.
25 A subpoena issued upon an election petition shall be served not less
26 than seven days before the return day.
27 A defence to an election petition shall be by answer, filed within seven
28 days after the return day, and no replication need be filed.
29 Election petitions shall be entered on the equity docket.
30 (c) Election petitions and all motions and other applications, whether To be heard by
31 interlocutory or final, and all hearings on the merits or upon the making, *J«''J"^"™^-
32 entering or modifying of decrees therein shall be heard and determined ^"* '^'"''^ ^^•
33 by three justices of the superior court who shall, immediately following
34 the filing of an election petition, be assigned by the chief justice of said
35 court for the hearing and determination of all matters arising under elec-
36 tion petitions prior to the next state election. No reference to a master
37 shall be had upon any matter arising under an election petition, except
38 in matters of fact relating to financial statements and the examination
39 of accounts and vouchers. All proceedings under election petitions shall
40 haA'e precedence oxer any case of a different nature pending in any court,
41 and the justices of the superior court may from time to time make such
42 rules regulating the practice and proceedings in matters of such election
43 petitions, not inconsistent with this chapter, as they deem expedient.
44 In the absence of any such rules, the practice and procedure in election
45 petitions shall be governed by such laws or rules of court, not inconsistent
46 with this chapter, as may from time to time be in force relating to the
47 practice and proceedings in matters of equity.
48 {d) Upon an election petition the decision of the tliree justices of the Decision ot
49 superior coiu't assigned as aforesaid, or of a majority of them, shall be to"e finai'"^^
50 final and conclusive upon all matters in controversy, whether inter- ^po'rt"d^''^
51 locutory or final, and whether in matters of fact or matters of law. But
52 the said justices, or a majority of them, may, after a finding of facts,
53 either of their own motion or at the request of either party, report the
54 case to the supreme judicial court for determination by the full court;
55 and thereupon like proceedings shall be had as upon a report after a
56 finding of facts by a justice of the superior court in equity proceedings.
57 (e) If upon an election petition one or more violations of the preced- D<5f«n<=<'s-
58 ing section are proved, it shall be a defence to the petition if the de-
512
CORRITT PRACTICES.
[Chap. 55.
Court may
make final
disposition
conditional,
Decree no bar
to criminal
prosecution,
Certified copy
to secretary
Filling of
vacancy.
Notice to dis-
trict attorney,
process, etc.
fendant establishes to the satisfaction of a majority of the justices hear- 59
ing the same, with reference to all of said violations, the following: 60
As to every such violation, either that 61
(1) Such violation was not committed by the candidate or by any 62
person with his knowledge and in his behalf, but was committed con- 63
trary to the orders and without the sanction or connivance of the 64
candidate; 65
(2) The participation, if any, of the candidate in such violation, arose 66
from inadvertence or from accidental miscalculation, or from some other 67
reasonable cause of a like nature, and in any case did not arise from any 68
want of good faith; 69
(3) The candidate took all reasonable means for preventing the com- 70
mission of violations of this chapter with reference to the election in 71
question; 72
(4) The violations in question were of a trivial, unimportant and 73
limited character. 74
(/) The court may by an order make the final disposition of an election 75
petition conditional upon the filing of a statement required by this chap- 76
ter in a modified form, or within an extended time, and upon compli- 77
ance with such other terms as the court may deem best calculated to 78
carry into effect the objects hereof, and in such case the court shall 79
require, within a time certain, further proof as to the compliance with 80
the conditions of such order, whereupon a final decree shall be entered. 81
(g) If upon the hearing of an election petition a majority of the justices 82
hearing the same shall find that in relation to the election of the can- 83
didate in question a corrupt practice, as defined in the preceding sec- 84
tion, was committed, either by the defendant or by any person in his 85
interest or behalf, a decree shall be entered subject to the limitations and 86
conditions hereinbefore prescribed, declaring void the election of the 87
defendant to the office in question, and ousting and excluding him from 88
such office and declaring the office vacant. 89
(h) No person called to testify upon an election petition shall be ex- 90
cused from testifying or producing any papers on the ground that his 91
testimony may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or 92
forfeitiu-e; but he shall not be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty 93
or forfeiture except forfeiture of election to office, for or on account of 94
any action, matter or tiling concerning wliich he may so testify, except 95
for perjury committed in such testimony. 96
(i) No decree entered upon an election petition shall be a bar to or 97
affect in any way any criminal prosecution of any candidate or other 98
person, or any inquest in accordance with sections thirty-nine to forty- 99
five, inclusive. 100
(j) A certified copy of any final decree entered upon an election peti- 101
tion, as provided by this chapter, shall forthwith be transmitted by the 102
clerk to the state secretary; and any vacancy in any office created by 103
any such decree shall be filled in the manner provided by law in case 104
of the death of the incmnbent, but in no case shall the candidate so ex- 105
eluded from the office be eligible therefor. 106
(k) If upon the hearing of an election petition it shall appear to a 107
majority of the justices hearing the same that with reference to the elec- 108
tion in question there is a reasonable presumption that any violation 109
of this chapter was committed, they shall cause notice of the facts to 110
be given by the clerk of said coiu-t to the district attorney for the county 111
where the violation appears to have been committed, with a list of the 112
Chap. 55.] election inqussts. 513
11.3 witnesses to establish the violation, and any other information wlu'ch
114 they may consider proper; and thereupon the district attorney shall
115 cause complaint therefor to be made before a court or magistrate hav-
116 ing jurisdiction thereof, or shall present the evidence thereof to the
117 grand jury. If it shall appear that a successful candidate for district
118 attorney has been guilty of any such violation, a majority of said jus-
119 tices shall order the notice of the facts to be given to the attorney gen-
120 eral, who shall designate a district attorney to make such complaint or
121 presentment. A majority of said justices may issue process for the ap-
122 prehension of any person so appearing to have committed a violation of
123 this chapter, and may bind over, as in criminal prosecutions, such wit-
125 nesses as they deem necessary to appear and testify at the court having
124 jurisdiction of the crime.
1 Section 38. Sections one to tliirty-seven, inclusive, shall apply to Preceding aec-
2 all public elections, except of town officers in towns of less than ten to°eiect^ons?'^
3 thousand inhabitants, and to elections by the general court and by city K''4i'^' 5*21
4 councils, and by either branch thereof, and to the nomination by prima- J^ole*"'
5 ries, caucuses, conventions and nomination papers of candidates to be i898, S48,
6 voted for at such elections. The term "political committee" as defined R. l. 11, § aoc.
7 in section one of chapter fifty shall not apply to the proprietors and § 334. '
8 publishers of publications issued at regular intervals, in respect to the §§'^371*^5^63.
9 ordinary conduct of their business, nor shall they, in respect thereto, be seelgos^iM*''
10 subject to sections two to five, inclusive, of this chapter. ^^^ ^^''^^ '^^■
ELECTION INQUESTS.
1 Section 39. Upon a complaint subscribed and sworn to by any per- inquests upon
2 son before a district court or trial justice, alleging that reasonable grounds eiect'on'iaws.
3 exist for believing that any law relating to the assessment, qualification \lls. lis, ^ ^'
4 or registration of voters, or to voting lists or ballots, or to primaries, cau- |{^L*n §307
5 cuses, conventions and elections, or to any matters pertaining thereto, PgJ;*''^'
6 has been violated, such com-t or justice may at once hold an inquest to i9i3,'835.
7 inquire into such alleged violation of law. see loos, 454.
1 Section 40. The court or trial justice may exclude all persons whose Conduct of
2 presence is not necessary at such inquest; and may also direct the wit- i895,°355, § 2.
3 nesses to be kept so separated that they cannot converse with each other i^los.^^*'
4 until they have been examined. The attorney general, the district fgoy- jgo ^ ^°*'
5 attorney, or some person designated by either, shall attend the inquest ^g^iss^
6 and examine the witnesses. §§373,563.
1 Section 41. Such court, justice or attorney may issue subpoenas witnesses,
2 for witnesses, who shall be allowed the same fees, whose attendance Le^et'c"""'
3 may be enforced in the same manner, and who shall be subject to the Isgs!!!!,'^^'
4 same penalties, as if served with a subpoena in behalf of the common- R^L^n,§309.
5 wealth in a criminal prosecution before such court or trial justice. ^33^^''°'
1913, 835, §§374, 503.
1 Section 42. Such court or trial justice may employ a stenographer stenographer.
2 and may have the proceedings reduced to writing; and if he finds that i89s!54s;
3 the law has been violated, shall report to the superior court all the ma- r^l^h. §310.
4 terial facts and the names of any persons guilty of any such violation. §^33^8.^°°'
1913, 835, §1 375, 503.
514
VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS.
[Chap. 56.
! bound (
'J^er'' Section 43. The court or trial justice may bind over, as in criminal 1
lltl' 54s' ^ ^' prosecutions, such witnesses as are necessary, or as said attorney may 2
§ 308. ' designate, to appear and testify in the superior court. 3
R. L. 11, §311. 1907, 500, § 339. 1913, 835. S§ 376, 503.
sonsmaylK; SECTION 44. If a pcrsou charged by the report with the commis- 1
^pprehenderr gion of an offence is not in custody, the court or trial justice shall forth- 2
1898! 548! with issue a process for his apprehension; but such process may issue 3
R. L.ii, §312. before the filing of said report, if otherwise lawful.
1907, 560, § 340.
1913,835, §§ 377, 503.
Guilty party
may be forced
to testify, and
receive
immunity.
1895, 355, § 7.
1898, 548,
§310.
R. L. 11, § 313.
1907, 560,
§341.
1913, 835,
§§ 378, 503.
Section 45. No person shall be excused from testifying or producing 1
any papers in any inquest proceedings under sections thirty-nine to 2
forty-four, inclusive, on the ground that his testimony may tend to crim- 3
inate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, but he shall not be 4
prosecuted or be subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account 5
of any action, matter or thing concerning which he may be required so 6
to testify, except for perjury committed in such testimony. 7
REFERENCES.
Definition of political committee, Chap. 50, § 1.
Penalties for corrupt practices in general, Chap. 56, §§ .54, 55, 66.
CHAPTER 56.
VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS.
Sect.
penalties fob offences concernino
assessment, listing and registra-
tion of voters.
1. Penalty for false entry by assessor or
assistant.
2. False listing in Boston, etc.
3. Misconduct of registrar or assistant
registrar.
4. Neglect of duty by member of listing
board or police officer in Boston, etc.
5. Failure to give name or information to
assessor, etc.
6. Giving false information to same offi-
cers.
7. False oath, etc,
8. Aiding or abetting false oath, etc.
9. Illegal registration, etc.
10. Misconduct at registration.
11. Interference with supervisor.
12. Defacing or removing notice or voting
list.
PENALTIES FOR OFFENCES CONCERNING
CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION AND
NOMINATION PAPERS.
13. Forgery, etc., of nomination paper, etc.
14. Subscribing to false statement in nom-
ination paper.
Sect.
penalties on officers for offences in
the conduct of primaries, caucuses,
conventions and elections.
1 5. Misconduct of officer of primary, caucus
or convention. Failure to recount
ballots when required.
16. Failure to observe laws relative to vot-
ing at caucuses.
17. Misconduct by supervisor of elections.
18. Statement by election officer as to con-
dition of polls, etc.
19. Failure to make proper entry on ballot
of challenged voter.
20. Giving information relative to vote of
challenged voter.
21. Reading names on ballot at certain elec-
tions.
22. Failure to comply with laws relating to
disposition of ballots and lists.
23. Unlawful examination of ballots after
election.
24. Failure to make and transmit copies of
. record of election.
25. False certificates of result of election.
26. Violation of rules relative to conduct of
primary, caucus or election.
27. Misconduct relating to absent voting.
28. General penalty on officer.
Chap. 56.]
VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS.
515
Sect.
penalties on individuals for offences
relating to the conduct op pri-
maries, caucuses and elections.
Defacing Notices, etc.
29. Penalty for defacing or removing notice
or warrant for primary, caucus or
election.
30. Defacing, etc., Ust of candidates, in-
struction for voters, etc.
Offences by Voters.
31. Disclosing vote, false answer, etc., by
voter.
32. Voting at the wrong caucus.
33. Illegal voting or attempt to vote.
34. Violation of laws relative to absent
voting.
Interference with Voting.
35. Aiding or abetting illegal voting.
36. Interfering with voter.
37. Wilfully obstructing voting.
38. Illegal challenging.
39. Distributing cards, etc., in or near poll-
ing place.
Disorderly Conduct.
40. Disorderly conduct at polling place.
41. Failure to remove cigar, liquor, etc.
42. Disobeying election officer, etc.
Interference with Officers.
43. Interference with supervisor of elec-
tions.
44. Interference with election officer, city
or town clerk, or election commis-
sioner.
Tampering with Ballots, etc.
45. Obstructing transmission of ballots or
returns.
46. Altering ballots, etc.
47. Malicious injury, etc. , of ballot box, etc.
Sect.
48. Tampering with voting machine, tallot
box, etc.
49. False endorsement, delay in delivery,
etc., of ballot.
50. Placing identifying mark on ballot.
51. Remo\'ing ballot from within guard rail.
52. Fraudulent alteration, etc., of ballot.
53. Giving information as to vote of chal-
lenged voter.
PENALTIES FOR CORRUPT PRACTICES.
54. Person found guilty of corrupt practice
to be disfranchised, etc., for three
years.
55. Enforcement of preceding section.
56. Removal upon conviction of sohciting
contributions.
57. Violation of laws as to political com-
mittees.
58. Penalty for contributions by corpora-
tions.
59. Soliciting money for nomination papers
by committees.
60. Solicitation of contribution by public
officer or in public building.
61. Political contributions and corrupt
practices in the public service.
62. PajTnents for editorial support, and
unsigned or unmarked advertise-
ments.
63. Bribery, corruption, and influencing
voter in connection with employ-
ment.
64. Promoting or opposing for hire meas-
ures to be voted on at elections.
65. Unsigned circulars and posters.
66. Corrupt practice in general.
PROCEDURE AND ENFORCEMENT.
67. Arrest without warrant.
68. Prosecution not to be placed on file,
etc.
69. Jurisdiction to enforce law in civil
courts.
PEN.ALTIES FOR OFFENCES CONCERNING ASSESSMENT, LISTING AND REGIS-
TRATION OF VOTERS.
1 Section 1. An assessor or assistant assessor who knowingly enters Penalty for
2 on any list of assessed polls, or causes or allows to be entered thereon, the assSsw- or
3 name of any person as a resident of a building, who is not a resident iloo! 423. § 12.
: 898,548, § 362.
1907. SCO, § 394.
1913, 835, §§ 434, 503.
1 Section 2. A member of the listing board or a police officer in Bos- Fake listing
2 ton, Cambridge, Chelsea or Watertown who knowingly enters on any T903.27S.' i li.
3 list of male persons or women voters, or causes, or allows to be entered }9?3;|35',^^^^'
4 thereon, or reports the name of any person as a resident of a building, flig^g'i^f g
5 who is not a resident thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not J^^^-^^f^^ ^^•
6 more than one year. wis, 2S2, § 17. i9i9, 10s, §17.
516 VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION L.'i.WS. [ChAP. 56.
^re°tatr"ar*'or SECTION 3. A registrar or assistant registrar who refuses or wilfully 1
assistant neglects to rcquirc, under section forty-four of chapter fifty-one, an 2
ifT'l'm, 518. applicant for registration to read the five lines from the constitution 3
rssi.l'ol jsi. of the commonwealth in such manner as to show that he is neither 4
1892; 35i: 1 42; prompted nor reciting from memory, or to write his name in the register, 5
1^296^"' unless he is prevented by physical disability from so doing, or unless he 6
1898^548, iia^(j ti^g i-jght to yote on May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, or 7
RL.'iij^§367. distinctly to announce the name of an applicant for registration before 8
§ 395. ' entering his name upon the register, or who knowingly prevents or seeks 9
§§ «l W3. to prevent the registration of any legal voter, or who knowingly registers 10
12 Kef '485°' the name of any person not qualified to vote, or who is guilty of any 11
5 Met. 298. fraud or corrupt conduct in the execution of the duties of his office, shall 12
be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months. 13
blf member'^of''' SECTION 4. A member of the listing board or a police officer in Bos- 1
''oiicl officer i" ton, Cambridge, Chelsea or Watertown upon whom a duty is imposed 2
IH°2^9'Tir ^y ''■"y ^^''^ relating to the listing or registration of voters, who refuses 3
1907! 560, ■ or wilfully fails to perform such duty, or who wilfully performs it con- 4
i9^i3^'835, trary to law, shall, if no other penalty is specifically provided, be pun- 5
19R W6?^§ 8. ished by imprisonment for not more than one year. 6
1918, 2S2, § 8. 1919. 108.
nam'^orTn?"''^ SECTION 5. Wliocvcr, being an inmate of a building and a male resi- 1
is™sloi°°etc° dent twenty years of age or upward, refuses or neglects to give his true 2
i|90.||3. §13. name when asked by an assessor or assistant assessor or, in Boston, 3
1893! 417; ■ Cambridge, Chelsea or Watertown, by a member of the listing board or 4
i898%48. a police officer, or whoever, being an owner or occupant of a building, 5
rI'l'ii. § 387. or a clerk, superintendent, manager or other person having in charge the 6
1905:318,1 l' affairs of a hotel or lodging house, refuses or neglects to give the full 7
«°4^i7^ «8. aiid true information within his knowledge relating to all persons re- 8
J?l^.v^5!t rno siding in such building, when asked by such assessor or other officer, 9
§§457, 45», oUJ. ^ .,,.. a j_lj.l J.1 1 f\
1915, 91. § 9. shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three months. ID
1917, 29, § 14; 106, § IS. 1918, 282, § 18. 1919, 108, § 18.
Sormatfonto SECTION 6. Whocver knowingly gives to an assessor or assistant 1
1892, 351!" 46. assessor, for the purpose of the assessment of a poll tax or in Boston, 2
1893^417; Cambridge, Chelsea or Watertown to a member of the listing board or a 3
1898,548. police officcr, for the purpose of making a list of male residents twenty 4
R^Lii, § 388. years of age or upward or women voters or a report under the laws re- 5
igol'leo,^"' lating to listing and registration of voters in said cities and town, the 6
i9i3^'835, name of any person as a resident of a building, who is not a resident 7
i915, 91, § 10.
1917, 29, § 15; 106, § 19. 1918, 282, § 19. 1919, 108. § 19.
False oaUi, SECTION 7. Whoever knowingly or wilfully makes a false affidavit, 1
i8i|.68. M. takes a false oath or signs a false certificate relative to the qualifications 2
g:_s: 6. 1 lb. of any person for assessment or registration, or in Boston, Cambridge, 3
issi;2io', §7^' Chelsea or Watertown for being listed, or in Cambridge, Chelsea or 4
i8f4,2'9l,^|'33. Watertown for being given a certificate of residence by the assessors, 5
1892; 351,' 1 44. shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. 6
1893,417,5 315. 1907,560,5 420. 1918, 257, § 24; 282, § 20.
1898, 548, I 385. 1913, 835, |§ 4U0, 503. 1919, 5; 108, § 20.
R. L. 11,§389. 1915,91,5 11. 1920,2.
1903, 279, § 15. 1917, 29, § 16; 106, § 20. 7 AUen, 155.
Chap. 56.] violations of election laws. 517
1 Section 8. Whoever in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea or Watertown Aiding or
2 aids or abets a person in knowingly or wilfully making a false affidavit, oat "Ttl " ^'
3 taking a false oath or signing a false certificate, relative to the qualifica- igSyiseo.'Mi.
4 tions of any person for being listed as a resident thereof, or in Cambridge, 11^46*^163
5 Chelsea or Watertown for being given a certificate of such residence by j^JI IJ^Mfg
6 the assessors, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one isisi s: ios.
7 vear. 1920, 2.
§21.
1 Section 9. Whoever causes or attempts to cause his name to be lUegai regis-
2 registered, knowing that he is not a qualified voter in the place of such isis^esfM.
3 registration or attempted registration; whoever registers or attempts g! i! 6. 1 10.
4 to register under a name other than his own; whoever represents or Jlsi'lio I v"'
5 attempts to represent himself as some other person to any election com- Pg|^ ms\''52
6 missioner, registrar or assistant registrar; whoever gives a false answer to is9a423!i62;
7 any election commissioner, registrar or assistant registrar respecting any isgs! 417]
8 matter relating to his registration or his right to vote; whoever other- i89r.,'547. § 7.
9 wise illegally registers or attempts to register; or whoever aids or abets ligsiMs! ^ "'
10 any other person in doing any of the acts above mentioned, shall be fi^f.'^ii 5390
11 punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. i904, 310, § 2.
1907, 560, § 422. 1913, 835, 5§ 462, 503. 7 Allen, 155.
1 Section 10. Whoever refuses to obey the lawful orders or directions of J^^?™^'^;"^^,,''''
2 an election commissioner, a registrar or assistant registrar, or interrupts 'oq|'|^*|'"-
3 or disturbs the proceedings at any registration shall be punished by a i893!4i7',
4 fine of not more than one hundred dollars. i898, 548, § 387.
R. L. 11, §391. 1907, 560, § 423. 1913, 835, §§ 463, 503.
§317.
1 Section 11. WTioever interferes with, or aids or abets any person interference
2 in interfering with, any supervisor of registration in the performance of r8S4,'298"§ so?
3 his duty, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. \lll\ li^] ^ ''*■
1898, 548, § 388. R. L. 11, § 392. 1907, 560, § 424. 1913, 835, §§ 464, 503. §318.
1 Section 12. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice relating Defacing or
2 to the registration of voters, or a voting list, posted according to law, 0011°™?
3 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. votmgUst.
1883,156. 1892,351, §44. R. L. 11,§393.
1887, 147. 1S93, 417, § 319. 1907, 560. § 425.
1890, 423, 1 64. 1898, 548, § 389. 1913, 835, §§ 465, 503.
penalties for offences concerning certificates of nomination
AND nomination PAPERS.
1 Section 13. Whoever falsely makes or wilfully alters, defaces, mu- Forgery, etc,
" ' of nominat
paper, etc.
1888.436
. 1889,413. §29.
4 signs any such certificate, paper or letter, or files any such certificate, Plli*^'^'
.5 paper or letter, knowing the same to be falsely made or altered, shall J|9|' go, § i5.
6 be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. § 392.
R. L. 11, § 396. 1907, 560, § 428. 1913, 835, §§ 468, 503. 163 Mass. 539.
1 Section 14. Whoever knowingly subscribes falsely to a statement on Subscribing to
2 a primary nomination paper shall be punished by imprisonment for not in nomfnat^on'
3 more than five days or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. ^^^^''
1911,550, §5. 1913, 835, §§133, 503.
518
VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS.
[Chap. 56.
PENALTIES ON OFFICERS FOR OFFENCES IN THE CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES,
CAUCUSES, CONVENTIONS AND ELECTIONS.
Misconduct
of officer of
primary, caucus
or convention.
1888, 441. § 5.
1893, 417,
§297.
1896, 435, I 5.
1898, 548.
§364.
R. L. 11, §368.
1907, 560.
§398.
1913. 835,
§§ 438. 603.
Failure to
recount ballots
when required.
Section 15. An officer of a primary, caucus or convention wlio 1
knowingly makes any false count of ballots or votes, or makes a false
statement or declaration of the result of a ballot or vote, or knowingly
refuses to receive any ballot offered by a person qualified to vote at such
primary, caucus or convention, or wilfully alters, defaces or destroys any
ballot cast, or voting list used thereat, before the requirements of law
have been complied with, or refuses or wilfully fails to receive any written
request made as thereby required, or refuses or wilfully fails to perform
any duty or obligation imposed thereby shall be punished by imprisonment
for not more than three months. 10
Any presiding officer, secretary or clerk of a caucus who wilfully neg- 11
lects or refuses to comply with section eighty-seven of chapter fifty-three 12
shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 13
Failure to
observe la
relati
voting at
caucuses.
to
Section 16. A caucus officer violating any provision of section 1
seventy-six of chapter fifty-three shall be punished by imprisonment 2
for not more than one year. isgs, 54s. § 355. 3
R. L. 11, § 369. 1907, 560, § 399. 1913, 835. §§ 439. 503.
sujfeTv'ifOTof'''' Section 17. A supervisor appointed under section twenty-three of 1
i89i'°264 § 1 chapter fifty-four, violating any provision thereof, shall be punished by 2
1893! 417, imprisonment for not more than one year. 1898,548, § see. 3
R. L. 11. § 370. 1907. S60, § 400. 1913. 835, §§ 440, 503.
§298.
Statement by
election officer
as to condition
of polls, etc.
1874. 376,
§§ 54, 55.
P. S. 7.
§§ 53. 54.
1888, 203.
1890, 423,
§ 124.
Section IS. An election officer who, before the public declaration
of the vote at an election, makes any statement of the number of ballots
cast, of the number of votes given for any person, of the name of any
person who has voted, of the name of any person M'hich has not been
voted on, or of any other fact tending to show the state of the polls, shall
be punished by imprisonment for not more than one month.
1913. 835. §§ 441. 503.
Failure to
make proper
entry on ballot
of challenged
voter.
1877. 206.
P. S. 7,
§§ 22-24.
1890, 423, § 93.
1893, 417.
§300.
1898, 548,
§368.
R. L. 11, §372.
Section 19. A presiding officer at a caucus, primary or state or city 1
election, or at an election in a town or district at which official ballots are 2
used, who, when the right of a person offering to vote is challenged for 3
any legal cause, wilfully or negligently fails to require the name and resi- 4
dence of such person to be written upon the ballot offered by him, and 5
to add thereto the name of the person challenging and the assigned cause, 6
before such ballot is received, shall be punished by imprisonment for not 7
more than one year. 8
1903. 454, §§ 1, 7. 1907, 560, § 402. 1913, 835. §§ 442. 503.
Giving infor-
mation relative
to vote of
challenged
voter.
1892. 332. § 2.
1893. 417.
§301.
1898. 548.
§369.
Section 20. A primary, election or other officer whose duty it is to
recount the ballots cast at a primary or election, who makes any state-
ment or gives any information in regard to a ballot cast by a voter chal-
lenged at such primary or election, except as required by law, shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. R. l. ii. § 373.
1903, 454, §§ 1, 7. 1907, 560, § 403. 1913, 835, §§ 443. 503.
Chap. 56.] violations of election laws. 519
1 Section 21. A presiding officer who, at a town election at which Reading
2 official ballots are not used, before the polls are closed and without the bXTaT
3 consent of a voter, reads or examines or permits to be read or examined, eSms.
4 the names written or printed on the ballot of such voter, in order to Ry'fs^^si
5 ascertain the persons voted for by him, shall be punished by imprison- 9§-}:S'i?9-
„ , n , ' , , ", ^ ^ f P. S. 27, § G3.
0 ment tor not more than one month.
1890, 423, § 221. 1898, 548, § 370. 1907, 560, § 404.
1893,417, §302. R. L. 11, §374. 1913, 835, §§ 444, 503.
1 Section 22. A primary or election officer who wilfully or negli- ^"^"["'".u
2 gently violates any provision relating to the enclosing in envelopes, seal- laws relating
3 ing, endorsing and delivering or transmitting of ballots and voting lists, of balSots and
4 after the votes have been counted and recorded, shall be punished by 1874. 376, § 45.
5 imprisonment for not more than one year. isoo, 423, § 99. ^- ® ^' ^ ^°-
1893,417,5 303. R. L. 11. § 375. 1907, 5R0. § 405.
1898, 548, § 371. 1903, 454, §§ 1, 7. 1913, 835, §§ 445, 503.
1 Section 23. A city or town clerk or an election commissioner who unlawful exam-
2 examines or permits to be examined, except as recjuired by law, ballots bdbtsr/ter
3 cast at an election, which are recei\'ed and retained by him under section j'lfe'Tss § i
4 one hundred and nine of chapter fifty-four, shall be punished by a fine of p^l^v^'l^L
5 not more than two hundred dollars. i8S4, 299, § 26.
1890. 423, § 101. 1898, 548. § 372. 1907, 560. § 406.
1893, 417, § 304. R. L. 11, § 376. 1913, 835, §§ 446, 503.
1 Section 24. A city or town clerk or an election commissioner who Failure to
2 fails to make a record of votes cast at an election and to make and trans- Transmit'^
3 mit copies of any such record, as required by chapter fifty-four, shall be of Et'ion'"'"'^''
4 punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; but if a copy o ^s'l^fs^s
5 of the records is deposited in the post office within the time fixed for p,, S ^,^, '
6 transmission or delivery, postpaid and properly addressed, it shall be a 66."'
7 bar to any complaint for delinquency. 1890,423, §§ no, hi.
1893. 417, §§ 202, 305. R. L. 11. §377. 1913. 835, §§ 447, 503.
1898, 548, § 373. 1907, 6B0, § 407. 180 Mass. 382.
1 Section 25. A city or town clerk, precinct clerk, election commis- False certifi-
2 sioner, mayor, alderman, selectman or other officer, who wilfully signs of election^"'*
3 or issues a certificate not in accordance with the result of an election as Jf'^a^s®'
4 appearing by the records and copies of records of votes cast, or by a re- ^: ^- ^' 5§ 20,
5 count of votes, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one 1890,423,
rt §§ 161, 162.
6 year. 1893, 417, §§ 306, 307. i89s, 54s, §§ 374, 375.
1 Section 26. Whoever refuses or wilfully neglects to comply with any violation of
2 regulation made by the election commissioners, aldermen or selectmen toconductol
3 relative to the manner of receiving, counting and returning votes cast at calTJus ot
4 a primary, caucus or election, or relative to the use of seals and ballot j'|g4°299 5 jg
5 boxes, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months. i890.'423! § 94.
1893.417, §§ 324,343.
1898, 548, § 397.
R. L. U, §401.
1 Section 27. Whoever, being an officer trusted with the execution of J^Ji^t^g^^^*
2 the laws relative to absent voting, wilfully violates any provision thereof, iy?|°293 'i°f;
3 shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and by i9i9^ 289',
4 imprisonment in jail for not more than one year.
1903,454, §§ 1, 7.
1918, 257, § 27.
1907, 500, § 434.
1919. 5.
1913, 835, §§ 475, 503.
1920, 2.
-520
VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS.
[ClIAP. 56.
on offire?™''"^ Section 28. A public officer, primary, caucus or election officer, or 1
R^''l.'4.^§n'°' officer or member of a political committee or convention, upon whom a 2
1839 «"§ 1 2*- duty is imposed by law, who refuses or wilfully fails to perform such duty, 3
G-s^6,|i2; or who wilfully performs it contrary to law, shall, if no other penalty 4
lb, § 10. ' ' is specifically provided, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor 5
9,'§'8:'io, §'i6. more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than 6
ilsi; 413! I sa one year, or both. I890,423.§§s2,ii9.i40,i69.203. 7
1891.328.
1892, 351, § 43.
1893, 417, § 308.
1890, 547, § 7.
1897, 296, § 7;
530, § 19.
1898, 548, § 378.
R. L. 11, § 380.
1906, 444, § 13.
1907,560, § 410.
1913, 835, §§ 450, 503.
200 Mass. 318.
Penalty for de-
facing or remov-
ing notice or
warrant for
primary, cau-
PENALTIES ON INDIVIDUALS FOR OFFENCES RELATING TO THE CONDUCT
OF PRIM.^RIES, CAUCUSES AND ELECTIONS.
Defacing Notices, etc.
Section 29. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice or war-
rant for a primary, caucus or election posted according to law, shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. i883, ise.
1887, 147. 1893, 417, § 319. 1903, 454, §§ 1, 7.
i^f of '^fnd'-" ' Section 30. WTioever, before a primary or election, wilfully defaces
dates, instruc- qj. dcstrovs any list of candidates posted accordinar to law, or, during
tion for voters. . ■' -^ •fp n i i- ^ i
etc. a pnmary, caucus or election, wiiiuUy ueiaces, tears down, removes
1889! 413] 1 28! or destroys any card of instruction or specimen ballot posted for the
5 327. ' instruction of voters, or during a primary, caucus or election, wilfully
1*406.^**' removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to
1903' 454 ^ *°*' enable a ^^oter to prepare his ballot, shall be punished by a fine of not
§5 1. 7. more than one hundred dollars. 1907, 500, § 438. 1913, 335, §§ 479, 503.
Disclosing
vote, false
answer, etc.,
by voter.
1800, 74, § 4.
R, S. 4. § 8.
G. S. 7, § 30.
P. S. 7, § 59.
1888, 438, § 2'
1889,413, I 2:
1890, 423,
I 135.
1892, 368.
Offences by Voters.
Section 31. Whoever, at a primary, caucus or election, places any 1
distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or makes a false statement as to his 2
ability to mark his ballot, or allows the marking of his ballot to be seen 3
by any person for any purpose not authorized by law, or gives a false 4
answer to or makes a false oath before a presiding officer, shall be pun- 5
ished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not 6
more than one hundred dollars. 1893,417, §§309, 310, 312. 7
21,22.
1897, 530, § 16.
1903, 454, §§ 1, 7.
1918,257, §§ 2
1898, 548, §§377,379,
1907,560. §§ 411,413,
1919,5.
380, 382.
414,416.
1920, 2.
R. L. 11, §§381,383,
1913,835. §§451,453,
7 Met. 52.
384, 388.
454, 456, 503.
181 Mass. 184.
Voting at
the wrong
caucus.
1898, 548,
§378.
R. L. 11, § 382.
Illegal voting
or attempt to
vote.
1800, 74, § 3.
1813, 68,
§§1.2.
R. S. 4, §
G. S. 7,
5§ 28, 29.
1874, 344.
1870, 172. § 1
P. S. 7,
§§ 55-57.
6,7.
Section 32. A voter violating any provision of section seventy-six 1
of chapter fifty-three shall be punished by imprisonment for not more 2
than one year. i907, 560, § 412. I9i3, 835, §§ 452, 503. 3
Section 33. Whoever, knowing that he is not a qualified voter in
any place, wilfully votes or attempts to vote therein; whoever votes or
attempts to vote more than once on his own name, his name having been
registered more than once; whoever votes or attempts to vote in more
than one voting precinct or town, his name having been registered in
more than one voting precinct or town; whoever votes or attempts to
^'ote on any name other than his own, or knowingly casts or attempts
1
Chap. 56.] viol,\tions of election laws. 521
8 to cast more than one ballot at one time of balloting; or whoever votes i884, 299, § 4i.
9 or attempts to vote otherwise illegally; shall be punished by imprison- i89o!423; '
10 ment for not more than one year. This section shall apply to pri- 219!^'*' ^^^'
11 maries, caucuses and elections. 1893, 417, § 311.
1898, 548, § 381. 1907, S60, § 415. 1920, 2.
R. L. 11,§385. 1913, 8.35, §5 455, 503. 9 Met. 268.
1903. 4.54. §§ 1, 7. 1918, 257, § 23. 122 Mass. 12.
1904, 310, § 1. 1919, 5. 144 Mass. 144.
1 Section 34. Wlioever not being entitled to vote under the laws violation of
2 relative to absent voting votes or attempts to vote thereunder, or who- to"absent"^*'
3 ever being entitled to vote under said laws, knowingly votes or attempts i9i9°%89, § 23
4 to vote in violation thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
5 five hundred dollars and by imprisonment in jail for not more than one
6 year.
Interference with Voting.
1 Section 35. Whoever, at a primary, caucus or election, aids or abets Aiding or
2 a person, who is not entitled to vote, in voting or attempting to vote, or votSg"^ ' '^^°
3 in voting or attempting to vote under a name other than his own, or in Hgg; ^\ ^ ^^'
4 casting or attempting to cast more than one
5 imprisonment for not more than one year.
1903, 4.54, §§ 1, 7. 1913,835,55 466,503. 1919,5.
1907, 500, § 426. 1918, 257, § 26. 1920, 2.
Additional penalties on candidate, §§ 54, 55. See Chap. 55. §§ 36, 37.
1 Section 36. Whoever wilfully and without lawful authority hinders, interfering
2 delays or interferes with, or aids in hindering, delaying or interfering with, 1884, 'S'g.'^f 40.
3 a voter while on his way to a primary, caucus or election, while within the Jll*- |j3' f ||-
4 guard rail, while marking his ballot or while voting or attempting to J^j^ls^^^'
5 vote, or endeavors to induce a voter, before depositing his ballot, to dis- i893, 4i7,
. ... §5 329 330
6 close how he marks or has marked it, shall be punished by imprisonment i897~53o, § i7.
7 for not more than one year. i898, 548, §§ 390, 402, 403. r. l. u, §§ 394, 406, 407.
1903,454,55 1,7. 1913,835,55466,481,482,503. 1919,5.
1907, 560, \i 426, 440, 441. 1918, 257, §§ 26, 28. 1920, 2.
Additional penalties on candidate in certain cases, §§ 54, 55. See Chap. 55, §§ 36, 37.
1 Section 37. Whoever wilfully obstructs the voting at a primary, wiifuiiy
2 caucus or election shall be punished by a fine not of more than one hun- voSg?'"*
3 dred dollars. i8S9, 413, 5 28.
1893, 417, § 331. 1903, 454, 5§ 1, 7. 1918, 257, 5 29.
1898, 548, § 404. 1907, 660, I 442. 1919, 5.
R. L. 11, §408. 1913, 835, |§ 483, 503. 1920,2.
1 Section 38. Any person challenging a qualified voter for purposes of '"ega' .
2 intimidation, or of ascertaining how he voted, or for any other illegal i9i8, 41.
3 purpose, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred
4 dollars.
1 Section 39. Whoever posts, exhibits, circulates or distributes any Distributing
2 poster, card, handbill, placard, picture or circular, except a paster to be Sr nea^poiiing
3 placed upon the official ballot, intended to influence the action of a voter, i895%75, § 2.
4 in the polling place, in the building where the polling place is located or I^Hj^*'
5 on the walls thereof, on the premises on which the building stands, or on R j^. iij^§ 399
6 the sidewalk adjoining said premises, or within one hundred and fifty § 432. '
7 feet of the entrance to such polling place, shall be punished by a fine of §§ 472, 563.
8 not more than twenty dollars.
522
\aOLATIONS OF ELECTION L.\WS.
[ClL\P. 56.
Disorderly
conduct at
polling place.
1795, 55, § 4.
R. S. 4, § 10.
G. S. 7, I 33.
P. S. 7, § 63.
Disorderly Conduct.
Section 40. 'Wlioever, at a primary, caucus or election, behaves in
a disorderly manner, and, after notice from the presiding officer, per-
sists in such behavior and refuses to withdraw from the polling place,
shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one month.
1S90, 423, §§ I3S, 220.
R. L. 11, §41fi.
189.3, 417, § 339.
1903,454, §§1,7
1898, 548, § 412.
1907, 500, § 450.
Failure to
remove cigar,
liquor, etc.
1881, 273.
P. S. 7, § 64.
1890, 423,
§ 139.
1893, 417,
§341.
Section 41. Whoever, when so ordered by the presiding officer of an
election, caucus, primary or meeting, refuses or fails to remo^•e any pipe,
cigar, cigarette or liquor, or to withdraw from the polling place, as pro-
vided by section seventy-three of chapter fifty-four, shall be punished by
a fine of not more than twenty dollars. i898, 54s, § 414.
R. L. 11, §418. 1903, 454, §§ 1. 7. 1907, 560, § 452. 1913, 835, §§ 493, 503.
eiec'tioT'officer, Section 42. Whoever wilfully disobeys any lawful command of an 1
1884 299 § 40 clcction, caucus or primary officer shall be punished by imprisonment for 2
i89o: 423! not more than one month. 1893, 4i7, § 340. i898, 548, § 4i3. 3
§ 128.
R. L. 11, §417
1903,454, §§ 1, 7.
1907, 560, § 451.
1913, 835, §§ 492, 503.
Interference
with super-
elections.
1891, 264, § 1.
1893,417,
§325.
1898, 548,
§398.
Interference with Officers.
Section 43. Whoever prevents a supervisor of elections from doing 1
any of the acts authorized by section twenty-tliree of chapter fifty- 2
four, or hinders or molests him in doing any such acts, or aids or abets 3
in preventing, hindering or molesting him in doing any of such acts, 4
shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. 5
R. L. 11, § 402. 1907, 500, § 436. 1913, 8.35, §§ 477, 503.
i'ith'^eiecti^on Section 44. Whocver interferes, or aids or abets any person in in-
t^'^^derk^or tcrfering with an election commissioner, city or town clerk, or election
mS'™r°"" officer, in the performance of his duties shall be punished by imprison-
i907,°4M^ § 18; ment for not more than one year. i9i3, 835, §§476, 503.
Additional penalties on candidate in certain cases, §§ 54, 55. See Chap. 55, §§ 36, 37.
560, § 435.
Obstructing
transmission
of ballots or
returns.
1907, 429, § 17
S60, § 431.
Tampering with Ballots, etc.
Section 45. Whoever wilfully obstructs or interferes with the trans- 1
mission of ballots or returns to or from a polling place shall be punished 2
by imprisonment for not more than one year. i9i3, 835, §§ 471, 503. 3
k.t*s"etf '"''" Section 46. Whoever alters a ballot cast at a primary or caucus or,
i|97, 630, § 18. not being authorized thereto, deposits a ballot in a ballot box or en-
§ 391. ' ^•elope used at a primary or caucus, or removes a ballot from such ballot
1903, 454, box or envelope, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more
1907, 560, than two and one half years. i9i3, 835, §§ 467, 503.
5 *27. jgjg^ 257, § 464. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
Malicious in-
jury, etc., of
ballot bos, etc
1884, 299, I i;
1890, 423, I 8f
1891, 328, § 5.
1893, 417,
§323.
Section 47. Whoever wilfully or maliciously injures or destroys a 1
ballot box or any of the blank forms or apparatus furnished to a city or 2
town under sections twenty-six and twenty-seven of chapter fifty-four, 3
shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. 4
1898, 548, § 396. R. L. 11, § 400. 1907, 560, § 433. 1913, 835, §§ 473, 503.
Chap. 5t>.] violations of election laws. 523
1 Section 48. Any person who shall tamper \\ith or injure or attempt ^f.^Pfif^
2 to iniure any Voting machine or ballot box to be used or being used in an machiiK;, bai-
„ , . 1 1 11 , ,, , , , ,1 i lot box, etc.
3 election, or wlio shall prevent or attempt to prevent the correct opera- 1912. 64i,§ii.
4 tion of such machine or box, or any unauthorized person who shall make §§ 474,' 563.
5 or have in his possession a key to a voting machine or ballot box to be
6 used or being used in an election, shall be punished by a fine of not less
7 than one hundred nor more than fi\e hundred dollars, or by imprison-
8 ment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than five years,
9 or both.
1 Section 49. Whoever forges or falsely makes the official endorse- False endorse-
2 ment on any ballot, or wilfully destroys or defaces a ballot, or wilfully delwery! etc!,"
3 delays the delivery of any ballots, shall be punished by imprisonment issI.'Lm, § 2.
4 for not more than one year. isss, 436, § 29.
1SS9, 413, § 29. 1898, 548. § 401. 1907, 560, § 439.
1893, 417, § 328. R. L. 11, §405. 1913, 835, §§ 4S0, 503.
1 Section 50. Wlioever places a mark against a name on a ballot not P^f "^ '''^?"
2 cast by himself, or places a distinguishing mark on a ballot not cast by on baiiot.
3 himself, except as authorized by law, shall be punished by imprisonment im% ni.
4 in jail for not more than two and one half years. is98, 548, § 406.
R. L- 11. § 410. 1913, 835, §§ 485, 503. 1919,5.
1907, 560, § 444. 1918, 257, § 464. 1920, 2,
1 Section 51. WTioever removes a ballot from the space enclosed by Remo%-ing bai-
2 the guard rail before the close of the polls shall be punished by imprison- guard""au.'
3 ment for not more than one year. i889, 413, § 29. 1893, 417, § 335.
1898,548,5 408. R.L. 11, §412. 1907, 560, § 446. 1913, 835, §§ 487, 503.
1 Section 52. Whoever, with intent to defraud, alters a ballot cast Fraudulent
2 at a primary, caucus or election; or, with such intent, deposits a ballot etc., of baiiot.
3 in the ballot box used at a primary, caucus or election, or in an envelope i89o', 423!
4 provided by law for the preservation of ballots oast at a primary, caucus f893!'4i7,
5 or election; or, with such intent, remo\'es a ballot from any such ballot ig||*'548,
6 box or envelope; shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more f^^JJn § 411
7 than two and one half years. 1903,454, §§ 1,7. 1907,560,5445.
1 Section 53. Whoever gives any information derived from a recount ^o^'afto^TO'te"
2 of votes, relative to a ballot cast by a challenged voter at an election, of chaUenged
3 caucus or primary, except as required by law, shall be punished by is92,'332. § 2.
4 imprisonment for not more than one year.
1893, 417, § 342. R. L. 11. § 419. 1907, 560, § 453.
1898, 548, § 415. 1903, 454, §§ 1, 7. 1913, 835, §§ 494, 503.
penalties for CORRUPT PRACTICES.
1 Section 54. Whoever is found by final judgment upon an election Person found
2 petition, as provided in section thirty-seven of chapter fifty-five, to have cor™pt prac-
3 committed a corrupt practice, and, in ' accordance with such finding, fJanchi^edf'^'
4 forfeits the office to which he has been elected, or whoe\er is convicted ".^3^3'°'^ ""^"^
5 in a criminal proceeding of violating any provision of law relating to J^'i. |^9, § 5.
6 corrupt practices in elections, shall be disqualified as a voter for a period §§ 497_, 563.
7 of three years following the date of such judgment or conviction, and 228 Mass.' es.
8 shall be ineligible to hold public office for said period.
524
VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS.
[Chaf. 56.
Enforcenieni
preceding
section.
1911, 679, §
1913, 835,
§§ 498,503.
1914, 783, §
°^ Section 55. The state secretary in proceedings based upon an elec- 1
g tion petition, as provided in section thirty-seven of chapter fifty-fi\e, and 2
the clerk of the court wherein a person is convicted of a A'iolation of any 3
13. provision of Law relating to corrupt practices in elections, shall, within 4
ten days after final judgment on such election petition or conviction, 5
forward to the clerk of the city or town where the defendant resides a 6
certified copy of the record of the final judgment or conviction, and the 7
name of such person shall forthwith be stricken from the roll of regis- 8
tered voters of the city or town for a period of three years. 9
Removal upon
soliciting
contributions.
1918, 146, § 4.
Section 56. Any appointed officer or employee convicted of violat- 1
ing any provision of section eleven or twelve of chapter fifty-five may be 2
removed by the appointing authority wathout a hearing. 3
Violation of
laws as to
political
1913' 83s' * ^' ^"^ ^^ "°* more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not 3
§§ 500, 503. more than three months, or both. 4
Section 57. Whoever violates any provision of section four of 1
chapter fifty-five, relative to political committees, shall be punished by a 2
Penalty for
contributions
by corpora-
1907,576, §22;
581. §4.
1908, 483, § 2.
1912,229, § 2.
1913, 835,
§§496,499,503.
Section 58. Any corporation violating any provision of section 1
seven of chapter fifty-five shall be punished by a fine of not more than 2
ten thousand dollars, and any officer, director or agent of a corporation 3
violating any provision thereof or authorizing such violation, or any per- 4
son who violates or in any way knowingly aids or abets the violation of 5
any provision thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five 6
thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. 7
m°oney"fornom- Section 59. Violation of section ten of chapter fifty-fi\e shall be 1
bTcommt'tlel puuishcd by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 2
1908, 85, § 2. 1913, 835, §§ 495, 503.
Mntrib^iti?n°^ Section 60. Violation of any provision of section eleven or twelve 1
^rm'pahu?"" °^ chaptcr fifty-five shall be punished by imprisonment for not more 2
building. than six months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. 3
1918, 146, § 3.
tnb'utionsTnd Section 61. Violation of any provision of section thirteen, fourteen, 1
jrcesTn tPhe"' fifteen, twenty-nine or thirty of chapter fifty-five shall be punished by 2
i884,''32o?r24. ^ ^^^ ^^ °°^ ^^^^ than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. 3
1895, 501, §5. 1896, 517, §7. R. L. 19, § 35.
Payments for
editorial
support, and
unsigned or
unmarked
advertise-
ments.
1907, 581, § 4.
1913, 835,
§§499,503.
Section 62. Any corporation violating any provision of section 1
thirty-two or thirty-three of chapter fifty-five, relative to payments to 2
newspapers and periodicals, and to political advertising, shall be pun- 3
ished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, and any officer, 4
director or agent of a corporation violating any such provision, who 5
authorized such violation, or any person who violates, or in any way 6
knowingly aids or abets the violation of, any such provision, shall be 7
punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by im- 8
prisonment for not more than one j'ear. 9
ClLlP. 56.] VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS. 525
1 Section 63. Violation of section twenty-six or twenty-seven of f^'mTmn
2 chapter fifty-five shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than "nd influencing
f, */ A voter m con-
3 one year. i8S2. 321. g. s. 7. § 31. nection with
1876, 172, § 2. 1894, 209, § 1; 1907, 560, §5 448, 449. employment.
P. S. 7, K 60. 61. 508. §§ 5, 58. 1913, 835, §| 489,
1890, 423, §§ 136, 137. 1898, 548, §§ 410, 411. 490, 503.
1893, 417, §§ 337, 338. R. L. U, §§ 414. 415. 184 Mass. 409.
1 Section 64. Any person taking or giving employment in violation Promoting or
2 of section thirty-one of chapter fifty-five shall be punished by a fine of hfre°m^u°res
3 not more than one thoi
4 than one year, or both.
1 Section 65. Violation of section thirty-four of chapter fifty-five Unsigned cir-
2 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than si.x months. p'^Ll^s^.'"'
1890,381. R. L. 11, §398. 1910, 55, § 3.
... . 1907, 560, § 430. 1913, 835, §§ 470, 503.
1 Section 66. Violation of any provision of law relating to corrupt Corrupt prac-
2 practices in elections, the punishment for which is not specifically pro- 1892, 4i6?"22.
3 vided, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or p^^.'l^'n.
4 by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. * ^■'*-
procedure and enforcement.
1 Section 67. Police officers and constables shall arrest without a Arrest without
2 warrant any person detected in the act of violating any provision of "897^530, § 20.
3 chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive. i898, 548, § 417. r. l. 11, § 421.
1903, 318, § 1. 1907, 429, § 13; 560. § 455. 1913, 835, §§ 502 ,503.
1 Section 68. A prosecution for the violation of any provision of notTo be°"
2 chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, shall not, unless the purposes of placed on sie,
3 justice require such disposition, be placed on file or disposed of except i903, 3i8, § i.
4 by trial and judgment according to the regular course of criminal pro- seo, '§ 455.
5 ceedings. It shall be disposed of otherwise only upon written motion §§'5l)2*,^5^63.
6 stating specifically the reasons therefor and verified by affidavit if facts
7 are relied on. If the court or magistrate certifies in writing that he is
8 satisfied that the cause relied on exists and that the interests of public
9 justice require the allowance of the motion, the motion shall be allowed
10 and the certificate of the court or magistrate shall be filed in the case. /
1 Section 69. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have Jurisdiction
2 jurisdiction at law, in equity or by mandamus to enforce the provisions in civu^ourtl
3 of chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive. isos, 489, § i7; 507, § 32.
1897,530,5 20. 1903,318,5 1. 1913, 8.35, §§ 502, 503.
1898, 548, § 417. 1907, 429, § 13-, 180 Mass. 547.
R. L. 11, §421. 560,1455. 224 Mass. 598.
REFERENCES.
§§ 13, 14. Application of these sections to initiative and referendum petitions,
Const, amend. 48, General Provisions, I. (Const. Rev. art. 99.)
§§ 43 to 52, inclusive. Additional penalties on candidate in certain cases,
§§ 54, 55. See also Chap. 55, §§ 36, 37.
526
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
[Chap. 57.
CHAPTER 57.
CONGRESSIONAL, COUNCILLOR AND SENATORIAL DISTRICTS, AND
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
1. State divided into sixteen congressional
districts.
COUNCILLOR DISTRICTS.
2. State divided into eight councillor dis-
Sect.
senatorial districts.
3. State divided into forty senatorial dis-
tricts.
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES.
4. Representatives apportioned to the
several counties.
5. Apportionment of Suffolk county into
representative districts.
State divided
into sixteen
congressional
districts.
1852, 143.
G.S. 9.
§U,2.
1872, 300.
1876, 113.
P. S. 9, §§ 1,2,
1882, 253.
1891, 396.
1896. 519.
1901,511.
E. L. 11, §422
1912, 674.
1916, 226; Sp.
282, § 6.
1920, 178, § 6.
1 Op. A. G.
331.
1916, Sp. 282,
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Section 1. For the purpose of electing representatives in the con- 1
gress of tlie United States, until otherwise provided by law, the com- 2
monwealth is divided into the following si.xteen districts, each of which 3
shall elect one representative: 4
Number One, — Consisting of North Adams, Pittsfield and the 5
towns in Berkshire county; Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, 6
Conway, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe and 7
Shelburne in Franklin county; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, 8
Huntington, Middlefield, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton and 9
Worthington in Hampshire county; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, 10
Holyoke, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland and Westfield in 11
Hampden county. 12
Number Two, ■ — Consisting of Bernardston, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, 13
Leverett, Montague, Northfield, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, 14
Wendell and Whately in Franklin county; Amherst, Belchertown, 1.5
Easthampton, Enfield, Granby, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, Pel- 16
ham, South Hadley, Ware and Williamsburg in Hampshire county; 17
and Agawam, Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, 18
Ludlow, Springfield, West Springfield and Wilbraham in Hampden 19
county. 20
Number Three, — Consisting of New Salem and Orange in Franklin 21
county; Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer and Wales in Hampden 22
county; Greenwich and Prescott in Hampshire county; Ashby and 23
Townsend in Middlesex county; and Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Boyls- 24
ton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, 25
Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leices- 26
ter, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintrce, North Brookfield, Oakham, 27
Oxford, Pa.xton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, 28
Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, 29
West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster and Winchendon in 30
Worcester county. 31
Number Four, — Consisting of Auburn, Blackstone, Douglas, 32
Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northbridge, 33
Shrewsbury, Sutton, Upton, L'xbridge, Westborough and Worcester in 34
Worcester county; and Hopkinton in INIiddlesex county. 35
Chap. 57.] coNGKEssioN.'i.L districts. 527
36 Number Five, — Consisting of Andover and Methuen in Essex
37 county; Acton, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington,
38 Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Hudson,
39 Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Maynard, Pepperell, Reading, Shirley, Stow,
40 Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford, Wilmington and Wobm-n in
41 Middlesex county; and Berlin, Bolton, Harvard and Northborough in
42 Worcester county.
43 Number Six, — Consisting of Amesbury, Beverly, Danvers, Essex,
44 Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich,
45 Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rock-
46 port, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham and
47 West Newbury in Essex county.
48 ' Number Seven, — Consisting of Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield,
49 Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody and Saugus in Essex
50 county; and North Reading in Middlesex county.
51 Number Eight, - — Consisting of Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge,
52 Lexington, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Watertown and
53 Winchester in Middlesex county.
54 Number Nine, — Consisting of Everett, Maiden and Somerville in
55 Middlesex county; and Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop in Suffolk
56 county.
57 Number Ten, — Consisting of wards numbered one, two, three, four, loie, 220, §i.
58 five and six in Boston in Suffolk county.
59 Number Eleven, — Consisting of wards numbered seven, eight, i9i6, 226, § 2.
60 thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-two and twenty-three in
61 Boston in Suffolk county.
62 Number Twelve, — Consisting of wards numbered nine, ten, eleven, i9i<'', 2211, § 3.
63 twelve, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one in Boston
64 in Suffolk county.
65 Number Thirteen, — Consisting of wards numbered twenty-five and J^°|' |||' | p
66 twenty-six in Boston in Suffolk county; Bellingham, Brookline, Dover,
67 Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville,
68 Walpole, Wellesley and Wrentham in Norfolk county; Ashland, Fram-
69 ingham, Holliston, Marlborough, Natick, Newton, Sherborn, Sudbury,
70 Waltham, Wayland and Weston in Middlesex county; and South-
71 borough in Worcester county.
72 Number Fourteen, — Consisting of Easton in Bristol county; Avon, 1916,226, §5.
73 Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Foxborough, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood,
74 Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Westwood and Weymouth in
75 Norfolk county; Abington, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Rockland,
76 West Bridgewater and Whitman in Plymouth county; and ward num-
77 bered twenty-four in Boston in Suffolk county.
78 Number Fifteen, — Consisting of Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Fall
79 River, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham,
80 Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton and Westport in
81 Bristol county ; and Lakeville in Plymouth county.
82 Number Sixteen, • — Consisting of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven
83 and New Bedford in Bristol county; Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury,
84 Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marsh-
85 field, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth,
86 Plympton, Rochester, Scituate and Wareham in Plymouth county;
87 Cohasset in Norfolk county; the towns in Barnstable and Dukes coun-
88 ties; and Nantucket county.
528
COUNCILLOR AJSTD SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
[CH.\r. 57.
State divided
into eigiit
councillor
districts.
Const, amend.
16.
(Const. Rev.
art. 132.)
1856, 307.
1857, 310.
G. S. 8, §§ 2, 3.
1866, 221.
1876, 222.
P. S. 8, §§ 2, 3.
1886, 348,
§§ 1-9.
1896, 509,
l§ 11-19.
R. L. 11,§423.
1905, 255, { 7.
1906, 497,
§§ 12-20.
1916, 270,
5§ 14-22.
COUNCILLOR DISTRICTS.
Section 2. For the purpose of choosing councillors until the next 1
decennial apportionment, the commonwealth is divided, agreeably to 2
the constitution, into the following eight councillor districts: 3
First, ■ — Consisting of the Cape and Plymouth, the Plymouth, the Nor- 4
folk and Plymouth and the second and third Bristol senatorial districts. 5
Second, — Consisting of the first Bristol, Norfolk, Norfolk and 6
Suffolk and the eighth and ninth Suffolk senatorial districts. 7
Third, — Consisting of the second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh 8
Suffolk senatorial districts. 9
Fourth, — Consisting of the first and fifth Suffolk and the second, 10
third and fourth Middlesex senatorial districts. 1 1
Fifth, — Consisting of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Essex 12
senatorial districts. 13
Sixth, ■ — Consisting of the first, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth 14
Middlesex senatorial districts. 15
Seventh, — Consisting of the first, second, third and fourth Worcester 16
and the Worcester and Hampden senatorial districts. 17
Eighth, — Consisting of the Berkshire, the Berkshire, Hampshire and 18
Hampden, the Franklin and Hampshire and the first and second 19
Hampden senatorial districts. 20
SENATORL'i.L DISTRICTS.
State diWded
into forty
senatorial
districts.
Const, pt. 2,
0.1, § 2, art. 1.
Cape and
Plymouth
district.
1916, 270, § 2.
Bristol dis-
tricts.
1916, 270, § 3.
Plymouth
district.
1916, 270, § 4.
Norfolk and
Plymouth
district.
1916, 270, § 5.
Norfolk dis
trict.
1905, 255, i
1916, 270. !
Norfolk and
Suffolk
district.
1916, 270, § 7.
Section 3. For the purpose of choosing senators until the next 1
decennial apportionment, the commonwealth is divided, agreeably to 2
the constitution, into the following forty senatorial districts: 3
Const, amend. 22.
(Const. Rev. art. 45.)
1832, 155.
R. S. 5, § 2.
1857, 309.
G. S. 8. §§
1866, 120.
1876, 190.
P. S. 8, §§
1886, 338.
1896, 509, §§ 1-10.
R. L. 11, §424.
1906, 497, §§ 1-10.
1916, 270, §§ 1-12.
Cape and Plymouth, — Consisting of the towns in Barnstable, 4
Dukes and Nantucket counties, and Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, 5
Kingston, Pembroke, PljTnouth and Plympton in Plymouth county. 6
First Bristol, — Consisting of Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, 7
Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk 8
and Taunton. 9
Second Bristol, — Consisting of Fall River, Somerset and Swansea. 10
Third Bristol, — Consisting of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, 1 1
Freetown, New Bedford and Westport. 12
Plymouth, — Consisting of Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridge- 13
water, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Rochester, 14
Wareham and West Bridgewater. 15
Norfolk and Plymouth, — Consisting of Cohasset, Quincy and Wey- IG
mouth in Norfolk county, and Abington, Hanover, Hingham, Hull, 17
Marshfield, Norwell, Rockland, Scituate and Whitman in Plymouth 18
county. 19
Norfolk, — Consisting of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Dover, 20
Foxborough, Holbrook, Medfield,- Medway, Millis, Milton, Needham, 21
Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, 22
Wellesley, Westwood and Wrentham. 23
Norfolk and Suffolk, — Consisting of Brookline in Norfolk county, 24
wards numbered twenty-five and twenty-six in Boston in Suffolk county, 25
and Watertown in Middlesex county. 26
Chap. 57.] sen.-vtorial districts. 529
27 First Suffolk, — Consisting of Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop and ward ^[^"'J'
28 numbered one in Boston. 1916,270, § s.
29 Second Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered three, four and five
30 in Boston and wards numbered one and two in Cambridge.
31 Third Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered nine, ten and eleven
32 in Boston.
33 Fourth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered two, six and twelve
34 in Boston.
35 Fifth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered seven and eight in
36 Boston.
37 Sixth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered thirteen, fourteen and
38 fifteen in Boston.
39 Seventh Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered seventeen, eighteen
40 and twenty in Boston.
41 Eighth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered sixteen, twenty-two
42 and twenty-three in Boston.
43 Ninth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered nineteen, twenty-one
44 and twenty-four in Boston.
45 First Essex, — Consisting of wards numbered one, two, three, four, Essex districts.
46 five and seven in Lynn, and Nahant and Swampscott. '
47 Second Essex, — Consisting of Beverly, Danvers, IMarblehead and
48 Salem.
49 Third Essex, — Consisting of Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich,
50 Manchester, Newbury, Newburyport, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury,
51 Topsfield, Wenham and West Newbury.
52 Fourth Essex, — Consisting of Amesbury, Boxford, Georgetown,
53 Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, Middleton and Peabody.
54 Fifth Essex, — Consisting of Andover, Lawrence, Methuen and
55 North Andover.
56 First Middlesex, ■ — Consisting of Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Middlesex
57 Hopkinton, Natick, Newton, Sherborn and Weston. i9i6','27o, § 10.
58 Second Middlesex, — Consisting of Belmont and wards numbered
59 four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven in Cambridge.
60 Third Middlesex, — Consisting cf ward numbered three in Cambridge,
61 and Somerville.
62 Fourth Middlesex, ■ — Consisting of Everett, Maiden and Melrose.
63 Fifth Middlesex, — Consisting of Concord, Hudson, Lexington, Lin-
64 coin, Marlborough, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, Waltham and Wayland.
65 Sixth Middlesex, ■ — Consisting of Arlington, INIedford, Stoneham,
66 Wakefield, Winchester and Woburn.
67 Seventh Middlesex, — Consisting of wards numbered five and nine in
68 Lowell, and Acton, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington,
69 Carlisle, Littleton, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury and Wilmington
70 in Middlesex county, ward six in Lynn, and Lynnfield and Saugus in
71 Essex county.
72 Eighth Middlesex, — Consisting of wards numbered one, two, three,
73 four, six, seven and eight in Lowell, and Ashby, Chelmsford, Dracut,
74 Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend, Tyngsborough and
75 Westford.
76 First Worcester, — Consisting of wards numbered five, six, seven, Worcester
77 eight and nine in Worcester. i9i'6l276, § 11.
78 Second Worcester, — Consisting of wards numbered one, two, tliree,
79 four and ten in Worcester.
80 Third Worcester, — Consisting of Ashburnham, Athol, Fitchburg,
530
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATI\'ES.
[Chap. 57.
1916, Sp. 2S2,
§6.
Worcester and
Hampden
district.
1916, 270, § II
1920, 178, § 6.
Berkshire
district.
1916, 270, I 12.
Berkshire,
Hampshire an
Hampden
district.
1916,270, § 12
Franklin and
Hampshire
district.
1916,270, § 12.
First Hampde:
district.
1916,270, § 12
Second
Hampden
district.
1916, 270, J 12.
Gardner, Leominster, Lunenburg, Royalston, Phillipston, Templeton, 81
Westminster and Winchendon. 82
Fourth Worcester, — Consisting of Auburn, Blackstone, Douglas, 83
Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, INIillbury, Millville, North- 84
borough, Northbridge, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sutton, 85
Upton, Uxbridge, Webster and Westborough in Worcester county, 86
and Bellingham and Franklin in Norfolk county. 87
Worcester and Hampden, — Consisting of Barre, Berlin, Bolton, 88
Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, 89
Hardwick, Harvard, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, New 90
Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Paxton, Petersham, Princeton, 91
Rutland, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Warren, West 92
Boylston, and West Brookfield in Worcester county, and Brimfield, 93
Hampden, Holland, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Wales and Wilbraham in 94
Hampden county. 95
Berkshire, ■ — Consisting of Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, 96
Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, 97
Pittsfield, Savoy, Williamstown and Windsor. 98
Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden, — Consisting of ALford, Becket, 99
Egremont, Great Barrington, Hinsdale, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount 100
Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Peru, Richmond, Sandisfield, 101
Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington and West Stockbridge 102
in Berkshire county, Easthampton, Huntington, Northampton, South- 103
ampton and Westhampton in Hampshire county, and Agawam, Bland- 104
ford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, 105
West Springfield and Westfield in Hampden county. 106
Franklin and Hampshire, — Consisting of the towns in Franklin 107
county, and Amherst, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Cummington, Enfield, 108
Goshen, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley, Hatfield, Middlefield, Pelham, 109
Plainfield, Prescott, South Hadley, Ware, Williamsburg and Worth- 110
ington in Hampshire county. Ill
First Hampden, — ^Consisting of wards numbered two, tliree, four, 112
five, six, seven and eight in Springfield, and East Longmeadow and 113
Longmeadow. 114
Second Hampden, — Consisting of Chicopee, Holyoke and ward 115
numbered one in Springfield.. 116
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Representa-
tives appor-
tioned to
the several
counties.
Const, pt. 2,
c. 1. § 3, art, 1.
Const, amend.
21.
(Const. Rev.
arts. 52, S3.)
1813, 68, § 1.
R. S. 5, § 3.
1857, 308.
G. S. 8, § 6.
1866, 103, § 1.
1876, 15, § 1.
P. S. 8, § 6.
1886, 256. § 1.
1896,509, §21.
R. L. 11,
§425.
1906, 497, § 22.
1916, 270, § 24.
Section 4. The two hundred and forty members of the house of 1
representatives are apportioned to the several counties, agreeably to the 2
constitution, until the next decennial apportionment, as follows: 3
ConNTT.
Number of
Repre-
sentatives.
CotTNTY.
Number of
Repre-
sentatives.
Barnstable, ....
Berkshire, .....
Bristol
Dukea
Essex
Franklin, .....
Hampden, .....
3
8
19
1
31
4
15
Hampshire,
Middlesex,
Nantucket
Norfolk (excluding Cohasset),
Plymouth (including Cohasset),
Suffolk, ....
Worcester, ....
4
48
1
13
12
54
27
Chap. 57.] apportionment of representatives. 531
1 Section 5. The commissioners to apportion Suffolk county into Apportionment
2 representative districts shall, on the first Tuesday of August next after TOun"y°into
3 the state secretary shall have certified to them the number of repre- d'i^tHc™.""'''''
4 sentatives to which Suffolk county may be entitled, as determined by Const, amend,
5 the general court, assemble in Boston, and, as soon as may be, shall so '^/"S',^®"-
6 divide said county into representative districts of contiguous territory i897, 287, i 2.
7 as to apportion the representation of said county, as nearly as may be, i906;298,'§2.'
8 according to the number of voters in the several districts. Such dis- h'sm^Tss.
9 tricts shall be so formed that no ward of a city and no town shall be j^alo.*^^'
10 divided, and no district shall be so formed that it shall be entitled to lal Mass' Lif'
11 elect more than three representatives. The districts shall be numbered 225 Mass. 55,
12 by the commissioners, and a description of each district, its number
13 and the number of voters therein shall be transmitted to the state sec-
14 retary, to the board of election commissioners of Boston, to the city
15 treasurer of Boston, to the city clerk of Boston, to the city clerk of
16 Chelsea, to the city clerk of Revere and to the town clerk of Winthrop,
17 and shall be filed and kept in their respective offices.
532
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATI^'E TO T.\XATION.
[Cbaf. 58.
TITLE IX.
TAXATION.
Chapter 5S. General Provisions relative to Taxation.
Chapter 59. Assessment of Local Taxes.
Chapter 60. Collection of Local Taxes.
Chapter 61. Taxation of Forest Lands.
Chapter 62. Taxation of Incomes.
Chapter 63. Taxation of Corporations.
Chapter 64. Taxation of Stock Transfers.
Chapter 65. Taxation of Legacies and Successions.
CHAPTER 58,
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATI\^ TO TAXATION.
Sect.
supervision of local taxation.
1. General powers and duties of com-
missioner relative to assessment of
local taxes.
2. Commissioner to forward to assessors
lists of corporations and other in-
formation.
3. Information relative to property and
instruction to assessors, etc.
4. Correction of improper methods of
assessors.
5. Instructions relative to assessors' no-
tices and lists.
6. Collection, etc., of information as to
real estate values.
7. Commissioner to obtain information,
etc., as to unpaid taxes.
8. Proceedings against certain delinquent
collectors.
STATE TAX.
9. Commissioner to report apportionment
of state tax annually to general
court.
10. Commissioner to prepare abstracts,
obtain information, etc.
ADJUSTMENT OF VETEH.\-NS' EXEMPTION.
11. One third of veterans' exemption to be
credited to cities and towns making
it, and charged against all cities and
towns.
Sect.
12. Commissioner to certify charges and
credits to treasurer, who shall with-
hold or allow them.
reimbursement for loss of taxes on
l.\ni> used for public institutions,
ETC.
13. Valuation of certain state lands every
five years.
14. Notice to assessors, and appeal.
15. Effect of determination. Valuation of
newly purchased land.
16. Annual statement to treasurer.
17. Rate of reimbursement.
DISTRIBUTION OF T.tXES.
IS. Distribution of income tax.
19. Commissioner to notify assessors of
distribution of income tax.
20. Distribution of business corporation
tax.
21. Distribution of certain corporate fran-
chise taxes.
22. Distribution of franchise tax of electric
railroads and street railways.
23. Distribution of franchise tax of rail-
roads and telephone and telegraph
companies.
24. Distribution of franchise tax of gas,
electric and water companies.
Chap. 58.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO TAXATION.
533
Sect.
25. Commissioner to determine amounts
due to cities and towns.
26. Guardians, executors, administrators,
trustees and partnerships to make
returns of certain stock held.
REPAYMENT OF ILLEGAL TAXES.
27. Taxes illegally exacted may be abated
and repaid upon seasonable appli-
cation.
Sect.
assessment fob deposits with state
treasurer.
28. Commissioner to make assessment on
trust funds, etc.
REPORTS.
29. Commissioner to make reports an-
nually to general court.
DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.
30. Commissioner may destroy returns, etc.
SUPERVISION OF LOCAL TAXATION.
1 Section 1. Thecommissionerof corporations and taxation, in this and ^^j'^JjJiP"^,^'^
2 the seven following chapters called the commissioner, may visit any town, commissioner
3 inspect the work of its assessors and give them such information and re- sessment of
4 quire of them such action as will tend to produce uniformity throughout i°s^98, 507.^§ 3.
5 the commonwealth in valuation and assessments. He shall prepare and fgos 433,^ ^'
6 issue printed instructions to assessors as a guide to them in carrying out llo^'fi.
7 said purpose, which shall be adapted to varying local circumstances and to {n^ss®"'
8 differences in the character and condition of property subject to local taxa- i^}^' i^s.
9 tion. He may furnish to local assessors blank forms for use in valuing such isia! s; 350,
10 property. He may cause an assessor to be prosecuted, either in the county 1920, 2.
11 where said officer resides or in an adjoining county, for any violation of f&mfds.
12 law relative to assessment of taxes for which a penalty is imposed. He
13 may appear before the superior court or any board of county comniis-
14 sioners sitting for the abatement of taxes. He shall give his opinion to
15 assessors and collectors upon any question arising under any statute
16 relating to the assessment and collection of taxes, and may obtain the
17 opinion of the attorney general upon such question. He may perform his
18 duties under this section himself or by his duly authorized representative.
1 Section 2. The commissioner shall annually, on or before April CommisBioner
a n e i iiii» \- p i^to lorward to
2 nrst, forward to each board of assessors a list of all corporations known to afesaors lists
ol*j.l_i*ii -ii • 1 1 n i> . i^' corporations
6 nim to be liable on said day to taxation under chapters nity-nine and and other
4 sixty-three, with such other information as in his judgment will assist isM.^iss^'a.
5 them in the assessment of taxes. is7o. 144. § 1.
p. S. 13, §§ 3, 4. 1906, 271, § 1. 1909. 490, III. § 4.
R. L. 14, § 4. 1908, 408. 1914, 198. § 2.
1 Section 3. The commissioner shall annually, on or before April l"t™eto''
2 first, furnish to each board of assessors all the information relating to property and
. I'll* instruction to
S the assessment, valuation and ownership of propertv taxable in their assessors, etc.
A J. ilj.1 ■ ^ • ni.i t- f ^ .,, , 1908, 550, 5 4.
4 town that has come into possession ot his department, particularly under woo, 490,
5 chapter sixty-five. He shall give to said assessors any further instruc- 1914, i9s, 1 2.
6 tion and supervision as to their duties needed to secure uniform assess- §§'54,^5^5.'
7 ment and just taxation, and to equalize the valuation of property for ~^^ '^^^^ ^°'
8 purposes of state, county and local taxation.
1 Section 4. Wlaenever it appears to the commissioner that the prop- correction ot
2 erty orany part thereof in any town is not valued for taxation in accord- method7of
3 ance with law, and that such failure to comply with law is the result of itoTmo, § a.
4 inadequate methods in keeping the records of valuation or ownership J^f^jf"'
5 of property, or is due to failure on the part of its assessors or any of
534
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATI^•E TO TAXATION.
[Chap. 58.
them properly to examine the records of the registry of deeds and pro- 6
bate court, or to make use of the information required to be furnished 7
to assessors by the commissioner, he shall forthwith direct said assessors 8
to adopt such methods of keeping their records or to make such exam- 9
ination of the records of the registry of deeds and probate court, or to 10
make such use of the information that he has furnished to them, as he 11
deems necessary. On failure by any assessor to comply with such di- 12
rections of the commissioner, he shall forthwith notify the mayor or 13
selectmen of said failure, with any recommendations which he deems 14
necessary or expedient. 15
notices and
lists.
1882,217, § 3.
1894, 294.
R. L. 12, § 42.
1909, 490, I,
§42; 515.
Section 5. The commissioner shall annually give instructions for 1
preparing the notice and bringing in the lists required by section twenty- 2
nine of chapter fifty-nine, and shall prescribe forms therefor so arranged 3
that the statement of the person bringing in such a list will include all 4
assessable property held by him. The commissioner shall cause to be 5
printed and distributed to assessors forms for the lists and statements 6
required therein relative to property held for literary, temperance, be- 7
nevolent, charitable or scientific purposes. 8
Collection,
etc., of in-
formation as
to real estate
values.
1917, 171.
Section 6. The commissioner may collect and tabulate information 1
as to the sale price and actual value of real estate in the several to\\ns. 2
For this purpose he may require assessors to furnish him with any in- 3
formation in their possession, may consult persons likely to have knowl- 4
edge as to the sale price and actual value of separate parcels of real 5
estate, and may examine probate and other records. 6
Commissioner
to obtain in-
formation,
etc., as to
unpaid taxes.
1912, 272, § 1.
Section 7. The commissioner shall from time to time secure in- 1
formation as to any unpaid taxes in any town, may examine the books, 2
records and papers of collectoi-s and assessors, and of other town officers, 3
and may require them to make reports to him. 4
Proceeding.?
against certain
delinquent
collectors.
1912, 272,
S§2,3.
1918, 257,
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 8. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that at the 1
end of three years from the commitment of any warrant to a collector 2
any taxes upon such warrant remain uncollected, or if collected have 3
33. not been turned over to the town treasurer, the commissioner shall within 4
one year bring the matter to the attention of the attorney general, who 5
may bring or cause to be brought an action of contract in the name of 6
the town against the collector and upon his bond, in the superior court 7
for the county where the town lies. Any amount recovered under this 8
section shall be paid into the treasury of the town in whose name the 9
action is prosecuted; but all reasonable expenses incurred by the at- 10
torney general in any such action shall be borne by the town, and may 11
be recovered from it by the commonwealth in contract. 12
state tax.
Commissioner
to report
apportion-
ment of state
ta.\ annually
to general
court.
1881. 163, 5 I.
P. S, 11, 5 9i;.
1909, 490.' I, sand dollars of state or county tax, including polls at one tenth of a mill
* ""'■ each, which should be assessed upon each town.
Section 9. In nineteen hundred and twenty-two and in every third
year thereafter, the commissioner shall, within the first week of the
session of the general court, report in print to said general court an
equalization and apportionment upon the several towns, of the number
of polls, the amount of property, and the proportion of every one thou-
Chap. 58.] gener.\.l provisions relative to taxation. 535
1 Section 10. To aid in making the equalization and apportionment Commissioner
2 required by the preceding section, and to assist the general court to abstracts,
3 determine the amount of state tax to be imposed upon the se\eral towns, "ormation,
4 the commissioner shall prepare and submit to the general court abstracts issi, les,
5 showing the amount of the corporate francliise value of domestic corpora- |.^s' fi 1 97
6 tions, of the corporate excess of domestic business and foreign corpora- ^909 449-^490'
7 tions, and of the value of the shares of banks the shares of which are sub- ^•J}^}:.
8 ject to taxation under section one of chapter sixty-three, represented by 1914', igsi § 0;
9 the taxes distributed according to law to each town. He may require from
10 state and town officers such further returns antl statements relati\'e to
11 the amount and value of taxable property in the several towns as he
12 deems necessary. He shall to the best of his judgment and discretion
13 prepare said equalization and apportionment upon the basis of the
14 returns and statements pro\'ided for and authorized, and of any other
15 information in his possession. He shall give notice of so much of said
16 equalization and apportionment as may be prepared upon the basis of
17 such other information in his possession to the assessors of any town
18 affected thereby, and upon their request shall give his reasons therefor,
19 and such information as he may properly divulge.
adjustment of veterans' exemption.
1 Section 11. The commissioner, from the returns made by assessors One third _
2 under section eighty-five of chapter fifty-nine, or otherwise, shall deter- exempUoS\o
3 mine the total amount of taxes exempted throughout the commonwealth cftiea'and'' '°
4 under clauses twenty-second and twenty-third of section five of said *t°"nd"harg«i
5 chapter, and shall apportion one third of such taxes among the towns ac- ^^^inm aii
6 cording to the basis determined bv him for an apportionment of the state towns
• • • "^ 1916 299 § 4
7 tax under section nine of this chapter, and the amount so apportioned to
8 each town shall be a charge against it. He shall also determine the
9 amount of taxes so exempted in each town, and one third thereof shall
10 be a credit to the town making the exemption. He shall forthwith
11 give written notice by mail or at their office to the assessors of each
12 town thereby affected of the amounts so charged against and credited
13 to it, and they may within ten days after the date of the notice appeal
14 from his determination to the board of appeal from decisions of the
15 commissioner.
1 Section 12. The commissioner, at the expiration of ten clays after Commissioner
2 notice under the preceding section or upon being informed of the decision cLTges La
3 of the board of appeal, if an appeal is taken, shall certify to the state tfrasure?, who
4 treasurer the amount of charges against and credits to each town as de- or^aii™* them.
5 termined thereunder, and the treasurer shall thereupon withhold out of ^^i*^' ^^^' ^ *■
6 any sums payable by the commonwealth to each town against which a
7 charge is certified, and shall allow or pay over to each town to which a
8 credit is certified, as the case may be, the amount so certified.
reimbursement for loss of taxes on land used for public insti-
tutions, etc.
1 Section 13. In nineteen hundred and twenty-fiA'e and in every fifth Valuation
2 year thereafter the commissioner shall between April first and June first TtaSa^nds
3 determine as of April first the fair cash value of all land in every town years. ^'^
4 owned by the commonwealth and used for the purposes of a public insti- §§^°'2^°^'
536
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO TAXATION.
[Chap. 58.
1911, 478,
§§ 1,5.
1914,648;
720, § 5.
1919, 350,
§§ 79, 82, 87.
tution under the department of mental diseases, the department of pubUc 5
welfare or the department of correction, a fish hatchery or game preserve, 6
a state military camp ground, or a state forest. This determination shall 7
be in such detail as to lots, subdivisions or acreage as the commissioner 8
may deem necessary, and to assist him in making it he may require oral 9
or written information from any officer or agent of the commonwealth 10
or of any town therein and from any other inhabitant thereof, and may 1 1
require such information to be on oath. Such officers, agents and per- 12
sons, so far as able, shall furnish the commissioner with the required in- 13
formation in such form as he may indicate, within fifteen days after being 14
so requested by him. 15
Notice to
assessors, and
appeal.
1910,607, 5 3.
1911,478, § 2.
Section 14. The commissioner, under the preceding section, not 1
later than June tenth of each year in wliich he makes such determination, 2
shall notify the assessors of each town where the commonwealth owns 3
land for tlie purposes therein named, of his determination of the value of 4
such land in such town. A board of assessors agg^ie^■ed by said deter- 5
mination may, within ten days after the date of the notice, apply for a 6
correction thereof to the board of appeal from decisions of the commis- 7
sioner of corporations and taxation. Said board shall give a hearing to 8
such assessors not later than July fifteenth following, and shall season- 9
ably notify them and the commissioner of the time and place of the 10
hearing. After the hearing said board of appeal shall notify said 11
board of assessors and the commissioner of its finding as to the value 12
of the land in question, and its decision shall be conclusive. 13
Effect of
determina-
tion. Valua-
tion of newly
purchased land
1910, 607, § 4.
1911,478, § 3.
Section 15. The valuation determined under the two preceding 1
sections shall be in eflfect for the purposes of sections thirteen to seven- 2
teen, inclusive, during the year in which such valuation is made and the 3
four succeeding years, and until another valuation is made under said 4
sections; except that whenever land is acquired by the commonwealth 5
for the purposes named in section thirteen the commissioner shall adopt 6
the assessed valuation of said land made in the year last preceding such 7
purchase, and such assessed valuation shall be the valuation of the land 8
for the purposes of sections thirteen to seventeen, inclusive, until a new 9
valuation is made by the commissioner under sections thirteen and 10
fourteen. 11
Annual state-
ment to
treasurer.
1910, 607, § 5.
Section 16. In every year, not later than August first, the commis- 1
sioner shall deliver to the state treasurer a statement as to the value of 2
land subject to sections thirteen to seventeen, inclusive, in each town, and 3
of the amount of money to be paid to each of such towns as determined 4
by the following section,, 5
Rate of reim-
bursement-
1910, 607, § 6.
1911.478, § 4.
Section 17. The treasm-er in every year, not later than November 1
fifteenth, shall reimburse each town in which the commonwealth owns 2
land for the purposes named in section thirteen an amount in lieu of 3
taxes upon the value of such land as reported to him by the commissioner 4
under the preceding section, determined by multiplying each thousand 5
dollars of valuation or fractional part thereof by the rate provided for 6
under section fifty-eight of chapter sixty-three. 7
Chap. 58.) general provisions relative to taxation. 537
DISTRIBUTION OF TAXES.
1 Section 18. From the taxes collected by the commonwealth on Distribution
2 incomes under chapter sixty-two, the state treasurer shall annually on igisl'^Tg. *'^'''
3 or before November fifteenth distribute to each city, town and district sbs^'//.'*'
4 the percentages hereinafter specified of an amount obtained by sub- 234Ma^. 42.
5 tracting, from the average amount of the tax levied upon personal prop-
6 erty in such city, town or district in the years nineteen hundred and fif-
7 teen and nineteen hundred and sixteen, the average amount, computed
8 by the commissioner, that would be produced by a tax upon the personal
9 property actually assessed in each city, town or district for the years
10 nineteen hundred and seventeen and nineteen hundred and eighteen at
11 an average of the same rates of taxation as prevailed tlierein in the years
12 nineteen hundred and fifteen and nineteen hundred and sixteen, to wit:
13 seventy per cent for nineteen hundred and twenty-one, sixty per cent
14 for nineteen hundred and twent;s--two, fifty per cent for nineteen hundred
15 and twenty-three, forty per cent for nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
16 thirty per cent for nineteen hundred and twenty-five, twenty per cent
17 for nineteen hundred and twenty-six, ten per cent for nineteen hundred
18 and twenty-seven.
19 The amount so collected in any of said years in excess of the sum nec-
20 essary to make said payments shall be distributed in proportion to the
21 amount of the state tax imposed upon each town in that year, after
22 deducting a sum sufficient to reimburse the commonwealth for the
23 expenses incurred in the collection and distribution of said tax and for
24 abated taxes repaid under said chapter during said year, which shall be
25 retained by the commonwealth, and a sufficient sum to be distributed
26 for school purposes under Part I of chapter se\-enty.
27 In nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and thereafter all the taxes
28 so collected shall, after making said deductions, be distributed and paid
29 to the several towns in proportion to the amount of the state tax im-
30 posed upon each of them in each year.
1 Section 19. Annually on or before August first the commissioner commissioner
2 shall, upon the basis of the information then in his possession, notify sessors'of'dTs-
3 the assessors of each town of the amount such town is to receive in any '"come'tax'
4 distribution of the tax upon incomes. Said assessors, in determining the ^^^^- ^^^- § '^*-
5 rate of taxation to be levied upon taxable property for the year, shall
6 include in the estimated receipts lawfully applicable to the payment of
7 expenditures the aforesaid amount.
1 Section 20. One sixth of every tax paid by any domestic business Distribution
2 or foreign corporation under sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, of rarporL"t!on
3 chapter sixty-three, shall be retained by the commonwealth. The re- S9I9, 355,
4 mainder shall be distributed, credited and paid to the town of the com- ^^ i^.si.
5 monwealth where the business of the corporation is carried on. If the
6 corporation maintains an office, store or factory in more than one such
7 town, said remainder shall be distributed, credited and paid to such towns
8 in proportion to the value of the tangible property of the corporation
9 in each of them on April first, or on such other day as the commissioner
10 shall determine, which value shall be determined in such manner as he
11 shall deem just; provided, that if the corporation does not conduct its
12 business in Massachusetts and does not own any tangible property in
538
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO TAXATION.
[Chap. 58.
any town of the commonwealth, other than fm-niture and equipment 13
reasonably necessary for the use of the clerk or other executive officers 14
of the corporation, all said tax shall be retained by the commonwealth. 15
Distribution*of
certain corpo-
rate franchise
taxes.
1864, 20S,
§§ 8,15
1865,283, 5 15.
1866,291, § 2.
P. S. 13, § 57.
1887, 228.
1888, 413, § 23.
1898,417;
578, §§ 4,26.
1900, 413, § 5.
1901,413, §4.
R. L. 14, § 61.
1903, 437, § 86.
1906, 463,
II. § 216,
III, §131;
516, § 20.
1908, 614.
1909, 490,
III, § 64.
Distribution
of franchise
tax of electric
railroads and
street railways.
1864, 208,
§§ 8, 15.
1865, 283, § 15.
1866, 291, § 2.
P. S. 13, § 57.
1887, 228.
1888, 413, § 23.
1898, 417; 578,
§§ 4, 26.
1900, 413, § 5.
1901.413,14.
R. L. 14, § 61.
1903, 437, § 86.
1906, 463. II,
§ 216, III.
§ 131; SIO.
§20.
Section 21. Such proportion of the tax paid by each corporation, 1
company or association under sections fifty-three to sixty, inclusive, of ' 2
chapter sixty-tliree, except railroad, street railway, electric railroad, tele- 3
phone, telegraph, gas, electric light, gas and electric light and water com- 4
panics, as corresponds to the proportion of its stock owned by persons 5
residing in this commonwealth, shall be distributed, credited and paid 6
to the several towns in which, from the returns or other evidence, it 7
appears that such persons resided on April first preceding, according to 8
the number of shares so held in such towns respectively. If stock is held 9
by a fiduciary, the beneficiary shall be regarded as the shareholder for 10
the purpose of distribution under this section, and if a town is a sliare- 11
holder, the distribution shall be the same as if the stock were owned by 12
a resident thereof. i9iq, 456. 1912, 695. 1914 jgg, § e. 13
1916, 299, §§ 1, 2. 184 Mass. 460. 1 Op. A. G. 570.
1919, 349, § 21. 190 Mass. 123. 4 Op. A. G. 82.
Section 22. The tax paid by each electric railroad and street rail- 1
way company under sections fifty-tliree to sixty, inclusive, of chapter 2
sixty-tliree shall be apportioned among the several towns in proportion 3
to the length of tracks operated by such company in said towns respec- 4
tively. The share of the tax paid by a street railway or an electric rail- 5
road company in respect of its tracks upon locations granted by the 6
board having charge of metropolitan parks, of the Wachusett mountain 7
state reservation or of the Greylock reservation shall be apportionecl to 8
the commonwealth, and credited by the state treasurer to the sinking 9
fund of the loan to which the expenditure for the road, boulevard, park 10
or reservation in which the tracks are located was charged. 11
Section 23. The corporate franchise tax paid by railroad, telephone
and telegraph
companies.
1916, 299, § 1
Distributio
of franchise
and teiephomf ^ '^'^^ telegraph Companies shall be distributed, credited and paid to the
towns of the commonwealth or shall be retained by the commonwealth
in the manner following: Such part of said tax paid by each of said
corporations as is paid on account of shares of its stock owned by non-
residents of Massachusetts shall be retained by the commonwealth.
The- remainder of said tax shall be distributed, credited and paid to
the several towns in proportion to the total assessed value of property
actually taxed in each town for the preceding year.
Distribution
of franchise
tax of gas,
electric and
water com-
panies.
1916, 299, § 2
Section 24. The corporate franchise tax paid by gas, electric light, 1
gas and electric light and water companies shall be distributed, credited 2
and paid to towns of the commonwealth or shall be retained by the com- 3
monwealth in the manner following: Such part of said tax paid by 4
each of said corporations as is paid on account of shares of its stock owned 5
by non-residents of Massachusetts shall be retained by the common- 6
wealth. The remainder of such tax shall be distributed, credited and 7
paid to the town of the commonwealth where the business of the cor- 8
poration is carried on; and if any such corporation carries on its busi- 9
ness in more than one such town, this part of the tax paid by it shall be 10
distributed, credited and paid to such towns in proportion to the value of 1 1
Chap. 58.j general provisioxs relatue to taxation. 539
12 the works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, underground con-
13 duits, wires and pipes of the corporation in each of them on April first,
14 as determined from the returns or in any other manner.
1 Section 25. The commissioner, subject to appeal to the board of foX"'f '°°''''
2 appeal, shall ascertain and determine the amount due to each town under amounts due
3 sections twenty to twenty-four, inclusive, notify the treasurer of each towns.
4 town thereof and certify the amount, as finally determined, to the state p s.i3, j'ss.^'
5 treasurer, who shall thereupon pay the same. isgs, 578, §§ 4, s.
li. L. 14, § B2. 1906, 463, II. §217. 1909. 490, III, § 65.
1903, 437, § 87. Ill, § 1.32; 516, § 21. 212 Mass. 434.
1 Section 26. A guardian who holds, or whose ward holds, shares of °""f *°^' ,
2 stock in any corporation the tax on whose shares is distributed in whole mmistrators,
3 or in part accorduig to the residence of the shareholder, including banks partnerships
4 located in the commonwealth liable to taxation, and an executor, ad- of certairsfock
5 ministrator, trustee or other person who holds in trust any such stock, iIm, 20s, § 4.
6 shall annually, between April first and tenth, return under oath to the |f*'|'f4^'
7 commissioner the names and residences, on the first day of that month, If'/i^th ^ ®'
8 of themselves and of all such wards or other persons to whom any part ?■ ^. 13, § 7.
9 of the income from such stock is payable, the number of shares of stock §§8,55.'
10 so held and the name and location of the corporation. iii, §§*8°'59;
11 A partnership shall annually, between April first and tenth, make a 1914, 193,
12 like return, stating the amount of such stock owned by the firm, the ^^ ^' ''•
13 names and residences of all the partners and the proportional interest or
14 ownership of each partner in said stock.
15 If a guardian, executor, administrator, trustee or partnership neglects
16 to make the returns required by this section on or before April tenth of
17 each year, the commissioner shall gi\'e notice by mail, postage prepaid,
18 to such fiduciary or partnership of such default. If such fiduciary or
19 partnersliip omits to file said return within thirty days after such notice
20 of default has been given, he or it shall forfeit to the commonwealth not
21 less than five nor more than ten dollars for each day for fifteen days
22 after the expiration of said thirty days, and not less than ten nor more
23 than two hundred dollars for each day thereafter during which such
24 default continues, or any other sum, not greater than the maximum for-
25 feiture, which the court may deem just and equitable. Such forfeiture
26 may be recovered as provided in chapter sixtj'-three.
repaitvient of illegal taxes.
1 Section 27. If it shall appe^ir that a legacy and succession tax or a Taxes illegally
2 tax or excise upon a corporation, foreign or domestic, which has been brabatedand
3 paid to the commonwealth, was in whole or in part illegally exacted, the seasonable"
4 commissioner may, with the approval of the attorney general, issue a igfg'^iljf"'
5 certificate that the party aggrieved by such exaction is entitled to an
6 abatement, stating the amount thereof. The treasurer shall pay the
7 amount thus certified to have been illegally exacted, with interest,
8 without any appropriation therefor by the general court. No certificate
9 for the abatement of any tax shall be issued under this section unless
10 application therefor is made to the commissioner within the time pre-
11 scribed by law for beginning legal proceedings to obtain a repayment of
12 the tax. This section shall be in addition to and not in modification of
13 any other remedies.
540
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATRE TO T.IXATION.
[Chap. 58.
Commiasioner
to make aa-
sesBment on
trust funds,
1891, 233.
1901, 281.
R. L. 6, § 6.
ASSESSMENT FOR DEPOSITS WITH STATE TREASURER.
Section 28. The commissioner shall annually assess upon every cor- 1
poration or organization required by law to make deposits in trust with 2
the state treasurer one twentieth of one per cent of the average of such 3
deposits by it for the year last preceding such assessment. Such assess- 4
ment shall be collected in the same manner as taxes upon corporations. 5
Commissioner
to make reports
annually to
general court.
Regular
annual report.
1873, 321, § 2.
1874, 227, § 3.
1881, 284, § 4.
P. S. 13, § 6.
1882, 217, I 3.
1894, 484.
R. L. 14, § 3.
1909. 490,
III, § 3.
Compilation
of tables of
1861. 167, § 4.
P. S. 11, § 57.
R. L. 12, § 63.
Same from
omitted
assessments.
1912, 312, § 2.
1913. 694.
Report of
income assessed
for taxation.
1916, 176.
Section 29. In addition to the report required by section nine the 1
commissioner shall annually make the following reports to the general 2
court : 3
(1) In January a report of the transactions of Ins office for the pre- 4
ceding year, including tabular statements of the amounts of exempted 5
property returned under section eighty-six of chapter fifty-nine, and 6
an abstract of such particulars from the lists of property held for literary, 7
benevolent, charitable or scientific purposes as he shall deem for the 8
public interest. 9
(2) A printed compilation of the aggregate returns under section forty- 10
seven of chapter fifty-nine from the cities and towns, arranged by coun- 11
ties so as to exhibit the total valuation of the towns, cities, counties, and 12
the commonwealth. i908, 3i4. i909, 490, i, § 62. 13
(3) A similar compilation of the returns of omitted assessments made 14
under section forty-eight of said chapter. This shall be printed and fur- 15
nished to the general court as soon as may be after such returns are filed. 16
(4) On or before May first a report of the amount of income assessed 17
under chapter sixty-two, and also an estimate of the probable amoimt 18
of taxes that will be levied upon incomes thereunder. 19
Commissioner
may destroy
returns, etc.
1916,281.
destruction of CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.
Section 30. The commissioner may, after the lapse of five years from
the date of their receipt, destroy returns made to him under section
twenty-six of this chapter, copies, returns and statements made under
sections forty-nine, eighty-three and eighty-six of chapter fifty-nine,
and returns and copies made under sections four, thirteen, seventeen,
twenty, twenty-five, thirty-five, forty, fifty-three and fifty-four of chap-
ter sixty-three.
references.
Additional duties of commissioner relative to local taxation:
Determination of value of machinery, poles, etc., of telephone and telegraph com-
panies, Chap. .59, §§ 39-42.
Furnishing books to assessors, Chap. 59, § 45.
Abatement of taxes on telephone and telegraph companies, Chap. 59, § 73.
Recommending revision of tax, Chap. 59, § 76.
Duties relative to taxation of forest lands. Chap. 61, §§ 4, 15.
Duties under income tax, Chap. 62, §§ 35-53.
Duties relative to corporation taxes. Chap. 63, §§ 44-51, 67, 69, 71.
Duties relative to stock transfer stamps, and contracts therefor, Chap. 64, §§ 3, 4.
Power to make rules and regulations, and prescribe forms, etc., in taxation of stock
transfers, Chap. 64, § 7.
Power to e.xamine books, etc., in connection with stock transfer tax, Chap. 64,
§§12,13.
Duties under inheritance tax. Chap. 65.
Duties as to corporations. Chap. 155, § 2.
Duty to jietition for appointment of administrator of deceased person in certain cases.
Chap. 193, § 3.
§ 9. Effect of forest land taxation on the apportionment under this section, Chap. 61,
§ 16,
§ 29. Additional information required as to classified forest land, Chap. 61, §§ 14, 15.
Chap. 59.)
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL T.\XES.
541
CHAPTER 59.
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
Sect.
persons and property subject to tax-
ATION.
1. Poll tax.
2. Property subject to taxation.
3. Real estate to include buildings, etc.
4. Property taxable as personal estate.
PERSONS AND PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM
TAXATION.
5. Certain property and polls exempted.
PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX ON PROPERTY
HELD FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PUR-
POSES.
6. Land held by city or town, etc., in
another, (or water supply, etc.
Valuation.
7. Determination of valuation of land
held under section 6.
EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN SHIPS OR VESSELS.
8. Ships and vessels in interstate or foreign
carrying trade exempt except from
excise.
WHERE AND TO WHOM POLLS AND PROPERTY
SHALL BE ASSESSED.
9. Poll tax, where assessed.
10. Determination of legal residence for
poll tax.
11. Land, where and to whom taxed.
12. Taxation of mortgaged land.
13. Value of mortgage interest, how de-
termined.
14. Mortgagors and mortgagees joint own-
ers for taxation.
15. Rights of tenant paying taxes.
16. Taxation of real estate of decedent, lia-
bility of heirs, etc., and contribution.
17. Taxation of real estate of decedent if
title doubtful, etc.
18. Personal estate, where and to whom
19. Mortgaged, etc., personal property,
who is deemed owner.
DUTY AND MANNER OF ASSESSING TAXES.
20. Treasurer to send warrants.
21. Duty of assessors.
22. Certain shares of national, etc., banks to
be omitted in making up valuation.
23. Amount of annual assessment.
24. Interest on debt for railroad subscrip-
tion to be included in assessment.
Sect.
25. Assessors may add not more than five
per cent td amount of annual assess-
ment.
26. State, county and town taxes in one
assessment.
27. County commissioners to appoint, etc.,
in case of neglect by assessors.
28. Liability of town, etc., for tax not as-
sessed or unpaid. ._
NOTICES AND LISTS.
29. Assessors to issue notices requiring lists,
etc.
30. Assessors to furnish blank lists.
31. Lists to be verified by oath.
32. Inspection of lists.
33. Storage warehouses to give certain in-
formation to assessors.
34. Statement by mortgagor or mortgagee.
.■JS. Lists to be taken as true, unless, etc.
36. Estimate of value in default of list.
37. Estimate to be conclusive, when.
VALUATION OF PROPEIiTY.
38. Valuation of property subject to tax-
ation.
39. Valuation of machinery, poles, wires,
etc., of telephone and telegraph com-
panies.
40. Assessors to inform commissioner, etc.
41. Telephone and telegraph companies to
make returns, etc.
42. Estimate by commissioner in default
of return.
BOOKS, LISTS, TABLES AND RETURNS OF
ASSESSORS.
43. Valuation and assessment to be made
in books, and list to be open to
public.
44. List to contain polls and estates of in-
habitants, estates of non-residents,
etc.
45. Commissioner to furnish books to as-
sessors.
46. Directions to assessors in making lists
in books.
47. Assessors to prepare table of aggregates
and deposit copy annually with com-
missioner.
48. Same as to December assessments.
49. Assessors to deposit copies of valuation
books with commissioner every third
year.
50. Books to contain copies of law, etc.
542
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL T,\XES.
[Chap. 59.
Sect.
51. Entry on valuation list of certain e.x-
empted property.
52. Oath of assessors to valuation list.
Penalty.
collector's list and wareant.
53. Commitment of tax list, for collection.
54. Contents and form of tax list.
55. Warrant, contents and form.
56. New warrant if original lost, etc.
interest and discount on taxes.
57. Date for payment of taxes. Interest.
58. No discount to be allowed on taxes.
ab.^tements.
59. Abatements.
60. Records of abatements.
61. Conditions of abatement.
62. Costs.
63. Notice.
64. Appeal to county commissioners.
65. Appeal to the superior court.
66. Speedy trial, advancement.
67. Commissioner to hear facts.
68. Abatement and judgment for complain-
ant if tax has been paid.
69. Person receiving abatement to be re-
imbursed, etc.
70. Certificate of abatement.
71. Abatement of uncoUectable taxes, and
allowance to collector.
72. Abatement by authority of commis-
sioner of tax on land of insufficient
value to meet charges, etc.
73. Telephone or telegraph company may
apply for abatement of commission-
er's valuation of property taxable
locally, etc.
74. Commissioner to be notified of abate-
ment of local taxes to corporations
liable to franchise tax.
omitted assessments.
75. Property omitted from assessment to be
assessed in December, etc.
76. Commissioner may recommend revision
of assessments.
Sect.
reassessment op taxes.
77. Reassessment of taxes.
78. Collection of reassessed taxes.
apportionment of taxes on real estate
subsequently divided,
79. Tax on real estate divided after assess-
ment to be apportioned in certain
cases.
80. Notice to persons affected by apportion-
ment.
81. Appeal from apportionment.
ILLEGAL assessments.
82. Assessment valid except as to illegal
excess.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF ASSESSORS.
8J. Returns by assessors of domestic and
foreign corporations, and assessed
value of certain corporate prop-
erty.
84. Assessors to state cause of diminished
valuations.
85. Return by assessors to commissioner of
certain exempted property.
86. Assessors to make returns of exempted
property, etc.
RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPENSATION OF
ASSESSORS.
87. Liability of assessors.
88. Compensation.
EVASION OP TAXATION
89. Proposing, etc., to compromise assess-
ment to keep residence.
90. Evasion of taxation, etc., by conceal-
ment or change of residence, etc.
91. False or fraudulent list forbidden.
92. Refusal, etc., of information by keepers
of taverns, etc.
NEGLECT BY ASSESSORS.
93. Penalty on assessor for failure to assess
taxes required by law.
94. Penalty for violation of sections 46-49,
84.
Poll tax.
1780, 43.
1830, 151, § 2.
K. a. 7, § 1.
1843, 87.
1844, 145.
G. S. 11, § 1.
PERSONS AND PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION.
Section 1 . In the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four and annu- 1
ally thereafter a poll tax of two dollars shall be assessed on every male 2
inhabitant of the commonwealth above the age of twenty, whether a 3
citizen of the United States or an alien. p. s. ii, § i. i9oi. 424. § 1 4
Rates, 1919-23, see 1919, 283, § 10.
Property
subject to
taxation.
1780, 43.
Section 2. All property, real and personal, situated within the 1
commonwealth, and all personal property of the inhabitants of the 2
ClL-iP. 59.] ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES. 543
3 commonwealth wherever situated, unless expressly exempt, shall be isso, isi. § 2.
4 subject to taxation. g.s. 11, §2. p. s. 11. §2. r. l. 12, §2. R. s. 7, §2.
1909, 490. I, § 2. 101 Mass. 317, 329. 209 Mass. 456. 227 Mass. 225.
4 Cush. 1. 193 Mass. 190. 214 Mass. 477. 199 U. S. 194
16 Gray, 292. 200 Mass. 37S. 215 Mass. 598. 232 U S 1.
6 Allen, .WS. 204 Mass. 13S. 222 Mass. 51, 331. Op. A. G. (1920) 37.
14 Allen. 366.
1 Section 3. Real estate for the purpose of taxation shall include all ^''fnelSfe**
2 land within the commonwealth and all buildings and other things iJU'Wings, etc.
3 erected thereon or affixed thereto. g! s! I'l, § 3.
4 Mortgages upon buildings or other things, which with the land upon n'.L.Vil^s.
5 which they are erected or to which they are affixed are taxable as real i^^^*^"'
6 estate as defined herein, shall be deemed mortgages of real estate for the o2Pictf22
7 purpose of taxation, and shall be taxed under sections eleven to four- 'S,*^,"/*^- ^i*„
„ ' ^ . , . 101 Mass. 319.
8 teen, inclusive. 102 Mass. 76.
lis Mass. 3S6.
130 Mass. 428.
149 Mas
s. 238.
189 Mass. 182.
125 Mass. 567.
147 Mass. 31.
153 Mas
s. 141.
213 Mass. 54.
1 Section 4. Except as provided in the following section and in chap- Property
2 ters sixty-two and sixty-three, personal estate for the purpose of taxation pereonlf '
3 shall include: 1821,107, §2. isso. 151, §2. '''*»''*«•
R. S. 7, § 4.
P.S. 11, §4.
1902, 374. § 4.
1839, 139, § 2
1882, 76.
1909,440.5 2; 4941, §4.
G. S. 11, § 4.
1888, 363.
1914, 198, § 2.
1881,284, § 1; 304, §6.
R. L. 12. § 4.
232 U. S. 1.
4 First, Goods, chattels, money and effects, wherever they are; ships iswau. 300.
5 and vessels at home or abroad, except as pro\ided in section eight of tliis
6 chapter and in section sixty-se\'en of chapter sixty-tliree.
7 Second, Money at interest, and other debts due the person to be 15 pick 376
10 Met. 334.
106 Mass. 540.
136 Mass. 129.
- - 137 Mass. 11).
10 real estate, taxable as real estate, except the excess of such loan above J'sg m"^^' 551'
1 1 the assessed value of the mortgaged real estate. 193 Mass. 190, 522.
200 Mass. 378. 210 Mass. 471. 219 Mass. 238. 226 Mass. 268.
208 Mass. 497. 215 Mass. 493. 222 Mass. 331. 3 Op. A. G. 24, 431.
12 Third, Public stocks and securities, bonds of railroads and street rail- JoAii'nlm
13 ways and stocks in turnpikes, bridges and moneyed corporations within i* Alien! 359'
14 or without this commonwealth. 105 Mass 519.
137 Mass. 111. 204 Mass. 138. 215 Mass. 493.
PERSONS ANT) PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
1 Section 5. The following property and polls shall be exempt from Certain
2 taxation : r. s. 7, § 5. g. s. ii, § 5. poiCx^mpfed.
p. S. 11. § 5. 1 Met. 580. 4 Gray, 500. 153 Mass. 141.
R. L. 12, § 5. 4 Met. 564. 1 Allen. 199. 170 Mass. 160.
1909,490,1,5 5. 8 Cush. 237. 116 Mass. 193. 208 Mass. 537.
3 First, Property of the United States. Property of the
1827,66. P. S. 11. § 5, cl. 1. 7 Wall. 16. United States.
R. S. 7, § 5, cl. 1. R. L. 12. § 5, cl. 1. 114U. S. 525.
G. S. 11, § 5, cl. 1. 1909, 490, I, § 5, cl. 1.
4 Second, Property of the commonwealth, except real estate of which of thecom-
5 the commonwealth is in possession under a mortgage for condition ^s."*!*! s! ci. i.
6 broken, lands in Boston known as the Commonwealth flats, if leased for oH'n'ss
7 business purposes, buildings erected by lessees under section twenty-six j'^g^; ^^
8 of chapter seventy-five, and property taxable under chapter five hundred p- s'n, § 5,
9 and seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty. r'. l, 12, § 5,
1904, 385. 1920, 575, M. 1 Op. A. G. 402. 606. "^'^ ^'
1909, 490, I, § 5, 185 .Mass 325. Op. A. G. (1919) 41.
cl. 2. § 12. 193 Mass 387, 586. Op. A. G. (1920) 241.
1911, 409. 224 Mass. 31.
544
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
Of certain
institutions
and corpora-
tions.
Exceptions.
1830, 151, § 6
R. S 7, § 5,
cl.2.
G. S. 11, § 5,
cl. 3.
Third, Personal property of literary, benevolent, charitable and 10
scientific institutions and of temperance societies incorporated in the 11
commonwealth, the real estate owned and occupied by them or their 12
officers for the purposes for which they are incorporated, and real estate 13
purchased by them with the purpose of removal thereto, until such 14
removal, but not for more than two years after such purchase, except as 15
follows:
p. S. 11, §5. cl.
3.
129 Mass
.178.
188 Mass. 409.
1882, 217, § 2.
136 Mass
.283.
193 Mass. 168.
1886, 231.
142 Mass
.24.
204 Mass. 487.
1888, 158.
145 Mass
. 108,
139.
205 Mass. 335.
1889, 465.
147 Mass
.396,
427.
209 Mass. 18.319.
R. L. 12, § 5, cl
3.
153 Mass
.185.
210 Mass. 414.
1909, 490, I, § 5
, cl. 3.
154 Mass
.15.
212 Mass. 299.
1914. 618.
155 Mass
.329.
213 Mass. 162.
2 Cush. 611.
160 Mass
.409.
217 Mass. 176.
12 Cush. 54.
167 Mass
.605.
218 Mass. 14.
99 Mass. 69,
172 Mass
.60.
219 Mass. 46.
101 Mass. 319.
173 Mass
.232.
225 Mass, 418.
lot Mass. 470.
174 Mass
.144.
228 Mass. 196.
113 Mass. 518.
175 Mass
. US,
145, 293.
232 Mass. 141, 402.
114 Mass. 337.
180 Mass
. 485.
234M.^ss, 121.
116 Mass. 181,
189.
182 Mass
.457.
3()p. A. G. 247.
120 Mass. 212.
185 Mass
.310,
414.
4 0p. A G. 352,
16
No exemption
if income or
profits are
distributed.
WUful omis-
sion to bring
in list prevents
exemption.
Property used
for care of
insane not
exempt unless
one fourth
devoted to
charity, etc.
233 Mass. 171,
190.
Real estate
acquired with-
out consent of
city or town,
by institution
for insane, not
exempt,
1911, 400, § 1.
Property of
incorporated
agricultural
societies, etc.
1851,215.
G. S. 11, §5.
cl.9.
(a) If any of the income or profits of the business of the institution or 17
corporation is divided among the stockholders or members, or is used or 18
appropriated for other than literary, educational, benevolent, charitable, 19
scientific or religious purposes, its property shall not be exempt. 20
175 Mass. 293.
(b) A corporation coming within the foregoing description shall not 21
be exempt for any year in which it wilfully omits to bring in to the 22
assessors the list and statement required by section twenty-nine. 23
(c) Real or personal property of such an institution or corporation, 24
occupied or used wholly or partly as or for an insane asylum, insane hos- 25
pital, or institution for the insane or for the treatment of mental or 26
nervous diseases, shall not be exempt unless at least one fourth of all 27
property so occupied or used, wholly or partly, on the basis of valuation 28
thereof, and one fourth of the income of all trust and other funds and 29
property held for the benefit of such asylum, hospital or institution and not 30
actually occupied or used by it for such purposes, is used and expended 31
entirely for the treatment, board, lodging or other direct benefit of 32
indigent insane persons, or indigent persons in need of treatment for 33
mental diseases, as resident patients, without any charge therefor to such 34
persons either directly or indirectly. 35
(d) Real estate acquired after ]\Iay fourth, nineteen hundred and 36
eleven, by any association or private corporation formed or incorporated 37
for the care of the insane, shall not be exempt under the preceding para- 38
graph unless the city council of the city, or the inliabitants of the town, in 39
which it is situated, have by vote la^\'fully taken consented to the ac- 40
quisition of such real estate, to be so exempt. 41
Fourth, Real and personal estate of incorporated agricultural societies 42
and the portions of real estate and buildings of incorporated horticul- 43
tiu-al societies used for their offices, libraries and exliibitions. 44
1882, 217, § 2,
1889,465.
R. L. 12, § 5,
cl. 5.
Fifth, The real and personal estate belonging to incorporated organ- 45
izations of veterans of any war in wliich the United States has been en- 46
gaged, to the extent of fifty thousand dollars, if actually used and oc- 47
cupied by such association, and if the net income from said property 48
Chap. 59.] assessment of local t.axes. 545
49 is used for charitable purposes; but it shall not be exempt for any year i909. 490, i,
50 in which such association wilfully omits to bring in to the assessors the 1920! 175.
51 list and statement required by section twenty-nine.
52 Sixth, Real estate owned by or held in trust for a regiment, corps. Real estate.
53 company or other organized unit of the volunteer militia and used unit, et"''"'"
54 exclusively for military purposes, and tangible personal property owned 1917,' 327, 1 74.
55 by such an organized unit of the volunteer militia and used by it or its ''' *'■
56 members exclusively for military purposes, for any year in which the
57 trustee or a competent officer of the organization owning such property
58 brings in to the assessors the list and statement required by section
59 twenty-mne.
GO Seventh, Personal property of a fraternal society, order or association. Personal prop-
61 operating under the lodge system or for the exclusive benefit of the naUociety!*"^"
62 members of a fraternity itself operating imder the lodge system, and fgn.fias, § 30.
63 providing life, sick, accident or other benefits for the members of such isi". 204.
64 society, order or association, or their dependents.
65 Eighth, Personal property of any retirement association exempted by Personal prop-
66 section tliirtj'-seven of chapter thirty-two. retLmentor"
1910, 619, 5 7. 1911, 532, §7; 634. §7. 1913, 832, § 8. Ss"o'ria'tions.
67 Ninth, Property of any annuity, pension or endo\\Tnent association i9io, 5.59, § 3.
68 exempted by section forty-one of said chapter.
69 Tenth, Personal property owned by or held in trust within the com- Personal prop-
70 monwealth for religious organizations, whether or not incorporated, if oSnizati™"""
71 the principal or income is used or appropriated for religious, benevolent ^''*' '*'■
72 or charitable purposes.
73 Eleventh, Houses of religious worship owned by, or held in trust for the Churches, etc
74 use of, any religious organization, and the pews and furniture; but the r"s.' 7,°§'5^ ^"
75 exemption shall not extend to portions of such houses appropriated for 5iu 127.
76 purposes other than religious worship or instruction.
G. S. 11, § 5, cl. 7. 1 Met. 538. 155 Mass. 329.
1865, 206, § 1. 118 Mass. 164. 178 Mass. 404.
P. S. 11, § 5, ol. 7. 127 Mass. 378. 185 Mass, 310.
R. L. 12, § 5, c-1. 7. 129 Mass. 178. 201 Mass. 28.
1909, 490, I, § 6. cl. 7. 147 Mass. 396.
77 Twelfth, Cemeteries, tombs and rights of burial, so long as dedicated Cemeteries,
78 to the burial of the dead. i84i, 114, § 7. g. s. 11, § 5, ci. s.
p. S. 11, 5 .5, el. 8. lis Mass. 354. 200 Mass. 378.
R. L. 12. § S. cl. 8. 150 Mass. 12. 213 Mass. 162.
1909, 490, I. § 5, cl. S. 152 Mass. 408. 21S Mass. 339.
79 Thirteenth, Personal property held by cities, towns, religious so- Personal proo-
80 cieties and cemeteries, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or by cemetlJy p°ur-
81 the commonwealth or by any corporation, for the perpetual care of iSil^'s?!'
82 graves, cemetery lots and cemeteries, for the placing of flowers upon '^^*' ^'^^■
83 graves, for the care or renewal of gravestones, monuments or tombs, and
84 for the care and maintenance of burial chapels ; but this exemption shall
85 not apply to any such personal property held by a cemetery corporation
86 which distributes any of the income or profits of its business among its
87 stockholders or members, nor shall such property be exempt for any
88 year in which the holder thereof, other than the state treasurer, omits
89 to bring in to the assessors the list and statement required by section
90 twenty-nine.
91 Fourteenth, Any real or personal property of a water company whose Property ex-
92 charter exempts such property from taxation, but not of any other ™tam cm-
93 water company unless exempted by clause sixteenth. p"^^*-" *■"■'
1907,329. 1908,193. 1909.490,1.5 11. 192 Mass. 491.
546
ASSKSS-MEXT OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
1915. 26S. § S.
Certain prop-
erty of certain
corporation^,
1S62, 224, § 12
1864, 208, 5 1.5
P.S. 13. §23.
1890, 63.
R. L. 14.
§§21,23.
1903, 437, § 71
1909,490, III,
§§23,25.
Fifteenth, Property other than real estate owned by a credit union 94
incorporatefl under chapter one hundred and seventy-one; also the cap- 95
ital stock thereof. 9Q
Sixteenth, Property, other than real estate, and other than machinery 97
used in manufactiue or in supplying or distributing water, owned by 98
Massachusetts saA-ings banks or co-operative banks, by Massachusetts 99
corporations subject to taxation under chapter sixty-three or by foreign 100
corporations subject to taxation under section tliirty-nine or fifty-eight 101
of said chapter. i9i9, 355, §§ 12. 27. 102
Property up to
one thousand
dollars of cer-
tain persons.
1858, 43, § 1.
G. S. 11, §5,
cl. 10
1878, 200, § 1.
1880, 143.
P. S. II, § 5,
cl 10
1885, 169.
E. L. 12, § 5,
cl.9.
1909, 490, I.
§ 5, cl. 9.
1916, 144, § 1.
1917, 136.
137 Mass. 266.
Polls and prop-
erty of aged,
infirm and poor
persons,
1821, 107, § 6.
Seventeenth, Property, to the amount of one thousand dollars, of a
widow, of an unmarried woman above the age of twenty-one, of a person
above the age of seventy-five, or of any minor whose father is deceased,
who are legal residents of the commonwealth, whether such property be
owned by such persons separately, or jointly, or as tenants in common;
provided, that the whole estate, real and personal, of such person does not
exceed in value the sum of one thousand dollars, exclusive of property
otherwise exempt under this section and exclusive of the value of the
mortgage interest held by persons other than the person to be exempted
in such mortga.ged real estate as may be included in such whole estate;
but if, the ^•alue of such whole estate being less than one thousand dollars,
the combined value thereof and of such mortgage interest exceeds one
thousand dollars, the amount so exempted shall be one thousand dollars.
If the property of a person entitled to such exemption is taxable in more
than one town, or partly without the commonwealth, only such propor-
tion of the one thousand dollars exemption shall be made in any town as
the value of the property taxable in such town bears to the whole of the
taxable property of such person. No property shall be so exempt which
the assessors shall adjudge has been conveyed to such persons to evade
taxation. A person aggrieved by any such judgment may appeal to the
comity commissioners within the time and in the manner allowed by sec-
tion sixty-four.
Eighteenth, The polls and any portion of the estates of persons who
by reason of age, infirmity and po\'erty are in the judgment of the
assessors unable to contribute fully toward the public charges.
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
R. L. 12,
bi|''p*o"e?t?'" Nineteenth, Merchandise, machinery and animals owned by inhab- 128
othe"Itates itauts of this Commonwealth but situated in another state. 129
1909, 516, § 1. 199 U. S. 194.
Wearing
apparel, furni-
ture, tools, etc.
1821, 107, § 2.
1829, 27, § 2.
E.S. 7, § 5,
cl.4.
Twentieth, The wearing apparel and farming utensils of every person; 130
his household furniture used in the dwelling which is the place of his 131
domicile not exceeding one thousand dollars in value; and the necessary 132
tools of a mechanic not exceeding three hundred dollars in value. 133
G. S. 11, § 5, el. 7.
1865,206, § 1,
y.S. 11, § 5, cl,6.
R. L. 12, § 5. cl. 11.
1909,490,1, § 5, cl. U.
1918,42,
167 Mass. 371.
186 Mass. 140.
227 Mass. 24.
3 0p. A. G.66.
Op. A. G. (1917) 41.
Twenty-first, Mules, horses and neat cattle less than one year old, 134
R^s.' 7°l'i. ^' swine and sheep less than six months old and domestic fowls not exceed- 135
cl. 6. ing fifteen dollars in value. g. s. ii, § 5. ci. ii. p. s. u, § s, d. u. 136
1894, 220. R. L. 12, § 5, cl. 12. 1909, 490, I, § .5, cl, 12.
Chap. 59.] assessment of local t.\xes. 547
137 Twenty-second, Property of the followins classes of persons who are Property up to
13S legal residents of the commonwealth to the amount of two thousand doUars'of^^"
139 dollars in the case of each person; provided, that only two thousand o"veteransf'^^'
140 dollars of the combined estate of any veteran and his wife shall be ex- ^lldows" ''*'""'
141 empted; and provided, further, that the whole estate, real and personal, J|g||jj
142 of the person so exempted or the combined property of a veteran and ^^gr'. us.
143 his wife does not exceed five thousand dollars, exclusive of the value of the R. l' 12, § 5,
144 mortgage interest held by persons other than the person to be exempted 1907. 367.
14.5 in such mortgaged real estate as may be included in said whole estate or Jl^s*^"' ^' ^ ^'
146 combined property; but if, said whole estate or combined property being JI20' 137 ^ ^'
147 less than two thousand dollars, the sum total thereof and of such mort-
148 gage interest exceeds two thousand dollars, the amount so exempted
149 shall be two thousand dollars:
150 (a) Soldiers and sailors, who served in the military or naval service of
151 the United States in the war of the rebeUion, in the Spanish war, in
152 the Pliilippine insurrection or in the world war, and were honorably
153 discharged or honorably released therefrom, and, by reason of injury
154 received or disease contracted wliile in such ser\ice and in the line of
155 duty, lost the sight of both eyes, or of one eye, the sight of the other
156 having been previously lost, or who lost one or both feet, or one or both
157 hands.
158 (6) Soldiers and sailors who served and were honorably discharged or
159 honorably released as aforesaid, and who, as the result of disabiUties con-
160 tracted while in such service and in the line of duty, have become per-
161 manently incapacitated for the performance of manual labor to an ex-
162 tent equivalent, in the judgment of the assessors, to the loss of a hand
163 or foot.
164 (c) Wives or widows of soldiers or sailors who would be entitled to
165 exemption under either of the two preceding paragraphs.
166 If the property of a person entitled to such exemption is taxable in
167 more than one town, or partly v\ithout the commonwealth, only such
168 proportion of the two thousand dollars exemption shall be made in any
169 town as the value of the property taxable in such town bears to the w hole
170 of the taxable property of such person. The certificate of the granting of
171 a pension by the United States to a soldier or sailor for an injury or dis-
172 ability shall, while the pension continues, be sufficient evidence of the
173 receiving of the injury or disability; but the assessors may receive other
174 evidence thereof. A person aggrieved by the judgment of the assessors
175 may appeal to the county commissioners within the time and in the
176 manner allowed by section sixty-four.
177 Twenty-third, Soldiers and sailors who served in the military or naval Po'i^anJ
, , , . ^ property 01 all
178 service of the United States in the war of the rebellion and were hon- other veterans,
1 79 orably discharged therefrom shall be assessed for, but shall be exempt 1906, 315,
180 at their request from the payment of, a poll tax, and, if they are not 1907. 367.
181 entitled to exemption under the preceding clause, their property, and §^5^^*14'.''
182 the property of their wives or widows, shall be exempt from taxation to }|}°; Hf 5 3
183 the amount of one thousand dollars in the case of each person; provided,
184 that the combined exemption of such a soldier or sailor and his wife shall
185 not exceed one thousand dollars, and provided, further, that the coin-
ISO bined estate, real and personal, of the person so exempted and of the
187 husband or wife of such person does not exceed in value the sum of five
188 thousand dollars, exclusive of the value of the mortgage interest held by
189 persons other than the person to be exempted in such mortgaged real
548
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
United States
bonds, etc.
lUlli. 269,
§ 2 (a).
Bonds of com-
monwealth,
etc.
190r>, 493.
1908. 404, § 1 ;
594.
1909, 490, 1,
5 .'•., cl. 15.
1914,83.
Classified wild
or forest Kinds.
1S78, 131.
1880, 109.
estate as may be included in said combined estate; but if, said combined 190
estate being less than five thousand dollars, the sum total thereof and 191
of such mortgage interest exceeds one thousand dollars, the amount so 192
exempted shall be one thousand dollars. If the property of a person 193
entitled to such exemption is taxable in more than one town, or partly 194
without the commonwealth, only such proportion of the one thousand 195
dollars exemption shall be made in any town as the value of the property 196
taxable in such town bears to the whole of the taxable property of such 197
person. The widows of soldiers and sailors who served as aforesaid and 198
who lost their li\'es in the M'ar of the rebellion shall be entitled to exemp- 199
tion as specified in the preceding clause. No exemption shall be made 200
under this clause of the property of a person not a legal resident of the 201
commonwealth. 202
Twenty-fourth, Bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of the 203
United States. 204
Twenty-fifth, Bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the common- 205
wealth issued since January first, nineteen hundred and six, and bonds, 206
notes and certificates of indebtedness of any county, city, town, fire 207
district, Avater district, light district or improvement district, in the 208
commonwealth, issued on or after May first, nineteen hundred and eight, 209
stating on their face that they are exempt from taxation in Massachusetts. 210
Twenty-sixth, Land classified under chapter sixty-one, except from 211
the taxes proA-ided for in said chapter. p. s. ii, § 7. r. l. 12, § e. 212
Property, in-
come of which
is taxable.
1916,269, §11.
1918, 257, 1 69.
1919,5;
349, §4.
Savings bank
deposits, etc.
1862, 224, § 12.
1864, 208, § 15.
P. S. 1.3, § 23.
R. L. 14, § 21.
Shares in cer-
tain partner-
ships, etc.
1916, 269,
5§2(<:), 11.
1918, 267, § 69.
Co-operative
bank stock and
personal
property.
Twenty-seventh, Property the income of which is taxed inider chapter 213
sixty-two, or would be taxable thereunder if the property .A'ielded income, 214
except as provided in sections forty-nine to fifty-three, inclusive, of said 215
chapter. 1920,2. 230 Mass. 503. 216
Twenty-eighth, Deposits in savings banks and other institutions the 217
income of which is exempted from taxation by clause first of subsection 218
(a) of section one of chapter sixty-two. 219
1909, 490, III, § 23. 1916, 269, § 2 (o). 1918, 7; 120.
Twenty-ninth, Shares in partnerships, associations or trusts, except 220
as provided in sections forty-nine to fifty-three, inclusive, of chapter 221
sixty-two, in the case of shares the income of which is taxable under 222
said chapter. i9i9, s; 349, § 4. 1920, 2. 223
Thirtieth, Capital stock and personal property of co-operative 224
banks. is90, 63. r. l. 14, § 23. 1909, 490, iii, § 25. 225
Thirty-first, Stock in domestic business corporations, as defined in 226
1919, 355, § 12.
227
stock i
mestic bu
corporations, scctiou thirty of chapter sixty-three,
porations^pay- Thirty-sccoud, Stock in other corporations, domestic or foreign, sub- 228
sette n-'a^hbe" J^*^* *° taxation under section fifty-eight of said chapter, in those years 229
tax. for which the corporations pay their corporate franchise taxes. 230
1804, 208, § 15. 1S9S, 417. 1909, 490, III. § 64.
1865, 283, § 15. R. L. 14, § 61. 1914, 198, § 6.
1866, 291, I 2. 1906, 463, II, § 216, 1919, 349, § 21.
P. S. 11, §4:13, §57. Ill, § 131; S16, §20.
18S7, 228.
Intangible
property held
by fiduciaries.
1916, 269, § 11.
Thirty-third, Intangible property held by any fiduciary in the 231
commonwealth. i9is, 257, §C9. 1919, 349, §4. 232
Chap. 59.1 assessment of local t.\xes. 549
PAITHENT IN LIEU OF TAX ON PROPERTY HELD FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL
PURPOSES.
1 Section 6. Property held by a city, tow-n or district, including the Land held
2 metropolitan water district, in another city or town for the purpose town^'^etc"^, in
3 of a water supply, the protection of its sources, or of sewage disposal, wTtSsup-"'^
4 if j-ielding no rent, shall not be liable to taxation therein; but the city, '^^i^^^^g^
5 towTi or district so holding it shall, annually in September, pay to the J?^.^'!^^'
6 city or town where it lies an amount equal to that wliich such city or R l "12.
7 town would receive for taxes upon the average of the assessed values of i908,'499, §5.
8 the land, which shall not include buildings or other structures except in i.^sll.^l.'*^"'
9 the case of land taken for the purpose of protecting the sources of an \l\l- Hg] | f
10 existing water supply, for the three years last preceding the acquisition J|J*Mfss^32
11 thereof, the valuation for each year being reduced by all abatements
12 thereon. Any part of such land or buildings from which any revenue in
13 the nature of rent is received shall be subject to taxation.
14 If such land is part of a larger tract which has been assessed as a whole,
15 its assessed valuation in any year shall be taken to be that proportional
16 part of the valuation of the whole tract which the value of the land so
17 acquired, exclusive of buildings, bore in that year to the value of the
18 entire estate.
1 Section 7. The assessors of a city or town where land is acquired by Determination
2 such other city, to\\'n or district for water supply or sewage disposal shall, fand'hetd""' "
3 witliin one year after such acquisition, determine the a\-erage valuation JSg^a^l"'"" **
4 of such land under the preceding section, and certify the amount so de- ^ ^ ^j, . j,
5 termined to such other city, towii or district. The mayor or selectmen, J^IS'ijii.qo
6 the commissioners or prudential committee of a district, or the metro- i. § ia '
7 politan district commission, within six months after receipt of said cer- igis! 52, '§ 2. '
8 tificate, may appeal from such determination to the superior court for
9 the county where the land lies; and the court shall determine the valua-
10 tion in the manner proNnded in the preceding section, and sections sixty-
11 five and sixty-six, so far as applicable, shall govern such appeal.
12 If land witliin any city or town shall have been taken from it for said
13 purposes, and for any one of the three years prior to the taking shall have
14 been used for any public purpose, and for that reason no taxes shall have
15 been collected thereon, the city or town and the board or officer ha^^ng
16 charge of the land so taken may within six years after the taking agree
17 as to the value of the land upon which the annual payment is to be made
18 as aforesaid from the time of the taking, and if they cannot agree the
19 board or officer shall notify the city or town thereof, and thereupon the
20 value shall be determined by the superior court under said sections sixty-
21 five and sixty-six, and said notice shall be deemed to be the notice referred
22 to in said section sixty-five. This and the preceding section shall apply
23 to property held for the purposes of the metropolitan water supply, ex-
24 cept property situated in Ashland, Boylston, Holden, Hopkinton, Ster-
25 hng or West Boylston.
EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN SHIPS OR VESSELS.
1 Section 8. Individuals or partnerships owning an interest in any ships and
2 sliip or vessel which has during the period of its business in the year S^state
3 preceding April first been engaged in interstate or foreign carrying trade cLry'inrtrade
4 shall ammally, within thirty days after said date, make a return on ^f^om^e^cie^^*'
550
.ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL T.\XES.
[Chap. 59.
1881, 284,
§§ 1-3. 5. 0.
P. S. 11,
S§ 8-10.
1887. 373.
1889. 286.
1891, 116.
1893, 149.
1898, 353.
R. L. 12,
§§ 7-9.
1902, 374,
§ 3: 375,
1909, 490,
I, §7.
oath to the assessors of the town where such individuals reside or where 5
such partnerships are taxable under clause seventh of section eighteen, 6
respectively, setting forth the name of the ship or vessel, their interest 7
therein, and the value of such interest. If the assessors are satisfied of 8
the truth of the return they shall assess an excise tax of one third of one 9
per cent upon such interest; and the person or partnership making such 10
return shall be exempt from any tax upon said interest other than that 11
assessed under this section. i9i3. 473, § 2. 195 Mass. 385. i9S u. s. 299. 12
Poll tax, where
13.
1780, 43.
1821, 107, § 3.
1830, 151, § 3.
R. S. 7, § 6.
G.S. 11, §6.
1876, 225,
§§ 1, 7.
P. S. 11, 5 11
R. L. 12 " '
1909, 440, § 2
490, I, § 13.
1914, 198, § 2
5 Pick. 369.
1 Met. 242,
250.
3 Met. 199.
4 Met. 181.
9 Cush. 525.
11 Cush. 362.
12 Cush. 44,
52.
2 Gray, 484.
WHERE AND TO WHOM POLLS AND PROPERTY SH.\LL BE ASSESSED.
Section 9. The poll tax shall be assessed upon each person liable 1
thereto in the town of which he is an inhabitant on April first in each 2
year, except in cases otherwise provided for by law. The poll tax of 3
minors liable to taxation shall be assessed to, and in the place of the 4
residence of, the parents or guardians having control of the persons of 5
such minors; but if a minor has no parent or guardian within the com- 6
monwealth, he shall be personally taxed for liis poll, as if he were of full 7
age. The poll tax of every other person under guardianship shall be 8
assessed to his guardian in the place where the guardian is taxed for his 9
own poll. In a city each inhabitant liable to assessment shall be assessed 10
in the ward where he dwells; but no tax shall be invalid by reason of a 11
mistake of the assessors in ascertaining the ward where a person should 12
be assessed. 3 Gray, 493. 7 Gray, 299. 13
9 Grav, 357.
12C!rav,21.
16 Gray, 337.
4 Allen, 462.
12 Allen, 111, 598.
1 1 1 Mass. 382.
112 Mass. 384.
124 Mass. .53, 132.
126 Mass. 161, 166.
132 Mass. 89.
144 Mass. 244.
157 Mass. 542.
Determination
of legal resi-
dence for poll
tax.
1850, 276.
G. S. 11, § 7.
P. S. 11, § 12.
R. L. 12, § 14.
1909, 440, § 2;
490, I, § 14.
1914, 198, I 2.
Section 10. A person liable to a poll tax, who is in a town on April 1
first, and who, when inquired of by the assessors thereof, refuses to state 2
his legal residence, shall for the purpose of taxation be deemed an in- 3
habitant thereof. If he designates another town as his legal residence, 4
said assessors shall notify the assessors of such other town, who shall 5
thereupon tax him as an inhabitant thereof; but he shall not be exempt 6
from tlae payment of a tax legally assessed upon him in his legal domicile. 7
Land, where
and to whom
taxed.
1780, 43.
1830, 151, § 3.
R. S. 7.
§§ 7, 10, cl. 8.
G. S. 11,
K 8, 13.
1881, 304, § 3.
P. S. 11,
« 13, 22.
1889, 84.
R. L. 12.
§§ 15,25.
1902, 113.
1909, 440, § 2;
490, 1, §§ 15.25
1911,409.
1914, 198, § 2.
1915, 237, § 23.
1 Cush. 142.
7 Grav, 125.
277.
4 Allen, 57.
110 Mass. 47.
112 Mass. 535.
117 Mass. 233.
Section 11. Taxes on real estate shall be assessed, in the town where 1
it lies, to the person who is either the owner or in possession thereof on 2
April first, and the person appearing of record, in the records of the 3
county, or of the district, if such county is di\'ided into districts, where 4
the estate lies, as owner on April first, e\'en though deceased, shall be 5
held to be the true owner thereof, and so shall the person so appearing 6
of record under a tax deed not invalid on its face. R<?al estate held by 7
a religious society as a ministerial fund shall be assessed to its treasurer 8
in the town where the land lies. Buildings erected on land leased by 9
the commonwealth mider section twenty-six of chapter seventy-five shall 10
be assessed to the lessees, or their assignees, at the value of said buildings. 11
Except as provided in the three following sections, mortgagors of real 12
estate shall for the purpose of taxation be deemed the owners until the 13
mortgagee takes possession, after which the mortgagee shall be deemed 14
the owner. 129 Mass. 377, 559. 15
132 Mass. 89.
138 Mass. 434.
139 Mass. 19
143 Mass. 337.
147 Mass. 31.
148 Mass. 508.
129 Mass. :
149 Mass. 269.
1.52 Mass. 203, 37:
175 Mass. 293.
l.SO Mass. 65.
192 Mass. 278.
193 Mass. 387.
200 Mass. 468.
208 Mass. 537.
209 Mass. 111.
213 Mass. 239.
216 Mass. 8
217 Mass. .520.
Chap. 59.] .^.ssESSMENT of loc.\l t.oces. 551
1 Section 12. If any person has an interest in real estate, not exempt iJ^*^''°°P'
2 from taxation under section five, as holder of a duly recorded mortgage land
3 given to secure the payment of a fixed and certain siun of money, the p sn. ju.'
4 amount of his interest as mortgagee shall be assessed as real estate in h. l! 12, '§ u'.
5 the town where the land lies; and the mortgagor shall be assessed only i^f^'^so, i.
6 for the value of such real estate after deducting the assessed value of the \ll ^\l^- |°j
7 interest therein of such mortgagee. If such estate is situated in two or i^a Mass. 41,
8 more towns, the amount of the mortgagee's interest to be assessed in iss Mass 398.
9 each town shall be proportioned to the assessed value of the mortgaged las Mass^ ih.
10 real estate in the respective towns, deducting therefrom the taxable 223 Mass 134!
11 amount of prior mortgages, if any, thereon. op a. a. (1D20) ne. ^26 Mass. 268.
1 Section 13. If the holder of such mortgage fails to file in the asses- vaiue of
2 sors' office a sworn statement of all his estate hable to taxation mider the "nterfstlow
3 preceding section, including a statement of the full amount remaining fss""3(M! § 2.
4. unpaid upon such mortgage and of his mterest therein, the amount stated J; iiViVn.
5 in the mortgage shall be conclusi\'e as to the extent of such uiterest ; but J^°^; ^j j
6 his interest in such real estate shall not be assessed at a greater sum than ^^1,';^,^^^ ^j
7 the fair cash valuation of the land and the structiu-es thereon or affixed 193 Mass 190.
„ , . , „ . . .^ .L 1- -J J 198 Mass. 119.
8 thereto; and the amount or a mortgage mterest in an estate dividea 226 Mass. 268.
9 after the creation of such mortgage need not be apportioned upon the
10 several parts of such estate, except as provided in sections seventy-nine
11 to eighty-one, inclusive. Whenever, in any case of mortgaged real es-
12 tate, such statement is not brought in, no tax on such real estate for
13 the year then current shall be invalidated for the reason that a mort-
14 gagee's interest therein has not been assessed to him.
1 Section 14. Mortgagors and mortgagees referred to in the two pre- Mortgagors
2 ceding sections shall for the purpose of taxation be deemed joint owners tomi^oZnTm"^^
3 until the mortgagee takes possession; and until such possession is taken by issifSoi™'?.
4 a first mortgagee, an assessor or the collector of taxes, upon application, r L.ViVis-
5 shall give to any such mortgagee or mortgagor a tax bill showing the J^^'ig^'''
6 whole tax on the mortgaged estate and the amount included in the val- js^ Mass. so.
7 nation thereof as the interest of each mortgagee and of the mortgagor 193 Mass. 90.
8 respectively. If the first mortgagee is in possession, he shall be deemed 226 Mass! 268!
9 sole owner; and any other mortgagee in possession shall be deemed joint
10 owner with prior mortgagees.
1 Section 15. If a tenant paying rent for real estate is taxed therefor. Rights of
2 he may retain out of his rent the taxes paid by him, or may recover the taxes! ""^'"^
3 same in an action against his landlord, unless there is a different agree- }||J; HI] 1 3:
4 ment between them. R. s. 7. § s. a. s. 11. § 9.
p. S. 1
11, § 17.
1909, 490, I, 5 20.
193 Mass. 387.
R. L.
12, § 20.
189 Mass. 182.
214 .Mass. 134.
1 Section 16. The undivided real estate of a deceased person may be Taxation of
2 assessed to his heirs or devisees, without designating any of them by of decedent.
3 name, until they have given notice to the assessors of the division of the heir!i."etc°. and
4 estate and of the names of the several heirs or de^'isees; and each heir R"g"i'."§T2.'
5 or devisee shall be liable for the whole of such tax, and when paid by pf ii|/g;
6 him he may recover of the other heirs or devisees their respective pro- R- l 12. § 21.
7 portions thereof. 1909, 490, i. § 21. 142 Mass .586.
149 Mass. 270. 152 Mass. 219. 209 Mass. 111.
552
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
Taxation of
real estate of
decedent if
title doubtful,
etc.
1847. 220.
G S. 11. § 11.
P. S. 11. § 19.
R. L. 12. § 22.
1909. 490,
I, I 22.
Section 17. The real estate of a person deceased, the right or title
to which is doubtful or unascertained by reason of litigation concerning
the will of the deceased or the validity tliereof, may be assessed in general
terms to his estate, and said tax shall constitute a lien upon the land so
assessed and may be enforced by sale of the same or a part thereof, as
provided for enforcing other liens for taxes on real estate. 149 Mass 270.
Personal
estate, where
and to whom
18.30, 1.51,
R S 7.
§§ 9. 10.
Tangible
personal
property.
1821, 107,
§§ 3. 5.
1830, 151. § 2.
R. S. 7, § 10,
els. 1, 3.
Machinery.
1830. 151. § 2
R. S. 7, § 10,
cl.2.
1837, 86.
G. S. 11, § 12,
cl.2.
P. S. 11, § 20,
cl. 2.
1887, 125.
1889, 446.
1894, 304
R. L. 12. § 23,
cl.2.
1907, 329.
Personal
property of
R. S. 7, § II
cl. 7.
1848, 235.
1852, 234.
G.S. 11, § :
cl. 7.
Section 18. All taxable personal estate within or without the com-
monwealth shall be assessed to the owner in the to^Ti where he is an
inhabitant on April first, except as provided in chapter si.xty-three and
in the following clauses of this section:
1909, 440, §2; 490,1, §23.
1839, 139. § 2.
1855, 106.
1859, 258.
G. S. 11,§ 12.
P. S. 11. § 20.
1882, 165.
1894. 490.
R. L. 12, § 23.
1911,383, §:
1914,198, § 2.
1916,271.
1918, 129.
I Met. 242. 250.
II Gush. 362.
3 Gray. 493.
9 Gray, 433.
16 Gray, 292, 337.
14 Allen. 366.
124 Mass. 132.
126 Mass. 161. 166.
181 Mass. 162. 195.
217 Mass. 286.
232 U. S. 1.
First, All tangible personal property, including that of persons not in-
habitants of the commonwealth, except ships and vessels, shall, unless
exempted by section five, be taxed to the owner in the town where it is
situated on April first. is37, so. i839. 139, §§ i, 2. 1857. 301, U-
1859, 114.
G.S. 11, § 12, els. 1,3.
P. S. 11, §20, cIs. 1.3.
R. L. 12, § 23, els. 1, 3.
1903.437,5 71.
1909, 490, I, § 23.
els. 1,3; 516, § 2.
1910.271.
1918, 129, § 1, cl. 1.
4 Met. 181.
4 Cush. 543.
10 Cush. 65.
6 Gray, 579.
7 Gray, 277.
13 Gray, 488.
16 Gray, 292.
4 Allen, 462.
8 Allen, 330.
101 Mass. 329.
103 Mass. 278.
104 Mass. 687.
109 Mass. 270.
125 Mass. 348.
131 Mass. 424.
135 Mass. 258.
137 Mass. 332.
139 Mass. 17, 266.
150 Mass. 155.
151 Mass. 242.
152 Mass. 594.
158 Mass. 461.
161 Mass. 8. 326.
180 Mass, 40.
187 Mass. 168.
193 Ma
195 Ma
200 Ma
214 Ma
226 Mass. 64.
227 Mass. 24.
229 Mass. 313. 494.
234 Mass- 121.
. 545.
. 385.
.331.
.477.
Second, Machinery employed in any branch of manufacture, or in sup- 9
plying or distributing water, including machines used or operated under 10
a stipulation providing for the payment of a royalty or compensation in 11
the nature of a royalty for the privilege of using or operating the same, 12
and all tangible personal property within the commonwealth leased for 13
profit, shall be assessed where such machinery or tangible personal prop- 14
erty is situated, to the owner or any person having possession of the same 15
on April first. 1908,193. 16
§ 11, 23,
cl.2.
1909. 490, I, §
cl.2; 516, § 2.
1918, 129, I 1,
4 Met. 181.
13 Gray, 488.
12 Allen, 75, 316.
100 Mass. 183.
135 Mass. 258.
150 Mass. 155.
152 Mass. 372.
164 Ma
167 Ma
170 Ma
181 Ma
. 142.
.517.
.354.
211.
193 Mass. 274.
Third, Personal property of deceased persons, before the appoint- 17
ment of an executor or administrator, shall be assessed in general terms 18
to the estate of the deceased, and the executor or administrator sub- 19
sequently appointed shall be liable for the tax so assessed as though 20
assessed to him. i878. iso. § 2. 21
p. .?. 11. § 20. cl. 7.
R. L. 12. § 23. cl. 7.
1909, 490, I, § 23, cl.
1918, 129, § 1. cl. 3.
5 Pick. 236.
4 Cush. 1.
6 Allen, 277.
97 Mass. 321.
102 Mass. 348.
149 Mass. 62.
154 Mass. 143.
161 .Mass. 8.
176 Mass. 77. 384.
211 Mass. 178.
215 Mass. 329, 598.
ertyoHofnT"' Fourth, Pcrsoual property of joint owners or tenants in common, 22
issTiHS other than partners, may be assessed to one or more of such owners, and 23
R L. 12. § 23, any person so assessed shall be liable for the whole tax. 24
1909. 490. I. § 23, cl. 9 1918, 129. § 1. cl. 4.
Chap. 59.] .assessment of local taxes. . 553
25 Fifth, Underground conduits, wires and pipes laid in public ways. Certain con-
26 except such as are owned by a street railway company, and poles, under- w"res'anYpipes.
27 ground conduits and pipes, together with the wires thereon or therein, Igoi; 439'; Ig'o,
28 laid in or erected upon private property or in a railroad location by any }9i3^458 '°
29 corporation, except poles, underground conrluits, wires and pipes of a If^^' 129, § 1,
30 railroad corporation laid in or erected upon the location of such railroad, las Mass. 274.
31 and except poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes laid in or erected 227 Mass! 547.
32 upon any right of way owned by a street railway company, shall be as-
33 sessed to the owners thereof in the towns where laid or erected.
34 Sixth, Partners, whether residing in the same or different towns, may Partnership
35 be jointly taxed luider their firm name, in the place where their business ^'^^"I'^^^g 13
36 is carried on, for all the personal property employed in such business, f?^|' JJ^j ^
37 except ships or vessels. If partners have places of business in two or ^- 1; y,' i^^^
38 more towns, they shall be taxed in each of such places for the propor- imm. 49b. i.
39 tion of property employed therein. If so jointly taxed, each partner ocush 29s.
40 shall be liable for the whole tax.
105 Mas
s. 519.
137 Mass. 227.
172 .Mas
s. 383. 464.
130 Mas
,s. 143.
140 Mass. 346.
215 Mas
s. 1.31.
133 Mas
,3. 499.
103 Mass. 444.
219 xMas
s. 238.
41 Seventh, Ships or vessels, other than those in the interstate or foreign Certain ships,
42 carrying trade as to which return is made under section eight, owned by plnn'erehlp.*'*^
43 a partnership, shall be assessed to the several partners in their places of J?*|; JJ'*^ jc
44 residence, if within the commonwealth, proportionally to their interests p^^^f'^f^j 1.5
45 therein; but the interests of the several partners residing without the Pqon Iqn^^'^'
46 commonwealth shall be assessed to the partnership in the place where its § 28.'
AT \ ■ ■ -1 ,, „ 10 Gray, 97.
47 business is carried on. i25Mass.348.
1 Section 19. Personal property mortgaged or pledged shall for the Mortgaged,
2 purpose of taxation be deemed the property of the party in possession propert7°who
3 thereof on April first. r.s.7, in. " owlfeT^
G. S. 11. §14. 1909, 440, § 2; 490, L § 26. 10 Allen. 100.
P. S. 11, § 23. 1914, 198. § 2. 193 Mass. 190, 522.
R. L. 12, § 26. 10 Met. 334. 224 Mass. 181.
DUTY AND MANNER OF ASSESSING TAXES.
1 Section 20. When a state tax is to be assessed, or an assessment is Treasurer to
2 required to reimburse the commonwealth under section forty-one of r."s. 7r"'i4'^
3 chapter forty-four, for expenses incurred under sections thirty-five to ^sel, Vm' ^^'
4 forty, inclusive, of said chapter, the state treasurer shall send his war- ^ f; '/^ Ym
5 rants for the assessment thereof by mail to the assessors of the several ^^' *^' '■
6 towns. 1910, 598, § 6.
1 Section 21. The assessors shall assess state taxes including all law- Duty of
2 ful assessments by the commonwealth for which they receive warrants ireTsa
3 under the preceding section, county taxes duly certified to them, town is2i', W7, § 7.
4 taxes voted by their respective towns and all taxes duly voted and cer- §1 li.S'is.
5 tified by fire, water, light and improvement districts therein. Such p^^'^fi^^jla^-
6 district ta.xes shall be subject to the law relative to the assessment and R^ l. 12. §35.
7 collection of town taxes, so far as applicable. Except as otherwise pro- 490, i, § 35.
8 vided, all taxes shall be assessed as of April first.
1914, 198, § 1. 1919, 319, §§ 1, 2. 12 Met. 178. 217 .Mass. 520.
Separate list of district taxes, see § 53.
1 Section 22. Assessors of towns where a bank is located the shares Certain shares
2 of which are subject to taxation under section one of chapter sixty- etcTba°nks''to
554
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
mato'u'^ '" ^^^^^ shall, for the purpo.se of ascertaining the rate at which taxes shall
valuation. be assessed, omit from the valuation upon which the rate is to be based
18()8 349 5 5 1 •
iS7ii 390,' § 4! the value of all shares thereof held by non-residents of said towns, and
1873! 315: §4.' no tax of any town shall be invalidated by reason of any excess, in con-
PLVa'llii sequence of this section, of the amount of such tax over the amount to
im496,L ' be rai.sed. 101 m..... .575.
Section 23. The assessors shall annually assess taxes to an amount
not less than the aggregate of all amounts appropriated, granted or law-
fully expended by their respective towns since the last preceding annual
assessment and not pro\-ided for therein, of all amounts required by law
1918.28,
10 Allen, 571
233 Mass. 6.
.\ mount of
annual assess-
ment.
1875, 209, § 1.
P. S. 11. §34.
R. L. 12, S 37.
1909,490. I,
is^iB, 269, § 24. to be raised by taxation by said towns during said year, of all amounts
necessary to sati.sfy final judgments against said towns and of all abate-
ments granted on account of the tax assessment of any year in excess
of the overlay of that year, and not otherwise provided for; but such
assessments shall not include liabilities for the payment of which towns
have lawfully \oted to contract debts. The assessors may deduct the
amount of all the estimated receipts of their respective towns, except 11
from loans or taxes, lawfully applicable to the payment of the expendi- 12
tures of the year from the amount required to be assessed; but such 13
deduction shall not exceed the amount of such receipts during the pre- 14
ceding year. 15
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
debUorraii- Section 24. The assessors of a town owing debts incurred to obtain
tu?n to"blli-' funds for subscriptions for the capital stock and securities of a railroad
asseim'ent Corporation shall annually assess, in addition to the other amounts
187^6, my. required by law, an amount sufficient to pay the excess of such interest
R. L. 12, 1 38. payable bv such town over anv income recei\-ed from such stock or
1909,490,1, •.^- '
§ 38. securities.
of annual
assessment.
1785.50, § 11.
1S28, 143, § i.
R. .S. 7, § 28,
G. S, 11, § 32.
P. S 11, § 49.
1887, 226.
1893, 445.
R. L. 12, § 55.
1909, 490, I,
§ 54.
1913, 649; 823
1918, 257, § s;
1919,5.
1920, 2.
Section 25. The assessors in any city or town, except Boston, may 1
add to the amount to be assessed not more than five per cent thereof, 2
although the limit of taxation as fixed in any city may by such overlay 3
be exceeded, such amount to be used only for avoiding fractional di\'isions 4
of the amount to be assessed in the apportionment thereof and for abate- 5
ments granted on account of polls or property assessed in the year in 6
which the overlay is made or of taxes in the warrant of which the o\'er- 7
lay is a part; but any balance in the overlay account, in excess of the 8
amount of the warrant remaining to be collected or abated, shall be 9
transferred to a reserve fund to be used for extraordinary or unforeseen 10
expenses. 120 Mass. 97. 1 1
state, county
and town
tastes in one
Section 26. The assessors may include state, county, city and town 1
taxes, or any two of them, in the same assessment. i785. 50, § u. 2
1823, 138. § 2.
n. L. 12. 5 52.
1909, 490, I, § 51.
County com-
missioners to
appoint, etc.,
in case of
neglect by
1785, 50, § 4.
Section 27. If assessors neglect to assess a state, county, city, town
or district tax required by law, the county commissioners shall forthwith
appoint other persons in accordance with section twenty-seven of chap-
ter fortv-one. R. s. 7, §§ 17, is.
Chap. 59.] assessment of local taxes. 555
1 Section 28. If a state or county tax is not assessed, and paid by the Liabiuty of
2 tovm, within the time prescribed, and remains unpaid at the expiration tax not"" "
3 of fi\e montlis after the receipt of a warrant from the state treasurer or S?paid °'^
4 of a certificate from the county commissioners requiring its assessment, §1^2,'^*'
5 the amount of the tax may be recovered of tlie town in contract by g- 1- f\f^lo,
6 the state treasurer or the treasurer of the county respectively.
notices and lists.
1 Section 29. Assessors before making an assessment shall give season- Assessors to
2 able notice thereof to all persons subject to taxation in their respective requiring
3 towns. Such notice shall be posted in one or more public places in each I'lss, m,' § 9.
4 town, or shall be given in some other sufficient manner, and shall require alliif/li
5 the said persons to bring in to the assessors, before a date therein specified, p^^'n'^'j Is '
6 in case of residents a true list, containing the items required by the com- JiP'sFf '4 ^'
7 missioner in the form prescribefl by him imder section fi\e of chapter Jf^f'^^s.
8 fifty-eight of all their polls and personal estate not exempt from taxation, i9o.3i 157.'
9 except intangible property the income of which is included in a return 3- 490, i,'§ 41".'
10 filed the same year in accordance with sections twenty-two to t\^■enty-five, \l\l[ 257,' | le.
11 inclusive, of chapter sixty-two, and in case of non-residents and foreign Jgoo;!'
12 corporations such a true list of all their personal estate in that town not g^c^g^ fs^'
13 exempt from taxation, and mav or may not require such list to include sGray, aes.
, . , ■ , , . • . . ' , ^ T 1 11 1 ■ SGray, 509.
14 their real estate subject to taxation in that town. It shall also reqiure 1 Alien, 199.
15 all persons, except corp<5rations making returns to the commissioner of isi Mass. 424.
16 insurance as required by section thirty-eight of chapter one hundred and \ly MaS. iea
17 seventy-six, to bring in to the assessors before a (late therein specified, lOTMasI:2i7;
18 which shall not be later than June first following, unless the assessors for J^Jj ^^^^ ^98.
19 cause shown extend the time to July first, true lists, similarly itemized, JIIm"^^ les
20 of all real and personal estate liekl by them respectively for literary, 200 Mass: 82. '
21 temperance, benevolent, charitable or scientific purposes on April first aosMass^sss:
22 preceding, or at the election of any such corporation on the last day 2i4Mass:79, '
23 of its fiscal year last preceding said April first, and to state the amount 215 Mats. 329.
24 of receipts and expenditures for said purposes during the year last pre- aigMtssMo'
25 ceding said days. The notice shall contain the provisions of section 221 Mass. 437.
26 thirty-four.
232 Mass. 141, 402. 233 Mass. 190. 1S9U.S255. Op A. G. (1917) 114.
1 Section 30. The assessors shall furnish a blank list prescribed by Assessors to
2 the commissioner under section five of chapter fifty-eight to any person 'nJ,T^
3 liable to taxation. 1882, 217, 1 3. ' 1894, 294.
R. L. 12, § 43. 1909, 490, I, § 42; 515. 216 Mass. 508.
1 Section 31. The assessors shall in all cases require a person bringing Lists to be
2 in a list to make oath that it is true. The oath may be administered by lHh.^ ^^
3 any of the assessors or by their secretary or head clerk, or by any notary r^*s.'7,°§2o.'
4 public, whose jurat shall be duly authenticated by his seal, or, in this p fii'lfg'
5 commonwealth, by a justice of the peace. So much of this section as issi. ss'i- ^^
6 relates to administering the oath shall not apply to Boston.
1909. 490. I, § 43.
1916,130. § 1; 294.
1 Allen, 199.
131 Mass. 424.
193 Mass, IfiS.
21.5 Mass. 329.
232 Ma
233 Ma
Special provision a;
s to Boston. 1916, 294, § 2.
1 Section 32. Such lists shall be open to the inspection of the assessors, inspection
2 their assistants and clerks and of the commissioner and his deputies, the is9s, so?, § i.
556
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL T.VSES.
[Chap. 59.
R, L. 12. 5 44.
1909. 490.
I, § 44.
director of the division of local taxation and the supervisors of assessors; 3
but so much of the lists as shows the details of the personal estate to that 4
of no other person except by order of a court. The lists shall be preserved 5
by the assessors until the commissioner orders them destroyed. 6
storage ware-
houses to give
certain infor-
mation to
Section 33. All persons engaged in the business of storing or keeping 1
merchandise in storage warehouses shall, within ten days after a request 2
therefor by the assessors of the town where said property is so stored or 3
kept, permit said assessors to copy from their records a list of the names 4
and addresses of all persons who appear, on April first in such year, to 5
have any such property stored or kept in any such warehouse; but such 6
persons shall not be required to furnish lists of persons having property 7
stored in warehouses which is composed of imported goods in original 8
packages and owned by the importer, or of goods that have been received 9
for export trade. Failure to comply with this section shall be punished by 10
a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not 11
more than ninety days. 12
statement by
mortgagor or
mortgagee.
1882, 175, § 1.
R. L. 12, § 45.
1909, 490,
I. § 45,
193 Mass. 190.
198 Mass. 119.
Section 34. A mortgagor or mortgagee of real estate may bring in to 1
the assessors of the town where it lies, within the time prescribed by the 2
notice laider section twenty-nine, a sworn statement of the amount se- 3
cured thereon or on each separate parcel thereof, with the name and resi- 4
dence of every holder of an interest therein as mortgagor or mortgagee. 5
If such property is situated in two or more places, or if a recorded mortgage 6
includes two or more estates or parts of an estate as security for one sum, 7
such statement shall include an estimate of the interest of the mortgagee 8
in each estate or part thereof. The assessors shall, from such statement 9
or otherwise, ascertain the proportionate interests of the mortgagor or 10
mortgagee respectively in said estates, and shall assess the same accord- 11
ingly. If, in any year, such statement is not brought in, the tax for that 12
year on such real estate shall not be invalid merely for the reason that 13
the interest of the mortgagee therein has not been assessed to him. 14
Lists to be
taken as true,
unless, etc.
1785, 50, § 9.
R. S. 7, § 22.
G. S. 11, § 25.
P. S. 11, I 40
Section 35. Assessors shall receive as true, except as to valuation,
the list brought in by each person, unless, on being thereto required by
the assessors, such person refuses to answer on oath all necessary in-
quiries as to the nature and amount of his property.
R. L. 12, § 46.
1909, 490, 1. § 46.
12 Met. 211.
8 Cush. 55.
10 Allen, 100.
112 Mass. 218.
131 Mass. 424.
134 Mass. 431.
166 Mass. 298.
193 Mass. 522.
214 Mass. 241.
215 Mass. 329.
217 Mass. 63.
220 Mass. 409.
Estimate of
value in de-
fault of list.
1785, 50, I 1.
R. S. 7, § 23.
G. S. 11, § 27.
P. S. 11, §41.
R. L. 12, § 47.
1909, 490,
I. § 47.
Section 36. Assessors shall ascertain as nearly as possible the par- 1
ticulars of the personal estate, and of the real estate in possession or 2
occupation, as owner or otherwise, of any person not bringing in such 3
list, and shall estimate its just value, according to their best informa- 4
tion and belief. scush. 55. 5
Estimate to
be conclusive,
when.
1785, 50, I 9.
R. S. 7, § 24.
G. S. 11, § 28.
P. S. 11, §42.
Section 37. Such estimate shall be entered in the valuation book, 1
and, except as provided in section sixty-one, shall be conclusive upon any 2
person not seasonably bringing in such list, unless he shows a reasonable 3
excuse for the omission. R. l. 12, § 4s. 4
1909, 490, I, § 48. 8 Cush. 55. 3 .Ulen, 546.
Chap. 59.J assessment of local taxes. 557
VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
1 Section 38. The assessors of each city and town shall at the time valuation of
2 appointed therefor make a fair cash valuation of all the estate, real and fe'cTtotaxTtbn.
3 personal, subject to. taxation therein, and, in cities, the assessors may, in r*|'7°s li
4 any year, divide the city into convenient assessment districts.
1853, 319, J 1. 1889,115. 1919,51. 167 M:i.s.s. 517.
G. S. 11, §24. R. L. 12. § 51. 152 Mass. 372. 214 Mass. 79.
P. S. 11. § 45. 1909. 490, I, § 50. 163 Mass, 283. 233 Mass. 190.
1 Section 39. The valuation at which the machinery, poles, wires and J^fcl?''T °'
2 underground conduits, wires and pipes of all telephone and telegraph poles, wire's.
3 companies shall be assessed by the assessors of the respective towns where phone and
4 such property is subject to taxation shall be determined annually by the eompames
5 commissioner, subject to appeal to the board of appeal from decisions of \l\ll }||; ^ ''
6 the commissioner of corporations and taxation, as hereinafter provided,
7 and shall by him be certified to the assessors on or before June fifteenth.
8 A board of assessors aggrieved by a valuation made by the commissioner
9 under this section may, within ten days after notice of his valuation, ap-
10 ply to said board of appeal. Said board shall hear and decide the subject
11 matter of such appeal and give notice of its decision to the commissioner
12 and to the assessors; and its decision as to the valuation of the property
13 shall be final and conclusive, except as provided in section seventy-three,
14 relative to abatements. The assessors shall, in the manner provided by
15 law, assess the machinery, poles, wires and underground conduits, wires
IG and pipes of all telephone and telegraph companies as certified and at the
17 value determined by the commissioner or by the board of appeal, and
18 such assessment by a board of assessors shall be deemed to be a full com-
19 pliance with the oath of office of each assessor and a full performance of
20 his official duty with relation to the assessment of such property, except
21 as provided in the following section.
1 Section 40. Every board of assessors shall, as and when required by Assessors to
2 the commissioner, furnish him with any and all information in its knowl- miSner.'etc.
3 edge or possession relating to any property, the value of which he is i^'^'i^^'^^.
4 required to determine by the preceding section.
1 Section 41. Every telephone or telegraph company owning any Telephone and
2 property required to be valued by the commissioner under section thirty- panfe^ to nmke
3 nine shall annually, on or before a date determined by the commissioner Jg'i's^isl'l 3
4 but in no case later than June first, make a return to the commissioner
5 signed and sworn to by its treasurer. This return shall be in the form
6 and detail prescribed by the commissioner and shall contain all informa-
7 tion which he shall consider necessary to enable him to make the valu-
8 ations required by section thirty-nine, and shall relate, so far as is pos-
9 sible, to the situation of the company and its property on April first
10 of the year when made. Property returned to the commissioner as herein
1 1 provided need not be included in the list required to be filed by a tele-
12 phone or telegraph company under section twenty-nine.
1 Section 42. If any company, or any treasurer thereof, shall in any Estimate by
2 year refuse or neglect to make the return required by the preceding sec- fn default ""
3 tion, the commissioner shall estimate the value of the property of the i9'i5™i37, § 4.
4 company, and in such case the value determined by the commissioner
5 shall not be less than twice the value determined in the previous year.
558
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAI. TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
Valuation and
assessment to
be made in
books, and list
to be open to
public.
17S5, 50. § 8.
1823, 139, § 3.
R. S. 7, § 29.
G. S. 11, §33.
1861, 167.
P. S. 11, §50.
1888, 307.
1898, 507, § 2.
R. L. 12, I 56.
1909, 490,
I, § 55.
2 Gray, 298.
2 Allen, 594.
102 Mass, 148.
BOOKS, LISTS, TABLES AND RETURNS OF ASSESSORS.
Section 4.3. The assessors shall make, on the books furnished under 1
section forty-five, a list of the valuation and the assessment thereon, in 2
the following manner: In separate columns the valuation of the stock 3
in trade of each person, the number and value of his live stock and the 4
valuation of machinery used in manufacture. In another column, 5
marked "All other ratable estate", the aggregate valuation of all the 6
other personal estate shall be entered. The total amount of the taxable 7
personal property shall be shown, but without other detail or specification 8
than is provided herein. Before the taxes are committed for collection 9
they shall deposit the books, or an attested copy thereof, in their office 10
or, if there is no office, with their chairman, for public inspection. 11
127 Mass. 502. 206 Mass. 380, 222 Mass. 504.
List to contain
polls and
estates of in-
habitants,
estates of non-
residents, etc.
1828, 143, § 5.
R. S. 7, § 30.
G. S. 11. §34.
1861, 167.
P. S. 11. §51.
R. L. 12, § 57.
1908, 387, § 1.
Section 44. The list shall exhibit the valuation and assessment of 1
the polls and estates of the inhabitants assessed; and the valuation and 2
assessment of the estates of non-resident owners, and shall contain the 3
names of the non-resident owners of the property assessed, or such 4
description of them as can be given, their places of abode, if known, 5
the description of their estate, the true value of such estate, and the 6
tax thereon. 1909. 490, I, § 36. 21 Pick. 04. 151 Mass. 226. "
Commissioner
to furnish
books to
1861, 167, § 1.
1879, 72, § 2.
P. S. 11, § 52.
1883, 41, § 1.
1887, 86, § 2.
1890, 242, § 2.
1891, 65.
1898, 507. § 2.
R. L. 12, § 58.
1907, 181.
1908, 314;
387, § 2.
1909,440, § 2;
490, 1, § 57
1914, 198, § 2.
1920, 307.
13 Pick. 492.
143 Mass. 299.
185 Mass. 114.
Section 45. The commissioner shall provide each city and town, on 1
or before April first annually, suitable books for the use of the assessors 2
in the assessment of taxes, which shall contain blank columns, with uni- 3
form headings for a valuation list, and blank tables for aggregates, in the 4
following form; provided, that in lieu of the valuation list provided for 5
in this section and the preceding two sections, the assessors of any city 6
may, with the assent of the commissioner, prepare a valuation list upon 7
books furnished by the city and in such form as the commissioner shall 8
approve, and that, for the separate listing of poll taxes under section 9
four of chapter sixty, such portion of the books furnished by the com- 10
missioner as he shall determine may contain only the first three columns 11
of said form. 12
V.\LUATioN List for the of April 1, 19
Names and Residences of
Persons assessed.
(Give street and number of
residence.)
Chap. 59.]
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
559
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560
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
Directions
to asse&sors in
making lists
in books.
1861, 167, 5 2.
1879, 72, § 1.
P. S. 11, § 53.
1883, 41. § 2.
1898, 507, § 2.
R. L. 12, § 59.
1909, 490,
I. § 58.
1918, 257, 1 38.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
127 Mass
143 Mass
151 Mass. 226.
162 Mass. 372.
185 Mass. 114.
Penalty, § 94.
. 502.
Section 46. The assessors shall enter in the books so furnished the 1
valuation and assessment of the polls and estates of the persons assessed, 2
as directed in the headings of the various columns and as follows: 3
Stock in trade shall include all goods, wares and merchandise at home 4
or abroad, of ratable estate, whether paid for or otherwise. Alachinery 5
shall include steam engines. 6
In cotton and linen factories state number of spindles and looms used 7
in each. 8
In woollen factories state number of sets of cards used in each. 9
State the value of each building described, including therein water 10
wheels but excluding land and water power and machinery used in the 11
building. 12
Assessors to
prepare table
of aggregates
and deposit
copy annually
with com-
missioner.
1861, 167, § 3.
1864, 210, I 2.
1879, 72, § 2.
P. S. 11, § 54.
1885, 106.
1886, 56.
1887,86, § 1.
1890, 242, § 1.
1891,65.
R. L. 12, § 60.
1908, 314.
1909, 490,
1. § 59.
207 Mass. 172.
Penalty, I 94.
Section 47. The assessors shall fill up the table of aggregates by an 1
enumeration of the necessary items included in the lists of valuation and 2
assessments, and shall annually, on or before October first, deposit in the .3
office of the commissioner an attested copy of the same, containing: 4
First, The nimiber of residents assessed on property, specifying the 5
number of individuals and the number of firms, corporations, associa- 6
tions, institutions, trustees, and so forth. Second, The number of non- 7
residents assessed on property, specifying the number of indi\'iduals and 8
the number of firms, corporations, associations, institutions, trustees, 9
and so forth. Third, The whole number of persons assessed, specifying 10
the number assessed for a ta.x on property and the number assessed for 11
a poll tax only. Fourth, The number of polls assessed. Fifth, The 12
tax on each poll. Sixth, The value of personal estate assessed, specify- 13
ing the value of the same excluding resident bank stock, and the value of 14
resident bank stock. Seventh, The value of real estate assessed, speci- 15
fying the value of buildings exclusive of land and of land exclusive of 16
buildings. Eighth, The total valuation of assessed estate in the town. 17
Ninth, The tax for state, county and city or town purposes, including 18
overlayings, specifying the amount assessed on personal estate, on real 19
estate and on polls. Tenth, The rate of total tax per one thousand 20
dollars. 21
Also the number of the following kinds of animals assessed: Eleventh, 22
Horses. Twelfth, Cows. Thirteenth, Sheep. Fourteenth, Neat cattle, 23
other than cows. Fifteenth, Swine. Sixteenth, The number of dwelling 24
houses assessed. Seventeenth, The number of acres of land assessed. 25
Eighteenth, The number and value of fowl assessed. 26
1912, 312, § 1.
Penalty, § 94.
Section 48. Annually on or before January fifteenth, assessors shall 1
report to the commissioner in the form prescribed for tables of aggre- 2
gates by the two preceding sections the facts as to any and all assess- 3
inents made between December tenth and twentieth preceding, both 4
inclusive, under section seventv-five. 5
Assessors to
deposit copies
of valuation
books with
commissioner
every third
186l', 167, § 3.
1864, 210. § 1.
PS. 11, §55.
1883, 91.
1894, 318.
R. L. 12, § 61.
Section 49. The assessors, except those of Boston, on or before Octo-
ber first, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and in every third year
thereafter, shall deposit in the office of the commissioner, in books to
be by him provided for the purpose, a copy of the assessors' valuation
books of those years, to be by them certified under oath. This shall not
excuse, in such years, the filing of a separate copy of the table of aggre-
gates under section forty-seven.
1908. 314. 1909, 490, I, § 60. Penalty, § 94.
Chap. 59.1
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
561
Entry on
valuation list
of certain
exempted
propertv.
1874, 227, § 1.
PS. 11. § 58.
R. L. 12. § 64,
1 Section 50. The books provided by the commissioner for the use of foQ°atn°opieg
2 assessors shall contain a copy of this section, of the seven preceding sec- ^ L^'i^'s'es
'.i tions and of sections eighty-four and ninety-four, and such certificates 1909:490,
4 as are required by law to be signed by the assessors, with such explana-
5 tory notes as he considers necessary to secure uniformity of returns
6 under the several headings.
1 Section 51. The assessors shall enter upon the valuation list, in the
2 appropriate columns after the enumeration of the persons and estates
3 liable to taxation therein contained, a statement and description of all
4 the property and estate and the fair ratable value thereof, situated in
5 their respective towns, or which would be taxable there but for the pro-
6 \'isions of the third, fourth and eleventh clauses of section five, ^^^th !• § 83.
7 the names of the persons or corporations owning the same and the pur-
8 pose for which it is used, which are exempted from taxation by the
9 provisions of law aforesaid, with a reference to the law by which such
10 exemption is allowed.
1 Section 52. The assessors, or other persons authorized to assess Oath of
2 taxes, shall, at the end of said valuation list, subscribe and take the
3 following oath :
We, the assessors (or other persons so authorized, as the case may be,) of
, do severally and solemnly swear that the foregoing list is a full
and true List of the names of all persons kno\\Ti to us, who are liable to taxation
in , (here insert the name of the city or town,) during the present
year, and that the real and personal estate contained in said list, and assessed
upon each person in said Mst, is a full and accurate assessment upon all the
property of each person, liable to taxation, at its full and fair cash value, accord-
ing to our best knowledge and belief.
4 Failure to take and subscribe the foregoing oath shall not invalidate a
5 tax otherwise legally assessed; but whoever assesses taxes in a town
6 without having taken and subscribed the same shall be punished by a
7 fine of ten dollars. 1909, 490, i, § es.
assessors to
valuation list.
Penalty.
1785, 50, § 5.
R. S 15, § 55.
1853, 319, § 2.
G. S. 11, § 36.
P. S. 11, § 59.
R. L. 12, § 65.
1857, 306,
§§ 1.2.
G. S. 11, § 37.
P. S. 11, § 60.
R. L. 12, § 66.
collector s list and warrant.
1 Section 53. The assessors shall, within a reasonable time, commit Commitment
2 the tax list with their warrant to the collector of taxes, and, if there is a collection.'
3 fire, water, light or improvement district in the town, they shall commit "iSo!'u 1, 3.
4 to him a separate list and warrant for the district taxes. If no collector r^'I'?'.^"' ^ *'
5 has been chosen, they shall commit such list with their warrants, to a ^^ h"'ii*§ ss
6 constable; or, if there is no constable, to the sheriff or his deputy; but p%®'/i^\y-
7 the assessors of a town shall not commit a tax list to the collector until R l. 12. § ci.
8 the bonds of such collector and of the town treasurer ha\e been given i, § 66. '
9 and approved as required by law.
1919,319, § 1.
1 Section 54. The tax list committed to the collector shall be, in
2 substance, as follows:
Names and Residences.
(Give street and
number of residence.)
Tax on
Real
Estate.
Tax
on Personal
Property.
Time when
paid.
non-residents.
Contents and
form of tax
list.
1828, 143, § 6.
R. S. 7, § 31.
G. S. 11, §35.
1887, 235, § 1.
P. S. 11, §61.
R. L. 12, § 68.
1909, 490,
I. §67.
2 Grav. 298.
Residences, if kn'own.
562
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 59.
Warrant,
contents and
form,
17S5, 50, § 6;
Section 55. The warrant shall specify the duties of the collector 1
as prescribed by law in the collection of taxes, the times when and the 2
person to whom he shall pay them, shall be substantially in the form 3
heretofore used, and need not be under seal. g. s. ii, § so. 4
p. S. 11, § 63.
R. L. 12, § 69.
1909, 490, I, § (
1 Met. 328.
6 Met. 340.
13 Met. 85.
99 Mass. 472.
127 Mass. 502.
139 Mass. 384.
uorigTnaT"* Section 56. If a warrant issued for the collection of taxes is lost or 1
i°79'9*"83 destroyed, the assessors may issue a new warrant therefor, which shall 2
R. s.'s, § 51. have the same force and effect as the original warrant. g. s. ii, § 40. 3
p. S. 11, § 64. R. L. 12, § 70. 1909, 490, I, § 69.
Date for pay-
ment of taxes.
Interest.
1S73, 225, § 1.
1878, 185, § 1.
1879, 74.
PS. 11,
§§ 67, 68.
1900, 168.
R. L. 12, § 72.
1909, 490,
I, § 71.
1913.688, § 1.
1915, 237, §21.
1916, 103.
1918, 190, § 1.
1920, 460.
146 Mass. 476.
232 Mass. 168.
4 Op. A. G. 509.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 47.
Op.A.G.(1920)
235.
INTEREST AND DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Section 57. Taxes shall be payable in every city, town and district 1
in which the same are assessed, and bills for the same shall be sent out, 2
not later than October fifteenth of each year, iniless by ordinance, by-law 3
or vote of the city, town or di.strict, an earlier date of payment is fixed. 4
On all taxes remaining unpaid after the expiration of seventeen days 5
from said October fifteenth, or after such longer time as may be fixed by 6
any city, town or district which fixes an earlier date for payment, but 7
not exceeding thirty days from such earlier date, interest shall be paid 8
at the following rates computed from the date on which the taxes become 9
payable: at the rate of six per cent per annum on all taxes and, by 10
way of penalty, at the additional rate of two per cent per annum on the 11
amount of all taxes in excess of two hundred dollars assessed to any 12
taxpayer, in any one city or town, if such taxes remain unpaid after the 13
expiration of three months from the date on which they became payable, 14
but if, in any case, the tax bill is sent out later than the day prescribed, 15
interest shall be computed only from the expiration of such seventeen 16
days or said longer time. In no case shall interest be added to taxes 17
paid prior to the expiration of seventeen days from the date when they 18
are payable, nor shall any city or town so fix an earlierdate of payment 19
and longer time within which taxes may be paid without interest as 20
would permit the payment of any taxes without interest after November 21
first of the year in which they are due. Bills for taxes assessed under 22
section seventy-five shall be sent out not later than December twenty- 23
sixth, and such taxes shall be payable not later than December thirty- 24
first. If they remain unpaid after that date, interest shall be paid at 25
the rates above specified, computed from December thirty-first until 26
the day of payment, but if, in any case, the tax bill is sent out later than 27
December twenty-sixth, said taxes shall be payable not later than ten 28
days from the date of the bill, and interest shall be computed from the 29
fifteenth day following the date when the tax becomes due. In all cases 30
where interest is payable it shall be added to and become a part of the 31
tax. 32
No discount
to be allowed
on taxes.
Section 58. Towns shall not allow any discount on taxes.
1815, 130. §§ 2. 4.
R. S. 7, §5 35, 36.
G. S. 11, §§ 41, 42.
. S. 11, §§ 65, 66.
. L. 12, § 71.
1909, 490, I, § 70.
1913, 688, §§ 3, 5.
Chap. 59.] assessment of local taxes. 563
ABATEMENTS.
1 Section 59. A person aggrieved by the taxes assessed upon him Abatements.
2 may, within six months after the date of his tax bill, apply to the asses- r^^s.'t,"' ^ ^°'
3 sors for an abatement thereof; and if they find him taxed at more than g I'^il?'
4 his just proportion, or upon an assessment of any of his property in f|77^'i'|^ § ,
5 excess of its fair cash value, they shall make a reasonable abatement. ?j?^^l'
6 A tenant of real estate paying rent therefor and under obligation to pay isss.'sis.
7 more than a moiety of the taxes thereon may apply for such abatement. 1909^ 49b, i.
6 Pick. 9S. 121 Mass. 3.51. 175 Mass. 293. ^ ''^•
12 Pick. 7. 125 Mass. 348. 178 Mass. 469.
9 Met. 199. 130 Mass. 143. 478, 561. 179 Mass. 486.
5 Cush. 93. 146 Mass. 403. 186 Mass. 361.
7 Cush. 273. 147 Mass. 31. 192 Mass. 491.
8 Cush. 55. 148 Mass. 508. 193 Mass. 168.
2 Gray. 494. 150 Mass. 237. 196 Mass. 290.
8 Gray. 509. 151 Mass. 227. 200 Mass. 378. 468.
13 Gray, 321. 152 Mass. 372. 215 Mass. 329.
3 Allen, 546. 153 Mass. 313. 221 Mass. 435.
13 Allen, 119. 159 Mass. 383. 232 Mass. 402.
102 Mass. 348. 165 Mass. 375. 233 Mass. 190.
109 Mass. 270. 166 Mass. 216, 298. 234 Mass 188.
114 -Mass. 214. 174 Mass. 396. 189 U. S. 255.
1 Section GO. Every board of assessors shall keep a record of all abate- Records of
2 ments of taxes. The record of abatement of the whole or any part of igogfsi™,'!' i.
3 any tax shall show plainly the following details, viz. :
4 First, The name or title in which the tax stands assessed.
5 Second, The year in which the tax was assessed.
6 Third, The total amount of the tax.
7 Fourth, The date when the abatement was made.
8 Fifth, The sum abated on poll tax.
9 Si.xth, The sum abated on personal estate.
10 Seventh, The sum abated on real estate.
11 Eiijlith, The total sum abated.
12 Ninth, In case of an abatement to put into effect a statutory exemp-
13 tion, exact reference to the statutory provision under which the exemption
14 is granted and in all other cases a statement of the cause or reason for the
15 abatement.
16 If the record of an abatement is made as a part of the record of a
17 meeting of the board of assessors it shall be signed by the clerk or secre-
18 tary of the board for that meeting; otherwise by a majority of the board.
1 Section 61. A person shall not have an abatement, except as other- Conditions of
2 wise provided, unless he has brought in to the assessors the list of his i785, so, §9.
3 estate as required by section twenty-nine. A tenant of real estate paying 1353, 3'i9,*°3.
4 rent and under obligation to paj- more than a moiety of the taxes thereon, J?^|; x°*i\|;
5 may have an abatement although no such list was brought in. If such J|||' J^i- ^ ^
6 list is not filed within the time specified in the notice required by section ^^^j^^' ^^ ^^-
7 twenty-nine, no part of the tax assessed on the personal estate shall be isss, 315.
8 abated unless the applicant shows to the assessors a reasonable excuse r. l! 12, § 74
9 for the delay or unless such tax exceeds by more than fifty per cent the §^73; m7, §2
10 amount which would have been assessed on such estate if the list had 6^cu'sh!'477^'
11 been seasonably brought in, and in such case only the excess over such |q"^''||5
12 fifty per cent shall be abated. If the applicant was not required by f?,';''^'??!-
13 said notice to include his real estate in said list, and has not done so, he 3 Alien! 546.'
14 shall, if he seeks an abatement of the tax on his real estate, file with n2Masl2is.
15 his application a list of his real estate, with an estimate of the fair cash HeMass.los!
564
ASSESSMENT OF LOC.AX T.^JXES.
[Ch.\p. 59.
151 Mass
.227.
155 Mass
.313.
166 Mass,
,216,
29S.
167 Mass
.517.
170 Mass
.568.
176 Mass.
384.
186 Mass. 361.
200 Mass. 82,
378.
214 Mass.
348.
215 Mass,
329.
Costs.
R. S. 7, 5 38.
G. S. 11, §44.
P. S. 11, §70.
Notice.
1890, 127,
§6.
E.L. 12.
§76.
.Appeal to
county com-
1785,50,'
§§9,10.
R. S. 7,
§§39,40.
1853,319,
§3.
1857, 306,
§3.
G. S. 11, §§ 45,
46.
1870, 337,
§2.
P. S. 11, §§71,
1882, 218.
R. L. 12, § 77.
1909, 490,
I,
§76.
6 Allen, 131.
146 Mass. 403.
155 Mass.
313.
159 Mass. 383.
205 Mass.
558.
208 Mass.
208.
Appeal to the
superior court.
1890, 127,
§§ 1,
2.4.
R. L. 12, !
(78.
1909, 490,
I,
§77.
1918, 257,
§39.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
152 Mass.
594.
155 Mass.
313.
175 Mass.
257.
value of each parcel. In Boston, said list shall be verified as provided 16
by section two of chapter two hundred and ninety-four of the General 17
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen. In other cities, and in towns, it IS
shall be verified -as provided in ,3ection thirty-one of this chapter. 19
Except as provided by section seventy-one, no abatement of a tax 20
assessed on personal estate shall be made until such list is in the posses- 21
sion of the assessors. 216 Mass. sos. 22
221 Mass. 437. 228 Mass. 231. 231 Mass. 291.
Section 62. 'A person applying for an abatement shall pay the legal 1
costs accruing before it is made. 2
R. L. 12, § 75. 1909, 490, 1, § 74. 182 Mass. 598.
Section 63. Assessors shall, within ten days after their decision on an 1
application for an abatement, give written notice thereof to the applicant. 2
1909, 490, I, § 75. 186 Mass. 361.
Section 64. A person aggrieved by the refusal of assessors to abate 1
a tax may, within thirty days after receiving the notice provided in 2
the preceding section, appeal therefrom by filing a complaint with the 3
clerk of the county commissioners, or of the board authorized to hear 4
and determine such complaints, for the county where the property 5
taxed lies, and if on hearing the board finds that the property has been 6
overrated, it shall make a reasonable abatement and an order as to costs. 7
If the list required to be brought in to the assessors was not brought in 8
within the time specified in the notice required by section t\^enty-nine, 9
the tax shall not be abated unless the appellate board finds good cause 10
for the delay or unless the assessors have so found as provided in section 1 1
sixty-one. No costs shall be allowed to a complainant who has failed to 12
file a list as required by law. 213 Mass. 162. 214 Mass 79. 348. 13
221 Mass. 435. 228 Mass. 231. Op. A. G. (1920) 289.
Section 65. A person aggrieved as aforesaid may, instead of pur- 1
suing the remedy pro\'ided in the preceding section, but subject to the 2
same conditions, appeal to the superior court for the county where the 3
property taxed lies by entering a complaint in said court within thirty 4
days from the giving of the notice required by section sixty-three, which 5
shall be heard and determined as other court causes by the court sitting 6
without a jury. 178 Mass. 469. 7
182 Mass. 698.
186 Mass. 361.
200 Mass. 468.
205 Mass. 501. 558.
208 Mass. 208.
211 Mass. 178.
214 Mass. 79.
215 Mass. 234.
221 Mass. 435.
228 Mass. 519.
232 Mass. 402.
233 Mass. 190.
Speedy trial,
aavancement.
1890, 127, § 4.
R. L. 12, § 79.
1909, 490, I,
§78.
152 Mass. 594.
175 Mass. 257.
205 Mass. 501.
Section 66. The complaint shall be heard at the first sitting of the
court in such county for the trial of ciN'il causes after its entry, unless, at
the request of the respondent, further time is allowed by the court. The
superior court or the supreme judicial court, if the case is carried thereto,
shall at the request of the town advance the case so that it may be heard
and determined with as little delay as possible.
Commissioner
to hear facts.
1890, 127, § 5.
R. L. 12, § 80.
1909, 490, I,
§79.
175 Mass. 257.
186 Mass. 361.
214 Mass. 79,
Section 67. The court may appoint a commissioner to hear the 1
parties and report the facts, with or without the e^■idence. Such report 2
shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein found. The court 3
shall allow such commissioner reasonable compensation to be paid by 4
the countv. 5
Chap. 59.] assessment of local t.\.xes. 565
1 Section 68. If, on hearing, the court finds that the complainant has Abatement and
2 comphed with all the provisions of law and has paid the tax for which ion^aiMn?
3 he has been assessed, it may grant liim a reasonable abatement, and shall p, *d!' ^'''' '"^''°
4 render judgment against the town for the amount thereof, and for all }|yg; y?'' ^ ^•
5 charges and interest on the amount of the abatement from the date of jgog' 490^1*''
6 the payment of the tax. The court may also, if the complainant has |80-
7 filed a list of lus estate as required by section twenty-nine, allow him 226 Mass! 26s;
8 costs in its discretion. If no abatement is granted, judgment shall be
9 rendered for the town for its expenses and costs, to be taxed by the coiU"t.
1 Section 69. A person whose tax has been abated shall, if the tax has Person receiv-
2 been paid, be reimbursed by the town to the amount of the abatement to-be reim-
3 allowed, with interest from the time of payment of said tax and all itsI. do. § 10.
4 charges paid therewith except legal costs paid as provided in section §! i' li.^Ms.
5 sixty-two. p. s. 11, §75. 1894,207. 1895,75. r. l. 12, §82.
1909, 190, I, § 81. 3 Allen, 546, 550. 159 Mass. 383. 165 Mass. 265.
1 Section 70. A person whose tax has been abated shall be entitled ^bailment "^
2 to a certificate thereof from the assessors, clerk of the commissioners or S § I;^*?,
3 other proper officer. p. s. ii, § 76. r. l. 12, §83.
1909, 490, I, § 82. 159 Mass. 383. Op. A. G. (1920) 289.
1 Section 71. If a collector is satisfied that a poll tax or tax upon Abatement of
2 personal property, or any portion of said tax, committed to him or to any t'axi,rnd
3 of his predecessors in office for collection, cannot be collected by reason collector '°
4 of the death, absence, poverty, insolvency, bankruptcy or other inabil- JII943
5 ity of the person assessed to pay, he shall notify the assessors thereof in ^1; ^2^84
6 ^Titing, on oath, stating why such tax cannot be collected. The asses- 1902,91!
7 sors shall act on such notification within tliirty days after its receipt §83.'
8 and, after due inquiry, may abate such tax or any part thereof, and shall liis ifass. 375
9 certify such abatement in ^\Titing to the collector; and said certificate 206Mass.38o.
10 shall discharge the collector from further obligation to collect the tax so
11 abated. But no poll tax shall be abated mider this section within the
12 calendar year in which assessed.
1 Section 72. WTienever the commissioner deems any lands to have Abatement by
2 been assessed at a valuation insufficient to meet the charges and ex- rammis^Toner
3 penses of collecting the tax thereon, he may in wTiting authorize the of i^ns^uffic'enf
4 assessors to abate the tax of their own motion as a tax wliich ought not ehi"ge*s' etr'
5 to have been assessed. The authorization shall form a part of the as- i^i^. 56, § 4.
6 sessors' records of abatements.
1 Section 73. Any company aggrieved by the taxes assessed on it Telephone or
2 relating to any property valued in accordance with section thirty-nine panymay
3 may, witliin six months after the date of its tax bill, apply to the commis- abatement of
4 sioner for an abatement thereof; and if the commissioner finds that the vaS™ti?n°of"
5 company is taxed at more than its just proportion, or upon an assessment aWe^foSii"
6 of any of its said property in excess of its fair cash value, he shall make f^^^ jg^ ^ 5
7 a reasonable abatement. No company which has not duly filed the re-
8 turn required by section forty-one shall have an abatement unless it shall
9 furnish to the commissioner a reasonable excuse for the delay, or unless
10 such tax exceeds by more than fifty per cent the amount of the tax which
11 would have been assessed on such property if the return had been season-
12 ably filed, and in such case only the excess over such fifty per cent shall
566
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL T.\XES.
[Chap. 59.
be abated. Whenever any application for abatement hereunder is made, 13
the commissioner shall give notice thereof to the assessors of the town in 14
which is located any of the property with reference to which an abate- 15
ment of the tax is asked for, and such assessors may appear before the 16
commissioner and be heard by him with relation to the subject of the 17
abatement. The commissioner shall, within ten days after his decision 18
on an application for abatement hereunder, give ■uxitten notice thereof 19
to the applicant and to the assessors. A company aggrieved by the 20
refusal of the commissioner to abate a tax hereunder may prosecute an 21
appeal from his decision in the manner and to the tribunals provided for 22
a person aggrieved by the refusal of assessors to abate a tax, and all laws 23
relating to such an appeal from a refusal of assessors to abate a tax shall 24
apply in proceedings hereunder. 25
to be^otifie" Section 74. Whenever an abatement is finally made to any cor- 1
ForaUaxes'^to °' poratiou taxable under chapter sixty-tliree upon any tax assessed by the 2
assessors of any town, upon or in respect of works, structm-es, real es- 3
tate, machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes, the asses- 4
sors, commissioners or court granting such abatement shall forthwith 5
notify the commissioner thereof, and shall state in such notice what sum 6
was determined by such assessors, commissioners or court to have been the 7
full and fair cash value of such works, structures, real estate, machinery, 8
poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes on the first day of April on 9
which the tax so abated was originally assessed. 10
corporations
liable to fran-
chise tax.
1904, 442. § 1.
1909, 440, § 2
490. I, § 84.
1914, 198, § 5,
Property
omitted from
assessment to
be assessed in
December, etc.
1868, 320,
1873, 272.
P. S. 11, § 78.
1886, 85.
1888, 362.
R. L. 12, § 85.
1909, 490, 1.
§85.
1911, 89.
130 Mass. 561.
137 Mass. 266.
OMITTED ASSESSMENTS.
Section 75. If the real or personal estate of a person, to an amount 1
not less than one hundred dollars and liable to taxation, has been omitted 2
from the annual assessment of taxes, the assessors shall between Decem- 3
ber tenth and twentieth following, both inclusive, assess such person for 4
such estate. The taxes so assessed shall be entered on the tax list of the 5
collector, who shall collect and pay over the same. Such additional 6
assessment shall not render the tax of the town invalid although its 7
amount, in consequence thereof, shall exceed the amount authorized by 8
law to be raised. 204 Mass. 563. 20s Mass. 188. 9
215 Mass. 329. 218 Mass. 60. 221 Mass. 437.
Commissioner
may recom-
mend revision
Section 76. If the commissioner deems any property subject to 1
taxation not properly valued, he may recommend to the assessors a 2
revision of its valuation, and they may make an assessment upon the 3
additional value in the manner and within the time pro\aded by the 4
preceding section and subject to its pro\-isions. 5
86.
Reassessment
of taxes.
1859, 118, § 1.
G. S. 11, §53.
1881, 304, § 7.
P. S. 11, § 79,
R. L. 12 " "
1909, 490,~I
1915. 237, § 17.
1918, 257, § 47.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
13 Allen, 269.
99 Mass. 29.
REASSESSMENT OF TAXES.
Section 77. Every tax except a poll tax, which is invalid by reason 1
of error or irregularity in the assessment and which has not been paid, 2
or which has been recovered back, may be reassessed by the assessors 3
for the time being, to the just amount to which, and upon the estate or 4
to the person to whom, it ought at first to have been assessed, whether 5
such person has continued an inliabitant of the same city or town or not. 6
An alienation of the real estate assessed shall not defeat a reassessment, 7
if made within two years after the tax first assessed was committed to 8
Chap. 59.] assessment of local t.vxes. 567
9 the collector; but the lien provided by section thirty-seven of chapter 102 Mass. 72.
10 sixty shall terminate as therein provided. 121 Mass. 173.
1 Section 78. Taxes reassessed under the preceding section shall be Collection of
2 committed to, and collected and paid over by, the collector for the time ux?s^*"*
3 being, in the same manner as other taxes, except that the name of the p^^'n^jso.
4 person to whom they were originally assessed shall be stated in the tax f^^- H'q^^^-
5 list; and the bond of such collector shall apply to such reassessed taxes. l^J-^^^^ Ij^
149 Mass. 269.
apportionment op taxes on real estate subsequently diyided.
1 Section 79. If real estate is divided by sale, mortgage, upon a petition Tej on real
2 for partition or otherwise after a tax has been assessed thereon and such after"!
appor
certai.. ^^^^^,
1878, 182, § 1.
5 ment of taxes, upon the written request of the owner or mortgagee of any p ^ i^'^ § |i-
6 portion thereof, shall apportion said tax, with costs and interest upon 1909.490,
7 the several parcels thereof, in proportion to the value of each, and only ibis, 599, § 1.
8 the portion of said tax, interest and costs so apportioned upon any such 204 Massl 594!
9 parcel shall continue to be a lien upon it; and the owners or mortgagees 225 Mass. 399.
10 shall be liable only for the tax apportioned upon the parcel owned in
11 whole or in part by them respectively.
1 Section 80. Assessors shall send notice of the request for such appor- Notice to
2 tionment and of the time appointed therefor, by mail, to every person E"apportion-
3 interested in said real estate whose address is known to them. ists, 182,12.
p. S. 11, § 82. R. L. 12, § 89. 1909, 490, I, § 89.
1 Section 81. A person aggrieved by any action of the assessors in Appeaifrom
2 making such apportionment may within seven days thereafter appeal in nfpnT"°°
3 like manner as in case of an overassessment, and the decision upon such p*'|'n,^§83.'
4 appeal shall be final. R. l. 12, 5 90 1909, 490, i. § 90.
illegal assessments.
1 Section 82. If, by reason of an erroneous or illegal assessment or Assessment
2 apportionment of taxes, a person is assessed more than his due propor- as'to fuega*
3 tion, the tax and assessment shall be valid except as to the illegal excess, tlsgl^iis, 1 4.
G.S. 11, §54. R. L. 12, §91. 126 Mass, 97.
P. S. 11, §84. 1909, 490, I, § 91. 161 Mass. 226.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF ASSESSORS.
1 Section 83. Assessors shall annually, on or before the first Monday Returns by
2 of July, return to the commissioner the names of all domestic and foreign domestic and
3 corporations, except banks of issue and deposit, having a capital stock ratS.TnJi"'
4 divided into shares, organized for the purposes of business or profit and ofcertei ™'"*
5 established in their respective towns or owning real estate therein, and '^°^^°^^^'^
6 a detailed statement of the works, structures, real estate, machinery, ism, 20s, § 1.
7 poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes owned by each of said 5§ i,'i4. '
8 corporations and situated in such town, with the value thereof, on April §§86,87.
9 first preceding, and the amount at which the same is assessed in said Jgol; Jli^ '
10 town for the then current year. An assessor neglecting to comply with J^^g; |]q' | \^-
11 this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars. ''SO' L §93.
1913, 453, § 1. 1914, 198, §§ 2, 5. 12 Allen, 75, 391.
568
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL T.tXES.
[Chap. 59.
Assessors to
state cause of
diminished
valuations.
1864, 210,
§§ 3, 4. 6.
P. S. 11,
§§ 88, 89.
R. L. 12, § 94.
1908, 314.
1909, 440, § 2;
490, I, § 94.
Section 84. If the assessors of a town ascertain that the aggregate
valuation thereof has been diminished since April first of the preceding
year, they shall return with the table of aggregates, or with the books,
which they are required by sections forty-seven, forty-eight and forty-
nine to deposit in the office of the commissioner, a statement, on oath, of
the causes which in their opinion have produced such diminution.
1914. 198, § 2. Penalty § 94.
Return by
assessors to
commissioner
of certain
exempted
property.
1916,299, § 3.
Section 85. Assessors shall annually, on or before September first, 1
make a return to the commissioner, in such form as he may prescribe, 2
of the value of property exempted from taxation under clauses twenty- 3
second and twenty-third of section five, together with the amount of 4
taxes which would have been assessed on such property but for said 5
exemption. 6
Assessors to
make returns
of exempted
property, etc.
1874. 227, § 2
1881, 284, § 4
P. S. 11, §90.
1882, 217,
R L. 12
) 95.
Section 86. Assessors shall annually, on or before October first, for-
ward to the commissioner a statement showing the whole amount of
exempted property entered upon the valuation lists of their respective
towns in accordance with section fifty-one, and the amount in each class,
and stating separately the aggregate amount belonging to each class em-
braced in clause third of section five, and shall also forward such lists and
statements required by section twenty-nine relative to real and personal
property exempt from taxation under said clause as have been received
by them.
Liability of
assessors.
1823, 138, § 5.
1833, 166.
R. S. 7, I 44.
G. S. 11, §51.
1872, 310.
RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPENSATION OF ASSESSORS.
Section 87. Assessors shall not be responsible for the assessment of a
tax assessed by them in pursuance of a vote for that purpose, certified to
them by the clerk or other proper officer of a city, town or district, except
for the want of integrity and fidelity on their own part. • p. s. ii, § 94.
R. L. 12, § 98.
1909, 490, I, § !
4 Pick. 399.
5 Pick. 4,51, 498
7 Pick. 106.
21 Pick. 382.
11 Met. 339.
4 Gray, 42.
3 Allen, 409.
4 Allen, 382.
97 Mass. 421.
98 Mass. 469.
99 Mass. 208.
119 Mass. 77.
125 Mass. 653.
1785^50^ I'S"' Section 88. Each assessor shall be paid by his town three dollars 1
iPs.'7,^§45, ^^^ fifty cents a day for every whole day in which he is employed in 2
1855, 224. t[jat service, and such additional compensation as the town allows. 3
G. S. 11, § 52. 1909, 490, I, § 99. 129 Mass. 577.
1873, 156. 1919. 135. 206 Mass. 129.
P. S. 11, § 95. 3 Met. 431. 207 Mass. 172.
R. L. 12, § 99.
Proposing, etc.,
to compromise
assessment to
keep residence.
G. S. 11, § 26.
P. S. 11, § 26.
R. L. 12, § 29.
1909, 490,
I, § 29.
1918, 257, § 35.
1919, 5.
EVASION OF TAXATION.
Section 89. Whoever in any way directly or indirectly proposes or 1
agrees to an assessment on any specific or limited amount less than that 2
for which he may lawfully be taxed, with the purpose of making, or as 3
an inducement to make, any particular place his residence or place of 4
business, and an assessor guilty of making or assenting to any such pro- 5
posal, shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars. i920, 2. 6
faxttion "etc., Section 90. Whocvcr avoids taxation by wilfully and designedly
by concealment changing or concealing his residence, or by any other act with the intent
residence, etc. SO to avoid taxation, shall be punished by a fine of twice the amount of
§§ i,'2. " the last tax paid by him, or, if he has paid no tax in the commonwealth,
R. L. 12, ^§30. by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars ;
€iL\p. 60.]
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
569
6 and he may be indicted either in the county where any of the acts or 1909,490,
7 things made criminal by this section are done or in the county where he iV'Pick. 231.
8 is hable to taxation. 124 Mass. 53, 132,
1 Section 91. Whoever, with intent to defeat or evade anv provision of f^'^S °,^ , ,- .
,'. , fraudulent list
2 law as to the assessment or payment 01 taxes, delivers or discloses to an forbidden.
3 assessor or assistant assessor a false or fraudulent list, return or schedule p. s'n. § 29.
4 of property, as and for a true list of his estate not exempt from taxation, 1909! 490,*
5 shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by '' ^ ^^
6 imprisonment for not more than one year.
1 Section 92. Keepers of taverns and boarding houses and masters and R/fuf"'. ''t'; •
_ . p 1 II* 1 !• • c • Of information
2 mistresses or dwelling houses, upon application or an assessor or assistant by keepers of
3 assessor of the town where their house is situated, shall give the names of is37. 176.
4 all persons residing therein liable to be assessed for taxes. Every such p.s.ii.'§30.
5 keeper, master or mistress refusing to give such information, or know- ^9; 490,^ ^'^
6 ingly giving false information, shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars. '■ ^ ^^•
NEGLECT BY ASSESSORS.
1 Section 93. An assessor who neglects to assess a state, county or dis- Penalty on
ict tax requirec
3 hundred dollars.
G. S. 11, § 19.
1785, 50,
P. S. 11, § 30.
R. S. 7, §§ 17, IS.
1909, 490, I. § 39.
to assess
taxes required
by law.
1 Section 94. An assessor who neglects to comply with sections forty- Penalty for
.3 by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
tions 46-49, S4.
REFERENCES.
Exemption of property of other states on grounds of Eastern States Agricultural
.and Industrial Exposition, 1920, 261.
§ 1. Special additional tax on polls, 1919 to 192.3, inclusive; 1919, 283, §| 12-1.'5.
§ 5, cl. 7. Exemption of certain other fraternal benefit societies, Chap. 176, § 45.
§ 7. The special acts providing for compensation of Ashland, Boylston, West
"Boylston, Hopkinton, Holden and Sterling are 1895, 488, § 16; 1S96, 436; 1897, 44.5,
§2; 467; 1899,480; 1901,516; 1906,5.33.
§ 11. -Authority for taxing buildings on land leased by commonwealth, Chap. 75,
>§ 28.
CHAPTER 60.
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
'.SECT.
DEFIN1T10N8.
1. Certain terms defined.
GENERAL DUTIES OF COLLECTORS.
2. Collection and payment over of taxes.
Return thereof
TAX BILL.
3. Notice of tax.
Sect.
collection of poll taxes.
4 Assessors may give collector certificate
of poll taxes at any time after assess-
ment.
5. Collector to collect same.
collector's books, RECORDS, ACCOUNTS
AND VOUCHERS.
6. Collector to keep tax book.
7. To keep cash books.
570
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 60.
Sect.
8. Collector's books, etc., to belong to
city or town and be open to exam-
ination.
9. Retiring collector to deposit accounts,
etc., with city or town clerk.
10. Executor or administrator of collector
to deposit accounts, etc.
11. Books, etc., may be deposited in col-
lector's office.
12. Clerk or collector to demand any
books, etc., that should be in his
custody.
BOND OF COLLECTOR.
13. Collector to give bond, etc.
SPECIAL COLLECTOR.
14. Special collector to be appointed to
collect taxes three years uncollected.
To give bond.
FEES.
15. Fees of collector.
PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO SALE, DISTRESS OR
ARREST.
16. Demand.
17. Levy and when to be made.
18. Summons.
19. Special warrant of assessors for dis-
tress or imprisonment without de-
mand.
20. Person claiming abatement to exhibit
certificate, etc.
21. Error in name not to prevent collec-
tion of tax.
22. Partial payment of tax.
CERTIFICATE OF TAXES AND OTHER ASSESS-
MENTS ON REAL ESTATE.
23. In certain cities collectors to furnish
statement of all liens. Fee, etc.
COLLECTION BY DISTRESS.
24. Distress and sale of personal estate for
taxes. Property included. Exemp-
tions.
25. Detention, notice, sale.
26. Adjournment notice.
27. Levy of tax on land by distress of
stock or produce.
28. Collector to account to owner for any
surplus.
COLLECTION BY IMPRISONMENT.
29. Collector may arrest and imprison in
certain cases.
30. Collector to give certificate to keeper
of jaiL
Sect.
31. Poor debtor process for release of per-
son imprisoned for tax.
32. Collector liable for tax, etc., after dis-
cliarge, in certain cases.
33. Collector may require aid, etc.
34. Warrant to officer. Release after serv-
ice of warrant, and re-arrest.
COLLECTION BY StJIT.
35. Collector may maintain action after
three months.
36. Collection of tax against estate of de-
ceased, etc.
COLLECTION BY SALE OR TAKING OF LAND.
37. Lien of tax upon real estate, levy by
sale, validity of title.
38. Mortgagee may give notice requiring
demand to be made on him.
39. May designate place at which notice
shall be served.
40. Notice to be published before sale.
41. Description in case of change of local
name.
42. Notice to be posted in addition.
43. Conduct of sale, etc.
44. Adjournment.
45. Collector's deed, contents and effect.
46. Reimbursement of purchaser if title
invalid. Procedure.
47. Tax title owner to file statement of
residence, etc.
48. Collector to purchase for city or town
if bid insufficient.
49. Sale to be void, and city or town
deemed purchaser, if price not paid.
50. Deed to city or town. Contents.
51. Sale together of several parcels of
small value, etc.
52. Custody of deeds, management of
lands, etc.
53. Taking for taxes. Notice.
54. Instrument of taking, form, contents,
effect.
55. Fees for taking.
56. Taking in name of one or more of sev-
eral owners. To be of whole estate.
57. Affidavit of collector, etc., to be evi-
dence.
58. Mortgagee may pay tax and add to
debt, when.
59. Mortgagor or mortgagee may pay tax.
To be added to or deducted from
mortgage debt in certain cases.
60. Payment of taxes by person other than
owner of fee.
COLLECTION OP TAXES SUBSEQUENT TO
SALE OR TAKING.
61. Lien for subsequent taxes to continue
after sale or taking. Payment on
foreclosure, etc.
Chap. 60.1
COLLECTION OF LOCAL T,\XES.
571
Sect.
eedemption.
62. Redemption of land taken or sold for
taxes.
63. Person paying collector to receive cer-
tificate which releases tax title, etc.
TAX TITLES.
64. Tax title to be absolute after fore-
closure.
65. Petition for foreelosure of rights of
redemption under tax title.
66. Examination of title, notice, etc.
67. Default.
68. Answer, o£fer to redeem, finding of
court for redemption.
69. Decree barring redemption, when.
70. Questions of validity of title, how
raised. Decree of court.
71. Jury trial, claim, issues.
72. Report, etc., of questions of law.
73. Costs and fees. Deposit, etc.
74. Notice of filing and disposition of pe-
tition to be recorded.
75. Practice and procedure in general.
76. Petition for redemption in superior
court, time for filing, procedure.
77. Title of city or town after foreclosure.
78. Assessment of taxes on land taken or
purchased by city or town.
SALE OF LANDS OF LOW VALUE HELD BY
CITY OR TOWN UNDER TAX TITLES.
79. Sale without foreclosure of lands taken
or purchased by city or town in cer-
tain cases.
80. Collector to make affidavit, etc., in
ease of failure to bid or to pay.
81. Collector to take possession.
PROCEEDINGS
DEEMED
' TAX TITLE
INVALID.
82. Collector to notify holder of title
deemed invalid, etc.
S3. To record affidavit of notice if title not
released. Effect.
84. Reassessment or collection of taxes
where tax title invalid. Disclaimer
of title held by city or town.
Sect.
lien of co-tenants.
85. Co-tenant paying tax to have Uen on
interest of his co-tenant.
86. Enforcement of lien of co-tenant.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
87. By-laws, etc., to direct collector to sell
or take.
88. Sheriff or deputy must post list and
warrant thirty days before distress.
89. Sheriff's fees for collecting.
90. Treasurer as collector may issue war-
rants, etc.
91. Restraint of foreign corporation or
person from doing business until
tax is paid.
92. Aldermen or selectmen may authorize
appointment of deputies.
93. Money payable by city or town to
person owing taxes to be withheld,
etc.
94. Mayor and aldermen or selectmen
may require collector to exhibit ac-
counts and receipts.
95. Credits and payments to collector.
96. Aldermen or selectmen may remove
collector in certain cases.
97. Uncollected taxes to be committed to
successor of deceased, etc., collector.
98. Action to recover back taxes paid.
when maintainable.
PENALTIES.
99. Penalty on collector for failure to ex-
hibit accounts or receipts.
100. Penalty on collector, etc., for failure
to turn over accounts, etc.
101. Penalty for failure to give up accounts,
etc., on demand.
102. Penalty for failure to pay over money
or exhibit books, etc.
103. Penalty for failure to aid collector
when required.
104. Penalty for exorbitant charge for re-
demption from tax title.
DEFINITIONS.
1 Section 1. Terms used in this chapter shall, unless other meaning is
2 clearly apparent from the context, or unless inconsistent with the mani-
3 fest intent of the legislature, be construed as follows:
4 " Collector ", a person receiving a ta.x list and a warrant to collect the
5 same.
6 "Publication", as applied to any notice, advertisement or other in-
7 strument, the publication of which is required by law, shall mean the
8 act of printing it for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in
9 the town, if any, otherwise in the county, where the land or other prop-
Certain terms
defined.
17S5, 70, § 7.
R. S. 8, § 24.
G. S. 12, § 28.
1879, 69.
P. S. 12. § 30.
1888,390, §35.
1892. 168.
1899, 425,
§§ 1,2.
1900, 290.
1901, IDS; 150.
R. L. 13, § 1.
1909, 490,
II, § 1.
572
COLLECTION' OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 60.
1918, 57
1020, 25
209 aias
erty to which the notice or other instrument relates is situated. The 10
last publication shall be made at least one week prior to the date stated 1 1
for the occurrence of the event to which the publication relates. 12
"Registry of deeds", the registry of deeds for the county or district 13
where the land taxed lies. 14
"Service", as applied to any notice, summons, demand or other paper, 1.5
shall, except as otherwise provided in section sixteen, mean delivering 16
it or a copy to the person for whom it is intended, or leaving it or a 17
copy at his last and usual place of abode or of business, or sending it or 18
a copy by mail postpaid addressed to him at his last and usual place 19
of abode or of business or, if such notice, summons or other paper relates 20
to taxes on land, posting it or a copy conspicuously in some convenient 21
and public place and sending a copy by mail postpaid addressed to the 22
person for whom it is intended at the town where such land lies. Such 23
service shall be sufficient whether made by the then collector of taxes or 24
by any predecessor. 25
The affidavit of the collector, deputy collector, sheriff, deputy sheriff 26
or constable serving the notice, summons, demand or other paper of the 27
manner of service shall be kept on file in the office of the collector, and 28
shall be prima facie evidence that the same was so served. 29
Collection and
payment over
of taxes.
Return thereof.
R, S. 7, § 34;
8. §§ 1, 33.
G. S. 12, § 1.
P S. 12, § 1.
1887, no, § 4.
1888, 390,
§§ 1,6.
1897, 126, § 1.
R. L. 13. 5 2.
1909, 490,
II. § 2.
191S, 257. §41.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
GENERAL DUTIES OF COLLECTORS.
Section 2. Every collector of taxes, constable, sheriff or deputy 1
sheriff, receiving a tax list and warrant from the assessors, shall collect 2
the taxes therein set forth, with interest, and pay over said taxes and 3
interest to the town treasurer according to the warrant, and shall make 4
written return thereof with his tax list and of his doings thereon at such 5
times as the assessors shall in writing require. He shall also give to the 6
treasurer an account of all charges and fees collected by him upon each 7
tax in the list. In towns, not cities, he shall, on or before the fifth day of 8
each month, pay over to the town treasurer all money received by him 9
during the preceding month on account of taxes and interest. 10
7 Gray, 128. 112 Mass. 75. Penalty, § 102.
Notice of tax.
1877, 235, § 1.
P. S. 12, § 2.
1888, 390, § 2.
1889, 334, § 1.
R. L. 13, § 3.
1909. 4i0, §2;
490, II. § 3.
1914, 198. § 2.
193 Mass. 168.
TAX BILL.
Section 3. The collector shall forthwith, after receiving a tax list 1
and warrant, send notice to each person assessed, resident or non-resi- 2
dent, of the amount of his tax; if mailed, it shall be postpaid and directed 3
to the town where the assessed person resided on April first of the year 4
in which the tax was assessed, and, if he resides in a city, it shall, if pos- 5
sible, be directed to the street and number of liis residence. If he is 6
assessed for a poll tax only, the notice shall be sent on or before Sep- 7
tember second of the year in which the tax is assessed. An omission to 8
send the notice shall not affect the validity either of a tax or of the pro- 9
ceedings for its collection. 10
COLLECTION OF POLL TAXES.
^veToliIcto?' Section 4. A board of assessors, from time to time in any year after 1
pdi'taxes at their preparation of the whole or any part of the lists of male persons liable 2
any time after ^q jjg asscsscd a poll tax as pro\'ided in section four of chapter fifty-one, 3
1913, 679, may and, on wTitten request from the collector of taxes, shall assess the 4
1918. 257. § 42. poll taxes of all persons whose names are contained in said lists and de- 5
Chap. 60.] collection of local taxes. 573
6 liver to the collector tax lists containing the names and addresses of all H^i'i'; ^^''
7 persons so assessed, and the number of polls assessed to each with the
8 amovmt of the respective taxes thereon. The assessors shall also de-
9 liver to the collector their warrants in the customary form for the col-
10 lection forthwith of all taxes contained in said lists; but no such list or
11 warrant shall be issued to any collector until, conformably to law, he has
12 given bond and has otherwise qualified himself for the performance of
13 his duties. Poll taxes so committed to the collector shall be subject to
14 the laws relating to poll taxes committed by warrant under section fifty-
15 three of chapter fifty-nine.
1 Section 5. A collector of taxes receiving from the assessors a list Collector to
2 and warrant under the prec-eding section shall forthwith proceed to col- 1913,679,
3 lect the poll taxes from the persons entered on such list. All laws re- 1918, 257, §42.
4 lating to the collection of taxes, to the duties and powers of collectors, §§'2-5.' ^^''
5 to money collected as taxes, interest, charges and fees, to the account- '^^°' ^•
6 ing for and turning over of money so collected, and to the crediting
7 thereof to the collector, shall apply to the collection of poll taxes from
8 the persons whose names appear on such lists.
collector's books, records, accounts and vouchers.
1 Section 6. The collector shall make and keep in the book contain- Collector to
2 ing the tax list committed to him, against the name of every person iss?, uo.Ts"
3 assessed for a tax, entries showing the disposition thereof, whether re- lilglmii!
4 assessed, abated or paid, and the date of such disposition. r. l. 13, §4-
1909. 490, II, § 4.
1 Section 7. He shall also keep a cash book, in which he shall enter To keep
2 all sums paid to him, as received, specifying the total amount of tax, isl?. iTo.^ii.
3 abatements allowed, all interest charged, the total amount received it*L.'i3°§^5*'
4 and the date of receipt, the date and amount of every payment and n^^'g*^"'
5 disbursement made by him, and to whom paid, with such other matters isis, 48.
6 as the town requires.
1 Section 8. All books kept by the collector shall be furnished by, and toofi'^u, to
2 be the property of, the town, and shall be at all reasonable times open ^f°"^. *° '^'P'
3 to examination by the auditor of such town or any other agent thereof be open to
4 duly authorized therefor. The collector shall, on demand by the mayor, iss?. no, § 3.
"5 aldermen or selectmen, exliibit to them or to any persons whom they 1897,' 12°! 1 2.
6 designate, at any time during ordinary business hours, the books, ac- J^(^; Jlgf *"•
7 counts and vouchers relating to taxes committed to him for collection {gil 257 § 43
8 and to his receipts and payments on account of taxes; and they, or j^|q'|-
9 the persons designated by them, shall have full opportunity to examine pg^^ity § 102
10 said books, accounts and vouchers, and to make copies and extracts
11 therefrom.
1 Section 9. A collector, within three months after his resignation of, rone™ r to
2 or retirement or removal from, the ofHce of collector, shall deposit with ^^SSte'et'c
3 the clerk of the town where he held such office all his accounts, records with city or
4 and papers, except his warrant, which relate to the assessment and col- 1892, 370. '
5 lection of taxes therein, and, when ail the taxes which have been com- ki'ts, §7.
6 mitted to him have been collected or abated, or, in any event, at the end li^fv*^"'
7 of three years from the date of their commitment to him, he shall so Penalty, § 100.
8 deposit all such accounts, records and papers and his warrant.
574
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 60.
Executor or
administrator
of collector to
deposit ac-
counts, etc.
1785,40, §5.
1791, 22, § 1.
R. S. S, § 41.
G. S. 12, § 54.
P. S. 12, § 82.
1888, 390, § 92.
1892, 370, § 3.
R. L. 13, § S.
1909, 490,
II, § 8.
Section 10. The executor or administrator of a collector or former 1
collector shall, within three months after his appointment, deposit all 2
accounts, records, papers or unsettled tax lists coming into his possession, 3
relating to the assessment and collection of taxes, with the clerk of the 4
town to which they pertain; and any other person into whose possession, 5
upon the death, resignation, retirement or removal from office of a 6
collector such accounts, records, papers or unsettled tax lists may come, 7
shall forthwith deposit them with the clerk of such town. 8
Penalty, § 100.
Books, etc.,
ma.v be de-
posited in col-
lector's ofSce.
1892, 370, § 5.
R. L. 13, § 9.
1909, 490,
II, § 9.
Section 11. If the collector has an office for the deposit of records 1
and the transaction of his official business, the accounts, records and 2
papers otherwise required to be deposited with the town clerk shall be 3
deposited in said office. Penalty, § loo. 4
Clerk or col-
lector to
demand any
books, etc.,
that should be
in his custody.
1892, 370 § 6.
Section 12. A town clerk, or collector, having knowledge of any 1
accounts, records or papers relating to taxes in his town which should be 2
in his custody, shall demand them of any person having them, who shall 3
forthwith deliver them to him. 4
R. L. 13, §10. 1909, 490, 11, § 10. Penalty, §§ 100. 101.
Collector to
give bond, etc.
R. S. 15, « 80.
G.S. 18, I 72.
P. S. 27, § 124.
1893,423, §18.
R. L. 25, § 77.
BOND OF COLLECTOR.
Section 13. The collector shall give bond to the town for the faith-
ful performance of his duties, in a sum and with sureties approved by the
selectmen or by the mayor and aldermen. The form of the bond shall be
approved by the commissioner. i9i6, i3i, § i. 9 Met. 499.
2 Gray, 298. 146 Mass. 476. 185 Mass. 582.
8 Gray, 613. 156 Mass. 403. 4 Op. A. G. 445, 540.
Special col-
lector to be
appointed to
collect taxes
three years
uncollected.
To give bond.
1910,272,
§§1,2.
1916, 131, § 2.
SPECIAL COLLECTOR.
Section 14. In towns, not cities, if, at the expiration of three years 1
from the date of the commitment of tax lists and warrant to a collector 2
of taxes, any taxes remain uncollected and recovery cannot be made upon 3
the bond of the collector of the amount of such uncollected taxes, the 4
selectmen shall appoint the collector of taxes for the current year or some 5
other person as special collector thereof. He shall furnish a satisfactory 6
bond for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum as the select- 7
men require, in a form to be approved by the commissioner. 8
Fees of
collector.
1785, 70, § 8.
R. S. S, § 2.
G. S. 12, § 2.
1862. 183, § 10.
1878,266, § 13.
1881, 138, § 2.
P. S. 12,
§§ 3. 3fi, 47.
1888, 390,
§§7, 29,41,55.
1889, 334, § 3.
1890,331, ^ 2.
1894. 537. § 5.
R. L. 13, § 13.
1907, 427.
1909, 490,
II. § 13; 612.
1915. 237,
§§ 22. 26.
Section 15. The collector shall, unless removed from office or unless 1
his tax list has been transferred to his successor, complete the collection 2
of the taxes committed to him, notwithstanding the expiration of his 3
term of office. The following charges and fees, and no other, when 4
accrued, shall severally be added to the amount of the tax and collected 5
as a part thereof: 6
1. For an arrest, one dollar and actual traveling expenses incurred 7
in making such arrest; 8
2. For a summons, twenty cents; 9
3. For the written demands provided for by law, twenty-five cents; 10
4. For a warrant to distrain or arrest, fifty cents; 11
ClL\P. 60.] COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES. 575
12 5. For preparing advertisement of sale, fifty cents for each parcel of Jf'lj^lJ'
13 real estate included in the ad\'ertisement; ^^P' j-
14 6. For advertisement of sale in newspapers, the cost thereof; loijiass. 72.
15 7. For posting notices of sale, fifty cents for each parcel of real estate
16 or lot of goods included in the notice;
17 8. For distraining goods, one dollar and the cost thereof;
18 9 For selling goods distrained, the cost thereof;
19 10. For affidavit, twenty-five cents for each parcel of land included
20 therein;
21 11. For recording affidavit, fifty cents for each parcel of land included
22 therein;
23 12. For preparing deed, two dollars;
24 13. For each hour's time actually expended in selling as certified by
25 him under section fifty-one, thirty cents;
26 14. For serx-ice of demand and notice under section fifty-three, if
27 served in the manner required by law for the service of subpoenas on
28 witnesses in civil cases, fifty cents and travel as allowed by chapter two
29 hundred and sixty-two.
30 The collector shall pay over to the town treasurer, or account to him
31 for, all charges and fees collected by him or by a constable, sheriff or
32 deputy sheriff' under his direction; but the town shall reimburse or credit
33 him for all expenses incurred by him hereunder, including the lawful
34 charges and fees of constables, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs paid or cred-
35 ited by liim for collecting taxes.
PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO SALE, DISTRESS OR ARREST.
1 Section 16. The collector shall, before selling the land of a resident, RlJ^^S^-. ,
2 or non-resident, or distraining the goods of any person, or arresting him R- s.'s, § 3. '
3 for his tax, serve on him a statement of the amount thereof with a de- p.s.i2,'§4.'
4 mand for its pajTnent. If the heirs of a deceased person, co-partners or iHg.'sl": | f;
5 two or more persons are jointly assessed, service need be made on only f^^- Ho^^t
6 one of them. Such demand for the tax upon land may be made upon the jg^i'Jgl ^2
7 person occupying the same on April first of the year in which the tax is JSJS^/^-
8 assessed. No demand need be made on a mortgagee, imless he has given 209 Mass. 111'.
9 notice under section thirty-eight, in which case no demand need be made 228 iills. In.
10 on the owner or occupant. Demand shall be made by the collector by
11 mailing the same to the last or usual place of business or abode, or to
12 the address best known to him, and failure to receive the same shall not
13 invalidate a tax or any proceedings for the enforcement or collection of
14 the same.
1 Section 17. If taxes remain unpaid for fourteen days after demand {'0^^°'^"''''"
2 therefor, the collector shall, within two years after October first in the isis. ess, § 4.
3 year of the assessment, levy the tax, together with all incidental charges
4 and fees, in the manner provided by law.
1 Section 18. The collector may, before making a demand for the Summons.
2 payment of a tax due from any person, serve a summons on him, stating lisgiss?;! s.'
3 therein the amount due and that unless the same, with twenty cents r*T.' il^'s^i'
4 more for the summons, is paid within ten days, he will proceed to collect if^-^^°'
5 it according to law.
576
COLLECTION OF LOCAL T.VXES.
[Chap. 60.
rant of Tsses- SECTION 19. If the asscssops are of opinion that the credit of a per-
OTTmprison'-'^'^^"' son taxccl is doubtful or that he is about to lea\e the commonwealth,
™emai^'*''°"' *^^^' may, by a special warrant, direct the collector forthwith, without
1785, 70, § 2 demand or notice, to compel pa\-ment by distress or imprisonment,
R. s.'s, §'i2. ■ whether the tax is payable immediatelv or at a future dav, by instal-
1874,238. ' ments or otherwise. p. s. 12, §5.
1888,390, §9. R. L. 13, §16. 1909, 490, II, § 16.
Person
claiming
abatement to
exhibit cer-
tificate, etc.
R. S. 8, 5 4.
G.S. 12, § 5.
P. S. 12, § 6.
1888, 390, § 10.
Section 20. If a person claims the benefit of an abatement, he shall 1
exliibit to the collector demanding his taxes the certificate of such abate- 2
ment authorized by section seventy of chapter fifty-nine; and he shall 3
be liable for all costs and officers' fees incurred before exhibiting such 4
certificate. R l- is, § i7. ifl09, 490, 11, § 17. 5
R. s. 8, % 5.
G.S. 12, §6.
P. S. 12. f 7.
Section 21. If, in the assessors' lists or in their warrant and list 1
committed to the collector, there is an error in the name of a person 2
taxed, the tax assessed to him may be collected of the person intended 3
to be assessed, if he is taxable and can be identified by the assessors. 4
1888, 390, § 11.
R. L. 13, § 18.
1909, 490. II, § 18.
6 Met. 470.
7 Gray, 125.
nfentof'ttx Section 22. After the delivery of a tax, including assessments for 1
§U^'2^4' betterments or other purposes but not including a poll tax, to a collector 2
R L. 13, § 19. for collection, the owner of the estate or person assessed or a person in 3
II, §'i9. ' behalf of said owner or person may, if the tax or assessments are upon 4
1916! 20?' ^ ^' real estate, at any time up to the date when advertisements may be pre- 5
op^ A.G. (1920) p^j,pj fpj, ^jjg gj^ig of tjjg same, and if it is a personal tax, at any time up 6
to the date when a warrant or other process may be issued for the en- 7
forcement and collection thereof, tender to the collector not less than 8
twenty-fi\'e per cent of the tax, which shall be received, receipted for and 9
applied toward the payment of the tax. The acceptance of any partial 10
payment in accordance with this section shall not invalidate any demand 1 1
made for a tax, prior to the acceptance of such partial payment; pro- 12
vided that the amount stated in the demand was the amount due at 13
the date when the demand was made. If in any coiu-t it shall be deter- 14
mined that the tax is more than the amount so paid, judgment shall be 15
entered for such excess and interest upon the amount thereof to the date 16
of the judgment, and on the amount paid to the date of paj-ment, with 17
costs if otherwise recoverable. The part payment authorized by this 18
section shall not affect a right of tender, lien or other provision of law 19
for the recovery of the amount of such tax, or interest or costs thereon, 20
remaining due, but if the part payment is more than the tax, as finally 21
determined, the excess, without interest, shall be repaid to the person who 22
paid it. 23
certificate of T.\XES and other assessments on REAL ESTATE.
citiefcoifectors SECTION 23. The collcctor of taxes for any city, or for any town
to^'uraish ^^ having more than five thousand inliabitants as determined by the last
all liens." Fee, preceding national or state census, shall, on written application b\' any
1907,378. person, and within two days thereafter, furnish to any such applicant
1909,' 49o; a written statement of all taxes and other assessments which at the time
"■ ^ '° constitute liens on the parcel of real estate specified in such application
Chap. (iO.] collection of local t.axes. 577
7 and are payable on account of such real estate. Such statement shall
8 be itemized and shall show the amounts then payable on account of
9 all such taxes and assessments so far as such amounts are fixed and
10 ascertained, and if the same are not then ascertainable, it shall so be
11 expressed in the statement. Any town officer or board doing any act
12 towards establishing any such tax, assessment, lien or charge upon any
13 real estate in the town shall transmit a notice of such act to its collector.
14 Such collector shall charge one dollar for each statement so issued, and
15 the money so received shall be paid into the town treasury.
collection by distress.
1 Section 24. If a person refuses or neglects to pay his tax for four- Distress and
2 teen days after demand, the collector shall without unnecessary delay estate for ta^s
3 levy the same by distress or seizure and sale of his goods, except tools or Jiu^'^''' '""
4 implements necessary for his trade or occupation, beasts of the plough ffi^^^o°f%
5 necessary for the cultivation of his improved land, military arms, uni- g- 1 fJJj
(') forms and equipments, utensils for housekeeping necessary for uphold- p. ?-i2,'5 8;
7 ing life, and bedding and apparel necessary for himself and family. 1887,411.571.
I8S8, 390.5 12.
1906, .504,
§ 7.
9 Met.
504.
1890, 42S. 5 8,
1908, 604,
§ 106.
7 Gray
, 128.
1893, 367. §71.
1900, 490,
II. § 21.
103 Ml
iss.481.
n. h. 13, § 20: 16, § 85.
1912, 67.
225 Mn
iss. 215,
1905, 465, § 90
1917, 327,
§§ 131, 230.
234 Ms
iss. 279.
1 Section 25. The collector shall keep the goods distrained, at the Detention,
2 expense of the owner, for four days at least, and shall, within seven days i^s^ofta-.
3 after the seizure, sell them by ]>ublic auction for payment of the tax I?9i,|2. 5 3.
4 aiVl charges of keeping and sale, first posting notice of the sale in some qI' f2\^8
5 public place in the town at least forty-eight hours prior thereto. p- s. 12." § 9.
1888, 390, § 13.
14 rick .350.
113 Mass. 40.
R. L. 13, § 21.
13 Met. 85,
126 Mass. 97.
1909. 490, II, § 22.
11 Gush. 338.
1 Section 26. The collector may once adjourn such sale for not more Adjournment
2 than three days, and he shall forthwith post a notice of such adjournment n*s\ § 9.
3 at the place of sale. g. s. 12, § 9. p. s. 12, § 10.
1888. 390, § 14. R. L. 13, § 22. 1909, 490, II, § 23.
1 Section 27. If a person is taxed for land in his occupation, but of ^anYby*s'°°
2 which he is not the owner, the collector, after demand for payment, may "'<=^'' °[ ^'""'^
3 levy the tax by distress and sale of the cattle, sheep, horses, swine or other i785. -o, § i4.
4 stock or produce of such estate, belonging to the owner thereof, which, §§ le, 'n.
5 within nine months after such assessment has been committed to him, p.'l.il.'fli'
6 may be found upon the premises, in the same manner as if such stock or ^^l[ ?.?,"§ 24^
7 produce were the property of the person so taxed ; but such demand for \f°f-2^°'
8 payment need not be made if the person on whom the tax is assessed re-
9 sided within the precinct of the collector at the time of the assessment,
10 and subsequently removes therefrom and remains absent three months.
1 Section 28. The collector shall upon demand give a written account Collector to
2 of every sale on distress or seizure and charges, and pay to the owner any owner for any
3 surplus above the taxes, interest and charges of keeping and sale. i785."70, § 2.
R. S. 8, § 10. P. R, 12. § 13
G. S. 12, § 12. 1888, 399, § 17,
578
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 60.
Collector may
arrest and
imprison in
certain cases.
1785, 70, 5 2.
R. S. 8. § 11.
G. S. 12, § 13.
P. S. 12, § 14.
1888, 390, § IS,
1893, 241.
1901, 408,
R. L. 13, 5 26.
1909, 490,
II. § 27.
COLLECTION BY IMPRISONMENT.
Section 29. If a person refuses or neglects to pay his tax for four- 1
teen days after demand and the collector cannot find sufficient goods on 2
which it may be levied, he may take the body of such person and commit 3
him to jail until he pays the tax and charges of commitment and im- 4
prisonment, or is discharged according to law ; but a person committed for 5
non-payment of a poll tax shall not be detained in jail more than seven 6
days. 9 Gray. 190. 13 Gray, 93. 7
3 Allen, 5. 102 Mass. 72. ISS Mass. 506. 225 Mass, 215,
Collector to
give certificate
to keeper of
1785,70,5 11.
R. S. 8, § 13.
G. S. 12, § 14.
P S 12 S 15
1888, 390, § 19. distress, and setting forth the amount said person shall pay for said tax,
1889, 334, § 5. - - - - '^ "^
R. L. 13, § 27.
Section .30. A collector who commits a person to jail shall give to
the keeper thereof a certificate signed by him, stating that he has com-
mitted the person for non-payment of his tax for fourteen days after
demand therefor, and for want of goods and chattels whereof to make
interest, charges and fees.
1909, 490, II,
Poor debtor
process for
1790, 42,
§§ 1-4.
R. S. 8, I
49.
48,
1857, 141, § 24,
G. S. 12, § 15.
P. S. 12, §16.
1888, 390, § 20.
R.L. 13, §28.
1909, 490, II,
,§29.
Section .31. On request of a person committed to jail for non-pay- 1
ment of a tax, the jailer shall forthwith inform a court having authority 2
to examine poor debtors that the debtor desires to take the oath for the 3
relief of poor debtors. The court shall thereupon appoint a time and 4
place for the examination of the debtor, and shall direct the jailer to 5
cause the debtor to be present at the examination. The notice required 6
by section twenty-three of chapter two hundred and twenty-four to be 7
given to the creditor may be given to any one of the assessors or to the 8
collector of the town where the tax was assessed, any of whom may ap- 9
pear at the examination and do all tilings which a creditor might do upon 10
an arrest or execution. If a debtor is unable to pay such tax, he may be 11
discharged in the same manner as if committed upon an execution. 12
Collector
liable for tax,
etc., after
discharge, in
certain cases.
1790, 42, § 6.
R.S. 8, §50
G.S. 12.516.
P. S. 12, § 17.
Section 32. The collector shall be liable for the tax and the charges 1
of imprisonment of a person discharged, unless he arrested and com- 2
mitted such person within one year after the tax was committed to him 3
for collection, or unless he shall be exonerated therefrom by the town to 4
which the tax is due. iss8, 390, § 21. 5
R. L. 13, § 29. 1909, 490, II, § 30. 3 Met. 152.
Section 33. A collector who is resisted or impeded in the exercise of 1
the duties of his office may require any suitable person to aid him. 2
1909, 490, II, § 31.
Penalty, § 103.
1785, 70, § 9.
R. S. 8, § 6.
G. S. 12, § 17.
P. S. 12, § 18.
1888, 390, § 22.
R. L. 13, § 30.
Section 34. If a tax assessed upon a person remains unpaid for 1
fourteen days after demand therefor, the collector may issue his warrant 2
to the sheriffs of the several counties, or their deputies, or to any con- 3
stable or deputy collector of taxes, directing them and each of them to 4
distrain the property or take the body of the person assessed and to 5
proceed as required of collectors in like cases; but a collector of taxes 6
who issues a warrant for the arrest of a person for non-pajTnent of taxes, 7
or the officer to whom he commits the warrant, may at his discretion, 8
after the service of the warrant, allow such person to go free for a period 9
igls, 237. not exceeding fourteen days after said service, at which time, if said 10
Warrant to
officer.
Release after
service of
warrant
and re-arrest.
1785, 70, § 5.
R. S. 8, § 14.
1842, 34.
G. S. 12, § 18.
P. S. 12, § 19.
1888, 390, § 23.
1889,334. §6.
R.L. 13, §31.
1908. 99, I 1.
1909. 490, II.
■|32
198 Mass
. 434,
201 Mass
. 190.
225 Mass
.215.
234 Mass
.279.
189 U.S.
255.
Chap. 60.] collection of local taxes. 579
11 person does not pay his tax with all fees and charges due thereon, incliid- 5|c;.^^-427
12 ing one dollar for service of said warrant and five cents for each mile s Alien, sea.'
1.3 traveled by said officer in the performance of said collection, said officer i9i Mass. so3.
14 shall then arrest the said person on the aforesaid warrant, and commit
15 him to the jail of the county where he makes the arrest. The warrant
16 shall run throughout the commonwealth, and any officer to whom it is
17 directed may serve it and apprehend the person in any county. A war-
18 rant issued under this section may be signed by the collector or his
19 deputy; and, if the warrant is sealed by an impression seal, a facsimile
20 of the signature of the collector shall have the same validity as his written
21 signature.
collection by suit.
1 Section 35. If a tax remains unpaid for three months after com- Collector may
2 mitment to the collector, he may maintain an action in his own name "ctiSn''a'fter
3 against the person assessed therefor in the same manner as for his own lysg^ 4'°"""^'
4 debt. R.S. 8, §15. 1859,171. G. Sl2. §19.
p. S. 12, §20. 8 Met. 393.
1888. 390, § 24. 121 Mass. 222.
1889, 334, § 7. 155 Mass. 400.
R. L. 13, § 32. 179 Mass. 486.
1909, 490, II, § 33. 189 Mass. 104.
1 Section 36. If a person assessed for a tax dies or becomes insolvent collection of
2 before the payment thereof, or if a tax is assessed upon the estate of a State o"^'
3 deceased person, the executor, administrator or assignee shall, if a de- il^^fss.''''^'
4 mand has been made on him therefor, forthwith on receipt of any }?^§' ff'*! 20
5 money applicable to the payment of the tax, pay the same, and in de- ^g|^ i|^g§ ^l _
6 fault shall be personally liable therefor as for his own tax.
203 Mass. 576.
219 Mass. 620.
Op. A. G. (1919) 123.
collection by sale or taking of land.
1 Section 37. Taxes assessed upon land, including those assessed uponreaf
2 under sections twelve, thirteen and fourteen of chapter fifty-nine, shall ^^''sale''^^^
3 with all incidental charges and fees be a lien thereon from April first in validity of
4 the year of assessment. Such lien shall terminate at the expiration of i83o, 151, § 9.
5 two years from October first in said year, if the estate has in the mean- i856, 239,^ i.
6 time been alienated and the instrument alienating the same has been sf^f,!'^'
7 recorded, otherwise it shall continue until a recorded alienation thereof; 5^5 12^23
8 but if while such lien is in force a tax sale or taking has been made, and }|gf ' fof' | "■
9 the deed or instrument of taking has been duly recorded within thirty p. s.'i2, §§ 24,
10 days, but the sale or taking is invalid by reason of any error or irregular- i88S, 390,
11 ity in the proceedings subsequent to the assessment, the lien shall con- is89,'334, § 9.
12 tinue for ninety days after a release, notice or disclaimer, under sec- So9,'446,V2;
13 tions eiglity-two to eighty-four, inclusive, has been duly recorded, or for t9i4"'9sT2
14 ninety days after the sale or taking has been finally adjudged invalid by }9i| |57, § 46.
15 a court of competent jurisdiction. There shall be no lien for taxes re- 1920! 2.
16 assessed if the property is alienated before the reassessment. Said 2Gray,i85.'
17 taxes, if unpaid for fourteen days after demand therefor, may, with said loimass^lg.
18 charges and fees, be levied by sale of the real estate, if the lien thereon nSMaSlis!
R. L. 13, §33.
149 Mt
1909, 490. II, § 34.
194 Ml
97 Mass. 321.
201 Mi
.294.
,297.
19 has not terminated. No tax title shall be held to be invalid by reason \ll\
20 of any errors or irregularities in the proceedings of the collector which 124 Mass. 342.
21 are neither substantial nor misleading. 129 Mass. 377.
137 Mass. 407, 444. 154 Mass. 208. 213 Mass. 239.
142 Mass. 576. 178 Mass. 464. 225 Mass. 399.
148 Mass. 508. 185 Mass. 398. 4 Op. A. 0.547.
149 Mass. 106. 189 Mass. 182.
680
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. GO.
m°y*|hx^^ Section 38. If a mortgagee of land situated in the place of his resi- 1
demln"ti^be"* dencc, before September first of the year in which the tax is assessed, 2
ms^iee'"^ S^^'^^ written notice to the collector that he holds a mortgage on land, 3
pi' 12. lig*. with a description of the land, the demand for payment shall be made 4
188S, 390, § 32. on the mortgagee instead of the mortgagor. 5
1889, 334, § 10. R. L. 13, § 36. 1909. 490, II, § 37,
May designate
place at which
notice shall be
served.
1794, 68, § 1.
R. S. 8, §§ 20,
21.
1848, 166, § 2.
G. S. 12, §§ 25,
26.
P. S. 12. §1 27.
28.
1888, 390,
§5 33, 34.
1889.334, § 11.
1899, 425, § 1.
R. L. 13, § 37.
Section 39. If a mortgagee or an owner of land causes a notice, 1
designating a place in the town where such land lies at which all papers 2
relative to taxes on such land which are to be server! on him may be 3
left, to be recorded in January of any year in the office of the clerk of such 4
town and, diuing said month, to be delivered to the collector thereof, 5
the collector shall serve at such place any notice, summons, demand for 6
payment or other paper relating to the taxes on such land which is to be 7
served by him. The collector shall not advertise tlie sale of such land 8
for two months after the time of a demand so made. 1909,490, 11, § 38, 9
Notice to be
published
before sale.
1785, 70, § 7.
R. S. 8, §§ 24,
25.
1848. 166, § 3.
G. S. 12. §§ 28,
29.
P. S. 12, §§30,
31.
1888, 390,
§§ 35, 36.
R. L. 13, § 38.
1909, 490, II,
§ 39.
1913, 255.
1920, 270.
4 Cush. 260.
7 Cush. 503.
Section 40. The collector shall give notice by publication of the 1
time and place of sale of land for non-payment of taxes. Such notice 2
shall contain a substantially accurate description of the se\'eral rights, 3
lots or divisions of the land to be sold, which shall be furnished to the 4
collector by the assessors upon demand of the collector, the amount 5
of the tax assessed on each, and the names of all owners known to the 6
collector. Such notice of the sale of the undi\'ided real estate of a deceased 7
person assessed to his heirs or devisees or assessed in general terms to liis 8
estate shall contain the names of all the heirs or devisees interested in 9
such real estate, if the probate records of the county where the land lies 10
disclose their identity. 124 Mass. 65. 129 Mass 559. 1 1
135 Mass. 314. 148 Mass. 322. 197 Mass. 565. 231 Mass, 228.
136 Mass. 32. 180 Mass. 411. 209 .Mass. 111. Op. A. G. (1917) 47.
Description
in case of
change of
local name.
1785, 70, § 7.
R. S. 8, I 26.
G. S. 12, § 31.
Section 41. If land to be sold is situated in a town the name of 1
which has been changed by law within three years preceding the sale, the 2
collector shall designate such town in his notices of the sale by both its 3
former and existing name. p. s. 12, § 33. 4
188.8, 390, § 38. R. L. 13, § 39. 1909, 490, II, § 40.
addition.
1785, 70, § 7.
R. S. 8, § 27.
Section 42. The collector shall, three weeks before the sale, post a 1
notice similar to that required by section forty in some convenient and 2
public place. i84s, i6o, § 4. g. s. 12, § 30. 3
Conduct of
sale, etc.
1785, 70, § 7.
R. S. 8,
§§ 28, 29.
G. S. 12, § 33.
P. S. 12, § 35,
1888, 390, § 40
1900, 376,
R. L. 13, § 41.
1909, 490,
II, § 42.
1918, 2.57, § 48
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
13 (.;ray, 77.
3 Allen, 53.5.
124 Mass. 65.
Section 43. If the taxes are not paid, the collector shall, at the time 1
and place appointed for the sale, sell by public auction, for the amount 2
of the taxes and necessary intervening charges, the smallest undi\ided 3
part of the land which will bring said amount, or the whole for said 4
amount, if no person offers to take an undivided part; and may at such 5
sale require of the purchaser an immediate deposit of such sum as he 6
considers necessary to insure good faith in payment of the purchase 7
money, and, on failure of the purchaser to make such deposit forthwith, 8
the sale shall be void and another sale may be made as provided in 9
this chapter. 126 Mass. aso. 10
Chap. GO.] collection of loc.\l t.-oces. 581
1 Section 44. The collector may adjourn the sale from time to time Adjournment.
2 not exceeding seven days in all, and shall give notice of every adjourn- §! a 12,^/34.
3 ment by a public declaration thereof at the time and place appointed f88s,m§42.
4 for the sale. R- l. 13, 5 42. 1909, 490. 11. § 43. 112 Mass. 535.
1 Section 45. The collector shall execute and deliver to the pur- Collector's
2 chaser a deed of the land, stating the cause of sale, the price for which and 4ffect.^°
3 the land was sold, the name of the person on whom the demand for the IZ^s/s.^jsi^^'
4 tax was made, the places where the notices were posted, the name of the a*l.' i2,^§ si.'
5 newspaper in which the advertisement of the sale was published, and fgfg slo^Ffs
6 the residence of the grantee, and shall contain a warranty that the sale ^o^^ jo^i 519.
7 has in all particulars been conducted according to law. The deed shall 1902,423.
8 convey the land to the purchaser, subject to the right of redemption. 1909! 490^
9 The title thus conveyed shall, until redemption or until the right of {Jni^aV
10 redemption is foreclosed as hereinafter provided, be held as security i9}s!i57'|49
11 for the repayment of the piu-chase price, with all intervening costs, Jg-igl'
12 terms imposed for redemption and charges, with interest thereon, and 2Grky, 155.
13 the premises conveyed shall also be subject to and have the benefit of all e Alien', sre'.
14 easements and restrictions lawfully existing in, upon or over said land i2« Mall 27s:
15 or appurtenant thereto when so taken. Such deed shall not be valid l." mS: si'.
16 unless recorded within thirty days after the sale, and if .so recorded it {42^^ Ire
17 shall be prima facie evidence of all facts essential to the validity of the JiJf M'"'* ?°§
lb title thereby conveyed, and this provision shall apply to deeds executed i^s Mass 465.
19 before as well as since July first, nineteen hundred and fifteen. No sale is.3 Mass. 333!
20 hereafter made shall give to the purchaser any right to possession of the 199 kaS.' 1.'*
21 land until the expiration of two years after the date of the sale.
204 Mass. 663.
224 Mas
3. 184, 2G1.
230 Mass. 5S0,
207 Mass. 412.
225 Mas
s. 110.
231 Mass. 233.
209 Mass. 92, HI.
22S Mas
s. 441.
1 Section 46. If it subsequently appears that, by reason of an error, Reimbursement
2 omission or informality in the assessment or the sale, the purchaser has dtRlmaii" '
3 no claim upon the property sold, he may within six months after the 1862, i83!'§ e.
4 date of the deed, offer by writing given to the collector to surrender and p*a'i2^®j 39;
5 discharge his deed or to assign and transfer to the town all his right, }|||' ||^' ^ 3.
6 title and interest in the premises, as the collector shall elect. Such offer |§ f*'*^', ..
7 shall contain a specific statement of the reason why the holder has no 1909^ 259;
8 claim on the land sold, with the evidence on which he relies, and if such 1912. 390.
9 evidence consists of any public record or of facts shown therein, such im'^mTs's^Im.
10 offer shall contain a specific reference thereto. Upon such surrender and }^g MaS:!!!:
11 discharge or assignment and transfer, the town shall pay to the pur- '07 Mass' 412
12 chaser the amount which he paid, with interest at the rate of eight per 209 Mass. 92,
13 cent per annum, which pavment shall be in full for all damages for any 212 Mass. 29fi.
. . . *''^7 Mass 378
14 defects in the proceedings or under the warranty in such deed. No town "'
15 and no treasurer or collector thereof shall pay or be liable for any amount
16 due under this section unless such statement is filed.
1 Section 47. Whoever has a title to land under a sale for non-pay- Tax title
2 ment of taxes or other assessment and is a resident of the town where st"tlmonto^
3 such land lies shall file with the treasurer thereof and in the registry of i|82,''§43, ^"''
4 deeds a statement of his residence and place of business, with the street ||g^g' |gg
5 and number, if any. Such person, who is not a resident of such town or 1,5 45,40
rt 1 IP 111 • -1. 1 • . , R. L. 13, § 45.
D who removes therefrom, shall appoint an agent residing therein, or in the 1909,490,
7 town where the tax deed is recorded, authorized to release such land. He 204 Mass. 594.
582
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
[CiLAP. 60.
209 Mass. 111.
210 Mass. 145.
224 Mass. 1S4.
Collector to
purchase for
city or town if
bid insufficient.
1S62, 183,
§§ l.S.
P. S. 12, 5 40.
1888, 390, § 48.
R. L. 13, § 46.
1909, 490,
II, § 47.
1918, 257, § 50.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
112 Mass. 535.
shall also file the statement above required in which he shall also state S
the name of such agent and his residence and place of business, with the 9
street and number, if any. Whenever a person holding a ta.x title changes 10
his residence or place of business or agent, he shall file a new certificate. 11
Tender of payment to, and service of process upon, such agent shall be a 12
sufficient tender to, or service upon, the holder of such tax title. 13
Section 48. If at the time and place of sale no person bids for the 1
land offered for sale an amount equal to the tax and charges, and if the 2
sale has been adjourned one or more times, the collector shall then and 3
there make public declaration of the fact; and, if no bid equal to the tax 4
and charges is then made, he shall give public notice that he purchases for 5
the town by which the tax is assessed said land as offered for sale at the 6
amount of the tax and the charges and expenses of the levy and sale, 7
which amount shall be allowed him in his settlement with such town. 8
and cuy or™"^' Section 49. If the purchaser fails to pay the collector within twenty 1
purc'halerTi'f^ days after the sale the amount bid by him, the sale shall be void, and 2
Poi-Sf "JS'oPf'f the town shall be deemed to be the purchaser of the land, under the pre- 3
p. s. 12, § 41. ceding section. isss, 390, § 49. 4
1889, 334, § 13. 1909, 490, IT, § 48. 199 Mass. 1.
R. L. 13, § 47. 140 Mass. 578. 204 Mass. 540.
Deed to city
or town.
Contents.
1862, 183, § 2.
P. S. 12,
H 42, 43.
1888. 390,
§§ SO, 51.
1889, 334, § 14.
Section 50. If the town becomes the purchaser, the deed to it, in
addition to the statements required by section forty-five, shall set forth
the fact that no sufficient bid was made at the sale or that the purchaser
failed to pay the amount bid, as the case may be, and shall confer upon
such town the rights and duties of an individual purchaser.
R. L. 13, § 48. 131 Mass. 56. 230 Mass. 580.
1909, 490, II, § 49. 194 Mass. 296.
1894, 537,
§§ 1-4.
R.L. 13,
§§ 49-51.
1909, 440,
$ 2; 490,
11, §§ 50-52.
1914, 198, § 2.
1916, 237, §24.
209 Mass. 111.
Section 51. If unimproved and unoccupied land does not exceed 1
four thousand square feet in area, or is laid out in lots or parcels no one 2
of which exceeds such area, and the taxes unpaid for any one year do not 3
exceed fifty cents on such land, or on any such lot or parcel thereof, the 4
collector may give notice of the sale by publication of an advertisement 5
stating the name of the owner of record of each lot on April first of the 6
year of assessment, the tax due thereon and the number of such lot on a 7
street, way or plan, without further description thereof. The collector 8
may convey in one deed to the same purchaser or convey to the town 9
any number of the lots so advertised and sold, and said deed shall state 10
the name of said owner of record of each lot conveyed therein, on April 11
first of said year, the amount of the taxes and costs due for each lot, and 12
the number on the street, way or plan of each lot respectively, and need 13
contain no further description of the lot, owner or amount due. The cost 14
of the sale shall be apportioned equally among all the lots sold, and the 15
cost of the deed shall be apportioned equally among all the lots con\e3'ed 16
thereby. 17
Custody
of deeds,
management
of lands, etc.
1862, 183,
§§2,4.
P. S. 12, § 43
1888, 390, § S
1889,334,11
Section 52. Deeds to a city shall be placed in the custody of its 1
collector, and to a town in the custody of its treasurer. Cities and towns 2
may make regulations for the possession, management and sale of such 3
land and for the assignment of tax titles, not inconsistent with law or 4
with the right of redemption. R. l. i3, § 52. 5
1909, 490, II, § 53. 1918, 257, § 51. 1919,5. 1920,2.
Chap. CO.] collection of local taxes. 583
1 Section 53. If a tax on land is not paid within fourteen days after Taking for
2 demand therefor and remains unpaid at the date of taking, the collector iItI! 266, § s.^'
3 may take such land for the town, first giving three weeks' notice of his r|''i|°''5 |4*'
4 intention to exercise such power of taking, which notice may be served in ^^f' jl^'^^j"-
5 the manner required by law for the ser\'ice of subpcenas on witnesses in jj°^ 5^^°'
6 civil cases or may be published, and shall conform to the requirements of 22's aiass. 441.
7 section forty. He may also post a similar notice under section forty-two.
1 Section 54. The instrument of taking shall be under the hand and J°kiJi^"io"^°'
2 seal of the collector and shall contain a statement of the cause of taking, a ^^^J^"*^'
3 substantially accurate description of each parcel of land taken, the name isrs, 266. § 5.
4 of the person to whom the same was assessed, the amount of the tax 1888.390,554.
5 thereon, and the incidental expenses and costs to the date of taking, el' 13, '§'54!
6 and shall be recorded in the registry of deeds; and title to the land so n.^j's^s^"'
7 taken shall thereupon vest in the town, subject to the right of redemption. JgJ^fa^gg' I7I
8 Such title, and also the title conveyed by a deed or taking under sections
9 se\'enty-nine to eighty-one, inclusive, shall, until redemption or until the
10 right of redemption is foreclosed as hereinafter provided, be held as
1 1 security for the repayment of said taxes with all intervening costs, terms
12 of redemption and charges, with interest thereon.
1 Section 55. If land has been so taken there shall be allowed to the Fees for taking.
2 collector and added to the tax the charges and fees fixed by section fifteen, p. s.'ia, § 47. '
1888,390, I 55. R. L. 13, § 55. 1909, 490, II, § 56.
1 Section 56. The assessment, sale or taking may be made in the Taking in name
2 name of one or more of the record owners at the date of assessment, and Sf severai'"°'^°
3 if so made, shall, subject to section forty-three, be deemed to be in the brSf whoie"
4 name of the owner thereof. Every such sale or taking shall be of the ^fsi%04, § 4.
5 whole estate and not of the undivided interest of any joint owner thereof. ^ s. 12, § 48.
1888. 390, § 56. 175 Ma.ss. 355. 1S3 Mass, 303,
R. L. 13. § 56. 180 Mass. 65. 213 Mass, 239.
1909, 490, II, § 57.
1 Section 57. The affida\it of the collector, deputy collector or dis- Affidavit of
2 interested person reciting the proceedings required by law in the sale to be evidence.
3 of land for taxes, with copies of the advertisement and notices annexed r, s.'s, '
4 thereto, recorded within three months after such sale in the registry of G_|"i|f'
5 deeds, shall be competent e\idence of demand, notice and service. §§27,32.
1878, 266, § 5.
1892, 109, § 1.
1909, 490, II. «
P. S. 12, §§ 34, 45,
R. L. 13, § 57.
152 Mass. 203.
1888,390, §§ 39.53.
1 Section 58. If proceedings ha\'e been commenced for the taking Mortgagee
2 or sale of land for a tax assessed thereon, or if the owner of land has ^'Jfa'dd'to^
3 neglected to pay such tax within the year for which it is assessed, the isse, m"? 2.
4 holder of a mortgage thereon may pay such tax, charges and expenses to f87l',266^§^i4.
5 the collector; and the amount so paid may be added to the mortgage ^jf^glo^flo
6 debt. R. L. 13, § 62. 1909. 490, II, § 63. 1918, 257, § 54.
1 Section 59. If a tax on land is assessed to a mortgagor and mort- Mortgagor or
2 gagee separately, any part thereof remaining unpaid on January first pay tax To
3 following its assessment may be paid by either party. If a mortgagee deducted fn)m
4 pays a tax, interest or costs thereon which by law or by the terms of the ,"°ertafn raseV
5 mortgage was payable by the mortgagor, the amount so paid shall be p^ l^'if^^j Is'"
584
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 60.
1S88. 390. 1 63. added to the mortgage debt. If it is by law or by the terms of the mort- 0
i90fl. 490, ■ gage payable by the mortgagee, and is paid by the mortgagor, the amount 7
so paid shall be deducted from the mortgage debt unless the parties have, S
in writing, otherwise agreed. 9
II. f GS,
Payment of
taxes by person
other than
owner of fee.
185l'>, 239,
§§ 1-3
G. S. 12. Ml.
P. S. 12.
55 54,57
1888, 390.
§§ 62, 63, 6.5
U. L. 13, § 05.
1909, 490,
n, § 66.
206 Mass. 377.
Section 60. If a person other than the^owner of the fee rightfully 1
pays the taxes assessed on land to the collector or treasurer, before a 2
taking or sale, the collector or treasurer shall give him a certificate of 3
such payment stating the name of the person to whom the land is taxed, 4
of the person paying the tax, and a substantially accurate description of 5
the land. Such certificate being recorded in the registry of deeds within 6
thirty days from its date shall be notice to all persons of such payment 7
and of the lien therefor. A person whose tax is paid by another shall 8
upon repaying the same have the same right to recover it from the town, 9
if illegally assessed, which he would have had if the tax had been paid by 10
him under written protest. 11
Lien for sub-
sequent taxes
to continue
after sale
or taking.
Payment on
foreclosure,
etc.
1919, 263.
COLLECTION OF TAXES SUB.SEQUENT TO SALE OR TAKING.
Section 61. Whenever a town shall have purchased or taken real 1
estate for payment of taxes the lien of the town on such real estate for 2
all taxes assessed subsequently to the assessment for payment of which 3
the estate was purchased or taken shall continue, and it shall be unneces- 4
sary for the town to take or sell said real estate for non-payment of said 5
subsequent taxes, costs and interest; and on either redemption from, or 6
foreclosure of, the right of redemption under such taking or purchase, 7
said subsequent taxes, costs and interest shall be paid to the town, and 8
the payment shall be made a part of the terms of redemption. 9
Redemption of
land taken or
sold for taxes.
1785, 70, § 7.
R. S. 8, § 32.
1848, 166,
§§ 6,8.
1850, 98,
§§ 1, 2.
G. S. 12,
§§36,37.
1878, 266,
§§ 9, 14.
1879, 73; 94.
1881, 304, § 4.
P. S. 12,
§1 49, 50.
1888, 390,
§§ 57, 58.
1891,288.
R. L. 13,
§§ 58-60.
1902, 443.
1905, 325, § 1.
1909, 490, II,
§§ 69-61,
1915, 237, §16.
1918, 257, § 53.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
11 Gush. 289.
11 Gray, 410.
98 Mass. 44.
REDEMPTION.
Section 62. Any person ha\ing an interest in land taken or sold for 1
non-payment of taxes, including those assessed under sections twelve, 2
thirteen and fourteen of chapter fifty-nine, or his heirs or assigns, may, 3
within two years after the taking or sale, redeem the same by paying or 4
tendering to the collector, if the estate has been taken or purchased by 5
the town, the amount of the tax, all intervening taxes, charges and fees, 6
and interest on the whole at the rate of eight per cent per annum; or by 7
paying or tendering to the purchaser, or his legal representatives or 8
assigns, the original sum and intervening taxes paid by him and interest 9
on the whole at said rate. In each case he shall also pay for examina- 10
tion of title and a deed of release not more than three dollars in the aggre- 11
gate; and in addition thereto the actual cost of recording the, tax deed 12
or evidence of taking. He may redeem the land by paying to the col- 13
lector the sum which he would be required to pay to the purchaser, 14
with one dollar additional. 15
No person shall knowingly collect or attempt to collect for the re- 16
demption of any such land a sum of money greater than that authorized 17
by this section.
126 Mass. 278. 335.
130 Mass. 124.
136 Mass. 267.
143 Mass. 59.
148 Mass. 444.
166 Mass. 407.
174 Mass. 303.
124 Mass. 3
177 Ma
ss. 431.
179 Ma
S3. 112.
1S5 Ma
ss. 119,398.
ISIJ Ma
S3. 440.
189 Ma
ss. 139.
200 Mass. 354.
204 Ma
SS. 594.
18
210 Mas
s. 145.
213 Mas
s. 199.
214 Mas
s. 542.
224 Mas
S.551.
231 Mas
s. 233.
CUAP. GO.] COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES. 585
1 Section 63. The collector shall receive any money paid to him in- Person paying
2 stead of the purchaser and give to the person paying it a certificate rece,ve°certiti-
3 specifying the amount paid, the name of the person to whom and the real reieases'tax
4 estate on which the tax was originally assessed, and the registry of deeds f^^^ 'j'^j, . ^
5 and the book and page of the records therein where the collector's deed Sf '|'|p-
6 is recorded; and the recording of the certificate in said registry shall isss. 390, § S9.
7 extinguish all right and title acquired under the collector's deed. The 1902! 443.
8 collector shall on demand pay over all money so paid, to the person en- IgMllga^"'
9 titled thereto as determined by him, except that he shall retain one dol- {ge^Mass. 440.
10 lar for the use of the town and shall account to it therefor. If the amount -"^ ^'^^^- ^*^-
11 so paid is less than the purchaser was entitled to, the balance with
12 interest at eight per cent per annum may after demand therefor be
13 recovered in contract by the purchaser against the person paying such
14 amount, if the action is commenced within three months after such pay-
15 ment to the collector.
T.\X TITLES.
1 Section 64. The title conveyed by a tax collector's deed or by a Tax title to be
2 taking of land for taxes shall be absolute after foreclosure of the right of foredosure. "
3 redemption by decree of the land court as provided in this chapter. The '^'^•^•''' » •
4 land court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the foreclosure of all rights
5 of redemption from titles conveyed by a tax collector's deed or a taking
6 of land for taxes, in a proceeding provided for in sections sixty-five to
7 seventy-five, inclusive.
1 Section 65. Atter two years from a sale or taking of land for taxes, Petition for
2 whoever then holds the title thereby acquired may bring a petition in the rights'of re-°
3 land court for the foreclosure of all rights of redemption thereunder. taTtitl?" ""'^'^'^
4 Such petition shall be made in the form to be prescribed by said court Iso^MasI'. La
5 and shall set forth a description of the land to which it applies, with its
6 assessed valuation, the petitioner's source of title, giving a reference to
7 the place, book and page of record, and such other facts as may be neces-
8 sary for the information of the court. Two or more parcels of land may
9 be included in any petition brought by a town, whether under a taking
10 or as purchaser of such title or titles.
1 Section 66. Upon the filing of such a petition the court shall forth- Examination of
2 with cause to be made by one of its official examiners an examination 'tc^' °°"'^^'
3 of the title sufficient only to determine the persons who may be inter- '^'^' ^^^' ^ '■
4 ested in the same, and shall upon the filing of the examiner's report notify
5 all persons appearing to be interested, whether as equity owners, mort-
6 gagees, lienors, attaching creditors or otherwise, of the pendency of the
7 petition, the notice to be sent to each by registered mail and return of
8 receipt required, the addresses of respondents, so far as may be ascer-
9 tained, being furnished by the petitioner. Such other and further notice
10 by publication or otherwise shall be given as the court may at any time
11 order. The notice, to be addressed "To all whom it may concern", shall
12 contain the name of the petitioner, the names of all known respondents,
13 a description of the land and a statement of the nature of the petition,
14 shall fix the time within which appearance may be entered, and shall con-
15 tain a statement that unless the party notified shall appear within the
16 time fixed a default will be recorded, the petition taken as confessed, and
17 the right of redemption forever barred.
586
COLLECTION OF LOCAL T.VXES.
[Chap. 60.
Default.
1915.237, § I
Section 67. After the return day fixed, to be at least twenty days 1
after the time of the actual issuance of notice, the court shall, if satisfied 2
that the notice has been properly given, on motion of the petitioner 3
enter an order defaulting all persons failing to appear, and decreeing that 4
the petition as to them be taken as confessed. 5
to°rSm, ^"^ Section 68. Any person claiming an interest, within ten days after 1
f'o"r''r^emp't'ion' entering his appearance or within such further time as may on motion 2
1915. 237. §7. be allowed by the court, shall, if he desires to redeem, file an answer 3
setting forth his right in the premises, together with all matters which 4
in equity and good conscience entitle him to redeem, and an offer to re- 5
deem upon such terms as may be fixed by the court. Thereupon the 6
court shall hear the parties, and, if good cause is shown therefor, may 7
make a finding allowing the party to redeem, within a time fixed by the 8
court, upon payment to the petitioner of an amount sufficient to cover the 9
original sum, costs, interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum, and 10
all subsequent taxes, costs and interest to which the petitioner may be 11
entitled under section sixty-one or sixty-two, together with the costs of 12
the proceeding and such counsel fee as the court deems reasonable. The 13
court may impose such other terms as justice and the circumstances 14
warrant. 15
Decree barring
redemption,
when.
1915,237, § 8.
Section 69. If a default is entered under section sixty-seven, or on 1
motion for failure to file answer, or if redemption is not made within the 2
time and upon the terms fixed by the court under the preceding section, 3
or if at the time fixed for the hearing the person claiming the right to 4
redeem does not appear to urge his claim, or if upon hearing the court 5
determines that the facts shown do not entitle him to redeem, a decree 6
shall be entered which shall fore\er bar all rights of redemption. 7
Section 70. If a person claiming an interest desires to raise any
raised. Decree
of court.
1915, 237, § 9.
filed in the proceeding within ten days after filing his appearance, or 3
within such further time as may on motion be allowed by the court, or 4
else be forever barred from contesting or raising the cjuestion in any other 5
proceeding. He shall also file specifications setting forth the matters 6
upon which he relies to defeat the title; and unless such specifications are 7
so filed, all questions of the validity or invalidity of the title, whether 8
in form of deed or proceedings relating to the sale or taking, shall be 9
deemed to ha\e been waived. Upon the filing of the specifications 10
the court shall hear the parties, and shall enter a decree in conformity 11
with the law on the facts found. 12
ciSmt^iues Section 71 . Any party may claim a jury trial within ten days after 1
1915, 237, § io. filing his answer, but unless so claimed the right to jury trial shall be 2
deemed to be waived. Upon such a claim issues shall be framed therefor 3
in accordance with the practice in the land court. 4
S^qSestions' Section 72. Questions of law may be reported by the court or taken 1
i9i5"237 § 11 ^^ ^^^ supreme judicial court for revision by any party aggrieved, in tiie 2
same manner as in other proceedings in the land court. 3
Chap. 60.] collection of loc^l taxes. 587
1 Section 73. The petitioner, at the time of fihng his petition, shall Costs and fees.
n , ..,, , rr' ■ 7 ... Deposit, etc.
2 deposit With the recorder a sum sumcient to co\er the costs of the pro- isis. 237, § 12.
3 ceedings as estimated by the court, and the fees chargeable by the court
4 as the case proceeds shall be computed in accordance with section thirty-
5 nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, so far as applicable, except
6 that the charge for examination of title shall be the actual amount
7 allowed the title examiner by the court. The money paid into court
8 as aforesaid by the petitioner shall be disbursed directly by the recorder
9 for necessary expenses incurred, and the balance of fees chargeable in
10 each finished case shall be paid over quarterly to the commonwealth.
1 Section 74. Notice of filing the petition for foreclosure and notice Notice of
2 of the final disposition thereof shall be recorded in the registry of deeds, poTition of '^"
3 as provided for in land registration proceedings. 1915,237, §14. recorded*"''^
1 Section 75. Practice and procedure under sections sixty-four to Practice and
2 seventy-four, inclusive, not therein otherwise proA'ided for, shall con- genemr^'"
3 form as nearly as possible to the land court practice, rules, regulations '9i^23.,§ 13.
4 and procedure in relation to matters of land registration.
1 Section 76. The superior court shall have jurisdiction as to re- Petition for,
2 demption in all cases of taking or sale of land for non-pa>inent of taxes suptrior'com",
3 if relief is sought before proceedings for foreclosure of the right of re- p'roced°ure''"'^'
4 demption have been begim in the land court, and may grant such right HH' l^' I f
5 of redemption or other relief as justice may require, fixing the terms ^. s, 12, 5 42^
6 therefor, or may refuse the same. The proceedings shall be begun by a p s.12, § 6b.
7 bill as in equity, and memoranda, both of the beginning and of the final im, 177'
8 disposition thereof, shall be recorded or filed in the registry of deeds, 1905; 325,^^3;
9 similar to those required by sections fifteen and sixteen of chapter one JgTOilga
10 hundred and eighty-four in the case of unregistered land, and to those {915^2*37
11 required by sections eighty-six and eighty-seven of chapter one hundred §§ is, 26.
12 and eighty-five in the case of registered land. i9i8, 257, § ss. 1919, 5.
1920, 2. 150 Mass. 73. 204 Mass. 594.
11 Gush. 289. 172 Mass. 436, 205 Mass. 350.
H Gray, 410. 175 Mass. 485. 210 Mass. 145.
98 Mass. 44. 177 Mass. 431. 214 Mass. 542.
112 Mass. 186. 178 Mass. 460. 218 Mass. 339.
126 Mass. 335. 179 Mass. 112. 224 Mass. 184.
143 Mass. 59. 187 Mass. 474. 231 Mass. 233.
1 Section 77. After foreclosure by a town of the rights of redemption Title of city
2 under a tax title or taking, as hereinbefore provided, the land shall there- fOTeSofure"'^
3 after be held and disposed of like any land belonging to it and held for iso^isSs! lio.'
4 municipal purposes, and shall not while so held be assessed for taxes.
1 Section 78. Before foreclosure or redemption, taxes on land taken Assessment of
2 or purchased by a town shall be assessed to the person to whom they taken o'rpur-
3 would be assessed if the land had not been so taken or purchased. In or town'^^ ""'"
4 case of a sale under the following section, such taxes shall be deducted Jl^l; lll[ | f^
5 from the proceeds thereof, before any surplus is disposed of as therein fsfj 390^^64
6 provided. In case of foreclosure, any such taxes of which the lien has PnQo Jog^ ''^■
7 not expired shall be credited to the collector as if collected by him. 11, §'67. '
1915, 237, § 19. 208 Mass. 537. 230 Mass, 580.
588
COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES.
[Chap. 60.
Sale without
foreclosure of
lands taken or
purchased by
city or town in
certain cases.
1915,66, § 1;
237, § 2.
1918, 257, § 52.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
SALE OF LANDS OF LOW VALUE HELD BY CITY OR TOWN UNDER TAX TITLES.
Section 79. After two years from the taking or purchase by a town 1
of any lands for non-payment of taxes, the commissioner may, and on 2
written appHcation of its collector shall, inquire into the value of such 3
lands. If the commissioner is of opinion that such lands are of insuffi- 4
cient value to meet the taxes, interest and charges, and all subsequent 5
taxes and assessments thereon, together with the expenses of a fore- 6
closure under section sixty-nine, he shall make affidavit of such finding, 7
which shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the district where the 8
town is situated. 9
Upon the recording thereof the collector may sell all the parcels in- 10
eluded therein, severally or together, at public auction to the highest 11
bidder, first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting a notice 12
of the sale in some convenient and public place in the town fourteen days 13
at least before the sale. If the sale under this section shall not be made 14
within two years after the right of redemption under section sixty-two 15
from the tax sale or taking has expired, it shall be made by the collector 16
for the time being when he deems best, or at once upon service on him 17
of a written demand by any person interested therein. The collector 18
shall execute and deli\'er to the highest bidder a deed, without covenant 19
except that the sale has in all particulars been conducted according to 20
law. Title taken pursuant to a sale under this section shall be subject 21
to sections sixty-four to seventy-eight, inclusive. 22
If the amount received from the sale is more than the taxes, interest 23
and charges, and subsequent taxes and assessments, on all lands included 24
in the sale, together with the expenses thereof, the balance shall be de- 25
posited with the town treasurer to be paid to the person entitled thereto, 26
if demanded within five years, otherwise it shall enure to the town. If 27
such surplus results from the sale of several parcels for a lump sum, it 28
shall be held as aforesaid for the several owners in proportion to the prices 29
at which the several parcels were originally taken or purchased by the 30
town. ' 31
makelffid'avit SECTION 80. If uo pcrsou bids at such a sale, or if the person to whom
failure'to'M''' ^^^ ^^'^'^ '^ ^*^^*^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ withiu ten days pay to the collector the sum bid
or to pay by him, the collector shall make an affidavit of the fact, which shall be
recorded in the registry of deeds within thirty days after the date on
which the land was offered for sale, after which said affidavit shall be in
the custody of the town treasurer, and the same, or a copy thereof, cer-
tified by the register of deeds, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
therein stated.
toki^possession. SECTION 81. The collcctor shall, within thirty days after the re- 1
237^§^l5^^' cording of said affidavit, take possession of said land in behalf of the 2
town. 3
Collector to
notify hold
PROCEEDINGS IF T.\X TITLE IS DEEMED INVALID.
Section 82. If a collector has reasonable cause to believe that the
fivl'id.lltc'"'"' title to land sold for non-payment of taxes or of assessments, a lien for
which is enforceable by a sale of land, is invalid by reason of an error,
omission or informality in the assessment or sale, he may, within two
years after the date of the deed of such land, give notice to the record
1878, 200,
P. S. 12, § 59.
1888, 390, § 09
1889, .334, § 15
R. L. 13, § 70.
Chap. 60.] collection of local taxes. 589
6 owner thereof, requiring him, within thirty days thereafter, to release i909,49o,
7 any interest which he may have in such land under said deed, and to re- 207 Mass. 412.
8 ceive from the town the amount paid therefor with interest at ten per ^°^ ^^"^^^ ^^^
9 cent or to file with the collector a written statement that he refuses to
10 release such interest. Such statement, if recorded in the registry of deeds,
1 1 shall release the town from any liability upon the warranty in said deed.
1 Section S3. If, within thirty days after such notice, such owner to record
affidavi
notice i
not relt
Effect.
4 and of the facts in the case, to be recorded in the registry of deeds. A p^g^'jl^^s L^'
5 note of reference to the record of said copy shall be made on the margin isss. 390, § 70.
6 of the record of the collector's deed therein referred to; and from the 1909,490,
7 time of such record the interest payable by reason of a breach of war- 209 Mass. 365.
8 ranty in such deed shall cease, and all right and title acquired under such
9 deed shall be held to be released. The collector shall give notice of such
10 proceedings to the town treasurer, who shall, on reasonable demand,
11 pay over out of any funds in his hands the amount due in respect of said
12 deed to the person entitled thereto.
1 Section 84. If the invalidity of a title described in section eighty- Reassessment
2 two was caused by an error, omission or informality in the assessment, tixes^wtm "L
3 the collector, after obtaining from the holder of the deed a release of his Dfscia'ime'r''of
4 interest or after causing a copy of the notice to be filed and recorded as ^i''?or'to''^
5 provided in the preceding section, shall forthwith notify the board by 1878,266,
6 which the tax or assessment was laid, which shall forthwith reassess p s.'i2,
7 it as provided in section seventy-se\en of chapter fifty-nine. If such issam
8 invalidity was caused by an error, omission or informality in the pro- ilsglm § 15.
9 ceedings of the collector, he shall, after obtaining such release or after fg,^ If^^ ''^■
10 filing and recording such copy, forthwith collect the unpaid tax or as- lh}.l^- ,„.
• e ■ 1 Ti" 1 ^^ Mass, 365.
11 sessment in coniormity to law. It the collector has reasonable cause
12 to believe that a tax title, held by a town under a sale or taking for non- .
13 payment of a tax, is invalid by reason of any error, omission or informal-
14 ity in the assessment, sale or taking, he may disclaim and release such title
15 by an instrument under his hand and seal, duly recorded in the registry
16 of deeds.
LIEN of co-tenants.
1 Section 85. A tenant in common or joint tenant, who pays the Co-tenant
2 entire tax assessed upon land held jointly or in common, shall have a ElvIfLn'on''
3 lien upon the interest of each of his co-tenants, to secure the payment to c^Snt' '"'*
4 him of the proportion of such tax payable by each of said co-tenants i?s^' 1^2^*5 Is'
5 respectively, with the costs of enforcing the same; but any person whose jf^^'fa^^P'
6 tax has been so paid by his co-tenant shall have the same right to re- i909, 49b,
7 cover it back if illegally assessed as he would have had if the tax had 195 Mass 55.
8 been paid under a protest by him in writing.
1 Section 86. Such lien may be enforced in the manner provided in Enforcement
2 chapter two hundred and fifty-four for enforcing liens on buildings and °l!lt^°nt.
3 land under written contracts for the erection, alteration, repair or re- Ifil^^*^'
4 moval of buildings or structures; but shall be dissolved, unless the per- fj|4'|'5
5 son desiring to avail himself thereof, or some one in his behalf, subscribes i|^*' 3s°'
6 and makes oath to a certificate setting forth a description, sufficiently k l.'i3,§74.
7 accurate for identification, of the property intended to be covered by the 11, §'75. '
590
COLLECTION OF LOCAL T.\XES.
[CH-\P. 60.
191S, 257, § 57.
1919. 5.
1920, 2.
14S Mass. 444.
195 Mass. 55.
231 Mass. 341.
lien, the names of the several co-tenants and the interest of each therein, 8
the amount of the tax paid, and the amount due from each co-tenant, 9
and within thirty days after the day of payment of said tax records such 10
certificate in tlie registry of deeds, and unless a bill in equity to enforce 11
the lien is commenced within sixty days after the date of recording said 12
certificate. Such lien shall have priority o\'er all liens and encumbrances 13
arising after the filing of the certificate recjuired by this section, but shall 14
not be valid against a mortgage actually existing antl duly recorded 15
prior to the recording of said certificate, or against any lien existing under 16
section one or section three of chapter two hundred and fifty-four prior 17
to the filing of the certificate. No person except the co-tenant who paid 18
the tax, or a person claiming by, through or under him, shall be made a 19
party plaintifi' in a bill brought under this section. 20
By-laws, etc.,
to direct col-
lector to sell
or take.
1878, 266, § 6,
1879. 169.
P. S. 12, § 67.
1888, 390, § 7;
R L. 13, § 76.
1909, 490,
II, § 77.
Sheriff or
deputy must
post list and
warrant thirty
days before
distress.
1785, 70,
§§ 3, 4.
MISCELL.\NEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 87. A city or town may, bj' ordinance or by-law, respec- 1
tively, direct whether its collector shall exercise the power of sale or the 2
power of taking to enforce the lien for taxes; and in default of such 3
ordinance or by-law the collector may exercise either power at his dis- 4
cretion; but the passage of any such ordinance or by-law shall not 5
render invalid any proceedings then pending. 6
Section 88. When the tax list and warrant of the assessors is com- 1
mitted to the sheriff or his deputy, he shall forthwith post, in some public 2
place in the town, an attested copy of said list and warrant; and shall 3
make no distress for a tax within thirtv davs thereafter. 4
Sheriff's fees
for collecting.
1785, 70. § 4.
R. S. 8, § 35.
G. S. 12, 5 44.
P. S. 12, § 69.
18SS, 390, § 79.
R. L. 13, § 78.
1909, 490,
II, § 79.
Section 89. If a person pays his tax within said thirty days, the 1
officer shall receive from him for his fees five per cent on the sum as- 2
sessed; but if a tax remains unpaid after said thirty days, he shall col- 3
lect it by distress or imprisonment, or by sale of land as a collector would 4
do. The officer may also levy his fees for ser\4ce and travel in the col- 5
lection of each person's tax, as in other cases of distress and commitment, 6
or sale of land. 7
Treasurer as
collector may
issue warrants,
etc.
1817, 69.
1834, 148.
R. S. 8,
§§36,61.
G. S. 12, § 45.
1874, 28, § 2.
P. S. 12, I 70.
Section 90. If a town appoints its treasurer as the collector of taxes,
he may issue his warrants to the sheriff of the county, or his deputy, or
to any constable of the town, returnable in sixty days, requiring them to
collect any or all taxes due. Such warrants shall be substantially in the
same form, and shall confer the same powers as warrants by assessors to
collectors. 18S8, 390, § 8O. R. L. 13, § 79. 1009, 490, 11, § 8O. 191 Mass. 503.
Restraint of
foreign cor-
poration or
person from
doing business
until tax is
paid.
1902, 349.
1909. 490,
II. §81.
194 Mass. 127.
Section 91. WTien any foreign corporation or non-resident person, 1
doing business in the commonwealth, shall for sixty days neglect, refuse 2
or omit to pay a tax lawfully assessed and payable, any court ha\'ing 3
jurisdiction in equity may on petition of the collector of taxes of the 4
town where the tax is assessed restrain said corporation or person from 5
doing business in the commonwealth until said tax, with all incidental 6
costs and charges, shall have been paid. Ser\'ice of process upon any 7
such petition may be made by an officer duly qualified to serve process, 8
by leaving a duly attested copy thereof at the place where the business 9
is carried on. 10
Chap. 60.] collection of local taxes. 591
1 Section 92. The board of aldermen or selectmen may empower any Aldermen or
2 officer authorized to collect taxes to appoint such deputies as he deems authorize ap-
3 expedient. Any such deputy may be a woman. Such deputies shall Sepu'tTes""'
4 give bond for the faithful performance of their duties in such sum as Ks^il^'/y'i
5 the aldermen or selectmen may prescribe and shall have the powers of Jj^^l.' i3°§\a '
6 collectors. laoS' 247. 1909, 490. 11, § S2.
1 Section 93. The treasurer or other disbursing officer of any town Money payable
2 may, and if so requested by the collector, shall, withhold payment of any to person owing
3 money payable to any person whose taxes are then due and wholly or withheld, Itc.
4 partly unpaid to an amount not exceeding the unpaid tax with interest p*s^'i2!"§ 72*
5 and costs. The sum withheld shall be paid or credited to the collector, J**^' i^^^^g^--
6 who shall, if required, give a written receipt therefor. The person taxed J?°?c*i'°'
7 may in such case ha\e the same remetly as if he had paid such tax after
8 a levy upon his goods. The collector's rights under this section shall not
9 be affected by any assignment or trustee process.
1 Section 94. The aldermen or selectmen may require the collector Mayor and
2 once in two months to exliibit to them a true account of all money re- seLrtm'en may
3 ceived on the taxes committed to him, and to produce the treasurer's ferto'r toex-
4 receipts for all money paid into the treasury by him. and receip"tS.*^
17S3, 66. § 1. P. S. 12. § 73. 1909, 490, II. § 84.
R. S. 8. § 45. 1SS8, 390, § 83.
G. S. 12, § 46. R. L. 13, § 82. Penalty, § 99.
1 Section 95. The collector shall be credited with all sums abated; pa^fou^to
2 with the amount of taxes assessed upon any person committed to jail lfll'i^^2, § 6.
3 for non-payment of his tax within one year from the receipt of the tax g- 1- f^^^fg
4 list by the collector, and who has not paid his tax; with any sums which is6^2, iss, § s.
5 the town may see fit to abate to him, due from persons committed after is8s,39b, §85.
6 the expiration of a year; with all sums withheld by the treasurer of a town igos, 99, § 2^'
7 under section ninety-three ; and with the amount of the taxes and charges n,°§'85^'''
8 where land has been purchased or taken by the town for non-payment ^soLyi'ih.
9 of taxes. When a collector is credited with the amount of taxes assessed
10 upon any person committed to jail for the non-pajinent of his tax, who
11 has not paid his tax, said collector shall also be paid and credited with
12 the fees and charges which have become a part of said taxes and to which
13 he or the officer acting under his warrant is entitled.
1 Section 96. If a collector becomes insane, absconds or removes from Aidermen or
2 the town or in the judgment of the aldermen or selectmen is about to so remove coi""^
3 remove or is otherwise unable to discharge his duty, or if he refuses on certain"ases.
4 demand to exliibit to the aldermen or selectmen his books, vouchers and \llf^ l^' | }g
5 accounts of collections as provided in this chapter, the aldermen or select- j^^'^s'l^jy-
6 men may remove him from office. g. s. 12, § 52. p. s. 12, § 79.
1888, 390, § 89. R L. 13, § 84. 1909, 490, II, § 86. 7 Gray, 128.
1 Section 97. If a collector dies or is removed from office or if the Uncollected
2 term of office of a collector \\ho is paid by a fixed salary expires before commiMed to
3 the collection of the taxes committed to him is completed, the assessors deceSS"^^ etc.,
4 shall commit to his successor the list of taxes uncollected with their i7g|f4°6; § 5;
5 warrant. If the collector is his own successor he shall complete the col- |°'| 1 ^ gg
6 lection of the taxes as a part of the duties of his new term of office and g^ s ua 53.
7 not as a part of the duties of his former term of office.
P. S. 12, §§ so. SI. R. L. 13. § 85. 1919.41.
1888, 390. §§ 90, 91. 1909, 490, II, § 87. 1 Met. 524.
592
COLLECTION OF LOCAL T.tXES.
[Chap_ go.
Action to
recover back
taxes paid,
when main-
tainable.
1859, 118,
5§3.4
G S. 12, 5 56.
P. S. 12, § 84.
1888, 390, § 94.
R. L. 13, § 8G.
1909. 490,
II. § 88.
13 Grav, 476.
1 Allen, 319.
10 Allen, 48.
99 Mass. 208.
102 Mass. 348.
Section 98. No action to recover back a tax shall be maintained, 1
except as provided in sections sixty and eighty-five, unless commenced 2
within three months after payment of the tax nor unless such tax is paid 3
either after an arrest of the person paying; it, a levy on his goods, a notice 4
of a sale of his land, a written protest signed by him, or a withholding 5
of money due him under section ninety-three. In an action founded on 6
an error or irregularity in the assessment or apportionment of a tax, 7
only the amount in excess of the tax for which the plaintifT was liable 8
shall be recoverable; and no sale, contract or levy shall be avoided solely 9
by reason of such error or irregularity. i26Mass. 97. 10
hibit accounts
or receipts.
1783, 66, § 2.
R. S. 8, § 46.
PENALTIES.
Section 99. A collector who neglects or refuses to exhibit accounts 1
or to produce receipts, as required under section ninety-four, shall for- 2
feit to the town two and one half per cent of the sums committed to 3
him for collection. g. s. 12, § 47. 4
p. S. 12, § 74. ISS8, 390, § S4. R. L. 13, § 82. 1909, 490, II, § 84.
TOUe^Jtorretc., SECTION 100. Violation by a collector, former collector, or an execu- 1
turn'over" '° **^'^' ^i" administrator of a collector or former collector, of any provision 2
i89°"37ot7 *^^ sections nine to twelve, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not 3
R. £.' 13, ■§ n. more than five hundred dollars. i909, 490, 11, in. 4
Penalty for
failure to give
up accounts.
Section 101. Violation of section twelve by a person of whom de- 1
mand is maile thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than 2
five hundred dollars. 3
1892. 370, § 7. R. L. 13, § 11. 1909, 490, II, § 11.
Penalty for
failure to pay
over money or
exhibit books,
Section 102. Violation by a collector of section two or section eight 1
shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars. 2
1897, 120, § 3.
R. L. 13, § 12.
Penalty for
failure to aid
collector when
required.
Section 103. Whoever refuses or neglects to aid a collector when re- 1
quired under section thirty-three shall forfeit not more than ten dollars. 2
1782.61, § 2.
1785. 70. § 9.
R. S. 8, I 6.
G. S. 12, § 17.
P. S. 12, § IS.
1888, 390, § 22.
CTorbitanT Section 104. Violation by a collector, or by a holder of a tax title, 1
charge for Qf t}jg j^st paragraph of section sixty-two, shall be punished by a fine of 2
from tax title, not iiiorc than one hundred dollars. 3
^*^'' ^^^' R. L. 13, § 59. 1909, 490. 11, § GO. 210 Mass. 145.
Forms.
1888, 390, 5 96.
1889, 334, § 16.
R. L. 13. § 87.
Section 105. The following forms may be used in proceedings for the 1
collection of taxes under this chapter, and, if substantially followed, they 2
shall be deemed sufficient for the proceedings to which they respecti\ely 3
relate; but other suitable forms may also be used. These forms may 4
also be used, so far as applicable, in the collection of betterments and 5
other assessments of like character. ti
Chap. 60.] collection of local taxes. 593
SCHEDULE OF FORMS.
No. 1. Form of Demand under Section 1G.
B, , 19 .
To
Herewith find your tax bill due , 19 , amounting to $ . 1913, 311.
Payment of the same is hereby demanded. Interest at the rate of per J?^|a^|J'
cent per annum will be charged from , 19 . You are hereby fgie/ios.
notified that unless your tax is paid in fourteen days from this date, with legal i^is. isO;
then proceed to collect the same according to law.
Collector of Taxes for the of
No. 2. Form of Summons uttoer Section 18.
B, , 19 .
To
Your tax for the year 19 , amounting to $ and interest thereon, is 1013,311
now due. You are required to pay the same wittiin ten days from this date '-'is, -'37,
with twenty cents for this summons. At the expiration of that time, if the tax is
not paid, the collector will proceed to collect the same according to law.
1916, 103.
Collector of Taxes for the of
No. 3. Form of Notice of Sale of Distrained Property under Section 25.
Collector's Sale.
Distrained upon a warrant of distress for non-pajancnt of taxes, and will be 1913,311
sold by public auction on , the day of ,
19 , at o'clock M., at , unless said taxes,
interest and charges shall be paid before the sale, the following described prop-
erty, to wit: [Here describe the property.]
B, , 19 .
Collector of Taxes for the of
(Or other authorized officer, as the case may be.)
No. 4. Form of Notice of Adjournment or Sale under Section 26.
[To the original notice of sale, or a copy thereof, add the following, and post 1913, 311.
at the place of sale :]
The collector hereby gives notice that the above sale stands adjourned to
, the day of , 19 , at the same hour and
place.
B, , 19 .
Collector of Taxes for the of
(Or other authorized officer, as the case may he.)
No. 5. Form op Certificate required by Section 30 to be given when
A Commitment is made.
B, , 19 .
I hereby certify that the tax assessed in the of
as of the first day of April in the year 19 upon
remains unpaid for fourteen days after demand therefor made by me {or the
594 COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES. [ChAP. GO.
collector of taxes of the town of B) and still remains unpaid; and that for want
of goods and chattels whereof to make distress I commit the said person to jail.
I also certify that the amount the said person is to pay for said tax, interest,
charges, fees, and traveling expenses as provided by statute, is
dollars.
Collector of Taxes for the of
{ Or other authorized officer, as the case may be. )
No. 6. Form of Collector's Warrant to distrain or commit itnder
Section 34.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Sheriffs of our several Counties, or their Deputies, or to any Constable of
or Deputy Collector of Taxes for the of in the
County of
Greeting :
Whereas, a resident of in the County of
was duly assessed as of the first day of April in the year nineteen hundred and
, by the Assessors of the of , a tax in
the sum of dollars; and the same now, after the expiration of
fourteen days from the date of a demand made upon him by me in accordance
with law for the payment of the same, remains unpaid ; Therefore,
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you and each of you
are required and directed to distrain the goods or chattels of the said person so
assessed sufficient to satisfy and pay the amount due for such tax and interest,
and all fees and charges of keeping and selling the same, saving and excepting
the tools or implements necessary for the trade or occupation of the said person
so assessed; beasts of the plough necessary for the cultivation of his improved
land; military arms, uniforms and equipment; utensils for housekeeping nec-
essary for upholding life; and bedding and apparel necessary for the said person
so assessed and his family. And the goods and chattels so distrained by you,
you are required to keep at the cost and charge of the o^^^ler for four days at
least and within seven days after the seizure to sell the same at public auction,
for the payment of the said amount due, having first posted up a notice of the
sale in some public place in the city or town where found, forty-eiglit hours at
least before the sale: provided, however, that you may, if you shall see fit, once
adjourn said sale for a time not exceeding three days, in which case you shall
forthwith post up a notice of such adjournment and of the time and place of
sale. And if said distress shall be sold for more than the said amount due, you
shall return the surplus to the owner of such goods or chattels upon demand,
with an account in writing of the sale and charges. And if you cannot find suffi-
cient goods and chattels belonging to the person assessed, whereon to make
distress, you shall take the body of the said person and him commit to one of
the common jails in the county in which you shall arrest him, there to remain
until he shall pay said tax, interest, charges, and fees, and for an arrest, one
dollar and actual traveling expenses incurred in making such arrest; or until
he shall be discharged therefrom by due course of law: provided, however, that
you may at your discretion, after the service of this Warrant, allow such person
to go free for a period not exceeding fourteen days after said ser^'ice, at which
time if said person does not pay his tax with all fees and charges due thereon
including one dollar for service of this Warrant and five cents for each mile
traveled by you in the performance of this collection you shall then arrest said
person on this Warrant and commit him to jail as aforesaid. But if you shall
commit such person for the non-payment of a poll tax only he shall not be de-
tained in jail more than seven days.
And in case you shall commit said person so assessed to jail by virtue of this
Warrant, 3'ou are required to give the keeper of the jail ^\hcrein he may be com-
mitted an attested copy of this Warrant, with a certificate thereon under your
hand, setting forth that for want of goods and chattels of the said person
whereof to make distress, you have taken his body and committed him to jail
as aforesaid; and also setting forth the amount said person is to pay as his tax,
interest, charges, fees and traveling expenses as provided by statute.
Chap. 60.] collection of loc.\l taxes. 595
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon,
witliin sixty days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal this day of 19 .
[seal.]
Collector of Taxes for the of
No. 7. Form of Certificate to be endorsed on Copt or Warrant in Case
OF Commitment.
B, , 19 .
I hereby certify that, by virtue of the warrant, of which the within is a true 1913,3U.
copy, for want of goods and chattels whereof to make distress, I have taken
the body of the within named and committed him to
jail, and that the amount which he is to pay as liis tax, interest, charges, fees,
and traveling expenses as provided by statute, is dollars.
Deputy Collector of Taxes for the of
(Or other authorized officer, as the case may be.)
No. 8. Form of Demand of Tax on Real Estate under Section 37.
C, , 19 .
To
In compliance with the statute I hereby demand of you payment of I9i3, su.
dollars, that being the amount of tax assessed for the year 19 on the estate in Jso^m'sII' In"
this [City or Town] [here give a brief statement of the estate] and owTied or occu-
pied by you at the date of assessment. You are hereby notified that if said
amount, together with the interest, legal costs and charges thereon, is not paid
within fourteen days from this date, with twenty-five cents for this demand,
the said estate will be sold by public auction, pursuant to law.
Collector of Taxes for the of
No. 9. Form of Collector's Notice of Sale of Real Estate to be pub-
lished IN A Newspaper under Section 40.
B, , 19 .
The owners and occupants of the following described parcels of real estate iui3, su.
situated in the [City or Town] of , in the County of and '*'' ^''"'^^
Cor»monwealth of Massachusetts, and the public are hereby notified that the
taxes thereon severally assessed for the years hereinafter specified, according to
the list committed to me as collector of taxes for said by the
assessors of taxes, remain unpaid, and that the smallest undivided part of said
land sufficient to satisfy said taxes, with interest and all legal costs and charges,
or the whole of said land if no person offers to take an undivided part thereof,
win be offered for sale by public auction at the in said
on , 19 , at o'clock M., for the payment of
said taxes with interest, costs and charges thereon, unless the same shall be
previously discharged. [Here state the name of the party taxed, if known; a sub-
stantially accurate description of the estate: the year in which the tax is assessed;
and the amount of the tax on each parcel of real estate.]
Collector of Taxes for the of
596 COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES. [ChaP. ()().
No. 10. Form of Deed u.vder Sections 43 and 45.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To all Perso7is to whom these Presents viaji come,
ao^Mass 563 ^' ' ^'oUector of Taxes for the of ,
209 Mass! 111! in the County of and Commonwealth of !lVIassachnsetts,
Sent> Greeting:
AA'hereas, the Assessors of Taxes of said of , in the
lists of assessments for taxes, which they committed to me to collect for the
year one thousand nine hundred and , duly assessed
as owner or occupant of the land in said , which is hereinafter
described, the sum of dollars and cents, for State,
County and [City or Towti] Taxes thereon; and whereas, on the
day of , A.D. 19 , I duly demanded of said [if the demand
urns nuide on a mortgagee or an attorney of a non-residenl owner, here insert the
fact] the pajTnent of said taxes, so as aforesaid assessed on said
land, and the same were not paid; and whereas, after the expiration of four-
teen days from the time of demanding payment of said taxes as aforesaid, the
same still remaining unpaid, I duly advertised that the smallest undivided
part of said land sufficient to satisfy said taxes with interest and all legal costs
and charges, or the whole of said land if no person offers to take an undivided
part thereof, would be sold by public auction for the payment of said taxes
with interest, and all legal costs and charges, on the day of
, A.D. 19 , at o'clock in the noon, at the
in said , by publishing an advertisement thereof, con-
taining also a substantially accurate description, and the names of all owners
of said land known to me, and the amount of the taxes so as aforesaid assessed
thereon, in the , a newspaper published in , in the
County where said land lies, three weeks successively, the last publication
whereof was at least one week before the time appointed for the sale, and by
posting the said advertisement in public and convenient places in
said , to wit: the , three weeks before
the time appointed for said sale; and whereas, said taxes so as aforesaid assessed
on said land were not paid, I proceeded at the time and pllace appointed as afore-
said for the sale, to offer for sale said land by public auction for the discharge
and payment of said taxes thereon with interest, and said legal costs and charges,
[if the sale is adjourned add the following:] and no person appeared and bid for
an undivided part or for the whole of the land thus offered for sale an amount
equal to the said taxes, interest, costs and charges, and I thereupon, at said
time and place appointed for said sale, adjourned said sale until ,
the day of , A.D. 19 , at
o'clock in the noon, at the same place, and
then and there made public proclamation of said adjournment; [if there are
several adjournments use the follmcing:] and in like manner in all respects and
for the same cause, I adjourned said sale [here state the successive dates, hours
and places to xrhich the sale was adjourned], and then and there made public
proclamation of said adjournments; and at the time and place so fixed and
proclaimed for making said sale on each of the several days, I proceeded to
offer for sale said land by public auction for the payment of said taxes, interest,
costs and charges, and no person appeared at either time so fixed by adjourn-
ment for said sale and bid a sum equal to said taxes, interest, costs and charges,
until on the day of , A.D. 19 , the time and place
so fixed for said sale by the last of the said adjournments [or, if there was but
one adjournment, use such avermerds as will conform to that fact], I proceeded
again to offer for sale by public auction for the payment of said taxes, interest,
costs and charges, the smallest undivided part of said land sufficient for the
payment of said taxes with interest and legal costs and charges; [// an offer
is made for an undivided part tise the following:] and of
in the County of and State of offered at
said auction to take one undivided part of said land and to pay
therefor the amount of said taxes with interest and the legal costs and charges,
and that being the smallest undivided part of said land offered to be taken for
Chap. 60.] collection of local taxes. 597
the payment of said taxes, interest, costs and charges, one undivided
part of said land was struck off to said
Therefore, know ye, that I, the said , Collector of Taxes as afore-
said, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, and in consideration of the
said sum of dollars and cents to me paid by said
, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant,
bargain, sell and convey unto the said one undivided
part of the following described land, being the land taxed as
aforesaid, to wit: [here describe the land.]
{If sale is made of the ivhole, use the following:] and no person offering at said '^iS' 257, § 4S.
auction to take an undivided part of said land, the whole of said land was struck 1920! 2.
off to of in the County of and
State of for the sum of dollars and
cents, being the amount of the taxes and necessary intervening charges.
Therefore, know ye, that I, the said , Collector of Taxes as afore-
said, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, and in consideration of the
said sum of dollars and cents to me paid by said
, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give,
grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said the
following described land, the same being the land taxed as aforesaid, to wit:
[here describe the land.]
[In each case conclude asfolloivs:]
To have and to hold the same, to the said , h heirs and
assigns, to and their use and behoof forever; subject to the right
of redemption by any person legally entitled to redeem the same and to all
easements and restrictions lawfully existing in, upon or over said land or ap-
purtenant thereto when so taken.
And I, the said Collector, do covenant with the said , h heirs
and assigns, that the sale aforesaid has, in all particulars, been conducted ac-
cording to law.
In witness whereof, I, the said , Collector as aforesaid, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this day of , in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
[seal.]
Collector of Taxes for the of
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
ss. 19 .
Then personally appeared the above named , Collector of
Taxes for the of , and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be his free act and deed.
My commission expires
Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
No. 11. Form of Deed when the City or Town is the Purchaser under
Sections 48 and 50.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To all Persons to u-hom these Presents may come,
I, , Collector of Taxes for the [City or Town] of ,
in the County of and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Send Greeting:
Whereas, the Assessors of Taxes of said of , in the
lists of assessments for taxes, which they committed to me to collect for the
598 COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES. [ClIAP. 60.
year one thousand nine hundred and , duly assessed as
owner or occupant of the land in said , which is hereinafter
described, the sum of dollars and cents, for State,
County and [City or Touti] Taxes thereon; and whereas, on the
day of , A.D. 19 , I duly demanded of said [)'/ the demand was
viade on a mortgagee or an allorncy of a non-resident owner, here insert the fact]
the payment of said taxes, so as aforesaid assessed on
said land, and the same were not paid; and whereas, after the expiration of
fourteen days from the time of demanding payment of said taxes as aforesaid,
the same still remaining unpaid, I duly advertised that the smallest undivided
part of said land sufficient to satisfy said taxes with interest and all legal costs
and charges, or the whole of said land if no person offers to take an undivided
part thereof, would be sold by public auction for the payment of said taxes
with interest, and all legal costs and charges, on the day of
, A.D. 19 , at o'clock in the noon, at the
, in said , by publishing an advertisement thereof,
containing also a substantially accurate description, and the names of all owners
of said land, and the amount of the taxes so as aforesaid assessed thereon, in
the , a newspaper published in , in the County where
said land lies, three weeks successively, the last publication whereof was at
least one week before the time appointed for the sale, and by posting the said
advertisement in public and convenient places in said , to
wit: the , three weeks before the time appointed for said sale;
and whereas, said taxes so as aforesaid assessed on said land were not paid, I
proceeded at the time and place appointed as aforesaid for the sale, to sell said
land by public auction for the discharge and payment of said taxes thereon with
interest, and said legal costs and charges and no person appeared and bid for
the estate thus offered for sale an amount equal to the said taxes, interest, costs
and charges, and I thereupon, at said time and place appointed for sale, ad-
journed said sale until the day of , A.D. 19 , at
o'clock in the noon at the same place, and then and there made public
proclamation of said adjournment; and in like manner in all respects and for
the same cause I adjourned said sale [here state the successive dates, hours and
places to ivhich the sale was adjourned], and then and there made public proclama-
tion of said adjournments; and at the time and place so fixed and proclaimed
for making said sale on each of said several days, I proceeded to offer for sale
said real estate by public auction for the payment of said taxes, interest, costs
and charges, and no person appeared at either time so fixed by adjournment
for said sale and bid a sum equal to said taxes, interest, costs and charges, and
at the time and place so fixed for said sale by the last of the said adjournments,
namely, on the day of , A.D. 19 ,
at o'clock in the noon, I made a public declaration of
all the facts hereinbefore recited; and no person then appeared and bid a sum
equal to said taxes, interest, costs and charges [if only one adjournment is made,
change these averments to conform to the facts]; and I thereupon then and there
immediately gave public notice that I should, and that I then and there did
purchase on behalf of the said of , said real estate
for the sum of dollars and cents, being the amount
of said taxes, interest, costs and charges;
Therefore know ye, that I, the said , Collector of Taxes as afore-
said, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, and in consideration of the
premises, hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said
of , the following described real estate, the same being the land taxed
as aforesaid, to wit: [here describe the estate.]
To have and to hold the same, to the said [City or Town] of , and
its assigns, to its and their use and behoof forever; subject to the right of re-
demption by any person legally entitled to redeem the same and to all ease-
ments and restrictions lawfully existing in, upon or over said land or appurte-
nant thereto when so taken.
And I, the said Collector, do covenant with the said of ,
and its assigns, that the sale aforesaid has, in all particulars, been conducted
according to law.
Chap. (30.] collection op local taxes. 599
In witness whereof, I, the said , Collector as aforesaid,_ have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this day of , in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
[seal.]
Collector of Taxes for the of
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
ss. 19 .
Then personally appeared the above named , Collector of
Taxes for the of , and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be his free act and deed.
Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires , 19 .
No. 12. Form of Deed to City or Town, when the Purchaser fails to
pay, etc., under sections 49 and 50.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To all Persons to ichom these Presents may come,
I, , Collector of Taxes for the (City or Town] of , i9i3. su-
in the County of and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Send Greeting:
Whereas, the Assessors of Taxes of said of , in
the Usts of assessments for taxes, which they committed to me to collect for
the year one thousand nine hundred and , duly assessed
as owner or occupant of the land in said , which is hereinafter de-
scribed, the sum of dollars and cents, for State, County
and [City or Town] Taxes thereon; and whereas, on the day of
, A.D. 19 , 1 duly demanded of said [if the demand ivas
made on a mortgagee or an attorney of a non-resident owner, here insert the fact]
the payment of said taxes, so as aforesaid assessed on said land,
and the same were not paid; and whereas, after the expiration of fourteen days
from the time of demanding payment of said taxes as aforesaid, the same still
remaining unpaid, I duly advertised that the smallest undivided part of said
land sufficient to .satisfy said taxes with interest and all legal costs and charges,
or the whole of said land if no person offers to take an undivided part thereof,
would be sold by public auction for the payment of said taxes with interest,
and all legal costs and charges, on the day of , A.D.
19 , at o'clock in the noon, at the ,
in said , by publishing an advertisement thereof, containing also a
substantially accurate description, and the names of all owners of said land
known to me, and the amount of the taxes so as aforesaid assessed thereon, in the
, a newspaper published in , in the County I9i8, 257, § 48.
where said land lies, three weeks successively, the last publication whereof was }jJ2o; I
one week before the time appointed for the sale, and by posting the said ad-
vertisement in public and convenient places in said ,
to wit: the , three weeks before the time appointed for said sale;
and whereas, said taxes so as aforesaid assessed on said land were not paid, I
proceeded at the time and place appointed as aforesaid for the sale, to sell said
land by public auction for the discharge and payment of said taxes thereon with
interest, and said legal costs and charges, and, no person offering to take an
undivided part of the land for the amount of the taxes and necessary intervening
charges, the whole of the said real estate was struck off to of
in the County of and State of for the sum
of dollars and cents, being the amount of the taxes and
necessary intervening charges ; and whereas, the said failed to pay to
me the sum offered by him as aforesaid, and receive his deed of the premises bid
off by him, within twenty days after the said sale, and the said sale became null
and void, and the said of thereby became the pur-
600 COLLECTIOX OF LOCAL TAXES. [ChAP. fiO.
chaser of the premises so bid off by the said for the sum of
dollars and cents, being the amount of said taxes, interest, costs
and charges;
Therefore know ye, that I, the said , Collector of Taxes as
aforesaid, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, and in consideration of
the premises, hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said
of , the following described real estate, the same being
the land taxed as aforesaid, to wit: [here describe the estate.]
To have and to hold the same, to the said of , and
its assigns, to its and their use and behoof forever; subject to the right of re-
demption by any person legally entitled to redeem the same, and to all ease-
ments and restrictions la\^'fully existing in, upon or over said land or appurte-
nant thereto when so taken.
And I, the said Collector, do covenant with the said of
and its assigns, that the sale aforesaid has in all particulars been conducted ac-
cording to law.
In witness whereof, I, the said , Collector as aforesaid, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this day of , in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
[seal.]
Collector of Taxes for the of
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
ss. 19 .
Then personally appeared the above named , Collector of
Taxes for the of , and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be his free act and deed.
Before me.
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires , 19 .
No. 13. Form of Notice of Intention to take Real Estate under Sec-
tion 53.
Collector's Notice.
The owners and occupants of the following described parcels of real estate
situate in the of , in the County of ,
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and all other persons, are hereby noti-
fied that the taxes thereon, severally assessed for the year hereinafter specified,
according to the list committed to me as Collector of Taxes for the said
of , by the Assessors of Taxes of said , remain
unpaid, and that said parcels of real estate will be taken for the said
of , on the day of , A.D.
19 , at o'clock M., for the pajinent of said taxes, together with
the interest, costs and charges thereon, unless the same shall be previously
discharged. [Here state the names of the person assessed, and all oicners known
to the collector, a description of the parcel or parcels of lands, the year for which the
taxes were assessed, and the sum assessed upon each parcel.]
Collector of Taxes for the of
No. 14. Form of Taking of Real Estate under Section 54.
Whereas, the tax assessed by the assessors of as of the first
day of April, in the year 19 , upon as the owner or occupant of
the real estate hereinafter described, was duly committed to me as Collector
of Taxes for said . of ; and whereas, the said taxes,
amounting to dollars and cents, have not been paid;
and whereas, a demand for the payment of said taxes and the interest, costs
and charges then due was made by me on the said on the
Chap. 60.] collection of local taxes. 601
day of , last past, in conformity to law; and whereas, notice of ray
intention to take said real estate by virtue of the authority vested in me as Col-
lector of Taxes for said has been duly given, as by law required; aud
whereas the said taxes, at the date of this instrument, remain unpaid; now,
therefore, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I,
as Collector of Taxes as aforesaid, by virtue of the power and authority in me
vested as aforesaid, have taken, and by these presents do take, for the said
of , subject to redemption according to law, and to
all easements and restrictions lawfully existing in, upon or over said land or
appurtenant thereto when so taken, the following described lot or parcel of
land, with the buOdings thereon, the same being the estate assessed as afore-
said, to wit: [here describe the estate.]
The said is the only person known to me as owner of the above
described estate. (7/ the foregoing statement is not true, state the names of all oicners
known to the collector.)
In witness whereof, I, the said , as Collector as aforesaid,
hereunto set my hand and seal this day of , in the
year nineteen hundred and
[seal.]
Collector of Taxes far the of
No. 15. Form of Affidavit under Section 57 of Collector, Deputy Col-
lector OR Disinterested Person to be recorded in the Registry
of Deeds that DE^LAND has been made.
S, , 19 .
I [A B, Collector, Deputy Collector or a disinterested person,] hereby certify that 1913. 3ii.
on the day of , 19 , I served upon [or
witnessed the service upon of] a demand for the pajTiient of a
tax of dollars assessed upon him by the assessors of ,
in 19 , upon the estate in said [here give a substantially accurate
description of the estate], with a notice that if said amount and interest thereon,
together with the legal costs and charges, were not paid within fourteen days
from the date thereof, the said estate would be sold by public auction, pursuant
to law.
commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS.
, ss. 19 .
Then personally appeared the said , and made oath that this
statement by him subscribed is true.
Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires , 19 .
No. 16. Form of Affidavit under Section 57, as to Demand, when the
Demand is made upon Two or More Persons.
S, , 19 .
I [A B, Collector, Deputy Collector or a disinterested person,] hereby certify that 1913. 3n
on or since the day of 19 , I served [or witnessed
the service] on each of the parties hereafter mentioned, on the date and in the
manner specified, as may be seen by reference to their respective names, [of] a
demand like the blanlv hereunto attached, the blanks being first filled with the
•date, name, amount of the tax, and location of the real estate.
Names. Amount of Tax. Manner and Date of Service.
602 COLLECTION OF LOCAX TAXES. [ChAP. 60.
COMMO^™^ALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
, ss. S, , 19 .
Then personally appeared the said , and made oath that the
above statement fc.y him subscribed is true.
Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires , 19 .
[Here annex the blank form, No. 8, referred to in the affidavit.]
Ko. 17. Form of Affidavit tndeh Section 57 of Posting and Publishing
Advertisement of Sale.
S, , 19 .
I, A B, of , in the County of , and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts [CoUeclor, Deputij Collector or a disinterested
-person,] hereby certify that three weeks before the time of sale I posted [or wit-
nessed the posting] pursuant to law [of] the printed notice of the Collector of
Taxes, a copy whereof is hereto annexed, in a convenient and public place in his
precinct, to wit: the , in said [here name the city or town], and that
said notice was advertised three weeks successively in the , a news-
paper published in [here name the city or town, or if there is no such newspaper,
statf. that fact and add: in said County], the last publication being at least one
week before the advertised time of sale, in accordance with law.
AB.
commonwealth of Massachusetts.
H , ss. S, , 19 .
Then personally appeared the above named , and made oath
that the foregoing statements by him subscribed are true.
Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires , 19 .
[Here annex a copy of the advertisement.]
No. 18. Form of Affidavit under Section 57 of Demant) and Notice to
BE annexed to the INSTRUMENT OF TAKING.
I, C D, of in the County of , and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say that on the
day of ,A.D. 19 , I, as Collector of Taxes for the . of
, made a written demand on for the amount of the
tax assessed by the assessors of said of , as of the
first day of April, A.D. 19 , upon the said , with the interest,
costs and charges, then due, on certain real estate situated in said
of , by [here state mamur in which the demand was made], of
which the following is a true copy:
"C, ,19 .
To , I hereby demand of you the payment of
dollars and cents, that being the amount of tax assessed for the
year 19 by the assessors of , on the real estate [here describe the
estate] owned by you. You are hereby notified that if said amount, together
with the interest, costs and charges thereon, is not paid within fourteen days
from this date, the said real estate will be taken for said taxes for the said [city
or town] of . Tax, $ ; interest, costs and charges,
I
C D,
Collector of Taxes for the of ."
Chap. CO.] collection of loc.il t.oces. 603
[// 7wlicc is published and posted, add:] Anrl I, the said C D, do further
depose and say that I posted and published notices, of which the following is a
copy [here annex a copy of the notice], as follows: A copy thereof was posted
on [here state where posted], and I also published a copy of said notice in the
, a newspaper published in said [if there be no such
paper p^Mi'<lied in said town, state the fact and add, "in in said
county"], three weeks successively, that the posting of said notices and the
first publication thereof were more than fourteen days after making the demand
as aforesaid; and I do further depose and say that, at the date of the instrument
of taking, hereto annexed, the amount of taxes due on the estate therein de-
scribed, with the interest, costs and charges, amounted to the sum of
dollars and cents, and that the parcel or parcels of land were taken
for the reason that the taxes remained unpaid at the time of the said taking.
Collector of Taxes for the of
ss. , 19 .
Then personally appeared the above named C D, and made oath that the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me.
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires , 19 .
No. 19. Form of Deed bt City or Town whex Estate is redeemed
UNDER Section 62, to be executed by the Proper Officers of the
City or Town.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That the of , in consideration of , to it
paid by of , the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
does hereby remise, release, and forever quitclaim unto the said all
the right, title and interest which the said of acquired, by
or under a deed made to it [or taking made in its behalf] by the
Collector of Taxes for said city [or town] of , dated the
day of in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
, and recorded with Deeds, Volume Page
in and to the following parcel of real estate in said , viz.:
[here describe the real estate.]
To have and to hold the above released premises, with all the privileges and
appurtenances to the same belonging, to the said , h heirs
and assigns, to h and their use and behoof forever.
In witness whereof, the said of has caused its
corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, and these presents to be signed, acknowl-
edged and delivered in its name and behalf by , its ,
hereto duly authorized, this day of , in the year of
our Lord nineteen hundred and
City [or Town] of . [seal.]
Signed and sealed in the presence of By.
ss. 19 .
Then personally appeared the above named oi
for the city [or town] of , and acknowledged the fore-
going instrument to be the free act and deed of said city [or town] of
Before me.
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires ,19
604 COLLECTION OF LOCAL T.-VXES. [CHAP. (JO.
No. 20. Form of Certificate under Sectiox 63.
i9i3, 311. Whereas, I, , Collector of Taxes for the of
, County of and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for
the year 19 , did sell and convey certain real estate to by deed
dated , 19 , and recorded in the Registry of Deeds,
in Book Page , for the non-payment of a tax as-
sessed thereon to in the year 19 , which real estate is described
as follows, viz.: [here describe the real estate.]
1918.257, §53. And Whereas of in the County of
192b! 2! and State of w-as assessed ,19 ,
as owner or occupant of said property, and he alleges that he is a person having
an interest in the property and as such desires to redeem the same from the sale
in pursuance of Section 62 of Chapter 60 of the General Laws;
And Whereas the said has this day paid to me the following
sums to redeem said property from said sale, to wit:
Amount for which it was sold, $
Int^erest at S% from date of sale,
Examination of title,
Deed of release, \
Recording, /
Additional sum as per statute 1 00
Therefore, I, the said Collector of Taxes, for the said of
hereby certify that I have received from the said the said sum of
dollars and cents, ($ ) for the purpose
aforesaid.
Dated this day of , A.D. 19 .
Collector of Taxes for the
No. 21. Form of Receipt by Collector to a Mortgagee, under Sec-
tion 58.
S, , 19 .
1913.311. i_ , Collector of Taxes for the of
hereby certify that the Assessors of Taxes of said of , in
the list of assessments for taxes, which they committed to me to collect for the
year one thousand nine hundred and , duly assessed
the, sum of dollars and cents, as owner or occu-
pant of the real estate situated and described as follows, viz.: [here describe the
real estate.]
And I further certify that the said
1918. 257, § 54. neglected to pay such tax within the year for which it was assessed, and that
Jgjy' I' who claims to be the holder of a mortgage upon said real
estate, has paid to me the sum of dollars and cents,
being the amount of said tax, with all interest, costs and charges, the receipt of
which I hereby acknowledge.
Collector of Taxes for the of
ss. , 19 .
Then personally appeared the above named and made oath
that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true.
Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires , 19 .
Chap. 61.]
TAXATION OF FOREST LANDS.
605
No. 22. Forms of Notices when Tax Title is deemed In\-aud, under
Sections 82 and 84.
[from the assessors to the collector.]
Office of the Board of Assessors,
19
To the Collector of Taxe3 for the of
Sir: You are hereby notified that the tax assessed as of the first day of April, 1913, 3ii.
19 , in the name of upon an estate estimated to contain [here
insert area] land, situated [here insert the name of street or other description] was
invalid by reason of error in assessment; and that any deed given by you in
consequence of a sale for the non-payment of such tax conveyed no vahd title
to the purcliaser.
Board of Assessors of the of , by
One of said Assessors.
No. 23.
To.
[from the collector to the holder of the title.
B.
, 19
You are hereby notified that I have reason to believe that the title conveyed i9i3, 3ii
to by , Collector, and recorded with
Deeds, Volume Page , of an estate described as follows
[here describe estate],
in the name of , is invalid by reason of an error
in the assessment for the year 19 , [or in the proceedings for the sale.] [Here
give a brief statement of the defect]
: and I do hereby
notify and require you, within tliirty days from the time when this notice shall
be served upon you, to surrender and discharge the deed so given, and to receive
from the of the sum due therefor, with interest as pro-
vided by law, or to file with the Collector a written statement that you refuse
to make such surrender and discharge.
Collector of Taxes for the
of
REFERENCE.
§ 3. Inclusion in tax bill of all assessments constituting a lien on real estate,
Chap. 80, § 4.
CHAPTER 61.
TAXATION OF FOREST LANDS.
Sect.
right to cnassification.
1. Certain land may be classified, etc.
PROCEDURE IN CLASSIFICATION.
2. Application for classification.
3. Determination by assessors, appeal to
forester, etc.
4. Notice of valuation, appeal to com-
missioner, etc.
5. Procedure to complete classification.
Sect.
taxation of classified forest land.
6. Classified land liable to special assess-
ments and local taxation on buildings.
Forest Land Tax.
7. Forest land tax on value of land, ex-
clusive of trees and buildings.
Forest Commutation Tax.
8. Forest commutation tax on woodlot.
606
TAXATION OF FOREST LANDS.
[Chap. 61.
Forest Product Tax.
9. All classified land subject to forest
product tax.
Consolidation of Classified Lands.
10. Consolidation as forest of tracts of
woodlot and plantation.
Sales of Classified Lands.
11. Security, etc., in case of sale.
12. Agreement as to division of forest com-
mutation tax in case of sale.
Withdrawal from Classification.
13. Method of withdrawing land from
classification.
BEPORTS OF ASSESSORS TO COMMISSIONER.
14. Assessors to report annually to com-
missioner, etc.
DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OP COR-
PORATIONS AND TAXATION.
15. Commissioner to instruct assessors and
compile information furnished by
their returns May obtain informa-
tion from owners.
Sect.
distribution op taxes.
16. Valuation of standing trees on classified
land not to be included in appor-
tioning state tax. Ten per cent of
forest product tax to be paid to
commonwealth.
MANAGEMENT OP CLASSIFIED LAND.
17. State forester to issue regulations, etc.
18. Owners to seed or plant within three
years, etc.
19. Reseeding after clearing.
20. Disposition of slash.
21. State forester may seed, plant or dis-
pose of slash in certain cases.
CANCELLATION OF CLASSIFICATION.
22. May cause classification to be can-
celled, etc.
COMPENSATION OF FOREST WARDEN.
23. Compensation of forest warden.
PENALTIES.
24. Penalty for fraud by applicant for
classification.
25. Penalty for failure to report to assessors
before removing cut wood.
26. Penalty for unlawfully removing wood
subject to forest product tax.
27. General penalty.
Certain lai
may be
classified.
RIGHT TO CLASSIFICATION.
Section 1. Owners of woodland or land suitable for forest plant- 1
ing may have such land classified for taxation under the following 2
designations : 3
(a) Land with trees of merchantable value shall be known as woodlot. 4
(h) Land without trees of merchantable value shall be known as 5
plantation. 6
No tract of land containing less than three acres shall be classified 7
unless such tract is to be consolidated with other tracts under section ten. 8
PROCEDURE in CL.A.SSIFICATION.
Section 2. Any owner of land suitable for classification as woodlot
Application
for classi-
i9i4'°598 § 2 or plantation who desires to have it classified shall make application, in
1919! 350, § 53. gych form as the commissioner shall prescribe, to the clerk of the town
where the land is situated. The application shall state whether or not
the land is encumbered by mortgages, leases, attachments, or other valid
liens, except rights of way; and shall state also whether other persons
than the applicant have interests in the land. In either case the appli-
cation shall be accompanied by the written assent to the classification
of such mortgagees, lessees, attaching creditors or lienors, or persons
having interests in the land, which assent shall be under seal and in 10
such form as the commissioner shall prescribe. The application shall be 11
accompanied by such description by metes and bounds as may be con- 12
tained in the last conveyance of the land, or by two copies of a plat 13
showing the location of the land bv metes and bounds, and in either case 14
Chap. G1.| t.vxation of forest l.^:\ds. 607
15 shall contain a reference to the book and page of the record of said con-
16 veyance. If the land to be classified comprises a part of the land de-
17 scribed in any conveyance, said application shall be accompanied by such
18 a description by metes and bounds as will be sufficient to identify that
19 part, or by two copies of a plat showing the location of the part by metes
20 and bounds, and in either case shall give a reference to the book and
21 page of the record of said conveyance. The clerk of the town where the
22 land is situated shall forthwith notify the assessors of such town of the
23 filing of the application.
1 Section 3. The assessors shall forthwith determine whether the land determination
1 1 (' 1 • r> • • • 1 > 1 • I -^ assessors,
2 IS suitable tor classincation as petitioned tor; and if they so determine, appeal to
3 shall within thirty days make separate valuations of the land and of i9i4, 69s. §'2.
4 the trees growing thereon, which shall be valued at their fair cash value 1919! 5'; 350,
5 on the stump, hereinafter called stumpage value. The assessors shall 19*0.2.
6 make separate valuations of any buildings on the land. They may also
7 require the forest warden of the town to assist them in making the
8 aforesaid determinations and valuations. If the assessors shall determine
9 that the land is not suitable for the classification petitioned for, they
10 shall forthwith give notice thereof to the owner, who may appeal from
11 such decision to the state forester. The state forester, after investiga-
12 tion and after hearing the persons interested, shall decide whether the
13 land is suitable for such classification, and shall notify the owner and
14 the assessors of his decision. If he shall decide that the land is suitable
15 for such classification, the assessors shall, within thirty days thereafter,
16 make the aforesaid valuations.
1 Section 4. The assessors shall, within ten days after the comple- Notice of
2 tion of said valuations, send wTitten notice thereof, in such form as Ipp"eau"'
3 the commissioner shall from time to time prescribe, to the owner of the commissioner,
4 land; and the valuations so determined shall be conclusive unless the lai'i. 598, 1 a.
5 owner, within ten days after receiving them, files notice of an appeal
6 to the commissioner from any or all of the valuations so determined.
7 In case of such appeal, the commissioner, after investigation and after
8 hearing the persons interested, shall make final determination of the
9 valuations appealed from, and shall notify the owner and the assessors
10 of such determination, which shall be conclusive.
1 Section 5. Upon the final determination of said valuations, the Procedure to
2 owner, if he desires to complete the classification, shall within ten days cSs^ation.
3 notify the town clerk of his acceptance of such valuations; and such lai*. sss, §4.
4 notification shall constitute a full acceptance of the conditions and re-
5 quirements of this chapter. The clerk, with the consent of the com-
6 missioner, may receive and file the notification after said time has elapsed.
7 Upon receipt of such notification, the clerk shall forthwith classify
8 the land and shall notify the assessors; but if the notification from the
9 owner is not received on or before April first in any year, the provisions
10 of this chapter relating to taxation shall not take effect until April first
11 of the following year. The clerk shall also cause to be recorded in the
12 registry of deeds for the county where the land is situated a certificate
13 of the classification of the land, which certificate shall contain the name
14 of the owner of the land, the date of classification, the designation of
15 the land classified, and a copy of the description or plat required by sec-
608
TAXATION OF FOREST LANDS.
[Chap. G1.
tion two. The clerk shall receive from the applicant a fee of two dollars 16
for every such certificate of classification, and shall receive a fee of fifty 17
cents for each subsequent copy thereof; and in addition the clerk shall 18
receive the usual fee for recording said certificate in the registry of deeds, 19
which fee shall be transmitted with the certificate to the register. Upon 20
the recording of the certificate, the land shall thereafter be subject to all 21
the conditions and requirements of this chapter unless it is withdrawn 22
from classification, and said conditions and requirements shall be bind- 23
ing upon any owner thereof his heirs and assigns, upon all persons assent- 24
ing to the classification, and upon all persons subsequently acquiring 25
any interest in the land. 26
T.-UCATION of classified FOREST LAND.
Classified land
liable to
special as-
sessments and
local taxation
on buildings.
1914,598, § 5.
Section 6. Land classified under this chapter shall be liable to the 1
same extent and in the same manner as other land for special assess- 2
ments. Buildings situated upon such land shall be subject to taxation 3
as real estate under chapter fifty-nine. 4
Forest land
tax on
value of
land, exclusive
of trees and
buildings.
1914,598, § 6.
Forest com-
mutation tax
on woodlot.
1914, 598, § 7.
Commutation
tax on woodlot
classified on or
before April
1, 1919.
Commutation
tax on woodlot
classified
thereafter.
Reduction of
forest com-
mutation tax
in case of fire.
Forest Land Tax.
Section 7. Land classified under this chapter shall be subject to 1
forest land tax. Said tax shall be assessed, levied and collected, in the 2
manner prescribed in chapters fifty-nine and sixty for the taxation of real 3
estate, upon its fair cash value exclusive of the value of all buildings and 4
of all trees growing thereon; but owners of classified land, instead of 5
prosecuting an appeal as provided in sections sixty-four to sixty-eight 6
of said chapter fifty-nine, may, within thirty days after receiving the 7
notice provided for by section sixty-three thereof, appeal to the com- 8
missioner. If the commissioner, upon a hearing, finds that the land 9
has been overvalued, he shall make a reasonable abatement and an 10
order as to costs. 11
Forest Commutation Tax.
Section 8. Land classified as woodlot shall be subject to forest com- 1
mutation tax, to be assessed and levied annually as of April first by each 2
town in the following manner: 3
(a) Each tract of woodlot classified on or before April first, nineteen 4
hundred and nineteen, shall thereafter be liable for the same amount of 5
forest commutation tax that was levied upon it in nineteen hundred and 6
nineteen, except as provided in subsections (d), (e) and (f). 7
(6) Upon every tract of land classified as woodlot after April first, 8
nineteen hundred and nineteen, the annual amount of forest commuta- 9
tion tax shall be the amount of tax assessed and levied upon such tract, 10
exclusive of the buildings thereon, in the last assessment and levy prior 11
to the date of classification, less the amount of forest land tax assessed 12
and levied in the next assessment and levy subsequent to said date of 13
classification. 14
(c) Forest commutation tax shall be collected in the manner pre- 15
scribed by chapter sixty for the collection of taxes on real estate. 16
(d) Li case of the destruction by fire or otherwise of trees standing 17
upon land classified as woodlot, the owner of the land may apply to the 18
assessors of the town for a reduction of forest commutation tax. Such 19
application shall not be made except in respect of trees of a value equal 20
Chap. GL] taxation of forest lands. 609
21 to or in excess of ten per cent of the stumpage value of the trees stand-
22 ing on the land at the time of classification. The assessors shall deter-
23 mine what amount and proportion of said stumpage value of the trees
24 has been destroyed by fire or otherwise, and shall make a proportionate
25 reduction in the forest commutation ta.x for which the owner shall be
26 liable. The assessors may require the forest warden of the town to give
27 necessary assistance in determining the proportion of stumpage value
28 so destroyed. From the determination of the assessors, the owner may
29 appeal to the commissioner in the manner provided in section seven.
30 (e) Any owner of land classified as woodlot may, as hereinafter pro- Reduction m
31 vided, apply to the assessors of the town for a reduction of the amount ment^lHo^rest
32 of forest commutation tax for which the owner is liable. Such applica- p"'"''"'^' ^^''■
33 tion may be made only in respect to trees upon which forest product
34 tax has been paid ; and may not be made except in respect of trees of a
35 stumpage value equal to or in excess of ten per cent of the stumpage
36 value of the trees standing upon the land at the date of classification.
37 Upon receipt of such application, the assessors of the town shall reduce
38 the forest commutation tax for which the owner is liable in any sub-
39 sequent year by a percentage equal to the percentage which the stump-
40 age value of the trees bears to the stumpage value of the trees standing
41 upon the land at the date of classification.
42 (/) When the reductions in valuations made in accordance with sub- Termination
43 sections (d) and (e) shall equal the stumpage value of the trees deter- to conlmita-
44 mined to have been standing on the woodlot at the date of classification, "°° '^^'
45 the woodlot shall no longer be liable for forest commutation tax and .shall
46 thereafter be treated as if it had been classified as plantation.
Forest Product Tax.
1 Section 9. All land classified under this chapter shall be subject to aii classified
2 forest product tax, which shall be assessed, levied and collected in the to°fires't''^"
3 following manner: _ _ _ ?5h"59I:1s.
4 (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) every owner of land classified Annual report
5 under this chapter shall, on or before May first in each year, report to
6 the assessors of the town where the land lies, on oath, in such form as the
7 commissioner shall prescribe, the gross amount and stumpage value
8 of all wood cut from the land during the twelve months preceding April
9 first, as well as the gross amount of all other products of the land, and
10 such other income derived from the land as does not constitute an element
11 determining the value of the land for the purpose of assessing forest land
• 12 tax.
13 (6) Except as provided in subsection (c), immediately after the cutting Notice of
14 of trees and not less than ten days before the removal of any wood from vaii'ufin hy
15 land classified under this chapter, the owner shall notify the assessors of applafami
16 such intended removal and shall report the amount and stumpage value arbitration.
17 thereof. The assessors, after inspection, may make an independent deter- Penalty, §25.
18 mination of the amount of such wood or the stumpage value thereof,
19 or both, and shall forthwith notify the owner thereof. The assessors
20 may require the forest warden of the town to give necessary assistance.
21 Such determination shall be final and conclusive unless the owner shall
22 forthwith file with the assessors either a notice of an appeal to the state
23 forester or a written request for an arbitration. Such appeal or arbitra-
24 tion may be had as to the amount or stumpage value of the wood, or
25 both. Upon such appeal, the state forester or his assistant shall, after
610
TAXATION OF FOREST LAXDS.
[Chap. 61.
Cuttings of
twenty-five
dollars'
Btumpaee or
less exempt
in certain
cases.
Lien of tax,
Bccurity, etc.
Penalty, § 2ii
inspection, make final determination tliereof and an order as to costs. 26
If arbitration be requested, the arbitration shall be by three disinter- 27
ested persons, one to be chosen by the owner, one by the assessors, and 28
the third by the agreement of the two thus chosen; and the decision of 29
the arbitrators shall be final and conclusive. The fees and expenses 30
of the arbitrators shall be paid by the town, and one half the amount 31
thereof shall be assessed upon the land and included in the next war- 32
rant committed by the assessors to the collector of taxes for the 33
collection of forest product tax. 34
Under such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, owners 35
of land may, with the written consent of the commissioner, be exempted 36
from the requirements of this subsection, and the aforesaid regulations 37
shall govern the determination of amounts and stumpage values of wood 38
for the assessment and levy of forest product tax. 39
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e), forest product tax shall 40
annually be assessed and levied upon the gross value of all wood, other 41
proflucts and other income ascertained as provided in subsections (a), (b) 42
and (d) at the following rates: for wood cut or other products or in- 43
come derived from the land prior to i\pril first, nineteen hundred and 44
twenty-four, two per cent ; from April first, nineteen hundred and twenty- 45
four, to March tliirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, inclusive, 46
three per cent; from April first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, to 47
March thirty-first, nineteen hvmdred and thirty-four, inclusive, four 48
per cent; from April first, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, to March 49
thirty -first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, inclusive, five per cent; 50
and on and after April first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, six per 51
cent. 52
id) Except as provided in subsection (e), the assessors of each town 53
shall annually, between April first and July thirty-first, assess and levy a 54
forest product tax upon the owners of classified land upon April first in 55
such year. They shall receive as true tlie reports required in subsection 56
(a), except as such reports may be revised in accordance with subsection 57
(6); but, upon information, may add thereto the value of any products 58
not reported, and, upon information, mayrevi.se the amount and valua- 59
tion of products other than wood and of the other income derived from 60
classified land. Notification of all assessments shall be sent to all taxable 61
persons not later than September first in each year, and taxable persons 62
aggrieved by such assessments, other than assessments of wood, may 63
apply for an abatement thereof in the manner provided by sections fifty- 64
nine to seventy, inclusive, of chapter fifty-nine. 65
(e) Any owner, other than a corporation, of classified lands may re- 66
move from such lands annually an amount of wood not exceeding twenty- 67
five dollars in stumpage value, without making the reports, giving the 68
notifications, or being liable for the tax required in subsections («), {b), 69
(c) and (d); provided, that the wood is for his personal use or that of his 70
tenant. Such wood may subsequently be sold upon making the afore- 71
said reports and paying forest product tax thereon. 72
(/) Forest product tax shall be a lien upon the land in respect of the 73
product or income from -Hhich it was assessed, and shall be collected in 74
the manner prescribed in chapter sixty; provided, that if the assessors, 75
to insure the collection of said tax, deem it necessary, they may require 76
of the owner either a cash deposit of the amount of forest product tax 77
as estimated by them, or, at his option, a bond with good and sufficient 78
sureties conditioned upon the payment of the tax when levied. When 79
Chap. 61.] taxation of forest lands. 611
80 such demand is made, the wood in respect of which forest product tax is
81 payable shall not be removed from the land until the owner has com-
82 plied with said demand. Forest product tax shall constitute a lien upon
83 the wood or other product in respect to whicii it was assessed so long as
84 the wood or other product is in the possession of the owner of the land
85 from which it was produced, or of a person taking the same with knowl-
86 edge that the assessors have required security for the tax and that such
87 security has not been given; and any person taking said wood with such
88 knowledge shall be liable for the amount of the tax.
Consolidation of Classified Lands.
1 Section 10. Any owner of two or more adjoining tracts of land ^ff^^rwt'^nf™
2 classified in any town as woodlot or plantation, and anv owner of more tracts of wood-
lot and planta-
1914, 598. § 9.
3 than one hundred acres of land so classified, whether the land consists of
4 adjoining tracts or not, may apply for the consolidation of such tracts ioisi 257' §'i
5 under a single classification. The application shall be in such form as 1920! 2!
6 the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be filed with the clerk of the
7 town where said tracts lie. The clerk shall forthwith classify the tracts
8 as a single tract, shall record the classification in the registry of deeds,
9 as provided in section five, and shall receive therefor a fee, together with
10 the fee recjuired for such recording, as provided in said section five. He
11 shall forthwith notify the assessors of such consolidation, and they shall,
12 on or before April first following, consolidate the valuations and assess-
13 ments of all taxes imposed by this chapter, which taxes shall, on and
14 after the aforesaid .'^pril first, be levied and assessed in respect of the
15 entire tract of land classified, and not in respect of its constituent tracts
16 of woodlot or plantation, and the lien thereof shall attach to the whole
17 tract. Such consolidated tract shall be known as forest. Any part of such
18 tract subject as woodlot to a forest commutation tax shall remain sub-
19 ject to said tax, and to reduction of the amount thereof, under section
20 eight; but this shall not prevent the assessment of such tax upon the
21 entire consolidated tract.
Sales of Classified Lands.
1 Section 11. No sale or other conveyance of classified land shall fn"a^''^f ^Tie
2 release the purchaser thereof, or other person acquiring an interest in loi*. 59s, § 10.
3 such land, from any obligation or liability imposed by this chapter.
4 Not less than ten days before the sale or conveyance of classified land
5 upon which forest product tax has accrued or has been assessed, the
6 owner of the land shall notify the assessors of the town where the land
7 lies of the proposed transfer, and the assessors may, if they deem it
8 necessary to insure the collection of the tax, require of the owner either
9 a cash deposit of the amount of forest product tax estimated to have ac-
10 crued or actually assessed, or, at his option, a bond with good and sufR-
11 cicnt sureties conditioned upon the payment of the tax.
1 Section 12. In case of the sale of any part of any tract of land, fjfd';J^fo°nof
2 the owner of which is liable to the payment of forest commutation tax, forest com-
o 1 ■ 11111 • 1 1 1* • • 1* 1 mutation tax
3 the parties to such sale shall agree upon an equitable division or the imaseof
4 aforesaid tax. A copy of this agreement signed by all of the parties ilu. sqs, § 11.
5 to the conveyance shall forthwith be filed with the assessors of the
6 town where the land lies, who shall accept the aforesaid division as the
612 TAXATION OF FOREST LANDS. [ChaP. 61.
basis for tlie future assessment and levy of forest commutation tax, 7
unless they find the division so unequal as to reduce the security of the 8
town for the collection of any part of the forest commutation tax there- 9
after. Until such division of tax shall have been accepted by the asses- 10
sors, the parties to any such sale or conveyance, and their heirs and 11
assigns, shall be jointly and severally liable for all forest commutation 12
taxes thereafter assessed in respect of the entire tract of land. 13
Withdrawal from Classification.
withdraw/ Section 1.3. Land classified under this chapter may be withdrawn 1
land from from classification by the owner at any time upon payment to the town 2
1914, 598, § 12. where the land lies of the amount of forest land tax and forest commu- 3
tation tax due for the current year and for all previous years, and upon 4
payment of forest product tax upon the stumpage value of the trees 5
then standing upon such land, as though the said trees had then been 6
cut. The owner shall give the assessors of the town where the land lies 7
written notice of his desire to withdraw the land from classification. 8
The assessors shall forthwith make a valuation of the trees then stand- 9
ing upon the land, and give notice of such valuation and of the amount 10
of forest product tax due thereon for such withdrawal; and may require 11
the forest warden of the town to give necessary assistance. If the owner 12
of the land is aggrieved by the valuation made by the assessors, he may, 13
within ten days after such notice, appeal to the state forester, or make 14
a written request to the assessors for an arbitration, which arbitration 15
shall be in accordance w-ith subsection (6) of section nine. Upon pay- 16
ment of. the forest product tax thereon and of all other taxes due on 17
account of the land, it shall be withdrawn from classification. The 18
town clerk shall forthwith record a certificate of such withdrawal in the 19
registry of deeds for the county where the land lies. The owner of the 20
land shall pay to the clerk a fee of one dollar for every such certificate 21
of withdrawal, and a fee of fifty cents for each subsequent copy thereof; 22
and, in addition, the usual fee for recording said certificate in said registry, 23
which fee the clerk shall transmit to the register of deeds. 24
In case of all trees cut on said land within three years after the date of 25
such withdrawal, a forest product tax shall be assessed under this chapter; 26
and, if the amount of tax thus assessed in respect to the land shall exceed 27
the amount of tax assessed and levied at the time of withdrawal, the 28
owner shall be liable for the payment of such excess under the conditions 29
and requirements of section nine. 30
REPORTS OF ASSESSORS TO COMMISSIONER. .
rep^rannSaiiy SECTION 14. The asscssors of each town shall annually report 1
6ronei"etr ^o the commissioncr, in such form as he shall prescribe, the following 2
1914, 598, §13, information: 3
(a) The amount of land classified under this chapter. 4
(6) The valuation of said land for the assessment and levy of forest 5
land tax. 6
(c) The amount of forest land tax levied and assessed. 7
{d) The amount of forest commutation tax levied and assessed. 8
(e) The amount and valuation of wood and the value of other forest 9
products and income upon which forest product tax is levied and assessed. 10
(/) The amount of forest product tax levied and assessed. 11
Chap. GL] taxation of forest lands. 613
DUTIES of the commissioner OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION.
1 Section 15. The commissioner shall from time to time prepare in- Commissioner
2 structions which shall be followed by assessors in the assessment and issSlors^and
3 levy of the taxes authorized by this chapter, and shall prescribe such fnfomlation
4 forms and procedure as he may deem necessary for the administration the"r^r(fturns
5 of said taxes. He shall compile and cause to be printed annually in the >\^y obtain
, . , n . . P informRtion
6 aggregate returns required by paragraph two or section twenty-nine or from owners.
7 chapter fifty-eight the information furnished by assessors under the
8 preceding section.
9 He may also require of owners of land classified under this chapter a
10 statement of the amount and value of the wood or other products and
11 income derived from such land, and may examine the books, accounts
12 and papers of such owners to verify said statement.
distribution of taxes.
1 Section 16. In determining the basis for the apportionment of ytam?ing"r''ees
2 state and countv taxes under section nine of chapter fifty-eight, the p" classified
, * ,, . , , . , I . p ' 1 . land not to be
3 commissioner shall not include in the valuation or property subject to included in
4 taxation in any town the valuation of trees standing upon classified state'tax"'"*
5 land. Of the whole amount of forest product tax levied and assessed in oUofest'^™'
6 any town, ten per cent shall be for the use of the commonwealth, and f.^b'epai*!"
7 each town treasurer shall annually, on or before November fifteenth, '"pj]°f^™°°'
8 pay to the commonwealth the said proportion of forest product tax. isi*. s^s, § is
management of classified land.
1 Section 17. The state forester shall from time to time issue such state forester
2 regulations as are required by sections eighteen to twenty, inclusive, fation"^etc""
3 and shall furnish copies thereof free of charge to town clerks, assessors ^^^*' ^^^' ^ '^
4 and forest wardens, and to other persons applying therefor.
1 Section 18. Owners of classified land shall, within three years after owners to seed
2 the date of classification, seed or plant any parts of such tracts suitable within°thrce
3 for seeding or planting which have not been naturally restocked; but ioh^'ms; § 17.
4 with the written approval of the state forester the time for seeding or
5 planting may be extended. The regulations of the state forester shall be
6 such as to insure such seeding or planting, shall permit any approved
7 forestry methods and shall not require the expenditure of more than ten
8 dollars per acre.
1 Section 19. Whenever any area of classified land equal to or in excess Reseeding after
2 of three acres in extent is cleared of trees, the owner thereof either shall ibi^'ms, § is.
3 leave a suitable number of trees to provide for the reseeding of the tract,
4 or shall, unless the land is naturally restocked within two years, reseed
5 or plant the land in accordance with the aforesaid regulations. If the
6 owner shall elect to leave .seed trees, and the land is not naturally re-
7 stocked therefrom within three years thereafter, the owner shall reseed
8 or plant the land or parts thereof, in accordance with the aforesaid regu-
9 lations. In either of the above cases, the state forester may extend the
10 time for reseeding or planting.
614 TAXATION OF FOREST LANDS. [ClIAP. 61.
1914, 598, § 19. pf ^j^g jjj^jj shall make such disposition of the slash as may be required 2
by the regulations of the state forester, which shall permit of any approved 3
forestry methods. 4
may'seer'" SECTION 21. If any owucr of classificd land fails to comply with 1
pose ouia'sh ^'^^ regulations of the state forester as to the seeding and planting of 2
in certain the land or disposal of slash required under sections eighteen to twenty, 3
1914, 59S, § 20. inclusive, the state forester may cause the land to be thus seeded or 4
planted or such slash to be disposed of, and the owner of the land shall 5
be liable to the commonwealth for the expense thereof; provided, that 6
such planting shall not exceed in cost ten dollars per acre. 7
CANCELLATION OF CLASSIFICATION.
JufssificatTon SECTION 22. If the owucr, after notification from the state forester 1
celled "^eto *^^*- ^^^^ requirements of said regulations have not been complied with, 2
1914, 698, 5 20. fails to comply therewith within a reasonable time thereafter, the state 3
forester, after a hearing, may direct the town clerk to cancel the classifi- 4
cation of the land. The clerk shall forthwith cancel the classification, 5
notify the assessors thereof, and record a certificate of cancellation in 6
the registry of deeds. The assessors shall forthwith make a valuation 7
of the trees standing upon the land, and assess a forest product tax 8
thereon, which shall forthwith be levied and shall be collected in ac- 9
cordance with section nine. 10
COMPENS.\TION OF FOREST WARDEN.
SToTiT"''"" Section 23. For services rendered under sections three, eight, nine 1
m4^s98 5 21 ^"*^ thirteen, the forest warden of a town shall receive from the town 2
the compensation provided by section twelve of chapter forty-eight. 3
PENALTIES.
frT^id%'°' Section 24. Any applicant for the classification of land under this 1
applicant for chapter who fraudulentlv fails to disclose all encumbrances thereon or 2
ciassincation. " , ^ .
1914, 598, s 22. intcrcsts therein then existing shall be punished by a fine of not more 3
than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one 4
year. 5
falhire to'""^ Section 25. An owncr of land subject to forest product tax, or an 1
assessors agcut or representative of such owner, who fails to comply with subsection 2
before remov- (J,) pf scctlon uiuc shall bc puuishcd by a fine of not less than ten nor 3
inc cut wood. "• ■' 11111
1914 598, more than one thousand dollars. 4
S 8 (o).
uniTw^uiw^ Section 26. Whoever removes wood in violation of subsection (/) 1
wmTsubject of scction nine shall be punished by a fine of not more than fi^e hundred 2
'rorJucftax dollars or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or both. 3
proruc a\. 1914, 598. § S(/).
•^raerai SECTION 27. Any pcrson violating any requirement of this chap- 1
1914, 598, § 23. ter for which no specific penalty is provided shall be punished by 2
a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 3
Chap. 62.1
TAXATION OF INCOMES.
615
CHAPTER 62.
TAXATION OF INCOMES.
Sect.
taxation op income from certain in-
tangibles.
1. Taxation of income derived from cer-
tain intangibles.
2. Deduction of interest on certain debts.
3. Determination of interest deduction, fil-
ing of return, etc.
4. Interest deductions of certain associ-
ations, etc.
TAXATION OF INCOME FROM ANNUITIES,
PROFESSIONS, EMPLOYMENTS, TRADE AND
BUSINESS.
5. Income of certain classes to be taxed.
6. Determination of taxable income from
profession, employment, etc. De-
ductions.
7. Methods of determining taxable in-
come.
EXEMPTIONS.
8. Exemptions.
TAXATION OF ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES.
9. Estates of deceased persons.
10. Income from trust estates taxable.
Deductions.
11. Income received by resident from non-
resident trustee taxable.
12. Trustee may claim exemptions for bene-
ficiary. Procedure.
13. Provisions relative to trustees to apply
to other fiduciaries. Exception.
14. Corporation acting as trustee, etc., to
be subject to tax.
15. Corporate trustees to make returns and
be subject to penalties. '
16. Commissioner, with attorney general,
may agree upon taxes of trustees,
etc.
TAXATION OF PARTNERSHIPS.
17. Partnerships.
IS. Exemption, etc., of partners, how de-
ducted.
19. Resident member of foreign partner-
ship taxable.
20. Certain provisions to apply to partner-
ship3.j
21. Certain provisions not to apply to as-
sociations, etc., having transferable
shares.
RETURNS.
22. Persons required to make return.
Contents.
23. Executors, etc., to make returns.
Sect.
24. Returns to be on oath. Place and
date of filing. Period included.
25. Persons subject to this chapter, filing
returns.
26. Blanks to be provided, etc.
27. Seasonable notice, etc.
28. Omitted or supplementary returns
29. Commissioner may extend time for fil-
ing return.
30. Verification of return.
31. Writ of mandamus to compel filing
return.
32. Returns to be open to inspection of cer-
tain officials, etc.
INFORMATION AT THE SOURCE.
33. Employers, corporations, etc., required
to file certain returns, lists and re-
ports.
34. Certain officers to furnish names and
addresses of public employees.
ASSESSMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
35. Commissioner to determine incomes
and assess tax, etc.
36. Assessment, how determined, when no
return is filed, etc.
37. Assessment, after return is verified, etc.
38. Abatement, etc. Rules and regulations.
collection.
39. Commissioner to give notice of date
tax is due, etc.
40. Taxes received to be accounted for each
week.
41. Interest, rate, when to be added to tax.
Remedies.
42. Fiduciaries to be personally liable, etc.
abatements.
43. Abatement by commissioner.
44. Abatement forbidden and limited in
certain cases.
45. Appeal from decision of commissioner.
46. Treasurer to repay amount of abate-
ment, etc.
47. Appeal to court.
48. Remedies under this chapter exclusive.
additional local taxes.
49. Certain property taxable locally unless
income returned.
50. Time for assessment of property the in-
come of which is not returned.
616
TAXATION OF INCOMES.
[Chap. 62.
Sect.
51. Appeal to commissioner.
52. Collection and deduction of income taK
where property taxable locally. Re-
bate in case of double collection.
53. Commissioner to notify assessors of
property subject to section 49. As-
sessors to notify him of assessment.
CON.STIIUTIONALITY.
54. Constitutionality of chapter not to be
affected by part, etc.
Sect.
PENALTIES.
55. Penalty for late return.
56. Penalty for fraudulent return, etc.
57. Penalty for failure to give information
at the source.
58. Penalty for disclosure of information,
except, etc.
59. Penalties to apply to fiduciaries.
60. Certain partnerships, etc., penalties im-
posed, how inflicted.
TAXATION OF INCOME FROM CERTAIN INTANGIBLES.
Taxation of
income derived
from certain
intangibles.
1916, 269, § 2.
227 Mass. 522.
229 Mass. 120.
230 Mass. 503,
234'Ma5s. 42.
Interest from
bonds, etc.,
except, etc.
1918, 7; 120.
Op. A. G.
(1917) S5.
1920, 352.
234 Mass. 470.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 208.
Dividends on
shares in
certain part-
nerships, etc.,
except, etc.
1920, 352.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 206. 208,
Section 1. Income of the classes described in subsections (a), (b),
(c) and (e) received by any inhabitant of the commonwealth during; the
preceding calendar year, shall be taxed at the rate of six per cent per
annum.
(a) Interest from bonds, notes, money at interest and all debts due
the person to be taxed, except from:
First, Deposits in any savings bank chartered by the commonwealth
or in the IN'Iassachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, or such of 8
the deposits in the savings department of any trust company so char- 9
tered as do not exceed in amount the limits imposed upon deposits in 10
savings banks by section thirty-one of chapter one himdred and sixty- 11
eight, and deposits in any bank situated in the state of New Hampshire, 12
so long as the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of the 13
Public Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen of that state remain in 14
force, and deposits in any bank in any other state which exempts from 15
taxation to its inhabitants similar deposits, and interest and dividends 16
thereon, owned by such inliabitants in banks in this commonwealth. 17
Second, Bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of the United 18
States and such bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of the 19
commonwealth and of political subdivisions thereof as are exempted from 20
taxation by clause twenty-fifth of section five of chapter fifty-nine. 21
Third, Loans secured exclusively by mortgage of real estate, taxable 22
as real estate, situated in the commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding 23
the assessed value of the mortgaged real estate less the amount of all 24
prior mortgages. 25
Fourth, Loans made in the course of business by persons loaning 26
money as a business upon the pawn or pledge of tangible personal 27
property. 28
(i) Dividends, other than stock dividends paid in new stock of the 29
company issuing the same, on shares in all corporations and joint stock 30
companies organized under the laws of any state or nation other than this 31
commonwealth, except banks the shares of which are subject to taxa- 32
tion under section one of chapter sixty-tliree and except such foreign 33
corporations as are subject to a tax upon their franchises payable to 34
the commonwealth under section fifty-eight of chapter sixtj'-three. 35
(c) Dividends, other than stock dividends paid in new stock of the 36
partnership, association or trust issuing the same, on shares in partner- 37
ships, associations or trusts, the beneficial interest in which is repre- 38
sented by transferable shares, except dividends on shares of the following: 39
First, Partnerships, associations or trusts, which file with the com- 40
missioner the agreement hereinafter provided for, and the property of 41
ClIAP. 62.] TAXATION OF INCOMES. 617
42 which consists exclusively of one or more of the following specified kinds
43 of property, to wit: real estate wherever situated and supplies there-
44 for and receipts therefrom; stocks of corporations taxable under section
45 fifty-eight of chapter sixty-three, bonds, notes, loans secured by mort-
46 gage of real estate, and certificates of indebtedness, the income of which
47 is exempt from taxation under this section; property the income of which,
48 if any, would be taxable under this section if owned by an inhabitant
49 of the commonwealth; shares in partnerships, associations or trusts,
50 dividends on which are exempt from taxation under this section.
51 Second, Partnerships, associations or trusts, the beneficial interest in
52 which is represented by transferable shares, which file such agreement
53 and furnish satisfactory proof to the commissioner that two thirds, at
54 least, of their taxable property is taxed within the commonwealth and
55 that the remainder, if taxable, is taxed where situated.
56 {d) Partnerships, associations or trusts, the dividends on shares of Certain part-
__ 1 . I p . IT* • 1 11 1 nerships. etc.,
57 which are exempt irom taxation under this section, shall pay to the to pay annual
58 commissioner annually a tax of six per cent of the income derived from income.
59 their property, so far as such income would be taxable under this section
60 if received by an inhabitant of the commonwealth.
61 (e) Dividends on shares of any partnership, association or trust, of the Certain di\n-
62 classes designated in paragraphs first and second of subsection (c), shall tousatlonr'
63 be subject to taxation under this section unless the trustees or managers ""''^^' ^'"^
64 thereof file with the commissioner, in such form as he determines, its
65 agreement to pay to the commonwealth annually the tax imposed by
66 subsection (d) and any tax imposed by section five. In case of any breach Enforcement
67 of the terms of any such agreement, the same may be enforced by infer- agr'ee™ent
68 matioa in equity brought by the attorney general at the relation of the
69 commissioner in the supreme judicial court for Suff'olk county. This
70 remedy shall be in addition to all other means of collection provided by
71 this chapter, and to the penalties hereinafter imposed.
72 (/) For the purposes of this chapter any securities of the classes desig- Certain sccurf-
73 nated in this section, held in pledge, or on margin or otherwise, by an to lej^r^perty
74 agent or broker as security for a debt of his principal, whether standing °J^p""<^'p»''
75 in the name of the principal or any other person, shall be deemed the
76 property of the principal, and the income arising therefrom shall be in-
77 eluded in the total income of the principal under this section.
78 (g) No distribution of capital, whether in liquidation or otherwise. Distribution
79 shall be taxable as income under this section; but accumulated profits rertam'profits,
80 shall not be regarded as capital under this provision. 23rMass'^'470.
1 Section 2. From the income taxable under the preceding section. Deduction of
2 the taxpayer may, under the conditions prescribed in this section and certain'd°ebts.
3 section seven, receive a deduction on account of interest paid bj' him HH] ||e; ^ ^■
4 during the year on debts of the following classes :
5 (a) Debts, except those secured by mortgage or pledge of real estate
6 or tangible personal property, owed by persons engaged in the business
7 of buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in intangible personal property,
8 provided that such business, if it includes other classes of dealings, does
9 not include buying, selling, improving or otherwise dealing in or with
10 real estate or buying, selling, manufacturing or otherwise dealing in or
11 with tangible personal property other than gold bullion.
12 (6) Debts owed by other persons, except debts secured by such mort-
13 gage or pledge and debts on account of which the taxpayer is entitled to
14 claim a deduction under sections five and six.
618
TAXATION OF INCOMES.
[Chap. 62.
Said deduction shall be allowed, in respect of interest on any debt 15
belonging to class (b) above enumerated arising from loans or open 16
accounts directly or indirectly secured by intangible personal property, 17
only to an amount not exceeding eighty per cent of the income returned 18
by the taxpayer for taxation under section one on account of intangible 19
personal property which secured such loans or open accounts. 20
Persons described in paragraph (a) of this section may, if the deductions 21
allowed by subsections (a), (b), (c), {d),{e) and (/) of section six exceed the 22
total income taxable under subsections (b) and (c) of section five, deduct 23
such excess from their taxable interest and dividends, after deducting 24
the aforesaid interest deduction. 25
Determination
of interest
deduction, fil-
ing of return,
Certain deter-
minations to
be made from
return, etc.
Section 3. The deduction to be allowed under the preceding section 1
shall be determined in the following manner: ^ 2
A taxpayer claiming the benefit thereof shall file with the commis- 3
sioner or the income tax assessor of his district a return, in such form 4
as the commissioner prescribes, of his entire income from all sources, to- 5
gether with such other information as said commissioner deems neces- 6
sary for the determination of the amount of this deduction. The com- 7
missioner may, in lieu of such return, accept a sworn duplicate of the 8
annual return of income made under the federal income tax law. He may 9
also, in any case where he deems it necessary, require the taxpayer to 10
file such a sworn duplicate. 11
From said return and information the commissioner or the income 12
tax assessor shall determine the amount of interest paid during the year 13
by the taxpayer on debts of class (a) or (b) enumerated in the preced- 14
ing section, for which deduction is authorized by said section, which 15
interest, for the purposes of this section, shall be called the net interest. 16
He shall also determine the total net income of the taxpayer, exclusive of 17
income taxable under section five, as such total net income would be if 18
no deduction were made for interest paid during the year. The tax- 19
payer may deduct from his income taxable under section one an amount 20
of interest paid by him during the year which shall bear the same pro- 21
portion to the net interest paid as his income taxable under section one 22
bears to his total net income as above determined. 23
Interest de-
ductions of
certain assoc
ations, etc.
1916, 269, §
1919, 286.
Section 4. A partnership, association or trust, the beneficial inter- 1
est in which is represented by transferable shares, paying to the com- 2
monwealth a tax upon income subject to taxation under section one, as 3
provided in subsection (d) thereof, may receive the deduction authorized 4
by section two on the same terms as an individual inhabitant. 5
certain classes
to be taxed.
1916, 269, § 5.
T.\XATI0N of income from annuities, professions, EMPLO'i'MENTS,
tr,ade and business.
Section 5. Income of the following classes received by any inhab- 1
itant of the commonwealth during the preceding calendar year shall be 2
taxed as follows: 3
(a) Income from an annuity shall be taxed at the rate of one and one 4
half per cent per annum. The income of property held in trust shall 5
not be exempted from taxation under section one nor shall payments to 6
beneficiaries be taxed under this section, because of the fact that the 7
whole or any part of the payments to the beneficiaries is in the form of 8
an annuity. 9
Chap. 62.] taxation of incomes. 619
10 (b) The excess over two thousand dollars of the income, as defined in Tax on income
11 section six, derived from professions, employments, trade or business siorS,''eTc.^^"
12 shall be taxed at the rate of one and one half per cent per annum. In I920,' 102! ^ ^'
13 determining such income the rental value of living quarters furnished I30 Mass 554
14 any individual as part of his compensation shall be included. The wages ^30 Mass. 2oi.
15 and salaries of employees and officers of the United States government Onited states
16 shall not be taxed. Retirement allowances, however described, from the iMmpUon, ^ ""
17 commonwealth or any county, city, town or district thereof, or from
18 any person, if not exempt by law, and interest received in the course of
19 business by persons loaning money as a business upon the pawn or pledge
20 of tangible personal property, shall be taxed under this subsection.
21 (c) The excess of the gains over the losses received by the taxpayer Tax on excess
22 from purchases or sales of intangible personal property, whether or not f'/om puVchases,
23 said taxpayer is engaged in the business of dealing in such property, Hbje pergonal
24 shall be taxed at the rate of three per cent per annum; provided, that g^mlin^^ase
25 in the case of intangible personal property held by trustees or other S27''m"'^ 522
26 fiduciaries, said excess shall be determined and the tax imposed by this 23s Mass!
27 section assessed and paid, at the time when such trust is terminated, but "
28 such trustee or other fiduciary may at his option include said excess in
29 any return of income made prior to the termination of the trust, and the
30 tax shall be assessed and paid as of the year in which the return is made.
31 In case of trusts continuing for more than five years, said excess, if not
32 previously returned, shall be included in a return of taxable income at
33 least in every fifth year, and the tax shall be assessed and paid as of the
34 year in which the return is made. Any such trustee or other fiduciary
35 may charge any taxes paid under this paragraph against principal in any
36 accounting which he makes as such trustee.
37 (d) Income of the classes enumerated in subsections (a), (6) and (c) ^g""!"^^^^"^
38 received by any partnership, association or trust, the beneficial interests ciations. etc.,
39 in which are represented by transferable shares, shall be taxed under this
40 section, unless the dividends on the transferable shares issued by such
41 partnership, association or trust are taxable under section one.
42 (e) Interest and dividends taxable under section one shall not be certain interest
43 taxed under this section. Sotto^beTalSd
1916, 269, §6 (i). 1918,257,5 65. as business
1 Section 6. Income taxable under subsection (b) of section five shall Determination
«. I 11* taxable
2 be the gross income from the profession, employment, trade or business, income from
3 in the year for which the income is computed, not including income employment,
4 exempt from taxation under this chapter or taxable hereunder other- D^uctions.
5 wise than under said subsection (&), but including gains from the sale of igiliiwir^^ '
6 capital assets, other than intangible personal property, employed therein; flil^y'^
7 less the following deductions: 1920.2.
8 (a) Expenses paid within the year in the profession, employment. Expenses.
9 trade or business, including the cost of ordinary repairs but not including
10 personal or family expenses; provided, that premiums paid for use and
11 occupancy insurance, or rent insurance, shall not be deducted as part
12 of such expenses.
13 (6) A reasonable allowance for depreciation and obsolescence of prop- Depreciation,
14 erty within such j'ear, and for depletion within the year of wasting assets property.
15 owned by the person taxed and used in the profession, employment,
16 trade or business; provided, that with the approval of the commissioner
17 a taxpayer may, in lieu of the aforesaid allowance for depreciation and
18 obsolescence, be allowed to deduct actual expenses of replacement of
620 TAXATION OF INCOMES. [ClIAP. 62.
capital and extraordinary repairs, and with such approval may in any 19
year defer such deductions in whole or in part to one or more subsequent 20
years. 21
paW."'" '"""^ ^'^^ ^^^ taxes paid within the year to the United States or any other 22
nation, or to any state, county, city, town or district, in respect of the 23
profession, employment, trade or business, or the property held or used 24
in connection therewith, but not including assessments for betterments. 25
paYd,''l"c'?pr'^''' ('^^ Interest paid within the year on indebtedness of the person taxed 26
incurred in connection with his profession, employment, trade or busi- 27
ness; but no interest allowed as a deduction under section two shall also 28
be allowed under this section. 29
wfthhrtheTear, (^) Losses from the sale within the year of capital assets other than 30
ills, 257, § G2 intangible personal property, and losses of capital assets other than stock 31
1920 2 ^^ trade sustained within the year by fire, theft or other casualty, or 32
amounts paid within the year on account of claims in law or equity in- 33
curred in connection with the profession, employment, trade or business, 34
when such losses or amounts paid are not compensated for by insurance 35
or otherwise. 36
terdebte,°etc. (/) The amount of any debts receivable arising from the conduct of 37
1919! 5^^' ^ ^^' the profession, employment, trade or business subsequent to December 38
1920,2. thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, determined by the person 39
taxed to be worthless and actually charged off during the year; but no 40
debts receivable shall be so charged off" and deducted, unless they have 41
previously been included as income in a return made under this chapter 42
or corresponding provisions of earlier laws. 43
Srtam tangible ^9^ ^^ amount cqual to five per cent of the assessed value, less the 44
191^257 § 64 ^™ount of all mortgages thereon, of the stock in trade and other tangible 45
1919! 5. property, real and personal, owned by the person taxed and used or em- 46
ployed in the profession, employment, trade or business within or without 47
the commonwealth, on the day as of which such propert,y is assessed in 48
the year for which the income is computed. In case any such stock in 49
trade or other tangible property located without the commonwealth 50
is taxed in respect of its income, and not in respect of its capital value, 51
by the taxing district where located in such year, the commissioner may 52
determine its value in any other manner, and may allow a deduction of 53
an amount equal to five per cent of the value so determined. 54
?iSband° w^fe, ('0 The sum of five hundred dollars for a husband or wife with whom 55
en't parent"*'"'' ^hc taxpayer lives, and the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for each 56
child under the age of eighteen, or parent entirely dej:)endent on the tax- 57
payer for support. The aforesaid deduction shall not be allowed to both 58
husband and wife, but may be allowed to either as they shall mutually 59
agree, or shall be prorated between them in proportion to the net income 60
of each in excess of two thousand dollars. In no case shall the total 61
deduction on account of husband and wife, and children and parents, 62
exceed one thousand dollars. 63
determtning SECTION 7. Persous who customarily estimate their income and ex- 1
^n'ic'^n«!,°'i°'4'^ penditure on a basis other than their actual cash receipts and disburse- 2
1916, 269, §7. ^ -11 li-l •• rt
1917,295. ^ ments may, with the approval oi the commissioner, compute upon a 3
similar basis their income taxable under this chapter. Persons who cus- 4
tomarily estimate their income and expenditure on the basis of an estab- 5
lished fiscal j^ear instead of the calendar year, may, with the approval of 6
the commissioner and subject to such rules and regulations as he may 7
ClIAP. 62.] TAXATION OF INCOMES. 621
8 establish, return their income taxable under this chapter on the basis
9 of such fiscal year.
10 In determining gains or losses realized from sale of capital assets, the
11 basis of determination, in case of property owned on January first, nine-
12 teen hundred and sixteen, shall be the value on that date, and in case
13 of property acquired thereafter, the value on the date when it is acquired.
EXEMPTIONS.
1 Section S. The following income shall be exempt from the taxes im- Exemptions.
r. J u j-U- 1 4. 230 Mass. S03.
2 posed by this chapter:
3 (a) Three hundred dollars in all of income taxable under section one individuals of
4 and under subsection (a) of section five, received by a person whose total igTc, mT*.
5 income from all sources does not exceed six hundred dollars during the i^i*'^--
6 year; but said exemption shall not be given to any married person if the
7 joint income of both husband and wife from all sources exceeds twelve
8 hundred dollars.
9 (b) Income received by corporations, except as provided in section Corporations.
,„ » , J f ) I- X- 1916, 269, §11.
10 fourteen. 1019.349. §4.
1 1 (c) Income received from land classified under chapter sixty-one. f9iT269 § 5
12 (d) Such part of the income received by trustees or other fiduciaries Foreign
13 as is payable to or accumulated for persons not inhabitants of the igjofmf 9.
14 commonwealth. i9is. 207.
15 (e) Income of intangible personal property exempt from taxation by income from
16 section five of chapter fifty-nine, except under clauses seventeenth, epSaiiy
17 eighteenth, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-seventh, twenty-ninth talSn.™"
18 and thirty-third of said section.
'l916, 269, |§ 5, 11. 1918, 257, § 60. 1919, 349, § 4.
19 (/) Income from an annuity or pension paid by a town in this PoUce and fh-e
20 commonwealth on account of service in a police or fire department. 1917,270.
21 (g) Income from an annuity, pension or endowment exempted by Certain
22 section thirty-seven or forty-one of chapter thirty-two, and all sums TOMnbuttons
23 exempted by either of said sections by virtue of their being deducted fun'ds"*""'
24 from wages as contributions to an annuity, pension or endowment fund. 6i9°'§^7.^' ^^'
1911, 532, § 7; 634, § 7. 1913, S32, § 8.
t.axation of estates and fiduciaries.
1 Section 9. The estates of deceased persons who last dwelt in the Estates of
2 commonwealth shall be subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter persons.
3 upon all income received by such persons during their lifetime, if assessed \l\l[ fat; § f;
4 within the time limited by section thirty-seven, except income taxable 229 Mass. 120.
5 under subsection (b) of section five. The income received by the es-
6 tates of such deceased persons shall be subject to all the taxes imposed
7 by this chapter to the extent that the persons to whom such income is
8 payable, or for whose benefit it is accumulated, are inhabitants of the
9 commonwealth. All taxes under this .section shall be assessed to the
10 executor or administrator, and before the appointment of an executor or
11 administrator said taxes shall be assessed in general terms to the estate
12 of the deceased, and the executor or administrator subsequently appointed
13 shall be liable for the tax so assessed as though it were assessed to him.
14 No person shall be taxed under this chapter for income received from
15 any executor or administrator which income has itself been taxed under
622
TAXATION OF IXCOIIES.
[Chap. 62.
Income from
trust estates
taxable-
Deductions,
1916, 2(J9, § 9.
1918, 207;
257, § 66.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
230 Mass. 503.
this section. If any income, other than income received by him or income 16
of his decedent with respect to which he is required by this chapter to 17
make a return, is taxable under this chapter to an executor or admini.s- IS
trator or to the estate of his decedent, he shall not be obliged to pay a 19
tax under this chapter thereon unless it is assessed within one year after 20
his giving bond; provided, that he has given due notice of his appoint- 21
ment and has filed his inventory within nine months thereafter. If the 22
inventory shall not have been filed within said nine months, the executor 23
or administrator shall be obliged to pay any taxes that may be assessed 24
under this chapter within three months after the filing of the inventory. 25
Section 10. The income received by estates held in trust by trustees, 1
any one of whom is an inhabitant of the commonwealth or has derived 2
his appointment from a court of the commonwealth, shall be subject to 3
the taxes assessed by this chapter to the extent that the persons to whom 4
the income from the trust is payable, or for whose benefit it is accumu- 5
lated, are inhabitants of the commonwealth. Income accumulated in 6
trust for the benefit of unborn or unascertained persons or persons with 7
contingent interests shall be taxed as if accumulated for the benefit of 8
inhabitants of the commonwealth. In the computation of the tax, the 9
trustees, in addition to the deduction on account of interest paid, allowed 10
under section two, shall be entitled to the following deductions from 11
income taxable under section one, and under paragraphs (a) and (c) of 12
section five, before the taxable income of the beneficiaries shall finally be 13
determined; 14
(a) Such proportion of the following items as the amounts of income 15
taxable under section one and subsections (a) and (c) of section five to- 16
gether bear to the total income received by the trustee from all sources, 17
exclusive of income taxable under subsection (b) of section five, to wit: 18
(1) all taxes paid within the year to the United States or any other nation 19
or to any state, county, city, town or district, except taxes assessed on 20
real estate or tangible personal property, inlieritance or other taxes 21
assessed upon the transfer of estates of deceased persons, Massachusetts 22
income taxes and assessments for betterments; (2) amounts paid within 23
the year for rental of safe deposit boxes ; and (3) amomits paid within the 24
year for premiums on siu-ety bonds of the trustee. 25
(b) All amounts paid on account of fees or compensation for services 26
of the trustee, to an amount not exceeding five per cent of the gross in- 27
come taxable under section one, and subsections (a) and (c) of section 28
five. 29
(c) All taxes paid within the \ear to the commonwealth and assessed 30
under this chapter on income taxable under section one and subsections 31
(a) and (c) of section five, on account of beneficiaries who still remain 32
inhabitants of the commonwealth. 33
(d) The trustees may also deduct from the income taxable under 34
section one a proper amount for the amortization, according to any 35
approved method, of premiums paid upon bonds owned by the estate 36
the income of which is taxable under said section one. 37
Income re-
ceived by
resident from
non-resident
trustee
Section 11. If an inhabitant of the commonwealth receives income 1
from one or more trustees, none of whom is an inhabitant of the com- 2
monwealth or has derived his appointment from a court of the com- 3
monwealth, such income shall be subject to the taxes imposed by this 4
chapter, according to the nature of the income received by the trustees. 5
Chap. 62.] taxation of incomes. 623
1 Section 12. A trustee may, at the request of any beneficiary, claim Trustee may
2 the benefit of the exemption provided by subsection (a) of section eight tioMfrr"""'
3 for each person to whom the income from the trust is payable, or for Procedure^'
4 whose benefit it is accumulated, and an inhabitant of this commonwealth j'||}|' ^^f 5 9.
5 receiving income from one or more trustees, none of whom is an inhabitant
6 of this commonwealth or has derived his appointment from a court of
7 this commonwealth, may also claim the benefit of such exemption; pro-
8 vided, that the commissioner is satisfied by an affidavit from the bene-
9 ficiary claiming exemption, or for whose benefit the same is claimed, or
10 otherwise, that such beneficiary is not allowed in all trusts or estates
11 under which he may be a beneficiary, and on account of all income on
12 which he is liable to taxation under this chapter, more than the total
13 amount of exemption to which he is entitled under said subsection (a).
1 Section 13. Sections ten to twelve, inclusive, shall, so far as apt, Provisions
2 apply to executors, administrators, guardians, conservators, trustees in trustees to
3 bankruptcy, receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors, to the fidScmrte?.' °'
4 income received by them and to their beneficiaries; except that clauses mefleg"'
5 (a), (h), (c) and (d) of section ten authorizing certain deductions, shall ilil.lo?.
6 apply only to trustees and guardians. 1920, 398. 235 Mass. 584. i^iS' i^e, § 1.
1 Section 14. Corporations acting as trustee or in any other fiduciary Corporation
2 capacity shall, with respect to the income received by them in that trultfe^tc
3 capacity, be subject to this chapter in the same manner and under the ^ tax^"*"^^"'
4 same conditions as individual inliabitants of the commonwealth actina: ]?},^' JS2' ^ ^•
5 m similar capacities, except that no such corporation shall be taxed on igl^^s*^''-
6 account of any property the income of which would be taxable under 1920:2;
7 section one if received by an individual inliabitant, or on account of the
8 income deri\-ed from such property, if such property is held by such
9 corporation as mortgagee or pledgee to secure the payment of bonds, notes
10 or other e\idences of indebtedness the interest on which is taxable under
11 section one to such individual inhabitants of the commonwealth as
12 receive it, or the principal of which is exempt from taxation under laws
13 other than this chapter.
1 Section 15. EA-ery corporation liable to taxation under the preced- f°J^°lf^o
2 ing section shall make the returns, and be subject to the penalties, pre- make returns
3 scribed by this chapter. i9i6, 269, §11. 1919,349, h. to penalties?"^'
1 ■ Section 16. For the purpose of facilitating the settlement and dis- Commissioner,
2 tribution of estates held by trustees and the other fiduciaries named in ^enera^may^
3 section thirteen, the commissioner, with the approval of the attorney tallloF""
4 general, may on behalf of the commonwealth agree on the amount of 'igltTe^'g.
5 taxes at any time due or to become due from such estates under this laisiSor!
6 chapter, and payment in accordance with such agreement shall be full
7 satisfaction of the taxes to which the agreement relates.
TAXATION OF PARTNERSHIPS.
1 Section 17. Partnerships liaving a usual place of business in the Partnerships.
2 commonwealth, any member of which is an inhabitant thereof, shall be ^^"' ^®^' * ^°'
3 subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter. If any of the members of
4 the partnership are not inhabitants of the commonwealth, only so much
5 of the income thereof as is proportionate to the aggregate interest of
624 TAXATION OF INCOMES. [ChAP. 62.
the i)artners who are iiiliabitants of the commonwealth in the profits 6
of the partnership shall be taxed. The tax shall be assessed on such a 7
partnership ])y the name under which it docs business, and the partners 8
shall not be taxed with respect to the income derived by them from 9
such a partnership. 10
ft™,"fpart- Section 18. A partnership, in computing its taxable income, may 1
deducted deduct at the request of any partner the whole or any part of the amount 2
1919 349' 1 3 °' "^ ^'^^ exemptions to which such partner may be entitled under sections 3
five and eight and of the deduction for family to which he may be 4
entitled under clause (h) of section six; provided the commissioner is 5
satisfied by an affidavit from the partner for whose benefit any such 6
exemption or deduction is claimed, or otherwise, that such partner is not 7
allowed, in all partnerships in which he may be a partner and on account 8
of all income on which he is liable to taxation under this chapter, more 9
than the total amount of such exemptions and deductions to which he 10
is entitled. Each amount so deducted shall be set forth in the return of 11
the partnership, and the partner requesting the same shall be allowed 12
no further exemption or deduction on account thereof. The commis- 1.3
sioner, in his discretion, may excuse a partnership which has a place of 14
business in the commonwealth from filing a return under this chapter, 15
if its principal place of business is not within the commonwealth, and 16
in such case may require the partners who are inhabitants of the com- 17
monwealth to include in their individual returns their shares of the part- 18
nership income, and may assess to each partner individually a tax on 19
his share. 20
Resident SECTION 19. An inhabitant of the commonwealth who is a member 1
member ot , . , . i i p i • * i i i -,
foreign part- of a partnership having no usual place ot business in the commonwealth, 2
taxable. who reccivcs income from such partnership derived from such a source 3
1910, 269, § 10. ^j^^^ .^ would be taxable if received directly by such partner, shall as to 4
such income be subject to the taxes imposed by this cliapter. 5
visionsVo'"" Section 20. The provisions of this chapter in respect to the filing 1
"artnershi s "^ rcturiis, and the assessment, abatement and collection of taxes, and 2
1916, 269, § 10. to notices concerning the same, shall apply to partnerships subject to 3
taxation under this chapter. 4
^ionsVoTto Section 21. Sections seventeen to twenty, inclusive, shall not apply 1
assonattons to partnerships, associations or trusts, the beneficial interest in which is 2
t'ansf^rlbil' represented by transferable shares, and nothing in said sections shall 3
shares. aft'cct Other provisious of this chapter so far as the same relate to such 4
^ ' ' ' ' partnerships, associations or trusts, the beneficial interest in which is 5
represented by transferable shares. 6
qmredtomake Section 22. Every individual inhabitant ox the commonwealth, in- 1
Contents cludiug cvcry partnership, association or trust, whose annual income 2
nlV\?'^^- K}r,- from all sources exceeds two thousand dollars shall annually make a 3
236 Mass. 201. «,. .. • i'i/np ixx a
return of his entire income, except income deri\-ed (a) from real estate, 4
(b) from dividends exempt from taxation under section one, (c) from 5
interest upon bonds or other obligations of the United States, (d) from 6
interest upon such bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of the 7
Chap. 62.] TAXATION OF INCOMES. 625
8 commonwealth and political subdivisions thereof as are exempt from
9 taxation under clause twenty-fifth of section five of chapter fifty-nine,
10 (e) from loans secured exclusively by mortgage of real estate, taxable
11 as real estate, situated in the commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding
12 the assessed value of the mortgaged real estate less the amount of all
13 prior mortgages, and (J) from wages or salaries received from the United
14 States. E\-ery other individual inhabitant, including every partnership,
15 association or trust, who recei\"es income taxable under section one or
IG subsection (a) or (c) of section five shall make an annual retm-n of such
17 taxable income.
1 Section 23. E\-ery executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, con- Executors.
2 servator, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors and return" ""''^
3 receiver, other than a receiver of a domestic corporation, and every other ^'^^^' ^^^' ^ '^■
4 person receiving income taxable under this chapter, shall make an annual
5 return of his taxable income as provided in this chapter.
1 Section 24. Returns under the two preceding sections shall be on Returns to
2 oath, and shall be filed with the income tax assessor for tlie district where fe °" "''^K ,
1 -1 I 1 • • • I 1 ' 1 • • rlace and date
3 the taxpayer resides or has has principal place of business or, at the option «/ fii'ns-
4 of the taxpayer, with the commissioner, shall be made in sucli form as the included.
5 commissioner prescribes, and shall contain such further information as ' ' '
6 he deems pertinent. The return shall be made on or before March first
7 in each year, and, except as provided in sections seven and twenty-five,
8 shall relate to the income received during the year ending on December
9 thirty-first preceding.
1 Section 25. Every indi\idual who is an inhabitant of the common- Persons subject
2 wealth at any time between January first and June thirtieth, both in- ming'returas'^'^'
3 elusive, in any year, and every executor, administrator, trustee or other \l\g HI] 1 2^"
4 fiduciary in office between said days in any year, who is such uihabitant,
5 or who derived his appointment from a court of this commonwealth,
6 and the estate of every deceased inliabitant of the commonwealth, shall
7 be subject to the taxes imposed by tliis chapter. Every such indi\idual or
S fiduciary shall file a return under section twenty-two or twenty-three if
9 he has in the preceding year received income taxable under this chapter,
10 and an executor or administrator shall file a return under section twenty-
11 three if his decedent in the preceding year recei\-ed any such income not
12 returned by the decedent. If a person has become an inhabitant of the
13 commonwealth or has been appointed an executor or administrator after
14 February first in any year, the return shall be due and shall be filed
15 within ninety days after he becomes such inhabitant or receives such
16 appointment.
1 Section 26. The commissioner shall prepare blanks for the returns Blanks to be
2 required by sections twenty-two and twenty-three and shall cause them igie! 269, h'2.
3 to be distributed throughout the commonwealth; but no person shall be
4 excused from making the return by failure of the commissioner to send
5 or give one of the blanks to him.
1 Section 27. The commissioner shall annually give seasonable notice Seasonable
2 of the requirements of sections twenty-two to twenty-five, inclusive, by i9i6T269?§ 12.
3 posting or in any other suitable manner, not later than January fifteenth,
4 in every town in the commonwealth.
626
TAXATION OF INCOMES.
[Chap. 62.
Sippilmentary Section 28. If tlic commissIoner shall, from information derived 1
i"iG,"269, § 12. ^I'om the return or otherwise, be of opinion that any person whose income 2
is taxable under tliis chapter may have failed to file a return, or to include 3
in a return filed, either intentionall.y or through error, all the sources of 4
his taxable income, he may require from such person a return or a supple- 5
mentary return on oath, in such form in each individual instance as the 6
commissioner prescribes, of all the soiu-ces from which the taxpayer 7
received any income, whether or not taxable under this chapter in the 8
year for which the return was made. If from a supplementary return or 9
otherwise the commissioner finds that any sources of taxable income have 10
been omitted from the original return, he may require the amount of in- 11
come from each soiu-ce of taxable income so omitted to be disclosed to 12
him on oath of the person liable for the tax, and added to the original 13
Party to remain retiu^n. Such Supplementary return and the correction of the original 14
ties. return shall not relieve the person making the same from any of the 15
penalties to wliich he may be liable under any provision of this chapter. 16
The commissioner may proceed under any provision of sections thirty 17
and thirty-five to thirty-seven, inclusive, whether or not he requires a 18
return or a supplementary' return imder this section. 19
may "x'tlnd^'^ SECTION 29. Ill casc of sickncss, abscuce or other disability, the 1
reTun'r^"^"* commissionef may allow further time for filing any return required by 2
i9is; 257,' 1 70 *^'^ chapter. i9i9. s. 1920, 2. 3
Jf"lfturn.°° Section 30. In order to verify any return made pursuant to this 1
1919 349 1 5*' chapter the commissioner may, within two years after September first 2
of the year in which such return was due, if he has reason to believe the 3
return to be fraudulent or incorrect, dii-ect by special authorization a 4
deputy or other agent to verify the return; and for the purpose of such 5
verification the books and papers of the person shall be open to the exam- 6
ining officer, or shall be produced for the purpose upon a summons, 7
which the commissioner, or the examining officer, may issue. The per- 8
son making the return may be examined by such officer on oath. 9
nSidaLus Section 31. If any person fails to file, on or before May first of any 1
compel filing year, a return required by this chapter, any justice of the supreme ju- 2
1916, 269, § 13 dicial or the superior court, on petition of the commissioner or the income 3
tax assessor for the district where such person is required to file the 4
return, or of any ten taxable inhabitants of the commonwealth, shall 5
issue a WTit of mandamus requiring such person to file the retiu-n. The 6
order of notice on the petition shall be retm-nable not later than ten days 7
after the filing thereof. The petition shall be heard and determined on 8
the return day or on such day thereafter as the court shall fix, having 9
regard to the speediest possible determination of the cause consistent 10
with the rights of the parties. The judgment shall include costs in favor 11
of the prevailing party. All writs and processes may be issued from the 12
clerk's office in any county, and, except as aforesaid, shall be returnable 13
as the court orders. 14
Returns to be
open to in-
spection of
certain offi-
cials, etc.
Section 32. Returns shall be open to the inspection of the commis- 1
sioner, and liis deputies, assistants and clerks when acting under his 2
authority, and the income tax assessors, and their deputies, assistants 3
Chap. 62.] tax.\tion of incomes. 627
4 and clerks when acting under their authority. The books, accounts and }ij}|; I57; | if-
5 other records in the hands of the commissioner, except returns, shall be J^is, 5; so;
6 open to the inspection of the state auditor, and his deputies, assistants and 1920, 2.
7 clerks when acting under his authority for the purpose of auditing the
8 accounts of the commissioner. Said returns shall be preserved for two
9 years, and thereafter until the commissioner orders them destroyed. The
10 commissioner shall, on request of any inhabitant of the commonwealth,
1 1 state whether or not any designated person has filed an income tax return
12 for the current or any prior year.
INFORM.^TION AT THE SOURCE.
1 Section 33. Every employer, being an inhabitant of the common- Employers.
2 wealth or having a place of business therein, shall file amuially with the etcTrequ?red to
3 commissioner a return in such form as he shall from time to time pre- tirnrS a^d
4 scribe, giving the names and addresses of all regular employees residing igijo^ofig § 25
5 in the commonwealth to whom said employer has paid wages, salary or j^is, 2.57, § 74.
(3 other compensation in excess of the sum of eighteen hundred dollars 1920:2.
7 during the preceding calendar year. In any individual case, upon request Penalty, § 57.
S of the commissioner, the exact wages, salary or other compensation shall
9 be stated.
10 E\'ery corporation and every partnership, association or trust the
11 beneficial interest in which is represented by transferable shares, doing
12 business in the commonwealth, unless the dividends paid on its shares
13 are exempt from taxation under section one, shall annually file with the
14 commissioner in such form as he shall from time to time prescribe, a
1.3 complete list of the names and addresses of its shareholders, as of record
16 on December thirty-first of the preceding year, or on any other date
17 satisfactory to the commissioner, or, in its discretion, of such shareholders
18 as are residents of the commonwealth, together with the number and
19 class of shares held by each shareholder and the rate of dividends paid
20 on each class of stock for such preceding year.
21 Every corporation, partnership, association or trust doing business in
22 the commonwealth shall report annually to the commissioner, in such
23 form as he shall from time to time prescribe, the names and addresses of
24 all residents of the commonwealth to whom it has paid interest during
25 the preceding calendar year on its bonds, notes or other evidences of in-
26 debtedness, and to whom it has paid any annuities, except, however,
27 interest coupons payable to bearer, and income exempt from taxation
28 under this chapter. In any indi\idual case, any such corporation, part-
29 nership, association or trust shall, upon request of the commissioner,
30 state the respective amounts of interest and annuities so paid by it to
31 any person during any calendar year.
32 The returns, lists and reports required by this section shall be made
33 on or before March first in each year; but the commissioner may au-
34 thorize them to be made at any other date and in connection with
35 any other reports or returns that said indi\idual3, partnerships, asso-
36 ciations, trusts and corporations may be required to file with him.
1 Section 34. The treasurer of e\'ery city, town and county, and the certain
2 state auditor, shall, annually not later than April tenth, in the form pre- °®n?sh names
3 scribed by the commissioner, furnish to him names and addresses of all ofpubifrim-
4 employees of said cities, towns, counties and of the commonwealth, re- p'°>^'^^iA„ j,<.
- . , . • 1 ■ 1 1- 11 1 1916, 2b9, S .io.
0 spectnelv, recemng during the precedin<; calendar year as salary, wages,
628 TAXATION OF INCOMES. [ChaP. 62.
or otherwise, amounts exceeding eighteen hundred dollars in each case, 6
together with the amount received by each. 7
ASSESSMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
foTetermfne" SECTION 35. The Commissioner shall determine from the returns re- 1
i"ses"7ax."etc. Quircd by this chapter, or in any other manner, the income of every per- 2
1916,269, § 14. son taxable thereunder, and shall assess thereon the tax hereby provided; 3
but he shall not determine the income of a person who has filed a return 4
in accordance with sections twenty-two to twenty-fi\-e, inclusive, within 5
the time prescribed by law, to be in excess of that disclosed by such 6
return, without notifying such person and gi\'ing him an opportunity to 7
explain the apparent incorrectness of his return. 8
how d«™-'' Section 3G. If any person who has failed to file a return, or has filed 1
return is fifwi"" ^'^ iucorrect or insufficient return, and has been notified by the commis- 2
me 269 14 sioner of his delinquency, refuses or neglects within twenty days after 3
1918! 257] § 70.' such iiotice to file a proper return, or if any person files a fraudulent re- 4
i92o! 2. turn, the commissioner shall determine the income of such person, taxa- 5
ble under this chapter, according to his best information and belief, and 6
assess the same at not more than double the amount so determined. 7
aHe?r™ura' SECTION 37. If the Commissioner finds from the verification of a 1
^s verified, retum, or otherwise, that the income of any person subject to taxation 2
i9'o' 404' ^ '*' ^^^^^ *^^^ chapter or any p^ortion thereof, has not been assessed, he may, 3
at any time within two years after September first of the year in which 4
such assessment should have been made, assess the same, first giving 5
notice to the person so to be assessed of his intention, and such person 6
shall thereupon have an opportunity within ten days after such noti- 7
fication to confer with the commissioner in person or by counsel or other 8
representative as to the proposed assessment. After the expiration of ten 9
days from such notification the commissioner shall assess the income of 10
such person subject to taxation, or any portion thereof, which he believes 11
has not theretofore been assessed, and lie shall thereupon give notice 12
imder section thirty-nine to the person so assessed, and the tax shall be 13
payable fourteen days after the date of such notice. The provisions of this 14
chapter in respect to the abatement and coOection of taxes shall apply to 15
a tax so assessed. Whenever, in the course of a verification of the re- 16
turns of a taxpayer under section thirty, the commissioner finds that an 17
overpayment of the total amount of taxes due from such taxpayer has 18
been made on any year's return subject to verification, the amount of 19
such overpayment shall be deducted from the amount of any additional 20
tax found to be due on any other year's return so verified, and only the 21
net amount thus determined to be due shall be assessed additionally. 22
*tc**™uui' Section 38. The commissioner may from time to time make such 1
tkins'^^"'"' rules and regulations, not contrary to this chapter, as he deems neces- 2
1916.' 269, § 14. sary to carry out its provisions. 3
COLLECTION.
S'S™ni°t°c" Section 39. The commissioner, annually on or before September 1
due.^'tc*'"' '^ fii'st, shall give written notice to e\ery person taxable under this chapter 2
itil', 29^§V^' °^ *^^^ amount of the tax payable by him, and of the date on which the 3
tax is due and payable, which shall be October first. The notice shall be 4
Chap. 62.] taxation of incomes. 629
5 mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to the person assessed at his place
6 of residence or business, or at the address given in his return, or other-
7 wise delivered at such place of residence or business or at such address.
8 All taxes assessed hereunder may be paid at the office of the commissioner
9 in Boston or at the office of the income tax assessor for the district where
10 the taxpayer resides or has his principal place of business, at the option
11 of the taxpayer, and the notice shall state the places at which the tax
12 may be paid. Failure to receive such notice shall not affect the validity
13 of the tax.
1 Section 40. All taxes received by the income tax assessors shall be Taxes received
2 accounted for and turned over to the commissioner as often as once in f?r''e'ach™eef
3 each week. i^ie, 209, § 17.
1 Section 41. If a tax assessed under this chapter is not paid within interest, rate,
■^ 1 to be
d to tax.
edies.
269. § 18.
4 tax. The commissioner, and the income tax assessors in their respective '^'*' ^^- 5 2-
5 districts, shall have for the collection of taxes assessed under this chap-
6 ter all the remedies provided by chapter sixty for the collection of taxes
7 on personal estate by collectors of taxes of towns, and shall be allowed
S charges and fees as therein provided. Any action of contract brought to
9 recover any such tax shall be brought in the name of the commonwealth.
1 Section 42. If any income taxable under this chapter, received by Fiduciaries to
2 executors, administrators, trustees, or other fiduciaries, is duly assessed imb'ie'etc'' "
3 to them thereunder and they neglect to pay the same, any such fiduciary \l\g[ |^^' ^ ^^■
4 shall be personally liable therefor to the commissioner in contract, and '®2°' ^■
5 may be allowed in his account for the amount paid by him.
abatements.
1 Section 43. Any person aggrieved by the assessment of a tax under Abatement by
2 this chapter may apply to the commissioner for an abatement thereof igib^leg^^ig.
3 at any time within six months after the date of the notice of the as- Jgll; g.^^' ^ ^^'
4 sessment, or, if he dies during said six months his executor or admin- 3%°\^^
5 istrator may apply for such abatement within one month after his ap-
6 pointment; and if, after a hearing, the commissioner finds that the tax
7 is excessive in amount or that the person assessed is not subject thereto,
8 he shall abate it in whole or in part accordingly. If the tax has been
9 paid, the state treasurer shall repay to the person assessed the amount
10 of such abatement, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per
11 annum from the time when it was paid. The commissioner shall notify
12 the petitioner by registered letter of his decision upon the petition.
1 Section 44. No tax assessed on any person liable to taxation under Abatement
2 this chapter shall be abated in any event unless the person assessed shall i.mUed'iS ^"'^
3 have filed, at or before the time of bringing his petition for abatement, 5"i6;'269,'F'i9-
4 a return as required by sections twenty-two to twenty-five, inclusive; Jg}!;!"'^^^'
5 and if he failed without good cause to file his return within the time lll°-A
6 prescribed by law, or filed a fraudulent return, or, having filed an in-
7 correct or insufficient return, has failed, after notice, to file a proper
8 return, the commissioner shall not abate tiie tax below double the amount
9 for which the person assessed was properly taxable under this chapter.
630
TAXATION OF INCOMES.
[Chap. 62.
1916, 209. § 19.
Section 45. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the commissioner 1
to abate, in whole or in part, under section forty-three, a tax assessed 2
under this chapter, may appeal therefrom, within thirty days after re- 3
ceiving notice of the decision of the commissioner, by filing a complaint 4
with the clerk of the board of appeal from decisions of the commissioner. 5
If, on hearing, said board finds that the person making the appeal was 6
entitled to an abatement under section forty-three from the tax as- 7
sessed on him, it shall make such abatement as it sees fit. The decision 8
of the board of appeal shall be final and conclusive, and shall be com- 9
municated in writing to the petitioner and the commissioner within five 10
days thereafter. 11
?eparamo^t SECTION 46. If the tax abated has been paid, the state treasurer
of^abatement. gj,^]! repay to the petitioner the amount of the abatement and interest
1916, 269, § 19. at the rate of six per cent per annum from the time of payment, upon
presentation to him by the petitioner of the notice of the decision of the
board.
Appeal to
229\iMs! 120° sioner to abate in whole or in part under section forty-three a tax assessed
235 Mass. 5S4. under this cliapter, and who has paid his tax, may, instead of pursuing
the remedy provided in section forty-five, appeal from such refusal by fil-
ing a complaint against the commissioner in the superior court for the
county where such person resides or has his principal place of business,
within thirty days after the notice by the commissioner of his decision in
accordance with section forty-three. An order of notice shall be issued
by said court and served on the commissioner within such time as the
court directs, and subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in accord-
ance with sections sixty-fi\e to sixty-eight, inclusi\'e, of chapter fifty-nine. 11
If an abatement is granted, the amount thereof shall be repaid to the 12
complainant by the state treasurer, v\-ith interest at the rate of six per 13
cent per annum from the time when the tax was paid, and costs. 14
Section 47. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the commis- 1
Remedies
under this
chapter
Section 48. The remedies pro\'ided by sections forty-three to 1
ex.,u»,vi- forty-seven, inclusive, shall be exclusive, whether or not the tax is wholly 2
luui, 269, § 20. illegal. 3
additional local t.\xes.
Section 49. All property owned by a resident of the commonwealth 1
on April first in any year, which during the preceding calendar year 2
had produced for such owner any income taxable under this chapter, 3
shall, despite anything in this chapter, be subject to taxation to such 4
owner in accordance with chapters fifty-nine and sixty, if such owner 5
does not make to the commissioner a full return of his taxable income 6
from such property on or before September first of the year in \^hich a 7
return of income is required by sections twenty-two to twenty-five, 8
inclusive, and provided the tax so assessed is greater than the amount 9
of the tax properly payable under sections one and thirty-five to thirty- 10
seven, inclusive. 11
Certain prop-
erty taxable
locally unless
income
returned.
1916, 269, § 21
assessment of
property the
Section 50. Property taxable in any year under the preceding sec- 1
tion shall be assessed in that year between September second and De- 2
returnid°°* ccmbcr tenth, both inclusive. The amount of taxes assessed by the 3
1916, 269, § 21. local assessors upon such property in such town in any year, less the 4
Chap. 62.] taxation of incomes. 631
5 amount assessed and collected by the commissioner as hereinafter pro-
6 vided, shall be entered on the tax list of the collector of such town, and
7 he shall collect and pay over the same to the town.
1 Section 51 . Any taxpayer aggrieved by the assessment of a tax Appeal to
2 under section forty-nine may appeal to the commissioner within thirty i916?2to?T21.
3 days after the receipt of the tax bill therefor, or other actual notice of
4 the assessment. In case of an adverse determination by the commis-
5 sioner, the tax-payer may appeal to the board of appeal as provided in
6 section forty-five, or to the superior court as provided in section forty-
7 seven; and if the taxpayer shall prove that the income of the property
8 was duly returned or that it was not taxable or that there was reason-
9 able excuse for not making the return, the tax shall be abated, and, if
10 it has previously been paid, the amount abated shall be repaid by the
11 town to the taxpayer, with interest from the time of such payment.
1 Section 52. At any time prior to the collection by the town of the collection and
2 tax provided for by section forty-nine the commissioner may assess and fnTOml' tax°^
3 collect the tax provided for by this chapter on the income of the prop- taxM^'^"'^'"^*'^
4 erty, subject to the limitation of time provided by section thirty-seven. Ijl^caso oP*"**
5 Upon the collection of the tax, the commissioner shall at once notify dcubie coi-
6 the tax collector of the town where the taxpayer resides, and the tax col- mn. 209, § 21.
7 lected by the commissioner shall be deducted from the tax assessed in
8 that town; and if the tax assessed therein has been collected, the amount
9 so deducted shall be repaid by the town to the taxpayer. If a tax col-
10 lected by a town under section forty-nine is afterward abated, the amount
11 of the abatement, together with the amount of any interest paid by the
12 taxpayer on that amount, shall be paid by the town to the taxpayer.
1 Section 53. Upon discovery of property the income of which for the Commissioner
2 preceding calendar year, taxable under this chapter, has not been re- sessora'^of**'
3 turned on or before September first of the year in which the return is ^ubPeTt to
4 required, the commissioner shall forthwith notify the assessors of the fs'^'^g^o^^io
5 town where the property is taxable, unless there is within his knowledge "ot''y ^™ "'
6 a reasonable excuse for the failure of the taxpayer to file the return, inie, 2e9, §21.
7 Upon making any assessment under section forty-nine, the assessors shall
8 forthwith notify the commissioner.
constitutionality.
1 Section 54. If any part, subdivision or section of this chapter shall ^°°afitv'of
2 be declared unconstitutional, the validity of its remaining provisions 9^'^'Pi" °°^ >
3 shall not be affected thereby. i9i6, 269, § 27. part, etc.
penalties.
1 Section 55. If any person required to file a return under this chapter Penalty for
2 fails to file the return within the time prescribed therein, the sum of five 'i9r6'269,"§ 13.
3 dollars for every day during which such person is in default shall be
4 added to, and become part of the tax, as an additional tax; but the com-
5 missioner may, in his discretion, abate any such additional tax in whole
6 or in part.
632
TAXATION OF INCOIIES.
[Chap. 62.
Penalty for
fraudulent
return, etc.
1916, 269,
§§ 3, 13.
1919, 286.
Section 56. Whoever files a fraudulent return, and whoever, having 1
failed to file a return or having filed an incorrect or insufficient return 2
without reasonable excuse fails to file a return within twenty days after 3
receiving notice from the commissioner of his delinquency, shall be pun- 4
ished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than ten thousand 5
dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and shall 6
forfeit his right to hold public office anywhere within the commonwealth 7
for such period, not exceeding five years, as the court determines. Any 8
person filing a fraudulent return of interest defluction under section 9
three, or giving fraudulent information under said section or section 10
four to the commissioner or an income tax assessor relative to any de- 11
duction given by section two, shall be punished as provided in this 12
section. 13
Penalty for
failure to gi\'e
information at
the source.
1916. 269, § 25.
1918, 257, § 74.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 57. Any individual, partnership, association, trust or cor- 1
poration failing without reasonable excuse to file a return, list or report, 2
or otherwise give information, as required by section thirty-three, shall 3
be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five 4
hundred dollars. 5
Penalty for
disclosure of
information,
except, etc.
1916, 269, § 16.
1918, 257, § 71.
1919, 5; 117.
Penalties to
apply to
fiduciaries.
1916, 269,
§§ 11, 13.
1919, 349, § 4.
Section 58. The disclosure by the commissioner, or by the state 1
auditor, or by any deputy, assistant, clerk or assessor, or other employee 2
of the commonwealth, or of any city or town therein, to any person but 3
the taxpayer or his agent, of any information whatever contained in or set 4
forth by any return filed under this chapter, other than the name and ad- 5
dress of the person filing it, except in proceedings to collect the tax or by 6
proper judicial order, or for the purpose of criminal prosecution under 7
this chapter, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand 8
dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, and 9
by disqualification from holding office for such period, not exceeding 10
three years, as the court determines. 11
Section 59. Section thirty-one and the penalties provided by sec- 1
tions fifty-five and fifty-six shall apply to individuals and corporations 2
acting in any fiduciary capacity. In the case of a corporation, the penalty 3
may be imposed on the corporation, on the officers whose duty it was to 4
make the return, or on both. 5
Certain part-
nerships, etc..
penalties im-
posed, how
inflicted.
1916, 269, § 13.
Section 60. In the case of a partnership one or more members of 1
which are inhabitants of the commonwealth and which has a usual place 2
of business in the commonwealth, the penalties imposed by this chapter 3
may be inflicted upon any member of the partnership who is an inhabit- 4
ant of the commonwealth and who has any active part in the manage- 5
ment of the affairs of the partnership, and if there is no such member, 6
upon the persons in charge of its affairs in this commonwealth. In the 7
case of a partnership, association or trust, the beneficial interests in 8
which are represented by transferable shares, the penalties imposed by 9
this chapter for failure to file a return may be inflicted upon the trustees, 10
managers or officers whose duty it was to make the return. 11
- REFERENCES.
Appointment of officers to enforce income tax, Chap. 14, § 4.
Division of commonwealth into income tax districts, Chap. 14, § 9.
§ 1. Additional tax for 1919 to 1921, inclusive, 1919, 342, § 3.
CiL\p. 63.]
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
633
CHAPTER 63.
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
Sect.
taxation of bank shares.
1. Taxation of bank shares.
2. Payment of tax. Collection by suit.
3. Lien on shares for payment of taxes.
4. Statement to assessors of names, etc.,
of shareholders. Copy to commis-
sioner, etc.
5. Determination of amount of offsets
and credits. Notice. Appeal.
6. Certification of aggregate charges and
credits.
7. Allowance for expense of assessment
and collection.
S. Deduction of bank taxes paid by sav-
ings banks and insurance companies.
9. Certification of bank taxes assessed
and collected.
10. Reimbursement of exempted share-
holder.
TAXATION OF SAVINGS BANKS AND SAVINGS
DEPARTMENTS OF TRUST COMPANIES.
11. Taxation of deposits in savings banks,
and trust companies having sav-
ings departments.
12. Same subject.
13. Companies to make semi-annual re-
turns. Contents. Penalty.
14. Investments in savings department
not to be basis of deduction from
other taxes.
15. Exemption of deposits from other
taxes.
16. Reduction of tax for period of in-
capacity to do business.
17. Taxation of Massachusetts Hospital
Life Insurance Company.
TAXATION OF SAVINGS BANK INSURANCE.
18. Certain insurance funds subject to same
tax as savings bank deposits.
TAXATION OF CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.
19. Co-operative banks have certain ex-
emptions.
TAXATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES
20. Taxation of life insurance companies.
Returns.
21. Retahatory tax on foreign life insur-
ance companies.
22. Taxation of domestic fire, marine and
other insurance companies.
23. Taxation of similar foreign companies.
24. Deductions.
25. Returns of fire, marine and other in-
surance companies.
Sect.
26. Books, etc., may be examined.
27. Penalty for failure to make return, etc.,
and for false statement.
2S. Assessment and notice to companies.
Application for correction. Appeal.
29. Recovery of tax, and injunction.
TAXATION OF BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
30. Definitions.
31. Deductions not allowed in determining
corporate excess.
Dotrtestic Corporations.
32. Excise on domestic business corpora-
tions.
33. Minimum tax of subsidiaries, etc.
34. Net income where federal return con-
solidated.
35. Returns.
36. Correction of return. Additional tax.
37. Determination of net income from
business in commonwealth. Alloca-
tion of certain classes of income.
38. Same subject. Allocation of remainder
of net income. Deduction.
Foreign Corporations.
39. Excise on foreign corporations.
40. Returns, etc., of foreign corporations.
41. Determination of net income from
business in commonwealth. Alloca-
tion of income.
42. Same, alternative method.
43. Credit for dividends paid to inhabitants.
Assessment and Collection.
44. Assessment of tax.
45. Assessment of additional tax.
46. Double assessment for refusal to file, or
fraudulent return.
47. Regulations.
48. Notice of tax. Time of payment. Col-
lection by state treasurer.
49. Penalty for late return.
50. Penalty for false statement.
51. Abatements.
Constitutionality.
52. Constitutionality.
TAXATION OF CORPORATE FRANCHISES.
53. Annual returns to commissioner.
54. Additional information required of cer-
tain corporations, etc.
634
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Ch.\p. 63.
Sect.
55. Valuation of corporate franchise, etc.
Deductions.
56. Interest of trust company as mort-
gagee, how deducted.
57. Remedy of corporation when assessors'
valuation exceeds commissioner's.
58. Tax to be paid on corporate franchise.
Rate, how determined.
59. Additional tax to be assessed upon cor-
porate franchise value, etc.
60. Notice of tax, time of payment, right
of correction and appeal.
EXCISE ON STREET RAILWAYS, ETC., IN
COMMUTATION OF REPAIRS, SNOW RE-
MOVAL, ETC.
61. Returns of street railway and electric
railroad companies to assessors.
62. Assessment of excise.
63. Revision of amount.
64. Division among cities and towns.
65. Collection.
66. Application of sums collected.
EXCISE ON CORPORATIONS INTERESTED IN
SHIPS AND VESSELS.
67. Excise on interest in ship, etc. Returns.
Sect.
miscellaneous provisions.
CS. Taxes in this chapter not exclusive.
69. Inspection of books and examination
of officers.
70. Interest on unpaid taxes.
71. Appeals. Repayment. Abatement of
uncollectable assessments.
COLLECTION.
72. Collection of tax by warrant.
7.3. Action at law to recover unpaid taxes.
74. Lessee of corporate property liable for
tax.
75. Collection of unpaid taxes by informa-
76. Transfer of assets without notice to
commissioner void in certain cases.
RELIEF FROM UNLAWFUL TAXES.
77. Determination of validity of tax by
supreme judicial court on petition.
78. Reimbursement of tax if illegally ex-
acted.
PENALTIES AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT.
79. Penalties on certain corporations, etc.,
for neglect to make returns, etc.
SO. Collection of penalties.
Taxation of
bank shares.
1S65, 242.
1868, 349, § 1.
1871, 390, § 1.
1872, 321,
l§ 4, 5.
1873, 315, § 1.
P. S. 13, § 8.
R. L. 14, § 9.
1909, 440, § 2;
490, III, § 11.
1914, 198, § 2.
U. S. Rev.
Sts. § 5219.
14 Allen, 359.
99 Mass. 141.
101 Mass. 575.
104 Mass. 586.
112 Mass. 3S4.
123 Mass. 375.
138 Mass. 527.
155 Mass. 313.
175 Mass. 257.
T.\XATION OF BANK SHARES.
Section 1. All shares of stock in banks, whether of issue or not, 1
existing by authority of the United States or of any law of the common- 2
wealth not contained in chapters one hundred and sixty-seven to one 3
hundred and seventy-four, inclusive, and located in the commonwealth, 4
shall be assessed to the owner thereof in the town where sucli bank is 5
located, and not elsewhere, in the assessment of state, county, city and 6
town taxes, whether such owner is a resident of said town or not. They 7
shall be assessed at their fair cash value on April first, after deducting 8
therefrom the proportionate part of the value of the real estate belonging 9
to the bank, at the same rate as other moneyed capital in the hands of 10
citizens is by law assessed. The persons appearing from the books of 11
the banks to be owners of shares at the close of the business day last 12
preceding April first shall be deemed to be the owners thereof. 13
223 Mass. 371. 3 Wall. 573. 7 Wall. 694. 125 V. S. 60.
Payment
Collection
by suit.
1873, 315, § 2.
P. S. 13, § 9.
R. L. 14, § 10.
1909, 490,
III, § 12.
232 Mass. 168.
125 U. S. 60.
Section 2. Every such bank shall pay the tax so assessed to the col- 1
lector or other person authorized to receive it at the time when other 2
taxes in the town become due. If not so paid, said tax, with interest 3
thereon at the rate of twelve per cent per annum from the day when 4
due, may be recovered from said bank in contract by the collector of 5
such town. 6
Lien on shares
for payment
of taxes.
1868, 349, § 2.
1871, 390, § 2.
1872, 321, § 9.
1873, 315, § 3.
P. S. 13, § 10.
R. L. 14, I 11.
Section 3. The shares of such banks shall be subject to the tax paid
thereon by the corporation or by its officers, and the corporation and its
officers shall have a lien on all shares in such bank and on all rights and
property of the shareholders in the corporate property for the paj-ment of
said taxes. i909, 490, iii, § 13. 125 u. s. 00.
Chap. 63.] t.ocation of corporations. 635
1 Section 4. The cashier of every such bank shall make and deliver statement to
2 to the assessors of the town where it is located, on or before April tenth name^s°'^etc., ot
3 in each year, a statement on oath showing the name of each shareholder, ci'y'to''com-
4 with his residence and the number of shares belonging to him at the close ™87T,°39a fs!
5 of the business day last preceding April first, as the same then appeared '^^f l^'o
6 on the books of said bank. If the casliier fails to make such statement, J^^g^'i^g'^il,^-
7 said assessors shall forthwith obtain a list oi the names and residences r. l li'sii
8 of shareholders and of the number of shares belonging to each. They 490, in, § li!'
9 shall, forthwith, upon obtaining such statement or list, transmit a copy IssVa^st lis.
10 thereof to the commissioner; and shall, immediately upon the deter-
11 mination of the tax rate in such town for the year, give to the commis-
12 sioner written notice thereof, and also of the amount assessed by them
13 upon the shares of each bank located therein.
1 Section 5. Said commissioner shall thereupon determine the amount DetermiDation
2 of the tax assessed upon shares in each of said banks which would not be offsets and
3 liable to taxation in said town according to chapter fifty-nine; and such Notice!
4 amount shall be a charge against said town. He .shall, in like manner, ^■fyT'ago,
5 determine the amount of tax so assessed upon shares which would be so flyl'lis,
6 liable to taxation in each town other than that where the bank is located; P^l^
7 and such amount shall be a credit to such town. He shall forthwith §^5 p'j'/j ^
8 give written notice by mail or at their office to the assessors of each 1909! 49b,
9 town thereby affected of the aggregate amount so charged against and
10 credited to it; and they may within ten days after notice of such deter-
11 mination appeal therefrom to the board of appeal from decisions of the
12 commissioner.
1 Section 6. At the expiration of ten days after said notice or upon Certification
2 being informed of the decision of the board of appeal, the commissioner charges and
3 shall certify to the state treasurer the aggregate amount of charges ^sTi'.'Igo, § 9.
4 against, and credits to, each town, as so determined; and the treasurer p'* a' i^-^'^j il;
5 shall thereupon withhold out of any sums payable by the common- f^^ l*^^ ^*-
6 wealth to any town against wliich a charge is certified, the amount of m. § i6-
7 such charge, and shall allow or pay over to each town to which a credit
8 is certified the amount of such credit.
1 Section 7. In such adjustment of charges and credits, one per cent A^iiowance for
2 upon the amount assessed and collected by each town shall be allowed assessment and
3 to it for the expense of assessment and collection. No town shall in ists, sis,'
4 any year be allowed credits or payments under this chapter until the p s°i3,'§ 16.
5 assessors have complied with its requirements and with section twenty- Jlok Itbf '^'
6 two of chapter fifty-nine, relative to the taxation of bank shares. No 223 mms. 371.
7 bank, the shares in which are liable to taxation under section one, shall be
8 liable thereto under section fifty-eight, nor shall the shareholders be
9 liable to taxation for their shares therein for any purpose, except under
10 this chapter.
1 Section 8. The amount paid into the treasurj* annually, under this Deduction of
2 chapter, on account of shares in banks, which on April first are the abso- by"savrng3 ^'^'
3 lute property of any savings bank liable to taxation under section eleven, j^nsurance'
4 shall be deducted from the taxes of such savings bank at the next pay- 5g?3^ a"'!^ § 12.
5 ment by it to the commonwealth after the collection of the taxes on p*|^'j|°^^ fy^-
6 such bank shares. The commissioner may require a statement of all R. l. i4,'§i6.
636
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Ch.\p. 63.
1909, 440, I 2;
490, III, § 18.
1914, 198, J 2.
1918. 184, § 7.
shares so owned by any savings bank, in a form approved by him, signed 7
and sworn to by the treasurer or like financial officer thereof. From such 8
statement and other evidence, and subject to appeal by such corpora- 9
tion under section se^-enty-one, he shall determine the amounts to be 10
deducted, and certify the same to the state treasurer upon the final 11
determination thereof; but the amount so to be deducted from the tax 12
payable by any savings bank shall not exceed, in any year, the amoimt 13
of the tax assessed on account of that portion of its deposits invested in 14
shares in such banks. 15
Certification
of bank taxes
assessed and
collected.
1873, 31.'^, § 13
P. S. 13, § 18.
R. L. 14, § 17.
190B, 271, § 2.
1909, 490,
III, § 19.
Section 9. The commissioner shall annually, as soon as may be 1
after the first Monday in November, certify to the state treasurer the 2
amounts assessed and collected for the year in respect of shares in such 3
banks owned absolutely by any society or institution of the classes 4
specified in clauses third and fourth of section five of chapter fifty-nine, 5
and the treasurer shall thereupon pay over such amounts to such society 6
or institution owning such shares. 7
of^exempted""' SECTION 10. The asscssors of a town, upon request of any person
i872'^'32ili2 resident therein who is the owner of any shares in such banks which,
18^?! 315! §14. under clauses seventeenth and eighteenth of section five of chapter fifty-
R. L. 14, § 18. nine would be entitled to exemption from taxation, shall give to him a
III, i 20.' certificate stating such fact; and the town treasurer, upon request there-
for, and the deposit with him of such certificate, shall pay to such owner
the amount so collected in respect of such shares, immediately upon the
allowance made to such town under this chapter.
* Taxation of
deposits in
savings banks,
and trust com-
panies having
sav-ings depart-
ments.
1862, 224,
§§4,5.
1863, 164.
1865, 267.
1868, 315.
1879, 115.
18S1, 304,
§§ 8, 9;
305, § 1.
P. S. 13, § 20.
1890, 160, § 4.
R. L. 14, S 19.
1906, 271, § 3.
1907, 246.
1909, 342, § 1;
490, III, §21.
1911, 337.
T.tXATION OF SAVINGS BANKS AND SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS OF TRUST COM-
PANIES.
Section 11. Every savings bank and every trust company having a 1
savings department, as defined respectively in chapters one hundred and 2
sixty-eight and one hundred and seventy-two, shall pay to the state 3
treasurer, on account of its depositors, an annual tax of one half of one 4
per cent, which shall be levied on the amoimt of the deposits in a savings 5
bank, and on the amount of such of the deposits in the sa\'ings depart- 6
ment of a trust company as do not exceed in amount the limits imposed 7
upon deposits in savings banks by section thirty-one of chapter one 8
hundred and sixty-eight, to be assessed and paid as follows : one fourth 9
of one per cent shall be assessed by the commissioner upon the average 10
amount of such deposits for the six months preceding May first, and 11
paid on or before May twenty-fifth; and a like percentage shall be 12
assessed upon the average amount of such deposits for the six months 13
preceding November first, and paid on or before November twenty-fifth. 14
1912, 189.
5 Allen, 428.
12 Allen, 312.
123 Mass. 493.
126 Mass. 526.
151 Mass. 103.
211 Mass. 207.
220 Mass. 409.
231 Mass. 367.
6 Wall. 611.
178U. S. 115.
3 Op. A. G. 409.
Same subject.
1862, 224,
§§4,5.
1863, 164.
1865, 267.
1868, 31S.
1879, 115.
1881, 304, 5§ 8,
9; 305, § 1.
Section 12. So much of said deposits shall be exempt from taxation 1
under the preceding section as is invested in any of the following: 2
(a) Real estate used for banking purposes. 3
(6) Loans secured by mortgage of real estate taxable in this common- 4
wealth. 5
ClIAP. 63.] TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS. 637
6 (c) Real estate the title of which has been acquired by foreclosure p. s. is, § 20.
7 or purchase under clause twelfth of section fifty-four of chapter one r. l! 14, § 19!
8 hundred and sixty-eight, for five years after the title thereof is vested Jg^,' III'. ^ ^'
9 in the corporation. _ {909: Im, ^ ^•
10 (d) Bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the United States. 1912^^89
1 1 (e) Bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the commonwealth issued ^^l\f^''-
12 after January first, nineteen hundred and six. isi Mass! 163.
13 (/) Bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of any county, fire 220 mS. 409'.
14 district, water district, light district, improvement district, city or town *" ^""^ ^^^'
15 in the commonwealth, issued on or after IVIay first, nineteen hundred
16 and eight, stating on their face that they are exempt from taxation in
17 Massachusetts.
18 (g) Shares of stock of trust companies organized under the laws of the
19 commonwealth.
1 Section 13. Every savings bank and every trust company having a Companies to
2 savings department shall semi-annually, on or before May tenth and No- "ifnuafretuma.
3 vember tenth, make a return to the commissioner, signed and sworn to by Penafty'^'
4 its president and treasurer, of the amount of its deposits if a savings §|'f;|"*'
5 bank, and if a trust company of the amount of deposits in its savings ^^^^ ^^^^ 2l
6 department, on the first clay of each of said months, and of the average R^ l! 14, §20.
7 amount of such deposits for the six months preceding each of said last 1909! 342; §2-
8 mentioned days. A corporation neglecting to make such return shall 211'Mass. 207.
9 forfeit fifty dollars for each day during which such neglect continues. If ^~° ^^^''- *°^-
10 it wilfully makes a false statement in such return it shall be punished by
11a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.
1 Section 14. No investment of deposits in the savings department investments
_ , „.^..jin savings de-
2 01 any trust company exempt m any year from the tax imposed by partment not
3 section eleven shall be in the same year a basis for any deduction allowed deduction from
4 in computing any other tax which trust companies are required by law Jgog^ 342^5 3.
5 to pay.
1 Section 15. All deposits taxed under section eleven shall be other- Exemption of
2 wise exempt from taxation in any year in which said tax is paid. otfer taxeT."
1882, 224, § 12. P. S. 13, §23. 1909, 342. | 4; 490, III, § 23.
1864, 208, § 15. R. L. 14, § 21. 5 Allen, 428.
1 Section 16. Whenever a bank, as defined in section one of chapter Reduction of
2 one hundred and sixty-seven, is restrained from doing business by an oMnrap^dty to
3 injunction issued by any court, or is in the hands of the commissioner of ign^eis.'*''
4 banks under said chapter, the tax payable by the bank under section
5 eleven, as computed on May first or No\'ember first next ensuing, after
6 the bank is incapacitated from doing business as aforesaid, shall be re-
7 duced by the same proportion which the number of business days during
8 the six months next preceding the said May first or November first on
9 which the bank was thus incapacitated bears to the total number of
10 business days in the said six months; and thereafter the bank shall be
11 relieved from paying taxes under said section so long as it continues to
12 be incapacitated from so doing business.
1 Section 17. The Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Taxation of
2 shall semi-annually, on or before May tenth and November tenth, make Hospital Life
3 a return, signed and sworn to by a majority of its board of directors, of compTny.
638
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[ClIAP. 63.
1862, 224,
§§ 3, 7, 9.
1865, 283, § 18.
1881, 304, § 8.
P. S. 13, §51.
R. L. 14, § 22.
1908, 271, § 5.
1909, 490,
III, § 24.
1917, 257.
the full amount of all money and property, in detail, in its possession or 4
charge as deposits, trust funds or for purposes of investment, and shall 5
pay upon all the same, except upon deposits invested in loans secured 6
by mortgages of real estate taxable in this commonwealth and in bonds 7
or certificates of indebtedness of the United States, a tax at the rate 8
imposed upon savings banks on account of deposits. If said corporation 9
neglects to make such return, it shall forfeit fifty dollars for each day 10
such neglect continues; and if it wilfully makes a false statement in any 11
such return, it shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred 12
nor more than five thousand dollars. 13
TAXATION OF SAVINGS BANK INSURANCE.
ance'^funds'sub- SECTION 18. Saviugs and iusurance banks doing business under 1
tax*a*°sr\Tngs chapter one hundred and seventy-eight shall, in respect to all funds held 2
1907 5lf°l'24 ^y ^^^^ insurance department as a part of its insurance reserve or surplus, 3
4 Op! A. 6. 499. and the General Insurance Guaranty Fund created by said chapter shall 4
in respect to all funds held by it, pay to the commonwealth the same 5
taxes, at the same rate, to the same extent, and in the same manner as 6
taxes under section eleven are payable on deposits held by the savings 7
department. Savings and insurance banks shall not be taxable on funds 8
held as part of the expense guaranty fund, or of the insurance guaranty 9
fund, nor shall such banks or the General Insurance Guaranty Fund be 10
liable to the commonwealth for any taxes or fees provided to be assessed 1 1
upon life insurance companies, or for any taxes or fees except as above 12
proA'ided. All insurance policies and annuity contracts issued by such 13
banks shall otherwise be exempt from taxation. 14
Co-operative
banks have
certain
exemptions.
1890, 63.
R. L. 14,
23.
TAXATION OF CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.
Section 19. The capital stock, corporate franchises and personal 1
property, but not the real estate, of co-operatiA'e banks shall be exempt 2
from taxation. i909, 490, in, § 25. 3
taxation of insurance COMPANIES.
§§ 1,2.
1881, 219.
P. S. 13,
§§ 25, 26.
1887, 283, § 1.
R. L. 14, § 24.
1903, 307.
1909, 490,
III, § 26.
1915,217.
1919, 349, § 7.
133 Mass. 161.
198 Mass. 466.
220 Mass. 52.
227 Mass. 63.
Section 20. Every life insurance company, as defined by section one
hundred and eighteen of chapter one hundred and se\'enty-five, author-
ized to transact business in the commonwealth shall annually pay an
excise of one quarter of one per cent upon the net value of all policies in
force on December thirty-first of the year preceding that in \\hich the
tax is payable, issued or assumed by such company on the lives of resi-
dents of this commonwealth as determined by the commissioner from
the return recjuired under this section and such other evidence as he may
obtain. All contingencies of any other character insured against by such 9
company under authority of clause sixth of section forty-seven of chapter 10
one hundred and seventy-five or any other provision of law, contracts for 11
which are required to be in separate and distinct policies, shall be taxable 12
under sections twenty-two and twenty-three of this chapter. Every such 13
company shall annually, on or before May first, make a return to the 14
commissioner, on oath of its president or secretary and its actuary, 15
gi\'ing in such detail as the commissioner shall require the total number 16
of policies in force on December thirty-first preceding on the lives of 17
residents of this commonwealth, the aggregate net value thereof and the 18
Chap. 63.] taxation of corporations. 639
19 aggregate amount insured. Whenever the commissioner deems it for
20 the best interest of the commomvealth he may require in addition to
21 the above information the following details relating to each policy of or-
22 dinary business in force on December thirty-first preceding on the life of
23 a resident of jNIassachusetts: the number, date and class, the age of the
24 assured, the amount insured and the net value. In respect to ordinary
25 business the aggregate net \-alue so reported shall be the combined ag-
26 gregate of the mean ^eser^•e computed for each policy, or each group of
27 policies requiring a separate computation to determine their net value,
28 on the basis of valuation used or approved by the commissioner of insur-
29 ance under section nine of chapter one hundred and seventy-five. In
30 respect to industrial business the aggregate net value so reported may
31 be estimated upon the basis of such general averages or otherwise as
32 shall be authorized by the commissioner with the approval of the com-
33 missioner of insurance.
1 Section 21. Every foreign life insurance company shall annually Retaliatory
2 pay with respect to business taxable under the preceding section, in addi- u^elnsuranfe
. 3 tion to the excise hereby imposed, a sum equal to the excess over such ^sts^YiHss.
4 excise of the amount of tax which would be imposed in the same year by r l. h'.Hs.
5 the laws of the state or country under which such company is organized, ji'i^^^j^'^'
6 upon a life insurance company incorporated in this commonwealth, or 1919.349, §11.
7 upon its agents, if doing business to the same extent in such state or 208 Mass.' 386.'
8 country. 220 Mass. 52.
1 Section 22. Every domestic insurance company as defined in sec- Taxation of
2 tion one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, except life insurance nlSiTieand'^'
3 companies with respect to business taxable under section twenty, shall rompanfe"'"'™
4 annually pay an excise of one per cent upon the gross premiums for all lfi'e~*'
5 policies \mtten or renewed, all additional premiums charged, and all J^7|f4fsj
6 assessments made by such company on policy holders during the pre- p.s.'is. §29.'
7 ceding calendar year; but such premiums for policies written or renewed is94i522,'§64.
8 for insurance of property or interests in other states or countries where a i.ioo' 49b: ''^'
9 tax is actually paid by such company, or its agents, shall not be so taxed. \lj{^ ff^ § o.
1919, 349, § 9. 224 Mass. 299.
1 Section 23. Every foreign insurance company as defined in section Taxation of
2 one of chapter one liimdred and se\'enty-fi\'e, except life insurance com- elfrnron""^
3 panics with respect to business taxable under sections twenty and twenty- ?,sS2"224, § 2.
4 one, shall annually pay an excise upon the gross premiums for all poUcies jlyg' 14^
5 written or renewed, all additional premiums charged, and all assessments fL'otjs 53
6 made during the preceding calendar year for insurance of property or p s.'is, '
7 interests in this commonwealth, or which are subjects of insurance by is9o,'i97, § 1.
8 contracts issued through companies or agents therein, at the rate of two §§ 07 29, 30.
9 per cent but not less in amount than would be imposed by the laws of in™j||g
10 the state or country under which such company is organized upon a like ]^|j|^,84 5 3
11 insurance company incorporated in this commonwealth, or upon its 1919,349, §10.
12 agents, if doing business to the same extent in such state or country. In
13 case any company discontinues business in this commonwealth and re-
14 insures the whole or part of its risks without making payment of this
15 excise, the company accepting such reinsurance shall pay the same, and
16 if several companies shall make such reinsurance, the tax shall be appor-
17 tioned among such companies in proportion to the original premiums on
18 the business in this commonwealth so reinsured by each company.
640
T.^JCATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Chap, 63.
Deductions.
1868, 165, « 1.
1873, 141, i 5.
P. S, 13. § 33.
1888, 154.
1890, 197, § 2.
1892, 129.
1894, 522, § 84.
1898, 537, § 2.
R. L. 14, § 31.
1909, 490,
III. § 33.
1916, 227.
1917, 97.
1918, 184, § 1.
1919, 349. 5 12.
224 Mass. 299.
Section 24. In determining the amount of the tax payable under 1
sections twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three, there shall be de- 2
ducted all premiums on policies written but not taken, or cancelled 3
through default of payment, and all premiums returned or credited to 4
policy holders during the year for which the tax is determined, pro- 5
vided that all such premiums ha-\-e been included as premium receipts 6
in a return made under the following section and a tax assessed thereon, 7
and all premiums paid to authorized companies for reinsurance, provided 8
that it is shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the tax 9
on such premiums has been or will be paid in full by such reinsuring 10
company. 1 1
Returns of
and other
insurance
companies.
1873, 141, § 7.
1878, 218, § 3.
P. S. 13, § 34.
1887, 283, § 2.
1890, 197, § 2.
1892, 129.
R. L. 14, § 32.
1906, 271, § 6.
1909, 490,
III, § 34.
1917, 104, § 1.
1918, 184, § 4.
1919, 349, § 13
224 Mass. 299.
Section 2,5. Every insurance company liable to taxation under sec- 1
tion twenty-one, twenty-two or twenty-three shall annually in January 2
make a return to the commissioner in such form as he shall prescribe, 3
on oath of its secretary or other officer ha\'ing knowledge of the facts, 4
setting forth: if a domestic company, the total amount of gross pre- 5
miums for all policies written or renewed, of all additional premiums 6
charged and of all assessments made, dui'ing the preceding calendar 7
year, and the amount of each class of deductions claimed under any 8
provision of this chapter; if a foreign company, the total amoimt of 9
gross premiums for all policies written or rene\\ed, of all additional 10
premiums charged and of all assessments made, during the preceding 11
calendar year for insurance of property or interests in this common- 12
wealth, or which are subjects of insurance by contracts issued through 13
companies or agents therein, and the amount of each class of deductions 14
claimed under any provision of this chapter, and in addition to the above 15
any information which the commissioner may require in assessing an 16
excise under any provision of law. 17
For cause, the commissioner may extend the time within which any 18
such statement may be filed, but not to a date later than March first. 19
Books, etc.,
may be
examined.
1919, 349, § 13.
Section 26. The books, papers and accounts of every insurance 1
company and of its agents shall be open at all times to inspection and 2
examination by the commissioner and the commissioner of insurance, or 3
their duly authorized representatives, for the purpose of verifying the 4
accuracy of the returns made under sections twenty and twenty-five. 5
and for false
statement
1919, 349, §
Section 27. Every insurance company neglecting to make the return 1
required by section twenty or twenty-five shall forfeit twenty-five dol- 2
lars for every day during which such neglect continues. If any company 3
neglects to make such return for ten days after notice thereof addressed 4
to it has been deposited in the po.st office, postage prepaid, it shall further 5
forfeit five hundred dollars, and upon an information by the attorney 6
general at the relation of the commissioner it may be restrained from 7
the further transaction of its business in this commonwealth until it 8
has made such return; but such penalties shall not be incurred if it is 9
proved that the return was duly made and deposited in the post office, 10
postage prepaid, properly directed to the commissioner, and that there 11
was no neglect. If any return required by said section twenty or t^\■enty- 12
five contains a false statement which is known, or by the exercise of 13
reasonable care might have been known, to the officers making it, to be 14
false, such company shall be liable for the amount of tax thereby lost 15
Chap. 63.] taxation of corporations. 641
16 to the commonwealth, and each offending officer shall forfeit not less
17 than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.
1 Section 28. The commissioner, from such returns, and from such Assessment and
2 other evidence as he may obtain, shall assess upon all insurance com- compamcs.
3 panics subject to this chapter the taxes imposed by sections twenty f^? cirrecton.
4 to twenty-three, inclusive, and shall forthwith upon making such assess- ■^if^'^li^ , g
5 ment give to every such company notice of the amount thereof. Such is^s' 21s! 1 3,
6 taxes shall become due and payable to the state treasurer thirty days isoo, 197. § 2.
7 after the date of such notice but not later than July first. All such taxes, r l! u. § 33.
8 whether assessed before or after Jul\' first, shall bear interest at the Hoi', Ho, ^ ^'
9 rate of twelve per cent per annum from that date until they are paid. "iVo^lls.
10 Within ten days after the date of such notice the company may apply ^"'S' ^*^' ^ ^^■
11 to the commissioner for a correction of said excise, and in default of
12 settlement may be heard thereon by the board of appeal. The com-
13 missioner shall annually, on or before July first, deliver to the state
14 treasurer a certificate stating the name of every such company upon'
15 which such excise has been assessed and the amount assessed upon each,
16 and a like certificate of such further assessments as may be made after
17 that date.
1 Section 29. Every domestic or foreign insurance company shall ^^^^°^^2\n-
2 be liable for the full amount of all taxes assessed under this chapter upon J""^''™;
3 it or its agents, which, with interest at the rate of twelve per cent per i878i2i8! |3.'
4 annum, may be recovered in contract by the state treasurer in the name iss?, 283, § 3.
5 of the commonwealth. It shall further be liable, upon an information, Hl^'. ill'. ^ ""
6 td an injunction restraining it and its agents from the further prosecution Jg^g; I^q^ ^*-
7 of its business until all taxes due with costs and interest are fully paid. J"' ^ ^s.
taxation of business corporations.
1 Section 30. When used in this section and sections thirty-one to Definitions.
2 fifty-two, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following meanings: §§ sii.ss.'
3 1. "Domestic business corporation", every corporation organized laooilflo,'
4 under or subject to chapter one hundred and fifty-six. jli'ig^ II5
5 2. "Foreign corporation", every corporation, association or organiza- Hi,3, u-ia
6 tion established, organized or chartered under laws other than those of
7 the commonwealth, for purposes for wliioh domestic corporations may
8 be organized under chapter one hundred and fifty-six, wliich has a usual
9 place of business in this commonwealth, or is engaged here, permanently
10 or temporarily, in the construction, erection, alteration or repair of a
11 building, bridge, railroad, railway or structure of any kind.
12 3. "Corporate excess", in the case of a domestic business corporation,
13 the fair cash value of all the shares constituting the capital stock of a
14 corporation on the first day of April when the return called for by sec-
15 tion thirty-five is due, less the value of the following:
16 (a) The works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, underground
17 conduits, wires and pipes owned by it within the commonwealth subject
18 to local taxation, excrept such part of said real estate as represents the
19 interest of a mortgagee.
20 (6) Securities, the income of which, if any, if received by a natural
21 person resident in this commonwealth, would not be liable to taxation,
22 except shares in national banks and voluntary associations, trusts and
23 partnerships.
642
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[CiLiP. G3.
Net income.
1919, 355,
§§ 3. 16.
1920, 415,
§M,4.
(c) Its real estate, machinery, merchandise and other tangible prop- 24
erty situated in another state or country, except such part thereof as 25
represents the interest of a mortgagee. 26
(d) If any portion of its cash and accounts and bills receivable, ex- 27
eluding notes, is attributable to an office outside the commonwealth, the 28
same proportion of its cash and accounts and bills receivable, excluding 29
notes, which its real estate, machinery and merchandise situated in 30
another state or country bear to its total real estate, machinery and 31
merchandise, to the extent that such proportion fairly represents, in the 32
judgment of the commissioner, the amount which is properly allocable 33
to such other state or country. .34
4. " Corporate excess employed within the commonwealth " by a for- 35
eign corporation, such proportion of the fair cash value of all the shares 36
constituting the capital stock on the first day of April when the return 37
called for by section thirty-fi\'e is due as the \'alue of the assets, both 38
real and personal, employed in any business witliin the commonwealth 39
on that date, bears to the \alue of the total assets of the corporation on 40
said date, less the value of the following: 41
(o) Works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, underground 42
conduits, wires and pipes owned by it within the commonwealth subject 43
to local taxation, except such part of said real estate as represents the 44
interest of a mortgagee; 45
(b) Securities held in the commonwealth, the income of which, if any, 46
if received by a natural person resident therein, would not be liable to 47
taxation, except shares in national banks, voluntary associations, trusts 48
and partnerships. In determining the proportion of assets employed 49
witliin the commonwealth, the commissioner may include such bank 50
deposits in other states as are employed principally in the conduct of 51
the business in the commonwealth. 52
5. "Net income", except as otherwise provided in sections thirty-four 53
and thirty-nine, the net income for the taxable year as required to be 54
returned by the corporation to the federal government under the federal 55
revenue act of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and, in the case of a do- 56
mestic business corporation, such interest and dividends, not so required 57
to be returned as net income, as would be taxable if recei\ed by an inhab- 58
itant of tliis commonwealth; less, both in the case of a domestic business 59
corporation and of a foreign corporation, interest, so required to be re- 60
turned, which is recei\ed upon bonds, notes and certificates of indebted- 61
ness of the United States. 62
6. "Taxable year", the fiscal or calendar year for which the corpora- 63
tion was required to make its last return to the federal government due 64
prior to April first of the year in which the tax is to be assessed, or, if 65
such return was for a fractional period, a full year, including and ending 66
with such fractional period. 67
Deductions
not allowed i
determining
corporate
excess.
1919, 355,
§§ 1, 15.
Section 31. In determining the corporate excess of a domestic 1
business corporation, or the corporate excess emploj'ed witliin the com- 2
monwealth by a foreign corporation, there shall not be deducted the 3
value of shares in national banks and in voluntary associations, trusts 4
and partnerships, nor of other seciu-ities the income of wliich, if owned 5
by a natural person resident in this commonwealth, would be liable to 6
taxation, nor shall there be deducted the value of any shares of stock of 7
the corporation itself owned directly or indirectly by it or for its benefit; 8
and the commissioner, in determining for the piu-poses of taxation the 9
Chap. 63.] t.\xation of corporations. 643
.10 \'alue of the corporate excess of, or corporate excess employed within the
11 commonwealth by, any such corporation, shall not take into considera-
12 tion any debts of the corporation unless he is satisfied that no part of
13 such debts was incurred for the purpose of reducing the amount of taxes
14 to be paid by it, and, in the case of a domestic business corporation which
15 is a subsidiary of a foreign corporation or closely affiliated therewith by
16 stock ownership, that such debts represent onlj- the fair value of the
17 property gi\en therefor.
Domestic Corporations.
1 Section 32. Except as otherwise pro\-ided in sections thirty-three Excise on
2 and thirty-four, every domestic business corporation shall pay annually, bu"^sL°
3 with respect to the carrying on or doing of business by it, an excise equal 5°u9?355?T2.
4 to the sum of the following, provided that every such corporation shall ^'■*-°' ^^- ^ '•
5 pay annually a total excise not less in amount than one twentieth of one
6 per cent of the fair cash \a\ue of all the shares constituting its capital
7 stock on the first day of April when the return called for by section
8 thirty-five is due:
9 (1) An amount equal to five dollars per thousand upon the value of
10 its corporate excess.
11 (2) An amount equal to two and one half per cent of that part of its
12 net income, as defined in this chapter, which is deri\-ed from business
13 carried on within the commonwealth.
1 Section 33. If a domestic business corporation which is a sub- Minimum tax
2 sidiary of a foreign corporation or closely affiliated therewith by stock of^^baidiaries,
3 ownership, is so managed that its books of account do not show its true i9'.o' 54|' If
4 earnings, it shall pay as a minimum tax under this chapter an amount
5 equal to twenty dollars per thousand on its corporate excess, unless it
6 shall file within the first ten days of April a statement, as of April first,
7 of its net income showing to the satisfaction of the commissioner its
8 true earnings for its last prior fiscal year, eliminating therefrom all pay-
9 ments to such other corporation or its officers in excess of the fair value
10 of the property or services gi\-en therefor.
1 Section 34. If two or more domestic business corporations partici- Net income
2 pated in the filing of a consolidated return of income to the federal gov- Return colT-™'
3 ernment, the tax under paragraph (2) of section thirty-two may, at their i?,'|?)''3|'^5 5 2
4 option, be assessed upon their combined net income, which tax shall be ^''-'o', 549', § i'.
5 assessed to all said corporations and collected from any one or more of
6 them. In the case of domestic business corporations thus affiliated and
7 not electing, under the foregoing provision, to be assessed upon their
8 combined net income, and in the further case of one or more domestic
9 business corporations filing with one or more foreign corporations a con-
10 solidated return of net income to the federal government, each such
11 domestic business corporation shall file with the commissioner, as a
12 part of its return required by this chapter, a statement of net income in
13 such form as he may prescribe, showing its gross income and deductions
14 in accordance with the law and regulations governing the usual federal
15 returns of corporations not thus affiliated, and the net income thus
16 shown, after making deductions therefrom and additions thereto as
17 pro\-ided in paragraph five of section thirty, shall be the "net income"
IS under this chapter.
644
TAXATION OF CORPORATtONS.
[ClIAP. 63.
Section 35. Every domestic business corporation shall, within the 1
first ten days of April, make a return as of April first, sworn to by its 2
treasurer or assistant treasurer, or in their absence or incapacity by any 3
other principal officer, in such form as the commissioner prescribes, 4
giving (a) a copy of such parts as he may designate of the federal return 5
or returns for the year on the income of which the tax is to be assessed, 6
which it has made singly or with one or more other corporations, (b) 7
such other data as he requires to determine the proportion of net income 8
derived from business carried on within the commonwealth, (c) such 9
information as he requires for the determination of the corporate excess. 10
Whenever the time for filing its federal return has been extended, the 11
commissioner may extend the time for filing such return. 12
Correctiou
of return.
Additional tax.
1919, 355, § 5.
Section 36. If the assessment made by the federal government is 1
based upon a net income greater or less than the net income returned 2
by said corporation, or if an additional assessment is at any time made 3
on the ground that the net income was incorrectly returned in the first 4
instance, or if, after the tax as assessed is paid to the federal government, 5
any part of such tax is refunded, the corporation, within ten days after 6
the receipt of such notice of said fact, shall make return on oath to the 7
commissioner of the amount by which the net income originally returned 8
differs from the net income on which the tax was computed by the federal 9
government upon the latest determination bj- it of the proper tax, and of 10
the facts giving rise to the difference. If upon such facts an additional 11
tax is due the commonwealth, the commissioner shall assess the addi- 12
tional tax, and the corporation shall, within thirty days after receipt of 13
notice from the commissioner of the amount thereof, pay such addi- 14
tional tax. If upon said facts a less tax is due the commonwealth than 15
that paid by the corporation, the state treasurer shall, upon certifica- 16
tion of the commissioner, repay within thirty days such difference with- 17
out any further statutory appropriation therefor. 18
Determination
of net income
from business
in common-
wealth. Al-
location of
certain classes
of income.
1919, 355, § 6.
1920, 415, § 2.
Same subject.
Allocation of
remainder of
net income.
Deduction.
1919, 355, § 6.
1920, 415, I 2.
Section 37. The commissioner shall determine, in the manner pro- 1
\ided in tliis and the following section, the part of the net income of a 2
domestic corporation derived from business carried on within the com- 3
monwealth. The following classes of income shall be allocated as follows : 4
(a) Interest and dividends which would be taxable under section one 5
of chapter sixty-two, if received by an inliabitant of the commonwealth, 6
shall be allocated to this commonwealth. 7
(b) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets, if such assets con- 8
sist of intangible property or if they consist of real estate or tangible per- 9
sonal property situated in the commonwealth, shall be allocated to this, 10
commonwealth. 11
(c) Gains received from the sale of capital assets, if such assets con- 12
sist of real estate or tangible personal property situated outside the 13
commonwealth, shall not be allocated in any part to this commonwealth. 14
Section 38. Income of the classes described in the preceding section 1
having been allocated, the remainder of the net income as defined in sec- 2
tion thirty shall be allocated as follows: 3
1. If the corporation carries on no business outside the commonwealth, 4
the whole of said remainder shall be allocated to tliis commonwealth. 5
2. If the corporation carries on any business outside the common- 6
wealth, the said remainder shall be divided into three equal parts: 7
Chap. 63.] t.\xation of corporations. 645
8 (a) Of one third, such portion shall be attributed to business carried
9 on within the commonwealth as shall be found by multiplying said third
10 by a fraction whose numerator is the value of the corporation's tangible
11 property situated within the commonwealth and whose denominator is
12 the value of all the corporation's tangible property wherever situated.
13 (b) Of another third, such portion shall be attributed to business car-
14 ried on within the commonwealth as shall be found by multiplying
15 said tliird by a fraction whose numerator is the expenditure of the cor-
16 poration for wages, salaries, commissions or other compensation to its
17 employees, and assignable to this commonwealth as hereinafter pro-
18 vided, and whose denominator is the total expenditure of the corpo-
19 ration for wages, salaries, commissions or other compensation to all its
20 employees.
21 (c) Of the remaining third, such portion shall be attributed to busi-
22 ness carried on within the commonwealth as shall be found by multi-
23 plying said tliird by a fraction whose numerator is the amount of the
24 corporation's gross receipts from business assignable to this common-
25 wealth as hereinafter provided, and whose denominator is the amount
26 of the corporation's gross receipts from all its business.
27 3. In a case where only two of the foregoing three rules are applicable,
28 the said remainder of net income of the corporation shall be divided
29 into two equal parts only, each of which shall be apportioned in accord-
30 ance with one of the remaining two rules. If only one of the three rules
31 is applicable, the part of the net income received from business carried
32 on within the commonwealth shall be determined solely by that rule.
33 4. The value of the corporation's tangible propert\- for the purposes
34 of this section shall be the average value of such property' during the
35 taxable year.
36 5. The amount assignable to this commonwealth of expenditiu-e of
37 the corporation for wages, salaries, commissions or other compensation
38 to its employees shall be such expenditm-e for the taxable year as rep-
39 resents the compensation of employees not chiefly situated at, con-
40 nected with or sent out from premises for the transaction of business
41 owned or rented by the corporation outside the commonwealth.
42 6. The amount of the corporation's gross receipts from business as-
43 signable to this commonw ealth shall be the amount of its gross receipts
44 for the taxable year from (a) sales, except those negotiated or efl'ected in
45 behalf of the corporation by agents or agencies chiefly situated at, con-
46 nected with or sent out from premises for the transaction of business
47 owned or rented by the corporation outside the commonwealth and sales
48 otherwise determined by the commissioner to be attributable to the busi-
49 ness conducted on such premises, (b) rentals or royalties from property
50 'situated, or from the use of patents, within the commonwealth; pro-
51 vided, that upon application by a corporation which owns or controls
52 substantially all the capital stock of another corporation, or by the cor-
53 poration so owned or controlled, the commissioner may impose the tax
54 provided for by this chapter upon the income of the two corporations
55 jointly in the same manner as though they were a single corporation, or
56 may, in such other manner as he shall determine, equitably adjust the
57 tax of the applying corporation.
58 7. If a corporation maintains an ofllice, warehouse or other place of
59 business in a state other than this commonwealth for the purpose of re-
60 ducing its tax under this chapter, the commissioner shall, in determin-
61 ing the amount of its gross receipts from business assignable to this com-
646
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Chap. G3.
monwealth, include therein the gross receipts from sales attributed by 62
the corporation to the business conducted at such place of business in 63
another state. 64
S. In the case of consolidated returns of net income, the commissioner 65
shall allocate such income, so far as practicable, in accordance with the 66
above rules. 67
9. A rule shall not be deemed to be inapplicable merely because all 68
the tangible property or the expenditure of a corporation for wages, 69
salaries, commissions or other compensation, or the gross receipts of the 70
corporation, are found to be situated, incurred, or received without the 71
commonwealth. 72
10. From the net income allocated to tliis commonwealth there shall 73
be deducted the same proportion thereof wluch the fair cash \alue of 74
machinery owned by the corporation and used in manufacturing in the 75
commonwealth bears to its total assets employed therein, and the amount 76
remaining shall be its net income subject to tax under this chapter. 77
Excise on
foreign cor-
porations.
1919, 355, § 15.
1920, 549, § 2.
Returns, etc.,
of foreign
corporations.
1919, 355.
I§ 17 IS.
Foreign Corporations.
Section 39. Every foreign corporation shall pay annually, with 1
respect to the carrying on or doing of business by it within the com- 2
monwealth, an excise equal to the sum of the following, provided that 3
every such corporation shall pay annually a total excise not less in 4
amount than one twentieth of one per cent of such proportion of the 5
fair cash \'alue of all the shares constituting its capital stock as the as- 6
sets, both real and personal, employed in any business within the com- 7
monwealth on April first following the close of the taxable year, bear 8
to the total assets of the corporation employed in business on said date: 9
(1) An amount equal to five dollars per thousand upon the value of 10
the corporate excess employed by it within the commonwealth. 11
(2) An amount equal to two and one half per cent of that part of its 12
net income, as defined in section thirty and in this section, which is de- 13
rived from business carried on within the commonwealth. 14
If two or more foreign corporations doing business in this common- 15
wealth participated in the filing of a consolidated return of income to the 16
federal government, the tax under paragraph (2) above maj^ at their 17
option, be assessed upon their combined net income, in which case the 18
tax shall be assessed to all said corporations and collected from any one 19
or more of them. Foreign corporations thus affiliated and doing business 20
in this commonwealth, which do not elect, under the foregoing provision, 21
to be assessed upon their combined net income, and all other foreign cor- 22
porations doing business in this commonwealth, which have filed with 23
one or more corporations not subject to this section a consolidated return 24
of net income to the federal government, shall each file with the com- 25
missioner, as a part of the return required by this chapter, a statement 26
of net income in such form as he may prescribe, showing the gross income 27
and deductions in accordance with the law and regulations governing 28
the usual federal returns of corporations not thus affiliated; and the net 29
income thus shown, after making deductions therefrom and additions 30
thereto as provided in paragraph five of section thirty, shall be the " net 31
income" under this chapter. 32
Section 40. Every foreign corporation shall make returns as pro- 1
vided in sections thirty-five and thirty-six; and all provisions of said 2
sections shall apply to such corporations, except that the term "corpo- 3
Chap. 63.] taxation of corporations. 647
4 rate excess" in said section thirty-five shall, in the case of a foreign
5 corporation, mean the corporate excess employed by it within the
6 commonwealth.
1 Section 41. The commissioner shall determine in the manner pro- Determination
2 \ided in this section the part of the net income of a foreign corporation "rom bu°in™l
3 deri\-ed from business carried on within the commonwealth. wea°t™™°Ai-
4 The following classes of income shall be allocated as follows: income""'
5 (a) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets, if such assets con- Jg.ig' |f |' | j^-
6 sist of real estate or tangible personal property situated in the com- 549. § 3. '
7 monwealth, shall be allocated to tliis commonwealth.
8 {b) Interest recei\ed from any corporation organized under the laws
9 of the commonwealth or from any association, partnership or trust
10 having transferable shares and having its principal place of business in
11 the commonwealth, or from any inhabitant of the commonwealth,
12 except interest received on deposits in trust companies or in national
13 banks doing business in the commonwealth, shall be allocated to this
14 commonwealth.
15 (c) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets other than those
16 named in ])aragraph (a) above shall not be allocated in any part to this
17 commonwealth.
18 Income of the foregoing classes having thus been allocated, the re-
19 mainder of the net income as defined in section thirty shall be allocated
20 as follows:
21 If a foreign business corporation carries on no business outside this
22 commonwealth, the whole of said remainder shall be allocated to this
23 commonwealth.
24 If a foreign business corporation carries on any business outside this
25 commonwealth, the net income taxable under this chapter shall be de-
26 termined as provided in section thirty-eight.
1 Section 42. A foreign corporation carrying on part of its business same, aitf'na-
2 outside the commonwealth may, in lieu of the allocating method re- 19Y9, 355, § '20.
3 quired by the preceding section for determining the amount of business
4 assignable to this commonwealth, refuse to accept such determination by
5 notification thereof to the commissioner on or before the time when its
6 income tax return under this chapter is due to be filed. Such a foreign
7 corporation shall, within tloirty days thereafter, file with the commis-
8 sioner, under oath of its treasurer, a statement in such detail as the com-
9 missioner shall require, showing the amount of its annual net income
10 derived from business carried on witliin the commonwealth. The com-
11 missioner may require such further information with reference thereto
12 as he may deem necessary for the assessment of the tax, and shall deter-
13 mine the proportion of the net income received from business carried on
14 within the commonwealth.
1 Section 43. After determining the amount of tax due from any for- ^^^.f^*-J°^ ^^
2 eign corporation under paragraph (2) of section thirty-nine, the commis- to inhabitants.
3 sioner shall then credit the corporation with a sum equal to five per *^^^' ^^ '
4 cent of the dividends paid by it, during the previous calendar year, to
5 inhabitants of this commonwealth, and the amount then remaining due
6 shall be the amount of tax to be levied upon the corporation under said
7 paragraph; provided, that if more than one half of the capital stock
8 of any such corporation is owned by another foreign corporation not
648
T.\XATION OF CORPORATIOXS.
[Chap. 63.
subject to taxation under sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, but has 9
stockholders who are inhabitants of this commonwealth and are subject 10
to taxation upon their income under section one of chapter sixty-two, 11
such corporation, upon filing with the commissioner such information 12
as he shall deem necessary for the purpose, shall be credited ^^■ith a 13
sum equal to five per cent of such a proportion of its total dividends as 14
will prevent double taxation of the income of the corporation and of the 15
diviciends of such other foreign corporation actually taxed to inhabitants 16
of this commonwealth. 17
Assessment
of tax.
1919, 355,
§5 7, 22.
Assessment and Collection.
Section 44. The commissioner shall determine, from the returns re- 1
quired by this chapter and from any other available information, the 2
net income derived from business carried on witliin the commonwealth 3
and the corporate excess of every domestic business corporation, and 4
the net income derived from business carried on within the common- 5
wealth of, and the corporate excess employed within the commonwealth 6
by, every foreign corporation, and shall assess thereon the tax pro- 7
\aded for in this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 8
the part of said tax which is based upon the value of the corporate 9
excess, or corporate excess employed within the commonwealth, shall be 10
assessed and collected in the same manner and with the same powers as 11
provided in this chapter for the taxation of corporate franchises, and 12
shall be subject to the other administrative provisions thereof. He shall 13
not determine the income of any such corporation, which has filed a 14
return within the time prescribed by law, to be in excess of the income 15
shown by such return, without notifying the corporation and gi^■ing it 16
an opportunity to explain the apparent incorrectness of the return. 17
For the purpose of verifying any such return, the commissioner may, IS
within two years after September first of the year in which such return 19
was due, examine personally or by deputy or agent the books and papers 20
of the corporation, which shall be open to such olEcer for \erification. 21
Assessment of
additional tax.
1919, 355,
§§7,22.
Section 45. If the commissioner discovers from the verification of 1
a return, or otherwise, that the full amount of any tax due under sections 2
thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, has not been assessed, he may, at any time 3
within two years after September first of the year in which such assess- 4
ment should have been made, assess the same, first giving notice to the 5
corporation to be assessed of his intention; and a representative of the 6
corporation shall thereupon have an opportunity, witliin ten days after 7
such notification, to confer with the commissioner as to the proposed 8
assessment. After the expiration of ten days from the notification the 9
commissioner shall assess the amount of the tax remaining due to the 10
commonwealth, and shall give notice to the corporation so assessed. 11
Any tax so assessed shall be payable to the state treasurer fourteen days 12
after the date of the notice, and sections fifty-one and fifty-two shall apply 13
to a tax so assessed. 14
Double assess-
ment for re-
fusal to file, or
fraudulent
return.
1919, 355,
§§ 7. 22.
Section 46. If no return, or an incorrect or insufficient return, has
been filed, and the corporation so in default refuses or neglects after
notice to file a proper return, or if a fraudulent return has been filed, tlae
commissioner shall determine the income of the corporation according
Chap. 63.] taxation of corporations. 649
5 to his best information and belief, and shall assess the same at double
6 the amount so determined, which additional tax shall be in addition to
7 the other penalties provided for by this chapter.
1 Section 47. The commissioner shall make from time to time such Reguiationa.
2 reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with sections thirty to fifty- §§ 7,' 22. '
3 one, inclusi\'e, as he may deem necessary for carrying out their provisions.
1 Section 48. Except as provided by section forty-five, the commis- Notice of tax.
2 sioner shall annually, as soon as may be after the first Monday of August, mellt." '"'^"
3 give notice to the treasurer of each corporation of the amount of any tax ^tatltrrasurer.
4 levied upon it under sections tliirty to fifty-one, inclusive, of the date upon §fs';n,*23, 26.
5 which such amount is payable and of the time within which the corpora- i?f 'q*^^'
6 tion may apply for a correction of the tax; but failure to receive said
7 notice shall not afi'ect the validity of the tax. Such taxes shall be pay-
8 able to the state treasurer within thirty days after the date of said notice,
9 but not before October twentieth. In the collection of all taxes under
10 said sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, the state treasurer shall have
11 all the rem<?flies provided by this chapter for the collection of other taxes
12 upon corporations.
1 Section 49. If a corporation fails to file the returns required by Penalty for
2 sections thirty-five, thirty-six and forty when they are due, there shall fgiVsM?'
3 be added to and become a part of the tax, as an additional tax, the sum ^^ ^' -*•
4 of five dollars for every day diu-ing which the corporation is in default;
5 but the commissioner may abate any such additional tax in whole or in
6 part.
1 Section 50. If any return required by section thirty-five, thirty-six Penalty for
2 or forty contains a false statement which is known or, by the exercise of igig.^'sss!'"^" '
3 reasonable care might have been known to the officer making it to be " ®' ^*'
4 false, such officer and the corporation shall be liable for the amount of
5 tax thereby lost to the commonwealth, and in addition to a penalty of
6 not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.
1 Section 51. Application for the abatement or correction of any tax Abatements.
2 assessed under sections thirty to fifty, inclusi\'e, may be made within §§ 10. 25.'
3 thirty days after the date upon which the notice of assessment is sent, ^'''-"' ^^"^ ^ ^
4 and from the decision of the commissioner thereon any corporation may
5 appeal in the manner provided by section seventy-one.
Constituimjality.
1 Section 52. If the excise imposed by section thirty-two on domestic Constuu-
2 business corporations, or that imposed by section thirty-nine on foreign 19T9! 355, § 32.
3 corporations, is declared unconstitutional by a final judgment, order or ^'^-°' ^*^' ^ *•
4 decree of the United States supreme court or the supreme judicial court
5 of the commonwealth, sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, shall be
6 null and void, and all laws repealed or made inoperative by chapter
7 three hundred and fifty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
8 and nineteen shall thereupon be revived and continue in full force and
650
TAXATION OP CORPORATIO^"S.
[Chap. 63.
effect as if the said chapter had not been enacted. In such case the 9
commissioner and local assessors shall forthwith assess all taxes that 10
have become due under such prior laws, and the time for making any 11
assessment or performing any other duty imposed or privilege granted 12
by such laws shall be extended for a period of six months after the date 13
when they are thus determined to be in force, and the time within \\ hich 14
corporations may apply by petition to the supreme judicial court under 15
section seventy-se\en for the abatement of the excise imposed by sec- 16
tion thirty-two, or of that imposed by section thirty-nine, shall be ex- 17
tended for the same period. If any part, section or subdi\'ision of said 18
sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, other than the pro\isions in sec- 19
tions thirty-two and tliirty-nine imposing an excise, shall be declared 20
unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining parts of said sections 21
thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, shall not be affected thereby. 22
Annual returns
to commis-
sioner.
1864, 20S,
§§ 2. 3.
1865, 283, § 3.
1880, 117, § 2.
P. S. 13, § 38.
1885, 238, § 1.
1886, 270.
1888, 413, § 24.
1898, 417;
578, §2.
R. L. 14, § 37.
1902, 342, § 2.
1903, 437, § 48.
1903, 463,
II. §211,111,
§ 125; 516.
§ 14.
1909. 490,
III, §40;
5(12. § 3.
1911,379.
1912, 124.
1914, 198, § 6.
1915, 34.
1917, 122, § 5.
1918, 184, I 5;
257, § 76.
1919,5; 355,
§12.
1920. 2.
179 Mass. 15
222 Mass. 450.
223 Mass. 119.
228 Mass. 202.
1 Op. A. G. 278.
TAXATION OF CORPORATE FRANCHISES.
Section 53. Every corporation organized under general or special 1
laws of the commonwealth for purposes of business or profit, having a 2
capital stock divided into shares, except banks whose shares are other- 3
wise taxable under this chapter, except insurance companies with capital 4
stock and mutual insurance companies with a guaranty capital or per- 5
manent fund whose premiums are otherwise taxable under this chapter, 6
and except corporations taxable under sections thirty to fifty-one, in- 7
elusive, in addition to all returns required by its charter, and in addi- 8
tion to all returns otherwise required under this chapter, shall annually, 9
between April first and tenth, make a return to the commissioner, on 10
oath of its treasurer, stating the name and place of business of the cor- 11
poration, and setting forth as of April first of the year in which the 12
return is made: 13
First. The total authorized amount of its capital stock; the amount 14
issued and outstanding and the amount then paid thereon; the classes, 15
if any, into which it is divided; the par \-alue and number of its shares; 16
the market value of the shares of each class of its stock outstanding. 17
Second. A statement in such detail as the commissioner may require IS
of the assets, both within and without the commonwealth, belonging to 19
the corporation, with the value thereof, and of the liabilities, of the 20
corporation. 21
Third. A statement, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, of the 22
profit or loss resulting from the business of the corporation for the twelve 23
months ending with December thirty-first preceding the year in which 24
the return is made. 25
Fourth. A complete list of the shareholders of the corporation, their 26
residences, the amount and class of stock, if more than one, belonging to 27
each. If stock is held as collateral security, the list shall state the name 28
and residence of the pledgor and of the pledgee. In lieu of such list a 29
railroad, street railway, electric railroad, gas, electric, water, telephone 30
or telegraph corporation may file a statement of the number of its shares 31
held by non-residents. 32
So much of said return as relates to the profit or loss which has 33
resulted from the business of the corporation shall be open only to the 34
inspection of the commissioner, his deputies, clerks and assistants, and 35
such other officers of the commonwealth as may have occasion to inspect 30
it for the purpose of assessing or collecting taxes. 37
Chap. G3.] taxation of corporations. 651
1 Section 54. In aildition to the facts required by the preceding sec- Additional
2 tion, the followint; ehisses of corporations shall give in their returns the required of
3 following information: u^retrP"""
4 Railroad, telegraph, street railway and electric railroad corporations jf'o.'l"*'
5 shall state the whole length of their lines and the length of their lines Jlso;???'!!'
6 without the commonwealth. fss^s'^^'s^ § ^'
7 Electric railroad corporations shall also state the length of their lines isseizTo!
. 1S8S 413 § 24
8 constructed on private land. i898!4i7';
9 Street railway and electric railroad corporations shall also state the n\ li. § 37.
10 length of track operated by them in each town on March thirty-first IgoillslJIs.
11 preceding the return, to be determined by measuring as single track the |^2i'i*iii"'
12 total length of all tracks operated by them, including sidings and turn- I j25; sie,
13 outs, and including tracks owned by them, those which they lease and ipog, 267, §i;
14 those over which they ha\'e trackage rights only, and the amount of 502! § 3!
1,5 dividends paid on their capital stock during the year ending on Septem- 1912', 457'.
16 ber thirtieth preceding the return, and during each year from the or- Ig}*;}?!;!!'.
17 ganization of the company. 257? |'76.' ^ ^'
18 Telephone companies incorporated under the general or special laws l^^^'^'- ^^s.
19 of the commonwealth, and manufacturing, owning, using, selling or 1920.2.
20 licen.sing others to use telephones or other apparatus or appliances per- 22s Mass. 202'
21 taining thereto wholly or partly within the commonwealth, and all such ^'
22 companies organized without the commonwealth for the purpose of
23 establishing, owning or licensing others to use such telephones, appa-
24 ratus or appliances, but having in use within it any of their lines or tele-
25 phones, shall state, in such form as the commissioner may require, the
26 facts necessary to ascertain the deductions authorized by the following
27 section. If the return of a domestic telephone company sets forth the
28 amount and market value of any stocks in other corporations held by
29 the company making the return upon which a tax has been assessed and
30 actually paid either in this or in any other state for the year preceding
31 the date of said return, the commissioner shall examine the books, ac-
32 counts and papers of such other corporations so far as may be necessary
33 for the verification of said return.
34 Railroad, street railway and electric railroad corporations or com-
35 panics organized elsewhere than in the commonwealth, but having lines
36 therein, shall likewise make the returns required by this section.
37 Every corporation or association chartered or organized without the Returns jf^
38 commonwealth which owns, controls or uses a line of telegraph within graph com-
39 the commonwealth, shall make the returns required in this and the pre- isw^los, § 9.
40 ceding section to be made by telegraph companies within the common- Ks^'fs^^jL'.'
41 wealth, except the list of shareholders, or statement in lieu thereof 5*,J^; ||;,5 **•
42 required by the preceding section; and all telegraph lines within the J^j'^^ls^o
43 commonwealth controlled and used by such corporation or association, liiu.sw.
44 shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be deemed to be a part of its own
45 lines.
1 Section 55. The commissioner shall ascertain from the returns or valuation of
• J corporate
2 otherwise the true market value of the shares or each corporation required franchise, etc
3 to make a return under section fifty-three or fifty-four, and shall estimate i864!208r'
4 therefrom the fair cash ^•alue of all the shares constituting its capital fles.lsa,
5 stock on April first preceding, which, unless by the charter of a corpo- f|so, n7. § 2.
6 ration a different method of ascertaining such value is provided, shall, l^%]lo
7 for the purposes of this chapter, be taken as the true ^■alue of its cor- i885,'238, § 1.
652
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Chap. 63.
1S86, 270.
189S, 417.
R. L. U, § .38.
1902. 342, § 3.
1903, 437, § 72.
1906, 463,
II. §212,
III, I 126; 516,
5 15.
1907, 395.
1909, 267, § 2;
439, § 2; 490,
III, § 41.
1910, 270; 650.
1912,491.
1914, 198, § G.
1915, 34.
1918, 184, 5 6.
1919, 332; 355,
§12.
13 Allen, 391.
98 Mass. 19,
25.
99 Mass. 146.
100 Mass. 399.
137 Mass. 80.
144 Mass. 59S.
146 Mass. 403.
157 Mass. 68.
178 Mass. 469-
Wn Mass. 528.
212 Mass. 156.
213 Mass. 54.
214 Mass. 79.
215 Mass. 326,
493.
222 Mass. 51.
227 Mass. 225,
547.
125 U. S. 530.
141 U.S. 40.
163 U. S. 1.
2 Op. A. G.
556, 558.
Op.A.G, (1920)
146, 298.
porate franchise. From such value there shall be made the following 8
deductions : 9
First. In case of a railroad, telegraph, street railway or electric rail- 10
road corporation or company, whether chartered or organized in this 11
commonwealth or elsewhere, so much of the ^'alue of its capital stock 12
as is proportional to the length of that part of its line, if any, lying with- 13
out tlie commonwealth; and also the value of its works, structures, real 14
estate, machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes, subject 15
to local taxation within the commonwealth. 16
Second. In case of a domestic telephone company, the amount and 17
market value of all stock in other corporations held by it upon which a 18
tax has been paid in this or other states for the twelve months last preced- 19
ing the date of the return. 20
Third. In case of a domestic or foreign telephone company, so much 21
of the value of its capital stock as is proportional to the number of tele- 22
phones used or controlled by it, or under any letters patent owned or 23
controlled by it, without the commonwealth. 24
Fourth. In case of a domestic or foreign telephone company, the value 25
of its works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, underground con- 26
duits, wires and pipes, subject to local taxation within the commonwealth. 27
Fifth. In case of corporations subject to section fifty-three or fifty- 28
four, other than railroad, telegraph, telephone, street railway and electric 29
railroad corporations or companies, the value as found bv the commis- 30
sioner of their works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, under- 31
ground conduits, wires and pipes, subject to local taxation wherever 32
situated. 33
For the purposes of this section the commissioner may take the value 34
at which an.y works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, under- 35
ground conduits, wires and pipes are assessed at the place where they 36
are located as the true \alue, but such local assessment shall not be con- 37
elusive of the true value thereof. 38
Interest of
trust company
as mortgagee,
how deducted.
1918, 264, § 2.
Section 56. In determining under the preceding section the value of 1
the corporate franchise of a trust company, that part of its real estate 2
represented by its interest as mortgagee in taxable real estate within the 3
commonwealth shall, for purposes of deduction under clause fifth of 4
said section, be regarded as the average amount of value of such part of 5
its real estate for the year for which the tax on the corporate franchise is 6
levied, such a\erage amount of value to be determined monthly in such 7
manner as the commissioner shall deem just. 8
Remedy of
corporation
when assessors*
valuation ex-
ceeds com-
missioner's.
1865, 283, § 6.
P. S. 13, § 41.
1898, 417.
R. L. 14, § 42.
1902, 342, § 5.
1903, 437, § 76.
1906, 463,
II, §215,
III. § 129;
516, § 19.
1909,439, I 4;
490. Ill, § 45.
1914, 198, § 6.
137 Mass. 80.
Section 57. If the value of the works, structures, real estate, ma- 1
chinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes of a corporation 2
subject to local taxation within the commonwealth, as determined by 3
the commissioner, is less than the value thereof as determined by the 4
assessors of the town where it is situated, he shall gi\'e notice of his 5
determination to such corporation; and, unless within one month after 6
the date of such notice it applies to said assessors for an abatement, and, 7
upon their refusal to grant an abatement, prosecutes an appeal under 8
section sixty-four of chapter fifty-nine, giving notice thereof to the com- 9
missioner, the valuation of the commissioner shall be conclusive upon 10
said corporation. i46 Mass. 403. 11
167 Mass. 517, 178 Mass. 469. 214 Mass. 79.
Chap. 63.] taxation of corporations. 653
1 Section 5S. Every corporation subject to section fifty-three or Tax to be paid
2 fifty-four shall annually pay a tax upon its corporate franchise, after franchise.
3 making the deductions provided for in section fifty-five, at a rate equal de^mined.
4 to the average of the annual rates for three years preceding that in which J^j; lll[ 1 1;
5 such assessment is laid, the annual rate to be determined by an appor- j?|?'iV'§4o^'
6 tionment of the whole amount of money to be raised by taxation upon isss, 23s, § i.
7 property in the commonwealth during the same year, as returned by isss! 413! § 24.
8 the assessors of the several towns under section forty-se\en of chapter r. l! i4^§ 40.
9 fifty-mne, upon the aggregate valuation of all towns for the preceding Jam! lei. ^*'
10 year, as returned under sections forty-seven and forty-nine of chapter §5''|;i~27'463,
11 fifty-nine; but the total amount of the tax to be paid by a trust com- {{j^j^JIg.
12 pany in any year upon the value of its corporate franchise shall amount f^^gYgo in
13 to not less than two fifths of one per cent of the total amount of its §43;' sis,
14 capital stock, surplus and undivided profits at the time of said assess- 1913, 453, § 2.
15 ment, as found by the commissioner. 1914, i98, §6.
inis, 222; 264, § 1. 179 Mass. 15. 224 Mass. 181.
1919. .355, § 12. 192 Mass. 129. 6 Wall. 632.
12 Allen, 75, 298. 195 Mass. 385, ,'528. 178 U. S, 115.
13 Allen, 391. 208 Mass. 616. 20p. A. G. 558.
98 Mass. 19, 25. 212 Mass. 156. 3 Op. A. G. 335.
99 Mass. 146. 222 Mass. 51. 4 Op. A. G. 501.
137 Mass. SO. 223 Mass. 371. Op. A. G. (1920) 298.
1 Section 59. When the commissioner has received notice of an abate- Additional tax
2 ment of the taxes of any corporation under section seventy-four of chap- upon ro^pm-ate
3 ter fifty-nine, he shall assess upon such corporation an additional tax vai"e!"etc.
4 upon its corporate franchise value, in such amount as shall make the ||^;49o;iii;
5 total franchise tax ecjual that which would have been assessed had the §46.
6 valuation as established by said abatement been adopted by the com-
7 missioner when making his original assessment upon the corporate fran-
8 chise value of such corporation, which additional tax shall be paid and
9 collected as an addition to the franchise tax next to be assessed upon
10 said corporation after such abatement; but such additional tax, when
11 collected, shall be distributed as if it were part of the original tax.
1 Section 60. The commissioner shall annually, as soon as may be Notice of tax,
2 after the first Monday of August, gi^'e notice to the treasurer of every n,ent°'iEht of
3 corporation, company or association liable to any tax under section ^"^^1"°" ""''
4 fifty-eight, of the amount thereof, the time when due, the right to apply i|65. |83, | n.
5 for correction, and the right of appeal, all as herein provided. Said |";|„i|'
6 tax shall be due and pavable to the state treasurer within thirty days after i887,'2S3, 5 1.
7 the date of such notice, but not before October twentieth. The taxpayer i898!4i'7!
8 may apply to the commissioner, \\ithin thirty days after the date of the f^^] 437;^ yf.
9 notice, for correction of the tax, and if he so applies, may, in default of ll^fo.^/s;
10 settlement, be heard on such application by the board of appeal. ii^j sT"
1919,349, |§ IS, 20, 1920, 385, §1. 222 Mass. 4.50. 2 Op. A. G. 628.
EXCISE ON STREET RAILWAYS, ETC., IN COMMUT.ATION OF REPAIRS, SNOW
REMOVAL, ETC.
1 Section 61. A street railway or electric railroad company, including Returns of
2 a company whose lines are located partly within and partly without the Ind'eiectric"^
3 commonwealth, whether chartered or organized under the laws of the companies to
4 commonwealth or elsewhere, shall annually, on or before October fif- i|'cf|f4i7.
5 teenth, make and file in the office of the assessors of every town where ^\^^^ ^ 43
6 any part of the railway or railroad operated by it is situated a return i^°'!;.'*'fg'"'
7 signed and sworn to by its president and treasurer, stating, as of Sep- § 22 '
8 tember thirtieth preceding the return, if a street railway company, the m, §47.'
654
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Chap. 6:^.
1912, 457, I 2.
184 Mass. 294.
187 Mass. 352.
207 Mass. 514.
234 Mass. 336.
196 U. S. 539.
3 Op. A. G.
143.
length of track operated by it in public ways and places in such town, 9
and also the total length of track operated by it in public ways and 10
places, and if an electric railroad company stating the length of track 11
operated by it longitudinally upon public ways ancl places in such town, 12
and also the total length of track operated by it, such total length of 13
track in the case of each kind of company being determined as provided 14
in section fifty-four. Such return shall also state the amount of the gross 15
receipts of the company during the year ending on September thir- 16
tieth preceding, including therein all amounts received by it from the 17
operation of its railway or railroad, but excluding income derived from 18
the sale of power, rental of tracks or other sources. 19
Assessment
of excise.
1898, 417;
578, § 7.
R. L. 14, § 44.
1906, 463,
III, § 134;
516, § 23.
1909, 490,
HI, § 48.
181 Mass. 205.
182 Mass. 41.
184 Mass. 294.
187 Mass. 352.
190 Mass. 123.
207 Mass. 514.
234 Mass. 336.
196 U. S. 539.
Section 62. Annually on or before November first, the assessors of 1
e\'ery town where a street railway or an electric railroad is operated, 2
including a company whose lines are located partly within and partly 3
without the commonwealth, whether chartered or organized under the 4
laws of the commonwealth or elsewhere, shall assess on each company 5
described in the preceding section operating a railway or railroad therein 6
an excise of an amount ecjual to such proportion of the following per- 7
centages of the gross receipts of such company as, in the case of a street 8
railway company, the length of tracks operated by it in public ways 9
and places of such town bears to the total length of tracks operated by 10
it in public ways and places, and in the case of an electric railroad com- 11
pany as the length of tracks operated by it longitudinally in public ways 12
and places of such town bears to the total length of tracks operated by it. 13
The percentages shall be based upon the annual gross receipts for each 14
mile of track as follows, and computed upon the aggregate of said annual 15
gross receipts: four thousand dollars or less, one per cent; more than 16
four thousand dollars and less than seven thousand, two per cent; more 17
than seven thousand dollars and less than fourteen thousand, two and 18
one quarter per cent; more than fourteen thousand dollars and less than 19
twenty-one thousand, two and one half per cent; more than twenty-one 20
thousand dollars and less than twenty-eight thousand, two and three 21
quarters per cent; twenty-eight thousand dollars or more, three per 22
cent. 23
The excise provided by this section shall be in addition to all other 24
taxes. 25
Revision
of amount.
1898, 578, § 8.
R. L. 14, § 4.5.
1906. 463, HI,
§ 135; 516,
§24.
1909, 490,
III, § 49.
1913, 784, § 1.
1919, 350,
§ 117.
187 Mass. 352.
207 Mass. 514.
Section 63. Aldermen, selectmen, or a street railway or an electric
railroad company operating in their town, may petition the department
of public utilities for a revision of the amount of the excise to be paid
by a company under the preceding section. Said department shall, upon
such petition, after public notice and a hearing at which said aldermen
or selectmen and said company may submit evidence, determine the
average annual cost to said town of the work described in section sixty- 7
six done by it during the preceding three years which it was not by 8
law required to do prior to October first, eighteen hundred and ninety- 9
eight, and also the average annual payment made by said company to said 10
town under and pursuant to the preceding section during said three 11
jears; and ha\ing determined said average annual cost and average 12
annual payments, said department shall fix the proportion of a per- 13
centage of the gross receipts which shall be paid as an excise under said 14
section by the company to said town annually thereafter, said percentage 15
to be fixed at such a rate as will be necessary to yield to said town annually 16
ClIAP. 63.] TAXATION OF CORPORATIOXS. 655
17 thereafter an amount equal to the average annual cost to said town
18 determined as aforesaid; and the percentage so fixed shall not again be
19 changed for the period of three years, and then only in the manner herein
20 provided.
1 Section 64. The department of public utilities may at any time, nivision amooB
2 upon petition therefor by a town entitled to a part of the excise paid towns!"'
3 by a street railway or an electric railroad company, after such notice as R®L!i4?'§\i;
4 the department may order to all other towns entitled to share in the Jn'^jTs^s-
5 excise paid by said company, and after a hearing, determine as to the i^og^lo'
6 distribution thereof among the several towns where such company lii. s 49.'
7 operates any part of its railway or railroad, and fix the proportions 1919! 350!
8 thereof to which they shall respectively be entitled, which shall there- 1 op^A. g. S70.
9 after be the proportions of said excise to be assessed upon said company,
10 instead of the proportion based upon length of tracks as provided in
11 section sixty-two.
1 Section 65. Prior to November fifteenth in each year the assessors Collection.
2 of every town shall notify the collector of taxes thereof of the amount r*^l! lif '§ 46!
3 of excise assessed therein under section sixty-two, and the collector shall nfflYs^
4 forthwith notify the treasurer of each street railway and electric railroad i909^4|o
5 company of the amount of excise so assessed upon it, which shall become HVli^"' 339
6 due and payable within thirty days after receipt of such notice. The
7 provisions of chapter sixtj', so far as appropriate, shall apply to the col-
8 lection of such excise.
1 Section 66. All taxes collected from a street railway or an electric Application
2 railroad company and paid to a town under the preceding section, section °ecteci^''°"
3 twenty-five of chapter fifty-eight or section twenty-eight of chapter r^^l! i4^§\7°'
4 five hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and R'*i37'.''5f6 '"'
5 ninety-eight, shall be applied in the case of street railway companies § s'i. ' '
6 toward the repair and maintenance of the public ways and the removal 1909! 490!
7 of snow therefrom within such town, and in the case of electric railroad jo?' Jiass su.
8 companies shall be applied toward the construction, repair and main-
9 tenance of the public ways and places where the tracks of such company
10 are located, and to the removal of snow from such public ways and
11 places within such towns.
excise on corporation.s interested in ships and vessels.
1 Section 67. The commissioner shall assess annually as of April first Excise on
2 an excise tax upon the interest of e\-ery corporation organized under the ship!^ctc'.°
3 laws of this commonwealth and ha\ ing a place of business therein, in any fs^sTasi.
4 ship or vessel which has, during the period of its business in the year pre- |"j|_}J'
5 ceding said April first, been engaged in interstate or foreign carrying jllg'lp'
6 trade, which tax shall be one third of one per cent upon the value of such issi! ne.
7 interest as determined by him. Such tax shall become due and shall be i89s!353;
8 collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes assessed §§ 7-9. '
9 to such corporations. The president and treasurer of every such cor- §5''i"; 2:^375.
10 poration owning an interest in any such ship or vessel shall annually, Jnfj^a'
11 within thirtv davs after April first, make a return to the commissioner, }-lP;,*^3'ln4
in 1 '-Pl-i-ii I'll- 11- 19o Mass. 607.
IZ on oath, settmg lorth m detail the name or the ship or vessel, the interest
13 of the corporation therein, and the value of such interest. If the com-
14 missioner is satisfied of the truth of the return he shall deduct said value
15 from the fair cash value of the shares of the corporation as estimated by
656
T.OCATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Chap. 63.
him for the purpose of determining the true value of its corporate excess, 16
if it is taxable under sections thirty to thirty-eight, inclusive, or of its 17
corporate franchise, if it is taxable under section fifty-eight. IS
Taxes in this
chapter not
exclusive.
18(i5, 283, § 18.
P. S. 13, § 60.
1898. 417.
R. L. 14, § 64.
Ifl09, 490,
III. § 67.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 68. The taxes imposed by this chapter upon any corpora-
tion shall not affect or prevent the imposition and collection of any other
tax now authorized, or that may hereafter be authorized, upon any
especial privilege, franchise or business enjoyed or exercised by such
corporation.
Inspection of
boohs and
examination
of oflicers.
1804, 208, § 16.
186.5, 283, § 17.
1880, 227, § 2.
P. S. 13,
§5 20, 69.
1886, 270.
1887, 283, § 1.
1888, 413, § 23,
1898, 417.
Interest on
unpaid taxes.
1900, 398.
IflOl, 222.
R. L. 14,
1903, 437, S
1909, 490.
Ill, § 60.
1919, 355,
§§ 9, 24.
Section 69. Every corporation taxable under this chapter, except 1
a foreign corporation taxable under section twenty-one, twenty-three or 2
fifty-eight, shall, when required for the purposes of any tax except that 3
imposed on its income by section thirty-two or thirty-nine, submit its 4
books to the inspection of the commissioner, and its treasurer and di- 5
rectors to examination on oath relative to all matters affecting the deter- 6
minations to be made by said commissioner. R. l. 14, § es. 7
1903, 437, § 81. 1909, 490, III, § 66, 1919, 349, § 22.
Section 70. Corporations which neglect to pay taxes assessed and 1
certified to the state treasurer by the commissioner shall pay interest at 2
the rate of six per cent per annum from the time when such taxes were 3
payable until paid, if such payment is made before the commencement 4
of proceedings for the recovery thereof, and twelve per cent if made 5
after the commencement thereof. 6
Appeals.
Repayment.
Abatement of
uncoUectable
assessments.
186,5, 283, § 13.
1877, 164.
1880, 227, § 2.
P. S. 13,
H61,62.
1898, 417.
R. L. 14, § 65.
1903, 437, § 82.
1908, 220.
1909, 490,
III, § 68.
1919, 349,
§ 23; 360,
§ 117.
1920. 385, § 2.
212 Mass. 434.
222 Mass. 450.
Collection of
tax by warrant.
1867, 52,
§§ 1,4.
1881, 155.
P. S. 13,
« 63,66.
1898, 417.
1900, 398.
1901, 222.
R. L. 14, § 66.
1903, 437, § 83.
1909, 490,
III, § 69.
1919, 353,
§§ 11,26.
232 Mass. 22.
Section 71. Except as otherwise provided, any party aggrieved by 1
any decision of the commissioner upon any matter arising under this 2
chapter from which an appeal is given, may apply to the board of appeal 3
from decisions of the commissioner within thirty da_>'s after notice of his 4
decision. Said board shall hear and decide the subject matter of such 5
appeal, and give notice of its decision to the commissioner and the ap- 6
pellant; and its decision shall be final and conclusive as to questions 7
of fact, although payments have been made as required by the decision 8
appealed from. Any overpajTiient of tax determined by decision of 9
said board of appeal shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth. Taxes, 10
excises, costs or expenses of any kind assessed upon any corporation, 11
company or association, except a municipal corporation, which are un- 12
paid and are uncoUectable, may be abated by the board of appeal on the 13
recommendation of the attorney general and commissioner at any time 14
after the expiration of five years from the date when the same became 15
payable. 16
collection.
Section 72. When a tax or excise of any kind remains due to or is 1
claimed by the commonwealth from a corporation, company or asso- 2
ciation, whether existing by authority of the commonwealth or other- 3
wise, except a municipal corporation, for ten days after notice given 4
tlirough the mail by the state treasurer to its treasurer or other financial 5
agent that such tax or excise is due and unpaid, the state treasurer may, 6
in addition to other modes of relief, issue Ms warrant, directed to the 7
sheriff or his deputies of the county where such corporation, company or 8
association has its place of business, commanding the collection of such 9
1900, 39S.
1919, 3.53, 5§ 11, 26.
R. L. 14. § 57.
11 Allen. 283.
1903, 437, § 78.
2 Op. A. G. 226.
1909, 490, III, § Gl.
Chap. 63.] taxation of corporation.s. 657
10 tax or excise. Such warrant may be substantially in the form of and
11 served in the same manner as those issued by tiie assessor.s of towns.
12 Such warrant shall not run against the body of any person, nor shall
13 any property of such delinquent corporation, company or association
14 be exempt from seizure and sale thereon. The officer having such war-
15 rant shall collect such tax or exci.se, and interest upon the same at the
16 rate of tweh'e per cent per annum from the time when such tax or excise
17 became due, and may collect and recei^•e for his fees the sum which an
IS officer would be entitled by law to recei\"e upon an execution for a like
19 amount. He shall also collect one dollar for the warrant, which he shall
20 pay to the state treasurer.
1 Section 73. If a corporation, company or association fails to pay Action at law
2 a tax levied under this chapter, except the excise imposed by section pawtaxS.™
3 sixty-two, the treasurer may recover the same in contract in the name of \l^l[ Igs,' § u!
4 the commonwealth. i863, 283, § 14. 1873, 141, § 10.
1876. .59.
1878. 218, § 3.
P. S. 13, §§ 22, 37. 54.
1S9S, 417.
1 Section 74. The lessee of the works, structures, real estate or ma- Lessee of
2 chinery of any corporation, company or association taxed under this propert^iiabie
3 chapter shall also be liable for the payment of the tax, and upon such i865''2S3 § m
4 payment may, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, retain it J^s^ '3,^§ 56.
5 out of the rent of the propertv, or recover it in an action against the k. l'. 14, § eo.
. , 11.' to jgQ3 ^37 J ^Q
6 lessor. 1009, 490, iii, § b3. 1919, 355, §§ 11, 20.
1 Section 75. In addition to the methods provided by sections seventy- Collection of
2 two and seventy-tliree, taxes under tliis chapter, except section sixty- iSSmKit^r''^
3 two, may be collected by an information brought in the supreme judicial }|J;i; Iss! 1 11;
4 court by the attorney general at the relation of the state treasurer. The }|I| g^g | ^°'
5 court may issue an injunction upon such information, restraining the ^^|?i^3^''' ^ ■*■
6 fm-thcr prosecution of the business of the company, association or cor- §§'22. 28. sn,
7 poration until such taxes, with interest and costs thereon, have been isijs, 417.
8 paid ; but no telegraph company accepting the provisions of section k^°l: 11% ss.
9 fifty-two hundred and sixty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United \f^] tll[ ^ "*
10 States shall be enjoined from constructing, maintaining or operating a Jg^lls
11 telegraph line over and along any of the military or post roads of the H li. 26.
12 United States within this commonwealth. 123 u s 530.
1 Section 76. The sale or transfer, otherwise than in the ordinary Transferor
2 coiu-se of trade and in the regular and usual prosecution of the corpora- SS to'com-
3 tion's business, of any part or the whole of the assets of a domestic busi- "'fenafn cases.
4 ness corporation shall be fraudulent and void as against the common- \l\^' ^ § ,g.
5 wealth, unless such corporation shall, at least five days before the sale o^'iy(i920)
6 or transfer, notify the commissioner of the proposed sale or transfer and 290.
7 of the price, terms and conditions thereof, and of the character and loca-
8 tion of said assets. Whenever such a corporation shall make such a
9 sale or transfer, the tax imposed by this chapter shall become due and
10 payable at the time when the commissioner is so notified, or, if he is not
11 so notified, at the time when he should have been notified.
12 This section shall not apply to sales by receivers, assignees under a
13 voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, trustees in bank-
14 ruptcy, or public officers acting under judicial process.
658
TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS.
[Chap. 63.
Determination
of validity of
tax by supreme
judicial court
on petition.
1S07, 52,
B2,4.
18S1, 155.
P. S. 13.
H 64, m.
1898,417.
R. L. 14. § 67.
1903, 437. § 84.
1908, 349.
1909, 490,
III, § 70.
1919, 349, § 26.
144 Mass. 64,
598.
218 Mass, 558.
222 Mass 450.
232 Mass. 7, 16,
19, 22.
RELIEF FROM UNLAWFUL TAXES.
Section 77. Any corporation, company or association aggrieved by 1
the exaction of any tax or excise or of any part thereof may, within six 2
months after tlie payment of the same, whether such payment be after 3
or before the issue of the warrant mentioned in section seventy-two, 4
apply by petition to the supreme judicial court, setting forth the amount 5
of the tax or excise and costs thereon so paid, the general legal grounds 6
and the specific grounds in fact, if any, upon which it is claimed such 7
tax or excise should not have been exacted. Said petition shall be the S
exclusive remedy and shall be entered and heard in Suffolk county. A 9
copy of the same shall be served upon the state treasurer and upon the 10
attorney general. The proceedings upon such petition shall conform, 11
as nearly as may be, to proceedings in equity, and an abatement shall 12
be made of only such portion of the tax or excise as was assessed without 13
authority of law. 14
Reimburse-
ment of tax
if illegally
exacted.
1SB7, 52, § 3.
1881, 155,
P. S. 13, § 05.
1898, 417.
R. L, 14, § 68.
1903, 437, § 85.
1909, 490,
III, §71.
Section 78. If the court, upon a hearing or trial, adjudges that 1
said tax or excise, and the costs thereon, have been illegally exacted, a 2
copy of the judgment or decree shall be transmitted by the clerk of the 3
court to the state auditor, who shall thereupon audit and certify the 4
amount adjudged to have been illegally exacted, with interest, and 5
costs to be taxed by the clerk of the court in the same manner as other 6
claims against the commonwealth, and the state treasurer shall pay the 7
same, without any further act or resolve making appropriation therefor. 8
So much thereof as has been paid by the commonwealth to any town 9
may be deducted from and set oil' against any sum afterwards payable to 10
such town. 11
Penalties on
certain corpo-
rations, etc.,
for neglect to
make returns,
1862, 224. § 9.
1864, 208. 4 14.
1S65, 283, I 14.
1873, 141, I 9.
1878, 218, I 3.
penalties and their enforcement.
Section 79. Any corporation, company or association, liable to 1
taxation under section fifty-eight, neglecting to make the returns re- 2
quired by this chapter, or refusing or neglecting, when required, to sub- 3
mit to the examinations pro\'ided for therein, shall forfeit such sum not 4
greater than two per cent upon the par value of its capital stock as the 5
court may deem just and equitable. 6
1880, 227, § 4.
P. S. 13, §§ 7, 28, 36, .54.
1890, 197, § 2.
1892, 129.
1898, 417.
R. L. 14, §§ 55, 59.
1908. 318,
1909. 490. HI,
1914, 198, § 6.
Collection of
penalties.
1862, 224,
§§9. U.
1864, 208, § 14.
1865. 283, § 14.
1873, 141,
§5 9, 10,
1878, 218, § 3,
1880, 227, I 4.
Section 80. Penalties and forfeitures imposed by this chapter may 1
be collected by an action of contract under section seventy-three or by an 2
information under section se^•enty-fi^•e. An injunction issued upon such 3
an information may contain a pro\ision continuing it in force until the 4
returns and certificates required by this chapter have been filed. 5
p. S. 13, §§22,28,36, 54.
1898, 417.
1900, 398.
R. L. 14, §§ 55, 58.
1903, 437, §§ 50, 78. 1914, 198, § 6.
1906, 346, §§ 1, 2. 1919, 349, § 14.
1908, 318. 196 Mass. 458.
1909, 490, III, §§ 58, .59, 62: 528. 125 U. S. 530.
REFERENCE.S.
Temporary additional taxes on corporations. 1918, 253, 255. 1920, 550, 600.
§ 31. For deduction of interest in a ship or vessel from corporate excess, see § 67.
§§ 61-66. Street railway companies relieved from excise for 1920 and 1921. 1919,
370,
§§ 77, 78. Voluntary repayment of illegal tax, Chap. 58, § 27.
Chap. 64.]
TAXATION OF STOCK TRANSFERS.
659
CHAPTER 64.
TAXATION OF STOCK TRANSFERS.
Sect.
1. Excise on transfers, etc., of shares of
stock.
2. Excise to apply to sales, etc., of shares
in voluntary associations.
3. Commissioner to prepare and sell
stamps.
4. Commissioner to make contracts for
plates, printing, etc., and keep
plates, etc.
5. Person affixing stamp to cancel it.
6. Refunding of loss by stamps errone-
ously fixed.
7. Commissioner may make rules and reg-
ulations.
8. Transfer not enforceable, etc., unless
tax paid.
Sect.
9. Recovery of excise by suit.
10. Persons making sales, etc., to keep
records in books.
11. Corporations and associations to keep
records of transfers, etc.
12. Commissioner to enforce tax by exami-
nation of books, etc.
13. Penalty for refusal to permit examina-
tion, failure to keep books or to pre-
serve books or papers, or false entry.
14. Unauthorized sale, etc., of stamps pro-
hibited. Penalty.
15. Evasion of tax. Penalty.
16. Counterfeiting, restoring, etc. Penalty.
17. Fraudulent failure to cancel stamp.
Penalty.
1 Section 1. An excise shall immediately accrue and be collected on Excise on
2 all sales or agreements to sell or memoranda of sales or deliveries or trans- of''sharel'of''^ '
3 fers of shares or certificates of stock in any domestic or foreign corpora- i9°4''-77o § i
4 tion, whether made upon or shown by the books of the corporation, or JoJI'ljf'Hg
5 by any assignment in blank, or by any delivery, or by any paper or agree- isw! 5; 349.
6 ment or memorandum or other evidence of transfer or sale, whether or 1920,2.
7 not entitling the holder in any manner to the benefit of such stock or to
8 secure the future payment of money or the future transfer of any stock,
9 of two cents on each one hundred dollars of face ^'alue or fraction thereof,
10 except in cases where the shares or certificates of stock are issued without
11 face value, in which case the excise shall be at the rate of two cents for
12 each and every share of stock. The person making or effectuating the
13 sale or transfer shall procure, affix and cancel the stamps and pay the
14 excise imposed by this section. Said excise shall not apply to the original
15 issue of shares of stock; nor to an agreement evidencing the deposit of
16 stock certificates as collateral security for money loaned thereon, which
17 certificates are not actually sold, nor to such certificates so deposited;
18 nor to the transfer of stock certificates of a deceased person to liis executor
19 or administrator; nor to the transfer of stock certificates by a trustee to
20 his successor or co-trustee under the same trust. The payment of said
21 excise shall be denoted by adhesive stamps aflixed as follows: in case
22 of sale where the evidence of transfer is shown only by the books of the
23 company, the stamp shall be placed on said books; and where the change
24 of ownership is by transfer of a certificate the stamp shall be placed on
25 the certificate; and in cases of an agreement to sell, or where the transfer
26 is by deli\-ery of the certificate assigned in blank, there shall be made
27 and delivered by the seller to the buyer a bill or memorandum of sale,
28 to which the stamp shall be affixed ; and every such bill or memorandum
29 of sale or agreement to sell shall show the date thereof, the name of the
30 seller, the number of shares and the face value, if any, and the matter or
31 thing to which it refers, and no further excise is hereby imposed upon
32 the delivery of the certificate of stock, or upon the actual issue of a new
660
TAXATION OF STOCK TRANSFERS.
[ClUP. 64.
certificate when the original certificate of stock is accompanied by the 33
duly stamped memorandum of sale or agreement to sell as herein 34
provided. 35
Excise to
apply to sales,
etc., of shares
in voluntary
associations.
1914, 770, § 10.
1915, 238, § 5.
Section 2. Said excise shall accrue and be collected on all sales or 1
agreements to sell or memoranda of sales or deliveries or transfers of 2
the certificates of participation or shares of all voluntary associations 3
existing under an instrument or declaration of trust the beneficial in- 4
terest under which is divided into transferable certificates of partici- 5
pation or shares, except such issues, agreements and transfers as are 6
excepted by the preceding section; and all provisions made in this 7
chapter for the regulation and collection of the excise, and all the penal- 8
ties and forfeitures in connection therewith, shall apply to the excise 9
to be collected under this section. 10
?o°pr™pfre°and SECTION 3. Adhesi^■e Stamps for the purpose of paying the excise
i9i4*77(f^5 3 under this chapter shall be prepared by the commissioner in such form,
i9i9i 35o! § S3, of such denominations and in such quantities as he may prescribe. He
shall make provision for the sale of such stamps in such places and at
such times as he deems necessary.
Commissioner
to make con-
tracts for
plates, printing,
etc., and keep
plates, etc,
1914, 770, § 5.
Section 4. The commissioner shall make and execute in behalf of
the commonwealth contracts for dies, plates and printing necessary
for the manufacture of the stamps required by this chapter. . He shall
be the custodian of the stamps, dies, plates and other materials and
things used in the manufacture of said stamps.
Person affixing
stamp to
cancel it.
1914, 770, § 4.
Section 5. Whenever an adhesive stamp is used under this chapter,
the person using or affixing it shall write or stamp thereon the initials
of his name and the date when the same is affixed or used, and shall
cut or perforate the stamp in a substantial manner, so that it cannot
be used again.
ioss"b ''stani' 3 SECTION 6. If any stamps have been erroneously affixed, the com- 1
erroneously missioncr, upoii presentation of a claim for the amount of such stamps, 2
1914; 770, §11. and upon the production of evidence satisfactory to him that such
' stamps were affixed erroneously so as to cause loss to the persons
making the claim by said amount, or such part thereof as he may allow,
shall certify to the state auditor the amount so erroneously paid, and
the state treasurer shall pay said amount without any further act or
resolve making appropriation therefor. Such claims shall be presented
to the commissioner in writing duly \erified, shall state the full name
and address of the claimant, the date of the erroneous affixing, and 10
the face value of the stamps, shall describe the document to which the 11
stamps were affixed, and shall contain such evidence as may be avail- 12
able upon which the demand for repayment is based. Such claims 13
shall be presented within ninety days after the alleged erroneous af- 14
fixing. If the commissioner rejects a claim or any part thereof, the 15
claimant may, within thirty days after the date of the rejection, apply 16
to the board of appeal from decisions of the commissioner of corpo- 17
rations and taxation, which shall thereupon review the facts in the 18
case, and shall forthwith give a written decision to the claimant and 19
Chap. 64.] taxation of stock th.^n'sfees. 661
20 to the commissioner; and if the board grants any repayment to the
21 claimant, the amount of the repayment shall be certified and paid as
22 herein provided.
1 Section 7. The commissioner may make such rules and regulations Commissioner
2 consistent with this chapter as he deems necessary, and may prescribe nlfJsa'nd^
3 such further forms, books, records and papers as he deems essential for i9i5'.''23s!^§ 6.
4 carrying out its provisions.
1 Section 8. No transfer of stock made after December first, nine- Transfer not
2 teen hundred and fourteen, on which an excise is imposed by this chap- etc.°™!ess'
3 ter or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, which excise is not paid 59^4^''77o, § g
4 at the time of such transfer, shall be made the basis of any action or legal '^-°' *''^-
5 proceeding, nor shall proof thereof be oftered or received in evidence in
6 any court in this commonwealth; provided, that nothing contained in
7 this paragraph shall apply to proceedings authorized by this chapter.
8 Where, through accident, mistake or inadvertence, and without any
9 intent to evade this chapter, the said excise is not paid at the time of the
10 transfer, the commissioner may allow the excise to be paid at a later
11 time, imder such rules and regulations as he may from time to time
12 establish, and if so paid the penalty provided by section fifteen for fail-
13 ure to pay the excise shall not be enforced, and any transfer on which
14 the excise shall have so been paid shall have the same legal efi'ect as if
15 the excise had actually been paid at the time of the transfer, and shall
16 not be subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of this section.
1 Section 9. The excise imposed by this chapter may be recovered Recovery ot
rt • • 1 1 • o rv 11 • 1 > 1 excise by suit.
2 in an action brought in Sunolk county in the name or the common- loi'*, 770, § s.
3 wealth, or by an information in equity in the name of the attorney
4 general brought in the supreme judicial court for said county.
1 Section 10. Every person, firm, association or corporation making Persons mailing
2 a sale, agreement to sell, delivery or transfer of shares or certificates of keep'records"
3 stock, or conducting or transacting a brokerage business, shall keep i'9j'4°7fo § 7
4 or cause to be kept at some accessible place within the commonwealth i-''^' 238! § 4.
5 a true book of accounts wherein shall be recorded, plainly and legibly,
6 the date of making every sale, agreement to sell, delivery or transfer
7 of shares or certificates of stock, and every transaction in relation to
8 any stock; and also the number of shares, the face value of the stock,
9 the name of the stock, the name of the seller, the name of the pur-
10 chaser, and the face \-alue of the stamps affixed to the certificate or
11 bill or memorandum as provided in section one. Such book shall be
12 preserved for two years after the date of the last entry therein.
1 Section 11. Every corporation or association shall keep or cause Corporations
2 to be kept at some accessible place within the commonwealth a stock tions''toTe'ep
3 certificate book or transfer ledger or register, wherein shall plainly and uansfe^^.'etc
4 legibly be recorded, in separate columns, the date of making every jg}!; ^°; 1 4;
5 transfer of stock, the name of the stock and the number of shares
6 thereof, the name of the party surrendering the certificates, the name
7 of the party to whom certificates are issued in exchange therefor, and
8 evidence of the payment of the tax imposed by sections one and two,
9 which evidence, however, shall be furnished in one of the following
10 manners, to wit:
662
TAXATION OF STOCK TRANSFERS.
[Chap. 64.
(a) By attaching to the stock certificate surrendered for transfer the 11
stamps required for such transfer, or 12
(h) If the stamps are not attached to the certificate, but are attached 13
to the bill or memorandum of sale effecting or evidencing the transfer 14
of such certificate, by attaching to the certificate said bill or memorandum 15
of sale with stamps attached. 16
The corporation or association shall retain and keep all siurendcred 17
or cancelled shares or certificates of stock and all bills or memoranda IS
relating to the sale or transfer of stock for at least two years after the 19
date of the delivery thereof, and it shall also keep, for at least two years 20
after the date of the last entry thereon, the stock certificate book or 21
transfer ledger provided for by this section. 22
to°eJi™rce°tax SECTION 12. The Commissioner, at any time after the making of a 1
ofbo'ol's.'^tc'.''" sale, agreement, memorandum, delivery or transfer, subject to the excise 2
1915' 238 I r in^posed by this chapter, may investigate and ascertain whether said 3
excise was paid. For this purpose the commissioner shall examine 4
the books and papers of any person, fu-m, association or corporation; 5
and such books and papers, including all those mentioned in the two 6
preceding sections, shall at all times be subject to his inspection or that 7
of any of his representatives between the hours of ten o'clock in the 8
forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon on any business day except 9
Saturday. The commissioner may enforce by mandamus his right to 10
examine the books and papers of any person, firm, association or 11
corporation. 12
Penalty for
refusal to
permit exami-
nation, failure
to keep books
or to pre-
serve books or
papers, or
false entry
1914, 770, § 7.
1915, 238, § 4.
Unauthorized
sale, etc.. of
stamps pro-
hibited.
Penalty.
1914, 770, § 2.
1919, 349, § 25.
Section 13. Whoever refuses to permit the commissioner, or any 1
of his representatives, to inspect such books or papers or any memo- 2
randa or record relating to any such sale, agreement to sell, delivery 3
or transfer, or transaction, as provided in the three preceding sections, 4
or fails to keep said book of account, or stock certificate book or transfer 5
ledger, or to preserve such book for two years after the date of the last 6
entry therein, or fails to preserve for two years after the date thereof 7
all bills and memoranda of sale, or fails to preserve for two years after 8
the delivery thereof all surrendered or cancelled shares or certificates 9
of stock as recjuired, and whoever alters, cancels or obliterates any 10
part of said records, or makes any false entry therein, shall be punished 11
by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand 12
dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more 13
than two years, or both. 14
Section 14. No person, firm, association or corporation, except a 1
corporation organized under the banking laws of this commonwealth or 2
under the national bank act of the United States, or a duly authorized 3
agent of the commissioner, shall sell or oft'er or expose for sale any stamp 4
issued pursuant to this chapter without first obtaining from the commis- 5
sioner his written consent, except that in connection with a sale of or 6
agreement to sell stock a broker or agent of the principal making such 7
sale or agreement to sell may supply and affix the stamps required by 8
this chapter. No person shall sell any such stamp for a sum less than 9
the face value thereof without the written consent of the commissioner. 10
Any person violating any provision of this section shall be punished 11
by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand 12
dollars. 13
CiL\p. 65.]
TAXATION OF LEGACIES AND SUCCESSIONS.
663
1 Section 15. Any person liable to pay the excise imposed by this
2 chapter, and anyone who acts in the matter as agent or broker for
3 such person, who makes any sale, transfer or delivery of shares or cer-
4 tificates of stock without paying said excise, and whoever, in pursuance
5 of any sale, transfer or agreement, delivers any stock or e^"idence of
6 sale or transfer of or agreement to sell any stock or bill or memoran-
7 dum thereof, or transfers or causes the same to be transferred upon
8 the books or records of the association or corporation, without having
9 the stamps required by this chapter affixed thereto, and any associa-
10 tion or corporation whose stock is so sold or transferred which shall
11 transfer or cause the same to be transferred upon its books without
12 having such stamps so affixed, shall be punished by a fine of not less
13 than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
Evasion of tax.
Penaltv.
1914, 770, § 6.
1915, 238, § 3.
1 Section 16. Whoever wilfully removes or alters or knowingly
2 permits to be removed or altered the cancelling or defacing marks of
3 any stamp provided for by this chapter with intent to use such stamp,
4 or knowingly or wilfully buys, prepares for use, uses, has in possession,
5 or suffers to be used, any washed, restored or counterfeit stamps, and
6 whoever intentionally removes or causes to be removed, or knowingly
7 permits to be removed, any stamp affixed pursuant to this chapter,
8 shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than
9 one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
10 both.
Counter-
feiting, re-
storing, etc.
Penalty.
1914, 770, § f
1915. 238, § ;
1 Section 17. WTioever fraudulently makes use of an adhesive stamp Fraudulent
2 to denote the payment of the excise imposed by this chapter, without rai^fst^amp.
3 effectually cancelling it in accordance with section five, shall be punished flj'l'osg 5 2.
4 by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred
5 dollars.
CHAPTER 65.
TAXATION OF LEGACIES AND SUCCESSIONS.
Sect.
subjects and rates of taxation.
1. Taxation of legacies and successions.
Rates of tax. Exemptions.
2. Property passing under power of ap-
pointment, etc.
3. Gifts, etc., in contemplation of death.
4. Tax on shares of certain corporations
in estates of non-residents.
5. Reciprocal exemption to non-resident
PAYMENT OF TAX.
6. Persons who shall pay the tax.
7. Time, place and manner of payment.
8. Payment on transfer of stock by for-
eign executor, etc. Liability of cor-
poration for transfer without pay-
ment.
Sect.
9. Lien for tax. Property exempt. Dis-
charge.
10. Assets in commonwealth to be delivered
to foreign executor, etc., only by
license of court. Liability for il-
legal delivery. Notice.
11. Interest and discount.
12. Tax chargeable to capital, not income.
VALUE FOR TAXATION.
13. Tax to be assessed upon actual value,
etc.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF TAXES
ON FUTURE INTERESTS.
14. Persons entitled to future interests may
pay tax in advance, etc.
15. Deposit in lieu of tax.
664
TAXATION OF LEGACIES AND SUCCESSIONS.
[Chap. 65.
Sect.
provisions affecting administration of
ESTATES.
16. Property bequeathed to executor, etc.,
in lieu of compensation.
17. Executor, etc., holding property subject
to tax to deduct tax or collect it from
legatee, etc.
18. If legacy payable out of real estate,
devisee to pay tax to executor, etc
19. No tax chargeable upon money applied
in payment of succession tax in cer-
tain cases.
20. Tax may be refunded in certain cases,
etc.
21. Probate court may authorize sale of real
estate in certain cases.
22. Inventory, etc., to be filed within three
months after appointment of execu-
tor, etc.
23. No final account of executor, etc.,
allowed unless taxes paid, etc.
24. Allowance of final account when future
taxes not paid.
VALUATION AND APPRAISAL.
25. Determination of value of property by
commissioner. Appraisal and appeal.
26. Alteration of valuations.
Sect.
assessment of ta.x.
27. Commissioner to certify amount of tax,
etc. Abatement by probate court.
28. Commissioner may examine witnesses,
etc.
29. Commissioner, upon refusal of informa-
tion, to assess at highest rate.
PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE AND COLLECT
TAXES.
30. Jurisdiction and procedure of probate
court in legacy and succession tax
cases.
31. Enforcement in probate court of lien on
real estate for legacy and succession
taxes.
32. Treasurer to proceed for recovery of
unpaid taxes, etc.
33. Additional remedies.
34. Recovery of penalties and forfeitures.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
35. Papers not to be open to public inspec-
tion, etc.
36. Application of chapter and earlier acts.
Taxation of
legacies and
successions.
Kates of tax.
Exemptions.
1891,425, § 1.
1S95, 307.
1896, 108.
1901, 297.
R. L. 15, § 1.
1905, 470, § 1.
1906, 436, § 1.
1907, 563,
§§ 1.3.
1909,268, § 1;
490, IV. §§ 1, 3;
527, § 1.
1911, 602.
1912, 678,
l§ 1. 2.
1916, 268,
§§ 1.3.
1920, 396, § 1:
648, § 1.
162 Mass. 113.
164 Mass. 79.
171 Mass. 410,
173 Mass, 205,
375.
174 Mass, 144,
266.
175 Mass. 59,
SUBJECTS AND RATES OF TAXATION.
Section 1. All property within the jurisdiction of the common- 1
wealth, corporeal or incorporeal, and any interest therein, whether be- 2
longing to inhabitants of the commonwealth or not, wliich shall pass by 3
will, or by laws regulating intestate succession, or by deed, grant or gift, 4
except in cases of a bona fide purchase for full consideration in money or 5
money's worth, made in contemplation of the death of the grantor or 6
donor or made or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment 7
after his death, and any beneficial interest therein -which shall arise or 8
accrue by survivorship in any form of joint ownership in which the de- 9
cedent joint owner contributed during his life any part of the property 10
held in such joint ownership or of the purchase price thereof, to any 11
person, absolutely or in trust, except to or for the use of charitable, 12
educational or religious societies or institutions, the property of which 13
is by the laws of the commonwealth exempt from taxation, or for or 14
upon trust for any charitable purposes to be carried out within the com- 15
monwealth, or to or for the use of the commonwealth or any town therein 16
for public purposes, shall be subject to a tax at the percentage rates fixed 17
by the following table : 18
Chap. 65.
T.\X.\TION OF LEGACIES AND SUCCESSIONS.
665
Rate Per Cextu.m of Tax on Value of Property or
I.VTEREST.
OF Beneficiary to
Deceased.
On Value
not
exceeding
SIO.OOO.
On Excess
above
SIO.OOO,
not
exceeding
$25,000.
On Excess
above
S2O.000,
not
exceeding
850,000.
On Excess
above
$50,000.
not
exceeding
S250.000.
On Excess |
S2la000. OnExoess
exc2^ing Sl.000.000.
SI. 000.000.
Class A.
Husband, wife, father, mother,
child, adopted child, adop-
tive parent, grandchild,
Class B.
Lineal ancestor, except father
or mother; lineal descend-
ant, except child or grand-
child: lineal descendant of
adopted child; lineal ances-
tor of adoptive parent; wife
or widow of a son; husband
of a daughter. .
Class C-
Brother. sister, half brother,
half sister, nephew, niece,
step-child or step-parent, .
Cluss D.
All others, . . . .
1%
1%
3%
5%
2%
5%
6%
4%
7%
7%
5%
8%
8%
5^1
6%
9%
9%
6%
7%
10%
10%
19 Provided, however, that no property or interest therein, which shall
20 pass or accrue to or for the use of a person in Class A, except a grandchild
21 of the deceased, unless its value exceeds ten thousand dollars, and no
22 other property or interest therein, unless its value exceeds one thousand
23 dollars, shall be subject to the tax imposed by this chapter, and no
24 tax shall be exacted upon any property or interest so passing or accru-
25 ing which shall reduce the value of such property or interest below
26 said amounts.
176 Mase
190
178 Mass
45
179 Mass
.546
180 Mass
.=145
185 Mase
310
196 Mass
533
197 Mass
24,S,
2S3.
198 Mass
413.
205 Mass
219,
279.
207 Mass
36H.
a08 Mass
343
209 Mass
IXK.
319, 373, 459.
211 Mass
134.
212 Mass
165,
215 Mass
1X9
217 Mass
:<4.s.
364.
218 Mass
•X92
221 Mass
146,
201,212,
i71.
600.
222 Mass
Z63
291.
223 Mass
134,
306.
224 Mass
x\;>.
225 Mass
355
226 Mass
■Ml,
301, 306.
227 Mass
.331,
562.
228 Mass
196
229 Mass
141),
474.
230 Mass
45H
233 Mass
471
234 Mass
IS,S
178 U.S.
41
250 U. S.
12{\
1 Op. A.
i. 75
76, 288.
1 Section 2. Whenever any person shall exercise a power of appoint-
2 ment, derived from any disposition of property made prior to September
3 first, nineteen hundred and seven, such appointment when made shall
4 be deemed a disposition of property by the person exercising such power,
5 taxable under section one, in the same manner as though the property
6 to which such appointment relates belonged absolutely to the donee of
7 such power, and had been bequeathed or devised by the donee by will;
8 and whenever any person possessing such a power of appointment so
9 derived shall omit or fail to exercise the same within the time pro\ided
10 therefor, in whole or in part, a disposition of property taxable under
11 section one shall be deemed to take place to the extent of such omission
12 or failure in the same manner as though the persons thereby becoming
13 entitled to the possession or enjoyment of the property to which such
14 power related had succeeded thereto i)y a will of the donee of the power
15 failing to exercise such power, taking effect at the time of such omission
16 or failure.
Property
passing under
power of ap-
pointment,
etc.
1909. 527. § 8.
207 Mass. 588.
212 Mass. 165.
218 Mass. 292.
221 Mass. 571,
600.
225 Mass. 355.
229 Mass, 474.
230 Mass. 25.
1 Section 3. Any deed, grant or gift completed inter vivos, except in Gifts, etc in
2 PI n \ ^ 1 i?i'll 'Ia'" ' contemplation
cases 01 bona fade purchase tor full consideration in money or money s of death
3 worth, made not more than six months prior to the death of the grantor '^^°' ***' ^ ^'
4 or donor, shall, prima facie, be deemed to have been made in contempla-
5 tion of the death of the grantor or donor. Notwithstanding any provi-
6 sion of section one, no tax shall be payable thereunder on account of
666
TAXATION OF LEGACIES AND SUCCESSIONS.
[Chap. 65.
Tax on shares
of certain cor-
porations in
estates of non-
residents.
1920, 39li, § 2.
Reciprocal ex-
emption to
non-resident
estates.
1909, 490,
IV, § 3.
1911, 502.
1912, 67S, § 2.
1920, 396, § 3.
any deed, grant or gift in contemplation of death made more than two 7
years prior to the death of the grantor or donor, unless made or intended 8
to take effect in possession or enjoyment after such death. 9
Section 4. When the personal estate passing under section one 1
from any person not an inhabitant of the commonwealth consists in 2
whole or in part of shares in any railroad or street railway company or 3
telegraph or telephone company incorporated under the laws of this 4
commonwealth and also of some other state or country, so much only 5
of each share as is proportional to the part of such company's line lying 6
within this commonwealth shall be considered as property of such per- 7
son witliin the jurisdiction of the commonwealth for the purposes of this 8
chapter. 9
Section 5. Property of a non-resident decedent which is within the 1
jurisdiction of the commonwealth at the time of his death, if subject to 2
a tax of like character with that imposed by this chapter by the law of 3
the state or country of his residence, shall be subject only to such part 4
of the tax hereby imposed as may be in excess of the tax imposed by the 5
laws of such other state or country, provided that a like exemption is 6
made by the laws of such other state or country in favor of estates of 7
residents of this commonwealth; but no such exemption shall be al- 8
lowed until the tax provided for by the law of such other .state or country 9
shall be actually paid, guaranteed, or secured in accordance with law. 10
Persons who
shall pay the
tax.
1891, 425, § 1.
1901, 297.
R. L. 15, § 1.
1905, 470, ^ 1.
1906, 436. § 1.
1907, 503, § 1.
payment of tax.
Section 6. Administrators, executors and trustees, grantees or 1
donees under conveyances or gifts made during the life of the grantor or 2
donor, and persons to whom beneficial interests shall accrue by survivor- 3
ship, shall be liable for the taxes imposed by this chapter, with interest, 4
until the same have been paid. 5
1909,2BS, §1; 490,IV, §1; 527, §1. 1012, 078, § 1. 1910, 268, § 1.
of
payment.
1891, 425,
H2, 4.7.
1895,430, § 1.
R. L. 15,
§§2,4.7.
1902. 473.
1903. 276.
1907. 563, § 4.
1909, 490. IV,
§4:527, §2.
1915, 152.
1916, 268, 5 2.
1920, 548. § 2.
162 Mass. 113.
185 Mass. 439.
189 Mass. 104.
197 Mass. 283
209 Mass. 180.
221 Mass. 140.
223 Mass. 32.
229 Mass. 140.
234 Mass. 188.
1 Op. A. G. 76,
268.
2 Op. A. G 373.
Section 7. Taxes imposed by this chapter upon property or interests 1
therein, passing by will or by laws regulating intestate succession, shall 2
be payable to the state treasurer by the executors, administrators or 3
trustees at the expiration of one year from the date of the gi\ing of bond 4
by the executors, administrators or trustees first appointed; except that 5
in all cases where there shall be a de\ise, descent or bequest to take effect 6
in possession or come into actual enjoyment after the expiration of one 7
or more life estates or of a term of years, the taxes thereon shall be payable 8
by the executors, administrators or trustees in office when such right of 9
possession accrues, or, if there is no such executor, administrator or 10
trustee, by the persons so entitled thereto, at the expiration of one year 11
from the date when the right of possession accrues to the persons so 12
entitled. 13
If the probate court, acting under section thirteen of chapter one 14
hundred and ninety-seven, has ordered the executor or administrator 15
to retain funds to satisfy a claim of a creditor, the payment of the tax 16
may be suspended by the court to await the disposition of such claim. 17
Taxes imposed by this chapter upon property or interests therein, 18
passing by deed, grant or gift to take effect in possession or enjoyment 19
after the death of the grantor or donor, or upon beneficial interests 20
Chap. 65.] taxation of legacies and successions. 667
21 arising or accruing by survivorship in any form of joint ownership, shall
22 be payable by the grantee, donee or survivor at the expiration of one
23 year from the date when his right of possession or enjoyment accrues.
24 Taxes imposed by this chapter upon property or interests therein passing
25 by deed, grant or gift made in contemplation of death shall be payable
26 by the grantee or donee at the expiration of one year after the death of
27 the grantor or donor.
28 In case of any deed, grant or gift of a life interest or term of years, the
29 donee for life or years shall pay a tax only on the value of his interest,
30 and the donee of the future interest shall pay his tax when his right of
31 possession or enjoyment accrues.
1 Section 8. If a foreign executor, administrator or trustee assigns or Payment on
2 transfers any stock in any national bank situated in this commonwealth, B?ockby°for-
3 or in any corporation organized under the laws of this commonwealth, |«" '^LtaWhty
4 owned by a deceased non-resident at the date of his death and liable to f^,""'^"^^^^""
5 a tax under this chapter, the tax shall be paid to the state treasurer at ^,'^'Jj°"" P^'y
6 the time of such assignment or transfer, and if it is not paid when due, 1920,396, §4.
7 such executor, administrator or trustee shall be personally liable therefor
8 until it is paid. A bank situated in this commonwealth or a corporation
9 organized under the laws of this commonwealth which shall record a
10 transfer of any share of its stock made by a foreign executor, adminis-
11 trator or trustee, or issue a new certificate for a share of its stock at the
12 instance of a foreign executor, administrator or trustee, before all taxes
13 imposed thereon by this chapter have been paid, shall be liable for such
14 tax in an action of contract brought by the state treasurer.
or possessed, ;•
„.,., , «. . Propprt.v si»-
2 subject to taxes as aforesaid, in whatever form or investment it mayen.pt dis-
3 happen to be, and all property acquired in substitution therefor, shall be i.s9i. 425, § 4.
4 charged with a lien for all taxes and interest thereon which are or may u^t it, §V'
5 become due on such property; but said lien shall not attach to any Igoa;!!!;^'-
6 personal property after the same has been sold or disposed of for \alue J^oyfseg § 4
7 by the executors, administrators or trustees, or to real estate after l^"*"'^^"'
8 it has been conveyed by the executors, administrators or trustees under 527, § 2.^
9 license or decree of the probate court, or to real estate which, during laie! 268. § 2.
10 the life of the grantor, is conveyed by recorded or registered deed '^"°' ^'^^' ^ ^'
11 and transferred in possession and enjoyment by him to the grantee, in
12 contemplation of death. The lien charged by this chapter upon any
13 real estate or separate parcel thereof may be discharged by the payment
14 of all taxes due and to become due upon said real estate or separate
15 parcel, or by an order or decree of the probate court discharging said lien
16 and securing the payment to the commonwealth of the tax due or to
17 become due by bond or deposit as hereinafter provided, or by transferring
18 such lien to other real estate owned by the owner or owners of said real
19 estate or separate parcel thereof.
1 Section 10. Securities or assets belonging to the estate of a deceased ;^j^^„^'gi,°th°to'
2 non-resident shall not be delivered or transferred to a foreign executor, be delivered to
3 administrator or legal representative of such decedent, unless such ex- tSr?et"c!o'i?iy
4 ecutor, administrator or legal representative has been licensed to receive comr"uabn-
5 said securities or assets under section three of chapter two hundred and ddiv°e'ry.'°*'''
6 four. License to receive, sell, transfer or convey securities or assets ^g°2'(j'39e, § 5.
668
TAXATION OF LEGACIES .\ND SUCCESSIONS.
[Chap. 65.
under said section shall not be granted unless it appears to the judge of 7
the probate court that all taxes imposed by this chapter have been paid 8
or secured according to law. Any person or corporation that delivers 9
or transfers any securities or assets belonging to the estate of a non- 10
resident decedent before all taxes imposed thereon by this chapter have 11
been so paid or secured shall be liable for such tax in an action of con- 12
tract brought by the state treasurer. 13
Interest and
discount.
1891, 425, § 4.
1S95, 430, § 1.
R. L. 1.5. § 4.
1902, 473, § 1.
1903, 276, § 1.
Section 11. If taxes imposed by this chapter are not paid when due, 1
interest shall be charged and collected from the time the same became 2
payable. If a tax imposed by this chapter is paid prior to the date upon 3
which it is due, it shall be discounted at the rate of four per cent a year. 4
1907, 563, I 4.
1909,490, IV, M;
527, 5 2.
1915, 152.
1916, 268, § :
1918, 14.
able to*capitai, Section 12. All taxcs Under this chapter shall be paid out of and
Jgj2°CTs™§ 1. chargeable to capital and not income, unless otherwise provided in a will
1916' 268 i i' ^^ codicil, or deed or other instrument creating the grant or gift; but this
228 Mass. 159. provision shall not affect any right of the commonwealth to collect such
tax, or anv lien therefor.
Tax to be
assessed upon
actual vail
lie,
etc.
1891, 425,
§13.
R. L. 15,
§1 7, 16.
1905, 367.
1907, 563,
|6.
1909, 490.
IV, § 6:
527, § 3.
1913, 689.
178 Mass.
95.
179 Mass.
546.
197 Mass.
283.
223 Mass.
32.
229 Mass.
140.
VALUE FOR TAXATION.
Section 13. Except as otherwise provided in this and the following 1
section, the tax imposed by this chapter shall be assessed upon the 2
actual value of the property at the time of the death of the decedent. 3
In case of a devise, descent, bequest or grant to take effect in possession 4
or enjojinent after the expiration of one or more life estates or of a term 5
of years, the tax shall be assessed on the actual value of the property or 6
interest therein coming to the beneficiary at the time when he becomes 7
entitled to the same in possession or enjoyment. The value of an amiuity 8
or a life interest in any such property, or any interest therein less than 9
an absolute interest, shall be determined by the "American Experience 10
Tables" at four per cent compound interest; but when an annuity or a 11
life interest is terminated by the death of the annuitant or life tenant, 12
and the tax upon such interest is not due and has not been paid in 13
advance, the value of said interest for the purposes of taxation 14
under this chapter shall be the amount of the annuity or income 15
actually paid or payable to the annuitant or life tenant during the 16
period for which he was entitled to the annuity or was in possession of 17
the life estate. 18
Persons
entitled to
future interests
may pay tax
in advance,
etc.
1902, 473.
1903,251:276.
1904,421.
1907, 563. § 7.
1909, 490,
IV, § 7:
527. § 4.
1919. 350, § 53.
197 Mass, 283.
229 Mass. 140.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF T.\XES ON FUTURE INTERESTS.
Section 14. Any person entitled to a future interest in any property 1
may pay the tax on account of the same at any time before such tax 2
would be due under this chapter, and in such cases the tax shall be 3
assessed upon the actual value of the interest at the time of payment, 4
and such value shall be determined by the commissioner as pro^'ided in 5
this chapter. Whenever it is impossible to compute the present value 6
of any interest, the commissioner may, with the appro\'al of the attorney 7
general, effect such settlement of the tax as he shall deem to be for the 8
best interests of the commonwealth, and pajTnent of the sum so agreed 9
upon shall be a full satisfaction of such tax. 10
Chap. Go.] taxation of legacies axd sixcessioxs. 669
1 Section 15. In case of a bequest or grant of personal estate made Deposit in
2 or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death i903?2m'
3 of the grantor, to take effect in possession or come into actual enjoy- {gSgifgo;^^'
4 ment after the expiration of one or more life estates or a term of years, i^- § ^■
5 whether conditioned upon the happening of a contingency, dependent
6 upon the exercise of a discretion, subject to a power of appointment, or
7 otherwise, the executor, administrator or grantee may deposit with the
8 state treasurer a sum of money sufficient in the opinion of the commis-
9 sioner to pay all taxes which may become due upon such bequest or
10 grant, and the persons having the right to the use or income of such
11 personal estate shall be entitled to receive from the commonwealth
12 interest at the rate of two and one half per cent per annum upon such
13 deposit, and when said tax shall become due the treasurer shall repay to
14 the persons entitled thereto the difference between the tax certified and
15 the amount deposited; or any executor, administrator, trustee or grantee,
16 or any person interested in such bequest or grant may gi\e bond to a
17 judge of the probate court having jurisdiction of the estate of the decedent,
IS in such amount and with such sureties as said court may approve, con-
19 ditioned that the obligor shall notify the commissioner when said tax
20 becomes due and shall then pay the same to the commonwealth.
provisions affecting administration of estates.
1 Section 1G. If a testator gives, bequeaths or devises to his executors Property be-
2 or trustees any property otherwise liable to the tax imposed by this McTut'or'I etc,
3 chapter in lieu of their compensation, the value thereof in excess of p"ensadon.''''°^"
4 reasonable compensation, as determined by the probate court upon the jf ®l' is^s^s^'
5 application of any interested party or of the commissioner, shall be i907, ses, § s.
6 subject to this chapter. looo. 490, iv, § s.
1 Section 17. An executor, administrator or trustee holding property Executor, etc..
2 subject to the tax imposed by this chapter shall deduct the tax there- er°ty's'ubjl-cTto
3 from or collect it from the legatee or person entitled to said property; and ^l 1° collect
4 he shall not deli\-er property or a specific legacy subject to said tax until J.'/™™ legatee,
5 he has collected the tax thereon. An executor or administrator shall Jl^J'lyf'^^-
6 collect taxes due upon land passing by inheritance or will which is subject R- l1 is. 5 s^
7 to said tax from the heirs or devisees entitled thereto, and he may be 1909! 490!
8 authorized to sell said land, in the manner prescribed by section twenty- 197 Mass. 2S3.
9 one, if they refuse or neglect to pay said tax.
221 Mass. 571. 1 Op. A. G. 30.
1 Section 18. If a legacy subject to said tax is charged upon or payable n legacy ray-
2 out of real estate, the heir or devisee, before paying said legacy, shall estate.^devisw"
3 deduct said tax therefrom and pay it to the executor, administrator or e°e™tor!ete°
4 trustee, and the tax shall remain a lien upon said real estate until it is Jj*®/; f?°'§^f,^-
5 paid. Payment thereof may be enforced by the executor, administrator j-jo^' sjjg, § lo.
6 or trustee in the same manner as the payment of the legacy itself could iv, § lo.
7 be enforced.
1 Section 19. \Mien provision is made by any will or other instrument No tax cimrge-
r,r> ('11 ■ ^ V • i> 1 1 1 able upon
2 tor pajinent of the legacy or succession tax upon any giit thereby made money applied
3 out of any property other than that so given, no tax shall be chargeable suc^eSon ta°x
4 upon the sum to be applied in payment of such tax. '° """'" '"^'^^'
1907, 452: 563, § 11. 1909, 490, IV, § 11.
670
TAXATION OF LEGACIES AND SrCCESSIONS.
[ClIAP. 65.
Tax may be
refunded in
certain cases,
1891,425, § 12.
lSy2, 379.
li. L. 15, § 15.
1907, 563, § IS.
1909, 490,
IV, § IS.
Section 20. If a person who has paid to the estate of a deceased
person, or to the commonwealth, any tax or part of a tax imposed on
such estate by this chapter, afterward refunds to the estate any of the
property upon which such tax was paid, or, in the case of a tax or part
of a tax paid to the estate of the deceased, or paid to the commonwealth
on account of such estate, if it is judicially determined that the whole
or any part of such tax ought not to have been paid, such tax, or the due
proportion thereof, shall be repaid to him by the executor, administrator
or trustee.
Probate court
may authorize
sale of real
estate in cer-
tain oases.
1891,425, § 8.
n L. 15, § s.
Inventory,
etc., to be filed
within three
months after
appointment
of executor, etc.
1S9I, 425, § 0.
1895, 430, § 2.
Jt.L. 15, §9
1907, 563, § 13.
1909, 490,
IV, § 13;
527, § 5.
No final ac-
count of
executor, etc.,
allowed unless
taxes paid, etc.
1891,425, § 16.
R. L. 15, § 19.
1907, 563. § 23.
1909.490,
IV, § 23.
1910.481.
209 Mass, 186,
321.
Section 21. The probate court may authorize executors, adminis- 1
trators and trustees to sell the real estate of a decedent for the payment 2
of said tax in the same manner as it may authorize them to sell real ,i
estate for the payment of debts. 4
1907, 563, 5 12. 1909, 490, IV, § 12. 234 Mass. 403.
Section 22. A full and complete inventory and appraisal on oath 1
of every estate shall be filed in the probate court or with the commis- 2
sioner by the executor, administrator or trustee within three months 3
after his appointment, and such in\'entory shall contain a complete list 4
of all assets within the knowledge of said executor, administrator or 5
trustee. If he neglects or refuses to file such an inventory and appraisal 6
he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars. 7
lOp. A. G. 30,40, 52.85.
Section 2.3. Except as provided in the following section, no final 1
account of an executor, administrator or trustee shall be allowed by the 2
probate court unless such account shows, and the judge of said court 3
finds, that all taxes imposed by this chapter upon any property or interest 4
therein belonging to the estate to be settled by said account and already 5
payable have been paid, and that all taxes which may become due on 6
said estate ha\e been paid or settletl as hereinbefore provided, or that 7
the payment thereof to the commonwealth is secured by bond or deposit 8
or by lien on real estate. The certificate of the commissioner and the 9
receipt of the state treasurer for the amount of the tax therein certified 10
shall be conclusive as to the payment of the tax, to the extent of said 11
certification. 12
Allowance of
final account
when future
taxes not paid.
1910,481.
1911, 191.
Section 24. The fact that an estate may later become subject to a 1
tax imposed by this chajiter, or that a tax hereby imposed is due and the 2
amount thereof cannot be ascertained, shall not prevent the allowance 3
of the final account of the executor, administrator or trustee thereof, if it 4
appears that all taxes imposed by this chapter for which such estate is 5
liable, which are already payable and the amount of which can be ascer- (>
tained, have been paid, and that such property or interest therein has 7
been transferred to a trustee appointed by a probate court of the com- 8
monwealth who has given bond, with sufficient sureties, in such a sum as 9
to insure the payment of all taxes which are or may become due on said 10
estate, unless such trustee is exempted from giving sureties by the probate 11
court appointing him; and such trustee shall be liable for such taxes and 12
the interest thereon in the same manner and to the same amount as if 13
he had been the executor, administrator or trustee originally liable there- 14
for, and the property received by him shall be subject to a lien for said 15
taxes and interest until the same are paid. 16
Chap. Go.] tax.\tion of legacies and successions. 671
VALU.\TION AND APPRAISAL.
1 Section 25. The value of the property upon which the tax is com- Determination
2 puted shall be determined by the commissioner and notified by him to propl'ny'il-
3 the persons by whom the tax is payable, and such determination shall Ap"p'railarand
4 be final unless the value so determined shall be reduced by proceedings 5391^405
5 as herein provided. At any time within three months after such deter- Rl! i5^'§ le,
6 mination the probate court shall, on application of any party interested 1907! ses, § 19.
7 in the succession, or of the executor, administrator or trustee, appoint iv. §19. '
8 one or three disinterested appraisers, who, first being sworn, shall ap- l\l llllt mf.
9 praise such property at its actual market value as of the day of the ||| jJJagg }||-
10 death of the decedent, and shall make return thereof to said court.
11 Such return, when accepted by said court, shall be final, except that
12 any party aggrie\ed b\- such appraisal shall have an appeal upon matters
13 of law. One half of the fees of said appraisers, as determined by the
14 judge of said court, shall be paid by the commonwealth, and one half
15 by the other parties to the proceeding.
1 Section 2G. At any time within three months after the date of the Alteration of
2 determination of value of any estate made by the commissioner under i9i2?23r'
3 the preceding section, the commissioner may, at the request or with the
4 consent of the persons by whom the tax is payable, alter such determina-
5 tion of value. If any such alteration is made, the commissioner shall
6 notify the persons by whom the tax is payable of the alteration, and the
7 period within which application may be made for the appointment of
8 an appraiser or appraisers as provided by said section shall be three
9 months from the date of said alteration of value by the commissioner.
10 In all proceedings in the probate court under this or the preceding sec-
11 tion, or by an appraiser or appraisers appointed by the court under
12 either section, the commissioner shall receive notice thereof and ma}' be
13 heard.
assessment of tax.
1 Section 27. The commissioner shall determine the amount of tax Commissioner
2 due and payable upon any estate or part thereof, and shall certify the amount'of tax,
3 amount so due and payable to the state treasurer and to the persons by nJent by"'^
4 whom the tax is payable; but in the determination of the amount of 5'907''56r§26
5 any tax under this chapter the commissioner shall not be required to }*9.'^90'
6 consider any payments on account of debts or expenses of administration ?i7 Mass. 364.
7 which have not been allowed by the probate court having jurisdiction of ^21 mITs. ul.
8 said estate. Payment of the amount so certified shall be a discharge of
9 the tax. An executor, administrator, trustee, grantee, donee or survivor
10 aggrieved by any determination of the commissioner may, within one
11 year after the payment of any such tax, apply by a petition in equity to
12 the probate court having jurisdiction of the estate of the decedent for the
13 abatement of the tax or any part thereof, and if the court adjudges that
14 the tax or any part thereof was wrongly exacted it shall order an abate-
15 ment of such part thereof as was assessed without authority of law. Upon
16 a final decision ordering an abatement of any part of such a tax, the
17 treasurer shall pay the amount adjudged to have been illegally exacted,
18 with interest, without any further act or resolve making appropriation
19 therefor.
672
TAXATION OF LEGACIES .\ND SUCCESSIONS.
[CiiAP. G5.
Commissioner
Section 28. For the purpose of assessing taxes imposed by this 1
chapter, the commissioner may summon and examine on oath any person 2
supposed to know or have means of knowing any material fact touching 3
the subject of such assessment. The said examination may be reduced 4
to writing, and false swearing therein shall be deemed perjury and be 5
punishable as such. A justice of the superior court, upon application 6
of the commissioner, may compel the attendance of such witnesses and 7
the giving of such testimony before the commissioner in the same manner 8
and to the same extent as before said court. 9
Commissioner,
upon refusal of
information, to
assess at
highest rate
1909. 527, § 9.
Section 29. Whenever an executor, administrator, trustee, or any 1
person liable to taxation under this chapter, refuses or neglects to furnish 2
to the commissioner any information which in the opinion of the com- 3
missioner is necessary to the proper computation of taxes payable by 4
such executor, administrator, trustee or person, after having been re- 5
quested so to do, the commissioner shall certify such taxes at the highest 6
rate at which they could in any event be computed. 7
Jurisdictiou
and procedure
of probate
court in legacy
and succession
tax cases,
1891,425, § 14.
R. L. 15. § 17.
1903, 248.
1907, 56.3, § 21,
1909, 490,
IV. § 21.
164 Mass. 79.
171 Mass. 595.
189 Mass. 104.
1 Op. A. G. S5.
PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE AND COLLECT TAXES.
Section 30. The probate court having jurisdiction of the settle- 1
ment of the estate of the decedent shall, subject to appeal as in other 2
cases, hear and determine all questions relative to the tax imposed by 3
this chapter, or by the corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and 4
the state treasurer shall represent the commonwealth in any such pro- .5
ceedings. If the court finds that any tax remains due, it shall order the 6
executor, administrator or trustee to pay the same, with interest and 7
costs, and execution shall be awarded against the goods and estate of 8
the deceased in the hands of the executor, administrator or trustee, or, 9
if it appears that there are no such goods or estate in his hands, against 10
the goods and estate of the executor, administrator or trustee, as if for 11
his own debt; but the administrators, executors, trustees and grantees 12
mentioned in this chapter shall be personally liable only for such taxes as 13
shall be payable while they continue in the said offices or have title as 14
such grantees respectively.
Enforcement Section 31. Upou petition of the statc treasurer the probate court
court of lien on shall, after such notice to the owners of any real estate or separate parcel
fegac^yand " thereof as said court shall order, determine the amount of taxes imposed
by this chapter and by corresponding provisions of earlier laws which
have become payable, and of interest on said taxes, for which such real
estate or separate parcel thereof is charged with a lien. After such de-
termination said treasurer may collect said taxes and interest by sale
in the manner provided by chapter sixty for the collection of taxes by
sale by a collector of taxes, so far as applicable.
1
Treasurer to
proceed for
recovery of
unpaid taxes,
etc.
1891,425,5 18.
R. L. 15, §20.
1907, 563, § 24.
1909. 490,
IV, § 24.
1918, 257, § 75.
Section 32. The treasurer shall commence proceedings for the re- 1
covery of any of the taxes imposed by this chapter or by corresponding 2
provisions of earlier laws within six months after the same become pay- 3
able; and also whenever the judge of a probate court certifies to him 4
that the final account of an executor, administrator or trustee has been 5
filed in such court, and that the settlement of the estate is delayed 0
Chap. 65.] taxation of legacies and successions. 673
7 because of the non-payment of said tax. The probate court shall so isjo. j.
8 certify upon the application *of any heir, legatee or other person interested 179 Mass. 546.
9 therein. Whenever the circumstances of a case require, the probate } op^a.^g.'268.
10 court may extend the time for payment of said tax, with or without
11 interest.
1 Section 33. Taxes imposed by this chapter and by corresponding Additional
2 provisions of earlier laws may be recovered by the state treasurer in an iIto. 266, § i.
3 action of contract brought in the name of the commonwealth, or by an HI MaS: i*!:
4 information in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the at-
5 torney general at the relation of the state treasurer. In a proceeding
6 under this section for the collection of taxes imposed b>- this chapter, the
7 determination by the commissioner under section twenty-seven of the
8 amount of the tax shall be final as to such amount; but an executor, ad-
9 ministrator, trustee, grantee, donee or survi\or may show, in any pro-
10 ceeding brought against him under this section, any facts which would
1 1 entitle him to an abatement under section twenty-seven, and a judgment
12 or decree shall be entered for the amount of the tax so determined less
13 the amount proved to have been assessed without authority of law,
14 together with interest and costs. If upon an information brought here-
15 under the court shall find that any tax remains due, it shall order the
16 executor, administrator, trustee, grantee, donee or survivor to pay the
17 same, with interest and costs, and may award execution therefor in the
18 manner and form provided in section thirty.
1 Section 34. Penalties and forfeitures incurred under this chapter Recovery of
n 1 111 • • !• 11 penalties and
2 may be recovered by the state treasurer in an action 01 contract brought forfeitures.
3 in the name of the commonwealth, or by an information in equity brought
4 in the supreme judicial court by the attorney general at the relation of
■ 5 the state treasurer.
general provisions.
1 Section 35. Papers, copies of papers, affidavits, statements, letters Papers not to
2 and other information and evidence filed with the commissioner in con- public in-"
3 nection with the assessment of taxes upon legacies and successions, ex- i9u''359*"''
4 cept inventories filed with him under section twenty-two, shall be open fliglsrf,
5 only to the inspection of persons charged or likely to become charged §§53-55.
6 with the payment of taxes in the case in which such paper, copy, affidavit,
7 statement, letter or other information or evidence is filed, or their repre-
8 sentatives, and to the commissioner, his deputies, assistants and clerks
9 and such other officers of the commonwealth and other persons as may,
10 in the performance of their duties, have occasion to inspect the same
11 for the purpose of assessing or collecting taxes. Nothing in this section
12 shall be construed as limiting the duties imposed upon the commissioner
13 by section three of chapter fifty-eight or as prohibiting the use of such
14 papers, copies, affidavits, statements, letters and other information and
15 evidence in legal proceedings involving the assessment, collection or
16 abatement of taxes.
1 Section 36. This chapter shall apply only to property or interests Application of
, . . . *^ J.L I \.u / *^ S . *' P, chapter and
2 therein passmg or accruing upon the death of persons dying on or after earlier acts.
3 May fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty, and as to all property and §§ 23. 26.'
674 TAXATION OF LEGACIES AND SUCCESSIONS. [CHAP. 05.
ITid^^T- '^' interests therein passing or accruing upon the death of persons who 4
527, §1 lb, u. have died prior to said date the laws theretofore appHcable shall remain 5
i9i2;67s,' ■ in force; but so much of this chapter as relates to property or interests 6
§§23 •• . ...
1913, 689, § 2. therein passing by deed, grant or gift completed inter vivos in contem- 7
1915! 152', § 2. plation of death shall apply only to such deeds, grants or gifts made 8
1920,396.14: on or after IVIay twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty. 9
sis, § 3. ' ' 20S Mass. 343. 217 Mass. 348. 224 Mass. 332. 227 Mass. 331.
REFERENCES.
Temporary additional tax, 1918, 191 ; 1919, 342, § 4.
Petition by commissioner for administration of estate, Chap. 193, § 3.
Duty of register of probate to notify commissioner of failure to file inventory,
to send him copies, and furnish other information, Chap. 217, § 16.
Making commissioner a party to petitions by foreign executors, administrators,
etc., Chap. 204, § 3.
Repayment of illegal tax, Chap. 58, § 27.
Chap. 60.]
FUBUC RECORDS.
675
TITLE X.
PUBLIC RECORDS.
Chapter 60. Public Records.
CHAPTER 66
PUBLIC RECORDS.
Sect.
1. Duties of supervisor of public records
relative to keeping and preservation
of certain public records.
2. Standard record ink.
3. "Record" defined. Quality of paper
required.
4. Certain appliances forbidden. Penalty.
5. Copies of records of counties, cities and
towns.
G. Custody of records. Clerk.
7. Custody of ancient records.
8. Preservation of certain books, papers
and records.
Sect.
9. Preservation of worn records.
10. Records open for public inspection.
11. Fireproof vaults.
12. Arrangement of records for reference.
13. Custodian to demand records.
14. Surrender of records by retiring ofBccr.
15. Penalties.
16. Church records.
17. Records to be placed in city or town
where they originally belonged, etc.
Penalty.
IS. Application of chapter limited.
1 o£.i;iiui\ 1. J. lie sujjcivisui ui puuiiL- ifLurub, in Lius (juapier caueu supervisor of
2 the supervisor of records, shall take necessary measures to put the ?"%<■ record.s
,., ,, . ..' ..'^ reUitive to
3 records or the commonwealth, counties, cities or towns in the custody keeping and
4 and condition required by law and to secure their preservation. He certain pubii"
5 shall see that the records of churches, parishes or religious societies are ilo?, 333, § 3.
6 kept in the custody and condition contemplated by the various laws k^lIsms.
7 relating to churches, parishes or religious societies, and for these pur- Jg}!' tf^'^V'
8 poses he may expend from the amount appropriated for expenses such Jglq l^^tn ®^'
9 amouijt as he considers necessarv; provided, that no measures shall s 24.'
• ' 1920 2
10 be taken relative to the records of the commonwealth unless the same lOp. a. g.
11 are approved by the supervisor of administration. "°'^'
1 Section 2. The supervisor of records shall adA-ertise for proposals to standard
2 furnish the several departments and offices of the commonwealth, and is94"37s.'
3 of the counties, cities or towns in which public records are kept, with JiggjsM;
4 ink of a standard, and upon conditions, established by him, at such ft^L.ls. §7.
5 periods and in such quantities as may be required, and he may make !^/|g^"-
6 contracts therefor. Ink so furnished, before being accepted by him, 'sia.s-
7 shall be examined by a chemist designated by him and, if at any time 2"op'A. G. S9.
8 any of said ink shall be found inferior to the established standard, the
9 supervisor of records may cancel the contract for furnishing such ink.
10 Ink furnished to counties, cities and towns shall be paid for by them
11 at cost.
676
PUBLIC RECORDS.
[Chap. 66.
" Record"
defined.
Quality of
paper required.
1815, 73.
R. S. 14, § 116.
G. .S. 29, § 1.
P. S. 37, § 1.
1891, 281.
1897, 439, § 1.
R. L. 35.
§§ 5, 6.
Section 3. The word "record" in this chapter shall mean any 1
written or printed book, paper, map or plan. All public records otiier 2
than maps and plans shall be entere<l or recorded on paper made of 3
linen rags and new cotton clippings, well sized with animal sizing and 4
well finished, and preference shall be given to paper of American manu- 5
facture marked in water line with the name of the manufacturer. 6
218 Mass. 501. 3 Op. A. G. 122,
2 Op. A. G. 381. 136, 351.
ances for-
bidden.
Penalty.
1894, 378.
1898, 510.
1899, 354,
4,5.
R. L. 3.5,
Section 4. No ink shall be used upon any public record except ink 1
furnished by the supervisor of records, and no ribbon, pad or other 2
device used for printing by typewriting machines, or stamping pad, 3
or any ink contained in such ribbon, pad, device or stamping pad, 4
shall be used upon any public record except such as has been ap- 5
proved by the supervisor of records, wlio may cancel his approval 6
if he finds that any article so approved is inferior to the standard 7
established by him. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by 8
a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 9
Copies of
records of
counties, cities
and towns.
1857, 84,
§§1.2.
G. S. 29,
§§5.6.
1865, 265.
1874, 162.
P. S. 37, §
6.9.
1887, 202, § 1.
1897, 439, § 5.
R. L. 35, § 15.
1913, 355.
!5,
Section 5. County commissioners, city councils and selectmen may 1
cause copies of records of counties, cities or towns, of town proprietaries, 2
of proprietors of plantations, townships or common lands, relative to 3
land situated in their county, city or town or of easements relating 4
thereto, to be made for their county, city or town, whether such records 5
are within or without the commonwealth, and such records within the 6
commonwealth may be delivered by their custodians to any county, 7
city or town for such cop.ving. City councils and selectmen may also 8
cause copies to be made of the records of births, baptisms, marriages 9
and deaths kept by a church or parish in their city or town. 10
Custody of
records.
Clerk.
1897, 439,
§§ 2, 3.
R. L. 35, § 11.
212 i\Iass. 92.
221 Mass. 150.
Section 6. Every department, board, commission or office of the 1
commonwealth or of a county, city or town, for which no clerk is other- 2
wise provided by law, shall designate some person as clerk, who shall 3
enter all its votes, orders and proceedings in books and shall have the 4
custody of such books, and the department, board, commission or oflSce 5
shall designate an employee or employees to have the custody of its other 6
public records. FA-ery sole oflncer in charge of a department or office of 7
the commonwealth or of a county, city or town having public records in 8
such department or office shall have the custody thereof. 9
SS&erords. SECTION 7. Evcry towu clcrk shall have the custody of all records
1783, 39, 1 9. ' of proprietors of towns, townships, plantations or common lands, if the
issi, 161, ' towns, townships, plantations or common lands to which such records
G^. I'.Iq, §§ 11, relate, or the larger part thereof, are within his town and the proprietors
RS. 37. have ceased to be a body politic. The state secretary, clerks of the county
ii9a'22^7. commissioners and city or town clerks shall respectively have the custody 6
1897' 439' § 3 o^ 'I" other public records of the commonwealth or of their respective 7
R. l! 35, '§ 12: counties, cities or towns, if no other disposition of such records is made 8
by law or ordinance, and shall certify copies thereof. 9
TertS^books,"' Section 8. Every original paper belonging to the files of the common-
papers and wealth, or of any county, city or town, bearing date earlier than the year
1894,356, eighteen hundred, every book of registry or record, every town warrant,
1I97, «9, § 4. every deed to the commonwealth or to any county, city or town, every
Chap. 66.] public records. 677
5 report of an agent, officer or committee relative to bridges, public ways, R. l. 35, 5 14.
6 sewers or other state, county or municipal interests or matters not required § i67. '
7 to be recorded in a book, and not so recorded, shall be preserved and safely \lko] |;
8 kept, and every other paper belonging to such files shall be kept for seven l^^- •*■ '-'•
9 years after the latest original entry therein or thereon, unless otherwise
10 provided by law; and no such paper shall be destroyed without the
1 1 written approval of the supervisor of records.
1 Section 9. Every person having custody of any public record books Preservation of
2 of the commonwealth, or of a county, city or town shall, at its expense, TssT. leiT'^'''
3 cause them to be properly and substantially bound. He shall have any ili?,^,
4 such books, which may have been left incomplete, made up and com- ^^ ^' |g ,. ^
5 pleted from the files and usual memoranda, so far as practicable. He 7. a '
6 shall cause fair and legible copies to be seasonably made of any books t.'s.'
7 which are worn, mutilated or are becoming illegible, and cause them to §§'6,'8. '
8 be repaired, rebound or renovated. He may cause any such books to 1913; 4S5,\'3;
9 be placed in the custody of the supervisor of records, who may have lOp. a.g.484.
10 them repaired, renovated or rebound at the expense of the common-
11 wealth, county, city or town to which they belong. Whoever causes
12 such books to be so completed or copied shall attest them, and shall
13 certify, on oath, that they have been made from such files and memoranda
14 or are copies of the original books. Such books shall then have the force
15 of the original records.
1 Section 10. Every person having custody of any public records Recordsopen
2 shall, at reasonable times, permit them to be inspected and examined spec'tion!'"""
3 by any person, under his supervision, and shall furnish copies thereof on Jlg^; 84,'§ 3*'
4 payment of a reasonable fee. In towns such inspection and furnishing p | fylif
5 of copies may be regulated by ordinance or by-law. 1897, 439, § 7.
R. L. 35, §17. 197 Mass. 218, 2 0p. A. G. 381. 3 Op. A. G. 136.
1 Section 11. Officers in charge of a state department, county com- Fireproof
2 missioners, city councils and selectmen shall, at the expense of the com- i8n,''i65.
3 monwealth, county, city or town, respectively, provide and maintain fsst, lei! '°^'
4 fireproof rooms, safes or vaults for the safe keeping of the public records 1857^^97^ 5 1
.5 of their department, county, city or town, other than the records in the p| fHtf'*-
6 custody of teachers of the public schools, and shall furnish such rooms is97. 439, § io.
7 with fittings of non-combustible materials only.
R. L. 35. § IS. 2 Op. A. G. 48.
1 Section 12. All such records shall be kept in the rooms where they Arrangement
2 are ordinarily used, and so arranged that they may be conveniently reference.
3 examined and referred to. When not in use, they shall be kept in the li^l\ ts^'^il'.
4 fireproof rooms, vaults or safes provided for them.
1 Section 13. Whoever is entitled to the custody of public records Custodian to
2 shall demand the same from any person having possession of them, who records.
3 shall forthwith deliver the same to him. 1897, 439, § 9. r. l. 35 § 20.
1 Section 14. Wlioever has custody of any public records shall, upon surrender of
2 the expiration of his term of office, employment or authority, deliver Jf/ing officer^
3 over to his successor all such records which he is not authorized by law to \ll^\ ^g ^ u
4 retain, and shall make oath that he has so delivered them, according as ^ l 35, § 21.
5 they are the records of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town,
678
PITBLIC KECORDS.
[Chap. 66.
before the state secretary, the clerk of the county commissioners or the G
city or town clerk, who shall, respectively, make a record of such oath. 7
risf'^iei, §§ 4. Section 15. Whoever unlawfully keeps in his possession any public
1857*97 12 record or removes it from the room where it is usually kept, or alters,
p' s'iy'l lo' *^'^'^3'"^s, mutilates or destroys any public record or violates any provision
1890, 392. of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more
r'l". 35^'§y~' than five hundred dollars. Any public officer who refuses or neglects
1 Op. A. G. 484. ^^ perform any duty required of him by this chapter shall for each
month of such neglect or refusal be punished by a fine of not more
than twenty dollars.
Church records.
1897, 439, § 3.
1898. 463.
R. L. 35, § 13.
Section 16. If a church, parish, religious society, monthly meeting 1
of the people called Friends or Quakers, or any similar body of persons 2
who have associated themselves together for holding religious meetings, 3
shall cease for the term of two years to hold such meetings, the persons 4
having the care of any records or registries of such body, or of any officers 5
thereof, shall deliver all such records, except records essential to the 6
control of any property or trust funds belonging to such body, to the 7
clerk of the town where such body is situated and such clerk may certify 8
copies thereof. If any such body, the records or registries of which, or of 9
any officers of which, have been so delivered, shall resume meetings 10
under its former name or shall be legally incorporated, either alone or 11
with a similar body, the clerk of such town shall, upon written demand 12
by a person duly authorized, deliver such records or registries to him if 13
he shall in writing certify that to the best of his knowledge and belief 14
said meetings are to be continued or such incorporation has been legally 15
completed. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce 16
this section. 17
Records to be
placed in city
or town where
they originally
belonged, etc.
Penalty.
1902, 311,
§§ 2-4.
Section 17. Except as otherwise provided by law, all public records 1
shall be kept in the custody of the person having the custody of similar 2
records in the county, city or town to which they originally belonged, 3
and if not in his custody shall be demanded by him of the person having 4
possession thereof, and shall forthwith be delivered by such person to 5
him. Whoever refuses or neglects to perform any duty required of 6
him by this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty 7
dollars. 8
dilniefiimitfd Section 18. This chapter shall not apply to the records of the 1
1897.439 U3.' general court, nor shall declarations, affidavits and other papers filed 2
1903', 177, § 1. by claimants in the office of the commissioner of state aid and pensions, 3
or records kept by him for reference by the officials of his oflSce, be public 4
records. ^
REFERENCES.
Appointment, compensation, tenvire of office and expenses of supervisor of
records, Chap. 9, §§ 4, 5.
Other duties, Ch;ip. 40, § 48; Chap. 78, § 9; Chap. 218, § 13.
Birth, marriage and death records, Chap. 46. , c c -rn
Hospitals, certain records of, not open to public inspection, etc., Chap. HI, §§ 70,
119, 120.
Norfolk county, certain old records, special act, 1902, 311.
State secretary's report as to records. Chap. 9, § 17. .,,10
Definition of public records, Chap. 4, § 7, cl. 26. Of record books, id., cl. 13.
Chap. 67.]
P.-VKISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
679
TITLE XI.
CERTAIN RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS.
Chapter 67. Parishes and Religious Societies.
Chapter 68. Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses.
CHAPTER 67,
PARISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
1. Powers and liabilities of religious so-
cieties.
2. Same subject.
3. Privileges of churches connected there-
with.
4. By-laws.
5. Membership.
6. Women and non-residents niaj' be mem-
bers.
7. Annual meetings and officers.
8. Election of officers.
9. Moderator's powers.
10. Tenure of office of assessors or standing
committee.
11. Prudential affairs, management of.
12. Meeting called by justice of the peace.
13. Meetings, how warned.
14. Warrant for meeting; contents.
15. Presiding officer. Oaths of officers.
16. Collector.
17. Appropriations.
18. Assessments on pews.
19. Pews may be taken down or meeting
house sold.
20. Preceding sections apply to parishes.
ORGANIZATION OP RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
21. Incorporation of religious societies.
22. First meeting.
23. Formation of religious society.
PROPRIETORS OF MEETING HOUSES.
Incorporation of owners of meeting
houses.
Amount of property which may be held.
Filing record of organization.
Alterations, repairs, etc.
Religious society incorporated under
special act.
Calling meeting.
Assessment and collection of money
voted.
Sect.
31. Sale of pews for taxes.
32. Affidavit of notice of sale is proof of
notice.
33. Rebuilding or altering meeting house.
34. No compensation for pews when meet-
ing house unfit for worship.
35. Assessments on pews.
36. Same subject.
37. Purchase of pews by religious corpora-
tion.
38. Pews are personal estate.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL SOCIETIES.
39. Protestant Episcopal societies.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
4((. Methodist Episcopal churches. Or-
ganization.
41. Powers of trustees.
42. First meeting of trustees, etc.
43. Filing record of organization.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
44. Roman Catholic churches. Incorpora-
tion.
45. Successor of archbishop, etc., to be
trustee.
46. Powers of trustees.
INCORPORATION OF CHURCHES.
47. Incorporation of churches.
48. Notice of meeting for incorporation.
49. Election of officers.
50. By-laws.
51. Filing record of organization. Certifi-
cate of organization.
52. Membership in churches.
53. Officers may convey property to the
church.
54. Religious societies may convey prop-
erty to the church.
680
PARISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
[ClIAP. G7.
Powers and
liabilities of
religious
societies.
1786, 10.
1834, 183, § 1.
R. S. 20, §§ 1,
19,21.
G. S. 30, § 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 1. Every religious society heretofore established or organ-
ized under any statute shall continue a body corporate with the powers
given to such corporations by law, and with the powers, privileges, lia-
bilities and duties set forth in this chapter; but this chapter shall not
impair the existing rights of property of any territorial parish.
P. S. 38, § 1. R. L. 36, § 1. 13 Allen. 90, 497.
(Const. Rev.
art. 3, § 1.)
Section 2. Religious societies, incorporated or unincorporated, shall 1
continue to have and enjoy their existing rights, privileges and immuni- 2
ties, except as limited or modified by this chapter. i834, i83, 1 1. 3
Privileges of
churches
connected
therewith.
1799, 87, § 1
1834, 183, § :
R. S. 20. § 3.
G. S. 30, § 3.
P. S. 38, § 3.
Section 3. Churches connected and associated in public worship 1
with such religious societies shall continue to have, exercise and enjoy 2
all their accustomed privileges and liberties respecting divine worship, 3
church order and discipline, and shall be encouraged in the peaceable 4
and regular enjoyment and practice thereof. R. l. 36, § 3. le Mass. 488. 5
10 Pick. 172, 333. 5 Cush. 336, 412. 148 Mass. 400. 222 Mass. 464.
By-laws.
1834, 183, § 3.
R. S. 20, § 5.
G. S. 30, § 7.
P. S. 38, § 5.
1887. 404, § 4.
ISSS, 326.
Section 4. A religious society may make by-laws consistent with 1
law, prescribing the manner in which persons may become members and 2
the mode of calling and warning its meetings, and regulating the man- 3
agement of its affairs. R- l. 36, § 5. 201 Mass. 534. 4
11.
(Const. Rev.
art. 3, § 1.)
1834, 183, § 2.
R. S. 20, § 4.
G. S. 30. § 6.
P. S. 38. § 4.
R. L. 36, § 4.
17 Mass. 347.
Section 5. A person belonging to such society shall continue a 1
member thereof until he files with the clerk a written declaration of the 2
dissolution of his membership; but after filing such notice he shall not 3
be liable for any grant or contract thereafter made or entered into by 4
such society. No person shall be made a member of a religious society 5
without his written consent. s Pick. 49s. 13 Pick. 111. 6
21 Pick. 148. 5 Met. 73. S Cush. 267. 106 Mass. 479, 489.
Women and
non-residents
may be
members.
1869, 346,
§§1,2.
Section 6. A religious society may admit women to membership 1
with full rights and privileges, and a territorial parish may admit to 2
membership persons who are not residents of its territory. 3
P. S. 38, § 6. R. L. 36, § 6.
Annual
meetings and
officers.
1785,50, §15;
70, §16.
1786, 10,
§§1,2.
R. S. 20,
§§ 7, 15.
1852, 175, § 1.
G. S. 30,
§§ 9, 18.
P. S. 38,
§§8,17.
R. L. 36, § 7.
1 Cush. 148.
97 Mass. 349.
232 Mass. 331.
Section 7. Every incorporated religious society shall hold an annual 1
meeting in March or April, or at such other time as it may prescribe by 2
its by-laws, and, if the by-laws do not otherwise provide, at a time and 3
place appointed by its assessors or standing committee; and at such 4
meeting it shall choose a moderator, clerk, a standing committee or two 5
or more assessors, a treasurer, a collector, and such other officers as it 6
may think necessary, all of whom, except the moderator, shall, except 7
as otherwise provided in this chapter, hold office until the next annual 8
meeting and until their successors are qualified. Vacancies in said 9
offices may be filled at any legal meeting. 10
Election of
officers.
1786, 10, § 1.
R. S. 20, § 7.
1838, 46.
G. S. 30, § 10.
P. S. 38, § 9.
Section 8. Moderators for meetings held for the choice of officers 1
shall be elected by ballot. Clerks, assessors, treasurers and collectors 2
shall be elected by ballot, and shall be sworn. Other officers may be 3
elected in such manner as the society determines. R. l. 36. § 9. 4
Chap. 67.] parishes and religious societies. 681
1 Section 9. The moderator shall have like powers with the mod- ^^ers*'*"^^
2 era tor of a town meeting; and whoever is guilty of disorderly behavior t7*|'.JM?;
3 at a meeting of a religious society shall be subject to the penalties 'pro- g!s;3o!§i6;
4 vided for like offences in town meetings. p. s. ss, § is. r. l. 36, § is.
1 Section 10. The assessors or standing committee may be elected Jg^e'^of"^
2 for such term, not exceeding three years, as the parish or religious society '^'^^^"''^ °^
3 mav by vote or bv-law prescribe, and the vote or by-law may provide committee.
*" » J. ' i' , 1894 126
4 that the term of office of the assessors or members of the standing com- R. l! 36, § 8.
5 mittee may expire in different years. '
1 Section 11. The prudential affairs of such societies shall be man- Prudential
2 aged by their assessors or by a standing committee, who, unless the IgmeuTol'
3 by-laws otherwise provide, shall have like authority for calling meetings r.^s.'m.'Iu.
4 as selectmen have for calling town meetings. g. s. so, § u.
p. S. 38, § 10. R. L. 36, § 10. 97 Mass. 349.
1 Section 12. If there are no assessors or committee, or if such officers Meeting caiw
2 unreasonably refuse to call a meeting, a justice of the peace may, upon the'plac?.°'
3 the application of five or more members, call a meeting in the manner J7867ibf 12.
4 provided in section twenty-two. R. s. 20, § 17.
G. S. 30, § 12.
R. L. 36, § 11.
6 Met. 448.
97 Mass. 349.
P. S. 38, §11.
3 Pick. 232.
4 Gush. 476.
232 Mass. 331.
1 Section 13. Meetings shall be warned in the manner provided by Meetings,
2 any by-law or vote of the society, or, if no such provision has been made, isot^s™^^'
3 in such manner as the assessors or standing committee in their warrant 5- §■ ?°' I f :
,, ^ G. o. oU, 8 14.
4 may direct. p. s. 38, §13. iss7,404, §4. r. l. 36, §13. 232 Mass. 331.
f
1 Section 14. The assessors or committee shall insert in the warrant warrant for
2 for a meeting any matter the insertion of which five or more mem- coiftente.
3 bers of the society may in writing request. Nothing shall be acted irelrto^ll.^'
4 upon at a meeting unless the subject matter thereof was inserted in the §! I la | \t'.
5 warrant. P- S. ss, § 12. R. L. 36, § 12. 9 Pick. 97. 149 Mass. 135.
1 Section 15. The clerk or, if there is no clerk or if he is absent, one Presiding
2 of the assessors or of the standing committee shall preside in the choice ofthrof
3 of a moderator, after which a clerk may be chosen, either pro tempore J*'i!r|io §2
4 or to fill the vacancy. The moderator may administer the oath of office ^PHv,*' ^ -■
5 to the clerk, and the clerk to the assessors, treasurer and collector, or §§ i.'2. '
6 said oaths may be administered by a justice of the peace. i83i,so.
R. S. 20, §§9, 10. 1865,100. R. L. 36. §14.
G. S. SO, § 15. P. S. 38, § 14. 5 Mass. 427.
1 Section 16. If the person who is chosen collector is present and Collector
2 accepts the oflSce, he shall forthwith be sworn. If not present, he shall R. s.'2o,'
3 be summoned to take the oath by a constable or by any person whom g. s.'3o,'§i7.
4 the clerk or assessors appoint for the purpose. Upon the refusal or r.l.36,Vi6.
5 neglect of a person present to accept such office at the time, or upon the
6 neglect of a person so summoned, for the space of seven days, to appear
7 and take the oath, the society shall proceed to a new choice; and so from
8 time to time until some person accepts and is sworn.
1 Section 17. A religious society may, at its annual meeting or at Appropriations
2 any other meeting regularly notified seven days at least before the hold- 1799[ s?! § 4.'
682
PARISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
[Chap. 67.
1821, 67.
1828, 107.
1834, 183, § 4.
R. S. 20, § 18.
G. S. 30, § 20.
P. S. 38. § 18.
R. L. 36, § 17.
1 Mass. 181.
S Mass. 547.
ing thereof, grant and vote money necessary for the settlement and 3
support of ministers or public teachers of religion, for the building or 4
repairing of houses of public worship, for sacred music, for the purchase 5
and preservation of burial grounds, and for other necessary parish 6
charges. lO Pick. SOO. S Met. 73. 8 Cush. 267. 149 Mass. 135. 7
1887, 419.
1S97. 241.
R. L. 36, § 18.
Section 18. No parish or religious society shall assess taxes on the 1
polls or estates of its members; but pews may be assessed as heretofore. 2
No member of any territorial or other parish shall, as such, be personally 3
liable for any debt or obligation of the parish incurred after April sixth, 4
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. 5
Pews may be
taken down o
meeting
house sold,
1835, 121.
R. S. 20, § 37.
1853, 256.
Section 19. A religious society may, under sections thirty-three and 1
thirty-four, for the purpose of altering, enlarging, removing or rebuilding 2
its house or building a new house, take down any pews therein or sell 3
the house. G. S. 30, § 36. p. S. 38, § 22. R. L. 36, § 19. 109 Mass. 1. 4
Preceding
sections to
apply to
parishes.
Section 20. The terms "religious society" and "society" in the 1
preceding sections shall include parishes. ' 2
G. S. 30, § 26. P. S. 38, § 23. R. L. 36, § 20.
Incorporation
of rehgioua
societies.
1834, 183,
R. S. 20,
§1 26, 29.
organiz.\tion of religious societies.
Section 21. An unincorporated religious society, if it contains ten or 1
more members, male or female, may become a corporation, and may hold 2
so much real and personal estate as may be necessary for the objects of 3
such organization, and no more. g. s. 30. § 4. p. s. 38, § 24. r. l. 36, § 21. 4
First meeting.
1833, 53. § 2.
1834, 183, § 6.
R. S. 20.
§1 27, 28; 44,
§3.
G. S. 30, §5;
68, 5 3.
P. S. 38, § 25;
105. § 9.
1897, 496, § 1.
R. L. 36. §22;
109, I 13.
149 Mass. 135.
Section 22. A justice of the peace, upon written application by
five or more of the members of such society, may issue his warrant di-
rected to one of the applicants, stating the objects of the proposed meet-
ing, and requiring him to warn the members of the society to meet at a
time and place appointed in the warrant; and such warrant may be
served by posting an attested copy thereof on the principal outer door
or some other conspicuous part of the meeting house of such society or
by leaving such copy with, or at the last and usual places of abode of, 8
the members of the society seven days at least before such meeting; and, 9
upon return thereof, the same or any other justice of the peace may 10
preside at the meeting during the choice and qualification of a clerk and 1 1
until a moderator is chosen; and the society may thereupon choose a 12
moderator and do such other things as parishes may do at their annual 13
meetings, if the subject matter thereof is inserted in the warrant. 14
The clerk shall enter at large upon the records of the society the proceed- 1.5
ings in the organization thereof. 16
The moderator and clerk shall forthwith make, sign, swear to and file 17
for record in the office of the state secretary a certificate stating the 18
name of the corporation, its purpose, the town and county where 19
located, the date of the meeting for organization and any adjourn- 20
ments thereof and the names of the officers elected; otherwise the organi- 21
zation shall be void. 22
formation of Section 23. Ten or more persons, male or female, who desire to form 1
^Scn'-o, a religious society, may make written application therefor to a justice 2
ISSOt 21. ~
Chap. 67.] parishes xsv> UELiGiors societies. 683
3 of the peace, who may thereupon issue his warrant, directed to one of r l||\||3
4 the applicants, stating the objects of the proposed society, and requiring
5 him to warn said persons to meet at a time and place appointed in the
6 warrant. The warrant shall be issued, served and executed, and the
7 meeting held in the manner and for the purposes set forth in the preced-
8 ing section; and such persons, upon complying with said section, shall
9 become a corporation under a name to be assumed at such meeting, with
10 all the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties, limita-
1 1 tions and restrictiona, relating to religious societies.
PROPRIETORS OF MEETING HOUSES.
1 Section 24. Persons owning or proposing to build a house of public incorporation
2 worship may organize in the manner provided by the preceding section, meetinghouses.
3 and shall thereupon become a corporation with the powers and subject if^^®"'
4 to the duties set forth in chapter one hundred and fifty-five and in the pflg'IIJ-
5 following sections. R. L. 36, § 24. 149 Mass. 135.
1 Section 25. Such corporation may hold so much real and personal p"pe"ty which
2 estate, in addition to its meeting hou.se, as may be necessary for its ob- f^^^^^"}'^^
3 jects, and no more; and the annual income thereof shall be applied to o. s.' so,' § 28.
4 parochial purposes. i87o, 67. p. s. as, § 28.
R. L. 36, § 25. 148 Mass. 400. 149 Mass. 135.
1 Section 26. The clerk of such corporation, within ten days after the Filing record of
2 meeting at which it was organized, shall file with the state secretary a true i84o?62,*§°4.'
3 copy of the record of the proceedings of its organization; otherwise the p.l.fg.'llg,"
4 organization shall be void. Such copy shall be recorded by the secretary js^^, l^s.^y-
5 in a book kept for the purpose, and for such recording he shall receive isis, 291, § 15.
6 the fee to which registers of deeds are entitled for like service.
1 Section 27. Such corporation, at a legal meeting called for the pur- Alterations,
2 pose, may vote to alter, enlarge, repair, rebuild or remove its house, or to iln'^sg, 5 1.
3 buird a new one, and may vote the money necessary for such purpose and §; |; 1°; 1 3J;
4 for the purchase of the land necessary therefor; and such corporation at r l.|*6,| 27.
5 its annual meeting or at any other meeting regularly called seven days at i^os, le?.
G least before the holding thereof, may grant and vote money necessary for
7 the settlement and support of ministers or public teachers of religion,
8 for sacred music, for the purchase and preservation of burial grounds, and
9 for other necessary charges.
1 Section 28. A religious society incorporated under a special act shall ^clftylncor-
2 have the powers set forth in the preceding section, anything contained in Pp^^'^^ucJ"'*''
3 any special act of incorporation or amendment thereof, or in section one, js^o, 84.
4 to the contrary notwithstanding. R- L- 36, 1 28.
1 Section 29. A meeting for any purpose mentioned in section twenty- Calling
2 seven may be called in the manner prescribed in the by-laws or votes of isiy, is'o. § 4.
3 the corporation, or, upon written application by any five of its members, §: i: lo, I li.
4 by a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, directed to one of the appli- ^- i. le'.l 29.
5 cants; or such meeting may be called by a notice by the clerk, who shall ^ M^st^sm^
6 warn a meeting on a like application to him; and in either case the meet- J3 Alien, 90
_ . , " , , S'^ , •II- ,• . , . 149 Mass. 135.
7 ing may be warned by notice served as provided in section twenty-two.
684
P.tRISHES AXD KELIGIOrS SOCIETIES.
[ClLU>. 67.
Assessment and
collection of
money voted.
1817, 189, § 1.
R. S. 20, § 32.
G. S. 30, I 32.
P. S. 38, § 33.
R. L. 36, § 30.
Section 30. Money voted by such corporation may be assessed on
the pews in its meeting house, and the assessment may be committed to
its treasurer, who shall forthwith give notice by posting an advertise-
ment on the principal outer door of the meeting house, stating the making
of such assessment and the date of its delivery to him; and if any part of
the taxes so assessed remains unpaid for three months thereafter, the
treasurer shall forthwith collect the same by sales by public auction of
the pews upon which such taxes remain unpaid.
Sale of pews
for taxes.
1817, 189, § 2,
R. S. 20, § 33.
G. S. 30, § 33.
P. S. 38, § 34.
R. L. 36, § 31.
3 Allen, 369.
Section 31. The treasurer, at least three weeks before the time of 1
the sale of a pew for taxes, shall post a notice of the intended sale 2
on the principal outer door of the meeting house, stating the number of 3
the pew, if any ; the name of the owner or occupant, if known ; and the 4
amount of the tax due thereon; and if any part of said tax remains un- 5
paid at the time of sale, he shall sell the pew by public auction to the 6
highest bidder and shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a bill of 7
sale thereof. The money arising from the sale, in excess of the taxes and 8
reasonable incidental charges, shall be paid by the treasurer to the former 9
owner of the pew. 10
n^iJe^f °iie SECTION 32. An affidavit, annexed to an original notice or to a copy 1
notrcT' °^ thereof and recorded on the records of the corporation within six months 2
1817, i89, § 3. after the sale, shall be proof of the posting of such notice. 3
R. S. 20, § 34. G. S. 30, § 34. P. S. 38, § 35. R. L. 36, § 32.
Rebuilding
or altering
meeting house.
1817, 189, § 5.
R. S. 20, § 36.
G. S. 30, § 35.
P. S. 38, § 36.
R. L. 36, § 33.
13 Allen, 497.
109 Mass. 1.
212 Mass. 198.
Section 33. Such corporation, for the purpose of building a new 1
house, or of altering, enlarging, repairing, rebuilding or removing a house 2
already built, may sell the same or take down any pews therein, the 3
pews taken being first appraised by three or more disinterested persons 4
chosen for that purpose. The pews newly erected shall be sold by the 5
treasiu-er by public auction to the highest bidder, and bills of sale thereof 6
shall be given. The money arising from such sale shall be applied, so 7
far as necessary, to paying the appraised value of the pews taken down; 8
and the deficiency, if any, shall be paid by the corporation within thirty 9
days after the sale. 10
No compensa-
tion for pews
when meeting
house unfit for
worship.
Section 34. The preceding section shall not entitle a person to 1
compensation for a pew taken down in a meeting house which is unfit 2
for the purposes of public worship. isss, 121. 3
R. S. 20, I 38. 17 Mass. 435. 19 Pick. 361.
. S. 30, § 37.
P. S. 38, § 37.
R. L. 36, § 34.
.435.
1 Pick. 102.
3 Pick. 344.
7 Pick. 138.
9 Gush. 508.
160 Mass. lis.
212 Mass. 198.
Assessments
on pews.
1845,213.
G. S. 30, § 39.
P. S. 38, § 38.
R. L. 36, § 35.
Section 35. A corporation for religious purposes may assess upon 1
the pews in a church or meeting house which it has erected or procured 2
for public worship since March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and forty- 3
five, according to a valuation of said pews previously agreed upon, and 4
recorded by the clerk, sums of money for the support of public worship 5
and other parochial charges, and for the repairs of the house. Such 6
assessments may be collected in the manner provided in sections thirty 7
and thirty-one. 8
Same subject.
1852, 319, § 1.
1854, 258, I 1.
G. S. 30, 5 40.
Section 36. Such corporation which had erected or procured such 1
house prior to said date may avail itself of the provisions of the preceding 2
Chap. 67.] parishes and religious societies. 685
3 section, if the consent of all the pew owners is obtained, or if two thirds p. s. ss. § 39.
4 of its members present and voting at a meeting called for that purpose s^AJien^all"'
5 so determine. '
1 Section 37. A corporation which votes to avail itself of the provi- ^ew^^^" °'
2 sions of section thirty-five shall, upon the application of a person owning religious
3 a pew in its house, within one year after said vote, purchase such pew issf 208. §'2.
4 at the value determined by three disinterested persons, one of whom p. i'. is'. I to.
5 shall be chosen by the pew owner, one by the corporation, and the third fos^M^ss^iIi.
6 by the two appraisers.
Section 3S. Pews shall be personal estate.
Pews are pel
1795,53,11. 1855,122, §§1,2.
R. L. 36, § 38.
sonal estate.
1798, 42. G. S. 30, § 38.
183 Mass. 212.
R. S. 60, § 31. P. S. 38, § 42.
212 Mass. 198.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL SOCIETIES.
1 Section 39. In religious societies belonging to the Protestant Epis- Protestant
2 copal Church or the Reformed Episcopal Chiu-ch, the rector or one of fodS^'
3 the w^ardens may, unless otherwise provided in some by-law, preside g^|' 30^519
4 at their meetings with all the powers of a moderator; and the wardens, fcg^g om^ *^'
5 or wardens and vestry, may exercise all the powers of a standing com- is87!4i9;
6 mittee in accordance with the usages and discipline of said churches. li. Llse, §39.
7 Unless they assess or collect a tax on the pews, such societies need not
8 choose a collector or assessors; and they may in their by-laws provide
9 that the duties of assessors shall be performed by the wardens. The
10 officers upon whom the duties of standing committee or assessors may
1 1 devolve shall be elected by ballot.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
1 Section 40. The trustees of any society of the Methodist Episcopal Methodist
2 Church, or of the African IMethodist Episcopal Church, appointed ac- churches.
3 cording to the discipline or usages thereof, respectively, or as such i8l7,°28aTi.
4 society chooses, may organize and become a corporation with the powers g.^.'Io.'IIs.
5 and duties prescribed by chapter one hundred and fifty-five, subject, how- r. l.36.|*4o.
6 ever, to account to the quarterly coi "
7 to the aforesaid discipline and usages.
1 Section 41. Such trustees may receive, hold and manage all the Powers of
2 real and personal property belonging to such society, may sell and con- is^'lso, § 2.
3 vey the same, and may hold in trust gifts, grants, bequests or devLses c^'so'lli
4 to such society for the support of public worship and for other religious r I 3g\«'
5 purposes ; but the annual income of such trust property, exclusive of 212 iiai. 555.
6 the meeting house, shall not exceed four thousand dollars.
1 Section 42. The first meeting of such trustees may, upon the appli- ^i^^^ meeting
2 cation of three or more of them, be called by a justice of the peace, and i,s47, 2so. '§ 3. '
3 at such meeting the trustees may choose a secretary and other officers, p.' s.' 38,' §46.'
4 The provisions of this chapter relative to the warning and organization of ^' ^' ^^' *^'
5 meetings of religious societies shall, so far as appropriate, apply to meet-
6 ings for the organization of the trustees. The secretary, before entering
7 upon the duties of his office, shall be sworn to the faithful performance
8 thereof, and a record of such oath shall be made in the records of the
9 trustees.
686
PARISHES XND RELIGIOl"S SOCIETIES.
[Chap. 67.
organi/ftion'' °^ SECTION 43. All attested copy of the record of the proceedings at
G^s'lAii' ^^^^ organization shall be filed with the state secretary, and recorded
?^s.38J4l- within the time and in the manner prescribed in section twenty-six;
R. l! 36, '§ 43.' otherwise the organization shall be void.
1918, 291, I 16.
Roman
Catholic
churches.
Incorporation.
1879, 108, § 1.
P. S. 38, § 48.
R. L. 36, § 44.
187 Mass. 40.
203 Mass. 493.
212 Mass. 555.
ROM.^N CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
Section 44. The Roman Catholic archbishop or bishop of the diocese 1
in which a Roman Catholic church is erected or intended to be erected, 2
the vicar-general of such diocese and the pastor of such church, for the 3
time being, or a majority of them, may associate with themselves two 4
laymen, communicants of said church, and may, with such laymen, sign 5
a certificate in duplicate, showing the name or title by which they and 6
their successors shall be known as a body corporate, which certificate 7
shall be acknowledged in the same manner as conveyances of land. One 8
copy of such certificate shall be filed in the office of the state secretary, 9
and the other recorded in the registry of deeds in the county where 10
such church is erected or intended to be erected; and thereupon such 11
church shall be a body corporate by the name expressed in such cer- 12
tificate, and the persons so signing the same shall be the trustees thereof. 13
Successor of
archbishop,
etc., to be
trustee.
1879, 108, § 1.
P. S. 38, § 49.
R. L. 36, § 45.
187 Mass. 40.
203 Mass. 493.
Section 4.5. The successor of any archbishop, bishop, vicar-general 1
or pastor shall, by virtue of his office, be for the time being a member of 2
such corporation in place of his predecessor; and such laymen shall hold 3
office respectively for one year; and when the office of any such layman 4
becomes vacant, his successor shall be appointed in the manner provided 5
for the original selection. 6
Powers of
trustees.
1879, 108, § 2.
P. S. 38, § 50.
R. L. 36, I 46.
187 Mass. 40.
203 Mass. 493.
Section 46. Such corporation may receive, hold and manage all real 1
and personal property belonging to such church; may sell and convey the 2
same; and may hold in trust gifts, grants, bequests or devises to such 3
church for the support of public worship and for other religious purposes; 4
but all the property belonging to any one church or parish and held by 5
such corporation shall never exceed one hundred thousand dollars exclu- 6
sive of the church buildings. 7
Incorporation
of churches.
1887, 404, § 1.
R. L. 36, § 47.
INCORPORATION OF CHURCHES.
Section 47. Any church may be incorporated under the following 1
sections. 212 Mass. 198. 2
Notice of
meeting for
incorporation.
1887, 404, § 2.
R. L. 36, § 48.
Section 4S. A notice, signed by one or more of the members of such
church, stating the object, time and place of the meeting for its incor-
poration, and the first election of officers, shall, at least fifteen days before
such meeting, be posted in a conspicuous place near one of the principal
entrances of the usual place of meeting of said church.
Section 49. At the time and place stated in said notice, the resident
Election of
officers.
i89i' 265' ^ ^' members of such church who are twenty-one years of age or over may
1895! 105.' assemble at their place of worship and by ballot elect a moderator, a clerk,
who shall be sworn, a treasurer, a standing committee of not less than
three nor more than twenty-four members or a board of trustees, man-
Chap. 67.] parishes and religious societies. 687
6 agers, directors, executive committee, prudential committee, wardens
7 and vestry or other officers with the powers of a standing committee, and
8 such other officers as tliey may deem necessary.
1 Section 50. The church may make by-laws and may prescribe therein By-iaws.
2 the manner in which and the officers and agents by whom the purposes r. l! 3g, '§ so!
3 of its incorporation may be effected. If no provision is made by a vote
4 or by-law of the church for calling meetings, they shall be called in such
5 manner as the standing committee may direct.
1 Section 51. The standing committee or other officers shall certify Filing record of
2 the organization of such church to the commissioner of corporations and c?rtrficate°of
3 taxation, in such form as he shall prescribe; and he, with the state °8S7?404lT5.
4 secretary, upon payment of a fee of five dollars to the secretary, shall ^- ^- ^^' ^ ^'•
5 perform the same duties and with the same legal effect as in the case of
6 corporations organized imder chapter one hundred and eighty.
1 Section 52. None but members of such church shall be members of ^J^ch^ches"
2 such corporation, and only resident members of full age shall vote; but r^l'36*§52"
3 any such corporation may, upon such conditions as it may prescribe, isii.zei-
4 admit any regular financial supporters of the church to associate mem-
5 bership, with a vote upon financial questions only: provided, that no
6 action of a meeting in which associate members have taken part, looking
7 to the reduction of a minister's salary or the alienation of church prop-
8 erty, shall be valid until the same has been ratified by a meeting of
9 church members only, or until sixty days have elapsed without a written
10 request of ten church members for such a meeting.
1 Section 53. The deacons, wardens, trustees or similar officers of a officers may
2 church so incorporated which holds real or personal property under erty to the"
3 chapter sixty-eight may, subject to the same uses and trusts as when i887!404, §7.
4 held by them, convey it to said church. R. l. 36. § S3.
1 Section 54. Any religious society connected with a church so incor- Religious
2 porated may, at any meeting called for the purpose, by a three fourths convey prop-
3 vote, authorize one or more persons in its name and behalf to convey any ch',frch.' °
4 real or personal property belonging to it to such church, and such prop- R^^Zisefss!!
5 erty shall thereafter be held by the chiu-ch subject to the same uses and ^^^ '^^''^^- ^^*-
6 trusts as when held by said religious society.
REFERENCES.
Religious Societies, in General.
Actions by and against, Chap. 22.3, § S.
service of writs upon, Chap. 223, § 28.
Constitutional provisions as to, Const. Part I, Art. 2; Const. Amends. 11, IS, 40.
(Const. Rev. arts. 2, 13.)
Donations, etc., taking and holding. Chap. 68.
deacons, church wardens, etc., holding by. Chap. 68, § 1.
income limited, Chap. 68, § 9.
Entertainments, license unnecessary for. Chap. 140, § 182.
Property of, certain real and personal, exempt from taxation, Chap. .59, § 5.
Records, custody of, when defunct, Chap. 66. § 16.
688
DONATIONS, ETC., FOR PIOUS AND CHARITABLE USES. [ChAP. 6S.
CHAPTER 68.
DONATIONS AND CONVEYANCES FOR PIOUS AND CHARITABLE USES.
Sect.
1. Officers of churches made bodies cor-
porate.
2. Ministers, etc., when joined in gifts to
church shall be joined in the cor-
poration.
3. Trustees of religious societies and
churches.
4. Trustees may be a corporation under
section 1.
5. Ministers may take in succession par-
sonage land.
G. Conveyance of church land regulated.
Sect.
7. Conveyance of church land by minister.
8. Committees to settle accounts of offi-
cers.
9. Income of gifts to churches limited.
10. Overseers of monthly meeting of Quak-
ers to be a corporation.
1 1 . Trustees appointed by monthly meet-
ing.
12. Unincorporated religious societies may
hold property.
13. Trustees to make annual reports.
14. Probate courts may remove trustees.
Officers of
churches made
bodies corpo-
rate.
1754-5, 12. § 1.
1785. 51. § 1.
R. S. 20, § 39.
G. S. 31, § 1.
1S74, 177.
P. S. 39, § 1.
1S84, 78.
R. L. 37, § 1.
12 Met. 250.
5 Gush. 336.
9 Gush. 181.
Ministers, etc.,
when joined in
gifts to church
shall be joined
in the corpo-
ration.
1754-5, 12, § 1.
1785, 51, § 1.
R. S. 20, § 40.
G. S. 31.§ 2.
P. S. 39, § 2.
Section 1. The deacons, wardens or similar officers of churches or 1
religious societies, and the trustees of the IMethodist Episcopal churches, 2
appointed according to the discipline and usages thereof, shall, if citi- 3
zens of the commonwealth, be deemed bodies corporate for the purpose 4
of taking and holding in succession all gifts, grants, bequests and devises 5
of real or personal property, made either to them and their successors, 6
or to their respective churches, if unincorporated, or to the poor of their 7
churches. 194 Mass. 280. 212 Mass. 555. 224 Mass. 474. 8
Section 2. When the ministers, elders or vestry of a church are 1
joined in the gifts, grants, bequests or devises mentioned in the pre- 2
ceding section, as donees or grantees with the deacons, wardens or .3
trustees, such officers and their successors, with the deacons, wardens 4
or trustees, shall be deemed the corporation for the purposes mentioned 5
in said section. r. l. 37, §2. 12 Met. 250. 4Gush. 281. 6
Trustees of
religious socie-
ties and
churches.
1853.389. § 1.
G. S. 30. § 25.
1869, 248.
P. S. 39, § 10.
1884, 78.
R. L. 37, § 3.
Section 3. Incorporated and unincorporated religious societies and 1
churches may appoint trustees, not exceeding five, to hold and manage 2
trust funds for their benefit, who shall hold their offices for three years 3
and until others are appointed in their stead. At or before the time of 4
the first appointment of such trustees, the society may establish regula- 5
tions for their government, which shall not be subject to alteration or 6
amendment except by consent of all the trustees then in office and by a 7
two thirds vote of the church or society interested therein. Any funds S
held by the bodies corporate mentioned in the two preceding sections 9
may be transferred to said trustees to be held in trust in like manner by 10
them. 11
Trustees may
be a corpora-
tion under
section 1.
1S84. 78.
R. L. 37, § 4.
Section 4. Churches or religious societies may appoint trustees, not 1
exceeding five, who shall with their successors be a body corporate, for 2
the purposes mentioned in section one, and shall be subject to the pro- 3
visions of this chapter applicable thereto. 4
Ministers may
take in succes-
sion parsonage
land.
Section 5. The minister of a church or religious society, if a citizen 1
of the commonwealth, shall be capable of taking in succession any par- 2
Chap. 68.] donations, etc., for pious xxt> ch,\ritable uses. 689
3 sonage land granted to the minister and his successors, oi" to the use of Jyll'si^f'i^ ^"
4 the ministers, or granted by words of like import, and may prosecute or R- 1- 20, § 41.
5 defend anv action relative to such land. p. s. 39, § 3.
1 Section 6. No conveyance of the land of a church shall be effectual 9°°'?''f "^f °*
2 to pass the same, if made by the deacons without the consent of the regulated.
3 church or of a committee of the church appointed for that purpose, or if itss.si, i'l.
4 made by the wardens without the consent of the vestry, or if made by g's.'3i!§4^"
5 the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church without the consent of v'Js.'idJi 4.
6 the quarterly conference. R. l. 37, § 6.
2 Mass, 500. 14 Mass. 333. 224 Mass. 474.
1 Section 7. No conveyance by a minister of land held by him in Conveyance of
2 succession shall be valid longer than he continues to be such minister, mir.^st'cr*"'"'^
3 unless made with the consent of the religious society of which he is r^I'Io'Hs
4 minister, or unless he is the minister of an Episcopal church and makes p^f-fg'!!'
5 the conveyance with the consent of the vestry. R. l. 37. § 7.
1 Section 8. The several churches, other than those of the Episcopal Committees to
2 denomination, may choose committees to settle the accounts of the of officers.
3 deacons and other church officers, and, if necessary, to prosecute suits 17S5, 51, i'l.
4 in the name of the church against them relative to the same. ■ . 0, § 44.
G. S. 31, §6. P. S. 39, §G. R. L. 37, § 8.
1 Section 9. The income of the gifts, grants, bequests and devises income of gifts
2 made to or for the use of any one church shall not exceed two thousand fi?„'i^e"d.'^^'^^
3 dollars a J'ear, exclusive of the income of any parsonage land granted to J?|5~5i^f'2^ ^'
4 or for the use of the ministry. r. s. 20,M5- g.s. 3i,§7.
p. S. 39, § 7. R. L. 37, § 9. 212 Mass. 555.
1 Section 10. The overseers of each monthly meeting of the people overseers of
2 called Friends, or Quakers, shall be a body corporate for the purpose of iJ!g°of''Qu™klr3
3 taking and holding in succession gifts and grants of real or personal ll^.^n ''°^^'''
4 property made to the use of such meeting or to the use of any prepara- JS-Vq^^^'
5 tive meeting belonging thereto; and they may manage or convey such R. s.'2o,'§46.
G property according to the terms and conditions of such gifts and grants, p.'s.'sgJi s.'
7 and may prosecute or defend any action relative to the same; but the sc^'sh^^iy'
8 income thereof to any one of such meetings for the uses aforesaid shall ^ '^'''"' ^*^'
9 not exceed five thousand dollars a year.
1 Section 11. Such monthly meeting may appoint, in such manner Trustees ap-
2 and for such time as it may determine, tlu-ee members of any prepara- moStWy''^
3 tive meeting which belongs to it or forms a part thereof to act as a board ISoa'ilV
4 of trustees. Such trustees and their successors shall be a body corpo- ^- ^- ^''- ^ ^^•
5 rate for the purpose of taking, holding, managing or con\-eying any real
6 estate which may be owned or acquired by such preparative meeting
7 or granted to the use of said meeting, and, upon their appointment, the
8 power of the o^'erseers of such monthly meeting to receive, hold or
9 manage any real estate for the use of such preparative meeting shall
10 cease, and they shall convey to said trustees any real estate the legal
11 title to which is vested in them as the body corporate in trust for such
12 preparative meeting to be held by said trustees upon the same trusts.
13 The trustees may manage and convey any real estate held by them
690
DONATIONS, ETC., FOR PIOUS AND CH.U?ITABLE t'SES. [ChAP. 68.
upon the same terms and conditions upon which it was granted and may 14
prosecute or defend any action relative thereto, but they shall not 15
convey it without the written consent of the preparative meeting, 16
granted as the decision of said meeting. The income of real estate so 17
held by them in trust and the income of any gifts of personal estate 18
which may be held by overseers for the same preparative meeting under 19
the preceding section shall not, in all, exceed five thousand dollars a 20
vear. ^ 21
Unincorporated
religious socie-
ties may hold
property.
1811,6. § 3.
1834, 183, § 5.
R. S. 20, § 2.5.
G. S. 30, § 24.
P. S. 39, § 9.
R. L. 37, § 12.
5 Met. 155.
Trustees to
make annual
reports.
1855, 302, § 1.
G. S. 31, §9.
P. S. 39, § 11.
R. L. 37, § 13.
Probate courts
may remove
trustees.
1855, 302, § 2.
G. S. 31, § 10.
P. S. 39, § 12.
R. L. 37, § 14.
Section 12. Unincorporated religious societies shall have like power 1
as incorporated societies to manage, use and employ, according to its 2
terms and conditions, any gift or grant made to them; they may elect 3
trustees, agents or other officers therefor, and may sue for any right 4
which may vest in them in consequence of such gift or grant; for which 5
purposes they shall be corporations. 6
8 Met. 153. 6 Allen, 140. 167 Mass. 201.
16 Gray, 329. 109 Mass. 103. 191 Mass. 196.
Section 13. All trustees, whether incorporated or not, who hold 1
funds given or bequeathed to a town for a charitable, religious or 2
educational purpose shall make an annual exhibit of the condition 3
thereof to the aldermen of the city, or to the selectmen of the town to 4
which such funds have been given or bequeathed; and the records of 5
all transactions by the trustees relative to such funds shall be open to 6
inspection by the board to which such exhibit is to be made. 7
Section 14. The probate court for the county where a town is 1
situated, to which funds have been so given or bequeathed, may, upon 2
the petition of five persons, cite all parties interested to appear before 3
it to answer all complaints which may then and there be made; and if 4
a trustee neglects or refuses to render such annual exhibit, or is in- 5
capable of discharging the trust reposed in him, or unsuitable to manage 6
the affairs of the same, the court may remove him and fill the vacancy. 7
Chap. 69.]
POWERS, ETC., OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
691
TITLE XII.
EDUCATION.
Chapter 69. Powers and Duties of the Department of Education.
Chapter 70. School Funds and Other State Aid for Public Schools.
Chapter 71. Public Schools.
Chapter 72. School Registers and Returns.
Chapter 73. St.ate Normal Schools.
Chapter 74. Voc.itional Education.
Chapter 7.5. Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Chapter 76. School Attendance.
Chapter 77. School Offenders and County Training Schools.
Chapter 78. Libraries.
CHAPTER 69.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
general provisions.
1. Commissioner of education, duties.
2. Report of amounts spent for voca-
tional schools. Annual report.
3. Educational trusts.
4. Statistics as to certain institutions.
5. Certification of high school teachers.
6. Department to receive applications for
teachers' positions.
7. University extension and correspond-
ence courses.
8. Use of school buildings therefor.
9. Education in use of English, etc.
10. Reimbursement of towns by common-
wealth.
DIVISION OF immigration AND AMERICAN-
IZATION.
11. Education and protection of aliens.
DIVISION OF THE BLIND.
12. Duties.
Sect.
13. Aiding blind to find emplojTnent, etc.
14. Schools and workshops.
15. Support of worlimen or workshops.
16. Sight saving classes for children.
17. Director's duties.
18. Duties of director. Rules.
19. Register of the blind. Reports to de-
partment of public welfare, etc.
20. Persons with defective eyesight.
21. Tools and instruction for the blind, etc.
22. Pupils from other states.
23. Helping blind by lending books, etc.
24. Advances to director.
25. Articles produced by the blind to be
used in public institutions.
INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF
AND BLIN-D.
26. Certain deaf and blind persons may be
sent to certain schools.
27. Supervision by department.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
1 Section 1. The commissioner of education shall have supervision Commissionei:
2 of all educational work supported in whole or in part by the common- duttes."""""'
3 wealth. He shall collect and distribute information as to the condition \lll[ HI] | f;
4 and efficiency of the public schools and other means of popular education J|||' ^Ig , j
692
POWERS, ETC., OF DEPARTirENT OF EDUCATION.
[ClIAP. G9.
1849. 215. § 1.
1858, 0)1.
G. S. 34,
K 4-G.
P. S. 41,
§§5, 6.
R. L. 39,
§§ 2, 7, 8.
1904, 234, § 1.
1909, 457, § 3.
1910, 282.
1911,486.
1912, 80.
1913,421.
1918, 257,
§ 168.
1919, 5: 330,
§§ 56-58.
1920, 2.
1 Op. A. G.
228, 233.
and the best methods of instruction; shall suggest improvements in the 5
present system of public schools to the general court; shall visit as often 6
as practicable different parts of the commonwealth for the purpose of 7
arousing and guiding public sentiment in relation to the practical inter- 8
ests of education; shall collect in his office such school books, apparatus, 9
maps and charts as may be desirable; shall receive and arrange in his 10
office the reports and returns of the school committees; and shall receive, 11
preserve or distribute the state documents relative to the public school 12
system. He shall give sufficient notice of and attend such meetings, 13
conferences and conventions of teachers of public schools as may be 14
held under his direction, and meetings of members of school committees 15
and of friends of education generally, and shall collect information rela- 16
tive to the condition of the public schools, the performance of their duties 17
by school committees, and the condition of the towns in regard to teachers, IS
pupils, books, apparatus and methods of education. 19
Report of
amounts spent
for vocational
schools.
Annual report.
1837, 241, § 3.
G. S. 34, § 3.
P. S. 41, §3.
1898, 496, I 13.
R. L. 39, § 6.
1904, 234, § 1.
1906, 385, § 7;
505. § 5.
1909, 457, §4.
1911,471,
§§ 2, 10, 11.
1915, 294, § 5.
1918, 266, § 4.
1919,292, § 17;
350, § 56.
Section 2. On or before the first Wednesday of January of each 1
year the commissioner shall present to the general court a statement of 2
amounts expended previous to September first preceding by counties, 3
cities and towns for maintenance of approved county, local or district 4
independent vocational schools, or in pajTnent of claims for tuition 5
therein, for which such counties, cities and towns should be reimbursed 6
under chapter seventy-four. He shall make an annual report contain- 7
ing a printed abstract of the returns of school committees under chapter 8
seventy-two and of the schools in charge of the department, and a de- 9
tailed report of the doings of the department, together with a detailed 10
report of all receipts and expenditures, with observations upon the con- 11
dition and efficiency of the system of public education and suggestions 12
in regard to the most practicable means of improving and extending it. 13
The records of the doings of the department shall be open to public 14
inspection. 15
Educational
trusts.
1850, 88.
G. S. 34, § 2.
P. S. 41, §2.
R. L.39, §5.
1919, 350,
§§ 56-58.
Section 3. The department of education, in this chapter called the 1
department, may receive, in trust for the commonwealth, any grant or 2
devise of land or any gift or bequest of personal property for educational 3
purposes, and shall forthwith transfer the same to the state treasurer, 4
who shall administer it as provided in section sixteen of chapter ten. 5
statistics as to
certain institu-
tions.
1867, 123,
§§1,2.
P. 8.41,
§§ 13, 14.
R. L. 39,
§§ 17, 18.
1919. 350,
§§ 56-.58.
U. S. Rev. Sts.
§516.
Section 4. It shall prepare, with due reference to the requirements 1
of the federal bureau of education, and annually, on or before ]\Iay tenth, 2
send to every literary, scientific or professional institution of learning in 3
the commonwealth, and every reform school or almshouse, blank forms 4
of inquiry for such statistics as it may prescribe, relative to the number 5
of pupils and instructors, courses of study, cost of tuition and the general G
condition of the institution or school. The trustees, officers or persons in 7
charge thereof shall annually, on or before June first, return the same 8
with the information required. 9
Certification
of high school
teachers.
1911,375,
Section 5. Subject to such conditions as it may prescribe, the de- 1
partment shall grant certificates to candidates found qualified by exam- 2
ination or otherwise to teach in high schools aided by the commonwealth, 3
as pro\aded in sections five and fifteen of chapter seventy-one. 4
Cli-\P. 69.] POWERS, ETC., OF DEPARTMENT OF EDXTATION. 693
1 Section 6. The department shall receive applications for the posi- J^ce^re' a^''fi-*°
2 tion of teacher from graduates of good moral character of any high or cations for
3 normal school in this commonwealth, or of any other school deemed by positions.
4 thedepartmenttobeof equal grade, or of any reputable college. Such an 1907! 213!
5 application shall contain the applicant's name and address, and, briefly, 1913,' 20.5'; Ls.
6 liis experience and qualifications. The department, without charge, ssof'in&ii'
7 shall communicate with the various school committees and with the ap- ^^-°' ^^■
8 plicants themselves with a view to securing such positions.
1 Section 7. The department may co-operate with e.^dsting institu- University
2 tions of learning in the establishment and conduct of university extension corresponde"nce
3 and correspondence courses; may supervise the administration of all igisflk,
4 such courses supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth; and flil' Igo
5 also, where deemed advisable, may establish and conduct such courses for §§ se-ss.
6 the benefit of residents of the commonwealth. It may, in accordance
7 with rules and regulations established by it, grant to students satisfac-
8 torily completing such courses suitable certificates.
1 Section 8. For the purposes of such courses, the department may, Use of school
2 with the consent of the school committee or other proper officials and therefof.^
3 subject to rules and regulations by them prescribed, use the school or i9i9;3so[^^'
4 other public buildings and grounds of a town, but without interference or ^^ 56-58.
5 inconsistency \^ith their customary uses; also the normal school buildings
6 and grounds, and, with the consent of the officers in charge, other school
7 buildings owned or controlled by the commonwealth. It may also ar-
8 range for the use of such other buildings, grounds and facilities, pajdng
9 such rent therefor, as the conduct of such courses may require.
1 Section 9. The department, with the co-operation of any town ap- Education in
2 pljing therefor, may provide for such instruction in the use of English for "tc. ° "^ '^''"
3 adults unable to speak, read or WTite the same, and in the fundamental §|\^.:3"f|go,
4 principles of government and other subjects adapted to fit for American ^ ^*a^^q
5 citizenship, as shall jointly be approved by the local school committee and (i'Ji9) 102.
6 the department. Schools and classes established therefor may be held
7 in public school buildings, in industrial establishments or in such other
8 places as may be appro^■ed in like manner. Teachers and super^'isors
9 employed therein by a town shall be chosen and their compensation fixed
10 by the school committee, subject to the approval of the department.
1 Section 10. At the expiration of each school year, and on approval ^f''™iI?nJby"'°*
2 by the department, the commonwealth shall pay to every town provid- ,"p",™°"
3 ing such instruction in conjunction with the department, one half the i819l?95. §2;
4 amount expended therefor by such to\vn for said j'ear.
division of immigration and AMERICANIZATION.
1 Section 1 1 . The director of the di\asion of immigration and American- Education and
2 ization with the approval of the advisory board thereof shall employ such ofaUens""
3 methods, consistent with law, as in its judgment, will tend to bring into JglgiilJjfg.
4 sjTupathetic and mutually helpful relations the commonwealth and its 1920,72.
5 residents of foreign origin, protect immigrants from ex'ploitation and
6 abuse, stimulate their acquisition and mastery of English, develop their
7 understanding of American go\"ernment, institutions and ideals, and
8 generally promote their assimilation and naturalization. For the above
694
POWERS, ETC., OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. [ChAP. 69.
purposes, the division may co-operate with other officers and departments 9
of the commonwealth and with all public agencies, federal, state or 10
municipal. It may investigate the exploitation or abuse of immigrants 11
and in making any investigation may recjuire the attendance and testi- 12
mony of witnesses and the production of books and documents relating 1.3
to the matter under investigation. 14
DIVISION OF THE BLIND.
Duties.
1906, 3S5, § 7.
1918. 2fifi, I 4.
1919, 350, § 59.
Section 12. The division of the blind shall make its own by-laws 1
and adopt all necessary rules and regulations, and shall act in an ad- 2
visory capacity with respect to the administration and execution of the 3
laws by the director and shall visit all schools and workshops estab- 4
lished under its authority. 5
Aiding blind
to find em-
ployment.
Section 1-3. The division shall act as a bureau of information and 1
industrial aid, the object of which shall be to aid the blind in finding em- 2
ployment and to develop home industries for them. i9i9, aso, § 59. 3
Schools and
workshops.
1906, 385, 5 4.
1918, 2fi6, § 4,
1919, 350, § 59.
Support of
workmen or
workshops.
1906, 3S5,
§§ 5, 6,
1919, 350, § 59.
1920, 201.
Section 14. The division may, with the approval of the gover- 1
nor and council, establish, equip and maintain, and may discontinue, 2
schools for industrial training of blind persons, and workshops for their 3
employment. 4
Section 15. The division may provide or pay for temporary lodg- 1
ings and temporary support for workmen or pupils received at any 2
industrial school or workshop established by it, and may contribute to 3
the support of pupils from the commonwealth receiving instruction in 4
institutions outside thereof. 5
children.
1919, 229;
350, § 59.
Director's
duties.
1918, 266, § 3.
1919, 350, § 59.
Section 16. Under the direction of the division, there may be ex- 1
pended annually ten thousand dollars to provide sight saving classes 2
for children certified by any reputable oculist, as fit subjects for in- 3
struction therein. With the approval of the division, local school com- 4
mittees may organize and conduct such classes. 5
Section 17. The director shall be the executive head of the division, 1
and all bills by it contracted shall be subject to his approval. He may 2
act as the representative of the blind in all proceedings before any de- 3
partment, board or commission of the commonwealth or of any county, 4
city or town therein. 5
Duties of
director.
Rules.
1918, 266, § 3.
1919, 350, § 59.
Section 18. The director shall administer the laws relative to the 1
blind and shall prepare rules and regulations for consideration and adop- 2
tion bj- the division. 3
Register of
the blind.
Reports to
department of
public welfare,
1906, 385, § 2.
1916, 160, I 1.
1918, 266, § 3.
1919, 350,
§§ 25, 26, 87.
Section 19. He shall maintain a register of the blind in the com- 1
monwealth, which shall describe their condition, cause of blindness and 2
capacity for education and industrial training. The supervisor of the 3
decennial census shall aid him by furnishing, upon his request, the names, 4
addresses and such other facts concerning the blind as may be obtained .5
in taking any such census. The department of public welfare and the 6
overseers of the poor shall aid the director by reporting whenever out- 7
door or indoor aid is granted to families in which there is a blind member, S
and the director shall report in turn to the said department and the said 9
Chap. 69.] powers, etc., of department of edixation. 695
10 overseers any activity on his part in relation to blind persons who or whose
11 families are known to be receiving or to have received public outdoor or
12 indoor aid.
1 Section 20. He may also register cases of persons whose eyesight is Persons with
2 seriously defective or who are likely to become visually handicapped or eyesi^^LT
3 blind, and to take such measures, in co-operation with other authorities, \l\l] lit] 1 1;
4 as he may deem advisable for the prevention of blindness or conserva-
5 tion of eyesight, and, in appropriate cases, for the education of children
6 and for the vocational guidance of adults having seriously defective
7 sight.
1 Section 21. The director may provide for the instruction of the Tooisandm-
2 adult blind at their homes and may furnish materials and tools to any the^bUnd,^"'^
3 blind person, and may assist such blind persons as are engaged in home jgQj, 297.
4 industries in marketing their products. He may pay suitable wages to |^°|'|*^'
5 the employees of schools and workshops established under section fom-- J|\'''|''^'
6 teen and may devise means for the sale and distribution of the products lois, 55;
7 of such schools and workshops. 1919, 15.
1 Section 22. He may receive in schools established by the divi- oXr^statS
2 sion pupils from other states upon the payment of such fees as it may J^o|' 3||. | s-
3 determine.
1 Section 23. The director may ameliorate the condition of the blind by'iP'olin""*^
2 by devising means to facilitate the circulation of books, by promoting V(°2'?%|'.°-5 „
3 visits among the aged or helpless blind in their homes, by aiding indi- igis! 2661 § 3!
4 vidua] blind persons with money or other assistance, or by any other " '
5 method he may deem expedient; provided, that he shall not under-
6 take the permanent support or maintenance of any blind person.
1 Section 24. There may be advanced annually to the director from Advances to
2 the state treasury, from the amount appropriated for the maintenance igof'iTs.
3 of the industries established by the division, such sum as may be neces- Jglg, I50', II9.
4 sary, not exceeding five thousand dollars at one time, to be used as a
5 working capital for said industries. Said sum when drawn from the
6 treasury shall be deposited in a national bank or trust company to
7 the credit of the director, who shall give a bond in such sum and with
8 such sureties as the governor and council may approve.
1 Section 25. Articles or supplies, except those made by prison labor. Articles pro-
2 required by any state department or in state or other public institutions blind to^beused
3 in the commonwealth, shall be purchased through the superintendent IStujS'"^ "'''*''
4 of buildings as provided in section six of chapter eight, or by the officer Yglg' 350
5 in charge of such institution directly from the division of the blind, pro- §§ 'S- ^s. 59.
6 vided that the division has the same for sale and that they were produced
7 by persons under the supervision of the division or in industrial schools
8 or workshops under its supervision.
instruction in schools for the deaf ,and blind.
1 Section 26. The department may, upon the request of the parents Certain deaf
2 or guardians and with the approval of the governor, send such deaf and person's may
3 sucii blind persons as it considers proper subjects for education, for a drtafn schools.
4 term not exceeding ten years, to the American School, at Hartford, for J|eg' |oq' ^ ■*■
696
STATE AID FOR PL'BLIC SCHOOLS.
[Ch.ap. 70.
1S69, 333.
1871, 300.
P. S. 41. § 16.
18S5, 118.
1S8(>, 241.
1SS7, 179.
1888, 239.
1889, 226.
R. L. 39,
§5 19,21.
1918. 257,
§171.
1919,5:350,
§§ 5(;-.5S.
1920, 2.
2 Op. A. G.
100.
the Deaf, in the state of Connecticut, to the Clarke School for the Deaf 5
at Northampton, to the Horace Mann School at Boston, to any other 6
school for the deaf in the commonwealth, as the parents or guardians 7
may prefer, or to the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School 8
for the Blind, as the case may be, and, upon like request and Avith like 9
approval, it may continue for a longer term the instruction of meri- 10
torious pupils recommended by the principal or other chief officer of 11
the school which they attend. With the approval of the governor the 12
department may, at the expense of the commonwealth, make such pro- 13
vision for the care and education of children who are both deaf and 14
blind as it may deem expedient. No such pupil shall be withdrawn 15
from such institutions or schools except with the consent of the authorities 16
thereof or of the department; and the expenses of the instruction and 17
support of such pupils therein, actually rendered or furnished, including IS
their necessary traveling expenses, whether daily or otherwise, but not 19
exceeding ordinary and reasonable compensation therefor, shall be paid .20
by the commonwealth; but the parents or guardians of such children, 21
who are able wholly or in part to provide for their support and care, 22
shall, to the extent of their ability, reimburse the commonwealth therefor. 23
Super\'ision by
department.
1867,311, § 3.
P. S. 41, § 17.
18S5, 118.
R. I.. 39,
§§ 20, 21.
Section 27. The department shall direct and supervise the educa-
tion of all such pupils, and the commissioner shall state in liis annual
report their mmiber, the cost of theu' instruction and support, the manner
in which the money appropriated by the commonwealth therefor has
been expended, to what extent reimbm'sed, and such other information
as he deems important.
REFERENCE.
Prevention of blindness in infants, Cliap. Ill, §§ 14, 110.
CHAPTER 70.
SCHOOL FUNDS AND OTHER STATE AID FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
STATE AID FKOM INCOME TAX.
1. Reimbursement from income tax to
towns for certain school salaries.
2. Reimbursement based on full time
service of teachers, etc.
3. Reimbursement based on less than full
time service.
4. Supplementary reimbursement.
5. Net average membership defined.
6. No reimbursement on account of sal-
aries of teachers in state aided vo-
cational schools, etc.
7. Returns by superintendents.
Pakt II.
SCHOOL FUNDS.
8. Massachusetts School Fund.
9. Commissioners of school fund.
Sect.
10. Time of payment.
11. Definitions.
12. Distribution to towns with valuation
less than five hundred thousand dol-
lars.
13. Distribution to towns with valuation
less than one mUlion dollars.
14. Distribution to towns with valuation
less than two million five hundred
thousand dollars.
15. Distribution of balance.
16. Returns by superintendents.
17. Payment conditioned on compliance
with school laws.
IS. Todd normal school fund.
Chap. 70.] state aid for public schools. 697
Part I.
STATE AID FROM INCOME TAX.
1 Section 1. The state treasurer shall annually, on or before Novem- Reimbursement
2 ber fifteenth, pay to the several towns from the proceeds of the tax on taTtotow
3 incomes, which shall be a\'ailable therefor without appropriation, the sohoorsaiaries.
4 sums required for the piu"poses of Part I of this chapter, as part reim- ^j^^;!.^^'
5 bursement for salaries paid to teachers, supervisors, principals, assist- op^a.g.(1920)
6 ant superintendents and superintendents for services in the public day
7 schools rendered diu-ing the year ending the preceding June thhtieth.
1 Section 2. For each such person emploj'ed for full time service for Reimbursement
2 the entire school year, such reimbm-sement shall be as follows: time service of
3 (1) Two hundred dollars for every person so employed who received igig.'sGsrrs-
4 as salary not less than eight hundred and fifty dollars and who is a gradu-
5 ate of an approved normal school or college and had taught on full time
6 at least two years previous to said year or whose preparation and teach-
7 ing experience are accepted as equivalent.
-8 (2) One hundred and fifty dollars for every person so employed not
9 included in paragraph (1) who received as salary not less than seven hun-
10 dred and fifty dollars and (a) has satisfactorily completed one year of
11 professional training in an approved normal- school or teachers' training
12 school, and had taught on full time at least tliree years previous to said
13 year; or (6) is a graduate of an approved normal school or college, and
14 had taught on full time for at least one year previous to said year; or (c)
15 whose preparation and teaching experience are accepted as equivalent.
16 (3) One hundred dollars for every person so employed and not included
17 in paragraphs (1) or (2) who received as salary not less than six hundred
18 and fifty dollars.
1 Section 3. For every such person employed for less than full time Reimbursement
2 service for the school year, but otherwise described in the preceding sec- than fui" tS!e
3 tion and receiving a proportionate salary, said reimbiu-sement shall in ilTg^ses, § 4.
4 each case be in such proportion to the reimbiu-sement provided for in
5 said section as his service bears to full time service. No town in a super-
6 intendency union shall receive under this chapter reimbiu-sement for the
7 part time employment of a superintendent if entitled to reimbm-sement
8 therefor under section sixty-five of chapter seventy-one.
1 Section 4. Every town whose valuation, including omitted assess- supplementary
2 ments, for the year next preceding the date of payment, when divided igig.sSTs™. '
3 by the net average membership of its public day schools as defined in
4 section five for the year ending on the next preceding June thirtieth, yields
5 a quotient less than forty-five hundred dollars shall, for each person for
6 whom it received reimbursement under section two, receive supplemen-
7 tary reimbursement as follows:
8 (1) Tlu-ee hundred dollars if said quotient is less than two thousand.
9 (2) Two hundred and fifty dollars if said quotient is less than twenty-
10 five hundred but not less than two thousand.
11 (3) Two hundred dollars if said ciuotient is less than tliree thousand
12 but not less than twenty-five hundred.
13 (4) One hundred and fifty dollars if said quotient is less than thirty-
14 five hundred but not less than tliree thousand.
698
SCHOOL FUNDS.
[Chap. 70.
(5) One hundred dollars if said quotient is less than four thousand but 15
not less than thii-ty-five hundred. 16
(6) Fifty dollars if said quotient is less than forty -five hundred but 17
not less than four thousand. 18
For each person for whom any such town received proportionate re- 19
imbursement under section three it shall in each case receive as supple- 20
mentary reimbursement the same proportion of the sums named herein 21
for full time service. 22
Net average
membership
defined.
1919, 363, 5 6
Section 5. For the purposes of section four the net average mem- 1
bership of the public day schools of a town for any school year shall be 2
the average membership for such year as shown by the school registers, . 3
increased by the number of pupils resident therein whose tuition in the 4
public schools of another town, for not less than half such year, the town 5
has paid, decreased by the number of non-resident pupils attending its 6
schools for not less than half such year. 7
No reimburse-
ment on ac-
count of
salaries of
teachers in
state aided
vocational
schools, etc.
1919, 363, § 7.
Section 6. No town shall be entitled to reimbursement under 1
Part I of this chapter on account of salaries paid to teachers whose em- 2
plojTiient in state aided vocational schools or departments, continu- 3
ation schools or Americanization classes entitle the town to state reim- 4
bursement. For every teacher in a practice school connected ■with a 5
state normal school, part or all of whose salary is paid or reimbursed by 6
the commonwealth, the town's reimbursement under this chapter shall 7
be proportionate to the part thereof paid by it. 8
Returns by
superin-
tendents.
1919, 3G3, § S.
Section 7. Every superintendent of schools shall file with the com- 1
missioner of education, not later than August first in each year, a sworn 2
statement, upon blanks prepared by the commissioner, containing the 3
data necessary to determine the amounts payable under Part I of this 4
chapter. Before filing such statement, the superintendent shall submit 5
it to the chairman of the school committee, who shall countersign it on 6
oath, if, after examination, he finds it correct. The commissioner shall 7
cause such statements to be examined, and shall transmit them to the 8
state treasurer, with a tabulation showing the amomit due each town. 9
Part II.
Massachusetts
.School Fund.
1834, 169, § 1.
R. S. 11, § 13.
1854, 333.
G. S. 36, § 1.
P. .S.43. § 1.
1890, 335. § 1.
R. L. 41, § 1.
SCHOOL FUNDS.
Section 8. The present school fund of the commonwealth, with
future additions, and all funds received by the commonwealth from the
federal government, the disposition of which is not otherwise p^o^•ided
for, shall constitute a permanent fund, to be called the "Massachusetts
School Fund". The principal thereof shall not be diminished, and the
income shall be disbursed as hereinafter provided.
Commissioners
of school fund.
1834, 169, § 2.
R. S. 11, I 14.
G. S. 36, I 1.
1863, 53.
P. S. 43, § 2.
Section 9. The commissioner of education and the state treasurer
shall be commissioners to invest and manage the fund, and shall make
an annual report of the condition and income thereof. All invest-
ments shall be made with the approval of the go\'ernor and council.
1890, 335, § 2. R. L. 41, § 3. 1919, 350, §§ 50-58.
Chap. 70.] school funds. 699
1 Section 10. The accrued income of said fund on December thirty- Time of
2 first annually shall be apportioned by the commissioners thereof, as Si™'!-?''
3 provided in Part II of this chapter and paid to the towns entitled on fliu'sls, § s.
4 the following March tenth. i849, ii7, §§ 2, 3. g. s. 36, § 3.
1 Section 11. For the purposes of Part II of this cliapter, "valuation" ^'ig^alfs""! 10
2 shall mean the town's valuation, as determined by the last preceding
3 assessors' valuation, exclusive of omitted assessments.
4 "Assured minimum" shall mean the amount by which the sum of the
5 following items of town expenditure for the last preceding town fiscal
6 year exceeded the amount received by the town during said year under
7 Part I and for the tuition of non-resident pupils, including state wards:
8 (1) Salaries paid to full time principals and teachers, not including
9 any amounts by which any such salary was at a rate in excess of eight
10 hundred and fifty dollars.
11 (2) Two hundred and fifty dollars for each teaching position held by a
12 full time principal or teacher.
13 (3) Exjienditiu-es for transportation of pupils to the local schools.
14 (4) Expenditures for the tuition in, and transportation to, public ele-
15 mentary schools in adjoining towns.
16 In computing the "assured minimum", expenditures for state aided
17 ^■ocational or continuation schools or Americanization classes shall not
18 be included.
1 Section 12. A town of less than fi^^e hundred thousand dollars valu- Distribution
2 ation shall receive one half of its assured minimum if said minimum 'aiuTtion'ieL
3 exceeds the sum that would have accrued therein from a tax of ten hundr^d^thou-
4 dollars per thousand dollars valuation. If said minimum is less than the f^^ 'i3s'"§ 2
5 proceeds of such a tax, but more than would have been the proceeds of f^^ |^§ ^''■
6 a tax of five dollars per thousand, the town shall recei\-e the amount by K 2/3.
1S5S 96 § 2
7 which said minimum exceeds the proceeds of such a five dollar tax. g. s.'36,'§ 2.'
1865, 142, § 1. P. S. 43, §3. R. L. 41, §4. ,
1S66, 208, I 1. 1884, 22. 1903, 456, § 1.
1 Section 13. A town of less than one million dollars, but not less Distribution to
2 than five hundred thousand dollars, valuation, shall be allotted one third vauISion'i'ess
3 of its assm-ed minimum if said minimum exceeds the sum that would have miluon'doiiars
4 accrued therein from a tax of seven and one half dollars per thousand jf^l'gf^sel'
5 dollars valuation. If said minimum is less than the proceeds of such a tax, i|54', sob,
6 but more than would have been the proceeds of a tax of &ye dollars per isos, 96, § 2.
7 thousand, the town shall be allotted the amount by which said minimum I'sos', 142; §^1.
8 exceeds the proceeds of such a five dollar tax. Said allotments shall be \P!^] fef; ^ '■
9 paid in full if their sum does not exceed the amount available after }|I°' g^j ^ ^
10 making the pajTiaents provided for by the preceding section, otherwise fj^ w^^-
11 they shall be proportionally reduced and paid.
1891,177. R.L. 41,§4. 1918, 186, § 1.
1893, 272. 1903, 456, § 1. 1919, 363, |§ 12, 16.
1 Section 14. A town of less than two million five hundred thousand P'^^l'^"''"",],
2 dollars, but not less than one million dollars, valuation, shall be allotted valuation less
3 one half the amount by which its assured minimum exceeds the amount miiuon five
4 that would have accrued therein from a tax of five dollars per thousand thousa'nd
5 doOars valuation. If the total allotment under this section exceeds the isss.'Tss, § 2.
700
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 71.
1,S,M, 96, § 2.
G. S. 36, § 2.
1S65, lt2, § 1.
ISIili, 208. § 1.
ISWI, 16S.
1S70, 4o.
1874,348, § 1.
P. S. 43, § 3.
amount available after the distribution provided for by the two preceding 6
sections, the state treasurer shall add to said amount, from the proceeds 7
of the income tax, without appropriation, the amount required, but not 8
exceeding two hundred thousand dollars in any one year. If said addi- 9
tion does not permit the payment of said allotments in full, they shall be 10
proportionally reduced and paid. iss4, 22. isoi, 177. 11
1S93. 272. 1903, 456, § 1. 1919, 363, §§ 13, 16.
K. L. 41, § 4. 1918, 186, | 1. 2 Op. A. G. 240.
Distribution
of balance.
1S58, 96, § 2.
G. S. 36, § 2
1SG6, 208, § ]
1809, 168.
1870, 45.
Section 15. If in any year there is a balance from the income of said
fund after the distribution provided for by the three preceding sections,
the same shall be divided among all towns receiving pajonents there-
under in proportion to said payments. is74, 34s, § 2.
R. L. 41. §4.
1U03, 450, § 1.
1
Returns by
superintend-
ents.
1903, 450, §
1919, 303, §§
16.
Section 16. Every superintendent of schools shall annually, not later 1
than February first, file with the commissioner of education, upon blanks 2
prepared by the commissioner, a sworn statement, containing data neces- 3
sary to determine the amounts payable under Part II of this chapter. 4
Failure to file the same by February fifteenth shall cause the town to 5
forfeit its share of the income accrued during the preceding year. Before 6
filing such statement, the superintendent shall submit it to the chairman 7
of the school committee, who shall countersign it on oath, if, after exam- S
ination, he finds it correct. The commissioner shall cause such state- 9
ments to be examined, and shall transmit them to the state treasurer, 10
■nith a tabulation showing the amount due each town. 1 1
Payment coi
ditioned on
complianre
with school
Section 17. No town shall receive any payment under Part II of 1
this chapter, unless it has complied, to the satisfaction of the depart- 2
ment of education, with all laws relating to the public schools. 3
1834, 169, § 3.
1835, 138, § 1.
R. S. 23, § CO.
G. S. 36, § 3.
1805, 142. § 1.
1866, 20s, I 2.
1878, 234, § 1.
P. S. 43, § 5,
R. L. 41, § 6.
1904, 107, § 1.
1913, 340.
1918, 257, § 173.
1919, 5; 350, § 56;
303, § 16.
1920, 2.
1 Op. A. G. 517.
Todd normal SECTION 18. The iiicome of the Todd Fund shall be paid to the 1
1850, 63. department of education, and applied by it to specific objects, in connec- 2
1862! S3,' § ] .■ tion with the normal schools, not provided for by appropriation. 3
p. S. 43, § 9.
R. L. 41, § 8.
1919, 350, § 56.
CHAPTER 71
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Sect.
1. Maintenance of public schools.
2. Teaching of American historj- and
civics.
3. Military drill, gjTnnastics, etc.
4. Certain towns to maintain high schools.
5. State reimbursement of small towns
maintaining high schools.
6. Provisions for towns not maintaining
high schools.
7. State reimbursement to small towns for
transportation of high school pupils.
Sect.
8. State reimbursement to small towns for
tuition of high school pupils.
9. Certain towns to receive no reimburse-
ment.
10. State reimbursement to small towns for
tuition of physically disabled pupils.
11. High school defined for purposes of
state reimbursement.
12. Teachers in certain high schools to hold
certificates.
13. Commercial Spanish in high schools.
Ch.\p. 71.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
701
Sect.
14. High school districts.
15. State reimbursement of towns in high
school districts.
16. Union schools.
17. Teaching of manual training and
household arts.
IS. Evening schools.
19. Evening high schools.
20. Notices as to evening schools. Fee for
instruction.
CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.
21. Continuation schools.
22. Compulsory attendance at continua-
tion schools.
23. Utilization of existing educational facil-
ities.
24. State reimbursement for continuation
schools.
2.5. Minors working elsewhere than in
town of residence temporarily unem-
ployed.
26. Penalty on town neglecting to raise
funds for continuation schools.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
27. Free lectures.
28. Vacation schools.
29. Female assistants.
30. Duty of instructors in colleges, etc.
31. Bible to be read in schools.
32. Observance of Memorial Day.
33. Vivisection and dissection regulated.
34. Forfeiture for town's neglect to raise
money for schools.
SCHOOL COMMITTEES.
35. Commencement of term.
36. Secretary. Records.
37. Duties of school committee.
38. Committee to contract with teachers.
39. Inquiry as to religion or politics of can-
didates for teachers forbidden.
40. Minimum salary for teachers.
41. Tenure of teachers.
42. Discharge of teachers.
43. Reduction of salary.
44. Teachers not to be restricted in the ex-
ercise of certain rights.
Sect.
45. Fees for procuring teachers' positions
regulated.
46. Instruction of mentally retarded chil-
dren.
47. Committee may supervise athletic and
other school organizations.
48. Textbooks and supplies to be provided.
49. Purchase of textbooks by pupils.
50. Change of school books.
51. Exhibition of school work at exposi-
tions.
52. Compensation of committee. Mem-
bers ineligible to serve as teacher,
superintendent, etc.
53. School physicians.
54. Physical examination of pupils, teachers
and janitors.
55. Examination of certain pupils.
56. Parent or guardian to be notified of dis-
ease, etc.
57. Testing as to defective sight, etc.
58. Department to furnish test cards,
blanks, etc.
59. Superintendent of schools. Election
and duties.
60. District superintendent.
61. Union of towns for employment of su-
perintendent.
62. Formation or readjustment of unions
by department.
63. Joint committee. Organization and du-
ties.
64. Salary of union superintendent.
65. State aid to unions.
66. Qualifications of superintendents in
state aided unions.
67. Superintendents forbidden to receive
pay for obtaining positions.
SCHOOLHOUSES.
68. Towns to maintain schoolhouses.
69. Flags, provision for, and display.
70. Situation of schoolhouses.
71. Public use of school property.
72. Sale of lunches to pupils and teachers.
73. Closing of school for teachers' meet-
ings.
74. School funds of corporations not af-
fected.
1 Section 1. Every town shall maintain, for at least one hundred
2 and sixty days in each school, year unless specifically exempted as to
3 a"ny one year by the department of education, in this chapter called the
4 department, a sufficient number of schools for the instruction of all
5 children who may legally attend a public school therein. Such schools
6 shall be taught by teachers of competent ability and good morals, and
7 shall give instruction and training in orthography, reading, ^^Titing, the
S English language and grammar, geography, arithmetic, drawmg, the
9 history of the United States, the duties of citizenship, physiology and
10 hygiene, and good behavior. In connection with physiology and hygiene,
11 instruction as to the effects of alcoholic drinks and of stimulants and nar-
Maintenance
of public
schools.
C. L. 136, 305.
1692-3, 26, § 5.
1789, 19, § 1.
1S23, 111.
1826, 143, I 1.
R. S. 23, § 1.
1S39, 56, § 1,
1S30, 229.
1857, 206, § 1.
ISoS, 5.
1S59, 263.
G.S. 38, § 1.
1862, 7.
1870, 248, § 1.
1876,3. § 1.
P. S. 44. § 1.
1SS4, 69.
702
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 71.
18S5, 332.
1894, 231;
320, § 1.
1898, 49R, §
1900, 2l,S.
R. L. 42, § 1
1908, 181.
1910. .524.
1911.247.
cotic-s on the human system, and as to tuberculosis and its prevention, 12
shall be given to all pupils in all schools under public control, except 13
schools maintained solely for instruction in particular branches. Such 14
other subjects as the school committee considers expedient may be 1.5
taught in the public schools. I9i7, ig9. iqis, 257, § 174. 16
1 Op. A. G. 576, 577.
Op. A. G. (1920) 40.
1920,411.
Op. A. G. (1920)
196.
Section 2. In all public elementary and high .schools American 1
history and civics shall be taught as required subjects for the purpose of 2
promoting civic service and a greater knowledge thereof, and of fitting the .3
pupils, morally and intellectually, for the duties of citizenship. 4
Military drill,
gymnastics,
1826, 143, § 7.
R. S. 23, § 17.
G. S. 38, i 28.
1876, 47, § 1 .
1881, 193, § 1.
P. S. 44, § 33.
R. L. 42, § 34.
1910, 201.
1919, 292, § 7.
Section 3. The exercises in the public schools may include calls- 1
thenics, gymnastics and military drill ; but no pupil shall be required to 2
take part in any military exercise if his parent or guardian is of any 3
religious denomination conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, or is 4
himself so opposed, and the school committee is so notified in writing; 5
or if a physician of good standing certifies in writing that in his opinion 6
such exercises would be injurious to the pupil. 7
Certain towns
to maintain
high schools.
1789, 19, § 1.
1823, 111.
1826, 143, § 1.
R. .S. 23, § 5.
1850, 274.
1852, 123.
1857, 206, 5 2.
G. S. 38, § 2.
1868, 226.
P. S. 44, § 2.
1898, 496, § 2.
R. L. 42, § 2.
1914, 556.
1918, 257,
§175.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
16 Mass. 141.
196 Mass, 311.
lOp. A. G. 319.
Op. A. G. (1918)
Section 4. Every town containing, according to the latest census, 1
state or national, five hundred families or householders, shall, unless 2
specifically exempted by the department and mider conditions defmed 3
by it, maintain a high school, adequately equipped, which shall be kept 4
by a principal and such assistants as may be needed, of competent ability 5
and good morals, who shall give instruction in such subjects as the 6
school committee considers expedient. One or more courses of study, 7
at least four years in length, shall be maintained in such high school 8
and it shall be kept open for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the town 9
for at least one hundred and eighty days, exclusive of vacations, in 10
each school j-ear. Each high school maintained by a tovm required to 11
belong to a superintendency union shall be conducted in accordance 12
with standards of organization, equipment and instruction approved 13
from time to time by the department. 14
state reim-
bursement of
small towns
maintaining
high Bchools.
1902, 433.
1906, 200,
§§1,2.
1908, 427.
1911, 537.
1918, 198,
§§2,8.
Section 5. If a town of less than five hundred families or house- 1
holders, according to such census, maintains a public high school, it shall, 2
subject to section nine, be reimbursed annually by the commonwealth, 3
a sum, not exceeding twelve hundred and fifty dollars, determined as 4
follows: for a principal and for each teacher devoting full time to said 5
school, two hundred and fifty dollars; for a principal and for each 6
teacher devoting part time thereto a part of two hundred and fifty 7
dollars proportional to the amount of time so devoted. But no town 8
shall receive any such reimbursement unless its high school is approved 9
by the department. 10
Provisions for
towns not
maintaining
high schools.
1891,263.
1894,436, § 1.
1898, 496, § 3.
R. L. 42, § 3.
1902, 433.
1911,537.
1913, 396.
1918, 198,
§§ 3, 8.
Section 6. If a town of less than five hundred families or house- 1
holders, according to such census, does not maintain a public high school 2
ofTering four years of instruction, it shall pay the tuition of any pupil 3
who resides therein and obtains from its school committee a certificate 4
to attend a high school of another town included in the list of high schools 5
approved for this purpose by the department. Such a town shall also, 6
through its school committee, provide, when necessary, for the trans- 7
Chap. 71.] public schools. 703
8 portation of such a pupil at a cost not exceeding one dollar and fifty i64 Mass. 430.
9 cents weekly, during the time of actual attendance, but it may exceed 179 Mass! 571!
10 said amount. The department shall approve the high schools which
11 may be attended by such pupils, and it may, for this purpose, approve a
12 public high school in an adjoining state. Whenever, in the judgment of
13 the department, it is expedient that such a pupil should board in the
14 town of attendance the town of residence may, through its school com-
15 mittee, pay toward such board, in lieu of transportation, such sum as
16 the said committee may fix.
17 If the school committee refuses to issue a certificate as aforesaid, appli-
18 cation may be made to the department, which, if it finds that the educa-
19 tional needs of the pupil 'm question are not reasonably provided for,
20 may issue a certificate having the same force and effect as if issued by
21 the said committee. The application shall be filed with the superin-
22 tendent of schools of the town of residence, and by him transmitted forth-
23 with to the department with a report of the facts relative thereto.
1 Section 7. If the expenditure per thousand dollars valuation from state reim-
2 the proceeds of local taxation for the support of public schools, made smlnTowns"
3 by any town of less than five hundred families or householders for the t°on S^fafgh"''"
4 three town fiscal years preceding any school year, averaged more than js'ls^s^Js^''^'
5 four and not moi-e than five dollars, the commonwealth shall reimburse Jf 4*'s^^*'
6 the town for one half the amount paid by it during said school year for
7 transportation or board in accordance with the preceding section. If
8 said average was more than five and not more than six dollars, the reim-
9 bursement shall be for three fourths of said amount, or if said average
10 was more than six dollars, the reimbursement shall be for the entire sum.
11 Such reimbursement shall not be based on the excess of any amount
12 above one dollar and fifty cents per week of actual attendance of any
13 pupil, and all expenditures for which reimbursement is claimed shall
14 be subject to approval by the department.
1 Section 8. If the valuation of a town of less than five hundred fam- state reim-
2 ilies or householders for its fiscal year preceding any school year does not smSuowns"
3 exceed five hundred thousand dollars, the commonwealth shall reimburse high a-hooi"^
4 it, subject to the following section, for the whole amount paid by it for 189*212
5 such school year for tuition under section six; if said \-aluation exceeds k^lII^sV'
6 five hundred thousand dollars but not one million dollars, the reim- JS'^f'toy'
7 bursement shall be for three fourths of said amount; and if said valua- i?is! i9s!
8 tion exceeds one million dollars, the reimbursement shall be one half 1 op. a. g. 427.
9 of said amount. 2 Op. a. g. 75, 9s.
1 Section 9. No town shall receive any reimbursement for a school ^'^jecdveTo^
2 year under sections five and eight if its valuation for its fiscal year pre- reimburse-
3 ceding said school year, divided by the net average membership of its i902,'433.
4 public schools as defined by section five of chapter seventy for the school 1911! 537!
5 year preceding the year for which reimbursement is claimed, exceeds the §§ e.'s. '
6 corresponding quotient for the commonwealth.
1 Section 10. If the school committee of a town of less than five hun- state reim-
2 dred families or householders not maintaining a public high school offer- snSuowns"
3 ing four years of instruction, pays, with the approval of the department, ph'ysSy dL-
4 for the instruction of a pupil who by reason of physical disability is ^^'i|J wsa't.
704
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[Ch.\p. 71.
unable to attend a high school in another town, the commonwealth 5
shall reimburse the town therefor under the same conditions and to the 6
same amount as for tuition in such a high school, and for transportation 7
thereto, but not exceeding one hundred dollars a year in lieu of tuition 8
plus one dollar and fifty cents per week of actual instruction in lieu of 9
transportation. 10
High school
defined for
purposes of
state reim-
Section 11. For the purposes of the six preceding sections, a "high 1
school" is defined as that part of the school system which furnishes in- 2
struction in addition to that offered in the first eight grades and other 3
than vocational instruction directly aided by the commonwealth. 4
Teachers in
certain high
schools to
hold certifi-
cates.
1911,375, § 1.
Section 12. No person shall be eligible to teach in a high school on 1
accoimt of which reimbiu-sement is made by the commonwealth under 2
section five who does not hold a high school teacher's certificate issued 3
by the department as provided in section five of chapter sLxty-nine. 4
Commercial
Spanish in
high schools.
191S, 200.
Section 13. In every publi^ high school having not less than one 1
hundred and fifty pupils and offering a commercial course of study, com- 2
mercial Spanish shall be taught upon the MTitten recjuest of the parents 3
or guardians of not less than twenty pupils and the enrolment of not less 4
than twenty properly qualified pupils, provided said request is made, 5
and said enrolment is completed, before the preceding August first. 6
High school
districts.
1S48, 279,
«l-4.
G. S. 38,
§§ 3-6.
P. S. 44,
§§ 3-6.
R. L. 42,
§14-7.
1918, 257.
§§ 176, 177.
1919, 6;
292, § 1.
1920, 2.
Section 14. Two or more towns may vote to form a union high 1
school district, subject to the approval of the department, for the pur- 2
pose of establishing and maintaining a union high school. The manage- 3
ment and control of such school shall be vested in a committee, with all 4
the powers of school committees, composed of one member elected by 5
and from the school committee of each constituent town. The com- 6
mittee shall, with the approval of the department, determine the situation 7
of the schoolhouse. The proportion payable by each town for the erec- 8
tioii and maintenance of a permanent schoolhouse and for the support 9
of the school, including the transportation of pupils to such school when 10
necessary, unless otherwise agreed, shall be according to its proportion 11
of the county tax. 12
state reim-
bursement of
towns in high
school districts.
1918, 257,
§178.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 15. Every town where a union high school is situated shall 1
be reimbiu-sed by the commonwealth for the sums contributed to the 2
support of such school to the same amount and under the same con- 3
ditions as if said siuns had been expended to maintain a local high 4
school. Each other participating town shall so be reimbursed to the 5
same amount and under the same conditions as if its contribution had 6
been expended for the tuition of its pupils in another town. 7
Union schools.
1868, 278.
P. S. 44,
§§ 10, 11.
R. L. 42, § 8.
1919, 292, § 2.
103 Mass. 99.
Section 16. Two or more towns may severally vote to establish 1
union schools for the accommodation of such contiguous portions of each 2
as may be agreed upon. The management and control of such schools, 3
the situation of the schoolhouses therefor, and the apportionment of 4
the expenses of erecting such schoolhouses and of the support and 5
maintenance of said schools, and of all expenditm-es incident to the 6
same, shall be determined by the school committees of the participating 7
towns. 8
Chap. 71.] public schools. 705
1 Section 17. Every town of twenty thousand inliabitants shall main- Teaching
2 tain the teaching of manual training and household arts as part of both tra^tnglind
3 its elementary and its high school program of studies. i894, 47:. household arts.
1898, 496, § 4. R. L. 42, § 9. 1919, 292, § 3.
1 Section 18. Any town may, and every town in which tliere are Evening
2 issued during any year certificates authorizing tlie emplo\'ment of is7o?24s, § 2
3 twenty or more persons who do not possess the educational cjualifications fjg| *i-,j^ K
4 enumerated in section one of chapter seventy-six, shall maintain for not ^^f ^^s. § s.
5 less than forty evenings during the following school year an evening ignisgo.
6 school or schools for the instruction of persons over fourteen years of § 179. ^ '
7 age in orthography, reading, writing, the English language and grammar, 192a 2.
8 geography, arithmetic, industrial drawing, both free hand and mechanical,
9 the history of the United States, physiology and hygiene and good be-
10 havior. Such other subjects may be taught as the school committee
11 considers expedient.
1 Section 19. Every city of fifty thousand inhabitants shall maintain Evening high
2 annually an evening high school, in which shall be taught such subjects l886°236, § 1.
3 as the school committee considers expedient, if fiftv or more residents, i^^T^'fS^ilS-
4 fourteen years or over, competent ni the opinion of the committee to
5 pursue high school studies, shall petitiun in WTiting for an evening high
6 school and certify that they flesire to attend.
1 Section 20. The school committee shall, two weeks next before the Notices as to
2 opening of each term of the evening schools, post in three or more public feeiof^"^""^^'
3 places in the town notice of the situation of said schools, the date of the is87"4*33,°§ 4.
4 beginning of the term, the evenings of the week on which they will be ^91^3^^ ^^'
5 in session, such regulations as to attendance as it deems proper, and the
6 provisions of section ninety-five of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.
7 It may require from each student, not bound by law to attend, an
8 advance payment not exceeding one dollar, which may, at its discretion,
9 be paid into the town treasury to be credited to the school appropriation,
10 or be returned wholly or in part at such time and under such conditions
11 as the committee determines.
continuation schools.
1 Section 21. Every town wliich has accepted chapter three hundred Ehooi"""*'""
2 and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, and jg}g'|^f' |}-
3 in which, in any year, two hundred or more minors under sLxteen are ^'s- 1'. 3. i i. '
4 employed not less than six hours per day by authority of employment i&.
5 certificates or home permits described in section one of chapter seventy-
6 six, exclusive of minors employed only during vacations, shall, and any
7 other town which has accepted said chapter, may, through its school
8 committee, local board of trustees for vocational education, or both,
9 establish at the beginning of the next school year and maintain continua-
10 tion schools or courses of instruction for the education of such minors,
11 and for such others as may be required to attend under section twenty-
12 five. The said schools or courses shall be in session the same number of
13 weeks in each year as the local high schools, and the sessions shall be
14 between the hours of eight in the morning and five in the afternoon of
15 any working days except Saturday.
706
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 71.
Compulsory
attendance at
continuation
schools.
1913, 805. § 1.
1919,311, § 1,
els. 2, .3.
Op. A. G. (1920)
108.
Utilization
of existing
educational
facilities.
1919,311,
§ 1, cl.4.
State reim-
bursement for
continuation
schools.
1913, 805,
§§2,3.
1919,311, § 2.
Minors work-
ing elsewhere
than in town
of residence
temporarily
unemployed.
1913, 805, § 4.
1919,311,
§ 3, cl. 1.
Sectiox 22. Every minor described in the preceding section shall, 1
subject to the laws relating to the public schools, attend said schools or 2
courses in the town of his employment for not less than four hours per 3
week; but the attendance of minors M'ho have been required to attend 4
continuation schools, and are temporarily out of employment or busi- 5
ness, shall be for not less than twenty hours per week, if said schools or 6
courses are so long in session. Instruction in the regular schools may and 7
upon application of the parent or guardian shall be accepted as equivalent 8
to that required by this section and section twenty-five. 9
Section 23. In the establishment and conduct of said schools or 1
courses, a town may take advantage of established educational agencies, 2
and may utilize any suitable quarters approved by the department; but, 3
when established, the said schools or courses shall be a part of the public 4
school system of the town. 5
Section 24. Towns maintaining such schools or courses as are ap- 1
proved by the department as to organization, control, situation, equip- 2
ment, courses of study, qualifications of teachers, methods of instruc- 3
tion, conditions of admission, employment of pupils and expenditures 4
of money, shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for one half the 5
sum raised by local taxation and expended for their maintenance. 6
Section 25. Any minor under sixteen who has been regularly em- 1
ployed in a town other than that of his residence, and who is temporarily 2
unemployed, may be required, under conditions approved by the de- 3
partment, to attend a continuation school or course in the town of his 4
residence. 5
Penalty on
town neglecting
to raise funds
for continua-
tion schools.
1919,311, § 6.
Section 2(1. A town required by section twenty-one to establish and 1
to maintain continuation schools or courses which refuses or neglects to 2
appropriate money necessary therefor, shall forfeit from funds due it 3
from the commonwealth a sum equal to twice that estimated by the de- 4
partment as necessary properly to provide for the same. A sum equal 5
to three fifths of such forfeiture shall be paid by the state treasurer to 6
the school committee of the delinquent town, and the committee shall 7
expend the same for such establishment and maintenance to the same 8
extent as if it had been regularly appropriated by the town therefor. 9
Free lecturer
1893, 208.
1900, 166.
R. L. 42, § 14.
Vacation
schools.
1899, 246.
R. L. 42, I 1.5.
Female
assistants.
1839, 56, § 1.
G. S. 38, § 9.
P. S. 44, § 14.
miscellaneous provisions.
Section 27. The school committee may employ competent persons 1
to deliver lectures on the natural sciences, history, and kindred subjects, 2
and may provide cards or pamphlets giving the titles and authors of books 3
of reference on the subject matter of said lectures contained in the local 4
public libraries. 5
Section 28. The school committee may establish and maintain 1
schools to be kept open for the whole or any part of the summer vaca- 2
tion; but attendance thereon shall not be compulsory or be considered 3
as a part of the school attendance required by law. 4
Section 29. In every public school having a membership of fifty 1
pupils or more, one or more female assistants shall be employed unless 2
the town votes otherwise. R- l. 42, § 17. 3
Chap. 71.] public .schools. 707
1 Section 30. The president, professors and tutors of the university Duty of in-
2 at Cambridge and of the several colleges, all preceptors and teachers of coiieges,%'tc.
3 academies and all other instructors of youth shall e.xert their best en- ^ygg- 11% ^4^'
4 deavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to R^s'23^5 7^'
5 their care and instruction the principles of piety and justice and a sacred Sf- ??• | j9-
6 regard for truth, love of their country, humanity and universal benevo- R l 42, § is.
7 lence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and tem- " ^°'
8 perance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human so-
9 ciety and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded; and
10 they shall endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will
1 1 admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above mentioned
12 virtues to preserve and perfect a republican constitution and secure the
13 blessings of liberty as well as to promote their future happiness, and
14 also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices.
1 Section 31. A portion of the Bible shall be read daily in the public Bible to be
2 schools, without written note or oral comment ; but a pupil whose parent i82'6,'i43!'§°7'^'
3 OF guardian informs the teacher in writing that he has conscientious issl'.lia ^^'
4 scruples against it, shall not be required to read from any particular fgel' H' ^ ^'''
5 version, or to take any personal part in the reading. The school com- W^'jlK 3,
6 mittee shall not purchase or use in the public schools school books favor- R- l- 42, § 19.
7 ing the tenets of any particular religious sect. 12 Alien. 127.
1 Section 32. In all the public schools the last regular session, or a Observance of
2 portion thereof, prior to May thirtieth, known as Memorial Day, shall is9o!Tn. "^^
3 be devoted to patriotic exercises. R. l. 42, § 20.
1 Section 33. No person shall, in the presence of a pupil in any public vivisection
2 school, practice vivisection, or exhibit a vivisected animal. Dissection ?"Kuiater*'°"
3 of dead animals or any portions thereof in such schools shall be confined r.^l! w.^'i 21,
4 to the class room and to the presence of pupils engaged in the study to
5 be promoted thereby, and shall in no case be for the purpose of exhibi-
6 tion. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less
7 than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
1 Section 34. Towns shall raise by taxation money necessary for the Forfeiture for
2 support of public schools as required by this chapter. For refusal or to^raise^money
3 neglect so to do a town shall forfeit to the county an amount equal to c'^l'^i37'*305
4 twice the highest sum ever before voted for the support of the schools J^oi-l' 10 1 1
5 in the town, or for refusal or neglect to choose a school committee or to i7is-i9, 2.'
6 comply for one year with section sixty -eight, it shall forfeit not less than §§,b.'7. '
7 five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Three fourths of any §§"4,' 10, ig.
8 forfeiture so recovered shall be paid by the coiuity treasurer to the school ^"l.'iif'
9 committee, if any, otherwise to the selectmen of the delinquent town, ilsg'.lls^"'^''
10 who shall expend it for the support of the schools thereof as if regularly cf^gyg^s? 12
1 1 appropriated by the town therefor. i87i, 143. 14, is; 36.
school committees.
1 Section 35. In cities where no other provision is made in the charter Commence-
2 thereof, the term of office of members of the school committee shall i846, 223,^§°i.
3 begin at the same time with that of the members of the city council. fsel.m? ^°'
p. S. 44, § 25. R. L. 42. § 25.
708
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 71.
Secretary.
Records.
1838, 105. § 3
G. S. 38, § 22.
RL 42^26 proceedings shall be recorded
Section 36. The school committee shall appoint a secretary who
shall keep a permanent record book, in which all its votes, orders and
Duties of
school com-
mittee.
G. S. 38, 1 16.
P. S. 44,
§§7,21.
1883, 174, § 2.
1886, 236, I 2.
1898, 496, § 6.
R. L, 42, § 27.
1918, 257,
§180.
Committee to
contract with
teachers.
1838, 105. § 2.
1859, 60.
G. S. 38, § 23.
P. S. 44, § 28.
Inquiry as to
religion or
pohtics of can-
didates for
teachers
forbidden.
1917, 84.
4 Op. A. G. 418.
Minimum
salary for
teachers.
1918, 197.
Section .37. It shall have general charge of all the public schools,
including the evening schools and e\-ening high schools, and of vocational
schools and departments when not otherwise provided for. It may
determine, subject to this chapter, the number of weeks and the hours
during which such schools shall be in session, and may make regulations
as to attendance therein. i9i9. 5.
23 Pick. 224.
5 Cush. 198.
12 Gray, 61.
10 Allen, 149.
12 Allen, 127.
105 Mas
s. 475.
116 Mas
s. 365.
157 Mas
a. 561.
181 Mas
s. 127.
193 Mas
5. 294.
1920, 2.
195 Mass. 29.
216 Mass. 19.
221 Mass. 427.
229 Mass. 304.
3 Op. A. G. 37.
Section 38. It shall elect and contract with the teachers of the public
schools, shall require full and satisfactory evidence of their moral char-
acter, and shall ascertain their qualifications for teaching and their ca-
pacity for the government of schools. is9i. 159. 1394, 329, § 4.
■ R. L. 42, § 28. 4 Cush. 599. _ 9 Allen. 94. 98 Mass. 587.
Section 39. No public school committee or official shall inquire con-
cerning, or require or solicit from an applicant for a position in the public
schools any information as to, his religious belief, creed or practice, or his
political opinions or affiliations; and no appointment to such a position
shall be in any manner affected thereby. Violation of this section shall
be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Section 40. In towns whose taxable A^aluation exceeds one million
dollars, the compensation of every teacher employed in any public day
2 Op a' g' 240 school, except persons in training or temporary substitutes, shall be at
the rate of not less than five hundred and fifty dollars for the school year
in such school.
Tenure of
teachers.
1886, 313.
R. L. 42, § 32.
1914. 714,
§§ 1.7,8.
1918, 257,
§ 182.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Discharge of
teachers.
1844, 32.
G. S. 38, § 25.
P. S. 44, § 30.
R. L. 42. §31,
1914,714,
§§2,4,5,7,8.
12 Gray, 339.
9 Allen, 94.
123 Mass. 545.
236 Mass. 5.
Section 41. Every school committee, except in Boston, in electing a
teacher or superintendent, who has served in its public schools for the
three previous consecutive school years, other than a union or district
superintendent, shall employ him to serve at its discretion; but any
school committee may elect a teacher who has served in its schools for not
less than one school year to serve at such discretion.
Section 42. The school committee may dismiss any teacher, but in
every town except Boston no teacher or superintendent, other than a 2
union or district superintendent, shall be dismissed xmless by a two 3
thirds vote of the whole committee. In every such town a teacher or 4
superintendent employed at discretion under the preceding section shall 5
not be dismissed unless at least thirty days prior to the meeting, exclusive 6
of customary vacation periods, at which the vote is to be taken, he shall 7
have been notified of such intended vote, nor unless, if he so recjuests, he 8
shall have been given a statement by the committee of the reasons for 9
■which his dismissal is proposed ; nor unless, in the case of a teacher, the 10
superintendent shall have given the committee his recommendations 11
thereon. Neither this nor the preceding section shall aff'ect the right of a 12
committee to suspend a teacher or superintendent for unbecoming con- 13
duct, or to dismiss a teacher whenever an actual decrease in the number 14
Chap. 71.] pi'blic schools. 709
lr> of pupils in the schools of the town renders such action advisable. No
IG teacher or superintendent who has been lawfully dismissed shall receive
17 compensation for services rendered thereafter, or for any period of law-
18 ful suspension followed by dismissal.
1 Section 43. The salary of no teacher employed in any town except Reduction
2 Boston to serve at discretion shall be reduced without his consent except iqh, m.
3 by a general salary revision affecting equally all teacliers of the same ^' '
4 salary grade in the town. The salary of no superintendent so employed
5 shall be reduced without his consent imtil at least one year after the
6 committee has so voted.
1 Section 44. No committee shall by rule, regulation, or otherwise. Teachers not
2 restrict any teacher in, or dismiss him for, exercising his right of suffrage, *„ t'he eMrcL'e'^
3 signing nomination papers, petitioning the general coiu^t or appearing "/gfitg'"'"
4 before its committees, to the extent that such rights, except A'oting, are '^'3, 62s
5 not exercised on the school premises during school hom-s, or when their
6 exercise would actually interfere ^vith the performance of school duties.
1 Section 45. No person shall demand or accept from any applicant Fees for pro- ^
2 for the position of teacher in the public schools a fee or other compensa- positions
3 tion exceeding two dollars, and no additional sum shall be charged to ignrrsi!
4 cover expenses or for any other reason, except that fiuther compensation, op'a^'g.
5 not exceeding five per cent of the teacher's salary for the first year, pro- '•^'■''"^ ^*-
6 vided the position is open to the teacher for said period, may be charged
7 for procuring such position. Violation of this section shall be punished
8 by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.
1 Section 46. The school committee of every town shall annually ascer- instruction ot
2 tain, under regulations prescribed by the department and the commis- teSed chi^idren.
3 sioner of mental diseases, the number of children three years or more Is'se.'VV/so!''^'
4 retarded in mental development in attendance upon its public schools, or
5 of school age and resident therein. At the beginning of each school year,
6 the committee of every town where there are ten or more such children
7 shall establish special classes for their instruction according to their
8 mental attainments, under regulations prescribed by the department.
1 Section 47. The committee may supervise and control all athletic committee
2 and other organizations composed of public school pupils and bearing "1^61^"^^^
3 the school name or organized in connection therewith. It may directly organizatfons.
4 or through an authorized representative determine under what condi- J^°J'|j^-
5 tions the same may comj>ete with similar organizations in other schools. 1919.292, §4.
6 Expenditures by the committee for the supervision of play and games on
7 laud under the committee's control, or for the equipment thereof, shall
8 be deemed to be for a school purpose.
1 Section 48. The committee shall, at the expense of the town, pur- Textbooks and
2 chase textbooks and other school supplies, and, under such regulations as prodded'" ^
3 to their care and custody as it may prescribe, shall loan them to the }|f 5; I3I; ^ ^'
4 pupils free of charge. If instruction is given in the manual and domestic Hlf 23®'
5 arts, it may so purchase and loan the necessary tools, implements and ^^^ **^^ *°-
6 materials. It shall also, at like expense, procure such apparatus, refer- isss! lei, § 2.
7 ence books and other means of illustration, as may be needed.
R. L. 42, §§ 33, 37. 13 Pick. 229. 1S7 Mass. 436.
710
PtTBLIC SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 71.
Purchase of
textbooks by
pupils.
1001, 472.
K. L. 42,
1919, 292,
36,
Section 49. Pupils in the public schools may, if the committee so 1
votes, purchase from the town, under such regulations as the committee 2
may prescribe, any textbooks which are to be, or have been, used by 3
them in such schools. 4
Change of
school books.
1S59, 93. § 2.
G. S. 38. § 28.
1863, 126.
1867, 155.
1876, 47, § 2.
P. S. 44, § 34.
Exhibition
school wor
exposition;
1904, 172.
of
Section 50. A change may be made in the school books used in the 1
public schools by a vote of two thirds of the whole school committee at 2
a meeting thereof, notice of such intended change having been given at a 3
previous meeting. R. l 42, § ss. 4
Section 51. The school committee may, at any national, state, or 1
foreign exposition, make an exhibition showing the character, standing, 2
or work of its public schools. 3
Compensation
of committee.
Members
ineligible to
serve as
teacher, super-
intendent, etc.
1838, 105, § 4.
1854, 314.
1856, 232.
G. S. 38,
§§ 34, 35.
1873, 157.
P. S. 44,
§§ 42, 43.
1888, 431. § 5.
1898, 466, I 5.
School
physicians.
1906, 602, §
1910, 257, I
Section 52. The school committee shall ser^-e without compensa- 1
tion, except that in a town recjuired to belong to a superintcndency union 2
which votes to compensate the committee, its members shall each be paid 3
two dollars and fifty cents a day for the time actually de\-oted to their 4
official duties, and such additional compensation as the town may allow. 5
No member of a school committee in any town shall be eligible to the 6
position of teacher, or superintendent of public schools therein, or in any 7
union school or superintcndency union or district in which his town 8
participates. R- L- 42, § 39. wcm, 173. 9
Section 53. The school committee shall appoint one or more school 1
physicians, shall assign one to each public school within its jurisdiction, 2
shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their 3
duties and shall assign one or more to the examination of cliildren who 4
apply for health certificates required by section eighty-seven of chapter 5
one hundred and forty-nine, but in cities where the medical inspection 6
hereinafter prescribed is substantially provided by the board of health, 7
said board shall appoint and assign the school physicians. 8
Physical
examination
of pupils,
teachers and
janitors.
1906, 502, J 2.
1910, 257, § 2.
Section 54. Every school physician shall make a prompt examina- 1
tion and diagnosis of all children referred to him as hereinafter provided, 2
and such further examination of teachers, janitors and school build- 3
ings as in his opinion the protection of the health of the pupils may re- 4
quire. Every such physician who is assigned to perform the duty of 5
examining children who apply for health certificates shall make a prompt 6
examination of e\ery child who wishes to obtain an emplo\-ment certifi- 7
cate, as provided in section eighty-seven of chapter one hundred and forty- 8
nine, and who presents to said physician the pledge or promise of the 9
employer, as provided in said section; and the physician shall certify in 10
writing whether or not in his opinion such child is in sufficiently sound 11
health and physically able to perform the work described in said pledge or 12
promise. 13
Examination
of certain
pupils.
1906, 502, § 3.
Section 55. The school committee shall cause to be referred to a
school physician for examination and diagnosis every child returning to
school without a certificate from the board of health after absence on
account of illness or from unkno\\'n cause, and every child who shows
signs of ill health or of suft'ering from infectious or contagious disease,
unless at once excluded from the school by the teacher. But in the case of
1
Chap. 71.] public schools. 711
7 schools remotely situated, the committee may make such other aiTange-
8 ments as may best accomplish the purposes of this section.
1 Section 56. The committee shall cause the parent or guardian to be Parent or
2 notified of any disease or defect from which any child is found to be suf- npti6ed°of°
3 faring, or of any defect or disability requiring treatment, ascertained iS^lbl,"^'
4 under the following section. A child showing s>anptoms of smallpox, H^, 5.
5 scarlet fever, measles, chicken-pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria or influenza,
6 tonsillitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies or trachoma, shall be sent
7 home immediately, or as soon as safe and proper conveyance can be
8 found; and the board of health shall at once be notified.
1 Section 57. The committee shall cause every child in the public Testing as to
2 schools to be separately and carefully testetl and examined at least once etl'^''"^^ '"*^'^*'
3 in every school year to ascertain defects in sight or hearing, and other §§°s,'|.°^'
4 physical defects tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his ^^'^^ ^^°' ^ ^°-
5 school work, or requiring a modification of the same in order to prevent
6 injury to the child or to secure the best educational results, and shall
7 require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the de-
8 partment may prescribe. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made
9 by the teachers, directions for which shall be prescribed by the depart-
10 ment of public health.
1 Section 58. The department, after consultation with the depart- Department to
2 ment of public health, shall prescribe and furnish to school committees cards, blanks,
3 suitable rules of instruction, test cards, blanks, record books anil other igor., 502, 1 e.
4 useful appliances for accomplishing the purposes of the fi\-e preceding Jgjg; 350; § 95
5 sections, and may amiually expend therefor a sum not exceecHng eight
6 hundred dollars, and shall provide for pupils in the normal schools instruc-
7 tion and practice in the best methods of testing the sight and hearing of
8 children.
1 Section 59. The school committee of a town not in a superintend- f"Peh'ods°''^°'
2 ency union or district shall employ a superintendent of schools and fix Election and
3 his compensation. A superintendent employed under this section or ism, 314.
4 section sixty or sixty-three shall be the executive oSicer of the commit- cj/s.'ss, § 33.
5 tee, and under its general direction, shall have the care and supervision 1370! 117!
6 of the public schools, shall assist it in keeping its records and accounts Jfyf; In.
7 and in making such reports as are required by law, and shall recom- fjfg ^'gj^ 1%
8 mend to the committee teachers, textbooks, and courses of study. is^s. *66, § 5.
1 Section 60. Two or more towns may, by vote of each, form a dis- District super-
2 trict for the purpose of employing a superintendent of public schools isto, iss,'
3 therein, who shall aramally be appointed by a joint committee composed f.^ g' I4,
4 of the chairman and secretary of the school committee of each of the said |j^ f^'^i/
5 towns. The committee shall determine the relative amoimt of service ^§ *j^ 42.
6 to be performed by liim in each towai, fix his salary, apportion the amount (i«i9) ss-
7 thereof to be paid by each to\ui and certify the same to each town
8 treasurer.
1 Section 61. The school committees of two or more to\nis, each hav- Union of
2 ing a valuation less than two million fi-\'e hundred thousand dollars, and emiUoynient
3 having an aggregate maximum of fifty, and an aggregate minimum of ?endent,'°
712
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 71.
1893. 200,
§§ 1,3.
1898, 466,
l§ 1, 2, 6.
1900, 248,
R. L. 42,
§§ 43,47.
1911, 399.
1912. 114.
1 Op. A. G
2 Op. A. G
468.
twenty-five, schools, and the committees of four or more such towns, 4
ha\"ing said maximum but iiTespecti\'e of said minimum, shall form a 5
iniion for employing a superintendent of schools. A to\\'n whose valiia- 6
j 2. tion exceeds said amount, may participate in such a union but otherwise 7
subject to this section. Such a union shall not be dissolved except by 8
vote of the school committees representing a majoi-ity of the participat- 9
i|7. ing townis with the consent of the department, nor by reason of any change 10
in valuation or the number of schools. 4 Op. a. g. 323. op. a. g. (1919) 59. 11
Formation or
readjustment
of unions by
department.
1903, 299.
Section 62. The department may form or readjust such unions 1
whene^■er it becomes necessary to include one or more towns otherwise 2
unable to comply with the preceding section, and in so doing may dis- 3
regard the minimum number of schools prescribed therein, but no such 4
readjustment shall deprive a town of its right to aid under section 5
sixtv-five. G
Joint com-
mittee.
Organization
and duties.
1S88, 431, 5 2.
1893, 200, I 2.
1898, 466, I 2.
R. L. 42, § 44.
1911, 384; 399.
1912, 114.
170 Mass. 289.
176 Mass, 473.
2 Op. A. G. 468.
Op AG.
(1919)59, 116.
Section 63. The school committees of such towns shall, for the pur- 1
poses of the union, be a joint committee and shall be the agent of each 2
participating town, provided that any school committee of more than 3
three members shall be represented therein by its chairman and two of 4
its members chosen by it. The joint committee shall annually, in April, 5
meet at a day and place agreed upon by the chairmen of the constituent 6
committees, and shall organize by choosing a chairman and a secretary. 7
It shall employ for a three year term, a superintendent of schools, de- 8
termine the relative amount of service to be rendered by him in each 9
town, fix his salary, which shall not be reduced during his term, apportion 10
the payment thereof in accordance with section sixty-five among the 11
several towns and certify the respective shares to the several town treas- 12
urers. He may be removed, with the consent of the department, by a 13
two thirds vote of the full membership of the joint committee. 14
Salary of union
superintendent.
1888, 431, § 3.
1893, 200, § 3.
1898, 466, § 3.
R. L. 42, § 45.
1918, 109. § 1.
1920, 371.
Section 64. The salary of the superintendent in such a union shall be 1
not less than the amounts provided in the following schedule: twenty- 2
two hundred dollars for the first year of service, twenty-three hundred 3
dollars for the second year, twenty-four hundred dollars for the third year, 4
twenty-five hundred dollars for the fourth year. If his salary is not in 5
excess of twenty-nine hundred dollars, the union shall, and otherwise 6
may, reimburse liim for his actual traveling expenses incurred in the dis- 7
charge of his duties, but such reimbursement may be limited by the 8
committee to four hundred dollars a year. 9
state aid
to unions.
1888, 431, § 3.
1893, 200, § 3.
1898, 466,
§§ 3, 6, 8.
R. L. 42,
§§45,47,48.
1918, 109.
1920,371.
Section 65. \Vhen the chairman and secretary of the joint com- 1
mittee certify to the state auditor, on oath, that the towns unitedly 2
have employed a superintendent of schools for the year ending on June 3
thirtieth, and have complied with section sixty-tliree, a warrant shall, 4
upon the approval of the department, be drawn upon the state treas- 5
urer for the payment of two thirds of the sum of the following amounts: 6
(1) the amount paid to the superintendent as salary not including 7
any such amount in excess of twenty-five hundred dollars, and (2) the 8
amount reunbursed to the superintendent for traveling expenses not 9
including any such amount in excess of four hundred dollars. The 10
amount stated in the warrant shall be apportioned and distributed 11
among the towns forming the union in proportion to the amounts ex- 12
Chap. 71.] public schools. 713
13 pended by them for the salary and traveling expenses of the superin-
14 tendent; provided, that the amount apportioned to any town whose
15 valuation then exceeds three million five hundred thousand or to any
16 town whose valuation exceeded two million five hundred thousand at the
17 time of its entry into a union, shall be retained by the commonwealth.
1 Section 6G. The department shall not approve the claim to reim- Qualifications
2 bursement under the preceding section unless the superintendent, for tendentsin
3 the entire period of whose service such reimbursement is claimed, held uniona."^^''
4 a certificate of the department certifying to his qualifications as deter- JgJi' Isf'
5 mined by examination or otherwise.
1 Section 67. A superintendent of schools who accepts any commis- Superintend-
2.j> ,. 12 l*li;i-x''j? enta forbidden
sion, lee, compensation, or reward or any kmd tor obtammg tor any to receive pay
3 person a position as teacher in the public schools shall be punished by p'Jjsitrons!"''^
4 a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. §§'3.' 4^^'
SCHOOLHOUSES.
1 Section 68. Every town shall provide and maintain a sufficient Towns to
2 number of schoolhouses, properly furnished and conveniently situated echooihouscs.
3 for the accommodation of all children therein entitled to attentl the pub- 1829] iie!
4 lie schools. If the distance between a child's residence and the school fssg, Iwf ^"'
5 he is entitled to attend exceeds two miles, and the school committee de- ^ g- gg
6 clines to fiu-nish transportation, the department, upon appeal of the f^^^j^'i^j
7 parent or guardian of the child, may require the town to furnish the Fj^I*'*,,
8 same for a part or for all of the distance. If said distance exceeds tliree R. l.'42.'§ 49.
9 miles, and the distance between the child's residence and a school in 1920! vs"'
10 an adjoining town giving substantially equivalent instruction is less 234 Mass.' 31^'
11 than three miles, and the school committee declines to pay for tuition in Sp'^.^^Gailio)
12 such nearer school, and for transportation in case the distance thereto -"■
,13 exceeds two miles, the department, upon like appeal, may require the Penalty, § 34.
14 town of residence to pay for tuition in, and if necessary provide for trans-
15 portation for a part or for the whole of said distance to, such nearer
16 school. The school committee, unless the town otherwise directs, shall
17 have general charge and superintendence of the schoolhouses, shall keep
IS them in good order, and shall, at the expense of the town, procure a suit-
19 able place for the schools, if there is no schoolhouse, and provide fuel
20 and all other things necessary for the comfort of the pupils.
1 Section 69. The school committee shall provide for each school- ^-^^^^ f ™"
2 house under its control, which is not otherwise supplied, a United States h^'l'^'II'Tso
3 flag of silk or bunting not less than four feet long, and suitable apparatus jaoS' |29-
4 for its display. The flag shall be displayed, weather permitting, on the 1919! 84. '
5 school building or grounds on every school day and on every legal holi-
6 day or day proclaimed by the governor or the president of the United
7 States for especial observance. On stormy school days, the flag shall
8 be displayed inside the building. Failure to comply with this section for
9 a period of five consecutive days by the principal or teacher in charge of a
10 school equipped as aforesaid shall be punished for every such period
11 by a fine of not more than five dollars. Failure of the committee to equip
12 a school as herein provided shall subject the members thereof to a like
13 penalty.
714
SCHOOL RKGISTEKS AXD RETfRXS.
[Chap. T2.
schooih"uses SECTION 70. A towii Hiav, at a town meeting, determine the situation
1826, 143, § io. of its schoolhoiises, and adopt all necessary measures to purchase and
?.• 8:^23/ procure land therefor, as provided in section fourteen of chapter forty.
1848, 237. P. S. 44, § 47. 109 Mass. 206.
1859, 252, § 4. R. L. 42, § 51. 117 Mass. 384, 393.
G. S. 38, § 37. 10 Gray, 40. 137 Mass. 235.
( 28, 32.
PubUo use
of school
property.
.1911,367, § 1.
1912, 157; 320,
§§1,2.
1913, 391.
1914, 538.
234 Mass. 31.
Section 71. For the purpose of promoting the usefulness of public 1
school property the school committee of any town may conduct such 2
educational and recreational activities in or upon school property under 3
its control, and, subject to such regulations as it may establish, and, con- 4
sistently and without interference with the use of the premises for school 5
purposes, shall allow the use thereof by individuals and associations for 6
such educational, recreational, social, civic, philanthropic and like pur- 7
poses as it deems for the interest of the community. This section shall 8
not apply to Boston. 9
pupils and
teachers.
1913, 575, §
Section 72. The school committee may prepare and sell lunches at 1
one or more school buildings for the pupils and teachers of the public 2
schools at such prices as it deems reasonable. I9i9, 292, §§ 10, 21. 3
Closing of
school for
teachers'
meetings.
1919,292, § 11.
Section 73. The superintendent of schools may, unless the com- 1
mittee votes otherwise, direct the closing of schools under his supervision 2
in order that teachers may attend a meeting of a county association of 3
teachers or an institute, conference, or convention held under the direc- 4
tion of the department. 5
School funds
of corporations
1826^ Hsi'^sis. tion established in a town to manage any estate or funds given or obtained
§; I; 3I; I fg; for the purpose of supporting schools therein, or in any wise affect such
p. s. 44, § IS. estate or funds. R. l. 42, § 52.
Section 74. This chapter shall not affect the right of any corpora- 1
CHAPTER 72.
SCHOOL REGISTERS AND RETURNS.
Sect.
1. Commissioner of education to forward
forms, etc.
2. Registration of minors.
3. Certificate of chairman of scliool com-
mittee.
4. Report of school committee.
Sect.
5. Failure to file report in retumg. Ir-
regular returns. ,
6. Forfeitures by towns for failure to file
report and returns.
7. Penalty on committee.
8. School registers.
Commissioner
of education to
forward forms,
1837, 241, § 2.
1838. 105,
§§ 6-7.
1845, 100.
1846, 223, § 3.
1849, 65,
§§ 1, 2; 209.
1S50, 41.
G. S. 34,
fl 3,7; 40,
1,2.
-S. 41, ..
46, |§ 1, 2.
Section 1. The commissioner of education shall prepare and send
forms for the registration of minors required by section two, the school
registers, blank forms for school returns required by section three, and
the annual report of the department of education, as soon as ready for
distribution, to the superintendent of schools of each town, who shall,
on receipt thereof, deliver them to the several persons charged with duties
in connection therewith, and send to the commissioner a list of the
private schools in such town and the names of their principals. If said
Chap. 72.] school registers and returns. 715
10 forthwith notify the commissioner who shall thereupon transmit them iS98, 496,
11 to him. The commissioner shall also send the report of the department k. l'.39,§6;
12 to the chairman of each school committee.
1909, 457. §5 2-4. (•,. 1912, 3GS, §§ 1, 2. 1913,356. 1919, 350, § 57.
1 Section 2. The school committee of each town shall ascertain and Jf^'^j*"*'""
2 record the names, ages and such other information as may be required js-ie, 223. | 2.
3 by the department of education, of all minors residing therein between isss! 15.'
4 five and sixteen, and over sixteen who cannot read at sight and write 1874', 303, § 1.
5 legibly simple sentences in the English language. \Yhoever, in control p*™.'4^6,'
6 of any such minor, withholds information sought by a school committee fgol', 496, § lo.
7 or its agents under this section or makes a false statement relative thereto, ^°l- 1^^-^ 3
8 shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Attendance ;^}*.f«. I }■
rr^ 11 T . 1» 1 • 1 * I P 1916, 102, § 1.
9 officers, under the direction or the committee and superintendent 01 1919, 350, 1 50.
10 schools, shall have charge of the records required by this section, shall
11 be responsible for their completeness and accuracy, and shall ^ecei^•e the
12 co-operation of principals, teachers and supervisory officers in the dis-
13 charge of their duties hereunder. A card, as prescribed by the depart-
14 meiit, shall be kept for every child whose name is recorded hereunder.
15 Attendance officers shall compare the names of children enrolled in the
16 public and private schools with the names of those recorded as required
17 herein, and examine carefully into all cases where children of school age
18 are not enrolled in, and attending school, as required by section one of
19 chapter seventy-six.
20 The annual school committee report shall set forth the number of
21 children recorded as herein required, classified by ages, together with
22 the number attending public or private schools, and the number not
23 attending school, in any given j'ear.
24 The supervisory officers of all private schools shall, within thirty
25 days after the enrolment or registration of any child of compulsory
26 school age, report his name, age and residence to the superintentlent
27 of schools of the town where the child resides; and whenever a child
28 withdraws from a private school, such officers shall, within ten days,
29 notify said superintentlent.
1 Section 3. The superintendent of schools shall annually on or before Certificate of
2 July thirty-first transmit the school returns to the commissioner, signed Bch™Tcom-
3 and sworn to by him, containing the following information, together with ?826ri43, § 8.
4 any other information required by the commissioner in accordance with f^ fs^^l;
5 section one of chapter sixty-nine : j^^7, 227. ^^
6 First. The number of persons between the ages of five and seven, H'.^'l^s,'
7 the number between seven and fourteen, and the number between 1849, 117, § 1.
8 fourteen and sixteen, residing in the town April first last preceding the g. s.'4o,'
9 date of the certificate. ises, 142, § 2.
10 Second. The net average membership of the public schools of the town p%*'46°^' ^ ^•
11 for the school year last preceding the date of said certificate as determined ||g|' ^-^g
12 under section eight of this chapter and section five of chapter seventy. ^^9*j*^„^'
13 Third. The amount of money raised by taxation by the town, and i9oo,'i75.
14 expended during the fiscal year last preceding said date for the support §§4, '5. '
15 of public schools, including the wages of teachers, and transportation of §§ 3!'4^'^*'
16 children, or board in place thereof, fuel, the care of fires, schoolrooms }^}|; Hf^ ^ 2.
17 and school premises, repairs, super^•ision, textbooks and supplies, and J^js, ga ^ ^
18 school sundries or incidentals, but excluding alterations of school build- ^^J^'A?^' ^ ^'
19 ings, other than repairs, and construction of schoolhouses and contribu-
716
SCHOOL REGISTERS AXD RETURNS.
[Chap. 72.
tions for, and reimbursements on account of, the support of public schools 20
from the commonwealth or from other sources than local taxation; and 21
the total expenditures, classified, for the public schools during the school 22
j'ear last preceding said date. 2-3
Fourth. That the town has maintained during the school year last 24
preceding the said date each of its schools, as recjuired by section one of 2.5
chapter seventy-one, for a period of not less than one hundred and sixty 2(i
days, or for what shorter period one or more schools have been main- 27
tained, if specifically exempted by the department. 28
Fifth. That the town has, during said school year, complied with said 29
chapter seventy-one in the matter of high school instruction, and the 30
number of days such schools were in session. 31
Before filing said school returns, the superintendent shall submit 32
them to the chairman of the school committee, who shall countersign 33
them on oath, if, after examination, he finds them correct. 34
Report of
school com-
mittee.
1838, 105, § 1.
1846, 223, § 4.
1859, 57.
G. S. 40, § 6.
P. S. 46, § 8.
R. L. 43, § 6.
1912, 368, § 5.
11 Gray, 340.
101 Mass. 142.
Section 4. The committee shall annually make a detailed report
of the condition of the public schools, containing such statements or
suggestions relative thereto as it considers necessary or proper. It shall
cause said report to be printed, for the use of the inhabitants, in octavo,
pamphlet form, of the size of the annual reports of the department.
The superintendent of schools shall transmit two copies thereof to the
commissioner on or before April thirtieth, and shall deposit one copy in
the office of the town clerk.
Failure "to file
report in re-
turns. Irregu-
lar returns.
1853, 93,
§§1,2.
G. S. 40,
§§ 7, 8.
P. S. 46.
§§9.10.
1898, 496, § 20.
R. L. 43,
§§ 7, 8.
Section 5. If a superintendent of schools fails, within the prescribed
time, to make both the returns and the report required by law, the com-
missioner shall forthwith notify the chairman of the school committee
thereof, and he shall immediately transmit the same to him. If a return
is found to be irregular or incorrect, the commissioner shall forthwith
return it for correction, with a statement of all deficiencies therein, to
the committee or its agent, who shall promptly correct and return it.
1912,368, §§ 6,7.
Forfeitures by
towns for
failure to file
report and
returns.
1855, 93. I 3.
1859, 238.
G. S. 40, § 9.
P. S. 46, § 11.
1898,496, §21.
R. L. 43, § 9.
1912, 368, § S.
Section 6. A town whose report and returns do not reach the office 1
of the commissioner on or before August fifteenth shall forfeit ten per 2
cent of the sum to which it would otherwise be entitled under Part II 3
of chapter seventy; if they do not reach said office before September 4
first, the entire sum shall be retained by the state treasurer and added 5
to the principal of the school fund, or if the town is not entitled to any G
payment under said chapter, it shall forfeit to said fund two hundred 7
dollars. For cause, the commissioner may grant an extension of time to 8
anv town. 9
Penalty on
committee.
1847, 183, § 2.
1848, 173.
Section 7. A town suffering such a forfeiture through the default
of its school committee may witlihold the compensation of the committee.
G. S. 40, § 12. P. S. 46, § 14. R. L. 43, § 10.
School
registers.
1838, 105, § 6.
1849, 209.
G. S. 40, §1 5,
13.
P. S. 46, 5§ 6,
Section 8. The school committee shall cause school teachers to 1
faithfully keep the registers of attendance daily, and make due return 2
thereof to the school committee or to such person as it may designate. 3
No teacher shall receive payment for the two weeks preceding the close 4
of any term until the register, properly filled up and completed, is so 5
Chap. 73.
.ST.\TE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
717
6 returned. All registers shall be kept at the schools, and at all times during isos, 49g.
7 school hoiu's shall be open to the inspection of the committee, the super- r. l.'43,'§5 s,
8 intendent, the attendance officers, and the commissioner and agents of 1912.36s,
9 the department. In computing the average membership a pupil's name I Alien, 592.
10 shall be omitted when and only when it is known that he has withdrawn
11 from the school without intention of returning, or has been absent ten
12 consecutive school days; but the foregoing method of computation shall
1,3 not affect proceedings against habitual truants, absentees or school
14 offenders, or other persons, under section one of chapter seventy-six
15 or under sections three, four and five of chapter seventy-seven. A pupil
16 who is not present during at least half of a session shall be marked and
17 counted as absent for that session.
CHAPTER 73.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Sect.
1. Management of schools.
2. Agricultural education at North Adams
school.
3. Agreements as to practice and model
schools.
Sect.
4. Bonds of principals of schools.
5. Aid to students at schools.
6. Non-resident students may be received
in schools.
1 Section 1. The department of education, in this chapter called the Management
2 department, shall have general management of the state normal schools islg, 72,^§ 1.
Sat Barnstable, Bridgewater, Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, North }|fo;K».§^i'.
4 Adams, Salem, Westfield and Worcester, and the normal art school J||J;|*2f"^'
5 at Boston, wherever said schools may be hereafter located, and of any p^|j ^j^J 12.
6 other state normal schools hereafter established, and of boarding houses i889,' Res. 93.
7 connected therewith, and may direct the expenditure of money appropri- isqs! Res'. 91.'
8 ated for their maintenance.
1894, 457. R. L. 39, § 10. 1914, 781.
1895, 345. 1912, 79. 1919, 350, §§ 56-6S.
1 Section 2. The department may provide for agricultiu-al education Agricultural
2 in the state normal school at North Adams. loos, 2.57, § 1. NS^Adams
school.
1 Section 3. North Adams, Fitchburg, Lowell and the town of Barn- Agreements
2 stable shall each make written agreements with the department to pro- and°m^o'^def"'^
3 vide suitable and sufficient school buildings and model and practice i894°457
4 schools in connection with the training departments of state normal f|96'^i33
5 schools therein. The department may, if requested by towns near state S/^'|?^^ "•
6 normal schools, make written agreements with such towns for the main- § 176.
7 tenance of practice schools therein in connection with such state normal 1920! 2.
8 schools, and may provide for the payment of part of the compensation
9 of supervising teachers employed in such practice schools. This section
10 shall not prevent the establisliment and maintenance of model, practice,
11 or training schools in connection with state normal schools, with or with-
12 out the co-operation of local school authorities. All money payable
13 by towns under such agreements shall be paid to the commonwealth.
718
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
[Chap. 74.
Bonds of
principaU of
Section 4. Principals of state normal schools shall give bonds in such 1
penal sums as the state treasurer and the state auditor may prescribe, 2
conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties. 3
atschooi's! *°*^ Section 5. The department may annually expend, in semi-annual 1
1876! Res! 47! paymcuts, not more than four thousand dollars in aiding students in 2
Pi69 ~^^' state normal schools. 1919, 5. 1920, 2. 3
studen^smay SECTION 6. Upon payment of tuition fees the department may receive 1
iif schooia.'* students not residents of the commonwealth in state normal schools. 2
1902, Res. 65.
REFERENCE.
Todd normal school fund. Chap. 70, § 18.
CHAPTER 74.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
VOCATION.tL SCHOOLS.
1. Definitions.
2. Powers of commissioner.
3. Establishment by town. Election of
trustees.
4. District vocational schools.
5. Organization, administration and sup-
port of district vocational schools.
6. Advisory committees.
7. Admission of non-resident pupils.
8. Liability for tuition of non-resident
pupil.
9. Reimbursement for maintenance of
certain schools.
10. Reimbursement for tuition fees.
11. Reimbursement of certain counties and
cities.
12. Reimbursement for maintenance of
agricultural departments in high
schools.
13. Day, part time and evening classes.
14. Practical art classes.
15. Schools for gardening, poultry raising,
(5tc.
16. Advertisement of purpose of school.
17. Taking or leasing of land for schools.
18. Classes for teachers in continuation or
vocational schools.
19. Co-operation with federal vocational
educational board.
20. State treasurer to be custodian.
21. Disposal of federal funds.
22. Powers of commissioner in disposal of
federal funds.
23. Independent industrial shoemaking
school of the city of Lynn. Trus-
tees. Maintenance.
Sect.
24. Smith's agricultural school,
intendents.
Super-
COtJNTY AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.
25. Certain county agricultural schools to
be approved vocational schools.
26. Appointment of trustees. Tenure.
27. Trustees to serve without compensa-
tion. E.\penses to be paid.
28. Estimates of expense of maintenance
to be made by trustees.
29. Amounts to be raised by taxation.
Payment to trustees on requisition.
30. Disposition of income from tuition, etc.
31. Power to receive gifts.
32. Non-residents to be admitted.
33. Free tuition to residents of county.
34. Special provisions as to Bristol county
agricultural school.
35. Character of instruction.
36. Short unit courses.
37. Special duties of teachers.
38. Half fare on street railways for students.
TRAINING AN0 INSTRUCTION OF DISABLED
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
39. Training, etc., of disabled soldiers and
40. Governor may transfer facilities to the
department of education.
41. Lease of hospitals, etc., to United
States.
TEXTILE SCHOOLS.
42. Certain textile schools to be state in-
stitutions.
43. Trustees may hold property in trust.
Chap. 74.!
VOCATIONAL EDUCATIOX.
719
insure buildings and
Sect.
44. Annual report.
45. Trustees may
contents.
46. Rate of tuition for non-resident pupils.
47. What degrees may be granted at
Lowell textile school.
48. City of Lowell may provide scholar-
Sect.
NAUTICAL SCHOOL.
49. Commissioners to provide and main-
tain a nautical school.
50. Commissioners may- receive vessels
from the United States.
5L Advance to nautical school for cruises.
52. Towns may maintain nautical schools.
53. Annual report.
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
1 Section 1. The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have Definitions.
2 the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: §§ i.'s.'q.'
3 "Agricidtural education", vocational education fitting pupils for i9i5;266!
4 occupations connected with agriculture, the care of tlomestic animals, \^^^- ^p- '^'•
5 forestry and other wage earning or productive work on farm land. ss'u^fl'
6 "Approved", approved by the commissioner of education as to organ-
7 ization, control, location, equipment, courses of study, qualifications of
8 teachers, methods of instruction, conditions of admission, employment '
9 of pupils and expenditures.
10 "Commissioner", the commissioner of education.
11 "Evening class", in an industrial school, a class giving instruction for
12 pupils employed during the working day, and which, to be called voca-
1.3 tional, must deal with and relate to the day employment, subject, how-
14 ever, to section one of chapter two hundred and six of the General Acts
15 of nineteen hundred and eighteen.
16 "Household arts education", vocational education fitting pupils for
17 occupations connected with the household.
IS "Independent agricultural school", either a distinctive organization
19 of courses, pupils and teachers designed for agricultural education, or a
20 separate agricultural tlepartment in a high school, offering as elective
21 work education in agriculture approveti as vocational.
22 "Independent household arts school", a vocational school for develop-
2-3 ing capacity for cooking, housework and other domestic occupations.
24 "Independent industrial, agricultural or household arts school", an
25 appro\'ed distinctive organization of courses, pupils and teachers for all
26 the t^'jjes of vocational education herein defined.
27 "Industrial education", vocational education fitting pupils for trades,
28 crafts, and manufactiuing pursuits, including occupations of girls and
29 women in workshops.
30 "Net maintenance sum", the total sum raised by taxation and e.x-
31 pended for maintaining appro^•ed local or district independent industrial
32 and household arts schools and independent agricultural schools, other
33 than departments in high schools, less the amount of tuition claims, paid
34 or not, and receipts from the labor of pupils and sale of products; pro-
(35 vided, that in the case of Smith's agricultural school there shall be
36 added to the sum raised by local taxation the sum annually received by
37 the city of Northampton from the Smith charities and expended for the
38 maintenance of the school.
39 "Part time class", a vocational class in an industrial, agricultural, or
40 household arts school for pupils giving part of their working time to profit-
41 able employment, and part to the class when in session, if the instruc-
42 tion so received is complementary to the employment.
43 "Practical art class", a separate day or a separate evening class in
44 household and other practical arts.
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
[Chap. 74.
Powers of
commissioner.
1906, 505, § 2.
1911, 471,
§§2, 11.
"Vocational education", education of which the primary purpose is to 45
fit pupils for profitable emplo>Tnent. 4G
Section 2. The commissioner shall investigate and promote in- 1
dustrial, agricultural and household arts education, and initiate and 2
superintend the establishment and maintenance of schools for the afore- 3
said forms of education. He shall supervise and approve such schools 4
as provided in sections one to thirty-seven, inclusive. 5
Establishment
by town.
Election of
trustees.
1872, 86.
P. S. 44, § 8.
R. L. 42, § 10,
Section 3. Towns may, through school committees or boards of 1
trustees elected for not more than fi\e years, and kno\\n as local trustees 2
for vocational education, establish and maintain independent industrial, 3
agricultural and household arts schools. 4
1900, 505, 55 .3. 8.
District
vocational
schools.
1906, 505, § 4.
1911, 471,
§§5, 11.
Organization,
administration
and support of
district voca-
tional schools.
1911,471, §5.
Section 4. Independent industrial, agricultural and household arts 1
schools may be established and maintained by districts composed of two 2
or more towns, tlirough boards to be known as district trustees for vo- 3
cational education, consisting either of the chairman and two other mem- 4
bers of the school committees of each town, to be appointed by such 5
committees, or of three residents of each, to be elected by the towns. 6
Section 5. District trustees under the preceding section shall 1
adopt, for one year or more, plans of organization, administration and 2
support of such schools, which shall be binding on the towns made parties 3
thereto, and shall not be altered or annulled except by two tliirds votes 4
of such trustees, with the consent of the commissioner. 5
rol^^tTees. SECTION G. Local and district trustees for vocational education, ad-
1911, 471, § 6. ministering approved industrial, agricultural or household arts schools,
shall, under a scheme approved by the commissioner, appoint advisory
committees composed of representatives of local trades, industries and
occupations, which shall consult with and advise the trustees or other
officials managing and supervising such schools.
non-resident
pupils.
1908, 572, I 4
1911, 471,
Section 7. Residents of towns in the commonwealth not maintain- 1
ing approved independent industrial, agricultural or household arts 2
schools offering the type of education desired, or children placed in such 3
1919', 291 (o). a town by the commissioner of public welfare or by the trustees of the 4
4 0p. A.G. 166. ]\jassachusetts training schools, may, in the sole discretion of the com- 5
missioner, be admitted to a school in another town. In making his de- 6
cision, the commissioner shall take into consideration the opportunities 7
for free vocational training wdiere the applicant resides, the financial 8
status of such place, the age, sex, preparation, aptitude and previous 9
record of the applicant, and other relevant circumstances. 10
taftion*of'°'^ Section 8. A town where a person resides who is admitted to the 1
non-resident school of another town under the preceding section shall pay a tuition 2
i9ii' 47i' ^ *' ^^^ ^^ ^^ fixed by the commissioner, and in default of payment shall be 3
§§7,'ii. ' liable therefor in contract to such other town. 1912, 587, i s, ci. 2. 4
Sent'for m'ain- SECTION 9. The commoHwealth shall annually pay one half the net 1
ccrtain^^hoois maintenance sura to towns maintaining approved local or district inde- 2
1906, 505, § 6.' pendent industrial, agricultural or household arts schools, except agri- 3
1911,' 471,' cultural departments in high schools. 4
§ 9, cl. 1, § 11. ^ °
nient for
fees.
ClIAP. 74.] VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. 721
1 Section 10. The commonwealth shall pay to towns paying claims Reimbu
2 for tuition under section eight, one half the sums expended, except that tmtion°L
3 the whole amount expended shall be so paid to towns paying such tuition I'g/cK s'
4 fees for children placed therein by the commissioner of public welfare or j^s'^i^l^
5 the trustees of the Massachusetts training schools. i^'iS' ^si (a).
1 Section 11. The counties of Bristol, Essex and Norfolk, and the Reimburse-
2 cities of Lynn and Northampton shall, so long as their respective schools J^rtain^
3 are approved, be reimbursed by the commonwealth as are towns imder IZTcltL
4 section nine. 1912, soc, § 3; 5S7, §§ 3. 4. 1914, 719, § 1.
1915, ISO, § S. 1910, ,Sp. 174, § S. 1917,170,5 1. 1918, Sp. 151, § 1.
1 Section 12. The commonwealth shall pay to towns maintaining Reimburse-
2 approved local or district independent agricultural schools consisting "enancrof"""
3 only of agricultiu-al departments in high schools two thirds of the salary dlpanm^nts
4 of the instructors therein. ion. 471, § 9, d. 2. 1917, oi. §1. iniiigh
schools.
1 Section 13. Independent industrial, agricultural and household °''i'' p''^!^ '™®
„ II rv • ••!• 1 •! evening
2 arts schools may oner mstruction in day, part tnne and evenmg classes. •■1?^^«^_
3 Attendance upon such day or part time classes shall be restricted to those i9i7! 215! § 5!
4 over fourteen years of age; and upon such evening classes, to those over ibioi^gS', §"i6.
5 sixteen years of age. ''^ '^''"*'^' **•
1 Section 14. Towns may, through school committees or trustees Practical art
2 for vocational education, establish and maintain household and other igfirioe.
3 practical art classes. If day classes only, or evening classes only, are {g}?; 215; 5 5.
4 established, they shall be open to women over sixteen jears of age; if
5 both day and evening classes are established the day classes shall be open
6 only to women over said age, and the evening classes .shall be open only
7 to women over sixteen years of age employed during the day. Such
8 classes may be established and maintained as approved state aided practi-
9 cal art classes under sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, so far as not
10 inconsistent therewith.
1 Section 15. Cities may establish and maintain schools for instruct- .sohoois for
2 ing families and individuals in day, part time or evening classes in poui™°*'
3 gardening, fruit growing, floriculture, poultry raising, animal husbandry, iluCtss'.'^i 1.
4 and other branches of agriculture and horticultiu-e. The location and l^sl^*'^'
5 organization thereof and the instruction given therein shall be subject }g™'5-
6 to the approval of the commissioner.
1 Section 16. Before action taken under the preceding section, school Advertisement
r% • 1 IT • 1 1 • • p 1 1 ^^ purpose
2 committees shall circulate a description 01 the purposes and scope of the °' school.
3 instruction to be given thereunder, and request applications for such
4 instruction.
1 Section 17. Boards or officers having power to take land for school i^asinlof^and
2 purposes in cities may take, by eminent domain under chapter seventy- ^1^11"^°^% 3
3 nine, land therein not already appropriated to public use, or lease or
4 purchase land either within or without the city limits, for the purposes
5 of section fifteen. A school committee may erect suitable buildings on
6 land so acquhed, and provide, on terms not involving loss to the city,
7 for the use of plots of ground and for the temporary housing of pupils
8 complying with its regulations and not having access to other land
9 suitable for proper instruction.
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
[Chap. 74.
Classes for
teachers in
continuation
or vocational
schools.
1914, 174; 391.
Section 18. With the approval of the commissioner, towns or dis-
tricts through school committees or trustees for vocational education,
may establish classes for training teachers for continuation schools, or
vocational schools established under sections one to twenty-two, inclu-
sive, which classes shall be subject to said sections, so far as consistent
herewith. The commissioner may establish and maintain classes for
training such teachers.
Co-operation
with federal
vocational
educational
board.
1917,213, §1
Section 19. The commissioner shall co-operate ■with the federal
board for vocational education in the administration of the act of con-
gress, approved February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
relating to vocational education in agriculture, trades and industries,
and secure for tlie commonwealth the benefits thereof.
State treas-
urer to be
custodian.
1917. 215, § 3.
Section 20. The state treasurer shall be custodian of funds allotted 1
to the commonwealth from appropriations made under said act of 2
Disposal of
federal funds.
1917, 215, § 4.
Section 21. Subject to the following section, the funds received 1
under said act of congress shall be paid out, on requisition of the com- 2
missioner, as reimbm-sement for expenses already incurred, to approved 3
schools and classes entitled to receive them under said act. 4
in disposal of
federal funds.
1917, 215, § 4.
Section 22. The commissioner may use the funds received under said 1
act of congress as supplementary to state aid for salaries of teachers of vo- 2
cational subjects in schools complying therewith. He may also use such 3
fmids (1) for salaries of teachers giving tj'pes of training selected by him 4
as especially needing stimulus; or, (2) for courses for the preparation of 5
teachers of ^•ocations selected by him; or, (3) to arrange with schools 6
and colleges to give tlie proper tj-pes of training to teachers of -s'ocations 7
under his supervision; or, (4) to enable local school authorities to con- 8
duct, under his supervision, classes for the training of vocational teachers. 9
Such pa\Tnents shall be subject to conditions prescribed by him. 10
Independent
industrial
shoemakine
school of the
city of Lynn.
Trustees.
Maintenance.
1916, Sp. 174,
§§ 2. 3, 5.
Section 23. The independent industrial shoemaking school of the 1
city of Lynn, established under chapter one hundred and seventy-four 2
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall be maintained 3
by the city of Lynn as a state aided approved vocational school under 4
and subject to sections one to twenty-two, inclusive; provided, that the 5
trustees of said school shall consist of the mayor of Lynn, ex officio, and 6
eight appointive members who shall be residents of Lynn and of whom 7
two shall represent the laboring class. Two appointive members shall 8
annually be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of 9
the council, for terms of four years and until their successors are qualified. 10
The trustees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed 11
for their necessary expenses, to be charged and paid as maintenance. 12
The trustees may determine the situation of said school, subject to 13
the approval of the commissioner, and may expend annually for rent of 14
suitable floor space for the school a sum not exceeding six thousand dol- 15
lars until such time as it is deemed expedient to purchase, construct or 16
alter a building for the use of the school. After the said school is estab- 17
lished and equipped the city of Lynn shall annually raise by taxation 18
such sums as may be needed for its maintenance and operation. 19
Chap. 74.] vocational education. 723
1 Section 24. Smith's agricultural scliool, established under chapter smith's agri-
2 one hundred and fifty-one of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and luperTn'-^"''""''
.3 eighteen, shall be maintained by the city of Northampton as a state *i™i8™sp' isi,
4 aided approved vocational school under and subject to sections one to floQ^^. on
5 twenty-two, inclusive; provided, that the superintendents of said school
6 shall consist of the mayor and superintendent of schools of said city,
7 ex officiis, and three other superintendents to be elected by said city
S annually at its city election by ballot, as provided in the will of Oliver
9 Smith, and that said superintendents shall hav^e the powers of local
10 trustees elected under section three.
county agricultural SCHOOL.S.
1 Section 25. The Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex Certain
2 county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school agriralturai
3 shall be maintained as state aided, approved, independent vocational rpp°oved ""^
4 schools under sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, subject to sections g'e'hoois"'''
5 twenty-six to thirty-seven, inclusive. 1912, see, §§ i.s; ss?, §§ 1,4.
1914, 719. § 1. 1915. 1S9, 5§2, 4. 1917, 176, § 1; 247, | 1.
1 Section 26. There shall be a board of trustees for each of the schools Appointment
2 enumerated in the preceding section. The boards of trustees for the TenuTe'.^'**'
3 Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex county agricultural school ggp'j^f®' ^ '■"
4 and the Norfolk county agricultural school shall each consist of the \^\f j^^; 5 2.
5 county commissioners, ex officiis, and four residents of the county, ap- 247, '§i. '
6 pointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, (I9i8)i8.
7 for four years. The term of one appointive trustee in each county shall
S expire each year.
1 Section 27. The trustees provided for in the preceding section shall ^™e*m'thout
2 serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary compensation.
3 expenses, to be charged and paid as maintenance. be paid.
1912, 566, § 1; 587, § 1. 1915, 189. § 2.
1 Section 28. Annually on or before December fifteenth the trustees Estimates of
2 of the schools mentioned in section twenty-five shall, in consultation mKnanre
3 w'ith and with the approval of the commissioner, prepare estimates of the t^usteS*'*'' ^^
4 amounts necessarv^ to equip and maintain their respective schools for the \l\f ^f^' | *•
5 ensuing year. The amounts of such estimates shall be included by the i^is'. i89'. § 5.
6 respective county commissioners in the estimates required by section §§ 3,' a.
7 twenty-eight of chapter thirty-five.
1 Section 29. If any part of the amount estimated under the preced- ^"^t''"''*
2 ing section shall be authorized as part of the county taxes, the respective taxation.
3 counties shall raise the said amoimts by taxation, and the respective trustees on
4 county treasurers shall pay them to the trustees on their requisition, to be i9i2,''566r§ 4.
5 expended by them as provided in this chapter.
1914, .544; 719. § 2. 1915, 189, § 6. 1917, 247, §§ 3, 6.
1 Section 30. Miscellaneous income of the Bristol county agricul- °i,o''me'fr°om°^
2 tural .school and the Essex county agricultural school, including the i9',*i°5sf5 5
3 tuition of non-resident pupils and receipts from the sale of products and «' 2.'
4 work of pupils, shall be paid to the county treasurer, to be applied to 1915! 189! § 7.'
5 maintenance. Such receipts of the Norfolk county agricultural school 247,'§li,'4. ''
6 shall be applied by the trustees to the use aforesaid.
724
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
[CUAP. 74.
Section 31. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk
1915. i|9. §6- county agricultural school may receive and use gifts deemed by the
l§ i.'s. ' trustees and the commissioner consistent with the purposes thereof.
to°be'^admitt«i Section 32. Any resident of the commonwealth over fourteen years
i|p. 5U0, § 5; of age who resides in any town outside of a county in which a county
1915, 189, § 9. agricultural school is located may be admitted to such school on the
i'jib! 292! § IB. conditions prescribed in sections seven, eight and ten.
toresWents SECTION 33. The Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex 1
igfl^sGo'ss- *^ounty agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school 2
587, '§ 5. ' ' shall be free to residents of Bristol, Essex and Norfolk counties, respec- 3
191?; 176; §1; tively, over fourteen years of age, except that in the Bristol county 4
1919, 292, §' 16. agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school free 5
attendance shall be limited by the capacity of the courses provided for 6
such schools. 7
ffsioniasTo SECTION 34. The trustccs of the Bristol county agricultural school 1
Bristol county may, with the approval of the commissioner, permit pupils with limited 2
school. educational preparation to enter for a special course in horticulture, fruit 3
1912, 566, § 5, f f I '
1917, 247, § 1. growing or dairy larming.
Character of
instruction.
1914,719, § 1.
1915, 189, 1 5.
1917,176,11;
247, §§ 1, 2.
Section 35. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Nor- 1
folk county agricultural school shall provide instruction in agriculture 2
and, at a time approved by the commissioner, in household arts or home- 3
making. The Essex county agricultural school may establish, equip and 4
maintain, with the approval of the commissioner, an independent house- 5
hold arts school. 6
short unit
courses.
1915, 189,
§§ 2, 5.
1917, 176,
§§1,2;
247. §§ 1, 2.
Special duties
of teachers.
1915, 189,
§§ 2. 5,
1917, 176,
§§ 1,2; 247,
§§1,2.
Section 36. Short unit courses may be gi\en at the Bristol county 1
agricultural school, the Essex county agricultural school and the Norfolk 2
county agricultural school, and elsewhere in the respective counties. 3
Section 37. Members of the staffs of the Bristol county agricul-
tural school, the Essex county agricultural school and the Norfolk county
agricultural school shall investigate farm and market conditions for the
purpose of advising individuals and organizations as to business methods
among farmers, and satisfactory methods of marketing farm products,
shall instruct in the formation of co-operative enterprises, and shall per-
form other work calculated to promote the agricultural or rural develop-
ment of the respective counties. Members of such staffs shall keep in
touch with, and avail themselves of, agencies in the commonwealth or else-
where that will enable them to utilize the latest and best knowledge and
practice in the furtherance of their work.
Half fare on
street railways
for students, ^j^j sixty-onc shall apply to students of the schools named in section
Section 38. Section one hundred and eight of chapter one hundred 1
587, § 6.
twenty-five.
1915, 189, § 10.
Chap. 74.] vocational education. 725
TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION OF DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
1 Section 39. For the purpose of fitting them for employment in the Training, etc.,
2 industries of the commonwealth, and of making them self-supporting soldiers and
3 and independent of charitable aid, the department of education, acting il'la 230,
4 through a division established under section seven of chapter fifteen, 1919*350
5 may train and instruct soldiers and sailors who have been or may become § ^9.
6 disabled or diseased in the war service of the United States or its allies
7 during the world war and who are residents of the commonwealth at the
S time of their discharge or within one year thereafter, so long as they con-
9 tinue to be residents of the commonwealth; and for these purposes, it
10 may make reasonable agreements for the use of available facilities, pro-
11 xide new facilities where necessary and employ cjualified persons to teach
12 or supervise such soldiers and sailors seeking re-education or training.
1 Section 40. The go\'ernor, with the ad\'ice and consent of the coun- Governor may
2 cil, may transfer wholly or partly to the department of education, for the tLs L'^the de-
3 use of said division, the use and custody of any state hospital, school or educa'tton"'
4 workshop, including its equipment and employees, or any other suitable ^^^^' '^°' ^ ^'
5 resources of the commonwealth, for a period not exceeding the duration
6 of the world war and two years after its termination as defined by federal
7 authority.
1 Section 41. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- Lease of
2 cil, may lease to, or permit to be used by, the United States or any de- to unit'«i ''*'^"
3 partment, bureau or agency thereof, any state hospital, school or work- igig'^'^iao, § 5.
4 shop, and its premises and equipment, or any other suitable resources
5 belonging to the commonwealth, to enable the United States to re-educate
6 and rehabilitate in industry any soldiers and sailors in the ser\'ice of the
7 United States or its allies, and may assign to the United States or its
8 agents any agreement or contract made by the commissioner or by said
9 di\ision under authority of the two preceding sections, on terms and
10 conditions fully protecting the commonwealth against expense.
textile schools.
1 Section 42. The New Bedford textile school, the Bradford Durfee Certain textile
2 textile school of Fall River and the Lowell textile school shall be main- state" in-"
3 tained by the commonwealth for the purpose of giving instruction in the ilosf^s,!
t of textile and kindred
191S, 246, § I; 248, § 1; 274, § 1.
1 Section 43. The board of trustees of each of said schools shall be Trustees may
2 a corporation for the purpose of taking by gift, bequest or de\ise any il,°t'ij^t°*'*'^'^
3 real or personal property. is99, 299, § 1. r. l. 125, §1 s, 20. '**^' *^^' ^ ^•
1902,120. 1917,45, 1918, 246, § 2; 248, § 2: 274, § 2. 165 Mass. 419.
1 Section 44. The commissioner shall make an annual report as to Annual report,
2 each such school, containing a concise statement as to its buildings, equip- 1905! 211! ^ ^'
-3 ment, and resources, its courses and methods of instruction, the number {gjg; I50; § s,
4 of teachers and students during the preceding school year and the num-
5 ber of graduates.
726
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
[Chap. 74.
in^eTufidiDgs SECTION 45. The board of trustees of each of said schools may insure 1
i9i9?53''""''' the buildings of said schools and their contents in such amount as it 2
deems sufficient. 3
ibfnon-Sent SECTION 46. The yearly tuition at any of said scliools for day stu- 1
isM^kes. S5. dents who are non-residents of the commonwealth shaO not be less than 2
i9oo; Res! 72: ojie hundred and fifty dollars. 3
What degrees
may be granted
at Lowell tex-
tile school.
1912, 62.
1917, Sp. 244.
Section 47. The board of trustees of the Lowell textile school may
grant the degrees of bachelor of textile engineering and bachelor of textile
chemistry to students who ha\'e taken the four year day course of such
school in said departments and have passed tlie examinations required for
graduation.
maypfoviX*" Section 48. The city of Lowell may annually provide for not more 1
scholarships. than ten four year course day scholarships at the Lowell textile school 2
for residents of Lowell, the sum so required to be raised by taxation. 3
1912
Commissioners
to provide and
mamtain a
nautical
school.
1891. 402, § 3.
R. L. 45. § 3.
1913, 224.
NAUTICAL SCHOOL.
Section 49. The board of commissioners of the IMassachusetts 1
nautical school shall pro\-ide and maintain a nautical school for the 2
instruction of students in the science and practice of navigation, accom- 3
modations therefor on board a proper ^•essel, books, stationery, apparatus 4
and supplies needed in the work thereof, and appoint and remove neces- 5
sary instructors and other employees, determine their compensation, fix 6
the terms upon which students shall be received and instructed therein 7
and discharged therefrom, make all regulations necessary for its manage- 8
ment and pro\ide from time to time for cruises in or from Boston harbor. 9
SayTJceive"' SECTION 50. The board may receive from the federal government, 1
Unft^id stSel"^^ ^i^d use for the accommodation of the school, vessels detailed by the 2
Re^sV"^'^*' secretary of the navy. r. L.45, §4. 3
naJtlrafsrfiooi SECTION 51. In addition to the advances authorized by section 1
i°89"4of § 5 twenty-three of chapter twenty-nine, the state treasurer shall, upon 2
R ^L 45*5 5 requisition by the board to the state auditor, make an advance for said 3
1903^ 171. cruises of not exceeding ten thousand dollars for six months to the com- 4
manding officer of the vessel detailed therefor, who shall give bond in 5
the sum of ten thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the governor 6
and council, for its proper disbursement. Said advance shall be accounted 7
for by properly approved vouchers within thirty days after the termina- 8
tion of said cruises. 9
Towns may
maintain
nautical
schools.
1878, 159.
P. S. 44. § 9.
R. L. 42, § 16.
Section 52. A town may establish and maintain, upon shore or upon 1
vessels at the election of the school committee, one or more schools for 2
training young men or boys in nautical duties. School committees may 3
excuse boys attending such schools from attendance at other schools. 4
tsgCwiTl' Section 53.
fgiV 224^ ''■ *o the Massachusetts nautical school
The commissioner shall make an annual report relative
1919, 350, § 8.
REFERENCE.
Issue of bonds for establishing and equipping the independent industrial shoe-
making school of the city of Lynn, 1916, Sp. 174, § 4.
CiLiP. 75.]
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICVLTURAL COLLEGE.
727
CHAPTER 75
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Sect.
1. Massachusetts agricultural college a
state institution.
2. Object of institution.
3. Determination of place of meeting.
Quorum.
4. May have common seal.
5. Expenditure of appropriations.
6. Accounting.
SPECIAL TRUSTS.
7. Management of special trusts. Invest-
ment of funds.
REPORT.
8. Report. Printing.
REGULATION OF COLLEGE.
9. Management of state property.
10. Rules and by-laws.
11. Regulation of courses of instruction.
12. Degrees.
13. Election of oflScers.
14. Rifle range.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT.
15. Normal department.
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERI-
MENT STATION.
16. Name and character of station.
Sect.
17. Nature and scope of experimental work.
18. Officers to be appointed.
19. Publications by trustees.
20. Publications by director.
21. Fee for testing poultry.
EXPERIMENTAL FARM AND BRANCH STATIONS.
22. Experimental farm to be maintained.
Labor of students.
23. Stations for market gardening and cran-
berry and tobacco growing.
EMPLOYEES.
24. Status of employees.
SALE OR LEASE OF LANDS.
25. Sale of land.
26. Lease of land.
27. Form and operation of deeds and
leases.
28. Buildings on leased land liable to taxa-
tion.
MOUNT TOBY STATE DEMONSTRATION FOREST.
29. Powers and duties of trustees as to
forest.
30. Instruction in forestry.
1 Section 1. The Massachusetts agricultural college shall continue to Massachusetts
2 be a state institution. ises, 220, § i. 1864. 223, § 1. ?fiTeg"iT^'
1911.311. 1918, 262, §1. 3 Op. A. G. 308, 460. state insti-
tution.
1 Section 2. The leading object of the college shall be to teach sub- object of in-
2 jects relating to agriculture and the mechanic arts, so as to promote lib- f863!'226, § i.
3 eral and practical education. Its curriculum may include other scientific '®'*' ^®^' ^ '^•
4 and classical studies and shall include militarytactics.
1 Section 3. The trustees shall determine the time and place of their Determination
2 meetings and the manner of giving notice thereof. Nine members shall meeting."'
3 be a quorum. 1S63, 220, § 2. 19I8, 262, § 2. 1919. 350, § Se. Quorum.
1 Section 4. The college may have a common seal, which may be May have
2 altered by the trustees. ises, 220, § 3. 1919, 350, § se. common seal.
1 Section 5. Expenditures for maintenance shall be authorized by the Expenditure
2 trustees or by their duly appointed committee. The expenditure of atioSs.™^"'
3 special appropriations shall be directed by such trustees, and shall be HH] ffo! 1 56.
4 authorized and accounted for as are appropriations for maintenance.
728
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICrLTT'RAL COLLEGE.
[Chap. 75.
Accounting-
1894, 143. § 4.
1908,4150. § 3.
1909,431),
«3. 4.
1910, 627.
§13.4.
1911,592,
§§ 2. 3.
1912, 703,
§§2.3-
1918. 262, § 4.
Section G. A complete accounting of receipts and expenditures shall
be made to the governor annually. Monthly statements of receipts and
expenditures shall be made to the state auditor by the treasurer, who
shall keep complete records and files of pay rolls and bills in his office.
There shall be a complete audit of the accounts of the college, including
receipts and expenditures, under tlie direction of the trustees, at least
twice a year.
Management
of special
trusts. In-
vestment of
1863, 220, § 4.
1911.311, § 1.
1918, 262, § 3.
1919, 350. § 56.
2 Op. A. G. 359.
SPECIAL TRUSTS.
Section 7. The trustees shall administer property held in accord-
ance with special trusts, and shall also administer grants or devises of
land and gifts or bequests of personal property made to the common-
wealth for the use of the college, and execute said trusts, investing the
proceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by sufficient mortgages or
other securities.
Report.
Printing.
1863, 220, § 5.
1871, 378, § 1.
P. S. 4, § 9.
1882, Res. 31;
212, §3.
1883, 105.
1884, Res. 46
1885, 369, § 1.
1888, 256. I 2.
1889, 164,
§§1,2:
440, § 7.
1890, Res. 51.
Section 8. The commissioner of education shall make an annual 1
report, which, with appendices, may be printed in six parts, as follows: 2
part one, the report of the trustees; part two, the report of the president 3
and other officers of administration; part three, the catalogue of the 4
college; part four, the report of the director of the Massachusetts agri- 5
cultural experiment station and other officers; part five, the detailed 6
reports of the experiment station ; and part six, the report of the director 7
of the extension service. 1894. 101 ; 143, § 4; 393, § 7. 8
1914,91, § 1.
1916. 233. § 1.
Management of
state property.
1883. 220.
§§1.2.
1913, 745, § 1.
1918, 262,
§§ 1-3; 290.
REGULATION OF COLLEGE.
Section 9. The trustees shall, on behalf of the commonwealth, man- 1
age and administer the college and all property, real and personal, be- 2
longing to the commonwealth and occupied or used by the college, and 3
shall keep in repair houses, buildings and equipment so used or occupied. 4
1919, 350, §56.
Section 10. The trustees shall make reasonable rules and by-laws 1
Rules and
by-laws.
1919' 350 I 56 consistent with law, with reasonable penalties, for the government of the 2
college and for the regulation of their own body. 3
Regulation of
courses of in-
struction.
Section 11. The trustees shall determine and regulate instruction in 1
the college. 1863, 220, §§ 2. 6. 1864, 223, § 2. 2
1918. 262, § 6 1919, 350, § 56. 2 Op. A. G. 81.
?8*6f,''220, 5 2. Section 12. The trustees may confer such appropriate degrees as 1
1919! 350, §56. they may determine and prescribe. 2
officera""^ Section 13. The trustees shall elect the president, necessary pro-
i|63,22o. fessors, tutors, instructors and other officers of the college and fix their
1918.262. salaries and define the duties and tenure of office. Incumbents of the
1919, 350, § 56. above offices on May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall
continue in office for the terms for which they were originally elected
unless sooner removed.
Chap. 75.] mass.'^.chusetts agricultural college. 729
1 Section 14. The trustees shall maintain the rifle range heretofore Rifle range
2 established by law for the use of the military department of the college, 1919; 350, 5 se.
3 and shall use therefor the land, buildings and equipment heretofore
4 acquired therefor. The trustees shall permit the militia of the common-
5 wealth to use such range when such use does not interfere with use by
6 the college.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT.
1 Section 15. The trustees may maintain a normal department of the Normal de-
2 college for the instruction in the elements of agriculture of persons desiring looe^'los; § 7.
3 to teach such elements in public schools, at a cost not to exceed five '■^^^' ^^°' ^ ^®
4 thousand dollars annually, if fifteen persons present themselves for such
5 instruction.
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.
1 Section 16. The trustees shall maintain at the college an agricultural ^a^^aTAf
2 experiment station, to be known as the Massachusetts agricultural ^'"'f^ ,
3 experiment station, and shall use therefor the land, buildings and isst! 3ir'§ i-
4 equipment heretofore acquired therefor and owned by the commonwealth. §§ i.'s.
5 Such station shall be a part of the college. isqs, 57, § 1.
1907, 66, § I. 1918, 262, § 6. 1919, 350, § 56.
1 Section 17. The trustees shall cause experiments and investiga- Nature and
2 tions to be made at said station in the following subjects: pc°rfme°ntlf
3 First, The causes, prevention and remedies of diseases of domestic "382 212, §5
4 animals, plants and trees ; J|^*' i||. § ^■
5 Second, The history and habits of insects destructive to vegetation, 350, § 56.'
6 and the means of abating them ;
7 Third, The manufacture and composition of both foreign and domestic
8 fertilizers, their values and adaptability to different crops and soils;
9 Fourth, The values, under all conditions, of forage, grain and root
10 crops, as food for farm animals, for various purposes;
1 1 Fifth, The comparative value of green and dry forage, and the cost of
12 producing and preserving them in the best condition;
13 Sixth, The adulteration of any article of food intended for the use of
14 men or animals;
15 Seventh, Testing poultry to eliminate disease;
16 Eighth, Other subjects deemed advantageous to agriculture and horti-
17 culture in the commonwealth.
1 Section 18. The trustees shall appoint a director of said station, a officers to
2 chemist and necessary assistants, and shall provide and maintain suit- i8S2^ m § 5.
3 able and necessary appliances for the purposes specified in the preceding HH] 3I0, | I'e.
4 section.
1 Section 19. The trustees shall publish bulletins containing the re- Publications by
2 suits of experiments and investigations by the station, except under i8S2,Ti2. § 5.
3 the following section, and shall distribute such bulletins to residents and Iffg; sto, | 56.
4 newspapers of the commonwealth applying therefor.
1 Section 20. The director may from time to time publish in reports, PubUcationa
2 bulletins, special circulars or otherwise, the results of analj'ses of com- i873',li2!'§ 3.
3 mercial fertilizers and feedstuff's made under sections two hundred and }|^|; ,|^g; | f
4 twenty-five to two hundred and thirty-five, two hundred and fifty to ^- ^- s". § n-
730
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICTLTUEAL COLLEGE.
(Chap. 75.
1888. 296,
§§7.8.
189B, 297.
§§ 7. 8.
1S97, 117. § 1.
R. L. 57,
§§ 17. 18.
1903. 122. § 5.
1907, 289.
1911, 388,
§§ 7. 12.
1912, 527,
§§9, 15.
two hundred and fifty-four and two hundred and fifty-six to two hun- 5
dred and sixty-one, all inclusive, of chapter ninety-four. Publications 6
relative to fertilizers shall contain the cost of equivalent amounts of 7
nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash or unmixed materials when bought 8
on the market at retail for cash. Publications relative to both fertilizers 9
and feedstuf!'s shall contain such additional information as to the char- 10
acter, composition, value and use of the fertilizers and feedstuffs analyzed 1 1
as the director may see fit to include. 12
Fee for
testing
poultry.
1919, 185.
Section 21. A fee of not more than seven cents may be cliargetl for 1
each test of poultry made under section seventeen. 2
Experimental
farm to be
maintained.
Labor of
students.
1863, 220, § 6
EXPERIMENTAL FARM AND BRANCH ST.\TIONS.
Section 22. The trustees shall maintain and manage an experi-
mental farm, to be known as the college farm, and shall use therefor the
land heretofore accjuired therefor. Their rules and by-laws shall make
1919] 35o! § 56. just and reasonable provision for manual labor on said farm by students
of the college.
marketVa"- SECTION 23. The trustccs shall maintain the experiment stations
cranbfr??'' heretofore authorized by law for practical demonstrations in market
and tobacco gardening and of experimental work in planting and growing cranber-
1910, Res. i(K) ries and tobacco, and shall use therefor the land, buildings and equip-
Res.'iei.' ' ment heretofore acquired therefor.
1917. Res. 25; Res. 126. 1918, Res. 56. 1919, 350, § 56.
Status of
employees.
1918, 262, I
Section 24.
ice laws.
EMPLOYEES.
Employees of the college shall be exempt from ci^'il serv- 1
SALE OR LEASE OF LANDS.
i9i2°638'"'' Section 25. Subject to section twenty-seven the trustees may sell
1915, |p. 329, and convey, in the name of and for the commonwealth, to any professor,
1919, 350, § 56. instructor, teacher or employee of said college, or to any society, as-
sociation or fraternity established thereat, land owned by the common-
wealth in Amherst or Hadley. Not more than one acre shall be so sold
and conveyed to any one such person or organization. Such convey-
ances shall contain necessary restrictions and conditions.
Lease of
land.
1911,409.
1919, 350, § 56.
Section 26. Subject to section twenty-seven the trustees may, in
the name of and for the commonwealth, lease to any professor, instructor,
teacher or employee of said college, or to any society, association or
fraternity established thereat, land in Amherst or Hadley owned by
the commonwealth, for the erection and maintenance of suitable dwell-
ings thereon, at the sole expense of the lessee and for the lessee's use and
occupancy. Not more than one half an acre shall be so leased to any
one such person or organization. Such leases shall contain such written
terms, conditions, restrictions and reservations as the parties agree upon.
Form and
operation of
deeds and
leases.
1911,409.
1912, 638.
1915, Sp. 329,
§§1.3.
Section 27. No sale or conveyance under section twenty-five shall
become operative until it is approved by the governor and council, and
no lease under .section twenty-six shall become operative until the form
thereof is approved by the governor and council.
Chap. 76.]
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
731
1 Section 28. The lessee and his assignees shall be liable to taxation Buildings on
2 upon any building erected on land leased imder section twenty-six to ifabie to°
3 the extent of its value as determined by the assessors of the town wherein iln?409.
4 the land lies.
MOUNT TOBY STATE DEMONSTRATION FOREST.
1 Section 29. The trustees shall protect and maintain the land owned dutTeJor""^
2 by the commonwealth situated on or about ]\Iount Toby, so called, in f™^'^ "^ '°
3 Sunderland and Le\-erett, known as the ISIount Toby state demonstra- J?^'!;,^^'*'
4 tion forest. i9i9, 350, § 56.
1 Section 30. The trustees shall use so much of such land as they shall Jnf ™rau°°
2 determine for instruction in forestry and as a laboratory for research Jgjgllsolle
3 and illustration in economic questions, and for practical work in the con-
4 servation and use of forest tracts and farm woodlots.
REFERENCE.
Authority of director to enforce §§ 25 to 31, 225 to 235, 250 to 254 and 256 to 261,
all inclusive, of chapter 94, relative to measuring devices and testing machines for
milk, and commercial fertilizers and commercial feeding stuff. Chap. 94, §§ 30, 235,
260.
CHAPTER 76.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
Sect.
1. School attendance regulated.
2. Duties of parents, etc., as to school
attendance. Penalty.
3. Certain illiterate minors to attend
evening schools.
4. Penalty for inducing absence of minors,
etc.
5. Where children may attend.
6. Attendance in places other than resi-
dence of parent or guardian.
7. Tuition of certain public charges.
S. Transportation of same.
Sect.
9. High school tuition ol same.
10. Payment of accounts as to same.
11. Tuition of inmates of certain institu-
tions.
12. Attendance outside place of residence.
13. Transfer cards.
14. Transportation of children Ii\'ing upon
islands.
15. Vaccination.
16. Exclusion from school, action for.
17. Pupil not to be excluded without hear-
1 Section 1. Every child between seven and fourteen, every child ftJ'en°ciance
2 under sixteen who does not possess such ability to read, write and spell in ;||'i'^*^^-
3 English as is required for the completion of the sixth grade of the public H ^-f-^'i ^
4 schools of the town where he resides, and every cliild under sixteen ex- isis, 279, 1 1.
5 cept a child holding an employment certificate as provided in chapter p. s.'47, § 1. '
6 one hundred and forty-nine and employed in some regular employment lHoissl.' ^ ''
7 or business for at least six hours per day, and except a cliild having the }|^|; f||-.
8 written permission of the superintendent of schools of the town where he ^||^^4'95
9 resides to engage in profitable employment at home, shall, subject to §§ ^^■^^■' ^
10 section fifteen, attend a public day school in said town or some otlier 190.5; 32b.
11 day school approved by the school committee, during the entire time 1913; 779!
12 the public schools are in session, unless the child attends school in an- igis.si, § 1.
13 other town, during the entire time the same is in session, under sections JsgVa^sV. 3^74.'
732
SCHOOL ATTEND.UvXE.
[ClL\.P. 76.
148 Mass. 623. SIX to tweU'e, iiiclusive, or under chapter seventy-one; but such attend- 14
180 Mass.' 20." ancc shall not be required of a child whose physical or mental condition 15
4^0p^A°Gao2. is such as to render attendance inexpedient or impracticable, or who is 10
(1919) 9.' being otherwise instructed in a manner approved in advance by the super- 1 7
Op.A.G.(i920) intendent or the school committee. The superintendent, or teachers in 18
so far as authorized by him or by the school committee, may excuse 19
cases of necessary absence for other causes, not exceeding seven day 20
sessions or fourteen half day sessions in any period of six months. For 21
the purposes of this section, school committees shall approve a private 22
school only when the instruction in all the studies required by law is in 23
English, and when satisfied that such instruction equals in thoroughness 24
and efficiency, and in the progress made therein, that in the public schools 25
in the same town; but they shall not withhold such approval on account 26
of religious teaching. 27
The school committee of each town shall provide for and enforce the 28
school attendance of all cliildren actually residing therein in accordance 29
herewith. 30
Duties of
parents, etc.,
as to school
attendance.
Penalty.
1873, 279, § 1.
1878, 171, § 1.
P. S. 47, I 2.
1889, 464, S 2.
1894, 498, i 2.
1898, 496, § 12.
R. L. 44, § 1.
1905, 320.
1906, 383.
1913, 779. § 2.
1915,81, §2.
148 Mass. 623.
159 Mass. 374.
Section 2. Every person in control of a child described in the pre- 1
ceding section shall cause him to attend school as therein required, and, 2
if he fails so to do for seven day sessions or fourteen half day sessions 3
within any period of six months, he shall, on complaint by an attendance 4
officer, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. No physi- 5
cal or mental condition capable of correction, or rendering the child a fit 6
subject for special instruction at public charge in institutions other than 7
public day schools, shall avail as a defence unless it appears that the 8
defendant has employed all reasonable measures for the correction of the 9
condition and the suitable instruction of the child. 10
Certain
illiterate
minors to
attend
evening
scliools.
1913, 467,
§§ 1-3.
1916, 82, § 1.
Section 3. Every illiterate minor between sixteen and twenty-one, 1
except a married woman, shall attend some public evening school, if 2
any, in the town of his residence, for the whole time during which the 3
public evening schools are in session, unless he attends a public day 4
school, or a jjrivate school approved as provided in section one by the 5
school committee, or unless his physical or mental condition is such as 6
to render his attendance harmful or impracticable. Wilful violation of 7
this section by such a minor shall be punished by a fine of not less than 8
five dollars; failure for six sessions within a period of one month by any 9
person in control of such a minor to cause his attendance, shall, on com- 10
plaint by an attendance officer, be punished by a fine of not more than 11
twentv dollars. 12
dSg^bsence SECTION 4. Whocvcr induccs or attempts to induce a minor to
i894l498,'l22. ^^seut himsclf unlawfully from school, or unlawfully employs him or
R^L 44%f^' l^^rbors a minor who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully
1905, 320. therefrom, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
1900,383. 1913, 467, §4; 779, §2. 1015, SI, § 2.
children may SECTION 5. E\'ery child shall have a right to attend the public 1
im'ii?, 1 4. schools of the town where he actually resides, subject to the following 2
1857' 132' ^ ^ section, and to such reasonable regulations as to numbers and qualifica- 3
G. s.'4i,§§3,9. tions of pupils to be admitted to the respective schools and as to other 4
Chap. 76.] school attend.\nce. 733
5 school matters as the school committee shall from time to time prescribe, p. s. 47, §§ 4,
6 No child shall be excluded from a public school of any town on account ism, 493,
7 of race, color or rehgion. isss, 496, § 7. r. l. 44, § 3. ^^ *■ ■*'•
1911, 268, § 1. 1913, 779, § 3. 12 Allen. 127. 195 Mass. 29.
1 Section 6. If a child described in section one resides temporarily Attendance in
2 in a town other than the legal residence of his parent or guardian for the than resi-
3 special purpose of there attending school, the said town may ^eco^•er tui- parent°or
4 tion from the parent or guardian, unless under section tweh'e or chapter fssy^S.
5 seventy-one, such tuition is payable by a town. Tuition payable by the ^sTe'.Vs'ef /'a.
6 parent or guardian shall, for the period of attendance, be computed at fg94*/^8^|-8
7 the regular rate established by the school committee for non-resident iS96',382'.
8 pupils, but in no case exceeding the average expense per pupil in such r. l! 44, '§ 4. '
9 school for said period. laos, 375. 1911, 268, § 2. 1913, 779, § 4.
1915,78. 1919, 291, cl.(<i). 103 Mass. 104. 4 Op. A. G. 331, 340.
1 Section 7. For the tuition in the public schools of any town of any Tuition of
2 child over ^ve years placed elsewhere than in his home town by, or there oha'i'es.""
3 kept under the control of, the department of public welfare or the trus- Hgs." 496! 1 1'.
4 tees for children of Boston, the commonwealth or Boston, from its fgolills.^*'
5 appropriation for school purposes, shall pay to said town seventy-five i^ji' ||*' 1 1-
6 cents for each week of five days, or major part thereof, of attendance in }^}|'||j
7 the elementary schools, and, for attendance in a public junior or senior ci. (6); 35b, §87.
8 high school, the regular rate established by the school committee for
9 non-resident pupils, filed with and approved by the department of
10 education.
1 Section 8. For transportation to and from a public school of any Transportation
2 child whose tuition is payable by the commonwealth or by Boston under is9.s"496, § s.
3 the preceding section, the commonwealth or Boston, as the case may be, fgos,' 375.^ *'
4 shall pay to the town furnishing the same, for each week of five days or }^}J; 779; | f;
5 major part thereof, a sum equal to the average amount per week for each i9i9.29i,ci.(<:).
6 child paid by it for like transportation over the same route.
1 Section 9. If a town where a child is placed or kept under section High school
2 seven does not maintain a public high school offering four years of in- s^e°° °'
3 struction, he may, subject to section six of chapter seventy-one, attend f9i9;2ln,d*(d).
4 the public high school of another town, but the commonwealth or Boston, 1 op- -^- g-
5 as the case may be, shall reimburse the town where he is so placed or ^'^p^-^q'-'- ^*-
6 kept for tuition paid by it on his account, and for the entire cost of his (i9is) 39.
7 transportation. op. a. g. (1920) 295.
1 Section 10. Settlements of the accounts of the several towns under Payment of
2 the three preceding sections with the commonwealth and with Boston to same.
3 shall be made annually on April first, and the amounts found due shall HH] HI] 1 1;
4 be paid within three months thereafter. R. l. 44, § 4.
1905,375. 1911,268, §2. 1913, 779, § 4. 1919, 291, cl. (f).
1 Section 11. For tuition in the public schools in any town of less Tuition of
2 than ten thousand inhabitants of any child between the ages of five and certain in-
3 fifteen not theretofore resident in such town, who is an inmate of an i89s.496,'f s.
4 institution containing more than six inmates, the town may recover fg^- Hj^ *■
5 from the institution the school expense incurred by reason of the school \l\\' pg] 1 1;
6 attendance of such child, to be determined jointly by its school commit- i9i9,29i,ci.c/).
734
SCHOOL ATTEXDANCE.
[Chap. 76.
tee and the trustees or managers of the institution, or, in case of their 7
disagreement, by the probate court; but no demand shall be made 8
upon said trustees or managers without a vote of the town. 9
Attendance
outside place
of residence.
1857, 132.
G. S. 41. § 7.
1876, 186, § 2.
P. S. 47, § 8.
Section 12. Any child, with the consent of the school committee of 1
the town where he resides, may attend, at the expense of said town, 2
the public schools of another town, upon such terms as may be fixed 3
by the two committees. 4
1894, 498, § 8.
1898, 496, I 10.
1 Op. A. G. 427.
3 Op. A. G. 315.
Section 13. When any child described in section one leaves the 1
school or institution where he is being educated because of change of 2
residence to another town in the commonwealth, the superintendent of 3
schools, in the case of a public school, or otheru-ise the person in charge, 4
shall furnish such child a transfer card containing his name, age, grade 5
in school, and in every case possible, his new street and number, and shall 6
forthwith send a duplicate thereof to the superintendent of schools of 7
the town where the child is to reside. 8
Transportation
of chiSdren
living upon
islands.
1903, 483.
1919, 292, § 5;
350, §§ 56-58.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 27.
Section 14. The department of education may provide transporta- 1
tion to and from school, or board in place thereof, for such children of 2
school age as live upon islands within the commonwealth that are with- 3
out schools, in cases where the local authorities are not required by law 4
to provide such transportation. 5
Vaccination.
1855, 414, § 2.
G. S. 41, § 8.
P. S. 47, § 9.
1884, 64.
1885, 198.
1894, 498,
§§ 9, 10.
1898, 496, § 11.
R. L. 44, § 6.
1906, 371.
1907, 215.
1918, 117.
195 Mass. 29.
Section 15. An unvaccinated child shall not be admitted to a public 1
school except upon presentation of a certificate like the physician's 2
certificate required by section one hundred and eighty-three of chapter 3
one hundred and eleven. A child from a household where a person is 4
ill with smallpox, diplitheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious 5
or contagious disease, or from a household exposed to contagion from 6
any such disease in another household, shall not attend any public school 7
during such illness or exposure until the teacher of the school has been 8
furnished with a certificate from the local board of health, or from the 9
attending physician, stating that danger of conveying such disease by 10
such child has passed. 11
Exclusion
from school,
action for.
1845, 214.
1855, 256,
l§2-4.
G. S. 41.
§1 10-12.
P. S. 47.
§§ 11-13.
1894, 498,
§§ 12-14.
1898, 496, I 9.
Section 16. The parent, guardian or custodian of a child refused 1
admission to or excluded from the public schools shall on application be 2
furnished by the school committee with a written statement of the reasons 3
therefor, and thereafter, if the refusal to admit or exclusion was unlaw- 4
ful, such child may recover from the town in tort, and may examine 5
any member of the committee or any other officer of the town, upon 6
interrogatories. 7
R. L. 44, § 7.
23 Pick. 224.
8 Gush. 160.
Ill Mass. 499.
116 Mass. 365.
133 Mass. 103.
181 Mass. 127.
186 Mass. 456.
211 Mass. 66.
216 Mass. 19.
221 Mass. 427.
229 Mass. 304.
Pupil not to
be excluded
without
hearing.
R. L. 44, I 8.
165 Mass. 460.
Section 17. A school committee shall not permanently exclude a 1
pupil from the public schools for alleged misconduct without first gi\'- 2
ing him and his parent or guardian an opportunity to be heard. 3
186 Mass. 456. 216 Mass. 19.
229 Mass. 304.
Chap.
SCHOOL OFFENDERS AXD COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOLS.
735
CHAPTER 77.
SCHOOL OFFENDERS AXD COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Sect.
1. Certain counties to maintain training
schools. Commitments from and
payments by other counties.
2. Visitation by certain state departments.
3. Habitual truants.
4. Habitual absentees.
5. Habitual school offenders.
6. Support of inmates.
7. Probation.
Sect.
S. Permits to be at liberty. Discharges.
9. Temporary release.
10. Disposition of unruly inmates.
11. Jurisdiction.
12. Attendance officers.
13. Duties of attendance officers.
14. Chapter not to affect certain special
laws.
1 Section 1. The county commis.sioiier.s of each county, except Barn- Certain
2 stable, Berkshire, FraiikUn, Hampshire, Dukes, Nantucket and SufTolk, maintain °
3 shall maintain either separately or jointly with the commissioners of e^'ooTs^
4 other counties as hereinafter provided, in a suitable place, remote from from™nd"^'"^
5 a penal institution, a school for the instruction and training of children payments by
^ ' T 1 ,,.. 1 iirvT other counties.
6 committed thereto as habitual truants, absentees or school onenders. i873, 262, §5.
7 The commissioners of two or more counties may, at the expense of said p. s.'48. § i4.
8 counties, establish and maintain a union school to be controlled by the i886;282.'
9 chairmen of the commissioners of said counties. The chairmen of the isM.'Igsi § i6.
10 commissioners of Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth counties, having the Jlgflaea
11 management of the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth union training school, Jloi'llg' ^ ^^'
12 shall each be paid the sum of one hundred dollars annually by their re- P„„^'S?!.^ ^•
13 spective counties. The commissioners of Barnstable, Berkshire, Frank- kog'.us.
14 lin, Hampshire, Dukes and Nantucket counties shall assign a training i9i3;779,§5.
1.5 school established by law as the place for the instruction and training of §^'^.^^'^'
16 children so committed within their respective counties, and shall pay for {920; 2; 40
17 their support in said school such reasonable sura as the commissioners Op^A.G.doao)
15 having control of said school may fix. Commitments from Chelsea, Re-
19 vere and Winthrop shall be to the training school for Middlesex coimty.
20 The town from which an habitual truant, absentee or school offender
21 is committed to a county training school shall pay to the county main-
22 taining it two dollars a week toward his support, and reports of the condi-
23 tion and progress of its pupils in said school shall be sent each month to
24 the superintendent of schools of such town; but Chelsea, Revere and
25 Winthrop shall pay to Middlesex county, for the support of each child
26 committed to the training school of said county, two dollars and fifty
27 cents a week, and an additional sum for each child sufficient to cover the
28 actual cost of maintenance.
1 Section 2. County traming schools shall be subject to visitation by visitation by
2 the departments of education and of public welfare, and said departments departmSts.
3 shall report thereon annually to the general court.
1898, 496, § 23.
1919, 350, §§ 56, 87.
1 Section 3. A child between seven and sixteen who wilfully and Quants"'
2 habitually absents himself from school contrary to section one of chapter p^^'/g*^^ f.,^-
3 seventy-six, shall be deemed an habitual truant, and, unless placed on i889, 249, §'2.
736 SCHOOL OFFENDERS AND COT-NTY TRAINING SCHOOLS. [ChaP. 77.
1894,498. §21. probation as provided in section seven, may, on complaint of an attend- 4
R. l! 46, § 3. ' ance officer, be committed to a county training school. 5
1913, 779. §§ 6, 25.
Habitual
Section 4, A child between seven and sixteen found wandering about 1
Jj*98, 496, § 25. streets or public places, having no lawful occupation, habitually absent 2
1903, 330, 1 2. from school and growing up in idleness and ignorance, shall be deemed 3
1913! 779', 1 7. an habitual absentee, and, unless placed on probation as provided in sec- 4
tion seven, may, on complaint of an attendance officer or any other 5
person, be committed to a county training school. 6
rffrade?! ^''^°°^ Section 5. A child under sixteen .persistently violating reasonable 1
rql' 49s' 1 21 regulations of the school he attends, or otherwise persistently misbe- 2
1898! 496! 1 26! having therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclusion there- 3
1903! 330, 1 3. from, shall be deemed an habitual school offender, and, unless placed on 4
1913! 779! I s! probation as provided in section seven, may, on complaint of an attend- 5
ance officer, be committed to a county training school. 6
fn"mates °^ SECTION 6. The couTt or magistrate by whom a child has been com- 1
1898, 496, § 27. mittcd to a county training school may make an order relative to the 2
R. L. 46, § 6. 11. 11- 1" (» 1 11 r»
1913, 779, § 9. payment by his parents or by his guardian out of the ward s property 3
§ 185. ' to the county of the cost of his support wliile in said school, and may from 4
i92o! 2! time to time revise or alter such order or make a new order as the circum- 5
o^ A.G. (1920) stances of the parents or ward may justify. 6
fm^lge"'? 28. Section 7. A court or magistrate by whom a child has been convicted 1
R. L. 46, § 7. q£ gj^ offence under this chapter may place him on probation under the 2
oversight of an attendance officer of the town where the child resides, or 3
of a probation officer of said court, for such period and upon such condi- 4
tions as the court or magistrate may deem best; and if, within such 5
period, the child violates the conditions of his probation, such attendance 6
or probation officer may, without warrant or other process, take the 7
child before the court, who may thereupon sentence him or may make 8
any other lawful disposition of the case. 9'
Trubeny" ''^ Section 8. If the county commissioners deem it for the best interest 1
is'gel'lH^'' of ^^y child committed to a county training school under their control, 2
580*'§*^^' ^ ^^' ^ft^'" notice and an opportunity to be heard has been given to the super- 3
^A^-ii'J.^: intendent of schools, if an^^ otherwise to the school committee of the 4
1904 220 § 4. . , *"
1913! 779! § 10. town from wliich such cliild was committed, they may permit him to be 5
at liberty upon such conditions as they deem best; or, with the approval 6
of the coiu^t which imposed the sentence, they may discharge him from 7
said school. Thereupon they shall enter upon their records his name, 8
the date of parole or discharge and the reason therefor; and a copy of 9
such record shall be transmitted to the court by which, and to the school 10
committee of the town from wliich, he was committed. 1 1
If such child, in the opinion of the commissioners, violates the condi- 12
tions of his parole at any time before the expiration of the term of his 13
commitment, the parole may be revoked. If a superintendent or a 14
school committee furnishes evidence satisfactory to the commissioners 15
of the child's violation of said conditions, the commissioners shall revoke 16
such parole, and may thereupon issue an order directed to the attendance 17
or police officers of any town to arrest such child wherever found and 18
return him to said school. Anv such officer shall arrest the child and 19s
Chap. 77.] school offenders and county training schools. 737
20 return him to said school, where he shall be held, subject to this chapter,
21 for the residue of the term of the original sentence.
22 The expense of such arrest and return, so far as approved by the com-
23 missioners, shall be paid by the county maintaining said school. A child
24 who has been committed to a county training school shall be discharged
25 from the custody and care of such school upon his becoming sixteen,
26 whether then confined therein, or on parole.
1 Section 9. If a near relative of a child confined on a sentence as an Temporary
2 habitual truant, habitual absentee or habitual school offender dies or is islgflbi.
3 seriously ill, any member of the trustees or county commissioners having fggg; loj^ ^'
4 charge of the institution may order such child released for a specified time,
5 either in the custody of the superintendent or other officer or not, and
0 may revoke, extend or otherwise modify such order. The expenses in-
7 curred in serving such order shall be approved and paid in the same
8 manner as other expenses of the institution where the child is confined.
1 Section 10. An inmate of a county training school persistently vio- Disposition
2 lating reasonable regulations thereof, or guilty of indecent or immoral inmates.
3 conduct, or otherwise grossly misbehaving, so as to render himself an r^^l! lei's io°
4 unfit subject for retention therein, may, on complaint of the officer in Jn^s; Hg, In.
5 control of said school be committed, if a boy, under fifteen, to the LjTnan Pig^^^'''
6 school for boys, or, if over fifteen, to the industrial school for boys; or, if i-jjs. s-
7 a girl, to the industrial school for girls.
1 Section 11. District courts, except the municipal court of Boston, jurisdiction.
2 trial justices and the Boston juvenile court shall have jin-isdiction of k s^'f8|^§ 13.'
3 offences arising under section one of chapter seventy-six and under this Jfg^' l^-^ j j^
4 chapter. A summons or warrant issued by such court or justice may be Jj*'-*^' ||^i\f^'
5 served, at the discretion of the comt or justice, by an attendance officer jsojj. ^sa, § 4.
6 or by any officer qualified to ser\e criminal process. On complaint §§ sr, 91.'
7 against a child for any such offence, his parents, guardian or custodian
8 shall be notified as required by section fifty-five of chapter one hundred
9 and nineteen. A child against whom complaint as an habitual absentee
10 is brought by any other person than an attendance officer shall not be
11 committed imtil notice and an opportunity to be heard have been given
12 to the division of juvenile training in the department of public welfare.
1 Section 12. Every school committee shall appoint and fix the com- Attondance
2 pensation of one or more attendance officers, who may be either male or isr'-raia, § 2.
3 female, and shall make regulations for their goverimient. Such officers p*"s.'f|,Vn^
4 shall not receive fees for their services.
5 towms may employ the same attendance officers.
R. L. 46, §12. 1912, 552; 711. 1913, 779, § 13.
1 Section 13. Attendance officers shall inquire into all cases arising Duties of
2 under sections one, two, four to eleven, inclusive, and fifteen of chap- officers'!'"^*
3 ter seventy-six, sections three, four, five and eight of this chapter and p*^s.'4a^§ i^'
4 sections ninety, ninety-two, ninety-three and ninety-fi\e of chapter one }|94;t98, § 23.
5 hundred and forty-nine, and may make complaints and .serve legal r^l 46^'§ if*'
6 processes issued under this chapter. They shall, if the court so orders, i9i3, 779, § 12.
7 have oversight of children placed on probation under section seven; of
8 children suffering want to whom sections forty-nine to fifty-one, in-
9 elusive, of chapter one hundred and nineteen apply; of minors licensed
738
[Chap. 78.
by the school committee under section nineteen of chapter one hundred 10
and one; and of children admitted to or attending shows or entertain- 11
ments contrary to section one hundrefl and ninety-seven of chapter one 12
hundred and forty. They may apprehend and take to school without a 13
warrant any truant or absentee found wandering in the street or public 14
places. 15
Chapter not
to affect cer-
tain special
law3.
1911,202.
1914, 738.
Section 14. Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect chapter 1
two hundred and two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven or 2
chapter seven hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun- 3
dred and fourteen relative to truants, absentees and school offenders 4
in Boston. 5
CHAPTER 78
LIBRARIES.
GENERAL PROVISION.
1. Existing corporations.
LAW LIBRARIES.
2. Organization of county law libraries.
3. Use of libraries.
4. Payments to county law libraries.
Treasurer to give bond.
5. County law libraries to receive legis-
lative documents.
6. Law libraries to receive certain docu-
ments.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
7. Cities and towns may establish public
libraries.
S. Public libraries may lend books.
9. Books sent to public libraries may be
returned.
Sect.
10. Trustees of town libraries.
11. Powers and duties of trustees.
12. Trustees to make report.
13. Law libraries not affected by three
preceding sections.
BOARD OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY COM-
MISSIONERS.
14. Annual report.
15. Board to advise officials of public
libraries.
10. Purchase of books for towns having no
public library.
17. Acceptance of law by towns.
IS. Limit of appropriations for libraries in
towns.
19. Board may aid public libraries.
20. Examination and registration of li-
brarians.
21. Certain sections not applicable to cities.
Existing
corporations.
R. L. 38, § 1.
GENERAL PROVISION.
Section 1. Library corporations and associations Mhicli have been 1
legally established shall continue to have all the powers and privileges 2
and be subject to all the duties and restrictions attaching thereto. 3
Organization
of county law
libraries.
1842,94. § 1.
1856. 184.
G. S. 33. § 2.
P. S. 40. § 2.
R. L. 38, § 2,
LAW LIBRARIES.
Section 2. Attorneys at law who have been admitted to practice 1
in the courts of the commonwealth and who are resident in a county 2
for which there is no law library association may organize, under 3
chapter one hundred and eighty, by the name of the law library associa- 4
tion for such county, and may adopt by-laws which shall be subject to 5
the approval of the superior court. 6
Use of
libraries.
1842, 94. 5 2.
G. S. 33, 5 5.
Section 3. Inhabitants of the county shall, subject to the by-laws,
have access to the librarv and the books therein.
Chap. 7S.] LiBR.\Bijis. 739
1 Section 4. County treasurers shall annually pay to the law library Payments to
2 associations in their respective counties all sums which are paid into fibraries.*"
3 county treasuries during the year by the clerks of the courts to an Jh^iTbon^d*"
4 amount not exceeding two thousand dollars in any year. They may G^|'|j'|f'
5 also pay to said associations such further sums as the county commis- p%',*Q-
6 sioners consider necessary and proper. All sums so paid shall be applied §§ e, 7.'
7 to maintain and enlarge such libraries for the use of the courts and of issrisos!
S citizens. The treasurer of every law library association, and of every 1912, 241.^*'
9 bar association having in charge a law library supported in whole or 2^op a.°g. 3.
10 part by the county, before recei\'ing any money from the coimty treas-
11 urer, shall give bond, with sureties to the satisfaction of the county
12 commissioners, conditioned for the faithful application of such money
13 and for an annual return under oath to the county treasurer of the
14 manner in which it has been expended, with items of all receipts and
15 expenditures and proper vouchers therefor.
1 Section 5. Each law library association shall be entitled to receive couniy law
2 from the sergeant-at-arms, immediately after their publication, one rerenTiegisia-
3 copy of the volume of the legislati\e documents of the
4 the journal of the senate and the journal of the house.
1S71,3S7. P. S. 40, § 8. R. L. 38, § 5.
1 Section 6. All incorporated law libraries in the commonwealth shall J-*"' nbr-iriea
2 be entitled to receive from the officers charged with the distribution tain documents
3 of the same, copies of all books and documents to which the county
4 law libraries are entitled by law, and one additional copy for each branch
5 library maintained by them.
public libr.\ries.
1 Section 7. A town may establish and maintain public libraries cities and
2 for its inhabitants under regulations prescribed by the city council or cstlb1ish''pubii<
3 by the town, and may receive, hold and manage any gift, bequest or i85i"|o5
4 devise therefor. The city council of a city or the selectmen of a town y !• ^^
5 may place in such library the books, reports and laws which may be Hr^'^J
6 received from the commonwealth. is7i, 26. p. s. 4o, §§ 9-11.
R. L. 38, § 6, 10 .\llen, 169. 149 Mass. 154.
1866, 222.
1 Section 8. Any free town public library may loan its books or other PuUic libraries
2 library material to any other such library or to citizens of other towns iSs^"
3 or non-residents, under such written conditions and regulations as may \l\li ns!
4 be made by the board of trustees or other authority having control
5 of the library so loaning. Any town may raise money to pay the ex-
6 penses of so borrowing books and other library material from the library
7 of any other town.
1 Section 9. If the trustees of any town library shall vote not to Books sent to
2 keep or receive any of the books and reports which the state secretary Ees'may be
3 is authorized to send thereto, the secretary, at the request of the super- loi""!!'
4 visor of public records, may discontinue sending them. Any of said I'^is. 350, 1 24.
5 books and reports in the custody of any town library may be returned
6 at its expense to the state library, or, with the sanction of the board
7 of free public library commissioners, may otherwise be exchanged or
S disposed of.
740
LIBRARIES.
[Cel^p. 78.
Trustees of
town libraries.
1888. 304.
« 1.2.5.
18S9, 112.
R. L. 38, § 7.
Not applicable
to cities. See
section 21.
Section 10. A town which raises or appropriates money for the 1
support of a free public library, or free public library and reading room,
owned by the town, shall, unless the same has been acquired entirely
or in part through some gift or bequest which contains other condi-
tions or provisions for the election of its trustees, or for its care and
management, which have been accepted by the town, elect by ballot at
a meeting a board of trustees consisting of any number of persons,
male or female, divisible by three, which the town determines to elect. 8
When such board is first chosen, one third thereof shall be elected for one 9
year, one third for two years and one third for three years, and there- 10
after one third shall be elected annually for a term of three years. The 11
board shall, from its own number, annually choose a chairman and 12
secretary and, if the town so votes, a treasurer, who shall give a bond 13
similar to that given by the town treasurer, in an amount and with 14
sureties to the satisfaction of the selectmen. Until the town otherwise 15
directs the town treasiu-er shall act as treasurer of the board of trustees. 16
Powers and
duties of
trustees.
ISSS. 30t. § 4.
R. L. 3S, § 8.
Section 11. The board shall have the custody and management of 1
the library and reading room and of all property owned by the town 2
relating thereto. All money raised or appropriated by the town for its 3
support and maintenance shall be expended by the board, and all money 4
or property which the town may receive by gift or bequest for said library 5
and reading room shall be administered by the board in accordance with 6
the provisions of such gift or bequest. 7
mX'r? OTt Section 12. The board shall make an annual report to the town of 1
18S8. 304, §^'6. itg receipts and expenditures and of the property in its custody, with a 2
Not applicable Statement of any unexpended balance of money and of any gifts or be- 3
to cities. See quests which it holds in behalf of the town, with its recommendations. 4
section 21. ^
not^'affecteJf by Section 13. The thrcc prcccdiug sections shall not apply to library
three preced- associations, nor to a library organized under a special act.
ing sections. ' ^ o x
ISSS, 304. § 7. R. L. 3S. § 10.
Annual report.
1890, 347, § 2.
R. L. 38, § 12.
1906. 183.
1910, 396, I 2.
BOARD OF free PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
Section 14. The commissioner of education shall make an annual
1
report of the acts of the board of free public library commissioners, 2
including therein a full detail of expenditures under section nineteen. 3
1913,316. 1914,373,5 1. 1918,189.
Section 15. The board of free public library commissioners shall
advise the librarian or trustees of any free public library relative to the
Board to
advise officials
of public
189a 347, J 2. selection or cataloguing of books and any other matter pertaining to its 3
maintenance or administration. 4
R. L. 38, i 13.
Purchase of SECTION 16. Said board, upon the apphcation of the library trustccs 1
towns h°avinK of a town which has complied ^^■ith sections seventeen and eighteen, and 2
hbr^ry.'"" wliich has no free public library owned and controlled by the town, may 3
R^h. 3f.\\l'. expend not more than one hundred dollars for books to be selected and 4
Not applicable purchased by said board and delivered to said trustees for the purpose of 5
se°cSJon'2i.*'" establishing a free public library. 6
Chap. 7S.] libraries. 741
1 Section 17. A town shall not be entitled to the benefits of the two Acceptance of
2 preceding sections until it accepts the same or has accepted corre- is9o;'344,T4.
3 sponding provisions of earlier laws and has elected a board of library ^-^-SS'Sis.
4 trustees as provided in section ten, nor until said trustees have made to°cit1ef.'"'see''
5 pro\ision satisfactory to said commissioners for the care and distribu- ^^'="°'' ^^■
6 tion of the books furnished by them.
1 Section IS. Such town shall, if its last assessed valuation was one Limitof ap-
2 million dollars or over, annually appropriate from the dog tax, or other- foTubrlri^
3 wise provide for the use and maintenance of its free public library, not \89o™4^7 | s
4 less than fifty dollars; if such valuation was less than one million dollars ^L-ss, | it.
5 and not less than two hundred and fifty thousand, not less than twenty- S°cirief.'''^le'e^
6 five dollars; and if such valuation was less than two hundred and fifty section 21.
7 thousand dollars, not less than fifteen dollars.
1 Section 19. The board of free public library commissioners may Board may aid
2 annually expend a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars in aid of free is92,'255."'"'^'
3 public libraries, especially in those towns the valuation of which does not r.^l! 38^§ 15.
4 exceed one million dollars. Such aid may include the furnishing of books \i^l' |f|
5 in small quantities, visits to libraries, the instruction of librarians, and ish'sts, §1.
6 such other means of encouraging and stimulating the small libraries as
7 said board shall deem advisable.
1 Section 20. The board may determine by examination or by such Examination
2 rules as it may establish the selection and appointment of supervising uonoT'^"^^"
3 librarians and all other library workers who are paid wholly or in part, i9X5"io6.'
4 under the authority of said board, by the commonwealth. Such selec-
5 tion and appointment shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one.
6 In order to assist library trustees who seek advice from the board in
7 securing qualified librarians and assistants, the board shall keep a registry
8 of librarians which shall give due credit for experience and successful
9 accomplishment as well as for formal examination.
1 Section 21. Sections ten to twelve, inclusive, and sections sixteen Certain sec-
2 to eighteen, inclusive, shall not apply to cities. appUcabie to
cities.
REFERENCES.
In General.
Defacement of books, penalty for, Chap. 266, § 99.
District libraries, establishment of, Chap. 40, § 44.
Disturbance of person in, Chap. 272, § 41.
Incorporation of, Chap. ISO, § 2.
Public documents, to have, Chap. 5, §§3, 4.
City and Town Libraries.
Appropriations for, authorized. Chap. 40, § 5, cl. IS.
Appropriations for, from dog tax. Chap. 140, § 172.
742
EMINENT DOMAIN.
[Chap. 79.
TITLE XIII.
EMINENT DOMAIN AND BETTERMENTS.
Chapter 79. Eminent Domain.
Chapter SO. Betterments.
CHAPTER 79.
EMINENT DOMAIN.
The order.
1693-4, 6, § 3.
1796, 58, § 6.
1802, 13.5, § 4.
1827, 77, § 7.
R. S. 24, § 10.
1859, 132, § 2.
G. S. 43, § 13.
1874, 275. § 2.
P.S.49. S§9,13.
1890, 270.
1895, 488, § 5.
1899, 424, § 3.
R. L. 48,§§S,
96.
1912, 554, § 7.
Sect.
1. The order.
2. By whom taking made.
3. Recording order of talcing.
4. Taking of registered land.
5. Taking of land already in public use.
6. Award of damages when taking is by
the public.
7. Award of damages when taking is by
private corporation.
8. Notice.
9. Award of damages caused by order not
constituting a taking.
10. Award of damages caused by acts in
pais.
11. Petition for award of damages when
land lies in more than one county,
city or town.
12. Measure of damages.
13. Buildings and trees on land taken.
14. Petition to superior court.
15. Petition for damages to property in
Dukes County or Nantucket.
16. Time of filing petition.
17. Extension of time when proceedings are
quashed.
18. Extension of time if validity of pro-
ceedings is contested.
19. Extension of time if time for locating
or constructing work is extended.
20. Petition by guardian, conservator or
trustee.
Sect.
Death of party entitled to damages.
Pleading and procedure.
Different interests in same parcel.
Tenant for life or years and remainder-
man.
Damages to be placed in trust.
Appointment of trustee.
Other forms of different interests.
Notice to holders of different intereet.?.
Apportionment of damages.
Appointment of guardian ad litem or
trustee.
Petition by tenant or trustee.
Mortgaged land.
Apportionment of damages between
mortgagor and mortgagee.
Petition to be advanced for speedy
trial.
Evidence of assessed value of land
taken or injured.
Discontinuance of petition.
Interest.
Costs.
Settlement and tender.
Security for damages.
Collection of award.
Removal of structures in street to en-
force payment of damages.
Effect of abandonment of easement.
Taking by the United States.
Provisions of this chapter exclusive.
Section 1. The taking of real estate or of any interest therein by 1
right of eminent domain may be effected in the following manner. A 2
board of officers upon whom authority to take real estate by eminent 3
domain on behalf of any body politic or corporate has been conferred by 4
law, having first complied with all the preliminary requirements pre- 5
scribed by law, may adopt an order of taking, which shall contain a 6
description of the land taken sufficiently accurate for identification, and 7
shall state the interest therein taken and the purpose for which such 8
property is taken, and in case such taking is for an improvement for 9
Chap. 79.] ehinkxt domain. 743
10 which betterments may be assessed shall state whether betterments are 1017.344.11,
11 to be assessed therefor. In case there are trees upon the land taken, or i9is|,257,
12 structures affixed thereto, the order of taking shall state whether the imI'.'s^" ^' ''
13 same are to be included in the taking, and, if they are not so included, 3^Masl406.
14 shall allow the owner a reasonable time after the date of the order or after | ^'^^- ^^^^
15 entry or possession to remove the same, to be specified in the order. ^ Gray, 109.
16 Gray, 36. 141 Mass. 317. 164 Mass. 30G.
121 Mass. 42. 149 Mass. 328. 1S4 Mass. 416.
123 Mass. 289. 158 iMass. 284. Op. A. G. (1919) 107.
131 Mass. 470.
1 Section 2. Where no other provision is made by law, a taking of ^^j^'^'J,™ j^
2 land by eminent domain by or on behalf of the commonwealth shall be wis. 257,
3 made by the governor and council, a taking by or on behalf of a county 1919, '5.
4 by the county commissioners of such county, a taking by or on behalf ' '"'
5 of a city by the aldermen, a taking by or on behalf of a town by the
6 selectmen, a taking by or on behalf of a district by its prudential com-
7 mittee, and a taking by or on behalf of a private corporation by its
8 board of directors.
1 Section 3. The board of officers by whom an order of taking has Recording
2 been adopted under section one shall within thirty days thereafter cause r. " 39, § 75^'
3 a copy thereof, signed by them or certified by their secretary or clerk, G*^s.'48?§if'
4 to be recorded in the registry of deeds of every county or district in i|62,203.
5 which the property taken or any of it lies. The copy of an order of j|63, los.
6 taking made under chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and fll'^iyj^^i'
7 sixty or one hundred and sixty-one, by commissioners appointed there- ists! 135! § 2. '
8 under to abolish grade crossings or by the department of public utilities, so.^b 2, 3; '
9 may be filed and recorded without the payment of any fee therefor. J8ls,nu'§3!4;
10 Upon the recording of an order of taking under this section, title to the 4|8°§^J'''
1 1 fee of the property taken or to such other interest therein as has been i*|3, 82; 407,
12 designated in such order shall vest in the body politic or corporate on ism hs;
18 behalf of which the taking was made; and the right to damages for such i895, 488, § 5.
14 taking shall thereupon vest in the persons entitled thereto unless other- is98,':34!404',
15 wise provided bylaw; provided, however, that when a taking is made for fslbf 379,^2;
16 the purpose of a highway or town way or for ditches or drains for drain- ^901,^313, §2.
17 ing the same, the right to damages shall not vest until such way, drain ^s^-g^^^^.
18 or ditch has been entered upon or possession thereof has been taken for 48, |§'^92,' 97;
19 the purpose of constructing the same, and if such entry is not made or iii,§i'9i,i57:
20 possession taken within two years of the date of the order, the taking 1902,101".
21 shall be void. 1906,463, i, §41, 11, § 74, in, §§114, 108. 1908,372, §2.
1909, 429. 1920. 2. 141 Mass. 317. ISO Mass. 513.
1910, 544. 98 Mass. 491. 147 Mass. 618. 199 Mass. 369.
1917,329,13; 101 Mass. 439. 150 Mass. 350, 489. 200 Mass. 94.
344, II, §§ 63, 68. 122 Mass. 338. 164 Mass. 18. 211 Mass. 165.
1918. 257, 123 Mass. 543. 173 Mass. 48. 213 Mass. 485.
§ 187, subs. 3. 136 Mass. 477. 186 Mass. 128. 220 Mass. 116.
1919, 5. 140 Mass. 570. 188 Mass. 338. 224 Mass. 292.
1 Section 4. If land of a registered owner, or any right or interest ^|^'"/,e°diand.
2 therein, is taken by eminent domain, the board of officers by whom the i|90. |™- ^ ^^
3 taking is made shall file for registration in the proper registry district isog,' 424,' § 3. '
4 a description of the registered land so taken, giving the name of each i9i8','257,'
5 owner thereof, referring by number and place of registration in the i9i9,'o*" ^'
6 registration book to each certificate of title, and stating what estate or 21 iVass. 442.
7 interest in the land is taken, and for what purpose. A memorandum
8 of the right or interest taken shall be made on each certificate of title
9 by the assistant recorder. If the fee simple of part of the registered
10 land is taken a new certificate shall be entered to the owner for the
11 land remaining to him after such taking. All fees on account of any
744
EMINENT DOMAIN.
(Chap. 79.
Taking of land
already in
public use.
1833. 148. § 3.
R. S. 39, § 55.
1853,351. § 1.
G. S. 63, § 19.
1862. 223. § 2.
1874, 355, § 1 ;
372, § 60.
1875, 163,
§§1,3.
1878, 135, § 2.
P. S. 54, §§ 13,
15; 87, § 3;
112, §91.
1882, 154, § 10.
1884, 134.
1889, 414, § 2.
1893, 75.
1895, 503, § 2.
R. L. 28, § 11;
53, §§ 17-19;
87, I 17; 88.
§ 2; 111,195.
1906, 463. II.
§ 78; 508, § 5.
1907, 474, I 3.
1909, 504.
§§ 23, 107.
1915, 157, § 2.
1917. 344, VI,
§§ 7-9,
1918. 257,
§ 187, subs. 5.
1919,5.
1920. 2.
10 Mass. 70.
5 Pick. 492.
10 Pick. 247,
270.
13 Pick. 195.
16 Pick. 87.
3 Met. 445.
4 Cush. 63.
1 Gray, 203.
5 Gray, 451.
7 Gray, 223.
110 Mass. 491.
118 Mass. 391.
119 Mass. 516.
124 Mass. 368.
135 Mass. 263.
memorandum of registration or entry of new certificates shall be paid 12
by the body politic or corporate which takes the land. 13
Section 5. No portion of a state institution shall be taken for a 1
public way, canal, railroad or railway without leave of the general 2
court specially obtained. No portion of a highway, public building or
cemetery shall be taken for railroad purposes outside the limits of the
route fixed for such railroad without the consent of the town in which
the land sought to be taken is situated. No portion of the land taken
for or held as a park by a town under chapter forty-five shall be taken
or used for a public way, canal, railroad or railway, or for altering or
widening the same, without the appro\'al of the board having control of
the public parks of such town. No portion of a common or park dedi-
cated to the use of the public, or ajjpropriated to such use without in-
terruption for a period of twenty years, shall be taken or used for a
public way, canal, railroad or railway, or for altering or widening the
same, except with the consent of the city or town in which such common
or park is situated after public notice, given in the manner provided in
cases of the laying out and alteration of highways, stating the extent
and limits of the portion thereof proposed to be taken. Such consent
shall be ex-pressed by a vote of the inhabitants, if ten or more voters file
a request in writing to that effect with the selectmen or aldermen within
thirty dajs after the publication of the notice; in the absence of such
request, consent shall be presumed. In a city such vote shall be taken
by ballot on a day appointed for the purpose by the aldermen, which
may be the day of any election. Notice that such vote is to be taken
with a statement of the question to be voted upon shall be given by the
aldermen in the manner provided by law for giving notice of city elec-
tions, fourteen days at least before the day appointed therefor, and all
provisions of law relative to elections consistent herewith shall be appli-
cable to such vote, and a certificate of the result shall be recorded by the
city clerk. 13S Mass. 277.
166 Mass. 224, 347.
183 Mass. 307.
184 Mass. 140.
i40Ma
148 Mass. 678.
153 Mass. 561.
154 Mass. 424.
156 Mass. 172.
157 Mass. 55.
185 Mass. 186.
212 Mass. 583.
223 Mass. 213.
Award of
damages when
taking is by
the public.
1842, 86.
1847, 259, § 4.
G. S. 43, §§ 15,
63.
P. S. 49, §§ 15,
69
1882, 154, § 5.
1890,428, § 6.
1891, 123.
1893, 407, § 7.
1894,216;
288, I 5.
1895, 406, § 6.
1897, 264.
1898, 200;
463, § 2.
1900, 463.
1901, 313, § 3
R. L. 25, § 37;
28, § 20; 48,
|§ 13,69; 111,
I 153.
Section 6. Wlien a taking is made on behalf of the commonwealth, 1
or of a county, city, town or district, the board by whom the taking is 2
made shall, at the time when the order of taking is adopted, award the 3
damages sustained by persons in their property by reason of such taking. 4
Such damages shall be paid by the body politic or corporate on behalf 5
of which the taking was made, unless other provision is made by law; 6
but when a taking is made for the purposes of a highway or town way, 7
or of a ditch or drain for draining the same, or for the purpose of 8
abolishing a grade crossing under chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, the 9
amount awarded shall not be payable until entry is made upon the land 10
within the limits of the taking, or possession thereof is taken for the 11
purpose of constructing such way, ditch or drain or for abolishing such 12
grade crossing.
1905. 408, § 3.
1906, 463, 1, §§ 37, £
1908, 390, I 1.
1910, 508, I 2.
1917, 329. §3;
344, II, §§ 14. 43.
1918,257, §187,subs.
1919, 5.
1920. 2.
22 Pick. 263.
2 Met. 558.
13
10 Met. 405.
12 Met. 123.
3 Cush. 25, 58.
8 Cush. 360.
2 Gray, 267.
4 Gray, 537.
5 Gray, 35, 372.
9 Gray. 346.
3 Allen, 538.
98 Mass. 491.
101 Mass. 439.
108 Mass. 535.
116 Mass. 165.
117 Mass. 76, 79.
121 Mass. 42.
122 Mass. 338.
125 Mass. 216.
137 Mass. 255.
144 Mass. 139, 579.
162 Mass. 170.
164 Mass. 18, 354.
166 Mass. 508.
178 Mass. 382.
183 Mass. 295.
187 Mass. 45.
189 Mass. 439,
505, 640.
193 Mass. 488.
197 Mass. 412, 531.
202 Mass. 585.
220 Mass. 116.
221 Mass. 189.
228 Mass. 202.
Chap. 79.] eminent domain. 745
1 Section 7. When a taking is marie on behalf of a railroad corpora- Award of
2 tion, the damages shall be awarded by the county commissioners of the taking is by
3 county in which the land taken lies, upon the petition of such corpora- poration.""^'
4 tion or of any person entitled thereto, if filed within one year of the Jflf; 537; | J;
5 date when the taking is recorded. When the taking is made on behalf R^l'lgfjlfg,
6 of a private corporation other than a railroad corporation the damages f^4|\|^il®4
7 shall be awarded by the aldermen of the city, or the selectmen of the s: is3. '
8 town, in which the land taken lies, upon the petition of such corporation 1354! 448! § 33.
9 or of any person entitled thereto, if filed within one year of the date o'l.lg^l'e^y?'
10 when the taking is recorded; provided, that there shall be no award of i'si;4.^29'3*'
1 1 the damages caused by the taking of land or other acts performed in the \l^f ^^j
12 abolition or alteration of a grade crossing under chapter one hundred ||3*'^i''j*'
13 and fifty-nine, but the amount of such damages may be agreed upon by 1875,223. § 1.
14 the party primarily liable therefor and any person entitled thereto. A i69,§§ 4, 5,-
15 petition for an award of damages under this section may be filed in the ilsi.soe.'s 1!
16 office of the board having jurisdiction of the subject matter thereof at any ^^l\ ||°§ m.
17 time within the period herein limited, but no petition shall be received }oo'^i22?'§3
IS or damages awarded under this section after a petition with respect to Jf^la ''04 • "•
19 the same subject matter has been filed in the superior court under section 1912. '725,
20 fourteen. 1917. 344, 11, § si. 1918, 257, § is7, subs. 7. 1919, 5.
1920. 2.
7 .A.llen, 313.
124 Mass,
, 118.
3 Met. 380.
14 Allen, 55.
125 Mass.
, 1,
7 Met. 78.
103MaS9. 1. 10.
127 Mass.
671.
3 Gush. 107.
105 Mass. 303.
136 Mass.
,75.
4 Cush. 291.467.
107 Mass. 352.
141 Mass,
,174.
10 Cush. 385.
109 Mass. 527.
152 Mass,
, 506.
12 Cush. 224.
112 Mass. 334.
172 Mass,
197.
4 Gray. 301.
113 Mass. 52. 277.
174 Mass,
99.
7 Gray, 389, 450.
121 Mass. 124.
194 Mass,
SO.
1 Section 8. Immediately after the right to damages becomes vested, f8°35^^i-22
2 the board of officers who have made a taking under this chapter shall JJ- §■ 24, § 67.
Ill (j. fa. 43. § 61.
3 give notice thereof to every person whose property has been taken or ises. leo, § 4.
4 who is otherwise entitled to damages on account of such taking. Such 1873! 51.
5 notice shall be in writing and shall describe in general terms the pur- p. s.'49, §1 67.
6 pose and extent of the taking, and shall state the amount of damages, a'L*'4l°§y.''
7 if any, awarded to the person to whom it is sent, or, if no damages have Jgog'lgo ^ ^'
8 been awarded, the time within which he may petition for an award of Jgjy'lff'i^'-
9 the same, and in either case the time within which he may petition the §§57, 04!
. . . 1918 257
10 superior court to determine his damages under section fourteen. Such § i87,"'subB. s.
11 notice may be served by personal service, or by leaving an attested 5920] 2!
12 copy thereof at the last and usual place of abode of the person to be 2 Met! 22a
13 notified if he is a resident of the commonwealth, by any person author- g^{l^^*ll\_
14 ized to serve civil process, or notice may be given to persons within or jia Mass. 480.
15 without the commonwealth, by registered mail or other suitable means. i36 Mass! 477!
16 Failure to give notice shall not affect the validity of the proceedings, lee Mass! 399!
17 or the time within which a petition for damages may be filed, except i78 Mass! 276!
IS as provided by section sixteen. 197 Mass. 414, 533
1 Section 9. W'hen injury has been caused to the real estate of any Award of dam-
2 person by the establishment, construction, maintenance, operation, ofder'^notconsti-
3 alteration, repair or discontinuance of a public improvement which does 1 842,^86 .*'''"°^'
4 not involve the taking of private property, and he is entitled to com- ]|t9!93?§4*'
5 pensation by law for such injury, if such establishment, construction, gg.^g^^s^l ^^'
6 maintenance, operation, alteration, repair or discontinuance was effected ?g!^-,ti' IM^-
7 by or in accordance with a formal vote or order of the board of officers 1884. 306. § i.
S of a body politic or corporate duly authorized by law, the damages § 13.'
746
EMINENT DOMAIN.
[Chap. 79.
R. L. 48, §J 14
69; 122, § 3
1917, 344, II,
§§ 15,43.
1918. 257,
§ 187, subs. 9.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
12 Mass. 466.
1 Pick. 418.
21 Pick. 344.
2 Met. 558.
3 Met. 380.
5 Met. 81, 368.
7 Met. 276.
8 Met. 260.
3 Cush. 91, 107,
7 Cush. 254.
9 Cush. 1.
10 Cush, 235.
12 Cush. 224.
2 Gray, 137.
4 Gray, 301.
5Gray, 35, 110.
shall be awarded, determined and collected and notice of the order shall 9
be given in the same manner as if there had been a taking of property 10
on behalf of such body politic or corporate under section one. In case 11
such establishment, construction, maintenance, operation, alteration, re- 12
pair or discontinuance is an improvement for which betterments may be 13
assessed, such vote or order shall state whether betterments are to 14
be assessed therefor. The damages shall be assessed as of the date when 15
the vote or order is adopted, but the right to damages shall not vest 16
and the damages shall not be paid until the work which caused the 17
injury has been completed, or until the public improvement which has IS
been discontinued has ceased to be open to public use, and if the order 19
does not go into effect, or is rescinded or altered, only so much of the 20
damages shall be paid as has been actually sustained. 21
6 Gray, 544.
II Gray, 26, 353.
3 Allen, 501, 574.
10 Allen, 591.
14 Allen, 55.
98 Mass. 428.
103 Mass. 1.
108 Mass. 261.
III Mass. 27.
113 Mass. 52, 111,2
114 Mass. 490.
116 Mass. 458.
121 Mass. 5, 241.
122 Mass. 1, 342.
123 Mass. 522.
124 Mass. 461, 564.
125 Mass. 253.
126 Mass. 422.
127 Ma
131 Ma
133 Ma
134 Ma
136 Ma
137 Ma
.69.
.491.
.65,361, 433,488.
.267.
. 75, 409.
. 255, 478.
139 Mass.
141 Mass.
143 Mass.
144 Mass.
147 Mass.
149 Mass.
151 Mass.
152 Mass.
153 Mass.
154 Mass.
157 Mass.
158 Mass.
159 Mass.
162 Mass.
163 Mass.
164 Mass.
166 Mass.
167 Mass.
170 Mass.
172 Mass.
174 Mass.
175 Mass.
176 Mass.
177 Mass.
490.
139, 579.
618.
44.
196.
307.
218, 245.
100, 509.
17.
185.
597.
170.
164.
1, 18, 350, 3.54.
403, 480.
364.
593.
180, 197.
556.
246, 459.
75.
173.
178 Mass.
181 Mass.
182 Mass.
183 Mass.
421, 586.
184 Mass.
186 Mass.
187 Mass.
188 Mass.
189 Mass.
191 Mass.
194 Mass.
197 Mass.
199 Mass.
200 Mass.
201 Mass.
202 Mass.
203 Mass.
209 Mass.
214 Mass.
215 Mass.
218 Mass.
220 Mass.
221 Mass.
385, 3S6, 526.
279, 566.
540, 594.
45, 328, 356.
405, 414.
2.54, 439.
75, 103, 223, 513.
80, 302.
4.
274, 292.
400, 425.
585.
115,422,585.
31, 372.
298, 419.
254.
381.
220, 321.
116, 376, 575,
169.
Award of
damages caused
by acts in pais.
1796, 88, § 3.
R. S. 18, § 7;
25, § 6.
1859, 67.
G. S. 24, § 5;
44, §§ 19, 20.
1871, 158.
1873, 61.
P. S. 35, § 5;
52, H 15, 16.
1893, 65.
\1894.491. § 46.
1895,496, § 11.
1899, 408, § 33.
R. L. 32, § 13;
51, §§ 15, 16;
90, I 26.
1907, 191, § 7;
448.
1916, 190, § 8.
1917, 344,
IV, §§ 21, 22.
1918, 257,
§ 187, subs. 10,
§§ 191, 193.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
8 Met. 172,
462.
10 Cush. 411.
106 Mass. 84.
174 Mass. 4.50.
179 Mass. 3U5.
187 Mass. 328,
igSMass. 64.
199 Mass. 530.
220 Mass. 575.
229 Mass. 563.
Section 10. When the real estate of any person has been taken for 1
the public use or has been damaged by the construction, maintenance, 2
operation, alteration, repair or discontinuance of a public improvement 3
or has been entered for a public purpose, but such taking, entry or 4
damage was not effected by or in accordance \\ith a formal vote or 5
order of the board of officers of a body politic or corporate duly author- 6
ized by law, or when the personal property of any person has been 7
damaged, seized, destroyed or used for a public purpose, and by such 8
taking, damage, entry, seizure, destruction or use he has suffered an 9
injury for which he is entitled to compensation, the damages therefor 10
may be recovered under this chapter. If the injury was caused by or 11
on behalf of the commonwealth or of a county, city, town or district, 12
the officer or board of officers under whose direction or control the 13
injury was caused shall award the damages upon the petition of any 14
person entitled thereto. If the injury was caused by a railroad corpora- 15
tion, the county commissioners of the county in which the property 16
taken, damaged, entered upon, seized, destroyed or used was located, 17
and, if the injury was caused by a private corporation other than a 18
railroad, the aldermen of the city or the selectmen of the town in which 19
such property was located, shall award the damages upon the petition 20
of any person entitled thereto or of the corporation liable therefor. In 21
case of a specific taking, entry, seizure or other act causing destruction 22
or damage or depriving the owner of the use of his property permanently 23
or for a definite period of time the damages shall be assessed as of the 24
date of such taking, entry, seizure or other act and the right thereto 25
shall vest on such date and a petition for an award of damages therefor 26
Chap. 79.]
EMINENT DOMAIN.
747
27 under this section may be filed within one j'ear thereafter; otherwise
28 damages shall be assessed with respect to any parcel of property as of
29 the date when such property was first injuriously affected, the right
30 thereto shall vest upon the completion of the public improvement which
31 caused the injury, and a petition for an award of damages therefor
32 under this section may be filed within one year after such completion.
1 Section 11. If a single parcel of land taken or injured by a private
2 corporation lies in more than one county or in more than one town, a
3 petition for an award of damages under section seven may be made to
4 the appropriate board of officers of either of such counties or of either of
5 such towns. The board of officers to whom petition is first made shall
6 have exclusive jurisdiction thereof, and shall award said damages as
7 though the land lay entirely in one county, or in one town. If land
8 injured by a public improvement lies outside the commonwealth, the
9 petition may be made to the board which would have jurisdiction if it
10 lay in the same county, or in the same town, as such public improvement.
142 Mass. 394.
1 Section 12. The damages for property taken under this chapter
2 shall be fixed at the value thereof before the taking, and in case only
3 part of a parcel of land is taken there shall be included damages for all
4 injury to the part not taken caused by the taking or by the public im-
5 provement for which the taking is made; and there shall be deducted
6 the benefit accruing to the part not taken unless it was stated in the
7 order of taking that betterments were to be assessed. In determining
8 the damages to a parcel of land injured when no part of it has been
9 taken, regard shall be had only to such injury as is special and peculiar
10 to such parcel, and there shall be deducted the benefit accruing to such
11 parcel, unless it was stated in the order of taking, or if there was no
12 taking in the order for the establishment, construction, alteration, repair
13 or discontinuance of the public improvement which caused the injury,
14 that betterments were to be assessed. i7 Pick. ss. 2 Met. 147.
Petition for
award of
damage.s when
land lies in
more than one
county, city or
town.
18.53, 5, §§ 1, 2.
G, S, 63. § 23.
1874, 372, § 73.
P. S. 112, § lOS.
R. L. Ill, U09.
1906, 463. II,
§93.
1918, 257,
§ 187, subs. 11.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Me
!of
R. S. 24, § 31.
1842, 86, § 2.
G. S. 43, § 16.
1866, 174, § 2
186S, 75.
1871, 382, § 3.
P. S. 49, § 16;
51, § 3.
1895. 488, § 13.
R. L. 48, § 15;
50, § 3.
1917.344, II,
§ 16, III, § 3.
1918, 257,
§ 187, subs. 12.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
2 Mass. 489.
5 Mass. 435.
6 Mass. 246,
454.
3 Met. 380.
5 Met. 368.
4 Gush. 291.
2 Gray, 267, 271.
4 Gray, 537.
5 Gray, 35.
7 Gray, 106,
11 Gray, 26, 413, 415.
13 Gray, 146, 546.
14 Gray, 155, 214.
15 Gray, 106, 154.
1 Allen, 324.
3 Allen, 133.
7 Allen, 313.
12 Allen, 223.
98 Mass. 312.
100 Mass. 350.
103 Mass. 1. 10.
104 Mass. 18.
105 Mass. 199.
106 Mass. 53.
108 Mass. 60, 70, 160, 535.
109 Mass. 225, 243, 438.
110 Mass. 224.
112 Mass. 181.
113 Mass. 88.97, 111,262.
114 Mass. 490. 513.
115 Mass. 1, 377.
116 Ma
117 Ma
118 Ma
119 Ma
120 Mass
200.
363.
546.
126, 404.
393, 395.
121 Mass. 124.
125 Mass. 1, 34, 226, 371,
544, 557.
127 Mass. 571.
133 Mass. 253.
134 Mass. 98.
135 Mass. 561.
136 Mass. 75.
137 Mass. 163, 319.
143 Mass. 521.
144 Mass. 1.39, 317.
147 Mass, 609.
151 Ma.ss. 28, 250.
155 Mass. 35.
157 Masi
158 Masi
159 Mas
160 Mas
162 Masi
163 Mass. 164.
164 Mass. 1. 107, 368, 3S0.
165 Mass. 88.
167 Mass. 128.
. 21, 185, 52
. 283.
.303.
168 Mass. 364, 541.
169 Mass. 103.
172 Mass. 289.
173 Mass. 100, 425,
507, 552.
175 Mass. 299.
177 Mass. 46.
178 Mass. 172, 225, 386.
179 Mass. 365.
180 Mass. 325.
181 Mass. 374, 438.
183 Mass. 178.
184 Mass. 279. 304, 541.
188 Mass. 405.
191 Mass. 223, 513.
193 Mass. 196.
195 Mass. 338.
196 Mass. 171.
201 Mass. 585.
202 Mass. 115. 585.
209 Mass. 298.
210 Mass. 259.
212 Mass. 299.
215 Mass. 150, 255, 381.
220 Mass. 507.
221 Mass. 169.
223 Mass. 119.
235 Mass. 1.
1 Section 13. If there are trees upon or structures affixed to the land ^"^on^fand*
2 taken which are not included in the taking, the owner may remove the 51^1"^^ g 3
3 same, but the damages shall include the value thereof, so far as they i796. 5's. § e. '
4 enhance the value of the land, and the value thereof for purposes of 1S27! 77, '§ 7. '
5 removal shall be deducted from the damages. If part of a parcel to is48,9s', §u,'2.
6 which structures are affixed is taken, the damages shall include the value §§^^,'2,^4.'
748
KMINENT DOJI.UN.
[ClL\P. 79.
G. S. 43, |§ 13,
74,
1866, 174,
§§2,4.
1868, 75.
1869, 367, § 3.
1871, 382,
§§3,4.
P. S. 49, §§9,
17, 80; 51. § 3.
R. L. 48, IS 8,
16,81: 50, § 3.
1912, 554. § 7.
1917, 344, II,
§§ 8, 17, 55,
III, § 3.
1918, 257.
§ 187, subs. i:!.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
3 Mass. 406.
6 Gray. 442.
7 Gray, 109.
121 Mass. 42.
149 Mass. 328.
151 Mass. 28.
184 Mass. 416.
of all structures upon such parcel so far as they enhance the value of 7
the land, deducting therefrom the value of all structures or parts thereof 8
left standing on the part not taken, and, if the taking did not include 9
the structures, the value for purposes of removal of the structures upon 10
the part taken. If the owner of trees upon land taken refuses or neg- 11
lects to remove them within the time specified in the order of taking, 12
he shall be deemed to have relinquished his rights thereto. If the owner 13
of structures upon land taken refuses or neglects to remove them within 14
the time specified in the order of taking, the officers having the direction 15
and control of the public improvement in connection with which the 16
taking was made shall sell such structures at public auction, after five 17
days' notice of such sale, and hold the proceeds for the benefit of such 18
owner, and the expense of such sale shall be deducted from the owner's 19
damages; but if such property is of less value than the estimated ex- 20
pense of such sale no sale need be made. In that case, or if at the sale 21
no person bids for such property, the owner thereof shall be held to 22
have relinquished his right thereto. If the owner of personal property 2.3
lying upon land taken refuses or neglects to remove it after reasonable 24
notice in ^^Titing from the officers having the direction and control of 25
the public improvement in connection with which the taking was made, 26
he shall be held to have relinquished his right thereto. 27
Petition to
superior court.
1756-7, 18, § 2.
1786, 67, § 4.
1812, 121.
1833, 187, § 1.
1834, 173.
R. S. 24, § 13;
39, §§ 57, 64.
1841, 125, § 3.
1842, 86, § 3.
1847, 181. I 1.
1848, 237.
1851, 86.
1853, 5, §§ 1. 2.
1855, 10.
G. S. 39, §§ 38.
39:43, §19: 63,
§§ 22, 23, 37.
1869, 26;
411, §2.
1870. 75, § 1.
1873, 261.
1874.342:372,
51 67, 73.
1876, 22.
1881, 7; 122.
Section 14. A person entitled to an award of his damages under 1
this chapter or the body politic or corporate bound to pay the same, 2
whether a petition has or has not been filed or award made under 3
section six, seven, nine or ten, may petition for the assessment of such 4
damages to the superior court of the county in which the property 5
taken or injured was situated. If a single parcel of land so taken or 6
injured lies in more than one county, the petition may be filed in the 7
superior court of either such county, and the court in which such petition 8
is first filed shall have exclusive jurisdiction thereof and shall assess 9
damages as though the land lay entirely in one county; provided, that 10
if a petition for damages has previously been filed under section eleven, 11
the petition to the superior court shall be filed in the same county. If 12
the land injured lies outside the commonwealth, such petition shall be 13
filed in the superior court of the county in which the public improvement 14
15
which caused the injury is situated
p. S. 27, § 42; 44, §§ 48, -
49, §§32, 105, 107, 109;
112, §§ 99, 105.
1882, 1.54, § 5.
1890, 270.
1893, 407, § 7.
1894, 175; 288, § 5.
1895, 406, § 6; 488. § 13.
1897, 299, § 3, 4.
1898, 463, § 2.
1899,306, § 1:379, §§3, 4
424, § 3.
1900, 299.
1901, 313, § 3.
R. L. 25, §§37, 49:28, §20;
48, §§ 27, 109, 113; 111,
§§ 103, 109.
1905, 456, § 5.
1906, 463, II, §§ 87, 93.
1910, 508, § 2.
1914, 33.
1917, 344, II, §§ 27, 79. S3.
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 14.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
100 Mass. 103.
117 Mass. 76.
119 Mass. 485.
126 Mass. 287.
127 Mass. 571.
129 Mass. 135.
139 Mass. 172, 210.
143 Mass. 192.
146 Mass. 52.
149 Mass. 329.
160 Mass. 483, 486.
174 Mass. 406.
176 Mass. 118.
189 Mass. 613, 540.
194 Mass. 80.
223 Mass. 66.
224 Mass. 292.
dfmlg?3*to Section 15. Any person entitled to file a petition under section 1
?)XrcoSnty fourteen for damages arising from the taking of property in the county 2
iss'^^so"'^''^*' ^^ Dukes or of Nantucket, or for injury thereto, may file such petition 3
R- l'.48 § no. in the superior court for the county in which the property was situated 4
§ 80.' ' ' or in the superior court for the county of Bristol. 5
1918, 257, § 187, subs. 15. 1919,5. 1920,2.
perit1o°n.'"''°^ Section 16. A petition for the assessment of damages under section 1
i786r6'7.^§'4! ^' fourteen may be filed within one year after the right to such damages 2
Chap. 79.] eminent dom.un. 749
3 has vested; but any person whose property has been taken or injured, {fJI'yl'i 12
4 and who has not received notice under section eight or otherwise of the J^^g-al^i^-
5 proceedings whereby he is entitled to damages at least sixty days before 1S42'. se'. § 3.
6 the expiration of such year, may file such petition within six months iss?! 133!
7 from the time when possession of his property has been taken or he has i874,34'i
8 otherwise suffered actual injury in his property. P. s. 49, §§ 33, 89, 90.
1890, 270, 1920, 2. 147 Mass. 618.
1892, 41.5, 5 1. 8 Cush. 360. 150 Mass. 564.
1893, 407, § 7. 11 Cush. 4S7. 175 Mass. 590.
1894, 288, § 5. 2 Gray, 232. 181 Mass. 380.
1895, 400, § 6; 488, § 13. 7 Gray, 389. 185 Mass. 219.
1898, 463, § 2. 9 Gray, 341. 186 Mass. 79.
1899, 424, § 3. 99 Mass. 236. 187 Mass. 328.
1901, 313, § 3. 117 Mass. 78, 566. 189 Mass. 513.
R. L. 25, § 37; 48, §§ 28, 93. 120 Mass. 416. 193 Mass. 530.
1905, 456, § 5. 128 Mass. 97. 197 Mass. 412.
1917, 344, II, §§ 28, 64. 137 Mass. 482. 203 Mass. 31.
1918j 267, § 187, subs. 16. 144 Mass. 459, 470. 224 Mass. 292.
1919, 5.
1 Section 17. If a person petitions for an award or assessment of his Extension of
2 damages within the time limited by law, or is a party to such petition c'eedings'^are™
3 by another person, and the petition is c[uashed, abated or otherwise i^fj'isi, § o.
4 avoided or defeated for any inaccuracy, irregularity or matter of form, ?s74,3l-'2!§'^so
5 or if, after verdict for such petitioner or other party, the judgment is r LVnlHg
6 arrested or reversed on a writ of error, or the proceedings are quashed i906, 463',ii,
7 on certiorari, such petitioner or other party may begin such proceed- 1918,257.
8 ings anew within one year after such abatement, reversal or other i9\9,'5." ^'
9 determination. 1020, 2. 125 Mass. 4S3.
1 Section 18. If a suit, in which the right of a body politic or cor- Extension of
2 porate to effect a particular public improvement or to make a particular of"proc7edings^
3 taking is drawn in question, is brought within the time for filing a peti- n56-7riM2.
4 tion to the proper tribunal for an award or assessment of the damages J|i|;i2i^*'
5 caused by such improvement or taking, or within six months after the }|27, " § 12.
. . « ,. . . , . , '1^1 1834, 173, § 1.
6 determination 01 an earlier suit involving the same question, brought i835,i48 §7.
7 within the time for filing such petition, which failed for want of juris- 39, § 59.'
8 diction, defect of form or other like cause not decisive of the merits of istg', 20b
9 the controversy, the petition may be filed within six months after the a".'43,^§22;
10 final determination of such suit. ®^' ^ ^■
1874, 372, § 79.
P. S. 49, § 33; lli, § 111.
1892, 415, § 1.
1899, 342.
1900, 108, § 1.
1901, 498.
1 Section 19. If the time for locating or constructing a public im- Extension of
2 provement by a pri^'ate corporation shall be extended by statute, all ficSing'OT ^n-
3 unsettled claims against the corporation for damages to land shall be fs'e"tended°'^'^
4 revived, and the claimants for such damages may petition to the proper 18B2, m. ^^
5 tribunal within one year after the taking effect of such statute. This p. s.'ii2?§iio:
• R L 111 §114
6 section shall not apply to cases in which, by reason of a defect in the 1906. 453', 11,
7 original location of a public improvement already constructed, there 19^18,257,
8 has been a new location thereof. i9i9, 5. 1920, 2. § 'S''' '*"''^- ^^■
1 Section 20. If damages may be recovered under this chapter for petition by
2 the taking of or injury to property of a person under guardianship or Conservator or
3 conservatorship or property held in trust, the guardian, conservator or ^^% 5 93
4 trustee may petition for and recover, and may release all such damages g- s- es.J 2*-
5 in like manner as if the land or other property were held in his own right, p. s.'ii2"'§ loe!
1906, 463, II, § 94. 1915, 23. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 20. 1919, 5. 1920, 2. R. L. Ill, § 110.
R. L. 48, § 28; 111, § 115.
1920, 2.
1904, 186.
7 Gray, 450.
1906, 463, II, § 99.
1917, 344, II, 1 28.
99 Mass. 236.
117 Mass. 79.
1918,257, §187, subs. 18.
128 Mass. 97.
1919, 5.
137 Mass. 478.
750 EMINENT DOMAIN. [ChAP. 79.
Section 21. If a person who is entitled to petition for an award or 1
2
1805 99 § ■> assessment of his damages under tliis chapter dies without fiHng such
1822', no, § i. petition within the time hmited therefor, his executor or admini.strator 3
1834,' 2. " may within one year from the date of his appointment file such petition 4
«3, §7. ' in the same manner and with the same effect as if filed by the deceased 5
issi; 228.^ ^' in iiis lifetime. g. s. n. § ss; 127, §§ 1, 21. 6
p. S. 25, § 10: 4 Cush. 408. 125 Mass. 166.
165, §§ 1, 23. 5 Cush. 543. 544. 132 Mass. 339.
R. L. 171, §§ 1, 16. 9 Cush. 108, 478. 139 Mass. 172.
1918, 257, § 187, 14 Gray, 183. 143 Mass. 280, 301.
subs. 21. 11 Allen, 34. 147 Mass. 471.
1919, 5. 106 Mass. 143. 155 Mass. 176.
1920,2. 115 Mass. 346, 552. 173 Mass. 212.
1 Pick. 71. 121 Mass. 650. 179 Mass. 583.
19 Pick. 47. 123 Mass. 254. 181 Mass. 430.
Pleading and SECTION 22. A petition brought under section fourteen shall name 1
procedure. ii ■ i i • i i i • • i r*
1847, 259, § 3 all partics adversely interested known to the petitioner, and process 2
1855 *iS2 • • ....
G. s! 63, § 33. shall issue and service be made as in suits in equity. Any defence to .3
R a'n?'§\oi! the petition not relating to the amount of damages must be pleaded 4
1I99! lol; 1 2^' within thirty days after the return day of the subpoena; but no answer 5
foo^Vas n°^ relating solely to the amount of damages shall be filed by any party 6
§89 ' and no person shall be defaulted for failure to enter an appearance. 7
subs! 22.' ' The trial shall be by the court unless one of the parties within the time 8
§21." ■ ' prescribed in actions at law files a notice that he desires a trial by jury; 9
il'pick. 81. and the court may appoint an auditor. Interrogatories may be filed 10
23Pick!i4i! with the same effect as in actions at law. In case of trial by jury, if 11
id^Met^37'465 either party Tcqucsts it thc jury shallvicw the premiscs. Judgment shall 12
2 Cush. 361. be entered and execution issue as in actions at law; and when the 13
5 Cush! 182. commonwealth is liable for the damages the amount found due shall 14
16 Gray! 187! bc Certified and paid under section three of chapter two hundred and 15
123 Mass. 301. /;(■+, „;„ 1,+ Ifi
125 Mass. 483. fatty-Clght. 15
149 Mass. 176. 181 Mass. 380. 189 Mass. 513. 190 Mass. 525.
tereltli^Lame SECTION 23. If joint tenants, or tenants in common, or other persons 1
il^sss having joint or several estates or interests in a single piece of property 2
§§ i.'l ' sustain damages in such property which are recoverable under this 3
103.' ' ' chapter, they may join in any petition to recover the damages thereby 4
1905! 266. ' incurred, or any one or more of them may petition for his or their 5
1 77.' ^**' '^' damages, subject to sections twenty-four to thirty-three, inclusive. 6
1918, 257, § 187, 1919, 5. 7 Cush. 533.
subs. 23. 1920, 2. 213 Mass, 182.
OT yeara'and^^ SECTION 24. If a tenant for life or for years and the remainderman 1
r!s!'24,^M2°' or reversioner sustain damages which are recoverable under this chapter, 2
1851. 290, by the taking of their property by eminent domain or by injury thereto 3
G. s!4'3, § 17; under authority of law, or if property so taken or injured is encumbered 4
1874. 372. 1 75. by a contingent remainder, executory devise or power of appointment, 5
IM.'i.'^' entire damages shall be assessed without apportionment thereof, and 6
28:^ ill'. 1^07. shall be paid to, or be recoverable by, any person whom the parties may 7
1883, 253.^ ^^^ appoint, and be held in trust by him for their benefit according to their 8
jiii^Al^TT respective interests. The trustee shall, from the income thereof, pay 9
1900, 4Dd, 11, ^ . . 111? 1-irv
5 95. to the reversioner or remainderman the value or any annual rent or lU
5 18." _' ' other payment which would, but for such damages, have been payable 11
^18*7, subs. 24. by the tenant, and the balance thereof to such tenant during the period 12
1920! 2! for which his estate was limited, and upon its termination, he shall pay 13
i03^Mas*.^3^69. the principal to the reversioner or remainderman. 14
106 Mass. 544. 126 Mass. 384. 178 Mass. 76. 209 Mass. 298.
108 Mass. 535. 133 Mass. 207. 192 Mass. 486. 215 Mass. 381.
114 Mass. 481. 149 Mass. 176. 195 Mass. 64. 230 Mass. 1.
121 Mass. 453. 168 Mass. 364.
Chap. 79.] eminent dom.^ix. 751
1 Section 25. The amount so to be placed in trust shall include only Damages to be
2 the damages assessed to the whole property; and any damage special to i874%88, It.'
3 a separate estate therein, and all interest or other earnings which accrue r. l. ts.l^is.
4 between the taking and the receipt by the trustee of the damages to the l^H' ^"' ^^'
5 whole property, shall be awarded in the same proceedings separately. I^/|4 ^"z ,5
1 Section 26. If a person having an interest in such property is, by Appointment
2 reason of legal disability, incapable of choosing a trustee, or is unascer- issi^lgo,' § 2.
3 tained or not in being, or if the parties cannot agree upon a choice, the ?875,ti'7f§'l.
4 probate court of the county in which the property is situated shall, 29.^' *'®' ^^ ^^'
5 upon application of the board of officers of the body politic or corporate f^^- If^^ji®'
6 whose duty it is to award the damages, or of any person interested or § 20.' '
7 of any other person, acting in behalf of such persons, whether in being §is7. sub's. 2a.
8 or not, as may by any possibility be or become interested in said 1920! 2.'
9 property, appoint a trustee, who shall give to the judge of probate a 133 Mass! iol;
10 bond with such sureties and in such sum as the judge may order, con- Jgl ^ass' Ise.
11 ditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. 209 Mass. 298.
1 Section 27. If there are several parties, who have several estates in other forms of
2 the same property at the same time, other than the estates and interests tereste"
3 for which provision is made in section twenty-four, and the property issV. 290. ^*'
4 is taken in whole or in part or receives injury for which damages are Jf^lls,'
5 recoverable under this chapter, and one of such parties petitions the |,^ |'^49^'
6 superior court to ascertain his damages, the other parties may become || ?°' 7,°
7 parties to the proceedings under such petition, and the damages of all l§ 26, 76.
8 of them may be determined together, in the manner provided in the §§2i,4-i.'
9 three following sections.
1918,257. 3 Gush. 1, 58, 91. 118 Mass. 125. 209 Mass. 298.
§ 187, subs. 27. 7 Gush. 533. 127 Mass. 374, 571. 213 Mass. 182.
1919, 5. 10 Gush. 385. 187 Mass. 45. 215 Mass. 381.
1920, 2. 108 Mass. 535. 195 Mass. 64, 338. 230 Mass. 1.
5 Met. 368. 115 Mass. 1. 202 .Mass. 585. 217 U. S. 189.
1 Section 28. Upon such petition, the court may order the petitioner Notice to
2 to give notice thereof to all the other parties interested, by serving each f'e°renTinte^t3.
3 of them with an attested copy of such petition and the order thereon §; |; jg; 1 1^;
4 fourteen davs before the next return dav, in order that the other parties E?''^„' \~1-
*" 1 1 ' 1 ' T 11 • * K. L,. 48, 8 21.
5 may appear and become parties to the proceedings under the petition. wi^. 344. 11,
1 Section 29. If, on such petition, the court or jury find any of the Apportionment
2 parties entitled to damages, there shall first be found and set forth the r. s"! 24,^||' 50,
3 total amount of damages sustained by the owners of such property, g.'s.^43, §5 55.
4 estimating the same as an entire estate and as if it were the sole f?'s^*49, 55 22.
5 property of one owner in fee simple; and such damages shall then be ff'^^^c ss o'>
6 apportioned among the several parties who are found to be entitled 23. '
7 thereto, in proportion to their several interests and to the damages §§ 23, 24.'
8 sustained by them, respectively, and such apportionment shall be set § i87, subs. 29.
9 forth in the finding or verdict; and if it is found that any party has not Ig^ai!
10 sustained damage, it shall be set forth in the finding or verdict that he \°l ^m y^-
11 is awarded no damages. The finding or verdict shall be conclusive upon i|^ ^J^^^- *|-
12 all parties interested who have become parties to the petition. 338.
202 Mass. 585. 215 Mass. 381. 217 U. S. 189.
209 Mass. 29S. 230 Mass. 1.
752
EMINENT DOMAIN.
[Chap. 79.
Appointment
of guardian ad
litem or trustee.
1874. 3SS. § 2.
P. S. 49, § 26.
R. L. 48, § 25.
1917, 344, II,
§25.
1918, 257,
§ 187, subs. 30.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
118 Mass. 110.
Section 30. If it appears in any proceedings under the seven pre-
ceding sections that an interest in such property is unrepresented by
reason of a contingency or other cause by which the owner thereof is
unknown or cannot then be ascertained, or because of the disability of
such owner, a guardian ad litem to represent such interest may be ap-
pointed by the tribunal in which such proceedings are pending; or the
judge of probate for the county in which such proceedings are pending
may, upon petition of any party in interest, after such notice as he may
order to all persons who, or whose issue unborn may be or may become
interested in such apportionment, appoint a trustee, who, upon giving
such bond as the judge of probate requires, shall represent such in- 11
terest, and shall receive, manage and invest any money receivable on 12
account thereof, for the benefit of the parties entitled thereto, and 13
shall pay the principal and interest thereof to such parties when en- 14
titled thereto. Such guardian ad litem or trustee shall be allowed such 15
costs, including counsel fees, as may be ordered by the court in which 16
such proceedings are finally determined, to be paid from the damages 17
apportioned to the interest which he represents. 18
Petition by
tenant or
trustee.
1875, 117,
§§3,4.
P. S. 49, § 30.
R. L. 48,
1917,344,11,
§ 26.
1918, 257,
§ 187, subs. 31.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
26.
Section 31. The tenant in possession of property which is en- 1
cumbered by a contingent remainder, executory devise or power of ap- 2
pointment may, subject to section sixteen, petition the superior court 3
for the assessment of damages; and if he fails so to petition within the 4
first six months of the year allowed by said section, a trustee under 5
section twenty-four or section twenty-si.x may within the remaining 6
six months thereof petition therefor. 7
Mortgaged
land.
1855, 247,
§§ 1-5.
G. S. 63. § 26.
1874, 372,
§§ 76, 77.
1881, 110.
P. S. 49, § 110;
112, §§ 108,
109.
R. L. 48, § 114:
111, § 112.
1906, 463, II.
§96.
1917, 344, II,
§84.
1918, 257,
§ 187, subs. 32.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
4 Gush. 291.
5 Gray. 470,
12 Gray, 407.
126 Mass. 1,
427.
131 Mass. 337.
140 Mass. 403.
149 Mass. 176.
187 Mass. 328.
190 Mass. 101.
Section 32. If property which is taken in whole or in part by 1
eminent domain or receives injury, for which damages are recoverable 2
under this chapter, is mortgaged, both the mortgagor and the mortgagee, 3
in addition to their rights under the mortgage, shall have the same 4
powers, rights and privileges, and be subject to the same liabilities and 5
duties, as are provided in this chapter for owners of property so taken 6
or injured, and all petitions for the award or assessment of such damages 7
shall state all mortgages which are known by the petitioner to exist 8
upon the property. Mortgagors and mortgagees may join in any such 9
petition, or become parties to any proceedings for the award or assess- 10
ment of damages under this chapter, and, if the petition is filed by a 11
mortgagor or mortgagee of property taken or injured, the tribunal to 12
which it is presented shall order the petitioner to give notice thereof 13
to all other mortgagors or mortgagees of the same property by ser\-ing 14
on each of them, fourteen days at least before the time of hearing, an 15
attested copy thereof and of tlie order thereon, that they may become 16
parties to the proceedings. 17
ofSamage"'^°' SECTION 33. If mortgagors or mortgagees begin or become parties to
gagor and'""^* such proceedings, entire damages shall, upon final judgment, be assessed
i855^2ir' fo^ the property taken, and such portion thereof as is equal to the
1,^ i'i„ 1 „, amount then unpaid thereon shall be ordered to be paid to every mort-
G. S. 63, § 27. .* ,- 7P1' ^ 1 * ^
1874, 372, § 77. gagcc wlio IS a party, in the order oi his mortgage, and the remainder
§ 109. ' to the mortgagor; and separate judgment shall be entered accordingly
fill'"' for each mortgagee, who shall hold his judgment in trust, first, with
Chap. 79.] eminent domain. 753
8 any proceeds realized thereon, to satisfy his mortgage debt, and, after 1906,403,11,
9 such debt is in any way satisfied, to assign the judgment or pay over 1918,257,
10 any remainder of the proceeds to the mortgagor or other person entitled fgig.'s."
11 thereto. 1920,2. 5 Gray, 470.
140 Mass. 403. 149 Mas.>s. 170. 187 Mass. 328.
1 Section 34. Upon the filing of a petition under section fourteen by Petition to be
2 or against the commonwealth or a county, city, town or district, the speecTy tria?.'
3 court shall, at the request of any party to the proceeding, advance the {gliiM?,
4 same so that it may be heard and determined with as little delay as fgf/'l"^*' ^'''
5 possible. 1920,2.
1 Section 35. The valuation made by the assessors of a town for the Evidence of
2 purposes of taxation for the three years next preceding the date of the ofknd taken''
3 taking of or injury to real estate by the commonwealth or by a county, i9i3.''4o'i|'
4 city, town or district under authority of law may, in proceedings, flijlsi
5 brought under section fourteen to recover the damages to such real P.^Jj^^I' „.
, i> 1 • 1 ■ 1 ••11* 11 § 187, subs. 3o.
6 estate, the whole or part 01 which is so taken or injured, be introduced 1919, 5; 297.
. " 1920 2
7 as evidence of the fair market value of the real estate by any party 5 Gray, 35. ^
8 to the suit; provided, however, that if the valuation of any one year i79Mass!i47!
9 is so introduced, the valuations of all three years shall be introduced 223 Mass! 119!
10 in evidence.
1 Section 36. No petition brought under section fourteen shall be Discontinuance
2 discontinued except by leave of court or by agreement of all the parties isso, 14°°
3 thereto; and any party thereto may prosecute the same. •S'i9, § 10s.
R. L. 48. § 112.
1918. 257, § 187, s
lubs. 30.
1920, 2.
1917, 344, II, § 82,
1919, 5.
125 Ma
1 Section 37. Damages under this chapter shall bear interest at the interest.
2 rate of four per cent per annum from the date as of which they are 1913! i48; lis.'
3 assessed until paid, except as herein otherwise provided; but an award §'i8l-'.^ubs. 37.
4 shall not bear interest after it is payable unless the body politic or cor- Jgig' ?■
5 porate liable therefor fails upon demand to pay the same to the person Jm-^m'','®!),
6 entitled thereto. lOS Mass. 535. 109 Mass. 438.
116 Mass. 165. 171 Mass. 209. 192 Mass. 480.
119 Mass. 95. 176 Mass. 101. 198 Mass. 580.
125 Mass. 644. 183 Mass. 294. 199 Mass. 274.
160 Mass. 508. 187 Mass. 489. 201 Mass. 10.
1 Section 38. In all proceedings before county commissioners under c_nsts_
2 this chapter, section eighteen of chapter thirty-four shall be applicable, ireo] ot! § 'i.
3 In all proceedings brought under section fourteen, if a petition is filed §§\%'.*'^'
4 after an award of damages has been made and the damages are in- ^if^^^'^^ttl
5 creased, or if no award has been made and the petitioner is foimd to be ^f.
.111 1 1 11 1 • 1 1 11 1 1 • lodb, 278, § i.
6 entitled to damages, he shall recover costs, which shall be taxed as m is^i, 125, § a.
7 actions at law; otherwise he shall pay costs.
1849,153:200. 1906, 463, II, § 88. 102 Mass. 116.
G. S. 43. § 73; 1910. 508, § 2. 116 Mass. 165.
63, §§ 21, 35. 1917, 344, II, § 54. 117 Mass. 433.
1870, 76, §2. 1918, 257, § 187, subs. 38. 119 Mass. 95.
1874, 372, § 68. 1919, 6. 126 Mass. 287.
P. S. 49, i 79; 112, § 100. 1920, 2. 129 Mass. 135.
1882, 154, § 6. 3 Mass. 268. 136 Mass. 570.
1892, 415. § 2. 15 Pick. 496. 139 Mass. 210.
1893, 226, § 2; 407, § 7. 3 Met. 312. 143 Mass. 192.
1894, 288, § 6. 1 Gush. 559. 168 Mass. 616, 541
1895, 488, § 13. 3 Gush. 25. 174 Mass. 406.
1898, 463, § 2. 4 Gush. 609. 178 Mass. 403.
1901, 313, § 3. 8 Gush. 218. 182 Mass. 436.
R. L. 26, § 37: 28, § 20; 48, 16 Gray, 256. 183 Mass. 264.
§ 80; HI, § 104. 8 Allen, 341 185 Mass. 535.
(54
K.MINEXT DOMAIN.
[CUAP. 79.
Settlement
and tender.
1833, 187.
1836. 27S, § 2,
1S41. 125. § 3
1849. 153.
G. S. 63, §§ 2;
33.
1874. 372,
§§ 66, 68.
1878, 205.
P. S. 112. §§08,
100; 108, § 27.
1884, 228.
n.L. 50. § 11;
111,§§ 102.
104; 174. § 14.
1902, 503.
1904, 317.
1906,463, II,
§§ 86, 88.
1917,344, III,
§11.
1918, 257,
§ 187. subs. 39.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
151 Mass. 250.
169 Mass. 240.
181 Mass. 41)3.
183 Mass. 481.
191 Mas.s. 441.
192 Mass. 211.
195 Mass. 338.
209 Mass. 329.
Section ;>9. Whene\er damages may be recovered under this chap-
ter, the body poHtic or corporate Hable for such damages may after the
right to such damages has become vested effect such settlement of
the damages with the person entitled thereto as it may deem to be for
its best interests, and it may as one of the terms of the settlement of
a claim for damages growing out of the proceedings in respect of which
betterments have been or are to be assessed agree in writing with the
owner of the land assessed to assume such betterments. Such body 8
politic or corporate may after the right to such damages has become 9
vested offer in writing to pay to the person entitled to recei\'e the same 10
the amount which it is willing to pay in settlement thereof, with interest 11
thereon, together with taxable costs if a petition for the assessment of 12
such damages is pending. If an award of damages has previously been 13
made, the offer shall not be of a less amount than such award. Accept- 14
ance thereof may be either in full satisfaction of all damages so sus- 15
tained, or as a payment pro tanto without prejudice to any right to 16
have the remainder thereof assessed by the appropriate tribunal. 17
After notice of such offer, made as aforesaid, or payment of the amount 18
thereof, no interest shall be recovered, except upon such amount of 19
damages as shall, upon final adjudication, be in excess of the amount 20
of said offer; provided, that all taxable costs accruing subsequently to 21
said offer shall be recoverable by the petitioner in all cases, except as 22
provided in section thirty-eight. 23
i-.i.
Security for
damages.
1833. 187.
§§ 2. 3.
1835. 148, § 1
R. S. 39,
§§60,61.
1854, 2.
1855, 9,
G. S. 63,
§§ 32-34, 43
1874, 372,
§§ 65. 67. 69,
70. 72.
P. S. 112,
§§ 97, 99-102,
104.
R. L. 111.
§§ 101, 107.
1906,463,11,
§§ 85, 91.
1918, 257,
§ 187, subs 40.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
Section 40. Before a taking is made or injury inflicted by a private 1
corporation for which damages may be recovered under this chapter, 2
such corporation shall give to the board of officers by whom such 3
damages are to be awarded security to their satisfaction for the pay- 4
inent of all damages and costs which may be awarded by them or by 5
the court for the land or other property taken or injured; and if, upon 6
petition of the owner and notice to the adverse party, any security 7
taken appears to them to have become insufficient, they shall require 8
the corporation to give further security to their satisfaction. If the 9
corporation fails to comply with this section any person entitled to such 10
damages may treat the taking of his property or the proceedings by 11
which the right to inflict injury thereon was acquired as void and any 12
interference by such corporation with the use and enjoyment of his 13
property as unlawful. 14
Collection of
award.
1874, 372, § (-.7.
P. S. 112, § 99.
R. L. Ill,
§ 103.
1906. 463,
II, § 87.
Section 41. If no petition under section fourteen is filed within the 1
time limited, the award of damages shall be final and the amount thereof 2
shall be paid upon demand, and if not so paid may be recovered in an 3
action of contract. i9i8. 257, § is7, subs. 41. 4
Removal of
structures in
street to en-
force payment
of damages.
1884, 306, § 2.
1895, 350.
R. h. 122, § 4
1918, 257.
§ 187. subs. 42
1919. 5.
1920, 2.
194 Mass. SO.
Section 42. If a private corporation has erected or laid poles, 1
wires, pipes, rails or other structures in a public way, for the construe- 2
tion, operation or maintenance of which damages may be recovered 3
from such corporation under this chapter by the owners of any interest 4
in land abutting upon such way, and such corporation does not pay 5
such damages to an owner of any such interest after they have been 6
finally determined and within thirty days after demand, the mayor of 7
the city or the selectmen of the town in which such structures are 8
Chap. 79. j eminent domain. 755
9 located may, upon request of such owner, remove all the structures of
lU such corporation from that portion of the public way upon which the
11 land in which such person has an interest abuts, first leaving a written
12 statement at the office of such corporation in such city or town of the
13 time when and place from w'hich they intend to remove such structures,
14 not less than forty-eight hours prior to such removal. If such corpora-
15 tion has no office in such town, such notice shall be deposited in the
IG post office, postage prepaid, and directed to such corporation at its
17 principal office in the commonwealth. The town so removing any such
18 structures may recover the expense thereof of such corporation. This
19 section shall not prevent such owner from collecting the damages
20 assessed.
1 Section 43. ^Vlien any easement or other right less than the fee Effect of
2 which has been taken by eminent domain has been abandoned in ac- of easement.
3 cordance with law before the damages accruing from such taking have r. l! 47, §8. '
4 been finally determined, the fact of such abandonment may be con- ^^g"' ^'**' '■
5 sidered in reduction of damages in any proceedings under this chapter subf'ff'^' '-'*"•
G for the award or assessment thereof. i9io, 5. 1920, 2. iss Mass. 42.
1 Section 44. If the agents of the United States and the persons Taking by the
2 owning or interested in any property which is required for any pur- isn, 233.''§T'
3 poses for which the United States is authorized to take property by lire] 202:
4 eminent domain cannot agree upon the price to be paid for the interest ^- 1; 'j' ^^^j
5 of such persons therein, the United States may file a petition in the P.g*;;^''!' 4,
G superior court for the county in which such property lies, praying for i9i9.'5.
7 the condemnation of such property. Such petition shall contain a loe Mass. 356.
8 description of the property to which it relates, sufficiently accurate for nf Mall! 362,
9 identification, and a statement of the purpose for which it is sought 129 Mass. 64.
,10 to be taken. If the court, after notice to all parties interested, finds
11 that the United States has the right to take such property by eminent
12 domain, it shall determine the value thereof in accordance with this
13 chapter, so far as it is applicable. If such value with costs and reason-
14 able expenses to be taxed by the court is, within thirty days after final
15 determination thereof, paid or tendered to said owners or parties in-
16 terested, or in case of their neglect or refusal to receive the same, if
17 it is paid to the commonwealth for their use and subject to their order,
18 a decree of condemnation shall be entered by the court, and, if the
19 property taken consists of real estate, a copy of the decree shall be re-
20 corded in the registry of deeds of every county or district in which said
21 property or any of it lies, and the fee of said property shall thereupon
22 vest in the United States.
1 Section 45. No real estate shall be taken for public use by the Provisions of
2 formal vote or order of any board of officers except under this chapter, excliKive. "^"^
3 and no damages shall be assessed for the taking or seizure of property l^iii^mha. 45,
4 for a public purpose or for injury thereto by authority of law, except 19^9 5
5 under this chapter, notwithstanding any general or special act liitherto 1920,2.
G enacted; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter shall be con-
7 strued as amending or in any way affecting chapter two hundred and
,S fiftv-three. -
756
BETTERMENTS.
[Chap. 80.
CHAPTER 80
BETTERMENTS.
Sect.
1. Assessment of cost of public improve-
ments.
2. Order, plan and estimate.
3. Surrender of land assessed.
4. Collection.
5. Petition for abatement.
6. Exti'nsion of time for filing petition.
7. Appeal to superior court.
8. Death of person entitled to petition for
abatement.
Sect.
9. Procedure.
10. Appeal to county commissioners.
11. Contribution by lessee.
12. Duration of lien.
13. Apportionment.
14. Apportionment by assessors.
15. Division of land assessed.
16. Reassessment.
17. Provisions of this chapter exclusive.
Section 1. Whenever a limited and determinable area
TOsToT^TbVc' SECTION 1. wnenever a iimitea and determinable area receives
isEs°i7rii?'5 benefit or advantage, other than the general advantage to the com- 2
1868! 75.' ' ■ munity, from a public improvement made by or in accordance with the 3
3-5;' 367,' § 1. ' formal vote or order of a board of officers of the commonwealth or of a 4
382,''§§Y,'3. ^' county, city, town or district, and such order states that betterments 5
are to be assessed for the improvement, such board shall within six 6
months after the completion of the impro\'ement determine the value 7
of such benefit or advantage to the land within such area and assess 8
upon each parcel thereof a proportionate share of the cost of such im- 9
provement, and shall include in such cost all damages awarded therefor 10
under chapter seventy-nine; but no such assessment shall exceed the 11
PS. .51, §§1,3.
1882, 134, § 7.
1887, 124,
§§ 1,2.
1895, 305, § 5;
450, § 4.
R. L. 50,
§§ 1, 3, 19-21.
1917,344.111,
§§ 1, 3, 20-22.
1918, 257,
§ 219, subs. 1.
1919, 5; 333, §4
amount of such adjudged benefit or advantage.
12
1920, 2.
104 Mass. 461, 470. 491.
106 Mass. 89, 544, 549.
108 Mass. 60, 535.
Ill Mass. 226, 294.
1 13 Mass. 97, 262, 528.
114 Mass. 513.
115 Mass. 377.
116 Mass. 181, 189,
193, 200.
117 Ma
181.
119 M.ass. 556.
121 Mass. 27, 382.
122 Mass. 119,273.
123 Mass. 23, 50, 289.
126 Mass. 290.
127 Mass. 179,272.
133 Mass. 321.
136 Mass. 556.
144 Mass. 352.
151 Mass. 250.
158 Mass. 21.
164 Mass. 306.
169 Mass. 240.
187 Mass. 507.
191 Mass. 441, 513.
195 Mass. 338.
201 Mass. 683.
219 Mass. 46.
233 Mass. 63, 395.
Order, plan
and estimate,
1880, 187,
Section 2. An order under section one which states that better-
ments are to be assessed for the improvement shall contain a description
Rs. 51, §§11- sufficiently accurate for identification of the area which it is expected
R *l' so"?? 23- ^'^^ receive benefit or advantage, other than the general advantage to
2S- ' the community, from such improvement, and shall refer to a plan of
§§ 24-26.'
1918, 257,
§ 219, subs. 2.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Surrender of
land asses-sed.
1866, 174, § 8.
1868, 75.
1871, 382, § 5.
P. S. 51. I 4.
R. L. 50, § 4.
1917, 344,
III, § 4.
such area, and shall contain an estimate of the betterments that will be
assessed upon each parcel of land within such area; and such order, 7
plan and estimate shall be recorded, within thirty days from the adop- 8
tion of the order, in the registry of deeds of every county or district in 9
which the benefited area is situated. No betterments shall be assessed 10
for such improvement unless the order, plan and estimate are recorded 11
as herein provided, nor upon any parcel of land not within such area, nor 12
for a greater amount than such estimate. 13
Section 3. An owner of land abutting on a public improvement 1
and liable to assessment therefor under this chapter may give notice in 2
writing to the board, within three months after the award of damages is 3
made, that he elects to surrender his land; and if said board adjudge 4
that the public convenience and necessity require the taking of such 5
Chap. SO.] better.ments. 757
G abutting estate for the improvement named, they may take the whole 1918,257,
7 thereof, and shall thereupon estimate its value, excludine; the benefit or igig.'s*" '
1920, 2.
119 Mass. 120.
120 Masa. 1.57.
121 Mass. 173.
10 assessment was made and may recover therefrom in contract the value 127 Mass. 254,
11 so estimated. The commonwealth, county, city, town or district may i97 Mass. 412.
12 sell any portion of said land which is not needed for such improvement.
1 Section 4. Within a reasonable time after making the assessment Collection.
2 the board shall commit the list of assessments upon land in each town g. s.'4s,°§ 5. '
3 with their warrant to the collector of taxes thereof, and he shall forth- lilt] 75*' ^ "'
4 with send notice in accordance with section three of chapter sixty, to 382.'' '§^6.'^' ^ *'
5 the person to whom each parcel was assessed at the last preceding annual J|78'fg4 « 3
6 assessment of taxes. Except as otherwise herein provided, the collector P;S^5o,J§ s.
^ I II 1 I , , 1 . I 1 • • 1 1^' 25: 51, §§ 5.
I shall nave the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect 17.
8 to such assessments as in the case of the annual taxes upon real estate, is9i!97.''
9 and the law in regard to the collection of the annual taxes, to the sale of isgs.'isa ^ '
10 land for the non-paj'ment thereof and to redemption therefrom shall 251'.''^.'''
11 apply to assessments made under this chapter, so far as the same are ap- Jggg'fys' 5 j
12 plicable; but the owner of land assessed shall not be personally liable P„ V.^.^^l?^'
1.5 tor the as.sessment thereon. Every collector or taxes receiving a list and 1911, 75.
14 warrant from the board shall collect the assessment therein set forth, §"§ 16, 13.'
1.5 and at such times as the board shall direct shall pay over to the treasurer §§'li 4^.^219,
16 of the body politic on behalf of which the assessment was made the 1919, 5. '^'
17 amounts collected by him. All assessments apportioned under section }o6°Mass^549
15 thirteen, and all other assessments on real estate constituting a lien thereon Ji^ Mass. 181.
19 and remaining unpaid on April first in any vear, shall be placed on the 127 Mass! 179!
20 annual tax bill tor such real estate. 202 Mass. 258.
182 Mass. 198.
1 Section 5. The owner of any real estate upon which betterments Petition for
2 ha\'e been assessed may, within six months after notice of such assess- i84i!'ii5,'§ 4.
3 ment has been sent out by the collector, file with the board a petition is74', 283,Vi.
4 for an abatement thereof, and the board within sixty days after such gj ^j f^' ^ ^'■
5 filing shall grant such abatement as may be necessary to make such ^^l-\^'^*:
6 assessment conform to section one. Such petition may be filed with the so. j 12.'
7 clerk or secretary of the board, or delivered by mail or otherwise at their § 12.'
8 office. The board shall within ten days after their decision upon the §'§ 2i4, 219,
9 petition give written notice thereof to the petitioner. If an assessment 19^9.5.'
10 is abated by the board the assessment so determined shall stand as the 1920,2.
11 assessment upon the land, and if it has not been paid shall be collected
12 in the same manner as the original assessment. If the assessment has
13 been paid, the person by whom it was paid shall be reimbursed by the
14 body politic on behalf of which it was assessed to the amount of the
1.5 abatement allowed, with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum
16 from the time of payment.
1 Section 6. If a suit in which the validity of an assessment is drawn Eitcnsion of
2 in question is brought within the time for filing a petition to the board p"Si'o°n.^''"*
3 for the abatement thereof or within six months after the determination §®2i9,^su'bs 6.
4 of an earlier suit involving the same question, brought within the time J9i9, 5.
5 for filing such petition, which failed for want of jurisdiction, defect of
6 form or other like cause not decisive of the merits of the controversy,
7 the petition may be filed within six months after the final determination
8 of such suit.
758
BETTERMENTS.
[Chap. 80.
Appeal to
1S41, 115^
G. S. 48, i
1866, 174,
1868, 75.
1871,217,
382, § 7.
P. S. 50, §
51, § 6.
R. L. 49, !
SO. § 6.
1917.344,
III, § 6.
s'up^- Section 7. A person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the board to
\*- abate an assessment in whole or in part may within thirty days after
§ 7. notice of their decision appeal therefrom by filing a petition for the abate-
§ 2; ment of such assessment in the superior court for the county in which
6; the land assessed is situated. If a single parcel of land so assessed lies in
i 4 : more than one county the petition may be filed in the superior court for
either such county, and the coiu-t in which such petition is first filed shall
have exclusive jurisdiction thereof.
1918, 257, |§ 214, 219, subs. 7.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
9 Cush. 233. ■
104 Mass. 461.
106 Mass. 89.
110 Mass. 421.
Ill Mass. 226.
114 Mass. 416.
USMass. 186, 188, 377.
116 Mass. 181.
119 Mass. 126.
120 Mass. 108, 326.
121 Mass. 27, 382
123 Mass. 23
126 Mass. 290.
136 Mass. 179.
174 Mass. 1.
Death of
person entitled
to petition for
abatement.
1859, 228.
G. S. 127, § 21.
P. S. 165, § 23.
R. L. 171, § IB.
139 Mass. 172.
Section 8. If a person who is entitled to petition for an abatement 1
under this chapter dies within the time limited for such petition without 2
having filed the same, his executor, administrator, heir or devisee, if 3
interested, may, within one year after his interest vests, file such petition 4
in the same manner and with the same effect as if filed by the deceased 5
in his lifetime. ' 6
Procedure.
1871. 217, §§ :
4; 382, § 8.
P. S. 51, § 7.
R. L. 60, § 7.
1917, 344,
III, § 7.
1918, 2.57,
§ 219, subs. 8.
1919,5; 333,
§22.
Appeal to
county com-
missioners.
1878, 184, § 2.
P. S. 50,
§§ 8, 9.
R. L. 49, § 7.
1918, 257,
§ 219, subs. 9.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 9. Upon the filing of a petition under section seven, process 1
shall issue and service be made as in suits in equity upon the body 2
politic on behalf of which the assessment was made. Any defence to 3
the petition not relating to the amount of the assessment must be pleaded 4
within thirty days of the return day of the subpoena; but no answer 5
relating solely to the amount of the assessment shall be filed, and there 6
shall be no default for failure to enter an appearance. The trial shall 7
be by the court unless one of the parties within the time prescribed in 8
actions at law files a notice that he desires a trial by jury; and the court 9
may appoint an auditor. Interrogatories may be filed with the same 10
effect as in actions at law. The court, at the request of any party, 11
shall advance the petition so that it may be heard and determined with 12
as little delay as possible. In case petitions have been filed for the assess- 13
ment of damages and for the abatement of betterments with respect to 14
the same parcel of land and the same public improvement, the petitions 15
sliall be tried together. In case of trial by jury, if either party requests 16
it the juiy shall view the premises. If the assessment is not reduced 17
the respondent shall recover costs and an execution shall issue there- IS
for as in actions at law; but if the assessment is reduced the petitioner 19
shall recover judgment for costs, and the assessment so determined shall 20
stand as the assessment upon the land, and if it has not been paid shall 21
be collected in the manner provided for an original assessment. If the 22
assessment has been paid judgment shall be entered for the petitioner 23
for the amount of the reduction, with interest at the rate of four per 24
cent per annum from the time of payment. 25
Section 10. A person who is aggrieved by the refusal of a board of 1
officers of a city, town or district to abate an assessment may, instead 2
of pursuing the remedy provided by section seven, appeal within the 3
time limited therein to the county commissioners of the county in which 4
the land assessed is situated, and the county commissioners shall hear 5
the parties, and shall have the same powers and duties with respect to 6
the abatement of such assessment as the board by which it was assessed, 7
and may make an order as to costs. The decision of the county com- 8
missioners shall be final. 9
Chap. 80.] hettekments. 759
1 Section 11. If an assessment is made upon land the whole or part Contribution
2 of which is leased, the owner shall pay the assessment, and may collect isTi.ssi §9.
.3 of the lessee an additional rent for the portion so leased equal to ten per r. l. so, § s.
4 cent per annum on that proportion of the amount paid which the vahie ni, § s. '
5 of the leased portion bears to that of the whole estate, after deducting §®2f9f6ubs. lo.
6 from the whole amount any money received for damages to such land in \lll'2
7 excess of what he has necessarily expended thereon bv reason of such Jl? Jl*^^- JII'
T I ' 1 • • • p i • 1 1 115 Mass. 18o,
8 damages. A lessee aggrieved by the imposition or this burden may, iss
9 within six months from the time demand is made upon him for such 207 Mass! 33x1
10 additional rent, file a petition in the superior court for the county in
11 which the land is situated, to determine the proportion of the assessment
12 which he ought to bear, and the proportion determined upon the peti-
1.3 tion shall be substituted for the proportion provided by this section. If
14 such proportion is reduced the lessee shall recover costs from the owner;
15 otherwise the owner shall recover costs from the lessee.
1 Section 12. Assessments made under this chapter shall constitute a Duration of
2 lien upon the land assessed. The lien shall take effect upon the record- isSi.iis. §3.
3 ing of the order stating that betterments are to be assessed for the im- ^gel.mffe.
4 provement, and shall continue for two years after the assessment is Jlyf;!?? §4-
5 made, or, if an assessment has been apportioned, for two years after the f|fg^f84'l3-
G last portion is payable, unless sooner paid. If the validity of an assess- 2^9; '
7 ment made under this chapter is called in question in any legal proceed- i6,'25; si,'
8 ing to which the board which made the assessment or the body politic 18/4. 237.
9 for the benefit of which it was made is a party, instituted prior to the ]111] ly"'
10 expiration of the lien therefor, the lien shall continue until one year J^gy;!!";
11 after the validity of the assessment is finally determined. ?„ \-^^- 5 23;
1917. 344, III, § 10. 1920, 2. 120 Mass. 297,
1918, 257. §§ 214, 219, 114 Mass. 544. 202 Mass. 258.
subs. 11. 117 Miiss. 181. 4 Op. A. G. 547.
1919,8. 119 Mass. 294.
1 Section 13. Assessments made under tliis chapter shall bear interest Apportionment.
2 at the rate of four per cent per annum from the thirtieth day after the §§ e,'?.' '
3 assessment list has been committed to the collector. If at any time HegileV, § 2.
4 before demand for payment by the collector the owner of land assessed 3l2,*§f'6.'s.*'
5 gives notice to the board to apportion such assessment such board shall, p*^?'|oV25-
6 and in any other case may, apportion the same into such number of ^kl^jaV^-
7 equal portions, not exceeding ten, as the owner shall in his notice re- is9i!97. '
8 quest; but no one of said portions shall be less than five dollars. The is96; i58;_
9 board shall certify such apportionment to the collector, and he shall add fLV.Vsi? 274.
10 to each annual tax bill upon the land so assessed one of such portions §53^4^®'
11 until the whole assessment has been paid. He shall also add to the first f^ \\^23^li*'
12 such bill interest on such assessment to the last day of October of such *0'^||'5. io,
13 year, and in the bill for each year thereafter one year's interest on the 1907,177.
14 amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, or, if the parcel and the 358.'
15 assessment thereon have been divided as hereinafter provided, he shall {gnl^a
16 include the proportionate part of such apportionment in the annual tax ||'^5';fo,*i5,"'
17 bills upon the parcels into which the land has been divided. Any portion }9'jg*257
18 of an assessment remaining unpaid may be paid at any one time, not- §§214,219,
19 withstanding a prior apportionment. 1919,5.
1920,2. lOli Mass. 519. 4 Op. A. G. 547.
1 Section 14. The aldermen of any city may direct that the appor- Apportionment
2 tionment of betterments under the preceding section be made by the mltfll?'^'
3 assessors thereof, and thereupon all powers and duties with respect to f/ig's'^"''^ ^^'
4 the apportionment of betterments assessed in behalf of such city shall 1920,2.
760 BETTEiaiENTS. [CnAP. SO.
be transferred from the boarrl by whom tlie assessment was made to the 5
assessors. 6
Siidassessed SECTION 15. If land which is subject to a Hen for an assessment 1
i|97,.i8s, made under this chapter is subsequently divided by sale, mortgage, 2
R. L. 49, §§ 16- partition or otherwise and such division has been duly recorded in the 3
1908, 453. registry of deeds, the board, before the land has been advertised for sale 4
§ 219, subs. 14, for non-payment of the assessment, may, or upon the written request of 5
1920! i; the owner or mortgagee of a portion thereof, accompanied by a plan 6
217 Mass. 422. gufRcicnt for the identification of the division of the whole estate, with 7
the names of the different owners thereof, shall, divide said assessment or 8
the amount thereof remaining unpaid, and the costs and interest ac- 9
crued thereon, among the several parcels into which said land has been 10
divided, assessing upon each parcel the part of the original assessment 11
remaining unpaid proportionate to the special benefit received by such 12
parcel from the improvement. After such assessment has been so di- 13
vided, only the part of the assessment, interest and costs assessed upon 14
each parcel shall constitute a lien upon such parcel. At least seven 15
days prior to making such di\'ision the board shall send by registered 16
mail to ail owners of any interest in the land assessed, whose addresses 17
are known to them, a notice of their intention to make such division and 18
of the time appointed therefor, unless such notice has been waived. A 19
person aggrieved by any action of the board under this section shall 20
have the same remedy as a person aggrieved by the refusal of the board 21
to abate an assessment. 22
fsnr2iT\T5; Section 16. If an assessment is invalid and has not been paid in 1
1872^246 ^^" °'" '^^^ been paid under such circumstances that it can be recovered 2
p. s.'si, § 2. back, it may be reassessed by the board in the amount for which the 3
1892 245 ^3
R. £!49, §9;' original assessment ought to have been made, at any time before the 4
1917. 344, expiration of two years from the date of the assessment, if the land has 5
I9i8f2^57. ill the meantime been alienated; otherwise at any time before the aliena- 6
i9w*'5^"'"^ '"' tion thereof. Such assessment shall be a lien upon any sum paid on 7
ii5°Ma38 188 account of the original assessment, and to the extent that it is not thereby 8
132 Mass. 449. satisfied shall be a lien upon the land. It shall be collected in the same 9
187 Mass. 290. . . , ^ i i ii • ii i i i i r>
210 Mass. 151. manner as an original assessment, and shall in all other respects be sub- 10
211 Mass. 121. • . . , 1 • 1 , 11
212 Mass. 174. ject to this Chapter. 11
thS™aptef Section 17. Whenever a formal vote or order for the laying out or 1
1918^257 construction of a public improvement, or for the taking of land therefor, 2
I 219, subs. ic. states that betterments are to be assessed, no betterments shall be 3
1920! 2. assessed except imder this chapter, and all proceedings relating to such 4
betterments shall be as herein provided, notwithstanding any special 5
act hitherto enacted. 6
Chap. 81.1
STATE HIGHWAYS.
761
TITLE XIY.
PUBLIC WAYS .\ND WORKS.
Chapter 81. State Highways.
Chapter 82. The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public
Ways, and Specific Repairs thereon.
Chapter 83. Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.
Chapter 84. Repair of Ways and Bridges.
Chapter 8.5. Regulations and By-laws relative to Ways and Bridges.
Chapter 86. Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroachments
thereon.
Ch.apter 87. Shade Trees.
Chapter 88. Ferries, Canals and Public Landings.
Chapter 89. Law of the Road.
Chapter 90. Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.
Chapter 91. Waterways.
■Chapter 92. Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.
CHAPTER 81
STATE HIGHWAYS.
:Sect.
division of highways.
1. General duties of division of highways.
2. Local officials to furnish information to
division.
3. Road machinery to be provided.
LAYING OUT OF STATE HIGHWAYS.
4. Petition for laying out state highways.
5. Laying out. Effect when narrower
than existing way.
6. Alteration of location.
7. Taking by eminent domain. Damages.
8. Construction of state highways by
towns.
9. Reimbursement of commonwealth.
10. Contributions by cities and towns.
1 1 . Taking of land to supply road materials.
12. Abandonment.
maintenance and rep.\ir of st.\te
highways.
13. Division to maintain state highways.
14. Clearing trees and other obstructions
near state highways.
15. Maintenance and repair by contract.
16. Reimbursement for expenses of repair.
17. Exemption of certain towns from ex-
penses of repair.
Sect.
IS. Liability for injury from defect in state
highway.
19. Removal of snow. Police jurisdiction.
20. Construction and maintenance of side-
walks.
21. Digging up state highways. Planting
trees.
22. State highways not lost by prescription.
improvement of ways not st.\te high-
ways.
23. Construction and repair of ways in
towns by division.
24. Discretion vested in division.
25. Maintenance of certain ways improved
by state funds.
26. Repair and improvement of public
ways in small towns.
27. Limited to thinly settled districts.
28. Performance of the work.
29. Determination of contributions.
federal aid.
30. Construction of rural post roads.
valuation.
31. Valuation defined.
762
STATE HIGHWAYS.
[Chap. SI.
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS.
General
duties of
division of
highways.
1893. 476, § 2
R. L. 47, § 2.
1917,344. I.
Section 1. The division of highways of the department of pubHc 1
works, in this chapter called the division, shall compile statistics rela- 2
tive to the public ways of counties, cities and towns, and make such 3
investigations relative thereto as it considers expedient. It may be 4
1919, 22i'; 3.50, coHsultcd by, and shall, without charge, advise officers of counties, .5
Iop^a.'g"! 122. cities or towns having the care of and authority over public ways, 6
as to their construction, maintenance, alteration or repair; but such 7
advice shall not impair the legal duties and obligations of any county, 8
city or town. It shall prepare maps of the commonwealth on which 9
shall be shown county, city and town boundaries, the public ways and 10
the state highways, with their names if practicable. It shall give suit- 11
able names to state highways and may change the name of any way 12
which becomes a part of a state highway. It may erect suitable guide 1.3
posts and markers at convenient points on state highways or on ways 14
leading thereto, and may place upon all main highways between cities 1.5
and towns signboards indicating city and town lines and displaying the 16
names of the cities and towns adjoining at the said lines. The signs 17
shall be so constructed and marked as to exhibit plainly the names of 18
the cities and towns to persons passing in motor vehicles or otherwise. 19
The posts to hold the signboards shall be constructed of concrete, and 20
the expense of erecting the signboards and posts shall be paid from the 21
appropriations for the maintenance of state highways. It shall collect 22
and collate information relative to the geological formation of the com- 23
monwealth so far as it relates to the materials suitable for road build- 24
ing, the location of which it shall, so far as practicable, designate on 25
said maps, which shall be open to the inspection of officers of counties, 26
cities and towns having the care of and authority over public ways. It 27
shall give public notice of and hold at least one public meeting annu- 28
ally in each county for the open discussion of questions relative to the 29
public ways. 30
Local offi-
cials to fur-
nish infor-
mation to
division.
1893, 476, § 4.
R. L. 47, § 4.
Section 2. County commissioners and city and town officers who 1
have the care of and authority over public ways shall, on request, fur- 2
nish the division with any information required by it concerning such 3
ways. 1917, 344, I, §4, VIII, § 1. 1919, 350, §§ 111, 113. 4
Road ma-
chinery to be
provided.
1893, 486.
1896, 513, § 1.
1897, 355, § 3.
1901,416.
R. L. 47, § 19.
1917, 344, I.
§ 27, Vlll, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§111,113.
1 Op. A. G. 358.
Section 3. Steam road rollers and other road machinery purchased 1
by the division and owned by the commonwealth shall be managed 2
and maintained under the direction of the division, which may engage 3
competent engineers and mechanics to operate and keep said machines 4
in repair, may purchase all needed materials and supplies, and may 5
incur such other expenses as may be necessary to operate, maintain 6
and transport said machines. Upon the application of the selectmen or 7
road commissioners of a town of not more than twelve thousand in- 8
habitants, the division may furnish such road machinery for use by 9
the town in building or repairing ways therein. The expenses incurred 10
under this section shall be paid by the towns using said machines, as 11
apportioned and directed by the division. 12
Chap. 81.] , state highways. 763
LAYING OUT OF STATE HIGHWAYS.
1 Section 4. If county commissioners, aldermen or selectmen adjudge Petition for
2 that public necessity and convenience require that the commonwealth state^Wghways.
3 lay ovit and take charge of a new or existing way as a highway in whole }|94;t97; 1 1'.
4 or in part, in their county, city or town, they may apply, by a written R^L't^'s t
5 petition, to the division, requesting that said way be laid out and taken Jgjy'^ff' ^ '
6 charge of by the commonwealth. i, § s, vii'i, § i.
1919, 350, §§ 111, 113. 173 Mass. 403. 1 Op. A. G. 537.
1 Section 5. If the division determines that public necessity and Effe(°\°hen
2 convenience require that such way should be laid out or be taken charge narrower than
3 of by the commonwealth, it shall file in the office of the county com- is93.476, §6.
4 missioners for the county where the way is situated a certified copy isse', 345! § 3!
5 of a plan thereof, a copy of the petition therefor, and a certified copy R!'L!47!'§y'
6 of a certificate that it has laid out and taken charge of said way in ac- {goggle!;! 2
7 cordance with said plan, and shall file in the office of the clerk of such {^Fg^viii
8 town a copy of the plan showing the location of the portion lying in i9i9.'35o, '
9 each town and a copy of the certificate that it has laid out and taken lOp. a.g.'2S4.
10 charge of said highway in accordance with said plan, and thereafter said 2^op*a^'g^378.
11 way shall be a state highway, and shall be constructed by the division at ^^'^'
12 the expense of the commonwealth. The width of a state highway shall be
13 such as the di\'ision deems necessary. If the width of a state highway
14 be less than that of the way pre\iously existing, that portion of the
15 way which lies between the boundary or location lines of the state high-
16 way and the boundary lines of the way previously existing shall remain
17 a public way unless the division determines that it should be abandoned,
18 or the county commissioners of the county, or the city or town in which
19 the way is situated, having jurisdiction of the way, abandon at any
20 time said portion in the manner provided by law for the alteration,
21 relocation or discontinuance of public ways.
1 Section 6. The division, with the concurrence of the aldermen or Alteration of
2 selectmen, may alter the location of a state highway in a city or town i9oo,'475, § i.
3 by filing a plan thereof and a certificate that the division has laid out {917; 344,^ ''
4 and taken charge of said state highway, as altered in accordance with {gfg^'sjo ^' ^ ^'
5 said plan, in the office of the count v commissioners for the county where t^ I'l; ij,^,,.,
. , , . , . . , T 1 /■■'!• CI 1 1 • 3 0p. A.G.I 13.
6 said highway is situated, and by hung a copy or the plan or location as
7 altered in the office of the clerk of such city or town.
1 Section 7. If it is necessary to acquire land for the purposes of a Taking by em-
2 state highway outside the limits of an existing public way, the division nlmager'""'
3 may take the same by eminent domain on behalf of the commonwealth !9oo;475;|?;
4 under chapter seventy-nine. When injury has been caused to the real ^°l' |^^g g
5 estate of any person by the laying out or alteration of a state highway, J^i "• 3m.^ ^
6 he may recover compensation therefor from the commonwealth under 1919,350,
7 chapter seventy-nine. The mayor, if so authorized by the aldermen, or i72 Mass. 223.
8 the selectmen, if so authorized by the town, may stipulate in writing
9 in behalf of the city or town to indemnify and save harmless the com-
10 monwealth against all claims and demands for damages which may
11 be sustained by any persons whose property has been taken for, or has
12 been injured by the laying out or alteration of, any highway which the
13 division proposes to lay out and construct or alter as a state highway,
14 and thereupon such city or town shall be liable ultimately for the amount
764 STATE HIGHWAYS. [ChAP. 81.
of any verdict against the commonwealth for such damages, and for 15
costs, and the amount thereof may be recovered by the commonwealth 16
in contract. 17
ofTtk'te Ugh- Section 8. The di\ision, when about to construct a highway, shall 1
Tsoa, 476!§I 9^' si'^'c to each town in which it lies a copy of the plans and specifications 2
1894 497 5 4 thcrcfor and a notice that the division is ready for its construction ; and 3
1897] 355, § 2. said town may, without advertisement, contract with the division for 4
R.L.'47, 1 10. the construction of so much of such highway as lies within its limits, 5
§ 10,' viii,'§ 1. in accordance with the plans and specifications and under the super- 6
§§\^h^Ti3. vision and subject to the approval of the division, at a price agreed upon 7
g^P'^-^-^™' between the division and said town. If, within ten days, such town 8
does not elect so to contract, or if it has waived the right to contract, 9
the division shall advertise in two or more newspapers published in each 10
county in which the highway lies, and in three or more daily newspapers 11
published in Boston, for sealed proposals for the construction of such 12
highway, stating the time and place for opening such proposals, and 13
reserving the right to reject any and all proposals. If a proposal is 14
satisfactory, the division, with the approval of the governor and council, 15
shall make a contract in writing on behalf of the commonwealth for 16
such construction. After the proposals have been accepted or rejected 17
they shall be kept by the division, and shall be open to public inspection 18
for three years, and may then be destroyed by the division. The division 19
may, in the same manner and under the same conditions, contract 20
with a town, or, if a town shall not elect so to contract, with a person 21
for the grading of a state highway or for furnishing labor, materials 22
or any other element in its construction. The construction of all state 23
highways shall be under the supervision and subject to the approval 24
of the division and in accordance with plans and specifications furnished 25
by it, shall be fairly apportioned by the division among the different 26
counties, and not more than ten miles of state highway shall be con- 27
structed, on petition as aforesaid, in any one county in any one year, 28
without the previous written approval of the governor and council. 29
^f^c^mmon"''"' SECTION 9. One fourth of any money, except money appropriated 1
™'^„, . - from motor vehicle fees and fines under section thirtv-four of chapter 2
1894, 497. § 5. . 1 . 1 1 111 • • V • p r»
R. L.47. §12. ninety, which may be expended under any provision or sections tour to 3
§ is.'viii, § 1. eight, inclusive, and sections thirteen and fourteen, for a highway in any 4
§§'iii, lis. county, with interest thereon at the rate of three per cent per annum, 5
shall be repaid by said county to the commonwealth in such instalments 6
and at such times within six years thereafter as the division, with the 7
approval of the state auditor, having regard to the financial condition of 8
the county, shall determine. 9
by cities'and^ SECTION 10. The mayor, selectmen or road commissioners or the 1
1904,^125, § 1. board or officer having charge of the maintenance and care of highways, 2
Ms'viii^s 1 ^^ ^'^ authorized by the city council or by the town, may agree in writing, 3
i|i9!.35o,' in behalf of such city or town, to contribute money, labor or materials 4
toward the cost of any state highway which the division proposes to lay 5
out and construct within such city or town. 6
land to supply SECTION 11. The division shall have the same power as aldermen, 1
road materials, selectmen or road commissioners in relation to the purchase or taking of 2
Chap. 81.] st.vte HiGim^O's. 765
.3 land to furnish materials for the construction, repair or improvement of ?, J'Q5%g
4 public ways in the manner provided in section thirty-eight of chapter jQjS'g?!',*^^-
5 eighty-two; provided, that all contracts for such purchase and all takings § is.'viii, § i.
6 by the division shall first be approved by the governor and council. Such §§ lii, 113.
7 purchases or taking shall not operate in any way to interfere with the
8 control of the police departments of the various municipalities within
9 the land so taken. Land taken under this section shall be held and used
10 for no other purpose than as specified herein; provided, that the division
11 may allow county, city or town officers to use materials from such land
12 for the above specified purposes upon such terms as may be agreed upon.
13 For this purpose the division may expend not more than five thousand
14 dollars in any year. Any person sustaining injury or damage by any
15 taking of land or rights in land under this section may recover compensa-
16 tion therefor from the commonwealth under chapter seventy-nine.
1 Section 12. The division, with the concurrence of the aldermen or .Abandonment.
2 selectmen, may abandon any land or part thereof, or rights in land which r. l.'47. '§ s. '
3 have been taken or acquired by it by executing, acknowledging and re- §s, viii.'§'i.
4 cording a deed thereof accompanied by a plan of survey which shall be §§\^if,^n3.
5 recorded therewith. Said abandonment shall revest the title to the land sS^ag iis
6 or rights abandoned in the persons in whom it was vested at the time of
7 the taking, or their heirs and assigns.
MAINTEN.ANCE AND REPAIR OF ST.ATE IIIGHW.AYS.
1 Section 13. State highways shall be maintained and kept in good ^'aTJftain's'tate
2 repair and condition bv the division at the expense of the common- i'i?,'!"???- , „
rrrt i*'* *'llll 11 1*1 11 1 ISyo, 47b, § o.
3 wealth, ihe division shall keep all state highways reasonably clear 1894. 497,
4 of brush, shall cause suitable shade trees to be planted thereon if prac- i896, 345, § 3.
5 ticable, and may establish and maintain watering troughs upon said r. l! 47? '§§ I',
6 highways. 1904, los. § i; 244. 1909,464.§2. 1917, 344, 1, §§6, ll, VIII, s 1. ^^•
1919, 350, §§ 111, 113. 1 Op. A. G. 284. 2 Op. A. G. 385. 3 Op. A. G. 59.
1 Section 14. The division, if it can obtain consent of the owner, clearing trees
2 shall remove the trees, limbs of trees, shrubbery or any structure or s "ruc'tioM near
3 other obstacle from lands bordering upon state highways, which in Ig'u.-soi^""'^'''
4 its opinion obstruct the view of persons traveling upon the highway s^i^'viii^H
5 or make traveling thereon dangerous. If the owner does not desire the l?'f;f^{'i3
6 material which has been so removed, the division may sell or otherwise
7 dispose of it. The division shall cause all debris resulting from any cutting
8 or trimming done along the state highway, under authority of this or of
9 any other chapter, to be disposed of in such manner that it will not con-
10 stitute a fire menace to adjoining property.
1 Section 15. The division may contract with the town in which a .Maintenance
2 state highway lies or with a private person or may make other pro- ^ontra??"^ ^
3 vision for the maintenance and repair thereof in accordance with the r*^l!47^§^5'''
4 regulations of the division and subject to its supervision and approval, s^/g'vni'ji
5 Such contracts may be made without previous advertisement. P,^?;?^?,\
SS 111. 113-
1 Section 16. The department of public works shall annually, in Reimbursement
2 January, certify to the state treasurer the amount of expenditures for oTrepafr'!^'''^
766
STATE IIIGinVAYS.
[Chap. 81.
1900,432, § 1.
R. L. 47, § 16.
1904, 244.
1913,773.
1914,514,5 1.
1917,344,1,
i 21, VIII, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§111,113.
231 Mass. 386.
maintenance and repair of state highways in each town during the pre- 3
ceding year. One half the amount of such expenditures, not exceeding 4
fifty dollars a mile in towns with a valuation of less than one million 5
dollars, not exceeding one hundred dollars a mile in towns with a valua- G
tion of one million dollars and less than two million dollars, not exceeding 7
two hundred dollars a mile in towns with a valuation of two million dollars 8
and less than five million dollars, and in cities and towns with a valuation 9
of over five million dollars the said one half of such expenditures, not ex- 10
ceeding two thousand dollars a mile in the aggregate and not exceeding 11
five hundred dollars a mile in any one year, shall be made a part of 12
the state tax for such cities and towns, respectively, and any balance 13
due may be made a part of the state tax in the succeeding three years; 14
but when such expenditures exceed one thousand dollars a mile in any 15
one year on any particular mile of roatl, the amount to be collected on 16
account of such expenditures shall be computed only for the number of 17
miles actually so improved. If a city or town elects to make such repairs 18
upon terms and prices agreed upon by it and the division and under the 19
direction of the division, the division shall repay to it, from the annual 20
appropriation for state highways, the amount expended therefor in excess 21
of the amount which such city or town is required to repay under this 22
section. 23
Exemption of
certain towns
from expenses
of repair.
1909, 454, 5 1.
1917,344,1,
§ 22, VIII, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 111, 113.
Section 17. The division, upon application of the selectmen of any 1
town, in which there is a state highway, that such town be relieved 2
from the payment of any part of the expenditures for the repair of state 3
highw-ays, may, if satisfied that the application should be granted, 4
certify to the state treasurer that such town should not be required to 5
pay any part of the expenditures for repair of state highways; and 6
thereupon there shall not be included as a part of the state tax for such 7
town, for the year in which the certificate is made, any part of the ex- 8
penditures for the repair of state highways. 9
Liability for
injury from
defect in state
highway.
1893,476,5 13.
1894, 497, § 6.
1896, 345, § 1.
1900, 253,
§§1.2.
R. L.47, § 13.
1917, 344, 1,
§16, VIII, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 111, 113.
2 Op. A. G. 396.
30p. A. G. 174.
Section 18. The commonwealth shall be liable for injuries sus- 1
tained by persons wdiile tra\'eling on state highways, if the same are 2
caused by defects within the limits of the constructed traveled roadway, 3
in the manner and subject to the limitations, conditions and restrictions 4
specified in sections fifteen, eighteen and nineteen of chapter eighty- 5
four, except that the commonwealth shall not be liable for injury sus- 6
tained because of the want of a railing in or upon any state highway, or 7
for injury sustained upon the sidewalk of a state highway or during the 8
construction, reconstruction or repair of such highway. The amount 9
which may be recovered for any such injury shall not exceed one fifth 10
of one per cent of the valuation of the town in which the injury was re- 11
ceived, nor shall it exceed four thou.sand dollars. Notice of the injury as 12
required by law shall be given to a member of the division. 13
Removal of
snow. Police
jurisdiction.
1893, 476, § 14.
1894, 497, § 6,
1896, 345, § 2.
1900, 2S3, § 2.
R. L. 47, § 14.
1917,344.1,
I 17,Vni, §1.
1919, 3.50,
§§ 111,113.
231 Mass. 386.
Section 19. The town in which a state highway lies shall at its
own ex-pense keep such highway sufficiently clear of snow and ice to be
reasonably safe for travel. It shall have police jurisdiction over all
state highways within its limits, and shall forthwith gWe written notice
to the division or its employees of any defect or want of repair in such
highways; but it may make necessary temporary repairs of a state
highway without the approval of the division.
1
Chap. SI.] state highways. 767
1 Section 20. The division shall construct and maintain only such Construction
2 portion of a state highway as lies between the lines of the sidewalks nance of side-
3 nearest to the centre of the way. The sidewalks may be constructed 1896^345, § i.
4 and maintained in accordance with sections twenty-five and twenty-six foi?; Ili,^!*'
5 of chapter eighty-three. i9i9. 330. H m, 113. ^ ^®' ^'""^ ^ '•
1 Section 21. No state highway shall be dug up, nor opening made Digging up
2 therein for any purpose, and no tree shall be planted or removed or pianting'irees^'
3 obstruction or structure placed thereon or remo^■ed therefrom or changed Jlgf'tgy ^ ^*'
i without the written permit of the division, and then only in accordance ^|--;^--
5 with its regulations, and the work shall be done under its supervision R. l'. 47.'
6 and to its satisfaction, and the entire expense of replacing the highway looel^s. m,
7 in as good condition as before shall be paitl by the persons to whom the lou. 742,
8 permit was given or by whom the work was done; but a town may dig i9\7%44, i,
9 up a state highway without the approval of the division in case of im- fg^il 3IJ*' ^ ^■
10 mediate necessity; but in such cases it shall forthwith be replaced in as ^ij'^'^'i^
11 good condition as before at the expense of the town. 392. ■ ■ '■
2 Op. a. G. 385. 3 Op. A. G. 59. 242.
1 Section 22. No length of possession, or occupancy of land within state highways
2 the limits of a state highway, by an owner or occupant of adjoining prescHpt^n.
3 land shall give him any title tliereto, and any fences, buildings or other r^l 4^5^20 ^'
4 ob.structions encroaching upon a state highway shall, upon written PiJ'^lf;';
5 notice by the division, be removed forthwith by the owner or occupant 1919.3.50,'
6 of adjoining land, and if not so removed, the division may remove the
7 same to such adjoining land.
improvement of ways not state highways.
1 Section 23. The division shall allot for towns having a valuation construction
2 not exceeding one million dollars, in such amounts as it determines, *°yJ1n*"^°^
3 &ye per cent of the amount appropriated each year for the construction d°visfon'
4 of state highways, and shall expend the same in constructing and repair- JgoMo?' ^ "■
5 ing ways therein, whether or not such towns shall have made any appro- R l' 47. § 17.
Q priation or contribution in excess of the usual annual appropriations 1917] 344: i.
7 for highway purposes. The division may also allot for and expend in 1919, 350!' ^ ''
8 such towns for like purposes, in addition to any expenditure hereinbefore ^^ "'• "^'
9 provided for, a further amount of five per cent of said amount appro-
1 0 priated, if such towns appropriate or contribute an amount to be expended
1 1 under this section ecjual to that allotted by the division. The division
12 may likewise allot and expend, in towns the valuation of which exceeds
13 one million dollars, not more than five per cent of the amount appro-
14 priated each year for the construction of state highways, if such towns
15 appropriate or contribute, to be expended under this section, in addition
1(> to the average annual appropriations for repairs of highways in such
17 towns for the preceding five years, exclusive of appropriations or con-
18 tributions under this section, an amount ecpial to the amount allotted by
19 the division. No town the valuation of which is less than one million
20 dollars, and which makes no appropriation or contribution under this
21 section, shall receive in any one year more than forty per cent of its
22 average annual appropriations for highway purposes for the preceding
23 five years; provided, that the division may allot in any year a sum not
24 exceeding four hundred dollars to any such town the average annual
25 appropriation of which for highway purposes for the preceding five years
26 does not exceed one thousand dollars. Such allotments and expenditures
768
STATE HIGHWAYS.
[Chap. 81.
shall be made only upon petition of the selectmen, and section nine shall 27
apply thereto, but a way constructed or repaired under this section shall 28
not thereby become a state highway. 29
Discretion
vested in
division.
1915,8.
1917,344, I.
§ 24, VIII, § 1.
1919, 3.50,
« 111, 113.
Section 24, The division may, whene\er any money is appro-
priated by the general court for its use in the construction or improve-
ment of any particular way, expend such money in constructing or im-
proving the whole or such part of said way as it deems best, either
upon the location of the existing way or upon any new location that
may be established by the county commissioners or the selectmen,
and no part of the way so improved shall thereby become a state high-
way or be maintained as such. The di\-ision may, however, lay out
the whole or any part of any such way as a state highway.
Maintenance
of certain \\ .lys
improved by
state funds.
1913, 774, § 1.
1917,344.1,
§25, VIII, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 111, 113.
Section 2.5. When any public way has been constructed or improved
in whole, or in part, with money furnished by the commonwealth, and
the way is not laid out as a state highway, the county, city or town in
which the way lies shall keep and maintain that part of the way which
has been so improved in good repair and condition. The division shall
notify the county commissioners, the mayor or the selectmen having
charge of the repairs of said way whenever, in its opinion, such way is
not being maintained in proper condition, and shall specify in said
notice what repairs or improvements are necessary, and the officers
in charge of the way shall forthwith make the specified repairs and
improvements. If such officers do not make the repairs or improve-
ments within sixty days, or within such further time as the division
may allow, the division may make the repairs or improvements which
shall be paid for out of any funds available for the repair or maintenance
of state highways. The di\ision shall certify the amount of such ex-
penditures to the state treasurer, to be collected by him as the expenses
of repairs on state highways are collected under section sixteen; pro-
vided, that in towns of less than one million dollars valuation, not over
fift.y dollars a mile, and in towns of one million but under two million
dollars valuation, not over one hundred dollars a mile, and in other
towns, not over two hundred dollars a mile shall be collected in any
one year. Any balance due may be certified and collected in succeed-
ing years, not exceeding three on any one improvement, and no annual
payment shall exceed the limitation hereinbefore provided. The division
may, upon petition, exempt any county, city or town from the whole or
any part of such payment, if in its judgment such payment would prove
an undue burden.
Repair and
improvement
of public ways
in small towns.
1918, 155, § 1.
1919, 350,
l§ 111,113.
Section 26. There may be expended for the repair and impro\e- 1
ment of public ways, other than state highways, in towns the valuation 2
of which is less than three million dollars and in which the amount of 3
such valuation, diA'ided by the number of miles of such public ways, 4
hereinafter referred to as the road mileage valuation, is less than fifty 5
thousand dollars, such sums, not exceeding fifty dollars per mile, as 6
the general court may appropriate therefor; pro\"ided, that such towns 7
shall contribute or make available for use in connection therewith the 8
following amounts for each mile of said public ways within their respec- 9
tive limits, according to the following schedule based on their road mile- 10
age valuation : 1 1
Chap. 81.] state higiiwavs. 769
12 1. Less than five thousand dollars, twelve dollars and fifty cents.
13 2. Five thousand dollars and less than seven thousand five hundred
14 dollars, fifteen dollars.
15 3. Seven thousand five hundred dollars and less than ten thousand
16 dollars, twenty-five dollars.
17 4. Ten thousand dollars and less than fifteen thousand dollars, forty
18 dollars.
19 5. Fifteen thousand dollars and less than twenty thousand dollars,
20 fifty dollars.
21 6. Twenty thousand dollars and less than thirty thousand dollars,
22 seventy-five dollars.
23 7. Thirty thousand dollars and less than forty thousand dollars,
24 one hundred dollars.
25 8. Forty thousand dollars and less than fifty thousand dollars, one
26 hundred and twenty-five dollars.
27 The amounts appropriated as aforesaid and contributed by the towns
28 shall be expended under the direction of the division on such ways as
29 the di\'ision and the selectmen of the towns may agree upon.
1 Section 27. The said expenditures shall be made only upon the Limited to
2 written petition of the selectmen, containing such information as the disui^t^s!"''
3 division may require. No w-ork shall be done under the preceding \l\f Hq] ^ ^•
4 section in any district where dwelling houses or structures devoted to ^^ '^'' ^'■^■
5 business are situated at inter^•als averaging less than two liundred
6 feet for the distance of a cjuarter of a mile.
1 Section 28. The said towns may contract with the division for Performance
2 the performance of the work authorized by section twenty-six; or, igisrissj^i's.
3 if the selectmen so request, the division may have the work done by jl^ui^.^ns.
4 such persons and in such manner as it may determine, in which eveiit
5 the towns shall pay their proportionate part of the ex'pense when and
6 as ordered by the division. The cost of any materials, machinery or
7 tools purchased by the division for or on account of the work in any
8 town shall be considered as a part of the expenditures in such town
9 under section twenty-six; and such machinery or tools shall belong to the
10 commonwealth.
1 Section 29. The division shall determine, as nearly as possible, Determination
2 the number of miles of such public ways in towns the valuation of which tions" "
3 is less than three million dollars, and shall inform the selectmen of Jg}!; 350,' ^ *'
4 such towns of the contributions required under section twenty-six. ^^ '^'' ^'^■
feder.\l aid.
1 Section 30. The division may make all contracts and agreements Construction
2 and do all other things necessary to co-operate with the United States roa™s™ ^°^
3 in the construction and maintenance of rural highways, under an act igis! is! § 1.
4 of congress approved on July eleventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen, jl'uf.^iis^"'
5 entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the states
6 in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", and
7 submit such plans, estimates and programs for the improvement of high-
8 ways as will meet the requirements of the secretary of agriculture under
9 said act, and it may use therefor any funds which may be available for
770
LA■i^NG OUT, ETC., OF PUBLIC WAYS.
[Chap. 82.
the construction and maintenance of state highways, and may make 10
any agreements or contracts that may be required to secure federal 11
aid in the construction of highways under the provisions of the act of 12
congress aforesaid, and of all other acts in amendment thereof, or in 13
addition thereto, and may, in such agreements or contracts, provide, 14
among other things, for such labor preferences to honorably discharged 15
soldiers, sailors and marines as are made necessary by federal legislation, 16
and may provide that no other preference or discrimination among 17
citizens of the United States shall be made in connection with the expen- 18
diture of any money received from the federal government by virtue of 19
the said legislation, and also any money received from the United States 20
on account of the construction of highways. The division may also, 21
for the purpose of securing federal aid, use any money appropriated by 22
a county, city or town for the construction of a way or any part thereof 2.3
for which federal aid may be secured, and make contracts or agreements 24
involving the expenditure of said money, provided the county commis- 25
sioners or the selectmen or duly authorized officials of the city or town 26
have agreed in WTiting to pay the money thus appropriated upon the 27
order of the division. Tlie division may also maintain the roads con- 28
structed under this section or said act of congress, from any money appro- 29
priated by the general court for the maintenance of state highways or 30
for the repair or maintenance of other public ways. 31
Valuation
defined.
1917, 344, 1,
VALUATION.
Section 31. The valuation of a town for the purposes of this 1
chapter shall be the last precetling valuation made for the purpose of 2
apportioning the state tax. 3
CHAPTER 82
THE LAYING OUT, ALTERATION, RELOCATION AND DISCONTINU-
ANCE OF PUBLIC WAYS, AND SPECIFIC REPAIRS THEREON.
Sect.
procedure of county commissioners in
respect to highways.
1. Jurisdiction of county commissioners.
2. Petition and bond.
3. Notice to towns and publication.
4. View and adjudication.
5. Wiien final order may be entered.
6. Ciianges between tiie termini.
7. Taking by eminent domain and dam-
ages.
8. Performance of work of construction.
9. Culverts and cattle passes.
10. Specific repairs.
11. Relocation.
12. Payment of damages and cost of con-
struction.
13. Liability of petitioners for costs.
14. Construction of highways when towns
neglect.
Sect.
15. Warrants against delinquent towns.
16. Payment of county's share of expense.
procedure of city and town OFFICERS
IN respect to HIGHWAYS.
17. Jurisdiction of cities and towns over
highways.
IS. Record of action to be sent to county
commissioners.
19. Appeal to county commissioners.
20. Not applicable to railroad crossings.
PROCEDURE OF CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS
IN RESPECT TO TOWN WAYS AND PRI-
VATE WAYS.
21. Jurisdiction over town ways.
22. Notice.
23. Acceptance by town.
CbAP. 82.] LAYING OUT, ETC., OF PLTBLIC W.\YS. 771
Sect.
24. Taking by eminent domain and dam-
ages.
25. Sewers and pipes in unaccepted waya.
PROCEDURE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN
RESPECT TO TOWN WAYS AND PRIVATE
WAYS.
26. Unreasonable refusal of selectmen to
act.
27. Unreasonable refusal of town to accept
a way.
28. Completion of way by county commis-
sioners.
29. Laying out private way by commis-
sioners.
30. Discontinuance by commissioners.
Sect.
31. Recognizance for costs. Notice and
hearing.
32. Record of laying out conclusive.
WAYS AND PARTS OF WAYS FOR SPECIAL
PURPOSES.
33. Footways.
34. Reserved spaces in public ways.
35. Bicycle paths.
36. Penalty for misuse of bicycle paths.
37. Building lines.
38. Gravel pits.
FILING OF PETITIONS.
39. Filing of petitions with county com-
missioners.
PROCEDURE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN RESPECT TO HIGHWAYS.
1 Section 1. County commissioners within their respective counties Jurisdiction of
2 may lay out, alter, relocate and discontinue highways and order specific misSonera""
3 repairs thereon in the manner herein provided, unless other provision i693-4f6f/3.
4 is made by law. Sections one to thirteen, inclusive, shall apply to city lyle^eV^M/'
5 councils or aldermen when authorized by city charters to lay out, alter, JPg'fyj^ ^■
6 relocate and discontinue highways and to order specific repairs thereon, §§ i. 2. '
7 so far as applicable. o. s. 43, §§ 1, si. p. s.49, §§ 1,91.
1892. 415, §4. 1912.554. 1917. 344, II, §§ 1, 65,
R. L. 4S, §§ 1,94. 1913,546, VIII, § 1.
1 Section 2. If common convenience and necessity require a new Petition and
2 highway from town to town or from place to place within the same c° l.'64, § i.
3 town, or the alteration, specific repair or discontinuance of an existing ifle^lisfu.
4 highway, application therefor shall be made, by petition in writing, to {797; 30, ft;
5 the county commissioners having jurisdiction thereof. The petitioners JFf' l'^^'
6 shall, if so required by the county commissioners, before any action Pjf|^'
7 is taken upon such petition, cause a suSicient recognizance to be given g. s'.43]§§i,2.
8 to the county, with surety to the satisfaction of the commissioners, for r'.l. 4s', §§1. 2!
9 the payment of all costs and expenses to the county which shall arise Jgjf ; 344; n^'
10 by reason of the proceedings on such petition, if the petitioners do not \4n,"§ 1.
11 prevail.
7 Mass. 157. 8 Allen, 21. 186 Mass. 133.
1 Met. 336. 9 Allen, 203. 188 Mass. 621.
9 Met. 423. 11 Allen, 530. 189 Mass. 308, 326.
7 Cush. 394. 108 Mass. 68. 200 Mass. 94.
9 Gray, 57, 186. 114 Mass. 583. 204 Mass. 607.
1 Allen, 37. 122 Mass. 110. 212 Mass. 182.
6 Allen, 10, 20. 133 Mass. 321. 233 Mass. 595.
1 Section 3. Thirty days at least before the time appointed for a Notice to
2 view or hearing, the commissioners shall cause notice of the time and puwScatbn.
3 place appointed therefor and a copy of such petition to be served upon is2777'7,'§'7^ ^'
4 the clerk of every town within which such new highway, alteration, G!i:43;|3:
5 specific repair or discontinuance is prayed for. They shall also cause rl1,V||'*'
6 copies of the petition, or abstracts thereof and of the notice, to be posted 1912. 554, §^2.
7 in two public places in each of said towns and to be published three §3. vni,'§i.
• . '2 Mass 117
8 weeks successively in such newspaper as they shall order; the posting 3 Mass! 187!
9 and the last publication to be fourteen days at least before any view, 9*Met''423.^'
10 hearing or adjudication on such petition. 7 Gray, 109. 197 Mass. 412. .
772
L.4YING OUT, ETC., OF PUBLIC WAYS.
[ClL\P. 82.
View and
adjudication.
1825, 171, § 3,
1827, 77, § 7.
1828, 103, § 3,
R. S. 24,
§§3,4.6.
G.S.43, §§4-
P. S. 49, §§ 4-
R. L.48,§§4,
1912, 554,
§§ 3, 4.
1917,344,11,
§§4,5,
VIII. § 1.
IS Pick. 309.
20 Pick. 71.
22 Pick, 278.
2 Met. 185.
Section 4. They shall view the premises if they consider it expedi- 1
ent or if requested by any party interested; and shall hear the parties, 2
either at the time of the view, at a regular or special meeting or at an 3
adjournment thereof, as they determine; and as soon as may be after -4
the hearing, they shall determine whether the laying out, altering, 5
specifically repairing or discontinuing such highway is required by the 6
common convenience and necessity. If they adjudicate that the action 7
prayed for is not required by common convenience and necessity, the 8
petition shall be dismissed; otherwise they shall proceed in the manner 9
prescribed in section five. 9 Met. 423. 7Gray, 109. le Gray, 36. 10
9 Allen, 203. 11 Allen, 530. 117 Mass. 416. 192 Mass. 522.
When final
order may be
entered.
1827, 77, § 7.
1828, 103, § 3.
E. S. 24, I 0.
1839, 76, § 1.
G. S. 43, § 8.
P. S. 49, § 8.
R. L. 48, § 7.
1912, 554, § 6.
1917, 344, II,
§§ 5, 7,
VIII, § 1.
1918, 257,
§203.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
20 Pick. 71.
9 Met. 423.
9 Gray, 57.
Section 5. If at the time of the view or hearing upon a petition for 1
laying out, specifically repairing or altering a highway no person in- 2
terested objects, the commissioners may, within six months thereafter, 3
lay out, order specific repairs upon or alter such highway without further 4
notice. If at such time any person interested objects, the commissioners 5
shall not lay out, order specific repairs upon or alter such highway with- 6
out another hearing, at which any party interested may be heard with 7
respect to the manner in which the proposed improvement shall be 8
carried out. Notice of such hearing shall be given in the manner pre- 9
scribed in section three. If at the time of a view upon a petition for 10
discontinuing a highway, the commissioners decide that it ought to be 11
discontinued, they may at the same time adjudge that it be discon- 12
tinned, without a further or subsequent meeting therefor; and if a 13
return of said proceedings and adjudication is made and accepted at the 14
next regular meeting of the commissioners, it shall be a discontinuance 15
of such highway. 16
Changes be-
tween the
termini.
R. S. 24, § 5.
G.S.43, §7.
P. S. 49, § 7.
R. L. 48, § 6.
Taking by
eminent do-
main and
damages.
1827, 77, 1 7.
1828, 103, § 3.
R. S. 24, § 6.
1839, 76, § 1.
G. S. 43, § 8.
P. S. 49, § 8.
R. L. 48, § 7.
1912, 554, § 6.
1917, 344, II,
§ 7, VIII, § 1.
1918, 257,
§208.
1919,5.
1920. 2.
20 Pick. 71.
193 Mass. 327.
Section 6. They may make such changes between the termini of the
highway described in the petition, relative to the direction and course
of such highway or to the alteration, specific repair or discontinuance
thereof, as in their opinion the public convenience requires.
1912, 554, § 5. 1917, 344, II, § 6, VIII, § 1.
Section 7. If it is necessary to acquire land for the purpose of 1
laying out, altering or relocating a highway, the commissioners shall, 2
at the same time that the highway is laid out, altered or relocated, take 3
such land by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine. Any person 4
sustaining damage in his property by the laying out, alteration, relo- 5
cation or discontinuance of a highway, or by specific repairs thereon, 6
shall be entitled to recover the same under said chapter. If no entry 7
has been made upon land taken for highway purposes, or if the location 8
has for any other cause become void, or if specific repairs which have 9
been ordered are not made, a person who has suffered loss or been put to 10
expense by the proceedings shall be entitled to recover indemnity there- 11
for under said chapter. 12
^fworTor" Section 8. The commissioners, in their return, shall determine and 1
legl-Tt'Ts specify the manner in which a new highway shall be laid out or an exist- 2
1796. 58, ■§ 6. ■ ing one altered, relocated or specifically repaired, and shall specify in 3
Chap. 82.] laying out, etc., of public ways. 773
4 sufficient detail the work required so that the same may be completed Jl^l'ry^sV'
5 in accordance with the commissioners' directions, and the time within ^<;,q'^lJ/5-
6 which it shall be completed, and each town shall perform the work so g. s! 43, § i3.'
7 required within its limits unless other provision is made. The select- r. l.4s, §8.
8 men or mayor shall give notice to said commissioners of the time when lUf, III; n^'
9 the work ordered is begun, and the commissioners or their agents shall I mJs1^4'oI.^'
10 examine the work as often as may be necessary during its progress to 7^G?^''io9*'
1 1 ascertain that it is well done according to the direction of the com- 100 Mass. isg.
12 missioners, and, in case the town does not perform the work to the ac- 121 Mass;42. '
13 ceptance of said commissioners, the provisions of sections fourteen and i3iMas3;47o:
14: fifteen shall apply. The commissioners shall transmit to the clerk of imm^sIIs*'
15 each town in which the highway lies a description and plan of the loca- ^^^ Mass. 234.
16 tion and bounds thereof within the limits of such towns respectively,
17 which description shall be recorded within ten days by the clerk in a
IS book kept for that purpose.
1 Section 9. If the commissioners require a culvert, cattle pass or Culverts and
2 other passageway to be made under a highway, they may order the i867?2'56^.^^''
3 town to construct the same as a part of the highway, and may order r'.l.«,|^*7.
4 the whole or any part of the expense to be paid by the county. §*9'^\'iii'§\'
1 Section 10. If, upon a petition for the laying out or alteration of a Specific repaj^re.
2 highway, the commissioners, after a view and hearing, are of the opinion is39!9o"' ^ ''
3 that the existing highway between the termini mentioned in the petition as! 43,^^'^'^'
4 can be so far amended as to supersede the necessity of laying out a new p s"49\
5 highway or of altering the location of existing ways, they may, after M k>^i^2.
6 notice to the towns interested, direct specific repairs to be made in the §§9-11.'
- . .. . , ^U l\- ■ ■ 1912,554,5 8.
7 existmg ways in such manner as the public convenience may require; 1917,344,11,
8 and may apportion the expense thereof upon the county and towns viii.~§T.
9 respecti\-ely as in laying out highwaj's. At the time of ordering specific 3 ^tt. lit'.
10 repairs upon a highway, they may direct it to be clo.sed for public travel Js| MaS If"'
11 for a reasonable time. Towns in which specific repairs are ordered shall
12 make them. Nothing in this chapter with respect to commissioners'
13 orders for specific repairs shall relieve towns from their duties and lia-
14 bilities with respect to keeping public ways in repair.
1 Section 11. If application is made to the commissioners by a Relocation.
2 town, or by five inhabitants thereof, to relocate or order specific repairs r. s.'24, § 9. '
3 on a way within such town, whether it was laid out by authority of the a^s.'4M 12.
4 town or otherwise, they may, either for the purpose of establishing the j?^s;49,''§ 13.
5 boundary lines of such way or of making alterations in the course or J^jg' Ifi^/I'
6 width thereof, or of making specific repairs thereon, relocate it in the P,^J'viif''K
7 manner prescribed for laying out highways in sections two to nine, 11 Cush. 394.
8 inclusive. The expense shall be assessed upon the petitioners or upon 4 Alien', 488.
9 the county or town, or upon the land benefited by the improvement no Mass! 305!
10 under chapter eighty, as the commissioners may order. The com- J}^ ^^ ;|fg;
11 missioners may, without petition, after giving notice as provided in floM^sg 401.
12 section three, relocate any public way for the purpose of establishing JI3 ^J^S' 321'
13 its boundaries, or of making specific repairs thereon, in which case no 153 Mass. 161.
14 part of the expense shall be assessed upon the town. i64 Mass. 1.
774
LAYING OUT, ETC., OF PUBLIC WAYS.
[CH-AP. 82.
Payment of
damages and
cost of con-
struction.
1S27, 77, § 11.
R. S. 24, §§ 3S,
42.
1842, 86, §§1.2.
G. S. 43, § 47.
P. S. 49, § 58.
R. L. 48, § 62.
1903. 243, § 1.
1917,344,11.
§ .30, VIII. § 1.
2 Gray, 274.
9 AUen. 530.
186 Mass. 133.
189 Mass. 308,
326.
Section 12. When a highway has been finally laid out, altered, 1
relocated or discontinued, or when specific repairs are ordered on an 2
existing highway by tlie county commissioners, the county shall be 3
primarily liable for all damages thereby caused, or for all amounts 4
awarded or assessed as indemnity. The commissioners shall determine 5
what proportion if any of the expenses of the proceedings, cost of con- 6
struction, damages and indemnity shall be assessed upon the land 7
benefited under chapter eighty and whether the remainder, if any, shall 8
be borne by the county, or by the towns in which the parts of the high- 9
way are respectively located. The commissioners shall notify each 10
such town of any balance due from such town to the county under this 11
section and may enforce payment as provided in section fifteen. 12
Section 13. If a highway is not finally laid out, relocated, altered or 1
discontinued, or if specific repairs are not ordered, the expenses of the 2
proceedings shall be paid by the persons who have recognized therefor. 3
If they refuse or neglect, when required by the commissioners, to pay 4
such expenses, such expenses or costs shall be paid by the county; and 5
I Met 3^2.^ '' thereupon the commissioners may collect the same from the persons who 6
16 Gray, 256. so recognizcd, as provided by scction eighteen of chapter thirty-four. 7
Liability of
petitioners for
costs.
1827,
77,
§ 11.
R. S.
24,
§43.
G. S.
43.
§48.
PS.
49,
§59.
R. L.
48,
,§53.
1917,
344, II,
Construction of
highways when
towns neglect.
1827. 77, § 7.
R. S. 24, § 44.
G. S. 43, § 49.
P. S. 49, § 60.
R. L. 48, § 54.
1908, 431, § 4.
1917, 344. II,
§32, VIII, §1.
5 Greenl. 254.
16 Gray, 193,
347.
103 Mass. 120.
Section 14. If, after a highway has been laid out by the commis- 1
sioners, a city or town whose duty it is to make such highway, or a part 2
thereof, does not make and complete the same within the time and in the 3
manner prescribed and to the acceptance of the commissioners, they 4
may forthwith cause such highway to be completed as aforesaid, and 5
shall direct the expenses and charges of completing the same to be paid 6
by the county and shall order notice thereof to be given to each de- 7
linquent city or town, stating the proportion which it is to pay. 8
120 Mass. 401. 143 Mass. 245. 165 Mass. 296.
Section 15. If a delinquent city or town does not pay its proportion 1
of such expenses and charges within sixty days after the date of said 2
notice, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent a year from the 3
time when the same is paid by the county, the commissioners may, after 4
a hearing, issue a warrant against such city or town for the amount which 5
it was ordered to pay, with interest and the further costs of such notice 6
fe^Gra^i'gl '■ ^"^ warrant, which shall be collected and paid into the county treasury. 7
347. ' ' 103 Mass. 120. 143 Mass. 245.
Warrants
against delin-
quent towns.
1786, 67, § 6.
1827, 77, § 7.
R. S. 24, § 45.
G. S. 43, § SO.
P. S. 49, § 61.
R. L. 48, § 55.
1908, 431, § 5.
1917, 344, II,
Payment of
county's share
of expense.
1827, 77, § 8.
R. S. 24,
§§46,47.
1841, 105. § 1.
G. S. 43,
§§ 51, .52.
P. S. 49,
§§ 62, 63.
' R. L. 48, § 56.
1912, .554, § 10.
1917, 344. II,
§34, VIII. § 1.
6 Met. 329.
Section 16. When a highway which has been laid out, specifically 1
repaired, relocated or altered, is completed, in whole or in part, the 2
commissioners shall view and carefully examine it throughout, and if 3
they find that it has been well made according to their directions, they 4
shall order the proportion of the expense for which the county is liable 5
under section twelve or which has been assessed upon the land benefited 6
to be paid by the county. Said commissioners, before work ordered 7
by them is wholly completed, may pay to the city or town such proportion 8
of the county's share of the expense as they determine, having regard 9
to the amount of work done and the proportion of the expense which 10
they have determined the county shall pay. 11
Chap. 82.1 laying out, etc., of public ways. 775
PROCEDURE OF CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS IN RESPECT TO HIGIIW.AYS.
1 Section 17. The citv council of a city and the selectmen or road Jurisdiction of
. . p ' . ..,...., cities and towns
2 commissioners oi a town may exercise original jurisdiction, concurrent over highways.
3 with the county commissioners, of petitions for altering, relocating or §§i,'2.
4 making specific repairs upon a highway within the town limits, but i9i3;546,§i;
5 e.xcept as to such parts thereof as, by such action, become unnecessary §^35,'viii/§'i.
6 for public use, a city or town shall not discontinue any highway or di- 200 Mass! 9°^'
7 minish the width thereof, nor shall it assess upon the county any part of
8 the expense of altering, relocating or repairing. The proceedings of
9 cities and towns and their officers hereunder shall be the same as in the
10 laying out of highways or town ways. Nothing in sections seventeen to
11 nineteen, inclusive, shall diminish the powers over highways granted to a
12 city by its charter.
1 Section 18. Within two weeks after final action relative to the Record of
2 alteration or relocation of a highway or making specific repairs thereon, sentTo bounty
3 under the preceding section, the town clerk shall send a certified copy of imhuo.Te.'
4 the record of such final action to the county commissioners, who shall 1913; 546,^^2!
5 enter it upon their records. 1917, 344, 11, § so, viii, § 1.
1 Section 19. An appeal may be taken to the county commissioners Appeal to
2 from any action under the two preceding sections, and they shall there- mSimers."'
3 upon give a public hearing, with not less than fourteen days' notice i^^l! 48°'§ to!
4 thereof, in the manner reciuiretl in the laying out of highways or town Jgjy' I44' fi^'
5 ways and also by publishing in a newspaper a copy of the notice not less § ^^^ '^'iH' S i-
6 than seven days before the hearing. At such hearing the county com-
7 missioners may finally decide such appeal.
1 Section 20. The three preceding sections shall not afi'ect sections Not applicable
2 fifty-nine to eighty-two, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty- crossings.
3 nine, and sections ninety-five to one hundred and fourteen, inclusive, and r. l'. 48, '§64'.
4 section two hundred and fifty-two of chapter one hundred and sixty, jgjy; 3*4; jj^'
5 relative to railroad corporations and street railway companies. 5 ss, viii, § 1.
procedure of city and town officers in respect to town ways
AND private ways.
1 Section 21. The selectmen or road commissioners of a town or Jurisdiction
2 city council of a city may lay out, relocate or alter town ways, for the use ^"3.°""
3 of the town or city, and private ways for the use of one or more of the i693-4*6?m.
4 inhabitants thereof; or they may order specific repairs to be made upon l727l8fi*§ 2^'
5 such wavs; and a town, at a meeting, or the city council of a citv, may ]lii~l'^^1-.
6 discontinue a town way or a private way.
1786, 67, §1. 11 Met. 521. 144 Mass. 579.
R. S. 24, §§ 66, 70. 1 Gush. 496. 145 Mass. 561.
• 1842, 86. 7 Gush. 394. 150 Mass. 309.
G. S. 43, §§ 59, 60. 81 13 Gray, 254. 169 Mass. 390.
P. S. 49, §§ 65, 60, 91 16 Gray, 175. 189 Mass. 505.
1892, 415. § 4. 4 Allen", 529. 197 Mass. 531.
R.L. 48, §§65,66. 04. 11 Allen, 530. 200 Mass. 94.
1917, 344, II, §§ 39. 40, 108 Mass. 68, 202. 208 Mass. 348.
65. Vlll, §1. 137 Mass. 255, 326. 215 Mass. 381.
9 Picli. 145, 143 Mass. 490. 4 Op. A. G. 15.
1 Section 22. Seven days at least prior to the laying out, relocation Notice.
2 or alteration of a town way or private way a written notice of the in- r. s.'24. §67.
3 tention of the selectmen or road commissioners of the town to lay out, isVliIs?''^'
776
LAYIXG OIT, ETC., OF PUBLIC WAYS.
[Cnxp. 82.
1873, 51.
P. S. 49, § 67.
R. L. 48, § 67.
1917, 344, II,
§41, VIII, § 1.
1 Met. 404.
2 Met. 220.
2 Gray, 414.
98 Mass. 491.
119 Mass. 480.
121 Mass. 132.
136 Mass. 477.
174 Mass. 424.
197 Mass. 531.
Acceptance
by town.
1727-8, 1, § 1.
1785, 75, § 7.
1786, 07, § 1.
R. S. 24, § 69.
G. S. 43, § 65.
P. S. 49, 171.
R. L. 48, § 71.
1917,344,11,
§45, VIII, § 1.
2 Greenl. 55.
3 Greenl. 438.
Taking by
eminent do-
main and
1727-8, 1, § 2.
1786.67, § 1.
R. S. 24, § 68.
1842, 86.
G. S. 43, § 62.
1871, 158.
1873, 51.
P. S. 49, § 68.
R. L. 48, § 68.
1917, 344, II,
§42, VIII, § 1,
1918, 257,
§209.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
I Met. 404.
4 Gray, 360.
5 Gray, 31.
II Allen, 530.
137 Mass. 255.
144 Mass. 139.
169 Mass, 390.
170 Mass. 593.
178 Mass. 382.
189 Mass. 513.
197 Mass. 412,
531.
Sewers and
pipes in un-
accepted ways.
1893, 65.
R. L. 48, § 72.
1917, 344, II,
§ 46, VIII, § 1.
relocate or alter the same shall be left by them, at the usual place of 4
abode of the owners of the land which will be taken for such purpose, 5
or delivered to such owner in person or to his tenant or authorized G
agent. If the owner has no such place of abode in the town and no 7
tenant or authorized agent therein known to the selectmen or if, being 8
a resident in the town, he is not known as such to the selectmen or 9
road commissioners, such notice shall be posted in a public place in the 10
town seven days at least before the laying out, relocation or alteration 11
of such way. This section shall not apply to cities. 12
Section 23. No town way or private way which has been laid out, 1
relocated or altered by the selectmen or road commissioners shall, ex- 2
cept as hereinafter provided, be established until such laying out, re- 3
location or alteration, with the boundaries and measurements of the 4
way, is filed in the office of the town clerk and, not less than seven days 5
thereafter, is accepted by the town at a town meeting. This section 6
shall not apply to cities. 2 Mass. 529. 5 Pick. 492. 7
9 Pick. 145.
9 Met. 423.
105 Mass. 535.
118 Mass. 138.
120 Mass. 130.
123 Mass. 543.
135 Mass. 162.
145 Mass. 539.
153 Mass. 12.
187 Mass. 53.
192 Mass. 455.
197 Mass. 531.
Section 24. If it is necessary to acquire land for the purposes of a
town way or pri\'ate way which is laid out, altered or relocated by the
selectmen, road commissioners or other officers of a town under this
chapter, such officers shall within ten days after the laying out, altera-
tion or relocation of such town way or private way is accepted by the
town, adopt an order for the taking of such land by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine. Any person sustaining damage in his prop-
erty by the laying out, relocation, alteration or discontinuance of a
town way or private way, or by specific repairs thereon, shall be entitled
to recover the same under said chapter. If no entry has been made
upon land taken for the purpose of a town way, or if the location has
for any other cause become void, a person who has suffered loss or been
put to expense by the proceedings shall be entitled to recover indemnity
therefor under said chapter. If a private way is laid out, relocated,
altered or discontinued by a town, or if a town makes specific repairs
thereon, or if a town way is discontinued, the persons upon whose ap-
lication such way is laid out, relocated, altered or discontinued or upon
whose application specific repairs are made thereon shall, before such
way is entered upon for the purposes of construction, or is closed up,
give such town security satisfactory to the selectmen that they will in-
demnify such town for all damages and charges which it is obliged to
pay by reason thereof, and all such damages and charges shall be repaid
to the town by the persons making such application ; provided, however,
that in case of the discontinuance of a town way the selectmen may
order a part of the damages to be paid by the town. The first sentence
of this section shall not apply to cities.
Section 25. In a town which accepts the provisions of this section
or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the selectmen,
road commissioners or sewer commissioners may, when a town way is
laid out, relocated or altered, enter and lay sewers and water pipes therein
before possession is taken for the purpose of constructing such way, in
like manner as if it had been actually constructed. Such entry shall not
be deemed an entry for the purpose of constructing the way, and until
such way has been constructed, sewer assessments shall be levied onlv
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Chap. 82.] laying out, etc., of public ways. 777
9 upon the estates of persons connecting their drains with such sewers.
10 If such laying out, relocation or alteration becomes void under the pro-
1 1 visions of section three of chapter seventy-nine, all sewers or water pipes
12 so laid therein shall be deemed to have been legally laid and placed
13 therein; and damages may be recovered therefor under chapter seventy-
14 nine; and the right to recover the same shall accrue when such laying
15 out, alteration or widening becomes void. This section shall not apply
16 to cities.
PROCEDURE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN RESPECT TO TOWN WAYS
AND PRIVATE WAYS.
1 Section 2G. If the selectmen or road commissioners unreasonably unreasonable
2 refuse or neglect to lay out, relocate or alter a town way or private way fec"mea°torct.
3 when requested in writing by one or more of the inhabitants of a town, 8!§V*'
4 the county commissioners, on the petition in writing of a person ag- l78676'7?§'2.
5 grieved, filed within one year after such request, may lay out, relocate g- 1 2*. § "i-
6 or alter such way, and may determine its boundaries and measurements, §§ ^^' *i-
7 and, if it is necessary to acquire land for the purposes of such way, may §§ 73, 91.
8 take the same by eminent domain on behalf of the town under chapter r.l.'48, '
9 seventy-nine, and the costs of the proceedings shall be paid by the iliyt'sw, n.
10 town. If it is a private way, the damages and costs, or such part thereof f-^n^'ft.
11 as the county commissioners consider reasonable, shall be repaid to Pafg^^*^'
12 the town by the persons for whose use it was laid out, relocated or al- isis, 5.
13 tered, and security for such payment, satisfactory to the county com- soreeni. 271.
14 missioners, shall be given to the town by such persons before the way 12 Met. 208.
15 is entered upon for the purpose of constructing or altering the same. u'^cSh^ilg.
4 Gray, 414. 173 Mass. 48. 215 Mass. 381.
1 Section 27. If a town unreasonably refuses or delays to accept a unreasonable
2 town way or private way laid out, relocated or altered by the selectmen toacceptaway.
3 or road commissioners, any person aggrieved thereby may within one lyge.eV, I's.
4 year thereafter apply by petition in writing to the county commis- g f 4'*3'^ ''^•
5 sioners, who, unless sufficient cause is shown against such application, f^g^g^
6 may approve the way as laid out, relocated or altered by the selectmen ||g'2'''4f5 § 4
7 or road commissioners, and may direct the laying out, relocation or r l.'48. '
8 alteration and approval to be recorded by the clerk of such town, which 1917. '344, 11,
9 shall have like effect as if accepted by the town. vni,'§ T.
SGreenl. 271. 2 Mass. 118. 3 Mass. 188. 9 Met. 423.
1 Section 28. If a town in which a town way or private way has been Completion of
2 laid out, relocated, altered or approved in pursuance of the two preced- commLtoners^
3 ing sections does not make and complete the same in the manner pre- Ifi'J^^'
4 scribed by the county commissioners, and to their satisfaction, within ^^ fg^fi
5 six months after it has been laid out, relocated, altered or approved, or 1*575*11
6 within the time directed by them, they shall, forthwith, cause such way to J892.'4U, § 4.
7 becompleted,andtheexpenses, interest and charges thereof shall be deter- §§76,94.
8 mined and paid in the manner provided in sections fourteen and fifteen. §§56,65,'
^ ^ viii, § 1.
1 Section 29. If the laying out, relocation or alteration of a private Laying out
2 way is desired in a town for the use of one or more persons who are not !?ommfss^onere!'
3 inhabitants thereof, or if the laying out, relocation or alteration of a G.^|:43f'
4 private way lying partly in one town and partly in another is desired, |,^|'^'4^'-
5 the county commissioners mav cause such wav to be laid out, relocated f§ J^'.^.l ^ ,
,-,■., ^- 1 1 • • • 1892, 415, § 4.
6 or altered, in the manner provided in section twenty-six.
R. L. 48, §§ 73, 94. 1917, 344, II, §§ 47, 65, VIII, § 1.
778
LAYING OUT, ETC., OF PUBLIC WAYS.
[Chap. 82.
Discontinu-
ance by
commissioners.
1764-5, 6.
1786, 67, § 2.
R. S. 24,
i§ 73, 74.
G. S. 43,
«70, 71, 81.
P. S. 49,
§§ 76, 77, 91.
1892, 415, § 4.
R. L. 48,
§§ 77, 78, 94.
Recognizance
for costs.
Notice and
hearing.
1827, 77, § 13.
R. S. 24, § 75.
G. S. 43,
§§ 72, 81.
P. .S. 49,
§§ 78,91.
1892, 415, 5 4.
Record of
laying out
conclusive.
1848,98, §§1,2.
1859, 132,
§§ 1, 2, 4.
R. S. 24, § 77.
G. S. 43,
§§ 74, 76, 81.
P. S. 49,
§§ 80, 82, 91.
1892, 415, § 4.
R. L. 48,
§§ 81, 83, 94.
1917, 344, II,
§§55,56,65,
VIII, § 1.
Section 30. Upon the application in writing of a person aggrieved 1
by tile refusal of a town to discontinue a town way or private way, the 2
county commissioners may order such way to be discontinued. If a 3
town way has been laid out, relocated or altered by the county com- 4
missioners, it shall not within two years thereafter be discontinued, 5
relocated or altered by the town; and if such way has been discon- 6
tinued by the county commissioners, the town shall not within two 7
years thereafter lay out the same again. i9i7, 344, 11, §§ 51, 52, 65, viii, § 1. 8
2 Pick. 44. 2 0p. A.G. 177.
Section 31. If an application is made to the county commissioners 1
under sections twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-nine or thirty, they 2
may cause a recognizance to be given to the county such as is required 3
in applications for highways ; and like proceedings may be had on such 4
recognizance. They shall also cause notice to be given, before they 5
proceed to view or to hear the parties, as in the case of highways. 6
R. L. 48, §§ 79, 94. 1917, 344, II, §§53, 65, VIII, § 1. 9 Met. 423.
Section 32. When a town way or private way is laid out, relocated 1
or altered by the selectmen or road commissioners or by the county 2
commissioners, they shall in their report or return thereof specify the 3
manner in which such way is laid out, relocated or altered and shall 4
transmit to the town clerk a description of the location and bounds 5
thereof, which shall within ten days be recorded by him in a book kept 6
for that purpose; and no town shall contest the legality of a way laid 7
out by it and accepted and recorded as provided in this chapter. Sections 8
twenty-six to thirty-two, inclusive, shall apply to cities. 9
9 Gray, 341. 114 Mass. 548. 151 Mass. 28.
Footways.
1874, 299.
P. S. 49, § 83.
R. L. 48, § 84.
Reserved
spaces in
public ways.
1894, 324.
R. L. 48, § 85.
1906, 463, III,
§50.
1917, 344, II,
§ 59, VIII, § 1.
183 Mass. SS6.
234 Mass. 393.
WAYS ANT) PARTS OF WAYS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.
Section 33. Cities and towns may lay out footways for the use of 1
the public in the manner provided for the laying out of town ways. 2
1917, 344, II, § 58, VIII, § 1. 108 Mass. 196. 120 Mass. .300. 220 Mass. 300.
Section 34. If the city council of a city, or a town, accepts this sec- 1
tion or has accepted the corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the 2
board or officers authorized to lay out highways or town ways may reserve 3
spaces between the side lines thereof for the use of horseback riders, for 4
bicycle paths or for street railways, except such as may be operated by 5
steam, for drains, sewers and electric wires, for trees and grass, and for 6
planting. 7
Bicycle paths.
1898, 351.
R. L. 48, § 86.
1917, 344, II,
§ 60, VIII, § 1.
183 Mass. 586.
4 Op. A.G. 183.
Penalty for
bicycle paths.
1899, 474.
R. L. 48, § 87.
1917, 344, II,
§61, VIII, § 1.
183 Mass. 586.
Section 35. The board or officers authorized to lay out highways or
town ways may lay out, construct and maintain bicycle paths under
the provisions of law relative to the laying out, construction and main-
tenance of public ways.
Section 36. Whoever trespasses upon bicycle paths named in the
two preceding sections by driving thereon with a horse or other animal,
except to cross the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
twenty dollars; but the aldermen or selectmen may prescribe limits
within which this section shall not apply.
Building lines.
1893, 462.
R. L. 48, § 103.
1913, 572.
Section 37. If a city by its city council or a town accepts this section 1
or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, a building line 2
Chap. 88.]
SEWERS, DRAINS AND SIDEWALKS.
779
3 not more than forty feet distant from the exterior line of a highway or i9i7, S6;344,
4 town way may be estabhshed in the manner provided for laying out vi'ii, § i.
5 ways, and thereafter no structures shall be erected or maintained be-
6 tween such building line and such way, except steps, windows, porticos
7 and other usual projections appurtenant to the front wall of a building, to
8 the extent prescribed in the vote establishing such building line, and
9 except that buildings or parts of buildings, embankments, steps, walls,
10 fences and gates existing at the time of the establishment of the build-
11 ing line may be permitted to remain and to be maintained to such extent
12 and under such conditions as may be prescribed in the vote establishing
1.3 such building line. Whoever sustains damage thereby may recover the
14 same under chapter seventy-nine. A building line established under
15 this section may be discontinued in the manner provided for the discon-
16 tinuance of a highway or town way. Whoever sustains damages by the
17 discontinuance of a building line may recover the same under chapter
18 seventy-nine.
1 Section 38. The county commissioners, aldermen or selectmen or Gravel pits.
2 road commissioners may purchase or select and lay out land within gf^?,'!.^''
3 their respective counties, cities or towns, not appropriated to public fgg^g, s^5 ^ ^®'
4 uses or owned by any other town, from which may be taken materials ?„■,?;• if; ^J?^-
5 necessary tor the construction, repair or improvement of public ways; P--"'vni's'i
6 and may lay out such ways as they consider necessary for convenient
7 access thereto. All proceedings relati^•e to such land and ways shall be
8 the same as are provided in the laying out of other ways, and if it is
9 necessary to acquire land for the purposes of this section, the same may
10 be taken by eminent domain under chapter se\'enty-nine.
FILING OF PETITIONS.
1 Section 39. Petitions to the county commissioners relative to high- Filing of pc-
2 ways and town ways may be filed with and the recognizance taken by county ram-
3 the clerk of said commissioners, and such filing shall be the commence- i874',°283!'§ i.
4 ment of proceedings. ists, 223, § 1.
p. S. 49, §106. R. L. 4S, §111. 1917, 344, 11, § 81, VIII, § 1.
CHAPTER 83,
SEWERS, DRAINS AND SIDEWALKS.
Sect.
construction and maintenance of
sewers and drains.
1. Laying out of sewers.
2. Plans and records.
3. Sewer connections.
4. Drains for highways.
SEPARATION, PURIFICATION AND DISPOSAL
OP SEWAGE.
5. Separate system of plumbing.
6. Establishment of sewage disposal works.
7. Prevention of nuisance from works.
Sect.
regulations and penalties.
S. Digging up public ways.
9. Obstruction of ditches.
10. Obstruction of sewers.
11. Requirement of connection with sewer.
12. Repair of private drain.
13. Enforcement by equity jurisdiction.
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
14. Assessment for construction.
15. Assessment for sewerage systems.
16. Assessment for use of sewers.
780
SEWEKS AND DRAINS.
[Chap. 8.3.
Sect.
17. Payment for permanent privilege.
IS. Determination of method of assess-
ment.
19. Extension of time of pa>'ment.
20. Fee for use of sewera.
21. Land abutting upon more than one
way.
22. Sewers built by land owners.
23. Payment of part of cost by city or
town.
24. Assessment for particular sewers.
Sect.
sidewalks.
25. Establishment of sidewalks.
26. Sidewalk assessments.
GENER.\L PROVISIONS RELATING TO ASSESS-
MENTS.
27. Recording of statement.
28. Application of betterment law.
Laying out
of sewers.
1709-10, 5, I 2
179fi. 47, § 2.
R. S. 27, § 2.
1S41. 115,
§§ 1, 6.
1857, 225, § 1.
G. S.48, §§ 1,
1869, 111, § 1.
1871, 158, § 2.
1873,51.
P.S.50, §§ 1,
13.
1890, 124.
1892. 245, § 4.
1893,304,1 2;
423, § 24.
R. L.^49, §§ 1,
4 Allen, 41.
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTEN.tNCE OF SEWERS AND DR.^INS.
Section 1. The aldermen of a city or the sewer commissioners, 1
selectmen or road commissioners of a town may lay out all such main 2
drains or common sewers as they adjudge necessary for the public con- .3
venience or the public health, in public or private ways or in the land 4
of any person, and may take land by eminent domain under chapter 5
seventy-nine which may be necessary therefor, and may prescribe the 6
manner in which and the materials with which such drains or sewers 7
shall be built; but all such drains or sewers built in public ways shall 8
be built and repaired with brick or stone or in some other substantial 9
manner. They may also lay out particular sewers from common sewers 10
to the boundary of the way. Drains and sewers so laid out shall be 11
built, repaired, maintained and owned by the town. s Alien, 127. 12
13 Allen, 146.
104 Mass. 13.
110 Mass. 433.
113 Mass. 218.
114 Mass. 483.
119 Mass. 294.
122 Ma-ss. 255.
124 Mass. 564.
126 Mass. 431.
128 Mass. 396.
131 Mass. 523.
134 Mass. 476.
139 Mass. 384.
142 Mass. 110.
146 Mass. 298,
3«6, 467.
149 Mass. 44. 410.
150 Mass. 12.
151 Mass. 174.
159 Mass. 324.
160 Mass. 282.
163 Mass. 303.
174 Mass. 545.
185 Mass. 142.
192 Mass. 287.
201 Mass. 329.
229 Mass. 403.
Plans and
records.
1878, 232. § 2.
P. S. 60, § 14.
R. L. 49, § 24.
1907, 365.
Section 2. Plans and descriptions of all main drains and common
sewers belonging to a town, with a true record of the charges of making
and repairing said drains and sewers and of all assessments therefor,
shall be kept in the office of the town clerk or in such other office of
the town as the town by ordinance or by-law may determine.
Sewer connec-
tions.
1892, 245, § 4.
1899,319,
§§1.2.
1900, 112.
R. L.49, §§ 12
31, 32.
Section 3. The board or officers of a city or town having charge 1
of the repair and maintenance of sewers may, upon request of the owner 2
of land and payment by him of the actual cost thereof, construct a par- 3
ticular sewer from the street line to a house or building. A town may 4
appropriate money for connecting estates within its limits with common 5
sewers, and no estate shall, in any year in which such an appropriation G
is made, be connected with a common sewer except \in the manner 7
hereinafter provided. If bonds or notes are issued to pay the cost of, 8
making such connections, the assessments provided for in section 9
twenty-four shall be applied to the payment of such bonds or notes. If 10
the board of health of a town making such appropriation shall order 11
land abutting upon a public or private way in which a common sewer 12
has been laid to be connected with such sewer, or if the owner of such 13
land shall make to the board or officer having charge of the maintenance 14
and repair of sewers application to connect his land with a common 15
sewer, such board or officer shall make such connection. 16
Chap. 83.] sewers and druns. 781
1 Section 4. The division of highways of the department of pubHc Drains for
2 works, county commissioners, and the officers having charge of highways lEfir^slg;
3 in any city or town may construct ditches or drains for the purpose of flig fjg
4 properly draining any highway, and may carry water away from any ^^ i"' ^'■^■
5 highway and over or through any land as they maj' deem necessary for
6 public convenience or for the proper care or construction of such highway,
7 and may purchase or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine,
8 on behalf of the commonwealth, county, city or town, such land or
9 interest therein as may be necessary therefor. Such ditches and drains
10 shall be imder the control of said officials, who may enter upon any land
11 for the purpose of constructing, repairing or maintaining the same;
12 but they shall not enter upon or construct any ditches, drains or other
13 works or lay any conduits or pipes or discharge any water within the
14 location of any railroad corporation, except at such time and in such
15 manner as they may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of
16 failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department of public util-
17 ities. The owner or occupant of land through which any ditch or drain
IS has been constructed under this section may, after securing a permit
19 from the officers having control of the ditch or drain, construct and main-
20 tain a bridge over the same. The damages sustained by any person in
21 his property by takings or other acts herein authorized may be re-
22 covered under chapter seventy-nine. The division, board or officers who
23 have taken an easement under this section may discontinue or abandon
24 the same by filing for record in the registry of deeds a suitable instrument.
SEPARATION, PtTRIFICATION AND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE.
1 Section 5. In this section surface or storm water and such other Separate
2 waters as shall be specified by the department of public health shall be pTumSng.
3 designated as waters and all other waters and sewage shall be desig- i^o^, 3S3, §i.
4 nated as sewage. When a town has provided both a drain for waters
5 and a sewer for sewage in a public way, the owner of every parcel of
6 land abutting on such way or connected with such drain or sewer shall
7 arrange his plumbing so that the waters shall be kept separate from the
8 sewage; and shall make such connections with the drain and sewer re-
9 spectively that the waters shall pass into the drain and the sewage into
10 the sewer in accordance with the directions of the board or officer having
11 charge of the repair and maintenance of sewers in such town.
1 Section 6. A town, with the approval of the department of public EstabUshment
2 health, after a public hearing by said department of all parties inter- pllarwOTkl!"*"
3 ested, of which notice shall be given by publication in one or niore jj*^{^; ^^^^ j
4 newspapers, may purchase land within its limits, or take the same by Jg^^j^f^jf' fyg
5 eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, for the treatment, purifica- iso Mass. 12.
„ ^. 1 J- 1 c m • t-- ia3Mas3.303.
6 cation and disposal 01 sewage, lowns or persons owning or operating
7 filter beds or other works for the treatment, purification and disposal of
8 sewage shall provide and maintain works adequate for the treatment of
9 the sewage at all times, and shall operate such works in such manner as
10 will prevent a nuisance therefrom or the discharge or escape of unpurified
11 or imperfectly purified sewage or effluent into any stream, pond or other
12 water, or other objectionable result.
1 Section 7. If the department of public health determines upon Prevention of
2 examination that a filter bed or other works for the treatment, purifica- wofks'!"^^ '"^"^
782
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
[Ch.U'. 83.
1909, 433. § 3.
1919, 350, § 97.
tion and disposal of sewage causes the pollution of a stream, pond or other 3
water, or is likely to become a source of nuisance or create objectionable 4
results in its neighborhood by reason of defective construction, inadequate 5
capacity or negligence or inefficiency in maintenance or operation or 6
from other cause, it may issue notice in writing to the town or person 7
owning or operating such works requiring such enlargement or improve- 8
ment in the works or change in the method of ope"ration thereof as may 9
be necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the works and 10
the efficient purification and disposal of the sewage. If said depart- 11
ment determines after investigation that the imsatisfactory operation 12
of a sewage disposal system is due wholly or partly to the discharge 13
into the system of manufacturing waste or other substance of such 14
character as to interfere with the efficient operation of said works, it 15
may if necessary prohibit the entrance of such waste or other material, 16
or may regulate the entrance thereof into the system, or may require 17
the treatment of such waste or other material in such manner as may 18
be necessary to prevent its interference with the operation of the works. 19
Digging up
public ways.
1709-10, 6, § 1.
1796,47, § 1.
R. S. 27, § 1.
G. S. 48, § 8.
P. S. 50, § 12.
R. L. 49, § 29.
REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES.
Section S. Whoever digs or breaks up the ground in a public way 1
for the laying, altering or repairing of a drain or sewer, without the 2
written consent of the board or officer having charge of the maintenance 3
and repair of sewers in the town in which such way is situated, shall forfeit 4
five dollars, to the use of such town. 5
Obstruction
of ditches.
1917, 329, § 4.
Section 9. Whoever, by himself, his agents or servants, deposits 1
in or along any ditch or drain constructed under section four any ma- 2
terial which will obstruct the flow of water therein shall be punished by 3
a fine of ten dollars, and shall be liable in tort to the commonwealth, the 4
county, city or town controlling the ditch or drain for all damages caused 5
thereby, for the cost and expense of removing the obstructing material 6
and of restoring the ditch or drain to its former condition. 7
Obstruction
of sewers.
1892, 245. I 4.
R. L. 49, § 12.
1909, 433, I 2.
Op. A.G.
(1920) 148.
Section 10. The aldermen of a city or the sewer commissioners,
selectmen or road commissioners of a town may make necessary regula-
tions regarding the use of common sewers to prevent the entrance or
discharge therein of any substance which may tend to interfere with
the flow of sewage or the proper operation of the sewerage system or
disposal works, and may make regulations for the construction and use
of particular sewers, and impose penalties not exceeding twenty dollars
for their violation.
1890, 132.
R. L. 49, § 30.
160 Mass. 2S2.
Section 11. The board of health of a town may require the owner
or occupant of any building upon land abutting on a public or private
way, in which there is a common sewer, to connect the same therewith
by a sufficient drain, and such owner or occupant who fails to comply
with such order shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hun-
dred dollars.
6
Repair of
private drain.
1893, 312.
R. L. 49, § 35.
Section 12. If a city council or a town accepts this section or has 1
accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the board of health 2
may require the owner or occupant of an estate which drains into a private 3
Chap. S3.] sewers axd dr.uns. 783
4 drain in a public or private way to put such drain in good repair and
5 condition. If he fails to comply with said order within ten days after
6 notice thereof, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty
7 dollars for every day during which such failure continues.
1 Section 13. The supreme judicial court and the superior court Enforcement
2 shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain the unlawful use of common jurisdiction.
3 sewers or the placing or depositing of materials therein or the violation r.'''l! Igl'i^al;
4 of regulations regarding the use thereof made imder section ten, and {gS^'Iff;!!'
5 to enforce the provisions of sections five to seven, inclusive. (i92o)'i4s
sewer assessments.
1 Section 14. A person who enters his particular drain into a main Assessment for
^ 1 . It . ' -L Cj. construction.
2 dram or commoti sewer, or who by more remote means receives benent i84i, 115, § 2.
3 thereby for draining his land or buildings, shall pay to the town a pro- i87l'.232:§*'i.
4 portional part of the charge of making and repairing the same, and of fgg^^, 4'23^ *'
5 the charge, not already assessed, of making and repairing other main ^^-^g-^^
6 drains and common sewers through which the same discharges, which 9Cush. 233
7 shall be ascertained, assessed and certified by the aldermen, sewer com- 111 Mass. 123.
8 missioners, selectmen or road commissioners.
112 Mass. 541. 132 Mass. 42. 150 Mass. 12.
117 Mass. 303. 136 Mass. 183. 192 Mass. 287.
118 Mass. 168. 139 Mass. 328, 384. 201 Mass. 329.
120 Mass. 108. 297. 143 Mass. 585. 217 Mass. 422.
128 Mass. 282. 140 Mass. 298. 239 Mass. 403.
1 Section 15. The city council of a city or a town may adopt a sys- Assessment for
2 tem of sewerage for a part or the whole of its territory, and may provide systems.
3 that assessments under section fourteen shall be made upon owners of }879! ssr'
4 land within such territory by a fixed uniform rate, based upon the esti- fsM, 528^ ^'
5 mated average cost of all the sewers therein, according to the frontage ^cush^277^'
6 of such land on any way in which a sewer is constructed, or according no Mass. 433.
7 to the area of such land within a fixed depth from such way, or according 139 Mass. 384.
8 to -both such frontage and area ; but no assessment in respect to any lea Mass! 23!
9 such land, which by reason of its grade or level or any other cause can- \^l ^^ilH] 247.
10 not be drained into such sewer, shall be made until such incapacity is JglMaSlis?.
11 removed. If the assessment is according to the area within such fixed U^Ma^^H;
12 depth, the lien therefor shall attach to the parcel assessed.
1 Section 16. The aldermen of any city except Boston or the sewer Assessment
2 commissioners, selectmen or road commissioners of a town, may from sewers.
3 time to time establish just and equitable annual charges for the use of r ^l! 49, § s. '
4 common sewers, which shall be paid by every person who enters his i^s Mass. 242.
5 particular sewer therein. The money so received may be applied to
6 the payment of the cost of maintenance and repairs of such sewers or
7 of any debt contracted for sewer purposes.
1 Section 17. The aldermen of any city except Boston or a town in Payment for
2 which main drains or common sewers are laid may determine that pn^itge"'
3 a person who uses such main drains or common sewers in any manner, §§^f;2**'
4 instead of paying an assessment under section fourteen, shall pay for the r | 49.1^7 ■^■
5 permanent privilege of his estate such reasonable amount as the alder- j^}||^^'^^^^-
6 men or the sewer commissioners, selectmen or road commissioners shall 1920! 2.
7 determine. 192 Mass. 237.
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SEWERS AND DRAINS.
[Caip. 83.
Determination
of method of
assessment.
1892. 245, § 2.
R. L. 49. § 8.
Section 18. The city council of a city or a town which itself is, or 1
the officers of which are, entitled, under sections fourteen to seventeen, 2
inclusive, or under any special act, to assess upon land the whole 3
or a i?art of the cost of laying, making, maintaining or repairing 4
main drains or common sewers, may determine that such assessments 5
shall be made by two or more of the methods provided in said sections 6
or special acts, and may determine what part of the expense or esti- 7
mated average cost shall be paid under each method. 8
Extension of
time of pay-
ment.
1892, 245, § 3.
R. L. 49, § 9.
1918,257, §213.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
210 Mass. 151.
Section 19. The aldermen of a city or the sewer commissioners, 1
selectmen or road commissioners of a town may extend the time for the 2
payment of such assessments upon land which is not built upon until 3
it is built upon or for a fixed time; but interest at a rate not less than 4
the town paj's upon any loan for sewer purposes shall be paid annually 5
upon the assessment from the time it was made, and the assessment 6
shall be paid within three months after such land is built upon or at the 7
expiration of such fixed time. 8
Fee for use of
sewers.
1892. 245, § 3.
R. L. 49, § 10.
Section 20. The owners of land or parts thereof not liable to as-
sessment, or not in fact assessed, may use the common sewers for the
disposal of their sewage from such land only on payment of such reason-
able amount as the aldermen or the sewer commissioners, selectmen or
road commissioners shall determine.
uponm'ore''°^ SECTION 21. If land abuts upon more than one way, assessments
1892 T45T5' ^^^ sewers based wholly or in part upon frontage shall be assessed upon
R. l'. 49, '§ 11. the frontage upon one such way and upon so much of the frontage upon
such other way as is not exempted by the board whose duty it is to
make the assessment; and such board may exempt from assessment so
much of the frontage upon such other way as they consider just and
equitable.
Sewers built by
land owners.
1895, 227.
R. L. 49, § 13.
Section 22. If an ordinance or 'by-law provides that any drain or 1
sewer laid in any land or way, public or private, which is opened or 2
proposed to be opened for public travel and accommodation shall be 3
a main drain or common sewer, and such drain or sewer is laid in a 4
private way or land at the expense of the owner thereof, his land shall 5
not be assessed for such drain or sewer, except for the cost of connecting 6
it with common drains or sewers already established. 7
Payment of
part of cost by
city or town.
1841, 115, §5.
G. S. 48, § 7.
P. S. 50, § 11.
1892, 245, § 9.
R. L. 49, §§ 26,
27.
Section 23. This chapter shall not prevent a town from providing,
by ordinance or otherwise, that a part of the expense of laying out,
constructing, maintaining and repairing main drains or common sewers
shall be paid by such town; and any city except Boston and any town
adopting a system of sewerage which had not, prior to May sixth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-two, actually le\ied assessments for the cost of such
system shall pay such portion, not less than one quarter nor more than
two thirds, of the cost of laying out, constructing, maintaining and repair-
ing the common sewers as the city council or the sewer commissioners,
selectmen or road commissioners may determine.
f^f parTi^c^ar Section 24. The owner of any land benefited by the laying out of a 1
i89r245 5 4 particular sewer from the common sewer to the boundary of the way 2
Chap. S3.] sidewalks. 785
3 shall pay to the town for the permanent privilege of using the same isoo, 319,
4 such reasonable amount as the aldermen or the sewer commissioners, 1900, 112.
5 selectmen or road commissioners determine, which may be fixed at the 32, 34. ' "'
6 estimated average cost of all such particular sewers within the territory '^^ "^'^^^' ^°*'
7 for which a system of sewers has been built or adopted. Tlie board or
8 officers authorized to lay out sewers shall assess the cost of connecting
9 private land with a common sewer under section three upon the land so
10 connected, and may require tliat an applicant for a connection of his
11 land with a sewer shall pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated
12 assessment therefor, which shall be applied to the payment of the as-
13 sessment, and the remainder, if any, shall be repaid to the applicant.
SIDEWALKS.
1 Section 25. The aldermen of a city or the selectmen or road com- Establishment
2 missioners of a town may, if in their judgment the public convenience iS5s,43,''§ri.2.
3 so requires, establish sidewalks in the public wajs thereof and determine p.' s.' 50, if 20?
4 the grade of each such sidewalk and the materials with which it shall r.l. 49, §§42-
5 be constructed, and may order the reconstruction of existing sidewalks, ^^j^ ,j^
6 No such sidewalk shall be dug up or obstructed without the consent ^ ^is-
7 of the board or officer ha\'ing charge of the maintenance and repair of 1920', 2'.
8 public ways in a city, or the selectmen or road commissioners in a town. 207 iiassl 123!
20s Mass. 348.
1 Section 26. In tlie order for the construction of a new sidewalk sidewalk
2 or the reconstruction of a sidewalk with material of more permanent 1872," 303" ""
3 character than that with which it was originally constructed, the board 1374^107,
4 making the order may provide for the assessment of a reasonable |>y'5o,§§ 22-
5 amount, not exceeding one half the cost, upon the abutting estates. If j|gg ^^^
6 an ordinance or by-law so provides, the total assessed upon any indi- i^l. 49, §§42-
7 vidual estate shall not exceed one per cent of the value thereof as fixed i9is. 257. 521s.
8 by the last preceding annual assessment for taxes. 1920, 2.
114 Mass. 3SS. 166 Mass. 244. 208 Mass. 348.
142 Mass. 200. 185 Mass. 142. Op. A. G. (1918) 36.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS.
1 Section 27. Whene\'er the aldermen of a city or the sewer com- Recording of
_.. , , .. i>la.l Statement.
2 missioners, selectmen or road commissioners oi a town lay out or de- g. s. 4S, § 5.
3 termine to construct a sewer or drain in a public way, or adopt an order 249. '
4 for the establishment or reconstruction of a sidewalk, and assessments 5§5;io,'25.
5 may be made or charges imposed under this chapter for the construction }|^^; |J°-
6 of such improvement or the use thereof, they shall forthwith cause to Jlgl'ff"-
7 be recorded in the registry of tleetls of the county or district in which i&96, 236.
8 such city or town is situated a statement of their action, which shall is99,' 319,'
9 specify the public ways in which such sewer, drain or sidewalk is located, r. l. 49,
10 All assessments made or charges imposed under this chapter upon any i9i|^'257',
11 land which abuts upon a public way in which such sewer, drain or side- fli'g,^^.^^*'
12 walk is located shall constitute a lien upon such land from the time 1820,2.
13 such statement is recorded. 4 0p.A.G.547.
1 Section 28. The provisions of chapter eighty relative to the ap- AppUc^tion of
2 portionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of assess- law.
3 ments, and to interest, shall apply to assessments made under this 55216, 2i8.
4 chapter. 1919,5. 1920,2.
786
KKPAIR OF WAYS .\XD BRIDGES.
[Chap. 84.
CHAPTER 84.
REPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES.
HIGHWAYS AND TOWN WAYS.
1. Ways fo be repaired by towns.
2. Repair of bridges by several towns.
3. Enforcement of order for repair.
4. Warrants against delinquent towns.
5. Joint repair of certain highways.
6. Ways spread with tar to be covered
with sand.
7. Duties of surveyors and road commis-
sioners.
8. Fences to prevent spread of disease not
to be removed.
9. Ditches by the side of ways.
10. Entry upon adjacent land; damages.
11. State aid for keeping highways open in
winter.
PRIVATE W.^YS AND BRIDSES.
12. Meeting of proprietors.
13. Penalties for neglecting to comply with
votes.
14. Financing repairs.
Sect.
dam.iges for defects in wats.
1.5. Injury to person or property.
16. No liability if load excessive.
17. No liability for snow and ice.
IS. Notice of injury. Limitation of ac-
tion.
19. Service of notice.
20. Correction of defective notices.
21. Notice to owner of private property.
22. Penalty for neglect to repair.
23. Dedicated ways not chargeable unless
legally laid out.
24. Liability for dedicated ways unless en-
trance is marked.
25. Location not to be denied if repairs
have been made.
2G. Liability of abutting owner.
HIGHWAYS AND TOWN W.^YS.
Ways to be
repaired by
towfaa.
1693^. 6, § 1.
1786,81,1 1.
R. S.25, § 1.
G. S. 44, § 1.
Repair of
bridges by
several towns.
1852, 238.
G. S. 44, § 2.
P. S. 52, § 2.
R. L. 51. § 2.
1917, 344,
IV, § 2,
VIII, § 1.
Section 1. Highways and town ways shall, unless otherwise pro-
vided, be kept in repair at the e.xpense of the town in which they are
situated, so that they may be reasonably safe and convenient for
travelers, with their horses, teams and carriages at all seasons.
1877, 234. § 1.
P. S. 52, § 1
R. L. 51.§ 1.
1917, 344. IV, U.VI
13 Pick. 343.
llGray, 3.i3.
13 Gray, 59, 344, (;01.
14 Gray, 242.
16 Gray, 228.
1 Allen, 182.
8 Allen, 51.
100 Mass. 255.
103 Mass. 129.
105 Mass. 470.
106 Mass. 276.
120 Mass. 3D0.
136 Mass. 419.
145 Mass. 326.
156 Mass. 75.
176 Mass. 413.
188 Mass. 595.
192 Mass. 220.
196 Ma
197 Mass. 66, 241.
204 Mass. 105.
205 Mass. 400.
208 Mass. 571.
213 Mass. 103, 446.
217 Mass. 227.
222 Mass. 591.
225 Mass. 271.
232 Mass. 111.
Section 2. If two or more towns within the same county which are
required by law to maintain or keep in repair a bridge upon a highway
or town way, differ as to the mode or time of doing the same, the county
commissioners, upon application of either of said towns, after notice to
all parties interested and a hearing, may pass such orders relative to ^
the maintenance and repair of such bridge as in their opinion the public G
good may require. '
Enforcement
of order for
repair.
1917, 344,
IV, §3,
VIII, I 1.
Section 3. If any town does not comply with any orders passed by 1
the county commissioners under the preceding section, within the time 2
and in the manner prescribed in such orders and to the acceptance of 3
the commissioners, the commissioners shall forthwith cause such bridge 4
Chap. 84.] repair of ways and bridges. 787
5 to be completed in accordance with such orders and sliall direct the
6 expenses and charges of completing the same to be paid in the first
7 instance by the county, and shall order notice thereof to be given to the
S delincjuent town, stating the proportion which it is to pay.
1 Section 4. If a delinquent town does not pay its proportion of such warrants
2 expenses and charges within sixty days after the date of such notice, qS'^tol^ns.'
3 with interest at a rate to be fixed by the county commissioners, not H^'^'l**'
4 exceeding ten per cent a year from the time when the same was paid by ^'^i' ^ ^•
5 them, the commissioners, after a hearing, may issue a warrant against
C such town for the amount which it was ordered to pay, with interest and
7 further costs of such notice and warrant, which shall be collected and •
8 paid into the county treasury.
1 Section 5. When a highway runs through two or more towns, they joint repair ot
2 may appropriate money for the construction, repair, maintenance or ^^ays!" '
3 improvement thereof in common, and may purchase road machinery }9?7'3f4
4 therefor in common. Money so appropriated shall be expended by viiM'i
5 such persons and in such manner as the towns concerned shall agree
6 upon.
1 Section 6. Any public way which has been spread with tar, oil or ways spread
2 similar substance, shall, within tliree hours thereafter, be covered with coverl"w?th^
3 sand, gravel, peastone or other similar material in such manner as to ig°6X24
4 render the way safe for travel. But such way may be so treated without flA"!-,. jy
5 being so covered if the tar, oil or other similar substance is first applied §§ 7-^.
<3 to not more than one half of the traveled width of the way, and such
7 portion becomes safe for travel before the remaining part of the way is
8 similarly treated, or if there is a reasonably safe and convenient alternate
9 route or detour whicii has not been so treated, or if so treated has been
10 rendered safe for travel as herein provided. Violation of any provision
11 of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more
12 than one hundred dollars.
1 Section 7. Surveyors of highwavs and road commissioners shall DuMcs of sur-
r» 1 I 1 I*' T • • 1 • 1 • • veyora and
2 remove whatever obstructs the public ways withm their respective "■p"'* commis-
3 towns or districts, or endangers, hinders or incommodes persons travel- 1693-4', 6, § i.
4 ing thereon; and shall forthwith cause snow to be removed or trodden 1796! ss,' §5 5. 8.
5 down so as to make such ways reasonably safe and convenient. If a u.ls^^' ^^ ^'
6 town neglects to vote a sufficient amount for the proper repair of ways fj, u*"*' ^^ ^'
7 therein, or does not otherwise eftectually provide therefor, each sur- }|73'5f^'
5 veyor, in his district, or the road commissioners, may employ persons J^"' 234, § 1.
6 to make such repairs, who shall be paid by the town; and towns may p. s.'52,'§§ e,
10 authorize their surveyors or road commissioners or any other person to isss. 12.3, § 2.
11 enter into contracts for making or repairing the ways therein. 1899,330.
R. L. 51. §§0,10, 13.
107 Mass. 414.
14S Mass. 174.
1917, 344, IV,
115 Mass. 431.
149 Mass. 85.
§§15, Ifi, 19, VIII, § 1.
IIG Mass. 455.
151 Mass. 422.
4 Pick. 149.
120 Mass. 565.
152 Mass. 61.
13 Pick. 343.
128 Mass. 646.
180 Mass. 539.
11 Gray, 342.
131 Mass. 470.
197 Mass. 480.
13 Gray, 347.
134 Mass. 522.
200 Mass. 175.
8 Allen, 51, 473.
136 Mass. 235.
207 Mass. 460.
97 Mass. 472.
147 Mass. 245.
222 Mass. 22.
98 Mass. 581.
REPAIR OF WAYS AKD BRIDGES.
fCHAr. 84.
Fences to pre-
vent spread of
disease not to
Section 8. No surveyor, road commissioner or other person shall, 1
without an order from the board of health, remo\e or take down fences, 2
nse.'si.Tii. gates or bars which have been placed on a way for the purpose of prevent- 3
G. s. 4i. § 9! ing the spread of a disease dangerous to the public health. 4
p. S. 52, 111. R. L. 51, §11. 1917, 344, IV, §17, VIII, § 1.
Ditches by the
side of ways.
1786,81, § 1.
R. S. 25, § 5.
G. S. 44. § 10.
P. S. 62, § 12.
R. L. 51, § 12.
1917, 344. IV,
§ IS. VIII, § 1.
2 Met. 599.
S Gray, 409.
Section 9. A surveyor or road commissioner may cause a water- 1
course occasioned by the wash of a way to be conveyed by the side of 2
the way; but the aldermen or selectmen, upon complaint of a person 3
whose building has been incommoded or whose business has been ob- 4
structed thereby, may, after a view, order the surveyor or road com- 5
missioner to make alterations in such work. is Gray, 486. 6
R. S. 25, § 6.
1859. 67.
G. S. 44, |§1'
20.
1868, 264.
P. S. 52,
§§ 14-16.
R. L. 51, §§1
Section 10. The selectmen or road commissioners may enter upon,
use or survey or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine
any land they may deem necessary for the purpose of securing or pro-
tecting a public way; and any person thereby injured in his property
and any owner of land adjoining a way who has sustained damage in his
property by an act done for the purpose of repairing the way may recover
such damages under chapter seventy-nine. i9i7, 344, iv, §§ 20-22, viii. § 1.
1 Pick. 418.
2 Met. 599.
8 Met. 172.
8Cush.69.
10 Gush. 411.
5 Gray. 372.
8 Gray, 409.
13 Gray, 601.
14 Gray, 216, 218.
15 Gray, 486.
104 Maes. 13.
106 Mass. 84.
109 Mass. 123.
113 Mass. Ill, 218.
117 Mass. 78. 79.
119 Mass. 372, 392.
120 Mass. 416.
121 Mass. 5. 241, 262.
122 Mass. 110.
123 Mass. 522.
125 Mass. 371.519,529.
128 Mass. 550.
136 Mass. 10.
137 Mass. 255.
144 Mass. 579.
145 Mass. 561.
147 Mass. 452.
151 Mass. 196.
153 Mass. 245.
158 Mass. 564
161 Mass. 530.
163 Mass. 77.
169 Mass. 390.
175 Mass. 459, 590.
177 Mass. 173.
187 Mass. 545.
189 Mass. 254, 540.
194 Mass. 80.
195 Mass. 64.
220 Mass. 575.
229 Mass. 563.
231 Mass. 138.
state aid for
keeping high-
ways open in
winter.
1920, 4SS,
§§ 1-3.
Section 11. The department of public works may, by furnishing 1
such equipment as it deems desirable and supervising the use of the 2
same, co-operate with the proper officers of cities and towns in keeping 3
open and reasonably passable for vehicles during the winter months 4
such highways as may be selected by said department, with the approval 5
of the proper officers of the city or town in which any such highway is 6
located, having regard to the importance thereof for commercial uses and 7
the co-operation and aid to be rendered by cities, towns and persons in 8
carrying on this work, and for this purpose may accept financial or other 9
assistance from any person; provided, however, that work carried on 10
under this section shall be supplemental to work undertaken and per- 11
formed by cities and towns under other provisions of law, and that noth- 12
ing in this section shall render the commonwealth liable for damages 13
for which it is not liable under other provisions of law or relieve cities 14
and towns from keeping their highways clear from ice and snow as 15
required by other provisions of law. 16
Meeting of
proprietors.
1787, 17, § 1.
R. S. 25, §§ 34.
PRIVATE WAYS AND BRIDGES.
Section 12. If four or more persons are the proprietors and rightful
occupants of a private way or bridge, and three of them make application
in WTiting to a justice of the peace to call a proprietors' meeting, the justice
may issue his warrant therefor, stating the time, place and purpose of
Chap. 84.] repair of w.\ys and bridges. 789
5 the meeting. The warrant shall be posted in a public place of the town ?. s. 52, §§ 26,
6 in which such way or bridge is situated, seven days at least before the r.l. 51, §§25,
7 time appointed for the meeting. The proprietors and occupants so 1917, 344, iv,
S assembled shall choose a clerk and surveyor, who shall be sworn. They |,\n //j;
9 may determine the manner of calling future meetings, what repairs of
10 the way or bridge are necessary and the proportion of money and of labor
11 and materials to be furnished by each proprietor and occupant for such
12 repairs. The surveyor shall have the same powers with respect to such
13 way or bridge as are exercised by surveyors of highways.
1 Section 13. A proprietor or occupant who refuses or neglects to Penalties for
2 comply with such vote, when required by the surveyor, shall be liable comply vfith
3 to him in contract for the amount of his proportion, with ten per cent S'787!'i7,§§i,2.
4 interest thereon. If a person chosen clerk or surveyor under the pre- f^^- ^^' ^^ ^^
5 ceding section refuses or neglects to accept that trust and take the oath, g. s. 44, §§ 29-
C he shall forfeit five dollars. Damages and forfeitures recovered under P- s. 52, ^§ 28-
7 this section shall be applied to the use of the proprietors for repairing r.'l. 51. |§ 27-
8 said way or bridge. 1917, 344, iv, §§33-35, viii, § 1.
1 Section 14. The proprietors and occupants may, at a meeting for Financing
2 that purpose, authorize any person to contract for making and keeping isoi.s'o.
3 in repair such private way or bridge, may vote to raise such amount as 42. ' ^^' ^~
4 they consider necessary for carrying such contracts into effect; and may 34^' **■ ^^ ^^~
5 choose assessors, who shall assess each proprietor and occupant for his p%''f|fs|3i_
6 proportion of such amount according to his interest in such way or bridge, |3.^ ^^ ^^
7 and shall deliver the lists of such assessments to the surveyor, with proper 32. ' '
8 warrants of distress, in substance as is prescribed by law for collection of §§ 36-38,'
9 town taxes, and the surveyor may levy and collect such taxes in the
10 same manner as collectors of taxes are empowered to collect taxes. If a
11 surveyor neglects or refuses to pay over according to the direction of
12 his warrant the moneys so collected, he shall be liable to such pro-
13 prietors or occupants in contract for the amount collected, together
14 with twenty per cent interest in addition thereto.
D.\MAGES for DEFECT.S IN WATS.
1 Section 15. If a person sustains bodily injury or damage in his injury to
2 property by reason of a defect or a want of repair or a want of a suf- property'
3 ficient railing in or upon a way, and such injury or damage might have 1693-!^ § 6.
4 been prevented, or such defect or want of repair or want of railing R.^I.'IsilJi
5 might have been remedied by reasonable care and diligence on the JHoi'^s'i
6 part of the county, city, town or person by law obliged to repair the g- |- 1*. 5 22.
7 same, he mav, if such county, citv, town or person had or, bv the exercise §§ 2,' 3.
^ ..V . 1878 259 § 1
8 of proper care and diligence, might have had reasonable notice of the p. s.'62, §§ is,
9 defect or want of repair or want of a sufficient railing, recover damages r.l. 51, § is.
10 therefor from such county, city, town or person; but he shall not re- §^24,' vni'Vi.
1 1 cover from a county, city or town more than one fifth of one per cent of g^f ^jt* sss.
12 its state valuation last preceding the commencement of the action nor i^^ush. 451.
1 1 11 • 1 2 Cush. 600.
13 more than tour thousand dollars; nor shall a county, city or town be 4Cush. 247,
14 liable for an injury or damage sustained upon a way laid out and estab- ocush. 141.
15 lished in the manner prescribed by statute until after an entry has been ucusii. 56.3.
790
REPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES.
[ClL\P. 84.
12 Cush. 488.
4 Gray, 17S,
395, 596.
7 Gray, 100,
made for the purpose of constructing the way, or during the construction 1(5
and repairing thereof, provided that the way shall have been closed, 17
or other sufficient means taken to caution the public against entering 18
thereon
■on. 13Gr
ay, 59, 344.
15 Gray, 577.
121 Mass. 161. 216, 294,
16 Gray, 181, 508.
337, 442.
1 Allen, 30.
122 Mass. 100, 223,
2 Allen, 652.
389, 491.
3 Allen, 374, 402.
123 Mass. 611.
4 Allen, 113, 557.
124 Mass. 165, 281, 434.
5 Allen, 98.
125 Mass. 626.
8 Allen, 136, 137, 237,
126 Mass. 324.
522, 564.
127 Mass. 270, 290, 329.
10 Allen, 25. 147.
128 Mass. 321,567,
11 Allen, 318.
680, 583.
12 Allen, 666, 572.
129 Mass. 514, 534.
13 Allen, 186, 190.
130 Mass. 361.
14 Allen, 290, 475, 508.
131 Mass. 29, 452.
97 Mass. 258, 268,
132 Mass. 49.
272, 273.
134 Mass. 607.
98 Mass. 80.
136 Mass. 402.
100 Mass. 49, 185, 255.
138 Mass. 1.
101 Mass. 93, 99.
139 Mass. 313.
102 Mass. 329.
140Mass. 84, 311,
103 Mass. 509.
328, 552.
104 Mass. 73, 75, 78, 84.
141 Mass. 17, 189, 242.
105 Mass. 82, 310, 470,
142 Mass. 280, 636.
473, 699.
143 Mass. 296.
106 Mass. 271, 276, 450.
144 Mass. 491.
107 Mass. 339.
145 Mass. 91, 160, 196,
108 Mass. 580.
326, 476.
109 Mass. 126, 204, 284,
147 Mass. 245, 391, 440,
446,519.
448, 505.
110 Mass. 21,131.305,
148 Mass. 484, 544, 598.
330, 334, 506, 511, 514,
149 Mass. 147, 289.
520, 522.
150 Mass. 218.
Ill Mass. 357.
161 Mass. 212, 422.
112 Mass. 43, 362,489.
163 Mass. 409, 514.
113 Mass. 503, 506.
154 Mass. 60, 140, 475.
114 Mass. 241, 507.
155 Mass. 344.
115 Mass. 671.
156 Mass. 289, 391.
116 Mass. 93. 420.
158 Mass. 464.
117 Mass. 204, 609.
161 Mass. 3.
llQMass. 66,237, 273,
164 Mass. 263.
276,491,664.
168 Mass. 382.
120 Mass. 580.
170 M.1SS. 384.
19
171 Ma
175 Ma
178 Ma
.472.
. 601, 516.
.326.
180 Mass. 233, 585.
183 Mass. 265.
187 Mass. 564.
188 Mass. 595.
189 Mass. 7.
192 Mass. 220.
193 Mass. 26, 697.
194 Mass. 183, 396.
195 Mass. 151.
196 Mass. 18.
197 Mass. 76, 241,
311,480.
200 Mass. 101, 242.
201 Mass. 286.
204 Mass. 22, 105.
205 Mass. 493.
206 Mass. 327.
207 Mass. 325.
208 Mass. 190, 307, 571.
211 Mass. 46. 171,573.
212 Mass. 211, 512.
213 Mass. 20, 446,
560, 581.
216 Mass. 650.
217 Mass. 227, 312.
219 Mass. 88, 168,
302, 418.
222 Mass. 456.
223 Mass. 525.
225 Mass. 270.
227 Mass. 462.
230 Mass. 467.
231 Mass. 372.
232 Mass. 111.
234 Mass. 130.
235 Mass. 119.
236 Mass. 275.
3 Op. A. G. 174.
No liability if
load excessive.
1813, 160, § 4.
R. S. 39. § 43.
1838, 104.
1840, 69.
G. S. 62, §§ 23,
24.
P. S. 108,
§§ 4, 5.
R. L. 52, I 31.
1917, 344. V,
§ 38, VIII, § 1
10 Pick. 35.
201 Mass. 564.
Section 16. If a person, without the consent of the county, city, 1
town or person required by law to keep a bridge in repair or his or its 2
agent, permits more than twenty neat cattle or horses to be upon a 3
bridge which is more than fifty feet from one abutment, pier or trestle 4
part to another, or drives or transports over such bridge a vehicle with 5
a load exceeding forty-five hundred pounds in weight exclusive of the 6
team and vehicle, and thereby breaks or injures the bridge, such county, 7
city, town or person shall not be liable for any damage caused thereby. 8
No action shall be maintained under section fifteen by a person the 9
weight of whose carriage and load thereon exceeds six tons. 10
Section 17. A county, city or town shall not be liable for an injury 1
No liability for
snow and ice.
R ^L 6i°'« 19 °'" fJ^ni^SC sustained upon a public way by reason of snow or ice thereon,
1917,344 IV, if the place at which the injury or damage was sustained was at the time
169 Mass. 516.' of the accidcut otherwise reasonably safe and convenient for travelers.
iury.°^i?imita- SECTION 18. A pcrsoH SO injured shall, within ten days thereafter,
i'877°234,'§°3. i^ si^^h defect or want of repair is caused by or consists in part of snow
Isi2 36 ^ ^^' °^ ^^^' °^ both, and in all other cases, within thirty days thereafter, give
1894' 422' ^^ ^^^^ county, city, town or person by law obliged to keep said way in
R. l! 61, § 20. repair, notice of the time, place and cause of the said injury or damage;
§ 26,' vn'i, §'i. and if the said county, city, town or person does not pay the amount
321, 387.^' ^^*' thereof, he may recover the same in an action of tort if brought within
Chap. 84.1
REPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES.
791
8 two years after the date of such injury or damage. Such notice shall
9 not be invalid or insufficient solely by reason of any inaccuracy in stating
10 the time, place or cause of the injury, if it is shown that there was no
1 1 intention to mislead and that the party entitled to notice was not in fact
12 misled thereby.
129 Mass. 525.
130 Mass. 402.
131 Mass. 1S9.
441. 516.
132 Mass. 178,
534.
134 Mass. 149,
374, 507.
136 Mass,
,136.
138 Mass,
, 74.
141 Mass,
,215.
145 Mass
.549.
151 Mass,
.212.
578.
152 Mass,
, 45, 2eu.
153 Mass,
,514.
155 Mass,
334.
158 Mass,
,279.
336.
162 Mass,
,51.
164 Mass
.393.
166 Mass
,32.
167 Mass
,595.
168 Mass
,251,
556.
178 Mass,
. 566.
182 Mass
. 117.
188 Mass,
,204,
242.
197 Mass
, 178.
201 Mass,
.286,
348.
208 Mass
.29,
223 Mass
.173.
228 Mass,
.357,
529.
230 Mass,
,294,
467.
232 Mass,
451.
Time.
132 Mass.
299,
324.
133 Mass.
629.
135 Mass.
110,
147 Mass.
402.
182 Mass.
117.
188 Mass.
204.
Place.
128 Mass.
521.
130 Mass.
115.
131 Mass.
202.
132 Mass.
187,
324.
133 Mass.
626,
529.
134 Mass.
484,
507.
135 Mass.
110.
136 Mass,
136.
138 Mass,
74, 599.
139 Mass
.91.
147 Mass
.402.
155 Mass
.595.
156 Mass
.145.
158 Mass
.279,
336.
162 Mass
.192.
177 Ma
182 Ma
219 Ma
223 Ma
.373.
.117.
.302.
. 173, 286.
Cause.
130 Mass. 161,
275, 398, 494.
131 Mass. 441,
443. 516, 551, 5.';3.
132 Mass. 187, 324, 441.
133 Mass. 529.
134 Mass. 149.
135 Mass. 110.
136 Mass. 278. 419.
139 Mass. 235.
140 Mass. 129. 227, 422.
142 Mass. 486.
147 Mass. 402.
155 Mass. 344.
177 Mass. 373.
182 Mass. 117.
188 Mass. 204.
1 Section 19. Such notice shall be in writing, signed by the person
2 injured or by some one in his behalf, and may be given, in the case of a
3 county, to one of the county commissioners or the county treasurer;
4 in the case of a city, to the mayor, the city clerk or treasurer; in the case
5 of a town, to one of the selectmen or to the town clerk or treasurer. If
6 the person injured dies within the time required for giving the notice,
7 his executor or administrator may give such notice within thirty days
8 after his appointment. If by reason of physical or mental incapacity
9 it is impossible for the person injured to give the notice within the time
10 required, he may give it within ten days after such incapacity has been
11 removed, and if he dies within said ten days his executor or administrator
12 may give the notice within thirty days after his appointment. Any
13 form of written communication signed by the person so injured, or
1-4 by some person in his behalf, or by his executor or administrator, or by
15 some person in behalf of such executor or administrator, which con-
16 tains the information that the person was so injured, giving the time,
17 place and cause of the injury or damage, shall be considered a sufficient
IS notice.
Service of
notice.
1877, 234, § 4.
1879, 244.
1881. 236.
P. S. 52, § 21.
R.L. 51, §21.
1910, 166, § 1.
1912,221, § 1.
1917, 344, IV,
§ 27, VIII, § 1.
129 Mass. 525.
130 Mass. 275,
494.
132 Mass. 187,
634.
133 Mass. 529.
134 Mass. 484.
138 Mass. 74,
78.
139 Ma
144 Ma
145 Ma
150 Ma
151 Ma
167 Ma
173 Ma
188 Ma
.91.
.184.
. 105.
.517.
.212.
. 595.
.310.
.204.
201 Mass. 348.
204 Mass. 522.
216 Mass. 506.
1 Section 20. A defendant shall not avail himself in defence of any
2 omission to state in such notice the time, place or cause of the injury
3 or damage, unless, within five days after receipt of a notice, given within
4 the time required by law and by an authorized person referring to the
5 injuries sustained and claiming damages therefor, the person receiving
6 such notice, or some person in his behalf, notifies in writing the person
7 injured, his executor or administrator, or the person giving or serving
8 such notice in his behalf, that his notice is insufficient and requests
9 forthwith a written notice in compliance with law. If the person au-
10 thorized to give such notice, within five days after the receipt of such
11 request, gives a written notice complying with the law as to the time,
12 place and cause of the injury or damage, such notice shall have the
13 effect of the original notice, and shall be considered a part thereof.
Correction of
defective
notices.
1894, 389,
R. L. 51,
§22.
1917, 344,
IV,
§ 28, Vlll. § 1.
168 Mass
.251.
182 Mass
.117.
200 Mass
.284.
201 Mass
.273.
219 Mass
.302.
223 Mass
.286.
229 Mass
.511.
234 Mass,
284.
792
EKPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES.
[Chap. 84.
Notice to owner
of private
property.
1908, 305.
1913, 324.
208 Mass. 29,
473.
209 Mass. 552.
210 Mass. 86.
211 Mass. 298.
213 Mass. 342.
216 Mass. 506.
223 Mass. 286.
229 Mass. 174,
511.
230 Mass. 294.
467.
232 Mass. 354.
543.
236 Mass. 165.
Section 21. The three preceding sections, so far as they relate to 1
notices of injuries resulting from snow and ice, shall apply to actions 2
against persons founded upon the defective condition of their premises, 3
or of adjoining ways, when caused by, or consisting in part of, snow or 4
ice. Such notice may be given by leaving it with the occupant of said 5
premises, or if there is no occupant, by pasting it in a conspicuous place 6
thereon, and no such notice shall be invalid by reason of any inaccuracy 7
or misstatement in respect to the owner's name if it appears that such 8
error was made in good faith and did not prevent or unreasonably delay 9
the owner from receiving actual notice of the injury and of the contention 10
that it occurred from the defective condition of his premises or of a way 11
adjoining the same. 12
Penalty for
neglect to
repair.
C. L. 12, § 2.
1693-4, 6, § 6.
1786, 81, § 7.
R. S. 25, § 24.
Section 22. If a town neglects to repair any way which it is obliged 1
to keep in repair, or neglects to make the same reasonably safe and 2
convenient when encumbered with snow, it shall pay such fine as the 3
court may impose. g. s. 44, § 24. 1877, 234. § 1. 4
Dedicated way
not chargeable
unless legally
laid out.
1846, 203. § 1.
G. S. 43, § 82.
P. S. 49, § 94.
Section 23. A way opened and dedicated to the public use, which
has not become a public way, shall not, except as provided in the two
following sections, be chargeable upon a town as a highway or town
way unless laid out and established in the manner prescribed by statute.
R. L. 48. § 98.
1917, 344, II,
§ 69, VIII, § 1.
19 Pick. 405.
4 Cush. 332.
8 Cush. 195.
5 Gray, 73.
7 Gray, 338.
12 Gray, 415.
16 Gray, 228.
1 Allen, 150.
3 Allen, 398.
108 Mass. 196.
110 Mass. 62.
112 Mass. 346.
120 Mass. 300, 401.
122 Mass. 60.
126 Mass. 540.
128 Mass. 63.
131 Mass. 143.
135 Mass. 187.
139 Mass. 336.
143 Mass. 521.
150 Mass. 255.
151 Mass. 79.
173 Mass. 455.
178 Mass. 326.
201 Mass. 267.
209 Mass. 542.
221 Mass. 342.
232 Mass. 111.
d^i'cated^wavs SECTION 24. The board or officer ha\'ing authority over public ways 1
uniessentrance [^ ^ towu shall, if the pubUc Safety SO rcquires, cause such ways to 2
1846, 203, be closed where they enter upon and unite with an existing public way 3
G s. 43. §83. or may by other sufficient means caution the public against entering 4
R.L.1?8.|99. thereon; otherwise the town shall be liable for damages arising from 5
|®7o;viii,"'i. defects therein as in the case of ways duly laid out and established. 6
3 Allen,
,398.
126 Mass,
,540.
140 Mass. 328.
201 Mass
.267.
102 Ma
ss. 489.
130 Mass,
361.
150 Mass. 255.
229 Mass
.485.
108 Ma
,ss. 196.
138 Mass,
.564.
173 Mass. 455.
232 Mass.
111.
112 Ma
ss. 362.
139 Mass,
336.
178 Mass. 326.
Location not
to be denied
if repairs
have been
made.
R. S. 25, I 26.
G. S. 44, § 26.
P. S. 52, I 25.
R. L. 51, § 24.
Section 25. If, upon the trial of an indictment or action brought 1
to recover damages for an injury received by reason of a defect or want 2
of repair or want of sufficient railing in any way, it appears that the 3
defendant has, within six years before such injury, made repairs on 4
such way, it or he shall not deny the location thereof. 5
1917. 344. IV, 3 Pick. 408. 6 Allen, 449. 112 Mass. 512.
1 30, VIII, § 1. 18 Pick. 312. 101 Mass. 193. 117 Mass. 509.
5 Greenl. 368. 5 Gray, 73. 107 Mass. 232. 120 Mass. 1.
2 Pick. 51. 7 Gray, 338. 110 Mass. 305. 130 Mass. 361.
aSngoLer. SECTION 26. If the owner of a lot abutting upon a public way in a 1
1853,315, city dedicates to the public or permits it to use a portion of his land 2
G.s:43, §84. lying between said way and a building fronting on the same, he shall 3
p. s.'49, § 96. keep such portion in such condition as, in the opinion of the aldermen, 4
f9i7,'344,\i.°° the safety and convenience of the public requires; and if he, after reason- 5
I AiieX'isb.^ ' able notice given by the aldermen or the mayor, neglects or refuses to 6
Chap. 85.] regulations, etc., rel.ative to ways and bridges.
793
7 make the specific repairs or improvements so required, or to close tlae
S same to public use by a substantial railing or guard, the aldermen may
9 put said land into such condition and assess the expense thereof upon
10 the owner; and assessments so made may be collected in the same
1 1 manner as betterment assessments.
CHAPTER 85.
REGULATIONS AND BY-LAWS RELATIVE TO WAYS AND BRIDGES.
Sect.
1. Towns to maintain guide posts.
2. Automobile association may maintain
guide posts.
3. Change of name of ways and parks.
4. Construction of sidewalks by abutter.
5. Removal of snow from sidewalks.
6. Assessment of cost of removing snow.
7. Agreement of owner to remove snow.
8. Permits for signs and other structures
projecting into ways.
9. Not applicable to certain structures.
10. Regulation of use of ways for certain
purposes.
11. Fast driving; arrest without warrant.
12. Regulation of bicycles by cities and
towns.
13. Use of bicycles on highways.
14. Terms defined.
15. Lights on vehicles.
16. Driver of vehicle at night to give name.
17. Penalty.
Sect.
18. Moving of buildings.
19. Bears and other wild animals.
20. Regulation of speed on county bridges.
21. Regulation of speed on town bridges.
22. Regulation of speed on incorporated
bridges.
23. Regulation of speed on state ways.
24. Regulations to be posted on bridge.
25. Jurisdiction of courts over bridges.
26. Drawbridges.
27. Duties of draw tender.
28. Owners of vessel liable for injury to
bridge.
29. Removal of vessel obstructing draw.
30. Traction engines and other heavy ve-
hicles.
31. Limitations on speed of heavy vehicles.
32. Penalties.
33. Scope of preceding sections.
34. Protection of bridges from heavj- loads.
1 Section 1. Every town shall erect and maintain on the ways therein. Towns to
2 at such places as are convenient for the direction of travelers and at giTi'de posts.
3 forks or intersections of ways which lead to adjoining towns, guide posts, §§®i*'3^^4.
4 upon which shall be stated the name of the town or place to which each l^ |2^*' ^^ ^*'
5 road leads, and the distance to the same. Every town which neglects to ^^ fit%
6 erect and maintain such guide posts, or a suitable substitute therefor, P- s. 53, §§ i,
7 shall annually forfeit fi\'e dollars for every guide post which it so neglects I'ssi. :62.
8 to maintain. R. l. 52, §§ 1-3. 1917. 344, v, §§ 1-3, viii, § 1.
1 Section 2. The Mas.sachusetts State Automobile Association may, AutomobUe
2 under the direction of the division of highways of the department of may°maintain
3 public works, in this chapter called the division, and at its own expense, igie??^"*'
4 erect signboards or notices at such points on the public ways of the
5 commonwealth as the division may deem necessary or proper for the
6 safety and convenience of persons using such ways or living contiguous
7 thereto.
1 Section 3. When the name of any public way, place or section, or '^''""^^j"^,^ ^
2 of any public park, is changed by the board or officer having jurisdiction and parks.
3 thereof, if the name changed has been in use for twenty-five years or 1917! 344;
4 more, there shall be a right of appeal from such action to the division, vii'i, § 1.
794
REGULATIONS, ETC., RELATIVE TO WAYS AND BRIDGES. [ChaR. S.O.
Said appeal shall be taken within thirty days after such change, and 5
shall be by petition of at least twenty-five inhabitants of the town in which 0
such change has been made, requesting the reversal of such action. 7
Notice of the filing of such petition shall forthwith be filed by the divi- 8
sion in the office of the clerk of the town in which the change has been 9
made, and upon the filing of such petition, a public hearing shall be 10
given by said division, after such public notice as it shall determine, and 11
unless the division shall approve of such change, the same shall be of no 12
effect. 13
Construction
of sidewalks
by abutter.
1849, 24.
G. S. 45, § 6.
P. S. 53, § 6.
R. L. 52, § 4.
1917, 344,
v. § 5,
VIII, § I
100 Mass. 255.
121 Mass. 161.
133 Mass. 569.
Section 4. A person owning or occupying land adjoining a public 1
way in a town may construct a sidewalk within such way and along the 2
line of such land, indicating the width of such sidewalk by trees, posts 3
or curbstones set at reasonable distances apart, or by a railing; and, if a 4
sidewalk is so constructed, whoever rides or drives a horse or team upon 5
and along the same shall forfeit one dollar, to be recovered by such owner 6
or occupant in tort. But this section shall not affect the authority of 7
surveyors of highways or of road commissioners, or any other authority 8
which can legally be exercised over w'ays, or diminish the liability of any 9
person for unreasonably obstructing ways, nor shall it apply to cities. 10
Removal of
snow from
sidewalks.
1857, 64, §§ 1,
G. S. 45, § 9.
1863, 114,
§§ 1. 2.
1878. 89, 5 1. , ... , . 1 1 1 11 fT. 1 •
P. s. 53. §§7-9. determine the time and manner of removal and shall affix penalties, not
R. L. 52, § 5. f '
1917, 344,
V. § 6,
VIII, § I.
Section 5. Cities by ordinance and towns by by-laws may provide
for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks within such portions of
the city or town as they consider expedient by the owner or occupant of
land abutting upon such sidewalks. Such ordinances and by-laws shall
exceeding fifty dollars in the case of a city or ten dollars in the case of a
town, for each violation thereof. le Pick. 504. i66 Mass. 133.
Assessment of
cost of remov-
ing snow.
1902. 205, § 1.
1917, 344,
V, § 7.
VIII, § 1.
Section 6. Any town which accepts this section or has accepted 1
corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may cause the snow and ice 2
to be removed from its permanent sidewalks constructed of brick, stone, 3
cement, concrete or asphalt, and may provide that the assessors may 4
assess upon the estates abutting on said sidewalks, from which snow or n
ice has thus been removed, the whole or any part of the cost of such 6
removal; and the provisions of chapter eighty relative to the abate- 7
ment and collection of betterments shall apply to such assessments. 8
Agreement
of owner to "
remove snow.
1902, 205, § 2.
1917, 344,
V. § 8,
VIII, § 1.
Section 7. Any person, or the agent of any person, owning an estate 1
abutting on any sidewalk as aforesaid, may, on or before November 2
first in any year, procure the exemption of such estate from the assess- 3
ment aforesaid for the following year by a stipulation in writing w ith the 4
selectmen that he will remove snow and ice from the sidewalk on which 5
the estate abuts, at such time and in such manner as the selectmen or 6
road commissioners shall direct; and if he fails to fulfil his stipulation 7
the assessment above provided for shall be made and collected as if no 8
such stipulation had been made. 9
TndTthirstru"- Section 8. The municipal board or officer having charge of the laying 1
intrwl^i*"""* o"t of public ways may grant permits for the placing and maintaining 2
i|i5,^i76, of signs, advertising devices, clocks, marquees, permanent awnings and 3
1917, 344, v, other like structures projecting into or placed on or over public ways 4
VIII, § i. in its town, and may fix the fees therefor, not exceeding one dollar for 5
Chap. 85.] regulations, etc., rel.4.tive to ways and bridges. 795
6 any one permit, and may make rules and regulations relating thereto,
7 and prescribe the penalties for a breach of any such rules and regula-
8 tions, not exceeding five dollars for each day during which any such
9 structure is placed or maintained contrary to the rules and regulations
10 so made, after five days' notice to remove the same has been given by
11 such board or officer, or by a police officer of tlie town. All such structures
12 shall be constructed, and, when attached to a building, shall be connected
13 therewith, in accordance with the requirements of the inspector of build-
14 ings, building commissioner or other board or officer having like authority
15 in the town.
1 Section 9. The preceding section shall not apply to signs or other Not applicable
2 structures projecting into or over the way a distance of less than six structm-es.
3 inches, nor to poles, wires, conduits, and appurtenances of railroad, rail- Jgjf; Hf l/f'
4 way, telegraph and telephone, water, gas, electric light, heat and power ^ 'i- ^^"' ^ '•
5 companies.
1 Section 10. Towns may make ordinances and by-laws to prevent Regulation of
2 the pasturing of cattle or other animals, either with or Mithout a keeper; for certain
3 relative to the passage and driving of sheep, swine and neat cattle; pro- i857,°sf.'
4 hibiting persons from riding or driving beasts of burden, carriage or f^Gs' 3i' 1 1°'
1869! 301
1S74, 22.1
1875. 13ti
7 for coasting; regulating and controlling persons who frequent public ps.'53,§§ lo-
8 places playing on hand organs, drums, trumpets or other musical instru- is92, 390.
9 ments, upon or through any public way, and may affix penalties of not r. l. 52"'
10 more than twenty dollars for each violation thereof. They may, by fgil', 344. v.
11 ordinance or by-law, regulate the transportation of the offal of slaughtered u^GrayVsis.^ ''
12 animals upon or through any public way and affix a penalty of not more j^^ |^^^' |^|-
13 than one hundred dollars for each violation thereof. 162 Mass. 496.
1 Section 11. Whoever violates an ordinance or by-law prohibiting Fa«t driving;
2 persons from riding or driving at a rate of speed inconsistent with public «"rranT
3 safety or convenience may be arrested without a warrant by an officer p®^|' fl] 1 14
4 authorized to make arrests and kept in custody not more than twenty- ^gj^- Ifi^y,'
5 four hours, Sunday excepted; and within such time he shall be brought ^ i3, viii. § 1.
6 before a proper magistrate and proceeded against according to law.
1 Section 12. No ordinance, by-law or regulation relative to the use Regulation of
2 of bicycles or tricycles shall be made by a city or town, except that the cities a^d^
3 city council or selectmen may by general regulations authorize the use 1894,^479,
4 of velocipedes or similar machines by children on the sidewalks of a |j^ ^ ^52 § 9
5 public way, square or park ; but the mayor of a city or the selectmen of i'-*ij' 3«j v. ^
6 a town may, in their discretion, upon special occasions and subject to 4 0p'. a. d.
7 reasonable conditions, grant permits to persons to ride bicycles or tri-
8 cycles during a specified time and upon specified portions of the public
9 ways at any rate of speed.
1 Section 13. Wlioever, without such permit rides a bicycle or tricycle useof
2 in or upon a public way, square or park or land or driveway appurtenant highway™
3 to a public reservoir, at a rate of speed exceeding ten miles an hour, H^f'i^^'
4 or, in a city, rides without a suitable alarm bell adapted for use by the is9£' i|i-
5 rider, or after sunset in a city or town, without such alarm bell, or rides II 10. li-
796
REGULATIONS, ETC., RELATIVE TO WAYS -AND BRIDGES. [Ch.\P. 85.
1917. 344, V,
§§ 15. 16.
VIII, § 1.
it on a sidewalk, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty 6
dollars, and shall be further liable for all damages occasioned to any per- 7
sons thereby; provided, that proceedings for the enforcement of such 8
penalty shall be commenced not later than sixty days after the offence 9
is committed. 10
defiiKKi. Section 14. The term "sidewalk", as used in the two preceding 1
1900,' 312.' ^' sections, shall mean a sidewalk laid out as such by a city, town or dis- 2
1917,' Hi, v!^' trict, and any walk which is reser\-ed by custom or specially prepared for 3
§ 17, VIII, s 1. ^]^g ygg Qf pedestrians. It shall not include crosswalks, or footpaths on 4
ways lying outside of the thickly settled parts of cities and towns which 5
are worn only by travel and are not impro\ed by such cities or towns 6
or by abutters. The terms "bicycle" and "tricycle", as used in said 7
sections, shall include all vehicles propelled by foot or hand power of 8
the person riding them. The terms "park" and "square", as used in 9
said sections, shall not include any spaces under the control of park 10
commissioners, or of a park board or a park department of a city or town 11
having power to make regulations relative to such spaces, and the said 12
sections shall not abridge the powers of such commissioners, board or 1.3
department, except that they or it shall make no regulations recjuiring the 14
display of a lamp or lantern upon a bicycle, and such regulation when- 15
ever made shall be void. 16
Lights on
vehicles.
1911, 578.
§§ 1, 2.
1914, 182.
1916, 30.
1917,183: 344,
V, §§ 18, 19,
VIII, § 1.
232 Mass. 344.
Penalty, § 17.
Section 15. Every vehicle, whether stationary or in motion, on any 1
public way, shall have attached to it a light or lights which shall be so 2
displayed as to be visible from the front and the rear during the period 3
from one half an hour after sunset to one half an hour before sunrise; 4
provided, that this section shall not apply to any vehicle which is designed 5
to be propelled by hand, or to any vehicle designed for the transportation, 6
as its principal freight, of hay or straw while loaded with such freight, and 7
that upon the written application of the owner of a vehicle and the presen- 8
tation of reasons therefor the division may, in writing, in such form and 9
subject to such requirements as it may elect, and without expense to the 10
applicant, exempt said vehicle from the provisions of this section for such 1 1
period of time as said division may elect. 12
Driver of
vehicle at
night to give
name.
1911, 578, § 3.
1917, 344, V,
5 20, VIII, § 1.
Section 16. Every person shall while driving or in charge of or occu- 1
pying a vehicle during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour 2
before sunrise, when requested by a police officer, give his true name and 3
address. Penalty, § 17. 4
Penalty.
1911, 578.
§§ 4-6.
1917. 344. V,
§§ 21-23,
VIII, § 1.
Section 17. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the two preced-
ing sections shall be punished by a fine of not more than five dollars.
The driver or custodian of a vehicle shall be deemed to be the party re-
sponsible therefor and shall be liable to the foregoing penalty. The two
preceding sections shall not apply to motor vehicles.
Moving of
buildings.
1870, 314, § 1.
P. S. 53, § 17.
R. L. 52, § 13.
1917, 344. V,
§ 24. VIII, § 1.
200 Mass. 101,
175.
Section IS. No person shall move a building in a public way without 1
written permission from the selectmen or road commissioners, to be 2
granted upon such terms as in their opinion the public safety may re- 3
quire; and the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce 4
this section. 5
Chap. S5.] regulations, etc., relatia'e to ways and bridges. 797
1 Section 19. Whoever leads or drives a bear or other dangerous wild otlf^^^y
2 animal or causes it to travel upon or be conveyed over a public way jSiT^los
3 unless properly secured in some covered vehicle or cage shall be punished §§ i-3.
4 by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. Any such §§ is, 17.
5 animal which is found upon a public way not so secured or caged may §§'25, 2*' '
6 be killed by a .sherift", constable or police officer. ^"'' ^ ^'
1 Section 20. The county commissioners may establish by-laws regu- Regulation
2 lating the speed at which persons may ride or drive over any bridge in county bridges.
3 their county which has cost not less than one thousand dollars and which r "s; 25! § 44.
4 was constructed or is maintained in whole or in part by said county, p' |; I3; | \l'
5 except bridges controlled by the commonwealth, and may affix penalties }||g' jjj' ^ ^•
6 not exceeding two dollars for a breach thereof.
R. L. 52, I 18. 1917, 344, V, § 27, VIII, § 1.
1 Section 21. A town may establish ordinances or by-laws to pro- Regulation of
2 hibit persons from riding or driving horses at a rate faster than a walk bndges.°
3 over any bridge within its limits which has cost not less than five hun- if^|; If; | Jj
4 dred dollars, and may affix penalties not exceeding one dollar for a p; |; H' | Jg;
5 breach thereof. R. l. 52. § 19. i9i7, 344. v, § 28, vxii, § 1.
1 Section 22. The proprietors of an incorporated bridge may make Regulation of
2 by-laws to prohibit persons from riding or driving horses over such bridge corporated
3 at a rate faster than a walk; and may affix penalties not exceeding two is2iTibi.
4 dollars for each offence, to be recovered to the use of the corporation. §; |; ^|; | ^3;
p. S. 53, § 20. R. L. 52, § 20. 1917, 344, V, § 29, VIII, § 1. 7 Gray, 457.
1 Section 23. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- Regulation of
2 cil, may make by-laws for the regulation of travel on ways belonging to state ways.
3 the commonwealth. Whoever violates any such by-law shall be punished §§ i,' 2. '
4 by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
p. S. 53, §§ 22, 23. R. L. 52, § 21. 1917, 344, V, | 30, VIII, § 1.
1 Section 24. No person shall be liable to penalty under the four pre- Regulations to
2 ceding sections for violation of a by-law relating to travel on a bridge, bridge.
3 unless a white board containing in black letters the substance of said is29', ss, § 2.
4 by-law is kept posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the bridge. §§ 46, 47.
G. S,45, §14. 1882, 108, §3. 1917, 344, V,
P. S. 53, § 21. R. L.52, §22. § 31, VIII, § 1.
1 Section 25. District courts and trial justices, in the towns in which Jurisdiction
n 1 1 ■ 1 • 1 11 1 ' ' ^' * p 1 • £ I- "^^ courts over
2 the bridge terminates, shall have jurisdiction of complaints for the bridges.
3 violation, on such bridges, of the five preceding sections.
p. S. 53, § 27. 1882, 108, § 2. R. L. 52, § 25. 1917. 344, V, § 32. VIII, § 1.
1 Section 26. The division, county commissioners or any city or J^'^fg^'j^j^^f j
2 town in which a draw for the passage of vessels through a bridge used p. s.' 53, '§ 28!
3 as a way and maintained at the public expense is situated, whichever 1917,' 344, v, '
4 has control of said bridge, may make ordinances or by-laws regulating 4 op. a. d.
5 the passage of vessels through such draw, not inconsistent with the ^®^-
6 regulations of the United States on tide water bridges, and may affix
7 penalties not exceeding fifty dollars for each violation thereof; but no
8 such ordinance or by-law shall take effect until approved by the divi-
9 sion on waterways and public lands of the department of public works.
798
REGULATIONS, ETC., RELATIVE TO WAYS AND BRIDGES. [ChAP. 85.
Duties of
draw tender.
1876, 122,
R. L. 52,
§§ 27, 28.
1917, 344, V
§§ 34, 35,
VIII. § 1.
1 Op. A. G.
340.
Section 27. When such ordinances or by-laws have been approved,
the di\-ision, county commissioners or the city or town shall place said
draw under the direction of a suitable draw tender, and shall post a
copy of such ordinances or by-laws in some conspicuous place near by.
Such draw tender shall have full control of the passing of vessels through
the draw, shall furnish all facilities for such passing, shall allow no de-
tention, having due regard for the public travel, and shall enforce the
ordinances or bv-laws aforesaid.
Owners of
vessel liable
for injury to
bridge.
1S16, 122. § 2.
1S76, 122, § 4,
P. S. S3, § 31.
R. L. 52, § 29,
1917, 344. V,
§ 3(j, VIII, §
Section 28. If a vessel, through the negligence of the persons having 1
it in charge, or through their neglect to comply with such ordinances or 2
by-laws, or disregard of the directions of such draw tender, injures a 3
bridge or draw, or a pier or wharf connected therewith, the owner of such 4
vessel shall be liable to the individual or body politic or corporate having 5
control of said bridge, for the damage, to be recovered in tort. 6
Removal of
vessel obstruct-
ing draw.
1876, 122, § 5,
P. S, 63. § 32.
R. L. 52, § 30.
1917, 344. V,
§ 37, VIII, § 1.
Section 29. Such draw tender may remove a vessel which obstructs 1
such draw, or interferes with the passage of other vessels through the 2
same, or is made fast, without his consent, to such draw or bridge or to 3
a pier or wharf connected therewith, or the persons in charge of which 4
wilfully violate any such ordinance or by-law; and the expense of such 5
removal may be recovered by the commonwealth, county, city or town. 6
Traction
engines and
other hea\-y
vehicles.
1913, 803,
§5 1,3.
1917, 344, v.
§§ 39, 41,
VIII, § 1.
191S, IIU,
§§1.3.
Penalty, § 32
Section 30. No vehicle shall travel or object be moved on any public 1
way which has any device attached to or made a part of its wheels or 2
the rollers or other supports on which it rests, which will injure the 3
surface of the way; nor shall any vehicle travel or object be moved on 4
any public way which with its load weighs more than fourteen tons, 5
without a permit from the board or officer having diarge of such way. 6
No vehicle shall travel or object be moved on any public way outside of 7
the metropolitan parks or sewerage districts, the weight of which resting 8
on the surface of such way exceeds eight hundred pounds upon any inch 9
of the tire, roller or other support without such permit. Such permit 10
may limit the time within which it .shall be in force and the ways which 11
may be used and may contain any provisions or conditions necessary for 12
the protection of such ways from injury. Any person driving, operating 13
or moving a vehicle or object in violation of this section, or the owner 14
thereof, shall be liable in tort to the body politic or corporate having 15
charge of the way for any injury to the way thereby caused. 16
Limitations on
speed of heavy
vehicles.
1913, 803, § 2.
1917, 344, V,
§ 40, VIII, § 1.
1918, 116, § 2.
Penalty, § 32.
Section 31. No traction engine, with or without trailers, and no 1
motor truck which with its load weighs more than four tons shall be op- 2
erated upon any public way at a speed greater than fifteen miles an 3
hour; and no vehicle which with its load weighs more than four tons 4
shall travel upon any such way at a speed greater than four miles an 5
hour when equipped with metallic tires, nor greater than twelve miles 6
an hour when equipped with tires of rubber or other similar substance. 7
The board or officer having charge of any bridge may make regulations 8
prohibiting any vehicle to which this or the preceding section applies 9
from passing over such bridge at a speed greater than six miles an hour, 10
which shall be in force if conspicuously posted at each end of such bridge 11
with a statement of the load capacity of such bridge. 12
Chap. 86
BOUNDARIES OF HIGHWAYS, ETC.
799
1 Section 32. Any person violating any provision of the two preced- fgfg'gQl = 4
2 ing sections or the regulations made or permits granted under authority P^'vin^s
3 thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars,
4 to be paid to the commonwealth when state highways are injured, and
5 to the county, city or town when any public way is injured which is
6 under the care of said county, city or town, for use on the public ways
7 of said county, city or town.
1 Section 33. Nothing in the three preceding sections shall affect the Scope of
2 liability of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town to pay for sections!''
3 any damage or injury to any person or property.
1913, 803, § 5. 1917, 344, V, § 43, VIII, § 1.
1 Section 34. The division, or the local authorities having control ?''°,*«''''?" °^
_ . , . , , , , , . ." . bridges from
2 or any bridge on any earth, sand or gravel road, m.iy maintain notices ^'^^^yj.?^''*-
3 at each end of any such bridge, legible at a distance of fifty feet, stating
4 the maximum weight of vehicle with load which the bridge will safely
5 carry to be six tons. The owner of a vehicle operated on such a bridge
6 shall be responsible for all damage resulting thereto if the weight of
7 the vehicle and load exceeds six tons, and the amount of the damage
8 may be recovered in an action at law by the authority charged with
9 the maintenance of the bridge. Any person Operating a vehicle, the
10 weight of which with its load exceeds six tons, that causes damage to
11 a bridge posted as herein provided, shall be punished by a fine of not
12 less than fiftv nor more than one hundred dollars.
REFERENCES.
Exemption from civil liability for defect in bridge where excessive weight is placed
thereon, Chap. 84, § 16.
Fencing canal or waterway, Chap. 88, §§ 12, 13.
CHAPTER 86
BOUNDARIES OF HIGHWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES, AND
ENCROACHMENTS THEREON.
Sect.
1. Erection of monuments.
2. Fences taken as boundaries when true
boundaries unknown.
3. Encroachment on public ways not vali-
dated by prescription.
Sect.
4. Sale of materials removed.
5. Removal of gates and bars.
6. Barbed wire fences.
7. Removal of unused structures.
1 Section 1. The county commissioners, aldermen, selectmen or road mOTuinents
2 commissioners shall cause permanent bounds to be erected at the termini jm 192.
3 and angles of all ways laid out by them. Such bounds shall be of stone, issg! 132, § 3.
4 Portland cement or concrete not less than three feet long, two feet of p.' s.' 49,' §98.'
5 which at least shall be set in the ground, or of stone not less than three i9i2,l4.'
6 feet long with holes drilled therein and filled with lead placed a few 5^75; vni"§ 1.
7 inches below the traveled part of the way, or if stone, Portland cement I ^"1^ Hf
8 or concrete bounds are impracticable, a heap of stones, a living tree, a J|^ Mass. isa
9 permanent rock, or the corner of a building, or such other permanent
800
BOrNDARIES OF HIGHWAYS, ETC.
[Chap. 86.
bounds as said officers may determine. If they neglect to establish 10
such monuments after being notified so to do by an owner of land abut- 11
ting on such way, the county or city, if it is a highway, or the town if it 12
is a town way, shall forfeit to him fifty dollars for each month during 13
which such neglect continues. 14
Fences taken
as boundaries
when true
boundaries
unknown.
1734-5. 2, § 2.
1786, 67, § 7.
R. S. 24, 5 61.
G. S. 46, ^ 1.
P. S. 54, § 1.
R. L. S3, § 1.
1917. 344, VI,
§ 1, VIII, § 1.
2 Pick. 47.
17 Pick. 309.
8 Met. 578.
Section 2. If buildings or fences have been erected and continued 1
for more than twenty years, fronting upon or against a highway, town 2
way, private way, training field, burying place, landing place, street, 3
lane or alley, or other land appropriated for the general use or conven- 4
ience of the inhabitants of the commonwealth, or of a county, city, town 5
or parish, and from the length of time or otherwise the boundaries 6
thereof are not known and cannot be made certain by the records or by 7
monuments, such buildings or fences shall be taken to be the true 8
boundaries thereof. i3Met. us. ii Oust. 487. 4 Gray, 215. 9
15 Grav, 573.
3 Allen. 349.
6 Allen, 20.
8 Allen, 473.
100 Mass. 159.
138 Mas
s. 8.
190 Mass,
,323.
107 Mass. 234.
148 Mas
s. 309.
195 Mass.
,299.
110 Mass. 527.
181 Mas
s. 507.
206 Mass.
513.
113 Mass. 411.
189 Mas
s. 308.
220 Mass,
,569.
Encroachment
on public ways
not validated
by prescription
1917,344, II,
§74.
Section 3. If the boundaries of a public way are known or can be 1
made certain by records or monuments, no length of possession, or occu- 2
pancy of land witliin the limits thereof, by the owner or occupant of ad- 3
joining land shall give him any title thereto, unless it has been acquired 4
prior to May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and any 5
fences, buildings or other obstructions encroaching upon such way shall, 6
upon written notice from the county commissioners or board or officer 7
having authority over ways in towns, be forthwith removed by the 8
owner or occupant of adjoining land, and if not so removed said com- 9
missioners, board or officer may cause the same to be removed upon said 10
adjoining land. 1 1
Sale of ma-
terials removed.
1786, 81, § 6,
R. S. 24, § 63.
G.S. 46, §3.
P. S. 54, § 3.
R. L. 63, § 2.
1917, 344,
VI, § 2,
VTII, § 1.
Section 4. If such building, fence or other encumbrance is ad-
judged a nuisance and ordered to be abated, the materials may be sold
at auction and the proceeds applied to the payment of the expenses of
the prosecution and removal, and, if insufficient, the court may order
the remainder to be raised and levied upon the property of the defendant.
8 Met. 578.
Removal of
gates and bars.
C L. 65, § 3.
1693-4. 6, § 5.
1786, 81, § 5.
R. S.25, §§27,
43.
G.S. 46, §§4,5.
P. S. 64. §§4,5.
R. L. 53. § 3.
1917, 344,
VI, § 3,
VIII, § 1.
10 Mass. 71.
8 Allen, 473.
130 Mass, 113.
Section 5. Any person may remove gates, rails, bars or fences 1
which are upon or across a public or private way legally laid out, unless 2
they have been placed there to prevent the spread of disease dangerous 3
to the public health, or unless they have been erected or continued by 4
the license of the county commissioners or of the selectmen or road com- 5
missioners or of the person for whose use such private way was laid out. 6
A person aggrieved by such removal may apply to the county commis- 7
sioners, selectmen or road commissioners, respectively, and if upon ex- 8
amination it appears that such gates, rails, bars or fences were erected 9
or continued by such license, they shall order them replaced. 10
fen^^"^ '""■" Section 6. Whoever builds or maintains a barbed wire fence within 1
R ^L 53^5 4 six feet of the ground along a sidewalk located on a public way shall be 2
1917^ 3«, punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars. 3
Vlil, §'l. 173 Mass. 429.
Chap. 87.]
1 Section 7
SHADE TREES.
801
The aldermen or selectmen may cause the removal from Removal of
2 public ways and places of unused poles, wires, structures or other ap- tures.
3 pliances, at the expense of the owners thereof. issg, 398.
R. L. S3. § 5. 1917, 344, VI, § 5, VIII, § 1, 153 Mass. 200.
REFERENCE.
§ 5. Prohibition against removal of fences placed in ways to prevent spread of
disease, Chap. 84, § 8.
CHAPTER 87
SHADE TREES.
1. Public shade trees defined.
2. Powers of free wardens.
3. Cutting of public shade trees. Hearing.
4. Approval of mayor or selectmen re-
quired if objection made.
5. Cutting down bushes and small trees.
Trimming trees, etc., that obstruct
travel.
Sect.
6. Penalty.
7. Planting of shade trees.
8. Trees on state highways.
9. Signs and marks on shade trees.
10. Injury to trees on state highways.
11. Injury to trees of another person.
12. Injury to shrubs, trees and fixtures.
13. Duties of tree wardens in cities.
1 Section 1. All trees within a public way or on the boundaries Public Eh.ade
2 thereof shall be public shade trees; and when it appears in any pro- 1899,330,52.
3 ceeding in which the ownership of or rights in a tree are material to the faos; 296,^^2!
4 issue, that, from length of time or otherwise, the boundaries of the IgJsiffg;
5 highway cannot be made certain by records or monuments, and that for Ifj^^j^gg ^,-i
6 that reason it is doubtful whether the tree is within the highway, it shall
7 be taken to be within the highway and to be public property until the
8 contrary is shown.
1 Section 2. The tree warden of a town may appoint and remove Powers of tree
2 deputy tree wardens. He and they shall receive such compensation as Ts^.^igb,
3 the town determines or, in default thereof, as the selectmen allow. He i897,4'28. § 1.
4 shall have the care and control of all public shade trees, shrubs and ll^f'l^"'
5 growths in the town, except those within a state highway, and those in R- l- |^^5 '2.
6 public parks or open places under the jurisdiction of the park com- 1910! 321!
7 missioners, and shall have care and control of the latter, if so requested §§ 2,' 13. ' ^
8 in writing by the park commissioners, and shall enforce all the provisions
9 of law for the preservation of such trees, shrubs and growths. He shall
10 expend all money appropriated for the setting out and maintenance of
11 such trees, shrubs and growths, and no tree shall be planted within a
12 public way without the approval of the tree warden, and in towns until
13 a location therefor has been obtained from the selectmen or road com-
14 missioners. He may make regulations for the care and preservation of
15 public shade trees and establish fines and forfeitures of not more than
16 twenty dollars in any one case for violation thereof; which, when posted
17 in one or more public places, and, in towns, when approved by the select-
18 men, shall have the effect of town by-laws.
1 Section 3. Except as provided by section five, public shade trees Cutting of
2 shall not be cut, trimmed or removed, in whole or in part, by any person trees'" Hearing.
802
SHADE TREES.
[Chap. 87.
1S67,
242,
,5 1.
P.S.
11.
1896,
54, §§ 10,
190,
§3.
1897. 428,
§ 1
1899,
330,
§3.
R.L.
53,:
513.
1908,
296
§§3,
4.
1915,
145,
§§3,
13.
211 Mass.
.561.
Penal
Ity, ■
§ 6.
Approval of
mayor or select-
men required
if objection
made.
1915, 145, § 4.
Penalty, § 6.
other than the tree warden or his deputy, even if he be the owner of the 3
fee in the land on which such tree is situated, except upon a permit in 4
writing from said tree warden, nor shall they be cut down or removed by 5
the tree warden or his deputy or other person without a public hearing 6
at a suitable time and place, after notice thereof posted in two or more 7
public places in the town and upon the tree at least seven days before 8
such hearing, and after authority granted by the tree warden therefor. 9
Any person injured in his property by the action of the officers in charge 10
of the public shade trees as to the trimming, cutting, removal or retention 11
of any such tree, or as to the amount awarded to him for the same, may 12
recover the damages, if any, which he has sustained, from the town 13
under chapter seventj'-nine. 14
Section 4. Tree wardens shall not cut down or remove or grant a 1
permit for the cutting down or removal of a public shade tree if, at or 2
before a public hearing as provided in the preceding section, objection in 3
writing is made by one or more persons, unless such cutting or removal 4
or permit to cut or remove is approved by the selectmen or by the 5
mayor. 6
Cutting down
bushes and
small trees.
Trimming
trees, etc., that
obstruct travel.
1915. 145, § 5.
222 Mass. 22.
235 Mass. 515.
Penalty, § 6.
Penalty.
1916, 145, § 6.
Section 5. Tree wardens and their deputies, but no other person, 1
may, without a hearing, trim, cut down or remove trees, less than one 2
and one half inches in diameter one foot from the ground, and bushes, 3
standing in public ways; and, if ordered by the mayor, selectmen, road 4
commissioners or highway surveyor, shall trim or cut down trees and 5
bushes, if the same shall be deemed to obstruct, endanger, hinder or 6
incommode persons traveling thereon. Nothing contained in this chap- 7
ter shall prevent the trimming, cutting or removal of any tree which 8
endangers persons traveling on a highway, or the removal of any tree, 9
if so ordered by the proper officers, for the purpose of widening the 10
highway, and nothing herein contained shall interfere with gypsy and 11
brown tail moth suppression, as carried on under the direction of the 12
state forester and the United States department of agriculture, except so 13
much as relates to the cutting and removal of trees, shrubs and growths 14
that are one and one half inches or more in diameter one foot from the 1.5
ground. 16
Section 6. Violations of any provision of the three preceding sections 1
shall be punished by forfeiture of not more than five hundred dollars to 2
the use of the citv or town. 3
Planting of
shade trees.
1915, 145, § 7.
Trees on state
1905,279. § 1.
1908, 297, § 1.
1915, 145,
§§ 8, 13.
Section 7. Towns may appropriate money to be expended by the 1
tree warden in planting shade trees in the public ways, or, if he deems 2
it expedient, upon adjoining land, at a distance not exceeding twenty 3
feet from said public M'ays, for the purpose of improving, protecting, 4
shading or ornamenting the same; provided, that the written consent 5
of the owner of such adjoining land shall first be obtained. 6
Section 8. The division of highways of the department of public 1
works, in this chapter called the division, shall ha-\'e the care and control 2
of all trees, shrubs and growths within state highways, and may trim, 3
cut or remove such trees, shrubs and growths, or license the trimming, 4
cutting or removal thereof. No such tree, shrub or other growth shall 5
be trimmed, cut or removed by any person other than an agent or em- 6
ployee of the commission, even if he be the owner of the fee in the land 7
Chap. 87.] shade trees. 803
8 on which such tree, shrub or growtli is situated, except upon a permit
9 in writing from the division. Any person injured in his property by the
10 action of the division as to the trimming, cutting, removal or retention
11 of any such tree, shrub or other growth, may recover tlie damages, if
12 any, which he has sustained, from the commonwealth under chapter
13 seventy-nine.
1 Section 9. Whoever affixes to a tree in a public way or place a signs and
2 notice, sign, advertisement or other thing, whether in writing or other- ulL. ""^ "" ^
3 wise, or cuts, paints or marks such tree, except for the purpose of pro- \lll] HI]
4 tecting it or the public and under a written permit from the officer having |^ £• f^^, ^ j^^
5 the charge of such trees in a city or from the tree warden in a town, or J^?|'J^|;^--
6 from the division in the case of a state highway, shall be punished by §§ o,' i3. '
7 a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Tree wardens shall enforce the pro-
8 visions of this section; but if a tree warden fails to act in the case of a
9 state highway within thirty days after the receipt by him of a complaint
10 in writing from the division, the division may proceed to enforce this
11 section.
1 Section 10. Whoever without authority trims, cuts down or removes injury to trees
^ ,, .... i''i i'*l** on state high-
2 a tree, shrub or growth, withni a state highway or maliciously injures, ways.
3 defaces or destroys any such tree, shrub or growth shall be punished by Jgol; 297] § 2.
4 imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more jI'i^q^s*'
5 than five hundred dollars to the use of the commonwealth.
1 Section 11. Whoever wilfully, maliciously or wantonly cuts, de- injury to^trees
2 stroys or injures a tree, shrub or growth which is not his own, standing person.
3 for any useful purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more \%l[ as.S'i.
4 than six months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. Jj*-|; i?,g 5 42.
G. S. 161,§S2. P. S. 203, §95. 1902, 544, f 30.
1SG8, 321. H. L. 208, | 100. 1915, 145, S 11.
1 Section 12. Whoever wantonly injures, defaces or destroys a shrub, injury to
2 plant or tree, or fixture of ornament or utility, in a public way or place InTei'turel^^
3 or in any enclosure, or negligently or wilfully sufl:'ers an animal driven l?^^- 46%\''
4 by or for him or belonging to him to injure, deface or destroy such ^gs^^^^ao^ ^'
5 shrub, plant, tree or fixture, or whoever by any other means negligently |j§ f^^^
6 or wilfully injures, defaces or destroys such shrub, plant, tree or fixture, mbi^Ki2.
7 shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars, one half to the use of §§31.32.'
8 the complainant and one half to the use of the town in which the act Ifio.VI.'
9 was committed; and shall in addition thereto be liable to the town or
10 to any person having an interest in said shrub, plant, tree or fixture for
11 all damages. caused by such act.
1 Section 13. The powers and duties conferred and imposed upon duHm of tree
2 tree wardens in towns by this chapter shall be exercised and performed cities.
3 in cities by the officers charged with the care of shade trees within the HH] 145;
4 limits of the highway. 222 Mass. 22. ^^ '• ^^
references.
Appropriations for, by cities and towns, Chap. 40, § 5, cl. (10).
Damages, for taking of, Chap. 79, § 13.
Fire, protection against, Chap. 48.
Pests, protection against, Chap. 132.
Slash and brush, disposal of, Chap. 48, §§ 1&-20.
State forester, duties of, Chap. 132.
Tree warden, election of, Chap. 41, § 1.
804
[Chap. 88.
CHAPTER 88.
FERRIES, CANALS AND PUBLIC LANDINGS.
Sect.
FEKKIES.
1. Ferryman to be licensed.
2. Establishment of tolls.
3. Safe boats to be kept. Penalty.
4. Remedy for damage by default of
ferryman.
5. Penalty for keeping ferry without a
license.
G. Maintenance of ferry by towns.
7. Apportionment of expense.
8. Penalty for neglect to maintain ferry.
CANALS.
9. Certificate of character of load.
10. Penalty for false statement.
Sect.
11. Examination of load.
12. Fencing dangerous canals.
13. Fencing, if order not complied -n-ith.
Penalty.
LANDING PLACES.
14. Laying out and alteration.
15. Laying out by county commissioners.
16. Ascertainment of boundaries.
17. Discontinuance.
IS. Recognizance for costs.
19. Rules and regulations.
FERRIES.
Section 1. The county commissioners may license for such time
Ferryman to be
licensed.
i796~4'2^§'iV' ^^ ^'^^y determine any suitable person to keep a ferry for hire, and may
Si?§'ll!?- revoke such license when necessary. Each ferryman shall give to the
G. S. 47,
il.2.
P. s. 55. ft i,'2. state treasurer a bond with sufficient sureties for the faithful performance
of his duty.
123 Mass, 460.
Establishment
of tolls.
1694-5. 16, § 1.
1759-60,
21. § 1.
1764-5. 31.
1796, 42, § 1.
R. S. 26, § 2.
G. S. 47, § 2.
P. S. 56, § 2.
R. L. 55, § 2.
Section 2. The commissioners shall establish at each ferry the fares 1
or tolls for passengers, horses, vehicles and other things there trans- 2
ported, having regard to the length and situation of the ferry and to 3
the number of persons using the same. This and the preceding section 4
shall not apply to ferries established by law prior to April thirtieth, 5
eighteen hundred and thirtv-six. 6
Safe boats to
be kept.
Penalty.
1694-5, 16, I 1.
1759-60,
21, §1.
1764-5, 31.
1796, 42, § 2.
R.S.26, «3, 4.
G. S. 47, 5 3.
P. S. 55, I 3.
Section 3. Each ferryman shall keep sufficient and safe boats in 1
good repair and shall give ready attendance on passengers on all oc- 2
casions according to the regulations established for his ferry. If he 3
neglects to keep such boats or to give such attendance, he shall forfeit 4
not more than twenty dollars, and be liable for all damages caused 5
thereby. R. l. 55, § 3. 6
Remedy for
damage by
default of
ferryman.
R. S. 26, § 5.
G. S. 47, § 4.
P. S. 55, § 4.
Section 4. Whoever suffers damage by the negligence or default of 1
a ferryman may recover the same by an action upon his bond; which 2
may be prosecuted as an action brought on the bond of a sheriff is 3
prosecuted. R. l. 55, § 4. s Gray, 547. 4
Penalty for
keeping ferry
without a
license.
1726-7, 14.
1796, 42, § 3.
R. S. 26, § 6.
Section 5. Whoever without license keeps a ferry and demands or 1
receives pay or toll therefor shall forfeit not more than five dollars for 2
each day during which he keeps such ferry, and shall be liable for all 3
damages caused thereby to any person authorized to keep a ferry. 4
Chap. 88.] can.\ls. 805
1 Section' 6. If the commissioners determine that it is necessary to Maintenance
2 establish a ferry, and no person appears to keep it for the profits thereof, town"^ ^
3 the town in which such ferry is required shall provide a person to keep R.'y.'ll.'ll.'
4 it at such place and seasons as the commissioners order. Such person pfU'lg'
5 shall be licensed as aforesaid, and the expense of maintaining such R- l. ss, § 6.
6 ferry, in excess of the amount received for tolls, shall be paid by the Penalty, § s.
7 town.
1 Section 7. The commissioners may, either when such ferry is es- Apportionment
2 tablished between two towns or thereafter, upon the application of ten nlg-lo,^'^'
3 voters of either town and after notice to both towns and a hearing, iTei-t.ai.
4 order that such towns shall maintain said ferry either jointly or alter- r.^s.'II'II"
5 nately, and shall adjudge in what proportion they shall bear the expense p874' Ig-^ 7-,
6 of such maintenance; and the commissioners may, upon a new applica- ^f-^^, §7.
7 tion and after notice and a hearing, revise such order. Their determina-
8 tion shall be final. '"'"=''*'•• ^ '•
1 Section 8. A town M-hich neglects to maintain a ferry as provided ^l^fllll°^
2 in the two preceding sections shall forfeit not more than one hundred "/j'gigj," ^""^
3 dollars for each month such neglect continues. i764-5, ai. 21. § 3. '
1 Section 9. The master of a boat laden with goods, wares or mer- Certificate of
2 chandise which enters the waters of a canal to be carried thereon, shall foa'd!'
1S34.
R. S.
G. S
P. S. 108, § 1.
5 destined and the quantity or weight of the respecti\e articles laden on R- ^- ^5. 1 9.
6 board, distinguishing each article, as to quantity or weight, according
7 to the toll which it is liable to pay. A master who neglects or refuses
8 to exhibit such certificate, or knowingly, and with intent to defraud
9 the proprietors of the canal, makes or delivers a false certificate of the
10 kind or quantity of goods, wares or merchandise laden on board such
11 boat, shall forfeit one hundred dollars. The proprietors shall prepare
12 the proper blank forms of certificates of loading; and masters of boats
13 shall be entitled to use them without expense.
1 Section 10. WTioever knowingly and with intent to defraud such Penalty for
2 proprietors makes or causes to be made a false statement of the quantity ment****^
3 or quality of goods, wares or merchandise laden or to be laden on board r.^|; sifj 90.'
4 of a boat used on such canal shall forfeit one hundred dollars. p|fosV2'
R. L. 55, § 10.
1 Section 11. A collector of tolls on a canal may detain a boat and ono?d"'^''°°
2 cause the goods, wares and merchandise laden on board to be weighed; R^|']|^||f-
3 and if it is found that the loading is greater than the quantity stated p|f£5,^|-
4 in the certificate, the master of the boat, in addition to the penalty R. l. 55.'§ 11.
5 hereinbefore provided, shall pay the costs and charges of unloading,
6 weighing and reloading such goods, wares or merchandise; otherwise
7 the proprietors of the canal shall pay all such costs and charges, and
8 be liable in tort for all damages caused by such detention.
806
Pl'BLIC LANDINGS.
[Chap. 88.
Fencing dan-
gerous canals.
18S7, 393, § 1.
R. L. 52, i 32.
1917, 344. V.
§ 44, VIII, §
Section 12. The city council of a city or the selectmen of a town 1
may, for the purpose of determining whether a canal or waterway within 2
the limits of the city or town is dangerous to the public, give a public 3
hearing thereon, after notice in writing, to the person owning, operating 4
or controlling said canal or waterway, and if after such hearing the 5
council or selectmen shall adjudge said canal or waterway to be danger- 6
ous to the public, they shall order that a suitable fence be erected along 7
said canal or waterway or any portion thereof. The person so ordered 8
to erect tlie fence may within thirty days after wTitten notice of said 9
order, appeal therefrom to the department of public works, which shall 10
thereupon give due notice and hear all parties interested, and its de- 11
cision thereon shall be final. 12
Section 13. If such order of the city council or selectmen is not 1
Fencing, if
order not
Pe^Stv'^ ^'"'' complied w-ith wathin sixty days after written notice of it has been given, 2
1S87, i^i's, § 2. or, in the event of an appeal to said department, within sixty days after 3
1917] 344, V, ■ written notice of its decision affirming such order, the city council or 4
' selectmen shall cause a suitable fence to be erected and shall recover 5
the cost thereof in contract from the person required to erect it, wdio, 6
for such neglect, shall also be punished by a fine of not less than fifty 7
nor more than one hundred dollars. 8
Laying out t
alteration.
1908, 606,
§§1,4.
LANDING PLACES.
Section 14. The selectmen of a town, upon petition in writing by 1
ten or more voters of such city or town, may lay out or alter common 2
landing places therein which shall not extend below low water mark; and 3
all the provisions of law relating to the laying out and alteration of town 4
ways shall apply to the laying out and alteration of common landing 5
places. Any person who is damaged in his property by such laying out 6
and alteration may recover his damages under chapter seventy-nine. 7
Laying out by
county com-
Section 15. Any person aggrieved by the failure of the selectmen 1
of a town to lay out suitable landing places therein, after petition there- 2
for, or by the failure of a town to accept a common landing place laid 3
out by the selectmen, may, if an inhabitant of such town or of an ad- 4
joining town, within six months after such petition to the selectmen 5
or after such failure of the town, appeal by petition in wTiting to the 6
county commissioners, who, unless sufficient cause to the contrary is 7
showTi, may lay out suitable common landing places, or may approve a 8
landing place laid out by the selectmen, and may direct the laying out 9
of such landing places to be recorded by the clerk of the town, and such 10
laying out or approval shall have the same effect as a laying out by the 11
selectmen and an acceptance by the town. The proceedings of the 12
county commissioners upon such an appeal shall, so far as is practicable, 13
be the same as those provided by law in regard to the laying out of higlv 14
ways by county commissioners. 15
o/boundarits.' SECTION 16. UpoH the representation of ten or more inhabitants of 1
r*^l! 4s*§ 102. ^ county to the county commissioners that the exact location of a 2
w'' vn'i'^s 1 common landing place in such county cannot be readily ascertained, 3
they shall, after giving the notice required in laying out highways, ascer- 4
Chap. 89.]
LAW OF THE ROAD.
807
5 tain the correct location of such landing place, erect the necessary
6 bounds thereof and make a record thereof as in laying out highways.
1 Section 17. A town at a meeting called for the purpose may discon- Discontin-
2 tinue any common landing place laid out under this chapter. Any 1908^606.
3 resident of the town, or of an adjoining town aggrieved by such dis- ' '
4 continuance may, within six months thereafter, appeal to the county
5 commissioners, who shall give notice to the clerk of the town in which
6 such landing place is situated, and to the clerks of every adjoining
7 town, of a hearing on such appeal and of the time and place appointed
8 therefor, at least thirty days before the time appointed for the hearing,
9 and they shall also cause copies of the petition, or abstracts thereof,
10 and of the notice, to be posted in two public places in each of said towns,
11 and to be published three weeks successively in such newspaper as
12 they shall order; the posting and the last publication to be fourteen
13 days at least before any view, hearing or adjudication on such appeal.
14 The proceedings of the county commissioners shall, so far as is prac-
15 ticable, be in accordance with the law regarding the discontinuance of
16 a way by county commissioners, and the decision of the county com-
17 missioners shall be final.
1 Section IS. Before any action is taken upon an appeal under sec- Recognizance
2 tion fifteen or seventeen the appellants shall cause a sufficient recogni- i90s°uo6. § i.
3 zance to be given to the county, ^^'ith sureties to the satisfaction of the
4 county commissioners, for the payment of all costs and expenses to the
5 county which shall arise by reason of the proceedings on such appeal, if
6 the appellants do not prevail.
1 Section 19. The selectmen may make rules and regulations con- Rules and
2 cerning the use of a common landing place laid out under this chapter, igos, eoe, § 3.
CHAPTER 89,
LAW OF THE ROAD.
Sect.
1. Persons meeting to turn to the right.
2. Persons passing in same direction to
turn to left.
3. Sleigh bells.
4. Vehicles to keep to right when view
obstructed.
Sect.
5. Penalties.
6. Rules of road not applicable to street
cars.
7. Fire engines, patrol wagons and ambu-
lances to have right of way.
S. Right of way at intersecting ways.
1 Section 1. When persons traveling with vehicles meet on a way, Persons meet-
2 each shall seasonably drive his vehicle to the right of the middle of thl rigS™ *°
3 the traveled part of such way, so that the vehicles may pass without r^'s.'si,'! i.'
interference.
G.
S. 77, § 1.
P. S. 93, § 1.
R. L 54, § 1.
2 Gray, 181.
204 Mass. 165.
1917,344, VII
§ l.VIII, §1
11 Gray, 418.
209 Mass. 155.
1 Pick. 345.
3 Allen, 176.
210 Mass. 240.
4 Pick. 125.
12 Allen. 84.
213 Mass. 79.
23 Pick. 201.
100 Mass. 313.
229 Mass. 53.
8 Met. 213.
158 .Mass. 17, 46.
1 Op. A. G. 595
11 Met. 403.
159 Mass. 142.
4 Op. A. G. 183
12 Met. 415.
177 Mass. 530.
10 Gush. 495.
187 Mass. 53.
Penalty, § 5.
808
LAW OF THE ROAD.
[Chap. 89.
Persons passing
in same direc-
tion to turn to
left.
G. S. 77, § 2.
P. S. 93, § 2.
R. L. 64, § 2.
Section 2. The driver of a vehicle passing another vehicle traveling
in the same direction shall drive to the left of the middle of the traveled
part of a way; and, if it is of sufficient width for the two vehicles to
pass, the driver of the leading one shall not wilfully obstruct the other.
1917, 344, VII, § 2, VIII, § 1. 200 Mass. 57. 229 Mass. 63.
4 0p. A.G. 183.
Penalty, § 5.
119 Mass. 66.
121 Mass. 216.
195 Mass. 151.
199 Mass. 574.
210 Ma
212 Mass. 392.
213 Mass. 79.
228 Mass. 477.
Sleigh bells.
1820, 65, § 2.
R. S. 51. § 2.
G. S. 77, § 3.
P. S. 93, § 3.
Section 3. No person shall travel on a way with a sleigh or sled 1
drawn by a horse, unless there are at least three bells attached to some 2
part of the harness. R. l. 54, § 3. 1917, 344, vii, § 3, viii, § 1. 3
Penalty, § 5.
11 Gray, .342.
8 Allen, 430.
Vehicles to
keep to right
when view ob-
structed.
1908, 512, § 1.
1917, 344, VII,
§ 4, VIII, § 1.
Section 4. Whenever on any way, public or private, there is not an 1
unobstructed view of the road for at least one hundred yards, the driver 2
of every vehicle shall keep his vehicle on the right of the middle of the 3
traveled part of the way, whenever it is safe and practicable so to do. 4
217 Mass. 18. Penalty, § 5.
Penalties.
1820. 65, § 4.
R. S. 61,§ 3.
G. S. 77, § 4.
P. S. 93, § 4.
R.L. 54. § 4.
1908, 512, § 2.
1917, 344, VII,
§ 5, VIII, § 1.
Section 5. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the four pre-
ceding sections shall, upon complaint made within three months after
the commission of the offence, forfeit not more than twenty dollars,
and be liable in an action commenced within twelve months after the
date of such violation for all damage caused thereby. i Pick. 345.
11 Met. 403.
12 Met. 415.
2 Gray, 181.
11 Gray, 342, 418.
3 Allen, 176.
8 Allen, 436.
100 Mass. 313.
119 Mass. 66.
158 Mass. 46.
no"tlppiicabfe SECTION 6. In coustruiug Tulcs, by-laws and regulations concerning
i9r3T2V'*'^^' ^^^ "^^ ^"^ operation of vehicles on ways, street railway cars or other
1917! 344, VII, cars moving upon rails shall not be considered to be vehicles within
the provisions of the five preceding sections, unless it is expressly so
§ 14. ' ' provided.
pa^troTwaTois SECTION 7. The members and apparatus of a fire department while
to haTO^fghTof going to a fire or responding to an alarm, police patrol wagons and
imi 37. ambulances, and hospital ambulances shall have the right of way through
Pg|g 3g5; § 27. any street, way, lane or alley. Whoever wilfully and maliciously ob-
R. l! 32, 1 37. structs or retards the passage of any of the foregoing in the exercise of
1919! 333; such right shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or
■ ' imprisonment for not more than three months.
Right of way
at intersecting
ways.
1920, 222.
Section 8. Every driver of a motor or other vehicle approaching 1
an intersecting way, as defined in section one of chapter ninety, shall 2
grant the right of way, at the point of intersection to vehicles approach- 3
ing from his right, provided that such vehicles are arriving at the point 4
of intersection at approximately the same instant; except that when- 5
ever traffic officers are standing at such intersection they shall have G
the right to regulate traffic thereat. 7
Chap. 90.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
809
CHAPTER 9 0.
MOTOR \'EHICLES AND AIRCRAFT.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
Definitions.
Registration of motor vehicles and
trailers.
Motor vehicles owned by non-resi-
dents.
Motor vehicles owned by persons living
within fifteen miles of the state line.
Motor vehicles owned or controlled by
manufacturers, dealers or repair
men.
Number plates.
Brakes and other equipment.
License to operate.
Operation of unregistered and improp-
erly equipped motor vehicles.
Operation without license.
Certificate of registration and license to
be carried by operator.
Obligation of owner.
Precautions for safety of vehicle.
Precautions for safety of other trav-
elers.
Precautions at railroad crossings.
Offensive conduct.
Speed limits.
Special speed regulations.
Dimensions of motor trucks and trail-
Sect.
20. Penalties and punishments.
21. Arrest.
22. Revocation of license.
23. Concealment of identity.
24. Reckless driving.
25. Refusal to submit to officer.
26. Reporting accidents.
27. Court records.
28. Appeals and hearings.
29. Investigation of accidents.
30. Records of registrar. Destruction of
records, etc.
31. Rules and regulations.
32. Garage records.
33. Fees.
34. Disposition of fees and fines.
AIRCRAFT.
35. Aircraft.
36. Licensing of aviators.
37. Endangering lives of passengers or pub-
lic.
3S. Dangerous maneuvers. Dropping mis-
siles.
39. Landing in public places.
40. Establishment of landing places.
41. Rules and regulations.
42. Fees for license and registration.
43. Penalties.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
1 Section 1. The following words used in this chapter shall have the
2 following meanings, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from
3 the language or context, or unless such construction is inconsistent
4 with the manifest intention of the legislature:
5 "Application", an application by mail or otherwise to the registrar
6 or any agent designated by him for the purpose, upon a blank provided
7 by the registrar, the statements contained in which are verified by the
8 oath of the applicant, administered by a justice of the peace or a
9 notary public, and with which is deposited the fee provided in section
10 thirty-three.
11 "Automobile", any motor vehicle except a motor cycle.
12 "Chauffeur", any person who operates a motor vehicle and who
13 directly or indirectly receives pay or any compensation whatsoever for
14 any work or services in connection therewith, except only manufacturers,
15 agents, proprietors of garages and dealers, who do not operate for hire.
16 An employee of a manufacturer or a dealer whose principal occupation
17 is that of a salesman may at the discretion of the registrar be exempted
18 from this definition and be designated as an operator.
19 "Dealer", any person who is engaged principally in the business of
20 buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles.
Definitions.
1902, 315, § i.
1903, 473,
§§ 13. 15.
19011,412, § 2.
1909, 534,
§§ 1,31.
1914, 204, § 1;
420, §§ 2. 3.
1915, 10, § 1;
99.
19iri, 200.
1917, 187, § 1.
1919. 214;
294, § 1;
350, § 115.
1920, 476.
234 Mass. 198.
810 MOTOR VEHICLES. [ChaP. 90.
"Division", the division of highways of the department of pubhc 21
works, acting officially as a board. 22
"Garage", any place where five or more motor vehicles are stored or 23
housed at any one time for pay, except only such places in which motor 24
vehicles are kept by the owners thereof without payment for storage. 25
209 Mass. 2-1. " Intersecting way ", any way which joins another at an angle, whether 26
or not it crosses the other. 27
"Motor cycle", any motor vehicle having but two or tliree wheels in 28
contact with the ground, and a saddle on which the driver sits astride, or 29
a platform on %\hich he stands, or any bicycle having a motor attached 30
thereto and a driving wheel or wheels in contact with the ground in addi- 31
tion to the wheels of the bicycle itself. 32
"Motor vehicles", automobiles, motor cycles and all other vehicles 33
propelled by power other than muscular power, except railroad and rail- 34
way cars and motor vehicles running only upon rails or tracks, ambu- 35
lances, fire engines and apparatus, police patrol wagons and other vehi- 36
cles used by the police department of any city or town or park board 37
solely for the official business of such department or board, road rollers 38
and street sprinklers. 39
233 Mass. 103. " Non-rcsident ", any resident of any state or country who has no 40
regular place of abode or business in the commonwealth for a period of 41
more than thirty days in the year. 42
"Number plate", the sign or marker furnished by the registrar on 43
which is displayed the register number or mark of a motor vehicle 44
assigned to such motor vehicle by the registrar. 45
"Operator", any person other than a chauffeur who operates a motor 46
veliicle. 47
"Persons", wherever used in connection with the registration of a 48
motor vehicle, all persons who own or control such vehicles as owners, 49
or for the purpose of sale, or for renting, as agents, salesmen or 50
otherwise. 51
"Police officer" or "officer", any constable or other officer authorized 52
to make arrest or serve process, provided he is in uniform or displays his 53
badge of office. 54
"Register number", the number or mark assigned by the registrar to 55
a motor vehicle, whether or not such number or mark includes a letter 56
or letters; and said number or mark, except on motor cycles, shall always 57
be in separate Arabic numerals at least four inches in height, with strokes 58
not less than one half of an inch in width. 59
" Registrar ", the registrar of motor vehicles. 60
"Thickly settled or business district", the territory contiguous to any 61
way which is built up with structures devoted to business, or the territory 62
contiguous to any way where the dwelling houses are situated at such 63
distances as will average less than two hundred feet between them for a 64
distance of a quarter of a mile or over. 65
"Trailer", a veliicle used for carrying passengers for liire or commod- 66
ities in connection with commerce and having no motive power of its 67
own, but which is drawTi by a motor vehicle. It shall not include a pair 68
of wheels commonly used as an implement for other purposes than 69
transportation. 70
"Way", any public highway, private way laid out under authority of 71
statute, way dedicated to public use, or way under the control of park 72
commissioners or body having like powers. 73
Ol\P. 90.] MOTOR VEIUCLES. 811
1 Section 2. Application for the registration of motor vehicles and njo^^'^^eWdra
2 trailers may be made by the owner thereof. The application shall jjn,'?,','^''!-,
3 contain, in addition to such other particulars as may be required I'ooo'. sn. § 2.
4 by the regi.strar, a statement of the name, place of residence and 1907! sso! § 1!
5 address of the applicant, with a brief description of the motor vehicle 1909,' 534] ^'
6 or trailer, including the name of the maker, the number, if any, af- 191^2.^400.
7 fixed by the maker, the engine number, the character of the motor JgPjf^a^s'lsg
S power, the amount of the motor power stated in figures of horse power, i-IJ Mass. 241.
^ . 1 1 •! 1 • ^ . 202 Mass. 443.
9 and, ni respect to motor trucks and trailers, the carrymg capacity. 205 Mass. 329.
10 The registration fee as recjuired in section thirty-three shall accompany 213 Mass! is?;
11 such application. 2i6Mass. is4.
12 The registrar or his duly authorized agents shall register in a book or ||| IJlgl; yl^-
13 upon suitable index cards to be kept for the purpose the motor vehicle Pf^iass 162
14 or trailer described in the application, giving to the vehicle or trailer a dis- |28 Mass. 340.
15 tinguishing mark or number to be known as the register number for that 20P.A.G.579.
16 vehicle or trailer, and shall thereupon issue to the applicant a certificate iisfsis.
17 of registration. The certificate shall contain the name, place of residence op.'ax!^' ^°^'
18 and address of the applicant and the register number or mark, and shall op.^A'.tf'^°^'
19 be in such form and contain such further information as the registrar (i920)2s.
20 may determine.
21 An applicant for the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer who does
22 not file his application until after the thirtieth day of September in any
23 year shall be entitled to a reduction in the fee for such registration as
24 provided in section thirty-tliree.
25 Upon the transfer of ownership of any motor vehicle or trailer Its regis- Transfer of
26 tration shall expire, and the person in whose name such motor vehicle or °"'°''^ 'p-
27 trailer is registered shall forthwith return the certificate of registration
28 to the registrar with a written notice containing the date of the trans-
29 fer of ownership and the name, place of residence and address of the new
30 owner.
31 A person who transfers the ownership of a registered motor vehicle or Fee for certain
32 trailer owned by him to another, upon the filing of a new application and ?egi5tr°a"t?ons.
33 upon payment of the proper fee, may ha\e registered in his name another
34 motor vehicle or trailer for the remainder of the calendar year; pro-
35 vided, that the horse power or carrying capacity of such motor A'ehicle
36 or trailer is the same as that of the vehicle first registered by him, or
37 the vehicle sought to be registered is a motor cycle; but if the horse
38 power or carrying capacity of the motor vehicle or trailer is greater
39 than that of the vehicle first registered by him, the applicant shall
40 pay. In addition to the said fee, the difference between the fee paid
41 by him for the vehicle first registered and the fee for the registration
42 of the vehicle of higher horse power or carrying capacity, as provided
43 in section thirty-three.
44 A person who before the first day of August in any year transfers the Rebates and
45 ownership or loses possession of any vehicle registered in his name, and
46 who applies for the registration of another vehicle of less horse power or
47 carrying capacity than that of the vehicle so transferred or lost, shall be
48 entitled, upon payment of the proper fee set forth in section thirty-three,
49 to a rebate ecjulvalent to one half the difference between the fee for the
50 higher and the fee for the lower horse power or carrying capacity; and
51 a person under like conditions who does not apply for the registration of
52 another vehicle, but who, on or before the first day of September in the
53 same year, files in the office of the registrar a written application for a
812
JIOTOR \'EHICLES.
[Chap. 90.
Number plates.
Revocation c
registration.
rebate shall be entitled to a rebate of one half the fee paid for the regis- 54
tration of such vehicle; provided, that no such rebate shall be paid except 55
upon a certificate, filed with the auditor, setting forth the facts, and 56
signed by the registrar or his authorized agent ; and provided, also, that 57
the rebate shall be paid out of the fees received for the registration of 58
motor vehicles and trailers, without specific appropriation. The registrar, 59
at his discretion, may assign to the vehicle of any person who surrenders 60
his registration certificate as herein provided, and who desires to register 61
another vehicle, the register number of the vehicle described in the sur- 62
rendered certificate. 63
The registrar shall furnish at his office, without charge, to every person 64
whose vehicle is registered under this chapter, two number plates of suit- 65
able design, each number plate to have displayed upon it the register 66
number assigned to that vehicle. The number plates so furnished shall 67
be valid only for the year for which they are issued. 68
If the registrar shall determine at any time that, for any reason, a 69
motor vehicle or trailer is unsafe or improperly equipped or otherwise 70
unfit to be operated, he may refuse to register the vehicle, and the regis- 71
trar may for like reasons revoke any registration already made. The 72
horse power or carrying capacity of every motor vehicle or trailer sought 73
to be registered shall be determined by the registrar, and his determi- 74
nation shall be final and conclusive. The registration of every motor 75
vehicle and trailer shall expire at midnight on December thirty-first in 76
each year. 77
Motor vehicles
owned by non-
residents.
1903, 473, § G.
1905,311,
§§ 2, 7.
1906. 412. § 8.
1907. 580, § 1.
1908. 64S, § 3.
1909. 534,
§§ 3,31.
1910. 605, § 1.
1914, 204, § 2.
1919, 294, § 4.
202 Mass. 443.
210 Mass. 44.
233 Mass. 105.
Section 3. A motor vehicle or trailer owned by a non-resident who
has complied with the laws relative to motor vehicles and trailers, and
the operation thereof, of the state or country in which he resides may be
operated on the ways of this commonwealth without registration except
as otherwise provided in section ten; pro\-ided, that said state or country
grants similar privileges to residents of this commonwealth; this section,
however, shall be operative as to a motor vehicle or trailer owned by a
non-resident only to the extent that under the laws of the foreign country
or state of his residence like exemptions and privileges are granted to
motor vehicles and trailers duly registered under the laws of and owned
by residents of this commonwealth; and the registrar shall determine
what states or countries grant similar privileges and the extent of the
privileges so granted, and his determination shall be final. The registrar
may suspend or revoke the right of any non-resident operator to operate
in this commonwealth, and may suspend or revoke the right of any owner
to operate or have operated in this commonwealth any motor vehicle
or trailer for the same causes and under the same conditions that he can
take such action regarding resident owners, operators, motor vehicles
and trailers owned in this commonwealth. Every such vehicle so operated
shall have displayed upon it two number plates, substantially as provided
in section six, bearing the distinguishing number or mark of the state in
which the owner thereof resides, and none other until the vehicle is
registered in accordance with this chapter. A motor vehicle or trailer so
owned may be operated also in this commonwealth during the months
of July, August and September in any one year if application for the
registration thereof is made in accordance ^\ith section two, and the
veliicle is duly registered by the registrar or liis authorized agent. The
registrar shall furnish at his office, "without charge, to every person whose
Chap. 90.] motor vehicles. 813
29 automobile is registered as aforesaid two number plates of suitable
30 design, each of which shall have displayed upon it the register number
31 assigned to such vehicle. Such number plates shall be valid only during
32 the period of time for which they are issued. Every such registration
33 shall expire at midnight on September thirtieth in each year.
1 Section 4. Any person owning a/, motor vehicle who resides in an Motor vehicles
2 adjoining state within fifteen miles of the boundary line of this common- rSh^ng'""^"
3 wealth, and who has complied with the laws relative to motor vehicles mUes^of tife°
4 and the operation thereof in the state where he resides, may, upon appli- f^^^ '|°<'-
5 cation, have such motor vehicle registered and may operate the same
6 upon the ways of this commonwealth within fifteen miles of the boundary
7 line of the state where he resides, provided such state grants similar privi-
8 leges to residents of this commonwealth. The foregoing privilege shall
9 be in addition to any other rights or privileges granted to non-residents
10 by this chapter. The registrar shall furnish at his office, without charge,
11 to every person whose motor vehicle is registered as aforesaid, number
12 plates of suitable design with a distinguishing number or mark thereon.
1 Section 5. E^Try manufacturer of or dealer in motor veliicles or Motor vehicles
2 trailers, instead of registering each such vehicle owned or controlled by tr^oSed by'^°°
3 him, and every manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicle bodies and ^l^^^^o^'^""'
4 tops and every person engaged in the business of repairing motor veliicles, 59^3''4™|°i j
5 with respect to motor veliicles under his control but not owned by him, igosisii! p.
6 may make application for a general distinguishing number or mark, and 1909! 534,'
7 the registrar, if satisfied of the facts stated in the application, may issue ilis, 10, § 2.
8 to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the name and I920,' 202,' 1 1.'
9 business address of the applicant and the general distinguishing number |°| ^{;;^^- 1^-
10 or mark assigned to him, and made in such form and containing such ?og |j}°sg' 4f4
11 further information as the registrar may determine; and all motor vehicles ""
12 or trailers owned or controlled by such manufacturer of or dealer in motor
13 vehicles or trailers shall be regarded as registered under such general dis-
14 tinguishing number or mark until sold or let for liire or loaned for a period
15 of more than five successive days; and all motor veliicles under the con-
16 trol of such manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicle bodies or tops or
17 person engaged in the business of repairing motor vehicles but not owned
18 by him shall be regarded as temporarily registered under the distinguishing
19 number or mark assigned to liim, provided that number plates furnished
20 as hereinafter provided are properly displayed thereon. The registrar
21 shall furnish at his office without charge to every manufactiu-er of or
22 dealer in automobiles or trailers whose velucles are registered in accordance
23 with this section five pairs, and to every dealer in motor cycles whose
24 AThicles are registered in accordance with this section five pairs of number
25 plates of suitable design having displayed upon them the register number
2G which is assigned to the motor velucles of such manufactiu'er or dealer,
27 with a different letter or letters or mark on each pair of number plates,
28 which shall be v-alid only for the year for which they are issued, and to
29 each manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicle bodies or tops or person
30 engaged in the business of repairing motor vehicles one pair of number
31 plates of suitable design having displayed upon them the distinguisliing
32 number or mark assigned to him. Every registration under this section
33 shall expire at midnight on December thirty-first in each year.
814
MOTOR VEHICLES.
[Chap. 90.
Number plates.
1903, 473.
§§1.3.
1905, 311. § 2.
1006. 412, § 8.
1907, 5S0, § 1.
1908, 048, § 3.
1909, 534,
§§ 5, e, 31.
1910, 005, § 2.
1914, 420, § 1.
1919, 294, § 4.
1920,432.
206 Mass. 516.
Section 6. Every motor vehicle or trailer operated in or on any 1
way in this commonwealth shall have its register number displayed con- 2
spicuously thereon on the two number plates furnished by the registrar, 3
in accordance with sections two, three, four and five, one number plate 4
to be attached at the front and the other at the rear of said vehicle, so .5
that the said number plates and the register number thereon shall be 6
always plainly visible. The bottom of each number plate shall be hori- 7
zontal, and not less than eight nor more than forty-eight inches from 8
the ground. The said number plates shall be kept clean and the numbers 9
legible, and during the period when the vehicle is required to display 10
lights the rear register number shall be illuminated so as to be plainly 11
visible at a distance of sixty feet. No number plates other than such as 12
are procured from the registrar or such as may be authorized by him for 13
temporary use, except as provided in section three, shall be displayed on 14
any motor vehicle or trailer so operated; provided, that a motor vehicle 15
or trailer which is commonly operated in this commonwealth and in an 16
adjoining state may display the register number plates of both states 17
whenever the motor vehicle or trailer is required by law or lawful regula- 18
tion to be registered in this commonwealth and also in the adjoining state, 19
if the number plates are displayed as required by law. If any number 20
plate supplied by the registrar is lost or mutilated or if the register num- 21
ber thereon becomes illegible, the owner or person in control of the vehicle 22
for which said number plate was furnished shall make application for a 23
new number plate, and thereupon the registrar shall issue to such appli- 24
cant a permit allowing him to place a temporary number plate bearing 25
his register number upon said vehicle imtil a number plate of the regular 26
design is made and delivered to said applicant; provided, that all such 27
temporary number plates and the register numbers thereon shall con- 28
form to the regular number plates and be displayed as nearly as may be 29
as herein provided for said regular number plates. 30
Brakes and
other equip-
ment.
1903, 473,
§5 10, 11.
1909, 534,
§§7,31.
1915. 10, § a
1918. 17.
1919. 2i;
190 Masi
202 Mass. 443,
229 Mass. 19.
, §1.
Section 7. Every motor vehicle of more than ten horse power op-
erated in or on any way shall be provided with at least two brakes,
powerful in action and separated from each other, of which one brake
shall act directly on the driving wheels or on parts of the mechanism
which are firmly connected with said wheels. Each of the two brakes
shall suffice alone to stop the motor vehicle within a proper distance.
One of the two brakes shall be so arranged as to be operated with the
foot. Every automobile of not more than ten horse power and every
motor cycle shall be provided with at least one brake. Every motor vehi-
cle so operated shall be pro\"ided with a muffler or other suitable device
to prevent unnecessary noise and with a suitable bell, horn or other
means of signalling, and with suitable lamps; and automobiles shall
be provided with a lock, a ratchet brake which can be set, a key or other
device to prevent such vehicle from being set in motion by unauthorized
persons, or otherwise, contrary to the will of the owner or person in
charge thereof. Every automobile operated during the period from
one half an hour after sunset to one half an hour before sunrise shall
display at least two white lights, or lights of yellow or amber tint, and
every motor cycle so operated at least one white light, or light of yellow
or amber tint, which shall be visible not less than two hundred feet in
the direction toward which the vehicle is proceeding; and every such
motor vehicle shall display at least one red light in the reverse direction.
Chap. 90.] motor vehicles. 815
23 Every automobile so operated shall have a rear light so placed as to
24 show a red light from behind and a white light so arranged as to illumi-
25 nate and not obscure the rear register number. Every automobile used
26 for the carriage of passengers for hire, and every commercial motor
27 vehicle or motor truck, so constructed, equipped or loaded that the
28 person operating the same is prevented from having a constantly free and
29 unobstructed view of the highway immediately in the rear, shall have
30 attached to the vehicle a mirror or reflector so placed and adjusted as to
31 afford the operator a clear, reflected view of the highway in the rear of
32 the vehicle.
1 Section 8. Application for license to operate motor vehicles may License to
2 be made by any person; but before such a license is granted the appli- i903!'473, § 4.
3 cant shall pass such examination as to his qualifications as the registrar igol^els! It.
4 shall require, and no license shall be issued until the registrar or his ||°| 'If'
5 authorized agent is satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to J^}?' 1^^'J^-
6 receive it, and no such license shall be issued to any person under six- 209 Mask 155.
7 teen years of age. To each licensee shall be assigned some distinguishing 217 Mass! 91. '
8 number or mark, and the licenses issued shall be in such form as the 422!'' ' "■' ■
9 registrar shall determine. They may contain special restrictions and
10 limitations concerning the type of motor, horse power, design and other
11 features of the motor vehicles which the licensee may operate. They
12 shall contain the distinguishing number or mark assigned to the licensee,
13 his name, place of residence and address, a brief description of him for
14 purposes of identification, and such other information as the registrar
15 shall deem necessary. A person to whom a license to operate motor
16 vehicles has been issued, unless such license contains a special limita-
17 tion or restriction, may operate any registered motor vehicle. Special
18 licenses shall be issued to chauffeurs, but no such license shall be issued
19 to any person less than eighteen years of age. Every person licensed to
20 operate motor vehicles as aforesaid shall endorse his usual signature on
21 the margin of the license, in the space provided for the purpose, immedi-
22 ately upon the receipt of said license, and such license shall not be valid
23 until so endorsed. All licenses issued to operators and chauffeurs shall
24 be valid for one year only from the date of issue.
1 Section 9. No person shall operate any motor vehicle or draw any Operation of
2 trailer, and the owner or custodian of such a vehicle shall not permit the and improperly
3 same to be operated upon or to remain upon any way, imless such \'ehi- motor'vehicifts.
4 cle is registered in accordance with this chapter and carries its register Jgog,' 534,'
5 number displayed as provided in section six, and, in the case of a motor 1915, |V.
6 vehicle, is ecjuipped as provided in section seven; but violation of this 294^'! ^3*'
7 section shall not constitute a defence to actions of tort for injuries suffered 197 Mass. 241.
8 by a person, or for the death of a person, or for injury to property, unless 213 Mass. 137!
9 it is shown that the person injured in his person or property or killed 219 Mass! 396.
10 was the owner or operator of the motor vehicle the operation of which 230 Mass. 275!
1 1 was in violation of this section, or unless it is shown that the person so 23! Mais, la'
12 injured or killed, or the owner of the property so injured, knew or had
13 reasonable cause to know that this section was being violated.
1 Section 10. No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any way operation
1 , . 1 • I • 1 • • 1 1 without license.
2 unless licensed under this chapter, except as is otherwise herein provided; 1903. 473, § s
3 but this section shall not prevent the operation of motor vehicles by un- §§ 16, 31.'
816
MOTOR VEHICLES.
[Chap. 90.
1910, COS, § 4.
1914, 204. § 3.
1915, 11;
16. § 4.
197 Mass. 241.
208 Mass. 137.
209 Mass. 155.
213 Mass. 560.
217 Mass. 91.
221 Mass. 24.
233 Mass. 105.
licensed persons if riding with or accompanied by a licensed chaufFeur 4
or operator, excepting only persons who have been licensed and whose 5
licenses are not in force because of revocation or suspension, persons 6
whose right to operate has been suspended by the registrar, and persons 7
less than sixteen j'ears of age; but such licensed chauffeur or operator 8
shall be liable for the violation of any provision of this chapter, or of 9
any regulation made in accordance herewith, committed by such un- 10
licensed operator; provided, that the examiners of chauffeurs and op- 11
erators, in the employ of the registrar, when engaged in their official 12
duty, shall not be liable for the acts of any person who is being examined. 13
During the period within which a motor vehicle of a non-resident may 14
be operated on the ways of the commonwealth in accordance with 15
section three, such vehicle may be operated by its owner or by his chauf- 16
feur or employee without a license from the registrar if the operator is 17
duly licensed under the laws of the state in which he resides, or has com- 18
plied fully with the laws of the state of his residence respecting the 19
licensing of operators of motor vehicles; but if any such non-resident 20
or his chauffeur or employee be convicted by any court or trial justice of 21
violating any provision of the laws of the commonwealth relating to 22
motor vehicles or to the operation thereof, whether or not he appeals, he 23
shall be thereafter subject to and recjuired to comply with all the pro- 24
visions of this chapter relating to the registration of motor vehicles owned 25
by residents of the commonwealth and the licensing of the operators 26
thereof. A record of the trial shall be sent forthwith by the court or trial 27
justice to the registrar. Except as hereinbefore provided, no person shall 28
operate a motor vehicle as a chauffeiu- unless specially licensed by the 29
registrar so to do. This section shall apply to the operation of all vehicles 30
propelled by power other than muscular power, except railroad and rail- 31
way cars, road rollers, and motor vehicles running only upon rails or 32
tracks. 33
Certificate of
registration
ndlu
edby
operator.
1903, 473. § 1.
1905, 311. § 2.
1906, 412. § 8.
1907, 580, § 1.
190S, 048, § 3.
1909. 5.34,
§§ 11,31.
1919, 294, § 4.
Section 11. Every person operating a motor vehicle shall have the 1
certificate of registration for the vehicle and of the trailers, if any, and 2
his license to operate, upon his person or in the vehicle in some easily 3
accessible place, except that the certificates of registration of dealers 4
need not so be carried. If for any reason the registrar or his agents are 5
unable to issue promptly to an applicant the certificate of registration 6
or the license applied for, they may issue a receipt for the fee paid, and 7
said receipt shall be carried in lieu of the certificate or license as the 8
case may be, and for the period of thirty days from the date of its issue 9
said receipt shall have the same force and effect given to the certificate 10
or license by this chapter. 1 1
1911, 37.
1915. 16, § 5.
,217 Mass. 91.
234 Mass. 95.
Section 12. No person shall employ for hire as a chauffeur any
person not specially licensed in accordance with this chapter. No person
shall allow a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be
operated by any person who has no legal right so to do, or in violation
of this chapter.
1
Precautions
for safety
of vehicle.
1903. 473, §
1909, 534,
« 13, 31.
Section 13. No chauffeur or operator, when operating a motor
vehicle, shall have or permit to be on or in such vehicle or on or about
his person anything which may interfere with or impede the proper
operation of the vehicle or of any of the machinery or appliances by
which the vehicle is operated or controlled. No person having control
CilAP. 90.] MOTOR VEHICLES. 817
6 or charge of a motor vehicle shall allow such vehicle to stand in any way
7 and remain unattended without first locking or making it fast or effec-
8 tively setting the brakes thereon, and stopping the motor of said vehicle.
1 Section 14. Every person operating a motor vehicle shall bring the Precautions for
2 vehicle and the motor propelling it immediately to a stop when approach- tra\eie?s.°' "
3 ing a horse or other draft animal being led, ridden or driven, if such §§°|,'3.^^'
4 animal appears to be frightened and if the person in charge thereof shall §|°7;|/f5.
5 signal so to do ; and, if traveling in the opposite direction to that in which ^^^°f^ sm,
6 such animal is proceeding, said vehicle shall remain stationary so long }„}?■ ?25' ^ ^•
7 as may be reasonable to allow such animal to pass; or, if traveling in loi?! 200!
8 the same direction, the person operating shall use reasonable caution in 190 Kiass! 54. '
9 thereafter passing such animal. In approaching or passing a car of a HI Mall. too'.
10 street railway which has been stopped to allow passengers to alight from I25 Hm- 40I;
11 or board the same, the person operating a motor vehicle shall not drive ws Mass' 253'
12 such vehicle within eight feet of the running board or lowest step of the 229 Mass. sa.
13 car then in use by passengers for the purpose of alighting or boarding,
14 except by the express direction of a traffic officer or except at points
15 where passengers are protected by safety zones. Upon approaching a
16 pedestrian who is upon the traveled part of any way and not upon a side-
17 walk, or where the operator's or chauffeur's view is obstructed either
18 upon approaching an intersecting way or a curve or corner in a way, every
19 person operating a motor vehicle shall slow down and give a timely signal
20 with his bell, horn or other device for signalling. The person operating
21 a motor vehicle on any highway approaching a crossing of ways shall
22 slow down and keep to the right of the intersection of the centres of both
23 ways, when turning to the right, and shall pass to the right of the inter-
24 section of the centres of said ways before turning to the left.
1 Section 15. Every person operating a motor vehicle, upon approach- Precautions at
2 ing a railroad crossing at grade, shall reduce the speed of the vehicle to a [ngs'""
3 reasonable and proper rate, and shall proceed cautiously over the cross- 234^Mats! 95^'
4 ing. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished
5 by a fine of not le.ss than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
1 Section 16. No person shall operate a motor vehicle, nor shall any offensive
2 owner of such vehicle permit it to be operated, in or over any way, 1907. 203.
3 public or private, whether laid out under authority of law or otherwise, §§ i.3.°3i.'
4 which motor vehicles are prohibited from using, provided notice of \l\°] 190; ^ ^'
5 such prohibition is conspicuously posted at the entrance to such way. J^}^' |^ ^ ,
6 No person operating a motor vehicle shall in a thickly settled or busi- i9-> Mass. 490,
7 ness district open the muffler cut-out or sound a bell, horn or other 4 0p. a.g.iss.
8 device for signalling so as to make a harsh, objectionable or unreason-
9 able noise, or at any time permit such motor vehicle to make any un-
10 necessary noise, by opening the muffler cut-out, or otherwise, or permit
11 any unreasonable amount of smoke to escape from such vehicle. No
12 person shall use on or in connection with any motor vehicle a spot light,
13 so called, the rays from which shine more than two feet above the road
14 at a distance of thirty feet from the vehicle, except that such a spot light
15 may be used for the purpose of reading signs, and as an auxiliary light
16 in cases of necessity when the other lights required by law fail to operate.
1 Section 17. No person operating a motor vehicle on any way shall 1902, ai"'*! i-
2 run it at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having jl^l'fP'
818
MOTOR ■VEHICLES.
[Chap. 90.
1900. 412, 5 1.
1909, S34,
§§ 10,31.
1910. 605, § 0.
1S7 Mass. 221.
199 Mass. 490.
209 Mass. 24.
211 Mass. .540.
214 Mass. 207.
217 Mass. 179.
219 Mas
225 Mas
231 M.ass. 243.
3 0p. A. G. 20.
.402.
regard to traffic and the use of the way and the safety of the public. It 3
shall be prima facie evidence of a rate of speed greater than is reasonable 4
and proper as aforesaid if a motor vehicle is operated on any way outside 5
of a thickly settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding twenty 6
miles per hour for the distance of a quarter of a mile, or inside a thickly 7
settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles per 8
hour for the distance of one eighth of a mile, or in any place where the 9
operator's or chauffeur's view of the road traffic is obstructed either upon 10
approaching an intersecting way, or in traversing a crossing or inter- 11
section of ways, or in going around a corner or a curve in a way, at a rate 12
of speed exceeding eight miles per hour. 13
Special speed
regulations.
1903, 473, § 14,
1905, 306, § 1
1906,353, §4;
412, §9.
1908, 263.
1909, 534,
§§ 17, 31.
187 Mass. 221.
191 Mass. 439.
199 Mass. 490.
542.
205 Mass. 344.
217 Mass. 18.
231 Mass. 386.
3 Op. A. G. 78.
4 0p. A. G.7.
Dimensions of
motor trucks
and trailers.
1919. 252,
Section 18. The city council or the selectmen and park commis- 1
sioners, on ways within their control, may make special regulations as 2
to the speed of motor vehicles and as to the use of such vehicles upon 3
particular ways, and may prohibit the use of such vehicles altogether 4
on certain ways; provided, that no such special regulation shall be ef- 5
fective unless it shall have been published in one or more newspapers, 6
if there be any, published in the town in which the way is situated, other- 7
wise in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the town 8
is situated; nor unless notice of the same is posted conspicuously by the 9
town or park commissioners making the regulation at points where any 10
way affected thereby joins other ways; nor until after the registrar shall 11
have certified in writing, after a public hearing, that such regulation is 12
consistent with the pubUc interests; and no regulation shall be valid 13
which excludes motor vehicles from any state highway or from any main 14
highway leading from any town to another; provided, that nothmg 15
herein contained shall be construed as affecting the right of the metro- 16
politan district commission to make rules and regulations governing the 17
use and operation of motor vehicles on lands, roadways and parkways 18
under its care and control. The aldermen or the selectmen may, after 19
a public hearing, upon special occasions and subject to such regidations 20
concerning the closing, use and control of the way as they deem neces- 21
sary for public convenience and safety, grant permits to persons to drive 22
motor vehicles in hill-climbing contests during a specified time and upon 23
specified parts of a public way at any rate of speed. 24
Section 19. No commercial motor vehicle, motor truck or trailer, 1
the outside width of which is more than ninety-six inches or the ex- 2
treme over-all length of which exceeds twenty-eight feet, shall be operated 3
on any way, except that such a vehicle exceeding twenty-eight feet may 4
be operated when a special permit so to operate is secured from the 5
superintendent of streets, selectmen, or local authorities, having charge 6
of the repair and maintenance of highways in the several cities and towns, 7
or in the case of state highways, from the commissioner of public works, 8
and in the case of other highways, from the county commissioners having 9
jurisdiction thereof; provided, that the combined length of such a vehicle 10
and trailer or trailers, or of two or more such vehicles fastened together 11
in series, with or without trailers, may exceed twenty-eight feet, but in 12
no event shall such combined length exceed sixty-five feet. All of the 13
aforesaid dimensions shall be inclusive of the load. 14
^unUihrncntif SECTION 20. Any person convicted of a violation of any provision
1902, 315, § 5. of this chapter the punishment for which is not otherwise provided, or
1
Chap. 90.] motor vehicles. 819
3 of a violation of any rule or regulation of the registrar made under au- i903, 473,
4 thority of section thirty-one, or of a violation of a special speed regula- 1905. 311, § 5.
5 tion lawfully made under authority of section eighteen, shall be punished 4l2^§ 3. '
6 bj' a fine of not more than twent\-five dollars for the first offence, not \lol\ |5|; § 0.
7 less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars for a second offence, and jj^'^^^li'
S not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for subsequent J^is, ne.
9 offences committed during any period of twelve months; provided, that wm^h, § 3;
10 any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle without a mirror, as 219'Mass. 390.
11 required by section seven, for using a spot light, as prohibited by section
12 sixteen, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
13 one hundred dollars, and that any person convicted of operating a motor
14 vehicle or trailer in violation of the preceding section or of the terms of
15 any permit granted thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more
16 than one hundred dollars. A complaint against a person for the violation
17 of section eleven or seventeen or of a regulation made under section eight-
18 een may be placed on file at the discretion of the court or trial justice if
19 the violation appears to have been unintentional or if no person or prop-
20 erty could have been endangered thereby. Upon a third or subsequent
21 conviction in the same year of a violation of section seventeen or of a
22 regulation made under section eighteen the registrar shall forthwith re-
23 voke the license of the person so convicted, and no new license shall be
24 issued to such person for at least thirty days after the date of such con-
25 viction, nor thereafter except in the discretion of the registrar.
1 Section 21. Any officer authorized to make arrests may arrest with- Arrest.
2 out warrant and keep in custody for not more than twenty-four hours, un- 1909! 534,
3 less Sunday intervenes, any person operating a motor vehicle on any way ^^ **' ^^'
4 who does not have in his possession a license to operate motor vehicles
5 granted to him by the registrar, and who violates any statute, by-law,
6 ordinance or regulation relating to the operation or control of motor
7 vehicles; and at or before the expiration of said period of time such per-
8 son shall be brought before a magistrate and proceeded against according
9 to law. Any person operating a motor vehicle who is arrested as afore-
10 said and solely because he has violated a provision of section seventeen
11 or a regulation under section eighteen shall be admitted to bail for his
12 appearance in court upon the deposit of one hundred dollars in cash, in
13 lieu of a bail bond, with any person authorized to take bail.
1 Section 22. The registrar may suspend or revoke any certificate of Jnl°ense°°
2 registration or any license issued under this chapter, after due hearing, j903. 473, § 9.
3 for any cause which he may deem sufficient, and he may suspend the woe' 412. § 3.
4 license of any operator or chauffeur or the certificate of registration of §§4.' 6.
5 any motor cycle in his discretion and without a hearing, and may order §§ 26, 31.'
6 the license or registration certificate to be delivered to him, whenever he 1915; il] § e.
7 has reason to believe that the holder thereof is an improper or incompe-
8 tent person to operate motor vehicles, or is operating improperly or so
9 as to endanger the public; and neither the certificate of registration nor
10 the license shall be reissued unless, upon examination or investigation, or
11 after a hearing, the registrar determines that the operator or chauffeur
12 should again be permitted to operate. The registrar, under the same con-
13 ditions and for the same causes, may also suspend the right of any person
14 to operate motor vehicles in the commonwealth under section ten until
15 he shall have received a license from the registrar.
820
MOTOR A-EHICLES.
[Chap. 90.
Concealment
of identity.
1903, 473, § 9.
1905, 311, § 5.
1906, 412, § 3.
190S, 648, § 6.
1909, S34,
§§21,31.
1915, 16,
l§6, 7; 19.
Reckless
driving.
1906, 412.
1908, 648.
1909, 534,
§§ 22, 31.
1913, 123.
1916. 290.
213 Ml
214 Mi
221 Ml
226 Mass. 189.
3 0p. A.G.570.
Op. A. G.
(19191 82.
.232.
Section 23. Any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle 1
after his license to operate has been suspended or re^■oked or after notice 2
of the suspension of his right to operate a motor vehicle without a license 3
has been issued by the registrar and recei^•ed by such person or by liis 4
agent or employer, and any person convicted of operating or causing or 5
permitting any other person to operate a motor veliide after the certificate G
of registration for such vehicle has been suspended or revoked, and any 7
person who attaches or permits to be attached to a motor vehicle a number 8
plate assigned by the registrar to another vehicle, or who obscures 0
or permits to be obscured the figures on any number plate attached 10
to any motor vehicle, or who fails to display on a motor vehicle the 11
number plate and the register number duly issued therefor, with intent 12
to conceal the identity of such motor vehicle, shall be punished by 13
a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not 14
more than ten days, or both. 15
Section 24. Whoever upon any way operates a motor vehicle reck- 1
lessly, or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or so that the 2
lives or safety of the public might be endangered, or upon a bet or wager 3
or in a race, or whoever operates a motor vehicle for the purpose of mak- 4
ing a record and thereby violates any provision of section seventeen or 5
any regulation under section eighteen, or whoever without stopping and 6
making known his name, residence and the number of his motor vehicle 7
goes away after knowingly colliding with or otherwise causing injury to 8
any other vehicle or property, or wlioever uses a motor vehicle mthout 9
authority, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more 10
than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than two weeks 1 1
nor more than two years, or both; except that for a second offence of 12
operating a motor veliicle wliile under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 13
a person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month 14
nor more than two years. Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon 15
any way and who, without stopping and making known his name, resi- 16
deuce and the number of liis motor vehicle, goes away after knowingly 17
colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any person, shall be pun- 18
ished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than two 19
years. A conviction of a violation of this section shall be reported forth- 20
with by the court or magistrate to the registrar, who may in any event 21
and shall, unless the court or magistrate recommends otherwise, revoke 22
immediately the license of the person so convicted, and no appeal from 23
the judgment shall operate to stay the revocation of the Ucense. If it 24
appears by the records of the registrar that the person so convicted is the 25
owner of a motor vehicle or has exclusive control of any motor vehicle as 2G
a manufactm-er or dealer, the registrar may revoke the certificate of reg- 27
istration of any or all motor vehicles so owned or exclusively controlled. 28
The registrar in Iiis discretion may issue a new license to any person ac- 29
quitted in the appellate coiu-t, or after an investigation or upon hearing 30
may issue a new license to a person comicted in any court; provided, that 31
no new license shall be issued by the registrar to any person convicted 32
of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating 33
liquor until one year after the date of final conviction, if for a first offence, 34
or five years after any subsequent conviction, and to any person convicted 35
of violating any other provision of this section until sixty days after the 36
date of final conviction, if for a first ofi^ence, or one year after the date of 37
any subsequent conviction. The prosecution for the violation of any 38
Chap. 90.] motor vehicles. 821
39 of the provisions of this section, if a second offence, shall not, unless the
40 interests of justice require such disposition, be placed on file or other-
41 wise disposed of except by trial, judgment and sentence according to the
42 regular course of criminal proceedings. It shall be otherwise disposed
43 of only on motion in writing, stating specifically the reasons therefor, and
44 verified by affidavit if facts are relied on. If the court or magistrate
45 certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the reasons relied upon are
46 sufficient and that the interests of justice require the allowance of the
47 motion, the motion shall be allowed, and the certificate shall be filed
48 in the case. A copy of the motion and certificate shall be sent by the
49 court or magistrate forthwith to the registrar.
1 Section 2.5. Any person who, while operating or in charge of a motor Refusal to sub-
2 vehicle, shall refuse, when requested by a police officer, to give his name i9'o6.°4i2,''^'^"
3 and address or the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle, fgog, 534,
4 or who shall give a false name or address, or who shall refuse or neglect ^^ ^^' "*'■
5 to stop when signalled to stop by any police officer who is in uniform or
6 who displays his badge conspicuously on the outside of his outer coat
7 or garment, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to produce his license
8 to operate such vehicle or his certificate of registration, or to permit such
9 officer to take the license or certificate in hand for the purpose of e.xamina-
10 tion, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to sign his name in the
11 presence of such officer, and any person who on the demand of an officer
12 of the police or other officer mentioned in section twenty-nine or au-
13 thorized by the registrar, without a reasonable excuse fails to deliver his
14 license to operate motor vehicles or the certificate of registration of any
15 motor vehicle operated or owned by him or the number plates furnished
16 by the registrar for said motor vehicle, or who refuses or neglects to
17 produce his license when recjuested by a court or trial justice, shall be
18 punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred
19 dollars.
1 Section 2G. Every person operating a motor vehicle which is in any Reporting
2 manner involved in an accident in which any person is killed or injured loTs.'^sao.
3 shall forthwith report in writing to the registrar. The registrar may ^^^^' '*''■
4 revoke or suspend the license of any person violating this section.
1 Section 27. A full record shall be kept by every court and trial justice Court records.
2 of every case in which a person is charged with a violation of any provi- looe! 412! | 5.
3 sion of this chapter, and an abstract of such record shall be sent forth- {909; 53*;
4 with by the court or trial justice to the registrar. Said abstracts shall §§24,31.
5 be made upon forms prepared by the registrar, and shall include all neces-
G sary information as to the parties to the case, the nature of the offence,
7 the date of the hearing, the plea, the judgment and the result; and every
8 such abstract shall be certified by the clerk of the court or by the trial
9 justice as a true abstract of the record of the court. The registrar shall
10 keep such records in his main office, and they shall be open to the inspec-
11 tion of any person during reasonable business hours. Courts and trial
12 justices shall, upon their own initiative or upon the request of the registrar
13 or his agents, furnish to the registrar the details of all particularly flagrant
14 cases which may be heard before them; and they may make such recom-
15 mendations to the registrar as to the suspension or revocation of the
16 licenses and certificates of registration of the defendants in such cases
17 as thev mav deem necessarv.
822
MOTOR VEHICLES.
[Chap. 90.
Appeals and
hearings.
1905. 311, § 1.
1908, 648, § 1.
1909, 534,
§§ 25, 31.
1919. 350,
§ US-
Section 28. Any person aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the 1
registrar may, within ten days thereafter, appeal from such ruling or 2
decision to the division of highways, which may, after a hearing, order .3
such ruling or decision to be affirmed, modified or annulled. In the ad- 4
ministration of the laws and regulations relative to motor vehicles the 5
division or its secretary, if so authorized by the division, or the registrar, 6
may summon witnesses in behalf of the commonwealth and may admin- 7
ister oaths and take testimony. The division or the registrar may also 8
cause depositions to be taken, and may order the production of books, 9
papers, agreements and documents. Any person who swears or affirms 10
falsely in regard to any matter or thing respecting which an oath or 11
affirmation is required by the division or by the registrar or by this 12
chapter shall be deemed guilty of perjury. The fees for the attendance 13
and travel of witnesses shall be the same as for witnesses before the 14
superior court, and shall be paid by the commonwealth upon the certifi- 15
cate of the division or the registrar filed with the auditor. The supreme 16
judicial or superior court may, upon the application of the division or the 17
registrar, enforce all lawful orders of the division or the registrar under 18
this section. 19
Investigation
of accidents.
1908, 648, § 2.
1909, 534,
§126,31.
1912, 123.
Section 29. The registrar shall appoint competent persons to act 1
as investigators and examiners, may remove them for cause, and may 2
determine their compensation and terms of service and define their 3
duties. Said inspectors and examiners, with respect to the enforcement 4
of the laws relating to motor vehicles, shall have and exercise through- 5
out the commonwealth all the powers of constables, except the service 6
of civil process, and of police officers, including the power to arrest any 7
person who violates any provision of this chapter, and they may serve 8
all processes lawfully issued by the courts, the division or the registrar. 9
The registrar may investigate the cause of any accident in which any 10
motor vehicle is involved, and for this purpose may send his investigators 11
into other states. The selectmen of any town and the mayor of any city 12
of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants where there is no police 13
commission or police commissioner, and the police commission or police 14
commissioner, when such exist, of any such city, may appoint special 1.5
constables, who shall serve without cost to such city or town and who 16
shall have all the powers of police officers and constables in relation to 17
the enforcement of all laws and regulations concerning motor vehicles. 18
The chief officer of the police department of every city and town and 19 .
the chairman of the selectmen of such towns as have no regular police 20
department shall notify the registrar forthwith of the particulars of e\ery 21
serious accident wliich happens within the limits of his city or town in 22
which a motor vehicle is involved, and as a result of which a death 23
occurs or appears likely to occur, and shall also, if possible, ascertain 24
the name of the person operating such veliicle and notify the registrar 25
of the same. Every such officer, upon the request of the registrar, shall 26
demand forthwith the license of any operator and the certificate of regis- 27
tration and number plates of any motor vehicle situated within the 28
city or town where such officer resides when said license or certificate has 29
been suspended or revoked by the registrar, and shall forward the same 30
to the registrar. Whenever the death of any person results from any 31
such accident, the registrar shall suspend forthwith the license of the 32
person operating the motor vehicle involved in said accident, and shall 33
order the said license to be delivered to him; and the registrar shall 34
Chap. 90.
MOTOR ^"EHICLI:S.
823
35 revoke the same unless, upon investigation or after a hearing, he de-
36 termines that the accident occurred without serious fault upon the part
37 of the operator or chauffeur of such motor vehicle. No operator or
38 chauffeur whose license is revoked under this section shall be licensed
39 again within six months after the date of the suspension, nor thereafter
40 except in the discretion of the registrar.
1 Section 30. A proper record of all applications and of all certifi- Records of
2 cates and licenses issued shall be kept by the registrar at his main office, Dfsfmrtion of
3 and such records shall be open to the inspection of any person during Jgo'g'sal"''
4 reasonable business hours. The registrar may issue a certified copy, flj^Ao^J-
5 attested by him or his authorized agent, of any certificate of registration loi". *•
6 or of any license to operate motor vehicles which may have been lost or
7 mutilated, upon the written request of the person entitled thereto; and
8 such certified copies shall have the same force and effect as the originals.
9 The registrar may destroy applications under this chapter and copies of
10 the licenses and certificates of registration issued by him, and all letters
1 1 reporting accidents or papers relating thereto, excepting those of the then
12 current year and the year next preceding. He may destroy or dispose
13 of any obsolete number plates and forms which, in his opinion, are no
14 longer of any value to the commonwealth, and may destroy examina-
15 tion papers or the answers given by the applicants for licenses when the
16 same have become of no value or when the licenses applied for have been
17 granted. He may also destroy all records of convictions of persons
18 charged with violation of the laws relating to motor vehicles unless such
19 convictions are final convictions vnider section twenty-foiu", excepting
20 those of the then current year and the two years next preceding.
Rules and
regulations.
190C, 353,
§§ 1,2,4.
1909. 534,
§§ 27, 31.
1919. 350,
§ 110.
1 Section 31. The registrar may prepare rules and regulations govern-
2 ing the use and operation of motor vehicles and the conduct of operators
3 and chauffeurs, and may alter, rescind or add to any rules and regulations
4 previously made by him. The rules and regulations of the registrar
5 and any changes therein shall be subject to approval, and shall take
6 effect, in the manner provided by section six of chapter sixteen. A copy
7 of such rules and regulations attested by the registrar shall be prima
8 facie evidence that they have been made and approved as provided by
9 law. This section shall not be construed as giving the registrar power to
10 regulate the speed at which motor vehicles may be operated on the public
11 ways.
1 Section 32. Every manufacturer of and dealer in motor vehicles. Garage records.
2 and every owner, proprietor, person in control, or keeper of a garage, JlS^iiast'. los.'
3 shall keep or cause to be kept in a book a proper record of every motor
4 vehicle which enters and which leaves his garage, stable, shop or place
5 of business. Said book shall have columns and headings substantially
6 as follows:
Date.
Register
Number and
Letter, if
Any.
Time of Entehlng
Garage.
Time of Leaving
Garage.
Operator's
P.M.
A.M.
..«.
Chauffeur's
Name.
824 MOTOR ^'EmcxEs. [Chap. 90.
Every person taking a motor vehicle into or out of a garage or into 7
or out of a stable, shop or place of business of a manufacturer or dealer 8
shall enter or cause to be entered in said book, in the columns under the 9
proper headings, the date and time of entering and leaving, the register 10
number and letter, if any, of the motor vehicle, and the full name of the 11
operator or chauffeur. 12
In the case of motor vehicles taken into or out of a garage by others 13
than chauffeurs, the record shall be kept by the owner, proprietor or 14
person in control of the garage or by some employee specially designated 15
for this duty, and the said owner, proprietor or person in control of such 16
garage shall be responsible for the proper keeping of said record. All 17
entries in said book shall be made legibly in ink or with an indelible 18
pencil. The said book shall be kept in some convenient place, and shall 19
be open at all times to the inspection of the registrar and his agents and 20
of any police officer or constable. 21
Fn^l' ^T, t! , Sfx'TION 33. The registrar or his authorized agents shall collect fees 1
1903, 473, §§ 1. ~ „ '^ '^ .-,
2.4. as follows: -:
1905 311
§§ 2-^. ' For the registration of every motor cycle, five dollars. 3
1907! 58o! I i. For the registration of e\ery motor truck owned by a city or town in 4
1908, 648. §§ 3, ^j^g commonwealth and used solely for municipal business, two dollars. 5
ll^ls ^29-31 -'^o'" ^^^ registration of every other motor truck, and of every trailer 6
1915 10*5 "■ ^""^ commercial motor vehicle used solely as such, a fee based on carry- 7
16, §8. ' ' ing capacity according to the following schedule: 8
140
1919. 294, § 2. Capacity of 1 ton or less $10
1920, 262; 419; Capacity of 2 tons and over 1 ton $20
30p. A. G.31S. Capacity of 3 tons and over 2 tons $30
Capacity of 4 tons and over 3 tons $40
Capacity of 5 tons and over 4 tons $50
For any capacity over 5 tons, $50 for the first five tons and an additional
amount of $10 for each additional ton or part thereof.
For all trailers equipped with non-resilient metal tires, double the above
fees shall be collected, and for electric motor trucks and electric com-
mercial vehicles used solely as such, and for all traDers equipped with
pneumatic or resilient metal tires, one half of the above fees shall be
collected.
For the registration of every automobile according to the following 9
schedule: 10
Less than thirty horse power, ten dollars. 1 1
Thirty or more, but less than forty horse power, fifteen dollars. 12
Forty or more, but less than fifty horse power, twenty dollars. 13
Fifty horse power and above, twenty-five dollars. 14
For the registration of the motor vehicles owned by or under the 15
control of a manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicles, if such person 16
operates upon the public ways not more than five automobiles, twenty- 17
five dollars and five dollars for every automobile in excess of five so 18
operated. 19
For the registration of all of the motor cycles owned by or under the 20
control of a manufacturer of or dealer in motor cycles who does not manu- 21
facture or deal in automobiles, including five pairs of number plates to 22
be furnished with the certificate of registration, ten dollars. 23
For the registration of motor veliicles under the control of, but not 24
owned by, a manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicle bodies or tops or 25
a person engaged in the business of repairing motor veliicles, including 26
Chap. 90.] ' motor vehicles. 825
27 one pair of number plates to be furnished with tlie certificate of regis-
2S tration, ten doUars, and for every such additional registration, including
29 number plates, ten dollars.
30 For the registration of every motor vehicle owned by a non-resident
31 who applies for registration imder section three, and for the registration
32 of every motor vehicle or trailer, by an owner, and of the motor vehicles
33 owned by or under the control of a manufacturer of or dealer in motor
34 vehicles, who applies therefor during the period beginning with the first
35 day of October and ending on the thirty-first day of December in any year,
36 in accordance with section two or section four, one half of the foregoing
37 fees.
38 For the registration of every motor vehicle owned by a non-resident
39 residing within fifteen miles of the boundary of the commonwealth,
40 under section four, two dollars.
41 For the substitution of the registration of an automobile for that of
42 a vehicle previously registered, in accordance with section two, two
43 dollars.
44 For the substitution of the registration of a motor cycle for that of a
45 motor cycle previously registered, in accordance with section two, one
46 dollar.
47 For every original operator's or chauffeur's license to operate motor
48 ^'ehicles, two dollars.
49 F'or e\'ery renewal of any operator's or chauffeur's license to operate
50 motor vehicles, two dollars.
51 For every examination given to an applicant for a license or for the
52 renewal of a license to operate motor vehicles, two dollars.
53 For every additional copy of a certificate of registration or license,
54 fifty cents.
55 For every additional automobile number plate furnished to replace
56 such plates as have been lost or mutilated or are illegible, and for every
57 additional automobile number plate furnished to a manufacturer of or
58 dealer in motor vehicles whose business requires more than five pairs of
59 such plates, seventy-five cents.
00 For every additional motor cycle nimiber plate furnished to replace
61 such plates as have been lost or mutilated or are illegible, and for every
62 additional motor cycle number plate furnished to a manufacturer of or
63 dealer in motor cycles whose business requires more than five pairs of
64 such plates, fifty cents.
65 The registrar or his authorized agents may however furnish without
66 charge copies of certificates of registration and licenses to operate, and
67 copies of other documents relating thereto, to officers of the common-
68 wealth or of any court thereof or of a city or town therein; and the
69 registrar may issue certificates of registration for motor vehicles and
70 licenses to operate the same to any member of the foreign diplomatic
71 corps without the paNTnent of the fees therefor.
72 One of the employees of the registrar shall be a justice of the peace,
73 who shall administer any oath required by this chaj^ter without any
74 charge therefor; and the charge by any other officer for the administra-
75 tion of an oath to the truth of the facts stated in an application under this
76 chapter shall not exceed twenty-fiA'e cents.
1 Section 34. The fees and fines received under the preceding sections. Disposition of
2 together with all other fees received by the registrar or any other person i903?473,Ti2-
826
[Chap. 90.
1907, 580, i
1908, 642, I
1909, 534,
§130,31.
1910, 525.
1917, 276;
277, § 2.
under the laws of the commonwealth relating to the use and operation •>
of motor vehicles, shall be paid monthly by the registrar or by the person -i
collecting the same into the treasury of the commonwealth. Out of said 5
fees and fines, the following amounts, if appropriated, may be expended tl
as follows: (1) such amount as is necessary to carry out the provisions of 7
law regulating the use of motor vehicles; (2) an amount not exceeding 8
twenty per cent of the balance of said fees and fines after deducting the 9
amount required under clause (1) may be expended in any one year by 10
said division in repairing, improving, constructing or maintaining town 11
or county highways, in municipalities other than cities, which are or may 12
be used as through routes or which connect one city or town with another 1 3
and where the selectmen of the town or the county commissioners of the H
county apply, by petition in writing, to have said improvement, con- 15
struction or repair made, and said division may spend any part of said 1(>
money on said work, together with any money which any town or county 17
may appropriate for said purpose to be used on the same highway, and IS
said way shall remain a town or county way; (3) the balance thereof then 19
remaining may be expended, under the direction of the division, for the 20
maintenance of state highways, in addition to all other sums appropriated 21
for the same purpose. Section sixteen of chapter eighty-one shall not 22
apply to any expenditure made under authority of this section out of the 23
said fees and fines, and the county shall not be required to repay to the 24
commonwealth any part of such expenditures. 25
Aircraft.
1913, 663,
Section 35. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate aircraft 1
of any kind in this commonwealth unless he is licensed and the aircraft 2
is registered, either by the registrar, the joint army and navy board on 3
aeronautic cognizance, or a federal board or department established by 4
congress; but this section shall not apply to military or naval aviators 5
while in the service of the United States or of this commonwealth, nor 6
to aircraft owned by the United States government or by this common- 7
wealth, nor to unlicensed civilians when accompanied by a person 8
licensed as aforesaid or by a military or naval aviator; but such licensed 9
person or military or naval aviator shall be liable for the violation of any 10
provision of sections thirty-seven to forty-one, inclusive, or of any rule 11
or regulation made thereunder, committed by such unlicensed person. 12
Licensing of
aviators.
1913, 663, § 1.
1919, 306,
Section 36. The registrar may issue a license hereunder to any appli-
cant who has passed an examination satisfactory to the registrar and
proved that he is skilled in the flying of aircraft, whether such examina-
tion is held by the registrar or by some other officer or board appro\ed
by him, or, without examination, to any person who was at any time
commissioned as an aviator in the United States army or navy or naval
reserve corps.
Endangering
lives of pas-
sengers or
public.
1913, 663, § 6.
1919, 306,
§§3, 10.
Section 37. No person shall operate aircraft over buildings, persons 1
or animals in such a manner or at such an altitude as to endanger his 2
own life, or the lives or safety of those below him, or the safety of him- 3
self and his passengers, if he be carrying passengers, nor shall any person 4
operate aircraft over the thickly settled district of any city or town 5
except for the purpose of embarking from or alighting on designated 6
landing places. 7
Chap. 90.] aircraft. 827
1 Section 38. No person shall operate aircraft in such a manner as Dangerous
2 to endanger the lives or safety of the public by the performance of un- propping inis-
3 usual or dangerous maneuvers over any massed assembly of one hundred 19^3, 663, § 5.
4 or more persons in the open, whether such persons be grouped in a grand- §|'4,'io.*''
5 stand or massed in an open field ; nor shall any person throw or drop any
6 missile or other article from any aircraft in flight, except over grounds
7 temporarily or permanently devoted to flying, or over open water.
1 Section 39. Except in a case of emergency no person shall land pubiij,°piaces
2 aircraft in public ways or public parks or other public grounds without j^js, 663. § 7.
3 permission from the authorities in charge thereof. §§ s,' 10. '
1 Section 40. Landing places for aircraft may, from time to time, Establishment
2 be designated, set apart and marked by the division of highways, or place". '°^
3 other public officials who are in charge of any land owned or controlled ^^^^' ^°®' ^ ^■
4 by the commonwealth, or by any town, or by the metropolitan district
5 commission, and said officials may make reasonable rules and regula-
6 tions governing the use of such landing places by aviators and other
7 persons, and may change the same from time to time. All aviators and
8 other persons using such landing places shall at all times comply with
9 the rules and regulations made as aforesaid.
1 Section 41. The registrar may prepare rules and regulations, from Rules and
2 time to time, governing the use and operation of aircraft and relative to mo. zw. § 7;
3 the licensing of operators thereof. Such rules and regulations shall be ^^"' ^ ^"''
4 subject to approval, and shall take effect, in the manner provided by
5 section six of chapter sixteen. Any person aggrieved by a regulation,
6 ruling or decision of the registrar relative to the use and operation of
7 aircraft or the licensing of operators thereof may appeal as provided in
8 section twenty-eight.
1 Section 42. The fee for a license to operate aircraft shall be five Fees for license
!e for the registration of aircraft shall be tv
1913, Cfi3, §§ 1, 2. 1919, 306, §§ 8, 10.
2 dollars. The fee for the registration of aircraft shall be two dollars. tion'^''^'^
1 Section 43. Whoever \iolates any provision of the eight preceding Penalties.
2 sections or any rule or regulation made thereunder shall be punished by igib! soei
3 a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars or by im- ^^ ®' ^'''
4 prisonment for not less than one month nor more than six months, or
5 both.
REFERENCES.
Broken glass in streets. Chap. 265, § 32.
Law of the road, Chap. 89.
Licenses for jitneys, Chap. 1.59, §§ 45-49.
Lights on vehicles. Chap. 85, § 15.
Markings, etc., of motor vehicles owned by the commonwealth, Chap. 30, § 36.
Motor vehicles operated by street railways, Chap. 161, § 44.
Protection of bridges from vehicles weighing over six tons, Chap. 85, § 34.
Purchase and sale of second hand motor vehicles. Chap. 140, §§ 57-69.
Regulation of speed, etc., of heavily loaded motor trucks. Chap. 85, §§ 30, 31.
Theft of motor vehicles, Chap. 266, § 28.
828
WATERWAYS.
[Chap. 91.
CHAPTER 91.
WATERWAYS.
Sect.
1. Definitiong.
2. Duties of division relative to common-
wealth lands and certain islands.
3. Powers as to part of Boston harbor.
Duties under existing contracts.
4. Development of Boston harbor. Ac-
cess to piers, railroads, etc.
5. The division may take and hold real
estate, etc., and build thereon.
6. Power to lease wharves, piers, etc.
Port of Boston Fund.
7. Equipment of piers, etc.
8. To acquire title, etc., to Apple island,
etc.
9. To make plans, etc., for the utilization
of acquired property, etc.
10. Powers and duties relative to harbors,
etc.
1 1 . Improvement and preservation of
rivers, harbors, etc.
12. May license certain structures in Con-
necticut and Merrimack rivers.
13. Licenses in Connecticut river and great
ponds as to booms, etc.
14. License of erections, etc., in tide
waters.
1.5. Licenses to be revocable and to expire
in five years, except so far as acted
on.
16. Certain authority heretofore granted
in Boston harbor to cease, etc.
17. How licenses to be construed, etc.
15. Licenses, form of; how granted, etc.
19. Structures in great ponds restricted.
20. Division to have supervision of erec-
tions, etc., in tide waters, ponds,
etc., under legislative grants.
21. Compensation for tide water displaced.
22. Additional compensation when title to
land is in the commonwealth.
2.3. Unauthorized erections, etc., in tide
waters to be nuisances.
24. Certain moneys to be paid to Water-
ways Fund.
25. Powers and duties relative to province
lands.
26. Portion of province lands exempt from
certain prorisions of law.
27. Bounds, etc., of province lands.
2S. Unlawful existing structures not legal-
ized.
Sect.
29. Cities and towns may appropriate
money and assume liabiUties for cer-
tain improvements, etc.
30. Prohibition of removal of gravel, etc.,
from beaches. Penalty.
31. Surveys, improvements, etc., of har-
bors; land may be taken therefor.
Contracts to be approved.
32. Connecticut river to be surveyed, etc.
33. Improving the topographical survey
of the commonwealth.
34. Establishment of harbor lines.
35. Great ponds defined.
36. Applications to congress for appropri-
ations for harbors.
37. Enforcement of stipulations in deeds
from the commonwealth.
38. Removal of wrecks, etc., on shores, etc.
39. Removal of wrecks, etc., in tide waters.
40. Notice to owner of vessel.
41. Removal after notice.
42. Liability for expense of removals.
43. Vessel may be sold, when.
44. Insurer liable, when.
45. Application to United States for reim-
bursement.
46. Breaking up and disposal of certain
floating structures, etc. ,
47. Division may issue license, etc. Bond,
etc.
48. If licensee fails to comply with terms
of license the division to complete
the work, etc.
49. Penalty for failing to obtain license,
etc., or grounding scow, etc.
50. Foreign corporations engaged in wreck-
ing or salvaging business to be li-
censed, etc. Penalty.
51. Not to impair any right, etc., derived
from federal government.
52. Transportation and dumping of
dredged material in tide waters, etc.
Payment of cost of supervision.
53. Terms of license, etc.
54. Contracts, et*.
55. Penalty.
56. Not to apply to certain officials.
57. Jurisdiction of violations of this chap-
ter.
58. Arrest without warrant.
Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, 1
the following words shall have the following meanings : 2
"Boston harbor", that part of Boston harbor lying westerly and in- 3
side of a line drawn between Point Allerton on the south and the southerly 4
end of Point Shirley on the north. 5
Chap. 91.1 waterways. 829
6 "Division", the division of waterways and public lands of the depart- i9i9 350,
7 ment of public works.
1 Section 2. The division shall, except as otherwise provided, have Duties of
2 charge of the lands, rights in lands, flats, shores and rights in tide reSveto
3 waters belonging to the commonwealth, and shall, as far as practicable, fa^Jand"^""^
4 ascertain the location, extent and description of such lands; investigate jls^g'^s'.'"''^^'
5 the title of the commonwealth thereto; ascertain what parts thereof ge| 103
6 have been granted by the commonwealth; the conditions, if any, on i^.J2i.
7 which such grants were made, and whether said conditions have been §§ i,'2, 4.'s.
8 complied with; what portions have been encroached or trespassed on, 1886,144
9 and the rights and remedies of the commonwealth relative thereto; pre- R^Lllefsa.
10 vent further encroachments and trespasses; ascertain what portions of {gig'gjo
11 such lands may be leased, sold or improved with benefit to the common- |L'i}' ^^^A■,^
12 wealth and without injury to navigation or to the rights of riparian 205 Mass.' 523!
13 owners; and may lease the same. It may sell and convey, or lease, any 2 op. a^g.
14 of the islands owned by the commonwealth in the great ponds. It may op.'A. g.
15 make contracts for the improvement, filling, sale, use or other disposi- ''^^®' ^''
16 tion of the lands at and near South Boston known as the Commonwealth
17 flats, may lease any portion thereof with or without improvements
18 thereon, may regulate the taking of material from the harbor and fix
19 the lines thereon for filling said lands. All conveyances and contracts, and
20 all leases for more than five years, made under this section shall be sub-
21 ject to the approval of the governor and council.
1 Section 3. The division shall have all the rights, powers and duties Powers as to
2 transferred to the directors of the port of Boston under section four of EarbOT. '^Duties
3 chapter seven hundred and forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred "ontractT""^
4 and eleven in respect to lands, rights in lands, flats, shores, waters and jf^Lgl^y'
5 rights belonging to the commonwealth in tide waters and land under ItV^^^^'
6 water in Boston harbor, or which adjoin the same or are connected there- i«i9. 325; 330,
7 with, and shall have the same powers and duties relative thereto as it i73 ^iass. 495.
8 has with respect to the Commonwealth flats under the preceding sec-
9 tion. It may, in accordance with such plans as it adopts, excavate and
10 dredge in Boston harbor wherever public convenience and necessity re-
11 quire. It shall at all times have access to any maps, charts, plans and
12 documents in the custody of any public board, commission or officer re-
13 lating to waters and lands in charge of the division, shall have immediate
14 charge of lands owned or acquired by the commonwealth upon or ad-
15 jacent to the Boston harbor front, except hinds under control of the
16 metropolitan district commission, and shall have charge of the construc-
17 tion of piers and other public works in said harbor, shall administer
18 all terminal facilities under control of the di\"ision and shall seciu-e and
19 keep full information as to the present and probable future requirements
20 of steamships and shipping and the best means which can be pro\ided
21 at the port of Boston for the accommodation of steamships, railroads,
22 warehouses and industrial establishments.
1 Section 4. The division shall undertake such work for the improve- Development
2 ment, development, maintenance and protection of Boston harbor harbor.°'A<ces3
3 as it deems reasonable and proper. It may, with the approval of the rCad^etr''
4 governor and council, grade and suitably surface any railroad locations ^°^°' ^^' ^ ^-
830 WATERWAYS. [ClL^.P. 91.
1911, 748, or traffic ways which are or may be located on lands, flats or rights therein, 5
1913, 635, § 1. owned or acquired by the commonwealth in Boston harbor, and may 6
i9w^350, carry said ways or railroads o\-er or under any railroad or railway loca- 7
tion or public way in order to eliminate crossings at grade, and may 8
provide suitable and convenient track connections between the rails 9
serving any pier or piers and those of any existing or proposed railroad 10
that now reaches or hereafter may reach Boston. All piers controlled 11
by the division shall be accessible and open to all teaming and lighterage 12
traffic, subject to such regulations as the division may from time to time 13
make. Upon application to the division, any railroad company that 14
now reaches or hereafter may reach Boston, either by its own rails or 15
under trackage or traffic contract or agreement with any other railroad 16
company, shall be provided by the di\'ision with a track connection with 17
the tracks serving such pier or piers. 18
maylaS'and SECTION 5. With the conscut of the govcmor and council, the divi- 1
hold real gion may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or acquire 2
and build ' by purchasc or otherwise, and hold, such real property and such rights 3
1911, 748, § 5. and easements therein as the division may from time to time consider 4
§ 113. ' necessary for the purpose of constructing, or securing the constructing 5
or utilizing of, piers and, in connection therewith, highways, waterways, 6
railroad connections, storage yards and sites for warehouses and in- ' 7
dustrial establishments, and may lay out and build thereon, and upon 8
such other lands within its jurisdiction under section three, such piers, 9
with buildings and appurtenances, docks, highw-ays, waterways, rail- 10
road connections, storage yards and public warehouses as the division 11
deems desirable; provided, that if general plans bearing the signed ap- 12
proval of the division, given after due notice and a hearing, describing 13
the property and showing the location and character of any proposed 14
docks, piers, wharves, warehouses, factories, power plants, and indus- 15
trial terminals, of adequate and proper design and general suitability 16
for the purposes for which they are to be used, shall be filed with the 17
division, together with a notice signed by the owners or lessees or by 18
others having legal rights in the premises stating that they propose to 19
construct upon the property described the improvements shown by 20
said plans and claiming exemption from the taking by eminent domain 21
as herein authorized of any of such property, including the lands upon 22
which said improvements are to be constructed, then said land and said 23
impro\'ements shall not be taken by the division by right of eminent 24
domain without authorization of the general court granted within forty 25
years after the date of filing of said plans, if substantial construction in 26
general accordance with such plans is actually begun in good faith within 27
one year after the date of approval by the division of the plans, 'and if 28
said improvements are finished substantially in accordance therewith 29
within fi\'e years after the beginning of construction of said impro\'e- 30
ments unless the division shall extend the time within which said im- 31
provements shall be completed; and provided, that after completion, 32
said improvements during said period of forty years are kept in suitable 33
repair and are used for the purposes to which said approval applied, and 34
provided, that if general plans bearing the signed approval of the divi- 35
sion, given after due notice and a hearing, and describing the property, 36
and the location and character of any existing docks, piers, wharves, 37
warehouses, factories, power plants, and industrial terminals, and cer- 38
Chap. 91.] waterways. 831
39 tifying that they are of proper design and adequate and suitable for the
40 purposes for which they are to be used, and that they are in proper con-
41 dition and in thorough repair, shall be filed with the division, together
42 with a notice signed by the owners or lessees, or others having legal
4.'3 rights in the premises and claiming exemption from the taking by eminent
44 domain as authorized by this section of any such property, including
45 the lands upon which said improvements have been constructed, then
46 said land and said improvements shall not be taken by the division by the
47 right of eminent domain without authorization of the general court
48 granted within forty years after the date of the approval by the division,
49 if during that time such property is kept in suitable repair and is used
50 for the purposes to which said approval applied; and provided, that
51 none of the exemptions from the right of eminent domain herein pro-
52 vided for shall apply to the taking by the division of any property neces-
53 sary for providing suitable and convenient track connections between
54 the rails ser\-ing any piers that may be built, or acquired or improved
55 under sections four and five or may have been built or acquired or im-
50 proved under corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and the rails of
57 any existing or proposed railroad that reaches or may reach Boston.
1 Section 6. The division may lease for a period not exceeding twenty Power to
2 years, under such covenants and conditions as it prescribes, storage facil- ^ers."tc!'^*^'
3 ities, wharves, piers, bulkheads, docks, sheds, warehouses, foreshores Fund°^ Boston
4 and industrial locations in Boston harbor within its charge. It may R^L'ge^^i'
5 lease sites for warehouses and industrial locations for a longer period, i^Ji- J*^. § 9.
6 but every lease of such sites for a period exceeding twenty years shall ees, '§ i.^'
7 provide for a readjustment of the rental at intervals of not more than 1919'. 350.
8 twenty years. No lease for a term exceeding five years shall be valid "^
9 until approved by the governor and council. The income from all wharf-
10 age and storage rates, use of cranes, lighterage, dockage and other charges,
11 and from the leases of lands, storage structures, wharves, piers^ docks,
12 sheds, warehouses and industrial sites, all moneys received by the com-
13 monwealth under section twenty-one for tide water displacements in
14 Boston harbor, and all moneys hereafter rccei\'ed which on May twenty-
15 eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve, were required to be paid into the
16 Commonwealth's Flats Improvement Fund, shall be collected by the
17 division and paid to the conmionwealth, to the credit of the Port of
18 Boston Fund. Said fund may be invested by the state treasurer at his
19 discretion from time to time as provided for the investment of the com-
20 monwealth's funds; and all income from such investments shall be
21 added to the fund. The division may ex-pend the Port of Boston Fund
22 to operate, maintain, repair and preserve the property in Boston harbor
23 in the control of the division, and such sums as the legislature may
24 appropriate annually for salaries, office expenses, and general engineer-
25 ing expenses in connection with the work of the division in Boston
26 harbor shall be paid so far as possible from said fund; any balance
27 remaining from said fund after the aforementioned expenses have been
28 paid shall be applied to the payment of interest and to the annual
29 payments on account of principal of any securities which may have
30 been or may be issued to raise money to be expended by the division
31 for the development of the port of Boston.
1 Section 7. All piers and other similar structures in Boston harbor Equipment
2 built by the division or its predecessors shall be equipped, either by the loFi^^is. I's.
832
^VATKRWAYS.
[Chap. 91.
(li\ision or by the lessees thereof, with fireproof sheds, railway tracks,
cranes and other machinery and accommodations for the convenient,
economical and speedy loading and discharge of freight; and the divi-
sion may acquire, hold and operate such lighters and other vessels as it
deems convenient and needed therefor. The division shall make such
reasonable rules and regulations and charge such reasonable rates for
the use of such structures and equipment as it may from time to time
deem wise.
To acquire
title, etc., to
Apple island,
1911, 748, § 11.
1919, 350,
§ 113.
Section 8. The division shall take all proper measures to obtain 1
from Boston, without expense to the commonwealth, a conveyance of all 2
the present right, title and interest of said city in and to Apple island, 3
and the flats appurtenant thereto, and in and to any other flats and rights 4
of said city on the easterly side of East Boston, which the division deems 5
are recjuired for the development contemplated by section four, and 6
said Boston may make such conveyance, and in furtherance of the de- 7
velopment of the port make conveyance to the division or others, but 8
only for maritime or commercial impro\'ement, of any shore lands owned 9
by it elsewhere, accjutred either by purchase or taking. 10
To make plans
etc., for the
utilization of
acquired
property, etc.
1911, 748, § 12.
1919, 350,
§ 113.
Section 9. The division shall make, and, so far as practicable, put
into execution, comprehensive plans providing, on the lands now owned
or hereafter acquired by the commonwealth in Boston harbor, adequate
piers, capable of accommodating the largest vessels, and in connection
with such piers suitable highways, waterways, railroad connections and
storage yards, and sites for warehouses and industrial establishments.
Section 10. The division shall have general care and supervision 1
Powers and
duties relative ,.i -i-i i i e ^ n l
to harbors etc. of the liarbors and tide waters withm the commonwealth, oi the Hats and
p. s.'i9,'§6. ■ lands flowed thereby, of the waters and banks of the Connecticut river
1885, 344, § 1.
R. L. 96, § 8.
1914, 717, § 1.
1919, 350,
§113.
1 Op. A. G. 412.
and the banks and waters of the non-tidal portion of the Merrimack
river and of all structures therein, in order to prevent and remo\e un- 5
authorized encroachments and causes of every kind which may injure 6
said Connecticut river or said part of INIerrimack river or interfere with 7
the navigation of such harbors, injure their channels or cause a reduc- 8
tion of their tide waters, and to protect and develop the rights and prop- 9
erty of the commonwealth in such waters, flats and lands; and it may 10
make such surveys, examinations and observations as it deems necessary 11
therefor. 12^
Improvement
and preserva-
tion of rivers,
harbors, etc.
1909, 481,
§§ 1. 2.
1919, 350,
§113.
Section 11. Outside of Boston harbor, the division shall undertake 1
such work for the improvement, development, maintenance and protec- 2
tion of rivers, harbors, tide waters and foreshores as it deems reasonable 3
and proper, and for this purpose shall have the same powers conferred 4
upon it by section thirty-one. In selecting the places to do such work, 5
the division shall consider the general public advantage of the proposed 6
work, the local interest therein as manifested by municipal or other con- 7
tributions therefor, the importance of the industrial or commercial and 8
other interests to be especially served thereby, aiifl any other material 9
considerations affecting the feasibility, necessity or advantage of the pro- 10
posed work or the expenditiu-e therefor. No work authorized by this 11
section shall be begun until after a public hearing has been held and a 12
survey and an estimate of the cost has been made. 13.
Chap. 91.] waterways. 833
1 Section 12. The division may license and prescribe the terms for May license
2 the construction or extension of a dam, road, bridge or other structure, tures in'^Con-
3 or the filling of land or the driving of piles, in, over, or upon the waters Merrimack''
4 of the Connecticut river below high water mark, and in, over and upon i9i"^Vi7
5 the waters of the non-tidal part of the Merrimack river below high water ||j?; *-s. ^^^
6 mark, or the making of excavations therein; and the provisions of this J^/J'a^^*''
7 chapter shall apply to all such licenses. Every erection made, and all
8 work done on or within the banks of the Connecticut river or said part of
9 the JMerrimack river, below high water mark, not authorized by the gen-
10 eral court or by the division, or made or done in a manner not sanctioned
11 by the division, without a license as hereinbefore provided, shall be
12 considered a public nuisance. The attorney general and the district at-
13 torneys within their respective districts shall, at the request of the divi-
14 sion, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate any such nuisance. This
15 section and any such license shall not impair the legal rights or remedies
16 of any person.
1 Section 13. The division may license any person to construct and Connecticut
2 maintain booms in or across the Connecticut river, for periods of not river and
„ in -ii- I I • great ponds
3 more than nve years, in such locations and upon such terms as it pre- as to booms,
4 scribes, or to build and extend a wharf, pier or shore wall below high isss, 344, §3.
5 water mark in said river, or to build or extend a wharf, pier, dam, wall, isss! 4ii'8!
6 road, bridge or other structure, or to dri\'e piles, fill land or excavate in fgig; Isbf ^^'
7 or over the waters of any great pond below natural high water mark, or fgyiingg 307
8 at or upon any outlet thereof, upon such terms as the di\'ision prescribes; * op. a. g. ico.
9 but such license shall not validate acts beyond the line of riparian owner-
10 ship or affecting the level of the waters in such pond, unless approved by
11 the governor aiul council.
1 Section 14. The division may license and prescribe the terms for License of
2 the construction or extension of a wharf, pier, dam, sea wall, road, bridge fnTide^waters".
3 or other structure, or for the filling of land or flats, or the driving of piles If"'!^"'
4 in tide water below high water mark, but not, except as to a structure j^^'fa.'^il/'
5 authorized by law, beyond any established harbor line, nor, unless with k. l. 9n^% n.
6 the approval of the governor and council, beyond the line of riparian | \^i-
7 ownership. A license shall not be granted for the construction of a bridge 224 Mass.' 3I. '
0 • • 1 i- ^ • 1 4.- U U • I J 230 Mass. 139.
8 across a river, cove or inlet, except in a location above a bridge, dam or i op. a. g.
9 similar structure authorized by law over such tide water, in which no 2 o'p*a.'g.
10 draw actually exists or is required by law, and not then, if objection is I^o'p^a.'g.
11 made by the aldermen or selectmen of the town where the bridge is to ^2^-
12 be built.
1 Section 15. Every authority or license granted since eighteen hun- Licenses to be
2 dred and sixly-eight or hereafter granted by the commonwealth to any to'eTpire in '
3 person to build a structure or do other work in, over and under the exc^eprso'far
4 Connecticut river or the non-tidal part of the Merrimack river or in, is6'9,'432°'§ 1.
5 over or under the waters of any great pond or at any outlet thereof p^^g-fl^jla'-
6 below high water mark, or upon ground over which the tide ebbs and 1885,344, §3.
7 flows, except Boston harbor, or to fill up or to enclose the same, whether R. l!96, '§ 21!
8 such ground is above or below low water mark, or within or beyond one ioit! ns, § i';
9 hundred rods from high water mark, or whether private property or prop- ^''°' ^ ^'
10 erty of the commonwealth, shall be subject to the following conditions,
11 whether expressed in the act, resohe or license granting the same or
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[ClIAP. 91.
not: such authority or hcense shall be revocable at the discretion of the 12
general court and shall expire in fi\-e years from its date, except as to 13
valuable structures, fillings or enclosures actually and in good faith built 14
or made under the authority or license during the term thereof; but if 15
compensation has been paid to the commonwealth under section twenty- 16
two or under any similar pro\ision of law, the rights and privileges for 17
which it has been paid shall not so terminate or be revoked unless pro- 18
^'ision is made for repayment of such compensation. 19
Section 16. Every authority or license granted since eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-eight by the general court or by the dixision or its prede-
Certain
authority
heretofore
Boston harbor ccssors to any pcrsou to build or extend a wharf or other structure upon,
igiTmris. or to drive piles in, or to fill or otherwise occupy, land in tide or navigable
1919^350, ^ater, within Boston harbor, which is revocable at the discretion of the
general court, and every other similar right or privilege within Boston
harbor which is so revocable, whether or not compensation has been paid
under any provision of law or otherwise, shall hereafter cease and deter- 8
mine, or be subject to forfeiture, in case of non-use of the same for an 9
unreasonable time -without reasonable cause, and it shall be prima facie 10
e\idence that the same is held unused in restraint of trade when the 11
tendency of such non-use is to pre^•ent competition in its broad and 12
general sense, unless such person has, prior to July twenty-eighth, nineteen 13
hundred and twelve, made reasonable and substantial use of structures, 14
or has reasonably and substantially occupied land in tide or navigable 15
waters, for the purposes for which the authority or license was granted; 16
and thereupon, every such authority or license and every similar right 17
and privilege shall cease and determine on repayment, or tender of re- 18
payment, by the commonwealth of compensation therefor to the amount 19
which shall have been paid to the commonwealth in accordance with 20
the terms of such authority or license; and the division and the attorney 21
general shall cause a proper certificate of the revocation of such authority 22
or license to be recorded forthwith in the registry of deeds for the county 23
where such structure was built or work done. 24
How licenses
to be con-
strued, etc.
18B9, 432,
II 1, 2.
P. S. 19, § 13.
1885, 344, § 4.
1888, 318, § 5,
R. L. 96. § 22.
1919, 350,
§113.
4 Op. A. G. 52;
Licenses, form
of; how
granted, etc.
1872, 236,
§13,4.
1874, 347,
§§1,2.
P. S. 19,
§§ 10, 11.
Section 17. No license or other authority to build structures upon 1
or to fill up or enclose any ground mentioned in the two preceding sections 2
shall be construed to interfere with or impair the right of any person 3
affected thereby to equal proportional privileges of approaching low 4
water mark or one hundred rods from high water mark, or harbor lines 5
established by law, or to impair the right to obtain a license or authority 6
so to approach of persons having interests in lands or flats which may be 7
affected thereby, or to impau- the legal rights of any person. All things 8
done under such license or authority shall be subject to the approval of 9
the division. If the general court establishes a harbor line within the 10
outer line covered by such license or authority, the same shall be limited 11
by and not extend beyond such harbor line. This section, so far as may 12
be, shall apply to licenses granted under section fifteen to erect struc- 13
tures on great ponds. 14
Section 18. Every license granted under this chapter shall be signed 1
by the division, shall state the terms on which it is granted and specify 2
by metes, bounds and otherwise the location, dimensions and limits and 3
the mode of performing the work authorized thereby. Before a license 4
is granted, the division shall give notice to the aldermen or selectmen 5
Chap. 91.] waterways. 835
6 of the town where the work is to be performed that they may be heard. }|||'3j|' | ?•
7 The recital in a license that a notice required by law has been given, or R- ^^^1^
8 that the aldermen or selectmen have not objected, shall be conclusive wir/i-s, § i;
9 evidence of such facts. The division shall keep a record of each license hih. 350,
10 and a plan of the work or structure. Such license shall be void unless, ^ "'^'
11 within one year after its date, it and the accompanying plan are recorded
12 in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the work is to be
1.3 performed.
1 Section 19. Except as authorized by the general court and as pro- structures in
2 vided in this chapter, no structure shall be built or extended, or piles festricS
3 driven or land filled, or other obstruction or encroachment made, in, r.*l! Icf '|\5!
4 over or upon the waters of any great pond below the natural high water 2OP.A.G.232.
5 mark; nor shall any erection or excavation be made at any outlet thereof
6 whereby the water may be raised or lowered.
1 Section 20. Whoever is authorized by the general court to build ti^^su°pe°
2 over tide waters a bridge, wharf, pier or dam, to fill flats or drive piles y^'^'o" °/ "■'?<'-
1.1 1 I'll "i/-^ • tions, etc., m
3 below high water mark, or to build any structiu-es in the Connecticut tidewaters,
4 river, or in the non-tidal part of the Merrimack river, or to build or under'iegisia-
5 extend any structure or to do any other work mentioned in the preceding iseefiw.^j 4.
6 section in, over or upon the waters of any great pond, shall not com- fss^s.sM^f^.
7 mence such work until he has gi\-en written notice thereof to the divi- ^^] 9(^\\l'.
8 sion and submitted plans of any proposed structiu-e, the flats to be filled, J9}|' ^i^' § 2.
9 and the manner in which the work is to be performed, and the same has §113.
10 been approved in wTiting by the division, which may alter such plans 119 Mass. sis'.
11 and prescribe any direction, limits and manner of doing the work con- iop.a?g.480.
12 sistent with the legislative grant. Such works shall be supervised by the
13 division.
1 Section 21. The amount of tide water displaced by any structure Compensation
2 below high water mark, or any filling of flats, shall be ascertained by dlspi'ac^ed." ""^
3 the division, which shall require the persons who cause such displace- liyS; HI, ^ *"
4 ment to make compensation therefor by excavating, under its direction, p^^l'/g • ^ ^■
5 between high and low water mark in some part of the same harbor a |§ [^g^^ ^ 23
6 basin for a quantity of water equal to that displaced; or by payuig to i^j'^j^ob,
7 the commonwealth, in lieu of such excavation, an amount assessed by iss Mass. 205.
8 the division, not exceeding thirty-seven and one half cents per cubic fi^.^siW;
9 yard of water displaced; or by improving the harbor in any other man- o^itjm.
10 ner satisfactory to the division. An assessment for tide water which has
11 been displaced may be recovered in contract in the name of the state
12 treasurer.
1 Section 22. If authority or a license is granted by the general court ^„'|^'*|i°5aJion
2 or by the division to a person to build a wharf or other structure upon, whentiUeto
3 or to fill or otherwise occupy, land in tide water, or to build or extend commonwealth.
4 any structure or th-ive piles, fill land or make any obstruction, encroach- §§ i.'i '
5 ment or excavation in, over or upon the waters of any great pond, he shall, 5ss1*, si's! §5.
6 before the work is begun, pay to the commonwealth such compensation f^^- f^^^ ^*-
7 for the rights granted in any land the title to which is in the common- § ns-
8 wealth as shall be determined by the governor and council. This section
9 shall not apply to authority granted to a county, city or town for the
10 construction, widening or maintenance of a bridge constituting a part of
11a highway.
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[Chap. 91.
Unauthorized
erections, etc.,
in tide waters
to be nuisances.
1866, 149, § 5.
P. S. 19, § 17.
1888, 318, § 6.
1891, 266, § 1.
R. L. 96, § 25.
1919, 350,
§ 113.
108 Mass. 436,
118 Mass. 345.
119 Mass. 618.
149 Mass. 582.
198 Mass. 91.
202 Mass. 437.
230 Mass. 139.
Certain moneys
to be paid to
Waterways
Fund.
1866, 149, § 4.
1878, 74.
P. S. 19, § 14.
R. L. 96, § 23.
1912, 257, § 1.
1918,21.
Section 23. Every erection made and all work done within tide 1
water, or within the waters of a great pond or outlet thereof, or on or 2
within the banks of the Connecticut river, or the Merrimack river, below 3
high water mark, not authorized by the general coiu-t or by the division, 4
or made or done in a manner not sanctioned by the division, if a license 5
is required as hereinbefore provided, shall be considered a public nuisance. 6
The attorney general or the district attorneys within their respective 7
districts shall, at the request of the division, institute proceedings to 8
enjoin or abate such nuisance, or to restrain the removal of material 9
from any bar or breakwater of any harbor. 10
Section 24. All moneys received in pajonent for tide water dis- 1
placed and for rights and privileges granted in tide water land of the 2
commonwealth and in the commonwealth's land in great ponds, under 3
licenses and permits granted under this chapter for structiues and other 4
work, shall be placed to the credit of the Waterways Fund, except as 5
provided in section six. 6
Powers and
duties relative
to province
lands.
1893,470, § 1.
R. L. 96, § 4.
1919, 350,
§113.
Section 25. The division shall have general supervision of so much 1
of the province lands at Provincetown as lies north and west of a line 2
beginning at a point at or near the shore of Provincetown harbor, 3
in latitude north forty-two degrees, two minutes, and longitude west 4
seventy degrees, eleven minutes, forty-five seconds; thence north- 5
westerly to a point in latitude north forty-two degrees, three minutes, 6
eight seconds, and longitude west seventy degrees, twelve minutes, forty- 7
eight seconds; thence northeasterly to a point in latitude north forty- 8
two degrees, three minutes, twenty-eight seconds, and longitude west 9
seventy degrees, eleven minutes, thirty-three seconds; thence due north 10
to a point in latitude north forty-two degrees, three minutes, forty-eight 1 1
seconds; thence due east to a point in the eastern boundary of the prov- 12
ince lands. 13
Portion of
pro\'ince lands
exempt from
certain pro-
visions of law.
1893, 470, § 4.
R. L. 96, § 5.
Bounds, etc..
of province
lands.
1893, 470. § 2
R. L. 96, § 6.
Section 26. Section two of this chapter, chapter two hundred and 1
sixty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, chapter one hun- 2
dred and forty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, so 3
much of section one of chapter eleven of the province laws of seventeen 4
hundred and twenty-seven as is contained in the following words " saving 5
always the right and title of this province to the said lands which is to 6
be in no wise prejudiced", and all other acts or parts of acts which refer 7
to the province lands at Provincetown, except the act incorporating said 8
town, shall not apply to that portion of said province lands Ijang east and 9
south of the line fixed in the preceding section. 10
Section 27. The division shall fix and mark the bounds of the prov- 1
ince lands within its jurisdiction and establish regulations for the care 2
thereof. i9i9, 350, § 1 1 3. 3
Unlawful ex-
isting struc-
tiu*es not
legalized.
1888, 318, § 7.
1891, 266, § 2.
R. L. 96, § 26.
Section 28. This chapter shall not legalize any structure, filling or 1
other occupation or encroachment, made or done without authority, 2
upon the waters in or the land under any great pond prior to May ninth, 3
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, or in or upon the Connecticut river, 4
below high water mark, prior to April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 5
ninety-one, or as waiving or impairing any rights or remedies of the com- 6
monwealth or of any person relative thereto. 7
Chap. 91.] waterways. 837
1 Section 29. A town may appropriate money for the improvement of ^'^^^ ^^
2 rivers, harbors, tide waters and foreshores within its jurisdiction, and appropriate
3 the money so appropriated shall be paid to the state treasurer and be ex- assume nabuj-
4 pended by the division for said pin-poses within the limits of such town ; improvements!
5 and the town may also assume liability for all damages to property suf- 1909, 4si, s 3.
6 fered by any person by any taking of land, or of any right, interest or Jgjg; 350' ^ ^■
7 easement therein, within the town made by said division for the pur- § n^.
8 poses hereinbefore authorized.
1 Section 30. If it appears to the division that the digging or removal J^''°o'^af °° °*
2 of stones, gravel, sand or other material, upon or from any beach, shore, Eravei, etc.,
3 bluff, headland, island or bar, in or bordering on tide waters, or the Penalty.
. 4 destruction of any trees, shrubs, grass or other vegetation growing 1892! 206!
5 thereon, is, or is likely tO prove, injurious to any harbor or other navi- is2\fat'3 598.
6 gable tide waters, the division may, by wTitten notice, prohibit such
7 digging or removal, or the doing of any acts injiu-ious to such trees or
8 other vegetation, upoii or from any sucli beach or other place aforesaid
9 specified in sucli notice. Whoever, after receiving such notice, wilfully
10 does any act or thing prohibited therein, and which is authorized to be so
11 prohibited by this section, or, being the owner or having the control of
12 any land specified in such notice, wilfully suffers or permits such act
13 or tiling to be done thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
14 twenty nor more than two hundred dollars.
1 Section 31. The di\asion may make siu-veys and improvements for Surveys, im-
2 the preservation of harbors and may repair damages occasioned by etaToThar-'
3 storms or other destructive agencies along the coast line or river banks nmy'beteken
4 of the commonwealth, and may take by eminent domain under chapter contracts to
5 seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, in the name and behalf igoTsos™'''
6 of the commonwealth, any land or materials necessary for making such |,^|^^|'g*-
7 improvements or repairs. No contract made under the authority of this §5 9,' 10.'
8 section shall be valid until approved in writing by the governor and § 113. "^ '
9 council. 2 Op. -A.. G. 72.
1 Section 32. The division shall, as funds are appropriated therefor, Connecticut
2 cause that portion of the Connecticut river lying within the common- surveyed, etc.
3 wealth to be surveyed and plotted, and a copy of such survey within §§ s.'e. '
4 the limits of Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties, respectively, fg'i9;33'of '^'
5 to be prepared, attested by them and deposited in the registry of deeds ^ ^^^•
6 for the county to which it relates, as a public record.
1 Section 33. The division may malve such surveys and do such other improving the
2 work as may be required by any order of the land court, to re-establish smvly^of the
3 and permanently mark certain triangillation points and stations pre- i9i™223!f^i'''
4 viously established in connection with the topographical survey of the j^na.^^"'
5 commonwealth, and the town boundary siu-vey, which have been lost
G or destroyed, and to obtain the geographical position of such new points
7 and stations as may be required from time to time by the court.
1 Section 34. The division may, after hearing the parties interested, of'haSTinel
2 prescribe lines in any harbor of the commonw-ealth and make report p^f'/g^'^jl^-
3 thereof to the general court, not later than the next session, for its action R. l. 96j^§ 14.
4 thereon. If such lines are established by the general coiu-t as the har- § 113.
5 bor lines of said harbor, no wharf, pier or other structure shall there-
838
WATERWAYS.
[Chap. 91.
after be extended Into said harbor beyond such lines. Notice of the
hearing shall be published tliree weeks successively in a newspaper
published in Boston and in one or more published in the county or
counties where such harbor lies, the first jniblication to be at least
thirty days before the hearing.
Great ponds
defined.
18S8, 318, § 1.
R. L. 96, § 27.
198 Mass. 91.
Section 35. The provisions of this chapter relative to great ponds 1
shall apply only to ponds containing in their natural state more than ten 2
acres of land, and shall be subject to any rights in such ponds which have 3
been granted by the commonwealth. 4
to'TOngrres for SECTION 36. The division may apply to congress for appropriations 1
fOT^ha'rbora""^ ^°^ *^^^ protcction and improvement of any harbor in the commonwealth. 2
1866, 149, §6. P. S. 19, §18. R. L. 96, § 28. 1919,350,5 113.
Enforcement of
stipulations in
deeds from the
commonwealth.
1S66, 264,
H 1-3.
P. S. 19, I 5.
R. L. 96, § 7.
101 Mass. 512.
140 Mass. 329,
201 M;
Section 37. If the commonwealth has the right under stipulations 1
in a deed given in its name to enter upon premises and, at the expense 2
of the party at fault, to remove or alter a building, any of its grantees 3
under similar deeds, their heirs, legal representatives or assigns may in- 4
stitute proceedings in equity to compel the division to enforce such 5
li4: stipulations. 6
Removal of
wrecks, etc..
on shores, etc.
1814, 169,
§§ 1. 2.
R. S. 57,
S§ 2-14.
1839, 111.
G. S. 81.
§§ 2-14.
P. S. 97.
§§ 2-14.
1883, 260, § 7.
1885, 341,
§§4-7.
1887, 98,
§§ 3-15.
R. L. 97,
§§ 3-13, 21.
Section 38. The division shall take charge of any wrecked vessel 1
or other sliip\\Tecked property, on any of the shores or waters of the 2
commonwealth, except the Charles river basin, and not in the custody 3
of the owner or his agent or of any other person lawfully authorized to 4
take possession of it, if the value thereof is one hundred dollars or more, 5
and may take charge of any such vessel or property if it is of less than said 6
value. The division may make rules and regulations necessary for tak- 7
ing charge of such vessel, or property, for restoring it to its owners upon 8
payment of the ex-pense inciu-red by the commonwealth in the taking and 9
care thereof, or for otherwise disposing of such property. 10
191,8, 257. §§ 334, 335.
1919,5; 350, § 113,
4 Op, A. G. 449.
Removal of
wrecks, etc.,
in tide waters.
1883, 260, § 1.
R. L. 97, § 15.
1910, 585.
1919. 330,
§ 113,
Section 39. If a wTccked, sunken or abandoned vessel, or any un- 1
lawful or unauthorized structure or thing, is deposited or suffered to re- 2
main in the tide waters of the commonwealth, except the Charles river 3
basin, and if the division deems it is, or is liable to cause or become, an 4
obstruction to the safe and convenient navigation or other lawful use 5
of such waters, the division shall remove it or cause it to be removed. 6
1883, 260, § 2.
R. L. 97, § 16.
1919. 350,
§ 113.
Section 40. If any person in the United States is known to the divi- 1
sion as the owner of such vessel or of any interest therein, or as having 2
or exercising any control over it as master, agent, insurer or otherwise, or 3
as having alone or with others built, deposited or caused any other un- 4
lawful obstruction, or as owning, maintaining or using the same in whole 5
or in part, the division shall give him A\Titten notice to remove such 6
vessel or other obstruction within a time therein specified. Such notice 7
shall be deemed a sufficient notice to all such owners and other persons 8
if served on one or more of them by the division, or by its order, by deliv- 9
ering the same in hand, by leaving it at the usual place of business or 10
abode or duly mailing it to the post office address of the owner or other 11
person upon whom it is to be served. 12
Chap. 91.] waterways. 839
1 Section 41. If such vessel or other obstruction is not removed ^jj«j'?°y*' ^^'^"^
2 within the time specified in such notice, and in a manner and to a place isss. i^\\f
3 satisfactory to the division, or if no such owner or other person upon l^i^^ssb,
4 whom notice can be served is known to the division, it may remove such
5 vessel or other obstruction, or complete the removal thereof, or cause
6 the removal to be made in such manner and to such place as it deems
7 best; and the necessary cost and expenses of such removal, if not paid
8 by some owner or other person liable therefor, shall, when certified by
9 the division and approved by the governor and council, be paid by the
10 commonwealth.
1 Section 42. Whoever owns a vessel or an interest in a vessel wilfully Liability for
2 or maliciously wTccked, sunk or abandoned as aforesaid and removed as removals.
3 provided in the preceding section, either when such vessel became an r, l. 97, § is!
4 obstruction or at any time before such removal is completed, and who- f/is.^^"'
5 ever has or exercises any control over such vessel or any part thereof,
6 and the persons originally building, depositing or causing any other
7 obstruction so removed, or owning, maintaining or using the same in
8 whole or in part at the time of such removal or at any time prior thereto,
9 shall be liable for the cost and expenses of such removal, or to repay the
10 same when paid by the commonwealth; and such costs and expenses
11 may be recovered in an action of contract brought by the division in
12 the name of the commonwealth against such owners or other persons,
13 or any of them. The attorney general and the district attorneys within
14 their respective districts shall commence and conduct such actions. All
15 money so repaid or recovered shall be paid to the commonwealth. Who-
16 ever, on a judgment or otherwise, pays more than his proportion of the
17 costs and expenses aforesaid, shall have a claim for contribution against
18 other parties liable therefor according to their respective interests.
1 Section 43. If the cost and expenses of removing a vessel or other Vessel may be
2 obstruction as aforesaid are not paid or repaid by some owner or other isss, 260, § s.
3 person liable therefor within ten days after such removal has been com- [919; 35b. ^^'
4 pleted, the division may sell such vessel or other obstruction, or the ^ ''^■
5 materials and appurtenances thereof, at public or private sale, and the
6 net proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the commonwealth and de-
7 ducted from the amount to be repaid or recovered as provided for in the
8 preceding section.
1 Section 44. An insurer of a vessel who has paid the loss thereon shall J.'^e"" ''""'''
2 not, by reason of such insurance, be held liable to remove such vessel, or i«»3, 26o.^§^6.
3 to pay the cost and expenses of such removal, unless he has exercised
4 some act of ownership or control over such vessel or some part or ap-
5 purtenance thereof or received the proceeds of the sale thereof.
1 Section 45. The division shall make application to the government ^,pp^^^^|\°^"J3°
2 of the United States for reimbursement of any amounts e\-pended under {^oj^^lj^^^^j
3 any provision of the seven preceding sections, which, in the opinion of the isss, 200, § 10.
4 division, might properly be paid by the United States.
R. L. 97, § 23. 1919, 350, § 113.
1 Section 46. The owners of any vessel, scow, lighter or similar float- ^^J^^jfp^^^^l
2 ing structure lying within the limits of any harbor of the commonwealth of certain
3 shall not, without first obtaining a license therefor from the division, tures, etc.
840
WATERWAYS.
[CH-AP. 91.
190S, 595. § 1.
1919. 330,
§113.
cause or permit the same to be broken up or altered to such an extent 4
that it will not keep afloat with ordinary care, nor shall they ground 5
any such craft within any such harbor or permit other persons so to do, 6
or to remove any part thereof. 7
Division may
issue license,
etc. Bond,
etc.
1908, 595,
§§ 2, 3.
1919. 350,
§ 113.
If licensee fiiils
to comply
with terms of
license the
division to
complete the
work, etc.
1908, 595, I 4.
1919. 350,
§113.
Section 47. Upon the application of the owner of any vessel, scow, 1
lighter or similar floating structure, the division may issue a license au- 2
thorizing him to break up such vessel or other floating structure upon 3
the following conditions: first, that the written consent of the owner 4
of the premises where the work is to be done shall first be obtained and 5
filed with the division; second, that all the material composing the 6
vessel or other structure shall be removed wholly from tide water, to the 7
satisfaction of the division; third, that the work shall be completed 8
within a certain fixed time, which may be extended by the division; 9
fourth, if the work is not completed at the time fixed in the license or as 10
so extended, the division may cause the work to be completed at the 11
ex-pense of the licensee; and fifth, such other conditions as the division 12
deems proper in any case. Before receiving the license, the licensee shall 13
file a bond with the division in a sum fixed by it, with satisfactory siu-e- 14
ties, in which the commonwealth is obligee, conditioned to perform the 15
provisions of the license and to pay to the commonwealth such sums as 16
it may expend in connection with the work licensed. 17
Section 48. Whenever a licensee under either of the two preceding 1
sections fails to comply with the terms of his license, the division may 2
proceed to complete the work and remove from tide water all materials 3
composing the vessel or other structure, and the cost thereof shall, in 4
the first instance, be paid from the appropriation made therefor. If not 5
repaid to the commonwealth by the licensee, upon demand, it may be 6
recovered by the state treasurer in contract, brought by him in behalf 7
of the commonwealth in the superior court against the licensee or the 8
sureties on his bond. 9
Penalty for SECTION 49. Whoever fails to obtain the license required by section
failing to iT(»ii*i*
obtain license, forty-sevcn, bcfore beginning the work oi breakmg up or altering any
ing'scow, etc. vesscl, SCOW, lighter or similar floating structure, as described in section
i9io! 255! ■ forty-six, and whoever intentionally grounds any vessel, scow, lighter or
similar floating structure within the limits of any harbor of the common-
wealth or permits other persons so to do, shall be subject to a penalty
of not less than five dollars nor more than five hundi-ed dollars to the
use of the commonwealth, to be recovered by an information in equity
brought by the attorney general, at the relation of the state treasurer,
in the supreme judicial court.
business to be
licensed, etc
Penalty.
1917, 305,
POTatfons°eVi- SECTION 50. No foreign corporation shall engage in the business of 1
Pfll !.",^''''f^" wrecking or salvaging in the navigable waters of the commonwealth 2
''^' without fir.st obtaining a license therefor from and filing a bond with the 3
division. The license, effective for one year from the date of its issue, 4
shall be granted upon payment of a fee, not exceeding twenty-five dol- 5
lars, to be fixed by the division. The bond shall run to the state treasurer 6
in a sum and with security satisfactory to the division, and shall be con- 7
ditioned upon payment by the licensee of such amounts as shall lawfully 8
be due to any person for damage to person or property caused by any 9
act of the corporation, its agents or servants, in the commonwealth. 10
Chap. 91.] waterways. 841
11 Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than
12 fifty nor more than three hundred dollars.
1 Section 51. The preceding section shall not impair any right or Not to impair
2 authority derived from, or exercised under, any law of the United States, denJS''f'r'om'^ '
3 or any right, license or privilege lawfully granted by any department ernmelif^
4 thereof. i9i7, 305, § 3.
1 Section 52. The division shall supervise the transportation and J„^'dSJ[pmg°"
2 dumping of all material dredged in the tide waters of the commonwealth, °' dredged
pi -ii'i 111* T material in
3 or of any other material which may be placed in scows or boats to be tidewaters,
4 transported and dumped in tide water, and may employ necessary in- of cost of
5 spectors therefor, who shall accompany the material while in transit, i907r229!"§ i.
6 either upon the scows containing the material or upon the boat towing 663"'§^i'.'' ^ "'
7 them, upon which they shall be provided with proper and suitable quar- Jg}!; ||o
8 ters and board by the owner of the boat. The cost of such supervision ^ ^^'^■
9 and also of the supervision under licenses and permits authorizing such
10 transportation or dumping granted by the division, shall in the first
11 instance be paid from the Waterways Fund, if the material is taken out-
12 side of Boston harbor, and from the Port of Boston Fund if taken in said
13 harbor, and shall be repaid to the commonwealth monthly by the owners
14 of the dredges or other machines doing the excavating when the material
15 is dredged in tide water and credited respectively to said funds, and, in
16 the case of other material, by the owners of the scows in which it is trans-
17 ported, the monthly amount due from each owner to be determined and
IS certified to the state treasurer by the division.
1 Section 53. Every license or permit issued to any person to dredge Terms of
2 in the tide waters of the commonwealth shall contain a provision that i907!229,''§ 2.
3 the transportation and dumping of the dredged material shall be done l^ui^^"'
4 under the supervision of the division as provided in the preceding section,
5 and that the licensee shall be held liable to pay the cost of said super-
6 vision whenever the owner of the dredge or excavating machine fails
7 to pay for the same within ten days after WTitten notification from the
8 state treasurer that the same is due.
1 Section 54. Every contractor or other person shall, at least three Contracts,
2 days before commencing any piece of dredging in tide water, give written 1907, 229,
3 notice to the division of the location and amount of the proposed work, 1919. 350,
4 and the time at which it is expected work will begin and, except with the ^ ^^^•
5 written assent of the di\'ision, no dredged or other material which it is
6 proposed to dump in tide water, shall be transported or dumped within
7 the tide waters of the commonwealth, unless there is present on board
8 the scows containing the material, or on the boat towing the same, an
9 inspector employed for that purpose by the division; and no such ma-
10 terial shall, in any event, be dumped within the limits of any channel
11 which has been deepened by dredging, nor in any other part of the tide
12 waters of the commonwealth, unless the same is duly authorized. The
13 state treasurer may recover in contract from such contractor or person
14 the cost of supervision determined as provided in the two preceding
15 sections.
1 Section 55. WTioever violates any provision of the three preceding Penalty.
2 sections or of any license or permit granted under said sections shall, igil^lsb',
3 upon complaint by the division or its agent to the superior court, be sub- ^ ^^^-
842
METEOPOLIT.\jSf SEWERS, WATER AND PARKS.
[Chap. 92.
ject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, to be paid to the 4
commonwealth, upon the judgment or order of the court. 5
S°certa,m'^'^ SECTION 56. The foup preceding sections shall not apply to the 1
1*07^229,16. dredging, transporting and dumping of material by the United States, 2
its officers or other duly authorized agents. 3
vi'oktions'of"' Section 57. The supreme judicial com't shall have jurisdiction in 1
i9iV'748"^§'i6 ^Quity, upon information filed by the attorney general, of violations of 2
this chapter. 3
st without
Section 58. Any officer qualified to serve criminal process may, 1
within his jurisdiction, arrest without a warrant any person found in the 2
act of committing a misdemeanor in or upon any of the rivers, harbors, 3
bays or sounds within the commonwealth. 4
REFERENCE.
Special provisions relative to dredging minor channels in Boston harbor, 1920,
363, and relative to lands and structui-es under the jui-isdiction of the department in
New Bedford, 1920, 375.
CHAPTER 92.
METROPOLITAN SEWERS, WATER AND PARKS.
Sect.
meteopolitan sewer disthict8.
1. Construction and maintenance of sewer
works.
2. Towns to connect local with main
sewers.
3. Malicious injury to sewers, etc.
4. Disposition of money forfeited on bids
and contracts for work on the metro-
politan sewers.
5. Basis of payments from towns of cost
of system.
6. Basis of payments from towns of cost
of maintenance.
7. The commission to fix the proportions.
8. Treasurer to determine annually
amounts required of each town for
interest, sinking fund and main-
tenance.
9. Plumbing of estates. Towns to con-
struct intercepting sewers.
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
10. Construction and maintenance of water
works. Towns in the district. Fur-
nishing water in and beyond district,
etc.
11. Agreements with towns or water com-
panies for distributing water, eto.
12. Sale of power or electricity.
13. May license maintenance of poles and
wires for transmission of electricity.
14. To furnish water for Lancaster mills.
15. Miscellaneous duties of the commission.
Liability of the commonwealth.
16. Use of water for domestic purposes
restricted. Exception. Charges in
Hingham and Hull.
17. Public health department to protect
metropolitan water by rules, etc.
Publication.
IS. Diversion, pollution, waste, etc., of
water and injury to property pro-
hibited.
19. Application of preceding section limited.
20. Commission and its employees to en-
force laws and rules relating to water
works.
21. Enforcement of laws, rules, etc., by
court- proceedings.
22. Penalties.
23. Laws as to municipal water supplies,
etc., to apply.
24. Contractors on water works to indem-
nify towns.
25. Disposition from sales of property or
bonds of water district.
26. Apportionment of expenses on cities
and towns. Arlington and Quincy
not to pay for certain water.
27. Town water boards, commissioners or
superintendents to have control of
water sources, works, etc.
28. Towns to equip water service with
meters.
Chap. 92.1
METROPOLITAN SEWERS, WATER AND PARK,S.
843
Sect.
29. Penalty for non-compliance with pre-
ceding section.
30. Regulation and care of meters.
31. Limit of application of three preceding
sections.
32. Commission may maintain works,
change watercourses, ways, etc.
Indemnity to towns. Conduits, etc.,
in tide waters, etc.
33. Metropolitan parks district. Reserva-
tions, etc. Town water supplies not
to be affected.
34. Metropolitan Parks Trust Fund.
35. Commission may acquire and maintain
roadways or boulevards.
36. Liability for defects in boulevards.
37. Rules and regulations, etc. Posting
and publishing, and certificate
thereof. Penalty for -violation.
3S. Same for Charles river basin. Proof of
rules under this and preceding section.
39. Prohibiting pollution of Charles river.
40. Maintaining parts of reservations out-
side but contiguous to district.
41. Maintaining accommodations for boat-
ing and bathing.
42. Granting towns locations for sewers.
43. Granting street railway or electric
railroad locations.
44. Notices. Hearings.
45. Alteration, etc., of location.
46. Record of order.
47. Effect of four preceding sections.
48. Metropolitan Parks Expense Fund.
49. Location of boulevards across railroads.
50. Railroads to have notice of proposed
action.
51. Department of public utilities may fix
place and manner of crossing.
52. Payment of cost.
53. Band concerts.
54. Apportionment of interest, sinking
fund and serial or other bond re-
quirements.
55. Apportionment of maintenance of res-
ervations, except Nantasket beach
and Charles river basin.
56. Apportionment of maintenance of
boulevards, Nantasket beach reserva-
tion and Charles river basin.
57. Commission to make apportionments.
58. Assessments by state treasurer; pay-
ment.
59. Definitions.
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVISIONS.
60. Payment of cost of maintenance of sew-
erage, water and parks systems.
61. Authority of police officers.
62. Days off for police.
63. Call officers, employment of.
64. Wages 6f laborers.
65. Saturday half holidays.
66. Pay of women attendants in bath
houses.
67. Agreements for lighting reservations
and boulevards.
68. Quality and price of light, how fixed.
69. Charles river bridges.
70. Injury to Charles river dam.
71. Penalty for colliding with gates of
lock of Charles river dam.
72. Powers as to shipwrecked vessels and
property and removal of wrecks
from Charles river basin.
73. Disposal of old vessels.
74. License of encroachments in Charles
river basin.
75. Appointment of harbor master and
assistants.
76. Prevention of pollution of Charles
river basin.
77. Commission may take or acquire lands
for metropolitan sewerage systems.
78. Commission mjiy take or acquire lands
for metropolitan water system.
79. Commission may take or acquire lands
for reservations.
SO. Commission may take or acquire lands
for boulevards.
.81. Commission may sell land not
needed for maintenance of sewerage
systems.
82. Commission may sell land not needed
for maintenance of water system.
83. Commission may grant or accept title
to interests in land and sell per-
sonal property of park system.
84. Authority to abandon.
85. Commission may sell land or interests
therein acquired for park or boule-
vard purposes.
86. Reservations and exceptions in
takings.
87. Transfer of care and control.
88. Agreements and contributions for im-
provement of ways, sewers, water
pipes, etc.
89. Lost property, disposition of.
90. Sale of lost property.
91. Notice of sale.
92. Sale of perishable lost property.
93. Proceeds of sale of lost property.
94. True owner to be paid proceeds of
sale, etc.
95. Encroachments on land, permits for.
96. Adverse possession.
97. Assessments upon towns in the metro-
politan districts.
98. Maintenance funds.
99. Advances of money.
100. Accounts and annual report.
101. Destruction of insect pests on lands
near reservations. Collection of
payment therefor.
102. General authority of commission.
844
METROPOLITAJSr SEWERS.
[Chap. 92.
Construction
and main-
tenance of
sewer worlis.
1889, 439, 5 3.
1895, 406, § 1.
1896, 414, I 1.
1897, S20, I 1.
1899, 424,
§§1,2.
1900, 172, § 1.
1901, 168,
§§1,5.
1903, 242, 5 1.
1914, 343, § 1.
1916, 159, § 1.
1919, 350,
§123.
153 Mass. 566.
166 Mass. 480.
Towns to
connect local
with main
1889, 439, § 9.
1895, 406, § 9.
1897, 80;
520. § 5.
1899, 424, § 8.
1901, 168,
§§1,5.
1915, 147; 150.
1919. 350,
§123.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 148.
METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICTS.
Section 1. The metropolitan district commission, in this chapter 1
called the commission, shall construct, maintain and operate such 2
main sewers and other works as shall be required for a system of sewage 3
disposal for Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, 4
Lexington, Maiden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Revere, Somerville, 5
Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester, Winthrop and Woburn, known as 6
the north metropolitan sewerage system, and for Boston, Brookline, 7
Dedham, Milton, Newton, Quincy, Waltham, Watertown and Welles- 8
ley, known as the south metropolitan sewerage system. The commis- 9
sion may contract with any other town for the extension thereto of 10
either of said systems of sewage disposal, and for the reception and 11
disposal of sewage therefrom. 12
Section 2. Any town, within the limits of which any main sewer 1
under the control of the commission is situated, shall connect its local 2
sewers with such main sewer except as hereinafter provided, subject 3
to the direction, control and regulation of the commission, and any 4
person may, subject thereto and subject to such terms, conditions 5
and regulations as each town may prescribe, connect private drains 6
with such main sewer; provided, that the commission shall, without 7
expense to Quincy, make all connections and take and construct in- 8
tercepting sewers necessary to enable Quincy to drain by gravity its 9
territory into the metropolitan sewer. The sewerage systems of all 10
drainage areas not now drained by the south metropolitan system shall 1 1
be constructed in accordance with the so-called separate system of sewage. 12
Malicious
injury to
1889, 439, § 10.
1895, 406, § 10.
1899, 424, I 9.
1901, 168,
§§1,5.
Section 3. Whoever wantonly or maliciously destroys or injures 1
any sewer or other property, held or used by the commission for the 2
purpose of constructing, operating or maintaining said systems of 3
sewage disposal, shall forfeit and pay to the commonwealth three times 4
the amount of the damages assessed therefor, to be recovered by any 5
proper action, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not ex- 6
ceeding one thousand dollars and by imprisonment not exceeding one year. 7
Sone^-'fOTfeifed Section 4. Any moucy collected or received by the state treasurer
rontrartsfor ^^^"^ chccks deposited with the commission by bidders for work on the
woriiontiie systcms of sewagc disposal and by it declared forfeited, and for breach
sewers. of any condition of any contract made with it in relation to the con-
1895', 406, § u. struction, maintenance or operation of the systems of sewage disposal,
190?; 168," ^ ^^' shall be applied to the payment of interest upon the loan issued for
1919,350 the construction, maintenance or operation of said systems known as
§ 123. ^hg Metropolitan Sewerage Loan.
Basis of
Eayments
■om towns of
cost of system.
1889, 439,
§§ 13, 14.
1894, 307,
§§3,4.
1895, 294,
§§ 3, 4; 406,
II 16, 17.
1896,414, § 4.
1897, 83,
§§2,3.
Section 5. The proportions in which each of the towns belonging in
whole or in part to the north metropolitan and south metropolitan sewerage
districts, respectively, shall annually pay money to the commonwealth to
meet interest and sinking fund requirements for each year, as estimated
by the state treasurer, and to meet any deficiency in the amount pre-
viously paid in, as found by him, shall be based upon the respective
taxable valuations of the property of said towns, as last established by
the general court as a basis of apportionment for state and county taxes.
1899, 241, !
424, § 17.
1919, 350, § 123.
1 Op. A. G. 447.
ClUP. 92.] JIETROPOLITAN SEWERS. 845
1 Section 6. The proportions in which each of tlie towns belonging Basis of
2 in whole or in part to either sewerage district shall annually pay money towUl^of Mst""
3 into the treasury of the commonwealth to meet the cost of maintenance °en™nce
4 and operation of the respective sewerage systems, as estimated by the sf^^f?'
5 commission and certified by the state treasurer, and to meet any defi- i|94,'307,
6 ciency in the amount previously paid in, as found by him, shall be isos, 294,
7 based upon the respective populations of said towns as ascertained by h 16*17^ '''
8 the last preceding state or national census. If less than the whole area }|oi! ics,' ^ ^^'
9 of any town is included in either of said metropolitan sewerage systems, flpg' ggg
10 the valuation and population only of that part of the town included ^52, 3
11 in either of said systems, as determined by the commission, shall be §123.
12 used as a basis in determining the proportion and amount which it
13 shall pay as its share of interest and sinking fund requirements and
14 of the cost of maintenance and operation of works as required by this
15 and the preceding section.
1 Section 7. The commission shall annually, in accordance with the Thecom-
2 two preceding sections, determine for each system the proportion in thep?oponioas.
3 which each of the towns belonging in whole or in part to such system, §§\^3*k.'
4 shall annually pay money to the commonwealth to meet interest and §j^|'|°'''
5 sinking fund requirements and the cost of maintenance and operation of sf^|'4-®4b6
6 such system, and shall transmit its determinations to the state treasurer. §§ le, 17.
16, 17. IQOfi, 369, § 4.
1919, 350. § 123.
1 Section 8. The amount of money required each year from every Treasurer to
2 such town to meet the interest and sinking fund requirements and annSy^
3 cost aforesaid for that system in which it is included, and the deficiency, req^redoi
4 if any, shall be estimated by the state treasurer in accordance with the fnt'ere'sT"' ^""^
5 proportions as determined aforesaid by the commission, and shall be J'"j''^|/™''
6 included and made a part of the sum charged to such town, and shall tenance
_, .,,, , 1, ,• -li- 1889, 4.)n, § 15.
7 be paid by the town to the commonwealth at the time required tor isgi, 307, § 5.
8 payment of its proportion of the state tax. is95, 294, § s; 406, § is.
1897, 83, § 4. 1899, 424, § 18. 1906, 369, § S.
1898, ISO, § 5; 424. § 5. 1901, 168, §§ 1, 5. 1919, 350, § 123.
1 Section 9. In this section surface or storm water and such other piumbing ot
2 waters as shall be specified by the department of public health shall be xownlto
3 designated as waters and all other waters and sewage shall be desig- -"""errapHng
4 nated as sewage. The owner of every estate whose sewage is to be taken jlo^ggg
5 into any metropolitan sewer shall, in plumbing his estate, so arrange }*^'|^^-
6 the plumbing as to keep the waters separate from the sewage, and shall, § 123.
7 as directed by the officer having charge of the maintenance of sewers in
8 the town, make connections for, and conduct, the waters into the drain
9 and the sewage into the sewer; but where only one conduit shall have
10 been provided in the street by the town, such owner shall, as directed
11 by said officer, construct said connections into the street and connect
12 them with the conduit so provided, and the town shall provide the other
13 conduit and all necessary connections with either conduit.
14 Any town, except Boston, using any metropolitan sewer may, in any
15 year, and shall, in any year specified by the officer or board having charge
16 of sewers, expend one twentieth of one per cent of its taxable valuation,
17 to be met by loan outside the debt limit, in the construction, in con-
18 nection with said sewers, of branch intercepting sewers, connections of
19 existing sewers with intercepting sewers, branch drains, sewers or drains
846
METROPOLITAN WATER.
[Chap. 92.
in any street where one thereof only shah have been built, and the neces- 20
sary connections aforesaid. 21
The supreme judicial and superior courts may enforce this section. 22
Construction
and main-
tenance of
water worlcs.
Towns in the
district. Fur-
nishing water
in and beyond
district, etc.
1895, 48S, § 3.
1897, 473, § 1.
1898, 293, § 2;
295, §§ 1, 2;
392.
1899, 349.
1901, 168.
« 1,5.
1902, 307, § 14.
1904. 457, § 1.
1906, 404.
1907, 238; 349.
1908, 560.
1919, 350,
§ 123.
201 Mass. 453.
211 Mass. 468.
219 Mass. 604.
Furnishing
water outside
district.
Payment
therefor.
Disposition
of sums so
received.
1902, 189.
1909, 258.
1917, 314.
METROPOLITAN W.^TER DISTRICT.
Section 10. The commission shall construct, maintain and operate 1
a system of metropolitan water works and shall provide thereby a 2
sufficient supply of pure water for the following named towns and 3
the inhabitants thereof: Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Chelsea, Ever- 4
ett, Lexington, Maiden, INIilton, Medford, Melrose, Nahant, Newton, 5
Quincy, Revere, Somerville, Stoneham, Swampscott, Watertown and 6
Winthrop, which shall be the metropolitan water district; shall secure 7
and protect the purity of said water; shall on application furnish water 8
to any town aforesaid that at the time of application owns its water pipe 9
system; shall on application admit any other town, any part of which is 10
within ten miles of the state house, into said water district, and furnish 11
water to the same on the terms prescribed by this chapter for the towns 12
aforesaid, and on payment of such sum as the commission may deter- 13
mine; shall on application furnish water to any water company owning 14
the water pipe system in any town within said ten miles, on such water 15
company assuming the assessments of the town, if any, and making such 16
payment as the commission may determine; and in case of fire or other 17
emergency may furnish water to any town or water company, on such 18
payment as the commission may determine; provided, that any such 19
town last referred to shall first have acquired the works of any water 20
company therein situated, constructed for the purpose of supplying said 21
town or its inhabitants with water. All payments aforesaid shall be 22
distributed to the towns in said district in proportion to the total amount 23
of the annual assessments theretofore paid by them respectively The 24
commission shall furnish water to the town or company^ by delivering 25
it into a main water pipe, reservoir or tank of the town or company, 26
under sufficient pressure for use without local pumping, unless delivered 27
in some other manner by mutual agreement between the parties inter- 28
ested; and shall have the direction and control of the connections be- 29
tween the metropolitan and local systems. 30
The commission may furnish water to any town or water company 31
owning the water pipe system in a section of a town, for the supply of 32
such section, although the town, or a part thereof, is within ten miles 33
of the state house, and the town has not been admitted into the met- 34
ropolitan water district, on payment by the town or water company of 35
such sum as the commission may determine; provided, that the sum 36
so determined in any case shall, in the opinion of the commission, exceed 37
the proper proportion of the entire assessment which would be imposed 38
upon the town were it a part of said district. Sums so paid to the com- 39
monwealth shall be applied by the state treasurer to the sinking fund 40
established for the payment of bonds issued on account of the metro- 41
politan water district. 42
The commission may, subject to all the provisions relating to the 43
construction, operation and maintenance by said commission of a water 44
supply system set forth in this chapter, sell and deliver water from any 45
of the reservoirs or aqueducts of the metropolitan water system to any 46
concentration camp established in the commonwealth by the United 47
ClIAP. 92.] METROPOLITAN WATER. 847
48 States, and lay and maintain such pipe lines and other works necessary
49 therefor, upon terms and conditions to be agreed upon by the duly
50 authorized officer or representative of the United States government
51 and said commission.
1 Section 11. The commission and any town or water company Agreements
2 included in section ten may agree with each other for the storing or pump- "r water com-
3 ing of water, or the furnishing of the same as provided in said section, by drslnbutLg
4 either party to any town or company; and any such town or company '^89"4l8', § ii.
5 may sell to the commission and the commission may purchase any ll^/'s*^*'
6 property of such town or company, whether taken by eminent domain }^°^'||^-
7 or otherwise, that the commission may deem desirable for use in fur- § 123.
8 nishing, as aforesaid, water to any town or water company.
1 Section 12. The commission may utilize the fall of water at any saie of power
2 dam under its charge, and may thereby produce power or electricity, isns, 4ss, § 3.
3 and may transmit such power or electricity by pipes, wires or other 1399; 349:
4 suitable means, and sell the same, or the right to use such water, by §§7,' 5.''*'
5 WTitten or other contract, to run for a term not exceeding fifteen years. J910' I*!; 12
6 Any person authorized by the commission shall have all the powers jS}*. 767. § 2.
7 relating to the production, sale and transmission of power and elec- § 123.
8 tricity given by this chapter to said commission. In the sale or disposal
9 of electricity generated in Clinton or Southborough for power or manu-
10 facturing purposes, preference shall be given to persons proposing to use
11 all of such electricity in the town where generated; provided, that there
12 are responsible persons so proposing to use all the electricity in the town
13 who shall offer to purchase the same on terms as advantageous as shall
14 be offered by others not so proposing to use the same; and the commis-
15 sion shall, at least ten days before making a contract for the sale of such
16 electricity, cause to be printed in some newspaper published in the town
17 where the electricity is to be generated a request for proposals for the
18 purchase of electricity to be sold by the commission.
1 Section 13. The commission mav, bv lease, license or other agree- May license
, . 1 ' • ,' 1 1 1 'a maintenance
2 ment, permit the construction and maintenance, on any land under its of poles and
3 control for water supply and water works purposes, of towers, poles, J^ansnuLion
4 wu-es and other structures for the purpose of transmitting electric power i909^''473."^'
5 over lands and waters of the commonwealth held for water supply pur- ^^/|^^^°'
6 poses; provided, that, in the opinion of the commission, such lease,
7 license or agreement will not affect or interfere with the metropolitan
8 water supply, and provided, further, that no lease, license or agreement
9 shall be given or made for a period of more than fifteen years.
1 Section 14. The commission shall allow not less than twelve million To^fjirnish
2 gallons of water to flow from the reservoir above the dam of the Lan- Lancaster
3 caster mills in Clinton in each week, and such further quantity, not "sgl; 48s, § 4.
4 exceeding twelve million gallons a week, as the owner of said mills shall §§°i';i.''*'
5 from time to time certify to be necessary for use therein and in other ^^l^^'f^°-
6 buildings now or hereafter owned by him, for domestic or manufacturing
7 purposes, other than the production of water power, and said com-
8 mission, in regulating the flow of said quantities, shall, as far as prac-
9 ticable, conform to any reasonable written request of the owner of said
10 mills.
848
METROPOLITAN WATER.
[Chap. 92.
Liability of
the com-
monwealth.
1S95. 488, §
1901, 168,
§§ 1,5.
1902, 391, §
1919, 350,
§ 123.
Section 15. The commission shall keep all water works constructed 1
or maintained by it and all bridges built by it across the reservoir upon 2
the Nashua river safe, and shall have charge of, use, maintain and 3
operate the same, and the commonwealth shall be exclusively responsible 4
for all damages caused thereby or by any defect or want of repair 5
therein. The commission shall have the exclusive right and control 6
over all ponds and reservoirs used by it in supplying water, and may 7
order all persons to keep from entering in, upon or o\'er the Avaters 8
thereof and the lands of the commonwealth or towns surrounding the 9
same; may inspect the water works and fixtures in any town supplied 10
wholly or in part from the works under the charge of the commission, 11
and may take all proper measures to determine the amount of water 12
used and wasted and to prevent the improper use or waste of water. 13
The commission may construct and maintain such works and pro\'ide 14
such other means as it may deem necessary for measuring the water 15
supplied to each of the towns in the metropolitan water district, and 16
the expenses thereof shall be considered as a part of the ex-penditure 17
reciuired for the construction and maintenance, respectively, of the 18
metropolitan water works. 19
Use of water
for domestic
purposes re-
stricted. Ex-
ception.
Charges in
Hingham and
Hull.
1895, 488, § 2:
1897, 336.
1909, 74.
Section 16. No town, except Hingham and Hull, any part of which 1
is within ten miles of the state house, or water company owning a water 2
pipe system in any such town shall, except in case of emergency, use 3
for domestic purposes water from any source not now used by it except 4
as provided in this chapter. If any town or towns in the metropolitan 5
water district shall take the franchise, works and property" 'in such 6
town or towns of any water company, the compensation to be allowed 7
and paid therefor shall not be increased or decreased by reason of this 8
chapter. No town in said water district now supplied with water by a 9
water company owning the water pipe system in such town shall in- 10
troduce water from the metropolitan water works until it shall first 11
have acquired the works of such company. No water company own- 12
ing a water pipe system in the towns of Hingham or Hull shall charge 13
more for water than a reasonable sum measured by the price ordinarily 14
charged for a similar service in other towns in the metropolitan dis- 15
trict. The selectmen of either of said towns or any persons deeming 16
themselves aggrie\'ed by the price charged for water by any such com- 17
pany in either of said towns may, in nineteen hundred and twenty- 18
three and every fifth year thereafter, apply by petition to the supreme 19
judicial court, asking to have the rate fixed at a reasonable sum measured 20
by the standard above specified; and two or more judges of said court, 21
after hearing the parties, shall establish such maximum rates as they 22
shall deem proper; and said maximum rates shall be binding upon said 23
water company until the same shall be revised or altered by said court 24
pui'suant to this section. 25
Public health
department to
protect metro-
politan water
by rules, etc.
Publication.
1895, 488, § 24.
1899, 308.
1901, 168,
§§ 1, 5.
Section 17. The department of public health shall make rules and 1
regulations for the sanitary protection of such waters used by the com- 2
mission for the water supply of any town or water company aforesaid. 3
The effect of publishing or posting any such order, rule or regulation 4
made either by the commission or the department shall be governed 5
by section one hundred and sixty-one of chapter one hundred and 6
eleven. 7
Chap. 92.] metropolitan \v.\ter. 849
1 Section 18. No person shall take or divert any water of a water Diversion.
2 supply of any town in said metropolitan water district from any water waste.'ete., of
3 source, reservoir, conduit or pipe used for supplying such water to or injury to
4 in any such town, or occupy, injure or interfere with any such water, profjfbit'ed.
5 or any land, building, aqueduct, pipe, drain, conduit, hydrant, ma- J*^|' ||^' 5 25-
6 chinery or other work or property so used, and no person shall cor- |J23. '
7 rupt, render impure, waste or improperly use any such water.
1 Section 19. The preceding section shall not apply to any person in Application
2 taking or diverting any such water or interfering with or occupying tnHimUmhAid.
3 any water, land or works therein described, by permission of the com- i<joi,' i*!!,' ^ ^'''
4 mission, or the water board, water commissioners or superintendent fliglgo,
5 of any town having charge of the land, water or works; nor to the in- Iq'^-j^ q -^^
6 dividual inhabitants of any town within the watershed of any water
7 supply used by the commission, or by any town aforesaid, in taking
8 from the part of the supply or from the tributaries of the supply within
9 their respective town limits so much of the water thereof as they shall
10 need for their ordinary domestic household purposes, for extinguishing
11 fires or for generating steam.
1 Section 20. The commission, and its employees designated for the Commission
2 purpose, shall enforce sections ten to nineteen, inclusive, and the rules, pfoyeeVto
3 regulations and orders made thereunder, and may enter into any build- andruie'r'^''
4 ing, and upon any land for the purpose of ascertaining whether sources ^^terworiis.
5 of pollution there exist, and whether said sections and the rules, regu- |foi' lii' ^ ^'^'
6 lations and orders made as aforesaid are complied with; and, where §§i,'6 '
7 the enforcement of any such laws, rules, regulations or orders will re- § 123.
8 quire public works for the removal or purification of sewage, the com-
9 mission shall not enforce the same until it has provided such works,
10 and the amount paid therefor shall be considered as part of the ex-
11 penses of construction of the metropolitan water works, and such works
12 shall be maintained and operated as a part of said water works.
1 Section 21. The supreme iudicial or superior court or anv justice Enforcement
_ . . , 1 11 • • • ^'j.* i? j_i of laws, rules,
2 of either court shall, in term time or vacation, on petition 01 the com- etc , by court
3 mission or of any town or person interested, have jurisdiction in equity i895;'488f 1 28.
4 or otherwise to enforce sections ten to nineteen, inclusive, and any rule, jf/.'i.®*'
5 regulation or order made thereunder, and to prevent any violation of j^/|^^^°'
6 said sections, rules, regulations or orders.
1 Section 22. Whoever violates any provision of sections ten to Penalties.
2 nineteen, inclusive, or violates or refuses to comply with any rule, regu- 1901,' les,'
3 lation or order made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not more 1919, |so,
4 than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year ^ ^^^■
5 in the house of correction, or both. Any such fine shall be to the use
6 of the commonwealth.
1 Section 23. All general laws relating to the water supplies of towns Laws as to
2 or the lands and other property used for such supplies shall, so far as w^er supplies,
3 consistent with the provisions of this chapter relating to the metro- isgj.'w's^'s'so.
4 politan water system, apply to and be observed in carrying out said Ifl;^^^-
5 provisions. 1919, 350, § 123. 1 Op. a. g. 402.
850
METEOPOLIT.\JSr WATER.
[Chap. 92.
Contractors
on water
works to
indemnify
1897, 339.
1901, 168.
§§ 1,S; 442.
1919, 350,
§ 123.
Section 24. The commission in making contracts for the con- 1
struction of metropoHtan water works shall require every employer of 2
labor engaged therein to give to each town where such labor may be 3
employed a bond in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, conditioned 4
to save harmless and indemnify such town against any loss, exi^ense or 5
charges that said town may legally incur because of pauper or indigent 6
employees brought to said town and having no settlement therein. This 7
section shall not depri^'e any town of any other rights or remedies. 8
Disposition
from sales of
Eroperty or
onds of water
district.
1895, 488, § IS.
1898, 464.
1901, 168,
§§ 1,5.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 25. The state treasurer shall apply the proceeds from the 1
sale or exchange of property of the metropolitan water system and the 2
proceeds from the sale of bonds of the Metropolitan Water Loan, exclu- 3
sive of the amounts received from premiums, to the payments for waters 4
or other property taken or purchased for said system, damages sustained 5
by any person in the construction, maintenance and operation of said 6
system of metropolitan water works, and payments for the expenses of 7
construction thereof; and shall apply any assessments provided for in 8
section twenty-six paid by towns of the metropolitan water district, and 9
the proceeds from the operation by the commission of said system, exclu- 10
sive of said proceeds from sales or exchanges of property, to the payment 1 1
of the interest, sinking fund reciuirements, and expenses of maintenance 12
and operation of said system. 13
Apportionment
of expenses on
cities and
towns. Arling-
ton and Quincy
not to pay for
certain water.
1895, 488, § 19.
1901, 168,
§§ 1,5; 489.
1904, 426.
1906, 457.
1919, 350,
§ 123.
1013, 422.
1919, 350,
§ 123.
Section 26. The state treasurer, for the purpose of making the 1
apportionment to the towns in the metropolitan water district of the 2
amount required in each year to pay the interest, sinking fund require- 3
ments and expenses of maintenance and operation of the metropolitan 4
water system, shall, in each year, apportion such amount to the towns 5
in said district, one third in proportion to their valuations for the pre- 6
ceding year and the remaining two thirds in proportion to their con- 7
sumption, in said year, of water received from all sources of supply as 8
determined by the commission and certified to said treasurer; provided, 9
that there shall be included in reckoning such proportion only one fifth 10
of the total valuation, and nothing for consumption of water, for any 11
town which has not reached the safe capacity of its present sources of 12
supply or of the sources of supply of the water company by which it is 13
supplied, determined as aforesaid, or which has not made application to 14
said commission for water; and provided, further, that any town as- 15
sessed upon its full valuation which obtains a part of its water supply 16
from its own works or receives a supply from a water company shall be 17
allowed and credited in its apportionment with a sum equal to twelve 18
dollars for each million gallons of water furnished as aforesaid, as deter- 19
mined by said commission and certified to said treasurer. The state 20
treasurer shall annually notify each town of the amount of its assess- 21
ment, and the same shall be paid by the town to the commonwealth at 22
the time required for the payment of and as part of its state tax. 23
Any town belonging to the metropolitan water district which is as- 24
sessed upon its total valuation, or which shall be admitted to the district, 25
and which shall agree with the commission to furnish from its own works 26
a constant and fixed quantity of water of proper quality for a term of 27
five or more years, as a part of its own water supply, such quantity to be 28
not greater than the safe capacity of its sources in a dry year as deter- 29
mined by said commission, shall be allowed and credited in its apportion- 30
ment with such sum for every million gallons furnished in accordance 31
Chap. 92.] metropolitan water. . 851
32 with the agreement so made, as shall be determined in each year by the
33 said commission and certified by it to the state treasm^er; provided, that
34 the said sum shall not be less than twenty-four dollars per million gallons
35 and shall not exceed the a\'erage cost to the metropolitan water district
36 of water furnished from the metropolitan water system during the year
37 preceding that in which the assessment is made.
38 Arlington and Quincy shall not be required to pay to the common- Arlington and
39 wealth any money toward the interest, sinking fund requirements, and pay for certain
40 expenses of maintenance and operation of the metropolitan water system, m"i54, § i;
41 or on any account whatsoever, for any water from their respective reser- lo^n.^lb,
42 voirs in Arlington, Braintree and Lexington which Arlington may sell or ^ ^^'^•
43 distribute in any year exclusively for mechanical, manufacturing or
44 agricultural purposes, or Quincy may sell or distribute in any year ex-
45 clusively for mechanical or manufacturing uses and purposes, and the
46 water so sold shall not be considered by the commission in determining,
47 under this section, the amount of water consumed by either of them
48 during said year, and Arlington and Quincy shall be exempt from any
49 provision of this section which authorizes the state treasurer to assess a
50 town on account of water from its own supply which it may so sell or
51 distribute; provided, that the commission certifies to the treasurer that
52 the water so sold and distributed has been used in the case of Arlington
53 for mechanical, manufacturing or agricultural purposes only and in the
54 case of Quincy for mechanical or manufactiu-ing purposes only.
1 Section 27. The water board, water commissioners or superinten- To™ water
2 dent of any .town in the metropolitan water district shall for their town ni'issionerHr
3 have the charge and control of the water sources, water and water works tolfave'controf
4 owned and used by said town and not taken or used by the commission, sou""^!''
5 Said board, commissioners or superintendent shall distribute and control J'ggj^^H"-
6 the use of the water so furnished, and apply meters and extend the pipes « 20, 21.'
7 and other work as they may deem expedient; shall keep the pipes, §§ i,'o.
8 fixtures and other works under their charge in good condition and repair, § 123. '
9 but shall not expend in any year more than the amount appropriated by
10 the town therefor. Said board, commissioners or superintendent, with
11 the approval of the mayor or selectmen, shall determine the rate to be
12 paid for water by the owner of the premises to which the water is fur-
13 nished, or by the persons using the water; provided, that the minimum
14 rates to be paid for water, and the premises to which the high service
15 supply shall be furnished, shall be subject to the approval of the com-
16 mission. Any such board, commission or superintendent shall for the
17 water works under their charge do all the acts and things relating to
IS buildings, machinery, roads, conduits, aqueducts, pipes and drains,
19 which the commission is authorized to do for the water works under its
20 charge, and may take lands therefor on behalf of the town by eminent
21 domain under chapter seventy-nine, in fee or otherwise, and shall do all
22 such acts and things in the manner in which the commission is authorized
23 to do similar things. The income received in each town from the water
24 works under the charge of its water board, water commissioners or super-
25 intendent, shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of mainte-
26 nance and operation incurred by said board, commissioners or superin-
27 tendent; the interest and sinking fund requirements of all bonds, notes
28 or scrip of the town issued on account of the water works of such town;
29 the assessment of the town to be paid to the state treasurer as provided
30 in section twenty-six; the expenses of the extension of the works; and
852
METROPOLIT,\JSr WATER.
[CH-AP. 92.
the balance, if any, as the town may determine. If such income in any 31
year shall not be sufficient for said payments the balance required there- 32
for shall be raised by taxation or by loan, as the town may determine; 33
and the town may assess such taxes and make such loans without further 34
authority from the general court. 35
Towns to
equip water
service with
meters.
1907, 524, § 1.
1919,350,
§123.
211 Mass. 46.S.
219 Mass. B04.
Section 28. All towns, districts or corporations which derive all 1
or any part of their water supply from the metropolitan system or from 2
sources used by or under the control of the commission shall equip 3
with water meters all water services installed for them, and shall also 4
annually equip with water meters five per cent of the water services 5
which were unmetered on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and 6
seven, until all are metered; and shall charge each consumer having a 7
meter service in proportion to the amount of water used; provided, 8
that no town or district shall, in any one year, contract for more than 9
the number of meters to be installed by it during that year under this 10
section; and provided, also, that a miniminn rate may be fixed for 11
which the consumer shall be entitled to a stated quantity of water. 12
preceding
section.
1909, 177, § 2.
1919, 350,
§123.
non?compiLnce SECTION 29. If a towu, district or water company in any year neg-
lects or refuses to comply with any provision of the preceding section,
it shall forfeit to the commonwealth for the use of the metropolitan
water district not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars
for each day after the expiration of said year during which such vio-
lation or neglect continues, to be recovered in an action of contract
brought in the county of Suffolk in the name of the commonwealth,
or by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at
the relation of the commission, brought in the supreme judicial court
for said county.
Regulation
and care of
meters.
1907, 524, § 3.
1909, 177, § 1.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 30. Meters shall receive the necessary care and mainte- 1
nance to secure proper efficiency and shall be tested or replaced by 2
the town, district or water company whenever there is reason to be- 3
lieve that the records furnished by them are inaccurate, or whenever 4
the service furnished is in other respects inefficient. Towns, districts 5
and water companies may make rules and regulations relative to the 6
care, maintenance and protection of meters, and for properly ascer- 7
taining and recording the amount of water actually used during speci- 8
fied periods by each water consumer. The commission shall supervise 9
and promote the enforcement of this and the two preceding sections; 10
and if any town, district or water company violates or neglects in any 11
respect to comply with a provision of said sections, the commission shall 12
forthwith give written notice of such violation or neglect, together 13
with the facts relative thereto, to the attorney general. The supreme 14
judicial court may have jurisdiction, upon an information in equity 15
filed by the attorney general, to enforce all the terms and provisions 16
of said sections. 17
Limit of appli-
cation of three
preceding
sections.
1907, 524, § 2.
Section 31. The three preceding sections shall not apply to the 1
water service for fire purposes only of any town, fire district or person, 2
nor shall such service be taken into consideration in computing metered 3
water service. All water used for the supply of public buildings or other 4
premises under the control of a town or district, and all water used from 5
Chap. 92.] metkopolit.w^ parks. 853
6 the public works for the flushing of sewers, watering of streets and all
7 other purposes, except for the extinguishment of fires, may be paid for
8 by the town or district.
1 Section 32. The commission, in constructing, maintaining and oper- Commission
may maintain
works, ch
watercoui
ways, etc.
4 duits and aqueducts; may lay and maintain pipes, drains, sewers and Jo^n™""^'"
5 wires; may alter or change grades or directions of watercourses; may •^"ydlfjja^ere'
6 carry and conduct any aqueduct, conduit, pipe, drain, sewer or wire etc
7 under or over any watercourse, or any railroad, or way, in such manner §§ 5^7.
8 as not unnecessarily to obstruct or impede travel thereon; may dig up §§2-4; '
9 any such way, and lay, maintain and repair aqueducts, conduits, pipes, 1899,^424,^^'
10 wires, sewers and other works beneath the surface thereof, conforming flot^^fes,
11 to any reasonable regulations made by the aldermen or the selectmen flj^'l^j
12 of the town where such works are performed, and restoring, so far as igioiaao,
13 practicable, any such way to as good order and condition as the same 164 Mass. 350.
14 was in when such digging was commenced. The commission may enter 332f335, 399. '
15 upon and use the lands of others; may take down dams to such an
16 extent as it may deem necessary for prosecuting its works, and shall
17 rebuild such dams whenever the necessity for keeping them down ceases;
18 shall use such lands and do all work relating to such dams, in a rea-
19 sonable manner with regard to the interests of the owners thereof, and,
20 so far as practicable, shall heed all reasonable requests made by such
21 owners; and in general may do any other act or thing necessary or
22 proper for carrying out the powers and duties conferred upon it. Any
23 person injured in his property by the entry upon or use of his land by
24 the commission under this section may recover his damages under chap-
25 ter seventy-nine.
26 The commonwealth shall indemnify and save harmless the several
27 towns where such ways may be against all damages recovered against
28 them, and shall reimburse them for all expenses incurred by reason of
29 any defect or want of repair in any way caused by the construction,
30 maintenance or repair of any of said works; provided, that the com-
31 mission shall have due and reasonable notice of all claims for such dam-
32 ages or injury and opportunity to make a legal defence thereto.
33 The commission may, with the consent of the aldermen or selectmen,
34 alter or change the location or grade of any way crossed by any sewer,
35 water pipe, aqueduct or conduit constructed by it or in which the works
36 may be located.
37 The commission, and the water board, water commissioners or super-
38 intendent of any town in the metropolitan water district, in exercising
39 the powers or discharging the duties conferred or imposed by this
40 chapter, may carry and conduct any aqueduct, conduit, pipe, drain or
41 wire under or over tide waters or the waters of Boston harbor by such
42 methods and in such manner as the department of public works shall
43 approve.
PARKS.
1 Section 33. The commission may acquire, maintain and make Metropolitan
2 available to the inhabitants of Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Braintree, t'rict.'"^iieser-
3 Brookline, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Dedham, Dover, Everett, ¥'own°wat*e'r
4 Hingham, Hull, Lynn, Maiden, Medford, Melrose, INIilton, Nahant, ^P^ffl^f^d. -
5 Needham, Newton, Quincy, Revere, Saugus, Somerville, Stoneham, 1|^|'^°'''
854 METROPOLITAN PARKS. [Ch.\P. 92.
Istl: Ei: § i. Swampscott, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Weston, West- 6
1898', 463', §i'. wood, Weymouth, Winchester, Winthrop and Woburn, which shall 7
1919,' 350,' ' constitute the metropolitan parks district, open spaces for exercise and 8
lOp^A.G. recreation, in this chapter called reservations; and, for the purposes set 9
2*o'p^ A.' G.*^' forth in this section, the jurisdiction and powers of the commission shall 10
I Op^A. G. extend to, and be exercised in, said district. 1 1
14^96,165, The commission may preserve and care for such public reservations, 12
and also, in its discretion and upon such terms as it may approve, such 13
other open spaces within said district as may be intrusted, given or 14
devised to the commonwealth for the general purposes of this section 15
or for any one or more of such purposes as the donor may designate. 16
The commission may, for the purpose of making the rivers and ponds 17
within said district more available as open spaces for recreation and 18
exercise, regulate the use of certain spaces along or near said rivers and 19
ponds, and care for and maintain spaces so regulated, and plant, care for, 20
maintain or remove trees, shrubs and growth of any kind within said 21
regulated spaces. _ 22
This section shall not limit existing rights of any town in relation to 23
water supply purposes or in any way obstruct its taking advantage of 24
such rights. 25
pLrtoTrust" Section 34. The state treasurer may, with the approval of the 1
i893''407 governor and council, receive and hold in trust for the commonwealth, 2
§§ 4,' 5. ' exempt from taxation, any grant or devise of lands or rights in land, and 3
1919; aso! any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, made for the 4
purposes of the preceding section, and shall preserve and invest the pro- 5
ceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by good and sufficient mortgage 6
or other securities. Said trust property shall be known as the Metro- 7
politan Parks Trust Fund, and shall be used and expended under the 8
direction of the commission and subject to its orders. Subject to the 9
terms of any such grant, gift, devise or bequest, the commission may 10
expend such funds, whether principal or income. 11
Commission SECTION 35. The commissiou may connect any way, park or other 1
may acquire , i» i i? i x Tj. 1 o
and maintain public opcu spacc With any part or the towns or the metropolitan parks z
bouiCTarfs"'^ district under its jurisdiction by suitable roadways or boulevards, in 3
§fi*.'3.**' this chapter called boulevards, and for this purpose exercise any of the 4
m9^350, rights and powers granted the commission in respect to reservatioiis, and 5
1 Op^A^G^588 ^^y construct and maintain along, across, upon or over lands acquired 6
I o"' a' g' 323' ^°^ ^^^^ boulevards or for reservations, a suitable roadway or boulevard. 7
''' ' ' ' The commission shall have the same rights and powers over and in regard 8
to said boulevards as are or may be vested in it in regard to reservations 9
and shall also have such rights and powers in regard to the same as, in 10
general, counties, cities and towns have over public ways under their 11
control. 12
ditSL'"'^ Section 36. The liability arising out of any defect or want of repair 1
b^^evar^ds ^ in any boulevard maintained by the commission under authority of the 2
1919; 35o; preceding section, and the rights and remedies thereto appertaining, 3
232"Ma63. 389. shall be in all respects the same as those provided by law in relation 4
to the repairs of public ways, in sections fifteen, eighteen to twenty, in- 5
elusive, twenty-two and twenty-five of chapter eighty-four and section 6
123.
CiLVP. 92.] METROPOLITAN PARKS. 855
7 one of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine. Actions seeking to enforce
8 such rights and remedies shall be brought against the commission as such,
9 but there shall never be any personal liability on the part of them or any
10 of them to any person injured as aforesaid by reason of such defect or
11 want of repair. Notices required to be served upon the defendant in
12 proceedings hereunder shall be served upon the commissioner or the sec-
13 retary. All sums recovered against said commission under the foregoing
14 provisions, together with any costs of suit and counsel fees, expenses and
1.5 interest, shall be deemed expenses of care and maintenance of boulevards.
1 Section 37. Except as provided in the two following sections, the Rules and
2 commission may make rules and regulations for the government and iPosfingTifd"'"'
3 use of the reservations or boulevards under its care and to govern ^nd'cSfcate
4 the public use of the Charles river, the Neponset river and the Mystic f^^^^^ j^^
5 river, within the metropolitan parks district, and of the ponds and other violation.
6 waters along which it holds abutting lands for reservations in said district; 1894; 2ss! § 3'.
7 provided, that no rule or regulation affecting waters used for water supply lla '§§^7%.
8 purposes shall take effect as to such waters until approved in writing by igoi,' 93°'
9 the water board or other officers having control of the same, nor shall any |^j'|^ ^^°'
10 rule or regulation affect the water rights of any person, whether a mill J^lj Mass. 57
11 owner or otherwise. is? Mass.' 221!
12 The commission shall cause such rules and regulations to be posted in 199 m.^ssJ 496;
13 the reser\ation or boule\-ard to which they apply, and shall also cause the 239l'59o.°'
14 same to be published at least three times in one or more newspapers l^a^ti^'^^'
15 published in the county where said reservation or boulevard is in whole 3 0p.A. g. 14.
16 or in part situated, and such posting and publication shall be sufficient
,17 notice to all persons. The sworn certificate of any member of the com-
18 mission or of its secretary of such posting and publishing shall be prima
19 facie evidence thereof.
20 Whoever violates any rule or regulation made hereunder shall be pun-
21 ished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
1 Section 38. The commission may make reasonable rules and regu- same for
2 lations, not impairing freight traffic, for the care, maintenance, protection Sn.*^ proof
3 and policing of the Charles river basin as defined in section two of chapter this^and^pre"
4 five hundred and twenty-foiu- of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine 5|95"^4lo"''s°7'
5 and amendments thereof, breaches of which rules and regulations shall '?9.V5?-- ,_
6 be breaches of the peace punishable by fine not exceeding fifty dollars koh'. afs. § 2.
7 for each offence. The commission shall cause such rules and regulations inio! 582! | i'
8 to be published three times in one or more newspapers published in Bos- l^/li ^ '
9 ton, and such publication shall be sufficient notice to all persons. The IS^^- ^- '^' "•
10 sworn certificate of any member of the commission or of its secretary of
11 such publication shall be prima facie evidence thereof. A copy of any
12 such rule or regulation, or of a rule or regulation made under the pre-
13 ceding section, attested by any member of the commission or its secre-
14 tary, shall be prima facie evidence that said rule or regulation was made
15 by the commission.
1 Section 39. The commission may make rules and regulations pro- Prohibiting
2 hibiting the pollution of the Charles river within the metropolitan parks ^hiries river.
3 district. Any person violating any rule or regulation made hereunder JgjgifsJ;
4 shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. § i^^-
856
METROPOLITAN PARKS.
[Chap. 92.
Maintaining
parts of reser-
vations outside
but contiguous
to district.
1895,450, §3.
1919.350,
§123.
Maintaining
accommoda-
tions for
boating and
bathing.
1897, 121. § 1.
1904, 320. § 1.
Section 40. The commission may accept and maintain as a portion 1
of the re.servations under section thirty-three any lands or rights in 2
land which may be given to the commonwealth, provided such lands 3
lie within the limits of the metropolitan parks district, or without such 4
limits but immediately contiguous thereto. 5
Section 41. The commission may provide and maintain upon res- 1
ervations and boulevards under its care,- suitable accommodations for 2
bathing and boating, and for the use of the same may establish rules and 3
regulations and make reasonable charges. i9i9, sso, § 123. 4
Granting
towns locatii
for sewers.
1900, 242.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 42. The commission may grant to towns locations for com- 1
mon sewers and drains in and across reservations or boulevards under 2
its care and control. Whene\'er a drain or sewer is laid in locations so 3
granted, the board of town officers respectively authorized to levy and 4
collect assessments for the laying of drains and sewers in such town 5
shall have the same power to levy and collect assessments for drains 6
and sewers laid in said reservations or boulevards as is given to them 7
by law in the case of drains and sewers laid in the public ways of such 8
town; provided, that no such assessment shall be levied upon any lands 9
belonging to the commonwealth. 10
Granting
street railw
or electric
railroad
locations.
Section 43. The commission may grant locations to street railways 1
or electric railroads within the boulevards and reservations in its care 2
and control. I900,4i3,§i. i908,30i,§i. 1919, 350. § 123. 3
Notices.
Hearings.
1900, 4 is,
1908.301,
1919,350,
§123.
2 Op. A. G
Section 44. The commission, upon petition of the directors of a 1
i 2- street railway company, or of an electric railroad company, for such 2
location, shall give notice to all parties interested of the time and place 3
42G. at which the commission w-ill give a hearing upon such petition, at least 4
fourteen days before the hearing, by publication in one or more news- 5
papers published in each town where the location petitioned for would 6
lie, and if none such is published, then by publication in one or more 7
newspapers published in each county where the location petitioned for 8
would lie; and after hearing, if in the opinion of the commission public 9
con\'enience and necessity so require, it may grant such location, or 10
any part thereof, upon such terms, conditions and obligations, and for 11
such compensation, as the public interest and a due regard for the rights 12
of the commonwealth may require; provided, that nothing herein con- 13
tained shall authorize the said commission to grant a location for poles 14
and overhead wires in any boulevard or reservation without the ap- 1.5
proval of the governor and council. Such locations shall be void unless 16
accepted in writing by the directors of such company wdthin thirty days 17
after receiving notice thereof. IS
Alteration, etc.,
of location.
1900,413, §3.
1908,301,13.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 45. The commission may by order aker, extend or revoke 1
any such location whenever in its opinion the public interest or the 2
rights of the commonwealth so require; provided, that before so doing 3
notice and hearing shall be given to the company and all persons in- 4
terested, as provided in the preceding section; and provided, further, 5
that any such company or any persons interested in any such order 6
may appeal therefrom to the governor and council, within fourteen 7
days after the filing of a copy of such order, as provided in the following 8
section. 9
Ch.\P. 92.] METROPOLITAN PARKS. 857
1 Section 46. The commission, within fourteen days after making Record of
2 any order granting a location to any street railway or electric railroad, i9oo?4i3, §4.
3 or an extension, alteration or revocation of a location, shall deposit a igjf; 350, ^ *'
4 copy of such order in the office of the clerk of the town where the loca- 5 123.
5 tion is granted, altered, extended or revoked, and the clerk of that
6 town shall receive and record the same.
1 Section 47. All street railway or electric railroad companies oper- Effect of four
2 ating under the four preceding sections shall remain subject to the Son'"^
3 duties and liabilities imposed by other provisions of law consistent i9os!soi;§5;
4 with said sections, and shall have the powers, duties and rights therein
5 authorized, all of which shall be in addition to and in amendment of any
6 charter or special provision of law or of the general laws under which
7 they are organized.
1 Section 48. All sums of money collected or received by the com- Metropolitan
2 mission in the exercise of its functions in relation to reservations or Fund. ^"^""^
3 boulevards, including current receipts from the bath houses and sums Jig?;!!?;!!!
4 received in the exercise of said functions for rentals, sales or use of Jgof'tel'^^'
5 property under its charge, and all fines recovered for violation of rules }gjg'3|Q'^^-
6 and regulations made by the commission, or for violation of the laws §123.
7 of the commonwealth within the limits of said reservations or boule-
8 vards, shall be accounted for and paid to the state treasurer, who shall
9 receive the same and hold and invest the same, together with money
10 collected or received by him in payment of betterments assessed by
11 the commission in its exercise of said functions, as a fund known as
12 the Metropolitan Parks Expense Fund. The commission may expend
13 said fund and any proceeds therefrom for the maintenance and im-
14 provement of the reservations and boulevards under its care, in ad-
15 dition to any loans or appropriations authorized for such purposes.
1 Section 49. The commission may make such agreements with any Location of
2 railroad corporation as may be necessary to secure or facilitate the acros™"^ ^
3 laying out, extension, construction and maintenance of a boulevard ig'os^we, § 1.
4 under the care or control of the commission across railroad lands or ^''/o^s^*"'
5 locations, and to indemnify such railroad corporation against any claims
6 for damages to persons or property, arising out of such laying out, ex-
7 tension, construction and maintenance.
1 Section 50. The commission shall give the railroad corporation Railroads to
2 thirty days' written notice of the proposed work, accompanied by a propo^ed"^" °
3 plan thereof; and if the commission is unable to agree with the rail- i905,'456, 5 2.
4 road corporation across whose land or location it desires to lay out, }^}|; l^-^ ^ ^■
5 extend and construct a boulevard, it may have its right to cross and §§ n^. 123.
6 the manner of crossing determined by the department of public utili-
7 ties; provided, that no crossing of such boulevard shall be at a level
8 with the railroad tracks and that no such boulevard shall be laid out,
9 extended and constructed across a railroad in such manner as to injure
10 or obstruct the railroad.
1 Section 51. The department of public utilities, upon petition of ^f^P^^"?""'
2 the commission and after due notice to the railroad corporation, shall J!'^'|;f^^^^^^J
3 hear the parties, and, if of the opinion that said petition should be ^^1^'°^
4 granted, shall make a decree describing the place, time and manner of 1905, 456, § a.
858
METROPOLIT.USr PARKS.
[Chap. 92.
1913, 784, §
1919. 3.50,
§§117,123.
constructing such crossing, and how much, if any, of the work made 5
necessary by such crossing shall be done by the corporation; and there- 6
after the commission may lay out, construct and maintain such boule- 7
vard across the railroad in accordance with the terms of said decree. 8
Payment
of cost.
1905, 456,
1919. 350,
§123.
Section 52. All expenses of, and incident to, constructing and 1
maintaining any roadway or parkway crossing a railroad, as provided in 2
the three preceding sections, shall be borne by the commonwealth, and 3
shall be paid out of the funds available for use by the commission for 4
boulevard or reservation purposes, unless otherwise determined by an 5
agreement between the commission and any such railroad corporation. 6
Band concerts.
1906, 375.
1907,433.
1908, 324.
1909, 145, I 1.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 53. The commission may provide band concerts in such 1
parks, parkways or other places under its control for boulevard or 2
reservation purposes, and at such times, as it may select. Said com- 3
mission shall include in its annual estimate of the expense of mainte- 4
nance of the metropolitan parks system for each year such sum as it 5
may recommend should be appropriated for the purposes of this section. 6
Apportionment
of interest,
sinking fund
and serial or
other bond re-
quirements.
1893, 407, § 10.
1894, 288, § 8.
1896, 550,
§§2,4.
1899,419;
464, §§ 1,3,4.
1901,456, § 2.
1903, 465, § 9.
1906, 402, § 2.
1909, 524, § 11.
1920, 443, § 1.
165 Mass. 497.
178 Mass. 213.
180 Mass. 471.
209 Mass. 381.
227 Mass. 183.
Section 54. The proportions in which each of the towns of the metro- 1
politan parks district, including Cohasset with respect to Nantasket 2
beach reservation only, shall annually pay money into the treasury of 3
the commonwealth to meet the interest, sinking fund and serial or other 4
bond requirements for each year and any deficiency in the amounts pre- 5
viously paid in, as estimated by the state treasurer, shall be as follows : 6
Boston shall pay as a special assessment sixteen and two thirds per cent 7
of the money so required on account of the amount expended for con- 8
struction of the marginal conduit on the Boston side of the Charles river 9
basin as heretofore determined by the apportionment commission ap- 10
pointed by the supreme judicial coiu-t in the year nineteen hundred and 11
ten; Cambridge shall pay as a special assessment sixteen and two thirds 12
per cent of the money so required on account of the amount expended 13
for construction of the marginal conduit on the Cambridge side of the 14
Charles river basin as heretofore determined by the said apportionment 15
commission; and the payment of the balance shall be based upon the 16
respective taxable valuations of the property of said towns of the metro- 17
politan parks district. 18
Apportionment
of maintenance
of reservations,
except Nan-
tasket beach
and Charles
river basin.
1893, 407, § 10.
1894, 288, § 8.
1896, 550,
§§2,4.
1899, 419,
§§1,3.
1901,456, §2.
1920, 443, § 2.
165 Mass. 497.
178 Mass. 213.
180 Mass. 471.
Section 55. The proportion in which each town of said district shall 1
annually pay money into the treasury of the commonwealth to meet the 2
cost of maintenance of reservations, exclusive of Nantasket beach reser- 3
vation and the Charles river basin, and any deficiency in the amounts pre- 4
viously paid in, as found by said treasurer, shall be apportioned accord- 5
ing to the average percentage of valuation and population, determined 6
as to any town by adding together the percentage which the valuation of 7
the same bears to the total valuation of the towns of the district and the 8
percentage which the population of the same bears to the total popula- 9
tion of the towns of the district, and dividing this sum by two. 10
227 Mass. 183.
ofmaintTnT™e SECTION 50. The proportion in which each town of the metropolitan 1
of^bou'j^vards, parks district, including Cohasset with respect to the maintenance of 2
bMchreserva- Nautaskct bcach reservation only, shall annually pay money into the 3
Ch.\P. 92.] lIETROPOLIT.iN SEWERS, WATER .\ND PARKS. 859
4 treasury of the commonwealth to meet the cost of maintenance of said cg"^^"'' ;^
5 reservation and the Charles river basin and one half the cost of mainte- basin.
6 nance of boulevards and any deficiency in the amounts previously paid is94! 288! § s. '
7 in, as found by said treasurer, shall be based upon the respective taxable §'§ 2','4. '
8 valuations of the property of said towns. The remaining half of the cost H^f,'!/^'
9 of maintenance of boulevards sha
10 as a part of the annual state tax.
1903, 40.5. § 9. 1920. 443. 5 3. ISO Mass. 471.
1906. 402. § 2. 165 Mass. 497. 209 Mass. 381.
1909, 524, § 11. 178 Mass. 213. 227 Mass. 183.
1 Section 57. The commission shall annually, in accordance with the commission to
2 provisions of the three preceding sections, determine the proportion in "onment?^"'^
3 which each of the towns of said district shall annually pay money into the }|94; Igg' |s°'
4 treasury of the commonwealth to meet the interest, sinking fund and Jf^g^'l^"'
5 serial or other bond requirements and the cost of maintenance of reser- 1899. 419,
6 vations and boulevards, and shall transmit the determination of the com- 464,'§ 4.
T • • X xl, J. J. J. 1901, 450, § 2.
7 mission to the state treasurer.
1903, 465, §9. 1906, 402, §2. 1909, 524, § 11. 1920.443,5 4.
1 Section 58. The amount of money required each year from every Assessments
2 such town to meet the interest, sinking fund and serial or other bond treasurer:
3 requirements and the cost of maintenance aforesaid, and the deficiency, i89™407,
4 if any, shall be estimated by the state treasurer, in accordance with the ||9V'288'
5 proportions determined as aforesaid bv said commission, together with H^- ^P.-'
/-. -Ill 1 "• n ' o _ 1896, 5o0,
0 any amounts required by law to be specially assessed upon any particular §§ 3,4.
7 town, and shall be included and made a part of the sum charged to such §§2,'3:
8 town, and shall be paid by such town into the state treasury at the time igoi, 456, § 2.
9 required for the payment of its proportion of the state tax. JgoJ]; 40I; 1 2:
1909.524,511. 1920,443,5 5.
1 Section 59. For the purposes of the five preceding sections, the Definitions.
2 words " taxable valuations of the property of towns " shall mean taxable ^^^°' ■**^' ^ ^'
3 valuations of property last established next prior to such apportionment
4 by the general court as a basis of apportionment for state and county
5 taxes. The words "population of the towns" shall mean the population
6 as determined by the latest census, state or national, next prior to such
7 apportionment.
miscellaneous provisions.
1 Section 60. The expense of the salaries of the metropolitan district Payment of
2 commissioners, and such expense of maintenance of the general office and tenanc"oT°"
3 otherwise as the commission shall determine are not clearly or wholly w^er^and
4 incurred in the maintenance work of any one of the metropolitan parks, igjg^lso'^™^'
5 boulevards, water or sewerage systems or districts, shall be paid: one 5 129.
6 fourth as maintenance of reservations by the metropolitan parks district;
7 one fourth as maintenance of boulevards by said district and the com-
8 monwealth in equal parts; one fourth by the metropolitan water district;
9 and one fourth in equal parts each by the north and south metropolitan
10 sewerage districts. The state treasurer shall include the amounts required
11 of each town of said districts and of the commonwealth to meet said
12 expenses in the sums assessed upon said towns in the annual state tax.
1 Section 61. The police appointed or employed by the commission. Authority of
2 except special women police officers, shall have within the metropolitan isgs,^"^!^^!'.
3 parks district, and within the towns outside said district wherein any of §§^3'i^^'
860
METROPOLIT,\N SEWERS, WATER AND P,\EKS.
[Chap. 92.
1919.350,
§ 128.
1920, 567.
the property of the metropolitan water and sewerage districts is situated, 4
all the powers of police officers and constables of towns of this common- 5
2 Op! a.' G.' 11,^' wealth, except the power of serving and executing civil process, and when 6
*^- on duty may carry such weapons as the said commission shall authorize. 7
Such special women police officers shall have all said powers, except in 8
relation to the service of ci\'il process and to the carrying of weapons, but 9
only within said parks district. 10
Days off
for polire.
1908,47(3,
Section 62. Members of the police force of the commission shall be 1
excused from duty without loss of pay for a number of days in each year 2
equal to one day in every thirty days, such days off to be assigned by the 3
commission or by the chief of said force acting under its direction. 4
Call officers,
employment i
1916,56,
§§1,2.
1918, 82.
1919, 350,
§§ 63, 128.
Wages of
laborers.
1911,541.
1913, 685.
Section 63. The commission may appoint and employ as a call officer 1
for temporary police duty any member of the reserve police force of any 2
town within the metropohtan parks district, or any person on the list of 3
the department of civil service and registration of eligibles for appoint- 4
ment to any such reserve police force or to the permanent police force of 5
any such town; provided, that the assent of the chief of police of the 6
town shall first be obtained for the employment of any member of its 7
reserve police force of such town as herein provided. Employment by the 8
commission of any such reserve police officer shall not prevent his employ- 9
ment by the town where he resides whenever his services may be required 10
by its chief of police. Any such call officer shall, while on duty, have all 11
the powers and authority conferred upon police officers of the commission 12
by section sixty-one. 13
Section 64. The wages paid by the commission to laborers directly 1
employed by it shall be not less than two dollars and fifty cents a day. 2
1919, 350, § 123.
Saturday
half holidays.
1912, 628.
1914,455.
1916,258.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 65. Laborers and mechanics in the service of the commission, 1
except those employed in the pumping stations and at the bath houses 2
under the control of the commission, shall be given a half holiday each 3
week without loss of pay, and, if practicable, the half holiday shall be on 4
Saturday. If, however, the public service so requires, the commission 5
may at any time during the year give to the laborers and mechanics in 6
its service, in lieu of the said half holidays, days off duty, without loss of 7
pay, equivalent in time to the half holidays which would otherwise be 8
given under this section. 9
Stendants^*^" Section 66. In the state bath houses under the care of the commis- 1
loil.^es's""^'^^ sion the women attendants shall receive the same scale of wages as the 2
1919,350, §123. jQgjj attendants, when performing similar work. 3
Agreements
for lighting
reservations
and boulevard
1914,515, §1.
1916, 107.
1919,350,
§ 123.
Section 67. The commission may enter into an agreement with any 1
electric light, power or gas company within the metropolitan parks 2
district, for a period not exceeding ten years, for the lighting of any part 3
of the boulevards or reservations under the control of the commission, 4
upon such terms as said commission deems most advantageous to the 5
commonwealth. 6
^r'iceofii"ht Section 68. The commission and a gas or electric light company, 1
Eowfixed? parties to any such contract, shall, upon complaint of the commission 2
§§ 2,3. ' ^ or application of the company to the department of public utilities, have 3
Chap. 92.] METROPOLiT.iN sewers, water and p.\rks. 861
4 the right to have any question of the quaHty or price of gas or electric
5 hght sold and delivered or of the service rendered determined by said
6 department, and the provisions of sections ninety-three and ninety-four
7 of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall, as far as applicable, apply
8 to the determination of such questions.
1 Section 69. The commission may replace or rebuild any bridge over chariesriver
2 the Charles river within the metropolitan parks district whenever funds 1910^^628,
3 for the purpose shall become available by gift under the provisions of 19/1,^439,
4 this section; provided, that no such bridge shall be replaced or rebuilt 1919^350,
5 unless the consent of the city council and of the selectmen of any town loj^^^^g ^g
6 in which any part of the bridge is situated shall first be obtained. Any
7 such bridge may be replaced or rebuilt without a draw for the passage of
8 vessels, and may be of no greater height above the water than, in the
9 judgment of the commission, the architectural appearance of the bridge
10 would require, except that every such bridge over the Charles river
1 1 basin shall be so constructed as to leave a clear height of at least twelve
12 feet above the ordinary level of the water in the basin over the main ship
13 channel, and the piers and other obstructions to the flow of the river
14 shall be constructed in such form and in such places as the secretary of
15 war of the United States shall approve. When the work of replacing or
16 rebuilding any such bridge is completed, the bridge shall be maintained
17 and policed under and in accordance with the laws governing such main-
18 tenance and policing at the time when the work was begun. The state
19 treasurer may receive, hold, manage and invest any funds given or be-
20 queathed to him in trust by any person, upon such terms, conditions
21 and limitations as the donor may impose, for the purpose of enabling
22 the commission to carry out the provisions of this section, and the com-
23 mission, whenever it shall deem that the public interests so require,
24 may expend, under authority of this section and of any other provision
25 relating to the acquirement and maintenance of reservations or boule-
26 vards by the commission, any such funds in accordance with the terms,
27 conditions or limitations aforesaid. Any owner or lessee of property
28 abutting on the Charles river above any drawless bridge built under the
29 authority of this section and under authority of the act of congress en-
30 titled " An Act to authorize the construction of drawless bridges across a
31 certain portion of the Charles river in the State of Massachusetts", ap-
32 proved February twenty-seven, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be
33 entitled to adequate compensation for damages, if any, caused to said
34 property or leasehold interests therein, by reason of the interference with
35 access by water to said property due to the construction of any such
36 drawless bridge, in accordance with pro\'isos contained in said act of
37 congress. Upon petition of any such owner or lessee entitled to such
38 damages, filed in the supreme judicial court within one year after any
39 such bridge without a draw is opened for public travel, said court shall
40 appoint three commissioners to hear the parties in interest, and to assess
41 the damages to said property; and the decision of said commissioners
42 as to the amount of said damages and as to questions of fact involved
43 shall be final.
1 Section 70. No person shall deface or injure any part of the injury to
2 Charles river dam, or any wharf, wall or other structure or any mech- da"*^"^^"^
3 anism connected therewith, or unnecessarily open any drawbridge con- §5°%^*^"
862
METROPOLITAN SEWERS, WATER AND PARKS.
[Chap. 92.
nected therewith or obstruct the passage thereof; nor shall any per- 4
son, without the consent of the person in charge of the drawbridge, 5
make fast to the dam, bridge, draw, guard, pier or any appurtenance 6
thereof any vessel, scow, raft or float, or remain inside of the draw 7
gates or on any pier, wharf, fender or appurtenance of the draw while 8
the gates are closed; nor shall any person having charge of a vessel 9
passing through the draw of such bridge refuse or neglect to comply 10
with the directions of the person in charge relating to such passing. 11
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a 12
fine of not more than twenty dollars. 13
raUkimg'with Section 71. No pcrsou shall permit or suffer any vessel, scow, raft 1
ChSeidver"^ ^^' ^'^^^ ^'^ comc in contact with either of the gates of the lock of the 2
1909' ■'86 Charles river dam. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by 3
§§3,4. ' a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 4
Powers as to
shipwrecked
vessels and
property and
removal of
WTecks from
Charles river
basin.
1910, 585, § 1.
1918.257,
§335.
1919,5; 350,
§§ 111,123.
1920, 2.
Section 72. The commission shall have the same authority rela- 1
tive to wrecked vessels or other shipwrecked property on the shores or 2
waters of the Charles river basin as is given the division of waterways 3
and public lands of the department of public works by section thirty- 4
eight of chapter ninety-one relative to such vessels or property on other 5
shores or waters of the commonwealth; and the commission shall have 6
the same authority relative to the removal from said basin of wrecked, 7
sunken or abandoned vessels, or of any unlawful or unauthorized struc- 8
ture or thing deposited or suffered to remain in the waters of said basin 9
and obstructing safe and convenient navigation therein, as is given said 10
division by sections thirty-nine to forty-five, inclusive, of chapter ninety- 1 1
one, relative to such removal from the tide waters of the commonwealth, 12
and said sections, so far as applicable, shall apply to such removals by the 13
commission. 14
Disposal of
old vessels.
1910,585, §2.
1919, 350,
§§ 111, 123.
Section 73. The commission shall have the same authority rela- 1
tive to the breaking up and disposing of old vessels and other floating 2
structures in said Charles river basin that is given to the division of 3
waterways and public lands of the department of public works by sec- 4
tions forty-six to forty-nine, inclusive, of chapter ninety-one in relation 5
to the harbors of the commonwealth. 6
License of
encroach-
ments in
Charles river
basin.
1909, 524, § 3.
1911,498.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 74. The commission may license the maintenance of those 1
parts of buildings and of the foundations of buildings which on July 2
first, nineteen hundred and ten, projected into, upon or over the em- 3
bankment of the Charles river basin. Said licenses shall be granted 4
upon such terms, conditions, restrictions and agreements, and for such 5
period of years, not exceeding twenty-five, as the commission may 6
deem best; provided, that licenses shall be revocable at any time by 7
the commission. The granting of such a license shall in no event be 8
construed to create in the licensee any title to the land into, upon or 9
over which any licensed encroachment shall project, and no person shall 10
by the maintenance of parts of buildings or foundations of buildings 11
herein described, with or without such license, acquire any rights by 12
prescription or adverse possession in any part of the Charles river 13
embankment. 14
Chap. 92.] metropolit.\n sewers, water akd p.\rks. 863
1 Section 75. The commission may appoint from its police force a Appointment
2 harbor master and assistant harbor masters who shall respectively marterand
3 have and exercise within the Charles river basin all the powers and irillTi?.'
4 authority which now appertain by law to the offices of harbor master f/lj^^"'
5 and assistant harbor masters for the port of Boston appointed by
6 the police commissioner of Boston. The commission may require such
7 further duties of these officers, including the duties of officers and
8 members of the police force appointed by the commission, consistent
9 with the provisions of law, as the commission may deem expedient.
10 The harbor master and assistant harbor masters appointed hereunder
11 shall receive the pay which may be established for the grade or rank
12 which they respectively hold in the police force of the commission.
1 Section 76. The commission may order the remo\'al of all sewage Prevention of
2 and other polluting matter or factory waste as a common nuisance chirierriver
3 from the Charles ri\er and its tributaries below Waltham and from the im3!'465, § 7.
4 Charles river basin; and no sewer, drain or overflow or other outlet Jnog' jSf ' | f ■
5 for factory or house drainage or for any other drainage shall hereafter l^'f^^^"'
6 be connected with said basin or the river below Waltham without the
7 approval of the commission.
1 Section 77. The commission, on behalf of the commonwealth, may commission
2 take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by pur- ™cqufr''e''ilnds
3 chase or otherwise, anv lands, watercourses, rights of way or easements, f"';""'"^""
. 11*' !• II . pohtansewer-
4 and may take by emment domana under chapter seventy-nme, or acquire agesystems.
5 by purchase or otherwise, or enter and use, any existing sewers or parts of ism] 279!
6 sewers necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter relative i809!424!i3;
7 to the construction, maintenance and operation of systems of sewage §§°i,'5.^*'
8 disposal authorized by section one. 1919, 350, § 123.
Section 78. The commission, on behalf of the commonwealth, may Ci
ommission
, _ acquire lands
3 chase or otherwise, lands in fee, easements, rights and other property [SSan'^ter
4 that it deems necessary or desirable for carrying out the powers and duties isgl^ss
5 conferred upon it by the provisions of this chapter relative to the con- i9oi.'i6s!
6 struction, maintenance and operation of a system of metropolitan water 1919, 350. § 123.
7 works. ,
1 Section 79. For the purposes set forth in section thirty-three, the Commission
2 commission, acting so far as may be in consultation with the proper local ^qui're'^ianda
3 boards, on behalf of the commonwealth, may take in fee or otherwise, by t^onT^""'
4 purchase, gift, devise, or eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, }|p'|5^'^*'
5 lands and rights in land for reservations within the metropolitan parks i898!463i§i.
6 district, or take bonds for the conveyance thereof; and may take by §§ i.'s.
7 eminent domain under said chapter, or acquire by agreement or other- § 123. '
8 wise, the right forever, or for such period of time as the commission deems
9 expedient, to plant, care for, maintain or remove trees, shrubs and growth
10 of any kind within certain spaces regulated by the commission along or
11 near rivers and ponds within said district; and may take or impose by
12 eminent domain under said chapter, or acquire the benefit of, by agree-
13 ment or otherwise, such restrictions upon such regulated spaces as it
14 deems expedient; provided, that no private property shall be taken or
864
METROPOLITAN SEWERS, WATER .t\D PARKS.
[ClL\P. 92.
restrictions imposed by eminent domain hereunder without the con- 15
currence of a majority of the commission and of the board of park com- 16
missioners, if any, of the town where said property is situated. 17
Section 80. For the piu-pose of carrying out section thirtj^-five, the
for boulevards. i i i i -c i ■ • t • i i
1894,288, § 1. commonwealth, bv purchase, giit, devise, or eminent domain under chap-
1919 350 . ' P' ' ' ^ ^ _ 1
§ 123. ' ter seventy-nine, any land or easements or interests in land within the
^' ' ■ " ■ metropoHtan parks district, although the land so taken, or any part
thereof, be already a public way; provided, that the concurrence of the
city council in Boston for Suffolk county or the concurrence of each
other county or city or town outside of Suffolk county, wherein any
portion of any public way, land or rights in land is taken by eminent
domain, be obtained to the taking of said portion by vote of its county 10
commissioners, city council or selectmen, respectively. 11
may seiTiand SECTION SI. The commission may, at public or private sale, dispose 1
not needed of auv property, real or personal, no longer needed for the construction, 2
for maintenance ^t/rii' ^ ir > o ^ 'iiio
of sewerage maintenance or operation ot sewers, under section one, provided that 3
such sale shall not impair the maintenance and operation of said sewerage 4
systems. Real estate so sold may be conveyed, subject to such easements, 5
reservations and restrictions as the commission deems necessary to secure 6
the maintenance, renewal and operation of said sewers, by deed duly 7
executed by the commission on behalf of the commonwealth, with or with- 8
out warranty. The net proceeds of any such sales, after deducting all 9
necessary expenses incurred thereby, shall be paid to the commonwealth 10
and shall be credited to and form a part of the fund to be used in the 11
construction or maintenance of said sewers. 12
systems.
1892, 251.
1896, 406,
§§11-13.
1899, 424,
§§ 10-12.
1901, 168,
§§1.5.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 82. The commission may sell, at public or private sale, any
§§11.18.
1898, 464.
1009, 473.
1919,350,
§123.
Commission
not needed for property, real or personal, whether taken by eminent domain or otherwise,
of^watersystem. no longer nccdcd for the water works under its charge, or may from time
to time lease any property not so needed. In any case where the com-
mission may sell such real estate, it may convey it and receive therefor
in exchange other real estate, the title of the same to be taken in the
name of the commonwealth, and may cause money to be paid or received
to make the exchange equal. And the commission may make grants or
conveyances of easements and receive therefor in exchange other ease-
ments, money or such considerations as may be deemed suitable by it, 10
the title of such easements to be taken in the name of the common- 11
wealth. All money received under this section shall be paid to the 12
commonwealth and applied to the payments for the property taken 13
by the commission for water works purposes, the payment of damages 14
caused by such takings, and of expenses of construction of said water 15
works. 16
Commission
may grant or
accept title to
interestsin
land and sell
personal
property of
park system.
1895,450,51.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 83. The commission may, for all purposes consistent with 1
the purposes specified in sections thirty-three and thirty-five, erect, 2
maintain and care for buildings, and grant easements, rights of way or 3
other interests in land, including leases, in any portion of the lands taken 4
or acquired by it for the purposes of said sections, and may accept and 5
assent to any deed containing reservations of such easements or other 6
Chap. 92.] metropolitan sewt:es, water and parks. 865
7 interests in land, all for such considerations or rentals, and upon such
8 terms, restrictions, provisions or agreements, as the commission may
9 deem best. The commission may sell at public or private sale surplus
10 earth, rock, ice, wood, hay, standing grass, old buildings, and mate-
11 rials no longer needed for the maintenance of boulevards or reservations
12 under its charge and may collect the money due from such sales and
13 sue to recover or enforce the collection thereof in the courts of the
14 commonwealth.
1 Section 84. The commission may, with the concurrence of the park Authority to
2 commissioners, if any, of the town where the property is situated, by deed i895, 456, § 2.
3 recorded in the county where the land lies, accompanied by plan or sur- §^123.^^°'
4 vey, abandon any easement or other right in land less than the fee taken
5 by the commission by right of eminent domain for reser\'ation or boule-
6 vard purposes, and said abandonment shall revest title thereof, as if
7 never taken, in the persons, their heirs and assigns, in whom vested at the
8 time of the taking.
1 Section 85. The commission, with the concurrence of the park com- Commission
2 missioners, if any, in the town where the property is situated, may sell Smterest"
3 at public or private sale any portion of the lands or rights in land the title acq'Sr'edfor
4 to which has been taken or received or acquired and paid for by it for the vard°'^''°"s*^
5 purposes set forth in sections thirty-three and thirty-five, and may, with JIjo'IIq'^--
6 the concurrence of such park commissioners, execute a deed thereof, with § 123.
7 or without co^'enants of title and warranty, all in the name and behalf of
8 the commonwealth, to the purchaser, his heirs and assigns, and deposit
9 said deed with the state treasurer, together with a certificate of the terms
10 of sale and price paid or agreed to be paid at said sale, and, upon receipt
11 of said price and upon the terms agreed in said deed, he shall deliver
12 the deed to said purchaser. The state treasurer may, by the attorney
13 general, sue for and collect the price and enforce the terms of any such
14 sale.
15 If the commission votes, under this or the preceding section, to abandon
16 or sell any portion of the lands or rights in land so taken or acquired by it,
17 and the park commissioners in any town where said property or right in
18 property is situated refuse or fail to concur with the commission within
19 fourteen days from the gi\'ing of written notice of such \ote to said park
20 commissioners, the commission, upon written notice of not less than seven
21 days to said park commissioners, may appear before the governor and
22 council and ask their concurrence in such sale or abandonment; and if
23 the governor and council, after hearing, concur in such sale or abandon-
24 ment, it shall have full force and effect.
1 Section 86. Whenever, by reason of a taking by the commonwealth Reservations
2 through the commission for reservation or boulevard purposes, a public fntekliS"™^
3 way is so affected that the public rights therein might otherwise be Jl^g; 3^0; ^ ^'
4 abridged, either by being wholly or partly included within the tak- § 123.
5 ing, any and all exceptions and reservations made in said taking in
6 fa\'or of any municipality within which said way or part thereof lies,
7 and of the public, and of persons, shall be valid, effectual and binding;
8 and in order to insure to the parties concerned the full and perfect en-
9 joyment of the uses thereby reserved the commission may make grants
10 of or convey easements, enter into agreements, issue licenses, and gener-
86G
METROPOLITAN SEWERS, WATER AND PARKS.
[Chap. 92.
ally conclude arrangements to that end; but no such grant, agreement, 11
license or arrangement shall be taken or held to abrogate or abridge 12
the control of the commission over the land included in said taking 13
except as in said exceptions and reservations provided, or the right of 14
the commission to make rules and regulations for the go\^ernment and 15
use of any boulevard or crossway which may be laid out and main- 16
tained o\er said land or o\'er any portion thereof, not inconsistent with 17
such exceptions and reservations. 18
Transfer of
care and
control.
1893. 407, §
1896,465, §
1898,453.
1919,350,5
3 0p,A.G.
Section 87. The commission may transfer, for care and control, 1
including police protection, any lands or rights or easements or interest 2
■i. ill land held by it under sections thirty-three and thirty-five to any .3
123. city, town, county, or local board of a city or town within the metro- 4
'^^' politan parks district, with the consent of such city, town, county or 5
board, and upon such terms and for such period as may mutually be 6
agreed upon, and enter into an agreement with any such city, town, 7
county or board for the joint care and control or police protection of 8
such lands or rights therein, and also for laying out, constructing and 9
maintaining ways into or across any such lands; and any city, town, 10
or county, or any local board within the metropolitan parks district, 11
may transfer, for care and control, including police protection, any 12
land, rights, easements or interest in land in its control, although the 13
same be already a part of a public way owned or controlled by it, to 14
the commission for such period and upon such terms as may mutually 15
be agreed upon, and may enter into an agreement with the commis- 16
sion for the joint care and control, including police protection, of such 17
land or public way. The liability arising out of any defect or want 18
of repair in any public way within the limits of such land as may be 19
transferred, for care and control under this section, to the commission, 20
and the rights and remedies thereto appertaining, shall be in all respects 21
the same as those provided in relation to the repairs of public ways 22
by sections fifteen, eighteen to twenty, inclusive, twenty-two and twenty- 23
five of chapter eighty-four and section one of chapter two hundred and 24
twenty-nine. Actions for the enforcement of such rights and remedies 25
shall be brought against the commissioners as such, but there shall be no 26
personal liability on their part to any person injured as aforesaid by 27
reason of such defect or want of repair. Notices required to be served 28
upon the defendant in proceedings hereunder shall be served upon any 29
member of the commission or upon its secretary. All sums recovered 30
against said commission under the foregoing provisions, together with 31
costs, counsel fees, expenses and interest, shall be taken and held to be 32
expenses of care and maintenance of boulevards. 33
andTo'Stribu- Section 88. The commissiou may join with any city, town or 1
fj^onsfor^ county in the laying out, improvement, relocation, widening, repairing, 2
of ways, maintaining and caring for any public way, bridge or stream which lies 3
sewers, water , ^ J . l j j. a
pipes, etc. along or connects any reservation or boulevard, or any sewer, water 4
i9i9!35o,'5i23. pipe or other conduit in such public way or bridge, or in or across any 5
park, boulevard or reservation owned or controlled by the commission, 6
and in the expense of such work, and for such purposes or any of them, 7
may make contribution to such city, town or county by a grant of land 8
or rights in land, although the same be already a boulevard, or by pay- 9
ment of money for its portion of such expense. 10
Chap. 92.] metropolit.\n sewers, water and p.ujks. 867
1 Section 89. If money, goods or other property which has been Lost property,
2 stolen, lost, abandoned or taken from a person under arrest comes into i904°^i7o,Ti-
3 the possession of a police officer or other employee of the commission j^/ll^^"'
4 by virtue of his office or emplo^^nent, he shall deliver the same to the
5 person designated by the commission to receive the same, and he shall
6 thereupon be relieved from further responsibility therefor.
1 Section 90. If no person proves ownership of such money, goods Saieofiost
2 or other property within six months, the commission may cause the i904?no, §2.
3 same, excepting money unclaimed, to be sold at public auction at such §^123.^^°'
4 place and time and by such person as the commission may designate.
1 Section 91. Notice of the time and place of such sale, with a de- Notice of sale.
2 scription of the property, shall be given by publishing the same once in i9<>*'i™'§3-
3 a newspaper published in Boston.
1 Section 92. Such property, if perishable or liable to deteriorate saie of perish-
2 greatly in value by keeping, or the value of which will probabl}' be less propcny.
3 than the expense of keeping, may be sold at public auction at such Jl^g' 350] ^ ■*■
4 place and at such time within six months and by such person as the § '■-^■
5 commission may designate, such notice of the time and place of sale
6 as the commission may deem reasonable and proper first being given.
1 Section 93. The proceeds of such sales, together with such un- Proceeds of
2 claimed money, after deducting all reasonable charges and expenses in- pro'perty''
3 curred on account of such property, shall be accounted for and paid to is**, iro. §5.
4 the commonwealth and shall be credited and added to the IMetropolitan
5 Parks Expense Fund.
1 Section 94. If within two years after any such sale the owner True owner to
2 claims such property and proves ownership to the satisfaction of the ceeda'of'saie.
3 commission, the amount of such unclaimed money or the proceeds of 1904. 170, §6.
4 the sale of such property, after deducting reasonable expenses, shall
5 be paid to him by the state treasurer out of said Metropolitan Parks
G Expense Funtl.
1 Section 95. The commission may grant permits, upon such terms Encroach-
2 and conditions as it deems proper, for the projection of eaves, cornices pemitsfor
3 or ornaments of buildings, beyond the line of restriction or setback Jg?!; HI] ^ ^'
4 established for the benefit of the commonwealth, upon the land of a ^ ^~^-
5 private owner which abuts on lands under the control of the commis-
6 sion, and also for the projection of eaves, cornices or ornaments of
7 buildings over land under the control of the commission; provided,
S that no grant hereunder shall be made for any projection of more than
9 three feet, nor for a projection over land of the commonwealth held or
10 in the opinion of the commission likely to be required for a boulevard
11 or driveway, at a height less than thirty feet above the grade which
12 the commission may determine as that established or likely to be es-
13 tablished as the grade of such boule\ard or driveway adjacent to said
14 private land.
METROPOLITAN SEWERS, WATER AND PARKS.
[Ch.\p. 92.
Adverse
possession.
1308, 158, §
1919, 350,
§ 123.
Section 96. No person shall acquire any rights by prescription or
adverse possession in any lands or rights in lands of the commonwealth
under the control of the commission for reservation or boulevard
purposes.
Assessments
upon towns in
the metropoli-
tan districts.
1905, 457.
1919. 350,
§123.
Section 97. If any apportionment for assessment upon the towns 1
of either the metropolitan water, sewerage or park districts shall not 2
have been finally determined by July first of any year, the last ap- 3
portionment thereof shall remain in force for the purpose of assessment 4
during such current year. Any difference between such apportionment 5
when finally made by the commission for such year, and the pre-exist- 6
ing apportionment above referred to, shall be adjusted with such town 7
by the state treasurer in the assessment of the succeeding year by a 8
deduction therefrom or an addition thereto, as may be recjuired to 9
give effect to the said apportionment when made as aforesaid. 10
Maintenance
funds.
1907, 165.
1919, 350,
§123.
Section 98. Annual appropriations shall be made for the main- 1
tenance of reservations and boulevards, of the north and south metro- 2
politan sj'Stems of sewerage, and of the metropolitan water system 3
under the control of the commission, and such appropriations shall be 4
apportioned and assessed by the state treasurer as provided in this 5
chapter. Of the amount so assessed and collected, any balance re- 6
maining on November thirtieth in any year shall be carried forward 7
to the next year, and shall be taken into account in making the assess- 8
ments for that year. 9
Advances of
money.
1895, 406,
§§ 19,20; 450,
i> 6: 488, §18.
1899,424, §§19,
20.
1901, 168, §§ 1,
5; 380; 513.
1904,431.
1908, 597, § 1.
1919. 330,
§123.
Section 99. There may be advanced by the commonwealth to such 1
person as the commission shall designate such sums of money, not ex- 2
ceeding thirty thousand dollars at any one time, as the state auditor 3
may certify to the state treasurer as necessary to enable the commission 4
to make direct payments upon its pay rolls and other accounts. The 5
person so designated shall give a bond, with sufficient sureties to be 6
approA'ed by the state treasurer, in the sum of thirty thousand dollars. 7
Said sums may be advanced from any loan or appropriation under the 8
control of the commission. The person to whom this money is advanced 9
shall within thirty days from the receipt of any sum file with the state 10
auditor a detailed statement of the moneys expended, approved by the 11
commission, and, where it is practicable to obtain them, receipts or 12
other like vouchers of the persons to whom the payments have been 13
made. 14
Accounts and
annual report.
1889, 439, § 8.
1893, 407, § 2.
1895,406, §8;
488. § 2.
1899,424, §7.
1901, 168,
§§ 1, 5.
1906, 235.
1919, 350,
§ 123.
1 Op. A. G. 101
Section 100. The commission shall keep full, accurate and separate 1
accounts of its receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets and liabili- 2
ties, and shall, on or before the third Wednesday in January in each 3
year, report to the general court an abstract of the same for the pre- 4
ceding fiscal year, together with all recommendations for legislation 5
which it deems desirable, and shall, in the month of February, present 6
a more detailed statement of its doings for the calendar year next pre- 7
ceding, the same to be printed as its annual report for the year. Section 8
tliirty-tliree of chapter tliirty shall apply to such recommendations 9
whether the same are contained in such abstract or in such detailed 10
statement. 11
Chap. 92.) METROPOLiT.tN sewers, w.a.ter and p.\rks. 869
1 Section 101. The commission may, whenever it deems advisable, Destruction of
2 destroy brown tail moths, gypsy moths and other insect pests on lands iands'near"""
3 near or adjoining lands under its control and to a distance of one thou- coE*<Jn"of
4 sand feet therefrom; provided, that the commission shall first have payment
5 been requested m WTituig by the owner of any such land to do said }^}|'|i2-
6 work, and that such owner shall either have advanced to the common- § 123. " '
7 wealth for the purpose the cost of such work as estimated by the com-
8 mission, or, if the commission shall so require, shall have given a bond
9 to the commonwealth to an amount, and with surety or sureties sat-
10 isfactory to the commission, to reimburse the commonwealth for the
11 cost of such work. The state treasurer may maintain an action of
12 contract in his own name against any owner of land upon which work
13 has been done by the commission as herein authorized, or against the
14 surety or siueties on any bond given as aforesaid, for the expenses in-
15 curred by the commission in doing such work.
1 Section 102. The commission shall have over the property of the General
2 metropolitan water and sewerage systems all the general power and ?ommiiTon'.
3 authority which it has over reservations so far as the same may be §§'i%^,*}*27.
4 exercised consistently with the purposes for which the metropolitan
5 water and sewerage systems are maintained.
REFERENCES.
Boundaries of Charles river basin, 1909, 524, § 2, as amended by 1916, 245.
Powers of metropolitan district commission:
Relative to the granting of temporary locations to street railway companies in cer-
tain cases, Chap. 161, § 72.
Relative to Bunker Hill monument, 1919, 79.
Record of proceedings as to street railways, requests for rulings, etc.. Chap. 161, § 141.
Half holiday for employees of commonwealth in general. Chap. 149, § 41.
870
EJEGULATION OF TILU)E, ETC.
[Chap. 93.
TITLE XY,
REGULATION OF TRADE.
Chapter
93.
Chapter
94.
Chapter
95.
Chapter
96.
Chapter
97.
Chapter
98.
Chapter
99.
Chapter 100.
Chapter 101.
Chapter 102.
Chapter
103.
Chapter 104.
Chapter 10.5.
Chapter
106.
Chapter 107.
Chapter 108.
Chapter
109.
Chapter
110.
Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises.
Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles.
Measuring of Leather.
Survey of Lumber.
Surveying of Land.
Weights and Measures.
The Metric System of Weights and Measures.
Auctioneers.
Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.
Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.
Pilots.
Agents, Consignees and Factors.
Public Warehouses.
Sales of Personal Property.
Money and Negotiable Instruments.
Bills of Lading. '
Limited Partnerships.
Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration thereof.
CHAPTER 93.
REGULATION OF TRADE AND CERTAIN ENTERPRISES.
restraint or trade.
1. Sales not to be on condition that buyer
deal only in seller's goods.
2. Monopolies and discriminations in the
sale of articles, etc., in common use
prohibited.
3. Action by attorney general, etc.
4. Institution of suit on complaint of
other persons; hearing; master.
6. Findings, recommendations, etc. Re-
port to be sent to attorney general.
6. Powers of masters, fees, places for
hearing, etc.
7. No person excused from answering
questions, etc.
8. Discrimination in sale of commodities
prohibited.
9. Certain combinations declared un-
lawful.
10. Participation by individuals in obtain-
ing control of corporate stock, etc.
11. Forfeiture of privileges, rights, etc.
Sect.
12. Duties of attorney general and district
attorneys.
13. Persons agreeing to maintain or in-
crease unreasonably the price of any
necessary of life to be deemed guilty
of criminal conspiracy.
14. Conditions for sale or lease of ma-
chinery.
SALE OP MINING STOCKS.
15. statement of financial condition of min-
ing company before sale of stock.
16. Penalty for signing false statement
filed with commissioner.
17. Penalty for selling stock with knowl-
edge of false advertisement, etc.
18. False statements to stock exchanges.
Penalty.
CORHESPONDENCE SCHOOLS.
19. Sales of stocks, bonds, etc., of corre-
spondence schools.
Chap. 93.]
REGIIL.\TION OF TR.\DE, ETC.
871
Sect.
20. False representations prohibited.
21. Pupils defrauded may bring action to
recover.
22. Department of education to make rules.
23. Penalties.
COLLECTION AGENCIES.
24. Persons conducting collection agencies
Jo give bond.
25. Amount and provisions of bond.
26. Sureties; approval.
27. Record of bonds to be kept.
28. Penalties.
ADVERTISING BIGNa AND DE\aCEB WITHIN
PDBLIC VIEW.
29. Billboards, etc., within public view
regulated. Hearings.
30. Certain billboards, etc., forbidden.
31. Jurisdiction of supreme judicial and
superior courts.
Sect.
32. Certain signs, etc., exempted.
33. Penalties.
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
34. Powers and duties of commissioner of
banks as to sa\'ings and loan associa-
tions.
REGISTRATION OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
35. Powers and duties of commissioner of
banks as to public accountants.
36. Examination of applicants.
37. Certificates.
38. Certified public accountants.
39. Penalty.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
40. Solicitation of business on public side-
walks by certain persons prohibited.
41. Sale or distribution of certain trading
stamps, etc., prohibited.
RE.STRAINT OF TRADE.
1 Section 1. No person, firm, association or corporation doing business saies not to
2 in the commonwealth, shall make it a condition of the sale of goods, that buye?'*'°°
3 wares or merchandise that the purchaser shall not sell or deal in the eevil^feooda
•i goods, wares or merchandise of any other person, firm, association or n^tVe'^i
5 corporation; but this section shall not prohibit the appointment of agents iss Mass. 229.
6 or sole agents for the sale of, nor the making of contracts for the exclusive 203 Mass.' 122.
7 sale of, goods, wares or merchandise. Whoever, as principal or agent, 425!"'
8 violates this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of
9 not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and for a subse-
10 quent offence by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five
1 1 hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Monopolies
and dis-
criminations
in the sale of
articles, etc..
use pro-
hibited.
1908, 454, § 1.
1911, 503, § 1.
220 Mass. 55,
281, 389.
227 Mass. 466.
231 Mass. 113.
1 Section 2. Every contract, agreement, arrangement, combination
2 or practice in violation of the common law whereby a monopoly in the
3 manufacture, production, transportation or sale in the commonwealth
4 of any article or commodity in common use is or may be created, estab-
5 lished or maintained, or whereby competition in the commonwealth
6 in the supply or price of any such article or commodity is or may be
7 restrained or prevented, or whereby for the purpose of creating, establish-
8 ing or maintaining a monopoly witliin the commonwealth of the manu-
9 facture, production, transportation or sale of any such article or com-
10 modity, the free pursuit in the commonwealth of any lawful business,
11 trade or occupation is or may be restrained or prevented; or whereby
12 the price of any article or commodity in common use is or may be un-
13 duly enlianced within the commonwealth, is hereby declared to be against
14 public policy, illegal and void.
1 Section 3. The attornev general, or, bv his direction, a district Action by
- 1 . • ' • 1 / 1 11- attorney
2 attorney, may bring an action in the name or the commonwealth against general, etc
3 any person, trustee, director, manager or other officer or agent of a cor-
4 poration, or against a corporation, to restrain the doing in the comnion-
5 wealth of any act forbidden or declared to be illegal by the preceding
6 section, or any act in, toward or for the making or consummation of any
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[Chap. 93.
contract, agreement, arrangement, combination or practice prohibited 7
by said section, wherever the same may have been made. The superior 8
court shall have jiu-isdiction to restrain and enjoin any act forbidden or 9
declared to be illegal bv said section. 10
Institution
of suit on
complaint
of other per-
sons: hearing;
master.
1911, 503, § 1.
217 Mass. lUU.
226 Mass.
21. 25.
232 Mass. 99.
Section 4. l'i)on written complaint on oath of the complainant 1
filed in the supreme judicial or superior court, alleging that any person, 2
co-partnership or corporation has, in the county where such complaint 3
is filed, entered into any contract, agreement, arrangement, combina- 4
tion or practice declared illegal and void under section two, the court 5
shall hear on oath the complainant and any witnesses produced by him. 6
If it appears to the court that such contract, agreement, arrangement, 7
combination or practice exists, the court shall issue an order of notice to 8
the respondents to appear and show cause why the court should not ap- 9
point a master to hear and make report on said complaint ; and thereafter, 10
if such cause be not shown, the court shall appoint a master who shall, 11
in accordance with the established practice anrl rules in equity, hear the 12
complainant and the respondents and their evidence upon the allegations 13
of said complaint; and upon motion of the complainant, other persons, 14
co-partnership or corporations within the jurisdiction of the court and 15
appearing to the court to be necessary parties to the full examination 16
of the allegations of said complaint, may upon proper notice be cited to 17
appear as parties respondent. After such hearing the master shall make 18
and file his report, and said parties may present their objections and ex- 19
ceptions thereto and prosecute the same in accordance with the rules 20
of procedure in equity. Said report of the master shall be filed by him 21
within thirty days after the close of the hearings, unless further time is 22
allowed bv order of the court. 23
Findings,
recommenda-
tions, etc.
Report to be
sent to
attorney
general.
1911, 503, § 2.
Section 5. A master may append to such report such recommenda-
tions to the parties as may be pertinent to, and warranted by, his findings
of fact or rulings of law, and as may tend to remove restraint or to pre-
vent any ground of complaint alleged in said complaint and found by
liiin to be proved; but such recommendations may, upon motion of any
party, and upon order of the court, be disaffirmed and expunged from
the records of the case. The report, if affirmed by the court, shall be
transmitted by the clerk to the attorney general, who shall forthwith
cause such further proceedings, either civil or criminal, to be instituted as
such report may warrant.
Powers of
masters, fees,
places for
hearing, etc.
1911, 503, § 3.
No person
excused from
answering
questions.
Section 6. Masters appointed under section four shall have all the 1
powers conferred upon masters in equity procedure. Their fees shall be 2
fixed by the court and paid by the commonwealth. Upon request of 3
such master rooms for hearings shall be pro^'ided in the state house, if 4
the cause is pencUng in Suffolk, Middlesex or Norfolk county; if else- 5
where, in some county court house witliin the county where the cause is 6
pending. Upon approval by the com-t, such masters may employ suit- 7
able clerical or stenographic assistants to report the evidence taken and 8
the findings. Such assistants shall be paid by the commonwealth. 9
Section 7. In any action under section three or at any hearing under 1
section four, no person shall be excused from answering any questions 2
put to him in such action or material to the proof of the allegations of 3
the complaint at such hearing, or from producing any books, papers or 4
Ch.VP. 93.] REGfL.\TION OF TR.VDE, ETC. 873
5 documents which are material to such proof, on the ground that the tes-
6 timony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, so required of him, tends
7 to incriminate him; but no person shall be prosecuted in any criminal
8 proceeding, or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account
9 of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may testify or
10 produce e^'idence, documentary or otherwise, in any such action or hear-
11 ing. Upon objection of a party at such hearing, no book, paper or docu-
12 ment, or part thereof, produced by him at the request of any other party,
13 shall be examined by the party making the request or his attorney, or
14 offered in e\idence, unless it is so ordered by the master, after examina-
15 tion thereof and a hearing thereon, and a ruling by the master that such
16 evidence is material and competent.
1 Section 8. No person, firm, association or corporation doing business Discrimination
2 in the commonwealth and engaged in the production, manufacture or commodities
3 distribution of any commodity in general use, shall maliciously, or for the 1912! esi, '
4 purpose of destroying the business of a competitor and of creating a 3 op.^A. g.
5 monopoly in any locality, discriminate between different sections, com- *^^-
6 munities, towns or cities of the commonwealth or between purchasers by
7 selling such commodity at a lower rate for such purpose in one section,
8 community, town or city than is charged for such commodity by the
9 vendor in another section, community, town or city in the commonwealth,
10 after making due allowance for the difference, if any, in the grade or
11 quality and in the cost of transportation, and such acts are hereby de-
12 dared to be imfair discrimination, and all contracts or agreements made
13 in violation of any provision of this or either of the two following sections
14 shall be void.
1 Section 9. No person, firm, association or corporation shall com- Certain
2 bine with any other person, firm, association or corporation for the pur- declared
3 pose of destroying the trade or business of any person, firm, association 1912" usi,
4 or corporation engaged in selhng goods or commodities and of creating S^^'^-
5 a monopoly witliin the commonwealth. Violation of any provision of
6 this or the preceding section shall, if the offender is an individual, be
7 punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thou-
8 sand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more
9 than one year, or both; or, if the offender is a corporation, by a fine as
10 aforesaid.
1 Section 10. Whoever, in his indi\-idual capacity, or acting in behalf by'indi^duais
2 of any firm, association or corporation for the purpose of evading any j,° °'"f°j°^
3 pro\'ision of sections eight and nine, shall appoint agents, secure or hold corporate
. , , „ ,1 , -ri ^1 stock, etc.
4 the control of corporate stock, or by agreement with any other person, 1912, esi. § 4.
5 firm, association or corporation, cause any of the commodities men-
6 tioned in section eight to be sold for the purpose of such evasion or at-
7 tempt to evade, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison
8 for not less than six months nor more than five years; and if any of the
9 acts specified in this section are done by a corporation, the directors,
10 stockholders or agents authorizing such evasion or discrimination shall
11 each be punished as provided herein.
1 Section 11. If any corporation, foreign or domestic, authorized to Forfeiture of
2 do business in this commonwealth is con\icted of \-iolation of any pro- }ights%Tc.
3 %-ision of section eight, nine or ten, such con\dction shall cause a for- sl^l.'g.^^'
874
REGULATION OF TRADK, ETC.
[Chap. 93.
feiture of all the prl\'ileges and rights conferred upon the corporation by 4
general or special law of this commonwealth and shall bar its right to do 5
business in this commonwealth, and if it shall continue or attempt to 6
do business in this commonwealth, the attorney general shall by a proper 7
action in the name of the commonwealth oust such corporation from all 8
business of every kind and character in this commonwealth. 9
Duties of
attorney
general and
district
attorneys.
1912, 651, § 6.
Section 12. The attorney general and district attorneys, in their
districts, shall enforce sections eight to ten, inclusive, by appropriate
actions in courts of competent jurisdiction, but nothing herein shall
limit the right of any court to issue warrants and make commitments to
await the action of the grand jury under said sections in the case of crimes
under the common law, and such power is hereby given to the courts of
the commonwealth.
Persons
agreeing to
maintain or
reasonably
the price of
any necessary
of life to be
deemed
guilty of
criminal con-
Section 13. Maintaining or increasing unreasonably the price of any 1
necessary of life is hereby declared to be unlawful. Whoever, in com- 2
bination or association with another or others, enters into any agree- 3
ment or understanding to maintain or increase or cause to be maintained 4
or increased unreasonably the price of any necessary of life shall be 5
deemed guilty of criminal conspiracy, and upon conviction thereof shall 6
be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by im- 7
prisonment in the house of correction for not more than two years, or 8
both. Prosecutions hereunder shall be under the control of the attorney 9
general and shall be conducted by him or an assistant designated by 10
him. * 11
Conditions for
sale or lease
of machinery.
1907, 469.
193 Mass. 608.
3 Op. A. G.
425.
Section 14. No person, firm, association or corporation shall insert 1
in or make it a condition or provision of any sale or lease of any tool, 2
implement, appliance or machinery that the purchaser or lessee thereof 3
shall not buy, lease or use machinery, tools, implements or appliances or 4
material or merchandise of any person, firm, association or corporation 5
other than such vendor, or lessor; but this provision shall not impair 6
the right, if any, of the vendor or lessor of any tool, implement, appliance 7
or machinery protected by a lawful patent right vested in such vendor or 8
lessor to require by virtue of such patent right the vendee or lessee to 9
purchase or lease from such vendor or lessor such component and con- 10
stituent parts of said tool, implement, appliance or machinery as the 11
vendee or lessee may thereafter require diuing the continuance of such 12
patent right; and all leases, sales or agreements therefor made after 13
July first, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be void as to any and all 14
of the terms or conditions thereof in violation of this section; pro\ided, 15
that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the appoint- 16
ment of agents or sole agents to sell or lease machinery, tools, imple- 17
ments or appliances. Whoever, himself or by his agent, violates this 18
section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars. 19
SALE OF mining STOCKS.
statement of
financial
condition of
mining com-
pany before
sale of stock.
1911, 492,
§§2,4.
Section 15. No officer, agent, clerk or servant of a mining corpora- 1
tion, and no person dealing in the shares of such corporation, shall cause 2
to be published any advertisement of the shares of such corporation in 3
which any statement is made of the value of the property of the corpora- 4
tion, or of its present or prospective earnings, or of a prospective in- 5
Chap. 93.] regulation of tr.aj)E, etc. 875
6 crease in the price of the shares, unless the president and a majority of
7 the directors of such corporation, within sixty days prior to the date
8 of the publication of such advertisement, shall have filed with the com-
9 missioner of corporations and taxation in such form as he shall pre-
10 scribe, a statement on oath of the financial condition of the corporation,
11a full description of its property, and a statement of the earnings, if any,
12 from the operation of the same for the fiscal year next preceding the date
13 of the filing of the said statement. Whoever violates this section shall
14 be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by im-
15 prisonment for not more than one year.
1 Section 16. An officer or director of a mining corporation who signs Penalty for
2 any false statement filed with the commissioner of corporations and statemen't'*^
3 taxation under the preceding section, knowing such statement to be false, comi^iu>ner.
4 shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by '®^^' ■"'^' ^ *•
5 imprisonment for not more than two years.
1 Section 17. Whoever, having caused the publication of an adver- Penalty for
2 tisement described in section fifteen, or being a promoter, officer, clerk ^th Inowi-
3 or servant of a mining corporation, or a broker or agent for such cor- IdvlrUslmrat,
4 poration or for such a promoter, or for the person or corporation causing jgij^ 490, 5 3.
5 the publication of such advertisement, sells or ofi'ers for sale any shares
6 of stock in such corporation knowing that any statement in such ad'S'er-
7 tisement is false or is inconsistent with a statement filed under said sec-
8 tion shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
9 or by imprisonment for not more than two years.
1 Section IS. An officer of a mining corporation who makes a false False state-
2 statement, knowing the same to be false, in an application to any stock SchSiges^'""
3 exchange to list the shares of such corporation shall be punished by a ^gn,'4y'2, § 1.
4 fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not
5 more than two years.
correspondence schools.
1 Section 19. No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in Saiesof
2 the business of publishing or selling school or textbooks or doing business llc^ot 0°°-''^'
3 as a correspondence school in the commonwealth shall, directly or indi- "hoX''™"^^
4 rectly, through its officers, agents or servants, sell stocks, bonds or other i^h. oss, § 1.
5 securities, either of its own company or of other companies, until he or it
6 has received a permit as hereinafter provided. Such person, firm, associ-
7 ation or corporation shall file with the commissioner of corporations and
8 taxation a copy of the charter and by-laws of any company whose stocks,
9 bonds or other securities are ofl"ered for sale, a detailed statement, on
10 oath, of the condition of the company, the properties owned or controlled
11 by it and the condition thereof, and a detailed statement showing the
12 plan of selling the stocks, bonds or other securities, the plan of organization
13 or increase of stock of the company, a copy of all contracts in connection
14 with such sales of stocks, bonds or other secm-ities, the names and ad-
15 dresses of all officers, proposed officers or promoters of the company, and
16 the amount and price of the said stock, and the commission and promo-
17 tion fees or expenses of the organization of the company; and if the com-
18 missioner is satisfied that the statements so furnished are correct and
19 complete, that the proposed sales of the stocks, bonds or other securities
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[Chap. 93.
of the company will be conducted fairly, and that the representations 20
therein contained are true, he shall, upon the receipt of twenty-five dol- 21
lars, issue to such person, firm, association or corporation a permit to sell 22
such stocks, bonds or other securities. Whoe\'er violates this section 23
shall be punished by a fine of not more than fi\e hundred dollars or by 24
imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, 25
or both. " 26
False repre-
sentations
prohibited.
1914, 658, I 2.
1918, 257,
§223.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 20. No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in 1
the business of publishing or selling school or textbooks, or doing business 2
as a correspondence school, acting by its officers, servants or agents, or 3
otherwise, shall make any representation as to its financial condition, or 4
as to the financial condition of any other company, whose stocks, bonds 5
or other securities such person, firm, association or corporation is engaged 6
in selling, which is not in accordance with the truth and with the charter 7
and by-laws of such company and with the certificate of financial condi- 8
tion and the statements filed under the preceding section. Any person 9
purchasing stocks, bonds or other securities relying wholly or partly 10
on any such representation may recover in contract the price so paid in 1 1
from the person making the representation. 12
Pupils de-
frauded may
bring action
Section 21. Any pupil of any such correspondence school who is 1
defrauded by a misrepresentation made by an officer or agent of such 2
school, or by any advertisement or circular issued by it, or by any person, 3
firm, association or corporation, who sells textbooks to the said school 4
or to the pupils thereof, may recover in contract from such school or per- 5
son, firm, association or corporation three times the amount paid by 6
him to such school or person, firm, association or corporation. 7
Department
of education
to make rules.
1914, 658, § 4.
Section 22. The department of education may establish rules and
regulations governing correspondence schools. 1919, 350, § 56.
Penalties.
1914, 65S, § 5.
Section 23. Whoever violates any provision of law relating to cor-
respondence schools for which no penalty is pro^•ided, or of sections
twenty and twenty-one or of any rule or regulation established under
section twenty-two, shall be punished by a fijie of not more than five hun-
dred dollars.
Persons con-
ducting col-
lection
agencies to
give bond.
1910, 656,
§§ 1, 8.
collection agencies.
Section 24. No person, partnership, association or corporation, not 1
being an attorney at law duly authorized to practice in the common- 2
wealth, a national bank or a bank or trust company incorporated in the 3
commonwealth, shall conduct a collection agency, collection bureau or 4
collection office, or engage in the commonwealth solely in the business 5
of collecting or receiving payment for others of any account, bill or other 6
indebtedness, or engage in the commonwealth solely in soliciting the 7
right to collect or receive payment for another of any account, bill or 8
other indebtedness, or advertise for or solicit in print the right to collect 9
or receive payment for another of any account, bill or other indebtedness, 10
unless such person, partnership, association or corporation or the person, 11
partnership, association or corporation for whom he or it may be acting 12
as agent has on file with the state treasurer a good and sufficient bond. 13
Chap. 93.] regulation of tr.u)e, etc. 877
1 Section 25. Said bond shall be for the term of tliree years from the Amount and
2 date thereof unless the state treasurer shall consent to a longer period, orbon™''
3 It shall be in the sum of five thousand dollars and shall provide that the jl'",!^^'
4 person, partnership, association or corporation, giving the same shall, ^^'■^- ^°'' ^ ^•
5 upon written demand, pay and turn over to or for the person, partner-
6 ship, association or corporation, from whom any account, bill or other
7 indebtedness is taken for collection the proceeds of such collection in ac-
8 cordance with the terms of the agreement upon which it was received for
9 collection. Said bond shall be in such form and shall contain such fur-
10 ther provisions and conditions as the state treasurer with the advice and
11 consent of the governor and council deems necessary or proper.
1 Section 26. Said bond shall be executed by said person, partnership, Sureties:
2 association or corporation as principal, with a surety company as surety i9?o°656,
3 or at least two good and sufficient sureties who shall be residents and own- fgit'.lso, § 45.
4 ers of real estate within the commonwealth ; or cash may be accepted in
5 lieu of sureties. The bond shall not be accepted unless it is approved by
6 the state treasurer after having been examined and approved by the com-
7 missioner of banks. Upon its approval by the treasiu-er, it shall be filed
8 in his office.
1 Section 27. The state treasiu-er shall keep a record open to public Record of
2 inspection of the bonds filed with him under the preceding section, with kept.^ *°
3 the names, places of residence and places of business of the principals ^''^°' ^^'^' ^ ^"
4 and sm-eties, and the name of the officer before whom the bond was exe-
5 cuted or acknowledged.
1 Section 28. Any person doing any business for wliich a bond is Penalties.
2 required by section twenty-four or any member of a partnership or 1919! loi] 1 2.
3 officer of an association or corporation doing such business, who fails
4 on written demand to render a true and complete account to the person,
5 partnership, association or corporation from whom any account, bill or
6 indebtedness Mas taken for collection or to turn over to or for such
7 person, partnership, association or corporation the proceeds of such
8 collection within thirty days after such written demand, or who fails to
9 comply with any provision of sections twenty-four to twenty-seven, in-
10 elusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
11 or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
ADVERTISING SIGNS AND DEVICES WITHIN PUBLIC VIEW.
1 Section 29. The division of highways of the department of public Billboards, etc.,
2 works, hereinafter called the division, shall make and may amend or re- vi'ew'reguiatcd.
3 peal rules and regulations for the proper control and restriction of bill- "goo^sll,
4 boards, signs and other advertising devices, except as provided in section §§ ^'^■
5 thirty-two, on public ways or on private property within public view of
6 any highway, public park or ^eser^•ation. Said rules and regulations may
7 require that said billboards, signs or other devices be licensed in accord-
8 ance therewith and with this section, may prescribe license fees, to be
9 fixed with regard to the cost of administering this section, and need
10 not be uniform throughout the commonwealth. Before establishing or
11 amending rules or regulations under this section, the division shall hold
12 duly advertised public hearings in Boston and elsewhere within the com-
13 monwealth as it deems necessary or expedient. Subject to the approval
878
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[Chap. 9.3.
of the division, towns may further regulate and restrict said billboards 14
or other devices within their respective limits by ordinance or by-law not 15
inconsistent with sections twenty-nine to thirty-three, inclusive, or with 16
said rules and regulations. 17
Certain bill-
boards, etc.,
forbidden.
1920, 546, § 4
Section 30. No person, firm, association or corporation shall post, 1
erect, display or maintain on any public way or on private property 2
within public view from any highwaj', public park or reservation any 3
billboard or other advertising device, whether erected before August 4
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty, or not, which advertises or 5
calls attention to any business, article, substance or any other thing, 6
unless such billboard or device conforms to the rules and regulations and 7
ordinances or by-laws established under the preceding section; provided, 8
that this section shall not apply to signs or other devices existing on said 9
date and erected and maintained in conformity with then existing law 10
and which advertise or indicate either the person occupying the prem- 11
ises in question or the business transacted thereon, or advertise the 12
property itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let. 13
Jurisdiction of
supreme ju-
dicial and su-
perior courts.
1920, 545, § 6.
Certain signs,
etc., exempted.
1920, 545, § 5.
Penalties.
1920, 545, § 7.
Section 31. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have 1
jurisdiction in equity upon petition of the attorney general, of any town 2
or any officer thereof, or of any interested party, to restrain the erection 3
or maintenance of any billboard, sign or other device erected or main- 4
tained in violation of any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law established 5
or adopted under section twenty-nine, and to order the removal or abate- 6
ment of such billboard, sign or device as a nuisance. 7
Section 32. Sections twenty-nine to thirty-one, inclusive, and thirty- 1
three shall not apply to signs or other devices on or in the rolling stock, 2
stations, subways or structures of or used by common carriers. 3
Section 33. Whoever violates any rule, regulation, ordinance or 1
by-law established or adopted under section twenty-nine shall be pun- 2
ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and Mhoever after 3
conviction of such violation unlawfully maintains such a billboard, sign 4
or other device for twenty days thereafter shall be punished by a fine of 5
not more than five hundred dollars. 6
SAVINGS AND LO.AJM ASSOCIATIONS.
dutielof com- SECTION 34. The Commissioner of banks shall have the same powers 1
bSnksatto' ^^'^ duties in respect to savings and loan associations which he now has 2
savings arid or may hcrcaftcr have in respect to savings banks. In the examination 3
tions. of such savings and loan associations inquiry shall be made as to the nature 4
1919; 350, §45. and resources of the association in general, its methods of conducting 5
business, the actions of its officers, the investment of its funds, and as to 6
whether the administration of its affairs is in compliance with its by-laws 7
and the statutes. At each visitation, a thorough examination and audit 8
shall be made of the books, securities, cash, assets, liabilities, income and 9
expenditures, including a trial balance of the shareholders' ledgers, for 10
the period elapsed since the preceding examination. The expense of 11
such examination and audit shall be paid by the savings and loan associa- 12
tion. The person in charge of the examination shall render to the com- 13
missioner a report of lais findings, in such form as the commissioner may 14
Chap. 93.] regi.ti^\tion of trade, etc. 879
15 prescribe, and a copy thereof shall be rendered to the board of directors
16 witliin ten days after the original has been submitted to the commissioner,
17 together with a notice of the amount of the expense aforesaid which shall
18 be due and payable within thirty days after the date of the notice. Upon
19 the failure of any such savings and loan association to pay the said expense
20 witliin the time prescribed herein, the commissioner shall report the
21 facts to the attorney general, who shall immediately bring an action for
22 the recovery of the sum due. The commissioner shall annually make a
23 report to the general court of such facts and statements relative to the
24 said associations and in such form as he may consider that the public
25 interest requires. The officers of every such association shall answer
26 truly all inquiries made, and shall make all returns required by the
27 commissioner.
REGISTRATION OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
1 Section 35. The commissioner of banks shall have charge of the Powers and
2 registration of public accountants and shall make such rules as are neces- na's'ioifer o™'
3 sary to carry out sections thirty-five to thirty-nine, inclusive. pibiic'''' '°
1909, 390. § 1. 1919, 350, § 45. accountants.
1 Section 36. The commissioner shall examine any citizen of the Examination
2 United States resident in the commonwealth and not less than twenty- i909,'399,'§ 2.
3 one years of age who may apply for a certificate, shall investigate his \lll[ Hg 1 45
4 character and fitness, and shall require the payment of such a reasonable
5 and fixed fee, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, as may be necessary in
6 his opinion to carry out sections thirty-five to thirty-nine, inclusive.
1 Section 37. Any applicant whom the commissioner deems to have Certificates.
2 the necessary quaUfications and professional ability shall be registered as §§ i.'s.
3 a public accountant, and shall receive a certificate thereof, good for one
4 year from its date. The certificate may be renewed from year to year
5 upon the payment of five dollars for each renewal. The commissioner,
6 after notice and a hearing, may for good cause suspend or revoke a
7 certificate issued by him. He shall keep a record of all certificates is.sued
S under this section, a duplicate of which shall be open to inspection in
9 the office of the state secretary.
1 Section 38. A public accountant registered under the preceding Certified public
2 section may, if the certificate issued to him under said section has not 1910, 263, §1.
3 been suspended or revoked, style himself " Certified Public Accountant".
1 Section 39. Any person who falsely represents himself to be a public P™^'^y g ^
2 accountant registered under section thirty-seven shall be punished by a
3 fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not
4 more than six months, or both.
miscellaneous provisions.
1 Section 40. Whoever, upon any public sidewalk in front of any SoUcitation
2 retail store other than his own, or one in which he is employed, makes public side-
3 a practice of accosting persons other than acquaintances, and there tain persons
4 induces or tries to induce such persons to purchase at any other store fJie^'isg?'
5 or place, at retail, merchandise similar in kind to any kept or displayed
6 for sale in such store, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
'880
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, ETC.
[Ch.\p. 94.
Sale or dis-
tribution of
certain trad-
ing stamps,
etc., pro-
hibited.
1903, 386,
§11,2.
hundred dollars. Tliis section shall not apply to licensed pedlers acting 7
within the scope of their licenses, or to persons when seeking to sell 8
newspapers, pamphlets or other printed matter. 9
Section 41. "WTioever, in connection with the sale of any article or 1
any merchandise whatever, sells, gWes or delivers any trading stamps, 2
checks, coupons or similar devices to be exchanged for, or to be redeemed 3
by the giving of, any indefinite or undescribed article, the nature and 4
value of which are not stated, or to be exclianged for, or to be redeemed 5
by the giving of, any article not distinctly bargained for at the time 6
when such trading stamps or otlier devices as aforesaid were sold, given 7
or delivered, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more 8
than fifty dollars. 9
REFERENCE.
Costumed debt collectors forbidden, Chap. 272, § 97.
CHAPTER 94
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, DRUGS AND VARIOUS ARTICLES.
Sect.
definitions.
1. Definitions.
BAKERIES AND BAKERY PRODUCTS.
2. Floors, etc., to be kept clean, etc.
Use of shipping baskets, etc., reg-
ulated.
3. Storage, etc., of bakery products, etc.,
regulated.
4. Preparation of bakery products, etc.,
regulated.
5. Return, etc., of bakery products reg-
ulated. Certain exemptions.
6. Establishment and enforcement of
rules, etc., relative to exemptions,
standards, etc.
7. Weight of loaves.
8. Special provisions as to rolls, etc.,
and certain bread.
9. Establishment and enforcement of
certain rules, etc., by director of
10. Penalty.
B.iKlNG POWDER.
11. Labelling of baking powder regulated.
Penalty.
MILK AND CRE-VM.
12. Standard for cream, mUk and skimmed
milk.
13. Grade A, etc., milk standard.
14. Grade A, etc., mUk. Permits for sale.
Test.
15. Permits for sale of other graded milk.
Sect.
16. Conditions of production of milk sub-
ject to inspection.
17. Formula for extending evaporated,
etc., milk to be placed on container.
IS. Penalty for selling, etc., certain milk.
19. Sale, etc., of adulterated, etc., milk.
Penalty.
20. Sale, etc., of milk below standard.
Penalty.
21. Sale, etc., of cream below standard.
Penalty.
22. Sale, etc., of pasteurized milk below
standard. Penalty.
23. Sale, etc., of condensed milk regulated.
Penalty.
24. Penalty for sale of condensed, etc.,
milk not labelled.
25. Testing of utensils for determining
value of milk, etc.
26. Inspection of testing machines.
27. Certificate for use of Babcock, etc.,
machine required. Fee, etc.
28. Certificates; issue, revocation and
effect.
29. Testing and inspection of measuring
devices.
30. Director to enforce certain sections.
Certain persons not subject to pros-
ecution, when.
31. Penalty for interfering with officer,
etc., and for wrongful use of uten-
sils, etc.
32. Milk stations.
33. Inspectors of milk and collectors of
samples of milk.
34. Boards may designate one of their
members, etc.
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Sect.
35. Certain powers, etc., of inspectors and
collectors.
36. Officer, inspector, etc., to send re-
sults of analysis to owner.
37. Liability of producer of milk regu-
lated.
3S. Penalty for connivance by or inter-
ference with inspector, etc.
39. Penalty for using counterfeit seal, etc.
40. License to sell milk, etc.
41. License may be revoked, etc.
42. Penalty for selling milk, etc., without
a license.
43. Permits for sale, etc., of milk.
44. Charges for inspection, etc., of dairies,
etc., prohibited. Penalty.
45. Use of certain containers prohibited.
Penalty.
46. Containers, etc., to be clean, etc.
47. Penalty for use of unclean utensils, etc.
4S. Placing of offal, etc., in milk cans, etc.,
prohibited. Penalty.
BUTTER, CHEESE AND L.\ED.
49. Oleomargarine to be marked.
50. Imitation cheese to be marked.
51. Unlawful sale, etc., of oleomargarine
and imitation cheese. Penalty.
52. Conveyance of oleomargarine for sale
regulated. Penalty.
53. Registration of sellers of oleomarga-
rine. Penalty.
54. Manufacture, etc., of certain imita-
tions of butter prohibited. Pen-
alty.
65. Fraud in sale of oleomargarine. Pen-
alty.
66. Sale of oleomargarine regulated. Plac-
ard required in store. Penalty.
57. Same subject. Placard required on
vehicles. Penalty.
58. Serving oleomargarine at hotels, etc.,
regulated. Penalty.
59. Sale of process butter or renovated
butter regulated. Penalty.
60. Complaints for violation of sections
relative to oleomargarine, butter,
cheese, etc.
61. Wrappers of certain lard to be marked.
Penalty.
62. Penalty for interfering with inspector,
etc.
63. Disposition of fines.
ICE CREAM.
64. Standard for ice cream.
65. Penalty.
COLD STORAGE.
06. Licensing of cold storage warehouses.
Report of articles in cold storage.
67. Department and local boards of health
to inspect. Rules, etc.
Sect.
68. Department, etc., to have access to
certain places.
69. Regulation of cold storage.
70. Limit of time food may be kept in cold
storage.
71. Marking date of receipt of food in cold
storage.
72. Marking of goods formerlj' in cold
storage regulated.
73. Penalty.
FISH.
74. Fish to be graded. Grades estab-
lished.
75. "Number two fish" to be so desig-
nated, etc.
76. Sale of "number three fish."
77. " Number one fish " and "number two
fish" may be placed in cold storage.
78. Notice to purchasers of cold storage
fish.
79. Restrictions on sale of cold storage
fish.
SO. Restrictions on sale of cold storage fish
previously in cold storage.
81. Certain duties of state inspector of
fish. Rules, etc.
82. Penalty.
83. Sale of fresh fish at wholesale regu-
lated. Penalty.
84. Quintal weight of fish.
85. Clam bait; contents of barrel, etc.
86. Fish to be weighed on request or de-
mand.
87. Record of weight, etc., to be kept.
SS. Fees for weighing.
EGGS.
89. License to can, etc., eggs.
90. Penalty for canning, etc., eggs without
a license.
91. Sale of eggs taken from cold storage
regulated. Penalty.
92. Broken eggs in cold storage, denatur-
ing and marking.
CHOCOLATE.
93. Chocolate to be stamped.
94. Ingredients of chocolate. Brands.
95. Seizure of certain chocolate.
FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND NUTS.
96. Fruits, etc., to be sold by dry measure,
etc.
97. Sale of peas and beans at wholesale.
98. Sale of certain berries regulated. Pen-
alty.
99. Sale of chestnuts, walnuts and certain
berries.
APPLES.
100. Standard barrel and box for apples.
101. Standard grades of apples.
102. Other designations forbidden.
103. Minimum size. Term defined, etc.
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Sect.
104. Certain information to be marked on
closed packages of apples.
105. Branding and marking of barrels.
106. Adulterated apples. Term defined.
107. Misbranded apples. Term defined.
108. Sale of cider apples at wholesale.
109. Sale of cold storage apples regulated.
110. Commissioner of agriculture to make
rules and may enter certain places.
111. Prosecution for eolation of certain
sections.
112. Penalty for adulterating, misbrand-
ing, etc., apples.
113. Certain exemptions from penalties.
114. Apples in interstate commerce ex-
empted.
CRANBERRIES.
115. Standard barrel and crate for cran-
berries.
116. Provisions as to barrels and crates.
Penalty.
117. Sale of cranberries in packages.
SL.4UGHTER HOUSES.
118. Slaughter houses to be licensed.
119. Issue of licenses. Record. Fee.
120. License fee for small towns.
121. General powers and duties of district
health officers, etc.
122. Certain powers and duties of certain
inspectors, etc.
123. Inspectors, etc., to visit certain places.
124. Control of department of public health
over slaughter houses.
125. Slaughtering of cattle.
126. Inspection of carcasses.
127. Certain carcasses to be stamped or
branded.
128. Appointment, compensation, etc., of
certain inspectors.
129. Carcasses of certain animals deemed
unfit for food.
130. Penalty for sale, etc., of unstamped or
, falsely stamped carcasses.
131. Branding, etc., of carcasses of neat
cattle, etc., slaughtered without the
commonwealth. "Official inspector"
defined.
132. Penalty for sale, etc., of certain un-
branded carcasses.
133. Private slaughter houses.
134. Penalty.
135. Penalty for slaughtering, etc., without
license.
136. Possession of certain carcasses pro-
hibited. Penalty.
137. Conviction renders license void.
138. Sale, etc., of certain carcasses pro-
hibited.
139. Certain provisions of law not affected.
WEIGHERS OF BEEF.
140. Appointment.
141. Fees.
.Sect.
sausages.
142. Adulteration of sausages, etc.
143. Sale, etc., of sausages regulated. Pen-
alty.
144. License to manufacture sausages.
145. Penalty for making sausages, etc.,
without a license.
INSPECTION AND SALE OF MEAT, ETC.
146. Inspection of meat, etc. Regulations
as to exposure of food for sale.
147. Regulations for inspection of meat.
148. Penalties.
149. Interference with certain officers pro-
hibited. Penalty.
150. Sale, etc., of unwholesome food pro-
hibited. Penalty.
151. Sale, etc., of certain veal prohibited.
Penalty.
152. Boards of health may cause publica-
tion of certain facts.
153. Sale, etc., of poultry regulated. Pen-
alty.
CANNED GOODS AND MOLASSES.
154. Canned goods to be labelled.
155. Marking of canned soaked goods and
molasses.
156. Penalty for falsely stamping, etc.,
cans.
15'
Pen-
Sale of ice at retail regulated,
alty.
158. Ice dealers to have scales and to weigh
ice. Penalty.
159. Penalty for refusal to weigh ice.
160. Impure ice.
161. Enforcement of orders of department
of public health.
162. Appeal from such order.
163. Adulteration of vinegar defined.
164. Methods of analysis, how determined
and published.
165. Cider vinegar, compound vinegar, etc.
Containers to be marked. Penalty.
166. Collection of samples of vinegar, etc.,
for analysis.
167. Examination of samples, etc.
168. Penalty for possession of imitation,
etc., seal.
169. Enforcement of penalties.
170. Penalty for manufacturing, selling,
etc., deleterious vinegar.
171. Penalty for selling, etc., adulterated
vinegar.
CERTAIN STANDARDS.
172. Definition of barrel and hogshead.
173. Contents of certain bushels.
174. Cental.
175. Barrel of flour.
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SALES BT WEIGHT.
176. Definition of "weight ". Penalty.
177. Penalty for giving false weight or
measure.
17S. Rules for weighing. Who are public
weighers.
179. Weighers of boilers, etc.
ISO. Certain courts to have jurisdiction
over prosecutions concerning false
weights and measures.
MARKING OF PACKAGES CONTAINING FOOD.
ISl. Net quantity contained in food pack-
ages to be marked thereon.
182. Tolerances and exemptions.
183. Penalty.
184. Hearing before prosecution. Prosecu-
tion of guarantor.
ADULTER.iTION AND MISBR.\NDING OF FOOD
AND DRUGS.
185.
186.
187.
188.
189.
190.
191.
192.
193.
195.
196,
Certain sections not to apply to cer-
tain commodities.
Adulteration of drugs and food de-
fined.
" Misbranded ". Term defined when
applied to drugs and food. When
not to be deemed adulterated, etc.
Collection of samples of food, etc.
Examination of samples, by whom
made, etc. Complaints.
Penalty on manufacturer, etc.
Penalty for delivery, etc., of adul-
t«rat«d, etc., articles.
Rules and regulations to be adopted,
etc.
Prosecutions in certain cases for-
bidden. Guaranty for protection.
Rules and regulations.
Dealer establishing guaranty may be
prosecuted, when.
Construction of certain sections.
Prosecutions as to drugs limited.
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS.
197. Definitions.
198. Sale and distribution of certain nar-
cotic drugs regulated.
199. Veterinarians, etc., to prescribe only
in certain cases.
200. Physician may personally administer
narcotic drug, when.
201. Sales to certain persons and institu-
tions regulated.
202. Duplicate orders to be preserved, etc.
203. False representations deemed viola-
tions.
204. Possession of federal certificate to be
evidence of intent.
205. Common carriers and certain officials,
etc., exempt.
206. Cannabis indica and cannabis sativa.
Sect.
207. Liability of manufacturer, etc., limited.
208. Physicians, dentists, etc., prohibited
from certain advertising.
209. Possession of certain instruments
regiilated. Record of sales to be
kept. Penalty.
210. Buildings, etc., illegally used deemed
common nuisances. Penalty.
211. Penalty for unlawful possession of
narcotic drugs.
212. Penalty for illegal sale, etc., of nar-
cotic drugs.
213. General penalty.
214. Issue of search warrants. Penalty for
being present, etc.
215. Articles seized to be forfeited.
216. Manufacture of certain preparations
forbidden.
217. Prosecution for certain violations reg-
ulated.
GR.4.IN .4ND MEAL.
218. Sale of grain and meal at wholesale.
219. Measurers to be appointed.
220. Duties of measurers.
221. Fees of measurers.
222. Certificate of sale by cental.
223. Penalty for short weight.
224. Penalty for false weights or collusion.
COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFF.
225. Tag or label affi-xed to commercial
feeding stuff. Form and contents.
226. Tag or label to be affixed to package,
etc.
227. Copy of tag or label to be filed with
the director.
22S. Certified copy of tag, etc., to be filed.
229. Tag, etc., to be registered.
230. Misleading name, brand, tag, etc.,
prohibited.
231. Analysis, etc.
232. Results of analysis, publication of.
Free analysis, when.
233. Samples for analysis, how taken, etc.
234. Penalty for certain sales, etc., and for
hindering, etc., director, etc.
235. Enforcement of rules and regulations.
UAY.
236. Weighers of hay.
TIMOTHY OR HERDSGRAS3 SEED.
237. Sale of timothy, etc., seed regulated.
Penalty.
CO.1L, COKE, CHARCOAL AND KINDLING WOOD.
238. Weighers of coal.
239. Inspection, etc., of coal. Ordinances
and by-laws.
240. Coal and coke sold by weight, when.
241. Sale of coal, coke and charcoal in bags
and baskets.
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Sect.
242. Baskets, etc., used in selling coke,
etc., regulated.
243. Paper bags, etc., used in sale of coke,
etc., regulated.
244. Certificate of weight, etc.
245. Sealer may direct goods to be weighed.
246. Record to be kept of weights and
measures.
247. Edgings and kindling wood, sale of.
248. Penalty for certain offences.
249. Penalty for having illegal coal, etc.,
measures.
COMMEKCIAIi FEBTILIZEES.
250. Sale of commercial fertilizers regu-
lated. Label, form and contents.
251. Label to be affixed, when.
252. Certain provisions of label recognized
as guaranteed analysis.
253. Sale of certain commercial fertilizers
forbidden.
254. Sale of commercial fertilizers reg-
ulated. Fees, etc.
255. Same subject. Statement, permit, fee.
256. Certificate of filing of label, etc. Issue,
revocation, etc. Penalty for sale,
etc., if certificate not issued, etc.
257. Annual analysis. Publication of re-
ports, etc. Free analysis.
258. Taking of samples for analysis regu-
lated.
259. Disposition of fees, etc.
260. Rules and regulations. Complaints.
261. Penalty for hindering, etc., director,
etc.
LIME AND LIME CASKS.
262. Inspectors of lime.
263. Casks of lime, how branded.
264. Fees of inspectors.
265. Quality of lime and casks.
266. Penalty for sale, etc., of certain lime.
267. Penalty for shifting contents of casks.
268. Forfeiture of casks.
MARBLE, SOAPSTONE AND FREESTONE.
269. Survey of marble, etc.
MATTRESSES, ETC.
270. Manufacture, etc., of mattresses, etc.,
regulated.
271. Use of certain material prohibited.
272. Sale, etc., of second hand hair, etc.
273. Investigation, etc., by department of
public health.
274. Posting of notices, etc. Penalty for
removal.
275. Police, etc., to notify department, etc.,
when.
Sect.
276. Penalty for removal, etc., of marking
or tag, etc.
277. Penalty for manufacture, etc., of cer-
tain articles.
278. Nails and brads, how to be made and
packed.
279. Casks, how to be branded.
280. Penalty for selling, etc., casks, etc., of
nails, etc., not branded.
281. Penalty for counterfeiting a brand,
etc.
282. Disposition of forfeitures.
SLOT MACHINES, ETC.
283. Slot machines and other automatic
de\'ices, use regulated.
284. Penalty.
THREAD.
285. Sewing thread to be labelled.
286. Penalty for neglect to affix label.
287. Penalty for selling thread falsely
labelled.
288. Certain bobbins exempted.
TURPENTINE, PAINTS AND LINSEED OIL.
289. Manufacture and sale of turpentine
regulated.
290. Enforcement of preceding section.
291. Sale of paint and linseed oil regulated.
292. Possession of incorrectly labelled, etc.,
paint, etc.
293. Certain duties of police. Inspectors,
etc.
294. Penalty for interference, etc., with in-
spector, etc.
295. Penalty for unlawful sale, etc., of
paint, etc.
■WOOD AND BAHK.
296. Measurers of wood and bark.
297. Measurers may act in adjoining town.
298. Cord wood, dimensions of.
299. Penalty for selling wood, etc., not
measured.
300. Fees of measurers.
301. Measurement of water borne wood.
302. Tickets ' showing quantity in load.
Certain sections not to apply.
303. Inspection and sale of bark, slabs, etc.
GENERAL PROVISIONS .iND PEN.\LTIES.
304. Vendor to furnish sample for analysis,
when.
305. Penalty for fraud in packing certain
commodities.
306. General penalty.
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DEFIXITIOXS.
1 Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter, unless the Definitions.
2 context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
3 "Agricultiu-al lime", in sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred i^ii-^ss, § ii.
4 and fifty-four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred
5 and sixty-one, inclusive, includes all the various forms of lime intended
6 or sold for fertilizing purposes.
7 "Article of food", in sections sixty-six to seventy-three, inclusive, 1912,652,11.
8 includes fresh meat, fresh meat products except in process of manufacture,
9 fresh food fish, poultry, eggs and butter.
10 "Available phosphoric acid ", in sections two hvmdred and fifty to two 1911, sss,
11 hundred and fifty-foiu-, inclusive, and two himdred and fifty-six to two
12 hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, the sum of the soluble and reverted
13 phosphoric acid; except that, as applied to basic phosphatic slag, it shall
14 mean that part of the phosphoric acid made soluble by the Wagner
15 method, so called, until such time as the Association of Official Agricul-
16 tural Chemists of North America adopts a method of analysis for basic
17 phosphatic slag, after which it shall mean that part of the phosphoric acid
18 made soluble by the method of said association.
19 "Bakery", in sections two to eight, inclusive, a building or part of a 1920,418, § 1.
20 building wherein is carried on the production, preparation, packing, stor-
21 ing, display or sale of bread, cake, pies or other bakery products, includ-
22 ing any separate room used for the convenience or accommodation of
23 workers.
24 " Brand ", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and }9i2; si?; | 1^ '
25 thirty-five, inclusive, two hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty-
26 four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred and sixty-
27 one, inclusive, any commercial feeding stuff or cattle feed, and any
28 commercial fertilizer, respectively, distinctive by reason of name, trade
29 mark or guaranteed analysis, or by any method of marking.
30 "Butter" and "cheese", products usually known by these names i8s^i.|92.§5.
31 which are manufactured exclusively from milk or cream with salt and k. l. sd, §35.
32 rennet and with or without coloring matter.
33 "Cattle feed", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hun- 1912.527, §1.
34 dred and thu-ty-five, inclusive, mcludes all materials used for feeding
35 live stock and poultry.
36 "Cheese", see "butter".
37 " Closed package ", in sections one hundred to one hundred and seven, i9i5, 261. § le.
38 inclusive, one hundred and nine, one hundred and ten, one hundred
39 and twelve and one hundred and thirteen, a barrel, box or other con-
40 tainer, the contents whereof cannot be sufficiently inspected without
41 opening it.
42 "Cold storage", in sections sixty-six to seventy-three, inclusive, and igjllugj \\
43 ninety-two, the storage of articles of food at or below a temperature of
44 forty-five degrees Fahrenlieit for a period of thirty days or more.
45 "Cold storage or refrigerating warehouse", in sections sixty-six to Jgjy'ijg'l};
46 seventy-three, inclusive, and ninety-two, an establishment employing
47 refrigerating machinery or ice for the purpose of refrigeration, or a place
48 otherwise artificially cooled, where articles of food are stored for thirty
49 days or more at or below a temperature of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit.
50 "Commercial feeding stuft'", in sections two hundred and twenty-five If^^-^^-
51 to two hundred and thirty-five, inclusive, includes all feeding stuff used 1912, 527,
52 for feeding live stock and poultry and containing not more than sixty
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per cent of water, except whole seeds or grains, and also unmixed meals 53
made directly from the entire grains of corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, 54
buckwheat, flaxseed, kafir, and milo, whole hays, whole straws, unground 55
cotton seed hulls and unground corn stover when unmixed with other 56
materials. 57
1911,388, §11. "Commercial fertilizer", in sections two hundred and fifty to two 58
hundred and fifty-four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two 59
hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, dried or partly dried manure, pul- 60
verized or ground, and each natural or artificial manure containing nitro- 61
gen, phosphoric acid, potash or lime, except the excrements and litter 62
from domestic animals when sold in its natural state. 63
i9i2i 527,' 1 1'' " Copy ", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and 64
thirt.y-five, inclusive, and sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred 65
and fifty-four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred 66
and sixty-one, inclusive, any certified copy. 67
1912,527,11. "Crude protein", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two 68
hundred and thirty-five, inclusive, the percentage of nitrogen multiplied 69
by the factor six and twenty-five one hundredths. 70
"Director", in sections twenty-five to thirty-one, inclusive, two hun- 71
dred and twenty-seven to two hundred and thirty-five, inclusive, and 72
two hundred and fifty-fom' to two hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, 73
director of the Massachusetts agricultural experiment station. 74
lisB^m!^"' "I^rug", in sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and 75
1917 ^os^Z/e ninety-six, inclusive, includes all medicines and preparations recognized 76
12. ' ' ' in the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary for internal 77
or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to 78
be used for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease of man or animal. 79
loil'.^siifU'f, "Feeding stufl^", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hun- SO
!*• dred and thirty-five, inclusive, commercial feeding stuff. 81
1911,388,5 11. "Fertilizer", in sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred and 82
fifty-four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred and 83
sixty-one, inclusive, commercial fertilizer. 84
illeii?!!^^' "Food", in sections one hundred and fifty-four to one hundred and 85
R^l'.vt^Kf. fifty-six, inclusive, one hundred and eighty-one, and one hundred and 86
1917' 208' lie eighty-sLx to one hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, includes all articles, 87
12- ' ' ' whether simple, mixed or compoimd, used for food or drink, confectionery 88
or condiment, by man or animal. 89
1908, 570, § 1. " Heated milk ", milk which has been subjected to artificial heat greater 90
than one hundred and sixty-seven degrees Fahrenheit. 91
i9ii! Its, I n. " Importer ", in sections two hundred and twenty -five to two hundred 92
1912, 527, §§ 1, and thirty-five, inclusive, and in sections two hundred and fifty to two 93
hundred and fifty-four, inclusive, and two himdred and fifty-six to two 94
hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, a person procuring for sale or distribu- 95
tion in the commonwealth commercial feeding stuff or cattle feed, and 96
commercial fertilizers, respectively, from another state or country. 97
1912! 52?! 1 1!' "Label", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred 98
and thirty-five, inclusive, a prmted label required by section two hun- 99
dred and twenty-five, and in sections two hundred and fifty to two hun- 100
dred and fifty-four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two 101
hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, a printed label required by section two 102
hundred and fifty. 103
1911,388,511. "Lime", in sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty- 104
four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred and sixty- 105
one, inclusive, calcium oxide (CaO). 106
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107 "Magnesia", in sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred and i^n, sss, §11.
108 fifty-foiu-, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred and
109 sixty-one, inclusive, magnesiiun oxide (MgO).
110 " Oleomargarine " includes butterine, imitation butter and any article, R. l. 56, § 35.
111 substance or compound made in imitation or semblance of or as a sub-
112 stitute for butter and not made exclusi\ely and wholly of milk or cream,
113 or containing any fats, oils or grease not produced from milk or cream.
114 "Package", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred 19I2', III', 1 1^'
115 and thirty-five, inclusive, two hundred and fifty to two hundred and
116 fifty-four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred and
117 sixty-one, inclusive, includes sack, bag, tin, box, jar, and any similar
118 receptacle.
119 "Paint", in sections two hundred and ninety-one to two hundred and i^o^'Ssi. § 2.
120 ninety-five, inclusive, includes white lead, oxide or zinc, and red lead,
121 dry or in any kind of oil, and any compound intended for the same use,
122 colors ground in oil, paste or semi-paste paint, and liquid or mixed paint
123 ready for use.
124 "Pastem-ized milk", natural cow's milk not more than seventy-two 1917,259, §1.
125 hours old, when pasteurized, subjected for a period of not less than thirty
126 minutes to a temperature of not less than one hundred and forty, nor more
127 than one hundred and forty-five, degrees Falirenlieit, and immediately
128 thereafter cooled to a temperature of fifty degrees Falirenheit or
129 lower.
130 "Phosphoric acid", in sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred ^^^^' ^**' ^ ^^•
131 and fifty-four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hmidred
132 and sixty-one, inclusive, phosphoric anhydrid (P2O5).
133 "Potash", in sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty- isn. sss. § 11.
134 four, inclusive, and two hundred and fifty-six to two hundred and sixty-
135 one, inclusive, potassium oxide (IviO).
136 "Sausage" or "sausage meat", in sections one hundred and forty- 1914,634,51.
137 two to one hundred and forty-five, inclusive, a comminuted meat from
138 neat cattle, swine or veal, or a mixtm-e of such meats, either fresh, salted,
139 pickled or smoked, with or without added salt, spices, cereal and the
140 like, and with or without the addition of edible animal fats, blood and
141 sugar, or subsecjuent smoking.
142 "Tag", in sections two hundred and twenty-five to two himdred and 1912.527, § 1.
143 thirty-five, inclusive, a printed tag required by section two hundred and d^^finitionsTee'
144 twenty-five. sect.oni97.
BAKERIES AND BAKERY PRODUCTS.
1 Section 2. The floors, walls and ceilings of each bakery, the equip- Floors, etc., to
2 ment used in the handling or preparation of bakery products or the in- et^c %se IT'
3 gredients thereof, and the wagons, boxes, baskets and other receptacles baSSSfetc,
4 in which such products are transported, shall at all times be kept by the JHo.^'is;
5 owner or operator of the bakery or by the distributor of such products §§ 9- lo-
6 in a clean and sanitary condition and free from dirt and dust, flies, insects
7 and other contaminating matter. All show cases, shelves and other
8 places where bakery products are sold shall at all times be kept by the
9 dealer well covered, properly ventilated, adequately protected from dirt
10 and dust, flies, insects and other contaminating matter, and in a sweet,
11 clean and sanitary condition. Shipping baskets and other containers for
12 transporting bakery products shall be kept clean and, whenever the
13 property of a distributor or dealer, shall not be used for the shipment of
14 other products to any person or concern.
888
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[Chap. 9-1.
Storage, etc.,
of bakery
products, etc.,
regulated.
1920. 418,
§5 11,12.
Section 3. All bakery products and ingredients thereof shall be 1
stored, handled, transported and kept so as to protect them from spoilage, 2
contamination, disease and unwholesomeness. Boxes and other perma- 3
nent receptacles or containers for the storing, receiving or handling of 4
bakery products shall be so placed and constructed as to be beyond the 5
reach of contamination from streets, alleys and sidewalks and from 6
animals, and shall be kept clean and sanitary by the dealer. No other 7
articles shall be placed therein in addition to said products. No person 8
shall tamper with, injure or contaminate said boxes, receptacles or con- 9
tainers, nor shall any person other than the baker or dealer or his em- 10
ployees remove anj'thing therefrom or place anytliing therein. 1 1
Preparation
of bakery
products, etc..
regulated,
1915,258, § 1.
1920, 418,
§§ 12, 13, 23.
Section 4. There shall not be used in bakery products or in the in- 1
gredients thereof any ingredient or material, including water, which is 2
spoiled or contaminated or which may render the product unwholesome, 3
unfit for food or injurious to health, nor shall there be used in any bakery 4
product any ingredient likely to deceive the consumer or which lessens 5
the nutritive value of such product unless the product is plainly so labelled, 6
branded or tagged, or has thereon a sign making plain to the purchaser 7
or consumer the actual ingredients thereof; provided, that in the case 8
of unwTapped bread to be sold by the loaf such labelling, branding 9
or tagging shall be placed upon the label required under section eight, 10
showing the name of the manufacturer and the net weight of the loaf. 11
Said ingredients and the sale and oifering for sale of said products shall 12
other\\dse comply with sections one hmidred and eighty-six to one hun- 13
dred and ninety-five, inclusive. 14
S^bake'ry*"" Section 5. Except as provided in section six, no bakery products 1
faTed"° Certrfn shall bc rctumcd from any consumer or other purchaser to the dealer 2
iglo.^s?!' 14 °^ baker, nor from any dealer to the baker, nor shall any dealer or baker 3
directly or indirectly accept any returns from or make any exchange of 4
bakery products with any person. All such products shall be kept mov- 5
ing to the consimier without um-easonable delay and witliout any prac- 6
tice whatsoeA'er which may disseminate contagion or disease among or 7
inflict fraud upon consumers, or disseminate "rope", so called, or other 8
infection in bakeries, or cause waste in the food supply; provided, that 9
tins section, except in so far as may be necessary to pre\'ent such waste, 10
shall not apply to crackers or other bakery products wliich are packed at 11
the place of production in cartons, cans, boxes or similar permanent con- 12
tainers, except paper or parchment wrappers used in WTapping loaA'cs 13
of bread, and which are so packed and sealed at such place as fully to l-^
insure the freshness and wholesomeness of such products and to protect 15
them from contamination, adulteration and deterioration in the course 16
of trade, and which remain in the original unbroken package as packed. 17
Establishment
and enforce-
ment of rules,
etc., relative
to exemptions,
standards, etc.
1920,418,
i§ 2, 15.
Section 6. The department of public health may, by rule, estab- 1
lish such exemptions as may be necessary to facilitate the sale of any 2
accumulated or unsold stocks of wholesome bakery products, and in 3
other cases consistent with sections two to six, inclusive, and section 4
forty-two of chapter one hmidred and eleven. The standards and re- 5
quirements prescribed by sections two to six, inclusive, shall conform 6
to rules and regulations adopted by the department of public health, and 7
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of food. 889
8 said sections and rules and regulations shall be enforced by said depart-
9 ment and by local boards of health acting under the supervision of said
10 department.
1 Section 7. Except as provided in the following section, bread shall Weight of
2 not be sold or offered or exposed for sale otherwise than by weight, and c.^l^s.
3 shall be manufactured for sale and sold only in units of one pound, one 1720-21, 2.
4 and one half pounds, or multiples of one pound. When multiple loaves \l°sg, Inf ''
5 are baked, each unit of the loaf shall conform to the weight requu-ed |/. lib, 55
6 by this section. The weights herein specified shall mean net weights, ^%l°''
7 not more than twelve hours after baking, and shall be determined by the f, l. sV,
8 average weight of at least twelve loaves. 1920. 4i8, §§ le, 23, 152 Mass. 522.
1 Section 8. Unit weights, as defined in the preceding section, shall Special provi-
2 not apply to rolls or to fancy bread weighing less than four ounces, nor roirs!etc.,°anci
3 to loaves bearing in plain position a plain statement of the weight of the isM.'iTi'^'''"''
4 loaf and the name of the manufacturer thereof. Such information shall li, |; %. § n.
5 be stated in case of wrapped bread, upon the wrapper of each loaf, and r.l's7,|7
6 in the case of unwrapped bread by means of a pan impression or other jl, }|' ^5^-
7 mechanical means or upon a label not larger than one by one and three i|2o: 418;
8 quarters inches nor smaller than one by one and one half inches. Such
9 label, if affixed to an unwrapped loaf, shall not be aSixed in any manner
10 or with any gum or paste which is unsanitary or unwholesome, nor shall
11 there be more than one label on a loaf or unit.
1 Section 9. The director of standards shall prescribe such rules and Establishment
2 regulations as are necessary to enforce the two preceding sections, in- ment ot certain
3 eluding reasonable tolerances or variations within which all weights Srectorof ^
4 shall be kept; provided, that such tolerances or variations shall not ex- igosa??.'
5 ceed one ounce per poiuid under the standard unit or marked weight. §§'7,'|.^^'
6 The said director, and under his direction the local sealers of weights Jt'^^'l'
7 and measures, shall cause this section to be enforced. Before any prose-
8 cution is begun under this section the parties concerned shall be notified
9 and be given an opportunity to be heard before said director.
1 Section 10. Violation of any provision of sections two to nine, Penait.v.
2 inclusive, or of any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, shall be ilsg] nif §"5.
3 punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. isvo, 395. ^- s- ^9, § s.
p. S. 60. § f). 1908, 197. 1915, 258, § 2.
R. L. 57, §0. 1914, 653, §6. 1920, 41S, §§ 22, 23.
BAKING POWTJER.
1 Section 11. Whoever manufactures for sale or offers or exposes for Labelling of
2 sale or sells any baking powder or mixture or compound intended for use re^guhfted." "^^
3 as a baking powder under any name or title whatsoever shall securely igol.'tio.
4 affix or cause to be securely affixed to the outside of each box, can or pack-
5 age containing such baking powder or like mixtiue or compound, a label,
0 distinctly printed in brcAiier gotliic capital letters in the English language,
7 containing the name and residence of the manufacturer and the ingredi-
8 ents of the baking powder, mixture or compound. W'hoever violates any
9 provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten
10 dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
890
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[CH-^P. 94.
Standard for
cream, railk ai
skimmed milk
1880, 209, § 7
P. S. 57, § 9.
1885, 352,
§§ 6, 8.
1886, 318, § 2
1896, 398, I 2,
1899, 223.
R. L. 56,
§§ 55, 56.
1907, 216.
1908, 643.
1917, 189.
Grade A, etc.,
milk standard.
1917, 256,
MILK AND CREAM.
Section 12. The ]\Iassachusetts legal standard for milk shall be
milk which upon analysis is showai to contain not less than twelve per
cent of milk solids and not less than three and thirty-five hundredths per
cent of milk fat. The Massachusetts legal standard for skimmed railk
shall be skimmed milk containing not less than nine and three tenths per
cent of milk solids exclusive of milk fat. The Massachusetts legal stand-
ard for cream shall be cream which upon analysis is shown to contain not
less than fifteen per cent of milk fat. i32 Mass. ii.
139 Mass. 193. 184 Mass. 207. 205 Mass. 384.
143 Mass. 418. 289 Mass. 342. Op. A. G. (1920) 112.
Grade A, etc..
milk. Permits
for sale. Test.
Section 13. "Grade A, Massachusetts Milk" shall consist exclu- 1
sively of milk produced within the commonwealth from healthy cows 2
under cleanly and sanitary conditions, and so cooled and cared for that 3
in its raw state the bacteria count shall not average more than one hun- 4
dred thousand per cubic centimeter, upon examination of fi\'e samples 5
taken one each day, and each from a different lot of milk, on five consecu- 6
tive days. When sold, kept or offered for sale or exchange, such milk 7
shall be designated and marked by a label, cap or tag bearing the words 8
"Grade A, Massachusetts Milk" in plain, legible, bold-faced type. The 9
percentage of milk fat may also be stated upon said label, cap or tag, 10
but the amount of milk fat shall never be less than the standard fixed for 1 1
milk by the preceding section. 12
Section 14. The board of health of a town, upon application of a 1
person desiring to sell or exchange milk therein as " Grade A, Massachu- 2
setts Milk", shall test, as provided in the preceding section, the milk 3
produced or to be sold or exchanged by such applicant, and if upon such 4
test the milk so produced or to be sold or exchanged by the applicant is 5
found to comply with the requirements of "Grade A, Massachusetts 6
Milk", such board shall issue without charge to the applicant a written 7
permit to keep for sale, exchange or delivery, or to sell, exchange or de- 8
liver in such town, milk graded, designated and labelled under the pre- 9
ceding section as "Grade A, Massachusetts Milk". 10
A permit so issued may be revoked at any time upon written notice toll
the holder by the board issuing it, if milk offered by the holder for sale or 12
exchange as so graded does not comply with said section. 13
Permits for
sale of other
graded millv.
1917, 256, § 4.
Section 15. If any grade or classification of milk other than "Grade 1
A, Massachusetts Milk" is established, permits for the sale of such other 2
milk shall be granted and may be revoked in accordance with the pre- 3
ceding section with respect to "Grade A, Massachusetts Milk", but 4
such permits shall not be granted until the milk to be sold thereunder 5
has been tested in such manner as the local board of health to whom 6
application for the permit is made shall determine. Milk sold or ex- 7
changed or kept or offered for sale or exchange mader such a permit 8
shall be marked ^dth a label, cap or tag, bearing in the English language 9
in plain, legible, bold-faced type, the name of the grade as it is determined 10
by such board. 11
production of Section 16. No milk shall be sold in the commonwealth unless the 1
"nspecS "^^ *° t-onditions under which it is produced are subject to the inspection pro- 2
1910, 633, '5 3. videdbylaw. 3
8Q1
Ch4P. 94.1 INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
1 Sectiov 17 Each container of evaporated, concentrated or con- F~"'
i deSSlk and of evaporated, concentrated or condensed sk.mmed j™..-.. ^,
^ ml sold » offered for sale or had by any person in possession or curtocy pi„^ o.
4 "i h intnt to sell shall have plainly printed *XVn*htlte or ^^ ^ '■
IS not be below the legal standard for skimmed milk .
1 Section 18 Whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale p-Uv^-
12 and whoever in any ^^J^^'^X l^fTLS^del^^^^^ as
13 therein was wholly P^^f^^^lf^^^^^lll'^^^^^^^ firlt offence
18 two hundred dollars.
>.T v,:^colf r^v hv his servant or agent shall sell, advuterated,
1 Section 19. ^o Person WeH «; ^J ^^^f ^^^^^^.j,, ^ith intent so e- j^-
2 exchange or deliver ^J l^^^Y^/^^^^J"^^^^^^^^^ adulterated milk or i||e -.
I ^i^i;s:rs a^ w^ substa^^-^^ssr^ uk^-
5 produced from cows which have ^een f ed on « e r^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ e3 ho,||.
6 from sick or diseased cows, «^' ^^ ,P"^^^^f^^^,^;SiVshSl sell, exchange or lSf,g;^ ^•
7 or a part thereof has been removed, and no p^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ,, ,^^
8 deliver or have in his custody or Po^^^^^'"^ ^^^^^^^^3 standard, or any i872 3i9,
9 skimmed milk not conforming to the ^^^^^^f 'f '^uijeated milk" or !lso,lo9,
10 heated milk or skimmed milk not having ^he ^^^^^^/^^ up„,, a light 1^117,
11 "skimmed milk'' as the case ^^^^ ^e Jjf n Y^^^^^^^^ .^^^^.^ ||^^.^^_
\t n :S^:^:^^:^'^^^"'^^^^ - than two W^,
892
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[Chap. 94.
inos. 570
§§ 1,2.
9 Allen. 4S9.
10 Allen,
199.
11 Allen.
264.
103 Mass
. 444.
107 Mass
. 194.
1.30 Mass
.43.
132 Mass
. 11.
1.39 Mass
. 193.
140 Mass
. 4S3.
141 Mass
. 129.
143 Mass
. 109,
172,418.
144 Mass
.357.
146 Mass
.38,
128, 512.
149 Mass
.9.
153 Mass
. 1.59.
155 Mass
. 442.
Sale, etc..
of
milk below
standard.
Penalty.
ISSO, 209.
,§4.
P. S. 57, § 6.
18S(i, 3 IS,
1 § 2
1900, 300,
.§2.
R. L. 56,
§57.
1910,641,
.12.
184 Mass
.207.
189 Mass
.342.
205 Mass
.384.
Sale, etc..
of
cream l)el
ow
standard.
Penalty.
1907, 210.
quarts, said words may be placed upon a detachable label or tag attached 16
thereto and said letters may be less than one inch in length, but not 17
smaller than brevier gothic capital letters. Whoever violates any pro- 18
vision of this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not 19
less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, for the second offence 20
by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars, 21
and for a subsequent offence by a fine of fifty dollars and by imprison- 22
ment for not less than two nor more than three months. 23
Nothing in this section referring to heated milk shall be construed as 24
applying to condensed milk or to milk which has been concentrated to 25
one half its volume or less. 159 Mass. S. leo Mass. 533. 26
165 Mass. 38. 209 Mass. 30, 38. 221 Mass. 68.
205 Mass. 384. 218 Mass. 24. Op. A. G. (1920) 112.
Section 20. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent sells, ex- 1
changes or delivers, or has in his custody or possession with intent so to 2
do, milk not conforming to the Massachusetts standard shall be punished 3
for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, for the second 4
offence by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred 5
dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than two hun- 6
dred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months. 7
210 Mass. 109. 218 Mass. 24. 229 Mass. 14.
Section 21. Whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale, or 1
has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, cream not conforming 2
to the Massachusetts standard as defined in section twelve, shall for the 3
first offence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, for the 4
second offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred 5
dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not less than one hun- 6
dred nor more than two hundred dollars. 7
Sale, et
pasteurized
milk belo
standard.
Penalty.
1917,259,
§§2.3.
of
Section 22. Whoever sells, exchanges, delivers, advertises, repre- 1
sents or describes, or offers or exposes for sale or has in his possession 2
with intent to sell as pasteiu"ized milk, milk not pasteurized as defined in 3
section one, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less 4
than ten dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than 5
one hundred dollars. 6
Sale, etc.. of
condensed milk
regulated.
Penalty.
1896, 264.
R. L. 66, § 59.
209 Mass. 32.
Penalty for
sale of con-
densed, etc.,
milk not
labelled.
1911,610, §
Section 23. 'VNTioever sells, or offers for sale or exchange, condensed 1
milk or condensed skimmed milk in hermetically sealed cans without 2
having such cans distinctly labelled with the name of the manufacturer 3
of such milk, the brand under which it is made and the contents of the 4
can, and whoever sells condensed milk from cans or packages not her- 5
metically sealed without having such cans or packages branded or labelled 6
with the name of the manufacturer, shall be punished as provided in 7
section nineteen. 8
Section 24. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent sells, ex- 1
changes or delivers, or has in his custody or possession with intent so to 2
do, any container of evaporated, concentrated or condensed milk or 3
skimmed milk not marked or labelled in compliance with section seven- 4
teen, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not more than one 5
hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of not less than one 6
hundred nor more than two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence 7
by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than 8
tliree nor more than six months. 9
CUAV. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 893
1 Section 25. No bottle, pipette or other measuring glass or utensil ut'ifninlfor
2 shall be used by any inspector of milk, or by any person in any milk in- ^|f ™'°j^gv
3 spection laboratory, in determining, by the Babcock or other centrifugal «c. ^ ^
4 machine, the composition of milk or cream for the purposes of inspection, §§ i.'i "
5 or by any person in any place in determining, by the Babcock or other 1912; lis,
6 centrifugal machine, the composition or value of milk or cream as a basis ilig, 257,
7 for payment in buying or selling, until such measiu-ing glass or utensil frfig^s
8 has been tested for accuracy and verified by the director, or by his duly i^-^' -■
9 designated deputy. Each such bottle, pipette or other measuring glass
10 or utensil shall be submitted to the said director by the owner or user
1 1 thereof, to be tested for accuracy, before the same is used for such pur-
12 poses. As a fee for making the test, the owner or user shall pay to the
13 said director a sum not exceeding five cents for each bottle, pipette or
14 other measuring glass or utensil tested. Each measuring glass or utensil
15 so tested and verified or found inaccurate shall be marked accordingly by
16 the director or by his said deputy. No such measiu-ing glass or utensil so
17 marked inaccurate shall be used in determining the composition or value
18 of milk or cream.
1 Section 26. Each Babcock or other centrifugal machine used by an inspection of
2 inspector of milk or by a person in a milk inspection laboratory for de- machmes.
3 termining the composition of milk or cream for purposes of inspection, ^°l\ sef i^ee!
4 or by a person in any place for determining the composition or value of \q^^- ^^^' ^^ ^•
5 milk or cream as a basis for payment in buying or selling, shall be in-
6 spected at least once in each year by the director or by his inspector or
7 deputy. The owner or user of any such centrifugal machine shall pay to
8 the director as a fee for making each such annual inspection the actual
9 cost thereof.
10 Each Babcock or other centrifugal machine used as aforesaid which,
11 in the opinion of the director, his inspector or deputy is not in condition
12 to give accurate results, may be condemned by him. No Babcock or
13 other centrifugal machine so condemned shall be used for determining the
14 composition or value of milk or cream as aforesaid, unless such machine
15 is corrected to the satisfaction of the director, his inspector or deputy,
16 and approved by him.
1 Section 27. No inspector of milk and no person in a milk inspection Certiecate for
2 laboratory shall manipulate the Babcock or other centrifugal machine cock, etc",
3 to determine the composition of milk or cream for purposes of inspection, "equirel
4 and no person in any place shall manipulate such a centrifugal machine ^901^202, § 4.
5 to determine the composition or value of milk or cream as a basis for pay- J^gg^,- |§v§ ^v.
6 ment in buying or selling, without first obtaining a certificate from the If'g^'j^J*'
7 director or his duly designated deputy that he is competent to do such i9i9', 301, § 9.
8 work. The fee therefor shall be two dollars, and shall be paid to the
9 director. If a holder of a certificate is notified by the director, or by his
10 duly designated deputy, to correct his use of such a centrifugal machine,
11 the actual cost of an inspection to ascertain if such person has corrected
12 his use of the said machine shall be paid by him or by his employer to
13 the director.
1 Section 28. The director or his duly designated deputy may issue certificates:
2 certificates of competency to persons desiring to manipulate the Babcock tion and
3 or other centrifugal machine who in his opinion are competent. The 1901/202, § 4.
4 director or his deputy may make and enforce rules governing applications fg^] 4I5.* ®^"
894 INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. [ChAP. 94.
55^|;|/fo. ^or s"^h certificates and the granting thereof and may revoke the author- 5
1919, 301, § 9. ity of any holder of a certificate who, in the opinion of the director, his 6
deputy or inspector, is not correctly manipulating a machine as aforesaid, 7
or is using dirty or otherwise unsatisfactory glassware or utensils in con- 8
nection therewith. No holder of such certificate whose authority has been 9
so revoked shall thereafter manipulate any such machine for the purposes 10
mentioned in the preceding section. 11
SlpJc^o^n of Section 29. The director shall test or cause to be tested all bottles, 1
"evlces'°^ pipettes and other measiu-ing glasses or utensils submitted to him mader 2
1901, 202 § 5. section twenty-five, and shall inspect or cause to be inspected at least 3
I9i2i2i8,'§§ 5, once each year each Babcock or other centrifugal machine used by an 4
^°' inspector of milk, or by a person in any milk inspection laboratory, for 5
purposes of inspection, or by any person in any place to determine the 6
composition or value of milk or cream as a basis for pa;yTaent in buying 7
or selling, and shall collect the fees or actual cost of tests and inspections 8
under the four preceding sections. The director, his inspectors and 9
deputies, may enter upon premises where any centrifugal machine is 10
so used to inspect it and to ascertain if said last mentioned sections are 1 1
complied with. 12
Fnforcecertain Section 30. The director shall enforce sections twenty-five to 1
sections. Cer- thirty-one, inclusive, and may prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any 2
tain persons ' . , . . . "' ^„ . , . ^ . * „ •'
not subject to person Violating any provision or said sections, bections twenty-five to 3
when. ' thirty-one, inclusive, shall not affect any person using any centrifugal 4
' ■ or other machine or test to determine the composition or value of milk or 5
cream if such use or test is made for the information of such person only, 6
and not for purposes of inspection, or as a basis for payment in bujing 7
or selling. 8
ferfermg^mth' Section 31. Whoevef hiudcrs or obstructs the director, liis inspector 1
fOT wrong'fuf"'^ ^^ deputy, in the discharge of any authority or duty imposed upon liim 2
use of utensils, by any pro\'ision of sections twenty-five to thirty, inclusive, and whoever 3
R "l' 5°"'«^69' '^<^l^*^s any provision of said sections shall be punished by a fine of not 4
1912; 218, ' less than fifteen nor more than fifty dollars. 5
5§ 6, 10. •'
i9n, 278!°°'' Section 32. The board of health of a city, and of a town of ten thou- 1
sand or more inhabitants, when it deems it advisable for the public health, 2
may establish one or more stations for the distribution of milk, either 3
free of charge in cases of necessity, or at such charge and under such con- 4
ditions, rules and regulations as it establishes; but tliis section shall not 5
permit any such board to engage in a general milk business. 6
LTifand 00°. Section 33. The board of health of a city shall, and the board of 1
pies°of mim™' h^^lth or the selectmen acting as such board of a town may, appoint one 2
i|59, 206, or more inspectors of milk and one or more collectors of samples of milk, 3
G. s'. 49, § 148. who shall have the powers, and perform the duties, conferred and im- 4
§§ i,'2. ' posed by law upon such inspectors and collectors, who shall be under the 5
1884, 3i'o; § 3.^ control of, and whose compensation shall be fixed by, the board appoint- 6
liii; 111; 1 1. "ig lum or them ; but no person whose business, in whole or in part, is the 7
« 51,^52. buying or selling of milk, or who is an officer, agent or employee of any 8
it^'i^i' person engaged in the sale thereof, shall be appointed as such inspector. 9
1910, 114; 457. Each persou so appointed shall be sworn before entering upon his official 10
CUAP. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 895
11 duties and each such inspector shall publish a notice of his appointment
12 for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in his town, if any;
13 otherwise he shall post such notice in two or more public places therein.
14 Such inspectors may be removed in cities in the manner provided in sec-
15 tions forty-thi-ee and forty-five of chapter thirty-one, and in towns at any
16 time, by the appointing board.
1 Section 34. Any board mentioned in the preceding section may Boards may
2 designate and employ any member of the board or any agent or employee of their
3 thereof as a collector of samples of milk. i909, 405, § 2. "^^ ^"' ^ "'
1 Section 35. Each inspector of milk shall enforce in his tovm the laws Certain
2 as to the milk supply, and shall make complaint for a violation of any of inspectors
3 provision of sections nineteen to twenty-eight, inclusive, thirty-three, ism^mg! °'^^'
4 thirty-eight to forty, inclusi-\'e, and forty-three, upon the information of ^^ g. 49, § 149.
5 any person laying before liim satisfactory evidence whereby to sustain jgeJ; 122! 1 2.
6 such complaint. He shall keep an office and shall record, in books kept JIJJS. zes, 1 3.
7 for the purpose, the name and place of business of each person engaged PqS.'st, §§ 2.
8 in the sale of milk within such town. Each inspector of milk or collector i8S4, 310,
9 of samples of milk may enter each place where milk is produced, stored isss, 352, § 4.
10 or kept for sale and each ^•elucle used for its conveyance, and take there- Ifl'.'l.^*'
11 from samples for analysis. Upon request made when any sample is fisg.^li.
12 taken, he shall seal and deliver to the owner or person from whose pos- \l\*' J||. § 6-
13 session the milk is taken a portion of each sample, and a receipt therefor 11 AJten,^264.
14 shall be given to him. Each inspector of milk shall cause each sample 141 Mass! 129,
15 to be analyzed or otherwise satisfactorily tested, and shall record and us' Mass. 172,
16 preserve as e\'idence the results thereof; but no evidence of the result tit' Mass. 132.
17 of such analysis or test shall be received if such inspector or collector J57 Massimo.
18 refuses or neglects to seal and deliver, upon request as above provided, a 216 Mass. 126.
19 portion of such sample to the owner or person from whose possession it
20 is taken. This section shall not apply to milk in the course of interstate
21 commerce.
1 Section 36. An officer of the department of public health or of the officer, in-
2 division of dairying and animal husbandry of the department of agri- to^slndr^esuits
3 cultiu-e, an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk, or other °^ner.'''^"' '°
4 officer of the commonwealth or of a city or to-um who obtains a sample j*^-^; H^-^ ga.
5 of milk for analysis shall, within ten days after obtaining the result of }^}^;^||;| };
6 the analysis, send it to the person from whom the sample was taken or 1919:350',^^
7 to the person responsible for the condition of such milk. 2 Op. a. g. so. i76 Mass. 292.
1 Section 37. No producer of milk shall be liable to prosecution for Liability of
2 the reason that the milk produced by him is not of good standard quality miik"eg'ui°ated.
3 unless such milk was taken upon liis premises or while in his possession ^^t 11% 62.
4 or under his control b\' an inspector of milk, collector of samples of milk }^}5; f^J; | };
5 or agent of the division of dairying and animal husbandry of the de- J^J^iajo;^^'
6 partment of agricultiu-e or of the department of public health, and a flg^i.^s^'si
7 sealed sample thereof was given to such producer upon demand, nor un- 229 Mass. 14.
8 less he shall fail to bring the milk produced by liim to the legal standard
9 for milk solids and mjlk fat within twenty days after WTitten notice that
10 it is below said standard has been sent to liim by the officer taking said
11 sample. At any time after such period of twenty days has elapsed, any
12 such officer may take a second sample, and if it is found to be below the
13 legal standard for milk solids and milk fat prosecution may follow.
896
mSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[Chap. 94.
Penalty for
connivance by
or interference
with inspector,
1880. 209, § 6.
P. S. 57, § 8.
1884, 310, I 5.
R. L. 56, § 61.
141 Mass. 135.
Penalty for
using counter-
feit seal, etc.
1886, 318, § 4.
1896, 398, § 3.
R. L. 56, § 60.
Section 38. An inspector of milk or a collector of samples of milk 1
who wilfully connives at or assists in a \aolation of sections nineteen, 2
twenty, twenty-three, thirty-nine, forty and one hundred and forty-six, 3
or any person who hinders, obstructs or interferes with such an inspector 4
or collector in the performance of his duty, shall, except as provided in 5
section sixty, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more 6
than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one nor 7
more than two months. 8
Section 39. ^\lioever makes, causes to be made, uses or has in his 1
possession, an imitation or counterfeit of a seal used by an inspector of 2
milk, collector of samples of milk or other officer engaged in the inspec- 3
tion of milk, and whoever changes or tampers with a sample taken or 4
sealed as provided in section thirty-five, shall be punished by a fine of 5
one hundred dollars and by imprisonment for not less than tliree nor 6
more than six months. 7
License to sell
milk, etc.
1859, 206, § 2.
G. S. 49, I 151.
1864, 122, § 4.
1880, 209,
§U,2.
P. S. 57,
§§3,4.
R. L. 56,
§§ 53, 54.
1909, 443,
S§1,5.
1 Allen, 593.
2 Allen, 157.
Section 40. No person, except a producer selling milk to other than 1
consumers, or selling not more than twenty quarts per day to consumers, 2
shall deliver, exchange, expose for sale or sell or have in his custody or 3
possession with intent so to do any milk, skimmed milk or cream in 4
any town ■where an inspector of milk is appointed, without obtaining 5
from such inspector a license which shall contain the number thereof, 6
the name, place of business, residence, number of vehicles used by the 7
licensee and the name of each driver or other person employed by him in 8
carrying or selling milk. A license issued to a partnership or corporation 9
shall be issued in the business name of said partnersliip or corporation 10
and shall contain the names in full of the partners and managers of said 11
partnership or officers of said corporation. The Hcense shall, for the 12
purposes of sections forty to forty-two, inclusive, be conclusive evi- 13
dence of ownership and shall not be sold, assigned or transferred. Who- 14
ever in such a town, engages in the business of selling milk, skimmed 15
milk or cream from any veliicle shall display conspicuously on the outer 16
side of each vehicle so used, his license number in figures not less than 17
one and one half inches in height, and the name and place of business of 18
the licensee in gothic letters not less than one and one half inches in 19
height. Whoever in such town engages in the business of selling milk, 20
skimmed milk or cream in a store, booth, stand or market place shall 21
have his license conspicuously posted therein. 22
License may !
revoked, etc.
1880, 209,
§§1,2.
P. S. 57, §§ 3,
R. L. 56,
§§ 53, 54.
1909, 405, § 3
443, §§ 3-5.
1914, 792, § 1
1919, 350, § 9(
^^ Section 41. An inspector of milk in any town, for the purposes
mentioned in the preceding section and subject to the regulations estab-
4. lished by the board of health of such town, may grant licenses to suit-
able persons, and shall receive for each license so granted a fee of fifty
cents for the use of such town, and all license fees collected by him shall
be paid over montlily to the town treasiu-er. Such licenses shall remain
in force imtil June first following, imless previously suspended or re-
voked. An inspector of milk may declare any license granted by liim 8
suspended or forfeited upon a conviction of the licensee in any court of the 9
commonwealth for violation of his license. If the applicant for a license 10
fails to comply with any regulation of the board of health of the town 11
where the application is made, a license may be refused until he has com- 12
plied with such regulation; and a license granted imder this section may 13
be revoked at any time for failm-e to comply with any such regulation. 14
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of food. 897
15 If a license is so refused or revoked, an appeal may be taken to the de-
16 partment of public health, whose decision shall be final.
1 Section 42. Whoever Aaolates any provision of section forty sliall f^tun'mUk
2 be punished for the first offence by a fine of not less than ten nor more «tc • without
3 than one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of not less issgjm. § 2.
4 than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars, and for a subsequent fse^.m^M^'
5 offence by a fine of fifty dollars and by imprisonment for not less than p*s!'5M§ 3!'4.
6 one nor more than two months. R. l. 50, §§ 53, 54. 1909, 443, §§ 2, 5.
1 Section 43. No producer of or dealer in milk shall sell or deliver Permits
2 for sale in any town any milk produced or dealt in by him without first of mUk.' ^*°'
3 obtaining from the board of health of such town a permit authorizing §§\'*-5^.''792, h
4 such sale or deli\ery. Said board of health may issue such permit after \l\l- 1°|' ^ ^•
5 an inspection of the milk, and of the place where and the circimistances i^iS' 350, § 90.
6 under which it is produced and handled, has been made by it or its
7 authorized agent. Any permit so granted may contain such reasonable
8 conditions as said board deems suitable for protecting the public health
9 and may be revoked for failure to comply with any of such conditions.
10 No charge shall be made to the producer for such permit. After a permit
11 has been revoked, it may be reissued in the same manner in which the
12 original permit was issued. The board revoking or reissuing said permit
13 shall immediately send notice thereof to the department of public health,
14 which may enforce this provision. The department shall at once in-
15 form the board of health of any other to\ni where, in its judgment,
16 milk produced by the person to whom the permit relates would be
17 likely to be sold or delivered for sale, and it shall also give notice of such
18 revocation or reissue to any dealer in milk who in its judgment would
19 be likely to purchase milk from such person; and after receipt of notice
20 of revocation no dealer so notified shall sell or offer for sale such milk.
21 Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of
22 not more than one hundred dollars.
1 Section 44. No fee for making any inspection or test of live stock, charges for
2 or any inspection of any dairy, barn or stable, under authority of law, Sc'^'^of'dairies,
3 for the purpose of protecting the milk supply of any town, shall be re- pe'iiXy'"'"*"^'^'
4 quested or accepted by any official or other person making or assisting \g\f j^g' ^ ^■
5 to make such test or inspection.
6 punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
1 Section 45. No licensed milk dealer shall sell, or have in his posses- Use of certain
2 sion with intent to sell, milk not contained in clean vessels bearing his nroSt"!
3 own name, or the name under which his business is conducted, and bear- igj^.'ue,
4 ing no other name; but this section shall not apply to a person using f^ol 435
5 clean vessels bearing the name of another person whose MTitten permis- §§ 1. 2.
6 sion for such use has been obtained previously and registered in the
7 office of the inspector of milk, in towns having such officer, and in other
8 towns registered in the office of the town clerk. Whoever violates this
9 section shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars.
1 Section 46. Each vessel used as a container in the holding, handling Containers,
2 or sale of milk intended for sale, and each appliance, implement, utensil, ciea'n,°etc^
3 strainer or material used in milking and in the treatment or mixing of §§^^,'2.''^'
4 such milk, shall be clean and free from foreign deposits.
898
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[CiLiP. 94.
Penalty for
use of unclean
utensils, etc.
1013, 761,
Section 47. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent sells, ex- 1
changes or delivers or has in his custody or possession with intent to 2
sell, exchange or deliver, milk in vessels used as containers wliich are 3
unclean ujDon the inside, or have foreign deposits therein, or milk ob- 4
tained, treated or mixed by the use of appliances, implements, utensils, 5
strainers or materials unclean or not free from foreign deposits, shall be 6
punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 7
Placing of
offal, etc., in
milk cans, etc.,
prohibited.
Penalty.
1906, 116,
§§ 1. 2.
Section 48. ^Vhoeve^ himself or by liis servant or agent having cus- 1
tody of any vessel used as a container for milk intended for sale, places 2
or causes or permits to be placed therein offal, .swill, kerosene, vegetable 3
matter or any article other than milk, skimmed milk, buttermilk, cream, 4
or water or other agent used for cleansing said vessel, or sends, ships, 5
retmns, or delivers, or causes or permits to be sent, shipped, returned or 6
delivered to any producer of milk any vessel used as a container for milk 7
and containing any offal, swill, kerosene, vegetable matter or other 8
offensive material, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dol- 9
lars for each such vessel. 10
Oleomargarine
to be marked.
1878, 106, § 1.
1881, 292, § 1.
P. S. 56, § 17.
1884, 310, § 1.
1885, 352, § 1.
1886, 317, I 1.
R. L. 56, § 36.
148 Mass. 172.
150 Mass. 327.
157 Mass. 405,
407.
Penalty, § 51.
BUTTER, CHEESE AND LARD.
Section 49. Whoever himself or by liis agent sells, exposes for sale 1
or has in his possession with intent to sell oleomargarine shall have the 2
word "oleomargarine" or "butterine" so stamped, labelled or marked 3
that said word cannot be easily defaced, upon the top, side and bottom 4
of each tub, firkin, box or package containing any of said oleomargarine. 5
Whoever, loimself or by liis agent, exposes or offers for sale oleomar- 6
garine not in the original package shall attach thereto m a conspicuous 7
place a label bearing the words "imitation butter", or the word "oleo- 8
margarine" or "butterine". In retail sales of oleomargarine not in the 9
original package the seller shall attach to each package so sold, and shall 10
deliver therewith to the purchaser, a label or MTapper bearing in a con- 11
spicuous place upon the outside of the package the words "imitation 12
butter ", or the word " oleomargarine " or " butterine ". Each such stamp, 13
label or mark shall be in printed letters in a straight line of plain, un- 14
condensed gotliic type, not less than one half inch in length. 15
Imitation
cheese to be
marked.
1881, 292, § 2.
P. S. 56, § IS.
1885, 352, I 2.
R. L. 56, § 37.
Penalty, § 51.
Section 50. Whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale 1
or has in his possession with intent to sell, any article, substance or com- 2
pound, made in imitation or semblance of cheese or as a substitute there- 3
for, and either not made exclusively and wholly of milk or cream, or con- 4
taining any fats, oils or grease not produced therefrom, shall have the 5
words "imitation cheese" stamped, labelled or marked in printed letters G
of plain, uncondensed gothic type, not less than one inch in length, so 7
that said words cannot be easily defaced, upon the side of each cheese- 8
cloth or band around the same, and upon the top and side of each tub, 9
firkin, box or package containing any of said article, substance or com- 10
pound. In retail sales of said article, substance or compound not in the 11
original packages, the seller shall attach to each package so sold, and 12
shall deliver therewith to the purchaser, a label or wrapper bearing in a 13
conspicuous place upon the outside of the package the words " imitation 14
cheese", in printed letters of plain uncondensed gothic type, not less 15
than one half inch in length. 16
CH-VP. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 899
1 Section 51. Wlioever sells, exposes for sale or has in his possession Unlawful sale,
2 with intent to sell, any article, substance or compound made in imitation margarine and
3 or semblance of butter or cheese or as a substitute therefor, except as Xeese""
4 provided in the two preceding sections, and whoever with intent to de- flfl'ioe. | 2
5 ceive defaces, erases, cancels or removes any mark, stamp, brand, label {H^'lglss
6 or %\Tapper provided for in said sections, or in any manner falsely labels, P- s.'se § 19.
7 stamps or marks any box, tub, article or package marked, stamped or §§ 2,'3.
8 labelled as provided in said sections, or whoever himself or by his agent r. l! 56, § ss!
9 sells, exposes for sale, or has in his possession with intent to sell, oleo- ^ ''' " '^^"
10 margarine, contained in any box, tub, article or package, marked or
11 labelled with the word "dairy", or the word "creamery", or the name
12 of any breed of dairy cattle, shall for the first offence forfeit one hundred
13 dollars, and for each subsequent offence two hundred dollars, to the
14 use of the town where the offence was committed.
1 Section 52. Each person who conveys oleomargarine in a vehicle Conveyance of
2 or otherwise, for the purpose of selling the same in any town, shall an- "orsaie"^*"""^
3 nually in May be licensed by an inspector of milk of such town to sell p?,l^uy. '
4 the same within the limits thereof, and shall pay therefor to such in- ^^l\ 56^§^39!
5 spector fifty cents to the use of the town. The inspector shall pay monthly
6 to the town treasurer all such moneys collected by him. In towns where
7 there is no inspector of milk, such license shall be issued by the town
8 clerk. Any such license shall be issued only in the name of the owner
9 of the vehicle, and for the purposes of sections forty-nine to sixty, in-
10 elusive, shall be conclusive evidence of ownership. No such license
11 shall be sold, assigned or transferred. Each license shall be numbered
12 and shall state the name, residence, place of business, number of vehicles
13 used, and the name and residence of each driver or other person engaging
14 in carrying oleomargarine. Each licensee before engaging in the sale
15 of oleomargarine shall cause his name, the number of his license and his
16 place of business to be legibly placed, in gothic letters not less than one
17 inch in length, in the English language, on each outer side of each vehicle
IS used by him in the conveyance and sale thereof, and shall report to the
19 said inspector or town clerk any change of driver or other person en-
20 gaged in carrying oleomargarine occurring during the term of liis license.
21 ^Vhoever without being licensed sells oleomargarine, or exposes or offers
22 it for sale from vehicles or has it in his custody or possession with in-
23 tent so to sell, and whoever violates any of the provisions of tliis sec-
24 tion, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than thirty
25 nor more than one hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a
26 fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars.
1 Section 53. Each person before selling or offering for sale oleomar- Registration
.. f , ,^, lll'iL- of sellers of
2 ganne in a store, booth, stand or market place, sliali register lus name oleomargarine.
3 and proposed place of sale in the books of the inspector of milk of the issl, 317, § 5.
4 town, or, if there is no such inspector, in the books of the town clerk, ^' ^" ^^' ^ *°'
5 and annually in May thereafter shall so register, and shall pay fifty cents
6 for each registering to the use of such town. Whoever neglects so to
7 register shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
1 Section 54. Whoever himself or by his agent or servant renders. Manufacture,
ci 1 i(»i ^tc. of certai
certain
2 manufactures, sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale, takes orders for the imitations of
3 future delivery of, has in his possession, keeps in storage, distributes, hibited.
900
INSPECTION AND SALE OP FOOD.
[Chap. 94.
Penalty.
1891, 58,
§§1,2.
1894, 280,
1 § 6.
1896, 377,
, § 1
R. L. 56,
§41.
156 Mass
.236.
158 Mass
.172.
162 Mass
.520.
163 Mass
.169.
176 Mass
.132.
155 U. S.
461.
delivers, transfers or conveys with intent to sell within the common- 4
wealth any article, product or compound made wholly or partly out of any 5
fat, oil or oleaginous substance or compound thereof, not produced from 6
unadulterated milk or cream from the same, which is in imitation of 7
yellow butter produced from unadulterated milk or cream from the same, 8
shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than 9
five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year; but 10
this section shall not prohibit the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine 11
in a separate and distinct form, free from any coloration or ingredient 12
which causes it to look like butter, and in such manner as will inform the 13
consumer of its real character. 14
oieomalgarine"' SECTION 55. Whoevcr cxposcs for salc oleomargarine which is not 1
is9f'4i2 marked and distinguished by all the marks, words and stamps required 2
§§ i,'2. ' by section fortv-nine, and does not have upon the exposed contents of 3
1894 *'S0 * .
§§ 2,' 3. ' each opened tub, package or parcel thereof a conspicuous placard with 4
44. '^ '" *''■ the word "oleomargarine" printed thereon in plain, uncondensed gothie 5
155 u.'s^^li^' letters, not less than one inch long, and whoever himself or by his agent 6
Disposition of ^^'^^ °^ oft'crs for Sale any oleomargarine to any person who asks or sends 7
fine, § 63. for buttcr, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars. 8
Sale of
oleomargarine
regulated.
Placard re-
quired in store.
Penalty.
1891, 412. § 3.
R. L. 56. § 45.
1918, 268, i 1.
1919,350,
§§34,37.
Disposition of
Section 56. Whoever sells oleomargarine from any dwelling, store, 1
office or public mart which does not have conspicuously posted thereon a 2
placard or sign approved by the division of dairying and animal hus- 3
bandry of the department of agriculture, bearing in letters not less than 4
four inches in length "oleomargarine sold here" or "butterine sold 5
here", shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for the first 6
offence and one hundred dollars for each day's neglect after conviction 7
for the first offence. 8
Same subject.
Placard re-
quired on
Penalty.
1891, 412, i 4.
1894, 280, § 4.
R. L. 56, § 46.
158 Mass. 218.
162 Mass. 506.
Section 57. Whoever himself or by his agent peddles, sells, solicits 1
orders for the future delivery of or delivers oleomargarine from any 2
vehicle not having on both sides of said vehicle a placard bearing the 3
words " licensed to sell oleomargarine " in uncondensed gothie letters not 4
less than three inches in length, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred 5
dollars or by imprisonment for one month. Disposition of fine, § 63. 6
margafipe'^a't Section 58. Whoevcr fumishcs oleomargarine or causes it to be fur-
re'uiated*^ ■ nishcd, instead of butter, in any hotel, restaurant or boarding house or
P|naity at any lunch counter, to a guest or patron thereof, without notifying
1896] 377; § 2. said guest or patron that the substance so furnished is not butter shall be
159 Mai. 113. punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
Disposition of fine, § 63.
Sale of process
butter or reno-
vated butter
regulated.
Penalty.
1899, 340.
R. L. 66, § 48.
1903, 361.
2 Op. A. G.
332.
Section 59. Whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale 1
or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, an article or com- 2
pound commonly known as process butter, and produced by taking 3
original packing stock or other butter, or both, melting the same, so that 4
the butter fat can be drawn off, mixing the fat wath skimmed milk, 5
or milk, cream or other milk product, and rechurning the mixture, or 6
by any similar process, shall have "renovated butter" conspicuously 7
stamped, labelled or marked so that the words cannot easily be defaced, 8
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of food. 901
9 in a straight line in printed letters not less than one half inch in length,
10 of plain, uncondensed gothic type, upon the top, side and bottom of
11 each tub, firkin, box or package containing said article or compound.
12 The seller at retail of said article or compound which is not in the original
1.3 package shall himself or by his agent attach to each package so sold and
14 deliver therewith to the purchaser a label or wrapper bearing conspicu-
15 ously upon the outside thereof the words "renovated butter" in printed
16 letters not less than one half inch in length, in a straight line of plain,
17 uncondensed gothic type. Whoever violates any provision of this section
18 shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five
19 nor more than one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of not
20 less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars, and for a
21 subsequent offence by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment
22 for not less than two nor more than three months.
1 Section 60. Each inspector of milk shall institute complaints for Complaints tor
2 the violation of any pro\dsion of sections forty-nine to fifty-eight, in- ti'ms refatilrto
3 elusive, sixty-two and sixty-four on the information of any person who b^te'r!'?heese;
4 lays before him satisfactory evidence to sustain such complaint, if he has f^^^ 29' 5 4
5 reasonable cause to believe that said provision has been violated. He fj^^J^J ^°-
6 may enter each place where butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or ice §§ 2.'4.
7 cream are stored or kept for sale, and shall take samples of suspected r. l! as, 1 42.
8 butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or ice cream, and cause them to be 1913; 743', § 3.
9 analyzed or otherwise satisfactorily tested, and shall record and preserve }f| ^111'. 132.
10 as evidence the result of such analysis or test. Before commencing the "'' '^^^^ ^^•
1 1 analysis of any sample in any proceeding for violation of any provision of
12 sections forty-nine to fifty-one, inclusi^'e, and sixty-four, the analyst shall
13 reserve and seal a portion of the sample, and, upon complaint made
14 against the person from whom such sample was taken, such reserved
15 portion of the sample alleged to be adulterated shall, upon application,
16 be delivered to such person or to his attorney. The expense of such
17 analysis or test, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, may be
18 included in the expense of such prosecution.
1 Section 61. No person shall sell, deliver, prepare, put up, expose or wrappers of
2 offer for sale any lard, or any article intended for use as lard, which con- be marked.
3 tains any ingredient except the pure fat of swine, in any tierce, bucket, isst.'^'q.
4 pail or other vessel or wrapper, or under any label bearing the words ^ ^- ^'^' ^ **•
5 "pure", "refined", "family", or either of them, alone or in combination
6 with other words; but each vessel, wrapper or label in or under which
7 such article is prepared, put up or exposed for sale, sold or delivered by him
8 shall bear on the top or outer side thereof, in letters not less than one
9 half inch in length and plainly exposed to view, the words " compound
10 lard". Whoever violates any provision of this section shall for the first
11 offence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars and for a
12 subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
1 Section 62. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes Penalty for
2 with an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk in the perform- with inspector.
3 ance of his duties under section sixty, shall for the first offence be pun- 1884,310, | 2.
4 ished by a fine of fifty dollars and for a subsequent offence by a fine of ^^l\ 55; | fj.
5 one hundred dollars. 1910, 394. i9i3, 743, 1 3.
902
tNSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[Ch.\p. 94.
S'S.''°° Section 63. All fines recovered under sections fifty-five to fifty-
R ^L sef'i M^"' ^^ght, inclusive, shall be paid to the commonwealth.
Standard for
Penaltv.
1913, 743, § 2.
1914, 67, § 2.
Licensing of
cold storage
warehouses.
Report of
articles in
cold storage.
1912, 652, I 2.
1914, 792, I 1.
1917, 149, § 2.
1919. 350, §96.
1920,297, § 1.
ICE CREAM.
Section 64. Substances manufactured or sold under the general name
of " ice cream " shall contain not less than seven per cent of milk fat, and
if flavored with fruit shall be flavored only with sound, clean, matured
fruit, and if containing nuts shall contain only sound, matured, non-rancid
nuts.
Inspectors of milk shall have the same authority relative to any sus-
pected violation of this section and to the enforcement thereof which
they have under section sixty.
Section 65. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent manu-
factures, exposes for sale or has in his custody or possession with intent
to sell, or sells under the name of "ice cream" any substance in violation
of the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars.
cold STORAGE.
Section 66. No person shall maintain a cold storage or refrigerat-
ing warehouse mthout a license issued by the department of public 2
health. Any person desiring such a license may make written applica- 3
tion to such department, stating the situation of his plant. Upon re- 4
ceipt of the application the said department shall cause an examination 5
of the sanitary condition of the plant to be made, and if it is found to be 6
in a sanitary condition and otherwise properly ecjuipped for the business 7
of cold storage, said department upon receipt of a license fee of ten 8
dollars shall cause a license to be issued authorizing the applicant to 9
maintain therein a cold storage or refrigerating warehouse for one year. 10
If any warehouse or any part thereof, licensed under this section, is deemed 11
by said department to be conducted in an unsanitary manner, it shall 12
close such warehouse or part thereof, until it has been put in sanitary 13
condition, and said department may also suspend the license if the re- 14
quired changes are not made within a reasonable time. Each such 15
licensee shall submit to the department of public health on or before the 16
fifteenth day of each month, a report on a printed form to be provided 17
by said department, stating the quantities of articles of food placed in 18
cold storage during the month preceding, and also the quantities of 19
articles of food held on the first day of the month in which the report 20
is filed or such other day as the commissioner of public health may from 21
time to time fix. 22
inspect. Rules,
etc.
1910. 640.
1912, 652,
§§ 3, 9.
1914, 792, § 1.
1919,28; 350,
§96.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 172.
Section 67. Boards of health of towns within their towns shall in-
spect, and the department of public health shall inspect and supervise
all cold storage or refrigerating warehouses and shall make such in-
spection of the entry of articles of food therein as they deem necessary
to secure proper enforcement of the laws relative to cold storage. The
department may make rules and regulations to secure a proper enforce-
ment of sections sixty-six to seventy-two, inclusive, and ninety-two.
Ftcrtohlve Section 68. The department of public health and local boards of 1
certafn*piaces health, their agents, inspectors or employees shall be permitted access 2
1910,640. to each establishment mentioned in the preceding section, and to all 3
CUAP. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 903
4 parts thereof at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection and J^}|' ^^^- 1 f
5 enforcement of any provision of law relative to food products. i9i|' ^s; s'so,
1 Section 69. No article of food intended for human consumption Regulation of
2 shall be placed or retained in cold storage if deemed by the department of i9i2r652l^'''
3 public health to be diseased, tainted or otherwise unwholesome, and no fgn, 792. § 1.
4 person shall return to cold storage any article of food that has once been J^}^' y®'3^o
5 released from such storage for the purpose of placing it on the market for L^^'g^^^'
6 sale, but this section shall not apply to the transfer of goods from one 1920.297,
7 cold storage or refrigerating \\arehouse to another, proNided that such
8 transfer is not made for the purpose of evading any provision of sections
9 sixty-six to seventy-two, inclusive, and ninety-two. No person shall
10 alter, deface or remove any marking on cold storage food which shows
11 the date of its receipt in cold storage until after the food is finally with-
12 drawn for the purpose of immediate sale for consumption, nor shall any
13 person transfer the ownership of food in cold storage without previously
14 making known to the piu'chaser the date on wliich it was originally placed
15 in cold storage.
1 Section 70. No person shall hold any article of food in cold storage Limit of time
2 which has been in cold storage longer than twelve calendar months, keptln^coid
3 except with the consent of the department of public health. The said wTL^Im, § 5.
4 department, upon application, may extend the period of storage beyond }9l7;i49;|3;
5 twelve months for a particular consignment of goods, if the goods in 4^0®' a^'q^ j ^'
6 question are found upon examination to be in proper condition for further 9pv,^,- jlv,
7 storage at the end of such time. The length of time for which fm-ther
8 storage is allowed shall be specified by the department. A report on each
9 case in which such extension of storage is permitted, including informa-
10 tion relating to the reason for the action of said department, the kind and
11 amount of goods for which the storage period was extended, and the
12 period of extension, shall be included in the annual report of the com-
13 missioner of public health.
1 Section 71. The date of receipt into cold storage shall be plainly Marking date
2 marked either upon the containers in which any articles of food deposited food'in wia
3 in such storage are packed, or, if not packed in containers, on or in con- isnl.^eM, § 4.
4 nection with all such articles, except fish. When deposited in cold 1920,297, §2.
5 storage, all articles of food wliich have been pre\iously stored in any
6 other state or country shall be plainly marked, as above provided, with
7 the date of their original deposit in cold storage.
1 Section 72. Except as provided in sections seventy-eight and gooS'^ormeriy
2 ninety-one, no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale articles of food >^n '^^^^^°'''^^'^^
3 which have been held in cold storage without notifying each person piu-- 1912, 652; § e.
4 chasing or intending to purchase the same that they have been so held 1919! ssii 1 10.
5 by displaying in a conspicuous place a sign marked " Cold Storage Goods
6 Sold Here". No person shall represent or advertise as fresh goods arti-
7 cles of food which have been held in cold storage.
1 Section 73. Whoever violates any provision of sections sixty-six to ^^^^^f^^
2 seventy-two, inclusive, and ninety-two, shall for the first offence be "' '
3 pmaished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for a sub-
4 secjuent oft'ence by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by
5 imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
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INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[ClL^P. 94.
Grades
established.
1919, 351, § 1.
Section 74. All fresh food fish before being offered for sale or placed 1
in cold storage shall be graded as follows: 2
First grade fish. Only fish knowni in the trade as "new fish". 3
Second grade fish. All other fish in suitable condition to be offered 4
for sale as fresh fish. 5
Third grade fish. Fish suitable only for splitting and salting or other- 6
wise preserving, but not suitable for sale as fresh fish. 7
First grade fish may be sold as "number one fish", "shore fish", or 8
under any other truthful designation. Second grade fish may be sold as 9
"number two fish", or "off shore fish". Third grade fish shall be sold 10
as "number three fish". 11
"Number two
fish" to be so
designated,
Section 75. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale fish 1
graded as "number two fish", unless at the time of such sale, offering 2
or exposing for sale, it is clearly stated or made to appear by suitable 3
designation that they are " number two " or " oft" shore " fish. 4
Sale of "num-
ber three fish."
1919, 351, § 3.
Section 76. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale at retail, 1
for food, ''number three fish", except for splitting and salting, or other- 2
wise preserving. 3
"Number ooe
fish" and
"number two
fish" may be
placed in cold
storage.
1919, 351, § 4.
Section 77. No person shall place in cold storage any fresh fish not 1
previously graded as "number one fish" or "number two fish". Food 2
fish, unless deposited in bulk, when deposited in cold storage except in 3
private freezing plants, shall be plainly marked with the date of receipt 4
on the containers in which they are packed; and if deposited in bulk, 5
shall at the time of removal from cold storage be plainly marked on such 6
containers with the month and year of receipt. 7
Notice to pur-
chasers of cold
storage fish.
1919, 351, § 5.
Section 78. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale fish which 1
have been held in cold storage, without notice to purchasers that such 2
fish have been so held, nor without the conspicuous display of a sign 3
marked "Cold Storage Fish"; nor shall any person represent or adver- 4
tise or sell cold storage fish as fresh fish. 5
Restrictions on
sale of cold
storage fish.
1919, 351, § 6.
Restrictions on
sale of cold
storage fish
pre\'ionsly in
cold storage.
1919, 351, J 9.
Section 79. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale cold storage 1
fish at retail more than forty-eight hours after their receipt from cold 2
storage by the retailer, unless received by him in the frozen state and 3
sold frozen to the consumer; e.xcept that from November first in each 4
year, to March thirty-first in the year following, halibut, salmon, sword- 5
fish, steak cod and pollock may be sold and offered or exposed for sale 6
at retail during a period of one week after their receipt from cold storage 7
by the retailer, provided that they remain in the frozen state until within 8
forty-eight hours of the time of sale. 9
Section 80. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in 1
cold storage for a period exceeding si.x months fish received from any 2
other state or country which have been previously in cold storage either 3
within or without this commonwealth, unless at the time of deposit such 4
fish are plainly marked with the date of their original deposit in cold 5
storage, whether within or without this commonwealth. 6
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1 Section 81. The state inspector of fish shall enforce sections seventy- Certain duties
2 four to eighty, inckisive, and the director of the division of fisheries and spe^cto/ offish.
3 game of the department of conservation shall from time to time make i9i9,°35o';§43;
4 rules and regulations necessary for such enforcement. ^°^- ^ ^'■
1 Section 82. Whoever violates any provision of sections seventy- Penalty.
2 four to eighty, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
3 five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months,
4 or both.
1 Section 83. All fresh food fish sold at wholesale shall be sold by Saie of fresh
2 weight at the time of delivery. Whoever violates this section shall be sale regulated.
3 punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hun- mT.'aeV.
4 dred dollars.
1 Section 84. If fish are sold by the quintal, it shall mean a quintal %"f^^^ ""*'"'
2 of one hundred pounds avoirdupois, and all contracts relative to fish JPJ' jg^j .g
3 thus sold shall be so construed. p. s. 56, § 47. r. l. 56, § 27.
1 Section 85. If clam bait is sold by the barrel, " barrel " shall mean a ciam bait;
2 fish barrel of not less than twenty-eight nor more than twenty-nine ba?re"'?tc.
3 gallons, and containing twenty-six gallons of clams and not more than Jfjl; }||; ^ "•
4 three gallons of pickle. If the purchaser and seller disagree as to the Jl^^'ji
5 quantity in a barrel, either party may have it measured by the director J?^.^',^*'
6 of standards or a sealer of weights and measures. If such barrel does not g. s'.Sg, § eo.
7 contain the said number of gallons of clams, the seller shall receive pay- p. s.'56, § 48.'
8 ment for the number of gallons of clams it does contain, but shall pay i9i8;2i8
9 the expense of measuring and coopering; otherwise the purchaser shall i9i9'3a0,§77.
10 pay such expense.
1 Section 86. All fish when landed from a vessel or boat shall be Fish to be
2 weighed by a public weigher of fish or his deputy, when so requested or ^ques^or"
3 demanded by the buyer or seller of such fish or by the master, agent or fl^'^'Jes, § 3.
4 a majority of the crew of such vessel or boat; and said weigher shall R l. se, §31.
5 issue a certificate of weight to the seller and a duplicate to the buyer.
1 Section 87. Each deputy shall report to such weigher the weight of ^Ifghf, etc.,
2 fish weighed by him, and the weigher shall keep a complete record of *^g^ ^^p\ ^
3 such weight with the date of weighing, the name of the vessel from which R- l- se, '§ 32.
4 the fish were taken and the person for whom they were weighed.
1 Section 88. The fees for weighing fish shall be twenty cents per one Fees for
2 thousand pounds, but in no case less than one dollar, and shall be paid ilsl, 'itfs, § s.
3 by the person applying to have the fish weighed. Each deputy shall ^' ^' ^^' ^ ^^'
4 pay to the weigher two cents per one thousand pounds for all fish weighed
5 by him.
EGGS.
1 Section 89. Application for the carrying on of an establishment License to
2 for the breaking and canning of eggs shall be made by the proprietor i9i4, 325, § i.'
3 thereof to, and may be granted by, the aldermen or selectmen, or, in
4 a town having a population of more than five thousand, the board of
5 health. The application shall be written, signed and sworn to by one or
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[ClL\P. 94.
more of the owners or persons carrying on the business, or if a corpora- 6
tion by some authorized officer thereof, and shall state the name and 7
address of all such owners or persons, the location of the establishment 8
and the nature of the products thereof which are to be sold or used for 9
food. The board of health of a town may make and enforce such rules 10
and regulations as it deems necessary for the conduct of such establish- 11
ments, and any license therefor may be revoked for any violation of such 12
rules and regulations, after notice to the licensee and a hearing before said 13
board. This section shall also apply to licenses for establishments men- 14
tioned in section one hundred and forty-four. 15
Penalty for
canning, etc.,
eggs without
a license.
1914, 325, § 2.
1917, 11.
Section 90. Whoever carries on an establishment for the breaking or 1
canning of eggs without a license as provided in the preceding section 2
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hun- 3
dred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both. 4
Sale of eggs
taken from
cold storage
regulated.
Penalty.
1913. 638,
§§ 1,2.
1914,545;
792, § 1.
1915, 55.
1919, 350, § 9(
4 Op. A. G. 8,
318.
Section 91. Whenever eggs which have been in cold storage are 1
sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the basket, box 2
or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be marked plainly 3
and conspicuously with the words "cold storage eggs", or there shall be 4
attached to such container a placard or sign having on it the said words. 5
If eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at retail or offered or 6
exposed for sale without a container, or placed upon a counter or else- 7
where, a sign or placard, having the words " cold storage eggs " plainly and 8
conspicuously marked upon it, shall be displayed among, upon or immedi- 9
ately above the said eggs. The display of the words " cold storage eggs" 10
shall be in letters not less than one inch in height, except that the con- 11
tainer in which eggs sold at retail are delivered to the customer may be 12
marked in letters less than one inch in height if uncondensed gothic type 13
is used, but such letters shall in no case be less than one half inch in height. 14
All markings required by this section shall be done in a manner ap- 15
proved by the commissioner of public health. Whoever violates this 16
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than 17
five hundred dollars. 18
Broken eggs ii
cold storage,
denaturing
and marking.
1912, 652, § 8,
1914.792. I 1
1917. 149. § 6
1919, 350, § 9(
Section 92. Broken eggs packed in cans, if not intended for food, 1
shall be denatured when deposited in cold storage, and shall be marked 2
by the owner, in accordance with forms prescribed by the department of 3
public health, so as plainly to indicate that they are not to be sold for 4
food. Penalty. § 73. 5
CHOCOLATE.
Chocolate to
be stamped.
1802, 133.
1803, 64. 5 1.
R. S. 28, ? 60.
G. S. 49, § 24.
P. S. 60, § 8.
Section 93. Chocolate in cakes shall be made in pans into which
shall be stamped the name of the manufacturer, the town where he re-
sides, the quality of the chocolate in letters and figures. No. 1, No. 2, or
No. 3, as the case may be, and the letters MASS. R. l, 57. § 8.
Ingredients
of chocolate.
Brands.
1802. 133.
1803. 54. § 2.
R. S. 28. § 61.
G. S. 49, § 25.
P. S. 60, § 9.
R. L. 67, § 9.
Section 94. Number one chocolate shall be made of cocoa of the 1
first quality, number two chocolate of cocoa of the second quality, and 2
number three chocolate may be made of the inferior kinds and qualities 3
of cocoa; but each shall be free from adulteration. Each box containing 4
chocolate shall be branded on the end thereof with the word " chocolate ", 5
together with the name of the manufacturer of the chocolate, the town 6
where it was manufactured, and its quality as described in this section. 7
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1 Section 95. If chocolate manufactured in the commonwealth is seizure of
2 offered for sale or found therein and is not of one of the qualities chocXte.
3 described in the two preceding sections, or is not marked as therein isolsl?'
4 directed, it may be seized and libelled. ^^ ^- *■
R. S. 28. § 62. G. S. 49, § 26. P. S. 60. § 10. R. L. 57, § 10.
FRUITS, VEGETABLES AXD NUTS.
1 Section 96. All fruits, vegetables and nuts, except as otherwise Fruits, etc., to
2 provided in sections ninety-seven to ninety-nine, inclusive, and sections nfeaLre.etc!^
3 one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and seventeen, inclusive, shall J700-1! lo.^ ^'
4 be sold at retail by dry measure, weight or by numerical count, and all G^I'H.'fei
5 fruits and vegetables for which a legal weight has been established, ex- |- f; j^y Ig^j-
6 cept peas and beans sold in quantities of four quarts or less for seeding 1912! 246.
7 or planting purposes, shall be sold at retail only by weight or numerical 40p'. a. g. 27.
8 count. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished
9 by a fine of not more than ten dollars.
1 Section 97. Except as otherwise provided in chapter ninety-nine, Saie of peas
2 in all contracts for the sale and delivery at wholesale of peas and beans, ^*oieSi"^ '^
3 they shall be bargained for and sold either by the bushel or by the cental, r^^l! 57^§y;
1918, 257, § 220. 1919,5. 1920,2. 114 Mass. 433.
1 Section 9S. Baskets or other receptacles holding one quart or less Saieof certain
2 which are used or intended to be used in the sale of strawberries, black- bt™^ iSity.
3 berries, cherries, currants, blueberries, raspberries or gooseberries shall Jgoi^al?:
4 be of the capacity of one quart, one pint or one half pint, Massachusetts fg^- ^l^^ "•
5 standard dry measure. Said baskets or other receptacles shall not be l^\^i2i
6 required to be tested and sealed as provided by chapter ninety-eight, law. s; 350,
7 but the sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures of any town or 1920,2.
8 the director of standards may, if he so desires, and shall, upon complaint,
9 test the capacity of any basket or other receptacle in which any of the
10 aforesaid fruit is sold or intended to be sold; and if the same is found to
11 contain less than the standard measure he shall seize the same and make
12 complaint against the vendor.
13 AYhoever sells or oft'ers for sale a basket or other receptacle holding one
14 quart or less to be used in the sale of any of the aforesaid fruit which does
15 not conform to said standard, and whoever sells or oft'ers for sale any of
16 the aforesaid fruit in any basket or other receptacle holding one quart
17 or less which does not conform to said standard, shall be punished by a
18 fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars.
1 Section 99. Chestnuts, walnuts and berries, except cranberries, Saieofchest-
2 when sold shall, subject to the preceding section, be measured by the Indceni^m ^
3 strike or level measure. isso, 261, § 1. issi, 238, § 1. ''*"'^"-
G. S. 49, § 62. R. L. 57, § 23. 1919, 5.
P. S. 00, § 19. 1918, 257, § 225. 1920, 2.
1 Section 100. The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following standard
2 dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: length of for apples.
3 stave, twenty-eight and one half inches; diameter of heads, seventeen '" '
4 and one eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; cir-
5 cumference of bulge, sixty-four inches, outside measurement; and the
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[Chap. 94.
thickness of staves not greater than four tenths of an inch; provided, 6
that any barrel of a different form having a capacity of seven thousand 7
and fifty-six cubic inches shall be a standard barrel. 8
The standard box for apples shall be of the following dimensions by 9
inside measurement: eighteen inches by eleven and one half inches by 10
ten and one half inches, without distention of its parts; and shall have all
capacity of not less than two thousand one hundred and seventy-three 12
and one half cubic inches. 13
standard
grades of
apples.
1915, 261, § 2
1916, 63, § 1.
Section 101. The standard grades of apples when packed or repacked 1
in closed packages within the commonwealth shall be as follows: " Mas- 2
sachusetts Standard Fancy" shall include only apples of one variety 3
which are well matured specimens, hand picked, above medium color for 4
the variety, normal shape, of good and reasonably uniform size, sound, 5
free from disease, insect and fungous injury, bruises and any other defects 6
except such as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing, and 7
shall be packed properly in clean, strong packages; provided, that apples 8
of one variety which are not more than three per cent below the fore- 9
going specifications may be graded as " Massachusetts Standard Fancy". 10
"Massachusetts Standard A" shall include only apples of one variety 11
w'hich are well matured specimens, properly packed, of medium color for 12
the variety, normal shape, sound, practically free from disease, insect and 13
fungous injury, bruises and other defects except such as are necessarily 14
caused in the operation of packing; provided, that apples of one variety 1.5
which are not more than fi\"e per cent below the foregoing specifications 16
may be graded as "Massachusetts Standard A". 17
" Massachusetts Standard B " shall include only apples of one variety, 18
which are well matured, properly packed, practically normal shape, 19
practically free from disease, insect and fungous injury or any other 20
defect which materially injures the appearance or useful quality of the 21
apples, but they may be less than medium color for the variety; provided, 22
that apples of one variety which are not more than ten per cent below 23
the foregoing specifications may be graded as "Massachusetts Stand- 24
ard B ". 25
Apples not conforming to the foregoing specifications of grade, or, if 26
conforming, not branded in accordance therewith, shall be classed as un- 27
graded and so branded. 28
Other desig-
uatioDS for-
bidden.
1915, 261, § 3.
1916,63, §2.
1918, 169, § 1.
Section 102. The marks indicating the grade, as described in the 1
preceding section, shall not be accompanied by any other designation of 2
grade or brand wliich is inconsistent with, or marked more conspicuously 3
on the package than, the marks required by section one hundred and four. 4
size. Term
defined, etc.
1915, 261, § 4.
Section 103. The minimum size of all apples in all grades, including 1
ungraded apples as defined in section one hundred and one, shall be 2
marked upon the package, and shall be determined by taking the trans- 3
verse diameter of the smallest fruit in the package at right angles to the 4
stem and blossom end. Minimum sizes shall be stated in variations of 5
one quarter of an inch, such as two inches, two and one quarter inches, 6
and so forth, in accordance with the facts. Minimum sizes may be 7
designated by figures instead of W'ords. The word "minimum " may be 8
designated by using the abbreviation "min". 9
CH-VP. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 909
1 Section 104. Each closed package of apples packed or repacked tirmatio^to
2 within the commonwealth and intended for sale within or without the ^f marked on
3 commonwealth, shall have marked in a conspicuous place on the outside "f apples.
4 of the package in plain letters a statement of the quantity of the contents, 1917] 13. '
5 the name and address of the person by whose authority the apples were
6 packed, the true name of the variety, and the grade and minimum size of
7 the apples contained therein, in accordance with sections one hundred
8 and one and one hmidretl and three, and the name of the state where they
9 were grown. If the true name of the variety is not known to the packer
10 or other person by whose authority the apples are packed, the statement
11 shall include the words "variety unknown", and if the name of the state
12 where the apples were grown is not known, this fact shall also be set
13 forth in the statement. If apples are repacked, the package shall be
14 marked "repacked", and shall bear the name and address of the person
15 by whose authority it is repacked, in place of that of the person by whose
16 authority they were originally packed.
1 Section 105. The branding or marking of barrels under sections one Binding and
2 hundred and one to one hundred and seven, inclusive, and one hundred bjrrreis.^ °
3 and twelve shall be in block letters and figures of a size not less than \l\l\ lll\ ^ ^■
4 thirty-six point gothic. The commissioner of agriculture shall pre- fgig^sjo
5 scribe rules and regulations as to the lettering to be used in branding or §§34,35.
6 marking other closed packages.
1 Section 106. For the purposes of sections one hundred to one hun- Adulterated
2 dred and seven, inclusive, one hundred and nine, one hundred and ten, deLrf. """
3 one hundred and twelve and one hundred and thirteen, apples packed igit] 63,''§^3^"
4 in a closed package shall be deemed to be adulterated if their measure,
5 quality or grade does not conform in each particular to the brand or
6 mark upon or affixed to the package, or if the faced or shown surface
7 gives a false representation of the contents of the package.
1 Section 107. For the purposes of sections one himdred to one hun- Misbranded
2 dred and seven, inclusive, one hundred and nine, one hundred and ten, de?n?d. ""
3 one hundred and twelve and one hundred and thirteen, apples packed ^®^^' ^'*'' ^ ®'
4 in a closed package shall be deemed to be misbranded :
5 First. If the package is packed or repacked in the commonwealth and
6 fails to bear all statements required by sections one hundred and one,
7 one hundred and three and one hundred and four, made as required in
8 section one hundred and five.
9 Second. If the package, whether packed or repacked within or with-
10 out the commonwealth, is falsely branded or bears any statement, design
11 or device, regarding the apples contained therein, which is false or mis-
12 leading, or if the package bears any statement, design or device indicating
13 that the apples contained therein are of a specified Massachusetts stand-
14 ard grade, and said apples, when packed or repacked, do not conform to
15 the requirements prescribed for such grade.
1 Section 108. In all contracts for the sale and delivery at wholesale Saie of cider
2 of cider apples, they shall be bargained for and sold either by the bushel whoufsaie.
3 or by the cental. isss, 414, § 1. r. l. 57, § 25.
1918, 257, § 226. 1919,5. 1920,2. 114 Mass. 433.
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Sale of cold
storage apples
regulated.
1915, 261, § 10.
1916, 63, § 4.
1918, 268, § 1.
1919,350,
§§34,35.
Commi
of agriculture
to make rules
and may enter
certain places.
1915, 261,
§§ 11, 12.
1918, 268,
§§ 1,4.
1919, 350,
§§34,35.
Section 109. Apples which have been in cold storage shall not be 1
sold or distributed, or offered or exposed for sale or distribution, in 2
closed packages until they have been inspected in accordance with rules 3
and regulations prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture. 4
Op. A. G. (1918) 11.
Section 110. The commissioner of agriculture shall make and may 1
modify rules and regulations for enforcing sections one hundred to 2
one hundred and seven, inclusive, one hundred and nine and one hun- 3
dred and twelve, and shall, either in person or by his assistant, have 4
free access at all reasonable hours to each building or other place where 5
apples are packed, stored, sold, or offered or exposed for sale. He may 6
also, in person or by his assistant, open each box, barrel or other con- 7
tainer, and upon tendering the market price may take samples therefrom. 8
to-°^o"atro"n of Section 111. The commissioner of agriculture and his duly author-
tCTtiinsections. jged assJstauts shall have authority to enforce sections one hundred to
268, '§§ i,'4. ' one hundred and seven, inclusive, one hundred and nine and one hun-
dred and twelve, and to prosecute all violations thereof.
1919, 350,
§§ 34, 35.
Penalty for
adulterating,
misbranding,
etc., apples.
1915, 261.
§§ 7. 14.
1918, 169, § 2.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 11.
Section 112. Wlioever adulterates or misbrands apples witliin the 1
meaning of sections one hundred and one to one hundred and seven, in- 2
elusive, and one hundred and nine, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes 3
or offers or exposes for sale or distribution, apples in violation of any 4
provision of sections one hundred and one to one hundred and seven, 5
inclusive, one hundred and nine and one hundred and thirteen, or apples 6
so adulterated or misbranded, or wilfully alters, effaces or removes, or 7
causes to be altered, effaced or removed, wholly or partly, any brands or 8
marks required to^be put upon any closed package under section one 9
hundred and four, shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not 10
more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more 11
than two hundred dollars. 12
Certain
exemptions
from penalties.
1915, 261, § 15.
Op. A. G.
(1918) 11.
Section 113. No person who sells or distributes or offers or exposes 1
for sale or distribution apples adidterated or misbranded within the mean- 2
ing of sections one hundred and six and one hundred and seven, shall be 3
deemed to have violated any of the provisions of sections one hundred 4
to one hundred and seven, inclusive, one hundred and nine and one hun- 5
dred and twelve if it appears that he acted in good faith solely as a dis- 6
tributor, or if he furnishes a guaranty signed by the person from whom 7
he received the apples, together with the address of such person, that the 8
apples are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of said 9
sections. In such case, the person from whom the distributor received 10
the apples shall be liable for the acts of the distributor, if he relied upon 11
the guaranty, to the same extent that the distributor would have been 12
liable under said sections. 13
Apples in
interstate
commerce
exempted.
191S, 169, § 3.
Section 114. Apples shipped in the course of interstate commerce 1
and packed and branded in accordance with the act of congress approved 2
August third, nineteen hundred and twelve, and known as "The United 3
States Apple Grading Law", shall be exempt from sections one hundred 4
and one to one hundred and seven, inclusive, one hundred and nine, one 5
hundred and ten, one hundred and twelve and one hundred and thirteen. 6
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of food. 911
CRANBERRIES.
1 Section 115. The legal and standard barrel for cranberries shall fnd"crafefor^'
2 measure not less than twenty-five and one fourth inches between the f^^^g.V^-
3 heads, inside; the length of the staves shall be twenty -eight and one half p. s.'eo.'s 20.
4 inches; the diameter of the head shall be not less than sixteen and one r. l'. 57,§24.
5 fourth inches, including the bevelled edge; the outside bulge circum- h'l's*"*'
6 ference shall measure not less than fifty-eight and one half inches; the slu'l^sts.^'
7 thickness of the staves shall be not greater than four tenths of an inch. "*■ ^- ^'*'^-
8 The legal and standard crate for cranberries shall measure seven and
9 one half inches, by twelve inches, by twenty-two inches, inside, exclu-
10 sive of any interior partition or support, and shall have an interior
11 capacity of one thousand nine hundre<l and eighty cubic inches; but
12 any square or oblong crate or box of different form, but of as great in-
1.3 terior capacity, shall be considered a legal and standard crate.
1 Section 116. Each barrel, crate, one half crate or one quarter crate Provisions as
2 used for the sale or delivery of cranberries shall be of the standard meas- Jjates"**'^ ^°
3 lire prescribed in this or the preceding section, and shall be marked as flst'ie'i.
4 therein required. No person .shall use any barrel, crate, one half crate J^os los^^*'
5 or one quarter crate for such sale or delivery, the capacity of which is Jgji'lgQ
6 less than that of the corresponding standard package prescribed in the §§ 1. 2. '
7 preceding section. Sealers of weights and measures shall enforce this atL, lise.'
8 and the preceding section. Whoever violates any provision of this or the
9 preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hun-
10 dred dollars.
11 It shall be lawful to use for the sale and delivery of cranberries, square
12 or oblong packages which contain one half crate or one quarter crate,
13 proxided that such packages have an interior capacity, exclusive of any
14 partition or support, of nine hundred and ninety and of four hundred
15 and ninety-five cubic inches, respectively. No barrel, crate, one half
16 crate or one quarter crate, intended to be used for the sale or delivery of
17 cranberries, except of the standard measure specified in this section, and
IS plainly marked with the words "Massachusetts Standard Measure",
19 shall be manufactured or sold. No person shall so mark any barrel or
20 other package so used, or intended to be used, unless its interior capacity
21 is as great as the capacity herein specified for such package.
22 Nothing in this or the preceding section shall prohibit the use of third,
23 half and three quarter barrels, as provided by United States law.
1 Section 117. It shall be lawful to use for the sale and delivery of ff^nbirries in
2 cranberries packages containing one, two or four pounds of cranberries, p^jif^H^Q . 3
3 net weight; provided, that said net weight is plainly stamped on the top
4 or side of each package.
slaughter houses.
1 Section 118. The proprietor of each slaughter house, canning, salt- slaughter
2 ing, smoking or rendering establishment, and of each establishment used licensed.
3 for the manufacture of sausages or chopped meat of any kind, who is isgs! 496! 1 3. '
4 engaged in the slaughter of neat cattle, sheep or swine, the meat or prod- ^^l\ if^j J;
5 uct of which is to be sold or used for food, shall annually in April apply JS^ "^""^ ^^^'
6 for a license to the aldermen of the city or to the selectmen or, in a town isi Mass. 565.
7 having a population of more than five thousand, to the board of health,
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if any, of the town where such slaughter house or establishment is located. 8
The application shall be in writing signed and sworn to by one or more 9
of the owners or persons carrying on such business, or, if a corporation, 10
by some authorized officer thereof, shall state the name and address of 11
all the owners or persons carrying on said business, the location of the 12
slaughter house or establishment, the estimated number of neat cattle, 13
sheep or swine to be slaughtered per week, the days of the week upon 14
which they are to be slaughtered and the nature of the products thereof 15
to be sold or used for food. 16
Issue of
Record.
Fee.
1894, 491,
8 18.
1895, 496.
§4.
1897, 428,
§2.
R. L. 75, § 100.
1911, 297, § 2.
1914, 792,
§ 1.
1919, 350
, § 96.
181 Maes.
565.
221 Mass.
31.
Penalty, § 134.
Section 119. The aldermen, selectmen, or such other officers as 1
they shall designate, or, in a town having a population of' more than 2
five thousand, the board of health, if any, may annually issue licenses 3
to carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine to 4
applicants therefor. Except as provided in the following section, the fee 5
for each license shall be one dollar. The license shall name the persons 6
licensed to conduct such business, and the building or establishment 7
where it is to be carried on, and it shall continue in force until May first 8
of the year next ensuing, unless sooner forfeited or rendered void. A 9
record shall be kept by the board or officers authorized to issue such 10
licenses of all applications for licenses under the preceding section and 11
of all licenses issued, which shall be e\'idence of the issue of any such 12
license. Such board or officers shall annually, on or before June first, 13
send to the department of public health a copy of each application made 14
to them under the preceding section and of their action thereon, together 15
with a list of the names and addresses of all persons who, although en- 16
gaged in the business named in said section on the preceding April thir- 17
tieth, failed to make application for a license. 18
License fee for
small towns.
1916, 153.
Section 120. In towns having less than ten thousand inhabitants 1
which accept this section or have accepted corresponding provisions 2
of earlier laws at any annual town meeting, the annual license fee for 3
carrying on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine shall 4
be such sum not exceeding one hundred dollars as the selectmen fix. 5
General powers
and duties of
district health
officers, etc.
1908, 329, I 4.
1914, 792,
« 1.5.
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 121. The district health officers in their respective districts, 1
and the inspectors appointed by the department of public health for 2
duties relative to the sale of food and drugs, shall have the same rights, 3
powers and authority for and in respect of the inspection, seizure and 4
disposition of all carcasses, meats and provisions which are tainted, 5
diseased, corrupted, decayed, unwholesome, or from any cause unfit for 6
food, or the sale of which for food is unlawful, as are conferred by sec- 7
tions one hundred and twenty-six and one hundred and forty-six, or 8
otherwise by law% upon boards of health of towns or their inspectors in 9
respect of the articles specified in said sections, together with power to 10
prosecute all offences relating thereto. 11
Certain powers
and duties of
certain in-
spectors, etc.
1908, 329, § 2.
1914, 792,
§§ 1, 5.
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 122. The department of public health and its inspectors, 1
the district health officers and all local boards of health and their in- 2
spectors, officers, agents and assistants in their respective districts, shall 3
have and exercise the same powers and duties in and for the enforcement 4
of sections one hundred and twenty-one to one hundred and twenty-four, 5
inclusive, one hundred and thirty-three and one hundred and thirty- &
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of food. 913
7 eight as are conferred or imposed by law upon any local board of health,
8 inspector, officer, agent or assistant in respect of any other article or siib-
9 stance the sale or use of which for food is unlawful or prohibited; and
10 they shall seize any carcass or part or product thereof described in sec-
11 tion one hundred and thirty-eight, and cause the same to be destroyed
12 forthwith or disposed of otherwise than for food; and all moneys re-
13 ceived by the said department or by any local board of health for any
14 property so disposed of, after deducting the expenses of such seizure and
15 disposal, shall be paid to the owner of such property, if known.
1 Section 123. Inspectors, officers, agents and assistants mentioned etc^''to°^||t
2 in the preceding section shall visit and keep under observation each certain places.
i . . ... 1908 329 § 3
3 place within their respective districts where neat cattle, sheep, swine or
4 other animals intended for slaughter or for sale or use as food are de-
5 livered from transportation, and shall have at all times free access to
6 each such place and to each railroad train or car or other vehicle in
7 which such animals are transported, to prevent, detect and punish viola-
8 tions of said sections.
1 Section 124. All slaughter houses shall be under the supervision of Control of de-
nii pii'iii 11" • •II'. partment of
2 the department or public health and subiect to inspection by district puWi" health
0 U IxU iC ■ ^l ■ i- J- i. ■ X over slaughter
6 health oincers m their respective districts. houses.
1908, 329. §5. 1914, 792, §§ 1, 5. 1919, 350. § 96.
1 Section 125. No licensee under section one hundred and nineteen slaughtering
2 shall slaughter or cause to be slaughtered at his slaughter house or es- isgT, 49i, § 19.
3 tablishment animals on any days other than those specified in the appli- ^^t 75^'§\oi.
4 cation for such license, or except in the presence of a member of the lll^\^f^' ^ ^'
5 local board of health or of an inspector appointed therefor by said board; p ^^^^ . , j^^
6 but he may at any time change the days for slaughtering animals, by
7 giving at least seven days' written notice thereof to the board or officer
8 authorized to issue such licenses, who shall immediately give written
9 notice of the change to such inspector.
1 Section 126. An inspector appointed by the local board of health, inspection of
2 or member of such board of health acting as such inspector, shall be ilg™ «T. § 20.
3 present at each licensed slaughter house or establishment upon each day ^^l[ 75?'/io2,
4 when slaughtering is allowed by law to be carried on therein and shall J^}]- ^H' | *
5 carefully examine the carcasses of all animals at the time of slaughter. J^g|'^^' ^°°'
6 Such inspection shall be made in such manner and under such rules and
7 regulations as the department of public health may determine and direct.
8 If, in the opinion of such inspector or member, any carcass, or any meat
9 or product thereof is diseased, corrupted, unwholesome or unfit for food,
10 he shall seize it and cause it to be destroyed, as provided in section one
11 hundred and forty-six.
1 Section 127. In a slaughtering establishment wherein inspection Certain car-
2 and branding are not carried on under the rules and regulations for the stamped or
3 inspection of live stock and other products, established by the United 1901.391, §§1,2.
4 States department of agriculture in accordance with acts of congress, fg^[ J'j'o^ ^''^•
5 the carcasses of animals slaughtered under sections one hundred and }go3. 220, § 1.
6 eighteen, one hundred and nineteen, one hundred and twenty-five and isji' |97. § s.
7 one hundred and twenty-six shall at the time of slaughter, if not con- 792. '§ 1. '
8 demned, be stamped or branded b\' the inspector thereof in like manner 203 Mass'. 002.'
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as those inspected by the United States bureau of animal industry for 9
interstate commerce by a stamp or brand designed for the purpose by the 10
department of pubhc health, which shall be furnished by it to the board 11
of health of a town applying therefor. Each package containing meats 12
so stamped or branded by the inspector as aforesaid, before it has been 13
shipped from the slaughtering establishment, shall have properly secured 14
to it a tag bearing the words " Massachusetts, Inspected, Passed ", which 15
tag may be so attached by the licensee. Such stamps and tags shall be 16
uniform in design throughout the commonwealth, but shall contain the 17
name of the town where used. 18
Appointment,
compensation,
etc., of certain
inspectors.
1911, 297, § 6;
534, § 2.
1914, 792, § 1.
1918, 268, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 34, 37, 96.
Carcasses of
certain animals
deemed unfit
for food.
1901, 391, § 3.
R L. 75, § 104.
1902,312. § 1.
1903, 220, § 1.
1909, 476.
Section 128. For the purposes of sections one hundred and nineteen, 1
one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and twenty-seven, inclu- 2
sive, and one hundred and forty-seven, said inspectors shall be appointed 3
and compensated, and may be removed, in the manner provided for 4
inspectors of animals, under sections fifteen to seventeen, inclusive, of 5
chapter one hundred and twenty-nine, except that in respect to such first 6
named inspectors, local boards of health and the department of public 7
health shall perform the duties and exercise the authority imposed by 8
said sections upon the aldermen or selectmen and upon the director of 9
animal industry, respectively, as to inspectors of animals. 10
Section 129. Carcasses of animals slaughtered under sections one 1
hundred and eighteen, one hundred and nineteen and one hundred and 2
twenty-five to one himdred and twenty-seven, inclusive, and not stamped 3
or branded as provided in section one hundred and twenty-seven, shall 4
be deemed unfit for human food and shall not be sold or offered for sale. 5
falel'l't'c.! o'^f un- SECTION 130. Whoever sells, or offers for sale, or has in his possession
fSrstamped ^''t^ iiitcut to scll, a carcass or any part thereof required by section one
i9oT ^3M 5 4 hundred and twenty-seven to be stamped or branded, and which has not
R. l!75, §104. been stamped or branded as therein provided, or whoever, not being a
1903,' 22o! § 1. member of a local board of health or a duly appointed inspector, stamps
'*' ■ or brands a carcass or any part thereof required by said section to be
stamped or branded, or whoever being a member of a board of health or
a duly appointed inspector permits or allows the use of his stamp or
brand by one not a member of a board of health or a duly appointed in- 9
spector, or whoever counterfeits any stamp or brand required by section 10
one hundred and twenty-seven, or whoever stamps or brands any carcass 11
or any part thereof with any counterfeit stamp or brand, shall be pun- 12
ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment 13
for not more than two months, or both. 14
Branding, etc.,
of
neat cattle,
etc.. slaugh-
tered without
the com-
monwealth.
"Official in-
spector" de-
fined.
1912, 248, § 1.
214 Mass. 19.
Section 131. Carcasses of neat cattle, sheep or swine slaughtered 1
without the commonwealth shall be deemed unfit for human food and 2
shall not be sold or oft'ered for sale unless they have been inspected at 3
the time of slaughter by an official inspector, and unless, if not con- 4
demned, they have been stamped or branded by said inspector in like 5
manner as those inspected by the United States bureau of animal in- 6
dustry for interstate commerce. By "official inspector" is meant one 7
appointed or approved either (a) by the bureau of animal industry of 8
the United States department of agriculture; or (6) by the department 9
of health or similar body of the state where the animals are slaughtered; 10
or (c) by the local board of health of the town where the animals are 11
CH-\P. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 915
12 slaughtered. The stamp used by inspectors other than those of the
13 bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agricul-
14 ture shall indicate in letters not less than one fourth of an inch high the
15 name of the town where the animals are slaughtered.
1 Section 132. Whoever sells or offers for sale, or has in his possession Penalty for
2 with intent to sell, a carcass, or any part thereof, required by the preced- cemfn^un"-^
3 ing section to be stamped or branrled and which has not been stamped or cashes'''' """^
4 branded as therein pro\ided, shall be punished by a fine of not more '^^^' ^^*' ^ '•
5 than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two
6 months, or both.
1 Section 133. Sections one hundred and eighteen, one hundred and f/r ho'uses""^''"
2 nineteen, one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and twenty-seven, ism. 49i. | 21.
3 inclusive, one hundred and twenty-nine and one hundred and thirty, shall R. l.' 75, '§ 105.
4 not apply to a person not engaged in the slaughtering business, who, loos! 220! f 2.
5 upon his own premises and not in a slaughter house, slaughters his own ig??; Ml'. 1 2.
6 neat cattle, sheep or swine, but the carcass of any such animal, intended '^"'' ^^®-
7 for sale, shall be inspected, and, unless condemned, shall be stamped P^na'ty. § is*.
8 or branded under section one hundred and twenty-seven by an inspector
9 at the time of slaughter.
1 Section 134. Whoever violates any provision of sections one hun- Penalty.
2 dred and nineteen, one hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and lisliwejs"'
3 twenty-six and one hundred and thirty-three shall be punished by a fine ^' ^' ^^' ^ '°^'
4 of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more
5 than two months, or both.
1 Section 135. Whoever, being engaged in the business of slaughter- Penalty for
2 ing neat cattle, sheep or swine, without a license slaughters the same or etc^fwUhJlft
3 knowingly authorizes or causes the same to be slaughtered with intent 1894^491. § 22.
4 to sell the meat or product thereof for food, or, having such license, r^l tI'^/ios
5 slaughters or knowingly authorizes or causes to be slaughtered any neat
6 cattle, sheep or swine without causing the carcass thereof to be inspected
7 as provided in section one hundred and twenty-six, or sells or authorizes
8 or causes to be sold any carcass or the meat or product thereof knowing
9 that such carcass has not been inspected according to sections one hun-
10 dred and twenty-six and one hundred and thirty-three, or, except as
11 provided in section one hundred and thirty-three, slaughters or know-
12 ingly authorizes or causes to be slaughtered any neat cattle, sheep or
13 swine upon his own premises, being other than a slaughter house or es-
14 tablishment mentioned in section one hundred and eighteen, without
1.5 causing the carcass of such animal to be inspected, or sells or authorizes
16 or causes to be sold the carcass or any meat or product thereof of any
17 such animal slaughtered upon his own premises, knowing that the same
18 has not been inspected as provided in section one hundred and thirty-
19 three, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
20 or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both.
1 Section 136. Whoever, being authorized or licensed to slaughter in Possession of
2 a town, has in possession either himself or by his agent the dressed or casses°pro-'
3 plucked carcass, or any part thereof, of a bird or animal which has died a Pe^'nalty.
4 natural death shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred ^*'^' *®^-
5 dollars.
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rendrrei?c"ense SECTION 137. A coiuaction iiiuler section one hundred and thirty- 1
TsM, 491, § 23. four or one hundred and thirty-five of any person licensed under section 2
R. L. 75, § 107. Qjje hundred and nineteen shall render his license void, and no new 3
license shall be granted to him for the balance of the term of the license 4
so rendered void. ,5
Sale, etc-, of
certain car-
casses pro-
Section 1.3S. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale or delivers or 1
causes or authorizes to be sold, offered or exposed for sale or delivered for 2
use as food the carcass, or any part or product thereof, of any animal 3
which has come to its death in any manner or by any means other than 4
by slaughter or killing while in a healthy condition, or ■which at the time 5
of its death was unfit for use as food, by reason of disease, exhaustion, 6
abuse, neglect or otherwise, or the carcass, or any part or product thereof, 7
of any calf weighing less than forty pounds when dressed, with head, feet, 8
hide and entrails removed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 9
two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. 10
Section 139. Sections one hundred and twenty-one to one hundred 1
and twenty-four, inclusive, one hundred and thirty-three and one hun- 2
dred and thirty-eight shall not affect section one hundred and forty- 3
seven; provided, that said first mentioned sections shall not permit the 4
sale, offering for sale, or keeping with intent to sell, for food, of meat 5
infected in any degree with tuberculosis or other disease. 6
Appointment.
1815,99, § 1.
R. S. 28, § 36.
G. S. 49, § 3.
P. S. 60, § 1.
R. L. 57, § 1.
weighers of beef.
Section 140. In each town where beef cattle are sold for the pur-
pose of marketing or barrelling, the mayor or selectmen shall appoint one
or more persons, conveniently situated in such town and not dealers in
cattle, as weighers of beef. Each such weigher shall be sworn to the
faithful performance of his duties.
Fees.
1815. 99, § 3
R. S. 28, " '
a. S. 49, I 4.
p. S. 60, § 2.
R. L. 57, § 2.
38.
Section 141. Fees for weighing cattle shall be paid by the vendor 1
and shall be twenty cents for each of the first five cattle, fifteen cents for 2
each of the second fi^e, ten cents each from the eleventh to the twentieth, 3
inclusive, and fiA'e cents for each above twenty; also twelve and one half 4
cents for each certificate, which shall contain the weight of each of the 5
cattle weighed for one person unless the A-endor requests a division thereof. 6
Adulteration ol
sausages, etc.
1898, 193.
R. L. 213, § 9.
1913, 650, § 1.
1914, 634,
§§ 2, 5.
1917, 78.
Section 142. For the purposes of this and the following section, 1
sausage or sausage meat shall be deemed to be adulterated : 2
First. If it contains any cereal or \^egetable flour or any product 3
thereof in excess of two per cent; 4
Second. If it contains any coloring matter, or any substance injurious 5
or deleterious to health; 6
Third. If it contains water in excess of an amount sufficient to make 7
the product palatable and to facilitate mi.xing and placing in casings; 8
Fourth. If it contains, except as casing, the organs of the thoracic 9
and abdominal cavities or any part thereof, except hearts, tripe and 10
liver; 11
Fifth. If it contains any diseased, contaminated, filthy or decom- 12
posed substance; or if it is manufactured, in whole or in part from, or 13
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of food. 917
14 contains a substance produced, stored, transported or kept in a way or
15 manner that would render the article diseased, contaminated or unwhole-
16 some; or if it is the product of a diseased animal or the product of any
17 animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter.
1 Section 143. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale sausages Saie, etc.of
2 manufactured contrary to the preceding section or adulterated within regufat«i.
3 the meaning thereof. FrnVga.
4 Whoever \-iolates any pro\'ision of this section shall be punished by a fcjjg; Igg; ^ ^'
5 fine of not more than one hundred dollars. ^^ 2' ^■
1914, 034. §§ 3-5.
1 Section 144. Each application for a license for carrying on an estab- License to
2 lishment for the manufacture of sausages and chopped meat of any kind sausages.
3 shall be made, and any license granted therefor shall be granted, under '^"' ^'^' ^'
4 section eighty-nine. The board of health of a town may make and en-
5 force such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the conduct of
6 such establishments, and any license therefor may be revoked for any
7 violation of such rules and regulations, after notice to the licensee and a
8 hearing before said board.
1 Section 145. Whoever carries on an establishment for the manu- Penalty
2 facture of sausages or chopped meat of any kind without a license as Bau8'age3,"etc.,
3 proxided in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not less i^ens"* *
4 than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not \llf^ ||^' ^ ^•
5 more than three months, or both. i^i^' n-
6 This section shall not apply to retail dealers in chopped meats and
7 unsmoked sausages who manufacture the same for their retail trade.
inspection and sale of me.\t, etc.
1 Section 146. Each local board of health by themselves, their officers inspection
2 or agents, may inspect the carcasses of all slaughtered animals and all Reguiat'ions'as
3 meat, fish, vegetables, produce, fruit or pro\-isions of any kind found in food for site"'
4 their town, and all veal found, oft'ered or exposed for sale or kept with {872; Ifi;^^'
5 intent to sell therein, and for such piu-pose may enter any place where fl-Hg
6 such carcasses or articles are stored, kept or exposed for sale. If, in its |L|'^.gQ
7 opinion, said veal is that of a calf less than four weeks old when killed, §§2,' 3.
8 or if on inspection it is found that said carcasses or articles are tainted, 3- m '§ 2.
9 diseased, corrupted, decayed, iniwholesome or unfit for food from any {sqIImi,
10 cause, the said board shall seize and cause the same to be destroyed flgg^os, § 20.
11 forthwith or disposed of otherwise than for food. All money received by ^^ l^s^j
12 said board for property disposed of as aforesaid, after deducting the }^°^'||f-
13 expenses of said seizm-e and disposal, shall be paid to the owner of such §§ 1^2. '
14 property. If said board seizes or condemns any such carcass or meat §§r,'2, 4.'
15 because affected with a contagious disease, it shall immediately give notice 792, '§ f. '
16 to the director of animal industry stating the name of the owner or person jf'lgif"'
17 in whose possession it was found, the nature of the disease and the dis- IJ^^Mass. 602.
18 position made of said meat or carcass. lo^icro 396
19 Local boards of health, subject to the approval of the department of 637.
20 public health, may make and enforce reasonable riJes and regulations
21 as to the conditions imder which all articles of food may be kept or ex-
22 posed for sale, in order to prevent contamination thereof and injury to
23 the public health. Before such a board of health submits such rides and
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regulations to said department for approval, said board shall hold a 24
public hearing thereon, of which notice shall be given by publication for 2.5
two successive weeks, the first publication to be at least fourteen days 26
prior to the date of the hearing, in a newspaper published in such town. 27
Any person affected by such rules and regulations, in the form in which 28
they are presented to said department for approval, may appeal to said 29
department for a further hearing, and said department shall not grant 30
its appro\'al to rules and regidations concerning \yhich such an appeal 31
has been taken until it has held a public hearing thereon, advertised in 32
the manner above set forth. No regulation adopted in accordance with 33
this section shall be construed as preventing the exposure of food articles 34
for sale at retail in the Boston "market limits", as defined in the ordi- 35
nances of Boston, on Satiudays or on the day immediately preceding 36
any holiday observed in Boston, but no area in said "market limits", 37
where food articles on June sixth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, were 38
not allowed to be exposed for sale at retail on these days, shall be occu- 39
pied for the exposure of food articles without a permit from the board of 40
health. 41
Regulations
for inspection
of meat.
1898, 451, § 2.
1899, 408, I 9.
R. L. 90. § 7.
1911,297, I 1.
Section 147. The department of public health may make regula-
tions for the inspection of meat, which shall conform to the regulations
of the United States bureau of animal industry for the inspection of meat
for export and for interstate commerce. i9i4, 792. § 1. 1919.350, §96.
Penalties.
1907, 243.
1912, 60S,
§§1.2,4.
1914,627;
792, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§39-41,44,
96.
Section 148. Whoever violates any rule or regulation of a local 1
board of health which is approved by the department of public health 2
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 3
Failure to give a notice required by section one hundred and forty- 4
six to be given by a board of health to the director of animal industry 5
shall be punished as provided in section twenty-eight of chapter one 6
hundred and twenty-nine. 7
Interference
with certain
officers pro-
liibited.
Penalty.
1894, 491, § 13.
R. L. 56, § 72.
1908. 411, § 3.
Section 149. Whoever prevents, obstructs or interferes with a local 1
board of health, its officers or agents, in the performance of its duties 2
as provided in section one hundred and forty-six, or hinders, obstructs 3
or interferes with any inspection or examination by it or them, or se- 4
cretes or removes any carcass, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit or pro-visions 5
of any kind, for the purpose of preventing the inspection or examination 6
of the same under sections one hundred and forty-six, one hundred and 7
fifty to one hundred and fifty-three, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine 8
of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more 9
than two months, or both. 10
Sale, etc., of
unwholesome
food prohibited.
Penalty.
1784, 50.
R. S. 131, § 1.
G. S. 166, § 1.
1872. 231, § 5.
1875, 29, § 5.
1876, 180, § 5.
P. S. 58. § 5;
208, § 1.
1894, 491, § 15.
R. L. 56, § 73.
1907, 293.
1913, 687.
1 Pick. 524.
Section 150. Whoever sells or offers for sale for food or drink any
diseased animal or product thereof or any tainted, diseased, corrupt,
decayed or unwholesome carcass, meat, fish, vegetable, produce, fruit or
provisions of any kind, except when packed in such a container that upon
reasonable inspection the condition of the contents thereof cannot be
ascertained, without making the condition of the thing sold or offered for
sale fully known to the buyer, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six
months, or both. 11 Pick. 484. 12 Cush. 499.
CH-VP. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 919
1 Section 151. Whoever kills or causes to be killed or knowdngly sells, Saie. etc., of
2 offers or exposes for sale or has in his possession with intent to sell for proWbitrf'!'
3 food the veal of a calf killed when less than four weeks old shall be pun- iIm.'Im.
4 ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment ^scl 253' 1 1'
5 for not more than two months, or both. is72, 231, § 5.
1S75, 29, § 5. P. S. 208, § 2. H, L. 56, § 74.
1876, 180, § 5. 1894, 491, § 15. 97 Mass. 567.
1 Section 152. The board of health of the town where any animal or Boards of
2 property has been condemned under section one hundred and forty-six caSil''pubn-
3 may cause a description of the place in which such condemned property ^nai'nfacts.
4 was found, the name of each person in whose possession it was found and Jlylig^'s^'
5 the name of each person convicted of an offence under the two preceding J,*^|'|g^°4 1 "'•
6 sections to be published in two newspapers published in the county where i894,49i, § le.
7, , p 1 R. L. 56, § 75.
such property was round.
1 Section 153. Whoever knowingly sells or exposes for sale dead Saie, etcof
2 poultry, before it has been properly dressed by the removal of the crop ^ted.
3 and entrails if they contain food, shall be punished by a fine of not less issl, lao.
4 than fi\'e nor more than fifty dollars. Each local board of health shall r. l! sa', § 76.
5 cause this section to be enforced in its town.
CANNED GOODS AND MOLASSES.
1 Section 154. Canned articles of food shall not be offered for sale Canned goods
2 unless marked to indicate the grade or quality thereof and the name and i897^ 344! m.
3 address of the person who packed or sells them. R. l. 75, § 22.
1 Section 155. All canned articles of food which have been prepared caniSloaked
2 from dry products and have been soaked before canning shall be plainly ^"^i^lges''
3 marked by an adhesive label having on its face the word "soaked" in Jf ^7' f i^vi*
4 letters of legible type not smaller than two line pica. All cans, jugs and 1910! 528, § 2.
5 other packages containing molasses shall be plainly marked by an ad-
6 hesive label having on its face in the English language in letters of the
7 size and description aforesaid the name and address of the person who
8 made and prepared the same together with the name and quality' of the
9 ingredients thereof.
1 Section 156. Whoever falsely stamps or labels any can, jar or other Penalty for
2 package containing fruit or food of any kind, or permits such stamping mg^.'^etc^.'caM.
3 or labelling, or violates either of the two preceding sections, or sells or Jso?! ip! 1 1'.
4 exposes for sale any meat or meat preparation and falsely represents f^- l^g^ ^*-
5 the same to be Kosher or as having been prepared in conformity with jgjf'ygf-
6 orthodox Hebrew requirements, or falsely represents any food product isie. ss.
7 or the contents of any package or container to have been so prepared,
§ by having or permitting to be inscribed thereon the word " Kosher " in
9 any language, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five
10 nor more than fi^'e hundred dollars; and whoever knowingly sells such
11 goods so falsely stamped or labelled shall be punished by a fine of not
12 less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
920
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[Chap. 94.
Sale of ice at
retail regulated.
Penalty.
1900, 448.
R. L. 57. § 44.
1918. 257,
§230.
1919. 5.
1920. 2.
Section 1.57. Whoever, being engaged in the business of selling ice 1
at retail, and not engaged in the delivery of the same under a contract, 2
refuses to sell from any place or vehicle engaged in the regular distribu- 3
tion of ice at retail a piece of ice at the fair value thereof to any person 4
other than an ice dealer, shall, if such person tenders in payment there- 5
for the amount of five cents or any multiple thereof not more than fifty 6
cents in legal money of the United States, be punished by a fine of not 7
more than one hundred dollars. 8
have?cai?3*and SECTION 158. A dealer in ice who refuses or neglects to provide 1
p Talif *" ^'^' scales for each vehicle used by him for the delivery of ice or who, upon 2
1890, 2"76, request of a purchaser of ice, refuses or neglects to weigh the same when 3
R. L. 57, § 45. delivered, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 4
1918, 257, § 231.
1919,5.
1920, :
P™aUy for Section 159. Whoever, having charge of the delivery of ice from a 1
weigh ice. ^ vchiclc, but uot being a dealer in ice, refuses upon the request of a pur- 2
R. l! 57, Vi6. chaser of ice to weigh the same when it is delivered, shall be punished by 3
§ 232. "^ ' a fine of not more than ten dollars. loia. s. 1920, 2. 4
Impure ice.
1886, 287, § 1.
R. L. 75, § 59.
1914,792,5 1.
1919, 350, § 9G.
Section 160. The department of public health, upon written com- 1
plaint of not less than twenty-five consumers of ice cut from any pond 2
or stream and sold or held for sale, alleging that said ice is impure and 3
injurious to health, after notice to the parties interested of the time and 4
place appointed for the hearing, and after hearing said parties, may 5
make such orders relative to the sale of said ice as in its judgment the 6
public health requires. 7
Enforcement SECTION 161. Orders made under the preceding section shall be 1
department of gervcd upon any person selling or offering for sale impure ice, and may 2
1886,287, be enforced inequity by the supreme judicial or superior court. 3
^^ ^' =*■ R. L. 75, § 60.
Appeal from
such order.
1886, 287, § 3.
R. L. 75, § 61.
Section 162. Whoever is aggrieved by any order made under section 1
one hundred and sixty may appeal therefrom in the manner prescribed 2
by section one hundred and forty-seven of chapter one hundred and 3
eleven, and shall be subject to sections one hundred and forty-eight and 4
one hundred and forty-nine of said chapter, and the court may award 5
costs in its discretion. 6
Adulteration
of vinegar
defined.
1884, 307, § 2.
1885, 150.
R. L. 57, § 67.
1911, 600, §2.
1915, 239.
1916, 189.
VINEGAR.
Section 163. Vinegar shall contain no added or artificial coloring 1
matter, and shall contain not less than four grams of acetic acid in each 2
one hundred cubic centimeters. If it contains any added or artificial 3
coloring matter, or less than the required amount of acidity, it shall be 4
deemed to be adulterated. wis. ws. 5
Section 164.
The department of public health shall publish in its 1
.... •• ■ 2
3
Methods of
analysis, how ^ - mi
fnd pllbiislied monthly bulletin the methods for the analysis of vinegar prescribed
1915^239.^ ^ ■ from time to time by the commissioner of public health, and such methods
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of food. 921
4 shall be those adopted by the Association of Official Agricultural Chem- i9i6, i89.
5 ists. No person shall determine the value of vinegar as a basis for pay- 1919! sso' § 96.
6 ment in buying or selling, or for any inspection, otherwise than by such
7 methods.
1 Section 1G5. Each cask, barrel or other container used by a manu- Cidcr vinegar,
2 facturer or producer of or wholesale dealer in vinegar, to contain vin- ^nega™etc.
3 egar sold or offered for sale, shall be plainly marked with the name and be°marked. '°
4 place of business of such manufacturer, producer or wholesale dealer, the fgn.'eoo. § 3.
5 kind of vinegar contained therein, and the substances from which it is '^'^' ^^*-
6 made; and cider vinegar, if diluted with water, shall be distinctly and
7 conspicuously labelled "Diluted to Legal Strength", or by other like
8 words to indicate this fact. Each compound, mixture or blend of vinegar
9 shall be marked with the word "compound" or "mixture", together
10 with a statement of its constituents and the percentage of each con-
11 stituent. The principal label, including the word "compound" or "mix-
12 tare", if used on vinegar in wooden packages, shall be in Roman letters
1.3 not less than one inch high, properly spaced and in straight parallel lines
14 with no more than two inches of space between each line. The marking
15 of vinegar in other containers than wooden packages shall be governed by
16 sections one hundred and eighty-six and one hundred and eighty-seven.
17 Whoever himself or by his agent or servant violates any provision of this
18 section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
1 Section 166. The collection of samples of vinegar, as authorized by ODiiection ot
2 section three hmidred and fom-, shall be made under the direction and tfnega?, etc.,
3 super\'ision of the department of public health or by local boards of m7°i93!'ii.
4 health. Samples may be purchased in the open market, and the stencil- i9i9. soo, 1 96.
5 lings, tags, brands or other markings upon the container shall be noted.
6 Samples shall be di^•ided into two substantially equal parts of at least
7 sufficient volume to permit of a proper analysis as required by law, and
8 at the time of the taking of the samples there shall be delivered to the
9 owner or other person from whom the vinegar is taken one of the two
10 above mentioned parts properly labelled with identifying marks and
11 sealed with a seal, p^o^'ided for that purpose, and a receipt therefor
12 shall be given to the inspector or collector.
1 Section 167. Samples of vinegar taken under authority of law shall ot^t^ipteiTrtc.
2 be examined by the department of public health or by boards of health jsis- 137. ^ ^^
3 of towns. If it then appears that any sample is misbranded or adulter-
4 ated, the department of public health, or the board of health of a town,
5 as the case may be, need not cause formal complaint to be entered at
6 once, but shall grant the opportunity for a hearing under section one
7 hundred and eighty-nine.
1 Section 168. Whoever makes, causes to be made, uses or has in lus Penalty for
2 possession, an imitation or counterfeit of a seal used by an inspector or PmitSfin.
3 other officer engaged in the inspection of vinegar, and whoever changes tg'iT'.^OT, § 2.
4 or tampers with a sample taken or sealed as p^o^•ided in section one
5 hundred and sixty-six, shall be pmiished by a fine of not more than
6 one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months,
7 or both.
922
INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD.
[Chap. 94.
Enforcement
of penalties.
1880, 113, §2.
P. S. 60, § 71.
1883, 257, I 2.
1884, 307, § 3.
R. L. 57, § 69.
Section 169. Each officer or person whose duty it is to enforce the 1
laws relating to food and milk, shall enforce the laws relating to vinegar, 2
and all laws relating to food shall apply to vinegar so far as they are 3
applicable. i9ii, eoo, §§ 4, s. 4
Penalty for
nianufacturing,
selling, etc.,
deleterious
vinegar.
1880, 113, I 2.
P. S. 60, § 70.
Section 170. Each person who manufactures, offers or exposes for 1
sale any vinegar found upon proper tests to contain any preparation of 2
lead, copper, sulphuric acid or other ingredient injurious to health, shall 3
be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars. R. l. s7, § 68. 4
Penalty for
selling, etc.,
adulterated
vinegar.
1880, H3, § 1.
P. S. 60, § 69.
1883, 257, § 1.
1884, 307,
§§1.4.
R. L. 57. I 66.
1911, 600, § 1.
Section 171. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent sells, ex- 1
changes or delivers or has in his custody or possession with intent so to 2
do, or exposes or offers for sale or exchange adulterated vinegar, or who- 3
ever labels, brands or sells as cider vinegar or as apple vinegar, any vin- 4
egar not the exclusive product of the alcoholic and subsequent acetous 5
fermentation of the pure juice of fresh apples, shall be punished by a fine 6
of not more than one hundred dollars. 7
1894, 198, § 2.
R. L. 62, § 2.
1914, 525.
certain standards.
Section 172. The barrel shall contain thirty-one and one half gal-
lons and the hogshead two barrels, provided that in barrels and frac-
tional parts thereof containing malt beverages a variation or tolerance of
six per cent shall be permitted.
Contents of
certain bushels.
1762-3, 19, § 1.
1817, 130, § 2.
R. S. 28, § 199.
1840, 82, § 1.
1855, 232, § 1.
G. S. 49, § 64.
P. S. 60, § 22.
1888, 414, § 2.
1894, 198, § 6.
1895, 28.
1901. 100.
R. L. 62,
§§ 4, 5.
1910, 297.
1912, 284.
1913, 176.
1915, 43.
1918, 257,
5 240.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 173. A bushel of the following commodities shall contain 1
the number of pounds herein designated: wheat, sixty; Indian corn 2
or rye, fifty-six; barley, forty-eight; oats, thirty-two; cracked corn 3
or feed, fifty; any meal except oatmeal, fifty; smooth peas, sixty ; wrin- 4
kled peas, fifty-six; soy beans (glycine hispida), fifty-eight; potatoes, 5
sixty; apples, forty-eight; carrots, fifty; onions, fifty-two; clover seed, 6
sixty; herdsgrass or timothy seed, forty-five; Japanese barnyard millet 7
(panicum crusgalli), thirty-five; bran and shorts, twenty; flaxseed, 8
fifty -five; coarse salt, seventy; fine salt, seventy; lime, seventy; sweet 9
potatoes, fifty-four; beans, sixty; lima beans, fifty-six; scarlet runner 10
pole beans or white runner pole beans, fifty; broad Windsor beans, 11
forty-seven; dried apples, twenty-five; dried peaches, thirty-three; rough 12
rice, forty-four; upland cotton seed, thirty; sea island cotton seed, forty- 1.3
four; buckwheat, forty-eight; beets, sixty; cranberries, thirty-two; 14
pears, fifty-eight; parsnips, forty-five; roasted peanuts, twenty; green 15
peanuts, twenty-two; peaches, forty-eigljt; tomatoes, fifty-six; turnips, 16
fifty-five; quinces, forty-eight; string beans, twenty-four; shell beans, 17
twenty-eight; unshelled green peas, twenty-eight; dandelions, twelve; 18
spinach, twelve; beet greens, twelve; kale, twelve; parsley, eight. Any 19
multiple or fractional part of a bushel shall contain a like multiple or 20
fractional part of the prescribed weight of the bushel. 21
Cental.
1880, 158, § 1.
~ 'i. 60, § 22.
8, 414, § 2.
Section 174. A cental or hundredweight shall be one hundred 1
f894f\98,^°5^' Section 175. A barrel of flour, measured by weight, shall contain
1902; 115.^ ^' or*^ hundred and ninety-six pounds.
1911, 397. 38 U. S. .St8. at L., 1186.
ClL\P. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 923
SALES BY WEIGHT.
1 Section 176. "Weight" in a sale of commodities by weight shall P^eSht°" °'
2 mean the net weight of all commodities so sold ; and contracts concern- f|°g' j^Vj s j
3 ing such sales shall be so construed; provided, that in respect to commod- R s.'so. 1 25.
4 ities not intended for food or fuel reasonable tolerances or variations shall p- s.' es,' § 27.'
5 be permitted in accordance with established trade customs. Violation 1913] lei;
6 hereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, fglj, u.
128 Mass. 5SS.
1 Section 177. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent gives or Penalty for
2 attempts to give false or insufficient weight or measure shall be punished wei'ght m^
3 for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, for the second igor.^sM.
4 offence by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and for a subse- lii'MiS'. 72.
5 quent offence by a fine of fifty dollars and by imprisonment for not less ^^^ ^^'""*- ^^■
6 than one nor more than three months.
1 Section 178. Each public weigher of goods or commodities shall weigh Rules for
2 them according to section one hundred and seventy-six, and shall cer- Tre puCiTo
3 tify accordingly; and for each refusal or neglect he shall forfeit not Tsall'm, § 2.
4 more than ten dollars. Each weigher of goods appointed by a town, fi ^' ^°' ^^ ^'^'
5 and each weigher for hire or reward, shall be a public weigher hereunder. <^- s- ^i. 5 is-
p. S. 65, I 28. R. L. 02, § 40.
1 Section 179. The mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where weighers of
2 boilers and hea\y machinery are sold shall appoint, and may remove, ise^m';'''
3 one or more persons, not engaged in the manufacture or sale thereof, to r. i.^eL^w
4 be weighers of boilers and heavy machinery, who shall be sworn. The
5 appointing oflScer or board may fix their fees, which shall be paid by
6 the seller.
1 Section 180. Complaints and prosecutions for violations of law Certain courts
2 relating to the use or giving of false or insufficient weight or measure d'ictioifover''
3 may be commenced and prosecuted in a court having jurisdiction of the TOnclrning'^
4 place to which the goods are shipped. lou, 3S7. ind'^meafurls.
marking of pacic^ges containing food.
1 Section 181. Subject to the variations, tolerances and exemptions Net quantity
.2 provided for by the following section, no person shall himself or by his foo/packages
3 agent or servant sell or offer for sale food in package form unless the net JhereoT'"'"*
4 quantity of the contents is plainly and conspicuously marked on the jlY.'l^l.'
5 outside of the package in terms of weight, measure or numerical count. JgJI'UMyy
6 This section shall not apply to retail sales of food made from bulk if the 4 0p'.a.g.618.
7 quantity is weighed, measured or counted at the time of such sale by
8 the retailer, nor to the sale of milk, cream or buttermilk in glass jars, as
9 provided by section fifteen of chapter ninety-eight.
10 The director of standards shall enforce this and the three following
11 sections.
1 Section 182. The director of standards shall adopt the variations. Tolerances
2 tolerances and exemptions established, or hereafter established, by rules tions.
924
ADULTERATIOK AND MISBR.-US'DING OF FOOD AND DRUGS. [ChAP. 94.
1914, 653, I 2.
1918,218. I 1.
1919, 350, § 77.
and regulations provided for by section three of the act of congress
mentioned in section one hundred and ninety-two, with such further
reasonable variations, tolerances and exemptions not covered by the
rules and regulations of said section as he deems expedient.
6
Penalty.
1914, 653, § 6.
Section 1S3. Whoe^•e^ violates any provision of section one hun- 1
dred and eighty-one shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of 2
not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence 3
by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. 4
Hearing before
prosecution.
Prosecution of
guarantor.
1914, 653,
§§ 6, S.
1918,218, § 1.
1919, 350, § 77. . , . ,. . , TT • 1
4 Op. A. G. 618. jobber, manufacturer, dealer or otfier person residing in the United
States, from ■whom he purchased such articles, that they are correctly
marked or labelled under section one hundred and eighty-one, designating
it, and containing the name and address of such vendor, but in that case
Section 184. Prosecutions under the preceding section shall not be
commenced until the party concerned is notified and given an opportunity
to be heard before the director of standards. No dealer shall be prose-
cuted thereunder if he establishes a guaranty, signed by the wholesaler.
such guarantor shall be liable to prosecution and to the penalties pro- 9
vided by section one hundred and eighty-three. If section one hundred 10
and eighty-one has been violated and the guarantor is without the com- 11
nionwealth, no action shall be brought, but the director of standards 12
shall report the facts to the proper national authorities. 13
Certain sec-
tions not to
apply to
certain com-
modities.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
Section 185. The following ten sections .shall not apply to milk and 1
cream, butter, oleomargarine, vinegar, ice cream, sausages, apple grad- 2
ing, commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizers. i9i7, 208, § 13. 3
Adulteration of
drugs and food
defined.
1882, 263, I 3.
1884, 289,
§§ 5, 7.
1897, 344, § 3.
1901,341.
R. L. 75, § IS.
1910, 528, § 1.
1913, 265; 272.
1917, 208,
§§ 7, 12.
217 Mass. 432.
Section 186. For the purposes of sections one hundred and eighty- 1
six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, an article shall be deemed 2
to be adulterated: 3
In the case of a drug: First, If a drug sold under or by a name recog- 4
nized in the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary differs 5
from the standards of strength, quality or pui'ity, as determined by the 6
test, if any, laid down in the United States pharmacopoeia or national 7
formulary official at the time of inAcstigation; provided, that no drug de- 8
fined in the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary shall be 9
deemed to be adulterated hereunder if the standard of strength, quality 10
or purity thereof is plainly stated upon the bottle, box or other container 1 1
thereof delivered to the customer, although such standard may differ 12
from that determined by the test, if any, laid down in the United States 13
pharmacopoeia or national formulary. Second, If its strength or purity 14
falls below the professed standard or quality under which it is sold. 15
In the case of confectionery : If it contains terra alba, bary tes, paraffine, 16
talc, chrome yellow or other mineral substance or poisonous color or 17
flavor, or other ingredient deleterious or detrimental to health, or any IS
vinous, malt or spirituous liquor or compound or narcotic drug. 19
In the case of food : First, If any substance has been mixed and packed 20
with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength. 21
Second, If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the 22
article. Third, If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly 23
Chap. 94.] adilteration and xiisbranding of food and drugs. 925
24 or in part abstracted. Fourth, If it is mixed, colored, powdered, coated
25 or stained in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. Fifth,
2C) If it contains any added poisonous or other deleterious ingredient which
27 may render such article injurious to health; provided, that when in the
28 preparation of food products for shipment they are presei-ved by any
29 external application apphed in such manner that the p^eservati^•e is nec-
30 essarily removed mechanically, or by maceration in water, or otherwise,
31 and directions for the removal of said preservative are printed on the
32 covering of the package, sections one hundred and eighty-six to one
33 hmadred and ninety-five, inclusive, shall be construed as applying only
34 when said products are ready for consumption. Sixth, If it consists in
35 whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable
36 substance, or any portion of an animal wliich is unfit for food, whether
37 manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one
38 that has died otherwise than by slaughter.
1 Section 187. The term "misbranded" as used in sections one hun- "Misbranded."
2 dred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-fi^'e, inclusive, shall wh™appUed
3 apply to each drug, or article of food, or article which enters into the com- food^^wlTen
4 position of food, the package or label of which bears any statement, Ueemedadui-
5 design or device regarding such article or the ingredients or substance Jgo^^'sge''^'
6 contained therein, which is false or misleading in any particular, and |§i-3...5.' „
7 also to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the state looe', 3sl;,§2.'
8 or country where it was manufactured or produced. ihn', 203!
9 For the purposes of said sections an article shall also be deemed to be lop. a!g.
10 misbranded: '^°-
11 In the case of a drug: First, If it is an imitation of or offered for sale
12 under the name of another article. Second, If the contents of the pack-
13 age as originally put up have been removed, in whole or in part, and
14 other contents placed therein, or if the package fails to bear a statement
15 on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol, morphine,
16 opium, codeine, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, canna-
17 bis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or prepara-
18 tion of any such substances contained therein. Third, If its package
19 or label bears or contains any false and fraudulent statement, design or
20 device regarding the curative or therapeutic eft'ect of such article, or of
21 any of the ingredients or substances contained therein.
22 In the case of food: First, If it is an imitation of or offered for sale
23 under the distinctive name of another article. Second, If it is labelled or
24 branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purports to be a
25 foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the package as origi-
26 nally put up have been removed in whole or in part, and other contents
27 placed therein, or if it fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity
28 or proportion of any morphine, opium, codeine, cocaine, heroin, alpha
29 or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acet-
30 anilide, or any derivative or preparation of any such substance, con-
31 tained therein; provided, that notliing in this paragraph shall apply to
32 the repacking of highly perishable foodstuffs, such as fresh fruit, fresh
33 vegetables or eggs. Third, If the package containing it or its label bears
34 any statement, design or device regarding the ingredients or the sub-
35 stances contained therein which is false or misleading in any particular;
36 pro\'ided, that an article of food which does not contain any added poison-
37 ous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or
38 misbranded in the following cases: (1) In the case of articles which
926
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF FOOD AND DRUGS. [ChAP. 94.
are mixtures or compounds which are now or hereafter may be known 39
as articles of food under their own distinctive names and not an imitation 40
of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if 41
the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement 42
of the place where said article was manufactured or produced. (2) 43
In the case of articles labelled, branded or tagged so as to indicate plainly 44
that they are compounds, imitations, or blends, if the word " compound ", 45
"imitation", or "blend", as the case may be, is plainly stated on the 46
package in which it is offered for sale; provided, that the term "blend" 47
as used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances, 48
not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the 49
purposes of coloring and flavoring only; and provided, that nothing in 50
sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, 51
inclusive, shall be construed as requiring or compelling proprietors or 52
manufacturers of proprietary foods which contain no unwholesome 53
added ingredient to disclose their trade formulas, except in so far as any 54
provision of said sections maj' require in order to secure freedom from 55
adulteration or misbranding. 56
Collection of
samples of
fooci, etc.
1884, 289, i 8.
R. L. 75, § 21.
1910,416, § 1.
1914,792, § 1.
1917, 208,
§§ 4, 12.
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 188. The collection of samples under sections one hundred 1
and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, and three 2
hundred and four may be made by authorized agents of the depart- 3
ment of public health or of boards of health of towns. Samples may be 4
purchased in the open market, and if in bulk and the sample is taken 5
from the original package, carton, wrapper or other container in the pres- 6
ence of such authorized agent, the marks, brands or tags upon such con- 7
tainer, and the accompanying printed or written matter shall be noted 8
by such agent, who shall also note the name of the vendor by whom the 9
sale was made, together with the date of the purchase. If practicable, 10
samples shall be collected in duplicate, or divided into two substantially 11
equal parts, and each part shall be labelled with identifying marks. One 12
of such parts or samples shall be delivered to the person from whom they 13
were taken, or, if a guaranty has been given, such part or sample shall 14
be sent to the guarantor. The other part or sample shall be sent to the 15
laboratory of the department or board taking the sample, if said board 16
maintains a laboratory. Parts of samples divided as hereinbefore pro- 17
vided shall be sealed by said agent, at the time of the taking thereof, as 18
provided by the regulations of the department of public health, with a 19
seal provided for that purpose. Whenever it is impracticable either to 20
collect more than one sample or to divide the same, such sample shall be 21
sent to the laboratory of the department or board taking the sample, if 22
said board maintains a laboratory. 23
Examination
of samples, by
whom made,
etc.
Complaints.
1910,416, § 1.
1917, 208,
§§ 5, 12, 13.
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 189. Examination of saYnples of food and drugs in order to 1
determine by analysis or test whether such articles are adulterated or 2
misbranded within the meaning of sections one hundred and eighty- 3
six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, shall be made under the 4
direction and supervision of the department or board taking such sam- 5
pies as provided in the preceding section; and if it shall appear from 6
such examination that any of the samples are so adulterated or mis- 7
branded, the commissioner of public health or the local board of health 8
need not cause formal complaint to be entered at once, but shall in the 9
case of misbranding, and may in the case of adulteration, cause rea- 10
Chap. 94.] adulteration axd misbranding of food xkd drugs. 927
1 1 sonable notice thereof, together with a copy of the findings, to be given
12 to the party from whom the sample was obtained, to the guarantor,
1.3 if any, and to the party, if any, whose name appears upon the label
14 as manufacturer, packer, producer, wholesaler, retailer or other dealer.
15 Before any formal complaint is entered, any person so notified shall
16 be given an opportunity to be heard before any person designated by
17 the commissioner of public health or local board of health taking the
18 sample, under such rules and regulations as the department of public
19 health prescribes. Such notice shall specify the date, hour and place of
20 hearing, and the parties interested therein may appear in person or by
21 attorney. If it is decided that the party whose name appears upon the
22 label, or the guarantor, shall be notified, and such party or guarantor
23 resides without the commonwealth, the notice shall be sent by mail to
24 such address as, with due dihgence, may be obtained. If after such op-
25 portunity to be heard it, appears that any proNision of sections one hun-
26 dred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, has been
27 violated, the department of public health or local board of health may
2S make or authorize to be made a formal complaint to a court or justice
29 haNing jurisdiction in such cases, but no e\ddence of the result of such
30 analysis or test shall be received if the agent described in the preceding
31 section has refused or neglected to seal and deliver the sample, or part
32 thereof, as provided in the preceding section.
manufacturer,
1 Section 190. Whoever manufactures anv article of food or any Penalty <
.... ,, , .. 11*. I'l • i* manuiaci
2 drug which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of sec- etc.
3 tions one hundred and eighty-six and one hundred and eighty-seven, or 1397; 344! § 1!
4 which does not comply with the rules, regulations and standards pro- fg^] 3^1 ^^'
5 vided in sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety- !§'/,' f?*'
6 five, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifteen nor
7 more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
8 six months.
1 Section 191. Except as otherwise provided in sections one hundred deU?ery.'etc..
2 and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, whoever for °tc^|^arJ^,te^'
3 pay or otherwise delivers or offers to deUver to any person any article If'g^'j^^*'
4 of food or drug adulterated or misbranded, or which does not comply
5 with the rules, regulations and standards provided for in sections one
6 hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, and
7 whoever sells or offers for sale any such article shall in the case of mis-
8 branding be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars,
9 and shall in the case of atlulteration be punished by a fine of not less
10 than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars; but no article
11 shall be deemed misbrandeil or adulterated under sections one hundred
12 and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, if it is intended
13 for export to any foreign country and is prepared or packed according to
14 the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser; provided, that
15 no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in \-iolation of
16 the laws of the foreign country to which the article is intended to be
17 shipped; but if the article is sold or offered for sale for domestic use or
18 consumption then it shall not be exempt from said sections.
^alboardsofSLtobe
2 health shall enforce sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hun- adop'ed. etc.
928
ADULTERATION -AND MISBRANDING OF FOOD .AND DRUGS. [ChAP. 94.
(Ired and ninety-five, inclusive, and, except as to standards fixed by law, 3
the said department shall adopt rules and regulations, consistent with 4
said sections, standards, tolerances and definitions of purity or quality, 5
conforming to the rules and regiJations, standards, tolerances and defini- 6
tions of purity or cjuality adopted or that may hereafter be adopted for 7
the enforcement of the act of congress approved June thirtieth, nine- S
teen hundred and six, and the amendments thereof, the said act being 9
entitled " An Act for preventing the manufactm-e, sale or transportation 10
of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, 11
medicuaes, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein and for other 12
purposes", or now or hereafter adopted by the United States depart- 13
ment of agricidtiu-e under any other federal law. 14
Prosecutions in
certain cases
forbidden.
Guaranty for
protection.
Rules a,nd
regulations.
1907. 259, § 2.
1911,289, § 1.
1914, 792, § 1.
1917, 208,
§§ 9, 12.
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 193. Except as provided in the following section, no dealer 1
shall be prosecuted under sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hun- 2
dred and ninety-five, inclusive, for selling or offering for sale any article 3
of food or drug in the original unbroken package in which it was re- 4
ceived by him, if he can establish a guaranty by the wholesaler, jobber, 5
manufacturer or other person residing in the United States, from whom 6
he piu-chased the article, to the effect that the same is not adulterated or 7
misbranded within the meaning of the laws of this commonwealth. Such 8
guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the name and address of 9
the person making the sale of this article to the dealer, and in that case 10
such person shall be amenable to the prosecutions, fines and other pen- 11
alties which would attach in due course to the dealer imder sections one 12
hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive. If 1.3
it shall appear that any provision of said sections has been violated, and 14
the party gixing said guaranty is without the commonwealth, no action 1.5
shall be brought except as is pro\aded therein, but the department of 16
public health or the local board taking the sample shall present the 17
facts to the proper national authorities for their action. 18
Under the authority given by section one hundred and ninety-two the 19
department of public health shall adopt rides and regulations which shall 20
be observed by the said department and by local boards of health in 21
ascertaining whether there is such a guaranty which may be relied upon 22
by the dealer. 23
Dealer estab-
lishing guar-
anty may be
prosecuted,
when.
1917, 208,
§§ 10, 13.
1919, 350, § 9
Section 194. After a sample of an article of food or drug which is 1
adulterated or misbranded has been taken from a person who estab- 2
lishes a guaranty, as provided in the preceding section, and the guar- 3
antor resides without the commonwealth, the dealer may nevertheless 4
be prosecuted for a subsequent sale of such adulterated or misbranded 5
article; provided, that the department of public health or local board 6
which took the sample has presented the facts to the proper national 7
authorities for their action, that the person from whom the sample was 8
taken has been notified by said department or board that the facts have 9
so been presented, and that such person continues to sell such articles 10
after he has been notified by said department or board as to the particu- 11
lars of the adulteration or misbranding and warned to desist from further 12
sales or distribution of the article. Upon conviction in any such case 13
the penalties provided in section one hundred and ninety-one may be 14
imposed. 15
In case of adulteration, if the department of public health or a board 16
Chap. 94.] narcotic drugs. 929
17 of health in a city having a population exceeding one hundred thousand,
18 finds that the same when analyzed is plainly a gross violation of any
19 of sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five,
20 inclusive, or that the article is distinctly injurious to the health of the
21 community, even though the case has not as yet been adjudicated, said
22 department may cause notice of these facts to be published in its monthly
23 bulletin and in such other ways as it establishes by rules and regulations ;
24 provided, that the guarantor has been notified and has been afforded
25 an opportunity to be heard as provided in section one hundred and
26 eighty-nine. Said notice shall contain a warning to all dealers to desist
27 from further sale or distribution of such article. Whoever sells such
28 article after said notice and warning shall be amenable, for each sub-
29 sequent sale, to the penalties provided in section one hundred and
30 ninety-one.
1 Section 195. When construing and enforcing sections one hundred feruii^sections'
2 and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, the act, omis- S5\^i^^°|'
3 sion or failure of any officer, agent or other individual acting for or
4 employed by any individual, corporation, company, society or associa-
5 tion witlain the scope of his employment or office, shall in each case be also
6 deemed to be the act, omission or failure of such corporation, company,
7 society or association as well as that of the individual.
1 Section 196. If the standard of strength or purity of any drug has Prosecutions
2 been raised since the issue of the last edition of the United States limited.
3 pharmacopoeia or national formulary, no prosecution relative to it shall }ii|; igg] | s.
4 be maintained until after such change of standard has been published ^- ^- ''^- ^ ^''•
5 throughout the commonwealth.
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS.
1 Section 197. The following words as used in sections one hundred ^\^7"27°5"^§ 19.
• 2 and ninety-seven to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, and in section
3 thirty-eight of chapter two hundred and seventy-seven and schedule of
4 forms at end of said chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, shall
5 have the following meanings:
6 "Druggist", "apothecary" or "pharmacist", a person duly registered Seesection 1.
7 under chapter one hundred and twelve, and actively engaged as a prac-
8 titioner, or employed in an established and fixed place of business for the
9 sale, compounding and dispensing of drugs.
10 "Narcotic drug", coca leaves, cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, or any
11 synthetic substitute for them or any salts, compound or derivative thereof
12 except decocainized coca lea\es and preparations thereof, opium, mor-
13 phine, heroin, codeine, or any preparation thereof or any salt, compound
14 or derivative of the same; and, subject to section two hundred and six,
15 cannabis indica and cannabis sativa.
16 "Opium", "morphine", "heroin", "codeine" and "cocaine", as
17 used in statutes or in complaints or indictments include any sjTithetic
IS substitute for such drugs or any salts, compounds, derivatives or prepara-
19 tions thereof, except decocainized coca !ea^•es and preparations thereof.
20 "Physician" or "practitioner of medicine", "veterinarian" and
21 "dentist", a person duly registered and authorized to practice medicine,
22 veterinary medicine and dentistry, respectively.
930
NARCOTIC DRUGS.
[Chap. 94.
Sale and dis-
tribution of
certain narcotic
drugs regu-
lated.
1906, 386,
5§ 3, 4, B.
1908, 307. § 2.
1909, 375.
1910,271, § 1;
387, §§2, 11.
1914. 694.
§§ 1.7; 788;
792. § 1.
1915. 187,
§§ 1,3. 12.
1917. 275,
§§ 1, 22.
1919, 350. § 90.
Section 198. Except as otherwise provided in sections one hundred 1
and ninety-nine and two hundred, no person shall sell, furnish, giAe or 2
deliver any narcotic drug except upon the WTitten order of a manu- 3
facturer or jobber in drugs, wholesale druggist, registered pharmacist 4
actively engaged in business as such, physician, dentist or veterinarian 5
registered under the laws of the state where he resides, or an incorporated 6
hospital, college or scientific institution through its superintendent or 7
official in immediate charge, or upon the wTitten prescription of a physi- 8
cian, dentist or veterinarian registered as above provided, such order 9
bearing his legal signature, the date of the signature, his office address, the 10
registry number given him under the act of congress approved December 11
seventeenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and the name, age and 12
address of the patient for whom it is prescribed. The prescription, when 13
filled, shall show the date of filling and the legal signature of the person 14
filling it,, written across the face of the prescription, together with the 15
legal signature of the person receiving such drug, and the prescription 16
shall be retained on file for at least two years by the druggist filling it. No 17
prescription shall be filled except in the manner indicated therein and at 18
the time when it is received, and the full quantity of each substance pre- 19
scribed shall be given. No order or prescription shall be either received 20
for filling or filled more than five days after its date of issue as indicated 21
thereon. Each pharmacist who fills a prescription for a narcotic drug 22
shall securely attach to the container thereof a label giving the name and 23
address of the store where the prescription is filled, the date of filling, the 24
name of the person for whom it is prescribed, the name of the physician, 25
dentist or veterinarian who issued it; and the narcotic drug so delivered 26
shall always be kept in its container until used. No prescription shall be 27
refilled, nor shall a copy of the same be made except for the purpose of 28
record by the druggist filling the same, such record to be open at all 29
times to inspection by the officers of the department of public health, the 30
board of registration in pharmacy, the board of registration in medicine, 31
authorized agents of said department and boards, and by the police au- 32
thorities and police officers of to\\-ns; provided, that sections one hun- 33
dred and ninety-seven to two hundred and tliirteen, inclusive, shall not 34
apply to prescriptions, nor to the sale, distribution, gi\'ing, dispensing 35
or possession of preparations or remedies, if such prescriptions do not call 36
for, or such preparations and remedies do not contain, more than two 37
grains of opium or more than one quarter of a grain of morphine, or more 38
than one eighth of a grain of heroin or more than one grain of codeine, in 39
one fluid ounce, or, if a solid or semi-solid preparation, in the avoirdupois 40
ounce; nor shall they apply to liniments, ointments or other preparations 41
which are prepared for external use only, except liniments, ointments and 42
other preparations containing cocaine or alpha or beta eucaine; provided, 43
that such preparations, remedies or prescriptions are sold, distributed, 44
given, dispensed or held in possession in good faith as medicines and not 45
for the purpose of evading any pro\'ision of the last named sections, and 46
provided that the possession of any narcotic drug, except in the form of 47
prescriptions and preparations or remedies especially exempted in this 48
section, by any one not being a manufacturer or jobber of drugs, or 49
wholesale druggist, registered pharmacist actively engaged in business 50
as such, or a physician, dentist or veterinarian registered as above pro- 51
vided, or superintendent or official in charge of an incorporated hospital, 52
college or scientific institution shall, except as pro\aded in section two 53
hundred and five, be presumptive evidence of an intent to \nolate sections 54
Ch.\P. 94.] NARCOTIC DRUGS. 931
55 one hundred and ninety-eight to two hundred and ten, inclusive. Tliis
56 section shall not apply to a person having in his possession any of the
57 abo\e mentioned articles by virtue of a legal prescription legally issued
58 under any provision of sections one hundred and ninety-eight to two hun-
59 dred and ten, inclusive, and not obtained by any false representation
60 made to the physician, dentist or veterinarian issuing it, or to the phar-
61 macist who filled it; nor shall such sections apply to decocainized coca
62 leaves or preparations made therefrom or to other preparations of coca
63 leaves which do not contain cocaine.
1 Section 199. No practitioner of veterinary medicine shall prescribe veterinarians,
2 any narcotic drug for the use of a human being or in such manner that scribe°onfy"in
3 it may be used subcutaneously by such person, nor shall any physician iMa'STiTra;
4 or dentist prescribe, dispense, administer, sell, give or deliver any nar- fgiifoM,
5 cotic drug to any person except when the drug is obviously and in good ||j|- ^'gl^^"
6 faith then and there needed for the treatment and cure of a disease or ail- fl-y'lyg'
7 ment, and not needed for any condition or disease directly due to any §§ 2,' 22. '
8 drug habit or resulting solely from the failure of an habitual user of nar-
9 cotic drugs to procure the particular narcotic drug to the use of wlaich
10 he is addicted.
1 Section 200. A physician may personally administer any narcotic Physician may
2 drug at such time and under such circumstances as he, in good faith mlnSterna^r-
3 and in the legitimate practice of medicine, believes to be necessary for ^hen.*^"*'
4 the alleviation of pain and suffering or for the treatment or alleviation \l\f ^If ^ ^■
5 of disease. isiv. 2-5, §§ 3, 22. §§ 3, 12.
1 Section 201 . Subject to section two hundred and sixteen, any man- Saies to certain
2 ufacturer or jobber of drugs, wholesale druggist, registered pharmacist stitutions
3 actively engaged in business as such, and any physician, dentist or veter- iloo.'sse;
4 inarian registered under the laws of the state where he resides may sell a flio, IVi, § i:
5 narcotic drug to any of the persons aforesaid or to any incorporated jg [4^^694; §^4.
6 hospital, college or scientific institution, but such substances or prepara- jss^ 79^2_, § 1.
7 tions, excepting such preparations as are included within the exemptions §M. 12. '
8 set forth in section one hundred and ninety-eight, shall be sold only upon 5§ 4.'22. '
9 the WTitten order of such hospital, college or institution, duly signed by ' ^ '
10 its superintendent or official in immediate charge, or upon a written order
11 duly signed by any manufacturer or jobber in drugs, wholesale druggist,
12 registered pharmacist actively engaged in business as such, or physician,
13 dentist or veterinarian registered as above provided, and the order shall
14 state the articles ordered, the quantity ordered and the date. Said
15 orders shall be kept on file in the laboratory, warehouse, pharmacy or
16 store in wliich they are filled, by the proprietor thereof or his successor,
17 for not less than two years after delivery, and shall at all times be open
18 to inspection by the department of public health, the board of registra-
19 tion in pharmacy, the board of registration in medicine, authorized
20 agents of said department and boards, and by the police authorities and
21 police officers of towns.
1 Section 202. Any person or institution mentioned in the preceding Duplicate
2 section giving an order for any narcotic drug in accordance therewith preserved, etc.
3 shall preserve a duplicate thereof for two years after giving the same. Jg}?; 275!
4 The dupUcate shall at all times be open to inspection by the depart- f|i9,||o, § 96.
932
NARCOTIC DRUGS.
[CILA.P. 94.
False repre-
sentations
deemed viola-
tions.
1914, 694, § 5;
788,
1915, 187,
« 6, 12.
1917, 275,
§§ 6, 22.
ment of public health, the board of registration in pharmacj', the board 5
of registration in medicine, authorized agents of said department and 6
boards, and by the police authorities and police officers of towais. The 7
order required by the commissioner of internal revenue under and by 8
virtue of the act of congress approved December seventeenth, nineteen 9
hundred and fourteen, shall be deemed to be a sufficient order to comply 10
■nith this and the preceding section. 11
Section 203. Whoever, for the purpose of evading or assisting in the 1
evasion of any provision of sections one hundred and ninety-eight to two 2
hundred and ten, inclusive, falsely represents that he is a physician, 3
dentist or veterinarian, or that he is a manufacturer of or jobber in drugs 4
or wholesale druggist or pharmacist actively engaged in business as such, 5
or that he is superintendent or official in immediate charge of an incor- 6
porated hospital, college or scientific institution, or a person registered 7
under the act of congress mentioned in the preceding section, or whoever, 8
not being an authorized physician, dentist or veterinarian, makes or 9
alters a prescription or written order for a narcotic drug, or knowingly 10
issues or utters a prescription or written order falsely made or altered, 11
or whoever makes any false representation or statement as to his name, 12
age, address or any other matter, either in writing or orally, to any 13
physician, dentist, pharmacist or veterinarian for the purpose of pro- 14
curing a prescription for, or the delivery of, a narcotic drug, shall be 15
punished as provided in section two hundred and thirteen. Each pre- 16
scription or order which is altered, or is obtained by a false representation, 17
shall be void and of no effect. 18
Possession of
federal certifi-
cate to be
evidence of
intent.
1915, 187, § 7.
1917, 275,
§§ 7, 22.
Common
carriers and
certain officials
etc., exempt.
1910, 387, § 6.
1915, 187,
§§8,11.
1917, 275,
§§ 8, 22.
Cannabis
indica and
cannabis sativa
1915, 187, § 9.
Section 204. The possession by any person of a federal certificate 1
issued under and by virtue of the act of congress mentioned in section 2
two hundred and two shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to sell, 3
furnish, give or deliver a narcotic drug. 4
Section 205. Sections one hundred and ninety-eight to two hundred 1
and thirteen, inclusive, shall not apply to common carriers engaged in 2
transporting narcotic drugs or to any employee, acting within the scope 3
of his employment, of any person who is lawfully in possession, for the 4
purpose of delivery, of any such drug, or to any person who delivers any 5
such drug, which has been prescribed or dispensed by a physician, dentist 6
or veterinarian registered imder the laws of the state where he resides 7
who has been employed ta prescribe for the particular patient receiving 8
such drug, or to a nurse under the supervision of a physician, dentist or 9
veterinarian having possession or control by virtue of his employment 10
or occupation and not on his own account, or to the possession of any of 11
the aforesaid drugs wliich have been prescribed in good faith by a physi- 12
cian, dentist or veterinarian, or to any United States, state, county, 13
municipal, district, territorial or insular officer or official who has posses- 14
sion of any of said drugs by reason of his official duties, or to a person 15
who, as an officer or duly appointed agent of any incorporated society 16
for the suppression of vice, has the same in his possession for the pur- 17
pose of assisting in the prosecution of violations of sections one hundred 18
and ninety-eight to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive. 19
Section 206. The provisions of sections one hundred and ninety- 1
eight to two hundred and tliirteen, inclusive, except such as require the 2
Chap. 94.] n.^^kcotic drugs. 933
3 ordering of narcotic drugs on an official order blank and the keeping of jj^J;!?^'
4 the same on file, and the keeping of the record relative thereto, shall
5 apply to cannabis indica and cannabis sativa, except that such provisions
G shall not apply to prescriptions, preparations or remedies which do not
7 contain more than one half grain of extract of cannabis indica or more
S than one half grain of extract of cannabis sativa in one fluid ounce, or,
9 if a solid or semi-solid preparation, in the avoirdupois ounce, nor to lini-
10 ments, ointments or other preparations containing cannabis indica and
1 1 cannabis sativa which are prepared for external use only.
1 Section 207. No manufacturer or jobber in drugs, wholesale drug- Liability of
2 gist or registered pharmacist shall be liable to prosecution if he fills any eta^Umited/'
3 prescription or written order for a narcotic drug in good faith, unless he ^'^"' ^'^^' ^ '"■
4 knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the prescription or order ^^■'''I'y' § 212.
5 was issued in violation of sections one hundred and ninety-eight to two
6 hundred and thirteen, inclusi^■e, in which e^'ent any such sale or deUvery
7 of a narcotic drug shall constitute an unlawful sale or delivery of such
8 drug.
1 Section 208. No physician, dentist or veterinarian, and no drug- Physicians,
2 gist or pharmacist, either wholesale or retail, shall solicit by public ad- prohibited from
3 vertisement or otherwise the application to him for prescriptions for, or l"\n^
4 sales of, narcotic drugs, nor shall he publicly advertise any treatment ^®^^' ^^^' ^ ^^•
5 the principal element of which consists in the administering, dispensing, Penalty, § 213.
6 furnishing, giving or delivering of a narcotic drug, except that a whole-
7 sale druggist or manufacturing pharmacist may advertise in journals
8 and publications intended for circulation among the medical profession
9 and drug trade generally.
1 Section 209. No person, not being a physician, dentist or veterina- Possession of
■ 2 rian registered under the laws of this commonwealth or of the state where mentrreg- ™'
3 he resides, wholesale druggist, manufacturing pharmacist, registered Recori of sales
4 pharmacist, manufacturer of surgical instruments, official of any govern- penaUy^'"''
5 ment having possession of the articles hereinafter mentioned by reason J^J^' |^g. | is.
6 of his official duties, niu-se acting under the direction of a physician, em-
7 ployee of an incorporated hospital acting under the direction of its
8 superintendent or officer in immediate charge, or a carrier or messenger
9 engaged in the transportation of such articles, shall have in his possession
10 a hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle, or any instrument adapted
1 1 for the use of narcotic drugs by subcutaneous injection. No such syringe,
12 needle or instrument shall be delivered or sold except to a registered
13 pharmacist, physician, dentist, veterinarian, wholesale druggist, manu-
14 factm-ing pharmacist, a nurse upon the WTitten order of a physician,
1.5 or an employee of an incorporated hospital upon the written order of
10 its superintendent or officer in immediate charge. A record shall be kept
17 by the person selling such syringe, needle or instrument, which shall give
18 the date of the sale, tlie name and address of the purchaser and a descrip-
19 tion of the instrument. This record shall at all times be open to inspec-
20 tion by the department of public health, the boards of registration in
21 medicine, veterinary medicine, and pharmacy and the board of dental
22 examiners, authorized agents of said department and boards, and police
23 authorities and police officers of towns. Whoever violates any provision
24 of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred
934
NARCOTIC DRUGS.
[ClL\P. 94.
dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more 25
than six months, or both. 26
Buildings, etc.,
illegally used
deemed
commoa
nuisances.
Penalty.
1885, 73.
R. L. 212, §42.
1917, 275, § 12.
Section 210. Each building, place or tenement which is resorted to 1
by habitual users of narcotic drugs for the purpose of using such drugs, 2
or which is used for the illegal keeping or sale of the same, shall be deemed 3
a common nuisance. Whoever keeps or maintains such a common nui- 4
sauce shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or 5
by imprisonment for not more than one year. 6
Penalty for
unlawful
possession
of narcotic
drugs.
1911,372, 5 3.
1912, 283, § 2.
1915, 187,
§§1,11.
1917, 275,
§§ 13, 22.
1918, 257,
§464.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
Section 211. Whoever, not being a manufacturer or jobber of drugs, 1
wholesale druggist, registered pharmacist, registered physician, regis- 2
tered veterinarian, registered dentist, nurse acting under the direction of 3
a physician, or employee of an incorporated hospital acting under the 4
direction of its superintendent or official in immediate charge, or a com- 5
mon carrier or messenger when transporting any narcotic drug between 6
persons mentioned in this section in the same package in which the 7
drug was delivered to him for transportation, is found in possession 8
thereof except by reason of a physician's prescription lawfully and prop- 9
erly issued shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand 10
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years in 1 1
the house of correction. 12
me°ai'Liretc SECTION 212. Whocvcr has in his possession a narcotic drug with
of narcotic ' intent unlawfully to sell and deliver such drug, or any part thereof, or
1885, '73. ^ whoever unlawfully sells, furnishes, gives or delivers any narcotic drug
1917,' 275,' I uT in violation of any provision of sections one hundred and ninety-eight
to two hundred and tliirteen, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not
■more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison
for not more than tliree years or in a jail or house of correction for not
more than two years.
General
penalty.
1906, 386, § 6.
1908, 307, I 4.
1910,271, I 3;
387, § 5.
1911,341.
1914, 694,
§§ 6, 7; 788.
1915, 187,
§§ 11, 12.
Section 213. Whoever \'iolates any provision of sections one hun- 1
dred and ninety-eight to two hundred and two, inclusive, and two hun- 2
dred and four to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, the penalty whereof 3
is not specified therein, or of section two hundred and three, shall be 4
punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprison- 5
ment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, or both. 6
1917, 275, §§ 21, 22.
Issue of search
warrants.
Penalty for
being present,
1910. 387, § 7.
1911,372,
§§1.2.
1912, 283, § 1.
1915, 159.
19X6, 117.
Section 214. If a person makes complaint under oath to a district 1
court, or to a trial justice or justice of the peace authorized to issue war- 2
rants in criminal cases, that he has reason to believe that opium, mor- 3
phine, heroin, codeine, cannabis indica, camiabis sativa, peyote or any 4
other hypnotic drug, or any salt, compound or preparation of said sub- 5'
stances, or any cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, or any synthetic substi- 6
tute for them, or any preparation containing the same, or any salts or 7
compounds thereof, is kept or deposited by a person named therein in a 8
store, shop, warehouse, building, vehicle, steamboat, vessel or any place 9
whatever, such person being other than a manufacturer or jobber of 10
drugs, wholesale druggist, registered pharmacist, registered physician, 11
registered veterinarian, registered dentist, registered nurse, employee of 12
Chap. 94.] narcotic drugs. 935
1.3 an incorporated hospital, or a common carrier or messenger when trans-
14 porting any drug mentioned herein between parties hereinbefore men-
15 tioned, such court or justice, if it appears that there is probable cause
16 to believe that said complaint is true, shall issue a search warrant to a
17 sheriff, deputy sheriff, city marshal, chief of police, deputy marshal,
18 police officer or constable, commanding him to search the premises where
19 it is alleged that any of the abo\'e mentioned drugs is kept or deposited,
20 and to seize and securely keep the same until final action, and to arrest
21 the person in whose possession such drug is found, together with all
22 persons present where such drug is found, and to return forthwith the
23 warrant with his doings thereon, to a court or trial justice ha\-ing juris-
24 diction in the town where said drug is alleged to be kept or deposited.
25 Whoever is so present where any of the aforesaid drugs is found shall
26 be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisoiunent
27 in the house of correction for three months.
1 Section 215. If after such notice as the court or trial justice orders Articles seized
2 it appears that any drug seized under the preceding section was, at the loio.sslrl^."
3 time of the making of the complaint, unlawfully in the possession of the Jgu;?!!; | f,
4 person alleged therein, the court or trial justice shall order that such i9i9. soo. § 96.
5 article or drug so seized be forfeited to the commonwealth and shall
6 order such article or drug sent to the department of public health. Pos-
7 session of such drug shall be prima facie evidence that such possession was
8 in violation of law. Said department may destroy such article or drug
9 or cause it to be destroyed or to be disposed of in any way not pro-
10 hibited by law, and, after paying the cost of the transportation and
11 disposition of the same, it shall pay over the net proceeds to the com-
12 mon wealth. Section eight of chapter two hundred and seventy-six shall
13 apply to all judgments rendered and orders made under this and the pre-
14 ceding section.
1 Section 216. No person shall manufacture any so-called catarrh Manufacture
2 powder or catarrh cure, or any patent or proprietary preparation con- pre^paraWons
3 taining cocaine, or any of its salts, or alpha or beta eucaine, or any of wosfso?,' § i.
4 their salts, or any synthetic substitute for them. i9io, 387, §§ i, ii.
1 Section 217. The department of public health shall cause the prose- Prosecution for
2 cution of all persons violating any provision of sections one hundred and Ssregu"'^"
3 ninety-eight, one hundred and ninety-nine and two hundred and one, but Igoe ■386, § e.
4 no prosecution shall be brought for the sale at retail or for the gift or JglS'fga'fi'
5 exchange of any patent or proprietary medicine or food preparation con- i9i9. sso, § 96.
6 taining any drug or preparation the sale of which is prohibited by sections
7 one hundred and ninety-eight and two hundred and one, or against any
8 wholesale or retail druggist for the sale, gift or exchange of any patent or
9 proprietary preparation containing cocaine or alpha or beta eucaine, or
10 any synthetic substitute for them unless said department, prior to such
11 sale, giit or exchange, has given public notice in some trade journal that
12 the gift, exchange or sale at retail of such medicine or food preparation,
13 or the gift, sale or exchange of such patent or proprietary preparation, as
14 the case may be, naming it in each instance, would be contrary to law.
936
INSPECTION AND SALE OF VAKIOUS ARTICLES.
[Chap. 94.
GRAIN AND MEAL.
Sale of grain
and meal at
wholesale.
1813,51.
R. S. 28, § 160.
1840, 82, § 1.
1855, 232, § 1.
G. S. 49, § 63.
1880, 158, § 2.
Section 218. Except as other^\T[se proAaded in chapter ninety-nine,
in all contracts for the sale and delivery at wholesale of wheat, corn, rye,
oats, barley, buckwheat, cracked corn, ground corn or corn meal, ground
rye or rye meal, or feed, or any other meal, the same shall be bargained
for and sold either by the bushel or by the cental.
p. S. 60, § 21.
188S, 414, § 1.
Measurers to
be appointed.
C. L. 156, § 2.
1742-3, 4, § 5.
1762-3, 19, § 2.
1855, 232,
§ 2; 422.
Section 219. Mayors and selectmen shall annually appoint one or
more measurers of grain, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance
of their duty; and if only one is appointed by them, they may authorize
him to appoint deputy measurers.
G. S. 49, § 65. P. S. 60, § 23. R. L. 57, § 26.
Duties of
measurers.
1762-3, 19, § 3.
1855, 232, § 2;
G. S. 49, § 65.
P. S. 60, § 24.
R. L. 57, § 27.
Section 220. Each of such measurers and deputies, on request of a 1
party to a contract for the sale by the bushel of any quantity exceeding 2
one bushel of any of the articles mentioned in section one hundred and 3
seventy-thi-ee, shall ascertain the weight thereof and give a certificate of 4
the number of bushels, as ascertained by weight according to the rule 5
prescribed in said section. 6
Fees of
measurers.
1762-3, 19, § 3.
1855, 232, § 4.
G. S. 49, § 67.
P. S. 60, § 27.
R. L. 57, § 30.
Section 221. The fees of measurers of grain and their deputies, if any 1
are authorized, shall be prescribed by the aldermen or selectmen of the 2
several townis where they are appointed. One half of such fee shall be 3
paid by the seller and one half by the purchaser. 4
Certificate of
sale by cental.
1880, 158, § 3.
P. S. 60, § 26.
R. L. 57, § 29.
Section 222. If any article mentioned in section one hundred and 1
eight or one hundred and seventy-three is sold by the cental, the meas- 2
urer or his deputy, upon application as provided in section two hundred 3
and twenty, shall give a certificate of the number of centals of the same; 4
and whoever sells and delivers a quantity of such article exceeding one 5
cental, if it has not been weighed by such measurer or his deputy, shall 6
forfeit to the purchaser ten dollars for each lot purporting to be a cental 7
which contains less than one hundred pounds. S
Penalty for
short weight.
1840, 82, § 2.
1855, 2.32, § 3.
G. S. 49, § 68.
P. S. 60, § 25.
R. L. 57, § 28.
Section 223. Whoever sells or delivers by the bushel any quantity 1
exceeding one bushel of any of the articles mentioned in section one hun- 2
dred and eight or one hundred and seventy-three, if the same has not 3
been weighed by one of the measurers or deputy measurers of grain, shall 4
forfeit to the purchaser two dollars for each measured bushel so delivered 5
which does not contain the required number of pounds. 6
Penalty for
false weights
or collusion.
1762-3, 19, § 4.
1855, 232, § 5.
G. S. 49, § 68.
P. S. 60, § 28.
R. L. 57, § 31.
Section 224. If a measurer or deputy measurer uses, or has in his 1
possession with intent to use, for the purposes provided in sections two 2
hundred and eighteen to two hundred and twenty-three, inclusive, any 3
false weight, scale, balance or other instrument for weighing, or colludes 4
with the purchaser or seller with intent to defraud the other party, or 5
makes and utters a false and fraudulent certificate under sections two hun- 6
dred and eighteen to two hundred and twenty-three, inclusive, he may be 7
removed from office by the aldermen or selectmen, and shall also on con- 8
viction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars 9
and by imprisonment for not more than six months. 10
CH.iP. 94.] INSPECTION .\ND SALE OF V.UIIOUS ARTICLES. 937
COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFF.
1 Section 225. Each package, lot or parcel of commercial feeding stuff JffiL'd to'^om-
2 sold or offered, exposed or kept for sale or distributed shall have affixed ™"stuf/''^
3 thereto in a conspicuous place, as provided in the following section, a tag ^J'p™,^^'*
4 or label containing a legible and plainly printed statement in the English isos, 122, § 1.
5 language clearly and truly certifying: §§ 2,' 15. '
6 (a) The weight of the contents of the package, lot or parcel;
7 (6) The name, brand or trade mark;
8 (c) The name and principal address of the manufacturer or person
9 responsible for placing the commodity on the market ;
10 (d) The minimum per cent of crude protein;
11 (e) The minimum per cent of crude fat;
12 (/) The maximum per cent of crude fibre;
13 {g) The specific name of each ingredient used in its manufacture.
1 Section 226. When any feeding stuff is sold or offered, ex-posed or Tagoriabeito
2 kept for sale or distributed in packages, the tag or label shall be affixed pLkale. etc.
3 in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof. When any feeding stuff \l°l\ 5II; ^ ^•
4 is offered, exposed or kept for sale in bulk, the tag or label shall be affixed ^5 3, is.
5 in a conspicuous place on the bin or other enclosure where the feeding
6 stuff is contained, but need not state the number of pounds thereof.
7 When any feeding stuff is sold or distributed in bulk the tag or label
8 shall be affixed in a conspicuous place on the veliicle in which the feediiig
9 stuff is shipped, delivered or distributed and shall state the number of
10 pounds thereof. When any feeding stuff is sold in packages fiu-nished by
11 the purchaser the seller shall furnish the tags or labels therefor. The
12 provisions required by the preceding section to be printed on the tag
"13 or label relating to the constituents contained in any commercial feeding
14 stuff shall be known and recognized as the guaranteed analysis of such
15 feeding stuff.
1 Section 227. Before any manufactiu'cr, importer or other person Copy of tag or
2 shall sell or offer, expose or keep for sale or distribute any commercial w.th tL "
3 feeding stuff, he shall file with the director or his authorized deputy for igTI'M?, § 4.
4 registration, a copy certified by him to be a true copy of the tag or label
5 required by the two preceding sections, excepting the item as to the
6 number of pounds, for each brand of feeding stuff to be sold or offered,
7 exposed or kept for sale or distributed. But no agent or other person
8 shall be obliged to file a copy of the tag or label of any brand of feeding
9 stuff, a copy of which has been filed by the manufacturer or importer of
10 such brand and for which a certificate of registration has been issued.
11 No feeding stuff or brand thereof shall be sold or offered, ex-posed or kept
12 for sale or distributed until the tag or label therefor has been registered
13 by the director or by his authorized deputy, and a certificate of such
14 registration has been issued by liim.
1 Section 228. A certified copy of the tag or label required by any Cer^ed copy
2 provision of sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and be med^_^ ' ^
3 thirty-five, inclusive, shall be filed for registration with the director or Ig}?; 47, '§ 1. "
4 his authorized deputy prior to January first in each year for each brand
5 of commercial feeding stuff' to be sold or offered, exposed or kept for sale
6 or distributed during the year beginning with said January first. The
938
INSPECTION .VND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES.
[ClL\P. 94.
Tag, etc., to
be registered.
1912, 527, § 6.
1917. 47, § 2.
Misleading
name, brand,
tag, etc.,
prohibited.
1912, 527, § 7.
Analysis, etc.
1897, 117, I 1.
R. L. 57. § 18.
1903. 122,
director or his authorized deputy may thereafter permit a manufacturer, 7
importer or other person to file a copy of the tag or label of a brand of 8
feeding stuff, and may register the same for said year in accordance with 9
the rules and regulations which are prescribed by the director. 10
Section 229. When the certified copy of the tag or label of any 1
brand of commercial feeding stuff has been filed as provided in the pre- 2
ceding section, the director or his authorized deputy shall register such 3
tag or label if he finds the same to be in accordance with the require- 4
ments of sections two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and thirty- 5
five, inclusive, and shall issue, or cause to be issued, a certificate of such 6
registration. The certificate shall authorize the sale of the brand of 7
feeding stuff for which it is issued, up to and including December thirty- 8
first of the year for which it is issued. 9
Section 230. The director or his authorized deputy may refuse to 1
register any commercial feeding stuff under a name, brand or trade 2
mark which, in his opinion, would be misleading or deceptive, or wliich 3
would tend to mislead or deceive as to the materials of which the feeding 4
stuff is composed. He may refuse to register more than one feeding 5
stuff under the same name or brand, or to register any feeding stuff under 6
a name or brand to the use of which the applicant for registration is not 7
lawfully entitled. If any feeding stuff is registered and it is afterward 8
discovered that any provision of sections two hundred and twenty-five to 9
two hundred and thirty-five, inclusive, was violated in obtaining such 10
registration or that such registration is in any respect in violation of any 1 1
provision thereof, the director or his authorized deputy may cancel such 12
registration and the certificate issued therefor. No person shall sell or 13
offer or expose or keep for sale or distribute any commercial feeding stuff, 14
registration whereof has been cancelled by the director or by his author- 15
ized deputy. 16
Section 231. Each commercial feeding stuff and cattle feed, or brand 1
thereof, sold or offered, exposed or kept for sale or distributed shall be 2
subject to analysis by the director or by his duly authorized deputy, and 3
the said director shall make or cause to be made in each year one or more 4
analyses of each brand of feeding stuff sold or offered, exposed or kept for 5
sale or distributed, and he or his deputy shall have free access to each 6
place of business, mill, building, vehicle, vessel and other receptacle used 7
in the manufacture, sale, storage or delivery of any feeding stuff or cattle 8
feed, or in the importation or transportation of any feeding stuff or cattle 9
feed for sale or distribution in the commonwealth. He or his deputy may 10
open any receptacle containing or supposed to contain any feeding stuff 11
or cattle feed for sale or distribution as aforesaid and may take samples 12
for analysis. The methods of making analyses of all feeding stuffs and 13
cattle feeds shall be those in force by the Association of Official Agricul- 14
tural Chemists of North America. 15
Results of
analysis.
publicatii
Free analysis,
when.
1897, 117. § 1.
R. L. 57. § 18.
1903, 122, § 5.
1912, 527,
l§ 9, 15.
Section 232. The director may publish or cause to be published in 1
reports, bulletins, special circulars or otherwise the results obtained by 2
such analyses, and said reports, bulletins, circulars or other publications 3
may contain such additional information in relation to the character, 4
composition, value and use of the feeding stuffs or cattle feed analyzed 5
as he may include. The said director may at any time make or cause to 6
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of various articles. 939
7 be made for consumers a free analysis of any brand of feeding stuff or
8 cattle feed sold or offered or exposed or kept for sale or distributed in the
9 commonwealth; but all samples for such free analysis shall be taken and
10 submitted in accordance with the rules and regulations which are pre-
11 scribed by him. The results of any analysis of a commercial feeding stuff
12 made in accordance with the preceding section, except a free analysis as
13 above pro\'ided, shall be sent by the director, at least fifteen days be-
14 fore any publication thereof, to the person named on the tag or label of
15 the feeding stuff analyzed.
1 Section 233. All samples for analysis of any commercial feeding stuff f^JJJPgfl '{^''^
2 or cattle feed shall be taken, whenever the circumstances conveniently taken, etc
• • t • 1897 117 § 2
3 permit, in the presence of at least one witness, and no action shall be R. l! 57. § is.
4 maintained for any violation of sections two hundred and twentj-five ITs!!!^'
5 to two hundred and thirty-five, inclusive, based upon an analysis of ilWfl'
6 a sample, parts of which are taken from less than five separate original
7 packages, unless there are less than five separate original packages in
8 the lot, in which case parts of the official sample shall be taken from
9 each original package. If the feeding stuff' or cattle feed is in bulk, parts
10 of the sample shall be taken from not less than five different places in the
11 lot; provided, that this shall not exclude sampling from bulk when the
12 feeding stuff" or cattle feed is not exposed sufficiently to take parts from
13 five different places, in which case parts shall be taken from as many
14 places as practicable. All samples thus taken shall be placed in suitable
15 vessels, marked and sealed. A part of each sample shall be held by the
16 director or his deputy, at the disposal of the person named on the tag or
17 label of the feeding stuff" sampled, for fifteen days after the results of the
18 analysis have been reported as provided in the preceding section.
1 Section 234. Whoever sells, offers, exposes or keeps for sale or dis- Penalty for
2 tributes any commercial feeding stuff without the tag or label required, etc'ra^d^for
3 or with a tag or label that has not been registered or the registration of dilittoJ'^etc"''
4 which has been cancelled by the director or by his authorized deputy, If'hi'^^'
5 or whoever files with the said director or with his authorized deputy for 1912, 527,
6 registration a false copy of the tag or label of any feeding stuff' or brand
7 of feeding stuff", or whoever impedes, obstructs or hinders the director or
8 any of his deputies in the discharge of the authority or duty conferred
9 or imposed by any provision of sections two hundred and twenty-five to
10 two hundred and thirty-five, inclusive, or whoever sells, offers, exposes
11 or keeps for sale or distributes any feeding stuff" which contains a smaller
12 per cent of crude protein or crude fat, or a larger per cent of crude fibre,
13 than is certified in the tag or label of such feeding stuff to be contained
14 therein, or whoever fails properly to state the specific name of each in-
15 gredient used in its manufacture, or whoever sells, off"ers, exposes or
16 keeps for sale or distributes any feeding stuff" or cattle feed or brand
17 thereof which has been mLxed or adulterated with any substance in-
18 jurious to the health of live stock or poultry, shall for the first oft'ence be
19 punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for a sub-
20 sequent oft'ence shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
21 dollars.
1 Section 235. The director shall enforce sections two hundred and Enforc-ement
2 twenty-five to two hundred and thirty-four, inclusive, and may pre- regulations.
940
INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES.
[Chap. 94.
1903, 122, § ;
1012, 527,
§§ 13, 15.
scribe and enforce such rules and regulations relative to the sale of com- 3
mercial feeding stuff or cattle feed as he deems necessary to enforce said 4
sections. He may prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any person vio- 5
lating any provision of said sections, and no complaint shall be made 6
or prosecuted for any such violation except with his authorization or 7
approval. 8
Weighers
of hay.
1S24, 102.
R. S. 15, § 38;
28, §§ 95-98.
G. S. 18, § 37;
49, §§ 72-75,
P. S. 60,
§§ 32-34.
R. L. 57, § 35.
Section 236. If a town or the city council of a city accepts this sec- 1
tion or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the mayor 2
or selectmen may from time to time appoint, for a term not exceed- 3
ing one year, and may at any time remove, weighers of hay, who 4
shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duty and who shall 5
have the superintendence of the hay scales belonging to such city or 6
town, and shall weigh hay offered for sale therein and any other article 7
offered to be weighed. Cities and towias may establish ordinances and 8
by-laws for the regulation of hay scales and of the compensation of weigh- 9
ers of hay. AVhoever, not having been so appointed, sets up hay scales 10
in a city or town for the pmpose of weighing hay or other articles offered 1 1
to be weighed shall forfeit to the use of such city or town twenty dollars 12
a month, so long as such scales are maintained. 13
timothy or herdsgrass seed.
Sale of timothy,
etc., seed, regu-
lated.
1862, :
P. S. 60,
« 67, 68.
R. L. 57, § 65.
Section 237. Except as otherwise provided in chapter ninety-nine,
all contracts for the sale and delivery of tunothy or herdsgrass seed shall
be made by the standard weight prescribed in section one hundred and
seventy-three. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine
of not more than twenty dollars.
Weighers
of coal.
1849, 143, § 4.
1850, 25.
1855, 188,
§§ 3, 5,
G. S. 49, § 188.
1865, 191, § 1.
1870, 205, § 2.
P, S. 60, § 80.
R. L, 57, § 83.
1903, 159;
453, § 1.
1918, 257,
§235.
coal, coke, chaecoal ajstd kindling wood.
Section 238. The mayor or selectmen shall annually appoint, and 1
may remove, weighers of coal, one of whom at least shall not be engaged 2
in the business of selling coal, who shall be sworn to the faithful perform- 3
ance of tiieir duty, and by whom all coal shall be weighed. No person 4
shall be ineligible for appointment in a town because of the fact that he is 5
not a resident thereof, notwith-standing any provisions to the contrary 6
in any city charter. Women shall be eligible for appointment as weighers 7
of coal. 1919, 5. 1920, 2. 2 Allen, 320, 216 Mass. 126. 8
etc.^'of''coai. Section 239. Towns may establish ordinances and by-laws, with 1
and'bHaws. Suitable penalties, for the inspection, survey, measurement and sale of 2
1830 27' 1 2 ^°^' brought therein for sale, and may also provide for the appointment 3
R. s.'28,'§ 203, of the proper officers therefor and may establish their fees. 4
G. S. 49, § 184.
P. S. 60, § 76.
R. L. 57, § i
Sd'by wdght, Section 240. Coal shall be sold by weight, and, except when sold by 1
im'us, § 1, cargo, two thousand pounds avoirdupois shall be the standard for the 2
1855 188 ? 1 ^^^' Coke sold in quantities of one hundred pounds or more shall be 3
G. s.'49, §187. sold only by weight. is70, 205, §i. p. s. 60, §79. 4
1894, 429, §§ 1-3. 1907, 22s, §1. 1919,5.
1901,423, §1. 1908,205,5 1. 1920,2.
R. L. 57, §§ 84, 86. 1918, 257, §§ 236, 237. 216 Mass. 126.
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of various articles. 941
1 Section 241. Coal in quantities of less than one hundred pounds saieofcoai,
2 shall be sold by weight, and coke in quantities of less than one hundred TOafin°bag9'""
3 pounds and charcoal in any quantities shall be sold by weight or meas- isssl'm'l i.
4 ure, in bags or baskets, and until delivered shall be kept in the same \lll[ ^gf ^■
5 bags or baskets in which they were weighed or measured: and coal, coke fL'r^^v>Q s ,
y-»1T 11 111 111 P lyUl, 4JJ, s 1.
6 and charcoal thus sold shall be exempt from section two hundred and R l. 57,
7 forty-four. When sold by weight, such bags or baskets shall be plainly 1907, '228, § 1.
8 marked with the name of the person who puts up the same and with lailis?!
9 the weight of the coal, coke or charcoal therein in letters and numerals, llig^s.^^^'
10 respectively, of bold uncondensed type at least one inch in height. ^^'°' ^'
216 Mass. 126.
1 Section 242. Baskets or similar receptacles used in selling coke. Baskets, etc..
2 charcoal or unpacked kindling wood by measure shall be of one bushel cokl'etc^'reT-
3 or multiple thereof, Massachusetts standard dry measure, shall have i9o*i'^423, § 2.
4 their capacity plainly marked thereon, shall be sealed by a sealer of fg^^ los^^I'
5 weights and measures of the town or district where the vendor resides or i^o^' *^*'- i i-
6 conducts his business, and shall be filled at least level full when well §§ i.'4. '
7 shaken.
1 Section 243. Paper bags or sacks used or intended to be used in the Paper bags,
2 sale of coke, charcoal or kindling wood by measure shall be not less than safe o/cok"
3 twenty-five inches in height, not less than thirteen and one half inches in i908,'^205!T2!'
4 width, and the bottoms shall not be less than four and three quarters Jgjg' |^' » ^■
5 inches ^v-ide. They shall be filled to a point not more than six inches §§ 2, 4. '
6 from the upper end. Bags of unpacked kindling wood or of coke or char-
7 coal sold or offered for sale by measure shall contain, and shall be sold as
8 containing, one half bushel, Massachusetts standard dry measure. Bags
9 and sacks shall be plainly marked with the name and business address of
10 the person putting up the same, and the words "one half bushel" in bold,
1 1 uncondensed, capital letters at least one inch in height.
1 Section 244. Whoever, except as pro\aded in section two hundred ^"'if/g't^"^
2 and forty-one, sells coke, charcoal or coal by weight shall without cost to woi. 423, § 3.
3 the purchaser cause the goods to be weighed by a sworn weigher of the 1002! 453, § 2.
4 town where they are weighed, and shall cause to be signed by the weigher igioi 219; § 1.
5 a certificate stating the name and place of business of the seller, and
- 6 either the identifying number, of which a permanent record shall be kept,
7 or the name of the person taking charge of the goods after the weighing
8 as given to the weigher on his request, the tare weight, and the quantity
9 of the goods. Such certificate shall be given to said person and shall be
10 given by him only to the owner of the goods or his agent when he unloads
1 1 the same; and each such person, on request and without charge therefor,
12 shall permit any sealer of weights and measiu-es of any town to examine
13 the certificate and to make a copy thereof.
1 Section 245. A sealer of weights and measures of a town where any Seaier may
2 quantity of coke, charcoal or coal for delivery is found may direct the be weigSrf.^ °
3 person in charge of the goods to convey the same without delay or charge u°l. sf^'i 39!
4 to scales designated by such sealer, who shall there determine the j^Jj; 219] 1 2.
5 quantity of the goods, and, if they are not in baskets or bags as required
6 by section two hundred and forty-one, shall determine their weight to-
7 gether with the tare weight, and shall direct said person to return to such
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[Chap. 94.
scales immediately after unloading the goods; and upon such return, the 8
sealer shall detei'mine the tare weight. The scales designated by the 9
sealer as aforesaid may be the public scales of the town or any other scales 10
therein which have been duly tested and sealed, and shall be such scales 11
as in his judgment are most convenient. 12
Record to be
kept of weights
and measures.
1901, 423, § 5.
R. L. 57, § 90.
Section 246. Each sealer of weights and measures of a town and 1
each sworn weigher shall keep in a book used by him solely for that pur- 2
pose a record of all baskets sealed by him as aforesaid, and of all weigh- .3
ings and determinations of quantities of coke, charcoal or coal made by 4
him as aforesaid. Such record shall be made at the time of measuring or 5
weighing, and shall state the day and hour of the measm-ing or weigh- 6
ing, the name and place of business of the vendor, the name of the owner 7
of the baskets or of the purchaser of the goods as given to him on his 8
request by the person taking charge of the baskets or goods after weighing 9
or measuring, the capacity of the baskets measured or quantity of goods 10
determined, and the name of said person; and, in the case of a reweighing 11
as pro\'ided in the preceding section, shall state the weight as given in 12
the certificate and as determined by him. No charge shall be made by 13
any such sealer for anything done under this and the two preceding 14
sections. 15
Edgings and
kindling wood,
sale of.
1909, 424, § 1.
1919,91, §§ 1,
2, 4, 5.
Section 247. Edgings or kindling wood shall not be sold in bundles 1
unless the same are closely packed and are not less than twenty-seven 2
inches in circumference. Kindling wood may be sold in bulk by the 3
load; but if unpacked shall not be sold unless by measure and, if exceed- 4
ing six inches in length, shall not be sold in bags or sacks. 5
Penalty for
certain
offences.
1901, 423, § 6.
R. L. 67, § 91.
1902, 453, § 4.
1909, 424, § 2.
1918, 218, § 1.
1919,91,
i§3,4; 350,
I 77.
216 Mass. 126.
Section 248. Wlioever \'iolates any provision of sections two hun- 1
dred and forty to two hundred and forty-seven, inclusive, or fails to 2
comply with any request for information or direction made under au- 3
thority of sections two hundred and forty, two hundred and forty-one, 4
two hundred and forty-four to two hundred and forty-six, inclusive, 5
or gives a false answer to any such request, shall be punished by a fine 6
of not more than fifty dollars; and whoever is guilty of fraud or deceit 7
as to the weighing, selling or delivering of coke, charcoal or coal, shall 8
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. The director 9
of standards and local sealers of weights and measures shall cause sections 10
two hundred and forty-two, two hundred and forty-three and two hun- 11
dred and forty-seven to be enforced, and said local sealers shall cause 12
sections two hundred and forty, two hundred and forty-one, two hundred 13
and forty-four to two hundred and forty-six, inclusive, to be enforced. 14
havfng'^inegai SECTION 249. A vcudor of coal, coke, charcoal or kindling wood,
coal, etc., T^iiQ has in his possession a basket, bag, sack or other measure which does
measures. „ * ., i*
^IjoZi' ^'^' ^ ^' '^"^ conform in every particular to the reqmrements respecting such meas-
•• - -' ' ure, with intent to use or permit it to be used in measuring coal, coke,
charcoal or kindling wood sold or offered for sale, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than twenty dollars, and such basket, bag, sack or
measure shall be destroyed.
!6-8.
iS33, 193, § 2.
R. S. 28, § 208,
1852, 302, § 1.
1853, 305, I 3.
1859, 250,
5§ 1. 2.
G. S. 49, i 193.
P. S. 60, § 87.
1883, 218, § 2.
1884, 70.
1894, 429. I 4.
R. L. 57, § 92.
1918, 257, § 238.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Ch.\P. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES. 943
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.
1 Section 250. No commercial fertilizer shall be sold or offered or Saieofcom-
2 exposed for sale without a plainly printed label accompanying it, dis- lizersregSa'ted.
3 played in the manner hereinafter set forth, and truly stating the follow- contents.™""
4 ing particulars: ' llfUV/i-
5 1. The number of pounds of the fertilizer sold or offered or exposed for }|7|' f^g' I J'
fi sale P- s.'eo, § 13."
7 2. The name, brand or trade mark under which the fertilizer is sold, §§ i.,'4.
8 and, in the case of agricultural lime, its particular form. §§ i','4.
9 3. The name and principal address of the manufacturer, importer or 14. • ^ ■ " '^'
10 other person putting the fertilizer on the market in the commonwealth. J|_ii'388, §§ 1,
11 4. The minimum percentage of each of the following constituents
12 which the fertilizer contains: (o) nitrogen, (b) phosphoric acid soluble
1.3 in distilled water, (c) available phosphoric acid, (d) total phosphoric
14 acid, (e) potash soluble in distilled water; except that when midissolved
15 bone, untreated phosphate rock, tankage, pulverized natural manures,
16 the ground seeds of plants, or wood ashes are sold unmixed with other
17 substances, the minimum percentage of total phosphoric acid therein may
18 be stated in place of the percentages of soluble and available phosphoric
19 acid; and except that in the case of agricultural lime the label shall truly
20 state the following: (a) minimum and maximum percentage of total
21 lime, (b) minimum and maximum percentage of total magnesia, (c) min-
22 imum percentage of lime and magnesia combined as carbonates, (d) min-
23 imum percentage of lime sulphate in gypsum or land plaster.
24 5. If any part of the nitrogen contained in the fertihzer is derived
25 from pulverized leather, raw, roasted or steamed, or from untreated
26 hair, wool waste, peat, garbage tankage, or from any inert material
27 whatsoever, the label shall truly state the specific materials from which
28 such part of the nitrogen is derived.
1 Section 251. When any fertilizer is sold or offered or exposed for sale Label to be
2 in packages, the label shall be affixed in a conspicuous place on the outside tfn^sss.'Ta
3 thereof. When any fertilizer other than the product of gas houses,
4 known as gas house lime, is offered or exposed for sale in bulk the label
5 shall be affixed in a conspicuous place to the bin or other enclosure where
6 the fertilizer is contained but need not state the number of pounds thereof,
7 and when such fertihzer is sold in bulk the label shall be affixed in a
8 conspicuous place to the veliicle in which the fertilizer is shipped or de-
9 livered, and shall state the number of pounds thereof. When any fer-
10 tihzer is sold in packages furnished by the purchaser the seller shall furnish
1 1 the labels therefor.
1 Section 252. The provisions of the printed label required under the Certain pro-
_ ,. .^,. ,,i _i-_Lj_ j.'l* Visions of label
2 two preceding sections relating to the constituents contained in any recognized as
3 fertilizer shall be knowai and recognized as the guaranteed analysis of fnaly^is"^
4 such fertilizer, and the available phosphoric acid in basic phosphatic slag ^""^ ^**' ^ ^•
5 shall be stated in the label thereof.
1 Section 253. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale a com- Saie of certain
2 mercial fertilizer or brand of commercial fertilizer, any constituent part fertiiiz^^Tfor-
3 of wliich is of a smaller percentage than as stated on the label of said i869?63, § 2.
944
INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES.
[ClL^P. 94.
brand thereof with a label which is untrue in any particular.
ISSS, 296, § 5. 1896, 297, § 5. R. L. 57, § 15. 1911, 388, §§ 4, 12.
Sale of com-
mercial fer-
tilizers regu-
lated. Fees,
1873, 312, § 4.
1874, 206,
§§ 2, 5.
1878, 258,
§§ 2, S.
P. S. 60,
§§ 12, 14.
1888, 296,
§§ 2, 3. 7.
1896, 297,
§1 2, 3, 7.
R. L. 67, §§ 12,
13.
1911, 388, |§ 5,
Section 254. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale any com- 1
mercial fertilizer until he has filed ^\•ith the director a copy certified by 2
him to be a true copy of the label required by section two hmidred and 3
fifty, excepting as to the item as to the number of pounds, for each brand 4
of fertilizer to be sold, offered or exposed for sale and has paid to the said 5
director an analysis fee for each brand aforesaid as follows: eight dollars 6
for nitrogen, eight dollars for phosphoric acid, eight dollars for potash, 7
contained or stated to be contained in any such brand of fertilizer, and 8
twelve dollars for each brand of agricultural lime except gas house lime; 9
nor unless he holds a valid and uncancelled certificate issued under section 10
two hundred and fifty-six. Any person desiring in any year to sell or to 11
offer or expose for sale any brand of commercial fertilizer in respect of 12
which the requirements of this section as to the filing of a copy of the 13
label thereof and the paj-ment of the analysis fee therefor have not been 14
complied with before January first of said year, may offer or expose 15
for sale and sell the said brand upon filing a certified copy of the label 16
thereof and paying the full analysis fee therefor. No person shall be 17
obliged to file a copy of the label of, or to pay an analysis fee for, any 18
brand of fertilizer for which a certified copy of the label has been filed 19
and the analysis fee paid by the manufacturer or importer of such brand. 20
No person shall file with the director a false copy of the label of any 21
fertilizer or brand of fertilizer. 22
Same subject.
Statement,
permit, fee.
1918, 220, § 3.
Section 255. In addition to the requirements of the preceding section, 1
each person who sells or offers or exposes for sale any commercial fertilizer 2
shall, on or before January first and July first in each year, file with 3
the director a sworn statement in such form as he prescribes setting forth 4
the number of net tons of fertilizer sold by him in the commonwealth 5
during the preceding six months, stating in each case the number of tons 6
of each brand sold, together with a permit allowing the director or his 7
authorized deputy to examine the books of the person filing the state- 8
ment, for the purpose of verifying the same, and shall thereupon pay 9
to the director a fee of six cents a ton of two thousand pounds for the 10
fertilizers so sold; except that no such statement, permit or fee shall be 11
required in respect of agricultural lime. The director or his authorized 12
deputy may cancel the certificate for any brand of fertilizer in respect to 13
which the requirements of this section have not been complied with. 14
Wlioever sells, offers or exposes for sale a fertilizer or brand of fertilizer 15
without having filed the statement and permit and paid the fee required 16
by this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred 17
dollars. But no person shall be obliged to file a statement or permit, or 18
to pay the fee required by this section, for any brand of fertilizer for 19
which the statement and permit have been filed and for which the fee 20
has been paid by the manufacturer or importer of such brand. 21
Certificate
of filing of
label, etc.
Issue, revoca
tion, etc.
Penalty for
sale, etc., if
Section 256. When the certified copy of the label of any brand of 1
fertilizer has been filed, and the proper fees have been paid, the director 2
shall issue a certificate to that effect; and the certificate shall authorize 3
the sale, in compliance with sections two hundred and fifty to two hun- 4
Chap. 94.] inspection and sale of various articles. 945
5 dred and sixty-one, inclusive, of the brand of fertilizer for which the certificate not
6 certificate is issued, up to and including December thirty-first of the i9"if388?§ 6.
7 year for which it is issued. The said director or his authorized deputy ^'■'^^•^~°' ^ ^■
8 may refuse to issue a certificate for any fertilizer or brand of fertilizer
9 which does not contain at least one half of one per cent of nitrogen, or
10 one half of one per cent of potash soluble in distilled water, or one per
11 cent of phosphoric acid, or five per cent of lime, or five per cent of mag-
12 nesia, or which contains its potash, phosphoric acid, lime or magnesia in
13 forms substantially insoluble by the methods of analysis for commercial
14 fertilizers prescribed by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
15 of North America, or which does not possess substantial properties as a
16 fertilizer. The director or his authorized deputy may also refuse to issue
17 a certificate for any fertilizer under a name, brand or trade mark which
18 is untrue in any particular, or which, in his opinion, would be misleading
19 or deceptive in any particular, or would tend to mislead or deceive as
20 to the constituents or properties of said fertilizer, and may refuse to
21 issue more than one certificate for any fertilizer under the same name
22 or brand, or to issue a certificate for any fertilizer under a name or brand
2.3 to the use of which the person seeking it is not lawfully entitled. If a
24 certificate is issued for any fertilizer and it is afterward discovered that
25 the certificate itself, or the granting of it, or the manner of procuring
26 it, was in any respect in violation of any provision of sections two hun-
27 dred and fifty to two hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, the director or
28 his authorized deputy may cancel the certificate. Whoever sells, offers
29 or exposes for sale any fertilizer or brand of fertilizer for which no cer-
30 tificate has been issued by the director or his authorized deputy, or the
31 certificate for which has been cancelled, shall be punished by a fine of
32 not more than two hundred dollars.
1 Section 257. Each commercial fertilizer and brand of commercial ^imTsL
2 fertilizer sold or offered or exposed for sale shall be subject to analysis Publication of
3 by the director or by his duly designated deputy. The said director shall Free analysis.
4 make or cause to be made in each year one or more analyses of each fer- §§ 3,' 5. '
5 tilizer and brand of fertilizer sold or offered or exposed for sale in the Im.'I."^'
6 commonwealth, and shall collect the annual analysis fee provided for §f'4*,|.^^'
7 by section two hundred and fifty-four; and he, his inspectors and depu- P;S. eo, §§ 11.
8 ties, may enter upon any premises where any commercial fertilizer is sold i|i|' 296, § 7.
9 or offered or exposed for sale to ascertain if sections two himdred and R l! 57. § 17!
10 fifty to two hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, are complied with, and to 1911! sss,'
11 take samples for analysis. The analysis of all fertilizers shall be made ^^ ^' '^'
12 by the methods adopted by the Association of Official Agricultm-al Chem-
13 ists of North America, except that basic phosphatic slag may be analyzed
14 by the Wagner method, so called, until a method of analysis therefor is
15 adopted by said association. The said director may publish or cause to be
16 published in reports, bulletins, special circulars or otherwise, the results
17 obtained by said analyses, and in connection therewith shall, in each case,
18 state the cost of equivalent amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
19 potash in unmixed materials when bought for cash on the market at
20 retail. Said publications shall also contain such additional information
21 in relation to the character, composition, value and use of the fertiUzers
22 analyzed as the director sees fit to include. He may make or cause to
23 be made for any person a free analysis of any commercial fertilizer or
24 brand of commercial fertilizer sold or offered or exposed for sale in the
25 commonwealth, but he shall not be obliged to make such free analysis.
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INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES.
[Chap. 94.
or to cause the same to be made, unless the samples therefor are taken 26
and submitted in accordance with the rules and regulations which he 27
prescribes. The results of any analysis made in accordance with the 28
aforesaid sections, except a free analysis as aforesaid, shall be sent by 29
the director to the person named in the printed label of the fertihzer 30
analyzed at least fifteen days before any publication of such results. 31
Taking of
samples for
analysis regu-
lated.
1911, 388, I S.
Section 258. Each sample of commercial fertilizer taken for analy- 1
sis shall be of not less than substantially one and one half pounds in 2
weight, and each sample shall be taken, whenever the circumstances 3
conveniently permit, in the presence of the person selling or offering or 4
exposing for sale the fertilizer sampled, or of a representative of such 5
person. Broken packages shall not be sampled, and all samples shall be 6
taken from substantially ten per cent of the fertilizer to be sampled,, 7
except that if fertilizer is sold or offered or exposed for sale in bulk ten 8
single samples shall be taken from as many different portions of the lot. 9
All samples taken shall be thoroughly mixed and divided into two nearly 10
equal samples, placed in suitable vessels, and marked and sealed. Both 11
shall be retained by the director, but one shall be held intact by him for 12
one year at the disposal of the person named in the label of the fertilizer 13
sampled. 14
All fees for analysis, or otherwise, under any provision 1
2
3
Set'"™ °' Section 259.
1918 ^20 1 3°' ^^ sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred and sixty-one, inclusi\^e,
shall be collected by the director and paid to the commonwealth.
Rules and
regulations.
Complaints.
1873, 312,
§§3,5.
1874, 206,
§§4,6.
1878, 258,
§§ 4, 6.
P. S, 60,
§§ 11, 16.
1S88, 296, § 7.
1896, 297. § 7.
R. L. 57, § 17.
1911, 388,
§§9.12.
1918, 220, § 2.
Penalty for
hindering,
etc., direc-
tor, etc.
19U, 388. §
1918, 220, I
Inspectors
of lime.
1809, 62, §1 5.
6,9.
R. S. 28, § 133.
G. S. 49, § 118.
P. S. 60,- § 46.
R. L. 57, § 47.
Section 260. The director shall enforce sections two hundred and 1
fifty to two hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, and may prescribe and 2
enforce such rules and regulations as to the sale of commercial fertilizers 3
as he deems necessary to enforce said sections, and may prosecute or 4
cause to be prosecuted any person violating any provision of said sections. 5
No complaint based upon an analysis of samples shall be made for any 6
violation of any provision of said sections, if samples are taken otherwise 7
than as provided therein. No complaint shall be made for the failure 8
of any fertilizer or brand of fertilizer to meet the guaranteed analysis 9
thereof if the analysis made by the director of such fertilizer or brand 10
shows the amounts of its constituents to be substantially equivalent to 11
the percentages stated in the label. 12
Section 261. Whoever hinders or obstructs the director, his inspector 1
or deputy, in the discharge of any authority or duty conferred or imposed 2
by any provision of sections two hundred and fifty to two hundred and 3
sixty-one, inclusive, and, except as otherwise provided in section two 4
hundred and fifty-six, whoever violates any provision of sections two 5
hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty-four, inclusive, shall be 6
punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred 7
dollars. 8
lime AND lime CASKS.
Section 262. The mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where 1
lime is manufactured, or into which it is imported, may annually appoint 2
one or more inspectors of Ume, who shall be sworn to the faithful per- 3
formance of their duty and shall inspect aU hme manufactured in such 4
city or town at the time when a cask is filled at the kiln, and all lime 5
imported or sold in such city or town. 6
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1 Section 263. Each cask of lime so inspected shall be branded with Casks of lime.
2 the word "inspected", with the name of the inspector and with the iso9, 62, § o.'
3 name of the town where it is manufactured. R. s. 2S, § 134.
G. S. 49, §119. P. S. 60, § 47. R. L. 57. § 4S.
1 Section 264. An inspector of lime shall receive four cents for the Fees of
2 inspection and branding of each cask of such manufactured lime, which ism^Sr'
3 shall be paid by the manufacturer or owner; and the same amount for isioTi2s.
4 the inspection of each cask of lime so imported or sold, which shall be Gil.' 11: | lla
5 paid by the purchaser. p. s. 60, § 4S. r. l. 57, § 49.
1 Section 265. No stone lime manufactured within the common- Quality ot
2 wealth shall be sold or exposed for sale, or shipped on board a vessel in 1^5, 2s, He.^'
3 casks, unless it is well burnt and pure, in good and sufficient new casks 1794; 22.'^ ^"
4 containing either one hundred and eighty or two hundred and eighty }go|' \o\
5 pounds each, made of well seasoned heads and staves, with ten good and jff'lf ' I J.-jr
6 sufficient hoops on each cask, well driven and sufficiently secured with g. s. 49!§ 121.
7 nails or pins. p. s. 00, § 49. r. l, 57, 5 50.
1918, 237, § 233. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
1 Section 266. Whoever sells, exposes for sale, ships or receives on Penalty for
2 board a vessel in casks, any lime manufactured in the commonwealth, certain IVme.
3 other than such as is contained in casks made according to the preced- §|°7,'n.'
4 ing section and marked or branded as provided in section two hundred §; g H; | Jo.,-
5 and sixty-three, shall be punished by a fine of one dollar and fifty cents ^ |; ^^^ 5 «)^
6 for each cask sold, exposed for sale, shipped or received on board a vessel;
7 but sections two hundred and sixty-two to two hundred and sixty-eight,
8 inclusive, shall not prevent any person from retailing lime by the bushel
9 or other quantity, when not in casks.
1 Section 267. Whoever, after a cask containing lime has been branded f^lft^'^J ^°n.
2 as aforesaid, shifts the contents of such cask and puts therein other lime 579*3' gg'^^^'^^-
3 with intent to sell the same, shall be punished by a fine of one dollar and i809^ 62, § 8.
4 fifty cents for each cask of lime so shifted. R. s. 28, § 139.
G. S. 49, § 12.5. P. S. fiO. § 51. R. L. 57, § 52.
1 Section 268. A cask of lime which is sold, exposed for sale, or put Forfeiture
2 on board a vessel, contrary to any provision of sections two hundred i793,%5.
3 and sixty-two to two hundred and sixty-eight, inclusive, shall be forfeited, r*°|.'28,' | iss.
4 and may be seized and libelled by an inspector of hme.
G. S. 49, § 124. P. S. 60, § 52. R. L. 57, § 53.
MARBLE, SOAPSTONE AND FREESTONE.
1 Section 269. The aldermen of a city or selectmen of a town may survey of
2 establish regulations, with suitable penalties, relative to the appointment issi, I'oo.
3 of a surveyor and the survey and measurement of marble, soapstone and isbI'to ^*°'
4 freestone of every description, foreign or domestic, which is imported or R.i;.a7',^§°o4.
5 brought into such city or town for sale.
MATTRESSES, ETC.
1 Section 270. No person shall manufacture for purposes of sale, Manufacture,
2 sell, offer or expose for sale, or have, in possession with intent to sell, any tresses, etc.,
3 mattress, pillow, cushion, muff bed, quilt or similar article having a ms'^us, § i.
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[Chap. 94.
filling of hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk floss or other material, 4
unless there is plainly marked upon each such article, or upon a tag of 5
some durable substance sewed thereon, or otherwise securely attached 6
thereto, a statement of the kind of material used for filling in the manu- 7
facture of such article, and, also, if the material has previously been used, 8
the words"second hand". If any such article is enclosed in a bale, box, 9
crate or other receptacle, there shall be plainly marked upon such re- 10
ceptacle, or upon a durable tag securely attached thereto, a statement 11
that the contents of the package are marked as herein required. 12
Use of certain
material
prohibited.
1915, 14S, § 2.
Section 271. No person shall use, in the manufacture of any mat- 1
tress, pillow, cushion, muff bed, quilt or similar article for purposes of 2
sale, or sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in possession for the 3
purpose of such use or for sale, any material which has previously been 4
used in or about a hospital, or on or about the person of any one having 5
an infectious or contagious disease, nor shall any person sell, or offer or 6
expose for sale, any such article containing materials which have pre- 7
viously been so used. 8
Section 272. No person shall sell or offer for sale any second hand 1
hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk floss or other materials com- 2
monly used for filling mattresses, pillows, cushions, muff beds, quilts or 3
other similar articles, representing the same to be new material. When 4
any such hair or other material above specified or described is shipped 5
enclosed in any box, crate, package or other container, it shall have 6
attached thereto a tag containing a statement of the contents of the 7
package together with the name of the vendor. Violation of any pro- 8
vision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five 9
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or 10
both. 11
Investigation,
etc., by de-
partment of
public health.
1915, 148, § 3.
1919, 350, § 9(5.
Section 273. The department of public health, whenever there is 1
reason to believe that any provision of sections two hundred and seventy 2
to two hundred and seventy-seven, inclusive, is being violated in any 3
factory, shop, warehouse, store or other place, shall cause an investiga- 4
tion to be made of any such place, and for this purpose any member 5
or duly authorized employee of the said department may enter such 6
building or other place at all reasonable times. If, upon investigation, 7
mattresses, pillows, cushions, muff beds, quilts or similar articles, or 8
materials for use in the manufacture of the same, shall there be found, 9
wliich have been previously used in or about a hospital, or on or about 10
the person of any one having an infectious or contagious disease, such 11
materials or articles, whether manufactured or in process of manufacture, 12
shall be marked by the said department with labels bearing the word 13
"unclean" in conspicuous letters, and the said department, with or 14
without notice to the owner or supposed owner, may order the removal 15
and destruction of the said materials or articles or make such other 16
order relating thereto as the circumstances of the case require. 17
Posting of
notices, etc.
Penalty for
removal.
1915, 148,
§§4,6.
Section 274. The said department, or its duly authorized employee, 1
whenever it is deemed necessary to safeguard the public health, may 2
post upon any building or part thereof containing materials or articles 3
mentioned in the preceding section, or from which the same have been 4
ClIAP. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES. 949
5 removed, a notice or warning of the danger of contagion or infection
6 resulting from the violation of sections two hundred and seventy to two
7 hundred and seventy-seven, inclusive, and may continue such notice
8 upon the said premises until the same have been properly cleaned and
9 disinfected. Whoever removes or effaces such notice or warning except
10 by order of the said department shall be punished by a fine of not more
11 than fifty dollars.
1 Section 275. AnypoIiceoflBcer, member of any local board of health, Police, etc.. to
2 or other town official, who has reason to believe that any provision of me*ntetT"'"
3 sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-seven, J'g'is'.'MS, § s.
4 inclusive, has been or is being violated, shall give notice thereof to the ^^i^' ^^°' 5 ^e-
5 department of public health.
1 Section 276. Whoever, except a purchaser at retail, removes or Penalty for
2 effaces any marking upon any article or receptacle or any tag or label of marking '
3 attached thereto as provided in section two hundred and seventy shall wi'sfils!'
4 be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. ^^ ^' ^■
1 Section 277. Whoever manufactures for purposes of sale, sells. Penalty for
2 offers or exposes for sale, or has in possession with intent to sell, any etc" of certain
3 mattress, pillow, cushion, muff bed, quilt or similar article having a Sisl hs, § 6.
4 filling of hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk floss or other material,
5 which is not marked in accordance with sections two hundred and sev-
6 enty to two hundred and seventy-seven, inclusi^'e, or whoever uses in
7 the manufacture of any of the said articles materials pre^•iously used in
8 or about a hospital, or upon or about the person of any one having an in-
9 fectious or contagious disease, shall be punished by a fine of not more
10 than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six
11 months, or both.
1 Section 278. Wrought, cut or wire nails and brads of all sizes man- Nails and
2 ufactured in the commonwealth shall be well made, packed free from be made and
3 waste pieces of iron unless they are refuse nails or brads, and free from U99%. § s.
4 any fraudulent mixture increasing the weight, in strong and sufficient H^l] {"I; 1 1
5 casks of seasoned timber, well hooped, containing not more than three ^^ ^63,^64.
6 liundred pounds each. G. s. 49, § 152.
p. S. 60, § 56. 1S92, 63, § 1. R. L. 57, § 55.
1 Section 279. Each cask of wrought, cut or wire naDs or brads shall ^e^^l'^d^. '°
2 be marked or branded on the head by the manufacturer, in plain, legible i|9|' %^^h
3 letters in the English language, with his name and the net weight of the 1^26, 122! 1 1.
4 contents of the cask. i837, 111, § 1. G. s. 49, § 153.
p. S. 60, § 57. 1892, 63, § 1. R. L. 57, § 56.
1 Section 280. If a cask, package or quantity of -UTOught, cut or wire Penalty for
2 nails or brads, manufactured in the commonwealth or elsewhere and casks, etc.,' of
3 not branded or marked as provided in the preceding section, is offered brandML' "°'
4 or exposed for sale witliin the commonwealth or put on board a vessel }go|; ?03,\*6.
5 or vehicle, unless to be carried out of the commonwealth, it shall be R^^l'alfj^s.
6 forfeited. g. s. 49, 1 154.
p. S. 60, § 58. 1892, 63, § 2. R. L. 57, § 57.
950
INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES.
[Chap. 94.
TOunteTfeiting SECTION 2S1. Whoever counterfeits a brand used or intended to be 1
1799^64, §*8. used for the purpose of marking a cask of nails or brads, or destroys or 2
1826' 122' 1 3 "liters a mark or impression made by another's brand on a cask of UTought, 3
r' I' 49' 1 1 w' ^^^ ^^ ^ ''^^ nails or brads, and causes a different impression by such 4
p.'s.'6o,'§ 59. ' counterfeit brand to be marked or impressed thereon, or shifts any such 5
R. L. 5-', 1 5s. nails or brads from one branded cask to another and thereby avails him- 6
self of another's brand, shall forfeit twenty dollars. 7
EX°S'i2° °* Section 282. All forfeitures recovered under the two preceding sec- 1
1799,64, tions shall be divided equally between the informer and the common- 2
1802, "103, § 9. wealth. 1826, 122, §5. 3
R. S. 28, § 168. 1892, 63, § 4. R. L. 57, § 59.
Slot machines
and other auto-
matic devices,
use regulated.
1920, 325,
§5 1.3.
Penalty.
1920, 3'25, § 2.
SLOT MACHINES, ETC.
Section 283. No person shall maintain any slot machine or other 1
automatic device, except gas meters, electric meters and telephones, 2
which, upon the deposit therein of any coin or other article of value, 3
furnishes music or other entertainment, exhibits pictures, provides facil- 4
ities for weighing, supplies any merchandise or other thing, or renders 5
any service, or is represented to do or perform any of the above men- 6
tioned things, unless such machine or deA'ice is of a type approved by the 7
director of standards; but no person maintaining such machine or device 8
with respect to which, or to the operation, service or supplies of which, 9
there is any element of chance shall be protected or be entitled to im- 10
munity from prosecution because of such approval. 11
Section 284. Whoever installs or maintains a machine or device 1
mentioned in the preceding section which is of a t^-pe not approved as 2
therein provided shall, if such machine or device fails properly to respond 3
to the insertion or deposit therein of a coin or other article of value, be 4
punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. 5
Sewing thread
to be labelled.
1869, 120, § 1.
1878, 169, I 1.
1880, 119, I 1.
P. S. 60, § 63.
R. L. 57, I 61.
Penalty for
neglect to
affix label.
1869, 120. § 2.
1878, 169, § 2.
P. S. 60, § 64.
R. L. 57, § 62.
Section 285. Each manufacturer of cotton, linen or silk sewing 1
tliread, and each person engaged in putting up such thread on spools, 2
or in packages of four ounces weight or less not woimd on spools, shall, 3
before the same is offered for sale, affix to or impress upon each spool 4
of such tliread, and upon each package of such thread not wound on 5
spools, a label or stamp plainly and conspicuously designating the quan- 6
tity of thread wdiich such spool or package contains, either by giving the 7
length in yards or by givmg the weight. 8
Section 286. Each person referred to in the preceding section who
neglects to affix a correct label to or to impress a correct stamp upon
each spool and package of tliread, or who affixes to or impresses upon,
or causes or suffers to be affixed to or impressed upon any spool or pack-
age of tliread intended for sale, a label or stamp specifying that such
spool or package contains a greater number of yards or a greater quantity
of tliread by five per cent than such spool or package does contain, shall
forfeit five dollars for each spool or package so w ithout a label or stamp
or so falsely labelled or stamped which is sold or delivered to any person 9
to be sold; one half to the use of the commonwealth and one half to the 10
use of the person who sues therefor. 11
CeL^P. 94.] INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES. 951
1 Section 287. A merchant, jobber or trader who sells or offers for Penalty for
2 sale cotton, linen or silk sewing tliread, put up either on spools, or in laisdy ' '^^
3 packages of the weight of four ounces or less not wound on spools, which isogl'i'M, § 3.
4 is not labelled or stamped, or which is falsely labelled or stamped as }||q' \'ll' | }•
5 regards length or quantity by an amount greater than five per cent of ^- ^- ^^j i|*-
6 the true length or quantity, shall be liable to the penalty provided in
7 the preceding section.
1 Section 288. The three preceding sections shall not apply to ready Certain bob-
2 wound bobbins of thread adapted for use in sewing machine shuttles. iws.^ieg^'g's.'
p. S. 60, § 66. R. L. 57, § 64.
TURPENTINE, PAINTS ANT) LINSEED OIL.
1 Section 289. No person shall manufacture, mix for sale, dispose of, ^'^"^"'e'^of''^
2 offer or expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell or dispose turpentine
3 of, or sell under the name of turpentine, or spirits of turpentine, or under loos, sai!
4 any name or phrase of which the word turpentine forms a part, or under igii, 266,
5 any name or device illustrating or suggesting turpentine or spirits of tur- ^'*' *'
6 pentine, any article which is not wholly distilled from rosin, turpentine
7 gum, or scrapings from pine trees, unmixed and unadulterated with any
8 other substance, unless the package containing the same shall be sten-
9 cilled or marked, with letters not less than two inches in height and one
10 inch in width, "Adulterated Spirits of Turpentine", except that these
1 1 letters upon packages of one gallon capacity, or less, may be reduced to
12 one fourth of the said size. No person shall sell or deliver such adulter-
13 ated spirits of turpentine without informing the purchaser at the time
14 of sale that the article is not pure spirits of turpentine. Nothing herein
15 contained shall be construed as prohibiting the manufacture or sale of
16 such compound or imitation, if the container is plainly marked and the
17 purchaser notified as aforesaid.
18 Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished for
19 the first offence by a fine of one hundred dollars, for the second offence
20 by a fine of two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine
21 of five himdred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month,
22 or both.
1 Section 290. The state police and all local police authorities shall of"p?eclding*
2 enforce the preceding section. 1911.266, §2. section.
1 Section 291. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or dispose Saie of paint
2 of, or have in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any paint or re'guia°ed^
3 linseed oil which is labelled or marked in such manner as to deceive, or ^°°^' ^^^' ^ '■
4 to tend to deceive, any person as to its nature or composition.
1 Section 292. The having in possession, by any person dealing in Possession of
2 such articles, of any article or substance designated in section two hun- labeUe'd.'e^tc.,
3 dred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, and marked or i908!'53r,' § 3.
4 labelled contrary to said sections, shall be prima facie evidence that the
5 same is kept by such person in violation of the provisions thereof.
1 Section 293. Upon the written complaint of any person aggrieved by Certain duties
2 any violation of section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred spectors'etc.
3 and ninety-one, the state police and their agents may enter any place of 1919! sso!
4 business, store or building where the sale of paint, turpentine or linseed ^^ ®®' '°''
952
INSPECTION AND SALE OF VARIOUS AETICLES.
[CH-^P. 94.
oil is carried on, and open and inspect any package, can, jar, tub or other 5
receptacle containing articles which might be sold or exposed for sale in 6
violation of said sections, and may appoint and remove inspectors, an- 7
alysts and chemists for the purpose of inspecting or analyzing the contents 8
of any such receptacle. Inspectors so appointed shall have the same 9
powers and authority relative to the articles aforesaid as are given by 10
sections thirty-three, thirty-five and sixty to the inspectors named 11
therein. 12
Penalty for
interference,
etc., with
inspector, etc.
1908, 531, § 6.
Section 294. \\Tioever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes 1
with any inspector, analyst or other officer appointed or acting under 2
the preceding section while in the performance of his official duty shall 3
be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, 4
and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred 5
dollars. 6
Penalty for
unlawful sale,
etc., of paint,
Section 295. Whoever violates any provision of section two hundred 1
and ninety-one shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five 2
nor more than one liundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more 3
than two months. 4
WOOD AND BARK.
wo^ra'ndba'rk. SECTION 296. A town and the city council of a city shall annually
no^6^8 5 2 choose one or more measurers of wood and bark, who shall be sworn to
i758-9;i6 § 2. the faithful performance ©f their duties and shall hold office during the
1779-so, ' ' year and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead. A town,
by vote fixing the number to be chosen, m^y delegate the appointment of
such measurers to the selectmen.
G. S. IS, §§ 31, 37. P. S. 60, § 72. R. L. 57, § 75.
17,
1796, 67, § 2.
R. S. 15,
§§ 33, 3S.
act*?n"ad[oiSn| Section 297. Such measurers may, in the manner prescribed for 1
1894.' S3. § 2. measurers of lumber in section eight of chapter ninety-six, be licensed to 2
R. L. 57, 1 76. act in a towoi adjoining that for which they are elected or appointed. 3
1920, 551, § 6.
Cord wood,
dimensions of.
C. L. 156,
§ 2; 160.
1705-6, 8, § 1.
1758-9, 16, § 1,
1772-3, 8. § 1.
Section 298. Cord wood exposed for sale shall be either four, three 1
or two feet long, including half the kerf; and a cord of wood, being well 2
and closely laid together, shall measure in quantity equal to a cord of eight 3
feet in length, four in width and four in height. i796, 67, § i. 4
1827, 19, § 1.
R. S. 28, § 200.
G. S.49, §181.
P. S. 60, § 73.
relilng wood. Section 299. If firewood or bark which is exposed for sale in a
measured. market or upon a vehicle is offered for sale before it has been measured
1772^1' 8^'§^3^' ^y ^ public measurer of wood and bark and before a ticket signed by him
i"|-8o. ' has been delivered to the driver, certif jang the quantity which the load
1796, 67, § 3. contains, the name of the driver and the place where he resides, the driver
g! s! 49, 1 182'. and owner shall for each load severally forfeit five dollars.
p. S. 60, § 74. R. L. 57, § 78. 7 Cush. 371. Op. A. G. (1918) 23.
Section 300. Measurers of wood and bark shall be entitled to such
fees for their services as the aldermen or selectmen shall establish ; and
Fees of
measurers.
C. L. 156.
1710-11,4. the fees shall in each case be paid to the measurer by the driver and
1772-3] 8, '§ 2. ■ shall be repaid by the purchaser. 1779-so, 17, § 2. 1796, 67, § 2.
R. S. 28, § 202. G. S. 49, § 1S3. p. S. 60, § 75. R. L. 57, § 79.
Chap. 94.] in.spection .-vnd sale of various articles. 953
1 Section 301. Cord wood brouglit by water into a town for sale, and ^wlferbome
2 landed, shall be measured by a public measurer; and for that purpose the J'y'gg^-ge s i
3 wood shall be corded and piled by itself in ranges, making up in height J^sa 27! § 2.
4 what is wanting in length, and, being so measured, a ticket shall be given ^- s. 49! I is*!
5 to the purchaser, who shall pay the stated fees for such ser\ice. Towns r'. l. 57, § so.
6 may establish ordinances and by-laws, with suitable penalties, for the
7 inspection, survey, measurement and sale of wood and bark for fuel
8 brought therein for sale, and may also pro\'ide for the appointment of
9 inspectors, surveyors and other officers and establish their fees.
1 Section 302. Each wharfinger, carter or driver who conveys firewood Tickets show-
2 or bark from a wharf or landing place shall be furnished by the owner or in load. Cer-
3 seller with a ticket certifying the cjuantity which the load contains and no't'to appfy.
4 the name of the driver; and if firewood or bark is thus conveyed without lists'. ^^'
5 such ticket accompanjing the same, or if a driver refuses to produce and H'i't *'
6 show such ticket to any sworn measurer on demand, or to give his con- J^j'f"'
7 sent to have the same measured, or if such ticket certifies a greater quan- ]l^^' |^' | *■
8 tity of wood or bark than the load contains in the opinion of such meas- R- s.'28,'§ 264.
9 urer after measuring the same, the driver and owner shall for each load p. s.'66.'§ 77. '
10 thereof severally forfeit five dollars. Sections two hundred and ninety-
11 six to three hundred and three, inclusive, shall not apply to a person who
12 transports or carts or causes to be transported or carted from a wharf or
13 landing place to his own dwelling house or store cord wood or bark which
14 he has pm-chased on a wharf or landing place, or which he has landed
15 thereon upon his owii account.
1 Section 303. The city council of a city may establish ordinances, inspection and
2 with suitable penalties not exceeding five dollars for any one violation sfabs%tc'.' '
3 thereof, for the regulation of the sale of prepared wood, slabs and edgings Jll?; loi.
4 for fuel, when sold by the load, and for the inspection, survey, measure- p. f.' eo.' 1 7I.'''
5 ment and sale of bark for fuel or manufacturing purposes brought into said ^^l' i|6. ^^
6 city for sale, whether the same is exposed for sale in ranges or upon a
7 vehicle; and said city may pro^'ide for the appointment of such sur-
8 veyors, inspectors and other officers as may be necessary to carry into
9 effect said ordinances and may establish their fees.
GENERAL provisions AND PENALTIES.
1 Section 304. Whoever offers or exposes for sale or delivers to a pur- vendor to fur-
2 chaser any drug or article of food, shall, upon application of an inspector, for anXsisf
3 analyst or other officer or agent of the department of public health and "s82!'203, § o.
4 upon tender of the value thereof, furnish a sample sufficient for the fgi^j; 792,^ §"?'
5 analysis of any such drug or article of food which is in his possession. 1919, 350, § w.
Penalty, § 156.
1 Section 30.5. Whoever, with intent to defraud or injure, in baling Penalty for
2 or in packing in any container any commodity sold by weight, including ing"certam "^ '
3 wool, leather, cotton, waste, rags and paper, places therein any substance 59i9?63.'"^^'
4 foreign to the contents thereof shall be punished for the first oft'ence by
5 a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, for the second oft'ence by a
6 fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence
7 by a fine of fifty dollars and imprisonment for not less than one nor more
8 than three months.
954
MEASURING OF LEATHER.
[Chap. 95.
General
penalty.
R. S. 28, § 56.
G. S. 49, § 20.
P. S. 58, 5 13.
E. L. S6, § 2.
Section 306. Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter, who- 1
ever counterfeits any brand required by this chapter or whoe\-er without 2
authority marks or brands any article required to be inspected, or marks 3
or brands such article with a counterfeited brand, shall be punished by a 4
fine of not more than two hundred dollars; and whoever alters or defaces 5
any marks or brands made by an inspector of milk or collector of samples 6
of milk under this chapter, unless another penalty is provided, shall be 7
punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. 8
REFERENCES.
Appointment of public weighers of fish. Chap. 41, § SS.
Prohibition against occupancy of buildings for slaughtering purposes without
license, Chap. Ill, § 152.
For duties of local boards of health and department of public health not in this
chapter, Chap. 111.
Allegations, forms and schedules of pleading, duties of defendants and presump-
tions in prosecutions under §§ 197 to 213, inclusive, Chap. 277, end.
Labelling of wood alcohol. Chap. 13S, § 36.
Search warrants. Chap. 276, § 1, cl. 6.
§§ 262 to 268. United States law relative to lime in course of interstate com-
merce, 39 U. S. Stat, at Large, 530.
CHAPTER 95.
MEASURING OF LEATHER.
Sect.
1. Measurers of leather, appointment, etc.
2. Measurers may act in any city or town.
3. Duties of measurer.
Sect.
4. Penalty for selling leather not meas-
ured, etc.
5. Penalty for altering or counterfeiting
measurers' marks.
Measurers
of leather,
appointment,
etc.
1841, 119, § 1.
G. S. 49, § 112.
P. S. 62, § 1.
R. L. 59, § 1.
1913, 502, § 1.
1919, 350, § 77.
Section 1. The mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town, upon 1
the request of two or more voters thereof, shall annually appoint one or 2
more measurers of leather who have been certified by the director of 3
standards as fit persons for such appointment, and who shall be sworn 4
to the faithful performance of their duty. The director of standards 5
may at any time, for cause, revoke such certificate of fitness, and such 6
revocation shall immediately render such appointment void. 7
Section 2. A measurer of leather for one town may measure leather 1
Measurers may
act in any city
186*6,^36, § 2. in any other town.
p. S. 62, § 2,
Duties of
measurer.
1841, 119,
§§ 2, 3.
G. S. 49, § 113.
p. S. 62, § 3.
R. L. 59, § 3.
1913, 502, 1 3.
Section 3. Each measurer, upon request, shall go to any place 1
within the town for which he is appointed and there ascertain the area 2
of each skin or side or other portion of leather submitted to him. For 3
this purpose, he shall use only such racks, measures or mechanical 4
devices as have been legally tested and sealed, and shall mark or cause 5
each skin or side or other portion of leather to be marked with indelible 6
figures gi^'ing the measurement thereof in square feet, including frac- 7
tions as small as one quarter of a foot. After the area of any skin or side 8
or other portion of leather has been determined as aforesaid, it shall be 9
Chap. 9(i.]
SURVEY OF LUMBER.
955
10 permissible to add one quarter of a foot to such measurement for any
11 remaining fraction greater than one eighth of a foot; but no such re-
12 maining fraction of less than one eighth of a foot shall be added or in-
13 eluded in such measurement.
1 Section 4. Whoever sells or offers leather for sale by measure shall ^nln 'T l°ther
2 cause the same to be measured by a sworn measurer unless such leather not measured,
3 has previously been measured by a sworn measurer of a town in the isde, 236,
4 commonwealth, or by some person lawfully appointed therefor in any p. s.' 62, §§4.5.
5 other state, or unless the measurement thereof has been expressly waived fgia; 502,S*4.
G in writing by the buyer and seller thereof. Whoever violates this section
7 shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
1 Section 5. Whoever counterfeits or causes to be counterfeited, or. Penalty for
2 not being a sworn measurer, alters or defaces with intent to deceive, a counterfeiting
3 measurer's marks on a skin or side or other portion of leather shall be SaS^
4 punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars. i84i, ii9, § 4.
G. S. 49, §115. p. S.62, §7. R. L.59, S6. 1913,502, §5,
CHAPTER 96.
SURVEY OF LUMBER.
Sect.
1. Sun-ey of lumber in the commonwealth.
2. Survey of lumber outside the com-
monwealth.
3. Duties of surveyors of hmiber.
4. Grades or kinds of lumber to be estab-
lished, and fees for sur\'ey to be
fixed, by the director.
5. Records of surveys and fees.
6. Return to commissioner of labor and
industries.
Sect.
7. Measurers of lumber in cities and
towns.
8. Measurers may be licensed to act in
adjoining towns.
9. Penalty for fraud in surveying.
10. Penalty for fraud of purchaser or seller.
11. Penalty for misrepresentation of au-
thority.
12. PajTnent of fees, etc., to common-
wealth.
1 Section 1. All applications for surveys of lumber shall be made to Sarveyof
2 the director of standards of the department of labor and industries, in TOmnion"
3 this chapter called the director, and all such surveys shall be made under mo^'ii, 7, §2.
4 his direction. Any lumber brought into or manufactured in the com- irasTt'sfl'i^ "'
5 monwealth, a survey or measurement of which is requested by either fgsf^|'4^s2^'
6 seller or purchaser, shall be surveyed or measured by the director or his Q^S-?g\ii2s
7 surveyors. The director may, if he desires, and shall upon request, cause 132."
8 to be surveyed any lumber, in quantities of the value of five hundred p. s.'63.'§§3, 7.
9 dollars or more, purchased by or for any department of the common- r.^l! eof '§ 3^'
10 wealth or intended to be used in any building or structure under any Jgao;!!!;^^'
12 or seller of lumber or any person having a pecuniary interest therein i?
13 shall have the right to call upon the director to sm-vey any such lumber
14 within the commonwealth, and thereupon the director shall by his sur-
15 veyors make a survey. Any owner, purchaser or seller making the request
16 for such a survey shall pay the established fees therefor, together with
17 the necessary expense incurred. If the request for survey is made by
Op. A. G.
956
SURVEY OF LXUIBER.
[Chap. 96.
any person other than the owner, purchaser or seller, such person shall 18
pay such fees and expenses therefor as may be agreed upon. 19
Survey of
lumber out-
side the
Section 2. The director may, by himself or by his surveyors, survey 1
or measure lumber situated outside the limits of the commonwealth, 2
upon application of the purchaser or seller thereof, or of any person 3
having a pecuniary interest therein; provided, that the applicant is a res- 4
ident of, or intends to ship such lumber into, the commonwealth. The 5
persons making the request for such a survey or measurement shall pay 6
therefor all expenses and such fees as may be agreed upon. 7
Duties of
surveyors of
lumber.
1783, 15, § 1.
R. S. 28, § 142.
1859, 224,
l§2,3.
G. S. 49, § 127.
1878, 65, § 1.
P. S. 63, § 2.
1890, 159, § 2.
R. L. 60, § 2.
1920, 651,
5§I,12.
Section .3. Surveyors of lumber shall, upon order of the director, 1
make such surveys of lumber as he may assign to them; but no such 2
surveyor shall survey any lumber in which he has a pecuniary interest, 3
direct or indirect. Such surveyors shall, in accordance with this chapter 4
and under the instructions of the director, determine tlie quality and 5
quantity of all lumber surveyed by them, ascertain the true contents 6
of each piece of lumber, log or stick, and mark the same legibly thereon, 7
if so requested; and shall keep a true piece tally of the same in a plain 8
and legible manner and make return thereof to the director upon a form 9
prescribed by him. 10
Grades or
kinds of
lumber to be
established,
and fees for
survey to be
fixed, by the
director.
1890, 159, § 4.
R. L. 60, § 4.
1902, 477, § 1.
1918,95, §2.
1919, 350, § 77.
1920, 551,
§§ 3, 12.
Section 4. Grades or kinds of lumber which are recognized in the 1
trade may, upon written application therefor to the director, be estab- 2
lished and defined by him, after a hearing, with the approval of the com- 3
missioner of labor and industries. After such approval the grades and 4
kinds so defined shall be in force throughout the commonwealth, and 5
the fees for the survey or measurement thereof shall be established by 6
tlie director with the approval of said commissioner at such figures as 7
in the opinion of the commissioner are sufficient to reimburse the com- 8
monwealth for the expense of the survey and for all office, clerical and 9
supervisory expenses incurred. Amendments or additions to established 10
grades or kinds of lumber, or to the fees for survey or measurement 11
thereof, may be made from time to time in like manner. The fees for 12
survey or measurement of lumber together with such reasonable traveling 13
and other expenses as may be incurred by the surveyor in the perforin- 14
ance of his official duties shall in all cases be paid by the person mak- 15
ing the request for such survey or measurement. The director, with 16
the approval of the commissioner, shall also from time to time establish 17
units of measurement to be observed in the sale of wooden shingles in 18
the commonwealth. 19
Records of
surveys and
fees.
1859, 224,
§§3,5.
G. S. 49, § 129.
P. S. 63, § 4.
1890, 159, § 4.
R. L. 60, § 4.
Return to
commissioner
of labor and
industries.
1859, 224, § 6.
G. S. 49, § 130.
P. S. 63, § 5.
Section 5. The director shall keep a record of all lumber surveyed 1
or measured by his surveyors and of the amount of fees collected in each 2
case. The record shall be open at all times to inspection by members 3
of the city council or by the selectmen, or by the inspector of buildings 4
of any city or town. 5
1902,477,11. 1918, 95, §2. 1920, 551, §§ 3, 12.
Section 6. The director shall annually make a return to the com- 1
missioner of labor and industries of the ^'arious kinds and quantities of 2
lumber surveyed by his surveyors during the preceding fiscal year, giving 3
the napies of the surveyors and the amount of fees collected in each case. 4
1890, 159, §5. R. L. 00, § 5. 1920, 551, § 4.
Chap. 97.] surveying of land. 957
. 1 Section 7. Towns may annually elect one or more measurers of f^^berVn °^
2 lumber, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, l^^^^^"'^
3 and cities may by ordinance provide for the annual appointment of such JyiSli^^J'l/-
4 measurers. i7S3, 15, § i.
R. S. 28, §141. G. S. IS, §31; P. S. 63, § 6. 1920, 551, §§ 5, 12.
1858,164,5 1. 49, § 131. R. L. 60, § 6. 119 Mass. 285.
1 Section 8. A measurer of lumber in any town may apply to the Measurers
2 selectmen of an adjoining town for a license to measure lumber therein, ™censed to act
3 and if the selectmen are of the opinion that it will be for the public con- towns°""°^
4 venience they may, upon payment of a fee not exceeding one dollar, grant JF/'|^'
5 such license, and may limit the territory in which such license may be R- l' ^2^ §7.
6 exercised. Such a license shall remain in force while the licensee holds i925!55i;
7 the office of measurer in the town for which he was chosen, but not later
8 than the next annual town meeting of said town.
1 Section 9. A surveyor of lumber for the commonwealth or a meas- Penalty for
2 urer of lumber for any city or town who is guilty of or connives at a sSveA'ng.
3 fraud or deceit in surveying, marking or numbering the contents or R.^l.'ls.'lfas.
4 quality of any kind of wood or lumber, or who, when lawfully requested, }|f ^; l^t'. 1 1"'
5 refuses without good reason to survey or measure lumber, shall be pun- Gg^|- 1|' | ]^'^-
6 ished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars. p.s.'63,'§ i7.
R. L. 60, § 16. 1920, 551, §§ 8, 12.
1 Section 10. A seller or purchaser of lumber who induces or attempts Penalty for
2 to induce a surveyor or measurer to make a false survey or measurement purchaser or
3 shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hmi- ilvl^es, § s.
4 dred dollars. p. s. 63, § i8. r. l. 6o, § i7. 1920, 551, §§ 9, 12.
1 Section 11. Whoever without authority represents himself to be an Penalty for
2 official surveyor of lumber of the commonwealth or an official measurer S'on™'f'^'^'^° "
3 of lumber of any city or town thereof shall be punished by a fine of not is58°i64,' § 14.
4 less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
G. S. 49, §144. 1890, 159. § 7. 1920, 551, §§ 10, 12.
P. S. 63, § 19. R. L. 60, § 18. 1 Op. A. G. 78.
1 Section 12. All fees and other payments under this chapter shall be Payment of
2 paid to the commonwealth. issg, 224, § 5. com'mon-
G. S. 49, §129. 1890, 159, §4. lono h-7-7 s , wealth.
P. S. 63, § 4. R. L. 60, § 4.
CHAPTER 97.
SURVEYING OF LAND.
Sect.
1. Posts indicating meridian lines, access
to. Penalty for injury.
2. Surveyors to adjust compasses annu-
ally and record, etc.
3. Annual test of surveyors' apparatus.
Penalty.
Sect.
4. Appointment of person other than
sealer to make test.
5. Tests to be based on state standards.
6. Fees for testing.
7. Penalty for failure to adjust compass,
etc.
1 Section 1. The posts or pillars erected pursuant to chapter two Posts indicating
2 hundred and eighty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy to access to.
Penalty for
injury.
3 indicate the true meridian lines shall remain the property of the respec-
958
SURVEYING OF L.\ND.
[Chap. 97.
1870,
, 2S6.
§§ 1,
7.
P.S.
64,
»1.
5.
R.L.
,61,
§§1.
4.
tive counties in which they are situated, under the care of the county 4
commissioners, and shall be accessible to any surveyor or civil engineer 5
residing in the same county or engaged in surveying therein, for the 6
purpose of testing the variation of the compass for the time being. 7
Whoever wilfully displaces, alters, defaces, destroys or otlierwise in- 8
jures any of the aforesaid posts or the fixtures thereof, shall be punished 9
by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, to be divided between 10
the complainant and the county. 11
Section 2. Every land surveyor shall, at least once in every year, 1
Surveyors tc
adjust com-
passes annually adjust and Verify his compass by the meridian line so established in the
county in which his surveys are to be made, insert in his field notes both
1870, 2S6,
§§3,4.
P. S. 64,
§§ 2, 3,
R. L. 61, 1 2.
the true and the magnetic bearings of the lines of his surveys and the
days on which such lines were run and shall enter in a book open to
public inspection, to be provided by the commissioners of each county
and kept by the clerk of courts, or by a person appointed by the com-
missioners therefor, the variation of his compass from the true meridian,
whether east or west, and shall sign and make oath to such entry.
Annual test of
surveyors'
apparatus.
Penalty.
1871, 330, § 1.
P. S. 64, § 6.
R. L. 61, § 5.
Section 3. All apparatus for linear measurements used by a land 1
surveyor shall be annually tested and proved by the sealer of weights 2
and measures in the town where such surveyor resides or has his 3
office, and all chains, tapes or other apparatus used for linear measure- 4
ments which cannot be made to conform to the standard shall be marked 5
"condemned", or "CD", by said sealer, and any surveyor who there- 6
after uses for measuring land any such apparatus shall be punished by 7
a fine of twenty dollars. 8
of^pe^rao^other SECTION 4. The mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a 1
tnake^tes"*" towu may appoint a suitable person, other than the sealer of weights 2
p*s''6^4^'§ 7 ^' ^^^ measures, to test, prove and mark the measuring apparatus of land 3
R. L. 61, § 6. surveyors. 4
based on "state SECTION 5. The Standards used for such tests shall be based upon 1
isn'^lsa'is. ^^d shall correspond to the standards furnished by the commonwealth 2
?• ?• c'*,' \^-4 to sealers of weights and measures. 3
ri. 1j. bl, § 7. °
testing.' Section 6. The fees for such testing and proof of each article of 1
K sl'64,''5 9.*" apparatus shall be twenty-five cents, and shall be paid by the person 2
R. L. 61, § 8. presenting the apparatus for test. 3
Section 7. A surveyor who violates the provisions of section two, 1
Penalty for
failure to adjust
i87o!2S6,*5°5. if he has used his compass to measure an angle in surveying within the _
Wi'^ti 4 y^^^ preceding, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars, to be divided 3
R. L. 61, § 3. between the complainant and the county. 4
CiLiP. 98.]
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
959
CHAPTER 98.
■Vi'EIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Sect.
1. Definitions.
STANDARDS.
2. Relation of avoirdupois to troy pound.
3. State standards.
4. Weights, etc., to be replaced, when.
Additional state standards.
5. Municipal standards.
6. Safe keeping of town standards.
7. Penalty for neglect of town treasurer.
8. Vibrating steelyards.
9. State clinical standard thermometer.
10. Office clinical standard thermometer.
11. Tolerances, etc., for clinical thermom-
eters.
WEIGHING AND MEASURING DETICES.
12. Testing of clinical thermometers.
13. Sealing by manufacturer.
14. Penalty for sale of unsealed, etc., clini-
cal thermometers.
15. Sealing of glass milk bottles or jars.
16. Sealing of paper or fibre milk bottles.
17. Penalty for re-use of such bottles.
18. Testing of milk containers.
19. Penalty.
20. Containers for sale of ice cream to be
sealed by manufacturer, etc.
21. Sealers to inspect semi-annually.
22. Regulation of containers.
23. Test of containers by the director or a
sealer.
24. Penalty for unauthorized marking.
25. Weighing or measuring devices to be
marked "Condemned ", when.
26. Penalty for using, etc., false weights
and measures.
27. Penalty for using unsealed weights.
28. Value of goods sold by unsealed weights
may be recovered.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF
STANDARDS AND INSPECTORS.
29. Certain duties of director of standards.
30. Certain powers of inspectors.
31. Director, etc., to have a seal, etc.
Sect.
32. Director to test local standards, etc.
33. Testing of weighing and measuring de-
vices used in state institutions, etc.
SE.4LEKS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
34. Appointment of sealers and deputy
sealers in cities and large towns.
35. Sealer to be appointed annually in
small towns.
36. Appointment of district sealers, etc.
37. Sealers to report to director.
38. Sealer to be provided with dupUcate
sets of apothecaries' weights, etc.
39. Sealers accountable to towns for stand-
ards received.
40. Sealer to have duplicate sets of weights.
41. Annual notice of sealing.
42. Sealing at house or store.
43. Testing of devices registering price.
44. Testing of mechanical devices for meas-
uring leather.
45. Testing of ta.ximeters.
46. Testing of devices used in standardizing
production and in determining wages,
capacity of tanks, etc., and the
accuracy of automatic devices.
47. Annual testing of apothecaries' weights,
etc. Exception.
48. Penalty.
49. Annual test of hay and coal scales.
50. Sealer to test upon request, etc.
51. Sealing of glass milk bottles, etc.
52. Sealer to test incorrect weights upon
complaint.
53. Devices to be marked with stencil.
Notice. Penalty.
54. Sealer may seize measuring devices for
evidence.
55. Seizure of illegal devices, etc.
56. Fees of sealers.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
57. Report of commissioner of labor and ,
industries.
58. Measures for salt and grain regulated.
1 Section 1. In this chapter the following words, unless a different Definitions
2 meaning is required by the context or is specifically prescribed, shall have 1909! 412- 541,
3 the following meanings: 1917, s-, 98, § 1.
4 "Director", director of standards of the department of labor and igg^fi'ss'. los.'
5 industries. * Op- ^- '^- ^^■
6 "Deputy", deputy sealer of weights and measures.
7 "Inspector", inspector of standards.
960
W'EIGHTS AND MEASURES.
[Chap. 98.
"Sealer", sealer of weights and measures. 8
"Weighing or measuring device", all weights, measures, scales, bal- 9
ance beams, vibrating steelyards, and weighing or measuring devices 10
used for weighing or measuring any commodity bought, sold or ex- 11
changed or for hire or reward, computing scales and other devices having 12
a device for indicating or registering the price as well as the weight or 13
measure of a commodity offered for sale, taximeters and other forms of 14
measuring devices used upon vehicles for determining the cost of trans- 15
portation; and all machines and other forms of measiu-ing devices used 16
or intended to be used for determining the measurement of leather bought, 17
sold or offered for sale. 18
STANDARDS.
Relation of
avoirdupois to
troy pound.
1894, 198, § 1.
R. L. 62, § 1.
Section 2. The avoirdupois pound shall bear to the troy pound the 1
relation of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. 2
The hundredweight shall contain one hundred avoirdupois pounds, and 3
the ton twenty hundredweight. 4
state
standards.
C. L. 155;
279; 291.
1692-3, 30, § 1.
1705-6, 6, § 3.
1730-31, 18.
1799, 60, § 1.
1800, 54.
1803, 141.
R. S. 30,
§U,2,4.
1847, 242,
§§ 1, 2; Res. 55.
G. S. 51,
§§1,3.
P. S. 65,
§§1.3.
1897, 443,
§§ 1, 2; 517.
1901. 103.
R. L. 62, § 6.
1907, 534, § 3.
1918,218, § 1;
257, § 241.
1919, 5; 350,
§77.
1920, 2.
Section 3. The following weighing and measuring devices now in 1
the custody of the director shall be the sole authorized standards, except 2
as provided in sections foiu-, nine and ten of tliis chapter, and in section 3
one of chapter ninety-nine, and with the standards supplied under 4
authority of said sections shall be called the state standards: a set of dry 5
measures consisting of one half-bushel, eight, four, two and one quarts, 6
one pint and one half-pint; a set of liquid measures consisting of one 7
gallon, two and one quarts, one pint, two and one gills; a set of apothe- 8
caries' liquid measures consisting of one gallon, foiu", two and one pints, , 9
twelve, eight, six, foiu", three, two and one ounces, four, two and one 10
drams, ten and five minims; a set of avoirdupois weights consisting of 11
fifty, twenty-five, twenty, ten, five, four, three, two and one pounds, 12
eight, six, four, tliree, two and one ounces, eight, six, four, three, two and 13
one drams; a set of troy weights consisting of five thousand, tliree thou- 14
sand, two thousand, one thousand, five hundred, three hundred, two 15
hundred, one hundred, fifty, thirty, twenty, ten, five, tliree, two and one 16
pennyweights, ten, six, five, four, tliree, two and one grains, one half a 17
grain, twelve, ten, six, five, four, three, two, and one ounces, five tenths, 18
four tenths, three tenths, two tenths, one tenth, five one-hundredths, 19
four one-hundredths, three one-hundredths, two one-hundredths, one one- 20
hundredth, five one-thousandths, four one-thousandths, tliree one-thou- 21
sandths, two one-thousandths, one one-thousandth, five ten-thousandths, 22
four ten-thousandths, three ten-thousandths, two ten-thousandths, and 23
one ten-thousandth of an ounce; a set of apothecaries' weights con- 24
•sisting of twelve, six, two and one ounces, four, two and one drams, 25
two and one scruples, ten, five, four, three, two and one grains, one 26
half, one quarter and one tenth grains; a yard measure and tliree sets 27
of balances. 28
Such standards shall be kept by the director, and he shall, at least once 29
in five years, cause them to be compared with the standards of the United 30
States government, and, if necessary, corrected to agree therewith. 31
t^b?r*eptec"ed, SECTION 4. The state standards shall also include all weighing and 1
ditSllaUtete measuring devices received from the United States under the resolution 2
standards. of congress approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and tliirty-six, 3
Chap. 98.] weights and measures. 961
4 and all other weigliing and measuring devices received from the United r^I'so'Is'
5 States as standard weights and measures, and siich as have been or shall p||-''| -■
6 be supplied by the commonwealth and certified by the national bureau R. L- 62, § 7.
7 of standards. Weighing and measiu-ing devices procured to replace the § 242. '
8 standards shall be preserved in the same form and of the same dimen- {Ho, 2.
9 sions as required of said standards, and the denominations thereof shall
10 be marked thereon.
1 Section 5. Towns shall keep the following standard weights, meas- jiunicipai
2 lu-es and balances: A set of avoirdupois weights consisting of fifty, c.^l'i'iS'
3 twenty-five, twenty, ten, five, foiu", two and one pounds, and eight, fom-, i73sIo,''24^§ 1.
4 two, one, one half, one quarter, one eighth and one sixteenth ounces; Jgoo'si'^"'
5 a set of dry measiu-es consisting of one half -bushel, one eight-quart, one J^^fljo^fg.
6 four-quart, one two-quart, one one-quart, one pint and one half-pint; Res.'ss.
7 a set of liquid measures consisting of one gallon, one half-gallon, one i85o;295!
8 quart, one pint, one half-pint and one gill; one balance; one yard meas- iss'o'lkg, §*i.
9 ure; and each town hereafter incorporated shall be furnished by the di- fs90,42'6!*'
10 rector with a complete set of the foregoing standards. Each city and each 1^^ J; I'g*-
1 1 sliire town shall keep the meter and kilogram and the standard troy fL y- .1?,- , ,
,,.,,. 1I11- 1907.0^4, § 3.
12 weights designated by the director. i909,3io, § :.
1918, 218, I 1; 257, §243. 1919,5; 350. § 77. 1920.2. Op. A. G. (1919) 42.
1 Section 6, Town treasurers shall, at the expense of the towns, pro- Safe keeping
2 vide therein accessible places for the safe and suitable keeping and preser- standards.
3 vation of the standards furnished by the commonwealth, which shall be irag^fib^s^! ^'
4 used only as standards. The treasurer shall have the care and oversight r°°' jo'j 5
5 thereof; shall see that they are kept in good order and repair; and if Jf^|'|'*^'
6 any are lost, destroyed or irreparably damaged, shall, at the expense of G. s. 51. §5.^
7 the town, replace them by similar standards. Towns may effect insurance p. s.'cs, § 5."'
8 on such standards for their own 'benefit.
1897, 443, §§ 3, 4, R.L. 62, §15. 1909, 310, § 1.
1 Section 7. Every such treasurer who neglects to provide a suitable Penalty for
2 place for keeping such standards, or to keep them in good order and re- treasurer. *°"°
3 pair, or who suft'ers any of them tlirough his neglect to be lost, damaged r^I.'Io,'!?;
4 or destroyed, shall forfeit two hundred dollars. is48, 332, § 4.
G. S. 51, 5 6. P. S. 05, § 6. 1S97, 443, I 5. K. L. 62, § 16.
1 Section 8. Vibrating steelyards may be used if each beam and the vibrating
2 poises thereof are annually tried, proved and sealed by a sealer or deputy. fsoofsL"'
1 Section 9. A clinical standard thermometer supplied by the com- state clinical
2 monwealth and certified by the national bureau of standards for use by thermometer.
3 the commonwealth, shall be the state clinical standard thermometer. §"§ i.^.""'
4 Nothing in the five following sections shall be construed as adopting
5 or authorizing the adoption of any particular scale as the thermometer
6 standard for this commonwealth.
1 Section 10. The commonwealth shall also supply additional clinical o^''^ clinical
^\ ^ . standard
2 standard thermometers necessary to carry out sections nine to lourteen, thermometer.
3 inclusive, to be known as office clinical standards. Such' thermometers i9is]2i8!§i;
4 shall be verified by the director upon their receipt and at least once in ' ^ '
962
WEIGHTS AA'D MEASUEES.
[Ciivp. 9S.
eacli six months thereafter, by direct comparison ■\\ith the state clinical 5
standard thermometer. The office clinical standards may be used in 6
making comparisons of clinical thermometers under test. 7
^rfoTcUnicai SECTION 11. The director shall promulgate tolerances and specifica-
I9i™i52!*r3' t'O'is for clinical thermometers. A correct clinical thermometer shall be
1918, 218. § ^ one conforming to the standard established as provided in section nine and
to specifications promulgated under this section, ■within such tolerances.
1919, 350, § ;
1
Testing of
clinical
thermometers.
1917, 152, § 4.
1918,218, i 1.
1919, 350, I 7i
WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES.
Section 12. Whenever the director inspects and tests a clinical 1
thermometer offered for sale and finds it to be correct he shall seal, mark 2
or otherwise certify it as correct. Whenever he inspects and tests a 3
clinical thermometer and finds it incorrect he may condemn, seize and 4
destroy it; or he may return it to the owner upon a satisfactory guar- 5
antee that it will not be sold or used within the commonwealth. 6
manuti^turer. SECTION 13. \Mien a representative sample of a clinical thermometer
1918! 218! i 1 'I'lS been submitted by its manufacturer to the director and approved
1919! 35o', § 77. )jy j^jjj^^ }^g shall assigu a designating mark or number which shall there-
after be permanently affixed by the manufacturer to all clinical ther-
mometers of that particular kind made by him. Clinical thermometers
sealed by the manufacturer shall be marked with the name, initials or
trade mark of the manufacturer, and by such other marks as are required
by the director, who may revoke the authority given by him to a manu- 8
facturer under this section upon proof that the authorized seal or desig- 9
nating mark has been affixed to a thermometer not conforming to the 10
approved sample. 11
Penalty for
sale of
unsealed, etc.,
clinical
thermometers.
1917. 152, § 6.
1918.218, I 1.
1919. 350, § 77
Section 14. Whoever, by himself or by his servant or agent, or as 1
the servant or agent of another person, keeps for the purpose of sale, 2
offers or exposes for sale, or sells any clinical thermometer not sealed, 3
marked or certified as correct by the director, or by the manufacturer 4
as provided by the preceding section, shall be punished by a fine of not 5
more than fifty dollars. 6
Sealing of
glass milk
bottles or
jars.
1900, 369.
1901, 360.
R. L. 62. § 43.
1909. 531, § 1.
1920. 45.
4 Op. A. G.
182.
Section 15. Glass bottles or jars used for the distribution of milk 1
or cream to consumers, and holding, when filled to a level with the bottom 2
of the cap or stopple or other definite filling point, not less than three 3
ounces and seven drams and not over four ounces and two drams; not 4
less than seven ounces and six drams and not over eight ounces and two 5
drams; not less than fifteen ounces and five drams and not OA-er sixteen 6
ounces and four drams; not less than thirty-one ounces and four drams 7
and not over thirty-two ounces and four drams; not less than forty-seven 8
ounces and three drams and not over forty-eight ounces and fi\e drams; 9
not less than sLxty-three ounces and two drams and not over sixty-four 10
ounces and six drams, shall be sealed as measures under section forty- 11
one or by the manufacturer. Dealers in milk or cream using glass bottles 12
or jars for the distribution of milk or cream to consumers, not sealed by 13
the manufacturer, shall bring them into the office of the sealer in their 14
town, to be sealed; but no fee shall be charged or received for sealing 15
them. If a bottle or jar has once been sealed by a sealer or manufacturer, 16
Chap. 98.] weights and measures. 963
17 it need not be sealed again wliile used for the distribution of milk or
18 cream to consumers. Glass bottles or jars sealed hereunder shall be
19 legal measures only for the distribution of milk or cream to consumers.
20 Bottles or jars sealed by the manufacturer shall be marked with his
21 name, initials, or trade mark, and by any other mark required by the
22 director. The sealing of such bottles or jars by the manufacturer shall
23 not affect any law relating to the gi^■ing of false measure or the using, or
24 having in possession, of false measures with intent to use the same. The
25 director, on approval by the commissioner of labor and industries, may
26 re\'oke the authority given by him to any manufacturer under this sec-
27 tion, on proof that the authorized seal or designating mark has been
28 affixed to any bottle or jar not conforming to the respective capacities
29 provided for in this section.
1 Section 16. Paper or fibre bottles and jars used for the distribution Sealing ot
2 of milk or cream to consumers, and holding, when filled to a level with Ebre nSk
.3 the bottom of the cap or stopple, not less than eight, sixteen, thirty-two, i9lo,*^j62, § i.
4 forty-eight or sixty-four ounces, shall be sealed as measures under section
5 forty-one or fifty-one, or by the manufacturer in the manner provided
6 in the preceding section, and when so sealed may be used as provided
7 by law for glass milk jars and bottles. Every such bottle or jar shall
8 have plainly stamped upon it by the manufacturer the words: " Penalty
9 for re-use, twenty -five dollars."
1 Section 17. Whoever re-uses any such paper or fibre bottle or jar Penalty for
2 for distributing milk, cream or other liquid used for food after such bottle suc'hbotties.
3 or jar has been once used therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not more ^°^°' *'^~' ^ "■
4 than twenty-five dollars.
1 Section 18. A person selling milk at wholesale to a purchaser fur- Testing of
2 nishing containers therefor may in writing petition a sealer or deputy to JSineS"
3 have such containers tested as provided by law and the capacity thereof, ^'■'"'' ^°^- ^ ^•
4 so ascertained, plainly stamped or otherwise indelibly marked thereon;
5 and such official may direct any such purchaser to have such containers
6 so tested and marked.
1 Section 19. Any person, neglecting or refusing to ha\-e any such Penalty.
2 containers tested and inarketl as provided in the preceding section after ^^^"^ ^^^' ^ ^'
3 being directed so to do by a sealer or deputy and continuing to use them
4 to contain milk purchased from a person petitioning such official as
5 provided in said section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten
6 dollars.
1 Section 20. All cans, moidds or other containers used in the sale Contomers for
2 of ice cream by measure shall be of the capacity of Massachusetts stand- crelm to\ie
3 ard liquid measure. Such cans, moulds or other containers shall be u1acturer,"'t'c°"
4 sealed, as hereinafter provided, by the manufacturer thereof, or by a ^^-°' ~^^' ^ '"
5 sealer, and shall not be legal measures except for ice cream. When
6 sealed by the manufacturer, such containers shall be marked with his
7 name, initials or trade mark. They may also be marked with any other
8 designating mark assigned to him by the director; provided, that he
9 has agreed to conform to the regidations made by the director ^elati^•e
10 thereto. When such containers have not been sealed by the manu-
964
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[Chap. 98.
facturer, they shall be sealed, before they are used, by a sealer, and the 11
dealer who intends to use them shall bring such containers to the office 12
of such sealer for that purpose, but no fee shall be charged for sealing 1.3
them. The sealing of such containers by the manufacturer shall not 14
be held to exempt the user from the laws relating to the giving of false 15
or insufficient measure, or the using of a false measure, or having in his IG
possession a false measure with intent to use. 17
Sealers to
inspect semi-
annually.
1920, 259, § 2.
Section 21. Sealers shall inspect at least semi-annually all cans, 1
moulds or other containers sealed in accordance with the preceding 2
section, and shall make a record of such inspection. If a container has 3
once been sealed as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to have it sealed 4
again while it is used for the sale of ice cream as long as it remains in the 5
same condition as when first sealed. 6
Regulation of
containers.
1920, 259, § 3.
Section 22. Paper, or fibre cartons, or other containers, which are 1
used for the sale of ice cream by measure, shall contain and shall be sold 2
as containing one quai't, one pint, one half-pint or one gill, Massachusetts 3
standard liquid measure. Such cartons or containers shall be of such 4
shape and dimensions as may be approved by the director. Whenever 5
the shape and dimensions of any such carton or container have been so 6
approved, the director may authorize the manufacturer to have printed 7
thereon, a statement of its capacity in terms of Massachusetts standard 8
liquid measure, together with the words "Approved by the director of 9
standards for Massachusetts", and such carton or container shall be 10
legal measure only for the commodity specified upon it and shall be 11
exempt from the laws requiring the sealing of measures. 12
Test of con-
tainers by the
director or a
sealer.
1920, 259, § 4.
Section 23. A sealer or deputy of any city or town or the director 1
or an inspector may, if he so desires, and shall, upon complaint, test 2
the capacity of any container which is used or intended to be used as 3
a measure under sections twenty to twenty-four, inclusive; and if the 4
same does not conform to the law, he shall seize it and enter com- 5
plaint. The director may, at any time, for due cause, revoke any 6
authority or permit granted by him to any manufacturer under said 7
sections. 8
Penalty far
unauthorized
marking.
1920, 259, § 5.
Section 24. Whoever violates any provision of sections twenty to
twenty-three, inclusive, and whoever marks a container or other measure,
or procures the same to be marked or has printed thereon or procures
to have marked or printed thereon, a mark, number or designation with-
out the approval or authority of the director, except as provided in sec-
tion twenty, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
devices to be
marked
"Condemned "
when.
1870, 213, § 5.
1876, 123, § 6.
P. S. 65, § 20.
1897, 443, § 8.
R. L. 62, § 32.
1910, 209, § 2.
1918, 257,
§249.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 25. All weighing or measuring devices which cannot be 1
made to conform to the standard shall be stamped, marked or labelled 2
"Condemned" or "CD" by the sealer. AVeighing or measuring devices 3
in possession of a merchant or ^•endor not used for buying or selling, or 4
for weighing and measuring for hire or reward shall be plainly market! 5
by the sealer with a notice that such articles haAC not been sealed under G
this chapter. Whoever removes said notice without the consent of the 7
person affixing the same shall be punished by a fine of not more than 8
fifty dollars. ' 9
Chap. 98.] ■r-eights and measuees. 965
1 Section 26. Whoever uses, or has in possession with intent to use, Penalty for
2 a false or condemned weighing or measuring device for weighing or "ais*welghts
3 measuring any commodity bought, sold or exchanged, or for hire or re- ?863"iT9.T3-
4 Mard, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. The §|"h'7^^'
5 possession of such weighing or measuring device shall be prima facie ?;|o''|-,
6 evidence of intention to use it in violation of law. is97, 443, §8.
1 Section 27. Whoever sells or, if by the custom of trade such weigh- Penalty for
2 ing or measuring devices are ]>ro\'ided by the buyer, buys, by any weight"!'^''''*"'
3 weighing or measuring device which has not been sealed according to nos^eje' § 2.
4 law shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars to the use of the person Jtoo'co^I's^ "
5 suing therefor. r. s. so. §24. 1347, 242, §is, 6.
1 Section 2S. A seller may recover the fair market value of goods, vaiueof
2 wares or merchandise sold, if they were, for the piu-pose of the sale, by°unse°a\Ki
3 weighed or measured upon weighing or measuring devices not sealed beramw.
4 according to law, or weighed or measured by a person not a sworn weigher, J|J|' ^|^-
5 measurer or surveyor, or by a person not authorized by law to weigh or p- s. es, § p.
6 measure the same, if such sale is made in good faith and the purchaser lis Mask 235.
7 is not injiu-ed thereby.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF STANDARDS ANT) INSPECTORS.
1 Section 29. The director shall enforce the laws relating to the use Certain duties
2 of weighing and measuring devices and the gi"ving of false or insufBcient Btandardr°
3 weight or measure and shall keep a detailed record of his work in con- J9JI; |i|; | f ;
4 nection therewith. 1019, 350, § 77.
1 Section 30. The inspectors shall aid the director in the performance Certain powers
2 of his duties and shall ha\e all necessary powers therefor. ° inspectors.
1907, 534, § 4. 1918, 213, § 1. 1919, 350, § 77.
1 Section 31. The director *and town and district sealers shall keep Director, etc.,
2 seals for their use. The seal of the director shall bear the letters "C. M." It^^ltc^
3 and those of the sealers shall be of a tj-pe appro\-ed by the director. Any no^'-fi?!.' f '4.'
4 sealer neglecting to keep such a seal shall forfeit not more than twenty J7||l|^24*§ 4
5 dollars, and whoever, without being duly authorized thereto, imperson- }Pj'|°'
6 ates a sealer or deputy by the use of a seal or otherwise, or has in his isoo, is.
7 possession an imitation or counterfeit of the seal used by a sealer or ?§ 3.' 5, 11. 21.
8 deputy shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. ' "'
G. S. 51, §§ 10, 13. R. I.. G2. § 20. 1918. 218, §1.
P. S. 65, § 11. 1907, 283. 1919, 350, § 77.
1 Section 32. At least once in three years, the standards of apothe- Director
2 caries' weights and of apothecaries' liquid measui-es in the custody of standards?
3 town treasurers and at least once in ten years, or oftener if the director yfis-o. 24, § 1.
4 deems it necessary, the other standard weights, measures and balances of ^^I's'^"'
5 each town shall be tested, adjusted and sealed or certified under his direc- i|J- 1^2 ^§^7
6 tion. He shall also see that such standards are kept in good order and ^8-i|i If'X^-
7 condition, and may at any time, and shall on request of a town treasurer, p.' s.' es,' § i.
8 cause an inspection of the standards to be made. The director and his §§ 6,'7." '
9 inspectors may also inspect any ^^•eighing or measuring devices used for Jgoiitls!
966
WEIGHTS AND MEAStrRES.
[Chap. 98.
R. L. 62,
§§9, 17.
1902, 639.
1907, 634, I
1909, 310, i
1917, 125,
«1,2.
buying, selling or exchanging goods, •wares, merchandise or other com- 10
modity, or for public weighing in a town, and, if found inaccui'ate, shall 11
forthwith inform the mayor or selectmen, who shall cause the law relat- 12
ing thereto to be enforced. If the director or an inspector discovers a vio- 13
lation of law, he may make and prosecute a complaint and shall have 14
therefor the same statutory powers relative to the enforcement of laws 15
pertaining to weights and measures as are vested in local sealers. Who- 16
ever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with him in the perform- 17
ance of duty hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than three 18
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two months. 19
Every treasurer neglecting to have the standards in his care sealed as 20
provided in this section shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars. 21
Testing of
weighing and
Section 33. The director or his inspectors under his direction, shall 1
in state in- in checking the receipt or disbursements of supplies in each state insti- 3
1915, 190.' ' tution or department, and shall mark them in accordance with the 4
1919,' 35o', § 77. results of such tests. He shall report in writing his findings to the ex- 5
ecutive officers of the institution or department; and at their recjuest 6
shall appoint in writing one or more employees, then in the actual ser\-ice 7
of such institution or department, as special deputies to check the receipt 8
or disbursement of supplies. 9
Appointment
of sealers and
deputy sealers
in cities and
large towns.
C. L. 155.
1692-3, 30, § 1
1799, GO, § 4.
R. S. 15, § 3S;
30, §§ 12, 13.
G. S. 18, § 37.
1S63 179,
§§4,5.
1870, 123,
HI, 8, 9.
1877, 151, § 1.
P. S. 65,
5§ 8, 23.
] 882, 42.
R. L. 62.
§S 18, 35.
1909, 382. 5 1.
1914, 462,
§§1,4.
SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Section 34. Subject to chapter thirty-one, the mayor of each city 1
and the selectmen of each town of over ten thousand inhabitants shall 2
appoint a sealer, and may appoint one or more deputies to act under 3
the direction of the sealer. The sealer and deputies shall enforce the law 4
pertaining to weighing and measuring devices and to the giving of false 5
or insufficient weight or measure. Sealers and deputies appointed here- 6
under shall receive a salary to be determined by the board, officer or body 7
authorized to determine salaries in their respective cities and towns, and 8
shall also receive an additional allowance for transportation and other 9
necessary expenses. They shall account fer and pay into their city or 10
town treasuries monthly all fees received and shall make an annual re- 11
port to the appointing board or officer, and to the director as provided 12
by section thirty-seven. i9is, 218, § i;257, § 252. 13
1919, 5: 350, I 77. 21G Mass. 120. 3 Op. A. G. 51.
1920, 2. 222 Mass. 296. 4 Op. A. G. 127, 213, 316.
Sealer to be
appointed
annually in
small towns.
1863, 179, § 4.
1876, 123,
§§ 1,8.
P. S. G5, § 23,
R. L. 62, § 35.
1914, 452, § 2.
1918, 257,
§253.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
Section 35. The selectmen of towns of less than ten thousand in- 1
habitants shall annually appoint a sealer and may appoint one or more 2
deputies to act under his direction. Such sealers and deputies shall 3
have the same powers and duties as sealers and deputies appointed 4
under the preceding section and shall recei\-e such compensation as may 5
be determined by the selectmen and an additional allowance for trans- 6
portation and other necessary expenses. The selectmen may at any 7
time remove such sealers or deputies and appoint others in their places. 8
1919, 350, § 77.
of''JStrict™' Section 36. Two or more towns, or one city and one or more towns, 1
fgif^^^^}% 3 may combine the whole or any part of their respective territories as may 2
i?i?' ?!§• 1 1^ be agreed upon by the boards or officers having the appointing power 3
in such cities or towns into a district with one district sealer and one set 4
Chap. 98.] weights and jieasures. 967
5 of standards. He shall have the powers of and perform the duties of
6 sealers under the direction of the director within the district. Each such
7 sealer shall forthwith on his appointment give bond, with sureties ap-
8 proved by the appointing power, for the faithful performance of his
9 duties, for the safety of the standards, working ecpiipment, records, and
10 other things committed to him, and for their surrender to his successor
11 or to any person duly appointed to receive them. He shall be paid a
12 salary determined by the appointing power and shall be provided by them
13 with necessary standards and working equipment, and shall be allowed
14 necessary sums for transportation and other expenses. Each such sealer
15 shall keep a complete record of all his official acts and shall make an .
16 annual report to the director as provided by the following section and
17 to each city or town in his district. He shall account for and pay into
18 the treasury of each city or town monthly all fees received by virtue of
19 his office in such city or town.
1 Section 37. Each sealer shall annually, between the first and tenth Seaiers to
2 days of December, report to the director the weighing and measuring cufeTto'"
3 devices tested, sealed or condemned by him, with an inventory of stand- Jg^silis! § i-
4 ards and working apparatus in possession of his town or district, and ^^"' ^ -^^■
5 other information required by the director. mw, 5; 350, § 77. 1920, 2.
1 Section 38. Sealers shall, upon request to the director, be pro- Seaier to be
2 vided, at the expense of their towns, with duplicate sets of apothecaries' Supllcates^te
3 weights and apothecaries' liquid measures described in section three, to weig^'ts!'c'tc"*''
4 be used as standards in the towns where they are kept. 1897, 443, § 4.
R.L. 02, §14. 1014, G33. §1. 191S, 21S. § 1. 1919. 350, § 77.
1 Section 39. Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-six each Seaiers ac-
2 sealer shall receive from his town treasurer a set of standards and a seal, townl^for *°
3 and shall give a receipt therefor, stating their condition when received; rereUed'''
4 and shall be accountable to such town for the preservation thereof in like |P|'|°'
5 condition until returned to the treasurer. R. s, 30, § is. g. s. si, § 9.
p. S. 05, § 9. R,L. 62, §19. 1914, 452, § 3. 206 Mass. 40.
1 Section 40. A sealer or deputy visiting the place of business of a Seaiertohave
2 person to test and seal weighing or measuring devices may use therefor orweights^^ "
3 suitable weights, measures and balances; and each town and district p^'s^'osl'j 17;
4 shall furnish its sealer with one or more duplicate sets of weights, meas- fg^- 257! ^^'
5 ures and balances, which shall at all times be kept to conform to the fg^^g'-g
6 standards provided by the commonwealth; and all weighing or measur- 1920,2.
7 ing devices so sealed shall be deemed legally sealed, as if tested and
8 sealed with the standards.
1 Section 41. Sealers shall annually give public notice, by advertise- Annua! notice
2 ment or by posting notices in one or more public places in their towns or c. l. 155.'
3 districts, to all inhabitants, or persons having usual places of business ultil', li. § I'.
4 therein, using weighing or measuring devices for the purpose of buying R^®|;|o,'|f6.
5 or selling goods, wares or merchandise, for public weighing or for hire or o^s'lifj^f;
6 reward, to bring them in within thirty days to be tested, adjusted and Jlfy'JffH'
7 sealed. Such sealers shall attend in one or more convenient places, and p. s.' 65. §12.
8 shall adjust, seal or condemn such devices in accordance with the results i907i 535, § 2.
9 of their tests, and shall make a record thereof. 1909,412, §2; 541, §2.
1913, 503, § 2.
1918, 257, § 244.
1920, 2.
Ill Mass. 320.
1917, S: 98. § 2.
1919, 5.
12 Gray
, 143.
199 Mass. 504.
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WEIGHTS AND MEASUKES.
[Chap. 98.
Sealing at
house or store.
1705-0, 0, § 1.
1799, 60, § 7.
1817, 50.
R. S. 30. § 18.
1863, 179. § 1.
1870, 218, § 2.
1876, 123, § 2.
1877, 151, § 2.
P. S. 65, § 13.
R. L. 62, § 22.
1907, 635, § 2.
1909,412, §2;
541,^2.
1910, 209, § 1.
1913, 503,
§§1,2.
Section 42. After the expiration of the time fixed in said notice, said 1
sealers shall go to the houses, stores, shops and vehicles of persons not 2
complying therewith, and shall test and adjust, seal or condemn in ac- 3
cordance with the results of their tests, the weighing or measuring devices 4
of such persons; pro\uded, that devices for determining the measurement 5
of leather bought, sold or offered for sale shall be tested at least semi- 6
annually. A person who neglects or refuses to exliibit liis weigliing or 7
measuring devices to a sealer or deputy, or who hinders, obstructs or S
in any way interferes with a sealer or deputy in the performance of duty, 9
sliall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. 10
1917, 8; 98, 5 2. 1918, 257, § 245. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
Testing of
devices regis-
terinir price.
1907, 535.
1917.8.
199 Mass. 503.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 244.
Section 43. A sealer or deputy shall test all weighing or measuring 1
devices having a device for indicating or registering the price as well as 2
the weight or measure of a commodity offered for sale as to the correct- 3
ness of both weights or measiu-es and values indicated by them. 4
Testing of
mechanical
devices for
measuring
leather.
1913, 503, § 1.
Section 44. Devices used for determining the measiu-ement of
leather bought, sold or offered for sale shall be tested as to the correctness
of measiu-es indicated by them by a sealer of the town where they are
used, and the director may make such rules and regulations as he deems
necessary to insure the greatest possible accuracy in the use of said
devices.
1
Testing of
taximeters.
1909, 541, § 1.
1917, 98. § 1.
1918, 218, § 1.
1919, 350, I 77.
Section 45. All devices used upon veliicles for determining the cost
of transportation shall be tested as to the correctness of measures and
values indicated by them, and the director may make rules and regula-
tions to insure acciu-acy in the use thereof. Any owner or operator of a
taxicab or other vehicle who refuses or neglects to comply with any rule
or regulation so made by the director shall be punished by a fine of ten
dollars.
dlwc2fu/edin SECTION 46. The director may, if he deems it desirable, and shall,
standardizing upon rcqucst, tcst any weights, measures, instruments or mechanical
production and ^ . ' i • i i • i i i i • , ,• •
in determining deviccs ot any kiucl uscd or mtended to be used in standardizing the
of tanks, etc., productiou of any manufactured article by controllin
and the ac-
curacy of
automatic
processes or by 4
determining the dimensions, proportions or properties of materials or 5
products, in determining wages or compensation for labor performed, 6
in determining the dimensions or capacity of any tank, can or other 7
container, or in determining the accuracy of any automatic weighing 8
or measuring device. When any such weight, measure, instrument or 9
mechanical device has been tested and found correct by the director, he 10
may seal the same. If he finds it inaccurate, he may, in his discretion, 11
either condemn it or he may furnish the owner or user with a certificate 12
indicating the amount and direction of any errors found by him. This 13
section shall not give to the said director or to his inspectors the power 14
to seal any of the devices which, on April twenty-ninth, nineteen hun- 15
dred and twenty, were required by law to be sealed by the local sealers 16
throughout the commonwealth. 17
Annual testing
of apothe
weights
Except!
Section 47. Apothecaries and other persons dealing in or dispensing 1
drugs, medicines or merchandise sold, dispensed or given away by apothe- 2
Chap. 9S.] weights and MEAsintES. 969
3 caries' weights or by apothecaries' Hquid measure, shall, at least annually, iS97, 443, § 6.
4 cause the weights and measures so used to be tested and sealed by the iguiesij, §"2!
5 sealer in the town where they do business; provided, that a graduated igisllis. § 1.
6 glass measure once sealed by a sealer, or by the manufacturer, need not be ^^^^' ^^°' ^ ""•
7 again sealed Mlile remaining in the same condition as when first sealed.
8 The director shall establish specifications for graduated glass measiu-es.
9 When a representati\e sample of a graduated glass measure has been
10 submitted to the director and approved by him, as conforming to speci-
11 fications, he shall assign a designating mark or number to be thereafter
12 permanently affixed to such measm-es of the particular kind so approved.
13 Graduated glass measures sealed by the manufacturer shall be marked
14 with his name, initials or trade mark and by other marks required by the
15 director. The director may re\oke the authority so gi^en to any manu-
16 facturer imder this section on proof that the authorized seal or designating
17 mark has been affixed to a measm-e not conformuig to the app^o^■ed
IS sample.
1 Section 48. \Mioever sells or dispenses drugs, medicines or mer- Penalty.
2 chandise requiring the use of apothecaries' weights or apothecaries' liquid ^^{j. 62f '§ 20!
3 measiu-es or in the sale of which they are commonly used, and does not ^^^'^' ^^^' ^ ^"
4 have such weights and measures tested under this chapter shall be pun-
5 ished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.
1 Section 49. Sealers shall go once a year, and oftener if necessary. Annual test
2 to each hay and coal scale and other weigliing or measuring device in coaiscaies.
3 their towns not easily or conveniently removed, and shall test, adjust i8357i26!
4 and seal or condemn them. R. s. 30, § 19.
1876, 123, § 3. 1847, 242, § 0. R. L. 62, § 23. 1919, 5.
P. S. 65, § 14. G. S. 51, § 12. 1918, 257, § 246. 1920, 2.
1 Section 50. Whoever uses any weigliing or measiu-ing devices may seaierto
2 have them tested by the sealer at any time upon request and the sealer renuest°etc.
3 shall seal or condemn the same in accordance with the results of his tests, if^'a"/*'
1876, 123, § 4. P. S. 65, 5 15. R. L. 62, § 24.
1 Section 51. When notified by a dealer in milk or cream using glass sealing of
2 bottles or jars for the distribution thereof that he has in his possession not bot?ieT,'etc.
3 less than six gross of such bottles or jars not sealed, sealers shall forthwith ^^°^' *-^' ^ ^■
4 seal them as pro^•ided in section fifteen, at a suitable place provided by
5 the dealer.
1 Section 52. If a person informs a sealer that he has reasonable seaier to test
2 cause to believe, or if such sealer has reasonable cause to believe, that wShts'^upon
3 any weighing or measuring device used in the sale of a commodity in isJTsf 179''
4 his town is incorrect, said sealer shall go where it is and shall test and fly^g ^2is. § 4.
5 markitaccordingtotheresultof the test; and if it is incorrect and cannot If^^'j-^'
6 be adjusted, he shall attach thereto a notice of that fact forbidding its RjS'es.
7 use until it conforms to the authorized standard. If a sealer has reason- 1597, '443. §^8.
8 able cause to believe that any weighing or measuring device has been fnSiiS's. 431,
9 altered since last adjusted and sealed, he shall enter the premises where *^^-
10 it is kept or used and examine it. Whoever uses a weighing or measm-ing
1 1 device after refusing permission to a sealer to test it shall be punished by
12 a fine of not less than ten nor more than one Inmdred dollars.
970
A^-EIGHTS AND IIEASUKES.
[CiLiP. 9S.
Devices to be
marked with
stencil.
Notice.
Penalty.
1877, 151, § 3,
P. S. 65, § 10,
R. L. 62, - —
1917, 15,
1918, 218, § 1
1919, 350, § 7
27.
Section 53. If a sealer cannot seal any weighing or measuring de^'ice 1
in the usual manner, he may mark it with a stencil or by other suitable 2
means, showing that it has been inspected; and if a weighing or measur- 3
ing device is so small as to render it impracticable to seal it in the usual 4
manner, he shall give a certificate in a form approved by the director, 5
specifying each such weighing or measuring device so tested; but he shall 6
in no case seal or mark as correct weighing or measuring devices not con- 7
forming to the standards. If such weighing or measuring device can be S
readily adjusted by means at hand, he may adjust and seal it; but if not, 9
he shall affix thereto a notice forbidding its use until he is satisfied that 10
it conforms to the standards; and whoever removes said notice without 11
the consent of such officer shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars, to be 12
equally divided between the town and the complainant. i 13
Sealer may
seize measur-
ing devices for
evidence.
1877, 151, § 5.
P. S. 65, § 18.
1897, 443, § 8.
Section 54. A sealer or deputy may seize without a warrant weighing 1
or measuring devices necessary to be used as evidence in cases of violation 2
of the laws relative to the sealing thereof; and they shall be returned to 3
the owners or forfeited, as the court directs. R. l. 62, § 29. 4
1018, 257, § 248. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
etc.
1883, 225.
R. L. 62, § 30.
1907, 53.1, § 2.
1909, 412, § 2;
541, § 2.
1914, 346.
1917, 98, § 2.
Section 55. A sealer or deputy may seize weighing or measuring de-
vices not conforming to legal standards or not sealed as required by law ;
and a person having in his possession such weighing or measuring devices,
with intent to use them in violation of law, shall be punished by a fine
of not more than fifty dollars; and such devices, upon order of a court,
shall be destroyed. Possession thereof shall be prima facie evidence of
intention to use them in violation of law.
24. § 6.
1743-4,
29. I 2.
1799, 00,
§§ 3, 6.
R. S. 30,
H 10, 17.
1847, 242,
■§§4,6.
G. S. 51, § 14.
1870, 218, § 6.
1870, 123,
§§2,3.
P. S. 65. § 22.
R. L, 62, I 34.
1900, 323, § 2.
1909,511, § 3.
1913, 503. § 3.
1917, 98. § 3.
1919, 128.
Section 56. Except as otherwise provided, sealers shall receive the 1
following fees for sealing the following weighing or measuring devices: 2
(a) Each scale with a weighing capacity of more than fi\-e thousand 3
pounds, one dollar. 4
(6) Each scale with a weighing capacity of one hundred to five thou- 5
sand pounds, fifty cents. G
(c) All other scales, balances, and measures on pumps, ten cents each. 7
(d) All weights and other measures, three cents each. S
They shall also receive reasonable compensation for necessary repairs, 9
alterations and adjustments made by them. 10
(e) Each taximeter, or measuring dex-ice used upon vehicles for deter- 11
mining the cost of transportation, one dollar. 12
(/) Each machine or other device used for determining the measure- 13
ment of leather, one dollar. 14
(g) INIilk bottles or jars, fifty cents per gross. 15
Report of
of labor and
industries.
1890, 426, § S.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 57. The commissioner of labor and industries shall make an 1
annual report of the acts of the director of standards and of all facts 2
required to be reported to him under section six of chapter ninety-six. 3
R. I.. CiL', § 10. 1907, 534, § 3. 1918, 21S, § 1. 1919, 3.50, §§ 8, 77.
Measures for
salt and grain
regulated.
1823, 117
Section 58. If the city council of a citj' or a town accepts this 1
section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, every 2
G i' ii' 1 19' Pleasure by which salt or grain is sold shall, in addition to conforming in 3
Chap. 99.] the metric system of ■r'eights and measures.
971
4 capacity and diameter to the public standards, hare a bar of iron, ap- p. s. 65.
5 proved by a sealer, across the middle thereof at tiie top, and a bar or ^' ^' *""
(5 standards of iron, approved as aforesaid, from the centre of the first
7 mentioned bar to the centre of the bottom of tlie measure; and every
8 such measure shall be filled by shovelling such salt or grain into it, and
9 the striking thereof shall always be lengthwise of the first described bar.
10 Whoever sells or exposes for sale salt or grain in any other measure, or
1 1 fills or strikes such measure in any other manner than as provided herein,
12 shall forfeit fifty cents for every bushel of salt or grain so measiued, filled,
13 or struck; but salt may be measured from vessels in such measures as
l-i are used by the government of the United States, or if authorized by any
15 town, in tubs or proportional parts of hogsheads, without bars.
CHAPTER 99.
THE METRIC SYSTEM OF 'RTilGHTS AND MEASURES.
Sect.
1. Metric system authorized.
2. Tables of measurements.
3. Duties of director of standards
town treasurers.
Sect.
4. Sealing of metric weights and meas-
ures.
5. Duties of persons using metric sys-
tem.
1 Section 1. The weights and measures of the metric system may be Metric system
2 employed and used in the commonwealth, and no contract or dealing ist??"^ §':.
3 shall be deemed invalid and no pleading in any court shall be open to R.L.es.Vi.
4 objection because the weights or measures are stated therein in terms jgjf; gj^ ^ 77
5 of the metric system; provided, that the carat weight of two hundred Fgfg^"-^'^'
6 milligrams, and its multiples and subdivisions, shall be the sole legal
7 standard for the buying and selling of diamonds and other precious stones.
8 The metric weights and measures received from the United States and
9 now in the custody of the director of standards may be used as authorized
10 standards, and shall in no case be removed from his custody except when
11 necessary for their preservation or repair.
1 Section 2. The following tables shall be recognized in the con- Tables ot
2 struction of contracts and in legal proceedings as establishing in terms is77,'40™r2*'''
3 of the metric system the equivalents of the other weights and measures r, l.os'.H'.
4 expressed therein and may also be used for computing, determining and P-3f7|f "^^^ ^'^•
5 expressing in customary weights and measures the weights and measures
6 of the metric system.
M ensures of Length.
Metric Denominatic
NS AND VAL0ES.
Equivalents in Denominations
IN Use.
Myriameter ....
. 10.000 mete«6.
6.2137 miles.
Kilometer ....
1,000 meters.
0.62137 mile, or 3.280 feet 10 inches.
Hectometer ....
100 meters.
328 feet 1 inch.
Dekameter ....
10 meters.
.393.7 inches.
Meter
1 meter.
39.37 inches.
Decimeter ....
1-10 of a meter.
3.937 inches.
Centimeter ....
1-100 of a meter.
0.3937 inch.
Millimeter ....
1-1000 of a meter.
0.0394 inch.
972
THE METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASIT^ES. [ChaP. 99.
Measures of Surface.
IVIETR16 Denominations and Valtjes.
Hectare
Are
Centare
10,000 square meters.
100 square meters.
1 square meter.
2.471 acres.
119.6 square yards.
1,550 square inches.
Measures of Capacity.
Metric Denominations and Values.
Equivalents in Denominations in Use.
Names.
Number
of
Liters.
Cubic Measure.
Dry Measure.
Liquid or Wine
Measure
Iviloliter 0
St ere
Hectoliter
Dekaliter
Liter
Deoiliter
Centiliter
Milliliter
1.000
ion
10
1
1-10
1-ion
1-1000
1 cubic meter
1-10 of a cubic meter
10 cubic decimeters
1 cubic decimeter .
1-10 of a cubic decimeter
10 cubic centimeters
1 cubic centimeter
1.308 cubic yards .
2 bush, and 3.35 pecks
9.0S quarts .
0.90S quart .
6.1022 cubic inches
0.fil02 cubic inch .
0.061 cubic inch .
264.17 Ballons.
26.417 gallons.
2.6417 gallons.
1 0567 quarts.
0.845 gill.
0 3.S8 fluid ounce.
0.27 fluid dram.
Weights.
Metric Denominations and Values.
Equivalents in
Denominations
IN Use.
Names.
Number
of
Grams.
Weight of What Quantity
of Water at
Maximum Density.
Avoirdupois
Weight.
Millier or Tonneau
Quintal .
Myriagram .
Kilogram or Kilo
Hectogram
Dekagram
Gram
Decigram
Centigram
Milligram
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
1,000
100
^?
1-10
1-100
1-1000
1 cubic meter
1 hectoliter
10 liters
1 liter ....
1 deciliter
10 cubic centimeters
1 cubic centimeter .
1-10 of a cubic centimeter
10 cubic millimeters
1 cubic millimeter .
2204.6 pounds.
220.46 pounds.
22.046 pounds.
2.2046 pounds.
3.5274 ounces.
0.3527 ounce.
15.432 grains.
1.5432 grains.
0.1543 grain.
0.0154 grain.
Duties of Section 3. The duties of the director of standards and the duties
director of .,.,..„, i. i • i i
standards and and responsiDiuties 01 the treasurer oi each town, with respect to the
1877,40, § 4. ' keepins;, care, verification and use of the standard weights and measures
P, S. 66, § 3. - ^
R. L. 63, § 3.
1907, 534,
§§ 1,3.
of the metric sj'stem, shall be the same as those established by law with
respect to other standard weights and measures. i9i8, 218. 1919, 350, § ■
and
1877, 40, § 5.
P. S. 66, § 4.
1890, 426, § 9
R. L. 63. § 4.
1907, 534,
S§1,4.
1918, 218.
1919, 350, § 7:
Section 4. The director of standards may verify, adjust and seal 1
all metric weights and measures brought to him for that purpose. The 2
sealer of weights and measures in each town which has received the 3
standard metric weights and measures shall verify, adjust and seal 4
all metric weights and measures brought to him for that purpose from 5
within the county where such town is situated, and he shall receive a 6
reasonable compensation therefor; but he shall claim no fees for any 7
sealing, verification or adjustment for the performance of which he may 8
otherwise receive compensation by salary paid by the town. 9
Cfl^p. 100.
AUCTIONEERS.
973
1 Section 5. E\ery person who uses weights or measures of the Duties of
2 metric system for the purpose of selling any goods, wares, merchandise EfJtnrsyst"™
3 or other commodities shall have them adjusted, sealed and recorded by p'Ji'i^'^^,'
4 an authorized sealer of weights and measures, and shall thereafter be ^- ^- ^^- ^ ^■
5 responsible for the correctness and exactness of the same; and every
6 person who illegally or fraudulently uses the metric weights or measures
7 shall be liable to the same penalty to which he would have been liable
S if he had used other weights and measures.
REFERENCES.
Other duties of director of standards, Chap. 9S, §§ 29-3.3.
Other duties of sealers, Chap. 9S, §§ 34-.56.
Other duties of town treasurers. Chap. 98, §§ 0, 7.
CHAPTER 100.
AUCTIONEERS.
Sect.
1. Definition.
2. Issue and revocation, etc., of auc-
tioneers' licenses.
3. Bond.
4. Account of sales.
5. Auctioneer may sell within his county,
etc.
6. Sales by auction regulated.
Sect.
7. Tenants liable for unlicensed sales.
8. Conditional licenses.
9. Penalty for receiving goods from
minors.
10. Penalty for selling without license.
11. Penalty for fraudulent bankrupt sales.
12. Penalty for deceit in sale by auction.
13. Sales by sheriffs, etc., not affected.
1 Section 1. In this chapter, "licensing authority" shall mean the Definition.
2 police commissioner in Boston, the aldermen in any other city or the isss! 323, 1 1'
3 selectmen in a town. woe, 201, § 10. 1909,221.
1 Section 2. The licensing authority of any town may, upon pay- issue .ind
2 ment of a license fee of two dollars to such town, license any suitable etcTrfauc-
3 inhabitant thereof, who has resided therein during the six months next iJcenles'
4 preceding the application for such license, to be an auctioneer therein JFfI'**'
5 for one year, and may for any cause deemed satisfactory, and without 1773-4.10.
6 a hearing, revoke or suspend such license. Such license shall be signed, §§ i.'s; so.
7 in Boston by the police commissioner, elsewhere by the town clerk, §§'i,'7. '
8 and shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.
1793, 8. §§ 1, 3. 1SS6, 289. 1918, 257, § 255.
R. S. 29. §§ 1, 2, 12. 1899,235. 1919,5.
G. S. 50, § 1. R. L. 64. § 1. 1920, 2.
1878, 244, § 2. 1900. 291. § 10. 5 Mass. 505.
P. .S, 67, § 1. 1909, 221.
1 Section 3. Each auctioneer shall, if required, give bond, in a reason- Bond. _
2 able penal sum and with sufficient sureties, to the treasurer of the town 1822! It. 1 3.
3 where he is licensed, with condition that he shall in all things conform 1357', 132? f'l.
4 to the laws relative to auctioneers, g. s. so, § 3. r. s. 67, § 3. r. l. 64, § 4.
1 Section 4. Each auctioneer shall keep a fair and particular account Account
2 of all goods and chattels sold by him and of the persons from whom 1772-3,' 44, § 2.
3 they were received and to whom they were sold.
1780, 25, § 2.
R. S. 29, § 5.
P. S. 67, § 4.
1795. 8, § 2.
G. S. 50, § 4.
R. L. 64, § 5.
974
AUCTIONEERS.
[Chap. 100.
thii
Auctioneer
may sell tn
his county,
etc.
1789, 59,
§§5,6.
R. S. 29, § 8.
1837, 233.
1852, 115, § 1
G. S. 50, § 6.
P. S. 67. § 6.
1890, 449. § 1
R. L. 64, § 6.
3 Met. 159.
Section 5. An auctioneer, except as provided in section eight or in 1
section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and one, may sell real or 2
personal property by public auction in any place within his county and, .3
when employed by others, may sell such property in any place within 4
the commonwealth, if such sale is made where such property is situated; 5
provided, that such personal property does not consist of goods, wares 6
or merchandise which have been brought into a town by persons en- 7
gaged in the business of traveling and carrying stocks of goods, wares 8
or merchandise from one town to another within the commonwealth 9
for the purpose of selling the same by auction. An auctioneer selling 10
by auction in a town where he is not authorized to sell shall forfeit fifty 1 1
dollars. 12
Sales by auc-
tion regulatpcl.
1890, 449, 5 2.
1891, 144.
R. L. 64, § 7.
Section 6. Goods, wares and merchandise brought into a town for 1
the purpose of being sold by auction shall be sold by auction therein only 2
by an auctioneer duly licensed in said town, or in some other town within 3
the commonwealth, and ha\ing a regular and established place of busi- 4
ness in the town where the goods, wares or merchandise are to be sold. 5
If he is a non-resident of the town where he has his place of business, he 6
shall obtain from the licensing authority thereof a permit to hold such 7
sales by auction therein, and a special license fee may be required therefor. 8
Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than 9
one hundred dollars. 10
sales.
1814,46.
R. S. 29, § 10.
G. S. 50, § S.
P. S. 67, § 8.
R. L. 64, § 8.
Section 7. Any tenant or occupant of a house or store, having the
actual possession and control of the same, who knowingly permits a per-
son to sell real or personal property by public auction in such house or
store, or in any apartment or yard appurtenant thereto, contrary to this
chapter, shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars.
Condi tional
licenses.
1819,257, § 1.
R. S. 29,
§§ 13, 14.
G. S. 50, § 12.
P. S. 67. § 12.
R. L. 64, § 9.
1919, 227.
Section 8. Licenses may be granted upon such conditions relati\'e
to the hours and places of selling goods and chattels within a to\\n as
the licensing authority thereof deems expeilient; and if an auctioneer
makes a sale by auction at a time or place within said town not au-
thorized by his license, he shall be liable to like penalties as if he had
sold without a license.
TeMi'ving'goocis Section 9. An auctiouccr who receives for sale by auction any 1
f"?™ """J™^; „ goods from a minor, knowing him to be such, shall forfeit not more 2
1772-3, 44, §2. . iiiiii i 1,1
1780, 25, § 2. than two hundred dollars to the use of the town. 1789, 59, § 8. 3
1795, 8, § 2. G. S. 50, § 5. 1886, 289.
R. S. 29, § 4. P. S. 67, § 5. _ R. L. 64, § 10.
feliingmthout Section 10. Whoever, not being licensed and qualified as an auc- 1
1772-3 44 5 tioneer, sells or attempts to sell anj" property by public auction, shall 2
1778-9", 29] § i. forfeit not more than five hundred dollars. 3
1780,25,5 1.
1789,59, § 1.
1822, 87, § 2.
R. S. 29, § 7.
G. S. 50, § 9.
P. S. 67, § 9.
R. L. 64, § 12.
19 Pick. 287, 482
10 Met. 17.
8 Allen, 97.
139 Mass. 31.
fraudufen" SECTION 11. Whoever sells or attempts to sell by public auction or 1
1890^449 Ts^ advertises for sale any goods, wares or merchandise falsely representing 2
R. L. 64, § 14. or pretending that such goods, wares or merchandise are, in whole or in 3
Chap. 101.]
TR.\NSIENT VENDORS, HAWKERS AND PEDLERS.
975
4 part, a banki-upt or insolvent stock, or damaged goods, or goods saved
5 from fire, or makes any false statement as to the p^e^•ious history or
6 character of such goods, wares or merchandise, shall be punished by
7 a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and shall be liable in con-
8 tract to any person purchasing any such goods, wares or merchandise
9 because of such representation or statement, in an amount equal to
10 three times the amount paid therefor.
1 Section 12. An auctioneer or other person who is guilty of fraud de°efun^saie
2 or deceit in relation to a sale by auction shall forfeit not more than one i^,|"87°| g
3 thousand dollars. i857, 232, § 2. ■
G. S. 50. §n. p. S. 07, §11. R. L. 64. §13. 19 Pick. 287.
1 Section 13. This chapter shall not extend to sales made by sheriffs, Saiesby
2 deputy sheriffs, constables, collectors of taxes, executors, administrators, not" ffened!
3 guardians, conservators, assignees of insolvent debtors or by any other ivrlll!"!^
4 person required by law to sell real or personal property.
177,S-9. 29. § 1.
17S0, 25. § 2.
1789.59, § 11.
P. S. G7. § 10.
R. L. 04, § 15
1915, 23.
REFERENCE.
Provisions restricting sales bv a hawker or pedler holding an auctioneer's license,
Chap. 101, §29.
CHAPTER 101.
TRANSIENT VENDORS, HAWKERS AND PEDLERS.
th.-vnsient vendors.
1. Transient vendor defined.
2. Limit of application of chapter.
3. State license, deposit and fee.
4. Application for license to be filed.
5. Local license and fee.
6. Penalty for neglect to file statement.
7. Bankrupt sales, etc., regulated.
8. Selling without license, etc., prohibited.
9. Penalty.
10. Action for recovery of local license fee.
11. Return, surrender of license and filing
certificate of its loss.
12. Special deposit and bond attachable.
when.
HAWKERS AND PEDLERS.
13. Definition of "hawker" and "pedler".
14. Hawker or pedler prohibited from sell-
ing, etc.
15. Limit of application.
16. Selling of certain articles prohibited.
17. Selling of certain articles permitted
without a license, etc.
Sect.
IS. Prohibition of sale without license.
19. Regulation of trade of bootblack and
sales by minors.
20. No person to permit or aid minor in
^'iolating certain provisions.
21. No person to permit or aid minor in
\'iolating certain other provisions.
22. Hawkers' and pedlers' licenses.
23. County licenses.
24. License to veterans without fees.
25. Transfer of licenses.
26. Records, etc., of licenses to hawkers and
pedlers.
27. Endorsing license, production thereof
and use of badges, etc.
28. Effect of licenses on prosecution.
29. Pedlers, etc., hcensed as auctioneers.
30. Revocation of licenses.
GENER.\L PROVISIONS.
31. Counterfeiting licenses, etc.
32. Prosecutors.
33. Temporary licenses to sell articles for
charitable purposes.
976
TRANSIENT VENDORS.
[Ch.\p. 101.
TR.\NSIENT VENDORS.
Section 1. "Transient vendor" for the purposes of this chapter 1
shall mean and include any person, either principal or agent, who en- 2
gages in a temporary or transient business in the commonwealth, either 3
in one locality or in tra\'eling from place to place selling goods, wares or 4
merchandise, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, 5
hires, leases or occupies a tent, booth, building or structure other than 6
a vehicle, for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares or merchandise. 7
Section 2. The provisions of this chapter relative to transient 1
vendors shall not apply to sales by commercial travelers or by selling 2
agents to dealers in the usual course of business, or to bona fide sales 3
of goods, wares or merchandise by sample for future delivery, or to 4
sales of goods, wares or merchandise by any person, whether principal 5
or agent, who engages in temporary or transient business in any town 6
in which he has paid taxes upon his stock in trade during the current 7
year, or to hawkers and pedlers as defined in section thirteen, nor shall 8
they afi'ect the right of any town to pass ordinances or by-laws authorized 9
by law relative to transient vendors. 10
Section 3. Every person intending to become a transient vendor, 1
whether as principal or agent, shall, before commencing business in the 2
commonwealth, make written application, under oath, for a state 3
license to the director of standards, in this chapter called the director, 4
stating the names and residences of the owners or parties in whose interest 5
said business is to be conducted, and shall make a special deposit of five 6
hundred dollars with the director or shall give a bond in the sum of five 7
hundred dollars, payable to the director and his successors, with sureties 8
approved by the director, conditioned upon (1) compliance with the 9
provisions of this chapter relative to transient vendors, (2) payment of 10
all fines or penalties incurred by him through violations of such provi- 11
sions, and (3) payment or satisfaction of any judgment obtained against 12
him in behalf of any creditor whose claim arises in connection with the 13
business done under the licensee's state license and who, before the ex- 14
piration of sixty days from the return or surrender of said license or 15
the filing of an affidavit of its loss, shall have given due notice of his 16
claim to the director. Thereupon, upon the payment of a fee of twenty- 17
five dollars, the director shall issue to him a state license authorizing 18
him to do business as a transient vendor. Such license shall expire one 19
.\-ear from the date thereof or on the day of its surrender or of the filing 20
of an affidavit of its loss, if it is earlier surrendered or if such affidavit is 21
earlier filed. Such license shall contain a copy of the application therefor 22
and of any statements required under section seven, and shall not be 23
transferable. It shall not authorize more than one person to sell goods, 24
wares or merchandise as a transient vendor either by agent or clerk or 25
in any other way than in his own proper person, but a licensee may have 2G
the assistance of one or more persons in conducting his business who 27
may aid him but not act for or without him. 28
hFenlf^°hJ°'^ Section 4. The director shall keep on file all applications for such 1
flon /,<, s , licenses and a record of all licenses issued thereon. All files and records 2
R. L. 65, § 4. of the director and of the respective town clerks shall be in convenient 3
i9is! 2is'. ' form and open to public inspection. i9i9, soo, § 77. 4
Transient ven-
dor defined.
1890, 4-iS. § 1.
R. L. 65, § 1.
1918, 257,
§§ 256, 257.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
150 Mass. 215.
164 Mass. 338.
175 Mass. 325.
Op. A. G.
(1917) 67, 119.
Limit of
application
of r-tiapter.
1890, 448,
l§2,5.
R. L. 65, § 2.
1917, 237, § 1.
1918, 257,
§256.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Op.A.G.
(1917) 57.
State license,
deposit and fee.
1890, 448,
§§ 5-7, 12, 14.
R. L. 65, § 3.
1916, 120,
§§1.3.
1917, 237, § 2.
1918,218:257,
§256.
1919, 5; 3.5Q,
§77.
1920, 2.
CiL\P. 101.] TRANSIENT VENDORS. 977
1 Section 5. Every transient -vendor, before making any sales of and'fee.'^™^''
2 goods, wares or merchandise in a town, shall make application to the Jf^j'l^g'
3 aldermen or selectmen or other board anthorized to issue such licenses If^/'S?^-
4 and, unless the fee therefor is fixed as hereinafter provided, shall file §§5,'6. '
5 with them a true statement, under oath, of the average quantity and §§256,258.
6 value of the stock of goods, wares and merchandise kept or intended to Jgooll:
7 be kept or exposed by him for sale. * Said board shall submit such state-
8 ment to the assessors of the town, who, after such examination and
9 inquiry as they deem necessary, shall determine such average quantity
10 and value, and shall forthwith transmit a certificate thereof to said
11 board. Thereupon the board shall authorize the town clerk, upon the
12 payment by the applicant of a fee equal to the taxes assessable in said
13 town under the last preceding tax levy therein upon an amount of
14 property of the same valuation, to issue to him a license authorizing the
15 sale of such goods, wares and merchandise within the town. The board
16 may, however, authorize the issue of such license without the filing of said
17 statement as aforesaid, upon the payment of a license fee fixed by it.
18 Upon payment of such fee, said town clerk shall thereupon issue such
19 license, which shall remain in force so long as the licensee shall con-
20 tinuously keep and expose for sale in such town such stock of goods,
21 wares or merchandise, but not later than the first day of April following
22 its date. Upon such payment and proof of payment of all other license
23 fees, if any, chargeable upon local sales, such town clerk shall record
24 the state license of such transient vendor in full, shall endorse thereon
25 "local license fees paid" and shall affix thereto his official signature and
26 the date of such endorsement.
1 Section 6. Any transient vendor who neglects or refuses to file the Penalty for
2 statement described in the preceding section, if required by the aldermen, "tatemen't.
3 selectmen or other like board, or makes a false or fraudulent representa- it^L.'65*§y'
4 tion therein, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more 1^25^^^^'
5 than twenty dollars for each day on which he keeps or exposes for sale JjJJ^'|-
6 any goods, wares or merchandise.
1 Section 7. No transient vendor shall advertise, represent or hold fal^'fe"?'.
2 forth any sale as an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee's, trustee's, il^'^^l^ § 12.
3 executor's, administrator's, receiver's, wholesale, manufacturers' whole- fg-j^- j|i,^5^3
4 sale or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods damaged by smoke, im 218'; 257,
5 fire, water or otherwise or in any similar form, without first making a i9i9,'s;350,
6 sworn statement to the director, either in the original application for a 1920, 2.
7 state license or in a supplementary application, of all the facts relating penalty, § 9.
8 to the reasons for and character of such special sale so advertised or rep-
9 resented, and of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares
10 or merchandise were obtained, the date of delivery to the person apply-
1 1 ing for or holding the license, the place from which said goods, wares or
12 merchandise were last taken, and all details necessary to exactly locate
13 and fully identify all such goods, wares or merchandise.
1 Section 8. No transient vendor shall sell or expose for sale, at seUmg without
2 Dublic or private sale, anv goods, wares or merchandise without state prohibited.'
,11,. 1 r. *' 1 ^ 1 in 1890, 448, §§ 3,
3 and local licenses therefor, properly endorsed, nor snail any person, 4,8.13.
4 either principal or agent, advertise by circular, handbill, newspaper or fgoV 544, §%.
978
TR.\NSIENT VENDORS.
[Chap. 101.
1918, 257,
§256.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
in any other manner any such unUcensed sales. No transient vendor 5
shall file any application, original or supplementary, containing any 6
false statement. 7
r89o,'*448, §§ .3, Section 9. Violations of section seven or eight shall be punished by 1
R L ^65 § 9 ^ ^"^ o^ '^ot more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more 2
1902: 544. § 9. than two months, or both. ' 3
Action for re-
covery of local
license fee.
1890,448, § 11.
R. L. 65, § 10.
Section 10. If a person liable for the license fee required by section
five refuses or neglects to pay the same after demand by the clerk of
the town in which he intends to sell goods, wares and merchandise, the
clerk may maintain an action of contract therefor in his own name for
the benefit of such town.
Return, sur-
render of licen:
and filing cer-
tificate of its
loss.
1890, 448, § i;
R. L. 65. § 11.
1916, 120, § 4.
1917. 237, § 3.
1918,218:257,
§259.
1919,5:350,
§77.
1920, 2.
Section 11. Upon the expiration and return, or surrender before 1
expiration, of each state license, the director shall cancel the same, 2
endorse the date of return or surrender thereon, and place the same on 3
file. If a license is lost he may accept in lieu of the return or surrender 4
thereof an affidavit to that effect, which shall be so endorsed and filed. 5
He shall hold the special deposit of the licensee for sixty days after the 6
return or surrender of the license or the filing of such affidavit and, 7
after satisfying or making provision in accordance with the following 8
section for all claims made upon the same under said section, shall re- 9
turn the surplus, if any, to said licensee; or, if said licensee has given a 10
bond in lieu of said deposit, the director shall, after said sixty days and 11
after all claims made under the following section have been satisfied or 12
settled, cancel said bond and notify said licensee and the surety on said 13
bond. 14
Special deposit
and bond at-
tachable, when.
1890. 448, § 16.
R. L. 65, § 12.
1916, 120, § 5.
1917, 237, § 4.
1918, 218.
1919, 350, § 77.
Section 12. Each deposit made with the director shall, during the 1
term of the licensee's license and for sixty days after the return or sur- 2
render thereof or the filing of an affidavit of its loss, be subject to attach- 3
ment and execution in behalf of any creditor of the licensee whose claim 4
arises in connection with the business done under his state license and 5
who gives notice of such claim to the director during such period, and the 6
director may be held to answer as trustee, under the trustee process, in 7
any civil action in contract or tort brought against said licensee for 8
such claim and shall pay over upon execution such amount of money as 9
he may be chargeable with upon his answer. Said deposit shall also be 10
subject to the payment of any fine or penalty imposed on the licensee 11
for violation of any provision of the eleven preceding sections; provided, 12
that written notice of the name of said licensee and of the amount of 13
such fine or penalty is given during such period to the director by the 14
clerk of the court in which, or the trial justice by whom, such fine or 15
penalty was imposed. No payment of any part of said deposit shall be 16
made to the licensee unless so much thereof is retained as is required to 17
discharge all claims, fines and penalties of which notices have been given 18
to the director as herein provided and which remain undecided or un- 19
paid. Upon the giving of notice as herein provided, a bond given in 20
lieu of such deposit may be put in suit by any such creditor to recover 21
the amount of such claim or by any such clerk of court or trial justice to 22
recover the amount of such fine or penalty. If the licensee has made 23
Chap. 101.] hawkers and pedlers. 979
24 a deposit, the director shall, until said deposit is exhausted, pay or make
25 provision for the payment of all such claims, fines and penalties in the
26 order in which notices thereof were received by him. If the licensee has
27 given a bond, the order in which persons entitled to all such claims, fines
28 and penalties shall recover on the bond shall, until the penal sum of the
29 bond is exhausted, be determined by the order in which notices thereof
30 were recei\'ed by the director.
HAWKERS AND PEDLERS.
1 Section 13. Except as hereinafter ex-pressly provided, the terms Definition of
2 "hawker" and "pedler" as used in this chapter shall mean and include "pedie"" ""
3 any person, either principal or agent, who goes from town to town or 1111-2%^.'
4 from place to place in the same town selling or bartering, or carrying nit72'.*'
5 for sale or barter or exposing therefor, any goods, wares or merchandise, J^^' |9-
6 either on foot, on or from any animal or vehicle.
R. S. 35, § 7.
R. L. 65, § 13.
175 Mass. 325.
1846, 244, § 1.
1916, 242, § 1.
195 Mass. 262.
G. S. SO, § 27.
1918, 257, §260.
197 Mass. 199.
1864, 151, § 3.
1919,5.
217 Mass. 579.
1870, 331.
1920, 2.
229 Mass. 225.
1878, 216, § 1.
12 Cush. 493.
156 U. S. 296.
P. S. 68, §§ 16, 19.
157 Mass. 392.
4 Op. A. G. 633.
1 Section 14. A hawker or pedler who sells or barters or carries for Hawker or
2 sale or barter or exposes therefor any goods, wares or merchandise, except Efbi'ted'from
3 as permitted by this chapter, shall forfeit not more than two hundred Forstatu'tory
4 dollars, to be equally divided between the commonwealth and the town g^g'^S^^g^^
5 in which the ofi'ence was committed. 120 Mass. iss. 157 Mass. 392.
175 Mass. 325. 195 Mass. 262. 229 Mass. 225. 4 Op. A. G. 515.
1 Section 15. The provisions of this chapter relating to hawkers and Limit of
2 pedlers shall not apply to wholesalers or jobbers having a permanent ror statutory
3 place of business in the commonwealth and selling to dealers only, nor see'ai"o?i3.
4 to commercial agents or other persons selling by sample, lists, catalogues hi Mass'. In-'.'
5 or otherwise for future delivery, nor to any person who peddles only oi^A.a'^"'''
6 fish obtained by his own labor or that of his family, fruits, vegetables or ^^^^''^ ^''•
7 other farm products raised or producetl by himself or his family, nor to
8 persons selling articles for charitable purposes under section thirty-three.
1 Section 16. The sale by hawkers or pedlers of jewelry, furs, wines, Sejungofcer-
2 spirituous liquors and playing cards is prohibited. prokfbited!^
1820, 45. P. S. 68, 5 3. 217 Mass. 579.
R. S. 35, I 8. R. L. 65, § 14. 4 Op. A. G. 633.
1846, 244, § 2. 1916, 242, § 2.
G. S. 60, § 15. 14 Gray, 29. Penalty, § 14.
1 Section 17. Hawkers and pedlers may sell without a license books, Selling of cer-
2 newspapers, pamphlets, fuel, provisions, yeast, ice, live animals, brooms, permitted with-
3 agricultural implements, hand tools used in making boots and shoes, gas oj"^' ^ i'«°se,
4 or electric fixtures and appliances, flowering plants and all flowers, fruits, J*2o, 45^
5 nuts and berries that are uncultivated. The aldermen or selectmen Pi-ll^jf-,
6 may by regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, regulate the o. s.'so, § is.'
7 sale or barter, and the carrying for sale or barter or exposing therefor, p. s.'es, § 1. '
8 by hawkers and pedlers, of said articles without the payment of any fee; ilggjiea
9 may in like manner require hawkers and pedlers of fish, fruit and vege- ^°l] If-^ jg
10 tables to be licensed except as otherwise provided, and may make regu- }go|'345
980
HAWKERS AND PEDLERS.
[Chap. 101.
1916,48;
242, § 3.
1918. 257,
§261.
1919, 5.
1920, 2; 591.
§20.
157 Mass. 392.
175 Mass. 325.
190 Mass. 355.
219 Mass. 121.
Prohibition of
sale without
hcense.
G. S. 50, § 13.
1862. 178.
P. S. 68, § 1
1899, 260.
Regulation of
trade of boot-
black and sales
by minors.
1846, 244, § 2.
G. S. 50. § 14.
P. S. 68, § 2.
1892, 331.
R. L. 65. § 17.
1902, 531.
1906. 151.
1910.419.
1916, 242, § 4.
1918, 257,
§263.
1919,5.
1920. 2.
40p.A.G.S67.
lations governing the same, provided that the license fee does not exceed 11
that prescribed by section twenty-two for a license embracing the same 12
territorial limits; and may in like manner affix penalties for violations 13
of such regulations not to exceed the sum of twenty dollars for each such 14
violation. A hawker and pedler of fish, fruit and vegetables licensed 15
under this section need not be licensed under section twenty-two. 16
4 0p. a. G. 567,633.
Section 18. Articles other than those the sale of which is Hcensed, 1
or permitted without a license, under the preceding section, and not 2
prohibited by section sixteen, shall not be sold by hawkers or pedlers 3
unless duly licensed as hereinafter provided. R. l. 65, § le. 4
1920, 2. 156 U. S. 296.
190 Mass. 355. i Op. A. G. 633.
1918, 257, § 262.
1919, 5.
Section 19. The aldermen or selectmen may make regulations
consistent with the general laws relative to the exercise of the trade of
bootblacking by minors, and to the sale or barter by minors of any
goods, wares or merchandise the sale of which is permitted without a
license by section seventeen, and may prohibit such trade or such sales,
or may require a minor to obtain from them a permit therefor to be
issued on terms and conditions prescribed in such regulations; provided,
that in the case of girls under the age of eighteen years and of boys under
the age of sixteen years the foregoing powers in cities shall be vested in
and exercised by the school committee. No permit issued to a minor
under this section nor badge issued to him under sections sixty-nine to 11
seventy-three, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine shall 12
authorize the sale by a minor of any article, other than those enumerated 13
in section seventeen. A minor who sells such article or exercises such 14
trade without a permit, if one is required, or who violates the conditions 15
of his permit or any provision of said regulations, shall be punished by a 16
fine of not more than ten dollars. 17
^eraft OT°aid SECTION 20. No pcrson, having a minor under his control, shall 1
iSg^rertair"'"*" kuowingly permit him to violate any provision of section nineteen, nor 2
shall any person procure or employ a minor to commit any such viola- 3
tion, nor shall any person, either for himself or as agent of any other 4
person, furnish or sell to a minor any article the sale of which is per- 5
mitted without a license by section seventeen, with knowledge that 6
he intends to sell it in violation of section nineteen, or after having 7
received written notice to that effect from the school committee or any 8
oSicer charged with the enforcement of said section nineteen. Violation 9
of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred 10
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. 11
provisions.
1910.419.
1916, 242, § 4
1918, 257,
§203.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
No person to
permit or aid
minor in violat-
ing certain
other pro-
\nsions.
1887, 422.
R. L. 65, § 18.
1916, 242, § 5.
1918, 257,
§264.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 21. Whoever employs a minor in, or, having the care or 1
custody of a minor, permits him to engage in, hawking or peddling 2
without a permit or license, if one is required, or, for himself or as agent 3
of any other person, furnishes or sells to a minor any article with knowl- 4
edge that he intends to sell such article in violation of the provisions 5
of this chapter relative to hawkers and pedlers, shall be punished by 6
a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, to be equally divided be- 7
tween the commonwealth and the town in which the offence was com- 8
mitted, or by imprisonment for not more than six months. 9
Chap. 101.] hawkers and pedlers. 981
1 Section 22. The director may grant a license to go about car- Hawkers' and
2 rying for sale or barter, exposing therefor and selling or bartering any fttfnies.
3 goods, wares or merchandise, the sale of which is not prohibited by H'^iii**;
4 section sixteen, to any person who files in his office a certificate signed }?^i'?S\lh
r 1 jl 1 . . » , , . , , , G. b. SO, §§ 16,
5 by the mayor or by a majority bi the selectmen, statmg that to the best 20. ^
6 of his or their knowledge and belief the applicant therein named is of isto^ssi!
7 good repute as to morals and integrity, and is, or has declared his in- §§ 4-8. '
8 tention to become, a citizen of the United States. The mayor or select- foos; 204.^ ^^'
9 men, 'before granting such certificate, shall recjuire the applicant to make ]g?2; 192! ^ ^'
10 oath that he is the person named therein, and that he is, or has declared {gJI'Ifl' I J-
11 his intention to become, a citizen of the United States. The oath shall R'l'^'^'^s^'.
12 be certified by an officer duly qualified to administer oaths and shall 1019, 's; 350,
13 accompany the certificate. The director shall cause to be inserted in 1920.2.
14 every such license the amount of the license fee and the name of the 195 Mass.' 262.
15 town for which it is issued. The licensee may go about carrying for 2''op':'a^g.^'^'
16 sale or barter, exposing therefor and selling or bartering in any town ^^^- ^^ q
17 mentioned in his license any fish, fruits, vegetables or other goods, 567,633.
18 wares or merchandise, not prohibited in section sixteen, upon payment
19 to the director of the following fees: for each town containing not
20 more than one thousand inhabitants, according to the then latest census,
21 state or national, four dollars; for each town containing more than one
22 thousand and not more than two thousand inhabitants, seven dollars;
23 for each town containing more than two thousand and not more than
24 three thousand inhabitants, nine dollars; for each town containing
25 more than three thousand and not more than four thousand inhabitants,
26 eleven dollars; and for each city and each other town, eleven dollars,
27 and one dollar for every one thousand inhabitants thereof over four
28 thousand; but the fee shall in no case exceed twenty-six dollars, and
29 the amount paid shall be certified on the face of the license. The director
30 shall retain one dollar for every city and town named in each of the
31 above described licenses, and shall pay o\'er to the respective cities and
32 towns at least semi-annually the balance of said fees so received. The
33 director may grant, as aforesaid, special state licenses upon payment by
34 the applicant of fifty dollars for each license; and the licensee may go
35 about carrying for sale or barter, exposing therefor and selling or barter-
36 ing in any city or town in the commonwealth any fish, fruits, vegetables,
37 or other goods, wares or merchandise, the sale of which is not prohibited
38 by statute.
1 Section 23. The director may also grant as aforesaid special county county
2 licenses for each county mentioned therein; and the licensee may go isle^fw, §7.
3 about carrying for sale or barter, exposing therefor and selling or bartering p.l.'ls.'ll"'
■ 4 within such county any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured by Jg'is' 253,^^2'
5 himself or by his employer and not prohibited by section sixteen, upon JgJf'l^l'.vv
6 paying to the director the amounts following: for Sufi'olk, Essex, Middle- § 266.
7 sex and Worcester, each, five dollars; for Norfolk, Plymouth, Bristol, §77.'
8 Berkshire and Hampden, each, four dollars; for Franklin, Hampshire 2 6p'.A. G.eio.
9 and Barnstable, each, three dollars; and for Dukes County and Nan-
10 tucket, each, two dollars. The license shall describe the manufactured
11 articles to be sold or bartered under it and shall not authorize the sale or
12 barter of any other article by the licensee. The director shall retain one
13 dollar for every county named in each of the above described licenses,
14 and shall pay over to the treasurers of the respective counties at least
15 semi-annuallv the balance of said fees so received.
982
HAWKERS .AND PEDLERS.
[Chap. 101.
License to vet-
fees.
1919, 22; 350,
§77.
Section 24. The director may grant Avithout fee, on proof of iden-
tity, a special state or county license to act as hawker or pedler, subject
otherwise to this chapter, to any soldier or sailor resident in the common-
wealth who served in the army or navy of the United States during the
world war and received an honorable discharge or a release therefrom,
and who is wholly or partly disabled by reason of wounds or injury re-
ceived, or disease contracted, during such service.
Transfer of SECTION 25. A license granted under section twentj'-two may be
transferred by the director, upon application therefor and upon evidence
furnished by the applicant like that required for granting a license. The
transferee shall thereafter be liable in all respects as if he were the original
licensee, and no person shall thereafter sell under such license except the
2 Op. i^G.^o: person named in such transfer.
1846, 244,
§§6,8.
G. S. SO, § 23.
P. S. 68, § 10.
R. L. 65, § 22.
1915, 253, § 3.
1918,218,
Records, etc.,
of licenses to
hawkers and
pedlers.
1846, 244,
§§6,9.
".S. 50,
24.
21,
1864, 151. § 1
P. S. 68, §§ 11
13, 18.
R. L. 65, § 23
1915, 253, § 4
1916, 242, § 8
Section 26. The director shall keep a record of all licenses to hawkers 1
and pedlers granted by him, with the number of each, the name and resi- 2
dence of the licensee, and the counties, cities and towns, if any, mentioned 3
therein, and of all transfers of licenses; and all such records shall be 4
open to public inspection. The provisions of this chapter relating to 5
hawkers and pedlers, or a synopsis thereof, shall be printed on every 6
such license. All such licenses shall bear the date of their issue and shall 7
continue in force for one year from that date. 8
1918, 218; 257, § 267. 1919, 5; 350, § 77. 1920,2.
Endorsing
, pro-
duction thereof
and use of
badges, etc.
1846, 244, § 9.
1851, 298, § 2.
G. S. 50, § 24.
P. S. 68, I 13.
R. L. 65, § 25.
1915, 253, § 6.
1916. 242, § 10.
1918, 218.
1919, 350, I 77.
120 Mass. 183.
Section 27. Every person licensed as a hawker or pedler shall 1
endorse his usual signature upon his license. lie shall produce his 2
license for inspection whenever demanded by a mayor, alderman, se- 3
lectman, director or inspector of standards, sealer of weights and meas- 4
ures, city or town treasurer or clerk, constable, police officer or justice 5
of the peace; and if he fails so to do, he shall be subject to the same 6
penalty as if he had no license. The director shall, at the expense of 7
the licensee, provide a badge for each foot pedler and plates or tags for 8
each pack, parcel or vehicle used in hawking or peddling. Such badges, 9
plates or tags shall bear the number of the license, the word "pedler", 10
and such other information as the director may deem necessary. Each 11
foot pedler shall wear his badge in a conspicuous place. Each wagon 12
or other vehicle shall bear the name of the licen.see plainly inscribed or 13
painted on the body of the vehicle, and shall also have attached to the 14
front or side of the vehicle, in a place where it may readily and plainly 15
be seen, the plate or tag provided by the director with the license number 16
attached thereto. 17
Effect of
licenses on
prosecution.
1846, 244,
§§4,10.
G. S. 50, § 25.
P. S. 68, § 14.
Section 28. No license issued to a hawker or pedler shall defeat or
bar a prosecution against the licensee, if it is proved that he sold or
bartered, carried for sale or barter or exposed therefor, any articles,
except such as are permitted without a license by section seventeen, in a
1916; 242, § li. place in which he was not licensed to sell.
H^sedSs"' Section 29. No hawker or pedler, holding an auctioneer's license,
i8S2,TiT§ 2. shall sell or expose for sale by public auction any goods, wares or mer-
p'lls'i if chandise in any town other than that from whose authorities such license
R. L. 65', § 28. was obtained, nor in any place in such town not expressly described
therein.
Chap. 101.] tran.sient vendors, hawkers and pedlers. 983
1 Section 30. Any license granted by the director to a hawker or Revocation
2 pedler may be revoked by him upon conviction of the licensee of any i908?2o?'
3 crime which in the judgment of the director warrants such revocation, igieiiliifg;
4 Whenever any person is convicted of a violation of any provision of this JgJI; HI] | ^^
5 chapter, relative to hawkers and pedlers, or a person holding such a
6 license is convicted of any crime, the clerk of the court in which, or the
7 trial justice by whom, such person was convicted shall notify the
8 director.
general provisions.
1 Section 31. Whoever counterfeits or forges a license, or has a Counterfeiting
2 counterfeited or forged license in his possession with intent to utter or i846!'244, § lo.
3 use the same as true, knowing it to be false or counterfeit, or attempts isVo, Is'l ^'^'
4 to sell imder a license which has expired or has been revoked or can- i?s?'6"8.^§ 11'
5 celled, or which has not been issued or transferred to him, or has in his ?dir' S^b^/y,
6 possession another s license with intent to use the same, shall be punished JgJH^'''^^"*-
7 by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. i92o. 2.
1 Section 32. The director and inspectors of standards and, within Prosecutors.
2 their respective towns, sealers or deputy sealers of weights and measures, p. s.'es, § lo.'
3 constables and police officers shall arrest and prosecute every hawker 1915; Issf §^7'.
4 and pedler, and transient vendor, whom they may have reason to believe Jgjg- Hg- ^ ®-
5 guilty of violating any provision of this chapter. i9i9. 350, § 77.
1 Section 33. The overseers of the poor in any city or the selectmen Temporary
2 in any town may, under such conditions as they may deem proper, a'rticSfor*^
3 grant to any organization engaged exclusively in charitable work a pu^poBei.'"
4 special license authorizing it, upon a particular day and for a charitable ^®^'*' '**■
5 purpose named in such license, to sell, tlirough its accredited agents in
6 the streets and other public places within such city or town, or in any
7 designated part thereof, flags, badges, medals, buttons, flowers, souvenirs
8 and similar small articles; provided, that no person under sixteen years
9 of age shall be accredited as such agent, that each agent shall wear in
10 plain sight while engaged in selling such articles a badge, provided by
11 such organization and approved by the authority issuing the license,
12 bearing upon it the name of such organization and the date on which
13 the license is to be exercised, and that no such agent shall be authorized
14 to make or attempt to make such sales in front of any private premises
15 against the objection of the owner or occupant thereof. The exercise
16 of the licenses hereby provided for shall be subject to the provisions of
17 all statutes, ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent
18 herewith.
references.
Prohibition of solicitation of business on public sidewalks in front of any retail
store other than his own does not apply to hcensed pedlers. Chap. 93, § 40.
Peddling, etc., of oleomargarine from any vehicle without marking vehicle subject
to a penalty. Chap. 94, § 57.
Penalty for retail dealer in ice refusing to sell applies to hawkers and pedlers, Chap.
94, § 157.
Peddling near picnic grove forbidden, Chap. 140, § 190.
Vending near cattle show, fair or exhibition or meeting of farmers' club forbidden,
Chap. 128, § 49.
Peddling near camp meeting forbidden, Chap. 272, § 39.
984
SHIPPING AND SEAMEN.
[Chap. 102.
CHAPTER 102.
SHIPPING AND SEAMEN, HARBORS AND HARBOR MASTERS.
Sect.
shipping and seamen.
1. Penalty for boarding vessels without
leave.
2. Seaman exempt from arrest for debt,
when.
3. Penalties, how recovered, etc.
4. Harbor limits.
5. Relief of shipwrecked seamen.
VESSELS TKANSPOBTING STONE, ETC.
6. Weighers of vessels.
7. Vessels to be marked.
8. Duty of weighers.
9. Deduction from tonnage, when made.
10. Regulations on board during weighing.
11. Marks to be annually examined.
12. Fees of weighers.
1 3. Penalty for not having lighters weighed .
14. Ordinances, etc., as to weighing of
lighters.
Sect.
15. Motor boats to be provided with cer-
tain appliances.
16. Power boats on certain ponds, lakes,
etc., to display lights at night.
HARBORS AND H.\RBOR MASTERS.
17. Stones, etc., not to be deposited in
harbor.
IS. No line to be passed across channel.
19. Harbor masters, etc.
20. Duties of assistants.
21. Powers of harbor masters.
22. Same subject.
23. Same subject.
24. Removal of vessel lying in harbor.
25. Removal of vessel lying at wharf.
26. Regulation of station of vessels, etc.
27. Harbor masters to report violations.
28. Penalties.
Penalty for
boarding ves-
sels without
leave.
1857, 139,
§§ 1-3.
G. S. 52,
§§ 22, 23.
P. S. 69,
K5, 6. ■
1895, 106, § 1.
R. L. 66, § 1,
160 Mass. 312.
U. S. Rev. Sts.
§ 4606.
SHIPPING AND SEAMEN.
Section 1. AVhoever, not being a pilot or public officer, shall board 1
or attempt to board a vessel arriving in the harbor of Boston, Salem, 2
Fall River, New Bedford and Fairhaven or Gloucester, before such 3
\-essel has been made fast to the wharf, without the previous permission 4
of the master or person having charge thereof or the previous written 5
permission of its owners or agent, or whoever, without such leave and 6
without authority of law, shall board a vessel in any of said harbors 7
after having been forbidden so to do by a person having charge thereof S
at the time, or, having boarded such vessel, shall refuse or neglect to 9
leave it when ordered so to do by the person having charge of it, shall 10
forfeit not more than fiftv dollars. 11
Seaman
exempt from
arrest for
debt, when.
C. L. 293.
1693-4, 10, § 1.
1859, 235.
G. S. 52, § 26.
P. S. 69, § 9.
R. L. 66, § 4.
Section 2. A seaman or mariner who has shipped or entered into a 1
contract for a voyage from a port in this commonwealth shall not be 2
arrested on mesne process on account of a debt to a landlord or boarding 3
house keeper; nor shall a landlord or boarding house keeper detain or 4
have a lien upon his wearing apparel or other property, or hinder, ob- 5
struct or delay him in the performance of such contract. Violation of 6
this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred 7
dollars. S
Penalties, how
recovered, etc.
1857, 139, § 6.
G. S. 62, § 27.
P. S. 69, § 10.
R. L. 66, § 5.
193 Mass. 2S0.
Section 3. If any offence mentioned in the two preceding sections 1
is committed in Boston or Boston harbor, the penalty may be recovered 2
by complaint in the municipal court of the city of Boston; if in Salem 3
or Salem harbor, in the first district court of Essex; if in Fall River or 4
Fall River harbor, in the second district court of Bristol; if in New 5
Bedford or Fairhaven or in the harbor of New Bedford and Fairhaven, 6
CbAP. 102.] SHIPPING .VND SEAMEN. 985
7 in the third district court of Bristol, and if in Gloucester or Gloucester
8 harbor, in the district court of eastern Essex. Whoever commits any
9 such offence may be arrested without a warrant by any officer qualified
10 to serve criminal process in the town in which the offence may be tried,
11 and he shall be forthwith brought before the court.
1 Section 4. For the purposes of the three preceding sections, the Harbor limits.
2 outer limits of Boston harbor shall be a line drawn from Harding's Rock a's.'il,^§ Is
3 to the Outer Graves and thence to Nahant Head, and said harbor shall f895,*K)6! §2.
4 include the shores of Chelsea; the outer limits of Salem harbor shall RL-66. §6.
5 be the chops of said harbor; the harbor of Fall River shall include the
6 waters of Taunton Great river and Mount Hope bay, from the south
7 line of the to\Vn of Freetown to the Rhode Island state line, including
8 the shores of Somerset; the harbors of New Bedford and Fairhaven
9 shall be considered one harbor, the outer limits of which shall be the
10 outer limits of Buzzard's bay; and the outer limits of Gloucester harbor
11 shall be a line drawn from Eastern Point to Norman's Woe.
1 Section 5. Overseers of the poor of towns may provide transporta- Relief of ship-
2 tion to destitute shipwrecked seamen from one place to another within ""''''^''
_ _ 1898, 230.
4 transportation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person, as the said fgis' 29iS"i7
5 overseers deem necessary. A detailed statement of expenses so incurred low. sso, § 87
6 shall be rendered to the department of public welfare, and, after approval
7 by it, such expenses shall be paid by the commonwealth from the ap-
8 propriation for the temporary support of state paupers, without refer-
9 ence to the legal settlement of such seamen.
vessels transporting stone, etc.
1 Section 6. The mayor of a city and the selectmen of a town in weighers of
2 which lighters or other vessels are employed in transporting stones, lioa 75, § 2.
3 gravel or sand shall annually, in March or April, appoint one or more iL^|,'3if§V~'
4 sworn weighers of vessels. g. s. 52, § .io.
p. S. 69, §13. R. L. (iO, §8. 11 Met. .TO.
1 Section 7. Every lighter or other vessel employed in transporting vessels to be
2 stone sold by weight or gravel or sand shall be marked on the stem and Tsoo^^ts. § 1.
3 stern post, nearly Ie-\-el with the bend of the vessel, with stationary R.^l.'s^^jl''
4 marks of bar iron, not less than six inches long and two and a half inches p |||'| f]
5 wide, fastened with two good and sufficient iron bolts dri\'en through Jf^/'^'^'s
6 said stem and stern post and ri\'eted into said bar iron, from which all '
7 other marks shall take their distance in feet, inches and parts of inches,
8 as the distance may require, from the lower edge of the stationary marks
9 to the lower edge of the other marks; which marks shall be as follows:
10 light water marks, not less than four inches long and one inch and a half
11 wide; and marks for every fom- tons above said light water marks,
12 legibly cut or cast, in figm-es of four and multiples of four, up to the full
13 capacity of the ^-essel. Said figures shall express the weight which such
14 vessel is capable of carrying when the lower parts of such figures touch
15 the water; and all the marks shall be of good and sufficient lead or
16 copper, fastened on the stem and stern post of each vessel with sufficient
17 nails not less than one inch long; or the weight which such lighter or other
986
SHIPPING AND SEAMEN.
[CllAF. 102.
vessel is capable of carrying shall be indicated by having in the hold of 18
such lighter or vessel, at each end thereof, and as near as practicable to 19
the extremities of the space where the cargo is usually carried, a glass 20
tube, with a stopcock at the bottom, which shall be mounted upright 21
upon a scaleboard of metal or wood having marks or figures so arranged 22
thereon as to indicate the weight of the cargo when the water in the tube 23
shall reach the bottom of a figure or mark on the scaleboard. 24
Duty of
weighers.
1822, 103, § 3.
R. S.31. §3.
G. S. S2, § 32.
P. S. 69, 5 15.
R. L. 66, § 10.
Section 8. Each weigher, upon request, shall furnish the requisite
marks and nails, and shall cause lighters and other vessels to be weighed
and marked in conformity with the preceding section. The weigher shall
keep in a book provided for the purpose a correct account of the distance
of each mark from the stationary marks, in feet, inches and fractions
thereof, and shall give a certificate thereof, expressing the distance, to
the master of everv such vessel.
Deduction
from tonnage,
when made.
1822, 103, § 4.
R. S. 31, §4.
Section 9. In taking the tonnage of every such vessel, a deduction 1
may be made of one ton for every inch that the light water marks are 2
under water after such vessel has discharged its cargo. 3
G.S. 52, §33. P. S. 69, §16. R. L. G6, § 11.
Regulations
on board dur-
ing weighing.
1822, 103, § 5.
R. S.31, §5.
G. S. 62. § 34.
P. S. 69, § 17.
R. L. 66, § 12.
Section 10. E\ery person on board such vessel, who does not 1
keep within tlae bounds of the bulkhead and fore chains during the 2
time of taking the marks or while a weigher is employed in weighing 3
or marking, miless in case of absolute necessity, shall forfeit not more 4
than twenty dollars. 5
Marks to be
annually ex-
amined.
1815, 18.
1822, 103, §
R. S.31, §§6
G. S. 52,
§§35,36.
P. S. 69,
§§ 18, 19.
R. L. 66,
13.
Section 11. Such vessels shall ha^■e their marks examined annually 1
in June by a sworn weigher; and if the marks agree with the former cer- 2
tificates, he shall certify the same accordingly; otherwise he shall keep 3
such certificates, which shall be admitted in evidence in any prosecu- 4
tion against the master or owner of such vessel under this chapter, and 5
such vessel shall be weighed again. For the services required bj' this 6
section he shall receive one dollar and fifty cents. 7
Fees of
weighers.
1822, 103,
§§6,7.
R. S.31, §7.
G. S. 52, § 36.
P. S. 69, § 19.
Section 12. Each weigher shall receive from the owner or master
of a vessel weighed and marked twenty cents for every ton of such vessel,
and four dollars for furnishing marks, nails and other necessary articles,
fastening the same and giving the certificate. R. l. ee, § i4.
Penalty for not
having lighters
weighed.
1800, 75, § 1.
1822, 103, § 5.
R. S. 31,
Section 13. Every owner or master of any such vessel who neglects
to have the same weighed, marked and examined according to this
chapter, or removes any marks or alters his certificate, and every weigher
who places any mark contrary to this chapter, or gives a false certificate,
shall forfeit not more than three hundred dollars.
p. S. 69. §§ 20, 21. R. L. 06, § 15. U Met. 59.
Ord:
; to
weighing of
lighters.
1848, 308.
G. S. 62, § 39.
P. S. 69, § 22.
R. L. 96, § 16.
Section 14. Towns may establish ordinances or by-laws regulating 1
the marking and weighing of lighters and other vessels employed in 2
transporting stones, gravel, sand or other ballast; the inspection and 3
weighing of such ballast; and the appointment and compensation of 4
weighers, markers, inspectors and other officers necessary to carry such 5
ordinances or by-laws into effect; and may affix penalties for breaches 6
thereof not exceeding those named in sections ten and thirteen. 7
Chap. 102.] hakbors .and h.\rbor masters. 987
1 Section 15. Whoe\er uses a boat propelled in whole or in part Motor boats
2 by gas, gasoline or naphtha, unless the same is provided with a muf- w°ith^certain"
3 fler or an under-water exhaust, so constructed and used as to muffle i909,''245!
4 in a reasonable manner the noise of the explosion, shall be punished by ^^' ^'^'
5 a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
1 Section 16. All boats propelled by gasoline or naphtha, or by steam. Power boats
2 electric or mechanical power, on ponds, lakes and rivers, when in use ™nd".*fakcs.
3 from one half hour after sunset until one half hour before sunrise, shall figh'ts°at'niKhr
4 display lights as follows: \t\s.f&, ^ '■
5 (a) On the starboard side, a green light of such a character as to be fg-jg^g
6 visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, and so constructed as i92o! 2.
7 to show a uniform and unbroken light o\ er an arc of the horizon of ten
8 points of the compass, and so fixed as to throw the light from a point
9 right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side.
10 ( b) On the port side, a red light of such a character as to be visible on
11a dark night, witli a clear atmosphere, and so constructed as to show a
12 uniform -and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of
1)) the compass, and so fixed as to throw the light from a point right ahead
14 to two points abaft the beam on the port side. The red and green lights
15 shall be fitted with inboard screens.
16 (c) A white light at the stern plainly visible above an\' deck-house or
17 other obstruction.
a^^RBORS and harbor MASTERS.
1 Section 17. Whoever wilfully and without lawful authority or li- stones etc..
ifi --ii 1 -ii-i "o' to be
2 cense tliereior, deposits m a harbor or other navigable tide waters stones, deposited in
3 gravel, mud, ballast, cinders, ashes, dirt or any other substance tending c. l.°9;
4 to injure the navigation or to shoal the depth thei'cof shall be punished ifia-u',
5 by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. issi.s, §6. 10. 1 1.
p. S. 69, §23. 1884,269, §1. ' R. L. 66, § 17.
1 Section 18. No warp or line shall be passed across a channel or dock No line to be
2 so as to obstruct vessels passing along the same. issi, s, § 7. ^hatmer"'*^
p. S. 69, § 24. R. L. 66, § 18, Penalty, § 28.
1 Section 19. The mayor of a city, except Boston, or the selectmen Harbor
2 of a town where a harbor is situated, unless otherwise specially pro- Tsihs.'i^i.'
3 vided, may, and for all harbors that have been improved by the expendi- ^^§, 'Ifie. ^\
4 ture of money by the commonwealth shall, appoint a harbor master J'gpi; ^•Q^ i^-
5 and assistant harbor masters and fix their compensation, to be paid by
6 their respective cities or towns. The harbor master shall continue in
7 office until the appointment of his successor, and the assistants, until the
8 appointment of their successors or until their appointments have been
9 revoked.
1 Section 20. Such assistants shall be subject to the direction and °"'''''°'
2 control of the harbor master of their town, and shall have all the powers 1882, 216,^5 2.
3 given to, and be subject to all the duties required of, harbor masters by p^^^^^ ' . 23
4 law.
1 Section 21. The master of a vessel within a harbor for which a har- Powers of har-
2 bor master is appointed shall anchor his vessel according to the regula- c^l^ist^'s^.
988
H.'i^RBORS .VND HARBOR MASTERS.
[CiLAP. 102.
tions of the harbor master, and shall move to such place as he directs. 3
The master of a towboat having a vessel in tow and a pilot having a vessel 4
in charge shall allow such vessel to anchor only in such place as the regu- 5
Penalty, § 28. lations of the harbor master provide for anchorage. 6
1881,8, § 2.
P. S. C9. § 2(i.
1SS4, 173.
R. L. 00. § 21
223 Mass. 84.
Same subject.
1S81, 8. § 3.
P. S. 69, § 27.
R. L. 60, § 22.
Same subject.
1881, 8, § 4.
P. S. 69, § 28.
E. L. 66, § 23.
Section 22. The master of a vessel, before unloading lumber in the 1
stream or channel of a harbor having a harbor master, shall obtain from 2
him a permit, designating where such lumber may be rafted. 3
Penalty, § 28.
Section 23. A vessel lying in a harbor or at a wharf or pier in a har- 1
bor shall, if so directed by the harbor master, cockbill the lower yards, 2
brace the topsail yards fore and aft and rig in the jib-boom. 3
Penalty, I 28.
ve*s?enyin°J in SECTION 24. A harbor master may, at the expense of the master
ilsi^s § 5 °^ owners thereof, cause the removal of any vessel which lies in his har-
^sii^iia ^^' ^°^ ^^'^ '^ ^^^ moved when directed by him, and upon the neglect or
R. l! 66, § 24. refusal of such master or owners on demand to pay such expense, he may
Penalty, § 28. rccover the same from them in contract, to the use of the town where the
harbor is situated.
Removal of
vessel lying
at wharf.
1881, 8, § S.
P. S. 69, § 30.
R. L, 66, § 25.
Penalty, § 28.
Section 25. If the master or other person in charge of a vessel occu- 1
pying a berth at a wharf or pier fails, after notice from the wharfinger 2
thereof or his agent, to remove his vessel from such berth within such 3
time as the harbor master adjudges reasonable, the harbor master shall 4
cause such vessel to be moved to some other berth or anchored in the 5
stream, and may recover the expense thereof in contract from the master 6
or owners thereof, to the use of the town where the harbor is situated. 7
Regulation of
station of
vessels, etc.
1881,8. §9.
P. S. 69, § 31.
R. L. 66, § 20.
Section 26. A harbor master may regulate and station all vessels 1
in the streams or channels of his harbor, and may remove such as he 2
determines are not fairly and actually employed in receiving or discharg- 3
ing their cargoes, to make room for such others as require to be more 4
immediately accommodated for such purposes. 5
^"epor"*^'"^ Section 27. Harbor masters shall report to the department of pub-
issi'sfii ^^^ works any violation of section seventeen or of any law relating to
1883 ^2tlo Is ^^^^ water in their respective harbors, and of all shipwrecks in the tide
R. h. 66, '§ 27' waters of their respective harbors and of any obstructions therein.
1916, 288, § 1. 1919, 350, § 111. Penalty, § 28.
Penalties.
1881, 8,
§§ 10, 12.
P. S. 69,
§§ 33, 34.
1884, 173.
R. L. 66, § 2S.
223 Mass. 84.
Section 28. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the ten pre-
ceding sections or refuses or neglects to obey the lawful orders of a har-
bor master, or resists him in the execution of his duties, shall be punished
by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and shall be liable in tort to any
person suffering damage thereby.
REFERENCES.
Arrest of persons committing misdemeanors in rivers and harbors, etc., Chap. 91,
§58.
Use of motor boats in waters of town of Provincetown, 1913, 415.
Dumping of dredged material in tide waters, Chap. 91, §§ 52-56.
Penalty for intentionally grounding vessels, etc., in harbors, Chap. 91, § 49.
Breaking up and disposal of old vessels, Chap. 91, §§ 46-49.
For special regulations in respect to particular harbors, see special acts.
Chap. 103.
989
CHAPTER 103
PILOTS.
Sect.
1. Commissioners of pilots for Boston.
2. Their powers and duties.
3. Secretary and his duties.
4. Accounts of pilots for Boston.
5. Pay of commissioners, etc.
6. Limits of harbor of Boston.
7. Pilots for Salem and Beverly.
8. Pilots for Newburyport.
9. Pilots for Cohasset.
10. Port wardens and pilots.
11. Pilots for other ports and places.
12. Additional pilots.
13. Suspension and removal of pilots.
14. Pilots to give bonds.
15. Discharge of surety on bond of pilot.
16. Pilots to give new bond, when.
17. Lien of pilots for their fees.
18. Liability of pilots for negligence, etc.
19. Pilots to exhibit their commissions.
20. Pilots not to take charge of certain
vessels.
21. Pilots to board first vessel showing
hECT.
22. What shall constitute an offer of
pilotage service.
23. Inward vessel to take first pilot
offering.
24. Outward vessel to pay fees to inward
pilot.
25. What vessels pilots are to take charge
of.
26. Certain vessels liable only for half fees.
27. Fees of vessel taking steam.
2S. Exemption from pilotage.
29. Period for winter and for summer
rates.
30. Additional fees in case of detention.
31. Rates of pilotage.
32. Pay of pilot when carried to sea.
33. Anchoring of vessels with alien pas-
sengers.
34. Controversies between pilots.
35. Persons not pilots forbidden to act as
such.
1 Section 1. In the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one and every Commissioners
2 thu-d year thereafter the governor, with the advice and consent of the Bostm.* '"
3 council, shall appoint two commissioners of pilots for the harbor of HoI'st^'
4 Boston, in this chapter called commissioners, for the term of three years. IFf'^'"''
5 They shall have experience in maritime and nautical affairs and shall R- 1' 3|. § is.
6 first be recommended by the trustees of the Boston Marine Society, g. s.'52, ii.
7 but neither of them shall be one of said trustees. Upon failure of p. s.Vo, § 2. '
8 the trustees to make such recommendation, the governor, with the ^sASs^eos.
9 advice and consent of the council, shall appoint the said commissioners
10 without it.
1 Section 2. The commissioners shall grant commissions as pilots
2 for the harbor of Boston to such persons, approved by the trustees of
3 the Boston Marine Society, as they consider competent. They may
4 upon satisfactory evidence of his misconduct, carelessness or neglect of
5 duty, suspend any such pilot until the next meeting of said trustees,
6 and may, thereafter continue such suspension until the close of the next
7 stated meeting of said trustees, but no longer, for the same offence. If
8 said trustees decide at either of said meetings that the .commission of
9 such pilot ought to be revoked, the commissioners may revoke it at any
10 time after said decision is rendered and before it is reversed. The com-
11 missioners shall cause the laws and regulations for pilotage within the
12 harbor of Boston to be duly observed and executed, and shall receive,
13 hear and determine complaints by and against pilots for said harbor.
The
• powers
and duties.
1796. 85. § 4.
1826, 104.
1829, 2, § 2.
1835, 149, § 2.
R. S. 32, § 16.
1855, 421, § 2.
G. S. 62, § 2.
1862, 176, § 4.
P. S. 70, § 3.
R. L. 67. § 2.
104 Mass. 498.
2 Op. A. G. 446.
1 Section 3. The commissioners shall appoint a secretary, who shall Ifs'^duti^s'""^
2 keep an office and attend the same during the day to receive complaints isss, 149, § 3.
990
[Chap. 103.
fsos'.'ll'ifM. by S'l*^! against pilots for the harbor of Boston and all notices to such
fsel' m%'V pilots, and who shall keep a fair record of his doings which shall be open
£•§•19; it at all times for examination.
R. L. 67, § 3.
Accounts of
gilots for
oston.
1835, 149, § B.
R. S. 32, § 20.
185.5, 421, § 5.
G. S. 52, § 12.
1.S62, 176. § 6,
1863, 75.
1S71, 351, § 2.
P. S. 70, I 5.
Section 4. Once in every three months each pilot for the harbor
of Boston shall render to the commissioners an accurate account of all
vessels piloted by him and of all money received for pilotage by him or
by any person for him, and shall pay to the commissioners four per cent
on the amount thereof; and if he makes a false return of money re-
ceived, he shall pay to them not more than fifty dollars. R. l. 67, § 4.
1,862. 176, § i
P. S. 70, § 6.
R. L. G7, § o.
Section 5. The trustees of the Boston Marine Society shall fix the
compensation of the commissioners and their allowance for office rent,
clerk hire and incidental expenses, which shall be paid out of the amounts
so paid to the commissioners, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to said
societv.
bOT'ofBoston. Section 6. The harbor of Boston, for the purposes of this chapter, 1
a^s.'52,^'§2l. shall include all places or landings accessible to vessels from sea within 2
1862, 176. 8 7. ij^Q limits of Nahant Rock on the north and Point Allerton on the south. 3
p. S. 70, §7. R. L. 07, § 6. 9 Met. 371. 119 Mass. 179.
Pilots for
Salen
1 and
Beverlv.
1783,
13.
§1.
1813,
164,
1826,
114,
R. S.
32,
§§ 25, 26.
1855,
421
,5 2.
G. S.
52,:
§ 2.
1862,
176,
§§8,
9.
1878,
39,
§2.
P. S.
70, § 8.
R. L.
67,
5 7.
Pilots for New-
buryport.
1783,
13.
§ 1.
1785,
29,
§3.
R. S.
32,
§29.
1855,
421
,§2.
G. S.
52,'
§2.
1862,
176
, § 10.
PS.
70,!
i9.
R. L.
67,
§s.
Section 7. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, 1
may appoint one or more pilots for the ports of Salem and Beverly, re- 2
spectively, who shall first be recommended by the master of the Marine 3
Society in Salem and by the president of the Salem East India Marine 4
Society, and who may be removed by the governor, with the advice and 5
consent of the council, if the master and president of the societies afore- 6
said certify that he is incapable of discharging the duties of said office 7
or otherwise unsuitable to be continued therein, or that the public inter- 8
est requires his removal. 9
Section 8. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, 1
may appoint one or more pilots for the port of Newburyport, who shall 2
first obtain from tlie Marine Society of Newburyport a certificate, signed 3
by its clerk, stating that in the opinion of said society he is capable and 4
suitable to be so appointed, and who may be removed by the governor 5
and council if said society certifies in like manner that he is incapable of 6
discharging the duties of said office or otherwise unsuitable to be con- 7
tinned therein, or that the public interest requires his removal. 8
Pilots for
Coha.sset.
1887,298, § 1.
R. L. 67, I 9.
Section 9. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, 1
may appoint a pilot for the harbor of Cohasset, who shall hold his office 2
during the pleasure of, and may at any time be removed or suspended 3
by, the governor and council. 4
Port wardens
and pilots.
1826,88, § 1.
R. >S. 32, § 33.
1855, 421, § 2.
G. S. 52, § 2.
1862, 176,
§§ 11-14.
1878, 39, § 1.
P. S. 70,
§§ 10-14.
1890, 300.
R. L. 07, § 10.
Section 10. The governor, with the advice and consent of the coun- 1
cil, shall appoint three port wardens for the port of Marblehead, for the 2
ports of Gloucester and Rockport, and for Taunton river, respectively, 3
five port wardens of the ports upon Buzzard's bay and the island of 4
Martha's Vineyard, and two port wardens of Provincetown, who shall 5
hold their offices during the pleasure of the governor and council. Two 6
of the port wardens upon Buzzard'.s bay and the island of Martha's 7
Chap. 103.] pilots. 991
8 Vineyard shall reside in New Bedford or Fairhaven, two in Dukes County
9 and one in Wareham; one of the port wardens for Taunton river shall
10 reside in Fall River, one in Somerset and one in Taunton. The port
11 wardens of Marblehead, of Gloucester and Rockport, and of Taunton
12 river, shall recommend to the governor suitable persons to be pilots for
13 the ports of Marblehead, of Gloucester, Rockport and Manchester, and
14 for Taunton river and the ports connected with the same, respectively;
15 the port wardens of the ports upon Buzzard's bay and the island of
16 Martha's Vineyard shall recommend suitable persons to be pilots for
17 any or all of said ports within their jurisdiction. The governor, with
IS the advice and consent of the council, may appoint the persons so recom-
19 mended as pilots. The commissioners and the port wardens of Province-
20 town shalf from time to time recommend suitable persons, not exceeding
21 six, to be bay and harbor pilots as defined in the regulations for the
22 harbor of Provincetown.
1 Section 11. In all ports and places not mentioned in this chapter, piiotsfor
2 for which pilots have been commissioned, the governor, with the advice an/p^^el'
3 and consent of the council, may appoint pilots, who shall hold their r.^I.'II.'Is.'
4 commissions during the pleasure of, and may at any time be suspended g'|'5|V2^
5 or removed by, the governor and council.
1862, 17R, § 15. P. S. 70, §15. R. L. 67, § 11.
1 Section 12. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, ^fpt*'"""'
2 may, for the ports of this commonwealth other than the port of Boston, 1882, 174
3 appoint pilots in addition to those otherwise authorized; but such ap-
4 pointment shall not be made for any port where the recommendation
5 of any society or persons is required by law unless upon a certificate of
6 qualification from such society or persons, or unless it or they, upon ap-
7 plication, fail for three months to certify their recommendation or dis-
8 approval of the applicant. Such society or persons may certify to the
9 governor their judgment as to the need of additional appointments.
1 Section 13. Said society or persons, except in the port of Boston, .suspension
2 may, for misconduct, carelessness or neglect of duty, suspend pilots whom ofpUoS"™
3 they are authorized to recommend, but not for more than sixty days, j?|~'7a'§ ig.'^
4 unless with the approval of the governor and council. When it or they, \f^l' ^^-^ jg
5 respectively, certify to the governor that a pilot within their jurisdiction
6 is incapable of performing the duties of his office, or otherwise unsuitable
7 to be continued therein, or that the public interest requires his removal,
8 he may be removed by the governor with the consent of the council.
1 Section 14. No person shall receive a commission or exercise the Pilots to give
2 office of pilot until he has given to the state treasurer a bond with two i783,^3, § 2.
3 sureties in the penal sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful per- HH] i|; 1 5;
4 formance of the duties of his office and for the payment of all dam- lig;?!;,,^!*,,
5 ages accruing from his negligence, unskilfulness or unfaithfulness. The f^ Iq^^ ^ *^'
6 sureties on the bonds of pilots for the harbor of Boston shall be approved ^^^I'll^s^
7 by the commissioners; upon the bonds of pilots for the other ports and 1862, m, § i9:
8 places mentioned in this chapter, by the society or persons recommending p. s.^o,' §17.
9 such pilots; and upon the bonds of all other pilots, by the governor and fseValsfwl).
10 council.
992
[Chap. 103.
Discharge of
surety on bond
of pilot.
1835, 149. 5 5.
R. S. 32. § IS.
1844, 168.
G. S. 52, § 9.
1862, 176, § 20.
P. S. 70. § 18.
R. L. 67, § 15.
Section 15. A surety upon the bond of a pilot desiring to be dis- 1
charged from liabiHty thereon shall give notice thereof to the officers or 2
persons authorized to approve the sureties upon said bond, and shall also 3
give written notice to such pilot, which may be served by a constable, 4
and shall, with the return of the constable thereon, be filed with the state 5
treasurer, and at the expiration of thirty days therefrom, the liability 6
of such surety for the subsequent acts of said pilot shall cease. If a 7
pilot so notified fails to furnish a new bond before the expiration of said 8
thirty days, his commission shall be void. 9
1862, 176, I 21
176, reg. 2.
P. S. 70,
§§ 19, 20.
R. L. 67. § 16.
Section 16. A pilot, in case of the decease, insolvency or bank- 1
ruptcy of a surety upon his bond, shall give notice thereof to tlie officers 2
or persons authorized to approve such sureties. In such a case, or when- 3
ever a pilot's bond appears to the persons authorized to approve the 4
sureties thereon to be insufficient, he shall give a new bond. 5
Lien of pilots
for their fees.
1796, 85, § 12.
G. S. 52, § 7.
1862, 176,
reg. 10.
1871,351,5 3.
P. S. 70, § 21.
R. L. 67, § 17.
Section 17. A pilot shall have a lien for his pilotage fees upon the 1
hull and appurtenances of every vessel liable to him therefor under this 2
chapter for sixty days after the completion of his services; but the lien 3
of a pilot for the harbor of Boston shall not be enforced until approved 4
by the commissioners. isi Mass. 546. i Op. a. g. iso. 5
Section 18. ±\ pilot shall be liable for all damages accruing from his 1
negligence, unskilfulness or unfaithfulness. i796, 85. § lo. r. s. 32, § 11. 2
1855, 421, § 3.
G. S. 52, § 8.
1862, 176, reg. 8.
P. S. 70, § 22.
hibitUeir' Section 19. A pilot shall, if so required, exhibit his commission to 1
i783°i'3'T2 ^^^ master of any vessel of which he may take charge. i796, 85. § 5. 2
1862, 176, reg. 6. P. S. 70. § 23. R. L. 67, § 19. 5 Met. 412.
Pilots not to
take charge of
certain vessels.
1862, 176,
reg. 7.
Section 20. A pilot taking charge of a vessel drawing more water 1
than his commission authorizes shall be suspended or removed. 2
P. S. 70, § 24. R. L. 67, § 20.
Pilots to board
first vessel
showing signal.
1862, 176,
reg. 5.
P. S. 70, § 25.
R. L. 67, § 21.
101 Mass. 267.
2 0p. A. G.47.
Section 21. Pilots shall first board such vessels, irrespective of size, 1
as may have signals set for a pilot. If there are no such signals to be 2
seen, pilots shall offer their services to the first vessel which they can 3
board; and if a vessel liable to pilotage refuses to take a pilot, a pilot 4
offering his services shall inform the officers of such vessel that she will 5
be held to pay the regular fees for pilotage, whether such services are 6
accepted or not. . 7
What shall
constitute an
offer of pilot-
age servjce.
1918, 56, § 2.
Section 22. A pilot boat, being on its station and displaying the 1
signals required by law, shall constitute an offer of pilotage service, and 2
shall constitute on the part of the pilot such compliance with sections 3
twenty-one and twenty-three as is necessary to entitle him to the regular 4
fees for pilotage from vessels otherwise liable therefor. 5
to take firsr' SECTION 23. Every inward bound vessel shall, except as provided in 1
pijot offering, sections twenty-five and twenty-eight, receive the first pilot holding a 2
§§2.'6.'io. commission for her port of destination offering his services, and such 3
CiLip. 103.] PILOTS. 993
4 vessels shall, except as provided in sections twentj-six and twenty- noo, ss. § s.
5 seven, be held to pay such pilot the regular fees for pilotage, whether his r. s.'32,
6 services are accepted or not. ^^ ^' ^''
1841,45. § 1.
18G2. 176, reg. 4.
5 Met. 412.
120 Mass. 3.
1847, 279, § 4.
P. S. 70, § 26.
1 Gray, 257.
1 Op. A. G. 180.
G. S. 52, § 6,
R. L. 67, 5 22.
103 Mass. 237.
2 0p. A. G.47.
1 Section 24. E\ery outward bound vessel, except vessels under outward vessel
2 three hundred and fifty tons register bound out of the port of Boston 'nwardpfiot."
3 and whaling vessels outward bound from the port of New Bedford, i76f'rej''4^ ^^'
4 which is liable to pilotage if inward bound, shall, whether the services of ^^^^ '^^^ ^7.
5 a pilot are accepted or not, be held to pay the regular fees to the pilot R- 1-' w. § 23.
6 who brought her into port or to some other pilot of the same boat, if he iss Aias's. 175.
7 offers his services before she gets under way; or if such pilot does not so p- • • •
8 offer, or if such vessel was not piloted into port, then to the pilot who first
9 offers his services.
1 Section 25. Every pilot shall take charge, within the limits of his what vessels
2 commission, of any vessels, not exempt from compulsory pilotage by totals''
3 section twenty-eight, and of vessels not bound from one port to another irls^'iaf'
4 within the commonwealth, unless they are in the completion of a voyage f^^ §; 33,'°
5 from a port out of the commonwealth. §^ "■ ^~-
1841, 45, § 1. 1862, 176, reg. 17. U. S. Rev. Sts.
1847, 279, § 1. P. S. 70, § 29. §§ 4401, 4444.
G. S. 52. § 5. R. L. 67, § 25. 4 Op. A. G. 365.
1 Section 26. Vessels of not more than two hundred tons burden. Certain vessels
2 or vessels under three hundred and fifty tons register bound into the half fee" ^
3 port of Boston, which decline the services of a pilot, shall, if otherwise g*",'||,Vi5.'
4 liable under this chapter to the payment of pilotage fees, be liable to Jfg.^il.'®'
5 one half of the regular fees; but if they request and receive such services, ^j^^ ™^,§ ^a
6 they shall pay the regular rates. R l. 67, § 20.
1 Section 27. If steam towage is taken by the desire of the master, Fees of vessel
2 the vessel shall pay full pilotage fees; but if taken by direction of the i857"^22i!T3.
3 pilot in charge, such vessel shall pay to the pilot seventy-five per cent isel',!^! ^^'
4 of the regular fees. p. s. 70, § 31. r. l. 67, § 27. "«■ ^^■
1 Section 28. All coastwise steam vessels not sailing under register. Exemption
2 national vessels, vessels bound in or out of any port other than their itss.'is"*^^^'
3 ports of departure and destination, vessels regularly employed in the flgg g5_
4 coasting trade, fishing vessels other than whalers, vessels of less than fljl'45
5 seven feet draught of water, vessels otherwise liable to pilotage bound jps! ss § s.
6 into the harbor of Boston and arriving within a line drawn from Harding's R.'s.'si
7 Ledge to the Graves and thence to Nahant Head before the services 1841,45, § i-
8 of a pilot have been offered, and vessels under three hundred and fifty g^'.'II.^Is.*'
9 tons register bound out of the port of Boston, shall be exempt from Jfgf'g'/is-is.
10 compulsory payment of pilotage, but if any such vessel requests the Jln'ssi'll'
11 aid of a pilot, he shall, when permitted by the laws of the United States, 4*1?'^'*' ^ ''
12 serve the same in like manner as vessels not exempt, and shall be en- §§28,32,33.
13 titled to the regular compensation therefor, except as provided in the §§ i,'3-5.'
14 preceding section. R. l. 07, §§ 24, 28, 29.
1915, 17. 14 Mass. 17. 135 Mass. 347.
U. .S. Rev. Sts. 1 Gray, 257. 118U. S. 90.
§§ 4400, 4444. 127 Mass. 98. 4 Op. .4. G. 365.
994
[Chap. 103.
summer rates.
1862. 176,
reg. 9.
1873, 284, § 2.
P. S. 70. § 34.
1887, 204;
298, § 2.
R. L. 07. § 30.
Section 29. The period for winter rates of pilotage, if such rates are 1
established, shall be from November first to April thirtieth, inclusive, 2
and for summer rates, from May first to October thirty-first, inclusive. 3
In the harbors of Cohasset, Salem and Beverly, the rates shall be the 4
same as heretofore established and in all said harbors shall be the same 5
during the whole vear. 6
Additional fee.s
in case of
detention.
1862, 176,
reg. 13.
P. S. 70, § 3.5.
R. L. 67. §31.
Section 30. If a vessel is anchored for tweh'e hours or more under 1
any regulation relative to quarantine or to alien passengers, the pilot 2
in charge, upon piloting such vessel to her port of destination, shall be 3
entitled to an addition of twenty-five per cent to the regular fees. 4
Rates of
pilotage.
1918, 56, § 1.
Section 31. Rates of pilotage outward and inward for the port of 1
Boston, calculated per foot of draught, shall be as follows: three dollars 2
for vessels not over five hundred tons; three dollars and fifty cents for 3
vessels over five hundred tons and not o^■er one thousand tons; four 4
dollars for vessels over one thousand tons and not over fifteen hundred 5
tons; four dollars and fifty cents for vessels over fifteen hundred tons 6
and not over two thousand tons; five dollars for vessels over two thou- 7
sand tons. The tonnage herein specified shall mean the net registered 8
tonnage. 9
1862, 176.
reg. 14.
P. S. 70, § 36.
R. L. 67, § 32.
Section 32. If a pilot, without fault or negligence of his own or of 1
his associates, is unable to leave the vessel under his charge and is carried 2
to sea, he .shall be entitled to five dollars for each day while necessarily 3
detained from home. lais. 56, § 3. 4
wsseiTwfth' Section 33. A pilot failing to anchor a vessel carrying alien passen- 1
alien passen- ggj-g pr a vcssel subject to quarantine at the place assigned by the proper 2
1862,176. authorities shall be suspended or removed. p. .s. 7o, §37. r. l. 67, §33. 3
reg. 11.
be°tween^pUots Section 34. All controversies between pilots relative to their mutual 1
1862 176, rights, privileges and duties shall be referred to and settled by three 2
p. s. 70, § 38. master pilots, to be chosen by the parties for the purpose. R. l. 67, § 34. 3
Persons not
pilots forbidden
to act as such.
1796, 85,
§§ 2, 3.
1829, 2, § 1.
R. S. 32, § 23.
1855, 421, I 8.
1857,221,14.
G. S. 52, § 10.
1862, 176,
reg. 1.
P. S. 70, § 39.
Section 35. No person unless he holds a commission as a pilot 1
shall, if a commissioned pilot offers his services or can be obtained 2
within a reasonable time, assume or continue to act as pilot in the charge 3
or conduct of any vessel within the waters of this commonwealth, unless 4
he is actually employed on such vessel for the voyage. Whoever violates 5
the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than R
twenty nor more than fifty dollars. 7
1S84, 252, § 6. R. L. 67, § 35. 5 Met. 412.
Chap. 104.] agents, consignees and factors. 995
CHAPTER 104.
AGENTS, CONSIGNEES AND FACTORS.
Sect.
1. vSales by consignees, etc.
2. Lien of consignee.
3. Same subject.
4. Lien for advances to consignee.
Sect.
5. Pledge by consignee to secure ante-
cedent debt.
6. Effect of three preceding sections.
1 Section 1. A factor or other agent intrusted with the possession Sales by con-
2 of merchandise or of a bill of lading consigning merchandise to him with i'lj5.''i93'§ 2.
3 authority to sell the same shall be deemed the true owner of such mer- p| IMf
4 chandise, so far as to give validity to any bona fide contract of sale made f^ ^^^^^ ^^^
5 by him. 115 Mass. 224. 134 Mass. 156.
164 Mass. 276. 214 Mass. 217. 221 Mass. 62.
1 Section 2. A shipper in lawful possession of merchandise at the time Lien of con-
2 of shipment and in whose name it is shipped for sale shall be deemed the I'liTigs, § i.
3 true owner thereof so far as to entitle the consignee to a lien thereon for p.|.7i.'|2.'
4 money advanced or for securities given to the shipper for or on account ^ ^- ^^' ^ ^■
5 of such consignment, unless the consignee, at or before the time when
6 he made the advances or gave the securities, had notice by the bill of
7 lading or otherwise that the shipper was not the actual and bona fide
8 owner.
1 Section 3. If a person intrusted with merchandise has authority Same subject.
2 to sell or consign the same, a consignee to whom he consigns it shall have §§ i,'2."''
3 a lien thereon for any money or merchandise advanced or for any negotia- p.l.ff.'ll.
4 ble security given by him on the faith of such consignment, to or for the f^^faViM
5 use of the person in whose name the consignment or deli\'ery' was made, }J^^ ^J^^^- ^^'i-
6 and for any money, negotiable security or merchandise received for the
7 use of such consignee by the person in whose name the consignment or
8 delivery was made, if such consignee had, at the time of such advance or
9 receipt, probable cause to believe that the person in whose name the
10 merchandise was shipped, transmitted or delivered was the actual owner
11 thereof or hatl a legal interest therein to the amount of said lien.
1 Section 4. If a consignee or factor, having possession of merchandise, Lien for ad-
2 or a bill of lading, permit, certificate or order for the delivery thereof, cons'ignee.
3 with authority to sell said merchandise, deposits or pledges such mer- a^|.'li,''§ V^'
4 chandise or a part thereof or such document with any other person as j^- f; ^ss W
5 security for money or merchandise advanced or for a negotiable instru- sullen' 419'
6 ment gi\'en by him on the credit thereof, such other person, if he makes i34 Mass. ise.
7 such loan, advance or exchange in good faith and with probable cause to "
8 believe that the agent making the deposit or pledge had authority so
9 to do and was not acting fraudulently against the owner of such mer-
10 chandise, shall, notwithstanding he has notice of such agency, acquire
11 the same interest in and authority over such merchandise and documents
12 as he would have acquired if the agent had been the actual owner thereof.
996
PtTBLIC WAKEHOUSES.
[Ch.\p. 105.
Pledge by
consignee to
secure ante-
cedent debt.
1849, 216, § 4.
G. S. 54, § 6.
P. S. 71, § 5.
R. L. 68, § 5.
Section 5. If such merchandise or document is accepted in deposit 1
or pledge for an antecedent debt due from such consignee or factor, the 2
person receiving the same shall thereby acquire no other or further right 3
or interest in or authority over or lien upon the same than the consignee 4
or factor might have enforced against the actual owner. 5
ESect of three
preceding
sections.
1849, 216, § 5.
G. S. 54, § «.
P. S. 71, § 6.
R. L. 68, § 0.
Section 6. The three preceding sections shall not affect the lien of 1
a consignee or factor for expenses and charges attending the shipment, 2
transportation and care of merchandise intrusted to him; nor prevent 3
the actual owner of merchandise from recovering it, previous to any 4
pledge thereof, from the consignee or factor or from his assignee in 5
case of his insolvency; nor prevent such owner from recovering any mer- 6
chandise or document so deposited or pledged, on tender of the money 7
and restoration of the negotiable security or property so advanced to S
such consignee or factor, and on tender of such further amount of money 9
and restoration of such negotiable instrument or property advanced 10
or given by the consignee or factor to the owner, or upon tender of an 11
amount of money equal to the amount or value of such merchandise; nor 12
prevent him from recovering from a person with whom such merchandise 13
has been so deposited or pledged any balance of money remaining in his 14
hands as the proceeds of the sales thereof, after deducting the amount 15
or value of the money or negotiable security so advanced thereon. 16
REFERENCE.
§§ 3, 4. Dissolution of lien, Chap. 2.5.5, §§ .32, 33.
CHAPTER 105.
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES.
Sect.
public wahehousemen.
1. Public warehousemen to be licensed.
2. Penalty for failure to file bond, etc.
3. Action on bond.
4. Warehouseman to insure property,
when.
5. Warehouseman to keep books.
6. Publication of certain facts.
ISSUE OP WAKEHOUSE RECEIPTS.
7. Certain terms defined.
8. Warehouseman to issue receipts.
9. Receipts to embody certain terms.
10. Certain other terms and conditions may
be inserted.
11. Non-negotiable receipt.
12. Negotiable receipt.
13. Duplicate receipts.
14. Non-negotiable receipt to be plainly
marked.
Sect.
obligations and eights of warehouse-
men upon their receipts.
15. Obligation of warehouseman to deliver.
16. Justification of warehouseman in de-
livering.
17. Liability for wrong delivery.
18. Failure to cancel receipt on delivery of
On partial delivery.
Altered receipts.
Lost or destroyed receipts.
Duplicate receipts.
Assertion of title by warehouseman.
Claims of third persons.
As defence for failure to deliver.
Liability of warehouseman for discrep-
ancies.
Liability for loss or injury.
Goods must be kept separate.
Fungible goods may be mingled.
Liability for fungible goods.
Chap. 105.]
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES.
997
Sect.
31. Creditor's rights against negotiable re-
ceipts.
32. Warehouseman's lien, scope of.
33. Application of lien.
34. Loss of lien.
35. Additional charges tor which lien is
claimed.
36. Satisfaction of lien a condition of de-
livery.
37. Lien not to exclude other remedies.
38. Enforcement of lien.
39. Perishable and hazardous goods.
40. Other methods of enforcing lien avail-
able.
41. Effect of sale on liability to deliver.
NEGOTIATION AND TRANSFER OF RECEIPTS.
Negotiation.
Same subject.
Same subject.
By whom negotiable.
Title of endorsee.
Title of transferee.
Transferee's right to an endorsement.
Warranties of endorser or transferor.
Not liable for certain defaults.
Holder for security not a warrantor in
certain cases.
Validity of negotiation not affected by
certain facts.
Subsequent negotiation by one retain-
ing possession of receipt.
Sect.
54. Vendor's lien subject to rights of en-
dorsee.
PENALTIES.
55. Penalty for issue of receipt for goods not
received.
56. Penalty for issue of receipt containing
false statement.
57. Penalty for issue of duplicate receipts
not so marked.
58. Penalty for issue of warehouseman's
goods receipts which do not state the
fact of ownership.
59. Penalty for delivery of goods with
negotiable receipt outstanding.
60. Penalty for negotiation of receipt for
mortgaged goods.
61. Penalty for fraudulent negotiation or
transfer of receipt.
62. Penalty for selling, etc., property de-
posited.
63. Penalty for forging, etc., warehouse re-
ceipt, etc.
64. Penalty for disposing of receipt after
attachment, etc.
INTERPRETATION.
65. Rules of law and equity to govern cases
not provided for in this chapter.
66. Warehouse receipts act. Interpreta-
tion.
PUBLIC WAREHOUSEMEN.
1 Section 1. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
2 may license suitable persons, or corporations established under the laws
3 of, and having their places of business within, the commonwealth, to
4 be public warehousemen. Such warehousemen may keep and maintain
5 public warehouses for the storage of goods, wares and merchandise. They
6 shall give bond to the state treasurer for the faitlif ul performance of their
7 duties in an amount and with sureties approved by the goN'ernor, and
8 may appoint one or more deputies, for whose acts they shall be responsi-
9 ble. A railroad corporation licensed as a public warehouseman shall not
10 be required as such to receive any property except such as has been or is
11 forthwith to be transported over its roail or to give sureties on its bond.
Public
warehousemen
to be licensed.
1860, 206,
§§ 1, 11.
1879, 104.
1S80, 63.
P. S. 72,
§§ 1,2,13.
1885, 167.
R. L. 69, § 1.
1 Section 2. Whoever keeps and maintains a public warehouse for the Penalty for
2 storage of goods, M'ares and merchandise without procuring a license and b'o'iXet?.
3 giving a bond, as provided in the preceding section, shall be punished i^'^'^*-
4 by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and may be enjoined by
5 the supreme judicial coiut from maintaining such a public warehouse,
6 upon an information in equity brought by the attorney general at the
7 relation of any person.
1 Section 3. WTioever is injured by the failure of a licensed ware- Action on
2 houseman to perform his duty or by his violation of any provision of this i86o.'206, § 2.
998
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES.
[Chap. 105.
1873, 210, § 1.
P. S. 72, § 3.
R. L. 69. § 2.
chapter may bring an action for his own benefit, in the name of the com- .3
monwealth, on the bond of sucli warehouseman. The writ shall be en- 4
dorsed by the person in wliose behalf such action is broui,'ht, or by some 5
other person satisfactory to the court; and the endorser shall be liable 6
to the defendant for any costs which he may recover in such action, but 7
the commonwealth shall not be liable for any costs. S
Warehouse-
man to insure
property,
1860,206, § 3.
1879. 104.
P. S. 72, § 4.
Section 4. A licensed warehouseman shall, upon written request by 1
a party placing; property with him on storage, cause such property to 2
be insured for whom it may concern. A railroad corporation acting as 3
warehouseman may itself be the insurer. R. l. m. § 3. 4
Warehouse-
man to keep
books.
1860, 206, § 6
1878, 93, § 5.
1879, 104.
P. S. 72, § 8.
1887, 277, § 3,
1895, 348, I 1
R. L. 69, § 7.
Section 5. Such warehouseman shall keep books in which shall be 1
entered an account of all his transactions relative to the storing and in- 2
suring of goods, wares and merchandise, to the issuing of receipts there- 3
for and to the disposition of proceeds of sales thereof under this chapter. 4
Such books shall be open to the inspection of any person interested in the 5
property to which the entries relate. 6
Publication of
certain facts.
1860, 206, § 7.
P. S. 72, § 9.
R. L. 69, § 8.
Section 6. The state secretary shall, at the expense of each ware- 1
houseman, give notice of his license and qualification, of the amount of 2
the bond given by him and also of the discontinuance of his license by 3
publishing the same for not less than ten days in one or more newspapers, 4
if any, published in the comity or towni where the warehouse is located; 5
otherwise, in one or more newspapers published in Boston. 6
Certain terms
defined.
1907, 582, § 1.
1915, 98.
4 Op. A. G. 466.
Op. A. G.
(1917) 1.
ISSUE OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Section 7. (1) The following words as used in this chapter, unless- 1
the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings: 2
"Action" includes comiter-claim, set-off and suit in equity. 3
"Delivery", voluntary transfer of possession from one person to an- 4
other. 5
"Fungible goods", goods of which any unit is, from its nature or by 6
mercantile custom, treated as the equivalent of any other unit. 7
"Goods", chattels or merchandise in storage, or which have been or 8
are about to be stored. 9
"Holder" of a receipt, a person who has both actual possession of such 10
receipt and a right of property therein. 11
"Order", an order by endorsement on the receipt. 12
"Owner" does not include mortgagee or pledgee. 13
"Person" includes a corporation, or partnership, or two or more per- 14
sons ha\'ing a joint or common interest. 15
" To purchase " includes to take as mortgagee or as pledgee. 16
"Purchaser" includes mortgagee and pledgee. 17
"Receipt", a warehouse receipt. 18
"Value", any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. 19
An antecedent or pre-existing obligation, whether for money or not, 20
constitutes value where a receipt is taken either in satisfaction thereof 21
or as security therefor. 22
"Public warehouse", any building, or part thereof, kept and main- 23
tained for the storage of goods, wares and merchandise as a business. 24
Chap. 105.] public warehouses. 999
25 "Warehouseman" or "public warehouseman", a person, corporation, lais. 9s.
26 partnership, association or trustees keeping and maintaining a pubhc a9i7) i'.'
27 warehouse.
28 (2) A thuig is done "in good faith" when it is in fact done honestly,
29 whether or not done negligently.
1 Section 8. Every warehouseman shall give to each person deposit- warehouse-
2 ing property with him for storage a receipt therefor which shall conform ?^c5pt's.'°™^
3 to the following section. iseo, 206, § 3.
1878,93, §5 2, .5.
1886, 258.
1907, 582, § 2.
1919, 5.
P. S. 72, § 5.
R. L. 69, § 4,
1918, 257, § 270.
1920, 2.
1 Section 9. Warehouse receipts need not be in any particular form, Receipts to
2 but e\-ery such receipt shall embody within its written or printed terms — t?™" "''"'"
3 (a) The location of the warehouse wherein the goods are stored ; \l^- g^- ^ ^■
4 (6) The date of issue; p^l'72'§5
5 (f) The consecutive number; isse, 258.
6 (d) A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the i907,' ssi, § 3.
7 bearer, to a specified person, or to a specified person or his order;
8 (e) The rate of storage charges;
9 (/) A description of the goods or of the packages containing them;
10 (g) The signature of the warehouseman, which may be made by his
11 authorized agent;
12 (h) If the receipt is issued for goods of which the M-arehouseman is
13 owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the fact of such
14 ownership; and
15 (0 A statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities
16 incurred for which the warehouseman claims a lien. If the precise amount
17 of such ad\ances made or of such liabilities incurred is, at the time of the
18 issue of the receipt, unknown to the warehouseman or to his agent who
19 issues it, a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabili-
20 ties incurred and the purpose thereof will be sufficient.
21 A warehouseman shall be liable to any person injured thereby for all
22 damage caused by the omission from a negotiable receipt of any provi-
23 sion required by this section.
1 Section 10. A warehouseman may insert in a receipt, issued b^,' him Certain other
2 any other terms and conditions, provided that they shall not — dUions'may°be
3 (a) Be contrary to any provision of this chapter, or i9o"582, § 4.
4 (b) In any wise impair his obligation to exercise at least that degree
5 of care in the safe keeping of the goods intrusted to him which a reason-
6 ably carefid man would exercise relative to similar goods of his own.
1 Section 11. A receipt stating that the goods will be delivered to the Non-negotiabie
2 depositor, or to any other specified person, is a non-negotiable receipt. 1907^582, § 5.
1 Section 12. A receipt stating that the goods received will be deliv- Negotiable
2 ered to the bearer, or to the order of any person named in such receipt, i9'()7f5S2, § c.
3 is a negotiable receipt.
4 Any pro\dsion in such a receipt stating that it is non-negotiable shall
5 be void.
1 Section 13. When more than one negotiable receipt is issued for the Duplicate
2 same goods, the word "duplicate" shall be plainly placed upon the face i907f5S2, § 7.
1000
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES.
[Chap. 105.
of every such receipt except the one first issued. A warehouseman shall 3
be liable for all damage caused by his failure so to do to any one who pur- 4
chased the subsequent receipt for value, supposing it to be an original, 5
even though the purchase be after the delivery of the goods by the ware- 6
houseman to the holder of the original receipt. 7
SeipTto'be''''' Section 14. A non-negotiable receipt shall have plaiiJy placed upon
1907 5S2"'§'8^' ^*^ ^^^^ ^y ^^^ warehouseman issuing it "non-negotiable", or "not
negotiable." In case of the warehouseman's failure so to do, a holder
of the receipt who purchased it for value, supposing it to be negotia-
ble, may, at his option, treat it as imposing upon the warehouseman
the same liabilities which he would have incurred had the receipt been
negotiable.
Obligation of
warehouseman
to deliver.
1907, 582, § 9.
OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF WAREHOUSEMEN UPON THEIR RECEIPTS.
Section 15. A warehouseman, in the absence of a lawful excuse 1
provided by this chapter, is bound to deliver the goods upon a demand 2
made either by the holder of a receipt for the goods or by the depositor, 3
if such demand is accompanied by — 4
(a) An offer to satisfy the warehouseman's lien; 5
(b) An offer to surrender properly endorsed the receipt, if negotiable; and 6
(c) A readiness and willingness to sign, when the goods are delivered, 7
an acknowledgment that they have been delivered, if such signature is 8
requested by the warehouseman. 9
If the warehouseman refuses or fails to deliver the goods in compliance 10
with a demand by the holder or depositor so accompanied, the burden 11
shall be upon the warehouseman to establish the existence of a lawful 12
excuse for such refusal or failure. 13
Section 16. A warehouseman is justified, subject to the three fol- 1
lowing sections, in delivering the goods to one who is — 2
(a) The person lawfully entitled to their possession, or his agent ; 3
(b) A person either himself entitled to deli\'ery by the terms of a 4
non-negotiable receipt issued for the goods, or who has written authority 5
from the person so entitled either endorsed upon the receipt or written 6
upon another paper; or 7
(c) A person in possession of a negotiable receipt by the terms of 8
which the goods are deliverable to him or order or to bearer, or which 9
has been endorsed to him or in blank by the person to whom delivery 10
was promised by the terms of the receipt or by his mediate or immedi- 11
ate endorsee. 12
wroa'g'deirvery. SECTION 17. If a Warehouseman delivers the goods to one not in fact 1
1907, 582, § li. lawfully entitled to their possession, the warehouseman shall be liable as 2
for conversion to all ha\'ing a right of property or possession in the goods 3
if he delivered them otherwise than as authorized by paragraph (6) or 4
(c) of the preceding section, and though he deli\'ered the goods as au- 5
thorized by either of said paragraphs, he shall so be liable if prior to such 6
delivery he had — 7
(a) Been requested, by or on behalf of the person lawfully entitled to 8
a right of property or possession in the goods, not to make such deliv- 9
ery; or 10
Chap. 105.] public warehouses. 1001
11 (b) Had information that the dehvery about to be made was to one
12 not lawfully entitled to their possession.
1 Section 18. Except as provided in section thirty-nine and except Failure to
2 when compelled by legal process, when a warehouseman delivers goods for on°deiivery "*
3 which he had issued a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would lim^iii, § 12.
4 transfer the right to the possession of the goods, and fails to take up and
5 cancel the receipt, he shall be liable to any one who purchases for value
6 in good faith such receipt, for failure to deliver the goods to him, whether
7 such purchaser acquired title to the receipt before or after the delivery
8 of the goods by the warehouseman and notwithstanding delivery was
■9 made to the person entitled thereto.
1 Section 19. Except as provided in section thirty-nine and except On partial
2 when compelled by legal process, if a warehouseman dehvers part of the 1907,^682, § 13.
3 goods for which he had issued a negotiable receipt and fails either to
4 take up and cancel such receipt, or to place plainly upon it a statement
5 of what goods or packages have been delivered, he shall be liable to any
6 one who purchases for value in good faith such receipt, for failure to
7 deli\'er all the goods specified in the receipt, whether such purchaser
8 acquired title to the receipt before or after the delivery of any portion
9 of the goods by the warehouseman.
1 Section 20. The alteration of a receipt shall not excuse the ware- Altered
2 houseman who issued it from any liability if such alteration was — ilorfsM, § 14.
3 (a) Immaterial;
4 (b) Authorized; or
5 (c) Made without fraudulent intent.
6 If authorized, the warehouseman shall be liable according to the terms
7 of the receipt as altered. If unauthorized, but made without fraudulent
8 intent, the warehouseman shall be liable according to the terms of the
9 receipt before alteration.
10 Material and fraudulent alteration of a receipt shall not excuse the
11 warehouseman who issued it from liability to deliver, according to the
12 terms of the receipt as originally issued, the goods for which it was issued,
13 but shall excuse him from any other liability to the person who made thc
14 alteration and to any person who took with notice thereof. Any pur-
15 chaser of the receipt for value without notice of the alteration shall ac-
16 quire the same rights against the warehouseman which such purchaser
17 would ha\'e acquired if the receipt had not been altered at the time of
18 the purchase.
1 Section 21. If a negotiable receipt has been lost or destroyed, a Lost or
2 court of competent jurisdiction may order the delivery of the goods upon rerafpts^'
3 satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction, and upon the giving of a i^o'''' ^82. § is.
4 bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the court to protect the
5 warehouseman from any liability or expense which he or any person
6 injured by such delivery may incur by reason of the original receipt re-
7 maining outstanding. The court may also in its discretion order the
S payment of the warehouseman's reasonable costs and counsel fees.
9 The delivery of the goods under such an order of the court shall not
10 relieve the warehouseman from liability to a person to whom the negotia-
1 1 ble receipt has been or may be negotiated for value, without notice of the
12 proceedings or of the delivery of the goods.
1002 PUBLIC WAREHOUSES. [ChAP. 105.
Sciipte.''' Section 22. A receipt upon the face of which the word " duplicate " 1
1907, 582. § If), ig plainly placed is a representation and warranty by the warehouseman 2
that such receipt is an accurate copy of an original receipt properly 3
issued and uncancelled at the date of the issue of the duplicate, but shall 4
impose upon him no other liability. 5
omie°by Section 23. No title or right to the possession of the goods, on the 1
igor'^ssITi? P^^* ^^ ^^^^ warehouseman, unless such title or right is derived directly 2
or indirectly from a transfer made by the depositor at the time of or sub- 3
secjuent to the deposit for storage, or from the warehouseman's lien, shall 4
excuse the warehouseman from liability for refusing to deliver the goods 5
according to the terms of the receipt. 6
SfrTperaons. SECTION 24. If another than the depositor or person claiming under 1
207'inlfss' 407' '^™ ^^^ ^ claim to the title or possession of the goods, and the ware- 2
houseman has information of such claim, he shall be excused from liabil- 3
ity for refusing to deliver them, either to the depositor or person claim- 4
ing under him or to the adverse claimant, until he has had a reasonable 5
time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claim, or to bring legal pro- 6
ceedings to compel all claimants to interplead. 7
faiiureTo"' '""^ SECTION 25. Except as provided in the preceding section and in 1
1907^582, § 20 sections sixteen and forty-one of this chapter and section forty-one of 2
chapter two hundred and thirty-one, no right or title of a third person, 3
unless enforced by legal process, shall be a defence to an action brought 4
by the depositor or person claiming under him against the warehouseman 5
for failure to deliver the goods according to the terms of the receipt. 6
warSusenian Section 26. A warchouscman shall be liable to the holder of a re- 1
ancies^'^'^^'' cclpt for damages caused by the non-existence of the goods, or by their 2
218^1^*^' Ifs' ^^ilure to correspond with the description thereof in the receipt at the 3
time of its issue. If, however, the goods are described in a receipt merely 4
by a statement of marks or labels upon them, or upon packages contain- 5
ing them, or by a statement that the goods are said to be goods of a certain 6
kind, or that packages containing them are said to contain goods of a cer- 7
tain kind, or by words of like purport, such statements, if true, shall not 8
render the warehouseman issuing the receipt liable, although the goods 9
are not of the kind which the marks or labels upon them indicate, or of 10
the kind they were said to be by the depositor. 1 1
fos^oT^iu^. Section 27. A warehouseman shall be liable for any loss or injury to 1
ilo'ivfass' 397 ' ^^^ goods causcd by his failure to exercise such care in regard to them as 2
a reasonably careful owner of similar goods would exercise; but not, in 3
the absence of an agreement to the contrary, for any loss or injiu'y to the 4
goods which could not have been avoided by the exercise of such care. 5
kep'fsepara't^* SECTION 28. Except as provided in the following section, a ware- 1
1907, 582, § 23. houscmau shall keep the goods so far separate from goods of other depos- 2
itors, and from other goods of the same depositor for which a separate 3
receipt has been issued, as to permit at all times their identification and 4
re-delivery. 5
Chap. 105.] public warehouses. 1003
1 Section 29. If authorized by agreement or by custom, a warehouse- Fungible
2 man may mingle fungible goods. In such case the various depositors of mintie?''^ '"'
.3 the mingled goods shall own the entire mass in common, and each depos- p'l'rl'^f;
4 itor shall be entitled to such proportion thereof as the amount deposited f907'582\'2-j
5 by him bears to the whole.
1 Section 30. The warehouseman shall be liable severally to each Liability for
2 depositor for the care and re-delivery of his share of such mass to the same i907,'6S2!T25.
3 extent and under the same circumstances as if the goods had been kept
4 separate.
1 Section 31. A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a negotiable Creditor's
2 receipt shall be entitled to such aid from courts of appropriate jm-isdic- nfg''ofiabie"'''''
3 tion, "by injunction and otherwise, in attaching such receipt or in satisfy- ilolfss^. § 27.
4 ing the claim by means thereof as is allowed at law or in equity, in regard ^^^ '^''''*''- ^'''•
5 to property which cannot readily be attached or levied upon by ordinary
6 legal process.
1 Section 32. Subject to section thirty-four, a warehouseman shall ma,'?i'i°en'^
2 have a lien on goods deposited or on the proceeds thereof in his hands, i9Xfs2 528
3 for all lawful charges for their storage and preservation; also for all law- 216 iiass'. se?.'
4 ful claims for money advanced, interest, insurance, transportation, labof,
5 weiglung, coopering and other charges and expenses in relation thereto;
6 also for all reasonable charges and expenses for notice, and advertise-
7 ments of sale, and for sale thereof where default has been made in satis-
8 fying his lien.
1 Section 33. Subject to the provisions of the following section, such Application
2 a lien may be enforced — 1907, 582, § 29.
3 (a) Against all goods, whenever deposited, belonging to the person who
4 is liable as debtor for the claims to secure which the lien is asserted; and
5 (6) Against all goods belonging to others which have been deposited
6 at any time by the person mIio is liable as debtor for the claims to secure
7 which the lien is asserted, if such person had been so intrusted with the
8 possession of the goods that a pledge of the same by him at the time of
9 the deposit to one who took the goods in good faith for ^'alue would have
10 been valid.
1 Section 34. A warehouseman loses his lien — Loss of iien.
2 (a) By surrendering possession; or
3 (6) By refusing to deliver the goods when a demand is made with
4 which he is bound to comply under this chapter.
1 Section 35. If a negotiable receipt is issued for goods, the ware- Additional
2 houseman shall have no lien thereon, except for charges for storage and which'fien'^is
3 preservation of those goods subsequent to the date of the receipt, unless 190™ 582, § 31.
4 the receipt expressly enumerates other charges for wliich a lien is claimed.
5 In such case there shall be a lien for the charges enumerated, so far as
6 they are within the terms of section thirty-two although the amount
7 of the charges so enumerated is not stated in the receipt.
1 Section 36. A warehouseman having a lien valid against the person Satisfaction
2 demanding the goods may refuse to deliver them to him until the lien is ditionof'^°°
3 satisfied. 1907, 532, § 32. ''<''"'"^-
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[Chap. 105.
Lien not to
exclude other
remedies.
1907, 5S2, § 33.
Section 37. Whether a warehouseman has a lien upon the goods or 1
not, he is entitled to all remedies allowed by law to a creditor against lus 2
debtor, for the collection from the depositor of all charges and advances 3
which the depositor has expressly or impliedly contracted with the ware- 4
houseman to pay. 5
Enforcement
of lien.
1887. 277,
K 1-3.
1895, 348, § r..
R. L. 69,
§§ 11-13.
1907, 582, § 34.
claim which has become 1
Section 38. A warehouseman's lien for
due may be satisfied as follows:
He shall gi\e a written notice to the person on whose account the goods
are helil, and to any other person kno\\n by him to claim an interest in
the goods by deliAcry in hand or by registered letter addressed to the
last known place of business or abode of the person to be notified. The
notice shall contain —
(a) An itemized statement of the warehouseman's claim, showing the 8
sum due at the time of the notice and the date when it became due; 9
(b) A brief description of the goods against which the lien exists; 10
(c) A demand that the amount of the claim as stated in the notice, and 1 1
of such fiu-ther claim as shall accrue, shall be paid on or before a day 12
mentioned, not less than ten days after the delivery of the notice if it is 13
personally delivered, or after the time when the notice should reach its 14
destination, according to the due course of post, if the notice is sent by 15
mail; and 16
{d) A statement that unless the claim is paid witliin the time specified 17
the goods will be advertised for sale and sold by auction at a specified time 18
and place. 19
In accordance with the terms of a notice so given, a sale of the goods 20
by auction may be had to satisfy any valid claim of the warehouseman 21
for M'hich he has a lien. The sale shall be had in the place where the lien 22
was acquired, or, if such place is manifestly unsuitable, at the nearest 23
suitable place. After the time for the payment of the claim specified in 24
the notice to the depositor has elapsed, an advertisement of the sale, 25
describing the goods to be sold, and stating the name of the owner or 26
person on whose account the goods are held and the time and place of 27
the sale, shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a 28
newspaper published in the place where such sale is to be held. The sale 29
shall be held not less than fifteen days after the time of the first publica- 30
tion. If there is no newspaper published in such place, the advertisement 31
shall be posted at least ten days before such sale in not less than six 32
conspicuous places therein. 33
From the proceeds of such sale the warehouseman shall satisfy his 34
lien, including the reasonable charges of notice, advertisement and sale. 35
The balance, if any, of such proceeds shall be held by the warehouseman, 36
and delivered on demand to the person to whom he would have been 37
bound to deliver or justified in delivering the goods. 38
At any time before the goods are so sold, any person claiming a right 39
of property or possession therein may pay the warehouseman the amount 40
necessary to satisfy his lien and to pay the reasonable expenses and lia- 41
bilities incm-red in serving notices and advertising and preparing for the 42
sale up to the time of such payment. The warehouseman shall deliver 43
the goods to the person making such payment, if he is a person entitled, 44
under this chapter, to their possession on payment of charges thereon; 45
otherwise, the warehouseman shall retain possession of the goods accord- 46
ing to the terms of the original contract of deposit. 47
Chap. 105.] public warehouses. 1005
1 Section 39. If goods are perishable, or by keeping will deteriorate Perish.ib!e
2 greatly in value, or by their odor, leakage, inflammability or explosive gSods"^^"^ °"^
3 nature will be likely to injure other property, the warehouseman may jf^s^^^^'
4 give such notice to the owner, or to the person in whose name the goods ^q? 5*8^2 \%5
5 are stored, as is reasonable and possible under the circumstances, to sat-
6 isfy the lien upon such goods and to remove them from the warehouse;
7 and in the event of the failure of such person to satisfy the lien and to
8 remove the goods within the time so specified, the warehouseman may
9 sell the goods at public or private sale without advertising. If after a
10 reasonable efi'ort he is unable to sell such goods, he may dispose of them
1 1 in any lawful manner, and shall incur no liability by reason thereof.
12 The proceeds of any sale made under this section shall be disposed
13 of in the same way as the proceeds of sales made under the preceding
14 section.
1 Section 40. The remedy for enforcing a lien herein pro^•ided shall oi\afmc>og"^^
2 not preclude any other remedies allowed bv law for the enforcement of ''S?-'''i;^'i'''2'"l-
0 !• ■ 1 1 "i • 1 1 lo"5, 348, § 5.
3 a hen against personal property, nor bar the right to recover so much R- l. 69. § 10.
4 of the warehouseman's claim as shall not be satisfied from the proceeds
5 of the sale of the property.
1 Section 41. After goods have been lawfully sold to satisfy a ware- Effect of sale
2 houseman's lien, or have been lawfully sold or disposed of because of to deliver^
3 their perishable or hazardous nature, the warehouseman shall not there- i^°^'^*'' 5^^-
4 after be liable for failure to deliver the goods to their depositor or owner,
5 or to a holder of the receipt given for them when they were deposited,
6 even if such receipt is negotiable.
negotiation and transfer of receipts.
1 Section 42. A negotiable receipt may be negotiated by delivery — Negotiation.
2 (a) If, by its terms, the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the '
3 goods to the bearer; or
4 (b) If, by its terms, the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the
5 goods to the order of a specified person, and such person or a subsequent
6 endorsee of the receipt has endorsed it in blank or to bearer.
7 If, by the terms of a negotiable receipt, the goods are deliverable to
8 bearer, or if a negotiable receipt has been endorsed in blank or to bearer,
9 any holder may endorse the same to himself or to any other specified
10 person; and in such case the receipt shall thereafter be negotiated only
11 by the endorsement of such endorsee.
1 Section 43. A negotiable receipt may be negotiated by the endorse- same subject.
2 ment of the person to whose order the goods are, by its terms, deliverable.
3 Such endorsement may be in blank, to bearer or to a specified person. If
4 endorsed to a specified person, it may be again negotiated by the endorse-
5 ment of such person in blank, to bearer or to another specified person.
6 Subsequent negotiation may be made in like manner.
1 Section 44. A receipt which is not in such form that it can be Same subject.
2 negotiated by delivery may be transferred by the holder by delivery to
3 a purchaser or donee.
1006
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES.
[Chap. 105.
A non-negotiable receipt may not be negotiated, and the endorsement 4
of such a receipt gives the transferee no additional right. 5
ncg^LbTe. Section 45. A negotiable receipt may be negotiated by any person
ims'is?'^^'' in possession of the same, however such possession may have been
fg^ig's acquired if, by its terms, the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the
1926! 2. goods to the order of such person, or if at the time of the negotiation the
receipt is in such form that it may be negotiated by delivery.
endoreee. SECTION 46. A pcrsou to whom a negotiable receipt has been duly 1
1907, 582, § 42, negotiated acquires thereby — 2
(a) Such title to the goods as the person negotiating the receipt to him 3
had or had ability to convey to a purchaser in good faith for value, and 4
also such title to the goods as the depositor or person to whose order the 5
goods were to be delivered by the terms of the receipt had or had ability 6
to convey to a purchaser in good faith for value; and 7
(&) The direct obligation of the warehouseman to hold possession of 8
the goods for him according to the terms of the receipt as fully as if the 9
warehouseman had contracted directlv with him. 10
Title of
transferee.
1860. 20i;. 5 4.
1873. 210, § 2.
187S, 93, S 1.
P. S. 72. § 6.
1886, 258.
R. L. 69, § 5.
1907, 582, § 43.
135 Mass. 1.
234 Mass. 477.
Section 47. A person to whom a receipt has been transferred, but 1
not negotiated, acquires thereby, as against the transferor, the title to the 2
goods, subject to the terms of any agreement with the transferor. 3
If the receipt is non-negotiable, such person also acquires the right 4
to notify the warehouseman of the transfer, and thereby to acquire the 5
direct obligation of the warehouseman to hold possession of the goods for 6
him according to the terms of the receipt. 7
Prior to the notification of the warehouseman by the transferor or 8
transferee of a non-negotiable receipt, the title of the transferee to the 9
goods and the right to acquire the obligation of the warehouseman may 10
be defeated by attachment by trustee process or otherwise or by execu- 1 1
tion upon the goods by a creditor of the transferor, or by a notification 12
to the warehouseman by the transferor or a subsequent purchaser from 13
him of a subsequent sale of the goods by him. 14
Transferee's
right to an
endorsement.
1907, 582, § 44.
191S. 257,
§272.
1919, 5.
1920. 2.
Section 48. If a negotiable receipt is transferred for value by deliv- 1
ery, and the endorsement of the transferor is essential for negotiation, the 2
transferee acquires a right against the transferor to compel him to endorse 3
the receipt, unless a contrary intention appears. The negotiation shall 4
take effect as of the time when the endorsement is actually made. This 5
obligation may be specifically enforced. 6
Warranties
of endorser or
transferor.
1907, 582, § 45.
Section 49. A person who for value negotiates or transfers a receipt 1
by endorsement or delivery, including one who assigns for value a claim 2
secured by a receipt, unless a contrary intention appears, warrants — 3
(a) That the receipt is genuine; 4
(6) That he has a legal right to negotiate or transfer it; 5
(c) That he has knowledge of no fact which would impair the validity 6
or worth of the receipt ; and 7
{d) That he has a right to transfer the title to the goods, and that 8
they are merchantable or fit for a particular purpose whenever such 9
warranties would have been implied, if the contract of the parties had 10
been to transfer without a receipt the goods represented thereby. 1 1
Chap. 105.] " public warehouses. 1007
1 Section 50. The endorsement of a receipt shall not make the en- Notiiabie
2 dorser liable for any failure on the part of the warehouseman or pre- defauur°
3 vious endorsers of the receipt to fulfil their respective obligations. ^^°~' ^*^' ^ *"■
1 Section 51. A mortgagee, pledgee or holder for security of a receipt, Holder for
security not
warrantor ii
1907, 5S2, §'47.
4 or from any other person, shall not by so doing be deemed to represent or
5 to warrant the genuineness of such receipt, or the quantity or quality of
6 the goods therein described.
1 Section 52. The validity of the negotiation of a receipt is not im- validity of
2 paired by the fact that such negotiation was a breach of duty on the "fflS'by °°'
3 part of the person making the negotiation, or that the owner of the re- ^oof.'ssl.Tis.
4 ceipt was induced by fraud, mistake or duress to intrust its possession
5 or custody to such person, if the person to whom the receipt was negoti-
6 ated, or a person to whom the receipt was subsequently negotiated, paid
7 value therefor, without notice of the breach of duty, or fraud, mistake
8 or duress.
1 Section 53. If a person having sold, mortgaged or pledged goods subsequent
2 which are in a warehouse, for which a negotiable receipt has been issued, onrrctliniiig^
3 or having sold, mortgaged or pledged the negotiable receipt representing recdpt.'°° °'
4 such goods, continues in possession of the negotiable receipt, the sub- '^°^' ^*-' 5 *^-
5 sequent negotiation thereof by that person under any sale or other dis-
6 position thereof to any person receiving it in good faith, for value, and
7 without notice of the previous sale, mortgage or pledge, shall have the
8 same effect as if the first purchaser of the goods or receipt had expressly
9 authorized the subsequent negotiation.
1 Section 54. If a negotiable receipt has been issued for goods, no Vendor's iien
2 seller's lien or right of stoppage in transit shall defeat the rights of any rights'^ o/°
3 purchaser for value in good faith to whom such receipt has been negoti- 1907,^82, § so.
4 ated, whether such negotiation is prior or subsequent to the notification laos. 237, 1 62.
5 to the warehouseman who issued such receipt of the seller's claim to a
6 lien or right of stoppage in transit. Nor shall the warehouseman be
7 obliged to deliver or be justified in delivering the goods to an unpaid
8 seller unless the receipt is first surrendered for cancellation.
penalties.
1 Section 55. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a Penalty tor
2 warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt, knowing that the for"goods^nof'
3 goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received 5107^582, § 51
4 by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time {gJI'ggf'
5 of issuing such receipt, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five | ^ei.
6 thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more 1926! 2!
7 than five years, or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two
8 and one half years, or both.
1 Section 56. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a Penalty
2 warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing [ece'iptcon-
1008
PUBLIC WAKEHOUSES.
[Chap. 105.
taining false
statement.
1907, 5S2, § 5
a receipt for goods, knowing that it contains any false statement, shall 3
be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by im- 4
prisonment for not more than one year, or both. 5
Penalty for
issue of dupli-
cate receipts
not so marked.
1907, 5S2, § 53.
1914, 635.
1918, 257,
§464.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 57. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a 1
warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional 2
negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt 3
for the same goods or any part of them- is outstanding and uncancelled, 4
without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word "Duplicate", 5
except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as pro- 6
vided for in section twenty-one, shall be punished by a fine of not more 7
than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for 8
not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more 9
than two and one half years, or both. 10
goods receipts
which do not
state the fact
of ownership,
1907, 5S2, § 54.
Section 58. If there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman 1
goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with 2
others, such warehou-seman, or any of his officers, agents or servants, 3
who, knowing such ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable re- 4
ceipt for siich goods which does not state such ownership, shall be pun- 5
ished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprison- 6
ment for not more than one year, or both. 7
Penalty for
delivery of
goods with
negotiable
receipt out-
standing.
1907, 582, § 55.
Section 59. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a 1
warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of such Avare- 2
houseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which 3
would transfer the right to the possession of such goods is outstanding 4
and uncancelled, without obtaining the possession of such receipt at or be- 5
fore the time of such delivery, shall, except as provided in sections twenty- 6
one and forty-one, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand 7
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. 8
Penalty for
negotiation of
receipt for
mortgaged
goods.
1907, 582, I 56.
Section 60. Whoever deposits goods to which he has no title, or 1
upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and takes for such goods a nego- 2
tiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to 3
deceive, and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the 4
lien or mortgage, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thou- 5
sand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. 6
Penalty for
fraudulent
negotiation c
transfer of
receipt.
1914, 635.
1918, 257,
§§ 273, 464.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 61. Wlioever, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers 1
for value a receipt, knowing that any or all of the goods wliich by the 2
terms thereof appear to have been received for storage by the warehouse- 3
man issuing the receipt, are not in the possession or control of such ware- 4
houseman, without disclosing this fact, shall be punished by a fine of 5
not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state 6
prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for 7
not more than two and a half years, or both. 8
Penalty for
selling, etc.,
property
deposited.
1860, 206, § 8.
P. S. 72, § 10.
1895, 348, § 2.
E. L. 69, § 14.
Section 62. Whoever, with intent to injm-e or defraud, unlawfully 1
sells, pledges, lends or in any other way disposes of, or permits or is a 2
party to the unlawful selling, pledging, lending or other disposition of, 3
any property stored in a public warehouse, without the authority of the 4
person in whose name the same is stored, shall be punished by a fine of not 5
Chap. 106.]
SALES OF PEKSONAL PROPERTY.
1009
6 more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison
7 for not more than three years.
1 Section 63. Whoever falsely makes, utters, forges or counterfeits, Ppnaity for
2 or whoever permits or is a party to the false making, uttering, forging warehouse "
3 or counterfeiting of, a warehouse receipt, certificate or other instrument, isiTol^o'oe'"'
4 or of the signature of a warehouseman or of an endorser or other person P y' 7°
5 to an instrument used to pass or to give title to property stored in a public |5 \j'^tf\ ,,
6 warehouse, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand
7 dollars and bj' imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three
8 years.
1 Section 64. Whoever, knowing that his interest in the property Penalty for
2 described in a warehouse receipt has been attached, endorses, assigns rerefptTftcr
3 or otherwise disposes of such receipt without disclosing such attach- ^JtJ"*'"'^'"'
4 ment to the person to whom such receipt is endorsed, assigned or dis- p*'i''7^2'^i 14 ^'
5 posed of, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dol- ^- ^- '^^■^ i®-
6 lars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three
7 years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more
8 than one year.
INTERPRETATION.
1 Section 65. In any case not provided for in this chapter, the rules of f^^^^ "L'^^^
2 law and equity, including the law merchant, and in particular the rules gove™ cases
3 relating to the law of principal and agent, and to the effect of fraud, fl^rinThL*^
4 misrepresentation, duress or coercion, mistake, bankruptcy or other in- i9o?'582, 5 .57.
5 validating cause, shall govern.
1 Section 66. Sections seven to sixty-five, inclusive, of this chapter warehouse
2 may be cited as the warehouse receipts act, and shall be so interpreted in'tei?)remion.
3 and construed as to accomplish its general purpose to make uniform jj^s'^.^eo.'
4 the law of those states enacting like laws.
CHAPTER 106.
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
.Sect.
1. Sales of merchandise in Ijulk in fraud of
creditors.
2. Application of preceding section.
FOKMATION OF THE CONTRACT.
3. Contract to sell goods.
4. Capacity to buy and sell. Necessaries.
FORMALITIES OF THE CONTRACT.
5. Contract may be written or oral, etc.
6. Statute of frauds.
SUBJECT MATTER OF CONTRACT.
7. Goods which may form the subject of
a contract to sell.
8. Sale of an undivided share of goods;
fungible goods.
Sect.
9. Destruction or deterioration of specific
goods sold.
10. Destruction or deterioration of specific
goods contracted to be sold.
THE PRICE.
11. Price, amount and how constituted.
12. Failure of third person to fix price.
CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES.
13. Effect of non-performance of conditions.
14. Affirmation of fact or promise as an ex-
press warranty.
15. Implied warranty.
16. Sale of goods by description.
17. Implied warranty or condition of qual-
ity or fitness.
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[Chap. 106.
Skct.
sale by sample.
IS. Implied warranty in sales by sample.
TRAN-SFER OF PROPERTi" AS BETWEEN
SELLER AND BUYER.
19. Unascertained goods.
20. Specific or ascertained goods.
21. Rules for ascertaining intention of par-
ties as to passing of title.
22. Reservation of title or right of posses-
sion.
23. Sales by auction.
24. Risk of loss.
TR.ANSFER OF TITLE.
25. Buyer acquires seller's title. Excep-
tions.
26. Where seller has voidable title.
27. Sale by vendor retaining possession.
28. Fraudulent retention of possession by
vendor.
29. Negotiable documents of title. Bills of
lading, warehouse receipts, etc., sub-
ject to other chapters.
PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTR.^CT.
30. Duty of seller and buyer.
31. Delivery of goods and payment of price
concurrent conditions.
32. Taking possession or delivery of goods.
33. Delivery of goods in quantities larger
or smaller than stipulated.
34. Delivery by instalments.
35. Delivery of goods to a carrier.
36. Buyer's right to examine.
37. Acceptance by buyer.
38. Acceptance of goods by buyer as af-
fecting seller's liability on warranty.
39. Buyer having right to reject not bound
to return goods.
40. Buyer's failure to take delivery.
RIGHTS OF UNPAID SELLER AGAINST THE
GOODS.
41. Seller of goods deemed an unpaid seller,
when.
42. Rights of unpaid .seller.
Sect.
"UNPAID seller's LIEN.
43. Unpaid seller may retain possession until
payment or tender of price.
44. Unpaid seller may assert lien in certain
cases of partial delivery.
45. Loss of lien by unpaid seller.
stoppage in transit.
46. Unpaid seller may stop goods in transit,
when.
47. Transit defined.
48. Right of stoppage, how exercised.
RE-.SALE BY THE SELLER.
49. When unpaid seller may re-sell.
rescission by the seller.
50. Unpaid seller may rescind, when.
51. Unpaid seller's right not affectod by
certain acts of buyer.
.\ctions for breach of the contract.
52. Seller's right to recover price.
53. Right to damages.
54. Seller may totally rescind in certain
cases.
55. Remedies of buyer based on ownership.
56. Remedy of buyer for damages.
57. Specific performance by seller.
58. Rights of buyer in case of breach of
warranty.
59. Certain rights of buyer or seller not
affected.
interpretation.
60. Certain rights or duties, etc., may be
negatived, etc.
61. Certain rights or duties, etc., may be
enforced by action.
62. Rules of law and equity to continue to
apply in certain cases.
63. Interpretation and construction.
64. Not to apply to certain transactions.
65. Certain terms defined.
Sales of mer-
chandise in
bulfc in fraud
of creditors.
1903,415, § 1.
18.5 Mass. 18.
189 Mass. 598.
190 Mass. 326.
193 Mass. lOB.
195 Mass. 585.
200 Mass. 588.
221 Mass. 289.
222 Mass. 587.
233 Mass. 85,
565.
211 U.S. 489.
4 0p. A. G.
519.
Definitions.
Section 1. The sale in bulk of any part or the Nvhole of a stock of 1
merchandise, otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade and in the 2
regular and usual prosecution of the seller's business, shall be fraudulent 3
and \-oid as against the creditors of the seller, unless the seller and piu-- 4
chaser, at least five days before the sale, make a full, detailed inventory, 5
showing the quantity and, so far as possible with the exercise of reason- 6
able diligence, the cost price to the seller of each article to be included 7
in the sale; and unless the purchaser demands and receives from the 8
seller a WTitten list of names and addresses of creditors of the seller, 9
with the amount of indebtedness due or owing to each and certified by 10
the seller, on oath, to be, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a full, 11
Chap. 106.] sales of personal property. 1011
12 accurate and complete list of his creditors and of his indebtedness; and
13 unless the purchaser, at least five days before taking possession of such
14 merchandise, or paying therefor, notifies personally, or by registered
15 mail, every creditor whose name and address are stated in said list, of
16 the proposed sale and of the price, terms and conditions thereof.
1 Section 2. The words "seller" and "purchaser" as used in section Application
2 one shall include a corporation, association and a co-partnership, but seoUon^"'^
3 said section shall not apply to a sale by an executor, administrator, ''^°^' *^^' ^ ^•
4 receiver, assignee under a voluntary assignment for the benefit of credi-
5 tors, trustee in bankruptcy or any public officer under judicial process.
formation of the contract.
1 Section .3. (1) A contract to sell goods is one whereby the seller Contract to
2 agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a consideration T<los°°37' § i
3 called the price. 232 iiass! ise.
4 (2) A sale of goods is an agreement whereby the seller transfers the
5 property in goods to the buyer for a consideration called the price.
6 (3) A contract to sell or a sale may be absolute or conditional.
7 (4) There may be a contract to sell or a sale between one part owner
8 and another.
1 Section 4. Capacity to buy and sell shall be determined by the gen- capacity to
2 eral law concerning capacity to contract and to transfer and acquire Nici^ari^i"'
3 property. ' wos, 237, § 2.
4 Where necessaries are sold and delivered to an infant, or to a person
5 who by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness is incompetent to
6 contract, he shall pay a reasonable price therefor.
7 Necessaries in this section mean goods suitable to the condition in
S life of such infant or other person, and to his actual requirements at the
9 time of delivery.
formalities of the contract.
1 Section 5. A contract to sell or a sale may be in \\Titing, either Contract may
2 with or without seal, or by word of mouth, or partly in WTiting and oral""™"
3 partly by word of mouth, or may be inferred from the conduct of the '®°*' ^'^- ^ ^■
4 parties.
1 Section 6. (1) A contract to sell or a sale of any goods or choses statute of
2 in action of the value of five hundred dollars or more shall not be en- 29C?r. 11.
3 forceable by action unless the buyer shall accept part of the goods or 1592^3? 15, § 7.
4 choses in action so contracted to be sold, or sold, and actually receive ^^i'^^'li'
5 the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part pfio^si^
6 payment, or unless some note or memorandum in ^\Titing of the con- R l 74. § s.
7 tract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or liis agent in that 1 Picic. 476.
8 behalf. 21 Picii;2bo,
9 (2) This section shall apply to every such contract or sale, notwith- i^Met.zsa.
10 standing that the goods may be intended to be delivered at some future ^ iJJ^J j^f-
1 1 time, or mav not at the time of such contract or sale be actually made, }o H'^'- i??-
12 procured, or provided, or nt or ready for delivery, or some act may be 4Cush. 497.
13 requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same gcHlh^iis;
14 fit for delivery; but if the goods are to be manufactured by the seller 7 Gray. 554!
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[Chap. 106.
10 Gray, 212.
11 Grav, 235.
15 Gray, 289.
16 Gray, 436.
1 Allen, 422.
5 Allen, 1.
.s Allen, 566.
n Allen, 412,
474.
13 ."Mien, 209,
353.
especially for the buyer and are not suitable for sale to others in the 15
ordinary course of the seller's business, this section shall not apply. 16
(3) There is an acceptance of goods within the meaning of this section 17
when the buyer, either before or after delivery of the goods, expresses 18
bv words or conduct his assent to becoming the owner of those specific 19
20
99 Mass. 185.
108 Mass. 54.
115 Mass. 450.
118 Mass. 143,
279, 325.
120 Mass. 219,
290, 309.
123 Mass. 141.
124 Mass. 19, 478.
125 Mass. 43.
127 Mass. 476.
12S Mass. 388.
105 Ma
.447
129 Mass. 185, 420.
132JVtass. 129.
134 Mass. 127.
139 Mass. 492.
151 Mass. 564.
165 Mass. 328.
170 Mass. 380.
172 Mass. 681.
173 Mass. 304.
177 Mass. 212.
179 Mass. 404.
107 Mass. 547.
180 Mass. 283.
186 Mass. 346.
193 Mass. 500.
201 Mass. 596.
203 Mass. 467.
214 Mass. 494.
215 Mass. 528.
220 Mass. 112.
223 Mass. 423.
226 Mass. 598.
234 Mass. 125.
Goods which
may form the
subject of a
contract to
SUBJECT MATTER OF CONTRACT.
Section 7. (1) The goods which form the subject of a contract to 1
sell may be either existing goods, owned or possessed by the seller, or 2
goods to be manufactured or acquired by the seller after the making of 3
the contract to sell, in this chapter called " futiu-e goods." 4
(2) There may be a contract to sell goods, the acquisition of which by 5
the seller depends upon a contingency which may or may not happen. 6
(3) Where the parties purport to effect a present sale of future goods, 7
the agreement operates as a contract to sell the goods. 8
Section 8. (1) There may be a contract to sell or a sale of an un- 1
divided share of goods. If the parties intend to effect a present sale, 2
the buyer, by force of the agreement, becomes an owner in common with 3
the owners of the remaining shares. 4
(2) In case of fungible goods, there may be a sale of an undivided 5
share of a specific mass, though the seller purports to sell and the buyer 6
to buy a definite number, weight or measure of the goods in the mass, 7
and though the number, weight or measure thereof is undetermined. By 8
such a sale the buyer becomes owner in common of such a share of the 9
mass as the number, weight or measure bought bears to the number, 10
weight or measure of the mass. If the mass contains less than the num- 1 1
ber, weight or measure bought, the buyer becomes the owner of the 12
whole mass and the seller is bound to make good the deficiency from 13
similar goods unless a contrary intent appears. 14
Destruction or
deterioration
of specific
goods sold.
1908, 237, § 7.
Destruction o]
deterioration
of specific
Section 9. (1) Where the parties purport to sell specific goods, and 1
the goods without the knowledge of the seller ha-\-e wholly perished at 2
the time when the agreement is made, the agreement is void. 3
(2) Where the parties purport to sell specific goods, and the goods 4
without the knowledge of the seller ha\'e perished in part or have wholly 5
or in a material part so deteriorated in quality as to be substantially 6
changed in character, the buyer may at his option treat the sale — 7
(a) As avoided, or 8
(b) As transferring the property in all of the existing goods or in so 9
much thereof as have not deteriorated, and as binding the buyer to pay 10
the full agreed price if the sale was indivisible or to pay the agreed price 11
for the goods in which the property passes if the sale was divisible. 12
Section 10. (1) If the contract is to sell specific goods, and subse- 1
quently, but before the risk passes to the buyer, without any fault on the 2
Chap. 106.] sales of personal property. 1013
•3 part of the seller or the buyer, the goods wholly perish, the contract is tracted to be
4 thereby avoided. igos, 237, §s.
5 (2) If the contract is to sell specific goods, and subsequently, but
6 before the risk passes to the buyer, without any fault of the seller or the
7 buyer part of the goods perish or the whole or a material part of the goods
S so deteriorate in quality as to be substantially changed in character, the
9 buyer may at his option treat the contract —
10 (a) As avoided, or
1 1 (6) As binding the seller to transfer the property in all of the existing
12 goods or in so much thereof as have not deteriorated, and as binding the
1-3 buyer to pay the full agreed price if the contract was indivisible, or to
14 pay the agreed price for so much of the goods as the seller, at the buyer's
15 option, is bound to transfer if the contract was divisible.
THE PRICE.
1 Section 11. (1) The price may be fixed by the contract, or may be Price, amount
2 left to be fixed in such manner as may be agreed, or may be determined etitutwL '°"'
3 by the course of dealing between the parties. los^w Ito
4 (2) The price may be made payable in any personal property.
5 (3) Where transferring or promising to transfer any interest in real
6 estate constitutes the whole or part of the consideration for transferring
7 or for promising to transfer the property in goods, sections three to sixty-
8 five, inclusive, shall not apply.
9 (4) Where the price is not determined under paragraphs (1) or (2) of
10 this section the buyer must pay a reasonable price. What is a reason-
11 able price is a question of fact dependent on the circumstances of each
12 particular case.
1 Section 12. (1) Where there is a contract to sell or a sale of goods at Failure of third
ir»ii 1*1 1 1 •! person to fax
2 a price or on terms to be fixed by a third person, and such person, without p"'*^^
3 fault of the seller or the buyer, can not or does not fix the price or terms,
4 the contract or the sale is thereby avoided; but if the goods or any part
5 thereof have been delivered to and appropriated by the buyer he must
6 pay a reasonable price therefor.
7 (2) Where such third person is prevented from fixing the price or
8 terms by fault of the seller or the buyer, the party not in fault may have
9 such remedies against the party in fault as are allowed by sections forty-
10 one to fifty-nine, inclusive.
conditions and warranties.
1 Section 13. (1) Where the obligation of either party to a contract Effect of non-
2 to sell or a sale is subject to any condition which is not performed, such conditions.
3 party may refuse to proceed with the contract or sale or he may waive
4 performance of the condition. If the other party has promised that the
5 condition should happen or be performed, such first mentioned party
6 may also treat the non-performance of the condition as a breach of
7 warranty.
8 (2) Where the property in the goods has not passed, the buyer may
9 treat the fulfilment by the seller of his obligation to furnish goods as
10 described and as warranted expressly or by implication in the contract
1 1 to sell as a condition of the obligation of the buyer to perform his promise
12 to accept and pay for the goods.
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SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
[Chap. lOG.
flftTr^'mm?' SECTION 14. Any affirmation of fact or any promise by the seller 1
as an express relating to the goods is an express warranty if the natural tendency of 2
1908, 237', § 12. such affirmation or promise is to induce the buyer to piu'chase the goods, 3
226 Mass! 316! and if he piu^chases the goods relying thcrcon. No affirmation of the value 4
of the goods, nor any statement purporting to be a statement of the seller's 5
opinion only, shall be construed as a warranty. 6
Implied
warranty.
1908, 237, § 13.
200 Mass. 372.
Section 15. In a contract to sell or a sale, unless a contrary inten- 1
tion appears, there is — 2
(1) An implied warranty on the part of the seller that in the case of a .3
sale he has a right to sell the goods, and that in the case of a contract to 4
sell he will have a right to sell the goods at the time when the property 5
is to pass. 6
(2) An implied warranty that the buyer shall have and enjoy quiet 7
possession of the goods as against any lawful claims existing at the time 8
of the sale. 9
(3) An implied warranty that the goods shall be free at the time of the 10
sale from any charge or encumbrance in fa^■or of any third person not 11
declared or known to the buyer before or at the time when the contract or 12
sale is made. 13
(4) This section shall not, however, render liable a sheriff, auctioneer, 14
mortgagee or other person professing to sell by virtue of authority in fact 15
or law goods in which a third person has a legal or equitable interest. 16
Sale of goods
by description.
1908. 237, § 14.
212 Mass. 425.
Section 16. Where there is a contract to sell or a sale of goods by 1
description, there is an implied warranty that the goods shall correspond 2
with the description and if the contract or sale be by sample, as well -as 3
by description, it is not sufficient that the bulk of the goods corresponds 4
with the sample if they do not also correspond with the description. 5
Implied wa
ranty or co
dition of
quality or
fitness.
Section 17. There is no implied warranty or condition as to the 1
quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a 2
contract to sell or a sale, except as follows: 3
1908, 237, § 15.
223 Mass. 257.
(1) Where the buyer, expressly or by implication, makes known to the 4
seller the particular purpose for which the goods are required, and it 5
appears that the buyer relies on the seller's skill or judgment, whether 6
he be the grower or manufacturer or not, there is an implied warranty 7
that the goods shall be reasonably fit for such purpose. 8
(2) \Vhere the goods are bought by description from a seller who deals 9
in goods of that description, whether he be the grower or manufacturer 10
or not, there is an implied warranty that they shall be of merchantable 11
quality. 12
(3) If the buyer has examined the goods, there is no implied warranty 13
as regards defects which such examination ought to have revealed. 14
(4) In the case of a contract to sell or a sale of a specified article under 15
its patent or other trade name, there is no implied warranty as to its 16
fitness for any particular purpose. 17
(5) An impUed warranty or condition as to quality or fitness for a 18
particular purpose may be annexed by the usage of trade. 19
(6) An express warranty or condition does not negative a warranty or 20
condition implied under this chapter unless inconsistent theremth. 21
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SALE BY SAMPLE.
1 Section 18. In the case of a contract to sell or a sale by sample — implied war-
2 (a) There is an implied warranty that the bulk shall correspond with by"'sampie'''''^
3 the sample in quality. ii2 Mlfss. lil;
4 (b) There is an implied warranty that the buyer shall have a reason- |'^ ^^^^- \lf
5 able opportunity of comparing the bulk with the sample, except as
6 otherwise provided in section thirty-six (3).
7 (c) If the seller is a dealer in goods of that kind, there is an implied
8 warranty that the goods shall be free from any defect, rendering them
9 unmerchantable, which would not be apparent on reasonable exami-
10 nation of the sample.
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY' AS BETWEEN SELLER .\ND BUY'ER.
1 Section 19. If the contract is to sell unascertained goods no prop- un.iscertained
2 erty therein passes to the buyer unless and until the goods are ascer- 1908^237, 5 17.
3 tained, but property in an undivided share of ascertained goods may -'u Mass. 487.
4 pass as provided in section eight.
1 Section 20. (1) If the contract is to sell specific or ascertained fPg'j.'fa'in°Jd
2 goods, the property therein passes to the buyer at such time as the parties soods.
3 to the contract intend. 210 .Mass'. «. '
4 (2) For the purpose of ascertaining the intention of the parties, regard
5 shall be had to the terms of the contract, the conduct of the parties,
6 usages of trade, and the circumstances of the case.
1 Section 21. Unless a different intention appears, the following rules Rules for .iscer-
2 for ascertaining the intention of the parties as to the time when the tion'ofpTrtTes
3 property in the goods is to pass to the buyer shall govern : jf^'" p^^^^'^k °^
4 Rule 1. If there is an unconditional contract to sell specific goods, in i»08. 237, § 10.
5 a deliverable state, the property in the goods passes to the buyer when 220 Mass! 397.
6 the contract is made, and it is immaterial whether the time of payment
•7 or the time of delivery, or both, be postponed.
8 Rule 2. If there is a contract to sell specific goods and the seller is 20s Mass. 2.12.
9 bound to do something to the goods for the purpose of putting them into
10 a deliverable state, the property does not pass until such thing be done.
11 Rule 3. (1) When goods are delivered to the buyer "on sale or return ", 22.5 .Mass. 30.!.
12 or on other terms indicating an intention to make a present sale but to
13 give the buyer an option to return the goods instead of paying the price,
14 the property passes to the buyer on delivery, but he may revest the prop-
15 erty in the seller by returning or tendering the goods within the time
16 fixed in the contract, or if no time has been fixed, within a reasonable
17 time.
18 (2) When goods are delivered to the buyer on approval or on trial
19 or on satisfaction, or other similar terms, the property therein passes to
20 the buyer —
21 (a) When he signifies his approval or acceptance to the seller or does
22 any other act adopting the transaction.
23 (b) If he does not signify his approval or acceptance to the seller, but 214 Mass. 487.
24 retains the goods without giving notice of rejection, then, if a time has
25 been fixed for the return of the goods, on the expiration of such time, or.
1016
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
[Ch.\p. 106.
233 JIass. 29.
Property does
not pass in
certain cases
until goods are
delivered.
229 Mass. 115.
233 Mass. 29.
if no time has been fixed, on the expiration of a reasonable time. What 26
is a reasonable time is a question of fact. 27
Rtile 4- (1) If there is a contract to sell unascertained or future goods 28
by description, and goods of that description and in a deliverable state 29
are unconditionally appropriated to the contract, either by the seller 30
with the assent of the buyer, or by the buyer with the assent of the 31
seller, the property in the goods thereupon passes to the buyer. Such 32
assent may be expressed or implied, and may be given either before or 33
after the appropriation is made. 34
(2) Where, in pursuance of a contract to sell, the seller delivers the 35
goods to the buyer, or to a carrier or other bailee, whether named by the 36
buyer or not, for the purpose of transmission to or holding for the buyer, 37
he is presumed to have unconditionally appropriated the goods to the 38
contract, except in the cases provided for in rule five and in the follow- 39
ing section. This presumption is applicable, although by the terms 40
of the contract, the buyer is to pay the price before receiving delivery 41
of the goods, and they are marked with the words "collect on delivery" 42
or their equivalent. 43
Rule 5. If a contract to sell requires the seller to deliver the goods to 44
the buyer, or at a particular place, or to pay the freight or cost of trans- 45
portation to the buyer, or to a particular place, the property does not 46
pass until the goods have been delivered to the buyer or have reached 47
the place agreed upon. 48
Reservation of
title or right
of possession.
1908, 237, § 20.
Section 22. If there is a contract to sell specific goods, or if goods 1
are subsequently appropriated to the contract, the seller may, by the 2
terms of the contract or appropriation, reserve the right of possession 3
or property in the goods until certain conditions have been fulfilled. 4
The right of possession or property may thus be reserved notwithstand- 5
ing the delivery of the goods to the buyer, or to a carrier or other bailee 6
for the purpose of transmission to the buyer. 7
Sales by
auction.
1908, 237, § :
Section 23. In a sale by auction — 1
(1) Where goods are put up in lots, each lot is the subject of a separate 2
contract of sale. 3
(2) Such sale is complete when the auctioneer announces its comple- 4
tion by the fall of the hammer, or in other customary manner. Until 5
such announcement is made any bidder may retract; and the auc- 6
tioneer may withdraw the goods from sale unless the auction has been 7
announced to be without reserve. 8
(3) A right to bid may be reserved expressly by or on behalf of the 9
seller. 10
(4) If notice has not been given that such sale is subject to a right to 11
bid on behalf of the seller, it shall be unlawful for the seller to bid him- 12
self or to employ or induce any person to bid on his behalf, or for the 13
auctioneer to employ or induce any person to bid on behalf of the seller 14
or knowingly to take any bid from the seller or any person employed by 15
him. Any sale contravening this paragraph may be treated as fraudulent 16
by the buyer. 17
Risk of loss.
1908, 237. § 22.
220 Mass. 397.
Section 24. Unless otherwise agreed, the goods remain at the seller's 1
risk until the property therein passes to the buyer, but when the prop- 2
erty therein has so passed the goods are at the buyer's risk whether 3
delivery has been made or not, except that — 4
Chap. 100.] sales of personal property. 1017
5 («) If delivery of the goods has been made to the buj'er, or to a bailee
6 for the buyer, in pursuance of the contract and the property in the goods
7 has been retained by the seller merely to secure performance by the
S buyer of his obligations under the contract, the goods are at the buyer's
9 risk from the time of such delivery.
10 (b) If delivery has been delayed through the fault of either buyer or
11 seller, the goods are at the risk of the party in fault as regards any loss
12 which might not have occurred but for such fault.
TR.ANSFER OF TITLE.
1 Section 25. (1) If goods are sold by a person who is not the owner Buyer acouires
2 thereof, and who does not sell them under the authority or with the con- Exceptions''
3 sent of the owner, the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than ^®°*' ^^^' ^ '^'
4 the seller had, unless the owner of the goods is by his conduct precluded
5 from denying the seller's authority to sell.
6 (2) Nothing in this chapter, however, shall affect —
7 (a) Any law relating to factors or the recording of instruments, or
8 enabling the apparent owner of goods to dispose of them as if he were
9 the true owner thereof.
10 (b) The validity of any contract to sell or sale under any special com-
11 mon law or statutory power of sale or under the order of a court of
12 competent jurisdiction.
1 Section 2G. If the seller of goods has a voidable title thereto, but JJS voida^e
2 his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale, the buyer ac- ^^^^ ^37 5 ^4
3 quires a good title to the goods; provided, that he buys them in good
4 faith, for value, and without notice of the seller's defect of title.
1 Section 27. If a person having sold goods continues in possession Saie by ven.ior
2 thereof, or of negotiable documents of title thereto, the delivery or pos^se'SSfn.
3 transfer by such person, or by an agent acting for him, of the goods or '
4 documents of title under any sale, pledge, or other disposition thereof,
5 to any person receiving and paying value for the same in good faith and
6 without notice of the previous sale, shall have the same effect as if the
7 person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorized by the
8 owner of the goods to make the same.
1 Section 28. If a person having .sold goods continues in possession Fraudulent
2 thereof, or of negotiable documents of title thereto, and such retention of posWionVv
0 possession is fraudulent in fact or is deemed fraudulent under any rule i908,°237, § 26.
4 of law, a creditor of the seller may treat the sale as void.
1 Section 29. A document of title in which it is stated that the goods Negotmbie
2 designated therein will be delivered to the bearer, or to the order of any title. bmIs of
3 person named in such document, is a negotiable document of title. If hou"ereceIpts.
4 such a document is a bill of lading, it shall be subject to chapter one otherchip'tera.
5 hundred and eight; if a warehouse receipt, dock warrant, or however \l°ij?ii;^o,
6 otherwise described, it shall be subject to chapter one hundred and five, ||'|^o^|^i
7 and for the purposes of this section, the word, "receipt" as used in said
8 chapter shall mean document of title, and the word "warehouseman",
9 as so used, shall mean bailee.
1018
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
[Chap. 106.
PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT.
Sid* buyer^"'' SECTION 30. It shall be the duty of the seller to deliver the goods, 1
1908,237,5 41 fjjjd Qf lYiQ buyer to accept and pay for them, in accordance with the 2
terms of the contract to sell or sale. 3
Delivery of
goods and pay-
ment of price
concurrent
conditions.
1908. 237, § 42.
Section 31. Unless otherwise agreed, delivery of the goods and 1
payment of the price are concurrent conditions; that is to say, the seller 2
must be ready and willing to give possession of the goods to the buyer in 3
exchange for the price, and the buyer must be ready and willing to pay 4
the price in exchange for possession of the goods. 5
Taking posses-
sion or delivery
of goods.
1908, 237, §43.
233 Mass. 29.
Section 32. (1) Whether it is for the buyer to take possession of the 1
goods or for the seller to send them to the buyer, depends in each case on 2
the contract, express or implied, between the parties. Apart from any 3
such contract, express or implied, or usage of trade to the contrary, the 4
place of delivery is the seller's place of business, if he has one, and if not, 5
his residence; but in case of a contract to sell or a sale of specific goods, 6
which to the knowledge of the parties when the contract or the sale was 7
made were in some other place, then that place is the place of delivery. 8
(2) If by a contract to sell or a sale the seller is bound to send the 9
goods to the buyer, but no time for sending them is fixed, the seller is 10
bound to send them within a reasonable time. 11
(3) If the goods at the time of sale are in the possession of a third per- 12
son, the seller does not fulfil his obligation to deliver to the buyer unless 13
and until such third person acknowledges to the buyer that he holds the 14
goods on the buyer's behalf; but as against all others than the seller the 15
buyer shall be regarded as having received delivery from the time when 16
such third person first has notice of the sale. Nothing in this section, 17
however, shall affect the operation of the issue or transfer of any docu- 18
ment of title to goods. 19
(4) Demand or tender of delivery may be treated as ineffectual unless 20
made at a reasonable hour. What is a reasonable hour is a question of 21
fact. _ _ 22
(5) Unless otherwise agreed, the expenses of and incident to putting 23
the goods into a deliverable state shall be borne by the seller. 24
Delivery of
goods in quan-
tities larger
or smaller
than stipu-
lated.
1908, 237, § 44.
229 Mass. 115.
229 Mass. 115.
Section 33. (1) If the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of 1
goods less than he contracted to sell, the buyer may reject them, but if 2
the buyer accepts or retains the goods so delivered, knowing that the 3
seller will not perform the contract in full, he shall pay for them at the 4
contract rate. If, however, the buyer has used or disposed of the goods 5
delivered before he knows that the seller will not so perform, the buyer 6
shall not be liable for more than the fair value to him of the goods so 7
received. S
(2) If the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods larger than he 9
contracted to sell, the buyer may accept the goods included in the con- 10
tract and reject the rest, or he may reject the whole. If the buyer accepts 1 1
the whole of the goods so delivered he shall pay for them at the contract 12
rate. 13
(3) If the seller delivers to the buyer the goods which he contracted 14
to sell mixed with goods of a different description not included in the 15
Chap. 106.] sales of personal property. 1019
16 contract, the bujer may accept the goods which are in accordance with the
17 contract and reject the rest, or he may reject the whole.
18 (4) The provisions of this section are subject to any usage of trade,
19 special agreement, or course of dealing between the parties.
1 Section 34. (1) Unless otherwise agreed, the buyer of goods is not Delivery by
2 bound to accept delivery thereof by instalments. iQos.as?, §'45.
3 (2) If there is a contract to sell goods to be delivered by stated instal- ^"® *'"""■ ^''*-
4 ments, which are to be separately paid for, and the seller makes defective
5 deliveries in respect of one or more instalments, or the buyer neglects or
6 refuses to take delivery of or pay for one or more instalments, it depends
7 in each case on the terms of the contract and the circumstances of the
8 case whether the breach of contract is so material as to justify the injured
9 party in refusing to proceed further and suing for damages for breach
10 of the entire contract, or whether the breach is severable, giving rise to
11a claim for compensation, but not to a right to treat the whole contract
12 as broken.
1 Section 35. (1) If, in pursuance of a contract to sell or a sale, the Delivery of
2 seller is authorized or required to send the goods to the buyer, delivery farrier*" *
3 of the goods to a carrier, whether named by the buyer or not, for the 233*Ma^ss'. 45*^'
4 purpose of transmission to the buyer, is deemed a delivery of the goods
5 to the buyer, except in the cases provided for in rule five of section
6 twenty-one, or unless a contrary intent appears.
7 (2) Unless otherwise authorized by the buyer, the seller shall make
8 such contract with the carrier on behalf of the buyer as may be reason-
9 able, having regard to the nature of the goods and the other circumstances
10 of the case. If the seller omits so to do, and the goods are lost or damaged
11 in course of transit, the buyer may decline to treat the delivery to the
12 carrier as a delivery to himself, or may hold the seller responsible in
13 damages.
14 (3) Unless otherwise agreed, if goods are sent by the seller to the
15 buyer under circumstances wherein the seller knows or ought to know
16 that it is usual to insure, the seller shall give such notice to the buyer as
17 may enable him to insure them during their transit, and, if the seller fails
18 so to do, the goods shall be deemed to be at his risk during such transit.
1 Section 36. (1) If goods which he has not previously examined are Buyer's right
2 dehvered to the buyer, he is not deemed to ha^•e accepted them unless *i9os.''S7Th7.
3 and until he has had a reasonable opportunity of examining them for
4 the purpose of ascertaining whether they conform to the contract.
5 (2) Unless otherwise agreed, when the seller tenders delivery of goods
6 to the buyer, he is bound, on request, to afford the buyer a reasonable
7 opportunity of examining the goods for the purpose of ascertaining
8 whether they conform to the contract.
9 (3) If goods are delivered to a carrier by the seller, in accordance with 226 Mass. sos.
10 an order from or agreement with the buyer, upon the terms that they
11 shall not be delivered by the carrier to the buyer until he has paid the
12 price, whether such terms are indicated by marking the goods with the
13 words "collect on delivery", or otherwise, the buyer is not entitled to
14 examine the goods before payment of the price in the absence of an
15 agreement permitting such examination.
1020
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
[Chap. lOG.
Acreptaiirf
bv buver.
1908. 237, § ts
Section 37. The buyer is deemed to have accepted the goods when he 1
intimates to the seller that he has accepted them, or when the goods have 2
been dehvered to him and he does any act in relation thereto which is 3
inconsistent with the seller's ownership, or when, after the lapse of a 4
reasonable time, he retains the goods M-ithout intimating to the seller 5
that he has rejected them. 6
Acceptanre of
goods by buyer
as affecting
seller's liability
on warranty.
1908, 237, § 49.
212 Mass. 425.
217 Mass. 302.
229 Mass. 254.
Section 38. In the absence of an express or implied agreement of the 1
parties, acceptance of the goods by the buyer shall not discharge the seller 2
from liability in damages or other legal remedy for breach of any promise 3
or warranty in the contract to sell or the sale. But, if, after acceptance 4
of the goods, the buyer fails to give notice to the seller of the breach of 5
any promise or warranty within a reasonable time after the buyer knows, 6
or ought to know of such breach, the seller shall not be liable therefor. 7
Buyer having
right to reject
not bound to
return goods.
1908, 237, § 50
216 Mass. 367
Section 39. Unless otherwise agreed, if goods are delivered to the 1
buyer, and he refuses to accept them, having the right so to do, he is 2
not bound to return them to the seller, but it is sufficient if he notifies 3
the seller that he refuses to accept them. 4
Buyer's failure
to take
deliverj-,
1908,237, f 51.
Section 40. When the seller is ready and willing to deliver the goods, 1
and requests the buyer to take delivery, and the buyer does not do so 2
within a reasonable time after such request, he is Hable to the seller for 3
any loss caused by his neglect or refusal so to do, and also for a reason- 4
able charge for the care and custody of the goods. If the neglect or 5
refusal of the buyer to take delivery amounts to a repudiation or breach 6
of the entire contract, the seller shall have the rights against the goods 7
and on the contract hereinafter pro\ided in favor of the seller when the 8
buyer is in default. 9
Seller of goods
deemed an un-
paid seller,
1908, 237, §52.
Rights of u
paid seller.
1908, 237, §
RIGHTS OF UNPAID SELLER AGAINST THE GOODS.
Section 41. (1) The seller of goods is deemed to be an unpaid 1
seller within the meaning of this chapter — 2
(a) When the whole of the price has not been paid or tendered. 3
(b) When a bill of exchange or other negotiable instrument has been 4
received as conditional pajment, and the condition on which it was re- 5
ceived has been broken by reason of the dishonor of the instrument, the 6
insolvency of the buyer, or otherwise. 7
(2) In sections forty-one to fifty-one, inclusive, the term "seller" in- S
eludes an agent of the seller to whom the bill of lading has been endorsed, 9
or a consignor or agent who has himself paid, or is directly responsible 10
for, the price, or any other person who is in the position of a seller. 11
Section 42. (1) Notwithstanding that the property in the goods 1
may have passed to the buyer, the unpaid seller of goods, as such, has — 2
(a) A lien on the goods or right to retain them for the price while in 3
possession of them. 4
(b) In case of the insolvency of the buyer, a right of stopping the 5
goods in transit after he has parted with their possession. 6
(c) A right of re-sale as hereinafter limited. 7
(d) A right to rescind the sale as hereinafter limited. 8
(2) If the property in goods has not passed to the buyer, the unpaid 9
seller has, in addition to his other remedies, a right to withhold de- 10
Chap. 106.] sales of personal property. 1021
11 livery similar to and coextensive with his rights of lien and stoppage in
12 transit where the property has passed to the buyer.
unpaid seller's lien.
1 Section 43. (1) The unpaid seller of goods in possession of them is Unpaid seller
3 in the following cases: fenXo'fpdce.
4 (fi) If the goods have been sold without any stipulation as to credit. ^^°'^' ^^^' ^ ^■
5 (b) If the goods have been sold on credit, but the term of credit has
6 expired.
7 (c) If the buyer becomes insolvent.
8 (2) The seller may exercise his right of lien notwithstanding that he
9 is in possession of the goods as agent or bailee for the buyer.
1 Section 44. If an unpaid seller has made part delivery of the goods, Unpaid seller
2 he may exercise his right of lien on the remainder, unless such part de- iTc^'ertain^ie"
3 livery was made under such circumstances as to show an intent to waive feS"^^
4 the lien or right of retention. i908, 237, § 5.5.
1 Section 45. (1) The unpaid seller of goods loses his lien thereon — Lossofiien
2 (a) Wlien he delivers the goods to a carrier or other bailee for the seii™''''"'
3 purpose of transmission to the buyer without reser\ing the property in iso*'237, §06.
4 the goods or the right to the possession thereof.
5 (b) When the buyer or his agent lawfully obtains possession of the
6 goods.
7 (c) By waiver thereof.
8 (2) The unpaid seller of goods, having a lien thereon, does not lose
9 his lien by reason only that he has obtained a judgment or decree for
10 the price of the goods.
stoppage in transit.
1 Section 46. When the buyer of goods is or becomes insolvent, the Unpaid seller
2 unpaid seller who has parted with the possession of the goods has the ^ods'in'\ran-
3 right of stopping them in transit; that is to say, he may resume pos- 1968^237', § 57.
4 session of the goods at any time while they are in transit, and he will
5 then become entitled to the same rights relative to the goods which he
6 would have had if he had never parted with the possession.
1 Section 47. (1) Goods are in transit within the meaning of the Transit
2 preceding section ■ — i90s, 237, § as.
3 (a) From the time when deli^•ered to a carrier by land or water, or
4 other bailee, for the purpose of transmission to the buyer, until the
5 buyer, or his agent in that behalf, takes delivery of them from such
6 carrier or other bailee.
7 (b) If the goods are rejected by the buyer, and the carrier or other
8 bailee continues in possession of them, even if the seller has refused to
9 receive them back.
10 (2) Goods are no longer in transit within the meaning of the pre-
1 1 ceding section —
12 (a) If the buyer, or his agent in that behalf, obtains delivery of the
13 goods before their arrival at the appointed destination.
14 (6) If, after the arrival of the goods at such destination, the carrier
15 or other bailee acknowledges to the buyer or his agent that he holds
1022
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
[Chap. 106.
Right of stop-
page, how
exercised.
1908, 237, § 59.
the goods on his behalf and continues in their possession as bailee for 16
the buyer or his agent; and it is immaterial that a further destination 17
for the goods may have been indicated by the buyer. 18
(c) If the carrier or other bailee wrongfully refuses to deliver the goods 19
to the buyer, or his agent in that behalf. 20
(3) If goods are delivered to a ship chartered by the buyer, it de- 21
pends on the circumstances of the particular case whether they are in 22
the possession of the master as a carrier, or as agent of the buyer. 23
(4) If part delivery of the goods has been made to the buyer, or his 24
agent in that behalf, the remainder of the goods may be stopped in 25
transit, unless such part delivery has been made under such circum- 26
stances as to show an agreement with the buyer to give up possession of 27
the whole of the goods. 28
Section 48. (1) The unpaid seller may exercise his right of stoppage 1
in transit either by obtaining actual possession of the goods, or by giving 2
notice of his claim to the carrier or other bailee in possession thereof. 3
Such notice may be given either to the person in actual possession of the 4
goods or to his principal. In the latter case the notice, to be effectual, 5
must be given at such time and under such circumstances that the prin- 6
cipal, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, may prevent a delivery to 7
the buyer. 8
(2) When notice of stoppage in transit is given by the seller to the 9
carrier or other bailee in possession of the goods, he must re-deli-\'er them 10
to, or according to the direction of, the seller, at the latter's expense. If, 11
however, a negotiable document of title representing the goods has been 12
issued by the carrier or other bailee, he shall not be obliged to deliver, or 13
be justified in delivering, the goods to the seller unless such document 14
is first surrendered for cancellation. 1.^
When unpaid
seller may
re-sell.
1908, 237, § 60.
EE-SALE BY THE SELLER.
Section 49. (1) If the goods are perishable, or if the seller expressly 1
reserves the right of re-sale in case the buyer makes default, or if the 2
buyer has been in default in the payment of the price an unreasonable 3
time, an unpaid seller having a right of lien or having stopped the goods 4
in transit may re-sell the goods. He shall not thereafter be liable to the 5
original buyer upon the contract to sell or upon the sale, or for any 6
profit made by such re-sale, but may recover from the buyer damages for 7
any loss occasioned by the buyer's breach. 8
(2) If a re-sale is made, as authorized by this section, the buyer ac- 9
quires a good title as against the original buyer. 10
(3) It is not essential to the validity of a re-sale that notice of an in- 11
tention to re-sell the goods be gi^'en by the seller to the original buyer. 12
But if the right to re-sell is not based on the perishable nature of the 13
goods or upon an express provision of the contract or of the sale, the 14
giving or failure to give such notice shall be relevant in any issue involving 15
the question whether the buyer had been in default an unreasonable 16
time. 17
(4) It is not essential to the validity of a re-sale that notice of the 18
time and place thereof be given by the seller to the original buyer. 19
(5) The seller is bound to exercise reasonable care and judgment in 20
making a re-sale, and subject to this requirement may make a re-sale 21
either by public or private sale. 22
Chap. 100.] sales of personal property. 1023
RESCISSION BY THE SELLER.
1 Section 50. (1) An unpaid seller having a right of lien or having Unpaid seller
2 stopped the goods in transit, may rescind the transfer of title and resume when"^""' '
3 the property in the goods, if he expressly reserved the right to do so in case ^^°^' ' ''''
4 of the buyer's default, or if the buyer has been in default in the payment
5 of the price an unreasonable time. The seller shall not thereafter be
6 liable to the buyer upon the contract to sell or the sale, but may recover
7 from the buyer damages for any loss occasioned by the buyer's breach.
8 (2) The transfer of title shall not be held to have been rescinded by
9 an unpaid seller until he has manifested by notice to the buyer or by
10 some other overt act an intention to rescind. Such overt act need not
1 1 be communicated to the buyer, but the giving or failure to give notice to
12 the buyer of the intention to rescind shall be relevant in any issue in-
13 volving the question whether the buyer had been in default an unreason-
14 able time.
1 Section 51. Subject to section fifty-four of chapter one hundred ^"ht'noj®"^''^
2 and five and section forty of chapter one hundred and eight, the unpaid affected by
3 seller's right of lien or stoppage in transit is not affected by any sale or of buyer.
4 other disposition of the goods which the buyer may have made, unless
5 the seller has assented thereto.
actions FOR breach OF THE CONTRACT.
1 Section 52. (1) If, under a contract to sell or a sale, the property in seller's right
2 the goods has passed to the buyer, and the buyer wTongfully neglects or p?ice™^*'
3 refuses to pay therefor according to the terms of the contract or the sale, ^^°*' ^^^' * ^^■
4 the seller may maintain an action against him for the price.
5 (2) If, under a contract to sell or a sale, the price is payable on a day
6 certain, irrespective of delivery or of transfer of title, and the buyer WTong- .
7 fully neglects or refuses to pay such price, the seller may maintain an
8 action for the price, although the property in the goods has not passed,
9 and the goods have not been appropriated to the contract. But it shall
10 be a defence to such an action that the seller at any time before judgment
11 in such action has manifested an inability to perform the contract or the
12 sale on his part or an intention not to perform it.
l.'j (3) Although the property in the goods has not passed, if they cannot
14 readily be re-sold for a reasonable price, and if the provisions of paragraph
15 (4) of the following section are not applicable, the seller may offer to
16 deliver the goods to the buyer, and, if the buyer refuses to receive them,
17 may notify the buyer that the goods are thereafter held by the seller as
18 bailee for the buyer. Thereafter the seller shall treat the goods as the
19 buyer's, and may maintain an action for the price.
1 Section 53. (1) If the buyer wTongfuUy neglects or refuses to accept Right to
2 and pay for the goods, the seller may maintain an action against him isos, 237, § 64.
3 for damages for non-acceptance.
4 (2) The measure of damages shall be the estimated loss directly and
5 naturally resulting, in the ordinary course of events, from the buyer's
6 breach of contract.
7 (3) If there is an available market for the goods in question, the meas-
8 lu-e of damages, in the absence of special circumstances showing proxi-
9 mate damage of a greater amount, shall be the difference between the
1024
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
[Chap. 106.
Seller may
totally rescind
in certain
contract price and the market or current price at the time when the 10
goods ought to have been accepted, or, if no time was fixed for acceptance, 11
then at the time of the refusal to accept. 12
(4) If, while labor or expense of material amount are necessary on the 13
part of the seller to enable him to fulfil liis obligations under the contract 14
to sell or the sale, the buyer repudiates the contract or the sale, or 15
notifies the seller to proceed no fm-ther therewith, the buyer shall be 16
liable to the seller for no greater damages than the seller would have 17
suffered if he did nothing toward carrying out the contract or the sale 18
after receiving notice of the buyer's repudiation or countermand. The 19
profit which the seller would have made if the contract or the sale had 20
been fully performed shall be considered in estimating such damages. 21
Section 54. If the goods have not been delivered to the buyer, and 1
the buyer has/epudiated the contract to sell or sale, or has manifested his 2
inability to perform his obligations thereunder, or has committed a ma- 3
terial breach thereof, the seller may totally rescind the contract or the 4
sale by giving notice of his election so to do to the buyer. 5
Remedies of
buyer based
on ownership.
1908, 237. I CO.
Section 55. If the property in the goods has passed to the buyer 1
and the seller wrongfully neglects or refuses to deliver them, the buyer 2
may maintain any action allowed by law to the owner of goods of similar .3
kind wrongfully converted or withheld. 4
Remedy of
buyer for
damages.
1908, 237, § 07.
Section 56. (1) If the property in the goods has not passed to the 1
buyer, and the seller wrongfully neglects or refuses to deliver them, the 2
buyer may maintain an action against the seller for damages for non- 3
delivery. 4
(2) The measure of damages shall be the loss directly and naturally 5
resulting, in the ordinary course of events, from the seller's breach of 6
contract. '
(3) If there is an available market for the goods, the measure of S
damages, in the absence of special circumstances showing proximate 9
damages of a greater amount, shall be the difference between the con- 10
tract price and the market or current price of the goods at the time 11
when they ought to have been delivered, or, if no time was fixed, then 12
at the time of the refusal to deliver. 13
Specific per-
formance by
seller.
1908, 237, § 68.
Rights of
buyer in case
of breach of
warranty.
1908, 237, § 69.
Section 57. If the seller has broken a contract to deliver specific or
ascertained goods, a court having the powers of a court of equity may,
if it thinks fit, on the application of the buyer, by its judgment or
decree direct that the contract shall be performed specifically, without
giving the seller the option of retaining the goods on payment of dam-
ages. The judgment or decree may be unconditional, or upon such
terms and conditions as to damages, payment of the price and other-
wise, as the court may deem just.
Section 58. (1) If there is a breach of warranty by the seller, the
buyer may, at his election —
(a) Accept or keep the goods and set up against the seller the breach
of warranty by way of recoupment in diminution or extinction of the
price.
(b) Accept or keep the goods and maintain an action against the
seller for damages for such breach.
Chap. 106.] sales of personal property. 1025
8 (c) Refuse to accept the goods, if the property therein has not passed,
9 and maintain an action against the seller for damages for such breach.
10 (d) Rescind the contract to sell or the sale and refuse to receive the
1 1 goods, or if they have already been received, return them or oti'er to re-
12 turn them to the seller and recover the price or any part thereof which
13 has been paid.
14 (2) When the buyer has claimed and has been granted a remedy in
15 any one of these ways, no other remedy shall thereafter be granted.
16 (3) If the goods have been delivered to the buyer, he cannot rescind 224 Mass 275.
17 the sale if he knew of the breach of warranty when he accepted them, or
18 if he fails to notify the seller within a reasonable time of the election
19 to rescind, or if he fails to return or to offer to return the goods to the
20 seller in substantially as good condition as they were in at the time when
21 the property passed. But if deterioration or injury of the goods is due
22 to the breach of warranty, such deterioration or injury shall not pre-
23 vent the buyer from returning or offering to return the goods to the
24 seller and rescinding the sale.
25 (4) If the buyer is entitled to rescind the sale and elects so to do, the 224 Mass. 2-5.
26 buyer shall cease to be liable for the price upon returning or offering to
27 return the goods. If the price or any part thereof has already been
28 paid, the seller shall be liable to repay so much thereof as has been paid,
29 concurrently with the return of the goods, or immediately after an offer
30 to return them in exchange for repayment of the price.
31 (5) If the buyer is entitled to rescind the sale and elects so to do, and
32 the seller refuses to accept an offer of the buyer to return the goods, the
33 buyer shall thereafter be deemed to hold the goods as bailee for the
34 seller, but subject to a lien to secure the repayment of any portion of
35 the price which has been paid, and with the remedies for the enforce-
36 ment of such lien allowed to an unpaid seller by section forty-two.
37 (6) The measure of damages for breach of warranty shall be the loss
38 directly and naturally resulting, in the ordinary course of events, from
39 such breach.
40 (7) In case of breach of warranty of quality, such loss, in the absence
41 of special circumstances showing proximate damage of a greater amount,
42 shall be the difference between the value of the goods at the time of de-
43 livery to the buyer and the value they would have had if answering to
44 the warranty.
1 Section 59. Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of the certain rights
2 buyer or of the seller to recover interest or special damages in any case slii^r'not"
3 where by law recoverable, or to recover money paid where the consider- i908!237, § 70.
4 ation for the payment has failed.
interpretation .
1 Section 60. If any right, duty or liability would arise under a con- Certain rights
2 tract to sell or a sale by implication of law, it may be negatived or varied etc., may be
3 by express agreement or by the course of dealing between the parties, or "t'?.'"" '
4 by custom, if the custom is such as to bind both parties to the contract ^*"'^' ^^^' ^ ' '■
5 or sale.
1 Section 61. If any right, duty or liability is declared by sections Certain rights
2 three to fifty-nine, inclusive, it may, unless otherwise herein provided, etc., may be
3 be enforced by action. i9os, 237, § 72. a?t°oT ^
1026
SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
[CHLiP. 106.
Rules of law
and equity to
continue to
apply in cer-
tain cases.
1908, 237, § 73.
Section 62. In any case not provided for in said sections, the rules 1
of law and equity, including the law merchant, and in particular the 2
rules relating to the law of principal and agent and to the effect of fraud, 3
misrepresentation, duress or coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other 4
invalidating cause, shall continue to apply to contracts to sell and to 5
sales of goods. 6
Interpretation
and construc-
tion.
1908, 237,
§§ 74, 77.
Section 63. Said sections shall be so interpreted and construed, if 1
possible, as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law 2
of those states which enact them, and may be cited as the sales act. 3
Not to apply
to certain
transactions.
1908, 237, § 75.
Section 64. The provisions of said sections relating to contracts to 1
sell and to sales shall not apply, unless so stated, to any transaction in 2
the form of a contract to sell or a sale which is intended to operate by 3
way of mortgage, pledge, charge or other security. 4
Certain terms
defined.
1908, 237, § 70.
Section 65. (1) The following words, as used in sections three to 1
sixty-four, inclusive, unless the context or subject matter otherwise 2
requires, shall have the following meaning: 3
"Action" includes counter-claim, set-oft' and suit in equity. 4
"Buyer", a person who buys or agrees to buy goods, or any legal 5
successor in interest of such person. 6
"Defendant" includes a plaintiff against whom a right of set-off or 7
counter-claim is asserted. 8
"Delivery", voluntary transfer of possession from one person to 9
another. 10
"Divisible contract to sell" or "divisible sale", a contract to sell or a 11
sale wherein by its terms the price for a portion or portions of the goods 12
less than the whole is fixed or ascertainable by computation. 13
"Document of title to goods" includes any dock warrant, or order for 14
the delivery of goods, or any other document used in the ordinary course 15
of business in the sale or transfer of goods as proof of the possession or 16
control of the goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize the pos- 17
sessor of the document to transfer or receive, either by endorsement or 18
by delivery, goods represented by such document. 19
"Fault", wrongful act or default. 20
"Fungible goods", goods of which any unit is from its nature or by 21
mercantile usage treated as the equivalent of any other unit. 22
"Future goods", goods to be manufactured or acquired by the seller 23
after the making of the contract of sale. 24
"Goods" include all chattels personal other than things in action and 25
money, emblements, industrial growing crops, and things attached to or 26
forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or 27
under the contract of sale. 28
"Order" in such of said .sections as relate to documents of title means 29
an order by endorsement on the document. 30
" Person " includes a corporation or partnership or two or more persons 31
having a joint or common interest. 32
" Plaintiff " includes defendant asserting a right of set-off or counter- 33
claim. 34
"Property", the general property in goods, and not merely a special 35
property. 36
" Purchaser ' ' includes mortgagee and pledgee. 37
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38 " Purchases " includes taking as a mortgagee or as a pledgee.
39 "Quality of goods" includes their state or condition.
40 "Sale " includes a bargain and sale as well as a sale and delivery.
41 "Seller", a person who sells or agrees to sell goods, or any legal suc-
42 cessor in interest of such person.
43 "Specific goods", goods identified and agreed upon at the time a con-
44 tract to sell or a sale is made.
45 "Value", any consideration suflicient to support a simple contract.
46 An antecedent or pre-existing claim, whether for money or not, consti-
47 tutes value where goods or documents of title are taken either in satis-
48 faction thereof or as security therefor.
49 (2) A thing is done "in good faith" when it is in fact done honestly,
50 whether it be done negligently or not.
51 (3) A person is insolvent who either has ceased to pay his debts in the
52 ordinary course of business or cannot pay his debts as they become due,
53 whether he has committed an act of bankruptcy or not, and whether he
54 is insolvent within the meaning of the federal bankruptcy law or not.
55 (4) Goods are in a "deliverable state" when they are in such a state
56 that the buyer would, under the contract, be bound to take delivery of
57 them.
CHAPTER 107.
MONEY AND NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
Sect.
monet of account.
1. Money of account.
2. Accounts, etc., expressed in other
moneys.
INTEREST.
3. Rate of interest.
REGISTRATION OP BONDS AND OTHER SE-
CURITIES.
4. Issue of registered bonds.
5. Issue of new registered bonds.
6. Cities, etc., to keep registers of bonds.
OBLIGATIONS NOT TO BE ISSUED OR RE-
DEEMED IN NUMERICAL ORDER.
7. Bonds, etc., redeemable in numerical
order, etc., not to be issued.
8. Penalties.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND OTHER CONTRACTS.
9. Damages on bills payable outside the
United States.
10. Damages on other contracts.
11. Damages on bills payable outside the
commonwealth, but within the
United States.
12. Damages on bills payable within the
commonwealth.
Sect.
general provisions.
13. Protest prima facie evidence.
14. Non-negotiable instruments.
15. Negotiable instruments.
16. Notice to party signing on back.
17. Payment of check after death of
drawer.
DEFINITIONS AND RULES.
18. Definitions.
19. Primary and secondary liability.
20. Reasonable time defined.
21. Instruments falling due, etc., on .Sun-""
day, etc.
22. Rules of law merchant to govern,
when.
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS IN GENERAL.
Form and Interpretation.
23. Negotiable instruments, form, etc.
24. Sum payable.
25. Unconditional order or promise to pay.
26. Time of payment.
27. Negotiable character not affected by
certain provisions.
28. Same subject.
29. Payable on demand.
30. Payable to order.
31. Payable to bearer.
32. Terms sufficient, when.
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[Chap. 107.
Sect.
33.
Date of making, etc.
Not invalid if ante-dated, etc.
Holder may insert date, when.
When the holder may complete.
Incomplete instrument not a valid
contract, when.
Contract incomplete until delivery.
Rules of construction when language
is ambiguous.
Liability of certain persons.
Signature by agent.
Person signing not liable.
Signature by "procuration".
Endorsement, etc., by corporation or
infant.
Forged signature inoperative.
Liability of bank for payment of cer-
tain negotiable instruments, etc.
Consideration.
47. Valuable consideration presumed.
48. Value.
49. Holder for value.
50. Holder for value to extent of lien.
51. Absence of consideration a defence.
52. Accommodation party.
Negotiation.
Negotiation of instruments.
Endorsement.
Endorsement of entire instrument.
Endorsement special or in blank.
Special endorsement.
Holder may convert blank to special,
when.
Restrictive endorsement.
Rights of endorsee thereunder.
Qualified endorsement.
Conditional endorsement.
Special endorsement of instrun;ient
payable to bearer.
Endorsement by payees, etc., not
partners.
Instrument payable to bank, when.
Misspelled name.
Endorser in a representative capacity.
Endorsement dated after maturity;
effect.
Place of endorsement.
Limit of negotiability.
Holder may strike out endorsement.
Transfer of instrument.
Reissue of instrument.
Rights of the Holder,
74. Rights of holder.
75. Holder in due course.
76. Negotiation of instrument payable on
demand.
77. Defect in title.
78. Same subject.
79. Notice of defect in title.
80. Holder in due course free from equi-
ties.
Sect.
81. Rights of holder other than holder in
due course.
82. Holder to prove title.
Liabilities of Parties.
Liability of maker.
Liability of drawer.
Liability of acceptor.
When a person is an endorser.
Liability of such endorser.
Instrument negotiated by delivery, etc.
Endorser without qualification.
Liability of the endorser.
Endorsers liable in order of endorse-
ments.
Liability of broker or agent.
Presentment for Payment.
Presentment for payment.
Time of presentment.
Presentment, by whom.
Place of presentment.
Instrument to be delivered to party
paying.
Presentment at bank.
Where person liable is dead.
W^here persons are liable as partners.
Where there are several persons, not
partners.
Presentment not required, when.
Same subject.
Delay excused, when.
Presentment dispensed with, when.
Instrument dishonored, when.
Right of recourse accrues, when.
Time of payment of negotiable instru-
ments.
Computation of time.
If payable at a bank.
Payment in due course.
Notice of Dishonor.
Notice of dishonor.
Notice, how given.
Who to give notice of dishonor.
Effect of notice given on behalf of
holder.
Effect of notice.
Notice, to whom given when instru-
ment is dishonored in hands of
agent.
Written notice need not be signed and
may be supplemented, etc.
Form and manner of giving notice.
Notice, to whom given.
Notice in case of death.
Notice to partners.
Notice to parties not partners.
Notice if party is bankrupt, etc.
Notice on dishonor.
Time of giving notice in certain cases.
Same subject.
Notice deposited in post office suffi-
cient.
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Sect.
129. Same subject.
130. Time given to party receiving notice.
131. Notice sent to special address.
132. Notice may be waived.
133. Waiver binds whom.
134. Waiver of protest.
135. Wlien notice is dispensed with.
136. WTien delay is excused.
137. When notice is not required.
138. Same subject.
139. Notice of dishonor by non-acceptance.
140. Effect of omission to give notice.
141. Instrument dishonored may be pro-
tested.
Discharge.
142. Discharge of negotiable instruments.
143. Discharge of person secondarily liable.
144. Effect of payment by party second-
arily liable.
145. Holder may renounce rights.
146. Unintentional cancellation inopera-
tive.
147. Effect of alteration.
148. Material alteration defined.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
Form and Interpretation.
149. Requisites of bill of exchange.
150. Liability of drawee.
151. Address.
152. Inland bill of exchange.
153. If drawer and drawee are same.
154. Referee in case of need.
Acceptance.
155. Acceptance of bill.
156. Acceptance written on bill, when.
157. Written acceptance binding, when.
158. Unconditional promise.
159. Time allowed drawee.
160. Destruction of biU, etc., an accept-
ance.
161. Incomplete bill accepted.
162. Acceptance general or qualified.
163. General acceptance.
164. Qualified acceptance.
165. Holder may refuse qualified accept-
Preaentment for Acceptance.
166. Presentment for acceptance.
167. Presentment within reasonable time.
168. Presentment at a reasonable hour,
on a business day, etc.
169. Presentment for acceptance same as
presentment of negotiable instru-
ment for payment.
170. Necessary delay excused.
171. Presentment excused, when.
172. Bill dishonored, when.
Sect.
173. Right of recourse lost, when.
174. Right of recourse accrues to holder,
when.
Protest.
175. Foreign bill protested, when.
176. Protest made by whom.
177. Protest annexed to bill.
178. Protest to be made on day of dis-
honor.
179. Protest at place where dishonored.
180. Protest for non-payment after protest
for non-acceptance.
181. Protest for better security, when.
182. Protest unnecessary, when.
183. Protest made on copy, etc.
Acceptance for Honor.
184. Acceptance for honor.
185. Acceptance for honor must be in
writing.
186. Acceptance for honor of drawer.
187. Liability of acceptor for honor.
188. Same subject.
189. Maturity of bill accepted for honor.
190. Bill accepted for honor protested,
when.
191. Presentment for payment to acceptor
for honor.
192. Certain provisions to apply.
193. Effect of dishonor of bill by acceptor
for honor.
Payment for Honor.
194. Payment for honor.
195. Such pajTnent to be attested by no-
tarial act of honor.
196. Notarial act of honor.
197. Preference.
198. When parties discharged.
199. When right of recourse lost.
200. Payer for honor entitled to bill and
protest.
Bills in a Set,
201. Bills in a set.
202. True owner.
203. Liability of endorsers.
204. Acceptance.
205. Liability of acceptor.
206. Set discharged, when.
PROMISSORY NOTES AND CHECKS.
207. Promissory note defined.
208. Check defined.
209. Time for presentation of check.
210. Certification constitutes an accept-
ance.
211. Endorsers discharged, when.
212. Liability of bank to holder.
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[Chap. 107.
MONEY OF ACCOUNT.
Money of
account.
1794, 42, § 1.
R. S. 35, § .5.
G. S. S3, § 1.
P. S. 77. § 1.
R. L. 73, § 1.
Section 1. The money of account of the commonwealth shall be 1
the dollar, cent and mill. Proceedings in court, accounts in the public 2
offices and other public accounts shall be had and kept in accordance 3
herewith. u. s. Rev. sts. § ases. 4
Accounts, etc.,
expressed in
other moneys.
1794, 42, § 2,
R. S. 35, I 6.
G. S. 53, § 2.
P. S. 77, § 2.
Section 2. The preceding section shall not vitiate or affect an 1
account, charge or entry made, or a note, bond or other instrument 2
expressed in any other money of account; but in a suit thereon such 3
other money shall be reduced to dollars and fractions thereof. R- l. 73, § 2. 4
Rate of in-
terest.
C. L. 153, § 3,
1693, 1.
1749-50. 23, §
1783, 55.
1825, 143.
1826. 27.
R.S. 35, §§1-
1846, 199.
G.s. 53, lia-
ises, 242.
Section 3. If there is no agreement or provision of law for a dif- 1
ferent rate, the interest of money shall be at the rate of six dollars on 2
^- each hundred for a year, but, except as provided in sections seventy- 3
eight, ninety, ninety-two, ninety-six and one hundred of chapter one 4
4. hundred and fortj', it shall be lawful to pay, reserve or contract for any 5
s. rate of interest or discount. No greater rate than that before mentioned 6
shall be recovered in a suit unless the agreement to pay it is in writing. 7
1867. 56. §§
1870. 292.
P. S. 77. § 3,
R. L. 73. § 3
112 M:
63.
125 Mas!
3. 562.
129 Mas:
i. 82. 425.
139 Masi
i. 360. 407.
148 Mas!
i. 231.
152 Mas!
3. 74. 316.
176 Mass. 38.
218 Mass. 91.
220 Mass. 429.
2 Op. A. G. 442.
Issue of regis-
tered bonds.
1876, 238, § 1.
P. S. 77. § 5.
R. L. 73. § 4.
1915,121, § 1.
REGISTRATION OF BONDS AND OTHER SECURITIES.
Section 4. A county, city, town or district or any corporation 1
organized under the laws of the commonwealth may, at the request of 2
the owner or holder of a bond, promissory note or certificate of indebted- 3
ness issued by it payable to bearer, at any time more than one year before 4
maturity thereof, issue in exchange therefor a bond, note or certificate of 5
the same effect, payable to the owner or holder by name. Coupon or 6
registered bonds, notes or certificates of a city, town or district may 7
be surrendered to the city, town or district treasurer for cancellation 8
and in exchange therefor one or more registered bonds, notes or certifi- 9
cates having the same maturity and rate of interest, may be issued to 10
the same or to a new owner or owners. In cities, such new bonds, notes 11
or certificates shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the 12
city auditor or comptroller and the mayor, or their successors in office. 13
In towns, such new bonds, notes or certificates shall be signed by the 14
treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the selectmen. In districts, 15
such new bonds, notes or certificates shall be signed by the treasurer and 16
countersigned by the prudential committee or other body exercising 17
similar powers. The expense involved in surrendering and in making 18
the cancellation and reissue of any bond, promissory note or certificate 19
of indebtedness under this section or under any other law applicable 20
thereto shall be borne by the party requesting such cancellation and 21
reissue. 22
Issue of new
registered
bonds.
1876, 238, I 2,
P. S. 77, § 6.
R. L. 73, § 5.
Section 5. A person to whom a bond, note or certificate issued 1
under the preceding section is transferred by operation of law or by 2
assignment acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowl- 3
edgments of deeds conveying real property in this commonwealth, shall 4
Chap. 107.] negotiable instruments. 1031
5 be entitled in exchange therefor to a new bond, note or certificate of
6 the same effect, payable to him by name.
1 Section 6. Such county, city, town, district or corporation shall keep^g^t'ere
2 keep a register showing the number, date, amount and rate of interest "g^g "j'tg , 3
3 of each bond, promissory note or certificate of indebtedness issued by ps.'tj. §7.
4 it under the two preceding sections ; of the time when payable and the
5 name of the payee; and of the bonds, notes or certificates, if any, re-
6 ceived in exchange therefor; and shall be entitled to a fee of fifty cents
7 for each bond, note or certificate so registered.
OBLIGATIONS NOT TO BE ISSUED OR REDEEMED IN NUMERICAL ORDER.
1 Section 7. No person shall issue, negotiate or sell any bonds. Bonds, etc., re-
2 certificates or obligations of any kind, which are by the terms thereof numerical'"
3 to be redeemed in numerical order or in any arbitrary order of prece- ^o'be'issue'cL"*
4 dence without reference to the amount previously paid thereon by r^l'vs^'sV'
5 the holder thereof, whether they are sold on the instalment plan or JgS^/^^' lA-
6 otherwise, nor shall any person redeem any bonds, certificates or obliga- i87 Mass! sib!
7 tions in such order, whether they are sold on the instalment plan or p- • •
8 otherwise.
1 Section 8. Violations of the preceding section shall be punished by Penalties.
2 a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for §§ 2-4*.
3 not more than one year. Any such violation, if by a domestic corpo- 190.5. Isi, § 2.
4 ration, shall operate as a forfeiture of its franchise and, if by a for- lli^fa^ss! M^'
5 eign corporation, association or organization, as a discontinuance of its 2l3p^A''G^4oi
6 right to do business in the commonwealth; and the supreme judicial
7 or superior court, upon the application of the commissioner of corpo-
8 rations and taxation, may enjoin such foreign corporation, association
9 or organization from further continuing its business in the common-
10 wealth. The court may appoint a receiver to take possession of the
11 property of such corporation, association or organization, and to close
12 up the business, subject to the order of the court.
bills of exch.\nge and other contracts.
1 Section 9. When a bill of exchange, drawn or endorsed within this Damages on
2 commonwealth and payable beyond the limits of the United States, is outside the
3 duly protested for non-acceptance or non-payment, the party liable is^ify.^"!.'
4 thereon shall, on due notice and demand, pay it at the current rate of q %' If, § 11.
5 exchange on the date of flie demand, with interest from the date of the p^fv^y"/^ \i;
6 protest and damages at the rate of five per cent upon the principal R- l- 73, § 9.
7 thereof; and the amount of principal, interest and damages shall be in
8 satisfaction of all charges, ex-penses and damages.
1 Section 10. In an action on a contract, other than a bill of ex- Damages on
2 change, for the payment of money beyond the limits of the United tracts.
3 States, the amount to be recovered by the creditor shall be determined R's.V^'i 19.'
4 by the current rate of exchange on the date when such contract becomes '^^ ^- ''^' ^ '"•
5 due, with interest from such date.
1 Section 11. The rates of damages to be allowed upon a bill of MirplraUe
2 exchange duly protested for non-acceptance or non-payment, if drawn eommonweaith.
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[Ch.\p. 107.
but within the
United Statt-s.
1819.41, § 1.
1820, 2.
R. S. 33, § 3.
1837, 239.
G. .S. 53. § 13.
P. S. 77. § 20.
R. L. 73, § II.
or endorsed within this commonwealth and payable at a place beyond 3
its limits but within the United States, shall, in addition to the principal 4
thereof with interest and costs, be as follows: if payable in Maine, 5
New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut or New York, 6
two per cent; in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland or Delaware, 7
three per cent; in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South 8
Carolina or Georgia, or in the District of Columbia, four per cent; 9
and in any other of the United States or in any territory thereof, five 10
per cent. 11
bills payable
within the com
monwealth.
1819,41, §2.
R. S. 33, § 4.
G. S. 53, § 14.
P. S. 77, § 21.
R. L. 73, § 12.
Section 12. The rate of damages upon a bill of exchange or order 1
for the payment of not less than one hundred dollars, drawn or endorsed 2
within the commonwealth and payable therein at a place not less than 3
seventy-five miles distant from the place where it is drawn or endorsed, 4
when such bill or order is not duly accepted or paid, shall be one per cent 5
in addition to the principal thereof, with interest thereon. 6
Protest prima
facie evidence.
1880, 4.
P. S. 77, § 22.
R. L. 73, § 13.
154 Mass. 105.
165 Mass. 555.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 13. The protest of a bill of exchange, promissory note or
order for the payment of money certified by a notary public under his
hand and official seal shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated
in such protest, and of the giving of notice to the drawer or endorser.
201 Mass. 341.
StTumen'ts.'''^ Section 14. A nou-ncgotiable order or draft for money payable
P.S. 77, §§11, within the commonwealth in which no time of payment is expressed,
R. L. 73, § 14. shall be payable on demand. Section one hundred and eight shall
apply to all non-negotiable instruments and contracts, except that non-
negotiable contracts other than non-negotiable bills of exchange, drafts,
promissory notes, checks and orders for the payment of money shall
be payable or performable on Saturday when they fall due on that day,
unless it is a holiday. Section one hundred and fifty-nine shall apply
to non-negotiable bills of exchange and drafts.
9
Ssfrumeits SECTION 15. Except as provided in the preceding section, sections 1
R. L. 73, § 15. eighteen to two hundred and twelve, inclusive, shall apply to negotiable 2
instruments only. 3
Sningon""''^ SECTION 16. A pcrsou becoming a party to a non-negotiable promis- 1
1874' 404 ^^^^ ^°*® payable on time, by a signature in blank on the back thereof, 2
p. s.'77, § 15. shall be entitled to notice of non-payment the same as an endorser. 3
R. L. 73, § 16. 168 Mass. 537. 173 Mass. 436.
rSkTfter' Section 17. A depositary of func^ subject to withdrawal by check 1
death of or demand draft may pay a check or demand draft drawn on it by a 2
1885, 210, § 1. depositor having funds on deposit to pay the same, notwithstanding 3
his death, upon presentation within ten days after its date. 4
R. L. 73. § 17.
Definitions.
1898, 533,
§ 191.
R. L. 73, i 207.
1912. 277, § 3.
DEFINITIONS AND RULES.
Section 18. In sections eighteen to two hundred and twelve, in- 1
elusive, the following words, unless the context otherwise requires, 2
shall have the following meanings: 3
CiLVP. 107.] NEGOTIABLE INSTRLTMENTS. 1033
4 "Acceptance", an acceptance completed bv delivery or written los Mass. 5119.
r . -c i- ir I- . . jg2 Mass. 3-1.
0 notincation. les Mass. 3S4.
6 "Action" includes counter-claim and set-off. s^Op^A.^G.^IIi
7 "Bank" includes any person carrying on the business of banking,
8 whether incorporated or not.
9 "Bearer", the person in possession of a bill or note payable to bearer.
10 "Bill", a bill of exchange, and "note", a negotiable promissory
11 note.
12 "Delivery", transfer of possession, actual or constructive, from one
13 person to another.
14 "Endorsement", an endorsement completed by delivery.
15 "Holder", the payee or endorsee of a bill or note, who is in possession
16 of it, or the bearer thereof.
17 "Instrument" and "negotiable instrument" shall have the same
18 meaning and shall not include a bill of lading, warehouse receipt or
19 certificate of stock.
20 "Issue", the first delivery of the instrument, complete in form, to a
21 person who takes it as a holder.
22 "Value", valuable consideration.
23 "Written" includes printed, and "writing" includes print.
1 Section 19. The person "primarily" liable on an instrument is the Primary and
2 person who by the terms thereof is absolutely required to pay the same. blSy."^
3 All other parties are "secondarily" liable.
1S9S. 533, §192. R. L. 73, §208. 212 Mass. 205.
1 Section 20. In determining what is a "reasonable time" or an Reasonable
2 "unreasonable time" regard is to be had to the nature of the instrument, i898,533°§i93.
3 the usage of trade or business, if any, with respect to such instruments, isAus's^eg.^'
4 and the facts of the particular case. 194 Mass. 418. 227 Mass. 71.
1 Section 21. Unless otherwise provided, where the day, or the last instruments
2 day, for doing any act herein required or permitted to be done falls on on Sunday, etc!
3 Sunday or on a holiday, the act may be done on the next succeeding r. l! 73, '§ 210.'
4 secular or business day.
1 Section 22. In any case not provided for in sections eighteen to Rules of law
2 twenty-one and twenty-three to two hundred and twelve, both inclusive, ^"ern.'when.
3 the rules of the law merchant shall govern. 1398.533, § i96. r. l. 73, § 212.
negotiable instruments in general.
Form and Interpretation.
1 Section 23. An instrument to be negotiable must conform to the Negotiable in-
^11 11* • , ^,-„-., etruments,
2 following requirements: 1898,533, §1. r. L.73, §is. form, etc.
3 1. It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer; 124 Mass. 149.
4 2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum is Mass. 387.
5 certain in money; 4 Met. 230. 11 Gray, 502.
2 Allen, 236. 119 Mass. 137. 127 Mass. 293. 184 Mass. 307.
7 Allen, 333. 122 Mass. 67. 134 Mass. 343. 201 Mass. 172.
12 Allen, 454. 124 Mass. 149. 151 Mass. 115. 230 Mass. 256.
Ill Mass. 523. 126 Mass. 342. 167 Mass. 74. 236 Mass. 4.53.
6 3. Must be payable on demand or at a fixed or determinable future 4 Met. 230.
. *^ 111 Mass. 523.
7 time;
119 Mass. 137. 133 Mass. 151. 140 Mass. 218. 218 Mass. 30.
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NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
[Celap. 107.
4. Must be payable to order or to bearer; and 8
5. Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee he must be named 9
or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty. 10
Sum payable.
1898, 533. § 2.
R. L. 73, § 19.
Section 24. The sum payable is a sum certain within the meaning 1
of sections eighteen to two hundred and twelve, inclusive, although it is 2
to be paid : 3
1. With interest; or 4
2. By stated instalments; or 5
3. By stated instalments, with a pro\'ision that, upon default in pay- 6
ment of any instalment or of interest, the whole shall become due; or 7
4. With exchange, whether at a fixed rate or at a current rate; or 8
5. With costs of collection or an attorney's fee, in case payment shall 9
not be made at maturity. 10
Unconditional
order or prom-
ise to pay.
1898, 533, § 3.
E. L. 73, § 20.
14 Pick. 268.
6 Cush. 6.
109 Mass. 36.
134 Mass. 245.
Time of pay-
ment.
1888, 329.
1898, 533, § 4.
E. L. 73, §21.
Section 25. An unqualified order or promise to pay is uncondi- 1
tional within the meaning of sections eighteen to two hundred and 2
twelve, inclusive, though coupled with: 3
1. An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is 4
to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or 5
2. A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument. 6
But, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, an order or prom- 7
ise to pay only out of a particular fund is not unconditional. 8
Section 26. An instrument is payable at a determinable future 1
time, within the meaning of sections eighteen to two hundred and 2
twelve, inclusive, which is expressed to be payable: 3
1. At a fixed period after date or sight; or 4
Negotiable
character not
affected by cer-
tain provisions.
1898, 633, § 5.
R. L. 73, § 22.
140 Mass. 218.
230 Mass. 250.
125 Mass. 365.
2. On or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein;
or
3. On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event,
which is certain to happen, though the time of happening is uncertain.
An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the
happening of the event does not cure the defect.
Section 27. An instrument which contains an order or promise to 1
do any act in addition to the payment of money is not negotiable. But 2
the negotiable character of an instrument otherwise negotiable is not 3
affected by a provision which : 4
1. Authorizes the sale of collateral securities in case the instrument is 5
not paid at maturity; or 6
2. Authorizes a confession of judgment if the instrument is not paid 7
at maturity; or 8
3. Waives the benefit of any law intended for the advantage or pro- 9
tection of the obligor; or 10
4. Gives the holder an election to require something to be done in 11
lieu of payment of money. 12
But nothing in this section shall validate any provision or stipulation 13
otherwise illegal. 14
Same subject.
1852, 76.
G. S. 53, § 6.
P. S. 77, 1 4.
Section 28. The validity and negotiable character of an instru- 1
ment are not affected by the fact that: 2
1898, 533, § 6. R. L. 73, | 23. 149 Mass. 492.
Chap. 107.] negotiable instruments. 1035
3 1. It is not dated ; or
4 2. Does not specify the value given, or that any value has been given 3 Met. 363.
5 therefor; or 236 Mass. 453.
6 3. Does not specify the place where it is drawn or the place where it
7 is payable; or
8 4. Bears a seal; or o,*?''.^' "f-,:o
r\ c T\ ' *ii*ii» • Mass. ooJ.
9 5. Designates a particular kind of current money in which payment 4 Mass. 245.
10 is to be made. 103 Mass. 316.
11 But subdivision two shall not apply in cases where by statute the
12 nature of the consideration is required to be stated in the instrument.
1 Section 29. An instrument is payable on demand : h*''*''!? "^
1862, 130, § 2. P. S. 77, § 11. 1898, 533, § 7. R. L. 73, § 24. ^""^
2 1. Where it is expressed to be payable on demand, at sight, or on lo Pick. 228.
3 presentation; or i3Pick.4i8.
4 Gray, 316. 125 Mass. 365. 133 Mass. 151. 146 Mass. 20, 118.
4 2. In which no time for payment is expressed. i^* ^"^^ ii"^-
5 Where an instrument is issued, accepted or endorsed, when overdue, isPick. 26o.
6 it is, as regards the person so issuing, accepting or endorsing it, payable
7 on demand.
1 Section 30. The instrument is payable to order where it is drawn Payable to
2 payable to the order of a specified person or to him or his order. It is98,'533, § s.
3 may be drawn payable to the order of:
R. L. 73, §25. 118 Mass. 641. 173 Mass. 517.
4 1. A payee who is not maker, drawer or drawee; or
5 2. The drawer or maker; or
6 3. The drawee; or
7 4. Two or more payees jointly; or
8 5. One or some of several payees; or
9 6. The holder of an office for the time being. 3 Pick. 321.
106 Mass. 561. 150 Mass. 166.
10 Where the instrument is payable to order the payee mu.st be named 220 Mass. 429.
11 or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty.
1 Section 31. The instrument is payable to bearer: Payable to
1898, 533, § 9. R. L. 73, § 26. bearer.
2 1. When it is expressed to be so payable; or
3 2. When it is payable to a person named therein or bearer; or 5 Pick. 526.
4 3. When it is payable to the order of a fictitious or non-existing per- jg^pf^^' 9°^'
5 son, and such fact was known to the person making it so payable; or 201 Mass. 103.
6 4. When the name of the payee does not purport to be the name of
7 any person; or
8 5. When the only or last endorsement is an endorsement in blank. 234 Mass 24s.
1 Section 32. The instrument need not follow the language of this Terms suffi-
2 chapter, but any terms are sufficient which clearly indicate an inten- isgs.'ssst'iio.
3 tion to conform to the requirements hereof. R. l. 73, § 27.
1 Section 33. Where the instrument or an acceptance or any endorse- pate of mak-
2 ment thereon is dated such date is deemed prima facie to be the true isl'stsss, §11.
3 date of the making, drawing, acceptance or endorsement, as the case I'Masl^ise^*'
4 may be. 7 Gray, 543.
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NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
[Ch.u>. 107.
Stl^Ifid^ltc Section 34. The instrument is not invalid for the reason only that 1
1898,533 §12. it is antft-datcd or post-dated, provided this is not done for an illegal 2
11 Met. 276. ■ or fraudulent purpose. The person to whom an instrument so dated is 3
delivered acquires the title thereto as of the date of delivery. 4
Sseftdatef SECTION 35. \Miere an instrument e.xpressed to be payable at a 1
i'89^8!'533, § 13 ^xed period after date is issued undated, or where the acceptance of an 2
?-Ah^^'i^^' instrument pavable at a fixed period after sight is undated, any holder 3
10 Cusn. 373. , 1 ' • I 1 i» • 1 1 *■ •
may insert tnerem the true date ot issue or acceptance, and the mstru- 4
ment shall be payable accordingly. The insertion of a wTong date does 5
not avoid the instrument in the hands of a subsequent holder in due 6
course; but as to him the date so inserted is to be regarded as the true 7
date. 8
When the
holder may
complete.
1898, 533, § 14.
R. L. 73, § 31.
10 Gush. 373.
2 Allen, 236.
125 Mass. 496.
150 Mass. 574.
183 Mass. 140.
217 Mass. 462.
220 Mass. 429,
438, 445.
Section 36. Where the instrument is wanting in any material par- 1
ticular the person in possession thereof has a prima facie authority to 2
complete it by filling up the blanks therein. And a signature on a blank 3
paper delivered by the person making the signature, in order that the 4
paper may be converted into a negotiable instrument, operates as a 5
prima facie authority to fill it up as such for any amount. In order, 6
however, that any such instrument when completed may be enforced 7
against any person who became a party thereto prior to its completion, 8
it must be filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given, and 9
within a reasonable time. But if any such instrument, after completion, 10
is negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all 11
purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up 12
strictly in accordance with the authority given, and within a reasonable 13
time. 14
Incomplete
instrument not
a valid con-
tract, when.
1898, 533, I 15.
R. L. 73, § 32.
Section 37. Where an incomplete instrument has not been deliv- 1
ered it will not, if completed and negotiated without authority, be a 2
valid contract in the hands of any holder, as against any person whose 3
signature was placed thereon before delivery. 4
Contract in-
complete until
delivery.
1898, 533, § 10.
R. L. 73, § 33.
9 Mass. 423.
13 Pick. 499.
16 Pick. 574.
1 Met. 423.
4 Cush. 604.
6 Cush. 233.
3 Gray, 502.
16 Gray, 74.
3 Allen, 192.
5 Allen, 140.
116 Mass. 310.
119 Mass. 383.
129 Mass. 52.
152 Mass, 34.
158 Mass. 79.
187 Mass. 159.
217 Mass. 462.
222 Mass. 453.
Section 38. Every contract on a negotiable instrument is incom- 1
plete and revocable until delivery of the instrument for the purpose of 2
giving effect thereto. As between immediate parties, and as regards 3
a remote party other than a holder in due course, the delivery, in order 4
to be effectual, must be made either by or under the authority of the 5
party making, drawing, accepting or endorsing, as the case may be; and 6
in such case the delivery may be shown to have been conditional, or 7
for a special purpose only, and not for the purpose of transferring the 8
property in the instrument. But where the instrument is in the hands 9
of a holder in due course a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to 10
him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed. Where 11
the instrument is no longer in the possession of a party whose signature 12
appears thereon a valid and intentional delivery by him is presumed 13
until the contrary is pro^'ed. 14
Rules of con-
struction when
language is
ambiguous.
Section 39. Wliere the language of the instrument is ambiguous, 1
or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply: 2
1874. 404. P. S. 77, § 15. 1898, 533, § 17. R. L. 73, § 34.
Chap. 107.] negoti.^ble instruments. 1037
3 1. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures 13 Met. 262.
4 and there is a discrepancy between the two the sum denoted by the ' '^"'^' '^^^'
5 words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain
6 reference may be had to the figures to fi.x the amount;
7 2. Where the instrument provides for the payment of interest, with-
8 out specifjing the date from which interest is to run, the interest runs
9 from the date of the instrument, and if the instrument is undated, from
10 the issue thereof;
11 3. Where the instrument is not dated it will be considered to be
12 dated as of the time it was issued;
13 4. Where there is a conflict between the written and printed provi-
14 sions of the instrument the written provisions prevail;
15 5. W'here the instrument is so ambiguous that there is doubt whether 100 Mass. 12.
16 it is a bill or note the holder may treat it as either at his election; '^® Mass. 342.
17 6. Where a signature is so placed upon the instrument that it is not 125 Mass. 134.
18 clear in what capacity the person making the same intended to sign he 72.
19 is to be deemed an endorser; 128 Mass. 363.
133 Mass. 284. 168 Mass. 537. 173 Mass. 122. 216 Mass. 521.
20 7. Where an instrument containing the words "I promise to pay" 7 Mass. 58.
21 is signed by two or more persons they are deemed to be jointly and 223 Mass. 325.
22 severally liable thereon.
1 Section 40. No person is liable on the instrument whose signature Liability of
2 does not appear thereon, except as herein otherwise expressly provided. is9s,'533!'^5°i8^."
3 But one who signs in a trade or assumed name will be liable to the Jo Mass'. 36a'
4 same extent as if he had signed in his own name.
3 Pick. 297, 322. 7 Cush. 111. 5 Allen, 338, 340. 104 Mass. 336.
8 Pick. 56. 5 Gray, 667. 7 Allen, 337. 106 Mass. 561.
2 Met. 47. 16 Gray, 77. 8 Allen, 460. Ill Mass. 368.
6 Cush. 233. 4 Allen, 403. 98 Mass. 101. 213 Mass. 414.
1 Section 41. The signature of any party may be made by a duly signature by
2 authorized agent. No particular form of appointment is necessary ligs, '533, § 19.
3 for this purpose; and the authority of the agent may be established i'- 1" ''3. § 36.
4 as in other cases of agency.
1 Section 42. Where the instrument contains, or a person adds to his Person signing
2 signature, words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, isgs! 533,' § 20.
3 or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he f{ \il^[ |s|';
4 was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him l^J^^tHi:
5 as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing i2*G^ay^474
6 his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability.
16 Gray, 77. 106 Mass. 561. 122 Mass. 67. 172 Mass. 513.
5 Allen, 338. Ill Mass. 368. 126 Mass. 119. 218 Mass. 324.
8 Allen, 460. 119 Mass. 189. 141 Mass. 587. 234 Mass. 584.
98 Mass. 101. 120 Mass. 92.
1 Section 43. A signature by "procuration" operates as notice that signature by _
2 the agent has but a limited authority to sign, and the principal is bound i898,™33.'f 21."
3 only in case the agent in so signing acted within the actual limits of his ' ' '
4 authority.
1 Section 44. The endorsement or assignment of the instrument by a Endorsement,
2 corporation or by an infant passes the property therein, notwithstanding po'ratiOTof
3 that from want of capacity the corporation or infant may incur no lia- 'ig'gg '533, § 22.
4 bility thereon. R. l. 73, § 39. 3 Gray. 215.
1038 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. [ChAP. 107.
fur?^openf-' Section 45. Where a signature is forged or made without autliority 1
1898, 533. § 23. ^^ ^^^ persoii whosc signature it purports to be it is wholly inoperative, 2
?An'en^'4l7*°' ^^^ "° right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, 3
97 Mass 498 or to euforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired 4
123 Mass. 393! through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is 5
171 Mass^ 516! sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or 6
^^*- want of authority. 7
bank''for ply- SECTION 46. No bank shall be liable to a depositor, or to the drawer 1
nego'tiable^^n-''' *^^ ^ "^'^^ °^ exchange upon the bank, for an amount charged to or col- 2
^^''.HP'S^^'f';''- lected from him on account of the pavment by such bank of a negotiable 3
lUU, J77, 8 1., i-ii'p^ •(• 11*1
instrument upon which the signature oi any party is lorged, or which 4
is made, drawn, accepted or endorsed without authority, or which is 5
materially altered; unless within one year after the return of such nego- 6
tiable instrument to such depositor or drawer, he shall notify the bank 7
in writing, by mail or otherwise, that, as the case may be, the signa- 8
ture of a party to the instrument is forged, or that the instrument 9
was made, drawn, accepted or endorsed without authority, or that it 10
has been materially altered. 11
Consideration.
sideration"^p?e- SECTION 47. Every negotiable instrument is deemed prima facie to 1
i898!'533, § 24. have been issued for a valuable consideration, and every person whose 2
R. L. 73. § 41. signature appears thereon to have become a party thereto for value. 3
3 Met. 363. 8 Gray. 589. 180 Mass. 371.
1 Gush. 168. 144 Mass. 104. 212 Mass. 525.
6 Gush. 364. 145 Mass. 156. 228 Mass. 549.
1 Gray. 496. 167 Mass. 529. 234 Mass. 453.
isgs.^Ms, § 25. Section 48. Value is any consideration sufficient to support a 1
fpick^iis*^' simple contract. An antecedent or pre-existing debt constitutes value, 2
163 "Masri^ ^^'^ '^^ deemed such whether the instrument is payable on demand or at 3
165 Mass! 218i a future time. leS Mass. 86, 570. 183 Mass. 140. 4
201 Mass. 543. 212 Mass. 525. 222 Mass. 453.
^&]ue' ^°' Section 49. Where value has at any time been given for the instru- 1
R*^L.' fsf's «^' nient the holder is deemed a holder for value in respect to all parties 2
who became such prior to that time. 3
^afulftoeitent Section 50. Where the holder has a lien on the instrument, arising 1
i898"533 § 27 either from contract or by implication of law, he is deemed a holder for 2
R. l! 73, '§ 44. value to the extent of his lien. 9 Pick. i63. s Met. 40. 1 Alien, 436, 502. 3
98 Mass. 303. 166 Mass. 42. 218 Mass. 300.
^dlratlona"'"'' Section 51. Abscnce or failure of consideration is matter of defence 1
ilgs^sM. § 28 ^s against any person not a holder in due course; and partial failure of 2
upick^'ill^ consideration is a defence pro tanto, whether the failure is an ascer- 3
1 Allen, 436. taiucd and liquidated amount or otherwise. 97 Mass. i66. 4
tiSn°party'^''" Section 52. An accommodation party is one who has signed the 1
R ^L 73^§\6^' instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or endorser, without receiving 2
§"282^^^' value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other 3
1919,5. person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder in due 4
Chap. 107.] negotiable instruments. 1039
5 course, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instru- isap, i.
6 ment knew him to be only an accommodation party. 9 plck^ 547.
9 Met. 297.
5 Allen. 330.
158 Mass.
94.
207 Mass. 323.
12 Met. 311.
97 Mass. 494.
166 Mass.
27.
212 Mass. 205.
4 Cush. 604.
101 Mass. 57.
169 Mass.
297.
213 Mass. 336.
7 Cush. 224.
105 Mass. 216.
171 Mass.
514.
220 Mass. 600.
11 Gray, 125.
115 Mass. 547.
201 Mass.
543.
226 Mass. 330.
1 Allen, 499.
^ egoiiaiion.
1 Section .53. An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from Negotiation of
2 one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the i89'™533°t30.
3 holder thereof. If payable to bearer it is negotiated by delivery; if fewass'lsY'
4 payable to order it is negotiated by the endorsement of the holder com- \ ^^\- fsj.
_ ^, - , , , ,. ° •' 5 Pick. 526.
5 pleted' by delivery. i9 Pick. 99. 21 Pick. 140.
5 Met. 201. 7 Cush. 482. 6 Allen, 34. 113 Mass. 323.
12 Met. 452. 6 Gray, 570. 100 Mass. 18. 217 Mass. 462.
1 Section 54. The endorsement must be written on the instrument Endorsement.
2 itself or upon a paper attached thereto. The signature of the endorser, r. l! 73, '§ 48. '
3 without additional words, is a sufficient endorsement. 173 Mass. 210.
1 Section 55. The endorsement must be an endorsement of the entire Endorsement of
2 instrument. An endorsement which purports to transfer to the endorsee men't! '°'*''™'
3 a part only of the amount payable, or which purports to transfer the r*^l! 73^'§ «^'
4 instrument to two or more endorsees severally, does not operate as a i78"Mi^*564
5 negotiation of the instrument. But where the instrument has been paid
6 in part it may be endorsed as to the residue.
1 Section 56. An endorsement may be either special or in blank; Endorsement
2 and it may also be either restrictive, or qualified, or conditional. b?ank.
1898, 533, § 33. R. L. 73, § SO.
1 Section 57. A special endorsement specifies the person to whom, or special en-
2 to whose order, the instrument is to be payable; and the endorsement i898™33,''§ 34.
3 of such endorsee is necessary to the further negotiation of the instru- 9Mas^^'423^''
4 ment. An endorsement in blank does not specify any endorsee, and an ^^ Mass. 436.
5 instrument so endorsed is payable to bearer and may be negotiated by _
6 delivery.
1 Section 58. The holder may convert a blank endorsement into a Holder may
2 special endorsement by writing over the signature of the endorser in to^peoiai,""
3 blank any contract consistent with the character of the endorsement. r898"'533, § 35.
R. L. 73, § 52. 8 Pick. 47. 13 Met. 262.
11 Mass. 288. 19 Pick. 373. 3 Allen, 192.
1 Section 59. An endorsement is restrictive, which either: MdorLe'ment
1898, 533, I 36. R. L. 73, § 53.
2 1. Prohibits the further negotiation of the instrument; or
3 2. Constitutes the endorsee the agent of the endorser; or i32'M'ast^227.
148 Mass. 553. 151 Mass. 413.
4 3. Vests the title in the endorsee in trust for or to the use of some s Mass. 225.
6 Mass. 430.
5 other person. 181 Mass. 106.
6 But the mere absence of words implying power to negotiate does not
7 make an endorsement restrictive.
1 Section 60. A restrictive endorsement confers upon the endorsee Rights of en-
„ , . . dorsee there-
2 the right: 1898, 533, § 37. R. L. 73, §54. under.
1040
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
[ClL\P. 107.
1. To receive payment of the instrument;
2. To bring any action thereon that the endorser could bring;
156 Mass. 11. 181 Mass. 106.
3. To transfer his rights as such endorsee, where the form of the en-
dorsement autiiorizes him to do so.
But all subsequent endorsees acquire only the title of the first endorsee
under the restrictive endorsement.
dorsement."" SECTION 61. A qualified endorsement constitutes the endorser a 1
r^'^l! 73^§ m^' mere assignor of the title to the instrument. It may be made by adding 2
i4^prk 2^' ^*^ ^^^ endorser's signature the words "without recourse", or any words 3
5 Met. 201. of similar import. Such an endorsement does not impair the negotiable 4
2 Allen, 434. i, ^ c ^\ ■ ^ ^ r
218 Mass. 376. character oi the instrument. 5
Conditional
endorsement.
1898, 533, § 39
R. L. 73, I 56.
Section 62. Where an endorsement is conditional a party required 1
to pay the instrument may disregard the condition and make payment 2
to the endorsee or his transferee, whether the condition has been ful- 3
filled or not. But any person to whom an instrument so endorsed is 4
negotiated will hold the same, or the proceeds thereof, subject to the 5
rights of the person endorsing conditionally. 6
fndorfementof SECTION 63. Where au instrument payable to bearer is endorsed 1
'°s^™ment specially it may nevertheless be further negotiated by delivery; but 2
bearer. tlic pcrsou endorsing specially is liable as endorser only to such holders 3
R. L.' 73, '§ 57. ' as make title through his endorsement. * Alien, 356. 4
by payleT^tc, Section 64. Where an instrument is payable to the order of two or 1
i898''533T4i ^^^^ payccs or endorsees who are not partners, all must endorse, unless 2
R. L.' 73, § 58. the one endorsing has authority to endorse for the others. 3
9 Mass. 331. 16 Mass. 314. 14 Pick. 268. 6 Gray, 570.
payable to' Section 65. Where an instrument is drawn or endorsed to a person
I898,'s33?l42. ^^ "cashicr", or other fiscal officer of a bank or corporation, it is deemed
fi Ma^ss' 94^^' prima facie to be payable to the bank or corporation of which he is such
287 ^ ' officer, and may be negotiated either by the endorsement of the bank
18 Pick. 63.' or corporation, or by the endorsement of the officer. 21 Pick. 486.
1 Cush. 228. 9 Cash. 46. 212 Mass. 92. 217 Mass. 370.
Misspelled SECTION 66. Where the name of a payee or endorsee is wrongly 1
1898.533,143. designated or misspelled he may endorse the instrument as therein 2
•■•- ■ desCTibed, adding, if he thinks fit, his proper signature. i4i Mass. 231. 3
11 Cush. 320.
repfesOTtaSve Section 67. Where any person is under obligation to endorse in a 1
1898^533, § 44. representative capacity he may endorse in such terms as to negative 2
R. L. 73, '§ 61. personal liability. 6 Mass. SS. 12 Gray, 474. 172 Mass. 513. 3
datidTfSr' Section 68. Except where an endorsement bears date after the 1
Sect"'^' maturity of the instrument every negotiation is deemed prima facie to 2
1898, 533, § 45. have been effected before the instrument was overdue. 3
R. L. 73, § 62.
1 Met. 369.
10 Gray, 343.
3 Allen, 233.
endors'^ent. SECTION 69. Exccpt whcrc the Contrary appears every endorsement 1
1898, S33,H6. ig presumed to have been made at the place where the instrument is 2
dated. 3
Chap. 107.] negotiable instruments. 1041
1 Section 70. An instrument negotiable in its origin continues to be Limit of nego-
2 negotiable until it has been restrictively endorsed or discharged by pay- isosi'sss, § n.
3 ment or otherwise. R. l. 73, § 64.
1 Section 71. The holder may strike out any endorsement which is Holder may
2 not necessary to his title. The endorser whose endorsement is struck do"sement^°'
3 out and all endorsers subsequent to him are thereby relieved from lia- r^l.' rlf '§^65^'
4 bility on the instrument. s Pick. 47. 234 Mass. 24s.
1 Section 72. Where the holder of an instrument payable to his Transfer of
2 order transfers it for value without endorsing it the transfer vests in the i89s"s33!'§ 49.
3 transferee such title as the transferor had therein, and the transferee fi ^{J^^. sol'
4 acquires, in addition, the right to have the endorsement of the trans- i^^et'^slg'"
5 feror. But for the purpose of determining whether the transferee is a Ic^^tig?-
6 holder in due course the negotiation takes effect as of the time when 100 iiass. is.
7 the endorsement is actually made. 153 Mass. 536.
1 Section 73. Where an instrument is negotiated back to a prior Reissue of in-
2 party, such party may, subject to sections eighteen to two hundred and iggsTsss. § so.
3 twelve, inclusive, reissue and further negotiate the same. But he is not f.^ mIss. Ir^'
4 entitled to enforce payment thereof against any intervening party to j^J JJJ^^^ |°j-
5 whom he was personally liable.
Rights of the Holder.
1 Section 74. The holder of a negotiable instrument may sue thereon Rights of
2 in his own name, and payment to him in due course discharges the is98, 533, § si.
3 instrument.
R. L. 73, I 68. 9 Gray, 376. 113 Mass. 323. 128 Mass. S17.
14 Pick. 172. 4 Allen, 356. 117 Mass. 290. 129 Mass. S2, 438.
12 Met. 565. 5 Allen, 331. 125 Mass. 333. 166 Mass. 42.
10 Gush. 488. 9 Allen, 408. 126 Mass. 533. 225 Mass. 563.
3 Gray, 412. 112 Mass. 450. 127 Mass. 75. 234 Mass. 161.
1 Section 75. A holder in due course is a holder who has taken the Holder in due
2 instrument under the following conditions: i89s, 533, § 52. r. l. 73, §69.
3 1. That it is complete and regular upon its face; 2i8Mass. 30.
4 2. That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without '^.9;''^y'™-
5 notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact; le's Mass. 425.
6 3. That he took it in good faith and for value; s Gray, 254.
183 Mass. 140. 185 Mass. 245. 187 Mass. 449. 225 Mass. 563. 227 Mass. 12. ^^^ *'^*^' *^^'
7 4. That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any is7 Mass. 159.
8 infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiat- 213 Mass! 432.
9 ing it. 220 Mass. 247. 221 Mass. 103. 222 Mass. 453.
1 Section 76. Where an instrument payable on demand is negotiated ^gf^'^j^^jf" °*
2 an unreasonable length of time after its issue the holder is not deemed payable on
.... ^ demand.
3 a holder in due course.
1839, 121, § 1.
G. S. 53, § 10.
6 Pick. 259.
2 Met. 288.
1846, 68.
P. S. 77, § 14.
15 Pick. 92.
98 Mass. 294.
1857, 192.
1898, 533, § S3.
21 Pick. 193.
136 Mass. 487.
1858, 70.
R. L. 73, § 70.
1 Met. 369.
168 Mass. 425.
1 Section 77. Where the transferee receives notice of any infirmity in Defect in title.
2 the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating the same r. l!73, '§ 7i.'
3 before he has paid the full amount agreed to be paid therefor he will be ^ ■*''^°' ^"*'
1042
NEGOTIABLE INSTRHTMENTS.
[Chap. 107.
deemed a holder in due course only to the extent of the amount there- 4
tofore paid by him. 5
imsjas^fsa. Section 78. The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is
4 Mass^'sTO"' defective within the meaning of sections eighteen to two hundred and
•1 C"u3h So. twelve, inclusive, when he obtained the instrument, or any signature
146 Mass. ifio. thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means,
2i3Mass:432: or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of
226 MaS: 73^' faith, or uudcr such circumstances as amount to a fraud. 230 Mass. 233.
Notice of defect Section 79. To Constitute notice of an infirmity in the instrument 1
u^l'. W'iSl^' o^ defect in the title of the person negotiating the same the person to 2
i2^Pick*545 whom it is negotiated must have had actual knowledge of the infirmity 3
14 Pick 26S. or defect, or knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the in- 4
7 Met! 529! strumcut amounted to bad faith. 6 Cush. 233. 5
10 Gray, 341.
108 Mass. 497.
1S7 Mass,
.159.
220 Mass. 247.
15 Gray, 354,
123 Mass. 60.
190 Mass,
.472.
225 Mass. 563.
1 Allen, 412, 502.
127 Mass. 75.
197 Mass,
.596.
230 Mass. 238.
102 Mass. 603.
149 Mass. 447.
201 Mass,
.341.
Holder in due
course free
from equities.
1898, 533, § 57
R. L. 73, § 74.
20 Pick. 545.
3 Gray, 215.
Section 80. A holder in due course holds the instrument free from 1
any defect of title of prior parties, and free from defences available to 2
prior parties among themselves, and may enforce payment of the in- 3
strument for the full amount thereof against all parties liable thereon. 4
9 Gray, 329.
16 Gray, 389.
1 Allen, 436, 502.
101 Mass. 57.
105 Mass. 216.
107 Mass. 439.
118 Mass. 541.
156 Mass. 508.
161 Mass. 96.
166 Mass. 42.
167 Mass. 161.
168 Mass. 71, 86, 570.
187 Mass. 449.
235 Mass. 195.
Rights of
holder other
than holder in
due course.
1839, 121, § 1.
1845,68.
1858, 70.
G. S. 53, § 10.
P. S. 77, § 14
1898, 533, § 58.
Section 81. In the hands of any holder other than a holder in due 1
course a negotiable instrument is subject to the same defences as if it 2
were non-negotiable. But a holder who derives his title through a holder 3
in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality 4
affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in 5
respect of all parties prior to the latter. 6
R. L. 73, § 75.
1 Met. 423.
2 Met. 58, 288.
6 Met. 7.
9 Met. 278.
11 Met. 398.
4 Cush. 456.
6 Cush. 19.
4 Gray, 89.
11 Gray, 3S.
12 Gray, 216
4 Allen, 562.
6 Allen, 34.
13 Allen, 123
104 Mass
53.
171 Mass. 514.
205 Mass. 86.
218 Mass. 300.
225 Mass. 563.
Holder to
prove title.
1898, 533, § 59.
R. L. 73, § 76.
II Cush. 51.
10 Gray, 343.
1 Allen, 412.
III Mass. 342.
131 Mass. 147.
156 Mass. 508.
159 Mass. 158.
163 Mass. 383.
Section 82. Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in 1
due course; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has 2
negotiated the instrument was defective the burden is on the holder to 3
pro^•e that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title 4
as holder in due course. But the last mentioned rule does not apply in 5
favor of a party who became bound on the instrument prior to the 6
acquisition of such defective title. les Mass. 67o. 7
187 Mass. 159. 213 Mass. 432. 226 Mass. 73.
Liability of
maker.
1898, 633, § 60,
R. L. 73, § 77.
15 Mass. 433.
Liabilities of Parties.
Section 83. The maker of a negotiable instrument by making it 1
engages that he will pay it according to its tenor; and admits the ex- 2
istence of the payee and his then capacity to endorse. 3
3 Pick. 297.
I Met. 423.
6 Cush. 19.
II Cush. 274.
9 Gray, 376.
13 Gray, 97.
16 Gray, 389.
4 Allen, 336, 353.
119 Mass. 383, 487,
121 Mass. 436.
125 Mass. 333.
128 Mass. 617.
140 Mass. 234.
146 Mass. 623.
164 Mass. 385.
160 Mass. 286.
164 Mass. 313.
165 Mass. 503.
166 Mass. 136.
212 Mass. 205.
CiL\P. 107.] NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 1043
1 Section 84. The drawer, by drawing the instrument, admits the ex- LiabUity of
2 istence of the payee and his then capacity to endorse; and engages that isgsfsas, § ei.
3 on due presentment the instrument will be accepted or paid, or both, uMa"'. i/e*'
4 according to its tenor, and that if it is dishonored, and the necessary |pJJ^ ^J*'
5 proceedings on dishonor are duly taken, he will pay the amount thereof {gplj!^ 117'
6 to the holder, or to any subsequent endorser who may be compelled to 21 Pick. 327.
7 pay it. But the drawer may insert in the instrument an express stipula- i3i Mass. 28I.
8 tion negativing or limiting his own liability to the holder. ise Mass! 395!
1 Section 85. The acceptor by accepting the instrument engages that Liability ot
2 he will pay it according to the tenor of his acceptance; and admits: i898, 533, § 62.
R. L. 73, § 79.
3 1. The existence of the drawer, the genuineness of his signature, and f AUenffei.
4 his capacity and authority to draw the instrument; and 106 Mass. 441.
115 Mass. 547. 134 Mass. 331. 151 Mass. 280.
132 Mass. 1S6. 140 Mass. 144. 152 Mass. 34.
5 2. The existence of the payee and his then capacity to endorse.
1 Section 8G. A person placing his signature upon an instrument when a person
2 otherwise than as maker, drawer or acceptor is deemed to be an en- i'874.404.
3 dorser, unless he clearly indicates by appropriate words his intention to isqs, 533. § 63.
4 be bound in some other capacity.
R. L. 73, § so.
133 Mass.
284.
173 Mas
s. 122,
436.
217 Mass. 98.
125 Mass. 134.
148 Mass.
596.
190 Mas
s. 211.
218 Mass. 376.
127 Mass. 37, 72.
162 Mass.
156.
193 Mas
s. 110.
235 Mass. 249.
128 Mass. 363.
168 Mass.
537.
210 Mas
s. 521.
1 Section 87. Where a person, not otherwise a party to an instru- Liability of
2 ment, places thereon his signature in blank before delivery, he is liable i898,T33°T64.
3 as endorser in accordance with the following rules:
R. L. 73, §81. 216 Mass. 521. 217 Mass. 98.
4 1. If the instrument is payable to the order of a third person he is is? Mass. 536.
5 liable to the payee and to all subsequent parties; 217 Mass. 462. '*° '^'''^^' ^'^^^
6 2. If the instrument is payable to the order of the maker or drawer,
7 or is payable to bearer, he is liable to all parties subsequent to the maker
8 or drawer;
9 3. If he signs for the accommodation of the payee he is liable to all ^^^ '^'*''^- ^^^•
10 parties subsequent to the payee.
1 Section 88. Every person negotiating an instrument by delivery instrument
„ ] i.f. 1 ] , , " " negotiated by
2 or by cjualmed endorsement warrants: delivery, etc.
189S, 533, § 65. R. L. 73, § 82.
3 1 . That the instrument is genuine and in all respects what it purports 6 Mass. 321.
4 to be ; 4 Gray, 156. 3 Allen, 258.
100 Mass. 487. 112 Mass. 30. 191 Mass. 168. 217 Mass. 98.
.5 2. That he has a good title to it;
6 3. That all prior parties had capacity to contract; i Met. 193.
7 4. That he has no knowledge of any fact which would impair 'the
8 validity of the instrument or render it valueless.
9 But when the negotiation is by deli\ery only the warranty extends
10 in favor of no holder other than the immediate transferee.
1 1 Subdivision three does not apply to persons negotiating public or cor-
12 porate securities, other than bills and notes.
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NEGOTIABLE INSTRUJIENTS.
[Chap. 107.
out^qulufira*' Section 89. Every endorser who endorses without quahfication war-
1839, 121. § 3. TEints to all subsequent holders in due course:
G. S. 53, § 9. P. S. 77, § 13. 1898, 533, § 66. R. L. 73, § 83.
7 Pick. 291.
16 Pick. 533.
5 Met. 68.
I Met. 82.
II Met. 398.
6 Grav, 90.
16 Gray, 389.
1. The matters and things mentioned in subdivisions one, two and 3
three of the preceding section ; and 7 Gray, 217. le? Mass. 486. 4
2. That the instrument is at the time of his endorsement valid and 5
subsisting. 6
And, in addition, he engages that on due presentment it shall be 7
accepted or paid, or both, as the case may be, according to its tenor, 8
and that if it is dishonored, and the necessary proceedings on dishonor 9
are duly taken, he will pay the amount thereof to the holder or to any 10
subsequent endorser who may be compelled to pay it. 11
endorser."^*' SECTION 90. Where a person places his endorsement on an instru- 1
R^t 73^'s m'^' ment negotiable by delivery he incurs all the liability of an endorser. 2
Endorsers liable
in order of en-
dorsements.
1898, 533, § 68.
R. L. 73, § 85.
9 Pick. 647.
7 Gush. 551.
7 Allen. 340.
8 Allen, 41.
Section 91. As respects one another endorsers are liable prima
facie in the order in which they endorse; but evidence is admissible to
show that as between or among themselves they have agreed otherwise.
Joint payees or joint endorsees who endorse are deemed to endorse
jointly and severally. 98 Mass. 214. I62 Mass. 594. 173 Mass. 122.
Liabiuty^of ^^ SECTION 92. Where a broker or other agent negotiates an instru- 1
1898, 533 §69.' mcnt without endorsement he incurs all the liabilities prescribed by 2
1 Met. 193. ' section eighty-eight, unless he discloses the name of his principal and 3
3 AUen, 25s'. the fact that he is acting only as agent. loo Mass. 4S7. 112 Mass. ao. 4
Presentment for Payment.
te^Tymlnt Section 93. Presentment for payment is not necessary to charge
1898. |33, §^70. thg person primarily liable on the instrument; but if the instrument is
3 Pick. 414. by its terms payable at a special place, and he is able and willing to pay
it there at maturity, such ability and willingness are equivalent to a
tender of payment upon his part. But except as otherwise provided
in this chapter presentment for payment is necessary to charge the
drawer and endorsers.
15 Pick. 212.
9 Gush. 321.
1 Gray, 496.
163 Mass. 255
198 Mass. 458
Time of pre-
sentment.
1839, 121, I 2.
G. S. 53, 5 8.
P. S. 77, § 12.
1898, 533, § 71.
R. L. 73, § 88.
Section 94. Where the instrument is not payable on demand pre- 1
sentment must be made on the day it falls due. Where it is payable on 2
demand presentment must be made within a reasonable time after its 3
issue. 1918,257, §283. 1919,5. 1920,2. 13 Mass. 131. 4
3 Pick. 414.
9 Pick. 420.
18 Pick. 260.
21 Pick. 267.
6 Met. 13.
11 Met. 400.
1 Gray. 496.
181 Mass. 69.
8 Gray, 221.
196 Mass. 397.
170 Mass. 356.
227 Mass. 71.
Presentment,
bv whom.
1839, 121. § 2.
G. S. 53, § 8.
1 Pick. 401.
12 Pick. 399.
4 Met. 252.
Section 95. Presentment for payment, to be sufficient, must be 1
made: p. s. 77, §12. i898, 533, § 72. r. l. 73, §89. 2
1. By the holder, or by some person authorized to receive payment 3
on his iDchalf ; 102 Mass. 141. 4
Chap. 107.] negotiable instruments. 1045
5 2. At a reasonable hour on a business day; 4 Gray, 453.
6 3. At a proper place as defined in this chapter;
7 4. To the person primarily liable on the instrument, or, if he is absent 22" Mass. 29.
S or inaccessible, to any person found at the place where the presentment
9 is made.
1 Section 96. Presentment for payment is made at the proper place: Place of pre-
1S9S, 533, § 73. R. L. 73, § 90. acntment.
2 1. Where a place of payment is specified in the instrument and it is isMass. sse.
3 there presented; is Pick. 63. 6Met. sos.
13 Gray, 154. 133 Mass. 339. 165 Mass. 384.
4 2. Where no place of payment is specified, but the address of the
5 person to make payment is given in the instrument and it is there
6 presented;
7 3. AVhere no place of payment is specified and no address is given e Mass. 449.
8 and the instrimient is presented at the usual place of business or resi- le^Picii^sgk
9 dence of the person to make payment; 10 Gray, 252. 227 Mass. 29.
10 4. In any other case, if presented to the person to make payment f,^'^'^ 259.
11 wherever found, or if presented at his last known place of business or s'Met. 495.
12 residence. 6 Met. 290. 12 Gray, 469.
13 Gray, 503. 129 Mass. 67. 15S Mass. 90.
1 Section 97. The instrument must be exhibited to the person from instrument to
2 whom payment is demanded, and when it is paid must be delivered to pLty paying."
3 the party paying it. is98, 533, § 74.
R. L. 73. § 91. 8 Allen, 435. 165 Mass. 555.
1 Section 98. Where the instrument is payable at a bank present- Presentment
2 ment for payment must be made during banking hours, unless the i898, 533, § 75.
3 person to make payment has no funds there to meet it at any time 8Grayf225^^'
4 during the day, in which case presentment at any hour before the bank
5 is closed on that day is sufficient.
1 Section 99. Where the person primarily liable on the instrument is where person
2 dead, and no place of payment is specified, presentment for payment is98!633,™76.
3 must be made to his personal representative, if there is any such, and 12 Mas!' le^^'
4 if, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, he can be found. "^ ^"=''- ^ai-
1 Section 100. Where the persons primarily liable on the instrument where persons
2 are liable as partners, and no place of payment is specified, presentment partners^ "'
3 for payment may be made to any one of them, even though there has r*^l! 73?'§^94!^'
4 been a dissolution of the firm. 1 Pick. 401.
1 Section 101. Where there are several persons, not partners, prifiia- where there are
2 rily liable on the instrument, and no place of payment is specified, pre- norptrtn"re°°^'
3 sentment must be made to them all. is98, 533, § 78.
R. L. 73, § 95. 8 Met. 504. 8 Allen, 435.
1 Section 102. Presentment for payment is not required in order to Presentment
2 charge the drawer where he has no right to expect or require that the whe"'""'^^ '
3 drawee or acceptor will pay the instrument.
1898, 533, § 79. R. L. 73, § 96. 1 Gush. 228.
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NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
[Ch.\p. 107.
imlas.'Tso. Section 103. Presentment for payment is not required in order to 1
R. L. 73, § 97. charge an endorser where the instrument was made or accepted for his 2
accommodation, and he has no reason to expect that the instrument 3
will be paid if presented. 4
Delay excused,
when.
1898, 533. § 81.
R. L. 73, § 98.
7 Mass. 483.
6 Pick. 80.
11 Grav, 258.
170 Mass. 356.
Section 104. Delay in making presentment for payment is excused
when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the
holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct or negligence.
When the cause of delay ceases to operate presentment must be made
with reasonable diligence.
Presentment
dispensed wit!
when.
6 Mass. 449.
7 Pick. 291.
6 Met. 290.
Section 105. Presentment for payment is dispensed with :
1898, 633, § 82. R. L. 73, § 99.
1. Where after the exercise of reasoiiable diligence presentment
cannot be made; 12 Cush. i90, 210.
1 Gray, 175. 133 Mass. 339. 1G4 Mass. 112.
2. Where the drawee is a fictitious person;
3. By waiver of presentment, express or implied.
6 Met. 308. 5 Gray, 108. 8 .Mien, 435. 155 Mass. 26.
1 Pick. 401.
3 Pick. 414.
1 Met. 43.
Section 106. The instrument is dishonored by non-payment when: 1
1898, 533, § 83. R. L. 73, | 100.
1. It is duly presented for payment and payment is refused or cannot 2
be obtained; or is Gray, 413. 102 Mass. 65. 3
2. Presentment is excused and the instrument is overdue and unpaid. 4
1898, 533, § 84.
R. L. 73, § 101.
226 Mass. 330.
Section 107. Subject to sections eighteen to two hundred and 1
twelve, inclusive, when the instrument is dishonored by non-payment, 2
an immediate right of recourse to all parties secondarily liable thereon 3
accrues to the holder. 4
Time of pay-
ment of nego-
tiable instru-
ments.
1824, 130.
R. S. 33,
§1 5,6.
1838, 182.
1855, 91.
1856, 113,
§§ 1,2.
G. S. 53, §§ 7,
15, 16.
1862, 130.
1863, 182.
1881,71.
P. S. 77.
§§ 8-10.
1894, 333; 427.
1895, 201 ;
415. 5 3.
1896, 228; 496.
1898, 533, § 85.
1899, 130.
R. L. 73, § 102.
1907, 204.
Section 108. Every negotiable instrument is payable at the time 1
fixed therein without grace, except that three days of grace shall be 2
allowed upon a draft or bill of exchange made payable within the 3
commonwealth at sight, unless there is an express stipulation to the 4
contrary. When the day of maturity falls upon Saturday, Sunday or 5
a holiday, the instrument is payable on the next succeeding business 6
day which is not a Saturday. Instruments payable on demand may, 7
at the option of the holder, be presented for payment before twelve 8
o'clock noon on Saturday when the entire day is not a holiday; provided, 9
that no person receiving any check, draft, bill of exchange or promissory 10
note payable on demand shall be charged with any neglect or omission 11
of duty, or inciu- any liability, for not presenting it for payment or 12
collection on a Saturday; provided, also, that it shall be duly presented 13
for payment or collection on the next succeeding business day. 14
1910.417. |§ :
15 Mass. 193.
21 Pick. 310.
23 Pick. 473.
2 Met. 168.
12 Cush. 190.
13 Gray, 597.
4 Allen, 562.
146 Mass. 1 18, 224.
ofTme*''*'°° Section 109. Where the instrument is payable at a fixed period 1
R ^L 73^'§\o3 after date, after sight or after the happening of a specified event, the 2
^iS"^?/' ^^Lo time of payment is determined by excluding the day from which the 3
132 Mass. 338. ..'^-•^, ii*ii*ll i» I
193 Mass. 588. time IS to begin to run, and by including the date oi payment. 4
Ch.\P. 107.] NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 1047
1 Section 110. ^Vhere the instrument is made payable at a bank it is if payable at
2 equivalent to an order to the bank to pay the same for the account of is9s"533, 537.
3 the principal debtor thereon. r. l. 73, § 104.
1 Section 111. Payment is made in due course when it is made at or Payment in
2 after the maturity of the instrument to the holder thereof in good faith isls^TI.'^s ss.
3 and without notice that his title is defective. R. l. 73, § :o5.
11 Mass. 334. 19 Pick. 117. 20 Pick. 545. 161 Mass. 96.
Notice of Dishonor.
1 Section 112. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when a Notice of
2 negotiable instrument has been dishonored by non-acceptance or non- fs39!"m. § 2. '
3 payment, notice of dishonor must be given to the drawer and to each Y'fS^'lfh
4 endorser, and any drawer or endorser to whom such notice is not given J?^?- SF', \ ??•
_.,.,," o K. L. i.i. § 100.
5 IS discharged.
14 Mass. lie.
l.S Pick. 558.
3 Gr.iy. 334.
163 Mas
8. 255.
3 Pick. 414.
21 Pick. 327.
121 Mass. 121.
165 Mas
8. 555.
8 Pick. 79, 423.
23 Pick. 305.
159 Mass. 404,
213 Mas
s. 326.
1 Section 113. The notice may be given by or on behalf of the holder, Notice, how
2 or by or on behalf of any party to the instrument who might be com- fsos" 533, § ho.
3 pelled to pay it to the holder, and who, upon taking it up, would have i4Ma"st n'"'
4 a right to reimbursement from the party to whom tlie notice is given. ^° ^^^™- *--■
1 Section 114. Notice of dishonor may be given by an agent either who to give
2 in his own name or in the name of any party entitled to give notice, hCnor."
3 whether that party is his principal or not. i898, .533, § 91, r. l. 73. § los.
1 Section 115. Where notice is given by or on behalf of the holder it Effect of notice
2 enures for the benefit of all subsequent holders and all prior parties orhoWer.
3 who have a right of recourse against the party to whom it is given. r. l! 73, § 169!
1 Section 116. Where notice is given by or on behalf of a party Effect of notice.
2 entitled to give notice it enures for the benefit of the holder and all K^Lifsfi^ia
3 parties subsequent to the party to whom notice is given.
1 Section 117. Where the instrument has been dishonored in the Notice, to
2 hands of an agent he may give notice to the parties liable thereon or to when'instr"-
3 his principal. If he gives notice to his principal he must do so within ho"ored1n"
4 the same time as if he were the holder, and the principal upon the receipt J898°5*^3^|™4'
5 of such notice has himself the same time for giving notice as if the agent fp^'j'\} '^'•
6 had been an independent holder. s Met. 79. 132 Mass. 227.
1 Section 118. A written notice need not be signed and an insuffi- written notice
• • . 1 1 iii'iii 11 need not be
2 cient written notice may be supplemented and validated by verbal com- signed and may
3 munication. A misdescription of the instrument does not vitiate the mented, etc.
4 notice unless the party to whom it is given is in fact misled thereby. r. l!73, §112^
12 Mass. 6. 10 Allen, 522.
1 Section 119. The notice may be in writing or merely oral, and may Form and
1048 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. [ChAP. 107.
1868, 265. indicate that it has been dishonored by non-acceptance or non-payment. 3
p. s.'77. § 16. It may in all cases be given by delivering it personally or through the 4
It'L.'73?'§\l3! mails. IPick. 401. le Pick. 392, 13 Met. 96,422. 5
8 Mass. 260. c r>,.^u i^ir loi ivTnoo loi uft \T.,a= 1S1 i.=ii ATnsjs .tas
whonTgiven SECTION 120. Noticc of dishonor may be given either to the party 1
1898, 533. § 97. himself or to his agent in that behalf. U2 Mass. 29o. i44 Mass. 421. 2
ix. Li. to, 8 114. '-'
?f°defth" ''"'"' Section 121. When any party is dead, and his death is known to 1
R^L'7r'§\i5 the party giving notice, the notice must be given to a personal repre- 2
22 Pick.' 206. sentative, if there is one, and if with reasonable diligence he can be 3
10 Gush. 557. „,Tni. I • •! ixJ
122 Mass. 79. fouud. If there is no personal representative notice may be sent to 4
the last residence or last place of business of the deceased. 5
paHnlrs" SECTION 122. Where the parties to be notified are partners notice 1
1898, 533, §^99. ^q g^jjy Qj^g partner is notice to the firm, even though there has been a 2
12 Allen', 443. ' dissolution. 201 Mass. 341. 3
pa^rtoMt Section 123. Notice to joint parties who are not partners must be 1
i898°533 given to each of them, unless one of them has authority to receive such 2
§ 100. ' notice for the others. R- l- 73, § U7. 3
i^bankruptete. Section 124. Where a party has been adjudged a bankrupt or an 1
1898. 533,^§ m. insolvent, or has made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, 2
142 Mass. 290. noticc may be given to the party himself or to his trustee or assignee. 3
144 Mass. 421.
dishonor" SECTION 125. Noticc may be given as soon as the instrument is dis- 1
R ^L fl^'/u"^' honored; and unless delay is excused as hereinafter provided must be 2
H'^Mass'. 303. given within the times fixed by sections eighteen to two hundred and 3
1 Pick. 401. '',.,. "^ ° .
3 Pick. 414. twelve, inclusive. 9 Pick. 420. 12 Gush. 190. 121 Mass. 121. 4
noSceln^cer"^ SECTION 126. Where the person giving and the person to receive 1
ilgs^ssf 1 103 notice reside in the same place notice must be given within the following 2
r.l:73,'§i2o.' times: 3
23 Pick. 305. I, If given at the place of business of the person to receive notice it 4
must be given before the close of business hours on the day following; 5
2. If given at his residence it must be given before the usual hours of 6
rest on the day following; 7
17 Mass. 449. 3 jf ggj-j^ ^y mail it must be deposited in the post office in time to 8
reach him in usual course on the day following. 9
imlss.TiM. Section 127. Where the person giving and the person to receive 1
R. l! 73, '§ 121. notice reside in different places the notice must be given within the 2
following times: 3
Me^MMs^iis ^- ^^ ^^"* ^y ^^^^ ^t must be deposited in the post oflSce in time to 4
go by mail the day following the day of dishonor, or if there is no mail 5
at a convenient hour on that day, by the next mail thereafter; 6
2. If given otherwise than by mail, then within the time that notice 7
would have been received in due course of mail if it had been deposited 8
in the post office within the time specified in the preceding subdivision. 9
Chap. 107.] negotiable instruments. 1049
1 Section 128. Where notice of dishonor is duly addressed and de- Notice depos-
2 posited in the post office the sender is deemed to have given due notice, officesilfficient.
3 notwithstanding any miscarriage in the mails.
186S. 265. 1898, 533. § 105. 10 Cush. 557. 107 Mass. 444,
1871, 239. R. L. 73. § 122. 11 Gray. 387. 144 Mass. 406.
P. S. 77, § 16. 4 Met. 203. 3 Allen, 438.
1 Section 129. Notice is deemed to have been deposited in the post Same subject.
2 office when deposited in any branch post office or in any letter box R. l. 73, § 123.'
3 under the control of the post office department. 154 Mass. los.
1 Section 130. A party receiving notice of dishonor has, after receipt Time given to
2 thereof, the same time for giving notice to antecedent parties that the not&"™""°^
3 holder has after the dishonor. i898. 533, § io7. r. l. 73, § 124.
6 Met. 212.
2 .Allen, 433.
8 Allen. 38.
120 Mass. 92.
9 Met. 581.
3 Allen, 438.
102 Mass. 177.
226 Mass. 113.
1 Section 131. Where a party has added an address to his signature Noticesent
2 notice of dishonor must be sent to that address ; but if he has not given addS."'
3 such address then the notice must be sent as follows : R. l. 73, § 125. '*^*' ^^^' ^ los.
4 1. Either to the post office nearest to his place of residence, or to the 8Cush.425.
5 post office where he is accustomed to receive his letters; or 15 Gray, 264.
4 Allen, 351. 107 Mass. 444. 120 Mass. 169. 128 Mass. 125.
6 2. If he lives in one place, and has his place of business in another, 5 Met. 352.
fr , • . 1 1 217 Mass. 98.
7 to either place; or
8 3. If he is sojourning in another place, to the place where he is so w pick. 392.
9 sojourning.
10 But where the notice is actually received by the party within the
11 time specified in sections eighteen to two hundred and twelve, inclusive,
12 it will be sufficient, though not sent in accordance with the requirements
13 of this section.
1 Section 132. Notice of dishonor may be waived, either before the Notice may
2 time of giving notice has arrived, or after the omission to give due 1S9T533. § i09.
3 notice, and the waiver may be express or implied.
R. L. 73, § 126.
10 Mass. 84.
127 Mass. 156.
155 Mass. 26.
4 Mass. 341.
19 Pick. 373.
138 Mass. 446.
167 Mass. 486.
5 Mass. 170.
8 Allen. 38.
149 Mass. 212.
196 Mass. 397.
9 Mass. 332.
124 Mass. 209.
1 Section 133. Where the waiver is embodied in the instrmnent waiver binds
2 itself it is binding upon all parties; but where it is written above the i898,533, §110.
3 signature of an endorser it binds him only. R. l. 73, § 127. s Cush. 157.
1 Section 134. A waiver of protest, whether in the case of a foreign waiverof
2 bill of exchange or other negotiable instrument, is deemed to be a waiver i898. 533, §111.
3 not only of a formal protest but also of presentment and notice of fii'iuss^di^'
4 dishonor. 140 Mass. 173.
1 Section 135. Notice of dishonor is dispensed with when, after the when notice is
2 exercise of reasonable diligence, it cannot be given to or does not reach isgs.Tss.rnsi.
3 the parties sought to be charged. R. l. 73, § 129. 3 Pick. iso.
8 Pick. 251. 144 Mass. 406. 149 Mass. 212.
5 Met. 352. 148 Mass. 181. 150 Mass. 45.
1 Section 136. Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused when the when delay la
2 delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder and 1898.533, §113.
1050 NEGOTL-iBLE INSTRUMENTS. [ChAP. 107.
R. L. 73. § 130. not imputable to liis default, misconduct or negligence. When the 3
7 Mass! 483! cause of delay ceases to operate notice must be given with reasonable 4
l2Mrss!«o. diligence. sKck.i.si. o Pick. 547. 5
23 Pick. 305. 11 Gray, 25S. 70 Mass. 356.
mitrequireii.'' SECTION 137. Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to the 1
1898,533, § 114. jj-awer in any one of the following cases: R- l 73, § i3i. 2
3 Gray, 334. 1. Whcrc the drawer aiid drawcc are the samc pcrson; 3
2. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having i
capacity to contract; 5
3. Where the drawer is the person to whom the instrument is pre- 6
sented for payment; 7
?y''=''-,W- 4. Where the drawer has no right to expect or require that the drawee 8
3 Gray, 334. 'n i i • rt
or acceptor will honor the instrument; 9
5. Where the drawer has countermanded payment. 10
Samesubject SECTION 138. Noticc of dishonor is not required to be given to an 1
R. l! 73, '§ 132.' endorser in any one of the following cases: 2
1. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having 3
capacity to contract, and the endorser was aware of the fact when he 4
endorsed the instrument; 5
217 Mass. 98. 2. Where the endorser is the person to whom the instrument is pre- 6
sented for payment; 7
3. Where the instrument was made or accepted for his accommodation. 8
h'oMrby'non- SECTION 139. Where due notice of dishonor by non-acceptance has 1
1898^533! §116. been given, notice of a subsequent dishonor by non-payment is unnec- 2
R. L. 73. § 133. essary, unless in the meantime the instrument has been accepted. 3
^o^to°gwr'^" Section 140. An omission to give notice of dishonor by non- 1
i898T533,§ii7. acccptaucc docs not prejudice the rights of a holder in due course 2
R. l! 73, 5 134. subsequent to the omission. 3
hono"ed™ay"'" SECTION 141. Where any negotiable instrument has been dishonored 1
i898?53'3'his. it m^y be protested for non-acceptance or non-payment as the case 2
uo^iits^m' ™^y ^^'' ^^^ protest is not required, except in the case of foreign bills 3
of exchange. 4
Discharge.
Discharge 9f SECTION 142. A negotiable instrument is discharged: 1
negotiable in- '^ ^
struments. 1898, 533, § 119. R. L. 73. § 136.
5 Mass. 334. J. By payment in due course by or on behalf of the principal debtor; 2
17 Mass. 247. ^^ p.^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^
12 Pick 126. llCush. 352. 129 Mass. 438. 161 Mass. 96.
14 Pick. 221, 315. 12 Gush. 163. 131 Mass. 591. 169 Mass. 297.
10 Pick. 210. 2. By payment in due course by the party accommodated, where the 3
instrument is made or accepted for accommodation; 4
129 Mass. 438. 3 By the intentional Cancellation thcrcof by the holdcr; 5
is^Kck 2*05 ^- ^y ^^y other act which will discharge a simple contract for the 6
i56Mas8."i9. payment of moiiey; 212 Mass. 205. 214 Mass. 352. 7
l\Y'i^k?S°- 5. When the principal debtor becomes the holder of the instrument 8
9 Met. 547. ^ , . , , . , f\
10 Gush. 169. at or after maturity in his own right. n Cush. los, 31s. 9
Chap. 107.] negotuble instrximents. 1051
1 Section 143. A person secondarily liable on the instrument is dis- Discharge of
2 charged : i89S, 533, § 120. r. l. 73, § 137. SrOy'Tabie.
3 1. By any act which discharges the instrument; 10 Mass. ss.
SCush. 157. 12Cush. 163. 99 Mass. 181. 131 Mass. ,501. 9 . et. 297, 511.
4 2. By the intentional cancellation of his signature by the holder;
5 3. By the discharge of a prior party; 6 Mass. ss.
7Lk.291. 8 Pick. 154. 12 Mass. 502.
6 4. By a valid tender of payment made by a prior party ;
7 5. By a release of the principal debtor, unless the holder's right of ioS:Ssh^299
8 recourse against the party secondarily liable is expressly reserved; n* m^^s. 12b.
125 Mass. 28. 159 Mass. 51. 214 Mass. 352.
9 6. By any agreement binding upon the holder to extend the time of s^Met'^Ms^'
10 payment, or to postpone the holder's right to enforce the instrument, lo'^Q^^'.^iig
11 unless made with the assent of the party secondarily liable, or unless 3 Alien", u.
12 the right of recourse against such party is expressly reserved. iso Mass! 231.
166 Mass. 263. 212 Mass. 205.
1 Section 144. Where the instrument is paid by a party secondarily EEfectofpay-
2 liable thereon it is not discharged ; but the party so paying it is remitted ^™ndS-if"'^
3 to his former rights as regards all prior parties, and he may strike out is98%33, § 121.
4 his own and all subsequent endorsements, and again negotiate the in- fpi^^^ig ^^*'
5 strument, except: 9^c^''^^'2o^2^'
6 1. Where it is payable to the order of a third person, and has been 10 bray. 339.
T -J U .i-U 1 J t- ' 7..illen,340,456.
7 paid by the drawer; and 98 Mass. 214.
8 2. Where it was made or accepted for accommodation, and has been }o7 lull'. 5I3,
9 paid by the party accommodated. 124 Mass. 506.
145 Mass. 567. 157 Mass. 175. 190 Mass. 211.
552.
1 Section 145. The holder may expressly renounce his rights against Holder may^
2 any party to the instrument, before, at, or after its maturity.
3 absolute and unconditional renunciation of his rights against
4 principal debtor made at or after the maturity of the instrument dis- H p|^^; ggf;
5 charges the instrument. But a renunciation does not affect the rights J,¥!V^^^;oc
,,,., ,, . , .. ,.141 Mass. 195.
6 of a holder m due course without notice. A renunciation must be in ^ss Mass. 66.
7 writing, unless the instrument is delivered up to the person primarily
8 liable thereon.
1 Section 146. A cancellation made unintentionally, or under a unintentional
2 mistake, or without the authority of the holder, is inoperative; but inoperative!
3 where an instrument or any signature thereon appears to have been j^fli^^^'
4 cancelled the burden of proof lies on the party who alleges that the ^- ^ ~^- ^ ^*°-
5 cancellation was made unintentionally, or under a mistake or with-
6 out authority.
1 Section 147. Where a negotiable instrument is materially altered fifera\kfn.
2 without the assent of all parties liable thereon it is avoided, except as i^^,*' ^^3. § 124.
Ill- ii> I'l 11 R L. 73, § 141.
3 against a party who has himseli made, authorized or assented to the 2 Met. 53.
4 alteration, and subsequent endorsers. But when an instrument has been 98 Mask 12!
5 materially altered and is in the hands of a holder in due course, not a 112 MaSl 315!
6 party to the alteration, he may enforce payment thereof according to \ll HlH] \l°[
7 its original tenor. 129 Mass. 596. 133 Mass. 566.
1052 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. [CuAP. 107.
tiondeaned^"" SECTION 148. Any alteration which changes: 1
1898. 533. § 125. 142 Mass. 12. 226 Mass. 505.
R. L. 73, § 142. 183 Mass. 488.
1. The date; 2
561 "™'*^"' '^- ^^^ ^^'^ payable, either for principal or interest; 3
112 Mass. 315. 123 Mass. 196. 220 Mass. 247.
121 Mass. 110. 131 Mass. 77.
2 Aifenfise. 3. The time or place of payment; 4
119 Mass. 269.
los Mass: 366! 4. The number or the relations of the parties; 5
6 Mass. 519. 5. The medium or currency in which payment is to be made; 6
11 Mass. 308. ^^ p.^j_ ^^^ ^^ p.^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^
Or which adds a place of payment where no place of payment is 7
specified, or any other change or addition which alters the effect of the 8
instrument in any respect, is a material alteration. 9
BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
Form and Interpretation.
bifi'^excha°4e. SECTION 149. A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing 1
a^L.' 73?'/u3^' addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, 2
l^J^'tP^- requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pav on demand or at a 3
6 Cush. 6. p 1 T ■ 1 1 r. • . y ^
100 Mass. 12. tixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to order or to 4
126 Mass. 342. , •' ^
155 Mass. 374. bearer. 202 Mass. 413. 5
drawee.^ °^ SECTION 150. A bill of itself docs not operate as an assignment of 1
1898, 533, §m. ^\^Q funds in the hands of the drawee available for the payment thereof 2
20 Pick. 15. and the drawee is not liable on the bill unless and until he accepts it. 3
137 Mass. 351.
im M3, § 128. Section 151. A bill may be addressed to two or more drawees 1
R. L. 73, §145. jointly whether they are partners or not; but not to two or more 2
drawees in the alternative or in succession. 3
ofeKhange. Section 152. An inland bill of exchange is a bill which is, or on its 1
1898, 533. §129. face purports to be, both drawn and payable within this commonwealth. 2
6„Mass 157, Any other bill is a foreign bill. Unless the contrary appears on the face 3
12 Pick. 483. of the bill the holder may treat it as an inland bill. 4
120 Mass. 317. 202 Mass. 413.
draXeeare""^ SECTION 153. Where in a bill drawer and drawee are the same 1
is98'533 § 130 P^rson, or the drawee is a fictitious person, or a person not having capac- 2
R. l!73,'§i47. ity to contract, the holder mav treat the instrument, at his option, 3
100 Mass. 12. . * . ' X J
either as a bill of exchange or a promissory note. 4
?f^ne?d. '" "''^^ Section 154. The drawer of a bill and any endorser may insert 1
R ^L 73^'§^\^8^' thereon the name of a person to whom the holder may resort in case of 2
need, that is to say, if the bill is dishonored by non-acceptance or non- 3
payment. Such person is called the referee in case of need. It is in 4
the option of the holder to resort to the referee in case of need, or not, 5
as he may see fit. 6
CH-^P. 107.] NEGOTIABLE INSTEUTMENTS. 1053
Acceptmice.
1 Section 155. The acceptance of a bill is the signification by the Acceptance
2 drawee of his assent to the order of the drawer. The acceptance must isos, sas, § 132.
3 be in writing and signed by the drawee. It must not express that the fpi^k^l ^*^'
4 drawee will perform his promise by any other means than the payment | jj^^ l^y
5 of money. 115 Mass. 374. 11s Mass. 537.
120 Mass. 317. 172 Mass. 569. 201 Mass. 318.
1 Section 156. The holder of a bill presenting the same for acceptance Acceptance
2 may require the acceptance to be written on the bill and, if such request when!" °° '" '
3 is refused, may treat the bill as dishonored, isss, 533, § 133. r. l. 73, § 150.
1 Section 157. Where an acceptance is written on a paper other than written ac-
2 the bill itself it does not bind the acceptor except in favor of a person to fng.'w'hra!""'*"
3 whom it is shown and who, on the faith thereof, receives the bill for r^^l! 73? '//sl
4 value. s Met. 107.
1 Section 158. An unconditional promise in wTiting to accept a bill Unconditional
2 before it is drawn is deemed an actual acceptance in favor of every i898, sa's, § 135.
3 person who, upon the faith thereof, receives the bill for value. 3 Mass. 1.
9 Mass. 65. UMet. 5. 98 Mass. 288. 109 Mass. 413.
2 Met. 381 9 Gush. 46. 107 Mass. 37. 172 Mass. 569.
1 Section 159. The drawee is allowed twenty-four hours after pre- Time allowed
2 sentment in which to decide whether or not he will accept the bill; i86o7i97.
3 but the acceptance, if given, dates as of the day of presentation. ^sisjlis. Vi.
1898, 533, § 136. R. L. 73, § 153.
1 Section 160. Where a drawee to whom a bill is delivered for ac- Destruction of
2 ceptance destroys it, or refuses within twenty-four hours after such acceptance"
3 delivery, or within such other period as the holder may allow, to return ^^t.^^.'iiH'
4 it accepted or non-accepted to the holder, he shall be deemed to have
5 accepted it.
1 Section 161. A bill may be accepted before it has been signed by incomplete bin
2 the drawer, or while otherwise incomplete, or when it is overdue, or isfis^sss. § iss.
3 after it has been dishonored by a previous refusal to accept, or by non- ^' ^' ^^' ^ ^^^•
4 payment. But when- a bill payable after sight is dishonored by non-
5 acceptance and the drawee subsequently accepts it, the holder, in the
6 absence of any different agreement, is entitled to have the bill accepted
7 as of the date of the first presentment.
1 Section 162. An acceptance is either- general or qualified. A general ge^MaUr^
2 acceptance accepts without qualification to the order of the drawer. A 5g^^'^||'3
3 qualified acceptance in express terms varies the eft'ect of the bill as § i39.
4 drawn. R. l. 73, § ise.
1 Section 163. An acceptance to pay at a particular place is a general °^epte,
2 acceptance unless it e:
3 only and not elsewhere
acceptance.
.§1
§ 157.
1054
NEGOTL\BLE INSTRUIMENTS.
[Ch.\p. 107.
Qualified
acceptance.
1898, 533,
§ 141.
R. L. 73, § loS.
9 Mass. 55.
16 Mass. 341.
24 Pick. 2.54.
11 Met. 5.
6 Cusii. 6.
7 Allen, 361.
115 Mass. 547.
134 Mass. 331.
Section 164. An acceptance is qualified which is: 1
1. Conditional, that is to say, which makes payment by the acceptor 2
dependent on the fulfilment of a condition therein stated; 3
2. Partial, that is to say, an acceptance to pay part only of the amount 4
for which the bill is drawn; 5
3. Local, that is to say, an acceptance to pay only at a particular 6
place; 7
4. Qualified as to time; 8
5. The acceptance of one or more of tlie tlrawees, but not of all. 9
^fisfquaUfied SECTION 165. The holder may refuse to take a qualified acceptance, 1
i898'63Tu42 ^'^^' '^ ^^ ^°^^ "°^ obtain an unqualified acceptance, he may treat the 2
R. L. 73, '§ 159. bill as dishonored by non-acceptance. Where a qualified acceptance is 3
taken the drawer and endorsers are discharged from liability on the bill, 4
unless they have expressly or impliedly authorized the holder to take a 5
qualified acceptance, or subsequently assent thereto. When the drawer 6
or an endorser receives notice of a qualified acceptance he must within 7
a reasonable time express his dissent to the holder, or he will be deemed 8
to have assented thereto. 9
Presentment
for acceptance.
1898, 533, § 143.
R. L. 73, § 160.
7 Gray, 217.
Presentvient for Accepiance.
Section 166. Presentment for acceptance must be made: 1
1. Where the bill is payable after sight, or in any other case where 2
presentment for acceptance is necessary in order to fix the maturity of 3
the instrument; or 4
2. Where the bill expressly stipulates tiiat it shall be presented for 5
acceptance; or 6
3. Where the bill is drawn payable elsewhere than at the residence 7
or place of business of the drawee. 8
In no other case is presentment for acceptance necessary in order to 9
render any party to the bill liable. 10
within'reaTon- SECTION 167. Exccpt as otherwise provided in this chapter the
is98*5™3U44 ^'o^'^^'" °f ^ '^'^^ which is required by the preceding section to be pre-
R. l! 73, § 161.' sented for acceptance must either present it for acceptance or negotiate
5 Met. 216. ' it within a reasonable time. If he fails to do so the drawer and all en-
4Cush. 188. J — „ — , ,i;„„U. J 7 Gray, 217. 98 Mass. 101
dorsers are discharged.
Presentment
Section 168. Presentment for acceptance must be made by or on
able hour on a behalf of the holder at a reasonable hour, on a business dav and before
business day, iimi- i ti i-^i
etc. the bill IS overdue, to the drawee or some person authorized to accept
1898,533,1145. . . i • i i ip j
R. L. 73, § 162. or refuse acceptance on his behali: and
1. Where a bill is addressed to two or more drawees not partners
presentment must be made to them all, unless one has authority to
accept or refuse acceptance for all, in which case presentment may be
made to him onlj'; 8
2. Where the drawee is dead presentment may be made to his per- 9
sonal representative; 10
3. Where the drawee has been adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent, 11
or has made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, present- 12
ment may be made to him or to his trustee or assignee. 13
Chap. 107.] negotiable instruments. 1055
1 Section 169. A bill may be presented for acceptance on any Presentment
2 day on which negotiable instruments may be presented for payment sentment of
3 under sections ninety-five and one hundred and eight, and no person Sument for
4 recei\ing any draft or bill of exchange payable on demand shall fsQ^lo'i.
5 be charged with any neglect or omission of duty, or incur any lia- ^*j^|^^^^'
6 bility, for not presenting it for acceptance on a Saturday, provided fgj^- ^^i^5 ^63.
7 that it shall be duly presented for acceptance on the next succeeding
8 business day.
1 Section 170. Where the holder of a bill drawn payable elsewhere Necessary
2 than at the place of business or the residence of the drawee has not is98,s33, §147.
3 time with the exercise of reasonable diligence to present the bill for ac- • • ■ *
4 ceptance before presenting it for payment on the day that it falls due,
5 the delay caused by presenting the bill for acceptance before present-
6 ing it for payment is excused and does not discharge the drawers and
7 endorsers.
1 Section 171. Presentment for acceptance is excused and a bill may Presentment
2 be treated as dishonored by non-acceptance, in any one of the following isds, 533. § i48.
3 cases: r. l. 73, §i65.
4 1. Where the drawee is dead, or has absconded, or is a fictitious
5 person or a person not having capacity to contract by bill;
6 2. Where, after the exercise of reasonable diligence, presentment can-
7 not be made;
8 3. Where, although presentment has been irregular, acceptance has
9 been refused on some other groimd.
1 Section 172. A bill is dishonored by non-acceptance:. bjii dishonored,
1898, 533, § 149. H. L. 73, § 166. 5 Met. 216.
2 1. When it is duly presented for acceptance and such an acceptance
3 as is prescribed by sections eighteen to two hundred and twelve, in-
4 elusive, is refused or cannot be obtained ; or
5 2. When presentment for acceptance is excused and the bill is not 9S Mass. loi.
6 accepted.
1 Section 173. Where a bill is duly presented for acceptance and is Right of re-
2 not accepted within the prescribed time the person presenting it must XeT
3 treat the bill as dishonored by non-acceptance or he loses the right of r.^l! 73?'/i67!'
4 recourse against the drawer and the endorsers. 4 Mass. 341. 7 Mass. 449.
14 Mass. 116. 8 Pick. 50. 12 Picli. 398. 3 Gray, 334.
1 Section 174. When a bill is dishonored by non-acceptance an im- Right otre-
2 mediate right of recourse against the drawers and endorsers accrues to tohoTder,"!™.
3 the holder and no presentment for payment is necessary. r.^l! fl^u'^BsV
3 Mass. 557. 8 Mass. 460.
Protest.
1 Section 175. Where a foreign bill appearing on its face to be such Foreign biii
2 is dishonored by non-acceptance it must be duly protested for non- ^heT.^^ '
3 acceptance, and where such a bill which has not previously been dis- fffi^^^'
4 honored by non-acceptance is dishonored by non-payment it must be f]^\^l^\lj^^-
1056 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. [ClL\P. 107.
10 Mass. 1. duly protested for non-payment. If it is not so protested the 5
drawer and endorsers are discharged. Where a bill does not appear 6
on its face to be a foreign bill protest thereof in case of dishonor is 7
unnecessary. 8
by°who"'"^^ Section 17G. Protest may be made by : 1
1898, 533, § 154. R. L. 73, § 171.
102 Mass. 141. 1. A notary publlc; or 2
2. By any respectable resident of the place Avhere the bill is dis- .3
honored, in the presence of two or more credible witnesses. 4
nexedio^bm. SECTION 177. The protest must be annexed to the bill, or must 1
1S98, 533.^§^i53. contain a copy thereof, and must be under the hand and seal of the 2
io2'Mas^*i'4i iiotary making it, and must specify: 3
154 Mass. 105. 1. The time and place of presentment; 4
2. The fact that presentment was made and the manner thereof ; 5
3. The cause or reason for protesting the bill; fj
4. The demand made and the answer given, if any, or the fact that 7
the drawee or acceptor could not be foimd. 8
madron da" SECTION 178. When a bill is protested such protest must be made 1
of ^shono"-- 2 on the day of its dishonor, unless delay is excused as provided in this 2
1898! 533,' §155. chapter. When a bill has been duly noted the protest may be subse- 3
quently extended as of the date of the noting. 4
Protest at Section 179. A bill must be protested at the place where it is dis- 1
dishonored. honorcd, exccpt that when a bill drawn payable at the place of business 2
R. L.' 73, '§ 173.' or residence of some person other than the drawee has been dishonored 3
by non-acceptance it must be protested for non-payment at the place 4
where it is expressed to be payable, and no further presentment for 5
payment to, or demand on, the drawee is necessary. 6
Protest for Section 180. A bill wluch has been protested for non-acceptance 1
non-payment ^ ^
after protest for xaBx be subseouentlv protested for non-payment. 2
non-acceptance .
1898, 533, § 157. R. L. 73, § 174.
beue?li?urity SECTION 181. Where the acceptor has been adjudged a bankrupt 1
when. ' or an insolvent, or has made a general assignment for the benefit of 2
R. L.'73,'§i75.' creditors, before the bill matures, the holder may cause the bill to be 3
protested for better security against the drawer and endorsers. 4
Protest un- SECTION 182. Protest is dispensed with by any circumstances which 1
T898's33'5i59 ^'^^^^ dispcuse with notice of dishonor. Delay in noting or protesting 2
R. L.'73,'§ 176.' is excused when delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of 3
the holder and not imputable to his default, misconduct or negligence. 4
When the cause of delay ceases to operate the bill must be noted or 5
protested with reasonable diligence. 6
^n^co^'Ttc^ Section 183. Where a bill is lost or destroyed or is wrongly de- 1
1898, 5'33. 1 1_60. taiucd from the person entitled to hold it protest may be made on a 2
copy or written particulars thereof. 3
Chap. 107.] negotl^ble insteuments. 1057
Acceptance for Honor.
1 Section 184. Where a bill of exchange has been protested for dis- Acceptance
2 honor by non-acceptance or protested for better security and is not i898,°533,'§i6i.
3 overdue, any person not being a party already liable thereon may, with ^' ^' ^^' ^ "^'
4 the consent of the holder, intervene and accept the bill supra protest for
5 the honor of any party liable thereon or for the honor of the person
6 for whose account the bill is drawn. The acceptance for honor may be
7 for part only of the sum for which the bill is drawn; and where there
8 has been an acceptance for honor for one party there may be a further
9 acceptance by a different person for the honor of another party.
1 Section 185. An acceptance for honor supra protest must be in Acceptance for
2 writing and indicate that it is an acceptance for honor, and must be in°v/itS«^
3 signed by the acceptor for honor. is98.533,§i62. r. l. 73, §179.
1 Section 186. Where an acceptance for honor does not expressly Acceptance for
2 state for whose honor it is made it is deemed to be an acceptance for drawer"
3 the honor of the drawer. 1898. 533, § i63. r. l. 73, § iso.
1 Section 187. The acceptor for honor is liable to the holder and to Liability of
2 all parties to the bill subsequent to the party for whose honor he has honor!""^
3 accepted. 1898,533, §i64. r. l. 73, §i8i.
1 Section 188. The acceptor for honor by such acceptance engages Same subject. _
2 that he will on due presentment paj- the bill according to the terms of r. l.' 73, '§ i82'.'
3 his acceptance, provided it shall not have been paid by the drawee, and ^^ ^'"'^' ^^"'
4 provided also, that it shall have been duly presented for payment and
5 protested for non-payment and notice of dishonor given to him.
1 Section 189. Where a bill payable after sight is accepted for honor Maturity of
2 its maturity is calculated from the date of the noting for non-acceptance for honor.
3 and not from the date of the acceptance for honor.
1898, 533, § 166. R. L. 73. § 183.
1 Section 190. Where a dishonored bill has been accepted for honor Biii accepted
2 supra protest or contains a reference in case of need it must be protested t"ted°when°
3 for non-payment before it is presented for payment to the acceptor R'''t.7^,'iisL'
4 for honor or referee in case of need.
1 Section 191. Presentment for payment to the acceptor for honor presentment
2 must be made as follows: " {oJ^lptlT
3 1. If it is to be presented in the place where the protest for is9g°s33H68
4 non-payment was made it must be presented not later than the day R- L- ^3, § i85.
5 following its matiu-ity;
6 2. If it is to be presented in some other place than the place where
7 it was protested it must be forwarded within the time specified in section
8 one hundred and twenty-seven.
1 Section 192. Section one hundred and four shall apply when there Certain pro-
2 is delay in making presentment to the acceptor for honor or referee in Ipp?"."
3 case of need. is98, 533, § 169. r. l. 73, § ise.
1058 NEGOTIABLE INSTRt.TMENTS. [ClIAP. 107.
hraorof bifiby SECTION 193. Wlieii the bill is dishonored by the acceptor for lionor 1
honor!"'^ '"'' it iDUst be protested for non-payment by him. 2
1S98, 533, § 170. R. L. 73, § 187.
Payment for Honor.
honon°* '""^ Section 194. Where a bill has been protested for non-payment any 1
1898, 533, §m. person may intervene and pay it supra protest for the honor of any 2
person liable thereon or for the honor of the person for whose account ?>
it was drawn. 4
tote?tSted* Section 195. The payment for honor supra protest in order to 1
of hon^r'^' '^"^ Operate as such and not as a mere voluntary payment must be attested 2
1898, 633, §172. by a notarial act of honor which may be appended to the protest or 3
form an extension to it. 4
S'honor "'' Section 196. The notarial act of honor must be founded on a deck- 1
1898, 533, §173. j-atiou made by the payer for honor or by his agent in that behalf de- 2
daring his intention to pay the bill for honor and for whose honor he 3
pays. 4
isgs'sss^j 174 Section 197. Where two or more persons offer to pay a bill for the 1
R. L. 73, § 191. honor of different parties the person whose payment will discharge most 2
parties to the bill is to be given the preference. 3
When parties SECTION 198. Where a bill has been paid for honor all parties sub- 1
aischargea. ■ . : . , i-iii i ^^
1898, 533, §m. sequent to the party for whose honor it is paid are discharged, but the 2
payer for honor is subrogated for, and succeeds to, both the rights and 3
duties of the holder as regards the party for whose honor he pays and 4
all parties liable to the latter. 5
J^TOurs'llost"' Section 199. Where the holder of a bill refuses to receive payment 1
>89S.533,§n|. supra protest he loses his right of recourse against any party who would 2
have been discharged by such payment. 3
rntitied''to''bui"^ Section 200. The payer for honor, on paying to the holder the 1
and protest amount of the bill and the notarial expenses incidental to Its dishonor, 2
R. L. 73, '§ 194.' is entitled to receive both the bill itself and the protest. 3
Bills in a Set.
1898 533 Yi7s Section 201. Where a bill is drawn in a set, each part of the set 1
R. l! 73, ■§ 195. being numbered and containing a reference to the other parts, the whole 2
of the parts constitutes one bill. 3
78™8,533"Yi79. SECTION 202. Where two or more parts of a set are negotiated to 1
r.l'73,'§i96. different holders in due course the holder whose title first accrues is as 2
between such holders the true owner of the bill. But nothing in this 3
section affects the rights of a person who in due course accepts or pays 4
the part first presented to him. 5
eldorlers°^ SECTION 203. Where the holder of a set endorses two or more parts 1
1898,533, §^iM). to different persons he is liable on every such part, and every endorser 2
subsequent to him is liable on the part he has himself endorsed, as if 3
such parts were separate bills. 4
CbAF. 107.] NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 1059
1 Section 204. The acceptance may be WTitten on any part and it Acceptance.
2 must be wTitten on one part only. If the drawee accepts more than r. l! 73, '§ i98.'
3 one part, and such accepted parts are negotiated to diiferent holders
4 in due course, he is liable on every such part as if it were a separate bill.
1 Section 205. When the acceptor of a bill drawn in a set pays it Liability of
2 without requiring the part bearing his acceptance to be delivered to 1898^*533, § is2.
3 him, and that part at matiu-ity is outstanding in the hands of a holder ^- ^' ^^' ^ '®^-
4 in due course, he is liable to the holder thereon.
1 Section 206. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, where set discharged,
2 any one part of a bill drawn in a set is discharged by payment or other- Ts^g^'sss, § i83.
3 wise the whole bill is discharged. ^ ^- ^^' 5 200.
PROMISSORY NOTES AND CHECKS.
1 Section 207. A negotiable promissory note within the meaning of not^leSd
2 sections eighteen to two hundred and twelve, inclusive, is an uncon- i898, 533. § i84.
3 ditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by iicushisu. '
4 the maker, engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable los Miss's. 371
. 541.
.342.
5 future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer. Where a HI Ma
6 note is drawn to the maker's own order it is not complete imtil endorsed \ll \\l
7 by him. hs Mass. 296.
1 Section 208. A check is a bill of exchange drawn on a bank payable check defined.
2 on demand. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the pro- r^^l! 73^ § 20*!'
3 visions of sections eighteen to two hundred and twelve, inclusive, ap- Hf Mass! til;
4 plicable to a bill of exchange payable on demand, shall apply to a check.
1 Section 209. A check must be presented for payment within a Time for pres-
2 reasonable time after its issue or the drawer will be discharged from check.°°°
3 liability thereon to the extent of the loss caused by the delay. R^L.W.fioi^
108 Mass. 514. 156 Mass. 395. 194 Mass. 418. 208 Mass. 53.
1 Section 210. ^Miere a check is certified by the bank on which it is Certification
2 drawn the certification is equivalent to an acceptance. acceptance.""
1898, 533, § 187. R. L. 73, | 204.
1 Section 211. Where the holder of a check procures it to be accepted fb°a'J°gd*''^.h'en
2 or certified the drawer and all endorsers are discharged from liability js^*' ^s^, § iss.
, R. L. 73, s 205.
3 thereon. ISe Mass. 458. leO Mass. 401.
1 Section 212. A check of itself does not operate as an assignment of bink''to^hiider
2 any part of the funds to the credit of the drawer with the bank, and ^*^l' 73^/206^'
3 the bank is not liable to the holder unless and until it accepts or certifies le pick.'s35,
..111 1 Gray, 605.
4 the check. 5 Gray, 108.
13 AUen, 445. 107 Mass. 45. 156 Mass. 395. 171 Mass. 534.
REFERENCES.
False making of bill of lading to defraud insurer, penalty, Chap. 266, § 110.
Fraudulent pledge, etc., of negotiable instrument, etc., penalty, Chap. 266, § 88.
Fraudulent drawing and uttering of checks, drafts and orders, Chap. 266, § 37.
Municipal bonds and notes. Chap. 44.
1060
BILLS OF L.\DING.
[Chap. 108.
Negotiable instruments, larceny of, Chap. 266, § 30.
Indictments, description of, in, Chap. 277, § 23.
Pleading, on joinder of several parties. Chap. 231, § 4.
Protest fees, of notary. Chap. 262, § 41.
Promissory notes, limitation of action on attested note, Chap. 260, § 1.
Damages, assessment by clerk of court, Chap. 235, § 5.
Interest fixed by commissioner of banks, when, Chap. 140, § 100.
Obtaining by false pretence, with intent to defraud, the making, acceptance or en-
dorsement of a bill of exchange or promissory note, etc., made larceny, Chap.
266, § 33.
Sale of collateral security before debt due, etc., Chap. 266, § 85.
CHAPTER 108
BILLS OF LADING.
Sect.
ISSUE OF BILLS OF LADING
1. Scope of chapter.
2. Terms to be contained in bill.
3. Carriers may insert other terms.
4. Non-negotiable or straight bill.
5. Negotiable or order bill.
6. Certain negotiable bills not to be issued
in parts or sets.
7. Duplicate biUs to be so marked.
8. Non-negotiable bills to be so marked.
9. Effect of insertion of name of person to
be notified.
10. Effect of failure to object to terms of a
bill on receipt.
OBLIGATIONS AND EIGHTS OF CARRIERS UPON
THEIR BILLS OF LADING.
11. Carrier's obligation to deliver.
12. Carrier justified in delivering.
13. Liability of carrier in certain cases.
14. Failure to cancel negotiable bill on de-
livery of goods.
15. Failure to cancel on part delivery.
16. Alterations, additions, etc., in bills
without authority to be void.
17. Judicial relief in case bill is lost or de-
stroyed.
IS. Warranty as to duplicate bill.
19. Title not to be asserted by carrier.
20. Carrier excused from liability for re-
fusal to deliver in certain cases.
21. Right or title of a third person as a de-
fence in suits.
22. Liability of carrier based on recitals in
bills of lading.
23. Attachment, etc., of negotiable bill.
24. Carrier's lien as affected by negotiable
biU.
25. Carrier's liability as affected by lawful
sale to satisfy lien.
NEGOTIATION AND TRANSFER OF BILLS.
26. Negotiation by delivery.
27. Negotiation by endorsement.
Sect.
28. Transfer.
29. By whom negotiable.
30. Title of endorsee.
31. Title of transferee.
32. Transferee's right to an endorsement.
33. Warranties of endorser or transferor.
34. Endorser not liable for certain defaults.
35. Holder of bill for security does not
warrant in certain cases.
36. Validity of negotiation not impaired by
certain facts.
37. Effect of subsequent negotiation by en-
dorser retaining possession.
38. Form of bill as indicating state of
title.
39. Transmission of draft and bill of lading.
40. Right of holder of negotiable bill supe-
rior to seller's lien, etc.
41. Rights and remedies of mortgagee or
lien holder not limited in certain
CRIMINAL OFFENCES.
42. Penalty for fraudulent issue of bill of
lading.
43. Penalty for false statement in bill.
44. Penalty for issuing duplicate bill in cer-
tain cases.
45. Penalty for wrongful shipment under
negotiable bill.
46. Penalty for fraudulent negotiation or
transfer of bill.
47. Penalty for securing issue of a bill with
intent to defraud.
48. Penalty for issuing a non-negotiable bill
without the words "not negotiable".
INTERPRETATION.
49. Application of other laws.
50. Definition of terms.
51. Citation of chapter. Interpretation.
Chap. lOS.] bills of lading. 1061
ISSUE OF BILLS OF LADING.
1 Section 1. Bills of lading issued by any common carrier shall be scope of
2 governed by this chapter, except as otherwise provided by federal law. Sio'lu, § i.
34 V. S. Sts. at L., 59S. 38 U. S. Sts. at L., H96. 39 U, S. Sts. at L., 441, 538.
1 Section 2. E\-ery bill shall contain in print or writing the following Terms to be
2 terms: contained in
3 (a) The date of issue, 1910,214,12.
4 (6) The name of the person from whom the goods have been received, Definitions,
5 (c) The place where the goods have been received,
6 (d) The place to which the goods are to be transported,
7 (e) A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to a spe-
8 eified person, or to the order of a specified person,
9 (/) A description of the goods or of the packages containing them
10 which may be in such general terms as are described in section twenty-
11 two, and
1 2 (g) The signature of the carrier.
13 A negotiable bill shall have the words "order of" printed thereon im-
14 mediately before the name of the person upon whose order the goods
15 received are deliverable.
16 A carrier shall be liable to any person suffering damage caused by the
17 omission from a negotiable bill of any pro\'ision required by this section.
1 Section 3. A carrier may insert in a bill, issued by him, any other Carriers may
2 terms and conditions, pro\'ided that they shall not terms."
3 (a) Be contrary to law or public policy, or ^®'°' "'"*■ ^ ^'
4 (b) In any wise impair his obligation to exercise at least that degree
5 of care in the transportation and safe keeping of the goods intrusted to
6 him which a reasonably careful man would exercise relative to similar
7 goods of his own.
1 Section 4. A bill wherein it is stated that the goods are consigned OTTtra^ght'bn'f
2 or destined to a specified person is a non-negotiable or straight bill. i^io. 214, § 4.
211 Mass. 146. 223 Mass. 224.
1 Section 5. A bill stating that the goods are consigned or destined ^rd^r'tm'" ""^
2 to the order of any person named in such bill is a negotiable or order bill. J^jo, 214, § 5.
3 Any provision in such a bill that it is non-negotiable shall be void. § 234.
214 Mass. 196. 1919, 5. 1920. 2.
1 Section 6. Negotiable bills issued in this commonwealth for the Certain
2 transportation of goods to any place in the United States on the con- bms°not to be
3 tinent of North America, except Alaska, shall not be issued in parts or or "ets'" ^"''^
4 sets. i9i°' 214. 5 6-
5 If so issued, the carrier issuing them shall be liable for failure to de-
6 liver the goods described therein to any one who purchases a part for
7 value in good faith, even though the purchase be after the delivery of
8 the goods by the carrier to a holder of one of the other parts.
1 Section 7. When more than one negotiable bill is issued in this DupUcate
2 commonwealth for the same goods to be transported to any place in the marked.
3 United States on the continent of North America, except Alaska, the ^^^°' ^"' * ^^
4 word "duplicate" or some other words indicating that the document
5 is not an original, shall be placed plainly upon the face of every such
1062
BILLS OF L.\DING.
[ClL\P. 108.
bill, except the one first issued. A carrier shall be liable for all damage 6
caused by his failure so to do to any one who has purchased the bill for 7
value in good faith as an original, even though the purchase be after the 8
delivery of the goods by the carrier to the holder of the original bill. 9
Non-negotiable
bills to be so
marked.
1910, 214, 5 8.
Section S. A non-negotiable bill shall have placed plainly upon its 1
face by the carrier issuing it "non-negotiable" or "not negotiable". 2
This section shall not apply to memoranda or acknowledgments of an 3
informal character. 4
Effect of inser-
tion of name c
person to be
notified.
1910, 214, § 9.
Section 9. The insertion in a negotiable bill of the name of a person 1
to be notified of the arrival of the goods shall not limit the negotiability 2
of the bill, or constitute notice to a purchaser thereof of any rights or 3
equities of such person in the goods. 4
Effect of
failure to
object to
terms of a bill
on receipt.
1910. 214. 5 10.
223 Mass. 224.
Section 10. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if a con- 1
signor receives a bill and makes no objection to its terms or conditions 2
at the time of receipt neither the consignor nor any person who accepts 3
delivery of the goods, nor any person who seeks to enforce any proii- 4
sion of the bill, shall be allowed to deny that he is bound by such terms 5
and conditions, so far as they are not contrary to law or public policy. 6
Carrier's
obligation
to deliver.
1910,214, § 11.
OBLIGATIONS .\ND EIGHTS OF CARRIERS UPON THEIR BILLS OF LEADING.
Section 11. A carrier, in the absence of a lawful excuse, is bound 1
to deliver goods upon a demand made either by the consignee named 2
in the bill for the goods, or if the bill is negotiable, by the holder thereof, 3
if such demand is accompanied by 4
(a) An offer in good faith to satisfy the carrier's lawful lien upon the 5
goods, 6
(b) An offer in good faith to surrender, properly endorsed, the bill, if 7
negotiable, and 8
(c) A readiness and willingness to sign, when the goods are delivered, 9
an acknowledgment that they have been delivered, if such signature is 10
requested by the carrier. 11
If the carrier refuses or fails to deliver the goods in compliance with 12
a demand by the consignee or holder so accompanied, the burden shall 13
be upon the carrier to establish the existence of a lawful excuse for such 14
refusal or failure. 1,5
Carrierjustified SECTION 12. A carrier is justified, subject to the three following sec- 1
1910, 214, § i2. tions, in delivering goods to one who is 2
(a) Lawfully entitled to their possession, or 3
(6) The consignee named in a non-negotiable bill for the goods, or 4
(c) A person in possession of a negotiable bill for the goods by the 5
terms of which they are deliverable to his order, or which has been en- 6
dorsed to him or in blank by the consignee or by the mediate or im- 7
mediate endorsee of the consignee. 8
Section 13. If a carrier delivers goods to one not lawfully entitled to 1
their possession, the carrier shall be liable to any one having a right of 2
property or possession therein if he delivered them otherwise than as 3
Chap. 108.] bills of lading. 1063
4 authorized by paragraphs (b) or (c) of the preceding section; and, though
5 he deh-\'ered the goods as authorized by either of said paragraphs, he
6 shall so be Hable if prior to such dehvery he
7 (a) Had been requested, by or on behalf of a person having a right
8 of property or possession in the goods, not to make such delivery, or
9 (6) Had information at the time of the delivery that it was to a per-
10 son not lawfully entitled to their possession.
11 A request or information to be effective under this section must be
12 given to an officer or agent of the carrier, the actual or apparent scope
13 of whose duties includes action upon such a request or information, and
14 in time to enable him, acting ^ith reasonable dihgence, to stop delivery.
1 Section 14. Except as provided in section twenty-five, and except Failure to
2 when compelled by legal process, if a carrier delivers goods for which a aWe bin ot" '
3 negotiable bill has been issued, the negotiation of which would transfer goods'^ °'
4 the right to the possession of the goods, and fails to take up and cancel i^io--!*' § i-*-
5 the bill, he shall be liable for failure to deliver the goods to any one who
6 for value and in good faith purchases the bill, whether such purchaser
7 acquired title to it before or after the delivery of the goods by the carrier,
8 and notwithstanding delivery was made to the person entitled thereto.
1 Section 15. Except as provided in section twentv-five, and except FaUure to
r»i iiiiii •(• 'IT '' PI 1 cancel on part
2 when compelled by legal process, it a carrier dehvers part ot the goods delivery.
3 for which a negotiable bill had been issued and fails either
4 (a) To take up and cancel the bill, or
5 (b) To place plainly upon it a statement that a portion of the goods
6 has been delivered, with a description, which may be in general terms,
7 either of the goods or packages that have so been delivered or of the
8 goods or packages which still remain in the carrier's possession, he shall
9 be liable for faihu-e to deliver all the goods specified in the bill, to any
10 one who for value and in good faith purchases it, whether such purchaser
11 acquired title to it before or after the delivery of any portion of the goods
12 by the carrier, and notwithstanding such delivery was made to the per-
13 son entitled thereto.
1 Section 16. Any alteration, addition or erasure in a bill after its Alterations,
2 issue, without authority from the carrier issuing it either in writing or in biUs withoiit
3 noted on the bill, shall be void, whatever the nature or purpose of the beVmU^ *°
4 change, and the bill shall be enforceable according to its original tenor. i^io.sh, § le.
1 Section 17. If a negotiable bill has been lost or destroyed, a court ^^if^'f^J ^^^
2 of competent jurisdiction may order the delivery of the goods upon satis- bin is lost
3 factory proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a bond i9io,''2i4, § 17.
4 with sufficient surety, to be approved by the court, to protect the carrier
5 or any person injured by such delivery from any liability or loss incurred
6 by reason of the original bill remaining outstanding. The court may also
7 in its discretion order the payment of the carrier's reasonable costs and
S counsel fees.
9 The delivery of the goods under an order of the court as herein provided
10 shall not relieve the carrier from liability to a person to whom the nego-
11 tiable bill has been or may be negotiated for value without notice of the
12 proceedings or of the delivery of the goods.
1064
BILLS OF LADING.
[Chap. 108.
Warranty as
to duplicate
1910,214, § 18.
Title not to
be asserted
by carrier
1910, 214, § 10.
Carrier ex-
cused from
liability for
refusal to
deliver in
certain cases.
1910,214, §21.
Right or title
of a third
person as a
defence in
suits.
1910, 214, § 22.
Section IS. A bill, upon the face of which the word "duplicate" or 1
some other words indicating that the document is not an original bill are 2
plainly placed, shall impose upon the carrier issuing the same the lia- 3
bility of one who represents and warrants that such bill is an accurate 4
copy of an original bill properly issued, but no other liability. 5
Section 19. No title or right to the possession of the goods, asserted 1
by a carrier for his own benefit, shall excuse him from liability for refus- 2
ing to deliver the goods according to the terms of a bill issued for them, 3
unless such title or right is derived directly or indirectly from a transfer 4
made by the consignor or consignee after the shipment, or from the .5
carrier's lien. 6
Section 20. If another than the consignee or person in possession of 1
the bill has a claim to the title or possession of the goods, and the carrier 2
has information of such claim, he shall be excused from liability for re- 3
fusing to deliver them either to the consignee or person in possession of 4
the bill, or to the adverse claimant, until the carrier has had a reason- 5
able time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claim or to bring legal 6
proceedings to compel all claimants to interplead. 7
Section 21. Except as provided in section twelve or twenty of this 1
chapter, or in section forty-one of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, 2
no right or title of a third person, unless enforced by legal process, shall 3
be a defence to an action brought by the consignee of a non-negotiable 4
bill, or by the holder of a negotiable bill, against the carrier for failure 5
to deliver the goods on demand. 6
on recitals ii
bills of ladii
1910, 214, §
Section 22. If a bill of lading has been issued by a carrier or on his 1
behalf by an agent or employee the scope of whose actual or apparent 2
authority includes the issuing thereof, the carrier shall be liable to 3
(a) The consignee named in a non-negotiable bill, or 4
(6) The holder of a negotiable bill, either of whom has given value in 5
good faith relying upon the description therein of the goods, for damages 6
caused by the non-receipt by the carrier or a connecting carrier of all or 7
part of the goods, or their failure to correspond with the description 8
thereof in the bill at the time of its issue. 9
If, however, the goods are described in a bill merely by a statement of 10
marks or labels upon them or upon packages containing them, or by a 11
statement that the goods are said to be goods of a certain kind or quantity, 12
or in a certain condition, or if it is stated in the bill that packages are 13
said to contain goods of a certain kind or quantity or in a certain condition, 14
or that the contents or condition of the contents of packages is unknown, 15
or words of like purport are contained in the bill, such statements, if 16
true, shall not make liable the carrier issuing the bill, although the goods 17
are not of the kind or quantity or in the condition which the marks or 18
labels upon them indicate, or of the kind or quantity or in the condition 19
in which they were said to be by the consignor. The carrier may, also, 20
by inserting in the bill the words "shipper's load and count", or other 21
words of like purport, indicate that the goods were loaded by the shipper 22
and that the description of them was made by him; and if such state- 23
ment is true, the carrier shall not be liable for damages caused by the 24
improper loading or by the non-receipt or by the misdescription of the 25
goods described in the bill. 26
Chap. 108.] bills of lading. 1065
1 Section 23. A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a negotiable bill ^"'"c!f"e"oti
2 shall be entitled to such aid from courts of appropriate jurisdiction by in- aWe bill.
3 junction and otherwise in attaching the bill, or in satisfying the claim
4 by means thereof, as is allowed at law or in equity in regard to property
5 which cannot readily be attached or levied upon by ordinary legal
C process.
1 Section 24. If a negotiable bill is issued the carrier shall have no carrier's iien
2 lien on the goods therein mentioned, except for charges thereon for freight, negotiabfe'^bin.
3 storage, demurrage and terminal charges, and expenses necessary for isio. 214, § 211.
4 their preservation or incident to their transportation subsequent to the
5 date of the bill, unless the bill expressly enumerates other charges for
6 which a lien is claimed. In such case there shall also be a lien for the
7 charges enumerated so far as they are allowed by law and by the con-
8 tract between the consignor and the carrier.
1 Section 25. After goods have lawfully been sold to satisfy a carrier's carrier's
2 lien, or because unclaimed, or because perishable or hazardous, the iffected by
3 carrier shall not thereafter be liable for failure to deliver them to the eatisH-lten*"
4 consignee or owner thereof, or to a holder of the bill given therefor when ^'■'^°' ^i"*. § 27.
5 they were shipped, even if such bill is negotiable.
negotiation and transfer of bills.
1 Section 26. A negotiable bill may be negotiated by delivery if, by Negotiation
2 its terms, the carrier undertakes to deliver the goods to the order of a mofml^'as.
3 specified person, and such person or a subsequent endorsee has endorsed
4 it in blank.
1 Section 27. A negotiable bill may be negotiated by the endorsement Negotiation by
2 of the person to whose order the goods are deliverable by its tenor. i9io.Ti'4f§29.
3 Such endorsement may be in blank or to a specified person. If to a "^^ "^^^ '^®"
4 specified person, it may be negotiated again by the endorsement of such
5 person in blank or to another specified person. Subsequent negotiation
6 may be made in like manner.
1 Section 28. A bill may be transferred by the holder by delivery, Transfer.
2 accompanied by an agreement, express or implied, to transfer the title ^^^°' "^'*' ^ ^'^'
3 to the bill or to the goods represented thereby.
4 A non-negotiable bill cannot be negotiated, and the endorsement of
5 such a bill gives the transferee no additional right.
1 Section 29. A negotiable bill may be negotiated by any person in By whom
2 possession of the same, however such possession may have been acquired igfo'suri 31.
3 if, by its terms, the carrier imdertakes to deliver the goods to the order
4 of such person, or if at the time of negotiation the bill is in such form
5 that it may be negotiated by delivery.
1 Section 30. A person to whom a negotiable bill has duly been nego- Title of
2 tiated acquires thereby 191a 2h, § 32.
3 (a) Such title to the goods as the person negotiating the bill to liim ^^* ^*^^- ^®''-
4 had, or had ability to convey to a purchaser in good faith for value, and
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BILLS OF L.\DING.
[CiLiP. 108.
also such title to the goods as the consignee and consignor had, or had 5
power to convey to a piu'chaser in good faith for value, and 6
(6) The direct obligation of the carrier to hold possession of the goods 7
for him according to the terms of the bill as fully as if the carrier had 8
contracted directly with him. 9
transferee SECTION 31. A person to whoni a bill has been transferred but not 1
■'iiM^st'tw' negotiated acciuires thereby, as against the transferor, the title to the 2
goods, subject to the terms of any agreement with the transferor. If 3
the bill is non-negotiable, such person also acquires the right to notify 4
the carrier of the transfer to him of the bill, and thereby to become the 5
direct obligee of whatever obligations the carrier owed to the transferor 6
immediately before the notification. 7
Prior to the notification of the carrier by the transferor or transferee 8
of a non-negotiable bill, the title of the transferee to the goods and the 9
right to acquhe the obligation of the carrier may be defeated by attach- 10
ment by trustee process or otherwise, or by execution upon the goods 11
by a creditor of the transferor, or by a notification to the carrier by the 12
transferor or by a subsequent piu^chaser from liim, of a subsequent sale 13
of the goods by liim. 14
A carrier has not received notification under this section unless an 15
officer or agent of the carrier, the actual or apparent scope of whose duties 16
includes action upon such a notification, has been notified; and no noti- 17
fication shall be efi'ective luitil the officer or agent to whom it is given has 18
had time with the exercise of reasonable diligence to communicate with 19
the agent having actual possession or control of the goods. 20,
Transferee's
right to an
endorsement.
1910, 214, § 34.
Section 32. If a negotiable bill is transferred for value by delivery, 1
and the endorsement of the transferor is essential for negotiation, the 2
transferee acquires a right against the transferor to compel him to en- 3
dorse the bill, unless a contrary intention appears. The negotiation 4
shall take effect as of the time when the endorsement is actually made. 5
This obligation may be specifically enforced. G
Section 33. A person who negotiates or transfers for value a bill by 1
endorsement or dehvery, including one who assigns for value a claim 2
seciu-ed by a bill, unless a contrary intention appears, warrants 3
(a) That the bill is genuine, 4
{b) That he has a legal right to transfer it, 5
(c) That he has knowledge of no fact which would impair the validity 6
or worth of the bill, and 7
(d) That he has a right to transfer the title to the goods, and that they 8
are merchantable or fit for a particular purpose, whenever such warranties 9
would have been implied if the contract of the parties had been to transfer 10
without a bill the goods represented thereby. 1 1
In the case of an assignment of a claim seciu-ed by a bill, the liability 12
of the assignor shall not exceed the amount of the claim. 13
ETbie'for "°' Section 34. The endorsement of a bill shall not make the endorser 1
certain liable for any failure on the part of the carrier or previous endorsers of 2
1910, 214, § 36. the bill to fulfil their respective obligations. 3
Chap. 108.] bills of l.u)Ing. 1067
1 Section 35. A mortgagee or pledgee, or other holder of a bill for Holder of biu
2 security who in good faith demands or receives payment of the debt for doefnot'w^ar-
3 which the bill is security, whether from a party to a cb'aft drawn for such cases!" "^'^^"'^
4 debt or from any other person, shall not be deemed by so doing to rep- ^®'°' ^^*' ^ ^^•
5 resent or to warrant the genuineness of such bill or the quantity or
6 quality of the goods therein described.
1 Section 36. The validity of the negotiation of a bill is not impaired Validity of
„ 1 1 •• 1 in, f ^ negotiation not
2 by the tact that such negotiation was a breach of duty on the part of the impaired by
3 person making the negotiation, or that the owner of the bill was deprived i9io."2i4,''§\s.
4 of its possession by fraud, accident, mistake, duress or conversion, if the
5 person to whom the bill was negotiated, or a person to whom it was sub-
6 sequently negotiated, gave value therefor, in good faith, without notice
7 of the breach of duty, fraud, accident, mistake, duress or conversion.
1 Section 37. If a person having sold, mortgaged, or pledged goods Effect of suw-
2 in a carrier's possession for which a negotiable bill has been issued, or tfa't?™ by^^°"
3 having sold, mortgaged, or pledged the negotiable bill representing such retlwng
4 goods, continues in possession of the negotiable bill, the subsequent nego- fgicfTiT's 39
5 tiation thereof by that person under any sale, pledge, or other disposition ^i-i Mass! i96.
6 thereof to any person receiving it in good faith, for value and without
7 notice of the previous sale, shall have the same effect as if the first pur-
8 chaser of the goods or bill had expressly authorized the subsequent
9 negotiation.
1 Section 38. If goods are shipped by the consignor in accordance Form of bin as
2 with a contract or order for their purchase, the form in which the bill statrof"^
3 is taken by the consignor shall indicate the transfer or retention of the Jg^g^ 237, § 20
4 property or right to the possession of the goods as follows: 1^1°' 214, §40.
5 (a) If by the bill the goqds are deliverable to the buyer or to his agent,
6 or to the order of the buyer or of his agent, the consignor thereby trans-
7 fers the property in the goods to the buyer.
8 (b) If by the bill the goods are deliverable to the seller or to his agent,
9 or to the order of the seller or of his agent, the seller thereby reserves the
10 property in the goods. But if, except for the form of the bill, the prop-
11 erty would have passed to the buyer on shipment of the goods, the seller's
12 property in the goods shall be deemed to be only for the purpose of secur-
13 ing performance by the buyer of his obligations under the contract.
14 (c) If by the bill the goods are dehverable to the order of the buyer
15 or of his agent, but possession of the bill is retained by the seller or his
16 agent, the seller thereby reserves a right to the possession of the goods,
1 7 as against the buyer.
18 (d) If the seller draws on the buyer for the price, and transmits the
19 draft and bill together to the buyer to secure acceptance or pajinent
20 of the draft, the buyer is bound to return the bill if he does not honor the
21 draft, and if he wTongfully retains the bill he acquires no added right
22 thereby. If, however, the biU pro^^des that the goods are deliverable
23 to the buyer, or to the order of the buyer, or is endorsed in blank or to
24 the buyer by the consignee named therein, one who purchases in good
25 faith, for value, the bill or goods from the buyer, obtains the title to the
26 goods, although the draft has not been honored, if such purchaser has
27 received delivery of the bill endorsed by the consignee named therein, or
28 of the goods, without notice of the facts making the transfer wrongful.
1068
BILLS OF L.UJING.
[Chap. 108.
Transmission
of draft and
bill of lading.
1910,214, §41.
Right of
holder of
negotiable
bill superior
to seller's
lien, etc.
1908, 237, §
1910, 214, §
Section 39. If the seller of goods draws on the buyer for the price of 1
the goods, and transmits the draft and a bill of lading for the goods 2
either directly to the buyer or through a bank or other agency, unless a 3
different intention on the part of the seller appears, the buyer and all 4
other parties interested are justified in assuming: 5
(a) If the draft is by its terms or legal effect payable on demand or 6
presentation or at sight, or not more than three days thereafter, whether 7
such three days be termed days of grace or not, that the seller intended 8
to require payment of the draft before the buyer should be entitled to 9
receive or retain the bill. 10
(b) If the draft is by its terms payable on time, extending beyond three 11
days after demand, presentation or sight, whether such three clays be 12
termed days of grace or not, that the seller intended to require accept- 13
ance, but not payment of the draft before the buyer should be entitled 14
to receive or retain the bill. 15
This section shall apply whether by the terms of the bill the goods are 16
consigned to the seller, or to his order, or to the buyer, or to his order, or 17
to a third person, or to his order. 18
Section 40. If a negotiable bill has been issued for goods, no seller's 1
lien or right of stoppage in transit shall defeat the rights of any pur- 2
chaser for value in good faith to whom such bill has been negotiated, 3
62. whether such negotiation is prior or subsequent to the notification to 4
^^ the carrier who issued such bill of the seller's claim to a lien or right of 5
stoppage in transit; nor shall the carrier be obliged to deliver, or be 6
justified in delivering, the goods to an unpaid seller unless such bill is 7
first surrendered for cancellation. 8
Rights and
remedies of
mortgagee or
lien holder not
limited in
certain cases.
1910, 214, § 43.
Section 41. Except as provided in the preceding section, this chap- 1
ter shall not limit the rights and remedies of a mortgagee or lien holder 2
whose mortgage or lien on goods would be valid, apart from this chapter 3
as against one who for value and in good faith purchased from the owaier, 4
immediately prior to the time of their delivery to the carrier, the goods 5
subject to the mortgage or lien, and obtained possession thereof. 6
Penalty for
fraudulent
issue of bill
of lading.
1910, 214, §
1914, 635.
1918, 257,
§464.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
CRIMINAL OFFENCES.
Section 42. An officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who with intent
to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill knowing that all or any part of
**• the goods for which it is issued have not been received by the carrier,
or by an agent of such carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under
the carrier's control at the time of issuing the same, shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the
state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction
for not more than two and one half years, or both.
Penalty for
false state-
ment in bill.
1910, 214, § 45.
Section 43. An ofiicer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who with in-
tent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill for goods, knowing that
it contains a false statement, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both.
forTsimng Section 44. An officcr, agent, or servant of a carrier, who -^vath in- 1
hT^erta'in'''" ^^^^ ^^ defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a duplicate or additional negoti- 2
cases. able bill for goods in violation of section seven, kno^nng that a former 3
Chap. 108.] bills of l,\ding. 1069
4 negotiable bill for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding 1910,214. §46.
- - - - '^ " 1914, 635.
19 IS. 257,
§ 4M.
1919,5.
7 five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and 1^20,2.
8 one half years, or both.
1 Section 45. A person who ships goods to which he has not title, or Penalty for
2 upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a ment^under"'^
3 negotiable bill which he afterward negotiates for value with intent to Jgigfln^j'"?.
4 deceive, and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the
5 lien or mortgage, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thou-
6 sand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
1 Section 46. A person who with intent to deceive negotiates or trans- penalty for
2 fers for ^'alue a bill, knowing that any or all of the goods which by its neTo'tmtion or
3 terms appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier f,^f,°^'^'^ "^
4 which issued the bill, are not in the possession or control of such carrier, isio. 214, § 4s.
5 or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing this fact, shall be punished i9is,' 257'
6 by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in 1919 5.
7 the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of cor- '^^°' ^'
8 rection for not more than two and one half years, or both.
1 Section 47. A person who with intent to defraud secures the issue Penalty for
2 by a carrier of a bill, knowing that at the time of such issue, any or all ofa bm wittf
3 of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have ji°'fraud°
4 not been so recei\'ed by such carrier, or by an agent of such carrier or a \^\°' ^j*' § *9-
5 connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing i9i8,'257,
6 an officer, agent, or servant of such carrier falsely to belie\e that such 1919,5.
7 goods have been so received or are under the carrier's control, shall be " ' '
8 punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprison-
9 ment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house
10 of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.
1 Section 48. A person who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in penalty for
2 issuing, a non-negotiable bill without the words "not negotiable" placed ITIgotfabie bm
3 plainly upon the face thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ^o'rdT'no^t
4 five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not Jgio'tu"? 50
5 more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than {qJJ'I^S
6 two and one half years, or both. S 404.
1919, 5. 1920, 2.
interpret.\tion.
1 Section 49. In any case not pro\'ided for in this chapter, the rules Application of
2 of law and equity including the law merchant, and in particular the rules J^j^^ 2'i4,'*§ 51.
3 relating to the law of principal and agent, executors, administrators and
4 trustees, and to the effect of fraud, misrepresentation, duress or coercion,
5 accident, mistake, bankruptcy, or other invalidating cause, shall govern.
1 Section 50. The following words, as used in this chapter, unless the Definition of
2 context otherwise requires shall have the following meanings: i9'io^2i4. § 53.
3 "Action" includes counter-claim, set-off and suit in equity. 211 Mass. i46.
4 "Bill", bill of lading.
5 "Consignee", the person named in the bill as the person to whom
6 delivery of the goods is to be made.
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LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.
[Cbl^p. 109.
"Consignor", the person named in the bill as the person from whom 7
the goods have been received for shipment. 8
"Goods", merchandise or chattels in course of transportation, or 9
which have been or are about to be transported. 10
"Holder" of a bill, a person who has both actual possession of such 11
bUl and a right of property therein. 12
"Order", an order by endorsement on the bill. 13
"Owner" does not include mortgagee or pledgee. 14
" Person " includes a corporation or partnership or two or more persons 15
having a joint or common interest. 16
To "purchase" includes to take as mortgagee and to take as pledgee. 17
"Purchaser" includes mortgagee and pledgee. 18
"Value", any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. 19
An antecedent or pre-existing obligation, whether for money or not, 20
constitutes value where a bill is taken either in satisfaction thereof or 21
as security therefor. 22
A thing is done "in good faith", within the meaning of this chapter, 23
when it is in fact done honestly, whether or not it be done negligently. 24
chapter" ° SECTION 51. THs chapter may be cited as the uniform bills of 1
1910^214?"°°' lading act, and shall be so interpreted and construed as to accomplish 2
§§52,56. j^g general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states enacting 3
like laws. 4
CHAPTER 109.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.
Sect.
1. Limited partnership.
2. General and special partners.
3. Names of general partners only to be
used.
4. Certificate of partnership to be made.
5. Certificate to be acknowledged and filed.
6. Copy of certificate to be published.
7. Certificate of renewal.
Sect.
8. Capital not to be withdrawn, except,
etc.
9. Suits by and against the partnership,
etc.
10. Notice of dissolution.
11. General liability of limited partner-
ships.
'"artnerahi SECTION 1. A limited partnership may be formed by two or more
1835, 48, 1 i. persons for the transaction of any lawful business except insurance.
■'*■ ■* ■ G. S. 65, §1. 1875,152. R. L. 7],§1.
1873, 320, § 6. P. S. 75, § 1. 5 Allen, 530.
General and
special
partners.
1835, 48, § 2.
R. S. 34, § 2.
G. S. 55, § 2.
P. S. 75, § 2.
R. L. 71, § 2.
5 Allen, 91.
101 Mass. 300.
103 Mass. 17.
Section 2. Such partnership shall consist of one or more general
partners who shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the
partnership, and of one or more special partners who shall each con-
tribute to the common stock in actual cash payment a specific amount
as capital and who shall not be personally liable for the debts of the
partnership except as hereinafter provided.
Sn?rM°' Section 3. The business of such partnership shall be conducted 1
partners only under a firm name in which the names of the general partners only shall 2
1835, 48, §7. be inserted, without the addition of the word "company" or of any 3
1845,78. ' other general term; or, with the consent of the members of a former 4
CUAP. 109.] LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS. 1071
5 firm or their legal representatives to whose business it lawfully succeeds, isso.oi,
6 it may be conducted under the name of such former firm. The names of isss, i'43.
7 not more than three general partners shall be required to be inserted in i873',32o!s'4.
8 such firm name. A special partner who consents or is privy to the use fssl', 24's! 1 1.
9 of his name in the firm name shall be liable as a general partner; but f^i'jJJ^^^ iio
10 if his surname is the same as that of a general partner whose surname
11 is used in the firm name, or if it appears in the name of a former firm
12 adopted as aforesaid by such partnership, he shall not be so liable.
1 Section 4. The members of such partnersliip shall make and sever- Certificate of
2 ally sign a certificate, which shall contain the firm name under which the be'^^Tde'"'^ '°
3 business is to be conducted, the names and residences of all the partners, r.^|; If; | f;
4 distinguishing who are general and who special partners, the amount of ^^ f- 1^'
5 capital which each special partner has contributed to the common stock, p^^s'll^il'-
6 the general natiu-e of the business to be transacted, the time when the R- ij- 7i, s 4.
7 partnership is to commence and when it is to terminate. If a false i4i Mass. ms.
8 statement is made in such certificate, all the partners shall be liable as
9 general partners.
1 Section 5. Such certificate shall be acknowledged by all the partners certificate to be
2 before a notary public, justice of the peace or special commissioner, or, lid mid. '^^
3 if a partner resides out of the commonwealth, before a United States R.^I.'sf.'H;
4 consul, notary public or other magistrate authorized to take acknowledg- ^svl'.Hbf §*'i.
5 ments of deeds of land in this commonwealth, and shall be filed in the j?"'7s*« 5
6 office of the state secretary and recorded in said office in a book to be Jf^^^-S^^-,^ '•
7 kept for that purpose which shall be open to public inspection. The i9i8!257,
8 fee for filing such certificate shall be one dollar. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
1 Section 6. A copy of such certificate shall, immediately after such Copy of certifi-
2 filing, be published once in each of six successive weeks in a newspaper, puWishecf.
3 if any, published in the county where the principal place of business r. I.'af.'ll.'
4 of the partnership is situated; otherwise, in a newspaper published in igyl'.lla §^2.
5 Boston. Within sixty days after the filing of said certificate, an affidavit ^^^^ '^^^^ ^■
6 of one of said partners stating the newspaper in which and the dates f jyj'j-^'^^'ale^-
7 upon which the copy of said certificate was published shall be filed in 204 Mass. 234.
8 the office of the state secretary and recorded as provided in the preceding
9 section.
1 Section 7. A limited partnership may be renewed or continued £n''ejfa'i''*'' °^
2 beyond the time originally agreed upon for its termination, and upon jf^|'||'||-
3 such renewal or continuation a certificate that it has been so renewed or g! s! 55! § e.
4 continued, stating the time when it is to terminate, shall be made, p. s.'vs, §7. '
5 acknowledged, filed and published in like manner as herein provided for r, i,; 71, § 7. '
6 the certificate of its original formation, and upon such rene\\al or con- §^27*5.^^^'
7 tinuation additional capital may be contributed by any special partner, J^^^' ^■
8 and the certificate shall state the additional amount so contributed, but i^sMass. no.
9 no part of the capital originally contributed by any special partner shall
10 be withdrawn.
1 Section 8. During the continuance of such partnership no part of be vnfhdrawn'
2 its capital shall be withdrawn, nor shall anv division of interest or profits f J?tP*;„«'?„
3 be so made as to reduce such capital below the amount stated m said R- s. 34, § s.
1072
LABELS, TR.VDE MARKS, NAMES, ETC.
[Chap. 110.
G. S. 65, I 8.
P. S. 75, § 8.
1887, 248, § 2.
R. L. 71, § 8.
127 Mass. 291.
certificates; but a special partner may witlidraw from the profits tlie 4
interest on the capital contributed by him at any rate agreed on not ex- 5
ceeding six per cent per annum, if such -uithdrawal does not impair the 6
capital. If at any time during the continuance or at the termination of 7
the partnership its assets are not sufficient to pay its debts, the special 8
partners shall severally be held liable for all money by them in any way 9
withdrawn or received, except as above provided, with interest thereon 10
from the time when it was so withdrawn or received. 11
Suits by and
against the
partnership,
1835, 48, § 9.
R. S. 34, 5 11.
G. S. 65, I 9.
P. S. 75, § 9.
R. L. 71, §9.
131 Mass. 604.
Section 9. All suits relating to the business of such partnerships 1
shall be prosecuted by and against the general partners only, except 2
when special partners are held liable as general partners and except when 3
special partners are held severally liable on account of money by them 4
withdrawn from the common stock as provided in the preceding section, 5
in which case all the partners so liable may join or be joined. 6
Notice of
dissolution.
1835, 48, § 10.
R. S. 34, § 12.
G. S. 65, § 10.
1873, 320, § 5.
P. S. 75, § 10.
R. L. 71, § 10.
Section 10. No such partnership shall be dissolved, except by opera- 1
tion of law, before the time specified in the certificate of its formation 2
or renewal or extension, unless a notice of such dissolution is filed and 3
recorded in the office of the state secretary, and is published and an 4
affidavit of publication is made as provided in section six. 5
bi!i"ty'^ot'ifmited Section 11. Except as provided in this chapter the members of
i'836'4l''§''ii limited partnerships shall be subject to all the liabilities and entitled to
R. s. 34, § 13. all the rights of general partners.
G. S. 55, §§5, 6, 11. R. L. 71, §11. 168 Mass. 370.
P. S. 75. § 12. 5 Allen, 530. 204 Mass. 284.
1887, 248, § 4. 141 Mass. 298.
REFERENCES.
Insolvency, special provisions as to, Chap. 216, § 139.
Recording names of firms, partnerships, etc., Chap. 110, §§ .5, 6.
Tax returns, duties relative to," Chap. 58, § 26.
CHAPTER 110.
LABELS, TR.\DE MARKS, NAMES AND REGISTRATION THEREOF.
DEFINITIONS.
1. Definitions.
LABELS, THADE MARKS AND NAMES.
2. Use of trade marks regulated.
3. Unlawful use.
4. Unlawful use of name.
5. Certificate stating real name of person
transacting business to be filed.
6. Certain corporations exempt from pre-
ceding section.
7. Restraining use of names or labels.
8. Recording labels.
9. Regulations and forms for filing labels.
Application of sections S and 9.
Sect.
10. Restraining use of imitations of labels.
11. Use of counterfeits prohibited.
12. Use of false dies, etc., prohibited.
1.3. Selling of falsely marked goods pro-
hibited.
14. Aiding and abetting.
1.5. Defence of prior ownership.
DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS.
16. Unauthorized performances of unpub-
hshed compositions prohibited.
REGISTERED BOTTLES.
17. Registry of bottles.
15. Unlawful use.
Chap. 110.]
LABELS, TRADE MARKS, NAMES, ETC.
1073
Sect.
19. Prima facie evidence of unlawful use,
etc.
20. Search warrant.
REGISTERED MILK CANS.
21. Registering milk cans.
22. Illegal use of registered cans.
23. Mutilation prohibited.
24. Defiling registered cans. Penalty.
25. Search warrant.
Sect.
penalties.
20. Penalty for making false trade marks,
dies, etc., and for selling falsely
marked goods.
27. Penalty for abetting certain offences
and for presenting unpublished com-
position.
2S. Penalty for illegal use or mutilation of
registered cans.
DEKINITIONS.
1 Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter, in addition Definitions.
2 to their ordinary meaning, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, foil: 257.^ ^'
3 have the meanings respectively given herein : ^4'Mass' 42
4 "Beverage", milk, cream, soda water, mineral or aerated water, ale,
5 beer, ginger ale or similar beverages;
6 "Can", jug, bottle and jar;
7 "Label", trade mark, stamp or form of advertisement;
8 "Name", letter, mark, device and figure;
9 "Vessel", can, jug, bottle, jar, siphon, fountain and box.
LABELS, TR.ADE MARKS AND N.\ME.S.
1 Section 2. When a person uses any peculiar name upon or con- Use of trade
2 nected with an article manufactured or sold by him to designate it as kt"d."^^*"'
3 an article of a peculiar kind or quality, or as manufactured by him, no \lll\ lll\ 5 ,
4 other person shall without his consent use the same or any similar name plle'l/
5 for the purpose of representing an article to have been manufactured by ^- L- 72. § 2.
6 or to be of the same kind or quality as those manufactured or sold by 5 277.
7 the person rightfully using such name.
139.
129 Mas
s. 325.
163 Mass. 191.
186 Mass. 376.
477.
150 Mas
8. SS3.
185 Mass. 45S.
240 U. S. 403.
1 Section 3. Whoever violates the preceding section, or knowingly unlawful use.
2 sells or exposes for sale an article having a name upon or connected with \lll] HI] 5 2.
3 it contrary thereto, shall be liable in tort to any party aggrieved thereby pf^e'll'
4 for all damages actually incurred. R. l. 72, § 3.
1 Section 4. A person who conducts business in the commonwealth unlawful use
2 shall not assume or continue to use in his business the name of a person isss.^I'e, § 1.
3 formerly connected with him in partnership or the name of any other p| le'le'
4 person, either alone or in connection with his own or with any other f-^- ''2' | s-
5 name or designation, without the consent in writing of such person or of io9 Mass. 409.
6 his legal representatives. 110 Mass. 29. 139 Mass. 499.
1 Section 5. Any person conducting business in the commonwealth certificate
2 under any title other than the real name of the person conducting such nameof"trson
3 business, whether individually or as a partnership, shall file in the office bus'jness'to be
4 of the clerk of every town where an office of any such person or part- J^^''.
5 nership may be situated a certificate stating the full name and residence §§ i.'s.
6 of each person conducting such business. The clerk shall keep a record 227 Mass'. 157!
7 of such certificates and an index of the names of such persons and part- 234 Mass! 320;
1074
LABELS, TRADE MARKS, NAMES, ETC.
[Chap. 110.
nerships, entering in such index in alphabetical order the name of every 8
person and the title under which he conducts business, and of every 9
partnership with the names of the members thereof. Violations of 10
this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred 11
dollars for each month dm'ing which such violation continues. 12
Certain coi
poratlons
exempt fro
preceding
Section 6. The preceding section shall not apply to any corpora- 1
tion doing business under its true corporate name, nor to any partner- 2
ship doing business under any title which includes the true surname of 3
any partner, nor to associations authorized to transact insurance in the 4
commonwealth under section one hundred and sixty-one of chapter one 5
hundred and seventy-five; nor to any association which has complied 6
with sections five and six of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine; nor 7
to any partnership, joint stock company or association the business of 8
which is conducted by trustees under a written instrument or declara- 9
tion of trust, provided that the names of such trustees with a reference 10
to such instrument or declaration of trust shall be filed as provided in 11
section five. 12
Hestraining use
of names or
labels.
1852, 197.
1853, 156, § 2.
Section 7. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have juris- 1
diction in equity to restrain the use of names or labels in violation of 2
any provision of this chapter. issg, 234, 1 3. 3
128 Mass. 477.
147 Mass. 206.
231 Mass. 574.
G. S. 56, § 4.
P. S. 76, § 7.
R. L. 72, § 6.
2 Gray, 379.
3 Allen, 76.
127 Mass. 115.
Recording
labels.
1893. 443,
§§ 1,4.
1895,462, § 1.
1899,359, § 1.
R. L. 72, § 7.
1918, 257,
§279.
1919, 5.
1920,2; 618.
152 Mass. 101.
170 Mass. 266.
176 Mass. 129.
185 Mass. 458.
191 Mass. 245.
203 Mass. 75.
248 U. S. 90.
lOp.A.G.
100, 601.
Section 8. A person may adopt a label, not previously owned or 1
adopted by any other person, and file such label for record, by deposit- 2
ing two copies or facsimiles thereof in the office of the state secretary, one 3
of which copies or facsimiles shall be attached by the secretary to the 4
certificate of record hereinafter referred to. The applicant shall file 5
with the label a certificate specifying the name of the person filing it, 6
his residence or place of business, the kind of merchandise to which 7
such label has been or is intended to be appropriated, and the length of 8
time, if any, during which it has been in use. If such label has not been 9
and is not intended to be used in connection with merchandise, the 10
particular purpose or use for which it has been or is intended shall be 11
stated in the certificate. SucH certificate shall be accompanied by a 12
written declaration, sworn to by the person or by a member of the firm 13
or by an officer of the association, union or corporation by which it is 14
filed, that the party so filing such label has a right to use the same, and 15
that no other party has the right to such use, either in the identical 16
form or in any such near resemblance thereto as may be calculated to 17
deceive, and that the copies or facsimiles filed therewith are true. The 18
secretary shall record the certificate in his office and issue to the party 19
depositing it a certificate of record under the seal of the common- 20
wealth. Such certificate of record or a certified copy of its record shall 21
in all suits and prosecutions under this section and sections ten to fif- 22
teen, inclusive, be sufficient proof of the recording of such label and of 23
the existence of the person named in the certificate. The fee for filing 24
the certificate and declaration and issuing the certificate of record shall 25
be twenty-five dollars. No label shall be recorded which could reasonably 26
be mistaken for a label already on record. 27
If a label duly recorded as aforesaid is assigned by an instrument in 28
writing under seal, such assignment may be recorded. Upon the filing 29
Ch.\P. 110.] LABELS, TR.\DK MARKS, NAMES, ETC. 1075
30 of an assignment the secretary shall issue to the assignee a certificate of
31 its record. The fee for filing the assignment and issuing such certificate
32 shall be twenty-five dollars.
1 Section 9. The state secretary may make regulations, and pre- Regulations
2 scribe forms for the filing of labels, under the preceding section. This mini'iabeis'"'^
3 and the preceding section, so far as applicable, shall apply to the insignia, ^cUonssTndo.
4 ribbons, badges, rosettes, buttons and emblems of any society, associa- ^f ^*^. § «•
5 tion or labor union. is99, 359, § 2. r. l. 72, §8.
1903, 275, §1. 1904, 335. § 1. 1909, 514, § 31. 1 Op. A. G. 100.
1 Section 10. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have juris- Restraining
2 diction in equity to restrain the manufacture, use or sale of counterfeits SonsoUabtis.
3 or imitations of a label, recorded as provided in section eight, shall award }|9|'462' | a
4 damages resulting from such wrongful manufacture, use or sale and shall f~^lj~' ^o'rr
5 require the defendant to pay the owner of such label the profits derived lai Mass! 245]
6 from such wrongful manufacture, use or sale; and may also order that
7 all such counterfeits or imitations in his possession or control be delivered
8 to an officer of the court or to the complainant, to be destroyed. If the
9 complainant is not incorporated, suits under sections eight and ten to
10 fourteen, inclusive, may be commenced and prosecuted by an officer
11 thereof, on behalf of and for the use of the complainant. Every member
12 of the complainant firm, association or union shall be liable for costs in
13 any such proceeding.
1 Section 11. No person shall knowingly make or use any counterfeit Useofcoun-
2 or imitation of any lawful name or label or cause the same to be made hlbit'ed."™"
3 or used, or sell, oft'er for sale, deal in or have in his possession with intent r™s.'28,'|?32.
4 so to do, or affix, impress or use such counterfeit or imitation upon any fei^i^ss^ ^'"'
5 goods. P. S. 76, § 5; 203, § 63. 1890, 104.
1 Section 12. No person shall knowingly, with intent to defraud, 5^^° "Jtp'''^®
2 cast, engrave or manufacture, or have in his possession, or buy, sell, 5'gg9'359''§ 4
3 offer for sale or deal in, a die, plate, brand, mould, or engraving on wood, R- l! 72, '§ 11.
4 stone, metal or other substance, of a label recorded under section eight, Penalty, § 26.
5 or a printing press, or types or other tools, machines or materials pro-
6 vided or prepared for making a counterfeit or imitation of such label.
1 Section 13. No person shall knowingly sell or expose for sale goods seiiing of
2 upon which any lawful name or label or any counterfeit or imitation goods^p?"''^''
3 thereof is unla\\fully affixed, impressed or used. lubited.
G. S. 161, § 50. 1890, 104. 1895, 462, § 5.
1870, 340. 1893, 443, § 3. R. L. 72, 5 12.
P. S. 76, § 3; 203, § 64. 1894, 285.
Penalty, § 26.
1 Section 14. No person shall knowingly, with intent to defraud, aid ^bettkig"'^
2 or abet in the violation of any of the provisions of the three preceding is^o. 359. § s.
3 sections. R- L. 72, § 13. Penalty, § 27.
1 Section 15. In any suit or prosecution under the five preceding Defence of
2 sections, the defendant may show that he was the owner of such name eWp' °"°^'"
3 or label prior to its being filed under section eight, and that it has been \lll[ HI] 1 1
4 wrongfully filed by some other person. ^^[^ y2^\\l\
1076
LABELS, TRADE MARKS, NAMES, ETC.
[CiLiP. 110.
Unauthorized
performances
of unpublished
compositions
prohibited.
1904, 1S3.
Penalty, § 27.
DRAM^^TIC OR MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS.
Section 1G. No person with knowledge or notice that a dramatic or 1
musical composition is unpublished or undedicated shall, without the 2
consent of the proprietor thereof, cause it to be publicly performed or 3
represented or permit a public performance or representation of it, in 4
any public place of amusement, licensed or unlicensed, of which he is 5
in control, or take part in any public performance or representation 6
thereof. 7
Registry of
bottles.
1893, 440, § 1.
R. L. 72, § 15.
186 Mass. 376.
registered bottles.
Section 17. A person engaged in manufacturing, bottling or selling 1
beverages in vessels, with his name and the word "registered" branded, 2
engraved, blown or otherwise produced thereon, or on the boxes used by 3
him, may have such vessels registered by filing in the office of the clerk 4
of the town where his principal place of business is situated and in the 5
office of the state secretary, a description of the name so used by him, and 6
shall publish such description once in each of four successive weeks in 7
a newspaper published in the town where the description has been 8
filed. 9
Unlawful use.
1893, 440, § 2.
R. L. 72, § 16.
1909, 196.
186 Mass. 376.
Section 18. No person, without the written consent of the owner 1
thereof, shall fill with a beverage with intent to sell the same any vessel 2
registered under the preceding section, or change in any way, or conceal 3
any name or the word "registered" thereon, or buy, sell, traffic in or 4
dispose of any such vessel. This section shall not apply to vessels pur- 5
chased from the owner. Violation of any pro^dsion of this section shall 6
for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than fifty cents for 7
each vessel in respect to which the violation occurs or by imprisonment 8
for not less than ten days nor more than one year, or both, and for each 9
subsequent offence by a fine of not less than one nor more than five 10
dollars for each such vessel or by imprisonment for not less than twenty 1 1
days nor more than one year. 12
Section 19. The purchase, sale, traffic in, disposal or use of any
Prima facie
evidence of un- , . , i • i p i i •
i893"44o°'5^3''' ^"'^ registered vessel by a person engaged in the manufacture, bottling
r. L."72,§i7! or sale of beverages, without the written consent of the owner thereof,
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the preceding section.
Possession of any such registered vessel by a junk dealer or dealer in
second hand articles, without the written consent of the owner, shall be
prima facie evidence of such violation. This section shall not apply to
vessels purchased from the owner.
Search warrant.
1893, 440, § 4.
R. L. 72, § 18.
186 Mass. 376.
Section 20. Upon complaint of a person who has complied with 1
section seventeen, or his agent, to a district court or trial justice, that 2
he has reason to belie^'e and does believe that any of his registered 3
vessels are being unlawfully used or filled by a person engaged in manu- 4
facturing, bottling or selling beverages, or that a junk dealer or dealer 5
in second hand articles or a vendor of cans or bottles has such vessels 6
in his possession or secreted in any place, said court or justice may 7
thereupon issue a search warrant; and may also cause the person in 8
whose possession such vessels are found to be brought before him, and 9
Chap. 110.] labels, trade marks, n.^jvies, etc. 1077
10 shall thereupon inquire into tlie circumstances of such possession; and
11 shall award to the owner thereof possession of the property taken upon
12 such search warrant.
REGISTERED MILK CANS.
1 Section 21. A person engaged in buying, selling or dealing in milk Registering
2 or cream in cans, with his name and the word "registered" produced 1900,^59, § i.
3 in a permanent manner in or upon such cans, may register such can by ^' ^' ''^' ^ ^^'
4 filing in the office of the clerk of the town where his principal place
5 of business is situated, and also in the office of the state secretary, a de-
6 scription of the name so used by him, and shall publish such description
7 once in each of four successive weeks in a newspaper published in the
8 town where the description has been filed.
1 Section 22. No person shall without the consent of the owner take, niegai use of
2 detain, use, buy, sell, traffic in or otherwise dispose of any registered 1900! 359, Ta!*'
3 milk can. Possession by a person in the transaction of his business of ^' ^' ''^' ^ ^°
4 any such registered can shall be prima facie evidence of violation of ^^"^'ty' § ^s.
5 this section.
1 Section 23. No person shall without the consent of an owner wil- prohibited"
2 fully destroy, mutilate or deface any registered can bearing such owner's J^^o- yj^i^-.
3 name, or wilfully erase, mar, cover or change any word or name branded, 26s, § lis.
4 engraved, blown or otherwise produced in a permanent manner in or Penalty, § 28.
5 upon such can.
1 Section 24. Whoever puts an unclean or foul substance into any Defiling regis-
2 registered milk can shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of Pmaity"''
3 not less than fifty cents nor more than five dollars for each can with re- r.'l; 72^ i^!
4 spect to which the violation occurs and for any subsequent offence by
5 a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty dollars for each such
6 can.
1 Section 25. Upon complaint of a person who has complied with search warrant
2 section twenty-one, or his agent, to a district court or trial justice that r. l. 72, '§ 23!
3 he has reason to believe and does believe that a person has wrongfully
4 in his possession or is secreting any of his registered milk cans, said
5 court or justice may issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the
6 same, and may also cause to be brought before him the person or his
7 agent or employee in whose possession such cans are found, and shall
8 thereupon inquire into the circumstances of such possession; and, if
9 said court or justice finds that such person has been guilty of a wilful
10 violation of any of the provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall
11 impose the penalty prescribed therefor and shall also order the property
12 taken upon such search warrant to be delivered to the owner.
penalties.
1 Section 26. Violations of any provision of sections eleven, twelve Penalty for
2 or thirteen shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred trade marks.
3 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. forsefung^"
1799, 63, § 3. 1870, 340. 1890, 104. 1895, 462, §| 4, 5. falsely marked
R. S. 28, §132. P. S. 76, §§ 3, 5; 1893, 443. §§ 2, 3. 1899, 359, §§ 3, 4. E°otis.
G. S. 49, |ll7; 203, §§63, 64. 1894,285. R. L. 72, §§ 10-12.
161, §§ 55, 56.
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LABELS, TR.'UJE MARKS, NAMES, ETC.
[ClL\P. 110.
Penalty for
abetting certaii
offences and
for presenting
unpublished
composition.
Section 27. Violations of any provision of section fourteen or six- 1
teen shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or 2
by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. 3
1S99, 359, § 5. R. L. 72, §13. 1904,183.
Penalty for
illegal use or
mutilation of
registered cans
1900, 359,
§§ 2, 3.
R. L 72,
§§ 20. 21;
208, § 118.
Section 28. Violation of any provision of section twenty-two or 1
twenty-three shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more 2
than five dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months for 3
each can in respect to which the violation occurs and for any subsequent 4
offence by a fine of not more than ten dollars or by imprisonment for 5
not more than six months for each such can. 6
REFERENCES.
Labels on certain food and drugs, Chap. 94, §§ 23, 49-51, 61, etc.
Fraudulent use of names of societies and unions, Chap. 266, § 71.
Pen.alty for illegal use of receptacles used for milk, Chap. 94, § 24.
Penalty for illegal use of registered insignia of labor unions, etc., Chap. 266, § 69.
Ch-^p. 111.]
PLTBLIC HEALTH.
1079
TITLE XYI.
\
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Chapter 111. Public Health.
Chapter 112. Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations.
Chapter 113. Promotion of Anatomical Science.
Chapter 114. Cemeteries and Burials.
CHAPTER 111.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
DEFINITIONS.
1. Definitions.
PUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Commissioner of public health. Cer-
tain duties, etc.
Certain duties of the public health
council.
Health districts. District health offi-
cers.
Powers and duties of the department.
To define diseases deemed dangerous
to public health.
7. Investigation of contagious diseases.
Notice.
8. May prohibit use of common drinking
cups and towels.
9. May appoint analysts, inspectors, etc.,
to make investigations.
10. Analyses of paint, turpentine, etc.
11. Analyses of intoxicating liquors.
12. Analyses of drugs and poisons.
13. To furnish certificates of results of anal-
yses.
14. To furnish remedies for ophthalmia ne-
onatorum.
15. Tests for division of animal industry.
16. To report unsanitary condition of
barns, etc., to director of animal in-
dustry.
17. Advice as to disposal of sewage.
IS. Powers and duties of district health ofiS-
cer.
19. Annual report of district health offi-
cer.
20. Examination of police stations, etc.
Sect.
21. Department to make rules for police
stations, etc.
22. Approval of plans for police station
houses.
23. Report and recommendations.
24. Department may publish certain infor-
mation.
25. Department may publish results of
analysis.
CITY AND TOWN BOARDS OF HEALT^.
26. Boards of health in cities.
27. Boards of health. Organization, physi-
cians, etc.
28. Annual reports.
29. Weekly reports of deaths from certain
30. Agents of boards of health.
31. Health regulations. Notice thereof.
32. Retention of cases.
S.INITARY STATIONS.
33. Construction of sanitary stations, etc.
34. Construction of bake rooms.
35. Sleeping places regulated.
36. Alteration of premises.
37. Regulations.
3S. Penalty for violation of four preceding
sections.
39. Rules and regulations for bakeries.
Enforcement.
40. Construction of bakeries.
41. Rooms for employees to change clothes
1080
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Chap. 111.
Sect.
42. Regulations for sale, etc., of bakery
products.
43. Cleanliness of employees.
44. Person with contagious disease not to
be employed.
4.5. Physical examination of employees.
46. Changes in bakeries.
47. Closing of unfit bakery.
48. Approval of new bakeries.
49. Penalty.
DISPENSARIES.
60. Cities and towns may maintain clinics,
etc.
61. Definition of dispensary,
62. Maintenance of unlicensed dispensaries
prohibited.
63. License, application for.
64. Rules.
65. Inspection of dispensaries.
56. Penalties for violation of section 53 and
of rules of the board.
57. Establishment and maintenance of tu-
berculosis dispensaries.
DAY NURSERIES.
68. Definition.
69. Licenses, application for.
60. Rules.
61. Inspection. Revocation of license.
62. Penalties.
STATE SANATORIA AND THE PENIKESE HOS-
PITAL.
63. Sanatoria and Penikese hospital, duties
relative to.
64. A'nnual inventory.
65. Admission of persons to the Rutland
state sanatorium.
66. Charges for support of inmates of state
sanatoria.
67. Trust funds for sanatoria.
68. Lepers to be kept in Penikese hospital.
69. Lepers to be stat« charges.
HOSPITALS.
70. Certain hospitals to keep records of
cases.
71. Lying-in hospitals.
72. Rules. Inspection.
73. No person to keep a hospital without
a license.
74. Towns may appropriate money to be
paid to hospitals for the reception,
etc., of certain persons.
75. Unlawful use of buildings for hospitals
prohibited.
76. Cities and towns to receive subsidies
for certain consumptive patients.
77.' Payments of claims.
78. Certain counties to provide tubercu-
losis hospitals for certain cities and
towns.
Sect,
79.
Contracts for supplying hospital facili-
ties for consumptives.
"Adequate" hospital provision, term
defined.
County commissioners to erect one
or more hospitals.
To borrow money, etc.
To apportion cost to cities and towns,
etc.
Cities and towns may issue Jponds.
Apportionment of cost of hospitals.
County commissioners may take land.
County commissioners to be trustees,
etc.
Admission of patients, etc. Payment
by cities and towns, etc.
Situation, plans, etc., to be approved
by state department.
Certain officials to act for cities of
Chelsea and Revere and for town
of Winthrop.
Exemptions.
DANGEROUS DISEASES.
Maintenance of isolation hospitals,
etc.
Physicians, nurses, etc., to be subject
to regulations.
Cities and towns having isolation hos-
pitals may receive persons from ad-
joining towns.
Duties of boards in cases of infectious
diseases, including removal of per-
• son.
Warrants to remove sick persons, etc.
Limitation of two preceding sections.
Removal of infected articles, persons,
etc.
Warrant to secure infected articles, etc.
Warrants to take houses for safe
keeping of goods.
Officers may command aid.
Payment of expenses.
Compensation for houses, etc., im-
104. Notice of infected places.
105. Penalty for violation of regulations.
106. Guard on state border.
107. Transportation of infected dead bodies
regulated.
108. Removal of sick prisoners.
109. Householder to give notice of dan-
gerous diseases.
110. Diseases of the eyes of infants to be
reported.
111. Physicians to report names of persons
infected with certain diseases.
112. Local board to notify department.
113. Records and reporting of dangerous
114. Forfeiture of claim.
115. Recovery of expenses.
116. Payment of certain expenses in-
curred by cities and towns.
Chap. 111.]
PUBLIC HEALTH.
1081
Sect.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
117. Treatment of venereal diseases.
118. Discrimination against venereal dis-
eases forbidden.
119. Records, etc., of venereal diseases
not to be public.
120. Certain records, etc., to be destroyed.
121. Treatment of venereal diseases and
tuberculosis in certain institutions.
NUISANCES.
122. Regulations relative to nuisances, etc.
12.3. Nuisances to be abated by owner.
124. Service of order for abatement.
125. Removal of nuisance by board.
126. Location of privy vaults regulated.
127. Regulations relative to house drainage.
128. Eviction from unfit dwelling.
129. Removal of nuisance on conviction of
owner or occupant.
130. Enjoining nuisance.
131. Compulsory examination of premises.
132. Land which is deemed a nuisance.
133. Application for abatement.
134. Proceedings on application for abate-
ment.
135. Form of notice and service thereof.
136. Abatement of nuisance. Damages.
137. Appeal from adjudication of nuisance.
138. Appeal from assessment.
139. Board to make return.
140. Appointment of commissioners.
141. Application to county commissioners.
142. Payment of costs and expenses.
NOISOME TRADES.
143. Assignment of places for offensive
trades.
144. Revocation by court.
145. Damages.
146. Orders of prohibition.
147. Appeal from order.
148. Trade not to be exercised meanwhile.
149. Effect of verdict.
150. Costs.
151. Slaughter houses, etc. *
152. Prohibition of offensive trades.
153. Restraint of offensive trades.
154. Killing and rendering of horses, etc.
STABLES.
155. Licenses for stables.
156. Stables in vicinity of churches regu-
lated.
157. Penalty.
Sect.
158. Licenses for stables in towns of less
than five thousand.
WATER SUPPLY.
159. Supervision of inland waters.
160. Examination of water suppb'. Rules.
161. Effect of publication of rule, etc.
162. Removal of causes of pollution.
163. Appeal from order.
164. Enforcement of law.
165. Entry on premises. Compensation.
166. Application of preceding sections.
167. Protection of sources of water supply.
168. Prescriptive rights unaffected. Appli-
cation limited.
169. Injunction against pollution of water
supply.
170. No person to defile any spring or
source of water, etc.
171. Wilful corrupting of sources of water
supply prohibited.
172. Bathing prohibited in sources of water
supply.
173. Protection of domestic water supplies.
174. Driving on jce on ponds used for
water supply prohibited.
PROTECTION OF CHARLES RIVER.
175. Department to protect Charles river
from pollution.
QUARANTINE.
may establish
quarantine
176. Towns
grounds.
177. Quarantine regulations.
178. Quarantine of suspected vessels.
179. No person to refuse to answer ques-
tions relating to infections, etc.
180. PajTnent of quarantine expenses.
VACCINATION.
181. Boards of health to enforce vaccina-
tion.
182. Inmates of factories, etc., to be vac-
cinated.
183. Exemptions.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
184. County bacteriological laboratories.
185. Certain apparatus to be disinfected,
etc.
186. Use of certain machines prohibited.
1S7. Enforcement of provisions of chapter.
ISS. Disposition of forfeitures.
189. Chapter extends to cities.
DEFINITIONS.
1 Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter, unless a Definitions.
2 different meaning is required by the context or is specifically prescribed,
3 shall have the following meanings :
4 "Board of health" shall include the board or officer having lilce
5 powers and duties in towns where there is no board of health.
1082
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Chap. 111.
"Commissioner", the commissioner of pul)lie health. 6
"Council", the public health council of the department of public 7
health. 8
"Department", the department of public health. 9
Commissioner
of public
health.' Cer-
tain duties, etc,
1869. 420, § 5.
1886, 101, § 3.
R. L. 75, § 3.
1914, 792,
§§2,8.
. 1919, 350,
|§96,97.
4 Op. A. G.
16, 100, 403.
DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
Section 2. The commissioner shall administer the laws relative to 1
health and sanitation and the regulations of the department, and 2
shall prepare rules and regulations for the consideration of the council. 3
He may direct any executive officer or employee of the department to 4
assist in the study, suppression or prevention of disease in any part 5
of the commonwealth. He shall submit annually to the council a report 6
containing recommendations in regard to health legislation. 7
ofthe pubuif'' Section 3. The council shall make and promulgate rules and regu- 1
iIm^m"""'' lations, take evidence in appeals, consider plans and appointments 2
1 1-3, 5.' required by law, hold hearings, and discharge other duties required by 3
law; but it shall have no administrative or executive functions. 4
1879, 291,
p. S. 79. §§ 1, 3.
1886, 101, §§ 1-3.
1914, 792, §13, 8.
^stricts Section 4. The commissioner, with the approval of the council, 1
Kstriot health shall from time to time divide the state into not more than eight health 2
1907,537, districts. He may from time to time order two or more district health 3
1910, 523, § 1. officers to work in one district, in order to study, suppress or prevent 4
1919! 350,' 1 97. disease. Each district health officer shall act as the representative of 5
1920,435. ^j^g commissioner, and under his direction shall secure the enforcement 6
within his district of the laws and regulations relating to public health. 7
He shall have the powers and perform the duties set forth in this chapter, 8
and, under the direction of the commissioner, shall perform such other 9
duties as he may prescribe. 10
Powers and
duties of the
department.
1869, 420, § 2.
1879. 291, § 3.
P. S. 80, § 1.
1882, 263, § 5.
1886, 101, § 4.
1888, 375, § 1.
1894, 355.
1897, 510. § 1.
1901, 104.
R. L. 75, § 4.
1903, 480.
1912, 104.
1914, 792, § 1.
1917, 190.
1919,350. §96
125 Mass. 182.
Section 5. The department shall take cognizance of the interests 1
of health and life among the citizens of the commonwealth, make sani- 2
tary investigations and inquiries relative to the causes of disease, and 3
especially of epidemics, the sources of mortality and the effects of locali- 4
ties, emplojTuents, conditions and circumstances on the public health, 5
and relati\e to the sale of drugs and food and adulterations thereof; 6
and shall gather such information relating thereto as it considers proper 7
for diffusion among the people. It shall advise the government con- 8
cerning the location and other sanitary condition of any public institu- 9
tion; and shall have oversight of inland waters, sources of water supply 10
and vaccine institutions; and may, for the use of the people of the com- 11
monwealth, produce and distribute antitoxin and vaccine lymph and 12
such specific material for protective inoculation, diagnosis or treatment 13
against typhoid fever and other diseases as said department may from 14
time to time deem it advisable to produce and distribute. It shall 15
annually examine all main outlets of sewers and drainage of towns of 16
the commonwealth, and the effect of sewage disposal. 17
To define
diseases deemed
dangerous to
public health.
Section 6. It shall define what diseases shall be deemed to be dan- 1
gerous to the public health. 2
1907, 183, § 1. 1914, 792, § 1. 1919, 350, § 96
Chap. 111.] public health. 1083
1 Section 7. If smallpox or any other contagious or infectious disease investigation
2 declared by the department to be dangerous to the public health exists or SLeases'^^'""^
3 is likely to exist in any place within the commonwealth, the department J^gfg^-gi, § g
4 shall make an investigation thereof and of the means of preventing the ^^^^^ {%
5 spread of the disease, and shall consult thereon with the local authori- wis', 67b.
6 ties. It shall have co-ordinate powers as a board of health, in every igig] sso," § ae.
7 town, with the board of health thereof. It may require the officers in ^ '^''' '^' "^ ^"^
8 charge of any city or state institution, charitable institution, public or
9 private hospital, dispensary or lying-in hospital, or any board of health,
10 or the physicians in any town to give notice of cases of any disease
11 declared by the said department to be dangerous to the public health.
12 Such notice shall be given in such manner as the department may deem
13 ad\-isable. If any such officer, board or physician refuses or neglects
14 to give such notice, he or they shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more
15 than two hundred dollars.
1 Section 8. In order to prevent the spread of communicable dis- May prohibit
2 eases, the department may prohibit in hotels and in such public places, drinking"™"""
3 vehicles or buildings as it may designate the providing of a common i9io!°«s,^'
4 drinking cup or a common towel, and may establish rules and regu- fljl'lg
5 lations for this purpose. Whoever violates any such rule or regulation fi^'^g!,
6 shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. iQigisso! §96.
Op, A. G. (1920) 126.
1 Section 9. In the performance of the duties relative to the sale of M^y appoint
2 drugs and food the commissioner may appoint and remove inspectors, epectors,' etc.,
3 analysts and chemists. Such inspectors shall, in addition to the powers vestigafiins.
4 given by sections one hundred and twenty-one to one hundred and twenty- §§5,' 7. '
5 three, inclusive, of chapter ninety-four, have the same power and au- \lll[ gfa; 1 1\
6 thority relative to drugs, food and milk as is given inspectors of milk f^^- 1^'^^ '■
7 by sections thirty-five and sixty of said chapter. Whoever hinders, ob- Yg{i' HI' | g^
8 structs or in any way interferes with any such inspector, analyst or 203 Mass'. 602.'
9 chemist in the performance of his official duty shall for the first ofi'ence
10 be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent
11 offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
1 Section 10. The department shall make, free of charge, a chemical ^^i^l^^^°J
2 analysis of paint, turpentine, linseed oil, or any synthetic substitute p™*'"!',?'"-
3 for them, or any preparation containing the same, when submitted to at-.e, §3.
4 it by the commissioner of public safety; and the department shall 1919! s.w!"
5 furnish to the said commissioner a certificate of the analysis, which ssss, 99, 102.
6 shall be prima facie evidence of the composition and quality of the
7 material so analyzed.
1 Section 11. It shall analyze, in accordance with sections fifty-four Analyses of
2 to fifty-seven, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, all iTciuots!'*"'^
3 samples of intoxicating liquors submitted to it for that purpose by Isfa! 266; i 2^'
4 any licensing authority, board of health or police department of any p^^'ioa^li'.
5 town if satisfied that the analysis is to be used in enforcing the laws. R^^^'iooifo?
1902,110. 1914, 484; 792, § 1. 1919, 350, § 96. 1920,29.
1 Section 12. It shall make, free of charge, a chemical analysis of drlfgra^ncf^
2 cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, or any synthetic substitute for them, 5'^io°"4'g5 5 j
3 or any preparation containing the same, or any salt or compound j^J^'^^g'l^g
4 thereof, and of any poison, drug, medicine or chemical, when submitted
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to it by police authorities or by such incorporated charitable organi- 5
zations in the commonwealth, as the department shall approve for this 6
purpose; provided, that it is satisfied that the analysis is to be used 7
for the enforcement of law. 8
To furnish
certificates of
results of
analyses.
1910, 495, § 2.
1914, 792, § 1.
1915, 104.
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 13. The analyst or an assistant analyst of the depart- 1
ment shall upon request furnish a signed certificate, on oath, of the re- 2
suit of the analysis provided for in the preceding section to any police 3
officer or any agent of such incorporated charitable organization, and 4
the presentation of such certificate to the court by any police officer 5
or agent of any such organization shall be prima facie evidence that all 6
the requirements and provisions of the preceding section have been 7
complied with. This certificate shall be sworn to before a justice of 8
the peace or notary public, and the jurat shall contain a statement 9
that the subscriber is the analyst or an assistant analyst of the depart- 10
ment. When properly executed it shall be prima facie evidence of the 11
composition and quality of the drugs analyzed, and the court shall 12
take judicial notice of the signature of the analyst or assistant analyst, 13
and of the fact that he is such. 14
To furaish
remedies for
ophthalmia
neonatorum.
1910, 458.
Section 14. It shall furnish, free of cost, to registered physicians 1
such prophylactic remedies as it may deem best for the prevention of 2
ophthalmia neonatorum. i9i4, 792, § 1. 1919, 350, § 96. 3
Tests for
of animal
industry.
1916, 155.
1919, 350,
§§ 39, 40, 96.
Section 15. It may perform for the division of animal industry, 1
upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, such services 2
in its laboratory as may be necessary in the examination of materials 3
from animals suspected of being infected with glanders, tuberculosis, 4
rabies or other diseases of domestic animals. 5
To report
unsanitary'
condition of
barns, etc., to
director
of animal
industry.
Advice as to
disposal of
sewage.
1886, 274,
§§2.3.
1888, 375,
§§2-4.
R. L. 75. § 117.
1914, 792, § 1.
1919, 350, I 96.
Section 16. It shall report to the director of animal industry aU 1
cases brought to its attention where barns, stables or other enclosures, 2
in which neat cattle, other ruminants or swine are kept, are in an un- 3
sanitary condition. 1911, 38i, §2. 4
1912, 608, §§ 1, 2, 4. 1914,792, §1. 1919, 350, §§ 44, 96.
Section 17. The department shall consult with and advise the oflB- 1
cers of towns and persons having or about to have systems of water 2
supply, drainage or sewerage as to the most appropriate source of water 3
supply and the best method of assuring its purity, or as to the be.st method 4
of disposing of their drainage or sewage with reference to the existing 5
and future needs of other towns or persons which may be aifected thereby. 6
It shall also consult with and advise persons engaged or intending to 7
engage in any manufacturing or other business whose drainage or sewage 8
may tend to pollute any inland water as to the best method of preventing 9
such pollution, and it may conduct experiments to determine the best 10
methods of the purification or disposal of drainage or sewage. No person 11
shall be required to bear the expense of such consultation, advice or ex- 12
periments. Towns and persons shall submit to said department for its 13
advice their proposed system of water supply or of the disposal of drainage 14
or sewage, and ail petitions to the general court for authority to intro- 15
duce a system of water supply, drainage or sewerage shall be accom- 16
panied by a copy of the recommendation and advice of said department 17
thereon. In this section the term "drainage" means rainfall, surface 18
Chap. HI.] public health. 1085
19 and subsoil water only, and " sewage " means domestic and manufactm-ing
20 filth and refuse.
1 Section IS. Every district health officer shall inform himself re- Powers and
2 specting the sanitary condition of his district and concerning all in- Scrhauth^"
3 fluences dangerous to the public health or threatening to affect the i^oT'^ss? § 3
4 same; he shall gather all information possible concerning the prevalence J?\*'|^-'
5 of tuberculosis and other diseases dangerous to the public health within laia. s'so, 1 96.
6 his district, shall disseminate knowledge as to the best methods of pre-
7 venting the spread of such diseases, and shall take such steps as, after
8 consultation with the department and the local authorities, shall be
9 deemed ad\'isable for their eradication.
1 Section 19. Every such officer shall keep a record of his proceedings Annual report
2 and observations, shall annually on or before December first make a health "tBcer.
3 report thereof to the department, shall from time to time furnish the ll°l[ ^ll\ ^ *'
4l department with such information as it may require of circumstances fliV^isi
5 affecting the public health in his district, and shall in every instance i^i^' ^so, § 96.
6 where a written suggestion is made by him to the local authorities send
7 a copy of such suggestion to said department.
1 Section 20. District health officers shall annually make such ex- Examination of
2 amination of police station houses, lockups, houses of detention, and, p°^'™ ^'''''o™'
3 except in the county of Suffolk, jails, houses of correction, prisons and {g}?; 282! 1 1.
4 reformatories as in the opinion of the department may be necessary to §5^1 'J^^'
5 ascertain their sanitary condition. 1919, 350, § 96.
1 Section 21. The department shall make rules for police station Department to
2 houses, lockups, houses of detention, jails, houses of correction, prisons "oUce station!,
3 and reformatories, regarding the care and use of drinking cups and of jg'io, 405, § o.
4 dishes used for food, the care and use of bedding, and the ventilation JglJ'^gl'lf
5 of the buildings. Such rules may be general or applicable to a single i^ia. 35o, § 96.
6 building. A copy of such rules as are applicable to station houses,
7 houses of detention or lockups shall be sent by the said department
8 to the mayor of every city and to the selectmen of every town to which
9 the rules apply; and a copy of such rules as are applicable to jails,
10 houses of correction, prisons or reformatories shall be sent by the de-
ll partment to the proper authorities. Said officials shall enforce said
12 rules.
1 Section 22. No station house, house of detention or lockup shall piansTor police
2 be built until the department has approved in writing the plans, the fg'\o°4o''5°"§'*f '
3 provisions for lighting, heating and ventilation and for the disposal Jgjg'jjo'fge
4 of sewage, and the dimensions and form of construction of the cells.
1 Section 23. The commissioner shall make an annual report, including Report and
2 the results of the examination of main outlets of sewers and drainage mendations.
3 of towns and the effect of sewage disposal, with such recommendations \lll[ If^; ^ ^•
4 for the preservation of the interest of persons and property and for flgg^gyj
5 the prevention of offensive odors and objectionable conditions as he ^Igi'^jg^'
6 considers expedient, together with recommendations for the prevention R. l! 75,
7 of the pollution of waters used for ice or water supply and for the re- 1903,480.
8 moval of polluting substances, in order to protect and develop the rights Jg}?; Jgo!
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PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Ch.^p. 111.
and property of the commonwealth therein and protect public health; 9
and he may recommend any legislation or plans for systems of main 10
sewers necessary for the preservation of the public health and for the 11
purification and prevention of pollution of ponds, streams and inland 12
waters of the commonwealth. The commissioner shall include in his 1.3
annual report the number of prosecutions by the department under 14
chapter ninety-four and an itemized account of the money expended 15
by it in enforcing said chapter. 16
Department
may publish
certain in-
formation.
1902, 230.
1913,622.
1914, 792, § 1
1919, 350, § 91
Section 24. The said department may publish for general distribu- 1
tion such parts of its annual report and such other matter as it may 2
deem adapted to promote the interests of the public health in the com- 3
monwealth; provided, that the expense of such publication is paid out 4
of the appropriation for the general expenses of the department and 5
does not exceed in any one year the sum of five hundred dollars. The 6
department may also publish for distribution among the boards of health 7
throughout the commonwealth, not oftener than once in three years, a 8
manual of the laws relating to boards of health in the commonwealth, 9
together with such information upon the same subject as it may deem 10
expedient. The cost of such publications shall not exceed one thousand 11
dollars for each edition, and shall be paid out of the appropriation for 12
general expenses of the department. 13
Department
may publish
results of
1902, 272, § 1.
1914, 792, § 1.
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 25. The department shall publish as often as once each 1
month in its official departmental publication, and also, if in its opinion 2
the public health can be ser\^ed thereby, may publish in one or more 3
newspapers in the commonwealth, a certificate of the examination or 4
analysis made under its authority during the preceding month of any 5
article of food manufactured or offered for sale in the commonwealth 6
which is adulterated within the meaning of chapter ninety-four; and 7
it shall also publish, with such certificate of examination, a statement 8
of the trade mark, brand mark or name, with the name and place of 9
business of the manufacturer, appearing upon the package or box con- 10
taining such adulterated article, or with the name and place of business 11
of the wholesale dealer of whom the goods were obtained. 12
Boards of
health in
cities.
1849,211,
§§1,2.
G. S. 26, § :
1877, 133, §
P. S. 80,
§§4,8.
1894, 174.
1895, 332.
R. L. 75, §
172 Mass. ■=
173 Mass. ;
194 Mass. ;
195 Mass. 1
CITY .\ND TOWN BOARDS OF HEALTH.
Section 26. In each city, except Boston, the board of health shall 1
consist of three persons, one of whom shall be a physician. No one of 2
them shall be a member of the city council. One member shall be ap- 3
pointed in January of each year for three years from the first Monday 4
of the following February. Unless a different mode of appointment or 5
election is provided in the city charter, the members shall be appointed 6
by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, and 7
may be removed by the mayor for cause, and vacancies shall be filled 8
by appointment for the residue of the unexpired term. ]\Ieinbers of 9
the board shall receive such compensation as the city council may 10
determine. Boards of health in towns shall be chosen as provided in 11
chapter forty-one. 12
Section 27. Every such board
Boards of
health. i . <> p • i •
Organization, choicc of oue of its numbcr as chairman.
1816, 44, §' 7. ' lations for its own government and for the government of its officers.
shall organize annually by the 1
It may make rules and regu- 2
3
CUAP. 111.] PUBLIC HEALTH. 1087
4 agents and assistants. It may appoint a physician to the board, who r. s. 21,
5 shall hold his office during its pleasure, may choose a clerk, who in a gH'.U.
6 city shall not be a member of the board, and may employ the necessary f|/y \^^
7 officers, agents and assistants to execute the health laws and its regula- |,§|''|q
8 tions. It may fix the salary or other compensation of such physician and §§5. e.b, 10.
9 its clerk and other agents and assistants. R. l. 75, 1 10. 195 Mass. 173.
1 Section 28. In each city such board shall annually in January Annual reports.
2 make a full and comprehensive report to the city council of its acts p*s''8o!^§ u*'
3 during the preceding year and of the sanitary condition of the city. ^' ^' ^^' ^ "'
4 It shall also, if the city council or the standing committee on finance
5 thereof so requires, send to the city auditor a detailed estimate of the
6 appropriation required by its department for the next financial year.
1 Section 29. Boards of health shall send to the department every Weekiv reports
2 week, upon forms to be prescribed by it, a report of deaths in their ?er'ta?n'"' '''"'"
3 towns for the week ending Saturday noon, from all diseases declared isgTIls, § 2.
4 by the department to be dangerous to the public health. ^- ^- '^' ^ ^'■
1913,210. 1914,792, §1. 1916,53. 1919, 350, § 96.
1 Section 30. Boards of health may appoint agents to act for them Agents of
' ' ~ ' ' ' boards '
health
1866, :
_, 1879,'..
4 him had; but he shall in each case within two days report his action rlTsVi^s
5 to the board for its approval, and shall be directly responsible to it and h3 Mass. us.
6 under its direction and control. An agent appointed to make sanitary
7 inspections may make complaint of violations of any law, ordinance or
8 by-law relative to the public health.
1 Section 31. Boards of health may make reasonable health regula- Health reguia-
1816,44,
i 3, 11.
3 in the town, otherwise in a newspaper published in the county. All
4 regulations made hereunder which provide a penalty for violation thereof §■ g ^l' s e
5 shall, before taking effect, be approved by the attorney general. Such P-^. ?o.ii^-
6 publication shall be notice to all persons. 1014, 90. 1920, 591, § 17.
1 Section 32. A board of health shall retain charge, to the exclusion Retention
2 of the overseers of the poor, of any case arising under this chapter in 1374^21, § 1.
3 which it has acted. p. s. so, § 17. r. l. 75, § 15.
sanitary stations.
1 Section 33. In every city, and in every town having a population construction
2 of over ten thousand, when, in the opinion of the board of health, pub- sta^lon^ltc.
3 lie necessity requires it, there shall be established and maintained by the ^^^^' ^®®' ^ ^•
4 town in some convenient places, at or near the business centre, one or
5 more sanitary stations, with separate water closets for the use of each
6 sex. Their number and location shall be determined by the board of
7 health.
bakeries.
1 Section 34. Every room used for the manufacture of flour or meal o°bake'rooms
2 food products shall, if required by the board of health, have an im- R^L'75*§y'
3 permeable floor constructed of cement or tiles laid in cement, and an '
1088
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[CiLAP. 111.
adflitional floor of wood properly saturated with linseed oil. The walls
and ceiling of such room shall be plastered or wainscoted, and, if re-
quired by the board of health, shall be whitewashed at least once in
three months. The furniture and utensils therein shall be so arranged
that they and the floor may at all times be kept clean and in good
sanitary condition.
9
regXtecf''"^'^' SECTION .35. The sleeping places for persons employed in a bakery 1
rf^L'Is^^y" ^^^'^ ^^ separate from the rooms where flour or meal food products are 2
manufactured or stored. 3
Alteration of
premises.
1896, 418, § 7.
E. L. 75, § 32.
Section .3G. The owner, agent or lessee of any property affected 1
by section thirty-four shall, within sixty days after service of written 2
notice requiring any alterations to be made in such property, comply 3
therewith. Such notice may be served upon such owner, agent or lessee 4
personally or by mail directed to his last known address. 5
Regulations.
•1896.418, §8.
R. L. 75. § 34.
1902, 403.
Penalty for
violation of
four precedin-^
sections.
1896,418, § 6.
R. L. 75, § 33.
Section 37. Except as provided in section thirty-nine, boards of 1
health may make such further regulations as the public health may re- 2
quire, and shall cause such regulations, together with sections thirty-four 3
to thirty-eight, inclusive, to be printed and posted in all such bakeries 4
and places of business. 5
Section 38. Whoever violates any provision of sections thirty-four 1
to thirty-six, inclusive, or refuses to comply with any requirement of the 2
board of health authorized therein or in the preceding section shall be 3
punished for a first offence by a fine of not less than twenty nor more 4
than fifty dollars; for the second offence by a fine of not less than fifty 5
nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more 6
than ten days; and for any subsequent oft'ence by a fine of not less than 7
two hundred and fiftj' dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one 8
month, or both. 9
Rules and
regulations
for bakeries.
Enforcement.
1920,418,
§§ 1, 2.
Op. A. G.
(1919) 27.
Construction
of bakeries.
1896, 418,
§§1,4.
R. L. 75, § 28.
1920, 418, § 3.
Section 39. The department may make rules and regulations to 1
carry out sections forty to forty-nine, inclusive. Said sections and the 2
rules and regulations shall be enforced by the department and by the 3
local boards of health acting under the supervision of the department; 4
provided, that the provisions of sections forty and forty-one relating to 5
the health of employees shall be enforced by the department of labor and 6
industries in accordance with such rules and regulations as it may 7
prescribe. The word "bakery", as used in sections forty to forty-eight, 8
inclusive, shall mean a building or part thereof wherein is carried on the 9
production, preparation, packing, storing, display or sale of bakery 10
products, including any separate room used for the convenience or 11
accommodation of the workers, except that sections forty, forty-one, 12
forty-three, forty-four and forty-five shall not apply to retail stores 13
where bakery products are sold but not produced. 14
Section 40. Every bakery shall be constructed, drained, lighted, 1
ventilated and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, and when 2
and where necessary screened against flies, shall have plumbing and 3
drainage facilities, together with suitable wash basins, wash sinks and 4
toilets or water closets, which shall be kept in a clean and sanitary con- 5
dition. The said toilets or water closets shall be in rooms having no direct 6
Ch.\P. 111.] PUBLIC HEALTH. 1089
7 connection with any room in \\hich bakery products or ingredients are
8 prepared, stored, handled or displayed.
1 Section 41. In connection with every bakery suitable rooms shall Koomsfor
. , "^ *^ , employees
2 be provided for the changmg and hanging of the wearing apparel of the »» fhange
3 workers or employees, which shall be separate and apart from the work, 1920, 4i8,' § 4.
4 storage and sales rooms, and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
5 condition.
1 Section 42. No person shall sit, lie or lounge or be permitted to sit, RcEuiations
2 lie or lounge upon any of the tables, shelves, boxes or other equipment ofVakery °"
3 or accessories used in connection with the production, preparation, pack- igSo^fis,
4 ing, storing, display or sale of bakery products. No animals or fowls ^^ ^' ^'
5 shall be kept in or permitted to enter any building or part thereof used
6 for such production, preparation, packing, storing, display or sale.
1 Section 43. Before beginning the work of preparing, mixing or cleanliness of
2 handling any ingredients used in the production of bakery products, i92o,°4i8r§ 6.
3 every person engaged in such work shall wash the hands and arms, and
4 after using toilets or water closets, every person therein engaged shall
5 wash the hands and arms thoroughly and then rinse in clean water; and
6 for this purpose the owner or operator of the bakery shall provide sufE-
7 cient facilities.
1 Section 44. No owner or operator of a bakery shall require or permit Person with
2 any person affected with any contagious, infectious or other disease or disease not to
3 physical ailment which may render such employment detrimental to 1920T41S!!?.
4 the public health, nor any person who refuses to submit to the examina-
5 tion required by the following section, to work therein.
1 Section 45. The commissioner of public health or the commissioner Physical ex-
2 of health or chief health officer in the several towns may require any tmlSoycTs."^
3 person intending to work, or working, in a bakery, to submit to thorough ^'■'-°' ■*'*• ^ *■
4 examination to ascertain whether he is afflicted with any contagious, in-
5 fectious or other disease or physical ailment. All such examinations
6 shall be made without charge to the person examined and at the expense
7 of the department or local board making them. Any person so exam-
8 ined may have his physician present at the examination, which may be
9 made by any competent physician duly registered and licensed in the
10 commonwealth.
1 Section 46. If, after inspection, it is found that a bakery is not changes in
2 constructed, maintained, operated or the distribution of its products i92o,"4'i8, § is.
3 not conducted in accordance with sections thirty-nine to forty-five, in-
4 elusive, and sections two to six, inclusive, of chapter ninety-four, written
5 notice shall be given to the owner or manager, stating the delinquency,
6 and fixing a reasonable time within which the same shall be remedied
7 and for hearing any party in interest,
1 Section 47. If a bakery is unfit for the production or handling of uififbikery.
2 food or dangerous to the health of its employees, the department or local 1920, 418, § 19.
3 board may order it closed; provided, that any person aggrieved may be
1090
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[CH-AP. 111.
heard before said department or board and may also appeal before or 4
after the execution of the order, but within thirty days after its issue, to 5
the superior court. 6
Approval of
new bakeries.
1920, 418, § 21.
Section 4S. No new bakeries shall be established unless the building 1
plans and equipment proposed to be used have been approved by the 2
local board of health. The board shall refuse a permit for such bakery if 3
the building and equipment do not comply with sections thirty-nine to 4
forty-five, inclusive, and sections two to six, inclusive, of chapter ninety- 5
four and rules and regulations made thereunder, provided that any party 6
in interest may appeal to the department or to the superior court. Said 7
department or court may affirm, reject or modify the findings of the 8
board, and the said board shall thereupon proceed in accordance with 9
the order of the court or department. 10
i92o'«8 §22 Section 49. Violation of any provision of sections thirty-nine to 1
forty-eight, inclusive, or any rule or regulation adopted thereunder shall 2
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 3
Cities and
towns may
maintain
clinics, etc.
1914, 677.
1920, 100.
DISPENSARIES.
Section 50. Towns may establish and maintain dental, medical 1
and health clinics, and in connection therewith may conduct campaigns 2
of general education relative to matters of public health. Acting through 3
their respective boards of health, they may unite and co-operate for the 4
foregoing purposes and may provide for the maintenance of clinics as 5
aforesaid in one or more of the towns so uniting. 6
All appropriations made for the purposes of this section shall be ex- 7
pended under the direction of the local board of health, and clinics estab- 8
lished hereunder shall be conducted subject to such rules and regulations 9
as said board may establish. 10
Definition of
dispensary.
191S, 131, § 1.
Section 51. In sections fifty-two to fifty-six, inclusive, "dispen- 1
sary" shall mean any place or establishment, not conducted for profit, 2
where medical or surgical advice or treatment, medicine or medical 3
apparatus, is furnished to persons not residing therein; or any place or 4
establishment, whether conducted for charitable purposes or for profit, 5
advertised, announced, conducted or maintained under the name "dis- 6
pensary" or "clinic", or other designation of like import. 7
Maintenance
of unlicensed
dispensaries
prohibited.
1918, 131, § 2.
License, ap-
plication for.
1918,131, § 3.
1919. 350,
§§ 87, 96.
Section 52. No person, except the regularly constituted authorities 1
of the United States or of the commonwealth, shall establish, conduct, 2
manage or maintain any dispensary without first obtaining a license as 3
provided in the following section. 4
Section 53. Any person desiring to conduct a dispensary shall apply 1
in writing to the department for a license. The application shall be 2
in such form as the department shall prescribe, and shall be uniform for 3
all schools of medicine. There shall be attached thereto a statement 4
of the applicant on oath, containing such information as may be re- 5
quired by the department. If in its judgment the statement filed and 6
other evidence submitted in relation to the application indicate that the 7
operation of the proposed dispensary will be for the public benefit, a 8
license, in such form as it shall presfcribe, shall be issued to the applicant. 9
ClL\P. HI.] PUBLIC HEALTH. 1091
10 Licenses shall expire at the end of the year in which they are issued, but
11 may be renewed annually on application as above provided. No license
12 shall be transferred except with the approval of the department. For
13 the issue or renewal of each license a fee of five dollars shall be charged,
14 except to incorporated charitable organizations which conduct dispen-
15 saries without charge and which report, as required by law, to the depart-
16 ment of public welfare.
1 Section 54. The council shall make rules and regulations, and may ^q"'|=j3j ^
2 revise or change them, in accordance with which dispensaries shall be iQigiaso^sge.
3 licensed and conducted, but no such rule or regidation shall specify any
4 particular school of medicine in accordance with which a dispensary shall
5 be conducted.
1 Section 55. The commissioner and his authorized agent may inspection of
2 visit and inspect any dispensary at any time to ascertain whether it is loTs.Ttil^ls.
3 licensed and conducted in compliance with sections fifty-one to fifty-six, §§'^^6,^97.'
4 inclusive, and with the rules and regulations established under the pre-
5 ceding section. After thirty days' notice to a licensed dispensary and
6 opportunity to be heard, the department may, if in its judgment the
7 public interest so demands, revoke its license.
1 Section 56. Whoever advertises, conducts, manages or maintains a Penalties for
2 dispensary, unless it is duly licensed under section fifty-three, and who- section 53 and
3 ever wilfully violates any rule or regulation made under section fifty- boarii^ °
4 four, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one SHigisso,^^'
5 hundred dollars. A separate and distinct offence shall be deemed to 5§96,97.
6 have been committed on every day during which the violation con-
7 tinues after written notice thereof by the department to the authori-
8 ties of the dispensary concerned. The commissioner shall report to
9 the attorney general any violation of sections fifty-one to fifty-six,
10 inclusive.
1 Section 57. Every city, and every town having a population of ten Establishment
2 thousand or more, as determined by the last national census, shall estab- nance of tuber-
3 lish and maintain within its limits a dispensary for the discovery, treat- penTariei^'
4 ment and super\-ision of needy persons resident within its limits and {914; fol;
5 afflicted with tuberculosis, unless there already exists in such town a dis-
6 pensary satisfactory to the department. Such dispensaries shall be sub-
■ 7 ject to the regulations of the boards of health of the towns where they
8 are respectively situated, and shall be inspected by and be satisfactory to
9 the department. A town subject to this section which, upon the request
10 of the department, refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions
11 hereof shall forfeit, not more than five hundred dollars.
DAY NURSERIES.
1 Section 58. In sections fifty-eight to six-ty-two, inclusive, "day Dfg°'t|,"»-
2 nursery" shall mean any institution, establishment or place not con- §§1.'?.'''
3 ducted by the commonwealth or any town in which are commonly re-
4 ceived, with or without charge, at one time, three or more children not
5 of common parentage, under the age of fourteen, for periods exceeding
6 four but not exceeding twelve hours, for the purpose of nursing and
7 care apart from their parents or guardians.
1092
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[CH-^P. 111.
Licenses,
application for.
1919,195, §2.
1919,195, § 4.
Section 59. No person shall conduct a day nursery without obtain- 1
ing a license from the board of health. An application therefor shall be 2
in a form prescribed by the said board, and shall be uniform for all day 3
nurseries within the board's jurisdiction. There shall be attached to 4
the application a statement, sworn to by the applicant, or by an officer 5
thereof duly authorized thereto, containing such information as may be 6
required by the board. If in the judgment of the said board the said 7
statement or any other evidence submitted in relation to the applica- 8
tion indicates that the operation of the proposed day nursery will be for 9
the public benefit and welfare, a license, in such form as the board may 10
prescribe, shall be issued to the applicant. All licenses shall expire at 11
the end of the year in which they are issued, but may be renewed annually 12
on application as above provided. No license shall be transferred except 13
with the approval of the said board. For the issue or renewal of each 14
license a fee of one dollar shall be charged. All fees shall be paid to the 15
town where the nursery is situated. 16
Section 60. Boards of health shall make rules and regulations, and 1
may revise or change them, in accordance with which day nurseries shall 2
be licensed and conducted; and failure to comply with any such rule 3
or regulation shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the license in the 4
manner provided in the following section. 5
Section 61. Boards of health by their authorized agents may visit 1
and inspect any day nursery at any time to ascertain whether it is li- 2
censed and conducted in compliance with law and with the rules and 3
regulations made under the preceding section. Every day nursery shall 4
so be visited and inspected at least once in each year. After thirty days' 5
notice to a licensed day nursery and opportunity to be heard, the board 6
of health may, if in its judgment the public interest so demands, revoke 7
its license. Every day nursery shall furnish to the said board such re- 8
ports, information and other data as it may require. 9
Sanatoria and
Penikese hos-
pital, duties
relative to.
1896, 503, § 5.
R. L. 88, § 4.
1907, 474,
§§ 6,9, 14.
1919, 3.50,
§§ 96, 97.
Section 62. Whoever establishes, conducts, manages or maintains a 1
day nursery without first obtaining a license therefor, or after the revo- 2
cation of the license, or in violation of any provision of sections fifty- 3
eight to sixty-two, inclusive, or of any rule or regulation made under 4
section sixty shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more 5
than two hundred dollars. If any person conducting a day nursery 6
shall be found guilty of a violation of any provision of sections fifty-eight 7
to sixty-two, inclusive, or of any rule or regulation, in any particular 8
relating to the safety of or the accommodations for the children, the 9
board of health shall issue an order directing that such nursery be closed, 10
and remain closed until such provision, rule or regulation has been com- 11
plied with. 12
state sanatoria and the penikese hospital.
Section 63. The commissioner shall have general supervision and 1
control of the sanatoria at Rutland, North Reading, Lakeville and West- 2
field and the Penikese hospital, and shall see that the affairs of such insti- 3
tutions are conducted according to law, and to the by-laws and regulations 4
established by the council in respect thereto. He may also establish 5
out-patient departments, and may disseminate information as to the best 6
methods of combating tuberculosis. 7
Chap. 111.] public health. 1093
1 Section 64. The commissioner shall annually cause to be made an Annual
2 accurate inventory of the stock and supplies on hand and the amount mafies.' § 2.
3 and value thereof at the end of the fiscal year at each sanatorium under r* a'48,°§ l.^'
4 the department; shall make a full and detailed annual report of the con- }||g' \fj 5 ^
5 dition of each such sanatoriimi, and all its affairs, with a copy of the in- ^j'V^' ^ i^'
6 ventory required herein; shall receive and audit the annual report of the p's. 79, § 7;
7 treasurer of each sanatoriiun and deposit the same, with said annual iss7, no.
S report, with the state secretary. isso, 414, § is. is95, 503, §§ 5, 10.
R.L.S4, |7;87, §29; 1905, 211, § 11. 1911,154.
88, §§4, S. 1907, 474, §6. 1919, 350, §§ 96, 97.
1 Section 65. Unless the commissioner considers that an exception Admission of
2 should be made, citizens of the commonwealth shall be given preference g^utTand'state
3 in the admission of persons to the Rutland state sanatorium, and no ilS7'°222"''
4 person shall be admitted thereto who has not been a resident of the com- J^'^' |68-
5 monwealth for at least six months preceding the date of his application §§96,97.'
6 for admission.
1 Section 66. The charges for the support of each inmate in a state charges for
2 sanatorium shall be four dollars a week, and shall be paid quarterly, fnmatesol
3 Such charges for those not having known settlements in the common- figi^^o^'^i^Q-
4 wealth shall be paid by it, and may afterward be recovered by the Poot'*-' V'o
5 state treasurer of the patients, if they are able to pay, or of any person 1909', 378'.
6 or kindred bound by law to maintain them, or of the place of their 1912] 17. '
7 settlement subsequently ascertained ; but for those having known settle- §§^^9^6,^9^°'
8 ments in the commonwealth, the charges shall be paid either by the op" ^'''q' **•
9 persons bound to pay them or by the town where such inmates had ^^^-°' ^°2-
10 their settlement, unless security to the satisfaction of the commissioner
11 is given for their support. If any person or town refuses or neglects to
12 pay such charges the state treasurer may recover the same to the use of
13 the sanatorium. A town which pays the charges for the support of an
14 inmate of a state sanatorium shall have like rights and remedies to recover
15 the amount thereof, with interest and costs, from the town of his settle-
16 ment or from such person of sufficient ability, or from any person bound
17 by law to maintain him, as if such charges had been inciured in the ordi-
18 nary support of such inmate.
1 Section 67. The department may take and hold in trust gifts or Trust funds
2 bequests for the use of any sanatorium under its charge, and shall sue- i°s95?503!T3.
3 ceed to and retain the rights, powers and duties formerly held or ac- 1907,474^^4.
4 quired by the trustees of hospitals for consumptives. i9i9, 350, § 90.
1 Section 68. The said department, in maintaining the Penikese Lepers to be
2 hospital, may retain therein all persons afflicted with leprosy for such Penikese
3 time as it shall deem necessary for the well-being of the patient and the i905','474, § 1.
4 safety of the public, and may discharge such persons when, in its judg- |gjg'|55
5 ment, their health and the public welfare would not be endangered ||,8„^-3^|'
6 thereby. It may contract with the United States public health service
7 for the reception and care of lepers on Penikese island.
1 Section 69. A person who, being afflicted with leprosy, is confined ^t^'j"^ilar''es
2 in any state institution for the care of lepers shall be a state charge, 1909,250.
3 and no sum shall be collected on his account from the town where he
4 has a settlement.
1094
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Ch.^p. 111.
Certain hos-
pitals to keep
records of
cases.
1905, 330,
§§ 1. 2.
1908, 269.
1912, 442,
§§1.2.
202 Mass.
359.
225 Mass.
521.
234 Mass.
480.
Lying-in
hospitals.
1867, 157,
§§ 1, 2.
P. S. 80,
§§ 56, 57.
R. L. 75, §
1 62.
1910, 569.
1911, 264.
1919, 350,
§87.
Rules.
Inspection
1876, 157,
'■§3.
P. S. 80, § 58.
18S6, 101,
§4.
R. L. 75, § "63.
1910, 569.
1919, 350,
§87.
No person to
keep a hospital
without a
license.
1876, 157, § 4.
P. S. SO, § 59.
R. L. 75. § 64.
1910, 569.
HOSPITALS.
Section 70. Hospitals supported in whole or in part by contri- 1
butions from the commonwealth or from any town, incorporated liospi- 2
tals offering treatment to patients free of charge, and incorporated 3
hospitals conducted as public charities shall keep records of the treat- 4
ment of the cases under their care and the medical history of the same. (/5
Such records and similar records kept prior to April twenty-fifth, nine- 6
teen hundred and five, shall be in the custody of the person in charge 7
of the hospital. 8
Section 71. The department of public welfare may issue a license, 1
subject to revocation by it, to any person whom it deems suitable 2
and responsible to establish or keep for two years a lying-in hospital, 3
hospital ward or other place for the reception, care and treatment of 4
women in labor, if the local board of health shall first certify to said 5
department that-, from its inspection and examination of such hospital, 6
hospital ward or other place aforesaid, the same is suitable therefor. 7
Section 72. The department of public welfare shall have super- 1
vision of all such hospitals, hospital wards or other places, may make 2
necessary rules for their regulation, and may A'isit and inspect the same. 3
The said hospitals, hospital wards and other places shall also be sub- 4
ject to -sisitation and inspection at any time by the head of the police 5
department, or his authorized agent, or the board of health of a city, 6
or by the chief of police, selectmen or the board of health of a town, 7
and, if during the year it receives more than six patients, by the de- 8
partment of public health. 9
Section 73. Whoever establishes or keeps or is concerned in es- 1
tablishing or keeping a lying-in hospital, hospital ward or other place 2
for the purpose mentioned in section seventy-one or is engaged in any 3
such business without such license, shall for a first offence be punished 4
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and for a subsequent 5
offence by imprisonment for not more than two years. G
appropriSe Section 74. Any town not maintaining or managing a hospital may 1
b °"%*t annually appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be 2
hospitals for paid to a hospital established in such town or in the vicinity thereof, 3
etc.,'^ofTertain for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the hospital 4
for the care and treatment of persons certified by the selectmen to be 5
residents of the town and unable to pay for such care and treatment. 6
This section shall not apply to cities. 7
Unlawful use
of buildings
for hospitals
prohibited.
1870,306.
P. S. SO, § 73.
R. L. 75. § 38.
1906, 365, § 1.
Section 75. Whoever occupies or uses a building for a hospital in
a part of a town prohibited by the aldermen or selectmen shall forfeit
not more than fifty dollars for every month of such occupancy or use and
in like proportion for a shorter time. The supreme judicial or superior
court may restrain such occupancy or use.
townl to receive Section 76. Evcry towu placing its patients suffering from tuber-
subsidiesfor culosls in a county, municipal or incorporated tuberculosis hospital in
Bumptive the commonwealth, or in a building or ward set apart for such patients
igiiTs'jV, § 1. by a county, municipal or incorporated hospital therein, shall be en-
Ch.\P. 111.] PUBLIC HEALTH. 1095
5 titled to receive from the commonwealth a subsidy of five dollars a week 1912, 637, 5 1.
6 for each patient who has a legal settlement therein, provided that such 1917] Iw'^'^'
7 patient is unable to pay for his support, and that his kindred bound by }u2o; Ms', 1 1"'
S law to maintain him are unable to pay for the same; but a town shall
9 not become entitled to this subsidy unless, upon examination authorized
10 by the department, the sputum of such patient be found to contain bacilli
11 of tuberculosis, nor unless the hospital building or ward be approved by
12 it, and it shall not give such approval unless it has by authority of law,
13 or by permission of the hospital, full authority to inspect the same at all
14 times. The department may at any time withdraw its approval. In
15 the case of hospitals having a bed capacity which, in the opinion of the
IG department, is in excess of the number of beds needed for the localities
17 which these institutions serve for patients exhibiting tubercle bacilli in
18 then- sputum, the subsidy above provided shall be allowed for such
19 patients not exhibiting tubercle bacilli in their sputum as, in the joint
20 opinion of the superintendent of the institution and of the district health
21 officer of the district where the hospital is situated, are bona fide cases of
22 tuberculosis and have been in the institution more than thirty days.
1 Section 77. The department shall certify, in the case of each hos- Payments
2 pital, building or ward approved by it, as provided in the preceding sec- ignt'sg?, § 2.
3 tion, the number of patients for whom the town is entitled to the subsidy, \l\g\ Hq] | qq_
4 and upon such certification the subsidy shall be paid by the common- |s"2'3^*'
5 wealth. No claim shall be allowed for a subsidy covering more than
G ten days prior to the date when notice of the claim is received by the
7 department.
1 Section 78. The comity commissioners of each county in the com- certain coun-
2 monwealth, except Barnstable, Hampshire, Suffolk, Nantucket and tubVr^d'''*
3 Dukes, shall before September first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, eerui'i'n cities
4 provide, as required by sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, ade- igfg'gso'*'
5 quate hospital care for all persons residing in towns having less than §§ lis. '
0 fifty thousand population as determined by the last national census, 1919', 32.'§ 1. '
7 within the boundaries of their respective counties and suffering from ^^"°' ^^'' ^'
8 tuberculosis, who need such hospital care and for whom adequate hospi-
9 tal provision does not already exist.
1 Section 79. A contract entered into before April first, nineteen hun- Contracts for
2 dred and twenty-one, for a term of years not less than five nor more hospita?^
3 than twenty-five, and approved by the department after a petition made eonIum^t°ves
4 to it and a public hearing thereon, between (a) county commissioners of J^ie, 28b, § 2.
5 two adjoining counties, or (b) county commissioners of any county and i9is! is7,' 1 2'.
G the legally constituted authorities of any city within the same county, 350, '§ 96. '
7 or (c) either county commissioners or the legally constituted authorities 0.920) m.
S of cities of fifty thousand or more inhabitants and the trustees or au-
9 thorities of any privately endowed tubercidosis institution, or the trustees
10 of any fund available for the purpose of supplying hospital facilities for
11 persons suffering from tuberculosis, for the express purpose of supplying
12 within a reasonable time, as provided in the conditions of approval of the
13 department, and guaranteeing adequate hospital provision for tubercular
14 patients coming under section seventy-eight, shall be deemed satisfactory
15 compliance with said section for such counties, sections of counties, or
16 for such cities or classes of individuals, as the case may be, as are desig-
17 nated in the contract; and such contracts shall, subject to the approval
1096
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Ch.^p. 111.
"Adequate"
hospital pro-
vision, term
defined.
1916, 286, § 3.
1919,32, § 2;
350, § 96.
of the department, be renewable upon terms satisfactory to the contract- 18
ing parties; provided, that if such contracts are not renewed and ap- 19
proved by the department at least nine months before they expire, or 20
if the contracts are renewed and the department shall refuse approval 21
on the ground that by reason of changed circumstances the contract 22
will be inadequate properly to protect the public health of the com- 23
munities affected by it, and the contracting parties fail, within six months 24
before the time when the previous contract expires, to agree to a renewal 25
of the contract upon terms approved by the said department, the duties 26
and obligations relative to supplying adequate hospital care for such 27
counties, or sections of counties, cities or classes of individuals imposed 28
upon county commissioners and city governments by sections seventy- 29
eight to ninety, inclusive, shall be in full force and effect. 30
Section 80. "Adequate" hospital provision for tubercular patients 1
within the meaning of sections seventy-eight to ninety-one, inclusive, shall 2
be held to mean at least one such hospital bed for each four deaths from 3
tuberculosis in the district served by such hospitals, as determined by 4
computing the average number of deaths from tuberculosis per annum 5
for the years nineteen hundred and sixteen to nineteen hundred and 6
twenty, inclusive, in the communities served by such hospitals, and by 7
a similar quinquennial computation by the department thereafter. 8
County com-
missioners to
erect one or
more hospitals.
1918,286, § S.
1917, 103.
1919, 350, § 96.
Op A. G.
(1920) 192.
Section 81. County commissioners shall, subject to the approval 1
of the department, erect one or more hospitals within their respective 2
counties, or they may, in the case of counties having a total population 3
of less than fifty thousand inhabitants as determined by the last national 4
census, arrange to obtain tuberculosis hospital care for those tubercular 5
patients coming within their jiuisdiction by entering into a contract with 6
a tuberculosis institution in a neighboring county, in accordance with 7
section se^'enty-nine. No new tuberculosis hospital shall be erected 8
under sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, having a total capacity 9
of less than fifty beds; provided, that in the county of Berkshire a hos- 10
pital may be constructed having a capacity of as many less than fifty 11
beds as the department shall approve. 12
To borrow
money, etc.
1916, 2S6, § 6.
1918, 80.
1920, 87; 336.
Section 82. County commissioners shall, in carrying out sections 1
seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, raise and expend such sums of money 2
for acquiring land and constructing and equipping hospitals, and for the 3
purchase, alteration and enlargement of existing buildings, and for all 4
other purposes, as is necessary to carry out said sections. They may 5
borrow, on the credit of the county, the said sums, and issue notes of the G
county therefor, with such interest as may be fixed under section thirty- 7
nine of chapter thirty-five, payable semi-annually, or without interest, 8
in which case they may sell such notes at such discount as they deem 9
proper. The notes shall be signed by the county treasiuer and counter- 10
signed by the county commissioners. The county may sell the said se- 11
ciu-ities, at public or private sale, on terms and conditions deemed proper, 12
but the proceeds shall be used only for the purposes specified in sections 13
seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive. Said notes may be renewed from 14
time to time until all the towns liable have paid to the county treasurer 15
the amounts assessed. All reimbursement from towns shall be applied 16
to the payment of temporary debt incurred under sections seventy-eight 17
to ninety, inclusive, by said counties. 18
Chap. 111.] public health. 1097
1 Section 83. When the hospital is completed and equipped, the To apportion
2 county commissioners shall determine the cost of the same, together and towns.'^etc.
3 with the interest paid or due on the bonds or notes issued therefor, and '®'®' ^^^' ^ '''
4 shall apportion the same to the several towns liable, in accordance with
5 their valuation used in assessing county taxes. And each town liable to
6 contribute to the construction and equipment of said hospital shall pay
7 its proportion of said expenses into the county treasury in such manner
8 and in such instalments as the county commissioners by special order
9 shall direct; and if any town shall neglect or refuse to pay its proportion
10 as required by said order, the county commissioners shall, after notice
11 to the town and unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, issue
12 a warrant against it for the sum which it was ordered to pay, with in-
13 terest, and the costs of the notice and warrant; and the same shall be
14 collected and paid into the county treasury, to be applied in pavTnent
15 of the expenses aforesaid.
1 Section 84. Any town upon which any part of the expense of towns nml-
2 construction of said hospital shall have been assessed or apportioned if|"| 'igg'^l- c
3 by the county commissioners may incur indebtedness, and issue bonds
4 or other securities for the payment of its assessment, outside its
5 statutory debt limit. Such bonds or other securities shall be issued
6 upon thf serial plan, in accordance with the provisions of section nine-
7 teen of chapter forty-four, so far as applicable, and shall be payable
8 within twenty years after their respective dates of issue.
1 Section 85. The county shall provide for the care, maintenance and ^['^°^^°f^^^*'
2 repair of said hospital. The county commissioners shall annually in Jgfg''|^| , g
3 January apportion the cost thereof for the previous year to the towns 1917] 251! §2.
4 liable, in the same proportion in which the cost of the construction
5 was assessed, and shall issue their warrant against the towns for the
6 amount or percentage for which they are severally assessed to pay for
7 the maintenance, care and repair of said hospital. The county may,
8 thirty days after a written demand for payment, recover in contract
9 against any town liable to pay any part of the cost of construction,
10 maintenance or repair of said hospital the amount for which it may
11 be liable. County commissioners of counties whose patients are cared
12 for by contract under section seventy-nine may raise and expend the
13 sums necessary to carry out the pro\'isions thereof, and may borrow the
14 same on the credit of the county, and issue therefor notes of the county,
15 payable, in not more than eighteen months from their respective dates
16 of issue, from the reimbursements recei\ed from the said towns. They
17 shall annually in January determine the total amount already expended
18 by or due from the county under such contracts during the previous
19 year, and shall apportion the same to and may collect the same from
20 the several towns liable, in like manner as the cost of construction and
21 equipment of hospitals is apportioned under section eighty-tliree, and
22 the same shall be applied to the payment of the temporary debt in-
23 curred by said counties.
1 Section 86. County commissioners may purchase, lease, or take by ^°'^f^*y^™^;
2 eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, such land, not exceeding 'l^lilg^'
3 five hundred acres, as they may deem necessary or convenient for the
4 purposes set forth in sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive.
1098
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Ch.\p. 111.
Section 87. County commissioners shall be trustees of the hospitals 1
County com-
missioners to be . . . ....
'q'fi'^'IsB'^'sii erected under sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, shall make
i9i9i35o!§96! suitable regulations for their government, and shall appoint superin- 3
tendents and other officers and employees necessary for the proper 4
conduct thereof. The superintendents and other physicians employed 5
shall be appointed subject to the approval of the department. 6
^at^ntl°etf SECTION 88. Patients shall be admitted to the said hospitals through 1
Payment by application by the boards of health of the towns served by the hospitals. 2
towns, etc. The charges for the support of patients shall be based on the actual 3
1919! 350,' § 8?; cost of their care and treatment, exclusive of all interest or other ex- 4
penses pertaining to the construction, equipment or permanent upkeep 5
of the institution. Patients paying for their care in whole or in part, 6
or for whom such payment in whole or in part is made by others, may 7
be admitted on terms fixed by the trustees; but all patients shall be 8
admitted in the order of their application, and no preference shall be 9
given to paying patients over others. The charge for the support of 10
a patient in any hospital established under sections seventy-eight to 11
ninety, inclusive, so far as the same or any part thereof is not paid by 12
the patient or in his behalf, as aforesaid, shall be paid by the town 13
sending him to the hospital. If the patient has no known settlement 14
in the commonwealth the charge shall be paid by it, upon the approval 15
of the bills by the department of public welfare, in the manner provided 16
by section one hundred and sixteen. Such charges may afterward be 17
recovered by the town or by the state treasurer, as the case may be, 18
from the patient, if he is able to pay, or from any person or kindred 19
bound by law to maintain him, in the manner provided by section 20
sixty-six, for the recovery of unpaid charges for the support of inmates 21
of the state sanatoria. All towns paying for the support of patients an 22
amount exceeding fifty per cent of the actual cost of maintaining them 23
in hospitals erected, or utilized by contract, under sections seventy- 24
eight to ninety, inclusive, shall be entitled to any payment or repay- 25
ments in like manner and subject to like conditions applicable to the 26
support of tubercular patients in a town tuberculosis hospital. 27
Section 89. The situation, plans for construction and actual con- 1
struction of new hospitals, or additions to existing hospitals, provided 2
Situation,
Elans, etc.. to
e approved
by state
1916,286, §13. . , „ , ,
1917.251, §3. ject to the approval of the department. 1919,350, §96. 4
tolcffo?dtiei^ Section 90. The mayors of Chelsea and Revere and the chairman 1
Revere^anef'"' of the Selectmen of Winthrop shall have and exercise, for the purposes 2
wnSo °^ °^ sections seventy-eight to eighty-nine, inclusive, the powers given to 3
1916, 286, § 14. county commissioners, and they are hereby designated as a board of trus- 4
tees for the tuberculosis hospital district comprising Chelsea, Revere and 5
Winthrop, and they shall provide adequate hospital care for persons resid- 6
ing therein suffering from tuberculosis who need such hospital care in like 7
manner as required of county commissioners by section seventy-eight. 8
Section 91. Cities having more than fifty thousand inhabitants,
and also cities and towns having less than fifty thousand inhabitants
and already possessing and continuing to furnish adequate tuberculosis
hospital provision, shall be exempt from the provisions of sections
seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive.
ClL'i.P. 111.] PUBLIC HEALTH. 1099
DANGEKOrS DISEASES.
1 Section 92. Each city, except Brockton, shall, and each town may. Maintenance
2 and uponrequest of thedepartment shall, establish and maintain constantly hospUaKtc.
3 within its limits one or more hospitals for the reception of persons ha\ing r! a'lf,' ^ ^'
4 smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, tuberculosis or other diseases dan- }^ ^'2^'
5 gerous to the public health as defined by the department, unless there P|\^^
6 already exists therein a hospital satisfactory to the department for the §§ ^b, 71.
7 reception of persons ill with such diseases, or unless some arrange- r.l.'ts, '
8 ment satisfactory to the department is made between neighboring iIob^'sIs, § 1
9 municipalities for the care of such persons. All such hospitals established Igjl', 151'.
10 and maintained by cities and towns shall be subject to the orders and JoJe'lsMis
1 1 regulations of the boards of health thereof. Plans for construction of i^ja' ^oo! 1 96!
12 such hospitals shall be approved by the department before they are con- is6Mass!282.
1.3 structed, and the district health officers shall annually make such exami-
14 nation of said hospitals, and of all other hospitals, sanatoria, asylums, '■"''^
15 homes, prisons and dispensaries, both public and private, caring for
16 diseases dangerous to the public health, as in the opinion of the depart-
17 ment may be necessary, and report as to their condition and needs to
18 those responsible for their management. A city or town which, upon the
19 request of the department, refuses or neglects to establish and maintain
20 such a hospital shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars; pro-
21 vided, that if, in the opinion of the boards of health of two or more ad-
22 joining municipalities, such hospitals can advantageously' be established
23 and maintained in common, the authorities of the said cities or towns
24 may, subject to the approval of the department, enter into any agree-
25 ments deemed necessary to establish and maintain the same. Cities and
26 towns having a population of less than fifty thousand inhabitants accord-
27 ing to the last national census shall not be required by this section to
28 make hospital provisions for tubercular patients.
1 Section 93. Physicians, nurses, attendants, patients and all persons Physicians,
2 approaching or coming within the limits of such hospitals, and all fur- etc!!tobe
3 niture and other articles used or brought there, shall be subject to the regufations
4 regulations of the board of health. 1792, ss, § 4. r. s. 21, § 39.
1 Section 94. The board of health of any town which has established fownl having
2 or which may hereafter establish within its limits a hospital for the isolation hos-
p , . I T 1 pita Is may
3 reception of persons having smallpox or any other disease dangerous to receive persons
.11,. 11, ■ «. 1 . 11 ., from adjoining
4 the public health may receive tor care and treatment m such hospital towns.
5 persons from an adjoining town who are infected with any of said isoeisesis*!
6 diseases. 187 Mass. 150.
1 Section 95. If a disease dangerous to the public health breaks out Duties of
2 in a town, or if a person is infected or lately has been infected therewith, offnfecti'ous^^^
3 the board of health shall immediately pro\ide such hospital or place ciuSnyremovai
4 of reception and such nurses and other assistance and necessaries as is i7o'f-2?9i
5 judged best for his accommodation and for the safety of the inhabitants, |y,' |g , 5
6 and the same shall be subject to the regulations of the board. The board i7®|'.J®' ^ i-
7 may cause any sick or infected person to be removed to such hospital or |§ i6,'"i7.40.
8 place, if it can be done without danger to his health; otherwise the house §§ i.'2.
9 or place in which he remains shall be considered as a hospital, and all ills] nl;
1100
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Chap. 111.
G. S. 2fi,
§§ 16, 17,44.
P. S. SO,
§§ 40,41,75.
R. L. 75, § 42.
1906, 225;
365, § 1.
1907, 445.
137 Mass. 554.
140 Mass. 314.
187 Mass. 150.
191 Mass. 78.
persons residing in or in any way connected therewith shall be subject 10
to the regulations of the board, and, if necessary, persons in the neighbor- 11
hood may be removed. When the board of health of a town shall deem 12
it necessary, in the interest of the public health, to require a resident wage 13
earner to remain within such house or place or otherwise to interfere with 14
the following of his employment, he shall receive from such town during 15
the period of his restraint compensation to the extent of three fourths of 16
his regular wages; provided, that the amount so received shall not exceed 17
two dollars for each working day. 18
Warrants to
remove sick
persons, etc.
1701-2, 9, § 3.
1742-3, 17, § 1.
1797, 16, § 4.
R. S. 21, § 19.
G. S. 26, I 19.
1877,211, § 1.
P. S. 80, § 43.
R. L. 75, § 46.
1902, 206, § 2.
1906, 365, § 2.
1915, 12.
162 Mass. 176.
191 Mass. 78.
206 Mass. 365.
Section 9G. A magistrate authorized to issue warrants may issue a 1
warrant directed to the sheriff of the county or his deputy, or to any 2
constable or police officer, requiring him, under the direction of the 3
board of health, to remove any person infected with a contagious disease, 4
or to take up and impress convenient houses, lodging, nurses, attendants 5
and other necessaries. The removal authorized by this section may be 6
made to a hospital in any town established for the reception of persons 7
having smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health, pro- 8
vided that the assent of the board of health of the town to which such 9
removal is to be made shall first have been obtained. 10
Limitation of
two preceding
sections.
1838, 158.
1840, 39.
1848,119.
G. S. 26, § 51.
1872, 189.
P. S. 80, § 82.
Section 97. The two preceding sections, so far as they confer 1
authority for the remo\al of patients from their homes, shall apply 2
only to persons residing in boarding houses or hotels, or to two or more 3
families occupying the same dwelling, or in other cases where, in the 4
opinion of the board, the patient cannot properly be isolated. 5
R. L. 75, § 56. 1906, 365, § 3. 140 Mass. 314.
Removal of SECTION 98. Boards of health may grant permits for the removal 1
articles, of any iiuisauce, infected articles or sick person within the limits of 2
persons, etc. , i • 1 „ o „, = , t; 1
1816, 44, § 12. their towns. R- s. 21, § 15. 6
C. S. 26. § 15. p. S. so, I 39. R. L. 75, § 86.
Warrant to
secure infected
articles, etc.
1751-2, 12, I 1.
1797, 16, § 5.
R. S. 21, § 20.
G. S. 26, § 20.
1877, 211, § 1.
P. S. 80, § 44.
R. L. 75, § 87.
Section 99. If upon application of the board it appears to a magis-
trate authorized to issue warrants that there is just cause to suspect
that baggage, clothing or goods found within the town are infected with
any disease dangerous to the public health, he shall, by warrant directed
to the sheriff or his deputy or to any constable, require him to impress
as many men as said magistrate may judge necessary to secure such bag-
gage, clothing or goods, and to post said men as a guard over the house or
place containing such articles to prevent persons from removing or com-
ing near the same until due inquiry is made into the circumstances.
Warrants to
take houses for
safe keeping of
goods.
1751-2, 12, I 3.
1797, 16, § 5.
R. S. 21, §21.
G. S. 26, § 21.
1877,211, § 1.
Section 100. The magistrate may, by the same warrant, require the 1
officers, under the direction of the board, to impress and take up con- 2
venient houses or stores for the safe keeping of such articles; and the 3
board may remo\e them thereto or otherwise detain them until, in its 4
opinion, they are freed from infection. p. s. so, § 45. r. l. 75, § ss. 5
Officers may
command aid.
1751-2, 12,
§11.2.
1797, 16, § 5.
R. S. 21, § 22.
G. S. 26, § 22.
P. S. 80, § 46.
R. L. 75, § 89.
Section 101. The officers, in executing the warrant, may command 1
aid and may break open any house, shop or other place mentioned in 2
the warrant. Whoever, being commanded by said officers to assist in 3
the execution of the warrant, neglects or refuses so to do shall forfeit not 4
more than ten dollars. 5
Chap. 111.] public health. 1101
1 Section 102. The expense of securing, transporting and purifying Payment of
2 such articles as fixed by the board shall be paid by the owners or by i75i-|^''i2, § 2.
3 the town, as the board may determine. For any article of furniture or R°s^'2f'l|3
4 wearing apparel ordered destroyed by the board the town may recom- p||o'||-'
5 pense the owner to an amount not exceeding fiftv dollars. R- l. 75, § 90.
^ " 1903, 306.
1 Section 10.3. If a sheriff or other officer impresses or takes up any Compensation
2 houses, stores, lodging or other necessaries, or impresses men, the town iSpresS "*'""
3 where such persons or property are so impressed shall pay a just com- §; |; I',; | If
4 pensation to the persons entitled thereto. Compensation for taking or ^- 1- ?,°' ^ii
5 impressing property may be recovered under chapter seventy-nine.
1 Section 104. If a disease dangerous to the public health exists in a Notice of
2 town, the selectmen and board of health shall use all possible care to pllr^^
3 prevent the spread of the infection, and shall give public notice of in- R™|'|f;||i
4 fected places to travelers by displaying red flags at proper distances Q^i'i^\ 45
5 and by all other means which, in their judgment, may be most effectual is"?. 2,'§ 2.
6 for the common safety. Whoever obstructs the selectmen, board of R. h. 75, § 43.
7 health or its agent in using such means, or wilfully removes, obliterates,
8 defaces or handles such red flags or other signals, shall forfeit not less
9 than ten nor more than one hundretl dollars.
1 Section 105. If a physician or other person who is in any of the Penalty for
2 hospitals or places of reception mentioned in section ninety-five, or reguiat°ion°s.
3 who attends, approaches or is concerned with them, violates a regulation R.^l.'lf.'fri
4 of the board of health relative thereto, he shall forfeit not less than Jf^|'2|*i 46
5 ten nor more than one hundred dollars. p. s. so, § 77. r. l, 75, § 44.
1 Section 106. The board of health of a town near to or bordering Guard on
2 upon an adjoining state may in writing appoint suitable persons, who 1739-40!^ m 3.
3 shall attend at places by which tra\'elers may pass from infected places ngf^iliJi'l^'
4 without the commonwealth, and who may examine such travelers as §■ |- ^i' | J|'
5 the board suspects of bringing any infection dangerous to the public ^- s- so § 4^2
6 health, and, if necessary, restrain them from traveling until licensed
7 thereto by the board of health of the town to which they may come.
8 A traveler coming from an infected place who, without such license,
9 travels within the commonwealth, unless to return by the most direct
10 way to the state whence he came, after he has been cautioned to depart
11 by the persons so appointed, shall forfeit not more than one hundred
12 dollars.
1 Section 107. No person shall convey or cause to be conveyed Jlf^f^°^^'■'°''
2 through or from any town in the commonwealth the body of any dead bodies
3 person who has died of smallpox, scarlet iever, diphtheria or typhus isss. 124^ § 2.
4 fever until such body has been so encased and prepared as to preclude is97,' 437; § e.
5 danger of contagion or infection by its transportation; and no town Ri'.78, §43.
6 clerk, or clerk or agent of the board of health, shall give a permit for
7 the removal of such body until he has received from the board of health
8 of the city or from the selectmen of the town where the death occurred a
9 certificate stating the cause of death, and that said body has been pre-
10 pared in the manner prescribed in this section. The certificate shall
11 be delivered to the agent or person receiving the body. Whoever vio-
12 lates this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-fi\-e dollars.
1102
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Ch.\p. 111.
Removal of
sick prisoners.
1816,44, § 10.
R. S. 21,
§§ 25, 26.
G. S, 26,
§§ 25, 26.
P. S. 80,
§§ 49, 50.
R. L. 75, § 47.
Section 108. If a prisoner in a jail, house of correction or workhouse 1
has a disease which, in the opinion of the physician of the board of health 2
or of such other physician as it may consult, is dangerous to the safety and 3
health of other prisoners or of the inhabitants of the town, the board 4
shall, in writing, direct his removal to a hospital or other place of safety, 5
there to be provided for and securely kept until its further order. If 6
he recovers from the disease, he shall be returned to his former place 7
of confinement. If the person so removed has been committed by order 8
of court or under judicial process, the order for his removal, or a copy 9
thereof attested by the presiding member of the board, shall be returned 10
by him, with the doings thereon, into the office of the clerk of the court 11
from which the process of commitment was issued. No prisoner so 12
removed shall thereby commit an escape. 13
Householder
to give notice
of dangerous
diseases.
1742-3, 17,
§§ 5, 6.
1792, 58, I 7.
R. S. 21, § 43.
G. S. 26, § 47.
P. S. 80, § 78.
1884, 98, § 1.
1890, 102.
B. L. 75, § 49.
1905,251, § 1.
1907, 480.
1910, 269.
1914, 177.
1919, 350, I 96.
Section 109. A householder who knows that a person in his family 1
or house is sick of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other in- 2
fectious or contagious disease declared by the department dangerous 3
to the public health shall forthwith give notice thereof to the board of 4
health of the town where he dwells. Upon the death, recovery or re- 5
moval of such person, the householder shall disinfect to the satisfac- 6
tion of the board such rooms of his house and articles therein as, in the 7
opinion of the board, have been exposed to infection or contagion. But 8
the board may, in its discretion, disinfect or fumigate all such premises 9
as, in its opinion, have been exposed to any infectious or contagious 10
disease, at the expense of the town, and may employ any proper and 11
competent person to so disinfect or fumigate. Whoever violates any 12
provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than 13
one hundred dollars. 14
Diseases of the
eyes of infants
to be reported.
1905,251, § 1.
1907, 480.
1910, 269.
1914, 177.
230 Mass. 201.
Section 110. If either eye of an infant becomes inflamed, swollen 1
and red, or shows an unnatural discharge within two weeks after birth, 2
the nurse, relative or other attendant having charge of such infant shall 3
report in writing, within six hours thereafter, to the board of health of 4
the town where the infant is, the fact that such inflammation, swelling 5
and redness of the eyes or unnatural discharge exist. On receipt of such 6
report, or of notice of the same symptoms given by a physician as pro- 7
vided by the following section, the board of health shall take such imme- 8
diate action as it may deem necessary, including, so far as may be possible, 9
consultation with an oculist and the employment of a trained nurse, in 10
order that blindness may be prevented. Whoever violates this section 11
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 12
Physicians to
report names
of persons in-
fected with
certain
1827, 129.
R. S. 21, § 44.
G. S. 26, § 48.
P. S. 80, § 79.
1884, 98, § 2.
1891, 188.
R. L. 75, § 50.
1905, 251, § 2.
1907, 480.
1919, 350, § 96.
1920, 244, § 2.
230 Mass. 201.
Section 111. If a physician knows that a person whom he visits is 1
infected with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease 2
declared by the department dangerous to the public health, or if either 3
eye of an infant whom or whose mother a physician, or a hospital medical 4
officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve, 5
visits becomes inflamed, swollen and red, or shows an unnatural dis- 6
charge within two weeks after birth, he shall immediately give written 7
notice thereof, over his own signature, to the board of health of the 8
town; and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit 9
not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars. 10
Op. A. G. (1920) 212.
Chap. 111.] public health. 1103
1 Section 112. If the board of health of a town has had notice of J'„°^^'tJj°'5t
2 a case of any disease declared by the department dangerous to the P||3™jJ|- $
3 pubHc health therein, it shall within twenty-four hours thereafter give isse! loi,' § *.
4 notice thereof to the department, stating the name and the location of r.l,' vsr'i 52!
5 the patient so afflicted, and upon request the department shall forth- igie.'ss. '
6 with certify any such reports to the department of public welfare. §§'87,^96.'
1 Section 113. Every board of health shall keep a record of all reports Records and
2 received pursuant to sections one hundred and nine to one hundred and dangerous"
3 eleven, inclusi^'e, containing the name and location of all persons who isllfgs,
4 are sick, their disease, the name of the person reporting the case, and the f^^ I'. 75, § 51.
5 date of such report or other data required bv the department. Such j-j} j' js.
6 records shall be kept m the manner or upon forms prescribed by the de- wis. 350, §96.
7 partment. The board shall give immediate information to the school 225 Mass! 521!
8 committee of all contagious diseases so reported to it. Every board shall (i9i9)i."
9 appoint some person, who may or may not be a member of the board,
10 who shall give notice, as provided in the preceding section, to the depart-
1 1 ment of diseases dangerous to the public health ; and in case of the absence
12 or disability of such appointee the board shall appoint another person to
13 perform this duty during such absence or disability. Such appointments
14 and the acceptance thereof by the persons so appointed shall be placed
15 upon the records of the board. Any person, having accepted such ap-
16 pointment, who wilfully refuses or wilfully neglects or through gross
17 negligence fails to make and send the notices required by the preceding
IS section as provided therein shall be punished by a fine of not more than
19 fifty dollars.
1 Section 114. A claim of a town against the commonwealth for Forfeiture
2 reasonable expenses incurred by the board of health in making the Jsss^Tss, § 2.
3 provision required by law for persons infected with a disease dangerous R*^L!75"§y;
4 to the public health shall not be defeated by reason of the failure on }^j9;3ij|f6.
5 the part of the board to gi-\e notice of such disease to the department
6 under section one hundred and twelve, if such claim is otherwise a valid
7 claim against the commonwealth.
1 Section 115. Expenses incurred by a town in the removal of nui-
2 sauces or for the preservation of the public health, for which any person 1849,211, 5 e.
3 is liable, may be recovered in contract. g. s. 26, § 49. p. s. so. § so.
R. L. 75, § 54. 98 Mass. 431. 144 Mass. 523.
1 Section 116. Reasonable expenses incurred by boards of health Payinent of
2 or by the commonwealth in making the provision required by law for pOTs^e^fncurred
3 persons infected with smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public towns!"^ ""''
4 health shall be paid by such person or his parents, if he or they be able ||°/;|; ^'
5 to pay, otherwise by the town where he has a legal settlement, upon Jj™|-2\'','|i6
6 the approval of the bill by the board of health of such town or by the 1837, 244, § i.
7 department of public welfare. Such settlement shall be determined g. s.' 26, §i6.
8 by the overseers of the poor, and by the department of public welfare k s^'sa^'
9 in cases cared for by the commonwealth. If the person has no settle- ^ [°vf § 67.
10 ment, such expense shall be paid by the commonwealth, upon the ap- Ij^f;!^^'
11 proval of bills therefor by the department of public welfare. In all }^o^'; ||^; ^ i-
12 cases of persons having settlements, a written notice, sent within the i|i|'3|o''
13 time required in the case of aid gi\-en to paupers, shall be sent by the i87Ma5s^i50^
14 board of health of the town where the person is sick to the board of * '^'^- ^'
1104
PUBLIC IIKALTH.
[ClL\P. 111.
health of the town where such person has a settlement, who shall forth- 15
with transmit a copy thereof to the overseers of the poor of the place 16
of settlement. If the person has no settlement, such notice shall be 17
gi\-en to the department as provided in section one hundred and twelve; 18
and also, in any case liable to be maintained by the commonwealth when 19
public aid has been rendered to such sick person, a WTitten notice shall 20
be sent to the department of public welfare, containing such informa- 21
tion as will show that the person named therein is a proper charge to 22
the commonwealth, and reimbiu'sement shall be made for reasonable 23
expenses incm'red within five days next before such notice is mailed, and 24
thereafter until such sick person is removed under section twelve of 25
chapter one hundred and twenty-one, or is able to be so removed without 26
endangering his or the public health. 27
VENEREAL DISEASES.
Section 117. Each city shall provide for treatment, either in a hos- 1
pital or as out-patients, of indigent persons suffering from contagious 2
or infectious venereal diseases. isoe, ses, § i. 3
Discrimina-
tion against
venereal
forbidden.
1894,511, §3.
R. L. 75, §41.
1906, 305, § 1.
Section 118. No discrimination shall be made against the treat- 1
ment of venereal diseases in the out-patient department of any general 2
hospital supported by taxation in any city where special hospitals, 3
other than hospitals connected with penal institutions, are not pro- 4
vided for the treatment of such diseases at public expense; but any 5
such hospital may establish a separate ward for their treatment. 6
S^venereai°" SECTION 119. Hospital, dispcnsary, laboratory and morbidity re- 1
to^be^'ubUo ports and records pertaining to gonorrhoea or syphilis shall not be 2
1905,330, §3 public rccords, and the contents thereof shall not be divulged by any 3
1919! 350, § 97.' person having charge of or access to the same, except upon proper judi- 4
cial order or to a person whose official duties, in the opinion of the com- 5
missioner, entitle him to receive information contained therein. "\"iola- 6
tions of this section shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of 7
not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of 8
not more than one hundred dollars. 9
Scords, etc., SECTION 120. Laboratory, dispensary and morbidity reports and 1
i9i8,9f,T2^' records of cases of gonorrhoea or syphilis, other than the permanent 2
records of hospitals and institutions, shall be destroyed at the ex-pira- 3
tion of five years from the year when made. 4
Treatment SECTION 121. An Inmate of a public charitable institution or a 1
diseases and prlsoucr in E penal institution w"ho is afflicted with syphilis, gonorrhoea 2
in certain^'^ or pulmonary tuberculosis shall be forthwith placed under medical treat- 3
i89'i!"420°^' ment, and if, in the opinion of the attending physician, it is necessary, he 4
wig', 350,^ **' shall be isolated until danger of contagion has passed or the physician 5
19^? M6 determines his isolation unnecessary. If at the expiration of his sentence 6
Op". A. G. (1920) he is afflicted Mith syphilis, gonorrhoea or pulmonary tuberculosis in its 7
contagious or infectious symptoms, or if, in the opinion of the attending 8
physician of the institution or of such physician as the authorities thereof 9
may consult, his discharge would be dangerous to public health, he shall 10
Chap. 111.] public health. 1105
1 1 be placed under medical treatment and cared for as above provided in
12 the institution where he has been confined until, in the opinion of the
13 attending physician, the said symptoms have disappeared and his dis-
14 charge will not endanger the public health. The expense of his support,
15 not exceeding three dollars and fifty cents a week, shall be paid by the
16 town where he has a settlement, after notice of the expiration of his
17 sentence and of his condition to the overseers of the poor thereof, or, if
18 he is a state pauper, to the department of public welfare.
NULSANCES.
1 Section 122. The board of health shall examine into all nuisances, Regulations
2 sources of filth and causes of sickness within its town, or on board of nufsance*? etc.
3 vessels within the harbor of such town, which may, in its opinion, be §™3%"ii.
4 injurious to the public health, shall destroy, remove or pre\ent the same h f |i^
5 as the case may require, and shall make regulations for the public health g. s. 26, '
6 and safety relati\-e thereto and to articles capable of containing or con- p. s.' so,
7 veying infection or contagion or of creating sickness brought into or it l.'-^a es.
8 con\'eyed from the town or into or from any vessel. Whoe\-er violates il/iilss^isi.
9 any such regulation shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars. "3 Mass! 240!
179 Mass. 383. 190 Mass. 442. 214 Mass. 587.
182 Mass. 39. 203 Mass. 26. 233 Mass. 275.
186 Mass. 330. 208 Mass. 493. 1 Op. A. G. 290.
1 Section 123. Said board shall order the owner or occupant of any Nuisances to
2 private premises, at his own expense, to remove any nuisance, source ol-ner^^'^ ''^
3 of filth or cause of sickness found thereon within twenty-four hours, R™|'if'|io-
4 or %vithin such other time as it considers reasonable, after notice; and jlfl'Kj' ^ ^■
5 an owner or occupant shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars for g.s.'26. js.
6 every day during which he knowingly violates such order. r. l. 75, §67.
98 Mass. 431. 180 Mass. 330. 203 Mass. 26.
132 Mass. 71. 190 Mass. 442.
1 Section 124. Such order shall be in writing, and may be served ordTr^o"^
2 personally on the owner, occupant or his authorized agent by any abatement.
3 person authorized to serve civil process; or a copy of the order may be g.s.'26, §9. '
4 left at the last and usual place of abode of the owner, occupant or agent, r.l. 75. § es.
5 if he is known and within the commonwealth. If the premises are un- "^ ^^''^^' "^"
6 occupied and the residence of the owner or agent is unknown or is with-
7 out the commonwealth, the board may order the notice to be served
8 by posting it on the premises and by ad\-ertising it in one or more
9 newspapers.
1 Section 125. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with such Removal of
2 order, the board may cause the nuisance, source of filth or cause of board"'^^''^
3 sickness to be removed, and all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid n^i:2hlu'
4 by the person who caused or permitted the same, if he has had actual Q^^'i^^'A^
5 notice from the board of health of the existence thereof. P- *■ so, § 23.
R. L. 75, § 69. 98 M,ls.s. 431. 126 Mass. 496.
1 Section 126. If the city council of a city, or a town haA-ing a popu- Location of
2 lation of more than one thousand, accepts this section, or has accepted regSatS'"^
3 corresponding pro\'isions of earlier laws, no privy vault shall be con- Jfgg'ili
4 structed upon premises connected with a common or private sewer or fdio'sis^™"
5 abutting on a public or private street, court or passageway in which
1106
Pl^LIC HEALTH.
[CH.iP. 111.
there is a common sewer opposite thereto, without permission in writ- 6
ing having first been obtained from the board of health. And if, in 7
the opinion of said board, a privy vault so situated is injurious to the 8
public health, it shall declare the same a nuisance and forbid its con- 9
tinuance, and the three preceding sections shall apply thereto. 10
Regulations
relative to
house drain-
age.
1877, 133. § 5.
1881, 185.
P. S. 80, § 12.
1889, 108.
R. L. 75, § 66.
Section 127. The board of health of a city, and the board of health 1
of a town, if authorized by the town, may make and enforce regulations 2
for the public health and safety relati-\^e to house drainage and connec- 3
tion with common sewers, if such a sewer abuts the estate to be drained. 4
Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit not more than one 5
hundred dollars. 6
Eviction from
unfit dwelling.
1850, 108.
G. S. 28, § 11.
P. S. 80. § 24.
R. L. 75, § 71.
Section 128. The board of health, if satisfied upon examination that 1
a building, tenement, room or cellar in its town occupied as a dwelling 2
place has become, by reason of the number of occupants, uncleanliness 3
or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and may become a nuisance or 4
be a cause of sickness to the occupants or to the public, may issue a 5
written notice to such occupants or any of them, requiring the premises 6
to be put into a cleanly condition, or vacated within such time as the 7
board may deem reasonable. If the persons so notified neglect or re- 8
fuse to comply with the notice, the board may cause the premises to 9
be properly cleansed at the expense of the owner, or may remove the 10
occupants forcibly and close up the premises, which shall not be again 11
occupied as a dwelling place without its written permission. If the 12
owner thereafter occupies or knowingly permits the same to be occupied 13
without such permission he shall forfeit not less than ten nor more 14
than fiftv dollars. 15
Removal of
nuisance on
conviction
of owner or
occupant.
1801, 16, § 3.
R. S. 21, § 12.
Section 129. If a person is convicted on an indictment for a com- 1
mon nuisance injurious to the public health, the court may order the 2
nuisance to be removed or destroyed at the expense of the defendant, 3
under the direction of the board of health. 4
G. S. 26, § 12. P. S. 80, § 25. R. L. 75. § 72.
Enjoining
1827, 88.
R. S. 21, § 13.
G. S. 26. § 13.
P. S. 80. § 26.
R. L. 75, § 73.
179 Mass. 3S5.
Compulsory
examination
of premises.
1816, 44, § 2.
R. S. 21, S 14.
G. S. 26, I 14.
1873. 2, § 1.
1877, 211, § 1.
P. S. 80, § 27.
R. L. 75, § 74.
Section 130. The superior court, either before or pending a prose- 1
cution for a common nuisance affecting the public health, may enjoin 2
the maintenance of such nuisance until the matter is decided or the 3
injunction dissolved. 4
Section 131. If the board considers it necessary for preservation of 1
life or health to enter any land, building or premises, or go on board a 2
vessel within its town, to examine into and destroy, remove or prevent 3
a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness, and the board, or any 4
agent thereof sent for that purpose, is refused such entry, any member 5
of the board or such agent may make complaint to a justice of any 6
court of record or to a magistrate authorized to issue warrants, who 7
may thereupon issue a warrant, directed to the sheriff or any of his 8
deputies, to such member or agent of the board, or to any constable 9
of such town, commanding him to take sufficient aid and at any reason- 10
able time repair to the place where such nuisance, source of filth or 11
cause of sickness complained of may be, and to destroy, remove or 12
prevent the same, under the direction of the board. 13
CUAP. 111.] PUBLIC HEALTH. 1107
1 Section 132. Land which is wet, rotten or spongy, or covered with Land which
2 stagnant water, so as to be offensive to residents in its vicinity or in- nufsaMe^ "
3 jurious to health, shall be deemed a nnisance, which the board of health p^f '8o''°§ li'
4 of the town where it lies, upon petition and hearing, may abate in the J^sr, |3s, I i.
5 manner provided in the seven following sections; but if the expense of i32Mas's. 7i.'
6 abatement will exceed two thousand dollars, such abatement shall not be leo Mass^ 486!
7 made without a previous appropriation therefor.
163 Mass. 240. 166 .Mass. 399. 225 Mass. 467.
1 Section 133. Whoever is injured by such nuisance may, by petition Application
2 describing the premises upon which it is alleged to exist and stating i°86s!'i6crr2;
3 the nature of the nuisance complained of, apply to the board for its r.l.^s.Ito.
4 abatement; whereupon such board shall view the premises and examine
5 into the nature and cause of such nuisance.
1 Section 134. Upon such examination, if the board is of opinion that Proceedings on
2 the petition should be granted, it shall appoint a time and place for a fOT^abatement.
3 hearing, first giving reasonable notice thereof to the petitioners, to the p^f '8o!°§ lo*'
4 persons whose lands it may be necessary to enter upon to abate the ^' ^' ''^' ^ ^^"
5 nuisance, and to any other persons who may be damaged or benefited
6 by the proceedings, and to the mayor or the chairman of the selectmen,
7 unless the selectmen constitute the board of health, that they may be
8 heard upon the necessity and mode of abating such nuisance, the ques-
9 tion of damages, and of the assessment and apportionment of the ex-
10 penses of the abatement.
1 Section 135. Such notice shall be in writing, and may be served, n°™efnd
2 by any person authorized to serve civil process, by personal service i|7i''ig!j''5^4^-
3 upon the mayor or chairman of the selectmen, the petitioners, the P- s.'so. § 3_i.'
4 owner or occupant of any land upon which it may be necessary to enter lee Mass. 399.
5 or which may be benefited by the abatement, or the authorized agent of
6 such owner or occupant, or by leaving an attested copy of such notice
7 at the last and usual place of abode of such persons; but if the land
S is unoccupied and the owner or agent is unknown or out of the common-
9 wealth, the notice to such owner may be served by posting an attested
10 copy thereof upon the premises, or by advertising in one or more news-
11 papers in such manner and for such length of time as the board may
12 order.
2 shall hear the parties, and thereafter may cause such nuisance to be J^g^^flg
3 abated by entering upon any land and by making such excavations, Sf-^iil
4 embankments and drains therein and under and across any ways as wis', 46'.
5 may be necessary; and shall also determine in what manner and at
6 whose expense the improvements shall be kept in repair, shall estimate
7 and award the damage sustained by and the benefit accruing to any
S person by reason of such improvements, and what proportion of the
9 expense of making and keeping the same in repair shall be borne by
10 the town and by the persons benefited thereby. The board shall forth-
11 with give notice of its decision, in the manner required in the preceding
12 section, to the parties to whom notice is required to be given by section
13 one hundred and thirty-four and to the assessors of said town. The
14 expense of making and keeping such improA'ements in repair shall be
15 assessed by the assessors upon the persons benefited thereby, as ascer-
1108
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Chap. 111.
tained by said decision, shall be included in their taxes, shall be a lien 16
upon the land benefited thereby, and shall be collected in the same 17
manner as other taxes upon land. Apportionment of assessments under 18
this section may be made and the parts thereof be collected as provided 19
in chapter eighty. 20
Section 137. A person entitled to notice imder section one hundred 1
and thirty-four, who is aggrieved by the decision of said board or of 2
the commissioners appointed under section one hundred and forty 3
that the land described in the petition is a nuisance, may appeal there- 4
from to the superior court, if, within twenty-four hours after notice 5
of such decision, he gives wTitten notice to said board of his intention 6
so to do, and within seven days thereafter files a petition in the superior 7
court stating his grievance and the action of said board thereon, and 8
enters into such recognizance as said court shall order. Said coiu-t 9
may hear and determine such appeal, pending which all proceedings 10
by the board of health relati\'e to such nuisance shall be stayed. 11
Appeal from
assessment-
1887, 338, 5 3.
R. L. 75, § 81.
1918, 257,
§ 192; 2S5.
1919, 5,
1920, 2.
Section 138. Whoever is aggrieved by such decision in the award 1
of damages or in the determination of benefits accrued or in the ap- 2
portionment of the expense may, within three months after notice 3
thereof, petition the superior court under chapter seventy-nine or chap- 4
ter eighty, first giving one month's notice in writing to the mayor and 5
aldermen or selectmen of his intention so to do, and particularly specify- 6
ing therein his objections to said decision. Such petition shall otherwise 7
be made in like manner and the proceedings thereon shall be the same 8
as in case of land taken or betterments assessed under said chapters, 9
respectively. 10
Board to
make return.
1868, 160, § 6.
P. S. SO, § 33.
R. L. 75, § 82.
Section 139. The board shall, within thirty days after the abatement 1
of such nuisance, make return of its doings to the town clerk, who shall 2
record them in the town records. 3
Appointment of Section 140. If the board unreasonably refuses or neglects to pro- 1
ceed in the matter of said petition, the petitioner may apply to the 2
superior court, which, upon a hearing and for good cause shown, may 3
appoint three commissioners, who shall proceed in the manner provided 4
in sections one hundred and thirty-three to one hundred and thirty-nine, 5
inclusive. 6
18BS, 160, § 7.
P. S. 80, § 34.
R. L. 75. § S3.
Application
to c
nty
commissioners.
1866, 211,
§§ 1, 2.
P. S. 80,
§§ 36, 37.
R. L. 75, § 84.
Section 141. Whoever is aggrieved by the neglect or refusal of the 1
board of health to pass all proper orders abating a nuisance may apply 2
to the county commissioners, who may hear and determine such appli- 3
cation and exercise in such case all the powers of such board. The 4
applicant shall, within twenty-four hours after such neglect or refusal, 5
file with said board a written notice to the adverse party of his intention 6
so to apply, and within seven days shall present a petition to one of the 7
county commissioners, stating the grievances complained of and the 8
action of the board of health thereon. 9
R. L. 75, § 85.
Payment Section 142. Each couuty commissioner, when acting under the 1
of costs and , , i i ii i p • in n
expenses. preceding section, shall tax three dollars a day for time and five cents 2
p. s.'so, § 38.' a mile for travel to and from the place of meeting, which shall be paid 3
into the county treasury; and such costs shall in the first instance be 4
135 Mass.
526.
1S3 Mas
s. 491.
151 Mass.
563.
190 Mas
s. 442.
181 Mass.
565.
2UMas
3. 587.
ClL\P. 111.] PUBLIC HEALTH. 1109
5 paid by the applicant, and the commissioners may award that costs
6 of the proceeding shall be paid by any party thereto.
NOISO.ME TR.\DES.
1 Section 143. Boards of health may from time to time assign certain Assignment
2 places for the exercise of any trade or emplojinent which is a nuisance for offensive
3 or hurtful to the inhabitants, injurious to their estates, dangerous to the 1692-3, 23, § 1.
4 public health, or is attended by noisome and injurious odors, and may }n(>-n;8, § 1.
5 prohibit the exercise thereof within the limits of the town or in places r*|'2YV47
6 not so assigned. Such assignments shall be entered in the records of ^f^l'leHlJ-
7 the town, and may be revoked when the board shall think proper. p.s.'so,' § sJ.'
R. L. 75, §91. 11 Allen, 398.
16 Gray, 231. 97 Mass. 221.
SAUen, 325. 116 Mass. 254.
1 Section 144. If a place or building so assigned becomes a nuisance Revocation
2 by reason of offensive odors or exhalations therefrom, or is otherwise itio-n.s, §2.
3 hurtful or dangerous to the neighborhood or to travelers, the superior r. s.'2i, |4s.
4 court may, on complaint of any person, revoke such assignment, pro- p'; |; |o,' § |i
5 hibit such further use of such place or building, and cause the nuisance ^- ^- '=• ^ ^-■
6 to be removed or pre\'ented.
1 Section 145. Whoever is injured in the comfort or enjoyment of his Damages ^
2 estate by such nuisance may recover in tort the damages sustained r. s.'2i,'§ 4~9.
3 thereby. c. s. 26. § 54. p. s. so, § 86. r. l. 75, § 93.
1 Section 146. Orders of prohibition issued under section one hun- Orders of
2 dred and forty-tliree shall be served by an officer qualified to serve civil isss, 391, § 2.
3 process upon the occupant or person having charge of the premises p.s.'so,' § 87.'
4 where such trade or employment is exercised, and the board shall take s Xiien^'sL^*'
5 all necessary measures to prevent such exercise. Whoever refuses or {goMasslwl;
6 neglects for twenty-four hours thereafter to obey the same shall forfeit
7 not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.
1 Section 147. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under section Appeal from
2 one hundred and forty-three or one hundred and fifty-two may, within i8.5.5,'39i, § 3.
3 three days after service of the order upon him, give written notice of i8f!5,263f "'''
4 appeal to the board, and file a petition for a jury in the superior coiu-t f^^s,®"-;.,^ **•
5 in the county where the premises affectetl are located, and, after notice r^^l! 75? '§U:
6 to the board, may have a trial in the same manner as other civil cases 125 Mass. 182.
7 are tried by jury. If by mistake of law or fact or by accident he fails iss Mas»: 491:
8 within said three days to apply as aforesaid, and if it appears to the
9 court that such failm-e was caused by such mistake or accident, and that
10 he has not, since the service of such order upon him, violated it, he may
11 within thirty days after the service of the order upon him apply for a
12 jury.
1 Section 148. Such trade or employment shall not be exercised con- Trade not to
2 trary to the order while such proceedings are pending, unless specially meanwuie.
3 authorizetl by the board; and if so specially authorized all further a°s.'26,^§ 57.'
4 proceedings by the board shall be stayed while such proceedings are [881,^93! u.
5 pending. Upon any violation of the order, unless specially authorized ^- ^- ''^- 5 ^^■
6 as aforesaid, the proceedings shall forthwith be dismissed.
1110
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[CiLiP. 111.
Effect of
verdict.
1S55, 391. § 5.
G. S. 26, § 58.
P. S. SO, § 90.
I8S9, 193, § 2.
R. L. 76, § 97.
Section 149. The verdict may alter, affirm or annul the order, 1
and shall be returned to the court for acceptance; and if accepted, 2
shall have the authority and effect of a valid order of the board, and 3
may also be enforced by the court in equity. 4
Costs.
1855,391, § 6.
G. S. 26, § 59.
P. S. 80, § 91.
1889, 193, § 1.
R. L. 75, § 98.
Section 150. If the order is affirmed by the verdict, the board 1
shall recover costs to the use of the town; if it is annulled and the peti- 2
tioner has not been specially authorized by said board to exercise such 3
trade or employment during the proceedings, he shall recover damages 4
and costs against the town; if it is annulled and the petitioner has 5
been specially authorized as aforesaid, or if it is altered, he shall not 6
recover damages, and the court may render judgment for costs in its 7
discretion. 8
Slaughter
houses, etc.
1692-3, 23, § 1.
1696, 13.
1710-11,8, § 1.
1785, 1, § 1.
R. S.21, §47.
1871, 167, § 1.
1874, 308.
P. S. 80. § 92.
1893, 106.
1897, 428, § 2.
R. L, 75. § 103.
109 Mass. 315,
320.
114 Mass. 353.
185 Mass. 448.
Section 151. No person shall occupy or use a building for carrying 1
on the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep or other animals, or for a 2
melting or rendering establishment, or for other noxious or offensive 3
trade and occupation, or permit or allow said trade or occupation to be 4
carried on upon premises owned or occupied by him, without first ob- 5
taining the written consent and permission of the mayor and city coun- 6
cil, or of the selectmen, or, in any town having a population of more 7
than five thousand, of the board of health, if any, of the town where the 8
building or premises are situated. This section shall not apply to any 9
building or premises occupied or used for said trade or occupation on 10
]May eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; but no person who 11
used or occupied any building or premises on said date for said trades or 12
occupations shall enlarge or extend the same without first obtaining the 13
written consent and permission of the mayor and city council or the 14
selectmen, or, in any town having a population of more than five thou- 15
sand, of the board of health, if any. 16
Prohibition
of offensive
trades.
1710-11, 8, § 2.
1785, 1, § 2.
R. S. 21, § 48.
1871, 167,
§§1,2,
1874, 308.
P. S. 80,
§§ 92, 93.
1886, 101, § 4.
1893, 106.
R. L. 75,
§§ 108, 109.
125 Mass. 182.
181 Mass. 565.
3 Op, A.G.SS.
Section 152. If any buildings or premises are so occupied or used, 1
the department shall, upon application, appoint a time and place for 2
hearing the parties, and, after due notice thereof to the party against 3
whom the application is made and a hearing, may, if in its judgment 4
the public health, comfort or convenience so require, order any person 5
to desist from further carrying on said trade or occupation in such 6
buildings or premises; and no person shall thereafter continue so to 7
occupy or use such buildings or premises. Whoever occupies or uses 8
any building or premises in violation of this or the preceding section 9
shall forfeit not more than two hundred dollars for every month of such 10
occupancy or use and in like proportion for a shorter time. 11
Restraint of
offensive
trades.
1871, 167, § 3.
1874, 290.
P. S. 80,
§§ 94, 95.
R. L. 75, § 110.
185 Mass. 448.
Section 153. The superior court may restrain the unauthorized oc- 1
cupancy, use or extension of any building or premises occupied or used 2
for the trades or occupations aforesaid, and enforce the orders of the 3
department issued under the preceding section; but this and the two 4
preceding sections shall not impair any other remedies against nuisances. 5
Killing and
rendering of
horses, etc.
1901, 134.
R. L. 75, § 11
1902, 116,
§§ 1.3.
Section 154. A person engaged in or desiring to engage in the 1
business of killing horses, or in the rendering of horses or other animals, 2
shall annually in March apply for a license to the board of health of the 3
town where such business is to be carried on. The application shall be in 4
Ch.\P. 111.] ^ PUBLIC HEALTH. 1111
5 writing and signed by the persons desiring to carry on such business, or, i907, 243.
6 if the applicant is a corporation, by a duly authorized officer thereof. It u T.'s. "'
7 shall state the names in full anil the addresses of all persons desiring to §§ m.^44.'
8 carry on such business, or, if a corporation is the applicant, the names of iss Mass. 44s.
9 all its officers, and the street or other place where the business is to be
10 conducted. The board of health of a town may grant such licenses after
11 it is satisfied that the applicants have a suitable building and plant in a
12 situation approved by said board, and that they have suitable trucks or
13 wagons for the removal of dead animals. The license shall state the
14 name of the licensee, the situation of the building or establishment where
15 the business is to be carried on, and shall continue in force until April
16 first of the year next ensuing unless sooner revoked. The board of health
17 shall keep a record of such licenses granted by it, and shall notify the
18 director of animal industry of the granting of any such license, giving
19 the name and address of the licensee. The fee for a license shall not ex-
20 ceed one dollar, and a license may be revoked at any time by the board
21 of health. Licensees shall report to the director of animal industry, in
22 such form and at such times as he may order, every animal received by
23 them which is infected with a contagious disease. No unlicensed person
24 shall carry on the business of killing horses or of rendering horses or other
25 animals. So much of section thirty of chapter one hundred and twenty-
26 nine as provides that no person shall knowingly sell an animal with a
27 contagious disease shall not apply to any person who sells such animal
28 to a licensee under this section, if such animal is to be killed or rendered
29 at the establishment of such licensee. Whoever violates this section shall
30 be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by im-
31 prisonment for not more than three months, or both.
1 Section 155. No person shall erect, occupy or use for a stable any Licenses for
2 building in a city, or in a town having more than five thousand inhab- isoo, 230; 395.
3 itants, unless such use is licensed by the board of health, and, in such jj^,'!^"'
4 case, only to the extent so licensed. This section shall not prevent any jf^f.'l/^'
5 such occupation and use authorized by law on IMay fourth, eighteen ilgf'goo^s
6 hundred and ninety-five, to the extent and by the person so authorized, 5*912' 48| ^ ®^-
7 but the board of health of such a city or town may make such regu- 210 Mass'. 378.
8 lations or orders as, in its judgment, the public health requires relative
9 to drainage, ventilation, size and character of stalls, bedding, number of
10 animals and storage and handling of manure in any stable in its city
11 or town.
1 Section 156. No person shall in a city occupy or use a building stabiesin
2 for a livery stable, or a stable for taking or keeping horses and carriages chu°ches°'
3 for hire or to let, within two hundred feet of a church or meeting house 51i';''''22o;
4 erected and used for the public worship of God, without the written |j§ Jj^^, § 70
5 consent of the religious society or parish worshipping therein; but this
6 section shall not prevent such occupation and use if authorized by law
7 on May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to the extent
8 then authorized.
1 Section 157. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding Penalty.
2 sections or of a regulation or order made thereunder shall be punished is9o,' 213,' § a.'
3 by a fine of five dollars for each day such violation continues. ^ ^' ^°^' ^^'
1112
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Chap. 111.
Licenses for
towns of less
than five
thousand.
1851, 319.
1852, 129.
1853, 362.
G. S. 88. § 32.
P. S. 102, § 39.
1890, 230; 395.
1891, 220, S 4.
1895. 213. § 3.
1897. 428, § 2.
R. L. 102,
§§ 71, 72.
157 Mass. 12.
159 Mass. 409.
Section 158. The selectmen of towns having a population of five 1
thousand or less may license suitable persons to keep more than four 2
horses in specified buildings or places within their respective towns, .3
and may revoke such licenses at pleasure. ^Vhoever, not being licensed 4
as aforesaid, occupies or uses a building or place for a stable for more 5
than four horses shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars for every month 6
he so occupies or uses such building or place, and in like proportion for 7
a shorter time. The superior court may restrain the erection, occupancy 8
or use of stables contrary to this section or section one hundred and 9
fiftv-five or one hundred and fifty-six. 10
166 Mass. 83.
167 Mass. 380.
210 Mass. 378.
Supervision of
inland waters.
1886, 274,
§§ 1-3.
1888. 375,
§§ 1-3.
1890.441. § 1.
1897, 510, § 1.
R. L. 75,
§§ 112, 115
1919, 350, §
179 Mass. 385.
96.
WATER SUPPLY.
Section 159. The department shall have the general oversight and 1
care of all inland waters and of all streams and ponds used by any 2
city, town, water supply or fire district or public institution or by any 3
water or ice company in the commonwealth as sources of ice or water 4
supply and of all springs, streams and watercourses tributary thereto. 5
It shall be provided with maps, plans and documents suitable for such 6
purposes, and shall keep records of all its transactions relative thereto. 7
It shall give notice to the attorney general of any violation of law relative 8
to the pollution of water supplies and inland waters. 9
Examination
of water
supply.
Rules.
1886, 274, § 2.
1888, 375, § 2.
1890, 441,
§§ 1,5.
1897, 510,
§§ 1.6.
R. L. 75,
§§ 113, 122.
1907, 467.
1919, 350, § 96.
189 Mass. 247.
191 Mass. 384.
230 Mass. 6.
4 Op. A. G.
403.
Effect of
publication
of rule, etc.
1899, 308.
R. L. 75.
§ 114.
Section 160. The department may cause examinations of such 1
waters to be made to ascertain their purity and fitness for domestic 2
use, or the possibility of their impairing the interests of the public or 3
of per-sons lawfully using them or of imperilling the public health. It 4
may make rules and regulations to prevent the pollution and to secure 5
the sanitary protection of all such waters used as sources of water 6
supply. It may delegate the granting and withholding of any permit 7
required by such rules or regulations to state departments, boards and 8
commissions and to selectmen in towns, and to boards of health, water 9
boards and water commissioners in cities and towns, to be exercised by 10
such selectmen, departments, boards and commissions, subject to such 11
recommendation and direction as shall be given from time to time by 12
the department; and upon complaint of any person interested, the depart- 13
ment shall investigate the granting or withholding of any such permit, 14
and make such orders relative thereto as it may deem necessary for the 15
protection of the public health. Whoever violates any such orders, 16
rules or regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than five 17
hundred dollars, to the use of the commonwealth, or by imprisonment for 18
not more than one year, or both. 19
Section 161. The publication of an order, rule or regulation made 1
by the department under the preceding or the following section in a 2
newspaper of the town where such order, rule or regulation is to take 3
eft'ect or, if no newspaper is published in such town, the posting of a 4
copy of such order, rule or regulation in a public place therein shall 5
be legal notice to all persons; and an affidavit of such publication or 6
posting by the person causing such notice to be published or posted, 7
filed and recorded, with a copy of the notice, in the office of the town 8
clerk, shall be admitted as evidence of the time when and the place 9
and manner in which the notice was given. 10
Chap. 111.] public health. 1113
1 Section 162. Upon petition to the department by the mayor of Jf''^°3esof
2 a city or the selectmen of a town, the managing board or officer of any P?i'^'''°H
3 pubHc institution, or by a board of water commissioners, or the presi- §§2,'5, 7."
4 dent of a water or ice company, stating that manure, excrement, §§3,' 6, 9.'
5 garbage, sewage or any other matter polhites or tends to polkite the §5 iis.''i22.
6 waters of any stream, pond, spring or watercourse used by such city, {ggVlts! M!"'
7 town, institution or company as a source of water supply, the depart- 4 0p. A.G.403.
8 ment shall apix)int a time and place within the county where the nui-
9 sance or pollution is alleged to exist for a hearing, and after notice
10 thereof to parties interested and a hearing, if in its judgment the public
11 health so requires, shall, by an order served upon the party causing or
12 permitting such pollution, prohibit the deposit, keeping or discharge
13 of any such cause of pollution, and shall order him to desist therefrom
14 and to remove any such cause of pollution; but the department shall
15 not prohibit the cultivation and use of the soil in the ordinary methods
IG of agriculture if no human excrement is used thereon. The department
17 shall not prohibit the use of any structure in existence on June eleventh,
IS eighteen hundred and ninet\'-seven, upon a complaint made by the board
19 of water commissioners of any town or by any water or ice company unless
20 such board of wat^ commissioners or company files with the depart-
21 ment a vote of its city council, selectmen or company that such town or
22 company will at its own expense make such changes in said structure or
23 its location as said department shall deem expedient. Such vote shall be
24 binding on such town or company. All damages caused by such changes
25 shall be paid by such town or company; and if the parties cannot agree
26 thereon, the damages may be recovered under chapter seventy-nine.
27 Whoever violates such an order shall be punished by a fine of not more
28 than five hundred dollars, to the use of the commonwealth, or by imprison-
29 ment for not more than one year, or both.
1 Section 163. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under the Appeal from
2 preceding section may appeal therefrom as provided in section one hun- i89o,'44i. § 3.
3 dred and forty-seven; but such notice as the court shall order shall also rI^l. fi^'sMb.
4 be given to the board of water commissioners and mayor, or chairman of lle^M^s;^^'
5 the selectmen, or president or other officer of the water or ice company 1*9 Mass. 217.
6 interested in such order. While the appeal is pending the order of the
7 department shall be complied with, unless otherwise authorized by it.
1 Section 164. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon the appli- 0"/°"^™®°'
2 cation of the department or of any party interested, may enforce the isso, 441. § 4.
3 orders, rules and regulations of said department, and restrain the use or r. l. 75, '§ 12b.
4 occupation of the premises or such portion thereof as said department
5 may specify on which the material is deposited or kept, or such other
6 cause of pollution exists, until the orders, rules and regulations of the
7 department have been complied with.
1 Section 165. The agents and servants of the department may Entry on
2 enter any building, structure or premises to ascertain whether sources Sj'm^iwation.
3 of pollution or danger to the water supply there exist, and whether ^%\ ^s^'sMi.
4 the rules, regulations and orders aforesaid are obeyed. Their com- H'I^.^m,' 96.
5 pensation for services rendered in connection with proceedings under
6 section one hundred and sixty-two shall be fixed by the department,
7 and shall in the first instance be paid by the commonwealth; but the
1114 PUBLIC HEALTH. [ChaP. HI.
whole amount so paid shall, at the end of each year, be justly and 8
equitably apportioned by the commissioner of corporations and taxation 9
between such towns or companies as, during said year, have instituted 10
said proceedings, and may be recovered in an action by the state treas- 11
lu-er, with interest from the date of demand. 12
o/'precedfng SECTION 166. The scven preceding sections shall not apply to the 1
is'9o?44i 1 6 Connecticut river. The four preceding sections and so much of sections 2
if^L fs'^'s^^s *^"® hundred and fifty-nine to one hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, as 3
1910,' 550. refers to domestic water supplies shall not apply to the Merrimack river, 4
§123. ' or to so much of the Concord river as lies within the limits of Lowell, 5
or to springs, streams, ponds or watercourses over which the metro- 6
poHtan district commission has control. 7
fources'™ °^ SECTION 167. No scwagc, drainage, refuse or polluting matter, of 1
™ater supply, guch kind and amount as either by itself or in connection with other 2
5§i,'2. ' matter will corrupt or impair the cjuality of the water of any pond 3
1896. 252, § i. or stream used as a source of ice or water supply by a town, public 4
185 Mass. loT ' institution or water company for domestic use, of render it injurious 5
to health, and no human excrement, shall be discharged into any such 6
stream or pond, or upon their banks if any filter basin so used is there 7
situated, or into any feeders of such pond or stream within twenty 8
miles above the point where such supply is taken. 9
rights"""^^ Section 168. The preceding section shall not destroy or impair 1
AppiSion rights acquired by legislative grant prior to July first, eighteen hundred 2
i878^'i'83 5 3 ^^*^ scventy-cight, or destroy or impair prescriptive rights of drainage 3
p. s.'so, § 97.' or discharge to the extent to which thev lawfully existed on that date; 4
nor shall it be applicable to the Merrimack or Connecticut rivers, or to 5
so much of the Concord river as lies within the limits of Lowell. 6
219 Mass. 287.
R. L. 75, § 125.
igimst poi- Section 169. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon applica- 1
wat™s°uppiy *^°^^ ^^ ^^^ mayor of a city, the selectmen of a town, the managing board 2
1896' 252' 1 1' °^ officer of a public institution, or a water or ice company which is inter- 3
E. l! 75, '§ i2'6. ested, may enjoin the violation of section one hundred and sixty-seven. 4
133 Mass. 228. 139 Mass. 183. 2J9 Mass. 287.
defiie"n°y"*° SECTION 170. Whoever wilfully and maliciously defiles or corrupts 1
souMeof ^^y spring or other source of water, or reservoir, or destroys or injures 2
7ii3'65% 2 ^^y pipe, conductor of water or other property pertaining to an acjueduct, 3
G s.'i66, 1 6. or aids or abets in any such trespass, shall be punished by a fine of not 4
R. L. 75.' § 127. more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than 5
one year. 6
rupting^of SECTION 171. Whocvcr wilfully deposits excrement or foul or decay- 1
wateTsuppiy i^g matter in water used for domestic water supply, or upon the shore
i879''224 thereof within five rods of the water, shall be punished by a fine of not 3
R L^75'lf28 ^^^^ than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one 4
' month. A police officer or constable of a town where such water is 5
wholly or partly situated, acting within the limits of his town, and any 6
executive officer or agent of a water board, board of water commis- 7
sioners, public institution or water company furnishing water or ice 8
for domestic purposes, acting upon the premises of such board, in- 9
Chap. 111.] public health. 1115
10 stitution or company and not more than five rods from the water, may
11 without a warrant arrest any person found in the act of violating tliis
12 section, and detain him until a complaint can be made against him
13 therefor. But this section shall not interfere with the sewage of a town
14 or public institution, or prevent the enrichment of land for agricultural
15 purposes by the owner or occupant thereof.
1 Section 172. Whoever bathes in a pond, stream or reservoir the Bathing
2 water of which is used for domestic water supply for a town sliall be pun- sources'of '"
3 ished by a fine of not more than ten dollars. i8S4, 172. r. l. 75, § 129. "'^*<'' ^"pp'y
1 Section 173. Any police officer or constable of a town where any Protection of
2 pond, stream or reservoir used for domestic water supply is wholly or supplies.
3 partly situated, acting within the limits of his town, and any executive '^°*' *^^'
4 officer of a water board, board of water commissioners, public institu-
5 tion or water company, furnishing water for domestic purposes, or agent
6 of such water board, board of water commissioners, public institution
7 or water company, duly authorized in wTiting by such board, institu-
8 tion or company, acting upon the premises of such board, institution
9 or company and not more tlian five rods from the water for such supply
10 may, without a warrant, arrest any person found in the act of bathing
11 in a pond, stream or reservoir the water of which is used for the purpose
12 aforesaid, and detain him in some convenient place until a complaint
13 can be made against him therefor.
1 Section 174. Whoever, not being engaged in cutting or harvesting Driving on
2 ice, or in hauling logs, wood or lumber, drives any animal on the ice of used for water
3 a pond or stream used for domestic water supply for a town shall be wbHed"™'
4 punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment p^ago*^'
5 for not more than one month. R. l. 75. § iso, M 101, 102.
protection of CHARLES RIVER.
1 Section 175. The department may make reasonable orders, having Depannient to
2 due regard to the particular circumstances of each case, prohibiting, limit- river from"'
3 ing or regulating the entrance or discharge into the Charles rWer or its 1906*158.
4 tributaries of such sewage, waste, refuse or other substances as are in- i^-^'^*'-
5 jurious to the public health. Before making any such order the depart-
6 ment shall, after due notice to the owner of the premises or the person,
7 corporation, city or town discharging or permitting the entrance of such
8 sewage, waste, refuse or other substance into said ri-\er or any tributai'y
9 thereof hold a hearing, and thereafter shall make, in connection with
10 any order issued by it, specific findings of fact and a recommendation
11 as to the best practicable and reasonably available means of avoiding the
12 pollution in respect to which the order is issued. The findings of fact
13 shall be prima facie evidence in any proceedings to enforce such order.
14 The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity,
15 if they find that entrance or discharge of any such sewage, waste, refuse
16 or other substances into said river or any tributary thereof, is injurious
17 to the public health, to enforce or modify any order made under this
18 section, and to enjoin such entrance or discharge. Proceedings to enforce
19 any such order or to obtain such an injunction shall be instituted and
20 prosecuted by the attorney general at the relation of the department.
21 Nothing in this section shall be held to prevent the flow into the said
1116
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[Chap. HI.
river or any tributary thereof of surface drainage from occupied lands 22
or streets or tlie discharge from drains designed for the disposal of sur- 23
face water and ground drainage, pro\'ided that no sewage or other waste 24
is mingled therewith, nor shall it be held to interfere with the cultiva- 25
tion and use of the soil in the ordinary methods of agriculture. Nor 26
shall this section affect any powers of the metropolitan district com- 27
mission under section thirty-nine or seventy-six of chapter ninety-two. 28
Towns may
establish
quarantine
grounds.
R. S. 21.
§§ 27, 28.
G. S. 26,
If 32, 33.
QUARANTINE.
Section 176. A town may establish a quarantine ground in a suit- 1
able place within its limits, or, with the previous consent of another 2
town, within the limits thereof. Two or more towns may in like man- 3
ner join in establishing such quarantine ground for their common use. 4
p. S. 80. §§ 62. 63. R. L. 75. § 131.
Quarantine
regulations.
1816, 44, § 6.
R. S. 21.
§§ 29-31.
G. S. 26.
§§ 34-36.
P. S. 80,
§§ 64-66.
R. L. 75, § 132
Section 177. The board of health in a seaport may from time to 1
time establish the quarantine to be performed by vessels arriving within 2
its harbor, and may make quarantine regulations for the health and 3
safety of the inhabitants, which shall appl,y to all persons, goods and 4
effects arriving in such vessels and to all persons who for any purpose 5
may visit the same. AMioever violates any such regulation shall forfeit 6
not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars. 7
Quarantine
of suspected
vessels.
1816, 44, § 6.
R. S. 21. § 32.
G. S. 26, § 37.
P. S. 80, § 67.
R. L. 75, § 133.
Section 178. Such board may at any time cause a vessel arriving
in port, if such vessel or its cargo is, in its opinion, foul or so infected
as to endanger public health, to be removed to the quarantine ground
and thoroughly purified at the expense of the owners, consignees or
persons in possession thereof; and may cause all persons arriving in
or for any purpose visiting such vessel, or handling the cargo, to be
removed to any hospital under the care of the board, there to remain
under its orders.
Section 179. Whoever belongs to or arrives in a vessel on board of 1
which any infection then is or has lately been, or is suspected to have 2
been, or which has been at or has come from a port where an infectious 3
distemper prevails which may endanger public health, and refuses to 4
answer on oath, to be administered by any member of the board, ques- 5
E.L.'*75,Vi*34. tions relating to such infection or distemper asked by the board of 6
health of the town to which such vessel may come, shall forfeit not 7
more than two hundred dollars. 8
answer ques-
tions relating
to infections,
1797, 16, § 9.
R. S. 21, § 33.
G. S. 26, § 38.
ofqSirantine Section 180. Expcnscs incurred on account of any person, vessel 1
ili6°«§6 or goods under quarantine regdations shall be paid by the owner of 2
R. S.'21,'§ 34. such vessel. G. S. 26, §39. p. S. 80, §69. 1893,79. 3
R. L. 75. § 135. 120 Mass. 96. 144 Mass. 523.
Boards of
health to
enforce
vaccination.
1809, 116, § 2.
R. S. 21. § 45.
1855, 414,
§§ 3. 4, 6.
G. S. 26.
§§ 28, 29.
v.\ccin.\tion.
Section 181. Boards of health, if in their opinion it is necessary
for public health or safety, shall require and enforce the vaccination and
revaccination of all the inhabitants of their towns, and shall provide
them with the means of free vaccination. \Mioever refuses or neglects
to comply with such requirement shall forfeit five dollars.
Chap. HI.] public health. 1117
1 Section 182. The board of health of a town where any incorpo- inmates of
2 rated manufacturing company, ahnshouse, reform or industrial school, etc.,°tobe
3 hospital or other establishment where the poor or sick are received, Isss'Ti'l!^'
4 prison, jail or house of correction, or any institution supported or aided o^s'.le, §30.
5 by the commonwealth, is situated may, if it decides that it is necessary fg^'^^s^K^j
6 for the health of the inmates or for the public safety, require the au- if®M5^i\3i-
7 thorities of said establishment or institution, at the expense thereof, Op. a. g.
8 to cause all said inmates to be vaccinated.
1 Section 183. Any person over twenty-one presenting a certificate, Exemptions.
2 signed by the register of a probate court, that he is under guardianship r.l.'75!'§i.39.
3 shall not be subject to section one hundred and eighty-one; and any child 544^5 |*Td, 35'
4 presenting a certificate, signed by a registered physician designated by
5 the parent or guardian, that the physician has at the time of giving the
6 certificate personally examined the child and that he is of the opinion
7 that the physical condition of the child is such that his health will be
8 endangered by vaccination, shall not, while such condition continues, be
9 subject to the two preceding sections.
MISCELL.ANEOUS PROVISIONS.
1 Section 184. In order to better preserve public health and secure County
2 greater accuracy in the diagnosis of communicable diseases, county laboratories.
3 commissioners may establish and maintain bacteriological laboratories, igni 792! § i
4 or provide such laboratory facilities for their respective counties as they ^^^^' ^^°' ^ ''"'
5 deem advantageous, and may expend necessary sums therefor. No
6 expenditures shall be made under this section until the laboratories or
7 the laboratory facilities established or provided in accordance herewith
8 have been inspected and approved by the department.
1 Section 185. The proprietor or manager of any place of public Certain ap-
2 amusement or other place where there are provided for public use and Srs^inf^ted, ^
3 entertainment mutoscopes or any other machine or apparatus of such l^s, 38i, 1 1-
4 nature that the person using the same breathes or speaks into it, or,
5 to see or hear, holds any part thereof in contact with or near to his
6 eyes or ears, shall disinfect the same, in such manner as shall be ap-
7 pro\'ed by the board of health, at least twice during such hours, in every
8 twenty-four hours, as the machine or apparatus is offered for use by
9 the public. This section shall not apply to telephones.
1 Section 186. No person shall provide for public use or entertain- Use of certain
2 ment in any place of public amusement or other place of public resort prohiijited.
3 any so-called lung testing machine or similar contrivance the use of ^ o.'s. '
4 which recjuires the application of any part thereof to the lips. Viola-
5 tions of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not
6 more than twenty-five dollars.
1 Sfxtion 187. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon the appli- ff^p?",!™"^
2 cation of the board of health of a town, may enforce the orders of said °^*''p^^''-
3 board relative to public health. Sections thirty-four and thirty-five of ^U-'s^^'
4 chapter two hundred and fourteen shall apply to such cases; but a jury r.'l.' 75. § ui.
.5 may be summoned under said sections, if there is no sitting of the court,
6 within one month after issues have been framed.
1118
REGISTRATION OF PHYSICLAN'S, ETC.
[Ch.\p. 112.
Disposit
on of
forfeitures.
R. S. 21
§46.
1849,211,17.
G. S. 26
§50.
P. S. SO,
§81.
R. L. 75
§55.
Chapter
extends to
cities.
G. S. 26
§60.
P. S. 80,
§ 105
Section 188. Fines and forfeitures incurred under the general laws, 1
the special laws applicable to a town, or the ordinances, by-laws and 2
regulations of a town, relative to health, shall enure to the use of such 3
town except where the forfeiture is incurred by said town. , 4
5 Gush. 40S. 153 Mass. 211.
Section 189. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of 1
this chapter shall apply to cities so far as consistent with their several 2
charters. R. l. 7s. § no. 3
REFERENCES.
§ 92. Special provision as to Brockton, 1920, 108, § 2.
§ 167. Other provisions as to protection of water supply. Chap. 40, § 41.
Other duties of the department of public health:
Cemeteries, Chap. 114, §§ 35, 36.
Cigarettes, Chap. 270, § 6.
Cold storage of food, Chap. 94, §§ 66-73.
Cremation, buildings for, Chap. 114, §§ S, 9.
Food and dnigs. Chap. 94.
Health of school children, Chap. 71, § .57.
Mattresses, manufacture. Chap. 94, §§ 273, 274.
Prisoners, examination of. Chap. 127, § 17.
Schoolhouses, sanitary condition, examination, Chap. 143, § 42.
Tramps, lodging houses for. Chap. 117, § 20.
Water supply, consent for taking, Chap. 40, § 40.
Contamination from filter bed, Chap. S3, § 7.
Other duties of local boards of health:
Animals, disease among domestic, notice to director of animal industry, Chap.
129, § 2S.
Cemeteries, Chap. 114, §§ 34, 37, 38.
Food and drugs. Chap. 94.
District nurses. Chap. 40, § 5, el. 21.
Massage, manicuring, etc., licenses. Chap. 140, § 51.
School children. Chap. 71, § 53 et seq.
Slaughtering animals. Chap. 94, § l\S et seq.
CHAPTER 112.
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.
Sect,
supervision of boards by director.
1. Certain duties of the director of reg-
istration.
REGISTRATION OP PHYSICIANS AND SUR-
GEONS.
2. Examination and registration of physi-
cians.
3. Examinations.
4. Records. Annual reports.
5. Investigation of complaints.
6. Penalties.
7. Application limited.
8. Certificate of registration to be re-
corded by city or town clerk.
9. Limited registration of internes, etc.
10. Medicine and its practice to apply
to and include osteopathy and its
practice.
Sect.
11. Certain acts by osteopaths registered
under section I or 2 of 1909, 526,
prohibited.
12. Disclosure of certain information by
registered physician not slander or
libel.
REGISTRATION OF CHIROPODISTS.
13. Chiropody defined.
14. Certain acts prohibited unless person
registered.
15. Board to prepare and distribute cer-
tain forms and to hold examinations.
16. Granting of certificates of registration
to chiropodists. Renewal.
17. Examinations.
18. Board shall refuse to issue certificate,
and may revoke it, in certain cases.
Chap. 112.]
REGISTRATION OF PHYSICIANS, ETC.
1119
Sect.
19. "Unprofessional conduct" defined.
20. Suspension.
21. Local registration.
22. Penalties.
23. Payment of expenses.
REGISTRATION OF PHARMACISTS.
24. Examination of pharmacists for regis-
tration. Reciprocity certificates.
25. Records and annual report.
26. Exhibit of certificate.
27. Hearing on applications and com-
plaints.
2S. Effect of decision.
29. Suspension.
30. Penalty for unlawful sale of drugs, etc.
31. Proprietor, etc.,' to put his name on
signs and labels.
32. Investigation of complaints.
33. Access to documents.
34. Certificate of conviction of pharmacist
to be sent to board.
35. .Application restricted.
36. Business of deceased or incapacitated
registered pharmacist may be con-
tinued, etc.
REGISTERING AND LICENSING STORES FOR
TRANSACTING RETAIL DRUG BUSINESS.
37. " Drug business" defined.
38. Transaction of retail drug business reg-
ulated.
39. Registration, permits, fee, etc.
40. Registration and permit mai" be sus-
pended or revoked, etc.
41. Penalty.
42. Expenses.
REGISTRATION OF DENTISTS.
43. Powers and duties of board of dental
examiners. Records. Annual report.
44. To publish lists of registered dentists,
etc.
45. Examination and registration of den-
tists.
46. "Reputable dental college" defined.
47. Examination.
48. Reciprocity certificate
49. Dental office to be operated under
name of owner.
50. "Practicing dentistry" defined.
51. Dental hygienist. Qualification, etc.
52. Penalties.
53. Application limited.
REGISTRATION OF VETERINARIANS.
54. Board of registration in veterinary
medicine may make by-laws and
rules
55. Examination and registration of veter-
inanans.
Sect.
56. Examinations.
57. Register. Annual report. Investigation
of complaints.
58. Practice of veterinary medicine defined.
59. Penalty.
60. Limit of application.
GENERAL PROVISIONS REL.^TIVE TO THE
BOARDS OP REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE,
PHAH-VUCY .\ND VETERINARY MEDICINE,
AND THE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS.
61. Board of registration in medicine, etc.,
may suspend, etc., certificate, etc.
62. Hearings.
63. Pendency of action before criminal
court no ground for delay, or vice
versa.
64. Revision of suspension, etc., of certifi-
cate, etc., by supreme judicial court.
65. Penalty for practicing while suspen-
sion, etc., of certificate, etc.
REGISTRATION OF OPTOMETRISTS.
66. Practice of optometry defined.
67. Record, etc.
68. Examination and registration of op-
tometrists.
69. Annual license fee.
70. Certificate of registration to be recorded
with town clerk. Display thereof,
etc.
71. Revocation or suspension.
72. Penalty.
73. Application limited.
REGISTRATION OF NURSES.
74. Examination and registration of nurses.
75. Examinations.
76. Reciprocity registration.
77. Investigation and report on complaints.
78. Records, etc. Annual report.
79. Rules and regulations.
80. Penalties.
81. Limit of application.
REGISTRATION OF EMBALMEES.
82. Examination and registration of em-
balmers, etc. Renewal.
S3. Board to adopt rules and regulations.
84. Record. Annual report.
85. Complaints to be investigated.
86. Certificate to be conspicuously dis-
played.
87. Person not registered prohibited from
engaging in embalming.
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO ALL STATE
BOARDS OF REGISTRATION OB EXAMINA-
TION.
88. Issue of certified statements and dupli-
cate certificates.
1120
REGISTRATION OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. [ChAP. 112.
SUPERVISION OP BOARDS BY DIRECTOR.
Section 1. The director of registration shall supervise the work of
the several boards of registration and examination included in the divi-
Certain
duties of the
director of
1919. 360, §67. sion of registration of the department of ci\-il service and registration.
He shall recommend changes in the methods of conducting examinations
and transacting business, and shall make such reports to the governor
and council as they may require or he may deem expedient.
Examination
and registration
of physicians.
1S94, 458.
H4, 8.
189C, 230,
S§ 1-3-
1897. 196.
1901, 467, § 2.
R. L. 76, I 3.
1913, 346,
1915. 293.
1917, 55, § 1.
1918,85, § 1;
257. I 285.
1919,5.
1920,2.
196 Mass. 326.
4 Op. A. G. 407.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 140.
REGISTRATION OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Section 2. Applications for registration as qualified physicians, 1
signed and sworn to by the applicants, shall be made upon blanks fur- 2
nished by the board of registration in medicine, herein and in sections 3
three to twenty-three, inclusive, called the board. Each applicant, who 4
shall furnish the board with satisfactory proof that he is twenty-one 5
or over and of good moral character, and that he has received the de- 6
gree of doctor of medicine, or its ecjuivalent, either from a legally char- 7
tered medical school having the power to confer degrees in medicine, 8
which gives a full four years' course of instruction of not less than thirty- 9
sLx weeks in each year, or from any legally chartered medical school 10
having such power, if such applicant was, on INIarch tenth, nineteen 11
hundred and seventeen, a matriculant thereof, shall, upon payment of 12
twenty-five dollars, be examine<l, and, if found qualified by the board, 13
be registered as a qualified physician and entitled to a certificate in 14
testimony thereof, signed by the chairman and secretary. An applicant 15
failing to pass an examination satisfactory to the board shall be en- 13
titled within one year thereafter to a re-examination at a meeting of the 17
board called for the examination of applicants, upon payment of a further 18
fee of three dollars; but two such re-examinations shall exhaust his 19
privilege under his original application. The board, after hearing, may 20
revoke any certificate issued by it and cancel the registration of any 21
physician convicted of a felony; or, after hearing, may revoke any cer- 22
tificate issued by it and cancel for a period not exceeding one year, the 23
registration of any physician, who has been shown at such hearing to 24
have been guilty of gross and confirmed use of alcohol in any of its forms 25
while engaged in the practice of his profession, or of the use of narcotic 26
drugs in any way other than for therapeutic purposes ; or of publishing 27
or causing to be published, or of distributing or causing to be distributed, 28
any literature contrary to section twenty-nine of chapter two hundred 29
and seventy-two; or of acting as principal or assistant in the carrying 30
on of the practice of medicine by an unregistered person or by any 31
person convicted of the illegal practice of medicine or by any registered 32
physician whose license has been revoked either permanently or tern- 33
porarily; or of aiding or abetting in any attempt to secure registra- 34
tion, either for himself or for another, by fraud; or, in connection with 35
his practice, of defrauding or attempting to defraud any person. The 36
board may subsequently, but not earlier than one year thereafter, reissue 37
any certificate formerly issued by it or issue a new certificate, and register 38
anew any physician whose certificate was revoked and whose registration 39
was cancelled. 40
isgTisf'ro Section 3. Examinations shall be in whole or in part in writing, in 1
i90i!467! § 1 English, shall be of a scientific and practical character, shall include the 2
Chap. 112.] registration of physicians and surgeons. 1121
3 subjects of anatomy, surgery, physiology, pathology, obstetrics, gynaecol- jge^j/^^ggg
4 ogy, practice of medicine and hygiene, and shall be sufficiently thorough
5 to test the applicants' fitness to practice medicine.
1 Section 4. The board shall keep a record of the names of all persons Records.
2 registered by it and of all money received and disbursed by it, and a isM^^stTe"'
3 duplicate thereof shall be open to inspection in the office of the state fgisi 257,^ '
4 secretary. The board shall make an annual report, including a state- l^^g'^
5 ment of the condition of medicine and surgery in the commonwealth. 1^20. 2.
1 Section 5. The board shall investigate all complaints of the violation investigation
2 of any provision of sections two to twenty-three, inclusive, or of section i's94,™58^'§'7:
3 sixty-fi\'e, so far as it relates to medicine or chiropody, and report the J917; loif us
4 same to the proper prosecuting officers. op.A.o. (1920) 313.
1 Section 6. Except as provided in section sixty-five, whoever, not Penalties.
2 being lawfully authorized to practice medicine within the common- isqs! 412'
3 wealth and registered under section two, or corresponding provisions of I901,' 46?! 1 3.
A earlier laws, or under section one or two of chapter fi\'e hundred and ^q^\ 55; | f;
5 twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, holds himself out as l^^l? ^*^'
6 a practitioner of medicine or practices or attempts to practice medicine j^io. 5.
7 in any of its branches, or whoever practices medicine under a false or 1-5 Mass. 48
8 assumed name or under a name other than that by which he is regis- ise Mass! 320!
•"" ■•-- 558.
217.
184.
23 Mass. 392.
11 application, or whoever files an application under a false or assumed 23!^^ 3^'
12 name or under a name other than his own, or whoever personates or 4 0p. a.g. 432.
13 attempts to personate another applicant for registration during an ex-
14 amination, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
15 nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for three months,
16 or both. A person rendering medical service in violation of this sec-
17 tion shall recover no compensation therefor.
1 Section 7. The five preceding sections and section eight shall not Application
2 be held to discriminate against any particular school or system of medi- 1894,458, §11
3 cine, to prohibit medical or surgical service in a case of emergency, or r^l; 76, §V
4 to prohibit the domestic administration of family remedies. They shall Jgjg; Isfg 2^
5 not apply to a commissioned medical officer of the United States army, {gg^jj^^^g' Igg
6 navy or marine hospital service in the performance of his official duty; 2 J? Mass 1 si
7 to an interne or medical officer registered as provided in section nine, 223 Maes. 392^
8 while engaged in the practice of medicine as authorized by said section; p- • •
9 to a physician or surgeon resident in another state who is a legal practi-
10 tioner therein, when in actual consultation with a legal practitioner of
11 this commonwealth; to a physician authorized to practice medicine in
12 another state, when he is called as the family physician to attend a per-
13 son temporarily abiding in this commonwealth; nor to registered phar-
14 macists in prescribing gratuitously, clairvoyants or persons practicing
15 hypnotism, magnetic healing, mind cure, massage, Christian science
16 or cosmopathic method of healing, if they do not violate any provision
17 of the preceding section.
1 Section 8. No person shall enter upon, or continue in, the practice certificate of
2 of medicine within the commonwealth until he has presented to the bTr^<i;OTd?d by
3 clerk of the town where he has, or intends to have, an office or his usual ^lerk""^ '°""'
1122
REGISTRATION OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
[Chap. 112.
1917. 55,
§ 3; 199.
]ilace of business, his certificate of registration as a physician in the 4
commonwealth, or, if it is lost, a certified statement issued by the board, 5
setting forth all the material facts in the original certificate, and a fee 6
of twenty-five cents. Thereupon the clerk shall record the name of the 7
owner of said certificate or certified statement, together with the date 8
of record, upon blanks appro\'ed by the board, said blanks to be so ar- 9
ranged that a duplicate carbon copy shall be made at the time of the 10
original record. He shall keep the original as a part of his official records 11
and it shall be open to public inspection. He shall, within twenty-four 12
hours after such recording, forward the duplicate to the board. Whoever 13
practices or attempts to practice medicine without complying with this 14
section, or whoever submits to a town clerk a false or fraudulent cer- 15
tificate or certified statement, shall be punished by a fine of not less than 16
five nor more than one hundred dollars; and any town clerk who refuses 17
or neglects to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of 18
not less than five nor more than ten dollars. 19
Limited regis-
tration of in-
ternes, etc
1920. 244, § 1.
Section 9. An applicant for limited registration under this section 1
who shall furnish the board with satisfactory proof that he is twenty- 2
one or over and of good moral character, that he has creditably com- 3
pleted not less than three and one half years of study in a legally chartered 4
medical school in good standing having the power to grant degrees in 5
medicine, and that he has been appointed an interne or medical officer 6
in a hospital or other institution maintained by the commonwealth, or 7
by a county or municipality thereof, or in a hospital incorporated under 8
the laws of the commonwealth may, upon the payment of five dollars, be 9
registered by the board as a hospital medical officer for such time as it 10
may prescribe; but such limited registration shall entitle the said appli- 11
cant to practice medicine only in the hospital or other institution desig- 12
nated on his certificate of limited registration, and under the regulations 13
established by such hospital or other institution. Limited registration 14
under this section may be revoked at any time by the board. 15
Medicine and
its practice to
apply to and
include osteop-
athy and its
practice.
Section 10. The provisions of this chapter with reference to medicine 1
and its practice shall apply to and include osteopathy and its practice, 2
when such construction is not inconsistent with the following section. 3
1909. 526, § 5.
Certain acta
by oeteopatlis
registered
under section 1
or 2 of 1909.
526, prohibited,
1909, 526.
§§3.4.
Section 11. No person now registered as an osteopath under section 1
one or two of chapter five hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nine- 2
teen hundred and nine shall prescribe or administer drugs for internal 3
use, perform major operations in surgery, engage in the practice of 4
obstetrics, or hold himself out, by virtue of such registration, as and 5
for other than an osteopath. Violation hereof shall be punished by 6
the penalty provided in section six. 7
Disclosure of
certain in-
formation by
registered
physician not
slander or
libel,
1918, 111.
Section 12. Any registered physician or surgeon who knows or has 1
reason to believe that any person is infected with gonorrhoea or syphilis 2
may disclose such information to any person from whom the infected 3
person has recei\ed a promise of marriage or to the parent or guardian of 4
such person if a minor. Such information given in good faith by a regis- 5
tered physician or surgeon shall not constitute a slander or libel. 6
ClL\P. 112.] REGISTRATION OF CHIROPODISTS. 1123
REGISTRATION OF CHIROPODISTS.
1 Section 13. "Chiropody", as used in this chapter, shall mean the chiropody
2 external treatment of the structures of the human foot by medical, i9i7,''262, § i.
3 mechanical or surgical means without the use of other than local anaes-
4 thetics. This and the ten following sections shall not apply to sur-
5 geons of the United States army, na\'y, or of the marine hospital ser\'ice,
6 nor to physicians registered in the commonwealth.
1 Section 14. No person shall practice or attempt to practice chi- prohfi^^^j**
2 ropody in the commonwealth, or hold himself out as a chiropodist, or unless iierson
3 designate himself, or describe his occupation, by the use of any words 1917,202. §2.
4 or letters calculated to lead others to believe that he is a registered chi- Penalty, § 22.
5 ropodist, unless he is registered as pro^'ided in section si-xteen.
1 Section 15. The board shall prepare and distribute forms of appli- pr'^°''aj^°nj
2 cations for registration, certificates of registration and such other docu- distribute
*? . p . ... certain forme
3 merits as may be necessary or convenient in carryuig out sections tlurteen and to how
4 to twenty-three, inclusive. It shall hold at least two examinations i9'i7.'202,°"°'
5 annually, at times and places to be designated by it, after due notice of ' *'
<> the same by publication at least twice a week for three successive weeks
7 in one or more newspajiers published in the county where the examina-
8 tion is to be held, and it may hold other examinations as it deems neces-
9 sary or proper.
1 Section 16. Applications for registration, signed and sworn to by the Granting of
. certificates of
2 applicant, shall be made upon blanks furnished by the board. If an registration to
3 applicant furnishes the board with satisfactory proof that he is twenty- Re'ne«°ai'^'^
4 one or over and of good moral character, and that he has received a I§V,' loci's,
5 diploma or certificate from a reputable school of chiropody, or from j^ '''^^^ ^gjQ,
6 some other institution of equal standing, having a minimum require- 248
7 ment of one year's course of at least eight months, he shall, upon pay-
8 ment of fifteen dollars, be examined by the board as pro\ided in the
9 following section, and, if found qualified, shall be registered and shall
10 receive a certificate as a registered chiropodist, signed by the chairman
11 and secretary of the board. An applicant failing to pass an examination
12 satisfactory to the board shall, within one j-ear, if not disqualified under
13 sections eighteen and nineteen, be entitled to a re-examination upon pay-
14 ment of two dollars, and, in case of failure to pass that examination,
15 shall, within one year, if not disqualified as aforesaid, be entitled to a
16 third examination u])on payment of two dollars; but two such re-ex-
17 aminations shall exhaust his privilege under his original application.
18 But no such applicant shall be registered unless he obtains a general
19 average of seventy-fi\e per cent in the various subjects in which he is
20 examined and not less than fifty per cent in any subject. Every such
21 certificate shall expire on the last day of the year when it was granted,
22 but upon payment of two dollars may be renewed by the board for each
23 subsequent year without examination.
1 Section 17. Examinations shall be in English, and shall be wholly Examinations.
2 or partly written, oral or clinical, as the board may determine. Theyshall^^'
3 include and be limited to the subjects of the anatomy, physiology, diag-
1124
REGISTRATION OF CHIROPODISTS.
[Chap. 112
nosis and treatment of the human foot, asepsis, therapeutics and clinical 4
chiropody, and applicants shall not be required to have received a medi- 5
cal or surgical education except as specified in the preceding section. 6
refSIetotliue SECTION 18. The board shall refuse to issue a certificate to a person, 1
certificate and qj. may, after a hearing if requested by a person to whom a certificate 2
in certain cases, has bccu issucd, rcvokc such certificate if, in the opinion of the board, 3
$§ 9.'i2. ' such person is intemperate in the use of alcoholic liquors or narcotic 4
drugs, or has been guilty of misconduct involving moral turpitude, or 5
has been convicted of an ofi'ence involving mora! turpitude, or has vio- 6
lated any provision of sections thirteen to twenty-three, inclusive, or of 7
section sixty-five relative to chiropody, or has been guilty of unprofes- 8
sional conduct, or is in any other manner disquahfied morally, mentally 9
or physically to receive or hold such certificate, or has in his application 10
therefor knowingly made any false statements or presented to the board 11
a fraudulent diploma, certificate or other document. 12
"Unprofes-
sional conduct'
defined.
1917, 202, § 10.
Section 19. "Unprofessional conduct", as used in the preceding 1
section, shall include: (a) the wilful betrayal of a professional secret; (b) 2
lending the use of one's name to an unregistered chiropodist, or having 3
professional connection with such a person or with any one con\'icted 4
of any offence involving moral turpitude; (c) the selling or giving of any 5
substance or compound containing alcohol or narcotic drugs for other 6
than legal purposes.
Suspension.
1917, 202,
5§ 11, 12.
Section 20. The board, after a hearing if requested by the person 1
registered, may suspend any certificate for not less than six months 2
because of any misconduct on the part of the person registered which 3
would not, in its opinion, justify the revocation thereof. 4
Local
registration.
1917, 202, § 14.
Section 21. Every person registered under section sixteen shall, be- 1
fore entering upon the practice of chiropody, submit his certificate of 2
registration to the clerk of the town where he proposes to practice, and 3
shall inform the clerk that he is the person designated therein, and shall 4
pay him fifty cents. Thereupon, the clerk shall record his name and 5
address and the date and number of his certificate, and the said record 6
.shall be open to public inspection, and the clerk shall fiu-nish a copy 7
thereof to the board within one week. 8
Penalties.
1917, 202, § 16.
Section 22. Whoever obtains or attempts to obtain registration 1
under section sixteen by any fraudulent means, or violates any provision 2
of section fourteen, shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be 3
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hun- 4
dred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more 5
than one year, or both. Whoever violates any provision of the preceding 6
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than three nor more than 7
twenty dollars. 8
Payment of
expenses.
1917, 202, § 15.
Section 23. All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the
provisions of the ten preceding sections and in investigating complaints
for violation thereof shall be paid by the commonwealth, but they shall
not in any year exceed the amount received by the commonwealth for
fees under said sections during that year.
Chap. 112.] registration of pharm.vckts. 1125
REGISTR.VTION OF PHARMACISTS.
1 vSection 24. A person who desires to do business as a pliarmacist Exammation of
2 sliall, upon payment of five dollars to the board of registration in phar- for registration.
3 macy, herein and in sections t\venty-fi\'e to forty-two, inclusive, called certificates
4 the board, be entitled to examination, and, if found qualified, shall be ilgeisgyifs!
5 registered as a pharmacist, and shall receive a certificate signed by the if^L'7o^'§\4'
0 president and secretary of the board. Any person failing to pass such }9oS'|25 §i
7 examination shall upon rec}uest be re-examined, after the expiration of wis! 257,'
8 three months, at any regular meeting of the board, upon payment of ioig.s.
9 three dollars. The board may grant certificates of registration as as- 2 op. a. g. 97.
10 sistants after examination upon the terms above named, but such cer- s^op^ a.' g. so.
11 tificates shall not allow the holder thereof to carry on the business of |gOp- a. g. 109,
12 pharmacy. The board may grant certificates of registration to such
13 persons as shall furnish with their applications satisfactory proof that
14 they have been registered by examination in some other state; provided,
15 that such other state shall require a degree of competency equal to that
16 required of applicants in this commonwealth. Every such applicant
17 for registration as a registered pharmacist shall pay to the secretary of
18 the board ten dollars at the time of filing his application. No such cer-
19 tificate shall be granted until the person applying therefor shall have
20 signified his intention of acting under the same in this commonwealth.
1 Section 25. The board shall keep a record of the names of all per- Records and
2 sons examined and registered by it, of all persons to whom permits are isss.^i^l.Ts;
3 issued under section thirty-nine, and of all money received and disbursed r*^l.' 72,^3,'
4 by it, and a duplicate thereof shall be open to public inspection in the §*2ls^^^'
5 office of the state secretary. The board shall make an annual report Jgjg'^-
G of the condition of pharmacy in the commonwealth.
1 Section 26. Every person receiving a certificate of registration from Exhibit of
2 the board shall conspicuously display the same in his place of business, isss. sls^'s s.
1896, 397, § 6. R. L. 76, § 15.
1 Section 27. The board shall hear all applications by registered ^""1;'°?;°°
2 pharmacists for the granting of third class licenses, if a hearing is re- and complaints.
3 quested by the applicant, and all complaints made to it against any §§ i,'2.
4 person registered as a pharmacist charging him in his business as a phar- §§ 7,' 8. '
5 macist with violating any laws of the commonwealth, and especially f^^\ \%^ ^^'
6 the laws relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors; or with engaging isio. i'2. §2.
7 with, or aiding or abetting, another in the violation of said laws; or, if
8 he himself is not the owner and actively engaged in such business, with
9 suffering or permitting the use of his name or certificate of registration
10 by others in the conduct of the business of pharmacy. Such complaint
11 shall set out the offence alleged and be made within fifteen days after
12 the date of the act complained of, or within thirty days after a conviction
13 by a court of competent jurisdiction. The board shall notify the person
14 complained against of the charge against him and of the time and place
15 of the hearing at which he may appear with his witnesses and be heard
16 by counsel. It may summon witnesses and compel their attendance at
17 said hearings. Witnesses shall testify on oath and may be sworn by a
18 member of the board. Three members of the board shall be a quorum
19 for any such hearing.
1126
REGISTRATION OF niARXIACISTS.
[Chap. 112.
Effect of
decision.
1S93, 472, § 3.
1S96, 397, I 9.
R. L. 76, § 17.
1902. 321. 5 1.
1918, 257,
§290.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
179 Mass. lOS.
Section 28. If the full board sitting at such hearing finds the person
guilty, the board may suspend the effect of liis certificate of registration
as a pharmacist for such term as it fixes. The board may at any time
reconsider its action in cases where it has suspended or revoked the
license or certificate of registration of a pharmacist, and may change its
determination as justice shall require.
1 Op. a. G. 499. 2 Op. A. G. 165, 482. 3 Op. A. G. 72.
iQoni'ns Section 29. It may, by a majority vote of all its members, after 1
i9i|J257i hearing, suspend the certificate of registration of a registered pharmacist, 2
i9i9,'5. who, in its judgment, is a menace to the public by reason of the improper 3
use of intoxicating liquor or drugs. 4
1920, 2.
Penalty for
unlawful sale
of drugs, etc.
1885, 313,
l§ 9, 10.
1893. 227.
1896, 397,
§§ 18,23.
1900, 317.
R. L. 76,
§§ 18, 23.
1902, 327.
1908, 525,
§§2,3.
1910, 172, 5 1.
1913, 720,
§§ 1,2.
1918, 257,
§291.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
4 Op. A. G. 109.
Section 30. Except as provided in section sixty-five, whoever, not 1
being registered under section twenty-four or corresponding provisions of 2
earlier laws, sells or ofi'ers for sale at retail, compounds for sale or dis- 3
penses for medicinal purposes drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons, 4
except as provided in sections thirty-five and thirty-six, shall be punished 5
by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. This section shall not prohibit 6
the emplojTuent of apprentices or assistants and the sale by them of any 7
drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons, provided a registered pharmacist 8
is in charge of the store and present therein; nor shall it apply to any 9
unregistered co-partner or unregistered stockholder in a corporation doing 10
a retail drug business who was acti\-ely engaged in the drug business on 1 1
May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Op. a g. (i9i9) 8. 12
Proprieti .
etc., to put h
Section 31. Every registered pharmacist carrying on the drug busi- 1
anJrfabeis.'^"' '^^^s as proprietor or manager shall cause his name to appear on every 2
1913' fio' i i' ^'S^ indicating or advertising his place of business and on every label 3
used for medicinal preparations compounded in his place of business. 4
of MmpfaVnS. SECTION 32. The board shall investigate all complaints of the viola-
1893' 472' 1 6 ^'^'^ °^ ^^y provision of sections twenty-four to forty-two, inclusive,
1896! 397; 1 2i. or of section sixtv-five, so far as it relates to pharmacy, and report the
R. L. 76, § 19. ■ ' . '^ • 11 • • 1
2 0p. A. G. 282. same to the proper prosecuting orhcers, and especially investigate and
cause to be prosecuted all violations of sections twenty-five to thirty-
three, inclusive, and eighty-eight, of chapter one hundred and thirty-
eight.
Access to
documents.
1901. 522, § 2.
R. L. 76, §21.
Section 33. A registered pharmacist against whom a complaint or
charge is pending before the board, or his counsel, shall have the same
right of access to documents in the possession of said board as a person
charged with crime in the courts of the commonwealth would have to
documents in the possession of the clerk of the court or the prosecuting
officer.
Certificate of
con\'iclion of
pharmacist
to be sent
to board.
1901, 522, § 2.
R. L. 76, § 22.
Section 34. The court or magistrate before whom a person is con-
victed of a violation of section thirty of this chapter, or of section thirtj',
thirty-one or thirty-two of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or of
section two of chapter two hundred and seventy shall send to the board
a certificate under seal showing the time, cause and place of conviction.
Cn.VP. 112.] REGISTRATION OF RETAIL DRUG STORES. 1127
1 Section 35. Sections thii-ty and thirty-seven to forty-one, inclusi^•e, Application
2 of this chapter, sections twenty-five to thirty-three, inclusive, and eighty- ifssl^isi § lo.
3 eight, of cliapter one hundred and thirty-eight and section two of chapter Hoo! si?.' ^ "^
4 two hundred and seventy shall not apply to physicians who put up theu fg^ H't^^I
5 own prescriptions or dispense medicines to their patients ; nor to the j^oS' s^s. | s
6 sale of drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons by wholesale dealers or 1918.257;
7 manufacturing chemists to retail dealers; nor to the manufactm-e or sale iow.'s.
8 of patent and proprietary medicines; nor to the sale by merchants at ,3 0p!a. o. 92.
9 retail of the following drugs and chemicals used in the arts, or as house-
10 hold remedies: ahun, ammonia, bicarbonate of soda, borax, camphor,
11 castor oil, chlorinated lime, citric acid, cod liver oil, copperas, cotton
12 seed oil, cream of tartar, dyestuffs, Epsom salt, flaxseed, flaxseed meal,
13 gelatine, ginger, Glauber's salt, glycerine, gum arable, gum tragacanth,
14 hops, hyposulphite of soda, licorice, lime water, linseed oil, litharge,
15 magnesia, olive oil, peroxide of hydrogen, petrolatum, phosphate of
16 soda, rhubarb, Rochelle salt, rosin, sal ammoniac, salt-peter, senna,
17 slippery elm bark, spices for seasoning, sugar of milk, sulphate of copper,
18 sulphur, tartaric acid, turpentine, extract of witch hazel and zinc oxide;
19 nor to the sale in the original packages of the following, if put up by
20 registered pharmacists, manufacturers or wholesale dealers in conformity
21 with law: flavoring essences or extracts, essence of Jamaica ginger,
22 insecticides, rat exterminators, aromatic spirits of ammonia, spirits of
23 camphor, sweet spirits of niter, sjTup of rhubarb, tinctiu-e of arnica and
24 tinctiu-e of rhubarb; nor to the sale of the following poisons used in the
25 arts, if properly labelled and recorded as provided by section two of
26 chapter two hundred and seventy: muriatic acid, oxalic acid, nitric acid,
27 sulphuric acid, arsenic, cyanide of potassium, mercury, phosphorus and
28 sulphate of zinc.
1 Section 36. The widow, executor or administrator of a registered ""/g'"^''|| "'^
2 pharmacist who has died or the wife of one who has become incapacitated incapacitated
3 may continue his business under a registered pharmacist, who may also pharmacist
4 be considered qualified to receive a third class license to be exercised t?nued^etc.
7 present therein.
1910,172,5 1. 1918, 257. §291. 1919,5. 1920,2. Op. A. C. (1919) 19.
REGISTERING AND LICENSING STORES FOR TRANSACTING RETAIL DRUG
BUSINESS.
1 Section 37. "Drug business", as used in the two following sections, ^^^'H^j^jj^ed
2 shall mean the sale, or the keeping or exposing for sale of drugs, medicines, i9i3, 705, § 1'.
3 chemicals or poisons, except as otherwise provided in section thirty-fi\e,
4 also the sale or the keeping or exposing for sale of opium, morphine,
5 heroin, codeine or other narcotics, or any salt or compound thereof, or
6 any preparation containing the same, or cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine,
7 or any synthetic substitute therefor, or any salt or compound thereof,
8 or any preparation containing the same, and the said term shall also
9 mean the compounding and dispensing of physicians' prescriptions.
1 Section 38. No store shall be kept open for the transaction of the J^^^^^f^"'^ °'
2 retail drug business unless it is registered with, and a permit therefor business
3 has been issued by, the board, as provided in the following section. The 1913,705;
4 permit shall be exposed in a conspicuous place in the store for which it 1920,360.
5 is issued.
1128
REGISTRATION OF DENTISTS.
[Chap. 112.
pe^*"/^!' Section 39. The board shall, upon apphcation made in such manner 1
1913, 70S. ^nd form as it shall determine, register a store for the transaction of the 2
1920,360 ^^^^'^ '^^^S business and issue to such person as it deems qualified to 3
* Op- AG. 143, conduct such store, a permit to keep it open; but no such registration 4
shall be made or permit issued in the case of a corporation unless it shall 5
appear to the satisfaction of the board that the management of the drug 6
business in such store is in the hands of a registered pharmacist. Such 7
permit shall expire on January first following the date of its issue, and 8
the fee therefor shall be five dollars. 9
Kegistration
and permit
pended or re-
voked, etc.
1918. 705. § 5.
Section 40. The board may suspend or revoke any registration 1
made under the preceding section and any permit issued thereunder for 2
any violation of the law pertaining to the drug business or the sale of 3
intoxicating liquors or for aiding or abetting in a violation of any such 4
law; but before such suspension or revocation the board shall give a 5
hearing to the holder of the permit, after due notice to him of the charges 6
against him and of the time and place of the hearing. Such holder may 7
appear at the hearing with witnesses and be heard by counsel. Witnesses 8
shall testify on oath and any member of the board may administer oaths 9
to them. The board may require the attendance of persons and compel 10
the production of books and documents. Three members of the board 11
shall be a quorum for such a hearing, but no registration or permit 12
shall be suspended or revoked unless upon the affirmative vote of three 13
or more members thereof. 14
Penalty.
1913, 70S, S 7.
Section 41. Whoever violates any provision of section thirty-eight 1
shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hun- 2
dred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both. 3
Expenses.
1913, 705, § G.
Section 42. For the purpose of carrying out the five preceding sec- 1
tions, the board may expend annually a sum not exceeding one thousand 2
dollars. 3
Powers and
duties of
board of den-
tal examiners.
Records. An-
nual report.
1887, 137,
U 1,2.6.
1897, 187, I 2,
R. L. 76,
§§ 24-26.
1908,294, 5 1.
1915.301,
§§ 1,2,14.
REGISTRATION OF DENTISTS.
Section 43. The board of dental examiners, herein and in sections 1
forty-four to fifty-three, inclusive, called the board, shall examine ap- 2
plicants for registration in dentistry. It may make, and shall publish, 3
necessary rules and regulations for the proper conduct of its duties. 4
Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transac- 5
tion of business. The board shall keep a full record of its proceedings 0
and a registry of all persons registered by it, which shall be public records 7
and open to inspection. A transcript of any of the entries in such record, 8
certified by its secretary, shall be competent evidence of the facts stated 9
therein. The board shall make a full and accurate annual report. 10
To publish
lists of
registered
dentists, etc.
1900, 294, § 1.
R. L. 70. § 26.
1908,294, § 1
1915,301. §4.
1918, 257,
§ 293.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
Penalty, § 52.
Section 44. The board shall publish every three years complete
lists of the names and office addresses of all dentists registered and prac-
ticing in the commonwealth, arranged alphabetically by name and also
by the towns where their offices are situated. It may call for and require
a registration whenever it deems it necessary or expedient to secure
accurate lists of the registered dentists practicing in the commonwealth,
with their office addresses. Every dentist when he begins practice,
either by himself or as an assistant, shall forthwith notify the board
ClIAP. 112.] REGISTRATION OF DENTISTS. 1129
9 of his office address. Every registered dentist shall exhibit his full
10 name in plain readable letters in each office or room where his business
11 is transacted.
1 Section 45. Applications for registration hereunder shall be in writ- ^„|™'"gfj.°°io„
2 ing upon blanks furnished by the board, which shall be signed and sworn of dentists.
3 to by the applicant, presenting proof of the requirements herein specified. §§ 4,'6 '
4 Any such applicant twenty-one years or over and of good moral character §§ I'z '
5 who shall furnish the board with satisfactory proof that he has received i^^'vefsie:
6 a diploma from the faculty of a reputable dental college as defined in the }95|;3oi' ^ *•
7 following section, shall, upon payment of twenty-five dollars, be entitled |S^s, 7.^^
8 to be examined by the board ; provided, that any such applicant who shall H 2, 4 '
9 furnish the board with satisfactory proof that he has attended such a (ig'isuis.
10 reputable dental college for four years and has successfully passed all Penalty, § 52.
11 examinations of the first, second and third years may, upon payment of
12 such fee, be examined. An applicant failing in his examination shall be
13 entitled to one re-examination free of charge, but for each subsequent
14 examination he shall pay ten dollars. If found competent, the applicant
15 shall be registered by the board and shall receive a certificate of registra-
16 tion signed by the members of the board or a majority of them, which
17 shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the holder to practice den-
18 tistry. In proof of this right the certificate or a duplicate shall be kept
19 in lus office in plain view of his patients, and, on application, shall be
20 shown to any member or agent of the board.
1 Section 46. A dental college shall be considered reputable which ^^^5"^^'*^^..
2 possesses the following qualifications: 'lois^oi
3 First. It shall be incorporated and authorized by its charter to confer 1920! 424', § 3.
4 degrees of doctor of dental medicine, doctor of dental surgery or doctor
5 of dental science.
6 Second. It shall have a competent faculty and corps of instructors,
7 giving a course of not less than four separate academic years of not less
8 than tliirty-two weeks each, of six days in each week. The teaching staff
9 shall deliver a comprehensive and satisfactory course of lectures sup-
10 plemented by adequate clinical and laboratory exercises in all subjects
11 pertaining to modern dentistry. It shall require every matriculant to
12 be a graduate of an accredited high school or to present proof of equivalent
13 training. The administrative policy of the school shall be such as to ac-
14 complish the requirements of this section.
1 Section 47. The examination may be written or oral or both, at fif™^"J\*;'|"7
2 the option of the board, and shall include the principal subjects taught 1920: 421', § 4.
3 in reputable dental colleges. Demonstrations in operative and pros-
4 thetic dentistry, diagnosis and prognosis shall be required.
1 Section 48. The board may, without examination, upon the pay- ^^Jjg^"^'"
2 ment of twenty dollars, register, and issue a certificate to, a dentist who ms.aoi.is.
3 has been lawfully in practice for at least five years in another state,
4 or a dentist registered therein, if he presents to the board his certifi-
5 cate of registration from the board of dental examiners or other like board
6 where he last practiced; provided, that such other state shall require
7 a degree of competency equal to that required of applicants in this
8 commonwealth.
1130
REGISTRATION OF DENTISTS.
[Chap. 112.
to'be op°eraTed SECTION 49. No person shall conduct a dental office under any name 1
o"owne'?"'^ other than that of the dentist actually owning the practice, or a corporate 2
1915,301, §9. name containing the name of such dentist. Penalty, § 52. 3
" Practicing
dentistry"
defined.
1908,294, §2.
1909,301.
1911,377.
1915,301,
§§ 10, 14.
Section 50. Any person who owns or carries on a dental practice 1
or business, or who, by himself, his servants or agents, or by contract 2
with others, performs any operation or makes examination, with the 3
intention of performing or causing to be performed any operation on the 4
human teeth or jaws, or who describes himself by the word "dentist" or 5
other like word, or the letters "D.D.S." or other like letters, or other like (>
title in connection with his name, or who ad\ertises by sign, card, cir- 7
cular, pamphlet or newspaper, or otherwise indicates that he by con- 8
tract with others, or by himself, his servants or agents, will perform 9
any operation or make examination, with the intention of performing 10
or causing to be performed any operation on the human teeth or jaws, 11
shall be deemed to be practicing dentistry within the meaning of sections 12
forty-three to fifty-three, inclusive, and section sLxty-five. 13
Dental
hygienist.
Qualification.
1915, 301. §11.
1917. 7f), § 1.
Section 51. Any person of good moral character twenty years old 1
or over, who is a graduate of a training school for dental hygienists 2
requiring a course of not less than one academic year and approved by 3
the board, or who is a graduate of a training school for nurses and 4
has received three months' clinical training in dental hygiene in any 5
such training school for dental hygienists, may, upon the payment of ten 6
dollars, be examined by the board in the subjects considered essential 7
by it for a dental hygienist, and, if his examination is satisfactory, shall 8
be registered as a dental hygienist anfl given a certificate allowing him 9
to practice dental hygiene, which shall mean the cleaning of teeth under 10
the direction of any registered dentist of the commonwealth, subject to 11
such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the board. An appli- 12
cant failing to pass a satisfactory examination shall be entitled to one 1.3
re-examination at any meeting of the board, free of charge, but for each 14
subsequent examination he shall pay ten dollars. 15
Penalties.
1887, 137,
S§5, 8,
1900, 294, § 2.
R. L. 76, § 28.
1905, 289, § 1.
1908, 294, § 2.
1909, 301.
1911,377.
1915, 301,
§§4, 10, 13, 14.
1917, 76, §2.
1918,257,
|§ 293, 294.
1919,5.
1920, 2.
Section 52. Any person who falsely asserts that he has a certificate 1
granted by the board, or who, having such certificate or a duplicate 2
thereof, fails to exhibit the same as required by section forty-five, or who 3
falsely and with intent to deceive claims to be a graduate of any college 4
granting degrees in dentistry, or who, except as permitted by the fol- 5
lowing section, directly or indirectly practices or attempts to practice 6
dentistry or dental hygiene without being registered under sections 7
forty-five to fifty-one, inclusive, or corresponding pro\isions of earlier 8
laws, or any registered dentist or incorporated dental company who 9
employs or permits a person to practice dentistry unless such person is 10
registered and exhibits his name and certificate as provided in sections 11
forty-four and forty-five, or any person who violates any provision of 12
sections forty-three to fifty-three, inclusive, for which no other penalty is 13
provided, shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished by 14
a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for 15
three months, or both; and any registered dentist who fails to exhibit 16
his full name, as required by section forty-four, shall be punished by a 17
fine of not more than fifty dollars; provided, that any corporation violat- 18
ing any provision of sections forty-three to fifty-three, inclusive, shall be 19
Chap. 112.] registration of veterinarians. 1131
20 punished by the fine herein provided for such violation, and its officers,
21 owners or managers concerned in the violation shall be punished by the
22 fine or imprisonment herein provided for such violation, or both.
1 Section 53. Nothing in sections forty-three to fifty-two, inclusive, Application
2 shall apply to treatment by a registered physician not practicing dentis- issV.^isv, § 9.
3 try, in cases where he deems immediate treatment necessary for the r'l.' 76*§^29;
4 relief of his patients, or prevent a registered dentist of another state }905;289;§2.
5 or his assistant from operating at a public clinic under the auspices of a §§ ^f'fa" u
6 duly organized and reputable dental college or association, or prevent
7 a student of a reputable dental college, incorporated untler the laws of
8 this commonwealth and granting degrees in dentistry, from performing '
9 operations as part of the regular college coiu^se, or prevent the widow,
10 executor or administrator of a registered dentist who has died, or the
11 wife of one who is incapacitated, from continuing his business under a
12 registered dentist. A registered dentist shall have the same right to
13 prescribe or buy drugs or medicines for use in the conduct of his prac-
14 tice, as a registered physician of the commonwealth.
registration of veterinari.ans.
1 Section 54. The board of registration in veterinar^y medicine, in the Board of
2 six following sections called the board, may make by-laws and rules con- vS'irar™'"
3 sistent with law necessary to carry out said sections. i903, 249. § 2. SIke bv-iTws
and rules.
1 Section 55. Applications for registration hereunder, signed and f^d re'"istration
2 sworn to by the applicant, shall be made ujjon blanks furnished by the »/ veteriua-
3 board. Any applicant twenty-one years of age or over shall, upon pay- 1903,249,
4 ment of fifteen dollars, be entitled to examination, and, if found qualified fgoe, 503, § 2.
5 by the board, shall be registered as a veterinarian and shall receiA'e a §'295.^^''
6 certificate thereof, signed by its chairman and secretary. Any applicant Jggo 2'
7 failing to pass a satisfactory examination may be re-examined at any
8 regular meeting of the board within two years thereafter, without addi-
0 tional fee, and thereafter may be examined at any such meeting upon
10 payment of fifteen dollars for each examination. The board, after a
11 hearing, may revoke any certificate issued by it to any veterinarian
12 convicted of a crime in the practice of his profession and cancel his
13 registration.
1 Section 56. Examinations shall be wholly or in part in writing, Examinations.
2 shall be in English, and of a scientific and practical character. They 1911,' T99!
3 shall include the subjects of anatomy, surgery, physiology, animal '®^*' ^''*''
4 parasites, obstetrics, pathology, bacteriology, diagnosis and practice,
5 therapeutics, materia medica and veterinary dentistry, and shall be
6 sufficiently thorough to test the applicants' fitness to practice veterinary
7 medicine.
1 Section 57. The board shall keep a register of all veterinarians Register.
2 registered by it, which shall be open to public inspection, and shall make inTestigat?on '
3 an annual report. It shall investigate all complaints of the violation of i903,'24'9,'§'b.
4 any provision of section fifty-nine and of section sixty-five, so far as it ^^°^- ^°^' ^ ^■
5 relates to veterinary medicine, and report the same to the proper prose-
6 cuting officers.
1132
BOARDS OF REGISTRATION, ETC.
[Chap. 112.
Practice of
veterinary
medicine
defined,
1914, 750.
Section 58. The practice, or diagnosis and practice of veterinary 1
medicine, veterinary surgery and veterinary dentistry upon any domes- 2
tic animal shall be deemed to be the practice of veterinary medicine 3
within the meaning of sections fifty-four to sixty, inclusive, and section 4
sixty-five. 5
Penalty.
1903, 249,
?§ 7, 8.
1907,314, § 1.
1914, 750.
Section 59. Any person not registered under section fifty-five or 1
corresponding provisions of earlier laws who holds himself out as a 2
practitioner of veterinary medicine, or who, except as permitted by the 3
following section, practices or attempts to practice veterinary medicine, 4
shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished by a fine of 5
not less than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two 6
months, or both. 7
Limit of
application.
1903, 249. § 9.
1907,314, §2.
Section 60. The six preceding sections shall not prohibit advice 1
or service, in a case of emergency, by a person other than a registered 2
veterinarian, nor shall they prohibit farmers from rendering services 3
to their neighbors, if they do not hold themselves out as registered 4
veterinarians, nor shall they be held to discriminate against any particu- 5
lar school or system of veterinary medicine. They shall not apply to G
a commissioned veterinarian of the United States army in the perform- 7
ance of his official duty; nor to a veterinarian from another state who is 8
a legal practitioner in that state, when in actual consultation with a 9
legal practitioner of this commonwealth; nor to any registered phar- 10
macist prescribing gratuitously, if he does not violate section fifty-nine. 11
general provisions relative to the boards of regi.stration in
medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, •a.nd the board
OF dental examiners.
Section 61. Except as otherwise provided, the board of registra-
tion in medicine, pharmacy or veterinary medicine, or the board of
dental examiners, after a hearing, may, by a majority vote of the whole
board, suspend, revoke or cancel any certificate, registration, license or
authority issued by it, if it appears to the board that the holder thereof
is insane, or is guilty of deceit, malpractice, gross misconduct in the
Op. A. G. (1920) practice of his profession, or of any offence against the laws of the com-
Board of
registration in
medicine, etc.,
may suspend,
etc., certifi-
cate, etc.
1917,218, § 1.
1918, 257,
§296.
1919.5.
1920, 2.
monwealth relating thereto. Any person whose certificate, registration
license or authority is su.spended or revoked hereunder shall also be 9
liable to such other punishment as may be provided by law. The said 10
boards may make such rules and regulations consistent with law as they 1 1
deem proper for the filing of charges and the conduct of hearings. 12
Hearings.
1917, 218, i
Section 62. Any person against whom charges are filed shall bo
notified of the hearing thereof, and may appear with witnesses and be
heard by counsel. If such person has left the commonwealth, or can-
not be found by reasonable search, notice may be dispensed with. Said
boards shall have the same powers to summon witnesses to attend such
hearings, and to swear them as are conferred upon city councils and
other bodies by section eight of chapter two hundred and thirty-tliree,
and said section and sections nine and ten of said chapter shall apply
to witnesses summoned as aforesaid.
1
Chap. 112.] registration of optometrists. 1133
1 Section 63. Said boards shall not defer action upon any charge Pendency of
2 before them until the conviction of the person accused, nor shall the ?riimnai^court
3 pentlency of any charge before any of said boards act as a continuance delay?"" vice
4 or ground for delay in a criminal action. I9i7, 218, § 3. ^*"''-
1 Section 64. The supreme judicial court, upon petition of a person r
2 whose certificate, registration, license or authority has been suspended, et
3 revoked or cancelled, may enter a decree revising or reversin,
4 cision of the board, if it appears that the decision was clearly wrong; but i9f7'2i8°5''4
5 prior to the entry of such decree no order shall be made or entered by
6 the coiu-t to stay or supersede any suspension, revocation or cancella-
7 tion of any such certificate, registration, license or authority.
1 Section 65. Whoever continues to practice medicine, osteopathy, Penalty for
2 chiropody, pharmacy, dentistry, or veterinary medicine or surgery, after suspension.
3 his certificate, registration, license or authority so to do is suspended, cate.°et,c"''
4 revoked or cancelled, and while such disability continues, shall be pun- igJIiisfi*^'
5 ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment ^ ^^'^■
6 for not more than three months, or both. 1919,5. 1920,2.
registration of optometrists.
1 Section 66. The practice of optometry, as used in the seven fol- ^^H^^^^
2 lowing sections, is defined to be the employment of any method or means jqJS'^oo
3 other than the use of drugs for the measurement of the powers of vision assHiass! 320.
4 and the adaptation of lenses for the aid thereof. Op. a. o. (1920) 255.
1 Section 67. The board of registration in optometry, herein and in the Record, etc.
2 six following sections called the board, shall keep a record of the names of 1920! .512'. s 2.
3 all persons examined and registered by it and of all moneys received and
4 disbursed by it, and a duplicate thereof shall be open to public inspection
5 in the office of the state secretary. The board shall make necessary rules
6 and regulations to carry into effect sections sixteen to eighteen, inclusive,
7 of chapter tliirteen and sections sixty-six to seventy-three, inclusive, of
8 this chapter. The board shall make an annual report of the condition
9 of optometry in the commonwealth.
1 Section 68. No person, except as otherwise provided in this section. Examination
2 shall practice optometry until he shall have passed an examination con- of'optfmS™
3 ducted by the board in theoretic, practical and physiological optics, theo- Jgao; s??,' 1 3.
4 retic and practical optometry, and in the anatomy and physiology of the
5 eye, and shall have been registered and shall have received a certificate
6 of registration which shall have conspicuously printed on its face the
7 definition of optometry set forth in section sixty-six. Every applicant
8 for examination shall present satisfactory evidence, in the form of affi-
9 davits properly sworn to, that he is over twenty-one, of good moral
10 character, that he has studied the subjects herein prescribed for at least
11 three years in a registered optometrist's office or has graduated from a
12 school of optometry, approved by the board, maintaining a course of
13 study of not less than two years with a minimum requirement of one
14 thousand attendance hours and that he has graduated from a high school
15 approved by the board or has had a preliminary education equivalent to
16 at least four years in a public high school; provided, that if he is unable
17 to prove graduation from, or four years' actual attendance at, a liigh
1134
REGISTRATION OF OPTOMETRISTS.
[CUAP. 112.
school the board shall determine his qualifications by proper preliminary 18
examination, the fee for which shall be five dollars to be paid by the 19
applicant. But, until July second, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, 20
in lieu of such proof of graduation from a high school or of preliminary 21
education equivalent to at least four years in a public high school, or 22
of such prehminary examination, the applicant shall be required oidy 23
to present satisfactory evidence, in the form of affidavits properly 24
sworn to, that he has had a preliminary education equivalent to at 25
least two years in a public high school. Students entering upon the 26
study of optometry in a registered optometrist's office shall file with the 27
board an application for, and upon payment of one dollar shall receive, 28
a student certificate of fact, and only students so registered shall be 29
entitled to take an examination for registration without attendance at 30
a school of optometry as hereinbefore required. Any person who shall 31
])resent to the board a certified copy or certificate of registration or 32
license which was issued to him after examination by aboardof registra- 33
tion in optometry in any other state, where the requirements for registra- 34
tion are in the opinion of the board equivalent to those of this common- 35
wealth, may be registered and given a certificate of registration in this 36
commonwealth without examination; provided, that such state accords 37
a like privilege to holders of certificates of registration issued in tlus 38
conunonwealth and that the applicant has not previously failed to 39
pass the examination required in this commonwealth. The fee for such 40
registration shall be fifty dollars. 41
Section 69. Every registered optometrist shall, annually, before Feb- 1
ruary first, pay to the board a license fee of two dollars, in default of 2
which the board may revoke his certificate and his authority to practice 3
optometry thereunder, after a hearing as provided by section seventy- 4
one; but the payment of the said fee at or before the time of hearing, 5
with such additional sum, not exceeding five dollars, as may be fixed by 6
the board, shall remove the default. An optometrist duly registered and 7
licensed to practice in this commonwealth, whose Ucense has not been 8
revoked, but who shall have temporarily retired from practice or removed 9
from the commonwealth for not exceeding five years, may register upon 10
paying the lapsed annual license fees and filing with the board his affi- 11
davit as to the facts aforesaid. 12
Certificate of
registration to
bo recorded
with town
cleric Dis-
play thereof,
eti-
1912, 700, § 6
1920, 612, I 4.
Section 70. Every person to whom a certificate of registration has 1
been granted shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the clerk 2
of the town where he principally carries on the practice of optometry; 3
and if he removes his principal office from one town to another in the 4
commonwealth, he shall, before engaging in practice in such other town, 5
notify the board in writing of the place where he is to engage in practice, 6
and obt.'un from the clerk of the town w'here has certificate is recorded a 7
certified copy thereof and file the same with tlie clerk of such other town. 8
The fee for recording such certificate or certified copy thereof shall be 9
fifty cents. Every registered optometrist shall display his certificate of 10
registration in a conspicuous place in the principal office wherein he 11
practices optometry, and shall, whenever so required, exliibit it to said 12
board or its authorized representative; and whenever practicing optom- 13
etry outside of or away from his principal office or place of business, 14
he shall deliver to each customer or person fitted with glasses by him a 15
ClIAP. 112.] REGISTRATION OF OPTOMETRISTS. 1135
16 memorandum of purchase, containing his signature, Iiome post office
17 address and the number of his certificate of registration, together with a
IS specification of the lenses and frames or mountings furnished and the
19 price charged therefor.
1 Section 71. The board may revoke or suspend any certificate of ^^p°™ij,°" '"'
2 registration for fraud or deceit in practice, or for conviction of crime, or 1^12, 700, § s.
.3 for habitual drunkenness for six months immediately before the charges
4 are made, or for gross incompetence; provided, that before any action is
5 taken the accused party shall have written notice of the charges against
6 him and of the day appointed for a public hearing thereof, which shall
7 be at least five days after the service of such notice. At such hearing the
8 accused shall have an opportunity to produce testimony in liis own behalf
9 and to confront the witnesses against him. Three members of the board
10 shall be a quorum for any such hearing. Witnesses at hearings before
11 the board shall testify on oath, and may be sworn by any member thereof.
12 The board may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
1.3 documents at any such hearing. Whenever the certificate of any regis-
14 tered optometrist is revoked, the secretary of the board shall give notice
15 of such revocation to the clerk of the town where the principal office of
16 such optometrist is and the clerk shall record the revocation on the
17 records of his office. \Miere the right of any person to practice has
18 been revoked as herein provided, the board may, after the expiration
19 of one year, receive an application for a renewal of the right to prac-
20 tice, and upon such new application it may grant such a renewal.
1 Section 72. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice Penalty.
2 optometry, holds himself out as a practitioner of optometry, or prac- 1920! 512; 1 6.
3 tices or attempts to practice optometry, or attempts to determine by an
4 examination of the eyes the kind of glasses needed by any person, or
5 whoever personates another practitioner, or fails to deliver a memoran-
6 dum of purchase as required by section seventy, or violates any other
7 provision of sections sixty-six to seventy-tlu-ee, inclusive, shall be pun-
8 ished for the first offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
9 two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months,
1 0 or both, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not less than two hundred
11 nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than
12 three nor more than six months, or both.
1 Section 73. Thesevenprecedingsectionsshallnotapply to physicians Application
2 and surgeons lawfully entitled to practice medicine in the commonwealth, 1912^760. § 10.
3 or to persons who neither practice nor profess to practice optometry, but ^^~°' ^^~' ^ ^'
4 who sell spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses, either on prescription from such
5 physicians or siu-geons, or from optometrists authorized to practice in
6 the commonwealth, or as merchandise from permanently located and es-
7 tablished places of business. But nothing herein contained shall prevent
8 any such physician or surgeon from taking an examination and receiving
9 a certificate of registration under section sixty-eight, nor shall this and
10 the seven preceding sections authorize any person to administer drugs
1 1 in any form, to practice or claim to practice medicine or surgery in any
12 sense, or to use any title or appellation intended or calculated to indicate
13 the practice of medicine or surgery.
1136
REGISTRATION OF NURSES.
[Chap. 112.
Examination
and registra-
tion of nurses.
1910.449, § 3.
1919, 142.
REGISTR.\TION OF NURSES.
Section 74. The board of registration of nurses, herein and in the 1
seven following sections called the board, shall hold examinations for the 2
registration of nurses and shall give notice of the times, places and subjects 3
of such examinations, by publication in one or more newspapers in each 4
county. Applications for registration,' signed and sworn to by the ap- 5
plicant, shall be made on blanks furnished by the board. An applicant 6
who furnishes satisfactory proof that he is at least twenty-one, of good 7
moral character and a graduate of a training school for nurses approved 8
by the board, shall, upon payment of five dollars, be examined by the 9
board, and, if found qualified, shall be registered, with a right to use 10
the title registered nurse and to practice as such, and shall receive a 11
certificate thereof from the board, signed by its chairman and secretary. 12
An applicant failing to pass an examination satisfactory to the board 1.3
shall be entitled, within one year thereafter, to a re-examination at a 14
meeting of the board called for the examination of applicants, without 1.5
the payment of an additional fee. Every person registered hereunder IG
who continues to hold himself out as a registered nurse shall, on or before 17
December thirty-first in each year, renew his registration for the ensuing IS
year by payment of fifty cents to the board, and thereupon the board 19
shall issue a certificate showing that the holder thereof is entitled to 20
practice as a registered nurse for the period covered by said pavinent. 21
In default of such renewal, a person registered hereunder shall forfeit 22
the right to practice as a registered nurse or to hold himself out as puch 23
until such fee shall have been paid. The board may, after a hearing, 24
by \'ote of a majority of its members, annul the registration and cancel 25
the certificate of any nurse; and, without a hearing, may annul the 26
registration and cancel the certificate of a nurse who has been found 27
guilty of a crime. 28
Examinations.
1910, 449, § 4.
Section 75. Examinations shall be partly in writing in the English 1
language and partly in practical work, and shall include the principles and 2
methods of nursing. Due credit shall be given for examinations in special 3
branches. 4
Reciprocity
registration.
1910, 449, § 6.
Section 76. The board may register in like manner, without exam- 1
ination, any person who has been registered as a professional nurse in 2
another state under laws which, in the opinion of the board, maintain a 3
standard substantially similar to that of this commonwealth. 4
Investigation
and report on
complaints.
1910,449, § 8.
Section 77. The board shall investigate all complaints of violation 1
of sections se\'enty-four to eighty-one, inclusiA'e, and report the same to 2
the proper prosecuting officers. 3
Records, etc.
Annual report.
1910, 449, § 9.
Section 78. It shall keep a record of the names of all persons regis- 1
tered by it and of all money received and disbursed by it, and a dupli- 2
cate thereof shall be open to jjublic inspection in the office of the state 3
secretary. It shall make an annual report of the condition of professional 4
nursing in the commonwealth. 5
Rules and
regulations.
1910,449, § 12.
Section 79. The board may make such rules and regulations con- 1
sistent with law relative to procedure under sections seventy-four to 2
eighty-one, inclusive, as it deems expedient. 3
Chap. 112.] registration of embalmers. 1137
1 Section 80. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice as Penalties.
• .. 1 -xi,- xi ixil i- 1^4. 4. 4. 1910,449, §10.
2 a registered nurse within the commonwealth, practices or attempts to
3 practice as a registered nurse, or uses the abbreviation, R.N., or any
4 other words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using the same
5 is such a registered nurse, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
6 one hundred dollars. Whoever becomes or attempts to become regis-
7 tered, or practices or attempts to practice, as a registered nurse under
8 a false or assumed name shall be punished by a fine of not less than
9 one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
10 three months, or both.
1 Section 81. The seven preceding sections shall not apply to gra- Limit of
2 tuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family, or to the i9io?44'9°"§ ii-
3 acts of any person nursing the sick for hire who does not assume to be a
4 registered nurse.
registration of embalmers.
1 Section 82. Any applicant for registration as an embalmer shall, and™£st'ration
2 upon the payment of five dollars to the board of registration in embalm- °J,P™Rp™"|i
3 ing, herein and in the five following sections called the board, be entitled 1905,473, §4.
4 to an examination and, if found qualified, shall be registered as an em-
5 balmer, and shall receive a certificate thereof signed by the chairman
6 and secretary of the board. Any such applicant may be re-examined at
7 any meeting of the board upon the payment of three dollars. Every
8 registered embalmer shall annually, on such date as the board may de-
9 termine, pay to the secretary thereof two dollars for the renewal of his
10 registration.
1 Section 83. The board shall adopt rules and regulations consistent Board to
2 with law governing the care and disposition of human dead bodies and reguiat.ous.
3 the business of embalming.
1905, 473, § 6. 1910, 390. 200 Mass. 474.
1 Section 84. The board shall keep a record of the names of all persons Record.
2 registered by it and of all moneys received and disbursed by it, a dupli- i905"473!T7'
3 cate whereof shall always be open to public inspection in the office of the
4 state secretary. The board shall make an annual report showing the
5 condition of embalming in the commonwealth.
1 Section 85. The board shall investigate all complaints of violation Complaints to
2 of any pro\ision of sections eighty-two to eighty-seven, inclusive, and i9or473?rs. '
3 bring them to the notice of the proper prosecuting officers.
1 Section 86. Every holder of a certificate of registration from the Certificate to
2 board shall conspicuously display it in his place of business. ously'Sspiayed.
1905, 473, § 9.
1 Section 87. Whoever, not being registered imder section eighty- Person not
2 two or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, shall, by himself or by pmMiji'^red from
3 his agent or servant, unless such agent or ser\'ant is so registered, engage eSmfn^
4 in the business of embalming human dead bodies shall be punished by i^°^' *'^' ^ '"■
5 a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
6 not more than two months, or both ; but sections eighty-two to eighty-
7 seven, inclusive, shall not prohibit the employment of apprentices or
8 assistants under the personal supervision of a registered embalmer.
1138
PROMOTION OF ANATOMICAL SCIENCE.
[Chap. 113.
Issue of certi-
fied Btatements
and duplicate
certificates.
1915, 301, § S.
1918,217,
§§ 1-3.
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF REGISTRATION OR
EXAMINATION.
Section 88. Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-three of 1
chapter ninety, every board of registration or examination established 2
by the commonwealth shall — 3
(1) Establish rules and regulations stipulating what information is 4
to be furnished in a certified statement of registration for the fee of one 5
dollar, and stipulating that, in case any additional information is fur- 6
nished, the fee shall be two dollars. 7
(2) Furnish to any applicant the certified statement of registration 8
applied for, provided that the application therefor is accompanied by 9
the fee prescribed by its rules and regulations established as provided 10
above. 1 1
(3) Issue a duplicate certificate of registration upon satisfactory evi- 12
dence that the original certificate has been lost or destroyed, and the fee 13
therefor shall be five dollars. 14
CHAPTER 113.
PROMOTION OF ANATOMICAL SCIENCE.
Sect.
1. Disposition of bodies of certain de-
ceased persons.
2. When bodies not to be given up.
3. Body to be held fourteen days for
identification, etc.
Sect.
4. Taking of such body; bond.
5. Autopsies.
6. Bodies of murderers may be dissected.
Disposition
of bodies
of certain
deceased
persons.
1830, 57, § 3.
1834
187, § 3.
R.S.
22, § 10.
1845
242, § 1.
1855
323, § 1.
G. S.
27. § 1.
1879
291, §9.
P. S.
81, § 1.
1891
185, § 1;
406.
1898
479, § 1.
1900
333.
R.L
77, 1 1.
1918
257,
§298
1919
5.
1920
2.
2 Op
AG. 1.
Section 1. Upon the written application of the dean or other officer 1
of any medical school established by law in the commonwealth, the 2
overseers of the poor of a town, the trustees for children in Boston, the 3
Boston infirmary trustees or the penal institutions commissioner of 4
Boston, the trustees and superintendent of the state infirmary or other 5
public institution supported in whole or part at the public expense, 6
except the Soldiers' Home in Ma.ssachusetts at Chelsea, in this chapter 7
called the authorities, shall permit such dean or other officer to take, 8
within three days after death, the body of any person, required to be 9
buried at the public expense, who died in such town or in any institu- 10
tion under the control of such authorities, to be used within the com- 11
monwealth for the promotion of anatomical science. In giving such 12
permission regard shall be had to delivering such bodies to any such 13
medical schools in proportion, so far as practicable, to the number of 14
students therein. 15
When bodies
not to be
given up.
1830, 57. S 3.
1834. 187. § 3.
P. S. 22, § 11.
1845, 242. § 2.
G. S. 27. § 4.
P. S. 81, § 4.
Section 2. Such permission shall not be given to take the body of 1
any soldier or sailor, known to be such, who served in the war of the re- 2
beilion or in any war between the United States and any foreign power, 3
or the body of any stranger or traveler who died suddenly, or the body of 4
a person who, during his last sickness, of his own accord requested that 5
Chap. 114.]
CEMETERIES AND BXJKIALS.
1139
G his body be buried or delivered to a friend, but such body shall, in con- i89i, iss, §2.
7 formity with such request, if any, be buried or delivered to such friend. §u,'3.
R. L. 77, §§ 1. 3. 1918, 257, § 298. 1919, 5. 1920, 2,
1 Section .3. No body of a deceased person which is subject to section Body to be
2 one shall be used for fourteen days after death for the promotion of days °or ^^°
3 anatomical science, but it shall during such period be kept by the au- |,'J™t'fi'^''''<">'
4 thorities or dean or other officer in a condition and place to be viewed by \ll°- fl^J^'g
5 any person, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of identification. If, ^^^- 22. §§ li,
6 within such time, any person claiming to be and satisfying the authori- isis. 242 §2.
7 ties that he is a friend or is of kindred to the deceased asks to have the p.' s. si's 4.
8 body buried or surrendered to himself, the body shall in conformity with isgs! 479',
9 such request be either buried or delivered to such friend or kindred. r.l'77,§§2,3.
2 0p. A.G. 1.
1 Section 4. Such dean or other officer, ;if he has been given permission Taking of
2 to take the body of a deceased person as provided in section one, shall, bond ° ^'
3 before receiving it, give to the authorities surrendering it, a bond con- ilS; i87,S^3.
4 ditioned that he will comply with the preceding section and that after q; |; p; | J'
5 the time prescribed therein, if the body has not been buried or delivered ^^^^ 479^ §2
6 in accordance therewith, it shall be used only for the promotion of hi,. 77. §2.
7 anatomical science in the commonwealth in such manner as not to out-
8 rage public feeling, and that, after having been so used, the remains shall
9 be decently buried.
1 Section 5. Before surrendering the body of any such person as pro- Autopsies.
2 vided in the four preceding sections, the chief medical officer of any
3 institution named in section one may, if the cause of the death cannot
4 otherwise be determined and if such body is unclaimed by relatives or
5 friends, cause an autopsy to be made upon it.
1 Section 6. Upon conviction of murder in the first degree, the court Bodies of
2 may order the body of the convict after his execution to be dissected, maybe
3 The warden of the state prison shall in such case deliver it to a professor i784, 9, § 4.
4 of anatomy or surgery in a medical school established by law in the its.' ils,' 1 2.'
5 commonwealth, if so requested; otherwise, he shall, unless the convict's p;f;202,'§8.
6 friends desire it for interment, deliver it to any surgeon attending to fg^- ^-^^ *■
7 receive it who will undertake to dissect it.
CHAPTER 114.
CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.
Sect.
cemetery and crematory corporations.
1. Organization of cemetery corporations.
2. Powers and duties.
3. Record of conveyance of lots.
4. Certified copies as evidence.
5. Trust funds.
6. Cremation.
7. Crematory corporations.
8. Right to hold real estate.
9. By-laws and regulations.
Sect.
public cemeteries.
10. Towns to provide burial places.
11. Taking land for burial placet.
12. Hearing by county commissioners.
Notice.
13. Adjudication.
14. Compensation of commissioners.
15. Appropriation for improvements, etc.
16. Appropriation for care of cemeteries.
17. Ancient burial places to be preserved.
1140
CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.
[Chap. 114.
Sect.
18. Towns may care for neglected burial
places.
19. Deposits for perpetual care.
20. Deposits with state treasurer.
21. Same subject.
BOARDS OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.
22. Election of members.
23. Powers and duties.
24. Conveyance of lots. Record.
25. Gifts for cemeteries.
26. Limit of debts incurred. Report.
27. Appointment of commissioners.
USE OF CEMETERIES.
28. Cemetery corporations, etc., may hold
lots, etc., in trust for preservation.
29. Lots, etc., indivisible but inheritable.
30. Hearing as to representation.
31. Family lot to descend to heirs.
32. Wife's right of interment.
33. Husband's right of interment.
Sect.
34. Use of land for new cemetery or ex-
tension of old one.
35. Plan to be approved by department of
public health.
36. Appeal from local board of health.
37. Regulations by boards of health.
38. Closing of tombs, etc.
39. Appeal from order of board.
40. Trial. Costs.
41. Ways not to be laid out over burial
places.
42. Passing through cemeteries regulated.
43. Buildings in city burial place.
CREMATION AND BURIAL.
44. Cremation regulated.
45. Burial permits.
46. Burial of bodies brought into common-
wealth.
47. Certificates necessary for burial, etc.
4S. Same subject.
49. Undertakers to be licensed.
50. Penalty.
Organization
of cemetery
corporations.
1841,114, § 1.
1852, 56,
«1.2.
G. S. 28, § 1.
P. S. 82, § 1.
R. L. 78, § 1.
103 Mass. 94.
168 Mass. 92.
CEMETERY AND CREMATORY CORPORATIONS.
Section 1. Five or more persons desirous of procuring, establishing
and preparing a cemetery, or who are the majority in interest of the pro-
prietors of an existing cemetery, may organize as a corporation in the
manner provided in chapter one hundred and seventy-nine; but such
corporation shall not sell or impair the right of any proprietor of an
existing cemetery. 21s Mass. 387.
Powers and
duties.
R. S. 38. § 7.
1841, 114,
§§ 2-4.
1852, 56, § 2.
G. S. 28, § 2;
60, § 7.
1866, 104.
P. S. 82,
M2,S.
R. L. 78. § 2.
146 Mass. 163.
Section 2. Such corporation shall be subject to chapter one hundred 1
and tifty-fi\e and the first thirteen sections of chapter one hundred and 2
seventy-nine; may take and hold only so much real and personal prop- 3
erty as may be necessary for the objects of its organization; may lay 4
out such real property into lots; and may grant and convey the exclusive 5
right of burial in, and of erecting tombs or cenotaphs upon, any lot and 6
of ornamenting the same, upon such terms and conditions and subject 7
to such regulations as it shall prescribe. Section thirty-four of chapter 8
one hundred and fifty-eight shall apply to such corporation. 9
Record of
conveyance
of lots.
1865, 252,
§§1.2.
P. S. 82, § 6.
1883, 142.
1889, 299.
R. L. 78. § 3.
Section 3. Every cemetery corporation created by special charter
or organized under general laws shall regularly keep books in which it
shall enter all conveyances of burial lots within said cemetery and all
instruments of contract relating to conveyances of such lots. Such
records, and similar records made by such corporation prior to June
second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall have the same effect as
if made in the registry of deeds for the county or district where such
cemeterv is situated, and no other record shall be necessary.
Certified
copies as
evidence.
1865, 252, § 3.
P. S. 82, § 7.
Section 4. The secretary or clerk of such corporation may give cer- 1
tified copies of all deeds and instruments so recorded, which may be used 2
in evidence in the same manner as copies certified by the register of deeds. 3
R. L. 78, § 4.
Chap. 114.] cemeteries and burials. 1141
1 Section 5. Such corporation may hold funds in trust and apply the Trust funds.
2 income thereof to the improvement or embellishment of the cemetery or p. s.'82. § s
3 to the care, preservation or embellishment of any lot or its appurtenances. f53^M?s's.^462.
laS Mass. 509.
1 Section 6. Such corporation may cremate bodies of the dead, and fj9™437°5 j
2 may provide necessary buildings and appHances therefor and for the dis- R^ l. 7s/§ g^
.3 position of the ashes of the dead on any land within its cemetery which i9i9! 35o,' 5 96.
4 the department of public health determines is suitable therefor, and such
5 buildings and appliances shall be a part of the cemetery and be dedi-
6 cated to the burial of the dead, and shall be held by said corporations
7 subject to the duties, and with the privileges and immunities, which they
8 now have by law.
1 Section 7. Five or more persons may form a corporation in the Crematory
2 manner provided in chapter one hundred and fifty-six, with a capital of °s85?2*65?Ti.
3 not less than six thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars, divided J^/g; 333^/9.
4 into shares of a par value of either ten or fifty dollars, for the purpose of aififass 387.
5 providing the necessary appliances for the disposal by cremation of the
6 bodies of the dead; and they shall have the same powers and privileges,
7 and be subject to said chapter except as provided in the two following
8 sections.
1 Section 8. Such corporation may acquire by gift, devise or purchase, Right to hold
2 and hold in fee to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, land isss^zesrs 2.
3 necessary and appropriate for its purposes and situated in such place as i9i4;792ffi.
4 the department of public health determines to be suitable. i^'^- ^^°' ^ ^^■
1 Section 9. Cemetery and crematory corporations may, subject to By-iawsand
2 the approval of said department, make by-laws and regulations consistent isls'rles"^'
3 with law for the reception and cremation of bodies of the dead and for fsgl, 437, § 2.
4 the disposition of the ashes thereof, and shall conduct their business in 5114-712^^1
5 accordance with such regulations as said department shall establish and 1919! 350,' § 96.
6 furnish in writing to the clerk of the corporation. Violation of any such
7 regulation of said department shall be punished by a fine of not less than
8 twenty nor more than five hundred dollars. Such corporations shall not
9 erect, occupy or use any building for cremation until the location and
10 plans thereof with all details of construction have been submitted to and
11 approved by said department or by a person designated by it.
public cemeteries.
1 Section 10. Each town shall provide one or more suitable places for Towns to pro-
2 the interment of persons dying within its limits. isss. 257. § 1. places.™
G. S, 2S. 5 4. P. S. S2, § 9. R. L. 7S, § 10
1 Section 11. If there is necessity for a new cemetery in a town, or Taking land
2 for the enlargement of an existing cemetery in and belonging to a town, p'lac'er"''
3 and the owner or any person interested in the land needed for either i|77;69f'|V'
4 purpose refuses to sell the same, or demands therefor a price which the r f; ^'In'
5 selectmen consider unreasonable, or is unable to convey it, the selectmen losMass.ioe'.
6 may, with the approval of the town, make application therefor by written 327.
7 petition to the county commissioners of the county where the land lies.
1142
CEMETERIES AND BUEIALS.
[Chap. 114.
Hearing by
county com-
missioners.
Notice.
1866, 112, § 2.
1877, 69, « 2,
P. S. 82. § 11.
R. L. 78, § 12.
Section 12. The commissioners shall appoint a time and place for a 1
hearing, and shall cause notice thereof and a copy of the petition to be 2
served personally upon the owner, if known, or left at his place of abode, 3
fourteen days at least before the time appointed for the hearing. If the 4
land is held in trust or by a corporation, or if the ownership is uncer- 5
tain, the commissioners shall also give notice by public advertisement 6
or otherwise. 7
Adjudication.
1866, 112,
H3,5.
1877, 69, § 3.
P. S. 82, § 12.
R. L. 78, § 13.
Compensation
of comniis- .
sioners.
1866. 112, 5 4.
1877, 69, § 4.
Section 13. The commissioners shall hear the parties at the time
and place appointed or at an adjournment thereof, shall atljudicate
upon the necessity of such taking, upon the quantity and boundaries
of any land adjudged necessary to be taken, and may take in fee
under chapter seventy-nine on behalf of the town such land as is ad-
judged necessary.
Section 14. Each commissioner shall be paid by the town three 1
dollars a day for each day spent in acting under the petition, and five 2
cents a mile for travel to and from the place of hearing. 3
p. S. 82, § 13.
R. L. 78, § 14.
Appropriation
for improve-
ments, etc.
1828, 107.
R.S. 15, §12.
G. S. 18, § 10.
1877, 69, § 7.
P. S. 82, § 15.
R.L. 78, § 16.
1909, 279.
Section 15. Towns may appropriate money for enclosing any 1
cemetery lawfully providetl by them or for constructing paths and 2
avenues and embellishing the grounds therein, and may establish all 3
necessary rules relative thereto consistent with law. They may lay out 4
such cemetery into lots, and shall set apart a suitable portion as a public 5
burial place for the use of the inhabitants, free of charge. They may sell 6
and convey to any person, resident or non-resident, the exclusi\'e right 7
of burial and of erecting tombs and cenotaphs upon any lot and of orna- 8
menting the same, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such 9
regulations as they shall prescribe. The proceeds of such sales shall be 10
paid into the town treasuries, be kept separate from other funds, and be 11
appropriated to reimburse the towns for the cost of the land, its care, 12
improvement and embellishment, or the enlargement of tlie cemetery. 13
Appropriation
for careof
cemeteries.
1915, 156.
Section 16. Any town may annually appropriate and raise by taxa- 1
tion such sums as may be necessary to care for and keep in good order and 2
to protect by proper fences any or all burial grounds within the town in 3
which ten or more bodies are interred and which are not properly cared 4
for by the owners, and the care and protection of such burial grounds shall 5
be in charge of the cemetery commissioners, if the town has such officers, 6
otherwise in charge of the selectmen. 7
Ancient burial
places to be
preserved.
1880, 153.
P. S. 82, § 16.
R. L. 78, § 17.
Section 17. A town shall not alienate or appropriate to any other 1
use than that of a burial ground, any tract of land which has been for 2
more than one hundred years used as a burial place; and no portion of 3
such burial ground shall be taken for public use without special authority 4
from the general court. 5
Towns may
care for neg-
lected burial
Section 18. Any town having within its limits an abandoned or neg-
lected burying ground may take charge of the same and keep it in good
order, and may appropriate money therefor, but no property rights shall
be violated and no body shall be disinterred. No fence, tomb, monument
or other structure shall be removed or destroyed, but the same may be
repaired or restored.
Chap. 114.] cemeteries and burials. 1143
1 Section 19. A town may receive, hold and apply any funds, money Deposit* for
2 or secm-ities deposited with the treasurer thereof for the preservation, i87o!225,'^'"^^'
3 care, improvement or embellishment of any public or private burial place p. srii?. § i7.
4 situated therein, or of burial lots situated in such burial places. Such ^^^l] If'-^ jg
5 funds, money or securities shall be entered upon the books of the treasurer, ^^^ '^'"^^ *^~-
G and held in accordance with ordinances or by-laws relative thereto. A
7 town may pass ordinances or by-laws, consistent with law, necessary for
8 the purposes of this section, and may allow interest on such funds at a
9 rate not exceeding six per cent a year.
1 Section 20. Money declared by ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^
2 for perpetual care, maintenance, improvement or embellishment of any l?"/!^''
3 cemetery, or of any lots or plots therein, to an amount not less than two n i-.' "s. § ih.
4 himdred dollars, may be deposited with the state treasurer, who shall
5 receive and receipt for it in the name of the commonwealth. The de-
6 positors at the time of making such deposit shall file with him and with
7 the state secretary a copy of such instrument. If the cemetery belongs
8 to a corporation, the deposit shall be accompanied by a written agree-
9 ment, signed by the president thereof, to the effect that it will accept the
10 income derived from the fund so deposited, and will apply it to the pur-
11 poses set forth in the instrument.
1 Section 21. The state treasurer shall invest such money in the same subject.
2 name of the commonwealth, in bonds or other obligations of the common- §§ s.'l ''
3 wealth or in securities in which he is authorized to invest money in 1904; 422,S^2!
4 behalf of the commonwealth; and, on the first days of February and
5 August in each year, he shall pay over the accrued interest thereof to
6 the treasurer of any association owning a cemetery for the care, main-
7 tenance or improvement of which, or of any lot therein, the money has
8 been deposited with him. If such cemetery is not owned by any associa-
9 tion, such interest shall be paid to the town where the cemetery is located.
10 At the time of paying such interest, the state treasurer shall inform the
11 person to whom it is paid of the piupose to which it is to be applied, as
12 stated in the copy of the instrument which is filed with him, and the
13 person to whom it is paid shall apply it to such purpose.
BOARDS OF cemetery COMMISSIONERS.
1 Section 22. A town which accepts this and the four following sec- Election of
2 tions or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws may, at isoo, IS. § 1.
3 any town meeting, elect by ballot a board of cemetery commissioners {917; 7*'^^''
4 consisting of three persons. If such board is first chosen at a meeting 1920,591,119.
5 other than an annual town meeting, one member shall be elected for one
6 year from the day following that fixed for the last preceding annual town
7 meeting, one member for two years and one member for three ,>'ears
8 from said day; and annually thereafter one member shall, at the annual
9 town meeting, be elected by ballot for a term of three years. Such
10 boards shall choose a chairman, and a clerk who may be a member of
11 the board.
1 Section 23. Said board shall have the sole care, superintendence and Jut™'^ ^""^
2 management of all public burial grounds in its town, may lay out any ||^° |^*'
3 existing public burial grounds in its town or any land purchased and set R !■ ^s. § 22.
4 apart by said town for such cemeteries, in lots or other suitable subdivi-
1144
CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.
[Chap. 114.
Conveyance
of lots.
Record.
1890. 264. § 3.
R. L. 78. § 23.
sions, with proper paths and avenues, may plant, embellish, ornament 5
and fence the same and erect therein such suitable edifices and con- 6
veniences and make such improvements as it considers convenient; 7
and, subject to the approval of the town, may make such regulations, 8
consistent with law, as it deems expedient. 9
Section 24. Said board may, by deed made and executed in such 1
manner and form as it may prescribe, convey to any person the sole and 2
exclusive right of burial in any lot in such cemeteries and of erecting 3
tombs, cenotaphs and other monuments or structures thereon upon such 4
terms and conditions as its regulations prescribe. Such deeds and all 5
subsequent deeds of such lots made by the owners thereof shall be re- 6
corded by said board in suitable books of record, which shall be open to 7
the public at all reasonable times. 8
Gifts for
cemeteries.
1890. 264. § 4.
R. L. 78, § 24.
Section 25. A town in which cemetery commissioners are chosen 1
may receive gifts or bequests for maintaining cemeteries or cemetery 2
lots, which shall be paid into the town treasury and, with the accounts 3
thereof, shall be kept separate from the other money and accounts of 4
said town. Tlie town treasurer shall invest all such funds in accordance 5
with the stipulations, if any, accompanj'ing them; otherwise he shall 6
invest them as ordered by the selectmen and said commissioners and 7
pay the income therefrom upon their order or with their approval. The 8
proceeds of sales of lots or rights of burial in such cemeteries shall be 9
paid into the town treasury and shall be subject to said orders. 10
Limit of debts
incurred.
Report.
1890, 264, § 5.
R. L. 78, § 25.
Section 26. Said board shall not incur debts or liabilities for pur- 1
poses other than aforesaid nor to an amount exceeding the amount of the 2
funds subject to their order, and it shall annually make a written report 3
to said town of its official acts, of the condition of such cemeteries, and 4
render an account of its receipts and expenditures for the same and of 5
the funds subject to its order. 6
Appointment of Section 27. If a town SO votcs Under section twentv-one of chapter 1
commissioners. . ' . .
1920, 591, § 43. forty-one the selectmen shall appoint a board of cemetery commissioners 2
to consist of three members, to be appointed for the term of three years. 3
The commissioners shall, under the supervision and control of the select- 4
men, maintain the public cemeteries in the town, and shall with the 5
approval of the selectmen, appoint such employees as are necessary to 6
maintain such cemeteries. 7
Cemetery cor-
porations, etc.,
may hold lots,
etc., in trust
for preserva-
tion.
1919, 124.
USE OF cemeteries.
Section 28. The owner of any right, title or interest in or to a lot, 1
tomb or monument in any cemetery owned or controlled by any company 2
or association or by any town, may convey or devise the same to such 3
company, association or municipality in trust for the purpose of its pres- 4
ervation as a memorial or as a burial place for the bodies of the owner 5
and his descendants or relatives, or of such other persons as may be speci- 6
fied in the instrument creating the trust, or upon such other trust as may 7
be created by the instrument and accepted by the grantee or devisee; 8
but no such instrument shall be construed to take away the right of the 9
heirs of the owner of a lot or tomb to be buried therein, unless the instru- 10
ment contains an express provision to that effect. Any such grantee or 11
Chap. 114.] cemeteries .\nd burials. 1145
12 devisee may accept any such grant, gift or devise, and if it accepts the
13 same shall forever carry out and observe the terms of the instrument by
14 which the grant, gift or devise was made. After the making of a convey-
15 ance or the taking effect of a devise and its acceptance by the cemetery
16 authorities, the grantor of the lot, tomb or monument or of any interest
17 therein, or the heirs and assigns of the grantor or devisor thereof, shall
18 have no control over it except such as may be reserved in the instrument.
1 Section 29. Lots in cemeteries incorporated under section one. Lots. etc.. in-
2 tombs in public cemeteries in cities, and lots and tombs in public ceme- Inheritable"
3 teries in towns, shall be held indivisible, and upon the decease of a pro- cf^s.'28.*§ 3.^'
4 prietor of such lot the title thereto shall vest in his heirs at law or devisees, l^^i.'si^iis.i.
5 subject to the following limitations and conditions: If he leaves a JlgS' 1IJ5S1
G widow and children, thev shall have the possession, care and control of R. l^js, §26.
. t . . 1S2 Mass 175
7 said lot or tomb in common durmg her life. If he leaves a widow and no 1 Op. a. a. 327.
8 children, she shall have possession, care and control during her life. If
9 he leaves children and no widow, they shall have in common the pos-
10 session, care and control of such lots or tombs during their joint lives,
11 and the survivor of them during his life. The persons in possession,
12 care and control of such lots or tombs may erect a monument and make
13 other permanent improvements thereon. The widow shall have a right
14 of permanent interment for her own body in such lot or tomb, but it may
15 be removed therefrom to some other family lot or tomb with the consent
16 of her heirs. If two or more persons are entitled to the possession, care
17 and control of such lot or tomb, they shall designate in wrriting to the
18 clerk of the corporation, or if it is a tomb or lot in a public cemetery, to
19 the board of cemetery commissioners, if any, or to the town clerk, which
20 of their number shall represent the lot; and in default of such dcsig-
21 nation, the board of trustees or directors of the corporation, the board
22 of cemetery commissioners, if any, or the board of health if such lots or
23 tombs are in public cemeteries in towns, shall enter of record which of
24 said persons shall represent the lot during such default. The widow may
25 release her right in such lot, but no conveyance or devise by any other
26 person shall deprive her of such right.
1 Section 30. Before entering of record the name of any person to Hearing aa to
2 represent such lot or tomb, the board of cemetery commissioners, if any, i892Tifi5?§'°2"'
3 or the board of health of a town shall hear the parties entitled to the fii^ui^s^us,
4 control thereof at such time and place as it shall have previously ap-
5 pointed by a notice published in a new.spaper, if any, of the town; other-
6 wise, by posting a copy in a public place therein.
1 Section 31. If in a will no express disposition or other mention is Family lot to
2 made of a cemetery lot owned by the testator at his decease, and wherein hrirT"
3 he or any member of his family is buried, the ownership of the lot shall ^^^*-'^^^-
4 not pass from his lawful heirs by any residuary or other general clause
5 of the will, but shall descend to his heirs, as if he had died intestate.
1 Section 32. A wife shall be entitled to a right of interment for her wife's right of
2 own body in any burial lot or tomb of which her husband was seized at isss, 262.'
3 any time during coverture, which shall be exempt from the operation of ' ' ~ '
4 the laws regulating conveyance, descent and devise, but may be released
5 by her in the same manner as dower.
1146
CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.
[Chap. 114.
Husband's
right of
interment.
1S99, 479,
Section .33. A husband shall have the same rights in the tomb or 1
burial lot of his wife as a wife has in that of her husband. 2
1900. 4.50. § 9. R, L. 7S. § 29.
w?lme"ter'" SECTION 34. Except in the case of the erection or use of a tomb on 1
Une"^'°° °' private land for the exclusive use of the family of the owner, no land, 2
other than that already so used or appropriated, shall be used for burial, 3
unless by permission of the town or of the mayor and aldermen of the 4
city in which the same lies; but no such permission shall be given until 5
the location of the lands intended for such use has been approved in 6
writing by the board of health of the town where the lands are situated 7
after notice to all persons interested and a hearing; and the board of 8
health, upon approval of the use of any lands either for new cemeteries or 9
for the extension of existing cemeteries, shall include in the records of 10
the said board a description of such lands sufficient for their identification. 11
For every interment in violation of this section in a town in which the 12
notice prescribed in section thirty-seven has been given, the owner of 13
the land so used shall forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one 14
hundred dollars. 15
1855. 257,
§§ 2-4.
G. S 28,
§§5.11.
P. S- 82.
§§18.21.
R. L. 78. § 30.
190S. 379, § 1.
99 Mass. 281.
lis Mass. 354,
220 Mass. 5.
Plan to be
Approved by
department of
public health,
1908, 379, § 2.
Section 35. No land other than that so used and appropriated on 1
April tenth, nineteen hundred and eight, shall be used for the purpose of 2
burial if it be so situated that surface water or ground drainage therefrom 3
may enter any stream, pond, reservoir, well, filter gallery or other water 4
used as a source of public water supply, or am' tributary of a source so 5
used, or any aqueduct or other works used in connection therewith, until 6
a plan and description of the lands proposetl for such use have been sub- 7
mitted to, and approved in writing by the department of public health. 8
Appeal froin
local board of
health.
1908, 379, § 3.
Section 36. Any person, including those persons in control of any 1
public land, or the officers of any municipality, aggrieved by the action 2
of a board of health in approving the purchase, taking or use of any lands 3
for cemetery purposes may, within sixty days, appeal from the order of 4
said board to the department of public health, and said department may, 5
after a hearing, rescind such order or may modify and amend the same by 6
approving a part of the lands so proposed for such use. 7
Regulations by
boards of
health.
R. S. 21,
§§7,8.
1855, 257,
§§5,6.
G. S. 28,
§§6,7.
P. S. 82,
§§ 19,20.
1885, 278, § 1.
R. L. 78, § 31.
16 Pick. 121.
8 Gush. 66.
13 Allen, 546.
109 Mass. 1.
Section 37. Boards of health may make regulations concerning 1
burial grounds and interments within their towns ; may impose penalties 2
not exceeding one hundred dollars for a breach thereof; may prohibit the 3
use by undertakers, for the purpose of speculation, of tombs as places of 4
deposit for bodies committed to them for burial; and may close any 5
tomb, burial ground, cemetery or other place of burial within the town 6
for such time as they consider necessary for the protection of the public 7
health. Notice of such regulations shall be given by publishing them in 8
a newspaper, if any, of the town ; otherwise, by posting a copy in a public 9
place therein. Such publication shall be notice to all persons. 10
closing of
tombs, etc.
1855, 257. § 9.
G. S. 28, § 8.
P. S. 82, § 22.
R. L. 78. § 32.
Section 38. Before a tomb, burial ground or cemetery is closed by 1
order of the board of health for more than one month, all persons in- 2
terested shall have an opportunity to be heard, and personal notice of the 3
time and place of hearing shall be given to at least one owner of the tomb, 4
and to three at least, if there are so many, of the owners of such burial 5
Chap. 114.] cemeteries and burials. 1147
6 ground or cemetery, and notice shall be published for at least two suc-
7 cessive weeks preceding such hearing in two newspapers published in the
8 county.
1 Section 39. The owner of a tomb aggrieved by an order of the board Appeal from
. , 11*1 1 . , order or board.
2 of health closing a tomb, burial ground or cemetery may, within six i^ss, 257 §?.
3 months after the date thereof, appeal therefrom to the superior court, p.s.'s2.'§23.
4 first giving written notice to the board fourteen days before the entry of
5 such appeal; but the order of the board shall remain in force until the
6 appeal has been determined.
1 Section 40. Appeals shall be tried before a jury, and if the jury find ^gss^s?!*?'
2 that the tomb, burial ground or cemetery so closed was not a nuisance or p|||'| j?'
3 injurious to the public health at the time of the order and that the closing isss, 278, § 2.
4 thereof was not necessary for the protection of the public health, the
5 court shall rescind such order so far as it affects such tomb, burial ground
6 or cemetery, and the appellant may reco\'er the costs of the appeal from
7 the town where the tomb, burial ground or cemetery was situated. If the
8 order is sustained, the board of health shall recover double costs, to the
9 use of the town.
1 Section 41. A public way shall not be laid out or constructed in, ways not to
2 upon or through an enclosure used or appropriated for a burial place over bu?ia^
3 except by special authority from the general court or with the previous ^gsTis?. § i.
4 consent of the inhabitants of the town where such enclosure is situated; fsfg^Ro
5 or, if such enclosure belongs to private proprietors, with their previous g s. 43.
6 consent. p. s. 82. §§29,30. r. l. 78, §35.
1 Section 42. Whoever uses as a means of passage from one point to Passing
2 another, not being thereupon at the time for any other purpose, the teriesfeguTttd.
3 premises of a cemetery or burial place, in any other parts thereof than §§",'i.*"'
4 the defined ways, paths and walks, shall be punished by a fine of not
5 more than twenty dollars.
1 Section 43. No building shall be erected upon any burial place Buildings in
2 belonging to a city, except by special authority from the general court, piace'^"""'
3 or with the previous consent of the city council. g. s. 43, § so.
1S77, 182, § C. P. S. 82, § 31. R. L. 78, § 36.
cremation and burial.
1 Section 44. The body of a deceased person shall not be cremated Crernation
2 within forty-eight hours after his decease unless he died of a contagious isss. zes! § 4.
3 or infectious disease, and, if the death occurred within the common- r. l! 78, § 37'.
4 wealth, the body shall not be recei\'ed or cremated by any corporation ^^°'^' ^^*'
5 authorized to cremate the bodies of the dead until its officers have re-
6 ceived the certificate or burial permit required by law before burial, and
7 a certificate from a medical examiner that he has viewed the body and
8 made personal inquiry into the cause and manner of death, and is of
9 opinion that no further examination or judicial inquiry concerning the
10 same is necessary. If the death occurs without the commonwealth, the
11 reception and cremation of the body of a deceased person shall be gov-
12 erned by a by-law or regulation made or approved by the department of
13 public health as provided by section nine.
1148
CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.
[Ch.\p. 114.
Buiial permits.
1878. IT-!.
P. S. 32. § 3.
1888, 306. § 2.
1893, 263, § 2
1897, 437, § 1.
R. L. 78. § 38.
4 Op A.G.406
Penalty, § 50.
Section 4.5. No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body 1
in a town, or remove therefrom a human body which has not been buried, 2
except as provided in the following section, until he has received a permit 3
from the board of health or its agent appointed to issue such permits, or 4
if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the person died; 5
and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human body and remove 6
it from a town, or from one cemetery to another, until he has received a 7
permit from the board of health or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk 8
of the town where the body is buried. No such permit shall be issued 9
until there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the 10
case may be, a satisfactory written statement containing the facts re- 11
quired by law to be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, 12
in case of an original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attend- 13
ing physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 14
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 15
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough for IG
the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the board 17
of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, shall 18
upon application make the certificate required of the attending physician. 19
If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall make such 20
certificate. The board of health or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 21
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit it to the 22
clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom the permit is so 23
given and the physician certifying the cause of death shall thereafter 24
furnish for registration any other necessary information whicJi can be 25
obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause of the death, 26
which the clerk or registrar may require. 27
Burial of
bodies brought
into rommon-
wealth.
1897, 437, § 2.
R. L. 78. § 39
Section 46. No undertaker or other person shall bury a human 1
body or the ashes thereof which have been brought into the common- 2
wealth until he has received a permit so to do from the board of health 3
or its agent appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, 4
from the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 5
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the cemetery 6
or burial ground in which the interment is made, if a record is kept of the 7
names of all persons buried therein, or from a duly appointed superin- 8
tendent of burials in such town who keeps a record of interments. Such 9
permit shall not be issued until the undertaker or other person has de- 10
livered a certificate to said board, agent, clerk, superintendent or person 11
having such care, giving the name of the deceased, his age as nearly as 12
can be ascertained, the cause of death, the name of the town where he 13
last resided or from which the body was brought, or, if the death occurred 14
at sea, the name of the vessel upon which it occurred, and any other 15
facts required for record which could be obtained with reasonable dili- 16
gence. The board of health or its agent, or the superintendent or person 17
having such care, shall, upon receipt of such certificate, forthwith counter- 18
sign and transmit it to the town clerk; and if the deceased was a resi- 19
dent of said town, the clerk shall record the same in the books kept for 20
recording deaths; but if the deceased was at his death a resident of any 21
other town within the commonwealth said clerk shall forthwith forward 22
to the clerk thereof a copy of such certificate, who shall record the same. 23
necesfa?y7or SECTION 47. No pcrsou having the care of a cemetery or burial 1
isgz'is?'^? 3 ground shall permit a human body to be buried therein, or such body or 2
Chap. 114.J cemeteries and burials. 1149
3 the ashes thereof to be removed therefrom, until the permit for such r.l. 7s. §40.
4 burial or removal has been delivered to him, nor permit the ashes of a ' "
5 human body to be buried therein until there has been delivered to him ''™'''*^'' § ^'^■
6 a certificate that the burial permit and the certificate of the medical
7 examiner prerequisite to the cremating of said body have been duly
8 presented. Upon the burial of a body or of the ashes thereof in a ceme-
9 tery, or upon the removal of a body or the ashes thereof from a cemetery,
10 or upon the cremation of a body, the superintendent or other officer in
11 charge of the cemetery or crematory shall endorse upon the permit or
12 certificate the fact of such burial, removal or cremation, with the date
13 thereof, shall make and preserve a complete record of the permit or
14 certificate with his endorsement, and shall forthwith return the permit
15 or certificate to the office issuing the same.
1 Section 48. An undertaker shall not bury the ashes of a human same subject.
2 body until he has received from the person having the charge of the r. l!78, Vii^
3 crematory a certificate that the burial permit and the certificate of the penalty, § 50.
4 medical examiner prerequisite to the cremating of said body have been
5 duly presented.
1 Section 49. Boards of health shall annually, on or before May first, JJ,''^r"'''"^
2 license a suitable number of undertakers who can read and write the ''^^"^I'^j,
3 English language. Such license shall be issued upon such terms and p. s.'32,_§ e.
4 conditions as the board of health may prescribe, and may be revoked r.l! 78.' §44!
5 at any time by the board if its terms or conditions or any requirements "™ '^''^^' *^*'
0 of law relative thereto have been violated by the undertaker. An under-
7 taker so licensed may act in any town.
1 Section 50. Violations of any of the provisions of sections forty-five Penalty.
2 to forty-eight, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than r l. ts, '§ 42.
3 fifty dollars.
REFERENCES.
Trusts for care of cemeteries, Chap. 168, § 37.
Cemeteries, and property held for care of graves, exempt from taxation, Chap. 59,
§ 5, els. 12, 13.
Investment of cemetery funds by cities and towns, Chap. 44, § 54.
Care of graves of soldiers and sailors by cities and towns, Chap. 115, § 22.
1150
STATE AND MILITARY AID, SOLDIERS' RELIEF, ETC. [CiLAP. 115.
TITLE XVII.
PUBLIC WELFARE.
Chapter 115. State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, etc.
Chapter 116. Settlement of Paupers.
Chapter 117. Support of Paupers by Cities and Towns.
Chapter 118. Aid to Mothers with Dependent Children.
Chapter 119. Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings against Them.
Chapter 120. Massachusetts Training Schools.
Chapter 121. Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare, and the
Massachusetts Hospital School.
Chapter 122. State Infirmary and State Paupers.
Chapter 123. Commitment and Care of the Insane and Other Mental Defectives.
CHAPTER 115.
STATE AND MILITARY AID, SOLDIERS' RELIEF, ETC.
Sect.
1. Definition.
2. Commissioner, powers and duties.
3. Cities and towns may pay state and
military aid.
4. Applications for aid.
5. Commissioner to determine controver-
sies, etc.
6. Payment of state aid, etc.
7. Restrictions as to wife or widow.
8. Classification of certain beneficiaries.
9. Limit of amounts payable. No aid to
be paid in certain cases.
10. Military aid, etc.
11. Aid under third and fourth classes to be
ordered by commissioner.
12. Conditions of receiving military aid.
Notice in certain cases.
13. Receipt of aid limited.
Definition.
1879, 301, § 2.
P. S. 30. § 3.
1889, 301, § 2.
1894, 301, § 2.
1899, 374, § 2.
R. L. 79, § 4.
19M, 381, § 4.
1908, 405.
1909, 468, § 4.
1912, 589.
Sect.
14. To whom state and military aid may
be paid, etc. Not to he attached or
assigned.
15. Reimbursement of cities and towns for
aid. Returns, etc.
16. Investigating agents, appointment, etc.
Investigations by municipal author-
ities.
17. Soldiers' rehef.
18. How furnished.
19. Burial agents in cities and towns, desig-
nation, powers and duties.
20. Expense of burial Hmited. Conduct of
funeral. Returns and reimbursement.
21. Certain provisions not to apply.
22. Care of graves of soldiers and sailors.
23. Bounty money of minors.
24. Recording of discharge or release
papers of soldiers, etc.
Section 1 . The following words, as used in this chapter, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
"Commissioner", commissioner of state aid and pensions.
"Pensioner", "soldier" and "sailor" shall include private, non-com-
missioned and commissioned officer.
"Sailor" shall include marine. i9i4, 5S7, §4. 1919,290, § 10.
poweTifid"^"^' Section 2. The commissioner shall perform the duties required of 1
1877^^192 5 7 ^^^ under this chapter relative to state and military aid. He shall 2
1879] 252! 1 6. investigate, so far as the interests of the commonwealth require, all 3
Chap. 115.] state anI) military aid, soldiers' relief, etc. 1151
4 payments for state and military aid under this chapter; shall furnish p. s. so, § i.
5 information, prepare papers and expedite the adjudication of claims, !||g; fgl; § 3
6 assist claimants in pro\ing their cases, keep a record of tlie work done in }|P' 'ilf ^ ^■
7 his office and make an annual report. 1894, 279, § 9.
1899, 372, § 9; 374, § 6.
K. L. 79, §§ 1,23. 1909,468,5 1. 1917, 179. § 4.
1902, 192. §§ 1, 2. 1914, 587, § 1. 1918, 108, § 5; 164, § 1.
1904, 381, §1. 1916, 314, § 4. 1919, 190; 290, § 1.
1 Section 3. A town may raise money, and, vmder the direction of '^''''^^ """^
^111 I • T^ I • I 1 „ , towns may pay
2 the aldermen or selectmen, or, in boston, subject to the order or the state and miii-
3 city council, as to the amounts to be paid to beneficiaries, but under 1861,222, §i.
4 the direction of the soldiers' relief commissioner, may pay state or mili- §§ i-lf'
5 tary aid to, or expend it for, any worthy person, subject to the con- \ll\ || JI3;
6 ditions specified in this chapter. Whenever money is expended for any «''i'''|.®'i76
7 person within the provisions hereof, no officer of anv town shall, di- !§•'*■ *''■ ,„
-., .1- ii**i' • • '' p .1, 5!* l-'i' 143,
8 rectly or indirectly, solicit, direct, or in any way interiere with the re- « 1 2 ^
9 cipient of such aid in the matter of the person, partnership or corpora- §§ i,'2. "'
10 tion to whom or to which, or the place at which, the recipient shall give 2fit, 12" ''
11 his custom; and whoever violates this provision shall be punished by a lies', 107! ^ "^
12 fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars. Jl™' 3i4 ^ ''
1874, 330. 1897, 441. 1914, 587, § 2.
1877, 192, §§ 1, 6, 10. 1899, 372, {§ 1, 13: 1916, 314. § 1.
1878, 282, §1. 374, §U,10. 1917, 5, § 1 ; 179, §§ 1, 8.
1879, 252, § 1; 301, § 1. R. L. 79, § 2. 1918, 108, § 1.
P. S. 30, § 2. 1904,381,5 2. 1919, 139; 290, § 2.
1889, 279, § 1; 301, § 1. 1909, 468, | 2. 138 Mass. 256.
1894, 279, § 1; 301, § 1. 1910, 467, 160 Mass. 503.
1 Section 4. Applicants for state aid shall, before any payment Applications
2 thereof to them, state in writing on oath the name, age and residence isee,' 172, § 9.
3 of the person for whom such aid is sought, his relation to the person who §f^2,'ia^'
4 rendered the service entitling the applicant to aid, the company, regi- p%?'|oVv"
5 ment, station, organization or vessel in or to which the soldier or sailor }||4'|oi'l6
6 enlisted or was appointed and in which he last served; the date and place i?^*' ^ei!
7 of such enlistment, if known; the duration of such service and the reason isog, 374. § 5.
8 upon which the claim for aid is founded; and shall furnish such official 1904, 381,' §7.
9 certificates of record, evidence of enlistment, service and discharge as 1914; Isf,' 1 7!
10 may be required. The original papers in each case shall be filed with |§'3^;4.^'*'
11 the commissioner, who shall from time to time provide each town with H^liP^'
12 blank forms for the use of applicants. i9is, 108, §§ 4-6. 1919, 290, § 7.
1 Section 5. The commissioner shall determine all controversies be- Commissioner
2 tween iinalid pensioners and town authorities relative to claims for state conlrov^srel,
3 aid. He may refuse to decide on the necessity of a claimant for aid, but fgeg, 172, § 5.
4 if he shall determine that a claimant is entitled thereto he may authorize I?''/' 7'^®'
5 its payment to him monthly for not more than one year, under such limi- i877, 192, 5 9.
6 tations as he may impose. An appeal may be taken from his determina- p.s.'so, §'§8,
7 tion to the governor and council, whose decision shall be final. ilw. 301, § 7.
1894, 301, § 7.
1904, 381,
1 8-
1917, 179, §4-
1898, 561, I 6.
1909, 468.
1 8-
1918, 108, 1 5.
1899, 374. § 6.
1914, 587,
§8.
1919, 290, § 8.
R. L. 79, § 8.
1916, 314.
§4.
lOp, A. G.49,
1902, 192, §§ 3, 5.
1 Section 6. The recipient of state aid shall have a residence, and fja^^lS' "[^
2 shall actually reside, in the town from which such aid is received, shall jsej. 222, § i.
3 not receive aid from any other town in the commonwealth or from any s§ T-s, 6; 151,
4 other state, shall be in such needy circumstances as to require public §§ 1-3'
5 assistance, and, if a soldier, sailor or nurse, shall have been honorably dis- §n%!^4; ne.
1152
STATE AND illLITARY AID, SOLDIERS' RELIEF, ETC. [ChAP. 115.
charged from all appointments and enlistments in the army or navy, 6
shall be so far disabled, as the result of his service in the army or navy, 7
ji. as to prevent him from following his usual occupation, and shall belong 8
5; to one of the following classes: ise?. lae, |§ 1,2, s. 9
1S71, 290.
187
219.
, 192. § 1.
1879. 252. I 2;
SOI, § 1.
P. S. 30, § 2.
1885, 173.
1886, 39.
1889, 301, § 1.
1892, Res. 84.
1894.301. § 1
1895, 3bl, §§ 1,3.
1897, 441.
1898, 561, §§ 3, 4. 11.
1899, 372, §§ 1. 2, 13;
374, §§ 1. 2, 10.
R. L. 79, § 3.
1902, 251.
1903, 387.
1904, 381, § 3.
1909, 468, § 3.
1910, 470.
1914. 349; 587. § 3.
1916, 314. §§ 2, 7.
1917, 5. §2; 161; 179,
§§1,2.8.
1918, 108, §§ 2, 3.
1919, 151, §§ 1. 2; 290. § 3.
1 Op. A.G. 575.
Op. A. G. (1920) 61.
First Class, Invalid pensioners of the United States who served in the 10
army or navy of the United States to the credit of this commonwealth 11
in the civil war, between April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- 12
one, and September first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; or who served 13
in such army or navy in the military organizations of this common- 14
wealth known as three months' men, ninety days' men or one hundred 15
days' men mustered into the service of the United States in April, May, 16
June or July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or in April, May, July or 17
August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or who, having their residence 18
and actually residing in this commonwealth at the time of their enlist- 19
ment, either served to the credit of some other state in such army or 20
navy, between April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and 21
March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sLxty-two, or served in such 22
army or navy, having been mustered into the service of the United States 23
at some time between May first and October first, eighteen hundred and 24
sixty-two, while having a residence and actually living in this common- 25
wealth and while a member of one of the organizations of the volunteer 26
militia, known as the Boston cadets, the Salem cadets, the eighth battery 27
of light artillery, or company B of the seventh regiment of infantry ; or 28
who served in said navy, being one of the persons included in the list of 29
officers, sailors and marines prepared by the adjutant general in accord- 30
ance with chapter fifteen of the resohes of eighteen hinidred and seventy- 31
five and chapter eight of the resolves of eighteen hundred and eighty, 32
having been appointed or mustered into and ha\ing served in the naval 33
service of the United States while an actual resident of this common- 34
wealth ; or who served in the regular army or na\'y of the United States 35
during the ciAil war, having been appointed or having enlisted in said 36
army or navy, while a citizen of this commonwealth, having a residence 37
and actually residing therein; 38
Invalid pensioners of the United States who served in the army or 39
navy of the United States to the credit of this commonwealth in the war 40
with Spain, which for the purposes of this chapter is defined as having 41
begim on February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and nmety-eight, and as 42
having ended on August twelfth in said jear; or who served in the regu- 43
lar army or na\'y' of the United States during said war, having been 44
appointed or having enlisted in said army while a citizen of this com- 45
monwealth, having a residence and actually residing therein; 46
Soldiers mustered into the military service of the United States as part 47
4 Op. A.G. 615. qJ ^jjg quota of this commonwealth called for service on the Mexican 48
border in nineteen hundred and sixteen, and who are in receipt of pen- 49
sion or compensation from the United States for disability or illness 50
incurred in such service, which for the purpose of this chapter shall be 51
deemed to have begun on June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six- 52
Chap. 115.] state and military aid, soldiers' relief, etc. 1153
53 teen, and as having ended on February third, nineteen hundreii and
54 seventeen, having been mustered into such service while an inliabitant
55 of a town in this commonwealth and actually residing therein ;
56 Any soldier, sailor or nurse who served in the army or navy of ^"•ke."*'^
57 the United States in the world war, which for the purposes of this
58 chapter shall be defined as having begun on February third, nineteen
59 hundred and seventeen, and as having ended on November eleventh,
GO nineteen hundred and eighteen; provided, that such soldier, sailor or
61 nurse receives a pension or compensation from the United States for
62 disability incurred in such service, and was mustered into such service
63 while an inliabitant of a town in the commonwealth and actually resid- ,
64 ing therein; and provided further, that such soldier, sailor or nurse was
65 honorably discharged from such service by reason of illness or disability
66 incurred therein.
67 Second Class, Dependent relatives of invalid pensioners and of soldiers second crass
68 or sailors who served in the mamier and under the limitations described ""^
69 for such service under class one who did not die in the service abo\'e
70 defined and who were honorably discharged therefrom, as follows:
71 The wives and widowed mothers of invalid pensioners who served in civii war
72 the civil war, and the widows and widowed mothers of soldiers or sailors Top^^A. G.49.
73 dying in such service or after honorable discharge therefrom;
74 The widows and widowed mothers of soldiers or sailors who served fel^^^l^ '""'
75 in the war with Spain dying in such service or dying after their hon-
76 orable discharge therefrom, or dying while in receipt of a pension
77 from the United States or of state aid from the commonwealth, and the
78 wife and widowed mother of any invalid pensioner of the Spanish war
79 service;
80 The widow and children under sixteen years of any person who in- Mexican
81 curred disability during service on the Me.xican border as defined in class
82 one and has died from such disability, either while in the service or after
83 an honorable discharge therefrom; provided, that only such children
84 whose birth occurred prior to said discharge or to January first, ninc-
85 teen hundred and eighteen, may receive such state aid;
86 The dependent widow, dependent widowed mother and dependent 5^™;^^"'"'
87 children up to the age of sixteen of any soldier, sailor or nurse who died
88 while in such service during the world war as defined in class one, or who
89 shall die after an honorable discharge from such service from injuries
90 received or disabilities or illness incurred therein, or any child dependent
91 by reason of physical or mental incapacity, provided the children were in
92 being prior to his discharge or prior to the termination of saitl war as
93 herein defined, or any person who stood to him in the relationship of a
94 parent for five years prior to such service.
95 There shall also be included in this class the crippled or otherwise
96 helpless children, whether minors or adults, of soldiers or sailors who
97 served in either the civil war or the war with Spain; provided, that such
98 children are in receipt of a pension from the United States.
99 Third Class, Dependent wives, and children up to sixteen years, widows Third dass
100 and widowed mothers of soldiers, sailors and niu-ses, entitled to state ''"'" "^^ "'"^•
101 aid as defined in class one, who appear on the rolls of their regiments or
102 companies in the office of the adjutant general to be missing or to have
103 been captured by the enemy, and who were not exchanged and ha\-e not
104 returned from captivity, and whom the town officers granting such aid
105 have good reason to believe to be dead.
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fourth class
qualificatioDS.
Fifth class
qualifications.
Fourth Class, Fathers or mothers, the fathers being aUve, of soldiers 106
or sailors who served in the war with Spain, in the manner and under the 107
limitations described for the service of said invalid pensioners, and who 108
died in such service, if such parents were receiving aid May eighteenth, 109
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. 110
Fathers or mothers, the fathers being ahve, of soldiers or sailors who 111
served in the world war, in tlie same manner and under the same iimi- 112
tations described herein for the service of said soldiers or sailors, and 113
who died in such service, if such parents had been in receipt of state war 114
allowance under chapter one hundred and eight of the General Acts 115
of nineteen hundred and eighteen between February third, nineteen 116
hundred and seventeen, and November eleventh, nineteen hundred and 117
eighteen. No aid shall be granted to persons in this class unless in each 118
case the aldermen, selectmen, or, in Bos.ton, the soldiers' relief commis- 11!)
sioner, are satisfied, on evidence first reported to the commissioner and 120
satisfactory to him, that justice and necessity require a continuance of 121
the aid to prevent actual suffering. 122
Fiftli Class, Women who served not less than three months as nurses 123
in the army hospitals of the United States between April nineteenth, 124
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and September first, eighteen hundred 125
and sixty-five, or who served not less than tliree months as nurses in the 126
army or navy hospitals of the United States between February fifteenth, 127
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and April twelfth, eighteen hundred 128
and ninety-nine, or who served in the workl war for not less than three 129
months as nurses in the army or navy hospitals between February third, 130
nineteen iumdred and seventeen, and November eleventh, nineteen hun- 131
dred and eighteen, and who for three consecutive years next prior to 132
the date of application for aid, shall have been actually resident in the 133
commonwealth, and who shall not be in receipt of an annuity from the 134
commonwealth, if the municipal authorities are satisfied, on evidence 135
first reported to and found satisfactory by the commissioner, that the 136
service was actually rendered and that justice and necessity require the 137
granting of aid. The amount of such aid and its duration shall be deter- 138
mined by the commissioner. 139
1866, 172, § 3.
1879, 301, § 2.
P. S. 30, § 3.
1885, 204.
1887, 122.
1889, 301, § 2.
1894, 301, § 2.
1899, 374, I 2.
R. L. 79, § 4.
1904, 3S1, § 4.
1908, 405.
1909, 468. § 4.
1912, 589.
1914, 587, § 4.
1919. 290, § 4.
Section 7. The wife of a discharged soldier or sailor shall not be held 1
to belong to any of the foregoing classes, nor shall she receive state aid 2
unless, if the service of the soldier or sailor was in the war with Spain, 3
she was married to him before his final discharge from such service, and, 4
if his widow, before April eleventh, nineteen hundred and five, and if 5
his service was in the civil war unless she was, if his wife, married to 6
him prior to his final discharge from such service, and, if his widow, prior 7
to June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, and if the service 8
of the soldier or sailor was on the Mexican border or in the world war 9
unless she was married to him prior to his final discharge from the serv- 10
ice or release from active duty therein, and, if his widow, prior to July 11
first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, 12
Classification
of certain
beneficiaries.
1879, 301, § 3.
P. S. 30,
§§ 4,9.
1889,301. § 3.
1894, 301, § 3.
1899, 374, § 3.
Section 8. Of the persons to or for whom state aid is paid under any 1
special act or resolve, designating them by name, and passed after June 2
first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, or to or for whom state aid was 3
then being paid under any special act or resolve then repealed, all soldiers 4
and sailors shall be held to belong to the first class, and all dependent 5
Chap. 115.] state and military aid, soldiers' relief, etc. 1155
6 relatives of soldiers and sailors to the second class, of section six, not- fgoVsliS'?
7 withstanding the limitations of the said classes; and state aid may be i909, 468, |.i
8 paid to or for such persons in the same manner and with the same limi- 1919! 290! § 5.
9 tations as paid to or for other persons of their respective classes; but
10 no aid shall be paid to or for any person under this section contrary to
11 any limitation or condition of the original special act or resolve au-
12 thorizing state aid to be paid to or for him.
1 Section 9. No state aid shall be paid to or for a person of the first Limit of
2 class as defined in section six exceeding in any one month three fom-ths payable
3 of the monthly amount of his United States pension or compensation, nor pa'icfin certain
4 exceeding six dollars in any one month; or to or for a person of the second, i879%oi. § 4.
5 third, foiu-th or fifth class as defined in said section exceeding six dol- fss^sm!!'*
6 lars in any one month; and no more than twelve dollars shall be paid Jlgi'ggj'H
7 to or for all dependent relatives of any one soldier or sailor in any one if^g^'^oii
8 month. State aid shall not be paid to or for any soldier or sailor on isog, 374. § 2.
9 account of service in the war with Spain, or to his dependent relatives, 1904! 3si.*§'ii.
10 unless he enlisted or was appointed in the service of the United States \lu\ 37!; ^ "'
11 after February fourteenth and prior to August twelfth, eighteen hundred 'i|i9,^29o, § 6.
12 and ninety-eight; but it may be allowed to or for volunteers mustered
13 into the service of the United States in INIassachusetts regiments after
14 said August twelfth but prior to January first, eighteen hundred and
15 ninety-nine, who shall otherwise be qualified to receive the same, and to
16 or for their dependent relatives.
1 Section 10. The recipient of military aid shall belong to and have Military aid,
2 the qualifications of one of the four following classes: is79, 252, § 3. ''■''
ISSl, 20, §1. 1S9S. 561, §§ 2, 4. 1917, S; 179, 5§ 1. 2, 8.
P. S. 30. § 10. 1899. 372, §§ 1-4, 6. 1918, 108, §§ 2, 3.
1885, 173. R. L. 79, § 9. 1919, 151, $§ 1, 2: 290, 5 9.
1886,39. 1904, 381. §9. 138 Mass. 2.')(i.
1889, 279, §§ 1, 2, 4, 5. 1909, 408. § 9. 160 Mass. 503,
1892, Res. 84. 1914, .'587. § 9. 1 Op. A. G. 27.
1894, 279, §§ 1, 2, 4, C. 1916. 314. H 1. 2. Op. A. G. (1920) 61.
3 First Class, Each person of the first class shall liave his settlement in First class
4 the town aiding him; shall have served as a soldier, sailor or nurse in o"»''''"'='"™=-
5 the manner and under the limitations prescribed in the first class of sec-
6 tion six; shall have been honorably discharged or released from active
7 duty in such United States service and from all appointments and enlist-
8 ments therein; shall be poor and indigent and, by reason of sickness or
9 other physical disability, in such need as would entitle him to relief under
10 the pauper laws; shall not be, directly or indirectly, in receipt of any
11 other state or military aid, or of any pension for services rendered or dis-
12 abilities incurred either in the civil or Spanish wars, Mexican border
13 service or world war service as defined in section six. The disability must
14 have arisen from causes independent of his military or naval service
15 aforesaid.
16 Second Class, Each person of the second class shall have his settle- Second class
17 ment in the town aiding him, and shall be an invalid pensioner, entitled '*"" ' '^"°''''
18 to receive state aid, whose income from pension or government compen-
19 sation and state aid is inadequate for his relief, and who would other-
20 wise receive relief under the pauper laws.
21 Third Class, Each person of the thu-d class shall have all the quali- quaf;|ie''3?fons
22 fications of persons of the first class except settlement, and shall have
23 been a continuous resident of the commonwealth during the three years
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last preceding liis receipt of military aid and shall be a resident of the 24
town granting the aid. 25
Fourth Class, Each person of the fourth class shall have all the cjuali- 26
fications of persons of the second class except settlement, and shall have 27
been a continuous resident of the commonwealth during the three years 28
last preceding his receipt of military aid, and shall be a resident of the 29
town granting aid. 30
Aid under
third and
fourth classes
to be ordered
by commis-
sioner.
1889, 279, § 6.
1894, 279, § 6.
1899, 372, § 6.
R. L. 79, § 10.
1904, 381, § 10.
1909, 468, § 10.
1914, SS7, § 10.
1919, 290, § 10.
Section 11. A town shall not render military aid to a person of the 1
third or fourth class until it has furnished to the commissioner such evi- 2
dence as may be required that the applicant is entitled to receive aid 3
and has received from said commissioner an order fixing the maximum 4
amount to be paid a month and the period during which aid may be 5
allowed, and stating such other conditions as the commissioner may 6
impose relative thereto. Said order may be revoked or modified by the 7
commissioner by giving written notice to the town prociu-ing it. 8
Conditions of
receiving
military aid.
Notice in cer-
tain cases.
1S7S, 282, § 1.
1879, 2.52, § 5.
P. S. 30, § 12.
1889, 279. § 7.
1894, 279, § 7.
1899, 372,
§§ 7, 8, 13.
H. L. 79, § 11.
1904, 381, § 11.
1909, 468, § 11.
1914,587, §11.
1919, 171, § 2;
290, § 11.
Section 12. No person shall be compelled to receive military aid 1
without his consent, nor shall any person be compelled to receive military 2
aid in an almshouse or other public institution unless his physical or 3
mental condition requires it, and, except in such case, it shall be paid 4
to or expended for those persons only who live separate from persons 5
receiving support as paupers. The aldermen, selectmen, soldiers' relief 6
commissioner or the commissioner of state aid and pensions may require 7
a person to whom military aid is granted to pay over his United 8
States pension or compensation to them to be expended for his relief 9
before receiving such aid. In all cases where an applicant for military 10
aid has a settlement outside the town where application is made, the 11
official required to act thereon shall, within three days, notify the cor- 12
responding official in the town of the applicant's settlement, and also 13
the commissioner. 14
Receipt of
aid limited.
1889, 279, § 7;
301, I 2.
state and
military aid
may be paid,
etc.
Not to be
attached or
assigned.
1864, 47, § 4.
1866, 232, § 5.
1866, 172, § 4.
1867, 136. § 6.
1877, 192,
§§3,4,10.
1879, 252, § 4;
301, § 5.
P. S. 30,
§§ 6, 13.
1889, 279, § 8;
301, § 5.
1894, 279,
§§7,8;
301, § 5.
1898, 561, § 4.
1899, 372,
§1 7, 8: 374,
§§2,4.
R. L. 79, § 13.
1904,381, § 13.
1909,468, § 13.
1914, 587, § 13.
Section 13. No person shall at the same time receive botli state and 1
military aid. is94, 279, §§ 3, 7; 301, § 2. 2
1898, 561, § 3.
1899, 372, § 7;
374, § 2.
R. L. 79, § 12.
1904, 381, § 12.
1909, 468, § 12.
Section 14. State and military aid shall be paid to or applied solely 1
for the benefit of the person for whom intended, and only so much shall 2
be paid to or for him as is necessary to afford him reasonable relief or 3
support. Such aid shall not be paid to or for any person able to support 4
himself, or who is in receipt of income or owns property sufficient for his 5
support, nor to an amount in excess of such amount as is necessary, in 6
addition to his income and property, for his personal relief or support, 7
nor to or for any soldier, sailor, pensioner, dependent relative or nurse 8
if the necessity therefor is caused by the voluntary idleness or continu- 9
ous vicious or intemperate habits of the soldier, sailor, nurse or pen- 10
sioner on w^hose account such aid is sought, nor to or for any person who 11
has been dishonorably discharged from any national soldiers' or sailorst' 12
home or from the soldiers' home in this commonwealth, unless the com- 13
missioner, after a hearing, shall otherwise determine, nor shall such aid 14
be paid to any person who at the time of entering the federal service 15
was a subject or citizen of a neutral country, had filetl his intention to 10
become a citizen of the United States, and afterward withdrew such in- 17
Chap. 115.] state and military aid, soldiers' relief, etc. 1157
18 tention under the act of congress approved on July ninth, nineteen i9i8, los. § 3.
19 hundred and eighteen, nor to any person designated upon his discharge p'2^,'4f29o,
20 as a conscientious objector. State aid shall not be subject to trustee ^ '^^•
21 process, and no assignment thereof shall be valid. No back state aid
22 shall be paid, nor shall state aid be paid to or for any person convicted
23 of crime unless the municipal authorities and the commissioner other-
24 wise determine, nor shall state or military aid be paid if the pensioner,
25 soldier, sailor or nurse deserted from the service of the United States
26 either in the war of the rebellion, the war with Spain, the Mexican
27 border or the world war service, as defined in this chapter, or is wilfully
28 absent from his family and neglects to render them such assistance as he
29 is able to give.
1 Section 15. The full amount expended for state or military aid by Reimburse-
2 any town, the names of the persons aided and tiie classes to which they an™ townffor
3 severally belong, the amounts paid to or for each person, the reasons Hf i*«'"™*'
4 therefor, the names of the persons on account of whose services the aid !i''g'_:l-2,
5 was granted, the names, if any, of the companies, regiments, stations, iso^^?". .
6 organizations or vessels in which they respectively enlisted, or to which §3; iwi, §4.
7 they were appointed, and in which they last served, and the relation- 1864! 47! § 5.
8 ship of each person aided, to the soldier or sailor on account of whose §f*':^'|.'*^'
9 service the aid was granted, and such other details as the commissioner j^g^; \lf 1 3
10 may require, shall, within the first ten days of the month following the J|^^' ^i9
11 month in which the expenditure was made, be certified, on oath, by the §s s. 16
. . . 1S78 282 § 1
12 mayor, treasurer and city clerk of any city or a majority of the select- 1S79! 252! § 7-
13 men of any town disbursing the same, to said commissioner on blank 'issi.'2ti, §2.
14 forms provided by him, and in a manner approved by him. The com- f§f4??7.
15 missioner shall examine the certificates thereof and allow and endorse inf^i^J^' ^ '"■
301.
16 thereon such amounts as he finds have been paid and reported accord- .'^i^i^/'' ^ '"■
17 ing to this chapter, and shall transmit the certificates to the state auditor. isQS.'sci, § 7.
18 The commissioner may decide upon the necessity of the amount paid in 374, '§ 7. '
19 each case, and may allow any part thereof which he deem? proper and f904!3li,|"4.
20 lawful and which, in cases of payment to or for persons of the third or }9?4;|8f,i}t
21 fourth class entitled to receive military aid, he shall also find to have Jnly^ygft.
22 been made according to his orders; but he shall allow and endorse the l^'l'y'"*'
23 amounts which he has specifically authorized to be paid under and 1919.151,52;
24 according to his decisions made under section five. The whole of the Top: a. g 49
25 amounts legally paid as aforesaid and so allowed for state aid, and all
26 payments to or for jjersons of the third or fourth class entitled to mili-
27 tarj' aid, and one half of all payments made to persons of the first or
28 second class entitled to military aid, but none of the expenses attending
29 the payment of state or military aid, shall be reimbursed by the com-
30 monwealth to the se\'eral towns on or before November tenth in the year
31 after such expenditure.
1 Section 16. The commissioner may, with the consent of the gov- investigating
2 ernor, appoint, as occasion may require, one or more disinterester' per- pl?ntment' etc.
3 sons who shall investigate any claims against the commonwealth for state brmunidpaT
4 or military aid, may examine any persons to or for whom such aid has been is66?282l''§ 1.
5 paid, investigate the reasons therefor and all matters relating to the }|67 jae. § s.
6 granting of such aid, and shall report their doings to the commissioner. §§8.10. *
7 The reasonable expenses of the commissioner, and the expenses and 301, §5' 6,' 7.
8 compensation of any such disinterested person, approved by the com- §§V, is'.
11 58 STATE AND MILITARY AID, SOLDIERS' RELIEF, ETC. [ChAP. 115.
18SB, 110. missioiier, and allowed by the governor and council, shall be paid by the 9
ss 8,'io; 301, commonwealth. Municipal authorities charged with the disbursing of 10
1894,279, state or military aid shall from time to time, after its original allowance, 11
II 8, 10: 301. make such investigations of the necessities and qualifications of the per- 12
ilfllifyailg- ^"'^ aided as to prevent any payment thereof contrary to any provision 13
374, §6." ' of this chapter. r. l. 79, §§i5, i7. 14
1904,381,5 15. 1909,468, § 15. 1914, 5S7. § 15. 1919,290, §15.
relief^"' SECTION 17. If a pcrsou who ser\'ed in the army or navy of the United 1
1888,438, § 1. States in the war of the rebellion, in the army, navy or marine corps 2
i89o'447: in the war with Spain or the Philippine insurrection between April 3
1897! 44i' twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and July fourth, nine- 4
1902' 250.^ '* teen hundred and two, or in the arm\', navy or marine corps in the world 5
1916! 110 ^^^ ^^*^ received an honorable dischai'ge from all enlistments therein, and (i
1919' isi 5 3- ^^'^ '^^^ ^ legal settlement in a town in the commonwealth, becomes 7
171, 1 1. ' ' from any cause, except his own criminal or wilful misconduct, poor and 8
408,417'. ' wholly or partly unable to provide maintenance for himself, his wife or 9
4 Op. A. G. 013. jjjjj^Qp children under sixteen years, or for a dependent father or mother, 10
or if such person dies leaving a widow or such minor children or a 11
dependent father or mother without proper means of support, such sup- 12
port as may be necessary shall be accorded to him or his said de{)end- 13
ents by the town where they or any of them ha\'e a legal settlement; but 14
should such person have all the said qualifications except settlement, his 15
widow, who has acquired a legal settlement in her own right before IG
August twelfth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, which settlement has not 17
been defeated or lost, shall also be eligible to receive relief under this sec- 18
tion. Such relief shall be furnished by the aldermen or selectmen, or, 19
in Boston, by the soldiers' relief commissioner, subject, however, to the 20
direction of the city council of said city as to the amount to be paid. The 21
beneficiary shall receive said relief at home, or at such other place as the 22
aldermen, selectmen or soldiers' relief commissioner deem proper, but he 23
shall not be compelled to receive the same at an almshouse or public insti- 24
tution unless his physical or mental condition requires, or, if a minor, 25
unless his parents or guardian so elect. 26
If an applicant for military aid or soldiers' relief has a settlement out- 27
side of the town where the application is made, the official required to 28
act thereon shall, within three days, notify the corresponding official in 29
the town of the applicant's settlement, and also the commissioner. 30
This section shall also apply to army nurses who served in the army 31
liospitals of the United States during the civil war and are entitled to 32
state aid under section six and to army nurses and their dependents as 33
specified herein who served in the army, navy or marine corps during 34
the war with Spain or during the Philippine insurrection between April 35
twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and July fourth, nine- 36
teen hundred anfl two, or during the world war. 37
1893.23™'^^^^' Section 18. The aldermen or selectmen shall furnish such relief 1
1898, 356. without authority of a vote of the city council or of the town. Such relief 2
r.l'79. 1 19. shall be furnished onlv bv, through or under the agencv or direction of 3
1*102 192 . *" ' . . . .''
§"§ i,'2. ' city or town officers authorized to disburse state or military aid. If the 4
aldermen or selectmen fail to furnish it any person aggrieved may apply 5
to the commissioner, who shall forthwith make a thorough investigation 6
of the qualifications and circumstances of the applicant and shall deter- 7
mine the amount of relief, if any, to be given. The decision of the 8
Chap. 115.] st.\te .\nd military aid, soldiers' relief, etc. 1159
9 commissioner shall be final, but may at any time be amended or reversed
10 by him.
1 Section 19. The mayor of each city and the selectmen of each town Buriai agents
2 or, in Boston, the soldiers' relief commissioner, shall designate a burial lowns.'^ciesV
3 agent, who shall not be one of the overseers of the poor or be employed and Xue""^^"
4 by them, and who shall, under regulations established by the commis- Hgelpg |}'
5 sioner, cause properly to be interred the body of any honorably discharged }|^' \p,' **i
6 soldier or sailor who served in the army or navy of the United States isoOsa
7 during the war of the rebellion, or diu-ing the war between the United i9o£ 250, 292.
8 States and Spain or the Philippine insurrection after February four- igol,' 354! 1 1!
9 teenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and prior to July fourth, nine- IgJ^.'sn';^ "^'
10 teen hundred and two, or in the Mexican border ser\-ice of nineteen hun- ffifjVo^i'
11 dred and sixteen and of nineteen hundred and seventeen, or in the world Po.^ioi*'
12 war; provided, that the soldier or sailor dies in such service or after an 1919. isi, 52:
13 honorable discharge therefrom or release from active duty therein; and I'op.A. g. 40s.
14 shall also so inter the ijodj' of his wife, widow or dependent mother, and
15 the bodies of army nurses entitled to state aid under section six, if they
16 die without sufficient means to defray funeral expenses; but no wife or
17 widow of any soldier or sailor of the civil war shall be entitled to the bene-
18 fits of this section unless she was married to him prior to June twenty-
19 seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, and no wife or widow of any
20 soldier or sailor of the Spanish war, or the Philippine insurrection, unless
21 she was married to him prior to January first, nineteen hundred and ten;
22 and no wife or widow of any soldier or sailor of the Mexican border serv-
23 ice or of the world war unless she was married to him prior to his final dis-
24 charge from such service. If an interment has taken place without the
25 knowledge of the burial agent, application may be made to him within
26 thirty days after the date of the death, or after final interment if the .sol-
27 dier or sailor dies in the world war service; and if upon investigation he
28 shall find that the deceased was within the provisions of this section and
29 the rules of the commissioner, he may certify the same as provided in
30 the following section.
1 Section 20. The expense of a burial as aforesaid shall not exceed bunarifm'it a
2 sixty dollars, two dollars of which shall be paid as compensation to the Conduct of
3 burial agent causing the interment to be made; but if the total expense Returns and
4 of the burial, by whomsoever incurred, shall exceed one hundred and mmt."'^^'^
5 thirty-five dollars, no payment therefor shall be made by the common- If*!;!^"'
6 wealth. The burial shall not be made in any cemetery or bimal ground [Hf ,'|^-
7 used exclusively for the bmial of the pauper dead, or in any part of any r*^l'79^'§^2i
8 cemetery or burial ground so used. Relatives of the deceased who are 1902, 250.
9 unable to bear the expense of burial may be allowed to conduct the 1907,' 354! §2
10 funeral. The full amount so ex-pended, the name of the deceased sol- 1913,' 475'. '
11 dier or sailor, the regiment, company, station, organization or vessel in Jgif; ilo' ^ '*'
12 which he served, the date of death, place of interment, and in case }^5|' \°l\ ||,
13 of a wife or widow the name of the husband and date of marriage, and §2;29o, § is.
14 such other details as the commissioner may require, shall be certified
15 on oath to him, in such manner as lie may approve, by the burial agent
16 and the treasurer of the town expending the amount, within three months
17 after the burial; and the commissioner shall endorse upon the certifi-
18 cate his allowance of such amounts as he finds have been paid, and
19 reported according to the foregoing provisions, and shall transmit the
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certificate to tlie state auditor. Tlie amounts legally paid and so al- 20
lowed, with no expense for disbursement, shall be reimbursed by the 21
commonwealth to the several towns on' or before November tenth in the 22
year after the expenditures have been made. 23
Certain pro-
visions not to
apply
1919,151, §4.
Section 21. The pro\'isions of the two preceding sections relati\'e
to burial of indigent soldiers or sailors and their dependents and of sec-
tion seventeen relative to soldiers' relief shall not apply to any person
who at the time of entering the federal service during the world war
was a subject or citizen of a neutral country who had filed his intention
to become a citizen of the United States and who afterward withdrew
such intention under the act of congress approved July ninth, nineteen
hundred and eighteen, nor to any person designated upon his discharge
as a conscientious objector.
1
Care of
graves of
soldiers and
1914, 122.
1920,218.
Section 22. In every town there shall annually be appointed by 1
the mayor or selectmen a citizen of the town, preferably a person who has 2
ser\-ed in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in time 3
of war or insurrection and has been honorably discharged from such 4
service or released from active duty therein, who shall see that every 5
cemetery lot where there is a grave of any person who has so served is 6
suitably kept and cared for. If the cost of such care and maintenance 7
is not paid by private persons, or by the trustees of the cemeteries where 8
any such grave is situated, it shall be paid by the town; and towns may 9
appropriate money therefor. Money so appropriated may be expended 10
directly by the town or paid over to the trustees or manager of any 11
cemetery where any such gra^'e is situated; but the sum so paid over in 12
any year shall not exceed for each grave the sum charged for the annual 13
care and maintenance of like lots in the same cemetery, or, if no such 14
charge is made in that cemetery, it shall not exceed the sum charged in 15
other cemeteries in the same town for like service. 16
Bounty money
of minors.
1865, 235.
P. S. 149, § 23.
R. L. 79, § 24
B7 Mass. 169.
Section 23. The bounty and pay of a minor enlisted in the military 1
or naval service of the United States shall not be subject to legal process 2
on account of debts due from his parent, and the transfer of such bounty 3
or pay by the parent to such minor shall not be deemed fraudulent as to 4
creditors. 5
Kecording of
discharge or
release papers
c'f soldiers, etc.
1920, 467.
Section 24. The discharge or release papers of soldiers and sailors 1
who served in the armed forces of the United States in time of war or 2
insurrection and have been honorably discharged therefrom or released 3
from active dutj' therein, may be recorded with the clerk of the town of 4
the holder's residence in books kept for the purpose, upon payment of a 5
fee of twenty-five cents for each discharge or release so recorded. The 6
clerk shall prepare and keep an index of the papers so recorded, and 7
copies of such papers, if attested by him, shall be admitted as sufficient 8
evidence thereof whenever they are otherwise competent. 9
Chap. 116.]
SETTLEMENT OF PAUPERS.
1161
CHAPTER 116.
SETTLEMENT OF PAUPERS.
Sect.
1. Acquirement of legal settlements, etc.
2. Not acquired while receiving relief as a
pauper.
3. Person receiving certain aid not to ac-
quire settlement.
4. Certain persons not to be deemed
paupers.
Sect.
5. Existing settlements; continuance, loss.
Time in institutions not counted.
6. Provision for persona who have begun
to acquire settlements.
7. Certain settlements defeated.
1 Section 1. Legal settlements may be acquired in any town in the .Acquirement
2 following manner and not otherwise : menS etc!' **"
C. L, 123, § 2. 1789, 14. 1S7S, 190, 5 1.
1692-3, 2S, § 9. 1793, 34, § 2. P. S. S3, § 1.
1700-1. 23, § 5. R. S. 45, §1. ll. L. 80, § 1.
1760-7, 17, § 6. G.S. 69, §1. 1911, 069, §U. ".
3 Fii-st, Except as provided in the following clause, each person who
4 after reaching the age of twenty-one has resided in any town within
5 the commonwealth for five consecutive years shall thereby acquire a
G settlement in such town. is7i, 379, § 1. is74, 274, §s 1-3. is79, 242, § 2.
By residence.
1789, 14, § 1.
1S21, 94, Ij 2.
ISliS, :!2S, § 1
1S70, 39:
S 1.
1898, 425, § 1.
R. L. 80, I 1, els. 4-6,
1911,669, S 1, el. 1, §
4 Mass. 384.
5 Mass. 430.
10 Mass. 394.
12 Mass. 262.
13 Mass. 462,501.
15 Mass. 237, 253.
16 Mass. 236.
1 Pick. 129, 153, 154.
3 Pick. 172.
7 Pick. 42.
8 Pick. 379.
12 Pick. 1.
19 Pick. 480.
21 Pick. 233.
22 Pick. 385.
3 Met. 165, 428.
5 Met. 330.
10 Met. 115.
12 Met. 35
13 Met. 192.
4 Cush. 172, 190, 553, 557.
8 Cush. 525, 528.
1 Gray, 619.
13Gray, 92, 586.
15 Gray, 15, 496.
4 Allen, 574.
5 Allen, 137.
6 Allen, 431, 477, 508.
8 Allen, 551.
9 Allen, 137.
99 Mass. 587.
105 Mass. 293.
107 Mass. 598.
110 Mass. 113.
120 Mass. 574.
125 Mass. 521.
126 Mass. 475.
127 Mass. 540.
130 Mass. 357, 370.
131 Mass. 18, 454.
132 Mass. 495, 519.
133 Mass. 242.
136 Mass. 424.
137 Mass. 152.
138 Mass. 305.
140 Mass. 224,
243, 325.
144 Mass. 25.
153 Mass. 192.
155 Mass. 359.
159 Mass. 491.
165 Mass. 251.
183 Mass. 314.
184 Mass. 557.
196 Mass. 393.
225 Mass. 589.
lOp. A.G.S19.
20p.A.G.3, 15,17,
80. 158, 180, 291, 319.
3 Op. A. G. 114.
24,
7 Second, A married woman shall follow and have the settlement of J^iamed
8 her husband; but if he has no settlement within the commonwealth, jpS'^i'^.^
9 she shall retain the settlement, if any, which she had at the time of her ci. i."
10 marriage and may acquire a settlement under the preceding clause. d i.' ' '
1911, 669, § 1, cl. 2, s 7. 131 Mass. 454. 229 Mass. S3.
9 Mass. 201 149 Mass. 223. 20p. A. G. 3. 15, 17,
12 Mass. 363. 163 Mass. 251. 158,291,319.
13 Allen, 88.
11 Third, Legitimate children shall follow and have the settlement of Jffj,™*'®
12 their father if he has one within the commonwealth, otherwise tliey t/^l'soIi'
13 shall follow and have the settlement of then- mother if she has one; ci.'2.'
14 if the father dies during the minority of his children they shall there- §i,ci. 3,'§7
15 after follow and have the settlement of the mother. Upon the divorce H mIH'. tzr.
16 of the parents the minor children shall follow and ha\-e the settlement J'Vtck.^wV^*'
17 of the parent to whom the court awards their custody. is Pick. 264. 3 Pick. i73.
8 Cush. 528. 6 Allen, 31. 114 Mass. 554. 165 Mass. 251.
18 Fourth, Illegitimate children shall follow and have the settlement of Sfif*™^'*
19 their mother. i789, 14, § 3. r. l. so. 5 1. ci 3.
13 Mass. .^Sl. 8 Allen. 551.
8 Cush. 75 Op. A. G. (1917) 116.
1162
SETTLEMENT OF PAUPERS.
[Chap. IKi.
How acquired
by soldiers and
sailors.
1865, 230,
HI. 3.
1S66, 288.
1868, 32S, § 3.
1870, 392,
§§ 3-5.
1871, 379, I 2.
R. L. 80, § 1,
tl. 10.
1911. 669,
§ 1, cl. 5, § 7.
1918, 257,
§299.
1919.5;
333, § 5.
1920, 2.
97 Mass. 382.
102 Mass. 358.
104 Mass. 46.
107 Mass. 282.
115 Mass. 336.
130 Mass. 107.
132 Mass. 498,
510, 519.
138 Mass. 256,
292.
139 Mass. 15.
144 Mass. 520.
150 Mass. 106.
2 Op. A. G.
227, 390.
1872, 280.
R. L. 80, § 1,
cl. 11.
1911, 669,
§ 1. cl. 6, § 7.
1 Pick. 144.
24 Pick. 164.
6 Met. 484.
4 Cush. 185.
1 Allen, 75.
125 Mass. 304.
Fifth, A person who enlisted and was mustered into the military or
naval service of the United States, as a part of the quota of a town in
the commonwealth under any call of the president of the United States
during the war of the rebellion or any war between the United States
and any foreign power, or who was assigned as a part of the cjuota
thereof after having enlisted and been mustered into said service, and
his wife or widow and minor children, shall be deemed thereby to have
acquired a settlement in such town, pro\ided that he served for not
less than one year, or died or became disabled from wounds or disease
received or contracted while engaged in such service, or while a pris-
oner of the enemy, and any person who would otherwise be entitled
to a settlement mider this clause, but who was not a part of the quota
of any town, shall, if he served as a part of the quota of the common-
wealth, be deemed to have acquired a settlement, for himself, his wife
or widow and minor children, in the place where he actually resided
at the time of his enlistment. Any person who was inducted into the
military or naval forces of the United States under the federal selec-
tive service act, or who enlisted in said forces in time of war between
the United States and any foreign power, whether he served as a part
of the quota of the commonwealth or not, and his wife or widow and
minor children shall, subject to the same proviso, be deemed to have
acquired a settlement in the place where he actually resided in this
commonwealth at the time of his induction or enlistment. But these
provisions shall not apply to any person who enlisted and received a
bounty for such enlistment in more than one place unless the second
enlistment was made after an honorable discharge from the first term
of service, nor to any person who has been proved guilty of wilful deser-
tion, or who left the service otherwise than by reason of disability or
an honorable discharge.
Sixth, Upon the division of a town, every person ha\'ing a legal settle-
ment therein, but being absent at the time of such division, and not
having acquired a legal settlement elsewhere, shall have his legal settle-
ment hi the town containing the last dwelling place or home which he
had in the town so divided; and if a new town, composed of a part of
one or more other towns is incorporated, every person legally settled in
the towns of which such new town is so composed, and who actually
dwells and has his home within the bounds of such new town at the
time of its incorporation, and any person duly qualified as provided in
the fifth clause of this section who at the time of his enlistment dwelt
and had his home within such bounds, shall thereby acquire a legal set-
tlement in such new town; but no person residing in that part of a town
which upon such division is incorporated into a new town and who then
has no legal settlement therein shall acquire any by force of such incor-
poration only, nor shall such incorporation prevent his acquiring a set-
tlement in such town within the time and by the means by which he
would have gained it there if no such division had been made.
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26
27
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29
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32
33
34
35
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38
39
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42
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44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
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58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
Not acquired
while receiving
relief as a
pauper.
1874, 274, § 4.
1879, 242, I I.
P. S. 83, § 2.
Section 2. No person shall acquire a settlement, or be in process of 1
acquiring a settlement, while receiving relief as a pauper, unless, within 2
two years after receiving such relief, he tenders reimbursement of the 3
cost thereof to the commonwealth or to the town fm-nishing it. 4
R. L. 80, § 2.
1911,669, II 2, 7.
13 Met. 192.
13 Gray, 92.
4 Allen, 574.
136 Mass. 424.
144 Mass. 25.
Op. A. G. (1919) 8.1
Chap. 116.] settlement of paupers. 1163
1 Section 3. No person while receiving aid under chapter one hun- Person re-
2 dred and eighteen or for whom the commonwealth or a town has in- a?d™rtto"'"°
3 ciured expense in consequence of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, mmt'.'^'"'''"''^
4 tuberculosis, dog bite requii'ing anti-rabic treatment or other disease H^f Hf; 1 1-
5 dangerous to tlie public health, shall be deemed to be a pauper by !?',^'J**^'
6 reason thereof, but while receiving such aid and treatment he shall iaiv, to.
7 not acquire or be in process of acquiring a settlement. 225 Mass. 589.
1 Section 4. No person who actually supports himself and his family certain
2 shall be deemed to be a pauper by reason of the commitment of his t'obe"deemed
3 wife, child or other relative to a state hospital or institution of charity, JtsfTis
4 reform or correction by order of a court or magistrate, and of his fogUl,^ f-,,
5 inability to maintain such person therein; or who, to the best of his R l'so!§'3.
6 ability, has attempted to provitle for himself and his dependents and s"§ 3,' 7. '
7 has not been a mendicant, and who, tlu'ough no crime or misdemeanor 19 pic!!''48o.
8 of his own, has come into grie\'ous need and receives aid or assistance \l ^fien, Ik
9 given temporarily, or partial support continuously, to him or his family ; }^* ^J^^^ |°|;
10 provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to affect, directly or P5«j''"f iL
11 indirectly, settlement, poor, or pauper laws, or laws under which any
12 charity, aid or assistance is furnished by public authority.
1 Section 5. Each settlement existing on August twelfth, nineteen Existing
2 hundred and eleven, shall continue in force until changed or defeated contuml'nce
3 under this chapter, but from and after said date absence for five con- '"''f , T'""" '"
^ ' institutions
4 secutive years by a person from a town where he had a settlement shall °2' <'0""*?');
5 defeat such settlement. The time during which a person shall be an ci. 12.
6 inmate of any almshouse, jail, prison, or other public or state institu- a', s. 69. § 3
7 tion, within the commonwealth, or in any manner under its care and r a'8:?°§ 5 ^
8 direction or that of an officer thereof, or of a soldiers' or sailors' home l^^f; |of ' ^ ~
9 whether within or without the commonwealth, shall not be counted in f|,^i' g^g
10 computing the time either for acquiring or for losing a settlement, ^^^'^-gt
11 except as provided in section two. The settlement, existing on August liuBisis:
12 twelfth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, of a soldier and his dependent i3M?ri92.
13 eligible to recei\'e military aid and soldiers' relief under existing laws iscfrayfsse.
14 shall be and continue in force while said soldier or dependent actually ^gig)' fy, §5.
15 resides in the commonwealth and until a new settlement is gained in
16 another town in the manner heretofore prescribed.
1 Section 6. No person who has begun to acquire a settlement by Provision for
2 the laws in force at and before the time when this chapter takes effect, in Eave°begu"°to
3 any of the ways in which any period of time is prescribed for a resi- mmtl'^ ^''"''^
4 dence, or for the continuance or succession of any other act, shall be 2 1 19', fi'.
5 prevented or delayed by the provisions hereof; but he shall acquire p^^^'g-fjl^
6 a settlement by a continuance or succession of the same residence or R l so, § i.
7 other act, in the same time and manner as if the former laws had con- §§5,' 7.
8 tinned in force.
1 Section 7. Any settlement not fully acquired subsequently to May Certain settie-
2 first, eighteen hundred and sixty, is hereby defeated and lost, unless i8to?392,™2. '
3 such settlement prevented a subsequent acquisition of settlement in the Jl^siigalt^
4 same place; but if a settlement acquired by marriage is so defeated, the ^8^8,425^52
5 former settlement, if any, of the wife, if not also so defeated, shall R. 1-80, §6.
6 be revived. 1911,669, §5 6, 7. 114 Mass. 353. 116 Mass. 570. 131 Mass. 18.
187 Mass. 592. 229 Mass. S3. 2 Op. A. G. 3, 291. 3 Op. A. G. 67, 84, 207.
1164
SUPPORT OF PAUPERS BV CITIES AND TO\YNS. [ClIAP. 117.
CHAPTER 117,
SUPPORT OF PAUPERS BY CITIES AND TOWNS.
Sect.
1. Cities and towns to support poor.
2. Powers and duties of overseers of the
Ijoor.
3. Care of paupers in families.
4. Powers of overseers.
5. Liability of pauper.
6. Certain kindred to support.
7. Superior court to assess such kindred.
8. Assessment for future e.\penses.
9. Further orders.
10. Proceedings on complaints.
11. Costs, how taxed.
12. Other kindred may be summoned.
1.3. Information to overseers of deposits.
14. Overseers to provide for immediate re-
lief of strangers. Action.
15. Judgment conclusive.
16. Liability when pauper is removed.
17. Support and burial of indigent stran-
gers.
IS. Cities and towns may furnish aid to
certain state paupers, etc. Removal.
19. Cities and towns may be reimbursed
for medical attendance furnished to
paupers, etc.
20. Strangers to work in return for food and
lodging.
21. Paupers to work in almshouse.
22. Penalty for refusal to work.
23. Pauper may be removed out of state,
when.
24. Cities and towns liable to individuals.
Sect.
25. Pauper may be removed to place of set-
tlement.
26. Process in case of removal.
27. Notices, etc., sent by mail. Effect.
28. Penalty for leaving paupers where not
settled.
29. Penalty for false representations.
30. Estate of deceased pauper, bj' whom
sold.
31. Overseers may prosecute.
32. Overseers shall keep records of pau-
pers.
33. Overseers to make annual return.
34. Decennial returns of overseers of the
poor.
35. Penalty for failure.
36. Overseers to place pauper children in
families, etc.
37. Department of public welfare to place
pauper children in families, when.
38. Certain children not to be retained in
almshouses.
39. Certain children placed with infant
asylums.
40. Judge of probate to authorize removal
of minors from state.
41. Institutions to comply with certain
laws.
42. Institutions may place out abandoned
children, when.
43. Hospitals to furnish certain informa-
tion. Penalty.
Swnsto'^ Section 1. Every town shall relieve and support all poor and in- 1
c'E'°i23°§ 2 dijjent persons lawfully settled therein whenever they stand in need 2
1692-3728. § 0. thereof. irss, 6i, § i. 1793, 59, § 1. r. s. 40, § 1. 3
G.S. 70. § 1.
p. S. 84, § 1.
R. L. SI, § 1.
9 Met. 492.
lOCush. 23S.
3 Allen. 51.5.
lOd Mass. 202.
128 Mass. 148.
100 Mass. 232.
Powers and
duties of
overseers of
the poor.
1788, 61. § 1.
1793, 59, § 2.
R. S. 46, I 2.
1857. 153.
G. S. 70, § 2.
P. S. 84, § 2.
R.L. 81 §2.
10 Gush. 238.
8 Allen, 73.
100 Mass. 262.
128 Mass. 148.
148 Mass. 487.
Section 2. The overseers of the poor, hereafter in this chapter called 1
the overseers, shall have the care and oversight of all such poor and in- 2
digeiit persons so long as they remain at the charge of their respective 3
towns, and shall see that they are suitably relieved, supported and em- 4
ployed, either in the workhouse or almshouse, or in such other manner as 5
the town directs, or otherwise at the discretion of the overseers. They 6
may remo\'e to the almshouse children suffering destitution from extreme 7
neglect of dissolute or intemperate parents or guardians, except as other- 8
wise provided. 2 Op. a. g. 543, 548. 9
paupers in SECTION 3. The ovcrsccrs shall investigate each place where town 1
is97'.'374, § 1. paupers are to be provided for in families, and shall endeavor by con- 2
1898, .396, § I. tract to secure their proper care and maintenance. A full and complete 3
Chap. 117.] support of paupers by cities and towns. . 1165
4 record of each case shall be kept, showing the terms of the contract and Pa^ \^-,\ ^■
••!> 11111 i... lOp. A.Ci.
5 what services, ir any, are to be rendered by the paupers. A majority ot *63.
6 the overseers shall certify upon the records that such investigation has
7 been made in each case, and that they are satisfied that the paupers will
8 be properly cared for. The overseers, either by one of their own number
9 or by a duly appointed agent, shall, at least once in every six months,
10 visit each place where the town paupers are supported, and a record of
11 each visit and of the condition of the paupers visited shall be kept.
1 Section 4. The overseers shall have the same power and authority Powers of
2 over persons placed under their care which directors or masters of work- is28!^"2, § 2.
3 houses have over persons committed thereto. R s. 46, § 3.
G.S. 70, §3. P. S. S4, 5r,. R. L. SI,§S.
1 Section 5. A pauper, his executor or administrator, shall be liable uabiiuy ot
2 in contract to the town where he has a settlement for expenses incurred isu,*^!?!?, § 5.
3 by it for his support. iss2, 113. r. l. si. § 9.
1 Section 6. The kindred of such poor persons, in the line or degree cert.iin
2 of father or grandfather, mother or grandmother, children or grand- support.'"
3 children, by consanguinity, living in the commonwealth, and of sufficient iTss^ei^l/ ''''
4 ability, shall be bound to support such poor persons in proportion to ^^s%li
5 their respective ability. The mother shall be under the same legal pll?-!!
6 obligation to support her pauper children as the father, but she shall not isgs, 42.5, § 3.
7 be liable to criminal prosecution for the enforcement of such obligation. 15 pick. 159.
10 Gush. 23S. 144 Mass. 25. 210 Mass. 149.
6 Allen. SS.i. IGO Mass. 232. 229 Mass. 248.
128 Mass. 287.
1 Section 7. A justice of the superior court sitting in equity in the supenor
2 county where any one of such kindretl to be charged resides, upon com- assess 6°uch
3 plaint of any town or kindred put to expense for the relief or support i692i3!'28, § o
4 of such pauper, may on due hearing assess and apportion upon such H^f'g'"
5 of the kindred as it finds to be of sufficient ability and in proportion ^^^■^l?'^^-
6 thereto such amount as he considers reasonable for or towards the sup- c- s. ro. § s
7 port of the pauper to the time of such assessment, and may enforce is9s,42.5. §4.
8 payment thereof by execution in common form; but such assessment I'iviisl'iso"
9 shall not extend to any expense for relief afforded more than two years ucush 11*'
10 previous to the filing of the complaint. '> Gray, 28 i28 Mass. 137.
199 Mass. 527. 216 Mass. 149. 229 Mass. 248.
1 Section 8. The court may further assess and apportion upon said for^futurT'
2 kindred such weekly amount as it finds sufficient for the future support fSEI^Ig^j,
3 of the pauper, which shall be paid quarterly until the further order of r. s.'jB.'p.'
4 court; and upon application from time to time of the town or kindred, p.s.84,'§8'
5 to whom it is ordered to be paid, the clerk of said court shall issue and '^■''•^'' - ^^
6 may renew an execution for the arrears of any preceding quarter.
1 Section 9. The court may, upon application of any party interested, l^Jl^"
2 make further orders, alter such assessment and apportionment according jj^^|'|f||
3 to circumstances, and may order with and by whom of such kindred as 9.| ™'
4 desire it such pauper shall live and be relieved, and the length of time p s.'s4'
5 he shall live Mith different kindred, having regard to the comfort of the r. l si.s la.
6 pauper as well as the convenience of the kindred.
1166
SUPPORT OF PAUPERS BY CITIES AND TOWTSTS.
[Chap. 117.
on°com-"^' Section 10. A complaint, under section seven, shall be filed in the
i793.*59. § 3. clerk's office, and a summons, directed to any officer qualified to serve
G i 7o' 1 9° ^^^'^^ process, shall be thereupon issued requiring the kindred therein
RL*s*i^^\\ "^™^'l to appear and answer thereto; and it shall be served like an
oriijinal summons.
Costs, how
taxed.
1793. 59, S ;
1834, 103
R. S. 46.
§§8. 12.
Section 11. The court may award costs to either party, and if it
adjudges two or more of the kindred of a pauper to be of sufficient abihty
to contribute to his support, it shall tax no more costs against any one
respondent than is occasioned by his default or separate defence.
p. R. 84, §§ 9. 13. R. I.. 81. § 1.3. 10 Allen, OS.
other
kindred may
be summoned.
1793, 50. § 3.
R. S. 40, § 11.
C;, K, 70, § 10.
P. S. 84, 5 12.
R. L. 81. § 16.
Section 12. Upon suggestion that there are other kindred of ability
not summoned in the original process, they may be summoned; and after
due notice, whether they appear or are defaulted, the court may proceed
against them in the same manner as if they had been summoned upon
the original complaint.
Information
to overseers
of deposits.
1852, 132,
§§1.3.
G.S. 57.
§§ 151, 153.
1876, 203, § 25.
P. S. 116, §43.
1894,317. § 48
1898, 425, § 6.
R. L. 81, § 44.
1918, 257,
§ 301.
1919, 5.
Section 13. A treasurer of a savings bank, institution for savings, 1
national bank, trust company, co-operati\'e bank, benefit association, in- 2
surance company or safe deposit company who, upon request in writing 3
signed by an o\'erseer of the poor of a town, imreasonably refuses to in- 4
form him of the amount deposited in the corporation or association to 5
the credit of a person named in such request who is a charge upon such 6
town as a pauper, or who wilfully renders false information in reply to 7
such request, shall forfeit fifty ilollars to the use of such town. 8
1920, 2.
Overseers to
provide for
immediate
relief of
strangers.
Action.
1701-2. 9, § 2.
1793, 59. § 9.
R. S. 46. § 13
G.S. 70. § 12.
P. S. 84, § 14.
R. L. 81. § 17.
1 Mass. 459.
2 Mass. 547,
564.
5 Mass. 325.
6 Mass. 501.
Section 14. The overseers in their respective towTis shall provide 1
for the immediate comfort and relief of all persons residing or found 2
therein, ha\'ing lawful settlements in other towns, in distress and .stand- 3
ing in need of immediate relief, until removed to the towns of their lawful 4
settlements. The expense thereof and of their removal, or burial in case 5
of their decease, may be recovered in contract against the town liable 6
therefor, if commenced within two years after the cause of action arises ; 7
but nothing shall be recovered for relief furnished more than three months 8
prior to notice thereof given to the defendant. u Mass. 227. 2 Pick. .341 9
8 Pick. 562.
12 Pick. 1
17 Pick. 68.
13 Met. 192.
11 Grav. 107.
1 Allen, 23.
8 Allen, 73.
136 Mass. 424.
138 Mass. 109.
140 Mass. 397.
141 Mass. 580.
160 Mass. 503.
164 Mass. 506.
30p. A.G.57.
40p.A.G.568.
coSslvl Section 15. A judgment for the plaintiff in such action shall be
R^l'46'|?4. conclusive as to the settlement of such pauper in any future action be-
G s. 70, § 13. tween the same parties for his support. p. s. s4. § 15
R. L. 81. §18. 103 Mass. 117. 4 0p. A.G.5fiS.
Liability
when pauper
is removed.
1821 94. § 3.
R. S. 46. § 15.
G.S. 70. § 14.
1873, 213.
P.S. 84, § 16.
R. L. 81, § 19.
Section 16. If a pauper is supported in a town in which he has no 1
settlement, the town liable for his support shall not be required to pay 2
therefor more than at the rate of two dollars a week if it causes him to 3
be removed within thirty days after receiving legal notice that such sup- 4
port has been furnished. * Pick. 45. 5
Chap. 117.] support of paupers bv cities and towns. 1167
1 Section 17. The overseers of each town shall also relieve and support support and
2 and may employ all poor persons residing or found therein, having no indigent
3 lawful settlements within the commonwealth, until their removal to the iVoi'-Ta j 2.
4 state infirmary, and if they die shall decently bury them. They shall 1793; 59;! 13
5 also decently bury all deceased persons who, although without means rI*']!"'^"
6 of support while living, did not apply for public relief, and all unknown ^^ s'Vq's 15
7 persons found dead. The expense thereof may be recovered of their is67. 97'.
8 kindred, if any, chargeable by law for their support in the manner p. s-si, § 17.
9 provided in this chapter; and if the expense of their burial is not paid is9o!7i.'*'
10 by such kindred, an amount not excee<]ing thirty dollars for the funeral li^l; |if j 20.
11 expenses of each pauper o\er tweh'e ;years of age, and not exceeding fif- ''■'^^' '*°-
12 teen dollars for the funeral expenses of each pauper under that age, shall
13 be paid by the commonwealth ; pro\'ided, that the overseers file with
14 each claim an affida\it of the undertaker stating the amount received
15 from the town, and further stating that he has not received and will not
16 accept money for such funeral expenses from any other sources.
1 Section 18. A town may furnish aid to poor persons found therein, Cities and
2 having no lawful settlements within the commonwealth, if the o\'erseers furnish°a!d
5 for a greater amount than two dollars a week for each family during the Hfl' ^jl- . .^
6 months of May to September, inclusive, or three dollars a week during isse! in! § 2'
7 the other months, except as otherwise ordered by the department of i877!i83!
8 public welfare; and the overseers shall in every case give immediate issii, idi,§4.
9 written notice to the department, which shall examine the case, and, if J|||; 42i5f §'5,-
10 it directs a discontinuance of such aid, shall remo\e such persons to the r ^l Vi*§ 21
1 1 state infirmary or to any state or place where they belong, if their neces- }^°3, 355.
12 sities or the public interests require it, and the superintendent of said 1912! 331.
13 infirmary shall receive the persons removed thereto as if they were sent i9i9i35o,'§87,
14 there in accordance with section seven of chapter one hundred and I^Op'^a'^g.^^u,
15 twenty-two. A detailed statement of expenses so incurred shall be 3*op a. g. 137.
16 rendered, and after approval by the department such expenses shall be
17 paid by the commonwealth. If any such person refuses to submit to
18 removal, the department or any of its officers or agents may apply to
19 the district court of the district where such person resides, for an order
20 directing that such ^emo^•al be made. Upon such application the court
21 shall forthwith cause a summons to be served upon the person so refusing,
22 and, if he be a minor, upon liis parent or guardian, recjuiring the attend-
23 ance of the person so summoned at a time and place appointed therein
24 for hearing; and at such time and place shall hear and examine upon
25 oath such person or persons, and shall liear such other evidence as may
26 be material. If upon hearing it appears that the person sought to be
27 removed is without a legal settlement in this commonwealth and is un-
28 able to support himself, and that his necessities or the public interests
29 require his removal, the court shall issue an order in writing, directed to
30 a duly constituted officer or agent of the department, reciting that such
31 person appears to be a state pauper, and that his necessities or the public
32 interests require his removal, and commanding such officer or agent to
33 remove him to the state infirmary or to any other state institution desig-
34 nated by the department, and such officer or agent shall thereupon make
35 the removal as ordered. After the removal is made such officer or agent
36 shall file such order, with his return thereon, with the clerk of the court
1168
SUPPORT OF PAUPERS BY CITIES AND TOWNS. [ChAP. 117.
Cities and
towns may be
reimbursed fo
medical at-
tendance
furnished to
paupers, etc.
from wliich it was issued. In every case where removal is ordered a 37
detailed statement of the expense incurred by any town for the support 38
of the person so removed while application for his remo\'al was pending 39
before the court shall be rendered, and after appro\al by the depart- 40
inent shall be paid by the commonwealth. 41
Section 19. Reasonable compensation for medical attendance or
treatment furnished by a town unrler this chapter or chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-two may be included in the expenses to be paid to such
town by any other town or by the commonwealth, although such at-
tendance or treatment was by a town physician whose compensation is
by a fixed salary. Such reimbursement shall not exceed the proportion-
ate cost to the town furnishing the attendance or treatment, based upon
the total number of visits annually made in relation to the total fixed
or annual salary of the physician for all ser\ices rendered by him in his
official capacity.
1
strangers
to work in
return for
food and
lodging.
1875. 70.
P. S. 84, § 19.
1895.445, S 1.
R. L. 81. § 22.
1905. 344.
Paupers to
work in
almshouse.
1895, 445, § 2.
R. L. 81, § 23.
Penalty for
refusal to
work.
1895, 445. 5 3.
1898,443, § 1.
R. L. 81, § 24.
Section 20. The overseers and the officer in charge of premises pro- 1
vided by a town for the purpose of supplying food or lodging on said 2
premises may and in cases of tramps or vagrants shall require any person 3
applying for and recei^'ing food or lodging to perform, if physically able, 4
a reasonable amount of labor in return therefor, and may detain him 5
for not more than twenty-four iiours after such application until the 6
labor required of him as aforesaid has been performed. The places in 7
which persons are lodged shall be kept in such order and condition as 8
may be prescribed by the department of public health. 9
Section 21. A person receiving aid in an almshouse or workhouse 1
of a town may be required by the officer in charge thereof to perform 2
such labor as the official physician shall certify is suitable for him. 3
Section 22. Whoever refuses or neglects to perforin any labor re- 1
quired of him under the two preceding sections, or who, while performing 2
such labor, wilfully damages any property of the town requiring the 3
same, shall be punished, in Suffolk county by imprisonment in the house 4
of correction for not more than one year, and in other counties, in the 5
house of correction or at the state farm for a like term. 6
be'remo™ed' SECTION 23. A person who has actually become chargeable as a
w'hen'^'*'"' pauper to a town where he has a settlement and who subsequently ac-
1,868, 328, |2. quires a settlement in a place out of the commonwealth may be removed
R. L. 81, § 30. thereto by the overseers of such town by a written order directed to
any person therein designated.
fownlfiabie SECTION 24. Every town shall be liable for any expense necessarily 1
to individuals, incurred for the relief of a pauper therein by any person not liable by law 2
1793, ,59. §'i3. for his support, after notice and request made to one or more of the over- 3
g'. i; 7o: I If.: seers thereof, and until provision is made by them. 4
116 Mass. 353.
124 Mass. 286.
145 Mass. 115.
P. S. 84. § 27.
7 Met. 214.
9 Allen, 134
R. L. 81. § 31.
9 Met. 492
14 Allen. 30
2 Mass. 547.
4 Cush. 199.
105 Mass. 53
15 Mass. 280.
6 Cush. 399
113 .Mass. 47
19 Pick. 473.
le Cush. 3.
Section 25. The overseers of a town to which a person has actually 1
become chargeable may give written notice thereof to and request his 2
Chap. 117.] support of paupers by cities and towns. 1169
3 removal by one or more of the overseers of the town where his settle- 1793, 59, §§ 9,
4 ment is supposed to be, who may, by a WTitten order directed to a person r. s. 46, § 19.
5 therein designated, cause such removal to be made.
G.S. 70, § 17.
4 Met. 433.
124 Mass, 117.
1C7 Mass, 579.
P. S. 8 J, § 28.
13 Met. 198.
138 Mass. 256.
186 Mass. 524.
R. L. 81, § 32,
5 Allen, 545.
152 Mass. 484.
4 Op. A. G. 568.
23 Pick. 156.
103 Mass. 117
1 Section 26. If within one month after receiving such notice the Process in
2 overseers of the latter town do not cause such removal to be niafie or a mov°i ''^'
3 written statement signed by one or more of them of their objections IrgaVsg.'s'io"
4 thereto to be transmitted to the overseers requesting such removal, the g | |[j' I Jo
5 overseers requesting it may, by a written order directed to a person Fg|j|ol|^-
6 therein designated, cause the pauper to be removed to the town of his r. l'8i!§33.
7 supposed settlement; and the overseers thereof shall receive and provide i Pickv47o.'
8 for him; and such place shall be liable to the town incurring the same g^iien.'gf.'''
9 for the expenses of his support and removal, and shall be barred from n'yMass 445!
10 contesting the question of settlement unless the settlement is denied in }|| ^jjj^* JJ^
11 said statement. 145 Mass. 535. 1S6M.iss. 524. 4 0p, A.G.568.
1 Section 27. The notice and statement mentioned in the two pre- Xotices, etc..
2 ceding sections may be sent by mail, and, if directed to the overseers of Effect^ """' '
3 the town intended to be notified or answered, postage prepaid, shall be it"|.'46,^§ 21.'
4 a sufficient notice or answer, and shall be considered as delivered to the p.f.li.'lso'
5 overseers to whom directed at the time when it is received in the post f^ ^^^^ s 34.
6 office of the place to which it is directed and where they reside.
1 Section 28. Whoever brings into and lea\es a poor and indigent per- Penalty for
2 son in any town in the commonwealth, wherein such person is not law- pTrs'SierT
3 fully settled, knowing him to be poor and indigent, and with intent to i7si%\%9.
4 charge such town with his relief or support, shall forfeit not more than p"®|;|6,'|24.'
5 one hundred dollars, to the use of such place. 1849,66.
G. S. 70, § 20. R. L, 81, S 35. 1 Pick. 465. 102 Mass 214.
P. S. 84, §31. 16 Mass. 393. 21 Pick. S3. 105 Mass. 336.
1 Section 29. Whoever knowingly and wilfully makes any false written Penalty lor
2 representations to the overseers, to their agent or to the department of sLtotiont
3 public welfare or its agents, for the purpose of causing any person to be \lll[ ||| g 34.
4 supported in whole or in part as a pauper by a town or by the common- f-^^ Iso^^s?
5 wealth, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars
6 or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
1 Section 30. Upon the death of a pauper who at his decease is actually Estate ot
2 chargeable to a town within the commonwealth, the overseers thereof pauper, by
3 may take possession of all his real and personal property; and if adminis- "si't^im, § a.
4 tration is not taken upon his estate within thirty days after his decease, [fH] ||;
5 they may in their own names sell and convey so much thereof as may be p fl^'lfj;
6 necessary to reimburse the town for expenses incurred for the pauper, g p^jf'^gl^^-
7 If any part of such property is withheld from said overseers, they may leo Mass. 503.
8 in their own names sue for and recover possession of the real property,
9 and shall have the same remedy for the recovery of the personal property
10 or its value as an administrator might have in like case.
1 Section 31. In actions and prosecutions founded on the preceding Overseers
2 sections, the overseers of any town or any person appointed by a writing ?me.''^°^'"
1170
SUPPORT OF PAUPERS BY CITIES AND TOWNS. [ChAP. 11^
i79|, 59. 1 12. under their hands shall appear and prosecute or defend *he same in behalf 3
g!s^7o!§22! of such town. 1863,240. §2. p. s. S4. § .■i.3. r. l. .si.§3s. 199 Mass. 527. 4
Overseers
shall keep
records of
paupers.
1867, 209. § 1.
P. S. 84, S 34.
1901. 177.
R. L. SI. § 39.
1919, 350, § 87.
Section 32. Overseers shall keep full and accurate records, in a form
prescribed by the department of public welfare, of paupers fully sup-
ported, persons relieved and partially supported, and travelers and va-
grants lodged at the expense of their towns, and of the anioimt paid for
such support and relief.
Overseers to
make annual
return.
1837. 194. § 1.
1841. 110. § 1.
1844. 146.
1864, 307. § 6.
1867, 209. § 2.
1871.370, § 1
1875, 216.
P. S. 84.
§§ 35, 38.
1886,101, § 4.
R.L. 81.
§§ 40, 43.
Decennial
returns of
overseers of
the poor.
1837.194, § 1.
1848. 247. § 1.
Ci. S. 70. § 23.
Section 33. They shall annually, in April, for the year ending on the 1
last day of March, return to the department of public welfare the number 2
of such persons supported and relieved, the cost thereof, and a record of 3'
those fully supported; and on or before the tenth days of January and 4
July of each year make and forward returns to the said department, in 5
such form as it may prescribe, relative to all minor children over the age G
of four years who are supported at the expense of their town on the first 7
days of said months. i9i9. sso. § s7. g
Section 34. In the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five and in 1
every tenth year thereafter the return of the overseers shall contain true 2
and correct answers to such additional inquiries as the department may 3
deem it advisable to make. i875. 216. 4
p. S. 84, §36. R.L. 81, §41. 1905.115. 1919. 350. § 87.
Penalty for
failure.
1837, 194, § 3.
G. S. 70. § 24.
1867, 209, § 3.
P. S. 84. § 37.
R.L. 81. § 42.
1918, 257,
§300
1919, 5; 350,
§87.
1920, 2.
1 Op. A. G. 95
Overseers to
place pauper
children in
families, etc.
1879, 103. § 1.
P. S. 84. § 3.
1893. 197, § I.
R.L. 81, §5.
1905,303, § 1.
Section 35. If the overseers refuse or neglect to comply with the 1
requirements of the three preceding sections, their town shall forfeit one 2
dollar for each day's neglect; and the amount of such forfeiture, on be- 3
ing certified by the department to the state treasurer, shall be deducted 4
from any amount to which said town may be entitled in reimbursement 5
for relief of state paupers as provided in sections twelve and eighteen of 6
chapter one hundred and twenty-two; and if no such reimbursement 7
shall be due to said town, the forfeiture shall be deducted from any 8
money which may be due to it from the commonwealth. 9
Section 36. In every town the overseers shall place every pauper 1
child in their charge and over two years of age in a respectable family in 2
the commonwealth or in an asylum therein, to be there supported by the 3
town according to the laws relati\'e to the support of the poor until they 4
can be otherwise cared for. The overseers, personally or by agent, shall 5
visit such child at least once in three months and make all needful 6
inquiries as to his treatment or welfare. 7
pufufwelflre' Section 37. If the oversccrs, except in Boston, fail to place out any
topiace pauper paupcr child uudcr the preceding section for two months after the date
families, when, of receiving such child, the department, to the exclusion of the over-
1893! 197! § 2. seers, shall perform such duty ; and such child shall, under its direc-
R. l!8i.' § 6. tion, be supported by the town in the same manner as if placed out by
1919, 350, § 87. jj^g overseers, and shall be subject to visitation by its officers or agents
until it is satisfied that the overseers will properly care for him.
Certain
children not
to be re-
tained in
almshouses.
1879, 103, § 2.
P. S. 84. I 4.
Section 38. No such child who can be cared for as provided in sec-
tion thirty-six without inordinate expense shall be retained in an alms-
house unless he is a state pauper or an idiot, or otherwise so defective
in body or mind as to make his retention in an almshouse desirable, or
Chap. 117.] support of pauper.s by cities and towns. 1171
5 unless he is under three years and his mother is an inmate thereof and ^^^ s^f §"2.
6 a suitable person to aid in taking care of him. lois. 112
1 Section 39. The overseers and the superintendent and board of ^hudren
2 trustees of the state infirmary may place deserted and destitute infants pjj^^^^d w'th^^^^^
3 in the care of the St. Mary's Infant Asylum and Lying-in Hospital, and i8|7,zjo,|3.
4 such amount as may be agreed upon shall be paid for the temporary isss, 232. § 1.
5 support of such infants; but such overseers and the department of r. l'si.'s 25;
6 public welfare shall use all reasonable care to collect the cost of such \l\l- 1%]
7 temporary support from parties justly chargeable with the same, and ^ ^''■
8 to remove infants not born in the commonwealth or having no settle-
9 ment therein.
1 Section 40. Overseers shall not remove or allow the remoN-al of a Judge of
2 minor under their control beyond the limits of the commonwealth with- authorfze°
3 out the approval of the judge of probate, granted upon application, and mSCrefrom
4 after notice to all parties interested and a hearing, unless such minor f8''6|;279,
5 has a settlement in another state. They shall not withhold information |>^J|^
6 relative to the maintenance of such minor from any person entitled to |§ l;*^^'' ^^
7 receive it. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
8 more than five hundred dollars.
1 Section 41. An incorporated charitable institution to which the institutions to
2 custody of an infant less than four years old has been delegated by state cSn ilws.
3 or town officers charged witli the custody of destitute children shall l\s''84^'|e2.
4 comply with all laws and be subject to all restrictions concerning such ^ ^ ^'' ^ 2''-
5 infant applicable to such officers.
1 Section 42. If an infant lawfully in the custody of a charitable insti- J"f*,''X'^°''
2 tution as aforesaid has been wilfully deserted and abandoned for more ""t ab""?", .
, , 1 • I i3? e "Oned children,
3 than four months by its parents or natural guardians, the omcers 01 when.^^
4 such institution may procure any suitable person in the commonwealth p.'8'84,S23.
5 to take and support such child for the time specified in a written agree- fg^] 350! §^87.
6 ment made therefor, not exceeding the time when the child shall be
7 fourteen years old. The form and conditions of such agreement shall
8 be prescribed by the department of public welfare; and the agreement,
9 with a descriptive list of the origin, name, age and person of the infant,
10 so far as known, and the name, residence and recommendations of the
11 persons taking the child, shall be returned to the department in such
12 form as it may prescribe. All such children shall be subject to the visi-
13 tation and control provided by law for children put out or apprenticed
14 from state institutions, but nothing herein shall diminish the legal rights
15 of parents, guardians and next of kin.
1 Section 43. Each hospital furnishing, or which has furnished, med- "?n?sh^J|rt°in
2 ical or surgical aid to a person at the expense of a town shall, upon re- ^^"1^™*''°"
3 quest, furnish such town with all the information it has or can secure 1917, ui.
4 from the patient or from any person with whom it has dealt with respect
5 to such patient, relating to his legal settlement. Any hospital failing to
6 comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars.
REFERENCE.
Assistance to destitute .ship^Tecked seamen, Chap. 102, § 5.
1172
AID TO MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN. [ChAP. 118.
CHAPTER 118.
AID TO MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Sect.
1. Scope of the chapter.
2. Cities and towns to furnish aid
mothers with dependent children.
3. Duties of overseers of the poor.
4. Same subject.
Sect.
5. Department of public welfare to have
supervision, etc.
fi. Reimbursement of cities and towns by
the commonwealth, etc.
Scope of the
1913, 763,
§§ 1.4.
Section 1. This chapter shall apply to all mothers and their depend- 1
ent children under the age of fourteen, whether or not they or any of 2
them may have a settlement within the commonwealth, who shall have 3
resided therein not less than three years. 4
Cities and
towns to fur-
nish aid to
mothers with
dependent
children.
1913, 763, § 1.
Section 2. In every town the overseers of the poor shall aid all such 1
mothers, if they are fit to bring up their children. The aid furnished 2
shall be sufficient to enable them to bring up their children properly in .3
their own homes. -i Op. a. g. sgs. 4
°"J*offijg°^'^''" Section 3. Before so aiding any such mother, except as hereinafter 1
?9i3 763 s 2 provided, the overseers shall determine that the mother is fit to bring 2
1919,' 35o', § 87. up her children and that the other members of the household and the 3
surroundings of the home are such as to make for good character, and 4
that aid from the overseers is necessary to enable her to bring up her 5
children properly. For this purpose they shall make an immediate and 6
careful inquiry including the resources of the family and the ability of 7
its other members, if any, to work or otherwise contribute to its support, 8
the existence of relatives able to assist the family, and of indi\'iduals, 9
societies or agencies who may be interested therein; shall take all lawful 10
means to compel all persons bound to support the mother and children to 1 1
support them, and to enforce any other legal rights for their benefit; shall 12
press all members of the family who are able to work, other than the 13
mother and her dependent children, to secure work; shall try to secure 14
work for them; and shall secure all necessary aid for the mother and 15
children which can be secm-ed from relatives, organizations or individuals. 16
This section shall not prevent the overseers from giving prompt and 17
suitable temporary aid, pending compliance with the requirements of 18
this section, when in their opinion such aid is necessary and cannot be 19
obtained from other sources. A detailed statement of expenses incurred 20
under this section shall be rendered to the department of public welfare, 21
together with such certificates or other guarantees as it may require. 22
Samesubjec^. SECTION 4. The oversccrs, either by one of their own number or by 1
their duly appointed agent, shall visit at least once in every three months, 2
at their homes or other places where they may be li\ang, each mother 3
and her dependent children who are being aided financially or other- 4
wise by said overseers, and after each visit shall make and keep on file as 5
a part of their official records a detailed statement of the condition of the 6
home and family and all other data which may assist in determining the 7
wisdom of the measures taken and the advisability of their continuance; 8
Chap. 119.]
PROTECTION AND CARE OF CHILDREN, ETC.
1173
9 and the overseers shall at least once in each year reconsider the case of
10 each such mother with whom they are deahng, and enter their determina-
11 tion with the reason therefor on their official records.
1 Section 5. The department of public welfare shall supervise the
2 work done and measures taken by the overseers of the several towns in
.3 respect to families subject to this chapter; and for this purpose may make
4 such rules relati\'e to notice as it deems necessary and may visit and in-
5 spect any or all families so aided, and shall have access to any records
6 and other data kept by the overseers or their representatives relating to
7 such aid; and the department shall include in its annual report a state-
8 ment of the work done by its own agents and by the overseers of the poor
9 in respect to such families any of whose members are without legal settle-
10 ment in the commonwealth; and a separate statement of the work done
11 by the overseers of the poor in respect to such families in which all the
12 members have a legal settlement in the commonwealth.
Department
of public
welfare to
have super-
vision, etc.
1913, 763, 5 a.
1919, 350, § 87
1 Section 6. In respect to all mothers in receipt of aid under this Reimburse-
2 chapter the town rendering the airl shall, after appro\'al of the bills by "nd" towns"^^
3 the department of public welfare, be reimbursed by the commonwealth n-^onweam.'.
4 for one third of the amount of the aid gi\'en, or, if the mother so aidcfl has fg^^ ^gg ^ ,;
5 no settlement, for the total amount thereof. If the mother so aided has a ]^Xt' ^•'^?,/§.87
6 legal settlement in another town two thirds of the amount of such aid
7 given may be recovered in contract against the town liable therefor in
8 accordance with chapter one humlrcd and seventeen.
4 Op. A. G.56S.
CHAPTER 119.
PROTECTION AND CARE OF CHILDREN, AND PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THEM.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
1. Definition of infant boarding house.
2. Infant boarding house to -be licensed.
3. Revocation of license.
4. Records by licensee.
5. Penalty for maintaining unlicensed
boarding house.
6. Notice to department.
7. Investigation by the department.
S. Penalty for breach of sections 6 and 7.
9. Placing an infant under control of an-
other for pay is abandonment.
10. Aiding or abetting such abandonment.
11. Application of two preceding sections.
12. Abandonment of infant.
13. Aiding or abetting abandonment.
14. Adoption of infants.
15. Infant may be placed in care of de-
partment.
16. Department may care for certain ille-
gitimate infants.
17. Burden of proof when relationship a
defence.
Sect.
18. Special state police officer authorized.
19. Notice to board of health.
20. Legitimacy to be ascertained.
21. Information may be required.
22. Custody of unsettled infants.
23. Notice to department of reception of
infants.
24. .Authority of department.
25. Provisions if hospital is full.
26. Expenses.
27. Care of indigent children.
28. Duties of agents of department as to
infants under seven.
29. Duties of department as to such in-
fants.
30. Penalty.
CARE OF DESTITUTE AND ABANDONED
CHILDREN.
31. Massachusetts Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Children may be ap-
pointed guardian.
1174
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN'.
[ClL^P. 119.
f?ECT.
32. Said society may receive children uuder
fourteen years from parents.
33. Custody of deserted children.
34. Not obliged to receive child.
35. Hampden County Children's Aid As-
sociation.
36. Powers of department not afTected.
37. Information as to child and right to
visit it, how secured.
38. Support by department.
39. Children to be placed in private families.
40. Protection of minor wards of the com-
monwealth in the religious belief of
their parents.
41. Children not to be transported in patrol
wagon.
NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
42. Neglected children may be taken in
custody, etc.
43. Hearing, etc.
44. Adjudication, commitment to depart-
ment, etc.
45. Commitment to overseers of poor.
46. Powers of overseers, etc.
47. Appeal from adjudication.
4S. Persons appearing in behalf of children.
49. Duties of attendance oiEcers, etc.
50. Same subject.
51. Expenses under two preceding sections.
DELINQUENT CHILDREN.
62. Definitions.
53. Proceedings not to be deemed criminal.
54. Proceedings.
55. Parent or guardian to be summoned.
56. Hearings. Appeal.
57. Investigation by probation officer.
58. Adjudication. Proceedings after adju-
dication.
59. Violation of terms of probation.
bECT.
60. Proceeding not admissible as evidence
except in certain cases.
61. Commission of criminal offence by
child. Disposition of such a case.
62. Restitution by child.
63. Parent or guardian aiding in delin-
quency of child.
64. Power of commission on probation.
PROVISIONS COMMON TO ALL PROCEEDIXUS
AGAINST CHILDREN.
65. Sessions for children.
66. Commitment of children to houses of
detention.
67. Care of children held for examination.
68. Superintendent of schools to furnish in-
formation, etc.
69. Proceeding to avoid incarceration, etc.
70. Parents, guardians, etc., may be sum-
moned at any time.
71. Failure to appear on summons.
72. Jurisdiction of courts in their juvenile
sessions continued, etc.
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
73. Jurisdiction of courts.
74. Proceedings against children between
seven and fourteen.
7.5. Complaint. Warrant.
76. Child may be put in charge of depart-
ment.
77. Warrant of commitment.
78. Certificate of age and residence.
79. Warrant for recommitment.
80. Sentence, etc.. of child not committed
to the Lyman, etc., schools.
81. .\ppeal.
82. Warrants by trial justices for commit-
ment of girls to be returned to supe-
rior court.
S3. Sentences in superior court.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
Definition of
infant board-
ing house.
1889.410,5 2.
1892,318,5 2.
R. L. 83, § 1.
Section 1. Whoever for hire, gain or reward has in his custody or
control at one time two or more infants under two years of age unat-
tended by a parent or guardian, except infants related to him by blood
or marriage, for the purpose of providing them with care, food and lodg-
ing, shall be deemed to maintain a boarding house for infants.
jng^houi^^o' Section 2. The department of public welfare, in this chapter called 1
iss'g' ^Vi'^j 3 ^^^ department, may grant licenses to maintain boarding houses for 2
i|9|. 318. infants. Every application therefor shall, except in Boston, first be ap- 3
R. L. 83, § 2. proved by the board of health of the town where such boarding house is 4
■ to be maintained. Such license shall be granted for not more than one 5
year, shall state the name of the licensee, the particular premises where 6
the business may be carried on, the number of infants which may be 7
boarded there at one time, and, if required by the department, it shall be 8
posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. No greater num- 9
Chap. 119.] protection of children. ll7o
10 ber of infants than is authorized by the license shall be kept at one time
11 on the premises, and no infant shall be kept in a building or place not
12 designated in the license. A record of licenses issued shall be kept by
13 the department, which shall forthwith give notice of the granting of such
14 license and of its terms to the board of health of the town where the
15 licensee resides. The department and boards of health, except in Boston,
16 shall annually, and may, at any time, visit and inspect premises so li-
17 censed or designate a person therefor.
1 Section 3. The department may revoke such license, and shall note Revocation
2 such revocation upon the face of the recortl thereof. It shall give WTitten is8'™4i6. § 3.
3 notice of such revocation to the licensee by delivering the notice to him §§^|.'6.^*'
4 in person or by leaving it on the licensed premises. isis. 350, § 87. ^- l- 83, § 3.
1 Section 4. Every such licensee shall keep a record, in a form pre- Records ijy
2 scribed by the department, of every infant received, the date of its i892!3is. § 5.
3 reception, the name and address of the person from whom received, the ^' ^- **■ ^ *•
4 date of its discharge, and the name and address of the person to whom
5 delivered on discharge.
1 Section 5. Whoever maintains a boarding house for infants, unless Penalty for
2 licensed thereto by the department, shall be punished by a fine of not Snii?en'sed^.
3 more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than boSse'"^
4 one year, or both. 1892, 318, § 1. k. l. 83, § 5. loio, 350, § 87.
1 Section 6. Whoever receives under his care or control, and whoever Notice to
2 places under the care or control of another for compensation, an infant isgarsTs^O.
3 under two years of age, not related by blood or marriage to the person ^%' IsI's^g^'
4 receiving it, shall, within two days thereafter, give notice thereof, and Jeg^fats' 590^'
5 of the terms upon which such infant was received, to the department, „ ,. , „
. . , , ^ 1-1 p 1 • !• • II Penalty, § S.
b With the name, age and residence 01 the infant, its parents, and the per-
7 sons from whom and by whom received ; but if such infant was received
8 from the overseers of the poor of any town, or from the trustees for chil-
9 dren of Boston, or from any charitable institution incorporated in the
10 commonwealth, such notice may state only the name and age of such
11 infant and the name and location of the board or institution from which
12 received.
1 Section 7. The department, upon receipt of such notice or of any investigation
2 information of such reception, may investigate the case and make such pkrtment.
3 recommendations as it deems expedient. If they are not complied with, r. l! si. '§"7.
4 it may apply to a justice of the supreme judicial court, superior court, i^i^'^oo. §8..
5 district court, or to a judge of probate, who, after notice to the parents Pei^aity. § s.
6 of such infant or to the persons delivering and receiving it, may make
7 and enforce appropriate orders for the care, custody, protection and main-
8 tenance of such infant, and on notice may from time to time revise said
9 orders.
1 Section 8. Whoever neglects to give the notice required by section Penalty for
2 six or refuses to give information upon request of the department, its tioiwe Inf?.
3 officers or agents, or fails to comply with the orders of a court made in r*^i"'|3*'§^s"'
4 accordance with the preceding section shall, upon complaint of the de- '^'^' ^^°- ^ *^-
5 partment, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars
6 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
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[Chap. 119.
Placing an
infant under
control of
another for
pay is
abandonment
1892,318, § 1(
R L, S.?, ^ 9.
1911, 181.
Section 9. Whoever gives to any person an infant under two years
of age for the purpose of placing it for hire, gain or reward under the
permanent control of another person shall be guilty of the abandon-
ment of such infant, and shall, if a man, be punished by imprisonment
in the house of correction, and if a woman, in the reformatory for
women, for not more than two years.
abettmgsuch SECTION 10. Whoe\'er for hire, gain or reward receives an infant
i892,'3'"s?rii. under two years of age for the purpose of placing it under the control
R. L. S3, § 9. of aiiy other person shall be guilty of aiding and abetting the abandon-
ment of such infant and shall be punished by a fine of not more than
two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.
fwo^'preceding SECTION 11. The two preceding sections shall not apply to the de- 1
i892?3i8, § 12, partment, the overseers of the poor of a town, the trustees for children of 2
r^l'83°§9^' I^oston, any incorporated charitable institution, or the officers or agents 3
1919; 350, § 87. thereof. 4
Abandonment
of infant.
1882, 270, § 1.
1889, 309, § 1.
R. L. 83, § 10.
1905, 269.
1911, 181; 500.
1918, 257,
§464.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Aiding or
abetting
abandonment.
1882, 270, I 2.
R. L. 83. § 10.
1905, 269.
1911,500.
Section 12. Whoever abandons an infant under the age of ten within 1
or without any building, or, being its parent, or being under a legal duty 2
to care for it, and having made a contract for its board or maintenance, 3
absconds or fails to perform such contract, and who for four weeks after 4
such absconding or breach of his contract, if of sufficient physical and 5
mental ability, neglects to visit or remove such infant or notify the o\cr- 6
seers of the poor of the town where he resides of his inability to support 7
such infant, shall be punished by imprisonment, if a man, in the house 8
of correction, or, if a woman, in the reformatory for women, for not 9
more than two years; or, if the infant dies by reason of such abandon- 10
ment, by imprisonment for not more than five years. 11
Section 13. Whoever knowingly and with wrongful intent aids 1
or abets in the abandonment of an infant under ten years of age shall 2
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by im- 3
prisonment for not more than two years. 4
Adoption of
infants.
1892, 318, § 1
R.L. 83, § 11
1919, 350, " '
Section 14. Whoever receives an infant under two years of age for 1
adoption or for giving it a home, or for procuring a home or adoption 2
87. for it, shall, before receiving the same, ascertain its name, age and birth- 3
place, and the name and residence of its parents, and shall keep a record 4
of the same and of the date of such reception. He shall forthwith, upon 5
the reception of said infant, give written notice thereof to the department, 6
and upon its request shall give information and render reports required 7
by it concerning such infant, and within two days after its discharge 8
shall give written notice to the department of the discharge and disposal 9
of such infant. The department may investigate the case, and at any 10
time prior to a decree of adoption take any such infant into its custody 11
if in its judgment public interest and the protection of the infant so 12
require. 13
priced iTca re SectionIS. The parents. Surviving parent or guardian of an infant 1
is9''''3is"'l'i4 under three years of age, if unable to support it, may in writing, with the 2
1919 350^ 5' 87 consent of the department, place such infant in its charge if the depart- 3
ment considers such action for the public interest; and the department 4
Chap. 119.] protection of children. 1177
5 may receive such infant, and shall thereupon have its custody in the
6 same manner and to the same extent as if it were committed thereto under
7 section forty-four.
1 Section 16. The mother of an illegitimate infant under two years Department
2 of age who is a resident of this commonwealth may, in writing signed ?^rtainifie?iti-
3 by her and with the consent of the department, give up such infant to ?89t,3"/s,"ri5.
4 it for adoption ; and if it deems such action for the public interest, the fg^^ If^^ H^
5 department may, in its discretion and on such conditions as it imposes,
6 receive such infant and provide therefor. Such surrender by the mother
7 shall operate as a consent by her to any adoption subsequently approved
8 by the department.
1 Section 17. In any prosecution under the preceding sections of this Burden of
2 chapter, except sections twelve and thirteen, a defendant who relies in ^e'latio^shrp
3 defence upon the relationshi]
4 the burden of proof thereof.
1 Section 18. The governor, upon the written recommendation of the Special state
2 department, may appoint a special state police officer for three years, aut'hor?zed"
3 who shall be subject to removal at any time by the governor, shall serve \lll\ Hq
4 without pay, shall have and exercise throughout the commonwealth the Jf^^' ss^s is
5 powers of a state police officer, and, under the direction of the depart- Is^li^g^'
6 ment, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to the powers loi. 102.'
7 and duties of the department.
1 Section 19. Whoever engages in the business of taking nursing in- Notice to
2 fants or infants under the age of three to board, or of entertaining or heai^th°
3 boarding more than two such infants in the same house at the same time, J^s^'sa^'
4 shall, within two days after the reception of every such infant other than |j§ loss's ig
5 the first two, give written notice thereof to the board of health of the
6 town where such infant is to be boarded, stating its name and age and the
7 name and residence of the person so taking it to board. The board of
8 health may enter and inspect such house or premises while such business
9 is there carried on, and may direct and enforce necessary sanitary pre-
10 cautions relative to such children and premises. No person shall refuse
11 admission to the board of health. Violation of any provision of this sec-
12 tion shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five
13 hundred dollars.
1 Section 20. Whoever receives an infant under the age of three for Legitimacy to
2 board or for the purpose of procuring adoption shall use due diligence isstT, 309!' A.'
3 to ascertain whether it is illegitimate, and if he knows or has reason to i899;276:
4 believe that it is, he shall forthwith notify the department of such re- J919; Hbf § sz
5 ception. The members, officers or agents of the department may enter p^^j^^^ § .,i
6 and inspect a building where they have reason to believe such illegitimate
7 infant is boarded and remove it, if they believe that, by reason of neglect,
8 abuse or other cause, its removal is necessary to preser^•e its life. Such
9 infant shall be in the custody of the department, which shall make lawful
10 provision therefor. »
1 Section 21. A person receiving an infant for board or for the pur- information
2 pose of procuring adoption, as described in the preceding section, and its squired.
1178
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
[Ch.\p. 119.
1882, 270,
1889, 309,
§S3,4.
1891, 194.
R.L. S3,
§5 IS, 19,
1919, 350,
3. parents shall, if required by the department, give true answers, so far 3
as their knowledge extends, as to the parentage, residence and place of 4
settlement of said infant; and the parents of such child shall, if required 5
^ g7 by the department or the overseers of the poor of the town where the 6
person receiving said infant resides, give security for its maintenance 7
satisfactory to the department or overseers. Whoever violates any pro- 8
vision of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not 9
more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than 10
one year. H
n^luM^ Section 22. The overseers of the poor of a town and the superin-
i8S3!*232, § 3. tendent and board of trustees of the state infirmary shall commit any
1I93', 217 ^ '*' indigent or nej^lected infant having no known settlement in the common-
i898.'433,,§^24. wealth to the custody of the department, which shall provide for them
1909,' 504, 5 98. in St. Mary's Infant Asylum and Lying-in Hospital or in a family or
other suitable place, as it deems expedient for the interests of the child.
department of Section 2.3. If an infant having no known settlement in the com- 1
fnflnts"""' monwealth is received otherwise than as provided in the preceding 2
i*™'8r^*§y' section by St. Mary's Infant Asylum and Lying-in Hospital, pursuant 3
if?' li^'iW' ^° '"^^ charter, immediate written notice of such reception shall be given 4
i9in,' 350, § 87. by the directors of said hospital to the department, which may examine 5
the case and remove such infant, if expedient. The expense incurred by 6
the ho.spital for the support of such infant, after the bills for the same 7
have been approved by the department, shall be reimbursed by the 8
commonwealth to an amount not exceeding four dollars a week for each 9
infant; but the commonwealth shall be under no obligation to reimburse 10
the hospital for any expense incurred for the support of any such infant 11
for a period of more than one week prior to the giving of the notice 12
herein provided for. 13
de"par°tmenL SECTION 24. The department shall have the same authority relative 1
p^s^'se^,'! 45" *° ^"y ^"^'^ infant as it has relative to infants in the state infirmary. 2
R. L. 83. § 22. 1909, 504, § 98. 1919, 350, § 87.
Provisions if
hospital is full.
1880, 142, § 1.
P. S. 86, § 40.
1882. 1«1. § 1.
1883, 232, § 3.
R. L. 8.3, § 23.
1919, 350, § 87.
Expenses.
1880, 142, § 2.
P. S. 86, § 47.
Section 25. If said hospital is full, or if from sickness or other 1
sufficient cause it is inexpedient to receive or retain an infant legally 2
committed thereto who is a state pauper, the department shall provide 3
for such infant in a proper family or other suitable place, under the 4
constant supervision of its medical officers, until the infant reaches the 5
age of three or is otherwise p^o^•ided for by the department. 6
Section 26. The cost of maintaining such infant shall be paid 1
from the appropriation for the support of infants liaving no known 2
settlement in the commonwealth. 3
ge"tchiid?en. SECTION 27. The department shall make all necessary provision
ilsl' loi' ^ ^ ^^^ *'^^ ^^^^ ^^^ maintenance of poor and indigent children between
1895 428 5 three and twenty-one years of age needing immediate relief and having
1898! 433', § 24. no lawful settlements in the commonwealth.
R.L. 83, §25. 1911,490,5 1. 1919, 350, § 87.
Duties of Section 28. An agent of the department speciallv authorized 1
agents of de- » i n i -i i- " i -.
partment as thcrcto may enter without actual force any building or room when 2
under seven, such agent has reasou to belie\e that a child under seven is sheltered or 3
Chap. 119.] care of children. 1179
4 maintained apart from his parents and is not receiving proper care. i9oo, 254.§i.
5 The agent shall investigate the case and make report to the director wiq, 35b,
6 of the division of child guardianship or other designated officer of the ^^ *^' ^''
7 department, and such officer may, if he considers such removal neces-
8 sai'y for the protection of the child from neglect or abuse, cause such
9 child, if he is not under the personal care of a parent or guardian, to
10 be removed to the custody of the department. An agent who is refused
11 such entry or who is hindered in the remo^'al of such child may make
12 complaint, on oath, to a justice of a court of record, who may thereupon
13 issue a warrant authorizing him to obtain sufficient aid and at any rea-
14 sonable time to enter the building designated, and every part thereof,
15 to investigate the treatment and condition of the children found there,
16 and to remove such children as herein provided.
1 Section 29. The agent shall forthwith notify the department of Jepanment as
2 his doings, and it shall thereupon decide whether to retain such child in j^oo^^^si"'^"*'''
3 its custody or to restore him to his parent or guardian or to the place §§ 2-4 '
4 from which he was removed. As to a child so retained, it shall have igisi; 3.5b. § S7.
5 the powers and duties which it has as to neglected children committed
6 to its custody by the courts. But the department, unless within a
7 reasonable time it secures the commitment of such child, under the
8 provisions of sections forty-tA\o to forty-seven, inclusive, shall, upon
9 request, discharge such child to his legal guardian, or if he has no
10 guardian to his father, or if he has no father to his mother. The de-
ll partment may notify the person from whose care or custody a child
12 has been taken under the preceding section that no child of which he
13 is not the legal guardian shall, without a permit from the department,
14 be received or maintained by him. The department shall apply to the
15 probate court for the removal of the guardian of any child under seven
16 years of age who is unsuitable for his trust.
1 Section 30. Whoever obstructs or hinders the department or its Penalty.
2 officers or agents in the execution of the duties and powers imposed r. lIss, §28'^
3 or conferred by the two preceding sections or, after notice as aforesaid, i^i^' 350, 1 8..
4 receives a child without having a permit therefor, shall be punished by
5 a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for the first oft'ence, and by
6 a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not
7 more than six months for a subsequent oft'ence.
CARE OP destitute AND ABANDONED CHILDREN.
1 Section 31. If it appears to the judge of probate of any county Massachusetts
2 that a minor under fourteen years of age resident therein is without a p?eventionof
3 guardian, and is entirely abandoned, or is treated with gross and habitual cLudJen may
4 cruelty by his parent or other person having his care or custody, or that gua'^.^T"^''
5 he is illegally deprived of his liberty, he may, for such period as he sees J>^'g^4g~^s l-}'
6 fit, appoint the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty R- L- ss. § 29.
7 to Children guardian of such minor, and may at any time, for good
8 cause, revoke such appointment. Upon such appointment said society
9 shall be entitled to the exclusive custody of said child, but shall not be
10 entitled to the management of his property.
1 Section 32. The parents, survi\'ing parent or guardian of a child ^^jy^g^ln^
2 under fourteen years of age, if unable to support him, may by written children under
1180
CARE OF CHILDREN.
[Chap. 119.
fourteen years
from parents.
1S79, 179. § 2.
P. S. 48, § 23.
R. L, 83, § 30.
agreement fixing the terms of tlie custody, place him in the charge of said 3
society, which shall thereupon lia\-e custody of liim as provided in the 4
preceding section. - 5
Custody of
deserted
children.
1879, 179, S 3.
P. S. 48, § 24.
R. L. 83, § 31.
Section 33. A judge of any court, upon the complaint of said 1
society that a child under five years of age has been abandoned and 2
deserted in a public way or place or in a vacant building, may give 3
the custody of such child to said society for not more than thirty days. 4
The society shall thereupon give such notice thereof as the judge may 5
order, by advertisement in a newspaper published in the county where 6
such child is found; and such child, if claimed by its parents or guard- 7
ian, may be returned to them by said judge. 8
Not obliged
to receive
child.
1879, 179, § 4
Section 34. The three preceding sections shall not compel said so- 1
ciety to recei\'e any child. p s. 4s. § 2.5. r. l. ss, § 32. 2
Hampden
County
Children's
Aid Associi
tion.
Section 35. In Hampden county the four preceding sections shall 1
in all respects be applicable to the Hampden County Children's Aid 2
Association. isso, 231. p. s. 48, §20. r. i,. S3, §33. 3
Powers of
department
not affected.
1880, 231.
Section 36. The five preceding sections shall not affect the powers 1
of the department. p. s. 48. § 27. r. l. 83, § 34. 1919, 350, § 87. 2
Information
as to child
and right to
visit it, how
secured.
1896, 288.
R. L. 83, § 35.
Section 37. If the parent or guardian of a child placed in charge of 1
any person, association or public or private institution by any state 2
department, town board, or by any public or private corporation or 3
body of persons authorized by law to so place children, or if one of the 4
next of kin of an orphan so placed in charge and without guardian, is 5
not, upon request, informed by such department, board, corporation or 6
body of persons where the child is, the probate court for the county 7
where such child has its legal residence may, upon petition of such 8
parent, guardian or next of kin, and upon notice, if in its opinion the 9
welfare of the child and the public interest will not be injured thereby, 10
require such department, board, corporation or body of persons to give 11
the information and permit the parent, guardian or next of kin to visit 12
the child at such times and under such conditions as the court orders; 13
and the court may revise its order or make new orders or decrees as the 14
welfare of the child and the public interest may require. 15
Support by
department.
1900, 397, § 1.
H. L. 83, § 36.
1911.490, §2.
1919, 350. S 87.
222 Mass. 184.
Section 38. The department may provide for the maintenance of a 1
child under the age of twenty-one, dependent on public charity, upon 2
written application of the parent or guardian or, if there is no parent 3
or guardian, of a friend, or of the overseers of the poor of the town where 4
such child is found. 5
Children to
be placed in
private
families.
1900, 397, § 4.
Section 39. Children in the care or custody of the department shall 1
be placed in private families; but in case of illness or change of place, or 2
while awaiting trial, they may be placed in any suitable institution. 3
R. L. 83, §39. 1919,350,5 87.
Protection of
minor wards
of the cora-
mon"wealth in
the religious
Section 40. No parents, or surviving parent, of any minor child in 1
the care or under the supervision of the department, or of any state de- 2
partment, or of any state board of trustees, shall be denied the right of any 3
Chap. 119.] proceedings ag.\inst children. 1181
4 child of theirs to the free exercise of the religious belief of his parents and ^f^^^^' "'^'''
5 the liberty of worshipping God according to the religion of his parents, isos, 464.
6 or surviving parent, or of the religion which his parents professed, if 193 Aiass' is?.'
7 they are both deceased; and no minor child in the care, or under the ^ '^'p '^^ "^- '-*•
8 supervision of the department, or of any state department, or state
9 board of trustees, shall be denied the free exercise of the religion of his
10 parents, or of his surviving parent, or of his parents if they are both
11 deceased, nor the liberty of worshipping God according to the religion
12 of his parents, whether living or deceased.
1 Section 41. No person shall convey or cause to be conveyed a children not
2 neglected or destitute child not convicted or accused of any offence in ported^in"^'
3 a patrol wagon from its home or from any other place to any court or in- i9i4°'272.^°°'
4 stitution, but, if a conveyance is necessary, shall convey him in such
5 other suitable vehicle as shall be provided or designated by the children's
6 institutions department in Boston or by the overseers of the poor in
7 any other town. Violation of this section shall be pmiished by a fine
8 of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars or by impris-
9 onment for not more than three months.
NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
1 Section 42. The Boston juvenile court or a district court, except the Neglected chii-
2 municipal court of the city of Boston, upon a complaint made by any takeii"!i?cus-
3 person that any child under sixteen years of age within its jurisdiction, 'iggj; S'ss, § 3
4 by reason of orphanage, or of the neglect, crime, cruelty, insanity or fsf^^il'i^s'^
5 drunkenness or other vice of its parents, is growing up without educa- JUg'!?-
6 tion, or without salutary control, or M'ithout proper physical care, or in 1S94! 49s,' § 28.
7 circumstances ex^josing hmi to lead an idle and dissolute life, or is de- .580. § 2. ' '''
8 pendent upon public charity, may issue a precept to bring such child §§*2.'3®^'
9 before said court, and shall issue a notice to the department, and shall ^903; slif ^''
10 also issue a summons requiring the department or person to whom such f^oe 489 § 4
11 notice or summons is directed to appear before said court at the time J^?H?^'r9
12 and place stated therein, to show cause why such child should not be igin! 350, 's s?.
• • • 222 AT ass 1S4
13 committed to the department or be otherwise provided for. Such sum-
14 mons shall be issued to at least one of the parents of the child, if either
15 of them is known to reside within the commonwealth, and, if after reason-
16 able search no such parent can be found within the commonwealth, to its
17 lawful guardian, if there is one known to be so resident, and if not, to
18 the person with whom such child last resided, if known ; otherwise, to
19 some suitable person to act in behalf of such child.
1 Section 43. When such child is taken in custodv- upon said precept S,o3"334'^a'o
2 and brought before said court, it may then hear said complaint, or said i9i7,' 326', § 2'.
3 complaint may be continued to a time fixed for hearing, and the court ' '^ '
4 may allow the child to be placed in the care of some suitable person or
5 charitable corporation upon furnishing surety for the further appear-
6 ance of said child; or the child may be committed to the custody of the
7 department until surety is furnished, pending a hearing on said complaint.
1 Section 44. If the child is in court at the hearing and it appears that ^o^.'j^i't*^™'
2 said summons has been duly and legally served upon some person men- to department.
3 tioned as aforesaid, and that said notice has been issued to the depart- iss2. isi, § 3.
1SS8.
24S,
§ 1
1898.
496.
§3;
1900.
397,
§2.
R. L.
83.537.
1903.
3.34,
§§3,
7
1917.
320.
§2.
1919.
350.
§s;
141 Mass.
203.
152 Mass.
432.
161 Mass.
70.
195 Mass.
187,
1182 PROCEEDINGS AG.\INST CHILDREN. [CH-\P. 119.
ment, the court, if it finds the allegations in said complaint proved, may 4
adjudge that said child is a neglected child, and may further continue 5
said complaint and allow the child to be placed in the care of some suit- G
able person or charitable corporation upon furnishing surety for the 7
further appearance of the child before said court whenever said court 8
may require; and said court may make such further orders with reference 9
to the care and custody of the child as may conduce to his best interests; 10
or said court may commit the child to the custody of the department 11
until he becomes twenty-one years of age, or for a less time; and the 12
department may discharge said child from its custody whenever the 13
object of his commitment has been accomplished. 14
fo°"v?rse"rs"of SECTION 45. If such clulii has a Settlement and if the overseers of the 1
1866, 283 § 3 P'^°'" '^^ ^^^ place of his settlement so request, the commitment may be 2
J^gl^ *i|/ S3 ^° t'^^'r custody. The department may transfer its custody of any such 3
1894! 498', § 28. cliiid who has a settlement to the overseers of the poor of the place of 4
lobo! 397! § 2. settlement, upon their request, and such transfer shall thereafter relieve 5
R. L. S3. § 3,. ^j^g commonwealth from further liability for his maintenance. tj
1903. 334. 55 4. 7. lOlO, 3.i0, § 87.
Powers of
overseers, etc.
Section 46. The overseers of the poor shall have the same powers 1
1898' 496 I Is- '"^^ *° children committed or transferred to their custody as are given to 2
R "l^sI ? 37 *^^® department as to children in its custody ; but in Boston the trustees 3
1903; 334,' ' for children shall have the powers and duties conferred upon the over- 4
1919, 350, § 87. seers of the poor by this and the preceding section. 5
ajjudfcltfo" Section 47. The child, parent, guardian or person appearing in be- 1
1886.330. 1 2. half of such child, or the department, may appeal from the adjudication 2
R. l! S3, ■§ 381 of the court to the superior court sitting for civil business for the county 3
8'5 6.'7. ' where the hearing is held; and if said parent, guardian or other person 4
1917; 326, § 2. appearing on behalf of the child fails to furnish the bail required by the 5
1919, 350, § 87. court before which such hearing is held, the child may be committed to 6
the custody of the department or placed in the care of some suitable 7
person or charitable corporation, pending determination of the appeal. 8
Such appeal shall be entered in the superior court by the court from 9
which the appeal is taken, without payment of an entry fee, and the 10
superior court may advance such complaint for speedy trial. The court 11
shall notify the child, parent, guardian or person appearing in behalf of 12
such child of the right of appeal. 13
plarinlfrf" Section 48. Whenever a child is before any coiu-t as a neglected 1
children* child and has no attorney, any person may, with the court's consent, 2
1912,165. actiorhim. ' " 3
Stendance Section 49. Attendance officers in cities and overseers of the poor 1
i9(m'^3'56"§ 1 ^" towns shall, as often as they deem necessary, make diligent search 2
1913, 779, § 13. throughout their respective towns for children under si.xteen sufTering 3
want through poverty, privation or the neglect of their parents or 4
guardians or other persons having them in charge, or from any cause 5
whatsoever. G
i9w,^356^T^' Section 50. Where such children are found without parents or guard- 1
ians, or in charge of such parents or guardians as such officers or over- 2
seers deem unfit to care for children by reason of mental incapacity, 3
dissolute habits or poverty, they shall provide for the temporary care 4
Chap. 119.] proceedings against children. 1183
5 of such children until proceedings may be had against them, if necessary,
6 under sections forty-two to forty-seven, inclusive.
1 Section 51. Reasonable expenses incurred by such officers and over- Expenses
2 seers in furnishing aid under the two preceding sections shall be paid by preceding"
3 the town wherein the persons have legal settlements, or, if they ha^-e 'i904?35fi, 5 3.
4 none, by the commonwealth, after approval by the department; and ww. 350, § 87.
5 written notice shall be sent to the place of settlement or, if such persons
6 have no settlement, to the department as otherwise provided by law.
delinquent children.
1 Section 52. The following words as used in the following sections Definitions
2 shall, except as otherwise specificallv provided, have the following 4S9. '§ 4. '
„ ■ 1917,326,5 2.
3 meanings:
4 "Court", the Boston juvenile court or a district court, except the mu-
5 nicipal court of the city of Boston.
6 "Delinquent child", a child between seven and seventeen who vio-
7 lates any city ordinance or town by-law or commits an offence not pun-
8 ishable by death or by imprisonment for life.
9 "Probation officer", a probation officer or assistant probation officer
10 of the court having jurisdiction of the pending case.
11 "Wayward child", a child between seven and seventeen years of age
12 who habitually associates with vicious or immoral persons, or who is
13 growing up in circumstances e\-posing him to lead an immoral, vicious
14 or criminal life.
1 Section 53. Sections fifty-two to sixty-three, inclusive, shall be lib- Proceedings
2 erally construed so that the care, custody and discipline of the children Seemed crim-
3 brought before the court shall approximate as nearly as possible that '"goe, 413, § 2.
4 which they should receive from their parents, and that, as far as prac-
5 ticable, they shall be treated, not as criminals, but as children in need
6 of aid, encouragement and guidance. Proceedings against children under
7 said sections shall not be deemed criminal proceedings.
1 Section 54. If complaint is made to any court that a child between Proceedings.
2 seven and seventeen years of age is a wayward child or a delinquent §§3,'4, ''
3 child, said court shall examine, on oath, the complainant and tiic wit- fooV. tisfi's!
4 nesses, if any, produced by him, and shall reduce the complaint to writing,
5 and cause it to be subscribed by the complainant.
6 If said child is under fourteen years of age, said court shall first issue
7 a summons requiring him to appear before it at the time and place named
8 therein, and such summons shall be issued in all other cases, instead of a
9 warrant, unless the court has reason to believe that he will not appear
10 upon summons, in which case, or if such a child has been summoned and
11 did not appear, said court may issue a warrant reciting the substance of
12 the complaint, and requiring the officer to whom it is directed forthwith
13 to take such child and bring him before said court, to be dealt with ac-
14 cording to law, and to summon the witnesses named therein to appear
15 and give evidence at the examination.
1 Section 55. If a child has been summoned to appear or is brought p^^™M''^^
2 before such court upon a warrant, as provided in the preceding section, be summoned.
3 a summons shall be issued to at least one of its parents, if either of them §§4%. ""
1184
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHILDREN.
[Chap. 119.
1859, 286, § 1.
G.S.75, §§6,S
76, §§17, 20.
1863, 139, § 3.
1870, 359, § 8.
P. S. 89,
§§ 20, 32.
18S3, 110.
1886, 101, I 4.
1898, 433, I
R. L. 86.
§§ 17, 30.
1906,413, §
1919, 350, §
n Allen, .509,
i.s known to reside within the town where such child was found, and, if 4
there is no such parent, then to its lawful guardian, if there is one known 5
to be so resident, and if not, then to the person with whom such child 6
resides, if known. Said summons shall recjuire the person served to 7
4 appear at a time and place stated therein, and show cause why such child 8
-*■ should not be adjudged a wayward child or delinquent child, as the case 9
^ may be. If there is no such parent, guardian or person who can be sum- 10
87. moned as aforesaid, the court may appoint a suitable person to act for 11
such child. 12
If such child is summoned, the time for appearance fixed in the sum- 13
mons to a parent, guardian or other person, as herein provided, shall, 14
when practicable, be that fixed for the appearance of said child. 15
A summons required by this and the preceding section, unless service 16
thereof is waived in writing, shall be served by a constable or police 17
officer, by delivering it personally to the person to whom addressed, or 18
by leaving it with a person of proper age to receive the same, at the 19
place of residence or business of such person; and said constable or officer 20
shall immediately make return to the court of the time and manner of 21
the service. 22
If tlie court shall be of opinion that the interests of the child require 23
the attendance at any proceedings of an agent of the department, and 24
shall request such attendance, such agent shall attend to protect the 25
interests of said child. 26
Hearings.
-Appeal.
1906,413, S 5.
1910,243, § 1.
Section 56. Hearings upon cases arising under sections fifty-two 1
to sixty-three, inclusive, may be adjourned from time to time. A child 2
adjudged a wayward child or delinquent child may appeal to the superior 3
court, and such child shall, at the time of such adjudication, be notified 4
of his right of appeal. The appeal, if taken, shall be entered, tried and 5
determined in like manner as appeals in criminal cases, except that the 6
trial of the said appeals in the superior court shall not be in conjunction 7
with the other business of that com-t, but shall be held in a session set 8
apart and devoted for the time being exclusively to the trial of juvenile 9
cases. This shall be known as the juvenile session of the superior court, 10
and shall have a separate trial list and docket. All juvenile appeal cases 1 1
in the superior court shall be transferred to this list, and shall be tried, 12
unless otherwise disposed of by direct order of the court. In any appeal 1 3
case the superior court, before passing sentence or before ordering other 14
disposition, shall be supplied w^ith a report of any investigation thereon 15
made by the probation officer of the court from which the appeal was 16
taken. Section thirty-five of chapter two hundred and seventy-six and 17
section eighteen of chapter two hundred and seventy-eight, relative to 18
recognizances in cases continued or appealed, shall apply to cases aris- 19
ing under sections fifty-two to sixty-three, inclusive. 20
Investigation
by probation
Section 57. Every case of a wa^^^vard child or a delinquent child 1
shall be investigated by the probation officer, who shall make a report 2
regarding the character of such child, his school record, home surround- 3
ings and the previous complaints against him, if any. He shall be 4
present in court at the trial of the case, and furnish the court with such 5
information and assistance as shall be required. At the end of the pro- 6
bation period of a child who has been placed on probation, the officer 7
in whose care he has been shall make a report as to his conduct during 8
such period. 9
Chap. 119.] proceedings against children. 1185
1 Section 58. At tlie hearing of a complaint against a child the court Adjudication.
2 shall examine such child and any witnesses that appear, and take such aftefldiSli-
3 testimony relative to the case as shall be produced. If the allegations is7o,"359,
4 against a child are proved, he may be adjudged a wayward child or de- |.^"'s9^-
5 linquent child. . ,. . r!1''||§27.
6 If a child is adjudged a wayward child, the court may place hmi m j|^°g'm||
7 the care of a probation officer for such time and upon such conditions los iiass'. 492.
8 as may seem proper, or may deal with him in the manner provided for
0 the disposal of the case of a neglected child.
10 If a child is adjudged a delinquent child, the court may place the case
1 1 on file, or may place the child in the care of a probation officer for such
12 time and on such conditions as may seem proper. If it is alleged in the
13 complaint upon which the child is so adjudged that a law of the com-
14 monwealth has been violated, the court may, with the consent of the
15 department, authorize it to place such child in charge of any person, and,
16 if at any time thereafter such child proves unmanageable, to commit
17 such child, if a boy under fifteen years of age, to the Ljman school, if
18 a boy between fifteen and eighteen years of age, to the industrial school
19 for boys, or if a girl under seventeen years of age, to the industrial school
20 for girls, but not for a longer period than until such child becomes twent>'-
21 one. The department may provide for the maintenance, in whole or in
22 part, of any child so placed in charge of any person.
23 The court may commit such delinquent child to any institution to
24 which it might be committed upon a conviction for such violation of
25 law, excepting a jail or house of correction, and all laws applicable to a
26 child committed upon such a conviction shall apply to a delinquent
27 child committed under this section.
1 Section 59. If a child has been placed in care of a probation officer, violation of
2 said officer, at any time before the final disposition of the case, may arrest ut'im ° ^"''
3 such child without a warrant and take him before the court, or the court '''°"' *"■ ^ ^■
4 may issue a warrant for his arrest. When such child is before the court,
5 it may make any disposition of the case which it might ha\e made before
6 said child was placed on probation, or may continue or extend the period
7 of probation.
8 If the coiu-t finds that such child has violated the conditions of his
9 probation, it may impose a fine not exceeding five dollars, and if the
10 fine is not paid at once, in whole or in part, may order that said child
11 stand committed to a jail until the same is paid, but not exceeding fi\e
12 days. Said court shall suspend the execution of said order and continue
13 the probation for such time as it fixes, unless in its opinion such child
14 will default. Said fine may be paid to the probation officer, whereupon
15 the order for commitment shall be void. If at the end of the period of
16 such suspension the probation officer reports that said fine is unpaid,
17 the court may extend such period, or place the case on file, or revoke the
18 suspension of the execution of the order of commitment. If the fine
19 or any part thereof is paid to the probation officer, he shall give a receipt
20 therefor, keep a record of the payment, pay the same to the clerk of the
21 court at its next session, and keep on file the clerk's receipt therefor.
1 Section 60. A disposition of any child under sections fifty-two to Proceeding
2 sixty-three, inclusive, or any evidence given in such case, shall not, in ase?id™ce
3 any proceeding, in any court, be lawful or proper evidence against "fn rases'^'*'
4 such child for any purpose, excepting in subsequent criminal proceed- i906,4i3. § 10.
1186
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHILDREN.
[Chap. 119.
ings, or subsequent cases of delinquency or waywardness against the 5
same child. 6
Commission of
criminal offence
by chUd.
Disposition of
such a case.
1906,413, § 11.
Section 61. If it be alleged in a complaint made under sections
fifty-two to sixty-three, inclusive, that a child has committed an offence
against a law of the commonwealth, or has violated a city ordinance or
town by-law, and the coml is of opinion that his welfare, and the inter-
ests of the public, require that he should be tried for said offence or viola-
tion, instead of being dealt with as a delinquent child, the court may,
after a hearing on said complaint, order it dismissed.
Restitution
by child.
1906, 413, §
Section 62. If, in adjudging a person a delinquent child, the court
finds, as an element of such delinquency, that he has committed an act
involving liability in a civil action, and such delinquent child is placed
on probation, the court may require, as a condition thereof, that he shall
make restitution or reparation to the injured person to such an extent
and in such sum as the court determines. If the payment is not made at
once, it shall be made to the probation officer, who shall give a receipt
therefor, keep a record of the payment, pay the money to said injured
person, and keep on file his receipt therefor.
Parent or
guardian aid-
ing in de-
linquency of
chUd.
1906,413, § 13.
1916,243, §4.
Section 63. Any parent or guardian or person having the custody 1
or control of a wayward child or delinquent child, who shall be found to 2
have knowingly or wilfully encouraged, aided, caused or abetted, or con- 3
nived at, or has knowingly or wilfully done any acts to produce, promote 4
or contribute to the delinquency or waywardness of such child, may be 5
punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for 6
not more than six months. The court may release on probation under 7
section eighty-seven of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, subject to 8
such orders as it may make as to futm-e conduct tending to produce 9
or contribute to such delinquency or waywardness, or it may suspend 10
sentence under section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, or 11
before trial, with the defendant's consent, it may allow the defendant 12
to enter into a recognizance, in such penal sum as the court may fix, 13
conditioned to comply with such terms as the court may order for the 14
promotion of the future welfare of the child, and the said case may then 15
be placed on file. The provisions for appeal and recognizance in section 16
fifty-six shall be applicable to cases arising hereunder. The Boston 17
juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the municipal 18
court of the city of Boston, of complaints hereunder. 19
Power of
commission
on probation.
1906, 413, § 14.
1912, 187.
Section 64. The commission on probation may supervise the pro- 1
bation work for wayward and delinquent children, and make necessary 2
inquiries in regard to the same, and in its annual report may make such 3
recommendations as it considers advisable for the improvement of 4
methods of dealing with such children. 5
Sessions for
children.
1874, 258, § 3.
1877, 210, § 5.
P. S. 89, § 19.
R. L. 86, § 16.
1906,413,1 6;
489. § 5.
1916, 243, § 2.
PROVISIONS COMMON TO ALL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHILDREN.
Section 65. Courts shall designate suitable times for the hearing of 1
cases of children under seventeen years of age, which shall be called the 2
session for children, for which a separate docket and record shall be 3
kept. Said session shall be separate from that for the trial of criminal 4
cases, shall not be held in conjunction with other business of the court, 5
Chap. 119.] proceedings against children. 1187
6 and shall be held in rooms not used for criminal trials; and in places
7 where no separate juvenile court room is provided, hearings, so far as
8 possible, shall be held in chambers. No minor shall be allowed to be
9 present at any such hearing unless his presence is necessary, either as a
10 party or as a witness, or, in the opinion of the court, in the interests of
11 justice; and the court may exclude the general public from the room,
12 admitting only such persons as may have a direct interest in the case.
1 Section 66. A child under fourteen years of age shall not be com- commitment
2 mitted to a lockup, police station or house of detention, to a jail or house houses of
3 of correction, to the state farm, or the house of correction at Deer island, R*ai43,§ is
4 pending an examination, in default of bail or for the non-payment of a a a' fit' lis.
5 fine, except as provided in sections fifty-nine and sixty-seven or upon ^^i'iii'^ig
6 conviction of any offence not punishable by death or imprisonment for ii|2, 127, § 1.
7 life; provided, that a boy twelve or over, arrested in the act of violating I'shn', sae! § 9:
8 a law of the commonwealth, or on a warrant, may, in the discretion of 1902. 314
9 the arresting officer, be committed to a lockup, police station or house '^'"'' *^^' ^ ^'
10 of detention.
1 1 Whenever a child under seventeen years of age has been committed to
12 a lockup, police station or house of detention, the probation officer and
13 at least one of his parents, or if there is no parent the person with
14 whom such child resides, shall be notified at once of said commitment.
1.5 The officer of the place of custody where such child is confined, on the
16 written request of the probation officer, shall release such child to him
17 unless the officer who made the commitment makes a written request
18 for his detention. Said probation officer shall notify such child of the
19 time and place of the hearing of his case.
1 Section 67. A child under fourteen held for examination or trial, or CHreof
2 to prosecute an appeal to the superior court, if unable to furnish bail (or'examllm^
3 shall be committed to the care of the department or of a probation J'^fo ggg ^ y
4 officer. The person to whose care he is committed shall provide for his {g^^ ^127^ ^'
5 safe keeping and for his appearance at such examination or trial, or at §§ 1. 1|. '
6 the prosecution of his appeal. §518, 19
7 A child fourteen years of age or over so held, if unable to furnish bail i9i(';243! § i!
8 shall be so committed to a probation officer unless the court on immediate ""^' ^^' ^ *^"
9 inquiry shall be of opinion that, if so committed, such child will not
10 appear at such examination or trial, in which case said child may be
11 committed to jail.
12 Said probation officer shall have all the authority, rights and powers
13 in relation to a child committed to his care under this section, and in
14 relation to a child released to him as provided in section sixty-six, which
15 he would have if he were surety on the recognizance of such child.
1 Section 68. The superintendent of the public schools in any town, Superintendent
2 any teacher therein, and any person in charge of any private school, or f'umish°in-'°
3 any teacher therein, shall furnish to any court from time to time any 'i9'"o(i*48'9'r8
4 information and reports requested by any justice thereof relating to the Pifa^^^-
5 attendance, conduct and standing of any pupil under his charge, if said i9i9,'5.
6 pupil is at the time in charge of the court.
1 Section 69. If a warrant is issued by a court or trial justice for a Proceeding to
2 child's arrest, or if a child between seven and seventeen years of age is ?eratiom etc.
1188
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHILDREN.
[Chap. 119.
1906, 489,
1908, 286.
1918, 257,
§419.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
arrested without a warrant, as provided by law, in order to avoid tlie 3
incarceration of the child, if practicable, the officer to whom said warrant 4
is delivered, or who has arrested the child without a warrant, may, unless 5
the court or trial justice issuing such warrant has otherwise directed in 6
the warrant, accept the written promise of the parent, guardian or person 7
with whom it is stated that said child resides, or any other reputable 8
person, to be responsible for the presence of said child in court at the 9
time and place when the child is to appear, and at any other time to 10
which the hearing in the case may be continued or adjourned. Nothing 11
herein contained shall prevent the admitting of said child to bail, in 12
accordance with sections twenty-nine and thirty of chapter two hundred 13
and seventv-six. 14
Parents,
guardians,
etc., may be
summoned at
anv time.
1907, 195, § 1.
Section 70. At any time during the pendency of any case before a
court or trial justice against a child under seventeen years of age, whether
pending adjudication or during continuances or probation or after the
case has been taken from the files, the court or trial justice may summon
any parent or guardian of said child, or any person with whom the child
resides, in the manner provided in section fifty-five.
Failxu-e to
appear on
summons.
1907, 195, § 2.
Section 71. If any person to whom a summons is issued under the 1
preceding section or section forty-two or fifty-five fails to appear in 2
response to such summons, the court issuing the summons may issue a 3
capias to compel the attendance of such person, and such capias shall 4
be issued and served in the same manner as a capias to compel the at- 5
tendance of witnesses who have failed to appear on a subpoena issued 6
in behalf of the commonwealth in a criminal case. 7
Jurisdiction
of courts in
their juvenile
sessious con-
tinued, etc.
1907,411.
1918, 257,
§418.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
Section 72. Courts may continue to exercise jurisdiction in their 1
juvenile sessions over children who become se\enteen years of age or 2
who pass the age limit for bringing the kind of complaint or proceeding 3
before the court, pending adjudication on their cases, or during con- 4
tinuances or probation, or after their cases have been placed on file. 5
Nothing herein shall authorize the commitment of any gu-l over seven- 6
teen years of age to the industrial school for girls, or give any court any 7
power or authority over said children after they become eighteen years 8
of age, except that, on the revocation of the suspension of the execution 9
of a sentence or order of commitment, such sentence or order of com- 10
mitment may be executed, notwithstanding that the child sentenced or 11
ordered committed has passed the age limit for commitment to the 12
institution to which he was sentenced or ordered committed. 13
Jurisdictic
of courts.
>n
1847,
, 165,
§4.
1855,
,442,
§8.
1861,
,200.
1870,
,359,
§7.
1871,
,365.
1872,
,358,
§1.
1874,
,258,
§§ 1,
4.
1877,
,210, §5;
211,
§6.
PS.
89, §
15.
1884,
255,
§ 11
323,
§3.
R. L.
86, 5 10.
1908, 639,
§3.
criminal proceedings.
Section 73. In criminal proceedings under the following sections, 1
district courts and trial justices may commit boys under fifteen years 2
of age to the Lyman school, boys between fifteen and eighteen years of 3
age to the industrial school for boys, or girls under seventeen years of 4
age to the industrial school for girls, except that the Boston juvenile 5
court shall, subject to the preceding section, commit no boy over seven- 6
teen years of age to the industrial school for boys. The municipal 7
court of the city of Boston may commit boys over seventeen years of 8
age to the industrial school for boys. 9
ClIAP. 119.] PROCEEQINGS AGAINST CHILDREN. 1189
1 Section 74. Criminal proceedings shall not be begun against any Proceedings
2 child between seven and fourteen years of age, except for offences d?™ Lfween "
3 punishable by death or imprisonment for life, unless proceedings against fourtl?"
4 him as a delinquent child have been begun and dismissed as required i9"'5'*i3. § ii.
5 by section sixty-one.
1 Section 75. Upon complaint against any child between seven and ^"^"p'^j"*-
2 fourteen years of age against whom proceedings have been begun and 1855,442,
3 dismissed as required by section sixty -one or against any child between 1859.286.
4 fourteen and seventeen years of age for any offence not punishable by g s'. 75,
5 death or imprisonment for life, such com't or trial justice shall examine, || l^%Q^^
6 on oath, the complainant and the witnesses produced by him, shall Jlel'^jg
7 reduce the complaint to writing and cause it to be subscribed by the || 2, 3 ' ^
8 complainant, and may issue a warrant reciting the substance of the isroissS;
9 accusation and requiring the officer to whom it is directed forthwith to i87i',365.
10 take the person accused and brmg him before said court or trial justice, 35s^§^4.' '
11 to be dealt with according to law, and to summon such witnesses as §"§^8*20.32.
12 shall be named therein to appear and give evidence on the examination. HH- }J°; § 4
13 The provisions of section fifty-five shall apply to proceedings under this ^^l' *?3' ^ -^
14 section except that the summons shall require the person summoned §§ i^. i^- 30.
15 to show cause why the child should not be committed to the Lyman
16 school or an industrial school.
1 Section 76. The court or trial justice before whom a child is child may be
2 brought on a complaint under the preceding section, upon request of of'departmfnt.
3 the department of public welfare, may authorize said department to 1I70! stn", | lo.
4 place him in charge of any person, or, if such child pro\es unmanage- HH] 'f2i § 2.
5 able, to commit the child, if a boy under fifteen years of age, to the Fs|2^5b
6 Lyman school, if a boy between fifteen and eighteen years of age, to {,^^^'86%^'
7 the industrial school for boys, or if a girl under seventeen years of i9i9i 35b,' § 87.
8 age, to the industrial school for girls, until the child becomes twenty- ^'
9 one years of age. Said department may provide for the maintenance,
10 in whole or in part, of any such child so placed in charge of a person.
11 The department may discharge from custody any child committed to
12 its care under this section.
1 Section 77. At the time named in the summons, such court or warrant of
2 trial justice shall examine the child and any person who appears in is47?ib5f§'4.
3 answer to the summons, and take such testimony relative to the case §§^4.'5,*^'
4 as may be produced. If the allegations are proved, and it appears ^p^vJ™'! 2=
5 that the child is a suitable subject for the Lyman or industrial schools, ^g^s^isSt'
6 and that his moral welfare and the good of society require that he i8;!2, 9.
7 should be sent thereto for instruction, employment or training, a war- §§23,24.
8 rant of commitment shall be issued in substance as follows: 19'ok esg.S^s-
4 Op. A. G. 628.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(County) ss.
To the Sheriff of the County of or his Dejiuty, or any Constable or Police
Officer in said County, and to the Svperintendent of the School
for Boys (or Girls) at
Greeting:
Whereas, (name of person committed) of in the county of ,
a boy (or girl) between (seven and fifteen) (fifteen and eighteen) (or seven and
seventeen, if a girl) j'ears of age, has this day been brought before the
court of , by virtue of a summons (or warrant) issued to (against)
1190
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHILDREN.
[Chap. 119.
Certificate of
age and
residence,
185S, 25.
1859. 286, § 1
G. S. 76, § 19.
P. S. 89, I 24.
R. L. 86. § 23.
146 Mass. 489.
Warrant for
recommitment.
1855, 442. § 6.
G. S.75, § 10;
76, § 22.
P. S. 89, § 26.
R. L. 86. § 25.
1908, 639, § 3.
Sentence, etc.,
of child noc
committed to
him (or her) on the complaint of of in the county of
, who therein, upon oath, says that said defendant , at
in the county of , on the day of in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and , was guilty
of as is more fully alleged in said complaint.
And after hearing all matters and tilings concerning the same, and all persons
entitled thereto having been summoned and notified of the pendency of said com-
plaint, as recjuircd by law, it is adjudged by said court that said defendant is
guilty, and that he (or she) is of the age of years and months,
and is a suitable subject for the (Lyman school for boys) (or industrial school
for boys) (or industrial school for girls), and that his (or her) moral welfare and
the good of society require that he (or she) should be sent thereto for instruction,
employment and training; and it is thereupon ordered by said court that said
defendant stand committed to the (Lyman school for boys) (or industrial school
for boys) (or industrial school for girls) during his (or her) minority, or until he
(or she) be discharged according to law.
You are therefore hereby required, in the Name of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, to take the said defendant and him (or her) carry to the said
(Lyman school for boys) (or industrial school for boys) (or industrial school
for girls), and him (or her) deliver to the superintendent thereof, together with
an attested copy hereof, and thereafterward forthwith to return this warrant
with your doings thereon into said court.
And you, the superintendent of said school, are alike required to receive said
defendant into your custody in said school, and him (or her) there safely keep for
instruction, employment, discipline and training until the e.xpiration of said
term of his (or her) minority, or he (or she) be discharged according to law.
Witness, at said this day of
in the vear of our Lord one thousand nine himdred and
A true copy.
Attest:
{Constable of
(Sheriff of
Clerk.
)
No variance from said form shall be considered material if it sufS- 9
ciently appears upon the face thereof that the child is committed by the 10
court or trial justice in the exercise of the powers conferred by this 11
chapter. The warrant may be executed by any officer qualified to 12
serve civil or criminal process in the county where the case is heard. 13
Accompanying the warrant, the court or magistrate shall transmit to the 14
superintendent, by the officer serving it, a statement of the substance 15
of the complaint and testimony given in the case, and such other partic- 16
ulars relative to the child committed as can be ascertained. In commit- 17
ments in proceedings under sections fifty-two to sixty-three, inclusive, 18
the word "delinquent" shall be substituted for the word "guilty". 19
Section 78. The court or trial justice shall certify in such warrant 1
the age of such child in years and months as near as can be ascertained, 2
and the place where he resided at the time of arrest; and such certifi- 3
cate, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be conclusive evidence of 4
his residence. 5
Section 79. If a child previously committed to the Lyman school, 1
industrial school for boys or industrial school for girls is again brought 2
before a court or trial justice upon any such complaint, the case may 3
be examined and a warrant issued for a recommitment of such child 4
without issuing the summons required by section fifty-five. 5
Section 80. If a child found guilty by a court or trial justice is 1
not considered a fit subject for the Lyman school or the industrial school 2
Chap. 120.1
MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
1191
3 for boys or the industrial sc-hool for girls, he shall be sentenced or bound etc.,^scho''o'is.
4 over to appear before the superior court accordini; to the usual course J?^c'IFiU-
r e ■ ■ t V G. b. 76, §23
5 or cnmnial proceedings.
1872, 08, § 5. P. S. 89. § 27. R. L. 86, § 26. 1908, 639, § 3.
1 Section 81. A child ordered committed to the Lyman school or Appeal.
2 industrial school for boys or the industrial school for girls, by authority ism] Ise! 1 1'.
3 of section seventy-three, or sentenced under the preceding section, 7b/j l^; ^ '"■
4 may appeal to the superior court, and the appeal shall be there entered, ^- 1 ^^^ i^g
5 tried and determined in like manner and subject to like provisions as i^^s, 639, § 3.
6 appeals from trial justices in criminal cases.
1 Section 82. Warrants issued by trial justices for the commitment warrants by
2 of girls to the industrial school for girls may be returned to the clerks for''commf^
3 of the superior court, and fees thereon shall be allowed in the same to'^be ?it?rned
4 manner as expenses in criminal proceedings. courT^"""^
1861,116. P.S. 89, §31. R.L. 86, §29
1 Section 83. A boy between seven and eighteen convicted in the Sentences in
2 superior court of an offence punishable by imprisoiunent other than i859"i7o,°§'3;
3 imprisonment for life may be sentenced to the Lyman school if under cfs.M', § 26
4 fifteen years of age, to the industrial school for boys if between fifteen Jlet'Jol'tl
5 and eighteen years of age, or to such punishment as is otherwise pro- p*!?'!*') ^
6 vided by law. Upon a commitment under this section, the statement R. i-. so, § 32.
7 and certificate required by sections seventy-seven and seventy-eight
8 shall be made and transmitted as therein provided.
REFERENCE.
§ 40. Institutions to submit requests for appropriations for purpose of this sec-
tion, Chap. 127, § 90. •
CHAPTER 120.
MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Sect.
1. Trustees may hold trust funds.
2. Trustees have charge of all industrial
schools.
3. Superintendent and physician for each
school, etc.
4. Rules and regulations, etc.
5. Instruction of boys and girls.
6. Visits by trustees. Report.
7. Power of superintendents.
8. Bond and accounts of superintendent,
etc.
9. Rogers fund.
10. Contracts by superintendent. Suits.
11. Revision of sentence in certain cases.
12. Escape or breach of parole. Arrest.
13. Term of detention. Discharge.
Sect.
14. Transfers from one school to another,
etc.
15. Transfer from Massachusetts reforma-
tory by commissioner of correction.
16. Transfers to Massachusetts reforma-
tory, etc.
17. Custody of boy or girl transferred.
IS. Transfers to hospital cottages, etc.
19. Corporal punishment in Lj-man school.
20. Discharge of boy or girl.
21. Parole. Placing children.
22. Trustees may be guardians of children.
23. Sa\dngs by children on parole.
24. Gifts to trustees.
25. Children committed by United States
courts.
26. Aiding in escape.
1 Section 1. The trustees of the Massachusetts training schools, in Trustees may
2 this chapter called the trustees, shall be a corporation for the purpose Ss*"^'
1192
MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 120.
1848, 305.
1856, 63.
G. S. 76, § 2,
1879, 291, § 8.
P. S. 89, § 1.
R. L. 86, § 1.
1906, 407.
1908, 639, § 1.
1911,566,
§§1,3.
3 Op. A. G. 452
of taking, holding and investing in tru.st for the commomvealth, subject 3
to section fifteen of chapter ten, any grant or devise of land or any 4
gift or bequest made at any time for the use of any institution of 5
which they are trustees and they shall succeed to and retain the rights, 6
powers and duties formerly held or acquired by the board of trustees and 7
treasurers of the state reform and state industrial or state primary S
schools except as provided in said section. 9
Trustees have
charge of all
industrial
schools.
1847.165, § 1.
1855, 442, §§ 1.
24.
G.S. 75, § 1;
76, § 1.
1879,291, § S.
P. S. 89, § 1.
1895, 428, § 2.
R. L. 86, § 1.
Section 2. The trustees shall have the management, government
and care of the Lyman school for boys at Westborough, the industrial
school for girls at Lancaster, the industrial school for boys at Shirley,
and of all other institutions, except the Massachusetts reformatory,
supported by the commonwealth for the custody, care and training of
delinquent or wayward children or juvenile offenders, and of all children
committed thereto. i9os, 639, §i. i9ii, see, §i. lOp. a. g. 96.
fndpiTyslcfaT' Section 3. They shall annually elect a superintendent and a phy-
for each school, gjcian of cach of Said schools, and shall fix their compensation. The
JitI' J5S' I o- superintendent of each school shall, with the approval of the trustees,
1855, 442, §2. ^, ^ o t * '
. s. 75, § 2; appoint the other omcers and iix their compensation. i879, 291, § 10.
P. S. 89, § 2. R. L. 86, § 2. 1908, 639, § 5. 1911, 566, §§1,3.
76, § 4.
Rules and
regulations,
1847, 165, § 2.
1855, 442. § 2.
G.S. 75, §2;
76, §§3,4.
1879, 291, § 8.
P. S. 89, § 8.
R. L. 86, § 3
1908, 639, § 5.
1911, 566,
S§ 1, 3.
Section 4. They shall have the control of the land and buildings of 1
said schools. They shall take charge of the general interests of each insti- 2
tution . They shall establish rules, regulations and by-laws for its govern- 3
ment, for the direction of its officers and the instruction and discipline 4
of its inmates, and they shall see that its affairs are conducted accord- 5
ing to law and to such rules, regulations and by-laws, and that strict 6
discipline is maintained therein. They shall provide employment, edu- 7
cation and training for the inmates and parole, discharge or remand 8
them as provided in tliis chapter. They shall exercise a vigilant super- 9
vision over the institutions, their officers and inmates, and prescribe 10
the duties of the officers. The rules, regulations and by-laws may be 11
amended by the assent of seven trustees at a legal meeting; but no 12
amendment shall be valid until approved by the governor and council. 13
Instruction of
bovs and girls,
1847, 165, § 9.
1855, 442, § 19
G. S. 75, § 20;
76, § 5.
P. S. 89, § 9.
R. L. 86, § 4.
1908, 639, § 0.
1911, 566,
§§1,3.
Section 5. They shall cause the girls and boys under their charge 1
to be instructed in piety and morality, and in the branches of useful 2
knowledge adapted to their age and capacity ; and in some regular course 3
of labor or trade, either mechanical, manufacturing, agricultural or 4
horticultural, for the boys; or mechanical, manufacturing or horticul- 5
tural, and especially in domestic and household labor and duties, for the 6
girls; or a combination of these, as may be best suited to their age, 7
strength, disposition and capacity; and in such other arts, trades and 8
employments as may seem to the trustees best adapted to secure their 9
reformation, amendment and future benefit. 10
Visits by
trustees.
Report.
1847, 165, § 15.
1855, 442, § 25.
1857, 40, § 1.
1859, 177, § 2.
G.S. 75, §25:
76, § 7. ^
1880, 208, § 4.
P. S. 89, § 10.
Section 6. One or more of the trustees shall visit each school at 1
least once in every two weeks. At such time the girls and boys shall be 2
examined in the school rooms and workshops and the registers and 3
various departments shall be inspected. A record shall be kept of these 4
visits in the books of the superintendents. Once in every three months, 5
each school in all its departments shall be thoroughly examined by a 6
ClIAP. 120.] MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS. 1193
7 majority of the trustees, and a report thereof made to the trustees. On r l. sn, § 5.
8 or before January first of each year or as soon thereafter as possible, the \ln] ilt'-, ^ *^'
9 trustees shall make to the commissioner of public welfare a written report fgisf Igs ^'
10 summarizing the aflFairs of the institutions in their charge for the preced- J^I'll"'
11 ing fiscal year including full reports of the superintendents, such inven-
12 tories as the institutions under their supervision are required by law to
13 make, and such recommendations for legislation as they may have.
14 The commissioner shall make an annual report covering these matters.
1 Section 7. The superintendent of each school with the subordinate Power of
2 officers shall have general charge and custody of the inmates thereof. e"fs"°"'°'^'
3 He shall be a constant resident at the school, and, under the direction Isssilliifao
4 of the trustees, shall disciphne, govern, instruct and employ and use his ^g^jl^- ^ ^'■•
5 best endeavors to reform the inmates in such manner as shall, while S'f-^^'V'-
6 preserving their health and promoting their proper physical develop- iws^esb. §6.
7 ment, secure the formation of moral, religious and industrious habits, 226.''' ' *"'
8 and of regular and thorough progress and improvement in their studies,
9 trades and employments.
1 Section 8. Each superintendent shall before entering upon his Bond and
2 duties give bond to the commonwealth, with sureties approved by the supenmcnd-
3 governor and council, in such sum as the state auditor may prescribe, i^vfies, § u.
4 conditioned that he shall faithfully perform all his duties and account G^I'vl^jlf'
5 for all money received by him as superintendent. The bond shall be pP-g^fg § 12
6 filed in the office of the state treasurer. Each superintendent shall rl. so. § 7''
7 have charge of all the property of the institution within the precincts wn'. is. '
8 thereof. He shall keep accounts of all his receipts and expenditures, ^^"°' ^®' ^ *'
9 and of all property intrusted to hirii, showing the income and expenses
10 of the institution; and shall account to the trustees, in such manner
11 as they may require, for all money received by him. His books and
12 all documents relative to the school shall at all times be open to the
13 inspection of the trustees. He shall keep a register, containing the name,
14 age and circumstances connected with the early history of each girl or
15 boy, and shall add such facts as come to his knowledge relative to her or
16 his history while at the institution, and after leaving it.
1 Section 9. The superintendent of the industrial schotjl for girls, Rogers fund.
2 under the direction of the trustees, shall purchase books with the income g*'s.'76,''§ 22
3 and pre -
4 Rogers.
1 Section 10. Each superintendent shall make all contracts on account Contracts by
2 of his institution in writing, with the approval of the trustees if their enP'sulte."
3 rules, regulations or by-laws require it; and he or his successor may sue 1855:442; ill
4 or be sued thereon to final judgment and execution. No suit shall abate ^g,®^ 10.' ^ ^^'
5 by reason of the office of superintendent becoming vacant, but any sue- r il^sl"'
, 6 cesser in office may take upon himself the prosecution or defence thereof; i^os, 639, § 'e.
7 and upon motion of the adverse party and notice he shall be required
8 so to do.
1 Section 11. If within thirty days after the order of commitment Revision of
2 of a boy to the Lyman school or the industrial school for boys, or of a girl ?e?tarn?a3es.
3 to the industrial school for girls, the trustees have reason to believe that it*L!s6?§\i;
1194
MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 120.
1918.25
§303.
1919, 5.
1920. 2.
at the time of such order a boy, if committed to the Lyman school, was
more than fifteen, or if committed to the industrial school for boys, was
more than eighteen, or a girl was more than seventeen, they may apply
to the court of commitment for a revision of the order, and if the court
finds that the boy or girl was over the maximum age for commitment to
such school, it shall make such order as should have been made.
Escape or
breach of
parole.
Arrest.
1907, 362.
1915, 113, >
Section 12. A boy committed to the Lyman school or to the indus- 1
trial school for boys or a girl committed to the industrial school for girls, 2
who has escaped therefrom, or been released on parole and broken the 3
conditions thereof, may be arrested without a warrant bj' a sheriff, 4
deputy sheriff, constable or police officer and may be kept in custody in 5
a suitable place and there detained until such boy or girl may be removed 6
to the school from which he or she escaped or was released. 7
Term of
detention.
Discharge.
1847, 165,
§§ S, 7.
18.55, 442,
§§ 5,11,13.
1859, 286, § 4.
G. S. 75, § 13;
76, § 27.
■1863, 184, § 1.
1864, 290.
P. S. 89, § 35.
1895, 428. § 4.
R. L. 86. § 33.
1908, 639, § 6.
1915, 113, § 1.
Section 13. All boys and girls committed to the Lyman school, the 1
industrial school for boys or the industrial school for girls shall be there 2
kept, disciplined, instructed, employed and governed, under the direction 3
of the trustees, until they become twenty-one or are paroled, legally 4
transferred or discharged. The trustees may grant an honorable dis- 5
charge to any person in their custody who, in their opinion, for merito- 6
rious conduct is worthy and deserving thereof, and whom they believe 7
permanently reformed. The court of commitment shall be so notified 8
in writing and thereupon shall make an entry to the foregoing effect in 9
its records concerning this particular person. If a person is honorably 10
discharged by the trustees or becomes twenty -one, he shall be completely 11
released from all penalties or disabilities incurred in consequence of 12
commitment. 13
ratschooUo" Section 14. The trustees may transfer any boy from the Lyman
igos'^esg^'M school for boys to the industrial school for boys or vice versa. The trustees
i9ii' 566 ^ ^ ^'^^ children for Boston may transfer to the industrial school for boys,
HI,' 3. ' _ with the consent of the trustees thereof, any boy committed to the Suffolk
iop!a. G. 182^ school for boys; but no boy shall be transferred to the industrial school
for boys by the trustees of any institution without the consent of the
trustees of the former. The department of public welfare may transfer
boys between fifteen and eighteen in its custody to the industrial school
for boys.
Transfer from
Massachusetts
reformatory
by commis-
sioner of
correction.
1908, 639, § 4.
1911, S66,
5§ 1, 3.
Section 15. With the consent of the trustees the commissioner of 1
correction may transfer to the industrial school for boys any boy under 2
seventeen sentenced to the Massachusetts reformatory, or to the indus- 3
trial school for girls any girl under seventeen sentenced to the reform- 4
atory for women. 5
1916, 241, § 1. 1918,100. 1919, 350, § S3.
Transfers to
Massachusetts
reformatory,
etc.
1866, 198, § 6.
1876, 14.
1880. 208. § 3,
P. S. 79, § 10:
89, § 47.
1884, 255, § 13.
1901, 128; 359.
R. L. 84, § 9;
225, §§ 87, 88.
Section 16. The trustees may transfer any person committed or 1
transferred to the industrial school for boys or to the Lyman school for 2
boys, still in the custody of said trustees, who has proved unmanageable 3
or an improper person to remain in either of the said institutions, to the 4
Massachusetts reformatory; and in the same way may transfer any 5
person committed or transferred to the industrial school for girls, still 6
in the custody of the trustees, to the reformatory for women. Upon 7
Chap. 120.] massachusett training schools. 1195
8 application by the trustees, the commissioner of correction may trans- i?os, i«9,
9 fer any inmate of any of the fore^oingf schools, whom the trustees con- i9n', see.
10 .sider incorrigible or an unfit subject for said schools, to the state farm, ilA'. ns, § 2.
1 1 there to be held on the mittimus until the term of sentence expires, but }gj|; Jgg. 350
12 the commissioner may return such person M'ith the mittimus to the ^s^-
13 school from wliich such transfer was made, when in his judgment the
14 object of such transfer has been accomplished. Any person transferred
15 under tliis or the two preceding sections shall be accompanied by all
15 mittimuses and processes, a copy of the medical report, and a written
17 statement covering the liistory and conduct of the person, and the cir-
18 cumstances of the person's home, so far as they can be ascertained.
1 Section 17. The legal custody for the remainder of his or her minority custody ot
2 of any boy or girl transferred to the Massachusetts reformatory or to the trali°femd.
3 reformatory for women by the trustees is thereby surrendered by them, {g?!;^?]^^'
4 and shall thereafter be in the institution to which the transfer has been {g^-^
5 made. 1920. 2.
1 Section 18. The commissioner of mental diseases may, upon the Transfers to
2 request of the trustees, transfer from any schools under their control to cotSgelctc.
3 the hospital cottages for children or to the Massachusetts school for r^l'86%46
4 the feeble-minded any inmate whose condition would be benefited by such wos. 639, § e.
5 transfer, upon a certificate of a physician that such person is a suitable i9i6;2S5, § i.
6 subject for treatment at either of the last named institutions. §§ 79, so.'
1 Section 19. Corporal punishment shall be permitted in the Lyman corpora! pun-
2 school only under such rules and regulations and by such modes as shall LySa"Vchooi.
3 be prescribed by the trustees. No such punishment shall be inflicted p^^'sg^j so
4 except by the direction of the superintendent or assistant superintendent fgf^ f^g^ 3*
5 in charge, to whom the offence shall be reported, and who shall designate
6 the nature and extent of punishment to be inflicted. In every case of
7 such punishment, a record of the offence and the mode and extent of
8 the punishment shall be made and presented to the trustees at their next
9 meeting. Such punishment shall not be inflicted until the expiration of
10 twenty-four hours after the same has been authorized as aforesaid, and
11 no inmate shall be subjected to such punishment more than once in one
12 day.
1 Section 20. The trustees may discharge and return to his parents. Discharge of
2 guardian or protector any boy who, in then- judgment, is physically or i855?442!'§ 12.
3 mentally unfit to remain in the Lyman school or industrial school for p'.tltjlt
4 boys, and they shall discharge and return to her parents, guardian or J^ l' 8«^§ 44
5 protector, any girl who, in their judgment, ought for any cause to be re- J^os, esj), § 3.
6 moved from the industrial school for girls. In such case the trustees §§ i.'s. '
7 shall make an entry upon their records of the name of such boy or girl, 305"
8 the person to whom he or she was returned, the date when he or she was
9 discharged from the custody of the school and a statement of the reasons
10 for his or her discharge. They shall forthwith transmit to the court of
11 commitment a copy of such record signed by their secretary.
1 Section 21. They may release on parole, and may, subject to section Parole.
2 eighteen of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, place cliildren in their cwidren.
3 custody in their usual homes or in any situation or family which has been Ifs^.'l.^*'
1196
MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
[Chap. 120.
R. h. 86, § 36.
1904, 363, § 2.
1908, 639, § 3.
1911, 566,
HI, 3.
1919, .350, § 87,
19.T Mass. 187.
lOp. A. G. 112,
226.
investiisated and approved by the trustees. They may employ agents for 4
investigating places and for visiting children, and immediately on placing 5
such children shall give notice to the department of public welfare of the 6
name of each child so placed and of the name and residence of the person 7
to whose care he is intrusted. They may, at any time until the expira- 8
tion of the period of commitment, resume the care and custody of chil- 9
dren released on parole and recall them to the school to which they were 10
originally committed; and the trustees shall place children in families or 11
homes of the religious belief of such children, but, if this be impracticable, 12
then due regard shall be had to the locality, and, if practicable, the home 1.3
shall be such that the children shall have the opportunity to attend re- 14
ligious worship of their own belief. 15
Trustees may
be guardians
of children.
1855, 442, § 1
1863. 184, § 2.
P. S. 89, § 46.
R. L. 86. § 45.
1915, 113, § 3.
Section 22. They may act as guardians for any boy or girl in their
charge under twenty-one who has neither parent living nor guardian, with
all the power and authority conferred by chapter two hundred and one,
except that when a guardian is appointed, the powers herein conferred
shall cease.
Savings b>
children oi
parole.
1915, 113,
Section 2.3. The trustees shall make earnest efforts to induce boys and 1
girls, in their charge on parole, to save some portion of their earnings 2
which, under the direction of the trustees, shall be placed in savings 3
banks and held by them for the benefit of the ward, or when deemed 4
necessary, expended in his behalf, or by direction of the trustees applied 5
on liabilities incurred by him. Unless a different agreement is made by 6
the trustees with the ward, these deposits shall be paid to him when he 7
becomes twenty-one, or to his legal representatives if he dies at any time 8
before such payment. 9
Gifts to
trustees.
G.S. 75. § 26.
P. S. 89, § 48.
R. L. 86, 5 47.
Section 24. They may expend any money given for the purpose in 1
erecting houses or other buildings on the land of the commonwealth at 2
Lancaster, for increasing the accommodation of the industrial school, 3
if the plans therefor are first approved by the governor and council. 4
Children com-
mitted by
United States
courts.
1866. 274.
P. S. 89. § 37.
1887, 426, § 2.
Section 25. The provisions of this chapter relative to the Lyman 1
school, industrial school for boys or industrial school for girls shall extend 2
to boys and girls committed by authority of the courts or magistrates of 3
the United States. R. l. 86, § 35. i9os, 639, § 3. 4
Aiding in
escape.
1918,257.
§307.
1919. 5.
1920, 2.
Section 26. Whoever aids or assists an inmate of the Lyman school, 1
industrial school for boys or industrial school for girls to escape or at- 2
tempt to escape shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred 3
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years. 4
REFERENCES.
Separate confinement for minors. Chap. 127, § 22.
No solitary confinement for juveniles, Chap. 127, § 39.
Gag forbidden in penal or charitable institutions, Chap. 127, § 38.
Trespass on land of any school, etc., Chap. 266, § 123.
Disturbing inmates, etc.. Chap. 268, § 30.
Department of public welfare may transfer to state infirmary sick children in the
custody of trustees. Chap. 121, § 15.
Chap. 121.] powers and duties of department of public welfare, etc.
1197
CHAPTER 121.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE,
AND THE MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL.
Sect.
1. Definitions.
POWERS AND DUTIES OP DEPARTMENT.
2. Certain powers and duties of the com-
missioner.
3. Certain powers and duties of the ad-
visory board. Meetings.
4. Rules, etc.
5. Commissioner and advisory board may
assume duties of trustees of insti-
tutions, if governor so directs.
6. .Supervision of state institutions, etc.
7. Visitations.
S. Duties relative to certain paupers.
9. Transfer of paupers.
10. Removal of paupers to places of settle-
ment.
11. Names and history of such persons to
be recorded, etc.
12. Removal of infected persons, etc.
13. Admission of persons affected with
certain incurable diseases to the
state infirmary.
14. Inmates of institutions to have right
of corresponding, etc.
15. Sick juvenile ofTenders may be sent
to state infirmary.
16. Annual visits to 'children placed out,
etc.
17. Contracts of placing out may be can-
celled, etc.
18. Notice to department before child is
placed out, etc.
19. Adoption of children, etc., to be pro-
cured.
20. Advice to persons conducting wayfar-
ers' lodges or public lodging houses.
Sect.
21. Reports of ofiicers of wayfarers' lodges
and public lodging houses.
22. Annual report.
DUTIES RELATIVE TO HOMESTEADS.
23. Duties.
24. Development of land purchased.
25. Sale of such land.
26. Suggestions to planning boards.
27. Report.
MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL AND
HOSPITAL FOR STATE MINOR WARDS.
28. Management of school, etc.
29. Powers and duties of trustees.
30. Appointment of officials and assistants.
31. Payment of charges for support of
children, etc.
32. Inspection of school. Annual report.
33. Treasurer's accounts to be open to in-
spection by trustees.
34. Hospital for state minor wards.
35. Management of hospital. Admission
of patients.
36. Use of land, buildings and farm prod-
ucts by hospital and school.
37. Patients not to be sent to hospital till
sufficient accommodations are pro-
vided.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
38. Approval of certain plans and advice
to overseers of the poor, etc.
39. Forms for statistical returns.
40. Trustees of institutions to make annual
inventory.
41. Banks to give information as to de-
posits.
Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter shall have Definitions.
^, r. 11 • • 1914, 606, § 1.
the lollowinK meanines :
"Board", the advisory board of the department of public welfare.
"Commissioner", the commissioner of public welfare.
"Department", the department of public welfare.
"Public lodging house", every building not licensed as an inn, having
7 a capacity for housing ten or more persons, where persons are lodged
8 without charge or at the rate of twenty-five cents or less for a day of
9 twenty-four hours, or in return for any work, service or value rendered.
10 "Wayfarers' lodge", every building, lodge, enclosure or establish-
11 ment, whether under public or private management, where waj^arers,
12 tramps, wanderers, needy persons or persons out of work are habitually
13 fed or provided with a place to sleep.
1198
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE. [ChAP. 121.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
powe^rTand SECTION 2. The commissioner shall have charge of the adminis- 1
commissioner tratlon and enforcement of all laws which it is the duty of the depart- 2
1919. 350, § 89. ment to administer and enforce. 3
Certain
powers and
duties of th(
advisory
board.
Meetings.
1919, 350, §
Section 3. The board shall assist the commissioner in the work of 1
the department. It shall keep informed of the public interests with 2
which the department is charged, and of the administration thereof, 3
90. shall study and investigate questions arising in connection therewith, 4
and shall consider, formulate and recommend such proposals as may 5
seem feasible for the furtherance of the work of the department and of 6
the public welfare. It shall advise with the commissioner concerning 7
the policies of the department, and shall make recommendations con- 8
cerning the service or administration of any division thereof. The 9
board shall meet at least once a month, and at such other times as it 10
may determine by its rules, and when requested by the commissioner 11
or by any three members. 12
Rules, etc.
1863, 240, § 4.
1879, 291, § 7.
P. S. 79, § 3.
R. L. 84, § 3.
1919, 350, § 94.
Section 4. The commissioner may prepare and present for the 1
approval of the board rules and regulations governing the conduct of 2
the department and any action which may legally be taken under its 3
authority, and such rules and regulations shall take effect upon ap- 4
proval by a majority of the board, and at such time as it by vote shall 5
fix. Any person objecting to any such rule or regulation may submit 6
his objection to the commissioner, in writing, who shall refer the same 7
to the board, which may hear the said person and revise, amend or 8
affirm the rule or regulation. At least once in each year the question 9
of revising the rules and regulations of the department shall be brought 10
before the board by the commissioner at a regular meeting. Rules and 11
regulations effective under the provisions of this section may be revised, 12
amended or annulled in the same manner in which they were originally 13
adopted. 14
Commissioner
and advisory
board may
assume duties
of trustees of
institutions,
if governor
BO directs.
1879, 291, 5 4.
P. S. 79, § 2.
1898, 433, § 24.
Section 5. When so directed by the governor the commissioner I
and board may assume and exercise the powers and perform the duties 2
of the board of trustees of any institution under the supervision of or 3
placed in the department, in any matter relative to the management 4
and control thereof, except in case of trust funds vested in any board 5
of trustees. i90i, 291. r. l. 84, § 2. 6
1904, 446, § 12. 1908, 598. 1919, 350, § 93.
Supervision
of state
institutions,
Section 6. The department shall have general supervision of the 1
state infirmary, the LjTnan school for boys, the industrial school for 2
girls, the industrial school for boys, and the Massachusetts hospital 3
school; and may delegate any of its powers and duties to and execute 4
any of its functions by agents appointed for the purpose. i887, 264. 5
1895, 428,
1898, 433,
1901. 291.
1908. 598: 6.39, § 6.
1919, 350, § 87.
2 0p. A. G. 194.
i85i?342!l2. Section 7. The department shall, at least once a year, visit all places 1
fwo 359^ ^' where state paupers are supported, and ascertain from actual examina- 2
§§i,'2. tion and inquiry whether the laws relative to such paupers are properly 3
Ch.'^P. 121.] POWERS AND DLTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PtTBLIC WELFARE. 1199
4 observed, particularly in relation to such as are able to labor; and shall J^' i^j' 5 2.
5 give such directions as will insure correctness in the returns required in U ^'^u^, .
6 relation to paupers; and may use necessary means to collect infor- 1897, 374, § 3.
7 mation relati\'e to their support. It shall visit the state infirmary and 1900! 215:
8 the Lyman school for boys, for the purpose of inspection, at least once si.^'i^' ^ *'
9 a month, and, by women appointed for the purpose, may at all hours 1909; pf;
10 of the day or night have access to the portions of said infirmarv oc- Jq Jo' §?n'tL
111 1*11 1 **i IT ' lyiy, oou, g oi.
11 cupied by the women or children there mamtamed at public expense,
12 and may require from the officers of said institutions information con-
13 cerning the condition and treatment of the inmates. It shall visit all
14 almshouses maintained in towns. It shall visit and inspect, at least
15 once a year, every wayfarers' lodge and every public lodging house
16 in the commonwealth, and for this purpose may enter upon any prem-
17 ises where such lodge or lodging house is maintained at any time of
18 the day or night. It shall upon the request or with the consent of a
19 charitable corporation which, under section twelve of chapter one hun-
20 dred and eighty, is required to make an annual report to said depart-
21 ment, at least once a year, visit and inspect the institution or investigate
22 the work of such corporation. It may visit and inspect all places where
23 town paupers are supported in families.
1 Section 8. It shall ascertain whether any paupers in state in- Duties relative
2 stitutions under its supervision have settlements in the commonwealth, paupers!"
3 and shall cause laws relative to the support by towns of sane state paupers p?*f.' 79.^5 \*'
4 to be enforced, and may prosecute cases of bastardy if the mother has no ^°l] 84f'§*4^*'
5 settlement in the commonwealth. It shall also prepare, and annually \l^- |°g- ^ g^
6 mail, on or before April first, to the clerk of the overseers of the poor of
7 each town, a form for returns to be made by overseers of the poor under
8 sections thirty-three and thirty-four of chapter one hundred and seven-
9 teen, and from said returns it shall prepare tables of paupers supported
10 by towns.
1 Section 9. It may transfer pauper inmates from one state chari- Trans/erof
2 table institution to another, or send them to any state or place where i,s5|' |55-
3 they belong, if public interest or the necessities of the inmates so require. iseV. 24b, § i.
1872, 4.5. § 3. 18S7. 367. 102 Mass. 214.
1879. 291, § 3. R. L. 84. §§ S, 10. 116 Mass. 570.
P S. 79, §§ 9, 12. 1919, 350, § 87.
1 Section 10. If a state pauper, who has received a certificate de- Removal of
2 scribed in section seven of chapter one hundred and twenty-two desires pfa"efof*°
4 friends willing to support liim, the department may remove said pauper, ^ |; ^^' |\*-
5 if in its ' ' ■ •■ • " .i • . . ,. .i ..i , ,. ., „.
6 pauper.
5 if in its judgment it is for the interest of the commonwealth and of the i^os. 23I.
1 Section 1 1 . The names of persons so removed and the usual details Names and
2 of their history shall be entered upon the register of the infirmary, and sSpereons
3 shall be recorded by the superintendent as discharged by the depart- etc^" ""^°"^''^-
4 ment for the purpose of removal from the commonwealth.
I860, S3, § 2. P. S. 79, § 15. R. L. 84, § 12.
1 Section 12. The department may, if expedient, remove any person Removal of
2 infected with a disease dangerous to the public health, who is main- IfeSo'Ds, etc.
3 tained or liable to be maintained by the commonwealth, to any hospital Jgog; Igf;
1200 POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE. [ChAP. 121.
1919, 350, § 87. provided for .state paupers, or may provide such place of reception for 4
*''■■■'* such person as is judged best for his accommodation and the safety of the 5
pubhc, which place shall be subject to the regulations of the department, 6
and it shall have the same authority to remove such persons thereto as is 7
conferred upon boards of health by section ninety-five of chapter one 8
hundred and eleven, and any expenses incurred in carrying out tliis sec- 9
tion may be paid from the annual appropriation for expenses in connec- 10
tion with smallpox and other diseases dangerous to the public health. 11
of'^^rsons SECTION 13. Any pcrson who has been a resident of the common- 1
?frta'in'' "'"^ Wealth for not less than two years and is affected with any incurable 2
diseases'to the f^i^^^se, exccpt mental defect or leprosy, may be admitted to the state in- 3
state infirmary, firmary; provided, that his admission shall be only upon the certificate 4
of the board of health of the town from which he is sent. The depart- 5
ment may make rules and regulations for such admission and to facilitate 6
the operation of this section. The expense of the maintenance of such a 7
patient shall be paid by him or by any person or kindred bound by law 8
to maintain him; if lie and such person or kindred are unable to pay for 9
his maintenance the town where the patient is found to have a legal 10
settlement shall be liable to the commonwealth for his support, or, if 11
the patient is without settlement in this commonwealth, the expense of 12
his maintenance shall Jbe paid by the commonwealth. 13
I'nsTitution's to SECTION 14. Iniuates of institutions Under the Supervision of the dc- 1
coms'^'Mding partment shall be allowed, subject to its regulations, to write freely to it, 2
1906 341 ^^^ letters so written shall be forwarded, unopened, by the superinten- 3
dent or person in charge of the institution to the department for such 4
disposition as it deems right, and the department may send any letter or 5
other communication to any inmate of any such institution whenever it 6
considers it proper. 7
offenders may SECTION 15. The department may send to the state infirmary any 1
efatrin&mary. juvcnilc offender in its custody, or, upon the request of the trustees of 2
R ''l 86^§ 49 ^^^^ Massachusetts training schools, any juvenile offender in their custody, 3
1919' 350 1 87 ^''^^ '^^ ^" "^^*^ ^^ hospital treatment. A juvenile offender so transferred 4
' shall be subject to the regulations of the state infirmary and shall be in 5
the exclusive custody of the superintendent and trustees thereof until 6
they determine that he has sufficiently recovered to be retm-ned to the 7
place of his former custody. Thereupon, they shall so certify upon the 8
warrant of commitment and give written notice to the department, which, 9
upon receipt of such notice, shall cause such juvenile offender to be re- 10
turned to its custody, or, if he was originally transferred from the Lyman 11
school or either industrial school, to be returned to the custody of the 12
trustees of the Massachusetts training schools, there to remain pursuant 13
to the original sentence in each case. 14
to°chUdren ° SECTION 16. The department shall at least once a year visit all 1
m'o, 359,''§^2°' children maintained wholly or in part by the commonwealth, or who 2
1879! til', 1 3. have been placed in charge of a person by any institution, department, 3
R L 8^6 \% board or officer of the commonwealth, and all minor children who are 4
1919, 350, § 87. supported at the expense of any town. It shall inquire into the condi- 5
tion of such children, and make such other investigations relative thereto 6
as it may think fit; and for this purpose it may have private interviews 7
with such children at any time. 8
Chap. 121.] powers and duties of department of public welfare. 1201
1 Section 17. If the department is of opinion that a child so placed pEg°ou°^
2 in charge of a person cannot, with advantage to the child, be longer so ™n^Vf j
3 kept, it may cancel the contract by giving written notice to such person is^g, 302, § 1.
4 of its intention to cancel the same, stating its reasons therefor, and re- isn! 370! 1 2'.
5 turn such child to the institution from which he was taken; or, on appli- p. a'sg^^Ho,
6 cation of such institution, the department may transfer him to any other 1^ l. se,
7 institution maintained by the commonwealth for the support or refor- fgil^'sso § S7
8 mation of children, or otherwise provide for his maintenance during minor-
9 ity, or for a less time. The cancellation of the contract shall not operate
10 as a discharge of the minor under any sentence or order of commitment.
1 Section 18. A child shall not be adopted or placed in charge of any Notice to
2 person from a state institution until notice of an application therefor has bePJ're'SSid
3 been given to the department and until its written report, made after ou?.'etc'^
4 investigation into the propriety thereof, has been filed with such in- \ll'^' l^f | ^■
5 stitution. All applications for the release or discharge of any children so £• |- ^^' i^^
6 placed in charge shall in like manner be given to the department for its '
7 report.
1 Section 19. The department shall seek out suitable persons who are Adoption of
2 willing to adopt, take charge of, educate and maintain children arrested to be^procured.
3 for offences, committed to a state institution, abandoned or neglected, lira! 291! f 3.
4 and give notice thereof to the institutions, departments, boards, officers ^ f |g V53
5 or persons having authority so to dispose of said children. i^i^. 356. § si.
1 Section 20. It may consult with and advise individuals or officers Advice to
2 conducting any wayfarers' lodge or public lodging house regarding the conducting
3 conduct of the same and the best methods of serving the public welfare i^dgis'^or
4 thereby, and may transmit a statement of its findings as a result of its [Jous'es ''"'*"'*
5 inspection or consultation to any person, officer or board properly in- J^J^' ^9^' 1 1^
6 terested therein.
1 Section 21. The department may require of all persons, officers or Reports of
2 boards conducting a wayfarers' lodge or a public lodging house such wayfarere'
3 reports of facts and circumstances relative thereto, its inmates and its pubUc uxUing
4 administration, as the department deems advisable. houses.
19U, 606, § i. 1919, 350, § 87.
1 Section 22. The commissioner shall make an annual report con- Annual report.
2 taining, in addition to other matters recjuired by law, a concise re\iew is57,' 4or'§^!''
3 of the work of the several institutions inider the supervision of the de- ises, 246.^ ^'
4 partment for the preceding fiscal year and such suggestions and recom- f^^\ l^g 5 4
5 mendations as to said institutions and as to the general interests of all Jf'f'l^r'
6 persons under its supervision as he considers expedient, together with F;||^'
7 information embodying the experience of this and other countries rela- isss, 433. § 21.
8 tive to the best and most successful methods of caring for such persons r. l'. si?'
9 as come under its super\-ision. The report shall include a statement of 19077271, § 1.
10 the condition and management of almshouses maintained in towns with Jg?!;!"!; §5.
11 its suggestions and recommendations relative thereto, together with the isia.sso, §8.
12 most important information obtained from the returns made by over-
13 seers of the poor under sections thirtj'-three and thirty-four of chapter
14 one hundred and seventeen, and a detailed report of its inspection and
15 supervision of wayfarers' lodges and public lodging houses.
1202
MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL.
[Chap. 121.
Duties.
1913, 595, § 1.
1919, 3.50.
DUTIES RELATIVE TO HOMESTE.U)S.
Section 23. The commissioner and board shall investigate defective 1
housing, the e\'ils resulting therefrom and the work being done in the 2
commonwealth and elsewhere to remedy them, study the operation of 3
building laws and laws relating to tenement houses, encourage the crea- 4
tion of local planning boards, gather information relating to town plan- 5
ning for the use of such boards, and promote the formation of organiza- 6
tions intended to increase the number of wholesome homes for the 7
people. 8
Development
of land
purchased.
1917, 310, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 87, 90.
Section 24. The commissioner and board may, with the consent of
the governor and council, take by eminent domain or purchase in behalf
of and in the name of the commonwealth tracts of land for the purpose
of relieving congestion of population and providing homesteads or small
houses and plots of ground for mechanics, laborers, wage earners of any
kind, or others, citizens of the commonwealth; and may hold, improve,
subdivide, build upon, sell, repurchase, manage and care for such land
and the buildings constructed thereon, in accordance with such terms
and conditions as they may determine.
Sale of
such land.
1917, 310, § 2.
1918, 204.
1919, 360,
§§ 87, 90.
Section 25. The commissioner and board may sell such land or 1
any parts thereof, with or without buildings thereon, for cash or upon 2
such instalments, terms and contracts and subject to such restrictions 3
and conditions as they may determine, and may take mortgages upon 4
said land, with or without buUdings thereon, for such portion of the pur- 5
chase price and upon such terms as they deem advisable, but no tract 6
of land shall be sold for less than its cost, including the cost of any build- 7
ings thereon. All proceeds from the sale of land and buildings or other 8
sources shall be paid to the commonwealth. 9
Suggestions
to planning
boards.
1913, 494, § 3.
1914, 283, § 2.
1919, 350,
§§ 87, 90.
4 0p.A. G. 153.
Section 26. The commissioner and board shall call the attention of
mayors and city councils and selectmen in towns having planning boards,
to the provisions of sections seventy to seventy-two, inclusive, of chapter
forty-one; and it shall furnish information and suggestions from time
to time to city goverimaents, selectmen and planning boards, which may
tend to promote the purposes of said sections and of section twenty-three
of this chapter.
fg^fg^las J 3 Section 27. The commissioner shall make an annual report of the
Jf'^s^'ln™' acts of the commissioner and board under the four preceding sections.
§§8, yo.
Management
of schoo], etc.
1904, 446,
l§ 1. 5.
1907, 226.
MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL FOR ST.\TE MINOR
WARDS.
Section 28. The Massachusetts hospital school shall be main- 1
tained for the education and care of crippled and deformed children 2
of the commonwealth. The board of trustees of said school shall 3
have the same powers and shall be required to perform the same 4
duties in the management and control of the school as are vested in 5
and requu-ed of the trustees of the various state hospitals under 6
chapter one hundred and twenty-three, so far as applicable. 7
Chap. 121.] m.\ss.\chusetts hospit.\l school. 1203
1 Section 29. The trustees shall be a corporation for the purpose Powers and
2 of taking and holding, by them and their successors, in trust for the tu*3tle°!
3 commonwealth, any grant or devise of land, and any gift or bequest ^^°*' **^' ^ ^'
4 of money or other personal property made for the use of the institution,
5 and for the purpose of preserving and investing the proceeds thereof
6 in notes or bonds secured by good and sufficient mortgages or other
7 securities, with all the powers necessary to carry said purposes into
8 effect.
1 Section 30. The trustees may appoint, and, subject to the approval o|Pi°\°'^d'* °'
2 of the governor and council, may fix the salaries of all persons necessary ^?|^jf ■'|'^|- ^ g
3 for the proper administration of the affairs of the school, and may incur
4 all expenses necessary for the maintenance thereof.
1 Section 31. The trustees may, upon written application of any Payment ot
2 child entitled to receive the benefit of said school, or upon such ap- Lppon oT
3 plication by a parent, guardian or person having the legal custody wot'w'ef'fg.
4 of the child, or by any state or municipal department, board or officer ^^'^' ^^^^ * '■
5 having such custody, admit such child to said school, subject to such
6 rules and regulations as the trustees may prescribe, and the trustees
7 may discharge such child from the school. The charges for the support
S of the children of the school who are of suflScient ability to pay for the
9 same, or have persons or kindred bound by law to maintain them, shall
10 be paid by such children, such persons or such kindred at a rate de-
ll termined by the trustees. The board of such children as have a legal
12 settlement in a town shall be paid by the town at a rate not exceeding
13 four dollars a week, notice of the reception of the children by the
14 trustees being given by them to the overseers of the poor of the town
15 as soon as practicable; and the tuition and board of those having no
16 such settlement shall be paid by the commonwealth. The trustees may
17 receive other chiklren having no means to pay for tuition and supjwrt,
18 and the tuition and board of all such children shall be paid by the
19 commonwealth. The attorney general and district attorneys shall upon
20 request bring action to recover said charges in the name of the state
21 treasurer. The charges paid by the commonwealth, or by any town,
22 shall not be deemed to have been paid as state or pauper aid, and no
23 person shall be deemed a pauper because of his inability to pay for the
24 support of a child in said school. The admission of a child as aforesaid
25 to the school shall be deemed a commitment of the child to the care
26 and custody of the commonwealth, and the trustees, with the approval
27 of the department, may detain the child at said school during its school
28 age, or for such longer period during its minority as in the opinion of
29 the trustees will tend to promote the education and welfare of the child.
1 Section 32. There shall be a thorough inspection of the school l"holi'°AnIua\
2 by two of the trustees thereof monthly, and by a majority of them J^^°,^'448 ^ lo
3 quarterly, and by all of them semi-annually, and after each inspection isw. 35o, i s.
4 a written report of the state of the institution shall be dra\ni up. The
5 treasurer shall present his report at said annual meeting and the
6 trustees shall then audit it. The commissioner shall make an annual
7 report of the acts of the trustees.
1 Section 33. The accounts and books of the treasurer shall at all ^countfto
2 times be open to the inspection of the trustees. wm, 446. § ii. hfspection by
trustees.
1204
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ^VELFARE. [ChAP. 121.
Hospital
for state
minor wards.
1920. 597, § 1.
Management
of hospital.
Admission of
patients.
1920, 597, § 2.
Section 34. The trustees of the Massachusetts hospital school, 1
subject to supervision by the department, may construct from time to 2
time, as appropriations are made by the general court, and thereafter 3
may maintain, suitable buildings for the hospital care and treatment of 4
such state minor wards as may be assigned to their care by the said 5
department. . 6
Section 35. The said trustees shall have the same powers and shall 1
perform the same duties in the management and control of the said hos- 2
pital for state wards as are vested in and required of them in their ad- 3
ministration and control of the hospital school under sections twenty- 4
eight to thirty-three, inclusive, so far as applicable. No state ward who 5
is insane, feeble minded, epileptic, or otherwise unfit, shall be admitted 6
to or received at the said hospital, nor shall any state ward so be admitted 7
or received without the approval of the trustees and the written order 8
of an authorized agent of the department, nor released from said hospital 9
without written notice to the said department. 10
Use of land,
buildings antl
farm products
by hospital
and 8chool.
1920, 597, § 3.
Section 36. Any land acquired or buildings erected for the Massa- 1
chusetts hospital school or the hospital for state minor wards, unless it is 2
otherwise expressly provided, and also any farm product raised at the 3
said hospital school, or at the said hospital, may, as the trustees shall 4
from time to time determine, be used either interchangeably or exclusively 5
for said hospital school or said hospital, or in common for the benefit of 6
both institutions, and for the care and maintenance of their respective 7
inmates, officers, employees and attendants. Such officers, employees 8
and attendants shall, as required by the trustees, render service to either 9
or both of the said institutions. Any sewer, heating, ventilating, water 10
or similar plant or system may so be used, separately or jointly. 11
Patients not
to be sent to
hospital till
sufficient ac-
commodations
are provided.
1920, 597, § 4.
Section 37. No state minor wards shall be assigned to the said hos- 1
pital until the commissioner, with the approval of the governor and 2
council, finds that sufficient new building accommodations have been 3
constructed to provide for the number thus to be assigned. 4
Approval of
certain plans
and advice to
the poor, etc.
1905, 162.
1907, 271, § 2.
1919, 350, § 87
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 38. The department shall inspect and approve all plans 1
and specifications for new buildings to be used by state institutions 2
under its supervision, and for the extension or alteration, involving an 3
expenditure of more than two thousand dollars, of existing buildings 4
which are to be or are already so used, before such new buildings are 5
erected or such extensions or alterations made. It may advise with and 6
assist overseers of the poor in the preparation of plans for almshouse 7
buildings, the expenses to be paid from the appropriation for ex-penses 8
of the department. 9
Forms for
statistical
returns,
G. S. 71, § 5.
1864, 307, § 6.
P. S. 79, § 6.
R. L. 84, § 6.
1919, 350, § 87.
Section 39. The department shall prescribe the forms for statistical
returns to be made by the superintendent of the state infirmary in his
annual report, as to the sex, age and birthplace of the inmates, and the
places from which they were sent. It shall also prescribe the form of
and provide towns with blanks for the certificate required by section
seven of chapter one hundred and twenty-two. Such certificate shall
contain such inquiries as to the age, parentage, birthplace and former
Ch.\p. 122.]
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8 residence of and other facts relative to the pauper as the department
9 considers necessary, to which true answers shall be given before the
10 pauper is received into the infirmary.
1 Section 40. The trustees of every institution under the supervi- Trustees ot
111 11 ■ PI institutions to
2 sion of the department shall annually cause an accurate mventory ot the pake annual
3 stock and supplies on hand, and the value and amount thereof at the in- i_859, i77,' § 2.
4 stitution, to be made on the thu-tieth day of November, and to be sent to p.' I.' 79. §7.'
5 the department on or before the thu-d Wednesday in December. fgos, lii.^^ii.
1911, 154.
1 Section 41. A treasurer of a savings bank, national bank, trust Banks to give
^ i-iiir-j •_.•• information as
2 company, co-operative bank, benefit association, insurance company or to deposits.
3 safe deposit company who, upon written request, signed by an officer of §f''i".'3.^^'
4 the department, unreasonably refuses to inform him of the amount de- |§ fsf/iss.
5 posited in the corporation or association to the credit of a person named ]?''i' fii' ^ ^i'
6 in such request who is a charge upon the commonwealth as a pauper, or }j^^*' |i7'. 1 48.
7 who wilfully renders false information in reply to such request, shall 433. § 24.'
8 forfeit fifty dollars, to the use of the commonwealth. R. l. 84, § 15.
REFERENCES.
For duties of department relative to mothers with dependent children, Chap. 118.
Visits by department to county training schools, Chap. 77, § 2.
Dcjiartment may transfer certain boys in its custody to the industrial school for
boys, Chap. 120, §"l4.
Other duties as to children. Chap. 119.
Certain duties as to town paupers. Chap. 117.
Licensing of lying-in hospitals, Chap. Ill, § 71.
CHAPTER 122.
STATE INFIRMARY AND STATE PAUPERS.
Sect.
1. Meetings. Reports.
2. Rules, etc.
3. Powers of trustees.
4. Superintendent. Bond, etc.
5. Duties of resident physician.
6. Accounts of infirmary.
7. Superintendent to receive paupers.
8. Contracts for emplosonent of inmates.
etc.
9. Poor Indians, support of.
10. Liability of towns, etc., for support of
state paupers.
11. Liability of kindred for support of such
paupers.
12. Husband and wife not to be separated.
13. Cities and towns not to send dangerous
insane persons.
Sect.
14. Cities and towns to care for state
paupers, when.
15. Paupers sent to infirmary by cities and
towns.
16. Removal of sick paupers.
17. Smallpox patients.
IS. Reimbursement to cities and towns for
care of certain sick poor, etc.
19. Accounts of counties, etc., how audited.
20. Commitment of insane inmates.
21. Foreign paupers to be deported.
22. Insane state paupers to be deported.
23. Punishment for escape.
24. Complaints Jor escapes.
25. Jurisdiction of certain courts.
1 Section 1. The trustees of the state infirmary, in this chapter Meetings
2 called the trustees, shall hold meetings monthly at the state infirmary. i8T2?275
3 One trustee shall visit the institution at least once a week. The trus- llA %l
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[Chap. 122.
1857, 40. § 1.
1859, 177, § 2.
G. S. 71,
§§ 32, 34, 54.
1864, 288, § 11.
1876, 179,
§§ 1-3.
1879. 291.
§§ 7, 9. 10.
P. S. 80,
§§ 13, 14. 16.
17, 19, 20, 40.
1883, 278.
1884, 297,
§§ 2, 3.
1891, 299.
R. L. 85, § 2.
1905. 211, § 1.
1911, 104.
1918, 257,
§470.
tees shall appoint a superintendent of the state infirmary, who, with 4
the approval of the governor and council, may be the resident physician, 5
who shall hold office at the pleasure of the trustees, and whose com- 6
pensation shall be fixed by them, with the approval of the governor and 7
council. All other officers and employees shall be appointed. by the 8
superintendent, subject to the approval of the trustees, who shall fix 9
the compensation in each case. The trustees shall audit and approve 10
the accounts and bills of the superintendent before payment. The 11
trustees shall not employ one of their own members. The commis- 12
sioner of public welfare shall make an annual report of the condition of 13
the institution, with a copy of the inventory required by section forty 14
of chapter one hundred and twenty-one. 15
1919, 5; 350. §§ 8. 87. 1920, 2.
isslf '275!' § 6. Section 2. The trustees shall, with the approval of the governor 1
1879 291^ ^^' ^^^ council, make rules and regulations for the proper management 2
§§ 7, 9. and government of the state infirmary and shall see to their enforcement. 3
p. S. 86, § 14.
1S84. 297. § 2.
R. L. 85, § 3.
1911, 104.
trust^cs"^ Section 3. The trustees shall have and exercise the same powers
Ji=r ?^?' 1 1- relative to pauper inmates and their property as towns and overseers
1855, 445, §3. , 1 ,. r-r-./
G s 71, 01 the poor have relative to paupers supported or relieved by them,
1879, '291, §9. and the same powers as said overseers to return inmates of the state
infirmary to the place or country from which they came.
R. L. 85, II 4, 18. 1918, 257, § 302. 1919. 5. 1920, 2.
P. S.
§§ 15, 33.
Superin-
tendent.
BonJ, etc.
1852, 275, I 5.
1854, 189, § 2.
G. S. 71, § 34.
1876, 179, I 1.
1879, 291, I II
P. S. 86,
§§ 16. 19.
R. L. 85, I 6.
1911, 104.
1917, 18.
Section 4. The superintendent and resident physician may reside 1
with their families at the state infirmary. The superintendent shall 2
receive no other compensation than that pro\'ided in section one and 3
no perquisites for his services except as aforesaid; and he shall give bond 4
to the state treasurer for the faithful performance of his duties in such 5
sum as the state auditor may prescribe, and with sufficient surety to the 6
acceptance of said trustees and subject to the approval of the governor. 7
1920, 546, § 4.
Duties of
resident
physician.
1876, 179,
§§ 1,4.
P. S. 86,
Section 5. The resident physician shall be competent to take 1
charge of insane inmates, and shall have entire charge of and be re- 2
sponsible for the medical treatment of the inmates of the infirmary 3
hospital; shall regulate and control the dietary of and supervise the 4
preparation of the food for the hospital; and, if not himself the superin- 5
tendent, shall make requisitions upon the superintendent for such food, 6
medicines and necessaries, other than the ordinary supplies, as in his 7
judgment the requirements of a well ordered hospital demand. 8
Section 6. All accounts for the maintenance of the state infirmary 1
Accounts of
infirmary.
cf ^s' 71^'* ss' ''''^^ ^^^ support of the inmates shall be approved by the trustees and 2
1874, 360, § 2. filed with the state auditor at the end of each month. 3
p. s.
, §41.
R. L. 85, § 25.
1911, 104.
tofeMrvr^^"' Section 7. The superintendent shall receive any pauper sent with 1
1852 "75 §5 ^ proper certificate from the department of pubhc welfare, in this 2
G. s.' 71, 1 35. chapter called the department, or from one of the overseers of the poor, 3
1891, 84'. ' or from one of the Boston infirmary trustees, or from one of the trus- 4
Chap. 122.] state infirmary and state paupers. 1207
5 tees for children in Boston, or from some one duly authorized by said |§^3%^.^^'
6 overseers or said trustees, and shall provide for them under the rules f^^^- 1^^ ^ ^'
7 and regulations made under section two. loio, 350, § 87.
1 Section 8. The superintendent, with the consent of the trustees, contracts for
2 may contract with any person for the employment of any inmate of f^?ates"etc.°'
3 the state infirmary in any kind of lawful labor for such wages or on such Jf^f; yff ^ 4^
4 terms as the superintendent and trustees approve. If a contract is so f?'|'||H|4
5 made, such inmate shall be discharged from the infirmary, and, if he R- l- ss, § i9.
6 refuses to accept the employment offered, shall forfeit all claim to sup-
7 port as a state pauper.
1 Section 9. The department, upon application of the overseers of ^°°^ Indians,
2 the poor of a town, shall make provision in the state infirmary or else- 1862. 184, § 2.
3 where for the support of Indians unable to support themselves who p. s.'se, §23.
4 have not acquired a settlement in any town; and upon the application 1911, ?04 '^
5 of an Indian who received aid from the commonwealth prior to July '^'^ ^'^°' ^ ^^'
6 twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the department shall
7 furnish to him in the state infirmary or elsewhere such aid as it con-
8 siders expedient.
1 Section 10. A town where an inmate of the state infirmary is Liability of
2 found to have a legal settlement shall be liable to the commonwealth for support of
3 for his support in like manner as one town is liable to another in like is'sl. 445!' m.
4 cases; and in such case the department shall adopt the measures rela- a^i'lif'^y.
5 tive to notice, removal of a pauper and recovery of expenses prescribed r^'^.IsV
6 for towns in like cases. i898, 433, § 24.
R. L. 85, § 20. 1919, 350, | 87. 2 Op. A. G. 447.
1911, 104. 8 Gray, 455. 30p. A. G. 57.
1 Section 11. The kindred liable by law to towns for expenses in sup- Liability of
2 porting such paupers shall in like manner be liable to the commonwealth supporto"
3 for any expense incurred for such paupers; and the department may tssl'S^s'?"!'.
4 adopt the same measures and institute like proceedings for the recovery Jf^g; 7^*/|o.
5 of such expenses from the kindred so liable as are prescribed for towns in '^^5, 94, § i.
6 like cases. p. s. so, § se. i89s. 433. § 24.
R. L. 85, § 21. 1919, 350, § 87. 2 Op. A. G. 447.
1 Section 12. If a state pauper has a wife who is also a pauper having Husband and
2 a legal settlement in the commonwealth, he shall be supported by the ^pirated'." ^
3 town where his wife has her settlement; but the commonwealth, upon o^'tiu'
4 written notice to the department, shall reimburse such town for the cost i|6'*i%4*'
5 of aid given him for sixty days previous to notice and until otherwise p^^l'lg*'
6 ordered, the cost of such support being based upon the expense of sup- fl^o^A'
7 porting him had he been admitted to the state infirmary.
K. L. 85, § 16 1911,104. 110 Mass. 98.
1909, 98. 1919, 360, 5 87. 3 Op. A. G. 145.
1 Section 13. No town shall send to the state infirmary any insane cities and
2 person who would be dangerous if at large. i854, 437. s 1. send dangerous
G. S. 71, § 37. p. S. 86, § 24. R. L. 65, § 13. 1911, 104. insane persons.
1 Section 14. If the state infirmary be full, towns shall support state citiesandtowns
to care for stal
paupers, when
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[Ch.\p. 122.
1833, 352. § 4.
1854, 437, § 2,
G. S. 71, § 46.
superintendent that they can be received. The superintendent shall .3
give such notice by mail to towns according to priority of application. 4
R. L. 85, § 17.
Paupers sent
to infirmary
by cities and
towns.
1823, 21, § 1.
R. S. 46. § 30.
1862. 275,
§§ 3. 8.
1SS5, 151. § 1;
445. § 1.
1856, 171. § 3.
G. S. 71, § 36.
Section 15. Towns may at their own expense send to the state 1
infirmary, to be maintained at the public charge, all paupers falling into 2
distress therein and having no settlement within the commonwealth. 3
The town shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth, upon bills ap- 4
proved by the department, for the expense of transportation of each 5
state pauper so sent, for the excess over thirty miles by the usual route, 6
at a rate not exceeding three cents a mile. iS79. 291. § 3. 7
p. .S. 86, § 22.
105 Mass. 336.
2 Op. A. G. 499.
Removal of
sick paupers.
1887, 440,
§§ 1-3.
R. L. 85,
§S 10, II.
1903, 233.
1011, 104.
Section 16. No town officer or agent having the care and oversight 1
of a sick pauper shall remove or attempt to remove him or cause him to 2
be removed to the state infirmary unless there is reasonable cause to 3
believe that such removal will not injure or endanger his health; pro- 4
vided, that in case of doubt as to the safety of such removal such officer 5
or agent shall obtain a certificate of a competent physician that at the 6
request of such officer or agent he has examined such pauper, and that 7
in his opinion such pauper can so be removed without injury or danger 8
to his health; and provided, also, that such removal shall be made when- 9
ever ordered by the department. A town officer or agent who \'iolates 10
this section or a physician who gives a false certificate hereunder shall be 11
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hun- 12
dred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than tliree nor more than 13
twelve months, or both. 14
Smallpox
patients.
1856, 445, § 2.
1865. 162,
§S 1,3.
1879, 291. § 3.
1911. 104.
225 Mass. ;
2 0p. A. G.
Section 17. No town officer shall send to the state infirmary any 1
person infected with smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public 2
health, or, except as provided in the preceding section, any other sick 3
person whose health would be endangered by removal; but all such 4
persons liable to be maintained by the commonwealth shall be supported 5
during their sickness by the town where they are taken sick, and written 6
notice of such sickness shall be given to tlie department, which may ex- 7
amine the case and, if found expedient, order the removal of the patient; 8
but such notice in the case of sick persons whose health would be en- 9
dangered by such removal shall be signed by the overseers of the poor 10
or by a person appointed by them by special vote, who shall certify, 11
after personal examination, that in their or his opinion such removal at 12
the time of his application for aid would endanger his health. A town 13
officer who knowingly violates this section shall be punished by a fine 14
of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. 15
Reimbursement
to cities and
towns for care
of certain sick
poor, etc.
1865, 161, § 2;
446, § 2.
1865, 162. § 2.
1869, 12.
1879, 291. 5 3.
P. S. 86, § 26.
1885, 211.
1891, 153.
1898, 391.
R. L. 85, § 15.
1908, 555.
1911. 104.
Section 18. Reasonable expenses incurred by a town under the 1
preceding section within five days next before notice has been given as 2
therein required and also after the giving of such notice and until said 3
sick person is able to be removed to the state infirmary shall be reim- 4
bursed by the commonwealth. If the department, after investigation, 5
deems it expedient as an economy in expenditure and in the interest of 6
the patient's health, it may authorize reimbursement for aid rendered 7
after the patient has become able to be so removed, and, in its discretion, 8
until the patient is able to be discharged. If the department considers 9
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10 it expedient to order the removal to tiie state infirmary of a person whose isis, 797. § i.
1 1 physical condition is such as to require attendance, reasonable expenses 1919; 350] § S7.
12 incurred for such attendance as directed by the department shall also it)p'^A!'G.^420.
13 be reimbursed by the commonwealth. Bills for such support shall not
14 be allowed unless endorsed with the declaration that, after full investi-
15 gation, no kindred able to pay the amount charged have been found, and
16 that the amount has actually been paid from the town treasury, nor unless
17 they are approved by the department or bj' a person designated by it;
IS and not more than ten dollars and fifty cents a week shall be allowed for
19 the support of a person in a town hospital, and no charges of whatever
20 nature in excess of the said ten dollars and fifty cents a week shall be
21 allowed.
1 Section 19. All accoimts against the commonwealth for allowance Accounts of
2 to counties, cities and towns on accoimt of state paupers shall be ren- how" audited.'
3 dered to the department on or before the third Wednesday of January Js|o; ^lo^ "■
4 annually, and shall be so made as to include all claims for such charges g*^|' ]|^-
5 up to the first day of said January, and, if approved by the department fL^/'.'l^g . 3
6 and certified by the state auditor, shall be paid by the commonwealth. is49! isi- 207.
7 The department may require such accounts to be accompanied with such isos! swi, § 2_
8 statement of particulars and facts, and substantiated by such affidavits, p." s.' se,' 1 43.'
9 as it orders. r. l. so. §27. 1919, 350. § 87. 2 0p. a.g 304.
1 Section 20. Any inmate of the state infirmary found to be insane Commitment
2 may be committed to the state infirmary in the same manner in which fnmaT^*
3 commitments of insane persons to insane hospitals are made. igolilol.'/gl'.
1 Section 21. A justice of the superior court or of a district court Foreign
2 or a trial justice, upon complaint of the overseers of the poor of any Ee't^p^oned.
3 town or of the department, may, by warrant directed to a constable or §§ 1^3; ^''
4 other person therein designated, cause any pauper not born or not having "^i[ 11?; 1 1~
5 a settlement in the commonwealth, who may con\eniently be removed, If^- y^^^y
6 to be conveyed, at the expense of the commonwealth, to any other p |- 86_. § ss^
7 state, or, if not a citizen of the United States, to any place beyond sea, wiai 35b, § 87.
8 where he belongs.
1 Section 22. Upon complaint of the trustees, the trustees of a state insane state
2 hospital, the county commissiorers or the overseers of the poor, a judge SepwYld*" °
3 of probate shall have the powers given by the preceding section to q^; 7^^'^%*'.
4 cause the remo\-al of insane state paupers under their charge to any fsgl, 433! § 23.
5 other state, or to any place beyond sea, where they belong.
R. L. 85, §24. 2 Op. A.G. 543.
1 Section 23. Whoe^'e^ escapes from the state infirmary and within Punishment
2 one year thereafter is found in any town soliciting public charity shall i852!2T5T§9.
3 be punished by imprisonment at the state farm. g. s. 71, § 51.
p. S. S6, § 37. 1884, 258, § 1. 1898. 443. R. L. 85. § 22. 1911, 104.
1 Section 24. Complaints for violations of the preceding section Complaints for
2 may be made and prosecuted by any overseer of the poor or by i88T^258, § 2.
3 the Boston infirmary trustees or by agents, not exceeding two, \lll] «9, § 14.
4 appointed by the department and designated for such purpose. The ^^l' H^/aj
5 police court of Lowell may, at such times as it appoints, hold sessions J^os. 393. ^ ^^
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[Chap. 123.
Jurisdiction
of certain
courts.
1884, 258, § 3.
R. L. 85, § 36.
at Tewksbury for tlie trial of such complaints against inmates of the 6
state infirmary. 7
Section 25. The police court of Lowell shall have jurisdiction of 1
said offence concurrent with any other court having jurisdiction thereof 2
if committed in any part of the county of Middlesex without the dis- 3
trict of said court, and the police court of Lawrence and the first district 4
court of Essex shall have the same concurrent jurisdiction of said oflFence 5
if committed in any part of the county of Essex without their respective 6
districts. 7
CHAPTER 12 3.
COMMITMENT AND CARE OF THE INSANE AND OTHER MENTAL
DEFECTIVE.S.
Sect.
general provisions.
1. Definitions.
2. Care of the insane, feeble minded, epi-
leptic, etc.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
3. Department, scope of supervisory au-
thority.
4. Department, commissioner to be exec-
utive head.
5. Department may investigate sanity of
inmates of institutions.
6. Department to hold land in trust.
7. Management of state hospitals by de-
partment.
8. Department, duties relative to new
construction.
9. Department and trustees, semi-annual
meetings.
10. Department to establish hospital dis-
tricts.
11. Department to encourage scientific in-
vestigations. Reports, etc.
12. Department may establish free clinics
for feeble minded.
13. Department may establish registrj' of
feeble minded, etc.
14. Department shall visit institutions.
15. Annual report.
16. Boarding out of insane persons by de-
partment and by trustees.
17. Persons boarded out. Bills for board,
how paid.
18. Removal of neglected boarders. Tem-
porary release.
19. Agents to visit persons boarded in
families.
20. Department , general power to transfer.
21. Transfers from private institutions
and of voluntary patients.
22. Care, etc., of insane at state infirmary
by department.
2.3. Department to apply for commit-
ment, when.
24. Department to prescribe forms.
LIST OP STATE HOSPITALS.
25. List of state hospitals.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEES, ETC., OF
STATE HOSPITALS.
26. Supervision of state hospitals.
27. Trustees, certain powers and duties.
28. Trustees to appoint superintendent
and treasurer.
29. Trustees, additional powers and
duties.
30. Instruction of patients, etc.
31. Visits to persons boarded out.
32. Supervision of accounts by trustees.
PRIVATE HOSPITALS, ETC.
33. Private institutions to be licensed.
34. Private institutions, unlicensed.
Penalty.
RESTRAINT.
35. Restraint regulated.
36. Restraint, custody of implements.
37. Restraint, records of, etc. Definition.
38. Penalty.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING
INSTITUTIONS.
39. Patients' funds.
40. Fire apparatus and escapes.
41. Trustees, etc., to furnish information
to department, etc.
42. Certain employees exempt from civil
service rules.
43. Westborough state hospital, superin-
tendent and assistant physicians.
44. Norfolk state hospital.
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45. Massachusetts school for the feeble-
minded and Wrentham state school,
departments of.
46 Same, reception and classification of
pupils. .
47. Same, voluntary admission of certain
feeble minded persons.
48. Hospital cottages for children, trus-
tees, powers and duties. Report.
49. .Same, certain children to be sent to.
COMMITMENTS, ETC.
50. Commitment of insane persons to state
hospitals.
51. Commitment, order of.
52. Commitment, additional medical tes-
timony. Fee.
53. Commitment, qualifications of physi-
cians certifying to insanity.
54. Commitment, statement with applica-
tion for, etc.
55. Apprehension of alleged insane person.
56. Commitment or transfer to West-
borough state hospital for homoeo-
pathic treatment.
57. Jury trial on question of sanity.
58. Selection and impanelling of jury.
59. Judge to preside at trial. Verdict.
60. Deficiency in jury, how supplied, etc.
61. Fees of officers, jurors and witnesses.
62. Commitment of dipsomaniacs, etc.
63. Appeal from order of commitment as
dipsomaniac, etc.
64. Default for non-prosecution of appeal.
65. Withdrawal of appeal.
66. Commitment to Massachusetts school
for the feeble-minded or Wrentham
state school.
67. Judicial inquiry as to commitment or
discharge of inmates of certain
schools.
68. General provisions relative to commit-
ment applicable, when.
69. Commitment of insane epileptics.
70. Commitment, order void, when.
71. Service of warrants, etc.
72. Commitment of women, attendants.
73. Compensation of judges, physicians,
etc.
74. Commitment, expenses of, how paid.
75. Commitment, judge to keep docket,
etc.
76. Psychopathic hospital service.
77. Observation, commitment for.
7S. Commitment of persons violently in-
sane, etc., without order of court.
79. Temporary care of insane persons
needing immediate care, etc.
80. Temporary care of persons addicted to
intemperate use of narcotics, etc.
81. Temporary care of insane, notice to
department.
82. Temporary care by board of health,
when.
iSect.
83. Transfer of inmates by governor.
84. Insane persons in United States serv-
ice, treatment of.
85. Same subject. Contracts.
VOLUNTARY INMATES.
86. Voluntary admissions.
87. Monson state hospital, admission to,
etc.
RELEASE AND DISCHARGE.
88. Temporary absence on leave.
89. Discharge by trustees or court.
90. Discharge of unrecovered insane per-
son.
91. Discharge, application for.
92. Discharge, notice to superintendent;
further proceedings.
93. Discharge if not insane or dangerous.
94. Clothing, etc., to be furnished on dis-
charge.
ESCAPE.
95. Escape, arrest after.
SUPPORT.
96. Support of inmates in state hospitals.
PRIVILEGES OP PATIENTS.
.\ttorney may visit patient, when.
Patients may write to the department.
INSANE PRISONERS, ETC.
99. Mental condition of persons coniiug
before courts, how determined. Ex-
penses.
100. Commitment to state hospitals of per-
sons under indictment.
101. Conmiitment of persons acquitted of
murder, etc., by reason of insanity.
102. Insane prisoners, examination.
103. Insane prisoners, removal to state
hospital.
104. Insane prisoners, removal from jails,
houses of correction, etc.
105. Reconveyance of prisoners restored to
sanity.
RENDITION.
106. Rendition of insane persons.
107. Warrant to issue.
108. Writ of habeas corpus, when.
109. Payment of expenses.
CERTAIN ACTS FORBIDDEN.
110. Conspiracy to commit a sane person.
Penalty.
111. Ill-treatment, etc. Penalty.
112. Escape, connivance at. Penalty.
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[Chap. 123.
Sect.
defective delinquents.
113. Commitments to department for de-
fective delinquents.
114. Removal from institution because of
violation of regulations.
115. Certificate of mental defectiveness to
be filed in certain cases.
116. Removal from school for feeble
minded. Violation of regulations,
etc.
117. Departments for defective delinquents
may bo established, etc.
Sect.
118. Parole, etc.
119. Parole and discharge by court.
120. Powers of special justices of courts in
certain cases.
121. Records of proceedings of commit-
ments.
122. Commitments of defective delin-
quents, how made.
123. Expenses of commitment, etc.
124. Time of taking effect of certain pro-
visions.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter, unless the 1
context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings: 2
"Commissioner", commissioner of mental diseases. 3
"Department", department of mental diseases. 4
"Institution", hospital or other institution, public or private, under 5
the general supervision of the department. 6
"Judge", judge or justice. 7
"Residence", residence or place where found. 8
"State hospital", state hospital, state school, state colony or other 9
state institution under the control of the department. 10
" State ", state, territory, or dependency of the United States. 1 1
Care of the
insane.
feeble minded,
epileptic, etc.
1884, 234,
§§ 1.2.
1892. 243.
1895, 375.
1898, 196;
433, § 9.
1899, 156.
1900, 451,
§1 1,2.6.
R. L. 87,
§§ 6, 81, 109.
1903, 321.
Section 2. The commonwealth shall have the care, control and 1
treatment of all insane, feeble minded and epileptic persons, and of 2
persons addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants, the 3
care of whom is vested in it by law, and of each person who shall here- 4
after be received into any state hospital. No county, city or town shall 5
establish or maintain any institution for the care, control and treatment 6
of insane, feeble minded or epileptic persons, or of persons addicted to 7
the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants, or be liable for the board, 8
care, treatment or act of any inmate thereof. i905, 2S2. 9
1908,613:629. 1909, 504, §§ 1,107. 1 Op. A. G. 50.
Department,
scope of
supervisory
authority.
1898. 433, § 9.
1900, 451, §§ 1.
2,6.
R. L. 87, § 6.
1909, 504, §§ 7,
107.
1914, 762,
5§2, 9. •
1916, 285, § 3.
1918, 121.
1919, 350, § 81.
194 Mass. 486.
4 0p. A. G.79.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Section 3. The department shall have general supervision of all 1
public and private institutions for insane, feeble minded or epileptic 2
persons, or for persons addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or 3
stimulants, and shall have charge of all such persons the care of whom 4
is vested in the commonwealth by law, and supervision of all other per- 5
sons received into any of said institutions. It shall .supervise and control 6
any institution placed under it by the governor with the advice and con- 7
sent of the council, and when so directed by the governor it shall assume 8
and exercise the powers of the trustees of any state hospital in any matter 9
relative to the conduct or management thereof. It shall have the same 10
powers relative to state charges in institutions under its supervision, and 11
to their property, as is vested in towns and overseers of the poor in the 12
matter of the support and relief of paupers. 13
Department,
commissioner
to be executiv
Section 4. The commissioner shall administer the laws relative to 1
persons in institutions under the general supervision of the department 2
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of ins.\ne, etc. 1213
3 and shall prepare rules and regulations for the consideration of the is79, 291,
4 department. p. s. 79, §§ 2, 3. i898, 433, §§ 2, 3. r. l. st. §§ 2. 3. ^' ^"
1909. 504, §§ 3, 4, 107. 1914, 762, §§ 1, 9. 1916, 285, § 4.
1 Section 5. The department shall act as commissioners of insanity, Department
2 with power to investigate the question of the insanity and condition of Stesanfty'of
3 any person who is an inmate of any institution for the insane, public or iS^ftutions.
4 private, or restramed of liis liberty by reason of alleged insanity at any p^a'sTl^i.^'
5 place witliin the commonwealth, and shall discharge any such person, }|||' i^i' | f^
6 if in its opinion he is not insane or can be cared for after such discharge fjjogfoi^tg
7 without danger to others and with benefit to liimself. All questions as io7. '
8 to the sanity of inmates of the penal, reformatory and other institutions
9 of the commonwealth who present indications of insanity shall be re-
10 ferred to and determined by the department, except as otherwise provided
11 by law.
1 Section 6. The department shall be a corporation for the purpose Department to
2 of taking, holding and administering in trust for the commonwealth any tmst "" '"
3 grant, devise, gift or bequest made either to the commonwealth or to it, ^^^°' ^^' ^ ^'
4 for the use of persons under its control in any state hospital.
1 Section 7. The department shall provide for the efficient, economical o'ttrfe'^h™-'
2 and humane management of the state hospitals. It shall establish by- g|.^]rtment
3 laws and regulations, with suitable penalties, for the government of said i832, les, § i.
4 state hospitals, shall determine the salaries of the officers and employees r.s.'48, §3.
5 thereof, and shall provide for a montlily inspection and trial of fire p.s.87,'§7.'
6 apparatus belonging thereto, and for the proper organization and monthly §§ j.'e. '
7 drill of the officers and employees in use of the apparatus. It shall ascer- JIgolsre! 1 1:
8 tain by actual examination and inquiry whether commitments to the '^^2, 42s, § 4.
9 state hospitals are made according to law.
1895, 483, §§ 4, fi. 190H, 508. §§ 2. 6. 1914. 762, §§ 6, 9.
R. L. 87, §§ 15, 27. 1909, 504, |§ 18, 107. 1915, 241, § 1.
1 Section 8. The department, subject to the approval of the governor Department,
2 and council, shall select the site of any new state hospital and any land to relatwe to new
3 be taken or purchased by the commonwealth for the purposes of any isla'TsllTio.
4 new or existing state hospital. It shall have charge of the construction of {^,og; fo^S^io.
,5 any new building at any such state hospital, shall determine the design JU^'^^'
6 thereof, and for tills purpose may employ arcliitects and other experts or »j| i.o^-'
7 hold competitions for plans and designs. If any land or property is §§5,'9.
8 taken or purchased by the department, title shall be taken in the name
9 of the commonwealth.
1 Section 9. The department and the trustees of the state hospitals, Department
2 or their representatives, shall meet semi-annually for consultation and s"mi-annuai'
3 to promote harmonious action. meetmgs.
1898, 433, § 20. R. L. 87, § 11. 1909, 5G4, §§ 13, 107.
1 Section 10. The department shall divide the commonwealth into Department to
2 districts, may change the districts from time to time, and shall designate pUai dLtricu.
3 the state hospitals to which insane, epileptic and feeble minded persons §f*/;2^.*^'
4 and persons addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics and stimulants Jfgy; Ifi] § 3
5 from each district shall be committed. All such persons within each dis- i*98. 433, § 28.
6 trict shall be committed to the state hospitals designated for the district; §§ 3i, 32.
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[Chap. 123.
1909. 504,
§§ 28, 107.
1919, 49, § 1.
except that persons from any district may be committed to the West- 7
borough state hospital imder section fifty-six, or to any state hospital 8
when the expense of their support is paid by themselves or friends or 9
upon the wTitten approval of the department, or to the McLean hospital, 10
or to any licensed private institution. 11
Department to
encourage sci-
entific investi-
gations. Re-
ports, etc.
189S, 433,
§§ 5, 6.
R. L. 87, § 5.
1909, 504,
H 6, 107.
Section 11. The department shall encoiu-age scientific investiga- 1
tion by the medical staffs of the various institutions, shall publish from 2
time to time bulletins and reports of the scientific and clinical work 3
done therein, and shall prescribe to the superintendents or managers of the 4
several institutions the forms of, and periods covered by, the statistical 5
returns to be made by them in their annual reports. 6
Department
may establish
free clinics for
feeble mindeil.
1919,318, § 1
Section 12. The department may establish and maintain free clinics 1
for the feeble minded in the districts established under section ten, which 2
shall be in charge of physicians of the state schools for the feeble minded, 3
or of such other physicians skilled in the care and treatment of the 4
feeble minded as may be designated by it. It may also employ such 5
persons as may be required properly to conduct the said clinics. 6
Department
may establish
registry of
feeble
minded, etc.
1919, 318, § 2
Section 13. The department shall establish and maintain a registry 1
of the feeble minded, and may report therefrom such statistical informa- 2
tion as it deems proper; but the name of any person so registered shall 3
not be made public except to public officials or other persons having 4
authority over the person so registered, and the records constituting the 5
registry shall not be open to public inspection. 6
Department
shall visit
institutions.
1898, 433, § 14.
R. L. 87, § 9.
1909. 504,
|§ 10, 107.
1914, 762,
§§ 2, 9.
1916, 285, § 5.
4 Op. A. G. 79.
Section 14. The department shall \Tisit each mstitution at least once 1
a year, and oftener if the governor so directs. It shall ascertain by actual 2
examination and inquiry whether the laws relating to the persons in 3
custody or control therein are properly observed, shall give such direc- 4
tions as will insure correctness in the returns required in respect to such 5
persons, and may use all necessary means to collect all desired informa- 6
tion. It shall carefully inspect every part of the institution visited with 7
reference to its cleanliness and sanitary condition, the number of patients 8
in seclusion or restraint, the dietary of the patients and any other matters 9
which it considers material, and shall offer to every patient an opportunity 10
for an interview with its visiting members or agents. 11
Annual re-
port.
1832, 163, § 2.
1834, 150, § 2.
R. S. 48, § 5.
1852, 269, § 1.
1853, 318, § 1.
1856. 247, § 3.
1867, 40, § 1.
1859, 177, § 2.
G. S. 73, § 6.
1879, 291, § 7.
P. S. 79, § 3;
87, § 9.
1884, 322, § 5.
1887, 170.
1889, 414, 5 18.
1892. 425, § 4.
1895, 483, I 6.
1898, 433,
§§ 3-S.
Section 15. The commissioner shall make an annual report contain- 1
ing an acciu-ate account of the receipts and expenditures for each sep- 2
arate state hospital, an inventory of the property thereof on November 3
thirtieth, and a statement of the market value of any products of 4
such state hospital, and of the labor, if any, performed by the inmates 5
thereof. It may also contain information embodying the experience 6
of this and other countries relative to the best and most successful 7
methods of caring for such persons as come under the supervision of 8
the department. 9
The commissioner shall also make an annual report relative to the 10
condition and needs of each state hospital. 11
R. L. 87, §§ 3. 4. 29.
1906. 184; 508, § 3
1909, 504, §§ 4, 5, 20, 107.
1914, 762, §§ 3, 8, 9.
1915,241, §2.
1918, 257, § 30S.
1919, 5; 350, I S.
1920, 2.
Chap. 123.] coxMmitment and care of insane, etc. 1215
1 Section 16. The department may place at board in a suitable family Boarding out
2 or in a place in this commonwealth or elsewhere any patient in an insti- son"by d^"'
3 tution who is in the charge of the department and is quiet and not dan- Ey"rastce8°^
4 gerous nor committed as a dipsomaniac or inebriate, nor addicted to the i||i;'. loi', | i'.
5 intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants. Any such patient in a state If^o^j^g^l'
6 hospital may so be placed at board by the trustees thereof, and such RL 87.§io2.
7 boarder shall be deemed to be an inmate of the state hospital. The cost i90.'i,'45s, § i.
8 to the commonwealth of the board of such patients supported at the §§ 71, 107
9 public expense shall not exceed three dollars and seventy-fi\e cents a week '^"' *®^'
10 for each patient.
1 Section 17. The bills for the support of persons who are placed at T"^°J"'.
2 board in families by the department shall be payable monthly by the bhis for board,
3 conmionwealth and shall be audited by said department, which shall, at isssflss', § 2.
4 the end of each month, present to the state auditor a schedule of ail such fgos; fss.^'a^'
5 bills incurred, and shall keep a register in such form that the state auditor
6 shall be able to verify the schedule. i909, 504, §§ 72, 107.
1 Section 18. The department shall cause to be removed to an insti- ^5™^°^!^°^
2 tution used wholly or in part for the care of the insane or to a better boarders.
3 boarding place all persons who, upon visitation, are found to be abused, release.
4 neglected or improperly cared for when placed at board in families. It lo.'. 87.'§ 105.
5 may permit any boarder temporarily to leave custody as an insane 1909,' sol.' ^ *'
6 person in charge of his guardian, relatives, friends or by himself, for a ^^ '■*■ ^°'''
7 period not exceeding one year, and may receive him again into such
8 custody when returned by such guardian, relatives, friends or upon his
9 own application, within such period, without any further order of com-
10 mitment, and may during such temporary absence assist in his main-
11 tenance to an amount not exceeding three dollars and twenty-five cents
12a week.
1 Section 19. The department shall cause all persons placed at board pe^^ons*" ^'^"
2 by it in families at public expense to be visited at least once in three |,°,^ifi^"'
3 months, and shall cause all persons placed at board in families at public J^ss, sis, 1 3.
4 expense by the trustees of any state hospital to be visited once in six isgs! 433] § 27.
5 months, by an agent of the department.
R. L. 87, § 104. 1905, 458, § 3. 1909, 504, §§ 73, 107.
1 Section 20. The department, subject to the following section, may Department,
2 transfer to and from any institution any inmate thereof who, in its opinion, poweTto
3 is a proper subject for admission to the institution to which he is to be isMiflss.
4 transferred; but no such inmate shall be transferred to be detained as an is6l,24a /i.
5 insane person unless he has been duly committed as insane by a judge or J||^' ||J' 1 1-
6 court, and no person shall be so transferred to the Bridgewater state hos- Jslg^LI^^''"*'
7 pital unless he has been a criminal and vicious in his life. A record of such § lo.'
8 transfer shall be entered in the registers of the institutions to and from issg', 414', § ic,
9 which he is transferred. The commitment papers, together with an ab- Uli, {gf; ^ ^'
10 stract of his hospital case record, shall be transmitted with him to the in- iggsfaio. 555.
11 stitution to which he is transferred. The department, subject to section 1^97** 4'i|^®''''
12 eighteen of chapter one hundred and twenty, may transfer persons from Jf^,**; 1 1"*^, ,8
13 the Massachusetts training schools to the hospital cottages for children 1899,' iss.
14 or to the Massachusetts school for the feeble-minded. The department r.l.'ss. '
15 may also remove any state charge in any state hospital to any country, |^46f87^'§§ ss,
16 state or place where he belongs, and may enter into an agreement with 92 123*^'
1216
COMMITMENT AND CARE OF INS.VNE, ETC.
[Chap. 123.
1905, 400.
1900, 352;
508, § 8
1907, 432.
1909. 504,
§5 69, 107.
1911, 334.
1917, 131.
lOp.A.G.
322, 490, 528.
the corresponding board or commission of any other state for the transfer 17
of any state charge or indigent insane person from one state to the other 18
where, after a full investigation of all the facts, he may be deemed equi- 19
tably to belong; but no such person shall be removed outside this com- 20
monwealth if he is subject to the orders of a court of this commonwealth. 21
In making such transfers and removals the flepartment, so far as practi- 22
cable, shall employ nurses or attendants instead of officers of the law, and 23
shall employ female nurses or attendants to accompany female patients. 24
Transfers from
private insti-
tutions and of
voluntary
patients.
1881, 183.
F. S. 79, § 13.
1894, 196.
1898, 433, § 12.
Section 21. The department shall not transfer any person to or from 1
a private institution except upon the application of the superintendent 2
or manager of such institution and of the legal or natural guardian of such 3
person, nor transfer any voluntary inmate of any institution, except with 4
his written consent. 5
R. L. 87, § 90. 1909, 504, §| 70. 107. 1 Op. A. G. 67.
ofYnsalie at SECTION 22. The department shall have the same authority with re-
by depart-"""^ gard to the transfer of insane inmates of the wards of the state infirmary
1904* 278 § 1 "*^^ °^ hereafter used for the care of the insane, w'hich it has over the
i9ii' 104 ^ ^^' transfer of inmates of state hospitals, under section twenty; but the said
wards shall remain imder the jurisdiction of the trustees of the state in-
firmary and the control of its superintendent.
Department
to apply for
commitment,
when.
1864, 288, § 7.
P. S. 87, § 25.
1890,414, § 1.
1898. 433, § 14.
R. L. 87, § 51.
Section 23. If the department has reason to believe that an insane, 1
epileptic or feeble minded person who is a proper subject for treatment or 2
custody in an institution, is confined in an almshouse or other place at the 3
public charge or otherwise, it shall cause application to be made to a judge 4
for the commitment of such person to an institution, isoo, 504, §§ 12, 107. 5
Department
to prescribe
foi"ms.
1895, 286, § 2.
1898, 433,
§§ 8, 17, 19.
R. L. 87,
§§ 36-38.
1909, 504,
l§ 11, 107.
Section 24. The department shall prescribe the forms of application, 1
medical certificate and order of commitment required by law in the com- 2
mitment and admission of all persons to the institutions under its super- 3
vision, which shall be the only forms used in such commitments and ad- 4
missions. It shall keep records of all such commitments and admissions 5
and shall secure compliance \\ith the laws relative thereto, and shall in- 6
vestigate the propriety of any commitment or admission, notice whereof 7
is received under any provision of sections three to one hundred and 8
twelve, inclusive. 9
List of state
hospitals.
1830, Res. 133.
1839, 131.
1851,251;
Res. 44.
1855, 454.
1861, Res. 26.
1862, 223, § 1.
1870, 238.
1873, 239.
1874, Res. 18.
1877, 227;
252, § 1.
LIST OF ST.VTE hospitals.
Section 25. The state institutions under the control of the depart-
ment shall be Worcester state hospital, Taunton state hospital, North-
ampton state hospital, Danvers state hospital, Grafton state hospital,
Westborough state hospital, Foxborough state hospital, ]\Iedfield state
hospital, Monson state hospital, Gardner state colony, Wrentham state
school, Boston state hospital, Norfolk state hospital, Massachusetts
school for the feeble-minded, Boston psychopathic hospital, and such
others as may hereafter be added by authority of law.
1878,216,52.
P. S. 87, §§ 2, 56.
1884, 322, |§ 1, 3.
1886, 298, I 4.
1889, 414. I 1.
1892, 425, 5 1.
189.5, 483, §§ 1, 2.
1900, 451, § 5.
R.L. 87, §§13.16,
19-22, 114.
1905, 400.
1906, 313; SOS.
1907, 421.
1908, 613, § 2.
1909, 604, §§ 14, 60. 107.
1910, 635.
1912. 530; 679.
1914, 358; 442, § 3; 456.
1915, 68; 79, § 3; 170.
1916, 283.
1917, 115.
1918, 139, § 2; Sp. 119.
1919, 74; 350, § 81.
1920, 537, § 1.
Chap 123.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1217
POWERS and duties OF TRUSTEES, ETC., OF STATE HOSPITALS.
1 Section 26. The trustees of each state hospital shall have charge of o^Pj^J'e^'""
2 the general interests thereof, and shall see that its affairs are conducted •"^^pitais.
3 according to law and to the by-laws and regulations established by them. is34, iso', | :
R. S. 48, 1 2.
1892,425, §4,
1909, 504, §§ 17, 107.
G. S. 73, I 3.
1895, 483, 1 6.
1914, 762, § 8. cl. b, § 9.
P. S. 87, § 6.
1900, 451, §§ 4, 6.
1915, 241, § 2, cl. b.
1884, 322, 1 5.
R. L.87, §115,26.
1920. 637, ? 2.
1889.414, §5.
1906, 508, § 2.
227 Mass. 88.
1 Section 27. The trustees of each state hospital shall be a corporation Trustees,
2 for the purpose of taking and holding, by them and their successors, in and "dulse's" "^
3 trust for the commonwealth, any grant or devise of land, and any gift or its!; {so,' | lo.
4 bequest of money or other personal property, made for the use of the state fsJ;!!' ^ *•
5 hospital of which they are trustees, and for the purpose of preserving and plll'lf-
6 investing the proceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by good and suf- |8S4, 322, 54.
7 ficient mortgages or other securities, with all the powers necessary to is92,' 425! § 4!
8 carry said purposes into effect. They may expend any unrestricted gift 1900, 4si!
9 or bequest, or part thereof, in the erection or alteration of buildings on I^L.^g?.
10 land belonging to the state hospital, subject to the approval of the de- iloe^'sos.M.
11 partment, but <ill such buildings shall belong to the state hospital and be Js^fy^J'o?
12 managed as a part thereof. 1920, 537, § 2.
1 Section 28. The trustees of each state hospital, with the approval of J'^^'^f g*° er.
2 the department, shall appoint and may remove from such state hospital : intendent and
3 (a) A superintendent, who shall be a ph^'sician and shall reside at the i832, les, s 1.
4 state hospital. With the approval of the trustees he shall appoint and r. s.'48, § a. '
5 may remove assistant physicians and necessary subordinate officers and p."s.'87,'§7
6 other persons. In state hospitals receiving female patients and employ- ||*5,'6.'°' ^"^'
7 ing more than two assistant physicians one of them shall be a woman, jflo't'l'lt'
8 (b) A treasurer, who shall give bond for the faithful performance of his 'sss. 4S3, § 4.
9 duties.
1 Section 29. The trustees of each state hospital shall have the follow- Trustees, ad-
2 ing powers and duties in addition to any other powers given and duties and°dSti^?"°"
3 imposed by this chapter:
1832, 1B3, §1. 1889.414, §5. 1909, 504, §5 17. 107.
1834, 150, § 1. 1892, 425, § 4. 1914, 762, §§ 8, 9.
R. S. 48, §2. 1895,483,5 6. 1915, 241, §2,
G.S. 73, §3. 1900, 45, §§ 4, 6. 1918,121.
P. S. 87, § 6. R. L. 87. §§ 15, 26. 1919, 350, § 81.
1884, 322, § 5. 1906, 508, § 2. 1920, 537, § 2.
4 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, they shall retain all
5 powers and duties now conferred or imposed upon them by law, and shall
6 maintain an effective and proper inspection of their respective state hos-
7 pitals, and shall from time to time make suggestions to the department
8 as to improvements therein, especially such as will make the administra-
9 tion thereof more effective, economical and humane.
10 (b) There shall be thorough visitations of each state hospital by at i|32, i63, § 2.
11 least two of the trustees each month. Every trustee shall visit his state r._s.'4s. §5."
12 hospital at least semi-annually, and a majority of the trustees of each isse! 247,' § 2!
13 state hospital shall visit it at least quarterly. Reports of the visits shall p. Ill, §9!
14 be transmitted to the department whenever matters are observed which 1884,322, §5.
15 need its attention. i887, 170. i8S9. 414, § is.
1S92, 425. § 4. 1900, 451, §§ 4, 6. 1906. 508, § 3.
1895, 483, § 6. R. L. 87, §§ 15, 29. 1909, 504, §§ 20, 107.
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COMMITMENT AND CARE OF INSANE, ETC.
[Chap. 12.3.
1852, 269, § 2,
G. S. 73, § 7.
P. S. 87, § 10.
1889,414, § 19.
R. L. 87, § 30.
1898, 433, § 10.
R. L. 87. § 7.
1906, 508, 1 10.
1907, 520.
1909, 504,
§§8,107.
1914,602;
762, §§8,9.
1915, 241, § 2.
(c) They shall carefully inspect every part of the state hospital, either IG
as a board or by committees, with reference to cleanliness and sanitary 17
condition, the number of persons in seclusion or restraint, dietary matters, 18
and any other matters which merit observation. 19
(d) Upon request of the department, the trustees shall investigate any 20
sudden death and any accident or injury, whether self-inflicted or other- 21
wise, and send a report of the same to the department. 22
(e) All trustees shall have free access to all books, records and accounts 2.3
pertaining to their respective state hospitals, and shall be admitted at all 24
times to the buildings and premises thereof. i906, 50s, § 3. 2.5
1909. o04, §§ 22, 107. 1914, 702. §§ 8. 9. 1915, 241, § 2.
(_f) They shall keep a record of their doings, and shall record their visits 26
to the state hospital in a book kept there for that purpose. They shall 27
transmit jjromptly to the department a copy of the proceedings of each 28
meeting. 29
(g) They shall personally hear and investigate the complaints and re- 30
quests of any inmate, officer or employee of the state hospital. If they 31
deem any such matter of sufficient importance, after determining what, 32
if anything, should be done relative thereto, they shall make written re- 33
port of their determination to the department. 34
(li) They may at any time cause the superintendent or any officer or 35
employee of the state hospital to appear before them and answer any 36
questions or produce any books or documents relative to the state 37
hospital. 38
(i) They shall consider every proposed taking or purchase of land for 39
the state hospital, the site of every new building and all plans and specifi- 40
cations for the construction or substantial alteration of buildings, the 41
grading of grounds and other substantial improvements, and shall report 42
thereon to the department within such reasonable time as it shall fix. No 43
such taking, purchase, construction or substantial alteration or improve- 44
ment shall be made until it has been submitted to the trustees and until 45
they have reported thereon, or until the time fixed by the department for 46
their report has expired. 47
Instruction
of patients,
etc.
1911,649.
1917,50.
1920, 537, § 2.
Section 30. The trustees of each state hospital shall cause to be 1
given to the nurses, attendants and patients thereof instruction in such 2
arts, crafts, manual training, kindergarten and other branches and lines of 3
occupation as may be appropriate for the patients to undertake, especially 4
such ]:)atients as are physically unfit to perform the usual work in or about 5
the hospitals. 6
persons" Section 31 . The trustccs of each state hospital shall cause all persons 1
fgos'^lss"!* 3 ^ '^"^ ^^^ placed at board by them in families at public expense to be visited 2
i909,J5m; at least once in three months, and shall inform the department of the 3
location of every person so placed at board. 1920, 537, § 2. 4
aSnteby"^ SECTION 32. All accounts for the maintenance of each of the state
igcfrios § 1 hospitals shall be approved by the trustees thereof and filed with the state
n.L,'. 87, §127. auditor, and shall be paid by the commonwealth. Full copies of the pay
1909! 504,' ' rolls and bills shall be kept at each hospital. 1920, 537, § 2.
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1219
PRIVATE HOSPITALS, ETC.
1 Section 33. The department may annually license any suitable per- Private instu
2 son to establish or have charge of an institution for the care and treatment ii"eS.°
3 of the insane, epileptic, feeble minded, and persons addicted to the intern- p^'s'ifWi'
R. L. ^-' - -
1909.
§§24.
1914. .vj^,
6 insane or epileptic persons unless the said department is satisfied, after §§ 7.' 9. '
7 investigation, that the person applying therefor is a duly qualified phy- §§ e.'s. "'
8 sician, as provided in section fifty-three, and has had practical experience i op! a^g.Vss.
9 in the care and treatment of such patients. No such license shall be fsgf'ses'. "^^
10 granted for the care and treatment of persons addicted to the intemperate
11 use of narcotics or stimulants unless the department is satisfied, after
12 investigation, that the person applying therefor is a physician who is a
13 graduate of a legally chartered medical school or college, and that he has
14 been in the actual practice of medicine for the three years next preceding
1.5 his application for a license; nor unless his standing, character and pro-
16 fessional knowledge of inebriety are satisfactory to the department. Li-
17 censes granted hereunder shall expire with the last day of the year in
18 which they are issued, but may be renewed. The department may fix
19 reasonable fees for said licenses and renewals thereof.
1 Section 34. Whoever keeps or maintains an institution described in Private insti-
2 the preceding section, unless the same is in charge of, and under the direct cents''
3 personal supervision of, a person duly licensed as provided therein, shall riSf.'m § 9.
4 be punished by a tine of not more than five hundred dollars. ^- ^ *^' ^ ^■
1914, 7fi2, §§ 7, 9. 1917, 232, § 2.
1916, 2S5, §§ 7, S.
restraint.
1 Section 35. No restraint in the form of muffs or mitts with lock Restraint
2 buckles or waist straps, wristlets, anklets or camisoles, head straps, pro- ig^u^ssg! 1 1.
3 tection sheets or simple sheets when used for restraint, or other device
4 interfering with free movement, shall be imposed upon any patient in
5 any institution unless applied in the presence of the superintendent, or
6 of the physician or of an assistant physician of the institution, or on his
7 written order, which order shall be preserved in the files or records of the
8 institution. Such devices shall be applied only in cases of extreme vio-
9 lence, active homicidal or suicidal condition, physical exhaustion, in-
10 fectious disease, or following an operation or accident which has caused
11 serious bodily injury, except that in cases of emergency restraint may be
12 imposed without the presence of the superintendent, physician or assist-
13 ant physician, and without a written order; but every such emergency
14 case, after the imposition of such restraint, shall immediately be reported
15 to the superintendent or to the physician or assistant physician of the
16 institution, who shall immediately investigate the case, and approve or
17 disapprove the restraint imposed.
1 Section 36. The superintendent or head physician of each institu- Restraint,
2 tion, or in his absence one of the assistant physicians, shall personally pkments" '™"
3 keep under lock and key all implements or devices of restraint not in wH'Sso, §3.
4 actual use.
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[Chap. 123.
Restraint,
records of, etc.
Definition.
1911, 5S9,
l§ 2, 4.
Section 37. Thesuperintendentorheadphysicianof each institution 1
shall cause records of all restraint to be kept in a book provided for that 2
purpose. The book shall be open for inspection at all times by the trustees 3
or other persons having control of the institution, the department, the 4
governor and council, and members of the general court, and shall con- 5
tain a complete record relative to the restraint, including the cause for 6
restraint, the form used, the name of the patient, the time when the 7
patient was placed under restraint and the time when he was released. 8
"Restraint" in sections thirty-five to thirty-eight, inclusive, shall also 9
include therapeutic and chemical restraint and confinement in a strong 10
room, or seclusion in solitary confinement, except when the patients are 11
placed in their rooms for the night, but shall not include the prolonged 12
bath, the hot or cold pack, or medication when it is used as a remedial 13
measure and not as a form of restraint. 14
Section 38. Any supervisor, attendant or other employee of any 1
institution who knowingly violates or willingly permits to be violated 2
any provision of the three preceding sections shall be punished by a fine 3
of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars. 4
Patients' funds.
1918, 176, § 1.
miscellaneous provisions affecting institutions.
Section 39. The superintendent of each state hospital may deposit 1
in any bank or trust company within the commonwealth funds belonging 2
to patients and funds deposited by their relatives or friends to be used 3
for their benefit, in an account entitled "Patients' Funds". 4
Fire apparatus
and escapes.
1890, 378,
§§1,2.
R, L. 87, § 25.
1908, 508, § 6.
1909, 504,
§§ 26, 107.
Section 40. Each institution shall be provided with proper means 1
of escape from fire and suitable apparatus for the extinguishment of fire, 2
and no building shall be erected or maintained at such institution with- 3
out a written certificate of approval from the building inspector of the 4
department of public safety for the district in which it is to be erected 5
or maintained. 6
Trustees, etc.,
to furnish in-
formation to
department,
Section 41. The trustees, superintendent or manager of each insti-
tution shall furnish all the information required by the department, and
shall immediately notify the department if there is any question as to
the propriety of the commitment of any person received therein.
R. L. 87, §§ 36, 38. 1905, 458, § 3. 1909, 504, §§ 27. 73, 107.
pioyees exempt SECTION 42. Engineers, firemen and head farmers employed in state 1
sluice ries. hospitals shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one. ioi9, 350, § so. 2
^aTe hoTpltai, SECTION 43. The Superintendent and the assistant physicians at 1
superintendent ^jjg Wcstborough State hospital shall be of the homoeopathic school of 2
physicians. mcdicine. 1884, 322, § 6. R. L. 87, § 27. 3
1909, 504, §§ 18, 107. 1914, 762, §§ 6, 9. 1915, 241, § 1.
ho°spi°ta\°'^*° Section 44. The Norfolk state hospital may be devoted to such 1
1919 350 § 81 uses, in furtherance of the public interest with which the department is 2
charged, as it determines, subject to any lease to the federal government. 3
schoorforthe' Section 45. The Massachusetts school for the feeble-minded and 1
in* wrentlTam ^^^ Wrentham state school shall each maintain a school department for 2
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1221
3 the instruction and education of feeble minded persons who are within state school,
4 the school age or who in the judgment of the trustees thereof are capable ils^m^f i" '
5 of being benefited by school instruction, and a custodial department for r^^l! gyf i^Vs.
6 the care and custody of feeble minded persons beyond the school age or jg^g; f^; ^ ^*-
7 not capable of being benefited by school instruction. §5 '^^' '07.
1 Section 46. Persons received by the Massachusetts school for the same, rerep-
2 feeble-minded and by the Wrentham state school shall be classified in ciassf6°ation
3 said departments as the trustees shall see fit, and the trustees may receive isssI'Sot, § 2.
4 and discharge pupils, and may at any time discharge any pupil or other J^gl; Hf^ | jj
5 inmate and cause him to be removed to his home.
R. L. 87, § 116. 1906, 508. § 15. 1909, 504, §§ 62, 107.
1 Section 47. The trustees of either of the state schools mentioned in same, voiun-
2 the two preceding sections may, at their discretion, receive any feeble o"cenain'^'"°"
3 minded person from any part of the commonwealth upon application pe'i-son™'"'"'
4 being made therefor by the parent or guardian of such person, which }|gg' ^H' t j]
5 application shall be accompanied by the certificate of a phvsician, quali- JIJ; ?I^,5,l't■
_ „ , .... . f^n / , , ;,«.. lyub, 5us, § 16.
6 ned as provided in section rirty-three that such person is dencient in i909. soi.
7 mental ability, and that in the opinion of the physician he is a fit subject i9ifi.'i22. § 2.
8 for said school. The physician who makes the said certificate shall have 197 Mass'. 357.
9 examined the alleged feeble minded person within five days of his signing
10 and making oath to the certificate. The trustees of either of said state
11 schools may also, at their discretion, receive any person from any pajt
12 of the commonwealth upon the written request of his parent or legal
13 guardian, and may detain him for observation for a period not exceeding
14 thirty days, to determine whether he is feeble minded.
1 Section 48. The governor, with the advice and consent of the Hospital cot-
2 council, shall annually appoint a trustee of the hospital cottages for drf Si! uisteel'.
3 children, for five years. The appointive trustees shall serve without com- SuUes**"''
4 pensation, and, with the trustees elected by said corporation, shall have Pss't'^i
5 the management of the business and property of the corporation and the f|9o'|54' 2
6 general supervision of its cottages. The trustees shall annually prepare i892,'407.'
7 and send to the department a written report of all its proceedings, income R l! 87. '_
8 and expenditures, properly classified, for the year ending on 5s'ovember 1909^ sw.''
9 thirtieth, stating the whole number and average number of beneficiaries, 1 op^'a°g. es.
10 the number and salaries of officers and persons employed, and such other
11 information as the department requires.
1 Section 49. The department may send to and keep at the hospital fhndr'en^ro''be
2 cottages for children such number of children afflicted with epilepsy as i|g-*44, 4
3 shall be approved by the trustees and superintendent thereof, to be is89! 230! § 2]
4 inaintained at such expense to the commonwealth as shall be determined R. l! 87, V lie!
5 by said department and said trustees.
commitments, etc.
1 Section 50. A justice of the superior court, in any coxmty, and i^°^p"|on3°'
2 either of the judges of probate for Suffolk countv, the judge of probate 'estate
o p x» 1 • • • 1 ■ ' • p ?• • hospitals.
6 tor INantucket county, or a justice or special justice or a district court, 1797, 62, §3.
4 except the municipal court of the city of Boston, within his county, 1834! 150, § 3.
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[Chap. 123.
R. S. 48, § 6.
1839, 149, § 3.
1852, 44.
1853.318,
§§1,2.
1858, 108, § 1.
G. S. 73,
§§ 8, 19.
18fi2, 223, § 3.
1864, 288. S 6.
1867, 355, § 1.
1873, 275.
1874, 258, § 2:
293, § 16; 392,
§16.
1879, 195, § 1.
P. S. 87, § 11.
1884, 322, § 9.
R. L. 87, § 33.
1904, 459, § 1.
may commit to any institution for the insane, designated under or 5
described in section ten, any insane person, then residing or being in 6
said county, who in his opinion is a proper subject for its treatment or 7
custody; provided, that commitments to the Gardner state colony may 8
be made only bj' a justice or special justice of a district court and only 9
when authorized by the department; but such special justice may make 10
such commitment only in case of the incapacity of the justice, his ab- 11
sence from the district, interest, or relationship to the applicant or to 12
the person to be committed, or when specially authorized by the justice 13
to act in the case, or when the justice is absent from the court building and 14
the special justice is holding court in his place. 1905.447. 15
1918, 2.57, § 309.
1919. 5; 49, § 1.
1920, 2.
Op. A. G. (1920) 238.
Commitment,
1834, 150, § 3.
R. S. 48,
H6,7.
1855, 464.
G. S. 73,
§§ 8, 9.
1862, 223,
§§3,4.
1879, 195, § 2.
1880, 250, § 6.
P. S. 87, §§ 12,
14
1886, 319, § 1.
1892, 63.
1894, 195.
1895, 429.
1898, 433, § 28;
438, § 2.
1900, 350.
R. L. 87, § 34.
1908, 613.
1909, 504,
§§ 30, 107.
II Gray, 107.
III Mass. 308.
169 Mass. 387.
Section 51. No person shall be committed to any institution for the 1
insane designated under or described in section ten, except the Massa- 2
chusetts school for the feeble-minded and the Wrentham state school, 3
unless there has been filed with the judge a certificate in accordance 4
with section fifty-three of the insanity of such person by two properly 5
qualified physicians, nor without an order therefor, signed by a judge 6
named in the preceding section stating that he finds that the person 7
committed is insane and is a proper subject for treatment in a hospital 8
for the insane, and either that he has been an inhabitant of the com- 9
monwealth for the six months immediately preceding such finding or 10
that provision satisfactory to the department has been made for his 11
maintenance or that by reason of insanity he would be dangerous if 12
at large. The order of commitment shall also authorize the custody 13
of the insane person either at the institution to which he shall first be 14
committed or at some other institution to which he may be transferred. 15
Said judge shall see and examine the alleged insane person, or state 16
in his final order the reason why it was not considered necessary or 17
advisable so to do. The hearing, unless a jury is summoned, shall be 18
at such place as the judge shall appoint. In all cases he shall certify in 19
what place the insane person resided or was at the time of his commit- 20
ment; or, if the commitment is ordered by a court under section one 21
hundred or one hundred and one the court shall certify in what place the 22
insane person resided or was at the time of the arrest upon the charge for 23
which he was held to answer before such court. Such certificate shall, for 24
the purposes of the preceding section, be conclusive evidence of the 25
residence of the person committed. 26
Commitment,
additional
medical testi-
mony. Fee.
1909, 504, § 3:
Section 52. If in the opinion of the judge additional medical testi- 1
mony as to the mental condition of the alleged insane person is desirable, 2
he may appoint a third physician to examine and report thereon. The 3
fee for making such examination and report shall be four dollars, and 4
twenty cents for each mile traveled one way. 5
Commitment,
qualifications
of physicians
certifying to
insanity.
1862, 223, § 8.
1865, 268, § 1.
1879, 195, § 3.
P. S. 87, § 13.
1892, 229.
1895, 286,
R. L. 87. § 35.
Section 53. No physician shall make a certificate of insanity under 1
section fifty-one unless he makes oath that he is a graduate of a legally 2
chartered medical school or college, that he has been in the actual prac- 3
tice of medicine for three years since his graduation and for three years 4
last preceding the making of said oath, and that he is registered as a 5
physician in accordance with chapter one hundred and twelve, nor un- 6
less his standing, character and professional knowledge of insanity are 7
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of in.sane, etc. 1223
8 satisfactory to the judge. The physician who makes such certificate shall Jgog; |of,' §§ 32,
9 have examined the alleged insane person within five days of his signing }°[j. g^
10 and malting oath to the certificate, and shall state therein that in his J3?°Ip7
. . , . . . 1 • p • I 1'^ Mass. 11.
11 opinion such person is uisane and a proper subject tor treatment in a hos- 1 Op. a. g.
12 pital for the insane, and the facts upon which his opinion is based. A 3 op. a.'g. 2S9.
13 copy of the certificate, attested by the judge, shall be delivered with the
14 insane person to the superintendent of the institution to which the person
15 shall have been committed, to be kept on file with the order of commit-
16 ment, and said superintendent shall forthwith transmit to the depart-
17 ment copies of such certificate, of the statement required by the following
18 section and of the order of commitment. Any certificate bearing date
19 more than ten days prior to the commitment of any person alleged to be
20 insane shall be void, and no certificate shall be valid or received in evi-
21 dence if signed by a physician holding any office or appointment, other
22 than that of consulting or advisory physician, in an institution for the
23 insane to which such person is committed.
1 Section 54. Upon each application for the commitment or admission Commitment,
2 of a person as a patient to an institution, a statement in a form prescribed with appUca-
3 by the department shall be filed with the application, or within ten days i'85s'64.^'°'
4 after the commitment or admission, giving as nearly as can be ascertained §§fo,^2^i.
5 the facts therein required. A copy of the statement shall be transmitted \f^f l^s. 1 1-
6 to the superintendent of the institution and filed with the order of com- ^^^^j V^g
7 mitment or the application for admission. In the case of insane persons, 190.^436.
8 the superintendent of the institution shall within two days after the §§ 33, 107.
9 reception of the patient send notice of his commitment or admission by
10 mail, postage prepaid, to all persons whose addresses appear on the said
1 1 statement, and to any other two persons whom the patient may designate.
1 Section 55. After hearing such evidence as he may consider sufficient, Apprehension
2 the judge mav, either before or after the certificate required bv section sane person.
. • . "" . 1880 250 § 1
3 fifty-one has been filed, issue a warrant for the apprehension and bring- p. s.'s?. § w.'
4 ing before him of the alleged insane person, if in his judgment the con- niMltoi,
5 dition or conduct of such person makes such action necessary or proper. §§34,107.
6 Pending examination and hearing, such order may be made relative to
7 the care, custody or confinement of the alleged insane person as the
8 judge shall see fit.
1 Section 56. In making a commitment of an insane person, the judge Commitment
2 shall inquire of the applicant for his commitment whether he desires the wesTblfrough
3 insane person to be treated according to homeopathic principles of medi- for ho'J^S'd-'''
4 cine, and if he does, such insane person shall be committed to the West- ^fg*"' "''""'
5 borough state hospital in preference to any other place, if that state hos- [p*' p^s^p
6 pital is capable of receiving him; and any inmate of any other state J^'^i^'^i
7 hospital desiring homo-opathic treatment, or for whom such treat-
8 ment is desired by his family or by the applicant for his commitment, may
9 be transferred by the department to the Westborough state hospital.
1 Section 57. The judge may, in his discretion, issue a warrant to the Jury trial on
2 sheriff or his deputy, directing him to summon a jury of six men to hear sa"nity°° °
3 and determine whether the alleged insane person is insane. a^s.'73,*§\i.'
1862,223, §6. P.S. 87, §17. R. L. 87, §43. 1909, 5W, §§ 36, 107.
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[Chap. 12.3.
Selection and
impanelling
of jury.
1837, 228, 5 2.
G. S. 73, § 12,
1862, 223, § 6.
P. S. 87, § IS.
R. L. 87, § 43.
1909, 504,
H 37, 107.
1919. 333, § 6.
1920, 2.
Section .58. The jurors shall be selected in equal numbers from the 1
town where the trial is had and one or two adjoining towns, as the judge 2
shall order, and in .Suffolk and Nantucket counties they may all be .3
taken from one town. The officer receiving the warrant shall in writing 4
require the board authorized to draw jurors in such towns to return 5
not less than two nor more than six jurors from each town; and the 6
jurors shall be drawn, summoned, returned and impanelled as provided 7
in chapter two hundred and thirty-four for civil cases, except that they 8
need not be summoned more than twenty-four hours before the time 9
appointed for their attendance. In the superior court the jurors may 10
be selected from such traverse jurors in attendance at any session of 11
said court in the same county as niav be available. 12
sidi^at'tria" SECTION 59. The judgc shall preside at such trial and administer to the 1
Verdict.^ 3 i^^^y ^^ O''^^'^ faithfully and impartially to try the issue, and the verdict 2
G. s.'73, § 13. of the jury shall be final. 3
p. S. 87, § 19. R, L. 87, § 44. 1909, 504, §§ 38, 107.
Deficiency in
jury, how
supplied, etc.
1837, 228, § 4.
G. S. 73, § 14.
P. S. 87, § 20.
R. L. 87, § 45.
1909, 504,
§§ 39, 107.
Section 60. If by reason of challenges or otherwise there is not a full 1
jury of the persons summoned, the judge shall cause the officer who 2
served the summons, or in his absence the officer attending the jury, to 3
return persons to supply the deficiency; and shall have the same au- 4
thority as the superior court to enforce the attendance of jurors and 5
witnesses and to impose fines for non-attendance. G
Fees of
officers,
jurors and
witnesses.
1837, 228, § 2.
1848, 271.
1855, 120.
G. S. 73, § 15.
Section 61. The officer who summons and attends the jury shall re- 1
ceive therefor four cents a mile for all necessary travel, and one dollar and 2
fifty cents for each day that he attends upon them; and the jurors and 3
witnesses shall be entitled to such compensation as is prescribed for jurors 4
and witnesses in the superior court. i862, 223, § c. 5
p. S. 87, § 21. R. L. 87, § 46. 1909. 504, §§ 40, 107.
Commitment of
etc.
1885, 339, § 1.
1889. 414,
§§6-8.
1891, 158, § 1.
1899,266, § 1;
325, § 1-
1900, 3.50.
1901,282.
R. L. 87,
§§ 69,60.
190.5, 400.
1909, 504,
§§ 60, 107.
1914, 5.")8.
1915, 73.
1917, 69.
1918, 139, § 1.
169 Mass. 387,
Section 62. Any of the judges named in section fifty, or a judge of 1
the municipal court of the city of Boston, may commit to the Norfolk 2
state hospital, to the McLean hospital, or to a private licensed iiistitu- 3
tion, by an order of commitment, directed to the trustees, superintendent, 4
or manager thereof, as the case may be, made in accordance with section 5
fifty-one, and accompanied by a certificate, in accordance with section 6
fifty-three, by two physicians qualified as therein provided, any male or 7
female person, who is subject to dipsomania or inebriety either in public 8
or private, or who is so addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or 9
stimulants as to have lost the power of self-control. The judge receiving 10
the application for such commitment shall examine on oath the applicant 11
and all other witnesses, and shall reduce the application to writing and 12
cause it to be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant. He shall cause 13
a summons and copy of the application to be served upon such person in 14
the manner provided by section twenty-five of chapter two hundred and 15
seventy-six. Such person shall be entitled to a hearing unless after re- 16
ceiving said summons he shall in writing waive a hearing, in which case 17
the judge may issue an order for his immediate commitment as aforesaid, 18
without a hearing, if he is of opinion that the person is a proper subject 19
for custody and treatment in the institution to which he is committed. 20
The commitment may be made forthwith, if the examining physicians 21
ClIAP. 123.] COMMITMENT AND CARE OF INSANE, ETC. 1225
22 certify the case to be one of emergency. A person committed as afore-
23 said may be detained for two years after the date of liis commitment,
24 and no longer.
1 Section 63. A person may appeal from the order of commitment as Appeal from
2 a dipsomaniac or inebriate, or as addicted to the intemperate use of nar- mitment as "
3 cotics or stimulants, to the superior coiu-t sitting for criminal business in ^^p'*°™'"1'^'''
4 the county from which he is committed, in the manner provided by sec- |f*iVi".'
5 tion twenty-two of chapter two hundred and twelve, but he shall be held js^^' ^ § 2.
6 in such institution to abide the final order of the coiut until he recognizes ^^^- 17^§ 62.
7 in the manner provided in section eighteen of chapter two hundred and §§ si, 107.
8 seventy-eight. Upon such appeal the judge who ordered the commitment
9 may bind the witnesses by recognizance as provided in chapter two hun-
10 dred and seventy-six, and shall make a copy of the order of commitment
1 1 and other proceedings in the case and transmit the same with the recog-
12 nizance, if any, to the clerk of the superior coiut. If the appellant so
13 requests, an issue or issues shall be framed and submitted to a jury in
14 the superior court.
1 Section 64. If the appellant fails to enter and prosecute his appeal ^on^l-oslcution
2 he shall be defaulted on his recognizance, and the superior court may iglg^P/f]; § 13
3 enter an order in like manner as if lie had been ordered to be committed R^l. st^s es.
4 by that court; and process may issue, if necessary, to bring him into §'§ si. 107.
5 court to be recommitted.
1 Section 65. At any time before the copy of the proceedings has been withdrawal
2 transmitted to the superior court, the appellant may be brought or may issy^'4T4'. § u.
3 appear personally before the judge from whose order the appeal was \\m, tatf '^^
4 taken, who may in his discretion, at the appellant's request, permit him ^^ ^^' ^°^-
5 to withdraw his appeal and abide by the order of said judge. Thereupon
6 the judge shall order that the appellant comply with the order appealed
7 from in the same manner as if it were then imposed.
1 Section 66. Any judge of probate, within his county, upon written Commitment
2 application, if he finds that a person residing or being within said county setts school"*
3 is a proper subject for the Massachusetts school for the feeble-minded m'nlied or'''^
4 or the Wrentham state school, may commit him thereto by an order of staTe^ecWi.
5 commitment, directed to the trustees thereof, made in accordance with j||f.' |^|' 1 1-
6 section fifty-one, and accompanied by a certificate in accordance with fgog' fos^s'il'
7 section fifty-thi-ee by a physician, qualified as therein pro\'ided, that 1909! soi!
8 such person is a proper subject for said school, and all provisions of i9i6,'i22,'§ 1.
9 said section shall apply to such certificate. The order of commitment 262 .MaV. sse.
10 shall also direct the sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police oflficer, or
11 other person to apprehend and convey the said person to the school to
12 which he has been committed. Unless the person sought to be committed
13 is' present at the time of the hearing, or the application is made by some
14 one legally entitled to liis custody, notice of the application and of the
1.5 time and place of hearing shall be given to the person sought to be com-
16 mitted, and the order of commitment shall state what notice was given
17 or the finding of facts wliich made notice unnecessary, and -shall au-
18 thorize custody of the person until he shall be discharged by order of a
19 court or otherwise in accordance with law.
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[Chap. 123.
Judicial
inquiry as to
commitment
or discharge ol
inmates of
certain school;
1900, 309, § 1.
1907, 489, § 1.
1909. 504,
§§ 6S, 107.
Section 67. If an inmate of the Massachusetts school for the feeble- 1
minded or the Wrentham state school has reached the limit of school age, 2
or if in the judgment of the trustees he is incapable of being further ben- 3
efited by school instruction, or if the cjuestion of the commitment to or 4
continuance in either of the said schools of any iimiate, including in- 5
mates who may have been transferred from one department to another 6
of such school, under section forty-six, is in the opinion of the trustees 7
and of the department a proper subject for judicial inquiry, the pro- 8
bate court for Middlesex county or for Norfolk county, respectively, 9
upon the wTitten petition of said trustees, or of said department, or 10
of any member of either body, and after such notice as the court may 1 1
order, may, in its discretion, order such inmate to be brought before 12
the court, and shall determine whether or not he is a feeble minded 13
person, and may commit liim to such school or either department 14
thereof, or may order him to be discharged therefrom. 15
General pro-
visions relative
to commifment
applicable,
when.
1S85, 339, 5 2.
1889, 414, § 7.
1899, 266, § 1.
R. I,. 87, § 65.
1909, 504,
§§ 56, 107.
177 Mass. 11.
Section 68. The provisions relati\e to the commitment of insane 1
persons to an institution for the insane shall, unless it is otherwise ex- 2
pressly provided in tliis chapter, apply to and govern commitments under 3
sections sixty-two to sixty-fi\'e, inclusi\'e, or any of them, except that 4
when an allegation of mental condition is required it shall be specifically 5
alleged that a person who is committed under said sections is a dipso- 6
maniac or inebriate or is so addicted to the intemperate use of nar- 7
cotics or stimulants as to have lost the power of self-control. 8
Commitment
of insane
epileptics.
1895, 483,
§S8, 9.
1899, 211, § 1.
R. L. 87, § 66.
1906, 352.
1907, 432.
1909, 504,
§§57,107.
Section 69. A person who is subject to epilepsy, if he is not a criminal, 1
an inebriate, or violently insane, may, if insane, be committed to the 2
Monson state hospital, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter 3
relative to tlie commitment of other insane persons, or, if dangerous to 4
himself or others by reason of epilepsy, may be committed thereto in the 5
manner provided for the commitment of dipsomaniacs and inebriates. 6
1911, 71, § 1.
order^vou!" ' Section 70. All order of commitment of a person to an institution 1
r9iT'273. shall be void if such person shall not be received at the institution within 2
1916, 122, § 1. thirty days after the date of such order. 3
Service of
warrants, etc.
1880, 250, § 1.
P. S. 87, § 10.
R.L. 87, §41.
1909, 504,
§§34, 107.
1915, 136.
Section 71. Warrants and all other processes issued by a judge for 1
the apprehension or commitment of insane persons, or of dipsomaniacs, 2
inebriates, or persons addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or 3
stimulants, or of feeble minded persons, or of those subject to epilepsy, 4
may be directed to and served by a court officer, by any sheriff, deputy 5
sheriff, constable or police officer, or by any private person whom the 6
judge may designate; and such warrants and processes may run into 7
any county where any person to be apprehended or committed may 8
be found, and any of the officers or persons to whom such warrants 9
and processes are directed may serve the same in any part of the 10
cornmonwealth. 11
ofT^CT,""* Section 72. Upon committing a woman to any institution the judge 1
islg^isS'^' shall designate her father, husband, brother or son, or some woman, to 2
1909' 504^*^' ^^ ^^^^ attendant or one of the attendants to accompany her to the 3
§§ 47, 107. institution. 4
Chap. 123.] commit.ment and care of INS.^JS[E, etc. 1227
1 Section 73. Except as is otherwise provided, the compensation of Compensation
2 the judges, physicians and officers taking part in the commitment or phyacta^,
3 admission of persons to institutions in accordance with sections three ilso, 223, § t.
4 to one hundred and twelve, inclusive, shall be as follows: The judge, if lHoilso.
5 required to go from his office or place of business to see and examine the If^^'i^^' ^ ^■
6 person committed or admitted, shall be allowed all necessary expenses of || y.26;
7 travel. If a special justice hears and determines the application he isii2, 22.3. § 7.
8 shall receive compensation at the rate pro\'ided in section six of chap- i87n;222l
9 ter two hundred and eighteen; pro\'ided, that he shall not receive more p. si's"?! §23.'
10 tlian four dollars and the necessary ex])ense of travel for each commit- }S94;493;^®'
11 ment. The fee for each physician making a certificate shall be four jfjj'^i''^^'
12 dollars, and twenty cents for each mile tra\'eled one way. The fees for fl,^'''/^^'^^-
13 officers ser^^ng process shall be the same as are allowed by law in like §§3.' 5.
14 cases. i906, sos, § 12. 1909, 504, §| 48, 107.
1 Section 74. All necessary ex-penses attending the apprehension, ex- commitment,
2 amination, trial, commitment or deliver}^ of an alleged insane, epileptic hmv^prid"''
3 or feeble minded person, dipsomaniac, inebriate or one addicted to the ilasiii*'^^"
4 intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants, committed to a state hospital, [f^^'fg^-
5 shall be allowed and certified by the judge and presented as often as f^^^J'^.?; ,3
6 once a year to the county commissioners of the county in which such issiiisGili!
7 person was committed, who shall examine and audit the same. N^ces- i899,2'ii,§5.
8 sary expenses attending the apprehension, examination or trial of any §'§49*73.
9 person sought to be committed to a state hospital but not so committed, }9or!47i!
10 shall be so presented, exammed and audited if they ha^•e been allowed ll'^g^Jo/
11 in the discretion of the judge and certified by him. All necessary expenses }q!%*^°- 435
12 of examination and delivery of persons mentioned in section eighty-seven,
13 when allowed in the discretion of a judge authorized to make commitments
14 of such persons if insane, and certified by him, shall be presented as often
15 as once a year to the county commissioners of the county, where the
16 judge certifying the expenses was authorized by law to make commit-
17 ments, who shall examine and audit the same. All expenses certified,
18 examined and audited as pro\ided in this section shall be paid by the
19 proper county. Such expenses shall be repaid to the county paying
20 them by the county, if any, of which the person committed, the person
21 for whose commitment application was made and refused, or the person
22 mentioned in section eighty-seven, as the case may be, is an inhabitant;
23 but if the person committed or for whose commitment application was
24 made but refused is an inmate of an institution of any department of the
25 commonwealth at the time of his commitment or of the denial of the
26 application for commitment, such expenses shall be repaid to the county
27 paying them by the county of which such inmate was an inhabitant at the
28 time of his admission or commitment to such institution, or, if he was
29 not an inliabitant of any county, by the county from which he was sent
30 to such institution. The necessary expenses of returning to a state hos-
31 pital a person temporarily absent therefrom, under section eighty-eight,
32 shall be paid by such person or his guardian, relati\e or friend if of suffi-
33 cient ability, or may be paid by the county where he is found, if the
34 condition of the person returned is such that a new commitment would
35 be necessary if he were not returned; such expenses shall be certified and
36 audited as in the case of a commitment, and shall be repaid as herein-
37 before provided by the county of the person's residence. If application
38 is made for the commitment of a person whose expenses and support are
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[Chap. 123.
not to be paid by the commonwealth, the said expenses shall be paid by the .39
applicant or by a person in his behalf. 40
Commitment,
judge to keep
docket, etc.
1880, 250, § 2.
P. S. 87, § 22.
R. L. 87, § 47.
1904. 459. § 2.
1909. 504.
§5 41, 107.
Section 75. Each judge shall keep a docket or record of the causes 1
relative to insane persons coming before him, numbered or otherwise 2
properly designated, and the disposition thereof. He shall also receive 3
and keep on file the original application, statement of applicant and 4
certificate of physicians, and the copy of the order of commitment, at- 5
tested by, and with the return thereon of, the officer or other person 6
se^^■ing the same. Said docket or record and other documents recjuired 7
to be kept as above shall be transmitted, on the death, resignation or 8
removal of the judge to his successor in office. 9
hospital
Section 76. The department may develop, extend and complete a 1
state wide system of psychopathic hospital service by establishing and 2
maintaining new hospital and out-patient iniits in suitable districts in 3
connection with existing or future state hospitals. The administration of 4
the separate new district units and the appropriations granted therefor 5
shall be in accordance with the laws go\erning the state hospitals to 6
which the land, buildings and furnishing of said units shall appertain. 7
The direction of the scientific work in such units shall be vested in the 8
department by means of its duly appointed agents. 9
Section 77. If a person is found by two physicians qualified as pro- 1
vided in section fifty-three to be in such mental condition that his 2
commitment to an institution for the insane is necessary for his proper care 3
or observation, he may be committed by any judge mentioned in section 4
fifty, to a state hospital or to the INIcLean hospital, for a period of thirty- 5
five days pending the determination of his insanity; pro\'ided, tiiat such 6
commitments shall be made to Gardner state colony only when legally 7
authorized by the department. Witliin thirty days after such conmiit- 8
ment the superintendent of the institution to wliich the person has been 9
committed shall discharge him if he is not insane, and shall notify the 10
judge who committed him, or if he is insane he shall report the patient's 11
mental condition to the judge mth the recommendation that he shall 12
be committed as an insane person, or discharged to the care of his guard- 13
ian, relatives or friends if he is harmless and can properly be cared for by 14
them. Within the said thirty-five days, the committing judge may au- 15
thorize a discharge as aforesaid, or he may commit the patient to the in- 16
stitution as an insane person if, in his opinion, such commitment is neces- 17
sary. If, in the opinion of the judge, additional medical testimony as 18
to the mental condition of the alleged insane person is desirable, he may 19
appoint a physician to examine and report thereon. 20
Commitment of
f)ersons vio-
ently insane,
etc., without
order of court.
1881. 272,
5§1,2.
P. S. 87, §§ 26,
27.
1898, 438. § 1.
R. L. 87. § 52.
1909. 504.
§§ 42, 107.
1919, 49. § 2.
Section 78. The superintendent or manager of any institution for 1
the insane, in the case of Gardner state colony when so authorized 2
by the department, may \nthout the order of a judge required by sec- 3
tions fifty and fifty-one, receive into his custody and detain in such insti- 4
tution for not more than five days any person whose case is certified to 5
be one of violent and dangerous insanity or of other emergency by two 6
physicians qualified as pro\ided in section fifty-three by a certificate 7
conforming in all respects to said section, which certificate may be filed 8
with a judge, as the certificate required by section fifty-one. The officers 9
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1229
10 mentioned in section ninety-five or any member of the state police shall,
11 upon the request of the applicant or of one of the said physicians, cause
12 the arrest and delivery of such person to such superintendent or manager.
13 The person applyins; for such admission shall within five days cause the
14 alleged insane person to be committed to or removed from the institu-
15 tion, and failing so to do shall be liable to the commonwealth, in the case
16 of a state hospital, or to the person maintaining the institution, in the
17 case of a private institution, for the expenses incurred and to a penalty of
18 fifty dollars, which may be recovered in contract by the state treasurer,
19 or the person maintaining the private institution, as the case may be.
1 Section 79. The superintendent or manager of any institution for Temporary
2 the insane, in the case of the Gardner state colony when so authorized personVnSSing
3 by the department, may, when requested by a physician, or by a member I-Tre.'^etc"^
4 of the board of health, a selectman or a police officer of a town, by an Jgjg'fyl-
5 agent of the institutions registration department of Boston, or by a i^i^' *^-^ 2
6 member of the state police, receive and care for in such institution as
7 a patient, for a period not exceeding ten days, any person needing
8 immediate care and treatment because of mental derangement other
9 than delirium tremens or drunkenness. Such request for admission of a
10 patient shall be put in WTiting and be filed at the institution at the time
11 of liis reception, or \uthin twenty-four hours thereafter, together with a
12 statement in a form prescribed or approved by the department, giving
13 such information as it deems appropriate. Any such patient deemed by
14 the superintendent or manager not suitable for such care shall, upon the
15 request of the superintendent or manager, be remo\ed forthwith from
16 the institution by the person requesting his reception, and, if he is not
17 so removed, such person shall be liable to the commonwealth or to the
IS person maintaining the private institution, as the case may be, for all
19 reasonable expenses incurred under this section on account of the patient,
20 wliich may be recovered in contract by the state treasurer or by such
21 person, as the case may be. The superintendent or manager shall cause
22 every such patient either to be examined by two physicians, qualified as
23 provided in section fifty-three, who shall cause application to be made
24 for his admission or commitment to such institution, or to be removed
25 therefrom before the expiration of said period of ten days, unless he signs
26 a request to remain therein under section eighty-six. Reasonable ex-
27 penses incurred for the examination of the patient and his transportation
28 to the institution shall be allowed, certified and paid as provided by sec-
29 tion seventy-four.
1 Section 80. The superintendent or manager of any institution for Temporary
2 the care and treatment of persons addicted to the intemperate use of person ad-
3 narcotics or stimulants may, when requested by a physician, by a mem- temperl'te' use
4 ber of the board of health or a police officer of a town, by an agent of of^narcotics,
5 the institutions registration department of Boston, by a member of the isi'', 232, § 3.
6 state police, or by the wife, husband, guardian or, in the case of an un-
7 married person having no guardian, by the next of kin, receive and care
8 for in such institution, as a patient for a period not exceeding fifteen days,
9 any person needing immediate care and treatment because he has be-
10 come so addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants that
11 he has lost the power of self-control. Such request for the admission of
12 a patient shall be made in writing and filed at the institution at the time
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COM.MITMENT AND CARE OF INS.UVE, ETC.
[ClIAP. 123.
Temporary
care of insane,
notice to
department.
1881, 272, § 4.
P. S. 87, § 29,
1886, 101, § 4.
R. L. 87. § 54.
1905, 432, § 2.
of his reception, or within twenty-four hours thereafter, together with a 13
statement, in a form prescribed by the department, giving such informa- 14
tion as it deems appropriate. The trustees, superintendent or manager 15
of such institutions shall cause to be kept a record, in such form as the 16
department requires of each case treated therein, which shall at all times 17
be open to the inspection of the department and its agents. Such record 18
shall not be a public record, nor shall the same be received as evidence in 19
any legal proceeding. The superintendent or manager of such an in- 20
stitution shall not detain any person received as above for more than 21
fifteen days, unless, before the expiration of that period, such person has 22
been committed under section sixty-two, or has signed a request to re- 23
main at said institution under section eighty-six. 24
Section 81. Whenever a patient is received into any institution the 1
superintendent or manager thereof shall give immediate notice of such 2
reception to the department, stating all the particulars of the case, ex- 3
cept where such information is contained in copies required to be sent 4
to the department by section fifty-three. i909, 504, §§ 46, io7. 5
191S, 257, §§ 310, 311. 1919, 5. 1920, 2.
Temporary
care by board
of health,
Section 82. No person suffering from insanity, mental derangement, 1
deliriums, or mental confusion, except delirium tremens and drunkenness, 2
shall, except in case of emergency, be placed or detained in a lockup, po- 3
lice station, city prison, house of detention, jail or other penal institution 4
or place for the detention of criminals. If, in case of emergency, any such 5
person is so placed or detained, he shall forthwith be examined by a phy- 6
sician and shall be furnished suitable medical care and nursing and shall 7
not be so detained for more than twelve hours. Any such person not so S
placed or detained who is arrested by or comes under the care or protec- 9
tion of the police, and any other such person who is in need of immediate 10
care and treatment which cannot be provided without public expense, 11
shall be cared for by the board of health of the town where such per- 12
son may be. Such board of health shall cause such person to be ex- 13
amined by a physician as soon as possible, shall furnish him with suitable 14
medical care and nursing, and shall cause him to be duly admitted or 15
committed to an institution, unless prior to such admission or commitment 16
he shall recover or be suitably pro^•ided for by his relatives or friends. 17
Reasonable expenses for board, lodging, medical care, nursing, clothing. 18
and all other necessary expenses incurred by the board of health, under 19
this section, shall be allowed, certified and paid in the same manner as 20
provided by section seventy-four. 21
Transfer of
inmates by
governor.
1853. 318. § 3.
1856, 247, § S.
Section 83. The governor may cause an inmate of a state hospital 1
to be removed to another state hospital, as the circumstances or the 2
necessities of the case may in his judgment require. g. s. 73, § 26. 3
p. S. 87, § 3S. R. L. 87, § S.5. 1909, 504, §§ 68, 107.
treatment of.
1918, 142, § 1.
1919, 49, § 1.
Section 84. The superintendent of any state hospital for the insane, 1
except Gardner state colony, or of the INIcLean hospital, may receive for 2
care and treatment any person in the military or naval service of the 3
United States who is suffering from mental disease and cannot properly 4
be cared for at the army post, naval station or government hospital 5
where he is stationed or happens to be, upon the written application of the 0
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of ins.-uste, etc. 1231
7 medical officer in charge thereof, who shall make a full statement of the
8 case in such form as the department prescribes. Unless otherwise or-
9 dered by the proper military or naval authority, persons received into an
10 institution under this section may be detained therein for a period not
11 exceeding sixty days, except that fiuther detention, if necessary, may be
12 authorized by the department.
1 Section 85. ,The department may make contracts with the federal lonrrac^^"*'
2 government relative to the support of persons received and cared for wis, i42, § 2.
3 under the preceding section on such terms as may be agreed upon.
VOLUNTARY INMATES.
1 Section 86. The trustees, superintendent or manager of any institu- voluntary
2 tion to which an insane person, a dipsomaniac, an inebriate, or one ad- i88i'.^'72!''§ 3.
3 dieted to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants may be com- r l. ai'.ili.
4 mitted, in the case of Gardner state colony when so authorized by the \^' If^' ^ ^■
5 department, may receive and detain therein as a boarder and patient |5°|5^^;io7.
6 any person who is desirous of submitting himself to treatment, and who, J^JI'^^^.j^-
7 being mentally competent, makes written application therefor; and any lOp. a.'g. '
8 such person who desires so to submit himself for treatment may make
9 such written application. No such person shall be detained more than
10 three days after having given written notice of liis intention or desire to
11 leave the institution.
1 Section 87. The trustees of the Monson state hospital may receive Monson state
2 and detain therein as a patient any person who is certified to be subject simf to*! etc."'"'
3 to epilepsy by a physician qualified as provided in section fifty-three, and ilo?; 395, § 4!'
4 who desires to submit himself to treatment and makes written applica- |f®f:5''^'
5 tion therefor, and whose age and mental condition are such as to render ^'|"|vf ■
6 him competent to make such application, or for whom application is made "^ l__^^.
7 by a parent or guardian. No such patient shall be detained more than 1907, 432.
8 three months after having given written notice of his intention or desire §§ 58.107.
9 to leave the hospital. Upon the patient's reception at the hospital, the lop a.'g. sis.
10 superintendent shall report the particulars of the case to the department,
11 which may investigate the same.
RELEASE AND DISCHARGE.
1 Section 88. The superintendent or manager of any institution, Temporary
2 after the examination required by section ninety-four has been made, frav"" °"
3 may permit any inmate thereof temporarily to leave such institution in Islg, 4^4, "'
4 charge of his guardian, relatives, friends, or by himself, for a period not flgg, 325, § 1.
5 exceeding twelve months, and may receive him when returned by any ^^ ^- ^''^ §s so,
fi such guardian, relative, friend, or upon his own application, within such '?9M?|-
7 period, without any further order of commitment, but no patient com- §'§ 75. 107.
8 mitted under section one hundred and one shall be permitted to tempo- 1917! 48. '
9 rarily leave the state hospital without the approval of the governor and sop. .t^.'isi.
10 council, nor shall such permission terminate or in any way affect the '(1920) 213-
11 original order of commitment. The superintendent or manager may
12 require as a condition of such leave of absence, that the person in whose
13 charge the patient is permitted to leave the institution shall make reports
14 to him of the patient's condition. Any such superintendent, manager,
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[Chap. 123.
guardian, relative or friend may terminate such leave of absence at any 15
time and authorize the arrest and return of the patient. The officers 16
mentioned in section ninety-five shall cause such a patient to be arrested 17
and returned upon the request of any such superintendent, manager, 18
guardian, relative or friend. Any patient, unless he has been committed 19
under section one hundred and one, who has not returned to the institu- 20
tion at the expiration of twelve months shall be deemed to be discharged 21
therefrom. 22
Discharge by
trustees or
court.
1832, 163, § 6.
1834, 150, § 6.
1835, 129, § 3.
R. S. 48, §1 14,
15.
1839, 149, § 1.
G. S. 73, §§ 27,
29, 30.
1862, 223,
§§ 13-15.
1871,321,
§§1.2.
P. S. 87,
l§ 39-41.
1883, 78. § 1.
1885, 339. § 3.
1897, 474, I 2.
1898, 433, § 21,
1899, 266, § 3;
325. § 2.
R. L. 87,
§§86,91-94,96.
1906, 508, § 15.
1909, 504,
§§ 76, 107.
165 Mass. 559.
1 Op. A. G. 4,87,
2 Op. A. G. 122.
Section 89. The superintendent or manager of a private institution 1
described in section three, the superintendent of a state hospital and of the 2
McLean hospital, when authorized thereto by the trustees of such insti- 3
tution, the trustees themselves, the department, or, on written applica- 4
tion, a judge of probate for the county where the institution is situated, 5
or where the inmate had his residence at the time of his commitment or 6
admission, or a justice of the supreme judicial court in any county, after 7
such notice as the said superintendent, manager, trustees, department, 8
judge or justice, may consider reasonable and proper, may discharge any 9
inmate if it appears upon examination that he will be sufficiently provided 10
for by himself, his guardian, relatives or friends, or that his detention in 11
such institution is no longer necessary for his own welfare or the safety of 12
the public. If the legal or natural guardian or any relative of an inmate 13
opposes such discharge, it .shall not be made without written notice hav- 14
ing been given to the person opposing such discharge. This section shall 15
not apply to persons committed by a court under any provision of sec- 16
tions one hundred to one hundred and five, inclusive. 4 0p. a.g ssb. 17
Discharge of
unrecovered
insane person.
1909, 504, § 7?
Section 90. No unrecovered inmate who is known to have committed 1
or attempted to commit violence to others, or who in the opinion of the 2
superintendent or manager is, or is likely to become dangerous to others, 3
shall be discharged from or permitted to leave an institution under either 4
of the two preceding sections by the trustees, superintendent or manager 5
without written approval of the department. The department shall not 6
grant such approval unless the superintendent or manager shall have sub- 7
mitted to it a written report containing a full statement of the case and of 8
the reasons for his opinion whether or not the patient is or is likely to 9
become dangerous to others, and such other information as the depart- 10
nient may require, nor unless the department is satisfied by such report 11
or by its own investigation that such inmate is not and is not likely to 12
become dangerous to others, or, if so dangerous, that sufficient precau- 13
tions will be taken to protect the public safety. The department, if it 14
does not agree with such superintendent or manager, may file a petition 15
for instructions in the probate court for the county where the institution 16
is situated, and such court may in its discretion order such inmate to be 17
brought before it and cause him to be examined by one or more experts 18
in insanity, shall determine whether or not he is or is likely to become 19
dangerous to others, and, if so dangerous, whether sufficient precautions 20
will be taken to protect the public safety, and may order him to be dis- 21
charged or to be returned to the institution. Copies of all reports, de- 22
cisions, findings and evidence connected with the case shall be trans- 23
mitted to the institution and made a part of the case record of the inmate. 24
Reasonable expenses incurred by the probate court in such examination 25
shall be approved by the court and paid by the commonwealth. 26
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1233
1 Section 91. Any person may make written application to a justice Discharge.
2 of the supreme judicial court at any time and in any county, stating that ismTmsI'i if'
3 he believes or has reason to believe that a person named in such applica- r s.'st^/j 42^;
4 tion is confined as an insane person in an institution or other place, public fg^ fgi,^ ^^'
5 or private, and ought not longer to be so confined, giving the names of f|ig%22'^j 3
6 all persons supposed to be interested in keeping him in confinement, and
7 requesting his discharge. Such an application may likewise be made by
8 any inmate of the INIassachusetts school for the feeble-minded or of the
9 Wrentham state school, or by any person in his behalf.
1 Section 92. If an application is made under the preceding section, the Discharge,
2 justice, upon reasonable cause shown for a hearing, shall order notice of superintendent;
3 the time and place thereof to be given to the superintendent or manager ceedings^™
4 of the institution or place of confinement, and to such other persons as a's.' 73.^1 lo'
5 he considers proper; and such hearing shall be given as soon as conven- Kf''3'|**'
6 iently may be before any justice of the supreme judicial court in any 'S7i''32i 54.
7 county. The alleged insane or feeble minded person may be brought r. l. sr. § 98.
8 before the justice at the hearing upon a writ of habeas corpus, if any §§79,107.
9 person so requests and the justice considers it proper. Pending the '^'^' ^^^' ^ "*■
10 decision of the court such person shall remain in the custody of the
1 1 superintendent or manager. An issue or issues may be framed and sub-
12 mitted. to a jury by direction of the justice or on the request of any
13 person who appears in the case. The jurors may be those in attendance
14 on said court, if in session at the time of the hearing, or may be sum-
15 moned for the purpose upon the order of the justice substantially in ac-
16 cordance with chapter two hundred and thirty-four.
1 Section 93. If it appears upon the verdict of the jury, or in the opin- Discharge if
^ • i»i* ••CI • I* 1 • 'i I o*^t insane or
2 ion or the justice 11 the case is not submitted to a jury, that the person so dangerous.
3 confined is not insane, or that he is not dangerous to himself or others 1879,' 132!
4 and ought not longer to be so confined, or in case of an inmate of the r. 1.^87,^9*9.
5 Massachusetts school for the feeble-minded or of the Wrentham state §jfo,^7
6 school, either that such inmate is not feeble minded, or that continued J'-'JS'V i-5',| ^■
-7 1 e 1 • • 11 ^ Allen, 225.
7 custody or his person is unnecessary and unreasonable, or that he can
8 be discharged with safety to himself and the public, and will be cared for
9 properly elsewhere, he shall be discharged from confinement.
1 Section 94. No state charge in a state hospital shall be discharged S'bS'nfs'he'd
2 therefrom without suitable clothing; and the trustees may furnish the Jgg'l'^ig^'f g
3 same, and such amount of money, not exceeding twenty dollars, as they R.s.'48, 1 13.'
4 may consider necessary. Inquiry shall be made into the future situation p. a' 87,' §4.5'
5 of every patient about to be discharged, and precautionary medical advice igon; foi,^ '°''
6 shall be given to him. No patient shall be discharged or permitted to be f op'a.°g. 159.
7 temporarily absent from any institution without a personal examination
8 of his mental condition made by one of the hospital physicians within
9 forty-eight hours of his departure, the result of which shall be entered
10 in his case record.
escape.
1 Section 95. An inmate of any institution, who escapes therefrom, Escape.
2 may be arrested and returned thereto by an officer qualified to serve isot.^m'"' 1.
3 criminal process in any county, or by any officer or employee of such fg^, %k^ ^^'
4 institution. The superintendent of police of Boston, city marshals and *^ ''^^ ^°^-
5 chiefs of police of towns, upon information from the superintendent or
1234 COMMITMENT AND CARE OF INSANE, ETC. [ClIAP. 123.
manager of such institution of such an escape, shall cause the person so 6
escaping, if he is within such town, to be arrested and returned to the 7
institution at its expense. 8
SUPPORT.
inornate in SECTION 96. The trustccs of state hospitals, directly or through an 1
i832i63''«4 5 suthorizcd agent or agents, may make contracts fixing the price for the 2
i834!i5o,'§§5!7^ support of inmatcs, at a sum not less than six dollars per week, and bind- 3
1S35 129 . *
§§i,'2, 4.' ing the persons makmg such contracts to payment thereunder. The price 4
§§' 8-n.' 16. for the support of inmates for whose support such a contract is not made, 5
ilie! loi; i i. or of inmates pajinents for whose support under such contracts are in 6
1858 i6i' default and for insane inmates of the state infirmary and of the Bridge- 7
i,85|' 107. § 2. water state hospital, not under orders of a court, shall be determined by 8
ii 22-24. the department at a sum not exceeding six dollars per week for each 9
§§ 9^11 ' person, and may be recovered of such persons or of the husband, wife, 10
ism! lis! I?: father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, child or grandchild if of suf- 11
lira, 88^' ^ ^' ficient ability. A married woman shall be subject to the said liability as 12
p^f'sV*^' though sole. Such action shall be brought by the attorney general in 13
liss^^^sl « 3 ^^^ name of the state treasurer. 14
18S4! 322i § 9. Any person making payment for such support may recover the same, 15
§§ -.To. ■ by suit in equity in the superior court to which any or all of the classes 16
18921425! |4.' of pcrsoHS hereinbefore named may be made parties, regardless of the 17
1807, 395, Vl.' existence of the marriage relation, from any person primarily liable for 18
§§T-5^^^' such support, or may have the amount so paid apportioned among those 19
1899. 211, who are not primarily liable, in proportion to their respective ability to 20
1900, 451, § 1. pay, and may recover such apportionment. 21
§§68-72,75-80, Any guardian or conservator of such an inmate who, ha\ang property 22
1905, 354. of liis ward in liis possession or control exceeding two hundred dollars in 23
1908! 613! ^ ^^' value, fails to pay, within three months after receipt of any bill therefor, 24
i9OT^Io4 ^'^^ ^^^ support at the rate determined by the department, shall, upon 25
ilii^ m ^°^' 'ipplication of the attorney general, forthwith be removed. 26
1917! 133! In all proceedings under this section the sworn statement of a person 27
18 Pick. 379. ' that he is the superintendent of one of said institutions, or keeps or has 28
9 Cush'sss. custody of the records thereof or of the records of the department, and 29
5 Gray! 39o! tliat a Certain person has been an inmate of said institution during a cer- 30
ii*Gray^ib7 *^^" pcriod of time, or that the price of the support of a certain inmate 31
?/-!',■;"• •^I?^ has been determined at a certain sum bv the department, shall be prima 32
12 Allen, 510- „.., ,.,.ip o.t
116 Mass. 570. taCIC eVldcUCC 01 the said tacts. 119 Mass. 479. 130 Mass. 12. 33
131 Mass. 328. 164 Mass. 506. 196 Mass. 63.
151 Mass. 96. 194 Mass. 486. 1 Op. A. G. 615.
160 Mass. 232. 195 Mass. 42. 3 Op. A. G. 132.
PRIVILEGES OF P.A.TIENTS.
^*8it pfL"tT Section 97. An attorney at law regularly retained by or on behalf 1
TstS 195, § 4. of any person committed to an institution shall be admitted to visit his 2
R L ?7 i 82 client at all reasonable times, if in the opinion of the superintendent or 3
19(^^504^ manager thereof such \'isit would not be injurious to such person, or if 4
a justice of the supreme judicial or superior court, in any county, or a 5
judge of probate ^\'ithin liis county first orders in ^\Titing that such \asit 6
be allowed. 7
writ'rtothe'' Section 98. All patients of any institution shall be allowed to wxite 1
is^l's'e™*' freely to the department, subject to its regulations. Letters so WTitten 2
pi.'a ' shall be forwarded unopened by the superintendent, manager or person 3
1898, 433, § 15. in charge of said institution to said department, and letters or other com- 4
) 84, 107.
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1235
5 munications by or from the department may be sent to the patient. R l. 87, § ss.
6 All other letters to or from the patient may be sent as addressed or to his §§ ss.'iof.
7 parent or legal guardian or most interested friend. 4 0p. a.g. 219.
INS,\NE PRISONERS, ETC.
1 Section 99. In order to determine the mental condition of any per- Mental con-
2 son coming before any court of the commonwealth, the presiding judge per'Sns" coming
3 may, in his discretion, request the department to assign a member of hqw deter-"^'^'
4 the medical staff of a state hospital to make such examinations as he Eip^ggs.
5 may deem necessary. No fee shall be paid for such examination, but ^^^^- i^s.
6 the examining physician may be reimbm'sed for his reasonable travel-
7 ing expenses.
1 Section 100. If a person under complaint or indictment for any commitment
2 crime is, at the time appointed for trial or sentence, or at any time prior pUaia'ofp^r'sons
3 thereto, found by the court to be insane or in such mental condition that J^° „" ""^"^'"
4 his commitment to an institution for the insane is necessary for his q^|' j^j § u
5 proper care or observation pending the determination of his insanity, the P-|- 2w,' § i|.
6 court may commit him to a state hospital under such hmitations as it R. i.!2i9!
7 may order. The court may in its discretion employ one or more experts i904,'257.
8 in insanity, or other physicians qualified as provided in section fifty- §§T6|%7.
9 three, to examine the defendant, and all reasonable expenses incurred 2i2'Mas's*438.
10 shall be audited and paid as in the case of other court expenses. A copy
11 of the complaint or indictment and of the medical certificates attested by
12 the clerk shall be delivered with such person in accordance with section
13 fifty-three. If reconveyed to jail or custody under section one hundred
14 and five, he shall be held in accordance with the terms of the process by
15 which he was originally committed or confined.
1 Section 101. If a person indicted for murder or manslaughter is ac- Commitment
2 quitted by the jury by reason of insanity, the court shall order him to be accfuitTedof
3 committed to a state hospital during his natural life. The governor, ^yf"' ^"^ '
I c 1 1 • - - 1S73,227.
5 therefrom when he is .satisfied after an investigation by the department fjjo^^^-
•6 that such discharge will not cause danger to others. i895. 390, § 7.
R. L. 219, § 16. 1909, 504, §§ 104, 107. 13G Mass. 4S9.
1 Section 102. The department shall designate two persons, ex-perts in insane pnson-
2 insanity, to examine prisoners in the state prison, the Massachusetts re- fion.""*™"""
3 formatory, the prison camp and hospital or the reformatory for women, §^.'2.^°'
4 alleged to be insane. If any such prisoner appears to be insane, the G^s;iio;
5 warden or superintendent shall notify one or both of said experts, who ||gV|
6 shall, with the physician of such penal institution, examine the pris- ^^IP'o^^o. § s.
7 oner and report the result of their investigation to the superior court of isss.lisd, § 1.'
S the county where such penal institution is situated or to the appropriate is98!433!
9 district court mentioned in the following section. R i. 225. § 101. ^^ ^^' ^®'
1906. 472. 1910, 34.'i, § 1. 173 Mass. 5.50.
1909, 274; 504. 1911, 004, ij 1, 4 Op. A. G. 531.
§S 105, 107.
1 Section 103. The superior court upon a report under the preceding insane prison-
2 section, if it considers the prisoner to be insane and his removal expedient, t"state°™
3 shall issue a warrant, directed to the warden or superintendent, authoriz- isS'.'iM, § 2.
1236
COMMITMENT AND CARE OF INS.ANE, ETC.
[CiLiP. 123.
G. S. ISO, § 3.
1S80, 250, § 5.
P. S. 222. § 10.
1SS5, 320, § 1.
1886, 101, § 5.
1895, 390, I 3.
1898, 433, § 28.
1900, 472.
R. L. 85, § 41;
225. § 101.
1906, 472.
1909,274;
504, §§ 105,
107.
1910, 345, § 1.
1911,604, § 1-
173 Mass. 550.
195 Mass. 42.
lOp. A. G. 113.
ing him to cause the prisoner, if a male, to be removed to the Bridgewater 4
state liospitai, and, if a female, to be removed to one of the state hospitals 5
for the insane, there to be kept until, in the judgment of the superin- 6
tendent and the trustees of the institution to which the prisoner has been 7
committed, he should be returned to prison. Reports on the insanity 8
of prisoners in the Massachusetts reformatory, required by said section, 9
may be submitted to the district court of central Middlesex, and that 10
court shall have the same authority as the superior court to issue the war- 11
rant for the commitment of a prisoner in the Massachusetts reformatory 12
to the Bridgewater state hospital as is above provided. Reports in re- 13
spect to the insanity of prisoners in the reformatory for women may be 14
submitted to the first district court of southern Middlesex, and that court 15
shall have the same authority as the superior court to issue the warrant 16
for the commitment of a prisoner in the reformatory for women to one of 17
the state hospitals for the insane as is above provided. When the super- 18
intendent and trustees determine that the prisoner should be so returned, 19
they shall so certify upon the said warrant, and notice, accompanied by 20
a written statement regarding the mental condition of the prisoner, shall 21
be given to the warden or superintendent of such penal institution, who 22
shall thereupon cause the prisoner to be reconveyed thereto, there to 23
remain pursuant to the original sentence, computing the time of his 24
detention or confinement in the said hospital as part of the term of his 25
imprisonment. 26
i prison-
ers, removal
from jails,
houses of cor-
rection, etc.
R. S. 145,
§§1,2.
1853, 259.
G. S. 180,
§§4,5.
1880, 250, § 6.
P.S. 222, §§12,
13.
1886, 219, § 1.
1895, 390, I 3.
R. L. 85, §41;
225, § 102.
1909, 504.
§§ 98, 106. 107.
1910, 122.
1917, 46, § 2.
195 Mass. 42.
Section 104. If a prisoner under sentence in a jail, house of correc- 1
tion, or prison other than those named in section one hundred and two, 2
appears to be insane, the physician in attendance shall make a report 3
thereof to the jailer or master who shall transmit the same to one of the 4
judges mentioned in section fifty. If the judge finds in accordance with 5
sections twenty-four, fifty and fifty-one that the prisoner is insane and 6
that his removal is ex^pedient, he shall order the removal of such prisoner, 7
if a male to the Bridgewater state hospital, if a female to one of the state 8
hospitals for the insane, pursuant to said sections; provided, that if a 9
male prisoner has not been criminal and vicious in his life the judge may 10
order him removed to one of the state hospitals. A physician, other 11
than the physician in attendance at the place of detention, making the 12
certificate, shall be entitled to the compensation provided by section 13
seventy-three. If a prisoner is reconveyed under the following section 14
to a jail, house of correction or prison mentioned in this section, he shall 15
there remain pursuant to the original sentence, computing the time of 16
his detention or confinement in the said hospital as a part of the time of 17
his imprisonment. 18
Reconveyance
of prisoners
restored to
sanity.
R. S. 145, § 2.
1853, 259.
G. S. ISO, § 5.
P. S. 222, § 13,
1886,219,5 1.
1895, 390, I 6.
R. L. 85, §41;
225, § 102.
1909, 504.
§§ 98, 103, 106,
107.
1910. 122.
1917, 46.
Section 105. When in the opinion of the trustees and superintendent 1
of the state hospital to which a prisoner has been removed under section 2
one hundred or section one hundred and four, the prisoner is restored to 3
sanity, they shall so certify upon the commitment, and notice accom- 4
panied by a written statement regarding the mental condition of the 5
prisoner shall be given to the keeper or master of the jail or house of cor- 6
rection, the superintendent of the prison, or to the person having custody 7
of him at the time of the removal, who shall thereupon cause the prisoner 8
to be reconveyed to the jail, house of correction, prison, or custody from 9
which he was removed. 10
Chap 123,.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1237
RENDITION.
1 Section 106. The governor may upon demand deliver to the execu- Rendition of
, '^ 11 IP • i'j. J.* insane persons.
2 tive of any other state any person who has escaped irom an institution 1909, 504. § 87.
3 for the insane to which he has been committed under the laws of such ^'® '^^^^^^ ^*^'
4 state, and who may be dangerous to the safety of the public, or may
5 upon application appoint an agent to demand of the executive authority
6 of any other state any person who has escaped from an institution in this
7 commonwealth. Such demand or application shall be accompanied by
8 an attested copy of the commitment and sworn evidence of the superin-
9 tendent or manager of the institution stating that the person demanded
10 has escaped from such institution, and by such further evidence as the
11 governor requires.
1 Section 107. If the governor is satisfied that the demand made warrant
2 upon him under the preceding section conforms to law and ought to be 1909, 564, § ss.
3 complied with, he shall issue his warrant under the seal of the common-
4 wealth to an officer authorized to serve warrants in criminal cases, direct-
5 ing liira at tiie expense of the agent who makes the demand, and at a time
6 designated in the warrant, to take and transport such person to the
7 boundary line of the commonwealth and there deliver him to such agent.
8 The officer may require aid as in criminal cases.
1 Section 108. A person arrested upon such a warrant shall not be writ of habeas
2 delivered to the agent of another state until he has been notified of the iyo9?5(M, 1 89.
3 demand for his surrender and has had an opportunity to apply for a writ
4 of habeas corpus, if he claims such right of the officer making the arrest.
5 If the said WTit is applied for, notice thereof and of the time and place of
6 hearing shall be given to the attorney general or to the district attorney
7 for the district where the arrest is made. An officer who delivers such
8 person in his custody upon such ^^■arrant to such agent for rendition with-
9 out having complied with this section shall forfeit not more than one
10 thousand dollars. Pending the determination of the court upon an ap-
11 plication for the said writ, the person shall be detained in custody in a
12 suitable institution for the insane.
1 Section 109. If an application made under section one hundred and f^''^™"^* °'
2 six for the arrest of a patient escaped from an institution in the com- 1909, 504, § 90.
3 monwealth is granted and an agent is appointed as therein provided,
4 his reasonable expenses shall be paid by the institution from which the
5 patient escaped, but the governor may direct the whole or part of such
6 expense to be repaid by the commonwealth to such institution.
CERTAIN ACTS FORBIDDEN.
1 Section 110. A physician who wilfully conspires with a person un- Conspiracy
rt 1 f 11 • 1 ■ . * . • p J.T • to commit a
2 lawfully or improperly to commit to an institution lor the insane a person saneoerson.
3 who is not insane shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, at the ilsf, 27'2. § 5.
4 discretion of the court. R. l. 87, 1 56. 1909, 504, §§ 91, 107. ^- ^- *^' ^ ^°-
1 Section HI. Any person employed in an institution, or having charge 111-treatment,
2 of an insane, feeble minded or epileptic person, whether by reason of any 1909, 504, 1 92.
3 contract or of any ties of relationship or marriage or otherwise, who ill-
1238
COMMITMENT AND CAKE OF INSANE, ETC.
[Chap. 123.
treats or wilfully neglects such person shall be piuiished by fine or im- 4
prisonment, at the discretion of the court. 5
Stance at" SECTION 112. Anv person wlio wilfully permits or assists. or connives 1
wod'sw ? 93 ^*' *'^^ escape of a patient from any institution, or secretes a patient who 2
i9i9i4s. liag escaped therefrom, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, at the 3
discretion of the court. 4
Commitments
to department
for defective
delinquents.
1911,695, § 1.
DEFECTIVE DELINQUENT.S.
Section 113. In any case where a court might by way of final dis- 1
position commit an offender to the state prison, the reformatory for 2
women, any jail or house of correction, the Massachusetts reformatory, 3
the state farm, the industrial school for boys, the industrial school for 4
girls, the Lyman school, any county training school, or the custody of 5
the department of public welfare, for an ofl'ence not punishable by death 6
or imprisonment for life, if it shall appear that the offender has com- 7
mitted the offence with which he is charged, is mentally defective and is 8
not a proper subject for a school for the feeble minded or for commit- 9
ment as an insane person, the court may commit him to a department 10
for defective delinquents, established under sections one hundred and 11
seventeen and one hundred and twenty-four, according to his age and 12
sex, as hereinafter provided. 13
Removal from
institution
because of
violation of
regulations.
1911,595, § 2.
Section 114. If an offender while under commitment to any of the 1
institutions named in the preceding section or to the department of 2
public welfare persistently violates the regulations of the institution or 3
department in whose custody he is, or conducts himself so indecently or 4
immorally, or otherwise so grossly misbehaves as to render himself an 5
unfit subject for retention in said institution or by said department, and 6
it appears that such offender is mentally defective and is not a proper 7
subject for a school for the feeble minded, a physician in attendance at 8
any institution named in the preceding section or a physician employed 9
by said department shall make a report thereof to the officer in charge 10
of said institution or to the director of child guardianship, who shall 11
transmit the same to one of the judges mentioned in section fifty. The 12
judge shall make inquu-y into the facts and, if satisfied that the oft'ender 13
is mentally defective and not a proper subject for a school for the feeble 14
minded, shall order his removal to a department for defective delinquents, 15
according to liis age and sex as hereinafter provided. 16
Certificate of
mental defec-
tiveness to be
filed in certain
Removal from
school for
feeble minded.
Violation of
regulations,
etc.
1911, 595, § 4.
Section 115. No person shall be committed to a department for
defective delinquents under either of the two preceding sections unless
there has been filed with the judge a certificate of the mental defectiveness
of such person by two physicians qualified as provided in section fifty-
tliree. The fees of the certifying physicians shall be of the amount and
paid in the manner provided for like service in sections tliree to one
hundred and twelve, inclusive.
Section 116. If an inmate of a school for the feeble minded persist-
ently violates the regulations of the school, or conducts himself so inde-
cently or immorally, or so grossly misbehaves as to render himself an
unfit subject for retention therein, the officer in charge shall make a re-
port thereof to one of the judges mentioned in section fifty. The judge
Chap. 123.] commitment and care of insane, etc. 1239
6 shall make inquiry into the facts and, if satisfied that such inmate is
7 not a fit subject for retention in the school, shall order his removal to a
8 department for defective delinquents, according to his age and sex, as
9 hereinafter provided.
1 Section 117. At the reformatory for women, the Massachusetts re- Departments
for defective
delinquents
may be est
lished. etc.
4 be termed departments for defective delinquents, for the custodv of per- }2U' 225' t ?•
.*,, I . iiiii'*" 1913, 796, § I.
5 sons committed thereto under sections one hundred and thirteen to one l?!'''^'*!-
6 hundred and sixteen, inclusive. All men and boys so committed shall 1919,199,11;
7 be committed to the department for male defective delinquents. All
8 women and girls so committed shall be committed to the department
9 for female defective delinquents. All such persons committed to the
10 department for defective delinquents at any institution under control of
11 the department of correction shall be and remain in the custody of the
12 said department until discharged as hereinafter provided.
1 Section 118. The board of parole of the department of correction Paroie, etc.
2 may parole inmates of the departments for defective delinquents on such ig'e;!!?,' f 2.
3 conditions as it deems best, and may at any time during the parole period slo^'s'll; ^ '"
4 recall to the institution any inmate paroled.
1 Section 119. Any person may apply at any time to the justice of the Paroie and
2 district court in whose jurisdiction a department for defective delinquents «,ur'ti"^'^'' ^^
3 is located, for the discharge of any inmate of said department. A hear- ^®"' "^^' ^ ^'
4 ing shall thereupon be held, of which notice shall be given to the applicant
5 and to the person in charge of the institution where the inmate is con-
6 fined. If after the hearing the justice shall find that it is probable that
7 the inmate can be allowed to be at large without serious injury to liim-
8 self, or damage or injury or annoyance to others, he may order the person
9 having custody of said inmate to parole him. Further action on the ap-
10 plication for the inmate's discharge shall be suspended for one year from
11 the date of his parole. If, at any time prior to the expiration of said
12 year, the justice of the court where the application was filed shall be
13 satisfied that the best interests of said inmate, or of the public, require
14 the recall of the inmate from parole, he may authorize the person having
15 custody of the inmate to so recall him. If an application is denied, a
16 new application shall not be made within one 5'ear after the date of the
17 order denying the previous application. If at the end of said year the
18 justice shall find that said inmate can be allowed to be permanently at
19 large without serious injury to himself, or damage or injury or annoyance
20 to others, he may order the person having custody of said inmate to dis-
21 charge him. If a person discharged under this section is found by any
22 court to have committed, after his discharge, any offence against the laws
23 of the commonwealth, said court may commit such person to a depart-
24 ment for defective delinquents without the certificate of any physician.
1 Section 120. Any special justice, when holding court at the request Powers of
2 of the justice, shall have the powers and perform the duties of the justice Xcourtein'"^^
3 under sections one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and twenty-four, i^u.'sQsTfs.
4 inclusive. In case of a vacancy in the office of justice and in the case of
5 the illness, absence or other disability of the justice, the special justice
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COMMITMENT AND CARE OF INSANE, ETC.
[Cli\P. 123.
who holds the senior commission shall, if no request has been made as 6
aforesaid, have the powers and perform the duties of the justice under 7
said sections. 8
Recorfls of
proceeding:.
of commit-
ments.
1911, 595, §
Section 121. A docket for, and a record of all proceedings under 1
sections one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and twenty-four, 2
inclusive, and all papers in connection therewith, shall be kept in the 3
manner provided in section seventy-five. 4
Commitments
of defective
delinquents,
how made.
1911, 595, § 1(
Section 122. All commitments under sections one hundred and thir- 1
teen to one hundred and twenty-four, inclusive, shall be made under an 2
order signed by the justice making it. Such order may be served by any 3
person qualified to serve any process issuing out of the court in which 4
the justice making the commitment sits or, in case of transfer, by any 5
officer or attendant of the institution from ^^•hich the transfer is being 6
made. The officer or other person serving such order shall make return 7
of service on an attested copy thereof. 8
fomS^ie°nt, SECTION 123. All neccssary expenses attending proceedings under 1
sections one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and twenty-four, 2
inclusive, shall be allowed, certified and paid in the manner provided 3
in section seventy-four. 4
1911,595, § 11.
Time of taking
efTect of
certam
provisions.
1911, 595, § 12.
1913, 796, § 2.
1916,241,
§§ 1.2.
1919. 199, § 1;
350, § 82.
Section 124. Sections one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and 1
twenty-four, inclusive, shall take efi'ect as to any of the departments 2
named in section one hundred and seventeen when the same is ready for 3
occupancy. The commissioner of correction shall notify the governor 4
when a department is in a suitable condition to receive inmates; and the 5
governor may then issue his proclamation establishing such department 6
as a place for the custody of defective delinquents. 7
REFERENCES.
Composition of the department and of the boards of trustees of the state hospitals,
together with administrative details relating thereto. Chap. 19.
Form of and necessity for notices to and statements by the department in connection
with appointment, performance of certain duties, allowance of account, or discharge
of guardian or conservator. Chap. 201.
Provisions relative to gift, etc., of liquor to inmates of institutions. Chap.
268, §27.
Commitments to the state infirmary, Chap. 122, § 20.
Estimates, plans and specifications, relating to new or additional buildings, or
repairs thereto, at state hospitals. Chap. 29, § 7.
E,xpense of removal of insane criminals, Chap. 127, § 123.
Chap. 124.] powers ant) duties of department of correction.
1241
TITLE XVITT.
PRISONS, IMPRISONMENT, PAROLES AND PARDONS.
Chapter 124.
Chapter 125.
Chapter f26.
Chapter 127.
Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction.
Penal and Reformatory Institutions of the Commonwealth.
Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial
Farms.
Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles
and Pardons.
CHAPTER 124.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
Sect.
1. Duties of commissioner.
2. Duties of commissioner and subordi-
nates.
3. Temporary aid for dependents of
prisoners.
4. Supervi.sion of prisoners having per-
mits to be at liberty.
Sect.
5. Report of commissioner to the governor.
6. Annual report of commissioner to the
general court.
7. Duties of board of parole.
8. Reports by clerks of courts and trial
justices of criminal cases.
9. Montlily reports of arrests.
1 Section 1. The commissioner of correction, in this chapter called the
2 commissioner, shall have the general supervision of the state prison,
3 the Massachusetts reformatory, the prison camp and hospital, the state
4 farm and the reformatory for women, and of jails and houses of correc-
5 tion. He .shall make rules for the direction of the officers of such insti-
6 tutions in the performance of their duties, for the government, discipline
7 and instruction of the convicts therein, for the custody and preservation
8 of the property connected therewith, for the supply of food, clothing and
9 bedding in the state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, prison camp
10 and hospital, state farm and reformatory for women, for teaching prison-
li ers who are committed to a jail or house of correction for six months
12 or more to read and write, for securing proper exercise for unemplo.^ed
13 sentenced prisoners in jails and houses of correction, and for securing
14 medical examination and supervision of prisoners in jails and houses
15 of correction punished by solitary imprisonment. As soon as may be
16 after such rules have been made the commissioner shall submit copies
17 thereof to the governor and council, who may approve, annul or modify
18 them. Jailers, keepers of houses of correction, county commissioners and
19 the penal institutions commissioner of Boston shall make no rules incon-
20 sistent with the aforesaid rules. He shall also from time to time cause
21 to be printed in convenient form the rules of the board of parole and the
22 statutes relating to the duties and powers of said board, and shall annu-
23 ally during the month of January cause to be mailed one copy thereof
Duties of
comniissiotier.
1827, 118, 5 7,
R S. 144, § 9.
1852, 275. ii R,
G.S. 71. § 32;
179. § 14.
18liB. 198,
§§2,3.
1870, 370.
§§ 7, 9, 10,
1874,385, §
1879,291. §
3. 7. 9; 294,
§§ 10, 12. 25,
35, 36.
1881, 90, § 3
P. S. 88. § 4;
219, §§ 14, lU,
1884, 255,
297. § 2.
1886. 101, § 4.
1895, 146;
195; 259.
R. L. 222, I 3.
1905, 3.55.
1906. 243.
1911, 181.
1916,241, § 1
1919, 199. § 1;
350. §§ 82-84,
86,
1920. 341,
lOp. A.G. 281.
290.
4 Op. A.G. 573.
12
28;
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POWERS AND DtTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. [ChAP. 124.
to each justice of the superior and district courts, each trial justice, each 24
sheriff and to each master, keeper, warden or superintendent of the 25
penal institutions in the commonwealth, and to the commission on pro- 26
bation two hundred copies thereof. 27
Duties of
and subordi-
nates.
1827, 118.
§§3,7.
R. S. 144,
§§ 10. 17.
G. S. 179,
§§ 15, 16.
1870, 370,
§§ 8. 10.
1874, 385. § 14.
1877, 120, § 1.
1879, 294,
§§ 11, 14,31.
P. S. 219. §§15,
19, 39.
Section 2. The commissioner shall keep informed as to the manage- 1
ment and condition of all institutions under his supervision or control. 2
He may expend annually in the performance of his duties and for nee- 3
essary clerical assistance such sum as may be appropriated therefor by 4
the general court. He or one of his deputies shall make frequent visits 5
to such institutions, and investigate the management, condition and 6
discipline of the institutions and the treatment of the inmates, and the 7
books of the said institutions shall be open for his examination. The 8
commissioner or any representative designated by him may attend any 9
meeting of the parole board. isss, 52, §§ 1, 2. 10
1888,328. R. L. 222. §§ 2, 4, 5. 1916, 241, §S 7, 9.
1S95. 431. 1914, 526, § 1. 1919, 350, § 84.
Temporary aid
for dependents
of pri-soners.
1920, 377.
Section 3. The commissioner may expend annually such sum of 1
money, not more than two thousand dollars, as may be appropriated 2
therefor for the temporary relief of the families or dependents of inmates 3
of state penal institutions but such relief shall not extend for more than 4
one week and shall be such as may be necessary pending proper and ade- 5
quate relief through the usual channels. An agent of the department 6
may be designated to perform the work authorized by this section. 7
Supervision of
prisoners hav-
ing permits to
be at liberty.
1913, 829, § 5.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 350, § 84.
Report of
commissioner
to the governor.
1893, 428.
R. L. 222, § 8.
1905. 355, § 1.
1906, 243, § 1.
1911, 181.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919. 199, § 1:
350, §§ 84, 86.
Section 4. The commissioner shall exercise a careful supervision 1
over all prisoners absent from all penal and reformatory institutions in 2
the commonwealth on permits to be at liberty, and shall require from his 3
agents reports regarding such prisoners as are not complying with the 4
conditions upon which they were released. 5
Section 5. The commissioner shall, at least once in six months, 1
report in writing to the governor the condition of the state prison, 2
Massachusetts reformatory, prison camp and hospital, state farm and 3
the reformatory for women, and shall so report to the governor when, 4
in his judgment, the conditions of administration, financial management 5
or discipline in any of said institutions require executive action. 6
Annual report
of commissioner
to the general
court.
1827, 118, § 7.
R. S. 143. § 33;
144. § 11.
1840, 15, § 3.
1848, 29, § 2.
1857, 40, § 1.
1858, 46, I I.
1859, 139, § 2.
OS. 178, §68;
179, § 18.
1864, 303, § 1.
1870. 370. § 12.
1874, 385, § 22.
1879, 294,
§§ 33, 35.
1881, 66.
P. S. 219, § 38.
1882, 226, § 2.
1884, 255, §31.
1887, 447. § 14.
1901, 364. § 2.
P. L. 222, § 9.
1905,211, § 1;
355, § 1.
Section 6. He shall make an annual report setting forth fully and 1
in detail the actual condition on November tliirtieth of the state prison, 2
Massachusetts reformatory, prison camp and hospital, state farm and re- 3
formatory for women, and on September thirtieth of each jail and house 4
of correction, the number of inmates in each, such statistics from the 5
reports required by section eight as will show the results of criminal 6
prosecutions, and such statistics from the reports required by section nine, 7
and by section one hundred of chapter two hundred and se\'enty-six, as 8
he considers proper. The report shall state the industries which have 9
been carried on in the institutions named in section fifty-one of chapter 10
one hundred and twenty-seven during the year, the number of prisoners 11
employed in each, the greatest and smallest number thereof at any one 12
time, the kind and quantity of goods manufactured, the amount thereof 13
sold to such institutions and elsewhere, and the prices received therefor. 14
The report shall include the reports made to him by the officers in charge 15
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1243
16 of the penal and reformatory institutions of the commonwealth and of Hu] isi! ^ ''
17 the board of parole. i9i6. 241, § s, i9i7. 201, 1 1.
1918, 257, § 476. 1919, 5; 199, § 1; 350, §§ 82-84, 86, 1920,2.
1 Section 7. The board of parole shall have the powers and duties Duties of
2 relative to granting permits to be at liberty from penal and reformatory parole."
3 institutions given by chapter one hundred and twenty-seven. It shall IIY^s^.^l'
4 also be an advisory board of pardons, with the powers and duties in J^js. s.^;^ 206.
5 relation thereto set forth in said chapter. It shall make an annual report §§ 1, 5.
6 to the commissioner. "i?. 201 ; 266, § 1. i9is, 214.
1919, 350, § 85. Op. A. G. (1919) 126.
Reports by
clerks of
courts and
trial justices
of crintinal
1851,' 216. § 2.
1852. 289, § 3.
G.S 14,
§S 11,12,15.
1881, 66.
P. S. 219,
§§ 34,35,37.
1882, 226, § 1.
R. L. 222. I 6.
1 Section 8. Clerks of courts shall annually, on or before October
2 fifteenth, make reports to the commissioner of all criminal cases com-
3 menced in the superior court in the several counties during the year
4 ending on September thirtieth, and of all criminal cases entered therein
5 on appeal during such time. Clerks of district courts and trial justices
6 shall annually, at the same time and for the same period, make like
7 reports of criminal cases in which such courts or justices have exercised
8 jurisdiction, and shall state whether such jurisdiction was final or other-
9 wise. Blank forms for such reports shall be prepared and furnished by
10 the commissioner. Whoever refuses or neglects to make the report re-
11 quired of him by this section shall forfeit two hundred dollars.
1 Section 9. The police commissioner of Boston, city marshals or chiefs ^^"^^^^y^
2 of police and every officer making an arrest in a town not having a city arrests.
3 marshal or chief of police shall make monthly reports to the commissioner 1892! 290! 1 3.
4 of the number of persons of each sex arrested in their several towns. 1906, 291! § 16
5 Such reports shall be classified according to offences. An officer who
6 refuses or neglects to make such report shall be punished by a fine of fifty
7 dollars.
CHAPTER 125.
PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Definition.
Appointment of officers.
Bond of warden and superintendents.
Appointment of subordinate officers.
Vacancy in office of warden or superin-
tendent.
Temporary assistant deputies.
Warden and superintendent to suggest
changes in rules.
Uniform.
Wages of laborers.
Oath of subordinate officers.
THE STATE PRISON.
11. Purposes of state prison.
12. Annual visit of governor and council.
13. Officers.
Sect.
14. Powers and duties of warden.
15. Residence of warden and deputy at the
prison.
16. Duties of chaplain.
17. Duties of physician.
18. Care of sick prisoners.
19. Diet in the hospital.
20. Insane prisoners.
21. Officers, e-xcept physician, to have no
other business.
22. Salaries.
THE MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
23. Purposes of Massachusetts reforma-
tory.
24. Officers.
25. Parole clerk.
26. Duties of superintendent.
27. Duty of chaplain.
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Sect.
28. Physician.
29. Salaries.
THE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN.
30. Purposes of reformatory.
31. Officers.
32. Burial place for prisoners.
33 Duties of superintendent.
34. Same subject.
35. Duties of chaplain.
36. Physician.
37. Watchman for Washakum pond.
38. SalaJ-ies.
PRISON CAMP AND HOSPITAL.
39. Purposes of prison camp and hospital.
40. Salary and duties of superintendent.
41. Purchases and sales.
Sect.
STATE FARM.
42. Purposes of state farm.
43. Commissioner to have supervision.
44. Rules and regulations.
45. Duties of superintendent.
46. Compensation of officers and em-
ployees.
47. Superintendent and physician may re-
side at the state farm.
48. Bridgewater state hospital.
PRISON contracts.
49. Contracts.
50. Arbitration of controversies.
51. Contracts for supplies by the year.
52. Proposals to be in writing, etc.
53. Bills to be taken of all purchases, serv-
ices, etc.
54. Salaries, etc., to be paid monthly.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 1. In this chapter the word "commissioner" shall mean the 1
commissioner of correction. 2
Appointment
of officers.
1827, 118, § 2.
R. S. 144, § 4.
1852, 275, § 5.
G. S. 71, §34;
179, § 9.
Section 2. The warden of the state prison and the superintendents 1
of the Massachusetts reformatory, the prison camp and hospital, the 2
state farm and the reformatory for women shall be appointed by the 3
commissioner, and shall hold their offices during his pleasure. 4
1 4,
1872, 45, § 4.
1874, 385, § 6
1879, 291, I V
P. S. 86, §19;
221, §17,45.
1883, 278.
1884, 255, § 20;
297, § 3.
1891, 299.
1898, 393, § 6.
1901, 364, § 3.
R.L.85, §2; 223, §
22, 30: 225. § 65.
1916, 183; 241, § 1.
1919, 199. § 1;
350, §§ 82, 84.
Bond of
warden and
superintend-
ents.
1811,32, §3.
1827, 118, § 3.
R. S. 144, § 15.
1854, 189, § 2.
G. S. 71, §34;
179, § 23.
P. S. 86, § 19;
88, § 2; 221.
§§17,49.
1883, 267, § 1.
1884, 255, § 24.
1898, 393, § 5.
Section 3. The warden of the state prison and the superintendents 1
of the Massachusetts reformatory, prison camp and hospital, state farm 2
and reformatory for women shall, before entering upon the performance 3
of their official duties, each give bond to the commonwealth, in such sum 4
as the state auditor may prescribe, with sureties approved by the com- 5
missioner, conditioned faithfully to account for all money received by 6
him and faithfully to perform the duties of warden or superintendent. 7
The approval of the sureties shall be endorsed on the bond, and it shall 8
be filed in the office of the state treasurer. 9
R. L..8,5, §6;
223, §§5,23,31;
225, §65.
1916, 183; 241, § 1.
1917, 18.
1918,257, §§469,472.
1919,5; 199, §1; 333,
§20; 350, §§82, 84.
1920,2; 546, §4.
1827, 118, § 2.
R. S. 144, § 5.
1857, 122, § 1.
1859, 177, § 2.
G. S. 179, § 10.
1864, 288, § 11.
Section 4. All subordinate officers and employees in the several 1
institutions shall be appointed by the warden or superintendent thereof 2
and hold office during the pleasure of said warden or superintendent. 3
Appointments in the prison camp and hospital and state farm shall be 4
subject to the approval of the commissioner. 5
1866, 198, §2. 1884, 255, §21; 297, §3. 1901, 364, § 3.
1872, 45, § 4. 1887, 355, §§ 1, 2 R. L. 85, § 2; 223, §§ 4,
1874, 385, §7. 1891,299, 22, 30; 225, § 65.
1879, 294, §§ 13. 23. 1894, 477, § 2. 1916, 183; 241, § 1.
1881, 178, § 2, 1898, 393, § 6. 1919, 199, § 1;
P. S. 86, § 20; 221, § 8. 1899, 245, § 1. 350, §§ 82, 84.
1882, 203, § 2. 1900, 286, § 1.
Chap. 125.] state penal and reformatory institutions. 1245
1 Section 5. If the office of warden, superintendent of the Massachu- vacancy in
2 setts reformatory or reformatory for women is vacant, or if the warden or s'uperixi?'^ ^°
3 or superintendent is absent from the prison or reformatory or is unable 1827? ns. § 4.
4 to perform his duties, the deputy warden or deputy superintendent shall j*^ 20,"!'
5 have the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities of Ps|/|i'
6 the warden or superintendent. If the office of warden or superintendent Jst9,'294, §34.
7 becomes vacant, the commissioner may require the deputy warden or §§22.23'.
8 deputy superintendent to give a bond to the commonwealth, in such sum §§3.'4. '
i 25, 26.
L. 223.
;8. 25
10 commissioner, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as fs.[
11 deput,y warden and treasurer or as deputy superintendent until a warden Jljf'fl^' ^ ^■
12 or superintendent is qualified, and faithfully to account for all money i?'2'^3
13 received by him as such. After the approval of such bond, the deputy 1920. '546, §4.
14 shall, so long as he performs the duties of the office, receive the salary
15 of the warden or superintendent in lieu of his salary as deputy warden
16 or deputy superintendent. If the deputy warden or deputy super-
17 intendent does not give such bond when required, the commissioner
18 may remove him from the office of warden or superintendent, and ap-
19 point a temporary warden or superintendent, who shall give such bond,
20 and shall have the power and authority, perform the duties and receive
21 the salary of the warden or superintendent until a warden or superin-
22 tendent is qualified.
1 Section 6. The warden of the state prison or the superintendent of Jss^fa"™"^
2 the Massachusetts reformatory or reformatory for women may designate i|?o'4|4
3 for temporary service one of the officers of the institution as assistant isi"' 241. 1 1.
4 deputy. He shall perform duties assigned by the warden or superin- §§ 82, 84.'
5 tendent, and in the absence of the deputy warden or deputy superintendent
6 shall perform the duties of that officer. He may be allowed such com-
7 pensation in addition to his regular salary as the commissioner may
8 approve.
1 Section 7. The warden of the state prison or the superintendent of ^peffn"ten"dlnt
2 the Massachusetts reformatory or reformatory for women shall from J|5„^"^^''|,'
3 time to time suggest to the commissioner in writing such alterations in r"i„<"s ,,„ , ,
4 the rules and regulations as he considers advisable for the direction of R. s' 144,' § e.'
5 the officers and the government of the institution.
G. S. 179, § 26.
R. L. 223, § 7.
1919. 5; 350, §§ 82. 84.
1879, 294, § 34.
1916,241, § 1.
1920, 2.
P. S. 221, § 19.
1918, 257, §§ 470,473.
1 Section 8. Officers of the state prison, ]\Iassachusetts reformatory Uniform.
2 and reformatory for women, except the clerk, physician and chaplain, 1875! 56, '§ 1. '
3 shall while on duty wear such uniform, cap or badge as the warden or r.l.IIs.I is.
4 superintendent may prescribe. isis. 257. §§ 471. 474. 1919. 5. 1920. 2.
1 Section 9. The wages paid by the commissioner to male laborers wages of
2 directly employed by him shall be not less than two dollars and a half a loiT.^IIs.
3 day. 1916, 241, §1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 84. 4 0p. a. g. 459.
1 Section 10. All subordinate officers of the state prison, INIassachu- oath of sub-
2 setts reformatory or reformatory for women, before entering upon the officers.''
3 performance of their official duties, shall take and subscribe the following r*®l! 223,' 1 9.'
4 oaths:
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STATE PENAL .AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. (ChAP. 125.
1918. 257.
5§ 471. 474.
1919, 5.
1920, 2.
I, A. B., do solemnly sweax that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
commonwealth of Massachusetts, and -n-ill support the constitution thereof. So
help me, God.
I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will obey the lawful orders of all my
superior officers. So help me, God.
I, A. B., do solemnly swear and affirm that I will faithfully and impartially
discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me in the office to which I
have been appointed, according to the best of ni}' abilities and understanding,
agreeably to tlie rules and regulations of the constitution, the laws of the com-
monwealth and the rules pro\'ided in accordance with law for the government of
the state prison (Massachusetts reformatory or reformatory for women). So
help me, God.
The oaths may be administered by any officer authorized by law to 5
administer oaths, and a record thereof shall be in the possession of the 6
warden or superintendent. 7
Purposes of
state prison.
180.5. 113,
§5 1.2.
1811.32,
§8 1,2.
1827, 118, I 10.
R. S. 114,
§§ 1. 30.
G. S. 179. § 1.
1869. 334.
1878, 62.
P. S. 221. § 1.
1884. 255. § 6.
1901. 358.
R. L. 22.3, § 1.
1910, 241. 5 1.
1919,350,
5§ 82, 84.
THE ST.\TE PRISON.
Section 11. The state prison at Boston shall be the general peni- 1
tentiary and prison of the commonwealth where all male persons con- 2
victed of crime in a court of the commonwealth or in any court of the 3
United States and sentenced by them according to law to solitary im- 4
prisonment and confinement in the state prison at hard labor shall be 5
securely confined and employed at hard labor; but a person convicted 6
and sentenced before a court of the United States need not be received 7
in said prison unless the United States shall agree with the commissioner 8
to pay all expenses incurred by the commonwealth in maintaining him 9
therein. 10
Annual visit
of governor
and council.
1811,32. §5.
1827, lis, §17.
R. S. 144. §49.
G. S. 179, § 5.
P. S. 221, § 5.
R. L. 223, § 2.
Section 12. The governor and council shall visit the prison annually, 1
and as much oftener as they may think proper, to examine into its affairs 2
and ascertain its condition. They shall inquire into all alleged abuses 3
or neglects of duty, and may make such alterations in the general discipline 4
of the prison as they find necessary. 5
Officers.
1805,113, § 3.
1811,32, § 3.
1827, 118, § 1.
1829, 16, I 1;
114. § 2.
R. S. 144,
§§ 2, 6.
ISSO, 289. § 2.
1852. 242.
1857, 122, § 1.
G. S. 179, § 7.
1874, 133.
1878, 269.
1879. 294,
§§ 34, 35.
1881, 178. § 1.
P. S. 221, § 6.
1882, 203, § 1.
1888, 264, § 1.
Section 1.3. The officers of the state prison shall be a warden, dep- 1
uty warden, chaplain, physician and surgeon, clerk, engineer, not more 2
than three assistant engineers, electrician, four turnkeys, and as many 3
watchmen, not exceeding fifty-four, as the warden, subject to the ap- 4
proval of the commissioner, may find necessary; provided, that there 5
may be employed therein such additional officers as the commissioner 6
shall consider necessary to comply with section thirty-nine of chapter 7
one hundred and forty-nine. In certifying the names of persons eligible 8
to appointment as assistant watchmen, the commissioner of civil service 9
shall certify the names of persons over the age of twenty-five and under 10
the age of forty. 11
1889, 412, § 1.
1893, 456.
1894, 477, § 2.
1899. 245, |§ 1, 4.
1900. 286, § 1.
R. L. 223, § 3.
1908. 547, § 2.
1900. 514. §§ 54, 145.
1916. 241. § 1; 278.
1919.157,§§1,2:
350, §§63,64,82.84.
Powers and
dutie:
3 of
wardi
1811.
"32, 1 3.
1827.
118,
5§3.
10.
R.S.
144,
H16
, 25, 30.
G. S.
179,
§§ 27, 28.
Section 14. The warden shall have the custody and control of all 1
convicts in the prison, and shall govern and employ them according to 2
law, pursuant to their respective sentences and to the rules and regula- 3
tions of the prison, until their sentences have been performed or they are 4
otherwise discharged by due course of law. He shall also have the charge 5
Chap. 125.] state penal and reformatory institutions. 1247
6 and custody of the prison and of the land, buildings, furniture, tools, p. s. 221.
7 implements, stock, provisions, and all other property belonging to it or 1901, '224, § 1.
8 within its precincts. He shall be treasurer of the prison, and shall re- fgic,; 24?: 1 1!
9 ceive and disburse all money paid by the commonwealth for the support §§'|2^U*'
10 thereof, and shall cause regular and complete accounts to be kept of all
11 the property, expenses, income and business of the prison. He may, with
12 the approval of the commissioner, expend not more than three hundred
13 dollars annually for the entertainment of official and other visitors to
14 the state prison.
1 Section 15. The warden and deputy warden shall reside constantly Residence of
2 within the precincts of the prison. The deputy warden, clerk, watch- difputy a"the
3 men, and all other subordinate officers of the prison shall perform such islTfns, § 5.
4 duties in the charge and oversight of the prison, the care of its property, §; ^ \%[ 1 2I;
5 and the custody, government, employment and discipline of the convicts, ^89^9^245 V"**
6 as the warden, in conformity to law and the rules and regulations of the jspo- 1||' 1 2-
7 prison, may require.
1 Section 16. The chaplain shall conduct divine service in the chapel °"pffin'
2 of the prison, shall instruct the convicts in their moral and religious JIJ:*- js^, § 1.
3 duties, visit the sick on suitable occasions, have charge of the school h."k.'i44.'i 12.
4 and library of the prison under the direction of the warden, and shall I's-'o, 243, § 1.'
5 devote his entire time to the duties of his office.
p. S. 221, § 12. 1901. 364. R. L, 223, § 12.
1 Section 17. The physician shall visit the hospital of the prison at Duties of
2 least once a day and as much oftener as necessary, shall prescribe for isill'^ise. § 2.
3 sick convicts, and attend to the regimen, clothing and cleanliness of con- r."s.' 144,' I fi
4 victs in the hospital. He shall keep a regular journal of all admissions p.f.iJi'.'ns'
5 to the hospital, the time of admission, the nature of the disease, his pre- ^ ^ ^^^' 5 1*-
6 scriptions, the treatment of each patient and the time of his discharge
7 from the hospital or of death. The journal shall also contain entries of
8 all orders given for supplies for the hospital department, specifying the
9 articles ordered, and it shall remain at the prison. All such orders shall
10 be in writing, and the warden shall provide the supplies so ordered.
1 Section 18. If a convict complains of illness requiring medical aid, pr"on°era"^''
2 notice thereof shall be given to the physician, who shall visit the con\'ict, g | ^*- 1 1|-
3 and if in his opinion the illness requires the convict's removal to the p. s. 221.' §15.
4 hospital, the warden may order such removal, and the convict shall re- ' " '
5 main in the hospital until the physician determines that he may leave it
6 without injury to his health.
1 Section 19. The physician shall have the direction of the subsistence Diet in the
2 and diet of the convicts in the hospital; but his order for all articles of 1S27', us, § 15.
3 comfort or indulgence not included in their regular hospital rations shall q\ «; i"; | 'lo!
4 be in WTiting and for a term of not more than one week. r lIIs.Vis-
1 Section 20. He shall attend upon all insane convicts, and if in his insane
2 opinion they can be remo\'ed to the prison hospital without detriment i859,°2S.
3 or danger to the other patients or inmates of the prison, he shall order p.f.'ali*,' §f4.'
4 them so removed, and shall see that they ha\e sufficient daily exercise ^- ^- ^^^' ^ ^®-
5 outside their cells or places of confinement.
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pSSn,''to'"' Section 21. Neither the warden nor any officer appointed by him, 1
bSsin?s°s''""'' except the physician, shall be employed in any business for private 2
1827, lis, § 8. emolument or which does not pertain to the duties of his office. 3
R. S. 144, I". P. S. 221, §9. 1906,242.
G. S. 179, § 12. R. L. 223, § 17.
Salaries.
1811,32, § 12.
1814, 156. § 3.
1818, 19.
1S2S, lis, § 2.
1829, 114. I 3.
1832. 129, § 1.
1833, 67, § 1.
R. S. 144, § 8.
1854, 270.
1855, 334.
1857, 122,
§ 2: 196.
G. S. 179, § 13.
1867, 312.
1870, 243.
1871, 301.
1878, 269.
1881, 178, § 2.
P. 8. 221, § 11.
1882, 203, § 3.
1884, 95.
1888, 264, § 2.
1889, 412, § 2.
1893, 455.
1894, 370.
1899, 245, § 3.
1900, 286, § 3.
R. L. 223, § 19.
1902, 454.
1910, 430,
§U.2.
1911,467; 542,
§§ 1.2
1914, 654,
Section 22. The officers of the prison shall receive the following
salaries: the warden, four thousand dollars; the chaplain, twenty-five
hundred dollars; the physician and surgeon, fifteen hundred dollars; the
deputy warden, twenty-five hundred dollars; the clerk, such salary, not
exceeding three thousand dollars, as shall be fixed by the commissioner,
with the approval of the governor and council; the electrician, such
salary as shall be fixed by the commissioner; turnkeys and watchmen
who have been in the prison service in any state or county institution in 8
the commonwealth and have performed similar duties therein for less 9
than one year, thirteen hundred dollars; and those who have been in 10
such service for more than one year shall receiv-e for each additional 11
year of service an increase of one hundred and twenty dollars up to a 12
maximum of nineteen hundred dollars. In fixing the rate of compensa- 13
tion of watchmen, previous service in any penal or reformatory institu- 14
tion in the commonwealth shall be considered. No other perquisite, re- 15
ward or emolument shall be allowed to or received by any of them, except 16
that the warden and deputy warden shall be allowed sufficient house 17
room, properly furnished, and fuel and light, for themselves and families. 18
The salaries of engineers, assistant engineers and firemen shall be fixed 19
by the warden, with the approval of the commissioner. 20
1919, 157, |§ 1, 2; 186; 213, § 1; 234, § 1; 350, §§ 82, 84. 1920, 340; 353; 459,
Purposes of
Massachusetts
reformatory.
R. L. 223, § 20.
1 Op. A. G. 290.
2 Op. A. G. 90.
THE MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
Section 23. The Massachusetts reformatory at Concord shall be 1
the reformatory prison for the commonwealth in which all male persons 2
under the age of forty convicted of crime in the courts of the common- 3
wealth or of the United States, anrl duly sentenced or removed thereto, 4
shall be imprisoned and detained in accordance with the sentences or 5
orders of said courts and the rules and regulations of said reformatory. 6
Ofiicera.
1884, 255, § 19.
1888, 335, § 1.
1889, 408. § 1.
1890, 255.
1893, 333, § 1.
1894, 477, § 2.
R. L. 223, §21.
190S, 547, § 2.
1909, 514,
§§ 54, 145.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 350,
S§ 82, 84.
Section 24. The officers of the reformatory shall be a superintendent, 1
deputy superintendent, chaplain, physician, clerk, engineer, four turn- 2
keys and as many watchmen, not exceeding fifty-six, as the superin- 3
tendent, subject to the approval of the commissioner, may consider 4
necessary; provided that there may be employed therein such additional 5
officers as the commissioner shall consider necessary to comply with 6
section thirty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty-nine. 7
Parole clerk.
1917, 293.
1919, 206;
350, §§ 82, 84.
1920, 362.
Section 25. The commissioner may designate as parole clerk one of 1
the officers at the Massachusetts reformatory. He shall perform such 2
duties relating to the parole of inmates of the reformatory as the com- 3
missioner may prescribe. While performing the duties of parole clerk, 4
such officer shall receive a salary not exceeding two hundred dollars in 5
addition to his regular salary, and may be retired and pensioned under 6
chapter thirty-two. 7
Chap. 125.] state penal and reformatory institutions. 1249
1 Section 26. The superintendent shall reside at all times within the Duties of
2 precincts or dependencies of the reformatory. He shall have the custody ^p^""'^"*'-
3 and control of prisoners committed to the reformatory, the management §§^3.^2^!'
4 and direction of the reformatory, under the rules and regulations thereof, \llf ||f • | f
5 and the custody and control of the buildings and property of the com- fg^ '^ff | ^*-
6 monwealth connected therewith. He shall receive and securely keep, wisisso;
7 according to the terms of the sentence, any male person sentenced to i'op.'A.G. 35.
8 the reformatory by any court of the United States, or sentenced by
9 such court to any other prison and removed to the reformatory. He
10 shall purchase all necessary supplies for the reformatory, and shall re-
11 ceive and pay all money appropriated by the commonwealth for the
12 support thereof. He shall cause to be kept full and accurate books of
13 account of the property, expenses, income and business of the reforma-
14 tory. He may, with the appro\'al of the commissioner, expend not more
15 than three hundred dollars annually for the entertainment of official and
16 other visitors to the reformatory.
1 Section 27. The chaplain shall devote his entire time to the instruc- Duty of
2 tion of the prisoners and to the promotion of their moral and religious issS^'o'ss, § 27.
3 well-being. isqo. 255. r. l. 223. § 20.
1 Section 28. The physician shall devote his entire time to the service Physician
2 of the reformatory. i908,426.
1 Section 29. The officers of the reformatory shall receive the fol- fggY'Hg 5 22
2 lowing salaries: the superintendent, four thousand dollars; the deputy isss! 335! § 2. '
3 superintendent, twenty-five hundred dollars; the chaplain, two thou- i893,'333!§2
4 sand dollars; the physician, twenty-five hundred dollars; the clerk, such im 426. ^ '^^'
5 salary, not exceeding three thousand dollars, as shall be fixed by the com- {g}?; 542;
6 missioner, with the approval of the governor and council; turnkeys §§^'2*^'
7 and watchmen who have been in the prison service in any state or ^^J^','^.^' 5 ^'
8 county institution in the commonwealth and have performed similar 234'. § i'.
9 duties therein less than one year, thirteen hundred dollars, and those 353; 459. '
10 who have been in such service for more than one year shall receive for
11 each additional year of service an increase of one hundred and twenty
12 dollars up to a maximum of nineteen hundred dollars. In fixing the
13 rate of compensation of the officers as aforesaid, previous service in
14 any penal or reformatory institution in the commonwealth shall be con-
15 sidered. No other perquisite, reward or emolument shall be allowed to
16 or received by any of the said officers, except that the superintendent
17 and deputy superintendent shall be allowed sufficient house room,
18 properly furnished, and fuel and light, for themselves and their families.
19 The salaries of engineers, assistant engineers and firemen shall be fixed
20 by the superintendent, with the approval of the commissioner.
THE reformatory FOR WOMEN.
1 Section 30. The reformatory for women at Sherborn shall be the Purposes
2 prison of the commonwealth where all females convicted of crime in the tory'"™'''
3 courts of the commonwealth or of the United States, and duly sentenced p^^i.'Hi.'Hi.
4 or removed thereto, shall be imprisoned and detained in accordance with {fge's^' ^ *
5 the sentences or orders of said courts and the rules and regulations of R^ l. 223, § 28.
6 said institution. A department for defective delinquents shall be main- 595, '§§5,12.
1250
STATE PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS.' [ChAP. 125.
1913, 796,
S5 1. 2.
215 Mass. 525.
tained for the custody of persons committed thereto under sections one 7
hundred and thirteen to one hundred and twenty-four, inclusive, of S
chapter one hundred and twenty-three. 9
Officers.
1874, 3S4,
l§ 5. 8.
1881, 43.
P. S. 221,
§§44,47.
E. L, 223, § 2!
1908, 547, § 2,
1909, 514,
§§ 54, 145.
1912, 380, § 1.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 350,
« 82, 84.
Section .31. The officers of said reformatory shall be a superin-
tendent, deputy superintendent, chaplain, physician, clerk, as many
matrons, not exceeding twenty-si.x, as the superintendent and the com-
missioner may judge necessary; provided that there may be employed
therein such additional officers as the commissioner shall consider neces-
sary to comply with section thirty-nine of chapter one hundred and
forty-nine. All said officers shall be women, except that the superin-
tendent may be either a man or a woman.
Burial place
for prisoners.
1882, 213.
E. L. 223. § 32
1916, 241, § 1.
Section .32. The commissioner may, in behalf of the common- 1
wealth, hold not more than one acre of land within the town of Sherborn 2
which may be used for the burial of prisoners who die in the reformatory. 3
1919, 350, §§ 82, 84.
Duties of Section 33. The superintendent shall reside at all times within the 1
«nt precincts or dependencies of the reformatory,' shall have the custody 2
p. s.'22i,'§ 49.' and control of all prisoners committed thereto, and shall govern and em- 3
R. L.' 223! 1 33. ploy them according to law, piu-suant to their sentences and the rules 4
and regulations of the reformatory. He shall have the management 5
and direction of the reformatory, its servants and employees, and all its 6
affairs, except as otherwise provided. 7
ilStle?,''?!. Section 34. He shall receive and disburse all money paid by the
R. L. 223, 1 34. commonwealth for the support of said reformatory, shall purchase all
supplies and all other articles needed for carrying on and managing it,
shall have the custody and control of all property connected with or be-
longing to it, and shall cause to be kept regular and complete books of
account of all its property, expenses, income and business.
Section 35. The chaplain shall, in addition to other duties, act as 1
Duties of
chaplain. - c i i> i i i i? 1 o
el' 223^5^36 tcachcr, and as such have charge of the reformatory school and of the 2
1916, 24i: § 1. instruction of the prisoners, under rules established bv the superintendent 3
4
and approved by the commissioner.
Physician.
1913, 673.
Section 36. The physician shall devote her entire time to the service 1
of the reformatory. 2
washakum^""^ Section 37. The superintendent may appoint a watchman to pro- 1
1888 370 § 3 tect the waters of Washakum pond in the towns of Framingham and 2
1896! 27b. Ashland, who shall have the powers of a state police officer. 3
R. L. 223, § 38.
Salaries.
1874, 385, § 8.
P. S. 221, § 47.
1884, 43, § 3.
1887,341.
18.S8, 327.
1897, 329.
R. L. 223, § 39.
1909, 303.
Section 38. The salaries of the officers and employees of the reform-
atory shall be fixed by the commissioner. No other perquisite, reward
or emolument shall be allowed to or received by any of them, except
that all said officers may reside at said reformatory or its dependencies
at the public charge.
1912,380,5 2. 1913,675,5 1. 1919, 137, 5§ 1. 2; 233, 55 1. 2.
Chap. 125.] state penal and reformatory institutions. 1251
PRISON CAMP AND HOSPITAL.
1 Section 39. The prison camp and hospital at West Rutland shall pri^^^,°p
2 be the institution to which such male prisoners, except those serving jgyg'^^l'^''-'''-
3 sentences for life in the state prison, as have shown by their conduct §§ f • ' ,.
4 and disposition that thej' would be amenable to less rigorous discipline i905i24o';
5 and would benefit from work in the open air may be removed from the 19015,243. § i.
6 state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, state farm and jails and houses '^"'' '®
7 of correction. There shall be at that institution a hospital for the con-
8 finement and treatment of male prisoners having tubercular disease who
9 are removed thereto under section seventy-nine of chapter one hundred
10 and twenty-seven.
1 Section 40. The superintendent of the prison camp and hospital shall dutl^o"'*
2 receive such salary as the commissioner determines. He shall fix the |^penntend-
3 compensation of all other officers and employees thereof, with the ap- Jf^|'^^^'
4 proval of the commissioner. He shall have the custody of all prisoners R l- 225, § 65.
5 removed to the prison camp and hospital. loos. 355. § 4.
1906, 243. §1. 1916, 1S3; 241. § 1. 1919. 350, §§ 82, 84.
1 Section 41. Purchases and sales on account of the prison camp and g^J'^j^'ils'
2 hospital shall be made by the superintendent, with the approval of the is^s. 393. § 9.
3 commissioner. R l. 225. § 67.
1906, 243, § 1. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 3.50, §§ 82. 84.
state FARM.
1 Section 42. The state farm at Bridgewater shall be a pri,'<on for the Purposes of
2 confinement of persons sentenced or removed thereto. '* ^ "™'
1 Section 43. The commissioner shall have general supervision of the Commissioner
2 state farm. Jlbr"""'
1866, 198. § 3. 1886, 101. § 4. 1916. 241. § 1.
1879. 291. §§ 1-3. 1898. 433. § 24. 1919. 199. § 1 ;
P. S. 88. §4. R. L. 85. §29. 350, §§ 82-84, 86.
1 Section 44. The commissioner, with the approval of the governor Rules and
2 and council, shall establish rules and regulations for the proper manage- i852,''275!^§ a.
3 ment of the state farm and see that they are enforced.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 199, §1:
350. §§82.84,86.
1 Section 45. The superintendent shall have the management and ^^'^^Xm™"^^"
2 control of the state farm and its operations, subject to the approval of If'^'^*"*'
3 the commissioner. p. s. ss. § 2.
R. L. 85. §28. 1916, 241. §1. 1919. 199. § 1: 350. §§ 82, 84, 86.
1 Section 46. The commissioner shall fix the compensation of the Compensation
2 superintendent, subject to the appro\'al of the go\'ernor and council, empioj^es""
3 The superintendent shall fix the compensation of all other officers and ilT^illfj^"'
4 employees, with the approval of the commissioner.
1879.291.5 10. 1891,299. §1 1919. 199. §1;
P. S. 88. §3. R. L. S5. §2. 350. §§ 82, 84.
1884, 297, § 3. 1916. 241. § 1.
1866, 19S. § 2.
P. S. 8S.
G. S. 71, § 32.
18S4. 29:
1879, 291. § 9.
R. L. 85.
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STATE PENAL AND REFOR\L\TORY INSTITUTIONS. [ChAP. 125.
fnSph'ys^cfa'n"' SECTION 47. The Superintendent and physician may reside with their 1
St^statc'^farm, families at the state farm. The superintendent shall receive no perquisites 2
1852, 275. s 5. fpf jjjg serviccs except as aforesaid. " 3
G. S. 71, § 34. 1879, 291, § 10. R. L. 85, § 6.
1876, 179. § 1. P. S. 80, §§ 16, 19;8S, § 2. 1919. 199. § 1.
Bridgewater ■
state hospital.
18S6, 219, § 1.
1895, 390,
§§1.2.
R. L. 85. §41.
1909. 504, § 98.
1916,241, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 82, 84.
Contracts.
1813,47. § 1.
1827. 118, § 3.
R. S. 144, § 19.
G. S. 179. § 32.
1879, 294, § 19.
P. S. 221, I 55.
1883, 287, § 5.
1888, 403, § 7.
R. L. 223, § 41.
1916,241, § 1.
1919,350,
§§ 82, 84.
11 Met. 129.
11 Cush. 510.
Section 48. The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of the 1
state farm, and the superintendent thereof shall, with the approval of 2
the commissioner, appoint a physician as medical director and fix his 3
salary. The medical director shall have the care and custody of the in- 4
mates thereof anrl govern them in accordance with regulations approved 5
by the commissioner. 6
PRISON contracts.
Section 49. All contracts on account of the state prison, Massachu- 1
setts reformatory, reformatory for women, prison camp and hospital 2
and state farm shall be made by the warden or superintendent in 3
writing, and when approved in WTiting by the commissioner shall be 4
binding. The warden and superintendents, or their successors, may 5
sue or be sued upon any contract made in accordance with this chap- 6
ter. No such suit shall abate by reason of said offices becoming 7
vacant, but the successor of any of said officers, pending such suit, may, 8
and, upon motion of the adverse party and notice shall, prosecute or 9
defend it. 10
Arbitration of Section 50. The w^ardcn or superintendent may submit any contro- 1
controversies. . i i i • • t i
R. s. 144, 1 20. versy relative to a contract made by him or an action pending thereon 2
1879, 294, § 2o'. to the final determination of arbitrators or referees to be approved by 3
1883, 2W', § 5.' the commissioner. 4
R. L. 223, § 42. 1916, 241, S 1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 84.
Contracts for
supplies by the
year.
1821, 108,
§5 3, 4,
1825, 89. § 6.
1827, 118, § 16.
R. S. 144, § 21.
G. S. 179, § 34.
1879,294, §21.
P. S. 221, § 57.
1883, 267, § 5.
R. L. 223, § 43.
Section 51. If in the opinion of the commissioner it can be advan- 1
tageously done, the principal articles purchased for the use of said insti- 2
tution shall be contracted for by the year. The warden or superin- 3
tendent shall publish notice in at least two newspapers a sufficient time 4
for the information of the public of the articles wanted, their quantity 5
and quality, the time and manner of delivery, and the period during 6
which proposals therefor will be received. 7
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 350, §§ 82, 84.
Proposals to be
in writing,
1821, 108,
1827, 118
R. S. 144,
l§ 22, 23.
G. S. 179.
1879. 294,
P. S. 221,
1883, 267,
R. L. 223,
1916, 241,
1919, 350,
§3.
§16,
§35.
§22.
§58.
§5.
§44.
§1.
Section 52. Such proposals shall be in writing and sealed, and on 1
the day appointed shall be opened by the warden or superintendent in 2
the presence of the commissioner, who shall cause them to be entered in 3
a book and compared. The persons oifering the best terms, with satis- 4
factory security for the performance, shall be entitled to the contract 5
unless the commissioner determines that it is not for the interest of the 6
commonwealth to accept any of the proposals. In such case, no offer 7
shall be accepted, and the warden or superintendent, with the consent 8
of the commissioner, may contract for any of the articles wanted in a 9
way which shall be for the best interests of the conamonwealth. Every 10
contractor shall give bond in a reasonable sum, with satisfactory surety, 11
for the performance of his contract. 12
Bills to be
taken of all
purchases,
services, etc.
Section 53. The warden or superintendent shall, at the time supplies 1
for the institution are delivered, take bills of the quantity and price 2
Chap. 126.]
JAILS, HOUSE.S OF CORRECTION, ETC.
1253
3 thereof, which the clerk or such officer as the warden or superintendent J?- 1- Un' I ^i-
... Ill -11 -111* 1 i»(»i o. b. I7y. s oi.
4 directs shall compare with the articles delivered, and, it they are correct, p. s. 221. §24.
5 shall enter them with the date upon a book kept for them. Bills for all ' ' '
6 services rendered for the institution shall be taken and entered in like
7 manner. If a bill for supplies or services is incorrect, the clerk shall
8 not enter it, but shall inform the warden or superintendent, so that the
9 error may be corrected.
1 Section 54. The salaries and pay of officers and employees and all
2 bills for supplies and other expenditures for said institutions shall be
3 paid monthly by the commonwealth, having first been certified by the
4 auditor, upon schedules, enumerating the bills and pay rolls and accom-
5 panied by vouchers. The name and position of each officer and em-
6 ployee, the amount of his pay and the amount due him shall be on the
7 pay roll, which, with said bills, shall be certified by the warden or superin-
8 tendent and approved by the commissioner. A record in full of the pay
9 rolls and bills shall be made by the clerk in a book kept therefor at each
10 institution, and the originals shall be deposited with the auditor as
11 vouchers. 1919, 199, § i: 350, §§ 82, 84.
Salaries, etc.,
to be paid
monthlv.
1854, 189. § 5,
G. S. 71. § 55.
ISM, .303, § 3.
1874, 385, § 24.
P. S. 86, §41;
221, § 60.
1883, 267, § 5.
1884, 255, § 30.
1888, 337; 403,
§7.
1889, 294.
1898, 393, § 9.
R. L. 85, § 25;
223, §§ 40, 46;
225, § 67.
REFERENCES.
For pensions of employees, Chap. 32, §§ 46-48.
§ 22. Salary of present physician of state prison, 1919 Sp., 214.
§ 29. Salary of present physician of Massachusetts reformatory, 1920, 356.
Salary of present chaplain of Massachusetts reformatory, 1920, 355.
CHAPTER 126.
JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND REFORMATION, AND COUNTY
INDUSTRIAL FARMS.
Sect.
inspection of prisons.
1. Inspectors of prisons. Duties.
2. Access to books, accounts, etc.
3. Notice to district attorney of violation
of law.
JAILS.
4. Jails, purposes of.
5. Several jails in a county.
6. Reimbursement of sheriff for damages
for escape.
7. Return of list of prisoners to court.
HOUSES OF COREECTION.
8. Houses of correction, how provided, etc.
9. Enclosed yards.
10. Sentence to house of correction in a
county.
11. County commissioners, etc., to enforce
rules, inspect accounts, etc.
12. Sheriff to report to court as to em-
ployment, etc., of prisoners.
Sect.
houses of reformation for juvenile
offenders.
13. Houses of reformation for offenders un-
der age of sixteen years.
14. Government of houses of reformation.
Discharges.
15. Arrest on violation of conditions.
JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND PRIS-
ONERS.
10. Sheriff to have custody of jails, etc.
Bonds of jailer, etc.
17. Sheriffs not to receive rent, etc.
18. Compensation of officers, assistants,
etc.
19. Inadequate compensation, how deter-
mined.
20. Salaries of ofiScers of county penal in-
stitutions.
21. Abstract of mittimus committing female
to be sent to prison commissioners.
22. Burial of deceased prisoner.
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JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION, ETC.
[Chap. 126.
Sect.
23. Sheriff to deliver prisoners to successor.
24. Upon death of sheriff, jailer to continue
in office until, etc.
25. Care of jail, etc.
26. Removal of prisoners in case of pesti-
lence.
27. Removal of prisoners in case of danger
from fire.
EXPENSE OF StrPPOETING PRISONS.
28. County commissioners to procure sup-
plies.
29. Expense of supporting convicts.
30. Advances for expenses.
Sect.
31. Application for an advance.
32. Accounting.
33. Clothing, bedding and fuel.
34. Keeper to obey orders for furnishing
specific rations.
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FARMS.
35. Purchase, etc.
36. Management.
37. Prisoners on industrial farms.
38. Bonds, etc., to meet expenses.
39. County commissioners to provide for
payment of loan, etc.
Inspectors
of prisons.
Duties.
1S34, 151, §
R. S. 143,
§6 2S, 29.
1843, 61, § ;
1845. 221.
G. S. 178,
§§ 62, 64.
1864,311, §
P. S. 220,
§^ 72, 73.
INSPECTION OF PRISONS.
Section 1. The county commissioners shall be inspectors of the 1
prisons in their counties. They shall twice in each year, at intervals 2
of not exceeding eight months, themselves or by a committee of two of 3
their members, visit all the prisons in their county, and fully examine 4
into everything relative to the government, discipline and police thereof; 5
and as soon as may be after each inspection, the committee shall make 6
and subscribe a detailed report to the commissioners of the condition 7
of each prison as to health, cleanliness and discipline at the time of in- 8
spection, the number of prisoners confined there within the preceding 9
six months or since the last inspection, the causes of confinement, the 10
number of prisoners usually confined in one room, the distinction, if any, 11
usually observed in the treatment of the different classes of prisoners, 12
the punishments inflicted, any evils or defects in the construction, dis- 13
cipline or management of such prisons, the names of prisoners who have 14
been discharged or pardoned or who have died or escaped, and any viola- 15
tion or neglect of law relative to such prisons, with the causes, if known, 16
of the violation or neglect. 17
Access to
books, ac-
counts, etc.
R. S. 143, § 31.
G. ,S. 178, § 6S.
P. S. 220, § 74.
R. L. 224, § 2.
Section 2. When the commissioners or any of them visit any of 1
said prisons, the sheriff, master, keeper or other officer in charge thereof 2
shall admit them, when required, into every apartment of such prison, 3
exhibit all books, precepts, documents, accounts and papers relative to 4
the affairs of the prison or to the detention or confinement of any person 5
therein, which may be required, and give such aid as they request in the 6
performance of their duties. The commissioners or their committee may 7
examine on oath, administered by one of them, either by written inter- 8
rogatories, to be answered in writing and subscribed, or otherwise as they 9
may direct, any officer, keeper or other person relative to the affairs or 10
management of any prison, and they may also converse with any prisoner 11
apart, and without the presence of any officer or keeper. 12
Notice to dis-
trict attorney
of violation
of law.
R. S. 143, § 32.
G. S. 178, § 67.
P. S. 220, § 75.
Section 3. If it appears to the commissioners, from the report of their 1
committee or otherwise, that any law relative to prisons has been violated 2
or neglected in their county, they shall forthwith give notice thereof to 3
the district attorney. R. l. 224, § 3. 4
Chap. 126.] jails, houses of correction, etc. 1255
1 Section 4. Jails shall be used for the detention of persons charged ^osesS"'
2 with crime and committed for trial, committed to secure their attendance % s. us, 1 1.
3 as witnesses upon the trial oi crmnnal causes, committed pursuant to a J^H^'M^-
4 sentence upon conviction of crime or for any cause authorized by law, u Gray, 226.'
5 or detained or committed by the courts of the United States.
1 Section 5. If there are several jails in a county, the sheriff may cause Several jails in
2 the prisoners to be confined in any of them. R. s. us, § 43. " county.
G. S. 178, § 2. p. S. 220, § 2. R. L. 224, § 5.
1 Section 6. If a prisoner escapes by reason of the insufficiency of ^f*she'Jmto'?^°*
2 the jail, whereby the sheriff is made liable to a party at whose suit the ^^^"^f^ ^°'
3 prisoner was committed, or to whose use any forfeiture was adjudged J5°°"^'j2v\^-
4 against him, the county shall reimburse the amount recovered by such r. s.' u,' § 12.
5 party of the sheriff on account of the escape.
G. S. 178, § 4. p. S. 220, § 5. R. L. 224, § 0.
1 Section 7. The jailers of the county shall, at the opening of each Return of list
2 session of the superior court for criminal business, return to the court a toSun"^^
3 list of all prisoners in their custody, specifying the causes for which and ^(^Ifl; 1 1.
4 the persons by whom they were committed, and produce and exhibit }|3e;4^'5\9
5 therewith, for the inspection of the court, their calendars of prisoners, and pfjii^' 1^-
6 return a like list of the persons committed during the session of the court, h. l. 224, 1 7.
7 so that the court may take cognizance and make deliverance according
8 to law of the prisoners committed for crimes within its jurisdiction.
9 Jailers who neglect to make such reports or to exliibit their calendars shall
10 be punished by a fine at the discretion of the court.
houses of correction.
1 Section 8. The county commissioners in each county, except Dukes, Houses of cor-
2 shall at the expense of the county provide a house or houses of correction, provided, etc.
3 suitably and efficiently ventilated, with convenient yards, workshops and 1699-1700,
4 other suitable accommodations adjoining or appurtenant thereto, for 17|7'54, § 1
5 the safe keeping, correction, government and employment of offenders J|i*' }|J| | [■
6 legally committed thereto by the courts and magistrates of the common- ^43^ .'^^ ^ ^'^
7 wealth or of the United States. is48, 324. § 2.
1854. 448, § 33. 1885, 266, § 6. 116 Mass. 193.
G. S. 178, §6. R. L. 224, §8. 2 Op. A. G. 612.
P. S. 220, § 7. 101 Mass. 24.
1 Section 9. The yards shall be of suflScient extent for the convenient ^^['j.'jlf ^"^
2 employment of the persons confined therein, and shall be enclosed by i834,i5i,|i.
3 fences of sufficient height and strength to prevent escapes and to prevent g' a i78! § r'.
4 all persons who are without from access to or communication with any r.l. 224', §9.
5 person confined therein. If such house of correction is not provided, the
6 jail or a part thereof may be used for that purpose; but if so used it shall
7 be provided with a sufficient yard, so enclosed.
1 Section 10. A sentence to a house of correction shall be executed in Sentence to
2 any house of correction in the county. rection"in a
1859, 249. § 7. 1860, 164, § 1. P. S. 220, § 10. county.
G. S. 178, § 8. 1862, 127, § 1. R. L. 224, § 10.
125G
JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION, ETC.
[ClL\P. 126.
County com-
missioners,
etc., to enforce
rules, inspect
accounts, etc.
1834, 151. § 6.
R. S. 143, § 11.
1857, 35.
G. S. 17S, § 12.
1877, 147.
P. .S. 220, § 12.
Section 11. The county commissioners of the several counties and
the penal institutions commissioner of Boston shall cause the rules
established for the management of the house of correction and for the
government of the prisoners therein to be strictly observed, shall examine
all accounts of the master relative to the expenses of the institution, and
keep a record of their official proceedings relative thereto.
Section 12. The sheriff shall report to the superior court, at each
session for criminal business, the number of prisoners sentenced to labor
in houses of correction in the county employed, and also the number not
Sheriff to re-
port to court
as to employ-
ment, etc., of
prisoners.
P. 8.220, § 16. employed with the reasons why they are not emploved.
R.L. 224, §12. ^ "^ J J 1- .
Houses of
reformation
for ofTenders
under age of
sixteen years.
1865, 208, I 2.
P. S. 220, I 18.
HOUSES OF REFORMATION FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
Section 13. County commissioners may in their discretion, and at
the expense of the county, establish houses of reformation, to which
offenders under the age of sixteen may be sentenced for offences punish-
able with imprisonment or for the non-payment of fine. r. l. 224, § 13.
Government
of houses of
reformation.
Discharges.
1825. 182, § 5.
1867. 35, § 1.
1865, 20s, § 4.
1879, 04, § 1.
P. S. 220,
SS 20, 21.
1889, 245.
1895, 449, § 16.
1897, 395, § 3.
R. L. 224, § 14.
Section 14. They shall make regulations for the government and 1
control of such houses of reformation, and for the appointment of 2
teachers and officers thereof, and may at any time discharge any person 3
sentenced thereto. In Suffolk county the trustees for children shall, 4
subject to the approval of a justice of the court which imposed the sen- 5
tence, have like authority to discharge persons from the house of em- 6
ployment and reformation for juvenile offenders established in Boston, 7
and may, subject to like approval, remit the punishment of and place 8
upon probation any person committed to said house of employment and 9
reformation, upon such conditions as they consider proper. 10
Arrest on vio-
lation of
conditions.
1879, 64, § 2.
P. S. 220, §22.
1897, 395, § 3.
R. L. 224, § 15.
Section 15. If any person whose punishment has been remitted and 1
who is placed upon probation as provided by the preceding section, in 2
the opinion of said trustees for children, violates any of the conditions 3
of such remission or probation, said trustees may at any time, without 4
further warrant or authority, cause him to be arrested, and remanded 5
and confined for the unexpired term of his sentence. 6
Sheriflf to have
custody of
jails, etc.
Bonds of
jailer, etc.
1859, 249, § 1.
G. S. 178. § 19.
1865, 241.
P. S. 220, § 23
R. L. 224, § 16.
1914, 34.
1920, 546, § 2.
161 Mass. 391.
2 Op. A. G.
612.
JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND PRISONERS.
Section 16. The sheriff shall have custody and control of the jails 1
in his county, and, except in Suffolk county, of the houses of correction 2
therein, and of all prisoners committed thereto, and shall keep the same 3
himself or by his deputy as jailer, master or keeper, and shall be responsible 4
for them. The jailer, master or keeper shall appoint subordinate assist- 5
ants, employees and officers, and shall be responsible for them. In Suffolk 6
county the penal institutions commissioner shall appoint a master of 7
the house of correction, who shall hold office during the pleasure of said 8
commissioner. A sheriff, who acts as jailer, master or keeper, or a jailer, 9
master or keeper appointed by the sheriff, shall gi\'e to the state treasurer 10
a bond, with such sureties as the superior court shall order and approve, 11
conditioned faithfully to perform his duties, and shall be reimbursed by 12
the treasurer of his county, subject to approval by the county commis- 13
sioners, for the premium paid to a surety company thereon. 14
ClL\.P. 126.1 JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION, ETC. 1257
1 Section 17. No sheriff shall receive any rent or emolument from sheriffs not to
2 the jailers and keepers of the houses of correction for the use and occupa- ^4^"'^^"° '
3 tion of the dwelling houses provided for them by the county. i^s.' iTjii'
G. S. 178, §21. P. S. 220, §25. R. L. 224, | 17. 2 0p. A.G. 612.
1 Section 18. The county commissioners shall, subject to section Conipensation
2 twenty of this chapter and to section twenty of chapter thirty-seven, aL?stante! etc.
3 establish fixed salaries to be paid by the county for all officers, assistants cf ^|.' nf; 1 12.
4 and employees of jails and houses of correction, which shall be in full ^'s'i^o'i-}^
5 compensation for all their services, and for which they shall devote their ?g,^^?i i'f-
6 entire time, not exceeding the time limited by section forty of chapter 145 ifass! 500'.
7 one hundred and forty-nine, to the performance of their duties, unless 6i2!''
8 released therefrom by the commissioners.
Special salaries of certain county employees. 191S, 260, § 1, as amended by 1919. 276.
1 Section 19. A sheriff, master, keeper or jailer who considers any inadequate
2 such salary inadequate may present his petition to the superior court, how^SV""'
3 which, after notice to the chairman of the county commissioners and a 1S59.249. §3.
4 hearing, shall fix the .salary and pass any appropriate order. p.' I.' 220,' III.'
R. L. 224. § 19. 145 Mass. 500.
1 Section 20. A master of a house of correction, or a keeper of a jail officer?o°'
2 who does not hold the position of master or keeper by reason of his office f°s^^^^fo°a
3 as sheriff, shall receive a salary of not less than fifteen hundred dollars, s?^?'!*?'
4 The minimum salaries of other officers in the prison service of the several
5 counties shall be, according to length of service, as follows:
Length of Service in Yeaks.
Minimum
Salary.
$1,000
1,200
1,300
1,400
6 In counties where maintenance is furnished in whole or in part, such
7 maintenance shall be deducted from the salary of said officers, but in no
8 case shall the amount deducted be more than three hundred dollars an-
9 nually. This section shall not apply to Dukes and Nantucket counties.
1 Section 21. The keeper of a jail, master of a house of correction or Abstractor
2 superintendent of a workhouse to which a female has been committed mltting'femaie
3 shall forthwith transmit to the commissioner of correction such an abstract prison* cSm-°
4 of the mittimus upon which she has been committed as he may require. i879"'294!§ 26.
P. S. 220, 5 30. R. L. 224. | 21. 1916. 241, | 1. 1919, 350. |5 S2, S3.
1 Section 22. If a prisoner dies in the jail or house of correction, the Burial of de-
2 sheriff or keeper shall, except as provided in chapter one hundred and oner ''"^'
3 thirteen, deliver the body to his relati\es or friends if they request it; r*&\'i4,"§87.'
4 otherwise, he shall bury it in the common burying ground, and the expense p;|;22o,'|3i.'
5 thereof shall be paid by the town where the deceased had a legal settle- R- ^ 224. 5 22.
6 ment, if any; otherwise, by the county.
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JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION, ETC.
[CHL4.P. 126.
Sheriff to de-
liver prisoners
to Buccessor.
1783, 44, § 4.
R. S. 14, § 84.
G. S. 178, § 27.
P. S. 220. § 32.
R. L. 224, § 23.
Section 23. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a sheriff, 1
or upon his resignation or removal, he shall deliver to his successor all 2
the prisoners in his custody, but he shall retain the keeping of the jails 3
and houses of correction and of the prisoners therein under his care until 4
his successor has qualified. 5
Upon death of
sheriff, jailer
to continue in
office until, etd.
1808, 46, § 1.
R. S. 14, § 86.
G. S. 178, § 28.
P. S. 220, § 33.
R. L. 224, § 24.
Care of jail,
etc.
1817, 149, § 1.
1834, 151, § U.
R. S. 143, § 38.
G. S. 178, § 31.
P. S. 220, § 36.
1886, 226.
R. L. 224, § 25.
Section 24. Upon the death of a sheriff, the jailer, master or keeper 1
appointed by him shall continue in office and retain the custody and 2
control of the jail or house of correction and of all prisoners therein until 3
a successor to the deceased sheriff has cjualified, or until the governor, 4
with the advice and consent of the council, removes him and appoints 5
another. The jailer, master or keeper appointed by the governor shall 6
give bond, with sureties as the governor directs and approves, for the 7
faithful performance of the duties of his office and shall be reimbursed 8
in the manner provided in section sixteen for any premium paid to a 9
surety company thereon. 10
Section 25. The keeper of each jail and the master of each house 1
of correction, shall, at the county's ex-pense, cause it to be constantly 2
kept in as cleanly and healthful a condition as may be. No permanent 3
vault shall be used in any apartment. E\ery room occupied by a prisoner 4
shall be furnished with a suitable bucket, with a cover made to shut 5
tight, for the necessary accommodation of such prisoner, and such bucket, 6
when used, shall be emptied daily and shall be constantly kept in good 7
order. 8
Removal of
prisoners in
case of pesti-
lence.
R. .S. 143, 5 41.
G. S. 178, I 48.
P. S. 220, § 51.
R. L. 224, § 26.
Section 26. If disease breaks out in a jail or other county prison, 1
v\hich, in the opinion of the inspectors of the prison, may endanger the 2
lives or health of the prisoners to such a degree as to render their removal 3
necessary, the inspectors may designate in writing a suitable place within 4
the same county, or any prison in a contiguous county, as a place of con- 5
finement for such prisoners. Such designation, having been filed with 6
the clerk of the superior court, shall be a sufficient authority for the 7
sheriff, jailer, master or keeper to remove all prisoners in his custody to 8
the place designated, and there to confine them until they can safely be 9
returned to the place whence they were removed. Any place to which 10
the prisoners are so removed shall during their imprisonment therein be 11
deemed a prison of the county where they were originally confined, but 12
they shall be under the care, government and direction of the ofiicers of 13
the county where they are confined. 14
Removal of
prisoners in
case of danger
from fire.
R. S. 143, § 42.
G S. 178. § 49.
P. S. 220, I 62.
R. L. 224, § 27.
County com-
miseionera to
procure Bup-
1859, 249, § 4.
G. R. 178, § 50.
P. S. 220, § 53.
R. L. 224, § 28.
2 Op. A. G. 612.
Section 27. If a jail or other county prison or any building near 1
thereto is on fire and the prisoners are exposed to danger thereby, the 2
sheriff, jailer or other person in charge of the prison may remove them 3
to a safe place, and there confine them as long as necessary to avoid the 4
danger, and such removal and confinement shall not be deemed an escape 5
of the prisoners. 6
expense of supporting prisons.
Section 28. The county commissioners shall, except in Suffolk county, 1
without extra charge or commission to themselves or to any other person, 2
procure or cause to be procured all necessary supplies for the jails and 3
houses of correction, to be purchased and provided under their direction 4
and at the expense of the county. 5
CiLiP. 126.] COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FARMS. 1259
1 Section 29. The expense of keeping and maintaining convicts sen- Expense of
2 tenced to imprisonment in the jail or house of correction, of the keeping con??c4'"^
3 of persons charged with or convicted of crime and committed for trial or Hit', i42' § i.
4 sentence, and of prisoners committed on mesne process or execution, so jf^s ' 143' 1 27'
5 long as the fees for their board are paid by the defendant or debtor, plain- i?39. i3|- ^^
6 tiff or creditor, shall be paid by the county after the accounts of the p s- 220,' § 54.'
7 keeper or master have been settled and allowed by the county commis- R. l. 224! § 26.
8 sioners, or, in Suffolk county, by the auditor of Boston; and no allowance *'^^"^' ^'^'
9 therefor shall be made by the commonwealth.
1 Section 30. Masters and keepers of jails and houses of correction Advances for
2 authorized or directed to ex-pend money in behalf of the county may have i834?im, § is.
3 money advanced to them from the county treasury in such amounts as f§ 23,"4.'
4 the county commissioners may approve, not exceeding the sum of one }|?^' HI' | ^j
5 hundred and fifty dollars at any one time. g. s. i78. § 52.
p. S. 220. § 55. R. L. 224, § 30. 1912, 77, § 1.
1 Section 31. Every officer applying for such an advance shall certify Application for
2 in writing that the amount asked for is needed for immediate use, and, igi2'^77??2.
3 as specifically as may be, the purposes for which it is required. The
4 certificate shall bear the approval of the county commissioners, and
5 when the certificate is filed with the county treasurer payment shall be
6 made by him to such officer.
1 Section 32. Every such officer shall within thirty days after the Accounting.
2 receipt of an advance file with the county treasurer a detailed statement, ' ' ' '
3 bearing the approval of the county commissioners, of the amounts ex-
4 pended subsequent to the preceding accounting, with vouchers therefor
5 if they can be obtained.
1 Section 33. The keeper of the jail and the master of the house of Jing'^anf fuef
2 correction in Suffolk county shall, at the ex-pense of the county, provide |f ^^f ■ S' I ]|
3 necessary fuel, bedding and clothing for all prisoners in their custody g' s! ns. § 54:
4 upon charge or conviction of crime against the commonwealth, and shall r'.l.224, §31.
5 present to the auditor of Boston a full account of their charges so incurred
6 or incurred for necessary furniture for said institutions, which, upon the
7 allowance thereof by the auditor, shall be paid by the county.
1 Section 34. If the commissioners, or the mayor of Boston, direct Kecpertoobcy
2 specific rations or articles of food, soap, fuel or other necessaries to be nishing specific
3 furnished to the prisoners, the keeper or master shall conform to such il34.°i5i, § 20.
4 direction; and if he refuses or neglects to furnish the same, he shall be 1854.448,133.
5 subject for a first and second offence to the penalties described in sec- R' f; 220.' I Is.'
6 tion twenty-nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight for the ofl'ences ^- ^- ^^' ^ ^^
7 therein mentioned.
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FARMS.
1 Section 35. The county commissioners of any county may, subject fg"j''^''?|| ^,*''j
2 to the approval of the commissioner of correction, purchase, take by 1919! 350!
3 eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, or lease, in behalf of the
4 county, a tract of land not exceeding five hundred acres in area for use
5 as a county industrial farm, and may reclaim, cultivate and improve the
6 same. The work of reclaiming, cultivating and improving the said land
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COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FARMS.
[Chap. 126.
shall, so far as practicable, be done by prisoners transferred thereto as 7
provided in section thirty-seven. At any time after said land has been 8
reclaimed, cultivated and improved, the same may be sold if the county 9
commissioners determine that it is for the best interest of the countv. 10
Management.
1917, 258, § 2.
1919, 350,
§§ 82, S3.
Section 36. Said commissioners may erect on said land such tern- 1
porary buildings of inexpensive construction as they consider necessary 2
for the proper housing of prisoners and for other purposes, in no case, 3
however, costing over three, thousand dollars. If the land reclaimed, 4
cultivated and improved, as aforesaid, shall be sold, the proceeds shall 5
be placed in the county treasury and used, so far as possible, for the 6
payment of loans made under section thirty-eight. Any surplus thereof 7
shall be used for general county purposes. The commissioners may 8
appoint, and at any time remove, a superintendent for said farm and such 9
assistants as in their opinion are needed for its proper management. 10
No building used for housing the prisoners shall be constructed until the 11
commissioner of correction has approved the plans therefor. 12
Prisoners on
industrial
farms.
1917,258, § 3.
1918, 156, § 1.
Section 37. On the request of said commissioners, the sherifp of the 1
county shall remove to said farm such prisoners as in the opinion of the 2
commissioners can advantageously be employed thereon in carrying out 3
sections thirty-five and thirty-six, and on the order of the said commis- 4
sioners the sheriff shall return any prisoner to the jail or house of correc- 5
tion from which he was taken, or to which he was sentenced. The super- 6
intendents of industrial farms shall have the custody of all prisoners 7
removed thereto, and a prisoner who escapes or attempts to escape 8
therefrom shall be punished therefor by imprisonment in a jail or house 9
of correction for not more than one year. Permits to be at liberty shall 10
be issued to the inmates of county industrial farms and revoked in the 11
manner provided by law for the issuance or revocation of permits to pris- 12
oners in jails and houses of correction. 13
Bonds, etc., to
meet expenses.
1917, 258, § 4,
1918, 156, § 2.
Section 38. To meet the expenses incurred under the three pre- 1
ceding sections, the county commissioners may borrow from time to 2
time, upon the credit of the county, such sums as may be needed, and 3
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, 4
"County of , Industrial Farm Loan, General Laws, 5
Chapter 126," and shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning 6
not more than one year after the dates thereof, as will extinguish each 7
loan within years from its date. The amount of such annual 8
payment of any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of 9
the principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. Each issue 10
of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. The said bonds or 11
notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum, 12
payable semi-annually, except that during the continuance of the war 13
with Germany and for one year thereafter the rate of interest may ex- 14
ceed five per cent per annum when necessary, and shall be signed by the 15
county treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the county commis- 16
sioners. The county may sell the said securities at public or private sale, 17
upon such terms and conditions as the county commissioners may deem 18
proper, but at not less than par, and the proceeds shall be used only for 19
the purposes above specified. 20
Chap. 127.] officers, etc., of penal and refoeivutory institt:tions, etc.
1261
1 Section 39. The county commissioners, at the time of authorizing County com-
2 each loan, shall provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the jTrovlde^or °
3 preceding section; and a sum sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues &an"ltc. °'
4 and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under ^'^^' ^^^' * ^
5 said section shall be levied annually thereafter, as a part of the county
6 tax of the county, in the same manner as other county taxes, until the
7 debt incurred by said loans is extinguished.
reference.
Examination of jails by department of public health, Chap. Ill, § 20.
CHAPTER 127.
OFFICERS AND INMATES OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITU-
TIONS. PAROLES AND PARDONS.
Sect.
definitions.
1. Definitions.
OFFICERS.
2. Record of prisoners.
3. Record of property in possession of
prisoners.
4. Record of solitary imprisonment.
5. Calendar of prisoners in jail, etc.
6. Service of process in prisons.
7. Filing of warrants, etc.
8. Prison book, etc.
9. Invoice books.
10. Annual reports.
11. Transfer of watchman.
12. Removal of incompetent officers of
prisons.
13. Removal of incompetent officers of
jails and houses of correction.
14. Officer using intoxicating liquor to be
removed.
15. Transportation of prisoners of Ver-
mont.
PRISONERS.
16. Physical examination of prisoners.
17. Regulations for examination pre-
scribed by health department.
18. Penalty for breach of sections 16
and 17.
19. Physical training of prisoners.
20. Classification in prisons.
21. Classification in jails and houses of
correction.
22. Same subject.
23. Measurements of persons for identifi-
cation.
24. Preservation of records of identifica-
tion.
25. Measurements for identification of
fugitives from justice.
Sect.
26. Finger prints.
27. District attorney to furnish criminal
history.
28. Record of measurements.
29. Publication of records.
30. No compensation to officers.
31. Descriptions furnished to national
bureau.
32. Treatment of prisoners.
33. Warden to maintain order.
34. Separation of prisoners.
35. Ventilation of prison. Baths. Food,
clothing and bedding.
36. Visitors to state prison.
37. Register of visitors.
38. Gag forbidden.
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
39. Solitarj- confinement for juveniles for-
bidden.
40. Solitary labor.
41. Solitary imprisonment.
42. Execution of sentence to solitary im-
prisonment.
43. Punishment of refractory prisoner.
44. Solitary imprisonment for refractorj-
prisoner.
45. Punishment of poor debtors, etc., for
depredations.
46. Slieriff's and keeper's authority.
47. SoUtary cell.
LABOR OF PRISONERS.
48. Prisoners, how employed.
49. Employment on land of common-
wealth.
50. Employment on public lands and
buildings.
51. Establishment of industries.
52. Instructors.
53. Articles made by prisoners.
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OFFICERS, ETC., OF PENAL .OID REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS, ETC. [ChAP. 127.
Sect.
54. Determination of styles.
55. Lists of prison made articles.
56. Estimate of articles needed in public
offices.
57. Public institutions, etc., shall purchase
articles manufactured by prisoners
from lists furnished by commis-
sioner.
58. Prices of prison made articles sold to
public institutions, etc.
59. Equipment of shops, etc.
60. Penalty.
61. Industries at Massachusetts reforma-
tory.
62. Limitation of prison industries.
63. Limit of number to be employed in
one industry.
64. Application of preceding sections.
65. Bids for piece price contracts.
66. Tools and materials.
67. .Sale of manufactured goods.
68. Purchasing and selling agents.
69. Report of labor of prisoners.
70. Storage room.
71. Accounting for receipts. E-tpenses.
72. Payment of salaries and bills for tools,
etc.
73. Suits by and against warden, etc.
74. Preparation of road material.
75. Highway division to give instruction.
76. Sale of road material.
77. Accounting for receipts. E.xpeiises.
78. Disposition of improved land.
PRISON CAMP AND HOSPITAL.
79. Removal of prisoners to prison camp
and hospital.
80. Custody of prisoner so removed.
81. Preparation of road material, etc.
82. Labor of prisoners at prison camp and
hospital.
OUTDOOR LABOR.
83. Outdoor labor of prisoners.
84. Prison labor on waste land.
EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE PRISONERS.
85. Employment of female prisoners.
86. Penalty for refusing to return to
prison.
PRIVILEGES.
87. Locked letter bo.\.
88. Religious services for prisoners.
89. Sunday school and other instruction.
90. Appropriation for religious ser\-ices.
91. Instruction at Massachusetts reform-
atory.
92. Instruction in jails, etc.
93. Moral and religious instruction in
jails, etc.
94. Light for reading.
Sect.
95. Female prisoner may have custody of
infant.
96. Removal of such child.
REMOVALS.
97. From state prison to Massachusetts
reformatory.
98. From state prison to state farm.
99. From Massachusetts reformatory.
100. From state farm to Massachusetts re-
formatory.
101. From state farm to house of correction.
102 From jail or house of correction to
Massachusetts reformatory.
103. From jail to jail.
104. From jail to house of correction.
105 From one house of correction to an-
other.
106. From house of correction to jail.
107. From jail or house of correction to
state farm.
108. Sick prisoner may be removed from jail
or house of correction to state farm.
109. To prison camp and hospital.
1 10. From reformatory for women.
111. To reformatory for women.
112. From reform schools, etc.
113. Removal of prisoners committed by
United States courts.
114. Commissioner may deport certain
prisoners in the state farm.
115. Sheriff may remove from one jail to
another, etc.
1 16. Terms of original sentence to apply.
1 17. Hospital treatment.
1 18. Pregnant females.
119. Time in hospital part of sentence.
120. Order for removal.
121. Officers qualified to make removals.
122. Expense of commitment.
123. Expense of removal.
124. Expense of support.
125. Same subject.
126. Same subject.
127. Special state police.
PERMITS TO BE AT LIBERTY AND DISCHARGE.
128. By whom granted and issued.
129. Board of parole to grant permits to be
at/ liberty, etc.
130. Deduction for good conduct.
131. Special permits to be at liberty from
state prison.
132. Application for permit.
133. Permits to be at liberty from state
prison.
134. Permit to habitual criminal.
135. Permits to prisoners in Massachusetts
reformatory.
136. Permit to prisoner in reformatory for
women.
137. Permits to be at liberty from prison
camp and hospital.
Chap. 12
OFFICERS OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS.
1263
Sect.
138. Permit to be at liberty from state
farm.
139. Power to grant permit though pris-
oner transferred.
140. Permits to certain prisoners to be at
liberty from house of correction, etc.
141. Release on parole from jails, etc.
142. Permit to be at liberty or discharge
of pregnant females.
143. Discharge of nightwalker from house
of correction.
144. Discharge of prisoner committed for
non-payment of fine.
145. Discharge of poor prisoners.
146. Same subject.
147. Acts rendering permit void.
148. Revocation of permit.
149. Arrest of holder for violation of per-
mit.
150. Discharge if term ends on Sunday.
151. Sick prisoner to be cared for in prison
after expiration of sentence.
PARDONS.
152. Pardons by governor.
153. Attorney general, etc., to be notified
of petition for pardon of prisoner
in state prison.
154. Duties of board of parole, acting as
advisory board of pardons.
155. Re-arrest of pardoned prisoner.
156. Confinement for unexpired term of
sentence.
157. Execution of warrant of pardon.
158. Duties of agents to aid discharged
male prisoners.
159. Duties of agents to aid discharged
female prisoners.
160. Aiding discharged prisoners.
161. .A.ccount of expenditures by agents.
162. Warden may pay over to agent money
authorized to be paid to prisoner.
163. Annual report of agents.
164. .\id by county commissioners.
165. Aid by keeper of jail, etc.
DEFINITIONS.
1 Section 1. In this chapter "commissioner" shall mean the com- ocfimtic
2 missioner of correction. "Board of parole" shall mean the board of
3 parole of the department of correction.
1 Section 2. The warden of the state prison, the superintendents of pr^g°nerf
2 the Massachusetts reformatory, of the reformatory for women, of the Jlj^s^,^' ^ '■
3 prison camp and hospital and of the state farm, respectively, and the p. w. 219, §31.
4 masters and keepers of jails, houses of correction and of all other penal im. 243! § 1
5 or reformatory institutions shall keep full and accurate records of all Jgjg; J99; § 1.
6 prisoners committed thereto, maintained therein or discharged therefrom.
1 Section 3. They shall keep a record of all money or other property Record of
2 found in possession of prisoners committed to such institutions, and poS'e3sion''ot
3 shall be responsible to the commonwealth for the safe keeping and delivery i86°.°r38.
4 of said property to said prisoners or their order on their discharge or at r.l.^225,|2.
5 any time before.
1 Section 4. They shall keep a record of the name and number or Record of
2 other sufficient designation of every person punished by solitary imprison- priso"ment.
3 ment, the day and hour when he was placed in solitary imprisonment, Rs^'all'.lll'.s
4 the day and hour when released, the offence, and such remarks as may fg^- Hf | f
5 be necessary to complete the record. The commissioner shall ascertain Js'^la^ls'
6 whether the requirements of this section are observed.
1 Section 5. The jailer, keeper or master of each jail and house of prtoncrei"!!
2 correction shall keep in a bound book an exact calendar of all prisoners '17^*^4''; j 4
3 committed thereto, in which shall be recorded the names of all prisoners, R- « ^\q^il
4 their places of abode and additions, the time, cause and authority of g s.'i78.'§24.
5 their commitment, and, if they have been committed upon a sentence on r. 'L.225. §4.
1264
OFFICERS OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITXTTIONS. [ChAP. 127.
1916, 241, 1 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 82, 83.
Service of
process in
prisons.
1811,32, §3.
1827, 118, § 3.
Filing of
warrants, etc.
1784, 41, § 6.
R. R. 14, § 85.
G. S. 178, § 25.
P. S. 220, § 29.
1890, 328, § 1.
R. L. 225, § 6.
conviction of crime, a description of their persons and such facts as, 6
with the entries in the prison book, will enable the sheriff or penal institu- 7
tions commissioner of Boston to make the reports to the commissioner 8
required by section ten. He shall record in the same book the time and 9
authority for the release of every prisoner released and the time and 10
manner of the escape of a prisoner escaping. A jailer, master or keeper 11
neglecting to keep such calendar or to enter such facts therein shall forfeit 12
one hundred dollars, which shall be recovered by the county commis- 13
sioners in the name of the county, or, in Suffolk county, by the penal 14
institutions commissioner in the name of the city of Boston, and shall 15
be expended by them for the relief of discharged prisoners. 16
Section 6. All process to be served within the precincts of any penal 1
or reformatory institution shall be directed to and served by the warden, 2
superintendent, master or keeper thereof or his deputy. 3
R. S. 144, § 25. G. S. 179, § 3. P. S. 221, § 3. R. L. 225. § 5.
Section 7. All warrants, mittimuses, processes and other official 1
papers by which a prisoner is committed or released, or attested copies 2
thereof, shall contain a detailed statement of the fees of the officer for 3
making the commitment, shall be regularly filed in clironological order, 4
and safely kept with the calendar in a suitable box for that purpose. 5
Upon the expiration of the sheriff's commission, his death, resignation 6
or removal from office, it shall be delivered to his successor; and in 7
default thereof the sheriff or his executor or administrator shall forfeit 8
two hundred dollars. 9
1699-1700,
8. § 7.
1818. 123, I 3.
1848, 276, § 2.
1859, 139, § 5.
G. S. 178, § 61.
P. S. 220, § 65.
R. L. 225. § 7.
13 Gray. 439.
Invoice books.
1890, 296.
R. L. 225, § 8.
1906, 148.
1908, 103.
Section 8. Each jailer and master of a house of correction shall have 1
a priison book, in which he shall keep an account of the value of the 2
labor of the prisoners, of the salaries of officers and of articles furnished 3
for the support of the prisoners, the quantity of such articles, of whom 4
bought and the price paid, classified as follows: cost of provisions, 5
including the portion consumed by the family of the jailer or master; 6
of clothing; of beds and bedding; of medicines; of medical attendance; 7
of religious or secular instruction; of fuel; of light; allowance to dis- 8
charged prisoners; allowance to witnesses in money or clothing. The 9
prison book, verified by the oath of the jailer or master, shall be exliibited 10
to the county commissioners when his accounts are presented for examina- 11
tion, and at other times when demanded. A jailer or master who neglects 12
to keep such book or to enter therein such facts, or who wilfully makes 13
any false entry therein, shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered 14
by the county commissioners in the name of the county, or, in Suffolk 15
county, by the penal institutions commissioner in the name of the city 16
of Boston, and it shall be expended by them for the relief of discharged 17
prisoners. 18
Section 9. The master, keeper, superintendent or other officer hav-
ing charge of a jail, house of correction, county training school or other
county public institution shall keep an invoice book, in which shall be
entered, on the day of receipt, all bills for supplies for the maintenance of
such institution. Such books shall be as nearly uniform as the character
of the institutions will admit, and shall be kept posted up to date so that
the footings shall at all times show the actual facts relating to such
supplies. Such books shall be county property and remain among the
records of the institutions to which they belong.
Ch.\P. 127.] OFFICERS OF PENAL AND REFOR.\UTORY INSTITUTIONS. 1265
1 Section 10. Annually, on or before December fifteenth, the warden .-^nnuai
2 of the state prison, the superintendents of the Massachusetts reforma- iMofis. 5 2.
3 tory, of the reformatory for women, of the prison camp and hospital and \lll\ te' ^^°'
4 of the state farm, and annually, on or before October fifteenth, sheriffs, sf^i-s^^^'
5 county commissioners and the penal institutions commissioner of Boston, |'^ gg^vf '
6 shall make a report to the commissioner of the salaries of prison officers, iset. 307.
7 of the number and cost of support of prisoners, and of such other details isto. 370, § 9.
8 relative to the management and discipline of the several prisons as the is-f.lti.
9 commissioner may prescribe. The warden or superintendent shall also 1^22.^'^*'''
10 include in his report the amount of liabilities and outstanding claims of j^' J^o ^^
11 said institutions, the names of their debtors and creditors, the amounts p^^^'o^o 5539
12 due to or from each and when they are payable, detailed accounts of ex- ss.'ss. '
1-3 penditures for the prisons for the year ending the preceding thirtieth day §§ 24. sl
14 of November, the cost of all changes made in the buildings thereof, the f^i 211! 1 1'.
15 names, position, pay and allowances of every officer or employee thereof, Jgn; ilj.' ^ '■
16 the average cost of the support of each prisoner, the number of volumes in \l]^- ~*^' | }-,
17 the library of each prison, and such other facts relative to said prisons sso, '§§ 32, 83.'
18 as the commissioner considers proper. An officer who refuses or neglects
19 to make such report at the time prescribed or who withholds it after
20 said date shall forfeit one dollar for each day's neglect, which shall be
21 deducted from his salary or compensation at the first monthly payment
22 after his default has been reported to the proper auditing or disbursing
23 officer.
1 Section 11. An officer in a jail or house of correction may be trans- Transfer of
2 ferred to the state prison, the Massachusetts reformatory, or the prison imtslT'
3 camp and hospital as a watchman; and if the place in which he is em- 1904,214'^'"'
4 ployed is not in the classified civil service list, he shall be given a non- Hf^' lH- ^ '■
5 competitive examination as to his fitness, upon receipt from the warden §§ ^^- **•
6 of the state prison, the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory
7 or the superintendent of the prison camp and hospital of a statement
8 that the appointment of such officer is desired, and that he possesses
9 particular cjualifications for the work required of him.
1 Section 12. An officer of the state prison who holds his place at the Removal of
2 pleasure of the warden, or an officer or employee of the Massachusetts officerso'f""'
3 reformatory, reformatory for women, prison camp and hospital or state ?827"ii8, § 7.
4 farm who holds his place at the pleasure of the superintendent, who is {*;-| \\\ | 'j^-
5 unfaithful or incompetent, or who uses intoxicating liquor as a beverage, '■^•^^^ ]^^^ 1 1|
6 shall be forthwith removed by him. p. s. 219. § 21.
1890, 267. R. L. 225, | 11. 1911, 181.
1901, 364, § 3. 1906, 243, § 1. 1919, 199. § 1.
1 Section 13. The jailer, master or keeper of a jail or house of correc- Removal of
2 tion, except in Suffolk county, may be removed by the superior court om^^s of j"a'iis
3 for neglect of duty or for wasteful or extravagant use of supplies, upon oor'[e^ti"oT °'
4 complaint of the county commissioners, after notice to the sheriff and }^^2-?ia'ln^
- , , . 1 *. 1 , . U. to. 178, s ^^■
5 the person complained of and a hearing. P. s. 220, § 24. r. l. 225, § 12.
1 Section 14. The sheriffs of the several counties and the penal officer using
2 institutions commissioner of Boston shall forthwith remove any officer liquor to be
3 appointed by them, respectively, to any position of trust or authority ilss.^fei, § 2.
4 in a jail or house of correction who is known to use intoxicating liquor as p| 22o.'§49.'
5 a beverage. is82. 6. § 4. r. l. 225, § 13.
1266
INMATES OF PENAL .\ND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. [CiLAP. 127.
Transportation SECTION 15. Tlic authorities of the State of Vermont shall have the 1
of prisoners of i i • i • i i i i .
^■ermont samc power and authority to cietani and transport through this common- 2
H. £.' 225.' § 14. wealth persons convicted of crime in Vermont and sentenced to imprison- .3
ment in a penal institution therein as they have to detain and transport 4
them in said state. 5
Physical
examination
of prisoners.
1918. 58. § 1.
1919, 199, § 1.
Penalty, § 18.
PRISONERS.
Section 16. The warden of the state prison, the superintendents of 1
the. Massachusetts reformatory, the reformatory for women, the prison 2
camp and hospital and the state farm, and the keepers and masters of 3
jails and houses of correction shall cause a thorough physical examination 4
to be made by a competent physician of each inmate in their respective 5
institutions committed for a term of thirty days' imprisonment or more. 6
In conducting the examination special attention shall be given to deter- 7
mining the presence of communicable diseases, particularly gonorrhoea, 8
syphilis and pulmonary tuberculosis. 9
Sfe'^amtnl- SECTION 17. The department of public health shall promulgate
tion prescribed specifications governing the manner and time of such examinations,
department. prcscribc the mcdlcal records to be kept, and require such laboratory
1919,' 3.50,' § 96. or other diagno-stic aids to be used as in its judgment are expedient.
Op. A. G. (1920) 54.
Penalty for
breach of
sections 16
and 17.
1918, 68, § 3
1919, 350, § 96.
Section 18. Any officer named in section sixteen who neglects or
refuses to comply with said section or who violates any rule or regu-
lation of the department of public heal
shall forfeit not more than fiftv dollars.
Physical
training of
prisoners.
1920, 421.
Section 19. The commissioner may institute a system of physical 1
training, including military drill and organized athletic sports in any 2
penal institution in the commonwealth, to be under the direction of the 3
director of physical training of the department. He may prescribe the 4
powers and duties of the director and may adopt rules and regulations 5
to carry out this section. 6
£'prison''s''°° Section 20. The commissioner may, with the approval of the gov-
illi! 372; I !*■ ernor and council, provide for grading and classifying the prisoners in the
1892, 267', §1 state prison, the Massachusetts reformatory and the reformatory for
women, and may establish rules for dealing with the prisoners in the
state prison according to their conduct and industry and with the prison-
ers in the Massachusetts reformatory and the reformatory for women
according to their conduct, industry in labor and diligence in study.
E. L. 225,
1903, 209, § 4
1918, 257.
§475.
1919,5: 350,
§§ 82, S3.
1920, 2.
Classification
in jails and
houses of
correction.
1862, 127, § 1.
1870, 370, § 2.
1879, 294, § 3.
P. S. 219, §4:
220, § 10.
1895. 259.
R L. 225, § 16.
1916,241,1 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 82, S3.
Section 21. He shall, as far as practicable, so classify prisoners sen- 1
tenced and committed to jails and houses of correction, with reference 2
to their sex, age, character, condition and offences, as to promote their 3
reformation and safe custody and the economy of then- support, and to 4
secure the separation of male and female prisoners. Sheriffs may classify 5
prisoners in houses of correction, subject to revision by the commissioner. 8
The master or keeper of a jail or house of correction shall ascertain 7
whether a prisoner committed thereto upon a sentence of six months or 8
more can read or write. 9
Chap. 127.] inmates of penal and reformatory institutions. 1267
1 Section 22. Male and female prisoners shall not be put or kept in Same subject.
2 the same room in a jail or house of correction; nor, unless the crowded is34; isi! § Tq.
3 state of the institution so requires, shall any two prisoners, other than g.' s! ire! | il:
4 debtors, be allowed to occupy the same room, except for work. Persons r.l.IIs.IiI;
5 committed for debt shall be kept separate from convicts and from persons
6 who are confined upon a charge of an infamous crime. Conversation
7 between prisoners in different apartments shall be prevented. Minors
8 shall be kept separate from notorious offenders and from persons con-
9 victed of an infamous crime. Persons committed on charge of (yime
10 shall not be confined with convicts, and prisoners charged with or con-
11 victed of a crime not infamous shall not be confined with those charged
12 with or convicted of an infamous crime, except while at labor or assem-
13 bled for moral or religious instruction, at which time no communication
14 shall be allowed between prisoners of different classes.
1 Section 23. The keeper of a place of detention or penal institution Measurements
2 to which a person is committed under a sentence of imprisonment for a rdentifiration"!
3 felony shall, unless the court otherwise orders, cause to be taken a \l^[ Hq] | };
4 photograph and the name, age, height, weight and a general description fg^^- —^^ § is-
5 of such person, and copies of his finger prints in accordance with the joog. 459. § 1.
6 finger print system of identification of criminals, and, if the keeper deems i9in! 350!
7 it advisable, the measurements of such person or of a person under sen- i'Op"'A. G.27.
8 tence as a tramp or vagrant in accordance with the so called Bertillon
9 system. Such measurements shall be taken by persons in the service of
10 the commonwealth or any county appointed by the commissioner for
1 1 that purpose. The court may order to be taken the photograph and the
12 aforesaid description, finger prints and measurements of a person con-
13 victed of a felony who is not committed to a penal institution. All such
14 photographs and identifying matter shall be transmitted forthwith to
15 the commissioner.
1 Section 24. The photographs and identifying matter obtained under Preservation
2 the preceding section shall be kept in the office of the commissioner, who ide'ntmcation.
3 shall upon request furnish the same to the chief of police of a town in \l°l] |f j; | f ;
4 the commonwealth, and, if he deems it advisable, to police authorities irii^gs'
5 outside of the commonwealth. The commissioner may appoint an agent
6 to assist him in receiving, recording and keeping the said photographs
7 and identifying matter, who shall be subject to the direction of the com-
8 missioner and shall perform such duties and receive from the common-
9 wealth such salary as he shall determine.
1 Section 25. Whenever the officer in charge of a prison, lockup or Measurements
2 other place of detention has received a request from any authority, either ^Zn on ugf*
3 by circular or otherwise, to assist in the apprehension of a fugitive from -ustfee";"'"
4 justice, such officer may take an exact description of any person committed J^oj]' 293. ^ ^
5 to such prison, lockup or other place of detention, and may include in i^is^sso,
6 such descriptions copies of the finger prints in accordance with the finger
7 print system of identification. But said officer shall not take a description
8 of a person who, he has reason to believe, is not a fugitive from justice.
9 Copies of all descriptions so made shall be forthwith transmitted to the
10 office of the commissioner, there to be recorded and kept in the manner
11 provided in the preceding section.
1268
mMATES OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. [ChAP. 127.
Finger prints.
1910, 360.
1916, 241, § 1
1919, 350,
§§ 82, 83.
Section 26. The commissioner shall require the officers in charge of
state and county prisons to make descriptions of all prisoners committed
to their custody for larceny or any felony in accordance with the finger
print system of identification. The descriptions and finger prints so
made shall be sent to the commissioner for filing and comparison. All
finger print impressions made by the police of a town, or duplicates
thereof, shall be sent to the commissioner to be recorded and kept as
provided in section twenty-four.
historv.
1890, 316, § 3.
1900, 2(;0. § 1.
R. h. 225, § 19.
1916,241, § 1.
Section 27. The district attorney who prosecuted such prisoners 1
as are described in section twenty-three shall forward to the officer in 2
charge of the prison to which he is sentenced the criminal history of 3
each prisoner as shown upon the trial, upon blanks to be furnished by 4
the commissioner. i9i9, sso, §§ S2, 83. 5
Record of
!nts.
1890. 316, § 2.
1900, 260, § 2.
R. L. 225, § 20.
1911, 181.
1 Op. A. G. 27.
Section 28. The warden of the state prison, the superintendents of 1
the Massachusetts reformatory and of the reformatory for women, 2
respectively, and the keepers of jails and houses of correction shall keep 3
a record of such measurements and descriptions and of the criminal 4
history of prisoners so measured and described, as shown by the records 5
of the courts of the commonwealth or of any other state or by any other 6
official records which are accessible, and shall attach to the record, or 7
file in such manner as to be readily found, a photograph of such prisoner. 8
PublicatioD of
1.S90, 316, § 4.
1899,203.
1900, 260, § 1.
R. L. 225, § 21.
Section 29. The record required by the preceding section shall not 1
be published except so far as may be necessary for the identification of 2
persons convicted of felony after their release from prison; but the 3
officer in charge of a prison shall exhibit the record to any person upon 4
the order of a justice of the superior court or of a district attorney. A 5
copy of the measurements, descriptions, photographs and histories shall 6
upon request be furnished by the officer in charge of any prison to the 7
principal officer of a prison in any other state which requires by law 8
the measurement and description of convicts and has provided for fur- 9
nishing information concerning criminals to other states, and to the 10
chief executive officer of the police force of any town in the commonwealth 11
which has in use the said Bertillon method, if such town pays for the 12
expense thereof. 13
No compensa-
tion to officers.
1890, 316, § 5.
1900, 260, § 1.
R. L. 225, § 22.
Section 30. Except as provided in section twenty-four no compen- 1
sation shall be allowed to an officer for the performance of any services 2
required by sections twenty-three to twenty-nine, inclusive, but he shall 3
be reimbursed by the commonwealth for his actual traveling expenses 4
incurred in the performance of any duties therein required. 5
Descriptions
furnished to
national
bureau .
1892,313, § ;
R. L. 225, § 5
1916,241, § .
1919, 360,
§§ 82, 83.
Section 31. The commissioner may send or cause to be sent to any 1
national bureau of identification established for the purpose of exchang- 2
ing information according to the method of identification by the Bertillon 3
method the measurements and descriptions of all prisoners in the com- 4
monwealth who may be measured thereunder. 5
pr'isonTrT'"^ SECTION 32. The Warden and officers of the state prison shall treat 1
G I ng Vss ^^^ prisoners with kindness so long as they merit such treatment by their 2
p. s. 22i,'§25. obedience, industry and good conduct. r. l. 225, §24. 3
Chap. 127.] inmates of penal .^nd reformatory institutions. 1269
1 Section 33. The warden shall cause all necessary means to be used ^"^''tliTn order
2 to maintain order in the state prison, enforce obedience, suppress insur- Jf-J'g'^*'
3 rection and prevent escapes, and for that purpose he may at all times R. s! lu. § 48.
4 require the aid and utmost exertions of all the officers of the prison except p.' s.' 221,' § 26.'
5 the chaplain and the physician. R. l. 225, § 25.
1 Section 34. No communication shall be allowed between prisoners separation of
2 in the state prison and any person without the prison. The prisoners i827,°ii8. § 13.
3 shall be confined in separate cells in the night time, and all intercourse §; |; \^g- 1 If
4 between them in the day time shall, so far as practicable, be prevented; ^^i'i2\\m
5 but the warden mav, at such tunes antl under such cu-cumstances as he R- l- 225, § 27.
6 considers expedient, with the consent 01 the commissioner, allow them 1919.350.
7 to assemble in the yard for recreation and exercise.
1 Section 3.5. All penal and reformatory institutions shall be suitably ventilation of
2 and sufficiently ventilated. Food, clothes, beds and bedding therein laths.' Food,
3 shall be of good quality and of sufficient quantity for the sustenance and be°d'diS|.*'"'
4 comfort of the prisoners, and the bedding shall include mattresses, JIgy' \\\- ^ '•
5 blankets and pillows. The warden of the state prison, the superintendents ||.,g*'jg* = g-
6 of the Massachusetts reformatory, the reformatory for women, the prison i'^: 5 '
7 camp and hospital and the state farm, respectively, and the keepers and 1334! 145. § 2;
8 masters of jails and houses of correction shall see that strict attention is r. s. 143. § .39;
9 constantly given to the personal cleanliness of all prisoners in their 47*' ^^ ^*' ^^'
10 custody. They shall, at least once a week, cause the shirt of each prisoner §§^f'|^^'
11 to be washed, each male prisoner to be shaved, and each prisoner to have i?5|. joi ^^
12 a bath of cold or tepid water applied to the whole surface of the body if iy9, §§ 59. ei. '
13 such bath would not, by reason of illness, be hurtful or dangerous. Each isra. 294. § 12.
14 prisoner shall be provided daily with as much clean water as he needs 220, §^3?! 221. '
15 for drink or for the purpose of personal cleanliness, and with a clean towel r^I, 225, § 30.
16 once a week. Clothes shall not be washed or hung out wet in any room Jgjg' J99 § 1
17 which is occupied by a prisoner during the night. All prisoners who are
18 not in solitary confinement shall be served three times each day with a
19 sufficient quantity of wholesome food, well cooked and in good order.
1 Section 36. No person, except the governor and council, members visitors to
2 of the general court, officers of justice, or other persons having business i8m*,302°ii.
3 at the state prison, shall be allowed to visit it without a permit from the p.l.^liilsl.
4 commissioner or the warden.
R. L. 225, § 31. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 37. The warden shall cause a register to be kept of the Register of
2 names and residences of all visitors and of the authority by which they i854!"62,
3 visit, which shall always be open to the commissioner. He may refuse o^l'.iyg,
4 admission to a person ha\ing a permit if such admission would be i^|-g^'^4 5 34,
5 injurious to the best interests of the prison, but he shall forthwith report TiC^il'
6 such refusal to the commissioner.
R. L. 225, §32. 1916, 241, §1- 1919, 350, §§ 82, S3.
1 Section 38. Punishment by the use of the gag shall not be allowed ^sra.'m''''^"'
2 in any penal, reformatory or charitable institution. An officer of any rlIII'IIs
3 such institution who uses a gag as a punishment shall be punished by a
4 fine of not more than fifty dollars.
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INMATES OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. [ChAP. 127.
forbidden.
1911,265, I
4 Op. A. G.
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
Section 39. The officers of a juvenile reformatory school shall not
place an inmate in any cell, room or cage in solitary confinement. When-
ever restraint or separation from the other inmates is necessary, confine-
ment shall be permitted only in a place where the inmate is under the
constant supervision of an officer of the school.
185a 289!'§T' Section 40. The warden of the state prison, with the consent of
?879 2M \*34 ^^^ commissioner, may, for such time as he considers necessary to produce
PS-22i'||8. penitence or to promote good order and discipline, confine obstinate
1916', 241, § 1. and refractory prisoners to solitary labor. I9i9, 350, §§ 82, 83.
Solitary
impri
sonn
lent.
1827.
118,
§18.
R. S.
144,
§32.
G. S.
179.
§42.
P. S.
221.
§29.
E. L. 225, § 35.
Execution of
sentence to
solitary
imprisonment.
1834.
151,
§14.
R. S.
143,
§20.
1854,
,393.
G. S.
178.
§34.
P. S.
220,
§39.
R. L.
225,
§36.
Punishment of
refractory
prisoner.
1834,
,151,
§15.
R. S.
143,
§22.
1853,
34.
G. S.
178,
§36.
P. S.
220.
§41.
R L.
225,
§38.
Section 41. A prisoner in the state prison sentenced to solitary im- 1
prisonment or subjected thereto for a violation of the rules and regu- 2
lations of the prison shall be confined in a solitary cell and be fed with .3
bread and water only, unless the physician of the prison certifies to the 4
warden that his health requires other diet. 5
Section 42. When a prisoner is sentenced to solitary imprisonment 1
and hard labor in a jail or house of correction, the master or keeper shall 2
execute such sentence by confining him in one of the cells; and during 3
the time of solitary imprisonment he shall be fed with bread and water 4
only, unless other food is necessary for the preservation of his health. 5
No intercourse shall be allowed with a prisoner in solitary imprisonment 6
except for the conveyance of food and other necessary purposes. 7
Section 43. If a prisoner is refractory, or if, during the time for which 1
he is sentenced to hard labor, he refuses or neglects without reasonable 2
cause to labor in a suitable manner when required, he shall be kept in 3
solitary imprisonment and fed on bread and water, as before provided, 4
so long as he is refractory or refuses to labor; but the keeper of a jail or 5
master of a house of correction shall not keep a prisoner in solitary G
imprisonment for more than three days at one time without informing 7
the sheriff or countv commissioners thereof and of the reasons therefor. 8
Solitary
imprisonment
for refractory
prisoner.
1818, 123. §4.
1823, 148, § 3.
1834, 151, § 13.
R. S. 143, § 46.
1857, 35.
G. S. 178, § 37.
P. S. 220, § 42.
R L. 225, § 39.
Section 44. If a person confined in a jail or house of correction 1
upon a conviction or charge of crime is refractory or disorderly, or wil- 2
fully or wantonly destroys or injures any article of furniture or other 3
property or any part of such prison, the sheriff or county commissioners 4
or penal institutions commissioner of Boston, respectively, after due 5
inquiry, may cause him to be kept in solitary imprisonment not more 6
than ten days for one offence, and during such imprisonment to be fed 7
with bread and water only unless other food is necessary for the preser- 8
vation of his health. 9
Punishment of
poor debtors,
etc., for
depredations.
1823, 148, §3.
1834, 151, §13.
R. S. 143. § 47,
G. S. 178, §38
P. S. 220, § 43.
R. L. 225. § 40.
Section 4.5. If a person committed to jail on mesne process or 1
execution, or for any cause other than those mentioned in the preceding 2
section, is convicted of any of the offences therein named, he shall be 3
punished by solitary imprisonment, as directed in said section, for not 4
more than ten days for each offence, and shall be liable in an action of 5
tort, to be commenced by the sheriff or county trea.surer in the name 6
ClL\P. 127.] INMATES OF PENAL AND REFORAUTORY ESTSTITUTIONS. 1271
7 and to the use of the county, for double the amount of the damage done
8 to the jail, furniture or other property.
1 Section 46. The two preceding sections shall not affect the au- sheriff's and
2 thority of a sheriff, jailer or master of a house of correction to preserve authority.
1 Section 47. Officers having custody and charge of prisoners in the solitary ceu.
2 several prisons and other places of confinement shall see to it that every Ull] ei?'
3 cell therein which may be used as a place for solitary impris6nment is p^|:l22.
4 properly ventilated and furnished with a form of boards, not less than I^lIjo, §42.
5 six and one half feet long, eighteen inches wide and four inches high from }^}^'i|J' ^ ^■
6 the floor, and with a sufficient amount of bedding to protect the health §§ si.' 83.'
7 of the inmate from injury. The commissioner shall ascertain whether
8 the requirements of this section are observed.
LABOR of prisoners.
1 Section 48. Prisoners in the state prison shall be constantly em- Prisoners,
2 ployed for the benefit of the commonwealth, but no prisoner shall be i82'7rnl.Ti3.
3 employed in engraving. R s. 144. § 33.
1850. 289. § 4. P. S. 221, § 27. R. L. 225. § 26.
G.S. 179, §40. 1888,189. 4 Op. A. G. 332.
1 Section 49. Prisoners in the state prison and in the reformatory for Employment
2 women may be employed, in the custody of an officer, on any part of the rommon-'
3 premises of the prison or reformatory, and whoever escapes from said l''g'|l*25o. 5 32.
4 premises shall be deemed to have escaped from the prison or reformatory. j||| |Jy5 1.
5 Prisoners in the Massachusetts reformatory may be employed, in the Jj^°^'|^^ ,28
6 custody of an officer, upon any land or building owned by the common- 1903. 207'.
7 wealth, and whoever escapes from said land or building shall be deemed
8 to have escaped from said reformatory.
1911, 181.
1 Section 50. Prisoners in the state prison, INIassachusetts reformatory, Employment
2 reformatory for women, prison camp and hospital, state farm, or in any an<rbuiidings.^
3 jail or house of correction, may be employed, in the custody of an officer, \ll\[ I34;
4 in caring for public lands and buildings; but no prisoner, except as pro- r®*l.' I25. 5 29.
5 vided in sections eighty-two to eighty-four, inclusive, shall be employed {^olHj-^i
6 outside the precincts of the place of his imprisonment in doing work of i9ii', isi' '
7 any kind for private persons. 1919. 199. § 1.
1 Section 51. The commissioner and the warden of the state prison, Establishment
2 the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory, reformatory for 18S7.447. '^'''
3 women, prison camp and hospital or state farm, keepers or masters ilss. 22; 403.
4 of jails and houses of correction, shall determine the industries to be fIgV, 412, § 3;
5 established and maintained in the respective institutions under the 1905 269.
6 control of said officers. The prisoners in said institutions shall be em- Jj^°^' I5|' I fj
7 ployed in said industries under regulations which shall be established by 1911, isi'.
. . n • 1916 241, § 1
8 the commissioner; but no contract shall be made for the labor of prison- 1919! 199! § i-
9 ers, except that, with the approval of the commissioner, prisoners may "
10 be employed in cane seating and the manufacture of umbrellas under
11 the "piece price system", so called.
1272
INMATES OF PENAL .\ND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. [ChAP. 127.
Instructors.
1887. 447, § 2.
1897, 434.
1900, 269.
R. L. 225. § 44.
1916. 241. § 1.
1919. 350,
§§ 82, 83.
Section 52. The warden, superintendent, ma.ster or keeper of any 1
institution named in the preceding section may, with the approval of the 2
commissioner, appoint such superintendents and instructors to instruct 3
the prisoners in said industries as he and the commissioner shall consider 4
necessary. Such superintendents and instructors shall have the same 5
authority relative to the prisoners as the subordinate officers of the insti- 6
tution where they are employed. Their compensation shall be fixed, and 7
they may be removed by the warden, superintendent, master or keeper, 8
with the approval of the commissioner. 9
Articles made
bv prisoners.
1887, 447, § 13.
1898. 334, § 1.
1900, 269.
R. L. 225, § 45.
1912, 505,
§§1,3.
1916,241, § 1.
Section 53. The commissioner shall, so far as possible, cause such 1
articles and materials as are used in the offices, departments or institu- 2
tions of the commonwealth and of the several counties, cities and towns 3
to be produced by the labor of prisoners in the institutions named in 4
section fiftv-one. i9i9, 350, §§ 82. 83. 5
Determination
of styles.
1898, 334. § 5.
1901. 364.
R. L 225. § 55.
1910. 414,
§§ 1, 6.
1912, 565, § 3
1915,.207, § 1.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919. 350,
§§ 82, 83.
Section 54. For the purpose of determining the styles, designs 1
and qualities of articles and materials to be made by the labor of prison- 2
ers for use in the offices, departments or institutions in accordance with
section fifty-three, the officers in charge of said offices, departments or
institutions shall hold meetings annually in May. The day and place
of each of said meetings shall be assigned by the commissioner, who
shall give to the officers concerned at least ten days' notice thereof. If
an officer in charge is unable to be present at a meeting he may delegate 8
one of his assistants to attend in his behalf. Each meeting shall organize 9
by the choice of a chairman and clerk; and within one week after the 10
meeting, these officers shall formally notify the commissioner of the 11
styles, designs and qualities adopted by the meeting for use in each 12
class of offices, departments or institutions. The expenses of attending 13
any of said meetings shall be repaid to the respective officers in the same 14
way as other traveling expenses are paid, and any other expense of the 15
meetings shall be paid from the Prison Industries Funds upon the ap- 16
proval of the commissioner. 17
Lists of prison
made articles,
1910. 414, § 2.
1915. 207, § 2.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919. 350,
l§ 82, 83.
3 Op. A. G. 495
Section 55. Annually in September the commissioner shall issue 1
to the officers in charge of the offices, departments and institutions 2
named in section fifty-three a descriptive list of the styles, designs and 3
qualities of said articles and materials. Any difference between the 4
prison officials and the offices, departments or institutions in regard to 5
styles, designs and qualities shall be submitted to arbitrators, whose 6
decision shall be final. One of said arbitrators shall be named on behalf 7
of the prison by the commissioner, one by the principal officer of the 8
other office, department or institution concerned, and one by agreement 9
of the other two. The arbitrators shall be chosen from the official service, 10
and shall receive no compensation for performance of any duty under 11
this section; but their actual and necessary expenses shall be paid by the 12
prison or office, department or institution against which their award is 13
given. 14
of'articbs SECTION 56. Annually in November the officers in charge of all 1
publif offices offices, departments and institutions named in section fifty-three shall 2
1912 565' 1 3' ^^^d to the commissioner an estimate of the quantities of the articles 3
1915, 207, § 3. and materials needed for their respective offices, departments or institu- 4
Chap. 127. ]x inmates of penal and reformatory institutions. 1273
5 tions during the ensuing year. Said estimates shall generally observe i9i6, 241, §i.
6 the styles, designs and qualities named in the descriptive list; and if any §§ 82,83.'
7 special style is desired in considerable quantity, the estimate shall con-
8 tain a request that the commissioner shall arrange for the manufacture
9 of such special articles as may be needed.
1 Section 57. Annually in January the commissioner shall send to the Pubiic institu-
2 state auditor, to the auditing and disbursing officers of the several shSi'pu'rchase
3 counties, and to the auditor and treasurer of each town a list of the faJturedTy""'
4 articles and materials that can be produced by the labor of prisoners for {-gf^y/^ifj,""
5 the use of offices, departments and institutions of the commonwealth, by commis-
6 of the counties and of the towns. The superintendent of buildings of the i887"447, § 1.3.
7 commonwealth or the purchasing agent of a town shall make requisition \lgs. 334'
8 therefor to the commissioner upon forms to be provided by him. In the i9to'*269.
9 case of articles or materials not recjuired to be purchased by said super- f^^ |j|' ^ ^*-
10 intendent needed bv the commonwealth, or of articles or materials needed |§ 2. s. e.
, • , . , . ... 1912, 565, § 2
11 by a county, or by a town not having a purchasmg agent, the requisition i9i5, 207, § 2
12 shall be made by the officer in charge of any of the offices, departments i9in!45;'3.50,
13 or institutions named in section fifty-three in which such articles or ma- ^^^ ^®' *'^' ^'
14 terials are needed. The requisition shall conform to said list unless it
15 appears that special style, design or quality is needed. The commissioner
16 shall forthwith inform said superintendent, purchasing agent or other
17 officer in what institutions they are produced, and he shall purchase them
18 from any institution so designated. If they are needed immediately and
19 are not on hand, the commissioner shall forthwith so notify him, and h^
20 may purchase them elsewhere. No bill for any such articles or materials
21 purchased for the use of said offices, departments or institutions, other-
22 wise than from a prison or from another institution, shall be allowed
23 or paid unless it is accompanied by a certificate from the commissioner
24 showing that a requisition therefor has been made and that the goods
25 cannot be supplied from the prisons. Provisions of any city charter
26 contrary to this section shall be void.
1 Section 58. The price of all articles and materials supplied by the Priccaof
2 prisons to the commonwealth, counties, cities and towns shall conform artwes'soilto
3 as nearly as may be to the wholesale market rates for similar goods t'utions',°ltc"
4 manufactured outside of the prisons. Any difference of opinion in {goi;^^:*^'
5 regard to price may be submitted to arbitration in the manner provided R^ l. 225, § 55.
6 in section fifty-five. 1912, 565, §3. 5"§4,'6.
1 Section 59. With the approval of the governor and council, the Equipment of
2 commissioner may expend from the Prison Industries Funds any sums i9i2!'56'5,§4.
3 needed to rearrange or enlarge the shops for the purpose of carrying out \l\l] 3IJ; ^ '■
4 the provisions of this chapter relative to making goods for public use. ^^ ^2, 83.
5 He may also employ such additional help as the governor and council
6 shall approve to make the needed arrangements with the offices, depart-
7 ments and institutions named in sections fifty-three and fifty-seven.
1 Section 60. Any officer who wilfully refuses or neglects to comply Penalty.
2 with the provisions of this chapter relative to the purchase of articles and
3 materials from the prisons shall be punished by a fine of not more than
4 one hundred dollars.
1274
INMATES OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITXTTIONS. [ChAP. 127.
Industries at
Massachusetts
reformatory.
18X4. 255, § 28.
1888, 403, S 7.
R. L. 225, § 46.
1916,241, § 1.
Section 61. The commissioner and the superintendent of the Mas- 1
sachusetts reformatory shall endeavor to establish in said reformatory 2
such industries as will enable prisoners employed therein to learn valuable 3
trades. i9i9, 350. §§ 82, 83. 4
Limitation ot
prison indus-
tries.
1883, 217.
1887,447, §8.
1888, 403, § 2.
1891, 371.
1894, 460.
1897,412, § 1.
R. L. 225, 5 47.
Section 62. The number of prisoners in all the institutions named
in section fifty-one who may be employed in manufacturing the following
articles and in the industries hereinafter named, shall be limited as follows:
brushes, not more than eighty; cane chairs with wood frames, not more
than eighty; clothing other than shirts or hosiery, not more than three
hundred and seventy-five; harnesses, not more than fiftj^; mats, not
more than twenty; rattan chairs, not more than seventy-fiA'e ; rush chairs,
not more than seventy-five; shirts, not more than eighty, and they shall 8
be women; shoes, not more than three hundred and seventy-five; shoe 9
heels, not more than one hundred and twenty-five; trunks, not more 10
than twenty; in stone cutting, not more than one hundred and fifty; in 11
laundry work, not more than one hundred. 12
Limit of num-
ber to be em-
ployed in one
industry.
1897,412,
§ 2; 480,
R. L- 225, § 48.
Section 63. Not more than thirty per cent of the number of inmates 1
of any penal or reformatory institution having more than one hundred 2
inmates shall be employed in any one industry, except cane seating and 3
the manufacture of umbrellas. 4
of^'precedTng SECTION 64. The two preceding sections shall not apply to prisoners 1
?ln*4°'!1v, . , engaged in the manufactvu-e of goods for use in the offices, departments 2
1897, 412, § 4. '% r . . , . . «„ , ' t-
R. L. 225, § 49. and institutions named in section fatty-three. i9i2, sgs, i 3. 3
Bids for piece
price contracts.
1894. 451.
1897, 434.
1900, 269.
R. L. 225, § 50.
1916,241, § 1.
1919, .3.50,
K 82, 83.
Section 65. If the commissioner and the warden, superintendent, 1
master or keeper of any institution named in section fifty-one consider 2
the employment of prisoners or a part of them upon the piece price plan 3
expedient, they shall advertise for bids therefor, which shall be opened 4
publicly, and a copy and record thereof shall be kept by the commissioner. 5
If said officers consider it inexpedient to accept anj' of such bids, con- 6
tracts may be made with other persons. Copies of all contracts for 7
the employment of prisoners shall be kept by the commissioner, and shall 8
at all times be open to public inspection. 9
Tools and
materials.
1887, 447,
§§1,9.
1888, 403, § 3.
1891, 228, § 1.
1897, 434.
1900, 269.
R. L. 225, § 51.
1903, 213.
1916. 241, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 82, 83.
Section 66. The tools, implements and materials required for use 1
in manufacturing in any institution named in section fifty-one, and such 2
necessary machinery to replace any which becomes unfit for use, or is 3
destroyed by fire or by malicious acts of prisoners, or to establish new 4
trades or industries, may be purchased by the warden, superintendent, 5
master or keeper thereof, under the supervision of the commissioner, after 6
estimates or requisitions, in such form as he shall require, have been 7
approved by him. 8
Sale of manu-
factured goods.
1887, 447,
§§ 9, 13.
1888, 403, 5 3.
1897, 412, § 5;
434.
1900, 269.
R. L. 225, I 52.
1916,241, § 1.
1919. 3.50,
§§ 82, 83.
Section 67. Goods manufactured in any of the institutions named
in section fifty-one shall, with the approval of the commissioner, be sold
by the warden, superintendent, master or keeper thereof at not less than
the wholesale market price prevailing at the time of sale for goods of the
same description and quality. The proceeds of such sales shall be paid
by the purchasers to the respective institutions from which the goods are
delivered.
Chap. 127.] inmates of penal and reformatory institutions. 1275
1 Section 68. The warden, superintendent, master or keeper of any Purchasing
2 institution named in section fifty-one may, with the approval of the com- tgentl"'"*^
3 missioner, appoint agents who, under such regulations as the commissioner r^*l.' 225,' 1 53.
4 shall establish, shall purchase tools, implements, materials and machinery \l\l' ||J' ^ ^■
5 and sell manufactured goods as aforesaid. They may be removed at the §§ *2, 83.'
6 pleasure of the officer by whom they were appointed, and shall receive
7 such compensation as said officer, with the approval of the commissioner,
8 shall determine. The commissioner shall have no authority to purchase
9 or sell any articles for any institution.
1 Section 69. The warden, superintendent, master or keeper of each Report of
2 institution named in section fifty-one shall make a full report to the com- prisraers.
3 missioner relative to the labor of the prisoners whenever he requires it. \g^] lit; ^ ''
R. L. 225, §54. 1916, 241, §1. 1919, 350, §§ 82. 83.
1 Section 70. There may be expended from the Prison Industries storage room.
2 Funds such amounts as the commissioner shall authorize to provide 1912] Its, § 3.
3 upon prison premises storage room needed in connection with the work Iglg'.sso;^ '■
4 of making goods for the use of the offices, departments or institutions ^^ *^' *^-
5 described in section fifty-three.
1 Section 71. At least once in each month the receipts from the Accounting for
2 labor of prisoners in the state prison, the IMassachusetts reformatory, Expenles.
3 the reformatory for women, the prison camp and hospital and the state il74,'385,'|23
4 farm shall be paid to the commonwealth, and the receipts from the labor fi„^; ??.V l^s-
_ „ . .'..,, „ . , ' , , 1884, 255, § 29.
5 or prisoners in a jail or house 01 correction to the county, and so much iss?. 447,
6 thereof as is necessary to pay the expenses of maintaining the industries i898,'259: 277.
7 in said institutions shall be expended from the state or county treasury fin. lii. ^ **'
8 for that piu-pose, but not until schedules of such expenses have been i9}5;26a§2.
9 sworn to by the warden or superintendent and approved by the com- \l\f I*]- \ \
10 missioner. Whenever, in the opinion of the state auditor, the accumu- Jjo^iPg^g li'
11 lated funds in the state treasury from the receipts from the labor of '
12 prisoners in the state prison, the Massachusetts reformatory, the re-
13 formatory for women and the state farm exceed the sums necessary to
14 pay the expense of maintaining the industries by which they were pro-
15 duced, the state auditor shall direct that the surplus be transferred from
16 these accounts into the general fund or ordinary revenue of the conimon-
17 wealth. Receipts from any one of the institutions shall be applied to
18 paying the bills of that institution only. The warden or superintendent
19 of the state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, reformatory for women
20 or state farm shall, as often as he has in his possession money to the
21 amount of ten thousand dollars which he has received under the pro-
22 visions of sections fifty-three to sixty-seven, inclusive, pay it to the com-
23 monwealth; and the master or keeper of a jail or house of correction shall,
24 as often as he has in his possession such money to the amount of five
25 thousand dollars, pay it into the county treasury.
1 Section 72. Bills for tools, implements, machinery and materials Payment of
2 purchased by, and the salaries of persons employed in, the state prison, biiisfor
3 the Massachusetts reformatory, the reformatory for women, prison camp is87,'447,
4 and hospital and the state farm, under sections fifty-one to seventy, in- flg^i'.l^s, §3.
5 elusive, shall be paid monthly by the commonwealth, upon schedules fgi^Ho,!?'
6 prepared and sworn to by the warden or superintendent and approved by jsie^ 241.' 1 1.
7 the commissioner. Bills for tools, implements, machinery and materials 350, '§§ si, ss!
1276
INMATES OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. [ChaP. 127.
purchased by, and the salaries of persons employed in, the jails and houses 8
of correction under said sections shall be paid monthly by the county, 9
upon schedules prepared and sworn to by the master or keeper and 10
approved by the commissioner. The schedule of bills for tools, implements 11
and machinery and of bills for materials and salaries shall be kept separate 12
from each other and from the schedules of bills incurred for the mainte- 13
nance of the prison, reformatory, jail or house of correction. 14
Suits by and
against
warden, etc.
1887.447, §12.
18S8, 403, § 4.
1897, 434.
R. L. 225, § 58.
Section 73. The warden, superintendent, master or keeper of any 1
institution named in section fifty-one may sue or be sued upon any con- 2
tract of purchase or sale made by him under sections fifty-one to seventy, 3
inclusive. No suit shall abate by reason of a vacancy in any such office, 4
but the successor of any such officer may, and upon motion of the adverse 5
party shall, prosecute or defend it. The warden or superintendent, 6
master or keeper may submit a controversy relative to such contract or 7
an action thereon to the final determination of arbitrators or referees, 8
who shall, if the claim or suit is made or brought by or against the war- 9
den or superintendent, be approved by the governor, or, if made or 10
brought by or against the master or keeper, be approved by the county 11
commissioners. 12
Preparation of
road material.
1898, 365. § 1.
R. L. 225, § 59.
1904, 243, § 1.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 82, S3.
Section 74. The commissioner may cause the prisoners in any jail
or house of correction to be employed within the precincts of the prison
in preparing material for road making; but no machine except such as
is operated by hand or foot power shall be used in connection with such
employment.
dillsi^n^to give SECTION 75. The divisiou of highways of the department of public
isg's^sM^S " works shall, at the request of the commissioner, give him such informa-
R. L.' 225,' § (10. tion and instructions as will enable him to direct said employment
in a manner which will furnish suitable and proper material for road
building.
Section 76. Material so prepared may be sold to the coimty com-
missioners or to town officers having the care of public roads. All ma-
terial not so sold shall be piu-chased by the said division of highways, at
such price as they determine is fair and reasonable, for use on state
highways; but the commissioner may cause any of said prisoners to be
employed upon material furnished by said division, which shall then pay
for the labor of preparation such price as may be agreed upon by the
commissioner and the division.
1916,
241.
ll.
1919,
350.
§§82
■ 83,
Ill,
113.
Sale of road
material.
1898.
365,
§3.
R.L.
225,
§61.
1916,
241,
§1.
1919.
350,
§§82
, S3,
111.
rece°pte '°^ '°'' Section 77. All money received under the three preceding sections 1
1898 "sis § 4 ^^^'^ ^^ P^^^ *° ^^^^ county, and the expense of employing prisoners 2
R. l! 225, § 62. thereunder shall be paid by the county in the manner provided in section 3
seventy-one. Payment for material sold or labor performed thereunder 4
shall be made to the master or keeper of the jail or house of correction 5
where it is prepared or performed. 6
Disposition of Section 78. Land reclaimed or improved bv prisoners at the prison 1
improved land. i i • i i i- i i 'V i i.,.l o
1898. 393, 1 10. camp and hospital may be applied to the use of the commonwealth or z
1906, 243', §1.' may be disposed of by the governor and council at public or private 3
1919! 35a ^ sale. Any road material prepared by the prisoners may be sold by the 4
§§ 82, 83. superintendent, with the approval of the commissioner, to the authorities 5
of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town. 6
Chap. 127.] inm.\tes of penal and reformatory institutions. 1277
PRISON camp and hospital.
1 Section 79. The commissioner may remove to the prison camp and Removal of
-,, ., ,. ., '. ii«Ti I. prisoners to
2 hospital any male prisoner m the state prison, the Massachusetts reiorm- prison camp
3 atory, the state farm, or in any jail or house of correction appearing isqs, m § 7.
4 by the certificates of the prison physician to be suffering from any disease fgos'.llo;^^^'
5 of a tubercular nature. He may at any time return to the original place itoeMs, § 1.
6 of imprisonment any prisoner so removed. A prisoner shall be held in \l\l' \ll- \ \.
7 the place to which he is so removed or returned according to the terms of ^^' 5§ 82, 'ss.'
8 his original sentence.
1 Section 80. A prisoner removed to the prison camp and hospital Custody of
2 shall be held in the custody of the superintendent thereof, and shall be removed.
3 governed, employed and treated according to rules and regulations to looe! 243! § i.
4 be established by the commissioner, with the approval of the governor 1919. 350; ^ ''
5 and council. ^^ *-■ ^^■
1 Section 81. The superintendent of the prison camp and hospital Preparation of
0 -iU j-U 1 J iU • • 1 ^\. ■ '■°*<* material,
2 may, with the approval 01 the commissioner, employ the prisoners con- etc
3 fined in the camp section of the said prison camp and hospital in the prep- r. l.' 225,' § 66.
4 aration of road material, and may use therefor such machinery as the h°i*.'s^*^'
5 commissioner may consider necessary. The division of highways of the \l°l[ oeo! i i'
6 department of public works and the department of agriculture shall, at \l\l- HI- § ^■
7 the request of the commissioner, give such information as may enable wis'sso'.
8 him to prosecute to the best advantage the work of reclaiming and im- in. n3.\
9 proving waste land and of preparing material for road building. "
1 Section 82. The commissioner may purchase or lease land, with Labor of
2 funds specifically appropriated therefor by the general court, for the pfis™"amp
3 purpose of improving and cultivating the land by the labor of prisoners tgiT*"!!^'*"''
4 from the prison camp and hospital; and the commissioner may also make Ifli,^^"-
5 arrangements with officials of the commonwealth and officials of towns
6 to employ the said prisoners on any unimproved land and in the con-
7 struction, repair and care of public institutions and public wa\'s adjacent
8 thereto. When prisoners are so employed they shall be in the custody
9 of the superintendent of the prison camp and hospital. There shall be
10 paid to the commonwealth monthly, for the labor of any prisoners em-
11 ployed as above provided, such sums as may be agreed upon between
12 the commissioner, the superintendent of the prison camp and hospital,
13 and the other parties in interest. Expenditures from any appropriation
14 to carry out the purposes of this section shall be made upon schedules,
15 with vouchers, approved by the superintendent and the commissioner;
16 but the expenditures in any year shall not exceed the amount of the
17 receipts during that year from the employment of prisoners as aforesaid.
OUTDOOR LABOR.
1 Section 83. During all times when outdoor labor is practicable, in- Outaoor labor
2 mates of penal institutions required to labor shall be employed, so far as 1913" ess"! 1.
3 is possible, in the reclamation of waste places and in cultivating lands 4 op. a g?332.
4 for raising produce to be used in public institutions, and in the reforest-
5 ation, maintenance or development of state forests. Prisoners so em-
6 ployed shall be at all times in the custody and under the direction of the
7 prison officers.
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INMATES OF PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. [ChAP. 127.
Prison labor
on waste lar
1913, 633. §
1914, 180;
720, § 4.
1915, 177.
1918, 159.
1919, 350,
": 111, 113,
Section 84. The county commissioners of any county may purchase 1
or lease land, with funds specifically appropriated therefor by the general 2
court, for the purpose of improving and cultivating the land by the labor 3
of prisoners from a jail or house of correction; and the said commissioners 4
may also make arrangements with the division of highways of the depart- 5
4 Op. A. G. 332. jjjgj-,^ pf public works or with the officials of a town to employ said pris- 6
oners on any highway or unimproved land, or with the state forester for 7
the reforestation, maintenance or development of state forests, or with 8
a private owner to improve waste or unused land, or land used for agri- 9
cultural or domestic purposes, by means of such prison labor. When 10
prisoners are so employed they shall be in the custody of the sheriff of 11
the county. When land that is not the property of the county or is a 12
public way or state forest is so improved, the owners thereof or those 13
having the way or forest in charge shall pay to the county such sums as 14
may be agreed upon between the county commissioners, sheriff, and the 15
other parties in interest for the labor of any prisoners employed thereon. 16
Employment
of female
prisoners.
1879, 229. § 3.
1880, 151, § 1.
P. S. 219, § 23.
R. L. 225, § 69.
1911, 181.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 350,
l§ 82, 83.
Op. A. G.
(1920) 314.
EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE PRISONERS.
Section 85. The commissioner may, with the consent of a woman 1
serving a sentence in the reformatory for women or in a jail or house of 2
correction, and with the consent of the county commissioners if she is in 3
a jail or house of correction, contract to have her employed in domestic 4
service for such term, not exceeding her term of imprisonment, and upon 5
such conditions, as he considers proper with reference to her welfare and 6
reformation. If in his opinion her conduct at any time during the term 7
of the contract is not good, he may order her to return to the prison from 8
which she was taken. 9
Penalty for
refusing to
return to
prison.
1880. 151,
§§ 2-4.
P. S. 219, §§
25.
1894, 260.
R. L. 225, § :
1916, 241. §
1919, 350,
Section 86. If she leaves her place of service, or if, having been or- 1
dered by the commissioner to return to prison, she neglects or refuses so 2
to do, she shall be held to have escaped from prison, and may be arrested 3
and returned to the prison from which she was taken as if she had escaped 4
therefrom, and shall, upon conviction of such escape, be punished by 5
imprisonment in jail or in a house of correction for not less than three 6
months nor more than one year or in the reformatory for women. The 7
expense of her arrest and return to prison shall be paid in the same manner 8
as the expenses of the arrest and return of a prisoner escaping from prison. 9
Locked letter
box.
1878, 276.
1S79, 294, § 12.
P. S. 222, § 7.
R. L. 225, ^71.
1911. 181.
1916, 241, § 1.
1919, 350,
l§ 82, 83.
PRIVILEGES.
Section 87. Every inmate of a penal or reformatory institution 1
shall be allowed to WTite letters to the principal officer or to any super- 2
vising officer thereof. A locked letter box, accessible to the inmates, 3
shall be placed in each institution, in whidi they may deposit such letters, 4
and such letters shall be duly delivered according to the address thereon. 5
The keys of the boxes in the state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, 6
reformatory for women, prison camp and hospital and state farm shall 7
be kept by the commissioner, and of those in each of the other institu- 8
tions by the principal officer thereof. 9
S?IJfces"for Section 88. An inmate of any prison or other place of confinement 1
1834 "isli 16 '^^ public charitable or reformatory institution shall not be denied the 2
R, s.'i43,'§40.' free exercise of his religious belief and the liberty of worshipping God 3
Chap. 127.] inil4tes of penal and reformatory institutions. 1279
4 according to the dictates of iiis conscience in the place where he is con- g. s. its, § w.
5 fined; and he shall not be requu-ed to attend any service or religious §§ i*'2'^^'
6 instruction other than that of his own religious belief, if religious services §§ ^'2"*'
7 and instructions of his own belief are regularly held at the institution; §'i||^^'
S and he may, in illness, upon request to the warden, superintendent, fgj^-alHi^-
9 keeper or master, receive the visits of any clergyman whom he may wish.
10 The officers having the management and direction of such institutions
11 shall make necessary regulations to carry out the intent of this section.
12 This section shall not be so construed as to impair the discipline of any
13 such institution so far as may be needful for the good government and
14 safe custody of its inmates, nor prevent the assembling of all the inmates,
15 who do not attend a regularly held religious service of their own belief,
16 in the chapel thereof for such general religious instruction, including the
17 reading of the Bible, as the officer having charge of the institution
18 considers expedient.
1 Section 89. The warden of the state prison, with the consent of the Sunday school
2 commissioner, may cause a sabbath school to be maintained in the st"ruc°t^o" '""
3 prison for the instruction of the prisoners in their religious duties, and }i?i' ISf 1 3-
A • 7 1 •! -ii 1- • l»4b, 324, § 3.
4 may permit such persons as he considers suitable to attend it as mstruc- g. s. 179. § 43.
5 tors, under such regulations as the commissioner may establish. The i87i,'336!
6 warden may also, subject to the restrictions and regulations of the com- p. s.'22i,'§30.'
7 missioner, maintain schools of instruction for the prisoners at such times, n^t. 22I1 § 73.
8 except on Sunday, as he, with the approval of the commissioner, may Iglg'.lto, ^''
9 determine, and for such purpose may expend, from the appropriation ^^ ^^- ^^■
10 made for the support of the prison, not more than two thousand dollars
11 annually.
1 Section 90. The department or officers having charge of any prison Appropriation
2 or other place of confinement or public charitable or reformatory institu- servTcef.'""^
3 tion shall include as a separate item in then- annual requests for appro- Jgig; §fo; § 82.
4 priations such sums of money as they deem proper to carry out the two
5 preceding sections and section forty of chapter one hundred and nineteen,
6 relating to the free exercise of their religious beliefs by inmates of such
7 institutions and to the religious instruction of inmates of the state prison.
8 The amounts appropriated and spent for said purposes shall appear as a
9 separate item in the reports of said department or officers.
1 Section 91. The superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory instructional
2 may, subject to the approval of the commissioner, expend annually a reformatory"^
3 sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for the mental instruction of r*^; |||; | ?f ;
4 inmates. 1917, 248. §§ 1, 2. 1919, 3so, §§ S2, as.
1 Section 92. The county commissioners, or, in the county of Suffolk, instruction in
2 the mayor of Boston, with the sheriff" of the county, may, at the expense is4°s','324, §3.
3 of their county or city, furnish instruction in reading and writing for c^i'.ui.'iii^.'
4 one hour each evening, except Sunday, to prisoners in the jails and houses fgji l^a Yi'
5 of correction who may be benefited thereby and who wish to receive it. «■ l' 225.' § 75.
1 Section 93. The keeper or master of a jail or house of correction shall, ^Jh^qu^s"^.
2 at the expense of the county, provide a copy of the Bible or of the New struction in
3 Testament for each prisoner under his charge who is able and wishes to isis, 123. § 4.
4 read, which may be used by him at proper seasons during his confine- r! s.' 143,' § 4o.'
1280 INMATES OF PENAL .AND REFOR^UTORY INSTITUTIONS. [Ch.\P. 127.
1S48, 29, § 1. ment. He may, at the expense of the county, provide books and papers 5
liii. 125. ^ '*"■ for such prisoners, but not exceeding in cost one hundred dollars a year. 6
R. L.^2^25,V76. The countv commissioners may, in their cUscretion and at the ex-pense of 7
the county, provide moral and religious instruction for such prisoners. 8
refdhig" Section 94. In the assignment of cells to prisoners in a house of 1
^^s'i^o'i^' correction, due regard shall be had to the accommodation of those who 2
R. L. 225. § 77. aj.g able and wish to read; and from October first to April first, all 3
prisoners confined to labor during the day shall be provided with sufE- 4
cient light to enable them to read for at least one hour each evening. 5
ma'"^hl?e'cus-'^ SECTION 95. If the mother of a child under eighteen months is im- 1
todyonnfant. prisoned in a jail, house of correction, workhouse or other place of con- 2
G. s.' 178, § 29. finement and is capable and desirous of taking care of it, the keeper shall, 3
R. L. 225, § 78. upou the Order of the court or magistrate committing her, or of any 4
overseer of the poor, receive the child anrl place it under the care and 5
custody of its mother. 6
S°chiid°^ Section 96. If the officers having charge of such institution are of 1
G^l'i78 Vso opinion that the health and comfort of such child require its removal, or 2
p.' s.' 22oj § 35 that it is expedient that it should be removed, they shall give notice to the 3
i9ii; ?04.' ^^ father or other kindred thereof, or, if no kindred can be found to receive 4
it, to the overseers of the poor of the town where it has a legal settlement, 5
who shall receive it. If it has no settlement in the commonwealth, it 6
shall be sent to the state infirmary, as is provided in the case of alien 7
paupers. 8
REMOVALS.
prS"n\*o'^ Section 97. The commissioner may remove a prisoner held in the 1
Massachusetts g^-^te prisou upou a sentence for a term of years to the Massachusetts 2
1884, 255, § 14; reformatory, and may at any time return him to the state prison. 3
^' "■ 1S94, 249, § 1. R. L, 225. § 80. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
1901,340. 191G, 241, §1. 148 Mass. 168.
pr^oii\*o** Section 98. He may, with the consent of the governor and council, 1
189*0 i8™'5 1 remove to the state farm a prisoner in the state prison who is aged or who 2
R. l'. 225, § 81. is infirm in body or mind, and mav at any time return him to the state 3
1915, 184. _ J J ^ J
1916, 241, § 1. prison. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83. 4
fhu^tte^^*' Section 99. He may remove a prisoner in the Massachusetts re- 1
reformatory, formatory to the state farm or to any jail or house of correction. 2
1884, 255, §1 12, 15. R. L. 225, § 83. 1919, 350, 5§ 82, 83.
1887, 292, § 1. 1916, 241, § 1.
From state
farm to
Section 100. He may remove a sentenced male prisoner from the 1
reformatoy'*^ statc farm to the Massachusetts reformatory, and may at any time return 2
is85"35,T2. him to the state farm. 3
R. L. 225, § 84. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
S-'^to'ho^use Section 101. He may remove a prisoner from the state farm to any 1
isgo^Ts's"! house of correction in the county where he was convicted, and may return 2
R. L. 225] § 85. him tO tllC StatC farm. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 199, § l; 350, §5 S2, 83, 3
Chap. 127.] inmates of penal and reforautory institutions. 1281
1 Section 102. The commissioner may remove a male prisoner in a From jaii or
2 jail or house of correction to the Massachusetts reformatory, if he might, reSwifto""^"
3 at the time of such removal, lawfully be sentenced to said reformatory, if ^^'formato^"'
4 the commissioner is of opinion that he is likely to be benefited by its Jf *l' III', 1 93.
5 reformatory influences, and he may at any time return him to the place i^i**' 241, § 1.
6 of imprisonment from which he was removed. i9i9, 350, |§ 82, 83.
1 Section 103. He may remove a prisoner from one jail to another in From jaii
2 the same or another county, who shall serve the remainder of liis sentence R.'|.''i43, § 43.
3 in the place to which he is removed. g s. i7s, § 2. is7o, 370. § 2.
1879, 294, § 3. R. L. 225, § 89. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
P. S. 219, §4; 220, §2. 1916. 241, § 1- 1 Op. A. G. 516.
1 Section 104. He may remove a sentenced prisoner in jail to a house From jaii
2 of correction. 1SS1,220. p. 8.220,52. 1882,241.12. rorrecTioD.'
R. L. 225, § 90. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 3.50, §§ 82, S3. 1 Op. A. G. 516.
1 Section 105. He may remove a prisoner from one house of correction From one house
2 to another in the same or another county. i870, 370. § 2. 1879. 294, § 3. f„ another""
p. S. 219, §4. R. L. 225, § 91. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 106. He may remove a sentenced prisoner in a house of cor- From house
of com
to jail.
2 reCtion to a jail. 1S82, 241, § 2. "' correcfon
R. L. 225, §92. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 350. §§ S2, S3.
1 Section 107. He may remove a prisoner in a jail or house of correc- From jaii or
2 tion to the state farm, and may at any time return him to the place of re°"t!on°to''°'^"
3 imprisonment from which he was removed. i876, 96, § i. is79, 294, 5 5. ^''"^ '"'''"•
p. S. 219, § 6. 1899, 263, § 1. 1916, 241, § 1.
1885, 35, § 1. R. L. 225, § 94. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 108. He may, at the request of the governor and council, sick prisoner
2 remove to the state farm tor treatment a sentenced prisoner in a jail or moved from jail
3 house of correction who is suffering from disease which, in the opinion correction to
4 of the governor and council, cannot be safely and properly treated in the 1394'', 2T4?§ 1.
5 jail or house of correction, and he may at any time return him to the fgie,' Hi",' 1 1!^'
6 place from which he was removed. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 109. He may remove prisoners from the Massachusetts to prison
2 reformatory, the state farm, and the jails and houses of correction to hosp^ta"*^
3 the prison camp and hospital, and from the state prison such prisoners, } ^'l.' 225! 1 96.
4 other than those serving sentences for life, as have shown by their conduct JgJI' S|°-
5 and disposition that they would be amenable to less rigorous discipline ]^'i\V„
6 and would benefit from work in the open air, and may at any time return §§ si. S3.'
7 them to the place of imprisonment from which they were removed.
1 Section 110. He may remove a prisoner in the reformatory for Fromrcforma-
2 women to the state farm or to a jail or house of correction. i879,'294iT4™'
p. S. 219, § 5. R. L. 225, § 82. 1916, 241, § 1.
1896, 317. 1911, 181. 1919. 350. §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 111. He may remove a sentenced female prisoner at the To reformatory
2 state farm or in a jail or house of correction to the reformatory for women, is74i°3'8ir§ is.
3 and she shall there serve the remainder of her term of sentence.
1916,241,1 1,
1919. 350, §§ 82, 83.
1282 INMATES OF PENAL .AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. [ChAP. 127.
ShMiri"™ Section 112. He may, upon the application of the board in charge 1
1S84. 255, § 13. of the Suffolk school for boys or of any other reform school established 2
R. l'. 225! § s7. under authority of anv general or special law, remove to the Massachusetts 3
reformatory a boy confined in any of said schools upon a sentence for 4
crime, and may at any time, upon like application, return him to the 5
school from which he was transferred. 6
: 82, S3.
Removal of Section 113. The commissioner may remove from one nail or house 1
prisoners com- , i t\ r I f
mitted by of corrcction to another, or to tlie Massachusetts reformatory, or to the 2
courts reformatory for women, a prisoner sentenced to such jail or house of 3
R. h. 225, § 99. correction by any court of the United States. 4
1911,181. 1910, 241, §1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, S3.
Sa^epo?"" Section 114. The commissioner may cause any person committed 1
certain pris- iq ^^g state farm under section fifty-three or sixtv-two of chapter two 2
oners m the i i i i i • i • o
state farm. hundrcd and seventy-two, who has no legal settlement in this common- 3
1869 258 ^2 o ' o
1877,' 14?! ' wealth, to be removed to the state or place where he belongs or whence 4
1898, 443' §i. he came. A person so removed who returns to this commonwealth before 5
fgiei ifi.^^i! the expiration of the period for which he might be held may be re-arrested 6
35a '§§^82,^83' ^^^^ returned to the state farm, there to serve out the remainder of such 7
period. 8
removeTrom SECTION 115. The sheriff in any county, except Suffolk, may remove 1
one jail to prlsoucrs from one iail to another or from a iail to a house of correction or 2
another, etc. ^ p**. ... .,.*^
R. s. 143, §43. irom a house of correction to a jail in his own county. g. s. i78. § 2. 3
1881,220. P. S. 220, §2. R. L. 225, § 89. 1909.312. lOp. A.G. 516.
Terms of SECTION 116. A prisoner who is removed or returned under any 1
original sen- .. .i^. iiiiff • \ • r,
tence to apply, provisioii ot scctious niiiety-seven to one hundred and ntteen, inclusive, 2
p. s.'89, § 47.' shall be held in the place of imprisonment to which he is so removed 3
i89o! i8o', § 2;' or returned under the terms of his original sentence, unless sooner dis- 4
i894,^2u, § 1; charged, and the period for which he is so removed shall be reckoned as 5
f|g^^2ra. a part of the term of his imprisonment. 1899,263, §2. r.l.225,§io4. 6
Hospital Section 117. Whenever the physician of any prison certifies that 1
1882. 207, § 1. a person held therein for trial or sentence, except for a capital crime, 2
1906, 362, §1. ' requires medical treatment which cannot safely or properly be gi^-en in 3
1919 350 ^ ^' such prison, the commissioner may temporarily place such person in a 4
§§82,83.' hospital. 5
tol?eT' Section 118. Wlienever it appears that a female under sentence in 1
1854, 416, § 2. any prison is about to give birth to a child during her term of imprison- 2
G. s.' 178, § 16. ment, the physician of the prison where she is held shall send to the 3
R. L. 225, § 98. commissioner a certificate of her condition, and he shall thereupon 4
1916! 24i! 1 1! order her removal to a hospital. A prisoner so removed shall be kept in 5
l§^82,^83' such hospital until the physician thereof shall certify to said commissioner 6
that she may safely be removed, whereupon the commissioner shall issue 7
an order -for her return to prison. 8
Timeinhos- SECTION 119. Aiiv prisoucr placed in a hospital under either of the 1
pitalpartof , • ' i ii i • i • i j- • u o
sentence. two preceding sections shall, during his absence from prison, be con- z
R. l! 225! ■ sidered as in the custody of the officer having charge of the prison, and 3
igoe! 302, § 3. the time of confinement in said hospital shall be considered a part of the 4
term of sentence. 5
Chap. 127.] inmates of penal and reformatory institutions. 1283
1 Section 120. Every order of removal of the commissioner shall be Order for
2 signed by him or his deputy, and shall be directed to the officer by whom Tije^Qe, § i.
3 it is to be executed. All mittimuses, processes and other official papers §§'5,'9.^*'
4 by which a prisoner is committed or held, or attested copies thereof, p^s. 2i9, §§6,
5 shall at the time of such removal be transferred, with the order of re- jlfl' H^jV®'
6 moval, to the institution to which the prisoner is removed, and be kept isoo! isb, § 's;
7 therein as if he had been originally committed thereto; but if he is Ts94, 214, § 2.
8 returned to the place from which he was removed, they shall be returned isgo^ios' § 3.
9 with him. R. l. 225, § 105. 1916. 214, § 1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, sa.
1 Section 121. An officer authorized to serve criminal process may officers quaii-
2 execute an order of removal or return issued under this chapter. removals." ^
1844, 120, § 2. 1880, 250, 5 5. 1890, ISO, § 3.
G. S. 180, §3. P. S. 219, §8; 1894, 214, | 2.
1.S70. 370,§5. 222, §11. 1899,263,13.
1874, 384, § 18. 1884, 255, § 17. R. L. 225, § 106.
1879. 294, § 7. 1885, 320, § 2.
1 Section 122. The expense of the commitment of any person sentenced ^J'P^?j^°f|^j
2 to imprisonment in the state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, reforma- p*^'oi"7'|f'
3 tory for women or state farm shall be paid by the county from which the is84,'255, § is.
4 prisoner is committed, and shall be allowed in the same manner as other § io7."" '
5 expenses in criminal cases. loii. isi.
1 Section 123. The expen.se of removing a prisoner from one jail or Expense ot
2 house of correction to another shall be paid by the county from which i87o.™7b, § 6.
3 he is removed. The expense of removing a prisoner to or from a state isTOillg,^';^'
4 institution by order of the commissioner shall be paid upon bills approved fgloMo 5 4
5 by him, out of the appropriation for the removal of prisoners, except that ^^8- 2i9. §§ n.
6 when a removal is made at the request of the trustees of any institution, i884, 225. § is.
7 or under section one hundred and seventeen or one hundred and eighteen, i89o! 278, § 4.
8 the expense thereof shall be borne by the institution from which the 1895', 273'.
9 prisoner is remo\'ed. The expense of removing a prisoner to the Bridge- I'ios^^^'
10 water state hospital or to a state hospital shall be paid by the prison }9oh'|o2'§4;
11 from which the prisoner is removed. 324.
1909, 504. § 98. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 350. §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 124. The ex-pensc of supporting a prisoner transferred from Expense of
2 the Massachusetts reformatory or the reformatory for women to a jail i88o°i56, § 2.
3 or house of correction shall be paid by the commonwealth, if the prisoner r 'j; ^oii,^ '^'
4 was not originally sentenced from the county where such jail or house fg\°^ jgi
5 of correction is situated; but before payment, the bills therefor shall be i9i«, 241, § 1.
6 approved by the commissioner. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 125. The expense of supporting a prisoner transferred from same subject.
2 a jail or house of correction in one county to another, removed from the isto! 370! § f.
3 state farm to a house of correction, or sentenced to a jail or house of correc- ]?^s.'2iQ,'iii.
4 tion in a county other than that in which he was con\-icted, shall be paid ^^^ ^If ^ *■
5 by the county where he was sentenced. If the amount to be paid cannot § no.
6 be agreed upon by the county commissioners of the two counties, it may
7 be determined by the superior court sitting in either county.
1 Section 126. The expense of supporting a prisoner removed from a same subject.
2 jail or house of correction to the state farm shall be paid to the common- 1879! 294, f 6.
3 wealth by the county from which he is removed, and the amount thereof fssl, ul', 1 1!
1284
[Chap. 127.
1886, 101, §4. shall be determined by the commissioner. The expense of supporting a
1898; 433, 1^24. sick prisoner removed to the state farm under section one hundred and
R.^L 225, eight, not exceeding three dollars and twenty-five cents a week, shall be
slo^'sr&y' P^'*^ ^y *^^ county from which he is removed. i95Mass.42.
Special state SECTION 127. The govemor, upon the written recommendation of the
1899,243. commissioner, may appoint any agent or employee of the department
R. l' 85, § 40; of Correction or any employee of any penal institution a special state
1908,470.' police officer for a term of three years, unless sooner removed. Officers
1919! 105; ig'g, so appointed may serve warrants and orders of removal or transfer of
H; 350, §§ 82, pj-igoners issued by the commissioner, and may perform police duty about
the premises of penal institutions.
By whom
granted and
issued.
1880, 218, § 1.
1881, 40.
P. S. 222, I 20.
1886, 323, § 7.
1894, 258.
R. L 225,
§ 113.
1913. 829, § 3.
1915. 206.
1916,241, § 1.
1919, 199, § 2;
350, §§ 82, 83,
85.
PERMITS TO BE AT LIBERTY AND DISCHARGE.
Section 128. Permits to be at liberty may be granted as follows: 1
to prisoners in the penal institutions of the commonwealth or transferred 2
therefrom to jails or houses of correction, by the board of parole; to 3
prisoners in jails and houses of correction, except in Suffolk county, by 4
the county commissioners; to prisoners in the jail and house of correc- 5
tion in Suffolk county, by the penal institutions commissioner. Permits 6
granted by the board of parole shall be issued by the commissioner on 7
notification by the board. Other permits shall be issued by the board 8
or officer granting them. 9
13 Gray, 618. 4 Op. A. G. 228. Op. A. G. (1918) 9.
Board of
parole to
grant permits
to be at liberty,
1913, 829, § 3.
1915. 206.
1916,241, §7.
1919, 199, §2;
350, §§ 82, 83,
85.
Section 129. The commissioner shall furnish to the board of parole 1
all information in his possession relating to any prisoner whose case is 2
under consideration. No permit to be at liberty authorized by section 3
one hundred and thirty-one, and no permit to be at liberty from the 4
Massachusetts reformatory, the reformatory for women, or the prison 5
camp and hospital, shall be granted until the prisoner has been seen by 6
the board. The superintendent of the reformatory for women and the 7
resident physician, or, in the absence of either of them, an official of said 8
reformatory designated by the superintendent, shall be present at all 9
meetings of the board held for examination of the inmates thereof. 10
Deduction for
good conduct.
1857, 284, § 1.
1858, 77.
1859, 108.
G. S. 178, § 47;
179, § 51.
1880, 218,
§§ 1,3.4.
ISSl, 40.
P. S. 222, §§ 20.
22.
1886, 323, § 7.
1894, 258.
1898, 443, § 1.
R. L. 225,
I 113.
13 Gray, 618.
148 Mass. 168.
172 Mass. 264.
1 Op. A. G. 9.
4 Op. A. G. 228.
Section 130. Every officer in charge of a prison or other place of
confinement, except the Massachusetts reformatory, the reformatory for
women and the state farm, shall keep a record of the conduct of each
prisoner in his custody whose term of imprisonment is four months or
Every such prisoner, except a prisoner sentenced to the state
prison for a crime committed on or after January first, eighteen hundred
and ninety-six, whose record of conduct shows that he has faithfully
observed all the rules and has not been subjected to punishment shall 8
be entitled to a deduction from the term of his imprisonment, which 9
shall be estimated as follows: upon a sentence of not less than four 10
months and less than one year, one day for each month; upon a sentence 11
of not less than one year and less than three years, three days for each 12
month; upon a sentence of not less than three years and less than five 13
years, four days for each month; upon a sentence of not less than five 14
years and less than ten years, five days for each month; upon a sentence 15
of ten years or more, six days for each month. If a prisoner has two or 16
more sentences, the aggregate of his several sentences shall be the basis 17
Chap. 127.] paroles. • 1285
18 upon which the deduction shall be estimated. A prisoner who is entitled
19 to such deduction from the term of his imprisonment shall receive a
20 written permit to be at liberty during the time so deducted, upon such
21 terms as the board which grants the permit shall prescribe. If a prisoner
22 violates any of the rules of his prison or other place of confinement, the
23 board authorized to grant permits shall decide what portion of the
24 time, which would otherwise be deducted from the term of his imprison-
25 ment, shall be forfeited by such \iolation.
1 Section 131. The board of parole may grant a special permit to be Special jjer-
2 at liberty from the state prison to a prisoner held therein or transferred iibe?ty from
3 therefrom to the Massachusetts reformatory upon a sentence with a fsg^woru.
4 minimum term of more than two and one half years, when he has served J^^f; HI
5 two thirds of such minimum term, if it appears to the board that the li\^^^^'
6 prisoner is likely to lead an orderly life, and they have a reasonable i9o«''2«.
7 assurance that he will not become a charge upon public or_ priwate §§ ^'z-^^'
8 charity; but no such permit shall be granted to any prisoner until he has i9i3,'829; 1 1.
9 served at least two and one half years. A prisoner held in the state Jgi'f; i??; § i._
10 prison upon two or more sentences may be eligible for release under J opl i^°G.^3l4.
11 this section when he has served two thirds of the aggregate of the mini- I^Jp^i'o. i89.
12 mum terms of his sentences. Such permits shall be granted on terms Op,a G. '
13 and conditions prescribed by the board. Op. a. g. ci919) 126.
1 Section 132. Any prisoner eligible for a release in accordance with Application for
2 the preceding section may apply for a permit to be at liberty as therein igiu'lsi. § 3.
3 provided. The application shall be transmitted to the board of parole \l\l[ I2I] § 1.
4 by the warden of the state prison or the superintendent of the Massa- }^}^; ^JJ; | j
5 chusetts reformatory, who shall send with it a report of the prisoner's ^I'l^''!^;
6 conduct and industry, a statement concerning the prisoner's health, and
7 any other information respecting the case which the warden or superin-
8 tendent can supply; and the board shall not entertain any other form
9 of application or petition for the release of a prisoner under the preceding
10 section.
1 Section 133. If the record of a prisoner sentenced to the state Permits to be
2 prison for a crime committed on or after the first day of January in the state prison"""
3 year eighteen hundred and ninety-si.\ shows that he has faithfully observed \ll^] itt', 1 2.
4 all the rules of the prison and has not been subjected to punishment, the flj^j ^■*°'
5 board of parole shall, upon the expiration of his minimum term of sentence, J'jJ-j^^^-
6 grant him a permit to be at liberty therefrom during the unexpired portion iais. 829. § 1.
7 of the maximum term of his sentence, upon such terms and conditions 1919'. 350!
8 as it shall prescribe. If the record shows that he has violated the rules i72*mms. 264.
9 of the prison, he may be given a like permit at such time after the e.xpira- ffg^^-j ^.
10 tion of the minimum term of his sentence as the board shall determine.
11 If the prisoner is held in the prison upon two or more sentences, he shall
12 be entitled to receive such permit when he has served a term equal to the
13 aggregate of the minimum terms of the several sentences, and he shall
14 be subject to all the provisions of this section until the expiration of a
15 term equal to the aggregate of the maximum terms of said sentences.
1 Section 134. If it appears to the governor and council that a prisoner Permit to habii>
2 sentenced to the state prison as an habitual criminal has reformed, they iss7,"435!V2.
3 may issue to him a permit to be at liberty during the remainder of his fne.^"^'
4 term of sentence, upon such terms and conditions as they prescribe. 4 0p.A.G.228.
1286
[Ch.\p. 127.
pri™nera'i'n SECTION 135. If it appears to the board of parole that a prisoner in 1
?iformator.v"^ ^^^ Massachusctts reformatory, except one transferred thereto from 2
isle' III' 1 4^' *'^^ ^^^^^ prison, or a prisoner who has been removed from the Massa- 3
1887! 375! chusetts reformatory to a jail or house of correction, has reformed, it 4
i894i 249! § 2. may grant him a permit to be at liberty during the remainder of his 5
§ 117. "^' term of sentence, upon such terms and conditions as it shall prescribe. 6
1906, 244.
1913, 829, § 1.
191G, 241,§1.
1917, 245.
1919, 350, §§ 82, 85.
148 Mass. 168.
20p. A. G. 90.
4 0p. A.G.623.
Op. A. G. (1917) 131.
Permit to
prisoner in
reformatory
for women.
1880,221, § 3
247, § 2.
1.881,90. § 1.
P. S. 220, § 6:
221, § 52.
Permits to be
at liberty from
prison camp
and hospital.
1904, 243, « 3.
1906, 243, I 1.
Section 136. If it appears to the board of parole that a prisoner in
the reformatory for women or a prisoner who has been removed there-
from to a jail or house of correction has reformed, it may grant her a
permit to be at liberty during the remainder of the term for which she
might be held therein. isss, 192. r. l. 225, § 11s.
1913, 829, § 2.
1916,241, § 1.
1917, 245.
1919, 350, § 85.
liberty from^"* SECTION 138. If it appears to the board of parole that a person at
fsla.'fsg'' the state farm or removed therefrom to a jail or house of correction has
247°s~2''' ^ ^' reformed, it may grant him a permit to be at liberty during the remainder
p. s. 220, § 08. of the period for which he might be held. isos, 443, § 2.
R.L. 85, §38; 225, §120. 1909, 132, § 2. 1919, 199, §2; 350, §§82, 85.
Section 137. The board of parole in its discretion may grant any 1
prisoner held at the prison camp and hospital a permit to be at liberty, 2
upon such terms and conditions as it shall prescribe. 3
1913, 829, §1. 1915, 141; 200. 1916, 241. § 1. 1919, 350, § 85.
ugh
Power to grant
permit thr
prisoner ti
f erred.
1918, 214.
Section 139. The power to grant a permit to be at liberty to any 1
person sentenced or transferred to the state prison, the Massachusetts 2
reformatory, the reformatory for women, the prison camp and hospital 3
or the state farm, and to revoke, revise, alter or amend the same, shall 4
remain in the board of parole until the expiration of the maximum 5
term of the sentence for the service of which the person was so com- 6
mitted or transferred, notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of such 7
person to any other institution. 8
Permits to cer-
tain prisoners
to be at liberty
from house of
correction, etc.
1834, 151, § 8.
R. S. 143, § 13.
G. S. 178, § 17.
1862, 189.
1866, 235, § 5.
1880, 221, § 3;
247, § 2.
P. S. 220.
§§66,68,
1884, 152, § 4.
Section 140. If it appears to the county commissioners, or, in the 1
county of Suffolk, to the penal institutions commissioner of Boston, that 2
a prisoner in a jail, house of correction or workhouse convicted of an 3
offence named in section fifty-three of chapter two hundred and seventy- 4
two or of drunkenness, and sentenced for a term or for non-payment of 5
a fine, has reformed and is willing and desirous to return to an orderly 6
course of life, they may issue to him a permit to be at liberty during the 7
remainder of his term of sentence. 1885,375. 8
1886, 101, §4. R.L. 225, §§ 119, 120. 1909, 132, §§ 1, 2.
Release on
parole from
jails, etc.
1880, 129, § 6.
1881, 34,
§§1,2.
P. S. 220, § 09.
1891, 356, § 7.
R.L. 225. 5121.
1902, 227.
1912, 158.
Op A. G.
(1919) 126.
Op. A. Ci.
(1920) 39.
Section 141. A probation officer may, with the consent of the 1
county commissioners, or, in Suffolk county, of the penal institutions 2
commissioner of Boston, investigate the case of any person imprisoned 3
in a jail or house of correction upon a sentence of not more than six 4
months, or upon a longer sentence of which not more than six months 5
remain unexpired, or for failure to pay a fine, for the purpose of ascertain- 6
ing the probability of his reformation if released from imprisonment. 7
If after such investigation he recommends the release of the prisoner, 8
Chap. 127.] paroles. 1287
9 and the court which imposed the sentence, or, if the sentence was imposed
10 by the superior coiu-t, the district attorney, certifies a concurrence in
11 such recommendation, the county commissioners or the penal institutions
12 commissioner may, if they consider it expedient, release him on parole,
13 upon such terms and conditions as they may prescribe, and may require
14 a bond for their fulfilment. The surety upon any such bond may at any
15 time take and surrender his principal, and the county commissioners or
16 the penal institutions commissioner may at any time order any prisoner
17 released by them to return to the prison from which he was released.
IS This section shall not apply to persons held upon sentences of the courts
19 of the United States.
1 Section 142. Whenever, in the opinion of the physician of any Permit to be at
2 prison or other place of confinement in which is imprisoned a woman charge Sfpreg-
3 who is about to give birth to a child during the term of her imprisonment, ^gis/fg!*'^^'
4 the best interests of the woman or of her unborn child require that she be
5 granted a permit to be at liberty or discharged, he may so certify to the
6 board or officer empowered to grant permits to be at liberty or discharges
7 from the institution in which she is imprisoned, and such board or officer
8 may, subject to such terms and conditions as appear necessary, grant the
9 permit to be at liberty or the discharge.
1 Section 143. The county commissioners, or, in Boston, the penal Sghtwafke?'
2 institutions commissioner, subject to the approval of a justice of the f™™ "ipuse o£
„ 1 • , • 11 p • 1 !■ 1 • !■ correction,
3 court which imposed the sentence, after six months from the time oi isss, 69. § 2.
4 sentence, may discharge a person sentenced to the house of correction, istV, ut.
5 upon a conviction under the provisions of section sixty-two of chapter 1395, 449. § 16.
6 two hundred and seventy-two of being a common nightwalker, if they are f 123.^^^'
7 satisfied that the prisoner has reformed. The directors of a workhouse §^402^^'^'
8 may so discharge a person committed thereto under said provisions. J^i-J' f-
Op. A. G. (1919) 126. Op. A. G. (1920) 39.
1 Section 144. A prisoner confined in a prison or place of confinement °^oner^^°^
2 for non-payment of a fine or a fine and expenses shall be given a credit of fitted for
3 fifty cents on such fine or fine and expenses for each day during which of fine.
4 he shall be so confined, and shall be discharged at such time as the said g. s.'iso, §7.
5 credits, or such credits as have been given and money paid in addition Ra'2*2Wi5.
6 thereto, shall equal the amount of the fine or the fine and expenses; and R*^iJ;||f;
7 in such case no further action shall be taken to enforce payment of said l^^^-^
8 fine or fine and expenses.
1 Section 145. Justices of district courts and trial justices may dis- Discharge of
2 charge from jail persons confined for the non-payment of fine, or of fine is2i,'io9°°^"'
3 and expeases not exceeding ten dollars, if they are of opinion that such Giiiisb.Vs!
4 persons are not able to pay the same or that it is otherwise expedient; ^f.'iM.'^ le.
5 but no fees shall be allowed to any person for such service. f'lM^^^'
1 Section 146. If a poor prisoner has been confined in a jail or house same subject.
2 of correction for three months for fine or fine and expenses only, the iso2!i
3 jailer, master or keeper shall make a report thereof, in Sufl'olk county isasio. '
4 to the municipal court of the city of Boston, and in other counties to a Isso Its'. * ^'
5 district court. The court shall inquire into the truth of the report, and |l ^- f^^ „ g
6 may require the jailer or keeper to bring the prisoner into court. If the ^ ]^2''2
7 court finds that the report is true, and that the prisoner since his con- §§ Vr-ig!
1288
[Chap. 127.
1SS2, 201.
R. L. 225,
§126.
8 Gray, 395.
viction has not had any property, real or personal, with which he could 8
have paid the amount for which he was committed, and that he is held 9
for no other cause, the coiu-t shall order the sheriff, master or keeper to 10
discharge the prisoner. A person under guardianship may have the 11
benefit of this section, although it appears that he has property held 12
under guardianship, if it also appears that such property is beyond his 13
actual control; and if he is discharged the commonwealth may, in an 14
action of tort brought within one year after the discharge, recover from 15
his guardian, if he has assets, the amount of fine or fine and expenses 16
remaining unpaid. 17
Acts rendering
permit void.
1884. 152,
§§1,4; 255,
§33.
Section 147. The violation by the holder of a permit to be at liberty 1
of any of the terms or conditions of his permit or the violation of any law 2
of the commonwealth shall render his permit void. 3
Revocation
of permit.
1880,218, § 1;
221, § 3;
247, § 2.
Arrest of
holder for
violation of
permit.
1880, 129,
S§ 7, 10; 218,
§ 2; 221, §4.
1881, 90, § 2.
P. S. 220, § 70;
221, § 53; 222,
§21.
1884, 152,
§§2,4; 255,
§34.
1886, 323, § 4.
1887, 292, § 2;
435, § 3.
1888, 192.
1894, 440, § 2.
1895, 504, § 3.
1897, 272.
R. L. 85, § 39;
225, § 129.
1903, 452.
1904, 216.
1911,451, §2.
1913, 829,
§§ 1-3.
1915, 141: 206.
1916, 241. § 1.
1919, 199, § 2,
350, §§ 82, 85.
148 Mass. 168.
4 Op. A. G.
228.
Section 148. The board or officer granting to a prisoner a permit to 1
be at liberty may revoke it at any time previous to its expiration. 2
1'881, 90, § 1.
P.S.220, §fiS;
221, §52; 222, §20.
1884, 152, §4; 255, § 33.
1886, 323, § 4.
1887, 435, § 2.
1.894. 2.58; 440, § 1.
1805,252; 504, § 2.
1897, 206.
1898, 371.
R. L. 225, § 128.
1903, 209, § 5.
1908, 251, § 1.
1915, 141.
1919, 199, § 2.
148 Mass. 168.
1 Op. A. G. 487.
Section 149. The board of parole, the county commissioners, the 1
directors of a workhouse, or, in Suffolk county, the penal institutions 2
commissioner of Boston, if a permit to be at liberty granted or issued by 3
them, respectively, has become void or has been revoked, or if a prisoner 4
on parole under section one hundred and forty-one has been ordered to 5
return to the prison from which he was released, may order the arrest 6
of the holder of such permit or of such prisoner on parole by any officer 7
qualified to serve civil or criminal process in any county, and the return 8
of such holder or of such prisoner on parole to the prison from which 9
he was released. An order directed by the board of parole shall be issued 10
by the commissioner. The governor, if a permit to be at liberty issued 11
to an habitual criminal under section one hundred and thirty-four has 12
become void or has been revoked, shall issue his warrant authorizing the 13
arrest of the holder thereof by any officer qualified to serve criminal 14
process, and his return to state prison. A prisoner who has been so re- 15
turned to his place of confinement shall be detained therein according to 16
the terms of his original sentence. In computing the period of his con- 17
finement, the time between his release upon a permit or on parole and 18
his return to prison shall not be considered as any part of the term of 19
his original sentence. If at the time of the order to return to prison or 20
of the revocation of his permit he is confined in any prison, service of 21
such order shall not be made until his release therefrom. 22
Discharge if
term ends on
Sunday.
Sick prisoner
to be cared for
in prison after
expiration of
sentence.
1853, 388.
G. S. 71,
§§ 40-42.
1864, 169.
Section 150. A prisoner whose term expires on Sunday shall be dis- 1
charged on the preceding day. i864, 194, § 1. 2
p. S. 222, 5 24. R. L. 225, § 130. 4 Op. A. G. 224.
Section 151. A prisoner who, at the expiration of his sentence, is in 1
such condition from bodily infirmity or disease as to render his removal 2
impracticable shall be suitably cared for in the prison or other place of 3
confinement until he is in a condition to be removed. The expense of his 4
support, not exceeding three dollars and fifty cents a week, shall be paid 5
Chap. 127.] paedons. 1289
6 by the town where he has a legal settlement, after notice to the overseers i874, no, § i^
7 thereof, or, if he is a state pauper, to the department of public welfare, r. l. 225,
8 of the expiration of his sentence and of his condition. i9i9. 350, § 87. i906!'243, § 2.
PARDONS.
1 Section 152. In a case in which the governor is authorized by the Pardons by
2 constitution to grant a pardon, he may, with the advice and consent of c°o™s™°pt. 2,
3 the council, and upon the petition of the prisoner, grant it, subject to such [contt^Rev. ^'
4 conditions, restrictions and limitations as he considers proper, and he may fgos^^m
5 issue his warrant to all proper officers to carry such pardon into effect. R- s. 142. §12.
6 Such warrant shall be obeyed and executed, instead of the sentence origi- g. s.'i77,§ 12.
7 nally awarded. The governor shall annually transmit to the general r. l. 225,
8 court a list of the pardons granted by him with the advice and consent iss^Mass. 48.
9 of the council dming the preceding year.
1 Op. A. G. 199. 3 0p. A. G. 5. 4 Op. A. G. 224.
1 Section 153. In all cases of petitions for pardons referred to the Attorney
2 executive council by the governor, where the petitioner is serving a fob" not.fe'd
3 sentence in the state prison, the executive secretary shall notify the "afdon o" ^"
4 attorney general, and also the district attorney who prosecuted the case, Pt'lir^riion
5 and they or their representatives may be present at the hearing on the 1913,349.
6 petition by the pardon committee of the executive council, examine
7 the petitioner's witnesses, and present to the pardon committee full
8 information as to the case of the commonwealth against the petitioner
9 on which he stands convicted of the crime for which he is serving sentence.
1 Section 154. The board of parole, acting as the advisory board of ^("3^01°'^^!^"''
2 pardons, shall consider carefully and thoroughly the merits of all petitions as advisory
3 for pardon or commutation of sentence referred to it by the governor, pardons.
4 and it shall make to him, without publicity, a wTitten report containing 1917; 266!
5 its conclusions and recommendations. No such report shall be made ^^ ^' ^'
6 without the concurrence of a majority of its members. Before consider-
7 ing any petition for pardon or commutation of sentence, if the conviction
8 of the prisoner was had in the superior court, the advisory board of par-
9 dons shall notify the district attorney, who shall report the facts of the
10 case as they appeared at the trial, or, if the conviction was upon a plea
11 of guilty, the facts as he understands them, the names of all witnesses
12 in the case, and his recommendation. If the petitioner is serving a
13 sentence in the state prison the attorney general shall also be notified.
14 If the conviction was in a district court the justice thereof shall make to
15 said board a similar report and recommendation. The attorney general,
16 district attorney or justice, as the case may be, shall be notified of the
17 hearing upon the petition for pardon, and they or their representatives
18 may be present at the hearing, examine the petitioner's witnesses, and
19 be heard. The said board shall not review the proceedings of the trial
20 court, and shall not consider any questions regarding the correctness,
21 regularity or legality of such proceedings, but shall confine itself solely to
22 matters which properly bear upon the propriety of the extension of clem-
23 ency to the petitioner. Said board from time to time may make rules
24 relative to the calling of meetings and to the proceedings thereat. The
25 board or any member of it may summon witnesses and administer oaths
26 or affirmations. The fees of witnesses before the board shall be the same
27 as for witnesses before the superior court, and shall be paid from the
28 appropriation for the expenses of the board of parole.
1290
[Ch-^p. 127.
R e-arrest of par-
doned prisoner.
1837, 181, § 2.
G. S. 177, § 14.
1867, 301, § 1.
P. S. 218, § 13.
R. L. 225,
§133.
Section 155. If a prisoner who has been pardoned upon conditions 1
to be obser\ed and performed by him violates such conditions, the 2
warden, superintendent or keeper, respectively, of the institution in which 3
the prisoner was confined shall forthwith cause him to be arrested and 4
detained until the case can be examined by the governor and council; 5
and the officer who makes the arrest shall forthwith give written notice 6
thereof to the governor and council. 7
Confinement for
unexpired term
of sentence.
1837, 181. § 3.
G. S. 177, § 16.
1867, 301, § 2.
1881, 164.
P. S. 218, § 14.
1882, 197.
R. L. 225,
§ 134.
Ill Mass. 443.
135 Mass. 48.
Section 156. The governor and council shall, upon receiving such 1
notice, examine the case of such prisoner; and if it appears by his own 2
admission or by evidence that he has violated the condition of his pardon, 3
the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall order him 4
to be remanded and confined for the unexpired term of his sentence, 5
said confinement, if the prisoner is under any other sentence of imprison- 6
ment at the time of said order, to begin upon the expiration of such 7
sentence. In computing the period of his confinement, the time between 8
the conditional pardon and subsequent arrest shall not be taken to be 9
part of the term of his sentence. If it appears to the governor and council 10
that he has not broken the conditions of his conditional pardon, he shall 11
be discharged. 12
Section 157. If a prisoner is pardoned or his punishment is com- 1
muted, the officer to whom the warrant for such purpose is issued shall, 2
as soon as may be after executing it, make return thereof, signed by him, 3
with his doings thereon, to the secretary's office, and shall file in the office 4
1 Op^A. G. 516. of the clerk of the court in which the offender was convicted an attested 5
copy of the warrant and return, and the clerk shall subjoin a brief abstract 6
thereof to the record of the conviction and sentence. 7
Execution of
warrant of
pardon.
R. S. 142, § 13.
G. S. 177, § 17.
P. S. 218, § 15.
R. L. 225,
§135
Duties of
agents to aid
discharged
male prisoners.
1845, 176, § 1.
1848, 82. § 1.
G. S. 179, § 64.
1879, 294, § 27.
P. S. 219, § 26.
1887, 315, § 1.
1888, 322, § 2.
1895, 383.
1897, 350, § 1.
R. L. 225,
§ 136.
1903, 212.
1909, 295.
1913. 829, § 5.
1914. 179.
1916,241, § 1.
1919, 350,
§§ 82, 83.
1920, 334.
Section 158. The male agents employed to aid discharged male 1
prisoners shall endeavor to secure employment for prisoners who have 2
been permanently discharged or released on permit from the state prison, 3
the Massachusetts reformatory, the state farm or the prison camp and 4
hospital, provide said prisoners with needed assistance, and perform such 5
other duties relative to discharged or released prisoners as the com- 6
missioner requires. They shall also obtain information for the commis- 7
sioner relative to prisoners committed to institutions under his super- 8
vision, especially as to the details of their offences and their previous 9
character and history. They may for that purpose require of the police 10
authorities any facts in their possession relative to such prisoners if the 11
communication thereof will not, in the opinion of said authorities, be 12
detrimental to the public interest. 13
?entstoaid SECTION 159. The womcn agents employed for the purpose shall
discharged couiisel and advisc female prisoners discharged from prisons in the com-
oners. mon Wealth, or released on permit from the reformatory for women,
p. s.'2i9,§ 27. assist them in obtaining employment, and, under the direction of the
?i37.^^^' commissioner, render them pecuniary aid . i905, 235.
1909, 295. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919, 350, §§ 82, S3. 1920, 334.
dlfrgld'^pris- Section 160. The commissioner may expend not more than eleven 1
G°"''i79, § 66. thousand dollars annually for the assistance of prisoners released from 2
1861, 78. ji-ig state prison, the Massachusetts reformatory, the reformatory for 3
Chap. 127.] pardons. 1291
4 women, the state farm, the prison camp and hospital, or from any insti- J|^J' 122. ^
5 tution to which they were removed therefrom.
1879, 294, § 27. ISSS, 322. § 1; 417. 1905, 235.
1881, 179, § 1. 1897, 350. 1909, 295.
P. S. 219, §§ 26, 27. R. L. 225, §§ 136, 137. 1916, 241, § 1.
1884, 255, § 35. 1903, 212. 1919, 350, §§ 82, 83.
1887, § 395. 1904, 243, § 4. 1920. 334.
1 Section 161. The commissioner shall cause an account to be kept Account of
2 of the money expended by the agents for the necessary expenses of the by'^fgent"^^
3 service required by sections one hundred and fifty-eight and one hun- ists! 82f'§^2"'
4 dred and fifty-nine, for correspondence and travel in procuring employ- a^l.' iso,' 1 66.
5 ment for and furnishing clothing, board and tools to discharged prisoners ^^i'iii'iM'
6 and for conveying them to their homes or places of employment, which, P-.i'g^^^,
7 upon approval by the auditor, shall be paid at the end of each month. i9i6, 241, § 1.
1 Section 162. The warden of the state prison may pay from the warden may
2 treasury of the prison not more than five dollars to any prisoner leaving I^ent money
3 the prison who, in the opinion of the warden, by his good conduct deserves be^p^kiTo '°
4 it, or he may, in his discretion, pay it to the agents appointed under sec- Jg'o^ffg 5 13
5 tion one hundred and fifty-eight, who shall expend for the benefit of such ^(^f^*!^ ^^■
6 prisoners what they thus receive, and shall account therefor to the com- 1852! 213^ § 3.
7 missioner. A prisoner who leaves the state prison shall be provided with iso. /67.'
8 decent clothing. 1879, 294, § 29. p. s. 219, § 29: 221. § 42.
R. L. 225, § 139. 1916, 241, § 1. 1919. 350, §§ 82, 83.
1 Section 163. The agents for aiding discharged prisoners shall annu- Annual report
2 ally, on or before December fifteenth, make full and detailed statements is4T7a'
3 to the commissioner of their doings for the year ending on November llll'.tt:
4 thirtieth, which shall be included by the commissioner in his annual fs79, 294, | la
5 report. p. s. 219, § so. r. l. 225. § 140.
1916, 241, § 1. 1918. 257, § 476. 1919, 5; 350, §§ 82, 83. 1920, 2.
1 Section 164. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner re- Aid by county
2 leased from prison with such amount of money as in their opinion can be i88o°im™T'
3 wisely used to encourage his reformation, or they may pay it to a suit- R.h^i&y^'
4 able person designated by them to be used for such prisoner. * "'■
1 Section 165. The master or keeper of a jail or house of correction aw by keeper
2 may, with the approval of the county commissioners, expend such issil'ila'
3 amount, not exceeding ten dollars, in aiding a prisoner discharged from r. l.IIs,^ '^*'
4 his custody as in his opinion will assist such prisoner in his endeavor to f op^^ g
5 reform. He may in his discretion pay it to the prisoner, or to some ^si.
6 person selected by the master or keeper, to be expended by him in behalf
7 of the prisoner or for providing the prisoner with board, clothing, trans-
8 portation or tools. The amount so paid by a master or keeper shall be
9 allowed and paid by the county like other prison ex-penses.
REFERENCES.
Advances to aid prisoners discharged from Massachusetts reformatory, Chap. 29,
Sick prisoners in jail or house of correction may be removed to hospital by local board
of health. Chap. Ill, § 108.
Religious instruction of minors in reformatory schools, Chap. 119, § 40.
Removal, suspension or transfer of officers of state prison, Alassachusetts reforma-
tory, reformatory for women, and prison camp and hospital, Chap. 31, § 46.
Massachusetts training schools, Chap. 120.
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