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LAWS 


OP   THE 


STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


PASSED  JANUARY  SESSION,  1921 


LEGISLATURE  CONVENED  JANUARY  5,  ADJOURNED  APRIL  14 


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STATE  OFFICERS. 


Governor Albert  0.  Brown. 

fGeorge  W.  Barnes, 
I  Albert  Hislop, 

Councilors I  George  E.  Trndel, 

I  George  L.  Sadler, 
[Pred  S.  Eoberts. 

Adjutant-General Charles  W.  Howard. 

Agriculture,  Co)vmis<iioner  of Andrew  L.  Felker. 

f  James  0.  Lyford, 

Bank  Commissioners,  Board  of -{Guy  H.  Cutter, 

JE'rederic  S.  Nutting. 

Charities  and  Corrcciion,  Siecretary 
of  State  Board  of William  J.  Ahern. 

Conciliation  and  Arh  it  ration.  State         fGeorge  A.  Tenney, 

Board  of <[  Michael  F.  Connolly, 

[Theodore  W.  Law. 

fHuntloy  N.  Spaulding, 
I  Wilfrid  J.  Lessard, 

Education,  State  Board  of \  Orton  B.  Brown, 

[  Alice  S.  Harriman, 
i^^Merrill  Mason. 

Conimissioncr  of Ernest  W.  Butterfield. 

Fish  and  Game  Commissioner Mott  L.  Bartlett. 

Forester,  State John  H.  Foster. 

I'W.  Robinson  Brown, 

Forestry  Cominission \  Henry  W.  Anderson, 

(  Joseph  B.  Murdock. 

Health,  Secretary  of  State  Board  of .  .  .  .  Charles  Duncan. 

Highway  Commissioner Frederic  E.  Everett. 

Insurance  Commissioner John  J.  Donahue. 

Labor  Commissioner John  S.  B.  Davie. 

Law  Enforcement,  State  Commirsioner 

of   Jonathan  S.  Lewis. 


4  State  Officers. 

Librarian,  State Arthur  H.  Chase. 

Motor  Vehicles,  Commissioner  of Olin  H.  Chase. 

fWilliam  T.  Gunnison, 

Public  Service  Commission \  Thomas  W.  D.  Worthen, 

[John  W.  Storrs. 

Purchasing  Agent William  A.  Stone. 

Secretary  of  State Edwin  C.  Bean. 

Deputy Hobart  Pillsbury. 

fCharles  M.Floyd, 

Tax  Commission,  State \  John  T.  Amey, 

[Fletcher  Hale. 

Treasurer,  State John  Wesley  Plummer. 

Deputy Henry  M.  Short. 


ts  and  Measures,  Commissioner 
of Harold  A.  Webster. 


SUPREME  COURT. 

Chief  Justice  Frank  N.  Parsons. 

f  John  E.  Young, 

Robert  J.  Peaslee, 

Associate    Justices i  -nr-iT         a    t-.i 

1  William  A.  Plummer, 


I  Leslie  P.  Snow. 

Attorney -General Oscar  L.  Young. 

Assistatit Joseph  S.  Matthews. 

Laiv  Reporter Crawford  D.  Hening. 

Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court Arthur  H.  Chase. 

SUPERIOR  COURT. 

Chief  Justice John  Kivel. 

[Oliver  W.  Branch, 

.        .  ,     ^      .  -  William  H.  Sawyer, 

Associate  Justices  < 

I  John  E.  Allen, 


Thomas  L.  Marble. 


The  Legislature  of  1921. 


THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  1921 


SENATE. 


President. — Leslie  P.  Snow,  Eochester,  r. 
Cleric. — Clarence  S.  Forsaith,  Manchester,  r. 
Assistant  Cleric. — Bernard  B.  Chase,  Plymouth,  r. 
Sergeant-at-Arms. — William   H.   Knox,   Madbury,  r. 
Messenger. — Frederick  W.  Moore,  Laconia,   r. 
Assistant   Messenger. — Eaymond   C.   Greer,   Goffstown,  r. 
Doorkeeper. — Frank    Tf.    Gay,    Hillsborough,   r. 


SENATOES. 


Oscar  P.  Cole,  Berlin,  r. 
Elbridge  W.  Snow,  Whitefield,  r. 
Fred  Parker,  Lisbon,  r. 
John  H.  Garland,  Conway,  r. 
Fred  Gage,  Grafton,  r. 
Ellsworth  H.  Eollins,  Alton,  r. 
Charles  H.  Bean,  Franklin,  r. 
George  A.  Fairbanks,  Newport,  r. 
John  G.  Winant,  Concord,  r. 
Fred  0.  Smalley,  Walpole,  r. 
Merrill  G.  Symonds,  E.  Jaffrey,  r. 
Charles  S.  Emerson,  Milford,  r. 


Thomas  F.  Moran,  Nashua,  d. 
William  W.  Flanders,  Weare,  r. 
Benjamin  H.  Orr,  Concord,  r. 
William  B.  McKay,  Manchester,  r. 
Adams  L.  Greer,  Manchester,  r. 
Thomas  J.  Conway,  Manchester,  d. 
Ferdinand  Farley,  Manchester,  d. 
Arthur  G.  Whittemore,  Dover,  r. 
Joe  W.  Daniels,  Manchester,  r. 
James  A.  Tufts,  Exeter,    r. 
Oliver  L.  Frisbee,  Portsmouth,  r. 


HOUSE     OF     EEPEESENTATIVES. 

SpeaTcer. — Fred  A.  Jones,  Lebanon,  r. 
Cleric. — Harrie  M.  Young,  Manchester,  r. 
Assistant  Cleric. — Bernard  W.  Carey,  Newport,  r. 
Sergeant-at-Arms. — Walter  J.  A.  Ward,  Hillsborough,  r.    • 
Chaplain. — Eev.   Harold  H.   Niles,   Concord. 
Doorlceeper. — Guy  S.  Neal,  Acworth,  r. 
Doorkeeper. — Frank  P.  Collins,  Manchester,   r. 
Doorlceeper. — Charles  W.  Buzzell,  Lakeport,  r. 
Doorlceeper. — Horace  F.  Hoyt,  Hanover,  r, 


EOCKINGHAM    COUNTY. 


Atkinson,  Eugene  E.  Sawyer,  r. 
Auburn,  Edgar  L.  Preston,  r. 
Brentwood,  Charles  Flanders,  r. 
Candia,  Ernest  S.  Colcord,  d. 
Chester,  John  D'.  Fiske,  r. 
Danville,  Clarence  M.  Collins,  r. 
Deerfield,  Walter  B.  Scott,  r. 
Derry,  Edmund  E.  Angell,  r. 

Ealph  W.  Davis,  r. 

James  A.  Hunt,  r. 

Leonard  H.  Pillsbury,  r. 
East  Kingston,  Charles  F.  Knights,  r. 


Epping,  Augustus  D.  Brown,  d. 
Exeter,  Albertus  T.  Dudley,  r. 

Fred  S.  Fellowes,  r. 

•Chester  D.  Hatch,  r. 

Albert  E.  McEeel,  r. 
Fremont,  Stephen  A.  Frost,  r. 
Greenland,  Eugene  S.  Daniell,  r. 
Hampstead,  Isaac  Eandall,  r. 
Eampton,  Ernest  G.  Cole,  r. 
Hampton  Falls,  Charles  A.  Parker, 
Kensington,  Ealph  B.  Fish,  r. 
Kingston,  George  B.  Stevens,  r. 


The  Legislature  of  1921. 


EOCKINGHAM  COUNTY. — Continued. 
Londonderry,  Eddie  H.  Davenport,  r. 
Newcastle,  Elmer  S.  Pridham,  d. 
Newfields,  Bert  P.  Doe,  r. 
Newmarket,  Adelard  Eousseau,  d. 

Fred  E.  Sanborn,  d. 

George  H.  Willey,  d. 
Newton,  Benjamin  S.  Andrews,  r. 
North  Hampton,  Samuel  A.  Dow,  r. 
Northicood,  John  G.  Towle,  r. 
Nottingham,  Fred  Fernald,  r. 
Plaistow,  Joseph  W.  C.  Ibbotson,  r. 
Portsmouth, 

Ward  1,  Ealph  L.  Hett,  r. 

William  J.  Linchey,  r. 


Ward   2,    Amon    O.    Benfield,    r. 
William  A.  Hodgdon,  r. 
John  W.  Leavitt,  r. 
Ward  3,  James  J.  Ileffernan,  r. 

James  W.  Sehurman,  r. 
Ward  4,  George   E.   Cox,   r. 
Ward  5,  James  A.  Jameson,  r. 
Haymond,  Llewellyn  J.  Gove,  r. 
Hye,  Arthur  A.  Jenness,  r. 
Salem,  Wallace  W.  Cole,  r. 
Walter  F.  Haigh,  r. 
Sandown,  John  D.  Kelley,  d. 
SeahrooTc,  Jere  L.  Smith,  r. 
Stratham,  Frank  H.  Pearson,  r. 
Windham,  Edward  A.  Haskell,  r. 


STRAFFOKD    COUNTY. 


Barrington,  Henry  W.  Locke,  r. 
Dover, 

Ward  1,  John  L.  Foss,  r. 

Hubert  K.  Reynolds,  r. 
Ward  2,  Wilbur  F.  Moody,  r. 
Eugene  Smart,  r. 
Erving  F.  Wentworth,  r. 
Ward  3,  Charles  A.  Fairbanks,  r. 
Samuel  B.  Shackford,  r. 
Ward  4,  George  D.  Barrett,  r. 
James  G.  Houston,  r. 
Thomas  Sherry,  r. 
Ward  5,  Edward  Durnin,  d. 
Durham,  Mark  E.  Willey,  r. 
Farmington,  Frank  J.  Smith,  r. 
Earle  M.  Tuttle,  r. 
Lee,  Frank  J.  Davis,  r. 
Madbury,  Henry  B.  Knox,  r. 
Milton,  Fred  S.  Hartford,  r. 
New  Durham,  Izah  P.  Berry,  d. 


Rochester, 

Ward  1,  Lawrence  E.  Haley,  r. 
Ward  2.  Charles  W.  Evans,  r. 
Ward  3,   Harry  H.  Meader,  r. 
Ward  4,  Alfred  Beaudoin,  d. 

Adelard  G.  Gelinas,  d. 
Ward  5,  Louis  H.  McDuffee,  r. 
Ward  6,  Charles  W.  Lowe,  r. 

Charles  E.  Woodward, 
Hollinsford,  Jessie  Doe,  r. 

George  H.  Yeaton,  r. 
Somersworth, 

Ward  1,  Paul  A.  Eainville,  d. 
Ward  2,  Michael  J.  Leary,  d. 
Ward  3,  Alfred  J.  Boucher,  d. 
Ward  4,  John  Parsons,  d. 

Edward  G.  Letourneau,  d. 
Ward  5,  Peter  Perreault,  Jr.,  d. 
Straford,  Adrian  B.  Preston,  r. 


BELKNAP   COUNTY. 


Alton,  Oscar  E.  Davis,  r. 
Barnstead,  Fred  E.  Berry,  r. 
Belmont,  Frank  P.  Grant,  r. 
Center  Harbor,  Loui  L.  Sanborn,  r. 
Gilford,  Oscar  V.  Eand,  r. 
Gilmanton,  Charles  Frank  Page,  r. 
Laconia, 

Ward  1,  George  W.  Tarlson,  r. 

Ward  2,  Fortunat  E.  Normandin,  d. 
William  D.  Kempton,  d. 

Ward  3,  Charles  M.  Avery,  r. 


Ward  4,  Charles  H.   Tilton,  r. 

Harry  E.  Trapp,  r. 
Ward  5,  Joseph  B.  F.  Bell,  r. 
Lester  Philbrook,  r. 
Ward  6,  Charles  O.  Hopkins,  r. 
Frank  S.  Peaslee,  r. 
Meredith,  Ealph  N.  Piper,  r. 
Neiv  Hampton,  Adelbert  M.  Gordon,  r. 
Sanbornton,  Walter  A.  Wilson,  r. 
Tilton,  Albert  S.  Carter,  r. 
Charles  F.  Little,  r. 


The  Legislature  op  1921. 


CAEROLL   COUNTY. 


Bartlett,  Edward  B.  Cobb,  r. 
Conway,  James  McD".  Blue,  r. 

Clarence  Ela,  r. 

Amos  A.  Phelps,  r. 
Eat07i,  Winfield  S.  Head,  r. 
Effingham,  Frank  O.  Leavitt,  r. 
Freedom,  John  E.  Perkins,  r. 
Hart's  Location,  Charles  H.  Morey, 
JacJcson,  Arthur  C.  Gray,  r. 


Moultonborough,  George  A.  Blanchard,  r. 
Ossipee,  Ervin  W.  Hodsdon,  r. 
Sandwich,  Alonzo  McCrillis,  r, 
Tamworth,  Martin  L.  Sehenck,  r. 
Tuftonioro,  Daniel  B.  Palmer,  r. 
Wakefield,  William  N.   Eogers,  d. 
Wolfehoro,  Stephen  W.  Clow,  r. 
Obed  S.  Young,  r. 


MERRIMACK  COUNTY. 


Allenstown,  Walter  W.  Kenison,  d. 
Andover,  Charles  S.  Stone,  d. 
Boscawen,  Mary  L.  R.  Farnum,  d. 
Boiv,  Edwin  A.  Colby,  r. 
Bradford,  Gaylord  G.  Cumniings,  d. 
Canterbury,  Lowell  T.  Mason,  r. 
Chichester,  Bryant  B.  Call,  r. 
Concord, 

Ward  1,  Ernest  L.  Cross,  d. 
Fred  M.  Dodge,  d. 
Ward  2,  Cyrus  E.  Robinson,  d. 
Ward  3,  Guy  A.  Swenson,  d. 
Ward  4,  Henry  H.  Amsden,  r. 

William  P.  Danforth,  r. 
Joseph  S.  Otis,  r. 
Ward  5,  Earl  F.  Newton,  r. 

William  W.  Thayer,  r. 
Ward  6,  John  H.  Brown,  r. 
George  R.  Leavitt,  r. 
Edward  A.  Tuck,  r. 
Ward  7,  Arthur  E.  Clarke,  r. 
Frank  J.  Kelley,  r. 
John  H.  Sargent,  r. 
Ward  8,  William  A.  Lee,  d. 
Ward  9,  William  J.  Ahern,  d. 

Frederick  A.  Jor<lan,  d. 


Banbury,  Lee  V.  Knapp,  r. 
Bunbarton,  Philander  M.  Lord,  r. 
Epsom,  Joseph  Lawrence,  r. 
FranMin, 

Ward  1,  Harry  W.  Gilchrist,  r. 

Ward  2,  Frank  W.  Clough,  d. 

Edmund  J.  Garneau,  d. 

Ward  3,  George  H.  Bartlett,  r. 
Alfred  G.  Thompson,  r 
Henniker,  Harry  L.  Holmes,  r. 
Bill,  Joseph  B.  Murdock,  r. 
Hool-sett,  Burt  Otterson,  r. 
Hopkmton,  James  O.  Straw,  d. 
Loudon,  Frank  M.  Ladd,  r. 
Newbury,  Allen  A.  Emerson,  d. 
New  London,  Allen  O.  Crane,  r. 
Northfield,  William  C.  Sargent,  r. 
Pembroke,  Alonzo  J.  Bates,  d. 
George  P.  Cass,  d. 
Michael  E.  Forcier,  d. 
Pittsfield,  Joseph  C.  Adams,  r. 
William  B.    Ely,   r. 
Salisbury,  Leander  N.  Sawyer,  r. 
Sutton,  Fred  A.  Sawyer,  r. 
Warner,  George  C.  Chase,  r. 
Wilmot,  Leon  E.  Sawyer,  r. 


HILLSBOROUGH    COUNTY. 


Amherst,  Charles  P.  Dodge,  r. 
Antrim,  Charles  S.  Abbott,  r. 
Bedford,  Orra  G.  Kilton,  r. 
Bennington,  Arthur  F.  Bell,  r. 
Brookline,  Fred  E.  Roekwood,  d. 
Leering,  James  W.  Ellsworth,  d. 
Francestown,  Fred  A.  Pettee,  r. 


Goffstown,  Benjamin  F.  Greer,  Jr.,  r. 

John  H.  Brown,  r. 
Greenfield,  Fred  B.  Brooks,  d. 
Greenville,  Louis  O.  Boisvert,  d. 
Hancock,  Ernest  L.  Adams,  d. 
Hillsborough,  John   S.   Childs,  r. 

Herbert   H.   Eaton,   r. 


The  Legislature  of  1921. 


Hillsborough  County. — Continued. 
Eollis,  Wilbert  P.  Farley,  r. 
Hudson,  Henry  C.  Brown,  r. 
Lyndeborough,  John  A.  Spaulding,  r. 
Manchester, 

Ward  1,  Harry  B.   Cilley,   r. 

Charles  H.  Gile,  r. 

George  Allen  Putnam,  r. 
Ward  2,    Oscar  F.  Bartlett,  r. 

William  F.  Howes,  r. 

Harry  T.  Lord,  r. 

Edwin  A.  Norton,  r. 
Ward  S,  Wilbur  G.  Colcord,  r. 

Henry  W.  Burman,  r. 

James  H.  Cavanaugh,  r. 

Alvah   H.   Gray,  r. 

George  E.  Prime,  r. 

John  F.  Eoberts,  r. 
Ward  4,  Parker  E.  Brown,  r. 

Frank  H.  Challis,  r. 

William  G.  Gannon,  r. 

Henry  I.  Haselton,  r. 

Ernest  A.  Merrill,  r. 
Ward  5,  James  V.  Broderiek,  d. 

Joseph  P.  Kenney,  d. 

Jeremiah  J.  Tobin,  d. 

James  J.  Jennings,  d. 

Thomas  D.  Kelley,  d. 

John  J.  Gorham,  d. 

Patrick   Sheridan,   d. 

Peter  J.  Magan,  d. 

Eugene  Heffron,  d. 
Ward  6,  Rollin  B.  Johnston,  r. 

Cyrus  A.  Kimball,  r. 

Fred  D'.  Pierce,  r. 

William  S.  Rainford,  r. 

Leroy  M.  Streeter,  r. 
Ward  7,  Emile  J.  Godbout,  d. 

James  B.  McCarthy,  d. 

Albert  A.  Richard,  d. 
Ward  8,  Joseph  Chevrette,  d. 

Michael  S.  Donnelly,  d. 

Israel   Smith,  d. 

Cornelius  J.  Sullivan,  Jr.,  d. 
Ward  9,  Henry  W.  Allen,  r. 

Andrew  B.  Bobbie,  r. 

Patrick  B.  Maloney,  r. 

Donald  Mclntyre,   r. 

Peter  F.  White,  r. 


Ward  10,  Hiram  H.  Appelman,  r. 
Theophile  B.  Larivee,  r. 
Fred  H.  Hecker,  r. 
Ward  11,  ILenrj  R.  Blais,  d. 

Jeremiah  J.  Leahy,  d. 
John  B.   Mullen,   d. 
Ward  12,  Philippe  G.  Cote,  d. 
Wilfred  Lamy,  d. 
Alfred  F.  Maynard,  d. 
Edward  E.  Rajotte,  d. 
Ward  13,  Joseph  Arthur  Dionne,  d. 
George  Francoeur,  Jr.,  d. 
Remi  Gagnon,  d. 
Pierre  Gauthier,  d. 
Romeo  M.  Janelle,  d. 
Mason,  Tracy  A.  Eaton,  r. 
Merrimack,  Charles  F.  Young,  r. 
Mil  ford,  Samuel  A.  Love  joy,  r. 
George  A.  Mclntire,  r. 
Frank  W.  Ordway,  r. 
Mont  Vernon,  George  D.  Kittredge,  r, 
Nashua, 

Ward  1,  James  H.  Hunt,  r. 

Ovid  F.  Winslow,  r. 
Ward  2,  Walter  R.  Avard,  r, 

Charles  H.  Jackman,  r. 
Ward  3,  Alphonse  Boisvert,  d. 
John  P.  Lampron,  d. 
Noe  Richard,  d. 
Ward  4,  William  E.  Foisie,  r. 
Ward  5,  Robert  Earley,  d. 

Michael  P.  Sullivan,  d. 
Ward  6,  George  J.  O'Neil,  d. 
Ward  7,  James  A.  Gallagher,  d. 
Frank  0.  Morse,  d. 
Raymond  S.  Cotton,  d. 
Ward  8,  James  B.  Hallisey,  d. 
Irenee  D.  Ravenelle,  d. 
John  T.  Winn,  d. 
Ward  9,  Remi  Aubut,  d. 

Joseph   Larouche,   d. 
Arthur  A.  Pelletier,  d. 
George  L.  Soucy,  d. 
New  Boston,  George  L.  Hooper,  r. 
New  Ipswich,  Robert  B.  Walker,  r. 
Pelham,  Harold  S.  Frost,  r. 
Peterborough,  John  W.  Derby,  r. 

Maurice  H.  Nichols,  r. 
Weare,  Frank  H.  Peaslee,  r. 
Wilton,  Stanley  H.  Abbott,  r. 


The  Legislature  of  1921. 


CHESHIRE    COUNTY. 


Alsfead,  George  F.  Lewis,  d. 
Chesterfield,  Ellon  A.  Safford,  r. 
Dublin,  Willard  H.  Pierce,  r. 
FitzwilUam,  Clarence  M.  Damon,  r. 
Gilsum,  Lansing  W.  Wilder,  r. 
Harrisville,  Seldon  P,  Tuttle,  d. 
Uinsdale,  William  G.  Booth,  r. 
Jafrey,  Joseph  D.  Donahue,  r. 

Will  J.  Mower,  r. 
Keene, 

Ward  1,  Ora  C.  Mason,  r. 

William  J.  Callahan,  r. 
Ward  S,  Henry  E.  Swan,  r. 
Herbert  E.  Fay,  r. 


Ward  3,  Forrest  J.   Hall,  r. 
Herman  C.  Rice,  r. 
Ward  4,  Wilder  F.  Gates,  r. 
JVard  5,  Willie  A.  Dodge,  r. 
Marlborough,  Charles  A.  Bemis,  r. 
li'.ichmond,  Calvin  S.  Anderson,  r. 
Eindge,  Oren  F.  Sawtelle,  r. 
Stvansey,  Raymond  L.  Lane,  r. 
Troy,  Ernest  F.  Barrett,  d. 
Walpole,  William  J.  King,  r. 

Arthur  E.  Wells,  d. 
Westmoreland,  Asa  A.  Whitman,  r. 
Winchester,  Osmon  B.  Barney,  r. 
Henry  T.  Coombs,  r. 


SULLIVAN     COUNTY. 


Acworth,  Merle  E.  Reed,  r. 
Charlestown,  James  W.  Davidson,  r. 
Claremont,  Charles  W.   Barney,   r. 

Hartley  L.  Brooks,  r. 

Clarence  B.  Etsler,  r. 

Frank  G.  Putnam,  r. 

Emerson  A.  Quimby,  r. 

Arthur  S.  Wolcott,  r. 
Cornish,  Robert  A.  Austin,  r. 
Croyden,  Edgar  W.  Davis,  r. 


Goshen,  Arthur  W.  Nelson,  d. 
Lang  don,  George  L.   Porter,  ind. 
Lempster,  Erastus  L.  Lovejoy,  r, 
Newport,  Elmer  E.  Dodge,  r. 

Harry  W:  Kendall,  r. 

Silas  C.  Newell,  r. 
Plainfield,  Harold  W.  Chellis,  r. 
Springfield,  George  D.  Philbriek,  r. 
Sunapee,  Leo  L.  Osborne,  d. 
Washington,  Sumner  N.  Ball,  r. 


GRAFTON    COUNTY 


Alexandria,  George  E.  Watson,  r. 
Ashland,  Charles  H.  Pattee,  r. 
Bath,  Amos  N.  Blandin,  d. 
Bethlehem,  Frederic  C.  Abbe,  r. 
Bristol,  Hiram  T.  Heath,  r. 
Campton,  Lester  M.  Avery,  r, 
Canaan,  Paul  M.  Kelley,  r. 
Enfield,  Allen  II.  Jackman,  r. 
Franconia,  William  D'.  Rudd,  r. 
Grafton,  Edgar  G.  Pariso,  r. 
Groton,  Lewis  C.  Dane,  d. 
Hanover,  Don  S.  Bridgman,  r. 

Ransom  S.  Cross,  r. 
Haverhill,  Pardon  W.   Allen,  r. 
Harold  K.  Davison,  r. 
Daniel  Carr,  r. 
Holderness,  Charles  A.  Haskell,  r. 
Landaf,  Harry  E.  Poor,  d. 
Lebanon,  Fred  A.  Jones,  r. 

George  E.  Liscomb,  r. 

Harry  E.   Messenger,  r. 


Lebanon,  Charles  B.  Ross,  r. 

Albert  Sara,  r. 
Lincoln,  Willard  C.  Fogg,  r. 
Lisbon,  Oscar  E.  Batchelder,  r. 

William  E.  Price,  r. 
Littleton,  Harry  M.  Morse,  r. 

Orrin  W.  Hunkins,  r. 

Ora  A.  Mooney,  d. 
Lyman,  Carl  E.  Mason,  d. 
Lyme,  George  A.  Pushee,  r. 
Monroe,  George  L.  Frazer,  r. 
Orford,  Willard  R.  Harris,  r. 
Piermont,  William  B.  Deal,  r. 
Plymouth,  Walter  M.  Flint,  r. 

William  M.  Peppard,  r. 
Bunrney,  Vernon  E.  Atwood,  r. 
Thornton,  Ralph  D.  Steele,  r. 
Warren,  Daniel  H.  McLinn,  r. 
Wentworth,  Walter  S.  Libbey,  d. 
Woodstoch,  Elmer  E.  Woodbury,  r. 


10 


The  Legislature  of  1921. 


COOS    COUNTY. 


Berlin, 

Ward  1,  Nathan  Abramson,  d. 
Miner  B.  Carpenter,  r. 
Thomas  H.  Sheridan,  d. 
Ward  S,  James  C.  Curtis,  r. 

Alexander  E.  A.  MacD'onald,  d. 
Theodore  Morin,  r. 
Ward  3,  William  Beaudoin,  r. 
William  J.  Oleson,  r. 
William  Willett,  d. 
Ward  4,  George  E.  Huteliins,  d. 
Carroll,  Joseph  Alfred  Seymour,  d. 
Colebroolc,  Loren  C.  Hill,  r, 

Charles  0.  Stevens,  d. 
Coluvihia,  Maurice  M.  Cass,  r. 
Dalton,  James  B.  Simonds,  r. 


Gorham,  Charles  G.  Hamlinj  r. 

Bartholomew  F.  McHugh,  d. 
Jefferson,  Austin  J.  Bedell,  r. 
Lancaster,  Frank  H.  Forbes,  r. 
John  Grannis,  r. 
George  E.  Long,  r. 
Milan,  Osmer  T.  Cole,  d. 
Northumierland,  Eobert  E.  Christopher,  r. 

Daniel  W.  Marshall,  r. 
rutshurg,  James  R.  Blodgett,  r. 
Sheliurne,  Mark  S.  Rix,  r. 
Si  ark,  Harry  W.  Stone,  r. 
Stewartstown,  Berniee  C.  Banfill,  r. 
Stratford,  William  H.  Kimball,  d. 
Whitefield,  Frank  P.  Brown,  r. 


LAWS 


STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


PASSED  JANUARY  SESSION,  1921. 


CHAPTER  1. 

AX    ACT   TO   ESTABLISH    A   NEW   .VPPORTIONMENT   FOR   THE   ASSESSMENT 
OF  PUBLIC  TAXES. 


Skction 

1.  New   apportionment   established. 

2.  To     continue    until     another    appor- 

tionment. 


Section 

3.     Takes   effect  on   passage. 


Be  it   etmcted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     That  of  every  thousand  dollars  of  public  taxes  here-New     apportion- 
after  to  be  raised,  the  proportion  which  each  town  and  place  shall '"'^°'  established, 
pay,  and  for  which  the  treasurer  of  the  state  is  hereby  authorized 
to  issue  his  warrant,  shall  be  as  follows,  to  wit : 


Rockingham  County,  $107.71. 

Atkinson,  seventy-six  cents $0.76 

Auburn,  one  dollar  and  thirty-eight  cents 1.38 

Brentwood,  eighty-three  cents .83 

Candia,  one  dollar  and  thirty-two  cents 1.32 

Chester,  one  dollar  and  thirty-one  cents 1.31 

Danville,  sixty  cents .60 

Deerfield,  one  dollar  and  thirty-eight  cents 1.38 

Derry,  eight  dollars  and  ten  cents 8.10 

East  Kingston,  fifty-seven  cents .57 


12                                                         Chapter  1.  [1921 

Epping,  one  dollar  and  eighty-one  cents $1.81 

Exeter,  nine  dollars  and  twelve  cents 9.12 

Fremont,  one  dollar  and  two  cents 1.02 

Greenland,  one  dollar  and  eight  cents 1.08 

Hampstead,  one  dollar  and  thirty-four  cents 1.34 

Hampton,  four  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents 4.72 

Hampton  Falls,  one  dollar 1.00 

Kensington,  fifty-four  cents .54 

Kingston,  one  dollar  and  twenty  cents 1.20 

Londonderry,  two  dollars  and  twenty  cents 2.20 

Newcastle,  ninety-eight  cents .98 

Newfields,  fifty-five  cents .55 

Newington,  one  dollar  and  seventeen  cents 1.17 

Newmarket,  five  dollars  and  one  cent 5.01 

Newton,  ninety-nine  cents .99 

North  Hampton,  two  dollars  and  fifty-four  cents 2.54 

North  wood,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents 1.50 

Nottingham,  one  dollar  and  twenty-eight  cents 1.28 

Plaistow^  one  dollar  and  seventy-seven  cents 1.77 

Portsmouth,  thirty-eight  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents..  38.33 

Raymond,  one  dollar  and  eighty-seven  cents 1.87 

Eye,  three  dollars  and  thirty-five  cents 3.35 

Salem,  three  dollars  and  sixty -nine  cents 3.69 

Sandown,  forty-four  cents .44 

Seabrook,  ninety-eight  cents .98 

South  Hampton,  forty-one  cents .41 

Stratham,  ninety-eight  cents .98 

Windham,  one  dollar  and  fifty-nine  cents 1.59 

Strafford  County,  $78.20. 

Barrington,  one  dollar  and  forty-six  cents $1.46 

Dover,  twenty-nine  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents 29.33 

Durham,  one  dollar  and  seventy-three  cents 1.73 

Farmington,  three  dollars  and  eighty-eight  cents 3.88 

Lee,  one  dollar  and  six  cents 1.06 

Madbury,  sixty-three  cents .63 

Middleton,  twenty-nine  cents .29 

Milton,  four  dollars  and  fourteen  cents 4.14 

New  Durham,  eighty-two  cents .82 

Rochester,  seventeen  dollars  and  eighty-nine  cents 17.89 

Rollinsford,  three  dollars  and  forty-seven  cents 3.47 

Somersworth,  twelve  dollars  and  six  cents '      12.06 

Strafford,  one  dollar  and  forty-four  cents 1.44 


]921]  Chapter    1.  13 

Belknap  County,  $48.14. 

Alton,  two  dollars  and  eighty  cents $2.80 

Barnstead,  one  dollar  and  seventy  cents 1.70 

Belmont,  one  dollar  and  ninety-five  cents 1.95 

Center  Harbor,  one  dollar  and  fifty-seven  cents 1.57 

Gilford,  one  dollar  and  ninety-three  cents 1.93 

Gibnanton,  one  dollar  and  forty-three  cents 1.43 

Laeonia,  twenty-four  dollars  and  seventy-nine  cents 24.79 

Meredith,  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents 3.50 

New  Hampton,  one  dollar  and  twenty-nine  cents 1.29 

Sanbornton,  one  dollar  and  seventy-seven  cents 1.77 

Tilton,  five  dollars  and  forty-one  cents 5.41 

Carroll  County,  $31.49. 

Albany,  fifty-three  cents $0.53 

Bartlett,  one  dollar  and  thirty-five  cents 1.35 

Brookfield,  forty-five  cents .45 

Chatham,  thirty-nine  cents .39 

Conway,  five  dollars  and  fifty-nine  cents 5.59 

Eaton,  fifty-one  cents .51 

Effingham,  ninety-four   cents .94 

Freedom,   seventy-five   cents .75 

Hart 's  Location,  twenty-three  cents .23 

Jackson,  one  dollar  and  twenty-six  cents 1.26 

Madison,  one  dollar  and  three  cents 1.03 

Moultonborough,  two  dollars  and  fifty-four  cents 2.54 

Ossipee,  two  dollars  and  ten  cents 2.10 

Sandwich,  two  dollars  and  sixty  cents 2.60 

Tamworth,  two  dollars  and  twenty-four  cents 2.24 

Tuftonboro,  one  dollar  and  fifty-four  cents 1.54 

Wakefield,  two  dollars  and  seventy  cents 2.70 

Wolfeboro,  four  dollars  and  seventy- three  cents 4.73 

Hale 's  Location,  one  cent .01 

Merrimack  County,  $116.63. 

Allenstown,  two  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents $2.66 

Andover,  two  dollars  and  twelve  cents 2.12 

Boscawen,  one  dollar  and  ninety-eight  cents 1.98 

Bow,  two  dollars  and  eighteen  cents 2.18 

Bradford,  one  dollar  and  sixty-three  cents 1.63 

Canterbury,  one  dollar  and  sixty-seven  cents 1.67 

Chichester,  one  dollar  and  thirty-three  cents 1.33 

Concord,  fifty  dollars  and  ninety-nine  cents 50.99 

Danbury,  ninety-two  cents .92 

Dunbarton,  one  dollar  and  seven  cents .- .  1.07 


14                                                         Chapter  1.  [1921 

Epsom,  one  dollar  and  sixty-two  cents $1.62 

Franklin,  thirteen  dollars  and  seventy-three  cents 13.73 

Henniker,  two  dollars  and  ninety-seven  cents 2.97 

Hill,  one  dollar  and  twelve  cents 1.12 

Hooksett,  two  dollars  and  eighty-seven  cents 2.87 

Hopkinton,  three  dollars  and  eighteen  cents 3.18 

Loudon,  one  dollar  and  eighty-seven  cents 1,87 

Newbury,  two  dollars  and  ten  cents 2.10 

New  London,  two  dollars  and  forty-seven  cents 2.47 

Northfield,  three  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents 3.39 

Pembroke,  four  dollars  and  thirty-one  cents 4.31 

Pittsfield,  three  dollars  and  eighty-nine  cents 3.89 

Salisbury,   eighty-six  cents .86 

Sutton,  one  dollar  and  thirty-seven  cents 1.37 

"Warner,  two  dollars  and  forty-three  cents 2.43 

Webster,  one  dollar  and  fifteen  cents 1.15 

Wilmot,  seventy-five  cents .75 

;  Hillsborough  County,  $340.29. 

Amherst,  two  dollars  and  nine  cents $2.09 

Antrim,  two  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents 2.39 

Bedford,  two  dollars  and  twenty-nine  cents 2.29 

Bennington,  one  dollar  and  seventy-seven  cents 1.77 

Brookline,  ninety-eight  cents .98 

Deering,  sixty-three  cents .63 

Francestown,  ninety-six  cents .96 

Goffstown,  five  dollars  and  ninety  cents 5.90 

Greenfield,  eighty-eight  cents .88 

Greenville,  two  dollars  and  seventy-six  cents 2.76 

Hancock,  one  dollar  and  thirty-four  cents 1.34 

Hillsborough,  four  dollars  and  four  cents 4.04 

Hollis,  one  dollar  and  seventy-four  cents 1.74 

Hudson,  two  dollars  and  fifty-three  cents 2.53 

Litchfield,   seventy-eight  cents .78 

Lyndeborough,  ninety-five  cents .95 

Manchester,  two  hundred   eleven  dollars  and  fifty-seven 

cents " 211.57 

Mason,  sixty-four  cents .64 

Merrimack,  three  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents 3.39 

Milford,  seven  dollars  and  four  cents 7.04 

Mont  Vernon,  ninety-four  cents .94 

Nashua,  sixty-six  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents 66.75 

New  Boston,  two  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents 2.22 

New  Ipswich,  two  dollars  and  fifteen  cents 2.15 

Pelham,  one  dollar  and  thirty-one  ceiits 1.31 


1921]  Chapter   1.  •  15 

Peterborough,  five  dollars  and  ninety-five  cents $5.95 

Sharon,  thirty-one  cents .31 

Temple,  fifty-six  cents .56 

"Weare,  two  dollars  and  forty  cents 2.40 

Wilton,  two  dollars  and  ninety-three  cents 2.93 

Windsor,  ten  cents .10 

Cheshire  County,  $66.12. 

Alstead,  one  dollar  and  thirty  cents $1.30 

Chesterfield,  one  dollar  and  eighty-four  cents 1.84 

Dublin,  three  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents 3.22 

Fitzwilliam,  one  dollar  and  forty-four  cents 1.44 

Gilsuni,  fifty-seven  cents .57 

Harrisville,  one  dollar  and  twenty-nine  cents 1.29 

Hinsdale,  five  dollars  and  eighty  cents 5.80 

Jaffrey,  four  dollars  and  eleven  cents 4.11 

Keene,  twenty-three  dollars  and  seventy-three  cents 23.73 

Marlborough,  one  dollar  and  sixty-eight  cents 1.68 

Marlow,  sixty-two  cents .62 

Nelson,  fifty-six  cents .56 

Richmond,  one  dollar  and  seven  cents 1.07 

Rindge,  two  dollars  and  eleven  cents 2.11 

Roxbury,   twenty-nine   cents .29 

Stoddard,  sixty-five  cents .65 

Sullivan,  forty-one  cents .41 

Surry,   fifty-six  cents .56 

Swanzey,  two  dollars  and  seventy-nine  cents 2.79 

Troy,  one  dollar  and  eighty  cents 1.80 

Walpole,  five  dollars  and  two  cents 5.02 

Westmoreland,  one  dollar  and  eleven  cents 1.11 

Winchester,  four  dollars  and  fifteen  cents 4.15 

Sullivan  County,  $40.34. 

Acworth,  sixty-eight  cents $0.68 

Charlestown,  two  dollars  and  thirty-seven  cents 2.37 

Claremont,  eighteen  dollars  and  eighteen  cents 18.18 

Cornish,  one  dollar  and  ninety-five  cents 1.95 

Croydon,  eighty  cents .80 

Goshen,  forty  cents .40 

Grantham,  seventy-two  cents .72 

Langdon,  forty-three  cents .43 

Lempster,  forty-eight  cents .48 

Newport,  seven  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents 7.39 

Plainfield,  one  dollar  and  sixty-four  cents 1 .64 


16                                            '             Chapter  1.  [1921 

Springfield,  one  dollar  and  seventeen  cents $1.17 

Sunapee,  two  dollars  and  eighty-one  cents 2.81 

Unity,  sixty-four  cents .64 

Washington,  sixty-eight  cents .68 

Grafton  County,  $89.08. 

Alexandria,  seventy  cents $0.70 

Ashland,  two  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents 2.96 

Bath,  one  dollar  and  fifty-nine  cents 1.59 

Benton,  thirty-eight  cents .38 

Bethlehem,  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents 3.50 

Bridgewater,  sixty-nine  cents .69 

Bristol,  two  dollars  and  ninety  cents 2.90 

Campton,  two  dollars  and  forty -seven  cents 2.47 

Canaan,  two  dollars  and  eighty  cents 2.80 

Dorchester,  fifty-six  cents .56 

Easton,  forty-three  cents .43 

Ellsworth,  twenty-three  cents .23 

Enfield,  three  dollars  and  three  cents 3.03 

Franconia,  one  dollar  and  sixty-two  cents 1.G2 

Grafton,  one  dollar  and  twenty-nine  cents 1.29 

Groton,  fifty-five  cents .55 

Hanover,  six  dollars  and  thirteen  cents 6.13 

Haverhill,  six  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents 6.22 

Hebron,  forty-nine  cents .49 

Holderness,  two  dollars  and  twenty-seven  cents 2.27 

Landaff,  eighty-seven  cents .87 

Lebanon,  eleven  dollars  and  four  cents 11.04 

Lincoln,  five  dollars  and  forty-four  cents 5.44 

Lisbon,  four  dollars  and  fifty-eight  cents .  4.58 

Littleton,  six  dollars  and  sixty-one  cents 6.61 

Livermore,  one  dollar  and  twenty-six  cents 1.26 

Lyman,   sixty-seven   cents .67 

Lyme,  one  dollar  and  eighty-five  cents 1.85 

Monroe,  seventy-eight  cents .78 

Orange,  thirty-nine  cents .39 

Orford,  one  dollar  and  seventy-seven  cents 1.77 

Piermont,  one  dollar  and  thirty-nine  cents 1.39 

Plymouth,  four  dollars  and  fifty-seven  cents 4.57 

Rumney,  one  dollar  and  forty-five  cents 1.45 

Thornton,  seventy- two  cents .72 

Warren,  one  dollar  and  twelve  cents 1.12 

Waterville,  two  dollars  and  two  cents 2.02 

Wentworth,    eighty- four   cents. .84 

Woodstock,  ninety  cents .90 


1921]                                       Chapter    i,                           .  '                          17 
Coos  County,  $73.66. 

Berlin,  twenty-five  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents $25.23 

Carroll,  two  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents 2.96 

Clarksville,  one  dollar  and  twenty-four  cents 1.24 

Colebrook,  three  dollars  and  fifty-nine  cents 3.59 

Columbia,  one  dollar  and  fourteen  cents 1.14 

Dalton,  sixty-seven  cents .67 

Dummer,  eighty-one  cents .81 

Errol,  one  dollar  and  four  cents 1.04 

Gorham,  seven  dollars  and  fifty-five  cents 7.55 

Jeiferson,  one  dollar  and  ninety-four  cents 1.94 

Lancaster,  six  dollars  and  eighty-four  cents 6.84 

Milan,  one  dollar  and  fifty-five  cents 1.55 

Northumberland,  four  dollars  and  twenty -five  cents 4.25 

Pittsburg,  four  dollars  and  eighty-six  cents 4.86 

Randolph,  fifty-six  cents .56 

Shelburne,  one  dollar 1.00 

Stark,  ninety-four  cents .94 

Stewartstown,  one  dollar  and  thirty-nine  cents 1.39 

Stratford,  two  dollars  and  sixty-two  cents 2.62 

Wentworth's  Location,  fifty-eight  cents .58 

Whitefield,  two  dollars  and  ninety  cents 2.90 

Unincorporated  places  in  Coos  County,  $8.34. 

Bean's  Grant,  one  cent $0.01 

Cambridge,  one  dollar  and  fifty-one  cents 1.51 

Crawford's  Purchase,  eleven  cents .11 

Cutt's  Grant,  ten  cents .10 

Dixville,  tw^o  dollars  and  forty-six  cents 2.46 

Dix's  Grant,  fifty-seven  cents .57 

Erving's  Grant,  eight  cents .08 

Gilmanton  and  Atkinson  Academy  Grant,  forty-nine  cents  .49 

Green's  Grant,  six  cents .06 

Millsfield,  sixty-five  cents .65 

Odell,  sixty-four  cents .64 

Sargent's  Purchase,  seven  cents .07 

Second  College  Grant,  sixty-five  cents .65 

Success,  ninety-four  cents .94 

Sect.  2.     The  same  shall  be  the  proportion  of  assessment  of  all 

IT,                      J.,                                       .                        ,     -,    ,  To    continue    until 

public  taxes  until  a  new^  apportionment  shall  be  made  and  estab  another  appcwticm- 
lished,  and  the  treasurer  for  the  time  being  shall  issue  his  warrant™^'''* 
accordingly. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  efeect  upon  its  passage.  Takes    effeet    on 

passage.    _ 

[Approved  February  2,  1921.] 


18 


Chapters  2,  3. 
CHAPTER  2. 


1921 


AN   ACT   RELATING  TO   THE  ISSUE  OF   BONDS  AND   NOTES  BY   RAILROADS 
AND   PUBLIC    UTILITIES. 


SECTION' 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Section 

1.  Railroad  and  public  utility  de- 
bentures issuable  at  rate  of  in- 
terest and  on  terms  approved  by 
Public    Service    Commission. 

Be  it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Railroad  and  pub-  SECTION  1.  Ally  railroad  or  public  utility  may  issue  its  bonds, 
tures'^'lssuablf  ^at  notes,  or  otlier  evidence  of  indebtedness  payable  more  than  twelve 
and  terms' ap''  mouths  after  the  date  thereof,  at  such  rate  of  interest,  and  dispose 
seS  c'omm^?  ^^  ^hc  samc  upon  such  terms,  as  the  public  service  commission  shall 
s'on.  approve.     The  provisions  of  chapter  203  of  the  Public  Statutes 

shall  not  apply  to  such  bonds,  notes,  or  other  evidence  of  indebt- 
edness payable  more  than  twelve  months  after  the  date  thereof  as 
shall  be  issued  with  the  approval  of  the  public  service  commission 
as  herein  provided. 
Takes    eflfect    on      Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage. 

[Approved  February  2,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  3. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  30  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES  RELATING  TO 
ANNUAL  REPORTS  OF  COUNTY  OFFICERS. 


Section 

1.  Repeal  of  Public  Statutes,  chapter 
30,  section  4,  relating  to  paging 
of  reports. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Repeal  of  P.  s.,  c.  SECTION  1.  Chapter  30  of  the  Public  Statutes  relating  to  annual 
to°' paging  "of^"re^  reports  of  couuty  officers  is  hereby  amefided  by  striking  out  the 
^°^^^-  whole  of  section  4. 

Takes    effect    on      SECT.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage. 

[Approved  February  10,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapters    4,  5. 
CHAPTER  4. 


19 


AN    ACT    AUTHORIZING    CHESHIRE    COUNTY    TO    DEFRAY    HOSPITAL    EX- 
PENSES OP  JOHN  H.  ALLEN. 


Section 

1.      Authorization. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1,  That  the  presiding  justice  of  the  superior  court  f or  Authomation. 
Cheshire  county  be  authorized  to  approve,  and  the  county  commis- 
sioners of  said  county  be  authorized  to  pay,  such  sum  as  they  con- 
sider just  for  medical  and  hospital  attendance  and  service  and  other 
expenses  incurred  by  John  H.  Allen  of  Alstead  which  expenses  are 
the  result  of  a  bullet  wound  inflicted  upon  him  while  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duty  as  constable  by  Edward  J.  Patnode  of  Alstead 
on  March  25,  1919. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  February  10,  1921.] 


Takes      effect 
passage. 


CHAPTER  5. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  27  OF  THE  PUBLIC   STATUTES  RE- 
LATING   TO    COUNTY    COMMISSIONERS. 


County  treasurer  to  keep  record  of 
receipts  and  payments  of  county 
funds  conformably  to  classifica- 
tion of  state  tax  conimi'sior. 
and  to  file  vouchers.  Clerk  of 
court  to  furnish  county  commis- 
sioners with  duplicate  of  court 
orders  on  treasurer. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.  Amend  chapter  27  of  the  Public  Statutes  by  strik- County  treasurer 
ing  out  section  12  thereof  and  substituting  therefor  the  following :  receipts  an'd'^pay- 
Sect.  12.  A  record  of  all  receipts  and  payments  of  county  funds  Ss'  conforT'^ 
shall  be  made  by  the  county  treasurer  in  the  county  receipts  and  i^^l  ^^  statue  ®tfx*' 
payments  book,  prescribed  by  the  state  tax  commission,  showing  in^°™™i'|®'°^^'^g^^g^g 
the  case  of  receipts,  the  date,  source  and  amount,  and  in  the  caseCierk  of  court  to 


20 


Chapter    6. 


[1921 


furnish  county  of  payments,  the  name  of  the  payee,  the  voucher  number  and 
with  duplicate  of  amouut,  properly  classified  according  to  the  uniform  classification 
treYsurer^"'  "^  prescribed  by  said  commission.  The  vouchers  shall  be  filed,  accord- 
ing to  the  numbers  appearing  in  the  county  receipts  and  payments 
book,  in  the  office  of  the  county  commissioners.  In  the  case  of  court 
orders  direct  on  the  county  treasurer,  as  provided  in  section  2, 
chapter  28,  Public  Statutes,  the  clerk  of  court  shall  furnish  the 
county  commissioners  with  a  duplicate  order  showing  the  class  of 
expenditure,  date  and  amount. 

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


Takes     effect     on 
passage. 


[Approved  February  16,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  6. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  10  OF  CHAPTER  29  OP  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES 
RELATING  TO  REGISTERS  OF  DEEDS. 

Section  ,  ]   Section 

1.     Registers   to    make    indexes    of  each     [        2.     Takes  effect  oti  passage, 

volume      of      deeds      when  com-     I 
pleted.  I 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


Registers   to 
make  indexes  of 
each   volume   of 
deeds  when 
completed. 


Takes      effect 
passage. 


Section  1.  Said  section  10  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the 
words  "and  neatly  copied,  in  plain  and  legible  handwriting"  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  neatly  and  legibly  copied  sa 
that  the  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  10.  Every 
register,  within  sixty  days  after  any  volume  of  records  is  completed 
during  his  continuance  in  office,  shall  cause  the  index  thereof  to  be 
carefully,  neatly  and  legibly  copied  into  one  or  two  volumes  of  in- 
dexes to  be  furnished  by  the  county,  properly  ruled  and  prepared 
for  entering  the  names  of  grantors  to  grantees  and  grantees  from 
grantors,  according  to  some  system  approved  by  the  county  com- 
missioners or  a  committee  chosen  by  the  county  convention. 

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

[Approved  February  16,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapters   7,  8. 


21 


CHAPTER  7. 

AN  ACT  AMENDING  SECTION  10  OF  CHAPTER  141  OP  THE  PUBLIC  STAT- 
UTES AS  AMENDED  BY  SECTION  1  OF  CHAPTER  41  OP  THE  LAWS  OP 
1905  AND  BY  CHAPTER  93  OF  THE  LAWS  OP  1913,  RELATING  TO  LIENS 
OP  MECHANICS  AND  OTHERS. 


EOT 

lOK 

Section 

1. 

Lien    for    labor    done    or 

materials 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage 

furnished          toward 

building 

Tvells. 

Be  it  enacted  ly  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 

General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Amend  section  10  of  chapter   141   of  the  Public  L^en  Jo/^a^or^^^ 
Statutes   as  amended  by  section  1   of   chapter  41   of  the   I^^^^'^^a"^'®^u1id\n 
of   1905   and   by   chapter    93   of   the   Laws   of   1913,   by   adding weL.    ""'  ""^ 
after  the  word  "shiiceway"  wherever  it  occurs  the  word  well, 
so  that   said  section   10   of  said   chapter   141    as   amended   shall 
read  as  follows:     Sect.  10.     If  any  person  shall,  by  himself  or 
others,  perform  labor  or  furnish  materials  to  the  amount  of  fifteen 
dollars  or  more  for  erecting  or  repairing  a  house  or  other  building 
or  appurtenances,  or  for  building  any  dam,  canal,  sluiceway,  well  or 
bridge,  other  than  for  a  municipality,  by  virtue  of  a  contract  with 
the  owner  thereof,  he  shall  have  a  lien  on  any  materials  so  furnished 
and  on  said  house  or  other  building  or  appurtenances,  or  dam, 
canal,  sluiceway,  well  or  bridge,  and  on  any  right  of  the  owner  of 
the  lot  of  land  on  which  the  house,  building  or  appurtenances,  or 
dam,  canal,  sluiceway,  well  or  bridge  stands. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes^  effect  on 

[Approved  February  16,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  8. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OP  SECTION  2  OF  CHAPTER  193  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES  RELATING  TO  APPEALS  FROM  COMMISSIONERS. 


Section 
Appeals    from    commissioners    of    in-  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage, 

solvent  estates ;  notice  to  ad- 
ministrator how  to  be  given ; 
petition  to  be  entered  within 
twelve  days  thereafter. 

Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Amend  section  2  of  chapter  193  of  the  Public  Stat- Appeals. from 
-utes  by  striking  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  In^we^nr'es"   ° 


22 


Chapter    9. 


[1921 


tates;_  notice  to  a  new  section  as  follows:  Sect.  2.  The  judge  shall  order  the  ad- 
iiuw'°to  be  given ;  ministrator  to  be  served  with  a  copy  of  the  petition  and  declaration, 
entered  withL  The  Creditor  shall  enter  his  action  at  the  trial  term  of  the  superior 
therlafttrf^  court  holdcu  ucxt  after  the  expiration  of  twelve  days  from  such 

service,  and  shall  produce  attested  copies  of  the  petition,  declara- 
tion, and  order  of  notice,  and  evidence  of  compliance  with  the  order. 
Any  action  brought  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  entered  in  the  superior  court  in  the  county  where  either 
party  resides,  and  any  action  now  pending  hereunder  shall  be  trans- 
ferred upon  motion  of  the  plaintiff  to  the  superior  court  for  the 
county  in  which  such  plaintiff  resides. 

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


Takes  effect  on 
passage. 


[Approved  February  17,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  9*. 

AN  ACT  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  ELECTION  OF  SELECTMEN  OF  TOWNS  TO  HOLD 
OFFICE  FOR  A  TERM  OF  THREE  YEARS. 


Section 

1.     Term   of   office  three  years;    powers 
and  duties. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


Term   of    office 
three   years; 
powers    and 
duties. 


Takes     effect 
passage. 


Section  1.  Every  town,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  1921,  shall 
choose,  by  ballot  and  by  major  vote,  three  selectmen,  one  to  hold 
office  for  three  years,  one  for  two  years  and  one  for  one  year,  and 
thereafter  at  every  annual  meeting  one  selectman  shall  be  so  chosen 
to  hold  office  for  three  years.  The  selectmen  shall  manage  the  pru- 
dential affairs  of  the  town  and  perform  the  duties  by  law  prescribed. 
A  majority  of  the  selectmen  shall  be  competent  to  act  in  all  cases. 
^  Sect.  2.  Section  5  of  chapter  43  of  the  Public  Statutes  is  hereby 
repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  February  17,  1921.] 


■^Amended,   see  ch.   17. 


1921]  Chapter   10.  23 

CHAPTER  10. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  202  OP  THE  LAWS  OP  1917  RELAT- 
ING TO  THE  SALE  OP  SECURITIES. 

Section  1    Section 

1.     Sale    of    its   own    stock,    bonds,    etc..  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 

by  corporation,  or  its  officers. 
duly  licensed  thereunto,  does  not 
constitute  a   sale  by   a   dealer.  ' 

Be  it   enacted   lij   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Section  1  of  chapter  202  of  the  Laws  of  1917  issaie  of  its  own 

.     .  r.     1  J      £<  •       0.1       Stock,    bonds,    etc., 

hereby  amended  by  striking  out  of  the  same  the  words  nor  m  tncby  corporation, 
case  of  the  foundation  of  a  New  Hampshire  corporation  organized  Suiy' ucens'e'd"' 
to  do  business  within  the  state  shall  the  offer  of  a  sale  of  its  securi- t^;ft''^^^^''g'tit^°f  ^ 
ties  by  such  corporation  constitute  it  a  dealer  in  securities.  The  sale  by  a  dealer, 
terra  'securities'  shall  include  all  classes  of  stocks,  bonds,  deben- 
tures or  certificates  of  participation, ' '  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  following:  Any  corporation  chartered  by  or  organized  under 
the  laws  of  this  state  and  actually  engaged  in  business  herein,  or 
any  public  utility  corporation  actually  engaged  in  business  in  this 
state,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  insurance  commissioner  a 
license  authorizing  it  by  its  officers,  agents,  and  employees  to  sell 
its  stocks,  bonds  or  other  securities  within  this  state,  upon  making 
application  therefor  and  paying  a  license  fee  of  ten  dollars  and  fur- 
nishing evidence  satisfactory  to  the  insurance  commissioner  that  the 
issue  of  such  license  will  not  be  inconsistent  with  the  public  interest. 
Every  such  local  corporation  shall  from  time  to  time  file  with  iho. 
commissioner  the  names  and  residences  of  its  agents  and  employees 
authorized  to  make  such  sales  on  its  behalf  and  shall  pay  a  filing  fee 
of  one  dollar  for  each  agent  and  employee  so  authorized.  Such  cor- 
poration so  licensed  and  its  officers,  agents  and  employees  shall  not 
be  regarded  as  dealers  in  securities  under  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter.  The  term  "securities"  shall  include  all  classes  of  stocks 
and  shares,  bonds,  debentures,  evidences  of  indebtedness  and  certifi- 
cates of  participation,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as 
follows:  Section  1.  Under  this  act,  the  term  dealer  shall  mean  any 
individual,  partnership,  association  or  corporation  engaging  in  the 
selling  or  offering  for  sale  of  securities,  except  to  or  through  the 
medium  of,  or  as  agent  or  salesman  of,  a  registered  dealer.  But 
sales  made  by  or  in  behalf  of  a  vendor  in  the  ordinary  course  of 
hmia  fide  personal  investment  of  his  personal  holdings  or  change  of 
such  investments  shall  not  constitute  such  vendor  or  the  agent  of 
such  vendor,  if  not  otherwise  engaged  either  permanently  or  tem- 
porarily in  selling  securities,  a  dealer  in  securities.  Nor  shall  the 
offer  of  or  sale  of  its  own  securities  by  an  association  or  a  corpora- 
tion to  its  own  members  or  stockholders  constitute  such  association 


24 


Chapter  H, 


[1921 


Takes     effect 
passage. 


or  corporation  a  dealer  in  securities.  Any  corporation  chartered  by 
or  organized  under  the  laws  of  this  state  and  actually  engaged  in 
business  herein,  or  any  public  utility  corporation  actually  engaged 
in  business  in  this  state,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  insur- 
ance commissioner  a  license  authorizing  it  by  its  officers,  agents,  and 
employees  to  sell  its  stocks,  bonds  or  other  securities  within  this 
state,  upon  making  application  therefor  and  paying  a  license  fee  of 
ten  dollars  and  furnishing  evidence  satisfactory  to  the  insurance 
commissioner  that  the  issue  of  such  license  will  not  be  inconsistent 
with  the  public  interest.  Every  such  local  corporation  shall  from 
time  to  time  file  with  the  commissioner  the  names  and  residences 
of  its  agents  and  employees  authorized  to  make  such  sales  on  its  be- 
half and  shall  pay  a  filing  fee  of  one  dollar  for  each  agent  and  em- 
ployee so  authorized.  Such  corporation  so  licensed  and  its  officers, 
agents  and  employees  shall  not  be  regarded  as  dealers  in  securities 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  The  term  "securities"  shall 
include  all  classes  of  stocks  and  shares,  bonds,  debentures,  evidences 
of  indebtedness  and  certificates  of  participation. 
L     Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  February  22,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  11. 


AN  ACT  IN  REGARD  TO  DISPOSITION  OF  RECORDS  OF  THE  STATE  TREASURER. 


Section: 

1.  State  treasurer  may  be  authorized 
to  destroy  papers  in  his  office 
after  seven  years  from  time  of 
filing. 


Section 

2.  Such    authorization    may    be    given 

after    examination    by    committee 
of  the  council. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Seriate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


State   treasurer 
may  be   author- 
ized to   destroy 
papers    in    his    of- 
fice  after   seven 
years   from   time 
of  filing. 
Such    authoriza- 
tion may  be  given 
after    examina- 
tion  by   commit- 
tee of  the  council. 


Takes     effect     on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  destroy 
documents  and  papers  filed  in  his  office  at  the  end  of  seven  years 
from  the  time  of  filing  as  provided  in  section  2  of  this  act. 

Sect.  2.  The  state  treasurer  shall  submit  to  the  governor  and 
council  a  statement  describing  documents  and  papers  that  he  de- 
sires to  remove  from  the  files  of  the  office ;  and  a  committee  of  the 
council  shall  examine  such  documents  and  papers.  If  the  commit- 
tee approves  such  disposition,  a  record  shall  be  made  of  all  such  doc- 
uments and  papers,  and  they  shall  then  be  burned  by  the  state 
treasurer  in  the  presence  of  the  committee. 

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

[Approved  February  22,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapter    12. 


25 


CHAPTER  12. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  EXEMPTION  FROM  TAXATION  OF  VETERANS  OF 
THE  WAR  OF  THE  REBELLION,  THE  SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR,  THE 
PHILIPPINE  INSURRECTION  AND  THEIR  WIVES  AND  WIDOWS. 


Section' 

1.  Veterans  to  be  exempted  from  poll 
tax  on  production  of  certificate 
of  pension  or  an  honorable  dis- 
charge. 


Section 

2.  Other  veterans  may  be  exempted  by- 

selectmen  from  poll  tax. 
Veterans    exempt    from    taxation    on 
property    to    the    value   of   $1000. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted  ly  the  Senate  and  House   of  Represeritatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.    Amend  chapter  56  of  the  Public  Statutes  by  striking  veterans  to  be 
out  section  2  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  Sect.  2.poirt*ax  onTro- 
Any  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  or  of  thefiSe°of  pen^s'ion 
Spanish-American  War  or  of  the  Philippine  Insurrection  who  shall  °f^^^^^J;°'io^^bi« 
present  to  the  selectmen  or  assessors  of  the  town  in  which  he  lives, 
for  inspection  and  record,  his  pension  certificate  awarding  to  such 
soldier,  sailor  or  marine  an  invalid  pension  of  any  amount,  or  an 
honorable  discharge  of  such  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  from  the  serv- 
ice of  the  United  States  in  said  Rebellion  or  said  Spanish-American 
War  or  said  Philippine  Insurrection,  shall  thereafter  be  exempt 
from  levy  of  poll  tax. 

Sect.  2.     Amend  chapter  56  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended  other  veterans 
by  section  1  of  chapter  95  of  the  Laws  of  1907  and  section  1  of^^^sekctmeTfrom 
chapter  54  of  the  Laws  of  1919,  by  striking  out  section  4  and  in-^eterank  exempt 
serting  in  place  thereof  the  following :    Sect.  4.*    The  selectmen  injf,°'^,,g'^^^'7he''° 
their  discretion  may  exempt  any  other  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  who^^'^e  of  $iooo. 
served  in  the  late  Rebellion  or  the  Spanish-American  War  or  the 
Philippine  Insurrection,  and  is  disabled  in  consequence  of  such  serv- 
ice, from  paying  a  poll  tax,  and  every  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  resid- 
ing in  New  Hampshire  who  served  for  thirty  days  or  more-  in  the 
army  of  the  United  States  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  or  the 
Spanish-American  War  or  the  Philippine  Insurrection  and  received 
an  honorable  discharge  from  that  service,  and  the  wife  or  widow  of 
any  such  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  in  consideration  or  recognition  of 
such  service,  shall  be  exempt  each  year  from  taxation  upon  his  tax- 
able property  to  the  value  of  one  thousand  dollars ;  provided  such 
soldier,  sailor  or  marine  and  his  wife,  if  any,  shall  not  own  property 
to  the  value  of  five  thousand  dollars  or  more. 

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


Takes      effect      on 
passage. 


[Approved  February  24,  1921. 


'Amended,     ch.    103. 


26 


Chapters  13,  14. 
CHAPTER  13. 


1921 


Attendance  at 
court  not  re- 
quired. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  27  OP  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES  RELATING  TO 
COUNTY   COMMISSIONERS. 


Section 

1.     Attendance   at  court  not  required. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Represe^itatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Chapter  27  of  the  Public  Statutes  relating  to  county 
commissioners  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  sec- 
tion 9. 


Takes    effect    on      Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  March  1,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  14. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OP  SECTION  9  OP  CHAPTER  234  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES  RELATING  TO  EXECUTIONS  AGAINST  TOWNS  AND  DISTRICTS. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect 


Section 

1.  Mandamus  to  issue  against  select- 
men to  assess  tax  to  pay  execu- 
tion against  town  or  district  on 
application    of   execution   creditor. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Mandamus  to  SECTION  1.    Amend  scction  9  of  chapter  234  of  the  Public  Stat- 

issue    against    se-  ^ 

lectmen  to  assess utes  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following:     Such  writ  shall 
tion  against  town  also  be  issued,  upou  application  of  the  execution  creditor,  in  any 
piicatioii*'of°e"  ecu- ease  whcrc  the  execution  has  not  been  paid  within  sixty  days  after 
tion  creditor.        ^^  attested  copy  has  been  left  as  provided  in  section  3  aforesaid ;  so 
that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :    Sect.  9.    In  case 
a  levy  is  begun  upon  the  property  of  an  inhabitant  or  nonresident 
other  than  one  of  the  selectmen  or  of  the  school  board  or  commis- 
sioners, the  supreme  court,  upon  application  of  the  person  whose 
property  is  so  levied  upon,  or  upon  the  application  of  any  other 
property  owner  in  the  town  or  district,  shall  issue  a  writ  of  manda- 
mus ordering  the  selectmen  to  assess  and  collect  a  tax  sufficient  to 
pay  the  amount  of  the  execution  and  costs.    Such  writ  shall  also  be 
issued,  upon  application  of  the  execution  creditor,  in  any  case  where 
the  execution  has  not  been  paid  within  sixty  days  after  an  attested 
copy  has  been  left  as  provided  in  section  3  aforesaid. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Takes     effect 
passage. 


[Approved  March  1,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapter    15. 


27 


CHAPTER  15. 

AN  ACT  TO  INSURE  TO  THE  CITIZENS  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  THE  BENEFITS 
OF  THE  ESTABLISHED  STANDARD  TIME. 


Standard  time  shall  be  "United 
States   standard    eastern   time." 

Standard  time  to  govern  movements 
of  common  carriers,  the  time  of 
performance  of  goverrfmental 
acts,  contracts  and  choses  in 
action. 


Section 

3.  Common      carrier      not      to      change 

schedules  of  trains  to  conform  to 
other  standard  of  time  adopted 
by  foreign  state. 

4.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


govern  move- 
jients   of    common 


?  carriers,    tne    tinit^ 


Section  1.     That,  within  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  the  stand- standard  «me 
ard  time  shall  be  based  on  the  mean  astronomical  time  of  the  sev- states  standard 
enty-fifth  degree  of  longitude  west  from  Greenwich,  known  and^^^*®''°  *™*'' 
designated  by  the  federal  statute  as  "United  States  Standard  East- 
ern Time." 

Sect.  2.  That  the  said  standard  time  shall  govern  the  movement  standard  time  to 
within  the  state  of  all  common  carriers  engaged  in  commerce  within 
the  state  or  between  this  state  and  any  other  state  or  territory  of  orperformance  of 
the  United  States.  In  all  laws,  statutes,  orders,  decrees,  rules  and  f°f^,^''°,^jf°i^^t3 
regulations  relating  to  the  time  of  performance  of  any  act  by  any  a^^^^^oses  in 
officer  or  department  of  this  state,  including  the  legislative,  execu- 
tive, and  judicial  branches  of  the  state  government,  or  of  any 
county,  city,  town  or  district  thereof,  or  relating  to  the  time  in 
which  any  rights  shall  accrue  or  determine,  or  within  which  any  act 
shall  or  shall  not  be  performed  by  any  person  subject  to  the  juris- 
diction of  this  state,  and  in  all  the  public  schools  and  institutions  of 
the  state,  or  of  any  county,  city,  town  or  district  thereof,  and  in  all 
contracts  or  choses  in  action  made  or  to  be  performed  in  this  state, 
it  shall  be  understood  and  intended  that  the  time  shall  be  the  United 
States  Standard  Eastern  Time. 

Sect.  3.     No  common  carrier  engaged  in  commerce  within  this  Common  carrier 
state  or  between  this  state  and  any  other  state  or  territory  shall  schedules  of 
change  or  be  permitted  to  change  its  time  schedules  for  the  move-to'*'othei^  stand^a^rd 
ment  of  trains  within  the  state  in  order  to  accommodate  itself  to  by  f™eign*^Tt*a^tl 
conditions  outside  the  state  arising  by  reason  of  the  adoption  of  any 
other  standard  of  time  by  any  other  state. 

Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  pas^s'age.^*^''    ""* 

[Approved  March  1,  1921.] 


28 


Chapters  16,  17.  '  [ 

CHAPTER  16. 

AN  ACT  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  STATE  HOSPITAL, 


1921 


Section 

1.  Superintendent  shall  notify  state 
bpard  of  health  and  furnish  re- 
quired information  as  to  person 
committed. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


e  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     The  superintendent  of  the  New  Hampshire  State 


Superintendent 

shall   notify   state     tt  •      i         •    i   •         i  t  o  •  ■.  « 

board  of  health     Hospital,  withm  three  days  after  commitment  thereto  of  any  person, 
quired^lnforml-     shall  notify  the  state  board  of  health  upon  blanks  furnished  for  that 
commuted?  ^'"^''"  purpose,  giving  such  information  regarding  the  person  so  committed 
in  his  charge  as  the  state  board  of  health  may  require. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Takes      effect 
passage. 


[Approved  March  1,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  1^ 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  AN  ACT  PASSED  AT  THE  JANUARY  SESSION  1921  PRO- 
^^DING  FOR  THE  ELECTION  OF  SELECTMEN  OF  TOWNS  TO  HOLD  OFFICE 
FOR  A  TERM  OP  THREE  YEARS. 


Section 

1.  Selectmen  shall  be  elected  by 
plurality  vote  in  towns  where 
such  mode  of  election  is  now 
authorized. 


Section 

2.  Vacancies    in    office    to    be    filled    by 

remaining  selectmen. 

3.  Laws     1921,     chapter    9,     section    2, 

shall  be  renumbered  as  section   3. 

4.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


Selectmen  shall  be      SECTION  1.     Amend  scctiou  1  of  an  act  approved  February  17, 

itrvoleVn  towns'"  19^1,  providing  for  the  election  of  selectmen  of  towns  for  a  term  of 

?lieVo"n*isTow ^hrcc  ycars,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following:    Provided, 

authorized.  howevcr,  that  such  elections  shall  be  by  plurality  vote  in  towns  which 

under  existing  statutes  elect  such  officers  in  that  manner;  so  that 

said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Section  1.     Every 

town,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  1921,  shall  choose,  by  ballot  and  by 

major  vote,  three  selectmeA,  one  to  hold  office  for  three  years,  one 


1921] 


Chapter   18. 


29 


for  two  years  and  one  for  one  year,  and  thereafter  at  every  annual 
meeting  one  selectman  shall  be  so  chosen  to  hold  office  for  three 
years.  The  selectmen  shall  manage  the  prudential  affairs  of  the 
town  and  perform  the  duties  by  law  prescribed.  A  majority  of  the 
selectmen  shall  be  competent  to  act  in  all  cases.  Provided,  Jwwever, 
that  such  elections  shall  be  by  plurality  vote  in  towns  which  under 
existing  statutes  elect  such  officers  in  that  manner. 

Sect.  2.     Further  amend  said  act  by  inserting  after  section  1  a  Vacancies  in  office 
new  section  to  be  known  as  section  2,  as  follows :    Sect.  2.    Vacan-  maining  ^select-  ^^ 
cies  in  the  board  shall  be  filled  by  the  remaining  selectmen.    Such™®"" 
selectmen  thus  chosen  shall  hold  office  until  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  town. 

Sect.  3.     Further  amend  said  act  by  re-numbering  the  original  s.^2'^shaii  be  %-  ' 
section  2  so  that  it  shall  be  section  3. 

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


numbered    as    sec- 
tion 3. 

Takes  effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  March  2,  1921. 


CHAPTER  18. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  43  OP  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES  RE- 
LATING TO  DUTIES  OF  TOWN  OFFICERS. 


Section 

1.  Town  clerk  and  deputy  to  give  bond 

for   faithful  performance  of  duty. 

2.  This  act  not  to  affect  the  election  of 

town    officers    by    plurality    vote 
under  Laws  1919,  chapter  129. 


Section 

3.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the.  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.    Amend  section  1  of  chapter  43  of  the  Public  Statutes  Town  cierk  and 
by  adding  the  following :    Every  person  elected  or  appointed  to  the  bond*^or°faTthfui 
office  of  town  clerk  or  deputy  town  clerk  shall,  within  six  days  after  ^^^,5°'"™^°°®  "^ 
his  election  or  appointment,  and  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  give  bond,  with  sufficient  sureties  to  the  acceptance  of 
the  town  or  the  selectmen,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  offi- 
cial duties,  in  form  like  that  of  county  officers,  and  in  default 
thereof  the  office  shall  be  vacant,  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read:  Section  1.     Every  town,  at  the  annual  meeting,  shall 
choose,  by  ballot  and  by  major  vote,  a  town  clerk,  who  shall  record 
all  votes  passed  by  the  town  while  he  remains  in  office,  and  dis- 
charge all  the  duties  of  the  office  according  to  law.    Every  person 
elected  or  appointed  to  the  office  of  town  clerk  or  deputy  town 
clerk  shall,  within  six  days  after  his  election  or  appointment,  and 


30 


Chapter   19. 


1921 


before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  give  bond,  with  suffi- 
cient sureties  to  the  acceptance  of  the  town  or  the  selectmen,  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  his  official  duties,  in  form  like  that 
of  county  officers,  and  in  default  thereof  the  office  shall  be  vacant. 
Sect.  2.     Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  repealing 


This  act  Tiot  to  af- 
fect the  election  of 

town  officers  by    chapter  129  of  the  Laws  of  1919,  which  provides  that  town  officers 

plurality   vote  i      ii   i  i  -i   i  i  i  ■  . 

nnder  Laws  1919,  shall  be  elected  by  plurality  vote  m  towns  which  have  adopted  the 
Australian  ballot  system. 

Takes   effect   on  SeCT.    3 

passage. 


This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  .March  2,  1921.; 


CHAPTER  19. 


AN  ACT  REPEALING  CHAPTER  98,  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1907,  AND  CHANGING 
THE  FISCAL  YEAR  OF  THE  STATE. 


Reports   of  state  business  shall  close 

June  30. 
Reports   of   state   officials   or   boards, 

annual    and   biennial,    to    close   on 

June   30   of   the  year  of   required 

issue. 


Section 

3.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Chapter  98,  of  the  Laws  of  1907,  is  hereby  repealed 


Reports  of  state 

ciose^ljune  30.      and  rcports  of  the  business  of  the  state  shall  close  on  June  30, 

Reports  of  state  SeCT.    2. 

officials  or  boards, 

annual  and 

biennial,   to   close 

nn  June  30  of  th 

year  of  required 

issue. 


Every  report  now  required  by  law  to  be  issued  an- 
nually by  any  state  official  or  state  board,  shall  close  on  June  30, 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


July  1  to  June  30,  inclusive.  Every  report  now  required  by  law 
to  be  issued  biennially  by  any  state  official  or  state  board  shall  close 
on  June  30,  1922;  and  thereafter  such  reports  shall  cover  biennial 
periods  from  July  1  to  June  30,  inclusive. 

Sect.  3.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  March  2,  1921." 


1921]  Chapters  20,  21.  31' 

CHAPTER  20. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  5  OF  CHAPTER  165  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES  AS  AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  35  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1917  IN  RE- 
LATION TO  THE  EXPENSES  OF  SAVINGS  BANKS. 

Sectiox  1    Section 

1.      Salaries  of  officers  and  employees  to  2.     lakes   effect   on  passage. 

1>e   fixed   by  trustees. 
Expenses,    including   salaries,    not   to 
exceed       $4000       until       deposits 
average   $500,000,    and   thereafter 
proportionally  limited. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Strike  out  all  of  section  5  of  chapter  165  of  the  Pub- Salaries  of  officers 
lie  Statutes  as  amended  by  chapter  35  of  the  Laws  of  1917  and  sub-  be  fixed  by  trus- 
stitute    the    following:      Sect.    5.      The    trustees    shall    annually  Expenses,   inciud- 
establish  the  salary  of  the  treasurer  and  of  all  other  officers  and  Jo^e^clfed^  $4000 
employees  of  the  bank.     The  total  yearly  expenses  of  the  bank  in- ^^g'|4st%°5oo,ooo. 
curred  by  the  trustees  in  its  management,  including  salaries,  shall  a°d  thereafter 
not  exceed  four  thousand  dollars  while  the  average  amount  of  its  limited. 
deposits  is  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  or  less,  and  in  no  case 
shall  they  exceed  the  sum  produced  by  adding  to  four  thousand 
dollars  two-fifths  of  one  per  cent,  of  the  excess  of  deposits  up  to 
three  million  dollars,  and  one-fifth  of  one  per  cent,  of  the  excess  of 
deposits  above  three  million  dollars. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  eft'ect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  ob 

'■  r-  o  passage. 

[Approved  March  2,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  21. 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  VALUATION  OF  BONDS  AND  OTHER  SECURITIKS 
HELD  BY  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES,  ASSESSMENT  LIFE  ASSOCIA- 
TIONS AND  FRATERNAL  BENEFICIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Section  1.     Rules  for  valuation  of  securities  prescribed:    insurance  commissioner  to 
have  full  discretion  in  determining  method  of  calculating  values  under  said  rules. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     All  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  debt  having  a  fixed  R"ies  for  vaiua- 

.  .  „    tion  of   securities 

term  and  rate  held  by  any  liie  msurance  company,  assessment  life  prescribed:    in- 
association   or   fraternal   beneficiary   association   authorized   to    do  sioaer  to  have  full 


32  Chapter  22.  [1921 

discretion  in  de-  business  in  this  state  may,  if  amply  secured  and  not  in  default  as 
ofTaicXti™g  °  to  principal  and  interest,  be  valued  as  follows:  If  purchased  at 
rules?  ^^^"  ^^'^  par,  at  the  par  value ;  if  purchased  above  or  below  par,  on  the  basis 
of  the  purchase  price  adjusted  so  as  to  bring  the  value  to  par  at 
maturity  and  so  as  to  yield  in  the  meantime  the  effective  rate  of 
interest  at  which  the  purchase  was  made;  provided  that  the  pur- 
chase price  shall  in  no  case  be  taken  at  a  higher  figure  than  the  ac- 
tual market  value  at  the  time  of  purchase ;  and,  provided  further, 
that  the  insurance  commissioner  shall  have  full  discretion  in  deter- 
mining the  method  of  calculating  values  according  to  the  foregoing 
rule. 

[Approved  March  2,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  22. 

AN  ACT  TO  ENCOURAGE  THE  REPRODUCTION  OP  PINE  ON  CUT-OVER  PINE 
LANDS  THROUGH  THE  LEAVING  OF  SEED  TREES. 

Section  i   Section 

1.     Persons   cutting   pine   woodlands,    as  2.     Lumber  operators  on  such  woodlands 

herein     defined,     shall    leave    one  to  give  notice  to  state  forester  of 

seed  tree  on  each  acre;     the  tree  I                     name,   location   and  size  of  lot  to 

to    be    the    owner's    property,    but  be   operated, 

not    to    be    cut    for    fifteen    years  ;        3.     Penalty      for      non-compliance      with 


unless    improvement    of    land    re- 
quires. 


section    1    reforestation   with   pro- 
ceeds of  fines. 
.     Takes     effect     September     1,     1922; 
forestry  commission   charged  with 
its  enforcement. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Seriate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

pin"°woodi"^f.         Section  1.     Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  responsible  for 
shau^r''^  defined,  the  Operation  of  lumbering  or  cutting  timber  on  pine  woodlands 
seedtree  on  each  shall  Icavc  Standing,  upou  cvcry  acre  where  pine  trees  represent 
be  the  owner's      scvcnty-fivc  per  ceut.  or  more  of  the  total  number  of  trees  of  mer- 
Fo^^be'^cut  for'^"     chautablc  size  upon  said  acre,  at  least  one  pine  tree  ten  inches  or 
fe^^lm^pM^ement  ^^^^  ^^  diameter  on  the  stump  and  of  sufficient  spread  of  crown  to 
of  land  requires.  i,q  wind  firm  and  capable  of  producing  an  abundance  of  seed  cones 
during  the  bearing  years.    Such  pine  trees  left  for  seed  shall  be  the 
property  of  the  land  owner,  but  they  shall  not  be  cut  until  at  least 
fifteen  years  have  elapsed  after  the  operation  of  lumbering  on  said 
land,  except  where  such  seed  trees  interfere  with  the  clearing  and 
improvement  of  land  for  agricultural  or  other  purposes. 
J'^uch  wo'oT°"     Sect.  2.     Such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  before  lumber- 
lands  to  give        jjjg  begins  on  any  pine  woodland  as  defined  in  section  1,  file  with 
the  state  forester  a  statement  of  intention  giving  the  name,  location 


1921]  Chapter    23,  33 

and  approximate  size  of  the  lot  to  be  operated,  upon  penalty  of  a  notice  to  state  for- 
fine  not  to  exceed  $100  for  failure  to  file  a  report  upon  complaint  location  and  size 
of  the  state  forester.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  forester.  oper°a\ed'.    ^ 
under  the  direction  of  the  forestry  commission,  to  examine  all  pine 
woodlands  during  or  immediately  following  lumbering  operations 
to  determine  whether  or  not  the  provisions  of  section  1  have  been 
adequately  and  reasonably  complied  with. 

Sect.  3.     Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  failing  to  carry  out  Penalty  for  nom- 
the  provisions  of  section  1  shall  be  fined  an  amount  equivalent  to  $£  seSfoifTf  refores- 
for  each  and  every  acre  upon  which  a  seed  pine  has  not  been  left  ggeX  of  fines.' " 
standing  as  provided  in  section  1.     The  amount  of  such  fine  shall 
be  credited  to  the  forestry  fund  in  the  state  treasury  and  used  by 
the  state  forester  in  supplying  trees  from  the  state  nursery  and  the 
labor  of  setting  them  out  on  the  particular  area  cut  over  contrary 
to  law,  to  the  extent  of  the  amount  of  fine  and  in  the  most  practical 
manner. 

Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  September  1,  1922  and  the'^-i^^s  effect  sep- 

.  .  TO  tember  1,   1922; 

forestry  commission  is  hereby  charged  with  its  enforcement.  forestry  commis- 

sion  charged 
with    its   enforce- 

[Approved  March  2,  1921.]  '"^°*- 


CHAPTER  23. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  139  OF  THE  LAV^S  OF  1919,  RELAT- 
ING TO  TAXATION  OF  STREET  RAILWAYS. 

Skction    1.      Laws    1919,   chapter    139,   to    remain  in  force  until  Sept.   15,    1923. 

Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Section  4  of  chapter  139  of  the  Laws  of  1919  is  J^'^^em^ii^-n'-  '^^ 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  figures  "1922"  and  inserting  in  is^fgas!'^  ^''^** 
place  thereof  the  figures,  1923,  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  fol- 
lows :    Sect.  4.    All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage, 
and  shall  remain  in  force  until  September  15,  1923. 

[Approved  March  10,  192].] 


34 


Chapters  24,  25. 
CHAPTER  24. 


1921 


AN  ACT  IN  RELATION  TO  CLERK  HIRE  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  REGISTER  OF 
PROBATE  IN  MERRIMACK  COUNTY. 


Section 

1.      Allowance  for  clerk  hire. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Allowance  for 
clerk  hire. 


Takes  effest  on 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  The  register  of  probate  for  Merrimack  county  shall 
be  allowed  a  sum  of  not  exceeding  nine  hundred  dollars  annually 
for  clerk  hire,  the  same  to  be  paid  in  monthly  installments  from  the 
county  treasury. 

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

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  25. 


AN    ACT    RELATING    TO    FISHING    IN    LAKE    BABOOSIC. 


Section 

1.      Limit    of   six   bass   per  boat  per   day. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on    passage. 


Be   it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Limit  of  six  bass      SECTION  1.     That   during  the  open   season   for  bass  fishing,   in 

per   boat   per   day.  or-  &> 

Lake  Baboosic  in  the  towns  of  Amherst  and  Merrimack,  county  of 
Hillsborough,  a  person  or  persons  may  take  a  total  of  not  more 
than  six  (6)  bass  per  boat  on  any  one  day  during  such  open  season. 
This  act  to  remain  in  force  for  a  period  of  five  (5)  years. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Takes  effect  on 
passage. 


[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapters  26,  27. 


35 


CHAPTER  26. 

AN    ACT    TO    REGULATE   FISHING    IN    PROFILE    LAKE    IN    THE    TOWN    OF 
FRANCONIA. 


Section 

1.     Only 


fishing    permitted. 


Section 

2.      Pen  alt  J- . 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     That  all  fishing  is  hereby  prohibited  in  Profile  Lake pe"mit^ed^'^'°^ 
in  the  town  of  Franconia  except  that  fish  of  lawful  size  may  be 
taken  with  a  fly  from  June  15  to  October  1  of  any  year. 

Sect.  2.     Any  person  who  violates  a  provision  of  this  act  shall  renaity. 
be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  five  dollars  additional  for 
each  fish  taken  or  possessed  in  violation  thereof. 

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  27. 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  INSURANCE  COMPANIES. 


Section 

1.  Companies  of  other  states  to  be  sub- 
ject to  same  taxes,  etc.,  as  New 
Hampshire  companies  doing  busi- 
ness in  such  states. 


Section 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court   convened: 


Section  1.     When,  bv  the  laws  of  any  other  state  or  country,  companies  of 

1    •"          T  i-  -\  ■  IT  other    states    to 

any  taxes,  fines,  penalties,  licenses,  lees,  deposits,  or  other  obliga-be  subject  to 
tions  or  prohibitions  additional  to  or  in  excess  of  those  imposed  by  as  New  Hamp-" 
this  state  upon  companies  not  organized  under  the  laws  of  this  state  ^o'lng  *busmess^ 
and  their  agents  doing  business  in  this  state,  are  imposed  upon  in-  ^^  ^^'^^  ^'**®^- 
surance  companies  of  this  state  and  their  agents  doing  business 
in  such  state  or  country,  the  same  taxes,  fines,  penalties,  licenses, 
fees,  deposits,  or  other  obligations  or  prohibitions,  shall  be  imposed 
upon  all  insurance  companies  of  such  state  or  country  and  their 
agents  doing  business  in  this  state,  so  long  as  such  laws  remain 
in  force.     If  any  such  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  pay 
any  tax,  fine,  penalty,  license  or  fee  imposed  by  the  laws  of  this 
state,  or  fail  to  comply  with  any  other  requirement  thereof,  the 
commissioner  may  revoke  its  license. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 
[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


36 


Chapters  28,   29. 


[1921 


CHAPTER  28. 

AN   ACT   TO   PROVIDE  FOR   THE   PATROL   OF   FOREST    LANDS   IN    ORDER    TO 
PREVENT  THE  OCCURRENCE  AND  SPREAD  OF  FOREST  FIRES. 


Section 

1.     Owners  of  certain  forest  land  to  pro- 
vide for  patrol. 


Section 

2.  Upon    their    failure    to     so    provide, 

state    forester    to    furnish    patrol. 

3.  Takes   effect  on  passage. 


Be   it  enacted   'by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Owners  of  certain     SECTION  1.     The   owner   of   any   forest   land   of   one   thousand 

provide' for  ^paTroi.  (1,000)  aci'es  or  more  in  any  one  town  or  unincorporated  place  or 

in  a  contiguous  area,  shall  furnish  or  provide  therefor  during  the 

portion  of  the  year  when  there  is  danger  of  forest  fires,  adequate 

patrol  against  the  spread  of  fire  therefrom,  to  the  amount  of  one 

cent  per  acre  per  annum. 

Upon  their  fail-         Sect.  2.     Upoii  the  failure  of  any  land  owner  to  provide  ade- 

st'ifte^°for*lst'e7\'o'^'  Q^atc  patrol  under  the  provisions  of  section  1,  it  shall  be  the  duty 

of  the  state  forester  to  provide  such  patrol  and  charge  the  expense 

of  the  same  to  the  owner  of  the  land,  such  expense  to  become  a  lien 

upon  the  property. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its 


furnish    patrol. 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  March  10,  1921.^ 


CHAPTER  29. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  10  AND  OF   CHAPTER  107   OF  THE 
PUBLIC    STATUTES,    RELATIVE    TO    THE   COMMISSION    OF    LUNACY. 


Section 

1.     Trustees   of   state   hospital   to    consti 
tute   commission   of   lunacy. 


Section 

2.  Puhlic   Statutes,  chapter   107,   section 

6,  repealed. 

3.  Takes   effect   on   passage. 


Be  it   enacted  hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Trustees    of    state 
hospital   to    con- 
stitute   commis- 
sion   of   lunacy. 


P.    S.,    c.    107, 
s.   6,    repealed. 


Takes   effect 
passage. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  32  of  chapter  10  of  the  Public  Stat- 
utes by  striking  out  the  whole  thereof  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  following :  Sect.  32.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire State  Hospital  shall  constitute  a  commission  of  lunacy. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  chapter  107  of  the  Public  Statutes  by  striking 
out  the  whole  of  section  6. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  10.  1921.] 


1921 


Chapters  30,  31. 


37 


CHAPTER  30. 

AN    ACT   RELATING    TO   THE    AUTHORITY   OF   THE   STATE   TREASURER    TO 
BORROW   MONEY  ON   THE   STATE'S  CREDIT  IN    CERTAIN    CASES. 


Sectiox  Section 

1.      State  treasurer  may  be  authorized  to  2.     Takes    effect    on    passage, 

borrow     not     exceeding     $600,000 
per  annum  to  pay  debts  of  state. 

Be   it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1,     Amend  section  6  of  chapter  16  of  the  Public  Stat- state  treasurer 
utes,  as  amended  by  chapter  82,  Laws  of  1905,  by  striking  out  the  ™e^^  t^o^^^^S^"- 
entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:    Sect. |°'qq'^^cJq«'<^^^s 
6.    If  money  due  from  the  state  is  demanded,  and  there  are  not  suf-  5"^°^™,  *«  p^y 

•^  ■  p  PI  debts  of  state. 

ficient  funds  in  the  treasury  available  for  the  payment  of  the  same, 
the  treasurer,  under  the  direction  of  the  governor  and  council,  is 
hereby  authorized  to  borrow,  on  the  state's  credit,  for  a  period  of 
not  more  than  five  years,  at  the  lowest  rate  of  interest  obtainable, 
such  sums  as  may  be  necessary ;  but  the  entire  indebtedness  in- 
curred under  this  authority  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  six  hundred 
thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

passage. 

[Approved  March  15,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  31. 

AN  ACT  IN  amendment  OF  SECTION  2,  CHAPTER  67  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
statutes  ENTITLED  "POWERS  OF  SELECTMEN  IN  LAYING  OUT  HIGH- 
WAYS. ' ' 


Sectiox 

1.      Selectmen     may     on     petition     define 
width    of    existing   highway. 


Section 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Amend  section  2  of  chapter  67  of  the  Public  Stat-  selectmen  may  on 

^  petition  define 


Section  1 
utes  by  inserting  after  the  words  ''existing  highway"  the  words  or  wYdth.ofVxlsYing 
define  the  width  of  any  existing  highway,  so  that  said  section  as   '°  ^^^' 
amended  shall  read  as  follows :    Sect.  2.    Selectmen,  upon  petition, 
may  lay  out  any  new  highway,  or  widen  and  straighten  any  exist- 
ing highway,  or  define  the  width  of  any  existing  highway,  within 
their  town  for  which  there  shall  be  occasion. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

[Approved  March  15,  1921.] 


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Chapters  32,  33. 


[1921 


CHAPTER  32. 


AN  ACT  IN   AMENDMENT   OF  CHAPTER  96,   LAWS  OF   1917,   RELATING   TO 
THE  PROTECTION  OF  STATE  ROADS. 


Section 

1.  Rules  for  preventing  abuse  of  state 
roads,  etc.,  may  be  made  by  state 
highway  commissioner  with  ap- 
proval of  governor  and  council. 


Section 

2.  Renumbering  of   original   act. 

3.  Takes   effect  on  passage. 


Rules  for  pre- 
venting   abuse    of 
state   roads,    etc., 
may  be  made  by 
state  highway 
commissioner 
with  approval 
of    governor 
and    council. 


Renumbering  of 
original    act. 


Takes    effe:t 
passage. 


Be   it   enacted   lij   the   Setiate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  chapter  96  of  the  Laws  of  1917  by  adding 
after  section  4  a  new  section  as  follows:  Sect.  5.  Authority  is 
hereby  given  the  state  highway  commissioner  to  make  such  rules 
and  regulations,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  coun- 
cil, as  may  be  necessary  to  insure  the  proper  use  and  prevent  abuse 
of  the  state-aid  and  trunk-line  highways  during  certain  seasons  of 
the  year.  Such  rules  and  regulations  shall  be  filed  with  the  select- 
men of  the  towns,  affected  by  the  same,  who  shall  cause  the  same  to 
be  posted.  Such  rules  and  regulations  shall  also  be  inserted  in  one 
or  more  state  papers  one  or  more  times.  Any  person  violating  such 
rules  and  regulations  and  thereby  causing  damage  to  the  highway* 
shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  for  each 
offense  and  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  occasioned  thereby. 

Sect.  2.  Re-number  section  5  of  the  original  act  so  that  it  will 
be  entitled  section  6. 

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

[Approved  March  17,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  33. 


AN  ACT  DESIGNATING  A  DANIEL  WEBSTER  HIGHWAY. 

Section  1.     Webster  highway  described  and  governor  and  council  authorized  to  mark 
and    designate    the    same. 

As  a  tribute  to  the  son  of  New  Hampshire,  to  the  most  masteri'id 
and  to  the  most  famous  expounder  of  the  federal  constitution,  and 
in  memory  of  the  man  whose  matchless  speeches,  and  unanswerable 
constitutional  interpretations  strengthened  and  vitalized  the  integ- 
rity of  the  union  of  the  states : 


Amended,   see  chapter  61. 


1921]  Chapter    34.  39 

Be   it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and   House    of  Representatives    in 
General  Court   convened: 

Section  1.     That  the  great  New  Hampshire  highway  described  Webster  highway 
as  follows,  beginning  at  the  Massachusetts  state  boundary  and  run-  governor  and 
ning  northerly  through  Nashua,  Manchester,  Concord,  Boscawen,?°''^a"k^a''nd°"""^ 
and  Franklin   (which,  in  the  last  named  town,  runs  within  about "^^^'s"^*® 

^  '  '  the  same. 

three  miles  of  the  Daniel  Webster  birthplace),  thence  northerly 
through  Tilton,  Laconia,  Meredith,  Plymouth,  and  Woodstock,  now 
known  as  the  Merrimack  Valley  road,  and  thence  through  the  Fran- 
conia  Notch  to  Twin  Mountain  in  the  town  of  Carroll,  now  known 
as  the  Profile  and  Lafayette  roads,  and  the  road  or  highway  run- 
ning northerly  from  Twin  Mountain  in  the  town  of  Carroll  through 
Carroll,  Whitefield,  Lancaster,  Northumberland  and  Stratford  to 
Colebrook,  now  known  as  the  West  Side  road,  and  any  line  or  ex- 
tension thereof  in  the  direction  of  the  boundary  line  between  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  established  by  what  is  known  as  the 
Webster- Ashburton  Treaty,  is  hereby  given  the  name  of  the  Daniel 
Webster  Highway,  and  the  governor  and  council  are  authorized  to 
direct  all  things  necessary  to  suitably  mark  and  designate  accord- 
ingly. 

[Approved  March  17,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  34. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  17,  (a)  CHAPTER  133,  LAWS  OF  1915  AS 
AMENDED  BY  THE  LAWS  OF  1917  AND  1919,  RELATING  TO  FISH  AND 
GAME. 

Section  1.     Taking  of  sable,  otter,  fisher,  mink,   martin,   muskrat,    skunk   or   fox   reg- 
ulated. 

Muskrat  house  not   to  be  destroyed. 
No  open  season  for  beaver. 
Predatory    animals   may  be   killed. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court   convened: 


Section  1.     Amend  section  17,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  as  Taking  of  sabie, 
amended  by  sections  10  and  11,  chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917,  and^\^^^;  |^^j"t'i'„, 
sections  2  and  10,  chapter  152,  Laws  of  1919,  by  striking  out  all  oi^^'^fjf'  ^'^'^^'^ 
subdivision  (a)  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:   (a)  regulated 
Sable,  otter,  fisher,  mink,  martin,  muskrat,  skunk,  or  fox  may  be  not  t'o  be 
taken  and  possessed  from  October  10  to  March  1,  from  the  counties  No^^open  "season 
of  Coos,  Carroll,  and  Grafton,  and  from  the  counties  of  Rocking- p/ed'Ttory'ani- 
ham,  Strafford,  Belknap,  Merrimack,  Hillsborough,  Cheshire,  and  ^j^/g'^j  "^^^  ^^ 
Sullivan  from  November  1  to  March  1,  except  muskrat  may  be  taken 
and  possessed  from  the  Connecticut  river  from  November  1  to  April 


40 


Chapter   35. 


1921 


1,  and  raccoon  may  be  taken  and  possessed  from  November  1  to 
January  1.  No  person  shall  at  any  time  destroy  a  muskrat  house, 
or  place  a  trap  therein,  thereon,  or  at  the  entrance  thereof.  There 
shall  be  no  open  season  for  beaver.  This  section  shall  not  be  con- 
strued as  depriving  a  person  of  the  right  to  kill  any  predatory  ani- 
mal when  it  is  reasonably  necessary  so  to  do  for  the  protection  of 
domestic  animals  and  fowls  by  him  owned. 

[Approved  March  17,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  35. 

AN     ACT     IN    RELATION     TO     BUILDING    AND-  LOAN     ASSOCIATIONS     AND 
IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  166  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES. 


No  person  shall  hold  more  than  fifty 
shares  of  capital  stock  at  one 
time. 

Such  association  with  approval  of 
bank  commissioners  may  create 
a  surplus  for  protection  of  share- 
holders, subject  to  the  rights  of 
shareholders  of  maturing  series 
and  of  those  compelled  to  with- 
draw. 


Section 

3.      Secretary  and  treasurer  to  give  bond 
of  indemnity. 


Be   it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  conveiied: 


No  person    shall 
hold   more   than 
fifty    shares   of 
capital   stock 
at  one  time. 


Such  association 
with  approval  of 
bank    commission- 
ers may  create 
a  surplus  for 
protection    of 
shareholders, 
subject   to    the 
rights   of   share- 
holders  of  ma- 
turing   series    and 
of    those    com- 
pelled to   with- 
draw. 


Secretary    and 
treasurer   to 
give   bond    of 
indemnity. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  6  of  chapter  166  of  the  Public  Stat- 
utes by  striking  out  the  word  "twenty-five"  in  that  section  and 
substituting  therefor  the  word  fifty,  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  6.  No  person  shall  hold  more  than 
fifty  shares  of  the  capital  stock  of  any  one  such  corporation  at  a 
time. 

Sect.  2.  Subject  to  the  approval  of  the  bank  commissioners,  a 
building  and  loan  association  by  vote  of  its  shareholders  may  set 
aside  from  time  to  time  a  part  of  its  net  earnings  for  the  creation 
of  a  surplus  for  the  protection  of  its  shareholders,  but  before  any 
series  of  shares  matures,  and  in  case  of  the  compulsory  withdrawal 
of  the  shares  of  any  series,  said  association  shall  distribute  to  the 
shareholders  of  the  maturing  series,  and  to  such  shareholders  in 
any  series  as  are  compelled  to  withdraw,  their  share  of  the  accumu- 
lated surplus,  after  deducting  their  share  of  losses,  if  any. 

Sect.  3.  The  secretary  of  every  building  and  loan  association 
shall  give  to  the  association  a  bond  of  an  indemnity  company  li- 
censed by  the  insurance  commissioner  to  do  business  in  this  state. 


1921 


Chapter    36. 


41 


for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  the  penal  sum  of  the 
bond  to  be  three  thousand  dollars.  The  treasurer  of  every  building 
and  loan  association  shall  give  an  indemnity  bond  as  aforesaid  in 
the  penal  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  where  the  dues  capital  do 
not  exceed  fifty  thousand  dollars ;  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars  when  the  dues  capital  exceed  fifty  thousand  dollars  but  do 
not  exceed  one  hundred  thousand  dollars ;  and  when  the  dues  capi- 
tal exceed  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  one  thousand  dollars  shall 
be  added  to  the  minimum  penal  sum  for  each  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  of  dues  capital  or  fractional  part  thereof.  If  the  cash  and 
securities  of  the  association  are  not  in  the  custody  of  the  treasurer 
the  amount  of  his  bond  shall  be  in  such  sum  as  is  approved  by  the 
bank  commissioners.  If  the  offices  of  secretary  and  treasurer  are 
held  by  one  person,  he  shall  give  the  amount  of  bond  required  above 
of  the  treasurer. 

[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  36. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  122,  LAWS  OF  1917,  RELATING  TO 
THE  SCHOOL  YEAR. 


Section 

1.  Fiscal  and  scholastic  year  of  town 
and  special  school  districts  to  end 
June   30,    annually. 


Section 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.    Amend  sections  1  and  2,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1917  Fiscal  and 

1  J     •!   ■  i    ji  11  p        •  1  •  -,         1        •          •  1  n        scholastic    vear 

by  striking  out  the  whole  oi  said  sections  and  substituting  thereior  of  town  and 
the  following:  Section  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  town  and  special  school di'sn'icts ''t'o^^rlid 
districts  beginning  September  1,  1920,  shall  end  June  30,  1921,  a"nuaii?: 
and  thereafter  the  fiscal  and  the  scholastic  year  shall  end  June 
30,  annually.     Sect.  2.    At  its  annual  meeting  held  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  section  1,  chapter  90,  of  the  Public  Statutes, 
such  districts  shall  raise  and  appropriate  money  for  the  support 
of  schools  to  be  expended  during  the  fiscal  year  beginning  July  1. 
next  succeeding. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 


Approved  March  23,  1921. 


42 


Chapters  37,  38. 


1921 


CHAPTER  37. 

AN   ACT    TO    DESIGNATE   THE   STATE   TREASURER    AS   THE   CUSTODIAN    OP 
UNITED   STATES  FUNDS  ALLOTTED  TO   THE  FORESTRY   DEPARTMENT. 


Section 

1.  Money  allotted  by  federal  govern- 
ment for  fire  prevention  or  for- 
estry work  to  be  paid  out  for  ap- 
proved purposes  on  warrant  of 
governor. 


Section 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be  it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Money  aUotted  by  SECTION  1.  That  the  State  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  re- 
n?ent%n/°fire"  ceivc  such  suiiis  as  may  be  allotted  from  the  United  States  Govern- 
lltry^woTk  7o  bT  ment  for  co-operative  fire  prevention  or  other  work  under  the  for- 
app^oved  puV  estry  department.  Any  money  so  received  shall  constitute  a  con- 
poses  on  war-       tiuuous  fuud  from  which  payment  shall  be  made  upon  warrant  of 

rant    of    governor.  p 

the  governor,  for  such  purposes  as  are  approved  by  the  state  for- 
ester in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  United 


Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

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

[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  38. 

AN  ACT  IN  RELATION   TO  THE  SALE  OR  LETTING  OF  DOMESTIC  ANIMALS 
FOR  BREEDING  PURPOSES. 


Section 
1.      Penalt 


for  wilfully  selling,  or  letting 
for  breeding  purposes,  any  do- 
mestic animal  unfertile  or  in- 
fected or  exposed  to  infectious  or 
contagious   disease. 


Section 

2.     Repealing  clause;  takes  effect  on  pas- 
sage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Penalty  for  wil- 
fully   selling, 
or   letting  for 
breeding  pur- 
poses,   any   do- 
mestic   animal 
unfertile   or    in- 
fected   or    ex- 
posed   to    infec- 
tious or 


Section  1.  Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  or  wilfully  sell  or 
let,  for  breeding  purposes,  any  male  animal  known  to  be  unfertile 
or  infected  or  to  have  been  exposed  to  any  infectious  or  conta- 
gious disease,  or  any  female  animal  known  to  be  subject  to  con- 
tagious abortion,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  three 
hundred  or  less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  for  each  animal  so  sold 
or  let. 


1921 


Chapters  39,  40. 


43 


Sect.  2.     Chapter  70  of  the  Laws  of  1919  and  all  other  acts  or  Repealing  clause; 
parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  passage.  ^"^ 
shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  39. 


AN  ACT  TO  INCREASE  THE  BOUNTY  ON  WILD  CATS. 
Section  1.     Bounty  on  wild  cats  increased  to  $10. 

Be   it  enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives    in 

General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  subdivision  (d),  section  17,  chapter  133,  Jl^o^'^ty^o^^^^^^d 
Laws  of  1915,  as  amended  by  section  2,  chapter  152,  Laws  of  1919,  to  $io. 
by  striking  out  the  word  "five"  after  the  word  "of"  in  the  fifth 
line  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  ten,  so  that  said  sub- 
division as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  (d)  The  furs  or  skins 
of  fur-bearing  animals  legally  taken  may  be  bought  and  sold  at  any 
time. 

The  selectmen  of  any  town,  upon  the  presentation  to  them  of  the 
head  of  any  wild  cat  killed  in  New  Hampshire,  shall  pay  to  the 
person  presenting  the  same  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  shall  take  pos- 
session of  said  heads,  and  shall  report  annually  to  the  state  treas- 
urer, showing  the  number  of  animals  killed  and  the  amount  paid 
therefor  as  bounty,  if  any.  The  towns  paying  the  money  as  here- 
inbefore provided  shall  be  reimbursed  by  the  state  treasurer  for 
such  sums  as  they  shall  have  so  expended. 

[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  40. 

AN     ACT     relative     TO     THE     INCORPORATION     AND     MANAGEMENT     OF 
CREDIT  UNIONS. 


Corporate  name  to  include  the  words 
"credit  union." 

How  may  be  organized  as  a  corpo- 
ration. 

Shall  be  under  control,  etc.,  of  bank 
commissioners. 

The  name  "credit  union"  shall  not  lie 
employed  by  other  persons  or  by 
associations,  not  incorporated  un- 
der this   ast. 

Capital  not  to  be  limited  in  amount; 
shares  to  be  taken  as  by-laws  pre- 
scribe;   par   value. 


Sectiox 

6.  Organization  may  receive  member's 
money  on  deposit  and  in  payment 
of  shares;  may  make  loans  on  le- 
gal interest ;  may  invest  funds  in 
approved  securities. 
7.  Minors  may  hold  shares,  make  de- 
posits and  withdraw  the  same; 
right  to  vote;  deposits  in  trust 
shall  be  in  name  of  trustee  for  the 
designated  beneficiary.  Benefi- 
ciary's right  of  withdrawal  on 
trustee's  death. 


44 


Chapter  40. 


1921 


Sectiox 

9.      By-laws  to  be  approved  by  bank  com- 
missioners. 

10.  Meetings;  actions  of  credit  committee 

or  directors  how  reversed ;  vacan- 
cies in  committee  or  directorate 
how  filled. 

11.  Election  of  directors;    of  credit  com- 

mittee ;    of    supervisory   committee. 

12.  Directors'        powers       and      duties; 

election   of   officers. 

13.  Supervisory    committee;    powers    and 

duties. 

14.  Credit  committee;  powers  and  duties. 

15.  Compensation     of     oificers;     directors 

and  committee  members  shall  re- 
ceive no  compensation;  loans  to  or 
on  credit  of  directors  or  members 
of  committees. 


Skction 
16.      Guaranty  fund. 

Dividends  to  be  recommended  by  di- 
rectors only  after  report  of  super- 
visory committee. 

Dividends;  may  be  declared  at  an- 
nual meeting  from  annual  income 
less   expenses ;    to    whom   payable. 

Annual  report  to  be  made  to  bank 
commissioners. 

Expulsion  of  members;  rights  of 
members  expelled  or  who  have 
withdrawn. 

Dissolution. 

Taxation  of  credit  unions. 

Takes   effect   on   passage. 


17. 


20. 


23. 


Be   it   exacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Corporate    name 
to    include 
the    words 
"credit     union." 


How   may  be   oi 
ganized    as    a 
corporation. 


Shall    be    under 
conti'ol,    etc.,    of 
bank   com- 
missioners. 


The    name    "credit 
union'      shall     not 
be  employed  by 
other    persons    or 
by    associations 
not     incorporated 
under    this    act. 


Capital    not    to 
be    limited    in 
amount:    shares 
to  be    taken 
as    by-laws    pre- 
scribe:   par    value. 

Organization     may 
receive    member's 
money    on    deposit 
and    in    payment 
of   shares:    mav 
make    loans    on 


Section  1.  A  corporation  organized  under  this  act  shall  include 
in  the  corporate  name  the  two  words  credit  union.  Other  distin- 
guishing words  may  be  used  by  permission  of  bank  commissioners. 

Sect.  2.  Seven  or  more  persons,  resident  in  this  state,  who 
have  associated  themselves  by  an  agreement  in  writing  with  the 
intention  of  forming  a  corporation  for  the  purpose  of  accumulat- 
ing and  investing  the  savings  of  its  members  and  making  loans 
to  members  for  provident  purposes,  may,  with  the  consent  of  the 
bank  commissioners  become  a  corporation  upon  complying  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act.  The  bank  commissioners  are  hereby 
authorized  to  grant  such  consent  when  they  are  satisfied  that  the 
proposed  field  of  operation  is  favorable  to  the  success  of  such  cor- 
poration. 

Sect.  3.  Credit  unions  shall  be  under  the  control  and  super- 
vision of  the  bank  commissioners,  who  shall  have  the  same 
authority  and  powers  that  are  now^  vested  in  them  in  the  super- 
vision of  banks. 

Sect.  4.  Except  as  to  any  association  heretofore  incorporated, 
no  person,  partnership  or  association,  and  no  corporation,  except 
such  as  shall  be  incorporated  under  provisions  of  this  act,  shall 
transact  business  under  any  name  or  title  which  contains  the  two 
words  credit  union. 

Sect.  5.  The  capital  of  a  credit  union  shall  be  unlimited  in 
amount.  Shares  of  capital  stock  may  be  subscribed  for  and  paid 
in  such  manner  as  the  by-laws  shall  prescribe,  except  that  the  par 
value  of  shares  shall  not  exceed  ten  dollars. 

Sect.  6.  A  credit  union  may  receive  its  members'  money  on 
deposit  and  in  payment  of  shares  upon  such  terms  and  in  such 
amounts  as  its  by-laws  may  prescribe.  It  may  make  loans  to  its 
members  on  such  terms,  and  upon  such  security  real  or  personal 


1921]  Chapter    40.  45 

as  the  credit  union  may  vote  or  its  by-laws  prescribe.    The  interest  ^^fj-  /"^^g^f  f^^ds 
charged  shall  not  in  any  case  exceed  the  legal  rate  of  interest,  in  approved 
"While  awaiting  calls  of  its  members  for  loans,  it  may  deposit  its 
money  in  any  savings  bank,  trust  company,  or  national  bank  of 
this  state.    It  may  invest  any  surplus  funds  in  the  purchase  of  any 
securities  that  are  approved  by  the  bank  commissioners. 

Sect.  7,     Shares  may  be  issued   and   deposits  received  in  the  ^^r^eT  '^ake*''*^ 
name  of  a  minor,  and  such  shares  and  deposits,  may,  in  the  discre-  deposits  and 

'  .  .  withdraw  the 

tion  of  the  directors,  be  withdrawn  by  such  minor,  or  by  his  parent  same;  right  to 

or   guardian,   and   in   either   case   payments  made   on   such   with-  \n  *trust*^^haif  be 

drawals  shall  be  valid  and  shall  release  the  said  corporation  f rom  ["uSe^'forShe 

any  and  all  liability  to  the  minor,  parent,  or  guardian.     A  minor  l^^^^-^^f^'j.'J, 

under  the  age  of  eighteen  years  shall  not  have  the  right  to  vote,  ^enefidary'^s^^ 

If  shares  are  held  or  deposits  made  in  trust,  the  name  and  resi-  d/awai  on  tms- 

dence  of  the  beneficiary  shall  be  disclosed,  and  the  account  shall 

be  kept  in  the  name  of  such  holder  as  trustee  for  such  person.     If 

no  other  notice  of  the  existence  and  terms  of  such  trust  has  been 

given  in  writing  to  the  corporation,  such  shares  or  deposits,  may 

upon  the  death  of  the  trustee,  be  transferred  to  or  withdrawn  by 

the  person  who  was  named  by  the  trustee  as  the  beneficiary  or  by 

his  legal  representatives,   and  such  transfer  or  withdrawal  shall 

release  the  corporation  from  any  and  all  liability  to  any  other 

claimant  upon  such  stock  or  deposit. 

Sect.  8.  The  by-laws  shall  prescribe  the  name  of  the  corpora-  Bylaws. 
tion,  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  formed,  the  conditions  of  resi- 
dence or  occupation  which  qualify  persons  for  membership,  the 
par  value  of  the  shares  of  capital  stock,  and  the  maximum  number 
of  shares  which  may  be  held  by  any  one  member,  the  conditions 
on  which  shares  may  be  paid  in,  transferred  and  w^ithdrawn,  the 
conditions  on  which  deposits  may  be  received  and  withdrav/n,  the 
method  of  receipting  for  money  paid  on  account  of  shares  or  de- 
posited, the  number  of  directors,  and  number  of  members  of  the 
credit  and  supervisory  committee,  the  duties  of  the  several  officers, 
the  fines,  if  any,  which  shall  be  charged  for  failure  to  meet  obli- 
gations to  the  corporation  punctually,  the  date  of  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  members,  the  manner  in  which  members  shall  be  notified  of 
meetings,  the  number  of  members  which  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
at  meetings,  and  such  other  regulations  as  may  seem  necessary. 

Sect.  9.  No  credit  union  shall  receive  deposits  or  payments  on  By-i;;wR  to  be 
account  of  shares,  or  make  any  loans,  until  its  by-laws  have  been  ban™ commf^- 
approved  in  writing  by  the  bank  commissioners,  nor  shall  any ' 
amendments  to  its  by-laws  become  operative  until  they  have  been 
so  approved. 

Sect.  10.     The  annual  meeting  of  the  corporation  shall  be  held  f/St' com'""' 
at  such  time  and  place  as  the  by-laws  prescribe,  but  must  be  held  "el'tors  °how  re- 
within  thirty  days  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year.    Special  meet- ''"■'''"^  •  .yacanciee 

•'  '^  in   committee  or 

mgs  may  be  called  by  a  majority  of  the  directors,  or  of  the  super- '''''e'^torate  how 

^  filled. 


sioners. 


46  Chapter  40.  [1921 

visory  committee,  and  shall  be  called  by  the  clerk  upon  written 
application  of  ten  or  more  members  entitled  to  vote.  Notice  of 
all  meetings  of  the  corporation  and  of  all  meetings  of  the  board  of 
directors,  and  of  committees  shall  be  given  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed by  the  by-laws.  No  member  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  by  a 
proxy,  or  to  have  more  than  one  vote,  and,  after  a  credit  union  has 
been  incorporated  one  year,  no  member,  thereof,  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  until  he  has  been  a  member  for  more  than  three  months. 

The  members  at  each  annual  meeting  shall  fix  the  amount  of  the 
entrance  fee  for  the  ensuing  year,  which  may  be  made  proportional 
to  the  number  of  shares  issued  to  a  member,  and,  upon  recommen- 
dation of  the  board  of  directors,  may  declare  dividends. 

At  an  annual  meeting,  or  special  meeting,  the  members  may  re- 
view the  acts  of  the  credit  committee  or  of  the  board  of  directors, 
and  may  reverse  any  decision  of  the  credit  committee,  or  of  the 
board  of  directors,  by  a  three-fourths  vote  of  its  members  present, 
and  entitled  to  vote :  provided,  that  such  three-fourths  vote  com- 
prises a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  credit  union. 

In  the  event  of  the  death,  resignation  or  removal  from  office  of 
the  board  of  directors  or  of  any  member  thereof,  or  of  the  credit 
committee,  or  any  member  thereof,  the  members  of  the  credit 
union  at  a  special  meeting,  called  for  the  purpose,  may  elect  other 
members  to  fill  the  vacancies  until  the  next  annual  meeting. 

At  any  annual  meeting  the  members  of  a  credit  union  may 
amend  the  by-laws  by  a  three-fourths  vote  of  the  members  present 
and  entitled  to  vote:  provided,  that  a  copy  of  the  proposed  amend- 
ment or  amendments  shall  have  been  sent  to  each  member  with  the 
notice  of  the  meeting. 
Election  of  di-  gECT.  11.     The  busiuess  and  affairs  of  a  credit  union  shall  be 

rectors:     of    credit 

committee;    of      managed  bv  a  board  of  not  less  than  five  directors,  a  credit  com- 

supervisorv  •  j?  i  i  n 

committee."  mittcc  ot  not  Icss  than  three  members,  and  a  supervisory  committee 

of  three  members  to  be  elected  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  cor- 
poration, and  each  of  whom  must  be  a  resident  of  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire.  Unless  the  number  of  members  of  the  credit  union 
is  less  than  eleven,  no  member  of  said  board  shall  be  a  member  of 
either  of  said  committees,  nor  shall  one  person  be  a  member  of 
more  than  one  committee,  and  all  the  members  of  said  board  and 
of  said  committees,  as  well  as  all  officers  whom  they  may  elect, 
shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  and 
shall  hold  their  several  offices  until  others  are  elected  and  quali- 
fied in  their  stead.  A  record  of  every  such  qualification  shall  be 
filed  and  preserved  with  the  records  of  the  corporation.  Members 
of  the  supervisory  committee  shall  be  elected  annually  for  a  term 
of  one  year.  Directors  and  members  of  the  credit  committee  shall 
be  elected  for  a  term  of  not  less  than  one  year  nor  more  than  three 
years,  as  the  by-laws  shall  provide.  If  the  term  is  more  than  one 
year,  they  shall  be  divided  into  classes,  and  an  eqral  number,  as 


1921]  Chapter    40.  47 

nearly  as  may  be,  elected  each  year.  If  a  director  or  member  of 
any  of  these  committees  ceases  to  be  a  member  of  the  credit  union 
his  office  shall  thereupon  become  vacant. 

Sect.  12.     The  directors,  at  their  first  meeting  after  the  annual  Directors'  powprs 

»     ,  .  T     11      1  p  1     ■  1  and  duties.     Elec- 

meetnig  of  the  corporation,  shall  elect  from  their  own  number  a  tion  of  officers, 
president,  a  vice-president,  a  clerk  and  a  treasurer,  who  shall  be 
the  executive  officers  of  the  corporation,  and  who  shall  hold  office 
until  their  successors  shall  have  been  elected  and  qualified.  The 
offices  of  clerk  and  treasurer  may  be  held  by  the  same  person.  The 
board  of  directors  shall  have  the  general  direction  of  the  afi'airs 
of  the  corporation,  and  shall  meet  as  often  as  may  be  necessary. 
It  shall  be  their  special  duty  to  act  upon  all  applications  for  mem- 
bership and  upon  the  expulsion  of  members,  to  fix  the  amount  of 
the  surety  bond  required  of  any  officer  having  custody  of  funds, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  bank  commissioners,  to  determine 
the  rate  of  interest  on  loans  and  deposits,  to  fill  vacancies  in  the 
board  of  directors  until  new  members  shall  be  elected  and  qual- 
ified, to  make  recommendation  to  the  members  of  the  credit  union 
relative  to  the  amount  of  entrance  fee  to  be  charged  new  members, 
the  maximum  amount  to  be  loaned  any  one  member,  the  advis- 
ability of  declaring  a  dividend  and  the  amount  to  be  declared,  the 
need  of  amendments  to  the  by-laws,  and  any  other  matters  upon 
which  in  their  opinion,  the  members  should  act  at  any  annual  or 
special  meeting.  When  authorized  so  to  do  by  the  members  at  any 
annual  meeting  or  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  the  purpose,  the 
board  of  directors,  with  the  approval  of  the  bank  commissioners, 
may  borrow  money  for  the  purpose  of  re-loaning  to  members. 

Sect.  13.     The  supervisory  committee  shall  inspect   from  time  Supervisory 

.    .  .  comm'ttpe ; 

to  time  the  securities,  cash  and  accounts  of  the  corporation  and 'towers  and 
shall  keep  fully  informed  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  cor- 
poration and  shall  supervise  the  acts  of  its  board  of  directors, 
credit  committee  and  officers.  At  any  date  the  supervisory  com- 
mittee, by  a  unanimous  vote,  may  suspend  any  officer  of  the  cor- 
poration, or  any  member  or  members  of  the  credit  committee  or 
the  board  of  directors,  and,  by  a  majority  vote,  may  call  a  meet- 
ing of  the  shareholders  to  consider  any  violation  of  this  act  or 
of  the  by-laws,  or  any  practice  of  the  corporation,  which,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  committee  is  unsafe  or  unauthorized.  Within  seven 
days  after  the  suspension  of  any  officer,  or  any  member  or  mem- 
bers of  the  credit  committee  or  of  the  board  of  directors,  the  super- 
visory committee  shall  cause  notice  to  be  given  of  a  special  meet- 
ing of  the  members  of  the  credit  union  to  take  such  action  rela- 
tive to  such  suspension  as  may  seem  necessary.  The  supervisory 
committee  may  make  temporary  appointments  to  fill  vacancies 
caused  by  the  absence,  illness  or  suspension  of  any  officer,  director 
or  member  of  any  committee  and  shall  fill  any  vacancies  in  its  own 
number  until  new  members  shall  have  been  duly  elected  and  qual- 


Credit    committee 
powers    and 
duties. 


48  Chapter  40.  [1921 

ified.  The  board  of  directors  and  the  supervisory  committee, 
acting  jointly,  shall  make  appointments  to  fill  vacancies  in  the 
credit  committee  until  new  members  of  the  credit  committee  shall 
be  duly  elected  and  qualified. 

Sect.  14.     The  credit  committee  shall  hold  meetings,  of  which 
due  notice  shall  be  given  its  members,  for  the  purpose  of  consid- 
ering applications  for  loans,  and  no  loan  shall  be  made  unless  all 
members  of  the  committee  who  are  present  when  the  application  is 
considered,  and  at  least  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the  com- 
mittee, approve  the  loan  and  are  satisfied  that  it  promises  to  ben- 
efit the  borrower.    All  applications  for  loans  shall  be  made  in  writ- 
ing and  shall  state  the  purpose  for  which  the  loan  is  desired  and 
the  security  offered. 
Compensation  of        Sect.  15.     No  member  of  the  board  of  directors  or  of  either  the 
and ''^c^ommi't'tee*"'^^  credit  or  Supervisory  committee  shall  receive  any  compensation  for 
l^cdvrno'^'com-    his  or  her  services  as  a  member  of  the  said  board  or  of  such  com- 
t^^oron"'redi't^"^  mittce,  uor  shall  they  directly  or  indirectly,  borrow  from  the  cor- 
of  directors  or    poratiou  or  bccomc  surety  for  any  loan  or  advance  made  by  it. 
committees.  The  officers  elected  by  the  board  of  directors  may  receive  such 

compensation  as  the  board  shall  authorize,  if  approved  by  the  bank 
commissioners. 

No  member  of  the  board  of  directors  shall,  directly  or  indirectly, 
borrow  from  the  corporation  or  become  surety  for  any  loan  or.  ad- 
vance made  by  it,  unless  such  loan  or  advance  shall  have  been 
approved  at  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  credit  union  by  a 
majority  vote  of  those  present,  and  the  notice  of  such  meeting 
shall  have  stated  that  the  question  of  loans  to  directors  would  be 
considered  at  such  meeting. 
Guaranty  fund.  SECT.  16.  Bcforc  the  payment  of  any  annual  dividend  in  any 
year,  there  shall  be  set  apart  as  a  guaranty  fund  ten  per  cent,  of 
the  net  income  which  has  accumulated  during  the  fiscal  year, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided.  Said  fund  and  the  investments 
thereof  shall  belong  to  the  corporation  and  shall  be  held  to  meet 
the  contingencies  or  losses  in  its  business.  All  entrance  fees  shall 
be  added  at  once  to  the  guaranty  fund.  Upon  recommendation 
of  the  board  of  directors,  the  members  at  any  annual  meeting  may 
increase,  and  whenever  said  fund  equals  twenty  per  cent,  of  the 
amount  of  the  capital  stock  actually  paid  in,  may  decrease,  the 
proportion  of  profits  which  is  required  by  this  section  to  be  set 
apart  as  a  guaranty  fund. 
Dividends  to  be        Sect.  17.     Immediately  before  a  meeting  of  the  directors  called 

Tecommended     h\   ,  •  i  j.i  i    j.-  i?  t     •  i         t      j.i 

directors  only  "  to  cousidcr  the  rccommendation  oi  a  dividend,  the  supervisory 
sinjerv^sory*  ^^  committce  shall  make  a  thorough  audit  of  the  receipts,  disburse- 
committee.  mcuts,  iucome,  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  corporation  for  the  fis- 

cal year,  and  shall  make  a  full  report  thereon  to  the  directors. 
Said  report  shall  be  read  at  the  annual  meeting  and  shall  be  filed 
and  preserved  with  the  records  of  the  corporation. 


1921]  Chapter   40.  49 

Sect.  18.  At  the  annual  meeting,  a  dividend  may  be  declared  i^j^'^^^^Jjf^'j^  ""^^ 
from  income  which  has  been  actually  collected  during  the  fiscal  amiuai^meeting 
year  next  preceding  and  which  remains  after  the  deduction  of  all  come  less  ex- 

''  ,  .  T  .  ,  TO  i    penses;     to     whom 

expenses,  losses,  interest  on  deposits  not  exceeding  lour  per  cent,  payable. 
per  annum  and  the  amount  required  to  be  set  apart  as  a  guaranty 
fund,  or  such  dividend  may  be  declared  in  whole  or  in  part  from 
undivided  earnings  of  preceding  years,  not  to  exceed  twenty  per 
cent,  thereof  in  any  one  year,  provided  such  earnings  are  a  part  of 
the  surplus  of  the  corporation  in  excess  of  all  requirements  of  the 
guaranty  fund. 

Such  dividends  shall  be  paid  on  all  fully  paid  shares  outstand- 
ing at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year ;  but  shares  which  become  fully 
paid  during  the  year  shall  be  entitled  only  to  a  proportional  part 
of  said  dividend,  calculated  from  the  first  day  of  the  month  fol- 
lowing such  payment  in  full.  Dividends  due  to  a  member  shall 
be  paid  to  him  in  cash  or  credited  to  the  account  of  partly  paid 
shares  for  which  he  has  subscribed. 

Sect.  19.  Within  twenty  days  after  the  last  business  day  of  (;^"^^|j/^jP°'"^*^^*° 
June  in  each  year,  every  credit  union  shall  make  to  the  bank  com-  commissioners. 
missioners  a  report  in  such  form  as  they  may  prescribe,  signed  by 
the  president,  treasurer  and  a  majority  of  the  supervisory  com- 
mittee, who  shall  certify  and  make  oath  that  the  report  is  correct 
according  to  their  best  knowledge  and  belief.  Any  credit  union 
which  neglects  to  make  the  said  report  within  the  time  herein  pre- 
scribed shall  forfeit  to  the  state  five  dollars  for  each  day  during 
which  such  neglect  continues. 

Sect.  20.     The   board   of   directors   may   expel    from    a   credit  J^-^p^,'|;°^  fights 
union  any  member  who  has  not  carried  out  his  engagements  with  o^^jj^i^'''^|^<^^s^^  ex- 
the  credit  union,  or  who  has  been  convicted  of  a  criminal  offense,  have    withdrawn. 
or  who  neglects  or  refuses  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
act  or  the  by-laws,  or  whose  private  life  is  a  source  of  scandal,  or 
who  habitually  neglects  to  pay  his  debts,  or  who  shall  become  in- 
solvent or  bankrupt,  or  who  shall  have  deceived  the  corporation  or 
any  committee  thereof  with  regard  to  the  use  of  borrowed  money ; 
but  no  member  shall  so  be  expelled  until  he  has  been  informed  in 
writing  of  the  charges  against  him,  and  an  opportunity  has  been 
given  to  him  after  reasonable  notice  to  be  heard  thereon. 

The  amounts  paid  on  shares  or  deposited  by  members  who  have 
withdrawn  or  have  been  expelled  shall  be  paid  to  them,  in  the 
order  of  \^dthdrawal  or  expulsion,  but  only  as  funds  therefor  be- 
come available  and  after  deducting  any  amounts  due  by  such  mem- 
bers to  the  credit  union. 

Sect.  21.     At  any  meeting  specially  called  for  the  purpose,  the  oissoiMtion. 
members  upon  recommendation  of  not  less  than  two-thirds  of  the 
board  of  directors,  may  dissolve  the  corporation  by  the  vote  of 
two-thirds  of  the  credit  union  entitled  to  vote.     A  committee  of 
three  shall  thereupon  be  elected  to  liquidate  the  assets  of  the  cor- 


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Chapter   41. 


1921 


Taxation    of 
credit     unions 


Take«    effect 
passage. 


poration  under  the  control  of  the  bank  connnissioners ;  and  each 
share  of  the  capital  stock  according  to  the  amount  paid  in  shall  be 
entitled  to  its  proportional  part  of  the  assets  in  liquidation  after 
all  deposits  and  debts  have  been  paid. 

Sect.  22.  Credit  unions  shall  be  taxed  as  savings  banks  are 
taxed. 

Sect.  23.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  41. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  1  OF  CHAPTER  115  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1913, 
AS  AMENDED  BY  SECTION  1  OF  CHAPTER  150  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1915, 
RELATING  TO  THE  EXEMPTION  OF  PROPERTY  OF  SPANISH  W^VR  VET- 
ERANS AND  AMERICAN   LEGION. 


Sectiox 
1.      Cer 


property  of  associations  of 
veterans  and  of  educational,  char- 
itable, religious  and  temperance 
societies  exempted  from  taxation; 
towns    may     increase    exemption. 


Section 

2.      Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


tion. 


Certain   prop&rty       SECTION  1.     Amend  sectioii   1   of  chapter   115   of  the   Laws  of 

or    associations    of 

veterans  and  of  1913,  as  amended  by  section  1  of  chapter  150  of  the  Laws  of  1915, 
itabie,  religious  by  Striking  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  a 
societiir^e^x-^"*^^  new  sectiou  as  follows:  Section  1.  The  personal  property  of  in- 
ti™n  •''fownTma^'y  *' stitutions  dcvotcd  to  cducational  purposes,  charitable  and  re- 
increase  exemp-  ligious  societics,  and  of  temperance  societies,  incorporated  within 
this  state,  and  the  real  estate  owned  and  occupied  by  them,  their 
officers,  or  their  students  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  in- 
corporated, and  personal  property  owned  and  real  estate  owned  and 
occupied  by  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  the  United  Spanish 
War  Veterans,  or  the  American  Legion,  shall  be  exempt  from  tax- 
ation, provided  none  of  the  income  or  profits  of  the  business  of 
such  corporations  or  institutions  is  divided  among  the  stockholders 
or  members,  or  is  used  or  appropriated  for  other  than  educational, 
charitable,  or  religious  purposes,  and  provided  further,  that  in 
each  case  such  exemption  is  limited  to  $150,000.  Towns  are  hereby 
authorized  to  increase  such  exemption  to  such  an  amount  as  they 
may  vote,  by  a  majority  of  those  present  at  any  regular  town  meet- 
ing, acting  under  an  article  duly  incorporated  in  the  warrant  for 


1921]  Chapter    42.  51 

said  meeting ;  and  cities  are  authorized  to  increase  such  exemp- 
tions to  such  an  amount  as  the  city  government  may  vote  and  the 
mayor  approve. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  eifeet  upon  its  passage.  iTas^sfge!^^''  "'' 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  42. 

AN    ACT    IN    AMENDMENT   OF    SECTION    1,    CHAPTER   77,    LAWS   OF    1909, 
AUTHORIZING  TOWNS  TO  RAISE  MONEY  FOR  PATRIOTIC  OBSERVANCES. 

Sbction  \   Sectiox 

1.     Towns  and  cities  may  provide  munic-    '        2.     Repealing     clause;     takes     effect     on 
ipal   Christmas  trees.  passage. 

Be  it   enacted   by   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  1,  chapter  77,  Laws  of  1909,  by  in- ;^°^7Jrovfde''"^' 
serting  after  the  word  "towns"  in  line  one  the  words  and  city  municipal  ^^^^^ 
councils,  and  by  striking  out  the  word  "one"  in  line  three  and  in- 
serting in  place  thereof  the  word  five,  and  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "providing"  in  line  four  the  words  municipal  Christmas 
trees  or  for,  so  that  said  section  shall  read :  Section  1.  Towns 
and  city  councils  may,  at  any  legal  meeting,  grant  and  vote  such 
sums  of  money  as  they  shall  .judge  necessary,  not  exceeding  five 
hundred  dollars,  for  providing  municipal  Christmas  trees  or  for 
public  patriotic  exercises  for  Memorial  Day,  Independence  Day,  or 
other  holidays. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  the  pro vi- Repealing  clause; 

„     -   .  .  ,  -     -  T      1   •  1      11         1  rv»         takes   effect   on 

sions  01  this  act  are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  eitect  passage. 
upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


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Chapter   43. 


1921 


CHAPTER  43. 

AN   ACT  TO   AMEND   SECTION    10,    CHAPTER    3,    LAWS   OF    1919,    IN    RELA- 
TION TO  THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  LAW  REPORTS. 


Section 

1.  Publication   to   be    made   by    state   re- 

porter. 

2.  Appropriation   of   $3,400   for   current 

year. 


Sectiox 

3.     Repealing    clause; 
passage. 


takes    effect    on 


Be  it   enacted  hy   the   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Publication   to   be 
made  by   state 
reporter. 


Appropriatjon   of 
$3,400    for 
current   year. 


Repealing     claus 
takes  effect  on 
passage. 


Section  1.  Amend  Laws  of  1919,  chapter  3,  section  10,  by  strik- 
ing out  the  whole  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  follow- 
ing: Sect.  10.  The  decisions  of  the  supreme  court  shall  be  pub- 
lished in  volumes  entitled  New  Hampshire  Reports.  The  size, 
style  and  price  of  the  volumes  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  justices 
of  the  court.  The  state  reporter  shall  publish  the  New  Hampshire 
Reports  and  provide  for  the  sale  thereof,  and  may  dispose  of  the 
copyrights  as  he  shall  deem  expedient.  He  shall  pay  each  month 
into  the  state  treasury  all  money  received  from  such  sales  from 
subscriptions.  He  shall  deliver  to  the  secretary  of  state  four  hun- 
dred copies  of  each  volume  of  said  reports  upon  publication  and 
the  secretary  shall  send  one  copy  thereof  to  each  of  the  following 
officers  and  bodies:  Justices  and  clerks  of  the  supreme  and  supe- 
rior courts,  to  the  office  of  register  of  probate  in  each  county,  state 
reporter,  each  free  public  library  established  under  the  laws  of  the 
state,  the  town  clerk  of  each  town  having  no  free  public  library, 
the  department  of  justice,  clerk  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 
States,  library  of  Congress  at  Washington,  the  judge  and  clerk  of 
the  district  court  of  the  United  States  for  the  district  of  New 
Hampshire  and  the  state  library  of  each  state  in  the  United  States. 
He  shall  deposit  the  residue  in  the  state  library. 

Sect.  2.  The  sum  of  three  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  is 
hereby  appropriated  for  the  publication  of  said  reports  for  the 
current  year  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  supreme 
court. 

Sect.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


1921]  ■    Chapter  44.  53 

CHAPTER  44. 

AN   ACT  FOR   THE   SUPERVISION   AND   REGULATION   OF   RATES  FOR   WORK- 
MEN'S   COMPENSATION    INSURANCE. 

Section    1.      Insurer  to   file   classifications    of  risks  and  premium  rates  with  insurance 
commissioner,    which    shall    not    be    effective  until  approved. 
No  insurer  shall  carry  insurance  at  other   than    approved   rates. 
Regional    rating   bureau    to    apply    system   of   schedule   or   merit  rating. 
Penalty  for  violation  of  act. 

Be  it  enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Every  insurance  company,  corporation  or  associa- insurer  to  file 

f    .     '  ,,  .  .  classifications 

tion  or  other  insurer,  herein  called    '  insurer      which  insures  em-  of  risks  and  pre- 
ployers  against  liability  for  compensation  under  the  Workmen 's  insu^anc'l  ^commis- 
Compensation    Act,    shall    file    with    the    insurance    commissioner,  ^Xbe 'IffStile'*" 
herein  called  "commissioner,"  its  classification  of  risks  and  pre-'^'^t''  approved. 
mium  rates,  together  with  basic  rates  and  schedule  or  merit  rating, 
if  a  system  of  schedule  or  merit  rating  be  in  use,  none  of  which 
shall  take  effect  until  the  commissioner  shall  have  approved  the 
same  as  just  and  reasonable  and  adequate  for  the  risks  to  which 
they  respectively  apply.     The  commissioner  may  withdraw  his  ap- 
proval of  any  premium  rate  or  schedule  made  by  any  insurer,  if  in 
his  judgment,  such  premium  rate  or  schedule  is  unjust,  unreason- 
able or  inadequate  to  provide  for  the  obligations  assumed  by  the 
insurer. 

On  and  after  July  first,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  twenty-  No  insurer  shall 

,       .  '  1      ,,     .  .  '      carrv   insurance 

one,  no  such   insurer  shall  issue,   renew,   or  carry  any   insurance  at  other  than 
against  liability  under  the  Workmen's  Compensation  Act  at  ^fre-^^^''^^^^  ^^^^^' 
mium  rates  which  are  greater  or  less  or  different  than  those  ap- 
proved by  the  commissioner  for  such  carrier  as  just,  reasonable 
and  adequate  for  the  risks  to  which  they  respectively  apply ;  pro- 
vided, that  if  the  commissioner  shall  have  previously  approved  a 
system  of  schedule  or  merit  rating,  filed  with  him  by  any  insurer, 
the  same  may  be  applied  to  risks  subject  thereto  only  by  a  regional  Regional  rating 
rating  bureau  approved  by  the  commissioner  for  the  uniform  andsysfem  ^of'^^s^hed- 
impartial   application  thereof.     The  adjusted  rate   arrived   at   byj^^^j^"^  ™^"' 
any  reduction  or  increase  from  the  basic  rate  filed  with  and  ap- 
proved by  the  commissioner,  in  the  application  of  such  system  of 
schedule  or  merit  rating,  shall  be  clearly  set  forth  in  the  insurance 
contracts  or  in  the  endorsement  attached  thereto. 

Any  insurer  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  subject  Penaity^for  vio- 
to  a  fine  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  first  offense  and  for  a  sub- 
sequent offense  to  such  fine  and/or  a  suspension  or  revocation  of 
its  license  by  the  commissioner. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


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Chapters  45,  46- 
CHAPTER  45. 


1921 


AN    ACT    RELATING    TO    TIME    LIMIT    FOR    ADJUSTING    AND    PAYING    FIRE 

LOSSES. 

Section  1.     Insurer  shall  begin  adjustment  of  fire  less  within  fifteen  days  from  notice. 
Payment  of  certain  losses  not  to  be  until  forty-five   days  from  proof  of   loss  unless 
earlier  payment  allowed  by  commissioner. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
Ge7ieral  Court  convened: 

Insurer  shall  SECTION  1.     Ill  case  of  loss  01'  damage  to  property  insured  by 

begin      adjustment  „         .  ,  .  ■  ^         •  •       ^i   •         i     j.  ■  j 

of  fire  loss  within  any  fire  insurance  company  transacting  business  m  this  state,  saia 
notke!  '^''^'  ^'^°°'  company  or  its  representative  shall  begin  adjustment  of  such  loss 
within  fifteen  days  after  the  receipt  of  the  notice.     But  no  fire 
insurance  company  shall  pay  any  loss  or  damage  until  after  the 
expiration  of  forty-five  days  from  the  date  when  proof  of  loss  is 
executed ;   provided  that  nothing  contained   in  this  section  shall 
Payment  of  cer-    prcvcut  the  payment  of  a  loss  to  any  property  owner  when  the 
be'"untii  forty-five  aggregate  loss  under  policies  covering  the  risk  does  not  exceed  one 
of'ioss'uniesr^'^    hundred  dollars;  provided,  also,  that  upon  application  from  the 
alhiwed^b^com-    insurcd  Or  an  insurance  company  or  its  authorized  representative, 
missioner.  written  permission  to  make  earlier  payment  on  any  loss  may  be 

given  said  company  or  its  authorized  representative  by  the  insur- 
ance commissioner,  and  immediately  upon  issuing  such  permit,  "the 
insurance  commissioner  shall  notify  and  grant  permits  to  any  other 
companies  known  to  be  interested  in  the  risk.  For  any  violation 
of  this  section  the  insurance  commissioner  may  suspend  the  author- 
ity of  the  company  to  transact  business  in  this  state  for  such  length 
of  time,  not  exceeding  one  year,  as  he  may  deem  advisable. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921. 


CHAPTER  46. 


AN    ACT    IN    AMENDMENT    OF    CHAPTER    115    OF    THE    PUBLIC    STATUTES 
RELATING  TO  THE  INVESTIGATION  OF  THE  CAUSES  OF  FIRES. 

Sectiow  1.  Insurance  commissioner  may  investigate  origin  of  fires,  take  testimony  on 
oath  in  relation  thereto,  and  cause  arrests  to  be  made  for  arson;  to  submit  evi- 
dence to  county  solicitor. 

Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Insurance  com-  SECTION  1.  Amend  chapter  115  of  the  Public  Statutes  by  add- 
SvesTiglLT/igin  ing  thereto  after  section  24,  the  following  section  -.  Sect.  25.  The 
?est!monv'''on  oath  insurance  commissioner  may,  whenever  he  deems  it  expedient  or 


1921 


Chapter  47. 


55 


advisable,   examine   or    cause   to   be   examined   the   cause,   circum-  in  relation 

,  .     .  r.       n     r.  •  •        ji  -j.'  1     j.  thereto;     and 

stances  and  ongni  oi  all  tires  occurring  in  the  cities  and  towns  cause  arrests  to 
within  the  state,  of  which  he  has  knowledge,  by  which  property  ars™''.'^''to^°submit 
is  endangered,  damaged  or  destroyed,  and  may  specially  examine  ^^^'^^j'J.'^y,?^it^j. 
and  decide  whether  the  same  was  the  result  of  carelessness  or  de- 
sign. The  insurance  commissioner  shall,  when  in  his  opinion  said 
proceedings  are  necessary,  take  or  cause  to  be  taken  the  testimony 
on  oath  of  all  persons  supposed  to  be  cognizant  of  any  facts  or  to 
have  means  of  knowledge  in  relation  to  the  matters  as  to  which 
such  examination  is  made,  and  may  cause  the  same  to  be  reduced 
to  writing.  If  he  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  there  is  evidence 
sufficient  to  charge  any  person  with  the  crime  of  arson  or  incen- 
diarism, he  shall  cause  such  person  to  be  arrested  and  charged  with 
such  offense,  and  shall  furnish  to  the  proper  county  solicitor  all 
such  evidence,  together  with  the  names  of  witnesses  and  all  infor- 
mation obtained  by  him,  including  a  copy  of  all  pertinent  and 
material  testimony  in  the  case. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  47. 

AN    ACT    TO    REGULATE    FISHING    IN    CONNECTICUT    LAKES    AND    ROUND 
POND  IN  PITTSBURG. 


Section 

1.  Fishing    in    Third    Connecticut    Lake, 

when  prohibited. 

2.  Fly-fishing  in  Round  Pond  and  First, 

Se3ond     and     Third     Connecticut 
Lakes    when    permitted. 


Section 

3.  Penalty. 

4.  Repealing    act ;    takes    effect    en    pas- 

sage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and   House   of  Rfprcse)itatives    in 
General  Court  converted: 


Section  1.     Fishing  is  hereby  prohibited  in  Third  Connecticut  ^i^shmg_m^  Third 
Lake  in  Pittsburg  in  the  county  of  Coos,  from  the  first  day  of  Sep-  ^,?H,\'^H*'^ 
tember  to  the  first  day  of  June  following,  except  that  it  shall  be   "  " 
lawful  to  take  fish  of  lawful  size  with  artificial  flies  during  the 
month  of  September. 

Sect.  2.     Fish  of  lawful  size  may  be  taken  with  artificial  flies  Fiy-fishing  in 
during  the  month  of  September,  from  Round  Pond  and  the  First  First,  second  and 
and  Second  and  Third  Connecticut  lakes  in  the  town  of  Pittsburg,  cut'^Lakes'^when 
county  of  Coos.  permitted. 

Sect.  3.     Any  person  who  violates  a  provision  of  this  act  shall  ^"''*'*^- 
be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  offense  and  five  dollars  additional  for 
each  fish  taken  or  possessed  in  violation  thereof. 


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Chapter  48. 


[1921 


Repealing  act;  Sect.  4.     All  acts  aiicl  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 

takes   effect   on  t  n      i   •  i      n         i  /v» 

passage.  are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  erteet  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921. 


CHAPTER  48. 


AN   ACT   IN    AMENDMENT   OF   THE   FISH   AND   GAME   LAWS   RELATING   TO 
THE  TAKING   AND  POSSESSION    OF   PICKEREL. 


Pickerel  may  be  taken  from  Ella 
river  and  its  tributaries  in  Farm- 
ington  and  all  tributaries  of 
Cocheco  river  entering  it  in 
Farmington. 


Jection 
2.     Repealing     clause-;     takes     effect     on 
passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court   convened: 


Pickerel    may    be 
taken  from   Ella 
river    and    its 
tributaries    in 
Farmington    and 
all    tributaries    of 
Cocheco    river 
entering    it    in 
Farmington. 


Section  1,  Amend  subsection  (b),  section  32,  chapter  133, 
Laws  of  1915,  as  amended  by  section  15,  chapter  184,  Laws  of 
1917,  by  inserting  after  the  words  "New  Durham"  the  following: 
Ella  River  and  all  of  its  tributaries  in  Farmington,  all  tributaries 
of  the  Cocheco  River  that  enter  said  river  in  the  town  of  Farming- 
ton,  so  that  said  subsection  shall  read  as  follows:  (b) Pickerel  of 
any  size  and  in  any  quantity  may  be  taken  and  possessed  from 
Sunapee  Lake,  Crystal  Lake  in  Enfield,  Tewksbury  Pond  in  Graf- 
ton, Elbow  Pond  in  Woodstock,  Partridge  Lake  in  Lyman 
and  Littleton,  Pearl  Lake  in  Lisbon,  Merry  Meeting  Pond  in  New 
Durham,  Ella  River  and  all  of  its  tributaries  in  Farmington,  all 
tributaries  of  the  Cocheco  River  that  enter  said  river  in  the  town 
of  Farmington,  Big  Dan  Hole  Pond  in  Ossipee  and  Tuftonboro, 
and  from  the  waters  in  Coos  county  at  any  time.  Pickerel  not  less 
than  twelve  inches  in  length  may  be  taken  from  Lakes  Winnipe- 
saukee,  Massabesic,  Winnisquam,  Asquam,  Wentworth,  Spofford, 
and  the  Connecticut  river  in  Cheshire  county,  from  June  first  to 
April  first. 
Repealing   clause;      Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage  and  all  acts 

takes    effect    on  .  .  .    ^  i  ,  ,     i 

passage.  and  parts  ot  acts  inconsistent  herewith,  are  hereby  repealed. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921. 


19211 


Chapters  49,  50. 


57 


CHAPTER  49. 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  CATCHING  LAKE  TROUT  IN   NEWFOUND  LAKE. 


Section 

1.      Lake    trout    and    salmon,    fishing    for 
through    ice   when    prohibited. 


Section 

2.      Takes    effect    on    passage 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


'  salmon,  fishing  for 

Laws  of  1915,  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  paragraph  (c)  through  ioe  when 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  (c)  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful to  fish  for  lake  trout  or  salmon  through  the  ice  upon  New- 
found Lake,  except  that  not  over  four  lake  trout  may  be  taken  by 
one  person  in  any  one  day  through  the  ice  in  the  months  of  Jan- 
uary and  February. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  50. 

AN  ACT  RELATIVE  TO  PISHING  IN  YORK  POND  AND  TRIBUTARIES   AND   IN 
COLD  BROOK. 

Section  Section 

1.      York  Pond  and  Cold  Brook  closed  to  2.      Takes    effect    on    passage, 

fishing. 

Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     York  Pond,  so  called,  all  tributaries  thereto,  and  J°[J' ^°^°^  and^^^ 
the  waters  of  Cold  Brook,  so  called,  all  within  the  boundaries  of  to  fishing. 
the  White  Mountain  National  Forest  in  the  county  of  Coos,  are 
hereby  closed  to  fishing ;  and  any  person  hereafter  fishing  therein     • 
or  taking  or  attempting  to  take  fish  therefrom  shall  be  punished  by 
fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  or  imprisonment  not  exceed- 
ing thirty  days  or  both.     Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  con- 
strued as  in  any  way  affecting  the  right  of  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment to  use  said  waters  for  fish  cultural  purposes. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage.  Takes  effect  oh 

passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


58 


Chapters  51,  52. 
CHAPTER  51. 


1921 


AN  ACT   RELATING   TO   THE  ENCOURAGEMENT  OF   THE   NEW   HAMPSHIRE 
assessors'   ASSOCIATION. 


Section 


Section 

2.      Takes   effect   on   passage. 


Each  town  and  city  shall  pay 
Dually  $2  for  membership 
assessors'    association. 

Be.  it   enacted   tij   the   Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Each  town  and  SECTION  1.  For  the  eiicouragement  of  equitable  taxation  and  the 
annually  $2  'for  education  of  public  officials  in  tax  problems,  each  town  and  city 
Ts^sMsors'"^  '"  shall  annually  pay  to  the  New  Hampshire  Assessors'  Association 
association  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^^  ^^^  dollars,  which  sum  shall  provide  annual  membership 

in  said  association  for  the  selectmen,   assessors  and  town  or  city 

clerks,  treasurers  and  collectors. 

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


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  52. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  93,  LAWS  OF  1915,  CHAPTER  224, 
LAWS  OF  1917  AND  CHAPTER  118,  LAWS  OF  1919,  RELATING  TO  STATE 
AID  FOR  HIGHWAYS. 


Section 
1.     C 


ind  towns  through  -which 
certain  state  aided  roads  run 
shall  receive  no  other  state  aid 
until  such  roads  are  completed. 
No  funds  hereafter  appropriated 
shall  be  used  within  compact  xiart 
of   towns   of  certain   size. 


Repealing    clause. 


Cities    and   towns 
through    which 
certain    state 
aided   roads   run 
shall    receive    no 
other    state    aid 
until     such     roads 
are    completed. 
No    funds   here- 
after   appropri- 
ated   shall    be 
used   within 
compact     part     of 
towns  of 
certain    size. 


Be   it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  No  city  or  town  through  which  the  roads,  designated 
by  chapter  93,  Laws  of  1915,  (as  amended  by  chapters  164  and  215, 
Laws  of  1917),  and  chapter  224,  Laws  of  1917,  and  chapter  118, 
Laws  of  1919,  pass,  shall  receive  any  state  aid  for  highway  im- 
provement on  city  or  town  roads,  except  on  the  roads  so  designated 
until  said  improvements  of  such  roads  are  completed  within  such 
cities  or  towns.  No  part  of  the  funds  that  may  hereafter  be  appro- 
priated shall  be  used  within  the  compact  part  of  any  city  or  town 


1921 


CiiArTERS  53,  54. 


59 


having  a  population  of  twenty-five  hundred  or  more,  such  compact 
part  to  be  determined  by  the  highway  commissioner. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  Repealing 
are  hereby  repealed. 

.[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  53. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION   1,   CHAPTER  245  OF  THE  PUBLIC   STATUTES 
RELATING  TO  TRUSTEE  PROCESS. 


Section 

2.      Takes   effect    on    passage. 


Section 

1.  Personal  actions  except  replevin 
and  actions  for  oral  defamation 
may  be  commenced  by  trustee 
process. 

Be  it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.    Amend  section  1,  chapter  245  of  the  Public  Statutes  P«;fo»ai^p'^c^i«^ns 
bv  inserting  before  the  word  ' '  defamation ' '  the  w^ord  oral,  and  by  and  actions  for 

^  ,,-,,,-,  oral    defamation 

striking  out  the  words  ' '  and  trespass  to  the  person     and     and  ma-  may  be  com- 
li(3ious  prosecution, ' '  so  that  as  amended  said  section  shall  read :  trustee  process. 
Section  1.    Any  personal  action  may  be  begun  by  trustee  process, 
except  actions  of  replevin  and  actions  for  oral  defamation. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  pa^say**^''  '"' 


[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  54. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  50,  CHAPTER  147,  LAWS  OF  1917  AS 
AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  99,  LAWS  OF  1919,  RELATING  TO  INTOXICAT- 
ING LIQUOR. 


Section 


Csmmissioner  of  law  enforcement 
may  make  regulations  necessary 
to  enforcement  of  liquor  laws ; 
shall  furnish  suitable  blanks  to 
court  officers  who  shall  report  all 
liquor  cases  tried  in  their  courts. 
Powers  of  commissioners  and 
deputies. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Amend  section  50.  chapter  147,   Laws  of  1917 
amended  by  chapter  99,  Laws  of  1919,  by  insertin 


as  Commissioner     of 

.     law    enforcement 

after  the  words  may    make    regu- 


60  Chapter  54.  [1921 

to^'enforcemenr^  " such  deputies  and  other  agents"  in  line  twelve  (12),  the  following 
of  jjquor  laws:  and  make  such  regulations,  and  further  amend  said  section  50  by 
suitable  blanks  inserting  after  the  words  "who  shall  forthwith  prosecute  such  of- 
whrshaii' report  fcudcr"  in  line  twenty-nine  (29)  the  following:  The  state  com- 
tried^^n'their^  missiouer  of  law  enforcement  shall  furnish  suitable  blanks  to  the 
commission7/*^and  offi^^^^  ^^  ^^^  courts  in  the  State,  on  which  the  clerks  or  justices 
deputies.  gf  such  courts  shall  make  reports  to  the  state  commissioner  of  law 

enforcement  of  all  cases  tried  by  them  for  violation  of  the  prohibi- 
tion law,  so  that  said  section  50,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows : 
Sect.  50.  The  governor  shall  appoint  a  state  commissioner  of  law 
enforcement  and  fix  his  compensation  to  be  paid  by  the  state.  The 
duties  of  the  state  commissioner  of  law  enforcement  shall  be,  under 
the  attorney-general,  to  secure  the  enforcement  of  the  laws  in  ref- 
erence to  intoxicating  liquor.  He  shall  have  all  the  powers  of  the 
county  solicitor  in  any  county,  in  reference  to  the  laws  concerning 
intoxicating  liquor,  and  the  enforcement  of  such  laws.  He  shall 
have  jurisdiction  in  the  enforcement  of  such  laws,  either  in  co- 
operation with,  or  independently  of,  the  other  officers  of  any 
county,  city  or  town.  With  the  consent  of  the  governor  and 
attorney-general,  the  state  commissioner  of  law  enforcement  may 
employ  such  deputies  and  other  agents  and  make  such  regulations 
as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  the  efficient  enforcement  of  the  laws 
in  relation  to  intoxicating  liquor.  Such  deputies  shall  furnish 
bonds  in  such  form  as  is  prescribed  for  sheriffs,  in  such  sums,  of 
not  less  than  $1,000  each,  and  with  such  sureties,  as  the  governor 
and  council  shall  prescribe.  Such  deputies  shall,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  state  commissioner  of  law  enforcement,  have  power  to 
enforce  all  laws  now  or  hereafter  in  force,  relating  to  intoxicating 
liquor,  and  may  make  arrests  for  violations  thereof.  They  shall 
also  have,  in  matters  pertaining  to  intoxicating  liquor,  power  to 
serve  criminal  process  and  to  require  aid  in  executing  the  duties 
of  their  office.  They  may  arrest,  without  warrant,  and  on  view, 
in  any  part  of  the  state,  a  person  found  violating  any  law  now  or 
hereafter  in  force,  relating  to  intoxicating  liquor,  take  such  person 
before  a  magistrate  having  jurisdiction  for  trial,  and  detain  such 
person  in  custody  at  the  expense  of  the  state  until  opportunity  is 
given  to  notify  a  prosecuting  officer,  if  necessary,  who  shall  forth- 
with prosecute  such  offender.  The  state  commissioner  of  law 
enforcement  shall  furnish  suitable  blanks  to  the  officers  of  the 
courts  in  the  state,  on  which  the  clerks  or  justices  of  such  courts 
shall  make  reports  to  the  state  commissioner  of  law  enforcement  of 
all  cases  tried  by  them  for  violation  of  the  prohibition  law.  The 
compensation  and  personal  expenses  of  the  state  commissioner  of 
law  enforcement,  and  the  compensation  and  expenses  of  his  depu- 
ties and  agents  shall  be  paid  by  the  state,  on  the  warrant  of  the 
governor.  When  prosecution  for  the  violation  of  the  laws  in  refer- 
ence to  intoxicating  liquor  is  begun  and  carried  on  by  the  state 


1921 


Chapter   55. 


61 


commissioner  of  law  enforcement,  or  by  the  county  solicitor,  all 
moneys  collected  for  fanes  shall  be  paid  to  the  state  treasurer,  or 
to  the  county  treasurer,  as  the  case  may  be.  The  state  commissioner 
of  law  enforcement  may  employ  such  clerical  assistance,  not  exceed- 
ing in  amount  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars  in  any  year  as  he 
may  find  necessary  in  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  55.* 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  MARRIAGE  OF  PERSONS  HAVING   SYPHILIS  OR 
GONORRHOEA. 


Section 

1.  Marriage     of     person     reported     as 

having  gonorrhoea  or  syphilis 
unlawful,  until  return  made  of 
cure. 

2.  Physicians     shall     keep     record     of 

cases  of  syphilis  and  of  gonor- 
rhoea ;  shall  ascertain  such  pa- 
tients' intention  as  to  marriage 
and  warn  them  of  dangers;  shall 
notify  board  of  health  of  inten- 
tion   to    marry. 


Section 

3.  Town   or  city  clerk,   when    shall   not 

issue  marriage  certificate   to   such 
person. 

4.  Penalty. 

5.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hij   the    Senate   and   House   of  Bepresentatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  suffering  f rom  J^^^^jf "®pp^^j.jgjj 
gonorrhoea  or  svphilis  reported  to  the  state  board  of  health  in  ac-  as  having  gonor- 

,  -li  -,  r>        T  c  r>  1  -1  rhoea  or  syphilis 

cordance  with  chapter  163,  Laws  of  1919,  and  the  rules  and  regula-  unlawful,  until 
tions  promulgated  thereunder,  to  marry  until  there  is  returned  to  cure! 
the  state  board  of  health  a  satisfactory  record  by  the  physician  in 
charge  of  the  case  that  the  person  so  registered  is  free  from  the 
disease  and  will  not  infect  others. 

Sect.  2.     Every  physician  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  cases  of  ^^^^;j^''';^^';'r/^^^f 
syphilis  and  gonorrhoea  that  come  under  his  observation  and  care,  «ases  of  syphilis 

J      ,      1,  .         ,        .  .  „  .    and  of  gonorrhoea; 

and  shall  use  reasonable  means  to  ascertani  the  intentions  of  syphi-  shaii  ascertain 
litic  or  gonorrhoeal  patients  as  to  marriage.     The  physician  shall  ^mention 'Ts^o 
warn  said  patients  of  the  legal,  moral  and  physical  evils  of  mar-  warn '^them°of 
riage  contracted  by  them.    If  the  physician  learns  that  a  patient  as  norifrboard^'lf 
aforesaid  intends  to  marry,  the  phvsician  shall  notify  the  state  ^.^'*"';  °^  '"**'"" 

'^  '  ^     *  *'  tion    to    marry. 

board  of  health. 


*  Amended,    chapter    153. 


62 


Chapter  56. 


1921 


certificate  to 
such  pers 


cieT  wVen^  shall  ^^''''-  ^-  ^hen  it  shall  be  made  known  to  any  town  or  city  clerk 
^l't;fi'^f«'?r*"''^''^^  ^  legally  registered  physician,  or  by  any  board  of  health  that  a 
""^ '"'"'"  person,  or  persons,  desiring  a  marriage  certificate  has  gonorrhoea  or 

syphilis  snch  certificate  shall  not  be  issued  without  the  consent  of 
the  state  board  of  health. 

Sect.  4.  Any  person  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
sections  1  and  2  of  this  act  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  for 
not  more  than  one  year  nor  less  than  three  months,  or  by  fine  of  not 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars  nor  less  than  two  hundred  dollars 
or  both. 

Sect.  5.     This  act  shall  take  eftect  on  its  passage. 


Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921. 


CHAPTER  56. 


AN   ACT  TO   AMEND  CHAPTER  30,   SECTION   9,  OF  THE  SESSION  LAWS  OF 
1915  RELATING  TO  MUNICIPAL  COURTS. 


Municipal    court    how    may    be    es 
tablished  or   abolished  by  town. 


Sectiox 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Municipal    court 
how    may    be 
established     or 
abolished    by 
town. 


Be   it  enacted  hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  9  of  chapter  30  of  the  session  Laws  of  1915 
is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  at  the  end  thereof  the  following: 
If  any  town,  in  which  a  municipal  court  shall  have  been  established 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  desire  the 
abolition  of  said  court,  it  may  so  vote,  pursuant  to  an  article  in- 
serted in  the  warrant  for  any  annual  March  meeting,  or  at  any 
special  town  meeting  called  for  the  purpose.  Such  vote  shall  be 
certified  by  the  town  clerk  to  the  secretary  of  state  and  thereupon 
said  municipal  court  shall  be  abolished,  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read:  Sect.  9.  If  any  town  having  a  population 
of  less  than  two  thousand  shall  desire  the  establishment  of  a  munic- 
ipal court  within  its  confines,  it  may  so  vote,  by  means  of  an  article 
inserted  in  the  warrant  for  any  annual  March  meeting,  or  at  any 
special  town  meeting  called  for  the  purpose.  Such  vote  shall  be 
certified  by  the  town  clerk  to  the  governor  and  council,  through 
the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  and  thereupon,  as  provided  in 
section  1  of  this  act,  the  governor  and  council  shall  appoint  and 
commission  a  justice  and  a  special  justice  for  such  court,  which 
shall  thereupon  be  established  and  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the 
duties  and  powers  of  municipal  courts  located  in  places  having  a 
population  of  not  more  than  fifty  thousand.    If  any  town,  in  which 


1921 


Chapters  57,  58. 


63 


a  municipal  court  shall  have  been  established  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  desire  the  abolition  of  said 
court,  it  may  so  vote,  pursuant  to  an  article  inserted  in  the  war- 
rant for  any  annual  March  meeting,  or  at  any  special  town  meet- 
ing called  for  the  purpose.  Such  vote  shall  be  certified  by  the 
town  clerk  to  the  secretary  of  state  and  thereupon  said  municipal 
court  shall  be  abolished. 

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

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  57. 


AN     ACT     REPEALING     CHAPTER     33,     SECTION     1,     LAWS     OF     1893,     AS 
AMENDED,   RELATING   TO    COMPENSATION    FOR    CATTLE    KILLED. 


Section 

1.  Laws  1893,  chapter  33,  section  1, 
relating  to  compensation  for  cat- 
tle  killed,    repealed. 


Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacied   hy   the   Senate   and  House    of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Laws     1893, 

Section  1.     Chapter  33,  section  1,  Laws  of  1893,  as  amended -n/^to 'compensa- 
by  chapter  142,  section  1,  Laws  of  1911,  is  hereby  repealed.  ki°red,*°repeaied. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  58. 


AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  DEFICIENCIES  IN  THE  APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  CER- 
TAIN DEPARTMENTS  AND  INSTITUTIONS  FOR  THE  FISCAL  PERIOD  END- 
ING -JUNE  30,  1921. 


Section 


Appropriations  for  deficiencies  in 
certain  departments  for  period 
ending  June   30,    1921. 


Section 

2.  Appropriations      for      year      ending 

August     31,     1921,     shall    not    be 
available    after   June    30,    1921. 

3.  Takes   effect   on    passage. 


Be   it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     The  sums  hereinafter  mentioned  are  appropriated  App: 


ropriations 


to  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  for  the  fiscal  period  ending  June  30,  i^  c'lrtain"''de- 


64 


Chapter  59. 


1921 


partments  for 
period  ending 
June    30,    1921. 


ApproRTiations 
for    year    ending 
August     31, 
1921,    shall    not 
be    available 
after    June    30, 
1921. 

Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


1921,  in  addition  to  the  amounts  provided  by  the  Laws  of  1919. 
For  the  executive  department,  $2,000;  for  the  department  of  agri- 
culture, animal  industry,  $35,000;  for  the  deaf,  dumb  and  blind, 
support  and  education  of,  $2,000 ;  for  the  state  house,  $4,700 ;  for 
the  New  Hampshire  State  Hospital,  $25,000;  for  the  New  Hamp- 
shire School  for  Feeble-Minded,  $25,000;  for  the  New  Hampshire 
State  Sanatorium,  $15,000;  for  the  Soldiers'  Home,  $5,000;  and 
the  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the 
treasury  for  an  amount  not  exceeding  the  sums  hereby  appro- 
priated. 

Sect.  2.  The  appropriations  established  by  the  session  Laws 
of  1919  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  August  31,  1921,  shall  not  be 
available  for  use  after  June  30,  1921. 

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

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  59. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  86  OP  THE  LAWS  OF  1919  REL.VT- 
ING  TO  MOTOR  VEHICLES  ENGAGED  IN  THE  CARRIAGE  OF  PASSENGERS 
FOR  HIRE. 


Section 

1.  Certain  persons  operating  motor 
vehicles,  declared  to  be  common 
carriers 


Section 

2.  Duty  of  county  solicitor   to   enforce 

law. 

3.  Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be   it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Certain  persons  SECTION  1.  Chapter  86  of  the  Laws  of  1919  is  hereby  amended 
vehicles,  declared  by  inserting  in  section  1  thereof  after  the  words  "discharging  pas- 
carrfers?™™""  sciigcrs  aloiig"  the  words  or  at  the  termini  of,  so  that  said  section 
as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Section  1.  Every  person,  firm 
or  corporation  operating  any  motor  vehicle  other  than  a  street  car 
upon  any  public  street  or  way  in  the  business  of  transporting  pas- 
sengers for  hire,  and  receiving  and  discharging  passengers  along 
or  at  the  termini  of  a  regular  route  over  which  the  vehicle  is  oper- 
ated, is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  common  carrier  and  as  such  shall 
be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act  so  far  as  applicable  thereto. 
Sect.  2.  Section  4  of  said  chapter  86  is  amended  by  adding  at 
the  end  thereof  the  following:  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county 
solicitor  in  each  county  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  4.  Any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 


Duty    of    county 
solicitor    to 
enforce    law. 


1921 


Chapter   60. 


65 


act  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be  fined  not  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  solicitor  in  each 
county  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

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


Takes    effect 
passage. 


[Approved  March  31,  1921.; 


CHAPTER  60. 

AN  ACT  IN   AMENDMENT  OF   CHAPTER   57,   LAV^S  OF   1917,   RELATING  TO 
MUNICIPAL   ACCOUNTS. 


SECTION 

1.  Accounting  officers  of  municipal 
corporations  shall  keep  uniform 
accounts  in  manner  prescribed  by 
tax  commission:  shall  annually 
return  to  it  summaries  of  uniform 
accounts;  commission  may  audit 
any  municipal  accounts  required 
by   law  to  be   audited. 


Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   iSenate 
General   Court   convened: 


id  House   of  Representatives   in 


Section  1.    Strike  out  section  1  of  said  act  and  substitute  there-  Accounting 
for  the  following:     Section  1 


The  accounting  officers  of  the  sev-  mun1cipa°/  cor- 


keep   uniform 

departments  thereof,  within  the  state,  shall  keep  uniform  accounts  accounts  in 

.  -1       T    ,  T  •      •  T          •  1  manner  pre- 

m  a  manner  prescribed  by  the  state  tax  commission  and  said  com-  scribed  by  tax 
mission  may  at  any  time  audit  any  accounts  which  are  required  by  shaii  annually 


districts,  village  precincts,  or  departments  thereof.     Said  account- Jii7s°fo"J^ijijj''y°^" 
ing  officers  shall  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  each  year  re-  fp'lif *acc''ounTs""''^ 
turn  to  the  office  of  the  tax  commission  summaries  on  blanks  fur- required  by  law 
nished  by  it,  of  uniform  accounts  prescribed  by  it.  showing  the 
transactions  of  said  counties  and  municipalities  during  their  last 
fiscal  vear  and  their  condition  at  the  close  thereof. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  March  31,  1921.] 


Takes    effect 
passage. 


66 


Chapters  61,  62. 
CHAPTER  61. 


[1921 


AN    ACT    TO    AMEND    AN    ACT    PASSED    AT    THE    JANUARY    SESSION    1921, 
RELATING  TO  THE  PROTECTION  OP  STATE  ROADS. 


Section     . 

1.      Amendment    of   chapter   32    of   pres- 
ent   session. 


Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Amendment    of 
chapter   32  of 


Section  1.     Amend  section  1  of  said  act*  by  striking  out  the 


present  session,     -\vords  ' '  and  thereby  causing  damage  to  the  highway. ' ' 
pa^sTge!^"''  "^         Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  31,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  62. 


an  act  in  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  15  OF  CHAPTER  115  OF  THE  PUB- 
LIC   STATUTES,    RELATING   TO    LIABILITY   FOR    NEGLECT   TO    REPAIR, 


Section 

1.  Penalty  for  not  repairing  building 
after  notice  increased  to  $50  for 
each   month's   neglect. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  a7id  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Penalty  for  not         SECTION  1.    Amend  scctiou  15  of  chapter  115  of  the  Public  Stat- 

regairing   bund-  ^         .  .  ,          ,        . 

ing  after  notice  utcs  by  Striking  out  the  word  "ten  m  said  section  and  substitut- 
for  each  month's iiig  ill  placc  thereof  the  word  fifty,  so  that  the  section  as  amended 
°^^^*'*'  shall  read:     Sect.  15.     If  the  repairs  or  alterations  are  not  made 

within  thirty  days  after  notice,  the  owner  or  occupant  so  notified 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  month 's  neglect, 
and  shall  be  liable  to  the  owner  of  any  building  or  property  con- 
sumed by  fire  communicated  from  such  dangerous  building  for  the 
damages  suffered  by  him. 
Takes  effect  on         Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage.  ^  x  o 

[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


chapter  32. 


1921 


Chapters  63,  64. 


67 


CHAPTER  63. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  84  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES  RELATING  TO 
THE  BURIAL  OF  CERTAIN  SOLDIERS  AND  SAILORS. 


Skctio 
1. 


iurial      of      certain      soldiers      and 
sailors   at   public   expense. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.  Amend  chapter  84  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  Bjjriai^of^ certain 
amended  by  chapter  130,  Laws  of  1909,  and  chapter  135,  Laws  of  sailors  at  public 
1919,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  a  new  section,  as  follows :  Sect. 
21.  Whenever  any  resident  of  this  state  dies,  who  served  in  the 
United  States  Army,  Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  during  the  Spanish- 
American  War,  the  Philippine  Insurrection,  or  the  World  War, 
prior  to  November  12,  1918,  who  has  been  honorably  discharged 
therefrom,  and  a  majority  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  or  the 
mayor  of  the  city  in  which  such  person  died,  shall  certify  under 
oath  to  the  state  treasurer  that  such  person  did  not  leave  sufficient 
estate  to  pay  the  expenses  of  his  funeral,  the  governor  shall  draw  a 
warrant  in  favor  of  the  selectmen  or  mayor  for  a  sum  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars  ($50)  to  defray  such  burial  expenses  of  such  de- 
ceased person. 

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


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  April  5,  1921. 


CHAPTER  64. 


AN   ACT   IN   RELATION   TO    THE  DEVELOPMENT   OF   WATER   POWER. 


Section 

1.  Persons   or   corporations   duly   char- 

tered may  erect,  maintain  or  in- 
crease height  of  dam  for  benefit 
of  mills  upon  obtaining  author- 
ity from  public  service  commis- 
sion  as  provided   in   section   2. 

2.  Petition      to      commission;     notice; 

hearing;    appeal. 

3.  If    damages    from    flowage    are    not 

satisfactorily  adjusted  either 
party  may  petition  court  for  as- 
Fessment. 

4.  Petition     to     court     upon     non-pay- 

ment    of     damages     after     notice ; 
reference   to   committee. 
.5.      Notice    by    committee;    hearing;    re- 
port. 


6.  Setting   aside   report;    judgment. 

7.  Either   party   may    elect    jury    trial; 

costs. 

8.  Damages   how   assessed. 

9.  Petition   to   court   for   assessment   of 

damages   in    advance   of  taking. 

10.  Petitioner     to     give      security;      no 

title  acquired  until  paym-ent'  of 
judgment. 

11.  No    other    dam    shall    be    erected    to 

injury  of  proposed  dam,  if  con- 
struction be  commenced  within 
three   years  from   authorizatien. 

12.  Act    not    to    affect    rights    of    certain 

other    persons. 

13.  Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

passage. 


or  articles  of  agreement  so  to  do  may  erect  and  maintain  on  his  or 
its  land,  or  on  land  of  another  with  the  owner's  consent,  a  dam 


68  Chapter  C4.  [1921 

Be   it   enacted    hy   the   Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 

Persons  or  cor-         SECTION  1.    Any  person  or  corporation  authorized  by  its  charter 

porations  duly 
chartered  may 
erect,  maintain 
or    increase 

bejfefi\  "o^f  miiis^'"^upo^i  01"  across  any  stream,  or  may  increase  by  flashboards  or  per- 
aSrit^'^fro'^  mancntly  the  height  of  any  dam  already  so  maintained  by  him  or 
public  service       it,  for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  water  to  work  any  mill  or  mills 

commission    as  ^    ,        ,   .        ^        .  ,  ,  .  , 

provided  in  sec-  owncd  by  hiui  Or  it  or  by  any  other  person  or  corporation  on  such 
stream  or  on  another  stream  to  which  the  same  is  tributary,  or  for 
the  purpose  of  creating  a  reservoir  of  water  or  raising  the  level  of 
a  public  or  other  lake  or  pond  to  control,  conserve  or  equalize  the 
flow  of  such  stream  or  streams  for  the  benefit  of  any  such  mill  or 
mills,  upon  obtaining  authority  so  to  do  as  hereinafter  provided  in 
section  2.  The  w^ord  "mill"  as  herein  used  shall  include  both  man- 
ufacturing plants  and  plants  at  which  electric  power  is  generated 
for  public  distribution  or  for  the  operation  of  mills,  railroads  or 
public  utilities. 
Petition  to  com-  Sect.  2.  Ally  pcrsoii  or  corporation  proposing  to  erect  a  dam 
hearing;  "appeal,  or  to  iiicreasc  by  flashboards  or  permanently  the  height  of  any  ex- 
isting dam  for  any  of  the  purposes  provided  in  the  preceding  sec- 
tion shall  file  a  petition  with  the  public  service  commission  setting 
forth  the  location,  height  and  description  of  the  proposed  dam  or 
proposed  increase  in  any  existing  dam.  Said  commission  shall 
thereupon  set  a  time  and  place  for  hearing  said  petition,  and  shall 
issue  an  order  of  notice  to  all  parties  interested,  which  shall  be 
published  for  three  successive  weeks  in  some  newspaper  in  the 
county  in  which  the  dam  is  to  be  erected  or  is  situated,  the  last 
publication  to  be  not  less  than  fourteen  days  before  the  time  fixed 
for  hearing.  Said  order  of  notice  shall  be  served  on  the  attorney- 
general,  and  such  further  notice,  if  any,  shall  be  given  as  the  com- 
mission may  order.  Said  commission  shall,  after  hearing,  deter- 
mine whether  it  will  be  of  public  use  and  benefit  to  grant  the  rights 
asked  for  and  shall  enter  an  order  accordingly.  Any  party  ag- 
grieved by  any  decision  of  the  commission  on  any  such  petition 
shall  have  the  same  rights  of  appeal  as  provided  in  chapter  164  of 
the  Law^s  of  1911,  as  amended. 
If  damages  from  Sect.  3.  If  the  land  of  any  person  shall  be  overflowed,  drained 
s.Sletoriiy""'  or  otherwise  injured  by  the  use  of  any  dam  or  addition  thereto 
par^y^ma/'^eH-  authorized  by  this  act,  or  any  dam  constructed  before  the  passage 
ls°sessment.  ^""^  ^^  *^^^^  ^^^'  ^"^^  *^^*^  damage  shall  not  within  thirty  days  after  due 
notice  thereof  be  satisfactorily  adjusted  by  the  party  erecting  or 
maintaining  the  dam  or  increase  therein,  either  party  may  apply 
by  petition  to  the  superior  court  in  the  county  or  counties  where 
such  damage  arises  to  have  said  damage  that  may  have  been  or  may 
be  done  thereby  assessed. 


1921^  Chapter    64.  69 

Sect.  4.     The  petition  shall  set  out  the  title  and  description  of  ^^po',f°non*pa.y.°'"'' 
the  premises  damaged,  the  right  by  reason  whereof  the  grievance  ment  of^_damages 
arises,  the  location  of  the  dam  and  the  extent  of  the  damages  that  reference  to' 
may  be  occasioned  thereby.     The  court,  after  reasonable  notice  to  '^''"™' 
all  persons  interested  shall,  unless  the  parties  agree  upon  the  judg- 
ment that  shall  be  rendered,  refer  the  petition  to  a  committee  of 
three  disinterested  persons  to  be  appointed  by  the  court  to  deter- 
mine in  relation  to  the  matters  set  forth  therein. 

Sect.  5.     The  committee  shall  give  such  notice  to  the  parties  as  Notice  by  com- 

,T  ,  1  .■  •  ,1  mittee;    hearing; 

shall  be  ordered  by  the  court,  shall  hear  the  parties,  view  the  prem-  report, 
ises,  estimate  the  damages  and  make  report  to  the  court  at  the  next 
term  thereof  after  the  view  and  estimate. 

Sect.  6.  Upon  return  of  the  report  any  person  interested  ,f^*.['."f,^dJ^^nJ'.^" 
therein  may  object  to  its  acceptance  for  any  irregularity  or  im- 
proper conduct  on  the  part  of  the  committee,  and  the  court  may 
set  it  aside  for  any  just  and  reasonable  cause.  If  the  report  shall 
be  accepted  and  established,  the  court  shall  render  judgment 
thereon. 

Sect.  7.     Before  reference  of  such  petition  to  the  committee,  if  |ieer'jul-r  tria™^^ 
either  party  shall  so  elect,  the  court  shall  direct  an  issue  to  the  costs." 
jury  to  try  the  facts  alleged  in  the  petition  and  to  assess  the  dam- 
ages, and  judgment  shall  be  rendered  on  the  verdict  of  the  jury. 
The  court  may  award  costs  to  either  party  at  its  discretion. 

Sect.  8.     The  committee  appointed  under  sections  4,  5  and  6  ^^^^^f^*  ''°''' 
and  the  jury  under  section   7  shall  take  into   consideration   any 
damage  done  to  other  land  of  the  party  flowed  as  well  as  the  dam- 
age occasioned  to  the  land  actually  occupied. 

Sect.  9.     Any  person  or  corporation  proposing  to  erect  a  dam  Petition  to  court 
or  to  increase  permanently  or  by  flashboards  any  existing  dam,  of'  dama^gef ^in 
having  been  authorized  so  to  do  by  the  public  service  commission,  {''ak^irtg'!''  '^^ 
as  provided  in  section  2,  may  file  in  the  superior  court  a  petition 
setting  forth  the  location,  height  and  description  of  the  proposed 
dam  or  increase  in  any  existing  dam,  and  the  title  and  description 
of  the  land  involved  or  the  rights  therein  to  be  taken,  and  applying 
for  the  assessment  of  damages  occasioned  thereby  in  advance  of  the 
taking.     The  court  shall  then  proceed  to  the  assessment  of  damages 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  sections  4  to  8  inclusive. 

Sect.  10.     Any  person  or  corporation,  upon  filing  a  petition  as  Petitioner  to 
provided  by  section  3  or  9,  may  be  required  at  any  time,  upon  no   title   acquired 
application  to  the  court   in  which  such  petition  is  filed,  to  give,  o"  'jud'gmMu!' 
within  a  reasonable  time,  such  security  as  justice  may  require  for 
any  damages  which  have  been  or  may  be  occasioned  by  such  pro- 
ceedings   or    to    satisfy    any    judgment    which    may    be    rendered 
therein,  and  no  such  person  or  corporation  shall  derive  any  title 
from  the  proceedings  or  shall  be  discharged  from  any  liability  in 
relation  to  the  premises  until  he  or  it  has  paid  or  tendered  to  the 


70  Chapter   64.  [1921 

person  aggrieved  or  damaged  the  amount  of  the  judgment  ren- 
dered. 
No  other  dam  Sect.  11.  No  Other  dam  shall  be  erected  to  the  injury  of  any 
fo^injury  ®o7°*''*^  proposed  dam  or  any  proposed  increase  in  any  existing  dam  which 
f/°?ons^ructi^n  in  either  case  has  been  authorized  by  the  public  service  commission 
with?n°'th?er'^  ^^  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  2  if  the  petitioner  shall, 
years  from  within  three  vears  thereafter,  or  within  such  further  time  as  the 

authorization.  ■      ■  j:'  i  x  .^  .  .• 

commission  for  good  cause  may  grant,  commence  the  construction 
thereof  and  thereafter  prosecute  said  construction  with  reasonable 
diligence. 
Act  not  to  affect  Sect.  12.  The  provisious  of  the  eleven  i^reeeding  sections  shall 
other^  p^irsons!"""  in  HO  way  affcct  any  mill  of  other  persons  lawfully  existing  on 
the  same  stream  or  any  mill  site  or  mill  privilege  of  other  persons 
on  which  a  mill  dam  has  been  lawfully  erected  and  used,  or  the 
right  of  any  owner  of  such  mill,  mill  site  or  mill  privilege,  unless 
the  right  to  maintain  on  such  last  mentioned  site  or  privilege  shall 
have  been  lost  or  defeated  by  abandonment  or  otherwise,  and  non- 
user  of  any  mill  site  or  mill  privilege  for  a  period  of  six  years  shall 
be  prima-facie  evidence  of  abandonment;  neither  shall  said  pro- 
visions affect  the  right  of  any  town  in  any  highway  or  bridge 
which  the  town  may  be  liable  to  keep  in  repair;  nor  shall  they 
affect  any  tlowage  or  other  water  rights  heretofore  acquired  or  the 
right  to  maintain  any  dam  heretofore  constructed ;  nor  shall  they 
authorize  any  unreasonable  interference  wdth  the  use  of  any  stream 
as  a  public  highway  for  floating  logs  or  otherwise. 
fa?er"e'ffect''^ou'''  ^^'^'^-  1^-  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  amend  or 
passage.  repeal  chapter  47  of  the  Laws  of  1913  as  amended  by  chapter  178 

of  the  Laws  of  1917  or  chapter  162  of  the  Laws  of  1919.  Sections 
12  to  19  inclusive  of  chapter  142  of  the  Public  Statutes,  sections 
1  and  2  of  chapter  50  of  the  Laws  of  1893,  chapter  114  of  the  Laws 
of  1911,  and  all  other  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter    65.  "  71 

CHAPTER  65. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  14  OF  CHAPTER  169  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STAT- 
UTES RELATING  TO  THE  TAXATION  OF  FOREIGN  INSURANCE  COMPA- 
NIES. 


JTIOX 

1.  Term,  "gross  premiums  re_'eived" 
by  life  insurance  company,  de- 
fined. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  14  of  chapter  169  of  the  Public  Term,  "gross 
Statutes,  as  amended  by  chapter  100,  Laws  of  1895,  chapter  64,  ?ece?ye™^  by 
Laws  of  1899,  chapter  67,  Laws  of  1901,  chapter  109,  Laws  of  1905,  eoLpam-,""'" 
chapter  78,  Laws  of  1909,  chapter  47,  Laws  of  1915,  chapter  83,  ^'^^^^'i- 
Laws  of  1917  and  chapter  72,  Laws  of  1919,  by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  following  words :  As  applied  herein  to  a  life  insurance 
company,  the  term  "gross  premiums  received  by  it"  shall  mean 
the  total  amount  of  premiums  as  stated  in  the  policies,  without 
deduction  on  account  of  dividends  used  by  policyholders  to  reduce, 
or  in  part  payment  of,  premiums,  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  14.  Every  such  fire,  marine,  fidelity, 
and  casualty  insurance  company  shall  pay  to  the  state  treasurer, 
Avithin  one  month  after  receiving  notice  from  the  insurance  com- 
missioner of  the  amount  thereof,  a  tax  of  two  per  cent,  upon  the 
gross  premiums  received  by  it,  less  return  premiums  and  reinsur- 
ance, when  effected  in  authorized  companies  by  the  companies' 
licensed  resident  agents  or  in  companies  organized  under  the  laws 
of  this  state,  upon  business  done  within  the  state,  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  the  preceding  December,  as  as- 
sessed by  the  commissioner,  and  a  further  deduction  in  the  case  of 
all  mutual  fire  and  mutual  boiler  insurance  companies,  taxable 
under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  of  the  amount  of  all  un- 
absorbed  premium  deposits  actually  returned  or  credited  to  policy- 
holders upon  business  in  this  state  during  the  year  for  which  the 
tax  is  determined ;  and  every  such  life  insurance  company  shall 
pay  to  the  state  treasurer,  within  one  month  after  receiving  notice 
from  the  insurance  commissioner  of  the  amount  thereof,  a  tax  of 
two  per  cent,  upon  the  gross  premiums  received  by  it  from  residents 
of  the  state  during  said  year,  less  payments  to  residents  of  this 
state  on  account  of  death  losses  paid  within  the  year ;  provided, 
however,  that  the  tax  assessed  upon  any  such  life  insurance  com- 
pany shall  not  be  less  than  an  amount  equal  to  one  and  one-half 
per  cent,  of  the  gross  premiums  received  by  it  from  residents  of 
the  state  during  said  year.  As  applied  herein  to  a  life  insurance 
company,  the  term  "gross  premiums  received  by  it"  shall  mean 


72 


Chapters  66,  67. 


1921 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


the  total  amount  of  premiums  as  stated  in  the  policies  without 
deduction  on  account  of  dividends  used  by  policyholders  to  reduce, 
or  in  part  payment  of,  premiums. 

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

[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  66. 


Secretary    of 
state    to    print 
and     distribute 
10,000     copies     c 
session     laws; 
free    distribution. 


AN  ACT  IN   AMENDMENT  OF  gECTION   1,   CHAPTER  3,   LAWS  OP  1919,   RE- 
LATING TO  THE  PUBLICATION   OF  STATUTES,   JOURNALS  AND  REPORTS. 

Section    1.      Secretary   of  state  to  print   and  distribute  10,000  copies  of  session  laws; 
free   distribution. 

Be   it   enacted    hij   the   Sevnte   and   Hcuse    of  Representatives   in 
Geneml   Court   convened; 

Section  1.  Section  1,  chapter  3,  Laws  of  1919  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following:  Section  1.  At  the  close  of  a  legislative 
session,  the  secretary  of  state  shall  cause  10,000  copies  of  the  public 
acts  and  resolves  of  such  session  to  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form 
and  distributed  free  to  public  libraries,  judges,  attorneys  and  to 
citizens  requesting  the  same ;  and  the  secretary  shall  authorize 
newspapers  to  advertise  such  free  distribution. 


[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  6^ 


AN  ACT  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF   THE  BOARD  OF  BANK 
COMMISSIONERS. 


Section 

1.      Report  of  bank  commissioners  when 
to   be    filed    and    what    to    contain. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it    enacted    hij   the   Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened,- 


Section  1.  Amend  section  9  of  chapter  162  of  the  Public  Stat- 
1™  to  be  filed  utes,  as  amended  by  section  2  of  chapter  77,  Laws  of  1897,  by  strik- 
iitain.'  ing  out  said  section  and  inserting  the  following:     Sect.  9.     The 


Report    of  bank 

commissioners 

when 


1921] 


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73 


board  shall  file  with  the  secretary  of  state,  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  September  in  each  year,  their  annual  report,  which  shall  contain 
a  statement  of  the  resources  and  liabilities  of  each  institution  under 
their  supervision,  the  amount  of  earnings  of  each  institution  be- 
tween the  dates  of  the  examinations  of  the  commissioners,  or  for  a 
twelve-month  period,  as  they  may  select,  and  the  disbursements 
for  the  same  period  for  taxes,  expenses,  and  other  charges,  to- 
gether with  the  rate  and  amount  of  dividends  paid  during  the 
same  time.  The  bank  commissioners'  report  shall  also  give  the 
names  of  the  officers  and  clerks  of  each  institution,  the  amount  of 
the  officers'  bonds,  and  salary  and  compensation  paid  to  each 
officer,  and  the  kinds  and  par  value  of  stocks  and  bonds  held  by 
each  institution,  with  such  other  information  as  they  may  deem 
necessary.  They  shall  make  such  recommendations  therein  as  they 
think  will  promote  the  public  good. 

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


Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  68. 


AN   ACT   IN    RELATION    TO    THE    PAYMENT   OF    WAGES. 


Sectiox 

1.      Persons 


engaged  in  certain 
branches  of  business  and  munic- 
ipal corporations,  employing 
more  than  ten  persons,  shall  pay 
wages   weekly;    exception. 


iEC'TIOX 

2.  Penalty. 

3.  Weekly   payments   shall   be 


Be   it   enacted    bij   the    Se)iate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
Genered   Court   convened: 


Section  1.  Amend  section  21,  chapter  180  of  the  Public  Statutes,  Persons   engaged 
as  amended  by  chapter  134,  Laws  of  1909  and  chapter  6,  Laws  of  branches  of 
1919,  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  mun'ieipai'*"cor- 
thereof  the  following:  Sect.  21.    Every  person,  firm  or  corporation P^^/^°"'^ore' 
engaged  in  the  business  of  manufacturing,  mining,  quarrying,  or*'^^^,  ^"^JJ,  wlge^' 
stone-cutting,   or  in   a  mercantile,   railroad,   telegraph,   telephone, ''^eekiy: " 

"'  ...  exception. 

express  or  aqueduct  business,  and  every  municipal  corporation, 
having  in  his  or  its  employment  more  than  ten  persons  at  one  time, 
shall  pay  the  wages  earned  each  week  by  employees  who  work  by 
the  day  or  week,  within  eight  days,  including  Sunday,  after  the 
expiration  of  the  week.  Every  such  person,  firm  or  corporation 
shall  post  a  notice  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  his  or  its  office  that 
wages  will  be  so  paid,  and  shall  keep  the  same  so  posted.     This  act 


74 


Chapter   69. 


1921 


Weekly    paymen 
shall  be   iu   cash. 


shall  not  apply  to  employees  engaged  in  the  cutting,  harvesting  and 
driving  of  pulpwood  and  timber. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  section  22  of  said  amended  chapter  180  by  in- 
serting before  the  word  "corporation"  in  the  first  line  of  said 
section  the  words,  person,  firm  or,  and  by  inserting  before  the  word 
"it"  in  the  second  line  of  said  section,  the  words,  he  or ;  so  that  said 
section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  22.  If  any  such 
person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  the  pre- 
ceding section,  he  or  it  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty-five 
dollars  for  each  offense,  provided  a  prosecution  therefor  is  begun 
within  thirty  days  after  the  offense  is  committed,  but  not  other- 
wise. 

s  Sect.  3.  Amend  section  1  of  chapter  78  of  the  Laws  of  1911  by 
striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  following:  Section  1.  Weekly  payment  of  wages  by  every 
person,  firm  or  carporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  manufactur- 
ing, mining,  quarrying,  or  stone-cutting,  or  in  a  mercantile,  rail- 
road, telegraph,  telephone,  exjiress  or  aqueduct  business,  and  every 
municipal  corporation,  as  contemplated  by  section  21,  chapter  180 
of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended  by  chapter  134  of  the  Laws  of 
1909,  and  chapter  6  of  the  Laws  of  1919,  and  as  herein  amended, 
shall  be  made  in  cash,  and  no  employee  shall  be  compelled  by  his 
employer  to  accept  any  goods  or  merchandise  in  payment  of  wages. 


[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  69. 


AN  ACT  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  PAYMENT  OF   SALARIES  OF  COUNTY  OFFI- 
CERS OP  HILLSBOROUGH  COUNTY. 


Section 

1.  Salaries  of  certain  officers  of  Hills- 
borough county  shall  be  paid 
monthly. 


Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be   if   enacted    h)/   the    Se^^^fc   earl   Reuse    cf  Representcdives    in 
General   Court    conveneel: 


certain    officers 

of  Hillsborough     treasurer,   register  of  deeds,  and   county   commissioners  of   Hills- 
paid   monthly.      borough  county,  as  well  as  any  deputies  of  the  foregoing  officials, 

shall  be  payable  monthly. 
pas^s'age!*^''*  ""         Sect.  2."    This  act  sliall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


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Chapter   70. 


75 


CHAPTER  70. 

AN  ACT  IMPOSING  A  TAX  UPON   THE  TRANSFER  AT  DEATH   OF  THE  PER- 
SONAL PROPERTY   OF   NONRESIDENTS. 


Section 

1.  Personal     estate     of     foreign     dece- 

dent liable  to,  transfer  tax  of  two 
per   cent. 

2.  Securities     and     personal     property 

shall  not  be  transferred  or  deliv- 
ered, etc.,  except  to  executor, 
etc.,    duly   appointed. 

3.  And  not  to  a  foreign  executor,  etc., 

until  the  tax  has  been  paid;  pen- 
alty. 

4.  Executors,    etc.,    liable    for    transfer 

tax. 

5.  Duty   of  person  having  in  his  pos- 

session personal  property  of 
decedent  nonresident;  notice  to 
state  treasurer;  special  adminis- 
trator. 

6.  Transfer   taxes   when   due:    interest. 

7.  What  property  of   nonresident   sub- 

ject to  transfer  tax.  Lien  for 
taxes. 

8.  Resident      executor,      etc.,      of      de- 

ceased nonresident  shall  not  de- 
liver property  to  domiciliary 
executor,  etc.,  until  payment  of 
transfer  tax  by  him;  sale  upon 
nonpayment. 


Section 
9.     State 


treasurer  shall  determine 
amount  of  transfer  tax  due ;  ap- 
peal. 

State  treasurer  may  require  per- 
sons having  possession  or  knowl- 
edge of  personal  property  liable 
to  transfer  tax  to  furnish  in- 
formation; and  may  bring  action 
for   tax. 

Laws  1905,  chapter  40,  applicable 
to  taxes  imposed  by  this  ast;  state 
treasurer  may  waive  filing  of 
statement  containing  names,  etc., 
of  heirs,  etc. ;  may  appoint  ap- 
praiser of  property. 

State  treasurer  shall  provide  books, 
etc.,  for  carrying  this  act  into 
effect. 

Assistant  attorney-general  shall  ad- 
vise state  treasurer  and  conduct 
litigation. 

Expenses  of  carrying  act  into  ef- 
fect. 

This  act  shall  not  apply  to  stock  of 
domestic  corporation  owned  bv 
nonresident  if  business  carried 
on    outside    state. 

Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hij   tJic   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in 
Genereil   Court   eonveneel: 


Section  1.  All  personal  property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
state  and  any  interest  therein,  belonging  to  persons  whose  domi- 
cile is  without  the  state  shall,  upon  the  death  of  the  owner,  be 
subject  to  a  tax  of  two  per  cent,  of  its  value  for  the  use  of  the  state, 
upon  its  transfer,  payment  or  delivery  to  the  executor,  adminis- 
trator or  trustee  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased. 

Sect.  2.  No  stock  or  obligation  of  any  national  bank  located 
in  this  state  or  of  any  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of 
this  state,  deposit  in  any  bank,  trust  company,  or  other  similar 
institution  located  in  this  state  or  organized  under  its  laws,  obli- 
gation of  any  citizen  of  this  state,  or  securities  or  personal  property 
of  any  description  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  state,  or  any 
interest  therein,  belonging  to  the  estate  of  a  nonresident  shall  be 
transferred,  paid  or  delivered  to  any  person  except  an  executor, 
administrator  or  trustee  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased  duly  ap- 
pointed either  in  this  state  or  in  the  state  of  the  decedent's  domi- 
cile by  a  court  having  jurisdiction  for  that  purpose. 


Personal    estate 
of   foreign    dece- 
dent  liable    to 
transfer    tax    of 
two   per    cent. 


Securities     and 
personal    prop- 
erty  shall   not  be 
transferred    or 
delivered,     etc., 
except    to    exec- 
utor,   etc.,    duly 
appointed. 


76 


Chapter  70. 


"1921 


And   not  to   a 

foreign     executor, 
etc.,    until    the 
tax    has   been 
paid:    penalty. 


Executors,    et( 
liable    for 
transfer    tax. 


Duty  of  persoi 
having  in  his 
possession  per- 
sonal property 
of  desedent  ii 
resident;  noti 
to  state  treas- 
urer ;  special 
administrator. 


Transfer  tf 
when  due: 
interest. 


What    property 
of    non-resident 
subject    to 
transfer    tax. 
Lien    for    taxes. 


Sect.  3.  Such  property  shall  not  be  transferred,  paid  or  deliv- 
ered to  a  foreign  executor,  administrator  or  trustee  until  the  tax 
lias  been  paid.  Any  person  or  corporation  which  shall  transfer, 
pay,  or  deliver  or  having  control  thereof  shall  permit  the  transfer, 
payment,  or  delivery  of  any  such  property  to  any  person  other 
than  a  resident  executor,  administrator,  or  trustee  before  such  tax 
has  been  paid  shall  be  liable  for  the  tax  and  to  an  additional  pen- 
alty of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  in  an  action  brought  by 
the  state  treasurer.  Any  such  bank  or  corporation  which  shall 
record  such  a  transfer  of  any  share  of  its  stock  or  of  its  obliga- 
tions or  issue  a  new  certificate  of  stock  or  other  instrument  to 
evidence  such  a  transfer  before  all  taxes  imposed  upon  the  trans- 
fer by  this  act  have  been  paid  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  liability 
and  penalty. 

Sect.  4.  Executors,  administrators,  and  trustees  shall  be  liable 
for  such  transfer  tax  upon  all  such  property  which  shall  come  to 
their  hands,  with  interest  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sect.  5.  Every  person  having  in  his  possession  or  control  any 
personal  property  belonging  to  a  nonresident,  shall,  unless  the 
.property  is  delivered  to  a  resident  administrator,  within  thirty 
(30)  days  after  the  death  of  the  owner,  notify  the  state  treasurer 
and  prepare  and  transmit  to  him  an  itemized  schedule  of  the  prop- 
erty. If  the  tax  is  not  paid  or  a  resident  administrator  appointed 
within  four  months  after  the  owner's  death  the  probate  court  shall, 
upon  petition  of  the  state  treasurer,  appoint  a  resident  adminis- 
trator or  a  special  administrator  as  the  circumstances  of  the  case 
may  require  to  whom  the  property  shall  be  transferred,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  collect  and  pay  the  tax  and  to  account  for  the  balance 
of  the  proj^erty  according  to  law  under  order  of  the  court. 

Sect.  6.  All  taxes  imposed  by  this  act  shall  be  due  and  payable 
at  the  time  of  the  transfer  of  the  property,  and  if  not  then  paid 
interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent,  per  annum  shall  be  charged  and 
collected  from  the  time  of  the  transfer  and  said  taxes  and  interest 
shall  be  and  remain  a  lien  on  the  property  transferred  until  the 
same  are  paid.  Provided,  however,  that  if  the  transfer  is  not  made 
within  four  months  after  the  owner's  death  interest  as  aforesaid 
shall  be  charged  and  collected  after  the  expiration  of  said  four 
months. 

Sect.  7.  Personal  property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  state 
belonging  to  nonresidents  which  shall  pass  by  deed,  grant,  bar- 
gain, sale,  or  gift,  made  in  contemplation  of  death,  or  made  or 
intended  to  take  effect  in  possession  or  enjoyment  at  or  after  the 
death  of  the  grantor  or  donor  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  tax  im- 
posed upon  the  transfers  hereinbefore  described  in  this  act.  The 
taxes  upon  such  transfers  shall  become  due  at  once  upon  the 
death  of  the  grantor  or  donor,  and  if  not  paid  within  four  months 
shall  be  .subject  to  interest  as  aforesaid  after  the  expiration  of  said 


1921]  Chapter    70.  77 

period,  until  paid.  Said  taxes  and  interest  shall  be  a  charge 
against  the  persons  receiving  such  transfer,  and  the  property 
transferred  and  any  other  property  of  the  grantor  or  donor  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  state  shall  be  subject  to  a  lien  to  secure  its 
payment.  All  persons  or  corporations  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  state  in  whose  possession  or  control  any  such  property  so  trans- 
ferred or  to  be  transferred  remains  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  the 
grantor  or  donor  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  duties,  liabilities,  and 
penalties  imposed  by  this  act  upon  persons  having  the  possession 
or  control  of  personal  estate  of  such  a  decedent. 

Sect.  8.     A  resident  executor,   administrator,   or   trustee   hold-  Resident   exec- 
ing  personal  property  of  a  deceased  nonresident  subject  to  said  deceased ''non- 
tax shall  deduct  the  tax  therefrom  or  collect  it  from  the  executor,  ^eHver' propert^* 
administrator,  or  trustee  in  the  state  of  the  decedent's  domicile, *"  domiciliary 

'  '  executor,    etc., 

and  shall  not  deliver  such  property  to  him  or  any  other  person  until  payment  of 
until  he  has  collected  the  tax.  When  the  transfer  of  such  personal  him:  sale  upon 
property,  other  than  money,  is  subject  to  a  tax  under  the  provi-""""^"*^™^"  ' 
sions  of  this  act  and  the  executor,  administrator,  or  trustee  in  the 
state  of  domicile  neglects  or  refuses  to  pay  the  tax  upon  demand, 
or  if  for  any  reason  the  tax  is  not  paid  within  four  months  after 
the  decedent's  death,  the  resident  administrator,  executor,  or  trus- 
tee may,  upon  such  notice  as  the  probate  court  may  direct,  be 
authorized  to  sell  such  property,  or  if  the  same  can  be  divided  such 
portion  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  and  shall  deduct  the  tax  from 
the  proceeds  of  such  sale  and  shall  account  for  the  balance,  if  any, 
in  lieu  of  the  property.  When  a  conveyance  made  by  a  nonresident 
decedent  in  his  lifetime  is  subject  to  said  tax,  the  resident  executor 
or  administrator  shall  collect  the  taxes  due  on  account  of  such  con- 
veyance and  may  be  authorized  to  sell  any  property  subject  to  the 
lien  of  such  tax,  as  in  other  cases. 

Sect.  9.     The  state  treasurer  shall  determine  the  amount  of  all  state  treasurer 
taxes  due  and  payable  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  shall  amount  of  trans- 
certify   the    amount    due    and    payable    to    the    resident    executor,  appeal    "^' 
administrator  or  trustee,  if  any,  otherwise  to  the  person  or  persons 
by  whom  the  tax  is  payable.     Said  tax  shall  be  assessed  upon  the 
actual  market  value  of  the  property  transferred  at  the  time  of  the 
decedent's  death.     Such  tax  shall  be  determined  by  the  state  treas- 
urer who  shall  certify  the  same  to  the  person  or  persons  by  whom 
the  tax  is  payable  and  such  determination  shall  be  final  unless  the 
tax  shall  be  reduced  upon  appeal  or  petition  for  abatement,  in  pro- 
ceedings commenced  by  a  resident  executor,  administrator  or  trus- 
tee, in  the  form  and  within  the  time  prescribed  in  cases  arising 
under  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  1905,  as  set  forth  in  sections  12 
and  14  of  said  act  and  amendments  thereto. 

Sect.  10.     The  state  treasurer,  whenever  he  has  knowledge  or  state  treasurer 
reason  to  believe  that  any  person  or  corporation  has  in  his  posses- pe^sons'^'having 

)ossession    or 
;nowledge    of 


78  Chapter  70.  [1921 

personal   Property (jgggfjg^^t^l  iioiiresident  111)011  wliic'li  the  tax  l^as  not  been  paid  and  a 

liable    to     transfer  '  -iti-  ■  -it 

tax  to  furnish  schedulc  ot  wliicli  lias  not  been  lurnished  him,  as  herein  provided, 
and  may  bring  or  that  any  such  person  or  corporation  has  received  a  transfer  of 
action  for  tax.  ^^^^^  property  or  made  such  a  transfer  (except  to  a  resident  exec- 
utor, administrator,  or  trustee)  upon  which  the  tax  has  not  been 
paid,  as  herein  provided,  or  that  such  person  or  corporation  has 
knowledge  of  a  transfer  of  any  such  personal  property  of  such 
nonresident  decedent  in  his  lifetime  by  deed,  grant,  bargain,  sale, 
or  gift,  made  in  contemplation  of  death,  or  made  or  intended  to 
take  effect  in  possession  or  enjoyment  at  or  after  the  death  of  the 
grantor  or  donor,  or  has  possession  or  control  of  property  so  trans- 
ferred, may  require  such  person  or  any  officer  of  such  corporation 
to  appear  at  the  state  treasury,  at  such  time  as  the  treasurer  may 
designate  and  then  and  there  to  produce  for  the  use  of  the  treas- 
urer all  books,  papers  or  securities  which  may  be  in  the  possession 
or  control  of  such  person  or  corporation  relating  to  such  property 
or  transfer  and  to  furnish  such  other  information  relating  to  the 
same  as  he  may  be  able  and  the  treasurer  may  require.  Whenever 
the  treasurer  shall  require  the  attendance  of  any  person,  as  herein 
provided,  he  shall  issue  a  notice  stating  the  time  when  such  attend- 
ance is  required,  and  shall  transmit  the  same  by  registered  mail,  or 
cause  a  copy  of  the  same  to  be  given  in  hand,  to  such  person  four- 
teen (14)  days  at  least  before  the  date  when  such  person  is  re- 
quired to  appear.  If  any  person  receiving  such  notice  shall  neglect 
to  attend  or  to  give  attendance  so  long  as  may  be  necessary,  for  the 
purpose  for  which  the  notice  was  issued,  or  refuses  to  furnish  such 
books  or  papers  or  give  such  information,  or  if  a  corporation  whose 
officer  is  thus  summoned  refuses  to  permit  him  to  produce  such 
books,  papers  or  securities  as  are  called  for  and  are  within  the  con- 
trol of  the  corporation  such  person  or  corporation  shall  be  liable  to 
a  penalty  of  twenty-tive  (25)  dollars  for  each  offense,  which  may 
be  recovered  by  the  state  treasurer  for  the  use  of  the  state.  Any 
person  attending  in  response  to  summons  as  herein  provided,  shall 
thereafter  be  entitled  to  the  same  travel  and  witness  fees  as  are 
allowed  to  witnesses  summoned  to  testify  in  actions  pending  in  the 
superior  court.  The  state  treasurer  may  commence  an  action  for 
the  recovery  of  any  taxes  at  any  time  after  the  same  may  become 
payable. 
Laws  1905  ch.         Sect.  11.     The  provisious  of  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  1905, 

40,    applicable  i  i  i  i       •  i 

to  taxes  imposed  aud  amendments  thereto,  relative  to  the  powers,  privileges,  duties, 

st'ate  treasurer  obligations  and  penalties  granted  to  and  imposed  upon  the  state 

fiHng  Tf'^^state-  treasurer,  the  judges  and  registers  of  probate,  executors,  adminis- 

names,''"e"ti'"of'^  trators,  trustces  and  others  with  regard  to 'the  taxes  imposed  by 

heirs,  etc.;  may  said  act  and  amendments,  and  all  provisions  therein  contained  rel- 

appomt     appraiser       .  it-  ,. 

of  property.  ativc  to  the  administration  of  said  law,  shall  apply  to  the  taxes  im- 

posed by  this  act  in  so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable,  and  not  in 
conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.     Provided,  hoivever,  that 


1921]  Chapter    70.  79 

upon  satisfactory  evidence  that  the  estate  of  a  deceased  nonresi- 
dent within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  state  is  limited  to  personal  prop- 
erty the  state  treasurer,  may,  in  his  discretion,  waive  those  provi- 
sions of  section  9  of  said  chapter  40  and  amendments,  which  re- 
quire that  the  statement,  to  be  filed  by  an  administrator  before  his 
appointment,  shall  include  the  names,  ages,  relationships,  etc.,  of 
heirs  or  legatees.  In  the  absence  of  administration  in  this  state 
upon  the  estate  of  a  nonresident,  the  state  treasurer  may,  at  the 
request  of  any  person  who  is  liable  or  may  become  liable  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act  to  a  tax  upon  the  transfer  of  such  personal 
property,  appoint  an  appraiser  to  appraise  said  property,  and  the 
expenses  of  such  appraisal  shall  be  a  charge  upon  said  j^roperty 
in  addition  to  the  tax. 

Sect.  12.     The   state   treasurer   shall   provide   such   books   andshaii  provide 
blanks  as  are  requisite  for  the  execution  of  this  act.  eai°ryin|  kilns'" act 

Sect.  13.     Tlie  assistant  attorney-general  shall  conduct  all  liti-'"'*"  '''^''''• 
gation  and  shall  advise  the  state  treasurer  upon  all  questions  of  ,fgy.gg^"'j.j^f "^i^'^,, 
law  arising  in  the  administration  of  this  act  and  have  general  over-  f ^Vise  state 

°  .  °  treasui-er    and 

Sight  of  such  administration,  including  the  computation  and  collee- conduct  litigation. 
tion  of  the  tax,  and  may  employ  such  clerical  assistance  as  may  be 
necessary  and  the  governor  and  council  may  approve. 

Sect.  14.     The  expenses  of  the  execution  of  this  act  shall  be  Expenses  of 
paid  by  the  state  treasurer  and  charged  to  the  appropriations  forTnto'^'^efffcr.*^* 
the  department  of  the  attorney-general,  and  the  bills  therefor  shall 
be  submitted  to  the  governor  and  council  for  their  approval. 

Sect.  15.     The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  the  stock  This  act  not  to 
or  obligations  of  a  corporation  organized  under  New  Hampshire  of  domestic  cor- 
laws,  and  owned  by  a  nonresident,  if,  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  b^  non'^re^lZm 
the  owner  all  the  business  conducted  by  the  corporation  under  theclrrilTon 
authority  of  its  charter   (except  stockholders'  or  directors'  meet- "'"'^"^'^  ^*'**^- 
ings  and  the  duties  performed  by  the  clerk  with  reference  thereto) 
is  actually  carried  on  outside  of  the  state. 

Sect.  16.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

^  I  o  passage. 

[Approved  April  6,  1921.] 


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Chapter  71. 
CHAPTER  71. 


192] 


AN    ACT    IN    RELATION    TO    THE   GUARAJSTTY    FUND   AND    THE    GUARANTY 
FUND   SURPLUS   OF   GUARANTY    SAVINGS   BANKS. 


Section 

1.  Guaranty  fund,  amount  of,  how 
determinable;  guaranty  fund  sur- 
plus. 


Section 

2.      Repealing    clause;    takes    eflfect 
passage. 


Be   it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Guaranty   fund, 
amount    of,    how 
determined ; 
guaranty     fund 
surplus. 


Repealing     clause 
takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Section  1.  Until  the  general  deposits  of  a  guaranty  savings 
bank,  or  a  bank  conducted  as  a  guaranty  savings  bank,  shall  ex- 
ceed one  million  dollars,  its  paid-in  guaranty  fund  shall  at  all 
times  be  equal  to  ten  per  cent,  of  its  general  deposits.  After  the 
general  deposits  exceed  one  million  dollars,  said  banks  shall  carry 
each  year  to  a  guaranty  fund  surplus  so  much  of  their  net  earn- 
ings as  shall  maintain  an  unimpaired  guaranty  fund  surplus  of 
five  per  cent,  for  all  deposits  in  excess  of  one  million  dollars.  Any 
excess  of  the  paid-in  guaranty  fund  over  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  shall  be  considered  as  a  part  of  the  guaranty  fund  surplus, 
and  not  be  subject  to  any  laws  relating  to  special  deposits  or  capi- 
tal stock  of  guaranty  savings  banks,  but  shall  be  subject  to  the  laws 
governing  the  guaranty  fund  of  mutual  savings  banks.  The  guar- 
anty fund  surplus  shall  not  be  used  to  pay  dividends ;  but  may  be 
transferred  at  any  time  to  the  paid-in  guaranty  fund. 

Sect.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  April  7,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapter    72. 


81 


CHAPTER  72. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  40,  LAWS  OF  1905,  AS  AMENDED 
BY  CHAPTERS  68  AND  138,  LAWS  OP  1907,  CHAPTER  104,  LAWS  OF 
1909,  CHAPTER  42,  Lx\WS  OF  1911,  CHAPTERS  106  AND  116,  LAWS  OP 
1915,  AND  CHAPTER  37,  LAWS  OF  1919,  RELATING  TO  THE  TAXATION 
OF  LEGACIES  AND  SUCCESSIONS,  AND  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER 
116,  LAWS  OF  1915,  RELATING  TO  THE  DUTIES  OF  THE  ASSISTANT 
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 


Taxes  on  legacies  and  successions 
shall  be  payable  fifteen  months 
after  decedent's  death;  interest; 
lien  for  taxes;   discount. 

State  treasurer  shall  determine 
amount  of  such  taxes  and  certify 
same  to  executor.  Claim  arising 
under  contract  for  support,  etc., 
when  to  be  subject  to  this  act; 
executor  aggrieved,  when  may 
apply  to  probate  court  for  abate- 
ment; state  treasurer  shall  repay 
amount  of  tax  illegally  exacted ; 
when  may  abate  tax. 

Account  of  executor  not  to  be  al- 
lowed until  certificate  of  treas- 
urer as  to  payment  of  tax  duly 
filed. 

Ancillary  administrator:  tax  on 
personalty. 

Expenses  of  carrying  act  into  ef- 
fect to  be  paid  by  state  treasurer 
and  charged  to  appropriation  to 
department   of   attorney-general. 

Right  of  surviving  joint  owner  shall 
be  deemed  a  transfer  taxable 
under  this  act:  contribution  be- 
tween owners  as  to  payment  of 
tax. 


Duty  of  banks  and  trust  companies 
receiving  deposits  in  more  than 
one    name;     penalty;     exceptions. 

Upon  decease  of  owner  of  safety 
deposit  box,  who  may  remove  con- 
tents. 

No  corporation  shall  transfer  its 
stock  standing  in  name  of  a 
decedent  or  deliver  or  transfer 
same  to  any  person  except  resi- 
dent executor,  except  as  provided. 

Duty  of  corporation  having  custody 
or  control  of  such  decedent's 
property  to  notify  state  treasurer 
who  shall  give  notice  whether 
transfer   tax   is   claimed. 

Assistant  attorney-general  shall 
conduct  all  litigation,  advise 
state  treasurer  and  have  general 
oversight  in  administration  of 
act. 

State  treasurer  shall  be  entitled  to 
appear  in  any  proceeding  af- 
fecting the  tax:  notice  to  him 
necessary  to  render  certain  pro- 
ceedings  valid. 

Estates   not   subject   to   act. 

Takes   effect   on    passage. 


Be   it   fnacted   ly   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.     Amend  section  4  of  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  1905,  Taxes  on  lega- 

'■  .     .  cies     and     succes- 

as  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  42,  Laws  of  1911,  by  striking  sions   shaii  be 

.  .  -,    .  .  .  1  e     1        V    n         •  pavable     fifteen 

out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  m  place  thereof  the  following :  months  after 
Sect.  4.     All  taxes  imposed  by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  in-  interest';  ^iien  ^for 
eluding  taxes  on  intermediate  estates  and  remainders  as  set  forth  *''"'*'^'    discount. 
in  section  2,  shall  be  due  and  payable  to  the  state  treasurer  at  the 
expiratio.n  of  fifteen  months  after  date  of  the  decedent's  death.    If 
the  probate  court  has  ordered  the  executor  or  administrator  to  re- 
tain funds  to  satisfy  a  claim  of  a  creditor,  the  payment  of  the  tax 
may  be  suspended  by  the  court  to  await  the  disposition  of  such 
claim.     If  the  taxes  are  not  paid  when  due,  interest  at  the  rate  of 
ten  per  cent,  per  annum  shall  be  charged  and  collected  from  the 


82  Chapter  72.  [1921 

time  the  f-ame  became  payable;  and  said  taxes  and  interest  shall  be 
and  remain  a  lien  on  the  property  subject  to  the  taxes  until  the 
same  are  paid.     A  discount  of  three  per  cent,  shall  be  allowed  on 
all  taxes  paid  in  full  within  six  months  after  date  of  the  decedent's 
death. 
state   treasurer         Sect.  2.     Amend  scction  12  of  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  1905, 
amount  of  such    as  amended  by  section  5,  chapter  68,  Laws  of  1907,  and  section  1, 
tffy  ^same  t^       chapter  42,  Laws  of  1911,  by  striking  out.  the  whole  section  and 
arising '"under"''  inserting  in   place  thereof  the   following:     Sect.  12.      The  state 
suppo^'rt!  l°tc.,       treasurer  shall  determine  the  amount  of  all  taxes  due  and  payable 
^ct^'to^thfs  Tct-^"^^^*^^  ^^^^  provisions  of  this  act,  and  shall  certify  the  amount  so 
executor  ag-         duc  and  payable  to  the  executor  or  administrator,  if  any,  other- 
may  apply  to       wise  to  the  person  or  persons  by  whom  the  tax  is  payable ;  but  in. 
abatement";'"  state  the  determination  of  the  amount  of  any  tax  said  state  treasurer 
reifay"^  amount"  of^hall  uot  be  required  to  consider  any  payments  on  account  of  debts 
exacted'^^^when     °^'  cxpeuscs  of  administration  which  have  not  been  allowed  by  the 
may  abate  tax.     probate  court  liaviug  jurisdiction  of  said  estate.     The  amount  due 
upon  the  claim  of  any  legatee  named  in  the  will,  or  of  any  person 
who  is  or  in  the  absence  of  a  will  would  be  an  heir-at-law  of  a 
deceased  person,  arising  under  a  contract  made  after  the  passage  of 
this  act  for  board,  lodging,  support,  maintenance,  or  personal  care 
and  attention,  covering  a  period  of  more  than  six  months,  shall  be. 
subject  to  the  same  tax  imposed  by  this  chapter  upon  a  legacy  or 
succession  of  like  amount,  except  to  the  extent  that  such  claim  is 
evidenced  by  a  writing  signed  by  the  decedent  containing  an  agree- 
ment for  payment  at  some  specified  time  or  times  within  the  dece- 
dent's lifetime.    Payment  of  the  amount  so  certified  shall  be  a  dis- 
charge of  the  tax.    An  executor,  administrator,  trustee  or  grantee 
who  is  aggrieved  by  any  siich  determination  of  the  "state  treasurer 
and  who  pays  the  tax  assessed  or  demanded,  Without  appeal  may, 
within  one  year  after  the  payment  of  such  tax  to  the  treasurer, 
but  not  afterwards,  apply  to  the  probate  court  having  jurisdiction 
of  the  estate  of  the  decedent  for  the  abatement  or  repayment  of 
said  tax  or  any  part  thereof,  and  if  the  court  adjudges  that  said 
tax  or  any  part  thereof  was  wrongfully  exacted  it  shall  order  the 
repayment  of  such  portion  of  said  tax  as  was  assessed  or  demanded 
without  authority  of  law  which  said  order  or  decree  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  appeal  as  in  other  cases.    Upon  a  final  decision  ordering  the 
repayment  of  any  portion  of  said  tax,  the  state  treasurer  shall  re- 
pay  the   amount   adjudged   to  have   been   illegally   exacted   with- 
out any  further  act  or  resolve  making  appropriation  therefor.    The 
state  treasurer,  in  his  discretion,  may  abate  the  tax  in  any  case  if 
in  his  opinion  the  tax  is  not  of  sufficient  amount  to  justify  the  labor 
and  expense  of  its  collection,  and  may  do  so  without  requiring  ex- 
ecutors and  administrators  to  furnish  evidence  of  disbursements  in 
all  cases  where  the  total  estate  is  shown  by  the  inventory  to  be 
less  than  two  hundred  dollars  in  value. 


1921]  CHAPTEK     72.  83 

Sect.  3.  Amend  section  16  of  eliapter  40  of  tlie  Laws  of  1C05,  Acco«"tj^f  e^- ^^ 
as  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  42,  Laws  of  1911,  and  section  1»  ;!^',"f7g'|f^tg''"o*j' 
chapter  106,  Laws  of  1915,  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  section  treasurer  as  to 
the  w'ords,  whenever  an  account  is  otherwise  in  order  for  allowance  dui^'fiied? 
by  the  court  but  the  treasurer's  certificate,  as  above  provided,  is 
not  produced  or  on  file  in  the  probate  court  the  account  shall  be 
continued  by  the  judge  of  probate  until  such  tax  has  been  paid 
and  the  certificate  of  the  treasurer  duly  filed,  so  that  said  section 
shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  16.  No  account  of  an  executor,  ad- 
ministrator, or  trustee  shall  be  allowed  by  the  probate  court  until 
the  certificate  of  the  state  treasurer  has  been  filed  in  said  court, 
that  all  taxes  imposed  by  the  provisions  of  this  act  upon  any  prop- 
erty or  interest  therein  belonging  to  the  estate  to  be  included  in 
said  account,  and  already  payable,  have  been  paid,  and  that  all 
taxes  which  may  become  due  on  said  property  or  interest  therein 
to  be  included  in  said  account  have  been  paid,  or  settled  as  here- 
inbefore provided,  or  that  the  payment  thereof  to  the  state  is  . 
secured  by  deposit,  or  by  lien  on  real  estate.  The  certificate  of 
the  state  treasurer  as  to  the  amount  of  the  tax  and  his  receipt  for 
the  amount  therein  certified  shall  be  conclusive  as  to  the  payment 
of  the  tax  to  the  extent  of  such  certification.  Whenever  an 
account  is  otherwise  in  order  for  allowance  by  th(  court  but  the 
treasurer's  certificate,  as  above  provided,  is  not  produced  or  on  file 
in  the  probate  court  the  account  shall  be  continued  by  the  judge 
of  probate  until  such  tax  has  ])een  paid  and  the  certificate  of  tlu' 
treasurer  duly  filed. 

Sect.  4.  Amend  section  18  of  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  19C5  Ancillary  admin- 
as  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  42,  La:ws  of  1911,  and  section  1  personaity.  ^'^ 
chapter  106,  Laws  of  1915,  by  striking  out  at  the  end  of  said  sec- 
tion the  words,  "but  the  provisions  of  this  act,  in  so  far  as  they 
refer  to  personal  property,  shall  not  apply  to  such  executor  or 
administrator,"  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect. 
18.  When  real  estate  within  the  state,  or  any  interest  therein, 
belonging  to  a  person  who  is  not  an  inhabitant  of  the  state,  shall 
pass  by  will  or  otherwise  so  that  it  may  be  subject  to  tax  under 
the  provisions  of  section  1,  and  an  executor  or  administrator  of 
the  estate  of  said  decedent  is  appointed  by  a  probate  court  of  this 
state  upon  ancillary  proceedings,  or  otherwise,  such  executor  or 
administrator  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  this  act,  have  the  same 
powers  and  be  subject  to  the  same  duties  and  liabilities  wdth  refer- 
ence to  such  real  estate  as  though  the  decedent  had  been  a  resident 
of  this  state. 

Sect.  5.     Amend  section  22  of  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  1905,  Expenses  of 

,.,.,,  '  carrviiig    act    into 

as  amended  by  section  1.  chapter  138,  Laws  of  1907,  section  1,  effect  to  be  paid 
chapter  104,  Laws  of  1909,  and  section  5,  chapter  116,  Laws  of  urer  Ind  Charged 
1915,   by   striking  out   the   entire   section   and   inserting   in   place! 


84  Chapter   72,  [1921 

of  this  act  shall  be  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  and  charged  to  the 

appropriations   for   the   department   of  the   attorney-general,   and 

the  bills  therefor  shall  be  submitted  to  the  governor  and  council 

for  their  approval. 

Right  of  Furviv-       Sect.  6.     Amend  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  1905,  as  amended 

shaii"  be  diemed  by  chapters  68  and  138,  Laws  of  1907,  chapter  104,  Laws  of  1909, 

undeT\hfs  ^act'!^''^  chapter  42,  Laws  of  1911,  chapters  106  and  116,  Laws  of  1915,  and 

betwien' owners    chapter  37,  Laws  of  1919,  by  adding  after  section  22  the  following 

of  ttx^^^'™^"*"      ^i^w  sections:     Sect.  23.     Whenever  property,  real  or  personal,  is 

Duty  of  banks      held  in  tile  joint  names  of  two  or  more  persons,  or  is  deposited  in 

and  trust  com-  ....  ,...,.. 

panies  receiving  bauKs  Or  othcr  mstitutious  or  depositories  m  the  joint  names  oi 
than  one  name;  two  Or  more  pcrsons  aiid  payable  to  either  or  the  survivor,  upon 
elceptfons.  the  death  of  one  of  such  persons  the  right  of  the  surviving  joint 

owner  '^of^^safety^  tcuaut  Or  joiut  tciiauts,  pcrsoii  or  pcrsoiis,  to  the  immediate  owiier- 
mi*v^remove  ^'^°  ^^^P  ^^  posscssiou  and  eiijoymeiit  of  such  property  shall  be  deemed 
contents.  a  transfer  taxable  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  in  the  same 

shall  transfer°'its  manner  as  though  the  w]iole  property  to  which  such  transfer  re- 
^m\ame\ri '  latcs  was  owucd  by  said  parties  as  tenants  in  common  and  had 
denver"or°'trans-  ^^^^^^  bequeathed  to  the  surviving  joint  tenant  or  joint  tenants, 
isei-son^Vxcept"^  pcrsoii  or  pcrsous,  by  such  deceased  joint  tenant  or  joint  deposi- 
exce^t"%*'T"*°''^°^'  by  will.  To  the  extent  that  such  joint  account  or  property  is 
vided.  acquired  by  the  use  of  the  funds  of  the  persons  to  whom  it  is  pay- 

ra"ion°  having       able  Or  by  whom  it  is  held,  the  value  of  the  separate  interest  of 
orsudi  dece""^'^"'  ^^cli  f or  the  purposes  of  this  act  shall  be  measured  by  his  propor- 
t'o''°notify°sfatJ      tiouatc  Contribution  to  the  fund  or  to  the  purchase  price  of  the 
shair"^^^  who       property.     Sect.  24.     No  person  or  corporation  engaged   in  the 
whether  transfer  busiucss  of  renting  or  furiiishing  safety  deposit  boxes  to  its  cus- 
^  ■     tomers  or  others,  for  the  safe  keeping  of  securities  or  other  papers, 
shall  without  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  state  treasurer  permit 
any  person,  except  an  executor  or  administrator  duly  appointed 
and  qualified  in  this  state  to  remove  any  of  the  contents  of  any 
such  safety  deposit  box  after  knowledge  of  the  decease  of  any  per- 
son having  the  right  to  use  the  same,  whether  such  deceased  person 
was  a  resident  of  this  state  or  not,  except  the  will,  if  any,  of  the 
deceased  which  may  be  delivered  to  the  executor  named  therein. 
No  corporation  organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  this  state 
shall  transfer  on  its  books  or  issue  a  new  certificate  for  any  share 
or  shares  of  its  capital  stock  standing  in  the  name  of  a  decedent, 
or  in  trust  for  a  decedent  or  belonging  to  or  standing  in  the  joint 
names  of  a  decedent  and  one  or  more  persons,  and  no  safe  deposit 
company,  trust  company,   corporation,  bank  or  other  institution, 
person  or  persons  having  in  possession  or  under  control  or  custody 
or  partial  control  or  partial  custody  securities,  deposits,  assets  or 
property  belonging  to,  or  standing  in  the  name  of  a  decedent  who 
was  a  resident  or  nonresident,  or  belonging  to,  or  standing  in  the 
joint  names  of  such  a  decedent  and  one  or  more  persons,  or  which 
Avas  received  from  the  decedent  for  delivery  to  any  other  person. 


19211  Chapter    72.  85 

or  is  marked  or  designated  for  such  delivery,  including  the  shares 
of  capital  stock  of  or  other  interest  in,  said  safe  deposit  company, 
trust  company,  corporation,  bank,  or  other  institution,  shall,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided,  deliver  or  transfer  the  same  to  any  person 
except  a  resident  executor  or  administrator  of  the  estate  of  the 
decedent  Avithout  the  written  consent  of  the  state  treasurer  or  the 
assistant  attorney-general.  Every  person  or  corporation  having 
the  custody  or  control  of  such  property  shall,  within  10  days  after 
receiving  Imowledge  of  the  death  of  the  decedent,  notify  the  state 
treasurer,  and  whenever  possible  prepare  and  transmit  to  him  an 
itemized  schedule  of  the  property.  Upon  receipt  of  such  notice 
the  state  treasurer  in  person  or  by  the  assistant  attorney-general 
or  other  representative,  may  examine  such  securities,  deposits, 
assets,  or  the  records  of  such  safe  deposit  company,  trust  company, 
corporation,  bank,  or  other  institution,  or  person  relative  thereto 
and  shall  as  soon  as  possible  notify  the  holder  of  the  property 
whether  or  not  a  tax  will  be  claimed  upon  its  transfer,  and  may 
by  an  instrument  in  writing  consent  to  the  immediate  transfer  of 
such  property  if,  in  his  judgment,  the  transfer  is  not  subject  to 
tax.  If  a  tax  is  claimed  by  the  state  treasurer  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  act  the  property  shall  be  delivered  to  the  resident 
executor  or  administrator  of  the  deceased  or  held  until  the  tax  has 
been  assessed  and  paid  as  the  circumstances  of  the  case  may  require, 
unless  the  treasurer's  claim  is  overruled  by  the  court  in  appro- 
priate proceedings.  Savings  banks,  trust  companies,  and  all  other 
similar  institutions  shall  when  receiving  deposits  in  more  than  one 
name  ascertain  and  record  the  place  of  residence  of  the  parties,  and 
shall  upon  request  of  the  state  treasurer  furnish  him  with  a  list 
of  all  such  deposits,  together  with  the  names  and  addresses  of  the 
depositors,  and  such  other  information  as  he  may  require  and  the 
institution  is  able  to  furnish.  Failure  to  comply  with  the  provi- 
sions of  this  section  shall  render  such  safe  deposit  company,  trust 
company,  corporation,  bank  or  other  institution,  person  or  persons 
liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  and  in 
addition  thereto  for  the  amount  of  the  taxes,  interest  and  penalties 
due  under  this  act  upon  the  passing  or  transfer  of  said  securities, 
deposits,  or  other  property,  and  said  penalties  and  liabilities  may 
be  enforced  in  an  action  brought  by  the  state  treasurer.  The  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  transfer  or  registra- 
tion of  a  transfer  by  a  corporation,  not  organized  under  the  laws 
of  this  state,  of  its  own  stock  or  other  registered  securities,  belong- 
ing to  the  estate  of  a  nonresident,  or  to  or  upon  the  order  or  as- 
signment of  a  duly  appointed  executor  or  administrator. 

Sect.  7.     Amend  section  2  of  chapter  116,  Laws  of  1915,  by  Assistant  aitor- 

j.    -1  ■  ..1  ,.  ,.  ,.  .  .  ,  ,  „,      iiey-general    shall 

Striking  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  conduct  all  liti- 
following:     Sect.  2.     The  assistant  attorney-general  shall  conduct  sTate"treasuler 
all  litigation  and  shall  advise  the  state  treasurer  upon  all  ques- ovfrsfgh? iu '"''''' 


86 


Chapter   73. 


1921 


state  treasurer 
shall  be  entitled 
to    appear    in    any 
proceeding   af- 
fecting the  tax; 
notice  to  him 
necessary  to   ren- 
der certain  pro- 
ceedings  valid. 


Estates    not 
subject   to    act 


Takes   effest   on 
passage. 


tions  of  law  arising  in  the  administration  of  this  act  and  have  gen- 
eral oversight  of  such  administration,  including  the  computation 
and  collection  of  the  tax,  and  may  employ  such  clerical  assistance 
as  may  be  necessary  and  the  governor  and  council  may  approve. 

Sect.  8.  Amend  section  20  of  chapter  40  of  the  Laws  of  1905, 
as  amended  by  section  9,  chapter  68,  Laws  of  1907,  section  1,  chap- 
ter 42,  Laws  of  1911,  and  section  1,  chapter  106,  Laws  of  1915,  by 
striking  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following:  Sect.  20.  The  state  treasurer  shall  be  entitled  to  ap- 
pear in  any  proceeding  in  any  court  in  which  the  decree  may  in 
any  way  affect  the  tax.  No  decree  in  any  such  proceeding,  or  upon 
appeal  therefrom,  shall  be  binding  upon  the  state,  and  no  decree 
shall  be  entered  upon  a  petition  for  leave  to  file  an  authenticated 
copy  of  a  foreign  will  and  the  probate  thereof  or  upon  a  probate 
appeal,  unless  notice  of  such  proceeding  shall  have  been  given  to 
the  state  treasurer. 

Sect.  9.  This  act  shall  not  apply  to  the  estates  of  persons  de- 
ceased prior  to  the  date  when  it  takes  effect,  nor  to  the  property  of 
such  decedents  passing  by  deed,  grant,  bargain,  sale  or  gift,  as  set 
forth  in  section  1  of  chapter  40,  Laws  of  1905,  and  amendments 
thereto,  nor  to  the  powers,  duties,  liabilities  or  obligations  of  the 
state  treasurer,  the  judges  and  registers  of  probate,  administrators, 
executors,  trustees,  heirs,  legatees,  grantees,  or  other  persons  with 
reference  to  the  same ;  but  such  estates,  persons  and  property  shall 
remain  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  laws  in  force  prior  to  the 
passage  of  this  act. 

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

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  73. 


AN  ACT  TO  REGULATE  AND  LIMIT  THE  INVESTMENTS  OF  SAVINGS  BANKS. 


Section 

1.  They    shall     invest    their    funds     in 

only    the    following    securities. 

2.  Notes : 

( 1 )  If    secured   by    mortgage   of   real    es- 

tate within  state,  loan  must  not 
exceed  70  per  cent,  of  its  value, 
etc.;  limitation  of  amount  of  in- 
vestment. 

(2)  If    real    estate    is    outside    of    state, 

loan  must  not  exceed  fiftv  per 
cent,  of  its  value;  limitation  of 
amount    of    investment. 


Section 

(3)  If    notes    or    bonds    secured    by    tim- 

ber lands  within  Maine  or  Ver- 
mont, loan  not  to  exceed  .50  per 
cent,  of  value:  limitation  of 
amount    of    investment. 

(4)  In     notes    secured    by    collateral     in 

which  bank  may  invest,  of  a 
value  at  least  ten  per  cent,  in  ex- 
cess of  note:  bonds  secured  by 
collateral:  limitation  of  amount 
of    investment. 


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Chapter 


87 


Section 

(5)  In    notes    having,     as    cnllateral,    se- 

curities of  a  price  on  stock  ex- 
changes at  least  twenty  per  cent, 
in  excess  of  amount  due :  limita- 
tion  of   amount  of   investment. 

(6)  In    notes    secured    by    deposit    book 

of  certain  savings  banks  or  by 
pass-book  in  building  and  loan 
association. 

(7)  Notes   with    two   or   more   signers   or 

one  or  more  indorsers ;  accept- 
ances of  banks  of  federal  reserve 
system:  notes  of  makers  with 
net  assets  of  $250,000;  limitation 
of    amount    of    investment. 

(8)  In  bonds   issued   under  federal  farm 

loan  act ;  limitation  of  amount  of 
investment. 
3.  Municipal  bonds:  terms  "munici- 
pality," "municipal  bonds,"'  "net 
debt,"  "assessed  valuation,"  and 
"population"  construed;  limita- 
tion  of   amount  of   investment. 

(1)  Public    funds    of    United    States,    or 

guaranteed  by  it. 

(2)  Bonds   or   notes   of   this   state   or    its 

municipalities. 

(3)  Bonds  or  notes   of   any  state  or  ter- 

ritory of  the  United  States; 
bonds  or  notes  of  certain  cities  in 
certain    states. 

(4)  Bonds     or     notes     of     certain     other 

municipalities. 

(5)  Bonds     or     notes     of     Dominion     of 

Canada,    etc. 

(6)  Or   of   its   provinces. 

(7)  Or   certain    of   its   cities. 

4.  Other  bonds,  notes  and  stocks: 
terms  "companv,"  "public  serv- 
ice company,"  "mortgage  bonds," 
"years,"  "net  income,"  "annual 
interest"   defined. 

Limitation  of  amount  which  may 
be    so    invested. 

Restrictions     based     on     in?ome     ol 
company;  change  of  motive  power 
by    railroad. 
(1)    Steam    railroad    securities. 


terminal 


of    National 
etc. 


Section 

(2)  Mortgage  bonds   guaranteed  by   such 

companies. 

(3)  Mortgage     bonds      of 

bridge  companies. 

(4)  Equipment    securities. 

(5)  Equipment    obligation; 

Railway   Service   Corpor 

(6)  Receivers'    certificates. 

(7)  Stock    of    steam    railroad    companies. 

(8)  Mortgage  bonds   issued   or   assumed 

by   public    service   companies. 

(9)  Preferred     stock     of     publij     service 

companies. 

(10)  Bonds   or   notes    of   New   Hampshire 

public  service  and  water  com- 
panies principally  doing  business 
herein. 

(11)  Bonds    or     notes    of    telephone    ana 

telegraph    companies. 

(12)  Preferred     stock     of     telephone     and 

telegraph    companies. 

(13)  Bonds  or  notes  of  other  companies. 

(14)  Preferred  stock  of  other  companies. 

5.  Bonds    or    notes    of    manufacturing 

company  organized  and  doing 
business   in    New    England    states. 

6.  Stock  of  banking  or  trust  company: 

special  deposits  of  guaranty  sav- 
ings banks;   limitations. 

7.  Stock    of    national    bank     or     trust 

company  located  in  New  England 
states    or    New   York;    limitations. 

8.  Investment    in    certain    stocks    and 

securities  unlawful  unless  bank 
in  certain  financial  condition,  or 
if  forbidden  by  bank  commis- 
sioners. 

9.  Construction      or      remodelling      of 

bank  building,  etc.,  limit  on 
amount   to  be   expended. 

10.  Deposits    of    cash    on    call    or    sub- 

ject to  check,  to  be  made  in  what 
banks   or   trust    companies. 

11.  Previous  investments  to  be  included 

in  determining  percentage  of  de- 
posits invested  under  this  act. 

12.  Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives    in 
General   Coiirt   convened.- 


Section  1.     On  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  savings  banks  They  shaii  invest 

^     .        °  -in  their   funds    in 

and   savings   departments   of   banking   and   trust   companies   shall  only  the   foUow- 
make  investment  of  their  funds  in  the  following  classes  of  securities 
only : 

Sect.  2.     For  the  purposes  of  this  act  a  note  shall  be  construed  ^^°**'^ 
as  a  written  promise  of  an  individual,  firm,  corporation  or  volun- 
tary association,  signed  by  the  maker,  to  pay  a  specified  sum  of 


88  CiiAPTKK  78.         .  [1921 

money  on  demand  or  at  a  fixed  or  determinable  future  time,  but 
not  issued  under  indenture  or  deed  of  trust.  A  bond  shall  be  con- 
strued as  a  note  issued  under  indenture  or  deed  of  trust. 

Notes. 

(1)  If  secured  1.  In  notes  or  bonds  directly  secured  by  first  mortgage  on  real 
reai^estate"*^  °  estate  situated  within  the  state  of  New  Hampshire ;  but  no  such 
loan  'musf '^not  investment  shall  be  in  a  loan  that  exceeds  seventy  per  cent,  of  the 
cenr'of^L^vliue,  value  of  the  real  estate  by  which  it  is  secured  and  not  exceeding 

€t3.;     limitation 
of    amount    of 

investment.  by  permission  of  the  bank  commissioners. 

(2)  If  real  estate  2.  Ill  uotes  or  bouds  directly  secured  by  first  mortgage  on  real 
stat°e?  ^loan  "must  estate  situatcd  outside  of  New  Hampshire  but  entirely  within  the 
per  cent!"^of^hs  United  Statcs,  which  at  the  time  of  such  investment  is  improved, 
If'"a'^inoiinT*of'°°  occupicd  and  productive ;  but  not  exceeding  forty  per  cent,  of  the 
investment.  dcposits  shall  be  SO  iiivestcd,  and  no  such  investment  shall  be  in  a 

loan  that  exceeds  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  the  real  estate  by 
which  it  is  secured. 

(3)  If  notes  or  3.  In  iiotcs  Or  bouds  directly  secured  by  first  mortgage  on  tim- 
thnber  ^'a'nds*^  ''^' bcr  lauds  situatcd  within  the  states  of  Maine  and  Vermont;  but 
Vermont  ""loan**'  ^^ot  exceeding  five  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  so  invested,  and 
per  cent^'^'of"^  ^°  uo  such  iuvestmont  shall  be  in  a  loan  that  exceeds  fifty  per  cent, 
value;   limitation  of  the  valuc  of  the  real  estate  by  which  it  is  secured. 

investment.  4.     Ill  iiotes  sccured  by  collateral  in  which  the  bank  is  at  liberty 

(4)  In  notes  to  iiivcst,  of  a  valuc  at  least  ten  per  cent,  in  excess  of  the  value  of 
coiiateraMn  the  uotc,  and  iu  bonds  secured  by  collateral  in  which  the  bank  is 
Tnveh,  ^o?  a  '"''''  ^^  liberty  to  invest  under  paragraphs  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  and  8  of  sec- 
vaiue  at  least  ten  f\Qi^  4    of  g  valuc  of  at  least  ten  per  cent,  in  excess  of  the  value 

per    cent,    in    ex-  ^ 

cess  of  note:        of  the  iiote.     The  aiuouut  of  any  one  class  of  securities  so  taken  as 

Donds    secured   bv        ,,  i         t  1     n  i  t   •    i       i        1         1  ■,  • 

collateral:  lim-  "  Collateral,  added  to  that  which  the  bank  may  own  at  the  time,  shall 
amount  of  ^ot  cxcccd  the  total  limit  of  investment  in  that  class  of  security; 

investment.  ^^^^  ^^^^  exccodiug  twcuty-fivc  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  so 

invested. 

(5)  In  notes  5.     In  notcs  sccurcd  by  collateral  securities  which  are  dealt  in 

having;,    as    col- 
lateral,   securi-      Oil  the  stock  excliauges  of  Boston  or  New  York,  the  stock  exchange 

on^  s'tock   ex'-'^^''     pricc  of  whicli  shall  at  all  times  be  at  least  twenty  per  cent,  in  ex- 

twent"y  ^e^r  cenY.*  ccss  of  the  aiuouut  duc  upou  the  uotc,  whilc  held  by  the  bank ; 

amotfnT'duJ:        ^^^^  uot  exceeding  twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  so 

limitation     lof  ilivestcd 

amount    of 

investment.  6.     In  uotcs  sccurcd  by  any  savings  bank  deposit  book  issued 

(6)  In  notes  by  aiiy  savings  bank  chartered  under  the  laws  of  any  New  Eng- 
po's'^t%ook/of  land  state;  or  in  notes  secured  by  the  depositor's  pass  book  of  any 
iJanks"  or'^'ibT''  buildiug  and  loan  association  of  this  state,  provided  that  the  invest- 
buMn?  and  ^"^^^^  s^^all  uot  bc  ill  cxccss  of  the  withdrawing  value  of  said  pass 

loan     association,  book. 


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7.  In  notes  with  two  or  more  signers,  or  one  or  more  indorsers,  ^^^  or  °more^'*^ 
or  in  acceptances  of  member  banks  of  the  Federal  Reserve  System  signers  or  one 

^  T--11P  T  °*"    ™o^'e     indors- 

of  the  kinds  and  maturities  made  eligible  tor  rediscount  or  pur-ers;    acceptances 
chase  by  Federal  Reserve  Banks,  or  in  notes  of  makers  whose  net  federal  reserve 
assets  are  not  less  than  $250,000  and  whose  total  indebtedness  does oPmrk'ers'whh 
not  exceed  fifty  per  cent,  of  their  quick  assets;  but  not  exceeding ||*5J|^^^''^^  ",^,^^. 
five  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  loaned  to  any  one  borrower  11^*^'°"^  '^[^ 
on  this  class  of  security ;  and  not  exceeding  thirty  per  cent,  of  the  investment. 
deposits  shall  be  invested  under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph, 
provided  that,  except  in  notes  with  two  or  more  signers,  or  one  or 
more  indorsers,  or  in  said  acceptances,  no  savings  bank  shall  invest 
under  this  paragraph  unless  its  guaranty  fund  is  full  and  unim- 
paired and  the  total  value  of  its  assets  as  determined  by  the  board 
of  bank  commissioners  shall  exceed  the  amount  of  its  deposits  by 
at  least  ten  per  cent. 

8.  In  bonds  issued  under  the  provisions  of  the  Federal  Farm  (8)  in  bonds 
Loan  Act,  but  not  more  than  five  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  erai  farm  loan 
so  invested.  ^\^^Z 

investment. 

Municipal  Bonds. 

Sect.  3.     For  the  purposes  of  this  section  a  municipality  shall  Municipal   bondj: 
be  construed  as  a  county,  city,  town,  village,  district,  precinct  orpaiity,"   "munic- 
other  municipal  corporation ;  a  municipal  bond  shall  be  construed  debt,"'*""a*ssesse(i 
as  an  interest-bearing  obligation  of  a  government,  state,  province  -pipuiL°"dn"  ^"*^ 
or  municipality,  to  provide  for  the  interest  and  principal  ^^equire- °°J;^'jJ"^^'^  •  J^'^^^^ 
ments  of  which  taxes  may  be  levied  on  all  taxable  property  within  o^  investment. 
the  confines  of  the  obligor ;  net  debt  shall  be  construed  as  debt  after 
deducting  sinking  funds  available  for  the  payment  of  such  debt 
and  the  net  outstanding  debt  created  for  supplying  the  inhabi- 
tants  with   water ;    assessed   valuation   shall   be   construed   as   the 
nearest  preceding  valuation  of  property  for  purposes  of  taxation ; 
and  population  shall  be  construed  as  the  number  of  inhabitants  in 
accordance  with  the  nearest  preceding  census  taken  under  federal 
or  state  authority. 

Not  exceeding  five  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  invested 
in  the  bonds  of  any  one  municipality ;  and  not  exceeding  in  the 
aggregate  ten  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  invested  in  the 
bonds  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  its  provinces  and  cities. 

1.  In  the  public  funds  of  the  United  States,  or  those  for  which  d)  P.wWic  funds 
the  faith  of  the  United  States  is  pledged  to  provide  for  the  payment  or  guaranteed  ''^' 
of  the  interest  and  principal.  ''^'  '^• 

2.  In  the  authorized  bonds  and  notes  of  this  state,  or  of  any ^m^°{%-°'' 
of  its  municipalities.  state  or  its 

1  ,        .       T    ,  ,  municipalities. 

3.  In  the  authorized  bonds  or  notes  of  any  state  or  territory        ^ 

of  the  United  States ;  and  in  the  authorized  bonds  or  notes  of  any  notes  of  any 
city  of  the  states  of  Maine,  Vermont,  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  of'''he°uni'ted''"'^ 


90  Chapter   73.  [1921 

notef 'of^'Tertain'^  Connecticiit,  or  New  York,  whose  net  indebtedness  does  not  exceed 
cities  in  certain  seven  per  Cent,  of  the  last  preceding  valuation  of  the  property 
therein  for  taxation;  or  of  any  municipality  in  said  states  whose 
net  indebtedness  does  not  exceed  five  per  cent,  of  such  valuation, 
notes ^of"certahi  '^^  ^^^  ^^^  authorized  bouds  of  any  municipality  of  any  other 
other  munici-  of  the  United  States  or  territories  whose  net  indebtedness  does 
not  exceed  five  per  cent,  of  the  last  preceding  valuation  of  the 
property  therein  for  taxation ;  and  in  the  authorized  bonds  of  any 
city  of  fifty  thousand  inhabitants  of  any  of  said  states  whose  net 
indebtedness  does  not  exceed  seven  per  cent,  of  the  last  preceding 
valuation  of  the  property  therein  for  taxation.  Provided,  that 
the  bonds  of  any  county,  city,  or"  town  of  less  than  ten  thousand 
inhabitants,  or  of  any  school  district  or  other  municipal  corpora- 
tion of  less  than  two  thousand  inhabitants  in  any  state  or  territory 
other  than  those  named  in  paragraph  3  of  this  section  shall  not 
be  authorized  investments. 

(5)  Bonds  or  5.     In  the  authorized  bonds  or  notes  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada, 

notes  of  Dominion  -<    •       ^  -,  .         ,^  --it-  „,.. 

of  Canada,  etc.     and  ui  bouds  or  notes  the  prnicipai  and  interest  of  which  are  guar- 
anteed by  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 

(6)  Or  of  its  6.  In  the  authorized  bonds  of  anv  province  of  the  Dominion 
provinces.             ^j  Canada. 

(7)  Or  certain         7.     In  the  authorized  bonds  of  anv  citv  of  the  Dominion  of  Can- 

Of     its     cities.  .  .  1  "  '^  r  V.  lA.    I 

ada,  with  a  population  of  not  less  than  fifty  thousand,  whose  net 
debt  does  not  exceed  seven  per  cent,  of  the  last  preceding  valua- 
tion of  the  property  therein  for  taxation. 

Other  Bonds,  Notes  and  Stocks. 
Other  bonds,  Sect.  4.     For  the  purposes  of  this  section  a  companv  shall  be 

notes    and    stocks:  .  •       ■  •       j 

terms  "company,' construed  as  a  corporatioii  or  voluntary  association  organized 
compan>%"'^^''mor:- under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  any  state  thereof  and 
"yfar]^°''^''net  locatcd  and  doing  business  principally  within  the  United  States; 
inte'rest"  defineT' ^  public  scrvicc  Company  shall  be  construed  as  a  company  doing 
aJ^oiin\'°"wMch  Pi"ii^cipally  a  gas,  electric  light,  or  electric  power  business;  mort- 
may  be  so  in-      gage  boiids  shall  be  construed  as  bonds  secured  primarilv  bv  direct 

vested  <--'    <-j  A  «        •        ^ 

Restrictions  aiid  forcclosablc  lien  on  physical  property  owned  by  the  obligor; 

or^com"pan'yr™*^  ycars  shall  be  construed  as  calendar  years,  fiscal  years  or  nearer 
pow"rby^  ™"'"''' periods  of  twelve  months  next  preceding  such  investment;  net 
railroad.  incoiiie   shali   be   construed   as   income   after   deducting   operating 

expenses,  taxes,  insurance,  rentals,  guaranteed  interest  and  guar- 
anteed dividends,  and  expenditures  for  maintenance ;  and  annual 
interest  shall  be  construed  as  interest  actually  paid  in  each  year 
except  that  for  the  latest  year  it  shall  be  construed  as  one  year's 
interest  on  the  total  amount  outstanding  at  the  time  of  the  invest- 
ment. 

Not   exceeding  sixty-five  per  cent,   of  the  deposits  shall  be  in- 
vested in  securities  authorized  under  this  section ;  and  not  exceed- 


1921]  Chapter    73.  91 

ing  five  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  invested  in  the  securities 
of  any  one  company ;  and  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent,  of  the  de- 
posits shall  be  invested  in  securities  authorized  by  this  section 
other  than  in  bonds,  notes,  equipment  securities,  and  receiver's 
certificates. 

No  investment  shall  be  made  in  securities  authorized  under  this 
section  unless  the  net  income  of  the  company  in  question  in  each 
of  the  three  years  next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have  been 
not  less  than  one  and  one-quarter  (1^)  times  the  annual  interest 
on  the  entire  funded  debt. 

In  the  case  of  a  company  formed  by  the  consolidation  of  two  or 
more  existing  companies,  the  net  income  and  annual  interest  for 
the  years  preceding  such  consolidation  shall  be  the  combined  net 
income  and  annual  interest  of  the  consolidated  companies. 

The  change  of  motive  power  by  any  steam  railroad  company, 
whether  wholly  or  in  part,  shall  not  affect  the  eligibility  for  in- 
vestment of  any  steam  railroad  obligations. 

Subject  to  the  foregoing,  investments  may  be  made  as  follows: 

Steam  Railroad  Securities. 

1.  In  bonds  or  notes  issued  or  assumed  bv  steam  railroad  com-  d)  steam  rail- 

road   securities. 

panics  and  in  mortgage  bonds  of  companies  controlled  by  such 
companies  for  the  refunding  of  which  mortgage  bonds  of  such  com- 
panies are  specifically  reserved,  provided  that  in  each  of  the  three 
years  next  preceding  such  investment  the  net  income  of  such 
companies  shall  have  been  either  (1)  not  less  than  ten  million 
dollars  ($10.C00,000)  and  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  (li)  times 
the  annual  interest  on  the  obligations  in  question  and  all  other 
obligations  of  corresponding  or  prior  lien,  or  (2)  not  less  than  two 
million  dollars  ($2,000,000)  and  not  less  than  one  and  three-quar- 
ters (If)  times  the  annual  interest  on  the  obligations  in  question 
and  all  other  obligations  of  corresponding  or  prior  lien. 

2.  In  mortgage  bonds  guaranteed  as  to  principal  and  interest  (2)  Mortgage 

"^    ?  .  y^  .  1         p     1  ,  bonds     guaranteed 

by  such  companies,  provided  that  m  each  ot  the  three  years  next  by  sush 
preceding  such  investment  the  net  income  of  the  obligor  company  *^°™^^''"'^''' 
shall    have    been    not    less    than    five    hundred    thousand    dollars 
($500,000)    and   not   less   than   one   and   one-half    (1|)    times   the 
annual  interest  on  the  obligations  in  question  and  all  other  obliga- 
tions of  corresponding  or  prior  lien. 

3.  In    the    mortgage   bonds   of   terminal    or   bridge    companies  (3)  Mortgage 
guaranteed  as  to  principal  and  interest,  by  two  or  more  such  com- or"b?id°gV^™"'^^ 

nanieS  companies. 

4.  In  equipment  securities  issued  or  guaranteed  as  to  principal  (*^)  Equipment 
and  interest  by  such  companies  or  by  the  Canadian  National  Rail- 
ways  or   constituent    corporations   of   the   system   owned    or    con- 
trolled   by    the    Canadian    National    Railways,    or    secured    as    to 


92 


Chapter  73, 


[1921 


(5)    Equipment 
obligations     of 
National    Railway 
Service    Cor- 
poration,   etc. 


(6)    Receivers' 
certificates. 


(7)  Stock  of 
steam  railroad 
companies. 


principal  and  interest  through  the  medium  of  a  trustee  by  a  prior 
lien  on  equipment  leased  to  such  companies  or  the  Canadian 
National  Railways  or  its  constituent  corporations,  provided  such 
securities  are  issued  for  not  exceeding  in  par  value  eighty-five  per 
cent.  (85%)  of  the  cost  of  standard  equipment  and  either  (1) 
mature  in  approximately  equal  annual  or  semi-annual  installments 
over  a  period  beginning  not  more  than  six  years  and  ending  not 
more  than  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue,  or  (2)  mature 
not  more  than  fifteen  years  from  date  of  issue  and  their  payment 
at  maturity  is  provided  for  by  a  like  series  of  installment  pay- 
ments to  be  used  for  the  purchase  and  retirement  of  certificates 
or  as  a  sinking  fund. 

5.  In  the  prior  lien  equipment  obligations  or  equipment  trust 
certificates  issued  by  the  National  Railway  Service  Corporation 
or  by  any  such  corporation  organized  under  act  of  Congress  in 
pursuance  of  any  equipment  trust  financed  in  whole  or  in  part 
through  a  loan  or  loans  made  or  approved  by  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce Commission,  provided,  such  securities  are  issued  for  not 
exceeding  in  par  value  sixty  per  cent.  (60%)  of  the  cost  of 
standard  equipment  and  either  (1)  mature  in  approximately  equal 
annual  or  semi-annual  installments  over  a  period  beginning  not 
more  than  six  years  and  ending  not  more  than  fifteen  years  from 
date  of  their  issue,  or  (2)  mature  not  more  than  fifteen  years  from 
date  of  issue  and  their  payment  at  maturity  is  provided  for  by  a 
like  series  of  installment  payments  to  be  used  for  the  purchase  and 
retirement  of  certificates  or  as  a  sinking  fund. 

6.  In  certificates  of  indebtedness,  commonly  termed  receiver's 
certificates,  issued  by  a  receiver  of  any  steam  railroad  under 
authorization  of  the  court  having  jurisdiction  over  such  receiver. 

7.  In  the  dividend-paying  capital  stock  of  steam  railroad  com- 
panies of  which  the  net  income  in  each  of  the  five  years  next  pre- 
ceding such  investments  shall  have  been  either  (1)  not  less  than 
ten  million  dollars,  and  not  less  than  two  times  the  annual  interest 
on  the  entire  funded  debt;  or  (2)  not  less  than  two  million 
dollars,  and  not  less  than  two  and  one-half  times  the  annual 
interest  on  the  entire  funded  debt;  provided,  that  the  income 
of  such  companies  applicable  to  dividends  in  at  least  four  of 
the  five  years  next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have  been  not 
less  than  the  current  annual  dividend  requirements  on  the  class 
of  stock  in  question  and  all  other  classes  of  stock  of  prior  prefer- 
ence ;  and  that  such  companies  in  each  of  the  five  years  next  pre- 
ceding such  investment  shall  have  paid  dividends  at  the  rate  of 
not  less  than  four  per  cent,  per  annum  on  the  class  of  stock  in 
question  and  all  other  classes  of  stock  of  prior  preference;  or, 'in 
the  dividend-paying  stock  of  any  steam  railroad  company  that  is 
leased  to  such  company  and  whose  dividends  are  guaranteed  by 
such  company. 


1921]  Chapter    73.  93 

Public  Service  Companies. 
8.     In  mortgage  bonds  issued  or  assumed  by  public  service  com-  (8)  Mortgage 

T.  ,  iTi.  •'  J.T111  1    bonds  issued  or 

panies  and  m  mortgage  bonds  oi  companies  controlled  by  suen  assumed  by 
companies  for  the  refunding  of  which  mortgage  bonds  of  such  companler"'^ 
companies  are  specifically  reserved,  provided,  that  in  each  of  the 
three  years  next  preceding  such  investment  the  net  income  of  such 
companies  shall  have  been  either  (1)  not  less  than  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars  ($500,000)  and  not  less  than  one  and  three- 
quarters  (If)  times  the  annual  interest  on  the  obligations  in  ques- 
tion and  all  other  obligations  of  corresponding  or  prior  lien,  or  (2) 
not  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($250,000) 
and  not  less  than  twice  the  annual  interest  on  the  obligations  in 
question  and  all  other  obligations  of  corresponding  or  prior  lien ; 
and  in  bonds  or  notes  issued  or  assumed  by  public  service  compa- 
nies, provided  that  in  each  of  the  three  years  next  preceding  such 
investment  the  net  income  of  such  companies  shall  have  been  not 
less  than  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($500,000)  and  not  less 
than  tw^o  times  the  annual  interest  on  the  obligations  in-  question 
and  all  other  obligations  of  corresponding  or  prior  lien;  provided 
that  in  all  cases  the  principal  franchise  or  franchises  of  such  cor- 
porations shall  not  mature  prior  to  the  maturity  of  the  obligations 
in  question,  or  that  such  companies  operate  under  indeterminate 
franchises  or  permits  and  are  subject  to  the  regulatory  supervision 
of  a  state  commission  of  competent  jurisdiction,  or  that  such  com- 
panies operate  under  a  franchise  or  permit  in  which  the  capital 
or  investment  value  of  the  company's  property  is  fixed  or  deter- 
mined when  such  investment  or  capital  value  is  in  excess  of  the 
indebtedness  represented  by  the  above  obligations. 

9.  In  the  dividend-paying  capital  stock  of  senior  preference  of  O)  Preferred 

IT  •  .  p       T   ■    1        ,  •  .  „  stock   of    public 

public  service  companies,  oi  which  the  net  income  in  each  of  the  service  companies. 
five  years  next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have  been  not  less 
than  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  not  less  than  twice  the 
annual  interest  on  the  entire  funded  debt,  provided  that  the  in- 
come applicable  to  the  payment  of  dividends  shall  during  such 
period  of  five  years  have  averaged  not  less  than  twice  the  dividend 
requirements  of  such  stock,  and  that  such  companies  in  each  of 
the  five  years  next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have  paid  divi- 
dends at  the  rate  of  not  less  than  four  per  cent,  per  annum  on 
the  class  of  stock  in  question,  and  provided  that  the  issue  of  such 
stock  has  been  authorized  by  a  state  commission  of  competent  juris- 
diction. 

Ne\v  Hampshire  Companies. 

10.  In  the  bonds  or  notes  of  public  service  and  w-ater  companies  do)  Bonds  or 
organized  under  the  laws  of  and  located  and  doing  business  prin-  Hampshire  ""public 
cipally  within  the  state  of  New  Hampshire;  provided  the  net  in- waTeTeoianies 


94  Chapter   73  [1921 

bu^in^s^s^^e/eln"^^'*^"^"  ^^  ^^^^^^  coiiipaiiies  ill  eacli  of  the  three  years  next  preceding 
such  investment  shall  have  been  not  less  than  twice  the  annual 
interest  on  the  obligations  in  question  and  all  other  obligations  of 
corresponding  or  prior  lien;  and  in  the  dividend-paying  capital 
stock  of  senior  preference  of  such  companies,  provided  that  the 
income  of  such  companies  applicable  to  dividends  in  at  least  four 
of  the  five  years  next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have  been 
not  less  than  one  and  one-eighth  times  the  current  annual  dividend 
requirements  on  the  class  of  stock  in  question,  and  that  such  com- 
panies in  each  of  the  five  years  next  preceding  such  investment 
shall  have  paid  dividends  at  the  rate  of  not  less  than  four  per  cent, 
per  annum  on  the  class  of  stock  in  question. 

Telephone  and  Telegraph  Companies. 

(11)  Bonds  or         H.    In  bouds  or  notes  issued  or  assumed  by  telephone,  telegraph, 

notes   of   tele-  ,        ,  -,         i  ,  •  n        ^   ■    n        ,  '    .         °       ^.   ' 

phone  and  tele;  or  telephone  aiid  telegraph  companies  oi  which  the  net  income  in 
grtip  companies.  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^  g^^  years  next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have 
been  either  (1)  not  less  than  ten  million  dollars  ($10,000,000) 
and  not  less  than  two  times  the  annual  interest  on  the  entire 
funded  debt,  or  (2)  not  less  than  two  million  dollars  ($2,000,000) 
and  not  less  than  two  and  one-half  (2^)  times  the  annual  interest 
on  the  entire  funded  debt. 

(12)  Preferred         12.     In  the  dividencl-payiug  capital  stock  of  senior  preference 

stock   of   telephone  f    ^       a  i  i 

and  telegraph  of  telephone,  telegraph,  or  telephone  and  telegraph  companies  oi 
which  the  net  income  in  each  of  the  five  years  next  preceding  such 
investment  shall  have  been  either  (1)  not  less  than  ten  million 
dollars  (.$10,000,000)  and  not  less  than  twice  the  annual  interest 
on  the  entire  funded  debt,  or  (2)  not  less  than  two  million  dollars 
($2,000,000)  and  not  less  than  two  and  one-half  (2^)  times  the 
annual  interest  on  the  entire  funded  debt,  provided  that  the  in- 
come of  such  companies  applicable  to  dividends  in  at  least  four  of 
the  five  years  next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have  been  not 
less  than  the  current  dividend  requirements  of  the  class  of  stock 
in  question,  and  that  all  companies  to  be  eligible  under  this  para- 
graph in  each  of  the  five  years  next  preceding  such  investment 
shall  have  paid  dividends  at  the  rate  of  not  less  than  four  per  cent, 
per  annum  upon  the  class  of  stock  in  question. 

Bonds  or  Notes. 

(13)  Bonds  or  13.  In  bouds  or  notes  issued  or  assumed  by  companies  of  which 
companLs^^^^''  the  net  income  in  each  of  the  five  years  next  preceding  such  in- 
vestment shall  have  been  either  (1)  not  less  than  ten  million  dollars 
($10,000,000)  and  not  less  than  two  times  the  annual  interest  on 
the  entire  funded  debt,  or  (2)  not  less  than  two  million  dollars 
($2,000,000)  and  not  less  than  four  (4)  times  the  annual  interest 
on  the  entire  funded  debt. 


1921 ;  Chapter  73.  95 

Capital  Stock. 

stock  of  Other 

of  eoinpanies  of  which  the  net  income  in  each  of  the  five  years  next  companies. 
preceding  such  investment  shall  have  been  either  (1)  not  less  than 
ten  million  dollars  (.^10,000,000)  and  not  less  than  twice  the  in- 
terest on  the  entire  funded  d^bt,  or  (2)  not  less  than  two  million 
dollars  ($2,000,000)  and  not  less  than  four  times  the  annual  in- 
terest on  the  entire  funded  debt,  provided  that  the  income  of  such 
companies  applicable  to  dividends  in  at  least  four  of  the  five  years 
next  preceding  such  investment  shall  have  been  not  less  than  the 
current  dividend  requirements  of  the  class  of  stock  in  question ; 
of  if  such  companies  have  no  funded  debt,  then  the  income  applic- 
able to  dividends  in  at  least  four  of  the  five  years  next  preceding 
such  investment  shall  have  been  not  less  than  one  and  one-fourth 
(1|)  times  the  current  dividend  requirements  of  the  class  of  stock 
in  question;  and  that  all  companies  to  be  eligible  under  this  para- 
graph in  each  of  the  five  years  next  preceding  such  investment 
shall  have  paid  dividends  at  the  rate  of  not  less  than  four  per  cent. 
per  annum  upon  the  class  of  stock  in  question. 

Sect.  5.     In  the  bonds  or  notes  of  any  manufacturing  company  Bonds  or  notes 

-1     •  -1         •  •         T        T.T  -n       1        T  .   ,  of     manufacturing; 

organized  and  domg  busniess  m  the  New  Jiiugland  states  with  an  company  or- 
unimpaired  capital  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  dorns*^  bifslness 
($250,000),  and  in  the  stock  or  certificates  of  interest  of  such  com- ''^^t^^^'"'  ^"^''""^ 
pany ;  provided  always  that  the  company  has  earned  and  paid  in 
each  of  the  five  years  preceding  such  investment  dividends  of  at 
least  four  per  cent,  on  its  entire  capital  stock,  and  that  its  net 
indebtedness  does  not  exceed  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  unimpaired 
capital  stock.  In  case  of  the  issue  of  new  stock,  the  earnings  of 
the  company  in  addition  to  the  foregoing  requirements  must  have 
been  sufficient  in  the  next  year  preceding  such  investment  to  liave 
paid  the  average  rate  of  dividend  for  that  year  on  both  the  out- 
standing stock  and  the  new  issue  to  make  the  stock  of  the  company 
a  legal  investment.  Not  exceeding  five  per  cent,  of  the  deposits 
shall  be  invested  under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  ;  and  no 
bank  shall  hold  more  than  five  per  cent,  of  the  stock  of  any  such 
company. 

Sect.  6.     In  the  capital  stock  of  any  banking  or  trust  company  f^°'^^^^  "Itus"^ 
or  the   special   deposits   of  guaranty  savings   banks   incorporated  company;    special 
under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  and  doing  business  guaranty    savings 
therein;  but  the  amount  of  such  stock  held  by  any  savings  banknons!'    '™' ** 
as  an  investment  and  as  collateral  for  loans  shall  not  exceed  one- 
tenth  of  the  total  capital  stock  or  special  deposits  of  such  banking 
or  trust  company  or  guaranty  savings  bank,   and  not  exceeding 
ten  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  shall  be  so  invested. 

Sect.  7.     In  the  stock  of  anv  national  bank  or  trust  companv  f *'";''  "^  natt,  nai 

.  •  '  ■     l)a)ik   or   trust 

located  in  the  New  England  states  or  the  stat^  of  New  York,  buff  "'"'''">■  lofated 

in    New    England 


96 


Chapter  73. 


[1921 


states    or    New 
York;    limita- 
tions. 


Investment    in 
certain    stocks 
an-1    securities 
unlawful   unless 
bank   in   certain 
tinanclal    condi- 
tion,   or   if  for- 
bidden   by  bank 
commissioners. 


Construction    or 
remodellins    of 
bank   building, 
etc.,    limit   on 
amount  to   be 
expended. 


Deposits  of   cash 
on   call  or  subject 
to  check,  to  be 
made  in  what 
banks  or  trust 
companies. 


Previous  invest- 
ments to  be  in- 
cluded in  deter- 
mining percentage 
of  deposits 
invested  under 
this    act. 

Repealing     clause; 
takes    effect    on 
passage. 


not  exceeding  ten  per  cent,  of  the  deposits  of  a  savings  bank  shall 
be  invested  in  such  stock;  the  amount  of  stock  in  any  national 
bank  or  trust  company  in  this  state  which  may  be  held  by  any 
savings  bank  as  an  investment  and  as  collateral  security  for  loans 
shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  capital  stock  of  said 
national  bank  or  trust  company ;  and  the  amount  of  stock  in  any 
national  bank  or  trust  company  outside  of  this  state  which  may  be 
held  by  any  savings  bank  as  an  investment  and  as  collateral  for 
loans  shall  not  exceed  one-tenth  of  the  capital  stock  of  said  na- 
tional bank  or  trust  company. 

Sect.  8.  Unless  the  guaranty  fund  of  a  bank  is  full  and  unim- 
paired and  the  value  of  its  assets  as  determined  by  the  board  of 
bank  commissioners  shall  exceed  the  amount  of  the  deposits  by  at 
least  five  per  cent.,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  it  to  invest  in  any 
stocks  of  paragraphs  7,  9,  10,  12  and  14  of  section  4,  or  in  any  se- 
curities of  section  5  of  this  act  without  the  written  permission  of 
the  board  of  bank  commissioners ;  and  whenever  in  the  opinion 
of  the  board  of  bank  commissioners  the  condition  of  any  bank  or 
general  financial  conditions  are  such  that  the  board  deems  it  un- 
wise for  said  bank  to  invest  in  said  securities,  it  may  by  written 
order  forbid  such  bank  to  make  such  investment,  and  it  shall 
not  thereafter  be  legal  for  said  bank  to  make  such  investment  until 
such  order  shall  be  revoked  in  Avriting. 

Sect.  9.  No  savings  bank  shall  expend  in  the  purchase,  con- 
struction or  remodelling  of  any  building  and  the  construction  of 
vaults,  for  the  purpose,  in  whole  or  in  part,  of  accommodating  the 
business  of  such  bank,  a  greater  sum  than  the  amount  of  its  unim- 
paired guaranty  fund  and  surplus,  except  it  is  authorized  to  do  so 
by  the  bank  commissioners. 

Sect.  10.  Deposits  of  cash  on  call  or  subject  to  check  shall  be 
made  in  some  national  bank  located  in  the  New  England  states  or 
in  the  cities  of  New  York  City  and  Philadelphia  or  ni  some  trust 
company  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  this  state  or  Massachu- 
setts, or  in  such  company  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  state 
of  New  York  and  located  in  New^  York  City. 

Sect.  11.  In  determining  the  percentage  of  deposits  invested 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  previous  investments  held  by  the 
banks  shall  be  included. 

Sect.  12.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed:  and  tins  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  8.  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter  74.  97 

CHAPTER  74. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  3  OF  CHAPTER  18  OF  THE  SESSION  LAWS  OF 
1909  ENTITLED  "AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  RECORDING  OF  SALES 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  FOR  TAXES. ' ' 


2.      Repealing    clause;    takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Section  |   Section 

1.  Fees  to  be  allowed  register  of  deeds 
for  recording  certificate  of  publi- 
cation and  other  matters  to  be 
advanced  by  collector  or  sheriff 
and  taxed  with  his  other  charges. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   ayid  House   of  Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened; 

Section  1.     That  section  3  of  chapter  18  of  the  session  Laws  of  Fees  to  be  ai- 
1909  be  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following:  and  dwells  for'^re-^'^ 
like  fees,  to  be  advanced  by  the  tax  collector  or  sheriff  and  taxed  cajg^'"^  ''"^'^' 
with  his  other  charges,  shall  be  allowed  to  the  registers  of  deeds  f or  J'/J^^J^'^^j^^/J^j.^Yo 
recording  the  certificate  of  publication  reonired  to  be  recorded  by '^^^^j^J^^vanced  by 
chapter  61,  section  2,  of  the  Public  Statutes  as  amended  by  chapter  sh_eriii^_and^j^axed 
15,  section  1,  of  the  session  Laws  of  1893  and  by  chapter  143,  sec- charges, 
tion  1,  of  the  session  Laws  of  1917,  so  that  said  section  shall  read: 
Sect.  3.     The  tax  collector  or  sheriff  shall  be  allowed  a  fee  of 
twenty-five  cents  for  each  parcel  of  real  estate  sold  by  him  for 
taxes,  together  with  the  actual  cost  of  postage  for  reporting  the 
facts  as  provided  in  section  1 ;  and  the  register  of  deeds  shall  be 
allowed  twenty-five  cents  for  recording  the  facts  as  to  each  parcel, 
to  be  advanced  by  the  tax  collector  or  sheriff,  and  taxed  with  his 
other  fees  and  charges  for  making  the  sale.     Like  fees  shall  be 
allowed  in  cases  of  redemption  of  property  from  tax  sales,  to  be 
paid  by  the  person  redeeming,  and  like  fees,  to  be  advanced  by  the 
tax  collector  or  sheriff  and  taxed  with  his  other  charges,  shall  be 
allowed  to  the  registers  of  deeds  for  recording  the  certificate  of 
publication  required  to  be  recorded  by  chapter  61,  section  2,  of 
the  Public  Statutes  as  amended  by  chapter  15,  section  1,  of  the 
session  Laws  of  1893,  and  by  chapter  143,  section  1,  of  the  session 
Laws  of  1917. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are  Repealing  clause; 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.       pt'slag?^"  °° 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


98 


Chapters  75,  76. 


[i;)2l 


CHAPTER  75. 

AN  ACT  IN   AMENDMENT  OF   SECTION    6  OF   CHAPTER   190  OF   THE   LAWS 
OF    1911,    IN   RELATION    TO    THE    OFFICE   OF    ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 


Attorney- 
general    may 
employ    what 
clerical,    etc., 
assistants. 


Takes   effect 
passage. 


Attorney-general    may    employ    what 
clerical,  etc.,  assistants. 


Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened,- 

Section  1.  Amend  .section  6  of  chapter  190  of  the  Laws  of 
1911  by  strikmg  out  the  words  "at  an  annual  expense  of  not  more 
than  twelve  hundred  dollars"  and  substituting  the  words  sulgect 
to  the  supervision  and  approval  of  the  governor  and  council ;  so 
that  said  section  as  thus  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  6. 
The  attorney-general  may  employ,  and  at  pleasure  dismiss,  such 
clerical  and  stenographic  assistants  as  may  be  necessary,  subject 
to  the  supervision  and  approval  of  the  governor  and  council. 

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

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  76. 


an  act  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  27  OF  THE  SESSION  LAWS  OF  1907  RELAT- 
ING TO  A  LIEN  ON  STANDING  TREES  COVERED  BY  MORTGAGE. 


When  standing  trees  have  been 
mortgaged  as  real  estate,  mort- 
gagee's consent  to  cutting  may 
be  given  and  recorded;  record 
of  mortgage  and  affidavit  with 
town  clerk  shall  extend  lien  to 
timber   after   cut. 


Section 

2.      Repealing    clause;     takes    effect 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     Chapter  27  of  the  session  Laws  of  1907  is  hereby 

nended  by  re-numbering  section  3  thereof  to  read  section  4  and 

by  inserting  a  new  section  to  read  as  follows:     Sect.  3.    Whenever 


When    standing 

mortgaged  nT'^     amended  by  re-numbering  section  3  thereof  to  read  section  4  and 

real     estate, 
mortgagee's 

tiT^m'a  ^be'^^iven  ®t^^^^"^^  trccs  havc  bccu  mortgaged  as  real  estate  in  accordance 

and    recorded; 

record    of   mort-  i  t        i  i 

gage  and  affi-  of  the  land  ou  which  they  stand,  the  mortgagees  may  endorse  upon 
clerk  ^aii  ^'^"  Said  mortgage  over  their  signature  a  consent  that  said  standing 
umb^r  after  *cut.  trccs  may  be  cut,  which  consent  shall  be  recorded  on  the  margin 


1921]  Chapter  77.  99 

of  the  record  of  said  mortgage  in  the  registry  of  deeds;  both  par- 
ties to  the  mortgage  may  then  execute  and  attach  thereto  the  affi- 
davit required  by  law  to  be  attached  to  mortgages  of  personal  prop- 
erty ;  said  mortgage,  consent,  and  aiSdavit  may  then  be  recorded 
with  the  proper  town  clerk  as  mortgages  of  personal  property  are 
required  to  be  recorded;  and,  thereupon,  the  lien  of  said  mortgage 
shall  be  extended  to  cover  said  trees  after  they  are  cut,  and  the 
lumber  therefrom,  as  fully  as  though  the  same  had  been  mortgaged 
as  personal  property  after  cutting. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are  Repealing   clause; 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.        vassagt.  '^*'' 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  77. 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  EXPENDITURE  OF  STATE  FUNDS  IN  CONNEC- 
TION WITH  THE  CONSTRUCTION  AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  STATE  HIGH- 
WAYS. 

Section    1.      All    funds    for    trunk    lines,    state   highways,    etc.    shall   be   expended   un- 
der  direction   of   state   highway   commissioner,    etc.;    state   aid   highways. 

Be  it  enacied  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     All  funds  for  the  construction,  improvement  and-^"  \^^,^ 

.  trunk  In 


ids   for 
.  lines,   state 

maintenance  of  trunk  Inies  and  state  highways  and  manitenance  ot  highways,  etc., 
state-aid  highways  shall  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  under  direction 
state  highway  commissioner  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  gov-e°ommfssion«-,  ^t'J. ; 
ernor  and  council.     Funds  expended  in  connection  with  the  con- |^*j^'^^^^,'^ 
struction  of  state-aid  highways  shall  be  expended  in  the  same  man- 
ner subject  to  the  same  approval,  by  such  agent  or  agents  as  the 
state   highway   commissioner   and    the   selectmen    of   the   town    in 
which  such  work  is  being  done  may  appoint. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


100 


Chapters   78,  79. 


[1921 


CHAPTER  78. 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  PROPRIETORS  OF  COMMON  LANDS. 


Section 

1.  Failure  to  hold  annual  meeting; 
one  or  more  proprietors  may  ap- 
ply to   justice. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   ty   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Failure  to  hold  SECTION  1.  Amend  sectioii  27,  chapter  154  of  the  Public  Stat- 
one  or  more  pro- utcs,  as  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  27,  Laws  of  1903,  by  striking 
^ppir^to°^u^stice.  out  the  word  ''three"  in  the  fourth  line  of  said  section  and  insert- 
ing in  place  thereof  the  word  one  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  27.  When  by  mistake  or  accident, 
or  otherwise,  the  proprietors  of  common  lands  fail  to  hold  their 
annual  meeting,  or  where  no  mode  for  calling  special  meetings,  is 
provided,  one  or  more  of  the  proprietors  may  apply  in  writing  to 
any  justice,  requesting  him  to  call  a  meeting.  The  justice  shall 
thereupon  issue  his  warrant,  calling  such  meeting  at  such  time 
and  place,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
as  he  shall  judge  proper ;  which  application  and  warrant  shall  be 
published  in  some  newspaper  printed  in  the  county  in  which  a 
major  part  of  the  proprietors  reside,  or  in  which  such  common 
lands  are  located.  The  meeting  thus  called  and  holden  shall  be 
valid  and  when  assembled  shall  be  governed  in  all  respects,  accord- 
ing to  the  requirements  of  this  chapter. 

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


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  79. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  8,  CHAPTER  174  OF  PUBLIC  STAT- 
UTES AS  AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  56,  LAWS  OF  1919,  RELATING  TO  WHO 
MAY  SOLEMNIZE  MARRIAGE. 


Section 

1.     Who    authorized    to    solemnize. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 


Who  authorized         SECTION  1.     Sectiou  8  of  chapter  174  of  the  Public  Statutes  as 
to  solemnize.         amended  by  chapter  56,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  amended  by  strik- 
ing out  all  of  said  section  and   inserting  instead   thereof  a   new 


1921 


Chapter 


101 


sectioD  as  follows :  Sect.  8.  Marriage  may  be  solemnized  by  a 
justice  of  the  peace  as  commissioned  in  the  state ;  by  any  minister 
of  the  gospel  in  the  state  who  has  been  ordained  according  to  the 
usage  of  his  denomination,  resides  in  the  state,  and  is  in  regular 
standing  with  the  denomination  to  which  he  belongs ;  and  within 
his  parish  by  any  minister  residing  out  of  the  state,  but  having  a 
pastoral  charge  wholly  or  partly  in  this  state.  The  governor,  with 
the  advice  of  the  council,  may  issue  a  special  commission  to  an 
ordained  minister  residing  out  of  the  state  authorizing  him  in  a 
special  case  to  marry  a  couple  within  the  state.  The  names  and 
residences  of  the  couple  proposed  to  be  married  in  such  special 
case,  shall  be  stated  in  the  commission,  and  no  power  shall  be  con- 
ferred to  marry  any  other  parties  than  those  named  therein.  The 
fee  for  this  special  commission  shall  be  five  dollars  ($5). 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


Takes   effect  on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  80. 


AN  ACT  TO  REGULATE  THE  SALE  OF  AGRICULTURAL  SEEDS. 


Section 

1.  Term    "agricultural    seeds"    defined. 

2.  Certificate    giving    certain    informa- 

tion shall  be  affixed  to  packages 
of   one   pound   or   more. 

3.  Garden    seeds   or    flower   seeds   sold 

in  packets  to  be  marked  with 
year    when    tested. 

4.  Word    "approximate"    shall    be    de- 

fined by  rules  provided  by  com- 
missioner   of    agriculture. 

5.  Percentages      of      purity      and      of 

germination  shall  be  based  on 
certain    tests    or    analyses. 

6.  Duties     of     commissioner     of     agri- 

culture; may  prescribe  rules  and 
regulations  and  appoint  analysts; 
duty  to  publish  results  of  tests, 
etc. 


Section 

7.  His    duty    to    inspect,    take    samples 

and  make   tests,   etc. 

8.  He  is  empowered  to  seize  and  hold 

seed  falling  below  quality  given 
on  label,   etc. 

9.  Unlawful    to    sell,    etc.,    seed    with- 

out complying  with  this  act  or 
to    falsely   mark   seeds,    etc. 

Penalty;  commissioner  of  agricul- 
ture may  prosecute  violations  of 
act  or  report  same  to  attorney- 
general. 

Any  citizen  may  submit  to  com- 
missioner of  agriculture  samples 
of  agricultural  seeds  for  test; 
charge  therefor. 

Repealing  clause. 

Takes  effect  September  1,   1921. 


10. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.    That  the  term  "agricultural  seeds"  or  " agricultural  Term  "agricui- 
seed"  as  used  in  this  act,  shall  be  defined  as  the  seeds  of  timothy,  definel.^^'*^" 
redtop.    alfalfa,    alsike    clover,    crimson    clover,    red    clover,    sweet 
clover,  white  clover,  Hungarian,  millet,  fescues,  Canada  blue  grass, 


102  Chapter  80.  [1921 

Kentucky  blue  grass,  brorae  grass,  tall  meadow  oat  grass,  orchard 
grass,  Italian  rye  grass,  perennial  rye  grass,  sudan  grass,  Canada 
field  peas,  cowpeas,  soy  beans,  vetches  and  other  grasses  and  forage 
plants  including  turnips,  rutabagas  and  mangles,  also  barley,  buck- 
wheat,  corn,  oats,  rye,  wheat  and  other  cereals  which  are  sold, 
offered  or  exposed  for  sale  within  this  state  for  sowing  or  seeding 
purposes. 
Certificate   giving      Sect.  2.     Evcry  lot  or  parcel  of  agricultural  seeds,  as  defined 
?fon'''shaif  °bf ''"    in  section  1  of  this  act  when  in  bulk  packages  or  other  containers 
aJe?of*onrpo^undOf  ouc  (1)  pouud  or  morc,  shall  have  affixed  thereto,  in  a  conspic- 
01-  more.  ^^qus  placc  ou  the  extcrior  of  the  container,  a  plainly  written  or 

printed  statement  clearly  and  truly  certifying:     First,  the  com- 
monly accepted  name  of  such  agricultural  seed ;  second,  its  approx- 
imate percentage  of  purity  or  its  freedom  from  foreign  matter  or 
from  other  seeds  distinguishable  by  their  appearance  and,  in  the 
case  of  "special  mixtures,"  the  statement  shall  contain  the  name 
and  approximate  percentage  by  weight  of  each  kind  of  agricul- 
tural seed  in  such  mixture  in  excess  of  five  (5)  per  cent,  by  weight 
of  the  total  mixture;  third,  the  approximate  percentage  of  germi- 
nation of  such  agricultural  seed  together  wath  the  month  and  year 
said  seed  was  tested ;  foiirtli,  the  full  name  and   address  of  the 
vender  of  such  agricultural  seed. 
Garden  seeds  or        Sect.  3.     No  persou  sliall  scll,  or  cxposc  for  salc,  garden  seeds 
in  packlts^lo  be"'  or  flowcr  sccds  in  tied  or  sealed  packets  unless  the  same  are  plainly 
when'^erted.  ''''■"  marked  with  the  year  in  which  the  seed  was  tested. 
Word  "approxi-         Sect.  4.     The  word  "approximate"  as  used  in  this  act  shall  be 
defined'V/raies   defined   iu   rules  and   regulations  provided   by  the   state   eommis- 
commissioner        sioucr   of    agriculture    who    shall    be    guided    by    the    "rules    and 
of  agriculture.      incthods  of  testing"  adopted  and  approved  by  the  Association  of 

Official  Seed  Analysts  of  North  America. 
Percentages  of  Sect.  5.     The  percentages  of  purity  and  of  germination  of  agri- 

germi'na'tTo^n  °lhaii  cultural  sccds  as  required  to  be  shown  by  section  2  of  this  act 
t'ainTells^or'^^'-  ^hall  be  bascd  upon  tests  or  analyses  conducted  either  by  the  state 
anaiy.ses.  commissiouer  of  agriculture  or  his  agents,  or  by  the  seed  merchant 

or  his  agents,  provided  that  such  tests  or  analyses  made  by  the 
seed  merchant  or  his  agents  shall  conform  to  the  reasonable  regu- 
lations which  said  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to  prescribe, 
or  to  the  regulations  or  methods  of  testing  adopted  by  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Official  Seed  Analysts. 
Duties  of  o»m-  SECT.  6.     The  duty  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall 

agrijiiiture;    maybe  vcsted  in  the  State  commissioner  of  agriculture.     The  said  com- 
anf'reguia'tTon^s     missioucr,  upou  uoticc  to  the  secd  merchants  of  this  state  through 
anfiyst''s^°duty      bulletins  of  his  department  or  of  the  agricultural  experiment  sta- 
suits"of'1lst7  etc  ^^°^'  ^^^^^^  ^^  empowered  to  prescribe  such  reasonable  rules  and 
regulations  and   to  appoint  such  analysts,   agents  and  inspectors 
as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  the  efficient  enforcement  of  this  act. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  to  publish,  or  cause  to  be 


1921]  Chapter    80.  103 

published,  the  results  of  tests  and  analyses  of  samples  of  agri- 
cultural seeds  drawn  as  hereinafter  provided,  together  with  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  persons  from  whom  the  samples  of  seed 
were  obtained.  In  his  discretion,  also,  the  said  commissioner  may 
publish  such  other  information  as  he  may  deem  advisable  concern- 
ing the  value,  character  and  use  of  certain  seeds. 

Sect.  7.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  either  ^y  ]^J,/gf ^'t^ke 
himself  or  through  his  duly  authorized  agents,  to  inspect,  sample,  samples   and 
analyze  and  test  any  agricultural  seeds  sold,  offered  or  exposed™^  e   es  s,  e  c. 
for  sale  for  seeding  purposes  within  this  state,  at  such  time  and 
place  and  to  such  extent  as  he  may  determine.     The  commissioner 
and  his  inspectors  shall  have  access  at  all  reasonable  hours  to  any 
premises  or  structures  to  take  samples  of  any  such  agricultural 
seeds  as  may  be  in  the  possession  of  any  importer,  merchant,  or 
agent,  and  he  is  hereby  given  authority  in  person  or  by  his  in- 
spectors, upon  notice  to  the  importer,  merchant  or  agent  to  take 
for  analysis  a  composite  sample  of  such  agricultural  seeds. 

Said  sample  shall  be  taken  from  a  parcel  or  number  of  packages 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  per  cent,  of  the  whole  lot  in- 
spected and  shall  be  thoroughly  mixed.  From  this  composite 
sample  two  official  samples  shall  be  taken,  each  of  which  shall  be 
securely  sealed.  One  of  these  official  samples  shall  be  furnished 
to  the  seed  merchant  or  party  in  interest,  and  the  other  retained 
by  the  commissioner  or  his  inspector  for  test  and  analysis. 

Sect.  8.     In  ease  a  sample  drawn  as  provided  in  the  preceding  He  is  empowered 
section  is  found  upon  test  and  analysis  to  fall  below  the  statement  seerfTiiing  be-° 
on  the  label  attached  to  the  lot  or  container  from  which  said  sam- gi^gn'^Tn'*^ 
pie  was  secured,  or  if  any  agricultural  seeds  which  are  not  prop- ^'*''''''  '^''^• 
erly  labeled  are  being  sold,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale  within  the 
state,    the   commissioner   of    agriculture   is   hereby   empowered   to 
seize  and  hold  such  seed  until  proper  labeling  is  effected  by  the 
owner  or  seller  of  said  seed. 

Sect.  9.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corpora-  unlawful   to   seii, 
tion  to  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  within  this  state  for  seeding  out'  complying 
purposes  any  agricultural  seeds  or  mixture  thereof,  as  defined  in  YJ  faisliy  'mark 
this  act,  without  complying  with  the  requirements  of  the  act,  or  to  ^'^'"^^'  '''''• 
falsely  mark  or  label  any  agricultural  seeds  or  to  interfere  in  any 
way  with  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  or  his  inspectors  in  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  herein  named. 

Sect.  10.     Every  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  relat- ^1^^^^'^'^^. ''^f"!" 
ing  to  failure  to  label,  or  false  labeling,  shall  be  deemed  a  misde- agriculture  may 

•    T      1  1       1  j2  X  T  1  1        1      1    n  prosecute    vio- 

meanor  punishable  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  lations  of  act 
If  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  shall  find  upon  examination, °o  "t^orney^™^ 
test  or  analysis,  that  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  has  violated  ^^'^""^'" 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  he  or  his  duly  authorized  agent 
may  institute  proceedings  in  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  to 
have  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  convicted  therefor,  or  the  said 


104 


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1921 


Any   citizen   may 
submit    to    com- 
missioner  of 
agriculture 
samples    of 
agricultural 
seeds  for  test; 
charge   therefor. 


Repealing  clause. 


Takes    effect 
Sept.    1,    1921. 


commissioner,  in  his  discretion,  may  report  the  results  of  such 
examination  or  tests  to  the  attorney-general,  together  with  a  sworn 
statement  of  the  analyst  and  such  other  evidence  of  said  violation 
as  may  have  come  to  his  knowledge  or  into  his  possession. 

Sect.  11.  Any  citizen  of  this  state  shall  have  the  privilege  of 
submitting  to  the  state  commissioner  of  agriculture  samples  of 
agricultural  seeds  for  test  and  analysis,  subject  to  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  may  be  adopted  by  said  commissioner;  provided, 
however,  that  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  may  by  such  regula- 
tions fix  the  maximum  number  of  samples  that  may  be  tested  or 
analyzed  free  of  charge  for  any  one  citizen  in  any  one  period  of 
time  and  fix  charges  for  tests  and  analyses  of  samples  submitted 
in  excess  of  the  number  tested  free  of  charge. 

Sect.  12.  Chapter  61,  Laws  of  1909,  as  amended  by  chapter 
89,  Laws  of  1915,  and  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed. 

Sect.  13.     This  act  shall  take  effect  September  1,  1921. 


[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  81. 


AN  ACT  AMENDING  SUBSECTION  (b)  OP  SECTION  14  OF  CHAPTER  164 
OF  THE  Lu\WS  OF  1911,  RELATING  TO  INCREASING  THE  AUTHORIZED 
CAPITAL  STOCK  OR  BONDS  OF  RAILROADS  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITIES. 


Sec'tiox 


Publij  utility  may  increase  stock 
or  bonds  beyond  charter  limit 
with  authority  of  public  service 
commission  upon  authorization 
of    stockholders. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Public   utility 
may     increase 
stock  or 
bonds    beyond 
charter     limit 
with     authority 
of    public 
service     com- 
mission   upon 
authorization 
of    stockholders. 


Section  1.  Subsection  (b)  of  section  14  of  chapter  164  of  the 
Laws  of  1911  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the 
following:  A  public  utility  corporation,  for  any  corporate  pur- 
pose approved  by  the  commission,  upon  petition  of  the  corpora- 
tion, may  from  time  to  time,  with  the  authority  of  the  commission 
as  provided  in  this  chapter,  increase  its  capital  stock  or  bonds  be- 
yond the  amounts  fixed  and  limited  by  its  articles  of  association 
or  its  charter,  or  by  any  act  of  the  general  court,  provided  that 
such  increase  shall  first  be  authorized  by  the  vote  of  a  majority 
of  the  stockholders  present  at  any  meeting  of  the  corporation  duly 


1921 


Chapter   82. 


105 


called  for  that  purpose,  or,  in  the  ease  of  corporations  organized 
under  chapter  92,  Laws  of  1919,  or  amendments  thereto,  by  vote 
of  the  holders  of  a  majority  of  the  stock  present  or  represented 
by  proxy  and  voting  at  any  meeting  of  the  corporation  duly  called 
for  that  purpose,  or  if  two  or  more  kinds  or  classes  of  stock  have 
been  issued,  by  vote  of  the  holders  of  a  majority  of  each  kind  or 
class  outstanding  and  entitled  to  vote  and  present  or  represented 
by  proxy  and  voting  at  such  meeting. 

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


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  82. 


AN   ACT   IX   AMENDMENT  OF   SECTION    13   OF   CHAPTER   164   OF   LAWS  OP 
1911   RELATING  TO  PUBLIC  UTILITIES. 


Sectiox 

1.  Public  utility  may  be  licensed  to 
construct,  etc.,  pipe  line,  conduit, 
poles,  etc.,  over  or  across  any  of 
public  waters  of  state ;  notice  to 
attorney-general:  hearing;  judg- 
ment; compensation  to  land- 
owners; extension  and  modifica- 
tion   of    license. 


Section 

2.     Takes  efifect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened,- 


Section  1.    Section  13  of  chapter  164,  Laws  of  1911,  as  amendedPubiic  utility 
bj"  section  13,  chapter  145,  Laws  of  1913,  section  1,  chapter  52,  to  construct, 
Laws  of  1915,  and  section  1,  chapter  162,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  conduTtrpoies,' 
amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following  subsection :  across°\^ny  °o^f 
(f)  Whenever  it  is  necessary  in  order  to  meet  the  reasonable  re- p^^^ p  ^^^^^^^^  °^ 
quirements    of    service    to    the    public    that    any    public    utility  to  attomey- 

,.  ..  -,  ,.  T11  ''^  .,.        general ;    hear- 

subjeet  to  supervision  under  this  act  should  construct  a  pipe  Imeing;  judgment; 

J.,  T  i>i  i  -!•  -i/jj  compensation     to 

or  conduit  or  a  line  oi  poles  or  towers  and  wires  and  iixtures landowners; 
thereon  over  or  across  any  of  the  public  waters  of  this  state,  it  modifiia?ion''*^f 
may  petition  the  commission  for  a  license  to  construct  and  maintain  '"cense. 
the  same  as  may  reasonably  be  required  for  such  purpose.     The 
commission  shall  cause  due  notice  of  said  petition  to  be  given  to 
the  attorney-general  and   to  such   owners  of  lands  bordering  on 
such  public  waters  as  the  commission  may  designate  in  its  order 
of  notice,  which  shall  state  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  hear- 
ing on  said  petition.     The  commission  shall  hear  all  parties  inter- 
ested, and   in  case   it  shall  find  that  the  license   petitioned   for. 


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[1921 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


subject  to  such  modifications  and  conditions,  if  any,  as  the  commis- 
sion may  determine,  may  be  exercised  without  substantially  affect- 
ing the  public  rights  in  said  waters,  it  shall  render  judgment 
granting  such  license  for  such  term  not  exceeding  twenty  years 
as  the  commission  shall  by  their  judgment  fix.  The  commission 
shall  determine  the  compensation,  if  any,  to  be  paid  to  the  owners 
of  such  adjoining  lands  for  any  damage  to  such  lands  occasioned 
by  the  continuation  and  maintenance  of  any  such  structures. 
Upon  like  proceedings  the  commission  may  from  time  to  time  ex- 
tend such  license  for  additional  periods  of  not  exceeding  twenty 
years  each  and  in  connection  with  any  such  extension  may  modify 
the  terms  of  such  license  and  the  conditions,  if  any,  affecting  the 
same  as  it  may  consider  proper. 

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

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  83. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  37,  LAWS  OF  1895,  AS  AMENDED 
BY  CHAPTER  9,  LAWS  OF  1905,  RELATING  TO  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF 
BAIL   COMMISSIONERS. 


Sectio*^  I 

1.      Bail    commissioners"    fees   regulated.     | 


Section 

2.      Takes   effect   on    passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Bcprescntativcs    in 
General   Court   convened; 


Bail  commis- 
sioners' fees 
regulated. 


Takes   effect 
passage. 


Section  1.  Section  5  of  chapter  37,  Laws  of  1895,  as  amended 
by  chapter  9,  Laws  of  1905,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the 
whole  of  said  section,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  follow- 
ing: Sect.  5.  The  bail  commissioners  in  such  cases  shall  be  enti- 
tled to  a  fee  of  one  dollar  when  called  between  the  hours  of  seven 
0  'clock  in  morning  and  ten  o  'clock  at  night ;  and  a  fee  of  three 
dollars  when  called  at  any  time  not  included  within  the  above 
space  of  time. 

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

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapters  84,  85. 


107 


CHAPTER  84. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  29  OF  CHAPTER  287  OF  THE  PUB- 
LIC STATUTES,  AS  AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  59  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1919, 
IN  RELATION  TO  FEES  AND  COSTS  IN  CERTAIN  CASES. 

Section    1.      Pees   to    secretary   of   state   for   issuing   commissions   fixed. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.    Amend  section  29  of  chapter  287  of  the  Public  Stat- Fees  to  secretary 
utes,  as  amended  by  chapter  59  of  the  Laws  of  1919,  by  striking  issuing  com- 
out  said  section  and  substituting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 
'^ect.  29.     Except  as  otherwise  provided,  the  following  fees  shall    ' 
be  paid  to  the  secretary  of  state  for  the  use  of  the  state :     For 
every  commission  issued  to  a  justice  of  the  peace  or  to  a  notary 
public,  five  dollars ;  for  every  other  commission  to  any  person  for 
an  oi^ee  of  profit,  two  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  such  person ;  for  every 
certificate  under  the  seal  of  the  state,  fifty  cents. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  8r 


AN   ACT  TO  REVISE  AND   CODIFY  THE  SCHOOL   LAWS  OF   THE   STATE. 


STATE     ORGANIZATION'. 


(a)     State    Board    of    Education. 


qualitica- 
term     of     olSce ; 


1.  Board    of    five    members; 

tions:     no    salary. 

2.  How     appointed: 

chairman. 

3.  Removal    of    member    from    office. 

4.  Office   of  board ;    meetings. 

5.  (1)    Powers  of  state  board;   to  make 

regulations  for  administration  of 
public    schools. 

(2)  To      make     regulations     relative     to 

state's  complying  with  federal 
laws;  state  treasurer  designated 
custodian  of  money  allotted  by 
federal    government. 

(3)  State    board    to    prescribe    qualifica- 

tions and  duties  of  deputy  com- 
missioners and  superintendents, 
etc.,  teachers;  subjects  required 
to  be  taught;  educational  stand- 
ards for  all  grades;  qualifica- 
tions and  duties  of  employees; 
fix  salaries  and  terms  of  emjil  - 
ment  of  deputy  commissioners,  etc. 


Section 

6.  Commissioner    of     education     to     be 

chosen    by    board;     qualifications; 
term    of   office   and   removal. 
Salary    to   be    fixed   and    duties   pre- 
scribed  by    board. 

7.  Deputy      commissioners:      how      ap- 

pointed;   qualifications. 

8.  Duties    of    state    board. 

(1)  To      form      supervisory      unions      of 

school   districts. 

(2)  Supervise     expendi'ure     of     moneys 

appropriated    under    this    act,    etc. 

(3)  Prepare    budget    for    same;    publish 

information  as  to  educational 
conditions  and  opportunities; 
employ    kcturcrs. 

(4)  Establish          standard         elementary 

schools    in    unorganized    parts    of 
state;    furnish   tuition,    et-. 
(.5)    Certify  to  state  treasurer  number  of 
pupils   enrolled. 

(6)  Prescribe   and   furnish    form   of    reg- 

ister for  schools  and  blanks  for 
returns  by   school  board. 

(7)  File      and      distribute      state      docu- 

ments in  relation  to  public  schools 
and    education. 

(8)  File   returns    of   school   boards,    etc. 


108 


Chapter  85. 


1921 


Section 

(9)  Investigate    condition    and    efficiency 

of   public   education. 

(10)  Hold    examinations    for    candidates 

for   teachers;    issue   certificates. 

(11)  Administer   school  money. 

(12)  Co-operate    with    federal    board    for 

vocational   education. 

(13)  Recommend    appropriation    for    aid 

to    dependent   mothers. 

(14)  Lecture  on   educational  subjects. 

(15)  Report  as  to  truant  officers. 

(16)  Employ   directors   for    state   normal 

schools. 

(17)  Examine  contracts  of  districts  with 

academies,    etc. 

(18)  Enforce   truant   laws    and   laws   as 

to    employment   of   minors. 

(19)  Compile  and  issue  edition  of  school 

laws  with   biennial   amendments. 
(20   Make    biennial    report   to    legislature 
showing  conditions  of  educational 
work :    expenditure   of   all  moneys, 
etc. ;    recommend   changes   in  law. 

(21)  Furnish    this    report    to    all    school 

boards. 

(22)  Employ  superintendents,   etc.,   upon 

nomination  of  school  boards;  re- 
moval of  superintendents,   etc. 

(23)  Fix  salaries  of  superintendents  and 

assistants  for  supervisory  unions; 
unions  may  increase  their  sala- 
ries, one-half  of  excess  to  be  paid 
by  union  into  state  treasury; 
salaries   payable   monthly. 

(24)  Employ    necessary    office    force    of 

supervisors,    clerks,    etc. 

(25)  Hold      conferences     with      superin- 

tendents  and   teachers. 

(26)  Prepare    and   distribute    outlines   of 

work  and  studies. 

(27)  Employ   competent  persons   to   care 

for   health   of   pupils. 
9.      Appeal   to   state  board  from   finding 
or  order  of  commissioner. 

10.  Expenses  of  members  of  state  board 

to  be  audited  by  governor  and 
council. 

11.  All  money   appropriated  for  general 

educational  purposes,  etc.,  shall, 
be  used  for  certain  purposes  des- 
ignated herein. 

(b)    The   Normal   Schools. 

12.  Plymouth  and  Keene  normal  schools 

shall  be  administered  by  state 
board. 

13.  State    board    authorized    to    receive 

gifts;  to  purchase  land  or  prop- 
erty to  effectuate  donor's  purpose. 

14.  State   board    authorized    to    contract 

with  city  or  town  for  mainte- 
nance  of   practice    schools. 


Section 

15.  Directors    of    normal    schools    shall 

with    approval    of    state    board    se- 
lect  assistants,   provide  rules,   etc. 

16.  Instruction  in  normal  schools  to  be 

such    as    to    prepare    for    teaching 
in   public  schools. 

17.  Diplomas    may    be    given    by    state 

board. 

Tuition. 

Directors  and  teachers  of  normal 
schools  to  assist  at  teachers'  in- 
stitutes. 

Board  shall  state  condition,  etc.,  of 
schools    in   its   biennial   report. 


18. 


20. 


(c)    Examination  of   Candidates   for 
Teachers. 

21.  Time  and  place  of  examinations  and 

notice  of  same  to  be  given  by  state 
board. 

22.  Certificates  to  be   given   those  pass- 

ing  satisfactory   examinations. 

23.  And  may  be  given  to  persons  who 

have  served  as  teachers  in  pub- 
lic  schools   three   years. 

24.  List    of    approved    candidates    shall 

be  sent  on  request  to  school 
boards. 

25.  A  sum  not  exceeding  $300  may  be 

annually  expended  from  institute 
fund  to  carry  out  these  provi- 
sions. 

26.  Registration  of   applicants  for  posi- 

tion  of  public   school   teacher. 

27.  State    board     to     recommend     such 

registered  applicants  as  may 
appear   qualified. 

28.  Fees    received    from    applicants    to 

be   used   to    defray   expenses. 

29.  Superintendent    not    to    accept    re- 

ward for  obtaining  j^osition  for 
another   as  teacher. 

30.  Penalty. 

(d)   Teachers'  Institutes. 

31.  When   and   where    to   be   held. 

32.  Institute   fund. 

33.  State    board    may    defray    expenses 

of    institutes    therefrom. 

34.  Audit   of    expenses   of    institutes. 

(e)    Vocational    Education. 

35.  The    state    hereby    accepts    federal 

act  for  promotion  of  vocational 
education. 

36.  State   board    authorized    to    arrange 

for  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  that  act. 

(f)    Aid   for   Dependent   Mothers. 

37.  Allowance   how  limited. 


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Chapter   85. 


109 


Section 
38.      Petit 


to  school  board  for  allow- 
ance, who  shall  make  recom- 
mendation and  forward  same  to 
state    board. 

State  board  to  investigate  and  may 
make    allowance. 

Qualifications   of   applicant. 

When    allowance    shall    cease. 

Other   qualifications   of   applicant. 

E.xpenses  of  school  board  in  ad- 
ministering  mothers'    aid   law. 


SCHOOL    BOARDS,    TEACHERS    AND    TRUANT 
OFFICERS. 

(a)    School  Boards. 

1.  (1)    District    school    boards    to    pro- 

vide elementary  schools  for 
thirty-six  weeks. 

(2)  State    board    may    reduce    time    for 

maintaining  standard  elementary 
schools  and  suspend  districts'  ob- 
ligations. 

(3)  Transportation   and  board  of  pupils. 

2.  Duties   of   school   board    to    see   that 

prescribed   studies  are   taught. 

3.  Duties    of    school    board    to    provide 

fuel,    make    repairs. 

4.  Superintendents,     duties    of;     nomi- 

nation of  teachers  and  removal; 
attending  conferences;  reporting 
violations   of   school    laws. 

5.  School  board  may   dismiss  teachers 

for   cause. 

6.  District     liable     for     full     salary    of 

teacher    wrongfully    dismissed. 

7.  School    board    may    prescribe    regu- 

lations  for   conduct   of   schools. 

8.  They   shall  purchase  text-books  and 

supplies   to   be   loaned   pupils. 

9.  They   shall   purchase   flag   and   pre- 

scribe   rules    for    its   display. 

10.  (1)    Instrujtion     in     all    schools    in 

certain  elementary  branches  to  be 
in    English   language. 

(2)  Devotional   exercises   excepted. 

(3)  Foreign     language,     when     may    be 

taught. 

11.  Standard   school   defined. 

12.  Elementary    school    defined. 

13.  No    school   book   to    be   used    favor- 

ing any  religious  sect  or  political 
party. 

14.  School    board     to     furnish    teachers 

prescribed  blank  registers;  visit 
schools. 

15.  School     boards'     annual     report     to 

state  board. 

16.  Penalty     for     non-compliance     with 

preceding    section. 


21 


(b)    Truant   Officers. 

School   boards    shall    appoint    truant 

oflfi:ers. 
Term   of   office ;    removal. 
Duty    to    enforce    truant    laws    and 

laws    as    to    child   labor. 
Shall   make   annual  enumeration  of 

children   between   five   and  sixteen 

and  report  same  to  school  board. 

(?)    Teachers. 


School    day,    week,    and    month,    de- 
fined. 

22.  Teachers    may    attend    institute    one 

day   each   term. 

23.  Observance   of   Memorial   Day. 

24.  Teachers    shall    make    required    en- 

tries  in    school   register. 

(d)    Supervisory  Unions. 

25.  School     boards     forming     a     union 

shall  annually  meet,  choose  offi- 
cers, also  superintendent,  and  fix 
and   apportion   his   salary. 


Part  III. 

SCHOLARS. 

(a)    School   Attendance. 

1.  Duty  of  children  between  eight  and 

sixteen    to    attend    school. 

2.  Duty   to   cause   child   to   attend. 

3.  Child    may    be    ordered    to    attend 

different  school  from  that  as- 
signed, or  to  withdraw  tempora- 
rily from  attendance ;  or  be  ex- 
empted from  attendance,  or 
exjused  to  receive  musical  in- 
struction. 

4.  Penalty. 

5.  School    board     shall     send     copy    of 

law  as  to  school  attendance  to 
supposed    violators    thereof. 

6.  Attendance    by    minor    over    sixteen 

and  not  able  to  read  and  speak 
English. 

7.  Exemption   of   such  persons   in   tim- 

ber, construction  and  agricul- 
tural   industries. 

8.  Wilfully     interrupting     or     disturb- 

ing  school. 

9.  No  one  shall  attend  school,  etc.,   in 

district    of    which    not    inhabitant. 

LO.      Dismissal    of    pupil    for   misconduct. 

11.  Pupils  to  attend  school  to  which 
assigned. 

2.  Penalty  if  pupil  attend  or  disturb 
school  he   has   no   right    to   attend. 

13.  Districts  may  make  by-laws  con- 
cerning  truants. 


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[1921 


Sect: 
14. 
15. 

16. 

17. 


Penalty    for    violation    thereof. 

When    sentence    may   be    suspended, 
(b)     Child    Labor. 

Children  under  fourteen  shall  not 
be   employed   in   certain  labor. 

Children  under  sixteen  shall  not  be 
employed  in  certain  labor  while 
schools  are  in  session  unless  able 
to  read  and  write  English; 
proviso. 

Inspection    of    factories,    etc. 

Newsvendors    and    bootblacks. 

Telegraph    messengers,    etc. 

Daily    and    weekly    hours   regulated. 

Employer  of  child  under  sixteen  to 
keep  employment  certificate  on 
file. 

Surrender  on  termination  of  em- 
ployment. 

By   whom   issued. 

Not  to  be  issued  until  certain  pa- 
pers filed. 

Applicant    to    personally    appear. 

Requisites    of    certificate. 

School   record,    requisites    of. 

Record   of   certificates. 

Blank  forms  for  records  and 
method  to  be  prescribed  by  state 
board. 

Truant   officers,    duty    of. 

State  inspectors,  appointment  and 
duties;    employment   of   counsel. 

Truant  officers,  appointment  and 
removal   of. 

Inspectors  may  require  evidence  as 
to    age   of    employees. 

Illegal     employment 
same;    penalty. 

Illegal     employment 
penalty. 

False    certificate. 

Refusal    to    produce 
feet  of. 

Neglect  by  school  officers  to  com- 
ply with  provisions  as  to  issuing 
certificate. 

Employers  of  illiterates  between  16 
and  21  to  have  certificate  from 
superintendent  of  district  that 
such  employee  is  enrolled,  etc.  in 
evening  or  special  day  school; 
exception. 

Superintendents  to  issue  certifi- 
cates under  preceding  section, 
and  keep  records  of,  and  make 
report  of  doings,  as  prescribed 
by    commissioner    of    education. 

Duration  of  certificate.  Penalty 
for  illegally  employing  person. 
Certain  officials  to  enforce  this 
section. 

Duty  of  school  boards  to  prosecute 
offenses   against   this  chapter. 

Limitation    of    prosecution. 


or     permitting 
after     notice; 


certificate 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 

(a)    General   Powers    and   Duties. 

Section 

1.  Each    town    a    school    district;     dis- 

tricts     organized      under      special 
acts. 

2.  Districts,    powers    of. 

3.  Districts     may     raise     money,      for 

what     purposes.      May      authorize 
school   board   to   hire   money. 

4.  Notes    for    money    hired    how   to    be 

signed. 

5.  District   may    exempt    certain   bonds 

and  notes  from  taxation. 

6.  Assessment    of    school-district    taxes. 

7.  New    invoice    made,    when. 

8.  Non-resident     taxes     assessed     after 

July  1st,  when  and  how  collected. 

9.  Districts    shall    fix    salaries. 

10.  Selectmen      shall      annually      assess 

amounts     determined    by    district. 

11.  District    treasurer     shall    pay    sala- 

ries of  school  board. 

12.  Each    school    district    shall    pay    an- 

nual    assessment     to     state     treas- 
urer. 

13.  Non-resident     scholars,    how    admit- 

ted  to   schools. 

14.  Joint     districts,     how     to     share     in 

school  money. 

15.  Fiscal  and  scholastic  year  shall  end 

June  30  each  year. 

16.  Military  drill  and  physical  exercises 

may  be  included. 

17.  Evening  school;    special   day   school. 

18.  School     for     non-English     speaking 

adults. 

HIGH  schools. 


District   may  have   high   school. 

Adjoining  districts  may  contract  to 
maintain    schools    jointly. 

Districts  may  contract  with  acad- 
emies, etc.,  to  furnish  instruction 
to  scholars. 

Terms  "high  school,  academy,  lit- 
erary   institution"    defined. 

When  pupil  may  change  to  another 
approved    school. 

District  not  maintaining  high 
school,  et?.,  to  pay  for  tuition  of 
resident  child  attending  high 
school. 

Liability   of   town    for   tuition. 

State  treasurer  shall  annually  pay 
for  tuition  in  high  schools  to 
towns   entitled. 

Apportionment  among  several 
towns. 

Two  years  instruction  in  addition 
to  course  in  elementary  schools, 
when    to   be   provided. 


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5ECT10N 

29.  Power    of    school    Ixiard    to    dismiss 

pupil. 

30.  Academies  and  private  schools  shall 

report   annually   to    state  board. 

31.  Copy    of   catalogue    of   colleges,    etc., 

to    be    mailed    annually    to    Genea- 
logical  Society. 

32.  On    abolishment    of    special    district, 

its   high    school   to   be   maintained. 

33.  Town     district    receiving     said     dis- 

trict    shall     maintain     said     high 
school. 

34.  High   school  not  to  be  discontinued, 

etc.,  except  by  court. 

35.  District     subject    to     fine     for    non- 

compliance   with    Part    IV — a. 

(b)     Dissolution    of    Special    Districts. 

36.  How   dissolved    and   united   to    town 

district. 

37.  Town   district   to   take   possession   of 

school  property. 

38.  Rights    in    property,    how    equalized. 

39.  Selectmen      to     apportion     property 

among  parts  of  dissolved  districts 
in   two   or   more   towns. 

40.  Referee  to  be  appointed  in  case  se- 

lectmen fail  to  apportion. 

41.  Notice    before    appointment    of    ref- 

eree. 

42.  How   served. 

43.  Referee    to    give    notice    of    hearing 

and  make  report. 

44.  Tax   to    adjust    apportionment,    how 

assessed. 

45.  Town   district  to   take  property   and 

selectmen    to    adjust    tax    in    rela- 
tion thereto. 

46.  Dissolved    districts    to    continue,    for 

what   purposes. 

47.  Income  of  trust  funds,  how  used. 

48.  Meetings    of    dissolved    districts. 

49.  District  records  to  be  preserved. 


(c)    Changing    Dist 
50 


nindaries. 
selectmen    of 


Person    may    petiti 
adjoining   towns. 

51.  Duties   of    selectmen    upon    such    pe- 

tition. 

52.  Record   to   be   made   by   town    clerks 

of   favorable    decision. 

53.  Territory     may     be     reannexed     to 

original  town — how. 

54.  Changes   under   this   a-t   valid   as   if 

made  by  legislature. 

55.  Powers  and  duties  of  selectmen  and 

tax  collector. 

56.  Previous    section    not    applicable    to 

special   districts. 

57.  Portions  of  districts   may  be  united 

— how. 


(d)     Public    Play-grcunds. 

Section 

58.      School  boards  authorized  to  carry  on 
play-grounds,    etc. 


SCHOOL    MEETINGS    .\ND    OFFICERS. 

(a)    School   Meetings. 

1.  Annual   meetings,    when    holden. 

2.  Special   meetings,    when    holden. 

3.  Special    meetings,    vote    to    raise    or 

appropriate   money. 

4.  Meetings,    where   held. 

5.  "Warrants,     by     whom     issued     and 

what   to  contain. 

6.  To    contain    notice    of    special    sub- 

jects,   when. 

7.  Wlien   and  where   to  be  posted. 

8.  May   be   issued   by    a    justice    of   the 

peace,    when. 

9.  To    be    returned    to    the    clerk    and 

recorded. 

10.  Voters,   who   are. 

11.  Check-list    to    be    used,    when. 

12.  Illegal  voting,  how  punished. 


(b)    School   Officers. 

Officers   of   districts. 
Districts       which       maintain       high 
schools    may   increase   membership 
of   their   school   boards. 
Eligibility  to   office. 
Officers,   how   chosen;    to   be    sworn. 
Tenure  of  office. 

Moderator's   powers    and    duties. 
Clerk's   duties. 

Clerk     to     report     names,     etc.,     of 
school  board  to  town  clerk,  when  ; 
penalty    for    neglect. 
!1.      Treasurer   to    give   bond. 
:2.      Treasurer's  duties. 
!3.      Auditor's    duties. 
!4.      Vacancies     in     district     offices,    how 

filled. 
',5.      District    clerk    shall    report    tn    state 
board  names  of  local  school  board. 

P.\RT    VI. 
SCHOOL    MONEY. 

1.      School  tax,   amount,   and   assessment 

of. 
School   money,   how   appropriated. 
Neglect   to   apply   according  to   law; 

penalty. 
Town    may   raise    additional   money. 
Districts     may    be     aided     by     state 

board. 
State    tax    in    unorganized    parts   of 

state. 
Ward's   tax,    where   assigned. 


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Section 

8.  Neglect  to  assess,   assign,   etc.,   pen- 

alty. 

9.  Literary    fund,     what    termed    and 

how  expended. 
10.     Dog  license  fees,   what  part  of,   ap- 
plied to   support  of  schools. 


SCHOOLHOUSES. 

1.  District  may  locate  by  vote  or   com- 

mittee. 

2.  Schoolhouse    lots    in    city    to    be    se- 

lected by  school  board,  and  pur- 
chased by  same  after  appropria- 
tion by  city  councils. 

3.  Plans     for     schoolhouse     or     change 

therein  in  city  to  be  approved  by 
school  board ;  joint  building  com- 
mittee   for    new    schoolhouse. 

4.  Care  and  control  of  schoolhouses. 

5.  Exemptions      from     application      of 

three  preceding  sections. 

6.  Powers   of    committee   limited. 

7.  Voters     aggrieved     may     apply     to 

school  board. 

8.  School  board  to  locate,  when. 

9.  County      commissioners      to      locate, 

when. 

10.  Chairman    to    give    notice    of    hear- 

ings,  how. 

11.  Vacancies    in   board,    how   filled. 

12.  Hearing,       when ;       decision,       how 

made    and   filed. 

13.  District   to   take   no    steps   to   carry 

former  location  into  effect  while 
appeal  pending. 

14.  Commissioners,    how    paid. 

15.  Location  conclusive,  for  what  time. 

16.  School    board     or     county     commis- 

sioners may  enlarge  existing  lots. 

17.  Land  appraised  by  selectmen,  when. 

18.  Appeal  by  landowner. 

19.  Title    to     vest     in     district,     when ; 

damages  on  appeal. 

20.  Selectmen      to      build      schoolhouse, 

when. 

21.  Schools,   where  to  be  kept. 

22.  Use      of       schoolhouses      may      be 

granted,    for   certain   purposes. 

23.  Doors   of   schoolhouses   to   open    out- 

ward. 

24.  No  building  to  be  used  as  a  school- 

house  above  sejond  story  unless 
provided  with  fire  escapes. 

25.  Location   of   fire   escapes. 

26.  Penalty. 


HEALTH    AND    SANITATION. 

(a)     General    Provisions. 

Section 

1.  Children  not  to  attend  school  unless 

vaccinated. 

2.  Infected    or    exposed    child    not    to 

attend   school. 

3.  Penalty. 

4.  Persons    infected    with    tuberculosis 

or  other  communicable  disease 
not  to  be  employed  about  school 
building. 

5.  Health     officer     to     examine     such, 

upon  complaint,  and  order  sus- 
pension   if   found    infected. 

6.  State   board    of   health    to    examine, 

if  health  officer  fails  for  ten 
days;    and   may    suspend. 

7.  State    board    of    health    to    jsrepare 

bulletins. 

8.  Distribution  by  sshool  teachers. 

9.  Report  of   number   required. 

10.      Distribution      by      state      board      of 


Penalty  for  using  barbed  wire  for 
fencing   land    next    to    school    lots. 

What   officers   to   prosecute. 

Buildings  and  places  in  compact 
part  of  town  not  to  be  used  as 
slaughter  houses,  etc.,  without 
permission    of    health    officers. 

State  board  of  health  to  investi- 
gate  school  buildings,    etc. 

Procedure  if  conditions  unsani- 
tary;  changes  ordered. 

School  board  to  make  changes ;  ex- 
pense,  how   met. 

(b)   Optional  Provisions. 

Following    provisions    optional. 

School   physicians    provided   for. 

Examinations  of  pupils,  etc.,  by 
physician. 

Reference    of    illness    to    parents. 

Notice  of  disease  to  parents  by 
school   physician. 

Test  of  sight,  hearing,  etc. 

Directions  for  tests;  blanks,  rec- 
ords,   etc. 

Exemption   from   examination. 

Appropriation  by  district  author- 
ized. 


Part  IX. 
1.      Takes   effect   on    passage. 


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Be  it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Part  I. 

STATE  ORGANIZATION. 

(a)   State  Board  of  Education. 

Section  1.  A  lioard  to  be  designated  as  the  state  board  ofBo^d^^of  fivo 
education,  consisting  of  five  members,  in  addition  to  the  governor  qualifications; 
as  member  ex  officio,  is  hereby  created.  The  members,  not  more 
than  three  of  whom  shall  belong  to  the  same  political  party,  shall 
not  be  technical  educators  nor  professionally  engaged  in  school 
work,  but  public  spirited  and  interested  citizens  willing  to  serve 
the  state  without  pay  and  to  give  the  time  necessary  for  an  under- 
standing of  the  educational  needs  of  the  state,  and  of  the  best  way 
to  supply  them. 

Sect.  2.     The  governor  and  council  shall  annually  on  or  before  How  appointed; 
the  thirty-first  day  of  January  appoint  one  member  of  said  board  chairman!  °^'   . 
whose  term  of  office  shall  be  five  years,  and  at  the  same  time  the 
governor  shall  name  one  member  of  the  board  as  its  chairman,  who 
shall  serve  for  one  year  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed. 

Sect.  3.     The  governor  and  council  may,  after  notice  and  hear-  Removal  of 
ing,  remove  a  member  of  said  board  for  incompetency,  failure  to^m^e.^^    ^'^^ 
discharge  his  duties,   malfeasance,   immorality  or  other  cause  in- 
imical to  the  welfare  of  the  public  schools,  and  in  case  of  such 
removal  or  of  a  vacancy  arising  from  any  other  cause  they  shall 
appoint  a  competent  person  to  fill  the  unexpired  term. 

Sect.  4.  The  office  of  said  board  shall  be  in  the  state  house  office  of  board; 
or  as  otherwise  provided  by  the  state.  Said  board  shall  ^^^  ^^^^' 
annually  hold  at  least  six  regular  meetings,  and  shall  hold 
such  special  meetings  as  required  for  the  performance  of  its 
duties.  The  time  and  places  for  regular  meetings  shall  be  fixed 
by  the  board,  and  the  chairman  shall  call  a  special  meeting  upon 
the  written  request  of  any  two  members,  or  may  call  such  meeting 
on  his  own  motion. 

Sect.  5.     (1)    The  state  board  shall  have  the  same  powers  of  d)  Powers  of 
management,    supervision   and    direction   over   all   public   schools  maife  regulations 
in    this    state    as    the    directors    of    the    ordinary    business    cor-  tilfn  ^of^pubHc 
poration    have    over    the    business    of    the    corporation,    except  ^*'^°°'^* 
as    its    powers    and    duties    may    be    limited    by    law.      It    may 
make  all  rules  and  regulations  necessary  for  the  management  of 
its  own  business  and  for  the   conduct  of  its  officers,   employees 
and  agents,  and  further  may  make  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
may  seem  desirable  to  secure  the  efficient  administration  of  the 
public  schools  and  the  administration  of  the  work  of  Americaniza- 
tion in  teaching  English  to  non-English-speaking  adults  and  in 


114  Chapter  85.  [1921 

furnishing  instruction  in  the  privileges,  duties  and  responsibilities 
of  citizenship,  which  is  hereby  declared  to  be  an  essential  part  of 
public  school  education;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  school  boards 
and  employees  of  school  districts  to  comply  with  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  state  board. 

(2)  To  make  (2)  The  statc  board  may  also  make  the  regulations  necessary  to 
refaVive°"o  enable  the  state  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  any  law  of  the 
fng**'with°™d'e^rai  United  Statcs  intended  to  promote  vocational  or  other  education, 
trra^ure'/'des-  ^^  abolisli  illiteracy  and  Americanize  immigrants,  to  equalize  edu- 
ignated  cus-         catioual  opportuuitics,  to  promote  physical  health  and  recreation, 

todian    of    money  i  -,  ip'-t  rm 

aiioted  by  federal  and  to  provide  au  adequate  supply  oi  trained  teachers.  Ihe  state 
treasurer  is  hereby  designated  as  custodian  of  any  money  that  may 
be  allotted  to  the  state  by  the  federal  government  for  general 
educational  purposes,  and  the  state  board  is  authorized  to  co-oper- 
ate with  the  United  States  in  educational  work. 

(3)  state  board  (3)  The  statc  board  shall  prescribe  the  qualifications  and  duties 
qualifications  of  the  deputy  Commissioners,  of  all  superintendents  and  assistant 
deputy^'com-  °^  Superintendents  and  teachers  employed  in  the  public  schools,  the 
Tnperhuendentl  subjccts  required  to  be  taught  (which,  for  all  mixed  schools  and  all 
lui)'ens*re\iired^^'^'-^^^  scliools  above  the  primary,  shall  include  physiology  and  hy- 
to  be  taught;       gieue  having  special  reference  to  the  effects  of  alcoholic  stimulants 

educational  °  .^      ^  ^       ,  „  -, . 

standards  for  and  uarcotics  upou  the  human  system,  as  well  as  reading  courses  on 

quailficati^ons  the  humaue  treatment  of  live  animals  and  on  the  constitutions 

empioy«'sT  "fix  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  which 

termr^of^°em-  ^hall  bc  read  aloud  at  least  once  a  year  in  the  last  grade  below  the 

pioyment  of  high    scliool),    and   the   minimum   educational   standards   for   all 

deputy    commis-  '^  '  ' 

sioners,  etc.  grades  of  the  public  schools ;  also  prescribe  the  qualifications  and 

duties  of  its  employees,  and  fix  the  salaries  and  terms  of  employ- 
ment of  the  deputy  commissioners  and  of  its  other  employees. 

Commissioner   of       Sect.  6.     The  State  board  sliall  ciuploy  a  skilled  cxecutivc  officer 

education    to   be  i       ^ 

chosen  by  board ;  wlio  sliall  liavc  had  training  and  experience  in  educational  work. 

qualifications;  tt        i      n    i  i  i   •     c  •  i^n 

term  of  office       He  shall  DC  the  chiei  executive  omcer  and  secretary  oi  the  board, 
saiaryTo°bV  fixed  and  sliall  be  Called  the  commissioner  of  education.     He  shall  be 
s"r'ibe*d"*by  botrd.  ^ppoiiited  for  au  indefinite  term  and  shall  be  subject  to  removal 
upon  the  majority  vote  of  the  entire  board.     He  need  not  be  a 
resident   of  this  state   when   appointed.     The  board  shall  fix  his 
salary  and  may  prescribe  his  duties  except  as  the  same  are  pre- 
scribed by  law. 
Deputy  com-  Sect.  7.     The  statc  board,  upon  nomination  of  the  commissioner, 

missioners;    how       i,,  .  „  -,  ..  p       -i  •  /^in 

appointed;  Shall  appoint  lour  deputy  commissioners  ot  education.     One  shall 

qua  1  ca  ions.  posscss  the  qualifications  necessary  to  enable  him  or  her  to  assist 
school  boards  and  superintendents  in  the  introduction  and  devel- 
opment of  courses  in  agriculture,  domestic  and  mechanic  arts  and 
other  vocational  branches,  and  one  shall  possess  the  qualifications 
necessary  to  enable  him  or  her  to  assist  school  boards  and  superin- 
tendents in  abolishing  illiteracy  and  in  the  promotion  of  Ameri- 
canization of  immigrants. 


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Sect.  8.     The  state  board,  through  the  couimissiouer  of  educa-  ^^^^f  "^  ^*'*'*' 
tion  acting  as  the  executive  officer  of  the  board,  shall, 

(1)  Combine  the  several  school  districts  in  the  state  into  super-  (i)    To  form 

supervisory 
unions     of     school 

ing  such  unions  it  shall  continue  the  unions  formed  under  the  pro-  '^'^''■'cfs. 
visions  of  Laws  of  1899,  chapter  77,  M'hen  that  is  the  reasonable 
thing  to  do,  and  shall  dissolve  supervisory  unions  and  form  new 
unions  when  it  finds  that  such  action  will  promote  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  schools. 

(2)  Supervise    the    expenditure    of    all    moneys    appropriated  (^|)^^^s^upervise^ 
under  this  act  or  otherwise,  and  inspect  all  institutions  in  which  moneys   appro- 

T  T   ■    T  ,  1  priated     under 

or  by  which  such  moneys  are  used.  this   act,   etc. 

(3)  Prepare  a  budget  for  such  expenditures,  give  to  the  publico)  Prepare 
information  as  to  the  educational  conditions  in  ditiferent  parts  of  publish  in- 
the  state  and  the  opportunities  open  to  pupils  in  the  public  schools  e'^™^[i;;'"ai'''  ''^ 

Uld 

opportunities ; 

ters  as  it  thinks  will  promote  the  cause  of  education.     For  this  e'^pioy   lecturers. 
purpose  it  may  employ  lecturers  and  publish  and  distribute  books 
and  pamphlets  on  education  and  educational  subjects. 

(4)  Establish  standard  elementary  schools  in  unorganized  parts  (4)   Establish, 
of  the  state,  or  furnish  tuition  and  board  or  tuition  and  trans-  mentiry*^  schools 
portation  at  the  expense  of  the  state  at  some  suitable  school  for  j"^^(^°°7^g°^^j^^ 
all  children  residing  in  such  places,  and  shall  pay  the  tuition  of  [^'^^h  ^^^ 
any  child  who  resides  in  such  place  and  attends  an  approved  high 

school. 

(5)  Certify  to  the  state  treasurer,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  Sep-  (5)  Certify  to 

\  n  ■  1  1  1  n  -1  11     T     •  1      ^^'^^^    treasurer 

tember  first  m  each  year,  the  number  or  pupils  enrolled  m  the  number  of 
public  schools  for  the  year  ending  June  30,   certification  to  be''"^"* 
made  according  to  the  respective  school  districts  in  which  they 

reside.  ,6)     Prescribe 

(6)  Prescribe  the  form  of  the  register  to  be  kept  in  the  schools,  ^g"j:J^^^^™|!^'\^jg^ 
the  form  of  blanks  and  inquiries  for  the  returns  to  be  made  by  the^oi'  schools  and 
school  boards  and  shall  seasonably  send  the  same  to  the  clerks  of  returns  by 
the  several  cities  and  towns  for  the  use  of  the  school  boards  therein. 

(7)  Keep  on  file  in  its  office  and  distribute  all  state  documents  distribute  state 
in  relation  to  public  schools  and  education.  rda'ti^n"  to  '" 

(8)  Preserve  in  accessible   form  the  returns  of  school  boards  and^'eduoluon. 
and  of  all  other  officers  required  to  make  returns  to  the  board.  (8)  File  returns 

(9)  Investigate   the   condition   and   efficiency   of   public   educa- board^^^'etc. 
tion  with  special  reference  to  the  instruction  given  in  physiology  o)    investigate 
and  hygiene  in  relation  to  the  effect  of  alcohol  and  narcotics  on  effTctenc.v  o'f"*^ 

public 
education. 

these  subjects  as  it  thinks  will  stimulate  and  guide  public  senti- 
ment, and  shall  give  a  detailed  account  of  its  doings  in  relation 
thereto  in  its  biennial  report. 

(10)  Hold  public  examinations  for  candidates  for  teachers  in  do). Hold 

,  .  .  examinations 

the  public  schools  and  issue  certificates  to  those  who  pass  the  re-  f"r   candidates 

T  ...  for     teachers; 

quired  examinations.  issue  certificates. 


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(11)    Administer 
school    moneyj 


(12)    Co-operate 
with    federal 
hoard   for  voca- 
tional  education. 


(11)  Administer  the  school  money  through  the  local  school 
boards  in  all  school  districts  in  which  any  part  of  the  money  used 
to  maintain  standard  elementary  schools  is  provided  by  the  state. 

(12)  Co-operate  with  the  Federal  Board  for  Vocational  Educa- 
tion for  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  Act  of  Congress  of  February 
23,  1917  known  as  the  Smith-Hughes  Act  into  effect,  in  so  far  as 
that  act  relates  to  this  state. 

(13)  Recommend  a  special  appropriation  at  each  session  of  the 


(13)  Recommend 

for  aid  to  de-      legislature  sufficient  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  law  in  respect 
pen  en     mo  leis.^^  furnishing  aid  to  dependent  mothers. 

(14)  Lecture     on 
educational 

subjects.  towns  ill  tliis  state  as  the  time  occupied  by  the  commissioner's 


(14)   Lecture    on    educational   subjects    in    as   many   cities   and 


(15)    Report   as 
to    truant 
officers. 


(16)     Employ 
directors    for 
state    normal 
schools. 


(17)  Examine 
contracts    of 
districts    with 
academies,    etc. 

(18)  Enforce 
truant    laws 
and  laws   as   to 
employment 

of    minors. 

(19)  Compile 
and    issue 
edition    of 
school    laws    with 
biennial 

amendments. 

(20)  Make  bi- 
ennial   report    to 
legislature 
showing     con- 
ditions   of 
educational 
work ;    expendi- 
ture of   all 
moneys,     ets.; 
recommend 
changes    in    law. 


(21)  Furnish 
this  report   to  al 
school    boards. 

(22)  Employ 
.superintendent's, 
etc.,    upon 
nomination    of 
school     boards; 
removal    of 
superintendents, 
etc. 


(23)     Fix    salari 
of    superin- 
tendents   and 


other  duties  will  permit. 

(15)  Report  frequently  to  the"  chairman  of  the  several  school 
boards  the  relative  efficiency  of  the  several  truant  officers  in  the 
state. 

(16)  Employ  directors  for  the  state  normal  schools,  who  shall 
be  allowed,  with  its  advice  and  consent,  to  select  the  assistants,  and 
provide  for  the  discipline  of  the  schools. 

(17)  Examine  contracts  made  by  districts  with  academies,  high 
schools  and  other  literary  institutions  for  the  purpose  of  deciding 
whether  they  are  calculated  to  promote  the  cause  of  education. 

(18)  Enforce  the  laws  relative  to  school  attendance  and  the 
employment  of  minors ;  and  for  this  purpose  the  board  and  its 
deputies  are  vested  with  the  power  given  by  law  to  truant  officers. 

(19)  Compile  and  issue  at  the  close  of  each  biennial  session  of 
the  legislature  at  the  expense  of  the  state  an  edition  of  the  school 
laws  with  the  session  amendments,  not  exceeding  two  thousand 
copies. 

(20)  Make  a  report  to  the  legislature  and  file  it  with  the  sec- 
retary of  state  on  or  before  December  1,  1920,  and  every  second 
year  thereafter,  showing  in  detail  the  conditions  and  progress  of 
all  educational  work,  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  given  or 
appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  the  public  schools  during  the  pre- 
ceding two  years,  and  recommend  such  changes  in  existing  laws 
as  it  thinks  will  promote  the  cause  of  education. 

(21)  Furnish  the  chairman  of  every  school  board  in  the  state 
with  a  copy  of  its  biennial  report. 

(22)  Upon  consultation  with  the  local  school  boards  in  each  of 
said  supervisory  unions  and  upon  the  nomination  by  said  school 
boards  of  a  suitable  and  competent  person,  employ  such  person  as 
superintendent.  It  may  employ  by  the  same  method  one  or  more 
assistant  superintendents  when  that  is  reasonably  necessary,  and 
may  remove  a  superintendent  or  assistant  superintendent  when 
the  interests  of  the  schools  require  it. 

(23)  Fix  the  salary  or  salaries  of  the  superintendent  and  assist- 
ant  superintendents   for   the   supervisory   unions,   but   any   union 


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may  add  such   sura   as   it  sees  fit  to   the   salary   of   the   superin- ^^^^^tants^^for 
tendent  or  assistant  superintendent   as  fixed  by  the  state  board,  u^nions:^^u"nions 
and  in  that  event  the  treasurer  of  the  union  shall  pay  one-half  of  their  salaries. 

.          .  one-half    of 

such  excess  salary  or  salaries  mto  the  state  treasury,  the  propor- excess  to  be  paid 
tion  for  each  district  to  be  as  determined  by  the  supervisory  board  sfate ''treasury.- 
for  each  union.    Upon  the  sworn  statement  of  the  commissioner  of  ^^onHUy.  "^^^'^^^^ 
education  the  salaries  of  all  superintendents  and  assistant  super- 
intendents as  thus  fixed  and  determined  shall  be  paid  by  the  state 
treasurer  monthly  upon  the  warrant  of  the  governor  and  council. 

(24)  Employ    as    many    supervisors,    inspectors,    stenographers,  ^^24^)^  J^^p'o^^^ 
accountants,  clerks  and  agents  as  may  be  necessary  to  enable  it  to  force  of 

'  .  supervisors, 

perform  the  duties  imposed  on  it  by  law.  clerks,   etc. 

(25)  Hold  conferences  from  time  to  time  with  superintendents  (25)   Hold 
and  teachers,  or  their  representatives,  for  the  purpose  of  inspir- super[,,t"*;f|entl'* 
ing  mutual  co-operation  in  the  carrying  on  of  their  work  and  of '"'"'^   teachers. 
unifying  educational  aims  and  practices. 

(26)  Prepare,  publish  and  distribute  such  school  programs,  o^^t-^26)^Pi^epare 
lines  of  work  and  courses  of  study  as  will  best  promote  the  educa-  outlines   of   work 
tional  interests  of  the  state. 

(27)  Have  authority  to  employ  a  competent  person  or  persons  (27)   Employ 
to  examine  and  care  for  the  health  of  pupils,  but  this  section  shall  persons  to  care 
not  in  any  way  contravene  Part  VIII  of  this  act  relative  to  the  o^  pifpiis. 
right  of  any  parent  or  guardian  to  protest  in  writing  against  the 
examination  of  his  or  her  child  or  ward  for  or  on  account  of  any 
non-contagious  disease  or  defect. 

Sect.  9.     Any  person  aggrieved  by  an  order  or  finding  of  the,fPJ'j.'Jf'f*°,^^*^*® 
commissioner    of   education   may   appeal   therefrom   to   the   state  fi?^*"^  °r  ?^^^^ 

■^         -t^^         _  of     commissioner. 

board  which  shall  investigate  the  matter  in  any  way  it  sees  fit  and 
its  order  shall  be  final. 

Sect.  10.     The  expenses  of  the  members  of  the  state  board  in-  ^emi^er's''  o°/  state 
eurred  in  performing  their  duties  shall  be  audited  by  the  governor ^o^^^J^p^^",^^*?^ 
and  council  and  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  out  of  the  money  ap- governor" 

,„,„,.  •'        i     and   council. 

propriated  for  the  purposes  of  this  act. 

Sect.  11.     All  monev  appropriated  by  the  legislature  for  gen- -"^ii  money  ap- 

.  .  ,  , .    .  ^         propriated    for 

eral  educational  purposes,  m  addition  to  the  literary  fund  and  all  general   educa- 
other  funds  created  for  the  purposes  enumerated  in  this  section  etc.,   shaii  be  ' 
shall  be  used  for  the  following  purposes :  pifrtosel  delig-" 

(1)*  For  the  abolition  of  illiteracy  and  for  the  instruction  of"^*^'^  ''"■'•"• 
illiterates  over  sixteen  years  of  age  in  common   school   branches 
and  in  the  privileges,  duties  and  responsibilities  of  citizenship. 

(2)t  For  the  Americanization  of  immigrants,  for  the  teaching 
of  those  sixteen  years  of  age  and  over  to  speak  and  read  English 
and  to  appreciate  and  respect  the  civic  and  social  institutions  of 
the  United  States,  and  for  instruction  in  the  duties  of  citizenship. 

(3)   For  equalizing  educational  opportunity  and  improving  the 

*See  infra,  chapter  125,  section  9. 
tSee  infra,  chapter  125,  section   10. 


118  Chapter   85.  [1921 

public  schools  below  college  grade,  with  the  definite  aim  of  ex- 
tending school  terms,  stimulating  local  interest  and  improving, 
through  better  instruction,  gradation  and  supervision,  all  rural 
schools  and  schools  in  sparsely  settled  localities. 

(4)  For  promotion  of  the  physical  health  and  recreation  of 
pupils,  and  for  their  medical  and  dental  examination. 

(5)  For  the  determination  of  mental  and  physical  defects,  for 
the  employment  of  school  nurses  and  the  instruction  of  pupils  in 
the  principles  of  health  and  sanitation. 

(6)  For  preparing  teachers  for  the  schools,  particularly  for 
rural  schools,  for  encouraging  a  more  nearly  universal  preparation 
of  prospective  teachers,  and  for  extending  the  facilities  for  the 
improvement  of  teachers  already  in  the  service. 

(7)  For  the  expense  of  administration  of  the  department  of 
education. 

(8)  For  making  available  the  funds  provided  by  federal  law  for 
vocational  or  other  education. 

(9)  For  the  payment  of  tuition  in  high  schools  as  provided  in 
Part  IV  (a),  sections  26  and  27,  of  this  act. 

(10)  For  the  aid  of  dependent  mothers  as  provided  in  Part  I 
(f )  of  this  act. 

(b)  The  Normal  Schools. 

Plymouth   and  Sect.  12.     The  Plymouth  and  Keene  normal  schools  as  hereto- 

scho'ols  "shaif  be  forc  established  and  located  are  continued  and  shall  be  adminis- 
s^tt™e"board!^  ^^    tcred  by  the  state  board  of  education. 

state  board  Sect.  13.     The  statc  board  of  education  is  authorized  to  receive 

rece-°ye^%itl^,  gifts  for  the  benefit  of  said  schools,  and  to  purchase  or  acquire 
or  pi^opM-'ty^  to''"'^  such  land  or  other  property  as  may  be  reasonably  necessary  to 
purpose*"    '^''"°''^ effectuate  the  donor's  purpose,  title  to  be  taken  in  the  name  of  the 

State  of  New  Hampshire. 

state  board  Sect.  14.     The  board  is  hereby  authorized  to  contract  with  any 

MiitMcT'with  city  city  or  town  in  this  state  for  the  maintenance  of  practice  schools 

maintlnan?e  of     therein  iu  conuectiou  with  said  normal  schools  and  may  provide 

practice  schools,    j^^,  ^|-^g  payment  of  the  such  portion  of  the  compensation  of  the 

supervising  teachers  employed  in  said  practice  schools  as  it  may 

deem  just  and  equitable ;    and  any  city  or  town  is  authorized  to 

make  such  contracts  and  to  make  gifts  to  the  state  for  the  support 

of  a  normal  school. 

Directors  of  Sect.  15.     The  directors  of  the  normal  schools  shall  with  the 

shaiT "I'ith^^""'''      advice,  consent  and  approval  of  the  state  board  of  education  select 

borrd"'seiect  ^^"^^  their  assistants,  provide  the  necessary  rules  for  the  discipline  of 

assistants,  pro-     ^^g  schools,  arrange  the  courses  of  study  and  prescribe  and  hold 

the  examinations  for  admission  to  and  graduation  from  the  schools. 

Instruction  in  Sect.  16.     The  instructiou  in  the  normal  schools  shall  be  con- 

norm  ai  1 

be   such 


1921]  Chapter  85.  :119 

in  the  public  schools  and  to  such  other  branches  as  are  usually  p/^PfTf^  f;'^^ 
taught  in  normal  schools,  including  instruction  and  practice  in  public   schools. 
the  best  methods  of  testing  the  sight  and  hearing  of  children. 

Sect.  17.     The  board  shall  give  diplomas  to  those  who  have  com- pipiomas  may 

o  i  .be   given    bv 

pleted  any  of  the  prescribed  courses  and  passed  the  requn-ed  ex-  state   board. 
aminations. 

Sect.  18.     The  tuition  shall  be  free  to  all  pupils  who  will  agree  Tuition. 
to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state  for  a  period  equal  to  the 
length  of  the  courses  completed,   and  the  board  shall  make  the 
provisions  necessary  to  effect  the  purposes  of  this  section. 

Sect.  19.     The   directors   and   teachers   of   the   normal   schools  Directors  and 

.  ,  ,    .  .  ,  teachers   of 

shall  assist  and  give  instruction  at  teachers    institutes,  when  so  re-  normal  schools 
quired    by    the    board,    without    extra    compeiTsation    except    the  teac^hers' 
amount  of  their  necessary  expenses  when  so  employed. 

Sect.  20.     The  board  in  its  biennial  report  shall  state  the  con-  Board  shaii  state 

,1  •      •  1  1  •  J  condition,     etc., 

dition  of  the  schools,  the  terms  of  admission  and  graduation  and  of  schools  in  its 
the  dates  of  the  commencement  and  close  of  the  sessions  of  the 
schools  and  cause  the  same  to  be  printed  on  the  cover  of  the  school 
register. 

(c)  Examination  of  Candidates  for  Teachers. 


ace 


Sect.  21.     Public  examinations  of  candidates  for  the  position  Time^and^pi 
of  teacher  in  the  public  schools  shall  be  held  in  such  convenient  and  notice  of 

T  ^        ■  1  T  1       I?      J  «ame    to   be   given 

places  m  the  state  and  at  such  times  as  the  state  board  ot  educa-by  state  board. 
tion  may  designate.  Such  examinations  shall  test  the  professional 
as  well  as  the  scholastic  abilities  of  candidates,  and  shall  be  con- 
ducted by  such  persons  and  in  such  manner  as  the  state  board  of 
education  may  from  time  to  time  designate.  Due  notice  of  the 
time,  place,  and  other  conditions  of  the  examinations  shall  be  given 
in  such  pu])lic  manner  as  the  state  board  of  education  may  deter- 
mine. 

Sect.  22.     A  certificate  of  qualifications     shall  be  given  to  all  Certificates  to  be 

,.,  ,  .    o  ...  ,,  ,  given    those 

candidates  who  pass  satisfactory  examinations  m  such  branches  as  passing  satis- 
are  required  by  law  to  be  taught,  and  who  in  other  respects  fulfill  aminaUons. 
the  requirements  of  the  state  board  of  education ;  such  certificate 
shall  be  either  probationary,  or  permanent,  and  shall  indicate  the 
grade  of  school  for  w^hich  the  person  named  in  the  certificate  is 
qualified  to  teach. 

Sect.  23.     The    state    board    of   education   may    issue,   without  And  may  be 
the  requirement  of  examination  provided  herein,  a  certificate  of  who   have   served 
qualifications  to  any  person  who  has  served  as  a  teacher  in  the  puwlc'' schools 
public  schools  of  the  state  for  a  term  of  three  school  years  when,  *'''■''*'  '^'^^''^^ 
in  its  judgment,  the  educational  interests  of  the  state  M^ill  be  served 
by  such  action. 

Sect.  24.     A  list  of  approved  candidates  shall  be  kept  in  the^ist  of  approved 

/v?  p     1  1  1       />       1  •  -I  •  f  candidates   shall 

ofnce  ot  the  state  board  of  education  and  copies  of  the  same    with^^e  sent  on  re- 


120 


Chapter  85. 


[1921 


quest    to 
school    boards. 

A   sum   not 
exceeding    $300 
may    be    annually 
expended    from 
institute    fund    to 
carry    out    these 
provisions. 

Registration    of 
applicants    for 
position    of 
public    school 
teacher. 


State    board    to 
recommend    such 
registered    ap- 
plicants  as  may 
appear    qualified. 


Fees   received 
from    applicants 
to  be  used  to 
defray    expenses. 


Superintendent 
not    to    accept 
revcard   for 
sbtaining    positi 
for    another 
as    teacher. 


Penalty. 


such  information  as  may  be  desired,  shall  be  sent  to  school  boards 
upon  their  request. 

Sect.  25.  A  sum  not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars  may  be 
annually  expended  from  the  income  of  the  institute  fund  for  the 
necessary  and  contingent  expenses  of  carrying  out  these  provisions. 

Sect.  26.  Any  person  may  tile  in  the  ofiice  of  the  state  board 
of  education  an  application  for  the  position  of  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  state,  and,  when  accompanied  by  a  fee  of  two  dollars 
together  with  such  evidence  of  character,  qualifications,  education, 
and  experience  as  the  state  board  of  education  shall  require,  the 
said  application  shall  be  registered  and  the  said  person  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  benetits  of  the  following  sections,  provided,  however, 
that  such  persons  shall  furnish  the  state  board  of  education  from 
time  to  time  such  material  information  as  it  shall  require,  and 
failure  to  do  so  for  the  period  of  one  year  shall  operate  as  a  can- 
cellation of  registration. 

Sect.  27.  Any  properly  authorized  officer  or  board  in  the  state 
may  apply  to  the  state  board  of  education  for  information  con- 
cerning teachers  so  registered,  and  upon  request  of  such  officer  or 
board,  the  state  board  of  education  shall  recommend  teachers  for 
employment  as  they  shall  appear  to  be  fit  and  qualified. 

Sect.  28.  The  costs  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the  two 
preceding  sections  shall  be  paid  from  the  fees  collected  from  appli- 
cants and  any  balance  remaining  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  shall 
be  held  to  defray  expenses  incurred  in  subsequent  years.  The  com- 
missioner of  education  shall  report  annually  to  the  governor  the 
receipts  and  expenditures  under  these  provisions  and  shall  be 
held  accountable  therefor. 

Sect.  29.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  superintendent  or  as- 
sistant superintendent  of  schools  in  any  city  or  town  to  accept  any 
commission  fee,  compensation  or  reward  of  any  kind  for  obtaining 
a  position  as  teacher  in  the  public  schools  for  any  person. 

Sect.  30.  Any  violation  of  the  preceding  section  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hun- 
dred dollars. 


(d)  Teachers'  Institutes. 


When    and    where 
to    be    held. 


Institute    fund. 


Sect.  31.  The  state  board  of  education  or  such  person  as  it 
may  appoint  shall  hold  at  least  one  teachers'  institute  each  year 
in  each  county  in  the  state,  aud  shall  appoint  a  time  and  make 
suitable  arrangements  therefor. 

Sect.  32.  The  state  treasurer  is  authorized  and  instructed  to 
invest  as  a  permanent  institute  fund  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the 
state  lands  effected  under  the  authority  of  a  joint  resolution 
approved  June  28,  1867  ;  and  the  annual  income  thereof  is  set  apart 
for  the  support  of  teachers'  institutes. 


1921]  Chapter  85.  121 

Sect.  33.     The  state  board  of  education  may  draw  upon  the  state^bo^^d^ may 
state  treasurer  each  year  for  such  part  of  said  income  as  may  be  of ^^  institutes 
required  to  defray  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  institutes  and  for 
procuring  suitable  instruction  and  lectures  for  the  same. 

Sect.  34.     The  account  of  the  expenses  of  the  institutes  shall  f;^^^^^^^^  ^^ 
be  audited  each  year  by  the  governor  and  council  and  shall  be  institutes, 
incorporated  in  the  board's  biennial  report  together  with  its  report 
of  the  institutes. 

(e)  Vocational  Education. 

Sect.  35.     The  state  of  New  Hampshire  hereby  accepts  the  pro-  ^^^^^pff  ^fg^^.^^'fl^^ 
visions  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  February  23,  1917,  entitled  act  for  promotion 

°  ^  .  „  j.-iii-  o^     vocational 

' '  An  Act  providing  for  the  promotion  or  vocational  education ;  education. 
to  provide  for  the  co-operation  of  the  state  in  the  promotion  of 
such  education  in  agriculture  and  the  trades  and  industries;  to' 
provide  for  co-operation  with  the  states  in  the  preparation  of 
teachers  of  vocational  subjects ;  and  to  appropriate  money  and  reg- 
ulate its  expenditure."  The  good  faith  of  the  state  is  hereby 
pledged  to  make  available  for  the  several  purposes  of  said  act 
funds  sufficient  at  least  to  equal  the  sums  allotted  from  time  to 
time  to  this  state  from  the  appropriations  made  by  said  act  and 
to  meet  all  conditions  necessary  to  entitle  the  state  to  the  benetits 
thereof. 

Sect.  36.     The  state  board  of  education  is  authorized  to  arrange  state  board 
with  institutions  and  with  school  boards  of  towns  or  city  districts  trrange*"  for° 
in  the  state  to   furnish  the  necessary  buildings,  equipment   and  pr"^Ss°''oV'^ 
additional  funds  required  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the*^''*^  ''°'- 
federal  act,  so  far  as  that  act  applies  to  this  state,  and  school  dis- 
tricts are  hereby  authorized  to  enter  into  such  contracts  with  the 
state  board  of  education. 

(f)  Aid  for  Dependent  Mothers. 

limited. 

exceed  ten  dollars  a  month  if  she  has  but  one  child  under  the  age 
of  sixteen,  and  not  more  than  five  dollars  a  month  for  each  of  her 
other  children  under  sixteen  years  of  age. 

Sect.  38.     An  applicant  for  aid  shall  file  a  petition  under  oatli  J^^'^i^nor''  aiiow-'' 
with  the  school  board  of  the  district  in  which  she  resides  asking  for  ance,  who  shaii 

"  make    recom- 

an  allowance  and  setting  forth  in  detail  the  facts  on  which  she  mendation  and 
relies  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  school  board  to  investigate  st°ate  board, 
the  case  immediately  and  make  a  recommendation  of  the  amount 
of  support  she  should  receive  and  forward  the  same  with  a  copy  of 
her  petition  to  the  state  board  of  education. 

Sect.  39.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  board  of  education  investigate  and 
within  fourteen   days  from  the  time  when  it  receives  the  appli- 


may   make 


applicant. 


122  Chapter  85.  [1921 

cation  to  investigate  the  case  if  the  facts  stated  in  the  application 
or  the  recommendations  of  the  school  board  warrant  any  action 
being  taken,  and  if  on  investigation  it  finds  that  she  is  entitled  to 
relief  to  make  her  such  allowance  as  is  just.  The  state  board 
may  at  any  time  thereafter  increase  or  diminish  the  allowance  but 
no  change  in  amount  shall  be  made  except  as  the  result  of  an 
official  examination  made  by  the  board  within  thirty  days  of  the 
change  or  on  the  recommendation  of  the  school  board  of  the  district 
in  which  she  resides. 

aroSt'*'"'  °^  ^^^'^-  40.  No  aid  shall  be  given  to  a  mother  unless  (1)  the 
child  or  children  are  living  with  her ;  (2)  she  will  be  able  to  remain 
at  home  with  her  children  if  the  allowance  is  made  and  without  it 
will  be  compelled  to  work  regularly  away  from  home;  (3)  the 
mother,  in  the  judgment  of  the  school  board  or  of  the  state  board 
of  education,  is  a  proper  person,  morally,  physically,  and  men- 
•tally  to  bring  up  her  children;  and  (4)  has  been  a  resident  of  this 
state  for  at  least  two  years  before  she  applies  for  aid. 

When  allowance  Sect.  41.  When  any  child  reaches  the  age  of  sixteen  years  the 
allowance  for  the  benefit  of  the  child  shall  cease. 

Mtions'Tf''^'  Sect.  42.     No  woman  who  is  not  of  good  repute  or  who  is  not 

dependent  on  her  own  efforts  for  the  support  of  herself  and  family 
or  who  is  not  making  an  earnest  effort  to  support  herself  shall  be 
entitled  to  assistance. 

Expenses  of  Sect.  43.     The  cxpcnses  incurred  by  a  school  board  in  admin- 

school  board  .  .  ^        -,  ■  ^       •  t  "-i 

in  administering   istcriug  tlic  law  lu  relation  to  dependent  mothers  shall  be  paid 

mothers'  aid  law.    i        j^n         t    .     •    ^^    .  i   •    ,     ^n 

by  the  district  m  which  the  case  arises. 
Part  II. 

SCHOOL  BOARDS,  TEACHERS,  AND  TRUANT  OFFICERS. 

(a)   School  Boards. 

(1)  District  Section  1.  (1)  The  school  board  of  every  district  shall  provide 
to  provide  eie-      Standard  elementary  schools  for  at  least  thirty-six  weeks  in  each 

year  at  such  places  in  the  district  as  will  best  serve  the  interests 
of  education  and  give  to  all  the  pupils  within  the  district  as  nearly 
equal  advantages  as  are  practicable. 

(2)  state  board  (2)*  If  tile  school  board  of  any  district  shall  decide  that  by 
for^main^ahifng*^  reasou  of  spccial  coiiditioiis  or  circumstances,  the  maintenance  of 
mentiry'^  schools  Standard  elementary  schools  for  thirty-six  weeks  in  said  district 
district s^'^*^"'^  seems  unreasonable,  or  that  less  than  a  minimum  tax  will  raise 
obligations.  Sufficient  money  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  said 

school  board  may  so  represent  in  writing  to  the  state  board.  If, 
upon  hearing  and  full  consideration  of  such  representations,  the 

*See  infra,  chapter  125,  section  5. 


mentary  schools 
for    thirty-six 
■weeks. 


1921]  Chapter   85.  123 

state  board  shall  be  of  the  opmion  that  maintenance  of  standard 
elementary  schools  in  such  district  for  thirty-six  weeks  is  unreason- 
able, or  that  less  than  a  minimum  tax  will  raise  sufficient  money 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  it  may  reduce  the  time 
of  maintaining  such  standard  elementary  schools  in  said  district 
below  thirty-six  weeks,  or  may  fix  the  tax  rate  for  raising  school 
money  for  any  current  year  in  such  district  below  the  mininuim 
required  by  this  act: 

If  any  other  provisions  in  the  laws  which  relate  to  education 
shall  be  found  by  the  state  board  to  impose  upon  any  district 
obligations  which  by  reason  of  unusual  circumstances  or  of  excep- 
tional conditions  in  the  organization  of  that  district  result  in  an 
unnecessary  expenditure  of  school  money,  or  in  a  procedure  which 
is  inimical  to  the  best  interests  of  education  in  that  district,  the 
state  board,  upon  like  representations,  hearing  and  consideration, 
shall  have  power  to  suspend  or  modify  such  obligations  so  far  and 
for  such  time  as  in  its  judgment  such  suspension  or  modifieation 
may  be  reasonable. 

All  such  decisions  of  the  state  board  shall  be  made  in  writing, 
recorded  by  it  and  a  copy  sent  for  record  to  the  clerk  of  the  dis- 
trict affected  thereby. 

(3)*  The  district  shall  furnish  transportation  to  all  pupils  (.3)  Traiisporta- 
below  the  ninth  grade  who  live  more  than  two  miles  from  the  school  of  pupils. 
to  which  they  are  assigned,  or  it  may  with  the  consent  of  the 
pupils'  parents  provide  board  for  them  in  some  suitable  home  near 
the  school.  Pupils  who  are  to  be  transported  may  be  required  to 
walk  any  reasonable  part,  not  exceeding  one  mile,  of  the  distance 
from  their  homes  to  the  school.  The  school  board  may  furnish  trans- 
portation to  pupils  in  grades  above  the  eighth  or  to  any  pupils 
residing  less  than  two  miles  from  the  school  to  which  they  are 
assigned  when  it  finds  that  this  is  desirable,  and  shall  furnish  it 
when  so  directed  by  the  commissioner  of  education. 

Sect.  2.     The  school  board  shall  see  that  the  studies  prescribed  Duties  of  school 
by  the  state  board  of  education  are  thoroughly  taught,  especially  prescribed  studies 
physiology,  and  hygiene  in  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  effect  of^'*^  taught. 
alcohol  and  narcotics  on  the  human  system ;  that  the  prescribed 
textbooks  are  used,  and  that  the  constitutions  of  this  state  and  of 
the  United  States  are  read  aloud  at  least  once  in  each  year  of 
the  last  course  below  the  high  school.     Any  member  of  the  board 
who  neglects  or  refuses  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  forfeit  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sect.  3.     The   school   board   shall   provide   necessary   fuel,    and  Duties  of  school 
shall  make  such  occasional  repairs  of  the  schoolhouses  and  furni-fuei!  mak]'™^'  ^ 
ture  as  may  be  necessary,  not  exceeding  in  cost  five  per  cent,  of  ''"'p^"'^- 
the  school  money. 


*See  ittfra,  chapter   125,   section  6. 


124 


Chapter   85. 


1921 


Superintendents, 
duties  of; 
nomination    of 
teachers    and 
removal ;     attend- 
ing    conferences ; 
reporting    viola- 
tions of   school 
laws. 


School     board 
may   dismiss 
teachers     for 


District    liable 
for    full    salary 
of    teacher 
wrongfully 
dismissed. 


School   board   ma; 
prescribe     regula- 
tions   for    con- 
duct   of    schools. 


They  shall  pur- 
chase textbooks 
and  supplies  to 
be    loaned    pupils 


Sect.  4.  Superintendents  shall  nominate  and  school  boards 
elect  all  teachers  employed  in  the  schools  in  their  union.  Superin- 
tendents shall  direct  and  supervise  the  work  of  these  teachers  and 
for  cause  may  remove  a  teacher  or  other  employee  of  the  district, 
subject,  however,  to  the  right  of  the  person  removed  to  appeal  to 
the  commissioner  of  education.  If  such  appeal  is  made,  the  teacher 
or  other  employee  shall  remain  in  service  until  order  has  been 
issued  by  the  commissioner  of  education,  unless  dismissed  by  the 
school  board  in  accordance  wdth  the  provisions  of  the  following 
section.  The  commissioner  shall  prescribe  the  manner  in  which 
appeals  shall  be  made,  and  when  one  is  made  investigate  the  matter 
in  any  way  he  sees  fit  and  make  such  order  as  justice  requires.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  superintendents  to  attend  all  conferences  called 
by  the  state  board.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  each  superintendent 
to  report  to  the  proper  officers  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of 
the  laws  of  this  state  in  reference  to  (a)  the  public  schools,  (b) 
school  buildings,  (c)  the  employment  of  persons  under  twenty-one 
years  of  age  who  cannot  read  and  speak  the  English  language 
understandingly,  (d)  the  protection  of  children,  and  violations 
of  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by  the  state  board  for  the 
efficient  administration  of  the  public  schools. 

Sect.  5.  The  school  board  may  dismiss  any  teacher  found  by 
them  to  be  immoral  or  incompetent  or  one  who  shall  not  conform 
to  regulations  prescribed;  provided,  however,  that  no  teacher  shall 
be  so  dismissed  before  the  expiration  of  the  period  for  which  said 
teacher  was  engaged  without  having  previously  been  notified  of 
the  cause  of  such  dismissal,  and  provided  further  that  no  teacher 
shall  be  so  dismissed  without  having  previously  been  granted  a 
full  and  fair  hearing. 

Sect.  6.  The  district  shall  be  liable  in  the  action  of  contract 
to  any  teacher  dismissed  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  pre- 
ceding section  to  the  extent  of  the  full  salary  for  the  period  for 
which  such  teacher  was  engaged. 

Sect.  7.  The  school  board  may,  subject  to  the  supervision  of 
the  state  board  of*  education,  prescribe  regulations  for  the  attend- 
ance upon,  and  for  the  management,  classification,  and  discipline 
of  the  schools ;  and  such  regulations,  when  recorded  by  the  district 
clerk,  and  when  a  copy  thereof  has  been  given  to  the  teachers  and 
read  in  the  schools,  shall  be  binding  upon  pupils  and  teachers. 

Sect.  8.  They  shall  purchase,  at  the  expense  of  the  city  or 
town  in  which  the  district  is  situated,  textbooks  and  other  supplies 
required  for  use  in  the  public  schools ;  and  shall  loan  the  same  to 
the  pupils  of  such  schools  free  of  charge,  subject  to  such  regula- 
tions for  their  care  and  custody  as  they  may  prescribe,  and  shall 
sell  such  books  at  cost  to  pupils  of  the  school  wishing  to  purchase 
them  for  their  own  use. 


1921]  Chapter  85.  125 

Sect.  9.     They  shall  purchase  at  the  expense  of  the  district,  ajj^ey^shau  pur- 
United  States  flae  of  buntinsr  not  less  than  five  feet  in  length  with  prescribe  "rules 

, .  n         T  •       1        •  1  P  ,,    for    its    display. 

a  fiagstaif  and  appliances  for  displaying  the  same,  for  every  school- 
house  in  the  district  in  which  a  public  school  is  taught  not  other- 
wise supplied,  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  any  one 
schoolhouse.  They  shall  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
proper  custody,  care  and  display  of  the  flag ;  and  whenever  not 
otherwise  displayed,  it  shall  be  placed  conspicuously  in  the  prin- 
cipal room  of  the  schoolhouse.  Any  members  of  a  school  board 
who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  fined  ten  dollars  for  the  first  offense  and  twenty 
dollars  for  every  subsequent  offense. 

Sect.  10.      (1)   In    the    instruction    of    children    in    all    schools,  .d)  instruction 

.      T  .  ,        ,        .  ,.  .    .  ,,.  .   ,  .      in    all   schools   in 

including  private  schools,  m  reading,  writing,  spelling,  arithmetic,  certain  eiemen- 

1  1         •    1  1   •    i  •     •!  ,  •     tary   branches   to 

grammar,  geography,  physiology,  history,  civil  government,  music  be  in  English 
and  drawing,  the  English  language  shall  be  used  exclusively,  both '''*"^^'*^''* 
for  the  purposes  of  instruction  therein  and  for  purposes  of  general 
administration. 

(2)  The  exclusive  use  of  English   for  purposes  of  instruction  (2)   Devotional 
and  administration  is  not  intended  to  prohibit  the  conduct  of  devo-  excepted. 
tional  exercises  in  private  schools  in  a  language  other  than  Eng- 
lish. 

(3)  A  foreign  language  may  be  taught  in  elementary  schools  (3)  Foreign  lan- 

.  T     T      ,  r.  1        /  •  -1  V  ■,•        -,    1  ■,      suage,    when    may 

provided  the  course  oi  study  (or  its  equivalent)   outlined  by  thet>e  taught, 
state  board  of  education  in  the  common  English  branches,  that  is, 
in    reading,    writing,    spelling,    arithmetic,    grammar,    geography, 
physiology,  history,  civil  government,  music  and  drawing,  be  not 
abridged  but  be  taught  in  compliance  with  the  law  of  the  state. 

Sect.  11.  A  standard  school  is  one  (1)  maintained  for  at  least  standard  school 
thirty-six  weeks  in  each  year,  (2)  in  a  suitable  and  sanitary  build- 
ing, (3)  equipped  with  approved  furniture,  books,  maps  and  other 
necessary  appliances,  (4)  taught  by  an  approved  teacher,  (5) 
directed  and  supervised  by  an  approved  superintendent,  (6)  with 
suitable  provision  for  the  care  of  the  health  and  physical  welfare 
of  all  pupils. 

Sect.  12.  An  elementary  school  as  that  term  is  used  in  the  laws  Elementary 
of  this  state  is  any  school  in  which  the  subjects  taught  are  those  "  *°'' 
prescribed  by  the  state  board  for  the  first  eight  grades  of  the  public 
schools.  In  addition  to  the  kindergarten,  if  given,  it  shall  present 
a  program  of  eight  years,  and  the  upper  grades  may  be  organized 
as  a  junior  high  school  and  approved  by  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion. 

No    school   book 

Sect.  13.     No  book  shall  be  introduced  into  the  public  schools  t^  I'e  used  fayor- 

1       1     ,      n    ,       p  .       ,  ,.     .  mg    any    religious 

calculated  to  favor  any  particular  religious  sect  or  political  party,  sect  or  political 
Sect.  14.     The  school  board  f?hall  furnish  to  every  teacher  one  gehoVi  board  to 
of  the  blank  registers  provided  by  the  state  board  of  education,  J'^™^j;jJ-^,'j!j;;^if 
and  shall  visit  and  examine  each  school  in  their  district  at  least  g^gjfofs^'  ^'^'^ 


126 


Chapter   85. 


1921 


School  boards' 
annual  report 
to    state    board. 


Penalty     for     non 
compliance     with 
preceding 
section. 


twice  in  each  term,  once  near  the  beginning  and  ouue  near  the  close 
thereof. 

Sect.  15.  School  boards  shall  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of 
July  in  each  year,  send  to  the  state  board  of  education  copies  of 
their  annual  reports  and  answers  to  the  questions  proposed  by  it, 
relating  to  the  schools  in  their  district. 

Sect.  16.  Any  member  of  a  school  board  who  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  to  comply  wdth  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  shall 
be  fined  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 


(b)  Truant  Officer 


School  boards 
shall  appoint 
truant    officers. 

Term  of  office; 
removal. 


Sect.  17.     School  boards  shall  ai^point  truant  officers  for  their 
districts. 

Sect.  18.     Truant  officers  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  and  until 
their  successors  shall  be  appointed,  but  they  may  be  removed  by 
the  school  board  at  any  time  for  cause. 
Duty  to  enforce       Sect.  19.     Truaut  officcrs  shall,   when   directed   by  the   school 
law^as  tTchiid  board,  enforce  the  laws  and  regulations  relating  to  truants  and 
^^^°^'  children  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  sixteen  years  not  attending 

school,  and  without  any  regular  and  lawful  occupation;  and  the 
laws  relating  to  the  attendance  at  school  of  children  between  the 
ages  of  eight  and  twenty-one  years ;  and  shall  have  authority 
without  a  warrant  to  take  and  place  in  school  any  children  found 
employed  contrary  to  the  laws  relating  to  the  employment  of  chil- 
dren, or  violating  the  laws  relating  to  the  compulsory  attendance 
at  school  of  children  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years, 
and  the  laws  relating  to  child  labor. 
Shall  make  Sect.  20.     Truaut  officers,  or  agents  appointed  by  school  boards 

at'ion^^of*'"chiidren  of  citics  and  towus  shall  annually  in  the  month  of  September  make 
sixtlen*^ and*^  ^"'' an  enumeration  of  the  children  of  each  sex  between  the  ages  of 
report  same  to      fiyc  and  sixtccu  ycars,  in  their  town  or  city,  giving  such  items 

school     board.  .  ^        -,   ■-,  -,  ■,  ■        t    -,  ^  -i         i    i  t 

m  regard  to  each  child  as  may  be  required  by  the  school  board  or 
the  state  board  of  education,  and  shall  make  a  report  thereof  to 
the  school  board  within  fifteen  days  after  its  completion. 


(c)  Teachers. 


School    day, 
week,    and 
month,    defined. 


Teachers    may 
attend     institute 
one    day    each 
term. 


Sect.  21.  In  the  absence  of  express  contract,  a  session  of  three 
hours  in  the  forenoon  and  three  hours  in  the  afternoon  shall  con- 
stitute a  school  day,  five  such  days  a  school  week,  and  four  such 
weeks  a  school  month  in  the  public  schools. 

Sect.  22.  Teachers  in  the  public  schools  may  attend  teachers' 
institutes  held  within  the  state  as  provided  by  law,  not  exceeding 
one  day  in  each  term,  and  the  time  so  spent  shall  be  regarded  as 
spent  in  the  service  of  the  district. 


1921]  Chapter  85.  127 

Sect.  23.     In  all  public  schools  of  the  state  one  session,  or  ^i  ^Zli'i'^D^y. 
portion  thereof,  during  the  week  in  which  Memorial  Day  falls, 
shall  be  devoted  to  exercises  of  a  patriotic  nature. 

Sect.  24.     Every  teacher  shall  make  the  entries  in  the  i-egister  Mers^hau 
required  by  the  state  board  of  education,  and  at  the  close  of  the  entries^  in  school 
term  return  the  register  to  the  school  board.     Twenty  dollars  of''^^'^^''' 
the  wages  of  every  teacher  shall  be  withheld  until  such  return 
is  made. 

(d)   Supervisory  Unions. 

Sect.  25.     The  school  boards  of  the  several  districts  forming  a  ^!;,";'ng''a'''union 
supervisory  union  sha,ll  meet  between  April  1  and  August  1  in^haj  ^^^^f^^ 
each  year  at  a  time  and  place  fixed  by  the  chairmen  of  the  sev- officers,^ ais^o^^^ 
eral  boards,   and  organize  by  choosing  a  chairman,   a  secretary,  anTfix  and 
ajid  a  treasurer,   and  shall   elect  a  superintendent   or  superin-  salary.""" 
tendents,  fix  his  or  their  salary,   and  apportion  it   among  the 
several  districts  and  certify  the  apportionment  to  their  respective 
treasurers,  and  to  the  state  board  of  education. 

Part  III. 

SCHOLARS. 

(a)   School  Attendance. 

Section  1.  Every  child  between  eight  and  sixteen  years  of  ^uty^^of  chMren 
age  shall  attend  the  public  school  to  which  he  is  assigned  or  an  '^"f^n^'^gX^L 
approved  private  school  during  all  the  time  the  public  schools 
are  in  session  unless  he  is  more  than  fourteen  years  old  and  has 
completed  the  studies  prescribed  for  the  elementary  schools, 
or  has  been  excused  from  attending  on  the  ground  that  his  phys- 
ical or  mental  condition  is  such  as  to  prevent  his  attendance  or 
to  maike  it  undesirable. 

Sect.  2.     Every  person  having  the  custody  of  a  child  shall  ^^uty  to  cause^ 
cause  the  child  to  attend  such  a  school  during  all  the  time  the 
public  schools  are  in  session. 

Sect.  3.     Any  person  having  the  custody  of  a  child  may  apply  chiid  may  be 
to  the  state  board  of  education  for  relief  if  he  thinks  it  is  not  tend  different 
for  the  best  interest  of  the  child  to  attend  the  school  to  which  he  assi°?ned!Tr  to^ 
is   assigned,    and    the   board,    after    notice    to   the   school   board,  pc'rari'iy'^froT 
may    order    such    child    to    attend    another    school    in    the    same  iJ^^^^^'^^'p^'p^^p^pj 
district  if  such  a  school  is  available,  or  may  order  the  child  to^™™  attendance, 

.  '  ./  QY    excused    to 

attend  school  m  another  district,  in  which  case  the  district  in  yeceive  musical 
which    such    child    resides    shall    pay    to    the    district    in    which 
such    child    attends    school    tuition    not    to    exceed    the    average 
cost  per  child  of  instruction  for  the  regularly  employed  teaichers     • 


128 


Chapter  85. 


[1921 


Penalty. 


School    board 
shall  send  copy 
of    law    as    to 
school     attend- 
ance   to    supposed 
violators    thereof. 

Attendance    by 
minor   over 
sixteen    and    not 
able    to    read    and 
speak     English. 


Exemption    of 
such    persons    in 
timber,    construc- 
tion  and   agri- 
cultural 
industries. 


Wilfully 
interrupting   or 
disturbing     school. 


No    one    shall 
attend    school, 
etc.,    in    district 
of    which    not 
inhabitant. 

Dismissal    of 
pupil     for 
misconduct. 


and  the  cost  of  textbooks,  supplies  and  apparatus  for  such  time 
as  such  attendance  shall  continue ;  or  may  permit  such  child 
to  withdraw  from  school  attendance  for  such  time  as  it  may  deem 
necessary  or  proper ;  or  make  such  other  order  or  orders  with 
respect  to  the  attendance  of  such  child  at  school  as  in  its  judg- 
ment the  circumstances  require.  Whenever  it  shall  appear  to  the 
superintendent  of  schools  that  the  welfare  of  any  child  above  the 
age  of  fourteen  will  be  best  served  by  the  withdrawal  of  such 
child  from  school,  then  the  superintendent  or  a  majority  of  the 
members  of  the  school  board  shall  make  recommendation  to  the 
commissioner  of  education  who  shall,  if  the  facts  warrant  it,  make 
an  order  exempting  such  child  from  attendance  for  such  period  of 
time  as  seems  best  for  the  interest  of  such  child ;  and  provided 
further  that  upon  the  written  request  of  the  parent  or  guardian, 
any  child  doing  approved  work  in  school  shall  be  excused  for  a 
part  of  the  session  on  stated  days  for  the  purpose  of  receiving 
private  instruction  in  music. 

Sect.  4.  Any  person  who  does  not  comply  with  the  require- 
ment of  the  three  preceding  sections  shall  forfeit  ten  dollars  for 
the  first  offense,  and  twenty  dollars  for  every  subsequent  offense 
for  the  use  of  the  district. 

Sect.  5.  The  school  board  of  every  district  shall  cause  a  copy 
of  the  four  preceding  sections  to  be  sent  to  every  person  who 
they  have  reason  to  believe  does  not  comply  with  the  require- 
ments thereof. 

Sect.  6.  Every  person  between  sixteen  and  twenty-one  years 
of  age  who  cannot  read  and  speak  English  understandingly  shall, 
unless  excused  by  the  commissioner  of  education  or  by  such  per- 
son as  he  may  designate,  attend  an  evening  or  special  day  school, 
if  one  is  maintained  in  the  district  in  which  he  or  she  either  re- 
sides or  is  employed,  until  he  or  she  has  completed  the  minimum 
course  of  studies  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of  education. 

Sect.  7.  The  provisions  relating  to  illiterates  and  non- 
English-speaking  persons  over  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  not 
appl.y  to  persons  employed  in  cutting,  harvesting  or  driving  pulp- 
wood  and  timber,  nor  to  persons  temporarily  employed  in  any 
sort  of  construction  or  agricultural  work. 

Sect.  8.  Any  person  not  a  pupil  who  shall  wilfully  interrupt 
or  disturb  any  school  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

Sect.  9.  No  person  shall  attend  school,  or  send  a  pupil  to  the 
school,  in  any  district  of  which  he  is  not  an  inhabitant,  without 
the  consent  of  the  district  or  of  the  school  boaird. 

Sect.  10.  Any  pupil  may  be  dismissed  from  school  by  the 
school  board  for  gross  misconduct,  or  for  neglect  or  refusal  to 
conform  to  the  reasonable  rules  of  the  school;  and  he  shall  not 
attend  the  school  until  restored  by  the  school  board. 


;L921]  Chapter  85.  129 

Sect.  11.     No  pupil  who  shall  have  been  assigned  to  a  partic-  f^H'^f  ^1°  wS^ 
ular  school  by  the  school  board  shall  aittend  any  other  school  in  assigned. 
the  district  until  assigned  thereto. 

Sect.  12.     If  any  pupil,  after  notice,  shall  attend  or  visit  a  Penalty  if  pupil 

•^     ^    ^     '  1      11    •  T      attend    or    disturb 

school  which  he  has  no  right  to  attend,  or  shall  interrupt  or  dis-  school  he  has  no 
turb  the  same,  he  shall  be  fined  for  the  first  offense  five  dollars,  ^'^ 
and  for  any  subsequent  offense  ten  dollairs,  or  be  imprisoned  not 
exceeding  thirty  days. 

Sect.  13.     Districts  may  make  by-laws,  not  repugnant  to  law,  ^ake'^by-i^ws 
concerning  habitual  truants  and  children  between  the  ages  of  concerning 

.  T  1         1  T  1  •  truants. 

SIX  and  sixteen  years  not  attending  school  and  not  haivmg  a  reg- 
ular and  lawful  occupation,  and  to  compel  the  attendance  of  such 
children  at  school,  and  may  annex  penalties  for  the  breach 
thereof  not  exceeding  ten  dollairs  for  each  offense. 

Sect.  14.     Any  offender  against  such  by-laws,  upon  conviction.  Penalty  for 
shall  be  sentenced  to  the  state  industrial  school  during  minority. 

Sect.  1,5.  Any  such  offender  so  convicted  may  give  bond  to  when  sentence 
the  district  in  the  penal  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  with  sufficient  suspended, 
sureties,  approved  by  the  court  or  justice  before  whom  he  was 
convicted,  conditioned  to  attend  regularly  some  school  kept  in 
the  district  for  one  term  next  ensuing,  to  comply  with  the  regu- 
lations thereof,  and  to  be  obedient  and  respectful  to  the  teacher, 
and  his  sentence  may  be  suspended. 

(b)   Child  Labor. 

Sect.  16.     No  child  under  the  age  of  fourteen  shall  be   em-  children  under 
ployed,  or  permitted  or  suffered  to  work,  in,  about,  or  in  con-  no^'^be'^mp'^oye*^ 
nection  with,    any   mill,   factory,   workshop,   quarry,    mercantile '"    <"^' ''"*'"    ^  °^- 
establishment,  tenement  house  manufactory  or  workshop,  store, 
business  office,  telegraph  or  telephone  office,   restaurant,  bakery, 
hotel,  barber  shop,  apairtment  house,  bootblack  stand  or  parlor, 
or  in  the  distribution  or  transmission  of  merchandise  or  messages. 

Sect.  17.     No  child  under  the  age  of  sixteen  shall  be  employed,  children  under 
or  permitted  or  suffered  to  work,  in  any  establishment  named  in  bT  em^pioyed  in''° 
the  preceding  section  during  the  time  in  which  the  public  schools  ^^hUe"^  siifooL 
are  in  session  in  the  district  in  which  he  resides,  unless  he  canf^'^ies^  abfe'*t^ 
read  understandingly  and  write  legiblv  simple  sentences  in  the';?^^.^"'^  '"'"'^^ 

.,-,  o.,  X  English;     proviso. 

JbiUglish  language;  provided,  however,  that  if  any  child  shall  have 
reached  the  age  of  fourteen  and  shall  have  attended  an 
English-taught  school  regularly  for  not  less  than  three 
years  and  shall  then  be  deemed  by  the  superintendent  of 
schools,  or  other  person  authorized  to  grant  employment  certifi- 
cates, to  be  mentally  incapable  of  learning  to  read  and  write 
legibly  the  English  languaige  in  the  regular  schools,  the  case  may 
be  referred  to  the  commissioner  of  education,  who  after  investi- 
gation either  by  himself  or  his  agent,  may  issue  a  permit  author- 


130 


Chapter    85. 


1921 


Inspection   of 
factories,    etc. 


Newsvendors 
and    bootblacks. 


Telegraph    mes- 
sengers,   etc. 


Daily    and 
weekly   hour 
regulated. 


Tmployer    of 
child    under 
sixteen   to   keep 
( mployment 
certificate    on    file 


Surrender    on 
t-^rmination    of 
employment. 


izing  the  employment  of  such  child  even  though  such  child  may 
he  unable  to  read  understandingly  and  write  legibly  simple  sen- 
tences in  the  English  language. 

Sect.  18.  "Whenever  requested  by  the  commissioner  of  educa- 
tion, the  state  board  of  health  shall  cause  to  be  made  an  inspection 
of  any  factory  or  other  place  in  which  children  under  the  age  of 
sixteen  are  employed,  and  may  require  the  discharge  of  any  child 
or  children  found  employed  therein  who  by  reason  of  physical 
condition,  of  unsanitary  conditions  of  employment,  or  of  devel- 
opment below  the  normal  development  of  children  of  that  age, 
cannot  in  their  judgment  continue  to  be  employed  without  undue 
risk  to  health. 

Sect.  19.  No  boy  under  ten  and  no  girl  under  sixteen  years  of 
age,  shall  sell  or  expose  or  offer  for  sale  newspapers,  magazines, 
periodicals  or  other  merchandise  in  any  street  or  public  place. 
No  child  shall  work  as  a  bootblack  in  any  street  or  public  place 
unless  he  is  over  ten  years  of  age. 

Sect.  20.  No  person  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years  shall  be 
employed  or  permitted  to  work  as  a  messenger  for  a  telegraph, 
telephone,  or  messenger  company  in  the  distribution,  transmis- 
sion, or  delivery  of  goods  or  messages  before  five  o'clock  in  the 
morning  or  after  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  any  day. 

Sect.  21.  No  boy  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  and  no  girl 
under  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  shall  be  employed,  or  permitted 
or  suffered  to  work,  at  any  gainful  occupation,  other  thain  do- 
mestic service  or  work  on  a  farm,  more  than  fifty-four  hours  in 
any  one  week,  nor  more  than  ten  and  one-quarter  hours  in  any 
one  day ;  nor  before  the  hour  of  half -past  six  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, nor  after  the  hour  of  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening, — except 
that  minors  sixteen  yeairs  of  age  or  over  may  work  in  retail  stores 
and  telephone  exchanges  until  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening.  And 
boys  fourteen  years  or  over  may  deliver  newspaper  routes  after 
five  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  boys  twelve  years  old  or  over 
may  deliver  newspaper  routes  between  four  and  eight  o'clock  in 
the  evening. 

Sect.  22.  No  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  be  em- 
ployed, or  permitted  or  suffered  to  work,  in,  about,  or  in  con- 
nection with,  any  pla,ce  or  establishment  named  in  the  child  labor 
act,  unless  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  employing  such  child, 
procures  and  keeps  on  file,  and  accessible  to  any  truant  officer, 
or  other  authorized  inspector,  an  employment  certificate  a.s  here- 
inafter prescribed. 

Sect.  23.  On  the  termination  of  the  employment  of  a  child 
whose  employment  certificate  is  on  file,  such  certificate  shall  be 
kept  by  the  employer  aiud  surrendered  to  any  authorized  in- 
spector on  demand. 


1921]  Chapter   85.  131 

Sect.  24.  An  employment  certificate  shall  be  issued  only  by  j^^^g^'^*^"^ 
the  superintendent  of  schools,  or  in  the  absence  of  the  superin- 
tendent by  a  person  authorized  by  the  school  board,  provided-, 
however,  that  no  person  authorized  as  aforesaid  shall  have 
authority  to  issue  such  certificate  for  any  child  then  in  or  about 
to  enter  such  person's  own  employment,  or  the  employment  of  a 
firm  or  corporation  of  which  he  is  a  member,  officer,  or  employee ; 
in  the  city  of  Manchester  the  duties  devolving  on  the  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  relation  to  the  issuing  of  employment  cer- 
tificates shall  be  performed  by  a  person  named  by  him  with  the 
assent  of  the  school  board,  but  the  person  so  appointed  shall  be 
subject  to  the  terms  of  this  act. 

Sect.  25.     The  person  a.uthorized  to  issue  an  employment  cer-Not  to  be  issued 
tificate   shall   not   issue   such   certificate   until   he   has   received,  papers  filed, 
examined,  approved  and  filed  the  following  papers  duly  executed: 

(1)  The  school  record  of  such  child  properly  filled  out  and 
signed,  as  provided  in  this  act. 

(2)  A  passport  or  duly  attested  transcript  of  the  certificate 
of  birth  or  baptism  or  public  record,  showing  the  date  and  place 
of  birth  of  such  child. 

(3)  A  certificate  from  a  medical  officer  of  the  local  board  of 
health,  or  from  a  physician  designated  by  the  school  board,  cer- 
tifying that  the  child  has  reached  the  normal  development  of  a 
child  of  his  age,  and  that  he  is  in  sufficiently  sound  health  and 
physically  able  to  perform  the  work  which  he  intends  to  do. 
Provided,  Jiowever,  that  a  certificate  which  shall  be  valid  only 
during  a  vacation  period  of  the  school  year  may  be  issued  with- 
out requiring  any  certificate  of  school  record;  nor  shall  an  ability 
to  rea(d  understandingly  and  write  legibly  simple  sentences  m 
the  English  language  be  a  prerequisite  to  the  issuance  of  such 
certificate.  Said  certificate  shall  plainly  state  on  the  face 
thereof  the  beginning  and  ending  of  the  period  during  which  it 
shall  be  valid,  such  period  in  no  case  to  exceed  three  months ; 
but  in  all  respects  other  than  the  above  such  certificates  shall 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

Sect.  26.     No  employment  certificate  shall  be  issued  until  the  Applicant  to 
child  in  question  has  personally  appeared  before  and  been  ex-  appear, 
amined  by  the  person  issuing  the  certificate. 

Sect.  27.  Every  such  employment  certificaite  shall  state  the  ^^J^^^'^^^  °^ 
name,  sex,  and  date  and  place  of  birth,  of  the  child,  shall  de- 
scribe the  color  of  hair  and  eyes,  the  height  and  weight  and  any 
distinguishing  facial  marks  of  such  child ;  that  all  papers  re- 
quired by  the  preceding  sections  haive  been  duly  examined, 
approved  and  filed;  that  the  child  named  in  the  certificate  has 
appeared  before  the  person  signing  the  same  and  been  examined ; 
and  (unless  the  certificate  is  for  a  vacation  period)  that  such 
child  has  been  found  to  be   able  to   read  understandingly   and 


132 


Chapter   85. 


1921 


School    record, 
requisites    of. 


Record    of 
certificates. 


Blank   forms 
for   records   and 
method  to  be 
prescribed    by 
state    board. 


Truant    officers, 
duty   of. 


State    inspectors, 
appointment 
and    duties; 
employment     of 
counsel. 


write  legibly  simple  sentences  in  the  English  language.  Every 
such  certificate  shall  be  signed,  in  the  presence  of  the  person  issu- 
ing the  same,  by  the  child  in  whose  name  it  is  issued,  and  shall 
show  the  date  of  its  issue. 

Sect.  28.  The  school  record  required  by  this  act  shall  he  signed 
by  the  principal  or  chief  executive  officer  of  the  school  which  the 
child  has  attended,' and  shall  be  furnished  on  demand  to  a  child 
entitled  thereto. 

Such  record  shall  certify  that  the  child  has  regularly  attended 
the  public  schools,  or  private  schools  lawfully  approved  as  such, 
for  not  less  than  three  hundred  half-days,  as  shown  by  the  school 
register,  during  the  year  previous  to  his  arriving  at  the  age  of 
fourteen,  or  during  the  year  previous  to  applying  for  such  school 
record,  and  whether  he  is  able  to  read  understandingly  and  write 
legibly  simple  sentences  in  the  English  languaige.  Such  school 
record  shall  also  give  the  date  of  birth  and  residence  of  the  child 
as  shown  on  the  records  of  the  school  and  the  name  of  his  parent, 
guardian  or  custodian. 

Sect.  29.  The  superintendent  of  schools  or  other  person 
authorized  to  issue  employment  certificates  shall  keep  a  record 
of  the  same  in  ai  book.  Such  record  shall  contain  a  list  of  the 
names  of  all  children  to  whom  certificates  are  granted,  numbered 
consecutively,  together  with  the  date  of  issue  and  the  signature 
of  the  officer  issuing  the  certificate,  and  such  books  shall  be  care- 
fully preserved. 

Sect.  30.  All  blank  forms  for  records  used  in  the  enforcement 
and  administration  of  this  aiCt  shall  be  uniform  throughout  the 
state,  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of  education,  and 
shall  be  furnished  by  the  state,  and  the  method  of  keeping  the 
same  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of  education. 

Sect.  31.  The  truant  officer  of  each  district  shall  visit  and 
inspect  all  places  of  employment  in  his  district  and  cause  the 
provisions  of  this  act  relating  to  school  attendance  and  child 
labor  to  be  enforced,  and  for  these  purposes  shall  have  power  to 
serve  warrants. 

Sect.  32.  The  inspectors  appointed  by  the  state  boa,rd  of 
education  shall  inspect  all  factories  and  other  places  of  employ- 
ment within  the  contemplation  of  this  act  and  all  records  and 
methods  of  enforcement.  They  shall  have  the  same  power  as  to 
enforcement  and  the  serving  of  warrants  as  the  several  truant 
officers. 

The  state  board  of  education,  with  the  approval  of  the 
attorney-general,  may  employ  counsel,  and  provide  legal  assist- 
ance wherever  the  same  may,  in  its  opinion,  be  necessary  for  the 
enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  the  cost  thereof 
shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  use  of  the 
board. 


1921]  Chapter  85.  133 

Sect.  33.  The  grovernor  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Truan^^^fficers,^^ 
council  may  require  school  boards  to  appoint  additional  truant  removal  of. 
officers  if  in  their  judgment  such  additional  officers  are  neces- 
sary; and  may  require  the  school  board  of  any  school  district  to 
remove  any  truant  officer  found  by  them  to  be  incompetent,  and 
to  appoint  a  competent  successor,  and  upon  the  failure  or  neglect 
of  the  school  board  to  do  so,  they  may  appoint  such  truant  officer 
and  fix  his  compensation  and  such  compensation  shall  be  paid  by 
the  district. 

Sect.  34.     An  inspector  or  truant  officer  shall  make  demand  inspectors  may 

.  1         j_         1  1  .     i,T    1  .         require    evidence 

upon  any  employer  m  or  about  v^hose  place  or  establishment  a  as  to  age  of 
child  apparently  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years  is  employed,  q^. '^°^p  <'y^^®- 
permitted  or  suffered  to  work,  and  whose  employment  certificate 
is  not  filed  as  required  by  this  act,  that  such  employer  shall  either 
furnish  him  within  ten  days  satisfactory  evidence  that  such  child 
is  in  fact  over  sixteen  years  of  age,  or  shall  cease  to  employ,  or 
permit,  or  suffer  such  child  to  work,  in  such  place  or  establish- 
ment. The  inspector  shall  require  from  such  employer  the  same 
evidence  of  age  of  such  child  as  is  required  in  the  issuance  of  an 
employment  certificate,  and  the  employer  furnishing  such  evi- 
dence shall  not  be  required  to  furnish  any  further  evidence  of 
the  age  of  the  child. 

Sect.  35.     Whoever  employs  any  child,  and  whoever,  having  illegal   empioj- 
under  his  control  as  parent,   guardian  or  otherwise,   any  child,  tTng  same^'™' 
permits  or  suffers  such  child  to  be  employed  or  to  work  in  viola- ^®°''^^'^" 
tion  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  relating  to  child  labor, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars, 
or  be  imprisoned  for  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  thirty  days, 
or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sect.  36.  Whoever    continues    to    emplov    anv    child    in    viola- i"egai  empioy- 

.    .  „  .  r^  ment    after    no- 

tion of  any  such  provisions,  after  being  notified  thereof  by  antice;  penalty. 

inspector,  or  truant  officer,  shall  for  every  day  thereafter  that 

such  employment  continues,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more 

than  twenty  dollars. 

Sect.  37.  Any  person  authorized  to  sign  any  certificate  or  False  certificate. 
paper  called  for  by  such  provisions,  who  certifies  to  any  materi- 
ally false  statement  therein,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  for  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  court. 

Sect.  38.     Refusal   bv   an  employer  to   produce   any   emplov- Refusal  to 

._  .      \    ,  ,  .    .        ^       ,  "^  ,.     '      produce    certifl- 

ment  certificate  required  by  such  provisions,  shall  be  prima-facte  cate,  effect  of. 
evidence  of  the   illegal  employment  of  any   child   whose  employ- 
ment certificate  is  not  produced. 

Sect.  39.     Any  superintendent  of  schools  or  other  person  issu- Neglect  by  school 
ing  employment  certificates,  who  fails  to  comply  with  such  provi- wfth '^provisfo^s"^^ 
sions  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  cert*fficate'!'°^ 
dollars. 


134 


Chapter   85. 


1921 


Employers  of 
illiterates     be- 
tween   16    and    21 
to    have    certificate 
from    superin- 
tendent  of 
distrist    that 
such    employee 
is    enrolled,    etc., 
in    evening    or 
special  day 
school ; 
exception. 


Superintendents 
to    issue    certifi- 
cates  under 
preceding    sec- 
tion,   and  keep 
records    of,    and 
make    reports    of 
doings,    as    pre- 
scribed   by 
commissioner 
of   education. 

Duration    of 
certificate. 
Penalty   for 
illegally    em- 
ploying  person. 
Certain    officials 
to    enforce 
this    section. 


Duty   of   school 
boards   to   pros- 
ecute   ofifenses 
against   this 
chapter. 


Limitation   of 
prosecution. 


Sect.  40.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  employ  a  person  be- 
tween sixteen  and  twenty-one  years  of  age,  who  resides  or  is 
employed  in  a  district  maintaining  an  evening  school  or  a  special 
day  school,  and  who  cannot  read  and  speak  English  nnderstand- 
ingly,  nnless  such  employer  procures  and  keeps  on  file  in  a  place 
readily  accessible  to  all  authorized  inspectors  a  certificate  of  the 
superintendent  of  schools  for  the  district  in  which  such  minor  is 
employed,  showing  enrollment  in  an  evening  or  special  day  school, 
and  satisfactory  conduct  and  attendance,  or  a  certificate  that  he 
or  she  has  been  excused  from  attending  such  a  school  for  a  reason 
satisfactory  to  the  commissioner  of  education. 

Sect.  41.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  superintendents  to  issue  such 
certificates  and  to  revoke  them  for  cause  in  proper  cases,  and  they 
shall  keep  such  a  record  as  is  required  in  the  case  of  the  employ- 
ment of  minors  under  the  age  of  sixteen,  and  make  such  reports 
of  their  doings  in  the  matter  as  the  commissioner  of  education 
may  prescribe. 

Sect.  42.  Such  certificate  shall  protect  the  employer  from  the 
date  it  is  issued  until  the  end  of  the  current  school  year  unless 
sooner  revoked  by  the  superintendent,  and  anyone  who  employs  a 
person  between  sixteen  and  twenty-one  years  of  age  contrary  to  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  fined 
not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  truant  officers, 
inspectors  appointed  by  the  state  board,  police  officers,  constables, 
sheriffs,  and  city  and  county  solicitors  to  enforce  the  provisions 
of  this  section. 

Sect.  43.  It  is  the  duty  of  school  ])oards  to  prosecute  offenses 
against  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  If  they  neglect  to  do  so 
they  shall  forfeit  twenty  dollars  for  each  neglect,  for  the  use  of 
the  district,  to  be  recovered  in  the  name  of  the  district  by  the 
selectmen  of  the  town.  The  expenses  incurred  in  such  proceedings 
shall  be  paid  by  the  district. 

Sect.  44.  No  prosecution  under  this  subdivision  shall  be  sus- 
tained unless  begun  within  one  year  after  the  offense  is  committed. 


Part  IV. 


SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 


(a)    General  Powers  and  Duties. 


Each   town   a 
school    district; 
districts    organ- 
ized  under 
special   acts. 


Section  1.  Each  town  shall  constitute  a  single  district  for 
school  purposes,  provided,  however,  that  districts  organized  under 
special  acts  of  the  legislature  may  retain  their  present  organiza- 
tion, and  the  word  "town"  wherever  used  in  the  statutes  in  con- 
nection with  the  government,  administration,  support,  or 
improvement-!  of  the  public  schools  shall  be  held  to  mean  district. 


1921]  Chapter  85.  135 

Sect.  2.     All  districts  legally   organized  shall  be  corporations, ^^^rjf^ts.^^ 
with  power  to  sue  and  be  sued,  to  hold  and  dispose  of  real  and 
personal  property  for  the  use  of  the  schools  therein,  and  to  make 
necessary  contracts  in  relation  thereto. 

Sect.  3.     School  districts  may  raise  money,  as  required  by  law,  Di.stji^s^^^ay 
or  in  addition  thereto,  to  procure  land  for  schoolhouse  lots  and  for  what  pur- 

'  .      .  1       -1  T  poses.      May 

for  the  enlargement  of  existing  lots ;  to  build,  purchase,  rent,  re-  authorize  school 
pair,  or  remove  schoolhouses  and  outbuildings,  and  buildings  to  be  m°o*ney.  ° 
used  for  occupancy  by  teachers  in  the  employ  of  such  school  dis- 
trict ;  to  procure  insurance ;  to  plant  and  care  for  shade  and 
ornamental  trees  upon  schoolhouse  lots ;  to  provide  suitable  furni- 
ture, books,  maps,  charts,  apparatus,  and  conveniences  for  schools ; 
to  purchase  vehicles  for  the  transportation  of  children ;  to  provide 
for  health  and  sanitation,  and  to  pay  debts.  A  school  district  may 
authorize  its  school  board  to  hire  money  for  any  of  the  purposes 
above  mentioned  at  the  annual  meeting  by  majoritj^  vote  of  the 
legal  voters  present  and  voting.  And  any  notes  or  bonds  of  the 
district  shall  be  issued  in  conformity  to  the  "jNIunicipal  Bond 
Act,''  and  the  amendments  thereof. 

Sect.  4.     If  the  money  is  hired  upon  the  note  or  notes  of  the^^/^^^^  howTo"^'' 
district,  said  note  or  notes  shall  be  signed  by  the  district  treasurer  i^e  signed. 
and  by  the  school  board. 

Sect.  5.     The  district  may  by  vote  exempt  from  taxation  bonds  District  may 

*  exempt    certain 

and  notes  which  bear  a  higher  rate  of  interest  than  five  per  cent,  bonds  and  n.    s 
when  held  by  the  residents  of  the  district. 

Sect.  6.     In  the  assessment  of  school-district  taxes,  every  per- Assessment  of 
son  shall  be  taxed  in  the  district  in  which  he  lives  for  his  poll  andtLes.    '* "° 
his  personal  estate  subject  to  taxation  in  town.     Real  estate  shall 
be  taxed  in  the  district  in  which  it  is  situated. 

Sect.  7.     The  selectmen  may  make  a  new  invoice  of  all  the  pi'op- ^^le  ^" when 
erty  in  the  district  when  necessary  for  the  just  assessment  of  such 
taxes. 

Sect.  8.     If  such  taxes  are  assessed  after  the  first  day  of  July  Nonresident 
in  any  year  upon  the  property  of  nonresidents,  the  collector  shall  after  juiy  ist, 
send  to  the  owners  of  said  property,  or  to  their  agents,  if  known,  Toii^jteT 
a  bill  of  their  taxes  within  two  months  after  the  delivery  of  the 
list  to  him,  and  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  four  months  after  such 
delivery,  advertise  and  sell  the  property  on  which  the  taxes  have 
not  been  paid  in  the  same  manner  as  if  such  taxes  had  been  as- 
sessed in  April  preceding. 

Sect.  9.     At  its  annual  meeting  each  school  district  shall  cleter- i^'stnc^ts_^^shaii 
mine  and  appoint  the  salaries  of  its  school  board  and  truant  officer 
or  officers,  and  the  district  clerk  shall  certify  the  same  to  the  select- 
men. 

Sect.  10.  The  selectmen  shall  annually  assess  upon  the  polls  Selectmen  shaii 
and  ratable  estate  of  the  district  a  sum  equal  to  the  amounts  deter-  assess  amounts 
mined  by  the  district,  and  shall  pay  over  the  same  to  the  district  di'sS'."^^  ^^ 
treasurer. 


136 


Chapter  85. 


1921 


District  treas-  Sect.  11.     The  cUstrict  treasurer  shall  pay  to  the  school  board 

salaries  of  their  Salaries  granted  by  the  district  and  he  shall  likewise  pay  the 

truant  officer  upon  the  order  of  the  school  board,  they  certifying 
that  he  has  performed  the  duties  required  of  him  by  law. 


Each  sciiooi  Sect.  12.     Each  school  district  in  the   state  shall  pay  to  the 

district    shall    pay  ^    '' 

annual  assess- 
ment to  state 
treasurer. 


Nonrpfident 
scholars,    liow 
admitted     t-o 
schools. 


Joint  districts. 
how  to  share  i 
school    money. 


state  treasurer  on  or  before  December  1  in  each  year,  as  its  share 
of  the  expense  incident  to  state-wide  supervision  of  the  public 
schools,  a  sum  equal  to  two  dollars  for  each  child  residing  in  the 
district  who  was  enrolled  in  the  public  schools  in  the  last  pre- 
ceding school  year,  and  the  selectmen  shall  annually  assess  upon 
the  value  of  the  ratable  estate  of  the  district  a  sum  sufficient  for 
this  purpose. 

Sect.  13.  A  district  may  determine  upon  what  terms  scholars 
from  other  districts  may  be  admitted  to  its  schools,  and  if  a  dis- 
trict neglects  to  make  such  determination,  the  school  board  may 
do  it. 

Sect.  14.     Every  district  situate  in  two  or  more  towns  shall  be 

entitled  to  its  just  proportion  of  school  taxes,  income  from  school 

funds,  and  dog  tax  in  each  town,  according  to  the  value  of  polls 

and  property  taxable  therein. 

Fiscal  and  Sect.  15.     The  fiscal  and  scholastic  year  for  all  school  districts 

scholastic     year  in  it  r>r\    ■  ^ 

shall  end  June     Shall  cud  Juuc  6u  ui  cach  year. 

30   each  year.         ^^^^_  ^q      ^    school   district   may    include   military   drill    and 

Military    drill    and     ,.,  ...,  (.-,,•  t  •  -i 

physical    exercises  physical  excrciscs  ui  its  coursc  01  instructions  and  may  raise  and 

may    be    included.  •     ,  p         ,-\      , 

appropriate  money  for  that  purpose. 
Evenmg^^s;hooi;        Sect.  17.     Any  school  district  may  maintain  an  evening  school 
school.  as  a  part  of  its  public  school  system,  and  every  district  in  which 

reside  or  are  employed  fifteen  or  more  persons  between  the  ages 
of  sixteen  and  twenty-one  years  who  cannot  read  and  speak  the 
English  language  understandingly  shall  maintain  an  evening 
or  special  day  school  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  act  for  such  time  in  each  year  and  under  such 
conditions  and  with  such  exceptions  as  the  state  board  may  pre- 
scribe. 

Sect.  18.  Every  school  district  in  which  reside  or  are  em- 
ployed twenty  or  more  persons  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
who  cannot  read  and  speak  the  English  language  understandingly 
shall  maintain  schools  for  the  instruction  of  such  non-English- 
speaking  persons  for  such  time  in  each  year  and  under  such  con- 
ditions and  with  such  exceptions  as  the  state  board  may  prescribe. 


School   for   non- 
English-speak- 
ing   adults. 


HIGH   SCHOOLS. 


District  may  Sect.  19.     Any  school  district  may  by  vote  or  bv-law  establish 

have    high  ...  J        .' 

school.  and  maintain  a  high  school  in  which  the  higher  English  branches 

of  education,  Latin,  Greek,  and  modern  languages  may  be  taught. 


1921]  Chapter  85.  137 

Sect.  20.     Two  or  more  adjoining  districts  in  the  same  or  clif- ^^fj°j»'^|y '^^^■ 
ferent  towns  may  make  contracts  with  each  other  for  establishing  contract^  to^^^^^^ 
and  maintaining  jointly  a  high  or  other  public  school  for  the  ben- jointly. 
efit  of  their  pupils,  and  may  raise  and  appropriate  money  to  carry 
the  contracts  into   effect;   and  their  school  boards  acting  jointly 
or  otherwise,  shall  have  such  authority  and  perform  such  duties  in 
relation  to  schools  so  maintained  as  may  be  provided  for  in  the 
contracts. 

Sect.  21.  *Anv  school  district  may  make  a  contract  with  an  Districts  may 

•  "^  .         .  ,    .        ,   .  contract    with 

academy,  high  school  or  other  literary  institution  located  m  this  or,  academies,    etc., 

'  .„.-,..  -I         ■,  -to    furnish    in- 

when  distance  or  transportation  lacilities  make  it  necessary,  instruction  to 
another  state,  and  raise  and  appropriate  money  to  carry  the  con-  ^°  °  ^^^• 
tract  into  effect.    If  the  contract  is  approved  by  the  state  board  of 
education,  the  school  with  which  it  is  made  shall  be  deemed  a  high 
school  maintained  by  the  district. 

Sect.  22.     By  the  term  high  school,  academy,  or  literary  insti- Terms  "high 

,     -,  ,        1   ,         .  ■,  p   o  school,    academy, 

tution  is  intended  a  school  having  at  least  one  course  of  tour  years,  literary  insti- 
pi'Qperly  equipped,  teaching  such  subjects  as  are  required  for  ad- 
mission to  colleges,  technical  schools,  and  normal  schools,  including 
reasonable  instruction  in  the  constitution  of  this  state  and  the 
United  States,  and  approved  as  a  high  school  by  the  state  board  of 
education ;  and  this  board  may  approve  a  school  maintaining  any 
part  of  said  course  for  the  part  so  maintained. 

Sect.  23.     Whenever  it  shall  appear  that  the  attendance  of  a  when  pupil  may 

^^  change    to 

pupil  at  the  school  with  which  the  contract  is  made  will  work  a  another    ap- 

•  n  I         -,   -,   •  1  •    1  1  ■  1     -I    ^  •      •  ^  I'lT  proved    school. 

manifest  hardship  which  may  be  avoided  by  permitting  the  child 
to  attend  another  approved  school,  the  pupil  through  his  parents, 
guardian,  or  some  other  responsible  person  may  apply  to  the  school 
board  for  an  order  transferring  the  pupil  to  the  more  accessible 
school.  The  school  board  shall  thereupon  order  a  hearing  within 
ten  days  thereafter,  and  if  it  shall  appear  to  the  board  that  the 
claim  is  well-founded,  the  board  shall  make  the  order  prayed  for 
and  the  district  in  which  the  pupil  resides  shall  be  liable  to  the 
school  to  which  the  pupil  is  assigned  for  the  pupil's  tuition  not 
to  exceed  fifty-five  dollars  a  year.  The  person  applying  for  the 
pupil's  transfer,  or  the  governing  board  of  the  school  with  which 
the  district  has  made  the  contract  may  appeal  from  the  decision 
of  the  school  board  to  the  state  board  of  education  within  ten  days 
from  the  date  of  the  filing  of  the  order.  If  no  order  is  filed  within 
ten  days  after  the  application,  there  shall  be  a  like  right  of  appeal. 

Sect.  24.    Any  district  not  maintaining  a  high  school  or  school  of  district  not 
corresponding  grade  shall  pay  for  the  tuition  of  any  child  who  with  high  school,  etc., 
parents  or  guardian  resides  in  said  town  and  who  attends  a  high  ti'on^'^of  resident 
school  or  academy  in  the  same  or  another  town  or  city  in  this  state,  h^^h  schooh '"^ 
and  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such  child  shall  notify  the  school 
board  of  the  district  in  which  he  resides  of  the  high  school  or 


138 


Chapter   85. 


1921 


Liability    of    town 
for  tuition. 


Apportionment 
among  several 
towns. 


academy  which  he  has  determined  to  attend;  provided,  lioivever, 
that  no  town  shall  he  liable  for  tnition  of  a  child  in  any  school,  in 
excess  of  the  average  cost  per  child  of  instruction  for  the  regu- 
larly employed  teachers  of  that  school  and  the  cost  of  textbooks, 
supplies,  and  apparatus  during  the  school  year  preceding,  nor  in 
any  case,  shall  the  town  be  liable  for  tuition  for  any  child  in  excess 
of  fifty-five  dollars  per  year. 

Sect.  25.  If  any  town  in  which  a  high  school  or  school  of  cor- 
responding grade  is  not  maintained  neglects  or  refuses  to  pay  for 
tuition  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section,  such  town  shall  be 
liable-  therefor  to  the  parent  or  guardian  of  the  child  furnished 
with  such  tuition,  if  the  parent  or  guardian  has  paid  the  same,  or 
to  the  town  or  city  furnishing  the  same  in  an  action  of  contract, 
state  treasurer         Sect.  26.     In  December  of  each  vear  the  state  treasurer  shall 

shall     annually  ...,.,,-  _,    '        ^         . 

pay  for  tuition    pay  lOT  tuitiou  in  high  schools  and  academies  to  the  treasurers  of 
to  towns  entitled,  such  towus  as  are  entitled,  and  in  such  manner  as  is  hereinafter 
provided,  upon  a  sworn  certificate  of  the  commissioner  of  educa- 
tion. 

Sect.  27.  Towns  whose  rate  of  taxation  for  school  purposes 
in  any  year  is  .$3.50  or  more  on  $1,000,  and  whose  average  rate  of 
taxation  for  all  purposes  for  five  years  next  preceding  is  $16.50 
or  more  on  $1,000,  shall  receive  a  share  of  said  appropriation  as 
follows : 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $16.50  to  $17.49,  one-tenth  (>f  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $17.50  to  $18.49,  two-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $18.50  to  $19.49,  three-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $19.50  to  $20.49,  four-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $20.50  to  $21.49,  five-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $21.50  to  $22.49,  six-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $22.50  to  $23.49,  seven-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $23.50  to  $24.49,  eight-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

If  the  tax  rate  is  from  $24.50  to  $25.49,  nine-tenths  of  the 
tuition  paid. 

Over  $25.49,  the  whole  of  such  tuition. 


Sect.  28.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  school  boards  in  districts  in 
which  there  is  no  high  school  to  provide  for  further  instruction  for 


pleted  the  course  of  study  prescribed  for  the  elementary  schools 


Two    years    in 
struction    in 
addition   to 

me^ntlV" schools,  ^  period  uot  exceeding  two  school  years  of  pupils  who  have  cora- 

when    to   be 
provided. 


1921]  Chapter  85.  139 

whenever  such  pupils  or  their  parents  or  guardians  desire  such 
instruction;  provided,  however,  that  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  prevent  children  whose  parents  or  guardians  reside 
in  such  districts  from  enjoying  all  the  privileges  of  attendance  at 
high  schools  or  academies  in  other  districts  as  provided  by  this  act. 

Sect    29      Nothing   in   the  preceding  section   shall  be  so   con-  Power   of   school 

°  ^„  1         ,    ,  1    ,        T         •  •-,  board    to    dismiss 

strued  as  to  vitiate  the  power  of  a  school  board  to  dismiss  a  pupil  pupil, 
from  school  for  gross  misconduct,  or  for  neglect  or  refusal  to  con- 
form to  the  rules  of  the  school. 

Sect.  30.     All  academies  and  private  schools  shall  be  furnished  ^^^^"^^^"^^j^;';^^^^^ 
with  copies  of  the  school  register,  and  shall  make  an  annual  statis-  ^^'JlJj^^f^?"^;^* 
tical  report  to  the  state  board  of  education.  state  board. 

Sect.  31.     The  principal  of  each  college,  academy,  seminary,  or  copy  of  cata- 
other  institution  of  learning  incorporated  by  the  laws  of  this  state,  i°f"%o*' be"""''^'''' 
shall  annually  and  before  the  first  day  of  November  of  each  year  ^•'''||e'^„eaio"gic''ai'' 
forward    to    the    New    Hampshire    Genealogical    Society,    for    its  Society. 
library,  one  copy  of  each  printed  catalogue  of  its  officers  and  stu- 
dents and  courses  of  studies  published  during  the  year  next  pre- 
ceding said  date. 

Sect.  32.     Whenever  any  school  district  organized  under  a  spe-  On    abolishment 
cial  act  of  the  legislature  shall  vote  to  abolish  such  district  and  totrict,  ftV  high 
unite  with  the  town  district,   if  said  town  district  shall  vote  to  marntained.'' 
receive  said  special  district,  if  said  special  district  has  for  the  five 
years  next  preceding  such  vote  maintained  a  high  school,  it  shall 
be  incumbent  on  the  town  district  with  which  it  unites  to  there- 
after keep  and  maintain  within  the  limits  of  said  special  district  a 
high  school  for  at  least  thirty-four  weeks  in  each  year,  and  of 
equal  grade  to  that  which  had  been  previously  maintained  therein 
by  such  special  district,  said  high  school  to  be  open  to  all  scholars 
in  the  town  district,  of  suitable  age  and  qualifications. 

Sect.  33.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  town  district  to  raise  and  Town  district  re- 
appropriate  each  year  thereafter  sufficient  money  in  addition  totrict  shall 
the  school  money  which  the  town  in  which  it  is  situated  may  raise,  Mgh  school' 
to  properly  maintain  such  high  school,  or  schools,  as  may  be  estab- 
lished under  the  preceding  section. 

Sect.  34.     No  high  school  shall  be  discontinued,  or  the  location  High  school  not 
thereof  be  changed,  except  by  the  superior  court,  on  petition  of  ti'nued, 'etc!'^ 
the  school  board  of  the  town  or  district  in  which  it  is  located,  after  "'^'"'^p*''''  °°^^*- 
such  notice  as  the  court  may  order,  if  it  shall  appear  that  the 
educational  interests  of  the  town  district  require  such  discontinu- 
ance or  change. 

Sect.  35.  Any  town  district  failing  to  comply  with  the  provi- District  subject 
sions  of  Part  IV  (a)  of  this  act,  or  anv  of  them,  shall  be  fined  f or  c^'ompHance  "°" 
such  neglect.  ^'*'^  ^'""^  ^^-^- 


140 


Chapter   85. 


1921 


(b)    Dissolution  of  Special  Districts. 


How  dissolved 
and  united  to 
town     district. 


Town    district    to 
take    possession 
of    school 
property. 


Rights    in 
property,    how 
equalized. 


Selectmen    to 
apportion     prop- 
erty   among 
parts  of  dis- 
solved   districts 
in    two    or 
more  towns. 


Referee   to   he 
appointed    in    case 
selectmen    fail 
to    apportion. 


Notice   hefore 
appointment    of 
referee. 


Referee  to    give 
notice    of 
hearing   and 
make  report. 


Tax  to  adjust 
apportionment, 
how   assessed. 


Town     district 
to    take    property 
and     selectmen 
to    adjust    tax 
in    relation 
thereto. 


Sect.  36.  Any  special  district  organized  under  a  special  act  of 
the  legislature  may,  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  qualified  voters 
present  and  voting  at  a  legal  meeting,  dissolve  its  corporate  ex- 
istence and  unite  with  the  town  district. 

Sect.  37.  In  such  case  the  town  district  so  formed  shall  forth- 
with take  possession  of  the  schoolhouses,  lands,  apparatus,  and 
other  property  owned  and  used  for  school  purposes  by  the  district 
so  dissolved  which  the  district  might  lawfully  sell  or  convey. 

Sect.  38.  The  property  so  taken,  and  also  like  property  of  the 
district  to  which  the  special  district  is  united,  shall  be  appraised 
by  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  and  at  the  next  annual  assessment 
a  tax  shall  be  levied  upon  the  whole  town  district  equal  to  the 
amount  of  the  whole  appraisal ;  and  there  shall  be  remitted  to  the 
taxpayers  of  each  district  the  appraised  value  of  its  property. 

Sect.  39.  If  a  district  so  dissolved  is  formed  of  parts  of  two  or 
more  towns,  an  equitable  apportionment  of  its  assets  and  liabilities 
between  such  parts  shall  be  made  by  the  selectmen  of  the  towns 
in  which  they  are  situate,  acting  as  a  joint  board,  within  sixty  days 
after  the  dissolution. 

Sect.  40.  If  such  joint  board  fail  to  make  an  apportionment 
within  the  time  limited  therefor,  any  taxpayer  within  the  district 
may  apply  by  petition  to  a  judge  of  the  superior  court  for  the 
appointment  of  a  referee  to  make  the  apportionment. 

Sect.  41.  The  judge  shall  appoint  a  time  and  place  of  hearing 
upon  the  petition,  and  order  notice  thereof  to  be  given  to  all  parties 
interested,  and  after  hearing  them  he  shall  appoint  a  referee. 

Sect.  42.  The  notice  shall  be  served  by  posting  copies  of  the 
petition  and  order  thereon  in  at  least  two  public  places  in  each 
of  said  parts,  and  by  giving  to  the  clerk  of  the  dissolved  district, 
and  the  clerk  of  each  town  district  in  which  any  part  thereof  is 
located,  like  copies  ten  days  at  least  before  the  day  of  hearing. 

Sect.  43.  The  referee  shall  cause  notice  of  his  hearing  to  be 
given  to  all  parties  interested,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided 
in  the  preceding  sectioc  He  shall  hear  the  parties,  make  his 
report  in  writing,  and  file  a  copy  thereof  with  the  clerk  of  the  dis- 
solved district  and  the  clerk  of  each  town  interested ;  and  the 
report,  so  made  and  filed,  shall  be  final. 

Sect.  44.  Upon  receiving  a  copy  of  the  apportionment,  the 
selectmen  shall  assess  upon  that  part  of  the  district  within  their 
town  the  amount  for  which  it  is  charged,  and  cause  the  same  to  be 
collected  and  paid  to  the  town  district  in  which  the  creditor  part 
of  the  dissolved  district  is  situated. 

Sect.  45.  The  town  district  shall  take  the  property  and  assets 
of  that  part  of  the  dissolved  district  which  is  situate  in  such  town 
district,  and  the  selectmen  of  the  town  shall  assess  and  remit  taxes 


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with  reference  to  the  property  so  taken,  and  like  property  of  the 
town  district,  the  same  as  in  other  cases. 

Sect.  46.     The  corporate  powers  of  a  district  shall  continue  for  Dissolved 

.  ^    ■  -.oiiT  •  districts    to 

the  purpose  of  setthng  up  its  affairs  and  of  holding,  managing,  continue,  for 
and  enjoying  any  property  held  by  it  in  trust,  notwithstanding  its'^''^*  purposes, 
dissolution,  but  the  school  board  of  the  district  of  which  it  forms 
a  part  shall  be  its  agents  to  expend  the  income  of  any  such  trust 
property  that  is  devoted  to  the  support  of  schools. 

Sect.  47.     The  school  board  shall  first  give  to  such  district  or  income  of  trust 

,  „       ■,        ,■  ini-^  J  funds,    how    used. 

districts  such  term  or  character  of  schooling  as  would  be  just  and 
reasonable  if  no  such  fund  were  in  existence,  and  only  use  the 
income  to  lengthen  the  school  or  schools,  or  to  carry  out  the  pur- 
poses of  the  trust  under  which  the  funds  are  held. 

Sect.  48.     Any  justice  of  the  peace  may,  upon  application  of  Meetings  of 
three  or  more  voters,  resident  within  the  limits  of  the  dissolved  districts. 
district,  call  a  meeting  thereof  in  the  same  manner  as  other  school 
district  meetings   are   called,    at   which   a   moderator,   clerk,   and 
agents  may  be  chosen,  and  any  other  business  transacted  for  the 
purposes  mentioned  in  section  46  of  this  part. 

Sect.  49.     The  records  of  dissolved  school  districts  whose  cor- District  records 
porate  existence  is  not  continued  for  any  purpose  shall  be  returned 
by  the  clerks  of  such  districts  to  the  town  clerk's  office  for  pre- 
servation with  the  public  records  of  the  town. 

(c)   Changing  District  Boundaries. 

Sect.  50.     Any  person  interested  in  severing  part  of  any  town  Person  may  pe- 
therefrom   and   annexing  it   to   another  town,   or   school   district  of  adjoining 
therein,  for  school  purposes,  may  apply  therefor  by  petition  to  the^*"''"^- 
selectmen  of  the  town  from  which  it  is  proposed  to  sever  such  ter- 
ritory, and  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town  to  which  it  is  proposed  to 
annex  the  same. 

Sect.  51.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  selectmen,  upon  notice  to  Duties  of  seiect- 
such  petitioners  and  to  the  school  boards  of  the  respective  towns  ™e*tuion'.°'' 
and  school  districts  interested  in  the  proposed  transfer,  to  hear  the 
parties,  and  determine  whether  the  reasonable  accommodation  of 
such  petitioners  or  others  requires  such  transfer,  and  to  make 
return  of  their  findings  to  the  clerks  of  their  respective  towns  in 
writing  within  thirty  days. 

Sect.  52.     If  a  majority  of  each  of  said  boards  of  selectmen  Records  to  be 
report  in  favor  of  such  transfer,  they  shall  sign  a  certificate  ofSerks  of  faTor- 
that  fact,  describing  such   territory,   and  stating  that  it  is  an- ^^^^   decision. 
nexed  to  such  adjoining  town,  or  district  therein  for  school  pur- 
poses, which  certificate  shall  be  recorded  by  the  town  clerk  of 
each  town. 

Sect.  53.     Any  territory  noAv  or  hereafter  annexed  for  school  re^nnexed  To " 
purposes  to  an  adjoining  town  or  school  district  therein,  may.  "o^^fnliho,^. 


142 


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1921 


Changes    under 
this   act    valid    as 
if  made  by 
legislature. 


Powers   and 
duties    of    select- 
men   and    tax 
collector. 


Previous    section 
not    applicable 
to   special 
districts. 

Portions    of 
districts   may   be 
united — how. 


upon  proceedings  such  as  have  been  prescribed  in  the  foregoing 
sections  of  this  act,  be  restored  to  the  town  or  district  from  which 
it  has  been  severed. 

Sect.  54.  The  annexation  of  territory  under  this  act  shall 
have  the  same  force  and' validity  as  if  made  by  a  special  act  of 
the  legislature. 

Sect.  55.  The  selectmen  and  collector  of  any  town  to  which 
part  of  any  other  town  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  annexed  for 
school  purposes  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  duties  in  respect 
to  such  annexed  territory,  of  furnishing  blank  inventories  and 
of  assessing  and  collecting  taxes  for  school  purposes,  and  the 
inhabitants  and  owners  thereof  shall  for  such  purposes  be  sub- 
ject to  the  same  liabilities  as  if  such  territory  were  in  the  town 
to  which  it  is  or  may  be  annexed. 

Sect.  56.  The  foregoing  section  shall  not  apply  to  special  dis- 
tricts, but  only  to  town  districts. 

Sect.  57.  The  selectmen  of  any  town,  and  the  school  board  of 
an.y  high  school  or  other  special  district  in  the  same  town,  may, 
upon  petition  of  persons  interested,  after  notice  to  the  school 
board  of  the  town  school  district  of  such  town,  and  after  hear- 
ing the  parties,  unite  parts  of  either  district  to  the  other,  a  ma- 
jority of  the  board  of  selectmen  and  majority  of  the  school  board 
of  such  special  district,  and  a  majority  of  the  school  board  of  the 
town  school  district  concurring  therein,  and  their  decision  in 
writing  being  recorded  on  the  town  records. 


(d)  Public  Playgrounds. 


School    boards 
authorized     to 
carry    on    play- 
grounds,   etc. 


Sect.  58.  If  the  school  board  in  any  city  or  town  in  this  state 
is  given  charge  of  the  public  playgrounds  and  recreation  centers, 
such  school  board  is  authorized  to  carry  on  playgrounds  and 
recreation  activities  on  the  grounds  and  in  buildings  in  charge 
of  the  school  board,  and  on  such  other  grounds  and  in  such  other 
buildings  as  may,  with  its  approval,  be  assigned  to  it. 


Part  V. 


SCHOOL  meetings  AND  OFFICERS. 


(a)   School  Meetings. 


Annual    meetings 
when    holden. 


Section  1.  A  meeting  of  every  school  district  shall  be  holden 
annually  between  the  first  day  of  March  and  the  twentieth  day 
of  April,  inclusive,  for  the  choice  of  district  officers  and  the 
transaction  of  other  district  business. 
Special  meetings,  Sect.  2.  A  Special  meeting  of  a  school  district  shall  be  holden 
whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  school  board,  there  is  occasion 


1921]  Chapter  85.  143 

therefor,  or  whenever  ten  or  more  voters,  or  one-sixth  of  the  voters 
of  the  district,  shall  have  made  written  application  to  the  school 
board  therefor,  setting  forth  the  subject  matter  upon  which  action 
is  desired. 

Sect.  3.  No  school  district  shall  raise  or  appropriate  money  at  s^Pf  if^i  rTfsf  of ' 
any  special  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  except  by  vote  by  appropriate 
ballot,  nor  unless  the  ballots  cast  at  such  meeting  shall  be  equal 
in  number  to  at  least  one-half  of  the  number  of  voters  of  such  dis- 
trict entitled  to  vote  at  the  regular  meeting  next  preceding  such 
special  meeting;  and  if  a  checklist  was  used  at  the  last  preceding 
regular  meeting,  the  same  shall  be  used  to  ascertain  the  number  of 
legal  voters  in  said  district;  and  such  checklist,  corrected  accord- 
ing to  law,  may  be  used  at  such  special  meeting  upon  request  of 
ten  legal  voters  of  the  district. 

Sect.  4.     School  district   meetings  may  be   held   at  the   usual  Meetings. 

1     1  T  11          where    held. 

place  where  town  meetings  of  the  town  are  held,  or  at  such  other 
suitable  place  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  officers  calling  the  meeting 
will  best  accommodate  the  voters. 

Sect. -5.     They  shall  be  warned  by  the  school  board,  or,  in  cases  Warrants,   by 

•^  ";  '        '  whom    issued    and 

authorized  by  law,  by  a  justice  of  the  peace,  by  a  warrant  ad- what  to  contain. 

dressed  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  district  qualified  to  vote  in  district 

affairs,  stating  the  time  and  place  of  the  meeting,  and  the  subject 

matter  of  the  business  to  be  acted  upon.     In  all  districts  which 

have  not  adopted  the  provisions  of  the  act  providing  for  medical 

inspection  in  schools,  the  warrant  shall  contain  an  article  relating 

thereto. 

Sect.  6.     The  officers  issuing  a  warrant  for  a  district  meeting  to  contain 
shall  insert  therein  any  subject  matter  for  which  application  has  "ubje*3ts*!  when!* 
been  made  to  them  in  writing  by  ten  or  more  voters,  or  by  one- 
sixth  of  the  voters  of  the  district. 

Sect.  7.     The  school  board  or  justice  issuing  a  warrant  shall  when  and  where 
cause  an  attested  copy  of  it  to  be  posted  at  the  place  of  meeting,*"  ^^  ^"^  "^ 
and  a  like  copy  at  one  other  public  place  in  the  district,  fourteen 
days  before  the  day  of  meeting. 

Sect.  8.     If  the  school  board  does  not  cause  a  warrant  for  thej^^y  ^<!  'f^ed 

by    a    justice 

annual  meeting  to  be  posted  on  or  before  the  second  Tuesday  of  "f  the  peace, 
March,  in  any  year,  or  for  a  special  meeting  wuthin  ten  days  after 
application  therefor  is  made  to  them,  a  justice  of  the  peace,  upon 
application  of  ten  or  more  voters,  or  of  one-sixth  of  the  voters  of 
the  district,  may  issue  such  warrant  and  cause  it  to  be  posted. 

Sect.  9.     The  warrant,  wath  a  certificate  thereon,  verified  byTo  be  returned 
oath,  stating  the  time  and  places  when  and  where  copies  of  it  were  and  recorded. 
posted,  shall  be  given  to  the  clerk  of  the  district  at  or  before  the 
time  of  the  meeting,  and  shall  be  recorded  by.  him  in  the  records 
of  the  district. 

Sect.  10.     Any   person   qualified   to   vote    in   town   affairs   may  Voters,   who   are. 
vote  at  school  district  meetings  in  the  district  in  which  such  person 


144 


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[1921 


Checklist   to   be 
used,   when. 


Illegal     voting, 
how    punished. 


has  resided  and  had  a  home  three  months  next  preceding  the  meet- 
ing. 

Sect.  11.  Upon  petition  of  ten  legal  voters  of  any  district, 
presented  in  January,  or  if  the  district  at  its  annual  meeting  shall 
have  voted  that  a  checklist  be  used  at  future  meetings,  the  school 
hoard  shall  make,  post,  and  correct  a  list  of  the  legal  voters  in  the 
district,  as  supervisors  are  required  to  do  in  regard  to  the  list 
of  voters  in  their  towns ;  and  such  list  shall  be  used  and  checked, 
at  the  election  of  officers  and  otherwise,  at  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  district,  as  in  case  of  town  meetings,  but  this  provision  shall 
not  be  applicable  to  any  special  school  district  in  this  state,  unless 
a  petition  for  a  checklist  shall  be  signed  by  five  per  cent,  of  the 
legal  voters  of  the  district. 

Sect.  12.  If  any  person  under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  or 
any  alien  not  naturalized,  or  any  person  who  has  not  resided  and 
had  his  home  in  the  district  for  three  months  and  in  the  town  for 
six  months  preceding,  shall  vote  in  any  district  meeting,  or  if  any 
person  shall  give  in  more  than  one  vote  for  any  officer  voted  for 
at  the  meeting,  or  if  any  person,  being  under  examination  before 
the  school  board  as  to  his  qualifications  as  a  voter,  shall  give  any 
false  name  or  answer,  he  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  thirty  dollars, 
or  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  three  months. 


(b)  School  Officers. 


Officers  of 
districts. 


Districts  which 
maintain  high 
schools  may  in- 
crease member- 
ship of  their 
school    boards. 


Eligibility 
to  office. 


Officers,    how 
chosen ;    to    be 
sworn. 


Sect.  13.  The  officers  of  every  school  district  for  which  the 
law  does  not  otherwise  provide  shall  be  a  moderator,  a  clerk,  a 
school  board  of  three  persons,  a  treasurer,  and  one  or  more  audi- 
tors, and  such  other  officers  and  agents  as  the  voters  may  judge 
necessary  for  managing  the  district  affairs. 

Sect.  14.  While  any  district  maintains  a  high  school  or  unites 
with  another  district  in  maintaining  one,  it  may  have  a  school 
board  consisting  of  three,  six  or  nine  members,  as  it  shall  determine 
by  vote  or  by-law.  Whenever  it  ceases  to  maintain  or  to  unite  in 
maintaining  a  high  school,  it  shall  thereafter  elect  only  one  mem- 
ber to  the  school  board  each  year  to  fill  vacancies  occurring  from 
expiration  of  term  of  service,  so  that  the  board  will  decrease  in 
numbers,  year  by  year,  until  it  shaM  be  composed  of  only  three 
members. 

Sect.  15.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  school-district 
office  unless  he  is  a  voter  in  the  district.  No  person  holding  oifice 
as  a  member  of  a  school  bpard  shall  at  the  same  time  act  as  district 
treasurer  or  auditor,  nor  shall  any  member  of  a  school  board  be 
employed  as  a  teacher  in  his  district. 

Sect.  16.  The  moderator  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  by  a  plu- 
rality vote ;  the  clerk,  school  board,  and  treasurer  shall  be  chosen 
by  ballot,  by  a  majority  vote.  The  moderator  and  clerk  shall  be 
sworn. 


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Sect.  17.  One-third  of  tlie  members  of  the  school  board  shall  Tenure  of  office. 
be  chosen  each  year  to  hold  office  for  three  years,  and  until  their 
successors  are  chosen  and  qualified,  and  vacancies  in  the  board 
shall  be  filled  so  as  to  preserve  such  succession  in  office.  All  other 
officers  shall  be  chosen  annually,  and  shall  hold  office  for  one  year, 
and  until  their  successors  are  chosen  and  qualified. 

Sect.  18.     The  moderator  shall  have  the  like  power  and  duty  Moderator's 

,  powers    ana. 

as  a  moderator  of  a  town  meeting  to  conduct  the  busmess  and  to  duties. 
preserve  order,  and  may  administer  oaths  to  district  officers  and 
in  the  district  business.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  or  absence,  a  moderator 
pro  tempore  may  be  chosen. 

Sect.  19.  The  clerk  shall  keep  a  true  record  of  all  the  doings  Jerk's  duties. 
of  each  meeting;  shall  deliver  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town  an  at- 
tested copy  of  every  vote  to  raise  money  within  ten  days  after 
the  meeting ;  shall  make  an  attested  copy  of  any  record  of  the  dis- 
trict for  any  person  upon  request  and  tender  of  legal  fees  there- 
for; shall  act  as  moderator  of  any  meeting  until  a  moderator  pro 
tempore  shall  be  chosen,  if  the  moderator  is  absent  or  the  office  has 
become  vacant ;  and  shall  have  the  same  power  to  administer  oaths 
which  the  moderator,  has.  If  the  clerk  is  absent  at  any  meeting,  a 
clerk  pro  tempore  shall  be  chosen. 

Sect.  20.     The  clerk  of  every  school  district  shall,   forthwith,  cierk  to  report 

•^  names,    etc.,    of 

after  the  election  from  time  to  time  of  members  of  the  school  board,  school  board 

....  -  cr>  T  1  t"    town    clerk, 

report  m  writing  their  names  and  post-office  addresses  to  the  town  when;  penalty 
clerk  of  the  town ;  and  if  he  fails  to  do  so,  he  shall  be  fined  twenty  ""^  ^^^  ^'^ ' 
dollars,  one-half  for  the  use  of  the  complainant  and  the  other  half 
for  the  use  of  the  town. 

Sect.  21.     The  treasurer  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  Treasurer  to 
of  his  office,  give  a  bond  with  sufficient  sureties  to  the  district,  to^"^ 
the  acceptance  of  the  school  board,  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
his  official  duties. 

Sect.  22.  He  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  moneys  belonging  Treasurer's 
to  the  district,  and  shall  pay  out  the  same  only  upon  orders  of  the 
school  board.  He  shall  keep  a  fair  and  correct  account  of  all  sums 
received  into  and  paid  from  the  district  treasury.  At  the  close  of 
each  fiscal  year  he  shall  make  a  report  to  the  district,  giving  a  par- 
ticular account  of  all  receipts  and  payments  during  the  year.  He 
shall  furnish  to  the  school  board  statements  from  his  books,  and 
submit  his  books  and  vouchers  to  them  and  to  the  district  auditors 
for  examination,  whenever  so  requested,  and  make  the  returns 
called  for  by  Laws  of  1917,  chapter  57,  section  1. 

Sect.  23.     The   auditors   shall  carefully   examine  the   accounts  Auditor's  duties. 
of  the  treasurer  and  school  board  at  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year, 
and  at  other  times  whenever  necessary,  and  report  to  the  district 
whether  the  same  are  correctlv  cast  and  well  vouched. 


l^j  Chapter   S5.  [TJ21 


■ir.c 


\-'c\     clerk 
■;    report   to 
^-    hnarrl 
n-s   of   lo'il 
oJ    buai'd. 


S-CT.  £'.     The  sc!  c;l  board  shall  fill  vacancies  occurring  on  the 
fi:ied?'  1  card,  c::  1  "n  other  district  offices,  except  that  of  moderator,  until 

the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  district.  In  case  of  vacancy  of  the 
entire  membership  of  the  board,  or  the  remaining  members  are 
unable  to  n^^ree  upon  an  appointment,  the  selectmen,  upon  appli- 
cation of  one  or  more  voters  in  the  district,  shall  fill  the  vacancies 
so  existing  until  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  district. 

Sect.  25.  Every  district  clerk,  within  thirty  days  after  the 
annual  m3?ting,  shall  report  to  the  state  board  of  education  the 
names  and  post  office  addresses  of  the  local  school  board.  Any  dis- 
trict clerk  who  neglects  to  make  reports  as  required  by  this  section 
shall  be  subject  to  pay  a  fine  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  failure, 
one-half  for  the  use  of  the  department  to  which  he  fails  to  report, 
and  tie  other  half  for  the  use  of  the  district. 

Part  VI. 

SCHOOL  MONEY. 

>i  tax.  Section  1.     The  selectmen  in  each  town  shall  assess  an  annual 

meiu^^of.      Irx  oi  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  on  each  thousand  dollars  of  the 
valu'^  of  the  ratable  estate  taxable  therein  for  the  support  of  the 
public  schools. 
1  raonev.  Sect.  2.     The  sum  so  raised  shall  be  appropriated  to  the  sole 

..ppropriate..'  p,^^j.pQgg  ^f  maintaining  public  schools  within  the  district  for  teach- 
ing reading,  writing,  English  grammar,  arithmetic,  geography, 
and  such  other  branches  as  are  adapted  to  the  advancement  of  the 
schools,  including  the  purchase  of  fuel  and  other  supplies,  the 
making  of  occasional  repairs  upon  schoolhouses,  appurtenances, 
and  furniture,  and  the  conveyance  of  pupils  to  and  from  school  as 
f)rovided  by  law. 
t  to  a-i)iv  Sect.  3.  If  the  money  so  raised  and  paid  over  to  the  school 
^^ing  to  law;  jj^Qg^j.^1  ^j  ^j^y  district  is  not  all  expended  by  them  according  to  law, 
they  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  twice  the  sum  so  unexpended,  or 
r.ot  legally  expended,  for  the  use  of  the  district. 

■  ;--    rnse       Sect.  4.     The  soliool  board  of  each  district  in  its  annual  report 

■  ''■'^'    '•■^'"''    shall  state  in  detail  the  additional  sums  of  money,  if  any,  which 

will  be  required  during  the  ensuing  fiscal  year  for  the  support  of 
the  public  s  hools,  for  the  purchase  of  textbooks,  scholars'  sup- 
plies, flags  and  appurtenances,  and  for  the  payment  of  the  tuition 
of  the  pupils  in  the  district  in  high  schools  and  academies  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  laws,  and  for  the  payment  of  all  other  statutory 
O'  ligations  of  the  district.  The  selectmen  of  the  town,  in  their 
next  annual  assessment,  shall  assess  u})on  the  taxable  property  of 
the  district  a  sum  sufficient  to  meet  the  obligations  above  enumer- 
ated, with  such  alterations  thereof  as  may  be  voted  by  the  district, 
and  when  collected  shall  pay  the  same  over  to  the  district  treasurer. 


1921]  Chapter   85.  147 

Sect.  5.*  In  any  district  in  which  the  money  produced  by  a  ^.jj^^^icts^  may^ be 
tax  of  five  dollars  on  a  thousand  dollars  of  the  value  of  the  ratable  board, 
estates  in  the  district  is  insufficient  to  maintain  the  required 
elementary  and  special  schools,  and  to  purchase  the  required  text- 
books, scholars'  supplies,  flags  and  appurtenances,  the  state  board 
shall  provide  the  balance  of  the  money  necessary  from  the  money 
appropriated  for  that  purpose.  In  districts  so  aided  the  state 
board,  acting  through  the  local  school  boards,  shall  administer  all 
money  available  for  the  maintenance  of  the  public  schools  and  shall 
account  for  the  money  raised  by  the  districts  as  well  as  that  fur- 
nished by  the  state. 

Sect.  6.t  The  state  treasurer  shall  annually  assess  a  tax  of  state  tax  in 
three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  on  the  thousand  dollars  of  the  value  of  state. 
of  the  ratable  estates  taxable  in  the  unorganized  parts  of  the  state 
for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools,  as  the  value  was  determined 
by  the  tax  commissioners  for  the  purpose  of  making  the  last  appor- 
tionment of  the  state  tax,  and  the  tax  shall  be  collected  in  the 
same  way  as  the  state  tax. 

Sect.  7.     When  a  guardian  and  ward  reside  in  the  same  town,  ^fjjl^'®  alsf-ned 
the  selectmen  shall  assign  the  tax  assessed  upon  the  ward's  per- 
sonal property  to  the  school  district  in  which  the  ward  lives  and 
has  his  home. 

Sect.  8.     If  the  selectmen  neglect  to  assess,  assign,  or  pay  over  Neglect  to  assess, 
the  school  money  as  aforesaid,  they  shall  pay  for  each  neglect  a  penalty. 
sum  equal  to  that  so  neglected  to  be  assessed,  assigned,  or  paid 
over,  to  be  recovered  by  action  of  debt,  in  the  name  and  for  the  use 
of  the  district  by  the  school  board. 

Sect.  9.     All  taxes  collected   by  the   state   upon   the   deposits,  literary  fund, 

.        ■'  .  '  *  'what  termed    and 

stock,  and  attendnig  accumulations  of  depositors  and  stockholders  how  e.xpended. 
of  savings  banks,  trust  companies,  loan  and  trust  companies,  loan 
and  banking  companies,  building  and  loan  associations,  and  other 
similar  corporations,  who  do  not  reside  in  this  state,  or  whose  resi- 
dence is  unknown,  shall  be  known  as  the  literary  fund,  and  shall  be 
used  for  the  purposes  of  this  act. 

Sect.  10.     All  moneys  arising  from  the  taxation  and  licensing  Dog  license   fees, 
of  dogs,  remaining  in  the  treasury  of  any  town  or  city  on  the  first  Tp^p'^iied'^to'  sup- 
day  of  April,  annually,  which  is  not  due  to  holders  of  orders  given  ''"'"*  "^  schools. 
for  loss  of  or  damages  to  domestic  animals  by  dogs,  shall  be  applied 
to  the  support  of  the  public  schools,  and  shall  be  assigned  to  the 
districts  as  other  school  money. 


*See  infra,  chapter  125,   section  7. 
fSee   infra,    chapter    125,    section    8 


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Chaptek   85. 
Part  VII. 


[1921 


SCHOOLHOUSES. 


District,    may 
locate  by   vote 
or    committee. 

Schoolho«se    lots 
in  city  to  be 
selected   by    school 
board,    and    pur- 
chased by   same 
after    appropria- 
tion   by    city 
councils. 

Plans   for 
schoolhouse    or 
change    therein    in 
city   to   be 
approved  by 
school  board ; 
joint    building 
committee    for 
new     schoolhouse. 

Care    and    control 
of   sclioolhouses. 


Exemptions   from 
application    of 
three   preceding 
sections. 


Powers 
mittee 


of   com- 
limited. 


Voters    aggrieved 
may   apply   to 
school   board. 


School  board 
to  locate,   when. 


County  commis- 
sioners to  locate, 
when. 


Chairman  to  g 
notice  of  hear- 
ings,    how. 


Section  1.  The  district  may  decide  upon  the  location  of  its 
schoolhouses,  by  vote  or  by  a  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose. 

Sect.  2.  The  school  board  of  cities  shall  have  sole  power  to 
select  and  purchase  land  for  schoolhouse  lots.  "When  said  board 
has  secured,  by  vote  of  the  city  councils,  an  adequate  appropria- 
tion for  the  purchase  of  a  specified  lot  at  a  specific  price,  then  said 
board  may  make  the  purchase. 

Sect.  3.  No  schoolhouse  shall  be  erected,  altered,  remodeled,  or 
changed  in  any  city  school  district,  unless  the  plans  thereof  have 
been  previously  submitted  to  the  school  board  of  that  district  and 
received  its  approval,  and  all  new  schoolhouses  shall  be  constructed 
under  the  direction  of  a  joint  special  committee,  chosen  in  equal 
numbers  by  the  city  councils  and  the  school  board. 

Sect.  4.  Upon  the  completion  of  a  new  schoolhouse,  the  city 
councils  shall,  by  vote,  transfer  it  to  the  care  and  control  of  the 
school  board.  Whenever  a  schoolhouse  shall  no  longer  be  needed 
for  public  school  purposes,  the  school  board  shall  retransfer  its  care 
and  control  to  the  city. 

,  Sect.  5.  The  provisions  of  the  three  preceding  sections  shall 
not  apply  to  the  Union  School  District  of  Concord,  or  to  the  Union 
School  District  in  the  city  of  Keene. 

Sect.  6.  No  committee  shall  have  power  to  bind  the  di.strict 
beyond  the  amount  of  money  voted  by  it,  and  the  district  shall  not 
be  bound  by  any  act,  as  a  ratification  of  the  doings  of  such  com- 
mittee, beyond  their  authority,  unless  by  express  vote  of  the  dis- 
trict. 

Sect.  7.  If  ten  or  more  voters  of  a  district  are  aggrieved  by 
the  location  of  a  schoolhouse  by  the  district  or  its  committee,  they 
may  apply  by  petition  to  the  school  board,  who  shall  hear  the 
parties  interested  and  determine  the  location. 

Sect.  8.  If  the  district  does  not  agree  upon  a  location  for  a 
schoolhouse  or  upon  a  committee  to  locate  the  same,  or  if  the  same 
is  not  located  by  such  committee  within  thirty  days  after  its  ap- 
pointment, the  school  board,  upon  petition  of  ten  or  more  voters, 
shall  determine  the  location. 

Sect.  9.  If  ten  or  more  voters  of  a  school  district  are  aggrieved 
by  the  location  of  a  schoolhouse  by  the  district  or  its  committee, 
or  by  the  school  board,  they  may  apply  by  petition  to  the  county 
commissioners  within  ten  days  after  the  making  of  the  location, 
who  shall  hear  the  parties  interested  and  determine  the  location. 

Sect.  10.  The  chairman  of  the  county  commissioners  shall  ap- 
point a  time  and  place  within  the  district  for  a  hearing  upon  every 
such  petition ;  and  shall  give  notice  thereof  by   causing  attested.' 


1921]  Chapter   85.  149 

copies  of  the  petition  and  order  of  notice  to  be  posted  at  two  or 
more  public  places  within  the  district  and  to  be  given  in  hand  to, 
or  left  at  the  abode  of,  the  clerk  of  the  district  and  of  one  of  the 
school  board,  fourteen  days  before  the  day  of  hearing. 

Sect.  11.     In  such   cases,   vacancies   in  the  board   of   commis- Vacancies^  in_^^^^ 
sioners  arising  from  disqualification  of  members  or  otherwise  shall 
be  filled  in  the  same  manner  as  like  vacancies  are  filled  in  high- 
way cases  referred  to  them. 

Sect.  12.     The  hearing  shall  be  closed  within  sixty  days.     TheHea^ri°|.  ^^^^' 
commissioners  shall  hear  all  parties  interested  who  desire  to  be  made  and  filed. 
heard,  and  shall  make  their  decision  in  writing  and  file  it  with  the 
clerk  of  the  district. 

Sect.  13.     The  district  shall  take  no  steps  to  carry  into  effect  ^^^^^^^^^  %  ^/^^ry 
a  former  location  while  any  subsequent  proceedings  authorized  by  .fo[^°i<^^ig^^ocation^ 
law  for  a  change  thereof  are  pending.  appeal  pending. 

Sect.  14.     The  commissioners  shall  be  paid  by  the  district  f or  Commisswners, 
their  services  the  same  fees  as  in  highway  cases.     Districts  are 
authorized  to  raise  money  for  that  purpose. 

Sect.  15.     The  location  of  schoolhouses,  however  made,  shall  be  Location  ^^con- 
conclusive  for  the  term  of  five  years,  unless  an  appeal  therefrom  what  time. 
shall  be  prosecuted  as  provided  in  this  chapter. 

Sect.  16.     The  school  board  or  countv  commissioners  may  en- Sehooi  board  or 

"      .  .  county    commis- 

large  any  existing  schoolhouse  lot  so  that  it  shall  contain  not  ex-  sioners  may 
ceeding  one  acre,   upon  such   petition   to   them  and   proceedings  [sting^'^iots. 
thereon  as  are  required  to  authorize  them  to  determine  the  location 
for  a  schoolhouse. 

Sect.  17.  If  any  school  district  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  Pi"o- j^j^'^^gig^PP^'g^J'^* 
cure  the  lot  of  land  selected  for  the  location  of  a  schoolhouse  or  for  when, 
the  enlargement  of  an  existing  schoolhouse  lot,  as  provided  in  this 
chapter,  or  if  the  owner  of  the  land  shall  refuse  to  sell  the  same  to 
the  district  for  a  reasonable  price,  the  selectmen,  upon  petition  to 
them  by  the  school  board,  or  by  three  or  more  voters  of  the  district, 
shall  appraise  tlie  damages  occasioned  to  the  land  owner  by  the 
taking  of  his  land.  The  appraisal  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  be 
filed  vrith  the  clerk  of  the  district. 

Sect.  18.     Any  land  owner  aggrieved  bv  such  appraisal  of  hisfppeai  by 

•'  ®°  •  ^  ^  .    .         landowner. 

damages  may  appeal  therefrom  to  the  superior  court  by  petition 
within  sixty  days  after  the  appraisal  is  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
district ;  and  the  procedure  and  remedies  upon  such  appeal  shall 
be  the  same  as  in  appeals  from  the  assessment  of  damages  by  select- 
men in  highway  cases,  except  that  service  of  papers  shall  be  made 
upon  the  clerk  of  the  district  and  one  of  the  school  board,  instead 
of  the  town  clerk  and  one  of  the  selectmen,  and  except  as  provided 
in  the  following  section. 

Sect.  19.     Upon  payment  or  tender  of  the  damages  awarded.  T'tie  to ^ vest 
the  land  shall  vest  in  the  district,  and  it  may  take  possession  of  it.  when;  damages 
Such   payment   or  tender  may  be   made   in   accordance   with   the 


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Selectmen  to 
build  school- 
house,    when. 


Schools,    where 
to    be   kept. 


Use   of   school- 
houses    may    ue 
granted,    for 
certain     purposes 


Doors    of    school- 
houses    to    open 
outward. 


No    building    to 
be  used   as   a 
schoolhouse 
above    second 
story    unless 
provided    with 
fire    escapes. 


Location    of 
fire    escapes. 


award  of  the  selectmen  before  an  appeal  is  taken,  or  while  an 
appeal  is  pending,  and  shall  have  like  effect.  In  such  case,  if  the 
damages  are  increased  upon  appeal  the  land  owner  shall  have  judg- 
ment for  the  excess ;  if  decreased,  the  district  shall  have  judgment 
for  the  amount  of  the  decrease.  If  the  result  of  the  appeal  is  to 
change  the  award  of  damages  in  favor  of  the  land  owner,  he  shall 
recover  costs ;  otherwise,  he  shall  pay  costs. 

Sect.  20.  If  a  district  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  build,  repair, 
remove,  or  fit  up  a  schoolhouse,  or  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  build 
a  schoolhouse  upon  or  to  remove  it  to  the  lot  designated  as  afore- 
said, the  selectmen,  upon  petition  of  three  or  more  voters  of  the 
district,  after  hearing  the  parties,  may  assess  upon  the  district  and 
collect  such  sums  of  money  as  may  be  necessary,  and  therewith 
cause  such  schoolhouse  to  be  built,  removed,  repaired,  or  fitted  up. 

Sect.  21.  The  schools  of  a  district  shall  be  kept  in  its  school- 
houses,  if  it  has  suitable  houses  that  will  accommodate  the  scholars; 
if  not,  the  school  board  shall  provide  suitable  accommodations  for 
the  schools  at  the  expense  of  the  district. 

Sect.  22.  A  school  district  or  a  school  board  thereof  may  grant 
the  use  of  any  schoolhouse  in  the  district  for  a  writing  or  singing 
school,  and  for  religious  and  other  meetings,  whenever  such  use 
will  not  conflict  with  any  regular  school  exercise.  The  person  so 
using  a  schoolhouse  shall  be  liable  for  any  damages  to  the  same  and 
to  the  property  therein. 

Sect.  23.  The  outer  doors  and  doors  of  passages  leading  out- 
ward, of  churches  hereafter  built  or  rebuilt,  schoolhouses  contain- 
ing more  than  two  schoolrooms,  and  halls  and  other  buildings  used 
for  public  gatherings,  shall  open  outward ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  selectmen  of  towns  to  see  that  these  provisions  are  complied 
with,  and  to  prosecute  persons  M'ho  neglect  to  do  so. 

Sect.  24.  No  building  shall  be  used  or  occupied  above  the 
second  story  as  a  schoolhouse,  except  school  dormitories  which  are 
otherwise  provided  with  adequate  fire  escapes,  unless  it  is  provided 
with  a  steel  or  wrought  iron  balcony  and  stairway  fire  escape  at- 
tached to  the  outer  wall  in  such  manner  and  place  as  the  selectmen 
of  the  town  or  the  officials  of  the  city  shall  designate  as  affording 
easy  and  safe  egress  from  the  building.  If  the  building  is  of 
greater  length  than  one  hundred  fifty  feet  an  additional  fire  escape 
shall  be  provided  for  each  additional  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  or 
fractional  part  thereof.  These  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  build- 
ings equipped  with  an  improved  sprinkler  s^^stem  and  stairways 
enclosed  with  fireproof  walls,  or  having  other  means  of  exit  duly 
approved  in  writing  by  the  town  or  city  officials  aforesaid. 

Sect.  25.  Such  fire  escapes  shall  reach  within  eight  feet  of  the 
ground,  and  the  locations  of  the  exits  thereto  shall  be  designated 
by  red  lights  during  such  hours  of  the  night  as  the  building  is 
occupied. 


?hild 


1921]  Chapter    85.  101 

Sect.  26.     If  any  person  shall  violate  any  of  the  previsions  of  Penalty. 
the  two  preceding  sections  he  shall  he  fined  not  exceeding  five  hun- 
dred dollars  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both,  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  officers  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this 
act. 

Part  VIII. 

HEALTH    AND    SANITATION. 

(a)    General  Provisions. 

Section  1.  No  child  shall  attend  a  public  or  private  scLcol  hi  this  :"'1';|^^"\/'  Y" 
state  unless  he  has  been  vaccinated;  or  has  had  the  smrUpcx-  ow-ricss  vacc:-r.t_c 
has  submitted  not  less  than  three  times  to  the  process  rf  va  cina- 
tion ;  or  holds  a  certificate  of  the  local  board  of  health  r'  rt  1  e  is 
an  unfit  subject  for  vaccination.  The  local  board  of  h' ■  't'l  -^^1  all 
issue  such  a  certificate  on  the  advi :e  of  a  registered  ph;  '  :  :i  ap- 
proved by  it. 

Sect.  2.  The  parent,  guardian,  or  other  person  laviug  t^^ej^'f" « 
custody  of  a  child  who  is  infected  with  or  who  has  been  exposed  to  n  t  to 
a  communicable  disease  shall  not  permit  him  to  attend  either  a^^^°°' 
public  or  private  school. 

Sect.  3.     Any  person  who  violates  the  provisions  of  tl :  :^vo??d- Penait'-. 
ing  section  shall  be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sect.  4.  No  person  shall  be  emploved  in  anv  capa  '  "■  in  or  Persons  mfpoted 
about  a  building  used  tor  school  purposes  who  is  mf:^  llI  vnth  or  other  com- 

,     i  1       .  , ,  •111-  municable     dis- 

tuberculosis  or  any  other  communicable  disease.  ease  not  to  be 

Sect.  5.  The  health  officer  of  any  town  or  city  shall  r-  en  ^cra-^^XorLnS. 
plaint  immediately  examine,  or  cause  to  be  examined,  a:r-  p:^:  son  Health  officer  to 
alleged  to  be  infected  as  aforesaid  and,  if  he  shall  find  su  I  ">^-'";on  ^ii^™'"g^o,^p[aVnt, 
to  be  so  infected,  he  shall  order  the  temporarv  or  perma::::t  sus- «"<!  .°*'^^.^  ^"^" 

'  .  ^  •  '^  Tension    it 

pension  of  such  infected  person  from  dut}''.  found  infected. 

Sect.  6.     If  the  health  officer  shall  within  ten  days  r.c.i  thesa»e  board  of 
date  of  filing  of  complaint  fail  to  take  action  as  herein  i  :ovi  led.  Jmine,  if /hea'th 
the  complainant  may  appeal  to  the  secretary  of  the  state  'card  of t°r'l''"a3^s'';''^anr 
health,  who  shall  forthwith  cause  a  competent  examinat '::■•,  t^  Vn^ay  sus-end. 
made  and,  if  such  person  is  found  to  be  infected  as  charg  d,  si  all 
order  his  or  her  exclusion  from  school  as  above  provided. 

Sect.  7.     The  state  board  of  health  is  authorized  and  histructed  state  board  of 
to  prepare,  or  cause  to  be  prepared,  such  bulletin  or  bulletins  on  pare  ^  buUen^ns. 
the  cause,  restriction  and  prevention   of  tuberculosis,   emhodying 
such  facts,  suggestions  and  regulations  as  in  its  judgment  shall 
best  instruct  the  public  in  methods  of  prevention  and  restriction, 
including  the  proper  sanitary  management  of  said  disease. 

Sect.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  education  of  every  Distribution  by 
school  district  in  the  state  to  furnish  each  teacher  of  a  public  school '^^°°'  teachers. 
a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  each  bulletin,  whenever  irs'Ted,  as 


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Report  of   iiu 
ber    required. 


Distribution    by 
state    board 
of    health. 


Penalty    for    using 
barbed  wire  for 
fencing    land    next 
to    school    lots. 


What    officers 
to    prosecute. 


Buildings    and 
places  in   com- 
pact  part   of  town 
not    to    be   used 
as    slaughter- 
houses,  etc., 
without     permis- 
sion  of   health 
officers. 


State    board    of 
liealth   to   in- 
vestigate   school 
buildings,    etc. 

Procedure    if 
conditions    un- 
sanitary; 
changes    ordered. 


lool    board    to 
Ue    changes; 
ense,   how   met 


to  enable  the  said  teacher,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  distribute  one 
copy  to  each  family  represented  in  said  school  district. 

Sect.  9.  The  board  of  education  shall  ascertain,  approximately, 
the  number  of  copies  of  said  bulletin  that  may  be  required  under 
the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section  and  shall  report  the  same 
to  the  state  board  of  health  within  thirty  days  after  request  is 
made  for  same  by  said  state  board  of  health. 

Sect.  10.  The  state  board  of  health  shall,  as  soon  as  practi- 
cable after  ascertaining  the  number  of  copies  of  said  bulletin  that 
will  be  required  for  the  distribution  herein  provided  for,  cause  to 
be  printed  and  forwarded  to  each  board  of  education  a  sufficient 
number  of  copies  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  three  preceding 
sections  and  such  additional  number  of  copies  as  in  the  judgment 
of  the  said  board  may  be  otherwise  profitably  distributed. 

Sect.  11.  If  any  owner  or  occupant  of  land  adjoining  land 
occupied  by  a  school  district  for  school  purposes  erects,  keeps  or 
maintains  any  barbed  wire  fence  to  separate  or  divide  such  lands, 
he  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sect.  12.  The  selectmen  or  school  board  shall  prosecute  at  the 
expense  of  the  town  or  district,  as  the  case  may  be,  any  violation 
of  the  preceding  section. 

Sect.  13.  If  any  person  shall  use  or  occupy  a  building  or  place 
near  a  dwellinghouse  or  schoolhouse,  or  in  the  compact  part  of  a 
town,  for  a  slaughterhouse,  a  place  of  deposit  of  green  pelts  or 
skins,  or  for  trying  tallow,  currying  leather,  or  carrying  on  any 
other  business  that  is  offensive  to  the  public,  without  the  written 
permission  of  the  health  officers  of  the  town,  he  shall  forfeit  ten 
dollars  for  each  month  such  building  or  place  shall  be  so  used  or 
occupied,  to  be  recovered  for  the  use  of  the  town. 

Sect.  14.  The  state  board  of  health  shall,  upon  complaint  of 
any  responsible  person,  investigate  the  sanitary  conditions  of  any 
schoolhouse  or  building  used  for  "school  purposes. 

Sect.  15.  If  they  shall  find  that  such  schoolhouse  or  building 
is  in  any  respect  a  menace,  or  likely  to  become  a  menace,  to  the 
health  or  bodily  welfare  of  the  pupils  or  teachers,  they  shall  call 
the  attention  of  the  local  board  of  health  to  the  facts ;  and  if  after 
a  reasonable  length  of  time  the  complaint  has  not  been  attended 
to  in  a  satisfactory  way,  they  shall  either  order  such  changes  as 
will  in  their  judgment  make  the  building  safe  and  sanitary  for 
school  purposes,  or  condemn  the  same  and  forbid  its  further  use. 

Sect.  16.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  school  board  of  the  dis- 
trict forthwith  to  make  the  changes  ordered,  and  the  cost  of  the 
same  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  district.  The  selectmen  shall 
assess  the  cost  upon  the  polls  and  ratable  estate  of  the  district  in 
addition  to  money  voted  by  the  district  or  required  by  law  for  the 
support  of  schools.  In  anticipation  of  such  assessment,  the  school 
board  may  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  district  to  meet  the 
charges  incurred. 


ans 


1921]  Chapter    85.  153 

(b)  Optional  Provisions. 

Sect.  17.     Whenever  any  city,  union,  special,  or  town  school  FoUo^ing^.pj-ovi- 
district  shall  adopt  the  provisions  of  the  following  sections  they 
shall  be  in  force  in  such  school  district  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sect.  18.  The  school  board  of  the  city  or  town,  in  which  such  s^^hooj^/^ysic 
school  district  is  located,  shall  appoint  one  or  more  school  physi- 
cians of  not  less  than  five  years'  experience,  shall  assign  one  to 
each  public  and  each  private  school  within  such  school  district, 
and  shall  provide  them  with  all  proper  facilities  for  the  perform- 
ance of  their  duties  as  prescribed  in  this  act. 

Sect.  19.  Every  school  physician  shall  in  the  presence  of  the  Exammat^ons  of 
teacher  at  least  ouce  a  year,  previous  notice  having  been  given,  physician,  etc. 
make  such  an  examination  of  every  pupil,  excepting  such  as  are 
hereinafter  exempted,  and  of  every  teacher,  janitor,  and  other 
employees,  of  the  schools  committed  to  his  charge,  and  of  the  school 
buildings,  yards  and  surroundings  thereof  as  the  protection  of  the 
health  of  the  pupils  may  require.  He  shall  report  the  results  of 
his  examination  to  the  school  board,  who  shall  record  the  same,  and 
they  shall  forthwith  take  such  action  thereon  as  in  their  judgment 
the  public  health  or  the  health  of  the  pupils  demands. 

Sect.  20.  Every  child  who  shows  signs  of  being  in  ill  ^^^alth  Reference  oi^^^^^^ 
or  of  suffering  from  a  communicable  disease,  shall  be  referred  by 
the  teacher  to  the  parents  or  guardian  of  such  child  for  examina- 
tion and  diagnosis  by  some  regularly  registered  physician  and  if 
said  parents  fail  or  neglect  to  have  such  child  so  examined,  and 
produce  a  certificate  from  such  physician  within  two  days,  then 
such  child  shall  be  examined  by  said  school  physician. 

Sect.  21.  The  school  physician  shall  cause  notice  of  the  disease  >>'otice^  of  disease 
or  defects,  if  any,  from  which  any  child  is  found  to  be  suffering  school  physician. 
to  be  sent  to  his  parent  or  guardian.  Whenever  a  child  shows 
symptoms  of  smallpox,  tuberculosis,  diphtheria,  influenza,  tousil- 
itis,  whooping  cough,  mumps,  scabies,  or  trachoma,  or  other  com- 
municable disease,  he  shall  be  sent  home  immediately,  or  as  soon 
as  safe  and  proper  conveyance  can  be  found. 

Sect.  22.  The  school  physician  shall  cause  every  child  in  the  Test  o^  sight, 
public  schools  to  be  carefully  tested  and  examined  in  the  presence 
of  the  teacher  at  least  once  in  every  school  year  to  ascertain 
whether  he  is  suffering  from  defective  sight  or  hearing  or  from  any 
other  disability  or  defect  tending  to  prevent  his  receiving  the  full 
benefit  of  his  school  work,  or  requiring  a  modification  of  the  school 
work  in  order  to  prevent  injury  to  the  child  or  to  secure  the  best 
educational  results.  The  tests  of  sight  and  hearing  shall  be  made 
by  the  teacher  under  the  direction  of  the  school  physician.  The 
physician  shall  cause  notice  of  any  defect  or  disability  requiring 
treatment  to  be  sent  to  the  parent  or  guardian  of  the  child  and 
shall  require  a  physical  record  of  each  child  to  be  kept  in  such 
form  as  the  state  board  of  education  shall  prescribe. 


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1921 


Directions  for 
tests;  blanks, 
records,   etc. 


Exemption    from 
examination. 


Appropriation 

district 

authorized. 


Sect.  23.  The  state  board  of  health  shall  prescribe  the  direc- 
tions for  tests  of  sight  and  hearing,  and  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion shall,  in  co-operation  with  the  state  board  of  health,  prescribe 
instruction,  test  cards,  blanks,  record  books,  and  other  useful 
appliances  for  carrying  out  the  purposes  of  this  act,  and  shall  pro- 
vide for  students  in  the  normal  schools  instruction  and  practice  in 
the  best  methods  of  testing  the  sight  and  hearing  of  children. 

Sect.  24.  Any  parent  or  guardian  may  protest  in  writing  to 
the  teacher  against  the  examination  of  his  or  her  child  or  ward, 
and  such  pupil  shall  thereafter  be  exempt  from  any  examination 
for  or  on  account  of  any  noncontagious  disease  or  defect, 
^y  Sect.  25.  A  district  may  raise  money  to  carry  the  provisions 
of  the  eight  preceding  sections  into  effect. 


Part  IX. 


Takes  effect  on         SECTION  1.    This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage,  '■  j.  o 


[Approved  April  8,  1921. 


CHAPTER  86. 


AN  ACT  AMENDING  SECTION   13,  CHAPTER  92,  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES 
RELATING  TO  SCHOOL  BOARDS. 


Section 

1.      School   boards    shall    annually    send 
reports,  etc.,  to  state  board. 


Section 

2.      Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 


School    boards 
shall    annually 
send   reports,    etc. 
to  state  board. 


Section  1.  Section  13,  chapter  92,  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as 
amended  by  chapter  50  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  by  chapter  5  of  the 
Laws  of  1903,  and  chapter  122  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  the  word  ' '  September ' '  in  the  second  line 
of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  July ;  by 
striking  out  the  words  ''superintendent  of  public  instruction"  in 
the  second  and  third  lines  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  state  board  of  education ;  and  by  striking  out  the 
word  "him"  in  the  last  line  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word  it ;  so  that  said  section  13  as  amended  shall  read 
as  follows:     Sect.  13.     School  boards  shall,  on  or  before  the  fif- 


1921]  Chapter  87.  155 

teenth  day  of  July  in  each  year,  send  to  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion copies  of  their  annual  reports  and  answers  to  the  questions 
proposed  by  it,  relating  to  the  schools  in  their  districts. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  actR^jPeaiing^dause; 
are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  passage. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  87. 

AN    ACT    IN    AMENDMENT    OF    CHAPTER    90,    OF    THE    PUBLIC    STATUTES 
RELATING  TO  THE  TERM  OF  OFFICE  OF  OFFICERS  OF  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 

Section  Section 

1.      Treasurer    of    school    district;    term  2.      Repealing   clause. 

of    office   prescribed.  ,  3.     Takes  effe;t  on  passage. 

Be   it   enacted   hi)   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.     Amend  chapter  90  of  the  Public  Statutes  by  adding  Treawer^^of^^ 
thereto  the  following  section :     Sect.  25.     The  treasurer  elected  at  term  of  office 
the  annual  meeting  of  a  school  district  shall  assume  office  at  the^'^''*"^'  ^ 
beginning  of  the  ensuing  school  year.     The  district  treasurer  serv- 
ing at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  act  shall  continue  in  office 
until  the  end  of  the  school  year  in  which  his  present  term  of  office 
expires  or  until  his  successor  assumes  office. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  be  deemed  to  supersede  in  its  provisions  Repealing   clause. 
any  provisions,   inconsistent  therewith,   of  an  act   to   revise   and 
codify  the  school  laws  of  the  state  passed  at  the  present  session  of 
the  legislature. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

'-  1  o  passage. 

[Approved  April  12.  1921.] 


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1921 


CHAPTER  88. 

AN    ACT    IN    AMENDMENT    OF    CHAPTER    91    OF    THE    PUBLIC    STATUTES, 
RELATING  TO  THE  LOCATION  OF  SCHOOLHOUSES. 


Section 

1.  Voters  aggrieved  by  location  of 
schoolhouse  may  petition  for  new 
location ;  when  school  board  may 
determine  location. 


Section 

2.  Repealing  clause. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 


Voters   aggrieved 
by   location    of 
schoolhouse 
may   petition   for 
new    location ; 
when   school 
board  may  de- 
termine   location. 


Section  1.  Amend  sections  3,  4  and  ,5  of  chapter  91  of  the  Pub- 
lic Statutes  by  striking  out  in  each  section  the  words  ' '  ten  or 
more,"  wherever  they  occur,  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
words,  ten  per  cent,  or  more  of  the,  so  that  said  sections  shall  read 
as  follows :  Sect.  3.  If  ten  per  cent,  or  more  of  the  voters  of  a 
district  are  aggrieved  by  the  location  of  a  schoolhouse  by  the  dis- 
trict or  its  committee,  they  may  apply  by  petition  to  the  school 
board,  who  shall  hear  the  parties  interested  and  determine  the 
location.  Sect.  4.  If  the  district  does  not  agree  upon  a  location 
for  a  schoolhouse  or  upon  a  committee  to  locate  the  same,  or  if  the 
same  is  not  located  by  such  committee  within  thirty  days  after  its 
appointment,  the  school  board,  upon  petition  of  ten  per  cent,  or 
more  of  the  voters,  shall  determine  the  location.  Sect.  5.  If  ten 
per  cent,  or  more  of  the  voters  of  a  school  district  are  aggrieved 
by  the  location  of  a  schoolhouse  by  the  district  or  its  committee,  or 
by  the  school  board,  they  may  apply  by  petition  to  the  county  com- 
missioners within  ten  days  after  the  making  of  the  location,  who 
shall  hear  the  parties  interested  and  determine  the  location. 

Repealing  clause.  Sect.  2.  This  act  shall  be  deemed  to  supersede  in  its  provisions 
any  provisions,  inconsistent  therewith,  of  an  act  to  revise  and 
codify  the  school  laws  of  the  state,  passed  at  the  present  session 
of  the  legislature. 

Takes  effect  on         Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter   89.  157 

CHAPTER  89. 

AN    ACT    IN   AMENDMENT   OF   THE   FISH    AND   GAME   LAWS,   RELATIVE   TO 
THE  TAKING  AND   POSSESSION   OF   BROOK   TROUT. 

Sectiox  I   Sectiox 

1.      Taking   of  brook  trout;    lawful   size.     |  2.      Lawful  quantity. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  subdivision  (a),  section  28,  chapter  133,Tf^t'^g  of^f^ook 
Laws  of  1915,  as  amended  by  section  13,  .chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917,  size. 
by  striking  out  the  word  ''five"  in  the  twelfth  line  and  the  word 
"five"  in  the  fourteenth  line  and  inserting  in  the  places  thereof 
the  word  six,  and  also  by  striking  out  all  after  the  word  "state" 
in  the  sixteenth  line,  so  that  said  subdivision  as  amended  shall 
read  as  follows:  (a)  Brook  or  speckled  trout  not  less  than  ten 
inches  in  length  may  be  taken  and  possessed  from  April  fifth  to 
September  first  from  Sunapee  Lake,  Newfound  Lake,  Crystal  Lake 
in  Enfield,  Tewksbury  Pond  in  Grafton,  and  Pleasant  Pond  in  New 
London ;  brook  trout  not  less  than  seven  inches  in  length  may  be 
taken  and  possessed  from  May  first  to  August  first  from  Dublin 
Pond  in  Dublin ;  brook  trout  not  less  than  seven  inches  in  length 
may  be  taken  and  possessed  from  April  fifteenth  to  September  first 
from  all  other  ponds  and  lakes,  except  that  such  trout  may  not  be 
taken  and  possessed  from  the  waters  of  Russell  Pond,  in  the  town 
of  Woodstock,  prior  to  May  twentieth  in  any  year ;  brook  trout  not 
less  than  six  inches  in  length  may  be  taken  and  possessed  from 
May  first  to  September  first  from  the  streams  in  Coos,  Carroll,  and 
Grafton  counties ;  brook  trout  not  less  than  six  inches  in  length 
may  be  taken  and  possessed  from  April  first  to  August  first  from 
all  other  streams  of  this  state. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  subdivision  (f),  section  28,  chapter  133,  Laws  lawful 
of  1915,  as  amended  by  section  13,  chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917,  by  "  '  ' 
striking  out  the  word  "ten"  in  the  third  line  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word  five,  so  that  said  subdivision  when  amended  shall 
read  as  follows:  (f)  A  person  may  take,  between  one  hour  before 
sunrise  and  two  hours  after  sunset,  in  one  day,  a  total  of  not  more 
than  five  pounds  of  brook  trout  and  a  total  of  not  more  than  twenty 
pounds  of  salmon,  aureolus  and  lake  trout;  provided,  Iwwever, 
that  the  taking  of  one  fish  additional  weighing  less  than  the  num- 
ber of  pounds  specified  in  the  weight  catch-limit,  shall  nof  be 
regarded  as  violation  of  this  section;  and  further  provided  that  no 
person,  and  no  party  in-espective  of  the  number  of  persons  therein, 
trolling  from  any  one  boat,  upon  any  of  the  fresh  waters  of  this 
state,  shall  take  or  kill  more  than  six  lake  trout  or  salmon,  or  both, 
in  any  one  calendar  day,  and  for  the  purposes  of  this  act,  each 


158 


Chapter  90. 


1921 


member  of  the  party  and  the  person  or  persons  in  charge  of  the 
boat  present  when  any  violation  of  this  section  takes  place,  shall 
all  be  regarded  as  principals  and  each  be  liable  for  the  penalty 
hereinafter  prescribed. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  90. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTIONS  50  AND  53,   CHAPTER  133,  LAWS  OF  1915, 
PROVIDING  FOR  A  LICENSE  TO  TAKE  LOBSTERS. 


Sectiox 

1.  Taking  of  lobsters  without  license 
unlawful;  removing  lobster  pots 
of  another  prohibited. 


Section 

2.  Penalty;    revocation    of    license. 

3.  Repealing    clause;    takes    efifect    on 

passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Taking    of 
lobsters     without 

lawful ; 
removing      lobster 
pots    of    another 
prohibited. 


Section  1.     Amend  section  50,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  by 


Penalty;      revoca 
tion    of   license. 


following:  Sect.  50.  (a)  No  person  shall  at  any  time,  place,  set, 
keep,  maintain,  supervise,  lift,  raise,  or  draw  in  from  any  waters 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  any  pot, 
trap,  warp  or  other  device  in  taking  lobsters  without  first  procur- 
ing a  special  license  so  to  do.  Said  license  shall  be  issued  by  the 
commission  or  by  agents,  under  such  rules  and  regulations,  and 
in  such  form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  commission,  upon  the 
payment  of  the  sum  of  one  dollar. 

(b)  No  person  shall  take  up  or  in  any  way  interfere  w^ith  a  lob- 
ster pot  without  the  authority  of  the  owner  thereof,  nor  take, 
remove  or  carry  away  from  any  beach  or  shore  any  lobster  net, 
lobster  pot  or  warp  or  buoy  thereof. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  section  53  of  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  by 
adding  at  the  end  of  said  sect-ion  the  words  Any  person  who  vio- 
lates the  provisions  of  section  49  or  section  50  shall  also  have  his 
license  revoked  and  shall  not  be  granted  another  license  until  the 
expiration  of  one  year  therefrom,  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  53.  A  person  who  violates  a  provi- 
sion of  this  part  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  be  fined  as 
follows :  For  each  Violation  of  section  47,  not  exceeding  fifty  dol- 
lars ;  of  section  48,  fifty  dollars ;  of  section  49,  five  dollars  and 
five  dollars  additional  for  each  lobster  taken  or  possessed  in  viola- 
tion thereof ;  of  section  50,  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars ;  of  section 


1921]  Chapter    91.  159 

51,  ten  dollars;  of  section  52,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars.  Any 
person  who  violates  the  provisions  of  section  49  or  section  50  shall 
also  have  his  license  revoked  and  shall  not  be  granted  another  li- 
cense until  the  expiration  of  one  year  therefrom. 

Sect.  3.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  f/iP//i;"#,,t^'^^^^  = 
are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  passage. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  91. 


AN    ACT   TO   DETERMINE   THE    CLOSED   SEASON   IN   BIG  DIAMOND,   LITTLE 
DIAMOND,  AND  NATHAN  PONDS  IN  THE   COUNTY  OF   COOS. 


Section 

1.  Fishing      in      Big      Diamond      and 

Nathan  ponds  regulated. 

2.  Fishing    in     Little    Diamond    pond 

regulated. 


Section 

3.  Penalty. 

4.  Repealing   clause. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened.- 

Section  1.    That  all  fishing  is  hereby  prohibited  in  Big  Diamond  ^'i'^l'^^o^^'^^'^ 
Pond  and  Nathan  Pond  in  the  county  of  Coos,  from  the  first  day  of  Nathan   ponds 
September  to  the  twentieth  day  of  May  each  year.    Provided  hoiv- 
ever,  that  fish  of  lawful  size  may  be  taken  with  a  fly  on  Big  Dia- 
mond Pond  in  Coos  county  during  the  month  of  September  each 
year. 

Sect.  2.     That  all  fishing  is  hereby  prohibited  in  Little  Diamond  DUmo^d'^'pond"'^ 
Pond  in  the  county  of  Coos,  except  that  fish  of  lawful  size  may  be  regulated. 
taken  from  June  first  to  October  first  of  each  year. 

Sect.  3.     Any  person  who  violates  a  provision  of  this  act  shall  Penalty. 
be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  five  dollars  additional  for 
each  fish  taken  or  possessed  in  violation  thereof. 

Sect.  4.     Chapter  115,  Laws  of  1919  and  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  Repealing    clause, 
inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

[Approved  April  X2,  1921.] 


160 


Chapters  92,  93. 


1921 


CHAPTER  92. 


AN  ACT  FOR  THE  PROTECTION  OF  DEER. 


Section 

1.  Owner  or  keeper  of  lumber  camp 
shall  not  use,  etc.,  or  have  deer 
in   possession. 


Section 

2.  Penalty. 

3.  Takes   effect 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 

Owner  or  keeper     SECTION  1.    No  owiiei'  01'  keeper  of  any  camp  used  principally  in 

of    lumber    camp  .  .  .  '■  i   ■    i      n  t^       -' 

shall  not  use,       lumDering  operations  m  or  about  which  nve  or  more  persons  are 

in  'possession.  ^  employed,  and  no  persons  connected  with  or  employed  in  or  about 
such  camp,  shall  use,  consume,  permit  to  be  served  or  used  as  food, 
store  or  have  in  possession  at  any  time  in,  at  or  about  such  camp, 
any  deer  or  part  thereof ;  but  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  any  hotel, 
boarding  house  or  camp  principally  devoted  to  the  public  enter- 
tainment of  guests. 

Penalty.  SECT.  2.     Any  persoii  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall 

be  fined  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  violation. 

paSaV*'^*''^'  °"         Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  93. 


AN  act  to  regulate  THE  ISSUING  OF  HUNTING  LICENSES. 

Section    1.      Hunting   license   may   be    refused    if    applicant    unsuitable    person;    ap- 
iseal;    revocation    or    suspension    of   license. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened.- 


Hunting    license 
may  be  refused 
il    applicant 
unsuitable    per- 
son;    appeal; 
revocation     or 
suspension    of 
license. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  55,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  as 
amended  by  section  20,  chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917,  and  chapter 
146,  Laws  of  1919,  by  adding  at  the  end  of -said  section  two  new 
paragraphs,  (e)  and  (f),  which  shall  read  as  follows:  (e)  The 
commission  and  its  agents  shall  refuse  to  issue  any  license  to  hunt 
if  it  appears  that  the  applicant  is  not  a  suitable  person  to  carry 
firearms.  Any  person  who  has  been  refused  a  license  by  an  agent 
shall  have  a  right  of  appeal  to  the  commission  whose  decision, 
given  after  hearing,  shall  be  final,     (f)  The  commission  may  order 


1921]  Chapter  94.  161 

any  license  issued  to  any  person,  under  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
to  be  suspended  or  revoked,  after  due  hearing,  for  any  cause  that 
it  may  deem  sufficient,  and  the  said  commission  may  order  the  sus- 
pension of  any  license  of  any  person  in  its  discretion,  and  without 
hearing,  and  may  order  the  license  delivered  to  the  commission  or 
its  representative  whenever  it  has  reason  to  believe  that  the  holder 
thereof  is  physically  or  mentally  an  improper  or  incompetent  per- 
son to  carry  firearms,  or  is  handling  firearms  improperly  or  so  as 
to  endanger  human  life  or  property,  but  such  suspension  shall  not 
be  for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  days  unless  the  commission, 
after  investigation  and  hearing,  so  determine. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  94. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  SALARIES  OF  FISH  AND  GAME  WARDENS. 

Section  1.     Salaries  of  fish  and  game  wai-dens   shall  be   fixed   by   commission. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Coiirt   convened: 

Section  1.     Amend  section  71,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  by  salaries  of  fish 
striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  71  and  inserting  in  place  wardens  shaii  bo 
thereof  a  new  section  71  to  read  as  follows  :    Sect.  71.    The  salary  commission, 
of  the  fish  and  game  wardens  shall  be  fixed  by  the  commission  but 
shall  not  exceed  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  year  and  their  neces- 
sary expenses  when  continuously  employed,  and  four  dollars  per 
day  when  not  continuously  employed  for  a  period  longer  than  two 
weeks.    Deputy  fish  and  game  wardens  shall  receive  not  more  than 
four  dollars  per  day  when  officially  employed. 

[Approved  April  12.  1921.] 


162 


Chxptei;     95. 
CHAPTER  95. 


[1921 


.\N   ACT  TO  AMEND  THE  PRIMARY  AND  ELECTION  LAWS. 


Conflicting  election  petitions:  sup- 
plementary   petitions. 

Declarations  of  candidacy  and  pri- 
mary petitions,   when   to  be  filed. 

Nomination  papers,  when  to  be 
filed. 


Sectiox 

4.  Sealed  packages  of  ballots  to  be 
delivered  by  city  and  town  clerks 
to  election  officers ;  cards  of  in- 
struction:   unofficial   ballots. 


e  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
Genered'   Court   convened: 


Conflicting    elec- 
tion   petitions; 
supplementary 
petitions. 


Declarations    of 
candidacy     and 
primary     peti- 
tions,   when 
to  be  filed. 


Nomination 
papers,     when 
to   be   filed. 


Section  1.  Amend  paragraph  (5)  section  8,  chapter  153,  Laws 
of  1909,  as  inserted  by  section  4,  chapter  179,  Laws  of  1913,  by 
striking  out  the  word  "eighteen"  in  the  tenth  line  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  word  twenty-one,  and  by  striking  out  the 
word  "twenty"  in  the  twelfth  line  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  word  twenty-four,  so  that  said  paragraph  as  amended  shall 
read  as  follows:  (5)  In  case  a  voter  has  signed  two  or  more  con- 
flicting primary  petitions,  all  such  conflicting  petitions  shall  be 
rejected.  The  officer  with  whom  primary  petitions  are  filed 
shall  immediately,  on  their  receipt,  proceed  to  examine  the 
same,  and  ascertain  whether  they  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this 
law.  If  found  not  to  conform  thereto,  or  to  be  conflicting,  he 
shall  then  and  there  in  writing  on  said  petition  state  the  reason 
why  such  petition  cannot  be  accepted,  and  shall  within  twenty- 
four  hours  return  the  same  to  the  candidate  in  whose  behalf  it 
was  filed.  In  such  case,  supplementary  petitions  may  be  filed,  but 
not  later  than  twenty-one  days  before  the  primary  for  those  to  be 
filed  with  the  secretary  of  state,  and  all  others  twenty-four  days. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  paragraph  (7),  section  8,  chapter  153,  Laws 
of  1909,  as  inserted  by  section  4,  chapter  179,  Laws  of  1913,  by 
striking  out  the  word  "twenty-one"  in  the  second  line  thereof 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  twenty-four,  and  by 
striking  out  the  word  "twenty-four"  in  the  third  line  and  insert- 
ing in  place  thereof  the  word  twenty-seven,  so  that  said 
paragraph  as  amended  sliall  read  as  follows:  (7)  Declarations 
of  candidacy  and  primary  petitions  to  be  filed  with  the  secretary 
of  state  shall  be  filed  not  less  than  twenty-four  days  before  the  date 
of  the  primary,  and  all  others  twenty-seven  days,  except  as  pro- 
vided in  paragraph  (5)  of  this  section. 

Sect.  3.  Amend  section  6,  chapter  78,  Laws  of  1897,  by  strik- 
ing out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  follow- 
ing :  Sect.  6.  Nomination  papers  shall  be  filed  with  the  secretary 
of  state  as  follows :  Thirty  days  prior  to  the  day  of  election  in 
case  of  candidates  to  be  voted  for  bv  the  voters  of  the  entire  state. 


1921]  Chapter   95.  163 

and  twenty-three  days  in  case  of  all  other  nomhiations.  The  nnm- 
ber  of  days  herein  given  shall  include  Sundays,  and  shall  end  on 
the  day  before  election  at  six  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  And  where 
a  nomination  has  been  made  as  aforesaid  or  where  a  candidate 
has  duly  filed  according  to  law  for  a  primary  election  no  with- 
drawal or  declination  of  a  candidate  shall  be  accepted  by  the 
secretary  of  state  subsequent  to  the  last  dates  for  filing  as  here- 
inbefore stated.  Provided,  lioivever,  that  in  case  of  the  death 
of  any  candidate  to  be  voted  for  at  any  primary  or  general  elec- 
tion, between  the  date  of  nomination  or  filing  and  the  day  of 
election,  a  new  candidate  may  be  substituted  under  the  authority 
of  the  proper  committee  as  the  law  provides,  whose  name  shall 
be  printed  upon  the  ballots  if  they  have  not  been  printed,  but  if 
they  have  been  printed,  and  time  will  permit,  the  secretary  of 
state  may  cause  adhesive  slips  or  pasters  with  the  name  of  the 
substitute  candidate  thereon,  to  be  printed,  or  authorize  the  same 
to  be  done,  and  send  or  cause  the  same  to  be  sent  to  the  various 
town  or  city  clerks  representing  the  territory  wherein  the  deceased 
candidate  was  to  be  voted  for.  Said  town  or  city  clerks  shall 
deliver  said  slips  or  pasters  to  the  election  officers  before  the 
opening  of  the  polls,  who  shall  paste  them  in  the  proper  place  on 
the  ballot  before  it  is  handed  to  the  voter. 

Sect.  4.     Amend  section  13,  chapter  78,  Laws  of  1897,  bv  strik- «?<->j'^d  packages 

^  r  ^  1      .'  of    ballots    to    be 

ing  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  follow-  delivered  by   city 

•  '<  -I  r>         mi  1       •  1  11  1      n      T    T  ^lul   town    clerks 

ing :  Sect.  13.  The  several  city  and  town  clerks  shall  deliver  to  election 
to  the  election  officers,  before  the  opening  of  the  polls  on  the  of  instruction^ 
day  of  any  election  held  under  this  chapter,  the  sealed  packages  of '"'°*'''^  ^''"''*'- 
ballots  in  their  possession.  At  the  opening  of  the  polls  in  each 
town  or  ward,  the  seal  of  the  packages  sliall  ])e  publicly  broken 
by  the  ward  or  town  clerk  and  the  ballots  shall  be  delivered  by 
hira  to  the  ballot  clerks  hereinafter  j)rovided  for.  The  cards  of 
instruction  shall  be  immediately  posted  at  or  in  each  marking 
shelf  or  compartment  provided  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter  for  the  marking  of  ballots,  and  not  less  than  three 
such  cards  shall  be  immediately  posted  in  or  about  the  polling 
room,  outside  the  guard  rails.  If  from  any  cause  the  official  bal- 
lots have  not  been  received  at  the  polling  place  of  any  town  or 
ward  on  the  morning  of  election  and  before  the  opening  of  the 
polls,  or  in  case  the  supply  of  ballots  shall  become  exhausted 
during  the  process  of  balloting  and  before  the  polls  are  closed,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  town  or  city  clerk  as  the  ease  may  be,  to 
cause  unofficial  ballots  to  be  prepared  substantially  as  far  as  may 
be  in  form  of  the  official  ballots,  and  upon  receipt  of  such  unofficial 
ballots  from  him  accompanied  by  a  statement  under  oath  that  the 
same  liave  been  so  prepared,  and  that  the  official  ballots  have  so 
failed  to  be  received  or  that  the  supply  of  official  ballots  has  be- 


164 


Chapter  96. 


[1921 


come  exhausted,  the  election  officers  sliall  cause  tlie  unofficial 
ballots  so  substituted  to  be  used  in  lieu  of  the  official  ballots,  in 
order  that  no  voter  shall  be  deprived  of  the  right  to  vote  for  the 
lack  of  a  ballot. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  96. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION   8,   CHAPTER  78  OP  THE  LAWS  OF   1897,  IN 
RELATION    TO    CAUCUSES    AND    ELECTIONS. 


Cities  holding  election  on  day  other 
than  that  of  biennial  state  elec- 
tions how  far  governed  by  Laws 
1897,  chapter  78.  Towns  may 
adopt   its  provisions. 


Section 

2.     Repealing    cla 
passage. 


ise;    takes    effect    on 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Bepresentativcs   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Cities    holding 
election    on   day 
other    than   that 
of   biennial    state 
elections    how 
far    governed    by 
Laws   1897,   ch. 
78.      Towns  may 
adopt    its 
provisions. 


Repealing  claus 
takes  effect  on 
passage. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  8,  chapter  78,  Laws  of  1897,  by 
striking  out  all  of  said  section  8  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following:  Sect.  8.  Cities  holding  their  election  on  a  day  other 
than  the  day  of  the  biennial  state  elections,  in  the  choice  of  city 
and  ward  officers  shall  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
so  far  as  they  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  their 
charters.  Towns  holding  their  elections  on  a  day  other  than  the 
day  of  the  biennial  state  elections,  in  the  election  of  town  officers 
chosen  by  ballot,  may  adopt  the  provisions  of  this  act,  so  far  as 
they  are  applicable  to  town  elections.  In  such  cases  the  liallots 
shall  be  prepared  by  the  city  or  town  clerk,  and  printed  at  the 
expense  of  such  city  or  town,  and  the  time  for  filing  certificates 
of  nominations  and  nomination  papers  shall  be  at  least  six  days 
prior  to  the  day  of  election.  Towns  having  voted  to  adopt  such 
provisions  may  rescind  the  vote  by  which  they  were  adopted. 

Sect.  2.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  April  12,  1921. 


1921] 


Chapter  97. 


165 


CHAPTER  97. 

AN  ACT  IX  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  92  OF  THE  LAWS  OF   1919  RELAT- 
ING  TO    BUSINESS    CORPORATIONS. 


Laws  1919,  chapter  92,  sections 
1,  5.  9,  10,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16, 
17.  28,  29,  36,  3T,  38,  40  stru?k 
out  and  substitutions  therefor 
made. 

Detinitions   of   terms  used   in   act. 

Stock  without  par  value,  how 
authorized,  and  number  of  shares. 

Proceedings  at  organization  meet- 
ing, minimum  number  of  di- 
rectors. 

Clerk,  how  chosen ;  tenure  of 
office. 

Amount  and  classes  of  stock:  when 
and  how  fi.xed;  restrictions  on 
transfer;    voting   rights. 

Issue  of  stock  for  various  consid- 
erations regulated;  classes  of 
stock  and  incidental  powers;  cer- 
tificates, what  to  contain. 

Record  of  organization,  what  to 
contain;  penalty,  and  civil  lia- 
bility   for    false    statement. 

Certificate  of  incorporation ;  form, 
approval  by  attorney-general  and 
eflfect  of;  corporate  e.xistence  be- 
gins  when. 

Incorporators:  ])owers  and  duties 
of;    cease   when. 


Capital  stock;  how  issued;  for 
what  consideration ;  liability  of 
officers  if  wrongfully  issued;  if 
properly  issued  is  full  paid  and 
non-assessable. 

Powers  of  stockholders  as  to  in- 
crease or  reduction  of  cajjital 
stock ;  classes  of  stock ;  corporate 
name;  nature  and  pla^e  of  busi- 
ness; dissolution,  and  disposi- 
tion of  assets;  provisions  in  arti- 
cles of  agreement,  etc.,  authoriz- 
ing voting  without  regard  to  class 
of   stock. 

Amendments  in  articles  of  agree- 
ment or  rejord  of  organization  by 
stockholders;  how  and  where 
recorded,  and  when  to  take  ef- 
fect. 

Annual  returns,  when  and  where 
filed:  fee:  procedure  on  failure  to 
file;  penalty;  false  statement  in, 
penalty   for. 

Fees. 

Annual  license  ta.\. 

Existing  corporations  may  adopt 
and  become  subject  to  this  act: 
procedure,  certificate,  effect  of; 
saving  clause;  penal  and  civil  lia- 
bility  for   false   statement. 

Takes    effect    upon    May    15,    1921. 


Be  it   enacted   ly   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.  Chapter  92  of  the  Laws  of  1919  relating  to  business  Laws  i9i9.  ch. 
corporations  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  section  1,  section  lo]  12,  is, '14! 
5,  section  9.  section  10,  section  12,  section  13,  section  14,  section  09;  It]  37,'  tl'. 
15,  section  16,  section  17,  section  28,  section  29,  section  36,  section  tn'/i^stitStions 
37,  section  38  and  section  40,  and  inserting  in  place  of  said  sec- therefor  made, 
tions  respectively  the  following  sections,  namely : 

Section  1.  This  act  may  be  cited  as  the  Business  Corporation  Definitions  of 
Law.  The  term  "business  corporation'-'  as  used  in  this  act  shall |n'''^gt/^®^'^ 
mean  any  corporation  having  a  capital  stock  and  established  for 
the  purpose  of  carrying  on  business  for  profit.  The  words  "such 
corporation"  in  this  act  shall  mean  a  business  corporation  organ- 
ized under  this  act  or  M-hich  may  become  subject  to  its  provisions 
in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided.  Voluntary  business  corpora- 
tions shall  hereafter  be  organized  only  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 


166 


Chapter  97. 


1921 


Stock    without 
par    value, 
how     authorized, 
and   number   of 
shares. 


Proceedin 
organization 
meeting,     mini 
mum     number 
of   directors. 


at 


Clerk,   how 
chosen ;     tenure 
of   office. 


Amount    and 
classes    of    stock; 
when    and    how 
fixed ;    restric- 
tions  on    trans- 


visions  of  this  act.  The  term  ''organization  meeting"  shall  mean 
the  first  meeting  of  the  incorporators  and  any  adjournments 
thereof. 

Sect.  5.  Any  such  corporation  may  issue  shares  of  stock  with 
or  without  nominal  or  par  value.  Every  share  of  such  stock  with- 
out nominal  or  par  value  shall  be  equal  to  every  other  share  except 
as  may  be  provided  in  the  votes  authorizing  the  issue  thereof.  The 
number  of  such  shares  shall  not  be  less  than  ten. 

Stock  without  nominal  or  par  value  may  be  authorized  by  the 
articles  of  agreement  or  by  vote  or  votes  of  the  incorporators  at 
the  organization  meeting ;  and  if  not  so  authorized  such  stock  may 
be  authorized  by  vote  or  votes  of  the  stockholders  at  a  meeting 
duly  called  for  the  purpose.  Unless  otherwise  provided  in  the 
articles  of  agreement  or  in  the  vote  or  votes  authorizing  different 
classes  of  stock  and  defining  their  voting  powers,  the  affirmative 
action  of  the  holders  of  two-thirds  of  each  class  of  stock  present 
and  represented  by  proxy  and  voting  shall  be  requisite  to  authorize 
such  stock.  The  incorporators  at  the  organization  meeting  or  the 
stockholders  subsequently  authorizing  such  stock  may  by  their 
vote  or  votes  define  the  time  or  times  of  issuing  such  stock,  the 
amount  or  amounts  thereof  and  the  consideration  to  be  received 
therefor  or  may  authorize  the  stockholders  or  directors  to  deter- 
mine said  matters,  subject  to  such  conditions  and  restrictions  as 
may  be  set  forth  in  such  vote  or  votes. 

Sect.  9.  At  the  organization  meeting  the  incorporators  shall 
effect  an  organization  by  the  choice  of  a  temporary  clerk,  by  the 
adoption  of  by-laws,  by  the  election  of  a  treasurer,  a  permanent 
clerk,  a  board  of  not  less  than  three  directors  and  such  other  offi- 
cers as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  by-laws.  The  temporary  clerk 
shall  be  sworn  and  shall  hold  office  and  perform  the  duties  of  clerk 
until  the  final  adjournment  of  the  organization  meeting  and  until 
the  permanent  clerk  shall  have  qualified. 

Sect.  10.  Every  such  corporation  shall  have  a  clerk  who  shall 
be  chosen  by  the  incorporators  at  the  organization  meeting  and 
shall  take  office  immediately  following  the  final  adjournment 
thereof  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  he  shall  qualify,  and  shall  there- 
after be  chosen  annually  by  the  stockholders  or  in  such  other  man- 
ner as  the  articles  of  agreement  or  by-laws  may  prescribe,  and  shall 
be  and  continue  an  inhabitant  of  this  state  and  keep  his  office  there- 
in ;  he  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  and  shall 
hold  office  for  one  year  and  until  his  successor  shall  be  chosen  and 
cjualified,  provided^  however,  that  the  clerk  first  chosen  shall  hold 
office  until  the  first  annual  meeting  and  until  his  successor  shall  be 
chosen  and  qualified. 

Sect.  12.  At  the  organization  meeting  the  incorporators  shall 
determine  the  amount  of  capital  stock  then  to  be  issued  and  the 
restrictions,  if  any,  upon  the  transfer  of  the  shares.     If  two   or 


1921]  Chapter   97.  167 

more  kinds  or  classes  of  stock  are  authorized  by  such  meeting,  the  f ^r^ joti^^s 
classification  and  the  terms  upon  which  the  several  classes  are  to 
be  created  shall  be  determined,  and  the  respective  rights  of  the 
holders  of  shares  of  the  different  kinds  or  classes  including  voting 
rights,  shall  be  clearly  set  forth. 

Sect.  13.  At  the  organization  meeting  the  incorporators  shall  J«^.^^^o*|^^fg°'='' 
determine  by  suitable  votes  the  amount  of  stock  with  nominal  or  considerations 
par  value  to  be  paid  for  in  cash,  the  amount  thereof  to  be  paid  for  classes  of  stock 

■f  ■  T     p  •  1  •  1  ^'^d    incidental 

m  property,  or  issued  lor  services,  expenses,  or  other  eonsidera- powers;  certifi- 
tion.  If  any  part  of  the  capital  stock  with  nominal  or  par  value  isj'o  ^contlin. 
to  be  issued  for  real  estate,  a  description  in  sufficient  detail  to 
permit  its  identification  and  the  amount  of  stock  to  be  issued  there- 
for shall  be'  stated  in  the  vote  authorizing  such  issue ;  if  any  part 
of  such  capital  stock  is  to  be  issued  for  personal  property,  it  shall 
be  described  in  like  detail  and  the  amount  of  stock  to  be  issued 
therefor  shall  be  so  stated ;  if  any  part  of  such  capital  stock  is  to . 
be  issued  for  services  or  expenses,  the  nature  of  such  services  and 
expenses  and  the  amount  of  stock  to  be  issued  therefor  shall  be  so 
stated;  if  any  part  of  such  capital  stock  is  to  be  issued  for  any 
other  consideration,  the  nature  thereof  and  the  amount  of  stock  to 
be  issued  therefor  shall  be  so  set  forth  in  reasonable  detail. 

Stock  without  nominal  or  par  value  may  be  issued  for  such  con- 
sideration as  the  incorporators  at  the  organization  meeting  may 
determine,  or  for  such  consideration  as  the  stockholders  or  di- 
rectors may  determine,  in  pursuance  of  the  vote  or  votes  authoriz- 
ing such  stock ;  and  such  stock  may  be  divided  into  different  classes 
with  such  designations,  voting  powers,  restrictions  or  qualifications 
as  may  be  set  forth  in  the  vote  or  votes  authorizing  the  issue 
thereof,  provided,  however,  that  all  such  stock  shall  be  subordi- 
nate to  the  preferences  given  to  preferred  stock  with  nominal  or 
par  value,  if  any. 

In  case  any  law  requires  that  the  par  value  of  shares  of  stock 
be  stated,  it  shall  be  stated  in  lieu  thereof  with  respect  to  shares 
without  nominal  or  par  value  that  they  are  without  par  value,  and 
wherever  the  amount  of  stock  authorized  or  issued  is  required  to 
be  stated,  the  number  of  shares  without  par  value  authorized  or 
issued  shall  be  stated  and  it  shall  also  be  stated  that  such  shares 
are  without  par  value. 

Every  certificate  for  shares  without  nominal  or  par  value  shall 
have  plainly  written  or  printed  upon  its  face  the  number  of  shares 
which  it  represents  and  no  such  certificate  shall  express  any  nomi- 
nal or  par  value  of  such  shares. 

Sect.  14.     A  record  of  organization  shall  be  prepared   which  Record  of  or- 

^  .  „  ganization,    what 

shall  contain  the  original  or  a  true  copy  of  the  articles  of  agree- to  contain; 
ment,  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  officers  and  directors,  and  the  civii  liability  for 
original  or  a  true  copy  attested  by  the  clerk  or  temporary  clerk  ^  ^®  statement. 
of  the  record  of  the  organization  meeting  and  any  adjournments 


168  Chapter  97.  [1921 

thereof,  and  to  which  shall  be  attached  an  affidavit  signed  and 
sworn  to  by  the  treasurer  and  a  majority  of  the  directors  elected 
at  such  organization  meeting  stating  that  such  record  of  organ- 
ization contains  the  original  or  a  true  copy  of  the  articles  of  agree- 
ment, the  names  and  addresses  of  the  officers  and  directors  and 
the  original  or  a  true  copy  attested  by  the  clerk  or  temporary 
clerk  of  such  organization  meeting  and  any  adjournments  thereof. 
Such  affidavit  shall  also  contain  a  statement  that  the  consideration 
for  which  stock  with  nominal  or  par  value  is  to  be  issued  in  accord- 
ance with  such  record  of  organization,  is  to  the  best  of  the  knowl- 
edge, information  and  belief  of  the  officers  signing  the  same,  of 
■  actual  value  in  money  equal  to  the  par  value  of  the  stock  to  be  issued 
therefor.  In  case  the  articles  of  agreement  or  any  action  taken  at 
the  organization  meeting  shall  be  amended  by  the  incorporators 
before  any  stock  shall  have  been  issued,  a  new  record  of  organiza- 
tion as  thus  amended  and  a  new  affidavit  containing  the  same  data 
as  above  provided  for  shall  be  prepared  and  executed  by  the  same 
officers  respectively  in  the  same  manner  as  in  the  case  of  the  orig- 
inal record,  and  such  new  record  of  organization  shall  thereafter 
constitute  the  record  of  organization  for  such  corporation.  Any 
person  who  shall  subscribe  or  make  oath  to  any  certificate  pro- 
vided for  by  this  section,  which  shall  contain  any  false  statement, 
known  by  such  person  to  be  false,  shall  upon  conviction  thereof 
be  fined  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  or  imprisoned  not 
exceeding  five  years  or  both,  and  shall  also  be  individually  liable 
to  any  stockholder  of  the  corporation  or  other  person  for  actual 
damages  caused  by  or  sustained  by  reason  of  such  false  statement. 
Sect.  15.  The  record  of  organization  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
attorney-general  or  assistant  attorney-general  who  shall  examine 
genel-arand  ^'^^  samc,  and  who  may  require  such  amendment  thereof  or  such 
effect  of;  additional  information  as  he  may  consider  necessary.     If  he  finds 

corporate    exist-  -i  p  t  .    •  r.      i      ' 

ence  begins  when,  that  such  rccord  coutomis  to  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  sec- 
tions relative  to  the  organization  of  the  corporation  he  shall  so 
certify  and  endorse  his  approval  thereon.  Thereupon  the  record 
of  organization  and  the  endorsement  thereon  shall,  upon  payment 
of  the  fee  hereinafter  provided  for,  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the 
secretary  of  state,  who  shall  thereupon  issue  a  certificate  of  incor- 
poration in  the  following  form : 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

Be  it  known  that  whereas  (the  names  of  the  subscribers 
to  the  articles  of  agreement)  have  associated  themselves 
with  the  intention  of  forming  a  corporation  under  the 
name  of  (the  name  of  the  corporation)  for  the  puri)ose 
(the  purpose  or  purposes  declared  in  the  articles  of  agree- 


Certificate  of 
corporation ; 
form,     approval 


1921]  Chapter   97.  169 

ment)  with  a  capital  stock  consisting  of  (the  amount 
authorized  by  the  articles  of  agreement,  with  a  statement 
of  the  kind  or  kinds  and  the  several  classes  into  which 
the  stock  is  divided  and  their  respective  amounts,  and  the 
amount  of  such  stock  of  each  kind  or  class  to  be  then 
issued)  and  have  complied  with  the  provisions  of  the 
statutes  of  this  state  in  such  case  made  and  provided  as 
appears  from  the  record  of  organization  of  said  corpora- 
tion duly  approved  by  the  attorney-general  or  assistant 
attorney-general  and  recorded  in  this  office ;  now  there- 
fore I  (the  name  of  the  secretary),  secretary  of  state 
of  New  Hampshire,  do  hereby  certify  that  said  (names 
of  the  subscribers  to  the  articles  of  agreement)  their  as- 
sociates and  successors,  are  legally  organized  and  estab- 
lished as  and  are  hereby  made,  an  existing  corporation 
under  the  name  of  (name  of  the  corporation),  with  the 
powers,  rights  and  privileges,  and  subject  to  the  limi- 
tations, duties  and  restrictions,  which  by  law  appertain 
thereto. 

Witness  my  official  signature  hereunto  sul)scribed  and 
the  seal  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  hereunto  affixed 
this  ....  day  of  ....  in  the  year  (the  date 
of  depositing  the  record  of  organization). 

The  secretary  shall  sign  the  certificate  of  incorporation  and  cause 
the  seal  of  the  state  to  be  thereunto  affixed,  and  such  certificate 
shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of  a  special  charter.  The  existence 
of  every  corporation  organized  under  this  act  shall  begin  upon  the 
depositing  of  the  record  of  organization  in  the  office  of  the  secre- 
tary of  state  for  record,  and  payment  of  the  fee  hereinafter  pro- 
vided for.  The  secretary  of  state  shall  also  cause  a  record  of  the 
certifir-ate  of  incorporation  to  be  made,  and  such  certificate  or  such 
record,  or  a  certified  copy  thereof  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  of 
the  existence  of  such  corporation. 

Sect.  16.     Until  the  capital  stock  to  be  presentlv  issued  as  set  incorporators; 

^  '  •  .IT  powers    and 

fortli  in  the  votes  of  the  incorporators  as  hereinbefore  provided  diities  of.- 
shall  have  been  issued,  the  incorporators  shall  continue  to  exercise 
the  powers  of  the  corporation  and  may  hold  meetings  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  the  by-laws  or  upon  waiver  of  notice 
signed  by  all  the  incorporators  or  in  accordance  with  the  adjourn- 
ment of  a  previous  meeting,  and  either  directly  or  through  the 
board  of  directors  may  provide  for  the  issue  of  capital  stock  in 
accordance  with  the  record  of  organization.  When  such  stock  shall 
have  been  so  issued,  the  powers,  duties  and  liabilities  of  the  incor- 
porators as  such  shall  cease  and  the  powers  of  the  corporation  shall 
thereafter  vest  in  the  stockholders. 


pai 
non-assessable 


170  Chapter  97.  [1921 

Capital  stock;  Sect.  17.     Capital  stock  may  be  issued  for  cash,  property,  real 

how  issued;   for  '^  "^  .  o,  ■   i  • 

what  considera-     or  personal,  riglits,  franchises,  services  or  expenses.     Stock  withm 
officers  if  the  limits  authorized  by  the  articles  of  agreement  as  originally 

issued;^ if  adopted  Or  as  amended  may  be  issued  from  time  to  time  subsequent 

FuiTpaid  'anT*^  '^  to  the  issuc  Specifically  provided  for  by  the  record  of  organization, 
by  majority  vote  of  the  stockholders  as  provided  in  section  28,  or 
by  such  other  vote  of  stockholders  or  by  vote  of  the  directors  as 
may  be  provided  in  the  articles  of  agreement  or  in  votes  passed  at 
the  organization  meeting,  or  in  the  vote  or  votes  increasing  the 
authorized  limits ;  provided  such  votes  to  issue  additional  stock 
shall  not  be  inconsistent  with  the  record  of  organization  and  shall 
set  forth  the  same  facts  with  respect  to  such  additional  issue  as  are 
required  by  section  13  with  respect  to  the  original  issue.  An  affi- 
davit signed  and  sworn  to  by  the  treasurer  and  a  majority  of  the 
directors  setting  forth:  (a)  the  total  amount  of  capital  stock 
authorized;  (b)  the  amount  of  stock  already  issued;  (c)  the 
amount  of  additional  stock  to  be  issued  and  the  consideration 
therefor;  (d)  true  copies  of  the  votes  relating  to  the  issue  of  such 
additional  stock;  and  (e)  a  statement  with  respect  to  the  consid- 
eration to  be  paid  for  stock  with  nominal  or  par  value  such  as  i-s 
required  in  section  14  with  respect  to  the  original  issue  of  such 
stock,  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  and 
such  additional  stock  shall  not  be  issued  until  such  affidavit  has 
been  deposited  for  record.  Any  corporation  which  shall  issue  such 
additional  stock  or  any  part  thereof  and  any  officer  of  such  cor- 
poration who  shall  sign  a  certificate  of  any  such  additional  stock 
before  said  affidavit  is  so  deposited  for  record  and  any  treasurer  or 
director  who  shall  sign  and  make  oath  to  any  such  affidavit,  con- 
taining any  statement  known  to  him  to  be  false,  shall  be  civilly 
and  criminally  liable  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent 
as  for  false  statements  made  in  the  affidavit  required  to  be  attached 
to  the  record  of  organization  as  provided  in  section  14;  provided, 
however,  that  the  attorney-general  may  forbear  or  cause  to  be  dis- 
continued any  such  criminal  proceedings  at  any  time  upon  being 
satisfied  that  the  act  was  not  wilful.  No  stock  shall  at  any  time 
be  issued  unless  the  cash,  or  the  property,  rights,  franchises,  serv- 
ices or  expenses  for  which  it  has  been  authorized  to  be  issued,  shall 
have  been  actually  received,  conveyed,  transferred,  rendered  to,  or 
incurred  by  the  corporation;  and  the  president,  treasurer  and 
directors  shall  be  jointly  and  severally  liable  to  any  stockholder 
of  the  corporation  for  actual  damages  caused  to  him  by  violation  of 
this  provision.  Capital  stock  actually  issued  for  the  consideration 
stated  in  the  votes  incorporated  in  the  record  of  organization  or 
the  affidavit  required  in  the  case  of  stock  subsequently  issued  shall 
be  full  paid  and  no  holder  thereof  shall  be  liable  to  any  further 
call  or  liability  by  reason  of  his  ownership  thereof. 


1921]  Chapter    97.  171 


Sect.  28.     Any  such  corporation,  at 


stockholders 


the  purpose,  may  by  vote  of  the  holders  of  a  majority  of  the  stock  as  t°^J^"^^rease^ 

present  or  represented  by  proxy  and  voting  at  the  meeting,  or  if  capital  stock; 

two  or  more  kinds  or  classes  of  stock  have  been  issued,  by  vote  of  corporate  name- 

the  holders  of  a  majority  of  each  kind  or  class  outstanding  andgf  b'usinelt;  ^''""^ 

entitled  to  vote  and  present  or  represented  by  proxy  and  voting  ^j^^'^.'^^iH^JJ'  ^^""^ 

at  the  meeting,  authorize  an  increase  or  a  reduction  of  its  a^^thor-^^^sets;_^prov^^^^ 

ized  capital  stock  and  determine  the  terms  of  and  manner  of  the  of   asreement, 

1      •  1  (•    1     ^^'^■^   author- 

disposition  of  such  increased  stock,  may  authorize  a  change  oi  theizmg  voting 

location  of  its  principal  office  or  place  of  business  or  a  change  of  to  class 

the  par  value  of  the  shares  of  its  capital  stock  with  nominal  or"^  ^^°'^^- 

par  value,  or  a  change  in  the  number  of  shares  without  nominal 

or  par  value,  or  a  sale  of  its  assets  for  cash,  and  may  authorize 

proceedings  for  its  dissolution  under  the  provisions  of  section  33. 

Any  such  corporation,  at  a  meeting  duly  called  for  the  purpose, 
may  by  vote  of  the  holders  of  two-thirds  of  the  stock  present  or 
represented  by  proxy  and  voting  at  the  meeting,  or  if  two  or  more 
kinds  or  classes  of  stock  have  been  issued,  by  vote  of  the  holders 
of  two-thirds  of  each  kind  or  class  of  stock  outstanding  and  enti- 
tled to  vote  and  present  or  represented  by  proxy  and  voting  at  the 
meeting,  or  by  a  larger  vote  if  the  articles  of  agreement  so  require, 
change  its  corporate  name,  the  nature  and  purposes  of  its  business, 
the  classes  of  its  capital  stock,  the  kinds  and  classes  of  its  capital 
stock  subsequently  to  be  issued  and  their  voting  power,  or  make 
any  other  lawful  amendment  or  alteration  in  its  articles  of  agree- 
ment or  record  of  organization,  or  may  sell,  lease  or  exchange  all 
its  property  and  assets,  including  its  good  will  and  its  corporate 
franchise  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  it  deems  expedient. 

Any  such  corporation  may,  by  its  articles  of  agreement  or  in  the 
vote  or  votes  authorizing  the  issue  of  different  classes  of  stock,  pro- 
vide that  the  majority  or  two-thirds  or  other  proportion  of  stock- 
holders' vote  required  under  the  provisions  of  this  section  or  any 
other  section  of  this  chapter  may  be  determined  Avithout  regard 
to  class  of  stock  entitled  to  vote. 

Sect.  29.     A  record  of  amendment  signed  and  sworn  to  by  the  Amendments  in 
treasurer  and  a  majority  of  the  directors  shall  within  thirty  days  menVor°  record 
after  such  meeting  be  prepared,  setting  forth  true  copies  of  the  vote  ,"y  "stockholders ; 
or  votes  effecting  such  amendment  or  alteration,  and  stating  that  it '!°J^i.^"jf  Ind^ 
or  they  have  been  duly  adopted  by  the  stockholders.     Such  record '^^'i^en  to  take 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  attorney-general  or  assistant  attorney- 
general  who  shall  examine  it  in  the  same  manner  as  the  original 
record  of  organization.    If  he  finds  that  it  conforms  to  the  require- 
ments of  law,  he  shall  so  certify  and  endorse  his  approval  thereon, 
and  such  record  and  the  endorsement  thereon,  shall  thereupon  be 
recorded  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  upon  payment  of 
the  fee  hereinafter  provided  for.     No  amendment  or  alteration  of 


172  Chapter  97.  [1921 

the  articles  of  agreement  or  record  of  organization  shall  take  effect 
until   said   record    of   amendment   shall   have   been   deposited   for 
record  as  aforesaid  and  the  fee  therefor  shall  have  been  paid. 
Annual  returns.        Sect.  36.     Evcrv  sucli  Corporation,  except  public  utility  or  other 

when    and   where  .  ,.  ,  tit  • 

filed;  fee;  pro-  corporatLOUs  makmg  annual  returns  to  the  public  service  commis- 
to*^fi[e;  °penau'>s'^sion,  shall  auiiually,  on  or  before  March  1  of  each  year,  make  a 
in!^%enaitT^for.  I'ctum  ill  Writing  to  the  secretary  of  state  upon  blanks  to  be  fur- 
nished by  him  upon  request,  said  returns  to  be  signed  by  and  under 
the  oath  of  the  president  or  a  vice-president  and  of  the  treasurer 
or  an  assistant  treasurer  of  the  corporation,  and  to  state  the 
amount  of  its  authorized  capital  stock,  the  amount,  number  of 
shares  and  the  par  value  thereof,  if  any,  of  its  stock  issued  and  out- 
standing, the  amount  of  all  indebtedness  due  to  and  from  the 
corporation,  the  value  of  all  its  property  and  assets  as  appearing 
on  its  books,  or  so  far  as  the  same  can  be  otherwise  ascertained,  as 
existing  on  the  first  day  of  the  preceding  January,  and  the  name 
and  post  office  address  of  its  clerk.  Every  such  corporation  shall 
pay  to  the  secretary  of  state,  with  such  annual  return,  a  filing  fee 
of  five  dollars.  The  secretarr  of  state  shall,  on  or  after  March  2  of 
each  year,  notify  by  registered  mail,  postage  paid,  every  such  cor- 
poration which  shall  fail  to  file  the  annual  return  or  pay  the  filing 
fee  required  by  this  section,  by  a  written  or  printed  notice  of  such 
failure,  said  notice  to  be  addressed  to  such  corporation  in  care  of 
its  clerk  at  the  address  appearing  upon  the  records  in  the  office 
of  the  secretary  of  state,  and  to  contain  a  copy  of  this  section. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  such  corporation  to  make  or  cause  to 
be  made  within  thirty  days  after  the  date  of  mailing  such  notice 
the  return  and  payment  of  filing  fee  provided  by  this  section  and 
also  payment  of  an  additional  notification  fee  of  five  dollars ;  and 
any  such  corporation  which  shall  wilfully  neglect  or  fail  to  perform 
said  duty,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  exceeding  one  thou- 
sand dollars.  Any  person  who  shall  subscribe  or  make  oath  to  any 
such  return  containing  any  false  statement,  known  to  such  person 
to  be  false,  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be  fined  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  dollars  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  five  years  or 
both.  All  fees  and  fines  collected  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  be  paid  to  the  secretary  of  state  and  hy  him  paid  into  the 
state  treasury. 
Fees.  Sect.  37.     The  fee  for  recording  the  record  of  organization  re- 

quired by  section   14,   including   the  issuing  by  the  secretary  of 
state  of  the  certificate  of  incorporation,  shall  be: 

When  the  authorized  capital  stock  does  not  exceed  $10,000,  $10. 

When  such  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  $10,000,  but  does  not 
exceed  $50,000,  $25. 

When  such  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  $50,000,  but  does 
not  exceed  $250,000,  $100. 


1921]  Chapter   97.  173 

When  such  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  $250,000,  but  does 
not  exceed  $500,000,  $150. 

When  such  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  $500,000,  but  does 
not  exceed  $1,000,000,  $250. 

For  each  additional  $100,000  above  $1,000,000,  $10. 

The  fee  for  recording  the  record  of  amendment  required  by  sec- 
tion 29,  providing  for  an  increase  of  the  capital  stock,  shall  be  such 
sum  as  when  added  to  the  fees  paid  at  the  time  of  the  original 
authorization  and  prior  increase,  if  any,  will  make  the  total  fees 
accord  with  the  foregoing  schedule. 

The  fee  for  recording  any  certificate  required  by  section  17  and 
any  record  of  amendment  required  by  section  29  which  does  not 
embody  an  increase  of  the  authorized  capital  stock  shall  be  five 
dollars. 

For  the  purposes  of  this  section  and  the  following  section,  but 
for  no  other  purposes,  stock  without  nominal  or  par  value  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  of  the  value  of  fifty  dollars  per  share. 

Sect.  38.  For  the  privilege  of  continuing  its  corporate  fran— ^^^^ai  i'<=ense 
ehise,  every  such  corporation  shall  pay  annually  to  the  secretary 
of  state,  at  the  time  of  making  its  annual  return,  a  fee  equal  to 
one-fourth  the  amount  paid  upon  filing  its  original  record  of  or- 
ganization plus  one-fourth  of  additional  payments  for  increases 
in  its  authorized  capital  stock,  if  any,  provided,  however,  that  such 
annual  fee  shall  not  be  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  provided,  further,  that  this  annual  fee  shall 
not  be  required  of  any  such  corporation  which  on  March  1  of  any 
year  shall  not  have  been  incorporated  more  than  six  months.  Pay- 
ment shall  be  enforced  in  the  same  manner  provided  in  section  36 
for  the  filing  fee  upon  filing  annual  returns. 

Sect.  40.     Every   corporation   chartered  by  the   legislature   oi\fo''af"^^ay''S?" 
organized    under    the    laws    of    this    state,     whose     objects    of?nd   become  sub- 

.     °  .  -  ,  .       T    '  ,        .  ject  to   this    act; 

incorporation  are  such  as  may  be  exercised  by  a    business  corpo-  procedure,   certifi- 
ation   under  the  provisions  of  this   act,   may   avail   itself   of  the  saving   clause': 
provisions  of  this  act  and  may  bring  itself  and  its  stockholders.  ]]X/ity"fl)r*'""^ 
directors  and  officers  under  its  provisions  so  far -as  applicable,  by^^'^'^  statement. 
vote  of  holders  of  two-thirds  of  its  stock  present  and  voting  at  a 
meeting  duly  called  for  the  purpose,  adopting  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  and  by  complying  with  the  other  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion.    The  corporation  shall  cause  a  copy  of  the  vote  adopting  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  attested  by  its  clerk,  to  be  recorded  in  the 
office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  together  with  a  certificate  signed 
and  sworn  to  by  its  president  and  treasurer  and  at  least  a  majority 
of  its  directors,  setting  forth   (a)   the  total  amount  of  its  capital 
stock  authorized;   (b)   the  amount  of  its  stock  already  issued  for 
cash;  (c)  the  amount  of  its  stock  already  issued  fur  property  and 
other  consideration,  and  a  description  of  such  property  and  other 


174  Chapter   97.  [1921 

consideration  in  snfficient  detail  to  permit  its  identification,  and 
the  value,  thereof  at  the  time  such  stock  was  issued;  (d)  a  balance 
sheet  showing  its  assets  and  liabilities  at  the  close  of  its  last  fiscal 
year.  Said  corporation  shall  also  record  with  the  secretary  of  state 
a  supplementary  statement  of  any  other  niaterial  facts  which  may 
be  required  by  the  attorney-general  or  the  assistant  attorney- 
general.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  attorney-general  or  assistant 
attorney-general  within  thirty  days  after  the  filing  of  such  certifi- 
cate or  supplementary  statement,  to  examine  the  charter  or  articles 
of  association  of  the  corporation,  the  copy  of  the  vote  adopting  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  the  certificate  and  supplementary  state- 
ment provided  for  by  this  section,  and  if  the  facts  therein  stated 
show  that  the  outstanding  stock  of  the  corporation  has  been  fully 
paid  in,  in  cash  or  in  property  or  other  consideration,  and  that  the 
objects  of  the  corporation  are  such  as  may  be  exercised  by  a  busi- 
ness corporation  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  he  shall  record 
his  certificate  thereof  with  the  secretary  of  state.  The  corporation 
shall  thereupon  pay  to  the  secretary  of  state  a  certification  fee 
determined  by  its  total  authorized  capital  stock  at  the  rate  pre- 
scribed in  section  37 ;  and  upon  and  after  the  payment  of  such  fee, 
the  corporation,  and  its  stockholders,  officers  and  directors  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  powers,  privileges  and  immunities  and  be  subject 
to  the  duties,  liabilities  and. obligations  provided  by  this  act  and 
not  otherwise,  in  all  respects  as  if  said  Corporation  were  organized 
under  the  provisions  hereof  on  the  date  of  such  payment ;  provided, 
however,  that  any  liability  of  such  corporation  or  its  stockholders, 
officers  or  directors  or  any  of  them,  existing  on  said  date,  under  or 
by  virtue  of  any  other  law  or  statute  of  this  state,  shall  not  be 
affected.  Any  person  who  shall  subscribe  or  make  oath  to  any 
certificate  provided  for  by  this  section,  which  shall  contain  any 
false  statement,  known  by  such  person  to  be  false,  shall  upon  con- 
viction thereof  be  fined  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  or  im- 
prisoned not  exceeding  five  years  or  both,  and  shall  also  be  indi- 
vidually liable  to  any  stockholder  of  the  corporation  or  other  per- 
son for  actual  damages  caused  by  or  sustained  by  reason  of  such 
false  statement. 
Takes  effect  upon      Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  Mav  15,  1921. 

May    15,    1921. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921  ] 


1921]  Chapter  98.  175 

CHAPTER  98. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMjENT   OF   CHAPTER   57,   LAWS  OF    1919,   IN   RELATION 
TO 'the  trade  names  of  INDIVIDUALS,  PARTNERS  AND  OTHERS. 


:;tiox 

1.  Title     of    Laws     1919.     chapter     57 

changed. 

2.  Registration   of  partnership  or  busi- 

ness   name:    duty    of    sei-retary    of 
state. 


SECTION" 

3.  Renumbering    of    chapter. 

4.  Registration     not     permitted     under 

name      previously     registered     by 
another   person. 

5.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   fuacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Reijresentatives   in 
General   Court    convened: 

Section  1.    The  title  of  eliapter  57  of  the  Laws  of  1919  is  hereby  Title  of  Laws 

'     1919     ch     57 

amended  by  striking  out  all  the  words  after  the  word  " relation" changed. ' 
in  the  title  of  said  act  and  substituting  therefor  the  words  to  part- 
nership aud  business  name  registration,  so  that  the  title  of  said  act 
as  amended  shall  read  An  Act  in  relation  to  partnership  and  busi- 
ness name  registration. 

Sect.  2.  Section  4  of  said  chapter  57,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  Reg^st^ration  of 
amended  by  adding  after  the  word  "act"  in  the  last  line  thereof , business  name; 
the  following:  Whenever  the  secretary  of  state  shall  have  reason o?  stat'e. 
to  believe  that  a  person,  copartnership  or  association  has  not  filed 
a  certificate  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  he  shall 
forthwith  send  to  such  person,  copartnership  or  association  a  blank 
certificate  and  shall  demand  that  filing  be  made.  If  no  reply 
thereto  be  received  within  fifteen  days  thereafter  he  shall  mail  a 
second  request,  so  marked,  and  if  no  reply  be  received  or  registra- 
tion made  within  thirty  days  thereafter  the  secretary  of  state  shall 
certify  the  facts  to  the  attorney-general,  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  4.  The  secretary  of  state 
shall  keep  a  suitable  file  or  record  of  such  certificates,  and  the  filing 
fee  for  each  certificate  shall  be  one  dollar.  The  secretary  of  state 
shall  prepare  blanks  for  such  certificates,  and  shall  on  request  fur- 
nish such  blanks  to  persons,  copartnerships  or  associations  subject 
to  the  provisions  of  this  act.  Whenever  the  secretary  of  state  shall 
have  reason  to  believe  that  a  person,  copartnership  or  association 
has  not  filed  a  certificate  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  he  shall  forthwith  send  to  such  person,  copartnership  or  asso- 
ciation a  blank  certificate  and  shall  demand  that  filing  be  made. 
If  no  reply  thereto  be  received  within  fifteen  days  thereafter  he 
shall  mail  a  second  request,  so  marked,  and  if  no  reply  be  received 
or  registration  made  within  thirty  days  thereafter  the  secretary 
of  state  shall  certify  the  facts  to  the  attorney-general. 

Sect.  3.     Section  7  of  said  chapter  is  hereby  amended  by  re-  RenumberinK 
numbering  said  section,  section  8.  °    '^  ^^"^  ^^' 


176 


Chapter  99. 


1921 


Registration    not 
permitted    usder 
name    previously 
registered    by 
another   person. 


Takes   effect    on 

passage. 


Sect.  4.  Said  chapter  is  further  amended  by  inserting  a  new- 
section  as  follows:  Sect.  7.  Upon  receipt  of  any  certificate  of  a 
person,  copartnership  or  association  under  this  act,  the  secretary 
of  state  shall  at  once  compare  the  trade  or  firm  name  thus  pre- 
sented with  such  as  shall  have  been  previously  registered  from  the 
city  or  town  in  wdiich  the  new  registrant  is  located.  If  it  is  the 
same  as  the  name  or  names  under  which  any  person,  copartnership 
or  association  has  previously  registered  and  is  actively  engaged  in 
business  in  the  same  town  or  city,  then  said  secretary  of  state  shall 
decline  to  permit  such  registration  and  shall  require  said  person, 
copartnership  or  association  to  adopt  and  register  some  other  trade 
or  partnership  name  or  business  style. 

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

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  99. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  7,  CHAPTER  47,  LAWS  OF  1913,  RELATING  TO 
THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  DAMS. 


Section 

1.      Commission    to    inspect    dams.      E> 
peuses    chargeable    to    owners. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 


Commission     ti 
inspect    dams. 
Expenses 
chargeable   to 
owners. 


Takes   effect    on 
passage. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  7,  chapter  47,  Laws  of  1913,  by  in- 
serting after  the  words  "by  this  act"  the  following  words  includ- 
ing the  salaries  of  the  regular  employees  of  the  commission  for  the 
time  actually  devoted  to  w^ork  necessary  to  be  done  to  make  said 
inspection,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  will  read  as  follows: 
Sect.  7.  The  expense  of  any  inspection  authorized  by  this  act  in- 
cluding the  salaries  of  the  regular  employees  of  the  commission  for 
the  time  actually  devoted  to  w^ork  necessary  to  be  done  to  make 
said  inspection  shall  be  paid  to  the  commission  by  the  owners  of 
the  dam  in  connection  with  which  it  is  incurred.  All  sums  so  re- 
ceived shall  be  paid  into  the  state  treasury,  and  shall  be  added  to 
the  appropriation  available  for  the  use  of  the  commission  in  the 
employment  of  experts.  If  any  owner  shall  not  promptly  pay  the 
expense  of  such  inspection  w'hen  requested  by  the  commission,  it 
may  be  collected  in  an  action  of  assumpsit  to  be  brought  by  the 
attorney-general  in  the  name  of  the  state. 

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

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapters  100.  101. 


177 


CHAPTER  100. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  50,  SECTION  2,  OP  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES 
RELATING  TO  POWERS  OF  CITY  COUNCILS,  BY  STRIKING  OUT  SECTION  2 
AND  INSERTING  IN  PLACE  THEREOF  A  NEW  SECTION. 


Section 

1.  City  councils,  power  of,  to  provide 
for  appointment  or  election  of  all 
necessary   officers. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives    in 
General   Court   convened-. 

Section  1.    Amend  chapter  50,  section  2,  of  the  Public  Statutes  city  councils, 

,       .  „      .  ,  .     .  .  -.  power    of,    to 

relating  to  powers  of  city  councils  by  striking  out  section  2  and  provide  for 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following :    Sect.  2.     The  city  conn-  eiect/on'^o?  ai^ 
cils  shall  have  the  power  to  provide  for  the  appointment  or  election  "'^'^^**'^^^  °  '^®'^^" 
of  all  necessary  officers  for  the  good  government  of  the  city  not 
otherwise  provided  for,  and  to  prescribe  their  duties  and  fix  their 
compensation;   but  no  person  who  is  a  member  of  the  city  councils 
shall  be  elected  by  the  city  councils  or  appointed  by  the  mayor  and 
board  of  aldermen  to  any  office  pertaining  to  elections  or  where  the 
remuneration  of  said  office  exceeds  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars 
($100)  in  any  one  year.    In  case  of  the  election  or  appointment  of 
any  member  of  the  city  councils  to  any  office  where  the  remunera- 
tion of  said  office  does  not  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars 
in  any  one  year  as  hereinbefore  provided,  said  member  shall  not 
be  present  or  vote  when  his  said  election  or  appointment  is  made. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Takes   effect    on 
passage. 


[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  101. 

AN  ACT  TO  REGULATE  THE  MANUFACTURE,  STORAGE  AND  SALE  OF  IN- 
FLAMMABLE POLISHES. 


Section 

1.  Sale    of    inflammable    polishes    regu- 

lated. 

2.  Penalty. 


Section 

3.      Repealing    clause:     takes    effect 
passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.     It  shall  be  unlawful  to  manufacture  for  sale.  keepSaie  of  inflam- 
for  sale,  or  sell,  in  packages  of  less  than  one  quart,  liquid,  or  one  regafated."'  ^^ 

12 


178 


Chapter  102. 


[1923 


Penalty. 


Repealing  clau 
takes  effect  on 
passage. 


pound,  paste  form,  any  article  or  compound  designed  or  intended 
as  a  polish,  which  will  flash  at  a  temperature  below  one  hundred 
and  twenty  degrees  P'ahrenheit,  open  cup  test.  Nor  shall  polishes 
so  flashing  be  manufactured,  stored,  kept,  sold,  or  supplied  in 
larger  packages  than  herein  specified  unless  such  packages  shall 
be  conspicuously  branded  in  red  with  the  words:  Dangerous. 
Inflammable  Compound.     Keep  from  fire,  heat  and  lights. 

Sect.  2.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any  pro- 
vision of  this  act  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars. 

;  Sect.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  and  the 
provisions  of  chapter  185,  Laws  of  1917,  as  amended  by  chapter 
88,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  repealed. 


[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  102. 


AN  ACT  TO  ESTABLISH  A  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  COMMISSION  ON  FOREIGN  AND 
DOMESTIC  COMMERCE  TO  CO-OPERATE  WITH  SIMILAR  COMMISSIONS  IN 
OTHER  STATES. 


Skcttox 

1.      Commission      shall     consist     of     five 
members;    no  compensation. 


SEC'TIOX 

2.  Duties. 

3.  Takes   efifect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted    hij   the   Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Commission    shall 
consist    of   five 
members ;     no 
compensation. 


Duties. 


Takes   effect    on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  governor  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
council  shall  appoint  five  members  who  shall  constitute  a  board 
to  be  known  as  the  commission  on  foreign  and  domestic  com- 
merce, one  of  whom  he  shall  designate  as  chairman.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  board  shall  serve  without  compensation  and  shall  hold 
office  until  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  in  the  year  1923. 

Sect.  2.  The  said  commission  shall  take  such  measures  as  it 
may  deem  suitable  to  develop  and  increase  the  foreign  and  domes- 
tic commerce  of  this  state,  and  shall  co-operate  with  any  similar 
public  bodies  or  officials  in  any  movement  to  develop  and  increase 
such  commerce. 

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

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter  103.  179 

CHAPTER  103. 

AN   ACT   RELATING  TO   THE  EXEMPTION   OF   CERTAIN   DISABLED  SOLDIERS 
AND  SAILORS  OP   THE  WORLD  WAR  FROM  PAYING   A  POLL  TAX. 


Sectiox 

1.     Veterans    exempted    from    taxation; 
wives   and   widows. 


Section 

2.      Repealing   clause. 


Be   it    enacted   hij   the    Senate   and  House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Veterans  ex- 
empted   from 


Section  1.  Amend  section  4,  chapter  56,  of  the  Public  Stat- 
utes, as  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  95,  Laws  of  1907,  section tax|tion^^^wives 
1.  chapter  54,  Laws  of  1919,  and  by  section  2  of  an  act* 
passed  at  the  present  session,  approved  February  24,  1921,  by 
striking  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
following:  Sect.  4.  The  selectmen  of  towns  and  the  assessors 
of  cities  in  their  discretion  may  exempt  any  other  soldier,  sailor 
or  marine  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  or  the  Spanish- 
American  War,  or  the  Philippine  Insurrection,  or  the  AVorld  War 
prior  to  November  12,  1918,  and  is  disabled  in  consequence  of  such 
service,  from  paying  a  poll  tax,  and  every  soldier,  sailor  or 
marine  residing  in  New  Hampshire  who  served  for  thirty  days  or 
more  in  the  army  of  the  United  States  during  the  War  of  the  Re- 
bellion or  the  Spanish-American  War  or  the  Philippine  Insurrec- 
tion and  received  an  honorable  discharge  from  that  service,  and 
the  wife  or  widow  of  any  such  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  in  con- 
sideration or  recognition  of  such  service,  shall  be  exempt  each 
year  from  taxation  upon  his  taxable  property  to  the  value  of  one 
thousand  dollars;  provided  such  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  and 
his  wife,  if  any,  shall  not  own  property  to  the  value  of  five 
thousand  dollars  or  more. 

Sect.  2.     Chapter    68  of  the  Laws  of  1903  is  hereby  repealed.  Repealing 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


''See   Chapter    12. 


180 


Chapter    104. 


[1921 


CHAPTER  104. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  9  OF  CHAPTER  84  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES, 
AS  AMENDED  BY  SECTION  1  OF  CHAPTER  116  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1901, 
RELATING  TO  THE  SUPPORT  OF  TOWN  PAUPERS. 


Section 

1.      Poor    veterans    to    be    supported    in 
their   own  towns. 


Section 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be  it   enacted   ly   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Poor    veterans 
to  be  supported 
in   their 
own    towns. 


Section  1.     Amend  section  9  of  chapter  84  of  the  Public  Stat- 
utes, as  amended  by  chapter  116  of  the  Laws  of  1901.  by  striking 
out  the  words  "enlisted  in  the  quota  of  this  state,  and  was  reck- 
oned and  served  as  a  soldier  or  sailor  from  New  Hampshire  in  the 
army  or  navy  of  the  United  States,  in  the  "War  of  the  Rebellion, 
or  in  the  Spanish  or  Philippine  wars,"  in  the  first  part  thereof, 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:    served  in  the  army 
or  navy,  including  the  marine  corps,  of  the  United  States,  in  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion,  or  in  the  Spanish  or  Philippine  wars,  or  in 
the  World  War,  prior  to  November  12,  1918,  so  that  said  section, 
as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows :    Sect.  9.     Whenever  any  per- 
son, resident  in  this  state,  who  served  in  the  army  or  navy,  in- 
cluding the  marine  corps,  of  the  United  States,  in  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion,  or  in  the  Spanish  or  Philippine  wars,  or  in  the 
World  War,  prior  to  November  12,  1918,  and  who  received  an 
honorable  discharge,  not  being  under  guardianship  or  legal  re- 
straint, shall  become  poor  and  unable  to  provide  maintenance  for 
himself  and  dependent  family,  such  person,  his  wife,  widow,  or 
minor  children,  or  such  of  the  children  as  are  unable  to  main- 
tain themselves,  shall  be  supported  at  the  public  expense  in  the 
town  or  city  of  their  abode,  at  their  own  home  or  such  place, 
otiiei  than  a  town  or  county  almshouse,  as  the  overseers  of  the 
poor  or  the  county  commissioners  shall  deem  right  and  proper, 
but  no  person  shall  receive  aid  under  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion unless  he  has  resided  in  this  state  three  years  or  more  before 
making  application  for  such  aid;    and  no  person  shall,  while  re- 
ceiving aid  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  use  intoxicating 
liquors  to  an  extent  which  will  render  him  incapable  of  working 
at  his  usual  occupation;    and  no  person  receiving  aid  under  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  sell  any  articles  furnished  him, 
nor  exchange  them  for  intoxicating  liquors,  nor  share  any  such 
aid  with  any  persons  other  than  those  above  named  as  being  en- 
titled to  the  benefit  of  these  provisions.      Any  person  receiving 
aid  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  who  receives  a  pension 


1921]  Chapter    105.  181 

from  the  United  States  government,  shall,  while  receiving  such 
aid,  apply  the  pension  to  the  support  of  himself  and  dependent 
family,  and  shall,  when  requested,  furnish  to  the  overseers  of  the 
poor  or  the  county  commissioners  satisfactory  proof  that  such 
pension  has  been  so  applied.  Any  person  applying  for  such  aid 
shall,  when  requested,  furnish  to  the  county  commissioners  or 
the  overseers  of  the  poor  the  certificate  of  a  reputable  physician, 
resident  in  the  county  in  which  he  lives,  as  to  any  incapacity  on 
his  part  to  perform  manual  labor.  Neglect  by  any  person  apply- 
ing for  or  receiving  aid  under  the  provisions  of  this  section  to 
comply  with  the  foregoing  provisions  and  conditions  shall  relieve 
the  town  or  county  liable  for  such  person's  support  froin  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  so  far  as  such  person  is  concerned,  and  such 
person  may  be  supported  at  the  town  or  county  almshouse. 

And  any  overseer  of  the  poor,  county  commissioner,  or  other 
public  official  whose  duty  may  include  the  disbursement  of  public 
money  in  aid  of  the  poor,  Mho  shall  decline  or  refuse  to  carrj^  out 
the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  fifty 
dollars,  except  when,  such  official  may  reasonably  consider  that 
the  compliance  with  said  provisions  would  be  a  menace  to  the 
public  health,  safety,  or  peace. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  vSige.^^'^  ""^ 

[Approved  April  32,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  105. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  51,  SECTION  2,  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES  AS 
AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  47,  SECTION  1,  OF  THE  SESSION  LAWS  OF  1903 
AND  BY  CHAPTER  105,  SECTION  1,  OP  THE  SESSION  LAWS  OF  1915,  RE- 
LATING TO  CEMETERIES, 

Section  i   section 

1.     Laying   out   of    cemeteries;     restric-  2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 

tions.  I 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
Genevcd   Court   convened: 

Section  1.     That  section  2  of  chapter  51  of  the  Pul)lic  Statutes  ^aymar^.out  of 
as  heretofore  amended  be  further  amended  by  striking  out  the  "e^riSs. 
whole  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following : 
Sect.  2.    No  cemetery  shall  be  laid  out  within  twenty  rods  of  any 
dwelling  house,  sehoolhouse  or  school  lot,  store,  or  other  place  of 
business  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  of  the  same,  nor  any 


182  Chapter  106.  [1921 

enlargement  of  existing  cemeteries  within  twenty  rods,  except 
when  the  land  so  laid  out  is  at  a  greater  distance  from  any  dwell- 
ing house,  schoolhouse  or  school  lot,  store,  or  other  place  of  busi- 
ness than  the  original  cemetery  for  the  enlargement  of  which  such 
lands  shall  be  taken,  and  except  that  such  enlairgement  may  be 
laid  out  within  ten  rods  when  a  highway,  common,  or  other  public 
land  lies  between  such  enlargement  and  such  dwelling  house, 
schoolhouse  or  school  lot,  store,  or  other  place  of  business ;  and 
any  cemetery  laid  out  by  an  individual  or  corporation  and  located 
within  the  limits  hereinbefore  named,  in  which  all  lots  have  been 
sold  and  for  the  care  of  which  trust  funds  are  held  by  the  town, 
shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  selectmen. 
Takes  effect  on         Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage.  x  o 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  106. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  30  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1915  AS  AMENDED  BY 
CHAPTER  60  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1915,  AND  AS  FURTHER  AMENDED  ^BY 
CHAPTER  105  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1919  ENTITLED  "aN  ACT  ESTABLISH- 
ING MUNICIPAL  COURTS  AND  ABOLISHING  EXISTING  POLICE  COURTS. ' ' 

Section   1.      Salaries  of  justices  of  municipal  courts  fixed. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Rcpresentativrs  in 
General   Court   convened: 

Salaries  of  jus-  SECTION  1.  Amend  scctiou  10  of  Said  act  as  amended  by  section 
courts"  fix^d?'"^**  1  of  chapter  105  of  the  Laws  of  1919  by  inserting  in  the  eleventh 
line  thereof  after  the  word  "dollars"  the  words  and  Claremont, 
M^hich  shall  be  eight  hundred  dollars ;  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read :  Sect.  10.  Salaries  of  justices  of  municipal 
courts  shall  be  paid  from  the  treasury  of  the  city  or  town  in  which 
such  courts  are  located,  may  be  paid  quarterly  or  monthly,  and 
shall  be  in  the  following  sums  per  annum :  in  cities  of  more  than 
fifty  thousand  inhabitants,  eighteen  hundred  dollars ;  in  cities  of 
more  than  twenty-five  thousand  and  less  than  fifty  thousand  in- 
habitants, fifteen  hundred  dollars ;  in  cities  of  more  than  twenty 
thousand  and  less  than  twenty-five  thousand  inhabitants,  twelve 
hundred  dollars ;  in  cities  of  more  than  ten  thousand  and  less 
than  twenty  thousand  inhabitants,  eight  hundred  dollars,  except 
Portsmouth,  which  shall  be  one  thousand  three  hundred  fifty  dol- 
lars, and  Claremont,  which  shall  be  eight  liundred  dollars ;    in 


1921 


Chapter    107. 


183 


cities  and  towns  of  not  less  than  seventy-five  hundred  and  not 
more  than  ten  thousand  inhabitants,  six  hundred  dollars ;  in  cities 
and  towns  of  not  less  than  five  thousand  and  not  more  than  sev- 
enty-five hundred  inhabitants,  four  hundred  dollars ;  in  towns  of 
not  more  than  five  thousand  and  not  less  than  thirty-five  hundred 
inhabitants,  three  hundred  dollars;  in  towns  of  less  than  thirty- 
five  hundred  inhabitants,  one  hundred  dollaa-s  and  such  further 
sum  as  such  town  may  vote. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  107. 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  LIABILITY  OP  TOWN  OFPICERS. 


Sectiox 

1.  Liability  of  public  officers  in  re- 
spect to  defective  highways;  their 
common  law  liability  not  enlarged. 


Sectiox 

2.  Not   to   affect   pending   actions. 

3.  Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

passage. 


Be   it   fnarird    hi/   the    Se)iate   (uul   Hoiisr    of  Rcpirsevtativcs    in 
General   Court   eoyivened : 


Section  1.     Section  1  of  chapter  59  of  the  Laws  of  1893,  as  Liability  of  pub- 
amended    by    section    1,    chapter    48,    Laws    of    1915,    is    hereby  respect  %  de- 
amended  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  section  the  words,  Pro- thef/'^common^^^' 
videel,  Jwwever,  that  this  act  shall  not  be  construed  to  enlarge  the  ^'Xargef  ""^   "*** 
common  law  liability  of  public  officers,  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows :   Section  1.     Towns  are  liable  for 
damages  happening  to  any  person,  his  team  or  carriage,  traveling 
upon  a  bridge,  culvert,  or  sluiceway,  or  dangerous  embankments 
and  defective  railings,  upon  any  highway  which  the  town  has 
the  duty  of  maintaining,  by  reason  of  any  obstruction,  defect,  in- 
sufficiency, or  want  of  repair  of  such  bridge,  culvert,  or  sluice- 
way, or  dangerous  embankments  and  defective  railings,  which 
renders  it  unsuitable  for  the  travel  thereon.    But  any  person  or 
corporation,     except     municipal .  corporations,     through     whose 
negligence  or  carelessness  any  obstruction,  defect,  insufficiency, 
or  want  of  repair  is  caused  upon  any  highway,  shall  be  liable  to 
any  person  injured  by  reason  thereof,  and  the  damages  may  be 
recovered  in  an  action  on  the  case.    Provided,  liowever,  that  this 
act  shall  not  be  construed  to  enlarge  the  common  law  liability 
of  public  officers. 

Sect.  2.     The  passage  of  this  act  shall  not  in  any  manner  ai-No^ Jo  affect 
feet  any  actions  at  law  now  pending  in  any  court  of  this  state, 


pending    actions. 


184  CiiAi-rER  108.  [1921 

but  all  such   actions  may  be  prosecuted  to  final  judgment  as 
though  this  act  had  not  been  passed. 
fal^efffcttn'''''      Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage  and  all 
passage.  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  re- 

pealed. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  108. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO   THE  CONSERVATION  OF  NEW   HAMPSHIRE  WATER 
POWER. 


Section 

1.  Commission  to  be  appointed  to  con- 
fer as  to  conservation  of  water 
power. 


L'TIOX 

2.    .  No   salary    to    commissioners. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and   House   of  Eepresentatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Commission  to  be      SECTION  1.     That  the  govemor  and  council  are  hereby  author- 
appointed  to  ,  .  .  ■"  .  •  n     1  1      ' 

confer  as  to         izcd  to  appoiut  a  commissiou  to  consist  of  three  members  to  con- 
conservation   of        „  ..1  •      -1  •      •  •      •  p  1-1 

water  power.'  icr  With  a  Similar  commission  or  commissions  from  any  other 
state  or  states  to  consider  under  Avhat  arrangements  or  conditions 
th*^  state  of  New  Hampshire  should  co-operate  with  said  state  or 
states  in  the  conservation  of  water  or  water  power  in  this  state. 
Sect.  2.     Said  commission  shall  serve  without  compensation. 


No  salary  to 
commissioners. 


[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapter    109. 


185 


CHAPTER  109. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  .OF  CHAPTER  169  OP  THE  LAWS  OP  1911  RELAT- 
ING TO  THE  STATE  TAX  COMMISSION. 


Section 

1.      Attendance     of     secretary     or     chief 

clerk  at  office  regulated. 
2.      Salary    of    commissioners,    of    secre- 
tary    and    of    clerk    fixed;      when 
payable. 


Reiiealing    clause; 

passage. 


takes    effect 


Be   it   cnacied   h)/   the   Senate   and   House 
General   Court   convened: 


of  Representatives   in 


Section  1.  Amend  section  5  of  chapter  169,  Laws  of  1911,  by  Attendance  of 
striking  out  the  second  sentence  thereof  and  substituting  there- cMef  ^cJerk'^  at 
for  the  following:  Either  the  secretary  or  the  chief  clerk  shair*^"'  regulated. 
be  in  aittendance  at  the  office  of  the  commission  in  the  state  house 
during  regular  office  hours  daily,  holidays  excepted,  so  that  said 
section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  5.  The  supreme 
court  shall  designate  one  member  of  the  commission  to  act  as 
chairman,  and  another  member  to  act  as  secretary;  the  mem- 
bers so  designated  shall  serve  in  such  capacities  until  the  expira- 
tion of  their  terms  of  office,  or  until  vacancies  occur,  and  there- 
after such  designation  shall  be  made  upon  the  expiration  of  the 
term  of  office  of  any  member  and  the  appointment  of  a  successor. 
Either  the  secretary  or  the  chief  clerk  shall  be  in  attendance  at 
the  office  of  the  commission  in  the  state  house  during  regular  of- 
fice hours  daily,  holidays  excepted.  A  majority  of  said  commis- 
sioners shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  the  busi- 
ness and  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  commission. 

Sect.  2.     Amend  section  7  of  chapter  169  of  the  Laws  of  1911  Salary  of  com- 

^  missioners,    of 

by   substituting  the  word  monthly  for  the  word  "quarterly  'secretary  and  of 

-  .  .  ,  •  »         1  n         •  -I  '•        clerk   fixed; 

wherever  it  appears  m  said  section ;  further  amend  said  section  when  payable. 
by  adding  after  the  words  "appoint  a"  in  the  last  sentence 
thereof  the  following :  chief  clerk  who  shall  also  serve  as ;  and 
further  amend  said  section  by  substituting  for  the  words  "not 
exceeding  nine  hundred  dollars  per  annum"  in  the  last  sentence 
thereof  the  Avords  of  not  exceeding  $1400,"  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  7.  The  annual  salary  of 
the  secretary  of  the  eolnmission  shall  be  three  thousand  dollars, 
and  of  each  of  the  other  members  of  the  commission,  twenty-five 
hundred  dollars,  and  such  shall  be  paid  from  the  state  treasury 
in  equal  monthly  payments.  Supplies  required  by'  the  commis- 
sion, and  necessary  expenses  of  the  commission,  and  such  assist- 
ants as  may  be  employed,  while  on  the  business  of  the  commis- 
sion, and  fees  of  witnesses  summoned  by  the  commission  shall 


186 


Chapter  110. 


1921 


Repealing    clause; 
takes  efifect  on 
passage. 


be  paid  by  the  staXe  upon  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  coun- 
cil. Said  commission  may  appoint  a  chief  clerk  who  shall  also 
serve  as  stenographer  at  a  salary  of  not  exceeding  $1400,  which 
shall  be  paid  from  the  state  treasury  in  equal  monthly  payments, 
and,  with  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  council,  such  other 
assistants  as  may  be  necessary. 

Sect.  3.  Chapter  98  of  the  Laws  of  1919  and  all  other  acts 
and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed 
and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  April  12,  1921. 


CHAPTER  110. 


AN   ACT   RELATING   TO   THE   SALARY   OF   THE   REGISTER   OF    PROBATE   FOR 
THE  COUNTY  OF  STRAFFORD. 


Salary     of    register     of    probate     of 
Straiford    county    fixed    at    $1200. 


Section 

2.      Repealing    clause:     takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Repyesentatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Salary   of   reg- 
ister  of  probate 
of    Strafford 
county  fixed 

at   $1200. 


Repealing    clause; 
takes   effect   on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  salary  of  the  register  of  probate  for  the 
county  of  Strafford  shall  hereafter  be  twelve  hundred  dollars  per 
annum,  payable  at  the  same  time  and  in  -the  same  manner  as  now 
payable. 

Sect.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  will  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapters    111,  112.  187 

CHAPTER  111. 

AN  ACT  IN  RELATION   TO  CLERK  HIRE  IN  THE  OFFICE  OP  THE  REGISTER 
OF  PROBATE  IN  SULLIVAN  COUNTY. 


Section 

1.      Register     of     probate     of     Sullivan 
county;     allowance  for  clerk  hire. 


Section 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hi/   the    Senate   and  House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   eonvened; 

Section  1.     The  register  of  probate  for  Sullivan  county  sliallRe^gJ^ter^of^^^^.^ 
be  allowed  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  annually  for  clerk  van  county; 

allowance  for 

hire,  the  same  to  be  paid  in  monthly  installments  from  the  county  clerk  hire. 
treasury. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Itll^t''^  °" 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  112. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  6,  CHAPTER  155,  LAWS  OF  1913, 
AS  AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  100,  LAWS  OF  1915,  AND  CHAPTER  161, 
LAWS  OF  1917,  RELATING  TO  THE  DISPOSAL  OF  LUMBER  SLASH  UNDER 
CERTAIN  CONDITIONS. 

Section  I   Section 

1.      Disposal    of    slash    adjacent    to    rail-     I  2.      Takes  effect  .July   1,    1921. 

road,  etc.,  highway  or  land  of 
another ;  forestry  commission 
mav  direct  removal  of  slash  near 
lumber  camp;  penalty;  liability 
for  damage. 

Be  it  enacted  h]/  the  Senate  and  House  of  Bepresentatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.     Section  6,  chapter  155,  Laws  of  1913  as  amended  Disposal  of  slash 
by  chapter  100,  Laws  of  1915,  and  chapter  161,  Laws  of  1917  is  raih-oad!  *e"tc., 


hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  of^another^    ^° 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following :    Sect.  6.     On  and  after  \°l^^^^l  ^^' 
July  1,  1921,  aiuy  person,  firm  or  corporation  cutting  wood  or  direct  removal 


slash  near 


lumber  on  property  adjacent  to  the  right  of  way  of  any  steam  or  lumber  camp; 

.  ,     .  .    ,  T  .  1        1         1        ,>  'lenaltv :     liability 

electric  railroad  or  public  highway,  or  adjacent  to  the  land  of  for  damage. 
another,  shall  dispose  of  the  slash  caused  by  such  cutting  in  such 
a  manner  that  the  inflammable  material  shall  not  remain  on  the 


188  Chapter  112.  [1921 

ground  within  sixty  (60)  feet  of  the  right  of  way  of  any  steam 
railroad,  or  within  twenty-five  (25)  feet  of  the  right  of  way  of 
any  electric  railroad  or  the  traveled  part  of  any  public  highway ; 
and  when  cutting  on  land  adjacent  to  the  land  of  another,  shall 
fell  the  trees  away  from  and  not  towards  nor  parallel  with  the 
property  line  of  the  abutting  owner  so  that  the  slash  from  the 
tops  of  said  trees,  when  on  the  ground,  shall  be  as  far  from  the 
said  property  line  as  the  felling  of  the  trees  in  a  practicable 
manner  will  carry  it.  The  forestry  commission,  by  notice  in 
writing  to  both  the  operator  and  the  owner,  may  also  require  the 
removal  or  disposal  of  lumber  slash  or  other  inflammable  mate- 
rial within  one  hundred  (100)  feet  of  camps,  when  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  commission  such  slash  or  inflannnable  material  con- 
stitutes an  unusual  hazard  endangering  other  property  through 
the  setting  or  spreading  of  forest  fires.  Any  operator  of  wood 
or  timber  on  such  land,  or  any  owner  of  such  land  where  cutting 
is  done,  may  be  fined  not  more  than  ten  (10)  dollars  for  each 
acre  of  such  land  or  fraiction  thereof,  or  for  each  one  hundred 
(100)  linear  feet  or  fraction  thereof  from  which  the  inflammable 
material  is  not  properly  removed  or  disposed  of  within  sixty  (60) 
days  from  the  cutting  of  the  trees  thereon,  or,  in  the  case  of 
material  adjudged  by  the  forestry  commission  to  be  an  unusual 
hazard  as  above  provided,  within  a  reasonable  time  not  exceed- 
ing sixty  (60)  days  from  the  date  of  service  of  the  removal  notice  ; 
provided,  that  any  owner  or  operator  who  cuts  wood  or  timber 
during  the  winter,  after  November,  shall  have  until  May  1  in 
Grafton,  Carroll  and  Coos  counties,  and  until  April  1  in  other 
counties,  to  remove  the  slash  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  section.  If  such  slash  is  destroyed  by  burning,  such  burn- 
ing shall  be  done  with  the  permission  of  the  town  forest  fire 
warden.  The  forestry  commission  is  hereby  charged  with  the 
execution  of  this  section.  All  owners  or  operators  shall  be  re- 
quired to  use  due  care  in  clearing  such  land,  and  shall  not  be  re- 
lieved of  liability  for  damage  imposed  by  chapter  128,  Laws  of 
1909,  and  amendments  thereto;  but  no  owner  of  such  land  shall 
be  liable  for  damages  resulting  from  fires  not  set  by  himself  or 
his  agents. 
July  1,  1921.  Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  Julv  1.  1921. 

Takes   effect 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapters  113,   114. 


189 


CHAPTER  113. 

AN  ACT  IN   AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  76  OF  THE  PUBLIC   STATUTES  RE- 
LATING TO  THE  LAW  OF  THE  ROAD. 

Section    1.     Liability   to    damages   for   violation  of  law  of  road. 

Be   it   enacted   hij   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  sections  19  and  20  of  chapter  76  of  the^^g^")!,^  vfoia^*""' 
Public  Statutes  by  striking  out  both  sections  and  inserting  inf.^'"^*'^  ''^'^  °* 
place  thereof  a  new  section  to  be  entitled  section  19  as  follows : 
Sect.  19.  If  any  person  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
either  of  the  two  preceding  sections,  he  shall  be  liable  for  the 
damages  occasioned  thereby,  but  no  action  shall  be  sustained  for 
such  damages  unless  brought  within  one  year. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  114. 


an  act  in  amendment  OF  section  13,  CHAPTER  27  OF  the  LAWS  OF 

1895  AS  amended  by  chapter  110  of  the  laws  of  1909  relating 
TO  street  railway  companies. 


Section 

1.  Crossing  of  tracks  of  railroad  by 
street  railway;  and  vice  versa; 
consent  of  "public  service  com- 
mission required;  regulations  by 
commission  as  to  crossings  and 
apportionment  of  expense;  duty 
of  driver  of  car  to  stop  and  ex- 
amine for  trains. 


Section 

2.      Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     Section  13  of  chapter  27  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  as  crossing  of 


amended  by  chapter 


of  the  Laws  of  1903  and  chapter  110  of  the  S  V^t^e't 


Laws  of  1909,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  same  and  in-  IncI'vl^sa^^ 
serting  in  place  thereof  the  following :    Sect.  13.     No  street  rail-  ^"^^VTc"'  coimiv''' 
way  company  shall  lay  its  tracks  across  the  track  of  a  steam  rail- ^^^^ J^';'i^^y'«d ; 
road,  and  no  steam  railroad  shall  lay  its  tracks  across  the  tracks  com"m1ss°ion  as  to 
of  a  street  railway,  without  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  public  apportionment 

of   expense; 


190  Chapter    114.  [1921 

duty  of  driver      service  commissioD ;    and  when  the  crossing  is  made  at  grade,  said 

of  car   to   stop  '  ^  i       •  r  i 

and  examine  comniission  shall  make  such  orders,  rules,  and  regulations  lor  the 
protection  of  all  persons  from  injury  at  such  crossings  as  they  may 
deem  sufficient  and  necessary.  All  expense  incurred  in  providing 
and  maintaining  such  suitable  protection  of  all  persons  at  said 
crossings  shall  be  apportioned  by  the  public  service  commission  be- 
tween the  two  roads  as  they  may  deem  just;  and  in  all  cases,  un- 
less otherwise  ordered  by  the  commission,  when  a  street  railway 
crosses  a  steam  railroad  at  grade,  every  driver  of  a  car  upon  the 
street  railway  shall,  when  approaching  the  point  of  intersection, 
stop  his  car  not  more  •  than  seventy-five  feet  and  not  less  than 
twenty  feet  from  the  crossing,  and  before  attempting  to  cross  care- 
fully examine  for  approaching  trains  on  the  steam  railroad,  and 
shall  not  proceed  to  cross  until  it  is  ascertained  that  no  trains  are 
approaching,  and  that  the  street  railway  car  may  cross  with  safety. 
The  commission  may  from  time  to  time  change  and  modify  such 
orders,  rules,  and  regulations  as  the  public  safety  and  convenience 
may  require.  Whenever  a  crossing  of  the  tracks  of  a  steam  rail- 
road is  to  be  made  by  a  street  railway  otherwise  than  at  grade,  and 
the  means  existing  therefor,  by  bridge  or  otherwise,  at  the  time 
Sc'id  crossing  is  authorized  by  said  commission,  are  not  sufficient 
for  the  safe  and  proper  operation  of  said  street  railway,  and  any 
alterations  therein  are  made  necessary  thereby,  the  expense  of 
making  such  alterations  shall  be  borne  bj^  the  railroad  or  railway 
at  whose  request  and  for  whose  benefit  they  are  made ;  and  when- 
ever such  street  railway  shall  pass  over  any  bridge  upon  its  route, 
and  alterations  are  thereby  made  necessary  for  the  safety  and  con- 
venience of  travelers,  the  expense  of  such  alterations  thereon  shall 
be  borne  by  the  railway.  In  case  of  any  disagreement  as  to  the 
necessity  and  extent  of  such  alterations,  the  same  shall  be  de- 
termined by  the  public  service  commission,  whose  decision  shall  be 
final.  Whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  to  repair,  alter  or  rebuild  a 
bridge  or  construct  a  new  bridge,  upon  a  public  highway,  and  said 
bridge  is,  or  shall  be  used  by  a  street  railway,  the  expense  of  such 
repairs,  alterations,  rebuilding  or  construction  may  be  apportioned 
equitably,  as  the  public  good  may  require,  between  the  town  in- 
curring such  expense  and  such  street  railway,  by  the  superior 
court  upon  petition  brought  therefor  by  the  town,  unless  the  said 
town  and  the  said  street  railway  shall  agree  upon  such  apportion- 
ment. 

Upon  petition  of  a  street  railway  company  whose  tracks  cross 
the  track  of  a  steam  railroad  at  grade,  or  upon  petition  of  a  steam 
railroad  company  whose  tracks  have  been  crossed  at  grade  by  a 
street  railway,  the  public  service  commission  may  review  the  appor- 
tionment of  the  expense  incurred  in  providing  and  maintaining 
suitable  protection  of  all  persons  at  any  such  crossing  as  provided 


1921 


Chapter    115. 


191 


ill  this  section  and  may  make  such  new  order  of  apportionment  or 
such  order  requiring  either  company  to  defray  the  entire  expense 
of  providing  and  maintaining  such  protection  as  said  commission 
may  consider  just  and  reasonable,  having  due  regard  to  the  nature 
and  extent  of  the  hazard  caused  by  each  company  against  which 
such  protection  is  needed  and  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  benefit, 
if  any,  which  each  company  derives  from  such  protection. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  115. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF   SECTIONS   13,  35,   36,   63  AND  64,   CHAPTER 
123,  LAWS  OF  1917,  RELATING  TO  THE  MILITIA. 


Staff  of  commander-in-chief: 
t  ant-general,  appointment 
tenure  of   office. 

Pay  of  officers   and  men   for  sen 
at    maneuvers;      pay     and 
ance  to  certain  officers,  etc. 


Sect 

ox 

d.iu- 

3. 

Draft    into    federal    service: 

to 

dis 

and 

charge    from    national    gua 
sumption    of    membership. 

rd: 

re 

•vice 
How- 

4 

Retired  list. 

Takes  effect  on  passage. 

Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Amend  section  13,  chapter  123,  Laws  of  1917,  bv  staff  of  com- 

.,  .  -11       r«        •  -1  •  -T    •  •  •  1  f.  mander  in  chief; 

striking  out  all  oi  said  section  and  msertnig  m  place  or  same  a  newad.iutant-generai. 
section  to  read  as  follows:  Sect.  13.  The  staff  of  the  commander- and°Tenire 
in-chief  shall  consist  of  the  adjutant-general,  with  rank  of  briga-"* 
dier-general,  who  shall  be  chief  of  staff,  and  after  January  4,  1923, 
eight  aides-de-camp,  four  of  whom  shall  be  detailed  from  the  na- 
tional guard,  shall  retain  their  existing  rank  and  shall  remain  sub- 
ject to  duty  except  as  their  services  may  be  required  by  the  gov- 
ernor as  members  of  his  staff.  The  remaining  four  may  be  ap- 
pointed from  officers  or  ex-officers  of  the  United  States  army,  or  of 
national  guard,  or  of  the  reserve  corps,  or  from  civil  life.  Officers 
detailed  from  the  national  guard  shall  not  be  exempt  from  per- 
forming the  duties  required  of  them  as  officers  of  the  national  guard. 
If  said  aides-de-camp  are  appointed  other  than  from  the  national 
guard  or  reserve  corps  they  shall  have  the  rank  of  major,  shall  hold 
office  during  the  pleasure  and  not  exceeding  the  term  of  office  of 
the  governor,  and  shall  not  thereby  be  exempted  from  military 


192 


Chapter  115. 


[1921 


Pay  of  officers 
and   men   for 
service    at 
maneuvers;    pay 
and    allowance    t 
certain    officers, 
etc. 


Draft    into 
federal    service ; 
to   discharge 
from    national 
guard; 

resumption   of 
membership. 


duties  under  the  terms  of  this  act.  The  adjutant-general  shall  be 
appointed  as  provided  in  article  45  of  the  constitution  and  his 
tenure  of  office  shall  be  as  provided  for  in  section  18  of  this  act  for 
all  officers. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  section  35,  chapter  123,  Laws  of  1917,  by  strik- 
ing out  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  of  same  a  new 
) section  to  read  as  follows:  Sect.  35.  For  each  day's  service  in 
complete  uniform,  when  ordered  out  by  the  governor  for  maneuvers, 
field  exercise  or  target  practice,  not  exceeding  fifteen  days  in  each 
year,  and  after  said  period  the  pay  of  their  grade  in  the  United 
States  army;  each  commissioned  officer  shall  be  paid  at  the  same 
rate,  base  pay,  as  an  officer  of  like  grade  in  the  army  of  the  United 
States ;  to  each  band  leader,  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents ;  to  each 
noncommissioned  staff  officer,  first  sergeant,  company  supply  ser- 
geant, and  company  mess  sergeant,  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  to 
all  other  sergeants,  two  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents ;  to  corporals, 
two  dollars  and  ten  cents ;  to  company  cooks,  three  dollars ;  and  to 
all  other  enlisted  men,  two  dollars  per  day;  provided,  hoivever, 
that  there  shall  be  deducted  from  the  foregoing  pay  the  amount  of 
ration  and  all  pay  received  from  the  federal  government  while  on 
such  duty. 

There  shall  be  paid  to  each  company  or  battery  clerk  the  sum 
of  twenty-five  dollars,  per  year,  and  to  each  company  or  battery 
supply  sergeant  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  per  year,  to  be  paid  in 
equal  quarterly  payments.  The  commanders  of  the  several  organi- 
zations shall  receive  an  annual  allowance  for  printing,  postage  and 
stationery  as  follows :  Regimental  commander,  seventy-five  dollars, 
company  and  battery  commanders,  ten  dollars. 

Sect.  3.  Amend  section  36,  chapter  123,  Laws  of  1917,  by  strik- 
ing out  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  of  same  a  new  sec- 
tion to  read  as  follows :  Sect.  36.  When  the  national  guard  shall 
be  drafted  into  federal  service  by  order  of  the  President,  as  pro- 
vided in  section  111,  National  Defense  Act,  as  approved  June  4, 
1920,  all  persons  so  drafted  shall,  from  the  date  of  their  draft  stand 
discharged  from  the  national  guard.  On  the  termination  of  the 
emergency  all  persons  so  drafted  shall,  being  discharged  from  the 
United  States  army,  resume  their  membership  in  the  national  guard 
until  the  dates  upon  which  their  enlistments  entered  into  prior  to 
their  draft,  would  have  expired  if  uninterrupted. 

Sect.  4.  Amend  section  63  and  section  64,  chapter  123,  Laws  of 
1917,  by  renumbering  same  section  64  and  65,  respectively,  and  in- 
serting in  place  of  section  63  a  new  section  to  read  as  follows: 
Sect.  63.  All  officers  in  the  National  Guard  of  New  Hampshire, 
who  were  drafted  into  the  federal  service  August  5,  1917,  and  whose 
lengths  of  service  comply  with  the  provisions  of  section  61  of  this 
act,  may,  if  they  make  application  to  the  governor,  be  placed  upon 


1921]  Chaptek   116.  193 

the  retired  list  with  the  grade  attained  during  their  service  in  the 
United  States  army. 

Sect.  5.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  JSslge^"**^'  ""^ 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  116. 

AN  ACT  FOR  THE  APPORTIONMENT  OF  REPRESENTATION  IN  THE  HOUSE 
OP  REPRESENTATIVES,  AND  REPEALING  CHAPTER  84,  LAWS  OF  1911. 

Section  I  Section 

1.      Number    of    representatives    allotted  2.      Repealing   clause, 

to   towns   and   wards.  I 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.     Until  another  general  censns  of  the  state  is  taken  Number  of 
and  officially  promulgated,  the  following  named  towns  and  wards  allotted  to  towns 
may  send  representatives  to  the  general  court  under  the  authority^"    ^^^  ^' 
of  the  constitution,  as  follows  : 

One  representative  each  from  Auburn,  Brentwood,  Candia, 
Chester,  Deerfield,  Epping,  Greenland,  Hampstead,  Hampton, 
Kingston,  Londonderry,  Newcastle,  Newton,  North  Hampton, 
NortliAvood,  Plaistow,  Portsmouth  ward  4,  Portsmouth  ward  5, 
Raymond,  Rye,  Seabrook,  Barrington,  Dover  ward  5,  Durham, 
Milton,  Rochester  ward  1,  Rochester  ward  2,  Rochester  ward  3, 
Rochester  ward  5,  Rollinsford,  Somersworth  ward  1,  Somersworth 
ward  2,  SomersAvorth  ward  3,  Somersworth  ward  5,  Strafford,  Al- 
ton, Barnstead,  Belmont,  Gilford,  Gilmanton,  Laconia  ward  1, 
Laconia  ward  3,  Meredith,  New  Hampton,  Sanbornton, 
Bartlett,  Moultonliorough,  Ossipee,  Sandwich,  Tannvorth,  Tuf- 
tonboro,  Wakefield,  Allenstown,  Andover,  Boscawen,  Canterbury, 
Concord  ward  2,  Concord  ward  3,  Concord  ward  8,  Epsom, 
Franklin  ward  1,  Henniker,  Hopkinton,  Loudon,  New  London, 
Northfield,  Sutton,  Warner,  Amherst,  Antrim,  Bedford,  Greenville, 
Hollis,  Merrimack,  Nashua  w^ard  5,  Nashua  ward  6,  New  Boston, 
New  Ipswich,  Pelham,  Weare,  Wilton,  Alstead,  Chesterfield,  Fitz- 
william,  Hinsdale,  Keene  ward  4,  Marlborough,  Rindge,  Swanzey, 
Troy,  Westmoreland,  Charlestown,  Cornish,  Plainfield,  Sunapee, 
Ashland,  Bath,  Bethlehem,  Bristol,  Canipton,  Canaan,  Enfield, 
Holderness,  Lincoln,  Lyme,  Orford,  Rumney,  Warren,  Woodstock, 
Columbia,  Jefferson,  Milan,  Pittsburg,  Stewartstown.  Stratford. 


194  Chaptef  lit).  [1921 

Two  representatives  each  from  Portsmouth  ward  8,  Salem,  Dover 
ward  1,  Dover  ward  3,  Farmiiigton,  Rochester  ward  4,  Rochester 
ward  6,  Somersworth  ward  4,  Laconia  ward  2,  Laconia  ward  4,  La- 
conia  ward  5,  Laconia  ward  6,  Tilton,  Wolfeboro,  Concord  ward  1, 
Concord  ward  5,  Concord  ward  9,  Franklin  ward  2,  Franklin  ward 
3,  Hooksett,  Pembroke,  Pittsfield,  Goffstown,  Hillsborough,  Hudson, 
Nashua  ward  2,  Nashua  ward  4,  Peterborough,  JafPrey,  Keene  ward 
2,  Keene  ward  3,  Keene  ward  5,  Walpole,  Winchester,  Hanover,  Lis- 
bon, Plymouth,  Gorham,  Lancaster,  Colebrook,  Northumberland, 
Whitefield. 

Three  representatives  each  from  Newmarket,  Portsmouth  ward  1, 
Dover  ward  2,  Dover  ward  4,  Conway,  Concord  ward  4,  Concord 
ward  7,  Manchester  ward  1,  Manchester  ward  10,  Milford,  Nashua 
ward  1,  Nashua  ward  3,  Nashua  ward  7,  Keene  ward  1,  Newport, 
Haverhill,  Berlin  ward  3,  Berlin  ward  4. 

Four  representatives  each  from  Derry,  Exeter,  Portsmouth  ward 
2,  Concord  ward  6,  Manchester  ward  4,  Manchester  ward  9,  Nashua 
ward  8,  Nashua  ward  9,  Littleton,  Berlin  ward  1,  Berlin  ward  2. 

Five  representatives  each  from  Manchester  ward  2,  Manchester 
ward  3,  Manchester  ward  11,  Manchester  ward  13,  Lebanon. 

Six  representatives  each  from  Manchester  ward  6,  Manchester 
ward  7,  Manchester  ward  8,  Manchester  ward  12. 

Eight  representatives  from  Claremont. 

Ten  representatives  from  Manchester  ward  5. 

The  following  named  towns,  not  having  six  hundred  inhabitants 
aeeording  to  the  census  of  1920  and  having  a  right  under  the  con- 
stitution to  elect  a  representative  such  proportional  part  of  the  time 
as  the  number  of  their  inhabitants,  according  to  said  census,  bears 
to  six  hundred,  may  elect  one  representative  in  each  of  the  years 
set  opposite  their  names  in  the  following  list: 

Piermont 
Harrisville 
Grafton 
-7  ^^nington 

Bow 

;;3radford 

Danvu^e 

Fremont 

Hampton  Falls 

Newfields 

Nottingham 

Strath  am 

Windham 

'Li.ee 

:Ne<vi^  Durham 

^Freedom 


1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1928 

1930 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1922 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1922 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1930 

1921] 

Chapter    116. 

Jaekson 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

Madison 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1930 

Chichester 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

Danburv 

1922 

1926 

1928 

1930 

Hill 

1922 

1926 

1928 

1930 

Wilmot 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1930 

Brookline 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1928 

Hancock 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1930 

Grantham 

1922 

1924 

1928 

1930 

Unity 

1922 

1924 

1928 

1930 

Alexandria 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

Landafif 

1922 

1924 

1926 

1930 

Thornton 

1922 

1926 

1928 

]930 

Wentworth 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

D  alt  on 

1924 

1926 

1928 

1930 

Atkinson 

1922 

1924 

1928 

East  Kingston 

1922 

1928 

1930 

Newington 

1924 

1926 

1930 

Kensington 

1922 

1924 

1928 

Madbury 

1924 

1928 

1930 

Center  Harbor 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Effingham 

1922 

1924 

1928 

Dnnbarton 

1924 

1926 

1930 

Newbnry 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Salisbury 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Webster 

1922 

1924 

1928 

Francestown 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Greenfield 

1922 

1924 

1928 

Lyndeborongh 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Mont  Vernon 

1924 

1928 

1930 

Dublin 

1922 

1924 

1928 

Gilsum 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Richmond 

1924 

1928 

1930 

Marlow 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Acworth 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Springfield 

1922 

1924 

1928 

Washington 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Franconia 

1922 

1926 

1928 

L/yman 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Monroe 

1922 

1924 

1930 

Carroll 

1922 

1926 

1930 

Clarksville 

1924 

1928 

1930 

Slark 

1924 

1926 

1930 

Sandown 

1922 

1926 

South  Hampton 

1924 

1928 

Middleton 

1922 

1926 

Albany 

1924 

1928 

195 


196  Chapter  116.  [1921 


Chapter  116. 

Brookfield 

1922 

1926 

Chatham 

1924 

1928 

Eaton    . 

1926 

1930 

Deering 

1924 

1928 

Litchfiekl 

1924 

1930 

Mason 

1924 

1928 

Temple 

1922 

1926 

Nelson 

1924 

1930 

Stoddard 

1922 

1928 

Sullivan 

1924 

1928 

Surry 

1922 

1928 

Croydon 

1922 

1928 

Goshen 

1924 

1930 

Langdon 

1924 

1928 

Lempster 

1922 

1926 

Benton 

1922 

1928 

Bridgewater 

1924 

1928 

Dorchester 

1922 

1928 

Groton 

1922 

1926 

Hebron 

1924 

1928 

Orange 

1924 

1930 

Dummer 

1924 

1928 

Errol 

1922 

1926 

Shelburne 

1922 

1926 

Hart's  Location 

1928 

Sharon 

1926 

Windsor 

1928 

Roxbury 

1930 

Easton 

1924 

Ellsworth 

1926 

Livermore 

1924 

Waterville 

1928 

Randolph 

1922 

Wentworth  's  Location 

1930 

Repealing    clause.      Sect.  2.     Chapter  84,  Laws  of  1911  and  all  acts  and  parts  of 
acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapters  117,  118. 


197 


CHAPTER  117. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TQ  COMPENSATION  OF  THE  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  SEN- 
ATE AND  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  AND  REPEALING  CPI AFTER  151, 
LAWS  OF  1919. 


Section 

1.      Compensation    of    attaches    and 
ployees   of  legislature  fixed. 


Section 

2.      Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     The  compensation  of  the  following  attaches  of  the  Compensation  of 

•  ini  ni  pn  attaches    and 

senate  and  house  of  representatives  shall  hereafter  be  as  follows :  employees  of 

i  .  ^„  n  •    ,        1  legislature    fixed. 

sergeant-at-arms,  $4.50  per  day;  messengers,  assistant  messengers, 
door-keepers,  telephone  messengers,  custodian  of  mails  and  supplies, 
wardens  and  assistant  wardens,  library  messengers  and  chaplain,  $4 
per  day ;  pages,  $2.50  per  day ;  each  and  all  for  six  days  per  week. 

Sect.  2.     Chapter  151,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  repealed,  and  this  Repealing  clause; 

■■■  '  '  .'         X  7  takes  effect  on 

act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  passage. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  118. 

AN  ACT  TO  EQUALIZE   THE  SALARIES  OF   CERTAIN   STATE  OFFICIALS  AND 
ESTABLISH   MAXIMUM   SALARY   LIMITS. 


Section 

1.  Equalization    of    salaries    of    certain 

state  officials. 

2.  Maximum    limit    of    salaries    of    cer- 

tain state  employees. 

3.  District   superintendents  of  sohools ; 

maximum   limit   of   salaries. 


Section 

4.  Clerks    and    stenographers;     classifi- 

cation ;      maximum     limit     of     sal- 
aries. 

5.  Repealing  clause;    takes  effect  July 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     The  salaries  of  certain  state  officials  shall  be  estab- 
lished as  follows : 

Governor,  $3,000;    secretary  of  state,  $3,500;    deputy  secretary.  Equalization  of 
$2,300;    state  treasurer,  $4,000;    deputy  treasurer,  $2,300;    insur-uin"lta?e ''" 
ance  commissioner,   $2,250;    for  enforcing   chapter   202,   Laws  of®"^^'- 
1917,  $500 ;    deputy  insurance  commissioner,  $1,500 ;    chairman  of 


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Maximum    limit 
of  salaries  of 
certain  state 
employees. 


the  bank  commission,  $3,500 ;  associate  bank  commissioners,  $2,750, 
each ;  chairman  of  the  public  service  commission,  $3,700 ;  associate 
public  service  commissioners,  $3,500,  each ;  chairman  of  the  tax 
commission,  $2,500 ;  secretary  of  the  tax  commission,  $3,000 ;  asso- 
ciate tax  commissioner,  $2,500;  purchasing  agent,  $3,500;  attor- 
ney-general, $3,500 ;  assistant  attorney-general,  $3,500 ;  commis- 
sioner of  law  enforcement,  $2,750 ;  commissioner  of  education, 
$4,500;  first  deputy  commissioner,  $3,500;  second  deputy  commis- 
sioner, $3,500;  third  deputy  commissioner,  $3,000;  fourth  deputy 
commissioner,  $2,500 ;  secretary  of  the  board  of  charities  and  cor- 
rection, $2,250;  secretary  of  the  state  board  of  health,  $3,000  ;  com- 
missioner of  labor,  $2,750;  commissioner  of  weights  and  measures, 
$2,750;  commissioner  of  agriculture,  $2,750;  deputy  commissioner 
of  agriculture,  $1,800 ;  at  such  tune  as  that  part  of  the  salary  of 
the  deputy  commissioner  of  agriculture  now  being  paid  from  fed- 
eral funds  is  withdrawn,  the  salary  of  the  above  stated  commis- 
sioner of  agriculture  shall  be  $2,400;  adjutant-general,  $3,000; 
state  forester,  $3,000 ;  motor  vehicle  commissioner,  $2,750  ;  highway 
commissioner,  $4,500;  fish  and  game  commissioner,  $2,750;  state 
librarian,  $2,500 ;  superintendent  of  the  state  house,  $2.000 :  state 
indexer,  $1,200 ;  state  chemist,  $2,850 ;  state  pathologist,  $2,000 ; 
secretary  of  public  library  commission,  $1,400. 

Sect.  2.  The  salary  of  certain  state  employees  shall  not  exceed 
the  following  amounts : 

Accountant  in  department  of  education,  $2,400;  accountant  in 
insurance  department,  $1,600 ;  accountant  in  bank  commission  de- 
partment, $1,400;  accountant  in  treasury  department,  $1,800;  two 
accountants  in  office  of  attorney-general,  $1,300;  assistant  to  pur- 
chasing agent,  $2,400;  chief  clerk  public  service  commission, 
$3,000;  chief  clerk  department  of  agriculture,  $1,400;  chief  clerk 
department  of  forestry,  $1,800;  chief  clerk  highway  department, 
$1,400;  chief  clerk  department  of  public  health,  $1,400;  chief 
clerk  department  of  vital  statistics,  $1,400;  assistant  clerk  public 
service  commission,  $1,400 ;  reporter  public  service  commission, 
$1,300;  chief  clerk  secretary  of  state  department,  $1,500;  chief 
clerk  department  of  tlsh  and  game,  $1,600;  chief  clerk  tax  commis- 
sion department,  $1,400;  chief  clerk  motor  vehicle  department, 
$1,400;  clerk  on  municipal  accounting,  $1,700;  law  clerk  in  office 
of  attorney-general,  $1,400;  bookkeeper  department  of  manage- 
ment and  control,  $1,300;  supervisor  of  moth  suppression,  $1,600 
for  the  state;  agent  for  the  blind,  $1,200;  inspectors  department 
of  charities  and  corrections,  $1,300 ;  inspectors  department  of 
weights  and  measures,  $1,700;  two  inspectors  department  of  labor, 
$2,200 ;  inspector  board  of  health,  $1,850 ;  the  public  service  com- 
mission may  employ  inspectors  at  an  expense  not  to  exceed  $5,500 ; 
inspector  industrial  education,  $1,300  for  the  state:  cataloguer 
state  library,  $1,500. 


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Sect.  3.     The  amount  paid  by  the  state  for  salary  of  district  ^'^t^ct 

T  p        ,  superintendents 

superintendents  or  schools  shall  not  exceed  $2,000.  of  schools; 

Sect.  4.     Clerks  and  stenographers  shall  be  classified  as  follows,  ™£^^L?a^^s. '"' 
advancement  to  be  conditioned  on  available  funds  and  efficiency  ascierks  and  sten- 
determined  by  the  heads  of  departments  with  the  approval  of  thecfa?s?ficatUn; 
governor  and  council :  Tf'^sLTa'i^s  ''"''* 

Class  A — Employees  receiving  $650  or  more  and  less  than  $800 
a  year.  (1)  No  previous  experience,  initial  salary  $650  per  year; 
annual  increase  $75  per  year  until  Class  B  is  reached ;  maximum 
salary  $800. 

Class  B — Employees  receiving  $800  or  more  and  less  than  $1,000 
per  year.  Qualifications,  (1)  two  years'  experience  in  state  house 
or  (2)  at  least  three  years'  business  experience  outside.  Increase 
$50  per  year  until  Class  C  is  reached ;  maximum  salary  $1,000. 

Class  C — Employees  receiving  $1,000  or  more  and  less  than 
$1,200.  Qualifications,  (1)  six  years  in  state  departments  or  (2) 
eight  years'  active  business  experience  outside.  Increase  $50  per 
year  until  maximum  of  $1,200  is  reached. 

Salaries  of  employees  in  the  preceding  classes  shall  not  be  re- 
duced when  this  act  takes  effect  but  whenever  any  employee  is  re- 
ceiving a  salary  in  excess  of  the  amount  determined  by  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section,  no  increase  in  such  salary  shall  be  made  until 
the  employee  has  served  the  time  necessary  to  qualify  for  such 
salary  under  said  provisions. 

Sect.  5.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  areRepeaiing   clause 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1921.  *i!''f92f  "'*  ^""^^ 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  119. 

AN  ACT  REPEALING  CHAPTER  133  OF  THE  LAWS  OP  1911,  AND  AMEND- 
MENTS THERETO,  AND  ENACTING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  LAW. 


Definition  of  terms  used  in  this  act. 

Application  for  registration:  com- 
missioner to  issue  certificate; 
transfer  of  ownership  of  vehicle ; 
loss  of  vehicle:  number  plates: 
registration   when  to   expire. 

No  person  shall  operate  unregis- 
tered vehicle. 

Foreign  cars;     registration  of. 

Manufacturer  or  dealer  in  motor 
vehicles;     registration. 


Sectiox 

5.  Number  plates;    to  be  displayed  on 

vehicles;  temporary        number 

plates. 

6.  Motor   vehicles   to   be  provided    with 

adequate  equipment,  brake,  horn, 
lights,  reflector. 

7.  Operator    of    motor    vehicle    to    be 

licensed;  application;  qualifica- 
tions; license;  certificate;  spe- 
cial license;  expiration  of  li- 
cense. 


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8.  Unlicensed    person    not    to    operate 

vehicle;  foreign  vehicles  oper- 
ated by  licensee  of  foreign  state; 
chauffeur  to  be  licensed. 

9.  Licensee  to  carry  license  on  person. 

10.  Unlicensed  chauffeur  not   to  be   em- 

ployed. 

11.  Operator    shall    exercise    reasonable 

care;  unreasonable  noise  and 
smoke;  passing  car;  passing  pe- 
destrian ;  vehicle  how  to  be  left 
unattended. 

12.  Law  of  road. 

13.  Vehicle   not   to   be   operated   at   un- 

reasonable speed;  what  consti- 
tutes unreasonable  speed  in  cer- 
tain instances;  exception  as  to 
vehicles  of  fire  and  police  depart- 
ments  and   ambulances. 

14.  Municipal    corporations    may    make 

special  regulations  except  as  to 
speed;     notice  of   regulations. 

15.  Penalty;      fine;      revocation     of     li- 

cense. 

16.  Revocation  or  suspension  of  license. 

17.  Penalty  for  various  offenses. 

18.  Penalty     for      operation      recklessly 

while  under  influence  of  liquor; 
racing  or  making  record. 

19.  Operator's  duty  on  knowing  he  has 

caused  injury  to  another  or  to 
his  property;    penalty. 

20.  Penalty    for    operator's    not    giving 

name,  etc.,  to  officer;  not  stop- 
ping when  signalled;  not  produc- 
ing license,  etc. 

21.  Courts    and    trial    justices    to    keep 

record  of  prosecutions;  abstract 
to  be  sent  commissioner  who 
shall  keep  record  open  to  inspec- 
tion ;  endorsement  of  conviction 
on   license. 


Commissioner  may  summon  wit- 
nesses and  take  testimony;  per- 
jury; witness  fees;  court  juris- 
diction in  equity  to  enforce  or- 
ders,  etc. 

Commissioner  to  keep  record  of  ap- 
plications and  licenses  to  be  open 
to    inspection;      lost  certificates. 

Owner  or  keeper  of  garage  to  keep 
record  of  vehicles  not  registered 
in   this   state. 

Fees  for  registration  of  vehicles; 
for  additional  number  plates ;  for 
operator's  license;  dealer's  regis- 
tration; fees  based  on  gross 
weight ;  weight  how  determined ; 
for  operating  vehicles 
than  registered  weight ; 
lis  as  to  weight  of  vehi- 
cles permitted  to  be  operated; 
penalty  for  operating  vehicle  in 
excess  of  prescribed  size  or 
weight ;  trailers  when  to  carry 
lights. 

Fees  and  fines  to  be  paid  to  com- 
missioner, who  shall  pay  same 
monthly  to  treasurer ;  money 
how  to  be  used. 

This  act  to  be  printed  in  pamphlet 
form   for   distribution. 

Commissioner  may  employ  agents 
to  carry  out  this  act. 

Repealing  clause;  takes  effect  Dec. 
31,   1921. 


penalty 
heavier 
limitatio 


Be  it   enacted   hy   tlie   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Definition  of 
terms  used  in 
this   act. 


Section  1.  Terms  used  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  follows, 
unless  a  different  meaning  is  clearly  apparent  from  the  language  or 
context,  or  unless  such  construction  is  inconsistent  with  the  mani- 
fest intention  of  the  legislature : 

"Commissioner"  shall  mean  the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles 
for  the  state  of  New  Hampshire. 

"Vehicle,"  any  mechanical  device  suitable  for  use  on  highways 
except  those  propelled  or  drawn  by  human  power  or  those  used  ex- 
clusively upon  tracks. 

"Chauffeur"  shall  mean  any  person  who  operates  a  motor  vehicle 
other  than  his  own,  and  who  directly  or  indirectly  receives  com- 
pensation therefor. 


1921]  Chapter  119. 

"Dealer"  shall  include  every  person  who  is  engaged  principally 
in  the  business  of  buying,  selling  or  exchanging  motor  vehicles,  on 
commission  or  otherwise. 

' '  Garage ' '  shall  mean  every  place  where  five  or  more  motor  vehi- 
cles are  stored  or  housed  at  any  one  time,  except  only  such  places 
in  which  motor  vehicles  are  kept  by  the  owners  thereof  without  pay- 
ment for  storage. 

"Intersecting  way"  shall  mean  any  way  which  joins  another  at 
an  angle,  whether  or  not  it  crosses  the  other. 

"Motor  cycle"  shall  apply  only  to  motor  vehicles  having  but  two 
Avheels  in  contact  with  the  ground  and  with  pedals  and  a  saddle  on 
which  the  driver  sits  astride. 

"Motor  cycle  operator"  shall  mean  any  person  who  operates  a 
motor  cycle. 

"Motor  vehicle,"  any  self-propelled  vehicle  not  operated  ex- 
clusively upon  tracks,  except  tractors. 

"Motor  truck,"  any  motor  vehicle  of  greater  than  one  ton  ca- 
pacity intended,  designed,  or  constructed  for  the  transportation  of 
freight  or  merchandise,  or.  any  motor  vehicle  equipped  with  other 
than  pneumatic  tires. 

"Side  car,"  a  one-wheel  attachment  attached  to  a  motor  cycle. 

"Tractor,  any  self-propelled  vehicle  designed  or  used  as  a 
traveling  power  plant  or  for  drawing  other  vehicles,  but  having  no 
provision  for  carrying  a  load. 

' '  Trailer, ' '  any  vehicle  without  motive  power  designed  for  carry- 
ing property  or  passengers  wholly  on  its  own  structure  and  for 
being  drawn  by  a  self-propelled  vehicle,  except  those  running  ex- 
clusively on  snow  or  on  tracks. 

' '  Semi-trailer, ' '  a  vehicle  of  the  trailer  type  so  designed  and  used 
in  conjunction  w^ith  a  self-propelled  vehicle  that  a  considerable  part 
of  its  own  weight  or  that  of  its  load  rests  upon  and  is  carried  by  the 
towing  vehicle,  and  shall  not  include  a  pair  or  set  of  w^heels  com- 
monly used  as  an  implement  for  other  purposes  than  transporta- 
tion. 

"Pneumatic  tires,"  tires  of  rubber  and  fabric,  inflated  with  air. 

' '  Solid  tires, ' '  tires  of  rubber  or  similarly  elastic  material  that  do 
not  depend  on  confined  air  for  the  support  of  the  load. 

"Nonresident"  shall  apply  to  residents  of  states,  districts  or 
countries  who  have  no  regular  place  of  abode  or  business  in  this 
state  for  a  period  of  more  than  three  months  continuously  in  the 
calendar  year. 

"Number  plate"  shall  mean  the  sign  or  marker  furnished  by  the 
commissioner,  on  which  is  displayed  the  register  number  or  mark 
of  a  motor  vehicle  assigned  to  such  motor  vehicle  by  the  commis- 
sioner. 

"Operator"  shall  mean  any  person  who  operates  a  motor  vehicle. 

"Owner,"  any  person,  firm,  corporation  or  association  holding 


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Application    for 
registration ; 
commissioner  to 
issue    certiticate; 
transfer  of 
ownevshi;i   of 
vehicle ;    loss 
of  vehicle; 
number    plates; 
registration 
when  to   expire. 
Ko    person    shall 
operate     unreg- 
istered  vehicle. 


title  to  a  motor  vehicle  or  having  exclusive  right  to  the  use  thereof 
for  a  period  greater  than  thirty  days. 

"Person,"  wherever  used  in  connection  with  the  registration  of  a 
motor  vehicle,  shall  include  all  corporations,  associations,  partner- 
ships, companies,  firms  or  other  aggregations  of  individuals  who 
own  or  control  such  vehicles,  in  any  capacity,  or  for  any  purpose. 

"Police  officer"  or  "officer"  shall  include  any  constable  or  other 
officer  authorized  to  make  arrest  or  serve  process. 

"Register  number"  shall  apply  to  the  number  or  mark  assigned 
by  the  commissioner  to  a  motor  vehicle. 

"Thickly  settled  or  business  part  of  a  city  or  town"  shall  mean 
the  territory  of  a  city  or  town  contiguous  to  any  way  which  is  built 
up  with  structures  devoted  to  business,  or  the  territory  of  a  city  or 
town  contiguous  to  any  way  where  the  dwelling  houses  are  situated 
at  such  distances  as  will  average  less  than  one  hundred  feet  between 
such  dwelling  houses  for  a  distance  of  a  quarter  of  a  mile  or  over. 

"Way"  shall  mean  any  public  highway,  street,  avenue,  road,  al- 
ley, park,  or  parkway,  or  any  private  way  laid  out  under  authority 
of  statute. 

Sect.  2.  Application  for  the  registration  of  motor  vehicles  may 
be  made  by  the  owner  thereof  by  mail  or  otherwise  to  the  commis- 
sioner, upon  blanks  prepared  under  his  authority.  The  application 
shall  contain,  in  addition  to  such  other  particulars  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  commissioner,  a  statement  of  the  name,  place  of  resi- 
dence and  street  address  of  the  applicant,  with  a  brief  description 
of  the  motor  vehicle,  including  the  name  of  the  maker,  the  num- 
ber, if  any,  affixed  by  the  maker  and  the  character  of  the  motor 
power.  The  proper  fee,  as  provided  in  section  25,  shall  be  de- 
posited before  said  application  is  granted. 

The  commissioner  or  his  duly  authorized  agents  shall  then  register 
in  a  book  or  upon  suitable  index  cards  to  be  kept  for  the  purpose, 
the  motor  vehicle  described  in  the  application,  giving  to  said  vehicle 
a  distinguishing  number  or  other  mark  to  be  known  as  the  register 
number  for  said  vehicle,  and  shall  thereupon  issue  to  the  applicant 
a  certificate  of  registration.  Said  certificate  shall  contain  the  name, 
place  of  residence  and  address  of  the  applicant  and  the  register 
number  or  mark,  and  shall  be  in  such  form  and  contain  such  further 
information  as  the  commissioner  shall  determine. 

An  applicant  for  the  registration  of  a  motor  vehicle,  who  does  not 
file  his  application  therefor  until  after  the  thirtieth  day  of  Septem- 
ber in  any  year  shall  be  entitled  to  a  reduction  in  the  fee  for  such 
registration  as  provided  in  section  25. 

Upon  the  transfer  of  ownership  of  any  motor  vehicle,  its  registra- 
tion shall  expire,  and  the  person  in  whose  name  such  vehicle  is 
registered  shall  return  forthwith  the  certificate  of  registration  to 
the  commissioner  with  a  written  notice  containing  the  date  of  such 
transfer  of  ownersliip  and  tlie  name,  place  of  residence,  and  address 


1921]  Chapter  119.  203 

of  the  new  owner,  or  in  ease  of  total  loss  l\v  fire,  theft  or  accident, 
a  written  statement  under  oath  setting  forth  all  the  circumstances 
attending  such  total  loss  by  fire,  theft  or  accident,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  the  decease  of  the  owner  of  a  registered  motor  vehicle 
shall  not  terminate  such  registration  until  the  following  thirty-first 
day  of  December,  unless  there  be  an  actual  transfer  of  ownership  of 
such  motor  vehicle.  A  person  who  transfers  the  ownership  of  a 
registered  motor  vehicle  owned  by  him  to  another  or  which  is  totally 
lost  by  fire,  theft  or  accident,  upon  the  filing  of  a  new  application, 
and  upon  the  payment  of  the  fee  provided  in  section  25,  may  have 
registered  in  his  name  another  motor  vehicle  for  the  remainder  of 
the  calendar  year,  provided,  the  registration  fee  of  said  motor  vehi- 
cle is  the  same  or  less  than  that  of  the  motor  vehicle  first  registered 
by  him ;  but  if  the  registration  fee  of  the  motor  vehicle  is  greater 
than  that  of  the  motor  vehicle  first  registered  by  him,  the  applicant 
shall  pay,  in  addition  to  the  said  fee,  the  difference  between  the  fee 
paid  by  him  for  the  said  vehicle  first  registered  and  the  fee  for  the 
registration  of  a  motor  vehicle  of  the  higher  registration  fee  pro- 
vided in  section  25. 

The  commissioner,  at  his  discretion,  may  assign  to  the  motor 
vehicle  of  any  person  who  surrenders  his  registration  certificate, 
as  herein  provided,  and  who  desires  to  register  another  motor  vehi- 
cle, the  register  number  of  the  motor  vehicle  described  in  the  sur- 
rendered certificate,  or  in  the  statement  as  hereinbefore  provided 
for  in  the  case  of  loss  by  fire,  theft  or  accident.  Said  connnissioner 
shall  furnish  at  his  office  without  charge,  to  every  person  whose 
motor  vehicle  is  registered  as  aforesaid,  two  number  plates  of  suit- 
able design  each  number  plate  to  have  displayed  upon  it  the  register 
number  assigned  to  such  vehicle,  the  letters  N.  H.,  and  figures 
showing  the  year  of  the  issue.  The  registration  of  every  motor 
vehicle  shall  expire  at  midnight  upon  the  thirty-first  day  of  Decem- 
ber of  each  year,  unless  otherwise  provided. 

No  person  shall  operate  or  cause  to  be  operated  on  the  ways  of 
this  state  any  motor  vehicle  unless  the  same  has  been  registered 
with  the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act.  Any  person  who  shall  make  any  false  statement 
in  application  for  registration  shall  be  punished  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion 15  of  this  act. 

Sect.  3-.  (a)  A  motor  vehicle  owned  by  a  nonresident  of  this Foi-eign^.cars;^ 
state,  who  has  complied  with  the  laws  of  his  state,  district  or  coun- 
try relating  to  registration  and  licensing  of  motor  vehicles,  may  be 
operated  upon  the  ways  of  this  state  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
twenty  days  in  any  one  calendar  year,  without  registration,  except 
as  otherwise  provided  in  section  8.  In  estimating  the  number  of 
days  of  use  by  a  nonresident  under  the  foregoing  privilege,  any 
fractional  part  of  a  day's  use  within  this  state  shall  be  held  to  be  a 
day.    Every  such  vehicle  so  operated  shall  have  displayed  upon  it 


Chapter  119.  [1921 

the  distinguishing  number  or  mark  of  the  state,  district  or  country 
in  which  the  owner  thereof  resides,  and  none  other,  until  such  vehi- 
cle is  registered  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  A 
motor  vehicle  so  owned  may  be  operated  also  in  this  state  during 
the  months  of  July,  August  and  September  in  any  year  if  applica- 
tion for  the  registration  thereof  is  made  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  section  2  and  the  proper  fee  provided  for  in  section  25  is 
paid  and  the  said  vehicle  is  duly  registered  by  the  commissioner  or 
his  authorized  agent.  The  commissioner  shall  furnish  at  his  office 
without  charge,  to  every  person  whose  motor  vehicle  is  registered 
as  aforesaid,  two  number  plates  of  suitable  design  and  triangular  in 
shape  each  number  plate  to  have  displayed  upon  it  the  register 
number  assigned  to  such  vehicle,  the  letters  N.  H.,  and  figures  show- 
ing the  year  of  issue. 

(b)  A  motor  vehicle  owned  by  a  nonresident  of  this  state  who  has 
complied  with  the  laws  of  his  state  relating  to  registration  and 
licensing  of  motor  vehicles  who  has  a  hona  fide  actual  residence  in 
a  state  granting  like  privileges  to  residents  of  this  state,  which  resi- 
dence is  located  within  fifteen  miles  by  highway  of  the  border  line 
of  this  state,  may  be  operated  upon  any  ways  of  this  state  distant 
not  more  than  fifteen  miles  from  the  border  line  of  his  state  if  ap- 
plication for  the  registration  thereof  is  made  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  section  2  and  the  proper  fee  provided  for  in  section  25 
is  paid  and  the  said  motor  vehicle  is  duly  registered  by  the  com- 
missioner or  his  authorized  agent.  The  commissioner  shall  furnish 
at  his  office,  without  charge,  to  every  person  whose  motor  vehicle  is 
registered  as  aforesaid,  a  metal  tag  of  suitable  design,  and  oval  in 
shape  to  have  displayed  upon  it  the  register  number  assigned  to 
such  motor  vehicle,  the  letters  N.  H.,  and  figures  showing  the  year 
of  the  issue,  but  no  such  tag  shall  be  furnished  by  the  commissioner 
for  motor  cycles.  Such  tag  shall  at  all  times  be  conspicuously  dis- 
played on  the  front  of  such  motor  vehicle.  Every  application  filed 
under  the  provisions  of  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  section  shall  be  sworn 
to  by  the  applicant  before  a  justice  of  the  peace  or  a  notary  public. 
Manufacturer  Sect.  4.     Evcry  manufacturer  or  dealer  in  motor  vehicles  may 

make  application  upon  a  blank  provided  by  the  commissioner,  for  a 
general  distinguishing  number  or  mark,  instead  of  registering  each 
motor  vehicle  owned  or  controlled  by  him  and  with  such  application 
shall  be  deposited  the  registration  fee  as  provided  in  section  25  and 
the  commissioner  may  grant  such  application  if  satisfied  of  the  facts 
stated  therein,  and  issue  to  the  applicant  a  certificate  of  registration, 
containing  the  name,  business  address  of  the  applicant  and  the 
distinguishing  number  or  mark  assigned  to  him,  and  made  in  such 
form  and  containing  such  further  information  as  the  commissioner 
may  determine ;  and  all  motor  vehicles  owned  or  controlled  by  such 
manufacturer  or  dealer  shall  be  regarded  as  registered  under  such 
general  distinguishing  number  or  mark  until  sold. 


or  dealer  in 
motor    vehicles 
registration. 


1921]  Chapter  119.  205 

The  coniniissioiier  shall  furnish  at  his  office,  without  charge,  to 
every  manufacturer  of  or  dealer  in  motor  vehicles  whose  vehicles 
are  registered  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  six  pairs  of 
number  plates  of  suitable  design,  the  plates  to  have  displayed  upon 
them  the  register  number  which  is  assigned  to  the  motor  vehicles  of 
such  manufacturer  or  dealer,  with  a  different  letter  or  letters  or 
mark  on  each  pair  of  number  plates. 

A  manufacturer  of  or  dealer  in  motor  vehicles  whose  vehicles  are 
registered  under  the  provisions  of  this  section  may  loan  for  a  period 
of  five  days  to  a  person  purchasing  a  motor  vehicle  from  such  manu- 
facturer or  dealer  a  pair  of  number  plates. 

Upon  the  sale  or  exchange  of  a  motor  vehicle  such  manufacturer 
or  dealer  shall  immediately  file  with  the  commissioner  a  statement 
of  such  sale  or  exchange  on  a  blank  to  be  furnished  by  the  com- 
missioner, containing  such  data  and  information  as  the  commis- 
sioner may  require. 

Sect.  5.     Every  motor  vehicle  operated  in  or  on  any  way  in  this  Number  plates; 
state  shall  have  its  register  number  displayed  conspicuously  thereon  on  vehicles^* 
on  the  two  number  plates  referred  to  under  the  provisions  of  sec-nu^ter'^^piates. 
tions  2,  3  and  4,  one  number  plate  to  be  attached  at  the  front  and 
the  other  at  the  rear  of  said  vehicle,  so  that  the  said  number  plates 
and  the  register  number  thereon  shall  be  always  plainly  visible. 
The  bottom  of  each  number  plate  shall  be  horizontal  and  at  least 
fifteen  and  not  more  than  forty-eight  inches  from  the  ground.    The 
said  number  plates  shall  be  kept  clean. 

No  number  plates  other  than  such  as  are  procured  from  the  com- 
missioner or  such  as  may  be  authorized  by  him  for  temporary  use, 
except  as  provided  in  section  3,  shall  be  displayed  on  any  motor 
vehicle  so  operated,  and  if  any  number  plate  supplied  by  the  com- 
missioner is  lost  or  mutilated,  or  if  the  register  number  thereon  be- 
comes illegible,  the  owner  or  person  in  control  of  the  motor  vehicle 
for  which  said  number  plate  was  furnished  shall  apply  in  writing 
to  the  commissioner  for  a  new  number  plate  and  deposit  with  his 
application  the  fee  provided  in  section  25,  and  thereupon  said  com- 
missioner shall  issue  to  such  applicant  a  permit  allowing  him  to 
place  a  temporary  number  plate  bearing  his  register  numl)er  upon 
said  motor  vehicle  until  a  number  plate  of  the  regular  design  is 
made  and  delivered  to  said  applicant;  provided,  however,  that  all 
such  temporary  number  plates  and  the  register  number  thereon 
shall  conform  to  the  regular  number  plates  and  be  displayed  as 
nearly  as  may  be  as  herein  provided  for  said  regular  number  plates. 

Sect.  6.  Every  motor  vehicle,  operated  or  driven  upon  the  ways  Motor  vehicles 
of  this  state,  shall  be  provided  with  adequate  brakes  in  good  work-*^it|f  Adequate 
ing  order  and  sufficient  to  control  such  vehicle  at  all  times  when  thef^'^'P™!^*' 

...  .  brake,    horn, 

said  vehicle  is  m  use,  a  muffler,  a  suitable  and  adequate  bell,  horni'ghts,  refleetor. 
or  other  device  for  signaling,  and  suitable  lamps.     Every  motor 
vehicle  operated  during  the  period  from  one-half  hour  after  sunset 


206 


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1921 


Operator  of 
motor   vehicle   t 
be   licensed; 
application ; 
qualifications : 
license;     certifi- 
cate;   special 
license ; 
expiration    of 
license. 


to  one-half  hour  before  sunrise  shall  display  at  least  two  lighted 
lamps  on  the  front,  provided,  Jiowever,  one  suitable  lighted  lamp 
on  the  front  of  a  motor  cycle  shall  be  deemed  sufficient.  The  light 
from  the  front  lamps  shall  be  sufficient  to  be  visible  at  least  two 
hundred  feet  in  the  direction  in  which  the  motor  vehicle  is  proceed- 
ing, and  all  motor  vehicles  equipped  with  electric  headlights  shall 
also  be  equipped  w^th  some  device  to  permanently  dim  the  glare 
or  to  scatter  the  rays  of  light  from  the  same. 

Every  motor  vehicle,  tractor,  trailer,  and  semi-trailer,  when  on 
the  highways  of  this  state  at  night  shall  have  on  the  rear  thereof, 
and  to  the  left  of  the  axis  thereof,  one  lamp  capable  of  displaying  a 
red  light  visible  for  a  distance  of  at  least  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
behind  such  vehicle  and  a  white  light  illuminating  the  registration 
plate  of  such  vehicle  so  that  the  characters  thereon  shall  be  visible 
for  a  distance  of  at  least  fifty  (50)  feet. 

Every  motor  cycle  equipped  with  side  car  when  on  the  highways 
of  this  state  at  night  shall  display  two  lighted  lamps  on  the  front 
as  hereinbefore  provided  for  motor  vehicles. 

No  person  shall  operate  upon  any  way  any  closed  motor  vehicle, 
or  motor  vehicle  so  constructed,  equipped  or  loaded  that  the  opera- 
tor is  prevented  from  having  a  constantly  free  and  unobstructed 
view  of  the  highwa,y  immediately  in  the  rear,  unless  there  is  at- 
tached to  the  vehicle  a  mirror  or  reflector  so  placed  and  adjusted 
as  to  afford  the  operator  a  clear,  reflected  view  of  the  highway  in 
the  rear  of  the  vehicle. 

Sect.  7.  Except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  no  person  shall 
operate  a  motor  vehicle  within  this  state  until  he  shall  have  first 
obtained  a  "license  for  that  purpose.  Application  to  operate  motor 
vehicles  may  be  made  by  mail  or  otherwise  to  the  commissioner  on 
blanks  prepared  under  his  authority.  Application  for  license  to  so 
operate  shall  be  accompanied  with  the  proper  fee  as  provided  for 
in  section  25. 

Before  a  license  is  granted  to  any  person,  except  to  a  nonresident, 
who  has  not  been  heretofore  licensed  to  operate  a  motor  vehicle  in 
this  state,  the  applicant  shall  pass  an  examination  as  to  his  qualifica- 
tions, which  examination  shall  be  such  as  the  commissioner  shall 
prescribe,  and  no  license  shall  be  issued  until  the  commissioner  is 
satisfied  that  the  applicant  is  a  proper  person  to  receive  it;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  if  an  applicant  for  a  license  to  operate  motor 
vehicles  under  the  jorovisions  of  this  section  has  been  granted  a  non- 
resident certificate  as  provided  in  section  25  of  this  act  for  the  cur- 
rent year,  the  commissioner  may  issue  such  license  without  an  ex- 
amination. 

No  license  to  operate  motor  vehicles  shall  be  issued  to  any  person 
under  sixteen  years  of  age. 

To  each  person  to  whom  an  operator's  license  is  granted  by  the 
commissioner  shall  be  assigned  some  distinguishing  number  or  mark, 


1921]  Chapter  119.  207 

and  the  license  issued  shall  be  in  sneli  form  and  subject  to  such  con- 
ditions of  limitation  or  otherwise  as  the  commissioner  may  deem 
expedient.  License  certificates  shall  contain  the  distinguishing 
number  or  mark  assigned  to  the  licensee,  his  name,  place  of  residence 
and  address,  and  a  brief  description  of  the  licensee,  for  the  purposes 
of  identification;  together  with  such  other  information  as  the  com- 
missioner may  deem  necessary. 

A  person  to  whom  an  operator's  or  chauffeur's  license  has  been 
issued,  unless  such  license  contains  a  special  limitation  or  restric- 
tion, may  operate  any  registered  motor  cycle. 

Special  licenses  shall  be  issued  to  chaufl'eurs  who  have  passed  a 
chauffeur's  examination,  but  no  such  license  shall  be  issued  to  any 
person  less  than  eighteen  years  of  age. 

Every  person  licensed  to  operate  motor  vehicles  as  aforesaid  shall 
endorse  his  usual  signature  on  the  margin  of  the  license,  in  a  space 
provided  for  the  purpose,  immediately  upon  receipt  of  said  license, 
and  such  license  shall  not  be  valid  until  so  endorsed. 

All  licenses  to  operate  motor  vehicles  shall  expire  at  midnight  on 
December  thirty-first  of  the  year  of  their  issue. 

All  applications  for  licenses  to  operate  motor  vehicles  shall  be 
sworn  to  by  the  applicant  before  a  justice  of  the  peace  or  a  notary 
public. 

Sect.  8.  No  person  shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle  upon  any  way  unlicensed  per- 
in  this  state  unless  licensed  under  tlie  provisions  of  this  act.  or  per- operate  vehicle; 
mit  such  a  vehicle  owned  or  controlled  by  him  to  be  so  operated  op^rft^d^by"^^''^ 
by  a  person  not  so  licensed,  except  as  otherwise  here  hi  provided,  but''^*'"®^®  °^  *°''' 


motor  vehicles  by  unlicensed  persons,  while  being  taught  to  operate, 
if  riding  with  or  accompanied  by  a  licensed  chauffeur  or  operator, 
excepting  only  persons  who  have  been  licensed  and  whose  licenses 
are  not  in  force  because  of  revocation  or  suspension  for  cause  and 
persons  less  than  sixteen  years  of  age,  but  said  licensed  chauffeur 
or  operator  shall  be  liable  for  the  violation  of  any  provision  of  this 
act  or  any  regulation  made  in  accordance  herewith  committed  by 
such  unlicensed  operator,  provided,  however,  that  the  examiners  of 
chauffeurs  and  operators  in  the  employ  of  the  commissioner,  when 
engaged  in  their  official  duties,  shall  not  be  liable  for  the  acts  of 
any  person  who  is  being  examined. 

Whenever  a  motor  vehicle  of  a  nonresident  may  be  operated  on 
the  ways  of  this  state,  without  registration  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  section  3,  such  vehicle  may  be  operated  by  its  owner 
or  by  his  chauffeur  or  employee  without  a  license  from  the  com- 
missioner, if  the  operator  or  chauffeur  is  duly  licensed  under  the 
laws  of  the  state,  district  or  country  in  which  he  resides,  or  has  com- 
plied fully  with  the  laws  of  the  state  of  his  residence  respecting  the 
licensing  of  operators  of  motor  vehicles. 

No   person,   excepting  a  nonresident,   while   operating   a   motor 


eign   state; 
'  cliauflfeu 
licensed. 


208  Chapter   119.  [1921 

vehicle  not  subject  to  registration  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  section  3,  shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle  as  a  chauffeur 
unless  specially  licensed  by  the  commissioner  so  to  do. 

niensron*^  ersoif  Sect.  9.  Evcry  persou  operating  a  motor  vehicle  shall  have  the 
certificate  of  registration  for  said  vehicle  and  his  license  to  operate 
upon  his  person  or  in  the  vehicle  in  some  easily  accessible  place, 
provided,  however,  the  certificates  of  registration  of  dealers  need 
not  be  so  carried. 

Unlicensed  Sect.  10.     No  pcrsou  shall  employ  for  hire  as  a  chauffeur  or 

chauflfeur    not    to  ^  x-      ./  .    ,,        ,. 

be  employed.         Operator  01  a  motor  vehicle  any  person  not  specially  licensed  as 

aforesaid, 
^x^rctse' reasllli-         Sect.  11.     Every  pcrsou  having  control  or  charge  of  a  motor 
able  care;  vcliicle  shall,  whenever  upon  any  public  street,  or  way  and  ap- 

unreasonable  .  .  i  •    i       i  i  i  ^  ,  • 

noise  and  smoke;  proachiug  aiiy  vchiclc  drawu  by  a  horse  or  horses  or  approaching 
passing  pMies-  any  horse  upon  which  any  person  is  riding,  operate,  manage,  and 
how"  io73e"ie'ft  control  such  motor  vehicle  in  such  a  manner  as  to  exercise  every 
unattended.  reasouablc  precaution  to  prevent  the  frightening  of  such  horse  or 

horses  and  to  insure  the  safety  and  protection  of  any  person  riding 
or  driving  the  same.  And,  if  such  horse  or  horses  appear  to  be 
frightened,  the  person  in  control  of  such  motor  vehicle  shall  reduce 
its  speed,  and  if  requested  by  the  raising  of  a  hand  by  the  rider  or 
driver  of  such  horse  or  horses,  shall  not  proceed  further  toward  such 
animal,  and,  in  cases  of  extreme  fright,  shall  upon  request  reduce 
the  motive  power  to  a  full  stop.  Upon  approaching  any  intersecting 
way  or  a  curve  or  corner  in  a  way,  every  person  operating  a  motor 
vehicle  shall  slow  down  and  give  timely  signal  with  his  bell,  horn 
or  other  device  for  signaling;  provided,  that  in  the  thickly  settled 
parts  of  a  city  or  town  no  bell,  horn  or  other  device  for  signaling 
shall  be  sounded  so  as  to  make  an  unreasonable  noise,  except  in  the 
case  of  fire  and  police  department  vehicles;  and  provided  further, 
that  no  operator  of  any  motor  vehicle  shall  on  any  way  permit  any 
unreasonable  amount  of  smoke  to  escape  from  said  motor  vehicle, 
nor  shall  any  operator  on  any  way  permit  said  motor  vehicle  to 
make  any  unnecessary  noise  by  cutting  out  the  muffler  or  otherwise. 
The  driver  of  any  motor  vehicle  on  any  highway,  approaching  a 
crossmg  of  ways,  shall  slow  down  and  keep  to  the  right  of  the  inter- 
section of  the  centers  of  both  ways  when  turning  either  to  the  right 
or  to  the  left.  The  driver  of  any  motor  vehicle  approaching  or  pass- 
ing a  car  of  any  street  railway  which  has  been  stopped  to  allow 
passengers  to  alight  or  embark,  shall  slow  down  such  vehicle,  and 
if  it  be  necessary  for  the  safety  of  the  public,  shall  bring  said  vehi- 
cle to  a  full  stop.  Upon  approaching  a  pedestrian  who  is  upon  a  • 
traveled  part  upon  a  highway  and  not  upon  a  sidewalk,  such  vehicle 
shall  be  slowed  down  and  timely  signal  shall  be  given  with  his  bell, 
horn  or  device  for  signaling. 

No  person  having  control  or  charge  of  a  motor  vehicle  shall  allow 
such  vehicle  to  stand  in  any  public  street  or  way  and  remain  unat- 


1921]  Chapter  119.        -  209 

tended  without  first  locking  or  making  it  fast  or  etf'ectively  setting 
the  brakes  thereon,  and  stopping  the  motor  of  said  vehicle. 

Sect.  12.     If  a  person  traveling  on  a  highway  with  a  vehicle  Law  of  road, 
meets  another  person  so  traveling  in  the  opposite  direction,  he  shall 
seasonably  turn  to  the  right  of  the  center  of  the  traveled  part  of  the 
road,  so  that  each  may  pass  the  other  without  interference. 

If  a  person  traveling  on  a  highway  with  a  vehicle  is  informed  that 
another  person  traveling  in  like  manner  in  the  same  direction  de- 
sires to  pass  him,  he  shall  turn  to  the  right  of  the  center  of  the  trav- 
eled part  of  the  road,  if  there  is  sufficient  room  on  that  side  to  en- 
able him  to  do  so  with  safety,  and  shall  not  wilfully  obstruct  the 
passage  of  the  rear  vehicle  upon  the  other  side  of  the  road. 

Sect.  13.     If  any  person  shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle  on  anyVehicie^no^t^to  be 
way  at  a  rate  of  speed  greater  than  is  reasonable  and  proper,  hav- unreasonable 
ing  regard  to  traffic  and  the  use  of  the  way,  and  the  safety  of  the  constitutes 
public,  he  shall  be  punished  as  provided  in  section  15  of  this  act,  ^pje'd  Tn' ce/tain 
and  it  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  of  a  rate  of  speed  greater  than^^4ep"fon' as  to 
is  reasonable  and  proper  as  aforesaid  if  a  motor  vehicle  is  operated  ^^'^''='^^j.°^  ^^'^ 
on  any  way  outside  of  a  thickly  settled  or  business  part  of  a  city  partments  and 

,.  „  .,  If.  T      ambulances. 

or  town  at  a  rate  exceeding  twenty-five  miles  per  hour  for  a  dis- 
tance of  a  quarter  of  a  mile.  It  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  of  a 
rate  of  speed  gr-eater  than  is  reasonable  and  proper  as  aforesaid  if 
a  motor  vehicle  is  operated  on  any  way  inside  the  thickly  settled  or 
business  part  of  a  city  or  town  at  a  rate  of  speed  exceeding  fifteen 
miles  per  hour  for  the  distance  of  one-eighth  of  a  mile,  or  if  a  motor 
vehicle  is  operated  on  any  w^ay  upon  approaching  an  intersecting 
way,  or  in  traversing  a  crossing  or  intersection  of  ways  or  in  going 
around  a  corner  or  a  curve  in  a  street  or  way  where  the  operator's 
view  of  the  road  traffic  is  obstructed,  at  a  rate  of  speed  exceeding 
ten  miles  per  hour;  provided,  however,  that  in  civil  actions  this 
evidence  shall  be  prima  facie  only;  further  provided,  that  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  relating  to  speed  shall  not  apply  to  motor  vehi- 
cles of  a  fire  department,  motor  police  patrols,  or  motor  ambulances, 
when  in  the  emergency  service  of  their  respective  departments. 

Sect.  14.     Selectmen  of  towns,  city  governments  or  any  board, Municipal  corpo- 

,  J  J  ...  .,..".,..        rations    may 

department  or  commission  m  any  town  or  city,  having  jurisdiction  make  special 
of  the  subject  matter,  may  make  special  regulations  as  to  the  use  of  exfept'^a^^to 
vehicles  upon  particular  ways,  except  as  to  speed,  and  may  exclude  reguMi^nl"^^  °^ 
such  vehicles  altogether  from  certain  ways ;  provided,  however,  that 
no  such  special  regulation  shall  be  effective  unless  it  shall  have  been 
published  in  one  or  more  newspapers,  if  there  be  any  in  the  city  or 
town  in  which  the  way  is  situated,  otherwise  in  one  or  more  news- 
papers published  in  the  county  in  which  the  city  or  town  is  situ- 
ated, nor  unless  notice  of  the  same  is  posted  conspicuously  by  the 
city,  town,  board,  department  or  commission  making  the  regulation, 
at  points  where  any  way  affected  hereby  joins  other  ways  but  no 


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1921 


Penalty;  fine; 
revocation  of 
license. 


Revocation  or 
suspension  of 
license. 


Penalty    for 
various    offenses. 


regulation  shall  be  valid  which  excludes  vehicles  from  any  state 
liigliway  or  from  any  main  highway  leading  from  any  city  or  town 
to  another.  No  ordinance,  by-law,  or  regulation  now  in  force  in 
any  city  or  town  or  in  any  park  way  or  park  which  regulates  the 
speed  at  which  vehicles  shall  be  run  upon  its  ways,  shall  hereafter 
have  any  force  or  effect. 

Sect.  15.  Unless  otherwise  herein  provided,  any  person  con- 
victed of  a  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  act,  or  of  any  rule  or 
regulation  under  its  authority  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 
exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  for  the  first  offense  and  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  dollars  for  any  subsequent  offense  committed  during 
any  calendar  year.  A  complaint  against  a  person  for  the  violation 
of  any  section  of  this  act  may  be  placed  on  file  at  the  discretion  of 
the  court,  if  the  violation  appears  to  have  been  unintentional  or  if 
no  person  or  property  could  have  been  endangered  thereby.  Upon  a 
third  or  subsequent  conviction  in  the  same  calendar  year  the  com- 
missioner shall  forthwith  revoke  the  license  of  the  person  so  con- 
victed, and  no  new  license  shall  be  issued  to  such  person  for  at  least 
thirty  days  after  the  date  of  such  revocation. 

Sect.  16.  The  commissioner  may  order  any  license  issued  to  any 
person  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  to  be  suspended  or  revoked, 
after  due  hearing,  for  any  cause  which  he  may  cleeta  sufficient,  and 
the  said  commissioner  may  order  the  suspension  of  the  license  of  any 
operator  or  chauffeur  in  his  discretion,  and  without  a  hearing,  and 
may  order  the  license  to  be  delivered  to  his  ofRce,  whenever,  he  has 
reason  to  believe  that  the  holder  thereof  is  physically  or  mentally 
an  improper  or  incompetent  person  to  operate  motor  vehicles,  or  is 
operating  improperly  or  so  as  to  endanger  the  public,  or  has  made  a 
material  false  statement  in  his  application,  and  the  license  shall  not 
be  reissued  unless,  upon  examination  or  investigation,  or  after  a 
hearing,  the  commissioner  determines  that  the  operator  should  again 
be  permitted  to  operate. 

The  commissioner,  upon  evidence  satisfactory  to  him  that  the 
owner  of  a  motor  vehicle  is  permitting  or  has  permitted  the  same  to 
be  operated  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  or  has 
made  any  false  statement  in  the  application  for  registration,  may 
suspend  the  registration  of  such  motor  vehicle  until  he  is  satisfied 
that  the  offense  will  not  be  repeated  or  the  owner  has  been  acquitted. 

Sect.  17.  Any  person  convicted  of  operating  a  motor  vehicle  in 
this  state  after  his  license  to  operate  has  been  suspended  or  revoked, 
and  any  person  who  attaches  or  permits  to  be  attached  to  a  motor 
vehicle  a  number  plate  assigned  by  the  commissioner  to  another 
vehicle,  or  who  obscures  or  permits  to  be  obscured  the  figures  on 
any  number  plate  attached  to  any  motor  vehicle,  or  who  fails  to 
display  on  a  motor  vehicle  proper  lights  as  herein  provided,  the 
number  plate,  and  the  register  number  duly  issued  therefor,  with 
intent  to  conceal  the  identity  of  such  motor  vehicle,  shall  be  pun- 


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ished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hnndred  dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both. 

Sect.  18.  Whoever  npon  any  way  operates  a  vehicle  recklessly  Penalty  for 
or  while  under  the  influence  of  intoxicating  liquor,  or  so  that  theiessiy  %vhiie 
lives  or  safety  of  the  public  might  be  endangered,  or  upon  a  bet,o"^uquor^"^''*'^ 
wager,  or  race,  or  who  operates  a  vehicle  for  the  i)urpose  of  making Jj^^^"f„°^.ppQ,.^ 
a  record,  and  thereby  violates  any  provisions  of  section  13  of  this 
act  or  any  special  regulation  made  under  the  authority  conferred 
by  section  14  of  this  act  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months, 
or  both,  and  if  any  person  be  convicted  a  second  time  of  operating 
a  vehicle  while  under  the  influence  of  intoxicating  liquor,  he  shall 
be  punished  by  imprisonment  not  less  than  one  month  and  not  ex- 
ceeding one  .year.  A  conviction  of  a  violation  of  this  section  shall 
be  reported  forthwith  by  the  court  or  trial  justice  to  the  commis- 
sioner, who  shall  revoke  immediately  the  license  of  the  person  so 
convicted  and  the  commissioner  may  revoke  the  license  of  any  per- 
son wlio  f-hall  be  convicted  of  a  similar  offense  by  a  court  of  any 
other  state.  Whenever  any  person  so  convicted  appeals,  the  said 
commissioner  shall  suspend  forthwith  the  license  of  the  person  so 
convicted  and  shall  order  him  to  deliver  his  license  to  said  commis- 
sioner, and  shall  not  reissue  said  license  until  said  person  is  ac- 
quitted in  a  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the  offense  charged.  No 
new  license  or  certificate  shall  be  issued  by  said  commissioner  to  any 
person  convicted  of  a  violation  of  this  section  until  after  sixty  days 
from  the  date  of  such  final  conviction. 

Sect.  1!).     Any  person  operating  a  motor  vehicle  knowing  that  Operator^  duty 
injury  has  been  caused  by  him  to  a  person,  shall  forthwith  bring  has  cauTeT  injury 
his  motor  vehicle  to  a  stop,  return  to  the  scene  of  the  accident,  give ^Ig ^property ^  *" 
to  any  proper  person  demanding  the  same,  his  name  and  address,  ^®"*"J'- 
the  number  of  the  driver's  license,  the  registration  number  of  the 
motor  vehicle,  and  the  name  and  address  of  each  occupant  thereof. 
Failure  to  comply  with  the  foregoing  requirements  shall  constitute 
a  felony,  and  any  person  guilty  thereof  .^hall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the 
state  prison  for  not  exceeding  three  years,  or  both. 

Any  person  operating  a  motor  vehicle  knowing  that  injury  has 
been  caused  by  him  to  the  property  of  another,  shall  forthwith  bring 
his  motor  vehicle  to  a  stop,  return  to  the  scene  of  the  accident,  give 
(o  any  proper  person  demanding  the  same  his  name  and  address,  the 
number  of  the  driver's  license,  the  registration  number  of  the  motor 
vehicle,  and  the  name  and  address  of  each  occupant  thereof.  Fail- 
ure to  comply  with  the  foregoing  requirements  shall  constitute  a 
misdemeanor,  and  any  person  guilty  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sect.  20.     Any  person  who,  while  operating  or  in  charge  of  a  Penalty  for 
motor  vehicle,  shall  refuse  when  requested  by  a  police  officer  to  give  grvhf/ name. 


212 


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[1921 


etc.,    to    officer; 
not    stopping 
when   signaled; 
not    producing 
license,    etc. 


Courts  and  trial 
justices  to   keep 
record  of  prose- 
cutions;   abstract 
to   be   sent 
commissioner 
who    shall   keep 
record    open   to 
inspection; 
endorsement   of 
conviction    on 
license. 


Commissioner 
may   summon 
witnesses    and 
take   testimony; 
perjury ;    witness 
fees ;    court 
jiirisdiction    in 
equity    to    enforce 
orders. 


etc. 


his  name  and  address  or  the  name  and  address  of  the  owner  of  such 
motor  vehicle,  or  who  shall  give  a  false  name  or  address,  or  who 
shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  stop  when  signaled  to  stop  by  any  police 
officer  who  is  in  uniform,  or  who  displays  his  badge  conspicuously 
on  the  outside  of  his  outer  coat  or  garment,  or  who  refuses  on  de- 
mand of  such  officer  to  produce  his  license  to  operate  such  vehicle 
or  his  certificate  of  registration,  or  to  permit  such  officer  to  take  the 
license  or  certificate  in  hand  for  the  purpose  of  examination,  or  who 
refuses  on  demand  of  such  officer  to  sign  his  name  in  the  presence 
of  such  officer,  or  who  refuses  or  neglects  to  produce  his  license  when 
requested  by  a  court  or  trial  justice,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sect.  21.  A  full  record  shall  be  kept  by  every  court  or  trial  jus- 
tice in  this  state  of  every  case  in  which  a  person  is  charged  with  a 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  or  of  any  other  act 
relative  to  motor  vehicles,  and  an  abstract  of  the  record  in  cases  of 
conviction  shall  be  sent  forthwith  by  the  court  or  trial  justice  to 
the  commissioner.  Said  abstracts  shall  be  made  upon  forms  pre- 
pared by  said  commissioner  and  shall  include  all  necessary  informa- 
tion as  to  the  parties  to  the  case,  the  nature  of  the  offense,  the  date 
of  the  hearing,  the  plea,  the  judgment  and  the  result,  and  every 
such  abstract  shall  be  certified  by  the  clerk  of  the  court  or  by  the 
trial  justice  as  a  true  abstract  of  the  record  of  the  court.  Said  com- 
missioner shall  keep  such  records  in  his  office  and  they  shall  be  open 
to  the  inspection  of  any  person  during  reasonable  business  hours. 
Said  courts  and  trial  justices  shall  also  endorse  upon  the  back  of  the 
license  of  every  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of  this  act  the  nature 
of  the  offense,  the  date  of  the  hearing  and  the  sentence.  Said  courts 
and  trial  justices  shall  furnish  to  the  commissioner  the  details  of  any 
particularly  flagrant  cases  which  may  be  heard  before  them,  upon 
their  own  initiative,  or  upon  the  request  of  said  commissioner  or 
his  agents,  and  they  may  make  such  recommendations  to  said  com- 
missioner as  to  the  suspension  or  revocation  of  the  licenses  and  cer- 
tificates of  registration  of  the  persons  defendant  in  such  cases  as 
they  may  deem  necessary. 

Sect.  22.  In  the  administration  of  the  laws  and  regulations  rela- 
tive to  motor  vehicles  and  to  the  operators  and  the  operation  thereof, 
the  commissioner  may  summon  witnesses  in  behalf  of  the  state  and 
may  administer  oaths  and  take  testimony.  The  commissioner  may 
also  cause  depositions  to  be  taken  and  may  order  the  production  of 
books,  papers;  agreements,  and  documents.  Any  person  who  swears 
or  affirms  falsely  in  regard  to  any  matter  or  thing  respecting  which 
an  oath  or  affirmation  is  required  by  this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  perjury.  The  fees  for  the  attendance  and  travel  of  witnesses 
shall  be  the  same  as  for  witnesses  before  the  superior  court,  and 
shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  upon  the  warrant  of  the  governor, 
the  certificate  of  the  commissioner  having  been  first  filed  with  the 


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auditor.  The  supreme  judicial  court  or  the  superior  court  shall 
have  jurisdiction  in  equity,  upon  the  application  of  the  commis- 
sioner, to  enforce  all  lawful  orders  of  the  governor  and  council  or 
the  commissioner  under  this  section. 

Sect.  23.     A  proper  record  of  all  applications  and  of  all  cer- Commissioner  to 

T   T  •  T      T      Ti   1       1  11  •      •  J    1   •     ^^^P    record    of 

tmcates  and  licenses  issued  shall  be  kept  by  the  commissioner  at  his  applications  and 
office,  and  such  records  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  per-  open^To  insplc- 
son  during  reasonable  business  hours.    The  commissioner  may  issue  gates.  '^^^  '^^^^^ 
or  cause  to  be  issued  a  certified  copy  of  any  certificate  of  registra- 
tion or  of  any  license  to  operate  motor  vehicles  which  may  have 
been  lost  or  mutilated,  upon  the  written  request  of  the  person  en- 
titled thereto,  and  the  payment  of  the  fee  provided  in  section  25, 
and  such  certified  copies  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as  the 
original. 

Sect.  24.     Everv  owner,  proprietor,  person  in  control,  or  keeper  o^i»er  or  keeper 

'  ^        ^  '  -^      .  '  ^01   garage  to   l:eep 

of  a  garage,  shall  keep  or  cause  to  be  kept  in  a  book  a  proper  record  record  of  vehi- 
of  every  automobile  not  registered  in  this  state  which  enters  and tered  in  this  state. 
which  leaves  his  garage,  stable  or  place  of  business.  Said  book 
shall  have  blank  columns  and  headings  on  every  page  as  prescribed 
by  the  commissioner.  The  said  book  shall  be  left  in  some  convenient 
place  and  shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  the  inspection  of  the  commis- 
sioner and  of  any  police  officer  or  constable. 

Sect.  25.     The  commissioner  or  his  authorized  agent  shall  collect  f/jf^^^^^^'J®^'^' 
fees  as  follows:  vehicles: 

(a)  For  the  registration  of  every  motor  cycle,  five  dollars  ($5). 

(b)  For  the  registration  of  every  motor  cycle  side  car,  three  dol- 
lars (.$3). 

(c)  For  the  registration  of  every  motor  vehicle,  other  than 
motor  cycles,  trucks,  or  tractors,  sixty  cents  ($.60)  per  one  hundred 
(100)  pounds  gross  weight  of  vehicle  and  load,  provided,  liowever, 
that  the  minimum  fee  shall  be  fifteen  dollars  ($15). 

(d)  For  the  registration  of  every  motor  truck  and  tractor  equip- 
ped with  pneumatic  tires  sixty  cents  ($.60)  per  one  hundred  (100) 
pounds  gross  weight  of  vehicle  and  load,  provided,  liowever,  that  the 
minimum  fee  under  this  paragraph  shall  be  twenty  dollars  ($20). 

(e)  For  the  registration  of  every  motor  truck  and  tractor  equip- 
ped with  solid  rubber  tires,  eighty-five  cents  ($.85)  per  one  hundred 
(100)  Dounds  gross  weight  of  vehicle  and  load,  provided,  however, 
that  the  minimum  fee  under  this  paragraph  shall  be  thirty  dollars 
($30). 

(f)  For  the  registration  of  every  motor  vehicle  or  tractor  equip- 
ped with  iron,  steel,  or  other  hard  tires,  one  dollar  ($1)  per  one 
hundred  (100)  pounds  gross  weight  of  vehicle  and  load. 

Tractors  used  for  agricultural  purposes  only  and  tractors  used 
only  on  snow  shall  pay  one-tenth  the  above  rate. 

(g)  For  the  registration  of  every  trailer  and  semi-trailer  equip- 
ped w4th  pneumatic  tires  fifty  cents  ($.50)  per  one  hundred  (100) 
pounds  gross  weight  of  vehicle  and  load. 


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1921 


(h)  For  the  registration  of  every  trailer  and  semi-trailer  equip- 
ped with  solid  rubber  tires,  sixty-five  cents  ($.65)  per  one  hundred 
(100)  pounds  gross  weight  of  vehicle  and  load. 

(i)  For  the  registration  of  every  trailer  and  semi-trailer  equip- 
ped with  iron,  steel  or  other  hard  tires,  ninety  cents  ($.90)  per  one 
hundred  (100)  pounds  gross  weight  of  vehicle  and  load. 

(j)  For  the  substitution  of  the  registration  of  a  motor  vehicle 
for  that  of  another  motor  vehicle  previously  registered  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  section  2  of  this  act,  two  dollars  ($2). 

(k)  For  the  registration  of  every  motor  vehicle  owned  by  a 
nonresident  who  applies  for  registration  under  the  provisions  of 
section  3  (a)  of  this  act,  and  for  the  registration  of  every  motor 
vehicle  during  the  period  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  October 
and  ending  with  the  thirty-first  day  of  Deceml:)er.  in  any  year, 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  2  of  this  act,  one-half 
of  the  foregoing  fees,  provided,  however,  that  if  such  motor  vehicle 
owned  by  a  nonresident  of  this  state  is  used,  or  is  intended  to  be 
used  for  hire,  the  commissioner  shall  collect  the  full  fee  according 
to  the  rated  weight  and  class  hereinbefore  provided. 

(1)  For  the  registration  of  motor  vehicles  owned  by  or  under 
the  control  of  a  manufacturer  of  or  dealer  in  motor  vehicles,  eighty- 
five  dollars  ($85). 

(m)  For  the  registration  of  motor  cycles  owned  by  or  under 
the  control  of  a  manufacturer  of  or  dealer  in  motor  cycles,  includ- 
ing three  pairs  of  plates  to  be  furnished  with  the  certificate  of  reg- 
istration, fifteen  dollars  ($15). 

(n)  For  every  additional  number  plate  furnished  to  replace 
such  as  have  been  lost  or  mutilated,  or  which  are  illegible,  one  dol- 
lar ($1)  and  for  every  additional  pair  of  number  plates  furnished 
to  a  manufacturer  of  or  dealer  in  motor  vehicles,  other  than  motor 
cycles,  whose  business  requires  more  than  six  pairs  of  such  plates, 
eight  dollars  ($8).  For  every  additional  pair  of  number  plates 
furnished  to  a  manufacturer  or  dealer  in  motor  cycles  whose  bus- 
iness requires  more  than  three  pairs  of  such  plates,  two  dollars 
($2). 

(o)  For  each  operator's  original  license  and  examination,  three 
dollars  ($3)  ;  for  each  chauffeur's  original  license  and  examination, 
five  dollars  ($5)  ;  and  for  all  subsequent  operator's  and  chauffeur's 
licenses,  two  dollars  ($2)  each. 

(p)     For  each  motor  cycle  operator's  license,  one  dollar  ($1). 

(q)  For  every  certified  copy  of  a  certificate  of  registration  or  a 
license,  fifty  cents  ($.50). 

(r)  For  the  operation  of  all  motor  vehicles  bearing  the  neutral 
zone  registration,  the  operator's  or  chauffeur's  license  issued  by  the 
state  of  residence  shall  be  deemed  sufficient.  The  fee  for  neutral 
zone  registration  shall  be  two  dollars  ($2). 

(s)     For  the  operation  of  all  motor  vehicles  registered  for  the 


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months  of  July,  August,  and  September,  as  nonresident  motor  ve- 
hicles, special  nonresident  certificates  shall  be  issued,  good  only 
during  the  period  of  three  months  as  above  stated.  For  original 
special  nonresident  certificate  and  examination  the  fee  shall  be  two 
dollars  ($2)  and  for  all  subsequent  certificates  and  all  certificates 
issued  to  drivers  who  have  previously  been  licensed  in  the  state  of 
their  residence,  if  license  is  required  in  such  state,  one  dollar  ($1), 
provided,  hoivever,  that  said  commissioner  or  his  authorized  agents 
may  furnish  without  charge  copies  of  certificates  of  registration  and 
of  licenses  to  operate,  and  copies  of  other  documents  relating  there- 
to, to  officers  of  the  state,  or  of  any  court  thereof,  or  of  any  city 
or  town  therein,  and  said  commissioner  may  issue  certificates  of 
registration  for  motor  vehicles  and  licenses  to  operate  the  same  to 
the  President  of  the  United  States  and  members  of  his  executive 
staff,  and  to  any  ambassador  or  member  of  the  foreign  diplomatic 
corps,  without  payment  of  the  fees  therefor.  Motor  vehicles  owned 
and  operated  by  the  state  or  by  any  county,  city,  or  town,  shall  be 
exempt  from  registration  fees,  but  shall  be  registered  as  any  other 
motor  vehicles  are  registered. 

Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  a  dealer,  dealer's  resis- 
as  herein  defined,  using  his  motor  vehicles  registered  under  his 
dealer's  registration  for  renting  or  pleasure  purposes,  provided, 
however,  that  motor  vehicles  used  for  the  transportation  of  freight 
or  merchandise  shall  not  be  used  for  other  than  demonstration  pur- 
poses or  for  service  in  connection  with  said  dealer's  motor  vehicle 
business. 

In  the  computation  of  fees  based  on  gross  weight,  said  gross  fees  based  on 
weight  shall,  in  the  case  of  freight  or  merchandise  motor  vehicles,  ^elSit^"^  how '  de- 
be  the  actual  weight  of  said  motor  vehicle  in  pounds  plus  the  manu-*®''™''^^'^' 
facturer's  rated  load  capacity,  and,  in  the  case  of  passenger  motor 
vehicles,  shall  be  the  actual  weight  of  said  motor  vehicle  plus  the 
sum  of  the  adult  seating  capacitv  multiplied  by  one  hundred  and 
fifty  (]50)  pounds.     The  next  larger  one  hundred  pounds  shall  be 
used  in  computing  fees. 

A  vehicle  equipped  with  two  or  more  solid  rubber  tires  shall  be 
considered  as  equipped  with  solid  rubber  tires.  A  vehicle  equipped 
with  two  or  more  iron,  steel,  or  other  hard  tires  shall  be  considered 
as  equipped  with  iron,  steel,  or  other  hard  tires. 

The  commissioner  shall  have  the  authority  in  disputed  cases 
to  determine  the  classification  in  which  any  vehicle  belongs  and 
the  amount  of  the  fee  which  shall  be  paid  therefor. 

Any  person  desiring  to  carry  a  greater  load  than  that  given 
under  the  manufacturer's  rating  shall  so  declare  it  at  the  time  of 
registration  and  in  such  case  the  commissioner  shall  base  his  fees 
upon  the  weight  given  by  the  owner. 

Any  person  who  shall  operate  on  the  ways  of  this  state  a  rjotor penalty  for 
vehicle  whose  weight   including  load   shall  exceed   by  more   thanheaVier^^ha^n  ^'^^\ 


216  Chapter  119.  [1921 

wSht"^  twenty  per  cent,  the  total  weight  under  which  it  was  registered 

shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  be  punished  by  a  "fine  of  not 
less  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  nor  more  tb.an  two  hundred  dol- 
lars ($200). 

limitations  as  to        No  Vehicle  of  four  wheels  or  less  whose  gross  weight  including 

weight    of    vehicles  o  &  a 

permitted  to  be  load  IS  more  than  twenty  thousand  (20,000)  pounds;  no  vehicle 
having  a  greater  weight  than  fifteen  thousand  (15,000)' pounds  on 
one  axle,  and  no  vehicle  having  a  load  of  over  seven  hundred  and 
fifty  (750)  pounds  per  inch  width  of  tire  concentrated  on  the  sur- 
face of  the  highway  (said  width  in  the  case  of  rubber  tires  to  be 
measured  between  the  flanges  of  the  rim)  shall  be  operated  on  the 
highways  of  this  state.  Provided,  Jwivever,  that  nothing  in  this 
act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prohibit  the  use  of  road  rollers  used 
in  the  construction  or  maintenance  of  highways,  and  provided, 
further,  that  the  state  highway  commissioner  shall  have  power  from 
time  to  time  to  fix  by  written  order  weight  limits  in  excess  of  the 
limits  herein  prescribed,  but  not  exceeding  twenty-eight  thousand 
(28,000)  pounds,  which  increased  limits  shall  be  applicable  either 
for  an  indefinite  period  or  for  such  limited  time  or  specified  portion 
or  portions  of  each  year  as  may  be  designated  in  such  order,  with 
respect  to  any  highway  or  section  thereof  which  in  his  opinion 
is  so  constructed  as  to  be  suitable  for  heavier  traffic  than  is  herein 
authorized,  and  he  may  from  time  to  time  revoke  any  such  order  or 
change  by  like  order  the  limits  therein  fixed.  Every  such  order 
shall  designate  the  highway  or  particular  section  thereof  to  which 
the  order  is  applicable,  the  weight  limits  thereafter  to  be  in  force 
thereon  and  the  time  or  portion  of  the  year  (if.  limited)  during 
which  the  order  is  to  be  operative ;  the  original  of  such  order  shall 
be  kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  said  commissioner  and  a  copy  thereof 
filed  by  him  with  the  town  clerk  of  each  town  in  Which  the  highway 
or  portion  thereof  affected  is  located ;  and  the  operation  upon  such 
highway  or  portion  thereof  during  the  time  such  order  may  be  in 
force  of  any  vehicle  whose  weight  exceeds  the  limits  fixed  by  said 
order,  shall  be  deemed  a  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  and 
punished  as  hereinafter  provided  in  this  section. 

No  vehicle  whose  width  including  load  is  greater  than  ninety-six 
(96)  inches,  whose  length  including  load  is  greater  than  thirty 
(30)  feet,  and  no  combination  of  wheels  coupled  together  whose 
total  length,  including  load,  is  greater  than  eighty-five  (85)  feet 
shall  be  operated  on  the  highways  of  this  state. 

penalty  for  Auv  pcrsou  wlio  sliall  Operate  on  the  highwavs  of  this  state  a 

operating    vehicle  ,  •    i  ,  .  .    ,\    .      .  J",,      ^"i  •  -u    J 

in  excess  of  Vehicle  whosc  Size  or  weight  is  m  excess  ot  that  herein  prescribed 

or  weight;  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 

less  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  ($200)  for  the  first  offense  and  not  less  than  fifty  dollars 
($50)  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  for  any  subsequent 
offense. 


19211  Chapter   110.  217 

Every  trailer  and  semi-trailer,  except  small  two-wheeled  trailers  *^^^^^''^.^^hen  to 
of  one  thousand  pounds  (1000)  capacity  or  less,  towed  closely  be- 
hind a  motor  vehicle,  and  semi-trailers  when  towed  alone,  whose 
over-all  length  in  both  cases,  including  towing  vehicle  and  load, 
shall  not  exceed  thirty  (30)  feet,  when  on  the  highways  of  this 
state  at  night  shall  carry  at  the  front  of  its  left  side  one  lamp  cap- 
able of  throwing  a  white  light  visible  for  a  distance  of  at  least  two 
hundred  (200)  feet  in  front  of  the  vehicle. 

.Sect.  26.     All  fees  and  fines  received  by  any  person  under  the  Fees  and  fines 
provisions  of  this  act  or  under  the  laws  of  the  state  relative  to  the  commissioner? 
use  and  operation  of  motor  vehicles  shall  be  paid  to  the  commis-  rame^monthij 
sioner  within  five  days  after  the  receipt  of  such  fees  or  fines,  and  ^oney'^w'^t'o 
all  moneys  received  shall  be  paid  monthly  by  the  commissioner  to  '"^  used. 
the  state  treasurer  and  shall  be  used  by  said  treasurer  for  the  pay- 
ment on  warrant  of  the  governor  of  such  expenses  as  may  be  neces- 
sary and  authorized  by  the  governor  and  council  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  law  relative  to  the  use  of  motor  vehicles;    and,  in 
so  far  as  its  provisions  might  be  construed  to  apply  to  this  act,  chap- 
ter 15  of  the  Laws  of  1909  is  hereby  repealed.    The  balance  shall  be 
expended  for  the  maintenance  of  highways  in  accordance  with  the 
laws  of  the  state  relative  to  the  improvement  and  maintenance  of 
highways,  said  balance  to  be  in  addition  to  all  sums  already  appro- 
priated or  that  may  hereafter  be  appropriated  by  the  general  court 
for  the  same  purpose. 

Sect.  27.     The  commissioner  shall  cause  this  act  and  the  regula- This  act  to  be 
tions  thereunder  to  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form  for  distribution,  pamphlet  form 
For  the  purposes  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  commissioner""' 
commissioner  may  employ  such  agent  or  agents  and  pay  him  or  '"g^ents^TS^^carry 
them  sucli  compensation  as  the  governor  and  council  shall  consider  out  this  act. 
necessary. 

Chapter  133  of  the  Laws  of  1911  and  amendments  thereto  are  Repealing  clause; 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  at  12  o'clock  (mid- Dec.%i,  1921." 
night")  December  31,  1921. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


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Chapter  120. 


1921 


CHAPTER  120. 

AX  ACT  IX  AMEXDMEXT  OF  CHAPTER  55  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1910,  RELAT- 
IXG  TO  THE  REGISTRATIOX   OF   MOTOR   VEHICLES. 


Permit     for     registration     required; 

to    be    issued   by    city    or    town    of 

applicant. 
Permit    of   motor    vehicle    to    expire 

upon    transfer    of    its    ownership ; 

proviso. 
Fees  for  permits  for  registration  of 

motor    vehicles. 
Account  of  permit   fees  received  by 

city     or     town     officials ;      fees    to 

town   clerks  for  permits. 


Fees    for    permits    for    registration 

of  motor  vehicles. 
Exemption      from     permit     fee     on 

ground  of  nonresidence. 
Sections    2.    .3    and    5    take   effect    at 

midnight  Dec.  31,    1921;     sections 

1,  4  and  6  take  effe.n  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hrj  the  Senate   and  House   of  Bcprescntafives 
General  Court  convened: 


Stration  Sectiox  1.     Amend  section  1  of  chapter  55  of  the  Laws  of  1919 

[s^suld'^b'  dty^    ^^  Striking  out  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  fol- 
or  town  lowing:    Sectiox  1.     No  motor  vehicle  owned  or  controlled  by  a 

resident  of  this  state  shall  be  registered  under  the  provisions  of  the 
motor  vehicle  laws  until  the  owner  or  person  controlling  the  same 
has  obtained  a  permit  for  registration  from  the  city  or  town  where- 
in such  owner  or  person  resides;  provided,  however,  that  this  sec- 
tion shall  not  apply  to  motor  vehicles  which  constitute  stock  in 
trade  of  a  manufacturer  of  or  a  hona  fide  dealer  in  such  motor 
vehicles. 
Permit  of  motor        Sect.  2.     Amend  chapter  55  of  the  Laws  of  1919  by  striking  out 
upon ^transto'^^of section  3  thereof  and  substituting  therefor  the  following:  Sect.  3. 
pro^iso.^'^^*''^ '       Upon  the  transfer  of  ownership  of  a  motor  vehicle  the  permit  shall 
expire.    Provided,  however,  that  any  owner  who  has  paid  a  permit 
fee  for  a  motor  vehicle  the  ownership  of  which  is  transferred  or 
which  is  subsequently  totally  lost  by  fire,  theft  or  accident,  in  the 
same  calendar  year,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  credit  to  the  amount  of 
such  permit  fee  towards  one  permit  fee  which  may  be  required  of 
him  in  the  same  calendar  year;  provided,  further,  that  no  portion 
of  any  permit  fee  once  paid  shall  be  repaid  to  any  person ;  and 
that  from  October  1  to  December  31  such  credit  shall  not  exceed 
one-third  of  the  amount  of  the  original  permit  fee. 
Fees  for  permits         Sect.  3.     Amend  scctiou  5  of  chapter  55  of  the  Laws  of  1919 
of^ motor*  vehicles. by  Striking  out  Said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  fol- 
lowing :    Sect.  5.    The  treasurer  of  each  city,  or  such  other  person 
as  the  city  government  may  designate,  and  the  town  clerk  of  each 
town  shall  collect  fees  for  such  permits  as  follows :   On  each  motor 
vehicle  offered  for  registration  a  sum  equal  to  twentj'-four  mills  on 
each  one  dollar  of  the  maker's  list  price  for  the  current  year  of 


1921]  Chapter   120.  219 

manufacture,  seventeen  mills  for  the  first  succeeding  year,  thirteen 
mills  for  the  second  succeeding  year,  seven  mills  for  the  third  suc- 
ceeding year,  five  mills  for  the  fourth  and  succeeding  years. 

Sect.  ^4.     Amend  section  6  of  chapter  55  of  the  Laws  of  1919  ^Y  f^^T^^J^.i^"^'^ 
adding  after  the  word  "treasury"  the  words  on  the  last  Saturday  of  citv  or  town 
each  calendar  month  and  by  adding  at  the  end  of  the  first  sentence  to  town  clerks 
the  words  and  failure  so  to  deposit  shall  be  cause  for  immediate  '^^  ^^"^^^  ^' 
removal  from  office,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as 
follows :  Sect.  6.     Each  designated  city  official  and  each  town  clerk 
shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of  the  money  received  by  him  for 
said  permits  and  deposit  the  same  in  the  city  or  town  treasury  on 
the  last  Saturday  of  each  calendar  month,  to  be  used  for  the  general 
purposes  of  the  city  or  town,  and  failure  so  to  deposit  shall  be 
cause  for  immediate  removal  from  office.     Town  clerks  shall  be 
paid  on  orders  drawn  on  the  toAvn  treasurer  by  the  selectmen 
twenty-five  cents  for  each  permit  issued. 

Sect.  5.     Amend  section  7  of  chapter  55  of  the  Laws  of  1919  byjees  for  permits 

•1   •  ■  1  ■  -,    ■  ■  •  1  1  P     1         o   IT  ^°^    registration 

strikmg  out  said  section  and  inserting  m  place  thereof  the  follow- of  motor  vehicles, 
ing:   Sect.  7.     For  permits  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 
during  the  period  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  October  and  end- 
ing with  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  in  any  year,  the  fees  shall 
be  one-third  of  the  sum  named  in  section  5  of  this  act. 

Sect.  6.  Amend  chapter  55  of  the  Laws  of  1919  by  striking  out  Exemption  from 
section  11  thereof  and  adding  three  new  sections  as  follows:  Sect,  ground  of  non- 
11.  The  term  resident  as  used  in  this  act  shall  apply  to  persons ''''^"^''''°®- 
M^ho  have  a  regular  place  of  abode  or  business  in  this  state  for  at 
least  six  months  in  the  calendar  year;  provided,  lioivever,  that  no 
exemption  from  the  payment  of  a  permit  fee  shall  be  granted  by 
reason  of  nonresidence  except  by  the  commissioner  of  motor  ve- 
hicles, who  shall  in  all  cases  require  proof  satisfactory  to  him  (1) 
of  residence  elsewhere,  and  (2)  of  the  liability  of  a  nonresident 
owner,  otherwise  entitled  to  such  exemption,  to  pay  a  property  tax 
on  his  motor  vehicle  for  the  current  year  in  the  state  of  his  resi- 
dence. Sect.  12.  Any  person  wilfully  making  any  false  state- 
ment to  a  town  clerk  or  other  person  charged  with  the  duty  of  is- 
suing permits  under  this  act,  when  applying  for  a  permit  here- 
under, shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction,  there- 
of shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars.  Sect.  13.  The 
commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  shall  have  authority  to  enforce  the 
provisions  of  this  act. 

Sect.  7.     Sections  2,  3  and  5.  of  this  bill,  shall  take  effect  at  f'^aue^'elect^  a^*^ 
midnight  on  the  thirtv-first  dav  of  December.  1921.  and  sections  1.  ™'<^"'g'A*i  ^**^- 

.  ,  „  *  '  31-    1921;    sec- 

4  and  6.  of  this  bill,  shall  take  effect  upon  their  passage.  fions  i,  4  and  6 

X  o  jgjjp    effect    on 

passage. 

[Approved  April  13.  1921.] 


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Chapters  121,  122. 


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CHAPTER  121. 

AN    ACT    IN    AMENDMENT   OF    CHAPTER    203    OP    THE   PUBLIC    STATUTES 
RELATING   TO   INTEREST   AND   USURY. 


Legal  interest  to  be  six  per  cent, 
unless  a  different  rate  is  stipu- 
lated in  writing. 


Section 

2.  Reiiealing    clause. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Legal  interest 
to  be  six  per 
cent,   unless   a 

diterei.t     ia;e 
is   stipulated   ii 
writing. 


Repeal! 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  1  of  chapter  203  of  the  Public  Statutes  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  "lower"  and  substitut- 
ing in  place  thereof  the  word  different,  and  by  adding  at  the  end 
of  said  section  the  words  in  writing,  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows :  Section  1.  In  rendering  judgments,  and  in 
all  business  transactions  where  interest  is  paid  or  secured,  it  shall 
be  computed  and  paid  at  the  rate  of  six  dollars  on  a  hundred  dol- 
lars for  one  year,  unless  a  different  rate  is  expressly  stipulated  in 
writing. 

•  Sect.  2.  Sections  2,  3,  4  and  5  of  said  chapter  203  are  hereby 
repealed,  but  chapter  228,  Laws  of  1917,  is  hereby  continued  in  full 
force  and  effect. 

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

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  122. 

AN   ACT  TO  REGULATE  THE  PRACTICE  OF  PHARMACY  AND  THE  SALE  OF 
DRUGS  AND  MEDICINES. 


1.  Definition  of  terms  used   in   act. 

2.  Commission   of  pharmacy   and  prac 

tical  chemistry;  qualifications: 
term  of  office:  compensation; 
oath;     officers  of   commission. 

3.  Secretary-treasurer;       duties;       rec- 

ord  of  registrations. 

4.  He   shall   receive  fees   and  pay   over 

monthly  to  state  treasurer. 

5.  Commission     to     enforce     this     act ; 

employment  of  inspectors. 

6.  Examination       of       applicants       for 

registration. 


Section 

7.  Compounding,      manufacture,      sale, 

etc.,    of  drugs    at   retail   limited   to 
registered   pharmacists. 

8.  Registered  pharmacist  may  conduct 

pharmacy. 

9.  Assistant  pharmacists;    powers   and 

work    of,    regulated. 

10.  Registration;     requirements   prelim- 

ii.ary  to  examination. 

11.  Registration     as     pharmacist;      pre- 

liminary   requirements;     examina- 
tion. 

12.  Registration     as    assistant     pharma- 

cist;    examination. 


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Chapter   122. 


221 


Fubje;ts  of  examination. 

TTnlawful   to    impersonate   applicant. 

Certificates    of    registration    mav    be 

issued     to     persons     registered     in 

another   state. 
Examination  fee. 
Biennial  re-registration. 
Certificates    shall    be    displayed    in 

place    of   business. 
Suspension    or    revocation    of    regis- 
tration ;    appeal. 
Commission    may    meet    for    comer- 

ence    with    other    state   boards    of 

iharmacy. 
What    books    to    be    kept    in    every 

pharmacy. 
Board     may    prescribe    educational 

requirements        for        candidates; 

mav   make    rul»s    ard    rea-ulations. 
What  shall  be  deemed  prima  facie 

a  pnle  of  drugs. 
No  drug  store  shall  be  run   without 
a  permit. 


Section 

25.  Permits,   to   whom   to   be   issued. 

26.  Fee;    .permit    shall    be    exposed    in 

conspicuous   place. 

27.  Unlawful    for    person    not    a    regis- 

tered pharmacist,  etc.,  to  com- 
pound or  dispense  drugs;  pro- 
viso as  to  physicians,  dentists  and 
certain  others. 

28.  Dealers  may  sell  certain   articles   at 

retail,  in  original  packages  only, 
when  put  up  by  registered  phar- 
macist. 

29.  Proprietor    of   pharmacy    shall   keep 

record  book  of  sales  of  certain 
articles. 

30.  Penalty   for  violations   of   act. 

31.  Annual     report     to     governor     and 

council. 

32.  Appropriations  for  fiscal  years  end- 

ing   1922    and   1923. 

33.  Repealing  clause;    takes  effect  July 

1,   1921. 


Be  it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Definitions. 


Commission"    when    not    otherwise 


limited  means  the  New  Hampshire  commission  of  pharmacy  and 
practical  chemistry. 

"Board"  when  not  otherwise  limited  means  the  New  Hampshire 
commission  of  pharmacy  and  practical  chemistry. 

"Drugs"  when  not  otherwise  limited  means  all  substances  used 
as  medicines  or  in  the  preparation  of  medicine. 

"Medicine"  when  not  otherwise  limited  means  a  drug  or  prep- 
aration of  drugs  in  suitable  form  for  use  as  a  curative  or  reme- 
dial substance. 

"Pharmacy"  when  not  otherwise  limited  means  the  place  regis- 
tered by  the  board  in  which  drugs,  chemicals,  medicines,  prescrip- 
tions or  poisons  are  compounded,  dispensed  or  retailed. 

"Physician"  means  a  practitioner  of  medicine  duly  registered 
under  the  laws  of  New  Hampshire  or  some  other  state. 

"Dentist"  means  a  practitioner  of  dentistry  duly  registered 
under  the  laws  of  New  Hampshire  or  some  other  state. 

"Veterinarian"  means  a  practitioner  of  veterinary  medicine  duly 
registered  under  the  laws  of  New  Hampshire  or  some  other  state. 

"Poisons"  when  not  otherwise  limited  means  any  drug,  chem- 
ical medicine  or  preparation  liable  to  be  destructive  to  adult  human 
life  in  quantities  of  60  grains  or  less. 

"Supervision"  means  under  the  direct  charge  or  direction,  and 
does  not  contemplate  any  continued  absence  of  such  supervision. 

"Potent  drugs."  The  term  potent  drug  shall  include  all  sub- 
stances the  average  adult  medicinal  dose  of  which  is  less  than  sixty 


inition     of 
terms  used  in  act. 


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Chapter   122. 


[1921 


Commission     of 
pharmacy    and 
practical    chem- 
istry;   qualifica- 
tions;   term    of 
oiifice ;    com- 
pensation ;    oath ; 
oiificers    of 
commission. 


Secretary- 
treasurer  ; 
duties;    record 
of    registrations. 


grains  of  solid  or  sixty  minims  of  liqnid,  and  all  compounds,  com- 
binations, mixtures  and  preparations  thereof  which  contain  more 
than  an  average  adult  dose  in  each  fluid  ounce  of  liciuid  and  each 
avoirdupois  ounce  of  solid,  or  when  in  capsule,  pill,  tablet,  powder 
or  other  like  subdivision  more  than  one  adult  dose  in  less  than  ten 
of  sucli  subdivisions. 

"Proprietary  remedies"  when  not  otherwise  limited  shall  mean 
remedies  that  a  certain  individual  or  certain  individuals  have  the 
exclusive  right  to  manufacture  or  sell. 

Sect.  2.  There  shall  exist  and  be  maintained  within  the  state  a 
commission  to  be  known  as  the  commission  of  pharmacy  and  prac- 
tical chemistry  with  duties  and  powers  as  hereinafter  defined  and 
provided.  Said  commission  shall  consist  of  three  members,  one  to  be 
appointed  each  year,  and  the  now  existing  commission  of  pharmacy 
heretofore  appointed  shall  continue  in  office  and  act  as  the  commis- 
sion of  pharmacy  with  all  the  duties  and  powers  as  herein  provided 
until  the  terms  of  its  present  members,  respectively,  expire,  the  va- 
cancies as  they  annually  occur  to  be  filled  in  keeping  with  the  re- 
quirements of  this  act.  Hereafter  in  making  appointments  to  the 
commission  of  pharmacy  the  appointees  shall  have  been  registered 
pharmacists  under  this  or  some  former  law  of  the  state,  for  a  period 
of  at  least  ten  years,  and  they  at  the  time  of  their  appointment  shall 
be  engaged  in  conducting  a  retail  pharmacy.  Members  of  the  com- 
mission of  pharmacy  to  be  appointed  under  this  act,  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  governor  with  the  advice  of  the  council  and  shall 
serve  for  a  term  of  three  years,  or  until  their  successors  are  ap- 
pointed, and  have  duly  qualified.  Vacancies  occurring  in  the  com- 
mission other  than  by  expiration  of  term  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  term  only.  The  members  of  the  commission  shall  be  paid 
ten  dollars  per  diem,  and  their  necessary  expenses  while  actually 
engaged  in  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  commission,  not 
exceeding  twenty-five  days  annually,  to  be  paid  from  the  state  treas- 
ury. Appointees  to  the  commission  of  pharmacy  shall  within  thirty 
d^s  after  their  appointment,  take  and  subscribe  an  oath  or  affirma- 
tion before  properly  qualified  officers  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  laws  of  the  commonwealth,  that  they  will  faithfully 
and  impartially  perform  the  duties  of  their  office,  which  oath  or 
affirmation  shall  be  filed  with  the  secretary  of  state.  The  commis- 
sion of  pharmacy  shall  have  a  president  and  secretary-treasurer  who 
shall  be  elected  annually  from  among  their  number.  The  officers 
of  the  existing  commission  shall  continue  to  so  act  until  their  terms, 
for  which  they  have  been  elected,  expire. 

Sect.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary-treasurer  to  keep 
a  record  of  the  meetings  of  the  commission  and  conduct  its  corre- 
spondence. A  record  of  the  registration  of  registered  pharmacists 
and  registered  assistants  shall  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  secretary 
of  state  and  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  person  at  all 
reasonable  times. 


1921]  Chapter    122.  223 

Sect.  4.     The  seeretarv-treasurer  shall  receive  all  fees  fi'om  thep  shall  receive 

fees  and  pay  over 

candidates  for  registration,  re-registration  of  registered  pharmacists  monthly  _  to    state 
and  assistant  pharmacists  as  well  as  the  fees  derived  from  the  regis- 
tration of  stores,  turning  same  over  to  the  state  treasurer  at  least 
monthly. 

Sect.  5.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commission  of  pharmacy  Commission   to 
through  officials  and  employees  appointed  by  it,  or  under  its  super- gj^pio'j^men?  0/'' 
vision  for  that  purpose,  to  enforce  all  the  provisions  of  this  act. '"'*p'''^'°''^- 
The  commission  shall  have  the  right  to  employ  such  assistance  in  the 
way  of  inspectors  as  may  in  their  judgment  be  deemed  necessary, 
payment  for  such  services  to  be  made  from  the  state  treasury. 

Sect.  6.  The  commissicn  shall  hold  meetings  for  the  esamina-  K.xamination  of 
tion  of  applicants  for  registration,  granting  of  certificates,  and  the  reg^isu^ation.  ""^ 
transaction  of  other  necessary  business,  at  least  quarterly  and  at 
such  time  and  place  as  they  may  see  fit.  They  shall  examine  all 
persons  in  the  art  and  science  of  pharmacy  and  its  allied  branches, 
who  meet  the  requirements  herein  provided  and  who  make  applica- 
tion for  registration  as  registered  j^harmacists  or  assistant  pharma- 
cists. 

Sect.  7.     The  compounding,  manufacture,  sale  and  distribution  Compounding, 
of  drugs  and  medicines  at  retail  when  of  potent  or  poisonous  char-  "a^ie  "e?c.,''of" 
acter  as  defined  in  this  act,  shall  be  Hmited  exclusively  to  persons  fimUed'^^to^*^*'*' 
who  are  registered  for  that  purpose  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  ^^Idstsf*^  ^^'^^ 
provided  that  all  persons  heretofore  and  now  registered  within  this 
state  as  pharmacists  or  assistant  pharmacists,  shall  have  all  the 
rights  which  are  granted  to  pharmacists  and  assistant  pharmacists 
under  this  act  when  complying  with  the  requirements  thereof  as 
hereinafter  set  out;   and,  provided  further,  that  nothing  contained 
in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  personal  administration 
of  drugs  and  medicines  carried  or  kept  for  emergencies,  by  licensed 
dentists,  physicians  and  veterinarians,  in  order  to  supply  the  im- 
mediate needs  of  their  patients  while  in  their  presence,  and  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  apply  to  physi- 
cians compounding  and  putting  up  their  own  prescriptions.     For 
the  purposes  of  this  act  there  shall  be  and  are  hereby  made  provi- 
sions for  the  registration  of  pharmacists  and  assistant  pharmacists, 
each  having  the  rights  hereinafter  provided,  and  being  subject  to 
the  limitations  and  restrictions  as  respectively  made. 

Sect.  8.     A  registered  pharmacist  shall  have  the  right  to  conduct  Registered 
a  pharmacy  for  the  compounding  of  medicines  upon  physicians' may  ""conduct 
prescriptions,  and  for  the  manufacture,   sale  and  distribution  of  pharmacy. 
drugs,  medicines  and  poisons. 

Sect.  9.     Assistant  pharmacists  shall  have  the  right  to  do  all  Assistant  phar- 

.-,   ■  ii      ,  IT  1  -,11  .        .  ,  macists;     powers 

things  that  may  be  done  by  a  registered  pharmacist  m  a  pharmacy  and  work  of, 
conducted  under  the  supervision  of  a  registered  pharmacist,  but  ^^^^'''*'''^' 
only  under  direct  supervision  and  not  during  the  absence  of  such 
registered  pharmacist.     A  registered  assistant  pharmacist  may  be 


224 


Chapter    122. 


[1921 


Registration; 
requirements 
preliminary     to 
examination. 


Registration    as 
pharmacist; 
preliminary 
requirements ; 
examination. 


Registration    as 
assistant    phar- 
macist ; 
examination. 


Subjects  of 
examination. 


Unlawful  to  im- 
isersonate  appli- 
cant. 


Certificates  of 
registration    may 
be  issued  to 
persons    regis- 
tered   in    another 
state. 


left  in  charge  of  a  pharmacy  only  during  the  temporary  absence  of 
a  registered  pharmacist,  and  such  temporary  absence  shall  in  no 
case  exceed  forty-eight  hours  at  any  one  time,  nor  fourteen  days  in 
any  one  calendar  year,  unless  consent  is  obtained  from  the  commis- 
sion of  pharmacy.  In  case  of  death  or  under  extreme  conditions  the 
commission  may  in  its  discretion  issue  a  special  permit  to  operate 
a  pharmacy  in  such  manner  and  under  conditions  that  will  safe- 
guard the  interests  of  the  public,  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  sixty 
days. 

Sect.  10.  Applicants  for  registration  as  pharmacists  or  assist- 
ant pharmacists  shall  before  being  admitted  to  examination  meet 
the  following  preliminary  requirements,  proof  of  which  must  be 
first  filed  with  the  secretary  of  the  commission  under  rules  and  regu- 
lations adopted  by  it. 

Sect.  11.  Applicants  for  registration  as  pharmacists  shall  be 
not  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age ;  they  shall  have  at  least  four 
years  of  practical  experience  in  a  drug  store  or  pharmacy  where 
physicians'  prescriptions  are  compounded,  provided  that  not  more 
than  two  years  of  credit  in  meeting  such  requirement  may  be  given 
for  attendance  of  at  least  two  full  school  years  at  a  recognized  col- 
lege or  school  of  pharmacy,  and  shall  pass  a  satisfactory  examina- 
tion before  the  commission. 

Sect.  12.  Applicants  for  registration  as  assistant  pharmacists 
shall  be  not  less  than  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  shall  have  at  least 
two  years  of  practical  experience  in  a  drug  store  or  pharmacy,  where 
physicians'  prescriptions  are  compounded,  provided  that  a  credit  of 
one  year  in  meeting  such  requirements  may  be  given  for  attendance 
of  not  less  than  one  full  school  year  at  a  recognized  college  or  school 
of  pharmacy,  and  shall  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  before  the 
commission. 

Sect.  13.  Applicants  for  registration  as  pharmacists  and  as  as- 
sistant pharmacists  shall,  to  prove  their  respective  requisite  knowl- 
edge, be  examined  to  a  proper  varying  degree  in  the  subjects  of 
chemistry,  botany,  materia  medica,  toxicology  and  the  theory  and 
practice  of  pharmacy,  and  such  other  subjects  as  the  commission 
may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

Sect.  14.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  impersonate  an 
applicant  before  the  commission  of  pharmacy  applying  for  registra- 
tion under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sect.  15.  The  commission  of  pharmacy  may  in  its  discretion 
grant  certificates  of  registration  as  pharmacist  or  as  assistant  phar- 
macist, to  persons  who  furnish  proof  that  they  have  been  registered 
as  such  by  examination  in  some  other  state,  and  that  they  are  of 
good  moral  character,  provided,  that  such  other  state  in  its  examina- 
tions requires  the  same  general  degree  of  fitness  as  is  required  by 
examination  in  this  state,  and  that  the  applicant  qualifies  in  all 
other  respects  as  is  required  for  registration  by  examination  in  this 


]921]  Chapter    122.  225 

state,  excepting  that  persons  who  have  become  registered  by  exam- 
ination in  other  states,  prior  to  the  time  that  this  act  takes  eifect 
shall  be  required  to  meet  only  the  requirements  which  existed  in 
this  state  at  the  time  when  they  became  registered  in  such  other 
state,  and  provided  further-,  that  such  other  state  or  states  in  like 
manner  grant  reciprocal  registration  to  pharmacists  and  assistant 
pharmacists  of  this  state.  Applicants  for  reciprocal  registration  in 
this  state  shall  defray  all  necessary  expense  for  making  an  investi- 
gation of  their  character,  general  reputation,  and  pharmaceutical 
standing,  in  the  state  where  they  have  resided,  such  expense  not  to 
exceed  the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars.  Such  reciprocity  certificate  shall 
not  be  granted  until  the  person  so  applying  shall  certify  his  inten- 
tion of  acting  under  it  in  this  state. 

Sect.  16.  Each  applicant  for  a  registered  pharmacist's  certifi-^-'^*™^"^***"^  ^^^• 
cate  shall  pay  an  examination  fee  of  ten  dollars.  Each  applicant 
for  an  assistant  pharmacist's  degree  shall  pay  the  sum  of  five  dol- 
lars. Applicants  for  reciprocal  registration  as  registered  pharma- 
cists and  assistant  pharmacists  in  addition  to  the  fee  covering  costs 
of  investigation  shall  pay  a  fee  of  ten  dollars. 

Sect.  17.  Every  registered  pharmacist,  assistant  pharmacist  and  Biennial 
holder  of  a  reciprocity  certificate  who  desires  to  continue  the  busi- ''^"''^^'^''^^*'°"" 
ness  of  apothecary  and  druggist  shall,  on  January  1,  1922,  and 
biennially  thereafter  re-register  and  shall  pay  the  fee  of  two  dol- 
lars. When  making  application  for  such  re-registration  the  appli- 
cant shall  give  his  place  of  residence,  and  employment,  whether  as 
proprietor  or  employee,  and  any  change  of  location  or  employment 
shall  be  reported  to  the  secretary  of  the  board  within  fifteen  days. 
For  failure  to  report  such  change  of  location  or  employment  the 
commission  may  in  its  discretion  suspend  such  certificate  of  regis- 
tration, reinstatement  to  be  made  only  upon  the  payment  of  the 
sum  of  two  dollars.  For  failure  to  re-register  within  sixty  days 
the  commission  may  suspend  such  certificate  of  registration  and  the 
holder  shall  not  be  entitled  to  reinstatement  until  the  sum  of  two 
dollars  together  with  any  sum  in  arrears  shall  have  been  paid. 

Sect.  18.  All  certificates  as  pharmacists  and  assistant  pharma- Certificates  shaii 
cists  shall  at  all  times  be  conspicuously  displayed  in  the  place  of  Sac'l'^of''"^*^  '° 
business  or  dispensary  where  the  registrant  is  engaged  as  such.  business. 

Sect.  19.     The  registration  of  any  pharmacist  or  assistant  phar-  Suspension  or 
macist  may  be  suspended  or  revoked  by  the  commission  of  phar- regiSradon?^ 
macy,  when  the  registration  is  proved  to  the  commission  to  have '''"'"''''• 
been  obtained  by  fraudulent  means,  or  when  the  registrant  has  been 
convicted  of  a  felony  or  is  found  by  the  commission  to  be  guilty  of 
gross  immorality,  or  to  be  addicted  to  the  liquor  or  drug  habit  to 
such  a  degree  as  to  render  him  unfit  to  compound,  sell  or  distribute 
drugs  and  medicines.     Suspension   or   revocation   of  a   certificate 
shall  be  only  after  due  notice  and  hearing,  and  for  the  purposes  of 
such  hearing  the  board   or  any  member  thereof  is  authorized   to 


226 


Chapter  122. 


[1921 


■Commission    may 
meet    for    con- 
Jference     with 
other    state 
boards    of 
pharmacy. 


What  books   to 
be  kept   in   every 
pharmacy. 


Board    may 
prescribe 
educational 
requirements 
for    candida^^s ; 
may  make  rules 
and    regulations. 


examine  witnesses  under  oath  and  to  take  oaths  or  affirmations,  and 
to  reduce  the  testimony  given  in  any  such  case  to  writing.  At  .such 
hearing,  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  may  appear  with  wit- 
nesses and  be  heard  by  counsel.  Within  thirty  days  after  the  sus- 
pension or  revocation  of  a  certificate  of  registration,  the  registrant 
may  take  an  appeal  to  the  superior  court,  and  pending  such  appeal 
the  decision  of  the  commission  shall  be  suspended  until  the  court 
renders  judgment  which  shall  be  final  in  the  case,  and  if  the  decision 
of  the  commission  is  not  sustained,  the  registrant  shall  be  reinstated. 

Sect.  .  20.  The  commission  of  pharmacy,  in  order  to  be  informed 
and  to  determine  the  status  of  boards  of  pharmacy  of  other  states 
desiring  reciprocal  registration,  and  in  order  to  be  advised  regard- 
ing the  progress  of  pharmacy  throughout  the  country,  may  an- 
nually select  at  least  one  of  its  members  to  meet  at  the  expense  of 
the  board,  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars  to  be  allowed  out  of 
its  appropriation,  with  like  representatives  from  other  state  boards 
of  pharmacy.  At  such  meetings,  when  arranged,  there  shall  be  dis- 
cussed the  degree  of  fitness  for  registration  which  is  required  by 
the  several  state  boards  of  pharmacy.  Such  representatives  of  the 
several  state  boards  of  pharmacy  may  adopt  rules  and  regulations, 
which  shall  guide  the  several  boards  in  the  matter  of  reciprocal 
registration,  but  abidance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may 
be  proposed  at  annual  conferences  shall  be  optional  and  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  commission  of  pharmacy.  The  commission  of  phar- 
macy through  its  representatives  may  with  like  representatives 
from  other  state  boards  of  pharmacy  join  in  creating  and  maintain- 
ing an  association  of  representatives  of  the  several  state  boards  of 
pharmacy,  to  be  engaged  in  the  general  advancement  of  pharmacy 
and  the  keeping  of  records  pertaining  to  reciprocal  registration  of 
pharmacists,  and  at  its  discretion  the  commission  may  give  to  such 
association  information  which  it  possesses  relating  to  such  aims  and 
objects.  The  state  board  of  pharmacy  at  an  expense  not  to  exceed 
fifty  dollars  per  annum  may  subscribe  for  and  secure  the  service  of 
an  association  engaged  in  the  compilation  of  pharmaceutical  infor- 
mation, knowledge  and  progress,  specially  adapted  to  secure  effi- 
ciency in  the  work  of  the  commission,  to  be  allowed  from  its  appro- 
priation. 

Sect.  21.  There  shall  be  kept  in  every  pharmacy  a  copy  of  the 
latest  revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  latest 
revision  of  the  National  Formulary  which  books  must  be  open  to 
the  inspection  of  the  commission  of  pharmacy  and  their  properly 
authorized  agents  or  employees. 

Sect.  22.  The  board  of  pharmacy  may  prescribe  educational  re- 
quirements or  standards  for  the  admission  of  candidates  for  regis- 
tration and  it  shall  make  from  time  to  time  rules  and  regulations 
which, are  to  govern  it  and  all  employees  in  the  enforcement  of  this 
act.  It  shall  prescribe,  publish  and  authorize  all  application  forms 
and  blanks  required  under  this  act. 


19211  Chapter    122.  227 

Sect.  23.     Evei-v  store  or  shop  where  druffs  and  medieines  or y^at  shall  be 

'■  '^  deemed 

cheniieals  are  dispensed  or  sold  at  retail,  or  displayed  for  sale  at  prima  fade  a 
retail  or  where  prescriptions  are  compounded  or  which  has  upon  it 
or  in  it  as  a  sign  the  words  pharmacist,  pharmaceutical  chemist, 
apothecary,  druggist,  pharmacy,  drug  store,  drugs,  or  their  equiva- 
lent in  any  language  shall  be  deemed  prima-facie  evidence  of  the 
sale  of  drugs. 

Sect.  24.     No  person  shall  conduct  a  store  for  the  sale  at  retail  ^'"  drug  store 

T  T    •  •  ■  T-11        fi^^aW   be    run 

01  drugs  and  medicines  unless  such  store  is  registered  with  and  a  without  a  permit, 
permit  therefor  has  been  issued  by  the  board  of  pharmacy  except 
as  herein  provided. 

Sect.  25.     The  board  of  pharmacy  shall  upon  application  issue  Pei-mits,  to  whom 

p  ,  ,  -T        P     n  -,  to    be    issued. 

a  permit  to  maintain  a  store  tor  the  sale  at  retail  oi  drugs  and 
medicines  to  such  persons,  firms  or  corporations  as  they  may  deem 
to  be  qualified  to  conduct  such  a  .store,  such  permit  to  be  known 
as  a  registered  pharmacist's  permit  which  shall  permit  the  com- 
pounding of  medicines  upon  physicians'  prescriptions,  and  for  the 
manufacture,  sale  and  distribution  of  drugs,  medicines  and  poisons, 
such  place  of  business  to  be  under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  regis- 
tered pharmacist. 

Sect.  26.     Application  for  pennit  shall  be  made  in  such  manner  Fee:  permit  shall 
and  in  such  form  as  the  board  may  determine.     The  fee  for  such  conspi'Juo'i^s  "^ 
permit  shall  be  the  sum  of  five  dollars.     The  permit  shall  at  alP'''*"^^- 
times  be  exposed  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  store  for  which  per- 
mit is  issued  and  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  January  following 
the  date  of  its  issue. 

Sect.  27.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  who  is  not  a  regis-  unlawful  for 
tered  pharmacist  or  assistant  pharmacist  to  compound,  dispense,  J^egf^tereTphar- 
dispose  of  or  offer  for  sale  any  potent  drug  or  medicine,  except  as  "'^^pound ''or  *° 
herein  provided,  but  this  shall  not  in  any  way  interfere  with  the'^^fj'^'ig^'^g^''^^^' 
prescribing  and  dispensing  to  their  patients  bv  physicians,  dentists  physicians, 

•  •  1  1      1  1      1         1       T       1  "  n  dentists    and 

or  veterinarians,  the  sale  by  wholesale  dealers  or  manufacturers,  nor  certain  others. 
with  the  sale  of  proprietary  remedies,   in  original  packages,  nor 
with  the  sale  of  drugs  and  medicines  when  intended  for  agricultural, 
technical  and  industrial  use. 

Sect.  28.     Dealers  shall  have  the  right  to  sell  at  retail  the  fol- i^e^'ei's  may  seii 
lowing  named  articles  in  original  packages  only,  when  put  up  by  af  r^etaii^'in 
or  under  the  direction  of  a  registered  pharmacist  of  this  or  some onlyl^wherpuT^^ 
other  state  ;  compound  licorice  powder,  Roehelle  salts,  sodium  phos-  pLrmacfs^t!''"^'^ 
phate,  tannin,  tincture  of  aconite,  tincture  of  arnica,  tincture  of 
iodine,  sweet  tincture  of  rhubarb,  aromatic  tincture  of  rhubarb, 
chloroform  liniment,    sulphuric   ether,    aromatic   spirits  ammonia, 
stronger  water  of  ammonia,  ointment  oxide  of  zinc,  pills  or  tablets 
sulphate  of  quinine,  extract  cascara,  calomel,  cathartic  compound, 
soda  mint,  soda  mint  and  pepsin,  and  chlorate  of  potassium.     Such 
packages  shall  bear  the  label  of  the  distributor  or  manufacturer 
with  the  proper  medicinal  dose  if  a  remedy  used  internally,  and  in 


228  Chapter  122.  [1921 

the  case  of  poisons  the  word  Poison  shall  be  displayed  thereon  in  a 
conspicuous  manner,  with  the  antidote  for  a  poisonous  dose,  pro- 
vided, however,  that  this  act  shall  in  no  way  interfere  with  the  sale 
at  retail  of  the  following :  Alum,  blue  vitriol,  borax,  camphor  gum, 
chlorinated  lime,  copperas,  essence  peppermint,  essence  wintergreen, 
Epsom  salts,  extract  witch  hazel,  Glauber  salts,  castor  oil,  oil  tur- 
pentiae,  liniment  camphor,  peroxide  of  hydrogen,  saltpetre,  sul- 
phur, sweet  spirits  nitre,  cottonseed  oil,  household  ammonia,  and 
household  or  flavoring  extracts. 
vilvmll7  shall  Sect.  29.  The  proprietor  of  a  pharmacy  shall  at  all  times  keep 
keep  record  book  jj^  hig  place  of  busiucss  a  rccord  book  in  which  shall  be  entered  all 
cena1n%rticies.  sales  of  the  followiug  other  than  sales  to  physicians,  dentists  and 
veterinarians,  and  sales  made  upon  a  prescription  of  a  physician, 
dentist  or  veterinarian:  arsenous  acid  (arsenic  trioxide),  mercuric 
chloride,  hydrocyanic-  acid,  potassium  cyanide,  cyanide  mixture, 
strychnine  and  its  salts  except  in  proper  dosage  in  pill  or  tablet 
form.  Such  record  shall  show  in  parallel  columns  the  date  of  sale, 
name  of  article  sold,  quantity  of  article  sold,  purpose  for  which  it 
is  to  be  used,  the  name  or  initials  of  the  dispenser  with  the  signa- 
ture and  address  of  the  purchaser;  and  shall  at  all  times  during 
business  hours  be  open  for  inspection  by  any  police  officer,  sheriff, 
city  or  town  representative,  or  any  representative  of  the  commis- 
sion of  pharmacy;  and  shall  be  preserved  for  a  period  of  not  less 
than  two  years  from  and  after  the  date  of  the  last  entry  made 
therein. 

Sect.  30.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall 
be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than 
five  hundred  dollars  or  to  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one 
year  either  or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
Annual  report  to       Sect.  31.     The  board  shall  file  with  the  secretary  of  state  on  or 

governor    and  ,      n  -r-.  ^  ■  -,  t  -i 

council.  before  December  m  each  year  a  report  to  the  governor  and  council 

upon  the  condition  of  pharmacy  in  the  state  and  containing  a  rec- 
ord of  their  acts  and  proceedings, 
tfr^fif  al^ve^r  Sect.  32.     The  suiu  of  two  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appro- 

ending  1922         priated  for  the  fiscal  vear  ending  1922  and  the  sum  of  two  thousand 

and     19''*3  " 

dollars  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  1923. 
t^k^erefffct^'in''^^'  Sect.  33.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  repealing 
July  1,  1921.  g^jjy.  q£  ^YiQ  provisions  of  chapter  147,  Laws  of  1917,  or  amendments 
thereto,  but  chapter  135  of  the  Public  Statutes  (as  amended  in 
chapter  47,  Laws  of  1901  and  chapter  116,  Laws  of  1909)  and  sec- 
tion 13,  chapter  269  of  the  Public  Statutes  and  all  other  acts  or 
parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed  and  this 
act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1921. 

[Approved  April  13.  1921.] 


Penalty    for 
violations  of   act 


1921 


Chapters  123,  124. 


229 


CHAPTER  123. 

AN    ACT    RELATING    TO    THE    CONSOLIDATION    OF    SEPARATE    SCHOOL    DIS- 
TRICTS WITHIN  A   TOWN   OR   CITY. 


Section'  1.      S:hool  districts  ho\ 


be  consolidated. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


how  may  be  con- 
When  a  town  or  city  is  divided  soiidated. 


Section  1. 
by  adding  the  following  paragraph 
into  two  or  more  districts,  either  district  may  petition  the  state 
board  of  education  to  unite  the  districts  and,  if  the  board  after 
notice  and  hearing  finds  that  justice  requires  action,  it  may  make 
an  order  consolidating  the  districts,  and  when  and  after  that  order 
is  filed  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state  said  town 
shall  constitute  a  single  school  district. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  124. 

ACT    RELATING    TQ    CONTRACTS    OF    SCHOOL    DISTRICTS    WITH    HIGH 
SCHOOLS  OR  ACADEMIES  OUTSIDE  THE  STATE. 


Section 

1.  Contracts  for  tuition  may  be  made 
■with  high  schools  or  academies 
outside  of  state. 


Sectiox 

2.  Repealing  clause. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


e  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Amend  sections  7  and  8,  chapter  96,  Laws  of  1901,  Contracts  for  tui- 

'  i  tion  may  be  made 

as  inserted  bv  chapter  100,  Laws  of  1909.  bv  striking  out  the  Avordswith  high  schools 

, ,         ,       .  ■        ,  , .        . ,       ,  ,     "  .  .  ,  .  or    academies    out- 

bordering  on  the  state  line  wherever  they  occur  m  said  sections,  side  of  state. 
so  that  said  sections  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  7.  Any  school 
district  in  towns  not  having  a  liigh  school  or  school  of  corresuonding 
grade,  may  make  contracts  with  high  schools  or  academies  in  towns 
and  cities  located  out  of  the  state,  whenever  by  reason  of  distance 
and  transportation  facilities  such  schools  outside  the  state  are  more 
accessible  to  the  pupils,  and  may  raise  and  appropriate  money  to 
carry  such  contracts  into  effect,  provided,  however,  that  every  such 
academy  or  high  school  shall  be  approved  by  the  board  of  educa- 
tion, in  accordance  with  section  4,  chapter  96,  session  Laws  of  1901, 


230 


Chapter  125. 


[1921 


and  acts  in  amendment  thereof  and  addition  thereto.  Sect.  8.  Any 
district  in  a  town  not  maintaining  a  high  school  or  school  of  corre- 
sponding grade  shall  pay  for  the  tuition  of  any  child,  who,  with 
parents  or  guardian  resides  in  said  district  and  who  attends  a  high 
school  or  academy  located  out  of  the  state,  whenever  by  reason  of 
distance  and  transportation  facilities  such  schools  outside  the  state 
are  more  accessible  to  the  pupils,  provided,  however,  that  every  such 
academy  or  high  school  shall  be  approved  by  the  board  of  education, 
in  accordance  with  section  4,  chapter  96,  session  Laws  of  1901,  and 
acts  in  amendment  thereof  and  addition  thereto,  and  the  parents  or 
guardian  of  such  child  shall  notify  the  school  board  of  the  district 
in  which  he  resides  of  the  high  school  or  academy  which  he  desires 
to  attend,  and  the  approval  of  the  school  board  shall  be  neeessaiy 
in  all  cases  arising  under  this  section. 
Repealing  clause,  Sect.  2.  This  act  shall  be  dccmcd  to  supersede  in  its  provisions 
any  provisions,  inconsistent  therewith,  of  an  act  to  revise  and  codify 
the  school  laws  of  the  state,  passed  at  the  present  session  of  the 
legislature. 

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


Takes  effect  on 
passaee. 


[Approved  April  14.  1921.] 


CHAPTER  125. 

AX  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OP  CHAPTER  106,  LAWS  OF  1919,  RELATING  TO 
PUBLIC   SCHOOLS. 


Sectiox 

1.  Certain  session  laws  repealed. 

2.  Qualifications   and   duties  of   deputy 

commissioners,  superintendents, 
etc.,  teachers  and  employees  shall 
be  prescribed  by  state  board ; 
also  subjects  to  be  taught. 

3.  Salaries    of    superintendents    of    un- 

ions to  be  fixed  at  $2000;  union 
may  increase  same  and  shall  pay 
excess  into  state  treasury. 

4.  State      treasurer      shall      determine 

amount  due  from  each  school 
district;    may  issue  extent. 

5.  State    board    may    reduce    time    of 

maintenance  of  standard  elemen- 
tary schools. 
Surplus  revenue  above  cost  of 
maintaining  standard  elementary 
schools,  etc.,  to  be  paid  by  dis- 
trict to  state  treasurer. 


Section 

State   board   may    suspend    or    mod- 
ify obligations  of  district. 

6.  Transportation   of  pupils. 

7.  State  aid  to  districts;    limitation  of 

amount. 

8.  •  State    tax    to    be    assessed    in    unor- 

ganized parts  of  state  and  in 
towns  not  maintaining  schools; 
value  how  determined;  tax  how 
to   be   collected. 

9.  Abolition    of    illiteracy    and    instruc- 

tion of  illiterates  over  fourteen. 
Americanization       of       immi^ants. 


10. 


Repealing  clause. 
When    certain    sections    shall 
effect. 


1921]  Chapter    125.  231 

Be  it   enacted   ly  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  L     Section  3,  chapter  96,  Laws  of  1901,  as  amended  by  f^^^^^^y^^^jf;" 
chapter  89,  Laws  of  1905;    section  9,  chapter  96,  Laws  of  1901,  as 
inserted  by  section  1,  chapter  100,  Laws  of  1909 ;    and  subsection 
(9),  section  30,  chapter  106,  Laws  of  1919,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sect.  2.     Amend  subsection  (3),  section  5  of  said  chapter  '^06,'^^^}^^"^}'"^^^^^^^ 
Laws  of  1919,  by  strikinar  out  in  the  fourth  line  the  words  "required commissioners, 

.  ,  .  ,.  .  .'  superintendents, 

to  be  taught  and  the  minnnum  educational     and  msertnig  m  place  etc.,  teachers  and 
thereof  the  words  recommended  to  be  taught  and  the  educational ;  prescribed  by 
further  amend  said  section  by  striking  out  all  of  said  section  after  sIibTects^^o  he^^°  ■ 
the   word   "employees"    in   line   seven   so  that   the   subsection   as*^"^*^** 
amended  shall  read  as  follows:    (3)      The  state  board  shall  prescribe 
the  qualifications  and  duties  of  the  deputy  commissioners  provided 
by  section  7  of  this  act,  of  all  superintendents  and  assistant  superin- 
tendents and  teachers  employed  in  the  public  schools,  the  subjects 
recommended  to  be  taught  and  the  educational  standards  for  all 
grades  of  the  public  schools ;    also  prescribe  the  qualifications  and 
duties  of  its  employees. 

Sect.  3.  Amend  subsection  (8) ,  section  9  of  said  chapter,  by  strik-  fjf/g^,[^'g'',,j°*  ^^^^''' 
ing  out  the  whole  of  said  subsection  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  unions  to  be  fixed 

,,„„,,  .       .       at    $2000;      union 

the  following:    (8)      The  state  board  shall  fix  the  salary  or  salaries  may  increase 
of  the  superintendents  and  assistant  superintendents  for  the  super-  pay  ^excess  "into 
visory  unions  at  $2,000  per  year,  but  any  union  may  add  such  sum^****^  treasury. 
as  it  sees  fit  to  the  salary  of  the  superintendent  or  assistant  superin- 
tendent as  fixed  by  the  state  board,  and  in  that  event  the  treasurer 
of  the  union  before  December  first  of  each  year  shall  pay  such  ex- 
cess salary  or  salaries  into  the  state  treasury.     Upon  the  sworn 
statement  of  the  commissioner  of  education  the  salaries  of  all  super- 
intendents  and   assistant   superintendents   as   thus  fixed   and   de- 
termined shall  be  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  monthly  upon  the 
warrant  of  the  governor  and  council. 

Sect.  4.     Amend  section  10  of  said  chapter  by  adding  thereto  state  treasurer 
the  following  paragraph  :    The  state  treasurer  shall  determine  the  Infount^  du™' from 
amount  that  is  due  the  state  from  each  school  district  for  the  yearfri^t.  ^mayS^sue 
for  which  the  two-dollar  tax  is  levied  under  the  provisions  of  this  ^^'^nt. 
section,  and  notify  the  school  board  thereof  on  or  before  February 
first ;    and  may  issue  an  extent  for  all  sums  that  are  unpaid  after 
December  first  of  any  year. 

Sect.  5.     Amend  section  1,  chapter  92  of  the  Public  Statutes  as  state  board  may 
amended  by  section  20,  chapter  106,  Laws  of  1919,  by  striking  out  ^^fj^^^tlnaSe  of 
subsection   (2)   and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:    (2)  standard    eiemen- 
If  in  any  district  the  school  board  shall  decide  that  by  reason  of  Surplus     revenue 
special  conditions  or  circumstances  the  maintenance  of  standard  maintaining 
elementary  schools  for  thirty-six  weeks  in  said  district  is  undesir-  e/c.^'lo'be  pa^id^by 
able,  said  school  board  may  so  represent  in  writing  to  the  state  fi!|asurer.°  "sta% 


232 


Chapter    125. 


[1921 


board  may  sus- 
pend or  modifj' 
obligations  of 


Transpo 
of  pupil 


board.  If  upon  hearing  the  state  hoard  shall  he  of  the  opinion  that 
the  maintenance  of  standard  elementary  schools  in  such  district  is 
undesirable,  it  may  reduce  the  time  of  maintaining  sucli  schools  in 
said  district  within  such  limits  as  it  may  consider  wise. 

In  any  district  in  which  the  money  produced  by  a  tax  of  three 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  on  a  thousand  dollars  of  the  value  of  the 
ratable  estates  in  the  district  is  more  than  sufficient  to  equip  and 
maintain  standard  elementary  schools,  provide  school  buildings  and 
pay  the  cost  of  high  scliool  tuition  for  the  pupils  of  the  district,  the 
treasurer  of  the  district  shall  pay  over  to  the  state  treasurer,  as 
soon  as  may  be  after  the  close  of  the  school  year  and  not  later  than 
October  first,  a  sum  equal  to  that  raised  by  the  tax  of  three  dollars 
and  fifty  cents  on  each  thousand  dollars  of  ratable  estates  in  the 
district  less  the  amount  actually  expended  during  the  year  for 
equipping  and  maintaining  standard  elementary  schools,  providing 
school  buildings  and  for  the  cost  of  high  school  tuition  for  the 
pupils  of  the  district. 

If  any  other  provisions  in  the  laws  which  relate  to  education 
shall  be  found  by  the  state  board  to  impose  upon  any  district  obli- 
gations which  by  reason  of  unusual  circumstances  or  of  exceptional 
conditions  in  the  organization  of  that  district  result  in  an  unneces- 
sary expenditure  of  school  money,  or  in  a  procedure  which  is  inimi- 
cal to  the  best  interest  of  education  in  that  district,  the  state  board, 
upon  like  representations,  hearing  and  consideration,  shall  have 
power  to  suspend  or  modify  such  obligations  so  far  and  for  such 
time  as  in  its  judgment  such  suspension  or  modification  may  be 
reasonable. 

All  such  decisions  of  the  state  board  shall  be  made  in  writing, 
recorded  by  it  and  a  copy  sent  for  record  to  the  clerk  of  the  town 
or  school  district  affected  thereby. 

Sect.  6.  Amend  section  1,  chapter  92  of  the  Public  Statutes  as 
amended  by  section  20,  chapter  106,  Laws  of  1919,  by  striking  out 
subsection  (3)  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  (3) 
The  district  shall  furnish  transportation  to  all  pupils  below  the 
ninth  grade  who  live  more  than  two  miles  from  the  school  to  which 
they  are  assigned,  but  when  it  shall  appear  that  children  live  in 
homes  so  remote  from  schools  or  regular  school  transportation  routes 
that  the  cost  of  transportation  would  constitute  an  unreasonable 
expense,  the  school  board  may,  at  the  expense  of  the  district,  board 
the  child  near  a  public  school,  provided,  Jwivever,  that  the  parent  or 
guardian  may  appeal  to  the  commissioner  with  proposals  for  trans- 
portation ])y  himself  or  by  another,  or  with  other  solutions,  and  the 
order  of  the  commissioner  shall  be  final. 

Pupils  who  are  to  be  transported  may  be  required  to  walk  any 
reasonable  part,  not  exceeding  one  mile,  of  the  distance  from  their 
homes  to  the  school.  The  school  board  may  furnish  transportation 
to  pupils  in  grades  above  the  eighth  or  to  any  pupils  residing  less 


1921]  Chapter   125.  233 

than  two  miles  from  the  school  to  which  they  are  assigned  when  it 
finds  that  this  is  desirable,  and  shall  furnish  it  when  directed  by 
the  commissioner  of  education. 

Sect.  7.  Amend  section  22  of  chapter  106,  Laws  of  1919,  by  st.ate_aid^o^dis-^ 
striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section  and  substituting  therefor  the  of  amount. 
following :  Sect.  22.  In  any  district  in  which  a  sum  equal  to  one- 
half  of  one  per  cent,  of  the  ecjualized  valuation  of  the  district,  that 
is,  the  valuation  on  which  the  state  tax  is  apportioned,  is  insufficient 
to  maintain  the  required  elementary  and  special  schools  and  to  pur- 
chase the  required  textbooks,  scholars'  supplies,  flags  and  appur- 
tenances, the  state  board  shall  provide  the  balance  of  the  money 
necessary  from  the  money  appropriated  to  carry  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act ;  provided,  however,  that  in  towns  or  cities  'comprising 
more  than  one  school  district  no  special  or  town  district  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  benefits  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  unless  the 
town  or  city  in  which  it  is  situated  would  be  entitled,  on  the  basis 
of  the  expenditures  of  the  previous  year,  to  the  benefits  thereof  if 
it  constituted  a  single  district;  and  provided,  furthermore,  that  if 
in  any  year  the  approved  claims  of  the  several  districts  entitled  to 
state  aid  shall  be  in  excess  of  the  appropriation  a  sufficient  number 
of  districts  shall  be  omitted  from  the  distribution  to  bring  the  total 
amount  of  the  grants  within  the  limits  of  the  appropriation.  The 
eliminated  districts  shall  be  those  in  which  payments  for  current 
local  expenditures  for  public  education,  as  measured  in  dollars  and 
cents  per  one  thousand  dollars  of  equalized  valuation,  were,  during 
the  previous  year,  the  lowest ;  except  that  the  state  board  shall 
have  authority  in  its  discretion  to  withhold  from  such  general  dis- 
tribution an  amount  not  exceeding  five  per  cent,  of  the  appropria- 
tion for  state  aid  which  it  may  use  to  furnish  additional  aid  to- dis- 
tricts where  special  need  exists.  As  the  term  is  used  in  this  act,  the 
equalized  valuation  of  a  school  district  is  the  equalized  valuation  of 
the  city  or  town  of  which  it  is  composed  ;  and  in  a  city  or  town 
comprising  more  than  one  school  district,  the  equalized  valuation  of 
any  district  shall  be  such  a  fraction  of  the  equalized  valuation  of 
the  whole  city  or  town  as  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  district  is  of 
the  assessed  valuation  of  the  whole  city  or  town.  The  sum  total  of 
aid  granted  in  any  year  to  any  district,  or  to  all  the  districts  of  any 
one  town,  shall  not  exceed  $6,000. 

Sect.  8.     Amend  section  23  of  said  chapter  so  that  the  section  state  tax  to  be 
shall  read  as  follows :   Sect.  23.     The  state  treasurer  shall  annually  ganlzed   parts°''o'f 
assess  a  tax  of  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  on  the  thousand  dollars  towL ''"rfnt ''^main- 
of  the  value  of  the  ratable  estates  taxable  in  the  unorganized  parts ^/ahi^e^^hnw^de^' 
of  the  state  and  in  towns  in  which  no  schools  are  maintained,  for*^™''!^^;  ,^»*    , 

-  „         -  .  '  now     to      be      col 

the  benefit  of  the  public  schools,  as  the  value  was  determined  by  the'ected. 
tax  commissioners  for  the  purpose  of  making  the  last  apportionment 
of  the  state  tax,  and  the  tax  shall  be  collected  in  the  same  way  as 
the  state  tax. 


234 


Chapter   126. 


[1921 


Abolition     of     illit 
eracy  and  in 
struction 
erates     over 
teen. 


four- 


Americanization 
of  immigrants, 
etc. 


Repealing     cla 


When     certain 
sections   shall   tak< 
effect. 


Sect.  9  Amend  subsection  ( 1 ) ,  seetiorx  30  of  said  chapter  by  sub- 
of  illit- stituting  the  word  fourteen  for  the  word  "sixteen,"  so  that  said 
subsection  shall  read  as  follows:  (1)  For  the  abolition  of  illiteracy 
and  for  the  instruction  of  illiterates  over  fourteen  years  of  age  in 
common  school  branches  and  in  the  privileges,  duties  and  responsi- 
bilities of  citizenship. 

Sect.  10.  Amend  subsection  (2),  section  30  of  said  chapter,  by 
substituting  the  word  fourteen  in  place  of  the  word  "sixteen,"  so 
that  said  subsection  shall  read  as  follows :  (2)  For  the  AAiericani- 
zation  of  immigrants,  for  the  teaching  of  those  fourteen  years  of 
age  and  over  to  speak  and  read  English  and  to  appreciate  and  re- 
spect the  civic  and  social  institutions  of  the  United  States,  and  for 
instruction  in  the  duties  of  citizenship. 

Sect.  11.  This  act  shall  be  deemed  to  supersede  in  its  provisions 
any  provisions,  inconsistent  therewith,  of  an  act  to  revise  and  codify 
the  school  laws  of  the  state,  passed  at  the  present  session  of  the 
legislature. 

Sect.  12.  Section  6  of  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
Section  3  of  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  September  1,  1921,  and 
all  other  sections  at  the  beginning  of  the  next  school  fiscal  year. 


Approved  April  14,  1921. 


CHAPTER   126. 

AN  act  RELATING  TO   LIGHTS  UPON   CERTAIN   VEHICLES  ON  Pl'P.LIC 
HIGHWAYS. 


Section' 

1.  Vehicles      on      highways     to     carry 

lights. 

2.  Commissioner      of      motor      vehicles 
given    authority   to    enforce   act. 


Section 

3.  Scope  of  act. 

4.  Takes  efTect  on 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Vehicles  on  high-  SECTION  1.  Amend  section  1  of  chapter  105  of  the  Laws  of  1913 
TightV  '''''"''^'  as  amended  by  section  1  of  chapter  26  of  the  Laws  of  1919  by  strik- 
ing out  said  section  and  inserting  instead  thereof  the  following : 
Section  1.  Every  vehicle,  excepting  as  herein  otherwise  provided, 
whether  stationary  or  in  motion,  on  any  public  highway  or  bridge, 
shall  have  attached  to  it  a  light  or  lights,  which  shall  be  so  dis- 
played as  to  be  visible  from  the  front  and  rear,  during  the  period 
from  one-half  hour  after  sunset  to  one-half  hour  before  sunrise ; 
provkled,  however,  that  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  any  vehicle  which 


1921]  Chapter   127.  235 

is  designed  to  be  propelled  by  baud,  or  to  any  vehicle  designed  for 
and  transporting  hay  or  straw. 

Sect    2      Amend  chapter  105  of  the  Laws  of  1913  by  striking  out  Commissioner   of 

^  ■  ^  1      1  f>     1        i?    n         •  motor   vehicles 

all  of  section  7  thereof  and  inserting  instead  thereoi  the  tollowmg :  given  authority  to 
Sect.  7.     The  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  shall  have  authority'""*'"'' 
to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

Sect.  3.  Amend  section  4  of  chapter  105  of  the  Laws  of  1913  ^'^''p*^"^  <"*«*• 
by  striking  out  the  word  "existing"  so  that  said  section  shall  read: 
Sect.  4.  Nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  affect 
the  provisions  of  any  statute,  rule  or  regulation  requiring  lighted 
lamps  on  motor  vehicles,  nor  the  legal  obligation  of  operators,  or 
occupants  thereof. 

Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Ssiy.*^""*  °° 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  127. 

AN   ACT  TO   PROVIDE   FOR   THE   REGISTRATION   OF   PUBT.IC   ACCOUNTANTS. 

Section  Sfction 

1.  Registration  of  public   accountants;  .5.     Certified      public      accountants      of 

bank     commissioners     shall     keep  other  states  may  be  certified  here, 

record   of    all    certificates.  6.      Annual    registration     and     certifica- 

2.  Examinations;     subjects:     qualifica-  tion. 

tion   of   candidates;     fee.  7.      Expenses  of   administering   act. 

3.  Title    of     certified     public     account-  8.      Persons     heretofore     admitted     may 

ants   to   be   used    only   by    persons  continue;    proviso. 

registered.  9.      Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

4.  Suspension     or     revocation     of     cer-     [  passage. 

tifieate;  penalty  for  false  repre- 
sentation that  person  has  cer- 
tificate: practicing  after  revoca- 
tion of  certificate;  accountant's 
gross  negligence  or  wilfully  falsi- 
fying a  report. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and   House    of   Rrpresevfafives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     The  bank  commissioners  shall  have  charge  of  the  Registration  of 
„        ,  ,.  1    11         T  11  public  account- 

registration  of  public  accountants,  shall  make  such  rules  as  are  ants;    bank  com- 

,,1  ..  i?ji-  i  iini  missioners   shall 

necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  shall  keep  a  keep  record  of  aii 
record  of  all  certificates  issued  thereunder,  a  duplicate  of  which  "''''*'^°**'^^' 
shall  be  open  to  inspection  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state. 

Sect.  2.     Examinations  shall  be  held  as  often  as  may  be  deemed  Examinations; 
necessary  in  the  judgment  of  said  commissioners,  but  not  less  fre- c^tion^^of  canTi-' 
quently  than  once  in  each  year  if  there  be  applicants.     These  ex-'^''**'^'     ®® 


236  Chapter    127.  [1921 

aminations  shall  be  given  by  one  or  more  examiners  appointed  by 
said  commissioners ;  and  such  examiners  shall  be  skilled  in  the  art 
of  accounting,  and  shall  have  previously  been  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  public  accounting.  Such  examinations  shall  include  the 
subjects  of  theory  of  accounts,  practical  accounting,  auditing,  com- 
mercial law  as  affecting  accountancy,  and  such  other  subjects  as 
said  commissioners  may  deem  necessary.  Examinations  shall  be 
open  to  any  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  person  who  has  in  good 
faith  declared  his  intention  of  becoming  such  citizen,  who  is  a  legal 
resident  of  New  Hampshire,  being  over  twenty-one  years  of  age,  of 
good  moral  character,  who  shall  have  a  general  education  equivalent 
to  a  public  high  school  course  of  recognized  standing,  who  shall 
have  had  at  least  four  years'  accounting  experience  or  instruction, 
and  who  shall  have  paid  to  said  commissioners  a  fee  of  twenty-five 
(25)  dollars.  If  the  applicant  fails  to  pass  the  examination,  he 
shall,  without  any  additional  fee,  be  entitled  to  take  one  more  ex- 
amination at  any  time  at  which  there  are  other  applicants  to  be  ex- 
amined. 
Title  of  certified        Sect.  3.     Any  such  pcrsou  who  shall  have  successfully  passed 

public   account-  .  .  ,     n    i  .  -,  ,  , . 

ants  to  be  used  Said  cxammatiou  shall  be  registered  as  a  public  accountant,  and 
r?gfsteie^d.  ''"^°''^ shall  reccivc  a  certificate  thereof.  Any  persons  registered  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  entitled  to  style  themselves  certified 
public  accountants ;  and  no  other  person  shall  assume  such  title  or 
use  any  abbreviations  thereof,  or  any  other  words,  letters  or  ab- 
breviations to  indicate  that  the  person  so  using  the  same  is  a  certi- 
fied public  accountant  registered  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
Suspension  or  re-     Sect.  4.     Said  Commissioners  shall  have  power,  after  notice  and 

vocation    of    cer-  .  i        p 

tificate;  penalty    hearing,  to  suspcud  or  revoke  for  good  cause  any  certificate  issued 
sentation  that      by  them.    Ally  person  who  falsely  represents  himself  as  having  re- 
tific'a°te;^'''practic-  ccivcd  a  Certificate  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  who  shall 
tfon  of^certST;  continue  to  practicc  thereunder  after  the  revocation  of  such  cer- 
gro°s"\ieKHgence  tificatc,  shall  bc  dceiued  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  pun- 
or   wiifuiiy"  falsi- ished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment for  a  term  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment.     Should  any  accountant  certified  under  this  act  be 
convicted  of  gross  negligence  or  of  wilfully  falsifying  a  report,  he 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 
Certified  public         Sect.  5.     Ally  citizeu  of  the  United  States  who,  after  examina- 
otherSs^may'^'i^^'  ^^^  ^^^^  admitted  to  practice  as  a  certified  public  accountant 
be  certified  here.'  in  auothcr  statc,  uudcr  a  certificate  issued  by  the  proper  authorities 
of  that  state,  may,  upon  the  payment  of  the  required'  fee,  receive  a 
certificate  to  practice  in  this  state  without  an  examination,  provided 
that  the  requirements  of  such  state  are,  in  the  opinion  of  the  bank 
commissioners,  equivalent  to  those  of  section  2  of  this  act. 


1921  ■  Chapter   128.  237 

Sect.  6.  That  the  bank  commissioners  may  have  periodical  i^i-ttTn^and'^certifica- 
formation  of  the  public  accountants  whom  they  certify,  they  shall  tion. 
require  all  such  accountants  one  year  after  their  admission  to  prac- 
tice in  this  state,  and  each  year  thereafter,  to  register  at  the  bank 
commissioners'  office  by  filing  a  statement  of  their  residence  and 
place  of  business  on  these  dates ;  and  they  shall  be  entitled  to  a 
certificate  that  their  names,  places  of  residence  and  places  of  busi- 
ness are  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  bank  commissioners  and  in  the 
office  of  the  secretary  of  state.  For  this  registration  and  certificate 
a  fee  of  five  dollars  shall  be  charged.  The  name  of  any  accountant 
who  shall  fail  to  register  within  a  reasonable  time  shall  be  dropped 
from  the  records  of  these  offices. 

Sect.  7.     All  expenses  incurred  under  this  act  shall  be  paid  from  Expenses  of  ad- 
the  fees  received  from  the  examinations.  niimstenns  act. 

Sect.  8.     All  persons  heretofore  admitted  to  this  state  as  certified  Persons  hereto- 

^  .  fore     admitted 

public  accountants  shall  contniue  as  such  except  as  they  are  required  ^^y  continue; 

,  ,    ,-,  •    •  £  J.-1  •  4.  proviso. 

to  meet  the  provisions  oi  this  act. 

Sect.  9.     Chapter  127  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  as  amended  by  chap- 'Rfpeaiing  clause; 
ter  28,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  repealed;    and  this  act  shall  take pasLge. ^^ 
effect  on  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  128. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  FOREIGN  INSURANCE   COMPANIES   AND   THEIR 
AGENTS. 


Sec'tiox 

1.      Licensing      of      foreign 
companies. 


Section- 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be  it   enacted   l)y  the  Seriate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  2  of  chapter  169  of  the  Public  Stat- Licensing  of  for- 
utes  as  amended  by  chapter  37  of  the  Laws  of  1907,  by  striking  out  eM%an1es.^"°^ 
the  words  "and  the  whole  amount  of  premiums  on  marine  risks" 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following,  running  one  year  or 
less  from  date  of  policy,  and  a  pro-rata  amount  of  all  premiums  re- 
ceived on  unexpired  risks  running  more  than  one  year  from  date  of 
policy,  and  on  marine  risks  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  premi- 
ums written  on  policies  upon  yearly  risks,  and  upon  risks  covering 
more  than  one  passage  not  terminated,  and  the  full  amount  of 
premiums  w^ritten  on  policies  of  all  other  marine  risks  not  termi- 


238 


Chapter  129. 


[1921 


Takes 
passas; 


nated ;  so  that  said  section  as  thus  amended  shall  read  as  follows : 
Sect.  2.  No  such  joint-stock  insurance  company  shall  be  licensed 
to  do  business  in  the  state  unless  it  shall  possess  a  paid-up  capital 
of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  if  it  engages  in  casualty  or  health 
insurance,  and  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  if  it  engages  in  life 
or  any  other  kind  or  form  of  insurance,  invested  in  securities  readily 
convertible  into  cash,  one  half  at  least  of  which  are  not  loans  se- 
cured by  real  estate ;  nor  unless  it  shall  possess,  in  addition  to  such 
capital,  assets  equal  in  amount  to  all  its  outstanding  liabilities,  esti- 
mating fifty  per  cent,  of  premiums  received  on  unexpired  fire  risks 
running  one  year  or  less  from  date  of  policy,  and  a  pro-rata  amount 
of  all  premiums  received  on  unexpired  risks  running  more  than  one 
year  from  date  of  policy,  and  on  marine  risks  fifty  per  cent,  of  the 
amount  of  premiums  written  on  policies  upon  yearly  risks,  and  upon 
risks  covering  more  than  one  passage  not  terminated,  and  the  full 
amount  of  premiums  written  on  policies  of  all  other  marine  risks 
not  terminated  as  a  liability.  If  it  is  a  life  insurance  company,  the 
premium  reserve  on  life  risks,  based  on  the  actuaries'  table  of  mor- 
tality, with  interest  at  four  per  cent,  shall  be  treated  as  a  liability. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  129. 

AN    ACT    RELATING   TO   THE   DIVISION    OF    THE   STATE   INTO   FOREST   FIRE 
DISTRICTS. 


Section 

1.      State  forester  may  divide  state  into 
fire  districts. 


Skction 

2.      Takes    effect 


on    passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


into    fire    districts. 


State  forester  SECTION  1.     Amend   sectiou   6,   chapter   128,   Laws   of   1909,   as 

may  divide  state  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  166,  Laws  of  1911,  and  section  2, 
chapter  159,  Laws  of  1913,  by  striking  out  the  words  "not  more 
than  four"  in  the  third  line  of  said  section  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  6.  The  state  forester  shall, 
under  the  direction  of  the  forestry  commission,  divide  the  state  into 
fire  districts,  fixing  the  boundaries  of  such  districts  according  to 
efficiency  of  supervision,  and  may  appoint  a  district  chief  in  each 
district.  Said  district  chief  shall  serve  at  the  wall  of  the  state  for- 
ester and  shall  be  allowed  such  wages  and  expenses  as  may  be  fixed 


1921]  Chapter   130.  239 

by  the  forestry  commission  within  the  limits  of  the  appropriation. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  district  chief  to  assist  the  state  forester 
in  directing  and  aiding  all  forest  fire  wardens  and  deputy  forest  fire 
wardens  in  his  district  in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  to 
perform  such  duties  as  the  state  forester  and  forestry  commission 
may  direct  in  the  protection,  improvement,  and  extension  of  forests. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  '^"^^^    '^^'^    °° 


passage. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921. 


CHAPTER  130. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  183  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  191' 
ING  TO  FACTORY  INSPECTION. 


Section  ,    Sectiox 


1.      Factory     inspection:      definition     of 
terms   used   in   act. 


2.  Factory    inspectors    how    appointed; 

powers,    duties    and    compensation 
of  commissioner  of  labor. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and   House   of  Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  1  of  chapter  183  of  the  Laws  of  1917  Factory  inspec- 
as  amended  by  chapter  66  of  the  Laws  of  1919,  by  inserting  after  term's  used'ia  act. 
the  word  "manufacturing"  wherever  the  same  appears  therein  the 
words,  or  mercantile ;  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read 
as  follows:  Section  1.  This  act  shall  apply  only  to  factories, 
mills,  workshops  or  other  manufacturing  or  mercantile  establish- 
ments in  which  three  or  more  persons  are  regularly  employed.  The 
term  employer  as  used  in  this  act  shall  mean  and  include  every  per- 
son, firm,  corporation  or  association  operating  in  this  state  a  factory, 
mill,  workshop  or  other  manufacturing  or  mercantile  establishment 
in  which  three  or  more  persons  are  regularly  employed.  The  term 
place  of  employment  shall  mean  and  include  any  mill,  workshop  or 
other  manufacturing  or  mercantile  establishment  where  three  or 
more  persons  are  regularly  employed,  and  all  buildings,  sheds,  struc- 
tures or  other  places  used  in  connection  therewith.  The  term  em- 
ployee shall  mean  and  include  every  person  employed  to  work  in 
any  such  place  of  employment. 

Sect.  2.     Amend  section  12  of  said  chapter  by  striking  out  the  Factory  inspectors 

how  appointed: 
powers,    duties 
and     compensation 
of   commissioner 

such  mercantile  establishments  as  the  commissioner  of  labor  shall  so  "f  labor. 


240 


Chapter  131. 


[1921 


Takes      effect 
passage. 


designate,  the  commissioner  of  labor  shall,  with  the  approval  of 
the  governor  and  council,  employ  three  competent  persons  who  shall 
be  known  as  factory  inspectors,  one  of  whom  shall  be  a  woman ;  and 
their  compensation  shall  be  fixed  by  the  commissioner  of  labor  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  council,  and  by  striking  out 
in  the  twelfth  line  of  said  section  the  words  "or  workshops''  and 
inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words,  workshops,  commercial  and 
mercantile  establishments;  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall 
read  as  follows :  Sect.  12.  For  the  purpose  of  inspecting  factories, 
workshops,  commercial  and  such  mercantile  establishments  as  the 
commissioner  of  labor  shall  so  designate,  the  commissioner  of  labor 
shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  council,  employ  three 
competent  persons  who  shall  be  known  as  factory  inspectors,  one  of 
whom  shall  be  a  woman ;  and  their  compensation  shall  be  fixed  by 
the  commissioner  of  labor  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  governor 
and  council.  The  commissioner  of  labor  shall  also  have  the  power, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  council,  to  employ  such 
other  assistants  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  proper  discharge  of  his 
duties.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  labor  to  adminis- 
ter and  enforce,  so  far  as  iiot  otherwise  provided  for  in  the  statutes, 
all  laws  relating  to  factories,  workshops,  commercial  and  mercantile 
establishments,  and  all  valid  orders,  rules  or  regulations,  and  he 
shall  receive  as  compensation  for  his  services  rendered  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act  such  sum  as  shall  be  required  to  make  the 
total  of  his  annual  compensation  under  this  and  all  other  acts  the 
sum  of  twenty-seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 
1      Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  131. 


AN   ACT   AMENDING   CHAPTER   221    OF   THE   LAWS   OF   1917    RELATIVE   TO 
THE  TAKING  OF  LAND  FOR  MILITARY  AND  OTHER  PURPOSES. 


Sectiox 

1.  Land  may  be  taken  for 
purposes;  for  parks  fo 
purposes. 


piibli 


Section 

2.  Payment   therefor  how  to   be   madf 

3.  Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Land  may  be  SECTION  1.     Amend  scctiou  1  of  chapter  221  of  the  Laws  of  1917 

tarrpu^oS"     by  inserting  after  the  word,  "purpose"  in  the  last  Ihie  thereof,  the 
fk  ^ur'^oser  ^"^'' following:    or  for  parks  for  public  purposes,  so  that  said  section 


1921]  Chapter  132.  241 

when  thus  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Section  1.  The  gov- 
ernor, with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  is  hereby  empow- 
ered to  acquire  on  behalf  of  the  state,  either  by  purchase,  or  other- 
wise as  hereinafter  provided,  any  real  estate  within  the  state  which 
they  may  deem  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  national  guard,  the  re- 
serve militia  or  for  any  other  military  purpose,  or  for  parks  for 
public  purposes,  and  to  accept  deeds  thereof  in  the  name  of  the 
state. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  section  3,  chapter  221,  Laws  of  1917,  by  strik- Payment  therefor 
ing  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  follow- 
ing: Sect.  3.  The  governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
council,  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  upon  any  money 
in  the  treasury  available  for  military  purposes  or  not  otherwise 
appropriated  in  payment  for  real  estate  acquired  for  military  pur- 
poses under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or,  if  land  is  so  acquired  for 
other  public  purposes,  only  upon  money  appropriated  for  such  [)ar- 
poses. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  paSa^ge.^^^''    "'^ 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  132. 

AN    ACT    RELATING    TO    THE    SALE,    QUALITY    AND    STANDARDS    OF    DAIRY 
PRODUCTS. 


Section 

1.      Name    of    producer,     etc.,    of    dairy 
products  to  be  on  container. 


Section 

2.     Tates    effect    on    passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Amend  section  5,  chapter  156,  Laws  of  1917,  by  strik- Name  of  pro- 
ing  out  all  of  sliid  section  after  the  word  "producer"  in  line  three,  daTi"' pro^duct^s 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:  or  distributor,  so  that^"  °"  container 
said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :   Sect.  5.     Every  can, 
bottle  or  other  container  in  which  standardized  milk  is  shipped,  sold 
or  delivered,  at  wholesale  or  retail,  shall  bear  a  label  or  tag  giving 
the  name  of  the  producer  or  distributor. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

'■  1  o  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


242 


Chapters  133,  134. 
CHAPTER  133. 


[1921 


AN   ACT   RELATING   TO   THE    SALARY   OF   THE   REGISTER    OP    PROBATE   OF 
SULLIVAN  COUNTY. 


Section 

1.      Salary 
Sulli 


of    register    of    ijrobate    of 
an    county   fixed. 


Section 

2.     Takes    effect    on    passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

of'proba°tVJsuT  SECTION  1.  Froiii  and  after  April  1,  1921,  the  salary  of  the 
liTan  county  fixed,  register  of  probate  of  Sullivan  county  shall  be  twelve  hundred  dol- 
lars per  annum  payable  as  now  provided  by  law. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


Takes     effect 
passage. 


CHAPTER  134. 

AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  STR.VFFORD  COUNTY  TO  DEFRAY  THE  EXPENSES  OF 
JOHN  E.  WEEDEN  INCIDENT  TO  THE  TRIAL  OF  STATE  V.  JOHN  E. 
WEEDEN,  FOR  MANSLAUGHTER. 


Section 

1.      Authorizes      payment      of      his 
penses  in  State  v.  Weeden. 


Section 

2.      Takes   effect  on   passage. 


Be  it   enacted  hy  the  Senate   and   House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

men't^of'^his^ex-         SECTION  1.     That  the  presiding  justice  of  the  superior  court  for 
penses  in  State  v.  Strafford  couiitv  be  authorized  to  approve,  and  the  county  commis- 

Weeden.  o        •  t  '  i        •       n 

sioners  of  said  county  be  authorized  to  pay,  not  exceeding  twelve 
hundred  dollars,  bills  for  preparation  for  trial,  procuring  witnesses, 
counsel  fees  and  other  expenses  incurred  by  John  'E.  "Weeden  in 
defending  himself  against  a  charge  of  manslaughter,  upon  which  he 
was  tried  and  acquitted  in  said  county  in  October,  1920,  said  charge 
having  been  preferred  against  him  by  reason  of  his  having  shot  and 
killed  a  man,  while  he,  the  said  John  E.  Weeden,  was  in  the  per- 
formance of  his  duty  as  a  police  officer  of  the  city  of  Somersworth, 
in  said  county  and  state  of  New  Hampshire. 

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


Takes      effect 
passage. 


[Approved  April  14, 1921.] 


1921] 


Chapter   135. 


243 


CHAPTER  135. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTERS  24  AND  282  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STAT- 
UTES RELATING  TO   COMMON   JAILS  AND   THE  PRISONERS  THEREIN. 


Section* 

1.  Two  jails  to   be  maintained,   one   at 

Haverhill  and  one  at  Manchester ; 
other  Jails  to  be  sold;  transfer 
of  prisoners. 

2.  Commitments     how     made:      county 

maintaining  jail  entitled  to  com- 
pensation. 


Section 

3.  Employment  of  prisoners;     compen- 

sation to  county  for  their  labor. 

4.  House     of     correction;       custodian; 

salary. 

5.  Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Two  iails  shall  be  kept  and  maintained  in  the  state,  Two  jails  to  be 

,  .,,  ,  _^         ,  1         e         •  1     •    -1  1      maintained,    one 

one  at  Haverhill  and  one  at  JMan Chester,  each  oi  said  jaiis  to  beat  Haverhiii  and 

maintained  by  the  county  in  which  it  is  located;    and  the  county ter:   other  jaiis 

commissioners  of  all  other  counties  in  the  state  are  hereby  author- fer^of^piJlJoJei^s"^' 

ized  to  close,  sell,  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  jails  in  their  counties, 

including  the  real  estate  and  all  appurtenances  used  in  connection 

with  said  jails,  the  proceeds  from  such  sale  or  disposal  in  any  county 

to  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer  for  the  general  use  of  that  county. 

Whenever  a  jail  is  closed,  any  justice  of  the  superior  court,  either 

in  term  time  or  in  vacation,  may  thereupon  order  the  prisoners  then 

confined  in  such  jail  to  be  removed  therefrom  to  some  other  jail  in 

the  same  or  another  county  to  be  designated  by  said  justice  as  a 

substitute  for  the  jail  so  closed,  there  to  be  detained  in  the  same 

manner  and  by  the  same  process  as  in  the  jail  from  which  they  Avere 

so  removed  until  again  removed  by  like  process  or  discharged  ac-    ' 

cording  to  law. 

Sect.  2.     Commitments  of  persons  held  for  trial  or  upon  sentence  Commitments 

11  ••!  ITT-       ^^0-w  made; 

or  tor  any  other  cause  may  be  made  to  any  jail  not  closed  as  desig- county  maintain- 
nated  by  a  justice  of  the  superior  court;    if  to  a  jail  in  another  compensation.^ 
county,  the  county  from  which  they  are  committed  shall  pay  the 
county  maintaining  the  jail  a  reasonable  sum  for  their  care  and 
board,  said  sum  to  be  determined  in  case  of  disagreement  by  the 
superior  court. 

Sect.  3.     Employment  shall,  if  possible,  be  provided  for  the  jiris-  Employment  of 
oners  in  the  jails,  and  the  county  maintaining  a  jail  shall  pay  tOpVnsatlon  to''°™ 
any  other  county  from  which  prisoners  are  committed  such  sum  for  iab°r.^ 
their  labor  as  may  be  agreed  upon  or  as  the  superior  court  shall  ad- 
judge to  be  equitable,  said  sum  to  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer. 

Sect.  4.     The  several  counties  shall  each  maintain  a  house  of  cor-  House  of  correc- 
rection  at  some  suitable  place  in  the  county,  and  the  county  commis- sl?rr'y.  ™^  "  "*'^' 
sioners  of  each  county  are  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  a  custodian 
of  all  persons  committed  thereto  and  also  of  all  jDcrsons  committed  to 


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[1921 


the  jail,  if  any,  in  that  county ;   to  fix  their  salaries ;    and  to  draw 
their  order  on  the  county  treasurer  to  pay  the  same, 
^s'' effect ''in"^^'      ^^^'^-  5.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are 
passage.  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1S21.] 


CHAPTER  136. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  120  OF  THE  SESSION  LAWS  OF  1909, 
PROVIDING  FOR  A  BOARD  OF  PAROLE. 


Section 

1.  Board    of    parole    created;     duties; 

parole  officer. 

2.  Arrest    of    paroled    convict;      hear- 

ing;   convict  may  employ  counsel. 


Section 

3.  Recommitment    of    convict    to    servo- 

remainder  of  sentence. 

4.  Repealing    clause;      takes    eiifect    on 

passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Sealed  ;°^  duties'!  SECTION  1.  Amend  section  3,  chapter  120,  Laws  of  1909,  as 
parole  officer.  '  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  116,  Laws  of  1919,  by  striking  out 
the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 
Sect.  3.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  state  prison  is  hereby  created 
a  board  of  parole,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  have  the  legal  custody  of 
all  convicts  released  upon  parole  until  they  receive  their  final  dis- 
charge or  are  remanded  to  prison. 

They  shall  appoint  some  suitable  person  to  act  under  their  direc- 
tion under  the  title  of  parole  officer.  Such  parole  officer  shall  re- 
ceive for  his  services  a  salary  of  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum, 
together  with  the  necessary  and  reasonable  expenses  actually  in- 
curred by  him  in  the  performance  of  his  duties  as  such  officer,  said 
expense  account  to  be  audited  by  the  board  of  trustees  and  to  be 
paid  quarterly  out  of  the  money  in  the  state  treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated  upon  the  warrant  of  the  governor.  Such  parole  offi- 
cer shall  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of  said  board  of  trus- 
tees, who  shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations  relative  to  the  per- 
formance of  his  duties  as  such  parole  officer  as  in  their  judgment 
is  deemed  advisable. 

The  board  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  their  doings  and  shall  report 
thereon  to  the  governor  and  council  quarterly,  and  oftener  when 
by  them  required. 
Arrest  of  paroled     Sect.  2.     Amend  scction  4,  chapter  120,  Laws  of  1909,  bv  strik- 

convict;      hearing;  if  5  '      . 

convict  may  em-  ing  out  the  entire  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  follow- 
ing:   Sect.  4.     When  it  appears  to  the  board  of  parole  that  any^ 


1921]  Chapter   136.  245 

convict  released  from  the  state  prison  on  a  permit  from  the  gov- 
ernor and  council  nnder  the  provisions  of  section  2  of  this  act  has 
violated  the  terms  of  this  permit,  or  has  violated  the  law,  or  has 
fallen  among  criminal  companions,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board 
to  file  a  sworn  complaint  against  said  convict,  setting  forth  the  facts, 
with  one  of  the  clerks  of  the  superior  court.  Thereupon  said  clerk 
shall  issue  a  capias  for  the  arrest  and  production  before  the  court 
of  the  paroled  convict,  and  he  may  be  thereupon  arrested  by  any 
sheriff  or  his  deputy  or  any  constable  or  police  officer  and  brought 
before  a  justice  of  the  superior  court,  in  term  time  or  vacation. 
Said  convict  may  be  committed  to  jail  to  await  the  determination  of 
the  proceedings.  At  the  hearing  upon  such  complaint  the  board  of 
parole  shall  be  entitled  to  the  assistance  of  the  attorney-general  or 
the  solicitor  of  the  county  in  which  the  hearing  is  held,  and  the 
convict  may  employ  counsel  to  act  in  his  behalf  in  such  proceedings. 
If  the  complaint  is  filed  in  any  other  county  than  that  from  which 
the  respondent  was  originally  committed,  the  clerk  of  said  court 
shall  upon  the  termination  of  the  hearing,  transmit  the  papers  to 
the  clerk  of  the  court  for  the  county  from  which  the  respondent  was 
originally  committed,  to  be  by  him  filed  with  the  papers  in  the 
original  proceeding. 

Sect.  3.  Amend  section  6,  chapter  120,  Laws  of  1909,  by  adding  Recommitment  of 
at  the  end  of  said  section  the  following:  Provided,  lioivever,  that  in  remainder  of  sen- 
case  a  convict  so  recommitted  shall  properly  conduct  himself  in 
every  way  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  warden  of  the  prison  he  shall, 
UDon  the  recommendation  of  the  warden,  be  allowed  not  more  than 
three  days  in  each  month  during  the  remainder  of  his  sentence,  to 
be  deducted  from  the  maximum  term  for  such  good  behavior,  so  that 
said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  6.  A  convict 
so  recommitted  shall  serve  the  remainder  of  his  maximum  sentence 
and  in  computing  the  period  of  his  confinement  the  time  between 
his  release  upon  permit  and  the  time  of  his  return  to  prison  shall  not 
be  considered  as  any  part  of  the  term  of  his  original  sentence.  Pro- 
vided, however,  that  in  case  a  convict  so  recommitted  shall  properly 
conduct  himself  in  every  way  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  warden  of 
the  prison  he  shall,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  warden,  be 
allowed  not  more  than  three  days  in  each  month  during  the  re- 
mainder of  his  sentence,  to  be  deducted  from  the  maximum  term  for 
such  good  behavior. 

Sect.  4.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  areKepeaiing  clause; 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage.  Sfagf  "'*  "'^ 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


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CHAPTER  137. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  13  (e)  OF  CHAPTER  164  OF  THE 
LAWS  OF  1911,  AS  AMENDED  BY  SECTION  13  (e)  OF  CHAPTER  145  OP 
THE  LAWS  OF  1913  AND  CHAPTER  162  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1919  RELATING 
TO  THE  POWERS  OP  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION. 


Section 

1.  Exercise  of  eHiinent  domain  by 
public  utility;  appraisal  of  dam- 
ages in  case  of  railroads. 


Sectiox 

2.     Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Exercise  of  emi-  SECTION  1.  Sectioii  13  (e)  of  chapter  164  of  the  Laws  of.  1911, 
public  utility;  "ap- as  amended  by  section  13  (e)  of  chapter  145  of  the  Laws  of  1913 
ages^ln  °case^™f  aiid  chapter  162  of  the  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting 
railroads.  after  the  word  ' '  proceedings ' '  in  the  fourth  sentence  the  words  ex- 

cept with  respect  to  the  appraisal  of  damages,  so  that  said  section 
as  amended  shall  read  as  follows;  (e)  Whenever  it  is  necessary  in 
order  to  meet  the  reasonable  requirements  of  service  to  the  public 
that  any  railroad  corporation  or  public  utility  subject  to  supervision 
under  this  act  should  construct  a  line,  branch  line,  extension  or  a 
pipe  line,  conduit,  line  of  poles,  towers  or  wires  across  the  land  of 
any  other  person  or  corporation,  or  should  acquire  land  or  flowage 
or  drainage  rights  for  necessary  extension  or  improvement  of  any 
plant,  water  power  or  other  works  owned  or  operated  by  such  rail- 
road corporation  or  public  utility,  and  such  railroad  corporation  or 
public  utility  cannot  agree  with  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  land  or 
rights  as  to  the  necessity  or  the  price  to  be  paid  therefor,  such  rail- 
road corporation  or  public  utility  may  petition  the  commission  for 
such  rights  and  easements  or  for  permission  to  take  such  lands  or 
rights  as  may  be  needed  for  said  purposes,  but  no  such  taking  of 
flowage  or  drainage  rights  shall  affect  the  right  of  a  town  in  any 
highway  or  bridge.  In  any  case  where  a  public  utility  or  rail- 
road shall  petition  to  acquire  flowage  or  drainage  rights  under 
authority  of  this  section,  the  rights  of  all  parties  to  such 
proceedings  shall  be  determined  as  herein  provided  and  the 
provisions  of  sections  12  to  19,  inclusive,  of  chapter  142 
of  the  Public  Statutes  shall  not  apply.  Said  counnission  shall, 
upon  due  notice  to  all  parties  in  interest,  hear  and  determine  the 
necessity  for  the  right  prayed  for  and  the  compensation  to  be  paid 
therefor,  and  shall  render  judgment  accordingly.  In  the  case  of 
railroad  corporations,  the  proceedings,  except  with  respect  to  the 
appraisal  of  damages,  in  said  matters  shall  be  as  is  provided  in  chap- 
ter 158  of  the  Public  Statutes  relating  to  taking  for  railroad  pur- 
poses ;    and  any  party  aggrieved  shall  have  the  same  rights  of  ap- 


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Chapter   138. 


247 


peal  as  are  therein  provided.  lu  the  ease  of  a  public  utility,  the 
petition  shall  set  out  the  title  and  the  description  of  the  land  in- 
volved, the  rights  to  be  taken  therein  and  the  public  use  for  which 
the  same  are  desired,  and  a  certified  copy  of  the  petition  and  final 
decree  thereon  shall  be  recorded,  if  said  petition  shall  be  granted, 
in  the  registry  of  deeds  in  the  county  or  counties  in  which  the  real 
estate  affected  thereby  is  located.  Any  party  aggrieved  by  the  order 
of  the  commission  awarding  damages  may,  within  sixty  days  after 
the  entry  of  the  order  and  not  afterwards,  file  in  the  superior  court 
of  the  county  in  which  the  land  is  located  a  petition  to  have  the 
damages  assessed  by  a  jury,  upon  which  petition  order  of  notice 
shall  issue,  and  after  the  order  of  notice  has  been  complied  with  the 
court  shall  assess  such  damages  by  jury. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  Repealing  ciau 

T     1  .  1     11        1  /v  •  takes  effect  on 

hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  eiieet  on  its  passage.  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  138. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  19(d)  OF  CHAPTER  164  OP  THE  LAW^S  OP 
1911,  AS  AMENDED  BY  SECTION  3,  CHAPTER  99  OP  THE  LAWS  OF  1915, 
RELATING  TO  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION. 


Section 

1.  Public  iitility  -niien  to  pay  to  com- 
mission expenses  of  investigating 
matters  covered  by  petition. 


Takes   efifect  on    passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Section  19,  chapter  164.  Laws  of  1911,  as  inserted  PuWic  utility 
by  section  18,  chapter  145,  Laws  of  1913,  and  amended  by  section  3,  rommissiorf^^x-" 
chapter  99,  Laws  of  1915,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  all  ofgadifg  matterl^^  ^' 
subdivision  (d)  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following:    (d)  ^P'^®'"®'^  ^^  ^®*^* 
"Whenever  any  investigation  shall  be  necessary  to  enable  the  com- 
mission to  pass  upon  any  petition  for  authority  to  issue  stock,  bonds, 
notes,  or  other  evidence  of  indebtedness,  or  for  authority  to  sell, 
transfer,  or  lease  the  plant,  works  or  system  of  any  railroad  corpora- 
tion or  utility  or  any  part  of  the  same,  said  railroad  corporation  or 
public  utility  shall  pay  to  the  commission  the  expense  involved  in 
the  investigation  of  the  matters  covered  by  said  petition,  including 
the  amounts  expended  for  experts,  accountants,  or  other  assistants, 
salaries  of  the  regular  employees  of  the  commission  for  the  time 


248 


Chapter    139. 


1921 


Takes      effe; 
passage. 


actually  devoted  to  said  investigation  but  not  including  any  part  of 
the  salaries  of  the  commissioners.  Whenever  any  investigation  shall 
be  necessary  to  enable  the  commission  to  pass  upon  any  proposed 
increase  in  rates  or.  charges  by  any  railroad  corporation  or  public 
utility,  said  railroad  corporation  or  public  utility  shall  pay  to  the 
commission  the  amount  of  the  salaries  of  its  regular  office  force 
(but  not  including  any  part  of  the  salaries  of  the  commissioners) 
for  the  time  devoted  to  such  investigation.  Payment  referred  to  in 
the  foregoing  is  to  be  made  at  such  time  as  may  be  fixed  by  rule  of 
the  commission. 

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

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  139. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  164  OP  THE  LAWS  OF  1911.  EN- 
TITLED "an  ACT  TO  ESTABLISH  A  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION,"  AS 
AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  82  OF  THE  LAV^^S  OF  1917. 


Sectiox 

1.  Street  railways  and  publis  utilities 
may  be  authorized  to  discontinue 
operation  of  part  of  line  or  part 
of  service;  certain  railroads  may 
be  allowed  to  discontiiue  branch 
lines. 


Sectiox 

2.      Repealing    clause:     takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and   House    of  Rei^resentatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


street  railways  SECTION  1.     The  present  scctiou  26  of  chapter  164  of  the  Laws 

t^s  may'be^'au-  of  1911,  being  the  new  section  26  introduced  therein  by  amendment 

conumfe^op^'era-  ^Y  chaptcr  82  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking 

Vine  or  part  of  ^^^^  ^^^  o^  ^^^^  scctiou  and  Substituting  the  following  instead  there- 

Eervice;    certain  of:    Sect.  26.     The  commissioii  may  authorize  any  company  oper- 

railroads    mav    lie  ./  ^  r-        .'        x- 

allowed  to  discon- ating  a  Street  railway  or  any  public  utility  to  discontinue,  tempo- 
lines,  rarily  or  during  such  portion  of  each  year  as  the  commission  may 
deem  expedient,  the  operation  of  any  part  of  its  road  in  the  case 
of  a  street  railway  or  any  part  of  its  service  in  the  case  of  a  public 
utility,  whenever  it  shall  appear  that  such  temporary  or  seasonal 
discontin'uance  will  not  unreasonably  inconvenience  the  public,  or 
to  discontinue  the  same  permanently  and  remove  the  tracks,  poles 
or  other  equipment  essential  to  the  same  whenever  it  shall  appear 
that  the  public  good  does  not  require  the  further  continuance  of 
such  operation  or  service.  The  commission  may  authorize  the  pro- 
prietors to  either  temporarily  or  permanently  discontinue  the  oper- 


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Chapter   140. 


249 


ation  of  the  steam  railroads  known  as  the  Profile  Branch,  from  its 
junction  with  the  Bethlehem  Branch,  and  the  Waumbek  Branch, 
between  Cherry  Mountain  and  Jefferson  stations,  or  either  of  them, 
if  it  shall  appear  that  such  discontinuance  is  not  inconsistent  with 
the  public  good,  or  that  the  expense  of  such  continued  operation 
will  be  confiscatory  or  so  disproportionate  to  the  resulting  public 
benefit  as  to  be  unreasonable ;  but  no  order  authorizing  such  tempo- 
rary or  permanent  discontinuance  of  operation  shall  be  made  until 
after  notice  to  the  attorney-general  and  such  public  notice  as  the 
commission  may  deem  reasonable,  and  a  hearing;  and  any  parties 
who  appear  and  are  heard  may  appeal  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  section  22  of  this  act  with  respect  to  any  such  order. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  Repealing  clause; 
hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  sliall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.         passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  140. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  133,  LAWS  OP  1915,  CHAPTER  184, 
LAWS  OF  1917,  AND  CHAPTER  89,  LAWS  OP  1919,  RELATING  TO  FISH 
AND  GAME. 


1. 

Definition  of  terms   used   in   act. 

SECT! 

8. 

2. 

Deer,    how    may    be    taken    and    in 

9. 

what  places. 

10. 

3. 

Taking  of  catfish  regulated. 

4. 

Laws  1915,  chapter  133,  section  19 

11. 

repealed. 

12. 

5. 

Xo    open    season    for    certain    birds. 

13. 

etc. 

14. 

6. 

Black   bass,    taking   of,    regulated. 

7. 

White    perch,    taking    of,    regulated. 

15. 

Lobsters,   taking  of,   regulated. 
License   to  hunt    and   fish ;     pi-oviso. 
License  fees;     acounting  by  agents 

for  sale. 
Nonresident    licenses. 
Resident  license;     coupons  for  deer. 
Penalty. 
Taking    of    brook    trout    in    certain 

ponds   regulated. 
Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Amend   section   1,   chapter   133,   Laws   of  1915  as  Definition  of 
amended  by  chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917,  by  adding  to  the  definition  ^™^  "^^ 
of  angling  the  words  in  a  boat,  so  that  said  definition  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows : 

Angling :  The  taking  of  fish  by  line  in  hand,  or  rod  in  hand,  to 
which  is  attached  a  cast  of  artificial  flies,  or  an  artificial  bait,  or  one 
hook  for  bait.  A  person  may  have  in  use  not  more  than  two  such 
lines  at  one  time.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  pro- 
hibiting the  use  of  a  rod  holder  in  a  boat. 


250  Chapter   140.  [1921 

Further  amend  said  section  by  inserting,  after  the  definition  of 
angling,  the  following  definition  : 

Brook  Tront :  The  term  brook  front  shall  include  brook  or 
speckled  trout,  rainbow  trout,  steel  head  trout  and  brown  trout. 

Further  amend  said  section  by  striking  out  the  definition  of 
resident  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

Resident :  A  citizen  of  the  United  States  who  has  resided  not 
less  than  six  months  continuously  within  the  state  of  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  so  that  said  section  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows :  Sec- 
tion 1.     Words  used  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  follows: 

Closed  Season:  That  period  of  time  during  which  hunting  or 
fishing  is  prohibited. 

Open  Season :  That  period  of  time  during  which  hunting  or  fish- 
ing is  permitted. 

Inclusion  and  Exclusion  of  Dates :  Whenever  a  period  is  named 
during  which  an  act  is  permitted  or  prohibited,  the  first  date  shall 
be  included  Avithin  and  the  last  date  excluded  from  such  period. 

Angling :  The  taking  of  fish  by  line  in  hand,  or  rod  in  hand,  to 
which  is  attached  a  cast  of  artificial  flies,  or  an  artificial  bait,  or  one 
hook  for  bait.  A  person  may  have  in  use  not  more  than  two  such 
lines  at  one  time.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  pro- 
hibiting the  use  of  a  rod  holder  in  a  boat. 

Brook  Trout :  The  term  brook  trout  shall  include  brook  or 
speckled  trout,  rainbow  trout,  steel  head  trout  and  brown  trout. 

Pickerel :  Includes  the  great  northern  pike,  pond  pickerel,  grass 
pickerel,  chain  pickerel  or  banded  pickerel. 

Pike  Perch :   Includes  wall-eyed  pike  or  yellow  pike. 

Black  Bass:  Includes  Oswego  or  large-mouthed  bass  and  small- 
mouthed  bass. 

Person:  Includes  firm,  corporation,  association,  aiid  also  princi- 
pal, agent  or  employee. 

Game :  Includes  game  quadrupeds  and  game  birds. 

Game  Quadrupeds :  Means  moose,  caribou,  elk,  deer,  hare  or  rab- 
bit, gray  squirrel. 

Game  Birds :  Means  quail,  ruffed  grouse  or  partridge,  woodcock, 
pheasant,  European  partridge,  plover  of  all  kinds,  Wilson  snipe, 
other  shore  birds,  rail,  coot,  gallinule,  ducks,  geese. 

Non-Game  Birds :  Means  all  wild  birds  not  included  under  the 
term  game  birds. 

Quadrupeds :   Means  game  quadrupeds  and  fur-bearing  animals. 

Fur-Bearing  Animals:  Means  beaver,  otter,  martin,  sable,  mink, 
raccoon,  fisher  or  fishercat,  fox,  skunk,  muskrat. 

Whole  to  Include  Part :  Every  provision  relating  to  a  fish,  bird, 
or  quadruped  shall  apply  to  a  part  of  such  fish,  bird,  or  quadruped. 

Sell  and  Sale :  Includes  barter,  exchange,  and  offering  or  expos- 
ing for  sale. 


1921]  Chapter    140.  251 

Possession :  Means  actual  or  constructive  possession,  and  any  con- 
trol of  things  referred  to. 

Transport  and  Transportation :  ]\Ieans  all  carrying  or  moving,  or 
causing  to  be  carried  or  moved. 

Take  or  Taking:  Includes  pursuing,  shooting,  hunting,  killing, 
capturing,  trapping,  snaring,  and  netting  fish,  birds,  and  quadru- 
peds, and  all  lesser  acts,  such  as  disturbing,  harrying,  worrying, 
wounding,  or  placing,  setting,  drawing,  or  using  any  net  or  other 
device  commonly  used  to  take  fish,  birds,  or  quadrupeds,  whether 
they  result  in  taking  or  not,  and  includes  every  attempt  to  take  and 
every  act  of  assistance  to  every  other  person  in  taking  or  attempt- 
ing to  take  fish,  birds,  or  quadrupeds';  provided,  that  whenever  tak- 
ing is  allowed  by  law,  reference  is  had  to  taking  by  lawful  means 
and  in  lawful  manner. 

Bag  Limit :  The  number  of  any  kind  of  game  or  game  birds  per- 
mitted to  be  killed  in  a  specified  time. 

Resident :  A  citizen  of  the  United  States  who  has  resided  not  less 
than  six  months  continuously  within  the  state  of  New  Hampshire. 

Nonresident:  The  term  "nonresident"  as  used  in  this  act  shall 
include  all  persons  not  coming  within  the  definition  of  resident  as 
set  forth  in  this  act. 

Commission :  Is  synonymous  with  commissioner,  or  fish  and  game 
commissioners,  or  state  fish  and  game  commissioners. 

Sect.  2.  Amend  paragraph  (c),  section  14,  chapter  133,  Laws  Deer,  now  m.-iy  be 
of  1915,  as  amended  by  section  6,  chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917,  and  what  places, 
section  5,  chapter  152,  Laws  of  1919,  by  inserting  after  the  word 
"Northfield"  the  word  Chichester  so  that  said  paragraph  shall  read 
as  follows:  (c)  Wild  deer  shall  not  be  taken  with  the  aid  of,  nor 
by  the  use  of,  a  dog,  jack,  artificial  light,  trap,  snare,  or  salt  lick; 
nor  shall  wild  deer  be  taken  by  the  use  of  any  firearm  other  than  a 
shotgun  loaded  with  a  single  ball,  or  loose  buckshot,  within  the 
counties  of  Hillsborough,  Rockingham,  Belknap  or  Merrimack,  with 
the  following  exceptions :  The  towns  of  Windsor,  Hillsborough, 
Bennington,  Deering,  Francestown,  Weare,  Antrim,  Hancock, 
Greenfield,  New  Boston,  Lyndeborough,  Temple,  Sharon,  New  Ips- 
wich, Greenville,  Mason  and  Peterborough  in  the  county  of  Hills- 
borough ;  the  towns  of  Andover,  Wilmot,  Danbury,  Hill,  New  Lon- 
don, Sutton,  Bradford,  Warner,  Salisbury,  Newbury,  We])ster,  Al- 
lenstown,  Loudon,  Pittsfield,  Epsom,  Boscawen,  Hopkinton,  Dun- 
barton,  Bow,  Northfield,  Chichester  and  Henniker  in  the  county  of 
Merrimack ;  and  the  towns  of  Sanbornton,  Alton,  Gilmanton,  Barn- 
stead,  Meredith,  Center  Harbor  and  New  Hampton  in  the  county 
of  Belknap ;  and  the  towns  of  Candia,  Auburn,  Deerfield,  North- 
wood,  Nottingham,  Raymond,  Epping,  Sandown,  Danville,  Fre- 
mont, Brentwood  and  Kingston  in  the  county  of  Rockingham. 

Sect.  3.     Amend    section    18,    chapter    184,    Laws    of   1917    as  Taking  of  catfish 
amended  by  section  1,  chapter  152,  Laws  of  1919  by  adding  af ter '■'""'^*'^- 


252  Chapter  140.  [1921 

the  word  "Coos"  in  the  fifth  line  thereof  the  words  and  Connecti- 
cut River,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read :  Sect.  18. 
If  any  person  shall  take  from  the  waters  of  New  Hampshire  except 
in  the  county  of  Coos  and  the  Connecticut  River,  any  catfish,  com- 
monly called  horned  pout  or  bullhead,  except  between  the  first  day 
of  June  and  the  first  day  of  November  of  any  year,  he  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  of  five  dollars  ($5)  for  each  fish  so  taken. 

L|ws^i9i5,^^c.         Sect.  4.     Amend  section  19,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915  by  strik- 

peaied.  ing  out  all  of  Said  section. 

No  open  season         Sect.  5.     Amcud  scction  23,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915  by  adding 

for    certain    birds,  j  i  ■>  ^  o 

etc.  the  word  quail  after  the  words  "upland  plover"  so  that  said  sec- 

tion as  amended  shall  read  as.  follows :  Sect.  23.  There  shall  be 
no  open  season  for  European  partridge,  pheasant,  upland  plover, 
quail  and  wood-duck. 

fng'ofl^'regufatd.  ^ECT.  6.  Amend  section  29  of  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915  by  add- 
ing at  the  end  of  said  section  the  words  except  that  black  bass  of 
any  length  may  be  taken  from  the  waters  of  Sunapee  Lake  at  any 
time,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect. 
29.  (a)  Black  bass  not  less  than  nine  inches  in  length  may  be  taken 
and  possessed  from  July  first  to  January  first,  except  that  black 
bass  of  any  length  may  be  taken  from  the  waters  of  Sunapee  Lake 
at  any  time. 

White  perch,  tak-  Sect.  7.  Amend  section  31,  paragraph  (b),  of  chapter  133,  of 
lesuatec.^^^^  Laws  of  1915  by  striking  out  said  paragraph  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  following  paragraph:  (b)  "White  perch  not  less 
than  seven  inches  in  length  may  be  taken  from  June  first  to  Sep- 
tember first.  A  person  may  take  a  total  of  not  more  than  ten  pounds 
of  white  perch  in  one  day. 

L"bstw-s._^takinK  gecT.  8.  Amend  section  49,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915  by  strik- 
ing out  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  the  place  thereof  the  fol- 
lowing, so  that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows; 
Sect.  49.  No  person  shall  take,  preserve,  have  in  his  possession,  or 
offer  for  sale  any  female  lobster  carrying  spawn  or  any  lobster  of  a 
length  less  than  nine  inches  measuring  from  the  extremity  of  the 
bone  protruding  from  the  head  to  the  end  of  the  bone  of  the  middle 
flipper  of  the  tail  of  the  lobster,  extended  on  its  back  its  natural 
length. 

Sect.  9.  Amend  section  54,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915  as 
amended  by  chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917  by  striking  out  all  of  the  sec- 
ond paragraph  of  said  section  beginning  with  the  words  '' provided 
also,  however,"  so  that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  fol- 
lows: Sect.  54.  No  person  shall  at  any  time  hunt,  trap,  shoot, 
pursue,  take  or  kill  wild  animals,  wild  birds,  or  fresh  water  fish  in 
this  state,  without  first  having  procured  a  license  so  to  do,  as  here- 
inafter provided ;  and  then  only  in  accordance  with  the  terms  there- 
of and  subject  to  all  other  provisions  of  this  act.  Provided,  Jwwever, 
that  the  resident  owners  of  farm  lands,  and  their  minor  children, 


License    to   hunt 
and  fish ;    provis 


1921]  Chapter    140.  253 

may  hunt,  trap,  kill,  and  take  game  on  farm  lands  of  whicli  they  are 
bona  fide  owners,  during  the  open  season  when  it  shall  be  lawful  so 
to  do,  and  may  kill  predatory  animals  as  permitted  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  and  noxious  animals  as  not  protected  by  law  at 
any  time,  without  procuring  a  license. 

Sect.  10.  Amend  subdivision  (c),  section  55,  chapter  133,  LawsLicense  fees:  ac- 
of  1915.  as  amended  by  section  20,  chapter  JL84,  Laws  of  1917,  by  agents"  for  "sale. 
striking  out  the  words  "one  dollar"  in  the  second  line  of  said  sub- 
division and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  two  dollars  and 
fifteen  cents,  and  further  amend  said  subdivision  by  striking  out 
the  sentence  beginning  with  the  words  "Said  agent  shall  account" 
in  the  sixth  to  the  thirteenth  lines  of  said  subdivision  and  inserting 
in  place  thereof  the  following  sentence :  Said  agent  shall  account 
to  the  commission  for  the  full  face  value  of  all  licenses  and  permits 
except  that  said  agent  may  retain  fifteen  cents  on  each  license  sold, 
as  his  commission,  and  he  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  each  month,  pay 
to  the  commission  the  full  value  of  all  licenses  sold  less  his  commis- 
sion, so  that  said  subdivision  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  (c) 
If  the  applicant  is  a  nonresident  and  wishes  to  take  fresh  water  fish 
only,  he  shall  pay  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifteen  cents,  and  said 
agent  shall  thereupon  issue  a  nonresident  fishing  license  showing 
the  date  when  issued,  which  shall  entitle  the  licensee  to  kill,  take 
and  transport  fresh  water  fish  under  the  restrictions  of  this  act. 
Said  agent  shall  account  to  the  commission  for  the  full  face  value 
of  all  licenses  and  permits  except  that  said  agent  may  retain  fifteen 
cents  on  each  license  or  permit  sold,  as  his  commission,  and  he  shall, 
on  the  first  day  of  each  month,  pay  to  the  commission  the  full  value 
of  all  licenses  sold  less  his  commission.  Agents  shall  return  to  the 
commission,  within  ten  days  after  the  close  of  the  current  yeai',  all 
unused  license  blanks  with  a  statement  of  the  amoust  remitted  on 
license  account  during  the  year.  The  commission  and  agents  shall 
be  held  responsible  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  face  value  of  all 
license  blanks  supplied  to  them  until  settlement  has  been  made  at 
the  end  of  the  fiscal  year. 

Sect.  11.  Amend  section  57,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  by  strik- Nonresident 
ing  out  all  of  said  section  and  having  in  place  thereof  a  new  section  ^"'^''^''^■ 
57,  so  that  said  new  section  57  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  57. 
Each  nonresident  license  shall  be  provided  with  two  coupons,  each 
of  which  shall  be  divided  into  two  sections,  A-1  and  A-2,  and  B-1 
and  B-2.  The  holder  of  a  nonresident  license  shall,  upon  killing  his 
first  deer,  fill  out  and  attach  to  the  carcass,  section  A-2  of  the 
coupon.  He  shall  then  fill  out  and  mail  to  the  office  of  the  commis- 
sioner at  Concord,  N.  H.,  section  A-1  of  the  coupon.  Upon  kill- 
ing his  second  deer,  sections  B-1  and  B-2  of  his  license  shall  be 
handled  in  the  same  manner.  Sections  A-2  and  B-2  shall  remain 
attached  to  the  deer,  or  carcass  thereof,  as  long  as  said  deer  or 
carcass  shall  remain  in  the  state,  and  the  carcass  of  any  deer  so 


254  Chapter  140.  [1921 

tagged,  shall  entitle  the  owner  to  transport  such  carcass,  legally 
taken  by  him,  or  have  it  transported  as  provided  in  section  4  of 
this  act.  A  nonresident  may  transport,  or  have  transported,  as 
many  game  birds  as  he  may  lawfully  take  or  kill  in  a  single  day. 
Before  such  game  is  transported  he  shall  endorse  on  the  back  of 
his  license,  in  ink,  the  town  from  which  game  is  to  be  transported, 
the  destination,  the  number  of  each  kind  of  game,  and  date  of 
transportation.  Such  game  shall  be  tagged,  plainly  labelled,  and 
open  to  view.  If  such  game  is  so  presented  to  a  transportaton  com- 
pany the  agent  of  said  company  shall  see  that  license  is  properly 
endorsed  before  accepting  such  game  for  shipment.  If  such  game 
is  transported  through  or  out  of  the  state  in  any  other  manner  than 
by  a  transportation  company,  any  citizen  of  the  state  may  demand 
to  see  said  game  and  to  see  that  proper  endorsement  has  been  made 
upon  the  license  and  the  refusal  to  show  such  game  or  license  and 
the  endorsement  thereon,  shall  constitute  a  violation  of  this  section. 
Resident  license;      Sect.  12.     Auicud  scctiou  58,  chaptcr  133,  Laws  of  1915,  by  strik- 

coupons    for    deer.  o-n  •  -,    ■  ■  ■        \ 

mg  out  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  a  new  sec- 
tion 58,  so  that  said  new  section  58  shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  58. 
Each  resident  license  shall  be  provided  with  two  coupons,  each  of 
which  shall  be  divided  into  two  sections,  A-1  and  A-2,  and  B-1  and 
B-2.  The  holder  of  a  resident  license  shall,  upon  killing  his  first 
deer,  fill  out  and  attach  to  the  carcass,  section  A-2  of  the  coupon. 
He  shall  then  fill  out  and  mail  to  the  office  of  the  commissioner  at 
Concord,  N.  H.,  section  A-1  of  the  coupon.  Upon  killing  his  second 
deer,  sections  B-2  and  B-1  of  his  license  shall  be  handled  in  the  same 
manner.  Sections  A-2  and  B-2  shall  remain  attached  to  the  deer  or 
carcass  thereof,  and  the  carcass  of  any  deer  so  tagged  shall  entitle 
the  owner  to  transport  such  carcass  or  have  it  transported  between 
points  within  the  state. 
Penalty.  Sect.  13.     Amend  chapter  89,  Laws  of  1919,  by  adding  to  said 

chapter  a  new  section  to  read  as  follows:  Sect.  2.  Any  person 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  fined  $10,  and  $5  addi- 
tional for  each  fish  taken  in  violation  thereof. 
Taking  of  brook  Sect.  14.  Amend  subdivision  (a),  section  28,  chapter  133,  Laws 
po°nds "regulated,  of  1915,  as  amended  by  section  13,  chapter  184,  Laws  of  1917,  and 
by  an  act  passed  at  the  present  session  of  the  legislature,  by  adding 
at  the  end  of  said  subdivision  the  following:  Provided,  that  no 
brook  trout  less  than  ten  inches  in  length  shall  be  taken  from  Suc- 
cess Pond  in  the  county  of  Coos,  so  that  said  subdivision  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows:  (a)  Brook  or  speckled  trout  not  less  than 
ten  inches  in  length  may  be  taken  and  possessed  from  April  fifth 
to  September  first  from  Sunapee  Lake,  Newfound  Lake,  Crystal 
Lake  in  Enfield,  Tewksbury  Pond  in  Grafton,  and  Pleasant  Pond 
in  New  London ;  brook  trout  not  less  than  seven  inches  in  length 
may  be  taken  and  possessed  from  May  first  to  August  first  from 


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Chapter    141. 


255 


Dublin  Pond  in  Dublin ;  brook  trout  not  less  than  seven  inches  in 
length  may  be  taken  and  jjossessed  from  April  fifteenth  to  Septem- 
ber first  from  all  other  ponds  and  lakes,  except  that  such  trout  may 
not  be  taken  and  possessed  from  the  waters  of  Russell  Pond,  in  the 
town  of  Woodstock,  prior  to  May  twentieth  in  any  year ;  brook  trout 
not  less  than  six  inches  in  length  may  be  taken  and  possessed  from 
May  first  to  September  first  from  the  streams  in  Coos,  Carroll,  and 
Grafton  counties ;  brook  trout  not  less  than  six  inches  in  lengtli  may 
be  taken  and  possessed  from  April  first  to  August  first  from  all  other 
streams  of  this  state.  Provided,  that  no  brook  trout  less  than  ten 
inches  in  length  shall  be  taken  from  Success  Pond  in  the  county  of 
Coos. 

Sect.  15.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


Takes      effeat      on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  141. 

AN  ACT  IX  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  14  OF  CHAPTER  133  OF  THE  LAWS 
OF  1915  RELATING  TO  OPEN  SEASON  ON  DEER. 


Section 

1.      Open     season     on     deer;       number 
taken  in  one  season;    proviso. 


Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Amend  subdivisions  (a)  and  (b),  section  14,  chap-^^'e?l  TuXr 
ter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  as  amended  by  section  5,  chapter  184,  Laws**^*'*'  ^'^  °?^  '^'*" 

.'  •'  J  f  J  sou;    proviso. 

of  191/,  and  sections  3  and  4,  chapter  152,  Laws  of  1919,  by  strik- 
ing out  said  subdivisions  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  follow- 
ing: Sect.  14.  (a)  Wild  deer  may  be  captured  or  taken  after  5 
a.  m.  and  before  6  p.  m.  as  follows:  in  the  county  of  Coos  from 
the  fifteenth  day  of  October  to  the  first  day  of  December ;  iu  the 
county  of  Grafton  from  the  first  day  of  November  to  the  sixteenth 
day  of  December ;  in  the  county  of  Carroll  from  the  fifteenth  day 
of  November  to  the  sixteenth  day  of  December,  and  from  all  the 
other  counties  in  the  state  from  the  first  day  of  December  to  the 
first  day  of  January. 

(b)  No  person  shall  take  more  than  two  such  deer  in  any  one 
season  from  the  territory  consisting  of  the  counties  of  Coos,  and 
Carroll;  and  no  person  shall  take  more  thaii  one  such  deer  from 
the  territory  consisting  of  all  the  other  counties  in  the  state ;  but 
not  more  than  two  such  deer  shall  be  taken  within  the  confines  of 


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the  state  in  any  one  season.    The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  deer  in  private  game  reserves. 
llssa^e.'^''^    °"      ^^^'^-  2-     "^^"^  ^^t  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  142. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  133,  LAWS  OF  1915,  RELATING  TO 
FISH   AND   GAME. 


Section- 

1.      Taking    of    shad    and    whitefish    or 
bluefins  regulated. 


Sec'tiox 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it  enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  coyivened: 


Taking  of  shad 
and  whitefish  or 
bluefins  regu- 
lated. 


Takes      effe! 
passage. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  33,  chapter  133,  Laws  of  1915,  by 
striking  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  a  new  section  to  read  as 
follows:  Sect.  33.  (a)  Shad  and  whitefish  or  blnefins  may  be 
taken  and  possessed  from  January  first  to  October  first. 

(b)  The  taking  of  more  than  six  shad  or  whitefish  in  any  one 
day  from  the  waters  of  Winnipesankee  Lake,  Paugus  Lake  or 
Winnisquam  Lake,  between  the  fifteenth  day  of  June  and  the  first 
day  of  October,  is  prohibited. 

(c)  Such  shad  and  whitefish  may  be  bought  and  sold  during  the 
open  season  therefor. 

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

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


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CHAPTER  143. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  113  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES  RELATING  TO 
DISEASES  OF  DOMESTIC  ANIMALS. 


SECTION 

1.  Commission  on  domestic  animals; 
duties ;  record  to  be  kept ;  re- 
port ;    assistants. 

State  veterinarian;     duties;     salary. 

Commissioner  authorized  to  accept 
federal  act  and  co-operate  with 
federal  officers. 

Importation  of  bovine  animals; 
permits;  quarantine;  examina- 
tion ;     slai  ghter. 

Importation  without  quarantine 
and  examination. 

Importation  of  horses,  etc.;  regu- 
lations. 

Permits  to  persons  living  near 
state  line. 

Importation  of  diseased  animals: 
penalty. 

Interstate  commerce. 

Commissioner  to  investigate  as  to 
existence   of   certain   diseases. 

Duty  to  report  diseases  to  com- 
missioner. 

Quarantine;    penalty. 

Examination  and  tests  of  quaran- 
tined animals  and  others. 

Expense  of  quarantine. 

Diseased  animals,  df-struction  of; 
certificate  of  veteri:  ..rian. 

Application  for  test  by  owner; 
agreement;    costs. 

Animals  passing  two  or  more 
tests  within  two  years. 


•X'TION 

1. — Continued 

Private  tests;  report  to  commis- 
sioner;   penalty. 

Post-mortem   examination;     report. 

Appraisal  of  animals  ordered  to  be 
killed. 

Reactors  may  be  retained  for 
breeding  purposes;     regulations. 

Tested  animals  to  be  marked:  cer- 
tificates for  health  herds:  pen- 
alty. 

Selling  or  exposing  diseased  ani- 
mals ;    penalty. 

Sale  of  diseased  animals  and  of 
reactors   regulated. 

Report  to  commissioner  upon  kill- 
ing of  any  animal  believed  to  be 
diseased ;     penalty. 

Sale  and  use  of  tuberculin  regu- 
lated :    proviso. 

Interfering  with  work  of  commis- 
sioner: plugging  or  treating  ani- 
mals to  prevent  normal  reaction : 
penalty. 

Veterinarian's  violation  of  provi- 
sions as  to  sale  or  use  of  tuber- 
culin:   revocation  of  license. 

Penalty. 

Definition   of  terms   used   in   a:"t. 

2.  Appropriation    to   carry   act   into    ef- 

fect. 

3.  Renealing    clause:      takes    effect    on 

passage. 


Be  it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and 
'  General  Court  convened: 


House   of  Representatives   in 


Section  1.  Chapter  113  of  the  Piihlic  Statutes  as  amended  by 
chapter  132,  Laws  of  1909,  chapter  125,  Laws  of  1915,  and  chapter 
154,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  amended  by  strikmg  out  the  whole  of 
said  chapter  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following: 

CHAPTER  113. 

DISEASES    OF   DOMESTIC    ANIMALS. 


Section  1.     Commissioner   on   Domestic  Animals;    Duties;   Re- commission  on 
port.     For  the  purpose  of  encouraging  the  live  stock  interests  of  ^°^^f/'' j.^°J"^^'^g 
the  state,  and  controlling,  suppressing  and  eradicating  all  infec-  jj^gj^^^^^j  ^^von ; 
tious  and  contagious  diseases  among  cattle,  horses,  mules,   asses, 
sheep  and  swine,  a  department  is  hereby  created  to  be  known  as 

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[1921 


state  veterina- 
rian; duties; 
salary. 


the  commission  on  domestic  animals,  and  the  commissioner  of  agri- 
culture shall,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  be  commissioner  on  domestic 
animals.  Said  commissioner  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  permits  issued 
and  bovine  animals  imported,  of  all  animals  tested  on  behalf  of  the 
state,  or  at  the  request  of  the  owner,  with  the  date  and  place  of  the 
test,  the  name  and  residence  of  the  owner,  and  a  complete  and  ac- 
curate record  of  all  w^ork  performed  under  this  act.  The  commis- 
sioner on  domestic  animals  shall,  between  the  first  day  of  Septem- 
ber and  October  thirty-first  of  each  and  every  year,  make  a  written 
report  to  the  governor  and  council,  stating  in  detail  the  work  done 
during  the  preceding  year.  Said  commissioner  may,  with  such 
funds  as  may  be  available  for  the  purpose,  employ  such  clerical, 
veterinary  and  other  assistance  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the 
proper  performance  of  his  duties  and  the  fulfillment  of  the  pur- 
poses of  this  act,  and  may  make  all  needful  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  proper  execution  of  its  provisions. 

Sect.  2.  State  Veterinarian  ;  Appointment ;  Duties.  The  com-, 
missioner  on  domestic  animals  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  gov- 
ernor and  council,  appoint  a  graduate  of  a  veterinary  college  of 
recognized  standing,  who  shall  have  had  at  least  five  years'  experi- 
ence in  the  practice  of  veterinary  medicine  and  he  shall  be  known 
as  the  state  veterinarian.  Said  state  veterinarian,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  commissioner  on  domestic  animals,  shall  have  all  of  the 
powers  of  the  commissioner  and  shall  have  general  charge  of  the 
enforcement  of  this  act.  He  shall  receive  a  salary  of  twenty-five 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  shall  be  allowed  his  personal  ex- 
penses when  away  from  the  office  of  the  department  on  official  busi- 
ness ;  the  same  being  verified  by  proper  vouchers.  He  shall  devote 
his  entire  time  and  attention  to  the  duties  imposed  by  this  act. 
Commissioner  au-  Sect.  3.  Acceptance  of  Federal  Regulations  and  Co-operation 
federal  act" and' CO- with  Federal  Authorities.  The  commissioner  on  domestic  animals 
e^a/^officeTs!'^  ^^"^  IS  authorized  to  accept  on  behalf  of  the  state  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions prepared  by  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  under  and  in 
pursuance  of  section  3  of  an  act  of  Congress  approved  May  29, 
1884,  entitled  "An  act  for  the  establishment  of  a  bureau  of  animal 
industry  to  prevent  the  exportation  of  diseased  cattle,  and  to  pro- 
vide means  for  the  suppression  and  extirpation  of  pleuro-pneuraonia 
and  other  contagious  diseases  among  domestic  animals,"  or  of  any 
other  such  act  of  Congress,  and  he  may  co-operate  with  the  authori- 
ties of  the  United  States  government  within  this  state  in  the  carry- 
ing out  of  such  rules  and  regulations  and  tlie  enforcement  of  the 
provisions  of  any  such  act  or  acts  so  passed  which  are  not  in  con- 
flict with  the  statutes  of  this  state. 
Importation  of  Sect.  4.     Importation   of  Bovine   Animals ;    Permits ;    Quaran- 

permftsr' H^aran-tine ;      Examination;      Slaughter.        No    person    shall    bring     or 
tion';   sfaSer.    causc    to    be    brought    or    ship    or    cause    to    be    shipped,    into 
this    state    any    bovine    animal    without    the    written    permission 


1921]  Chapter    143.  259 

of  said  commissioner,  except  those  for  immediate  slaugh- 
ter at  establishments  where  state  or  federal  inspection  is  maintained, 
and  such  animal  shall  be  held  in  quarantine  at  its  destination  or 
other  designated  place  until  released  by  said  commissioner.  Such 
permission  shall  be  in  the  form  of  a  written  or  printed  permit,  and 
shall  state  the  name  and  address  of  the  importer,  the  number  of 
such  animals  to  be  imported,  the  name  of  the  place  where  such  ani- 
mals are  to  be  held  in  quarantine  for  examination,  and  such  other 
particulars  as  shall  be  deemed  necessary.  When  such  bovine  ani^ 
mals,  brought  into  the  state  on  such  permit,  shall  have  reached  their 
destination  or  other  designated  place,  the  hnporter  or  owner,  or  his 
or  its  agent,  shall,  within  forty-eight  hours,  give  notice  thereof  in 
writing  to  said  commissioner.  Thereupon,  said  commissioner  shall, 
within  a  reasonable  time,  in  person,  or  through  some  competent  as- 
sistant, make  or  cause  to  be  made  a  physical  examination  of  all  such 
animals  and  may  apply  such  tests  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  de- 
termine the  health  of  such  animals.  Calves  under  six  months  of 
age  from  tuberculin-tested  herds,  or  from  herds  tested  by  any  other 
approved  method,  and  accompanied  by  a  permit  and  certificate  of 
health,  shall  not  be  detained  in  quarantine  or  held  for  test.  Such 
certificate  of  health  shall  be  executed  under  oath  by  the  party  mak- 
ing the  shipment,  or  his,  or  its  duly  qualified  agent.  Such  bovine 
animals  as  shall  be  found  to  be  free  from  tuberculosis,  or  other  con- 
tagious or  infectious  disease,  shall  forthwith  be  released  from  quar- 
antine. Such  bovine  animals  as  shall  be  found  to  have  any  infec- 
tious or  contagious  disease  shall  forthwith  be  slaughtered  by  and 
at  the  expense  of  the  importer  or  owner,  or  held  in  strict  quaran- 
tine, if  the  disease  is  curable,  under  rules  prescribed  by  said  com- 
missioner, provided,  Jiowever,  that  registered  pure  bred  bovine  ani- 
mals, reacting  to  the  tuberculin,  or  other  approved  test,  but  show- 
ing no  marked  physical  indications  of  tuberculosis  may  be  retained 
by  the  importer  or  owner  in  quarantine  and  ])e  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  section  21.  When  slaughtered,  the  carcasses,  under  regu- 
lations prescribed  by  said  commissioner,  shall  be  burned  or  covered 
with  lime  and  buried,  or  may  be  shipped  to  a  fertilizer  or  render- 
ing plant,  provided,  Jwwever,  that  the  meat  of  bovine  animals,  re- 
acting to  the  tuberculin,  or  other  approved  test,  but  showing  no 
physical  indications  of  tuberculosis,  may  be  used  or  sold  for  food 
under  regulations  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of  health,  or  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  of  the  United  States  under  the  federal  meat  inspection 
law ;  and  when  such  animals  are  killed  on  the  premises  of  their 
importer  or  owner,  said  commissioner,  or  his  agent,  shall  witness 
their  burial  as  aforesaid,  or  burning,  unless  their  carcasses  shall  be 
shipped,  used  or  sold  as  herein  provided.  The  importer  or  owner 
may  retain  the  hides  of  such  animals  as  shall  be  slaughtered,  if 
slaughtered  upon  the  premises  of  the  owner  or  importer,  except 


260  Chapter  143.  [1921 

from  animals  infected  with  certain  dangerous  diseases,  namely, 
glanders,  anthrax,  black  leg,  foot  and  mouth  disease,  and  if  the 
carcasses  shall  be  used  or  sold  or  shipped  to  a  fertilizer  or  rendering 
plant,  the  importer  or  owner  shall  be  entitled  to,  and  shall  receive, 
the  net  proceeds  from  the  salvage.  The  importer  or  owner  shall 
bear  the  expense  of  detention,  examination,  test  and  slaughter,  but 
not  the  personal  expenses  of  the  said  commissioner,  or  his  agent. 

Importation  with-     Sect.  5.     Importation   without    Quarantine    and    Examination ; 

and  ^exImlnTtlon.  Rctcsting.  Said  Commissioner  may  permit  bovine  animals  to  be 
brought  into  this  state,  without  being  confined  in  quarantine  at 
their  destination  or  other  designated  place,  when  they  have  been 
tested  in  the  state  of  their  origin  within  three  months  prior  to  being 
brought  into  this  state,  provided,  Jwwever,  that  the  test,  or  tests, 
have  been  made  by  a  veterinarian  whose  competency  and  reliability 
are  certified  to  by  the  authority  charged  with  the  control  of  con- 
tagious or  infectious  diseases  in  the  state  where  said  test  or  tests 
were  made,,  or  when  they  are  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  health, 
showing  satisfactory  tests  made  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry  of  the  United  States.  Cattle  from  an  accredited 
herd  tested  within  twelve  months  prior  to  being  brougnt  into  this 
state  may  be  allowed  to  enter  without  being  held  in  quarantine  and 
without  being  subjected  to  a  test.  However,  when  said  commis- 
sioner has  reason  to  believe  that  the  test,  or  tests,  were  not  made  in 
a  competent,  or  reliable  manner,  he  may  require  that  such  bovine 
animals,  so  tested  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  confined  in  quarantine  at 
destination  or  other  designated  place,  and  be  subjected  to  a  retest 
at  the  expiration  of  a  period  not  to  exceed  sixty  days.  If,  upon 
testing,  they  shall  be  found  to  be  infected  with  any  contagious  or 
infectious  disease,  they  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 4. 

Importation  of  Sect.  6.     Importation  of  Horses,  etc. ;    Regulations.     Said  com- 

uiations.  "  "  missiouer  shall  make  such  regulations  as  he  may  deem  necessary, 
relating  to  the  importation  into  this  state  of  horses,  asses,  mules, 
sheep,  swine,  or  other  domestic  animals,  except  as  provided  for  by 
section  4.  He  may  require  that  a  physical  examination,  or  test, 
be  made  of  every  such  animal  brought,  driven,  or  shipped  into  this 
state;  may  establish  quarantine  regulations  for  all  such  animals,- 
and  may  make  whatever  rules  he  deems  necessary  to  prevent  the  in- 
troduction into  this  state  of  contagious  or  infectious  diseases.  When 
such  animals  shall  be  found  to  have  any  contagious  or  infectious  dis- 
ease, they  shall  forthwith  be  slaughtered  by  and  at  the  expense  of 
the  importer  or  owner,  or  held  in  strict  quarantine,  if  the  disease  is 
curable,  under  rules  prescribed  by  said  commissioner;  and  when 
slaughtered,  the  carcasses  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 4  relating  to  the  disposition  of  the  same,  but  in  no  case  shall 
the  importer  or  owner  retain  the  hide  of  any  animal  infected  with 
glanders,  or  anthrax  nor  shall  the  carcass  of  any  animal  infected 


19211  Chapter    143.  261 

with  glanders,  or  anthrax  be  shipped  to  a  fertilizer  or  rendering 
plant.  The  importer  or  owner  shall  bear  the  expense  of  detention, 
examination,  test  and  slaughter,  but  not  the  personal  expenses  of 
said  commissioner,  or  his  agent. 

Sect.  7.     Permits  to  Persons  Living  near  State  Line.     Persons  Permits  to  per- 

"  sons  living  near 

living  near  the  state  line,  who  own  or  occupy  land  in  an  adjoining  state  line, 
state,  or  persons  living  in  an  adjoining  state,  who  own  or  occupy 
land  in  this  state  near  the  state  line,  may  secure  from  said  commis- 
sioner a  permit  to  drive  cattle,  horses,  asses,  mules  or  sheep  back 
and  forth  to  pasture  and  for  other  purposes,  subject  to  such  restric- 
tions or  regulations  as  said  commissioner  may  deem  necessary  in 
any  particular  case. 

Sect.  8.  Importation  of  Diseased  Animals;  Violation  of  Regu- importation  of 
lations;  Penalty.  Any  person  who  drives,  brings  or  ships  domestic  penal?/  '""™'''^' 
animals  into  this  state,  or  is  accessory  thereto,  knowing  or  having 
reason  to  believe  that  any  of  them  have  a  contagious  or  infectious 
disease,  or  have  been  exposed  to  any  such  disease,  or  shall  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  or  regulations  relating  to  importation  or 
quarantine,  shall  be  imprisoned  not  more  than  twelve  months,  or 
fined  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and  each  animal  brought, 
shipped,  or  driven  into  this  state  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section,  or  in  violation  of  the  importation  or  quarantine  regu- 
lations, shall  constitute  a  separate  and  distinct  offense. 

Sect.  9.     Interstate  Commerce  ;  Exception.    Nothing  in  the  pre-  interstate  com- 
ceding  section  shall  apply  to  cattle,  horses,  asses,  mules,  sheep  or 
swine  being  transported  through  the  state  in  interstate  commerce. 

Sect.  10.  Commissioner  to  Investigate ;  Powers.  The  commis-  Commissioner  to 
sioner  on  domestic  animals  shall  cause  systematic  investigation,  in  existence  of  cer- 
so  far  as  available  funds  will  permit,  to  be  made  as  to  the  existence 
of  pleuro-pneumonia,  foot  and  mouth  disease,  glanders,  hog  cholera, 
anthrax,  black  leg,  hemorrhagic  septicaemia,  or  any  other  infectious 
or  contagious  disease,  among  cattle,  horses,  asses,  mules,  sheep  and 
swine,  and  he,  or  his  duly  authorized  agent,  may  enter  any  premises, 
or  places,  including  stock  yards,  within  any  part  of  the  state,  in  or 
at  which  he  has  reason  to  believe  that  there  exists,  or  may  exist, 
any  such  disease,  and  make  search,  investigation  and  inquiry  in  re- 
gard to  the  existence  thereof,  and  may  call  to  his  aid,  if  necessary, 
the  police  officer  or  constable  of  the  city  or  town,  or  the  sheriff  of 
the  county,  in  which  such  animals  may  be  located,  and  all  such  offi- 
cers when  so  called  upon  by  said  commissioner,  or  his  duly  author- 
ized agent,  shall  assist  in  the  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section. 

Sect.  11.     Duty  to  Report  Existence  of  Disease.     Whenever  a  Duty  to  report 
local  board  of  health,  or  its  executive  officer,  veterinarian,  select- mTs^slorfer.''  *'°™ 
man,  or  any  person  has  notice  of,  or  suspects,  the  existence  of  any 
of  the  diseases  named  in  the  preceding  section  or  other  contagious 
or  infectious  diseases  among  domestic  animals,  such  board  of  health 


262  Chapter    143.  [1921 

or  officer,  veterinarian,  selectman,  or  any  person,  shall  forthwith, 
in  writing,  notify  the  commissioner  on  domestic  animals,  reciting  in 
such  notification  the  grounds  for  such  belief  or  suspicion.  Any 
owner  suspecting  the  existence  of  any  such  disease  or  diseases 
among  his  domestic  animals  shall  forthwith,  in  writing,  notify  said 
commissioner  of  such  fact. 
Quarantine;  Sect.  12.     Quarantine;    Penalty  for  Violation.     Whenever  said 

penalty.  commissioner  upon  investigation,  or  upon  notification,  has  reason 

to  believe  that  a  domestic  animal  is  infected  with  a  contagious  or 
infectious  disease,  he  shall  immediately  cause  it  to  be  quarantined 
or  isolated  upon  the  premises  of  the  owner,  or  the  person  in  whose 
possession  it  is  found,  or  in  such  other  place  or  inclosure  as  he  may 
designate,  and  the  removal  thereof  from  any  premises  where  it  may 
be  ordered  to  be  kept  shall  be  forbidden.  Said  commissioner  may 
quarantine  the  premises  upon  which  there  is  a  domestic  animal  in- 
fected with  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  or  that  is  sus- 
pected of  being  so  infected,  or  that  has  been  exposed  to  such  dis- 
ease, and  forbid  the  removal  of  any  such  animal,  or  any  animals, 
susceptible  to  such  disease  therefrom,  by  serving  a  written  order 
upon  the  owner,  or  person  in  possession  of  said  premises,  or  by 
posting  a  copy  of  such  order  at  the  usual  entrance  thereto ;  and  if 
it  becomes  epidemic,  said  commissioner  may  issue  a  proclamation 
quarantining  such  locality  and  forbidding  the  removal  therefrom  of 
any  animal  so  diseased  or  susceptible  thereto  without  his  permission. 
No  person  shall  tear  down,  mutilate,  deface  or  destroy  any  such 
notice  or  order  issued  by  said  commissioner  when  posted,  as  pro- 
vided herein,  during  the  pendency  of  such  notice  or  order.  Any 
violation  of  a  quarantine  provision  or  regulation  shall  be  punishable 
by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not 
exceeding  thirty  days,  or  both. 
Examination  and  Sect.  13.  Examination  after  Quarantine  Imposed;  Test  Re- 
tfned°ani^ak"  quircd.  "Whenever  an  animal  or  animals  have  been  quarantined  a^ 
and  others.  herein  provided,  said  commissioner,  within  a  reasonable  time,  shall 

cause  a  physical  examination  of  such  animal  or  animals  to  be  made. 
If,  on  such  physical  examination,  he  deems  it  necessary,  he  may  ap- 
ply the  tuberculin,  or  any  other  approved  test.  Said  commissioner 
shall  not,  when  he  suspects  bovine  tuberculosis,  take  any  action 
based  upon  such  physical  examination,  except  in  advanced  cases, 
unless  the  tuberculin,  or  other  approved  test,  be  applied,  and  such 
test  confirms  the  result  of  the  physical  examination.  If  any  animal 
is  found  to  have  bovine  tuberculosis,  he  may  cause  a  test  to  be  made 
of  the  entire  herd  in  Avhich  such  animal  was  found,  or  of  any  animal 
which  may  have  been  exposed  to  said  disease. 
Expense  of  quar-  Sect.  14.  Expcusc  of  Quarantine.  If  animals  have  been  quar- 
^°*'°^'  antined,  collected  or  isolated  upon  the  premises  of  the  owner  or  the 

person  in  whose  possession  they  are  at  the  time  the  quarantine  is 
imposed,  and  they  shall  be  kept  in  such  quarantine  for  more  than 


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ten  days  as  siispoctod  of  being  infected  with  a  contagions  or  infec- 
tions disease,  and  the  owner  is  forbidden  to  sell  any  of  the  product 
thereof  for  food,  and  such  animals  shall  be  found  not  to  have  the 
disease,  or  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  the  expense  of  such 
quarantine  shall  be  borne  by  the  owner  for  the  period  of  ten  days, 
and  the  state  shall  pay  the  expense  of  quarantine  for  any  period  in 
excess  of  said  ten  days,  provided,  however,  that  said  expense  shall 
not  exceed  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  per  diem  for  each  animal  so  held 
in  quarantine.  If  animals  have  been  quarantined  or  collected  on 
any  premises  other  than  those  of  the  owner  or  the  person  in  posses- 
sion thereof,  the  expense  of  such  quarantine  shall  be  paid  by  the 
state. 

Sect.  15.  Certificate  of  Veterinarian;  Slaughter  of  Diseased  Diseased  animals, 
Animal;  Disposition  of  Carcass.  If  the  veterinarian  authorized  by  certificate  of 'vet- 
said  commissioner  to  examine  or  test  an  animal  for  the  presence  of ''^''^^'""'"• 
an  infectious  or  contagious  disease  certifies  to  said  commissioner  in 
writing  to  the  effect  that  he  has  made  an  examination  or  test  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  regulations  laid  down  by  said  commissioner,  that 
in  his  judgment  such  animal  is  infected  with  a  specific  infectious  or 
contagious  disease,  or  that  its  destruction  is  necessary  m  order  to 
prevent  or  suppress,  or  to  aid  in  preventing  or  suppressing  such  dis- 
ease, then  such  animal  shall,  except  in  cases  herein  provided,  forth- 
with be  slaughtered  by  and  at  the  expense  of  the  owner,  or  the  per- 
son in  possession  thereof,  and  the  carcass  shall  be  dealt  with  as  pro- 
vided for  in  sections  4  and  6  of  this  act  relating  to  the  disposition 
of  carcasses  of  imported  animals  after  slaughter,  but  the  last  sen- 
tence of  said  sections  relating  to  the  expenses  thereof  shall  not  be 
applicable  to  animals  not  imported.  The  cost  of  examination  or 
test  in  such  cases  and  the  personal  expenses  of  said  commissioner,  or 
his  agents,  shall  be  borne  by  the  state.  The  meat  of  bovine  animals 
infected  with  tuberculosis,  but  showing  no  marked  physical  indica- 
tions of  the  disease,  may  be  used  or  sold  as  food  under  regulations 
laid  down  by  the  state  board  of  health,  or  in  accordance  with  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the 
United  States  under  the  federal  meat  inspection  law. 

Sect.  16.     Application  for  Test  by  Owner;    Agreement;    Com- Application  for 
missioner  to  Test.     The  owner  of  cattle,  horses,  asses,  mules,  sheep '/greementT*^"^ ' 
or  swine  may  apply  to  said  commissioner  for  an  examination  of  his'^^®*^- 
animals  for  tuberculosis  or  glanders,  subject  to  the  following  regula- 
tions :     The  application  therefor  shall  be  upon  a  blank  form  pro- 
vided by  said  commissioner,  and  shall  include  an  agreement  on  the 
part  of  the  owner  of  such  animals  to  improve  faulty  sanitary  condi- 
tions, to  disinfect  his  premises  if  diseased  animals  should  be  found, 
to  follow  directions  of  said  commissioner  designed  to  prevent  re- 
infection of  his  herd,  or  other  animals,  and  to  suppress  the  disease 
and  prevent  the  spread  thereof.     As  soon  as  possible  after  receipt 
of  said  application,  said  commissioner,  or  some  competent  veterina- 


264  Chapter   143.  [1921 

rian  in  the  employ  of  said  commissioner,  shall  make  a  thorough 
physical  examination  of  such  animals  and  may  subject  them  to  the 
tuberculin,  or  mallein  test,  or  other  approved  test,  and  if  any  of  the 
animals  react  to  the  test  so  made,  or  upon  physical  examination  are 
found  to  be  infected  with  a  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  they 
shall  be  condemned  and  slaughtered  after  appraisal,  or  held  in  strict 
quarantine  as  provided  for  by  this  act  in  the  case  of  registered  pure 
bred  tuberculous  bovine  animals.  When  slaughtered  the  carcasses 
shall  be  disposed  of  as  hereinbefore  provided.  The  cost'of  examina- 
tion or  test  shall  be  borne  by  the  state,  but  if  the  owner  after  sign- 
ing the  above  agreement  shall  knowingly  fail  to  carry  out  the  terms 
thereof,  he  shall  forfeit  any  indemnity  to  which  he  may  thereafter 
be  entitled  for  any  animals  found  to  be  infected. 
Animals  passing        Sect.  17.     Owucrs  to  Keep  Hcrds  Free  from  Disease;    Retest. 

two    or   more   tests  /  -in  i       •         i 

within  two- years.  The  provisious  of  the  precedmg  section  shall  not  apply  m  the  case 
of  cattle  owners  whose  animals  have  passed  without  reactors  two 
or  more  tests  within  a  period  of  two  years.  Such  owners  shall  keep 
their  animals  free  from  disease  at  their  own  expense  under  regula- 
tions prescribed  by  said  commissioner ;  but  if  any  reactors  shall  at 
any  time  be  found,  they  shall  be  appraised,  slaughtered,  and  paid 
for  as  provided  by  this  act,  or  may  be  retained  in  strict  quarantine 
as  herein  provided.  Said  commissioner  may  retest  any  animals 
Privat  t  St  •  re  "^^'^"^sn  iu  his  judgment  the  conditions  warrant  it. 
port 'to  commis  Sect.  18.     Private  "Tcsts ;    Report;    Penalty  for  Failure  to  Re- 

port. All  private  tuberculin,  or  other  approved  tests  shall  be  re- 
ported to  said  commissioner  by  the  person  making  the  test  or  tests. 
Said  report  shall  be  made  within  five  days  from  the  time  said  test 
is  completed  and  shall  include,  when  said  test  is  made  by  the  sub- 
cutaneous method,  a  complete  temperature  record  and  such  other 
information  as  said  commissioner  may  require ;  when  said  test  is 
made  by  either  the  intradermal  or  ophthalmic  methods,  a  complete 
record  of  such  reaction  or  reactions  as  appeared,  and  such  other  in- 
formation as  said  commissioner  may  require.  If  such  test  or  tests 
are  made  by  a  veterinarian  approved  by  said  commissioner  to  make 
such  tests,  and  any  reactors  are  found,  they  shall  be  subject  to  the 
provisions  herein  provided  for  in  such  cases.  Failure  on  the  part 
of  any  person  making  such  test  or  tests  to  report  the  same  shall  sub- 
ject him  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 
Post-mortem  ex-  SECT.  19.  Report  Sent  to  Commissioner  and  Owner.  The  car- 
port. '  cass  of  every  animal  duly  condemned  and  slaughtered  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  examined  by  a  veterinarian  or  physi- 
cian designated  by  said  commissioner,  for  the  purpose  of  determin- 
ing whether  or  not  disease  existed  in  such  animal.  Such  post-mor- 
tem examination  shall  be  under  rules  prescribed  by  said  commis- 
sioner, and  the  report  thereof  shall  show  conditions  found  upon 
such  examination  duly  verified  by  the  person  making  such  examina- 
tion.   Such  report  shall  be  filed  with  said  commissioner,  and  a  copy 


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thereof  shall  he  sent  or  delivered  to  the  owner,  or  person  in  posses- 
sion of  the  animal  so  examined. 

Sect.  20.  Appraisal;  No  Compensation  in  Certain  Cases;  In-;^Xordere°i  to'"' 
demnity  Paid.  The  value  of  all  animals  directed  to  be  killed  by  ^^  billed. 
order  of  said  commissioner,  or  his  agent,  shall  be  first  appraised  by 
the  owner  and  the  commissioner,  or  his  agent.  In  the  event  of  a 
disagreement  as  to  the  amount  of  the  appraisal,  a  third  disinter- 
ested person  shall  be  selected  by  the  owner  and  the  commissioner, 
or  his  agent,  to  act  with  them  and  to  appraise  said  animals ;  the 
expense  of  said  third  appraiser  being  paid  by  said  owner. 
The  value  determined  by  said  arbitrators  shall  be  final.  In  making 
such  appraisal,  the  fact  that  the  animals  have  been  condemned  for 
disease  shall  not  be  considered,  but  in  no  case  shall  it  exceed  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  grade  cattle  or  two  hundred  dollars 
for  pure  bred  registered  cattle  and  for  horses,  provided,  Iwwever, 
that  in  no  case  shall  compensation  be  allowed  for  any  animals  de- 
stroyed which  may  have  contracted,  or  been  exposed  to,  such  dis- 
ease in  a  foreign  country,  or  on  the  high  seas,  or  which  may  have 
been  brought  or  shipped  into  this  state,  within  six  months  previous 
to  such  animal  showing  evidence  of  such  disease ;  and  the  owaier  or 
ow'ners  or  jDcrson  in  possession  thereof  shall  furnish  satisfactory  evi- 
dence as  to  the  time  during  which  such  animal  or  animals  shall  have 
been  owaied  in  the  state ;  nor  shall  compensation  be  allow-ed  to  any 
oW'Uer  who  in  person,  or  by  his  agent,  knowdngly  and  wilfully  con- 
ceals the  existence  of  such  disease,  or  the  fact  of  exposure  thereto 
in  animals  of  which  the  person  making  such  concealment,  by  him- 
self, or  agent,  is  in  whole  or  part  owner.  In  case  the  animal  con- 
demned is  registered,  the  owaier  shall  furnish  to  the  commissioner  a 
certificate  of  registration  before  the  claim  is  paid.  The  state  shall 
pay  the  owner,  after  the  filing  of  such  certificate  or  certificates  as 
said  commissioner  may  direct,  one-half  of  the  appraisal  value  placed 
upon  all  cattle  and  horses  condemned  and  killed,  provided,  Jioivever, 
that  the  amount  received  from  the  salvage,  any  amount  from  the 
federal  government,  and  that  from  the  state  shall  not  exceed  the 
appraisal  value  thereof.  If  the  total  amount  to  be  paid  from  all 
such  sources  should  exceed  the  appraisal  value,  the  indemnity  to 
be  paid  by  the  state  shall  be  only  the  difference  between  the  amount 
received  from  such  sources  other  than  the  state  and  said  appraisal 
value. 

Sect.  21.     Reactors  Retained  for  Breeding  Purposes;    Regula- Reactors  may  be 
tioiis.     Under  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  said  commissioner  breeding  pur- 
and  approved  by  the  state  board  of  health,  registered  pure  bred  fjon^g^;   **'""'^' 
bovine  animals  which  have  responded  to  the  tuberculin  or  other  ap- 
proved test,  but  W'liich  show  no  marked  indications  of  tuberculosis, 
may  be  retained  by  the  owner  in  quarantine  and  be  used  for  breed- 
ing purposes,  provided,  however,  that  the  offspring  of  such  animals 
shall  be  removed  and  kept  apart  immediately  following  birth,  and 


266  Chapter  143.  [1921 

further  provided,  that  such  animals  may  be  condemned  and  killed 
at  any  time  by  said  commissioner  when  in  his  judgment  conditions 
require  such  action.  The  milk  of  such  animals  may,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  said  commissioner,  be  used,  after  boiling  or  heating  to  a 
temperature  of  212  degrees  Fahrenheit,  or  after  proper  pasteuriza- 
tion. In  case  such  animals  quarantined  under  the  provisions  of 
this  section  are  at  any  time  condemned  or  killed,  after  having  been 
used  for  breeding  purposes,  the  owner  shall  not  receive  compensa- 
tion therefor  from  the  state.  The  young  of  such  animals,  quaran- 
tined under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  tested  by  tuber- 
culin, or  other  approved  test,  at  a  period  not  less  than  six  months 
nor  more  than  nine  months  from  the  birth  of  said  young.  The 
premises  on  which  such  animals  are  kept,  shall  be  at  all  times  sub- 
ject to  inspection  by  said  commissioner,  or  his  agent,  or  by  the  state 
board  of  health.  Such  animals  may,  at  any  time,  be  sold  for  im- 
mediate slaughter,  if  no  marked  physical  indications  of  tubercu- 
losis shall  have  developed,  in  any  slaughter  house  under  regulations 
provided  by  the  state  board  of  health,  or  in  accordance  with  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the 
United  States  under  the  federal  meat  inspection  laws. 
Tested  animals  to  Sect.  22.  Tested  Animals  Marked;  Certificates  for  Health 
tificates  for  Herds ;    Penalty.     Whenever  a  bovine  animal  shall  be  tested  with 

penalty.  ^^  '^ '  tuberculiu.  Or  other  approved  test,  under  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  and  shall  pass  the  test  satisfactorily  to  said  commissioner, 
or  his  agent,  such  animal,  except  pure  bred  registered  cattle,  shall 
have  a  numbered  tag  placed  in  its  ear,  unless  such  animal  is  al- 
ready so  tagged.  Any  bovine  animal  in  which  tuberculosis  is  diag- 
nosed by  the  commissioner,  or  his  agent,  on  physical  examiiiation 
or  by  means  of  the  tuberculin  test,  or  both,  which  is  not  immedi- 
ately slaughtered  under  the  supervision  of  said  commissioner,  or 
his  agent,  shall  be  marked  by  inserting  in  its  left  ear  a  metal  tag 
upon  which  is  stamped  a  number  and  the  word  Reactor,  and  by 
branding  the  letter  T,  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  three  inches 
high  on  the  left  jaw.  Tags  for  the  purposes  named  herein  shall  be 
furnished  by  said  commissioner,  at  the  expense  of  the  state.  Said 
commissioner  shall  keep  a  complete  record  of  all  tags  so  issued  ;  and 
in  the  ease  of  reacting  bovine  animals,  he  shall  keep  also  a  complete 
description  of  said  animals.  For  the  purpose  of  giving  recognition 
to  owners  whose  herds  of  cattle  have  been  subjected  to  the  tuber- 
culin, or  other  approved  test,  and  have  been  found  to  be  in  a  healthy^ 
condition,  and  free  from  reactors,  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
such  certificates  as  he  may  deem  proper,  to  such  owners,  and  to  use 
such  terms  to  designate  such  herds  as  will  harmonize  with  federal 
designations.  The  intentional  removal  or  defacement  of  any  tag  so 
inserted  without  the  consent  of  the  said  commissioner  or  his  agent, 
or  the  exhibiting  or  displaying  of  any  certificate  certifying  that  a 
specifically  named  herd  has  been  found  to  be  in  a  healthy  condition 


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and  free  from  reactors  unless  the  said  certificate  shall  have  been 
issued  by  said  commissioner,  shall  be  punishable  by  a  fine  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty 
days. 

Sect.  23.  Selling  or  Exposing  Diseased  Animals ;  Penalty.  Any  i^®"'°^^sg°sp/^^ni.' 
person  who,  knowing,  or  having  reason  to  believe,  that  any  horse  mais;  penalty. 
is  infected  with  the  disease  known  as  glanders,  or  that  any  swine 
is  infected  with  the  disease  known  as  hog  cholera,  or  that  any  domes- 
tic animal  is  infected  with  anthrax  or  black  leg,'  shall  sell,  offer  for 
sale,  trade  or  barter,  or  expose  or  allow  it  to  be  exposed  upon  any 
public  highway,  or  in  any  public  place,  shall  be  fined  not  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  thirty  days, 
or  both. 

Sect.  24.     Regulation  of  Sale  of  Reactors.     No  animal  showing  saie  of  diseased 
physical  evidence  of  tuberculosis,  or  in  which  such  disease  shall  rea™to/s  regu-" 
have  been  indicated  as  a  result  of  the  tuberculin,  or  other  approved '^*'^^- 
test,  shall  be  sold  other  than  for  immediate  slaughter,  except  under 
a  wa-itten  contract  approved  by  said  commissioner,  signed  by  both 
parties,  describing  the  animal  and  stating  that  it  is  believed  to  be 
tuberculous.    No  such  animal  shall  be  removed  except  for  immedi- 
ate slaughter  from  the  premises  where  examined,  except  upon  the 
written  permission  of  said  commissioner.     A  contract  of  sale  as 
provided  by  this  section  shall  be  executed  in  triplicate  and  one 
copy  thereof  delivered  to  the  purchaser,  one  kept  by  the  seller,  and 
the  other  delivered  to  said  commissioner. 

Sect.  25.     Report  of  Diseased  Animals  after  Killing ;    Penalty.  Report  to  commis- 

^  o  7  ,/     sjoner     upon     kill- 

Any  person  who  shall  kill  a  bovine  animal,  sheep  or  swme,  or  cause  ins:  of  any  animai 

,  .         ,  1        1   -11     1     1  •  1         •  ,       1     T  believed  to  be  dis- 

any  such  annual  to  be  killed,  knowing  or  having  reason  to  believe  eased;  penalty. 
at  the  time  of  said  killing,  or  upon  the  inspection  of  the  carcass 
thereof  finding,  or  having  reason  to  believe,  that  it  is  infected  with 
a  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  shall  forthwith  notify  the  board 
of  health  of  the  city  or  town  in  Avhich  such  animal  was  killed,  and 
the  commissioner  on  domestic  animals,  of  the  existence  of  such  dis- 
ease, of  the  place  where  the  animal  w^as  found,  of  the  name  of  the 
owner  or  person  in  possession  thereof,  and  of  the  disposal  made  of 
such  carcass,  provided,  however,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply 
when  said  killing  was  done  under  the  supervision  of  said  commis- 
sioner or  his  agent,  or  an  inspector  of  the  said  board  oi  health,  or 
an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the  United 
States.  Any  person  who  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  send  notifications 
as  herein  provided  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dol- 
lars or  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  both. 

Sect.  26.     Regulation  of  Sale  and  Use  of  Tuberculin.    All  tuber- f^^^«^^^°4^'^f^^°^*. 
culin  sold,  given  away  or  used  within  this  state,  shall  bear  a  label  i^ted;  proviso, 
stating  the  name  and  address  of  the  person,  firm,  or  institution 
making  it  and  the  date  of  preparation.    A  person  selling  or  giving 
away  tuberculin  shall  report  to  the  commissioner  on  domestic  ani- 


268  Chapter   143.  [1921 

mals  the  amount  of  tuberculin  sold  or  given  away,  the  degree  of 
strength,  the  name  and  address  of  the  person  to  whom  sold  or 
given,  and  the  date  of  delivery.  Such  report  shall  include  the  ad- 
dress of  and  be  signed  by  the  person  or  firm  making  the  report.  A 
person  buying  or  procuring  tuberculin  shall  not  use  or  dispose  of 
it  until  assured  in  writing  by  the  person  from  whom  the  tuberculin 
is  received  that  its  delivery  has  been  reported  to  the  commissioner 
on  domestic  animals,  or  unless  he  has  reported  its  receipt  to  said 
commissioner  with  information  required  to  be  furnished  by  those 
who  distribute  tuberculin;  and  the  person  buying  or  procuring 
tuberculin  shall  keep  a  correct  record  of  the  amount  received,  the 
amount  used  and  the  amount  on  hand ;  and  shall  report  these  facts 
whenever  any  tuberculin  is  used,  and,  if,  at  any  time  unused  tuber- 
culin is  not  deemed  tit  or  is  not  to  be  used,  said  person  shall  for- 
ward it  to  said  commissioner,  wdth  a  statement  showing  his  name 
and  address,  where  and  when  such  tuberculin  was  procured,  the 
amount  procured  at  the  time  and  the  amount  used.  If  the  amount 
forwarded  to  the  commissioner  and  the  amount  used  do  not  equal 
the  amount  procured,  a  statement  shall  be  made  as  to  the  disposi- 
tion of  the  remainder.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply 
to  tuberculin  manufactured  or  issued  by  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture of  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 
interferinsr  wkh  Sect.  27.  Plugging  or  Treating  to  Prevent  Normal  Reaction; 
sioner:  plugging  Penalty.  Any  person  who  intentionally  interferes  with  or  hinders 
ma/s'^'to"p?evem  the  work  of  Said  commissioner  or  his  agents  under  this  act,  or  who 
pe"auy.''''"'*'°"'  attempts  to  defeat  the  object  of  a  test  by  a  previous  injection  of 
tuberculin,  or  any  other  drug,  known  as  plugging,  or  who  in  any 
other  way  attempts  to  prevent  an  accurate  and  truthful  determina- 
tion of  the  condition  of  the  animal  tested,  or  who  shall  treat  any 
animal  with  material  or  substance  to  prevent  normal  reaction,  ex- 
cept for  experimental  purposes  with  the  consent  of  said  commis- 
sioner, shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  im- 
prisoned not  more  than  thirty  days,  or  both,  and  each  animal  so 
■  treated  shall  constitute  a  separate  offense. 
Veterinarian's  Sect.  28.     Violation  of  Sale  or  Use  of  Tuberculin  by  Yeterina- 

visions  as  to  sale  riau ;  Penalty.  Any  veterinarian  who  violates  any  of  the  provi- 
Hn  ;^^^revocaHoirof  sious  of  scctiou  26  of  tliis  act,  iu  addition  to  fines  and  penalties 
license.  prescribed,  shall  be  reported  to  the  board  of  veterinary  examiners. 

Said  board,  after  hearing,  may  revoke  the  license  of  the  said  vet- 
erinarian for  a  period  not  to  exceed  one  year,  provided,  however, 
that  this  section  in  no  way  is  intended  to  limit  the  power  of  said 
board  under  section  8,  chapter  109,  Laws  of  1919. 
Penalty.  Sect.  29.     General  Penalty.    Any  person  who  violates  a  provision 

of  the  preceding  sections  of  this  act,  or  a  regulation  made  by  the 
commissioner  in  accordance  therewith,  for  which  a  penalty  is  not 
otherwise  provided  shall  be  imprisoned  not  more  than  six  months 
or  fined  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  or  both. 


1921]  Chapter    144.  269 

Sect.  30.     Definition.    Person,  owner  or  importer  wherever  usedpefinition  of 

'  ...  terms  used  in  act. 

in  this  act  shall  mean  any  person,  corporation,  association,  partner- 
ship, company,  firm  or  other  aggregation  of  individuals. 

Sect.  2.     The  sum  of  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  ap- Appropriation  to 
propriated  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  chap-'^^'^^^ 
ter  113  as  amended  by  section  1  of  this  act  during  each  of  the  two 
succeeding  fiscal  years  following  its  passage. 

Sect.  3.     All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  ,^fP*'«^'°^  ,<=i^^s«: 

^  takes   effect  on 

hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  144. 

AN  ACT  IN  RELATION  TO  .JURORS  AND  BEING  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER 
209  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES. 

Section  I  Section 

1.      Women  not  to  be  jurors.  |  2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 

Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Chapter    209    of    the    Public    Statutes    is    hereby  Women  not  to  be 
amended  by  adding  thereto  the  following  section:    Sect.  27.     The 
burden  of  jury  duty  shall  not  be  imposed  upon  women  and  their 
names  shall  not  be  put  in  the  lists  by  town  officers. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Jas^age  ^^^"^^    "'' 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


270 


Chapters  145,  146. 


1921 


CHAPTER  145. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OP  SECTION  4,  CHAPTER  184  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES  RELATING  TO  THE  TIMES  AND  PLACES  OF  HOLDING  COURTS 
OF  PROBATE  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  CARROLL. 


Section 

1.      Probate    court    for    Carroll    county, 
when  to  be  held. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Probate  court  for      SECTION  1.     Section  4,  chapter  184  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as 

when"  to^bTh^eid.   amended  by  chapter  15,  Laws  of  1897,  and  chapter  184,  Laws  of 

1913,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of  said  section 

and   inserting   instead   thereof  the   following:    Sect.  4.     For   the 

county  of  Carroll,  at  Ossipee  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  every  month. 

passage. ''^'''    "'^     Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  146. 


AN  ACT   RELATING  TO   THE   TERMS  OF   THE  SUPERIOR   COURT. 


1.  Terms  of  superior  court  tixed. 

2.  Adjournment   of   sitting   of   court   to 

another  place;  e.xtra  mileage  to 
jurors;  extra  compensation  to 
clerk,   sheriff,   etc. 


Section 

3.  Grand    and    petit    jury    to    be    sum- 

moned. 

4.  Takes  effect  July  1,  1921. 

5.  Repealing  clause. 


Be   it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Terms   of   superior 
court  fixed. 


Section  1.  Terms  of  the  superior  court  shall  be  holden  an- 
nually, at  the  times  and  places  following : 

For  the  county  of  Rockingham :  At  Exeter  on  the  first  Tuesday 
of  January  and  the  first  Tuesday  of  April ;  at  Portsmouth  on  the 
third  Tuesday  of  October. 

For  the  county  of  Strafford:  At  Dover  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
February  and  the  first  Tuesday  of  September. 

For  the  county  of  Belknap:  At  Laconia  on  the  third  Tuesday  of 
October  and  the  third  Tuesday  of  March. 


1921]  Chapter    146.  271 

For  the  county  of  Carroll :  At  Ossipee  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  of 
May  and  the  first  Tuesday  of  October. 

For  the  county  of  Merrimack:  At  Concord  on  the  second  Tues- 
day of  April  and  the  third  Tuesday  of  October. 

For  the  county  of  Hillsborough:  At  Manchester  on  the  first 
Tuesday  of  January  and  the  first  Tuesday  of  May ;  at  Nashua  on 
the  third  Tuesday  of  September. 

For  the  county  of  Cheshire :  At  Keene  on  the  second  Tuesday  of 
April  and  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  October. 

For  the  county  of  Sullivan :  At  Newport  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
March  and  the  first  Tuesday  of  September. 

For  the  county  of  Grafton :  At  Lebanon  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
January;  at  Plymouth  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  May;  at  Woods- 
ville  in  the  town  of  Haverhill  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  September. 

For  the  county  of  Coos:  At  Lancaster  on  the  second  Tuesday 
of  April ;  at  Colebrook  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  September ;  at  Ber- 
lin on  the  first  Tuesday  of  December. 

Sect.  2.     In  counties  having  more  than  one  place  for  holding  Adioumment  of 

,  n  1  •  !•  J  •  1  •  -J.    sitting  of  court  to 

terms,  the  court  may,  tor  the  convenience  oi  parties,  adjourn  its  another  place; 
sitting  to  any  other  of  the  places  in  such  county  designated  for  ^-ors^'extTl  *° 
holding  terms;    and  w^hen  such  adjournment  involves  transferring ^I'^'^^'^^^'^^j.^g^^tg 
the  jury,  jurors  so  transferred  shall  be  entitled  to  such  extra  mile- 
age as  may  be  reasonable,  to  be  determined  by  the  presiding  justice. 
The  clerk  of  court,  and  the  sheriff  and  his  deputies,  in  attendance, 
shall  upon  such  adjournment  be  allowed  such  extra  compensation 
as  may  be  reasonable,  to  be  determined  by  the  presiding  justice. 

Sect.  3.     Grand  jurors  shall  be  summoned   for  attendance  at  Grand  and  petit 
each  of  the  terms  provided  for  by  this  act;    and  both  petit  andmoned. 
grand  jurors  shall  be  summoned  from  the  body  of  the  county. 

Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1921;    but  all  writs  Take^s^ ^effect  July 
and  process  issued  to  be  entered  at  or  returnable  to  any  of  the  ' 
terms  herein  provided  for,  may  be  made  returnable  thereto  though 
issued  prior  to  said  first  day  of  July. 

Sect.  5.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are  Repealing  clause. 
hereby  repealed ;    but  nothing  herein  contained  shall  repeal  the 
provisions  of  chapter  77  of  the  Laws  of  1905,  so  far  as  it  provided 
for  the  trial  of  cases  without  jury  at  Derry,  in  the  county  of  Rock- 
ingham. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


272 


Chapters  147,  148. 


1921 


CHAPTER  147.* 

AN  ACT  IN  xVMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  212  OP  THE  LAWS  OP  1917  RELAT- 
ING TO  THE  COURTS. 


Section 

1.      Salai 


of   justices   fixed   at   $6000. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Salaries  of  jus- 
tices  fixed   at 
$6000. 


Takes      effect 
passage. 


Section  1.  Section  2  of  chapter  141  of  the  Laws  of  1913  as 
amended  by  section  1,  chapter  212  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  all  of  said  section  and  substituting  the  fol- 
lowing :  Sect.  2.  The  annual  salary  of  the  chief  justice  and  the 
associate  justices  of  the  supreme  court  shall  be  six  thousand  dollars 
each,  and  the  annual  salary  of  the  chief  justice  and  the  associate 
justices  of  the  superior  court  shall  be  six  thousand  dollars  each. 
Actual  expenses  shall  be  allowed  the  justices  of  the  courts  as  now 
provided. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1921. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921. 


CHAPTER  148. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OP  AN  ACT  PASSED  BY  THE  HOUSE  OP  REPRE- 
SENTATIVES ON  APRIL  6,  1921,  AND  BY  THE  HONORABLE  SENATE  ON 
APRIL  12,  1921,  ENTITLED  "  AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OP  CHAPTER  212 
OP  THE  LAV^^S  OP  1917  RELATING  TO  THE  COURTS." 


Section 

1.      Salaries    of 
flee  rent. 


justues,    expenses 


Section 
2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   if   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Salaries  of  jus- 
tices, expenses, 
ofiice  rent. 


Section  1.  Section  1  of  an  act  passed  by  the  house  of  representa- 
tives April  6,  1921,  and  by  the  senate  April  12,  1921,  entitled  "An 
Act  in-  amendment  of  chapter  212  of  the  Laws  of  1917  relating  to 
the  courts"  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the  word  "ex- 
penses" in  the  last  sentence  of  said  section  the  words  and  oiSce  rent, 
so  that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows:    Section  1. 


^Amended,   chapter   14f 


1921] 


Chapter   149. 


273 


Section  2  of  chapter  141  of  the  Laws  of  1913  as  amended  by  section 
1,  chapte.r  212  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking 
out  all  of  said  section  and  substituting  the  followmg:  Sect.  2. 
The  annual  salary  of  the  chief  justice  and  the  associate  justices  of 
the  supreme  court  shall  be  six  thousand  dollars  each,  and  the  annual 
salary  of  the  chief  justice  and  the  associate  justices  of  the  superior 
court  shall  be  six  thousand  dollars  each.  Actual  expenses  and  office 
rent  shall  be  allowed  the  justices  of  the  courts  as  now  provided. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1921. 


Takes      effect 
passage. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  149. 

AN  ACT  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  CARROLL  COUNTY  AND 
CLERK  HIRE  OP  THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  HILLSBOROUGH  COUNTY. 


Section 

1.  Salaries  of  county  commissioners; 
of  clerks  of  commissioners  of 
Hillsborough   county. 


Takes  effect   on   passage. 


Be 


it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Represe)itatiiH 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Section  20  of  chapter  27  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  salaries  of  county 
amended  by  chapter  112  of  the  Laws  of  1903,  chapter  22  of  thet°T.^fr°r'm- 
Laws  of  1907,  chapter  83  of  the  Laws  of  1909,  chapters  2,  44  and  gjfiX/J-^"* 
136  of  the  Laws  of  1913,  chapter  201  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  and  chap-  ''""'^'y- 
ter  45  of  the  LaAvs  of  1919,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the 
whole  of  said  section  20  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following  -. 
Sect.  20.     Each  county  commissioner,  except  the  commissioners  of 
Hillsborough,    Cheshire,    Merrimack,    Grafton,    Coos    and    Carroll 
counties,  shall  be  paid  by  the  county  treasurer  for  his  services,  when 
employed  in  business  of  the  county  and  in  inspecting  the  taxable 
property  of  towns,  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section,  three  dol- 
lars a  day,  and  a  reasonable  sum  for  all  necessary  expenses,  upon 
order  of  the  superior  court,  his  accounts  having  been  first  audited 
by  the  court.    Each  commissioner  of  Hillsborough  county  shall  be 
so   paid   the   sum   of  fifteen  hundred   dollars   per   year,   payable 
monthly,  each  commissioner  of  Cheshire  county  the  sum  of  five  hun- 
dred dollars  per  year,  each  commissioner  of  Merrimack  county  the 
sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  year,  each  commissioner  of  Grafton 
county  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  per  year,  and  each  commis- 
sioner of  Coos  county,  when  employed  in  business  of  the  county  and 


274 


Chapter   150. 


[1921 


Takes      effect 
passage. 


jn  inspecting  the  taxable  property  of  towns,  as  provided  in  the  pre- 
ceding section,  five  dollars  a  day,  and  each  commissioner  of  Carroll 
county  when  so  employed,  four  dollars  a  day,  payable  in  equal  quar- 
terly installments,  and  a  reasonable  sum  for  all  necessary  expenses, 
upon  order  of  the  superior  court,  his  accounts  having  first  been 
audited  by  the  court.  The  commissioners  of  Hillsborough  county 
shall  employ  two  clerks,  one  at  the  office  of  the  commission  in  Man- 
chester and  one  at  the  office  of  the  commission  in  Nashua.  The  sal- 
ary of  each  of  these  clerks  shall  not  exceed  twenty  dollars  per  week, 
payable  weekly. 
1     Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  1.50. 


AN  ACT  TO  REGULATE  THE  PRACTICE  OF  CHIROPRACTIC. 


Section 

1.  Chiropractic  defined. 

2.  Board     of     chiropractic     examiners; 

term    of    service;     vacancies;     re- 
moval. 

3.  Organization     of    board;      meeting; 

income ;    records. 

4.  Compensation       and       expenses      of 

board. 

5.  Examination    and    licensing    of    ap- 

plicants   to   practice    chiropractic ; 
qualifications    of    applicant;      fee. 

6.  Licensed    chiropractors;      how    may 

practice;    restrictions. 


Applicants  licensed  to  practice  in 
other  states,   registration  of;     fee. 

Persons  practicing  prior  to  passage 
of  this  act. 

Practitioners  to  be  subject  to  laws 
as  to  contagious  and  infectious 
diseases   and   certificates   of   death. 

Revocation  of  license. 

Practicing  without  a  license:  chiro- 
practor advertising  as  physician 
or  doctor;    penalty. 

Repealing  clause;  takes  effect  on 
passage. 

"1 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Chiropractic     de- 
fined. 


Board    of     chiro- 
practic   examin- 
ers ;     term  of 
service:     vacan- 
cies ;    removal. 


Section  1.  Chiropractic  is  herein  defined  to  be  the  science  of 
adjusting  the  cause  of  disease  by  realigning  by  hand  the  twenty- 
four  movable  vertebrae  of  the  spinal  column  or  misalignments  of 
the  sacroiliac  articulation,  releasing  pressure  on  nerves  radiating 
from  the  spine  to  all  parts  of  the  body,  and  allowing  the  nerves  to 
carry  their  full  quota  of  health  current  (nerve  energy)  from  the 
brain  to  all  parts  of  the  body. 

Sect.  2.  The  governor,  wdth  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  coun- 
cil, shall  appoint  two  skilled  chiropractors  who  are  not  physicians, 
each  of  whom  shall  be  a  graduate  of  some  resident  course  school  or 
college  of  chiropractic,  and  who  shall  have  resided  and  practiced  in 
this  state  for  at  least  one  year,  and  one  duly  registered  physician, 


1921]  Chapter    150.  275 

who  shall  constitute  a  board  of  chiropractic  examiners.  One  mem- 
ber shall  be  appointed  to  serve  for  a  term  of  three  years,  one  for 
two  years  and  one  for  one  year,  and  thereafter  each  regular  appoint- 
ment shall  be  for  a  term  of  three  years.  Vacancies  in  said  board 
shall  be  filled  in  like  manner  for  the  balance  of  the  unexpired  term, 
and  any  member  of  said  board  may  be  removed  therefrom  by  the 
governor  and  council  for  cause  and  after  hearing. 

Sect.  3.  The  members  of  said  l)oard  shall  take  the  oath  of  office  orsanization  of 
and  organize  within  thirty  days  following  the  appointment  of  itSi^ncome;  ™ecords'. 
members  by  the  election  of  a  chairman  and  a  secretary-treasurer. 
Said  board  shall  meet  once  annually  and  at  such  times  as  the  busi- 
ness of  the  board  shall  require.  All  income  received  by  said  board 
shall  be  accounted  and  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  annually,  at  such 
time  as  he  shall  prescribe.  A  true  record  of  all  the  official  acts  of 
said  board  shall  be  made  and  preserved  by  the  secretary-treasurer. 
Two  members  of  said  board  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  They  shall 
keep  an  accurate  record  of  their  proceedings  and  file  a  copy  thereof 
with  the  secretary  of  the  state  board  of  health. 

Sect.  4.  The  compensation  and  all  necessary  expenses  of  the  Compensation 
board  shall  be  paid  from  the  treasury  of  the  state.  The  compensa-  board'''''^"^'^*  " 
tion  of  the  members  of  the  board  shall  be  five  dollars  each  for  every 
day  actually  spent  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  and,  in  addition, 
their  necessary  expenses  in  attending  the  meetings  of  the  board. 
Such  compensation  and  expenses  shall  be  approved  by  the  board 
and  transmitted  to  the  state  treasurer,  who  shall  certify  to  the  gov- 
ernor and  council  the  amounts  due;  provided  that  the  amounts  so 
paid  shall  not  exceed  the  amount  received  by  the  treasurer  from 
said  board,  and  so  much  of  said  receipts  as  may  be  necessary  is 
hereby  appropriated  for  the  compensation  and  expenses  aforesaid. 

Sect.  5.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  examine,  register.  Examination  and 
and  license  applicants  whom  they  find  to  be  of  age,  of  good  charac- '^^^"^'f/p^acttf*' 
ter,  and  qualified  as  herein  provided  to  practice  chiropractic.    Such '''"'■°'""\''"'^  •    * 

'1  f  1  j^  K-/  qualifications   of 

applicant  shall  pay  to  the  secretary-treasurer  a  fee  of  twenty-five  applicants;  fee. 
dollars  for  which  he  shall  be  entitled  to  an  examination  and  to  a  re- 
examination if  necessary,  within  one  year.  He  shall  submit  to  said 
board  satisfactory  evidence  of  a  high  school  education,  or  its  equiva- 
lent, shall  be  at  least  twenty-one  years  of  age,  of  good  moral  char- 
acter, and  a  graduate  of  a  legally  chartered  or  incorporated  school 
or  college  of  chiropractic  requiring  a  course  of  three  years,  of  six 
months  each,  or  its  equivalent,  as  a  resident  student  therein,  and 
shall  submit  to  a  written  examination  which  shall  be  given  by  said 
board  in  the  following  subjects :  anatomy,  physiology,  symptomat- 
ology, hygiene,  chiropractic  orthopedy,  histology,  pathology,  neurol- 
ogy, and  the  principles  of  chiropractic  adjusting  and  nerve  tracing. 
Each  applicant  who  qualifies  and  who  attains  a  minimum  grade  of 
seventy  per  cent,  upon  such  examination  shall  receive  a  certifi- 
cate of  registration  from  said  board. 


276  Chapter    150.  [1921 


Licensed  chiro-  Sect.  6.     Any  chiropractor  who  has  received  and  holds  a  eertifi- 

practors ;    how  *'  ^  .  .  -,    ^ 

may  practice;  re- cate  of  registration  issued  by  said  board  may  adjust  by  hand  any 
articulations  of  the  spinal  column,  but  shall  not  prescribe  for  or 
administer  to  any  person  any  medicine  or  drugs  now  or  hereafter 
included  in  materia  medica,  practice  major  or  minor  surgery,  ob- 
stetrics, nor  any  branch  of  medicine  or  osteopathy. 
Applicants  Sect.  7.     The   board   may   register   and   license   any   applicant 

tice  in  other   '      thercfor  wlio  is  legally  qualified  to  practice  chiropractic  in  any  other 
ofT^fee!^^'**'^'^*'"''  state,  the  requirements  of  which  state  as  to  registration  and  license 
are  equivalent  to  those  in  this  state.    Such  applicant  shall  pay  a  fee 
of  fifteen  dollars. 
Persons  practicing     Sect.  8.     Any  chiropractor  practicing  in  this  state  during  six 

prior  to  passage  ^  .  •'  ^  .^^.  ,*=_.  ^  .^ 

of  this  act.  months  prior  to  the  passage  oi  this  act,  who  is  a  graduate  oi  some 

school  or  college  of  chiropractic  which  teaches  a  three  year  resident 
course,  shall  be  registered  and  granted  a  license  by  said  board  upon 
presentation  of  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  qualification  under  this 
section,  and  upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  of  fifteen  dollars. 
fubYecf*to''iaws  as  Sect.  9.  Practitioucrs  of  chiropractic  shall  be  subject  to  the 
to  contagious  and  provisions  of  the  law  relating  to  contagious  and  infectious  diseases 

infectious    diseases  ^,  ,  .  „  .°  r.?i  !•• 

and  certificates  ofaud  to  the  granting  of  certificates  of  deaths,  as  physicians  are  re- 
death.  .       T   ,       , 

quired  to  do. 
nc7nsT*^°"  °*  Sect.  10.     The  board  may,  after  notice  and  hearing,  revoke  the 

license  of  any  licensee  who  has  obtained  it  by  fraud  or  fraudulent 
means,  or  who  has  been  convicted  of  a  crime  punishable  by  impris- 
onment in  the  state  prison,  or  whose  moral  character  or  personal 
habits  are  such  as  to  unfit  him  for  the  practice  of  chiropractic. 
Practicing  with-         Sect.   11.     Whocvcr,  uot  bciug  registered  and  licensed  as  herein 
cTh-opract'oT'a'd-     provided,  shall  advertise  himself  or  in  any  way  hold  himself  out  as 
vertismg^^as^physi-  q^^ijfigj--^  ^q  practicc  chiropractic,  or  whoever  does  so  after  receiving 
notice  that  his  license  has  been  revoked,  and  whoever,  being  regis- 
tered and  licensed  as  herein  provided,  shall  advertise,  call,  or,  in  so 
far  as  he  may  be  able  to  prevent  it,  allow  himself  to  be  advertised 
or  called  a  physician  or  a  doctor,  or  use  any  physician's  or  doctor's 
insignia  as  such,  shall  be  punished  for  the  first  offense  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  m  the  county 
jail  not  exceeding  three  months,  and  for  any  subsequent  offense  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both,  and  upon  conviction  his 
license  shall  be  revoked. 
Repealing   clause:      Sect.  12.     All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are 
passage.  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


lenalty. 


1921]  Chapter  151.  277 

CHAPTER  151. 

AN    ACT    TO   PROMOTE    THE   PUBLIC    HEALTH   BY   PROVIDING   PROTECTION 
FOR   MATERNITY   AND   INFANCY, 


State  board  of  health  to  provide  in-     ,  4.      Powers  and  duties  of  board, 

structioii    and    pare    during    preg-  5.      Co-operation  with  federal   children's 


bureau. 
Takes  effect  on  passage. 


nancy    and    confinement:     care    of 
infants. 

2.  Who   entitled   to   assistance,   etc. 

3.  Aid   so  received  not  to   affect   politi- 

cal  rights. 

Be    it   enacted   hi/   tlie    Senate   and   House   of  Eepresentatives    in 
General  Court  convened'. 

Section  1.     Care  for  Maternity  and  Infancy.     The  state  board  state  board  of 
of  health  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  board  is  hereby  authorized  insu-uction"and^^ 
to  provide  instruction,  advice  and  such  care  as  the  board  may  deem  ^a'^'cv'^  ^'d^co^n"^ 
necessary,  to  expectant  mothers  during  pregnancy  and  confinement  ^^^f'^^^"*-   °^^^  "^ 
and  to  mothers  and  their  infants  after  childbirth;    and  to  employ 
such  persons  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  requirements  of 
this  act. 

Sect.  2.     Persons  Entitled  to  Assistance.     Such  instruction,  ad-  who  entitled  to 
vice  and  care  shall  be  given  only  to  applicants  who  have  resided '''**'^*^'"'^'  ^'^^' 
within  the  state  for  a  period  of  at  least  six  months  before  the  ex- 
pected or  the  actual  date  of  childbirth. 

Sect.  3.     Protection  of  Beneficiary.     No  woman  receiving  aid  Aid  so  received 
under  this  act  shall  for  this  reason  be  affected  thereby  in  any  civil  "ai*  r^ghts!*^*^  ^^  '  ^' 
or  political  rights,  nor  shall  her  identity  be  disclosed  except  upon 
written  order  of  the  board. 

Sect.  4.     Powers  and  Duties  of  the  Board.     The  board  may :  Powers  and  duties 
( 1 )  accept  private  gifts  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  pro- " 
visions  of  this  act;   (2)  co-operate  with  agencies  whether  city,  state, 
federal  or  private  which  carry  on  work  for  maternal  and  infant 
hygiene,  and  (3)  make  investigations  and  recommendations  for  the 
purpose  of  improving  maternity  care. 

The  board  shall  include  in  its  report  to  the  state  legislature  a 
statement  of  the  operation  of  this  act. 

Sect.  5.    Acceptance  of  the  Law  of  the  United  States.     The  co-operation  with 
state  of  New  Hampshire,  through  its  legislative  authority  empowers  burelu. 
and  directs  the  board  to  co-operate  with  the  Federal  Children's 
Bureau  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  act. 

Sect.  6.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  ll^HJ^""^^  "" 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


278 


Chapter   152. 


1921 


CHAPTER  152. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  2,  CHAPTER  181,  LAWS  OF  1917, 
ENTITLED  ' '  AN  ACT  PERMITTING  STERILIZING  OPERATIONS  IN  CERTAIN 
CASES  OF  MENTAIj  DISEASE  AND  FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS. ' ' 

Section   1.      Sterilizing  operation  authorized  for  prevention  of  reproduction   of  feeble- 
mindedness. 

Be  it  enacted  ty  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


sterilizing    oper- 
ation   authorized 
for   prevention 
of   reproduction 
of   feeble- 
mindedness. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  2,  chapter  181,  Laws  of  1917,  by 
striking  out  in  line  twenty  of  said  section  the  words  "in  which 
event"  and  substituting  therefor  the  words  and  in  case  they  find 
that  the  patient  is  mentally  incapable  of  giving  his  consent,  so  that 
said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  2.  When 
either  of  the  recognized  sterilizing  operations  herein  referred  to 
may  be  indicated  for  the  prevention  of  the  reproduction  of  further 
feeble-mindedness,  or  for  the  therapeutic  treatment  of  certain  forms 
of  mental  disease,  physicians  in  charge  of  state  and  county  institu- 
tions, having  the  custody  of  such  cases  may  recommend  to  the  near- 
est relative,  guardian  and  affected  individual  the  advisability  and 
necessity  of  such  operation ;  and  when  the  written  consent  of  the 
patient,  when  mentally  competent  to  give  such  consent,  as  well  as 
that  of  the  nearest  relative  or  guardian  is  given,  the  physician  hav- 
ing the  custody  aforesaid  of  said  case  shall  call  a  counsel  of  two 
registered  medical  practitioners — one  a  physician  and  one  a  sur- 
geon— of  not  less  than  five  years'  practice  and  not  related  to  the 
patient,  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  in  conjunction  with  the  physician 
in  charge  of  the  case,  to  examine  the  individual  recommended  for 
operation.  Whether  the  person  to  be  operated  upon  is  mentally 
capable  of  giving  his  consent  shall  be  decided  by  the  consultants 
and  stated  in  writing,  with  their  reasons  therefor,  and  such  writ- 
ten statement  shall  be  kept  on  file  in  the  probate  court  of  the 
county  in  which  the  individual  resides ;  and  in  case  they  find  that 
the  patient  is  mentally  incapable  of  giving  his  consent,  the  consent 
of  the  guardian  or  nearest  relative  must  be  secured.  If  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  consulting  physicians  the  operation  will  prevent  the 
further  propagation  of  mental  deficiency,  or  if  in  the  judgment  of 
the  medical  consultants  the  physical  or  mental  condition  of  any 
such  person  will  be  substantially  benefited  thereby,  then  the  con- 
sultants shall  select  a  competent  surgeon  to  perform  the  operation 
of  fallectomy  or  vasectomy,  as  the  case  may  be,  upon  such  person. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.; 


1921]  Chapters  153,  154.  279 

CHAPTER  153. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  MARRIAGE  OF 
PERSONS  HAVING  SYPHILIS  OR  GONORRHOEA,  APPROVED  MARCH  29, 
1921. 

Section  |   Section* 

1.     Penalty.  |  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  sectiou  4  of  an  act*  relating  to  the  marriage  Penalty. 
of  persons  having  syphilis  or  gonorrhoea,  approved  March  29,  1921, 
by  striking  out  the  words  ''and  two"  in  line  two  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  words  two  and  three,  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  4.  Any  person  failing  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  sections  1,  2  and  3  of  this  act  shall 
be  punished  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  yeav  nor  less 
than  three  months,  or  by  fine  of  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars 
nor  less  than  two  hundred  dollars  or  both. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  iTa^^slge!^^*^'  ""^ 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  154. 

AN    ACT   TO   PROVIDE    FOR    NAMING   OP    HIGHW^AYS. 

Section'  I   Section" 

1.  Naming  of  highways;    duty  of  state     |  3.      Selection  of  names  how  restricted. 

highwaT  commissioner.  I  4.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 

2.  Selectmen     may     suhmit     names     to 

voters  for  approval. 

Be   it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     It  shall  be  the  dutv  of  the  state  highway  commis- Na^'iig  °^ ,  , 

°  •'  highways;    duty 


sioner  to  confer  with  the  selectmen  of  towns,  or  appropriate  city  of  state  highway 
officials  in  the  case  of  cities,  in  regard  to  the  naming  of  highways 
which  have  not  hitherto  been  named. 

Sect.  2.     In    co-operation   with    said   highway   commissioner    it  Selectmen  may 


shall  be  the  dut}^  of  said  selectmen  and  said  city  officials  in  so  far  toToterTTo" 
as  practicable  to  provide  names  for  highways  not  hitherto  named.  *pp'"°'^^^- 
Said  selectmen  may  at  their  discretion  submit  such  names  for  ap- 
proval at  any  meeting  of  the  legal  voters  of  the  town,  and  said 


^See  ante,   chapter  55. 


280 


Chapter   155. 


1921 


Selection  of 
names  how 
restricted. 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


names  should  appear  on  all  guideboards  hereafter  erected  in  ac- 
cordance with  provisions  of  section  1,  chapter  78  of  the  Public 
Statutes,  as  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  175,  Laws  of  1913. 

Sect.  3.  No  name  for  a  highway  shall  hereafter  be  selected 
which  is  already  in  use  as  the  name  of  a  highway  in  the  same  count}^ 
nor  shall  any  highway  be  named  after  a  living  person. 

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

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  155. 

AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  STATE  AID  AND  FOR  THE  EXPENDITURE  OF  OTHER 
PUBLIC  MONEYS  IN  THE  PERMANENT  CONSTRUCTION  OF  HIGHWAY 
BRIDGES  THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE. 


iECTIOX 

1 


Term  bridge  defined  as  used  in  tliis 
act. 

Apportionment  of  expense  of  build- 
ing or  rebuilding. 

Municipal  officers  may  petition  state 
highway  commissioner  for  state 
aid:  board  to  determine  whether 
building  or  rebuilding  required. 

Plans,  specifications  and  estimate  of 
costs  to  be  submitted  bv  commis- 
sioner to  board;  commissioner 
when  to  proceed  with  work ;  mu- 
nicipalities authorized  to  raise 
money  for  such  work. 

State  highway  commissioner  shall 
have  supervision  of  construction 
work;  payment  only  on  his  ap- 
proval: itemized  statement  to  be 
furnished  to  municipality ;  unex- 
pended balances;  cost  exceeding 
estimate. 

Bridges  crossing  boundaries  of  mu- 
nicipalities. 

Bridges  constructed  by  joint  fund  to 
be  maintained  by  municipality: 
on  neglect  repairs  to  be  made  by 
state  commissioner. 


8.  State  commissioner  to  make  regula- 

tions to  carry  act  into  efifect ;  bien- 
iiial  rpport. 

9.  All  work  to  be  done  under  specifica- 

tions of  commissioner;  awarding 
of  contract ;  proviso ;  when 
work  may  be  done  by  agents. 

10.  Application  for  state  aid  on  bridges, 

when  to  be  made;  how  to  be  con- 
sidered. 

11.  Commissioner   may   close   bridges   to 

travel. 

12.  Capacity  of  bridges  to  be   ten  tons. 

13.  Additional     width,      ornamentation, 

lighting  or  sidewalks  may  be  pro- 
vided at  expense  of  municipality. 

14.  State  not  to  be  liable  for  damages 

arising  from  construction  or  re- 
building: this  act  not  to  affect 
existing  liability  for  repair. 

15.  Commissioner     may     employ     addi- 

tional aid. 

16.  Annual    appropriation    $30,000. 

17.  Governor    authorized    to    draw    war- 

rant. 

18.  Takes  effect  July  1,   1921. 


Be   it   enacted  hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Term  bridge  SECTION  1.     The  word  ''bridge"  when  used  herein  shall  mean  a 

fn^thit  act''''"^    structure  having  a  clear  opening  exceeding  ten  (10)  feet  in  length, 

spanning  a  water  course  or  other  opening,  or  obstruction  on  a  public 

highway,  to  carry  the  traffic  across,  including  the  substructure, 

superstructure,  and  any  trestle  work  approaches  thereto. 


19211  Chapter    155.  281 

Sect.  2.     "When   public   convenience  and  necessity  require  the  ^PP°^*'°jjy^®^* 
building  or  rebuilding  of  any  bridge  on  any  trunk  line,  cross-state  '^"''d;"?  or 

.  .        ".  rebuilding. 

or  any  designated  state-aid  highway,  located  in  a  town,  city  or  un- 
incorporated place  having  a  valuation  of  less  than  six  million 
(6,000,000)  dollars,  the  cost  of  the  construction  of  said  bridge  shall 
be  borne  as  follows : 

(a)  Bridges  whose  cost  does  not  exceed  two  thousand  (2,000) 
dollars,  fifty  (50)  per  centum  by  the  town,  city  or  unincorporated 
place;  fifty  (50)  per  centum  by  the  state. 

(b)  Bridges  whose  cost  is  more  than  two  thousand  (2,000)  dol- 
lars and  not  more  than  three  thousand  (3,000)  dollars,  sixty  (60) 

per  centum  by  the  town,  city  or  unincorporated  place ;  forty  (40) 
per  centum  by  the  state.  Provided,  however,  that  the  state's  share 
shall  not  be  less  than  one  thousand  (1,000)  dollars. 

(c)  Bridges  whose  cost  is  more  than  three  thousand  (3,000)  dol- 
lars and  not  more  than  five  thousand  (5,000)  dollars,  sixty-five  (65) 
per  centum  by  the  town,  city  or  unincorporated  place ;  thirty-five 
(35)  per  centum  by  the  state.  Provided,  however,  that  the  state's 
share  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  hundred  (1,200)  dollars. 

(d)  Bridges  whose  cost  is  more  than  five  thousand  (5,000)  dol- 
lars and  not  more  than  ten  thousand  (10,000)  dollars,  seventy  (70) 
per  centum  by  the  town,  city  or  unincorporated  place;  thirty  (30) 
per  centum  by  the  state.  Provided,  however,  that  the  state's  share 
shall  not  be  less  than  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty  (1,750)  dollars. 

(e)  Bridges  whose  cost  is  more  than  ten  thousand  (10,000)  dol- 
lars and  not  more  than  twenty  thousand  (20,000)  dollars,  seventy- 
five  (75)  per  centum  by  the  town,  city  or  unincorporated  place; 
twenty^five  (25)  per  centum  by  the  state.  Provided,  however,  that 
the  state's  share  shall  not  be  less  than  three  thousand  (3,000)  dol- 
lars. 

(f)  Bridges  whose  cost  is  over  twenty  thousand  (20,000)  dol- 
lars, total  cost  less  five  thousand  (5,000)  dollars  by  the  town,  city 
or  unincorporated  place;  five  thousand  (5,000)  dollars  by  the  state. 

Sect.  3.     When  the  municipal  officers  of  any  town,  city  or  un-  Municipal   officers 
incorporated  place  deem  that  a  bridge  must  be  built  or  rebuilt  and,  state  highway 

.i-.-i  ,  1.  ..  .  jti  •  commissioner    for 

m  then-  judgment,  such  town,  city  or  unincorporated  place  is  en-  state  aid;  board 

determine 
hether     building 


titled  to  state  aid  as  provided  in  section  2  of  this  act,  they  shall  %  "determine 


required, 

purpose  of  examining  into  and  determining  whether  public  con- 
venience and  necessity  require  the  building  or  rebuilding  of  said 
bridge.  The  said  municipal  officers  together  with  the  state  highway 
commissioner  and  the  member  of  the  governor's  council  in  whose 
district  said  bridge  is  located,  shall  constitute  a  board  to  determine 
the  necessity  of  building  or  rebuilding  said  bridge.  A  unanimous 
decision  of  said  board  shall  be  necessary  to  confirm  the  request  of 
the  petitioners.  The  state  highway  commissioner  shall  appoint  a 
time  and  place  for  the  meeting  of  said  board  and  give  such  notice 
thereof  as  he  shall  see  fit. 


282  Chapter  155,  [1921 

Tauons  ?ncf  ^'  S^CT.  4.     If  the  board  shall  decide  that  public  convenience  and 

cosS'lo  be         necessity  require  the  building  or  rebuilding  of  a- bridge,  it  shall 
submitted  by        be  the  duty  of  the  state  highway  commissioner  to  prepare  plans 
board;  com-    ^    spccitications  and  estimates  of  the  cost  of  said  construction  and  at 
™'^pro"ceed'^Jith  a  subscqueut  meeting  of  the  board  submit  the  same  for  approval. 
pa°nties """""'      Upon  approval  of  said  plans  and  specifications  by  a  majority  of 
rai?e"m'oney °       ^^^^  board,  the  statc  highway  commissioner  shall  proceed  with  the 
for  such  work,      ^york  Called  for  by  said  plans  and  specifications  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion 9  of  this  act  as  soon  as  the  municipality  or  municipalities  in- 
terested shall  have  notified  the  highway  commissioner  in  writing 
that  they  have  raised  and  set  aside  their  proportional  share  of  the 
estimated  cost  of  the  construction.     The  money  thus  set  aside  or 
appropriated  by  any  town,  city  or  unincorporated  place  together 
with  the  state's  share  as  provided  in  section  2  of  this  act  shall  con- 
stitute a  joint  fund  which  shall  be  apportioned  and  expended  under 
the  same  laws  and  regulations  as  apply  to  chapter  35,  Laws  of  1905 
and  all  amendments  thereto.     All  towns,  cities  or  unincorporated 
places  are  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  raise  by  taxation  or 
otherwise  such  reasonable  sums  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  act. 
state  highway  Sect.  5.     The  State  highway  Commissioner  shall  liavc  Supervision 

shall  have  super- of  all  constructiou  work  and  no  payment  shall  be  made  on  account 
Iu-uc"io°n  work;  of  any  of  Said  work  until  the  same  has  been  approved  by  said  high- 
Ws^TpTirovii;  "'^  ^^^^7  commissiouer.  On  completion  of  any  bridge  the  state  liighway 
itemized  state-      commissioner  shall  render  an  itemized  statement  of  the  complete 

ment   to   l)e  ^ 

furnished  to         cost  of  coiistructiou  to  the  muuicipalitv  or  municipalities  interested. 

municipalitv;  -r  c      t  •  ttitpi  •       -i 

unexpended  li  there  remain  unexpended  balances  or  the  moneys  raised  or  set 

exceedi^ng  '^^^        apart  by  the  municipality  or  municipalities  they  shall  be  returned 


estimate. 


to  the  general  fund  of  the  municipal  treasury  to  be  used  as  directed 
by  the  voters  or  officers  of  the  municipality.  If  the  cost  of  con- 
struction has  exceeded  the  estimated  cost,  the  municipality  or  mu- 
nicipalities interested  shall  forthwith  on  receipt  of  said  itemized 
statement,  forward  their  proportional  shares  of  such  additional  cost 
as  directed  by  the  state  highway  commissioner. 
Bridges  crossing  Sect.  6.  All  the  provisious  of  tliis  act  shall  apply  to  either  one 
municipalities.  of  the  or  all  municipalities  when  a  bridge  is  to  be  built  or  rebuilt, 
which  crosses  the  boundary  line  between  said  municipalities.  In 
such  cases  the  municipal  officers  of  each  of  said  municipalities  shall 
sit  upon  the  board  provided  for  in  section  3  and  all  plans  and  speci- 
fications shall  be  approved  by  a  majority  of  said  board.  The  pro- 
portional parts  of  the  costs  to  be  borne  by  the  municipalities  under 
the  provisions  of  section  2  of  this  act  shall  be  apportioned  between 
said  municipalities  in  proportion  to  their  last  valuation,  in  absence 
of  any  legal  agreement  or  legislative  enactment  in  effect  January  1, 
1921,  regulating  such  division  of  cost. 
Bridges  con-  Sect.  7.     All  bridges  within  any  city,  town  or  place  improved 

fund'^o  hi  '°'"*  by  the  expenditure  of  said  joint  fund  shall  thereafter  be  maintained 


1921]  Chapter    155.  283 

by  city,  town  or  place  within  which  they  are  located  at  the  expense  ™^^j^".t?in^(i  by 
of  such  city,  town  or  place,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  state  high- on  neglect 

.      .  1    .  .^        ^  1  1      11  1       .  repairs  to  be 

way  commissioner;  and  in  case  any  city,  town  or  place  shall  neglect  made  by  stnte 
to  make  repairs  ordered  by  the  state  highway  commissioner,  g^^eh  *^°™™'^^"°"^^' 
repairs  shall  be  made  under  the  direction  of  the  state  highway  com- 
missioner at  the  expense  of  the  state,  and  the  cost  thereof  plus  six 
(6)  per  centum  shall  be  added  to  the  state  tax  for  such  city,  town 
or  place  for  the  next  year;  except  that  assistance  sliall  be  rendered 
as  provided  for  highways  by  chapter  192,  Laws  of  1911. 

Sect.  8.     The  general  supervision ;  control  and  direction  of  the  state  commis- 
business  to  which  this  act  relates  shall  be  and  hereby  are  committed  regu*lation™^''o'' 
to  the  state  highway  commissioner,  who,  under  the  direction  of  thCp^p^^.  ",jfgnnj°i 
governor  and  council,  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  make  ^'^p'"'*- 
such  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  objects 
and  provisions  of  this  act.      He  shall  make  a  biennial  report  to  the 
governor  and  council  of  his  doings  under  this  act,  embodying  in 
such  repoft  a  statement  of  the  expenditures  and  such  other  infor- 
mation and  recommendations  as  he  may  consider  expedient.     The 
governor  and  council  shall  transmit  the  report  to  the  general  court 
with  such  additional  recommendations  as  they  may  consider  expedi- 
en+. 

Sect.  9.     All  work  of  highway  bridge  improvement  paid  for  out  aii  work  to  be 
of  said  joint  funds  shall  be  performed  in  accordance  with  specifica- sp"cmcrt1ons  of 
tions  provided  by  the  state  highway   commissioner.     Where  the  ^"^^^-^g ""o" " ' 
amount  of  the  joint  fund  in  any  one  instance  exceeds  one  thousand  con^rart ;  ^^^^ 
dollars,  the  work  shall  be  done  by  contract  awarded  to  the  lowest  work  may  be 
responsible  bidder,  except,  however,  that  upon  representation  by 
the  proper  authorities  of  any  city  or  town  that  such  city  or  town 
owns  or  will  provide  suitable  and  sufficient  tools,  utensils,  and  ma- 
chinery for  the  execution  of  the  work  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to 
the  state  highway  commissioner,  the  state  highway  commissioner 
may,  if  he  deems  it  expedient,  permit  such  city  or  town  to  perform 
the  work  within  its  boundaries  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  accept- 
able to  the  state  highway  commissioner.     In  ease  proposals  have 
been  invited  and  notice  of  such  invitation  shall  have  been  adver- 
tised in  accordance  with  the  regulations  heretofore  mentioned  and 
no  proposals  are  submitted,  or  such  proposals  as  are  submitted  are, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  state  highway  commissioner,  unreasonable,  he 
may,  with  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  council,  authorize  and 
employ  an  agent  or  agents  to  perform  the  contract  upon  such  terms 
as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  governor  and  council.    Any  town  by 
its  selectmen,  or  city  by  such  board  as  has  jurisdiction  over  highway 
expenditures,  may  bid  for  and  may  execute  contracts  on  behalf  of 
such  tow^n  or  city  for  bridge  work  under  this  act  within  its  boun- 
daries. 

Sect.  10.     Application  for  state  aid  on  bridges,  in  any  year,  by  Application  for 
any  municipality  entitled  to  state  aid,  shall,  on  or  before  May  1  of  bi^idge^'s,    when   to 


284 


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[1921 


be  ^on'lweir  *°^"^^^  ^^^^^  ^®  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^  to  tliG  State  highway  commissioner  in 
the  manner  provided  by  regulation  authorized  by  section  8  of  this 
act ;  otherwise  they  shall  not  be  entitled  to  such  state  aid  for  sach 
year.  Applications  shall  be  considered  in  order  of  their  receipt  by 
the  state  highway  commissioner  and  if  the  available  money  for  any 
year  is  exhausted  before  all  petitions  are  considered  the  remaining 
petitions  shall  be  returned  to  the  petitioners  and  said  petitions  shall 
be  null  and  void. 
Commissioner  Sect.  11.     The  State  highway  commissioner  is  hereby  given  au- 

™''"traver  ^"'^^^'thority  to  close  to  travel  any  highway  bridge  in  order  to  perform 
any  work  contemplated  by  this  act. 

Sect.  12.  All  highway  bridges  constructed  under  this  act  shall 
have  a  carrying  capacity  of  at  least  ten  tons. 

Sect.  13.  The  state  highway  commissioner  may  provide  at  the 
request  of  any  interested  municipality  any  ornamentation,  system 
of  lighting,  sidewalk,  or  additional  width  of  bridge,  but^the  state 
shall  be  reimbursed  for  the  entire  cost  thereof,  by  such  municipality. 

Sect.  14.  The  state  shall  not  be  liable  to  any  person  or  corpora- 
tion for  damages  arising  from  the  construction  or  rebuilding,  or 
improvement  of  any  bridge  built  or  rebuilt  under  the  terms  of  this 
act.  Nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  affecting 
existing  liability  for  the  repair  of  any  bridges  or  damages  sustained 
by  reason  of  neglect  or  want  of  repair  of  any  bridge. 

Sect.  15.  The  state  highway  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  employ  such  additional  aid  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  effectively  carry  out  the  work  prescribed  by  this  act  and 
the  payment  of  the  same  shall  be  from  any  moneys  appropriated  by 
the  legislature  for  the  purposes  of  this  act. 

Sect.  16.  To  meet  the  financial  obligations  of  the  state  to  be 
incurred  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  there  shall  be  appropriated 
annually  to  meet  expenses  of  new  construction  the  sum  of  thirty 
thousand  dollars. 

Sect.  17.  The  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  war- 
rant for  the  payment  of  any  sum  or  sums  of  money  provided  for  by 
this  act  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury. 

Sect.  18.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  at  the  beginning  of 
the  fiscal  year,  July  1,  1921. 


Capacity    of 
bridges   to   be 
ten   tons. 

Additional 
width,    orna- 
mentation, 
lighting   or 
sidewallcs   may 
be    provided    a 
expense   of 
municipality. 

State  not  to  be 
liable    for    dam- 
ages   arising 
from     construction 
or   rebuilding; 
this    act    not    to 
affest    existing 
liability    for 
repair. 

Commissioner 
may  employ 
additional    aid. 


Annual    appro- 
priation    $30,000.. 


Governor 
authorized     to 
draw    warrant. 


Takes  effect 
July    1,    1921. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapter    156. 


285 


CHAPTER  156. 

AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  FREEING  OF  ELIOT  TOLL,  BRIDGE  AND  TO 
AUTHORIZE  THE  STATE  HIGHWAY  DEPARTMENT  TO  PURCHASE  AND 
MAINTAIN  THAT  PART  LYING  WITHIN  THE  STATE. 


Section 


Eliot  bridge  in  Dover  to  be  pur- 
chased and  maintained  as  a  pub- 
lic  highway. 

Petition    for    appraisal. 

Agreement  for  maintenance  with 
commissioner  of  Maine. 


Sectiok 


Appropriation  of  $6,000  for  pur- 
chase. 

City    of    Dover    to    pay   one-half. 

Permit  to  Portsmouth,  Dover  and 
York  Railway. 

Takes  effect  when  commissioner  of 
Maine   is  similarly  empowered. 


Be  it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     The   highway  commissioner   for  the   state  of  New  ^''°*  ^'y'*^^^^  ^° 

^,  ''  ,  Dover    to   be 

Hampshire  in  conjunction  with  the  hiarhway  commissioner  for  the  purchased  and 

pn/r-  1-1  n'i--i  •  T  maintained    as    a 

state  ot  Maine,  between  which  states  a  toll  bridge  exists  known  aspuwic  highway. 

the  Eliot  Bridge,  said  bridge  extending  from  Dover  in  said  state 

of  New  Hampshire  to  South  Berwick  in  the  state  of  Maine,  is 

hereby  authorized  on  and  in  behalf  of  said  state  of  New  Hampshire, 

to  receive  a  conveyance  of  one-half  of  or  so  much  of  said  Eliot 

Bridge  as  lies  within  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  and  to  maintain 

said  bridge  as  a  public  highway  on  the  same  terms,  and  of  the  same 

right  and  liability  as  are  provided  for  the  maintenance  of  state 

highways. 

Sect.  2.  If  the  owners  of  said  bridge  and  said  highway  com-  Petition  for 
missioner  of  said  state  of  New  Hamiishire,  and  said  state  of  Maine, ' 
cannot  agree  upon  a  fair  valuation  for  the  same,  then  said  commis- 
sioner for  New  Hampshire  may  petition  to  the  superior  court  to 
have  the  value  of  that  part  of  said  bridge,  lying  within  said  state 
of  New  Hampshire,  ascertained  and  determined  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  in  the  taking  of  lands  for  public  highways,  and  persons  and 
corporations  aggrieved  shall  have  the  same  right  of  appeal  as  is  now 
provided  in  the  laying  out  of  highways. 

Sect.  3.     The  said  highwav  commissioner  for  the  state  of  New  Agreement  for 

,  .         .    maintenance 

Hampshire,   with   the   approval   of  the  governor  and   council,    is  with  commissioner 
hereby  authorized  to  enter  into  an  agreement  with  the  highway" 
commissioner  of  the  state  of  Maine,  for  the  maintenance,  repair, 
improvement  and  upkeep  of  said  bridge. 

Sect.  4.     That  a  sum,  not  exceeding  six  thousand  dollars  may  Appropriation  of 

'fifi  000    for 

be  expended  by  said  highway  commissioner  of  the  state  of  New  purchase, 
Hampshire  for  the  purchase  of  said  bridge  or  franchise  of  said   • 
Eliot  Bridge  Company ;    said  money,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may 
be  necessary,  to  be  expended  under  the  supervision  of  the  governor 
and  his  council;    and  the  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw 


286 


Chapter  157. 


[1921 


City    of    Dover 
to    pay    one-half. 


Permit   to    Ports 
mouth,   Dover   and 
York   Railway, 


his  warrant  for  the  payment  of  the  same  on  the  treasurer.  The 
amount  to  be  expended  in  the  purchase  of  said  franchise  or  bridge 
shall  not  exceed  one-half  of  the  total  purchase  price  of  the  entire 
bridge. 

Sect.  5.  And  the  said  city  of  Dover  shall  pay  to  the  state 
treasurer  one-half  of  the  sum  paid  by  said  highway  commissioner 
for  the  purchase  of  that  part  of  said  bridge  lying  within  the  state 
of  New  Hampshire,  said  sum  to  be  credited  to  the  highway  depart- 
ment. 

Sect.  6.  Said  state  highway  commissioner  of  New  Hampshire 
may  permit  the  use  of  such  part  of  said  bridge  as  will  not  incon- 
venience or  obstruct  passage  on  and  over  said  bridge  by  the  usual 
and  legal  traffic  on  and  over  highways,  by  the  Portsmouth,  Dover 
and  York  Railway  on  such  terms  as  shall  be  equitable. 

Sect.  7.     This  act  shall  take  effect  when  the  highway  commission 


Takes   effect  whe 
commission    of 

^rlr  empowered. *^^  *^^  ^^^^^  ^^  Maine  is  empowered  by  tliaf  state  to  take  similar 


iction. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  157. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  1,  CHAPTER  59,  OF  THE  SESSION 
LAWS  OF  1899  RELATING  TO  ENCUMBRANCES  AND  ENCROACHMENTS 
OF  HIGHWAYS. 


Section 

1.      Encroachment  upon          highway 

deemed   public   nuisance. 


Section 

2.     Takes   effect   on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 


Encroachment 
upon  highway 
deemed  public 
nuisance. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  1.  chapter  59,  of  the  session  Laws  of 
1899,  bx  inserting  after  the  word  "highway"  in  the  second  line  the 
following:  or  if  any  fence,  any  part  of  wbich  wHbin  six  feet  of  the 
ground  is  barbed  wire,  is  erected,  maintained  or  continued  adjoin- 
ing or  adjacent  to  any  street  or  highway  within  the  compact  part 
of  any  town  or  within  the  limits  of  any  village,  precinct  or  city. 
And  further  amend  said  section  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the 
.following,  or  is  dangerous  to  public  travel  upon  said  highway,  so 
that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Section  1.  If 
any  building,  structure,  or  fence  is  erected  or  continued  upon  or 
over  any  highway,  or  if  any  fence,  any  part  of  which  within  six 
feet  from  the  ground  is  barbed  wire,  is  erected,  maintained  or  con- 


1921]  Chapter    158.  287 

tinned  adjoining  or  adjacent  to  any  street  or  highway  within  the 
compact  part  of  any  town  or  within  the  limits  of  any  village,  pre- 
cinct or  city,  it  shall  be  deemed  a  public  nuisance,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  cornices  or  other  projections  upon  buildings,  extending 
a  reasonable  distance  into  a  highway,  twelve  feet  or  more  above  the 
surface  of  the  highway,  shall  not  be  considered  obstructions  within 
the  meaning  of  this  act ;  and  any  person  so  erecting  or  continuing 
any  building,  structure,  or  fence,  so  as  to  interfere  with,  hinder,  or 
obstruct  the  public  travel,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars, 
and  the  court  may  in  its  discretion,  order  such  building,  structure, 
or  fence  to  be  removed,  if  it  be  found  that  the  same  does  so  ob- 
struct or  lessen  the  full  breadth  of  any  highway,  or  is  dangerous 
to  public  travel  upon  said  highway. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  pa.^siy'^*"'*  °'' 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  158. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  THE  HIGHWAY  DEPARTMENT. 


Sectiox 

1.  Appropriation  for  state  aid  of  high- 
ways for  year  ending  .July  1, 
1923.  to  be  available  after  October 
1,    1921. 


Section 

2.  Replacement     of     amount     so     used 

how   and   when  to  be  made. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   by   the    Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.     So  much  of  the  sum  of  $125,000  appropriated  at  the  Appropriation  for 
present  session  for  state  aid  of  highM^ays  and  administration  of  the  highways  for 
highway  department  for  the  year  ending  July  1,  1923,  as  in  thcjuly  i"  1T23, 
judgment  of  the  governor  and  council  shall  be  deemed  expedient  1^^^^'/ oltober'^ 
is  hereby  made  available  for  use  by  the  highway  department  at  ^-  ^^'■^^• 
any  time  after  October  1,  1921,  for  reconstruction  and  maintenance 
of  existing  highways  and  the  governor  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  council  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  therefor  at 
such  time  and  for  such  amounts  as  may  be  necessary. 

Sect.  2.     Such  sum  or  suras  as  may  be  expended  out  of  said  ap-  Replacement  of 
propriation  by  the  authority  hereby  conferred,  shall  be  replaced  hX^'and^  when^ 
from  the  receipts  from  the  motor  vehicle  department  on  or  before  *°  ^®  '^^'^^• 
Julv  1.  1922. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  l^ssaj.^''^  "" 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


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Chapters   159,  160. 
CHAPTER  159. 


[1921 


Legislative 
supplies,   by 
whom  to  be 
purchased. 


AN  ACT  REGULATING  THE  PURCHASE  OF  LEGISLATIVE  SUPPLIES. 
Sectiox   1.     Legislative  supplies,  bj'  whom    to  be  purchased. 

Be  it  enacted  hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Purchases  of  legislative  supplies,  including  printing, 
shall  be  made  only  by  the  clerk  of  one  of  the  legislative  branches 
or  the  secretary  of  state,  or  upon  their  requisition  to  the  purchasing 
agent.  All  supplies  unused  at  the  end  of  the  session  shall  be  deliv- 
ered into  the  custody  of  the  secretary  of  state  for  the  use  of  future 
legislatures. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  160. 

an  act  to  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  ASSESSMENT  AND  COLLECTION  OF  A  SPECIAL 
STATE   TAX   FOR   DEFICIENCIES   FOR   THE  TEAR   1921. 


Section 

Section 

1.     Deficiency  of  $450,000  for  1921  tn 

2.      Takes  efifect  on  passage 

be  raised  by  special  tax. 

Deficiency   of 
$450,000  for 
1921   to  be 
raised   by 
special    tax. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  The  sum  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars 
shall  be  raised  for  the  use  of  the  state  as  a  special  tax,  for  the  year 
1921,  to  meet  the  requirement  for  a  deficiency  for  the  year  ending 
June  30,  1921,  and  the  state  treasurer  is  hereby  directed  seasonably 
to  issue  his  warrants  to  the  selectmen  of  the  several  towns  and 
places,  and  to  the  assessors  of  the  several  cities,  in  the  state,  accord- 
ing to  the  apportionment  of  the  public  taxes  made  at  the  January 
session  of  the  legislature  in  1921,  and  the  selectmen  of  such  towns 
and  places  and  the  assessors  of  such  cities,  are  hereby  directed  to 
assess  the  sum  specified  in  said  warrants  and  cause  the  same  to  be 
paid  to  said  treasurer  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  December  1921 ; 
and  the  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  his  extent  for 
all  taxes  which  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  date  above  mentioned. 

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


[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter   161.  289 

CHAPTER  161. 

AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  ASSESSMENT  AND  COLLECTION  OP  AN  AN-- 
NUAL   STATE   TAX  FOR  THE   TERM    OF   TWO   YEARS. 

Section  1  Section 

1.     Assessment,    etc.,    of    annual    state  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage, 

tax   of  11,700,000.  I 

Be   it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Eepresentatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     The   sum    of  seventeen   hundred   thousand   dollars  Assessment,  etc., 
shall  be  raised  for  the  use  of  the  state  for  the  year  1921,  and  the  tax  of 
sum  of  fifteen  hundred  thousand  dollars  shall  be  raised  for  the  use  '^^''^^°'°°°- 
of  the  state  for  the  year  1922  and  the  state  treasurer  is  hereby 
directed  seasonably  to  issue  his  warrants  to  the  selectmen  of  the 
several  towns  and  places,  and  to  the  assessors  of  the  several  cities, 
in  the  state,  according  to  the  apportionment  of  the  public  taxes 
made  at  the  January  session  of  the  legislature  in  1921,  and  the 
selectmen  of  such  towns  and  places  and  the  assessors  of  such  cities, 
are  hereby  directed  to  assess  the  sums  specified  in  said  warrants 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  paid  to  said  treasurer  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  December  1921,  and  the  first  day  of  December  1922; 
and  the  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  his  extent  for 
all  taxes  which  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  dates  last  above  men- 
tioned. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

i  o  passage. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.; 


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Chapter   162. 


[1921 


CHAPTER  162. 

An  act  requiring  the  payment  of  certain  moneys  into  the  state 
treasury. 


All    departments    to     pay     monthly 

into  state  treasury  money  received 

from  outside   sources. 
Money    so    received    to   be    available 

as  general  revenue;   exceptions. 
Appropriations   for   institutions    and 

departments     shall     be     for     next 

biennial   period. 


Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    at 
commencement  of  next  fiscal  year. 


Be   it   enacted   by   tlie   Senate   and  House   of  Repvesentatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


All  departments 
to   pay  monthly 
into  state 
treasury   money 
received  from 
outside  sources. 


Money  so 
received  to  be 
available  as 
general   revenue; 
exceptions. 
Appropriations 
for  institutions 
and  departments 
shall  be  for 
Hext   biennial 
period. 


Repealing    clause 
takes   effect   at 
commencement 
of  next 
fiscal  year. 


Section  1.  All  departments  of  state  or  state  institutions  except 
the  New  Hampshire  College  of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts 
receiving  money  for  the  state,  from  sources  outside  of  the  state 
treasury,  shall  pay  the  same  into  the  state  treasury  monthly,  with 
a  full  and  detailed  statement  thereof,  including  the  date  of  and  the 
source  from  which  the  same  was  received,  and  the  consideration 
therefor.  Such  accounts  shall  be  stated  in  detail  in  the  report  of 
the  state  treasurer,  but  shall  be  stated  only  by  properly  classified 
totals,  in  the  departmental  reports. 

Sect.  2.  Moneys  received  by  the  state  treasurer,  as  provided  in 
section  1,  shall  be  available  for  general  revenue  of  the  state,  with 
the  following  exceptions :  moneys  received  by  the  fish  and  game  de- 
partment, which  shall  be  credited  to  the  fish  and  game  fund ;  fees 
from  the  motor  vehicle  department,  which,  after  deducting  the 
amount  allowed  by  the  legislature  for  maintaining  said  department, 
shall  be  credited  to  the  highway  department  for  maintenance 
of  highways;  and  the  fees  collected  by  the  public  service  commis- 
sion of  railroads,  public  utilities  and  owners  of  dams  for  money 
paid  out  by  the  commission  to  experts  and  assistants  not  in  its 
regular  employ,  which  fees  shall  be  appropriated  to  reimburse  the 
state  for  money  so  paid  out.  The  full  amount  allowed  for  the  main- 
tenance of  each  institution  and  department  shall  be  appropriated  by 
each  legislature  for  the  biennial  period  next  following. 
;  Sect.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  at  the  beginning 
of  the  next  fiscal  vear  of  the  state. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapter  163. 


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CHAPTER  163. 

AN  ACT  MAKING  APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  THE  EXPENSES  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
NEW   HAMPSHIRE  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING   JUNE  30,   1922. 


Section 

1.  Appropriation  for  executive  depart- 
ment; secretary  nf  state  depart- 
ment- treasury  department;  in- 
surance department;  hank  com- 
mission department;  public  serv- 
ice commission  department;  tax 
commission  department ;  purchas- 
ing agent's  department;  attorney- 
general's  department;  prohibitory 
law  department;  supreme  court; 
superior  court ;  probate  court ; 
legislature;  state  board  of  educa- 
tion; board  of  charities  and  cor- 
rection; bureau  of  labor;  factory 
inspection ;  free  employment  bu- 
reau; department  of  weights  and 
measures;  department  of  agricul 
ture;  board  of  health  department; 
laboratory  of  hygiene  department; 
department  of  vital  statistics;  ad- 
jutant-general's   department;     for- 


Section 

1. — Continued 

estry  department;  highway  de- 
partment: bounties;  department 
of  indexing;  G.  A.  R.  depart- 
ment ;  pharmacy  commission  de- 
partment; state  dental  board; 
board  of  optometry;  state  house 
department ;  state  library  ;  .public 
library        commission ;  soldiers' 

home;  state  hospital;  state  indus- 
trial school;  state  prison;  school 
for  feeble-minded;  state  sanator- 
ium; interest  charges;  maturing 
bonds;  military  organizations; 
firemen's  relief  fund;  New  Hamp- 
shire historical  society;  old  home 
week  association ;  prisoners'  aid 
association;  medical  referees; 
commissioner  of  motor  vehicles. 
2.     Takes  effect  July  1,   1921. 


Be   it   enacted  hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     The  passage  of  an  act  entitled,  "An  Act  requiring  ^wvoF^at^'°^^J°'" 
the  payment  of  certam  moneys  into  the  state  treasury"  increases ment;  secretary 
the  amount  of  this  budget  bill  approximately  $527,800,  and  there-  ment';  treasury 
fore  the  suras  hereinafter  mentioned  are  appropriated,  to  be  paid  hisura^^  'depart- 
out  of  the  treasury  of  the  state,  for  the  purposes  specified,  for  the"*""*^'  ^^"^ 


fiscal  year  ending  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  1922,  to  wit : 


commission 
department; 
public  service 

For  the  executive  department,  $43,600  as  follows:   For  salary  of  °o™^'g^^[*?'^^^^®" 
governor,  $3,000;    for  salarv  of  governor's  secretary,  $1,500;    for  commission  de- 

,.  "    ,  ^or.^         _p  .■,  partment;   pur- 

travelmg   expenses,   governors  secretary,   $300;    tor  council,   per  chasing  agent's 
diem  and  expenses,  $5,000 ;    for  incidentals,  $250 ;    for  printing,  at*torne"y-generars 
$350;    for  transportation,  $700;    for  contingent  fund,  $1,500;    f or  llSy "ilw ''™" 
stenographer,  $1,000;    for  emergency  fund  for  protection  of  inter- ^^^P^^^^^^p^^^t . 
ests  of  the  state,  $30,000.  ^K^courtT 

For  the  secretary  of  state  department,  $24,250  as  follows:  For  legislature;  state 
salary  of  the  secretary,  $3,500;  for  salary  of  deputy,  $2,300;  for  education :  board 
clerical  expense,  $2,700 ;  for  incidentals,  $500 ;  for  printing  report,  "orrectVon?  '''' 
$600;  for  printing  blanks,  $350;  for  express,  $400;  for  postage,  Sry  insper' 
$400  ;  for  indexing  province  records,  $1,200  ;  for  Australian  ballot,  pi^pfoy^e^t 
$100;  for  direct  primary,  $2,000;  for  copying  ancient  records,  i^^y;e^au :  depart- 
$6,000;   for  nrovincial  records,  $3,000;  for  corporation  laws,  $1,200.  and  measures; 

'  '  -  ,  4^-,^  A^,-  r.    11  -r-i  1  ^.department    of 

For  the  treasury  department,  $15,900  as  follows:    For  salary  ot agriculture; 


292  Chapter  163.  [1921 

^oard^ofg^heaith  treasurer,  $4,000;  for  salary  of  deputy,  $2,300;  for  clerical  ex- 
laboratory  of        pensc,  $6,500;   for  incidentals,  $1,700;    for  printine  blanks,  $600; 

hygiene    depart-       ^  \       '  ^  onn  )    ^  > 

ment :    department  tor  prUlting  report,  $bOO. 

adjutant-generaFs      For  the  insurance  department,  $16,650  as  follows :   For  salary  of 

&stry  ^depart-  the  commissioncr,  $2,250;    for  salary  of  the  deputy  commissioner, 

firtmSr'*^  $1,500;    for  clerical  expense,  $2,900;    for  incidentals,  $2,500;    for 

^'artment'  oi^'  Pointing  blanks,  $2,000 ;   for  printing  reports,  $2,000  ;   for  enforce- 

indexing;  meut  of  bluc  sky  law — for  salary  of  the  commissioner,  $500 ;    for 

partnient;  clerical  cxpcnsc,  $1,200;   for  miscellaneous,  $1,800. 

com^s^lon  For  the  bank  commission  department,  $19,400  as  follows:    For 

stTtr^d^Sai  salaries   of   commissioners,    $9,000 ;     for   clerical    expense,    $2,600 ; 

op?ometryr  state  ^o^'  expcuses  of  commissiouers,  $2,000 ;    for  incidentals,  $600 ;    for 

me"n?-  "Itate^"  printing  blauks,  $700  ;   for  printing  reports,  $2,500 ;   for  public  ac- 

library;  public  couutaut  and  regulation  of  small  loans,  $2,000. 

library    commis-  .  .  .. 

sion;  soldiers'  FoY  thc  public  scrvico  commissiou  department,  $41,400  as  fol- 

hospitai;    state     lows :    For   Salaries  of  the   commissioners,  $10,700;    for   experts, 
stfte^ prisonT''°°^ '  clerks  and  assistants,  $17,000;    for  expenses  of  the  commissioners, 
f eebTJ-mhfded ;       $700;  f Or  incidentals  and  printing,  $7,000  ;  for  lights  and  buoys  on 
fn?e?est''chari''sT'i^l^n^  watcrs  and  boat  inspection,  $6,000. 
maturing  bonds';       For  the  tax  commissiou  department,  $18,600  as  follows:    For 

military    organ-  •  p     ^  ••  a  p  .  l 

izations;  firemen's  salaries  of  the  commissioncrs,  $8,000;  for  clerical  expenses,  $1,400; 
Hampshire'  his-  for  expcuscs  of  Commissioners,  $2,000  ;  for  incidentals  and  printing, 
oid^home^week'     $4,500;    for   printing   report,   $1,000;    for   municipal   accounting, 

association:  rf.-|   jnr) 

prisoners'    aid    as- h'-^,  '  >-''-'• 

cafSrees™^^''  •  ^^^  *^^^  purchasing  agent's  department,  $11,850  as  follows:  For 
commissioner  of   salarv  of  agcut  and  clerical  expense,  $10,000 ;  for  expenses  of  agent, 

motor  vehicles.  ,„„"„?.,  ,,^  'i'  '  x  07 

$350;  for  incidentals,  $1,500. 

For  attorney-general's  department,  $30,400  as  follows:  For  sal- 
ary of  the  attorney-general,  $3,500 ;  for  salary  of  the  assistant 
attorney-general,  $3,500 ;  for  traveling  expenses,  $1,500  ;  for  cleri- 
cal expenses,  $8,000;  for  incidentals,  $1,000;  fori  supplies,  $900; 
for  printing  blanks,  $1,000;  for  copies  of  wills  and  records,  $7,500;^ 
for  legacy  tax,  other  litigation,  etc.,  $3,500. 

For  enforcement  prohibitory  law  department,  $14,850  as  follows : 
For  salary  of  commissioner,  $2,750 ;  for  salary  of  state  liquor  agent, 
$2,200 ;  for  expenses  of  commissioner,  $1,000 ;  for  salaries  of  depu- 
ty and  agents,  .$4,000 ;  for  expenses  of  deputy  and  agents,  $3,000 ; 
for  clerical  expense,  $1,200;  for  incidentals,  $500;  for  printing 
blanks,  $200. 

For  the  supreme  court,  $37,775  as  follows :  For  salaries  of  jus- 
tices, $30,000;  for  salary  of  clerk,  $500;  for  salary  of  messenger, 
$250;  for  salary  of  state  reporter,  $1,800;  for  expenses  of  jus- 
tices, $850 ;  for  transportation  of  justices,  $350 ;  for  incidentals, 
$750 ;  for  transportation  of  state  reporter,  $125 ;  for  examination 
of  students,  $500 ;  for  printing  docket,  $150 ;  for  New  Hampshire- 
Law  Reports,  $2,500. 

For  the  superior  court,  $36,500  as  follows :   For  salaries  of  jus- 


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tices,  .$30,000 ;    for  expenses  of  justices,   $4,700 ;    for  incidentals, 
$500  ;   for  transportation,  $1,300. 

For  the  probate  court :  For  salaries  of  the  judges,  $11,300  as 
follows:  For  Rockingham  county,  $1,200;  for  Strafford  county, 
$1.000 ;  for  Belknap  county,  $800 ;  for  Carroll  county,  $900 ;  for 
Merrimack  county,  $1,400;  for  Hillsborough  county,  $2,000;  for 
Cheshire  county,  $1,000 ;  for  Sullivan  county,  $800 ;  for  Grafton 
county,  $1,200 ;  for  Coos  county,  $1,000. 

For  salaries  of  registers  of  probate  and  deputies,  $13,400  as  fol- 
lows: For  Rockingham  county,  register,  $1,200;  for  Rockingham 
county,  deputy,  $700;  for  Strafford  county,  register,  $1,200;  for 
Belknap  county,  register,  $800 ;  for  Carroll  county,  register,  $800 ; 
for  IMerrimack  county,  register,  $1,200;  for  Merrimack  county, 
deputy,  $900;  for  Hillsborough  county,  register,  $1,500;  for  Hills- 
borough county,  deputy,  $800;  for  Cheshire  county,  register,  $900; 
for  Sullivan  county,  register,  $1,200;  for  Grafton  county,  register, 
$1.200 ;  for  Coos  county,  register,  $1,000. 

For  the  legislature,  $15,000  for  expenses. 

•For  the  state  board  of  education  a  sum  not  exceeding  $875,000, 
in  which  sum  is  included  the  literary  fund,  to  be  allotted  as  follows : 

Administration:  Salaries,  $38,000;  travel,  $9,000;  office  ex- 
penses and  incidentals,  $4,000 ;   printing,  $6,000. 

State-wide  supervision,  $138,000,  and  such  sums  as  may  be  paid 
by  the  school  districts  of  the  state  for  such  supervision. 

Equalized  state  aid,  $325,000;  normal  schools,  $100,000,  and 
such  revenue  as  is  derived  from  the  normal  schools ;  mothers '  aid, 
$40,000 ;  state  co-operation  under  the  provisions  of  the  Smith- 
Hughes  fund,  $15,000. 

(In  this  department  any  balance  which  may  be  unexpended  in 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,  shall  be  available  for  use  the 
following  year.) 

For  the  board  of  charities  and  correction,  $6,450  as  follows : 
For  the  salary  of  the  secretary,  $2,250;  for  clerical  expenses, 
$2,200:  for  incidentals,  $600;  for  traveling  expenses,  $1,200;  for 
printing  blanks,  $200. 

For  child  welfare  work,  $6,000. 

For  indigent,  crippled  and  tuberculous  children,  $2,500. 

For  register  of  the  blind,  $11,300.     John  Nesmith  fund,  $3,700. 

For  deaf,  dumb  and  blind,  support  and  education,  $23,000. 

For  the  bureau  of  labor,  $10,050  as  follows:  For  salary  of  the^ 
commissioner,  $2,750;  for  clerical  expense,  $2,000;  for  expenses 
of  arbitration,  $3,000 ;  for  incidentals  and  travel,  $2,000;  for  print- 
ing blanks,  $300. 

For  factory  inspection,  $8,400  as  follows:  For  salary  of  inspec- 
tors, $4,400;  for  clerical  expense,  $1,500;  for  travel  and  inciden- 
tals, $2,000 ;  for  printing,  $500 ;  and  an  additional  sum  of  $1,800 
for  salaries  and  $1,200  for  travel  and  incidentals  is  hereby  appro- 


294  Chapter   163.  [1921 

priated  if  an  act  "to  provide  for  factory  inspectors,  one  of  whom 
shall  be  a  woman"  is  enacted. 

For  free  employment  bureau,  $3,950  as  follows :  For  the  salary 
of  assistants,  $1,250 ;  for  clerical  expense,  $1,000 ;  for  travel  and 
incidentals,  $1,500 ;   for  printing,  $200. 

For  the  department  of  weights  and  measures,  $14,150  as  follows : 
For  salary  of  the  commissioner,  $2,750 ;  for  salaries  of  inspectors 
(3),  $5,100;  for  traveling  expense,  $3,500;  for  clerical  expense, 
$1,000;  for  incidentals,  $1,000;  for  printing  blanks,  $400;  for 
printing  report,  $400. 

For  the  department  of  agriculture,  $41,600  as  follows :  For  sal- 
ary of  the  commissioner,  $2,750;  for  salary  of  the  deputy,  $1,800; 
for  clerical  expense,  $2,200;  for  advisory  board,  $300;  for  inci- 
dentals, $500 ;  for  institutes  and  public  meetings,  $1,500 ;  for  feed- 
ing-stuffs inspection,  $3,000 ;  for  fertilizer  inspection,  $2,500 ;  for 
nursery  inspection,  $500;  for  seed  inspection,  $1,000;  for  insecti- 
cides and  fungicides,  $500;  for  resources  of  state  publications, 
$2,500;  for  milk  dealers'  licenses,  $500;  for  encouragement  of 
sheep  industry,  $500 ;  for  apple-grading  law%  $250 ;  for  bureau  of 
markets,  $5,000;  for  New  Hampshire  Horticultural  Society, 
$2,000;  for  moth  suppression,  $12,500;  for  Granite  State  Dairy- 
men's Association,  $1,000;   for  New  England  fruit  shows,  $800. 

For  the  board  of  health  department,  $26,150  as  follows:  For 
salary  of  the  secretary,  $3,000 ;  for  clerical  expense,  $1,500 ;  for 
incidentals,  $650 ;  for  printing  blanks,  $500 ;  for  epidemic  fund, 
$2,000;  for  sanitary  inspection,  $5,000;  for  engineer,  $1,500;  for 
purchase  of  antitoxin,  $3,000;  for  venereal  work  (chapter  216, 
Laws  of  1919),  $6,000;  for  tuberculosis  dispensaries  (chapter  152, 
Laws  of  1909),  $2,500;  for  medico-legal  examinations  (chapter 
119,  Laws  of  1919),  $500. 

For  laboratory  of  hygiene  department.  $15,500  as  follows :  For 
salaries  two  chemists,  $4,500 ;  for  salaries  two  bacteriologists, 
$2,500;  salary  of  pathologist,  $2,000;  for  clerks  and  assistants, 
$2,000 ;  for  incidentals,  $2,500 ;  for  printing  blanks  and  bulletins, 
$2,000. 

For  department  of  vital  statistics,  $2,800  as  follows :  For  clerical 
expense  and  incidentals,  $2,800. 

For  the  adjutant-general's  department,  $73,900  as  follows:  For 
the  salary  of  the  adjutant-general,  $3,000;  for  clerical  expense, 
$2,500 ;  for  incidentals,  $900  ;  for  printing  blanks,  $500  ;  for  print- 
ing report,  .$1,000;  for  officers'  uniforms,  $2,500;  for  rifle  ranges, 
$2,500;  for  state  armories,  $10,000;  for  national,  or  state  guard, 
$50,000;   for  enrollment  expense,  $1,000. 

For  the  forestry  department,  $68,300  as  follows :  For  the  salary 
of  the  forester,  $3,000;  for  field  assistants,  $2,200;  for  clerical 
expense,  $4,000;    for  traveling  expense,  $1,500;    for  incidentals. 


1921]  Chapter  163.  295 

$1,800;  for  printing  blanks,  $1,200;  for  district  chiefs,  $7,500; 
for  lookout  stations,  $9,900;  for  conferences,  $1,200;  for  preven- 
tion of  fires,  $3,000;  for  state  forest  nursery,  $5,500;  for  state 
lands,  $5,000;  for  fire  expense  and  equipment,  $7,500;  for  refor- 
estation, $3,000;   for  pine  blister  rust,  $12,000. 

For  highway  department,  $325,000  as  follows :  For  state  aid  and 
administration,  $125,000 ;  for  reconstruction  and  maintenance  and 
to  meet  federal  aid,  $200,000. 

For  bounties,  $3,800  as  follows:  For  hedgehogs,  $3,000;  for 
bears  and  grass  hoppers,  $800. 

For  department  of  indexing,  for  salary,  $1,200. 

For  G.  A.  E.  department,  $3,950  as  follows:  For  maintaining 
headquarters,  $600 ;  for  printing,  $300 ;  for  incidentals,  $50 ;  for 
burial  of  soldiers,  $3,000. 

For  pharmacy  commission  department,  $1,600  as  follows:  For 
compensation  and  expenses,  $650 ;  for  incidentals  and  expenses, 
$500 ;  for  printing  blanks,  $50 ;  for  printing  report,  $75 ;  for  en- 
forcement of  law,  $325. 

For  state  dental  board,  $1,000  as  follows :  For  compensation  and 
expenses,  $650 ;   new  chairs  for  examinations,  $350. 

For  board  of  optometry,  for  compensation  and  expenses,  $500. 

For  state  house  department,  $32,925  as  follows:  For  salaries 
and  pay  roll,  $14,975 ;  for  fuel,  $7,250 ;  for  lights  and  power, 
$4,000;  for  water,  $400;  for  miscellaneous,  $3,000;  for  extra 
labor,  shoveling,  etc.,  $1,500;  for  telephone  switch-board  and  oper- 
ator, $1,800. 

For  state  library,  $17,600  as  follows :  For  salaries,  $7,100 ;  for 
maintenance,  $5,000 ;  for  books,  periodicals  and  binding,  $5,000 ; 
for  bulletins,  $350;   for  expenses  of  trustees,  $150. 

For  public  library  commission,  $3,400  as  follows :  For  salary  of 
secretary,  $1,400;  for  clerical  expense,  $500;  for  incidentals,  $750; 
for  traveling  libraries,  $500 ;   for  library  distribution,  $250. 

For  soldiers'  home,  $25,000  as  follows:  For  maintenance, 
$25,000. 

For  state  hospital,  for  maintenance,  $460,000. 

For  state  industrial  school,  for  maintenance,  $58,500;  $2,000 
for  the  construction  of  a  silo  at  the  industrial  school,  if  in  the 
opinion  of  the  governor  and  council  the  erection  of  such  silo  is 
immediately  required. 

For  state  prison,  for  maintenance,  $77,000. 

For  school  for  feeble-minded,  for  maintenance,  $129,500. 

For  state  sanatorium.  $62,800  as  follows:  For  maintenance, 
$60,000 ;   for  sewer  system,  $2,000 ;   for  oven  and  equipment,  $800. 

For  interest  charges,  $87,926.48  as  follows:  For  teachers'  insti- 
tute fund,  $2,388.93;  for  Fiske  legacy,  $1,055.14;  for  Kimball 
legacy,  $270.14;   for  agricultural  college  fund,  $4,800;    for  Hamil- 


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Chapter   164. 


1921 


Takes 
July 


ton  Smith  fund,  $400 ;  for  Benjamin  Thompson  fund,  $31,887.27 ; 
for  state  hospital  bonds,  $9,625;  for  war  loan,  series  1918,  $22,500; 
for  temporary  loan,  $2,500;  for  Piseataqua  River  Bridge  bonds 
$12,500. 

Foi'  maturing  bonds,  $85,000  as  follows:  State  hospital  bonds, 
$10,000 ;   state  highways  bonds,  $75,000. 

For  military  organizations,  $300  as  follows :  For  Amoskeag  Vet- 
erans, $100;  for  Manchester  War  Veterans,  $100;  for  Lafayette 
Artillery  Company,  $100. 

For  firemen's  relief  fund,  $4,000. 

For  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society,  $500. 

For  Old  Home  Week  Association,  $300. 

For  Prisoners'  Aid  Association,  $200. 

For  medical  referees,  $50. 

The  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles,  with  the  approval  of  the 
governor  and  council,  is  hereby  authorized  to  expend  for  the  main- 
tenance of  his  department  a  sum  not  exceeding  $125,000. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  Julv  1,  1921. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  164. 

AN   ACT  MAKING  APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  THE  EXPENSES  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
NEW   HAMPSHIRE  FOR   THE  YEAR  ENDING   JUNE   30,    1923. 


Section 

1.  Appropriation  for  executive  depart- 
ment; secretary  of  state  depart- 
ment; treasury  department ;  insur- 
ance department;  bank  commis- 
.  sion  department ;  public  service 
commission  department;  tax  com- 
mission department;  purchasing 
agent's  department;  attorney-gen- 
eral's department ;  prohibitory  lav? 
department ;  supreme  court ;  su- 
perior court;  probate  court;  leg- 
islature ;  state  board  of  education  ; 
board  of  charities  and  correction ; 
bureau  of  labor;  factory  inspec- 
tion ;  free  employment  bureau ; 
department  of  vs^eights  and  meas- 
ures ;  department  of  agriculture ; 
board  of  health  department;  lab- 
oratory of  hygiene  department; 
department  of  vital  statistics;  ad- 
jutant-general's   department;     for- 


Section 

1. — Continued 

estry  department ;  highway  de- 
partment; bounties;  department  of 
indexing ;  G.  A.  R.  department ; 
pharmacy  commission  department; 
state  dental  board ;  board  of  op- 
tometry; state  house  department; 
state  library;  public  library  com- 
mission; soldiers'  home;  state 
hospital ;  state  industrial  school ; 
state  prison ;  school  for  feeble- 
minded; state  sanatorium;  inter- 
est charges ;  maturing  bonds ; 
military  organizations;  firemen's 
relief  fund;  New  Hampshire  his- 
torical society  ;  old  home  week  as- 
sociation ;  prisoners'  aid  assosia- 
tion ;  medical  referees:  commis- 
sioner of  motor  vehicles. 
2.     Takes  effect  July  1,  1922. 


1921]  Chapter   164.  *  297 

Be   it   enacted   ly   the   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     The  passage  of  an  act,  entitled  "An  Act  requiidng Am^^opy^atwn^^for 
the  payment  of  certain  moneys  into  the  state  treasury ' '  increases  ment ;  secretary 

„     ,  .      ,       ,  1  -I'l  •  1       ^r-irr  -irvrv  T  o^   state   depart- 

the  amount  oi  this  budget  bill  approximately  $527, bUU,  and  there- ment;  treasury 
fore  the  sums  hereinafter  mentioned  are  appropriated,  to  be  paid  in^urance^  'depart- 
out  of  the  treasury  of  the  state,  for  the  purposes  specified,  for  the  "mmissfon^ 
fiscal  year  ending  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  1923,  to  wit :  Jubii"J°^ervi'ce 

For  the  executive  department,  $43,600  as  follows:   For  salary  of  <=o°l°i'ssion  de- 

^  '    ^        '  ''  partment;    tax 

governor,  $3,000;    for  salary  of  governor's  secretary,  $1,500;    for  commission  de- 

°  ,.  '     »  X  honn         £  ■^  partment;   pur- 

travelmg  expenses,   governor  s  secretary,  $300 ;    tor  council,  per  chasing  agent's 
diem  and  expenses,  $5,000;    for  incidentals,  $250;    for  printing,  aftorae^-gMierai's 
$350 ;    for  transportation,  $700 ;    for  contingent  fund,  $1,500  ;    for  ilS-^^J^^  ^"°- 
stenographer,  $1,000;    for  emergency  fund  for  protection  of  inter- ^^^j^^^^'j^^'^^^J^^^.j . 

eStS  of  the  state,  $30,000.  irobale'"  court''! ' 

For  the  secretary  of  state  department,  $28,650  as  follows:  For  legislature;  state 
salary  of  the  secretary,  $3,500;  for  salary  of  deputy,  $2,300;  for  education;  board 
clerical  expense,  $2,700  ;  for  incidentals,  $500 ;  for  printing  report,  correction?  ""^ 
$600;  for  printing  blanks,  $350;  for  express,  $400;  for  postage,  I'^Xy  iLiec-'"' 
$400  ;  for  indexing  province  records,  $1,200 ;  for  Australian  ballot,  employment 
$4,500;  for  direct  primary,  $2,000;  for  copying  ancient  i"ecords,  ^"^e^a^i-  depart^ 
$6,000  ;  for  provincial  records,  $3,000  ;  for  corporation  laws,  $1,200'.  and  measm'es; 

For  the  treasury  department,  $16,500  as  follows:    For  salary  of  agriculture; 
treasurer,  $4,000 ;    for  salary  of  deputy,  $2,300 ;    for  clerical  ex-  departmentT 
pense,  $6,600;    for  incidentals,  $1,700;  'for  printing  blanks,  $600 ;  J^^^Jene 'Lpart- 
for  printing  report,  $800  ;  for  treasurer's  and  deputy's  bonds,  $500.  ^"uai'^st'^'iS 

For  the  insurance  department,  $16,850  as  follows:    For  salary  ^dj^utant^generai's' 
of  the  commissioner,  $2,250 ;  for  salary  of  the  deputy  commissioner,  forestry  depart- 

*"  J.         »•  Til  en  t '     ni<^hwfl.v 

$1,500;    for  clerical  expense,  $3,100;    for  incidentals,  $2,500;    for  department: 
printing  blanks,  $2.000 ;   for  printing  reports,  $2,000.    For  enforce-  partment  ot 
ment  of  blue  sky  law — for  salary  of  the  commissioner,  $500 ;    for  g.*^  a!"r:  de- 
clerical  expense,"  $1,200  ;   for  miscellaneous,  $1,800.  ph!™cV 

For  the  bank  commission  department,  $18,400  as  follows:    For eommissron 
salaries  of  commissioners,  $9,000  ;   for  clerical  expenses,  $2,600  ;   for  state  dental 
.expenses  of  commissioners,  $2,000 ;  for  incidentals,  $600  ;   for  print-  optometry-   state 
ing  blanks,  $700;   for  printing  reports,  $2,500;   for  public  account- mTnT;  *ltate'' 
ant  and  regulation  of  small  loans.  $1,000.  library '  co^'mmi's- 

For  the  public  service  commission  department,  $41,400  as  f ol- ^^^ ; 'sSe"' 
lows:    For  salaries  of  the   commissioners,   $10,700;    for   experts,  i.™tai;^  sta^^^^^ 
clerks  and  assistants,  $17,000;    for  expenses  of  the  commissioners,  state  prison; 
$700;    for  incidentals  and  printing.  $7,000;    for  lights  and  buoys  feebie-mi^nded : 

•     IT  ,  11.-  x-      '     A^  nnn  state     sanatorium; 

on  inland  waters  and  boat  inspection,  $b,OUU.  interest  charges; 

For  the   tax    commission  department,   $18,600  as   follows:    For J^?,t^J^^/^^°^d.«' 
salaries  of  the  commissioners,  $8,000 ;   for  clerical  expense,  $1,400 ;  l.^e^l^HunlrNew' 
for  expenses  of  commissioners,  $2,000 ;  for  incidentals  and  printing,  J^^'^Pf^J;;^^^^.- 


298  Chapter    J64.  [1921 

a'^ocuuion^^*''^      $4,500;    foi"   printing  report,   $1,000;    for   municipal   accounting, 

prisoners'    aid    as-  $1^700. 

cai  referees:  For  the  purchasing  agent's  department,  $12,150  as  follows:    For 

moto™'veh?des.°^  Salary  of  agent  and  clerical  expense,  $10,000;  for  expenses  of  agent, 
$350;   for  incidentals,  $1,500;   for  printing  report,  $300. 

For  the  attorney-general's  department,  $30,900  as  follows:  For 
salary  of  the  attorney-general,  $3,500 ;  for  salary  of  assistant  at- 
torney-general, $3,500  ;  for  traveling  expenses,  $1,500  ;  for  clerical 
expenses,  $8,100;  for  incidentals,  $1,000;  for  supplies,  $900;  for 
printing  blanks,  $1,000 ;  for  copies  of  wills  and  records,  $7,500 ;  for 
legacy  tax,  other  litigation,  etc.,  $3,500 ;   for  printing  report,  $400. 

For  enforcement  of  prohibitory  law  department,  $15,250  as  fol- 
lows :  For  salary  of  commissioner,  $2,750 ;  for  salary  of  state  liquor 
agent,  $2,200 ;  for  expenses  of  commissioner,  $1,000 ;  for  salaries 
of  deputy  and  agents,  $4,000 ;  for  expenses  of  deputy  and  agents, 
$3,000 ;  for  clerical  expense,  $1,200 ;  for  incidentals,  $500 ;  for 
printing  blanks,  $200 ;  for  printing  report,  $400. 

For  the  supreme  court,  $37,775  as  follows:  For  salaries  of  jus- 
tices, $30,000 ;  for  salary  of  clerk,  $500 ;  for  salary  of  messenger, 
$250 ;  for  salary  of  state  reporter,  $1,800 ;  for  expenses  of  justices, 
$850;  for  transportation  of  justices,  $350;  for  incidentals,  $750; 
for  transportation  of  state  reporter,  $125 ;  for  examinations  of  stu- 
dents, $500 ;  for  printing  docket,  $150 ;  for  New  Hampshire  Law 
Reports,  $2,500. 

For  the  superior  court,  $36,500  as  follows :  For  salaries  of  jus- 
tices, $30,000 ;  for  expenses  of  justices,  $4,700 ;  for  incidentals, 
$500 ;  for  transportation,  $1,300. 

For  the  probate  court:  For  salaries  of  the  judges,  $11,300  as 
follows:  For  Rockingham  county,  $1,200;  for  Strafford  county, 
$1,000 ;  for  Belknap  county,  $800 ;  for  Carroll  county,  $900 ;  for 
Merrimack  county,  $1,400 ;  for  -Hillsborough  county,  $2,000 ;  for 
Cheshire  county,  $1,000 ;  for  Sullivan  county,  $800;  for  Grafton 
county,  $1,200;  for  Coos  county,  $1,000. 

For  salaries  of  registers  of  probate  and  deputies,  $13,400  as  fol- 
lows: For  Rockingham  county,  register,  $1,200;  for  Rockingham 
county,  deputy,  $700;  for  Strafford  county,  register,  $1,200;  for 
Belknap  county,  register,  $800 ;  for  Carroll  county,  register,  $800 ; 
for  Merrimack  county,  register,  $1,200;  for  Merrimack  county, 
deputy,  $900 ;  for  Hillsborough  county,  register,  $1,500 ;  for  Hills- 
borough county,  deputy,  $800 ;  for  Cheshire  county,  register,  $900 ; 
for  Sullivan  county,  register,  $1,200 ;  for  Grafton  county,  register, 
$1,200;  for  Coos  county,  register,  $1,000. 

For  the  legislature,  $175,000  for  expenses. 

For  the  state  board  of  education  a  sum  not  exceeding  $875,000, 
in  which  sum  is  included  the  literary  fand,  to  be  allotted  as  fol- 
lows : 


1921]  Chapter   164.  299 

Administration:  Salaries,  $38,000;  travel,  $9,000;  office  ex- 
penses and  incidentals,  $4,000 ;   printing,  $6,000. 

State-wide  supervision,  $138,000,  and  such  sums  as  may  be  paid 
by  the  school  districts  of  the  state  for  such  supervision. 

Equalized  state  aid,  $325,000 ;  normal  schools,  $100,000,  and  such 
revenue  as  is  derived  from  the  normal  schools;  mothers'  aid, 
$40,000;  state  co-operation  under  the  provisions  of  the  Smith- 
Hughes  Fund,  $15,000. 

For  the  board  of  charities  and  correction,  $7,350  as  follows :  For 
the  salary  of  the  secretary,  $2,250;  for  clerical  expenses,  $2,300; 
for  incidentals,  $600;  for  traveling  expenses,  $1,200;  for  printing 
blanks,  $200;  for  printing  report,  $800. 

For  child  welfare  work,  $6,000. 

For  indigent,  crippled  and  tuberculous  children,  $2,500. 

For  register  of  the  blind,  $11,300.    John  Nesmith  Fund,  $3,700. 

For  deaf,  dumb  and  blind,  support  and  education,  $23,000. 

For  the  bureau  of  labor,  $10,950  as  follows :  For  salary  of  the 
commissioner,  $2,750 ;  for  clerical  expenses,  $2,000 ;  for  expenses  of 
arbitration,  $3,000  ;  for  incidentals  and  travel,  $2,000 ;  for  printing 
blanks,  $500  ;   for  printing  report.  $700. 

For  factory  inspection,  $8,400  as  follows:  For  salary  of  inspec- 
tors, $4,400  ;  for  clerical  expense,  $1,500 ;  for  travel  and  incidentals, 
$2,000;  for  printing,  $500,  and  an  additional  sum  of  $1,800  for 
salaries  and  $1,200  for  travel  and  incidentals  is  hereby  appropriated 
if  an  act  "to  provide  for  factory  inspectors,  one  of  whom  shall  be  a 
woman"  is  enacted. 

For  free  employment  bureau,  $3,950  as  follows :  For  the  salary  of 
assistants.  $1,250;  for  clerical  expense,  $],000;  for  travel  and  in- 
cidentals, $1,500  ;   for  printing,  $200. 

For  department  of  weights  and  measures.  $14,150  as  follows :  For 
salary  of  the  commissioner,  $2,750;  for  salaries  of  inspectors  (3), 
$5,100 ;  for  traveling  expenses,  $3.500 ;  for  clerical  expenses,  $1,000 ; 
for  incidentals.  $1,000 ;  for  printing  blanks,  $400 ;  for  printing  re- 
port, $400. 

For  the  department  of  agriculture,  $42,300  as  follows:  For  sal- 
ary of  the  commissioner,  $2,750;  for  salary  of  the  deputy,  $1,800; 
for  clerical  expense,  $2.200 ;  for  advisory  board,  $300  ;  for  inciden- 
tals, $500;  for  institutes  and  public  meetings,  $1,500;  for  feeding- 
stuffs  inspection.  $3,000;  for  fertilizer  inspection,  $2,500;  for  nurs- 
ery inspection,  $500;  for  seed  inspection,  $1,000;  for  insecticides 
and  fungicides,  $500 ;  for  resources  of  state — publications,  $2,500 ; 
for  milk  dealers'  licenses,  $500;  for  printing  report,  $1,000;  for 
encouragemeni  of  sheep  industry,  $500;  for  apple-grading  law, 
$250 ;  for  bureau  of  markets,  $5,000 ;  for  New  Hampshire  Horticul- 
tural Society,  $2,000 ;  for  moth  suppression,  $12,500 ;  for  Granite 
State  Dairymen's  Association,  $1,000;  for  New  England  fruit 
shows,  $500. 


300  Chapter  164.  [1921 

For  board  of  health  department,  $27,350  as  follows :  For  salary 
of  the  secretary,  $3,000 ;  for  clerical  expense,  $1,500 ;  for  inciden- 
tals, $650 ;  for  printing  blanks,  $500 ;  for  printing  report,  $1,200 ; 
for  epidemic  fund,  $2,000 ;  for  sanitary  inspection,  $5,000 ;  for  en- 
gineer, $1,500 ;  for  purchase  of  antitoxin,  $3,000 ;  for  venereal  work 
(chapter  216,  Laws  of  1919),  $6,000;  for  tuberculosis  dispensaries 
(chapter  152,  Laws  of  1909),  $2,500;  for  medico-legal  examinations 
(chapter  119,  Laws  of  1919),  $500. 

For  laboratory  of  hygiene  department,  $15,500  as  follows:  For 
salaries  two  chemists,  $4,500;  for  salaries  two  bacteriologists, 
$2,500;  salary  of  pathologist,  $2,000;  for  clerks  and  assistants, 
$2,000 ;  for  incidentals,  $2,500 ;  for  printing  blanks  and  bulletins, 
$2,000. 

For  department  of  vital  statistics,  $4,800  as  follows :  For  clerical 
expense  and  incidentals,  $2,800 ;    for  printing  report,  $2,000. 

For  the  adjutant  general's  department,  $73,900  as  follows:  For 
the  salary  of  the  adjutant  general,  $3,000;  for  clerical  expense, 
■  $2,500;  for  incidentals,  $900;  for  printing  blanks,  $500;  for  print- 
ing rej)ort,  $1,000;  for  officers'  uniforms,  $2,500;  for  rifle  ranges, 
$2,500;  for  state  armories,  $10,000;  for  national  or  state  guard, 
$50,000 ;   for  enrollment  expense,  $1,000. 

For  the  forestry  department,  $69,100  as  follows :  For  the  salary 
of  the  forester,  $3,000 ;  for  field  assistants,  $2,200 ;  for  clerical  ex- 
pense, $4,000 ;  for  traveling  expense,  $1,500 ;  for  incidentals, 
$1,800;  for  printing  blanks,  $1,200;  for  printing  report,  $800; 
for  district  chiefs,  $7,500 ;  for  lookout  stations,  $9,900 ;  for  con- 
ferences, $1,200;  for  prevention  of  fires,  $3,000;  for  state  forest 
nursery,  $5,500 ;  for  state  lands,  $5,000 ;  for  fire  expense  and  equip- 
ment, $7,500;  for  reforestation,  $3,000;  for  pine  blister  rust, 
$12,000. 

For  the  highway  department,  $125,000  as  follows:  For  statvi 
aid  and  administration,  $125,000. 

For  bounties,  $3,800  as  follows:  For  hedgehogs,  $3,000;  for 
bears  and  grass  hoppers,  $800. 

For  department  of  indexing,  for  salary,  $1,200. 

For  G.  A.  R.  department,  $3,950  as  follows:  For  maintaining 
headquarters,  $600;  for  printing,  $300;  for  incidentals,  $50;  for 
burial  of  soldiers,  $3,000. 

For  pharmacy  commission  department,  $1,600  as  follows:  For 
compensation  and  expenses,  $650;  for  incidentals  and  expenses, 
$500;  for  printing  blanks,  $50;  for  printing  report,  $75;  for 
enforcement  of  law,  $325. 

For  state  dental  board,  $1,000  as  follows,:  For  compensation  and 
expenses,  $650 ;   for  new  chairs  for  examinations,  $350. 

For  board  of  optometry,  for  compensation  and  expenses,  $500. 

For  state  house  department,  $32,925  as  follows :  For  salaries  and 
pay  roll,  $14,975;    for  fuel,  $7,250;    for  lights  and  power,  $4,000; 


1921]  Chapter   164.  301 

for  water,  $400 ;  for  miscellaneous,  $3,000 ;  for  extra  labor,  shovel- 
ing, etc.,  $1,500;   for  telephone  switch-board  and  operator,  $1,800. 

For  state  library,  $17,700  as  follows:  For  salaries,  $7,200;  for 
maintenance,  $5,000 ;  for  books,  periodicals  and  binding,  $5,000 ; 
for  bulletins,  $350 ;  for  expenses  of  trustees,  $150. 

For  jjublic  library  commission,  $3,500  as  follows :  For  salary  of 
secretary,  $1,400 ;  for  clerical  expense,  $500;  for  incidentals,  $850  ; 
for  traveling  libraries,  $500 ;   for  library  distribution,  $250. 

For  soldiers'  home,  $25,000  as  follows:  For  maintenance, 
$25,000. 

For  state  hospital,  for  maintenance,  $445,000. 

For  state  industrial  school,  for  maintenance,  $58,500;  $28,000 
for  the  construction  of  a  barn  at  the  industrial  school,  if  in  the 
opinion  of  the  governor  and  council  the  erection  of  such  barn  is  a 
necessity. 

For  state  prison  for  maintenance,  $77,000. 

For  school  for  feeble-minded,  for  maintenance,  $129,500. 

For  state  sanatorium,  $71,000  as  follows:  For  maintenance, 
$65,000;  for  alterations  to  dining-room  building,  $1,000;  for  new 
furnishings,  $5,000. 

For  interest  charges,  $98,826.48  as  follows:  For  teachers'  insti- 
tute fund,  $2,388.93;  for  Fiske  legacy,  $1,055.14;  for  Kimball 
legacy,  $270.14 ;  for  agricultural  college  fund,  $4,800 ;  for  Hamil- 
ton Smith  fund,  $400 ;  for  Benjamin  Thompson  fund,  $31,887.27 ; 
for  state  hospital  bonds,  $9,275 ;  for  war  loans,  series  1918,  $22,- 
500;  for  temporary  loan,  $2,500;  for  Piscataqua  River  Bridge 
bonds,  $23,750. 

For  maturing  bonds,  $110,000  as  follows:  For  state  hospital 
bonds,  $10,000 ;  for  state  highway  bonds,  $75,000 ;  for  Piscataqua 
River  Bridge  bonds,  $25,000. 

For  military  organizations,  $300  as  follows:  For  Amoskeag 
Veterans,  $100;  for  ]\l'anchester  War  Veterans,  $100;  for  Lafa- 
yette Artillery  Company,  $100. 

For  firemen's  relief  fund,  $4,000. 

For  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society,  $500. 

For  Old  Home  Week  Association,  $300: 

For  Prisoners'  Aid  Association,  $200. 

For  medical  referees,  $50. 

The  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles,  with  the  approval  of  the 
governor  and  council,  is  hereby  authorized  to  expend  for  the  main- 
tenance of  his  department  a  sum  not  exceeding  $140,000. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1922.  Juiy''if^i922. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


302 


Chapters  165,  166. 
CHAPTER  165. 


[1921 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  SALARIES  OF  CERTAIN  SHERIFFS. 


JECTIOX 

1.     Annual  salaries  of  sheriffs  fixed. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Annual  salaries 
of  sheriffs  fixed. 


Be   it   enacted   hij    the    Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in 
Genercd  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  18,  chapter  286  of  the  Public 
Statutes,  as  amended  by  chapters  8,  11  and  38  of  the  Laws  of 
1907,  chapters  59  and  134  of  the  Laws  of  1913,  chapters  62  and  80 
of  the  Laws  of  1919,  by  striking  out  the  entire  section  and  insert- 
ing in  place  thereof  the  following:  Sect.  18.  The  annual  salaries 
of  the  sheriffs  of  the  several  counties  shall  be  as  follows : 

In  Rockingham,  six  hundred  dollars. 
In  Strafford,  ten  hundred  dollars. 
In  Belknap,  eight  hundred  dollars. 
In  Carroll,  three  hundred  dollars. 
In  Merrimack,  ten  hundred  dollars. 
In  Hillsborough,  eight  hundred  dollars. 
In  Cheshire,  tive  hundred  dollars. 
In  Sullivan,  five  hundred  dollars. 
In  Grafton,  six  hundred  dollars. 
In  Coos,  eight  hundred  dollars. 

Takes  effect  on         Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  166. 


Appropriation 
expenses  of 
constitutional 
convention. 


joint    resolution    providing    for    THE    PAYMENT    OF    THE    EXPENSES 
OF   THE   CONVENTION   TO   REVISE   THE   CONSTITUTION. 

Resolved  hij  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

for  That  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars  be  and  is  hereby  appro- 
priated to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  convention  to  revise  the  consti- 
tution and  the  governor  is  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  so 
much  of  said  sum  as  may  be  necessary  for  that  purpose  and  this 
resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  January  25, 


1921.' 


1921]  Chapters  167,  168.  303 

CHAPTER  167. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  IN  FAVOR  OP  WALTER  J.  A.   WARD  AND  OTHERS. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  Walter  J.  A.  Ward,  sergeant-at-arms,  be  allowed  the  sum  Appropriations 
of  twelve  dollars  and  eighteen^  cents  $12.18)  ;  William  H.  Knox,  Waiter  j.  a. 
sergeant-at-arms  of  the  senate,  be  allowed  the  sum  of  nine  dollars 
($9.00)  ;  William  W.  Pike  be  allowed  the  sum  of  five  dollars  and 
seventy-four  cents  ($5.74)  ;  Melburn  J.  Dimond  be  allowed  the 
sum  of  sixteen  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents  ($16.96)  ;  Charles  E. 
Wendell  be  allowed  the  sum  of  six  dollars  and  thirty-five  cents 
($6.35)  ;  Dudley  F.  Smith  be  allowed  the  sum  of  eight  dollars  and 
forty-eight  cents  ($8.48)  ;  William  F.  Aiken  be  allowed  the  sum 
of  sixteen  dollars  and  fourteen  cents  ($16.14)  ;  C.  W.  Spring  be 
allowed  the  sum  of  seven  dollars  and  sixteen  cents  ($7.16)  ;  Francis 
J.  Callahan  be  allowed  the  sum  of  four  dollars  and  ninety-three 
cents  ($4.93)  ;  Charles  H.  Twombly  be  allowed  the  sum  of  eight 
dollars  and  thirty-two  cents  ($8.32)  ;  and  Ralph  W.  Cate  be  al- 
lowed the  sum  of  four  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  ($4.75),  in 
full  for  their  services  at  the  organization  of  the  present  senate  and 
house,  and  that  the  governor  be  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant 
for  the  same  on  the  treasury. 

[Approved  February  2,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  168. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  GIFT  OF  HON.  ALBERT  E.  PILLS- 
BURY  TO  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FOR  CERTAIN  PURPOSES. 

Whereas,  Albert  E.   Pillsbury  of  Wellesley  in  the  county  of  Gift  by  Albert 
Norfolk  and  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  in  consideration  of  J';:,g^'l[nown  as 
his  interest  in  the  promotion  of  forestry  in  his  native  state  of  New  ^^''l\lJg  yaWey 
Hampshire,  has  conveyed  to  the  said  State  of  New  Hampshire  the 
title  to  certain  tracts  of  land  in  the  towns  of  Washington  and  Go- 
shen in  the  county  of  Sullivan  in  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  to- 
gether with  the  buildings  now  standing  thereon,  and  comprising 
fifteen  parcels  of  forest  land,  the  whole  containing  about  2.125 
acres,  commonly  known  as  ' '  Cherry  Valley, ' '  with  all  the  privileges 
and  appurtenances,  by  a  deed  duly  executed  dated  November  24, 
1920  the  same  to  be  received  by  the  State  under  the  provisions  of 


304  Chapters    169,  170.  [1921 

section  20,  chapter  128,  Laws  of  1909,  as  amended  by  section  1, 
chapter  166,  Laws  of  1911 ;  to  be  held  in  perpetuity  as  a  public 
forest  reservation,  for  any  and  all  uses  or  purposes  tending  to  the 
promotion  of  forestry ;   now  therefore 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  State  gratefully  accepts  the  gift  of  the  said  Albert  E. 
Pillsbury  for  the  uses  and  purposes  and  upon  the  conditions  named 
in  said  deed. 

[Approved  March  1,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  169. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  IN  FAVOR  OF  THE  ESTATE  OF  JAMES  A.  GALLAGITER. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 


Appropriation    in 
favor    of    estate 


That  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  be  paid  to  the  estate  of 
GaiSer  ^'         Jauics  A.  Gallagher,  a  member  of  the  house ;   that  the  governor  be 
authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  same  out  of  the  appropria- 
tion for  the  expense  of  the  legislature  for  the  1921  session;    and 
that  the  same  be  paid  at  once. 

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  170. 

.joint    RESOLUTION    IN    FAVOR    OF    THE    NEW    HAMPSHIRE    COLLEGE    OP 
AGRICULTURE  AND  THE  MECHANIC  ARTS. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  sum  of  twenty-four  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars 
favor  °f,.  New^^g^  ^$24^gQQ^  be  Eud  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  purpose 


Appropriation    in 

favor    o 

Hampsh 

of    Agriculture 

and    Mechanic 


of  paying  a  debt  or  liability  of  said  college  contracted  because  of 
^^t^-  operating  costs  during  the  fiscal  year  1919-1920,  such  debt  or  lia- 


^921]  Chapter  171.  305 

bility  having  been  approved  by  the  governor  and  council  under 
date  of  August  11,  1920.  That  the  further  sum  of  eighty-seven 
thousand  four  hundred  and  eighteen  dollars  ($87,418)  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in  the  main- 
tenance of  said  college  for  the  balance  of  the  fiscal  year  1920-1921. 
The  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  said 
sums  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 
This  resolution  to  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  171. 

JOINT    RESOLUTION   IN    FAVOR    OP   THE   MEMBERS   OF    THE  NEW    HAMP- 
SHIRE   STATE   GUARD. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That    whereas,    the   members    of    the    New    Hampshire    State  New  Hampshire 
Guard,  having  served  efficiently  and  faithfully  during  the  years  fo^/etahf^ceVtain 
when  the  state  was  without  the  protection  of  a  national  guard  or- [o "be™ m-nisLd 
ganization,  and  who  stood  ready  at  all  times  to  preserve  law  and  ^f "°  r^ice?*^'*^^*'^^ 
order  within  the  boundary  lines  of  the  state,  some  recognition  of 
that  service  should  be  made,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  that  the  members  of  the  said  New  Hampshire  State 
Guard  who  are  in  service  at  the  time  of  disbandment,  be  allowed 
to  retain  their  clothing  and  such  equipment  as  the  governor  and 
council,  with  the  advice  of  the  military  board,  may  direct;  and 
be  it  further 

Resolved,  that  the  adjutant-general  furnish,  from  the  appropria- 
tion for  the  maintenance  of  the  state  guard  a  badge  or  button  in- 
dicative of  service  in  the  state  guard,  to  any  member  thereof,  who 
has  been  honorably  discharged  therefrom,  said  member,  making 
application  therefor ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  that  this  joint  resolution  take  effect  at  such  time  as 
the  New  Hampshire  State  Guard  is  mustered  out  of  the  service. 

[Approved  March  29.  1921.] 


306'  Chapters   172,  173.  [1921 

CHAPTER  172. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  PROVIDING  FOR  ADDITIONAL  COMPENSATION  FOR  THE 
COMPILATION  AND  PREPARATION  OF  A  DIGEST  OP  TPIE  SUPREME  COURT 
DECISIONS. 

Resolved  iy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

4m'ensa\\on  for  That  WHEREAS,  in  pursuance  of  Laws  of  1913,  chapter  237,  a 
preparation  of  coiitract  lias  been  entered  into  between  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
digest  of  shire  and  Crawford  D.  Hening  for  the  compiling  of  a  digest  of  the 

decisions.  n       •    •  p    ,  i  ,  t 

decisions  of  the  supreme  court ;   and 

Whereas  the  time  required  for  said  work  and  the  expense  in- 
volved therein  was  underestimated  by  both  parties ;   and 

Whereas  the  increased  cost  of  paper  and  other  materials  and  of 
the  labor  entering  into  the  said  work  has  greatly  increased  since 
the  making  of  said  contract ;  be  it 

Resolved  that  it  is  just  and  equitable  that  upon  the  completion 
of  said  compilation  an  additional  compensation  or  reimbursement 
not  to  exceed  five  thousand  dollars  should  be  made  to  the  said 
Crawford  D.  Hening,  and  the  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay 
such  additional  sum  as  to  him  shall  seem  fair  and  reasonable  out  of 
any  moneys  in  the  state  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  173. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION   IN   FAVOR   OF    GRANITE    STATE  DEAF    MUTE    MISSION. 

Resolved  hij  the  Seriate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  annually  be  ap- 
propriated for  the  years  1921  and  1922  for  the  use  of  the  Granite 
Mute  Mission.        g^^^g  j^^^f  ^^-^^^  Missiou,  and  the  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to 
draw  his  warrant  for  the  same  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury 
not  otherwise  appropriated. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


Appropriation  in 
favor  of  Granite 
State   Deaf 


1921]  Chapters  174,  175.  307 

CHAPTER  174. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION   IN   FAVOR   OP   AUD   RUSSELL. 

Resolved  hij  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  ($200)  be  and  the  same  ^^J^P^°p^i''t'°'i  ^"^ 
is  hereby  appropriated  in  favor  of  Aud  Russell  to  be  paid  to  reim-  ^ud  Russeii. 
burse  him  for  expenses  and  losses  sustained  by  him  as  a  result  of 
his  automobile  being  run  into  by  a  truck  belonging  to  the  state 
highway  department  on  August  7,  1920,  in  the  town  of  Andover. 

[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  175. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  PROVIDING  FOR  PERMANENT  HEADQUARTERS  IN  THE 
STATE  HOUSE  FOR  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  DEPARTMENT  OF 
THE  AMERICAN  LEGION. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  governor  and  council  are  hereby  authorized  and  di- ts'^fg^ed' apa?!-'' 
rected  to  assign  to  the  New  Hampshire  department  of  the  Ameri- ™^^g*\^"^gg 
can  Legion  suitable  and  permanent  apartments  in  the  state  house 
and  to  fit  up  the  same  and  to  furnish  light  and  heat  and  care  there- 
for. The  governor  is  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  pur- 
pose herein  specified  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated. 

[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


308 


Chapters  176,   177. 
CHAPTER  176. 


[1921 


Appropriation  in 
favor  of  New 
Hampshire 
Veterans'   Asso- 
ciation  for 
purchases   and 
repairs    of 
grounds  at 
Weirs. 


JOINT  RESOLUTION  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  MAKING  OF  IMPROVEMENTS, 
PURCHASE  OF  PROPERTY  AND  NECESSARY  REPAIRS  UPON  THE  BUILD- 
INGS AND  GROUNDS  OF  THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VETERANS '  ASSOCIATION 
AT  THE  WEIRS  FOR  THE  FISCAL  YEARS  1921-1922  AND  1922-1923. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representative  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  be  and  hereby  is  appro- 
priated for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,  and  the  same 
amount  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923,  for  the  purpose 
of  making  improvements,  purchase  of  property  and  necessary  re- 
pairs upon  and  in  addition  to  the  buildings  and  grounds  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Veterans'  Association  at  the  Weirs,  said  appro- 
priation of  five  thousand  dollars  for  each  of  the  fiscal  years  named 
above  to  be  expended  by  an  agent  appointed  by  the  governor  and 
council,  and  the  governor  is  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for 
the  payment  of  such  sums  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated. 

[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  177. 


Appropriation   in 
favor   of    town    of 
Richmond  to 
assist    in    re- 
pairing highways 
and  bridges. 


JOINT  RESOLUTION  TO  ASSIST  THE  TOWN  OP  RICHMOND  IN  PAYING  A 
PART  OF  THE  EXPENSE  FOR  DAMAGES  INCURRED  BY  SEVERE  STORM  IN 
AUGUST,  1920. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  sum  of  four  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  be  and 
hereby  is  appropriated  to  assist  the  town  of  Richmond  in  paying 
part  of  the  expense  for  damages  incurred  in  August,  1920,  by  a 
storm  of  unprecedented  severity,  accompanied  by  a  cloud-burst  of 
rain,  destroying  beyond  repair  many  parts  of  the  highway  in  said 
town  and  carrying  away  several  bridges  and  doing  other  damage  to 
many  of  the  highways  in  said  town.  The  damage  and  loss  sustained 
by  said  town  of  Richmond  has  amounted  to  more  than  twenty 
thousand  dollars.  The  sum  appropriated  by  the  state  shall  be  a 
charge  upon  any  moneys  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapters    178,  179.  309 

CHAPTER  178. 

JOINT    RESOLUTION    PROVIDING    FOR   AN    APPROPRIATE    CELEBRATION    OF 
THE  300th  ANNIVERSARY  OP  THE  SETTLEMENT  OP  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

Resolved  hij  the  Senate  and  House  of  Bepresentatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Whereas^  the  first  white  settlements  in  New  Hampshire  were  Three  hundredth 
made  at  Portsmouth  and  Dover  in  1623,  and  the  300th  anniversary  seuiemenT  of ° 
thereof  will  occur  two  years  hence,  in  1923,  and  whereas  the  formal  fommSl^n  ?" '^^' 
and  fitting  observance  of  the  anniversaries  of  important  historic  ^"i"^jl!ftio°y  ''^ 
events  stimulates  and  strengthens  the  patriotic  spirit  of  the  people, 
a  commission  of  five  members  shall  be  appointed  by  His  Excellency 
the  Governor,  with  whom  he  shall  also  act  as  chairman  ex  officio, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  provide  for  the  proper  observance  of  this 
great  anniversary  by  securing,  in  due  season,  the  preparation  of  an 
historical  address  adapted  to  the  occasion  by  some  citizen  or  native 
of  the  state  well  qualified  for  the  service,  to  be  delivered  by  him  at 
a  formal  celebration,  on  some  date  in  Old  Home  Week  in  1923,  and 
to  arrange  with  the  authorities  of  the  cities  of  Portsmouth  and 
Dover  the  preliminaries  of  such  celebration.    Said  commission  shall 
serve  without  compensation. 

This  joint  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  179. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  FOR  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  A  COMMISSION  IN  REGARD 
TO  EMPLOYERS'  LIABILITY  AND  WORKMEN'S  COMPENSATION. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  governor  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council  on  commission  to  be 
or  before  July  1,  1921,  shall  appoint  a  commission  of  five  members  ^-g^lfa^jj^d""' 
who  shall  serve  without  compensation  and  who  after  proper  investi-  of7a'^s°as  \^J'^'°'^ 
gation  shall  report*  to  the  next  legislature  their  findings  and  recom-  |™^^°4'orkmeS''*^ 
mendations  in  regard  to  a  revision  of  laws  relating  to  employers 'compensation, 
liability  and  workmen's  compensation. 

In  addition  to  the  findings  and  recommendations  of  said  com- 
mission, their  report  shall  include  a  draft  of  such  bill  or  bills  as 
said  commission  may  recommend  for  enactment  by  the  legislature. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


310  Chapters   180,  181,   182.  [1921 

CHAPTER  180. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION  FOR   THE  REPAIR  OP    THE   WEBSTER   BIRTHPLACE   IN 
FRANKLIN. 

Resolved  'by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Webster  Birth-  That  the  sum  of  $1,000  be  and  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the 

place,    appropria-  •  >.      i        i  i     •  p 

tion  for  its  repair  repair  01  the  house  and  improvement  of  the  farm  known  as  the 
improve  e   -^gj^g^gj.  Birthplace  and  the  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw 
his  warrant  for  the  same. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  181. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION   IN  FAVOR   OP  THE  WIDOW  OP   JOE  W.   DANIELS. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representative  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Appropriation  in       That  the  widow  of  Joc  W.  Daiiiels,  member  of  the  senate,  de- 
favor  of  widow  '  ' 
of  ex-senator        ceased,  be  allowed  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  ($200)  ;    that 

the  governor  be  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  same  out  of 

any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  ;  and  that  the 

same  be  paid  at  once. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  182. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION    IN  FAVOR   OP   REPAIRING   SUGAR  LOAF  ROAD   IN   THE 
TOWN  OP  ALEXANDRIA. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Appropriation  for  That  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is, 
Loaf  road  in  appropriated  for  the  repair  of  Sugar  Loaf  road  in  the  town  of 
Alexandria.  Alexandria  for  the  year  1921,  and  a  like  amount  for  the  year  1922, 


1921]  Chapters  183,  184.  311 

the  same  to  be  expended  by  the  selectmen  under  the  direction  of 
the  state,  and  said  appropriation  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  appro- 
priation for  the  permanent  improvement  of  highways  made  by  sec- 
tion 10,  chapter  35,  Laws  of  1905;  and  this  joint  resolution  shall 
take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  183. 

JOINT    RESOLUTION    FOR    THE    REPAIR    AND    IMPROVEMENT    OF    THE    TIB- 
BETTS  HILL  ROAD  IN  THE  TOWN  OF  BROOKFIELD. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  Hoia^e  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  Appropriation  for 
appropriated,  provided  the  town  of  Brookfield  appropriates  a  like  Tibbet'ts ''mil  road 
amount,  for  the  repair  and  improvement  of  the  Tibbetts  Hill  road  ''^  srookfieid. 
in  the  town  of  Brookfield  for  the  year  1921,  and  a  like  amount  for 
the  year  1922,  the  same  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the 
commissioner  of  highways,  and  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  appro- 
priation for  the  permanent  improvement  of  highways  made  under 
section  10,  chapter  35,  Laws  of  1905. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  184. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION   IN   FAVOR  OF   THE   NEW   HAMPSHIRE  STATE   PRISON. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  aiid  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  following  amounts  be  and  hereby  are  appropriated  for  ^''^^'"  nlm^'shir  ^°^ 
the  New  Hampshire  State  Prison  :  For  special  repairs,  two  thousand  state  prison. 
dollars,  ($2,000)  ;  for  repairing  skylights,  and  new  gables,  three 
thousand  two  hundred  dollars,  ($3,200)  ;  for  bricking  in  and  com- 
pleting storehouse,  three  thousand  one  hundred  dollars,  ($3,100)  ; 
for  enlarging  coal  pocket,  four  thousand  six  hundred  dollars,  ($4,- 
600)  ;   for  new  galvanized  iron  hips  and  ridge  rolls  on  slate  roofs. 


312  Chapters  185,  186.  [1921 

four  hundred  dollars,  ($400)  ;  for  partition  wall  in  prison  yard, 
three  thousand  dollars,  ($3,000)  ;  the  same  to  be  expended  by  the 
trustees  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Prison,  and  the  governor  is 
hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  same. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  185. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION   PROVIDING  FOR   THE   DEFICIT   OF   THE   STATE   INDUS- 
TRIAL SCHOOL. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

deZTof^'stTte  ^''''  "^^-^"^  ^^^6  ^'^^"^^  of  seven  thousand  dollars  ($7,000)  be  and  hereby 
industrial  school,  jg  appropriated  for  the  state  Industrial  School,  to  be  paid  out  of 
the  treasury  for  the  fiscal  period  ending  June  30,  1921,  in  addition 
to  the  amounts  provided  by  the  Laws  of  1919,  and  the  governor  is 
hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  treasury  for  an 
amount  not  exceeding  the  sum  hereby  appropriated. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  186. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  FOR  THE  PURCHASE  OF  LAND  AT  THE  STATE  INDUS- 
TRIAL SCHOOL. 

Resolved  ly  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  co7ivened: 

Appropriation  for     That  the  sum  of  two  thousaud  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby 

l^a'^rindustriat    appropriated  for  improvements  at  the  state  Industrial  School,  as 

school.  follows :    For  the  purchase  of  a  parcel  of  land.     The  governor  is 

hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  same  out  of  any 

money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapters  187,  188.  313 

CHAPTER  187. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  IN  FAVOR  OP  THE  SCHOOL  FOR  THE  FEEBLE-MINDED. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 


tion    ir 
school 


That  the  following  sums  be  and  hereby  are  appropriated  for  the  4PP™Pf'g'(.\ 
school  for  the  feeble-minded :  For  the  purchase  of  the  Marshall  for  feeWe-minded. 
Farm,  twelve  thousand  dollars ;  for  repairs  and  furniture,  two 
thousand  dollars;  the  same  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of 
the  trustees  of  the  school  for  the  feeble-minded,  and  the  governor 
is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  same  out  of  any 
money  in  the  treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  188. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION   APPROPRIATING   MONEY   FOR   THE   NEW   HAMPSHIRE 
COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  THE  MECHANIC  ARTS. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  there  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  maintenance  fund  of  Appropriation  in 
the  New  Hampshire  College  of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts  Hampshire  college 
the  tuitions  and  fees  received  from  students  of  the  college,  and  and^the^ 
the  sum  of  $245,059  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922 ;   and  "'^chanic  arts. 
the  sum  of  $255,656  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923,  to  be 
allotted   as   follows:    For  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,   1922, 
salaries,   $126,039;    other  operating  expenses,   $119,020;    for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923,  salaries,  $132,120 ;    other  operat- 
ing expenses,  $123,536. 

In  aid  of  needy  students  resident  in  New  Hampshire,  the  trus- 
tees shall  not  issue  scholarships  in  excess  of  $37,500  per  year,  of 
which  amount  the  trustees  may  use  such  part  as  they  may  deem 
advisable  in  making  loans  to  students,  which  loans,  together  with 
interest  thereon  when  repaid,  shall  become  a  part  of  the  permanent 
student  loan  fund  of  the  college. 

There  is  also  appropriated  for  repairs  and  replacements  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,  the  sum  of  $22,745 ;   and  for  the 


314  Chapter  189.  [1921 

fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923,  the  sum  of  $14,925;  for  miscel- 
laneous improvements  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,  the 
sum  of  $8,040 ;  and  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923,  the 
sum  of  $8,900 ;  for  co-operative  agricultural  extension  work  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Smith-Lever  Act  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30,  1922,  the  sum  of  $12,801 ;  and  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
Juue  30,  1923,  the  sum  of  $14,579 ;  for  the  purchase  of  farm  land 
to  be  available  in  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,  the  sum  of 
$18,000;  for  extension  work  in  agriculture  and  home  economics 
$8,000  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,  and  $10,000  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923 ;  for  agricultural  research  work 
$5,000  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,  and  $7,000  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923;  for  poultry  breeding  (chapter 
177,  Laws  of  1913),  $4,000  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922, 
and  $4,000  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1923. 

The  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the 
treasury  for  an  amount  not  exceeding  the  sums  hereby  appropriated. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  189. 

.JOINT  RESOLUTION  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  CO-OPERATION  WITH  THE  UNITED 
STATES  GEOLOGICAL  SURVEY  IN  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND  MAIN- 
TENANCE OF  STREAM  FLOW  GAUGING  STATIONS. 

Resolved  hi/  the  Senate  a)id  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Appropriation  for     That  the  sum  of  thrcc  thousaud  dollars   ($3,000)   or  so  much 

co-operation   with  . 

federal  govern-      thereof  as  may  be  necessarv  is  hereby  appropriated  to  be  used  and 

ment  in  establish-  ■  ,         -, .  '•  r.     ^  ^  ■,■  ■  •      •  i? 

ing  stream  flow  expended  Under  the  direction  oi  the  public  service  commission  tor 
gauging  stations.  ^^^^  p^^^pose  of  co-operatiug  with  the  United  States  Geological  Sur- 
vey in  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  stream  flow  gauging 
stations  on  streams  of  this  state  for  the  purpose  of  providing  the 
people  of  the  state  with  information  that  will  further  industrial  de- 
velopment. 

A  report  of  the  results  of  this  work  and  recommendations  based 
thereon,  shall  be  made  to  the  next  legislature. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapters  190,   191.  315 

CHAPTER  190. 

JOINT  KESOLUTION   TO   PROVIDE  FOR  THE  DEFICIT  IN   THE  DEPARTMENT 
OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  FOR  THE  YEARS  1920-1921. 

Resolved  hij  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  co7ivened: 

That  the  sum  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($200,000)  be  ^^STn^he''  ^°' 
and  hereby  is  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the  **'**® '^°'*'''^  °^ 
deficiency  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1921  in  the  department  of  $200,000'. 
the  state  board  of  education.     The  governor  is  hereby  authorized 
to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  above  mentioned  sum. 

This  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  191. 

JOINT    RESOLUTION    TO    CREATE    A    DEPARTMENT    OF    UNIVERSITY    EX- 
TENSION  WITHIN   THE   STATE  BOARD   OF  EDUCATION. 

Resolved  hij  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  state  board  of  education  be,  and  hereby  is,  requested  state  board  of 

?  *  .  .  .         education  re- 

to  expend  a  sum  not  to  exceed  two  thousand  dollars  tor  instituting  quested  to 
as  a  part  of  the  work  of  said  board,  a  division  of  university  ex-s'ion  of  university 
tension.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  division  of  university  ex-  '''''''^^'<'°- 
tension  to  provide  courses  of  instruction  through  correspondence 
or  school  classes   (or  by  combination  of  both  methods)   in  liberal 
arts  and  vocational  subjects,  upon  such  terms  and  under  such  con- 
ditions as  they  may  deem  necessary.     And  any  sum  so  expended 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  charge  against  the  appropriation  for  main- 
tenance of  said  board  of  education. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


316 


Chapters  192,  193. 
CHAPTER  192. 


[1921 


Appropriation    for 
additional  im- 
provements in 
state  hospital. 


JOINT    RESOLUTION    FOR    ADDITIONAL    IMPROVEMENTS    AT    THE     STATE 
HOSPITAL. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  sum  of  $50,500  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated 
for  additional  improvements  at  the  state  hospital,  as  follows:  For 
a  new  bakery  and  equipment,  $40,500;  and  for  the  renovation  of 
certain  wards  in  the  Kimball,  Chandler  and  Rum  ford  wings,  and 
the  third  floor  of  the  Bancroft  building,  $10,000. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  193. 

JOINT    RESOLUTION    IN    FAVOR    OF    THE   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   STATE    SANA- 
TORIUM. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 


Appropriation   li 
favor  of  state 
sanatorium, 
$132,000. 


That  the  following  sums  amounting  to  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
two  thousand  dollars  ($132,000)  be  and  hereby  are  appropriated 
for  the  New  Hampshire  State  Sanatorium,  to  be  expended  in  ac- 
cordance with  plans  and  specifications  to  be  approved  by  the  gov- 
ernor and  council ;  said  sums  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of 
the  trustees  of  said  institution,  as  follows :  For  an  infirmary  build- 
ing, one  hundred  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($125,000)  ;  for  a 
new  boiler  and  setting,  three  thousand  dollars  ($3,000)  ;  for  a  new 
generator,  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000)  ;  for  a  tunnel  from  the 
kitchen  to  the  infirmary,  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000).  The  state 
treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  under  the  direction  of  the  governor 
and  council  to  borrow,  upon  the  credit  of  the  state,  such  sums  as 
are  needed  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  resolution,  not  to 
exceed  in  all  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thirty-two  thousand  dollars 

($132,000),  and  for  that  purpose  may  issue  bonds,  or  notes,  in  the 
name  of,  and  on  behalf  of  the  state,  at  the  lowest  rate  of  interest 
obtainable,  in  such  form  and  such  denominations  and  on  such  time 

as  the  governor  and  council  may  determine.  Such  bonds  or  notes 
shall  be  countersigned  by  the  governor  and  shall  be  deemed  a  pledge 


1921]  Chapter  194.  317 

of  the  faitli  and  credit  of  the  state.  The  secretary  of  state  shall 
keep  an  account  of  all  such  bonds  or  notes  countersigned  by  the 
governor,  showing  the  number  and  amount  of  each  bond  or  note, 
the  time  of  countersigning,  the  time  when  payable,  and  date  of  de- 
livery to  the  state  treasurer.  The  state  treasurer  shall  keep  an  ac- 
count of  each  bond  or  note,  showing  the  number  thereof,  the  name 
of  the  person  to  whom  sold,  the  amount  received  for  the  same,  the 
date  of  the  sale,  and  the  time  when  payable.  The  treasurer  may 
negotiate  and  sell  such  bonds  or  notes  in  such  manner  as  the  gov- 
ernor and  council  may  determine  most  advantageous  to  the  state. 
The  governor  shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  state  treasury  for  the 
amounts  that  may  be,  or  become,  due  from  time  to  time,  under  the 
contracts  of  the  trustees,  approved  by  the  governor  and  council, 
for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  after  said  bills  shall  have  been  duly  ap- 
proved by  the  governor  and  council,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding 
the  proceeds  of  said  bonds  or  notes. 

This  joint  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  194. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  FOR  THE  TREATMENT  OF  PERSONS  AFFLICTED  V^TH 
TUBERCULOSIS,  PARTICULARLY  IN  THE  ADVANCED  STAGES. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convetied: 

That  for  the  treatment  .of  persons  afflicted  with  tuberculosis,  e,f^aging^'f?ee 
particularly  in  the  advanced  stages,  and  who  are  unable  to  pay  the'?<'«ls  *"  sana- 
cost  of  such  treatment,  and  for  the  encouragement  of  the  establish-  tuberculosis. 
ment  and  maintenance  of  sanatoria  for  the  treatment  of  such  per- 
sons, the  state  board  of  charities  and  correction  be  and  hereby  are 
authorized  to  engage  free  beds  in  such  sanatoria  or  other  places  as 
have  been  approved  by  the  state  board  of  health  for  the  treatment 
of  such  persons  as  the  state  board  of  charities  and  correction  may 
specify.     Indigent  consumptives,  citizens  of  the  state,  who  are  un- 
able to  pay  any  part  of  the  cost  of  said  treatment,  may  be  admitted 
to  said  free  beds  by  the  authority  of  the  secretary  of  the  state 
board  of  charities  and  correction  in  accordance  with  the  ordinary 
regulations   of  said  sanatoria.     Persons  in  needy  circumstances, 
who,  by  themselves,  relatives  or  friends,  are  unable  to  pay  part  of 
the  cost  of  said  treatment  may  be  so  admitted  when  the  state  board 


818  Chapters  195,  196.  [1921 

of  charities  and  correction  so  certify  and  stipulate  the  proportion 
the  state  shall  assume  to  pay.  This  act  shall  not  be  construed  so  as 
to  deprive  any  person  to  whom  aid  is  rendered  of  any  right  that  he 
may  have  at  the  time  of  his  admission  to  said  sanatorium.  To  pay 
the  expenses  of  engaging  said  free  beds  and  assisting  persons  in 
needy  circumstances  to  treatment  in  said  sanatoria,  a  sum  not  ex- 
ceeding $35,000  for  each  of  the  fiscal  years  ending  June  30,  1922, 
and  June  30,  1923,  is  hereby  appropriated,  and  the  governor  is 
authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  said  sum  out  of  any  money  in 
the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

This  joint  resolution  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1921. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  195. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION   IN  FAVOR   OF   WILBUR   G.   COLCORD. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Appropriation  in      That  Wilbur  G.  Colcord  be  allowed  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dol- 
gToIcoi?"^"'"   lars  ($200),  and  the  governor  is  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for 
same  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 
This  joint  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  196. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION  IN   FAVOR  OF   ELLON   A.   S AFFORD. 

Resolved  ly  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Appropriation    in      That  Ellou  A.  Safford  be  allowed  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dol- 
IXrd.^  ^""'^  "^'lars  ($200),  and  the  governor  is  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for 
same  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 
This  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapters  197,  198.  319 

CHAPTER  197. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION   IN   FAVOR  OP   THE   GRAND   ARMY   OF    THE   REPUBLIC. 

Besolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  the  state  indexer  of  records,  in  addition  to  his  other  duties,  ^^PP^^o'f '^Grand" 
shall  perform  the  necessary  clerical  work  in  the  department  head-  -^™y^j?p^  ^^^ 
quarters  Grand  Army  of  the  Repubic,  under  the  supervision  of  tlie  salary  of'  state 
department  officials,  and  the  annual  salary  of  said  indexer  shall  be  l-ecorls.  ° 
eighteen  hundred  dollars ;    twelve  hundred  dollars  of  which  sura 
shall  be  the  compensation  for  work  performed  for  the  state,  and  six 
hundred  dollars  for  the  clerical  work  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  so  long  as  such  latter  work  may  be  necessary  and  ad- 
visable. 

This  joint  resolution  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1921. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  198. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  APPOINTING  A  COMMISSION  FOR  THE-  PURPOSE  Of" 
COLLECTING  INFORMATION  REGARDING  TRAFFIC  AND  TRANSPORTA- 
TION OVER  THE  CONNECTICUT  RIVER  AND  REPORTING  SAME  TO  THE 
liEGISLATURE  OF   1923. 

Resolved  hi/  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

That  whereas,  there  exists  a  question  as  to  the  advisability  of  ^o™"""?*^  *^ 
taking  over  by  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  and  maintaining  at  investigate 
state  expense  the  bridges  spanning  the  Connecticut  river,  along  aSlsitlon'  by 
the  state  boundary,  now,  therefore,  l,ridge''s'''across 

Resolved,  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  by  the  gov- ^'°""*'°*'''''*  "''®''' 
ernor,  Mdth  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  for  the  purpose 
of  collecting  facts  and  information  regarding  traffic  and  trans- 
portation over  said  bridges,  to  be  reported  to  the  1923  legislature 
for  whatever  action  is  deemed  appropriate.  Said  committee  sliall 
serve  without  pay,  but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary 
expenses,  to  be  approved  by  the  governor  and  council.     The  gov- 


320  Chapters  199,  200.  [1921 

ernor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  such  sum  of 
money,  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  199. 

JOINT   RESOLUTION   TO   AUTHORIZE   THE   APPOINTMENT   OP   A   BOARD   OF 
PUBLICITY. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Board  of  pub-  That  the  governor  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint,  with  the 

licity  to  be  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  a  board  of  three  members  who 

appointed   to  ' 

advertise ^^attrac-^  gl^all  scrvc  as  a  board  of  publicity.  Said  board  shall  have  author- 
e  s  a  e.  ^^^  to  confcr  with  the  officials  of  the  Boston  and  Maine,  Maine 
Central  and  Grand  Trunk  railroads  and  other  persons  interested 
for  the  purpose  of  devising  means  to  advertise  the  attractions 
and  resources  of  the  state,  in  co-operation  with  the  advertising 
bureaus  of  the  railroads  and  others.  Members  of  the  board  shall 
serve  without  pay. 

This  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  200. 

JOINT    RESOLUTION    IN    FAVOR    OF    WALTER    J.    A.    WARD,    WILLIAM    H. 
KNOX    AND    OTHERS. 

Resolved  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  convened: 

Appropriation   in      That  Walter  J.   A.  Ward,   sergeant-at-arms,   and  William  H. 

?T  wafd?""    Knox   sergeant-at-arms,  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $391.50  each;   that 

SXer"^:  ^""'Harold  H.   Niles,   chaplain,   be   allowed  the  sum  of  $344;    that 

Frank  M.  Ayer,  custodian,  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $344 ;   that  Guy 

S.  Neal,  Frank  P.  Collins,  Horace  F.  Hoyt,  Charles  W.  Buzzell, 


1921]  Chapter  200.  '321 

John  S.  Wheeler,  Peter  Smith,  Charles  E.  Wendell,  Michael  J. 
Sullivan,  Frederick  W.  Moore,  Raymond  C.  Greer,  Frank  D.  Gay, 
and  Joab  N.  Patterson,  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $344  each ;  that 
James  S.  Mansur  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $344;  that  Walter  W. 
Owens  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $391.50;  that  Lizzie  H.  Sanborn  be 
allowed  the  sum  of  $640;  that  Bessie  A.  Callaghan  be  allowed 
the  sum  of  $516 ;  that  Irene  B.  White,  Agnes  K.  Nawn,  and  Alice 
V.  Flanders  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $387  each ;  that  William  M. 
Haggett  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $387 ;  that  Charles  B.  Benson, 
Francis  P.  Callahan,  Howard  H.  Hamlin,  Keith  Cousins  be  al- 
lowed the  sum  of  $215  each ;  that  Chase  S.  Shaw  be  allowed  the 
sum  of  $25 ;  that  Clarence  W.  Farrell  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $190 ; 
that  Edison  J.  Minah  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $258 ;  that  Harrie  M. 
Young  and  Clarence  S.  Forsaith,  clerk  of  the  house  and  senate 
respectively,  and  Bernard  W.  Carey  and  Bernard  B.  Chase,  as- 
sistant clerk  of  the  house  and  senate  respectively,  be  allowed  the 
sum  of  $200  each;  that  Joseph  S.  Matthews  be  allowed  the  sum 
of  $300 ;  that  Marion  G.  Alexander  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $100 ; 
that  Smith  B.  Harrington  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $32 ;  that  W.  P. 
Goodman  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $30.98 ;  that  Herman  C.  Stache 
be  allowed  the  sum  of  $30 ;  that  Harrie  M.  Young  be  allowed  the 
sum  of  $5.40  for  expenses ;  that  William  H.  Knox  be  allowed  the 
sum  of  $11.50  for  expenses;  that  Guy  S.  Neal  be  allowed  the  sum 
of  $51.20;  that  the  State  House  Department  be  allowed  the  sura 
of  $623 ;  that  the  New  Hampshire  Typewriter  Company  be  al- 
lowed the  sum  of  $15 ;  that  Bektash  Temple  be  allowed  the  sum 
of  $56.25 ;  that  the  Union-Leader  Publishing  Company  be  al- 
lowed the  sums  of  $1.45  and  $17.98;  that  the  Manchester  Mirror 
Company  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $233.16;  that  the  New  Hamp.shire 
Patriot  Company  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $473.11 ;  that  the  Ports- 
mouth Times  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $1.72;  that  the  Chronicle 
and  Gazette  Publishing  Company  be  allowed  the  sum  of  $2.80 ; 
that  the  Telegraph  Publishing  Company,  Nashua,  be  allowed  the 
sum  of  $2.68 ;  that  the  Claremont  Daily  Eagle  be  allowed  the  sum 
of  $1.40;  that  George  J.  Foster  &  Company  be  allowed  the  sum 
of  $9.60;  that  the  Concord  Monitor  1)c  allowed  the  sum  of  $670.65; 
that  the  Union-Leader  Publishing  Company  be  allowed  the  sum  of 
$567.18 ;  that  the  Edson  C.  Eastman  Company  be  allowed  the 
sum  of  $587.15 ;  that  the  Underwood  Typewriter  Company  be  al- 
lowed the  sum  of  $60. 

This  joint  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


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CHAPTER  201. 


1921 


By  probate 
courts. 


Rockingham. 


StrafiEord. 


NAMES  CHANGED. 

From  January,  1919,  to  January,  1921,  the  registers  of  probate 
returned  to  the  secretary  of  state  the  followmg  changes  of  names 
made  by  the  probate  court : 

Rockingham  County — Scudder  Klyce,  Jr.  to  Stephen  Downing 
Kautz;  Charles  Michael  Koszareck  to  Charles  Michael  Connor; 
Ellen  Mary  Koszareck  to  Ellen  Mary  Connor;  Robert  Strafford 
Koszareck  to  Robert  Strafford  Connor;  Helen  Valois  Giles  to 
Helen  Valois  Guild;  Rosie  Wilson  Giles  to  Rosie  Wilson  Guild; 
Albert  J.  Trefethen  to  Charles  Albert  Willey;  Rose  A.  Sargent 
to  Rose  A.  Haisch ;  Helen  Elizabeth  Trefethen  to  Helen  Elizabeth 
Walsh;  John  Leon  Greeley  to  Karl  Eugene  Soukikian;  Archie 
Albert  Nutting  to  Roger  Spaulding  Brooks;  Herbert  Michael 
Parker  to  Herbert  Michael  Gibbons;  Kanelle  Stratakos  to  Kan- 
elle  Leontides ;  Doris  Annette  Logan  to  Doris  Annette  Jones ; 
Chrisanthos  Athanosias  Albuniotes  to  Chris  Albuniotes  Allen; 
Mildred  Irene  Kallock  to  Mildred  Irene  Bickford ;  Kathleen  Bar- 
bara Harrity  to  Kathleen  Barbara  Stillings ;  Calvin  William  Segee 
to  Calvin  William  Brown;  Charlotte  Alberta  Segee  to  Charlotte 
Alberta  Brown ;  Elizabeth  Wilhelmina  Hayes  to  Elizabeth  Wil- 
helmina  Leavitt;  Eva  Ella  West  to  Eva  Ella  St.  John;  Albert 
Frederick  Downing  to  Albert  Frederick  Downing  Martin;  Anna 
Elizabeth  Langzettel  to  Anna  Elizabeth  Walker;  Frank  Edward 
Langzettel  to  Frank  Edward  Walker;  Maud  A.  Perkins  to  Maud 
A.  Brown;  Edward  L.  Srote  to  Edward  L.  Davis;  Barbara  Gray 
to  Dorothea  Florence  Kelley ;  Alfred  Arcand  to  Alfred  Vendasi ; 
Effie  B.  Twombly  to  Effie  B.  Page ;  Ethyl  May  Sterling  to  Ethyl 
May  Lynn;  Jennie  Lois  Sterling  to  Jennie  Lois  Lynn;  Marjorie 
Howe  Marden  to  Marjorie  Josephine  Silbery;  Madeline  Virginia 
Gross  to  Madeline  Virginia  Merrill ;  Eloise  Thyng  to  Eloise  Bean ; 
Alonzo  J.  Bragdon  to  Alonzo  Bragdon  Scott ;  Viola  Irene  Hicks 
to  Viola  Irene  O'Harra;  Eleanor  Brandolini  to  Eleanor  Marotto; 
Palmer  E.  Brandolmi  to  Palmer  E.  Marotto ;  Meitie  E.  Estabrook 
to  Mertie  E.  Whittier;   Albert  Klein  to  Albert  Shwartz. 

Strafford  County — Edward  Henry  Cram  to  Edward  Henry 
Gage;  Henry  J.  Baker  to  Henry  J.  Berube ;  Charles  F.  Tibbetts 
to  Charles  F.  Eastman;  Maurice  Kivel  to  Maurice  Bnnis  Kivel; 
William  Stanley  Blaisdell  to  Willis  Stanley  Blaisdell;  Elizabeth 
Parker  to  Elizabeth  Cartland ;  Joseph  Arthur  Provincil  to  Al- 
fred Pari ;  Phillip  Brennan  to  Philip  Anthony  Brandon ;  Charles 
Austin  Hodgdon  to  Charles  Clark  Scott ;  Ernest  J.  Drew  to  Ern- 
est J.  Kelley;  Risdon  D.  Jones  to  Risdon  Davis;  Arthur  Joseph 
Lachance  to  Arthur  Joseph  Caloux;    Clayton  Tatreau  to  Clayton 


1921]  Chapter    201.  323 

Wilder:    Leo  Roland  Kitchen  to  Leo  Roland  Nnte;    Annie  Lew  to 
Annie  Wong;  Blanche  C.  Collins  to  Blanche  Critchett. 

Belknap  County— Clarence  Henry  Riley  to  Clarence  Henry  Belknap. 
Laelaire;  Laura  Edith  Riley  to  Laura  Edith  Laclaire ;  Edith 
Alice  Riley  to  Lora  Alice  Laclaire;  William  Wallis  Jewell  to 
William  C.  Wallis ;  David  O'Shansky  to  David  O'Shan;  Flor- 
ence Ann  Edgell  td  Edrie  Louise  Glidden  (adpt.)  ;  Helen  E.  Mc 
Dougall  to  Helen  E.  Keniston;  Philip  P.  Payson  to  Philip  Rus- 
sell Payson;  James  Melkonian  to  James  Milton  Avery;  Barbara 
May  Whitcher  to  Majorie  Irene  Tuttle  (adpt.)  ;  Hazel  B.  Palmer 
to  Hazel  Frances  Warren  (adpt.)  ;  Rose  Cross  Bean  to  Ross  Olivine 
Cross;  DaLsy  Mary  Caverly  to  Mary  Gertrude  Levoy  (adpt.); 
Robert  Earle  Paine  to  Robert  Earle  Aldrich  (adpt.)  ;  Dorothy 
Vachon  to  Dorothy  Levasseur  (adpt.)  ;  Paul  Burns  to  Clayton 
Follansbee  (adpt.)  ;  Kenneth  Roger  Croteau  to  Walter  Fred  Hall 
(adpt.)  ;  Raymond  Stanley  Shaw  to  Oscar  Allen  Tucker  (adpt.)  ; 
Mary  Roseanna  Lefebvre  to  Mary  Roseanna  Perron. 

Carroll  County — Mabel  Avery  to  ]\Iabel  Granville ;   Lillian  Fay  canoii. 
Clougli  to  Lillian  Fay  Eldridge;    Viola  E.  Drew  to  Viola  Etta 
Oilman ;   Christina  M.  Heacock  to  Christina  May  Clow. 

Merrimack  County — Harry  F.  Hayes  to  Harry  Frank  Morrill ;  Merrimack. 
Walter  Joseph  Rice  to  Walter  Joseph  Sheehan;  Fred  C.  Woodbury 
to  Frederick  Charles  Woodbury ;   Mildred  H.  Gray  to  Mildred  H. 
Williams;     Gertrude   Mary   Hurd   to    Gertrude   Mary   Vermette; 
Lois  Webster  to  Lois  Fadden. 

Hillsborough  County — William  Levine  to  William  Baiter ;  Hillsborough. 
Morris  Slominsky  to  Maurice  Sloan ;  Alice  Elizabeth  Jones  to 
Alice  Elizabeth  Snow;  Carl  Edwin  Chenette  to  Carl  Wood  An- 
derson ;  Carol  Elizabeth  Cram  to  Carol  Elizabeth  Richardson ; 
Ossian  James  Goodspeed  to  James  Ossian  Goodspeed;  Barbara 
Crompton  to  Barbara  Ford ;  Arthur  R.  Johnson  to  Arthur  R. 
Zatschka ;  Stamatios  Stavrou  Nicolopoulos  to  William  Cazan ; 
Mederise  Rousseau  to  Mederise  Boucher ;  Henry  Torkkola  to 
Henry  Hendrickson;  Peter  Konstantine  Kamverogianis  to  Peter 
Konstantine  Kamveris;  Ethel  Bradeen  to  Ethel  Bixby;  Mar- 
garet Batchelder  Healy  to  Margaret  Batchelder;  Catherine  M. 
Judkins  to  Catherine  M.  Jennings ;  Josephine  L.  Broderick  to 
Josephine  Louise  Pease;  Clarence  William  O'Connor  to  Clarence 
William  Greenie;  Beatrice  Cecilia  Louise  Laplant  to  Beatrice 
Cecilia  Louise  Preston ;  Marcelle  Alice  Marguerite  Beauchmin  to 
Marcelle  Marguerite  Miville;  Clara  Hilda  Boisman  to  Claire 
Elizabeth  Lynch ;  John  Lowe  to  John  Robert  Stoddard ;  Leo  An- 
derson to  Leo  Rioux;  Anita  V.  Anderson  to  Anita  V.  Laf ranee; 
Leslie  Aveey  to  Leslie  Irene  Morill;  Isabelle  M.  Gcss  to  Isabelle 
M.  Grant;  Thelma  Virginya  Tewksbury  to  Thelma  Virginya  La- 
Point  :   Edward  Wilusz  to  Edward  H.  Caron ;   Eva  Drolet  to  Anita 


324  Chapter   201.  [1921 

Robidas;  Joseph  Maiigan  to  Edward  Joseph  Monbleau;  Dorothy 
Louise  Johnson  to  Dorothy  Cordelia  Pickering;  Dorothy  Morin 
to  Dorothy  Eniond ;  Roland  George  Lapoint  to  Roland  George 
Raymond;  Unknown  child  to  Margaret  Elizabeth  Hardy;  Gerald 
Moynihan  to  John  Joseph  Scnlly ;  Peter  Leo  Vincent  McDade  to 
Leo  Vincent  Philbrick;  Eva  Catherine  Ghedone  to  Eva  Catherine 
Chandler ;  Madeleine  Lavoie  to  Madeleine  Corbin ;  Ralph  Wil- 
fred Carter  to  Ralph  Sidney  Jackson;  Bertha  Jones  to  Bertha 
Home ;  Doris  Mae  MacDonald  to  Doris  Mae  Parkey ;  Wayne 
Corey  Coburn  to  Wayne  C.  Straw ;  Rose  Alice  Cote  to  Doris  Rose 
Duprey;  Gordon  Saunders  to  Gordon  Moore;  Pearle  Perry  to 
Pearle  Lemery;  Estelle  P.  Goonan  to  Estelle  Frances  DeWater; 
Gladys  Snell  to  Gladys  Clara  Hardy;  Lucien  Denis  to  Lucien 
Theriault ;  Irene  Perrault  to  Irene  Theberge ;  Elizabeth  Coleman 
to  Katheline  Bennett  Crouse;  Cecil  Austin  to-  Cecil  Austin  Ran- 
dall ;  Howard  Elmore  Bullard  to  Frank  Langford  Smith ;  Violet 
Fisher  to  Lottie  May  Clinton ;  William  Tsiokas  to  William 
Argeropoulos ;  George  Caraberis  to  George  D.  Labrie;  Marie 
Yvonne  Gagne  to  Marie  Yvonne  Bergeron ;  Evelyn  Viola  Conway 
to  Helen  Viola  Drazkowska ;  Patricia  Fernandez  to  Patricia 
Dupont;  Louise  McCombie  to  Mary  Ellen  Maloney;  Cealo  Chal- 
mers to  Cealo  Joseph  Babineau. 

Cheshire.  Cheshire  County — Beryl  Ilda  Billings  to  Beryl  Ilda  Buckmins- 

ter ;  William  Newell  Davis  to  William  Newell  Austin ;  Rosa  Jen- 
nie Cross  to  Rosa  Jennie  Jarvis;  Mary  Elizabeth  Race  to  Mary 
Elizabeth  Stowell;  Jackson  Bishop  Turner  to  Jackson  Bishop 
Austin:  Eva  F.  VanLangendonk  to  Eva  F.  Bedaw;  Joseph 
Brooks  to  Joseph  Pasno  ;  Lila  Brooks  to  Lila  Pasno ;  Clara  Brooks 
to  Clara  Pasno ;  Paul  West  to  Clifford  Windsor  Bullock ;  Charles 
Hirmon  Goodale  to  Richard  George  Goodale ;  Josephine  M.  Seaver 
to  Josephine  M.  Newell;  Inez  Mae  Clark  to  Inez  Mae  Russell; 
Jerry  Gilbo  to  Jerry  J.  Paro;  May  Leora  Willis  to  May  Leora 
Hill;  Frances  Gale  Goodwin  to  Frances  Gale  Austin;  David 
Francis  Freeman  to  David  Francis  Pierce;  Sali  Kinnanen  to 
Lillian  Ruth  Breed;  Zizo  Kinnanen  to  Ernest  Lucius  Breed; 
Warren  Hollis  Day  to  Keith  Brandon  Day;  Harry  George  Lang 
to  Harry  George  Raymond;  Jennie  Cluda  Chessman  to  Jennie 
Cluda  Britton;    May  Edna  Bosworth  to  May  Edna  Wheeler. 

Sullivan.  Sullivan  County — Bernice  E.  Nickerson  to  Bernice  E.  Waldron  ; 

Lawrence  Roy  Hammer  to  Lawrence  Roy  Dodge;  Florence  M. 
Jarvis  to  Florence  M.  La  Crosse ;  Marie  Louise  Giguere  to  Marie 
Louise  Greenwood;  Emily  May  Huntley  to  Emily  May  Hill; 
Mildred  J.  Bedell  to  Mildred  Mae  Johnson;  Agnes  C.  Jewell  to 
Agnes  C.  Keating;  Edgar  Charles  Corbin  to  Edgar  Clement  Cor- 
bin; Mildred  Pauline  Charron  to  Mildred  Pauline  Moran ;  Ed- 
ward Francis  Clarey  to  Edward  Francis  Clay ;    Patricia  May  Wil- 


1921]  Chapter   201.  ,  325 

son  to  Patricia  Wilson  Upham;    Florence  E.  Colson  to  Florence 

B.  Cnok;  Dorothy  Irene  St.  Laurent  to  Dorothy  Irene  Stone; 
Clayton  Wilson  to  Joseph  Raymond  Landry ;  Robert  Marsh  to 
Robert  Allen  Dole;  Herbert  Swan  to  Herbert  Gardner  Bemis;  • 
IsabcU  Alice  Gear  to  Isabelle  Alice  Clement ;  Cherrie  M.  Matthews 
to  Cherrie  M.  Jackson ;  Velma  Irene  Bugbee  to  Velma  Irene  Hast- 
ings; Florence  E.  Cook  to  Florence  E  Colson;  Ellsworth  B. 
Claflin  to  Ellsworth  George  Vadney. 

Grafton  County — Ethel  Bennett  to  Alopie  Ethel  Wescott ;  Grafton. 
Myrtle  I.  Boynton  to  Myrtle  Irene  Ballou;  Edwin  B.  Currier  to 
Edwin  B.  Watts ;  Earle  Smith  Dow  to  Earle  Dow  Smith ;  Nina  G. 
Downing  to  Nina  Jennie  Gordon ;  Louise  Diancy  Noyes  De  Lage  to 
Annie  Alma  Diancy  Noyes  DeLage ;  Robert  J.  Franklin  to  Ralph 
Joseph  Brown;  Ellen  C.  Flanders  to  Ellen  C.  Haskell;  Richard 
Gage  to  Richard  Decato ;  Maud  W.  Gerry  to  Maud  Gerry  Wise ; 
Owen  Herbert  Hopkins  (not  changed)  ;  Moses  J.  Hill  to  Charles 
Walter  Johnson;  Josephine  Holt  to  Pollyanna  Henderson;  Eva 
LaFlam  to  Eva  Wright ;  John  Henry  Lowell  to  John  Henry 
Lovely ;  Lillian  May  Lowell  to  Lillian  May  Lovely ;  Margaret 
Lowell  to  Margaret  Louella  Lovely ;  Robert  Lindsey  to  Norman 
Robert  Lord;  Richard  W.  Labric  to  Ernest  John  Kelley;  Mar- 
garet Mary  Miller  to  Margaret  Mary  Gove ;  Robert  Miller  to 
Lloyd  Arthur  Plant ;  Doris  Pearl  Nutting  to  Doris  Woodward ; 
John  W.  Nutter  to  John  W.  Jarvenpaar;  Emma  Pinchett  to 
Emma  Pratt;  Marion  Peabody  to  Marion  E.  Decato;  Edwin  Dan- 
iel Prue  to  Edwin  Daniel  Rich ;  Earl  Packer  to  Earl  John  Pear- 
man  ;  Rose  M.  Rourke  to  Rose  Maud  Smith ;  Lila  G.  Robinson  to 
Lila  G.  Chamberlin ;    Helen  L.  Slack  to  Helen  Ina  Crafts ;    Sadie 

C.  Stimpson  to  Sadie  C.  Emery;    Mattie  E.  Stanton  to  Mattie  E. 
Gardner. 

Coos  County — Marion  Belle  Ward  to  Hester  Marion  Cutler ;  coos. 
Mildred  Lydia  Waterman  to  Mildred  Elizabeth  Rogers ;  Minnie 
Louise  Brown  to  Margaret  Louise  Richards ;  Susie  Etta  Brown  to 
Ruth  Arline  Hammond;  Edward  Sanford  Brown  to  Robert  Ed- 
ward Hammond;  Jessie  G.  CoDurn  to  Jessie  G.  Thurston;  Earl 
Brooks  to  Odber  Ford  Lunn;  May  Louise  Chambers  to  May  Louise 
Dumond ;  Edmond  Charles  Powers  Finley  to  Edmond  Charles 
Jewett :  Agnes  Gertrude  Buzzell  to  Agnes  Gertrude  Hurley ; 
Thelma  Agnes  Miller  to  Beverly  Persis  Fisher;  Josie  Augustina 
to  Guido  Augustina;  Mary  Irene  McKenna  to  Delia  Shenk;  Beat- 
rice M.  Jean  Filgate  to  Beatrice  Mae  Scott ;  Francis  Kermit  Lyons 
to  Francis  Kermit  Gagne;  Bessie  M.  Annis  to  Bessie  M.  Ham- 
mend  :    Arthur  Albert  Gauthier  to  Albert  Arthur  Merchant. 


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Chapter  201. 


1921 


By  superior 
courts. 


Rockingham. 


Belknap. 


Carroll. 


From  January,  1919,  to  January,  1921,  the  registers  of  probate 
returned  to  the  secretary  of  state  the  following-  changes  of  names 
made  by  the  superior  court  in  divorce  proceedings : 

Rockingham  County — Bessie  V.  Hamblin  to  Bessie  V,  Oliver; 
Esther  L.  Swanson  to  Esther  L.  Task;  Elanora  L.  Penny  to 
Elanore  L.  Laneville;  Ruth  B.  Gunn  to  Ruth  Barnes;  Belle  F. 
Pickering  to  Belle  F.  Lewis;  Emma  M.  Rivet  to  Emma  Mary 
LaRock;  Esther  L.  Peterson  to  Esther  L.  Schwartz;  Ila  G.  Whit- 
ney to  Ila  G.  Ramsdell;    Eva  G.  Pio  to  Eva  G.  Reynolds;    Mary 

C.  Stewart  to  Mary  C.  King;  Grace  L.  Marcantanna  to  Grace  L. 
Perry;  Rena  B.  Keith  to  Rena  B.  Roberts;  Ella  M.  Canell  to 
Ella  ]\r.  Leonard ;  Pearl  I.  Schroeder  to  Pearl  Tola  Burns ;  Achsa 
A.  King  to  Achsa  A.  Dorsey ;  Edith  F.  Kessler  to  Edith  F.  Breed ; 
Nettie  F.  Leforgeais  to  Nettie  F.  Merryman ;  Violet  J.  Green  to 
Violet  J.  McPheters;  Mary  E.  Duffey  to  Mary  E.  Kelliher;  Mil- 
dred E.  Abbott  to  Mildred  Estelle  Bellavance ;  Antoinette  L.  Lord 
to  Antoinette  Lavallee ;  May  L.  Graham  to  May  L.  Hamel ;  Flora 
M.  Clegg  to  Flora  M.  Heath;  Lilla  May  Munroe  to  Lilla  May 
Merrill ;  Edith  B.  Heath  to  Edith  B.  Moore ;  Neva  M.  Bradshaw 
to  Neva  M.  Smith. 

Strafford  County— Ethel  M.  McNally  to  Ethel  M.  Chamberlain ; 
Christine  L.  Hurd  to  Christine  L.  Stokes ;  Lillian  Towle  to  Lillian 
Olsen ;  Hattie  Emma  Allen  to  Hattie  Emma  Cook ;  Viola  S. 
Sehillow  to  Viola  S.  Ward ;  Hazel  G.  Dexter  to  Hazel  G.  Gault ; 
Martha  C.  Kenerson  to  Martha  C.  Runnells ;  Marion  Leslie  Per- 
kins to  Marion  Leslie  Chesley ;  Cora  E.  Foss  to  Cora  E.  Blaisdell; 
Yvonne  F.  Gadoury  to  Yvonne  F.  Lobossiere;  Marilla  E.  Glidden 
to  Marilla  E.  Chase ;  Bessie  M.  Duquette  to  Bessie  M.  Corson ; 
Bridget  Daley  to  Bridget  Flanagan ;  Flo«sie  Libby  to  Flossie 
Hardwood;  Stella  L.  Creamer  to  Stella  L.  Brown;  Rose  E.  Fall 
to  Rose  E.  Varney;  Kate  Maud  Bracket  to  Kate  Maud  Perkins; 
Eva  B.  Volo  to  Eva  B.  Gushing ;  Lucina  M.  Cheney  to  Lueina  M. 
Bird ;   Marion  G.  Bessey  to  Marion  G.  Nelson. 

Belknap   County — Mina  E.  Adams  to   Mina  Edgerly :    Evelyn 

D.  Dow  to  Evelyn  D.  Shampany;  Grace  ]\I.  Rollins  to  Grace  M. 
Mallard;  Clara  P.  B.  French  to  Clara  P.  Baker;  Bertha  L.  Rider 
to  Bertha  L.  Fowler;  Laura  M.  Turner  to  Laura  M.  Arnold; 
Edna  M.  Merchant  to  Edna  M.  Abbott;  Essie  R.  Littlefield  to 
Essie  Richardson;  Gertrude  M.  Baker  to  Gertrude  M.  Hull; 
Clover  V.  Evans  to  Clover  V.  Devino ;  Eliza  A.  Paul  to  Eliza  A. 
Higgins ;  Elizabeth  A.  Buckley  to  Elizabeth  A.  Messer ;  Albertine 
D.  Cliase  to  Albertine  D.  Boulay ;  Bertha  F.  Dinsfriend  to  Bertha 
F.  Ayer;  Katherine  G.  Ellison  to  Katherine  A.  Gihnan;  Martha 
J.  Clark  to  Martha  J.  Bailey. 

Carroll  County— Elva  I.  Eldridge  to  Elva  I.  Nason ;    Orabell 
A.   Thurston  to  Orabell  A.  Pascoe;    Pearl   G.   Randall  to   Pearl 


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Mooney;  Bessie  M.  Paradis  to  Bessie  M.  Chase;  Annie  L.  Nutter 
to  Annie  L.  Hasty ;  Minnie  Fogg  to  Minnie  Diniiek ;  Beulah  M. 
Ingalls  to  Beulah  M.  Thurston. 

MerrimacU  County — Delvina  Hilliard  to  Delvina  L 'Heureux ;  Merrimack. 
Isadora  I.  Sennott  to  Isadora  I.  Harrington;  Mildred  Brino  to 
Mildred  Louise  Foss ;  Flora  P.  Chase  to  Flora  P.  Davis ;  Beatrice 
A.  McDonough  to  Beatrice  A.  Tripp ;  Hattie  R.  Hanlon  to  Hattie 
R.  Williamson ;  Melvina  Mae  Fenton  to  Melvina  Mae  Noe ;  Alice 
C.  Ricker  to  Alice  C.  Scott ;  Eliza  S.  Buzzell  to  Eliza  S.  Dearborn ; 
Nellie  R.  McGinnis  to  Nellie  R.  Nickerson;  Myra  L.  Drown  to 
Myra  L.  Bean ;  Ethel  M.  Brockway  to  Ethel  N.  Thompson ;  Cath- 
erine E.  Wadleigh  to  Catherine  E.  Day;  Mildred  D.  Gilbert  to 
Mildred  D.  Maxham;  Mary  R.  Demars  to  Mary  R.  McPhillips: 
Violet  E.  Parent  to  Violet  E.  Freeman. 

Hillsborougli  County — Clara  0.  Greene  to  Clara  Oella  Smith ;  HiUsborough. 
Grace  M.  Freeman  to  Grace  M.  Jones;  Janet  Hutchins  to  Janet 
Plummer;  Ada  E.  Ingerson  to  Ada  E.  Butterfield;  Euphrosyne  P. 
Couture  to  Euphrosyne  P.  Carvelle ;  Alice  Leila  0  'Donnell  to 
Alice  Leila  Briggs ;  Alma  P.  Meisel  to  Alma  P.  Gemeinhardt ; 
Mary  Matteau  to  Mary  Marcotte ;  Julia  Burrell  to  Julia  Wood- 
ard ;  Alice  Van  Overloop  to  Alice  DeWaele ;  Rose  Landry  to  Rose 
Cheltry;  Madeline  McNelly  to  Madeline  Burns;  Eva  T.  Clough 
to  Eva  Thompson ;  Edwidge  M.  Tousignant  to  Edwidge  ]\I.  Gau- 
thier ;  Gertrude  G.  Whitmore  to  Gertrude  N.  Gordon ;  Doris 
Desmarais  to  Doris  Saunders ;  Zena  M.  Artz  to  Zena  M.  Mclndoe ; 
Delina  Champagne  to  Delina  Duquette ;  Nora  Kempton  Truesdale 
to  Nora  Kempton  ;  Mary  E.  Stockdale  to  Mary  E.  Waldron  ;  Anna 
Papanieolou  to  Anna  Tsaknake;  Stavroula  Vitkos  to  Stavroula 
Papamichael ;  Olga  Perry  to  Olga  Gossler ;  Bessie  A.  Wicks  to 
Bessie  A.  Glidden;  Ida  E.  Miller  to  Ida  E.  Walton;  Susan  Sulli- 
van to  Susan  Smith ;  Ava  D.  Green  to  Ava  Dolores  Kendall ; 
Louise  M.  Hannahan  to  Louise  M.  Emerson ;  There?a  E.  Dutrizac 
to  Theresa  Elizabeth  Cummings ;  Theodora  Ramantzas  to 
Theodora  Harisis ;  Gara  May  Anderson  to  Gara  May 
Pierce ;  Nathalie  Hoyt  to  Nathalie  Thompson ;  Julia  Lamper 
to  Julia  Hamel :  Hazel  Piplar  to  Hazel  Harmon ;  Nellie  A.  Au- 
clair  to  Nellie  A.  Shea;  Mary  Ricker  Kimball  to  Mary  E.  Ricker; 
Annie  E.  Mills  to  Annie  Eliza  Wright ;  Susie  M.  Ripley  to  Susie 
M.  Flanders;  Adele  Patterson  to  Adele  Marier;  Margaret  E. 
Blood  to  Margaret  E.  Lindsey;  Annie  Russell  to  Annie  Cronin; 
Venetia  J.  Bellmore  to  Venetia  J.  INIartin ;  Gertrude  E.  Hoyt  to 
Gertrude  E.  Van  Vliet;  Lillian  E.  Kenney  to  Lillian  E.  Hoyt; 
Anna  M.  Pherson  to  Annie  May  Finley ;  Frances  B.  Hobbs  to 
Frances  Warren  Burroughs;  Luella  Crosby  to  Luella  Giddings; 
Emily  Meta  Hall  to  Emily  Meta  Dierig;  Heraclia  Apostolou  to 
Heraclia   Bella;    Laurea   Paquin   to   Laurea   Henriette   Gariepy; 


328  Chapter  201.  .  [1921 

Elsie  y.  Corliss  to  Elsie  V.  Parsons ;  Ruth  0.  Seavey  to  Ruth  0. 
Garland ;  IMarie  Bourgeault  to  Marie  Thibaudean ;  Melvina  Fuller 
to  Melvma  Tracy;  Evelyn  Blanche  Welcome  to  Evelyn  Blanche 
Eustis;  Winifred  Catherine  Cunningham  to  Winifred  Catherine 
MePherson;  Mae  Colburn  to  Mae  Allen;  Etta  A.  Patch  to  Etta 
A.  Wheeler;   Hannah  E.  Martel  to  Hannah  Elizabeth  Travers. 

Cheshire.  Cheshire  County — Clarisse  S.  Wright  to  Clarrisse  S.  Johnson  : 

Ara  G.  Bingham  to  Ara  G.  Smith ;  Ida  M.  Eaton  to  Ida  M.  Thomp- 
son ;  Dora  L.  Wood  to  Dora  L.  Bruno ;  Elsie  Symonds  to  Elsie 
Manning;  Blanche  L.  Ackley  to  Blanche  L.  Marchant;  Hazel  G. 
Bunker  to  Hazel  G.  Godfrey. 

Sullivan.  Sullivau  Couuty — Florence  M.  Jarvis  to  Florence  M.  LaCrosse  ; 

Marie  Louise  Giguere  to  Marie  Louise  Greenwood;  Emily  May 
Huntley  to  Emily  May  Hill;  Mildred  J.  Bedell  to  Mildred  Mae 
Johnson ;  Flossie  A.  Campbell  to  Florence  A.  Hutchinson ;  Ruth 
H.  Carr  to  Ruth  Hunt;  Marion  Marie  Cushion  to  Marion  Marie 
Greenwood;  Harriette  E.  Plumb  to  Harriette  Elizabeth  Ayers; 
Laura  Amelia  Liberty  to  Laura  A.  Hurd;  Dorothy  M.  Lynch  to 
Dorothy  M.  Glasson ;  Nancy  Agnes  Brown  to  Nancy  Agnes  Jones ; 
Lucy  Laurette  Jeanette  Bowker  to  Lucy  Laurette  Jeanette  Buck- 
man  ;  Eva  Angle  Bechard  to  Eva  Angie  Morse :  Hazel  May  Ord- 
way  to  Hazel  May  Roundy ;  Rose  May  Rowell  to  Rose  May  LeClair ; 
Gladys  Rosalie  Rugg  to  Gladys  Rosalie  Stone ;  Mabel  A.  Norris  to 
Mabel  A.  Winn ;  Elizabeth  M.  Quimby  to  Elizabeth  M.  Philbrick ; 
Eva  B.  Bugbee  to  Eva  B.  Nevers;  Nona  Jessie  Ring  to  Nona  Jessie 
Hurd ;  Katie  A.  Cutts  to  Katie  A.  Wardwell ;  Nellie  Olga  Marks 
to  Nella  Olga  Simonds ;  Florence  L.  Slack  to  Florence  L.  Mahew ; 
Jennie  F.  Ryan  to  Jennie  F.  Porter. 

Grafton.  Graftou  Couuty— Daisy  M.  Mitchell  to  Daisy  M.  Tobey;    Ger- 

trude Champagne  to  Gertrude  Elliott ;  Maggie  M.  Smith  to  Maggie 
M.  Currier ;  Annie  B.  Kentfield  to  Annie  B.  Fuller ;  Harriet  V. 
Laro  to  Harriet  V.  Canfield ;  Annie  M.  L.  Robinson  to  Annie  M.  L. 
Stewart ;  Gertrude  Niekerson  to  Gertrude  M.  Spurlin ;  Mary  A. 
Lashua  to  Mary  A.  Hadley ;  Mabel  R.  Watkins  to  Mabel  R.  Fickett ; 
Iva  ]M.  Page  to  Iva  M.  Sanborn ;  Mary  Rose  DeLarge  to  Mary  Rose 
Sears ;  Lexie  E.  McDonald  to  Lexie  E.  Shores ;  Fannie  C.  Fleck 
to  Fannie  C.  Whitman ;  Alice  G.  Gushing  to  Alice  Pauline  Gould ; 
Bernice  Cadarette  to  Bernice  Fitzgerald;  Helen  D.  Currier  to 
Helen  D.  Richardson ;  Nettie  L.  Morris  to  Nettie  L.  Hart. 

Coos.  Coiis  County — Ethel  A.  Palmer  to  Ethel  A.  Newton  ;    Elizabeth 

P.  Kelley  to  Elizabeth  Parks :  Myrtle  M.  Colby  to  Myrtle  M.  Simp- 
son ;   Inez  Scott  to  Inez  Brown. 


PRIVATE  ACTS. 


CHAPTER  202. 

AN  ACT  TO  ESTABLISH  A  DEPART^JENT   OF   HIGHWAYS  FOR  THE  CITY  OF 
MANCHESTER.* 


1.  Definition  of  terms  used  in  this  act. 

2.  Department  of  highways  established 

for  Manchester;  commissioners  of 
highways  how  to  be  chosen ;  term 
of  office;  salaries;  who  ineligible 
to  office. 

3.  Removal  of  commissioners. 

4.  Organization    of    department;      sur- 


Surveyor,  powers  and  duties:  per- 
mit to  open  or  excavate  highways; 
contracts  for  highway  work;  bud- 
get for  highway  maintenance;  ap- 
pointment of  superintendent  of 
highways,  of  sewers,  of  street 
cleaning;  schedule  of  grades  of 
emplovees. 


veyor  how  appointed  and  compen-  6.     Department    of    public    works    abol- 

sation ;    meetings.  ished. 

I  7.     Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

I  passage. 

Be    it   enacted   hij   t^'e  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     (a)   The  term  department  as  used  in  this  act  shall  Definition  of 

terms    u; 
this    act. 


mean  the  department  of  highways  hereby  established.  **■'''""  "^'"'^ 


(b)  The  term  commissioners  as  used  in  this  act  shall  mean  tlie 
board  of  highway  commissioners  hereby  created  and  the  term  sur- 
veyor as  used  in  this  act  shall  mean  the  surveyor  of  the  department 
of  highways. 

(c)  The  term  highway  shall  mean  and  include  all  public  ave- 
nues, streets,  roads,  thoroughfares,  lanes,  alley's,  back  streets,  walks, 
sidewalks,  bridges  and  culverts. 

(d)  The  term  sewers  shall  mean  and  include  all  public  sewers 
and  drains,  separate  sewerage  systems,  combined  sewerage  systems 
and  storm  water  drainage  systems. 

(e)  The  term  street  cleaning  shall  mean  and  include  the  clean- 
ing, sweeping,  washing  and  flushing  of'  highways,  the  collecting, 
removing  and  disposing  of  all  garbage,  ashes,  refuse,  waste,  rub- 
bish, snow  and  ice  (dead  animals  excepted). 

(f).  The  term  city  yard  shall  mean  and  include  all  yards  and 
premises,  the  property  of  the  city  used  by  the  department  in  carry- 
ing on  the  liusiness  contemplated  under  this  act  with  all  struc- 


3ee  inira,  chapter  273. 


330 


Chapter  202. 


[1921 


Department   of 
highways 
established   for 
Manchester; 
commissioners 
of  hifrhways 
how   to   be 
chosen :    term  of 
office;    salaries; 
who   ineligible   to 
office. 


Removal    of 
commissioners. 


Organization    of 
department; 
surveyor  how 
appointed     and 
compensation; 
meetings. 


Surveyor, 
powers    and 
duties;    permit 
to    open    or 
excavate   high- 


tures,  plants,  appliances  and  buildings  that  are  or  may  be  con- 
structed, established  or  erected  thereon. 

(g)  The  term  public  utility  shall  include  every  corporation 
company,  association,  joint  stock  association,  partnership  and  per- 
son, their  assignees,  lessees,  trustees  or  receivers  appointed  by  any 
court  whatsoever,  owning,  operating  or  managing  any  plant  or 
equipment  or  any  part  of  the  same  for  the  conveyance  of  persons 
or  property  for  a  compensation;  for  the  transmission  of  telephone 
or  telegraph  messages ;  for  the  manufacture  or  furnishing  of  light, 
heat  or  power  for  the  public. 

Sect.  2.  A  department  of  highways  for  the  city  of  Manchester 
is  hereby  established  and  upon  the  passage  of  this  act  the  governor, 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  shall  appoint  three 
citizens  of  Manchester  who  shall  be  commissioners  of  highways,  and 
who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  their 
appointment;  and  m  the  month  of  January,  1922,  the  board  of 
aldermen  of  Manchester  shall  elect  three  citizens  of  Manchester 
who  shall  be  commissioners  of  highways,  one  of  whom  shall  hold 
office  for  a  term  of  two  years,  one  for  four  years  and  one  for  six 
years  from  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  the  highway 
commissioners  appointed  by  the  governor  and  council,  and  bien- 
nially thereafter,  in  the  month  of  January,  the  board  of  aldermen 
shall  elect  one  commissioner  who  shall  take  the  place  of  the  one 
whose  term  expires  and  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  six  years ; 
said  commissioners  vshall  be  paid  a  salary  of  two  hundred  dollars 
per  year  in  full  for  all  services  rendered,  except  the  chairman  who 
shall  be  paid  a  salary  of  two  hundred  fifty  dollars  per  year  in  full 
for  all  services  rendered.  No  member  of  the  present  board  of  mayor 
and  aldermen  shall  be  appointed  to  the  board  of  commissioners. 

Sect.  3.  The  governor,  wdth  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  coun- 
cil, shall  have  full  power  to  remove  any  commissioner  appointed  by 
him,  when  he  shall  deem  it  expedient  and  the  board  of  aldermen 
shall  have  like  power  of  removal  of  any  commissioner  appointed  by 
them. 

Sect.  4.  Immediately  after  their  appointment,  said  commis- 
sioners shall  organize,  choosing  one  of  their  number  as  clerk,  and 
they  shall  then  appoint  a  competent  person,  preferably  a  civil  en- 
gineer, to  be  surveyor  of  the  department  and  to  hold  office  during 
the  pleasure  of  the  board  of  highway  commissioners,  and  said  com- 
missioners shall  fix  his  compensation.  The  commissioners  shall 
determine  and  fix  a  minimum  and  maximum  scale  of  wages  for 
each  grade  or  relative  position  (hereinafter  provided  for).  They 
shall  hold  one  meeting  each  month,  on  a  day  to  be  fixed  by  them- 
selves, and  the  chairman  may  call  a  special  meeting  at  any  time. 

Sect.  5.  The  surveyor  shall  have  full  charge,  supervision,  man- 
agement and  control  of  the  building,  constructing,  repairing  and 
maintaining  of  all  highways  and  sewers,  the  developing,  improving, 


1921]  Chapter    202.         .  331 

and  maintaining  of  city  yards,  and  the  maintaining  and  carrying 


ways ;    contracts 
for   highway 


on  of  street  cleaning;   he  shall  have  the  expenditure  of  all  appro- work:  budget  for 


highway  main- 


priations  which  the  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  shall  from  yeartenance; 
to  year  vote  for  such  purposes  (with  the  approval  of  the  commis- .Tpe°rrnSent* 
sioners  and  the  mayor)  and  all  bills  and  payrolls  for  expenditures  "e„!gfs'''^fg^t'j.e°t 
from  the  appropriations  voted  from  year  to  vear  by  said  board  of '''t^"'T=  . 

J      ,  ,  „  ,  •  1      ,,',  '   -^     -,  ,  ,       schedule  of  grades 

mayor  and  aldermen  for  such  purposes  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  "f  employees. 
surveyor  and  approved  by  the  cominissioners  before  the  same  are 
paid  by  the  city  treasurer.  The  surveyor  shall  have  the  authority  and 
power  to  regulate  the  traffic  and  travel  upon,  the  placing  of  en- 
cumbrances in,  and  the  opening  and  excavating  in  the  highways 
of  said  city;  he  shall  further  have  the  power  to  regulate  the  con- 
struction and  maintenance  in,  over,  under  and  along  the  highways 
of  said  city  of  all  wires,  pipes,  poles  and  all  other  structures  (ex- 
cepting electric  signs)  and  including  the  moving  of  buildings  be- 
longing to  individuals,  firms,  corporations,  or  public  utilities,  which 
are  permitted  by  vote  of  the  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  to  be 
placed  in,  over,  under,  along  or  moved  through  said  highways ;  he 
shall  have  the  power  to  remove  any  tree  in  any  highway  if  in  his 
judgment  it  is  necessary  in  the  construction  or  maintenance  of  said 
highway.  No  individual,  firm,  corporation  or  public  utility  shall 
open  or  excavate  any  highway  unless  first  having  obtained  a  per- 
mit therefor  from  the  department.  The  surveyor  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  provide  for  the  furnishing  and  delivering  of  supplies  and 
the  performance  of  any  work  contemplated  in  this  act  by  contract 
and  in  so  doing  to  call  for  proposals  for  furnishing  and  delivering 
such  supplies  or  doing  such  work  and  to  make  a  contract  therefor 
in  the  name  and  behalf  of  said  city  (provided  such  contract  shall 
first  be  approved  by  the  commissioners)  and  the  party  to  whom  the 
contract  is  awarded  shall  furnish  proper  surety  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  said  contract  provided  Jioicever,  that  in  the  employ- 
ment of  labor,  citizens  of  Manchester  shall  be  given  preference,  and 
in  making  of  contracts  such  preference  shall  be  stipulated  for  when 
practicable ;  said  surveyor  shall  annually  on  or  before  the  fifteenth 
day  of  January  prepare  and  transmit  to  the  commissioners  and  the 
board  of  maj^or  and  aldermen  an  estimate  of  the  appropriation  re- 
quired for  the  maintenance  of  city  yards  and  st-'cet  cleaning,  for 
the  construction,  repairing  and  maintaining  of  highways  and  sewers 
in  said  city  for  the  ensuing  year  and  he  shall  make  a  report  to  said 
board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  of  the  doings  of  the  department  for 
the  year  ending  with  the  December  draft  of  each  year.  The  sur- 
veyor shall  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  commi<^sioners  have 
full  charge  and  control  of  the  engineers  department  and  shall  have 
in  charge  the  performance  of  all  duties  heretofore  pertaining  to 
the  office  of  an  engineer ;  he  may  appoint  with  the  advice  and  con- 
sent of  the  commissioners  one  competent  person  to  act  as  superin- 
tendent of  highM^ays,  one  competent  person  to  act  as  superintendent 


332 


Chapter   203. 


1921 


of  sewers  and  one  competent  person  to  act  as  superintendent  of 
street  cleaning;  he  shall  with  advice  and  consent  of  the  commis- 
sioners establish  a  schedule  of  grades  or  relative  positions  to  in- 
clude all  superintendents,  subordinate  officers,  agents,  clerks  and 
all  other  persons  who  are  employed  or  may  be  employed  in  carrying 
on  the  work  contemplated  under  this  act,  and  he  shall  for  the 
carrying  out  of  the  purposes  of  this  act  have  all  the  powers  now  by 
law  vested  in  the  board  of  public  works,  or  department  of  public 
works  and  the  various  city  departments  and  officials  of  said  city 
now  having  control  of  the  matters  covered  by  this  act  and  he  shall 
have  the  authority  to  appoint  or  hire,  to  dismiss  or  discharge  such 
superintendents,  subordinate  officers,  agents,  clerks  and  other  per- 
sons as  he  may  deem  expedient. 

Sect.  6.  The  department  of  public  works  for  the  city  of  Man- 
chester is  hereby  abolished,  and  the  act  creating  the  same  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Repealing  clause;     Sect.  7.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
il^ssagl.*^*""'  °''     are  hereby  repealed,  except  that  no  provision  of  this  act  shall  be 
construed  to  repeal  any  of  the  powers  of  the  mayor  of  said  city  ex- 
cept as  the  same  relates  to  the  appointment  of  commissioners,  and 
this  act  shall  take  effect  on  its 


Department    nf 
public    works 
abolished. 


[Approved  January  27,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  203. 

AN   ACT  TO  CONFIRM   THE  ACTION  OF  TOWN  MEETING  IN   HAMPTON  ON 
DECEMBER  20,  1920. 


Section 

1.  Acts  of  special,  town  meeting  of 
Hampton  confirmed :  authority 
granted  to  issue  bonds. 


Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  Rouse   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Acts  of  special  SECTION  1.     The  acts  and  doings  of  the  town  of  Hampton  at  a 

nrmpt'^r'con-"^  special  town  meeting  held  on  December  20,  1920,  are  hereby  con- 
Sed  to TJsu?'' firmed ;  and  the  authority  of  said  town  to  issue  its  bonds  in  an 
bonds.  amount  not  exceeding  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  payable  twenty- 

five  years  after  date,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  not  exceeding 
five  per  cent,  per  annum  and  callable  at  the  option  of  the  town 


1921]  Chapter  204.  333 

after  two  years  from  date  at  par  and  accrued  interest,  in  accordance 
with  votes  adopted  at  said  meeting,  is  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed. 
Said  town  is  authorized  to  issue  additional  bonds  for  purposes  de- 
fined in  chapter  270  of  the  Laws  of  1919  in  such  amounts  and  pay- 
able at  such  time  or  times  and  at  such  rates  of  interest  as  may  be 
fixed  therefor,  said  bonds  to  be  authorized,  executed  and  issued  in 
the  manner  provided  by  section  6  of  said  chapter.  The  bonds 
specified  in  this  section  shall  not  be  included  in  any  existing  debt 
limit,  and  shall  not  be  issued  at  any  time  in  excess  of  five  per  cent, 
of  the  tax  valuation  of  said  town. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Tas^slV^^*'*  °° 

[Approved  February  3,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  204. 

AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  HIGH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF  LEBANON  TO  ISSUE 
BONDS. 

Section  j   Skotion 

1.      High  school  district  of  Lelsanon  au-  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage, 

thorized  to  issue  bonds.  | 

Be   it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court   convened: 

Section  1.     The  high  school  district  of  the  town  of  Lebanon  is  High  school 

....  •      T    1         -I  •  -,  ■  district   of 

authorized  to  incur  indebtedness  in  an  amount  not  exceeding  one  Lebanon 
hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  construction  and  i's'^ue°'bonds.° 
equipment  of  school  buildings;    said  amount  to  be  in  addition  to 
the  amount  already  authorized. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  passage  ^^'^^  *"" 


[Approved  February  3,  1921.] 


334 


Chapters  205,  206. 
CHAPTER  205. 


[1921 


AN  ACT  TO  ANNEX  CERTAIN  LAND  TO  UNION  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  NUMBER 
ONE,  TILTON. 


Section 

1.      Certain  land  annexed  to  Tilton  Un- 
ion school  district  Xo.   1. 


Repealing    clause:      takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Be   it  enacted  hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1,     Certain  land  situated  in  the  town  of  Northfield,  be- 


Certain   land 
annexed   to   Tilton 

district ^No?°i.  ^^^  *^®  tYSiQi  convcyed  by  Nancy  C.  Oilman  to  Annie  E.  Sager  by 
deed  recorded  in  Merrimack  county  registry  of  deeds,  book  299, 
page  241,  and  heretofore  annexed  for  school  purposes  to  the  town 
school  district  of  Northfield,  is  hereby  set  off  from  said  town  school 
district  and  annexed  for  school  purposes  to  union  school  district 
number  one  of  said  Tilton  and  Northfield. 
?ak'eT'effect*'on'^'''  Sect.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
passage.  ^rc  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  February  3,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  206. 

AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OP  THE  TOWN  OF  NEWINGTON 
TO  EXCEED  ITS  LIMIT  OF  BONDED  INDEBTEDNESS  AS  FIXED  BY  CHAPTER 
129  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1917. 


Seottov 

1.  Newington  school  district  authorized 
to  increase  its  bonded  indebted- 
ness. 


Skotion 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Newington     school 
district  author- 
ized  to   increase 
its   bonded    in- 
debtedness. 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  school  district  of  the  town  of  Newington  is 
hereby  authorized  to  incur  indebtedness  in  an  amount  not  exceeding 
twenty-two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  including  the  amount 
authorized  by  chapter  129,  Laws  of  1917,  for  the  purpose  of  the 
construction  and  equipment  of  school  buildings. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  takes  effect  on  its  passage. 

[Approved  February  S,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter   207.  335 

CHAPTER  207. 

AN  ACT  TO  RATIFY  AND  CONFIRM  THE  INCORPORATION  OF  CONTOOCOOK 
VALLEY   PAPER    COMPANY. 


Section' 

1.      Incorporation    of   Contoocook   Vallej' 
Paper  Company  confirmed. 


•TlOX 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted   hy   the   Seixite   and   House   of  Reprcsoitatives    in 
General  Court   convened: 

Section  1.     Whereas    Contoocook    Valley    Paper    Company,    a  incorporation  of 

■vT  TT  1   •  •  •        T    '       T  •  r>      '  Contoocook 

New  Hampshire  corporation,  was  organized  under  articles  of  agree-  vaiiey  Paper 
meiit  duly  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  May  23,  coiifirnfe^. 
1872,  and  in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk  of  Henniker,  on  May  24, 
1872,  and  was  re-organized  under  new  articles  of  agreement  dated 
June  28,  1880,  and  the  original  of  said  articles  of  agreement  of 
June  28,  1880,  was  recorded  in  the  records  of  the  clerk  of  said 
corporation,  but  so  far  as  shown  by  the  records  was  not  recorded 
in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state  or  the  town  clerk  of  Henniker, 
and  whereas  said  corporation  has  been  since  its  original  incorpora- 
tion in  1872,  and  now  is,  engaged  in  business  in  Henniker  under 
said  name  of  Contoocook  Valley  Paper  Company,  said  Contoocook 
Valley  Paper  Company  is  hereby  authorized  to  record  a  copy  of 
its  articles  of  agreement  dated  June  28,  1880,  certified  by  the  clerk 
of  said  corporation,  with  the  secretary  of  state  and  with  the  town 
clerk  of  Henniker,  and  thereupon  the  incorporation  of  said  com- 
pany in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  said  articles  of  agreement  of 
June  28,  1880,  shall  be  in  all  respects  ratified,  confirmed  and  ap- 
proved, and  all  acts  of  said  corporation  from  June  28,  1880,  to  the 
date  of  said  recording  shall  be,  and  hereby  are,  validated  and  con- 
firmed in  so  far  as  affected  by  failure  to  record  its  articles  of  agree- 
ment with  said  secretary  of  state  and  said  town  clerk  of  Henniker, 
as  aforesaid. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Jatsage!*^""*  °'' 

[Approved  February  8,  1921.] 


336 


Chapters  208,  209. 


1921 


CHAPTER  208. 

AN  ACT  LEGALIZING  THE  ACTS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  OP  TPIE  ANNUAL  TOWN 
MEETING  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  STRATFORD. 


Section" 

1.      Acts  of  Stratford  annual  town  meet- 
ing of  March   9,    192U  legalized. 


SirCTiON" 

2.     Takes  efifect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Rcprcscutativcs   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     All  acts  and  proceedings  of  the  annual  town  meet- 


Acts  of   Stratford 
annual    town 

meeting  of  March  jng  of  the  town  of  Stratfoi'd  held  March  9,  1920,  including  all  votes 

9     1920    leffcilizcd.  7  J  c:) 

'  relating  to  the  issue  of  seventy  thousand  dollars  ($70,000)  of  water 
bonds,  are  hereby  ratified,  legalized  and  confirmed. 
pa^^say*^*"'  °"        ^^^'^^  ^-     "^^i^  ^^*  ^^^^^^  ^^^^  e^QQt  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  February  16,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  209. 


AN  ACT  TO  LEGALIZE  THE  PROCEEDINGS  OF  A  SCHOOL  MEETING  OF  THE 
SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  GREENLAND. 


Section" 

1.      Proceedings 


of     Greenland 
legalized. 


Takes  effect   on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Rcprcscntalivcs   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Proceedings   of 
Greenland    school 
meeting 
legalized. 


Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  proceedings  of  the  regular  school  meeting  of  the 
school  district  of  the  town  of  Greenland  holden  in  said  town  on  the 
sixteenth  day  of  April,  1920,  authorizing  the  construction  of  new 
school  buildings  iii  said  district  and  appropriating  and  raising 
money  therefor  by  the  issuance  of  bonds  of  said  school  district  are 
hereby  ratified,  confirmed,  legalized  and  made  valid  in  all  respects. 
Any  and  all  bonds  issued  pursuant  to  said  proceedings  shall  be 
valid  and  binding  obligations  of  said  school  district. 

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


[Approved  February  17,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapter  210. 


337 


CHAPTER  210. 


AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  COUNTY  OF  COOS  TO  ISSUE  BONDS. 


1.  Commissioners    of    county    of    Coos 

may  issue  bonds  to  amount  of 
$50,000  when  authorized  by 
county  convention. 

2.  Bonds    how    to    be    executed     and 

what  to  contain. 


3.  Rights    of    bona    fide    holders;      an- 

nual  taxation   to   meet   obligation ; 
exemption  of  bonds  from  taxation, 

4.  Temporary    loan    authorized. 

5.  Takes   effect   on   passage. 


Be  it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     When  so  authorized  by  the  county  convention,  the  Commissioners  of 
county  commissioners  of  Coos  county  may  issue  for  and  in  behalfmay  issue  bonds 
of  said  county  serial  coupon  bonds  to  an  amount  not  exeeeding|°5o^ooo^°4hen  au- 
fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000),  for  the  purpose  of  funding  a  like ty^'tonvent^on'"'''''' 
amount  of  outstanding  floating  indebtedness  now  or  formerly  rep- 
rese;ited  by  two  notes  of  $25,000  each,  due  January  6,  1921,  and 
February  6,  1921,  respectively,  and  drawn  to  the  order  of  Amos- 
keag  Savings  Bank,  Manchester,  N.  H.  and  any  refundings  or  re- 
newals of  all  or  any  portion  thereof  heretofore  or  hereafter  made, 
and  to  reimburse  the  county  treasury  for  any  funds  advanced 
therefrom  temporarily  to  pay  any  portion  of  said  floating  indebt- 
edness, pending  the  receipt  of  proceeds  of  bonds  or  notes  author- 
ized by  this  act.     Said  bonds  shall  be  payable  to   bearer,   shall 
be  dated  April  1,  1921,  shall  be  in  the  denomination  of  one  thousand 
dollars  ($1,000)  each,  shall  mature  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000) 
on  the  first  day  of  December  of  each  of  the  years  1922  to  1931 
inclusive,  shall  bear  on  face  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  five 
(5)   per  cent,  per  annum  payable  December  1,   1921,  and  semi- 
annually thereafter,  and  shall  bear  the  county  seal. 

Sect.  2.     Each  bond  shall  be  designated  Coos  County  Fund  Bonds  how  to  be 
ing  Bond,  shall  be  signed  by  the  county  commissioners  or  by  a  to  contain, 
majority  thereof,  countersigped  by  the  county  treasurer,  and  bear 
on  face  a  certificate  of  registration  signed  by  the  clerk  of  the  supe- 
rior court  of  said  county.     The  coupons  annexed  shall  bear  the 
facsimile  signature  of  the  county  treasurer.     Said  county  commis- 
sioners may  sell  at  less  than  par  or  at  not  less  than  par  said  bonds  . 
at    public    sale   after    publication   of   notice    at    least    once    each 
week  for  three  successive  weeks,  the  first  publication  being  at  least 
twenty-one  days  before  the  time   of  opening  of  bids,  reserving, 
however,  the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids,  and  may  sell  at 
private  sale  all  or  any  of  said  bonds  not  thus  sold,  at  less  than  par 
or  at  not  less  than  par.    Other  particulars  as  to  the  form,  issuance 
and  sale  of  said  bonds  not  fixed  herein  or  by  vote  of  the  commis- 
sioners may  be  determined  by  the  county  treasurer. 


338 


Chapter  210. 


1921 


Sect.  3.     Bonds   and   notes   herein    authorized    purporting   on 


bonds    from    taxa 
tion. 


Temporary    loan 
authorized. 


Rights  of  bona 
fide    holders;      i. 

nuai  taxation  to  face  to  be  issued  by  virtue  and  in  pursuance  of  this  act,  shall,  in 
exemption  of  '  favor  of  honci  fide  holders  be  conclusively  presumed  to  have  been 
authorized  and  issued  in  accordance  with  provisions  herein  con- 
tained ;  and  no  holder  thereof  shall  be  obliged  to  see  to  the  appli- 
cation of  the  proceeds.  The  county  shall  annually  raise  by  taxa- 
tion a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  the  amounts  of  principal  and  interest  of 
said  bonds  payable  each  year.  Each  bond  and  note  issued  under 
authority  of  this  act  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  imposed  by 
New  Hampshire  laws. 

Sect.  4.  The  county  commissioners  may  in  the  name  of  the 
county  make  a  temporary  loan  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  one 
year  in  anticipation  of  the  money  to  be  derived  from  the  sale  of 
such  bonds  and  may  issue  notes  therefor,  the  proceeds  of  said 
notes  to  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  said  floating  indebtedness 
specified  in  section  one  herein,  may  renew  or  refund  such  notes 
from  time  to  time  by  an  issue  of  new  notes  maturing  within  said 
period  fixed  for  said  temporary  borrowing,  provided  that  the 
period  from  the  date  of  issue  of  the  original  anticipatory  note  and 
the  date  of  maturity  of  such  renewal  or  refunding  notes  shall  be 
not  more  than  one  year,  and  provided,  also,  that  the  period  within 
which  said  bonds  shall  become  due  and  payable  shall  not  be  ex- 
tended, by  reason  of  the  making  of  such  temporary  loan,  beyond 
the  time  fixed  by  section  one  of  this  act.  Said  notes  may  be  in 
such  form,  may  bear  interest  at  such  rate,  or  may  be  sold  at  such 
discount,  as  the  county  commissioners  and  the  county  treasurer 
may  deem  proper,  discount  to  be  treated  as  interest  paid  in  ad- 
vance. 

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


Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  February  17,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter  211.  339 

CHAPTER  211. 

AN    ACT    IN    AMENDMENT    OF    AN    ACT    TO    INCORPORATE    THE    EXETER 
MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 

Section  I   Section- 

1.      Charter     of     Exeter    manufacturing     ■  2.      Title  to  property  ratified, 

company  amended.  .  3.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Ecprcscniativcs    in 
General   Court   convened.- 

Section  1.     Section  2  of  an  act  approved  June  26,  1827,  en-^^^^'tf^  of  Exeter 

.,,,.,  .  -vTi-^  manufacturing 

titled     An  Act  to  incorporate  Nathaniel  Oilman  and  others  by  the^ompany 
name  of  the  Exeter  Manufacturing  Company, ' '  recorded  in  the  °'"®°'^®^- 
office  of  the  secretary  of  state  in  volume  24,  page  37,  of  Original 
Acts  and  Resolutions,  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the 

word  "value"  in  the  fourteenth  line  of  said  section  the  words 
two  million,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows: 

Sect.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  corporation  is 
hereby  authorized  to  carry  on  the  making  and  manufacturing  of 
cotton  goods  and  such  other  manufactures  as  they  may  from  time 
to  time  think  fit,  in  Exeter  in  the  county  of  Rockingham,  and  may 
carry  on  such  branches  of  trade  and  business  as  may  be  neces- 
sarily connected  therewith,  and  may  erect  such  dams,  mills  and 
other  works  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  on  such  branches  of 
manufacture  and  business.  And  the  said  corporation  shall  also 
have  power  to  acquire  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  such  real  and 
personal  estate  as  may  be  necessary  or  convenient  for  carrying  on 

said  branches  of  business:  provided  such  estate  shall  not  exceed 
in  value  two  million,  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  the  same 
may  dispose  of  and  sell  at  pleasure. 

Sect.  2.     The  title  of  the  company  to  property  both  real  and  Title  to  property 
personal,  at  any  time  acquired  and  held  in  excess  of  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars  as  heretofore  provided,  is  hereby  ratified,   con- 
firmed and  made  valid. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  pSaV^^*"*  °° 

[Approved  February  22,  1921.] 


340 


Chapters  212,  213. 
CHAPTER  212. 


[1921 


AN  ACT  TO  REPEAL  CHAPTER  302  OF  THE  SESSION  LAWS  OF  1887  AND 
ANNEXING  THE  HOMESTEAD  FARM  OF  GEORGE  H.  STEVENS  TO  THE 
TOWN  OF  PIERMONT  FOR  SCHOOL  PURPOSES. 


Section 

1.      Stevens       homestead       nnnexed 
Piermout  for   s;hool  purposes. 


Section- 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Stevens    home- 
stead  annexed   to 
Piermont    for 
school  purposes. 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.  Chapter  302  of  the  session  Laws  of  1887  entitled 
"An  Act  to  sever  the  homestead  farm  of  George  H.  Stevens  from 
the  town  of  Piermont  and  annex  the  same  to  the  town  of  Haver- 
hill for  school  purposes"  is  hereby  repealed  and  said  farm  therein 
described  as  "the  homestead  farm  of  George  H.  Stevens,"  now  the 
homestead  farm  of  Franklin  A.  Morse,  is  hereby  re-annexed  to  the 
town  of  Piermont  for  school  purposes. 

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

[Approved  February  22,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  213. 

AN  ACT  TO  SEVER  THE  HOMESTEAD  FARM  OF  THE  LATE  CHARLES  C. 
HAYES  FROM  ROLLINSFORD  AND  ANNEX  THE  SAME  TO  DOVER  FOR 
SCHOOL  PURPOSES. 


Section 


Hayes  homestead  annexed  to  Dover 
for  school  purposes. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate  and  House   of  Reprcseniaiivcs   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Hayes  homestead  SECTION  1.  That  the  liomestcad  farm  of  the  late  Charles  C. 
foT^s^hoo/°pu^-*'''^'' Hayes  in  the  town  of  Rollinsford  be  and  the  same  hereby  is  severed 
poses.  from  the  said  town  of  Rollinsford  and  annexed  to  the  city  of  Dover 

for  school  purposes. 
Takes  effect  on  Sect.     2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage. 


[Approved  February  22,  1921. 


1921 


Chapters  214,  215. 
CHAPTER  214. 


341 


AN  ACT  TO  SEVER  THE  HOMESTEAD  FARM  OF  HARRY  WILSON  FROM 
DOVER  AND  ANNEX  THE  SAME  TO  ROLLINSFORD  FOR  SCHOOL  PUR- 
POSES. 


Sectiox 

1.     Wilson   homestead   annexed   to    Rol- 
linsford  for   school  purposes. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Seneite   eincl  House   of  Representaiives  in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.     That  the  homestead  farm  of  Harrv  Wilson  in  the^^'^'o^^  homestead 

r-r-.iTr.n  -,  i-  a-.^  r.  ■,        ,  annexed  to  Rol- 

town  01  Kollmsford,  now  annexed  to  the  city  of  Dover  for  schooliinsford  for  school 
purposes,  be  and  the  same  hereby  is  severed  from  said  city  of  Dover^"^''°^^^' 
and  annexed  to  the  town  of  Rollinsford  for  school  purposes. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

'■  °  passage. 

[Approved  February  22,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  215. 

AN  ACT  'JO  SEVER  THE  HOMESTEAD  OF  SYLVANUS  B.  GILCHRIST  FROM 
THE  GRASMERE  VILLAGE  DISTRICT  AND  ANNEX  THE  SAME  TO  THE 
GOPFSTOWN  VILLAGE  DISTRICT  FOR  SCHOOL  PURPOSES. 


Section 

1.  Gilchrist  homestead  annexed  to 
Goffstown  district  for  school  pur- 
poses. 


Section- 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   ilie   Senate   and  House   of  Ecpresentatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     The  homestead  of  Sylvanus  B.  Gilchrist  is  herebyGiichrist  home- 
severed   from  the  Grasmere  village  district   and  annexed  to   thcGoffstown^dlstrlct 
Goffstown  village  district  for  school  purposes  only. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 

[Approved  February  22.  1921.] 


for    school    pur- 
poses. 

Takes    effect   on 


342  Chapter  216.  [1921 

CHAPTER  216. 

AN  ACT  TO  ESTABLISH  THE  CITY  OP  CLAREMONT. 

Section-  ;   Sectiox 

1.  City    of    Claremont    incorporated.  H.      Coniioilmen ;     how  elected:     term  of 

2.  Boundaries   of   wards.  office. 

3.  Mayor  and  council;     administration  I        12.     Mayor;    'when  to  be  elected;    pow- 

of  municipal  affairs  vested  in  that     j  ers  and  duties. 

body.  I        13.     City  council  to  appoint  city  officers; 

4.  Powers    and    duties    of    mayor    and     '  term  of  officers  and  removal. 

council.  14.     School    committee;     election;      pow- 

.5.      School  district.  ers  and  duties. 

6.  Property    of   town    and    school    dis-  15.     Vacancies     in     ward     offices     how 

trict  vested   in  city;     debts.  filled. 

7.  Representatives  to  general   court.  16.     Returns  of  votes. 

8.  Ward  to  choose  moderator  and  sup  17.     Takes   effect   upon    its    adoption   by 

ervisors      of     check     list;       their  town  of  Claremont. 

duties.  18.     Vote  on  adoption  how  to  be  taken, 

9.  Officers  of  first  ward  meetings  how  19.     Repealing  clause. 

appointed. 
10.     Annual    ward   meeting;     when    offi- 
cers to  assume  duties;    mayor  and 

council  meeting  for  organization ;     |  i 

city  clerk  to  be   clerk  of   council,     i 

Be  it   enacted   hij   the    Senate   and  House    of  Reprcsentafires   in 
General   Court   convened.- 

City  of  Claremont     SECTION  1.     The  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Claremont,  in  the 
incorporate  .         countv  of  Sullivan,  shall  continue  to  he  a  body  corporate  and  politic 

under  the  name  of  the  city  of  Claremont. 
Boundaries  of  Sect.  2.     Said  city  of  Claremont  is  hereby  divided  into  four 

wards  which  shall  be  constituted  as  follows,  namely:         * 

Ward  No.  1  shall  include  all  that  part  of  Claremont  bounded  by 
a  line  described  as  follows, — beginning  at  a  point  in  the  town  hall 
room  midway  between  the  sides  thereof  and  36  feet  from  the  west 
end  thereof  and  running  thence  northerly  at  right  angles  with 
the  side  of  said  hall  to  the  outer  wall  of  the  town  building ;  thence 
easterly  at  right  angles  with  the  last  mentioned  line  to  Broad 
street;  thence  northerly  along  Broad  street  to  Sugar  River; 
thence  easterly  up  Sugar  River  to  the  Newport  town  line ;  thence 
southerly  along  the  Newport  town  line  to  the  Unity  town  line; 
thence  westerly  along  the  Unity  town  line  and  Charlestown  town 
line  to  the  Dean  Hill  road ;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  along 
said  Dean  Hill  road,  West  Pleasant  street,  and  Pleasant  street  to 
Pine  street;  thence  easterly  along  Pine  street  to  the  east  side  of 
Broad  street ;  thence  northerly  along  the  east  side  of  Broad  street 
to  a  point  in  the  next  described  line,  and  thence  westerly  in  a  line 
running  at  right  angles  with  the  easterly  end  of  said  town  hall  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

Ward  No.  2  shall  include  all  that  part  of  said  Claremont  bounded 
by  a  line  described  as  follows, — beginning  at  the  aforesaid  point  in 


wards. 


1921]  Chapter  216.  343 

the  town  hall  and  running  thence  along  the  above  described  north- 
westerly boundary  line  of  said  Ward  No.  1  to  said  Charlestown 
town  line;  thence  westerly  along  said  Charlestown  town  line  to 
the  Vermont  state  line;  thence  northerly  along  the  Vermont  state 
line  to  a  point  opposite  the  mouth  of  Sugar  River ;  thence  up  Sugar 
River  to  a  point  in  line  with  the  westerly  boundary  line  of  land  of 
Claremont  Paper  Company  south  of  Sugar  River ;  thence  southerly 
along  said  boundary  line  of  said  company  to  the  south  side  of  Sul- 
livan street;  thence  easterly  along  the  south  side  of  said  Sullivan 
street  and  of  Tremont  square  to  the  northeast  corner  of  Brown's 
Block;  thence  in  a  straight  line  to  a  point  ten  feet  southerly  of 
the  town  building  and  in  the  next  described  line,  and  thence 
northerly  at  right  angles  with  the  southerly  side  of  said  town  hall 
to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Ward  No.  3  shall  include  all  that  part  of  said  Claremont  bounded 
by  a  line  described  as  follows, — beginning  at  the  aforesaid  point 
in  the  town  hall  and  running  thence  along  the  above  described 
northerly  boundary  line  of  said  Ward  No.  2  to  the  Vermont  state 
line ;  thence  northerly  along  the  Vermont  state  line  to  the  Cor- 
nish town  line ;  thence  easterly  along  the  Cornish  town  line  to 
the  main  road  from  Claremont  village  to  Cornish  Flat ;  thence 
southerly  along  said  road  to  the  northerly  end  of  Elm  street; 
thence  continuing  southerly  along  said  Elm  street  to  Sugar  River; 
thence  up  said  Sugar  River  to  a  point  in  the  line  of  the  boundary 
between  land  of  Sullivan  Machinery  Company  and  land  of  Monad- 
nock  Mills  south  of  said  river ;  thence  southerly  along  said  bound- 
ary line  to  Main  street ;  thence  easterly  along  Main  street  and 
continuing  across  Tremont  square  to  a  point  ten  feet  westerly  of 
the  west  side  of  the  town  building  and  in  the  next  described  line, 
and  thence  easterly  at  right  angles  with  the  westerly  side  of  said 
town  hall  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Ward  No.  4  shall  include  all  that  part  of  said  Claremont  not 
embraced  in  Wards  Nos.  1,  2  and  3  as  herein  constituted. 

Wherever  streets  or  Sugar  River  are  mentioned  in  the  foregoing 
description  of  Avard  boundary  lines  the  center  thereof  is  intended 
unless  otherwise  expressly  indicated. 

Sect.  3.     The  administration  of  all  the  fiscal,  prudential  and  Mayor  and  coun- 

.    .        ,        ~>    .  n      1  •  T      1  1  r>      1      n    1      <"'';      administra- 

municipal  affairs  of  the  city  and  the  government  thereof  shall  betion  of 
vested  in  one  principal  oificer  called  the  mayor,  and  one  board  con-  fiuiT'^body! 
sisting  of  fifteen  members  to  be  called  the  council,  the  members 
whereof  shall  be  called  councilmen.  The  mayor  and  council  shall 
sit  and  act  together  and  compose  one  body,  and  in  their  joint 
capacity  be  called  the  city  council. 

Sect.  4.     The  mayor  and  council  created  by  this  act  shall  have  Powers   and 
all  the  powers,  and  do  and  perform  with  reference  to  each  other  an^d'^counc:™^^*"^ 
or  otherwise  all  the  duties  which  the  mayors,  boards  of  aldermen 
and  common  councils  of  cities  are  by  law  authorized  or  required 


34-t  Chapter  216.  [1921 

to  do,  or  perform  either  separately  or  otherwise,  and  all  the  pro- 
visions of  the  statutes  pertaining  to  the  duties  or  powers  of  boards 
of  aldermen  and  common  councils  of  cities,  separately  or  otherwise, 
shall  be  construed  to  apply  to  said  city  council,  unless  a  contrary 
intention  appears. 
School  district.  Sect.  5.  Said  city  shall  constitute  one  school  district  and  the 
administration  of  all  fiscal,  prudential  and  district  affairs,  includ- 
ing both  the  Stevens  High  school  and  the  common  schools,  shall  be 
vested  in  the  city  council  except  such  as  shall  hereinafter  be  vested 
in  the  Stevens  High  school  and  common  schools  committee. 
Property  of  Sect.  6.     All  property  of  said  town  of  Claremont  and  of  the 

dirtri:f"vp4ed°°in  school  district  of  Said  town  shall  be  vested  in  said  city  and  all  debts 
city;     debts.        qI?  g^-j-|  iQyyYi  and  of  said  school  district  shall  be  considered  for  all 

purposes  and  be  the  debts  of  said  city. 
Representatives         Sect.  7.     Eacli  Ward  shall  elect  two  representatives  to  the  gen- 
to  general  court,  q^q}  court  Until  sucli  time  as  any  or  all  of  said  wards  shall  by  virtue 

of  their  constitutional  rights  be  entitled  to  a  different  number. 
Ward  to  choose       Sect.  8.     Eacli  Ward  shall  at  each  state  biennial  election  choose 
moderator  and      ]jy  ])allot  a  moderator  and  three  supervisors  of  the  checklist  who 

supervisors     of  '  _  .,      ,      .  ,  , 

checklist;  the.r  shall  hold  ofhce  lor  two  years  and  until  their  successors  are  elected 
and  qualified.  Said  supervisors  shall  perform  all  the  duties  re- 
quired by  law  of  selectmen  of  wards  in  cities  and  of  supervisors  of 
checklists  in  towns,  and  for  all  purposes  requiring  such  officers 
shall  be  considered  and  be  the  selectmen  of  their  wards.  No  other 
selectmen  shall  be  chosen. 
Officers  of  first  Sect.  9.  The  Selectmen  of  the  town  of  Claremont  shall  within 
w*^  Sintfd  fourteen  days  from  the  date  of  the  adoption  of  this  act  by  the 
town  appoint  a  moderator,  clerk  and  three  supervisors  of  the  check- 
list, and  four  inspectors  of  election  for  each  ward,  which  officers 
shall  be  residents  of  their  respective  wards.  Said  supervisors  shall 
act  as  and  be  selectmen  of  their  respective  wards  for  the  purpose  of 
calling  the  first  ward  meeting,  and  shall  call  said  meeting  according 
to  law.  They  shall  seasonably  prepare  checklists  for  their  respec- 
tive wards  and  perform  all  duties  respecting  the  same  required  by 
law. 
Annual  ward  Sect.  10.     The  annual  meeting  of  each  ward  shall  be  held  on  the 

Xll^^'to  Is'"  second  Tuesday  of  March  in  each  year  at  such  place  in  said  city  as 
sume  duties;  ^^-^gy  j^g  fixed  by  the  city  council.  The  officers  elected  at  the  annual 
oil  "meeting  for  meeting  shall  assume  their  respective  offices  on  the  last  Monday  of 
cifrdeik"t'o  be  March  in  the  year  of  their  election.  The  mayor  and  council  elect 
clerk  of  council.  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^  ou  Said  last  Mouday  of  March  for  the  purpose  of  taking 
their  respective  oaths  and  shall  then  elect  a  city  clerk,  who  shall 
also  be  clerk  of  the  city  council. 
counciimen-  Sect.  11.     Each  Ward  at  its  annual  meeting  shall  elect  one  coun- 

ievl  of'offi^e  oilman,  who  shall  serve  for  three  years,  and  a  ward  clerk,  who  shall 
serve  for  one  year,  except  at  the  first  election  in  each  ward  there 
shall  be  elected  one  councilman  to  serve  for  one  year,  one  for  two 


1921]  Chapter  216.  '  345 

years,  and  one  for  three  years.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  wards 
there  shall  also  be  chosen  one  councilman-at-large  to  be  chosen  by 
the  voters  of  all  the  wards,  except  that  at  the  first  election  there 
shall  be  elected  one  such  councilman  for  one  year,  one  for  two 
years;  and  one  for  three  years. 

Sect.  12.  The  mayor  shall  be  chosen  annually  and  shall  have  Mayor:  when  to 
a  negative  upon  all  acts  of  the  council  to  which  his  veto  power  ers  and^utiis?"^ 
would  extend  had  the  city  government  herein  constituted  provided 
for  a  board  of  aldermen,  and  such  veto  power  shall  extend  to  in- 
dividual items  of  appropriations,  but  any  act  may  be  passed  over 
the  veto  of  the  mayor  by  a  vote  of  two  thirds  at  least  of  all  the 
councilmen  elected.  The  mayor  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
city  council  but  shall  have  no  vote  except  in  case  of  an  equal  divi- 
sion. . 

Sect.  13.     Said  council  shall  appoint  all  officers  required  by  law  city  council  tn 
except  such  as  by  this  act  are  required  to  be  elected,  and  may  ap-  cers:    term  of 
point  any  other  officers  or  agents  authorized  by  law  that  said  coun-  movar   ^"     ^^ 
cil  may  deem  expedient  to  appoint,  and  may  create  such  other  of- 
fices and  appoint  such  other  officers  and  agents  as  may  by  said 
council  be  deemed  expedient  for  the  good  government  of  the  city. 
The  term  of  such  officers  shall  be  for  one  year  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  elected  and  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed,  but  all 
such  officers  and  agents  shall  be  subject  to  removal  by  the  city 
council. 

Sect.  14.  The  general  management  and  control  of  all  public  school  commit- 
schools  and  of  the  buildings  and  property  pertaining  thereto  and  powers^  Ind"^' 
of  the  expenditure  of  the  funds  for  the  support  •  thereof  shall  be  '^'^^'^^■ 
vested  in  a  committee,  to  be  denominated  the  Stevens  High  and 
common  schools  committee,  consisting  of  five  members  wlio  shall  be 
elected  annually  by  ballot  by  the  city  council  until  such  time  as 
the  city  may  vote  to  elect  them  at  their  annual  ward  meetings,  or 
at  special  meetings  called  for  that  purpose.  At  the  first  meeting 
of  w^ards  a  vote  shall  be  taken  by  ballot  on  the  following  question, — 
Shall  members  of  the  Stevens  High  and  common  schools  committee 
hereafter  be  elected  at  the  annual  ward  meetings?  The  vote  shall 
be  taken,  certified,  counted,  and  declared  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  vote  for  mayor.  In  case  the  vote  shall  be  in  the  affirmative 
members  of  said  committee  shall  thereafter,  until  a  further  change 
is  similarly  made,  be  elected  at  large  in  the  same  manner  that  the 
mayor  is  elected. 

Sect.  15.     All  vacancies  in  ward  offices  shall  be  filled  by  the  city  ^ard^'o'ffiees" 
council.  ^"^  fi'i<^<i- 

Sect.  16.     The  returns  of  votes  provided  by  law  to  be  made  to  ^^t^g™^  °^ 
the  city  clerk  shall  at  the  first  annual  election  be  made  to  the  town 
clerk.     Like  returns  shall  be  made  of  the  votes  for  councilmen-at- 
large  as  are  required  by  law  to  be  made  of  the  votes  for  mayor. 
"Within  three  davs  after  the  first  annual  election  said  town  clerk 


346 


Chapter  217. 


1921 


and  the  selectmen  of  the  town  shall  meet,  at  which  meeting  said 
town  clerk  shall  perform  the  duties  of  city  clerk,  and  the  selectmen 
the  duties  of  city  council  in  convention  and  make  declaration  of 
the  persons  elected  to  said  offices  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 2,  chapter  47  of  the  Public  Statutes,  and  at  each  subsequent 
annual  election  the  votes  for  councilman-at4arge  shall  be  dealt  with 
in  the  same  manner  as  is  required  by  the  provisions  of  the  law  rela- 
tive to  votes  for  mayor. 

Sect.  17.  This  act  shall  take  effect  after  its  passage  upon  its 
ofadoption  by  the  town  of  Claremont  so  far  as  the  appointment  of 
ward  officers,  and  the  performance  by  them  of  their  duties  relating 
to  checklists  and  elections,  and  the  holding  of  the  first  annual  meet- 
ings of  wards,  and  of  the  election  of  the  officers,  are  concerned, 
and  shall  be  in  full  effect  on  the  last  Monday  of  the  following  March. 
Sect.  18.  This  act  may  be  adopted  by  ballot  at  any  annual  or 
biennial  meeting  of  the  town  of  Claremont  held  prior  to  November 
15,  1924.  The  vote  shall  be  upon  the  following  question, — Shall  the 
town  adopt  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  1921  entitled  "An  Act  to 
establish  the  city  of  Claremont"? 
Repealing  clause.  Sect.  19.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are,  in  their  application  to  the  city  of  Claremont,  hereby  repealed, 
provided  however  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed 
as  repealing  or  in  any  way  amending  chapter  1978  of  the  Laws  of 
1857,  entitled  "An  Act  to  enable  the  town  of  Claremont  to  establish 
a  high  school, ' '  which  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect. 


Takes     effect 
upon     its     ado 
tion    by    town 
Claremont. 


Vote  on  adoption 
how   to    be    taken 


[Approved  March  2,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  217. 


AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  STOCKHOLDERS  OP  THE  HILLSBOROUGH 
BRIDGE  GUARANTY  SAVINGS  BANK  TO  CHANGE  THE  NAME  OP  SAID  IN- 
STITUTION. 


5ECTT0X 

1.  Hill.?borough  Bridge  Guaranty 
Savings  Bank;  stockholders  may 
change  name. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   by  the   Senate  and  House   of  Bepresentatives  in 
General   Court   convened; 


Hillsborough  Section  1.     The  stockholders  of  the  Hillsborough  Bridge  Guar- 

ili'ings^Bankr^  auty  Saviugs  Bank  at  any  meeting  where  legal  notice  has  been 
stoskhoiders  may  0.iven  that  the  matter  would  be  considered  may,  by  majority  stock 

change  name.  ^  -,  ,      ,         i  ji  i?        •  j 

vote  of  the  shares  represented,  vote  to  change  the  name  ot  said  com- 


1921 


Chapter  218. 


347 


pany  to  Hillsboro  Guaranty  Savings  Bank  and  by  a  similar  major- 
ity stock  vote  the  stockholders  may  delegate  to  the  trustees  of  said 
institution  the  power  to  decide,  by  majority  vote  of  the  board,  the 
date  when  the  change  of  name  shall  take  effect;  provided,  however, 
the  change  of  name  shall  not  take  effect  until  copies  of  said  stock- 
holders' and  trustees'  votes,  duly  certified  by  the  clerk  of  the 
company  and  board  of  trustees,  have  been  filed  with  the  secretary 
of  state. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  2,  1921.1 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  218. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  WHITEFIELD  VILLAGE 
FIREi   DISTRICT, 


Section 

1.     Whitefield     Village     Fi 
charter  amended. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


lage    Fire    District, 

1893,  be  amended  by  inserting  after  the  word  ' '  purposes ' '  in  the  charter  amended, 
eighth  line  the  following,  the  extinguishment  of  fires,  and  the 
sprinkling  of  streets,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read : 
Sect.  2.  The  said  Whitefield  Village  Fire  District  is  hereby  au- 
thorized and  empowered  to  take,  purchase,  hold,  maintain,  and 
own,  in  fee  simple  or  otherwise,  the  water-works  of  the  Whitefield 
Aqueduct  Company,  consisting  of  its  works,  structures,  fixtures, 
property  and  estate  of  whatever  kind  or  nature,  at  the  price  al- 
ready agreed  upon,  or  at  a  price  to  be  agreed  upon  between  said 
district  and  said  company,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  said  dis- 
trict with  water  for  domestic,  fire,  and  other  purposes,  the  ex- 
tinguishment of  fires,  and  the  sprinkling  of  streets ;  and  upon  the 
purchase  of  said  water-works  by  said  district,  said  district  shall 
be  and  is  hereby  invested  with  whatsoever  of  the  franchises,  pow- 
ers, and  obligations  that  were  conferred  upon  the  Whitefield 
Aqueduct  Company  by  chapter  152  of  the  Laws  of  1891,  that  are 
applicable  to  said  district  and  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  carry- 
ing out  this  act. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Jatsagef  ^''*  °° 

[Approved  March  2,  1921.] 


348 


Chapters  219,  220. 
CHAPTER  219. 


1921 


gomery    Lake    in 

Whitefield 

changed. 

Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


AN   ACT   TO   CHANGE  THE  NAME   OF    MONTGOMERY   LAKE   IN   THE   TOWN 
OF   WHITEFIELD   TO   BURNS   LAKE. 


Section 

1.     Name      of      Montgomery     Lake      in 
Whitefield   changed. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Seyiate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  The  name  of  Montgomery  Lake  in  the  town  of 
Whitefield  is  hereby  changed  to  Burns  Lake,  and  the  same  shall 
hereafter  be  known  and  called  Burns  Lake. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  efifect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  2,  1921.1 


CHAPTER  220. 

AN   ACT   TO    CHANGE   THE   NAME   OF    MOSQUITO    POND   IN    MANCHESTER. 


Section 


Mosquito  Pond  in  Manchester,  name 
changed. 


Takes    effect   on   passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hij   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Mosquito  Pond  in     SECTION  1.     That  the  name  of  Mosquito  Pond  in  said  Manches- 

namf  ^changed      ^^^  ^®  ^^^  hereby  is  changed  to  Crystal  Lake. 

tIcI  effect  on         Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage. 

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapters  221,  222. 


349 


CHAPTER  221. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  POWERS  OF  LACONIA  LODGE,  NO.  876,  OP  THE 
BENEVOLENT   AND   PROTECTIVE   ORDER   OP   ELKS. 

Section   1.     Charter    of    Laconia    Lodge     of  Elks  amended. 

Be  it  enacted  hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  2  of  chapter  248  of  the  Laws  of  ^''^.^'ter  of  La-^ 
1915,  as  amended  by  section  1,  chapter  309,  Laws  of  1915,  by  strik-  Eiks  amended, 
ing  out  the  words  and  figures  "fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000)" 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  and  figures,  one  hundred 
fifty  thousand  dollars  ($150,000),  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  2.  Said  corporation  may  purchase, 
take,  and  hold  by  deed,  gift,  or  devise,  or  otherwise,  real  and  per- 
sonal estate  in  the  name  of  the  corporation  to  an  amount  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($150,000),  and  may 
improve,  sell  and  convey  the  same  property  at  its  pleasure.  They 
shall  have  all  the  rights  and  powers  and  be  subject  to  the  same 
duties  as  corporations  of  a  similar  nature,  and  may  make  such  by- 
laws and  regulations  as  they  are  authorized  to  make  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  Order  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of  this  state, 
and  may  perform  any  other  business  not  inconsistent  with  the  rules 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  or  the  statutes  of  this  state. 

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  222. 

an  act  in  amendment  of  CHAPTER  279  OF  THE  LAWS  OP  1889  AS 
AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  265  OF  THE  LAWS  OP  1891  AND  BY  CHAPTER 
167  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1905  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE 
NASHUA  TRUST  COMPANY. 


Section 

1.     Nashua     Trust    Company's 
amended. 


Section 


Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     Amend  section  2  of  chapter  279,  Laws  of  1889,  as  Nashua  Trust 

^  '  '  Company  s     char- 

aniended  by  chapter  265,  Laws  of  1891,  and  chapter  167,  Laws  of  ter  amended. 
1905,   by  striking  out  the   entire  section   and   inserting   in   place 


350 


Chapter  223. 


[1921 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


thereof  the  following :  Sect.  2.  Said  company  shall  have  a  capital 
stock  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000)  divided  into 
shares  of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  each  with  authority  to  in- 
crease the  capital  stock  to  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($200,000) 
and  it  may  acquire  and  hold  real  estate  for  its  own  use,  exclusive 
of  such  real  estate  as  may  be  taken  in  good  faith  for  debt  or  held 
as  collateral  security,  to  the  amount  of  its  capital  stock  and  unim- 
paired surplus,  provided,  that  this  amount  may  be  increased  if  ap- 
proved by  the  bank  commissioners. 

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

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  223. 

AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  THE  BOSTON  &  MAINE  RAILROAD  FURTHER  TO 
UNIFY  ITS  SYSTEM  BY  PURCHASING  OR  MERGING  THE  NASHUA  & 
ACTON  AND  SULLIVAN  COUNTY  RAILROADS  AND  CERTAIN  SUBSIDIARY 
ROADS  IN  THE  STATE  OF  VERMONT. 


Section 

1.  Nashua  &  Acton  R.  R.  and  Sulli- 
van County  R.  R.  authorized  to 
transfer  their  roads  to  Boston  & 
Maine  R.  R. 
2.  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.  authorized 
to    acquire   certain    other   roads. 


Section- 

3.  Boston    and    Maine    R.    R.    may    ac- 

quire certain  stocks  to  facilitate 
purchase  of  above  roads ;  may 
increase    its    own    stock    therefor. 

4.  Dissenting   stockholders. 

5.  Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

passage ;    reservation  clause. 


Whereas  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  owns  directly  the  entire 
capital  stocks  of  the  Nashua  &  Acton  Railroad,  a  New  Hampshire 
and  Massachusetts  corporation,  and  the  Vermont  Valley  Railroad, 
a  Vermont  corporation,  and  likewise  owns  directly  a  maiority  of 
the  capital  stock  of  the  St.  Johnsbury  &  Lake  Champlain  Railroad 
Company,  a  Vermont  corporation,  and  either  holds  or  has  guaran- 
teed the  latter 's  mortgage  and  other  indebtedness  to  the  extent  of 
approximately  three  and  a  half  million  dollars,  and  through  the 
medium  of  said  Vermont  Valley  Railroad  the  Boston  &  Maine 
Railroad  also  owns  the  entire  capital  stock  of  the  Sullivan  County 
Railroad,  a  New  Hampshire  corporation  (originally  chartered  as 
the  "Sullivan  Railroad  Company"),  and  substantially  the  entire 
capital  stocks  of  the  Montpelier  &  Wells  River  Railroad  and  the 
Barre  &  Chelsea  Railroad  Company,  both  Vermont  corporations; 
and 

Whereas  the  trackage  of  the  foregoing  controlled  roads  connects 
with  and  supplements  the  Boston' &  Maine  Railroad's  present  owned 


1921]  Chapter  223.  351 

and  leased  trackage  in  this  state  and  the  Connecticut  River  valley, 
and  the  merging  of  some  or  all  of  said  roads  into  the  Boston  & 
Maine  Railroad  by  purchase  or  otherwise  will  tend  further  to  unify 
the  latter 's  railway  system  and  simplify  its  financial  structure 
without  extending  its  activities  to  any  railroad  enterprises  of  which 
it  is  not  already  the  virtual  owner ; 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Represt^ntatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.     The  Nashua  &  Acton  Railroad  and   the  Sullivan  Nashu a  ^&^ Acton 
Countv  Railroad,  or  either  of  them,  are  hereby  authorized  to  trans-  van  County  r.  r. 

'      .  .  -,„,.■  -,  .  authorized    to 

fer  and  convey  their  respective  roads,  franchises  and  properties,  or  transfer  their 
the  equity  therein  subject  to  any  existing  incumbrances,  to  the  &  Vain^'e  -r^T. 
Boston  &  Maine  Railroad,  and  the  latter  is  hereby  authorized  to 
acquire  the  same,  in  consideration  of  the  cancellation  of  the  trans- 
ferring corporation's  capital  stock  and  the  assumption  of  its  liabili- 
ties by  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad,  or  on  such  other  terms  and 
conditions  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  respective  boards  of  direc- 
tors of  the  transferring  and  acquiring  corporations,  approved  at 
meetings  duly  called  for  the  purpose  by  the  votes  of  a  majority  in 
interest  of  their  respective  stockholders  present  and  voting,  and 
approved  by  the  public  service  commission  as  consistent  with  the 
public  interest.  .From  and  after  any  such  transfer  the  Boston  & 
Maine  Railroad  shall  have  and  enjoy  all  the  rights,  privileges  and 
franchises  heretofore  had  and  enjoyed  by  the  transferring  corpo- 
ration and  be  subject  to  all  the  latter 's  duties  and  liabilities,  and  all 
the  latter 's  debts  and  obligations  not  discharged  in  connection  with 
s.uch  transfer  shall  thereafter  constitute  direct  liabilities  of  the 
Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  to  the  holders  thereof  and  may  be  en- 
forced directly  against  it  by  such  holders.  Such  transfer  by  the 
Sullivan  County  Railroad  shall  operate  as  a  dissolution  of  that 
corporation,  whose  corporate  existence  shall  thereafter  continue 
only  to  the  extent  and  for  the  purposes  specified  in  section  18  of 
chapter  148  of  the  Public  Statutes;  and  such  transfer  by  the 
Nashua  &  Acton  Railroad  shall  in  like  manner  dissolve  that  corpora- 
tion as  far  as  it  exists  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  this  state. 

Sect.  2.     The  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  is  hereby  further  author-  g°^t^^  futSzTd 
ized  to  acquire  bv  purchase  or  merger  the  whole  or  anv  part  of  to  acquire  cer- 

,  -,       \  1  '.  -,  •  P      1         TT  -TT  "n  -r.     M      *s"i    other    roads, 

the  roads,  iranchises  and  properties  ot  the  Vermont  Valley  Rail- 
road, the  St.  Johnsbury  &  Lake  Champlain  Railroad  Company,  the 
Montpelier  &  Wells  River  Railroad  and  the  Barre  &  Chelsea  Rail- 
road Compan,y,  or  of  any  one  or  more  of  said  railroads,  or  the  equity 
therein  subject  to  any  existing  incumbrances,  in  such  manner  and 
upon  such  terms  and  conditions  in  each  case  as  the  laws  of  the 
state  of  Vermont  may  authorize  and  prescribe ;  provided,  that  no 
such  purchase  or  merger  shall  be  valid  or  binding  until  its  terms 


352  Chapter  223.  [1921- 

shall  have  been  agreed  to  by  a  majority  of  the  directors  of  the  Bos- 
ton &  Maine  Railroad,  approved  at  a  meeting  duly  called  for  the 
purpose  by  vote  of  a  majority  in  interest  of  its  stockholders  pres- 
ent and  voting,  and  approved  by  the  public  service  commission  of 
this  state  as  consistent  with  the  public  interest.     From  and  after 
any  sueh  purchase  or  merger  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  may 
hold  and  enjoy  all  the  rights,  privileges  and  franchises  conferred 
upon,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  duties  and  liabilities  imposed 
upon,  the  selling  or  merged  corporation  by  the  laws  of  said  state 
of  Vermont  in  respect  to  the  property  thereby  acquired ;    and  all 
debts  and  obligations  owing  from  such  corporation  to  residents  of 
this  state  and  not  discharged  in  connection  with  such  purchase  or 
merger  shall  thereafter  constitute  direct  liabilities  of  the  Boston  & 
Maine  Railroad  to  the  holders  thereof  and  may  be  enforced  directly 
against  it  by  such  holders. 
Boston  &  Maine      Sect.  3.     For  the  purposc  of  facilitating  the  transfers,  purchases 
?uir?'  cTrtain'^*'      or  mergers  herein  provided  for,  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  may 
^'urcha*°  ^^°''|*^t^  purchasc  any  outstanding  stock,  bonds  or  other  securities  not  al- 
roads;    may  in-     readv  owued  by  it  of  any  railroad  corporation  whose  assets  it  is 

crease    its    own  t  '      •       -i  •        t  ^  t  •  -i    •  n 

stock  therefor.  authorized  to  acquire  by  the  preceding  sections;  and  ir  necessary 
for  the  effectuation  of  any  such  purchase  of  securities,  or  of  any 
transfer,  purchase  or  merger  authorized  by  said  sections,  said  Bos- 
ton &  Maine  Railroad  may  increase  its  own  capital  stock  and  issue 
new  stock  of  any  class  and  bonds  to  such  amount  as  may  be  requi- 
site, subject  to  the  rights  of  the  holders  of  its  present  first  preferred 
stock,  to  the  provisions  of  the  existing  laws  of  this  state  regulating 
such  issues,  and  to  the  approval  of  the  public  service  commission  as 
required  by  said  laws. 

Dissenting  stock-  Sect.  4.  Ill  casc  any  stockholder  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Rail- 
road residing  in  this  state  who  does  not  vote  in  favor  of  any  trans- 
fer, purchase  or  merger  authorized  by  this  act  shall  within  thirty 
days  after  the  stockholders'  meeting  of  said  corporation  at  which 
the  same  was  authorized  file  with  the  treasurer  or  clerk  of  said 
corporation  a  written  notice  of  dissent  therefrom  and  demand  for 
a  valuation  of  his  stock,  the  rights  of  such  stockholder  shall,  if 
such  transfer,  purchase  or  merger  is  subsequently  consummated, 
be  regulated,  protected  and  determined  as  provided  in  sections  28 
to  37,  inclusive,  of  chapter  156  of  the  Public  Statutes,  unless  such 
stockholder  shall  thereafter  elect  to  have  such  rights  determined 
under  the  laws  of  another  state  having  jurisdiction  thereof. 

Repealing  clause:  Sect.  5.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
.  are  hereby  repealed  to  the  extent  of  such  inconsistency.  This  act 
shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  and  the  legislature  may  amend 
or  repeal  the  same  whenever  the  public  good  requires. 

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter  224.  353 

CHAPTER  224. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  22,  LAWS  OF  1815,  RELATING  TO  THE  FIRST 
CONGREGATIONAL  SOCIETY  IN  OSSIPEE. 

Section  Section 

1.      Charter    of    Ossipee     First     Congre-     i  2.      Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

gatioual  Society  amended.  I    ^  •  passage. 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 

Section  1.  Amend  the  first  paragraph  of  chapter  22,  Laws  of  charter  of  Os- 
1815,  by  striking  out  in  line  thirteen  the  word  "seven"  and  insert- gr^gationai  So- 
ing  in  place  thereof  the  word  twenty-five,  so  that  said  paragraph  as"'®*^  amended, 
amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court  convened,  that  Nathaniel 
Ambrose,  Daniel  Smith,  Ebenezer  Hodsdon,  Robert  Roberts,  and 
their  associates,  with  such  others  as  may  be  admitted  hereafter  into 
said  Society  be,  and  they  hereby  are  made  and  erected  into  a  body 
corporate  and  politic  to  have  continuance  and  succession  forever 
by  the  name  and  style  of  the  First  Congregational  Society  in  Os- 
sipee, and  by  that  name  may  sue  and  be  sued,  plead  and  be  im- 
pleaded, prosecute  and  defend  to  final  judgment  and  execution,  and 
are  hereby  vested  with  all  the  powers  and  privileges  of  corpora- 
tions of  a  similar  nature,  and  may  enjoin  penalties  of  disfranchize- 
ment,  and  make,  purchase  and  receive,  subscriptions,  grants  and 
donations  of  real  and  personal  estate,  not  exceeding  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  said  Corporation — and 
may  have  &  use  a  common  seal,  and  the  same  at  pleasure  break, 
alter  and  renew,  and  may  ordain  and  put  in  execution  such  bye 
laws  and  ordinances,  as  to  them  shall  appear  necessary  and  con- 
venient, for  the  Government  of  said  corporation.  Provided ,  such 
bye  laws  and  ordinances  are  not  repugnant  to  the  laws  &  constitu- 
tion of  this  State. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  this  act  inconsistent  herewith i^epeaiing  clause; 
are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  passagl.  "^^ 

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


354  ^  Chapters  225,  226.  [1921 

CHAPTER  225. 

AN   ACT  TO  AMEND   THE   CHARTER  OF   THE  ALPHA  DELTA  PHI  SOCIETY. 

Section  Section 

1.     Charter  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi  Society  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 

amended. 

Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Charter  o€  Alpha  SECTION  1.  Amend  sectioii  2  of  chapter  2555  of  the  Laws  of 
Jmende^?'  ^°'=''*^  1861,  as  amended  by  chapter  238  of  the  Laws  of  1903,  by  striking 
out  the  words  "twenty  thousand  dollars"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words  fifty  thousand  dollars,  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read :  Sect.  2.  Said  corporation  may  take  and  hold 
real  and  personal  estate  at  Hanover,  in  this  state,  to  an  amount 
not  exceeding  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  the  same  may  sell,  con- 
vey, and  otherwise  dispose  of  at  pleasure. 
Takes  effect  on         Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

passage.  -^  jr  o 

[Approved  March  10,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  226. 

AN  ACT   TO  ESTABLISH   A  FINANCE   COMMISSION  IN   THE   CITY  OF   MAN- 
CHESTER. 

Section  j   Section 

1.  Finance    commission    for    Manches-     i  6.     Commission   to  have   general  super- 

ter  to  be   appointed;     term  of   of-     j  vision  over  expenditure  of  money; 

flee;     removal.  to  make  rules   and  regulations  as 

2.  Duty    to    investigate    financial     af-     j  to  purchases,   salaries,  wages,   etc. 

fairs  of  city.  \  7.     Compensation    of   commission   to    be 

3.  Compulsory      attendance      of      wit-     ]  fixed    by    mayor    and    aldermen; 
nesses   before    commission.                    ;                     expenses   of   commission. 

3.     Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 
passage. 


4.  Commission's   power    of    veto    as    to 

appropriations    and    loans. 

5.  No    bonds    or    other    debentures    of 

city   to   be   issued    until    approved 
by  commission. 

Be  it   enacted   hy  the  Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 

s^in^Tor  Man-""'''     SECTION  1.     Within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act, 

pointed  ;*°terVof  the  govcmor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  shall  ap- 

office;  removal.    ^^-^^^  ^  finance  commissiou  for  the  city  of  Manchester  to  consist 

of  three  persons,  inhabitants  of  and  qualified  voters  in  the  city  of 


1921]  Chapter  226.  355 

Manchester,  who  shall  have  been  such  for  at  least  three  years  prior 
to  the  date  of  their  appointment.  One  commissioner  shall  be  ap- 
pointed to  serve  until  January  1,  1922 ;  one  to  serve  until  January 
1,  1923 ;  and  one  to  serve  until  January  1,  1924  and  thereafter  as 
the  terms  of  office  expire  in  each  year,  one  member  for  a  term  of 
three  years.  Vacancies  in  the  commission  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  term  by  the  governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  council.  The  governor  and  council  may  remove  any  member  of 
the  board  for  inefficiency,  neglect  of  duty  or  malfeasance  in  office 
after  a  hearing  with  reasonable  notice  in  writing  of  the  charges 
against  him.    The  chairman  shall  be  designated  by  the  governor. 

Sect.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  finance  commission  from  Duty  to  investi- 
time  to  time  to  investigate  any  and  all  matters  relating  to  appro-  ^|irs  o?  cUy.^^  "^' 
priations,  loans,  expenditures,  accounts  and  methods  of  adminis- 
tration affecting  the  city  of  Manchester  or  any  department  thereof 
that  may  appear  to  the  commission  to  require  investigation,  and 
to  report  thereon  from  time  to  time  to  the  mayor  and  board  of 
aldermen  giving  such  reports  publicity  as  they  may  deem  wise. 
The  commission  shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the  mayor  and 
board  of  aldermen. 

Sect.  3.     For  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  said  commission  to  Compulsory  at- 
perform  the  duties  and  carry  out  the  objects  herein  contemplated  nesseT*befo°re  ^* ' 
and  to  enable  the  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen  to  receive  the  ^e- '^^"^'"'■''^'°°- 
ports  and  findings  of  said  commission  as  a  basis  for  such  laws, 
ordinances  or  administrative  orders  as  may  be  deemed  necessary, 
justices  of  the  peace  and  all  other  magistrates  empowered  to  issue 
subpoenas  and  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses  in  the  courts  of 
this  state  shall  have  the  same  power  to  compel  attendance  and  the 
production  of  evidence  in  any  proceeding  before  the  finance  com- 
mission.    Witnesses  summoned  to  appear  before  the  finance  com- 
mission shall  receive  the  same  fees  for  travel  and  attendance  as  if 
summoned  to  appear  before  and  in  attendance  upon  the  superior 
court  and  witnesses,  refusing  or  neglecting  to  appear  or  refusing  to 
testify,  may  be  compelled  to  do  so  under  the  procedure  set  forth  in 
section  10,  chapter  169,  Laws  of  1911. 

Sect.  4.       The  finance  commission  shall  have  the  right  to  disap  Commission's 

.       .  power  of  veto  as 

prove  or  reduce  m  amount,  any  item  oi  any  appropriation  or  any  to    appropriations 

portion  of  the  amount  of  any  proposed  loan  or  indebtedness,  and  the 

finance  commission  in  case  it  shall  disapprove  the  whole  or  any  part 

of  any  resolution  or  vote  of  the  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen  to 

raise  or  appropriate  money  by  taxation  or  otherAvise  shall  exercise 

its  power  of  veto  thereof  within  ten  days  after  the  resolution  or  vote 

shall  have  been  presented  to  it ;   otherwise,  such  resolution  or  vote 

shall  become  effective  and  binding.  ^^    ,     , 

.  „  .  ,  «    .       No    bonds    or 

Sect.  5.     No  bonds,  notes,  certificates  or  other  evidences  oi  m-  other   debentures 
debtedness  shall  be  issued,  executed  or  delivered  to  bind  said  city  of  Lu^/ until ^ap- 
Manchester  until  the  same  have  been  approved  by  said  commission,  ^'"ggfo'^n''^'  '=°™' 


356 


Chapter   227. 


[1921 


The  vote  of  approval  by  said  commission  shall  be  filed  in  the  office 

of  the  city  clerk.  This  section  shall  apply  to  bonds,  notes,  certifieates 

or  evidences  of  indebtedness  now  authorized  but  not  yet  issued  by 

said  city. 

Commission  to  Sect.  6.     The  finance  commission  shall  have  general  supervision 

supervision   over  and  control  ovcr  the  expenditure  of  all  money  appropriated  by 

money/  ^o^  make  Said  city  and  shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations  to  govern  pur- 

tTonl  aTto  mir^^'  cbascs,  salcs,  payments,  fixing  of  salaries  and  wages,  the  letting 

chases,  salaries,      ^-^f  contracts  bv  all  citv  departments,  committees,  boards,  trustees, 

■wages,   etc.  ^  .  x  ?  '  ^  ' 

officials  or  agents  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  insure  economy 

and  efficiency. 
Compensation^  of^     Sect.  7.     The  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  shall  fix  the  com- 
fixed  by  mayor      peusatiou  of  the  members  of  said  commission  and  of  such  clerks 

and    aldermen;  .  ,  .      .  ,  ,    ,,  •      •  •  j.i        •      j 

expenses  of  com-  as  Said  commissiou  may  employ ;   and  the  commission  is  authorized. 

mission.  ^^  incur  such  expense  in  conducting  its  investigations  as  it  may 

deem  necessary  and  such  expense  shall  be  a  charge  against  said 
city  which  shall  appropriate  funds  to  pay  therefor, 

tlk^es^"fffct*^lrn^^'      Sect.  8.     Section  2,  chapter  249  of  the  session  Laws  of  1915, 

passage.  that  part  of  chapter  302  of  the  session  Laws  of  1915  relating  to 

the  power  of  the  mayor  of  Manchester  to  veto  appropriations,  ap- 
prove and  supervise  expenditures  and  salary  increases  and  sec- 
tion 5  of  chapter  291  of  the  Laws  of  1913  as  amended  and  all  other 
acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  re- 
pealed and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  March  15,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  227. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE   LAYING  OUT  OF  HIGHWAYS  IN   THE  CITY  OF 
NASHUA, 


Sectiox 

1.  Plan  for  sale  of  lots  in  Nashua  to 
be  submitted  to  city  engineer; 
what  plan  must  show;  propesed 
highways;     approval    of    engineer. 


Sectiox 

2.  No    highway    to    be    laid    out    until 

plan  so  approved. 

3.  Appeal     upon     refusal     to     lay     out 

highway. 

4.  Takes    effect   on   passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hij  the   Senate   and  House   of  ReiJicsentativcs    in 
General   Court   convened: 


Plan  for  sale  of  SECTION  1.  Any  persou,  firm,  or  corporation  proposing  to  cut 
h°e'submTtted"t^o'°up  i^to  lots  any  tract  of  land  in  the  city  of  Nashua  for  the  purpose 
of  selling  the  same,  either  publicly  or  privately,  shall  before  such 


1921]  Chapter    227.  857 

sale  prepare  and  submit  a  plan  of  said  tract  of  land  to  the  city?'?T'    P^'opo^ed 

.  „     ,  .  „  "^   highways :    a])- 

engmeer  oi  the  city  of  Nashua.  Such  plan  shall  plainly  show  the  vToya\  of  en- 
number,  size,  and  location  of  lots,  the  location  and  width  of  all^'"*^"' 
proposed  highways,  and  the  location  of  the  tract  of  land  with  ref- 
erence to  an  existing  public  highway,  and  such  plan  shall  also 
show  present  and  proposed  elevations  at  fifty-foot  stations  along 
the  center  lines  of  all  proposed  highways.  The  location  of  said 
tract  of  land  shall  also  be  plainly  marked  on  the  ground  by  suit- 
able stakes.  If  the  plan  shall  meet  with  the  approval  of  the  said 
city  engineer,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  plainly  mark  the  plan  "Ap- 
proved," so  that  intending  purchasers  shall  have  knowledge  of  the 
said  approval.  In  case  the  city  engineer  shall  disapprove  of  the 
proposed  plan,  he  shall  mark  said  plan  "Disapproved"  and  file  a 
statement  of  the  reasons  of  such  disapproval  with  the  city  clerk 
for  the  use  of  the  board  of  aldermen  of  the  said  city,  and  shall 
transmit  a  like  statement  to  the  owner  of  the  land.  In  such  case 
the  owner  shall  submit  a  new  plan  in  accordance  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  city  engineer,  as  thus  set  forth,  which  he  shall  mark 
"Approved"  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

Sect.  2.     No  such  highway  shall  be  laid  out  by  the  board  of  ^o  jhi|hwayj^o_^ 
aldermen  of  the  said  city  of  Nashua  until  such  plan  has  been  sub- plan  so  approved, 
mitted  to  said  city  engineer  and  approved  by  him  as  provided  in 
section  1;    but  it  shall  not  be  obligatory  upon  the  said  board  of 
aldermen  to  lay  out  any  proposed  highway  because  of  the  approval 
of  any  such  plan  by  the  said  city  engineer. 

Sect.  3.     In  ease  the  board  of  aldermen  refuse  to  accept  and  Appeal  upon  re- 
lay out  any  such  highway,  appeal  may  be  taken  to  the  superior  highway, 
court  in  the  same  manner  as  is  now  provided  by  law  in  the  laying 
out  of  highways. 

Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  patsage!^""*  °'' 

[Approved  March  15,  1921.] 


358 


Chapters  228,  229. 
CHAPTER  228. 


1921 


AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  GRANITE  STATE  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPAISTY 
TO  DO  A  SPRINKLER  LEAKAGE,  EXPLOSION,  RIOT  AND  CIVIL  COMMO- 
TION, AND  REGISTERED  MAIL  BUSINESS. 


Section 

1.  Granite  State  Fire  Ins.  Co.  author- 
ized to  insure  as  to  sprinkler 
leakage,  explosion,  riot,  etc.,  regis- 
tered mail. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Granite    State 
Fire  Ins.   Co.  au- 
thorized  to   in- 
sure  as  to 
sprinkler    leak- 
age,   explosion, 
riot,    etc.,    regis- 
tered mail. 


Takes  effect  on 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.  In  addition  to  the  powers  now  possessed  by  law  by 
the  Granite  State  Fire  Insurance  Company,  said  company  is  hereby 
further  empowered  to  do  an  insurance  business  in  the  lines  known 
as  sprinkler  leakage,  explosion,  riot  and  civil  commotion,  and  regis- 
tered mail,  and  to  issue  policies  and  make  contracts  necessary  and 
proper  for  carrying  out  these  powers. 

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

[Approved  March  15,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  229. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  NEV^  HAMPSHIRE  FIRE 
insurance  COMPANY,  AUTHORIZING  SAID  COMPANY  TO  INCREASE  ITS 
CAPITAL  STOCK. 


Section 

1.  New  Hampshire  Fire  Ins.  Co.  au- 
thorized to  increase  its  capic.il 
stock. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court   convened; 


New  Hampshire       SECTION  1.     The  New  Hampshire  Fire  Insurance  Company  may 

fhorized'  to'^in^''"  increase  its  capital  stock  from  time  to  time  to  an  amount  not  exceed- 

sToX  ''"  '""'*"' ing  the  sum  of  five  million  dollars,  and  section  2  of  chapter  97  of 

the  Laws  of  1869,  as  amended  by  chapter  227,  Laws  of  1881,  and 

chapter  179,  Laws  of  1907,  is  hereby  amended  to  conform  thereto. 

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


Takes    effect   on 
passage. 


[Approved  March  15,  1921. 


1921 


Chapters  230,  231. 
CHAPTER  230. 


359 


AN  ACT  TO  SEVER  CERTAIN  LANDS  FROM  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF  THE 
TOWN  OF  HILLSBOROUGH  AND  TO  ANNEX  THE  SAME  TO  THE  HILLS- 
BOROUGH BRIDGE  SPECIAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 


Section 

1.  Certain  lands  in  Hillsborough  an- 
nexed to  Hillsborough  Bridge  spe- 
cial school  district. 


Section 


Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened; 

Section  1.     The  lands   and  buildings  thereon  situated   in  the  Certain  lands  in 
town  of  Hillsborough  owned  by  Frank  A.  Harvey  and  by  Will  E,  nexed°to^Hiiis^°' 
Boynton  are  hereby  severed  from  the  school  district  of  the  town  of  gpecfal'^  schoof ^ 
Hillsborough    and    annexed    to    the    Hillsborough   Bridge    Special  ^'^'"°*- 
School  District. 
.   Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Takes  effect 
passage. 


[Approved  March  15,  1921. 


CHAPTER  231. 


AN  ACT  TO  REPEAL  CHAPTER  209  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1895  ENTITLED  "AN 
ACT  TO  ESTABLISH  UNION  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  BATH." 


Section 

1.      Union   school  district  of  Bath   abol- 
ished. 

2.  High  school  established. 

3.  Town  to  pay  high  school  tuition  of 

certain  scholars. 


Section 

4.     Action 


of  voters  to  determine 
whether  this  act  shall  take  effect. 

Vote  to  be  forwarded  to  secretary 
of  state. 

Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     Subject  to  the  further  provisions  of  this  act  chapter  union  school  dis- 
209  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  establishing  a  union  school  district  in  the  |^^«*^°^  ^ath  aboi- 
town  of  Bath,  is  hereby  repealed  and  all  the  property  of  said  Union 
School  District  hereby  becomes  the  property  of  the  town  of  Bath 
which  shall  assume  and  satisfy  all  of  the  indebtedness  and  liabili- 
ties of  said  district. 


Sect.  2. 


town  of  Bath 


There  is  hereby  established  a  town  high  school  in  said  High  school 

established. 


360 


Chapter  232. 


[1921 


Town  to  pay  high 
school  tuition  of 
certain    scholars. 


Action    of    voters 
to    determine 
whether   this    act 
shall   take    effect. 


Vote   to   be   for- 
warded   to    secre- 
tarv   of  state. 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Sect.  3.  The  town  shall  hereafter  pay  the  tuition  of  all  scholars 
of  said  town  who  reside  on  the  west  side  of  Gardner  Mountain  and 
who  attend  some  high  school  outside  of  the  town  of  Bath. 

Sect.  4.  If  the  legal  voters  of  the  town  who  reside  outside  of 
the  bounds  of  the  present  Union  School  District  object  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  ten  or  more  of  said  legal  voters  residing  outside 
of  the  present  district  may  call,  on  or  before  April  1,  1921,  a  meet- 
ing of  said  outside  voters  in  the  manner  provided  by  law  for  calling 
school  meetings,  and  if  a  majority  of  those  present  and  voting  shall 
vote  not  to  accept  the  provisions  of  this  act  it  shall  not  take  effect 
but  shall  be  null  and  void. 

Sect.  5.  The  clerk  of  said  meeting  shall  forthwith  forward  to 
the  secretary  of  state  and  to  the  state  board  of  education  a  certified 
copy  of  the  vote  taken  at  said  meeting,  if  such  meeting  shall  be 
held. 

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

[Approved  March  17,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  232. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  ST.  .TOHN's  LODGE  NO.  1  AT 
PORTSMOUTH,  NEW  HAMPSHIRE,  ENACTED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF 
THE  STATE  OP  NEW  HAMPSHIRE,   .JUNE  22,    1821. 


Sectiox 

1.      Charter   of   St.    John's  Lodge   No. 
of    Portsmouth   amended. 


Sectiox 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Eeprcsentatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Charter  of  St.  SECTION  1.     Sectioii  1  of  an  act  to  incorporate  St.  John's  Lodge 

1°  of^  Po°rtfmouth  No.  1  at  Portsuiouth,  New  Hampshire,  enacted  by  the  legislature 
amended.  ^^  ^^^  Hampshire  June  22,  1821,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking 

out  the  words  "three  thousand  dollars"  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  words,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  so  that  said  sec- 
tion as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Section  1.  Be  it  enacted, 
by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court,  con- 
vened, that  Samuel  Larkin,  James  Ladd,  Samuel  Cushman,  and  all 
persons  who  may  hereafter  become  members  of  said  Lodge  be, 
and  they  hereby  are  incorporated  and  made  a  body  corporate  and 
politic  forever,  by  the  name  of  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  1  at  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire. — And  the  said  body  corporate  is  hereby 
empowered  to  hold  and  possess  real  and  personal  estate,  not  ex- 
ceeding in  value,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  is 


1921 


Chapters  233,  234. 


361 


vested  with  all  the  powers,  rights  and  privileges,  incident  to  corpo- 
rations of  a  similar  nature. 

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

[Approved  March  17,  1921.] 


Takes   effect 
passage. 


CHAPTER  233. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  9,  CHAPTER  357,  LAWS  OF  1917, 
ENTITLED  "aN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  MARLBOROUGH  WATER- 
WORKS COMPANY." 


Sectiox 

1.      Charter      of      Marlborough 
Works  Co.  amended. 


Sectiox 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passaj 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     Section  9  of  chapter  357  of  the  Laws  of  1917   is  Charter  of  Mari- 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  in-  wm-kl  Co.  '^^*^-^ 
stead  thereof  a  new  section  to  read  as  follows:    Sect.  9.     This  act ''™^°*^^'^- 
shall  be  void  unless  the  incorporators  herein  named  shall  organize 
as  herein  provided  on  or  before  January  1,  1922,  and  shall  bring 
water  as  herein  provided  into  the  village  of  Marlborough  on  or 
before  January  1,  1926. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 
I  Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  234. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTION  1  OF  CHAPTER  249  OF  THE  SESSION 
LAWS  OF  1919,  ENTITLED  "aN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  THE  NASHUA  MANU- 
FACTURING COMPANY  TO  INCREASE  AND  CLASSIFY  ITS  CAPITAL 
STOCK. ' ' 


Section- 

1.     Charter    of    Nashua    Manufacturing 
Co.   amended. 


Sectiox 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Eepresentativcs   in 
General   Court   convened,- 

Section  1.     Section  1  of  chapter  249  of  the  Laws  of  1919  is  Sllhitl  Manu- 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  all  of  said  section  and  substituting  .^^gn^'"^^  ^°- 


362 


Chapter  235. 


1921 


Takes    effect 
passage. 


the  following  instead  thereof:  Section  1.  The  Nashua  Manufac- 
turing Company  is  hereby  authorized  to  increase  its  capital  stock 
to  an  amount  not  exceeding  fifteen  million  dollars,  and  to  divide 
its  capital  stock  into  different  classes  of  shares,  giving  to  any  class 
such  preferences,  restrictions  or  disabilities  in  liquidation  and  in 
respect  to  dividends,  voting  power  and  otherwise  as  it  may  deem 
expedient.  And  whenever  said  corporation  shall  retire  any  re- 
deemable shares  previously  issued  by  it  or  otherwise  reduce  its  out- 
standing capital  stock,  it  may  thereafter  issue  new  stock  of  the 
same  or  a  different  class  in  place  of  the  stock  so  retired,  so  long  as 
the  total  amount  of  its  capital  stock  actually  issued  and  outstanding 
at  any  one  time  does  not  exceed  the  limit  herein  prescribed. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  235. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OP  CHAPTER  217  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1887,  AS 
AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  273  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1907  RELATING  TO  THE 
CHARTER  OF  THE  UNDERWRITERS  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY. 


Section 

1.  Charter  of  Underwriters'  Fire  Ins. 
Co.  amended;  may  effect  various 
kinds  of  insurance. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy  the   Senate  and  Bouse   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court   convened; 


Charter  of 
Underwriters' 
Fire  Ins.  Co. 
amended;     may 
effect  various 
kinds   of   insur- 
ance. 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Section  1.  In  addition  to  the  powers  heretofore  granted  to  the 
Underwriters  Fire  Insurance  Company,  said  company  is  hereby  au- 
thorized and  empowered  to  make  and  effect  insurance  on  motor 
vehicles,  their  fittings  and  contents,  and  use  and  occupancy,  against 
loss  or  damage  resulting  from  accident,  theft,  collision  or  other 
causes. 

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


[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


1921' 


Chapters  236,  237. 
CHAPTER  236. 


363 


AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  MANUFACTURERS  &  MERCHANTS  MUTUAL 
INSURANCE  COMPANY  TO  MAKE  AND  EFFECT  INSURANCE  ON  MOTOR 
VEHICLES,  THEIR  FITTINGS  AND  CONTENTS,  AND  USE  AND  OCCUPANCY, 
AGAINST  LOSS  OR  DAMAGE  RESULTING  PROM  ACCIDENT,  THEFT,  COL- 
LISION OR  OTHER  CAUSES. 


Section 

1.  Charter  of  Manufacturers  and 
Merchants  Mut.  Ins.  Co.  amend- 
ed; authorized  to  effect  various 
kinds   of   insurance. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


In  addition  to  the  powers  now  possessed  by  law  by  S^^^*?*"  °^ 

'■  '■  J  J   Manufacturers 


Section  1. 
the  Manufacturers  &  Merchants  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  said  and  Me'rcliants 


company  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  make  and  effect  amended^;"    au- 
insurance  on  motor  vehicles,  their  fittings  and  contents,  and  use  va^Ious*^  kinds^o/' 
and  occupancy,  against  loss  or  damage  resulting  from  accident,  insurance. 
theft,  collision  or  other  causes. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  237. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  314  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1913  IN  RE- 
LATION TO  THE  PHENIX  MUTUAL  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CON- 
CORD, NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 


Section 

1.  Charter  of  Phenix  Mut.  Fire  Ins. 
Co.  amended;  authorized  to  effect 
various  kinds  of  insurance. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     In  addition  to  the  powers  heretofore  granted  to  the  charter  of 
Phenix  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company,  said  company  is  hereby  ins^.°  Co.  amen 
authorized  and  empowered  to  make  and  effect  insurance  on  motor  ^J  =  g^^^t^^^^^'^^fj 
"vehicles,  their  fittings  and  contents,  and  use  and  occupancy,  against  ^j^^^^  °^  '"^^'^ 


364 


Chapters  238,  239. 


[1921 


loss  or  damage  resulting  from   accident,   theft,  collision  or  other 
causes. 
vassise.^^''^  °°        SpcT.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  238. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  175  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1887,  RE- 
LATING TO  THE  CAPITAL  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CONCORD, 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 


Sectio> 


Charter   of   Capital  Fire   Ins.   Co.    amended ;    authorized   to   effect 
various    kinds    of    insurance. 


Be   it   enacted   ly   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     In  addition  to  the  powers  heretofore  granted  to  the 


Charter    of   Capi- 
tal Fire  Ins.  Co.  . 

amended;    au-       Capital  tire  Insurance  Company,  said  company  is  hereby  author- 

thorized    to     effect  -t-i  -,     .  -,  -\       i^      j_    •  ''^i 

various  kinds  of  ized  and  empowered  to  make  and  eiiect  insurance  against  loss  or 
msurauce.  damage   resulting  from   riot'  and  civil   commotion,    and   sprinkler 

leakage,  and  to  make  and  effect  registered  mail  insurance. 


[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  239. 

AN   ACT   TO   INCORPORATE   THE  KNIGHTS  OF   COLUMBUS   HOME   ASSOCIA- 
TION,  KEENE,   N,   H. 


Section 

1. 

Knights    of    Columbus 

Home 

Asso- 

elation  of  Keene,  N. 

H., 

incorpor- 

ated. 

2. 

Corporate  powers. 

3. 

Board  of  directors. 

4. 

Powers  of  directors. 

Members   of   corporation. 
Corporation    may    acquire    real 

tate. 
Mortgage   and  bonds. 
Reservation  clause. 
Takes   effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   htj   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     That  George  F.  T.  Trask,  John  H.  Fitzgerald,  Jos- 
eph Madden,  John  M.  Duffy,  Eugene  Callahan,  John  J.  Higgins, 


Knights   of   Co- 
lumbiis  Home  As- 
sociation   of 

£co"rporat'ed""     William  T.  Shea. '  Johu  J.  McDonough,  George  J.  B.  McCushing, 


3921]  Chapter    239.  365 

Michael  Martin,  Robert  F.  Carroll,  E.  A.  Tracy,  A.  A.  Pratte, 
Daniel  E.  O'Neil,  Thomas  Heffron,  and  Michael  Griffin,  all  of 
Keene  be  and  they  are  hereby  constituted  a  corporation  by  the 
name  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Home  Association  of  Keene,  N. 
H.,  and  they  and  such  others  as  shall  be  duly  elected  members  of 
said  corporation  shall  be  and  remain  a  body  corporate  by  said 
name  from  the  passage  of  this  act  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining 
and  furnishing  a  home  or  building  for  the  use  of  Keene  Council 
No.  819,  Knights  of  Columbus. 

Sect.  2.     Said  corporation,  by  that  name,  may  sue  and  be  sued,  corporate 
prosecute  and  defend  to  final  judgment  and  execution,  and  shall  po'^'^^s- 
have  power  to  take,  acquire,  and  hold  real  and  personal  estate  to 
an  amount  not  exceeding  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  the 
purpose  of  maintaining,  providing,  and  furnishing  a  home  for  said 
Council. 

Sect.  3.     The  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  said  corporation  shall  Board  of 
be  vested  in  a  board  of  directors  to  be  elected  by  said  corporation 
in  accordance  with  the  by-laws. 

Sect.  4.     Said  corporation  may  adopt  such  by-laws  and  make  Powers  of 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  deemed  necessary,  may  de-  '^"■^'^*''''^- 
termine  the  number,  time  and  manner  of  choosing  its  officers,  pre- 
scribe and  define  their  respective  duties,  and  may  from  time  to 
time  alter,  amend,  and  modify  its  by-laws,  rules,  and  regulations 
as  therein  provided. 

Sect.  5.  All  persons  now  members  of  said  Keene  Council  No.  Members  of 
819,  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  all  persons  hereafter  duly  elected  ""''^'^'^  '°°* 
members  of  said  Council  shall  thereupon  become  members  of  said 
corporation,  and  any  person  who  shall  cease  to  be  a  member  of 
said  Council  shall  thereupon  cease  to  be  a  member  of  said  corpora- 
tion, and  in  that  event  all  his  rights  in  said  corporation  shall 
cease,  and  any  office  which  he  may  hold  in  said  corporation  shall 
become  vacant. 

Sect.  6.     The  said  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  contract  corporation   may 
for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  home  for  said  Keene  Council  No.  H^^^'J"  ""^^^ 
819,  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  may  sell,  dispose  of,  mortgage,  or 
encumber  said  real  estate  by  mortgage  deed  to  secure  its  notes, 
bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness. 

Sect.  7.     If  said  corporation  executes  a  mortgage  to  secure  its  Mortgage  and 
bonds,  it  may  receive  said  bonds  from  any  of  the  holders  thereof 
as  a  donation,  but  in  that  case  the  said  bonds  shall  be  cancelled  and 
not  reissued. 

Sect.  8.     The  legislature  may  alter  and  amend  this  act  when  Reservation 

,  ,  - .  -,  .  ^  clause. 

the  public  good  requires. 
Sect.  9.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Jas^'sage!^'"'*  °° 

[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


366 


Chapter  240. 


192] 


CHAPTER  240. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  184,  LAWS  OF  1897,  AS  AMENDED 
BY    CHAPTER    221,    LAWS    OF    1899,    AS    AMENDED    BY    CHAPTER    329, 

LAWS  OP  1903,  AS  AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  330,  LAWS  OF  1911,  RE- 
•     NEWING   CERTAIN  RIGHTS,  POWERS  AND  PRIVILEGES  OF   THE  DALTON 

POWER  COMPANY, 


Section 

1.  Charter      of      Dalton      Power      Co. 

amended. 

2.  May    organize    under    name    of    Gil- 

man   Paper  Company. 


Section 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage;  proviso  as 
to  operation  of  Public  Statutes, 
chapter    14,    section    5. 


Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Charter   of  Dal- 
ton  Power  Co. 
amended. 


May    organize 
under   name   of 
Gilman   Paper 
Company. 


Takes  effect  on 
passage;     proviso 
as   to   operation 
of    Public    Stat- 
utes,  chapter   14, 
section   5. 


Section  1.  The  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  con- 
ferred upon  the  Dalton  Power  Company  by  chapter  184,  Laws  of 
1897,  as  amended  by  chapter  221,  Laws  of  1899,  as  amended  by 
chapter  329,  Laws  of  1903,  as  amended  by  chapter  330,  Laws  of 
1911,  in  so  far  as  they  pertain  to  the  undeveloped  power  included 
within  said  acts,  are  hereby  re-enacted,  revived  and  extended  for 
the  period  of  six  years  from  the  passage  of  this  act.  Said  corpora- 
tion shall  be  in  all  respects  subject  to  supervision  by  the  public 
service  commission  as  if  incorporated  under  the  general  law  provid- 
ing for  the  formation  of  voluntary  corporations. 

Sect.  2.  The  Dalton  Power  Company  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  reorganize  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  92,  Laws 
of  1919  under  the  name  of  Gilman  Paper  Company,  and  upon  said 
reorganization  all  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  hereby 
conferred  upon  said  Dalton  Power  Company  are  hereby  transferred 
to  and  conferred  upon  said  Gilman  Paper  Company. 

Sect.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage  and  the  pro- 
visions of  section  5,  chapter  14  of  the  Public  Statutes  shall  not  ap- 
ply hereto  if  said  Dalton  Power  Company  shall  reorganize  as  pro- 
vided in  section  2  of  this  act  within  ninety  days  from  the  passage 
of  this  act. 


[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapters  241,  242. 
CHAPTER  241. 


367 


AN  ACT  TO  LEGALIZE  THE  ANNUAL  MEETINGS  OF   THE   LANCASTER  VIL- 
LAGE FIRE   PRECINCT. 

Sectiox  Sectiox 

1.     Annual   meetings    since    1899    legal-  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 

ized. 

Be  it   enacted   hy  the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.     That  all  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Lancaster  Vil-  Annual  meetings 
lage  Fire  Precinct,  held  since  the  year  1899,  are  hereby  legalized,      fegaiized. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

passage. 


[Approved  March  23,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  242. 

AN   ACT    TO    EXTEND   THE    CHARTER   OF    THE   WALPOLE   ELECTRIC    LIGHT 
AND  POVtTER  COMPANY. 


Section  • 

1.  Charter  extended. 

2.  Subjecting     corporation     to     super- 

vision   of    public    service    commis- 
sion. 


Section 

3.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.  All  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  Charter  extended, 
conferred  upon  the  Walpole  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company 
by  chapter  208  of  the  Laws  of  1899,  as  amended  by  chapters  204 
and  318  of  the  Laws  of  1903,  and  chapter  220  of  the  Laws  of  1905, 
are  hereby  renewed  and  extended  for  a  period  of  ten  years  from 
March  1,  1919. 

Sect.  2.     Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  exempt  the  f^t'^j.^j^'^'l^^^^^p^g^P^- 
corporation  hereby  created  from  the  supervision  of  the  public  serv-  '^i^ion  ^^  puwic 

.      .  .  ...  service   commis- 

ice  commission  m  respect  to  capitalization,  engaging  m  business  sion. 
in  territory  already  served  by  other  utilities,  character  of  service, 
rates  for  service,  or  in  any  other  particular,  but  said  corporation 
shall  be  in  all  respects  subject  to  the  supervision  as  if  incorporated 


368  Chapter  243.  [1921 

imder  the  general  law  providing  for  the  formation  of  voluntary 
corporations. 

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


Takes    effect    on 
passage. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921.; 


CHAPTER  243. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTIONS  2  AND  4  OF  CHAPTER  187  OF  THE 
LAWS  OF  1895,  RELATING  TO  THE  JOHN  M.  HUNT  HOME. 

Section  |   Section 

1.     Charter    amended.  I  2.      Property    exempted    from    taxation. 

Be  it   enacted   1)1/  the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Charter  SECTION  1.     Scction  2  of  chapter  187  of  the  Laws  of  1895  en- 

amended.  .  ^ 

titled  "An  Act  to  incorporate  the  John  M.  Hunt  Home"  is  hereby 

amended  by  striking  out  the  word  "five"  in  the  fifth  line  of  said 
section  and  substituting  in  place  thereof  the  word  eight,  so  that 
said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows  :  Sect.  2.  Said  corp- 
oration is  hereby  authorized  to  establish  and  maintain  in  the  city 
of  Nashua  an  institution  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  aged 
couples  and  aged  men,  and  for  that  purpose  may  take  and  hold 
real  and  personal  estate,  by  donation,  bequest,  or  otherwise,  not 
exceeding  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  may  convey  or  dis- 
pose of  the  same  at  pleasure ;  and  may  erect  and  maintain  build- 
ings and  appurtenances  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  corporation  and  the  carrying  out  the  terms  of  dona- 
tions and  bequests. 
fd°from  taSn.  ^ECT.  2.  Scction  4  of  chapter  187,  Laws  of  1895,  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  all  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following:  Sect.  4.  Said  corporation  being  a  chari- 
table corporation  all  of  its  property  is  hereby  exempted  from  taxa- 
tion, provided  the  city  government  and  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Nashua  approve  such  exemption. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapter  244, 
CHAPTER  244. 


369 


AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  MARY    E.  HUNT  HOME  FOR  AGED  WOMEN. 


SECTION 

1.  Certain  pei'sons  to  be  a  body  politic. 

2.  Powers  of  corporation. 

3.  By-laws. 

4.  Members  of   corporation. 


Section 

5.  First   me^jtiiig. 

6.  Exemption  from   taxation. 

7.  Reservation     clause;       takes 

on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate  and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.  That  Arthur  G.  Shattuck,  James  H.  Hunt,  Edward  Certain  persons 
H.  Wason,  Frank  E.  Kittredge,  Albert  J.  McKean,  and  John  R.  politic.''  ^°^^ 
Spring,  all  of  Nashua,  their  associates  and  successors,  be  and  hereby 
are  made  a  body  politic  and  corporate  by  the  name  of  the  Mary  E. 
Hunt  Home  for  Aged  Women,  and  by  that  name  may  sue  and  be 
sued,  prosecute  and  defend  to  final  judgment  and  execution,  and 
shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  and  privileges  and  be  sub- 
ject to  all  the  liabilities  by  law  incident  to  corporations  of  a  similar 
nature. 

Sect.  2.  Said  corporation  is  hereby  authorized  to  establish  and  Powers  of 
maintain  in  the  city  of  Nashua  an  institution  for  the  support,  care  *'°''^°'"^  '°°' 
and  maintenance  of  aged  and  destitute  women  who  are  believers  in 
the  Protestant  religion  and  residents  of  the  state  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  for  that  purpose  may  take,  acquire  and  hold  real  and 
personal  estate  by  lease,  purchase,  donation,  bequest  or  otherwise, 
to  an  amount  not  exceeding  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and 
may  convey  or  dispose  of  the  same  at  pleasure;  and  may  erect 
and  maintain  such  buildings  and  appurtenances  as  may  be  deemed 
necessary  for  the  purposes  of  the  corporation  and  the  carrying  out 
of  the  terms  of  donations  and  bequests. 

Sect.  3.  Said  corporation  may  adopt  such  by-laws  and  rules  for  By-iaws. 
the  government  of  its  proceedings  and  the  management  of  its  af- 
fairs as  its  members  may  deem  expedient,  not  inconsistent  with  the 
laws  of  the  state,  and  may  determine  the  number,  time  and  manner 
of  choosing  its  officers,  may  prescribe  and  define  their  respective 
duties,  and  may,  from  time  to  time,  alter,  amend  and  modify  its 
by-laws,  rules  and  regulations,  as  therein  provided. 

Sect.  4.     Said  corporation  may  at  any  meeting  fill  any  vacancies  Members  of 
in  its  membership  or  elect  additional  members  in  such  manner  as  ''°'^°'"^ '""' 
the  by-laws  shall  provide,  but  only  such  persons  as  believe  in  the 
Protestant  religion  shall  be  thus  elected. 

Sect.  5.     Any  one  of  the  persons  named  in  section  1  of  this  act  First  meeting. 
may  call  the  first  meeting  of  said  corporation  by  mailing  postpaid 
to  the  post  office  address  of  each  of  the  persons  named  in  this  act 


370 


Chapter  245. 


[1921 


a  notice  of  such  meeting,  at  least  five  days  prior  to  the  date  fixed 
for  said  meeting. 
Exemption  from  Sect.  6.  Said  Corporation  being  a  charitable  corporation,  all 
of  its  property  is  hereby  exempted  from  taxation,  provided  the  city 
government  and  mayor  of  the  city  of  Nashua  approve  such  exemp- 
tion. 

daus7r"t?kes   ef-     ^^^^^  ^-     "^^^^  legislature  may  alter,  amend  or  repeal  any  of  the 
feet  on  passage,    provisions  of  this  act  whenever  the  public  good  may  require  it,  and 
this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  245. 

AN  ACT  IN  RELATION     TO  DARTMOUTH  COLLEGE,  AND  BEING  AN  AMEND- 
MENT OP   SECTION   1   OF   CHAPTER  43   OF  THE  LAWS  OF   1893. 


Section 

1.     Charter       of       Dartmouth       College 
amended. 


Takes    effect    on    passage;     reserva- 
tion   clause. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the    Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

South'"  CoLg^''''*'     Section  1.     Amend  section  1  of  chapter  43  of  the  Laws  of  1893 
amended.  by  Striking  out  the  w^ord  "five"  at  the  end  and  inserting  in  place 

thereof  the  word  seven,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read : 
Section  1.  The  trustees  of  Dartmouth  College  may  hold  a  legal 
meeting  at  any  time,  upon  such  notice  as  may  be  prescribed  by  a 
rule  adopted  by  them,  and,  in  filling  vacancies  in  the  board,  may 
elect  persons  not  resident  in  New  Hampshire  to  a  number  not  ex- 
ceeding seven. 
Takes  effect  on  Sect.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  but  may 
tion  clause.       '  at  any  time  be  altered,  amended  or  repealed  by  the  legislature. 


[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


1921' 


Chapters   246,  247. 


371 


CHAPTER  246. 

ACT    TO    INCREASE    THE    SALARY    OF    THE    MAYOR    OF    THE    CITY    OF 

NASHUA. 


Section 

1.  Salary    of    mayor    of    Nashua    fixed. 

2.  E.xpense   fund. 


C'TION- 

3.  Mayor   to    submit   statement    of   dis- 

bursements. 

4.  Takes   effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Seriate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.     From  and  after  the  thirty-first  dav  of  December,  ^/'^^^  °^  "^^^^^Z 

•'  "  'of   Nashua   fixed. 

1920,  the  salary  of  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Nashua  shall  be  two 
thousand  dollars  ($2,000)  per  annum  and  payable  in  equal  quar- 
terly payments. 

Sect.  2.  There  shall  be  created  by  the  city  of  Nashua  an  ex-  Expense  fund, 
pense  fund  for  use  of  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Nashua  of  the  sura 
of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  which  shall  be  under  the  control  of 
the  city  treasurer.  Said  fund  shall  be  used  in  the  payment  of  ex- 
penses incurred  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Nashua  in  his  official 
capacity. 

Sect.  3.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Nashua  ^7"'"  \°  ?^^'?" 

*'  *'  -^  statement    of    dis- 

to  submit  a  detailed  report  as  soon  as  practicable  in  each  year  to  bursements.         , 
the  finance  committee  of  said  city  of  Nashua,  of  the  disbursements    " 
made  by  him  from  said  fund.       At  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  pro- 
viding there  be  a  balance  remaining  from  said  fund,  it  shall  revert 
to  the  city  of  Nashua. 

Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

'■  1  o  passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  247. 

AN  ACT  TO  ENABLE  THE  TOWN  OF  ROLLINSFORD  AND  CITY  OF  DOVER  TO 
CONTRACT    IN    RELATION    TO    PROTECTION    AGAINST    FIRE. 


Section  [ 
1.      Dover     and     Rollinsfovd     authorized 

to    contract    for    protection    of    lat-  | 

ter  against  fire.  I 


2.     Repealing    clause; 
passage. 


takes    effect    on 


f}p   ,••    ,.,,,.^/..j    h^,   fj.,p    Senate   and  House    of  Representatives   in 
Ge^p'"--^    Criirf   eonveyied • 


Section  1.     The  city  of  Dover  may  furnish  to  the  town  of  Rol-  T;>over  and  Kni- 
linsforrl  sii^h  assistance  for  the  protection  against,  and  the  extin-  ized  to  contract 


372 


Chapter  248. 


[1921 


latter  against  fire. 


Repealing    clause 
takes  effect  on 
passage. 


through  the  services  of  its  fire  department  and  fire  fighting  appara- 
tus, as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  said  city  and  town ;  and  the  town 
of  Rollinsford  may  raise  and  appropriate  the  sums  agreed  to  be 
paid  for  the  same. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  248. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  11,  LAWS  OF  1813,  APPROVED  JUNE 
16,  1813,  BEING  THE  CHARTER  OP  KIMBALL  UNION  ACADEMY. 


Section 

1.      Charter     of     Kimball     Union     Acad- 
emy amended. 


DCTIOV 

2.  Charter   further   amended. 

3.  Takes    effect    on    passage; 

tion   clause. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 


Charter  of  Ki 
ball  Union  A 
emy    amended 


Charter   further 
amended. 


Section  1.  Section  2  of  chapter  11,  Laws  of  1813,  approved 
June  16,  1813,  being  the  charter  of  Kimball  Union  Academy,  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words  "one  half  nor  more  than 
two  thirds"  and  substituting  therefor  the  word  three  and  by  add- 
ing at  the  end  of  said  section  the  words  and  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational or  Presbyterian  Church,  so  that  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows :  Sect.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted  that 
the  Union  Academy  shall  be  under  the  care,  superintendence  and 
control  of  a  board  of  trustees,  consisting  of  thirteen  members,  in- 
cluding the  principal  instructor  of  said  Academy,  who  shall  al- 
ways be,  ex  officio,  one  of  said  board,  seven  of  whom  shall  be  a 
quorum  to  do  business ;  and  not  less  than  three  of  said  board  of 
trustees,  shall  be  ordained  ministers  of  the  gospel  and  members  of 
the  Congregational  or  Presbyterian  Church. 

Sect.  2.  Section  5  of  said  chapter  is  hereby  amended  by  strik- 
ing out  the  words  "shall,  each,  be  a  regular  member  of  some  Con- 
gregational or  Presbyterian  Church"  and  substituting  therefor  the 
following  words:  each  instructor  shall  be  a  regular  member  of 
some  evangelical  church ;  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read 
as  follows :  Sect.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  trustees 
and  instructors  of  the  Union  Academy  shall  be  professors  of  the 


1921]  Chapters  249,  250.  373 

Christian  religion,  and  each  instructor  shall  be  a  regular  member 
of  some  evangelical  church. 

Sect.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  but  may  at  Takes,  effect 
any  time  be  altered,  amended  or  repealed  by  the  legislature. 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  249. 


AN  ACT  TO  CONFIRM  AND  LEGALIZE  THE  VOTES  AND  PROCEEDINGS  OP  THE 
ANNUAL  TOWN   MEETING   HOLDEN  IN  NEWPORT  MARCH  8,   1921. 


Section 

1.      Annual    town    meeting    of    Newport 
of   1921  legalized. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effe3t  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened,- 

Section  1.     That  the  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  annual  town  Annual  town 

^  meeting    of 

meeting  holden  at  Newport  on  March  8,  1921,  be,  and  hereby  are,  port  of  1921 
confirmed  and  legalized. 


New- 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage.  passage^^*'*  °° 

[Approved  March  29,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  250. 


AN  ACT  TO  LEGALIZE  THE  AWARD  OF  COOS  COUNTY  BONDS. 


Section 

1.     Award   of  Coos  county  bonds  legal- 
ized. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened.- 

Section  1.     The    award    to    Merrill,    Oldham    &    Company    on  Award  of  Coos 
March  19,  1921  by  the  county  commissioners  of  Coos  county  of  the  ^egriiled.""^ 
Coos  County  Funding  Bonds  in  the  amount  of  $50,000  dated  April 
1,  1921,  authorized  by  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  authorize  the  County 
of  Coos  to  issue  bonds"  approved  February  17,  1921,  is  hereby  de- 


374 


Chapter  251. 


1921 


Takes  effect   on 
passage. 


Glared  to  be  legal  and  valid  notwithstanding  any  deficiency  in 
manner  of  publication  of  notice  for  bids  for  said  bonds.  The 
county  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  issue  and 
deliver  said  bonds  in  the  form  prepared  by  The  First  National 
Bank  of  Boston,  Mass.,  without  further  vote  of  said  county  com- 
missioners. 

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

[Approved  March  30,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  251. 

AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OP  THE  TOV^N  OP  NEW- 
CASTLE TO  EXCEED  ITS  LIMITS  OP  BONDED  INDEBTEDNESS  AS  PIXED  BY 
CHAPTER  129  OP  THE  LAWS  OP  1917. 


Sectiox 

1.     Additional     indebtedness     of     New- 
castle   authorized. 


.Sectiox 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened; 


Additional  in- 
debtedness of 
Newcastle  au- 
thorized. 


Takes  effect  on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  school  district  of  the  town  of  Newcastle  is 
hereby  authorized  to  incur  indebtedness  in  an  amount  not  to  ex- 
ceed fifteen  thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  the  construction 
and  equipment  of  school  buildings  and  said  amount  to  be  in  addi- 
tion to  the  amount  already  authorized  by  the  provisions  of  chapter 
129,  Laws  of  1917. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  takes  effect  on  its  passage. 

[Approved  March  30,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapters  252,  253. 


375 


CHAPTER  252. 

AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  THE  PHENIX   MUTUAL  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY 
OF  CONCORD,  N.   H.,  TO  INCREASE  ITS  GUARANTY  CAPITAL. 

Section  Section 

1.     Phenix  Mut.  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  increase  2.     Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

of   guaranty    capital    authorized.  passage. 

.  / 

Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened; 

Section  1.     The   Phenix  Mutual   Fire   Insurance   Company   is  S''co.!^i'n-  ^"^^ 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  increase  its  guaranty  capital  crease  of  guar- 

-..  ^r^^r^    r^r^r^  ry  1        •  IT         ^Uty     Capital     aU" 

to  an  amount  not  exceeding  $200,000.  Such  increase  may  be  made  thorized. 
from  time  to  time  by  a  majority  vote  of  any  stockholders  meeting, 
the  call  for  which  shall  give  notice  of  its  purpose ;  it  may  also  be 
made  in  the  manner  provided  by  any  general  laws  relating  to  vol- 
untary corporations  which  shall  be  in  force  at  the  time  of  such  in- 
crease. Any  portion  of  the  guaranty  capital  may  be  issued  upon 
such  terms  of  preference  as  to  dividends,  or  upon  liquidation,  and 
with  respect  to  the  voting  power,  as  may  be  provided  for  in  the 
votes  of  resolution  in  pursuance  of  which  the  same  may  be  issued. 
The  stockholders  of  the  guaranty  capital  may  receive  dividends 
amounting  to  not  more  than  12  per  cent,  of  the  paid  in  capital  in 
any  one  year. 

Sect.  2.     All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  Repealing  clause; 

^  1  m>  •  takes    effect    on 

hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  passage. 


[Approved  March  31,  1921. 


CHAPTER  253. 

AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  THE  COUNTY  OF  ROCKINGHAM  TO  ISSUE  BONDS  TO 
REFUND  BONDS  OF  THE   COUNTY  BECOMING  DUE  OCTOBER  1,   1921. 


Section 

1.  Commissioners  of  Rockingham  Coun- 
ty, upon  vote  of  convention  auth- 
orized   to    issue    refunding    bonds. 


Section 

2.  Date    of  bonds:    maturity;    interest; 

how  to  be  executed;    sale. 

3.  Bona  /idr   holder. 

4.  Takes    effect   on    passage. 


e  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     The  commissioners  of  the  county  of  Rockingham  are  commissioners  of 
hereby  authorized  to  issue  by  vote  of  the  county  convention,  in  countyf  upSn 


376  Chapter  253.  [1921 


vote  of  conven-  coupoii  Or  Other  form  as  it  may  determine,  bonds  in  the  aggregate 


tion,    authorized 


to  issue  refund-     principal  amount  of  thirty-four  thousand  dollars,  for  the 


ing  bonds, 


purpose 


of  raising  funds  for  the  payment  of  thirty-four  thousand  dollars 
of  the  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  "Rockingham  County  Funding 
Bonds  of  1901"  issued  under  authority  of  an  act  approved  Febru- 
ary 20,  1901  entitled:  "An  Act  to  permit  the  County  of  Rocking- 
ham to  issue  bonds  to  secure  its  floating  indebtedness  and  refund 
bonds  of  the  county  becoming  due  October  1,  1901." 
Date  of  bonds;  Sect.  2.  Said  bouds  shall  be  dated  October  1,  1921,  shall  be 
^^^!"how'to'beTxe-Payable  three  thousand  dollars  on  October  1  of  each  year  of  the 
cuied:  sale.  yg^i-g  1922  to  1925  iuclusivc  and  two  thousand  dollars  on  October  1 
of  each  of  the  years  1926  to  1936  inclusive,  shall  bear  interest 
at  a  rate  not  exceeding  five  per  cent,  per  annum  payable  semi-an- 
nually, shall  be  signed  by  at  least  two  of  the  county  commissioners, 
countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer,  and  bear  on  face  a  certifi- 
cate of  registration  signed  by  the  clerk  of  the  superior  court  of  said 
county.  The  coupons  annexed  shall  bear  the  facsimile  signature 
of  the  county  treasurer.  The  county  commissioners  may  sell  the 
said  bonds  at  not  less  than  par,  at  public  sale  after  publication  of 
notice  at  least  once  each  week  for  three  successive  weeks,  the  first 
publication  being  at  least  twenty-one  days  before  the  day  of  open- 
ing bids,  reserving,  however,  the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  said 
bids,  and  may  sell  at  private  sale  all  or  any  of  said  bonds  not  thus 
sold.  Said  bonds  shall  be  denominated  on  face  Rockingham  County 
Refunding  Bonds  of  1921.  Other  particulars  as  to  the  form,  issu- 
ance and  sale  of  said  bonds  not  fixed  herein  or  by  vote  of  the 
commissioners  may  be  determined  by  the  county  treasurer. 
JUnw  fuu  Sect.  3.     Said  bonds  purporting  on  face  to  be  issued  by  virtue 

and  in  pursuance  of  this  act,  shall  in  favor  of  5o/?a  ixde  holders  be 
conclusively  presumed  to  have  been  authorized  and  issued  in  ac- 
cordance with  provisions  herein  contained ;  and  no  holder  thereof 
shall  be  obliged  to  see  to  the  application  of  the  proceeds.  The 
county  shall  annually  raise  by  taxation  a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  the 
amounts  of  principal  and  interest  of  said  bonds  payable  each  year. 

Takes  effect   on  gE^rp^    ^        rpj^j^,      ^^  j^l^^jj  ^^|^g  ^1^^^^  ^^        -^  j^^.  passage, 

passage.  '  i  o 

[Approved  March  31,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapters  254,  255. 


377 


CHAPTER  254. 

AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING   THE  TOWN  OF  OSSIPEE   TO   EXEMPT  FROM   TAXA- 
TION THE  PROPERTY  OF  THE  OSSIPEE  WATER  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY. 


Section 

1.  Exemption  of  Ossipee  Water  and 
Electric  Co.  from  local  taxation 
authorized. 


Section' 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.     The  town  of  Ossipee  is  hereby  authorized  to  exempt  Exemption  of 
from  local  taxation  all  the  property  of  the  Ossipee  Water  and  and  ^ELctrk'' co. 
Electric  Company  for  a  term  of  ten  years  from  Apjil  1,  1921,  f -^T  ^^"^^irizer' 
by  majority  vote  at  its  annual  town  meeting. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  "^'^kes  effect  on 

'■  ^  '=>  passage. 

[Approved  April  1,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  255. 

an   ACT  REFERRING   TO   TAXATION  OF   THE  DANBURY  LIGHT  AND  POWER 
COMPANY. 

Sectiox  I   Section' 

1.     Danbury     Light     and     Power     Co.,  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage, 

town   may    exempt   from   taxation. 

Be  it   enact ed   bij   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 


Section  1.     That  the  town  of  Danbury  by  majority  vote  at  its  Jjf^"^^J^gJ^^g^'_ 
annual  town  meeting  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  ex-  to^^n  may  ex- 
empt  from  local  taxation  for  a  period  or  ten  years  from  April    l,tion. 
1921,  the  plant  and  improvements  of  the  Danbury  Light  and  Power 
Company. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

passage. 

[Approved  April  1,  1921.] 


378 


Chapter  256. 
CHAPTER  256. 


[1921 


AN    ACT    TO    INCORPORATE    THE    OSSIPEE    GROUP    OF    THE   YOUNG    MEN  S 
CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION. 


Section 

1.  Ossipee  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 

sociation  incorporated. 

2.  Bylaws. 


Sectiox 

3.  Powers  of  corporation. 

4.  First  meeting. 

5.  Takes   effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened; 


Ossipee  Young 
Men's  Christian 
Association    in- 
corporated. 


Powers  of 
corporation. 


First  meeting. 


Takes  effect  on 
passage. 


Section  1.  William  C.  Sinclair,  Walter  C.  Meloon,  Calvin  A, 
Meloon,  "William  E.  Currier  and  Leon  C.  Jones,  their  associates 
and  successors,  are  hereby  made  a  body  politic  and  corporate  by 
the  name  of  the  Ossipee  Group  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation of  Ossipee  for  social,  charitable,  fraternal,  benevolent 
and  community  purposes ;  and  by  that  name  may  sue  and  be  sued, 
prosecute  and  defend  to  final  judgment  and  execution,  and  shall 
have  all  the  powers,  rights,  duties  and  liabilities  of  similar  corpora- 
tions. 

Sect.  2.  Said  corporation  may  enact  by-laws  providing  for  the 
control  and  management  of  the  corporate  property ;  and  may  con- 
duct musical,  literary,  dramatic  and  social  entertainments. 

Sect.  3.  Said  corporation  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  may  pur- 
chase, take,  lease,  and  hold  by  deed,  gift  or  otherwise  real  and 
personal  estate  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars,  and  may  improve,  encumber,  lease,  sell  and  convey,  or 
otherwise  dispose  of  the  same  at  pleasure  under  the  conditions  by 
which  said  property  or  any  portion  thereof  may  have  been  re- 
ceived. 

Sect.  4.  The  first  two  persons  named  in  this  act  may  call  the 
first  meeting  of  said  corporation  by  giving  notice  to  each  of  the 
others  at  least  two  days  before  the  date  of  such  meeting. 

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

[Approved  April  5,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapter    257.  379 

CHAPTER  257. 

AN  ACT  TO  VALIDATE  THE  ACTION  AT  THE  ANNUAL  TOWN  MEETING  IN 
LEBANON  ON  MARCH  8,  1921,  RELATIVE  TO  ISSUING  BONDS,  AND  FOR 
OTHER  PURPOSES. 


"TI 

3X 

Sectiox 

1. 

Action    of    Lebanon    at    town    meet- 

3.     Contribution      to      new     bridge     by 

ing    of     1921     as    to    issuing    of 

railroad. 

bonds  validated. 

4.      Other    necessary    highways    author- 

2. 

Xew  highway  to   a  new  bridge   au- 

ized. 

thorized. 

5.     Takes  effect   on  passage. 

Be   it   enacted   by   the    Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.  The  action  of  the  town  of  Lebanon  at  the  annual  Action  of  Leb- 
meeting  held  on  March  8,  1921,  relative  to  issuing  bonds  to  themee'ting  of°l92i 
aggregate  amount  of  sixty  thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  bonds  vlffied! 
raising  money  for  the  construction  of  a  new  bridge  across  the 
Mascoma  river  to  replace  Hubbard  Bridge,  so  called,  in  said  town, 
is  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed ;  and  said  town  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  issue  said  bonds  or  such  portion  thereof  as  may  be  required, 
in  the  manner  and  upon  the  terms  as  provided  and  authorized  in 
the  vote  relating  thereto  as  passed  at  said  meeting,  for  the  purpose 
of  constructing  a  bridge  and  approaches  thereto  upon  the  new 
location  recommended  by  the  report  of  the  bridge  committee  ac- 
cepted at  said  meeting,  either  upon  agreement  with  the  railroad  as 
contemplated  by  said  vote  or  in  pursuance  of  section  3  of  this  act, 
or  of  constructing  a  bridge  and  approaches  upon  or  adjacent  to 
the  old  location  of  the  Hubbard  Bridge,  as  may  be  determined  by 
said  bridge  committee. 

Sect.  2.     If  said  bridge  committee  shall  decide  to  construct  anv  New  highway  to 

1     •  T  T  •  111  •  f.      1       TT    i'    ^^   I16W  bridge   au- 

new  bridge  upon  or  adjacent  to  the  old  location  or  the  Hub- thorized. 
bard  Bridge,  as  referred  to  in  the  preceding  section,  the 
town  of  Lebanon  is  authorized  to  lay  out  a  new  highway 
as  required  for  such  purpose  or  to  raise  the  grade  and 
increase  the  width  of  the  travelled  portion  of  the  exist- 
ing highway  leading  to  and  across  £uch  bridge  and  over 
and  across  the  railroad  track  of  the  Northern  Railroad  east- 
erly of  said  Hubbard  Bridge.  Any  such  new  highway  shall  be  laid 
out  and  such  record  thereof  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  provided 
by  the  statutes  applicable  thereto.  Any  such  change  in  grade  or 
width  of  the  travelled  portion  of  the  existing  highway  shall  be 
made  by  order  of  the  board  of  selectmen  of  said  town,  recorded  in 
the  town  records.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  proprietors  of  said 
railroad  to  construct  the  portion  of  any  such  new  highway  which 
passes  over  such  railroad  or  to  reconstruct  the  portion  of  the  exist- 
ing highway  which  passes  over  said  railroad,  in  either  case  in- 


380 


Chapter  257. 


1921 


Contribution  to 
new  bridge  by 
railroad. 


Other  necessary 

highways 

authorized. 


eluding  any  bridge  and  abutments  thereof  which  may  be  neces- 
sary and  the  approaches  thereto,  at  the  grade  and  of  the  width 
adopted  by  the  town  for  the  travelled  portion  of  either  such  high- 
way. In  case  such  proprietors  shall  fail  to  construct  such  portion 
of  the  highway  (including  any  bridge  over  the  railroad  and  the 
abutments  and  approaches  thereto)  as  above  provided,  season- 
ably to  accommodate  the  public  travel  over  the  same  after  any  such 
new  bridge  constructed  by  the  town  shall  be  completed  for  travel 
thereon,  they  shall  forfeit  to  the  town  a  sum  equivalent  to  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  each  day  of  their  default,  said  penalty  to  be  recov- 
ered by  the  town  in  an  action  of  debt. 

Within  six  months  after  such  proprietors  shall  have  complied 
with  the  foregoing  provisions,  they  may  petition  the  public  service 
commission  for  a  determination  of  the  question  whether  the  town 
of  Lebanon  should  contribute  any  portion  of  the  cost  thereof  and 
if  so  what  portion.  Said  commission  shall  give  notice  and  hear 
the  parties  and  if  upon  due  consideration  of  all  the  facts  it  shall 
be  of  opinion  that  any  portion  of  such  cost  should  be  borne  by 
the  town  of  Lebanon,  it  shall  determine  the  amount  thereof  and 
render  its  decision  accordingly ;- and  thereupon  said  proprietors 
shall  be  entitled  to  recover  said  amount  from  said  town  in  an  action 
of  debt. 

Sect.  3.  In  case  the  bridge  committee  referred  to  in  section  1, 
with  the  concurrence  of  the  selectmen,  shall  decide  so  to  do,  the 
town  of  Lebanon  is  authorized  to  construct  a  bridge  across  the 
Mascoma  river  to  replace  the  Hubbard  Bridge,  so  called,  and  ex- 
tending also  across  the  railroad  track  of  the  Northern  Railroad 
easterly  of  said  Hubbard  Bridge,  in  such  location  as  shall  be  de- 
termined by  said  bridge  committee  and  selectmen,  and  to  lay  out 
such  new  highway  as  may  be  required  for  the  purpose.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  proprietors  of  said  railroad  to  contribute  such  por- 
tion of  the  cost  of  said  bridge  and  the  approaches  thereto  as  shall 
represent  its  just  and  reasonable  share  of  the  cost  of  construction 
and  future  maintenance  of  such  bridge  and  its  approaches.  If  the 
town  and  the  proprietors  are  unable  to  agree  as  to  the  amount  of 
such  contribution,  the  town  may  petition  the  public  service  com- 
mission for  the  determination  thereof.  Said  commission  shall  give 
notice  and  hear  the  parties  and  upon  due  consideration  of  all  the 
facts  shall  determine  the  amount  of  such  contribution  and  render 
its  decision  accordingly ;  thereupon  said  town  shall  be  entitled  to 
recover  said  amount  from  said  proprietors  in  an  action  of  debt. 
After  paying  the  amount  of  such  contribution  as  agreed  upon  or 
so  determined,  such  proprietors  shall  be  relieved  of  liability  for  the 
maintenance  of  such  bridge  or  any  part  thereof. 

Sect.  4.  If  in  connection  with  constructing  any  such  bridge  as 
is  authorized  by  this  act  it  is  necessary  in  the  judgment  of  the 
selectmen  of  said  town  to  lay  out  a  tiew  highway  at  grade  across 


1921 


Chapter  258. 


381 


said  railroad  in  order  to  furnish  reasonable  means  of  access  to 
any  property  which  would  otherwise  be  cut  off  from  the  highway 
by  the  construction  of  such  bridge,  said  selectmen  are  authorized  to 
lay  out  such  highway,  in  compliance  with  and  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  chapter  159,  section  ^,  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended 
by  chapter  91,  Laws  of  1895,  and  modified  by  section  3  (a),  chap- 
ter 164,  Laws  of  1911. 

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

[Approved  April  6,  1921.] 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  258. 


AN  ACT  REIjATING  TO  THE  POWERS  OP  THE  BOARD  OP  PUBLIC  WORKS  OF 
THE  CITY  OF  PORTSMOUTH. 


Section 

1.  Charges  for  water  rates  in  Ports- 
moutli  to  become  a  lien  upon  real 
estate. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted  hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court  convened: 


^Q  Charges    for 
"  ater  rates  in 


Section  1.  All  charges  as  water  rates  for  water  furnished 
patrons  in  the  city  of  Portsmouth  shall  become  a  lien  upon  any  Portsmouth  to 
real  estate  where  said  water  is  furnished,  and  said  lien  shall  eon-  up'oT\e\/Tstai 
tinue  for  one  year  from  the  last  item  charged  in  said  water  rates ; 
and  said  lien  may  be  enforced  by  suit  in  behalf  of  said  city  ordered 
by  the  board  of  public  works  against  the  owner  or  owners  of  such 
real  estate.  The  record  in  the  office  of  said  board  of  public  works 
of  the  water  rates  and  charges  for  water  furnished  as  aforesaid 
shall  be  sufficient  notice  to  maintain  suit  upon  such  lien  against 
subsequent  purchasers  or  attaching  creditors  of  said  real  estate. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  passTge!*^''*  "^ 


[Approved  April  8,  1921. 


382 


Chapters  259,  2(50. 


1921 


CHAPTER  259. 

AN  ACT  RATIFYING  AND  LEGALIZING  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MEETING  IN 
THE  TOWN  OF  AUBURN. 


Meeting  of  Au- 
burn school  dii 
trict  legalized. 


Takes  effect  on 
passage. 


5BCTI0X 

1.      Meeting    of    Auburn    school    district 
legalized. 


SEC'TIOX 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened; 

Section  1.  That  the  action  of  the  school  district  of  the  town  of 
Auburn  at  a  meeting  of  said  school  district  held  in  that  town  on 
March  16,  1921,  providing  for  the  building  of  a  new  schoolhouse 
within  a  half  a  mile  of  Emerson's  Corner,  so  called,  and  the  vote 
to  raise  and  appropriate  five  thousand  dollars  to  build  said  school- 
house,  be  and  hereby  are  legalized,  ratified  and  confirmed. 

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

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  260. 

AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  PROPRIETORS  OF  PORTSMOUTH  BRIDGE  TO 
DISCONTINUE  THE  PUBLIC  USE  OF  ITS  BRIDGES  AND  TO  SELL  ITS  PROP- 
ERTY AND  FRANCHISES  TO  AND  MERGE  THE  SAME  WITH  THE  BOSTON 
AND  MAINE  RAILROAD. 


Authority  given 
to    discontinue 
maintenance  of 
Portsmouth 
bridge. 


Section  Section 

1.  Authority      given      to       discontinue  3.      Authority      given       to       discontinue 
maintenance          of          Portsmouth  Ham's  bridge, 
l^i-idge.                                                                  4.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 

2.  Boston    and    Maine    R.    R.    empow- 

ered      to        acquire       Portsmouth 
Bridge  property. 

Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court   convened: 

Section  1.  Upon  completion  and  opening  to  travel  of  a  new 
free  bridge  between  Kittery,  Maine,  and  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire, under  and  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  chapter  90  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Laws  of  1919,  the  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth 
Bridge,  a  corporation  chartered  by  the  laws  of  this  state  and  the 
laws  of  Maine,  or  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  if  before  such 
opening  of  said  new  bridge  it  shall  have  acquired  the  property 
and  franchises  of  said  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth  Bridge  under 


1921]  Chapter  260.  •  383 

and  pursuant  to  the  subsequent  provisions  of  this  act,  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  discontinue  the  public  use  of  the 
bridge  of  said  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth  Bridge  now  maintained 
between  said  Kittery  and  Portsmouth  consisting  of  one  bridge  ex- 
tending from  said  Kittery  to  Ham's  Island,  so  called,  in  said  Ports- 
mouth, and  thereafterwards  there  shall  be  no  duty  or  obligation 
on  the  part  of  said  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth  Bridge  or  of  said 
Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  in  the  event  above  provided,  to  main- 
tain said  bridge  for  the  use  of  the  public  (other  than  the  use  of 
the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  its  successors  and  assigns)  upon 
payment  of  toll  or  otherwise. 

Sect.  2.  The  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  is  hereby  authorized  Boston  and 
and  empowered  to  acquire,  and  the  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth  powered  'to  kc^™' 
Bridge  to  sell  to  said  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  all  or  any  part  ^^f^ge  ^prop^rty.'' 
of  the  property  and  franchises  of  said  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth 
Bridge  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  shall  be  authorized  by 
majority  votes  of  the  directors  and  stockholders  of  said  respective 
corporations  taken  and  had  at  respective  meetings  thereof  duly 
and  legally  called  and  held  therefor ;  and  upon  said  acquisition  by 
said  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  of  said  property  and  franchises 
of  said  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth  Bridge,  the  same  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  merged  with  said  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  and  may  be 
enjoyed  and  exercised  by  said  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  as  fully 
and  to  the  same  extent  and  in  the  same  manner  as  otherwise  they 
might  or  could  be  enjoyed  or  exercised  by  said  Proprietors  of 
Portsmouth  Bridge,  and  for  all  railroad  purposes  as  heretofore ; 
provided,  however,  that  no  such  sale  or  merger  shall  be  valid  and 
binding  until  the  same  and  all  the  terms  and  conditions  thereof 
shall  have  been  approved  by  the  public  service  commission. 

Sect.  3.  The  Proprietors  of  Portsmouth  Bridge  or  the  Boston  Authority  given 
and  Maine  Railroad,  if  it  shall  become  the  owner  thereof  under  the  Ham'f  bridge! 
foregoing  provisions  of  this  act,  are  hereby  authorized  and  empow- 
ered upon  the  completion  and  opening  to  travel  of  said  new  free 
bridge,  to  discontinue  the  public  use  of  the  bridge  known  as  Ham's 
Bridge,  extending  from  said  Ham's  Island  to  the  mainland  in  said 
Portsmouth,  unless  requested  by  the  city  of  Portsmouth,  to  trans- 
fer said  bridge  to  said  city  of  Portsmouth.  But  if  said  city  of 
Portsmouth  shall  so  request,  then  said  proprietors  or  said  Boston 
and  Maine  Railroad  shall  transfer  said  bridge  to  said  city  of 
Portsmouth,  without  compensation,  and  said  city  of  Portsmouth 
is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  accept  a  transfer  of  said 
bridge,  and  thereafter  said  proprietors  or  said  railroad  shall  be 
relieved  of  any  further  duty  or  obligation  to  maintain  or  operate 
said  Ham's  Bridge  for  the  use  of  the  public  upon  payment  of  toll 
or  otherwise. 

Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

passage, 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


384 


Chapters  261,  262. 
CHAPTER  261. 


[1921 


AN  ACT  TO  ENABLE   THE   TOWN   OF  STRATFORD  TO  ISSUE  WATER  BONDS 
TO  THE  AMOUNT  OF  $115,000. 


Section 

1.      Stratford  empowered  to   issue  water 
bonds  to   amount  of   $115,000. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effest  on  passage. 


Stratford     empow- 
ered  to   issue 
water  bonds  to 
amount  of 
$115,000. 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 

Section  1.  The  town  of  Stratford  may  by  major  vote  of  those 
present  and  voting,  at  any  annual,  or  special  meeting  of  the  voters 
of  said  town,  issue  bonds  of  the  town  not  exceeding  in  the  whole 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  fifteen  thousand  dollars  ($115,000)  for 
the  purpose  of  defraying  the  expense  already  incurred  and  to  be 
incurred  in  the  construction  and  completion  of  the  water  system 
authorized  by  the  vote  of  the  town  at  its  annual  meeting  held  on 
the  second  Tuesday  of  March,  1920,  such  bonds  to  be  payable  at 
such  time  or  times  as  may  be  thought  proper. 

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

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  262. 

AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  ETNA  AND  HANOVER  CENTER  TELEPHONE 
COMPANY. 


Section 

1.  Etna     and     Hanover     Center     Tele- 

phone  Co.  incorporated. 

2.  Capital   stock. 

3.  Meetings. 

4.  Service    may    be    limited    to    stock- 

holders. 

5.  Power  to  purchase  property,  etc. 

6.  Subject     to     supervision     of     public 

service  commission. 


First  meeting;  officers;  shares; 
by-laws. 

Certain  voluntary  companies  to  be 
dissolved. 

Takes  effect  when  consent  to  as- 
sumption of  name  filed;  reserva- 
tion clause. 


Be    it    enacted    hy    Senate    and    House    of    Representatives    in 
General  Court  convened: 


Etna  and  Han-  SECTION  1.  That  Fraucis  Y.  Tuxbury,  J.  Walter  Ferson, 
prone^'co.''''in'^'''*''  Gcorgo  N.  LaBombard,  John  A.  Humiston  and  Harvey  N.  Camp, 
corporated".  q^  ^f  Hauovcr  in  the  county  of  Grafton  and  state  of  New  Hamp- 

shire, their  associates,   successors  and  assigns,  shall  be,  and  are 


1921]  Chapter  262.  385 

hereby  made  a  body  politic  and  corporate,  by  the  name  of  the  Etna 
and  Hanover  Center  Telephone  Company,  for  the  purpose  of  se- 
curing and  maintaining  telephone  service  for  the  mutual  con- 
venience of  its  members  resident  in  the  villages  of  Etna  and  Han- 
over Center  and  vicinity ;  and  by  that  name  may  sue  and  be  sued, 
prosecute  and  defend  to  final  judgment  and  execution,  and  are 
hereby  vested  with  all  the  powers  and  privileges  and  subject  to 
all  the  liabilities  incident  to  corporations  of  a  similar  nature. 

Sect.  2.     The  capital  stock  of  said  corporation  shall  consist  of  Capital  stock. 
such  number  of  shares  of  thirty-five  dollars  each  as  may  be  from 
time  to  time  determined  by  the  directors  of  said  corporation,  not 
exceeding  in  the  whole  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars. 

Sect.  3.     The  annual  and  all  special  meetings  of  the  corpora- Meetings. 
tion  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  places,  and  upon  such  notice 
as  may  be  provided  by  the  by-laws  of  the  corporation  and  such 
officers  and  agents  may  be  chosen  as  therein  provided. 

Sect.  4.     Said  corporation  is  authorized  to  limit  its  teleplinne  Service  may  be 
service  to  its  stockholders  if  it  shall  so  decide,  since  its  object  is  holders. 
to  secure  telephone  service  at  the  lowest  possible  rates  without 
payment  of  dividends  upon  its  stock. 

Sect.  5.     Said  corporation  is  empowered  to  purchase  and  hold  Power  to  pur- 
in  fee  simple  or  otherwise  any  real  and  personal  estate  and  to  make  Itc^^  Proper  y. 
any  contracts,  and  to  perform  any  acts  necessary  and  incident  to 
the  conducting  of  a  telephone  business. 

Sect.  6.     Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  exempt  the  subject  to  super- 
corporation  hereby  created,   from  the  supervision  of  the  public  service  commis- 
service  commission  in  respect  to  capitalization,  engaging  in  busi-  ^'°°" 
ness  in  territory  already  served  by  other  utilities,  character  of  serv- 
ice, rates  for  service  or  in  any  other  particular  not  specifically 
authorized  in  this  act. 

Sect.  7.  Any  two  of  the  corporators  named  in  this  act  may  First  meeting; 
call  the  first  meeting  of  the  corporation,  by  giving  or  mailing  a  ^f-iaws^  sbares: 
notice  in  writing  to  each  of  said  corporators  of  the  time  and  place 
of  meeting,  five  days  previous  to  said  meeting,  and  at  said  meeting, 
or  any  adjourned  meeting  thereof  or  at  any  subsequent  meeting, 
duly  called,  associates  may  be  admitted  and  all  proper  officers 
chosen,  the  number  of  shares  fixed,  and  such  by-laws  and  regula- 
tions adopted  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the 
purposes  of  this  act. 

Sect.  8.  The  purpose  of  said  corporation  being  to  take  over  certain  voiun- 
the  properties  of  the  Etna  and  Hanover  Center  Telephone  Conv^t^e'dlSed. 
pany  and  the  Etna  Telephone  Company  now  in  operation,  when 
the  said  company  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  public  service 
commission,  have  taken  over  the  properties  of  said  voluntary  com- 
panies, namely  the  Etna  and  Hanover  Center  and  the  Etna  Tele- 
phone companies,  then  the  said  voluntary  companies  shall  thereby 
be  dissolved. 


386 


Chapter  263. 


1921 


lonHnftfJ^"''       Sect.  9.     This  act  shall  take  effect  when  the  consent  in  writing 

fi?ed^"°reservati?n  ^^^  *^^^^  Company  to  take  the  same  name  shall  be  filed  with  the 

clause.  secretary  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  by  the  now  existing  Etna 

and  Hanover  Center  Telephone  Company,  and  the  legislature  may 

alter,  amend  or  repeal  the  same  whenever  the  public  good  requires. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  263. 

AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  AS   A   RELIGIOUS   SOCIETY   THE  FIRST   BAPTIST 
SOCIETY  OP  FARMINGTON. 


Section 


Farmington  First  Baptist  Society 
incorporated. 

Power  to   acquire   property. 

Constitution  and  by-laws;  meet- 
ings. 


Section 

4.  First  meeting;    organization. 

5.  Reservation  clause;    takes  effect  on 

passage ;     charter  fee  exempted. 


e  it  enacted  hy   the  Seriate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


ST'^fiftist  So       Section  1.     That  Fred  A.  Giles,  Albert  E.  Carter,  Wilbur  C. 

ciety  incorpo-  Joncs,  James  B.  Hayes,  Horace  H.  Smith,  Lizzie  M.  Carter  and 
Emma  I.  Giles,  all  of  Farmington  in  the  county  of  Strafford,  and 
associate  members  of  the  First  Freewill  Baptist  Society  of  said 
Farmington,  an  unincorporated  religious  body  organized  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1854,  as  an  auxiliary  and  subsidiary  body  of  the 
First  Freewill  Baptist  Church  of  said  Farmington,  and  their  asso- 
ciate members  of  said  society,  and  their  successors,  shall  be  and 
are  hereby  made  a  body  politic  and  corporate,  as  a  religious  society, 
by  the  name  of  the  First  Baptist  Society  of  Farmington,  and  said 
First  Freewill  Baptist  Church  is  authorized  to  amend  its  by-laws 
and  change  its  name  in  harmony  herewith,  and  said  corporation 
shall  have  and  enjoy  all  the  privileges  and  powers,  and  be  subject 
to  all  the  duties  and  liabilities  incident  to  corporations  of  a  similar 
nature ;  and  said  unincorporated  association  shall  be  merged  in  the 
corporation  hereby  created,  which  shall  assume  all  duties  and  liabili- 
ties, and  be  vested  with  all  material  benefits  and  interests  of  every 
name  and  nature,  both  in  enjoyment  and  in  expectancy,  now  im- 
posed upon  or  enjoyed  by  said  unincorporated  association. 

Sect.  2.  Said  corporation  may  acquire  by  purchase  or  other- 
wise real  and  personal  estate  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  and  may  receive  and  hold  gifts,  donations  or  be- 
quests, absolutely  or  in  trust,  as  they  may  be  made,  for  the  benefit 
of  said  corporation,  and  may  convey  and  transmit  the  same  in 


Power    to    acquire 
property. 


1921" 


Chapter  264. 


387 


accordance  with  the  law  relating  to  such  property,  owned  or  held 
by  church  societies  or  corporations. 

Sect.  3.     Said  corporation  may  adopt  regulations  for  its  gov- ?oi*stiiution  and 

,    .       ,,        p  J,  j_-/  ,■  IT  T       1  .       by-laws;     meet- 

ernment  m  the  lorm  oi  a  constitution  or  by-laws  or  both,  not  m-  mgs. 
consistent  with  law,  and  may  provide  for  their  alteration  or  amend- 
ment;  and  the  annual  and  all  special  meetings  of  the  corporation 
shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  places,  and  upon  such  notice,  as 
may  be  provided  by  the  by-laws  of  the  corporation. 

Sect.  4.  Two  or  more  of  the  corporators  herein  named  may  First  meeting; 
call  the  first  meeting  of  the  corporation  by  giving  notice  in  -^^.^•(-,o'^ea"'''at'o'i- 
ing  to  each  of  the  corporators  of  the  time  and  place  of  such  meet- 
ing or  by  leaving  the  same  at  his  last  and  usual  place  of  abode, 
and  by  posting  attested  copies  thereof  at  the  place  of  meeting,  and 
at  one  or  more  public  places  in  said  Farmington,  at  least  seven 
days  before  the  day  of  the  meeting;  and  at  said  meeting  or  any 
adjourned  meeting  thereof,  associates  may  be  admitted,  all  proper 
officers  chosen,  and  such  by-laws  and  regulations  adopted  as  may 
be  deemed  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  purposes  of  said 
corporation. 

Sect.  5.     This  act  may  be  altered,  amended  or  repealed  when-  Reservation 

1  IT  T  •  T     T  •  1     n       1         «.  •      clause:     takes    e£- 

ever  the  public  good  requires,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  feet  on  passage; 
passage,  and  the  corporation  hereby  created  is  exempt  from  the  empted. 
payment  of  any  fees  to  the  state  on  account  of  its  charter  or  other- 
wise. 

[Approved  April  8,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  264. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  LAYING  OUT  OP  HIGHWAYS  IN  THE  TOW^N  OF 
GOFFSTOWN. 


Section 

1.  Goffstown :    plan  of  division  of  land 

into  lots  proposed  to  be  sold  shall 
be  submitted  to  selectmen  for  ap- 
proval;    vchat  plan   shall   contain. 

2.  No    work    to    be    done   on    proposed 

highway   until   plan   submitted. 


Section 

3.  No    highway    to    be    laid    out    until 

approval  of  plan. 

4.  Appeal  from  refusal  to  lay  out. 

5.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  proposing  to  cut  ^^o^^town :    plan 
ap  into  lots  any  tract  of  land  in  the  town  of  Goffstown,  for  the  land  into  lots 
purpose  of  selling  the  same  either  publicly  or  privately,  shall  be- fo'i'd"Sl'aii  be  sub- 


388  Chapter  264.  [1921 

Sen^for''a?"''     ^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^®  prepare  and  submit  a  plan  of  said  tract  of  land  to 
provai;    what       the  Selectmen  of  said  town.    Such  plan  shall  plainly  show  the  num- 

plan  shall  contain.  ,  .  ^,  .  ,.,,  f,  . 

ber,  size,  and  location  of  the  lots,  the  location  and  width  of  all  pro- 
posed higliways,  and  tlie  location  of  the  tract  of  land  with  refer- 
ence to  an  existing  highway.  The  location  of  said  tract  of  land 
shall  also  be  plainly  marked  on  the  ground  with  suitable  stakes.  If 
the  plan  shall  meet  with  the  approval  of  said  selectmen,  it  shall 
be  their  duty  to  plainly  mark  the  plan  "Approved,"  so  that  in- 
tending purchasers  of  lots  shall  have  knowledge  of  approval.  In 
ease  said  selectmen  shall  disapprove'  of  the  proposed  plan,  they 
shall  mark  said  plan  "Disapproved,"  and  shall  within  ten  days 
after  said  plan  is  submitted  file  a  statement  of  the  reasons  of  such 
disapproval  with  the  town  clerk,  and  shall  transmit  a  like  statement 
to  the  owner  of  the  land  and  shall  inform  the  owner  what  their 
requirements  will  be  as  to  the  location  and  width  of  highways.  In 
such  case  the  owner  shall  submit  a  new  plan  in  accordance  with 
the  requirements  of  said  selectmen,  as  thus  set  forth,  which  they 
shall  mark  "Approved"  as  hereinbefore  provided. 
d^TnJ^on^  ^ro^osed  Sect.  2.  No  labor  shall  be  performed  upon  any  proposed  high- 
^Ifll'^^Jv™"!!',,  ^""^^y  mentioned  in  section  1,  either  grading,  excavating,  filling  or 
construction  of  gutters,  culverts  or  water  courses  whereby  the 
natural  flow  or  drainage  of  the  water  will  be  turned  or  diverted 
from  its  common  course,  or  whereby  any  existing  highway  will  be 
injured  by  the  construction  of  any  proposed  highway  leading 
thereto,  by  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  proposing  to  cut  up 
into  lots  any  tract  of  land  in  the  town  of  Goffstown  for  the  purpose 
of  selling  the  same  either  publicly  or  privately  until  said  persons, 
firms  or  corporations  have  prepared  and  submitted  a  plan  of  said 
highways  the  same  as  for  the  sale  of  land  in  section  1. 
No  highway  to  be  Sect.  3.  No  such  liigliway  shall  be  laid  out  by  the  selectmen 
p^rovaTof  plan.  of  Said  Goffstowu  Until  sucli  plan  or  plans  have  been  submitted 
to  and  approved  by  them  as  provided  in  sections  1  and  2;  but  it 
shall  not  be  obligatory  upon  said  selectmen  to  lay  out  any  proposed 
highway  because  of  the  approval  of  any  such  plan  by  them  as  afore- 
said. 
Appeal  from  re-        Sect.  4.     In  casc  the  Selectmen  refuse  to  av-eopt  and  lay  out 

fusal  to  lay  out.  ^  ,  ,  ,  .  ,     . 

any  such  highway,  appeal  may  be  taken  to  the  superior  court  m 
the  same  manner  as  now  provided  by  law  in  the  laying  out  of  high- 
ways. 
Takes  effect  on         ^^qt.  5.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

pESS3>g6« 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


plan    submitted. 


1921] 


Chapters  265,  266. 


389. 


CHAPTER  265. 

AN  ACT  TO  ENABLE  THE  CITY  OF  NASHUA  TO  ERECT  A  STATUE  TO  THE 
MEMORY  OF  GENERAL  JOHN  G.  FOSTER. 


Skction 

1.     Nashua    authorized    to    erect    statue 
to  Gen.  Foster. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate  and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     Amend  chapter   360,  section  1,  Laws  of  1913  by  Nashua  author- 
striking  out  the  word  "one"  in  line  two  and  inserting  in  place stafue^tr^Gen,. 
thereof  the  word  six  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  ^°^*®^- 
follows:    Section  1.     The  city  of  Nashua  is  hereby  authorized  to 
raise  and  appropriate  a  sum  of  money  not  to  exceed  six  thousand 
dollars  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  statue  to  the  memory  of 
Major-General  John  G.  Foster. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


Takes   effect  on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  266. 


an  act  to  AUTHORIZE  THE  CITY  OF  NASHUA  TO  ISSUE  BONDS. 


Nashua  authorized  to  issue  bonds 
to  fund  indebtedness  of  board  of 
education. 


iCTIOX 

2.     Takes  effe;t 


Be  it  enacted   hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General   Court   convened: 


Section  1.     The  city  of  Nashua  is  hereby  authorized,  for  the  Nashua  author- 
purpose    of    funding    its    outstanding    and    floating    indebtedness  bo''nds°tJf^fund  ii 
existing  on  December  31,  1920,  in  the  board  of  education  of  said  ^^^*/^^°  f^^g^^^^^. 
city,  and  not  incurred  thereafter,  as  said  indebtedness  has  beention. 
determined  by  said  city  by  its  financial  statement  of  said  date,  to 
raise,  appropriate,  and  borrow  money  to  an  aggregate  amount  of 
fourteen  thousand  dollars  and  to  issue  its  bonds  therefor  on  the 
credit  of  the  city.    Said  issue  of  bonds  is  to  be  in  addition  to  bonds 
already  issued  on  or  before  December  31,  1920,  and  then  outstand- 
ing, and  shall  not  exceed  the  said  amount  of  fourteen  thousand 


390 


Chapter    2G7. 


1921 


Takes   effect  on 
passage. 


dollars,  and  in  no  event  shall  exceed  said  outstanding  and  floating 
indebtedness  as  the  same  is  determined  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  be 
signed  by  the  mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  treasurer  of  the 
city,  and  shall  have  the  city  seal.  Said  issue  of  bonds  shall  be  due 
and  payable  at  such  time,  not  more  than  twenty  years  from  their 
date  of  issue,  and  in  such  amounts  and  in  such  manner,  either 
serially  or  as  a  sinking  fund  issue,  as  the  board  of  aldermen  of 
said  city  may  determine,  at  a  rate  of  interest  to  be  fixed  by  said 
board,  not  exceeding  five  per  centum  per  annum.  All  bonds  issued 
by  virtue  of  this  act  and  signed  and  sealed  as  herein  provided 
shall,  in  favor  of  bona  fide,  holders,  be  conclusively  presumed  to 
have  been  duly  and  regularly  authorized  and  issued  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  herein  contained;  and  no  holder  thereof  shall 
be  obliged  to  see  to  the  existence  of  the  purpose  of  the  issue,  or  to 
the  regularity  of  any  of  the  proceedings  by  virtue  of  which  said 
bonds  are  issued,  or  to  the  application  of  the  proceeds  of  such  issue. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  267. 

AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OP  THE  TOWN  OP  PETER- 
BOROUGH TO  EXCEED  ITS  LIMITS  OP  BONDED  INDEBTEDNESS  AS  PIXED 
BY  CHAPTER  129  OF  THE  LAWS  OP  1917. 


Section 

1.  Peterborough  school  district  author- 
ized to  exceed  present  limit  of 
bonded  indebtedness. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted  hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General    Court   convened: 


Peterborough 
school   district   au- 
thorized  to    ex- 
ceed present 
limit    of    bonded 
indebtedness. 


Takes   effect  on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  school  district  of  the  town  of  Peterborough  is 
'hereby  authorized  to  incur  indebtedness  in  an  amount  not  to  ex- 
ceed twenty-five  thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  the  construc- 
tion and  equipment  of  school  buildings,  in  addition  to  the  amount 
already  authorized  by  the  provision  of  chapter  129,  Laws  of  1917. 

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


[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapters     268,  269. 
CHAPTER  268. 


391 


AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  NORTH  WOODSTOCK  VILLAGE  FIRE  PRECINCT 
TO  HOLD  A  MEETING  APRIL  13,   1921. 


Section 

1.  Narth  Woodsto-k  Village  Fire  Pre- 
cinct meeting  on  April  13,  1921, 
authorized. 


Section 

2.     Takes  eflfect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  mi 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     The   North   Woodstock    Village    Fire    Precinct    is  North  Wood- 
hereby  authorized  to  hold  a  meeting  April  13,  1921,  at  which  all  mrf  PrSct 
business  may  legally  be  transacted  which  might  otherwise  have  "g^"' i"g"2i°'^anthor- 
been  transacted  at  an  annual  meeting  in  March,  1921.  j^^ed. 


Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


Takes   eflfect  on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  269. 

AN   ACT   TO  EXEMPT  FROM   TAXATION  PROPERTY   TO  BE  USED  FOR  FUR- 
NISHING ELECTRIC  LIGHTS  IN  THE  TOWN  OF  ANDOVER. 


Section 

1.  Andover  authorized  to  exempt  from 
taxation  property  used  to  furnish 
electric  lighting. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
Ge7ieral    Court    convened: 

Section  1.     The  town  of  Andover  is  hereby  authorized  at  any  Andover  anthor- 
annual  or  special  town  meeting  to  be  held  before  January  1,  1923,  iro^  **ta.xati^n' 
to  exempt  from  local  taxation  for  a  period  not  exceeding  ten  years  SYh^'eieSc*'' 
such  real  or  personal  property  within  said  town  as  may  be  used  lighting. 
by  any  person  or  corporation  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  elec- 
tric lights  to  the  inhabitants  of  said  town. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  Takes  effect  on 

passage. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


392 


Chapters  270,  271. 
CHAPTER  270. 


[1921 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  161,  LAWS  OF  1881,  RELATING  TO  THE  NEW- 
HAMPSHIRE  veterans'  ASSOCIATION. 


5ECTI0X 

1.  New  Hampshire  Veterans'  Associa- 
tion authorized  to  acquire  prop- 
erty,   etc. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


New  Hampshire 
Veterans'  Asso- 
ciation author- 
ized to  acquire 
property,  etc. 


Takes   effect  on 
passage. 


Be  it   enacted   by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  2  of  chapter  161,  Laws  of  1881, 
by  striking  out  the  word  "ten"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the 
word  thirty,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows: 
Sect.  2.  Said  corporation  may  purchase,  take,  and  hold  by  deed, 
lease,  gift,  devise,  or  otherwise,  real  and  personal  estate  for  the 
purposes  of  said  corporation  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  thirty 
thousand  dollars,  and  may  improve,  use,  sell,  lease,  and  convey, 
or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  same,  at  pleasure. 

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

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  271. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  17  OF  CHAPTER  241,  LAWS  OF  1893,  AS 
AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  316  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  1917  RELATING  TO  THE 
CITY  OF  LACONIA. 


Section 

1.      Salary    of    city    clerk    of    Laconia    to 
be  $1,500. 


■ECTION 

2.      Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Salary  of  city 
clerk   of   Laconia 
to   be   $1,500. 


Section  1.  Amend  section  17  of  said  chapter  as  amended  by 
chapter  316  of  the  Laws  of  1917  as  follows:  Strike  out  the  word 
"nine"  in  the  last  full  line,  and  insert  in  the  place  thereof  the 
word  fifteen,  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows : 
Sect.  17.  The  mayor  and  council  shall,  at  their  first  meeting  May 
3,  1893,  and  thereafter  annually,  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  March, 


1921] 


Chapter    272. 


393 


meet  for  the  purpose  of  taking  their  respective  oaths,  and  shall 
elect  a  city  clerk,  who  shall  be  clerk  of  the  city  council  and  have  a 
salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


CHAPTER  272. 

AN  ACT  TO  LEGALIZE  THE  VOTE  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  KINGSTON  AT  A  MEET- 
ING HELD  ON  THE  EIGHTH  DAY  OF  MARCH,  1921,  EXEMPTING  CERTAIN 
PROPERTY  OF  THE  GRANITE  SHOE  COMPANY  AND  PENTUCKET  SHOE 
COIUPANY  FROM  TAXATION. 


Sectiox 

1.     Vote  of  Kingston  exempting  certain 
property    from    taxation    legalized. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect 


Be  it  enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     That  the  action  of  the  town  of  Kingston,  at  the^°*«  «?  ^i^sst^n 

*=  '  exempting    certain 

annual  meeting  held  in  said  town  on  the  eighth  day  of  March,  1921,  property  from 
whereby  said  town  voted  to  exempt  from  taxation  the  stock  inized.'°° 
trade  and  machinery  of  the  Granite  Shoe  Company  and  the  Pen- 
tucket  Shoe  Company  for  five  years,  be  and  hereby  is  ratified, 
legalized  and  confirmed,  and  the  stock  in  trade  and  machinery  of 
said  companies  shall  be  and  hereby  are  exempted  from  all  taxation 
except  the  state  and  county  tax,  for  the  term  of  five  years  as  speci- 
fied in  said  vote. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  Takes  effect  on 

passage. 

after  its  passage. 


Approved  April  12,  1921.] 


394 


Chapter  273. 


1921 


CHAPTER  273. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  AN  ACT  TO  ESTABLISH  A  DEPARTMENT  OF  HIGHWAYS 
FOR  THE  CITY  OF  MANCHESTER  APPROVED  JANUARY  27,  1921.* 


Section 

1.  Commissioners      of      highways      for 

Manchester  to  be  appointed  by 
governor  and  council. 

2.  Surveyor    to    have    charge    of    high- 

ways etc.;  his  expenditure  of 
money  to  be  with  approval  of 
mayor  and  finance  commission. 


Section 

3.  Amendment. 

4.  Repealing    clause;     takes    effect    on 

passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Opmmissioners  of  SECTION  1.  Amend  section  2  of  an  act  to  establish  a  depart- 
MfndTelter'' Jo  be  meiit  of  highways  for  the  city  of  Manchester  approved  January  27, 
Sr"and  coufciT!  J-921  by  striking  out  all  of  said  section  following  the  words  "their 
appointment"  in  line  6  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  following:  and  in  the  month  of  January,  1922,  the 
governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  shall  appoint 
three  citizens  of  Manchester  who  shall  be  commissioners  of  high- 
ways, one  of  whom  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  one  year,  one  for 
two  years,  and  one  for  three  years  from  the  date  of  the  expiration 
of  the  term  of  the  highway  commissioners  first  appointed  and  an- 
nually thereafter  in  the  month  of  January  the  board  of  aldermen 
of  Manchester  shall  elect  one  commissioner  who  shall  take  the  place 
of  the  one  whose  term  expires  and  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term 
of  three  years.  Said  commissioners  shall  be  paid  a  salary  of  two 
hundred  dollars  per  year  in  full  for  all  services  rendered  except 
the  chairman  who  shall  be  paid  a  salary  of  two  hundred  fifty  dol- 
lars per  year  in  full  for  all  services  rendered.  No  member  of  the 
present  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  shall  be  appointed  to  the 
board  of  commissioners,  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows: 
Sect.  2.  A  department  of  highways  for  the  city  of  Manchester 
is  hereby  established  and  upon  the  passage  of  this  act  the  gov- 
ernor, with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  shall  appoint 
three  citizens  of  Manchester  who  shall  be  commissioners  of  high- 
ways and  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the 
date  of  their  appointment ;  and  in  the  month  of  January,  1922,  the 
governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  council,  shall  appoint 
three  citizens  of  Manchester  who  shall  be  commissioners  of  high- 
ways, one  of  whom  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  one  year,  one  for 
two  years,  and  one  for  three  years  from  the  date  of  the  expiration 
of  the  term  of  the  highway  commissioners  first  appointed,  and  an- 


"^See   ante,    chapter   202. 


1921 1  Chapter    273.  395 

nually  thereafter  in  the  month  of  January  the  board  of  aldermen 
of  Manchester  shall  elect  one  commissioner  who  shall  take  the  place 
of  the  one  whose  term  expires  and  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term 
of  three  years.  Said  commissioners  shall  be  paid  a  salary  of  two 
hundred  dollars  per  year  in  full  for  all  services  rendered  except 
the  chairman  who  shall  be  paid  a  salary  of  two  hundred  fifty  dol- 
lars per  year  in  full  for  all  services  rendered.  No  member  of  the 
present  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  shall  be  appointed  to  the 
board  of  commissioners. 

Sect.  2.     Amend  section  5  of  said  act  by  striking  out  the  words  surveyor  to  have 

...  .  charge   of  high- 

"the  mayor"  in  line  9  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place  ways,  etc.;  his 
thereof  the  words  "the  finance  commission"  so  that  said  section  money  to  be  with 
as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Sect.  5.  The  surveyor  shall ^HXlncl '°^'^" 
have  full  charge,  supervision,  management  and  control  of  the '^°'^™^^^^°°' 
building,  constructing,  repairing  and  maintaining  of  all  highways 
and  sewers,  the  developing,  improving,  and  maintaining  of  city 
yards,  and  the  maintaining  and  carrying  on  of  street  cleaning ;  he 
shall  have  the  expenditure  of  all  appropriations  w'hich  the  board 
of  mayor  and  aldermen  shall  from  year  to  year  vote  for  such  pur- 
poses (with  the  approval  of  the  commissioners  and  the  finance  com- 
mission) and  all  bills  and  pay  rolls  for  expenditures  from  the  ap- 
propriations voted  from  year  to  year  by  said  board  of  mayor  and 
aldermen  for  such  purposes  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  surveyor 
and  approved  by  the  commissioners  before  the  same  are  paid  by 
the  city  treasurer.  The  surveyor  shall  have  authority  and  power 
to  regulate  the  traffic  and  travel  upon,  the  placing  of  encumbrances 
in,  and  the  opening  and  excavating  in  the  highways  of  said  city; 
he  shall  further  have  the  power  to  regulate  the  construction  and 
maintenance  in,  over,  under  and  along  the  highways  of  said  city 
of  all  wires,  pipes,  poles  and  all  other  structures  (excepting  elec- 
tric signs)  and  including  the  moving  of  buildings  belonging  to 
individuals,  firms,  corporations,  or  public  utilities,  which  are  per- 
mitted by  vote  of  the  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  to  be  placed  in, 
over,  under,  along  or  moved  through  said  highways ;  he  shall  have 
the  power  to  remove  an(y  tree  in  any  highway  if  in  his  judgment 
it  is  necessary  in  the  construction  or  maintenance  of  said  highway. 
No  individual,  firm,  corporation  or  public  utility  shall  open  or 
excavate  any  highway  unless  first  having  obtained  a  permit  therefor 
from  the  department.  The  surveyor  is  hereby  authorized  to  pro- 
vide for  the  furnishing  and  delivering  of  supplies  and  the  per- 
formance of  any  work  contemplated  in  this  act  by  contract,  and 
in  so  doing  to  call  for  proposals  for  furnishing  and  delivering  such 
supplies  or  doing  such  work  and  to  make  a  contract  therefor  in  the 
name  and  behalf  of  said  city  {provided  such  contract  shall  first  be 
approved  by  the  commissioners)  and  the  party  to  whom  the  con- 
tract is  awarded  shall  furnish  proper  surety  for  the  faithful  per- 


396  Chapter   273.  [1921 

formance  of  said  contract  provided  however,  that  in  the  employ- 
ment of  labor,  citizens  of  Manchester  shall  be  given  preference,  and 
in  making  of  contracts  such  preference  shall  be  stipulated  for 
when  practicable;  said  surveyor  shall  annually  on  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  January  prepare  and  transmit  to  the  commission- 
ers and  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  an  estimate  of  the  appro- 
priation required  for  the  maintenance  of  city  yards  and  street 
cleaning,  for  the  construction,  repairing  and  maintaining  of  high- 
ways and  sewers  in  said  city  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  he  shall 
make  a  report  to  said  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  of  the  doings 
of  the  department  for  the  year  ending  with  the  December  draft 
of  each  year.  The  surveyor  shall  with  the  advice  and  consent  ot 
the  commissioners  have  full  charge  and  control  of  the  engineer's 
department  and  shall  have  in  charge  the  performance  of  all  duties 
heretofore  pertaining  to  the  office  of  an  engineer ;  he  may  appoint 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  commissioners  one  competent 
person  to  act  as  superintendent  of  highways,  one  competent  person 
to  act  asi  superintendent  of  sewers  and  one  competent  person  to 
act  as  superintendent  of  street  cleaning ;  he  shall  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  commissioners  establish  a  schedule  of  grades  or 
relative  positions  to  include  all  superintendents,  subordinate  officers, 
agents,  clerks  and  all  other  persons  who  are  employed  or  may  be 
employed  in  carrying  on  the  work  contemplated  under  this  act, 
and  he  shall  for  the  carrying  out  of  the  purposes  of  this  act  have 
all  the  powers  now  by  law  vested  in  the  board  of  public  works,  or 
department  of  public  works  and  the  various  city  departments  and 
officials  of  said  city  now  having  control  of  the  matters  covered  by 
this  act,  and  he  shall  have  the  authority  to  appoint  or  hire,  to 
dismiss  or  dischairge  such  superintendents,  suljordinate  officers, 
agents,  clerks  and  other  persons  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 
Amendment.  Sect.  3.     Amend  scctiou  7  of  said  act  by  striking  out  all  of  said 

section  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  following :   Sect.  7.     All 
acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed 
and  this  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 
Repealing  clause;      Sect.  4.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
passage.  are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  13,  1921.] 


1921] 


Chapter    274. 
CHAPTER  274. 


397 


AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  MANCHESTER  MORRIS  PLAN  BANK. 


Section 

1.  Manchestei-    Morris    Plan    Bank 

corporated. 

2.  Object  of  corporation. 

3.  Capital  stock. 

4.  Bank  building. 


Section 

5.  Directors   and    stockholders. 

6.  Supervision  of  bank  commissioners. 

7.  First   meeting. 

8.  Reservation   clause;     takes   effect  on 

passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   ayid  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     That  Harry  L.  Additon,  Frank  P.  Carpenter,  Har- Manchester  Mor- 
old  A.  Holbrook,  Arthur  B.  Jenks,  Joseph  E.  Mooney,  Albert  J.  [ncorpo?atedT 
Precourt,  Andrew  J.   Sawyer,   Hovey  E.   Slayton,   Joseph   Quirin 
and  Wm.  Parker  Straw  and  their  associates,  successors  and  assigns, 
are  hereby  made  a  body  politic  and  corporate  under  the  name  of 
Manchester  Morris  Plan  Bank  to  be  located  at  Manchester. 

Sect.  2.  The  objects  for  which  this  corporation  is  established  ^^l^"^  °^  corpora- 
are  to  carry  on  and  transact  a  general  loan  business  in  aid  of  per- 
sons of  limited  means ;  to  loan  money  at  interest  not  to  exceed  the 
legal  rate  upon  property  and  securities  real  and  personal ;  to  issue 
interest-bearing  certificates  payable  in  installments  or  otherwise; 
and  to  carry  on  business  in  accordance  with  the  Morris  Plan.  Said 
corporation  shall  not  accept  savings  or  business  deposits. 

Sect.  3.     The  capital  stock  shall  be  seventy-five  thousand  dol- Capital  stock, 
lars  with  power  to  increase  same  at  pleasure  to  a  sum  not  exceed- 
ing two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Sect.  4.     Said  corporation  may  expend  in  the  purchase,   con-^^°^'  ^ii'i<i'os- 
struction  and  remodeling  of  any  building  and  the  construction  of 
vaults  for  the  purpose,  in  whole  or  in  part,  of  accommodating  the 
business  of  said  corporation,  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  thousand 
dollars  except  it  is  authorized  so  to  do  by  the  bank  commissioners. 

Sect.  5.     All  the  directors  of  said  corporation  and  a  majority  Directors  and 
of  its  stockholders  shall  be  residents  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire.  ^"° 
Whenever  all  of  the  directors  and  a  majority  of  the  stockholders 
shall  not  be  residents  of  New  Hampshire  said  corporation  shall  be 
dissolved. 


Sect. 


Said  corporation  shall  be  under  the  supervision   of  ^^^^t'^gji^mmis-''^ 


the  bank  commissioners  and  shall  be  taxed  as  savings  banks  and  sioners. 
trust  companies  are  taxed. 

Sect.  7.     Any  three  of  the  five  grantees  first  named  may  call  ^''■^*  "^^^*'°^- 
the  first  meeting  of  the  corporation  by  notice  in  writing  to  each 
granl^ee,  or  by  one  publication  in  some  newspaper  printed  in  Man- 
chester, at  least  one  week  before  the  the  day  of  meeting. 


398  Chapter  275.  [1921 

Reservation  Sect.  8.     This  act  may  be  altered,  amended,  or  repealed  when- 

fecTon  pasSe.^*"  ^ver  the  public  good  may  require,  and  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  275. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  346,  LAWS  OF  1913,  "AN  ACT  AU- 
THORIZING THE  CITY  OF  MANCHESTER  TO  PROVIDE  PENSIONS  FOR 
FIREMEN." 


Section 

1.      Pensions    to    firemen    of    Mancliester 
authorized. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on 


Be   it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Rppro-eutatives   in 
General   Court  convened: 

Pensions  to  fire-        SECTION  1.     Sectiou  1  of  chapter  346  of  the  session  Laws  of  1913 
ter  authoriz^ed*!  "^  IS  hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the  word  "member"  in  the 
eighth  line  of  said  section  the  following:   or  the  widow  of  a  mem- 
ber dying  from  injuries  received  while  engaged  in  the  actual  per- 
formance of  his  duties  at  a  fire. 

Further  amend  said  section  by  inserting  after  the  word  "grant- 
ed" in  the  ninth  line  of  said  section  the  words  to  a  retired  member, 
so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Section  1. 
The  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Manchester  may, 
at  the  request  of  the  chief  engineer  or  of  the  board  of  engineers,  re- 
tire from  active  service  any  member  of  the  fire  department  who 
has  performed  faithful  service  in  the  department  for  a  period  of 
twenty  consecutive  years,  exclusive  of  any  service  as  call  man ;  or 
any  member  of  the  department  who  has  been  disabled  while  in 
the  actual  performance  of  duty ;  and  may  grant  a  pension  to  such 
retired  member  or  the  widow  of  a  member  dying  from  injuries  re- 
ceived while  engaged  in  the  actual  performance  of  his  duties  at  a 
fire,  for  the  period  not  exceeding  one  year  at  a  time.  Before  a 
pension  is  granted  to  a  retired  member  the  city  physician  shall 
certify  to  the  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  that  such  retired  mem- 
ber is  incapacitated  either  mentally  or  physically  from  performing 
his  duty  as  a  member  of  the  department. 
Take^s^^effect  on         Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


1921 


Chapter    276. 


399 


CHAPTER  276. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  CHAPTER  418,  LAWS  OF  1913,  RELATING  TO  PENSION- 
ING OF  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HIGHWAYS  OF  THE  CITY 
OF  MANCHESTER. 


Section 

1.  Pensions  to  employees  of  Manches- 
ter department  of  highways  au- 
thorized. 


Section 

2.  Appropriation 

men  authorized. 

3.  Takes  effect  on  passage. 


board    of    alder- 


Be   it   enacted   h\j   tlic   Senate   and   House    of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  Amend  section  1,  chapter  418,  Laws  of  1913,  byPensions  to  em- 
striking  out  the  word  ' '  seventy ' '  in  the  seventh  line  of  said  section  Chester  depart- 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  sixty.  Further  amend  said  ruthor^ed.'^  ^*^' 
section  by  striking  out  the  words  "board  of  public  works"  wherever 
they  occur  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  department  of 
highways.  Further  amend  said  section  by  striking  out  the  word 
"board"  in  the  fifth  line  of  said  section  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word  department.  Further  amend  said  section  by 
striking  out  the  word  "fifteen"  in  the  seventh  line  of  said  section 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  word  thirty  so  that  said  section 
as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  Section  1.  The  department 
of  highways  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  by  the  affirmative  vote  of 
all  the  members,  may  at  his  own  request  or  at  the  request  of  the 
mayor  of  said  city,  retire  from  service  for  one  year,  any  employee 
of  the  department  of  highways,  who  in  the  judgment  of  said  de- 
partment has  become  disabled  for  useful  service  while  in  the  actual 
performance  of  duty ;  or  any  employee  who  has  reached  the  age 
of  sixty  years  and  has  had  thirty  consecutive  years'  service;  and 
may  grant  a  pension  to  such  retired  employee  for  a  period  not  ex- 
ceeding one  year  at  a  time.  No  such  employee  shall  be  granted  a 
pension  unless  it  shall  be  certified  to  the  department  of  highways 
in  writing  by  the  city  physician,  that  such  employee  is  permanently 
incapacitated  physically  from  performing  his  duty  as  an  employee 
of  the  department.  Consecutive  years  under  the  terms  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  not  be  interpreted  to  disqualify  those  candidates  for 
pensions  who  may  have  been  laid  off  temporarily  from  work  by  the 
department  of  highways  from  time  to  time. 

Sect.  2.     Amend  section  4  by  striking  out  the  words  "  common  Appropriation  by 
council"  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  board  of  alder- men*^authortzed. 
men,  so  that  said  section  4  shall  read  as  follows:    Sect.  4.     The 
board  of  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Manchester  may  from  time  to 
time  appropriate  sufficient  money  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 


400 

Takes   effect   on 


Chapter   277. 


[1921 


Sect.  3.     All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  etfect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  277. 


AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  THE  CITY  OF  MANCHESTER  TO  PROVIDE  PENSIONS 
FOR  SCHOOL  TEACHERS. 


SECTION 

1.  Pensions      to      school     teachers 

Manchester   authorized. 

2.  Limitation   as  to   amount. 


Section 

3.  Annual  budget. 

4.  Pensions  to  he  paid  quarterly. 

5.  Talies  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it   enacted   hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 


Pensions  to  school 
teachers   of  Man- 
chester  author- 
ized. 


Limitation  as  to 
amount. 


Annual  budget. 


Pensions  to  be 
paid   quarterly. 


Takes   effect   on 
passage. 


Section  1.  The  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  of  the  city  of 
Manchester  may,  at  the  request  of  the  superintendent  of  schools 
and  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  school  board  actually  voting 
in  favor  thereof,  retire  from  active  service  any  teacher  of  the  public 
schools  who  has  performed  faithful  service  as  a  teacher  in  said 
Manchester  for  a  period  of  at  least  thirty  consecutive  years,  and 
may  grant  a  pension  to  such  retired  teacher  for  a  period  not  ex- 
ceeding one  year  at  a  time. 

Sect.  2.  No  pension  granted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  the  foregoing  section  shall  exceed  in  amount  one-half  the  annual 
salary  or  compensation  received  by  the  pensioner  during  the  year 
immediately  preceding  retirement. 

Sect.  3.  On  or  before  January  1,  1922,  and  annually  thereafter, 
the  school  board  of  said  city  of  Manchester  shall  submit  to  the 
board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  a  statement  of  the  sum  of  money 
needed  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sect.  4.  The  treasurer  of  said  city  of  Manchester  shall  be  au- 
thorized to  pay  quarterly  to  said  pensioner  the  sum  of  money  speci- 
fied by  the  school  board  of  the  city  of  Manchester. 

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

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapters  278,  279.  401 

CHAPTER  278. 

AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  CHAPTER  279,  LAWS  OF  1919  PROVIDING  FOB 
REST  FOR  MUNICIPAL  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  MANCHESTER. 

Section  2.     Enforcement  of  act. 

1.  Manchester  employees  to  be  allowed 
six  days'  vacation  annually  with 
pay. 

Be  it  enacted  iy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     Section  1,   chapter  279,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  Manchester  em- 
amended  by  striking^  out  all  of  said  section  and  substituting  there-  jowed'\ix°  days' 
for  the  following:  Section  1.     All  regular  employees  of  the  water ;^i^^*';°,,^°°'^*^ 
works,  public  works,  health,  buildings  and  parks,  commons  and  play- 
grounds departments  of  the  city  of  Manchester  shall,  during  June, 
July,  August  or  September,  be  allowed  six  days'  rest  in  each  year's 
employment  without  loss  of  pay. 

Sect.  2.     Section  2  of  said  chapter  is  hereby  amended  in  the  Enforcement  of 
first  line  by  substituting  the  word  heads  for  the  word  "  commission- '*"'■ 
ers,"  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows:   Sect.  2.     It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  heads  of  said  departments  to  see  to  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  279. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  INDEBTEDNESS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  MANCHESTER. 


Section 

1.  Indebtedness  of  Manchester 

limited. 

2.  Repeal  of  certain  session  laws. 


Section 

3.     Repealing   clause;     takes    effect    on 
passage. 


Be  it  enacted  ly   tlie   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  convened: 

_    Section  1.     The  city  of  Manchester  shall  not  become  indebted  indebted 
m  an  amount  exeeedmo-  five  per  cent,  of  the  last  preeedino-  valua-j^"""^ 
tion  for  the  assessment  of  taxes  on  the  polls  and  taxable  property  '"'*' 
therein.  x-     ^      ./ 


!ness   of 
ichester 


402 


Chapter  280. 


1921 


Repeal  of  certain 
session  laws. 


Repealing    clause ; 
takes  effect   on 


Sect.  2.  Section  1,  chapter  291,  Laws  of  1913,  as  amended  by 
section  1,  chapter  341,  Laws  of  1917,  repealed  by  section  10,  chap- 
ter 129,  Laws  of  1917,  and  further  amended  by  section  1,  chapter 
258,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sect.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage 


[Approved  April  14,  1921. 


CHAPTER  280. 

AN  ACT  AUTHORIZING  THE  TOWN  OF  FITZWILLIAM  TO  ACCEPT  THE  GIFT 
OF   GEORGE  B.   ELLIOT. 


Fitzwilliam  authorized  to  accept  gift 
of  George  B.  Elliot. 

Fund  how  to  be  held  and  invested 
by  trustees;  income  to  be  dis- 
tributed by  them. 


Section 

3.  Exemption  of  trust  from  the  act  as 

to  municipal  trust  funds. 

4.  Takes  effect   on   passage. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate   and  House   of  Bepyescniatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Fitzwilliam  au-  SECTION  1.     That  the  town  of  Fitzwilliam  is  hereby  authorized 

gift  of  George  B.  and  empowered  to  accept  the  gift  of  George  B.  Elliot  of  a  fund  of 

five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000)  on  the  terms  and  conditions  as  stated 

in  the  offer  of  said  George  B.  Elliot. 
Pund  how  to  be       Sect.  2.     That  Said  fund  and  any  accumulations  thereof  or  addi- 

held   and  invested      .  _  t      n   i       i     i  t      •  .     \  n    ,i        •  t    ,     -i  t    i 

by  trustees:  in-     tioiis  thereto  shall  be  held,  invested  and  the  income  distributed  by 
tr^uted  by  them,  the  trustces  named  in  said  offer  and  their  successors  to  be  chosen 

as  provided  in  said  offer. 
Exemption  of  Sect.  3.     That  the  provisions  of  chapter  162,  Laws  of  1915,  as 

&s\o  municipal"  amended  by  chapters  75  and  171,  Laws  of  1917,  and  chapter  ^&, 
trust  funds.  j^aws  of  1919,  entitled  ''An  Act  relating  to  trust  funds  held  by 

towns  and  cities,  "shall  not  apply  to  said  fund  or  its  accumulations. 
^Ssi e^^'^^  *""         Sect.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921. 


1921] 


Chapters  281,  282. 
CHAPTER  281. 


403 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  ISSUE  OP  BONDS  BY  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF 
THE  TOWN  OF  HAMPTON. 


Sectiox 

1.      Hampton    school    district    authorized 
to  borrow  $70,000. 


Section 

2.      Takes  effect 


Be  it  enacted  hy   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representative.^   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Section  1.     The  school 


district  of  the  town  of  Hampton  is  Sfct°"auttriL 


row  upon  the  credit  of  said  school  district,  a  sum  not  exceeding 
seventy  thousand  dollars,  for  the  erection  of  school  buildings,  and 
to  issue  bonds  or  notes  therefor  at  the  lowest  rate  of  interest  ob- 
tainable. 

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


$70,000. 


Takes   effect  on 
passage. 


[Approved  April  14,  1921. 


CHAPTER  282. 

AN  ACT  IN  amendment  OP  CHAPTER  241,  LAWS  OF  1893,  AND  REPEAL- 
ING CHAPTER  297,  LAWS  OF  1915,  RELATING  TO  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN 
THE  CITY  OP  LACONIA. 


1.     Laconia    school    district   constituted. 

2.  Board    of    education;     powers    and 

duties. 

3.  Board    of     education:      election     to 

membership;    vacancies  how  to  be 
filled. 


Bonds;     limitation   of   indebtednes 
takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be   it   enacted   hij   the   Senate   and   House   of   Representative^   in 
General   Court  convened: 


Section  1.     Amend  chapter  241,  Laws  of  1893,  by  inserting  after  |^?^°[J.^^  con'^stf-^ 
section  4,  the  following  section  to  be  numbered  section  5 :  Sect.  5.  tuted. 
Said  city  shall  constitute  one  school  district,  which  shall  be  called 
the  Laconia  School  District,  and  the  administration  of  all  fiscal  and 
prudential  affairs  of  said  school  district,  not  vested  in  the  board 
of  education  by  this  act,  shall  be  exercised  by  the  city  council. 


404  Chapter  282.  []921 

Board  of  educa-        Sect.  2.     Amend  section  20  of  said  chapter  241  by  striking  out 

tion;    powers  and  .         ,      ^  r»     i        <»  ii 

duties.  the  whole  of  said  section  and  nisertmg  m  place  thereof  the  follow- 

ing section:  Sect.  20.  The  general  management  and  control  of 
the  public  schools,  and  of  the  buildings  and  property  pertaining 
thereto,  shall  be  vested  in  a  board  of  education,  consisting 'of  six 
members,  two  to  be  elected  at  each  city  election  by  the  qualified 
voters  of  the  city,  to  serve  each  for  a  term  uf  three  years  and  until 
their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  The  members  of  the 
present  board  of  education  shall  continue  in  office  until  their  re- 
spective terms  expire,  or  until  their  successors  are  chosen  and  quali- 
fied. They  shall  have  the  power,  perform  all  the  duties,  and  be 
subject  to  the  liabilities  pertaining  to  school  boards  of  towns,  ex- 
cept as  otherwise  provided  by  this  act.  All  bills,  notes  and  demands 
made  or  contracted  for  school  purposes  shall  be  paid  from  the  city 
treasury.  They  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  city  council 
shall  determine. 
Board  of  ednca-  Sect.  3.  Nominations  for  members  of  the  board  of  education 
membersMp°'^  ta-  may  bc  made  by  political  parties  entitled  to  representation  on  the 
cancies  how  to  be  ^j^^y  election  ballot,  which  nominations  shall  be  made  in  the  same 
manner  as  nominations  for  mayor  are  made;  or  nominations  may 
be  made  by  petition  of  at  least  twenty-five  legal  voters  of  the  city 
addressed  to  the  city  clerk  and  delivered  to  him  not  less  than  seven 
days  preceding  the  election,  all  signatures  on  such  petitions  first 
having  been  certified  by  the  city  supervisors  as  the  genuine  signa- 
tures of  qualified  voters  of  the  city.  The  city  clerk  shall  cause  the 
names  of  all  persons  nominated  to  be  printed  on  the  city  election 
ballot  in  alphabetical  order  in  a  single  column  entitled,  For  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Education,  Vote  for  Two,  which  column  shall 
also  provide  space  for  writing  in  names  of  persons  not  nominated  as 
aforesaid.  The  two  persons  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes 
shall  be  declared  elected.  In  case  of  tie  vote,  except  for  the  high- 
est number,  the  board  of  education,  as  it  existed  the  day  preceding 
the  election,  shall  choose  from  the  candidates  involved  in  the  tie  by 
2najority  vote. 

Any  vacancies  occurring  on  the  board  of  education  shall  be  filled 
by  the  other  members  of  said  board  including  vacancies  caused  in 
1921  by  the  expiration  of  terms  of  office. 
Bonds;  limitation      SECTION  4.     The  provisions  of  chapter  43,  section  4,  Laws  of 
take"s  effect'^on'     1895,  and  any  amendments  thereto  shall  govern  the  issue  of  any 
passage.  bonds  issucd  for  school  purposes.     Chapter  297,  Laws  of  1915,  as 

amended  by  chapter  247,  Laws  of  1919,  is  hereby  repealed.  Said 
city  of  Laconia  and  said  Laconia  School  District  together  shall  not 
incur  debts  to  an  amount  exceeding  five  per  cent,  of  the  last  as- 
sessed valuation  of  said  city. 

This  act  .shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


1921]  Chapters  283,  284.  405 

CHAPTER  283. 

AN  ACT  TO  EXEMPT  PROM  TAXATION  THE  PROPERTY  OF  THE  SALVATION 
ARMY  OF  NASHUAj  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

Section   1.     Property    of    Salvation    Army    of  Nashua  exempted  from  taxation. 

Be   it   enacted  lij  the  Senate   and  House   of  Bepresentatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.  The  real  and  personal  property  now  held  by  the  Sal-  ^^Tiof  AnSy  o^f^^' 
vation  Army,  a  corporation  duly  established  by  law,  located  at  Na^ua^^exempted 
Nashua  in  the  county  of  Hillsborough  and  state  of  New  Hampshire, 
together  with  any  property  that  may  be  hereafter  acquired  by  said 
Salvation  Army  and  located  in  said  Nashua,  or  improvements 
thereon,  are  and  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation,  so  long  as  said 
property  is  used  for  the  purposes  of  the  Salvation  Army. 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


CHAPTER  284. 

AN  ACT  TO  LEGALIZE  CERTAIN  TOWN  MEETINGS. 

SfCTION  I     SKfTION 

1.     Town   meetings  in  Antrim,   Chester,  2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 

Derry,     Ossipee     and    Wentworth     i 
legalized.  | 

Be   it  enacted  hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 

Section  1.     That  the  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  town  meetings  Jown  meeUngs  in 
held  in  the  towns  of  Antrim,  Chester  and  Derry  on  the  eighth  day  Derry,"  Ossipee  * 
of  March,  1921,  in  the  town  of  Ossipee  on  the  twenty-third  day  of  ies\ii^t^^°^^^ 
March,  1920,  and  in  the  town  of  Wentworth  on  the  ninth  day  of 
March,  1920,  be  and  hereby  are  legalized,  ratified  and  confirmed. 

Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage.  Takes  effect  o> 

[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


406 


Chapter  285. 


1921 


CHAPTER  285. 

AN  ACT  LEGALIZING  THE  BIENNIAL  ELECTIONS  HELD  IN  CERTAIN  TOWNS 
ON  NOVEMBER  2,  1920. 


Section 

1.      Biennial   elections   of   Nov.   2,    1920, 
in  certain  towns  legalized. 


Section 

2.     Takes  effect  on  passage. 


Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Court  convened: 


Biennial  ?iect'ons  SECTION  1.  That  the  votes  aucl  proceedings  of  the  biennial  elec- 
in  certain ' towns '  tions  held  on  the  second  day  of  November,  1920,  in  the  towns  of 
ega  ize  .  Antrim,  Bridgewater,  Ashland,  Atkinson,  Bedford,  Dunbarton,  Ep- 

som, Groton,  Newcastle,  Newport,  Plaistow,  Plymouth,  Troy  and 
Warner  be  and  hereby  are  legalized,  ratified  and  confirmed. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  npon  its  passage. 


Takes  effect  on 


[Approved  April  14,  1921.] 


NDEX, 


INDEX 

TO 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  LAWS 

PASSED  JANUARY  SESSION,  1921. 


Accountants,  public,  registration  of 235 

Accounts,  municipal 65 

Adjutant-general,  appointment    of 191 

department   of,   appropriation    for 294,  300 

Administrator,  ancillary,  taxation  of  legacies  and  successions. .  83 
duty  as  to  transfer  tax  on  decedent's  estate. ...  75,  76 
may   petition   probate   court   for   abatement   of 

tax  on  legacies  and  successions 82 

Agriculture,  college  of,  appropriation   for    304,  313 

department   of,   appropriation   for 64,  294,  299 

Agriculture,  department    of,    bureau    of    animal    industry,    de- 
ficiency of  1921,  appropriation  for 64 

seeds,  sale  of,  regulated 101 

Aiken,  William  F.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 303 

Alexander,  Marion  G.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Allen,  John  H.,  act  authorizing  Cheshire  county  to  defray  his 

hospital    expenses 19 

Alpha  Delta  Phi  Society,  charter  amended 354 

American  Legion,  apartments  of  in  state  house 307 

exemption  of  property  of,  from  taxation ....  50 
Andover,  exemption  from  taxing  property  to  be  used  for  fur- 
nishing electric  lights  in  the  town 391 

Animals,  bounty  on  wild  cats 43 

domestic,   diseases   of 257 

predatory,  may  be  killed  when  reasonably  necessary  for 

protection   of  domestic   animals   and  fowls 40 

wilfully  selling,  or  letting  for  breeding  purposes  do- 
mestic animals  unfertile  or  infected  or  exposed  to 
infectious    or    contagious    disease    punishable    by 

fine    42 

Anniversary  of  settlement  of  New  Hampshire    309 

Antrim,  legalizing  biennial  elections  on  November  2,  1920 406 

town  meeting  legalized 405 

Appeals,  from  commissioners  of  insolvent  estates 21 

Apportionment  for  assessment  of  taxes 11,  288 

for  representatives    193 

409 


410  INDEX.  [1921 

Appropriation  for  bounties   295,  300 

bridges     284 

Connecticut  river  commission 319 

constitutional  convention,  expenses  of 302 

deficiencies  of   1921 63,  288,  315 

Eliot  toll  bridge  purchase 285 

New  Hampshire  Historical  Society 296,  301 

Old    Home   Week   Association 296,  301 

purchase  of  Eliot  bridge 285 

purchase  of  land  for  Industrial  School 312 

repair  of  Sugar  Loaf  Road  in  Alexandria.  .  .  310 

repair  of  Tibbetts  Hill  road  in  Brookfield. .  .  311 

Richmond,   town   of 308 

stream    flow    gauging    stations,    cooperation 

with  federal  government  in  establishing  314 

tuberculosis,  treatment   of 317 

tuberculous  children 293,  299 

Webster's  birthplace,  repair  of 310 

year  ending  Aug.  31,  1921  shall  not  be  avail- 
able after  June  30,  1921 64 

year   ending  June  30,  1922 291 

year  ending  June  30,  1923 296 

Appropriation  for  departments,  etc.,  of  the  state: 

adjutant-general's    department 294,  300 

agriculture,   department   of 64,  294,  299 

animal   industry,  bureau   of,   deficiency   1921  64 

attorney-general's    department 292,  298 

bank    commission    department 292,  297 

blue  sky  law  commissioner 292,  297 

charities  and  correction,  board  of 293,  299 

child   welfare   work 293,  299 

chiropractic     examiners,     compensation     and 

expenses  of,  board  of 275 

deaf,  dumb  and  blind,  support  and  educa- 
tion   of 64,  293,  299 

dental    board 295,  300 

departments  and  institutions,  appropriations 
for,  to  be  for  biennial  period  next  fol- 
lowing      290 

education,  state  board  of 293,  298,  315 

executive    department 64,  291,  297 

factory    inspection 293,  299 

firemen's  relief  fund 296,  301 

forestry    department 294,  300 

free   employment   bureau 294,  299 

G.  A.  R.  department     295,  300 

indexing  records  of 319 

health,  board  of,  department 294,  300 

highway  department    287,  295,  300 

for  year  ending  July  1, 
1923,  when  to  be 
available    287 


1921]  INDEX. 


411 


Appropriatinn  for  hospital,  state   64,  295,  301 

hospital,   state,  improvements 316 

indexing,   department   of,    salary 295,  300 

industrial    school 295,  301,  312 

insurance    department 292,  297 

interest    charges 295    301 

labor,  bureau  of 293    299 

laboratory  of  hygiene  department 294,  300 

law    reports 52 

legislature    293,  298 

library,   state 295,  301 

maturing    bonds 296,  301 

medical    referees 296    301 

military    organizations 296,  301 

motor  vehicles,  commissioner  of 296,  301 

New   Hampshire  College  of  Agriculture  and 

the    Mechanic    Arts 304,  313 

New    Hampshire   Veterans'   Association,    im- 
provements      308 

optometry,    board    of 295,  300 

pharmacy,  commission     228 

commission    department 295,  300 

prison,  maintenance  of,  state  prison. .  .295,  301,  311 

prisoners*    aid    association 296,  301 

probate  court,  judges'  salaries 293,  298 

prohibitory    law    department 292,  298 

public   library  commission 295,  301 

public   service  commission,  cooperation   with 
U.    S.    Geological    survey    as    to    stream 

gauging    stations 314 

public  service  commission  department 292,  297 

purchasing   agent's    department 292,  298 

register  of  the  blind 293,  299 

registers  of  probate  courts 293,  298 

sanatorium,    state 64,  295,  301,  316 

school   for   feeble-minded 64,  295,  301,  313 

secretary  of  state  department 291,  297 

soldiers'   home ;  .64,  295,  301 

state  house  department 64,  295,  300,  321 

superior   court 292,  298 

supreme  court 292,  298 

supreme  court  reports 52 

tax   commission    department 292,  297 

treasury    department 291,  297 

vital  statistics  department 294,  300 

weights  and  measures,  department  of 294,  299 

Appropriation  in  favor  of   Aiken,  William   F 303 

Alexander,  Marion  G 321 

Ayer,  Frank   M 320 

Benson,   Charles   B 321 

Bektash    Temple 321 

Buzzell,  Charles  W 320 


412  INDEX.  [1921 

Appropriation  in  favor  of  Callaghan,  Bessie  A 321 

Callahan,  Francis  J 303 

Callahan,  Francis  P 321 

Carey,  Bernard  W 321 

Gate,  Ralph  W 303 

Chase,  Bernard  B 321 

Chronicle  and  Gazette  Publishing  Co.  221 

Claremont  Daily  Eagle 321 

Golcord,  Wilbur  G 318 

Collins,  Frank  P 320 

Concord    Monitor 321 

Cousins,    Keith 321 

Daniels,  Joe  W.,  widow  of 310 

Dimond,  Melburn  J 303 

Edson  C.  Eastman  Co 321 

Farrell,  Clarence  W 321 

Flanders,  Alice  V 321 

Forsaith,  Clarence  S 321 

Foster  &  Company,  George  J 321 

Gallagher,  James  A.,  estate  of 304 

Gay,   Frank  D 321 

Goodman,  W.  P 321 

Granite  State  Deaf  Mute  Mission..  306 

Greer,  Raymond  C 321 

Haggett,  William  M 321 

Hamlin,  Howard  H 321 

Harrington,  Smith  B 321 

Hening,  Crawford  D 306 

Hoyt,    Horace   F 320 

Knox,  William   H 303,  320,  321 

Manchester   Mirror   Company 321 

Mansur,  James   S 321 

Matthews,  Joseph  S 321 

Minah,  Edison  J 321 

Moore,  Frederick  W 321 

Nawn,   Agnes  K 321 

Neal,  Guy  S 320,  321 

New  Hampshire  Patriot  Company.  .  321 

New  Hampshire   Typewriter  Co.    .  .  321 

Niles,  HaroM   H 320 

Owens,  Walter  W 321 

Patterson,   Joab   N 321 

Pike,  William  W 303 

Portsmouth    Times 321 

Russell,    Aud 307 

Safford,  Ellon  A 318 

Sanborn,  Lizzie  H 321 

Shaw,  Chase  S 321 

Smith,  Dudley  F 303 

Smith,    Peter 321 

Spring,  C.  W 303 


1921]                                           INDEX.  413 

Appropriation  in  favor  of  Stache,  Herman  C 321 

Sullivan,   Michael  J 321 

Telegraph  Publishing  Co,  of  Nashua  321 

Twombly,   Charles  H 303 

Underwood   Typewriter   Company..  321 

Union-Leader  Publishing  Co 321 

Ward,  Walter  J.  A 303,  320 

White,  Irene   B 321 

Wendell,   Charles  E 303,  321 

Wheeler,  John  S 321 

Young,   Harrie  M 321 

Arson,  insurance  commissioner  may  investigate  origin  of  fires  54 

Ashland,  biennial  election  of  Nov.  2,  1920,  legalized 406 

Assessment  for   deficiencies   of  1921 288 

Assessment  life  associations,  valuation  of  securities  of 31 

Assessors,  association  of  tax  assessors  membership  fee  in 58 

Atkinson,  biennial  elections  of  November  2,  1920,  legalized 406 

Attorney-general,  assistant,  duty  of,  as  to  tax  on  legacies  and 

successions     85 

assistant  to  advise  state  treasurer  and  con- 
duct litigation  as  to  tax  upon  estates  of 

foreign    decedents 79 

department  of,  appropriation  for 292,  298 

employment  of  clerical  and  stenographic  as- 
sistance   by 98 

to   assist   parole   board 245 

Auburn,  school  district  meeting  legalized 382 

Ayer,  Frank  M.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 320 

Bail  Commissioners,  fees  of,  fixed 106 

Bank  commission  department,  appropriation  for 292,  297 

Bank  commissioners,  may   forbid   investment  by   savings   bank 

in    certain    securities 96 

report  of,  when  to  be  filed  and  what  to 

contain     72 

shall  have  charge  of  registration  of  public 

accountants     235 

Banks,  duty  of  banks  etc.,  as  to  deposits,  under  succession  tax  84 
Banks,  savings:  see  savings  banks, 

Bath,  union  school  district  abolished,  high  school  established..  359 

Bedford,  biennial  elections  on   November  2,  1920,  legalized....  406 

Bektash  Temple,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Benson,  Charles  B.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Big  Diamond  Pond,  close  season  for  fishing  in 159 

Blue  sky  law  commissioner,  appropriation  in  favor  of 292,  297 

Board  of  chiropractic   examiners   established 274 

Board  of  health  department,  appropriation    for 294,  300 

duties  in  respect  to  advice  to  and 
care    of    women    during    preg- 
nancy;   care  of  infants 277 

Board  of  optometry,   appropriation   for 295,  300 


414  INDEX.  [1921 

Board  of  publicity,  to  be  appointed  to  advertise  attractions  of 

the    state 320 

Bonds  of  railroads  and  public  utilities,  see  those  subjects. 

Bonds  of  town  clerk  and  deputy 29 

Boston    &    Maine    R.    R.    authorized    to     acquire     Portsmouth 

Bridge    382 

to   unify  system  by  pur- 
chasing certain  roads  351 

Bounties,    appropriations    for 295,  300 

Bounty  on  wild  cats 43 

Bridges,  appropriation    for 284 

state  aid  for  construction  of 280 

Eliot   bridge    appropriation    for 285 

Bridgewater,  biennial  election  of  Nov.  2,  1920  legalized 406 

Brook  trout,  taking  of,  lawful  size  and  quantity 157 

Building  and  loan  associations,   shares  of  capital  stock,  no  per- 
son to  hold  more  than  fifty 

at    one    time 40 

secretary     and     treasurer,     to 

give  bond  of  indemnity.  .  .  40 
surplus    may    be   created    with 
approval  of  bank  commis- 
sioners       40 

Building  deemed  dangerous  by  firewards  or  engineers,  penalty 

for   non-repair    66 

Bureau  of  animal  industry,  deficiency  1921 64 

Bureau  of  labor,  appropriation   for 293,  299 

Burns  Lake  in  Whitefield,  chang?  of  name  to 348 

Business   corporation    law 165 

Buzzell,  Charles  W.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 320 

Callaghan,  Bessie  A.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Callahan,  Francis  J.,  appropriation  in   favor  of 303 

Callahan,  Francis  P.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Capital  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Concord  charter  amended  364 

Carey,  Bernard  W.,  appropriation  in  favor 321 

Carroll  county  commissioners,  salary  of 273 

term  of  probate  court  in 270 

Cate,  Ralph  W.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 303 

Cattle,  inspection    of 259 

Cattle  killed,  law  repealed  as  to  compensation  for 63 

Celebration   of   three   hundredth   anniversary   of,    settlement   of 

New  Hampshire,  commission  to  provide  for 309 

Cemeteries,    laying    out 181 

Charities  and  correction,  board  of,  appropriation  in  favor  of .  . .  .  293,  299 

Chase,  Bernard  B.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Chester,  town  meeting  legalized 405 

Child  welfare  work,  appropriations  for 293,  299 

Child  labor,  provisions  relating  to 129,  130,  131,  132 

Chiropractic  examiners,  compensation   and  expenses   of,  appro- 
priation   for 276 

practice   of,   regulated 274 


1921]                                             INDEX.  415 

Christmas  trees  may  be  provided  for  municipalities 51 

Chronicle   and    Gazette    Publishing   Company,    appropriation    in 

favor    of 321 

Cities,  See  Municipal  corporations. 

Claremont  city   established 342 

Claremont  Daily  Eagle,  appropriation  in  favor  of 3v;i 

Claremont,  municipal  court,  salary  of  justice  fixed i82 

Clerks  of  court,  to  furnish  county  commissioners  with  duplicates 

of  court  orders  on  county  treasurer iq    20 

Colcord,  Wilbur  G.,  appropriation  in  favor  of '318 

Cold  brook,  closed  to  fishing 5-^ 

Collins,  Frank  P.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 320 

Commerce,  commission  on  foreign  and  domestic  commerce 178 

Commission  on    domestic    animals 257 

on  foreign  and  domestic  commerce 17s 

to    investigate    advisability    of    acquisition    by    the 

state  of  bridges  across  Connecticut  river 319 

to   investigate   and    report   on    revision   of   laws   as 
to  employers'  liability  and  workmen's  compen- 


sation 


309 


to  provide  lor  three  hundredth  anniversary  of  set- 
tlement of  New  Hampshire 309 

Commissioner  of   agriculture  to   be   commissioner   on   domestic 


animah 


258 


of  labor,  powers   and   duties 240 

salary    240 

of  law  enforcement,  powers  and  duties  of 59 

of  motor  vehicles,  appropriation  in  favor  of....  296,  301 

Commissioners  of  insolvent  estates,  appeals  from 21 

Commitments  to  jail,  to  what  jail  to  be  made 243 

Common  carriers,   certain  persons  operating  motor  vehicles  de- 
clared to  be  common  carriers 64 

to  be  governed  by  standard  time 27 

Concord  Monitor,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Connecticut  Lakes,  fishing  in   regulated 55 

Connecticut  river  commission,  appropriation  for 319 

Constitutional  convention,  expenses  of,  appropriation  for 302 

Contoocook  Valley  Paper  Company  incorporation  confirmed 335 

Convention,  to  revise  constitution,  appropriation  for 302 

Convicts,  parole  of 244 

Coos  county  authorized  to  issue  bonds 337 

bonds,  award  of  legalized 373 

Corporations,  organization  etc.  of  business  corporations 165 

sale  of  its  own   stocks,  bonds  &c.  by  corporation 
duly  licensed  thereto,  not  to  constitute  sale  by 

a    dealer 23 

County  commissioners,  attendance  of  at  court  not  required 26 

Hillsborbugh  county,  clerk  hire 273 

payment  of  for  services 273 

to    appoint    custodian    of   house   of   cor- 
rection       243 


416  INDEX.  [1921 

County  commissioners,  to  be  furnished  by  clerk  of  court  with 
duplicate  orders  on  county  treas- 
urer      20 

County  officers,  annual  reports,  paging  of 18 

County  solicitor,  duty  to  assist  board  of  parole 245 

to  enforce  law  as  to  motor  vehicles  carrying 

for   hire 64 

County  treasurer,  to  keep  a  record  of  all  receipts  and  payments 

of   county   funds 19 

Courts:   justices  or  clerks  shall  make  reports  to  commissioner  of 

law  enforcement  of  all  liquor  cases 60 

See  also  Municipal  courts, 
also  Probate  courts, 
also  Supreme  court, 
also  Superior     courts. 

Cousins,  Keith,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Credit  unions,  incorporation  and  management  of 43 

Crimes:    accountant's  gross  negligence  or  wilfully  falsifying  ac- 
count      236 

animals,  wilfully  selling,  or  letting  for  breeding  pur- 
poses, any  unfertile  or  infected,  domestic  animal. .  42 
barbed  wire  fence,  maintaining,  adjacent  to  highways, 

when   public  nuisance 286 

cattle,  failure  to  report  killing  of  animal  believed  to  be 

diseased    267 

failure  to  report  private  test  of 264 

interfering  with  work  of  commissioner  of  do- 
mestic animals;  plugging  to  prevent  reac- 
tion  from   tuberculin 268 

selling  or  exposing  diseased  animal 267 

tests:    displaying  false  certificate  as  to  test  of 

cattle    266 

removal  or  defacement  of  tuberculin  test 

tag  from  reactor 266,  267 

child   labor  law,  violations  of 133,  134 

clerk  of  school  district  failing  to  report  names  of  per- 
sons elected  to  school  boai^d 145,  146 

corporation  not  making  annual  return ;    person  making 

false    return 172 

diseased  animals,  importation  of 261 

diseases  of  domestic  animals,  crimes  under  act  as  to. .  268 

failure  to  make  report  in  relation  to  cutting  of  pine 

trees  or  to  cut  such  trees  as  law  prescribes 33 

false  certificate,  making,  where  certificate  required  by 

business  corporation   law 168,  174 

false  representation  that  person  has  certificate  as  pub- 
lic   accountant 236 

false  statement  to  town  clerk  in  applying  for  permit 

for  motor  vehicle 219 

fencing  with  barbed  wire  lot  adjacent  to  school  lot.  . .  .  152 

fish  and  game  laws,  violation  of     55,  254 


1921]  INDEX.  417 

Crimes:  fish  and  game  laws,  violation  of  as  to  fishing  in  Big 
Diamond,     Little     Diamond     and 

Nathan    ponds 159 

fishing  in  Profile  lake  in  Franconia  in  violation  of  law  35 

fishing  in  York  Pond  and  Cold  Brook 57 

game  laws,  violation  of  law  for  protection  of  deer. . . .  160 

highway,    obstructing 287 

illegal  voting  at  school  district  meeting 144 

impersonation  of  applicant  for  registration  by  board  of 

pharmacy    224 

insurance  company  violating  provisions  as  to  insurance 
of   employers    against   liability   for    compensation 

under  workmen's  compensation  act 53 

legacies  and  successions,  violation  of  law  as  to  taxation 

of  76,  77,  78,  85 

lobster  pots,  removal  of,  if  belonging  to  another 158 

lobsters  taking  unlawfully  &c 158 

lumber  slash,  violation  of  law  as  to  disposal  of 188 

marriage   of   persons   having   syphilis   or   gonorrhoea, 

non-compliance  with  statute  as  to 62,  279 

motor  vehicle  law,  offences  against 210,  211,  215,  216 

overseer  of  poor  &c  violation  of  law  as  to  support  of 

veterans    181 

permitting  child,  infected  &c  with  communicable  disease 

to  attend  school 151 

pharmacy,  violation  of  law  for  regulation  of 228 

pine  trees,  failure  to  make  report  as  to  cutting  of,  or 

to  cut  according  to  law 33 

practicing   as    public    accountant   after    revocation    of 

certificate    236 

practicing  chiropractic  without  a  license;    chiropractor 

advertising  as  physician  or   doctor 276, 

pupil  attending  or  disturbing  school  he  has  no  right  to 

attend    129 

quarantine  violation  of,  as  to  animals 262 

school  board  member  of  neglecting  or  refusing  to  make 

report    126 

school  board,  member  of,  violating  law  as  to  purchase 

and  display  of  flag 125 

not   expending   school   money  according 

to  law 146 

school-houses,  violation  of  provision  as  to  fire-escapes 

in     150,  151 

school  superintendent  or  assistant  superintendent  ac- 
cepting reward  for  obtaining  position  for  another 

as    teacher 120 

school,  wilfully  interrupting  or   disturbing 128 

selling  inflammable  polish  contrary  to  restrictions 178 

selling  seeds  &c.  without  complying  with  law;   interfer- 
ing with  commissioner  of  agriculture 103 


418  INDEX.  [1921 

Crimes:   state  roads,  violation  of  rules  and  regulations  to  pre- 
vent  abuse   of 38 

weekly  wage  payment  law,  violation  of 74 

wilfully  selling,  or  letting  for  breeding  purposes,  any 

unfertile  or  infected  domestic  animal 42 

See,   also,  Penalties. 

Crippled  children,  appropriation  for  aid  of 293,  299 

Crossings  of  railroad  and  railways 189 

Crystal  lake  in  Manchester,  change  of  name  to,  from  Mosquito 

pond     348 

Dairy  products;    name  of  producer  or  distributor  to  be  on  con- 
tainer      241 

Dalton  Power  company,  charter  amended 366 

Dams,  construction  of;    public  service  commission's  expenses  in 

making  inspection 67,  176 

Danbury   Light  and   Power   Company,  may  be  exempted   from 

taxation    377 

Daniel  Webster  highway  designated 38 

Daniels,  Joe  W.,  widow  of,  appropriation  in  favor  of 310 

Dartmouth  College,  charter   amended 370 

Daylight  Saving,  See  Time. 

Deaf,  dumb  and  blind,  support  and  education  of,  appropriation 

for   293,  299 

deficiency      1921, 
,'                                                                                                   appropria- 
tion   for....  64 

Dealers  in  securities,  regulation  of 23 

Deeds,  register  of  deeds  to  make  indexes  of  deeds  when  each  vol- 
ume of  records  completed 20 

Deer,  See  Fish  and  Game. 

Deficiencies  of  1921,  appropriation  for 63,  288,  315 

Department  of  agriculture,  appropriation  for 294,  299 

Department  of  indexing,  appropriation  for 295,  300 

Department  of  weights  and  measures,  appropriation  for 294,  299 

Departments,  to  pay  monthly  into  state  treasury  all  money  re- 
ceived from  outside  sources 290 

Derry,  town  meeting  legalized 405 

Digest  of  New  Hampshire  decisions,  appropriation  for 306 

Dimond,  Melburn  J.,  appropriation   in   favor  of    303 

Diseases    of    domestic    animals    257 

Districts,    town,    executions    again?t    26 

Domestic  animals,  diseases  of 257 

See,  also.  Animals. 

Dover  and  Rollinsford  authorized  to  contract  for  fire  protection  371 

Dover,  homestead  of  Charles  C.  Hayes  annexed  to 340 

Drugs  and  medicines,  sale  of  regulated 220 

Dunbarton,  legalizing  biennial  elections  of  November  2,  1920.  .  .  406 

Edson  C.  Eastman  Company,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Education,  See  Public  Schools. 

Elections,   cards  of  instruction  and  unofficial  ballots 163 

caucuses  and  elections,  when  and  how  held 164 


1921] 


INDEX.  ^^Q 


Elections,  conflicting  election  petitions    Ig2 

declarations  of  candidacy  and  primary  petitions,  when 

to  be  filed jg9 

nomination  papers  when  to  be  filed 162 

primary  and  election  laws  amended 163 

sealed  packages  of  ballots  to  be  delivered  to,  election 

officers  by  town  and  city  clerks 163 

Eliot  bridge,  appropriation  for  purchase  of ..."  285    286 

authority   to  purchase  part  within  this  state  for 

public   highway 285 

Eminent  domain,  exercise   of  power   of,    by   railroad   or   public 

utility    240 

land    may    be    taken    for    military    purposes; 

parks  for  public  purposes 240 

Employers'  liability  and  workmen's  compensation  laws,  commis- 
sion  to  investigate  revision  of    3Q9 

Epsom,  biennial  elections  of  November  2,  1920  legalized ! ." !  406 

Etna  and  Hanover  Center  Telephone  Company  incorporated.  ..' ."  384 

Executions  against  towns  and  districts 26 

Executive  department,  appropriation  for ...*.*  291    297 

deficiency  of  1921 64 

Exeter  Manufacturing  Company,  charter  of  amended 339 

Factory   inspection   and   factory   inspectors    239 

appropriation   for 293    299 

Fallectomy,  operation  of  when  authorized '278 

Farmington,    First    Baptist    Society    in 386 

fishing  in  regulated 5g 

Farrell,  Clarence  W.,  appropriation  in  favor  of .'.".... . .  .  321 

Feeble-minded,  school  for,  appropriation  for 313 

Feeble-mindedness,  sterilizing  operation  in  cases  of 278 

Fees,  bail  commissioners ' '  -.Qg 

chiropractor's    license '  276 

commissioner  of  motor  vehicles 213-217 

registers  of  deeds '        '  gy 

secretary  of  state,  for  issuing  commissions  and  certificates  107 
Fines,  See  Crimes,  also  Penalties. 
Fire  insurance.  See  Insurance. 

Firemen's  relief  fund,  appropriation  in  favor  of 296    301 

Fires,  causes  of  may  be  mvestigated  by  insurance  commissioner        '     54 
Firewards  and  engineers  notification  by,  as  to  dangerous  build- 
ing;   penalty  for  non-repair gg 

First  Baptist  Society  of  Farmmgton  incorporated 386 

First  Congregational  Society  of  Ossipee,  charter  amended .' .'  353 

Fiscal  year,  to  close  on  June  30 .....'.      30    41 

Fish  and  game:    beaver,  no  open  season  for '  40 

Big    Diamond,    Little    Diamond    and    Nathan 

ponds;    fishing  therein  regulated 159 

brook  trout,  taking  of;    lawful  size  and  quan- 
tity   •  •  ■ 157 

Cold  brook,  closed  to  fishing 57 


420  INDEX.  [1921 

Fish  and  game:  deer,  open  season  on  number  that  may  be  taken  255 
deer;    owTier  or  keeper  of  lumber  camp  shall 

not  have  deer  in  possession 160 

fishing  in  first,   second  and  third  Connecticut 

Lakes  and  Round  Pond  regulated 55 

fishing  in  Lake  Baboosic  regulated 34 

fur  bearing  animals,  taking  of,  regulated 39 

licenses  issuance  and  revocation  of 158,  160 

lobsters,  taking  of  &c 158 

muskrat  house  not  to  be  destroyed 40 

New-found    Lake,    lake   trout    and    salmon    in, 

when  may  be  taken  through  ice 57 

pickerel,  may  be  taken  from  Ella  River  and  its 
tributaries  m  Farmington,  and  all  tribu- 
taries   of    Cocheco    river    entering    it    in 

Farmingtou   56 

predatory  animals  may  be  killed  for  protection 

of  domestic   animals 40 

Profile  Lake,  fishing  in,  regulated 35 

sable,    otter,    fisher,    mink,    martin,    muskrat, 

skunk,  time  for  taking  regulated 39 

salary  of  fish  and  game  wardens 161 

shad  and  whitefish  or  blue  fins,  taking  of  regu- 
lated      256 

takmg  of  regulated 249 

York  Pond  closed  to  fishing 57 

Fitzwilliam  authorized  to  accept  gift  of  George  B.  Elliot 402 

Flanders,  Alice  V.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Flowage   act 68 

Forest  fire  districts,  division  of  state  into 238 

Forest  fire  prevention  &c.  money  allotted  by  federal  government 

how  to  be  expended 42 

Forest  lands,  patrol  of,  to  prevent  fires 36,  238 

Forestry  commission,  charged  with  enforcement  of  law  in  rela- 
tion to  seed  pine  trees 33 

charged  with  execution  of  law  as  to  dis- 
posal of  timber  slash  and  inflammable 

material  187 

department,  appropriation  for 294,  300 

Forfeitures,  by  credit  union  neglecting  to  make  annual  report.  .  49 

by  member  of  school  board  violating  school  law.  . .  .  123 

Forsaith.  Clarence  S.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Foster  &  Company,  George  J.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Foster,  General  John   G.,  statue,  authorized 389 

Franklin,  Webster's  birthplace  in,  appropriation  for 310 

Fraternal  Beneficiary  Association,  See  Life  insurance  companies 

Free  employment  bureau,  appropriation  in  favor  of 294,  299 

Gallagher,  James  A.,  estate  of,  appropriation  in  favor  of....  304 

Game,  See  Fish  and  Game. 

Grand  Army  of  Republic  department,  appropriation  for 295,  300 


1921]                                           INDEX.  421 

Gay,  FranK  D.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Gilchrist,  Sylvanus  B.,  homestead  severed  from  Grasmere  and 

annexed  to  Goffstown  district 341 

Gilman  Paper  Company  incorporated 366 

Goffsto\\Ti,  sale  of  lots  in;    laying  out  of  highways 387 

Goffstown  village  district,  homestead  of  Sylvanus  B.  Gilchrist 

annexed    to 341 

Gonorrhoea,  marriage  of  persons  having,  prohibited 61,  279 

Goodman,  W.  P.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Governor,  staff  of 191 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,   appropriation  for  department  of  295,  300 

exemption  from  taxation 50 

indexing   records   of,   appropria- 
tion for 319 

Granite  State  Deaf  Mute  Mission,  appropriation  in  favor  of .  .  . .  306 
Granite  State  Fire  Insurance  Company  authorized  to  engage  in 

various  kinds  of  insurance 358 

Greenland,  proceedings  of  school  meeting  legalized 336 

Greer,  Raymond  C,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Groton,  biennial  elections  of  November  2,  1920,  legalized 406 

Haggett,  William  M.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Hamlin,  Howard  H.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Hampton,  acts  of  special  town  meeting  as  to  issue  of  bonds  con- 
firmed      332 

school  district,  issue  of  bonds  by 403 

Ham's  Bridge  in  Portsmouth,  authority  given  to  discontinue.  . . .  382 

Harrington,  Smith  B.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Harvey  and  BojTiton,  lands  of,  annexed  to  Hillsborough  Bridge 

special  school  district 359 

Hayes,  Charles  C,  homestead  farm  severed  from  Rollinsford  and 

annexed  to   Dover 340 

Health,  public  protection  of  maternity  and  infancy 277 

Hening,  Crawford  D.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 306 

Highway  department,  appropriation    for 287,  295,  300 

for  state  aid  for  year  ending  July  1,  1923 

to  be  available  after  October  1,  1921  287 

commissioner  duty  as  to  naming  highways 279 

authorized  to  receive  conveyance  of  one 
half  of  Eliot  bridge  and  to  maintain 

same  as  public  highway 285 

powers  and  duties  with  respect  to  con- 
struction of  bridges 280 

Highways,  barbed  wire  fence,  adjacent  to,  a  public  nuisance.  . . .  286 
bridges,  the  state  not  to  be  liable  for  damages  from 

construction  or  rebuilding 280 

bridges  throughout  state,  construction  of 280 

Daniel  Webster  highway 38 

encroachments  upon  deemed  public  nuisances 286 

law  of  the  road;    damages  for  \nolation  of;    limita- 
tion       189 


422  INDEX.  [1921 

Highways,  lights  on  vehicles  on  highways 234 

naming    of 279 

selectmen  may  on  petition   define  width  of  existing 

highway    37 

state  aided  highways,    cities     and     towns     through 
which  certain  state-aided 
roads    run    shall    receive 
no  other   state  aid  until 
such  roads  are  completed  58 
no     funds    hereafter    appro- 
priated    shall     be     used 
within  the  compact  part 
of  towns  of  certain  size  58 
State  highways  and  trunk  lines  and  state  aided  high- 
ways, funds  for,  to  be  expended  under  direction 
of  state  highway  commissioner  subject  to  execu- 
tive approval 99 

state   roads;     rules   for    preventing   abuse    of   state 

roads  &c 38,  66 

vehicles  on  highways  to  carry  lights 234 

Hillsborough,  certain  lands  in,  severed  from  town  school  district 

and  annexed  to  Hillsborough  Bridge  special  school  district  359 

Hillsborough    Bridge    Guaranty    Savings    Bank    authorized    to 

change    name 346 

Hillsborough  county,  commissioners  of,  salaries  of  clerks  of...  273 

payment  of  salaries  of  certain  officers  to 

be    monthly 74 

Hillsborough  Guaranty  Savings  Bank,  change  of  name  to 346 

Horses  importation  of,  regulated 260 

House  of  correction,  counties  to  maintain;    custodian  of 243 

House  of  Representatives,  apportionment  of  representatives.  ..  .  193 

attaches  and  employees,  salary  of.  .  197 

Hoyt,  Horace  F.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 320 

Hunt,  John  M.,  home,  charter  amended 368 

Hunt,  Mary  E.,  home  for  aged  women  incorporated 369 

Hunting  licenses,  refusal,  revocation,  suspension  of 160 

Industrial  School,  providing  for  deficit  of,  appropriation  for.  .  312 

purchase  of  land,  appropriation  for 312 

Inflammable  polishes,  sale  of  regulated 177 

Insolvent  estates,  commissioners  of,  appeals  from  regulated.  ...  21 

Institutions  and  departments,   appropriations  for,   shall  be  for 

next  biennial  period 290 

Insurance  commissioner,  may  investigate  causes  of  fires,  take 
testimony  on  oath  in  relation 
thereto,    and    cause    ari-ests   to    be 

made   for   arson 54 

may  license  certain  corporations  to 
sell  their  own  stocks,  debentures, 
&c 23 


1921]  INDEX.  423 

Insurance  commissioner,  to  have  discretion  in  determining 
method  of  calculating  values  of 
securities  of  life  insurance  com- 
panies      31 

companies  of  other  states  to  be  subject  to  same  taxes 
&c.  as  New  Hampshire  companies  doing  business 

in  such  states 35 

department,  appropriation   for 292,  297 

employers'    insurance    against    liability    under    w^ork- 

men's  compensation  act;    regulation  of  rates  &c.  53 

fire,    adjustment   to   begin    within   fifteen    days   from 

notice 54 

foreign  insurance  companies;  licensing    of 237 

subject  to  same  taxes, 
fines,  &c.  imposed 
on  companies  of 
this  state  doing 
business   in   foreign 

state  35 

taxation  of 71 

Interest  and  usury,  legal  interest  to  be  six  per  cent  unless  a  dif- 
ferent rate  is  expressly  stipulated  in  writing 220 

Interest  charges,  appropriation  for 295,  301 

Intoxicating  liquor.  See  Spirituous  liquor. 

Jail,  commitments,  to  what  jail  to  be  made 243 

employment  of  prisoners  in 243 

two  to  be  maintained,  one  at  Haverhill,  the  other  at  Man- 
chester      243 

Jitneys,    regulation    of 64 

John  M.  Hunt  home,  charter  amended 368 

Jurors,  women  not  to  be 269 

Kimball  Union  Academy,  charter  amended   372 

Kingston,  vote  of  March  8,    1921   legalized,   exempting  certain 

property  of  the  Granite  Shoe  company  from  taxation 393 

Knights  of  Columbus  Home  Association,  Keene,  N.  H.,  incor- 
porated     364 

Knox,  William  H.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 303,  320,  321 

Laboratory  of  hygiene  department,  appropriation  for 294,  300 

Laconia,  Lodge  of  Elks,  No.  876  charter  amended 349 

salary  of  city  clerk 392 

school  district  constituted 403 

Lake  Baboosic,  fishing  in,  regulated 34 

Lancaster  Village  Fire  Precinct,  annual  meetings  legalized    ....  367 

Law  of  the  road 189 

Law  reports,  publication  by  state  reporter 52 

Lebanon,  annual  town  meeting  of  March  8,  1921  validated  as  to 

issuing   bonds 379 


424                                               INDEX.  [1921 

Lebanon,  contribution  by  railroad  to  new  bridge  replacing  Hub- 
bard bridge 379 

high  school  district  authorized  to  issue  bonds 333 

new  highway  to  a  new  bridge  and  other  highways  au- 
thorized      381 

Legacies  and  successions  taxation  of 75,  81 

Legislatui-e,  appropriation  for   283,  298 

compensation  of  attaches  and  employees 197 

supplies  for,  purchases  of,  by  whom  to  be  made.  .  .  288 

License,  hunting  license 160 

lobsters,  license  to  take 158 

of  chiropractor 276 

of  corporation  to  sell  its  own  stocks,  bonds  &c 23 

of  motor  vehicles 202 

to  operate  motor  vehicle 206 

Lien,  for  labor  done  or  materials  furnished  toward  building  wells  21 
Life  insurance  companies,  rules  for  determining  value  of  securi- 
ties held  by ,  31 

Little  Diamond  Pond,  close  season  for  fishing  in 159 

Lobsters,   removing  lobster  pots  of  another 158 

taking  without  license 158 

Lumber  operators  on  pine  woodlands  required  to  give  notice  to 

state  forester  before  cutting 32 

slash,  disposal  of  regulated 187 

Lunacy,  commission  of;    trustees  of  state  hospital  to  be  a  com- 
mission  of  lunacy 36 

Manchester,  department  of  highways  established 329,  394 

finance  commission  of  established 354 

indebtedness    of,    limited 401 

pensions  to  employees      of      the      department      of 

highways 399 

firemen     398 

school    teachers 400 

vacations   for   municipal   employees 401 

Manchester  Mirror  Company,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Manchester  Morris    Plan    Bank    incorporated 397 

Mandamus   against   selectmen    to    assess   tax    to   pay   execution 

against    town    or    district 26 

Mansur,  James  S.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Manufacturers   &    Merchants    Mutual    Insurance   Company   au- 
thorized to  effect  various  kinds  of  insurance 363 

Marlborough  Water-Works  Company,  charter  of,  amended....  361 

Marriage  of  persons  having  syphilis  or  gonorrhoea  prohibited  61,  279 

solemnization   of;     who   may   solemnize 100 

Mary    E.    Hunt   home   incorporated 369 

Maternity  and  infancy,  instruction,  advice  and  care  to  be  pro- 
vided by  state  board  of  health 277 

Matthews,  Joseph  S.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Maturing    bonds,    appropriation    for 296,  301 

Mechanics   lien  for  building  wells 21 

Medical    referees,    appropriation    for 296,  301 


1921]                                             INDEX.  425 

Merrimack  county  register  of  probate,  allowance  for  clerk  hire  34 

Militia,   adjutant-general,    appointment    of 191 

draft   into   federal    service 192 

pay  of  officers  and  men 192 

retired    list 192 

staff  of  commander  in  chief 191 

Military  affairs,  taking  of  land  for  military  purposes 240 

organizations,  appropriations  in  favor  of 296,  301 

Mill    act 68 

Minah,  Edison  J.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Montgomery  Lake  in  Whitefield,  name  changed  to  Burns  Lake  348 

Moore,  Frederick  W.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Mortgage  of  standing  timber,  consent  of  mortgagee  to  cutting; 

record,  affidavit  and  lien 98 

Mosquito  Pond  in  Manchester,  name  changed  to  Crystal  Lake.  .  348 

Motor  vehicle    law ." 199 

Motor  vehicles,  certain  persons  operating  same,  declared  to  be 

common    carriers 64 

commissioner  of,  to  have  authority  to  enforce 
law    as    to    vehicles    on    public    highways 

carrying    lights 235 

registration   of;    permit  for   registration  from 

city  or  town  of  applicant  required 218 

Municipal  corporations,  accounting  officers  of,  shall  keep  uni- 
form accounts  in  manner  pre- 
scribed  by   state   tax   commission, 

and  make  annually  return  to  it. . .  65 

Christmas    trees    for *  .  .     "         51 

clerk  not  to  issue  marriage  certificate 
after   notice    person    has   venereal 

disease    62 

councils,  powers  of,  to  provide  for  ap- 
pointment or  election  of  officers..  177 

executions     against 26 

payment  of  wages  by 73 

town  officer?,  liability  of,  as  to  defec- 
tive   highways 183 

See,  also.  Town  and  town  officers. 

Municipal  courts,  how   abolished   by   town 62 

salaries    of    justice    of    municipal    court    of 

Claremont     182 

Names  changed  by   probate,   court 322 

by  superior  court  in  divorce  proceedings 325,  326 

Nashua,  authorized  to  erect  statue  to  the  memory  of  General 

John    G.    Foster 389 

authorized    to    issue   bonds    to    fund    indebtedness    of 

board   of   education 389 

laying  out  of  highways  in;    plan  for  sale  of  lots 356 

mayor  of,  salary    increased 371 

to  have  expense  fund  and  to  submit  annual 

report    of    disbursements 371 


426  INDEX.  [1921 

Nashua    Manufacturing  Company,  charter  of,  amended 361 

Nashua,  salvation  army  in,  exempted  from  taxation 405 

Nashua  Trust  Company,  amendment  of  charter 349 

Nathan  Pond,  close  season  for  fishing  in 159 

Nawn,  Agnes  K.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Neal,  Guy  S.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 320,  321 

Newcastle,  biennial  elections  on  November  2,  1920  legalized...  406 
school  district  authorized  to  increase  its  bonded  in- 
debtedness               374 

NeMrfound  lake,  fishing  in  regulated 57 

New  Hampshire  assessors'  association,  membership  in  and  fees  58 

celebration  of  three  hundredth  anniversary  of 

settlement  of,  commission  to  provide  for  309 

college  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts, 

appropriations  in  favor  of 304,  313 

law  reports,  appropriation    for 52 

school   for   feeble  minded,   appropriations   for 

64,    295,  301,  313 

state   guard,   to    retain   equipment;     members 

to  be  furnished  with  service  buttons ....  305 

state  hospital,  See  state  hospital, 
state    industrial    school.    See    state    industrial 

school, 
state  prison.  See  state  prison, 
state  sanatorium,  See  state  sanatorium. 
New  Hampshire  Fire    Insurance    Company    authorized    to    in- 
crease  capital   stock 358 

New  Hampshire  Historical  Society,  appropriation  in  favor  of.  296,  301 
New  Hampshire  Patriot    Company,    appropriation    in    favor    of  321 

New  Hampshire  Typewriter   Company,   appropriation   in    favor 

of     321 

New  Hampshire  Veterans'  Association,  appropriation    in    favor 

of    308 

charter    amended 392 

Newington  school  district,  authorized  to  increase  its  bonded  in- 
debtedness      334 

Newport,   biennial  elections  of  Nov.  2,  1920  legalized 406 

proceedings    of    annual    town    meeting    of    March    8, 

1921    confirmed 373 

Niles,  Harold  H.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 320 

North   Woodstock   Village    Fire    Precinct   authorized   to   hold    a 

meeting  April  13,  1921 391 

Nuisance,  public,  barbed  wire  fence  adjacent  to  highway  deemed 

public    nuisance 286 

Old  Home  Week  Association,  appropriation  for 296,  301 

Ossipee  authorized  to  exempt  from  taxation  the  property  of  the 

Ossipee  Water  and  Electric  Company. 377 

First  Congregational  Society  in,  charter  amended 353 

town    meeting    legalized 405 

Owens,  Walter  W.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 


1921]                                            INDEX.  427 

Parks  for  public  purposes,  land  may  be  taken  for 240 

Parole    board 244 

Partnership  and  business  name  registration 175 

Patrol    of   forest    lands 36 

Patterson,  Joab  N.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Paupers,  support  of   180 

Penalties,  buildings;     not   repairing  or   altering  building  after 

notice    66 

maintaining  slaughter   houses  &c.   nuisance  in   com- 
pact  part  of   town 152 

revocation    of  fishing   license 158 

school  attendance,  non-compliance  with  lav^^  as  to...  128 
school  board,  member  of  neglecting  or   refusing  to 

comply  with  law  as  to  instruction  of  pupils.  .  .  .  123 
selectmen   neglecting  to   assess,   assign    or   pay   over 

school    money 147 

taxation    of    non-resident    successions,    violations    of 

law   as   to 76,  77,  78 

See,  also.  Crimes. 
Peterborough,  school  district  authorized  to  increase  its  bonded 

indebtedness    39£) 

Pharmacy  commission   department,   appropriation   for 295,  300 

regulation   of  practice  of ...  220 

Phenix   Mutual   Fire   Insurance   Company   of   Concord,   charter 

amended     363,  375 

Physicians   and    surgeons,   duty   in    respect   to   patients   having 

syphilis    or    gonorrhoea 61 

Piermont,  homestead  of  George  H.  Stevens,  annexed  to 340 

Pike,  William  W.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 303 

Pillsbury,  Albert  E.,  gift  of  "Cherry  Valley"  to  state  accepted. .  303 

Pine  lands,  seed-trees  to  be  left  on  cutting  pine  lands 32 

Plaistow,  legalizing  of  biennial  elections  of  November  2,  1920.  .  406 

Plymouth,  legalizing  of  biennial  elections  of  November  2,  1920.  .  406 
Polish,  inflammable  to  be  sold  in  packages  branded  dangerous 

&c 177 

Portsmouth,  board  of  public  works,  powers  of;    rates  for  water 

to  be  a  lien  on  real  estate 381 

bridge,    proprietors    of,    authorized    to    discontinue 

public  use  of  its  bridges  &c 382 

Times,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Primary  election  laws,  See  Elections. 

Prisoners'  Aid  Association,  appropriation  in  favor  of 296,  301 

Prisoners,  employment  of,  in  jails 243 

Probate  appeals,  from  commissioners  of  insolvent  estates ;  notice 
to   administrator   how   to  be   given,   petition    to    be   entered 

within  twelve  days  thereafter 21 

Probate  court,  to  appoint  resident  administrator  on  petition  of 
state  treasurer;    paj'merat  of  estate  transfer 

tax     76 

for  Carroll  county  when  and  where  to  be  holden  270 

judges,  appropriation  for  salaries 293,  298 


428  INDEX.  [1921 

Probate  Court,  jurisdiction  as  to  abatement  of  tax  on  legacies 

and    successions 8i2 

Prohibitory  law  department,  appropriation  for 292,  298 

Proprietors  of  common   lands,   annual  meeting  of,   how   to   be 

called    lOO 

Purchasing  agent's  department,  appropriation  for 292,  298 

Public  accountants,  registration  of    235 

Public  health,  protection  of  maternity  and  infancy 277 

Public   laws,  publication   of    72 

Public  library  commission,  appropriation  for 295,  301 

Public  nuisance,  encroachment  upon  highway  deemed 286 

Public  schools,  general    provisions    for    maintenance    of,    etc. 

107-156,    191,  229,  230,  315 

academies  and  private  schools 139 

aid   for  dependent  mothers 121 

apportionment  of  school  money  among  towns.  .  .  138 
appropriation     for     department    of     public     in- 
struction and  for  school  purposes 293,  298,  315 

attendance;     at  approved   private   school,  when 
deemed   equivalent  to   attendance  at  public 

school     127 

commissioner    of    education,    appeal    from    find- 
ings   of 117 

appointment,   qualification    and    re- 
moval of;    salary;    powers  and 

duties   of 114 

deputies,    appointment;     qualifica- 
tions required  of  two 114 

elementary  school,  what  constitutes 125 

English  language;  exclusive  use  of  for  certain 

purposes    125 

exception    as    to    devotional 
exercises       in       private 

schools    125 

foreign   languages;    teaching  of   in   elementary 

schools    125 

in  public  schools 125 

high   schools 136-139 

illiterates;     attendance    upon    school    regulated, 
exception  as  to  persons  engaged  in  certain 

occupations    117,  128,  129,  234 

literary  fund  applied  to   use  of  state  board  of 

education     147 

playgrounds     142 

religious    teaching 125 

scholars     127-129 

school  boards;   general  provisions  as  to 122-127 

to    provide    elementary    schools 
for     thirty-six     weeks     per 

year     122,  123 

period    how    shortened 122,  123,  231 


1921]  INDEX.  429 

Public  schools: 

school     board:     to  send  annually  reports  &c.  to 

State    board 154 

transportation   of  pupils 123 

school  districts:  general  provisions  as  to..  134 — 142,  154 

aid  to  by  state  board 147,  233 

consolidation    of 229 

contract    with    high    school    or 

academy   outside    state...  229 
maintenance  of  special  day  or 
evening  schools  for  illiter- 
ates   regulated 136 

pajrment  by,  to  state  treasur- 
er, of  two  dollars  per  cap- 
ita annually  for  pupils  en- 
rolled  previous   year 136,  231 

treasurer    of    school     district, 

term  of  office  of 155 

school  houses,   location   of 156 

school  law,  amendment  of  Laws  1919,  c.  106..  230 

revision    and    codification    of   school 

laws     107,  230 

school  money  how  to  be  expended 117 

school  money,  provisions  in  general 146,  147 

school  tax;   towns  to  assess  $3.50  per  annum  on 
each    $1,000   of   ratable   estate 

for    146 

additional  sum,  how  raised 146 

school  year    41 

schools;     attendance    at    private,    equivalent   to 

public  schools,  when,  etc 127 

schools,   elementary    defined 125 

funds  for  support  of,  how  collected  in 

unorganized    townships 147,  233 

in  organized  townships,  how  provided.  .  146 
raising  of  money  for  support  of  regu- 
lated      146 

standard    defined 125,  231,  232 

supervisory  unions,  salaries  of  super- 
intendents, and  assistants,  how  es- 
tablished   and    paid 116,127 

thirty  six  weeks  per  year  of  elemen- 
tary   schools    to    be    provided    by 

school    boards 122,  123 

period    how    shortened 122,  123 

transportation     of    certain    classes    of 

pupils    regulated 123 

standard   school  what  constitutes 125 

state  board  of  education:     general  provisions..    113-122 
administration    of    school    funds 

by,  etc 115,  116 


430  INDEX.  [1921 

Public  schools: 

state  board  of  education:  appeals  to,  from  com- 
missioner of  education,  reg- 
ulated      117 

board      created ;        membership ; 
governor   ex  officio 

a    member 113 

appointment  and  tenure  of 

office    113 

removal   of  members 113 

vacancies  how  -filled 113 

chairman    of,    how    ap- 
pointed      113 

expenses      of      members 

how    borne 117 

headquarters    of 113 

meetings    of 113 

powers  and  duties  of: 

Americanization      of      immigrants 

114,    117,    234 

appoint  four  deputy  commission- 
ers of  education,  two  of  whom 
shall  have  certain  fixed  qualifi- 
cations     114,  231 

employ  commissioner  of  education 
establish  his  duties  and  fix  his 

salary     114 

biennial  report  to  legislature  of 
educational  conditions;  ex- 
penditure of  funds,  and 
needed  changes  in  the  laws 

to  promote  education 116 

certify  annually  in  September 
to  state  treasurer  number 
of  pupils  enrolled  in  each 
district  for  previous  fiscal 

year    115 

combine     school     districts    into 

-    ■  supervisory   unions 115 

employ  superintendents  and  as- 
sistant superintendents  of 
supervisory  unions,  and 
remove  them,  when,  etc...  116 

salaries    of,    how    fixed    and 

paid    231 

employ  supervisor  of  health  of 

pupils    117 

employ  supervisors,  inspectors, 
stenographers,  account- 
ants, clerks  and  agents, 
necessary  to  the  office,  etc.  117 

establish    salaries    of    superin- 
'  tendents  and  assistants...  117,  231 


1921]  INDEX.  431 

Public  schools: 

state  board  of  education : 

powers  and  duties: 

establish  standard  elementary 
schools  in  unorganized 
townships  or  arrange  sub- 
stitute   schooling    therefor  115 

hold  conferences  with  superin- 
tendents  and   teachers....  117 

make  regulations  for  compli- 
ance in  schools  with  fed- 
eral provisions  for  voca- 
tional education,  etc.,  and 
in  supplying  of  teachers..  114,  116 

management  and  supervision 
of  all  public  schools,  mak- 
ing rules  and  regulations 
for  governing  its  own  busi- 
ness and  the  conduct  of  its 
officers,  employees  and 
agents  and  for  the  govern- 
ment of  schools 116 

prepare  budget  for  needed  ex- 
penditures; disseminate 
information  as  to  educa- 
tional conditions  and  op- 
portunities; employ  lec- 
turers,  etc 115 

publish  and  distribute  pro- 
grams and  outlines  of 
work  and  courses  of  study, 
for  promoting  education .  .  117 

requirements,  qualifications 

and  duties  of  deputy  com- 
missioners, superintend- 
ents, assistant  superin- 
tendents, teachers  and  em- 
ployees to  fix  the  salaries 
and  terms  of  employment 
of  deputy  commissioners 
and  employees;  define 
■  subjects  to  be  taught  and 

fix      minimum      standards 
for    grading    of    schools. .  114,  231 

supervise  expenditure  of  all 
moneys  available  for  this 
act;  and  inspect  the  in- 
stitutions where  it  is  spent  115 

university  extension,  state 
board  requested  to  insti- 
tute a  division  of 315 

state  tax  of  two  dollars  per  capita  for  enrolled 
.'  pupils  in  school  districts 136 


432  INDEX.  [1921 

Public  schools: 

state  treasurer;  duties  of;  collection  of  school 
money  in  un- 
organized town- 
ships     147,  233 

custodian  of  funds 
received  from 
federal  govern- 
ment for  bene- 
fit of  educational 

system    114 

shall  determine 
and  collect 
amount  due  from 
each  school  dis- 
trict  231 

shall  annually  pay 
for      tuition      in 

high    schools 138 

superintendents  of  supervisory  unions,  salaries 

of   231 

supervisory  unions,  school  boards  of,  to  organ- 
ize  for   certain   purposes 127 

teachers,  qualifications,  election  and  removal  of: 

supervision  of  work  of 124,  126,  231 

appeal   to   commissioners 124 

terms  defined ;   elementary    school 125 

standard   school    125 

•  towns  to  assess  $3.50  per  annum  on  each  $1,000 

of  ratable  estate  for  support  of  schools. . . .  146 

additional  sum,  how  raised 146 

towns  and  cities  to.  assess  annually  upon 
ratable  estate  in  school  districts  a  school 
tax  of  two  dollars  per  capita  on  enrolled  pu- 
pils of  previous  school  year 136 

truant  officers 126 

unorganized  townships;  collection       of       school 

money  in 147,  233 

maintenance  of  elemen- 
tary schools  in  or 
substitute      therefor, 

how  provided 147 

Public  service  commission,  appropriation   for   cooperation   vsrith 
U.   S.   Geological   Survey  as  to 

stream    gauging   stations 314 

appropriation  in  favor  of 292,  297 

authorization    of   increase  of  capital 

stock  or  bonds 104 

eminent  domain  exercisable  by 
railroad  or  public  utility,  ap- 
praisal  of  damages 246 

inspection  of  dams  by,  expenses  of  176 


•^^21]  INDEX. 


433 


Public  service  commission,    public  utility  when  to  pay  commis- 
sion's  expense   of   investigating 

matters  covered  by  petition...  247 
street  railvi^ay  or  public  utility  may 
be  authorized  to  discontinue 
operation  of  railway  or  render- 
ing of  service;  certain  rail- 
roads   may    be    allowed    to    dis- 

continue  branch   lines 248 

Public  Statutes,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

chapter     10,  s.  32,  commission  of  lunacy 36 

14,  s.  5,  charter  fees  of  corporations 366 

16,  s.  6,  state  treasurer  may  borrow  money 37 

24,  s.  2,    county    jails [[  243 

27,  s.  9,    county    commissioners'    attendance    on 

court    26 

27,  s.  12,  county  receipts  and  payments 19 

27,  s.  20,  county  commissioners,  pay  of 273 

28,  s.  2,  orders  of  court  for  certain  county  pay- 

ments      20 

29,  s.  10,  registers  of  deeds  to  make  indexes 20 

30,  s.  4,  paging  of  annual  reports  of  county  offi- 

cers       -1  g 

43,  s.  1,  town  clerk  election  of  and  duties 29 

43,  s.  5,  term  of  office  of  selectmen 22 

47,  s.  2,  city  councils  to  declare  result  of  elections  34^ 

50,  s.  2,  powers  of  city  councils I77 

51,  s.  2,  laying  out  of  cemeteries 181 

56,  s.  2,  exemption  of  veterans  from  taxation.!.*  25 

56,  s.  4,  exemption  of  veterans  from  taxation ...  179 

61,  s.  2,  collection  of  non-resident  taxes 97 

67,  s.  2,  laying  out  of  highways  by  selectmen. . .'.  37 

76,  ss.  19,  20,  law  of  the  road Igg 

78,  s.   1,  guide  boards 280 

84,  support  of  town  paupers 67 

84,  s.  9,  town  paupers,  aided  in  town  of  abode. . .  180 

89,  s.  14,   consolidation   of   school   districts 229 

90,  meetings  and  officers  of  school  districts,  term 

of    office 255 

91,  ss.  3,  4,  5,  location  of  school  houses 156 

92,  s.  1,  school  board 231  232 

92,  s.  13,  report  of  school  boards .' ."        '154 

107,  s.  6,  commission   of  lunacy 36 

113,  diseases  of  domestic  animals 257 

115,  firewards    and    firemen 54 

115,  s.  15,  liability  of  ovraer  for  neglect  to  repair 

building    gg 

135,  sale  of  drugs  and  medicines .' 228 

141,  s.  10,  liens  of  mechanics 21 

142,  ss.  12-19,   flowage    rights .'."'.'    70,  246 

28 


434                                               INDEX.  [1921 

Public  Statutes,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

chapter  148,  s.  18,  corporation  upon  dissolution  to  continue 

±or  winding  up  affairs 351 

154,  s.  27,  corporation  failing  to  call  annual  meet- 
ing       100 

156,  ss.  28-37,  railroads,  dissenting  stockholders  of  35? 

158,  laying  out  of  railroads 246 

159,  s.  2,  railroad  grade  crossings 381 

162,  s.  9,  report  of  bank  commissioners 72 

165,  s.  5,  expenses  of  savings  banks 31 

166,  s.  6,  building  and  loan  association,  limitation 

on   holding  shares   of 40 

169,  s.  2,  licensing  of  foreign  insurance  company  237 

169,  s.   14,  taxation  of  foreign  insurance  company  71 

174,  s.  8,  who  may  solemnize  marriages 100 

180,  ss.  21,  22,  weekly  payment  of  wages 73,  74 

184,  s.  4,    probate    courts,    holding   of,    in    Carroll 

county    270 

193,  s.  2,  appeal  from  comm'rs  of  insolvent  estates  21,  22 

203,  interest  and  usury 18 

203,  ss.  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  interest  and  usury 220 

209,  jurors     269 

234,  s.  9,  executions  against  towns  and  districts.  .  26 

245,  s.  1,  trustee  process 59 

269,  s.  13,  sale  of  poisons  by  apothecary  to  be  re- 
corded       228 

282,  jails    243 

286,  s.   IS,  salaries  of  sheriffs 302 

287,  s.  29,  fees  to  secretary  of  state  for  commis- 

sions      107 

Public  utilities,  bonds  and  notes,  issue  of  by  railroads  and  pub- 
lic   utilities 18 

capital  stock  or  bonds,  increase  of 104 

discontinuance  of  operation  by 248 

exercise  of  eminent  domain  by 246 

license  to  construct  and  maintain  pipe  line,  con- 
duit or  line  of  poles  or  towers  and  wires 
&c.  over  or  across  any  of  public  waters  of 

state     105 

public  service  commission's  expenses  in  investi- 
gations, when  to  be  paid  by 247 

Publicity  board  to  advertise  attractions  of  the  state 320 

Railroads,  capital  stock  or  bonds,  increase  of 104 

crossing  of  tracks  of  street  railway  and  railroad; 
consent  of  public  service  commission  when  re- 
quired; regulation  by  commission  as  to  cross- 
ings" and  apportionment  of  expenses 189 

debentures  issuable  at  rate  of  interest  and  on  terms 

approved  by  public  service  commission 18 

discontinuance  of  branch  lines 248 


1921]                                            INDEX.  435 

Railroads,   eminent  domain,  exercise  of  by,   appraisal  of  dam- 
ages       246 

Register  of  deeds,   fee  allowed  for  i-ecording  certificate  of  pub- 
lication of  sale  for  taxes 97 

to  make  indexes  of  deeds  when  each  volume 

of   records   completed 20 

Registers  of  probate  court,  appropriation    for 293,  298 

of  Merrimack  county,  allowance  for 

clerk    hire 34 

of  Strafford  county,  salary  of 186 

of  Sullivan  county,  allowance      for 

clerk    hire..  187 

salary   of 242 

Register  of  the  blind,  appropriation  for 293,  299 

Registration  of  trade  names 175 

Repair  of  Sugar  Loaf  road  in  Alexandria,  appropriation  for.  .  .  310 

Repair  of  Tibbetts  Hill  road  in  Brookfield,  appropriation  for.  .  .  311 

Reports    of    county    officers 18 

of  state  officials  or  boards,  annual  and  biennial  to  close 

on  June  30,  of  the  year  of  required  issue 30 

Representation  in  house  of  representatives,  apportionment  of..  193 

Richmond,  town  of,  appropriation  in  favor  of 308 

Road,  law  of  the,  damages  for  violation  of;    limitation 189 

Roads,  See  Highways. 

Rockingham  county  authorized  to  issue  refunding  bonds 375 

Rollinsford,  farm  of  Harry  Wilson  annexed  to 341 

Rollinsford  and  Dover  enabled  to  contract  in  relation  to  protec- 
tion  against  fire 371 

Round  pond  in  Pittsburg,  fishing  in,  when  permitted 55 

Russell  Aud,  appropriation  in  favor  of 307 

Safford,  Ellon  A.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 318 

Salaries  established,  accountants  in    attorney-general's    office.  .  198 

bank     commission     depart- 
ment       198 

department  of  education..  198 

insurance    department.  .  .  .  198 

treasury    department 198 

adjutant-general     198 

agent    for    blind 198 

assistant    attorney-general 198 

assistant  clerk,  public   service  commission  198 

assistant  to  purchasing  agent 198 

associate    bank    commissioners 198 

associate    public    service   commissioners.  .  .  198 

associate    tax    commissioners 198 

attorney-general     198 

bookkeeper,    department    of,    management 

and    control 198 

cataloguer    state    library »  198 

chairman  of  bank  commission 197,  198 


436  INDEX.  [1921 

Salaries  established,  chairman  of  tax  commission 198 

chief  clerk  department    of    agriculture...  198 

department  of  fish   and  game  198 

department  of  forestry 198 

department   of  highways 198 

department   of  motor  vehicles  198 

department  of  public  health..  198 

public   service   commission ....  198 

secretary  of  state  department  198 

tax   commission    department. .  198 

vital    statistics    department...  198 

Claremont   municipal   court   judge 182 

clerk  on  municipal  accounting 198 

clerks    and    stenographers 199 

commissioner  of  agriculture 198 

education    198 

enforcement    of    law    as 
to     sale    of    worthless 

securities    197 

fish  and  game 198 

highways    198 

insurance     197 

labor     198,  240 

law  enforcement 198 

motor  vehicles   198 

weights  and  measures...  198 

county    commissioners 273 

deputy  commissioner  of  agriculture    198 

commissioners  of  education 198 

deputy  commissioner  of  insurance 197 

deputy  secretary  of  state 197 

deputy    state    treasurer 197 

district  superintendents  of  schools 199 

employees  etc.  of  senate  and  house 197 

equalization    of    salaries    of   certain    state 
officials     and    establishing    maximum 

salary    limit 197' 

factory    inspectors 240 

fish  and   game  wardens 161 


governor 


197 


Hillsborough  county,  certain  officers  of,  to 

be  paid  monthly 74 

inspector,  board  of  health 198 

department    of    charities         and 

correction     . .  198 

labor    198 

weights    and 

measures     ...  198 

industrial   education 198 

public   service  commission 198 


1921]  INDEX. 


437 


Salaries  established,  justices  of  supreme  and  superior  courts. . .  272 

law  clerk  in  office  of  attorney-general 198 

mayor  of  Nashua 371 

public  service  commission,  chairman  of...  198 

purchasing-    agent 198 

register  of  probate  of  Strafford  county . .  .  186 

of  Sullivan  county 242 

reporter  public  service  commission 198 

secretary  of  board  of  charities  and  correc- 
tion       198 

secretary  of  public  library  commission 198 

secretary  of  state    197,  291 

secretary  of  state  board  of  health 198 

tax  commission 198 

sheriffs,  salaries  of  certain  sheriffs  fixed..  302 

state    chemist 198 

forester     198 

indexer    198,  319 

librarian    198 

pathologist     198 

treasurer    197 

veterinarian    258 

superintendent  of  state  house 198 

supervisor  of  moth  supression 198 

Salvation  Army  of  Nashua,  property  of,  exempted  from  taxation  405 

Sanborn,  Lizzie  H.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Savings  banks,    expenses  of  including  salaries  limited 31 

guaranty  fund  and  guaranty  fund  surplus 80 

officers'  and  employees'  salaries  to  be  fixed  by 

trustees     31 

regulation  and  limitation  of  investments 86 

School  district,  fiscal  and   scholastic  year  of  town  and  special 

school  districts  to  end  June  30  annually. . .  41 
liability  to  pay  salary  to  teacher  wrongfully  dis- 
missed       124 

See  also  Public  schools. 

School  for  feeble-minded,  appropriation  in  favor  of 64,  295,  301,  313 

School-houses,  See  Public  schools. 
School  laws.  See  Public  schools. 

Secretary  of  state  department  of,  appropriation  for 291,  297 

distribution  of  sessior   laws 72 

fees  for  issuing  commissions 107 

purchase  of  legislative  supplies  by 288 

Seed  trees  to  be  left  on  cutting  pine  lands 32 

Seeds,  agricultural  seeds,  sale  of  regulated 101 

Securities,  sale  of  its  ovra  stocks,  bonds  &c.  by  corporation  duly 

licensed  thereto,  not  to  constitute  sale  by  a  dealer 23 

Selectmen,  See  Town  officers. 

Senate,  attaches  and  employees  of,  compensation 197 

Session  laws,  printing  and  distribution  of 72 


438  INDEX.  [1921 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1813,   [chapter     11]    ss.  2,  5,  charter  of  Union  Academy  in 

Plainfield     372 

1815,  chapter         22,  charter   of    First    Congregational    So- 
ciety   in    Ossipee 353 

1821,  chapter  9,  charter  of  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  1  at 

Portsmouth    360 

1827,  chapter         13,  charter      of     Exeter      Manufacturing 

Company     339 

1857,  chapter     1978,  Claremont  High  School  established. . .  346 
.       1861,  chapter     2555,  s.  2,  charter  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi  So- 
ciety      354 

1869,  chapter         97,  s.  2,  charter  of  New  Hampshire  Fire 

Insurance    Co 358 

1881,  chapter       161,  s.  2,  charter  of  New  Hampshire  Vet- 
erans'  Association 392 

227,  cnarter   of   New   Hampshire    Fire    In- 
surance Co.  amended 358 

1887,  chapter       175,  charter    of     Capital     Fire     Insurance 

Company .  364 

217,  charter   of    Underwriters    Fire    In-^^iir- 

ance  Co 362 

302,  annexing   Stevens   homestead   to   Hav- 
erhill       340 

1889,  chapter       279,  s.  2,  charter  of  Nashua  Trust  Co.  ...  349 

1891,  chapter       152,  charter  of  Whitefield  Aqueduct  Co...  347 

265,  charter       of       Nashua       Trust       Co. 

amended    349 

1893,  chapter         15,  s.  1,  non-resident  taxes,  sale  for 97 

3S,  s.  1,  compensation  for  cattle  killed.  ...  63 

43,  s.      1,      Dartmouth      college      charter 

amended 370 

50,  ss.  1,  2,  damages  for  flowage 70 

59,  s.  1,  statute  of  highways 183 

167,  s.    2,    Whitefield    village    fire    district 
authorized   to  purchase   Whitefield 

Aqueduct  Co 347 

241,     s.  5,  Laconia  school  district 403 

241,  s.    17,   city   clerk   of  Laconia,   election 

and    salary 392 

241,  s.  20,  Laconia  board  of  education 404 

1895,  chapter         27,  s.  13,  railway  crossings  regulated....  189 

37,  s.  5,  bail  commissioners,  fees  of 1C6 

43,  s.  4,  bonds   of  municipal  corporations  404 

50,  teachers  and   school  boards 154 

91,  railroad  crossings  at  grade  regulated  381 

100,  foreign  insurance  companies,  taxation 

&c.   of 71 

187,  ss.  2,  4,  charter  of  John  M.  Hunt  home  368 

209,  Bath  Union  School  District  established  359 


1921]  INDEX.  439 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1897,  chapter         15,  probate     courts     in     Carroll     county, 

terms    of 270 

77,  s.  2,  report  of  bank  commissioners...  72 

78,  s.   6,   nomination    papers,   when    to   be 

filed 162 

78,  s.  8,  manner  of  holding  caucuses  and 

elections     164 

78,  s.  13,  sealed  packages  of  ballots  to  be 
delivered  by  city  and  town  clerks 

to  election  officers  &c 163 

184,  charter  of  Dalton  Power  Co 366 

1899,  chapter         59,  s.  1,  incumbrances  and  encroachments 

on    highways 286 

64,  taxation    of    foreign    insurance    com- 
panies       71 

208,  charter   of   Walpole    Electric    Light  & 

Power    Co. 367 

221,  charter  of  Dalton   Power  Co 366 

1901,  chapter         47,  sale  of   drugs   and   medicines 228 

67,  taxation    of    foreign    insurance    com- 
panies       71 

96,  high    schools 229,  231 

96,  s.    3,   high    schools,    appropriation    for 

tuition     231 

116,  s.  1,  town  paupers 180 

198,  Rockingham  county  funding  bonds...  376 

1903,  chapter  5,  school    boards 154 

27,  s.   1,  meetings  of  proprietors  of  com- 
mon   lands 100 

47,  .s.    1,    cemeteries 181 

68,  exemption    of   veterans   from   taxation  179 

88,  crossing  of   railroad   tracks  by  street 

railway    companies    regulated....  189 

112,  Hi'.lsborough     county     commissioners, 

salaries    of 273 

204,  chart-r   of   Walpole   Electric   Light   & 

Power  Co 367 

238,  Alpha      Delta      Phi      Society     charter 

amended     354 

318,  Walpole   Electric   Light  &   Power  Co., 

charter    amended 367 

329,  charter  of  Dalton  Power  Co.,  amended  366 

1905,  chapter  9,  fees   of  bail   commissioners 106 

35,  improvement    of    highway.-' 282 

40,  taxation   of   legacies   and   successions 

78,    83,    84 

40,    s.    1,    taxation    of    collateral    legacies 

and    successions S6 

40,    s.    4,    tax    on    collateral    legacies    and 

successions  when   payable 81 


440  INDEX.  [1921 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1905,  chapter         40,  s.  9,    taxation     of     collateral    legacies 

and  successions  filing  of  inventory  79 

40,  s.  12,  taxation  of  collateral  legacies 
and  successions,  tax  when  re- 
funded           77,  82 

40,  s.    14,    taxation    of    collateral    legacies 

&c.  probate  court  jurisdiction ....  77 

40,  s.    16,   taxation    of   collateral    legacies 

&c.  account  of  executor 83 

40,  s.  18,  taxation  of  collateral  legacies 
&c.  transfer  of  stock  by  foreign 
executor     83 

40,  s.  20,  taxation  of  collateral  legacies 
&c.  state  treasurer  to  be  party  to 
petition     86 

40,  s.    22,   taxation   of   collateral    legacies 

&c.  expenses  of  execution  of  act.  .  83 

41,  s.  1,  liens  of  mechanics 21 

77,  trial   of  cases  without  jury  at  Derry  271 
82,  state  treasurer   authorized   to   borrow 

money    37 

89,  appropriation     for     tuition     in     high 

schools    &c 231 

109,  taxation  of  foreign  insurance  com- 
panies       71 

167,  charter  of  Nashua  Trust  Co 349 

220,  Walpole  Electric   Light  &  Power  Co., 

charter    amended 367 

1907,  chapter           8,  salary  of  sheriff  of  Coos  county 302 

11,  salary  of  sheriff  of  Grafton  county..  302 

22,  compensation  of  county  commissioners  273 

27,  s.  3,  mortgage  of  standing  timber...  98 

37,  required  capital  of  foreign  insurance 

companies     237 

38,  salary  of  sheriff  of  Cheshire  county. .  302 
68,  taxation    of    collateral    legacies    and 

successions     84 

68,  s.  5,  taxation  of  collateral  legacies  and 

successions     82 

68,  s.  9,  state  treasurer  to  be  party  to  pe- 
tition  by   foreign    administrator..  86 
95,  s.  1,  exemption  of  veterans  from  taxa- 
tion         25,  179 

98,  reports  of  state  officials  when  to  close  30 

138,  tax    on    collateral    legacies    &c.    state 

treasurer   may   employ  attorney.  .       83,  84 
179,  charter   of    New    Hampshire    Fire   In- 
surance   Co.,    amended 358 

273,  charter  of  Underwriters  Fire  Insur- 
ance   Co.,   amended 362 


1921]  INDEX.  441 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1909,  chapter         15,    annual    and    standing    appropriations 

repealed    217 

18,  s.  3,  recording  of  sales  of  real  estate 

for   taxes 97 

61,  sale  of  agricultural  seeds 104 

77,  s.  1,  towns  may  raise  money  for  pa- 

triotic   observances 51 

78,  taxation     of     foreign     life     insurance 

companies    '      71 

83,  clerical      expenses      of      Hillsborough 

county    commissioners 273 

100,  school    districts    authorized    to    make 

contr  acts  for  high  school  tuition .  .  229 
100,  s.    1,    school    districts    authorized    to 
make  contracts  for  high  school  tui- 
tion       231 

104,  taxation  of  collateral  legacies  &c.  state 

treasurer  may  employ  attorney. .  .  84 
104,  s.  1,  taxation  of  collateral  legacies  etc.  83 
110,  street  railway  companies  to  share  ex- 
pense of  repairing  bridges 189 

116,  sale  of  drugs  and  medicines 228 

120,  s.  3,  parole  officer's  duties  and  salary  244 

120,  s.  4,  complaint  against  paroled  convict  244 

120,  s.  6,  recommitment  of  paroled  convict  245 

128,  state  system  of  forestry  protection..  188 

128,  s.  6,  forest  fire  warden 238 

128,  s.  20,  establishment  of  public  parks.  .  303,  304 
130,  burial  of  soldiers  and  sailors  at  public 

expen  se     67 

132,  expenses   of   board   of  cattle  commis- 

sioners      257 

134,  weekly  payment  of  wages 73,  74 

153,  s.  8,  par.    (5),  nomination  by  petition  162 
153,  s.  8  par.  (7),  declarations  of  candidacy 
and  primary  petitions,  when  to  be 

filed    162 

1911,  chapter         42,  taxation    of    collateral    legacies     and 

successions     84 

42,  s.  1,  taxation  of  collateral  legacies  and 

successions     . 81,  82,  83,  86 

78,  s.  1,  weekV  payment  of  wages 74 

84,  apportionment  of  state  representatives  196 
114,  erection  of  mill  dams 70 

133,  motor    vehicle    law 217 

142,  s.    1,  compensation    for   cattle   ordered 

to  be  killed   63 

164,  establishing  a   public    service  commis- 
sion      68 


442  INDEX.  [1921 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1911,  chapter     164,  s.   3    (a)    powers   and   duties   of  public 

service    commission 381 

164,  s.  13,  public  utilities  to  be  approved  by  • 

public  service  commission 105 

164,  s.  13   (e).  land  how  acquired  by  public 

utility    for    extension  . 246 

164,  s.  14,  sub.   (b),  increase  of  authorized 

capital  stock  of  railroads 104 

164,  s.  19  (d)  [as  renumbered  and  amend- 
ed by  Laws  1913,  c.  145,  s.  18  and 
Laws  1915,  c.  99,  s.  3]  petitioner  to 
pay    expenses     of    public     service 

commission    247 

164,  s.  26  [as  added  by  Laws  1917,  c.  82] 
public  service  commission  may  au- 
thorize any  street  railway  or  pub- 
lic utility  to  discontinue 248 

166,  s.  1,  state  system  of  forestry 238,  304 

169,  s.  5,  state  tax  commission  established  185 

169,  s.    7,    state   tax    commission;     salaries 

of   commissioners,  expenses,  etc..  .  185 
169,  s.   10,  tax  commission,  compulsory  at- 
tendance  of   witnesses 355 

190,  s.  6,  attorney-general  may  employ 
clerical  and  stenographic  assist- 
ants       98 

192,  maintenance    of   highways 283 

330,  charter  of  Dalton  Power  Co.  amended  366 
1913,  chapter           2,  salaries  of  commissioners  of  Hillsbor- 
ough county,  etc 273 

44,  salaries    of    commissioners    of    Hills- 
borough county,  etc 273 

47,  state  inspector  of  dams 70 

47,  s.  7,  construction  of  dams,  expense  of 

state    inspection 176 

59,  salary  of  sheriff  of  Coos  county 302 

93,  liens  of  mechanics 21 

105,  s.  1,  lights  on  vehicles  on  highways.  . .  234 

105,  s.  4,  lights  on  vehicles  on  highways.  .  .  235 

115,  s.  1,  exemption  from  taxation 50 

134,  salary  of  sheriff  of  Sullivan  county.  .  302 

136,  salaries   of  county  commissioners....  273 

141,  s.   2,  salaries   of  justices   of  supreme 

and   superior  courts    272,  273 

145,  s.  13,  fees  due  public  service  commis- 
sion      105 

145,  s.  13    (e)    exercise  of  eminent  domain 

by  public   utilities 246 

145,  s.  18,  public  utilities,  failure  to  make 

reparation,    procedure 247 


1921]  INDEX.  443 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1913,  chapter       155,  s.  6,  disposal  of  timber  slash 187 

159,  s.   2,  forestry  fire  districts .  238 

175,  s.    1,    guide-boards 280 

179,  s.  4,  primary  and  election  laws,  nomi- 
nation by  petition 162 

184,  probate  courts  in  Carroll  county 270 

291,  s.  1,  charter  of  Manchester  amended; 

taxation    and    indebtedness 402 

291,  s.  5,  charter  of  Manchester  amended, 

taxation  and  indebtedness 356 

314,  charter  of  Phenix  Mutual  Fire  Insur- 
ance Co.  of  Concord,  N.  H 363 

346,  s.  1,  Manchester  authorized  to  pro- 
vide pensions  for  firemen 398 

360,  s.  1,  statue  of  Gen.  John  G.  Foster  in 

Nashua    authorized .  389 

418,  s.  1,  Manchester,  pensions  to  em- 
ployees of  public  works  depart- 
ment      399 

418,  s.  4,  Manchester  pensions  to  employees 

of     399 

1915,  chapter         30,  s.    9,    municipal    courts    how    may    be 

established     62 

30,  s.    10,    municipal    courts,    salaries    of 

justices    182 

47,  taxation  of  insurance  companies 71 

48,  s.  1,  statute  of  highways,  amendment 

of    183 

52,  s.  1,  transfer  or  lease  of  public  utility  105 

60,  municipal   courts,   salaries   of  justices  182 

89,  sale  of  agricultural   seeds 104 

93,  establishing    a    system    of    cross-state 

highways    58 

99,  s.    3,    public    service   commission,    fees 

and    expenses 247 

100,  disposal  of  timber  slash •    187 

105,  s.    1,    cemeteries    181 

106,  taxation    of    legacies   and    successions  84 
106,  s.  1,  taxation   of  legacies  and  succes- 
sions           83,  86 

116,  assistant  attorney  general,  office  es- 
tablished       84 

116,  s.  2,  duties  of  assistant  attorney-gen- 
eral           85 

116,  s.  5,  tax  on  collateral  legacies  and 
successions,  expenses  of  enforce- 
ment       83 

125,  diseases   of  domestic   animals 257 

133,  s.   1,  fish  and   game  laws. 249 

133,  s.  14  (a)    (b)  open  season  on  deer....  255 


444  INDEX.  [1921 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1915,  chapter       133  s.  14    (c)    deer  how  may  be  taken 251 

133,     s.  17,  fur-bearing  animals,  open  sea- 
son      39 

133,    s.  17  subd.   (d)   sale  of  furs  or  skins 

of  fur-bearing   animals 43 

133,  s.   19,  open   season  on  birds 252 

133,  s.  23,  open   season  on  birds 252 

133,  s.   28    (a),   brook  trout,   open   season, 

size    limit 157,  254 

133,  s.  28  subd.   (f),  catch  limit  of  certain 

fish 157 

133,  s.    29    (a),    black   bass,    open    season, 

size    limit    252 

133,  s.    31    (b),    pike    perch,   open    season, 

size    limit 252 

133,  s.   32,   sub.    (b),   pickerel,   catch   limit  56 

133,  s.  33,  shad  and  white  fish  open  season  256 
133,  s.  40  sub.  (c)  ice  fishing  in  Newfound 

lake    57 

133,  s.  47,  salt  water  fish,  taking  regulated  158 

133,  s.  48,  cod  taking  regulated 158 

133,  s.  49,  taking  of  lobsters  regulated 252 

133,  s.   50,   lobster  pots,   interference  with 

prohibited 158 

133,  s.  53,  violation  of  fishing  laws 158 

133,  s.  54,  hunters,  licenses 252 

133,  s.  55,  hunters'  licenses 160 

133,  s.  55    (c),  license  to  hunt  and  fish...  253 
133,  s.     57.    transportation     of    deer    and 

game  on  non-resident  license 253 

133,  s.   58,  transportation  of  deer  on  resi- 
dent license 254 

133,  s.  71,  salary  of  fish  and  game  wardens  161 
150,  8.  1,  exemption  of  property  from  taxa- 
tion    . 50 

162,  municipal    trust    funds 402 

248,  s.    2.   charter    of    Laconia    Lodge,    No. 

876,  of  Elks 349 

249,  s.  2,  mayor  of  Manchester,  veto  power  356 

297,  Laconia    School   District 404 

302,  Manchester,      charter      of,      amended, 

power  of  mayor 356 

309,  s.  1,  charter  of  Laconia  Lodge  of  Elks 

No.  876,  amended 349 

1917,  chapter         35,  expenses  of  savings  banks 31 

57,  s.   1,  municipal   accounting  officers...  65 

75,  municipal    trust    funds 402 

82,  commission  may  authorize  public  util- 

ity to  discontinue  operation 248 

83,  taxation    of    foreign    insurance    com- 

panies     ; 71 


1^21]                                                             INDEX.  ^^g 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc. : 

1917,  chapter       96,  s.  5,  protection  of  state  roads 38 

122,  fiscal  school  year;    school  boards  when 

to   file  reports .  154 

122,  ss.  1,  2,  fiscal  school  year 41 

123,  ss.  13,  35,  36,  63,  64,  militia  act 191,  192 

127,  public  accountants,  registration  of 237 

•     129,  municipal   finances   and   bonds... 334,  374,  390 

129,  s.   10,  municipal  finances   and  bonds.  '  402 
143,  s.   1,   recording  of  evidence   of  notice 

of  sale  of  lands  of  non-residents  97 
147,  prohibiting       sale       of       intoxicating 

liquor    228 

147,  s.   50,   state  commissioner  of   law  en- 
forcement to  be  appointed 59. 

156,  s.     5,     receptacle     for     standardized 

milk,  how  to  be  labeled 241 

161,  disposal   of  timber  slash 157 

164,  cross-state   highways,   terminals   fixed  58 

171,  municipal    trust   funds 402 

178,  public    service    commission,    jurisdic- 
tion as  to  construction  of  dams. . .  70 

181,  s.    2,    sterilizing   operations 278 

183,  s.   1,  safety  and  health  of  employees 

in    factories 239 

183,  s.     12,    factory    inspectors,    how    ap- 

pointed      239 

184,  fish   and   game  law 249 

184,  s.  5,  open  season  on  deer 255 

184,  s.  6,  deer,  manner  of  taking 251 

184,  ss.  10,  11,  taking  of  game  by  trappers; 

liability     for     domestic     animals 

caught    39 

184,  s.    13,  taking  of  brook  trout;     lawful 

size     157^  254 

184,  s.  15,  pickerel,  catching  of,  regulated  56 

184,  s.  18,  taking  of  catfish,  open  season..  251 

184,  s.  20,  hunting  and  fishing  licenses...  160,  253 

185,  regulation    of    sale    and    use    of    ex- 

plosives and  fire  arms 173 

201,  salaries   of  county  commissioners 273 

202,  s.  1,  dealers  in  securities 23 

212,  s.   1,   salaries  of  justices   of  supreme 

and   superior   courts 272  273 

215,  cross-state    highway    from    Claremont 

to    Rochester 58 

221,  s.  1,  real  estate  may  be  acquired  for 

military    purposes 240 

221,  s.  3,  real  estate  so  acquired,  payment 

for     241 

224,  system  of  cross-state  highways 58 


446  INDEX.  [1921 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc.: 

1&17,  chapter       288,  interest  and  usury    220 

316,  charter    of    Laconia    amended,    salary 

of  city  clerk 392 

341,  s.  1,  Manchester,  indebtedness  limited  402 
357,  s.   9,   charter  of   Marlborough   Water 

Works  Co 361 

1919,  chapter           3,  s.  1,  publication  of  session  laws 72 

3,  s.  10,  publication  of  supreme  court  re- 
ports      52 

6,  weekly  payment  of  wages 73,  74 

26,  s.    1,    lighting   of    vehicles    after   dark 

regulated    234 

28,  public  accountants,  registration  of .  .  .  237 

•                                          37,  taxation  of  legacies  and  successions..  81,  84 

45,  fees  of  county  commissioners 273 

54,  s.  1,  veterans  exempted  from  taxation  25,  179 

55,  s.  1,  registration  of  motor  vehicles.  .  .  .  218 
55,  s.  3,  permit  of  motor  vehicle  valid  on 

transfer  of  ownership  of  vehicle.  .  218 

55,  s.  5,  fees  for  permits  for  registration 

of  motor  vehicles 218 

55,  s.  6,  account  of  permit  fees  received  by 

city  or  town  officials;    fees  to  town 

clerks  for  permits 219 

55,  s.  7,  fees  for  permits  for  registration 

of   motor    vehicles 219 

55,  s.  11,  registration  of  motor  vehicles..  219 

56,  solemnization  of  marriage  by  non-resi- 

dent minister    100 

57,  trade  names   of   individuals,   partners 

and  others 175,  176 

57,  s.  4,  certificate  of  trade  names  &c 175 

57,  s.  7,  trade  names  etc 176 

59,  fees  to  secretary  of  state  for  commis- 
sions       107 

62,  salaries  of  sheriffs 302 

66,  safety  and  health  of  employees  in  fac- 
tories and  workshops 239 

70,  sale  of  animal  which  has  aborted.  ...  43 
72,  taxation    of    foreign    insurance    com- 
panies      71 

80,  salary  of  sheriff  of  Sullivan  county.  .  .  302 
86,  ss.  1,  4,  motor  vehicles,  when  operator 

declared  to  be  common  carrier.  ...  64 

88,  sale  of  explosives  and  firearms  regu- 

lated      178 

89,  Canaan    brook    and    Bodge    brook    in 

Tuftonboro    closed    to    fishing    for 

five  years 254 

92,  business    corporation    law 105,  366 


1921 


iXDEX.  447 


Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc. : 

1919,  chapter  92,  ss.  1,  5,  9,  10,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  28, 
29,  36,  37,  38,  40,  business  cor- 
poration   law 165 

,         96,  municipal    trust    funds 402 

98,  salary    of    stenographer    of   tax    com- 

mission       Igg 

99,  prohibitory   liquor    law 59 

105,  s.    1,   salaries  of  judges  of  municipal 

courts     Ig2 

106,  s.  5,  subd.  3,  state  board  of  education  231 
106,  s.  9,  subd.  8,  state  board  of  education  231 
106,  s.   10,  school  districts  to  pay  to  state 

treasurer   per   capita    tax 231 

106,  s.    20,    subd.    2,    term    of    elementary 

schools     ; 231 

106,  s.     20,     subd.     3,     transportation     of 

pupils     232 

106,  s.  22,  state  board  of  education  to  pro- 
vide necessary  funds  in  certain 
cases     233 

106,  s.  23,  state  treasurer  to  assess 
and  collect  state  tax  for  educa- 
tional   purposes 233 

106,  s.  30,  subd.  1,  abolition  of  illiteracy.  .  234 

106,  s.  30,  subd.  2,  Americanization  of  im- 
migrants       234 

106,  s.   30,   subd.   9,  payment  of  tuition   in 

high    schools 231 

109,  s.  8,  veterinarian's  license,  revocation  268 

115,  closed  seasons  in  Diamond  ponds  and 

Nathan    ponds I59 

116,  s.   1,  salary  of  parole  officer   at  state 

prison    established 244 

118,  cross-state    highways    established 58 

129,  election    of    town    officers 30 

135,  burial   of   soldiers    and   sailors 67 

139,  s.   4,  taxation   of  street  railways.  ...  33 

146,  fees  for  hunting  and  fishing  licenses 

established     160 

151,  compensation    of    attaches     and    em- 

ployees   of    legislature 197 

152,  s,    1,    taking    of    horn-pout    or    bull- 

head   regulated 251 

152,   s.   2,    sale  of   furs   and   skins   of  ful-- 

bearing  animals  legally  taken  may 

be  sold;    bounty  on  wild  cats 39,  43 

152,  ss.  3,  4,  deer,  open  season  on;    number 

taken    limited 255 

152,  s.  5,  manner  of  taking  deer  regulated  251 


448  INDEX.  [1921 

Session  laws,  repealed,  amended,  etc. : 

1919,  chapter     152,  s.  10,    fur-bearing    animals,    open    sea- 
son       39 

154,  diseases  of  domestic   animals 257 

162,  exercise  of  eminent  domain  by  public 

utility     70,  105,  246 

163,  prohibiting    prostitution    etc.    and    to 

prevent    the    spread    of    venereal 

diseases    51 

247,  Laconia  School   District 404 

249,  .s.  1,  charter  of  Nashua  Manufactur- 
ing  Company   amended 361 

258,  s.    1,    taxation    and    indebtedness    of 

Manchester     402 

270,  Exeter,  Hampton,  Hampton  Falls  and 
Seabrook  authorized  to  acquire 
and  operate  street  railway  prop- 
erties      333 

279,  ss.  1,  2,  Manchester  municipal  em- 
ployees vacation  for 401 

1921,  chapter  9,  s.  1,  selectmen,  election  of 28 

9,  s.   2,  selectmen,  election  of 29 

12,  exemption  of  veterans  from  taxation  179, 

32,  protection  of  state  roads 66 

55,  s.     4,    marriage     of    persons    having 

syphilis   or   gonorrhoea;     penalty.  279 

85,  act   to    revise    and   codify   the   school 

laws    234 

85,  part  IV,    s.    21,     contracts     of     school 

districts  for  tuition    229 

89,  s.   1,  taking  of  brook  trout  in  ponds 

and    streams    regulated 254,  256 

147,  salary,  expenses,  office  rent  of  jus- 
tices    of     supreme     and     superior 

courts     272 

202,  s.  2,  Manchester  department  of  high- 
ways   established 394 

202,  s.  5,  Manchester,  department  of  high- 
ways, surveyors,  powers  and  duties  395 
202,  s.  7,  Manchester  department  of  high- 
ways               396 

Shaw,  Chase  S.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Sheriffs,  salaries  of  certain  sheriffs  fixed 302 

Slash,  disposal  of,  regulated 187 

Smith,  Dudley  F.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 303 

Smith,  Peter,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Soldiers  and  sailors,   aid    to 180 

burial  of,  at  public  expense 67 

Soldiers'  home,   appropriations   for 64,  295,  301 

Spanish  war  veterans,  exemption  of  property  of 50 


^^^^]  INDEX. 


449 


Spirituous  liquor;  commissioner  of  law  enforcement  may  make 

regulations   to   secure  en- 
forcement  of  law 59 

shall  furnish  blanks  to  officers 
of   courts   for   reports   of 

cases    59 

Spring,  C.  W.,  appropriation  in  favor  of ' '  303 

St.  John's  Lodge  No.  1  at  Portsmouth,  charter  amended 360 

Stache,  Herman  C,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Staff  of  commander-in-chief 191 

Standard  time  to  be  "United  States  standard  eastern  time" 27 

Standing  timber  mortgaged  as  real  estate,  consent  to  cutting 

how  to  be  given  and  recorded;   lien  extended  to  lumber 98 

State  aided  roads.  See  Highways. 

State  board  of  charities   and    correction    authorized   to   engage 

free  beds  in  sanatoria  for  tuberculous  patients  317 

of  education,    appropriations    for 293,  298,  315 

See,  also.  Public  schools, 
of  health  to  inspect  factory  where  children  under 

sixteen   are  employed 130 

State  dental  board,  appropriations  in  favor  of 295,  300 

State  forester,  duty  to  examine  cuttings  on  pine  woodlands  to 
determine  if  seed  pines  have  been  left  stand- 
ing      33 

duty  to  provide  patrol  of  forest  lands 36 

may  divide  state  into  fire  districts 238 

State  guard,  to  retain  equipment;   members  to  be  furnished  with 

service    buttons 305 

State  hospital,   appropriations    for 64,  295,  301 

improvements,    appropriation    for 316 

superintendent  shall  notify  state  board  of  health 
and    furnish    required    information    as    to 

person    thereto   committed 28 

trustees  of,  to  be  commission  of  lunacy 36 

State  house  department,   appropriations   for 64,  295,  300,  301 

State  indexer  of  records,  to  perform  clerical  work  for  Grand 

Army  of  the  Republic 319 

State  industrial  school,  appropriations  for 295,  301,  312 

State  library,  appropriations  for 295,  301 

State  officials,  salaries  of ;    equalization;    maximum  salary  limits  197 

State  prison,  maintenance  of,  appropriations  for 295,  301,  311 

State  sanatorium,    appropriation    for 64,  295,  301,  316 

State  treasurer,  authority  to    borrow    money ; 37 

to    destroy    documents    and    papers 

after    seven    years   from    filing.  .  24 

to  determine  tax  on  transfer  of  de- 
ceased non-resident's  estate....  77 
to  petition  for  administrator  to  pay 

such    tax 76 

to  sue  for  such  tax 78 

29 


450  INDEX.  [1921 

State  treasurer,  certificate  as  to  taxation  of  legacies  and  suc- 
cessions      83 

duties  as  to  institute  fund 120 

duties  as  to  school  law,  see  Public  schools, 
entitled  to  appear  in  any  proceeding  relating 

to  tax  on  legacies  and  successions 86 

monthly  receipts  of  all  departments  to  be  paid 

to     290 

shall  determine  amount  of  tax  on  legacies  and 

successions     82 

to  be  custodian  of  money  allotted   by  federal 

government  for  forest  fire  protection....  42 

to  pay  expense  of  executing  law  as  to  legacies 

and    successions 83,  84 

to  provide  blanks  for  execution  of  act  as  to 
taxation  of  estates  of  deceased  non-resi- 
dents       79 

State  treasury,  all    departments    to    pay    thereto    monthly    all 

moneys  received  from  outside  sources 290 

appropriations  for  department  of 291,  297 

State    veterinarian 258 

Statutes,  publication  of 72 

Sterilizing  operations  in  cases  of  feeble  mindedness 278 

Stevens,  George  H.,  homestead  farm  annexed  to  Piermont 340 

Strafford  county,  register  of  probate      186 

iStratford,  acts  and  proceedings  of  annual  town  meeting  legalized  336 

enabled  to  issue  water  bonds 384 

Stream  flow  gauging  stations,  cooperation  with  federal  govern- 
ment in  establishing,  appropriation  for 314 

Street  railways,  crossing  of  tracks  of  railroad  by  street  railway 

regulated    189 

duty  to  driver  of  street  car  to  stop  and  ex- 
amine for  trains 189 

public  service  commission  may  authorize  rail- 
way to  discontinue  part  of  line  or  part  of 

service     248 

regulations  by  commission  as  to  crossings  and 

apportionment  of  expense 189 

taxation  of.  See  Taxation 

Success  pond,  taking  of  trout  in,  less  than  ten  inches  prohibited  255 

Sugar  Loaf  road  in  Alexandria,  appropriation  for  repair  of 310 

Sullivan  county,  register  of  probate,  salary  and  clerk  hire.  .  .  187,  242 

Sullivan,  Michael  J.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Superior  court,  appropriations    for 292,  298 

terms    of 270 

Supreme  court,  appropriations    for 292,  298 

reports,  publication  of  to  be  by  state  reporter .  .  52 

Syphilis,  marriage  of  persons  having,  prohibited 61,  279 


1921]                                             INDEX.  451 

Tax  commission  department,  appropriations    for 292,  297 

attendance   of   secretary   or  chief 

clerk  at  office  regulated 185 

may  audit  accounts  of  municipal 

corporations    65 

salary  of  commissioners,  of  secre- 
tary and  of  clerk  fixed 185 

to    prescribe    form    of   record   for 

county  treasurers 19 

Taxation,   annual  license  tax  of  corporations 173 

apportionment  for  assessment  of  taxes 11 

assessment  and  collection    of    annual    state    tax    of 

$1,700,000  for  two  years   289 

collector,  to  advance  fees  to  register  of  deeds  for  re- 
cording   certificate    of   publication;     fees    taxed 

with  other  charges 97 

exemption  of  educational,  charitable,  religious  and 
temperance  societies  and  associations  of  veterans 
as  to  certain  property;  towns  may  increase  ex- 
emption      50 

exemption  of  veterans  from  taxation 25,  179 

of  credit  unions 50 

of  foreign  insurance  companies 35,   71 

of  legacies  and  successions 81 

of  personal  estates  of  foreign  decedents 75 

of  street  railways,  amendment  of  Laws  1919,  c.  139  33 

special  tax  to  meet  deficiency  for  1921 288 

towns  and  cities  shall  annually  pay  $2  to  Assessors' 

Association    58 

transfer  tax  on  foreign  decedent's  estate 75 

Telegraph  Publishing  Co.,  of  Nashua,  appropriation  in  favor  of  321 

Terms  of  superior  court , 270 

Tibbetts  hill  road  in  Brookfield,  appropriation  for  repair  of .  .  .  .  311 

Tilton,  certain  land  annexed  to  union  school  district  number  one  334 

Time,  standard  time  to  be  "United  States  standard  eastern  time"  27 

Town,  executions   against 26 

Town  district,  executions  against 26 

Town  officers,  clerk  and  deputy,  bond  of 29 

clerk  not  to  issue  marriage  certificate  after  notice 

person  has  gonorrhoea  or  syphilis 62 

election    of 29 

liability  of,  as  to  defective  highways 183 

selectmen,   elected  for  three  years 22 

may    be   elected    for    three    years   by 

plurality    vote 28,  29 

or   assessors  to   raise  by   special   tax 

sums  to  meet  deficiency  for  1921  288 
vacancies  in  office  to  be  filled  by  re- 
maining selectmen 28 

powers  as  to  highways,  See  Highways. 


452  INDEX.  [1921 

Town    paupers 180 

Towns  and  cities,  See  Municipal  corporations. 

Trade  names,  registration  of 175 

Treasurer  of  state.  See  State  Treasurer. 

Treasury   department,   appropriations   for 291,  297 

Trees,  standing,  lien  on 98 

Troy,  biennial  elections  on  November  2,  1920,  legalized 406 

Trunk-line,  See  title  Highway. 

Trustee  process,  what  personal  actions  may  be  commenced  by.  .  59 

Tuberculosis,  treatment  of,  appropriation  for 317 

treatment  of  persons  having;    free  beds  to  be  en- 
gaged in  sanatoria  by  state  board  of  charities 

and    correction 317 

Tuberculous  children,  appropriation  for  aid  of 293,  299 

Twombly,  Charles  H.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 303 

Underwood  Typewriter  Company,  appropriation  in  favor  of. .  321 

Underwriters  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  charter  amended 362 

Union-Leader  Publishing  Company,  appropriation  in  favor  of.  .  321 
United  States  geological  survey:  stream  flow  gauging  stations.  .  314 
University  extension,  state  board  of  education  requested  to  in- 
stitute a  division  of 315 

Usury   220 

Vasectomy,  operation  when  authorized 278 

Vehicles  on  highways  to  carry  lights 234 

Veterans,  exemption  of,  from  taxation 25,  179 

poor,  to  be  supported  in  own  towns 180 

property  of  certain  associations  exempted  from  taxa- 
tion      50 

Veterinary  examiners,  board   of,   revocation   of  license  of  vet- 
erinary     268 

Vital  statistics  department,  appropriation  for 294,  300 

Wages,  payment  of,  by  persons  in  certain  kinds  of  business  to 

be  weekly  and  in  cash 73 

Walpole  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  charter  extended  367 

Ward,  Walter  J.  A.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 303,  320 

Warner,  biennial  elections  of  November  2,  1920  legalized 406 

Water  power,  commission   for   conference  with   commissions   of 

other  states  as  to  conservation  of  water  power 184 

Water  power,  development    of 67 

Webster  birthplace,  appropriation  for  repair  of 310 

Webster  highway  designated 38 

Weeden,  John  E.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 242 

Wendell,  Charles  E.,  appropriations  in  favor  of 303,  321 

Wentworth  town  meeting  legalized 405 

Wheeler,  John  S.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

White,  Irene  B.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Whitefield  Village  Fire  District,  amendment  of  charter 347 


1921]                                             INDEX.  453 

Wild  cats,  bounty  on 43 

Wilson,  Harry,  homestead  severed  from  Dover  and  annexed  to 

Rollinsford 341 

Women,  not  to  be  jurors 269 

Workmen's  compensation,  insurance  as  to,  Sec  Insurance. 

Young,  Harrie  M.,  appropriation  in  favor  of 321 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Ossipee  incorporated 378 

York  pond,  closed  to  fishing 57