LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
PASSED JANUARY SESSION. 1927
LEGISLATURE CONVENED JANUARY 5, ADJOURNED APRIL 15
CONCORD. N. H.
1927
Printed by
Granite State Press, Manchester, N. H.
Bound by
The Cragg Bindery, Concord.
STATE OFFICERS
Governor Huntley N. Spaulding
Ora A. Brown
Guy E. Chesley
Councilors ^ Albert J. Precourt
Albert H. Hunt
^ Frank L. Gerrish
Adjutant-General Charles W. Howard
Agriculture, Commissioner of Andrew L. Felker
Auditor Lucien J. Martin
Bank Commissioner Arthur E. Dole
Charities and Correction, Secretwry
of State Board of William J. Ahern
Conciliation and .Irbitration, State f John R. McLane
Board of 4 Russell C. Thorsell
L Walter F. Duffy
Orton B. Brown
Robert T. Kingsbury
Education, State Board of -<J Merrill Mason
Alice S. Harriman
Wilfrid J. Lessard
Commissioner of Ernest W. Butterfield
Fish and Game Commissioner Mott L. Bartlett
Forester, State John H. Foster
r W. Robinson Brown
Forestry Commission -} Benjamin K. Ayers
t John M. Corliss
Health, Secretary of State Board of . . . Charles Duncan
Highiuay Commissioner Frederic E. Everett
Insurance Commissioner John E. Sullivan
Labor Commissioner John S. B. Davie
Laiv Enforcement, State Commissioner
of •. . . . Ralph W. Caswell
Liquor Agent Edward Boisvert
Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of John F. Griffin
4 State Officers
r William T. Gunnison
Public Scrricc Commission < John W. Storrs
L Fred H. Brown
Fin-chasi))(j Aijcnt William A. Stone
Secretary of State Hobart Pillsbury
Deputy Frederick I. Blackwood
( John R. Spring
Tax Commission, State -< Edgar C. Hirst
t Laurence F. Whittemore
Treasurer, State Henry E. Chamberlin
Deputy Frank S. Merrill
Weights and Measures, Commissioner
of Harold A. Webster
SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice Robert J. Peaslee
r Leslie P. Snow
^ . John E. Allen
Associate Justices < Thomas L. Marble
t Oliver W. Branch
Attorney-General Jeremy R. Waldron
Assistant Mayland H. Morse
State Reporter Crawford D. Hening
Clerk of the Supreme Court and
State Librarian . Robert M. McCurdy
SUPERIOR COURT
Chief Justice William H. Sawyer
Associate Justices
Henri A. Burque
Oscar L. Young
John Scammon
Joseph S. Matthews
Eri C. Oakes
The Legislature of 1927
THE LEGISLATURE OF 1927
SENATE
Presideiil — Frank P. Tilton, Laconia, r.
Clerk — Norris H. CdUim, Warren, r.
Assistaiil Clerk — Hcnjann'n l*". Grccr, Jr., (irasmcrc, r.
Sergeaiil-ut-aniis — P'rank M. Aycr, Alton, r.
Messenger — Amos A. I 'helps. Concord, r.
Assistant Messenger — Charles E. Wendell, D()^•er, r.
Doorkeeper — Raj-mond B. Lakeman, Laconia, r.
Charles A. Chandler, Corham, d.
William H. Leith, Lancaster, r.
Walter M. Flint, Plymouth, r.
Stephen W. Clow, Wolfehoro, r.
John O. Lovejoy, Bristol, r.
Frank P. Tilton, Laconia, r.
Obe G. Morrison, Northfield, r.
George E. Lewis, Newport, r.
Horace J. Davis, Hopkinton, r.
Chauncey J. Newell, x'Vlstead, r.
Arthur P. Smith, Peterborough, r
Eliot A. Carter, Nashua, r.
SENATORS
John J. Lyons, Nashua, d.
Byron Worthen, Goffstown, r.
William B. Alclnnis, Concord, r.
William C. Swallow, Manchester, r.
Samuel J. Lord, Manchester, r.
William G. McCarthy, Manchester, d.
Romeo M. Janelle, Manchester, d.
Hari-y H. Meader, Rochester, r.
George J. Foster, Dover, r.
Wilbur H. White, Deerfield, r.
Harry Merrill, Exeter, r.
Sherman P. Newton, Portsmouth, r.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Speaker — Flarold K. Davison, Haverhill, r.
Clerk — Harrie ^I. Young, Manchester, r.
Assistant Clerk — Howard H. Hamlin, Charlcstown, r.
Sergeant-at-arnis — Guy S. Ncal, Acworth, r.
Chaplain — Rev. Francis P. Daniels, Milford
Doorkeeper — Cameron AL Empcy, Keene.
Doorkeeper — Ralph E. Lufkin, Unity.
Doorkeeper — W. B. Plummer, Manchester.
Doorkeepit — Arthur A. Tilton, Laconia.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
Auburn, Henry W. Dockham, r.
Brentzvood, Clara A. Abbott, r.
Candia, Henry A. Hubbard, r.
Chester, Roger P. Edwards, r.
Deitfield, Henry P. Haynes, d.
Derry, Edmund R. Angcll, r.
Benjamin T. Bartlctt, r.
William T. Morse, r.
Everett R. Rutter, r.
F.pping, Walter W. Brown, d.
Exeter, James W. I'ixler, r.
Lawrence AI. Crosbie, r.
John F. DeMeritt, r.
Henry G. Durgin, r.
Fremont, Ernest S. Beede, r.
Greenland, Charles H. Brackett, Sr., r.
Hoinpstead, Adin S. Little, r.
Ifainpton. Charles Francis Adams, r.
Hampton Falls. William H. McDevitt, r.
Kingston. George B. Ste\-ens. r.
The Legislature of 1927
RocKiXGHAM County. — Con tinned.
Londonderry, John X. Pearsons, r.
Nezi'castlc, James W. Pridham, d.
Neivficlds, Bert P. Doe, r.
Nezvington, Albert E. Hodgdon, d.
Ni^i'niarket, Thomas J. Connelly, d.
Thomas J. Filion, d.
Arthur A. LaBranche, d.
Neivton, Arthur R. Estabrook, r.
North Hampton, George W. Sinnctt, r.
Northwood, Harold E. Batchelder, r.
Nottingham, Frank P. Smith, r.
Flaistozu, Louis M. Kellej', r.
rortsmouth,
Ward 1, Eben H. Blaisdell, r.
Ralph L. Hett, r.
Harry B. Palfrey, r.
ll'ard 2, John H. Neal, r.
Frank E. Paterson, r.
John Pender, r.
Harold M. Smith, r.
ll'ard S, James Heffernan, r.
William J. Linchey, r.
Ward 4. Charles W. Humphreys, r.
Ward 5, John Burkhardt, r.
Raymond, Francis W. Falconer, r.
Rye, Elmer W. Caswell, r.
Salem, Wallace W. Cole, r.
Frank D. Wilson, r.
Sandozvn. Willis P. Odell, r.
Scabrook, Fred L. Weare, r.
Stratham, Gilbert A. Thompson, r.
U^indham, George Al. Hawley, r.
Republicans, 44; Democrats, 7
STRAFFORD COUNTY
Barrington, Charles A. Tibbetts, d.
Dover,
Ward 1, Homer Foster Elder, r.
Harry R. Smith, r.
Ward 2, Charles A. Cloutman, r.
Wjlliam A. Crockett, r.
George Ira Leighton, r.
Ward 3, John H. Dame, r.
Thomas J. Otis, r.
Ward 4, Henry E. Perry, r.
Louis A. Scruton, r.
Edward D. Smith, r.
Ward 5, James F. Dennis, d.
Durham, Oren V. Henderson, r.
Farmington, Leon E. Knox, r.
Allison E. Tuttlc, r.
Lee, Arthur J. Thompson, r.
Middleton, Ruth G. Kelley, d.
Milto)i, Moses G. Chamberlain, r.
Repulilicans,
NcziJ Durham, Leslie W. Ricker, r.
Rochester,
Ward 1. Elihu A. Corson, r.
Ward 2. Allies H. Dustin, d.
Ward 3, Daniel F. Jenness, r.
Ward 4, Adelard G. Gelinas, d.
Frederic E. Small, d.
Ward 5, Charles W. Wentworth, r.
IVard 6, Harry E. Bicki'ord, r.
Ralph F. Seavey, r.
RolUnsford, George W. Nutter, d.
Somi^szvorth,
Ward 1, Amcdee Cote, d.
Ward 2, Charles P. Kinsman, r.
JVard 3, Peter Af. Gagne, d.
Ward 4, Fred A. Houle, d.
Thomas J. McGreal, d.
Ward 5, Alfred X'incent, d.
Strafford, Albert H. Brown, r.
23 ; Democrats, 12
BELKNAP COUNTY
Alton, Oe Varney, d.
Barnstiiad, Oscar J. Garland, d.
Dcbnont, Addie C. Hill, r.
Center Harbor, George A. Simpson, r.
Gilford, William L Harris, r.
Cilmanton, Leon W. Schultz, d.
Laconia,
Ward 1, Charles H. Corliss, r.
Ward 2, Alfred L. Guay, d.
Alfred W. Simoneau, d.
Ward 3, William H. L. Page, r.
Ward 4. Thomas P. Cheney, r.
Henry H. Thompson, r.
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Bei.knai' County. — Continued.
Ward 5, Clarence L. Follansbcc, r.
Ralph H. Smith, r.
Jl'ard (), John G. Qiiimby, r.
Edward M. Sanders, r.
Meredith, John F. Beede, r.
Nexv Jlaiiiptoii, ATaurice H. Gordon, r.
Soiilxirntun, Howard W. Sanliorn, r.
Tilt,ni. VViUiam H. Trickcy, r.
Irving E. Young, r.
Republicans, 16; Democrats, 5
CARROLL COUNTY
Bartlett, Lucius Hamlin, r.
Brookfield, Frank J. Woodus, r.
Conzvay, Neil C. Catcs, r.
Byron J. Alurchie, r.
Eugene I. Smith, r.
Eaton, Luther E. Dearborn, r.
Freedom, Arthur A. Bennett, d.
Jackson, Arthur C. Gray, r.
Madison, James O. Gerry, d.
Moultuiiboroitgh, Fred V. Richardson, r,
Ossipce, George L. Wilcox, r.
Sandzvieh, Joseph Randolph Coolidgc, r.
TamTcorth, Samuel A. Hidden, r.
Tnftonhoro, Daniel B. Palmer, r.
Wakefield, Edwin A. Himes, r.
ll'olfeboro, Harold H. Hart, r.
Orville F. Porter, r.
Republicans, IS ; Democrats, 2
MERRIMACK COUNTY
Allenstown, John G. Marston, d.
AndovcT, Fred F. Chase, d.
Boscawen, William G. Chamberlin, r.
Boziu, Parley A. Clough, r.
Bradford, George W. Cofrin, r.
Canterbury, David M. Clough, d.
Chichester, Harry S. Kelley, d.
Concord,
Ward 1, William W. Allen, r.
John H. Rolfe, d.
Ward 2, Cyrus E. Robinson,* d.
Ward 3, Henry M. Richardson, r.
IWird 4, Harry L. Alexander, r.
Harlan F. Besse, r.
Ray E. Burkett, r.
Ward 5, George A. Foster, r.
Earl F. Newton, r.
Ward 6, Earlc F. Boutwell, r.
Fred E. Cloudman, r.
John Edward Morrison, r.
George H. Nash, r.
Ward 7, George H. Cilley, r.
Allen M. Freeman, r.
Harold C. Gibson, r.
Ward 8, William A. Lee, d.
Ward 9, William J. Ahern, d.
Edward B. Haskell, d.
Danbnry, Charles L. Glidden, d.
Dunbarton, Mary C. Barnard, d.
Epsom, Charles M. Steele, d.
Franklin,
Ward 1, Frank N. Parsons, r.
JVard 2, Francis T. Douphinette, d.
Docite J. Rousseau, d.
]l'ard 3. Charles W. Adams, r.
George H. Bartlett, r.
FL{]unker, Fred T. Connor, r.
Hill, Edward H. Catlin, r.
Flooksett, Willie Arel, d.
Charles M. Greenougli, r.
HopkHnton, Will H. Milton, r.
Loudon, Frank O. Lovering, d.
Nezvbury, Joseph A. Donigan, r.
Nezv London, Fred A. Todd, r.
Northfield, Elmer R. Gale, r.
Pembroke, Joseph E. Rainville, d.
Laurence F. Whittcmore,
F'ittsfield, Scott A. Cutler, d.
George D. H. Emerson, d.
Salisbury. Carlos O. McAllister, d.
Stitton.. Fred L. Wells, r.
Warner, Leon A. Gage, r.
WiUnot, Leon E. Sawyer, r.
Republicans, 30; Democrats, 21
*Died.
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HlLT.SBOROl
.liiilicrsf. Ernest H. I'caslcc, r.
.■hitrini. I'hilip \\ . \\ liilUiiidrc, d.
Bedford, Rhoda 1'. C'unif, r.
Bennington, Henry \\ . Wilson, r.
Rrookline, August Rduleau, d.
Franicstoii.'n, Frank \\ . Jones, r.
GoffsiOi^'ii. John A. I'erley, r.
Eugene A. Whipple, r.
(Jrecnznllc. Edward Pelletier, Jr., d .
Ilaiu-ock, Charles A. J'.rown, r.
I lillshorou(jli, Stillman H. T.aker, r.
Charles \'. lUitler. r.
Uullis, Albert F. Hildreth, r.
Hudson, George F. Blood, d.
Charles C. Leslie, r.
Lyndehorough. Fred V. Riehanlson, r.
Manchester,
irard 1. Harry R. Cillcy, r.
Joel S. Daniels, r.
Hollis F. Towne, r.
ll'ard 2. Oscar F. Bartlett, r.
Alba O. Dolloff, r.
V/illiam F. Howes, r.
Augusta Pillsbury, r.
Augustus Wagner*, r.
fl'ard 3, Henry W. Bergholtz, r.
Arthur O. Brown, r.
Arthur S. Campbell, r.
Fred T. Irwin, r.
Zatae L. Straw, r.
'I'ard 4, Percy W. Caswell, r.
Frank H. Challis, r.
Mary E. Rhinney, r.
Henry F. Pillsbury, r.
IJ'itrd 5, William B. Eagan, d.
Thomas J. Horan, d.
James S. Jennings, d.
John F. Kelley, d.
Martin A. Kelley, d.
Frank P. Laughlin, d.
I'eter F. Mahoney, d.
William H. Mara, d.
:\Iichael J. McNulty, d.
John C. O'Brien, d.
TGH COUNTY
Ward 6, Henry Duke, d.
Herbert A. Johnstone, r.
William G. Mealcy, d.
Robert J. Murphy, d.
Gro\er C. Stanley, d.
Arthur H. Wiggin, r.
Ward 7, James \\ Brodcrick, d.
Thomas A. Carr, d.
Jeremiah B. Healey, Jr., (
Thomas J. McGuigan, d.
John J. Sheehan, d.
Dennis Sullivan, d.
Ward <V, George J. Charpenticr, r.
Raoul E. Hebert, r.
John R. Gilmore, r.
Emile Lemelin, r.
Fred A. Lovering, r.
James F. Wylie, r.
Ward y, Lyman H. Burbank, r.
Joseph C. Bussiere, r.
James J. Collins, r.
William H. Griffiths, r.
Ward 111, Harry E. Curtis, r.
Adolph Wagner, r.
Fred G. Wenzel, r.
Ward 11. Edward liurke, d.
Michael F. Cremen, d.
Robert C. Daley, d.
John F. Joyce, d.
Elmer D. Roukey, d.
JJ'ard 12, Arthur P. Bisson, d.
George J. Charest*, d.
William H. Gue\in, d.
Alfred H. Maynard, d.
Alphonse J. Roy, d.
Arthur H. St. Germainc, d.
Ward 13, Henri L. Allard, r.
Albert Beaudetle, r.
Leo Marchand, r. .
Sylvio Normand, r.
Treffle Raiche, r.
Merrimack, Norris E. Henderson, r.
Milford, Hiram C. Bruce, r.
Maurice G. Jewett, r.
Charles W. Robinson, r.
*Died.
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HiLi.si!OR()Uf;H County. — Coiitiuucd.
Xdsluia,
Ward I. Fred A. Barker, r.
Roscoe S. Millikcn, r.
Henry l\ Cirecley, r.
Ward 2, I^dwin S. Gage, r.
Henry J. Griswold, r.
Ward .\ Joseph Boikird, Jr., d.
George J. Lavoie, d.
George E. Law, d.
Ward 4, Merle C. Colburn, d.
Edwin F. Nokui, d.
Ward 5, Joseph A. Primcau, r.
Ward 6, Louis N. Jacques, d.
Ward ", Raymond S. Cotton, d.
Lois Lyman Patten, r.
Joseph H. Welsh, d.
ll'ard S, Auguste U. Burque, d.
Charles F. Moran, d.
George J. O'NeiJ, d.
John P. Sullivan, d.
ll'ard 9, Hunore E. Boulhillicr, d.
Delphis Chasse, d.
Joseph Dclacombe, d.
Arthur J. Renaud, d.
Nctv Boston, Christopher H. Coleman, r.
Nciv Ipswich, Frederick A. Gushing, r.
Pdhani, Charles W. Hobbs, r.
Peterborough, Walter A. Bryer, r.
Algie A. Holt, r.
Sharon, Lenna G. Wilson, r.
Temple, George H. Wheeler, r.
Wcare, Alfred Osborne, r.
Wilton, George W. Bean, r.
Republicans, 69; Democrats, 51
CHESHIRE COUNTY
Alshkid, Benjamin H. Bragg, r.
Chesterfield, Moses H. Chickering, r.
Fitswilliam, Arthur E. Stone, r.
Cilsum, Frederick A. H. Wilder, r.
Harrismlle, Thomas J. Winn, Jr., d.
Jfuisdale, Charles H. H. Langillc*, r.
Mary Langillef, r.
Jaffrey. George H. Duncan, d.
Albert E. Knight, d.
Keenci,
Ward 7, William J. Callahan, r.
Harry D. Hopkins, r.
George E. Newman, r.
Ward 2, Milton E.- Daniels, r.
Oliver P. Murdick, r.
IVard 3, Abijah H. Barrett, r.
Leston M. Barrett, r.
Ward 4, Wilder F. Gates, r.
Ward 5, John M. Duffy, d.
George F. T. Trask, r.
Marlborough, George A. Ivubiiison, r.
Marlow, James F. Perkins, r.
Rindge, Marquis S. Holden, r.
Szvansey, Milan. A. Dickinson, r.
Troy, Walter N. Gay, r.
IJ'atpole, Clarence W. Houghton, r.
William J. King, r.
IVesttnoreland, Omar G. Thompson, r.
Winchester, Winfred C. Burbank, r.
John H. Dickinson, r.
Republicans, 24; Democrats, 4
SULLIVAN COUNTY
AczvortJi, Elroy E. Reed, r.
Charlestozvn, James W. Davidson, r.
Claremont, John J. Archibald, r.
Hugh Deming, r.
Clarence B. Etsler, r.
Adelbert M. Nichols, r.
Henry J. Nourse, r.
]\Iartin Pederson, r.
George C. Warner, r.
William F. Whitcomb, r.
Cornish, William V\'. Ballocb, r.
Leinpster, Frank M. Lovejoy, r.
Newport, Hugh Fairgricve, r.
Robert T. Martin, r.
Ernest A. Robinson, r.
Flainfii'ld, Blancha L. Daniels, r.
Sunapee, Herbert B. Sawyer, r.
Washington, Roscoe Crane, d.
Republicans, 17; Democrat, 1
*Died.
fElected at special election to succeed
Charles H. H. Langille, deceased.
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GRAFTON COUNTY
Alcxmuiria, David B. riumer, r.
Ashland, Ross P. Sanborn, r.
Bath, Amos X. Blandin, d.
Bethlehem. John G. M. Glessncr, r.
Bristol, E. Aland Ferguson, r.
Ca>iiptoii, John AI. Pulsifer, r.
Canaan, Fred R. Hutchinson, d.
Ellszvorth, Leifa H. Batchehlcr, r.
Enfield, William A. Saunders, r.
Franeonia, Hiram L. Johnson, r.
Grafton, Archie E. KimbaJl, Ind.
Groton, Elmer E. Home, r.
Hanover, Andrew B. Elder, r.
James P. Richardson, r.
Haverhill, Dick E. Burns, r.
Harold K. Davison, r.
John L. Farnham, r.
Holderness, Lester M. Avery, r.
Landaff, Charles M. Gale, d.
Lebanon, Charles B. Drake, r.
Dan O. Eaton, r.
David H. Foster, r.
Curtis W. Hyde, r.
Charles B. Ross, r.
Lincoln, Levi G. Burnell, r.
Lisbon, Edward J. L'onratl, r.
William H. Merrill, r.
Lilflelon, Albert G. ^Moulton, d.
Frank M. Richardson, d.
William H. Shea, d.
Winfield S. Williams, d.
Lyman, Anthony Burgault, d.
Lyme, George W. Weymouth, d.
Orford, Olin N. Renfrew, r.
Piermont, Ernest S. Underbill, r.
Plymouth, William A. Kimball, r.
Frank P. Tollen, r.
Riimney, Joseph A. Rogers, r.
Thornton, Willie B. Emmons, r.
Warren, Peter Lavoie, r.
Wentzvorth, Charles H. Brown, d.
Woodstock, James C. Aluchmore, r.
Republicans, 31; Democrats, 10;
Independent, 1
COOS COUNTY
Bt\i-lin,
Ward 1, Margaret Barden, d.
Oliver T. Keenan, d.
Philip H. Roy, d.
Henry A. Smith, d.
Ward 2, Nathan A. Abramson, d.
Frank H. Cross, d.
Jules E. Parent, d.
Robert W. Pingree, d.
Ward 3, John A. Burbank, r.
Otto J. A. Dahl, r.
Robert Snodgrass, r.
Ward 4, Napoleon Heroux, d.
Benoit P. LcBlanc, d.
George A. Ouelcttc, d.
Carroll, Joseph A. Seymour, d.
Colebrook, Louis Ramsey, r.
Edward A. Scott, r.
Republicans,
Columbia, Otis G. Woodard, r.
Dalton, Ernest E. Whitcomli, d.
Errol, Elmer L. Annis, r.
Gorham, Joseph O. George, d.
William H. Morrison, r.
Jefferson, George E. Stone, r.
Lancaster, Jerry C. Martin, r.
William H. Thompson, r.
Milan, Lavater A. Bickt'ord, r.
Northumberland, Merton S. Fogerty, r.
William Hayes, d.
Pittsburg, Fred T. Scott, r.
Shelburne, Chester D. Pca])()dy*, d.
Stark, Charles A. Cole, d.
Stezvartstozvn, Dan Bunnell, r.
Stratford, John C. Hutchins, d.
JJ''hitefield, James E. Baker, r.
William H. Young, r.
17; Democrats, 18
Republicans, 286; Democrats, 131
Independent, 1
*Died.
LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1927
CHAPTER 1.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW APPORTIONMENT FOR THE ASSESS-
MENT OF PUBLIC TAXES.
Section I Section
1. Apportionment. 3. Takes effect.
2. Limitation. i
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Apportionment. That of every thousand dollars of
public taxes hereafter to be raised, the proportion which each
town and place shall pay, and for which the treasurer of the
state is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, shall be as
follows, to wit:
Rockingham County, $103.86
Atkinson, sixty-one cents $0.61
Auburn, one dollar and seventeen cents 1.17
Brentwood, seventy-three cents .73
Candia, one dollar and sixteen cents 1.16
Chester, one dollar and nine cents 1.09
Danville, fifty-two cents .52
Deerfield, ninety-seven cents .97
Derry, nine dollars and two cents 9.02
East Kingston, fifty-two cents .52
Epping, one dollar and eighty-three cents 1.83
Exeter, ten dollars and ninety-four cents 10.94
Fremont, one dollar 1.00
Greenland, ninety-six cents .96
Hampstead, one dollar and ten cents 1.10
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Hampton, seven dollars and three cents $7.03
Hampton Falls, one dollar and fourteen cents 1.14
Kensington, fifty-one cents .51
Kingston, one dollar and thirteen cents 1.13
Londonderry, one dollar and eighty-nine cents 1.89
Newcastle, ninety cents .90
Newfields, seventy-one cents .71
Newington, ninety-seven cents .97
Newmarket, five dollars and seventy-one cents .... 5.71
Newton, ninety-five cents .95
North Hampton, two dollars and seventy-six cents. . 2.76
Northwood, one dollar and thirty-one cents 1.31
Nottingham, ninety-one cents .91
Plaistow, one dollar and forty-nine cents 1.49
Portsmouth, twenty-nine dollars and seventy-one
cents 29.71
Raymond, one dollar and seventy-one cents 1.71
Rye, three dollars and seventy cents 3.70
Salem, five dollars and nineteen cents 5.19
Sandown, thirty-five cents .35
Seabrook, one dollar and sixty-one cents 1.61
South Hampton, thirty-three cents .33
Stratham, ninety-one cents .91
Windham, one dollar and thirty-two cents 1.32
Strafford County, $73.80
Barrington, one dollar and fourteen cents 1.14
Dover, twenty-seven dollars and seventy-four cents . . 27.74
Durham, two dollars and twenty-five cents 2.25
Farmington, three dollars and eighty-eight cents . . . 3.88
Lee, seventy-five cents .75
Madbury, fifty-nine cents , . . . .59
Middleton, twenty-five cents .25
Milton, three dollars and twenty-five cents 3.25
New Durham, seventy-six cents .76
Rochester, sixteen dollars and seventy-three cents. . . 16.73
Rollinsford, three dollars and thirty-eight cents .... 3.38
Somersworth, twelve dollars and two cents 12.02
Strafford, one dollar and six cents 1.06
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Belknap County, $48.06
Alton, two dollars and eighty-seven cents $2.87
Barnstead, one dollar and thirty-one cents 1.31
Belmont, one dollar and sixty-three cents 1.63
Center Harbor, one dollar and thirty-one cents ■ 1.31
Gilford, one dollar and seventy-nine cents 1.79
Gilmanton, one dollar and nineteen cents 1.19
Laconia, twenty-six dollars and two cents 26.02
Meredith, three dollars and eighty-nine cents 3.89
New Hampton, one dollar and forty -nine cents 1.49
Sanbornton, one dollar and fifty-four cents 1.54
Tilton, five dollars and two cents 5.02
Carroll County, $;J1.68
Albany, twenty-nine cents .29
Bartlett, one dollar and ninety-five cents 1.95
Brookfield, thirty-seven cents . .37
Chatham, forty-two cents .42
Conway, six dollars and forty-five cents 6.45
Eaton, forty-three cents .43
Effingham, seventy-three cents .73
Freedom, seventy-four cents .74
Jackson, one dollar and forty-two cents 1.42
Madison, one dollar and six cents 1.06
Moultonborough, two dollars and thirty-seven cents . . 2.37
Ossipee, two dollars and twenty-seven cents 2.27
Sandwich, two dollars and twenty-six cents 2.26
Tamworth, one dollar and ninety-three cents 1.93
Tuftonboro, one dollar and forty-eight cents 1.48
Wakefield, two dollars and thirty-three cents 2.33
Wolfeboro, five dollars and eighteen cents 5.18
MeiTimack County, .i;i22.:',7
Allenstown, three dollars and seven cents 3.07
Andover, two dollars and forty-three cents 2.43
Boscawen, two dollars and fifty-six cents 2.56
Bow, two dollars and eight cents 2.08
Bradford, one dollar and thirty-five cents 1.35
Canterbury, one dollar and twenty-three cents 1.23
Chichester, one dollar and seven cents 1.07
Concord, sixty dollars and four cents 60.04
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Daiibury, eighty-one cents $0.81
Dunbarton, eighty cents .80
Epsom, one dollar and fifty cents 1.50
Franklin, thirteen dollars and fifty-seven cents ..... 13.57
Henniker, two dollars and sixty-five cents 2.65
Hill, one dollar and one cent 1.01
Hooksett, three dollars and two cents 3.02
Hopkinton, three dollars and twenty cents 3.20
Loudon, one dollar and forty-six cents 1.46
Newbury, one dollar and eighty-two cents 1.82
New London, two dollars and thirty-six cents 2.36
Northfield, two dollars and seventy-one cents 2.71
Pembroke, four dollars and forty-seven cents 4.47
Pittsfield, three dollars and sixty-six cents 3.66
Salisbury, eighty-three cents .83
Sutton, one dollar and eleven cents 1.11
Warner, two dollars and five cents 2.05
Webster, eighty-eight cents .88
Wilmot, sixty-three cents .63
Hillsborough County, $326.58
Amherst, two dollars and sixteen cents 2.16
Antrim, two dollars and one cent 2.01
Bedford, two dollars and nineteen cents 2.19
Bennington, one dollar and forty-five cents 1.45
Brookline, one dollar and twenty-six cents 1.26
Deering, sixty-three cents .63
Francestown, seventy-eight cents .78
Gofi'stown, five dollars and eighty-seven cents 5.87
Greenfield, eighty-four cents .84
Greenville, three dollars and one cent 3.01
Hancock, one dollar and twenty-six cents • . 1.26
Hillsborough, three dollars and ninety-eight cents. . . 3.98
Hollis, one dollar and eighty-six cents 1.86
Hudson, two dollars and eighty-nine cents 2.89
Litchfield, sixty-eight cents .68
Lyndeborough, one dollar and nine cents 1.09
Manchester, one hundred ninety-four dollars and fifty
cents 194.50
Mason, forty-six cents .46
Merrimack, two dollars and thirty-two cents 2.32
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Milford, nine dollars and twenty-t\No cents $9.22
Mont Vernon, eighty-two cents .82
Nashua, seventy dollars and ten cents 70.10
New Boston, one dollar and sixty-four cents 1.64
New Ipswich, one dollar and sixty-eight cents 1.68
Pelham, one dollar and nine cents 1.09
Peterborough, six dollars and seventy-three cents. . . 6.73
Sharon, thirty cents .30
Temple, forty-two cents .42
Weare, two dollars and thirty-one cents 2.31
Wilton, two dollars and ninety-two cents 2.92
Windsor, eleven cents .11
Cheshire County, $68.83
Alstead, one dollar and eleven cents 1.11
Chesterfield, one dollar and ninety-eight cents ...... 1.98
Dublin, two dollars and ninety-two cents 2.92
Fitzwilham, one dollar and thirty-three cents 1.33
Gilsum, fifty cents .50
Harrisville, one dollar and fifty-two cents 1.52
Hinsdale, four dollars and eighty-eight cents 4.88
Jaffrey, five dollars and thirty-one cents 5.31
Keene, twenty-nine dollars and forty-four cents .... 29.44
Marlborough, one dollar and eighty-seven cents .... 1.87
Marlow, forty-nine cents .49
Nelson, fifty cents .50
Richmond, sixty-nine cents .69
Rindge, one dollar and sixty-one cents 1.61
Roxbury, twenty-three cents .23
Stoddard, fifty-eight cents .58
Sullivan, thirty-two cents .32
Surry, forty-two cents .42
Swanzey, two dollars and eighty-two cents 2.82
Troy, one dollar and ninety cents 1.90
Walpole, three dollars and eighty-seven cents 3.87
Westmoreland, ninety-one cents .91
Winchester, three dollars and sixty-three cents 3.63
Sullivan County, $45.27
Acworth, fifty-two cents .52
Charlestown, two dollars and sixty-seven cents 2.67
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Claremont, twenty-three dollars and ninety cents . . . $23.90
Cornish, one dollar and fifty-three cents 1.53
Croydon, eighty-two cents .82
Goshen, thirty-two cents .32
Grantham, forty-three cents .48
Langdon, thirty-seven cents .37
Lempster, forty-one cents .41
Newport, seven dollars and fift\'-three cents 7.53
Plainfield, one dollar and fifty-nine cents 1.59
Springfield, seventy-two cents .72
Sunapee, three dollars and nine cents 3.09
Unity, fifty-seven cents .57
Washington, eighty cents .80
Grafton County, $89.25
Alexandria, seventy cents .70
Ashland, three dollars and thirty cents 3.30
Bath, one dollar and forty-four cents 1.44
Benton, thirty-three cents .33
Bethlehem, four dollars and forty-five cents 4.45
Bridgewater, seventy-two cents .72
Bristol, three dollars and sixty cents 3.60
Campton, two dollars and ten cents 2.10
Canaan, two dollars and eleven cents 2.11
Dorchester, forty-eight cents .48
Easton, twenty-nine cents .29
Ellsworth, sixteen cents .16
Enfield, three dollars and twenty-four cents 3.24
Franconia, one dollar and sixty cents 1.60
Grafton, one dollar and ten cents 1.10
Groton, sixty-four cents .64
Hanover, six dollars and ninety cents , • • • • ^-^O
Haverhill, six dollars and twenty-two cents 6.22
Hebron, eighty cents • • ■ -80
Holderness, two dollars and twenty-six cents 2.26
Landaff", ninety-two cents -92
Lebanon, twelve dollars and five cents 12.05
Lincoln, three dollars and forty-five cents 3.45
Lisbon, five dollars and forty-nine cents 5.49
Littleton, seven dollars and twenty-eight cents 7.28
Livermore, ninety-seven cents .97
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Lyman, sixty-five cents $0.65
Lyme, one dollar and fifty-three cents 1.53
Monroe, seventy-one cents .71
Orange, twenty-five cents .25
Orford, one dollar and twenty-five cents 1.25
Piermont, one dollar and nine cents 1.09
Plymouth, five dollars 5.00
Rumney, one dollar and twenty-eight cents 1.28
Thornton, eighty cents .80
Warren, one dollar and seven cents 1.07
Waterville, one dollar and nine cents 1.09
Wentworth, eighty-one cents .81
Woodstock, one dollar and twelve cents 1.12
Coos County, $82.80
Berlin, thirty-one dollars and eighty cents 31.80
Carroll, two dollars and ninety-five cents 2.95
Clarksville, one dollar and twenty-five cents 1.25
Colebrook, three dollars and forty-four cents 3.44
Columbia, one dollar and two cents 1.02
Dalton, sixty-nine cents .69
Dummer, one dollar and twenty-nine cents 1.29
Errol, one dollar and thirty-eight cents 1.38
Gorham, seven dollars and sixty-two cents 7.62
Jefferson, one dollar and eighty-eight cents 1.88
Lancaster, six dollars and ninety-nine cents 6.99
Milan, one dollar and forty-eight cents 1.48
Northumberland, four dollars and twenty-one cents. . 4.21
Pittsburg, six dollars and twenty-four cents 6.24
Pvandolph, sixty-two cents .62
Shelburne, eighty-three cents .83
Stark, seventy-eight cents .78
Stewartstown, one dollar and thirty-four cents 1.34
Stratford, three dollars and fifteen cents 3.15
Wentworth's Location, thirty-two cents .32
Whitefield, three dollars and fifty-two cents 3.52
Unincorporated Places, $7.50
Cambridge, one dollar and thirty-three cents 1.33
Crawford's Purchase, eleven cents .11
Cutts' Grant, eight cents -08
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Dixville, one dollar and fifty-three cents $1.53
Dix's Grant, fifty-seven cents .57
Erving's Grant, five cents .05
Gilmanton and Atkinson Academy Grant, forty-three
cents .43
Green's Grant, seven cents .07
Hale's Location, two cents .02
Hart's Location, eight cents .08
Millsfield, sixty-eight cents .68
Odell, sixty cents .60
Sargent's Purchase, eleven cents .11
Second College Grant, one dollar and six cents 1.06
Success, seventy-eight cents .78
2. Limitation. The same shall be the proportion of as-
sessment of all public taxes until a new apportionment shall
be made and established, and the treasurer for the time being
shall issue his warrant accordingly.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 2.
AN ACT PROHIBITING FISHING THROUGH THE ICE IN WARREN
POND, TOWN OF ALSTEAD.
Section I Section
1. Warren pond, ice fishing pro- j 2. Penalties.
hibited. 1 3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Ice Fishing Prohibited. All persons are forbidden
from fishing through the ice for a period of five years from
the passage of this act in the waters of Warren pond, so called,
in the town of Alstead, New Hampshire.
2. Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this
act shall be fined ten dollars and five dollars additional for each
fish taken in violation thereof.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 1, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 3.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6 OF CHAPTER 15 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO THE STATE TREASURER,
AND STATE ACCOUNTS.
Section [ Section
1. Public moneys, deposits by 2. Takes effect,
state treasurer. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Public Moneys, Deposits by State Treasurer. Amend
section 6 of chapter 15 of the PubHc Laws by striking out the
word "forty" and by inserting in heu thereof the word fifty
so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
6. Deposits. The treasurer may deposit any portion of the
public moneys, in his possession, in such national banks with-
in the state or the state of Massachusetts, or any such trust
company incorporated under the laws of, or doing business
within, the state or the state of Massachusetts, as shall be
approved at least once in six months by the governor and
council, but the amount deposited in any one bank or trust
company shall not at any time exceed fifty per cent of its paid
up capital and surplus. Other things being equal, those banks
or trust companies shall receive preference which will allow
interest on daily balances. All interest received on such de-
posits shall be paid into the state treasury.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take efi'ect on its
passage.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
CHAPTER 4.
AN ACT TO REPAY TO THE CITY OF DOVER AN OVERPAYMENT OF
THE STATE TAX.
Section 1. Repayment to city of Dover.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Cou7^t convened:
1. Repayment to City of Dover. That the amount of
$3,390 be paid to the city of Dover on account of an overpay-
ment of the state tax for the years 1925 and 1926, and the
20 Chapters 5, 6 [1927
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the
same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
CHAPTER 5.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TERMS OF THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE COUNTY OF GRAFTON.
Section 1. Grafton county probate court, terms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Grafton Probate Court, Terms. Amend section 9, chap-
ter 295 of the Pubhc Laws by striking out the whole thereof
and substituting the following therefor: 9. Grafton. For
the county of Grafton, — at Lebanon, on the third Tuesday of
January, April, July and October; at Plymouth, on the second
Tuesday of February, May and November, and the fourth
Tuesday of July; at Woodsville, on the third Tuesday of
March, June, September and December; at Littleton, on the
first Tuesday of May and November.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
CHAPTER 6.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6, CHAPTER 137, PUBLIC
LAWS, RELATING TO THE SANITARY PRODUCTION
AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Sanitary production of food,
boards of health to enforce
regulations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Boards of Health, Enforce Regulations. Amend section
6, Chapter 137, Public Laws, by striking out the words
"whenever so requested by the state board" in the last line,
so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
6. Regulations. The state board may make all necessary
1927] Chapter? 21
rules and regulations for the enforcement of this chapter; and
it shall be the duty of local boards of health to assist in carry-
ing out its provisions.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
CHAPTER 7.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17, CHAPTER 139, PUBLIC
LAWS, RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE
AND SALE OF ICE CREAM.
Section Section
1. Ice cream; definition; for- ; 2. Takes effect,
bidden sales. 1
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Ice Cream; Definition; Forbidden Sales. Amend section
17, chapter 139, Public Laws by striking out all of the said
section and substituting therefor a new section to read as
follows : 17. Ice Cream. No person, firm, company, or cor-
poration shall manufacture for sale within the state, keep for
sale, or sell, ice cream which shall contain any substance other
than milk, cream, other suitable milk products, eggs, sugar
(sucrose), flavoring substances, coloring, more than one half
of one per cent of wholesome, edible stabilizer, or which shall
contain, in the case of plain ice cream, less than fourteen
per cent of butter fat, and in the case of ice cream prepared
with fruits or fruit juices, nuts, or nut products, less than
twelve per cent of butter fat. For the purpose of this section,
the words "ice cream" shall be construed as meaning and in-
cluding any sweetened and flavored frozen product having the
general appearance of ice cream and in the preparation of
which a substantial amount of milk or of a milk product has
been incorporated, regardless of the name by which such
frozen product may be called or under which it may be sold,
kept for sale, or off'ered for sale.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 10, 1927.]
22 Chapters 8, 9 [1927
CHAPTER 8.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 162 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO SALES OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Ammonia; bleaching fluids;
regulations for sale and
manufacture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Ge7ieral Court convened :
1. Ammonia; Bleaching Fluids; Regulations. That part of
chapter 162 of the PubUc Laws relating to the sales of cer-
tain chemicals for household use is hereby amended by adding
thereto another section, 55-a, which shall read as follows:
55-a. Misbranding; Standards of Quality. No person shall
manufacture for sale, keep for sale, or sell, for household use,
any ammonia or any chlorinated form of bleaching fluid the
label or package of which shall bear any false or misleading
statements, or, in the case of ammonia, which shall contam
less than eight per cent of actual ammonia, or in the case of
chlorinated bleaching fluid, which shall contain less th^tU two
and one-fourth per cent of available chlorine.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect January 1, 1928.
[Approved February 10, 1927.]
CHAPTER 9.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 34 OF CHAPTER 15 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO LAPSED APPROPRIATIONS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Special appropriations, not to
lapse until obligations ful-
filled.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Special Appropriations, Obligations to be Fulfilled.
Amend section 34, chapter 15 of the Public Laws by striking
out the entire section and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
34. Lapsed Appropriations. Except as otherwise specially
provided all unexpended portions of special appropriations
1927] Chapter 10 23
shall lapse when the object for which the appropriation was
made has been accomplished and, in any event, at the expira-
tion of three years from the date when the act creating the
appropriation first took effect, unless there are obligations
incurred by contract thereunder, made within said period, in
which case there shall be no lapse until the satisfaction or
fulfillment of such contractual obligations. Except as other-
wise specially provided all unexpended portions of general ap-
propriations which have not been expended during the fiscal
year for which they were appropriated shall lapse at the end
of sixty days after the expiration of the year.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 10, 1927.]
CHAPTER 10.
AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES BE-
FORE JUSTICES AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.
Section j Section
1. Appealed cases, terminated, re- 2. Recognizance forfeited, repori
port to lower court. i required, when.
I 3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Appealed Cases, Terminated, Report to Lower Court.
Section 2 of chapter 366 of the Public Laws is hereby amended
by adding at the end of said section the following: In ail
criminal cases which are appealed from a justice or a munici-
pal court, or in which defendants are bound over by a justice
or a municipal court, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the
superior court to transmit to the justice or the municipal
court, within ten days after such case is finally disposed of in
the superior court, a certificate showing the final disposition
of such case, so that said section as amended shall read as
follows : 2. Appeals. A person sentenced for an offense, by
a municipal court or justice of the peace, may, at the time
such sentence is declared, appeal therefrom to the superior
court, at the term next to be holden for the county. The fees
for copies sent to the superior court shall be taxed in the bill
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of costs. In all criminal cases which are appealed from a
justice or a municipal court, or in which defendants are bound
over by a justice or a municipal court, it shall be the duty of
the clerk of the superior court to transmit to the justice or the
municipal court, within ten days after such case is finally dis-
posed of in the superior court, a certificate showing the final
disposition of such case.
2. Recognizance Forfeited, Report Required When. Section
4 of chapter 366 of the Public Laws is hereby amended by in-
serting- after the word "and" in the third line thereof, the
words within ten days, so that said section as amended shall
read as follows: 4. Failure to Prosecute. If the appellant
fails to enter and prosecute his appeal a record thereof shall
be made, his recognizance shall be declared forfeited, and,
within ten days, the clerk of court shall transmit to the justice
or municipal court appealed from a certificate of such for-
feiture.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 10, 1927.]
CHAPTER 11.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE FORM FOR APPLICATIONS FOR MOTOR
VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND OPERATORS' LICENSES.
Section
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. Application, motor vehicle
registration, form of oath.
2. Application, operator's license,
form of oath.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Application, Motor Vehicle Registration, Form of Oath.
Amend section 1, chapter 100 of the Public Laws by inserting
after the word "power" in the eighth line the following: Such
application shall be sworn to before a justice of the peace,
notary public, town or city clerk or selectman, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows: 1. Application.
Application for the registration of motor vehicles may be
made bv the owner thereof by mail or otherwise to the com-
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missioner, upon blanks prepared under his authority. The
appHcation shall contain, in addition to such other particulars
as may be required by the commissioner, a statement of the
name, residence and street address of the applicant, with a
brief description of the motor vehicle, including the name of
the maker, the number, if any, affixed by the maker and the
character of the motor power. Such application shall be sworn
to before a justice of the peace, notary public, town or city
clerk or selectman. The proper fee shall be deposited before
the application is granted.
2. Application, Operator's License, Form of Oath. Amend
section 1, chapter 101 of the Public Laws by striking out said
section and inserting in place thereof the following: 1. Applica-
tion. Except as herein otherwise provided, no person shall
operate a motor vehicle within this state until he shall have
obtained a license for that purpose. Applications for such
license may be made by mail or otherwise to the commissioner
on blanks prepared under his authority. Such application
shall be sworn to before a justice of the peace, notary public,
town or city clerk or selectman. The proper fee shall be de-
posited before the application is granted.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 10, 1927.]
CHAPTER 12.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 14, CHAPTER 100 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE PERMIT FEES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
I. Motor vehicle municipal per-
mits, fees how computed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives iri
General Court convened:
1. Motor Vehicle Municipal Permits. Amend section 14,
chapter 100 of the Public Laws by striking out the word
"model" in the fifth line and inserting in place thereof the
word manufacture, so that said section as amended shall read
as follows: 14. Fees. The treasurer of each city, or such
other person as the city government may designate, and the
26 Chapter 13 [1927
town clerk of each town shall collect fees for such permits
as follows: On each motor vehicle offered for registration a
sum equal to seventeen mills on each dollar of the maker's
list price for the current year of manufacture, twelve mills
for the first succeeding year, nine mills for the second succeed-
ing year, five mills for the third succeeding year, three mills
but not exceeding ten dollars in all for the fourth and succeed-
ing years.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect at midnight
December 31, 1927.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
CHAPTER 13.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 116 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO THE OBLIGATION OF NORMAL
SCHOOL GRADUATES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Normal school graduates,
obligation to teach in state,
excused, when.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Obligation to Teach in State, Excused When. Amend
section 21, chapter 116 of the Public Laws by adding after the
words "of this state" the words, unless excused by the board,
so that said section shall read: 21. Tuition. The tuition shall
be free to all pupils who will agree to teach in the public schools
of this state, unless excused by the board, for a period equal
to the length of the courses completed, and the board shall
make the provisions necessary to eftect the purposes of this
section.
2. Takes Eftect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 14.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 119 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO THE SALARIES OF DISTRICT OFFICERS.
Section
3. Takes efifect.
Section
1. School district officers, salaries.
2. , payment of.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. School District Officers. Amend section 10, chapter 119
of the Pubhc Laws by striking out the words "truant officer
or" and -inserting in place thereof the words other district, so
that said section shall read: 10. Salaries. At its annual
meeting each school district shall determine the salaries of its
school board and other district officers, and the district clerk
shall certify the same to the selectmen.
2. School District Officers. Amend section 11 by inserting
after the words "school board" in the second line the words
and other district officers, so that said section shall read:
11. Payment of Salaries. The district treasurer shall pay to
the school board and other district officers 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.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
CHAPTER 15.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 117 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SUPERVISORY UNIONS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. School supervisory unions,
date of annual meeting.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. School Supervisory Unions, Date of Annual Meeting.
Amend section 39, chapter 117 of the Public Laws by striking
out the words "August first in each year, at a time and place
28 Chapter 16 [1927
fixed by the chairmen of the several boards, and organize by
choosing a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, and shall
nominate a superintendent or superintendents, 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" and inserting in place thereof the
words, June first in each year, at a time and place fixed by the
chairmen of the several boards, and organize by choosing a
chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. It shall, when neces-
sary, nominate a superintendent or superintendents, 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, so that said section shall
read: 39. Organization; Duties. The school boards of the
several districts forming a supervisory union shall meet be-
tween April first and June first in each year, at a time and
place fixed by the chairmen of the several boards, and organize
by choosing a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer.
It shall, when necessary, nominate a superintendent or
superintendents, 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.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
CHAPTER 16.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 18, CHAPTER 65 OF THE PUBLIC
LAWS RELATING TO TAXATION OF INTEREST
AND DIVIDENDS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
\. Returns, taxable income, form
of oath.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Returns Taxable Income, Form of Oath. Amend sec-
tion 18, chapter 65 of the Public Laws by adding at the end
thereof a new sentence as follows: Selectmen of towns and
assessors of towns and cities are hereby authorized to ad-
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minister the oath required on such returns, so that said section
shall read: 18. Returns. Returns of taxable income shall
be made to the tax commission in such form as they may pre-
scribe on or before March fifteenth in every year, but the com-
mission may extend such time for good cause. Selectmen of
towns and assessors of towns and cities are hereby author-
ized to administer the oath required on such returns.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
CHAPTER 17.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 45 OF CHAPTER 42 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO PENSIONS FOR
CERTAIN TOWN EMPLOYEES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Pensions, town employees,
maximum amount.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Pensions, Town Employees, Maximum Amount. Amend
section 45 of chapter 42 of the Public Laws by striking out the
whole of said section and substituting in place thereof the fol-
lowing: 45. Limitations. Towns may grant pensions to
any fireman, police officer or constable, who, by reason of
permanent disability directly incurred in the performance of
his official duty, is no longer able to perform services in such
capacity, or who has served faithfully for not less than
twenty-five years; provided that no pension shall be granted
for more than one year at a time. The maximum amount of
such pension shall be in the case of a permanent man one
half of the pay received by him at the time of his retirement
or disability, and in case of a part-time man, call man or
special man, five hundred dollars.
2. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act, except special acts now in force in particular
places, are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
30 Chapter 18 [1927
CHAPTER 18.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 119 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO OUT OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. High schools, tuition paid by
district, when.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. High Schools, Tuition Paid by District When. Amend
section 26, chapter 119 of the Pubhc Laws by striking out the
words "or when distance or transportation facihties make it
necessary, in another state," so that said section shall read:
26. Tuition. Any district not maintaining a high school or
school of corresponding grade shall pay for the tuition of any
child who with parents or guardian resides in said district and
who attends an approved high school or academy in another
district in this state, 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 academy which he
has determined to attend; provided, that no district shall
be liable, except under contract as provided in section 21, for
tuition of a child in any school, in excess of the average cost
per child of instruction for the regularly employed teachers
of that school or of all public high schools of the state and
the cost of textbooks, supplies and apparatus during the
school year preceding, and in senior high school work only.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 17, 1927.]
Section
2. Takes effect.
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CHAPTER 19.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 165 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS REGU-
LATING THE GRADING AND PACKING OF APPLES.
Section
1. Amendment ; grading and pack-
ing of apples.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Amendment. Amend chapter 165 of the Public Laws
by striking out the whole of said chapter and inserting in place
thereof the following:
1. Definition. The term "closed" package when used in
this chapter shall mean a barrel, box or other container, the
contents of which cannot be sufficiently inspected without
opening it.
2. Standard Packages. The standard barrel for apples shall
be of the following dimensions when measured without dis-
tention of its parts : length of stave, twenty-eight and one-
half inches; diameter of heads, seventeen and one-eighth
inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; circum-
ference of bulge, sixty-four inches, outside measurements;
and the thickness of staves not greater than four tenths of an
inch; provided, that any barrel of a different form having a
capacity of seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches shall be
a standard barrel.
The standard bushel for apples shall be a container having
a capacity of not less than one United States standard bushel
or 2150.42 cubic inches.
Containers for apples other than the standard barrel or
bushel shall be marked in terms of cubical capacity or count.
3. Standard Grades. The standard grades of apples when
packed or repacked within the state shall be as follows :
"Standard Fancy" shall include only apples of one variety
which are well matured specimens, handpicked, above medium
color for the variety, normal shape, of good and reasonably
uniform size, sound, free from dirt, disease, insect and fungous
injury, bruises and any other defects except such as are neces-
sarily caused in the operation of packing, and shall be packed
properly in clean, strong packages.
"Standard A" shall include only apples of one variety which
are well matured specimens, handpicked except for varieties
32 Chapter 19 [1927
exempted by regulations adopted under section 9, properly
packed, of medium color for the variety, practically normal
shape, sound, practically free from dirt, disease, insect and
fungous injury, bruises and other defects, except such as are
necessarily caused in the operation of packing.
"Standard B" shall include only apples of one variety, which
are well matured, properly packed, not materially deformed,
practically free from dirt, disease, insect and fungous injury
or any other defect which materially injures the usefulness
or keeping quality of the apple.
In order to allow for variations incident to commercial grad-
ing and handling not more than ten per cent, by weight, of
the apples in any lot may be below the requirements of the
grade with which the lot is branded.
Apples not conforming to the foregoing specifications of
grade, or, if conforming, not branded in occordance therewith,
shall be considered "Unclassified" and so branded.
4. Other Designations Forbidden. The marks indicating
the grade, as described in the preceding section, shall not be
accompanied by any other designation of grade or brand
which is inconsistent with the marks required by section 6.
5. Minimum Size; Term Defined, etc. The minimum size
of all apples in all grades, including unclassified apples as de-
fined in section 3, shall be marked upon the package, and shall
be determined by taking the transverse diameter of the small-
est fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and blos-
som ends. Minimum sizes shall be stated in variations of one
quarter of an inch, such as two inches, two and one-quarter
inches and so forth, in accordance with the facts. Minimum
sizes may be designated by figures instead of words. The
word "minimum" may be designated by using the abbrevia-
tion "min."
6. Certain Information to be Marked on Closed Packages.
Each closed package of apples packed or repacked within the
state and intended for sale within or without the state shall be
marked or branded at the time of packing, repacking or clos-
ing with a statement of the quantity of the contents, except
as hereinafter provided, the name and address of the person
by whose authority the apples were packed, the true name of
the variety, and the grade and minimum size of the apples
contained therein, in accordance with sections 3 and 5, and the
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name of the state where they were grown. If the true name
of the variety is not known to the packer or other person by
whose authority the apples are packed, the statement shall
include the words "variety unknown" and if the name of the
state where the apples were grown is not known, this fact
shall also be set forth in the statement. If apples are re-
packed, the package shall be marked "repacked," and shall
bear the name and address of the person by whose authority
it is repacked in place of that of the person by whose authority
it was originally packed.
7. Size of Lettering. The branding or marking of barrels
under the provisions of this chapter shall be in block letters
and figures not less than one-half inch in height. The com-
missioner of agriculture shall prescribe rules and regulations
as to the lettering to be used in branding, or marking other
packages.
8. Misbranded Apples. Term Defined. For the purposes
of this chapter apples packed in a closed package, unless
branded and conforming to the official standards for the in-
spection of barreled apples promulgated by the secretary of
the United States Department of Agriculture, shall be deemed
to be misbranded:
I. If the package fails to bear all statements required by
section 6.
II. If the package bears any statement, design or device
regarding such article or its contents which shall be false or
misleading in any particular, or is falsely branded in any
particular.
9. Administrative Authority. The commissioner of agri-
culture shall make and may modify uniform rules and regula-
tions for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. He shall,
in person, or by his deputy or agent, have free access, ingress
and egress at all reasonable hours to any place, building or
vehicle in which apples are packed, stored, sold, offered or
exposed for sale or held for transportation. He shall also have
power, in person or by his deputy or agent, to open any box,
barrel or other container, and may upon tendering the market
price, take such container and its contents or samples there-
from. Said commissioner shall have general authority to
administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the
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rules and regulations made hereunder, and to prosecute viola-
tions thereof.
10. Violations, Notice and Hearing. When the commis-
sioner becomes cognizant of the violation of any provision of
this chapter he shall cause notice of such violation, together
with a copy of the findings, to be given to the person or per-
sons concerned. Persons so notified shall be given a hearing
under rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner.
Notices of such hearing shall specify the date, hour and place
of the hearing. Affidavits under oath may be received by the
commissioner as evidence.
11. Penalties. Whoever himself or by his servant or
agent misbrands apples within the meaning of this chapter or
packs, sells, distributes, off"ers or exposes for sale or distribu-
tion apples which are misbranded or apples in closed or open
packages so packed that the faced or shown surface gives a
false representation of the contents of such package, or other-
wise packs, sells, distributes, offers or exposes for sale or dis-
tribution, apples in violation of any provision of this chapter,
shall be fined for the first ofi'ense not exceeding fifty dollars
and for a subsequent offense not exceeding two hundred dol-
lars. Whoever violates any rule or regulation made by the com-
missioner under this chapter, or obstructs or hinders the com-
missioner or his deputy or agent in the performance of his
duties hereunder, shall be fined not less than ten nor more
than one hundred dollars.
12. Exemptions from Penalties. No person shall be
deemed to have violated any provision of this chapter if he
can establish by satisfactory evidence that he acted in good
faith solely as a distributor, and that he was not a part^^ to
the packing and grading of the apples in question, or if he can
establish a guaranty signed by the person from whom he re-
ceived such apples to the effect that the same are not mis-
branded within the meaning of this chapter, specifically
designating this act. Such evidence or guaranty, to afford
protection, shall contain the name and address of the person
making the sale or shipment of such apples to said distributor,
and in such a case such person shall be subject to the penalties
to which the distributor would otherwise be liable under the
provisions of this chapter.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
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with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 20.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 121 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO SCHOOL MONEY.
Section I Section
1. School money, payment to dis- 2. Takes effect,
trict treasurer. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep7'esentatives in
General Conrt convened :
1. School Money. Amend section 5, chapter 121 of the
Public Laws by striking out the words "and when collected
shall pay the same over to the district treasurer" and inserting
in place thereof the words and shall pay the same over to the
district treasurer as the school board shall require for the
maintenance of schools, so that said section shall read:
.5. Assessment. The selectmen of the town, in their next an-
nual assessment, shall assess upon 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 dis-
trict, and shall pay the same over to the district treasurer as
the school board shall require for the maintenance of schools.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
36 Chapters 21, 22 [1927
CHAPTER 21.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT FISHING THROUGH THE ICE IN THE TOWNS
OF HANCOCK AND NELSON.
Section
1. Long pond, Spoonwood pond,
ice fishing prohibited.
Section
2. Penalties.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Ice Fishing Prohibited. That all persons are hereby
prohibited from fishing through the ice for a period of five
years from December 1, 1927 in the following waters: Nubanu-
sit lake or sometimes known as Long pond in the towns of
Hancock and Nelson and Spoonwood pond which connects
Nubanusit lake by a dam.
2. Penalties. Any person who violates the provisions of
this act shall be fined as follows: For each violation ten dol-
lars, and five dollars for each fish taken.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect Decem-
ber 1, 1927.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 22.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAMES OF CERTAIN PONDS IN THE
TOWN OF BARRINGTON.
Section 1 Section
1. Barrington, ponds in, names j 2. Takes effect.
changed. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Names Changed. On and after the passage of this act
tlie names of certain ponds in the town of Barrington shall be
changed as follows: Swaine's and Bodge's ponds to Union
lake; Mendham pond to Mendham lake; and Ayer's pond to
Ayer's lake.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 28, 24 37
CHAPTER 23.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A CERTAIN POND IN THE
TOWN OF HARRISVILLE.
Sf.ction I Sfxtion
1. North pond, iianic changed. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Name Changed. The name of North pond in the town
of Harrisville is hereby changed to Lake Sketutahkee.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 24.
AN ACT RELATING TO TAKING CONCH FROM HAMPTON RIVER
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
Section j Section
1. Conch, taking, limit. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Conch, Taking, Limit. Amend section 42 of chapter
200 of the Public Laws by adding to said section 42 the words,
provided however that this section shall not apply to Hamp-
ton river or its tributaries, so that said section 42 as amended
shall read as follows: 42. Conch. No person shall take
conch or winkles except for consumption or use by residents of
this state, provided however that this section shall not apply
to Hampton river or its tributaries.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
38 Chapters 25, 26 [1927
CHAPTER 25.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15 OF CHAPTER 200 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO HORNED POUT.
Sfxtion j Section
1. Horned pout, taking, limit. i 2. Takes effect.
Be it efiacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Horned Pout, Taking, Limit. Amend section 15, chap-
ter 200 of the PubUc Laws by adding at the end of said section
the following, and in no event shall a person take more than a
total of forty horned pout in one day, so that said section as
amended shall read as follows: 15. Horned Pout. Except
in the county of Coos and from the Connecticut river, no per-
son shall take any catfish, commonly called horned pout or
bullhead, except between June first and November first; and
in no event shall a person take more than a total of forty
horned pout in one day.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 26.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17 OF CHAPTER 200 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO FRESH WATER SMELT.
Section
1. Fresh water smelt, taking,
limit.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Fresh Water Smelt. Amend section 17 of chapter 200
of the Public Laws by striking out in the second line of said
section, the words "in one day" and adding in the place there-
of, the words between twelve o'clock noon in any day and
twelve o'clock noon of the following day, so that said section,
as amended, shall read as follows: 17. Smelt, Limit. A
person may take a total of not more than ten pounds of fresh
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water smelt between twelve o'clock noon in any day and
twelve o'clock noon of the following day.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 27.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ARTIFICIAL CULTURE OF FISH.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Private ponds, sale and trans-
portation of fish.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Private Ponds, Sale and Transportation of Fish. Amend
section 14 of chapter 201 of the Public Laws by adding at the
end of said section the following words : and may sell, ship or
transport such fish in accordance with the rules and regula-
tions established by the fish and game commissioner, so that
said section shall read as follows: 14. Private Ponds. A
person owning a natural pond of not more than ten acres or
an artificial pond entirely upon his premises stocked at his
own expense with fish artificially hatched or reared, and who
holds a breeder's permit in which said pond is included, may
take fish from such natural or artificial pond at any time for
the purpose of propagation or consumption as food on his
premises, and may sell, ship or transport such fish in accord-
ance with the rules and regulations established by the fish and
game commissioner.
2. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take eff"ect up-
on its passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
40 Chapters 28, 29 [1927
CHAPTER 28.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CLOSING OF SEASONS FOR HUNTING,
FISHING OR TRAPPING.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Emergency closed seasons liy
proclamation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Closed Season by Proclamation. Amend chapter 197
of the Public Laws by adding after section 33 the following:
33-a. Temporary Closed Seasons. When in their opinion any
other emergency has arisen which justifies such action, they
may, in the same manner, upon the recommendation of the
fish and game commissioner and after public hearing, close
any open season for hunting, fishing or trapping, entirely or
in part.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take eff'ect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 29.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 117 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO TRUANT OFFICERS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. State board of education,
powers, as to truant officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. State Board of Education, Powers. Amend section 34,
chapter 117 of the Public Laws by striking out said section
and inserting in place thereof the following: 34. Additional
Officers. The state board may require school boards to
appoint additional truant officers if in its judgment such ad-
ditional officers are necessary; and may require the school
board of any school district to remove any truant officer found
by it to be incompetent, and to appoint a competent successor ;
and upon the failure or neglect of the school board to do so,
1927] Chapters 30, 31 41
it may appoint such truant officer and fix his compensation,
and such compensation shall be paid by the district.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 30.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 356 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM TRUSTEE PROCESS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Exemption from trustee
process.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Exemption from Trustee Process. Amend chapter 856,
section 20, subsection II of the Public Laws by striking- out
the entire subsection and substituting for it the following:
II. Wages of the defendant earned before the service of the
writ upon the trustee, to the amount of twenty dollars, except
that only an amount up to ten dollars shall be exempt in
actions brought to recover for necessaries furnished to the
defendant or any of his family.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 31.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 162 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO PETROLEUM.
Section I Section
1. Illuminating oils; sale, test. 2. Repeal.
I 3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Illuminating Oils. Amend section 25 of chapter 162 of
the Public Laws by striking out said section and substituting
therefor the following: 25. Sale; Test. No person shall
42 Chapter 32 [1927
mix for sale gasoline with kerosene or other illuminating or
fuel oils, or shall sell or offer for sale such mixture; or shall
sell or offer for sale kerosene or similar illuminating or fuel
oils which flash under 110 degrees Fahrenheit, open cup test.
Provided, that this shall not be construed as applying to the
sale of gasoline as such for fuel or illuminating purposes.
2. Repeal. Section 27 of chapter 162 of the Public Laws
is hereby repealed.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 32.
AN ACT TO REGULATE PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN.
Section
5. Fee or commission.
6. Penalty.
7. Repeal.
8. Takes effect.
Section
1. Professional bondsmen, defini-
tion.
2. Regulation.
3. Affidavits.
4. False statements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Professional Bondsmen. Any person making a business
of furnishing bail in criminal cases, and receiving money or
other compensation therefor shall be deemed a professional
bondsman.
2. Regulation. All such professional bondsmen shall regis-
ter with the clerk of court of the county before operating in
such capacity in any county of the state, the fee for same to
be fixed by the clerk, and furnish to said clerk a statement
under oath of his financial responsibility. In the event that
his responsibility is lessened or terminated, the clerk of said
court shall immediately be notified. The clerk of such county
shall notify such officers in his county having authority to
accept bail, the names of such persons filing as bondsmen and
also notify said officers of change in said bondsmen's status.
3. Affidavits. Professional bondsmen shall be required to
make affidavits of the sufficiencies of their security in furnish-
ing surety for recognizances of persons chargeable with a
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criminal offense on forms furnished for that purpose by the
superior court.
4. False Statements. Any person offering himself as
surety on bail in civil or criminal cases, and falsely represent-
ing that he is the legal or equitable owner of real estate, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
5. Fee or Commission. In no instance shall a professional
bondsman charge for his commission or fee more than five per
cent of the amount of bail set or provided and furnished by
said professional bondsman through security or cash ; and the
maximum that can be charged in any case shall be one hun-
dred dollars.
6. Penalty. Failure to comply with any of the provisions
of this act shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hun-
dred dollars ($100) or imprisonment for thirty days or both.
7. Repeal. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
8. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 33.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1, CHAPTER 382 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Section
2. Takes eflfect.
Section
1. Wild animals in captivity,
duties of fish and game com-
missioner.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Fish and Game Commissioner, Duties. Amend section
1, chapter 382 of the Public Laws by adding at the end thereof
the following: It shall be the dutj^ of the fish and game com-
missioner to enforce the provisions of this section so far as the
same shall apply to wild animals kept in captivity and he shall
make such reasonable rules and regulations as he may deem
necessary in order to carry out such provisions, so that
said section as amended shall read as follows: 1. Use, Sale,
etc. If any person shall overdrive, overwork, drive when
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[1927
overloaded, use, buy, sell or exchange when unfit for labor,
torture, deprive of necessary sustenance or shelter, cruelly
beat, mutilate or kill, cruelly abandon, or transport in a cruel
or inhuman manner, any animal, or shall aid therein, or shall
knowingly and wilfully permit any animal in his care to be
subjected to unnecessary torture, sulfering or cruelty of any
kind, he shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both. It shall be the
duty of the fish and game commissioner to enforce the pro-
visions of this section so far as the same shall apply to wild
animals kept in captivity and he shall make such reasonable
rules and regulations as he may deem necessary in order to
carry out such provisions.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 34.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF AGRICULTURE AS TO CO-OPERATIVE
MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS.
Section
1. Co-operative marketing associa-
tions, organization.
2. By-laws, copy filed with com-
missioner of agriculture,
when.
Section
3. Association contracts, copy
filed with commissioner of
agriculture, when.
4. System of accounting, re-
ports, etc.
5. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Co-operative Marketing Associations, Organization.
Amend chapter 224 of the Public Laws by adding after sec-
tion 6 the following new section: 6-a. Commissioner of
Agriculture. The commissioner of agriculture may give as-
sistance in the organization, or reorganization, of co-operative
associations and may, by general or specific order, require any
such association doing business in this state or in the process
of organization to file with the department a report of its pro-
motion and organization expenses.
2. By-Laws, Copy Filed. Amend chapter 224 of the Public
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Laws by adding after section 10 the following new section:
10-a. Commissioner of Agriculture. The commissioner of
agriculture may by general or specific order require any such
association doing business in this state to file with the de-
partment a certified copy of its by-laws.
3. Association Contracts, Copy Filed. Amend chapter 224
of the Public Laws by adding after section 31 the following
new section: 31-a. Commissioner of Agriculture. The com-
missioner of agriculture may by general or specific order re-
quire any such association doing business in this state to file
with the department a certified copy of any marketing con-
tract or agreement between the association and its members
or patrons.
4. System of Accounting, Reports, etc. Amend chapter
224 of the Public Laws by adding after section 39 the following
new section : 39-a. Commissioner of Agriculture. The com-
missioner of agriculture may by general or specific order
prescribe comprehensive systems of accounting for such as-
sociations doing business in this state and may require any
such association to render reports, in form indicated by him,
which shall state the nature and volume of business, resources,
liabilities, profits, losses and any other facts bearing upon the
financial condition of the association. The commissioner may
investigate the management of any such association doing
business in this state and may make the facts, relating to said
management, available to the members or stockholders of the
association; provided, that a request for such investigation
has been filed with the department, signed by at least twenty
per cent of the members or stockholders in the case of asso-
ciations of less than five hundred members or stockholders and
by at least one hundred members in the case of associations
of five hundred or more members or stockholders.
5. Takes Effect. This act shall take efi'ect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 1, 1927.]
46 Chapters 35, 36 [1927
CHAPTER 35.
AN ACT RELATING TO POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Section
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. Governor's salary.
2. -. , secretary and assistants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Amendment. Amend section 34 of chapter 19 of the
Pubhc Laws by striking out the word "three" and by inserting
in place thereof the word five, and by renumbering the section
to be section 35 so that said section as amended shall read:
35. Governor's Salary. The annual salary of the governor
shall be five thousand dollars.
2. Amendment. Amend section 37 of chapter 19 of the
Public Laws by striking out the same, and by renumbering so
that said section as amended shall read: 38. Governor's
Secretary and Assistants. The governor shall appoint a
secretary whose annual salary shall be three thousand dollars.
He may appoint a clerk or stenographer and obtain such other
stenographic and clerical assistance as he may need, the com-
pensation therefor to be fixed by the governor with the con-
sent of the council.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect January 1, 1929.
[Approved March 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 36.
AN ACT RELATING TO POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Section
1. Emergency fund, annual ap-
propriation.
Section
2. Renumbering sections.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate a7id House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Amendment. Amend chapter 19 of the Public Laws by
inserting after section 33, the following:
General Emergency
34. Emergency Fund. The sum of seventy-five thousand
dollars is annually appropriated as an emergency fund which
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may be expended by the governor with the consent of the
council to aid any state department in any emergency which
may arise, and to protect the interests of the state.
2. Renumbering. Amend chapter 19 of the Pubhc Laws
by renumbering sections 34 to 37 inchisive to read 35 to 38.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 37.
AN ACT PROVIDING A TRANSFER TAX RECIPROCAL EXEMPTION.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Transfer tax, reciprocal exemp-
tion ; questions of law trans-
ferred to supreme court. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Amendment. Amend chapter 73 of the Public Laws by
adding at the end of said chapter the following two new sec-
tions: 29. Reciprocal Exemption. The tax imposed by this
chapter, except upon the transfer of tangible personal property
having an actual situs in this state, shall not be payable, in
the case of estates of persons deceased subsequent to the
passage of this act, (a) if the non-resident owner at the time
of his death was a resident of a state or territory of the United
States, or of any foreign country, which at the time of his
death did not impose a transfer tax or death tax of any char-
acter in respect to* property of residents of this state, except
tangible personal property having an actual situs in such state
or territory or foreign country, or, (b) if the laws of the state,
territory or country of residence of such non-resident owner
at the time of his death contained a reciprocal exemption pro-
vision under which non-residents were exempted from trans-
fer taxes or death taxes of every character in respect to
personal property, except tangible personal property having
an actual situs therein, provided the state, territory or coun-
try of residence of such non-residents allowed a similar ex-
'^ Amended, chapter 104, post.
48 Chapter 38 [1927
emption to residents of the state, territory or country of
residence of such non-resident owner. For the purpose of
this section the District of Columbia and possessions of the
United States shall be considered territories of the United
States. 30. Questions of Law. The assistant attorney-
general may, at any time, reserve, certify and transfer to the
supreme court for decision any question of law which may
arise in connection with the administration of this chapter or
of chapter 72.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 38.
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Section j Section
1. Amendment to record of organ- ! 2. Stock reduction, fees,
ization, minumum fee. ; 3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
— 1. Minimum Fee. Amend section 92 of chapter 225 of the
Public Laws by striking out the period and adding at the end
of said section a semicolon and the following words, provided,
however, that the minimum fee shall be five dollars ; so that
said section as amended shall read as follows: 92. Record
of Organization, Amendments. The fee for recording the rec-
ord of amendment required by section 44, 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; provided, however, that the minimum fee
shall be five dollars.
2. Stock Reduction, Fees. Amend section 95 of said chap-
ter by striking out the whole of said section and substituting
the following: 95. Annual Fee. For the privilege of con-
tinuing its corporate franchise, 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
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upon filing its original record of organization plus one fourth
of additional payments for increases in its authorized capital
stock, if any; in case the authorized capital stock is reduced,
the annual return fee shall be one fourth the amount required
for the original fee of a corporation capitalized at the amount
as reduced. In no case, however, shall such annual fee be
more than one hundred dollars or less than five dollars and it
shall not be required of any such corporation which on March
first of any year shall not have been incorporated more than
six months.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 39.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 276 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS,
RELATING TO ADJUSTMENT OF LOSSES UNDER FIRE
INSURANCE CONTRACTS.
SiXTION
1. Adjustment of losses begun
when.
Si'XTION"
2. Penalty.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate cmrf House of Reiwesentatives in
General Court convened :
1. Adjustment Begun When. Amend section 10, chapter
276 of the Public Laws by striking out the words "shall
adjust" in the first line of said section and inserting in place
thereof the following: shall begin the adjustment of, so that
said section as amended shall read as follows: 10. Adjust-
ment. The company shall begin the adjustment of the loss
within fifteen days after the receipt of such notice.
2. Penalty. Amend section 13, chapter 276 of the Public
Laws by striking out the word "two" in the first line of said
section and inserting in place thereof the word three, so that
said section as amended shall read as follows: 13. Suspension
for Violations. For any violation of the three preceding sec-
tions the insurance commissioner may suspend the authority
of the company to transact business in this state for such
50 Chapter 40 [1927
length of time, not exceeding one year, as he may deem ad-
visable.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 40.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO LANDS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Taking of land tor use of
normal schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Amendment. Amend section 5, chapter 9 of the Public
Laws by adding after the words 'institutional lands and," the
words at their request, or that of the state board of education
as trustees of the normal schools, so that said section shall
read : 5. Real Estate. Upon request of any of said boards,
the governor and council may buy, sell or exchange institu-
tional lands, and at their request, or that of the state board
of education as trustees of the normal schools, may institute
proceedings for the taking of land for institutional purposes
by eminent domain; and the procedure for that purpose shall
be the same and the value of the land shall be determined as
in cases of land taken for highways upon petition to the
superior court. On the payment of the value as finally de-
termined, the title to the land so taken shall vest in the
state.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 41.
AN ACT RELATING TO CLOSING SUNSET LAKE IN GREENFIELD TO
ALL ICE FISHING FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
Section j Section
1. Sunset lake, ice fishing pro- ; 2. Penalties.
hibited. 3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Ice Fishing Prohibited. All persons are prohibited from
fishing through the ice for a period of five years from the date
of the passage of this act, in Sunset lake, so called, in the town
of Greenfield.
2. Penalties. Any person who shall violate the provisions
of this act shall be fined ten dollars for each offense and five
dollars additional for each fish taken in violation thereof.
3. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 42.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TAKING OF SALT WATER SMELT.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Salt water smelt, taking regu-
lated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Salt Water Smelt. Amend section 33, chapter 200 of
the Public Laws by adding at the end thereof the following:
and no person shall at any time take salt water smelt from
any of said rivers, bays or tributaries, unless he is, and has
been for six months, a resident of this state. Smelt taken
from all salt waters of the state may be bought and sold dur-
ing the open season therefor, so that said section as amended
shall read as follows: 33. Smelt. The taking of salt water
smelt from the Piscataqua river and its tributaries, the
Exeter river and its tributaries. Great bay and Greenland bay,
from March thirty-first to July first, is prohibited; and no
52 Chapter 43 [1927
person shall at any time take salt water smelt from any of
said rivers, bays or tributaries, unless he is, and has been for
six months, a resident of this state. Smelt taken from all salt
waters of the state may be bought and sold during the open
season therefor.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 43.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 199 OF THE
PUBLIC LAV\^S RELATING TO PHEASANTS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Taking pheasants in Merrimack
county.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Taking- Pheasants in Merrimack County. Amend sec-
tion 3 of chapter 199 of the Public Laws by inserting after the
word "Rockingham" the word Merrimack, so that said section
as amended shall read as follows: 3. Pheasants. Male
pheasants may be taken and possessed from November first
to November sixth inclusive in Hillsborough, Rockingham,
Merrimack and Strafford counties only. A person may take a
total of not more than two male pheasants in one day and not
more than five in one season.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 10, 1927.]
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Chapter 44
53
CHAPTER 44.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SCALES.
Section
2. Renumbering sections.
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. I'ublic scales: weighers, ap-
pointment ; certificates re-
quired; sales to city or
town; other purchases;
fees; maintenance; penalty;
adoption of provisions by
city or town.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court com^ened :
1. Public Scales. Amend chapter 161 of the Public Laws
by adding- after section 40 the following new sections :
41. Public Weighers, Appointment. Any town or city may
appoint one or more public weighers of coal or other mer-
chandise. Such weighers shall be appointed in towns by the
board of selectmen and in cities by the body which appoints
the city sealers of weights and measures, and shall hold office
during the pleasure of the body by which they are appointed,
or until their successors are chosen and qualified.
42. Certificates Required. All coal and hay sold by weight
in any city or town adopting the provisions hereof shall be
weighed by one of such public weighers, at the expense of the
seller. The weigher shall deliver to the seller, or his agent, a
certificate of the weight of all merchandise weighed by him,
which certificate shall be delivered by the seller to the buyer
or his agent at the time of the delivery of such merchandise.
No person shall act as a public weigher of coal, hay or other
merchandise of which he is either the buyer or seller, or a
servant or agent of the buyer or seller, or in the sale whereof
he has any interest, except when such servant or agent is
acting in behalf of the town or city. The weigher shall keep
a record of all such certificates, which record shall at all times
be open to inspection by any person interested therein.
43. Sales to City or Town. Every person selling to any
city or town by weight any merchandise, the weight whereof
is more than one hundred pounds, shall furnish therewith, at
his own expense, the certificate of a public weigher of said city
or town.
44. Other Purchases. Any person, not a city or town,
purchasing by weight any merchandise, the weight whereof
54 Chapter 44 [1927
is more than one hundred pounds, other than coal or hay, may
require therewith the certificate of a pubUc weigher of the
city or town in which such purchaser resides, such certificate
to be deUvered with said merchandise at the expense of the
seller.
45. Fees. Public weighers shall be paid such fees, not ex-
ceeding fifteen cents for each weighing, as shall be prescribed
by the body by which they are appointed, which shall be in
full for the use of the scales, the certificates furnished, the
recording thereof and all official services performed.
46. Maintenance. Any city or town may erect and main-
tain public scales within the limits of any public highway, or
on any other lands and may appropriate money therefor. In
case of the failure of the owner of lands to sell the property
required for the erection and maintenance of public scales,
proceedings may be had for the acquisition of such property
by a town or city in the same manner as for the taking of land
for highway purposes.
47. Penalty. Any person who shall sell any merchandise
without furnishing therewith the certificate of a public
weigher as required by the provisions hereof, or any public
weigher who, on tender to him of his lawful fees, shall refuse
to perform any duty imposed upon him by the provisions
hereof, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars.
48. Adoption by City or Town. The provisions hereof
when adopted by lawful vote of any city or town shall continue
in force until said vote is rescinded.
2. Renumbering. Further amend chapter 161 of the Pub-
lic Laws by renumbering sections 41 to 43, inclusive, to read
sections 49 to 51.
:i. Takes Elfect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 10, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 45.
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGE.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
L Jewish rabbis may solemnize
marriage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Jewish Rabbis May Solemnize Marriage. Amend sec-
tion 34 of chapter 286 [of the Public Laws] by striking out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following: 34.
Exceptions. Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the
right of Jewish Rabbis who are citizens of the United States,
residing in this state, or of the people called Friends or
Quakers, to solemnize marriages in the way usually practiced
among them and all marriages so solemnized shall be valid.
Jewish Rabbis who are citizens of the United States, residing
out of the state, may obtain special license in the manner pro-
vided by section 29 of this chapter.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 46.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 197 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO BOUNTIES ON WILD CATS.
Section I Section
1. Bounties on wild cats. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Amendment. Amend chapter 197 of the Public Laws
by adding to said chapter 197 a section numbered 63 to read as
follows: 63. Bounties on Wild Cats. Any person who shall
kill in this state any wild cat of the species known as bobcat
or lynx, may present the head of said cat to any regularly em-
ployed warden or deputy warden with a sworn statement that
it was killed in New Hampshire, giving date and locality of
killing, and said warden shall, upon being satisfied that the
animal belonged to either of the species mentioned above, re-
56 Chapter 47 [1927
port to the commissioner. The commissioner shall thereupon
certify the killing to the governor who is hereby authorized
to draw his warrant upon the fish and game fund in payment
of ten dollars for each cat so killed, reported and certified.
Said warden shall destroy each head presented and certified as
directed by the commissioner of fish and game. Any person
guilty of fraud or misrepresentation in collecting or attempt-
ing to collect payment for the killing of any wild cat, as pro-
vided in this section, shall be deemed to have violated the
provisions of this section and shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars for
each violation.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take eff'ect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 47.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 68, CHAPTER 283 OF THE
PUBLIC LAV^^S, RELATING TO A FEE FOR THE FILING
OF ANNUAL STATEMENTS BY FRATERNAL
BENEFIT SOCIETIES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Fraternal benefit societies; an-
nual report, fee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Fraternal Benefit Societies. Amend section 68, chapter
283 of the Public Laws by adding at the end of said section
the following, and shall pay to the commissioner a fee of fif-
teen dollars for the filing of such annual statement, so that
said section as amended shall read as follows: 68. Annual
Report. Every society transacting business in this state shall
annually, on or before March first, file with the insurance com-
missioner, in such form as he may require, a statement, under
oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers,
of its condition and standing on December thirty-first next
preceding, and of its transactions for the year ending on that
date, and such other information as the commissioner may
1927] Chapters 48, 49 57
deem necessary to a proper exhibit of its business and plan of
work, and shall pay to the commissioner a fee of fifteen dol-
lars for the filing of such annual statement.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take eff'ect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 48.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE HIGHWAY EXTENDING FROM MAINE
LINE.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Franklin Pierce highway desig-
nated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Franklin Pierce Highway. That the number 9 highway
extending from the Maine line at South Bei'wick, Maine,
through the following cities and towns, Rollinsford, Dover,
Madbury, Harrington, Northwood, Epsom, Chichester, Con-
cord, Hopkinton, Henniker, Hillsborough, Antrim, Stoddard,
Nelson, Sullivan, Roxbury, Keene, Chesterfield, to the Ver-
mont line at Brattleboro be designated as the Franklin Pierce
Highway.
2. Takes Eft'ect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 49.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 16 OF CHAPTER 192 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC FOREST LANDS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Tax abatement to towns con-
taining public forest lands,
procedure.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Tax Abatement to Towns Containing Public Forest
Lands. Section 16 of chapter 192 of the Public Laws is here-
by amended by striking out the whole of said section and in-
58 Chapter 50 [1927
serting in place thereof the following: 16. Procedure. Ap-
plication for such abatement shall be made upon blanks pro-
vided by the tax commission which shall call for such in-
formation as they deem necessary, and the tax commission, on
the facts set forth in said return, may make an abatement of
such an amount as equity may require, subject to the limita-
tions above provided. After the tax commission has made
known its decision on such petition for abatement any town
dissatisfied may ask for a hearing thereon within thirty days
from the date thereof. The commission shall hold a hearing
thereon, notice thereof to be given by publication in some
newspaper published in the county in which said town is situ-
ated within five days after the receipt of such request. The
commission, if dissatisfied with the facts set forth in said
return may ask for further information from the selectmen of
any town or may hold a public hearing thereon.
2. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 50.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO FOREST PROTECTION AND BURNING
PROPERTY.
Section I Section
1. Regulation of fires : prosecu- I 2. Repeal.
tions ; permits ; liability for j 3. Takes eflfect.
fires without permit ; pen- j
alty ; camp fires. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Regulation of Fires. Amend chapter 191 of the Public
Laws by striking out sections 32, 34, 35, 36 and 37 and sub-
stituting therefor the following:
32. Prosecutions. When a district chief or forest fire
warden has any reason to believe that any forest fire law has
been violated he shall report to the state forester all the facts
coming within his knowledge. The state forester shall then
take such action as he deems necessary and shall be entitled
1927] Chapter 50 59
to the advice and assistance of the attorney-general and the
county soHcitors.
34. Permits, (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
kindle or cause to be kindled a fire upon the land of another
without first obtaining permission from the owner thereof or
his agent, or upon public land without the written permission
from the official caretaker thereof.
(b) No person shall kindle or cause to be kindled any fire
or shall burn or cause to be burned any material in or near
any woodlands, pasture, brush, sprout, waste or cut-over land,
or where the fire may be communicated to such land, except
when the ground is covered with snow, without first obtaining
written permission from the forest fire warden of the city or
town where the burning is to be done or without the presence
of the warden or some person designated by him to superin-
tend such burning. Permits issued by forest fire wardens shall
be prepared by the state forester, who may make and adopt
such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to
give eff'ect to this provision.
35. Liability for Fires without Permit. Any person, by
himself or agent causing or kindling a fire without permit of
the forest fire warden, when such permit is required by the
foregoing section, and also any person, by whose negligence or
the negligence of his agents any fire shall be caused, shall be
liable in a civil action for the payment to the town of the ex-
penses incurred by the forest fire warden or deputy warden in
attending or extinguishing such fire. The items of expense of
said fire shall bear the written approval of the state forester.
36. Penalty. Whoever is found guilty of violating any
provision of section 34 shall be fined not more than two hun-
dred dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days.
Whoever causes or kindles a fire by any means, wilfully, or
in a careless and imprudent manner, which shall endanger
woodland as described in section 34 (b) shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one
year or both,
37. Camp Fires. When permission has been obtained from
the land owner or the official caretaker of public land, camp or
cooking fires may be kindled without permission of the forest
fire warden, at suitable times and in suitable places, when they
will not endanger woodlands as described in section 84 (b) , ex-
60 Chapter 51 [1927
cept in such towns or cities as now have or may hereafter
adopt by-huvs or regulations requiring such permission.
Whoever shall kindle or cause to be kindled any such fire or
use an abandoned fire in or near woodlands, shall totally ex-
tinguish the same before leaving it and upon failure to do so
such person or persons shall be subject to the same liabilities
and penalties as are prescribed in sections 35 and 36.
2. Repeal. Amend chapter 391 of the Public Laws by
striking out sections 4 and 5.
3. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take eff"ect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 51.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1, CHAPTER 316, PUBLIC
LAWS, RELATING TO THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Superior court, number of
justices increased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives m
General Court convened:
1. Number of Justices Increased. Amend section 1, chap-
ter 316 of the Public Laws by striking out the word "four"
and inserting in place thereof the word five, so that said sec-
tion as amended shall read as follows: 1. Justices. The
superior court shall consist of a chief justice and five associate
justices, appointed and commissioned as prescribed by the
constitution.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 52.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH IV, SECTION 1, CHAPTER
99 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO MOTOR
VEHICLES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Alotor vehicle dealer, delini-
tion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ(.s in
General Court convened:
1. Motor Vehicle Dealer, Definition. Amend paragraph IV,
section 1, chapter 99 of the Pubhc Laws by adding after the
word "otherwise" in the third hne of said paragraph the
words, or who is engaged principally in the business of buying
promissory notes secured by mortgage, conditional sale con-
tract or lease upon motor vehicles, so that said paragraph as
amended shall read as follows: IV. "Dealer," every person
who has an established place of business and who is en-
gaged principally in the business of buying, selling or ex-
changing motor vehicles, on commission or otherwise, or who
is engaged principally in the business of buying promissory
notes secured by mortgage, conditional sale contract or lease
upon motor vehicles, or who sells at retail fuels as herein de-
fined.
2. Takes Eflfect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 53.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTERS 100 AND 102 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Section
2. Fees.
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. Motor vehicle junk licenses : ap-
plication ; registration ; limi-
tation ; plates ; use of plates ;
use of cars ; record book ;
premises may be entered ;
revocation of license ; pen-
alty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hottbe of Rep'^esentatives in
General Court convened:
1. Motor Vehicle Junk Licenses. Amend chapter 100 of
the Public Laws by adding at the end of said chapter the fol-
lowing new sections:
44. Motor Vehicle Junk License. Any person who has an
established place of business and who is engaged in the busi-
ness of buying second hand motor vehicles for the purpose of
remodeling, taking apart or rebuilding the same, or the buy-
ing or selling of parts of second hand motor vehicles, or tires,
or the assemxbling of second hand motor vehicle parts, may be
granted a motor vehicle junk license upon satisfying the com-
missioner that such applicant is a suitable person to hold such
license.
45. Application. The applicant for a motor vehicle junk
license shall make application to the commissioner upon
blanks furnished by him for that purpose, for a general dis-
tinguishing number for his motor vehicles.
46. Registration. The commissioner may, if he is satisfied
of the facts stated in such application, grant the same and is-
sue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the
name, residence and address of such applicant and the general
distinguishing number assigned and such other provisions as
the commissioner may determine. All motor vehicles owned
by such motor vehicle junk licensee shall, while so owned, be
regarded as registered under such distinguishing number.
47. Limitation. If such motor vehicle junk licensee has an
established place of business or agency in more than one city
or town he shall secure a separate certificate of registration
for each such place of business or agency.
48. Plates. The commissioner shall, at the time of issuing
1927] Chapter 53 63
a certificate to such motor vehicle junk Hcensee, furnish him
with one set of number plates.
49. Use of Plates. A motor vehicle junk licensee shall not
loan number plates which have been assigned to him under
these provisions to a subagent or to any other person.
50. Use of Cars. A motor vehicle junk licensee shall not
rent or otherwise use or permit to be used motor vehicles so
registered, except for demonstration purposes or service in
connection with his business.
51. Must be Held Four Days. All second hand motor ve-
hicles or parts thereof purchased or taken in exchange by any
motor vehicle junk licensee, or left on the premises of any
such licensee for the purpose of sale, exchange or assembly
shall be retained by the licensee four days unless he shall re-
ceive from the commissioner or any motor vehicle inspector
written notice permitting the sale, exchange or assembly of
such second hand motor vehicle or parts.
52. Licensee to Keep a Record Book. Every motor vehicle
junk licensee shall keep a book, in such form as shall be ap-
proved by the commissioner, in which, at the time of the pur-
chase, sale, exchange, or receipt for the purpose of sale of any
second hand motor vehicle or parts thereof, shall be legibly
written in the Englisli language an account and description of
such motor vehicle or parts, with the name and address of the
seller, of the purchaser, and of the alleged owner, or other
person from whom such motor vehicle or parts were purchased
or received or to whom they were delivered, as the case may
be. Such description, in the case of motor vehicles, shall also
include the engine number, if any, the maker's number, if any,
chassis number, if any, and such other numbers or identifica-
tion marks thereon as shall be required by the commissioner,
and shall also include a statement that a number has been
obliterated, defaced or changed if such is the fact.
53. Premises May be Entered. The commissioner, the
chief of police of any city, the selectmen of a town, or any
police officer authorized by any of said officials, or a motor
vehicle inspector, may at any time enter upon any premises
used by any motor vehicle junk licensee for the purpose of
carrying on his business, ascertain how he conducts the same,
and examine all second hand motor vehicles or parts kept or
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stored in or upon the pi'emises, and all books, papers, and in-
ventories relating thereto.
54. Rules and Reg-ulations. The commissioner may from
time to time make rules and regulations consistent with the
provisions of sections 44 to 53 relative to the purchase, sale or
exchange of second hand motor vehicles or parts thereof.
55. Revocation of License. The commissioner may, in his
discretion, revoke such motor vehicle junk license for violation
of any of the provisions of sections 44 to 53 hereof or of any
rule or regulation relating to such licenses.
56. Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provi-
sions of sections 44 to 53, or any nile or regulation of the com-
missioner made hereunder shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars or less than one hundred dollars or im-
prisoned not more than one year or both.
2. Fees. Amend section 1, chapter 102 of the Public Laws
by adding at the end of said section a new paragraph as fol-
lows :
IX. y<)f motor vehicles owned by or under the control of a
motor vehicle junk licensee, twenty-five dollars.
'4. TaJken P3 fleet. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER :>i.
AN ACT liELAriNd TO MOTOli VEJllCJ.E INSURANCE,
J. l)fi'mtii<jni>.
2. Vfi\\um for bcciiiily.
3. Security <;r'lerfH ; susixjisicjjj
of »*-gistralion.
4. (^rlifitaU' aLccipliiblf.
5. J<<j^ihf ralioii i<'ii)hl;iU<J wIkii.
<) i^jlny, form.
Sl'JC'i'iON
7. Wv.iww^ iijjKii jiclilioi),
f^. I'rcliitiiiiaiy liraniij.;, not
< vi<l<'UCt».
'/ r<liti(ji) (iisinisscd wiuii.
10, ( asli, etc., as sccuiity; rt'j^jiila-
(ioiis,
II I .iiiiitati'iii of a( I
\l 'lakes .llrd
Hti it c/miA'XcAl. hy tha Senate and //ov/.sr of Hcjn > :u iilclir( ,r in
GeneroJ dour I ronvrned:
L JMinitiofiK. Th<^ following words, as used in this act,
shall hav<' tln' following njcani/iKs:
I "CeHi(kal<%" th<' certificate of an iM;;ni ;iiicc company
;iijtlioriz<'d to transart tlw buwincs;-; ispccificd m cli.-iiilct '.*7\) of
1927] Chapter 54 65
the Public Laws that it has issued, to or for the benefit of the
defendant, a motor vehicle liability policy covering the motor
vehicle or trailer involved in the accident as a result of which
the action at law to recover damages referred to in section 2
was commenced as respects such accident; or the certificate
of a surety company authorized to transact business under
chapter 282 of the Public Laws that it has issued to or for the
benefit of the defendant a motor vehicle liability bond covering
the motor vehicle or trailer involved in the accident as a result
of which the action at law to recover damages referred to in
section 2 was commenced as respects such accident.
IL "Motor Vehicle Liability Policy," a policy of liability in-
surance which provides indemnity for or protection to the in-
sured and any person responsible for the operation of the in-
sured's motor vehicle or trailer with his express or implied
consent, against loss by reason of the liability to pay damages
to others for damage to property, except property of others in
charge of the insured or his employees, and/or bodily injuries,
including death at any time resulting therefrom, accidentally
sustained during the term of said policy by any person other
than employees of the insured or of such other person respon-
sible as aforesaid who are entitled to payments or benefits
under the provisions of any workmen's compensation act, aris-
ing out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, control or
use within the limits of the United States of America or the
Dominion of Canada of such motor vehicle or trailer, to the
amount or limit of at least five thousand dollars on account of
injury to or death of any one person, and, subject to such
limits as respects injury to or death of one person, of at least
ten thousand dollars on account of any one accident resulting
in injury to oi' death of more than one person, and of at least
one thousand dollars for damage to property of others, as here-
in provided, or a binder pending the issue of such a policy, or
an indorsement to an existing policy, as defined in section 6.
IIL "Motor Vehicle Liability Bond," a bond conforming to
the provisions of section 6 and conditioned that the obligor
shall within thirty days after the rendition thereof satisfy
all judgments rendered against him or against any person re-
sponsible for the operation of the obligor's motor vehicle or
trailer with his express or implied consent in actions to re-
cover damages for damage to property of others and/or bodily
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injuries, including death at any time resulting therefrom, ac-
cidentally sustained during the term of said bond by any per-
son other than employees of the obligor or of such other per-
son responsible as aforesaid who are entitled to payments or
benefits under the provisions of any workmen's compensation
act, arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, con-
trol, or use within the limits of the United States of America
or the Dominion of Canada of such motor vehicle or trailer to
the amount or limit of at least one thousand dollars on account
of damage to property and/or at least five thousand dollars,
on account of injury to or death of any one person, and, sub-
ject to such limits as respects injury to or death of one person,
at least ten thousand dollars on account of any one accident
resulting in injury to or death of more than one person.
2. Petition for Security. Upon petition in an action at law
to recover damages, commenced by a person legally qualified to
maintain such action, for damage to property and/or the death
of or bodily injury to any person resulting from an accident in
which one or more motor vehicles or trailers are involved, the
court shall make a preliminary inquiry into the questions, (1)
whether such accident was due, in whole or in part, to the
negligence of the defendant, and not due, in whole or in part,
to the negligence of the plaintiff or the plaintiff's intestate,
and (2) whether the motor vehicle or trailer was operated by
the owner thereof, and (3) whether, if not operated by the
owner thereof, the motor vehicle or trailer was being operated
with the express or implied consent of the owner.
3. Security Ordered; Suspension of Registration. If, upon
such inquiry as to the court seems proper, the court shall find
that such accident was probably due, in whole or in part, to the
negligence of the defendant, and not due, in whole or in part,
to the negligence of the plaintiff or the plaintiff's intestate,
the court shall order the defendant to furnish forthwith such
security as to the court shall seem proper to satisfy within
thirty days after the rendition of a final judgment in such ac-
tion such portion of such judgment as shall not be in excess of
five thousand dollars in regard to bodily injuries or death and
of one thousand dollars in regard to damage to property. If
the defendant shall fail to furnish such security forthwith, the
clerk or any deputy clerk of such court shall immediately noti-
fy the commissioner of motor vehicles of the action of the
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court and of the failure of the defendant to furnish such se-
curity, and the commissioner shall forthwith suspend the li-
cense to operate of the defendant and shall forthwith suspend
the registration of any motor vehicles or trailers registered in
the name of the defendant, and if the court shall have found
that such motor vehicle or trailer was being operated by the
owner or with the express or implied consent of the owner
thereof, of which finding the clerk or deputy clerk of such
court shall immediately notify the commissioner, the commis-
sioner shall forthwith suspend the owner's license to operate,
if he has one, shall forthwith suspend the registration of such
motor vehicle or trailer and the registration of any other
motor vehicles or trailers I'egistered in the name of said own-
er. If the defendant shall fail to furnish such security forth-
with and the defendant has no license to operate in the state
which Hcense is subject to suspension, the court shall enter an
order prohibiting such defendant from further operating
motor vehicles or trailers in the state and prohibiting the
operation in the state of any motor vehicles or trailers owned
by said defendant if the registration thereof is not subject to
suspension; and if the court shall have found that such motor
vehicle or trailer was being operated by the owner or with the
express or implied consent of the owner thereof, the court
shall enter an order prohibiting the operation in the state of
any motor vehicles or trailers of said owner or by said owner
when the registration of such motor vehicles or trailers or the
license to operate is not subject to suspension.
4. Certificate Acceptable. The court shall accept as suffi-
cient security, or as a sufficient compliance with any order for
security, as provided in section 3, a certificate, as defined in
section 1, of an insurance company or of a surety company, to
be filed in said action with the court in a form to be approved
by the court.
5. Registration Reinstated When. No motor vehicle or
trailer the registration of which has been suspended, as pro-
vided in section 3, sliall be reinstated or again be registered,
nor may the owner of any such motor vehicle or trailer there-
after register any motor vehicle or trailer, unless and until the
security ordered by the court, as provided in section 3, or the
certificate as provided in sections 1 and 4, shall be furnished or
filed. No person whose license has been suspended under sec-
68 Chapter 54 [1927
tion 3 shall be permitted again to be licensed unless and until
such security or such certificate shall be furnished or filed. No
person wlio has been prohibited from operating, and no owner
whose motor vehicles or trailers have been prohibited from
being operated under section 3, shall be permitted again to
operate, or to have his motor vehicles or trailers operated, in
the state unless and until such security or such certificate
shall be furnished or filed.
6. Policy, Form. No motor vehicle liability policy, as de-
fined in section 1, shall be issued or delivered in the state until
a copy of the form of the policy has been on file with the com-
missioner of insurance for at least thirty days, unless, before
the expiration of said period, the commissioner shall have ap-
proved the form of the policy in writing, nor if the commis-
sioner notifies the company in writing that, in his opinion, the
form of said policy does not comply with the laws of the state,
provided that he shall notify the company in writing within
said period of his approval or disapproval thereof. The com-
missioner shall approve a form of policy which contains the
name, address and business of the insured, a description of the
motor vehicles and/or trailers covered, with the premium
charges therefor, the policy period, the limits of liability, and
an agreement that insurance is provided in accordance with
and subject to the provisions of this act.
A motor vehicle liability policy shall be subject to the fol-
lowing provisions, which need not be contained therein:
I. The liability of any company under a motor vehicle lia-
bility policy shall become absolute whenever loss or damage
covered by said policy occurs, and the satisfaction by the in-
sured of a final judgment for such loss or damage shall not
be a condition precedent to the right or duty of the company
to make payment on account of said loss or damage. No such
contract of insurance shall be cancelled or annulled by any
agreement between the company and the insured after the
said insured has become responsible for such loss or damage,
and any such cancellation or annulment shall be void. Upon
the recovery of a final judgment against any person for any
loss or damage specified in this section, if the judgment debtor
was, at the accrual of the cause of action, insured against lia-
bility therefor under a motor vehicle liability policy, the judg-
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ment creditor shall be entitled to have the insurance money
applied to the satisfaction of the judgment.
II. The policy, the written application therefor, if any, and
any rider or indorsement, which shall not conflict with the pro-
visions of this act, shall constitute the entire contract between
the parties.
III. No statement made by the insured or on his behalf,
and no violation of the terms of the policy, shall operate to
defeat or avoid the policy so as to bar recovery within the limit
provided in the policy.
IV. If the death, insolvency or bankruptcy of the insured
shall occur within the policy period, the policy during the un-
expired portion of such period shall cover the legal representa-
tives of the insured. Such policy shall contain such provisions,
as are not inconsistent with this act, as shall be required by
the commissioner of insurance.
The provisions of this section, except provisions I, II and III,
shall apply to motor vehicle liability bonds, as defined in sec-
tion 1, and every such bond shall be subject to, although it
need not be contained therein, the provision that no statement
made by the principal on such bond or on his behalf, and no
violation of the terms of such bond, shall operate to defeat or
avoid such bond as against the judgment creditor of such
principal.
Any company authorized to issue motor vehicle liability
policies, as defined in section 1, may, pending the issue of
such a policy, execute an agreement to be known as a bind-
er; or may, in lieu of such a policy, issue an indorsement to
an existing policy; each of which shall provide indemnity or
protection in like manner and to the same extent as such a
policy. The provisions of this section shall apply to such
binders and indorsements.
7. Hearing upon Petition. Upon the filing of the peti-
tion, as provided in section 2, which petition shall set forth
that the petitioner is seeking an order of the court that the
defendant furnish security, as provided in section 3, the
court shall as soon as may be give a summary hearing there-
on, said hearing to be held not sooner than seven days after
service upon the defendant. The decision of the court upon
said hearing shall be final. The court may make reasonable
rules to insure a prompt hearing on such petitions and a
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speedy disposition thereof. The court may provide that a
hearing on such petition shall be heard by any court in the
county in which the action at law to recover damages was
commenced, or, in the discretion of the court, in any other
countx'. Service of said petition made at the address given
by the defendant on his application for registration of the
motor vehicle involved in the accident, or at the address
given on the application for a license to operate, shall be
deemed sufficient. The operation by a non-resident, or with
his express or implied consent if an owner, of a motor ve-
hicle or trailer on a public way of the state shall be deemed
equivalent to an appointment by such non-resident of the
motor vehicle commissioner or his successor in office, to be
his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all
lawful processes in any action against him, growing out of
any accident in which said non-resident may be involved
while so operating or so permitting to be operated a motor
vehicle on such a way.
8. Preliminary Hearing, Not Evidence. Neither the find-
ings of the court upon questions into which it makes a pre-
liminary inquiry, the action taken by the court upon the peti-
tion, as provided in sections 2 and 3, nor a certificate or secur-
ity filed by the defendant as provided in sections 1, 3, 4 and 9,
shall be referred to in any way, and shall not be any evidence
of the negligence or due care of either party, at the trial of
the action at law to recover damages.
9. Petition Dismissed When. If, after an action at law as
defined in section 2 is commenced, or after a petition as de-
fined in sections 2 and 7 is filed, the defendant files in court a
certificate of an insurance company or surety company as pro-
vided in sections 1 and 4, the court shall dismiss the petition,
if filed, without a hearing thereon.
10. Casli, etc., as Security; Regulations. If, in compliance
with the order of the court, as provided in section 3, the de-
fendant furnishes as security cash, bonds, stocks, or other evi-
dences of indebtedness satisfactory to the court, such security
shall be deposited with the clerk of said court who shall give
the defendant receipt therefor. The defendant shall be en-
titled to any interest accruing on his deposit, and to the income
payable on the securities deposited, and may, from time to
time, with the consent of the court, change such securities.
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Upon presentation to the clerk of said court by an officer qual-
ified to serve civil process of an execution issued on a judg-
ment in the action at law to recover damages in which a peti-
tion has been filed as provided in section 2, and security in the
form of cash has been furnished as provided in section 3, the
clerk of said court shall pay, out of the cash deposited by the
defendant, as herein provided, the amount of the execution, in-
cluding costs and interest. If the defendant has deposited
bonds, stocks, or other evidences of indebtedness, the clerk of
said court shall, upon presentation of an execution as afore-
said, cause the said securities, or such part thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy the judgment, to be sold at public auction,
giving the defendant at least ten days' notice by registered
mail of the time and place of said sale, and from the proceeds
of said sale the clerk of said court shall, after paying the ex-
penses thereof, satisfy the execution. Any payment upon an
execution by the said clerk in accordance with the provisions
of this section shall discharge said clerk from all official and
personal liability whatever to the defendant to the extent of
such payment.
11. Limitation of Act. Nothing herein shall be construed
as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying
for security upon the other processes provided by law.
12. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect June 1, 1927.
[Approved March 16, 1927.]
CHAPTER 55.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2, CHAPTER 198 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS, RELATING TO DEER.
Section [ Section
1. Deer, taking. I 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Deer. Amend section 2, chapter 198 of the Public Laws
by inserting after the word "sixteenth," and before the word
"and" in the fifth line of said section, the following: in the
county of Cheshire from December first to December six-
teenth, so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
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[1927
2. Taking, Time. Wild deer may be captured or taken after
5 a. m. and before 6 p. m. as follows: In the county of Coos
from October fifteenth to December first; in the county of
Grafton from November first to December sixteenth; in the
county of Carroll from November fifteenth to December six-
teenth ; in the county of Cheshire from December first to De-
cember sixteenth ; and from all the other counties in the state,
from December first to January first.
2. Takes Eflfect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 17, 1927.]
CHAPTER 56.
AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL TOWN AND SCHOOL DISTRICT
MEETINGS.
Section
1. Special town meetings, appro-
priations.
Section
2. Special school district meet-
ings, appropriations.
3. Takes effect.
Be, it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Town Meetings. Amend section 5, chapter 42 of the
Public Laws by adding at the end of said section the following:
In case of an emergency arising in a town for which immedi-
ate expenditure of money is necessary, the town through its
selectmen may appeal to the superior court for permission to
hold a special town meeting which, if granted, shall give said
meeting the same authority as the annual town meeting, so
that said section as amended shall read as follows: 5. Appro-
priations, at Special Meetings. No money shall be raised or
appropriated at any special town meeting except by vote by
ballot, nor unless the ballots, cast at such meeting shall be
equal in number to at least one half of the number of legal
voters borne on the check-list of the town at the annual or
biennial election next preceding such special meeting; and
such check-list shall be used at any meeting upon the request
of ten legal voters of the town. This section shall not apply
to money to be raised for the public defense or any military
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purpose in time of war. In case of an emergency arising in a
town for which immediate expenditure of money is necessary,
the town through its selectmen may appeal to the superior
court for permission to hold a special town meeting which, if
granted, shall give said meeting the same authority as the
annual town meeting.
2. School District Meetings. Amend section 3, chapter
120 of the Public Laws by adding at the end of said section the
following: In case of an emergency arising in a school district
for which immediate expenditure of money is necessary, the
school district through its school board may appeal to the
superior court for permission to hold a special district meet-
ing which, if granted, shall give said district meeting the same
authority as the annual district meeting, so that said section
as amended shall read as follows : 3. Special, Raising Money.
No school district shall raise or appropriate money at any
special meeting of the inhabitants thereof except by vote by
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 district entitled to vote at the regular meeting next
preceding such special meeting; and, if a check-list 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 check-list, corrected according to law, may be used at
such special meeting upon request of ten legal voters of the
district. In case of an emergency arising in a school district
for which immediate expenditure of money is necessary, the
school district through its school board may appeal to the
superior court for permission to hold a special district meet-
ing which, if granted, shall give said district meeting the same
authority as the annual district meeting.
3. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect up-
on its passage.
[Approved March 17, 1927.]
74 Chapters 57, 58 [1927
CHAPTER 57.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTERS 315 AND 316 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS, RELATING TO THE SUPREME
AND SUPERIOR COURTS.
Section
I. Salaries of justices of the
supreme court.
Section
2. Salaries of justices of the
superior court.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Justices, Supreme Court. Amend section 15, chapter
315 of the PubUc Laws by striking out the words "six thou-
sand" and inserting in the place thereof the words sixty-five
hundred, so that said section as amended shall read as follows :
15. Salaries. The annual salary of the chief justice and the
associate justices shall be sixty-five hundred dollars each.
2. Justices, Superior Court. Amend section 5, chapter 316
of the Public Laws by striking out the words "six thousand"
and inserting in place thereof the words sixty-five hundred, so
that said section as amended shall read as follows: 5. Salaries;
Expenses. The annual salary of the chief justice and the as-
sociate justices of the superior court shall be sixty-five hun-
dred dollars each. Actual expenses and office rent shall be al-
lowed the justices as provided for justices of the supreme
court.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect July 1, 1927.
[Approved March 17, 1927.]
CHAPTER 58.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 118 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO SCHOOL TUITION FOR CHILDREN
IN BOARDING HOMES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. School attendance, non-resi-
dents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. School Attendance. Amend section 11, chapter 118 of
the Public Laws by adding the following: Whoever for hire,
1927] Chapter 59 75
gain or reward has at one time in his custody or control to
provide with care, board and lodging three or more children
over six years of age whose parents or guardian reside in an-
other state and who are unrelated to him by blood or marriage
shall, together with the parents or guardian, be jointly re-
sponsible to the district in which the child resides for school
tuition at not to exceed the average cost of instruction as pro-
vided for in section 3, to be recovered in an action of case, so
that said section shall read: 11. Non-residents. No person
shall attend school, or send a pupil to the school, in any dis-
trict of which he is not an inhabitant, without the consent of
the district or of the school board except as herein otherwise
provided. Whoever for hire, gain or reward has at one time
in his custody or control to provide with care, board and lodg-
ing three or more children over six years of age whose parents
or guardian reside in another state and who are unrelated to
him by blood or marriage shall, together with the parents or
guardian, be jointly responsible to the district in which the
child resides for school tuition at not to exceed the average
cost of instruction as provided for in section 3, to be recovered
in an action of case.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on July 1, 1927.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 59.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE OF SALARY FOR THE SHER-
IFF OF MERRIMACK COUNTY.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Salary of Merrimack county
sheriff.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives In
General Court convened:
1. Merrimack County, Salary of Sheriff. Amend section
27, chapter 324 of the Public Laws by striking out line seven
of said section, relating to the salary of the sheriff of Merri-
mack county, and by inserting in place thereof the following:
In Merrimack, two thousand dollars.
2. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
76 Chapter 60 [1927
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
as of April 1, 1927.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 60.
AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.
Section I Section
1. Foreign corporations, rcgistra- 2. Takes eflfect.
tion fee. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Foreign Corporations, Registration. Amend section 1
of chapter 231 of the Public Laws by inserting in the third
line of said section between the words "shall" and "in writing"
the words, pay a registration fee of twenty-five dollars and, so
that said section as amended shall read as follows: 1. Fee;
Appointment of Attorney. Before doing business in this
state every foreign corporation, except foreign insurance com-
panies and as otherwise specifically provided, shall pay a regis-
tration fee of twenty-five dollars and in writing appoint the
secretary of state and his successor in office to be its true and
lawful attorney upon whom lawful process in any action or
proceeding against it upon any liability arising in this state
may be served, and in such writing shall agree that any law-
ful process against it upon such liability which is served on
said attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if
served on it, and that the authority shall continue in force so
long as any liability remains outstanding against it in this
state.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 61, 62 77
CHAPTER 61.
AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSING OF DOGS.
Section | Section
1. Licensing of breeding dogs. I 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Licensing of Dogs. Amend section 10 of chapter 150 of
the Pubhc Laws by striking out the same and by inserting in
place thereof the following: 10. Kennels; Breeders. The
owner or keeper of five or more dogs, and any breeder of dogs,
shall annually on or before April thirtieth procure a license au-
thorizing him to keep such dogs upon the premises described
in the license or off the premises while under his control. If
the number of dogs does not exceed five, the fee for such li-
cense shall be twelve dollars; if the number exceeds five and
does not exceed ten, the fee shall be twenty dollars, and if the
number exceeds ten, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars. No
fee shall be required for the dogs of such owner or keeper
which are under the age of three months; and for dogs be-
coming three months of age after May first, or which may be
brought from without the state after May first, the fee shall
be such proportionate sum for licenses as the remaining por-
tion of the year bears to the sum required for a license for a
whole year. The provisions of sections 6, 7 and 9 hereof shall
not apply to licenses under the provisions of this section.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 62.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 124 OF THE PUBLIC LAV^S
RELATING TO THE MILITIA.
Section
4. State emergency force.
5. Takes effect.
Section
1. Militia enrollment lists.
2. Time for filing lists.
3. Salary, adjutant-general.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Militia. Amend section 9 of said chapter by striking
out the whole thereof and inserting in place thereof the fol-
78 Chapter 62 [1927
lowing: 9. Enrollment Lists. The governor may in his dis-
cretion order by proclamation that the names of male citizens,
and all other male residents of this state who have declared
their intention of becoming citizens of the United States, be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, residing in
each town and city, be enrolled alphabetically in four classes as
provided in section 7, by or under the supervision of the select-
men of. the town and the assessors of the city in which they re-
side, of which enrollment lists an original and two copies shall
be made, one of which copies shall be for the adjutant-general.
2. Time for Filing Lists. Amend section 10 of said chap-
ter by striking out the words "on or before May fifteenth"
and inserting in place thereof the words within fifteen days
from the date of said proclamation, so that said section as
amended shall read as follows: 10. , Entries. The
selectmen shall enter on such enrollment lists, and opposite
the name of every person exempt from military duty as here-
inafter provided, the word Exempt, and opposite the name of
every person who is a member of the national guard, the
words National Guard, and within fifteen days from the date
of said proclamation, shall sign such lists, file the same in the
office of the town clerk, and make I'eport to the adjutant-gen-
eral of the total number enrolled on their respective lists, the
number marked Exempt, the number marked National Guard
and the number of unorganized militia, and shall certify that
they believe such lists to be correct. The adjutant-general may
call for the original enrollment, showing the names of those
exempt and the causes of exemption, and satisfy himself of its
accuracy.
.3. Increase in Salary. Amend section 63 by striking out
the words "three thousand five hundred" and inserting in
place thereof the words four thousand, so that said section as
amended shall read as follows: 63. Adjutant-general. The
annual salary of the adjutant-general shall be four thousand
dollars, and shall be in full for all his services.
4. Emergency Force. Amend said chapter by adding at
the end thereof a new subtitle and section as follows :
State Forces in Case of Emergency
104. Authoilzation. The governor, as commander-in-chief
of the military and naval forces of the state is hereby au-
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thorized to raise and equip such troops as may in his judg-
ment be necessary whenever the National Guard of the State
of New Hampshire is merged with the federal forces to the
extent that the governor cannot call upon said national guard
for service for the protection of the state and its citizens.
5. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 63.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALE OF SECURITIES.
Section I Section
1. Sale of securities, definition of 2. Takes et¥ect.
terms. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Definition. Amend section 2 of chapter 284 of the Pub-
lic Laws by striking out said section and inserting in place
thereof the following: 2. Securities. Securities shall in-
clude all classes of stocks and shares, bonds, debentures, evi-
dences of indebtedness and certificates of participation, ship
shares and investment contracts in the form of a bill of sale,
or any similar device.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
80 Chapter 64 [1927
CHAPTER 64.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13, CHAPTER 202 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS, RELATING TO LICENSES TO
HUNT AND FISH.
Section
1. Penalties for violations of laws
regarding licenses to hunt
and fish.
Section
2. Takes efifect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Licenses to Hunt and Fish. Amend section 13, chapter
202, Public Laws by striking out all of said section after the
word "fined" in line 6 and inserting- in place thereof the follow-
ing : a sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for the
first offense, and for any subsequent offense, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars and a forfeiture of the license, if there be
one, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: 13.
Penalties. A person who violates a provision of this chapter,
or who furnishes to another person, or permits another per-
son to have or use, a license issued to himself, or changes or
alters such license or coupon, or uses a license or license-cou-
pons issued to another person, or makes a false statement in
an application, or knowingly guides a hunter who has not a
license as hereinbefore provided, shall be fined a sum not less
than ten nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense, and
for any subsequent offense a sum not exceeding fifty dollars
and a forfeiture of the license, if there be one.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 65.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TAKING OF BROOK TROUT, SALMON
AND LAKE TROUT.
Section
1. Brook trout, ten inches and
over.
2. , not less than seven
inches.
3. . .
4. , not less than six inches.
5. , not less than seven
inches.
Section
6. Brook trout, not less than
seven inches.
7. Salmon.
8. Lake trout.
9. Limit.
10. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
Trout and Salmon
1. Amend paragraph I of section 1 of said chapter 200 of
the Public Laws by adding in the third hne of said paragraph
after the word "New London" the following: Dan Hole pond in
the towns of Ossipee and Tuftonboro, so that said paragraph
as amended shall read as follows : L Those not less than ten
inches in length may be taken from Sunapee and Newfound
lakes, Crystal lake in Enfield, Tewksbury pond in Grafton,
Pleasant pond in New London, Dan Hole pond in the towns of
Ossipee and Tuftonboro and Success pond in Coos county from
April fifth to September first.
2. Amend paragraph H of section 1 of said chapter 200 of
the Public Laws by striking out in the second line thereof the
following: "Dublin pond in Dublin, and from" so that said
paragraph as amended shall read as follows: IL Those not
less than seven inches in length may be taken from the ponds
in Carter Notch, from May first to August first, and from
Russell pond in Woodstock, Nathan pond in Stewartstown,
and Ellsworth Three ponds in Ellsworth from May twentieth
to September first.
3. Amend paragraph IV of section 1 of chapter 200 of the
Public Laws by adding after the words "September first" and
before the word "and" in the sixth line of said paragraph the
following: and from Big and Little Greenough ponds in Went-
worth's Location from May first to September first. Further
amend said paragraph IV by striking out in lines six and
seven the following: "and they may be taken with a fly from
any of the waters named in this paragraph during September,"
82 Chapter 65 [1927
so that said paragraph as amended shall read as follows: IV,
Those not less than seven inches in length may be taken from
Third Connecticut lake from June first to September first,
from First and Second Connecticut lakes and Round pond in
Pittsburg from April fifteenth to September first, from Big
Diamond pond, Little Diamond pond, Big Millsfield and Long
ponds in Millsfield from May twentieth to September first ; and
from Big and Little Greenough ponds in Wentworth's Loca-
tion from May first to September first.
4. Amend paragraph V of section 1 of chapter 200 of the
Public Laws by adding at the end of paragraph V the follow-
ing: and except that in such portion of the Connecticut river
as lies in Coos county and in the Androscoggin river that
specie of brook trout known as rainbow trout may be taken
only when ten inches in length or over from June first to Sep-
tember first and by the use of a fly only during the month of
September, so that said paragraph as amended shall read as
follows : V. Those not less than six inches in length may be
taken from all other streams in Coos, Grafton and Carroll
counties from May first to September first, except from the
Ellis and Wildcat rivers and the branches of the Saco river,
and their tributaries, where they may be taken from May first
to August first and except that in such portion of the Con-
necticut river as lies in Coos county and in the Androscoggin
river that specie of brook trout known as rainbow trout may
be taken only when ten inches in length or over from June
first to September first and by the use of a fly only during
the month of September.
5. Further amend section 1 of chapter 200 of the Public
Laws by adding at the end thereof a paragraph VII to read as
follows : VII. In addition to the provisions of paragraphs I to
VI inclusive of this section, those not less than seven inches in
length may be taken by the use of a fly only from the waters
of the First, Second and Third Connecticut lakes and Round
pond in the town of Pittsburg, Big Diamond pond. Little Dia-
mond pond. Big Millsfield pond, Long pond in Millsfield, Big
and Little Greenough ponds in Wentworth's Location and such
portion of the Connecticut river as lies in Coos county, during
the month of September.
6. Further amend said section 1 of chapter 200 of the Pub-
lic Laws by adding a paragraph VIII to read as follows : VIII.
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Those not less than seven inches in length may be taken from
all other lakes and ponds of the state, from April fifteenth to
September first except that from Dublin pond in the town of
Dublin, trout not less than six inches in length may be taken
and possessed from May twentieth to September first.
7. Amend section 2 of chapter 200 of the Public Laws by
striking out said section and inserting a new section to read
as follows : 2. Salmon. Salmon not less than fifteen inches
in length may be taken and possessed from April fifteenth to
September first, except that salmon not less than twelve inches
in length may be taken and possessed from the waters of Um-
bagog lake, the Androscoggin river and the Connecticut river
from May twentieth to September first, and except that salmon
not less than ten inches in length may be taken and possessed
from Big Diamond pond from May twentieth to Sep-
tember first. Those of legal length may be taken by the use
of a fly only during the month of September from First and
Second Connecticut lakes, Big Diamond pond and the Con-
necticut river.
8. Amend section 3 of chapter 200 of the Public Laws by
striking out said section and inserting a new section to read
as follows: 8. Lake Trout. Lake trout not less than fifteen
inches in length may be taken and possessed from January
first to September first, except that those not less than twelve
inches in length may be taken and possessed during said
period from the waters of Stinson lake in the town of Rumney,
and except that those not less than ten inches in length may
be taken and possessed from Big Diamond pond and Big Green-
ough pond from May twentieth to September first. Those of
legal length may be taken by the use of a fly only during the
month of September from Big Diamond pond and Big Green-
ough pond.
9. Amend section 5 of chapter 200 of the Public Laws by
striking out the whole of said section and inserting a new sec-
tion to read as follows : 5. Limit. A person may take in one
day a total of not more than five pounds of brook trout provid-
ed that so long as he has taken less than five pounds he shall
be entitled to take one additional fish. He may have in his
possession at one time a total of not more than two days' legal
catch of brook trout. A person may take a total of not more
than six salmon, aureolus or lake trout collectively in one day
84 Chapter 66 [1927
and a person or party irrespective of the number of persons
therein, trolHng from any one boat, upon any of the waters of
this state, shall not take or kill more than six fish in any one
calendar day of the species of salmon, lake trout or aureolus
trout collectively; and, for the purposes hereof, each 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 shall each be liable for the penal-
ty hereinafter prescribed.
10. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 66.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TAKING OF PICKEREL.
Section
3. Takes effect.
.Section
1. Pickerel, taking.
2. Repeal.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
I. Regulations. Amend sections 11 and 12 of chapter 200
of the Public Laws by striking out the whole of said sections
and inserting in place thereof new sections 11 and 12 which
shall read as follows:
II. Pickerel. I. Pickerel of any size and in any quantity
may be taken and possessed at any time, from Sunapee lake,
Crystal lake in Enfield, Tewksbury pond in Grafton, Elbow
pond in Woodstock, Partridge lake in Lyman and Littleton,
Pearl lake in Lisbon, Ogontz lake. Dodge pond. Round pond
and Flag pond in Lyman, Ellsworth pond in Ellsworth, Merry-
meeting lake in New Durham, Scobie's pond in Derry and
Londonderry, Big Dan Hole pond in Ossipee and Tuftonboro,
Mason pond in Orford, Rocky pond in Wentworth, Armington
pond and Lake Tarleton in Piermont, Spectacle pond in
Groton and Hebron, all waters of Coos county and all other
streams in the state inhabited by trout, except Merrimack
river, Powwow river, Winnipesaukee river, Pemigewasset
river and Contoocook river.
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11. Pickerel not less than twelve inches in length may be
taken from Lakes Winnipesaukee, Massabesic, Winnisquam,
Asquam, Wentworth and Spofford and the Connecticut river
in Cheshire, Sullivan and Grafton counties, from June first to
April first. In the Merrimack river, Powwow river, Winnipe-
saukee river, Pemigewasset river, Contoocock river and all
other waters not before mentioned in this section, pickerel
not less than twelve inches in length may be taken and
possesed from June first to January sixteenth.
12. , Limit. In any of the waters mentioned in
paragraph II of section 11, a person may take not more than
ten pounds of pickerel in one day; provided, that so long as he
has taken less than ten pounds he shall be entitled to take one
additional fish.
2. Repeal. Chapter 37 of the Laws of 1925 is hereby re-
pealed.
3. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, provided, however, that
.nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing special laws
not mentioned in this act which prohibit fishing through the
ice in certain specified waters; and this act shall take eff"ect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 67.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PAROLE.
Section j Section
1. State prison, parole officer. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Parole Officer. Amend section 29 of chapter 369 of the
Public Laws by striking out said section and substituting the
following: 29. Compensation. Such parole officer shall re-
ceive the necessary and reasonable expenses actually incurred
by him in the performance of his duties and such sum for
salary as shall be determined by the trustees, subject to the
approval of the governor and council. Such expense account
86 Chapter 68 [1927
shall be audited by the board of trustees and the governor
shall draw his warrant therefor.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 68.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 171 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO KEEPERS OF HOTELS AND PUBLIC
LODGING HOUSES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Hotels and lodging houses:
register ; open to inspection ;
penalty ; definition.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Regulations. Amend chapter 171 of the Public Laws by
inserting the following sections after section 6:
7. Register; Open to Inspection. All hotel keepers and all
persons keeping a public lodging house shall keep a book and
enter the name or cause to be entered the name of each guest
accommodated; said book shall at all times be open to the in-
spection of the sheriff or his deputies and to any police officer.
8. Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the
foregoing section shall be fined not more than twenty dollars
or be imprisoned not more than thirty days.
9. Definition. The term "public lodging house" as used in
section 7 shall mean a lodging house where more than two
rooms are let for hire habitually for the accommodation of
transients for a single night or less than a week at a time.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 69, 70 87
CHAPTER 69.
AN ACT RELATING TO ASSISTANTS IN THE OFFICE OF THE
PURCHASING AGENT.
SiXTioN [ Section
1. Assistants in office of pur- 1 2. Takes effect,
chasing agent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Purchasing Agent. Amend section 8, chapter 9 of the
PiibUc Laws by striking out said section and inserting in place
thereof the following: 8. Office; Assistants. The purchas-
ing agent shall be provided with an office in the state house,
and shall have such assistants at such compensation as shall be
fixed by the governor and council.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 70.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT FISHING THROUGH THE ICE IN SCOTT POND
IN THE TOWN OF FITZWILLIAM.
Section
1. Scott pond, ice fishing pro-
hibited.
Section
2. Limitation.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Ice Fishing Prohibited. All persons are prohibited from
fishing through the ice in Scott pond in the town of Fitzwil-
liam for a period of five years from June 1, 1928.
2. Limitation. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the tak-
ing of shiners for bait after June 1, 1928.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
88 Chapters 71, 72 [1927
CHAPTER 71.
AN ACT RELATING TO LIENS FOR WATER RATES.
Section Shxtion
1. Municipal water-works, liens I 2. Takes effect,
for water rates. !
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Municipal Water -Works. Amend chapter 43 of the Pub-
lic Laws by adding at the end of said chapter the following
new section: 13. Liens for Water Rates. All charges as
water rates for water furnished to patrons in any city, town,
or precinct operating municipally owned water-works, shall
become a lien upon any I'eal estate where said water is fur-
nished, and said lien shall continue for one year from the last
item charged in said water rates; and said lien may be en-
forced by suit in behalf of said city, town, or precinct, ordered
by the water commissioners or other board in charge of the
water system, against the owner or owners of such real es-
tate. The record in the office of the water department of the
water rates and chai'ges for water furnished as aforesaid shall
be sufficient notice to maintain suit upon such lien against
subsequent purchasers or attaching creditors of said real es-
tate.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 72.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5 OF CHAPTER 180 OP THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO THE STATE COLLEGE
AND UNIVERSITY.
Section I Section
1. State college and university. 2. Takes effect,
trustees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Tiaistees. Amend section 5 of chapter 180 of the Pub-
lic Laws by striking out the same and by inserting in lieu
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thereof the following: 5. Of College. The general govern-
ment of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts is vested in a board of thirteen trustees, as fol-
lows : The governor of the state and the president of the col-
lege shall be trustees ex officiis; the alumni of said college may
elect two trustees one of whom shall be a resident of the state
of New Hampshire and the other may be a resident of any one
of the United States of America, the method of election to be
prescribed by the board of trustees of said college; nine trus-
tees shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and
consent of the council. Trustees shall be elected or appointed
for a term of three years, may be men or women, and both
major political parties shall be represented on the board. Two
members of said board shall be farmers. Seven members shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but not
less than eight affirmative votes shall be required to elect a
president of the college or of the university. Nothing herein
shall affect the qualifications of any person, during his term of
office, who is a trustee at the date of the passage of this act.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 73.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 122 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO LOCKING DEVICES ON SCHOOLHOUSES.
Section
1. Locking devices on school-
houses.
Section
2. —
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Construction, Fifty Pupils. Amend section 23, chapter
122 of the Public Laws by striking out the words "and with
some safety device whereby the door may always be opened
easily toward the outside by pressure against the same from
the inside" and inserting in place thereof the words but that
can always be opened easily on the inside by turning the knob
or pushing the release bar, so that said section shall read : 23.
90 Chapter 73 [1927
Locking- Devices. Authorities in charge of all buildings of two
or more rooms used for school purposes, or where fifty or
more pupils may be in attendance, shall equip at least one out-
side door regularly used as an exit with key locks that can be
locked on the outside only but that can always be opened easily
on the inside by turning the knob or pushing the release bar.
The use of bolts, except to hold one half of a double door,
hooks, thumb knobs or other locking devices upon such out-
side doors is prohibited.
2. Construction, One Hundred Pupils. Amend section 24
of said chapter by striking out the word "two" in line 1 and
inserting in place thereof the word one and further amend said
section 24 by inserting after the words "main exit doors"
these words equipped with some safety device whereby the
door may always be opened easily toward the outside by pres-
sure against the same from the inside, so that said section
shall read: 24. Exits. Any school building in which one
hundred or more children may be in attendance shall have its
main exit doors equipped with some safety device whereby the
door may always be opened easily toward the outside by pres-
sure against the same from the inside, and all doors leading to
fire escapes equipped as specified in section 23.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 74.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 101 OF THE LAWS OF 1925
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION BY
THE STATE OF THE FRANCONIA NOTCH, SO CALLED,
LYING IN THE TOWNS OF FRANCONIA AND LIN-
COLN, AS A FOREST RESERVATION AND .
STATE PARK."
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Appropriation for acquisition
of Franconia Notch, when to
lapse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Appropriation, When to Lapse. Chapter 101 of the
Laws of 1925, entitled "An act to provide for the acquisition
by the state of the Franconia Notch, so called, lying in the
towns of Franconia and Lincoln, as a forest reservation and
State park," is hereby amended by adding at the end of section
3 thereof the following sentence: Any unexpended portion of
the appropriation provided by this section shall lapse when the
object for which said appropriation is made has been accom-
plished and in any event on April 21, 1930 ; so that said section
as amended shall read as follows : Sect. 3. For the purposes
of this act the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated;
and the governor and council are authorized to accept contri-
butions for said purposes. Any unexpended portion of the ap-
propriation provided by this section shall lapse when the ob-
ject for which said appi-opriation is made has been accom-
plished and in any event on April 21, 1930.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
92 Chapters 75, 76 [1927
CHAPTER 75.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4 OF CHAPTER 104 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ROAD TOLLS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Motor vehicle road tolls,
amount.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Amount. Amend section 4 of chapter 104 of the Pub-
lic Laws by striking out the word "two" and by inserting in
lieu thereof the word three, so that said section as amended
shall read as follows : 4. Payment. On or before the first day
of the calendar month succeeding the filing of said report, the
distributor shall pay to the state treasurer a road toll of three
cents per gallon, upon each gallon so reported, the same being
collected by the distributor from the dealer, and by the dealer
from the consumer.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect May 1, 1927.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 76.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 103 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Section
3. Parking regulations.
4. Takes effect.
Section
1. Motor vehicle number plates,
use of.
2. Speed regulations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Number Plates. Amend section 2 of chapter 103 of the
Public Laws by striking out the whole thereof and substitut-
ing the following paragraph, so that the section shall read as
follows: 2. What Used. No number plates other than
those procured from the commissioner or such as may be au-
thorized by him for temporary use, except as provided for
non-residents, shall be displayed on any motor vehicle so
operated, but during the last five days of each year, namely,
from December 27 to December 31 inclusive, the owner of an
1927] Chapter 76 93
automobile which has been properly registered in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 100 of the Public Laws for the
succeeding year, may display in the manner provided herein,
in the place of number plates then in use, the number plates
for the succeeding year.
2. Speed. Amend sections 17 and 18 of chapter 103 of the
Public Laws by striking out the whole thereof and substituting
the following: 17. To be Reasonable. Any person driving
a vehicle on a highway shall drive the same at a careful and
prudent speed not greater than is reasonable and proper, hav-
ing due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the highway
and of any other conditions then existing, and no person shall
drive any vehicle upon a highway at such a speed as to en-
danger the life, limb or property of any person. 18. Evidence.
Subject to the provisions of section 17 and except in those in-
stances where a lower speed is specified under the laws relat-
ing to the operation of motor vehicles, it shall be prima facie
lawful for the driver of a vehicle to drive the same at a speed
not exceeding the following, but in any case when such speed
would be unsafe it shall not be lawful :
I. Fifteen miles an hour when passing a school during
school recess or while children are going to or leaving school
during opening or closing hours;
II. Fifteen miles an hour when approaching within fifty
feet and in traversing an intersection of highways when the
driver's view is obstructed. A driver's view shall be deemed
to be obstructed when at any time during the last fifty feet of
his approach to such intersection, he does not have a clear and
uninterrupted view of such intersection and of the traffic upon
all of the highways entering such intersection for a distance of
two hundred feet from such intersection;
III. Fifteen miles an hour in traversing or going around
curves or traversing a grade upon a highway when the driver's
view is obstructed within a distance of one hundred feet along
such highway in the direction in which he is proceeding;
IV. Twenty miles an hour on any highway in a business
district, as defined herein, when traffic on such highway is
controlled at intersections by traffic officers or stop-and-go sig-
nals;
V. Fifteen miles an hour on all other highways in a busi-
ness district, as defined herein;
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VI. Twenty miles an hour in a residence district, as defined
herein, and in public parks;
VII. Thirty-five miles an hour under all other conditions.
It shall be prima facie unlawful for any person to exceed
any of the foregoing speed limitations. In every charge of
violation of this section the complaint, also the summons or
notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defend-
ant is alleged to have driven, also the speed which this section
declares shall be prima facie lawful at the time and place of
such alleged violation.
The speed limitations set forth herein shall not apply to
vehicles when operated with due regard for safety under the
direction of the police in the chase or apprehension of viola-
tors of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of any
such violation, nor to fire department or fire patrol vehicles
when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor to public or
private ambulances when traveling in emergencies. This ex-
emption shall not however protect the driver of any such ve-
hicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard of the
safety of others.
3. Regulations. Insert after section 16 of chapter 103 of
the Public Laws the following sections: 16-a. Parking. No
person shall park or leave standing any vehicle, whether at-
tended or unattended, upon the paved or improved or main
traveled portion of any highway, outside of a business or resi-
dence district, when it is practicable to park or leave such ve-
hicle standing off of the paved or improved or main traveled
portion of such highway; provided, in no event shall any per-
son park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or
unattended, upon any highway unless a clear view of such ve-
hicle may be obtained from a distance of two hundred feet in
each direction upon such highway, nor upon any main high-
way unless a clear and unobstructed width of not less than ten
feet upon the main traveled portion of said highway opposite
such standing vehicle shall be left for free passage of other
vehicles thereon.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the driver
of any vehicle w^hich is disabled while on the paved or im-
proved or main traveled portion of a highway in such manner
and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and
temporarily leaving such vehicle in such position.
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4. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 77.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 22, CHAPTER 103 OF THE PUBLIC
LAWS, GRANTING EMERGENCY PERMITS FOR EXCESS LOADING.
Section
2. Takes eflfect.
Section
1. Motor vehicles, excess loading,
emergency permits granted
how.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Motor Vehicles. Amend section 22, chapter 103 of the
Public Laws by adding to the last line of said section the fol-
lowing: And be it further provided that jurisdiction is hereby
jointly vested in the state highway commissioner and the
motor vehicle commissioner to grant emergency permits upon
proper application in writing to move objects having a weight,
width or length greater than as herein prescribed. Provided
that said commissioners may require a hearing before grant-
ing said permit and that said commissioners may withhold
said permit until applicant has filed a bond to cover any pos-
sible damage to the highways or to the bridges over which the
object to be moved may pass and to fulfill such rules and
regulations as are prescribed by said commissioners, so that
the same shall read : 22. Weight. No vehicle of four wheels
or less whose gross weight including load is more than twenty
thousand pounds, no vehicle having a greater weight than fif-
teen thousand pounds on one axle, and no vehicle having a load
of over seven hundred and fifty pounds per inch width of tire
concentrated on the surface 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,
that this shall not prohibit the use of road rollers used in the
construction or maintenance of highways. And be it further
provided that jurisdiction is hereby jointly vested in the state
highway commissioner and the motor vehicle commissioner to
grant emergency permits upon proper application in writing
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to move objects having a weight, width or length greater than
as herein prescribed. Provided that said commissioners may
require a hearing before granting said permit and that said
commissioners may withhold said permit until applicant has
filed a bond to cover any possible damage to the highways or
to the bridges over which the object to be moved may pass and
to fulfill such rules and regulations as are prescribed by said
commissioners.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 78.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 28, CHAPTER 80 OF THE PUBLIC
LAWS RELATING TO REPAIRING TOWN HIGHWAYS.
Section 1. Town highways, obstructions during repairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Town Highways. Amend section 28, chapter 80 of the
Public Laws by striking out the entire section and inserting in
place thereof the following: 28. Obstructions During Re-
pairs. In repairing highways no uncovered trench or ditch
shall be made by the side of the traveled part thereof, next
and opposite to a dwelling house, yard or private way leading
into any field, land or inclosure on the highway unless a way
to such dwelling house, yard or private way is provided over
and across such trench or ditch ; nor sh'all the highway be re-
paired in any other manner to obstruct the passage to such
house, yard or private way unless a way is provided over and
across such obstruction.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 79.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE OF SALARY FOR THE
SHERIFF OF CHESHIRE COUNTY.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Skction
1. Salary, sheriff ol Cheshire
county.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Salary Increase. Amend section 27, chapter 324 of the
Pubhc Laws by striking out the ninth line of said section, re-
lating to the salary of the sheriff of Cheshire county, and by
inserting in place thereof the following:
In Cheshire, nine hundred dollars.
2. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
as of April 1, 1927.
[Approved March 30, 1927.]
CHAPTER 80.
AN ACT RELATING TO CONDITIONAL SALES OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY.
Sectiox
2. Takes effect.
Section
\. Conditional sales of personal
property: perjures resale;
second lien; penalties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Conditional Sales of Personal Property. Amend chapter
216 of the Public Laws by adding after section 30 the follow-
ing:
30-a. Perjury. All wilful falsehood committed in any affi-
davit prescribed in section 28 shall be deemed perjury and
punished accordinglJ^
30-b. Resale. No conditional purchaser of personal prop-
erty shall sell or pledge any of said property, without the con-
sent of the vendor, in writing, indorsed upon the written mem-
orandum witnessing the lien and upon the margin of the record
thereof.
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30-c. Second Lien. No conditional purchaser shall execute
a second written memorandum witnessing the lien of personal
property while the same is subject to a previously existing
memorandum witnessing a lien thereon, unless the fact of the
existence of the previous written memorandum is set forth in
the subsequent memorandum.
30-d. Penalty. If any conditional purchaser shall be guilty
of an offense against either of the two preceding sections he
shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than one year, or both.
30-e. . Any person who removes or conceals any per-
sonal property held under a written memorandum witnessing
a lien thereon with the intent of placing it beyond the control
of the vendor, or who aids in so doing, and any conditional pur-
chaser of such property who assents to such removal or con-
cealment shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AID TO CERTAIN TOWNS FOR MAIN-
TENANCE OF TOWN HIGHWAYS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. State aid for town highways,
percentage of amount raised
by town reduced.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Percentage Reduced. Amend section 6, chapter 87,
Public Laws, by striking out the word "fifty" in the fourth
line thereof, and inserting in place thereof the word forty-five,
so that the same shall read as follows: 6. State Aid. When-
ever, in the month of July in any year, the selectmen of any
town shall certify to the state highway commissioner that
such town has appropriated a sum for the care and mainte-
nance of class V highways equal to forty-five cents on each one
hundred dollars of assessed valuation, and the sum so appro-
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priated fails to equal eighty dollars for each mile of class V
highways in such town, the commissioner shall pay over to the
selectmen of such town, from the funds accruing to his de-
partment from automobile registration fees and the road toll
on motor fuel, a sum sufficient, when added to the amount so
appropriated by such town, to make the total amount available
for the care and maintenance of such class V highways equal
to eighty dollars for each mile thereof.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect January
1, 1928.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 82.
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Skction
1. State library, assistant secre-
tary.
2. Public libraries, trust funds,
management.
3. , trustees, organization.
Section
4. Public libraries, trustees, duties.
5. Property of defunct libraries
returned to state when.
6. Takes eflfect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho2ise of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Assistant Secretai'y. Amend section 38 of chapter 10
of the Public Laws by inserting after the word "year" in the
second line of said section the words, an assistant secretary,
and by striking out the last sentence in said section and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: The compensation of the
assistant secretary and of the assistants shall be fixed by the
commission, so that said section as amended shall read as fol-
lows: 38. Secretary; Assistants; Compensation. The com-
mission may employ a secretary, at a salary of two thousand
dollars a year, an assistant secretary, and such clerical assist-
ants as it deems advisable. The compensation of the
assistant secretary and of the assistants shall be fixed by the
commission.
2. Trust Funds, Management. Amend section 51 of chap-
ter 10 of the Public Laws by adding at the end of said section
the following: Trust funds established for the use of a pub-
lic library shall be held in the custody and under the manage-
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ment of the town trustees of trust funds. The income from
such funds shall be paid over to the trustees of the library
within one month after each installment of income is received,
so that said section as amended shall read as follows: 51.
Maintenance. The selectmen in each town shall assess an-
nually, upon the ratable estates taxable therein, a sum to be
computed at the rate of thirty dollars for every dollar of the
public taxes apportioned to such town, and so for a greater or
less sum. The town may raise a sum exceeding the amount
aforesaid, which shall be assessed in the same manner. The
sum so assessed shall be appropriated to the sole purpose of es-
tablishing and maintaining a free public library within such
town. In towns where no town library exists, the money so
raised shall be held by the library trustees and allowed to ac-
cumulate until such time as the town may vote to establish a
library. Trust funds established for the use of a public library
shall be held in the custody and under the management of the
town trustees of trust funds. The income from such funds
shall be paid over to the trustees of the library within one
month after each installment of income is received.
3. Trustees. Amend section 54 of said chapter by striking
out all after the word "chairman" in the second line, and sub-
stituting therefor a comma and the following words; a secre-
tary, and a treasurer from their own number, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows: 54. — — , Organ-
ization. The trustees so elected shall organize annually by the
choice of a chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer from their
own number.
4. Trustees. Amend section 56 of said chapter by striking
out the entire section and substituting in place thereof the
following: 56. , Duties. Unless otherwise ordered by
vote taken in town meeting the library trustees elected by the
town shall have the entire custody and management of the
public library, and of all the property of the town relating
thereto, except trust funds held by the town. All money raised
or appropriated by the town for library purposes shall be
expended or retained by the library trustees for the support
and maintenance of the public library in said town; and the
income from all trust funds for library purposes shall be ex-
pended or retained by them for the support and maintenance
of the public library in said town in accordance with the con-
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ditions of each donation or bequest accepted by the town. The
Ubrary trustees shall engage and have oversight over the li-
brarian, assistants and other employees, and shall prescribe
rules for the operation of the library.
.1. Property Returned to State When. Amend section 58
of said chapter by striking out the entire section and substi-
tuting in place thereof the following : 58. Defunct Libraries.
When a public library in any town shall, as such, cease to
function, all books or other property given by the state for the
use of said library or purchased with state funds shall be re-
turned to the state by the selectmen of said town, delivery to
be made to the public library commission, who shall have the
power to retain, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of such
returned books or property as in its judgment seems wise.
6. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 83.
AN ACT RELATING TO REGULATION OF HIGHWAYS BY THE HIGH-
W^AY COMMISSIONER AND SELECTMEN.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Highways, regulation of by
highway commissioner and
selectmen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Highways. Amend section 15, chapter 47 of the Pub-
lic Laws by striking out the entire section and inserting in
place thereof the following: 15. Regulation. The state high-
way commissioner may regulate the use of trunk line high-
ways and the selectmen may regulate the use of all other pub-
lic highways, sidewalks and commons in their respective
towns. Said highway commissioner and selectmen may also
exercise all the powers conferred upon city councils by chapter
54, section 12, paragraph VII of the Public Laws and by any
other provisions of law upon the subject. The state highway
commissioner may post on said trunk line highways and the
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selectmen on all other highways, and in two public places in the
town, rules and regulations necessary to insure the proper use
and to prevent the abuse of said trunk line or town highways.
Any person violating the provisions of such posted rules and
regulations shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars
and shall also be liable for all damage occasioned thereby.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 84.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO ANNUAL RETURNS OF BUSINESS
CORPORATIONS.
Section Section
1. Business corporations, annual 2. Business corporations, date of
returns, date of notice. annual return.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Date of Notice. Amend section 87 of chapter 225 of the
-Public Laws by striking out the words "on or after April sec-
ond" in the first and second lines of said section and inserting
in place thereof the words, between March 1 and 15; so that
said section as amended shall read as follows: 87. Notice of
Neglect. The secretary of state shall, between March 1 and
15 of each year, notify by registered mail, postage paid, every
business corporation which shall have failed to file the annual
return or pay the filing fee, said notice to be addressed to the
corporation in care of its clerk at the address appearing upon
the records in the office of the secretary of state, or, in the
case of a corporation not organized under the laws of this
state, to any officer, agent or employee of the corporation hav-
ing charge of any of its business or custody of any of its prop-
erty within the state, and to contain a copy of this subdivision.
2. Date of Return. Amend section 88 of said chapter by
striking out the entire section and inserting in place thereof
the following : 88. Subsequent Returns. It shall be the duty
of the corporation to make or cause to be made its annual re-
turn and payment of return fee on or before April 1 ; and, fail-
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ing so to do, an additional notification fee of five dollars shall
be required, as well as the making- of the annual return.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect January 1,
1928.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 85.
AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF FISH AND GAME.
Section
2. Repeal.
3. .
4. Takes effect.
Section
1. Transportation, fish and game,
b y residents and non-
residents ; special permits :
penalty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
I. Regulations. Amend chapter 197 of the Public Laws by
striking out sections 10, 11, and 12, and by inserting in place
thereof the following new sections :
10. Transportation. I. FisH OR Wild Game, Except
Deer, by Residents. A resident of the state may transport,
within the state during the open season therefor, the number
or limit of fish or game, except deer, that he may lawfully take.
If such fish or game be placed in the custody of a common
carrier or transported in a package, said fish or game, or the
package containing the same, shall have attached thereto a
tag or label plainly marked with the kind and number of such
fish or game, the name of the consignor, the name of the con-
signee, the point of shipment and the destination.
II. Fish or Wild Game, except Deer, by Non-residents.
A non-resident license holder may transport or have trans-
ported within the state, or from a point within the state to a
point out of the state, the number or limit of such fish or wild
game, except deer, that he may lawfully take in one day. If
such fish or game be placed in the custody of a common carrier
or transported in a package, the said fish or game, or the pack-
age containing the same, shall have attached thereto a tag or
label plainly marked with the kind and number of such fish or
game, the name of the consignor, the name of the consignee,
the point of shipment and the destination, provided, that be-
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fore such fish or game is transported through or out of the
state said non-resident Hcense holder shall indorse on the back
of his license, in ink, the town from which such fish or game
is to be transported, the destination, the number of each kind
of fish or game and the date of transportation. If such fish or
game is presented to a common carrier the agent of said com-
pany shall see that the license is properly indorsed before ac-
cepting such fish or game for shipment. If such fish or game
is transported through or out of the state in any other manner
than by a common carrier, any citizen of the state may de-
mand to see said fish or game and to see that proper indorse-
ment has been made upon the license, and refusal to show such
fish or game or license and the indorsements thereon shall
constitute a violation of this paragraph.
III. Deer by Residents. A resident of the state may
transport within the state, during the open season therefor
and for ten days thereafter, a deer legally taken, when open to
view, and to which the deer coupon on his license has been at-
tached, as provided in chapter 202, section 15, of the Public
Laws. If said deer or carcass thereof be placed in the custody
of a common carrier it shall, in addition to said coupon, have
attached thereon a tag plainly marked with the name of the
consignor, the name of the consignee, the point of shipment
and the destination.
IV. Deer by Non-residents. The holder of a non-resident
Ucense may transport within the state or from a point within
the state to a point outside the state, a deer legally taken by
him when open to view and to which a deer coupon has been
attached, as provided in chapter 202, section 14, of the Public
Laws. If such deer or carcass thereof be placed in the custod}^
of a common carrier, it shall, in addition to said coupon, have
attached thereto a tag plainly marked with the name of the
consignor, the name of the consignee, the point of shipment
and the destination. The agent of said common carrier shall
see that the coupon attached to said deer or carcass thereof
bears the same number as the license held by the owner there-
of. If such deer or carcass thereof is transported through or
out of the state in any other manner than by a common car-
rier, any citizen of the state may demand to see said deer or
carcass thereof and to see that the coupon attached thereto
bears the same number as the license held by the owner. Re-
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fusal to show such deer or carcass thereof, coupon or license
shall constitute a violation of this paragraph.
11. Special Permits. Any transportation of fish, deer or
other game, not covered in the preceding section, shall be al-
lowed only under terms of a special permit signed by the com-
missioner, provided that a child under sixteen years of age
hunting without a license but with proper guardian, as pro-
vided by law, may transport fish, deer or other game killed by
him, by identifying it with a tag bearing his name, residence
and the date shot, until such time as he may be able to secure
a special permit from the commissioner.
12. Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provi-
sions of paragraphs I and II of section 10 shall be fined not
less than ten dollars and not more than fifty dollars for each
violation thereof. Any person who violates any of the pro-
visions of paragraphs III and IV of section 10 shall be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars for each violation thereof.
2. Repeal. Amend chapter 198 of the Public Laws by
striking out sections 6 and 7.
3. . Amend chapter 202 of the Public Laws by strik-
ing out section 16.
4. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed and this act shall take eff'ect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 86.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TAKING OF OYSTERS.
Section I Section
1. Oysters, taking. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Regulations. Amend section 40, chapter 200 of the
Public Laws by striking out said section and inserting in place
thereof the following: 40. Oysters. No person shall at any
time take oysters from Great Bay or its tributaries. Little Bay,
or Durham river unless he is a resident of this state. No per-
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son shall take oysters during the months of June, July and
August nor through the ice nor in any manner other than by
the use of hand tongs. The state fish and game commissioner
may, at any time, suspend the operation of the above after a
public notice and hearing for such time as he deems advisable.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 87.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 116 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO AID FOR DEPENDENT MOTHERS.
Section
1. Emergency allowances for de-
pendent mothers.
Section
2. Approval of employment.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Emergency Allowances. Section 40 of chapter 116 of
the Public Laws is hereby amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing: except that the state board of education at its discre-
tion may meet emergency and exceptional cases by additional
allowances which shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents a
month for each child, so that said section shall read : 40. Al-
lowance. The allowance to each dependent mother shall not
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 that age, except that the state
board of education at its discretion may meet emergency and
exceptional cases by additional allowances which shall not ex-
ceed two dollars and fifty cents a month for each child.
2. Approval of Employment. Amend section 44 of chapter
116 of the Public Laws by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: Nothing contained herein shall be construed as depriving
a mother from accepting any employment approved by the
state board, so that said section as amended shall read as fol-
lows : 44. Limitations. No aid shall be given to a mother un-
less (a) the child or children are living with her; (b) 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
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from home; (c) the mother, in the judgment of the school
board or of the state board, is a proper person morally, physi-
cally and mentally to bring up her children; and (d) has been
a resident of this state for at least two years before she applies
for aid. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as de-
priving a mother from accepting any employment approved by
the state board.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on July 1, 1927.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 88.
AN ACT RELATING TO LIENS OF MECHANICS AND OTHERS ON
PUBLIC WORKS AND IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 12,
CHAPTER 217 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS.
Section I Section
1. State work. 3. Surety bond, private.
2. Surety bond, public. I 4. Bridge lien.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. State Work. The liens given by Public Laws, chapter
217, sections 15-24, shall attach to any money due or to be-
come due from the state, or any subdivision thereof, by virtue
of any contract for any public work of construction, alteration
or repair, in the performance of which contract the lienor par-
ticipated by performing labor or furnishing materials or sup-
plies.
2. Surety Bond, Public. Whenever a contract for any such
public work involves an expenditure of ten thousand dollars,
the public authority making the same shall require the con-
tractor to give a bond with sufficient surety, in an amount
equal to eighty per cent of the contract price, or of the esti-
mated cost of the work if no aggregate price is agreed upon,
conditioned upon the payment of all who would have liens
under section 1, and providing that suit thereon may be main-
tained by the lienor against the surety.
3. Surety Bond, Private. Such bond may be taken in other
cases, either by public authorities or by private parties whose
property might be subject to liens under Public Laws, chapter
217, sections 15-24, and whenever taken shall discharge the
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subcontractor's lien applicable to the parties, and the lienor's
remedies shall then be against the principal contractor and the
surety only.
4. Bridge Lien. Pubhc Laws, chapter 217, section 12 is
amended by inserting in the fourth line thereof, after the word
"bridge" the following words: or for consumption or use in the
prosecution of such work, so that said section as amended shall
read: 12. Buildings, etc. 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, or for consumption or use in
the prosecution of such work, other than for a municipality, by
virtue of a contract with the owner thereof, he shall have a lien
on any material so furnished and on said structure, and on any
right of the owner to the lot of land on which it stands.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 89.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 262 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO INVESTMENTS OF SAVINGS BANKS.
Section
Section
1. Notes and bonds.
6.
; steam railroad securities
2. Public obligations, Canada,
public service companies
Newfoundland.
telephone and telegraph com
3. Other bonds, notes and stocks :
panics ; other capital stock
definitions.
New England manufactur
4. , limitations.
ing companies.
5. , net income.
7.
Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Notes and Bonds. Amend chapter 262 of the Public
Laws by striking out subdivision II of section 3 thereof and
substituting the following therefor : II. Other Real Estate.
Those directly secured by first mortgage on real estate situat-
ed without this state, but entirely within the United States,
which at the time of such investment is improved, occupied and
productive; but not exceeding forty per cent of the deposits
shall be so invested, and no such investment shall be in a loan
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that exceeds fifty per cent of the value of the real estate by
which it is secured, unless the loan is further secured by a
guaranty satisfactory to the bank commissioner, in which case
it shall not exceed sixty per cent of the value of the real estate
by which it is secured. The provisions of this paragraph shall
not apply to bonds of railroad or public service corporations.
2. Public Obligations. Further amend said chapter by
striking out subdivision VI of section 6 thereof, and substitut-
ing the following therefor: VI. Canada, Provinces, New-
foundland. The authorized bonds of any province of the
Dominion of Canada and of the Colony of Newfoundland ; and
bonds issued by the Canadian National Railways or constituent
corporations of the system owned or controlled by the Cana-
dian National Railways, the principal and interest of which
are guaranteed by any province of the Dominion of Canada.
3. Other Bonds, Notes and Stock. Further amend said
chapter by striking out section 7 thereof and substituting the
following therefor : 7. Definitions. For the purposes of this
chapter company shall mean a corporation or voluntary asso-
ciation organized under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof and located and doing business principally within
the United States; public service company, a company doing
principally a water, gas, heat, ice, electric light or electric
power business, or a combination of two or more said busi-
nesses ; mortgage bonds, bonds secured primarily by direct and
foreclosable lien on physical property owned by the obligor;
years, calendar years, fiscal years or nearer periods of twelve
months next preceding such investment; net income, income
after deducting operating expenses, taxes, insurance, rentals,
guaranteed interest and guaranteed dividends and expenditures
for maintenance ; and annual interest, interest actually paid in
each year, except that for the latest year it shall mean one
year's interest on the total amount outstanding at the time of
the investment.
4. . Further amend said chapter by striking out sec-
tion 8 thereof and substituting the following therefor: 8.
Limitations. Not exceeding sixty-five per cent of the deposits
shall be invested in securities authorized under sections 9 to
12 inclusive; not exceeding five per cent of the deposits shall
be invested in the securities of any one company; and not ex-
ceeding ten per cent of the deposits shall be invested in secur-
ities authorized by sections 9 to 12 inclusive other than bonds,
110 Chapter 89 [1927
notes, equipment securities and receivers' certificates, provided
that not exceeding fifteen per cent of the deposits may be so
invested whenever the assets of any bank, as determined by
the bank commissioner, shall exceed the deposits by as much
as fifteen per cent thereof. No investment shall be made in
the securities of a corporation authorized by paragraphs VIII,
IX and X, of section 12 of this chapter, unless at least seventy-
five per cent of the gross income of such corporation is derived
from the direct operation of its water, heat, ice, gas, electric
light, or electric power business, or a combination of two or
more of the foregoing described businesses.
5. . Further amend said chapter by striking out sec-
tion 9 thereof and substituting the following therefor: 9.
Net Income. No investments shall be made in securities au-
thorized under paragraphs I, II, VIII and X of section 12 of this
chapter 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 times the annual
interest on its entire funded debt.
6. . Further amend said chapter by striking out sub-
divisions VII, IX, X, XII, XIV and XV of section 12 thereof and
substituting in their proper order the following subdivisions,
also adding a new subdivision to be numbered Vlll-a :
Steam Railroad Securities
VII. Stock. The dividend-paying capital stock of steam
railroad companies of which the net income in each of the five
years next preceding such investments shall have been either
(1) not less than ten million dollars and not less than twice 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
such interest; 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 preference : and
in each of the five years next preceding such investment shall
have been not less than four per cent per annum on the class
of stock in question and all other classes of stock of prior pre-
ference ; or in the stock of any steam railroad company that is
leased to and whose dividends are guaranteed by such company.
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Public Service Companies
Vlll-a. Receivers Certificates. Certificates of indebted-
ness, commonly termed receivers certificates, issued by a re-
ceiver of any public service company, under the authorization
of the court having jurisdiction over such receiver.
IX. Stock. The dividend-paying capital stock of senior
preference of public service companies, of which the net in-
come in each of the 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 fund-
ed debt; provided, that the income applicable to the payment
of dividends shall during such period of five years have aver-
aged not less than twice the dividend requirements of such
stock, and in each of the five years next preceding such in-
vestment shall have been 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 jurisdiction.
X. New Hampshire Companies. The bonds or notes of
public service, telephone and water companies organized under
the laws of and located and doing business principally within
this state ; provided, that the net income of such companies in
each of the three years next preceding such investment shall
have been not less than twice the annual interest on the obli-
gations in question and all other obligations of corresponding
or prior lien, or provided the payment of principal and interest
of such bonds or notes is legally guaranteed by a like corpora-
tion whose bonds or notes are a legal investment under the pro-
visions of this paragraph ; and the capital stock of senior pref-
erence 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 re-
quirements on the class of stock in question, and in each of
the five years next preceding such investment shall have been
not less than four per cent per annum on the class of stock in
question.
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
XII. Stock. The dividend-paying capital stock of senior
preference of such companies which meet the above income re-
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quirements; provided, that the income of such companies ap-
pHcable 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 ques-
tion, and in each of the five years next preceding such invest-
ment shall have been not less than four per cent per annum
upon the class of stock in question.
Other Capital Stock
XIV. . The dividend-paying capital stock of senior
preference of companies with net income as provided in para-
graph XIII; provided, that the income of such companies ap-
plicable to dividends in at least four of the five years next pre-
ceding such investment shall have been not less than the
current dividend requirements of the class of stock in question ;
or if such companies have no funded debt, then the income
applicable to dividends in at least four of the five years next
preceding such investment shall have been not less than one
and one-fourth times the current dividend requirements of the
class of stock in question; and that to be eligible under this
paragraph the income of all companies in each of the five years
next preceding such investment shall have been not less than
four per cent per annum upon the class of stock in question.
Stocks and Bonds of New^ England Manufacturing
Companies
XV. . The bonds or notes of any manufacturing com-
pany organized and doing business in the New England states
with an unimpaired capital of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and the stock or certificates of interest of such com-
pany; provided, that the company has earned 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 indebted-
ness 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
have paid the average rate of dividend for that year on both
the outstanding stock and the new issue. Not exceeding five
per cent of the deposits shall be invested under the provisions
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of this paragraph; and no bank shall hold more than five per
cent of the stock of any such company.
7. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 22 OF CHAPTER 198 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO FURS.
SiXTlON
2. Takes effect.
Skction
1. Provisions governing dealers in
furs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Provisions Governing Dealers. Amend section 22 of
chapter 198 of the Public Laws by striking out the whole of
said section and inserting, in its place thereof, a new section 22
to read as follows: 22. Furs. The furs and skins of fur-
bearing animals, legally taken, may be bought and sold at any
time ; provided, that any person wishing to engage in the busi-
ness of buying the furs or skins of fur-bearing animals shall
first secure a license from the fish and game commissioner, as
herein after provided.
The commissioner may annually issue licenses to residents
of this state to engage in the business of buying the furs or
skins of fur-bearing animals. Every person so licensed shall
pay to the commissioner the following fees: A fee of three
dollars, which shall permit such person to engage in such busi-
ness in one county in the state, such county to be specified in
said license ; and the commissioner may grant such licenses for
more than one county upon the payment of an additional fee of
three dollars for each county specified. A fee of twenty-five
dollars, which shall permit such person to engage in such busi-
ness throughout the state. Non-resident dealers may purchase
of such licensed dealers. Licensed dealers shall keep such rec-
ords as the commissioner may require. Such records of any
holder of such a license shall be open to inspection by the com-
missioner or any other officer authorized to enforce the fish
and game laws, and such licensed dealer shall, during the
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month of January of each year, forward to the said commis-
sioner, under oath, a copy of such record or such part of it as
the said commissioner may require.
Any person selling or shipping the furs or skins of fur-bear-
ing animals to individuals, firms or corporations outside the
state, and which do not go through the hands of a resident fur
buyer in the state, shall keep the same records and make the
same reports as required in this section of resident fur buyers.
The commissioner may make such rules and regulations with
reference to the transportation or exportation of such furs or
skins as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
act or any regulation of the commissioner as provided herein,
shall be subject to the penalty provided in section 29 of said
chapter 198 and in addition shall forfeit any and all furs or
skins in his possession to the state of New Hampshire, except
as provided in chapter 372 of the Public Laws. Any person
authorized to enforce fish and -game laws may seize such furs
or skins and confiscate them in the name of the state. Any
furs or skins forfeited to the state shall be disposed of by the
commissioner as the governor and council may direct.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 91.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7, CHAPTER 397 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS, RELATING TO COMMON JAILS AND
PRISONERS THEREIN.
Section I Section
1. Cheshire county house of cor- 2. Takes effect,
rection designated as jail. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. House of Correction Designated as Jail. Amend section
7 of chapter 397 of the Public Laws, by striking out the whole
of said section and inserting in place thereof the following : 7.
Strafford and Cheshire Counties. All prisoners sentenced to
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jail by any court within the counties of Strafford and Cheshire
shall be committed to the houses of correction at the county
farms in said counties, unless the judge sentencing the pris-
oners shall designate some other jail within the state for such
confinement. Said houses of correction are designated as jails
for the confinement of prisoners.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 92.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE CATALOGUER AT THE
STATE LIBRARY.
Section I Section
1. Cataloguer, salary increase. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Salary Increase. Amend section 17 of chapter 10 of the
Public Laws by striking out the word "fifteen" in line 2 and in-
serting in place thereof the word eighteen, so that the section
as amended shall read as follows : 17. , Assistants. The
trustees shall allow the librarian to employ a cataloguer at a
salary not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars a year, and such
assistants in the work of the library and at such compensation,
as the governor and council may approve.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect July 1, 1927.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 93.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALARIES OF THE SHERIFFS OF THE
SEVERAL COUNTIES.
Section I Section
1. Sheriffs, salaries. I 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate ayid House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Sheriffs. Amend section 27, chapter 324 of the Public
Laws, as amended by acts passed at the present session of the
116 Chapter 94 [1927
legislature, approved March 22 and March 30, by striking out
said section and by inserting in place thereof the following: 27.
Salaries. The annual salaries of the sheriffs of the several
counties shall be as follows:
In Rockingham, six hundred dollars.
In Strafford, one thousand dollars.
In Belknap, one thousand dollars.
In Carroll, five hundred dollars.
In Merrimack, two thousand dollars.
In Hillsborough, fifteen hundred dollars.
In Cheshire, nine hundred dollars.
In Sullivan, eight hundred dollars.
In Grafton, one thousand dollars.
In Coos, one thousand dollars.
2. Takes Eflfect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 94.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1, CHAPTER 102 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO REGISTRATION AND LICENSE
FEES ON MOTOR VEHICLES.
Section I Sixtion
1. Fees for tractors. 1 2. Takes eiifect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Fees for Tractors. Amend section 1, chapter 102 of the
Public Laws, by striking out the last sentence of paragraph III,
in the fifteenth and sixteenth lines of said paragraph, and sub-
stituting in place thereof the following : Tractors used for ag-
ricultural purposes only, tractors used for power purposes only
that do not haul loads on the public highways, tractors used
only on snow, and snowmobiles, shall pay one tenth of the
above rates, so that said paragraph as amended shall read : III.
For each motor vehicle, including trailers and semi-trailers
equipped with pneumatic tires, except motor cycles and motor
cycle side-cars, the following rates based on the gross weight
of the vehicle and load: All vehicles and load not exceeding
1927] Chapter 95 117
four thousand pounds, thirty-five cents per hundred pounds;
exceeding four thousand pounds and not exceeding six thou-
sand pounds, forty-five cents per hundred pounds ; exceeding-
six thousand pounds and not exceeding eight thousand pounds,
fifty cents per hundred pounds; exceeding eight thousand
pounds, sixty cents per hundred pounds. For all vehicles
equipped with hard rubber tires the sum of twenty cents per
hundred pounds shall be added to the above rates. For all
vehicles equipped with iron, steel or other hard tires the sum
of forty cents per hundred pounds shall be added to the above
rates; provided, that the minimum fee as provided in this sec-
tion shall be ten dollars for passenger vehicles and fifteen dol-
lars for trucks. Tractors used for agricultural purposes only,
tractors used for power purposes only that do not haul loads
on the public highways, tractors used only on snow, and snow-
mobiles, shall pay one tenth of the above rates.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 6, 1927.]
CHAPTER 95.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 18 AND 19, CHAPTER 275 OF
THE PUBLIC LAWS, RELATING TO FOREIGN INSURANCE
COMPANIES AND THEIR AGENTS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Foreign insurance companies :
insuring only t h r o u g li
agents ; exceptions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Foreign Insurance Companies. Amend chapter 275 of
the Public Laws by striking out sections 18 and 19 and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: 18. Insuring Only Through
Agents. No insurance company or surety company not incor-
porated under the laws of this state, authorized to transact
business herein, shall make, write, place, or cause to be made,
written or placed, any policy or contract of insurance or surety-
ship effective in this state except by an agent who is a resident
of this state, regularly commissioned and licensed to transact
118 Chapter 96 [1927
business herein. 19. , Exceptions. No such company
shall by its officers, agents or managers, not residents of this
state, write policies or contracts of insurance or suretyship ef-
fective within the state upon blanks previously countersigned
by an agent in this state. Mutual fire insurance companies
may write all policies at their home offices provided they are
countersigned by a duly licensed agent. Life insurance com-
panies may write all policies at their home offices but such
policies shall be duly signed by the president, treasurer or
other duly authorized officer of the company.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 6, 1927.]
CHAPTER 96.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 391 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO ARSON.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Arson: dwellings, other build-
ings, etc. ; personal prop—
erty; insured property; at-
tempt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Arson. Amend chapter 391 of the Public Laws by strik-
ing out the first three sections of said chapter and inserting in
place thereof the following :
1. Dwellings. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously
set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or pro-
cure the burning of any dwelling house, or any out building ad-
joining thereto, or any building that is a parcel thereof or be-
longing thereto, he shall be imprisoned not more than thirty
years.
2. Other Buildings, etc. If any person shall wilfully and
maliciously set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid,
counsel or procure the burning of any other building, or any
bridge, or a vessel or boat lying within the body of any county,
he shall be imprisoned not more than twenty* years.
3. Personal Property. If any person shall wilfully and
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maliciously set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid,
counsel or procure the burning of any barrack, cock, crib, rick
or stack of hay, grain or vegetable product of any kind, or any
field of standing hay or grain of any kind, or any fence, or any
standing trees or bushes or any personal property of any kind ;
such property being of the value of twenty-five dollars or more
and the property of another person, he shall be imprisoned not
more than three years, or fined not more than one thousand
dollars and imprisoned not more than one year.
4. Insured Property. If any person shall wilfully and ma-
liciously and with intent to injure or defraud the insurer, set
fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure
the burning of any personal property of any kind, the property
of himself or another, which shall at the time be insured by
any person or corporation against loss or damage by fire, he
shall be imprisoned not more than five years.
5. Attempt. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously
attempt to commit any crime mentioned in the preceding four
sections, he shall be imprisoned not more than two years or
fined not more than one thousand dollars.
2, Takes Effect. AH acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect up-
on its passage.
[Approved April 6, 1927.]
CHAPTER 97.
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY REGULATING
THE SERVING OF MILK FOR DRINKING PURPOSES TO PATRONS
OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, BOARDING HOUSES, STORES,
LUNCH ROOMS, FOUNTAINS, AND ROADSIDE BOOTHS
OR STANDS; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
Section
1. Original bottles.
2. Milk standard.
3. Penalty.
Section
4. Limitation.
5. Enforcement.
6. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Original Bottles. No person, firm or corporation owning
or leasing any hotel, restaurant, store, lunch room, fountain.
120 Chapter 97 [1927
roadside booth or stand, or any boarding house which makes
a practice of serving meals to transients, or his, her, or its
agents, servants, or employees shall sell or serve milk for
drinking purposes to his, her, or its patrons unless such milk is
served or sold in the original bottle or like container in which
the milk was delivered to the said hotel, restaurant, store,
lunch room, fountain, roadside lunch booth or stand, or board-
ing house.
2. Milk Standard. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation owning or leasing any hotel, restaurant, board-
ing house, store, lunch room, fountain, roadside booth or stand,
or his, her, or its agents, servants, or employees to serve milk
for drinking purposes to his, her, or its patrons unless said
milk complies with the standards for milk fixed by the laws
of the state.
3. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned
for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or
both.
4. Limitation. Nothing contained in this act shall be con-
strued to prevent or prohibit the person, firm or corporation
owning or leasing any hotel, restaurant, boarding house, store,
lunch room, fountain, roadside booth or stand, or other person
from purchasing milk in bulk for uses other than for serving
patrons for drinking purposes, nor to prevent the sale or serv-
ing of cream, skimmed milk, or buttermilk from bulk, if the
same is pure and wholesome and is sold and served as cream,
skimmed milk, or buttermilk, nor shall it prevent or prohibit
the sale of milk in mixed drinks at soda fountains.
.5. Enforcement. The state and local boards of health shall
be charged with the enforcement of this act.
6. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on June 1, 1928.
[Approved April 6, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 98.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 32 OF CHAPTER 42 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Public playgrounds, admission
fees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Public Playgrounds. Section 32 of chapter 42 of the
Pubhc Laws is hereby amended by adding after the words
"pubhc playground" in the fifth line thereof the words, and
may authorize the collection of admission fees for amateur ath-
letic contests thereon, so that said section as amended shall
read as follows : 32. Establishment ; Management. Any town
may take land within the municipal limits in fee by gift, pur-
chase or right of eminent domain, or may lease the same ; and
may prepare, equip and maintain it, or any other land belong-
ing to the municipality and suitable for the purpose, as a pub-
lic playground and may authorize the collection of admission
fees for amateur athletic contests thereon; may conduct and
promote thereon play and recreation activities ; may equip and
operate neighborhood center buildings; may operate public
baths and swimming pools ; and may employ such play leaders,
playground instructors, supervisors, recreation secretary, or
superintendent and other officials as it deems best.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 6, 1927.]
CHAPTER 99.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE SALARIES OF THE JUSTICES OF THE
MUNICIPAL COURTS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Municipal courts, salaries of
justices.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Municipal Courts. Amend section 32, chapter 323 of the
Public Laws by striking out said section and inserting in place
122 Chapter 99 [1927
thereof the following: 32. Salaries of Justices. 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 Manchester, two thousand four hundred dollars ;
In Concord, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
In Portsmouth, one thousand eight hundred dollars ;
In Dover, one thousand five hundred dollars ;
In Keene, one thousand two hundred dollars ;
In Claremont, one thousand two hundred dollars ;
In Newport, seven hundred dollars;
In Exeter, six hundred dollars ;
In Laconia, one thousand two hundred dollars ;
In Somersworth, six hundred dollars;
In Franklin, six hundred dollars ;
In other cities and towns as follows: In cities of more than
twenty-five thousand inhabitants, 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; in cities and towns of not less than
seventy-five hundred nor more than ten thousand inhabitants,
six hundred dollars; in cities and towns of not less than five
thousand nor more than seventy-five hundred inhabitants,
four hundred dollars ; in towns of not more than five thousand
nor less than thirty-five hundred inhabitants, three hundred
dollars; in towns of less than thirty-five hundred inhabitants,
one hundred dollars and such further sum as such town may
vote.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 6, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 100.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE SALARY OF JUSTICE OF THE
MUNICIPAL COURT OF LEBANON.
Section
2. Takes eflFect.
Section
1. Lebanon municipal court, salary
of justice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Salai'y Increase. The salary of the justice of the
municipal court of the town of Lebanon shall be eight hundred
dollars per annum, to be paid by said town in equal monthly
payments; and the salary so received shall be in full for all
services rendered by the justice aforesaid in discharge of all
the duties of his office as justice,
2. Takes Effect. 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, 1927.]
CHAPTER 101.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE PRISON.
Section
4. Repeal.
5. Takes effect.
Section
1. Warden, tenure of office.
2. Repeal.
3. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou^se of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Tenure of Office. Amend section 2, chapter 400 of the
Public Laws by striking out all after the word "warden" in the
second line of said section, so that said section as amended
shall read as follows: 2. Warden. It shall be under the
superintendence and general management of a warden.
2. Repeal. Amend section 8 of said chapter by striking
out paragraph IX, relating to the deposit of vouchers in the
office of the secretary of state.
3. . Section 15 of said chapter, relating to records
and deductions for good conduct of convicts, is hereby repealed.
124 Chapter 102 [1927
4. Repeal. Section 24 of said chapter, relating to borrow-
ing by the warden, is hereby repealed,
5. Takes Effect. 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, 1927.]
CHAPTER 102.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 22, CHAPTER 84 OF THE PUBLIC
LAWS, RELATING TO STATE AID FOR HIGHWAYS.
Sr.CTiON
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. State-aided highways, applica-
tion of funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. State-Aided Highways. Amend section 22, chapter 84
of the Public Laws by inserting after the numeral 19 in the
tenth line of said section, the following: unless sufficient state
funds are available for that purpose, so that the same shall
read as follows : 22. Further Application. Any city or town,
or the county commissioners for any unorganized place, may,
in any year, set apart for the permanent improvement of the
highways a larger sum than provided by section 19. When the
amount set apart shall exceed the amount so required the fact
shall be stated in the application for state aid. In such case
for each dollar set apart in excess the city, town or unorganized
place shall be entitled to receive from the state as state aid
amounts in proportion to valuation as provided in section 21 ;
but in no case shall the state be required to pay in any one year
a greater sum than if the amount so set apart had not exceeded
the amount required in section 19, unless sufficient state funds
are available for that purpose. The application as to the
amount in excess of that required by section 19 shall be regard-
ed as continuing, and the amount or amounts due from the
state shall be paid each succeeding year in preference to any
new application for state aid from said city, town or unor-
ganized place.
1927] Chapter 103 125
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 7, 1927.]
CHAPTER 103.
AN ACT RELATING TO CHANGES OF LOCATION OF HIGHWAYS
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
L Changes in highways; division
of expense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Changes in Highways. Amend section 8, chapter 249
of the Public Laws by striking out said section and inserting
in place thereof the following : 8. Other Changes. The pub-
lic service commission, upon petition of the proprietors of a
railroad, the selectmen of a town, or the state highway com-
missioner, may order a change of the location of a highway or
other way for the purpose of avoiding or improving a crossing
of the highway by the railroad, or of enabling said railroad to
properly construct its railroad; and the town or state shall
make such change and the expense thereof shall be divided
between the railroad, town and/or state in such proportion as
said commission shall order.
2. Takes EfTect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 7, 1927.]
126 Chapter 104 [1927
CHAPTER 104.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE TRANSFER TAX RECIPROCAL
EXEMPTION.
Section
2. Takes eflfect.
Section
1. Transfer tax reciprocal exemp-
tion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Transfer Tax. Amend section 29, chapter 73 of the
Public Laws, as added by section 1, chapter 37 of the Laws of
1927, by inserting after the words "or death tax of any char-
acter in respect to" the word personal, so that said section as
amended shall read as follows: 29. Reciprocal Exemption.
The tax imposed by this chapter, except upon the transfer of
tangible personal property having an actual situs in this state,
shall not be payable, in the case of estates of persons deceased
subsequent to the passage of this act, (a) if the non-resident
owner at the time of his death was a resident of a state or
territory of the United States, or of any foreign country, which
at the time of his death did not impose a transfer tax or death
tax of any character in respect to personal property of resi-
dents of this state, except tangible personal property having an
actual situs in such state or territory or foreign country, or,
(b) if the laws of the state, territory or country of residence of
such non-resident owner at the time of his death contained a
reciprocal exemption provision under which non-residents were
exempted from transfer taxes or death taxes of every char-
acter in respect to personal property, except tangible personal
property having an actual situs therein, provided the state,
territory or country of residence of such non-residents allowed
a similar exemption to residents of the state, territory or coun-
try of residence of such non-resident owner. For the purpose
of this section the District of Columbia and possessions of the
United States shall be considered territories of the United
States.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
Approved April 7, 1927.
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CHAPTER 105.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 8 OF CHAPTER 180 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO THE STATE COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY.
Section I Section
1. Water system. I 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Water System. Amend section 8 of chapter 180 of the
Pubhc Laws by adding at the end thereof the following: They
are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to ac-
quire water by purchase, development or otherwise, to con-
struct reservoirs or water towers, erect pumping machinery,
lay water mains and pipes, install gates, valves and hydrants;
to furnish and sell water to manufacturers, private corpora-
tions and individuals for fire protection, manufacturing and
domestic use, and collect payment or rentals for the same ; and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to construct and
maintain sewers, culverts, conduits and pipes, with all neces-
sary inlets and appliances for surface, undersurface and sew-
age drainage for the health, comfort and convenience of the
inhabitants and the sanitary improvement of the town of Dur-
ham in the state of New Hampshire, and of fixing and regu-
lating the price of connections therewith to corporations, firms
and individuals, so that said section as amended shall read as
follows: 8. Management. The trustees of the college shall
have the management and control of its property and affairs,
and as ex-officio trustees of the university shall have the entire
management and control of its property and affairs, including
the power to accept legacies and other gifts to or for the bene-
fit of the university, and the employment of teachers and such
other persons as may be necessary to carry out the purposes
for which the university is created. They are hereby author-
ized and empowered from time to time to acquire water by
purchase, development or otherwise, to construct reservoirs or
water towers, erect pumping machinery, lay water mains and
pipes, install gates, valves and hydrants; to furnish and sell
water to manufacturers, private corporations and individuals
for fire protection, manufacturing and domestic use, and collect
payment or rentals for the same ; and they are hereby author-
128 Chapter 106 [1927
ized and empowered to construct and maintain sewers, culverts,
conduits and pipes, with all necessary inlets and appliances for
surface, undersurface and sewage drainage for the health, com-
fort and convenience of the inhabitants and the sanitary im-
provement of the town of Durham in the state of New Hamp-
shire, and of fixing and regulating the price of connections
therewith to corporations, firms and individuals.
2. Takes Eflfect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 7, 1927.]
CHAPTER 106.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE FEDERAL CENSUS.
Sectiox
3. Report, transmission.
4. Takes effect.
Section
1. Co-operation with federal
director.
2. Report by town officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Co-operation with Federal Director. In order that the
state may co-operate with the director of the federal census in
all matters pertaining to the census, and as it is desirable that
the fifteenth census of the United States, to be taken in 1930,
and subsequent censuses, should show more accurately for this
state than heretofore the separation of the population of the
state by urban and rural classification, in conformity with the
practice in other states, the secretary of state, upon request
made to him by the director of the federal census, shall obtain
from the officers of the towns designated to him by said direc-
tor the metes and bounds of the compact parts of such towns,
the same to be established in accordance with general instruc-
tions also furnished by the said director, in order that the
enumerator of the bureau of the census may be able to
enumerate the population of such compact parts as dis-
tinguished from the population in the remaining portions of
the towns.
2. Report by Town Officers. Upon receipt, from the secre-
tary of state, of a request for such information the town ofii-
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cers shall proceed to comply therewith and make report to the
secretary of state within sixty days thereafter.
3. , Transmission. Upon receipt of such reports from
such towns the secretary of state shall transmit them to the
director of the federal census.
4. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 107.
AN ACT DESIGNATING ROWBARTWOOD LAKE IN THE TOWN OF
CAMPTON.
Section I Section
1. Lake named. 1 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Lake Named. That part of the stream called Bog Brook
in the town of Campton in the county of Grafton, which has
been made into a lake by the building of a dam on land of Fred
S. Rowe, is hereby named and shall hereafter be known as
Rowbartwood Lake.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 108.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO TAXATION OF BANKS AND INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. National hanks, statement of
cashier.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. National Banks. Amend section 5 of chapter 70 of the
Public Laws by striking out the words "and the value of the
real estate to be deducted therefrom, and the proportionate
130 Chapter 109 [1927
value of each share after such deduction," so that said section
as amended shall read as follows: 5. Statement of Cashier.
The cashier of every such bank shall, on or before April tenth
in each year, send by mail, to the selectmen or assessors of
the several towns in the state in which any of its stockholders
resided on the first day of that month, a list of such stockhold-
ers, stating- the number of shares owned by each and the par
value of such shares, the total par value of the capital stock,
and to the selectmen or assessors of the town in which the
bank is located a like list of stockholders not resident in this
state, such statements to be under oath.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 109.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 20 OF CHAPTER 261 OF THE
PUBLIC LAV^^S RELATING TO SAVINGS BANKS.
Section I Section
1. Trust company assets for divi- | 2. Takes effect,
dend purposes. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Assets for Dividend Purposes. Amend section 20 of
chapter 261 of the Public Laws by inserting after the words
"trust company" the words for dividend purposes, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows : 20. Trust Company
Assets. In determining the value of the assets of the savings
department of a trust company for dividend purposes, the
assets in the general banking department of such company, to
the extent that the same shall exceed in value the amount of
deposits of whatever character in such department by five per
cent, shall be deemed assets of such savings department.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
1927] Chapter 110 131
CHAPTER 110.
AN ACT RELATING TO SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Safe deposit boxes, rent un-
paid, procedure.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Rent Unpaid, Procedure. If the amount due for the rent
or use of a box or safe in the vaults of a domestic corporation
authorized to engage in the business of letting vaults, safes
and other receptacles shall not have been paid for two years,
such corporation may cause to be mailed, postpaid, to the per-
son in whose name such safe or box stands upon the books of
such corporation and at his address as stated on said books, a
notice stating that if the amount then due for the use or rent
of such safe or box shall not be paid within sixty days from
the date of such notice such corporation will cause safe or box
to be opened in the presence of its president, treasurer or
superintendent and of a notary public, and the contents thereof,
if any, to be sealed up in a package and placed in one of the
storage vaults of such corporation. If, upon the expiration of
said sixty days from the date of such notice, such person shall
have failed to pay the amount due for the use or rent of such
safe or box in full to the date of such notice, all right of such
person in such safe or box and of access thereto shall cease,
and such corporation may in the presence of its president,
treasurer or superintendent and of a notary public not an offi-
cer or in the general employ of such corporation, cause such
safe or box to be opened, and such notary public shall remove
the contents thereof, make a list of the same and shall seal up
such contents in a package and shall mark thereon the name of
the person in whose name such safe or box stood on the books
of such corporation and his address as stated on said books, and
such package shall in the presence of said notary public and of
said president, treasurer or superintendent be placed in one of
the storage vaults of such corporation ; and the proceedings of
such notary public, including said list of the contents of said
safe or box and his estimate of the total value of said contents,
shall be set forth by him in his own handwriting and under his
official seal in a book kept by sucli corporation for the purpose.
132 Chapter 111 [1927
The officer of such corporation who sent said written notice
shall in the same book state his proceedings relative thereto,
setting forth a copy of said notice. Both of said statements
shall be sworn to by such notary public and officer, respectively,
before a justice of the peace, who shall make certificate thereof
in said book ; and said written statements shall be prima facie
evidence of the facts therein set forth in all proceedings at law
and in equity wherein evidence of such facts would be compe-
tent. The provisions of this section shall not impair any right
relative to such safes, boxes or their contents which such cor-
poration would otherwise have.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 111.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 38 OF THE PUBLIC LAV^S,
RELATING TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
SiXTiox 1. Cheshire county commissioners, salary increase.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Cheshire County, Salary Increased. Amend section 28,
chapter 38 of the Public Laws by striking out, after "In Chesh-
ire" the words "five hundred" and inserting in place thereof
the words seven hundred, so that said section as amended shall
read as follows: 28. Commissioners. The annual salary of
each commissioner of the following counties shall be as follows,
payable monthly by the county :
In Rockingham, ten hundred dollars.
In Strafford, twelve hundred dollars.
In Belknap, nine hundred dollars.
In Merrimack, ten hundred dollars.
In Hillsborough, eighteen hundred dollars.
In Cheshire, seven hundred dollars.
In Grafton, five hundred dollars.
In Carroll, Sullivan and Coos counties each commissioner,
when employed in the business of the county and in inspecting
1927] Chapter 112 133
the taxable property of towns as provided in section 26, shall
receive five dollars a day, payable as hereinbefore provided. To
the foregoing sums shall be added, in all the counties except
Strafford, a reasonable sum for all necessary expenses, upon
order of the superior court, the account of said expenses hav-
ing first been audited by said court.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 112.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 22, CHAPTER 397 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS ENTITLED "COMMON JAILS AND PRISONERS
THEREIN."
Section 1. Employing prisoners at jails.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Employing Prisoners. Amend section 22 of chapter 397
of the Public Laws by striking out the whole of said section 22
and inserting in place thereof a new section 22 which said sec-
tion shall read as follows: 22. Authority. The county com-
missioners of any county may employ and set to labor any
prisoner confined in the county jail, where said jail is main-
tained in connection with the house of correction and county
farm, said labor to be performed in and about the county farm
buildings as in the case of house of correction prisoners, and
where said jail is not maintained in connection with a house of
correction and county farm, then and in that case the county
commisioners may employ and set to labor any prisoner con-
fined in the county jail in such manner as shall be consistent
with his safe keeping, if the labor can be prosecuted without
expense to the county.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
134 Chapter 113 [1927
CHAPTER 113.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF
NON-RESIDENTS.
Section • Section
1. Non-resident privilege registra- ; 3. Operator's permit.
tion. ! 4. Exception.
2. , sixty days. ' .x Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Non-resident Privilege. A non-resident owner of a
motor vehicle which is used solely for pleasure and is not used
for carrying passengers or property for a profit and which has
been duly registered for the current year in the state or coun-
try of which the owner is a resident and in accordance with the
laws thereof may, in lieu of registering such vehicle as other-
wise required by chapter 100 of the Public Laws, apply to the
commissioner of motor vehicles as herein provided. Such non-
resident owner shall within twenty days after commencing to
operate such vehicle or causing or permitting it to be operated
within this state apply to the commissioner upon an appropri-
ate official form stating therein the name and home address of
the owner and the temporary address, if any, of the owner
while in this state, the home registration number of said
vehicle together with such description of the motor vehicle as
may be called for in the form and such other statement of
facts as may be required. The commissioner of motor vehicles
shall thereupon suitably file such application and shall, without
charge, issue to the owner a registration certificate, containing
a brief description of the vehicle and a statement that the
owner has procured registration of such vehicle as a non-resi-
dent, together with some suitable distinctive number plate
which shall always be carried in plain sight by the owner in
accordance with such regulations as the commissioner shall im-
pose, so long as such vehicle shall be operated within this state.
2. , Sixty Days. Every certificate of registration is-
sued pursuant to this act shall be valid not to exceed sixty days
from the date of its issue if such sixty days period shall come
within the current year of its issue.
3. Operator's Permit. No owner of such motor vehicle and
no non-resident chauff'eur or driver of such vehicle who is the
holder of a license to drive such vehicle in the state or countrv
1927] Chapter 114 185
in which he resides shall be required to purchase a license to
drive such vehicle within this state, but the commissioner of
motor vehicles shall issue to such person or persons, upon ap-
plication .therefor, a suitable permit which shall allow or permit
the driving- of such motor vehicle within this state so long as
it is duly registered as herein before provided.
4. Exception. This act shall in no way affect or repeal sec-
tion 28 of chapter 100 of the Public Laws relating to the own-
ers of motor vehicles who reside within fifteen miles of the
state line.
5. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect June 1, 1927.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 114.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MARKING OF THE MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE BOUNDARY LINE.
Section
1. Perambulation.
2. Markings.
3. Map.
Section
4. Taking lands.
5. Appropriation.
6. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Perambulation. The governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the council, shall appoint a surveyor from the highway
department who shall, in conjunction with a duly authorized
agent of the state of Maine, perambulate the boundary line
between the state of New Hampshire and the state of Maine,
from the ancient bound at East Pond near the head of Salmon
Falls river to its northern terminus at the Canadian line and
select locations for the erection of monuments for the per-
manent marking of such boundary line.
2. Markings. Upon the completion of the perambulation
and the selection of the locations for monuments as provided
in section 1, the governor and council shall, in conjunction with
the official or officials duly authorized by the state of Maine for
that purpose, cause to be constructed and erected on such loca-
tions as they deem advisable monuments for the marking of
the boundary line.
3. Map. Said surveyor shall prepare from the records of
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[1927
the survey a map and a complete description of the line from
the ancient bound at East Pond near the head of Salmon Falls
river to the northern terminus at the Canadian line and shall
file the same in the office of the secretary of state in the state
house at Concord not later than December 31, 1928.
4. Taking- Lands. The governor and council may take by
right of eminent domain, in accordance with the provisions of
law, any lands necessary for the erection of such monuments.
5. Appropriation. The sum of five thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated for carrying out the provisions of this act.
6. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 115.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CONTINUOUS HIGHWAY FROM THE CEN-
TRAL ROAD IN CLAREMONT, THENCE BY WAY OF SOUTH
CORNISH, CORNISH, CORNISH FLAT AND MERIDEN,
TO A JUNCTION WITH THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
~~~ ROAD AT LEBANON.
Section
1. Designation.
2. Route.
3. Changes in existing highways.
4. State aid.
Section
6. Highway improved by towns
neglect.
7. A'laintenance.
8. Time, when.
5. Apportionment of fund.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Designation. The highway commissioner may designate
for improvement by suitable description, subject to the ap-
proval of the governor and council, whenever in his opinion the
public good so requires, a continuous highway from the Central
road in Claremont thence by way of South Cornish, Cornish,
Cornish Flat and Meriden, to a junction with the Dartmouth
College Road at Lebanon.
2. Route. The highway commissioner shall determine the
route to be followed, subject to the approval of the governor
and council, and the order in which work thereon shall be
1927] Chapter 115 137
begun, prosecuted, and completed, subject to appeal as pro-
vided by law.
3. Changes in Existing Highways. The route of such high-
way may be changed from existing highways by the highway
commissioner to such extent as in his opinion the public good
may require, and for that purpose he is authorized to designate
such changes, and the governor and council may take or pur-
chase land and have damages assessed therefor, in accordance
with the provisions of sections 9 and 10, chapter 83 of the
Public Laws.
4. State Aid. No city or town through which said highway
may be designated to pass shall receive any state aid for high-
way improvement, other than on cross state highways hereto-
fore designated for improvement, except on such highways,
until said improvement thereon shall have been completed
within such city or town. No part of the funds hereinafter
provided shall be used within the compact part of any city or
town having a population of twenty-five hundred or more, such
compact part to be determined by the highway commissioner,
.5. Apportionment of Fund. The highway commissioner
shall apportion the fund hereinafter provided to the several
cities and towns through which said highway shall pass. In
making such apportionment, preference shall be given to such
parts of said highway as have not heretofore been improved
under state aid, and to such portions as shall be in such con-
dition as to require immediate improvement. If, in the opinion
of the highway commissioner, any part or parts of such high-
way shall be in such condition as to require immediate im-
provement, the money hereby appropriated may be used wholly
or in part in improving such part or parts, and the highway
commissioner shall have authority to make all contracts for
the immediate improvement of such part or parts.
6. Highway Improved by Towns; Neglect. The highway
enumerated in section 1 of this act shall be improved by that
city, town or place within which it is located, at the expense of
such city, town or place, and to the satisfaction of the highway
commissioner; and such city, town or place shall receive from
the state one half the cost of such improvement, and such
further sums, in towns unable to pay that proportion, as in the
opinion of the highway commissioner may be equitable. In
case any city, town or place shall neglect to improve said roads
138 Chapter 116 [1927
after being- so requested by the highway commissioner, such
improvements shall be made under the direction of the highway
commissioner at the expense of the state, and one half of the
cost thereof, less such further sums, in towns unable to pay
one half the cost thereof, as in the opinion of the highway
commissioner may be equitable, shall be added to the state tax
for such city or town ; provided, that such sum so added shall
not exceed one fourth of one per cent of the valuation of the
ratable estate on which other taxes are assessed by such city
or town.
7. Maintenance. The highway designated by section 1 of
this act shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions
of sections 10 and 11, chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
8. Time, When. No part of the state funds now provided
or that may hereafter be provided for trunk line construction
and maintenance, shall be expended upon this layout until the
trunk line system heretofore designated in the state of New
Hampshire shall have been completed.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 116.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LAYOUT OF A STATE-AID HIGHWAY
FROM THE JUNCTION OF THE EAST SIDE TRUNK LINE AT
SIXTH STREET, IN THE CITY OF DOVER, THROUGH GONIC
TO THE EAST SIDE TRUNK LINE IN THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER.
Section I. Layout authorized.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Layout Authorized. The highway commissioner is au-
thorized to designate for improvement, subject to the approval
of the governor and council, a continuous state-aid highway
from the junction of the East Side trunk line and Sixth street
in Dover, thence following Sixth street or Long- Hill road, as it
is so called, through the city of Dover and the city of Rochester
to Gonic, thence to the junction with the East Side trunk line
in the city of Rochester.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 117, 118 139
CHAPTER 117.
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A STATE-AID HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE
VILLAGES OF GROVETON AND WEST MILAN.
Sf.ction ! Section
1. State-aid highway dosignalcd. I 2. Takes cffi'ct.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Cornet co7ivened. :
1. State-Aid Highway Designated. The highway commis-
sioner, with the approval of the governor and council, shall
designate for permanent improvement by suitable description
a state-aid highway commencing at the junction of the state
highway where it crosses the bridge leading to the village of
Groveton; thence easterly along the Ammonoosuc river,
through the town of Stark, across a corner of the town of
Dummer, to the village of West Milan, at a point where it con-
nects with the cross-country highway heretofore established
between the village of West Milan and the city of Berlin, and
he shall file said description with the secretary of state.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 118.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE ROLLINSFORD ROAD IN THE CITY OF
SOMERSWORTH.
Section 1. State aid for Rollinsford road.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. State Aid for Rollinsford Road. For the fiscal years of
1927-1928 and 1928-1929 the city of Somersworth is hereby
released from the provisions of section 8, chapter 84 of the
Public Laws in so far as to enable said city to take state aid in
the construction of the Rollinsford road.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
140 Chapter 119 [1927
CHAPTER 119.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF SNOW FENCE ADJACENT
TO THE HIGHWAYS.
Section ' Skciion
1. Snow fence, erection. i 3. Takes effect.
2. Time limit. I
Be it. enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Snow Fence, Erection. The state highway department
or any city or town which is responsible for the maintenance of
any pubUc road or highway shall have authority to enter upon
private property adjacent to such public road or highway and
erect thereon snow fence as may be deemed necessary to pre-
vent the snow drifting on the traveled portion of the public
road or highway. Provided however, such fence shall not be
erected so as to obstruct the view from the buildings located
thereon without the consent of the owner. Damages occasioned
to the owner of the land by the erection, maintenance or re-
moval of such fence shall be paid by the state highway depart-
ment or the city or town entering for that purpose, as the case
may be. If the owner of the land and the party erecting such
snow fence cannot agree as to the damage occasioned the owner
thereby, either party may apply to the selectmen or the city
council for the assessment of the damages, and such proceed-
ing shall be had thereon as in the assessment of damages for
the laying out of highways.
2. Time Limit. Snow fence authorized under this act shall
not be placed prior to November first nor shall the same remain
in place after April first of the succeeding year.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 120, 121 141
CHAPTER 120.
AN ACT RELATING TO MILEAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF MEM-
BERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Section Section
1. Alilcagf and transporlalion of 2. Takes effect,
members of legislature.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Legislature. Amend section 16 of chapter 4 of the Pub-
He Laws by striking out said section and substituting the fol-
lowing: 16. Mileage and Transportation of Members. Mem-
bers of the general court who reside more than two miles from
a railroad station shall receive twenty cents a mile for their
travel to and from their homes each week, to the most con-
venient railroad station. The distance traveled shall be ap-
proved and determined by the committee on mileage. They
shall also receive railroad transportation as provided in
chapter 251.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 121.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRINTING OF BILLS IN ADVANCE OF
THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Section 1. Proposed bills, filed, printed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Proposed Bills Filed, Printed. Any person duly elected
to either branch of the general court may, at any time before
the first Wednesday in January biennially and after December
fifteenth immediately preceding, file with the secretary of state
copies of such bills as he desires to introduce into either
branch. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed seven
hundred and fifty copies of each bill and furnish copies thereof
to such citizens as apply therefor. Not later than the second
day of each session of the legislature the secretary of state
142 Chapter 122 [1927
shall file the original bills, with the printed copies remaining,
with the clerk of that branch of the legislature in which the
respective bills are proposed to be introduced.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 122.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37, 78, 79, 80, 81 AND 82, CHAPTER
187 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS, RELATING TO THE DISEASES
OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Section I Section
1. Vaccination ordered, when. i 4. Sale and use o£ vaccines.
2. Sale and use of vaccines. 5. .
3. . I 6. —.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Vaccination Ordered, When. Amend section 37, chap-
ter 187, Pubhc Laws, by adding at the end of said section the
following: If the disease suspected is one which science has
demonstrated can be controlled in susceptible animals by the
proper vaccination of said animals the commissioner or his
agent may order any and all susceptible animals vaccinated or
treated as he may deem advisable. The cost of all vaccines or
medicines used shall be borne by the owner, so that said sec-
tion as amended shall read: 37. Examinations. Whenever
animals have been quarantined as herein provided the com-
missioner, within a reasonable time, shall cause a physical
examination of such animals to be made. If, on such physical
examination, he deems it necessary he may apply the tuber-
culin or any other approved test. He 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 con-
firms 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 which such animal was found, or of
any animal which may have been exposed to said disease. If
the disease suspected is one which science has demonstrated
can be controlled in susceptible animals by the proper vaccina-
tion of said animals the commissioner or his agent may order
1927] Chapter 122 143
any and all susceptible animals vaccinated or treated as he may
deem advisable. The cost of all vaccines or medicines used
shall be borne by the owner.
2. Sale and Use of Vaccines. Amend section 78, chapter
187, by inserting- after the word "all" in the first line the words
vaccines and, so that said section as amended shall read: 78.
Label. All vaccines and tuberculin sold, given away or used
within this state shall bear a label stating the name and ad-
dress of the person, firm or institution making it and the date
of preparation.
3. . Amend section 79, chapter 187, by inserting after
the word "away" in the first line the words any vaccines or,
and after the word "of" in the second line the words vaccines
or, so that said section as amended shall read: 79. Report.
A person selling or giving away any vaccines or tuberculin shall
report to the commissioner the amount of vaccines or tuber-
culin disposed of, 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 address of, and be signed by, the
person or firm making the report.
4. . Amend section 80, chapter 187, by inserting after
the word "procuring" in the first line the words any vaccines
or, and after the word "the" in the second line the words vac-
cine or, and after the word "distribute" in the fifth line the
words vaccines or, so that said section as amended shall read:
80. Use. A person buying or procuring any vaccines or
tuberculin shall not use or dispose of it until assured in writing
by the person from whom the vaccine or tuberculin is received
that its delivery has been reported to the commissioner, unless
he has reported its receipt to the commissioner with informa-
tion required to be furnished by those who distribute vaccines
or tuberculin.
5. . Amend section 81, chapter 187, by inserting after
the word "procuring" in the first line the words any vaccines
or, after the word "any" in the third line the words vaccine or,
after the word "unused" in the fourth line the words vaccine
or, and after the word "such" in the sixth line the words vac-
cine or, so that said section as amended shall read : 81. Rec-
ord ; Report. The person buying or procuring any vaccines or
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 vaccine or tuberculin is used, and.
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if at any time unused vaccine or tuberculin is not deemed fit or
is not to be used, shall forward it to the commissioner with a
statement showing his name and address, where and when
such vaccine or 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.
6. . Amend section 82, by adding after the word "to"
in the first line the words vaccines or, so that said section as
amended shall read: 82. Exception. The provisions of this
subdivision shall not apply to vaccines or tuberculin manu-
factured or issued by the department of agriculture of the
United States bureau of animal industry.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 123.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE ROAD TOLL.
Section I Section
1. Motor vehicle road toll. I 2. Takes effect.
^~Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Motor Vehicle Road Toll. Amend section 3 of chapter
104 of the Public Laws by inserting in the third line thereof
after the word "fuel" and before the word "sold" the words
used or, so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
3. Reports. Every distributor shall, on or before the fif-
teenth day of each month, render a report to the commissioner
on forms to be furnished by him, stating the number of gallons
of such fuel used or sold in the state during the preceding
calendar month and such other information as the commis-
sioner shall prescribe.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 124, 125 145
CHAPTER 124.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 10 OF CHAPTER 237 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Skction
1. Public service commission,
salary increase.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Salary Increase. Section 10 of chapter 237 of the Public
Laws is amended by striking out the words "thirty-seven hun-
dred dollars" in the second line thereof and substituting there-
for the words five thousand and by striking out "thirty-five
hundred" in the third line thereof and substituting therefor
the words forty-five hundred, so that said section as amended
shall read as follows: 10. Compensation. The chairman of
the commission shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars,
and each of the other members forty-five hundred dollars, a
year, and their reasonable expenses, including transportation,
subject to the approval of the governor and council.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect July 1, 1927.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 125.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 26, CHAPTER 240 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS, RELATING TO THE POWERS OF THE PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION.
Sectjox 1. I'ublic utility, discontinuance of service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Discontinuance of Service. Amend section 26, chapter
240 of the Public Laws by adding thereto the following para-
graph : The commission, upon its own motion or upon petition
of any interested party, may make an order withdrawing from
a public utility its authority to engage in business in all or any
part of the territory in which it is authorized to operate, when-
ever it shall find after notice and public hearing that said util-
ity has declined or unreasonably failed to render service in said
146 Chapter 126 [1927
territory or that its service in said territory is inadequate, no
sufficient reason for such inadequacy appearing, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows: 26. . The
commission may authorize any company operating any public
utility to discontinue, temporarily or during such portion of
each year as the commission may deem expedient, any part of
its service, whenever it shall appear that such temporary or
seasonal discontinuance will not unreasonably inconvenience
the public, or to discontinue the same permanently and remove
the equipment essential to the same, whenever it shall appear
that the public good does not require the further continuance
of such service.
The commission, upon its own motion or upon petition of any
interested party, may make an order withdrawing from a pub-
lic utility its authority to engage in business in all or any part
of the territory in which it is authorized to operate, whenever
it shall find after notice and public hearing that said utility has
declined or unreasonably failed to render service in said terri-
tory or that its service in said territory is inadequate, no suffi-
cient reason for such inadequacy appearing.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 126.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 180 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS
RELATING TO POULTRY DEPARTMENT AT STATE UNIVERSITY.
Section
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. State university funds.
2. Repeal.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. State University Funds. Amend section 28, chapter 180
of the Public Laws by striking out said section and by insert-
ing in place thereof the following: 28. Extension Work.
Twelve hundred dollars of the amount appropriated to the col-
lege may be distributed to the New Hampshire Poultry
Growers' Association to be used for the purpose of enabling it
to promote the poultry industry in the state.
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2. Repeal. Further amend chapter 180 of the Public Laws
by striking out sections 29, 30 and 31.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 127.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGNATION AND CONSTRUCTION
OF A STATE-AID HIGHWAY FROM THE DANIEL WEBSTER
HIGHWAY IN LACONIA TO THE SUNCOOK VALLEY
TRUNK LINE IN PITTSFIELD.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Pittsfield, Gilmanton and
Laconia Province road,
designated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Pittsfield, Gilmanton and Laconia Province Road, Desig-
nated. The highway commissioner, with the approval of the
governor and council, shall promptly designate for improve-
ment by suitable description a continuous state-aid highway
leading from the Daniel Webster Highway from the point on
Main street in the city of Laconia at the junction of Union
avenue and Court street, and thence extending through La-
conia, Belmont, Gilmanton and Barnstead to the Suncook
Valley trunk line in the town of Pittsfield, said route to be
through the villages or settlements of Gilmanton Corner and
Lower Gilmanton, so called, and shall file said description with
the secretary of state. Said highway shall be known as the
Pittsfield, Gilmanton and Laconia Province Road.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
148 Chapter 128 [1927
CHAPTER 128.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE-AID ROAD FROM NEW HAMPTON
TO ASHLAND.
Section
1. Designation.
2. Route.
3. Change of highwa}'.
Section
4. Limitation.
3. Payments by town of Ashland.
6. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Designation. The highway commissioner may designate
by suitable description subject to the approval of the selectmen
of the towns of New Hampton and Ashland a state-aid road
from the junction of the existing state-aid road and the East
Side river road, so called, in the town of New Hampton thence
over the East Side river road through the towns of New Hamp-
ton and Ashland to Ashland depot.
2. Route. The highway commissioner, with the approval
of the selectmen in the towns of New Hampton and Ashland,
shall determine the route, width of road bed and the order in
which work thereon shall be begun and pursued, subject to
appeal as provided by law.
-3. Change of Highway. The route of such highway may
be changed from existing highways as in the opinion of the
highwaj^ commissioner and said selectmen the public good may
require.
4. Limitation. No state aid for highways as required by
law shall be expended upon other highways in said towns until
the above designated highway shall have been completed, pro-
vided however that nothing in this act shall be construed to
prevent the expenditure of state funds upon trunk lines and
locations for which special appropriations may be made.
5. Payments by Town of Ashland. The town of Ashland
shall pay one half the cost of the expense incurred by the town
of New Hampton for the construction of this road in the town
of New Hampton, and shall pay the whole of the town of Ash-
land's share in the town of Ashland.
6. Takes Eflfect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
Approved April 14, 1927.
1927] Chapters 129, 130 149
CHAPTER 129.
AN ACT RELATING TO MARSH LANDS IN HAMPTON, HAMPTON
FALLS AND SEABROOK.
Section Section
1. Committee appointed. I 3. Expenses.
2. Report. | 4. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Committee Appointed. The governor is hereby au-
thorized and directed to appoint a committee, of such number
as seems to him proper, whose duties shall be to investigate
the feasibility of improving the marsh lands of Hampton,
Hampton Falls and Seabrook, ascertain what, if any, remedy
may be had for coast erosion in said towns, and initiate, at the
direction of the governor, federal aid in behalf of any recom-
mendation of the committee approved by the governor.
2. Report. Said committee shall make a report of its work
at the next session of the legislature.
3. Expenses. The governor is authorized to draw his
warrant, for a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars, for the
payment of the expenses of said committee out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
4. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 130.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FOREST IMPROVEMENT FUND.
Section Section
1. Forest improvement f n n d j 2. Application,
created. I 3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Forest Fund. Amend section 7 of chapter 192 of the
Public Laws by striking out the whole thereof and substituting
therefor the following: 7. Created. All revenue derived
from rentals and the sale of any products from state forests
and forestry reservations shall be paid into the state treasury.
150 Chapter 130 ' [1927
All of such revenue except that received from the sale of nur-
sery stock from the state forest nursery, shall for a period of
ten years from the passage of this act be kept by the state
treasurer in a separate account as a continuous fund to be
known as the forest improvement fund, from which payments
may be made upon recommendation of the state forester, with
the advice and consent of the governor and council, for the pur-
chase and improvement of state forests and reservations and
buildings thereon. At the close of each fiscal year the un-
expended balance of said money shall be carried forward and
be made available for use in the subsequent year for said
purposes.
2. Application. Amend section 11 of chapter 15 of the
Public Laws by inserting after the semicolon following the
word "highways" in the seventh and eighth lines of said sec-
tion the following: revenues from rentals and the sale of
products from state forests and forestry reservations, which,
except that from the sale of nursery stock from the state
forest nursery, shall be credited to the forest improvement
fund; so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
11. Application of Receipts. Moneys received by the state
treasurer, as provided in section 10, shall be available for gen-
eral revenue of the state with the following exceptions:
Moneys received by the fish and game department, 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 high-
ways; revenues from rentals and the sale of products from
state forests and forestry reservations, which, except that from
the sale of nursery stock from the state forest nursery, shall be
credited to the forest improvement fund ; and the fees collected
by the public service commission 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 maintenance of each in-
stitution and department shall be appropriated by each legis-
lature for the biennial period next following, and the money
derived from the sale of farm and minor industrial products
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of institutions shall be credited to the appropriation for the
institution from which derived.
3. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
June 30, 1927.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 131.
AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES.
Section | Section
1. Departmental expenditures, lim- I 2. Takes effect,
itations. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Limitations. Amend section 11 of chapter 19 of the
Public Laws by adding at the end of said section the following :
Heads of departments, assistants and employees thereof shall
not be allowed as expenses travel between their places of resi-
dence and their department offices, nor shall they be allowed
board or lodging while in the place in which their offices are
located, except upon regulation issued by the governor, with
the advice of the council, so that said section as amended shall
read as follows: 11. Departmental Expenditures. The ex-
penditure of any moneys appropriated or otherwise provided to
carry on the work of any department of the state government
shall be subject to the approval of the governor, with the ad-
vice of the council, under such general regulations as the
governor and council may prescribe with reference to all or any
of such departments, for the purpose of securing the prudent
and economical expenditures of the moneys appropriated.
Heads of departments, assistants and employees thereof shall
not be allowed as expenses travel between their places of resi-
dence and their department offices, nor shall they be allowed
board or lodging while in the place in which their offices are
located, except upon regulation issued by the governor, with
the advice of the council.
2. Takes Effect. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
152 Chapters 132, 133 [1927
herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 132.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALARIES OF INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Inspectors of weights and
measures, salary increase.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep^^esentatives in
General Court convened :
1. Salaiy Increase. Amend section 3 of chapter 161 of the
Public Laws by striking- out the words "seventeen hundred" in
the fourth line of said section and inserting in place thereof
the words two thousand, so that said section as amended shall
read as follows : 3. Inspectors. There shall be not exceeding
three inspectors of weights and measures, who shall be ap-
pointed by the commissioner, with the advice and consent of
the governor and council. Their annual salaries shall not ex-
ceed two thousand dollars each.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect July 1, 1927.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 133.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13, CHAPTER 14 OF THE PUB-
LIC LAWS RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE DEPUTY
SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SECTION 23, CHAPTER 15
OF THE PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO THE SALARY
OF THE DEPUTY STATE TREASURER.
Section
1. Deputy secretary of state, salary
Section
2. Deputy state treasurer, salary
increase. I increase.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Salary Increase. Amend section 13, chapter 14 of the
Public Laws by striking out the words "twenty-three hundred"
and inserting in place thereof the words twenty-seven hundred.
1927] Chapter 134 153
so that said section as amended shall read : 13. Deputy. The
annual salary of the deputy secretary of state shall be twenty-
seven hundred dollars.
2. Salary Increase. Amend section 23, chapter 15 of the
Public Laws by striking out the words "twenty-three hundred"
and inserting- in place thereof the words twenty-seven hundred,
so that said section as amended shall read : 23. Deputy. The
annual salary of the deputy state treasurer shall be twenty-
seven hundred dollars.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 134.
AN ACT RELATING TO SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Section
2. Takes eflfect.
Section
1. Commissioner of law enforce-
ment, salary increase.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Salai'y Increase. Amend section 74 of chapter 144 of the
Public Laws by striking out the word "twenty-seven" in the
second line of said section and substituting the word thirty-
two, so that said section as amended shall read as follows : 74.
Salaries; Expenses. The salary of the commissioner shall be
thirty-two hundred and fifty dollars a year. The compensation
and personal expenses of the commissioner and of his deputies
and agents shall be paid by the state, on the warrant of the
governor.
2. Takes Eflfect. This act shall take effect on its passage,
passage.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
154 Chapter 135 [1927
CHAPTER 135.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13, CHAPTER 264 OF THE
PUBLIC LAWS RELATING TO FIDUCIARY POWERS OF TRUST
COMPANIES AND NATIONAL BANKS.
Section Section
1. Authorized to act as executor. 2. Takes eflfect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Authorized to Act as Executor. Amend section 13, chap-
ter 264 of the Pubhc Laws by inserting after the word "trus-
tee" in hne three the words or executor when so nominated by
any testator in his will ; further amend said section by adding
at the end thereof the following: No trust company, similar
corporation or national bank shall advertise or circularize the
fact that it is authorized to act as executor, so that said section
shall read as follows : 13. Appointment. Any trust company
or similar corporation, incorporated under the laws of this
state, or any national bank duly authorized and located within
the state, may be appointed trustee or executor when so nomi-
nated by any testator in his will, in any case where an in-
dividual can be appointed, upon the same conditions and
subject to the same control, requirements and penalties; but
no corporation shall be appointed in any other fiduciary
capacity. No trust company, similar corporation or national
bank shall advertise or circularize the fact that it is authorized
to act as executor.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
1927] Chapter 136 155
CHAPTER 136.
AN ACT TO PERMIT CITIES AND TOWNS TO ABATE LOCAL TAXES ON
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Section
1. New industries.
2. Abatement.
3. Limitation.
4. Existing industries.
Section
5. Town contract.
6. City contract.
7. Abatement.
8. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. New Industries. Any town by a two-thirds vote of the
voters present and voting at any annual meeting upon an ap-
propriate article in the warrant and any city by vote of the
city council, the mayor concurring, may contract with any
person proposing to erect or put in operation any manufactur-
ing establishment in said city or town for the abatement for
the term of five years of all local taxes which may be assessed
upon such manufacturing establishment, including buildings,
machinery and stock in trade, upon such terms and conditions
as may be mutually agreed upon and by a similar vote at the
end of four years may extend said contract of abatement for a
further period of five years but not exceeding in all ten years
from the date of the first abatement.
2. Abatement. The local taxes assessed against such
persons complying with the terms of such vote shall be abated
by the selectmen or assessors annually for the term agreed
upon but such abatement shall not extend to taxes assessed
for state and county purposes.
3. Limitation. The provisions of this act shall not apply
to concerns removing from one town to another in this state
or to capital previously exempted from taxation in this state or
upon which the taxes have been previously abated under this
act.
4. Existing- Industries. Any town by its selectmen and
any city by its mayor, being duly authorized by vote as herein-
after provided, may contract with any person who at the time
of the passage of this act is engaged in manufacturing in this
state, for the abatement for the years 1927 and 1928, in whole
or in part of local taxes which may be assessed upon such
manufacturing establishment, including buildings, machinery
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[1927
and stock in trade, upon such terms and conditions as may be
mutually agreed upon.
5. Town Contract. Authority to make such contract may
be conferred upon the selectmen of a town by a majority vote
of the voters of such town present and voting at an annual or
special town meeting upon an appropriate article in the
warrant, provided the voting upon such article shall be by
ballot.
6. City Contract. The mayor of a city may be authorized
to make such contract by a majority vote of the voters present
and voting at regular or special meetings of the voters in the
several wards, to be duly called by the election officers, provided
the voting upon such question shall be by ballot.
7. Abatement. The local taxes assessed against such
person complying with the terms of such vote shall be abated
by the selectmen or assessors annually for the term agreed
upon, but such abatement shall not extend to taxes assessed
for state and county purposes.
8. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 137.
AN ACT RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS, NOMINATIONS OF
CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL EXPENDITURES.
Section
1. Primary date.
2. Nominations of candidates.
3. Political expenditures.
Section
4. Publication of campaign re-
ceipts and expenditures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Primary Date. Amend section 4 of chapter 25, PubHc
Laws, by striking out in the third line thereof the words "first
Tuesday" and substituting therefor the following: Tuesday
after the second Monday, so that said section as amended shall
read as follows : 4. Dates. A primary conducted by the regu-
lar election officers shall be held at the regular polling places in
1927] Chapter 137 157
each town and ward in the state on the Tuesday after the
second Monday in September, biennially, for the nomination of
all candidates to be voted for at the November election, except
presidential electors.
2. Nominations of Candidates. Amend chapter 25 of the
Public Laws by inserting after section 23 the following new
section : 23-a. Nominations by Party Committees. In case no
declaration shall be filed by a candidate and no petition shall
be filed in behalf of a candidate for any nomination to be voted
for at the primary, the nomination may be made by the party
committee of the state, county, town or ward, as the case may
be, by notifying the secretary of state before the close of the
second business day after the expiration of time for filing
declarations of candidacy. The party committee shall pay the
usual filing fee or file the usual number of petitions with the
nomination.
3. Political Expenditures. Amend section 5, chapter 34,
Public Laws, by striking out the whole thereof and inserting
in place thereof the following: 5. Primary Expenditures. The
total sum to be expended or contracted for payment for the
nomination by or in behalf of any candidate for nomination
shall be as follows: For governor or United States senator,
$8,000; for representative in congress, $4,000; for councilor,
$1,500; for state senator or any county officer, $300; for repre-
sentative to the general court, $50. The amount of money
specified shall include all expenditures by a candidate or by
others in his behalf with his knowledge during the calendar
year of the primary, except personal traveling expenses of the
candidate. No person shall make any contribution of or con-
tract for the payment of any money for the benefit of any
candidate without the written consent of such candidate or his
financial agent. As a part of the declaration of candidacies filed
by candidates for governor, United States senator, representa-
tive in congress, councilor, state senator and county officer,
every candidate shall designate some person, who may be the
candidate himself, as his financial agent for the purpose of the
primary campaign, or if his candidacy for such office is es-
tablished by a primary petition, there shall be annexed to the
primary petition in behalf of such candidate the name of the
financial agent for such candidate. All sums expended or con-
tracted for payment in the primary campaign by or in behalf
158 Chapter 137 [1927
of such candidate shall be reported to such financial agent, who
shall make all the disbursements in behalf of such candidate,
and said agent shall join with the candidate in signing and
filing the statements required by law.
4. Publication of Campaign Receipts and Expenditures.
Amend section 24, chapter 34, Public Laws, by inserting after
the words "state senator" in the second line a comma and the
words county officer, so that the same shall read as follows:
24. Other Candidates. Every candidate at the primary or
general election for councilor, state senator, county officer or
representative to the general court, who has expended a sum
in excess of twenty-five dollars, shall, within fifteen days after
said primary or general election, file with the secretary of
state, and with the town or city clerk for the town or city in
which he resides, a like itemized sworn statement of all his
receipts and expenditures in aid of his nomination or election.
All such statements shall be open to public inspection.
5. . Amend chapter 34 of the Pubhc Laws by insert-
ing after section 24 the following new section: 24-a. Paid
Agents. Every person who shall perform any service as
political agent for any candidate during any primary campaign,
who is to receive compensation above traveling expenses, shall,
before he enters upon the performance of his duties as political
agent, register his intention so to do with the secretary of state
upon blanks to be furnished by the secretary of state for that
purpose. On the third day preceding the primary and also
within fifteen days after the primary in which said agent shall
be employed, he shall file with the secretary of state an
itemized statement, signed and sworn to by himself, of all
moneys or things of value received by him or due to him from
any candidate or committee in connection with his service, and
disclose in the pre-primary return the substantial provisions
of all contracts he may have for the rendering of future service
in the campaign. No contract for service as political agent in
connection with any primary shall be made by any person as
such agent within a period of ten days next preceding said
primary.
6. . Amend section 26 of chapter 34, Public Laws, by
striking out the whole of said section and inserting in place
thereof the following: 26. Penalties. Any person who
violates the foregoing provisions of this subdivision shall be
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fined not more than five hundred nor less than one hundred
dollars and imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than
ninety days. Any jierson who alleges that any of the fore-
going provisions of this subdivision relating to the primary
have been violated may, not later than the fifth day of October
following said primary, bring a proceeding in equity in the
supreme court against the person alleged to have violated said
provisions. To this proceeding the secretary of state shall be
made a party defendant. The supreme court shall forthwith
hear such proceeding and make final decision thereof, and if
the court shall find that the defendant has violated any of such
provisions, a decree shall be entered disqualifying the de-
fendant from becoming a candidate at the ensuing election, and
the vacancy thereby created shall be filled as provided by law.
No candidate shall be entitled to the nomination or election
until the sworn itemized statements required to be filed by him
or in his behalf have been filed and published as hereinbefore
required.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 138.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF
A NURSES' HOME AT THE STATE HOSPITAL.
Section
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. Nurses' home, appropriation.
2. Bonds authorized.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Appropriation. The sum of one hundred and seventy
thousand dollars ($170,000) is hereby appropriated for the con-
struction and equipment of a nurses' home at the state hos-
pital. The plans and specifications shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the governor and council who shall authorize the
execution of all contracts for the construction of said building.
2. Bonds Authorized. The state treasurer is hereby au-
thorized, 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 act, not to exceed in all the
sum of one hundred and seventy thousand dollars ($170,000),
160 Chapter 139 [1927
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 such
time as the governor and council may determine. Such bonds
and notes shall be countersigned by the governor and shall be
deemed a pledge of the faith and credit of the state. The
secretary of state shall keep an account of all such bonds and
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 delivery to the treasurer. The
state treasurer shall keep an account of each bond and 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 by direction of the governor and
council in such manner as they may determine most advan-
tageous to the state. The governor shall draw his warrant for
the amounts that may be, or become, due from time to time,
under the contracts of the trustees of the state hospital, ap-
proved by the governor and council, for the purposes
aforesaid.
3. Takes Eifect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 139.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR MORE EFFICIENT
AND EXTENDED SERVICE AT THE LACONIA STATE SCHOOL.
Section | Section
\. Laconia State School, appro- 2. Bonds authorized,
priation. 3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Appropriation. The sum of one hundred and six thou-
sand dollars ($106,000) is hereby appropriated to provide the
necessary facilities for more efficient and extended service at
the Laconia State School as follows : For the construction and
equipment of a new dormitory, the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) ; for the purchase and installation
1927] Chapter 139 161
of canning equipment the sum of fifteen hundred dollars
($1,500) ; for finishing and furnishing the upper floor of the
Spaulding Building the sum of forty-five hundred dollars
($4,500).
The plans and specifications shall be subject to the approval
of the governor and council who shall authorize the execution
of all contracts for construction. The governor is hereby au-
thorized to draw his warrant for said sum on any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
2. Bonds Authorized. The state treasurer is hereby au-
thorized 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 act, not to exceed in all the
sum of one hundred and six thousand dollars ($106,000), 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 at such time as the
governor and council may determine. Such bonds and notes
shall be countersigned by the governor and shall be deemed a
pledge of the faith and credit of the state. The secretary of
state shall keep an account of all such bonds and notes counter-
signed by the governor, showing the number and amount of
each bond or note, the time of countersigning, the time when
payable, and date of delivery to the treasurer. The state
treasurer shall keep an account of each bond and 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 in
such manner as they may determine most advantageous to the
state. The governor shall draw his warrant for the amounts
that may be, or become, due from time to time, under the con-
tracts of the trustees of the Laconia State School, approved by
the governor and council, for the purposes aforesaid.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
162 CHAPTERS 140, 141 [1927
CHAPTER 140.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF
AN ANNUAL STATE TAX FOR THE TERM OF TWO YEARS.
Section 1. State tax, assessment and collection.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Assessment and Collection. The sum of one million, five
hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars ($1,585,000) shall be
raised for the use of the state for the year 1927, and the sum
of one million, five hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars
($1,585,000) shall be raised for the use of the state for the
year 1928, and the state treasurer is hereby directed season-
ably 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 of 1927, 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, 1927, and the first day
of December, 1928, and the state treasurer is hereby authorized
to issue his extent for all taxes which shall remain unpaid on
the dates last above mentioned.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 141.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 1928.
Section | Section
1. Appropriations. I 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
1. Appropriations. The sums hereinafter mentioned are
appropriated to be paid out of the treasury of the state for the
, urposes specified for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, to
wit:
1927] . Chapter 141 163
For the executive department, $88,200 as follows: Salary of
the governor, $3,000; salary of governor's secretary, $1,500;
salarj^ of the governor's stenographer, $1,300; governor's sec-
retary's traveling expenses, $200; traveling expenses for gov-
ernor's stenographer, $200; incidentals, $450; printing, $350;
transportation, $700; contingent fund, $1,500; emergency fund
for protection of interests of the state, $75,000; council per
diem and expenses, $4,000.
For secretary of state department, $18,300 as follows : Salary
of secretary, $4,000 ; salary of deputy, $2,700 ; clerical expense,
$5,100; incidentals, $700; printing report, $800; printing
blanks, $250; express and postage, $650; copying ancient rec-
ords, $4,000 ; direct primary, $100.
For treasury department, $17,950 as follows: Salary of the
treasurer, $4,000; salary of deputy, $2,300; clerical expense,
$8,200; incidentals, $1,800; printing blanks, $850; printing re-
port, $800.
For insurance department, $15,575 as follows: Salary of com-
missioner, $3,000; salary of deputy, $1,800; clerical expense,
$4,075; incidentals, $2,200; printing report, $1,300; printing
blanks, $1,000; blue sky law, salary of examiner, $1,200; mis-
cellaneous, $1,000.
For bank commission, $29,000 as follows : Salary of commis-
sioner, $5,000 ; salary of the deputy, $3,000 ; salaries of exam-
iners, $5,500 ; salaries of accountants, $4,000 ; clerical expense,
$3,200; incidentals, $1,000; printing reports, $2,500; printing
blanks, $500; expenses of commissioner, deputies, examiners
and accountants, $4,300.
For state auditing department, $4,300 as follows: Salary of
state auditing accountant, $3,000; travel and office expense,
$1,300.
For public service commission, $42,400 as follows: Salaries
of commissioners, $14,000; experts, clerks and assistants,
$17,000; expenses of commissioners, $700; incidentals and
printing, $4,700; lights and buoys on inland waters and boat
inspection, $6,000.
For tax commission, $23,950 as follows: Salaries of com-
missioners, $8,000; expense of commissioners, $3,000; clerical
expense, $2,850; incidentals and printing, $7,000; printing re-
port, $1,400; municipal accounting, $1,700.
For purchasing agent's department, $13,950 as follows:
164 Chapter 141 . [1927
Salary of purchasing agent and clerical expense, $12,100; ex-
penses of purchasing agent, $350; incidentals, $1,500.
For attornei'-general's department, $42,600 as follows:
Salary of attornej^-general, $4,000; salary of assistant attor-
ney-general, $4,000; clerical expense of attorney-general,
$3,500; incidentals, $1,300; printing blanks, $800; traveling
expenses, $1,000; copies of wills and records, $3,000; legacy tax
and other litigation, and investigations, $2,500; supplies,
$1,000; clerical expense of assistant attorney-general, $6,500;
Vermont boundary, $15,000.
For enforcement prohibitory law, $19,250 as follows : Salary
of commissioner, $3,250; salary of state liquor agent, $2,400;
salaries of deputies and agents, $5,500 ; clerical expense, $1,400 ;
incidentals, $500; printing blanks, $200; expenses of commis-
sioner, $1,000; expenses of deputies and agents, $5,000.
For supreme court, $43,250 as follows: Salaries of justices,
$32,500; salary of clerk, $500; salary of messenger, $250;
salary of state reporter, $1,800; salary of stenographer for
state reporter, $600; incidentals, including expenses of justices,
printing docket, transportation of state reporter, $4,000; ex-
amination of law students, $600; publication of law reports,
$3,000.
_ For superior court, $48,000 as follows: Salaries of justices,
$39,000; expenses of justices, $6,500; transportation, $1,750;
incidentals, $750.
For legislature expense, $15,000.
For probate court, $17,600 as follows: Salaries of justices,
Rockingham county, $2,000 ; Strafford county, $1,800 ; Belknap
county, $1,500; Carroll county, $1,500; Merrimack county,
$2,000 ; Hillsborough county, $2,500 ; Cheshire county, $1,500 ;
Sullivan county, $1,500; Grafton county, $1,800; and Coos
county, $1,500.
For salaries of probate registers and deputies, $20,300 as
follows: Rockingham county register, $2,000; Rockingham
county deputy, $1,000; Strafford county register, $1,800; Bel-
knap county register, $1,500; Carroll county register, $1,500;
Merrimack county register, $2,000 ; Merrimack county deputy,
$1,200; Hillsborough county register, $2,000; Hillsborough
county deputy, $800; Cheshire county register, $1,500; Sullivan
county register, $1,500; Grafton county register, $2,000; Coos
county register, $1,500;
1927] Chapter 141 165
For board of charities and corrections, $97,750 as follows:
Salary of secretary, $2,750 ; incidentals, $700 ; printing blanks,
$150; traveling expenses, $1,500; aid of tubercular patients,
$40,000; child welfare work, $7,000; register of the blind,
$11,300; deaf, dumb and blind, support and education, $25,000;
aid of crippled and tubercular children, $3,000 ; John Nesmith
fund, income, $3,700; Granite State Deaf Mute Mission, $150;
clerical expense, $2,500.
For bureau of labor, $7,100 as follows: Salary of commis-
sioner, $3,000; clerical expense, $1,600; incidentals and travel,
$1,700; printing blanks, $300; expenses of arbitration, $500.
For factory inspection, $10,550 as follows: Salaries of in-
spectors, $6,200; clerical expense, $1,200; incidentals and
travel, $3,000 ; printing blanks, $150.
For free employment bureau, $3,450 as follows: Assistants,
$1,500; clerical expense, $1,400; incidentals and travel, $500;
printing blanks, $50.
For department of weights and measures, $15,700 as follows :
Salary of commissioner, $3,000 ; salaries of inspectors, $6,000 ;
traveling expenses, $4,500; incidentals, $700; clerical expense,
$1,300; printing blanks, $200.
For state publicity board, $35,000.
For department of agriculture, $196,500 as follows: Salary
of commissioner, $3,250 ; salary of deputy, $2,500 ; clerical ex-
pense, $3,000; advisory board, $300; incidentals, $500; in-
stitutes and public meetings, $1,500 ; feeding stuffs inspection,
$4,000; nursery inspection, $500; fertilizer inspection, $2,000;
seed inspection, $1,000; insecticides and fungicides, $200;
licensing milk dealers, $500; bureau of markets, $6,500; moth
suppression, $12,500; advertising at fair, $1,250; apple grading
law, $500 ; Granite State Dairymen's Association, $1,000 ; New
Hampshire Horticultural Society, $1,000; New Hampshire
Sheep Breeders' Association, $500; apiary law, $500; dairy in-
spection, $3,500 ; diseases of animals, $150,000.
For the laboratory of hygiene, $16,200 as follows: Salaries
of two chemists, $5,100; salaries of two bacteriologists, $3,000;
salary of pathologist, $600; clerical expense, $2,500; inci-
dentals, $3,000 ; printing blanks and bulletins, $2,000.
For the department of vital statistics, $3,550 as follows:
Clerical expense, $2,850; incidentals, $200; printing blanks,
$500.
166 Chapter 141 [1927
For board of health, $35,438.31 as follows: Salary of secre-
tary, $4,000; clerical expense, $1,800; incidentals, $650; print-
ing blanks, $500; control of venereal diseases, $6,000; tuber-
culosis dispensaries, $3,000; purchase of antitoxin, $2,500;
medico-legal examinations, $500; sanitary inspection, $7,000;
engineer, $1,500 ; care of maternity and infancy, $7,988.31.
For adjutant-general's department, $80,025 as follows:
Salary of adjutant-general, $4,000; incidentals, $1,000; print-
ing blanks, $500 ; officers' uniforms, $1,900 ; rifle ranges, $2,000 ;
state armories, $17,000; national guard, $50,000; clerical ex-
pense, $3,625.
For the forestry department, $76,406 as follows : Salary of
forester, $3,250; field assistants, $2,500; traveling expenses,
$1,000; incidentals, $1,000; printing blanks, $1,200; district
chiefs, $7,500; lookout stations, $10,000; conferences, $1,000;
prevention of fires, $2,000; nursery, $13,731; forest fire bills
to towns, $5,000 ; reforestation, $2,000 ; white pine blister rust,
$20,000; forest fire equipment, $1,000; clerical expense, $5,225.
For bounties, $3,000 as follows: Hedgehogs, $2,500; bears
and grasshoppers, $500.
For department of indexing, $1,850 as follows: Salary,
$1,800; incidentals, $50.
For G. A. R. department, $2,350 as follows : Printing, $300 ;
incidentals, $50 ; burial of soldiers and sailors, $2,000.
For pharmacy commission, $2,410 as follows: Salaries,
$750; clerical expense, $200; incidentals, $600; printing
report, $60; printing blanks, $100; salary of inspector, $700.
For state dental board, $400 as follows: Salaries and ex-
penses, $400.
For board of optometry, $400 as follows : Compensation and
expenses, $400.
For board of chiropractors, $200 as follows : Compensation
and expenses, $200.
For registration of veterinary surgeons, compensation and
expenses, $100.
For state house department, $45,050 as follows : Salaries and
pay roll, $15,400 ; fuel, $7,000 ; light and power, $5,200 ; water,
$400; telephone operator and switchboard, $2,250; rent of
offices in Patriot building, $9,500; extra labor, $1,500; miscel-
laneous, $1,800; extraordinary repairs, $2,000.
For state library, $19,650 as follows: Salaries, $9,000; main-
1927] CHAPTER 141 167
tenance, $5,500; books, periodicals and binding, $5,000; ex-
penses of trustees, $150.
For public library commission, $7,150 as follows: Salary of
secretary, $2,000; clerical expense, $1,000; incidentals, $950;
printing report, $50; printing bulletin, $350; traveling
libraries, $1,000; institutes, $400; assistant secretary, $1,200;
shipping clerk, $200.
For soldiers' home, $25,000 as follows : Maintenance, $12,000 ;
incidentals, $12,775 ; printing report, $225.
For University of New Hampshire extension work (Smith-
Lever Act), $36,000.
For state hospital, for maintenance, $575,000.
For industrial school, $60,000 as follows: Maintenance,
$55,000 ; special repairs, $5,000.
For state prison, $84,000 as follows: Maintenance, $73,225;
clerical expense, $1,450; incidentals, $5,000; printing report,
$175 ; printing blanks, $150 ; parole officer, $4,000.
For Laconia State School, $150,000 as follows: Maintenance,
$147,500; parole agent, $2,500.
For state sanatorium, $88,000 for maintenance.
For state board of education, $580,000 and in addition the
sums paid into the state treasury as the literary fund, the
forest reserve tax, the per capita tax and the tax on unor-
ganized and other places. Of this appropriation the sum of
$45,000 is to be expended for mothers' aid and its supervision ;
a sum not to exceed $40,000 for salaries of officers and em-
ployees of the state board; a sum not to exceed $355,000 for
equalized state aid ; and the sum of $15,000 for rental of rooms
for students at the normal schools. The state board of edu-
cation shall also receive for disbursement the income of the
normal school dormitories and practice schools and the sums
paid by school districts for the salaries of superintendents
under Public Laws, chapter 117, section 40. In this depart-
ment any balance which may be unexpended in any fiscal year
shall be available for use in the following year.
For interest charges, $72,401.48 as follows: State hospital
bonds, $5,600; war loan, series 1918, $22,500; teachers' in-
stitutes, $2,388.93; Benjamin Thompson fund, $31,887.27; ag-
ricultural college fund, $4,800; Hamilton Smith fund, $400;
Kimball legacy, $270.14; Fiske legacy, $1,055.14; temporary
loans, $3,500.
168 Chapter 142 [1927
For maturing state hospital bonds, $150,000.
For miscellaneous, $6,100 as follows: Military organizations,
$300 ; firemen's relief fund, $4,000 ; Prisoners' Aid Association,
$200; Old Home Week Association, $600; New Hampshire His-
torical Society, $500; Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster
homesteads, $500,
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect July 1, 1927.
Approved April 15, 1927.
CHAPTER 142.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 1929.
Section I Section
1. Appropriations. | 2. Takes eflfect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Appropriations. The sums hereinafter mentioned are
appropriated to be paid out of the treasury of the state for the
purposes specified for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, to
wit:
For the executive department, $91,950 as follows: Salary of
the governor, $4,000; salary of governor's secretary, $2,250;
salary of governor's stenographer, $1,300; governor's secre-
tary's traveling expenses, $200; traveling expenses for gov-
ernor's stenographer, $200; incidentals, $450; printing, $350;
transportation, $700; contingent fund, $1,500; emergency fund
for protection of interests of the state, $75,000; council per
diem and expenses, $6,000.
For secretary of state department, $25,800 as follows : Salary
of secretary, $4,000 ; salary of deputy, $2,700 ; clerical expense,
$5,100; incidentals, $700; printing report, $800; printing
blanks, $250; express and postage, $650; copying ancient
records, $4,000; Australian ballot, $4,500; direct primary,
$3,100.
For treasury department, $18,700 as follows: Salary of the
treasurer, $4,000; salary of deputy, $2,300; clerical expense,
1927] Chapter 142 169
$8,450; incidentals, $1,800; printing blanks, $850; printing re-
port, $800 ; treasurer's and deputy's bonds, $500.
For insurance department, $15,775 as follows: Salary of
commissioner, $3,000; salary of deputy, $1,800; clerical ex-
pense, $4,275; incidentals, $2,200; printing report, $1,300;
printing blanks, $1,000; blue sky law, salary of examiner,
$1,200; miscellaneous, $1,000.
For bank commission, $29,000 as follows: Salary of com-
missioner, $5,000; salary of the deputy, $3,000; salaries of
examiners, $5,500 ; salaries of accountants, $4,000 ; clerical ex-
pense, $3,200; incidentals, $1,000; printing reports, $2,500;
printing blanks, $500; expenses of commissioner, deputies,
examiners and accountants, $4,300.
For state auditing department, $4,300 as follows: Salary of
state auditing accountant, $3,000; travel and office expense,
$1,300.
For public service commission, $42,400 as follows: Salaries
of commissioners, $14,000; experts, clerks and assistants,
$17,000; expenses of commissioners, $700; incidentals and
printing, $4,700; lights and buoys on inland waters and boat
inspection, $6,000.
For tax commission, $23,950 as follows : Salaries of commis-
sioners, $8,000 ; expenses of commissioners, $3,000 ; clerical ex-
pense, $2,850 ; incidentals and printing, $7,000 ; printing report,
$1,400 ; municipal accounting, $1,700.
For purchasing agent's department, $14,450 as follows:
Salary of purchasing agent and clerical expense, $12,400; ex-
penses of purchasing agent, $350 ; incidentals, $1,500 ; printing
report, $200.
For attorney-general's department, $33,550 as follows:
Salary of attorney-general, $4,000; salary of assistant at-
torney-general, $4,000; clerical expense of attorney-general,
$3,500; incidentals, $1,300; printing blanks, $800; traveling ex-
penses, $1,000; copies of wills and records, $3,000; legacy tax
and other litigation, and investigations, $2,500; supplies,
$1,000; clerical expense of the assistant attorney-general,
$6,750; printing report, $700; Vermont boundary, $5,000.
For enforcement prohibitory law, $19,650 as follows : Salary
of commissioner, $3,250; salary of state liquor agent, $2,400;
salaries of deputies and agents, $5,500 ; expenses of deputy and
agents, $5,000; clerical expense, $1,400; incidentals, $500;
170 Chapter 142 [1927
printing blanks, $200; expenses of commissioner, $1,000;
printing report, $400. ,
For supreme court, $43,250 as follows: Salaries of justices,
$32,500; salary of clerk, $500; salary of messenger, $250;
salary of state reporter, $1,800; salarj^ of stenographer for
state reporter, $600; incidentals, including expenses of justices,
printing docket, transportation of state reporter, $4,000; ex-
amination of law students, $600; publication of law reports,
$3,000.
For superior court, $48,000 as follows: Salaries of justices,
$39,000; expenses of justices, $6,500; transportation, $1,750;
incidentals, $750.
For legislature expense, $175,000.
For probate court, $17,600 as follows: Salaries of justices,
Rockingham county, $2,000; Strafford county, $1,800; Belknap
county, $1,500; Carroll county, $1,500; Merrimack county,
$2,000; Hillsborough county, $2,500; Cheshire county, $1,500;
Sullivan county, $1,500; Grafton county, $1,800; Coos county,
$1,500.
For salaries of probate registers and deputies, $20,300 as
follows: Rockingham county register, $2,000; Rockingham
county deputy, $1,000; Strafford county register, $1,800;
Belknap county register, $1,500; Carroll county register,
$1,500; Merrimack county register, $2,000; Merrimack county
deputy, $1,200; Hillsborough county register, $2,000; Hills-
borough county deputy, $800; Cheshire county register,
$1,500; Sullivan county register, $1,500; Grafton county regis-
ter, $2,000; Coos county register, $1,500.
For board of charities and correction, $98,650 as follows:
Salary of secretary, $2,750 ; incidentals, $700 ; printing blanks,
$150; traveling expenses, $1,500; aid of tubercular patients,
$40,000; child welfare work, $7,000; register of the blind,
$11,300; deaf, dumb and blind, support and education, $25,000;
aid of crippled and tubercular children, $3,000 ; John Nesmith
fund, income, $3,700 ; Granite State Deaf Mute Mission, $150 ;
clerical expense, $2,600 ; printing report, $800.
For bureau of labor, $7,600 as follows: Salary of commis-
sioner, $3,000; clerical expense, $1,600; incidentals and travel,
$1,700; printing blanks, $300; expenses of arbitration, $500;
printing report, $500.
For factory inspection, $10,550 as follows: Salaries of in-
1927] Chapter 142 171
spectors, $6,200; clerical expense, $1,200; incidentals and
travel, $3,000; printing blanks, $150.
For free employment bureau, $3,450 as follows: Assistants,
$1,500; clerical expense, $1,400; incidentals and travel, $500;
printing blanks, $50.
For department of weights and measures, $16,175 as fol-
lows: Salary of commissioner, $3,000; salaries of inspectors,
$6,000; traveling expenses, $4,500; incidentals, $700; clerical
expense, $1,375; printing blanks, $200; printing report, $400.
For state publicity board, $35,000.
For department of agriculture, $182,500 as follows: Salary
of commissioner, $3,250; salary of deputy, $2,500; clerical ex-
pense, $3,000; advisory board, $300; incidentals, $500; insti-
tutes and public meetings, $1,500; feeding stuffs inspection,
$4,000; nursery inspection, $500; fertilizer inspection, $2,000;
seed inspection, $1,000; insecticides and fungicides, $200;
licensing milk dealers, $500; moth suppression, $12,500; apple
grading law, $500; bureau of markets, $6,500; Granite State
Dairymen's Association, $1,000; New Hampshire Horticultural
Society, $1,000; New Hampshire Sheep Breeders' Association,
$500; apiary law, $500; dairy inspection, $3,500; printing re-
port, $1,000; advertising at fairs, $1,250; diseases of animals,
$135,000.
For the laboratory of hygiene, $16,200 as follows : Salaries
of two chemists, $5,100; salaries of two bacteriologists, $3,000;
salary of pathologist, $600 ; clerical expense, $2,500 ; in-
cidentals, $3,000 ; printing blanks and bulletins, $2,000.
For the department of vital statistics, $6,050 as follows :
Clerical expense, $2,850; incidentals, $200; printing blanks,
$500 ; printing report, $2,500.
For board of health, $36,938.31 as follows: Salary of secre-
tary, $4,000; clerical expense, $1,800; incidentals, $650; print-
ing blanks, $500; control of venereal diseases, $6,000; tuber-
culosis dispensaries, $3,000; purchase of antitoxin, $2,500;
medico-legal examinations, $500; sanitary inspection, $7,000;
engineer, $1,500; printing report, $1,500; care of maternity
and infancy, $7,988.31.
For adjutant-general's department, $80,175 as follows:
Salary of adjutant-general, $4,000; incidentals, $1,000; print-
ing blanks, $500; officers' uniforms, $1,900; rifle ranges.
172 Chapter 142 [1927
$2,000; state armories, $17,000; national guard, $50,000;
clerical expense, $3,775.
For the forestry department, $76,660 as follows: Salary of
forester, $3,250; field assistants, $2,500; traveling expenses,
$1,000; incidentals, $1,000; printing blanks, $1,200; district
chiefs, $7,500; lookout stations, $10,000; conferences, $1,000;
prevention of fires, $2,000; nursery, $12,960; forest fire bills to
towns, $5,000; reforestation, $2,000; white pine blister rust,
$20,000; forest fire equipment, $1,000; clerical expense,
$5,450 ; printing report, $800.
For bounties, $3,000 as follows: Hedgehogs, $2,500; bears
and grasshoppers, $500.
For department of indexing, $1,850 as follows: Salary,
$1,800; incidentals, $50.
For G. A. R. department, $2,350 as follows : Printing, $300 ;
incidentals, $50 ; burial of soldiers and sailors, $2,000.
For pharmacy commission, $2,410 as follows: Salaries, $750;
clerical expense, $200; incidentals, $600; printing report, $60;
printing blanks, $100 ; salary of inspector, $700.
For state dental board, $400 as follows: Salaries and ex-
penses, $400.
For board of optometry, $400 as follows : Compensation and
expenses, $400,
For board of chiropractors, $200 as follows: Compensation
and expenses, $200.
For registration of veterinary surgeons, compensation and
expenses, $100.
For state house department, $45,050 as follows: Salaries
and pay roll, $15,400; fuel, $7,000; light and power, $5,200;
water, $400 ; telephone operator and switchboard, $2,250 ; rent
of oflfices in Patriot building, $9,500; extra labor, $1,500; mis-
cellaneous, $1,800 ; extraordinary repairs, $2,000.
For state library, $19,650 as follows: Salaries, $9,000; main-
tenance, $5,500; books, periodicals and binding, $5,000; ex-
penses of trustees, $150.
For public library commission, $7,750 as follows: Salary of
secretary, $2,000; clerical expense, $1,200; incidentals, $950;
printing report, $150 ; printing bulletin, $350 ; traveling Hbrary,
$1,000; institutes, $400; assistant secretary, $1,500; shipping
clerk, $200.
For soldiers' home, $25,000 as follows: Maintenance,
$12,000; incidentals, $13,000.
1927] Chapter 142 173
For University of New Hampshire extension work (Smith-
Lever Act), $36,000.
For state hospital, for maintenance, $595,000.
For industrial school, for maintenance, $55,000.
For state prison, $84,000 as follows: Maintenance, $73,225;
clerical expense, $1,450; incidentals, $5,000; printing report,
$175; printing blanks, $150; parole officer, $4,000.
For Laconia State School, $150,000 as follows: Maintenance,
$147,500; parole agent, $2,500.
For state sanatorium, $88,000 for maintenance.
For the state board of education, $580,000 and in addition
the sums paid into the state treasury as the literary fund, the
forest reserve tax, the per capita tax and the tax on un-
organized and other places. Of this appropriation the sum of
$45,000 is to be expended for mothers' aid and its supervision,
a sum not to exceed $40,000 for salaries of officers and em-
ployees of the state board; a sum not to exceed $355,000 for
equalized state aid; and the sum of $15,000 for rental of rooms
for students at the normal schools. The state board of edu-
cation shall also receive for disbursement the income of the
normal school dormitories and practice schools and the sums
paid by school districts for the salaries of superintendents
under Public Laws, chapter 117, section 40. In this depart-
ment any balance which may be unexpended in any fiscal year
shall be available for use in the following year.
For interest charges, $69,776.48 as follows: State hospital
bonds, $2,975; war loan, series 1918, $22,500; teachers' insti-
tutes, $2,388.93; Benjamin Thompson fund, $31,887.27; agri-
cultural college fund, $4,800; Hamilton Smith fund, $400;
Kimball legacy, $270.14; Fiske legacy, $1,055.14; temporary
loans, $3,500.
For miscellaneous, $6,100, as follows: Military organizations,
$300 ; firemen's relief fund, $4,000 ; Prisoners' Aid Association,
$200 ; Old Home Week Association, $600 ; New Hampshire His-
torical Society, $500; Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster
homesteads, $500.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect July 1, 1928.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
174 Chapters 143, 144 [1927
CHAPTER 143.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE
OF INVESTIGATION.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That a special joint committee consisting of two senators
to be appointed by the president of the senate and three rep-
resentatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives shall undertake the following:
(a) Make a thorough survey of the conditions of the
superior court of this state ; ascertain whether or not sufficient
judges are employed to perform the work required; ascertain
whether or not additional judges should be appointed; ascer-
tain whether or not the judges of the superior court of this
state are receiving just compensation for the services
rendered.
(b) Make a survey of the conditions of the supreme court
of this state with a view of establishing whether or not the
judges of this court are receiving just compensation for the
services rendered.
That the committee shall make a report of its findings and
recommendations to the present legislature with a view that
suitable legislation shall be enacted at this session to correct or
adjust any and/or all unfavorable conditions.
That this joint resolution shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 144.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR TO RECEIVE CER-
TAIN FUNDS AS TRUSTEE.
Whereas, it has been duly made known to the proper au-
thorities of this state that the secretary of war of the United
States has in his possession, as trustee, certain moneys known
as "Other Funds" which had been collected for their own use
and benefit by certain national guard organizations that were
broken up as units for or as the result of service in the World
War, and have not been reconstituted ; and
1927] Chapter Ut 175
Whereas, it further appears that the secretary of war, as
trustee, desires to turn over to a substitute trustee, duly au-
thorized by this state, such portion of the said funds as
equitably belongs to the national guard of this state, now
therefoi'e, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the governor is hereby authorized to receive such
funds as trustee, and to distribute them for the benefit of the
national guard of this state, in such manner as his judgment
shall dictate.
[Approved February 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 14.5.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF GUY S. NEAL AND OTHERS.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That Guy S. Neal, sergeant-at-arms of the house, be allowed
the sum of thirteen dollars and fifty cents ; Maurice M. Cass
be allowed the sum of forty dollars; Dana R. Berry be allowed
the sum of forty dollars ; Charles A. Burlington be allowed the
sum of forty dollars ; William Palfrey be allowed the sum of
fifteen dollars; Edgar S. Winslow be allowed the sum of
fifteen dollars; Walter L. Riford be allowed the sum of nine
dollars and fifty cents; Frank M. Ayer be allowed the sum of
nine dollars; Charles E. Wendell be allowed the sum of eight
dollars; Richard W. Walton be allowed the sum of eight dol-
lars ; and John Potts be allowed the sum of sixteen dollars, 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 8, 1927.]
176 Chapters 146, 147 [1927
CHAPTE3H 146.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ASSENTING TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS KNOWN AS PURNELL ACT.
Whereas, the congress of the United States has passed an
act approved by the president, February 24, 1925, entitled "An
act to authorize the more complete endowment of agricultural
experiment stations, and for other purposes" and,
Whereas, it is provided in section 2 of the act aforesaid,
that "the grants of money authorized by this act are made
subject to legislative assent of the several states and terri-
tories to the purpose of said grants," therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the assent of the legislature of the state of New
Hampshire be and is hereby given to the purpose of said
grants,
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
CHAPTER 147.
JOINT RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING A SUM OF NOT EXCEEDING
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500) FOR PROCURING A PORTRAIT
OF GENERAL JOHN G. FOSTER AND PLACING SAME
IN STATE HOUSE.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) or so much
thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated for the purpose
of procuring and placing in the state house at Concord, a
portrait of General John G. Foster, the highest ranking officer
from New Hampshire in the Civil War, the second in command
at Fort Sumter, serving with distinction through the war and
made major general. Said sum to be expended under the
direction of the governor and council, and the governor is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 148, 149 177
CHAPTER 148.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR CO-OPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN THE ESTABLISH-
MENT AND MAINTENANCE OF STREAM FLOW
GAUGING STATIONS.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to
be used and expended under the direction of the public service
commission, with the approval and consent of the governor
and council, for the purpose of co-operating with the United
States Geological Survey in the establishment and main-
tenance 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 development.
A report of the results of this work and recommendations
based thereon, shall be made to the next legislature.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 149.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF WILLIAM LACHANCE.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of one hundred thirty-four dollars and ten
cents ($134,10) be and the same is hereby appropriated to re-
imburse William Lachance of Hinsdale for money expended by
him to replace windows broken by stones thrown out by
passing vehicles during the repairs on the state highway in
said Hinsdale under the direction of the state highway commis-
sioner in the month of June, 1924, and such sum shall be a
charge upon the maintenance fund as provided by sections 10
and 11 of chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
178 Chapters 150, 151 [1927
CHAPTER 150.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A
REFRIGERATING PLANT AT THE STATE HOSPITAL.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) be and
the same is hereby appropriated for the purchase and instal-
lation of a refrigerating plant at the state hospital. The
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrants for said
sum on any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 151.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE CROSS-
ING THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BETWEEN THE TOWN OF
DALTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND THE TOWN OF
LUNENBURG, VERMONT,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars be
and the same is hereby appropriated for the construction of
a bridge across the Connecticut river between the town of
Dalton, New Hampshire, and the town of Lunenburg, Ver-
mont, at a point below the dam of the Oilman Paper Company ;
provided an additional sum sufficient to complete the construc-
tion of said bridge shall be provided from other sources. Said
sum shall be expended under the supervision of the governor
and council, and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his
warrant for the same from the money appropriated for high-
ways.
Chapter 197 of the Laws of 1925 is hereby repealed.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 152, 153, 154 179
CHAPTER 152.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF MARTIN A. KELLEY.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of fifteen dollars be and the same is hereby-
allowed to Martin A. Kelley for necessary expenses incurred in
maintaining- his right to a seat in the house and that the
governor be and hereby is authorized to draw his warrant for
said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 153.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF WILLIAM H. MARA.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of fifteen dollars be and the same is hereby
allowed to William H. Mara for necessary expenses incurred
in maintaining his right to a seat in the house and that the
governor be and hereby is authorized to draw his warrant for
said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 154.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF PETER MAHONEY.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of fifteen dollars be and the same is hereby
allowed to Peter Mahoney for necessary expenses incurred in
maintaining his right to a seat in the house and that the
governor be and hereby is authorized to draw his warrant for
180 Chapters 155, 156 [1927
said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 155.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT NEW
HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of six thousand eight hundred dollars
($6,800) be and the same is hereby appropriated for additions
and improvements at the state prison, as follows : For renew-
ing shafting in shops, five hundred dollars ($500), for wiring
shops for electric service, forty-three hundred dollars
($4,300), for purchase of electric generator, two thousand
dollars ($2,000). The governor is hereby authorized to draw
his warrants for said sums on any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 156.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE STATE PRISON.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars
($3,600) for improvements in the state prison is hereby ap-
propriated as follows : One thousand dollars ($1,000) for new
mattresses for the men's quarters; one thousand dollars
($1,000) for a new roof on a part of the shops; five hundred
dollars ($500) to perfect equipment in identification bureau;
one hundred dollars ($100) to purchase material for pointing
up the walls; five hundred dollars ($500) to purchase lead and
oil for painting outside of prison and administration buildings,
and five hundred dollars ($500) for new furnishings in the
1927] Chapters 157, 158 181
warden's residence ; and the governor is hereby authorized to
draw his warrants for the same out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 157.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM FOR EXPENDITURES IN REBUILDING
A BRIDGE ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE HIGHWAY
OVER THE EXETER RIVER.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of six thousand three hundred seven dollars
and one cent ($6,307.01) be and the same is hereby appro-
priated for the reimbursement to the county of Rockingham
for expenditures in rebuilding a bridge on the New Hampshire
college highway over the Exeter river, and said appropriation
shall be a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided for in
chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 158.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE IN-
FANTRY (IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE, 1916-1919).
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) be and the
same is hereby appropriated to assist the First New Hamp-
shire Infantry (in the federal service, 1916-1919), an or-
ganization of New Hampshire veterans, in the collection of the
records of the individual members of this regiment during the
period 1916-1919, and in the preparation of a regimental his-
tory, and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for
182 Chapters 159, 160 [1927
said appropriation out of any money in the treasury not other-
wise appropriated.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 159.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR AN EMERGENCY FUND FOR
THE ERADICATION OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be and hereby is
appropriated for use by the department of agriculture to meet
an emergency in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis for use
during the period ending June 30, 1927. The governor is
hereby authorized to draw his warrants for the same against
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 160.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF A COM-
MITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ADVISABILITY OF ERECTING
A BUILDING AT THE EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION.
Whereas, the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield,
Massachusetts, is an agricultural and industrial institution or-
ganized under the educational statutes of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts to promote the general economic advance-
ment and welfare of New England, and,
Whereas, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the
State of Maine have already erected permanent exhibition
buildings on the grounds of the said Eastern States Ex-
position at Springfield to present their agricultural, natural
and industrial resources, and,
Whereas, other states of the New England group have well
defined movements under way to take advantage of a similar
opportunity, be it therefore
1927] Chapters 161, 162 183
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the governor be and is hereby authorized to appoint
a special committee of five members representing the agricul-
tural, commercial, educational, industrial and recreational in-
terests of New Hampshire to investigate and report to the
next legislature on a proposal to erect a New Hampshire state
building at said Eastern States Exposition.
[Approved March 29, 1927.]
CHAPTER 161.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A GUARD RAILING ALONG THE
DANGEROUS SECTION OF THE SUGAR LOAF ROAD
IN THE TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) for the year
1927 and a like sum for the year 1928 be and hereby is ap-
propriated for the construction of a standard guard rail, under
section 3, chapter 89 of the Public Laws, along the narrow and
dangerous Sugar Loaf road and the deep water of Newfound
lake in the town of Alexandria. Said sums so appropriated
shall be expended under the direction of the state highway
commissioner and shall be a charge upon the maintenance
fund as provided in chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 162.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMON AT
HAMPTON FALLS.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) be and hereby
is appropriated for the grading and improvement of the com-
184 Chapters 163, 164 [1927
mon at Hampton Falls provided that a like sum be contributed
by the town of Hampton Falls. The said sums contributed by
the state and by the town shall be expended under the direction
of the highway commissioner, and the governor is hereby au-
thorized to draw his warrant for the same out of money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 163.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPART-
MENT TO MAKE INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
CONSTRUCTING A BRIDGE ACROSS THE PISCATAQUA
RIVER, BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF DURHAM
AND NEWINGTON.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the state highway department shall make a study of
the feasibility and practicability of constructing a bridge
across the Piscataqua river at or near the site of the old
Piscataqua bridge, so called, at the eastern terminus of the
First New Hampshire Turnpike between the towns of Durham
and Newington. And it shall make a report of its findings to
the next legislature.
[Approved April 7, 1927.]
CHAPTER 164.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE REPAIR OF THE BLACK WATER RIVER
BRIDGE IN THE TOWN OF SEABROOK.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That a sum equal to one half the cost to repair the bridge
over the Black Water river in the town of Seabrook, but not
to exceed the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500) is
hereby appropriated, upon condition that the town of Sea-
brook shall raise and appropriate the remainder of the sum re-
1927] Chapters 165, 166 185
quired for said purpose; said sum to be expended under the
direction of the highway commissioner, and the governor is
authorized to draw his warrant for the same out of main-
tenance funds designated for use by chapter 84 of the Public
Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 165.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO REIMBURSE THE TOWN OF HANOVER FOR
ONE HALF THE EXPENSE OF REPAIRING THE LEDYARD BRIDGE
ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER IN SAID TOWN.
Whereas the town of Hanover has been at great expense
in repairing the Ledyard bridge across the Connecticut river
in said town in order to take care of existing traffic, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars ($6,000) be
and the same is hereby appropriated to reimburse the town of
Hanover for one half its expense thereof and said appropri-
ation shall be a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided
by chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 166.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE IMPROVE-
MENT OF THE MAIN ROAD LEADING FROM TYNGSBORO,
MASSACHUSETTS, TO HUDSON VILLAGE IN THE
TOWN OF HUDSON, ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE MERRIMACK RIVER.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500) for the
year 1927 and a like sum for the year 1928 be and hereby is
186 Chapters 167, 168 [1927
appropriated, on condition that the town of Hudson appro-
priates the same amount for each of the two years, for the
continuation of the improvement of the main road leading
from Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, to Hudson Village on the
east side of the Merrimack river. Said sums appropriated by
the state and by the town shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the highway commissioner and the sums appropriated
by the state shall be a charge upon the maintenance funds as
provided in chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 167.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF REPAIRING KEARSARGE MOUN-
TAIN ROAD IN THE TOWN OF WILMOT.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) be and the
same is hereby appropriated for the repair of the Kearsarge
Mountain road in the town of Wilmot for the year 1927 and a
like amount for the year 1928. Said sums so appropriated to
be expended under the direction of the state highway com-
missioner, and shall be a charge upon the maintenance fund as
provided under chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 168.
joint resolution FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ROAD LEAD-
ING FROM THE VILLAGE OF RUMNEY TO STINSON LAKE,
IN THE TOWN OF RUMNEY.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the year
1927 and a like sum for the year 1928, be and hereby is ap-
propriated, on condition that the town of Rumney appropriates
one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each of the two years for
1927] Chapters 169, 170 187
the improvement of the road leading from the village of
Rumney to Stinson lake. Said sums appropriated by the state
and by the town shall be expended under the direction of the
highway commissioner and the sums appropriated by the
state shall be a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided
in chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 169.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT OF A
SECTION OP THE MAIN HIGHWAY LEADING FROM WILTON
TO GREENVILLE, FOLLOWING THE SOUHEGAN RIVER VALLEY.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the
year 1927 and a like sum for the year 1928 be and the same is
hereby appropriated for the permanent improvement of a sec-
tion of the main highway leading from Wilton to Greenville,
following the Souhegan river valley, provided that the town of
Wilton appropriates a like amount for each of the two years,
the same to be expended under the direction of the highway
commissioner, and the sums appropriated by the state shall be
a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided by chapter
84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 170.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT OF THE
MAIN HIGHWAY LEADING FROM THE CENTRAL TRUNK
LINE TO THE SUNCOOK-OSSIPEE ROAD IN THE
TOWN OF CHICHESTER.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the year
1927 and a like sum for the year 1928 be and hereby is appro-
priated for the permanent improvement of the main highway
188 Chapters 171, 172 [1927
leading from the Central trunk line, past the Chichester post
office to the Suncook-Ossipee road in the town of Chichester,
provided that the town of Chichester appropriates one
thousand dollars ($1,000) for each of the two years. The said
sums appropriated by the state and town shall be expended
under the direction of the highway commissioner and the sum
appropriated by the state shall be a charge upon the main-
tenance fund as provided by chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 171.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN ROAD IN THE
TOWN OF BROOKFIELD.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of thirty-two hundred dollars ($3,200) be and
hereby is appropriated for the year 1927 and a like sum for
the year 1928 for the improvement of the road in the town of
Brookfield leading from Sanbornville to Wolfeboro, provided
said town of Brookfield shall raise and appropriate the sum of
eight hundred dollars ($800) for each of said years for the
same purpose. Said sums appropriated by the state and by
the town shall be expended under the direction of the highway
commissioner and the sums appropriated by the state shall be
a charge upon the maintenance funds as provided by sections
10, 11 and 12, chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 172.
joint RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONTINUING THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF A HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF LACONIA, AS
PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTER 77, LAWS OF 1925.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of seventeen hundred fifty dollars be appro-
priated by the state upon condition that the city of Laconia
1927] Chapters 173, 174 189
appropriates a like sum for continuing the construction of the
highway in the city of Laconia leading from Oak street to the
Laconia State School. Said highway shall be constructed under
the supervision of the state highway department; said seven-
teen hundred fifty dollars shall be available for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1928, and the said sum appropriated by the
state shall be a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided
by chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 173.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE CONTINUATION AND COMPLETION OF
IMPROVEMENT OF THE MAIN ROAD IN THE TOWN OF
TAMWORTH FROM WHITTIER TO CHOCORUA.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) for the
year 1927, and a like sum for the year 1928, be and the same
is hereby appropriated for the continuation and completion of
the permanent improvement of the main road in the town of
Tamworth, leading from the Ossipee-Meredith road at Whit-
tier to the East Side road at Chocorua, provided that the town
of Tamworth appropriates two thousand dollars ($2,000) for
each of the two years. The said sums to be expended under
the direction of the highway commissioner and the sums ap-
propriated by the state shall be a charge upon the main-
tenance fund as provided by chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 174.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OP THE ARTHUR E.
POOLE MEMORIAL ROAD IN THE TOWN OF JAFFREY,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the year
1927 and a like sum for the year 1928 hereby is appropriated
190 Chapters 175, 176 [1927
for the maintenance of the Arthur E. Poole Memorial road so
called in the town of Jaffrey, said road leading from the Jaf-
frey-Dublin road to the Monadnock State Forest Reservation.
The sums so appropriated shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the state highway commissioner and be a charge upon
the maintenance funds as provided by sections 10 and 11, chap-
ter 84 of the Public Laws. '
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 175.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION OF A
CERTAIN HIGHWAY IN THE TOWN OF JEFFERSON.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of fifty-one hundred dollars be and the same
is hereby appropriated for the permanent construction and
improvement of the road in the town of Jefferson, known as
Cherry Mountain and River road leading from Carroll town
line to the Gorham Hill road so called, near Bowman's, for
each of the years 1927 and 1928, provided said town of Jeffer-
son shall appropriate a like sum for each of the said years.
The said sums shall be expended under the direction of the
highway commissioner and the sums appropriated by the state
shall be a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided by
chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 176.
JOINT RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF A HIGHWAY IN THE TOWNS OF BATH, LANDAFF
AND EASTON.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) be and here-
by is appropriated for the construction of that part of the
highway known as the Lost River road beginning in Swift-
1927] Chapters 177, 178 191
water so called, in the town of Bath where the said Lost River
road joins the highway leading from Swiftwater to Benton
and running from Swiftwater through Bath, Landaff and into
the town of Easton to the present state highway leading from
Lost River to Woodstock, provided that the towns of Bath,
Landaff and Easton appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars ($1,500) to pay for part of the construction of said
highway, apportioned as follows: Landaff $750, Bath $500
and Easton $250. Said sums to be expended under the direc-
tion of the highway commissioner and the sum appropriated
by the state shall be a charge upon the maintenance fund as
provided by chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 177.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE STATE PRISON.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) is hereby
appropriated to make repairs and improvements on the shaft-
ing in the shop at the state prison, and the governor is hereby
authorized to draw his warrant for the same out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The amount so
appropriated shall be immediately available.
[Approved April 12, 1927.]
CHAPTER 178.
JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CALLING OF A CONSTITU-
TIONAL CONVENTION.
Resolved by the Se7iate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the officers of the towns and cities of this state who
are by law required to warn meetings for the election of state
senators shall expressly insert in the warrants calling a meet-
ing for the next election of senators an article which shall
192 Chapters 179, 180 [1927
provide for taking the sense of the qualified voters of the state
on the subject of a revision of the constitution during the
year 1929; and the secretary of state shall so prepare the
ballots which shall be used at said election that an oppor-
tunity shall be given for an expression of the sense of the
voters upon the question.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 179.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN MARY LYON HALL
AT THE PLYMOUTH NORMAL SCHOOL.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) be, and
hereby is, raised and appropriated for the remodeling of dining
room and service departments in Mary Lyon Hall at the nor-
mal school at Plymouth, for the providing of suitable furnish-
ings therefor, and for such alterations of other buildings as
may be necessary thereto ; said sum to be expended under the
direction of the state board of education with the approval of
the governor and council. The governor is hereby authorized
to draw his warrants for said sum on any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 180.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF GEORGE H. ELLIOTT TO REIM-
BURSE HIM FOR EXPENSES ARISING OUT OF AN ACCIDENT
SUFFERED BY HIM WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
HIS DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of five hundred fifty-nine dollars and twenty-
five cents ($559.25) be allowed and paid to George H. Elliott
1927] Chapters 181, 182 193
for expenses arising out of an accident suffered by him while
in the performance of his duties as an employee of the state
highway department on or about August 5, 1925, and that said
sum be made a charge upon the state-aid maintenance fund for
highways.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 181.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ONSLOW ROSS OF TAMWORTH FOR
INJURIES RECEIVED WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS
DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE ON THE HIGHWAY.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700) be allowed
Onslow Ross of Tamworth for injuries received while in the
performance of his duties as an employee on the highway that
was being constructed jointly by the state of New Hampshire
and the town of Tamworth, and that said sum be made a
charge upon the state-aid maintenance fund for highways.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 182.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE
DANIEL WEBSTER BIRTHPLACE IN THE CITY OF FRANKLIN.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be and hereby
is appropriated for the repair and improvement of the build-
ings and improvement of the farm known as the Webster
Birthplace in the city of Franklin and for the maintenance of
the same, 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, 1927.] ■
194 Chapters 183, 184 [1927
CHAPTER 183.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE
DIGEST OF THE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of eleven thousand and five hundred dollars
($11,500) be and hereby is appropriated for the editing and
publication of the Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme
Court, contracted for by the governor and council in 1913 ; and
the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said
sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 184.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGH-
V^AY IN THE TOWNS OF DUMMER AND MILAN.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the town
of Dummer and the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the
town of Milan for the year 1927 and like amounts for the year
1928 be and hereby are appropriated, provided that the towns
of Dummer and Milan, or individuals, shall each appropriate
like sums for each of the said years, to complete the permanent
construction of a section of highway in the towns of Dummer
and Milan, located on the highway leading from the East Side
road at Pontook Falls, in the town of Dummer, tO West Milan,
in the town of Milan. Said section is a cut-off beginning at a
point about two thousand feet from the so-called East Side
road and extending approximately eight thousand five hundred
feet through the woods on the south of the old highway and
coming into the old highway about two hundred feet from the
road to Milan Village. The said sums appropriated by the
state and said towns, or individuals, shall be expended under
the direction of the highway commissioner, it being understood
1927] Chapters 185, 186 195
that the towns of Dummer and Milan have laid out said high-
way and have assumed all land damages, and the sums appro-
priated by the state shall be a charge upon the maintenance
fund as provided by chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 13, 1927.]
CHAPTER 185.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CANDIA ROAD
LEADING FROM CANDIA LINE TO DEERFIELD SOUTH ROAD
IN THE TOWN OF DEERFIELD.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the year
1927 and a like sum for the year 1928 be and hereby is appro-
priated on condition the town of Deerfield appropriates five
hundred dollars ($500) for each of the two years for the im-
provement of the Candia road, so called, leading from Candia
line to Deerfield South road in the town of Deerfield. Said
sums appropriated by the state and by the town shall be ex-
pended under the direction of the highway commissioner and
the sums appropriated by the state shall be a charge upon the
maintenance funds as provided by chapter 84 of the Public
Laws.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 186.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT OF THE
ROAD IN MEREDITH LEADING FROM NEW HAMPTON LINE
TO MEREDITH.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the
year 1927 be and hereby is appropriated for the permanent
construction and improvement of the road in the town of
Meredith leading from the New Hampton line to Meredith, by
196 Chapter 187 [1927
Wicwas House to left, down shore of Waukewan lake, out
Waukewan street to Daniel Webster Highway, Main street, in
Meredith, provided that the town of Meredith shall appro-
priate a like amount. The sums appropriated by the state and
by the town shall be expended under the direction of the high-
way commissioner, and the sum appropriated by the state shall
be a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided under
chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 187.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN AID OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE VETERANS'
ASSOCIATION.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of two thousand dollars be and hereby is ap-
propriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and the
same amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for the
purpose of paying for the upkeep and maintenance of the
grounds and buildings on the property of said New Hampshire
Veterans' Association at The Weirs, said appropriation 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 said
sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 188, 189 197
CHAPTER 188.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR RECONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS AND IM-
PROVEMENTS AT THE STATE HOSPITAL.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Re'presentatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000)
be and the same is hereby appropriated for reconstruction, ad-
ditions and improvements at the state hospital as follows : To
reimburse the maintenance account for money expended in
resetting the east battery of boilers in the heating plant, fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000) ; to purchase and install machinery
for use in the laundry, twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) . The
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrants for said
sums on any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 189.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE
SANATORIUM.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of eight thousand one hundred dollars
($8,100) be and the same is hereby appropriated for the New
Hampshire State Sanatorium, to be expended, under the
direction of the trustees of said institution, in accord with
plans and specifications to be approved by the governor and
council for the following purposes : The sum of not exceeding
six thousand dollars ($6,000) for changing the steam system
and resetting boilers; the sum of not exceeding twenty-one
hundred dollars ($2,100) for the purchase of the French
Place, so called. The governor is hereby authorized to draw
his warrant for said sums.
That the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) be and
hereby is appropriated for the improvement of the highway
leading from Glenclifi" station to the New Hampshire State
Sanatorium, said sum so appropriated shall be expended under
198 Chapters 190, 191 [1927
the direction of the highway commissioner and shall be a
charge upon the maintenance fund as provided by chapter 84
of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 190.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE
SANATORIUM.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the following sum amounting to ten thousand dollars
($10,000) be and hereby is appropriated for the New Hamp-
shire State Sanatorium, to be expended in accordance with
plans and specifications to be approved by the governor and
council ; said sums to be expended under the direction of the
trustees of said institution for the construction and furnishing
of a house for the superintendent of said institution. The
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said
sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 191.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GIRLS' COTTAGE
AT THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of $50,000 be and the same is hereby appro-
priated for the construction of a girls' cottage at the Industrial
School at Manchester. The governor and council are hereby
authorized to contract for said construction and the governor
is authorized to draw his warrant for the same out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The trus-
tees of the Industrial School with the approval of the governor
and council, are authorized to equip and furnish said cottage
1927] Chapter 191 199
out of any funds that may be available for that purpose in the
treasury to the credit of the Industrial School.
The governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the state treasurer is
hereby authorized under the direction of the governor and
council, to borrow, upon the credit of the state, such further
sums or the whole (not exceeding in all fifty thousand dollars) ,
as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this resolu-
tion, and, for that purpose, may issue bonds or notes in the
name and on behalf of the state, at the lowest rate of interest
obtainable, in such form and in such denominations, and at
such time or times as the governor and council may determine.
Such bonds shall be designated New Hampshire Industrial
School Bonds and shall be signed by the treasurer and coun-
tersigned by the governor and shall be deemed a pledge of the
faith and credit of the state. The secretary of state shall keep
an account of all such bonds and notes countersigned by the
governor showing the number and amount of each bond or
note, the time of countersigning, the time when payable, and
the date of delivery to the state treasurer. The treasurer shall
keep an account of each bond and 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 by direction of the governor and council, in such manner
as they may determine to be most advantageous to the state,
but no bonds shall be sold for less than their par value.
The governor shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer
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.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
200 Chapter 192 [1927
CHAPTER 192.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF
AN ARMORY IN THE CITY OF LACONIA.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) be and
the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of construct-
ing and equipping an armory in the city of Laconia ; provided
that said city deed to the state of New Hampshire a suitable
site therefor. The governor, one member of the council to be
named by the governor, and the adjutant-general are hereby
authorized to approve said site and make all necessary con-
tracts for plans of construction for the completion and equip-
ment of said armory, said sum to be expended under their
direction.
The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant on any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the state treasurer
is hereby authorized under the direction of the governor and
council, to borrow, upon the credit of the state, such further
sums or the whole (not exceeding in all sixty thousand
dollars), as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of
this resolution, and, for that purpose, may issue bonds or notes
in the name and on behalf of the state, at the lowest rate of
interest obtainable, in such form and in such denominations,
and at such time or times as the governor and council may
determine. Such bonds shall be designated Laconia New
Hampshire Armory Bonds and shall be signed by the treasurer
and countersigned by the governor and shall be deemed a
pledge of the faith and credit of the state. The secretary of
state shall keep an account of all such bonds and notes counter-
signed by the governor, showing the number and amount of
each bond or note, the time of countersigning, the time when
payable, and the date of delivery to the state treasurer. The
treasurer shall keep an account of each bond and 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 by direction of the governor and council, in such
manner as they may determine to be most advantageous to
1927] Chapters 193, 194 201
the state, but no bonds shall be sold for less than their par
value.
The governor shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer
for the amounts that may be or become due from time to time
under the contracts.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 193.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE COMPLETION OF A ROAD LEADING
THROUGH MADISON TO THE ALBANY TOWN LINE.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the
year 1927 be and hereby is appropriated on condition that the
town of Madison appropriates one thousand dollars ($1,000)
for the completion of the road leading through Madison to the
Albany town line. Said sums appropriated by the state and
by the town shall be expended under the direction of the high-
way commissioner and the sums appropriated by the state
shall be a charge upon the maintenance funds as provided by
chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 194.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE RECONDITIONING OF A FARM TO
MARKET HIGHWAY IN THE TOWN OF HARRINGTON.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars be and hereby
is appropriated for the year 1927 to assist in reconditioning
that portion of the highway leading from the state central
highway at the Hale Place, so called, in the town of Barring-
ton, to the Rochester town line, provided the town of Bar-
rington shall appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars,
said sums to be expended under the direction of the highway
202 Chapters 195, 196 [1927
commissioner. And the sum so appropriated by the state shall
be a charge upon the maintenance fund as provided under
chapter 84 of the Public Laws.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 195.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF FREDERICK SOUCISE OF KEENE.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of sixty dollars be and hereby is appropriated
to pay Frederick Soucise, of Keene for injuries sustained
while serving in the New Hampshire National Guard on Sep-
tember 12, 1924, 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 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 196.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JEREMIAH B. HEALY, JR.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of fifteen dollars be and the same is hereby
allowed to Jeremiah B. Healy, Jr. for necessary expenses in-
curred in maintaining his right to a seat in the house and that
the governor be and hereby is authorized to draw his warrant
for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 197, 198, 199 203
CHAPTER 197.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ANDREW 0. MORIN.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars
($125) be and the same hereby is allowed to Andrew 0. Morin
for necessary expenses incurred in trying to sustain his right
to a seat in the house of representatives, and that the governor
be and hereby is authorized to draw his warrant for said sum
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 198.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ARTHUR H. WIGGIN.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125)
be paid to Arthur H. Wiggin for expenses incurred in main-
taining his seat in the house of representatives, and that the
governor be authorized to draw his warrant for said amount
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 199.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE PLACING OF MARKERS
AND TABLETS UPON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BENNINGTON
AND SARATOGA.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the sum of two thousand dollars be and the same
hereby is appropriated for the purpose of placing upon the
battlefields of Bennington and Saratoga suitable markers and
tablets commemorating the record of the New Hampshire
204 Chapter 200 [1927
troops in these important and decisive engagements, and the
governor is authorized, with the consent of the council, to ap-
point a suitable commission, who shall serve without pay
except their reasonable expenses, to procure designs and in-
scriptions and provide for the erection of the same with the
approval of the governor and council, and the governor is
authorized to draw his warrant for the same out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 200.
JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD.
Whereas complaint is made that the service and policies of
the Boston and Maine Railroad are or may become inconsis-
tent with the interest and welfare of the state ;
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the public service commission be authorized and
directed to make immediate inquiry as to the reasonableness
of the service now furnished by said railroad and as to the
probable future policy or policies of such railroad in providing
transportation.
And if upon such inquiry or at any time before the next
session of the legislature the public service commission should
become convinced that further investigation is necessary for
the protection of the state's interests, it is further resolved
that the commission be authorized and directed to investigate
as fully as it deems necessary all questions pertinent to the
proper performance of the railroad's duty of transportation
throughout the state ; and that to make such investigation the
commission be empowered to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses and to require the production of books and papers and
to employ all necessary assistance.
In case any of the existing operations or future plans of the
railroad shall be found contrary to law or unreasonably preju-
dicial to the interests of the state and the same are beyond the
jurisdiction of said commission to control or restrain, it is
1927] Chapter 201 205
further resolved that the governor and council upon report of
the facts by the commission be authorized and directed by the
employment of counsel and all other lawful means to defend
and protect the interests and rights of the state before any tri-
bunal having jurisdiction of the controversy.
Resolved also that, upon completion of the preliminary in-
quiry above provided for, the commission report their findings
therein to the legislature if then in session, otherwise to the
governor and council.
It is also further resolved that the sum of fifteen thousand
dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary be and hereby
is appropriated to meet the expense of the aforesaid inquiry,
investigation and defense of the state's interests ; and that to
meet such expenditure the governor be authorized to draw his
warrant upon the treasury therefor out of any money not
otherwise appropriated.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 201.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A RECESS COMMISSION TO
STUDY THE GENERAL SUBJECT OF TAX REVISION.
Whereas the report of the special commission on bank
taxation indicates that that subject requires some modifica-
tions in the tax laws of the state ; and
Whereas there is a widespread belief that the present com-
bination of tangible property taxes is unduly burdensome to
the farmer, the householder and some of the state's essential
industries, and that a way should be found of distributing the
tax burden more equitably and in a manner better calculated to
promote the general welfare, but it is impracticable to deter-
mine the necessity and advisability of important changes in
the state's system of taxation during the present legislative
session; now therefore
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
That the governor, with the advice and consent of the
council, is hereby authorized and directed to appoint nine com-
petent persons to constitute a commission for study and analy-
206 Chapter 202 [1927
sis of the general subject of state and municipal taxation,
which commission shall report to the next legislature its find-
ings and recommendations with respect to the expediency of
revising or amending the existing tax laws or any part there-
of, together with drafts of any bills whose enactment it may
recommend. Such commission shall, as far as practicable, be
so composed as to give due representation to the difi'erent sec-
tions of the state and the different classes of taxpayers. The
members of such commission shall serve without compensa-
tion but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses, and the
commission shall have power to employ any necessary legal,
expert, clerical and stenographic assistance, the accounts
therefor to be approved by the governor and council. A sum,
not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars is hereby appro-
priated to carry into effect the provisions hereof and the gov-
ernor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant therefor.
Be it further resolved, that the governor, with the advice
and consent of the council, is hereby authorized and directed to
appoint three competent persons to constitute a commission to
consider and report to the next legislature upon the advisabil-
ity and feasibility of consolidating or abolishing some of the
departments of state government.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 202.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF GUY S. NEAL AND OTHERS.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
That Guy S. Neal, sergeant-at-arms and Frank M. Ayer,
sergeant-at-arms, be allowed the sum of $396 each; that F.
Earl Thayer, custodian, be allowed the sum of $352 ; that Cam-
eron M. Empey, Ralph E. Lufkin, W. N. Plummer, Arthur A.
Tilton, Raymond B. Lakeman, doorkeepers, be allowed the sum
of $352 each; that Edwin P. Jones, warden, be allowed the
sum of $352; that Frank B. Smart, assistant warden, be al-
lowed the sum of $352 ; that Arthur E. Thompson, Patrick E.
Ryan, Amos A. Phelps, Charles E. Wendell, Robert Davis,
Rae S. Laraba, Frank F. Fernald, messengers, be allowed the
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sum of $352 each ; that Kenneth F. Magoon, Paul Wyman, Eli
Langlois, Howard M. Palfrey, Cyril J. Fretwell, pages, be al-
lowed the sum of $220 each; that Harry H. Prey, speaker's
page, be allow^ed the sum of $264 ; that Harrie M. Young and
Norris H. Cotton, clerk of the house and senate, respectively,
be allowed the sum of $300 each; that Howard H. Hamlin and
Benjamin F. Greer, Jr., assistant clerk of the house and
senate, respectively, be allowed the sum of $300 each; that
Francis P. Daniels, chaplain, be allowed the sum of $352 ; that
Elizabeth H. Sanborn, house stenographer, be allowed the sum
of $712 ; that Bessie A. Callaghan, senate stenographer, be al-
lowed the sum of $712 ; that Marion H. Colby, stenographer,
be allowed the sum of $478.50 ; that Alice V. Flanders, stenog-
rapher, be allowed the sum of $522 ; that Frances C. Barnard,
stenographer, be allowed the sum of $478.50; that Ula M.
Blake, stenographer, be allowed the sum of $391.50; that
Mabel E. Shaw be allowed the sum of $391.50 ; that Evelyn S.
Conway, stenographer, be allowed the sum of $478.50; that
Helen M. Young, stenographer, be allowed the sum of $18 ; that
N. C. Nelson be allowed the sum of $6 ; that Robert W. B^^'own
(Agent), rental, be allowed the sum of $100; that Merrimack
Realty Company be allowed the sum of $186 ; that the State
House Department be allowed the sum of $660 ; that the Con-
cord Evening Telegram be allowed the sum of $159,22; that
the Monitor Patriot be allowed the sum of $376.72; that the
Union-Leader Publishing Company be allowed the sum of
$708.05; that the Sentinel Printing Company be allowed the
sum of $7.36; that the Portsmouth Herald Company be
allowed the sum of $6; that the Bektash Temple be allowed
the sum of $52.50; that Edson C. Eastman Company be al-
lowed the sum of $695.65 ; that Guy S. Neal be allowed the sum
of $1.20; that the Concord Wiring and Supply Company be
allowed the sum of $16.32 ; that Hobart Pillsbury, secretary
of state, be allowed the sum of $192.88 ; that the Berlin Re-
porter be allowed the sum of $.75 ; that the Nashua Telegraph
be allowed the sum of $5.16 ; that the Foster Daily Democrat
be allowed the sum of $10.32; that the Checker Cab Company
be allowed the sum of $17.50; that Frank M. Ayer be allowed
the sum of $25 ; that the Edson C. Eastman Company be al-
lowed the sum of $72.95.
[Approved April 15,1927.]
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CHAPTER 203.
NAMES CHANGED.
From January, 1925, to January, 1927, the registers of pro-
bate returned to the secretary of state the following changes
of names made by the probate court :
Rockingham County — John P. Currier to John P. Wheeler;
Margaret E. Currier to Margaret E. Wheeler; Dorothy C.
Stickeny to Dorothy Carter; Vera 0. Wade to Vera O. East-
man; Roy Herbert Perkins to Roy Herbert Cutting; Theodore
Politopoulos to Theodore N. Pullos; Jemeely Peter Sarkise to
Jemeely Peter Hashim; Peter Sarkise to Peter Sarkise
Hashim ; Abbie E. Cate to Abbie E. Hartford ; Joseph W. Ka-
linsky to Joseph W. Kalens ; Ellen F. McDonough to Ellen F.
Wilson; George Carl Brassard to George Carl Price; Perley
C. Osborn to Perley C. Warden; Sadie M. Olson to Sadie M.
Levesque; Jeannette E. Zimmerman to Jeannette E. Saylor;
Frank Demarski to Frank Herman Schultz; Lillian Mary De-
marski to Lillian Mary Schultz; Frederick Edward Ham to
Frederick Edward Pike ; John Sidebottom to John Joseph Burk-
hardt; William Edgar Strickland to William Edgar Welch;
Marion R. Corthell to Marion Corthell Brown; Albert Sumner
Eastman to Robert Deane Eastman ; Lester William Newell to
Lester William White ; Flora M. Noyes to Flora May Gleason ;
Burton Jenness Caswell to Junior Caswell Bartlett ; Muriel Ar-
lene Caswell to Muriel Arlene Bartlett; Barbara May Hussey
to Barbara May Duke ; Mary Pratt to Mary Waterhouse ; Mary
Edith Rice to Mary Edith Pike; Octavia Durette to Octavia
Beaudet ; William Powers to Miles Herbert Maltby, Jr. ; Arthur
M. Coleman to Arthur Coleman Sherburne; Ralph E. Goad to
Ralph E. Huddell; Norma A. Goad to Norma A., Huddell;
Joseph Ovide Chapdelaine to Joseph Ovide Belanger; Lillian
Adeline Manning to Ruby May Otis.
Strafford County — Vivian G. Gregoire to Vivian G. Bickf ord ;
Helen Palardy to Beulah Ellen Locke; Harold Franklin Dorr
to Harold Franklin Roberts; Peter Pappas to Peter Adamo-
poulos ; Rita Millette to Bettey W. Nutter ; Sadie Helen Brown
to Helen Louise Scott ; Russell Theodore Ham to Theodore Rus-
sell Therrien ; Mescal Louise Shupe to Mescal Louise Robinson ;
James Warrington Bryson to James Rowland Bryson ; Barbara
Palm to Barbara Ruth Nason; Mathias Christopoulos to
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Mathias Brown ; Katherine Christopoulos to Katherine Brown ;
Bernice Brown to Bernice Bassett; Lester Gordon Stickney to
Lester Irving' Piper; Rachel Louise Rowe to Rachel Martha
Shaw; Dora Andreanopoulos to Dora Papageorge; Florence 0.
Perkins to Martha Florence Osborne ; Mary E. Burley to Mary
E. Sterling; Eugene Driscoll to Eugene Mclntire; Marylon Ar-
lena Harrell to Marylon Arlena Twombly.
Belknap County — Ola M. London to Ola M. Ash; Ernest
Grant to Robert Stuart Foster (adpt.) ; Kenneth Grant to Ken-
neth James Foster (adpt.) ; Meredith Everett Chase to Fred-
erick James Terrill (adpt.) ; Florence L. Baxter to Florence
Baxter Rowe ; NelHe May Lessard to Nelhe May Skinner ; Wil-
liam H. Haskell to Edward William Fogg (adpt.) ; Norma
Bowlby to Norma Trowbridge (adpt.) ; Christine Louise Coffin
to Christine Louise Sanborn (adpt.) ; Bernice Delphia Therrian
to Bernice Delphia Eryou ; Howard Robert Macintosh to How-
ard Robert Lyman (adpt.) ; Eleanor Bailey to Eleanor B.
Shepard; Robert Densmore to Robert Densmore Smith (adpt.) ;
John Turgeon to Lionel Corno (adpt.) ; Ethel F. King to Ethel
King Cross; Willard Aulcott Snow to Willard Aulcott Jessup
(adpt.) ; Guennlyn Weeks Smith to Guennlyn Simpson (adpt.) ;
Charlotte May Ford to Charlotte May McLane (adpt.) ; Dorene
Evelyn Chase to Dorene Evelyn Batchelder (adpt.) ; Charlie
Nicholas Peter to George Nicholas Peter; Joan Eastman to
Dorothy Joan Fields (adpt.).
Carroll County — Frances Avery to Frances Thurston ; Filene
M. Eastman to Filene M. Moody; Warner to Arline
Ruth Bodge ; Olive Margary Stetson to Olive Margary Merrill.
Merrimack County — Alvin Bachelder Edmunds to Alvin
Craig Edmunds ; Peter John to Peter Kreshpani ; John Gunnion
to Melvin Heartz; Florence M. Corriveau to Florence M. Le-
roux; Marion Baratelli to Marion Baratelli Lancisi; Sylvia
Dennerly to Lillian Brown; Doris L. Mozroll to Doris L. Cur-
rier; Addie Maria Dearborn to Dorothy Adelaide Dearborn;
Zelma Cleola Smith to Zelma Cleola Baillie; Eva Mae Haines
to Evelyn Mae Haines ; Mildred L. Randall to Jean Laska Ran-
dall ; James Pano Anastas to Gure Pano ; Ella Augusta Holmes
to Helen Eastman Holmes; Laura Kathleen Johnson to Laura
Kathleen Porter; Clara I. Brown to Clara I. Tuttle; Carrie V.
Osgood to Carrie V. Willard; Esther S. Nelson to Esther S.
Eastman ; Dorothy Fay Woods to Dorothy Fay Fosberg ; Cath-
210 Chapter 203 [1927
erine Quimby to Catherine Quimby Taylor; Eugene Guevin to
Joseph Wilfred Robert Raymond; Charlotte Mary Lashua to
Charlotte Mary Daniell; DeHna Duvernay to Mary Dorothy
Delina Raymond ; Gertrude M. Sanborn to Evelyn M. Vadney ;
Hazel Ellen Sanborn to Hazel Ellen Lessard ; Phyhs Mae Prince
to Phylis Mae Cross; Constance Louise Hazelton to Constance
Louise Hill; Henry M. Bessette, Jr. to Henry Thorp Corson;
Helen Irene Black to Agnes Irene Cheney; Florence Elizabeth
Clarke to Florence Elizabeth Grant; Kathleen Mackay to
Sarah Elizabeth Weed ; Irene Mary Foskett to Irene Foskett
Fowler; Constance Riel to Constance Riel Poliquin; William
Place to John Brenton Bare; Donald Robert Bird to Duane
Bruce Rockwell ; Hazel Lillian Madeline Tibbetts to Hazel Lil-
lian Madeline McClintock; Margaret Fitzgerald to Sherlie
Burt Brown; James Edward Venette to Paul Parker Metcalf ;
Joseph Raymond Bonin to Raymond Ordway; Ralph George
Nokes to Ralph George Gallagher; Knowlton to Fay
Knowlton ; Roger Donald Knapp to Robert Daniel Caverly ;
Rose Labrecque to Laura Frances Murphy.
Hillsborough County — Robert E. Chagnon to Robert E.
Cleary ; Phyllis May Dunbar to Muriel Hazel Goodwin ; William
Dewey to William M. Stratton; Phrosene Siomas to Phrosene
Bitos; Henry Armond to Henry Armond Belisle; Lillian Bun-
ton to Lillian Whitehead; Demetrius Hatzigoga to Demetrius
Arthur Koutsonikas ; George Crosby to Robert Charles Larmy ;
Joseph Arthur to Joseph Arthur Cronin; William H. Connor
to William H. Northrup; Paul Cross Kidder to Paul Cross;
Muriel Anne Hodgman to Harriet Florence Ames ; Lillian Ger-
trude Morton to Lillian Morton Haselton ; Agnes Rose to Agnes
Rose Juneau ; Pauline M. Russell to Pauline L. Fontaine ; Mary
P. Fortin to Mary H. Sheldon ; Paul Schellinger to Paul David
Cochran; Marguerite Therese Soucy to Theresa Fournier;
Gloria Mitchell to Gloria Belisle ; George Alfred Leavitt to
George Alfred DeMontigny; Paul Eugene Leavitt to Paul
Eugene DeMontigny; Glenna Juanita Haselton to Barbara
Helen Patch ; Beulah A. Staples to Elaine Boulton ; Harry Fer-
guson to Barr Smith ; Efthemios A. Kassraras to Ef themios A.
Adamopoulos; Beatrice Owens to Beatrice Owens Menter;
Lawrence E, Avery to Lawrence Avery Hawkins ; Lillian Ga-
briel to Lillian Gabriel Moritts; June Maden Estes to June
Maden Carrier; John Leslie Estes to John Leslie Carrier;
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Emma Blanchard to Emma Woodard ; Fred G. Scott to Edward
Frederick Schroeder ; Everett William Lyon to Everett William
Linscott; Ralph Warren to Ralph Warren Strong; Robert
Daniel Peach to Robert Daniel Atkinson ; Paul Gerald Gogas to
Paul Gerald Fletcher; Ernest James Gogas to Ernest James
Fletcher; Ethel Grace Gordon to Marie Caroline Prud'homme;
Ruth Joyce Fisher to Ruth Joyce Seaver; Eileen Goodwin to
Rosalie Laflotte; Dorothy Belle Peach to Dorothy Belle Dun-
can ; William Frank Peach to Arthur William Duncan ; Dorothy
E, Grant to Dorothy Grant Young; Edward Albert Smith to
Edward Albert Hock; Constance Ide to Constance Brailey;
Bernice Hardy to Bernice Elizabeth Greene; David J. Hum-
phrey to Arthur Lemuel Whitney; Marie Margaret Duffy to
Marie Margaret Farrell; Alfred Couture to Alfred Miller;
Evelyn May Griffith to Evelyn Mabel Aldridge ; Vernon Howard
Chase to Vernon Howard Baker; Josephine Merrill to Jose-
phine Stratton; John F. Pratt to John F. Sheehan; Louise
Rhoades to Louise Ellingsworth ; Joseph Eugene Landry to
Joseph Eugene Boisvert; John Kubiszyn to John Joseph
Kerby; Leith Darwin Manning to Leith Darwin Gerrish;
Edith Soulakiotis to Edith Otis; George Soulakiotis to George
Otis; Alexander Joseph Simon to Alexander Simon Malouf;
Helen G. Atherton to Helen F. Greeley; Oliva Boisvert to Oli-
ver J. Boisvert; Bridget A. Shea to Bridget A. Blake; Hazel
May Dowling to Hazel May Little ; Bessie Lue Cottrell to Bes-
sie Lue Cleveland ; Darila Basil Dupuis to Fred Dupuis ; Luella
M, Flagg to Doris M. Flagg ; Iva F. Lenz to Iva F. Jennings ;
Dionysios D. Grimoutes to Daniel D. Grimes; Paraskeve Ma-
nouras to Paraskeve Coustas ; Gertrude Frances Marsh to Ger-
trude Frances Towne ; Clara Belle Eaton to Clara Belle Rowell ;
Margaret E. Hamblett to Margaret E. Davis; Charles Irving
Harvey to Charles Irving Pentland ; Dikran Harry Manissad-
jian to Dicran Harry Manis; Margaret Swart to Margaret Bea-
son Swart; Elizabeth McQuesten to Elizabeth Swart McQues-
ten; William Lebel to William Cameron; Albert Starrett to
Thomas Robert Starrett; Toivo Edward Liimatainen to Toivo
Edward Layman; Kalle Liimatainen to Charles Layman;
Michael Akstulewiz to Michael Akstull; Edward P. York to
Olio P. York.
Cheshire County — Harold Lloyd Hayes to Harold Francis
Peterson; Catherine Orr Bixby to Catherine Orr Sweeney;
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Jennie L. Bowen to Jennie L. Wheeler; Llewellyn Harrington
to Llewellyn LaPage ; Alice May Watson to Alice May Barker ;
Roger Oilman Wheeler to John Wilson Wheeler; Melvin Ber-
nard Tyo to Wallace Elwin Tyo; Dorothy Louise Shufelt to
Dorothy Louise Johnson ; Amos Fontaine Eola to Arthur Amos
Parttinaa ; Christine Parker Clark to Christine Gladys Parker ;
Addie E, Church to Addie E. Chadwick; James Hayward
Batchelder to Peter Hayward Batchelder ; Luigi Barbarossa to
Luigi Barbarossa Quintillio; Tulio Barbarossa to Tulio Bar-
barossa Quintillio ; Palmina Barbarossa to Palmina Barbarossa
Quintillio ; Angelo Barbarossa to Angelo Barbarossa Quintillio ;
Delia Louise Heard to Delia Louise Crafts; Harold W. Brown
to Fred A. Prescott; Hillgard June MacLean to Harriet June
Prescott ; Charles Henry Jelley to Charles Henry Curtis ; Ruth
Murray to Ruth Harris ; Florence Lillian Richardson to Gladys
Lillian Lewis ; Ilene Erva Merrill to Ilene Erva Pasno ; Beatrice
Eliza Stone to Beatrice Ehza Wixson ; NelHe M. Blazo to Nellie
M. Cunningham; Irene Campbell to Lilhan Irene Rollinson;
Ethel Gertrude Holcomb to Josephine Helen Holcomb; Horace
Joseph Holcomb to Joseph Horace Holcomb; Francis Temple
Tweedy James to Alexander Robertson James ; Elsie Shelley to
Elsie M. McCoy.
Sullivan County — Richard Arthur Gordan to Richard Arthur
Howe; Priscilla Hope Aldworth to Idella Marie Martin; Hilda
M. Roys or Royce to Hilda M. Wallace ; George Louis Hamel to
George Louis Franco ; Martha Miller to Martha Miller Zeriadki ;
Ernest C. Gonyea to Raymond Edmund Lamare.
Grafton County — Clarence Rodney Ashford to Clarence Rod-
ney Daniels ; Alice F. Banfill to Alice F. Fellows ; Mary B. Bel-
ford to Mary B. Cordon ; Alfa May Brackett to Alfa Brackett
Guyer; Preston Clark to Gordon Benjamin Willis; Lorraine E.
Dimick to Lyle Elizabeth Welch ; Ella M. Dodge to Ella M. Sil-
ver ; Sylvia Eunice Dustin to Sylvia Eunice Dustin ; Raymond
Edmund Fillion to Raymond Edmund Fillion ; Maxine Fournier
to Maxine Fournier; Marjorie V. Howland to Marjorie V. Paro;
Bertha G. King to Bertha G. Smith ; Nina Berl LaBelle to Nina
Bell Killam; Sylvia Marcroft to Sylvia Warner; Raymond C.
Paige to Raymond C. Williams; Robert Arthur Paige to Robert
Arthur Williams ; Emile Paquett to Joseph P. Paquett ; Helen
M. Valia to Helen Marr Sulloway; Roderick Pike Whiting to
Roderick WilUam Ewen; Una Marion Abbott to Una Marion
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Abbott; Eva Brown to Eva Elizabeth O'Connor; Richard A.
Burpee to Richard A. Bowles; Ethel May Brown to Grace
Elizabeth Casteels ; Patricia C. Gilpatric to Patricia C. Jenness ;
Donald R. Jordan to Donald R. Jordon; Reginald Chase Leach
to Reginald Chase Corey; Norma Mitton to Norma Mitton
Flodin; Claudia Mitton to Claudia Mitton Flodin; Theresa
Parent to Theresa Parent; Curtis Wright to Curtis Wicker-
sham Wright ; Violet Wright to Violet Bundy.
Coos County — John Walter Hynes to Walter John Hynes;
Albert Lidstone to Albert Powers; Mary Louise Chapman to
Rachel Louise Barbour; Stewart Albert Hamilton to Raymond
Perreault; Frances May Gall to Frances May Hayes; Ellen
Florence Thomas to Ellen Florence McCarthy; Emile Richard
to Richard Lambert; Joseph Leopold Levesque to Thomas
Leopold Levesque; Kedah G. Small to Kedah G. Evans; Doro-
thy R. Dutton to Dorothy R. Cotnoir ; Victor Demers to Victor
Miller ; Marion Boyce to Marion Mansfield ; Child of Dorothy
L. Gale to Helen Ruth Carter; Frances Violet Bryan to Fran-
ces Violet Noyes ; Barbara Warfield to Barbara Willis ; Poisson
Antonia to Antonia Dussault ; David Haynes to David Haynes
Crockett; George L. Knapp to George L. Hilliard; John War-
ren Crowley to John Warren Halloway; Bertha R. Keough to
Bertha R. Trask; Theresa Boisvert to Pauline Hamel ; John
Henry Roberts to John Powell ; Bernard Lynaugh to Bernard
Wilson.
From January, 1925, to January, 1927, the registers of pro-
bate returned to the secretary of state the following changes
of names made by the superior court in divorce proceedings :
Rockingham County — Victoria M. Morris to Victoria M.
Moody; Mildred G. Goodrich to Julia A. Davidson; Mary A.
Houde to Mary A. Ryan ; Florence E. Blair to Florence E.
Hartford; Eva M. Johnson to Eva M. Erickson; Gladys L
Chase to Gladys I. Hoolock; Alice Enire to Ahce M. Bobbins;
Louise D. Henderson to Louise D. Annis; Bernice M. Horton
to Bernice M. Mason ; Frances E. DeVeau Pevear to Frances E.
DeVeau ; Nellie G. Robinson to NelHe G. Ross ; Jennie E. Gove
to Jennie E. Gordan ; Frances Louise Carr O'Connor to Frances
Louise Carr; Ethel M. Hamblett to Ethel M. Ray; Annie M.
Hall to Annie M. Hersey ; Elizabeth H. Stevens to Elizabeth H.
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Severance ; Stella Biancki to Stella Lougee ; Gladys T. Kimball
to Gladys T. Coleman; Annie T. Nudd to Annie T. Coleman;
Marion Cooley to Marion Tibbets ; Ora J. St. Clair to Ora Spin-
ney ; Jessie J. Simonelli to Jessie J. Cole ; Marion J. Hepworth
to Marion J. George; Constance Williford to Constance Whit-
tier.
Strafford County — Jennie M. Walton to Jennie May Foss;
Avis L. Morrill to Avis L. Shumway; Marie E. Stanley to
Marie E. St. Peter; Ruth A. Babbitt to Ruth Ehzabeth Allen;
Florence C. Marcotte to Florence C. Mulligan; Alice M. Can-
ney to Alice M. Brownell.
Belknap County — Hattie E. Hayward to Hattie E. Ingram;
Agnes H. Buffington to Agnes H. Coburn; Leranda A. Adams
to Leranda A. Fox; Bertha G. Olsen to Bertha G. Bacon;
NeUie M. Roberts Gleason to Nellie M. Roberts; Velzora F.
Brooks to Velzora F. Wallett ; Catherine M. Amazeen to Cath-
erine T. Clough.
Carroll County — Priscilla E. Thompson to Priscilla E. Willey ;
Hattie B. Reid to Hattie B. Estes ; Charlotte H. Ames to Char-
lotte Hoag.
Merrimack County — Marie S. Parshley to Marie S. Houle;
Elsie Viola Bishop to Elsie Viola Parsons ; Nora Gillespie Kelly
to Nora Gillespie; Rose A. Roy to Rose A. Dorval; Eva M.
Cloutier to Eva M. Leblanc; Maude Helen G. Lucier to Maud
Helen Goodwin ; Eliza M. Stevens to Eliza M. Sweet ; Mildred F.
Hayes to Mildred Irene Flint; Alice G. Madison to Alice G.
Allen ; Mary M. Seaward to Mary M. Sanders ; Lottie A. Howes
to Lottie A. Farnsworth; LaVerne H. Wallace to LaVerne H.
Frary; Hattie M. Cummings to Hattie M. Rundlett; Arabella
P. Mayhew to Arabella P. Dow ; Annie M. Brockway to Annie
M. Colby; Rachel B. French to Rachel Buchanan; Cyrena B.
Clement to Cyrena B. Woodward; Martha Jones to Bertha
Messer; Clara H. Smith to Clara Piper; Rose B. Brill to Rose B.
Robertson ; Minnie C. McGrath to Minnie Crane.
Hillsborough County — Cornelia St. Germaine to Cornelia
Hall; Marion Ardelle King Fitch to Marion Ardelle King;
Florence M. Farrar to Florence M. Murdough; Ottilie B. Mc-
Nally to Ottilie Bryer Drew; Rowena E. Wade to Rowena E.
Werden; Anna Majkowski to Anna Saida; Annie K. Sansoucie
to Annie Katherine Holt ; Geanula Kukurabas to Geanula Thao-
haris; Ethel I. Swett to Ethel I. Brown; Doris M. Beauregard
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to Doris M, Campbell; Anna Misiak to Anna Lula; Mary Cec-
chini to Mary Bruno ; Mattie Whitcher to Mattie Fox ; Frances
C. King to Frances A. S. Crowell; Annie Sapurka to Annie
Klara Schirnack; Marguerite Blake to Marguerite Chandler;.
Doris May Myhaver to Doris May Warren; Mathilda Keko to
Mathilda Bussiere; Mary Lariviere to Mary Lepage; Irene A.
LeBlanc to Irene A. Galipeau; Marjory E. Wolahan to Marjory
E. Drew; Lida B. Dion to Lida B. Reed; Anna Dubois to Anna
Paquette; Erma Luccille McCabe to Erma Luccille Baker; Mil-
dred H. Miner to Mildred Smith; Harriet M. Wood to Harriet
M. Shaw ; Lillian Marion Mahoney to Lillian Marion McGowan ;
Ola A. Preston to Ola A. Stafford; Mabel B. Thomas to Mabel
B. Westcott ; Lena Grassi to Lena Ouellette ; Winona P. Larose
to Winona Prescott; Abbie E. Murphy to Abbie E. Wiggin;
Grace J. G. Warren to Grace J. G. Moir; Lillian Dubey Bur-
dette to Lillian Mary Dubey ; Marie H. Racette to Marie Helene
Perrault; Bernice F. Dane to Bernice F. Lintott; Marie De-
busschere Meersman to Marie Debusschere.
Cheshire County — Clara M. Brady to Clara M. Chase ; Mary
Robinson to Mary Marcotte; Josephine M. Duval to Josephine
M. LaBier ; Edna Tenney to Edna Butler ; Ella M. Tourtellott
to Ella M. Lincoln ; Christabel C. Whittemore to Christabel C.
Higgins ; Alice Zecha to Alice Whitcher ; Calista Ellor to Calista
Cloutier; Rena Gerard to Rena Bushey; Lillian W. Kibbie to
Lillian W. Whitney.
Sullivan County — Vina Allen Willis to Vina Allen; Irene
Frances Grant to Irene Frances Straw; Ruth Esther Davio to
Ruth Esther Prue; Dorothy Ellen Hatch to Dorothy Ellen
Chamberlain; Ruth Dorothy Phelps to Ruth Dorothy Hunt;
Anna E. Miller to Anna E. Chase; Florence Beatrice Smith to
Florence Beatrice Morris; Hazel Edith Jones to Hazel Edith
Dougherty ; Laurel Vane Smith to Laurel Vane Hopkins ; Juliet
Marie Nichols to Juliet Marie Patten; Minnie Silverman to
Minnie Blacker; Ellen Jennie Rayno to Ellen Jennie Pinard;
Marion L, Craig to Marion L. Davis; Sadie EHzabeth McEl-
reavy to Sadie Elizabeth Guyette; Elizabeth C. Buzzell to
Elizabeth C. Gallup ; Sybil F. Swain to Sybil F. Marshall.
Grafton County — Madge Lahaye to Madge Talbot; Ruth
Marion Parker to Ruth Marion Allen; Vivian F. Gardner to
Vivian F. Plant; Madeline A. Tupper to Madeline A. Hernon;
Mabel C. Farrell to Mabel C. Harper; Mamie B. Sears to Mamie
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B. Burnor; Lucile Woodward to Lucile Church; Lillian M.
McCarthy to Lillian M. Hanson; Grace C. French to Grace C.
Fox; Rachel Byron Gould to Rachel Maud Byron; NelHe F.
Paige to Nellie F. Chapman ; Lora Belle Fredette to Lora Belle
Knapp; Ivis L. MacLean to Ivis L. McLeod; NelHe J. Simpson
to Nellie J. Wright ; Anna M. Hill to Anna M. Way ; Charlotte
M. Johnson to Charlotte M. Mather.
Coos County — Harriett E. Stone to Harriett E. Ball; Mary
A. Richards to Mary A. Hovey ; Lilla E. Owen to Lilla E. Friz-
zell; Doris Sanborn to Doris Belanger; Helen Jane Caird to
Helen Jane Daley; Vivian C. G. Fortier to Vivian C. G. Hall;
Ruth M. Prowell to Ruth M. Trainer ; Margaret Delena Lavoie
to Margaret Delena Cutler; Mary E. Day to Mary E. Stahl;
Pearl Bushnell to Pearl Dickey; Gladys Goldie Springer to
Gladys Goldie Scalion; Inez E. lacoboni to Inez N. Eaton;
Mertie Henderson to Mertie Eastman.
PRIVATE ACTS
CHAPTER 204.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE METHOD OF VOTING FOR MAINTENANCE
OF SEWER SYSTEM IN THE TOWN OF CLAREMONT.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Claremont sewer s y s t e m,
method of voting fur main
tenance.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Cout^t convened:
1. Method of Voting. Amend section 1, chapter 336 of the
Laws of 1925 by striking out the words "That the town of
Claremont, whenever by majority vote of the legal voters of
said town, at a regular meeting or by a two-thirds vote at a
duly notified special meeting of said voters," in the first three
lines of said section and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing words: That the town of Claremont, whenever at a town
meeting, so that said section as amended shall read as follows :
Section 1. That the town of Claremont, whenever at a town
meeting it shall vote to do so, is hereby authorized and em-
powered to purchase, construct, manage, maintain and own
suitable main drains or common sewers in said town which it
adjudges necessary for the public convenience and health, pro-
vided it first submits detailed plans as to the proposed outlet
or disposal of the sewage from said drains or sewers to the
state board of health and secures the approval of said board;
and for such purpose may take, purchase and hold in fee
simple or otherwise any real or personal estate, and any rights
therein, and any sewer rights necessary for carrying into effect
the purposes of this act, and may excavate and dig canals and
ditches in any street, place, square, passway, common or other
place through which it may be deemed necessary and proper
for building, extending and maintaining said main drains or
common sewers, and may rebuild, relay, change, and repair
the same at pleasure, having due regard for the safety of its
citizens and the security of the public travel.
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2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 1, 1927.]
CHAPTER 205.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 226, LAWS OF 1887, TO
CHANGE THE NAME OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
DIVISION SONS OF VETERANS.
Section I Sfxtion
1. Change of name. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Amend sec-
tion 1, chapter 226 of the Laws of 1887 by striking out the
words "Veterans of the United States of America" in the
sixth and seventh lines of said section 1 and inserting in
place thereof the words Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Further amend said section by striking out the word "Veter-
ans" in the thirteenth line thereof and inserting in place
thereof the words Union Veterans of the Civil War, so that
said section as amended shall read as follows: Section 1.
Frank M. Shackford, Frank H. ChalHs, Edwin A. Badger,
Frank E. Libby, George R. Bennette, Ernest I. Latham, Wil-
mer S. Davis, WilHam McPherson, James H. Joyce, Charles A.
Stevens, Ben 0. Roby, their associates and successors, be and
hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name of
the Division of New Hampshire, Sons of Union Veterans of
the Civil War, for the purpose and object of perpetuating the
memories of the soldiers of the Union and their sacrifices for
its maintenance, to aid the members of the Grand Army of the
Republic in caring for helpless and disabled veterans and their
widows and orphans, and to encourage the proper observance
of Memorial Day, and also to assist needy members of the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; said corporation
may sue and be sued, defend and be defended, make and have
all by-laws and regulations which may be necessary for the
management of affairs, not repugnant to the laws of this
state, and shall be vested with all the powers and privileges
1927] Chapters 206, 207 219
and be subject to all the liabilities by law incident to corpora-
tions of a similar nature.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
CHAPTER 206.
AN ACT LEGALIZING THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEET-
INGS AND ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF OF THE NORTH CON-
WAY LIGHTING PRECINCT HELD APRIL 12, 1921,
MAY 4, 1922, MAY 21, 1923, MAY 12, 1924,
AND MAY 11, 1925.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. North Conway Lighting Pre-
cinct, meetings legahzed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Proceedings Legalized. That the proceedings at the
annual meeting and adjournments thereof of the North Con-
way Lighting Precinct held on the following dates, viz., April
12, 1921, May 4, 1922, May 21, 1923, May 12, 1924, May 11,
1925, be and hereby are legalized, ratified and confirmed.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
CHAPTER 207.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 12, CHAPTER 295 OF THE
LAWS OF 1925 RELATING TO THE BETHLEHEM
VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Bethlehem Village District,
date of annual meeting.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Annual Meeting. Amend section 12, chapter 295 of the
Laws of 1925 by striking out the whole thereof and inserting
220 Chapter 208 [1927
in its place the following : Sect. 12. The fiscal year for the
district shall end on the fifteenth day of February. The an-
nual meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday in October
beginning with the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
and the officers elected at the annual meeting held in March
nineteen hundred twenty-seven shall continue in office until
their successors are duly chosen and qualified. In case of the
neglect or refusal of the commissioners to warn a meeting or
insert an article in a warrant, or of failure to hold an annual
meeting as herein provided, such meeting shall be called and
warned in the same manner as in like cases in towns.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect when its pro-
visions shall have been adopted by a majority of those present
and voting at any regular meeting of the voters of said pre-
cinct, or at any special meeting of such voters called for the
purpose of considering the adoption of the provisions of
this act.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
CHAPTER 208.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SALEM TO ISSUE BONDS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Town of Salem authorized to
issue bonds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Issue Authorized. That the town of Salem be author-
ized and empowered to issue its bonds or notes in accordance
so far as may be with the requirements of Public Laws,
chapter 59, in an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars,
pursuant to the vote of March 9, 1926, of said town, to obtain
funds to pay expenses incurred by said town in defending
against certain tax litigation.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 8, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 209, 210 221
CHAPTER 209.
AN ACT RELATING TO IMPROVEMENTS AT ALTON BAY.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Town of Alton autliorizcd to
erect judge's and hand stand.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Judge's and Band Stand. The town of Alton is hereby-
granted the right to erect a judge's and band stand on the
rock ledge in the water situate easterly from the old Boston
and Main wharf so called at Alton Bay, in the town of Alton,
provided that the said construction shall not interfere with
navigation and shall be in accordance with plans which are
approved by the public service commission.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 10, 1927.]
CHAPTER 210.
AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 245, LAWS OF 1909 RELATING TO
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE TOWNS OF BENNINGTON
AND ANTRIM.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. School districts, hounds
changed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. School Districts, Bounds Changed. Chapter 245 of the
Laws of 1909, an act to sever the homestead owned by Martha
J. Baldwin and the homestead farm of Henry Harrison in the
town of Bennington from the school district of that town and
annex the same to the school district in the town of Antrim
for school purposes, is hereby repealed.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
222 Chapter 211 [1927
CHAPTER 211.
AN ACT CREATING THE TILTON AND NORTHFIELD UNION SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
Skction
5. First meeting.
6. Other provisions.
7. Takes effect.
Section
1. District created; name.
2. Powers.
3. Authority to take property.
4. Members of board.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Name. The towns of Tilton and Northfield shall con-
stitute a single school district to be called the Tilton and
Northfield Union School District.
2. Powers. This union district shall have all the powers
and perform all the duties given by law to single school dis-
tricts, except that the selectmen of the towns shall jointly
assess the school tax upon the ratable estates of the district
in proportion to the part which lies in each of said towns.
3. Authority to Take Property. Said union district shall
take over the buildings and all other property of the school
districts now existing in the towns of Tilton and Northfield,
namely, Union School District No. 1 in Tilton, Northfield
School District and Tilton School District.
4. Members of Board. The school board of said union dis-
trict shall consist of nine members for the first year, seven
for the second year, six for the third year and five for the
fourth and succeeding years and election shall be for a term
of three years; provided, that the duly elected members of
the school boards of Union School District No. 1 in Tilton,
Northfield School District and Tilton School District shall con-
tinue as members of the school board of said union, district
until the expiration of the terms for which they have been
elected and the school board and treasurer of each district
shall manage the finances of such district until the end of the
fiscal year.
5. First Meeting. The first meeting of said union district
shall be held April 15, 1927, and shall be warned by the school
boards of the now existing school districts, acting as a joint
board.
6. Other Provisions. Except as is inconsistent herewith
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the provisions of chapters 116 to 123, inclusive, of the PubHc
Laws shall apply to the said union district.
7. Takes Effect. Chapter 94 of the Laws of 1872 and all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed and this act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1927.]
CHAPTER 212.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FARMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON TO EXCEED ITS LIMIT
OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Farmington school district
authorized to exceed limit of
indebtedness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Excess Limit for Schoolhouse. The Farmington School
District of the town of Farmington is hereby authorized to
incur indebtedness in an amount not exceeding sixty thousand
dollars for the purpose of remodelling or building a high school
house and for equipment of school buildings, said amount to
be the limit of bonded indebtedness of said school district.
The money so raised and appropriated shall not be included
as a part of the debt of the town in ascertaining and fixing the
net debt of said town under the provisions of section 7, chap-
ter 59 of the Public Laws.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
224 Chapters 213, 214 [1927
CHAPTER 213.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF UNIFORMS OF POLICE
OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.
Section
1. Uniforms for police of Alan-
chester.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. New Uniforms Authorized. When a claim is made by a
police officer in the city of Manchester that during the per-
formance of his duties as such officer, and because of such
service, his uniform has been destroyed or rendered unfit for
further use, the said city may purchase a new uniform for said
officer without charge to him, providing the chief of police of
said city, after investigation, reports that the claim made is
a just and reasonable one.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 214.
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE POWERS CONFERRED UPON THE OILMAN
PAPER COMPANY BY CHAPTER 240, LAWS OF 1921.
Section I Section
1. Charter rights extended. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Charter Extended. The rights, powers, privileges and
franchises conferred upon the Gilman Paper Company by
chapter 240 of the Laws of 1921 in so far as it pertains to its
undeveloped water power, are hereby re-enacted, revived and
extended for the period of six years from the passage of this
act. Said corporation shall be in all respects subject to supervi-
sion by the public service commission as if incorporated under
the general laws providing for the formation of voluntary
corporations.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
1927] Chapter 215 225
CHAPTER 215.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE GRAFTON POWER
COMPANY.
Section | Section
1. Powers enlarged. 3. Takes efifect.
2; Provisions of Public Laws
apply. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Powers Enlarged. Chapter 243 of the Laws of 1901 as
amended by chapter 300 of the Laws of 1903 is hereby
amended by striking out section 5 and section 7 of said chapter
300 of the Laws of 1903 and inserting in place thereof the
following: Sect. 5. Said corporation is hereby authorized
and empowered to build and maintain on its land or on land
of another with the owner's consent a dam or dams and a
power house or power houses and all such works and struc-
tures in connection therewith as may be convenient and use-
ful, on, in, upon and across the Connecticut river at any fea-
sible location or locations, between the confluence of said river
with the Passumpsic river, and a point in the town of Dalton
northeasterly from and so far up said Connecticut river as
may be and not in any way infringe upon or interfere with the
water power developed at the dam of the Oilman Paper Com-
pany extending across said river in the town of Dalton at a
point opposite the village of Oilman in the town of Lunenburg,
Vermont, and to make and maintain all such canals, penstocks,
flumes and other works and improvements as may be con-
venient for said objects, and to flow all such lands and other
property as may be convenient and useful in establishing and
operating its business; provided, however, the structures
authorized by this act shall in no case be of such a character
as to infringe the public right of the highway for the floating
of logs down said river in as free and convenient a manner as
is afl'orded by the river in its natural condition; and provided
further that no dam shall be constructed under authority of
this act, which shall infringe upon or interfere with any
franchises, property or water rights now owned by the Oil-
man Paper Company, without first procuring the consent in
writing of said Oilman Paper Company or its successors and
assigns. Sect. 7. Whenever it shall become necessary in the
226 Chapter 215 [1927
exercise of its powers for such corporation to acquire any land
or other property or water rights, including the right to flow
water upon or divert water from any property, and it can not
agree with the owner thereof as to the question of public use
and benefit or the price to be paid therefor, or whenever it
shall become necessary in the exercise of its powers for such
corporation to flow water upon or otherwise prevent the use
of any highway, bridge or other property or facilities in public
use and it can not agree with the selectmen or other public of-
ficials having authority with reference thereto as to the
question of public use and benefit or upon the terms for chang-
ing the location or grade of such highway or bridge or the
location of such other property or facilities, such corporation
may petition the public service commission for permission to
take such land or property or water rights, or permission to
change the location or grade of such highway or bridge or
the location of such other property or facilities in public use
as may be required for the purpose. Thereupon the commis-
sion shall upon notice to all parties in interest hear and
determine the question of public use and benefit for the taking
or changing of location or grade as prayed for and the com-
pensation to be paid for any such land, property or rights so
taken or for damages to any party suffering damage on ac-
count of such change in location or grade, and also the terms
for changing the location or grade of such highway or bridge
or the location of such other property or facilities in public
use and shall render judgment accordingly. Any party ag-
grieved by the order of the commission awarding damages in
such case may within sixty days after the entry of the order
and not otherwise file in the superior court for the county
in which said land or other property or rights or any part
thereof may be located a petition to have the damages
assessed by jury, upon which petition notice shall be given
and the court shall assess such damages by jury. The com-
mission shall charge and collect the same fees as provided by
section 7 of chapter 244 of the Public Laws.
2. Chapters 225 and 240 Apply. Said corporation shall
have all the powers, privileges and immunities and shall be
subject to all the duties, liabilities and obligations applicable
to a business corporation organized under the provisions of
chapter 225 of the Public Laws ; and in addition to the powers
1927] Chapter 216 227
specified in its charter, it may generate electric power for use
within the state of New Hampshire or elsewhere, but said
corporation shall not transmit any electric energy generated
by water power in New Hampshire beyond the confines of this
state without complying with the provisions of sections 33
and 34 of chapter 240 of the Public Laws. Said corporation
may issue bonds secured by mortgage on its property and may
increase its capital stock to such amount or number of shares
as may be approved by the public service commission, and as
a public utility corporation shall be in all respects subject to
the provisions of law regulating public utilities so far as
applicable.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 216.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF CANDIA TO EXCEED ITS
LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Section I Section
1. Town of Candia authorized to 2. Takes effect,
exceed limit of indebtedness. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Candia Cut-off. When the town of Candia votes to
undertake the permanent improvement of that section of
class I highway in said town, known as the Candia Cut-off,
being a highway leading from Candia to Hooksett, under the
provisions of section 15, chapter 84 of the Public Laws, said
town is hereby authorized to incur indebtedness for the pur-
poses of said act in amounts sufficient to complete such perma-
nent improvement, such indebtedness not to exceed at any
time four per cent of the last preceding valuation for the as-
sessment of taxes on the taxable property in said town.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
228 Chapters 217, 218 [1927
CHAPTER 217.
AN ACT RELATING TO CERTAIN REAL ESTATE IN KEENE, NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
Section 1 Section
1. Lampros property to be deeded 2. Takes effect,
by state. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Lampros Property. The governor and council, on be-
half of the state of New Hampshire, are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to release by quitclaim deed to Mary
A. Lampros of Keene in the county of Cheshire, all interest,
right or title which said state of New Hampshire has, if any,
in and to the following described premises, to wit, a certain
tract of land with the buildings thereon situated in the city
of Keene, county of Cheshire and state of New Hampshire on
the west side of Carroll street and bounded as follows, on the
east by Carroll street, on the north by North street, on the
west by Elm street and on the south by land now or formerly
of Ambrose Howard.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 218.
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE LISBON SCHOOL SET-OFF, SO CALLED, TO
THE TOWN OF LYMAN.
Section
2. Takes efifect.
Section
1. Land set off for school pur-
poses restored to Lyman.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Land Restored to Lyman. The act whereby certain
lands situate in the town of Lyman were set off to the town
of Lisbon for school purposes the land affected being known
as the Lisbon School Set-off, together with all amendments
thereto, is hereby repealed.
1927] Chapter 219 229
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 219.
AN ACT TO ENABLE THE CITY OF NASHUA TO HOLD IN TRUST
GRAND ARMY HALL FOR THE USE OF PATRIOTIC
ORGANIZATIONS.
Section I Si-xtion
1. Nashua authorized to hold 2. Takes effect.
Grand Army hall. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Grand Army Hall. The city of Nashua is authorized
and empowered to acquire by deed of gift with such conditions
as to when the same shall take effect as may be mutually
agreed upon between the grantor and grantee, from the John
G. Foster Post 7, G. A. R., the building and estate known as
the Grand Army Hall located in said Nashua, with such photo-
graphs, pictures or other' personal property as may be therein
and belonging to the grantor and to hold the same in trust,
upon the death of all but one member of said John G. Foster
Post 7, for the purpose of maintaining said Grand Army Hall
as a community building for the use of patriotic organizations
located in Nashua; and to make appropriations therefor from
time to time; the entire control and management thereof
to be then vested in a board of trustees comprising the mayor
of the city, one alderman elected annually, and one member
from each of the following organizations: J. Q. A. Warren
No. 18 Sons of Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of
Veterans, Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and the American Legion ; with such other stipulations in said
deed as may be mutually satisfactory to grantor and grantee,
in addition to or varying the foregoing, if not contrary to law.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 1, 1927.]
230 Chapters 220, 221 [1927
CHAPTER 220.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE NEW LONDON WATER SYSTEM PRECINCT
TO REFUND A CERTAIN LIMITED PORTION OF
ITS BONDS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
SiXTION
1. New London Water System
Precinct authorized to re-
fund bonds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Refund Authorized. The New London Water System
Precinct is hereby authorized to refund each year its bonds to
the amount of $2,000 and said refunding bonds shall be due
and payable within a period not exceeding twenty years from
the date of their issue. The provisions of chapter 59 of the
Public Laws shall not apply to such refunding bonds.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 221.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DURHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE
TOWN OF DURHAM TO EXCEED ITS LIMIT OF
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
\. Durham School District
authorized to exceed limit of
indebtedness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Excess Limit for Schoolhouse. The Durham School
District of the town of Durham is hereby authorized to incur
indebtedness in an amount not exceeding seventy-five thou-
sand dollars for the purpose of erecting a high school building
and for equipment of the same, said amount to be the limit of
bonded indebtedness of said school district. The money so
raised and appropriated shall not be included as a part of the
debt of the town in ascertaining and fixing the net debt of
1927] Chapters 222, 223 231
said town under the provisions of section 7, chapter 59 of the
PubHc Laws.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 222.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE BELKNAP COUNTY
CEMETERY.
Section I Section
1. Change of name. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Pleasant View Cemetery. The name of the cemetery
located in ward 1 in the city of Laconia known as the "Belknap
County Cemetery" is hereby changed to Pleasant View
Cemetery.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 9, 1927.]
CHAPTER 223.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF PRIOR PREFERENCE STOCK
BY BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD IN EXCHANGE
FOR CERTAIN OF ITS BONDS.
Section 1. Certain provisions of law not to apply to issue of prior
preference stock of Boston & Maine Railroad.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Chapter 241 Not to Apply. The provisions of sections
19 to 26, both inclusive, of chapter 241 of the Public Laws,
relating to the rights of stockholders in new issues of stock,
shall not be applicable to such prior preference stock of the
Boston & Maine Railroad as it may hereafter be duly
authorized by the interstate commerce commission to issue in
232 Chapter 224 [1927
exchange for the whole or any part of its bonds maturing from
February 2, 1940 to April 1, 1947, both inclusive, such bonds
having been issued under the plan and agreement for the re-
organization of Boston & Maine Railroad, dated September 1,
1925, and duly authorized by the interstate commerce com-
mission by its order dated July 8, 1926.
[Approved March 15, 1927.]
CHAPTER 224.
AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OP THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. Charter amended ; membership
miHmited.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Membership Unlimited. Amend that portion of the
charter of the New Hampshire Medical Society, incorporated
in 1791, as amended by the Laws of 1816 and chapter 171 of
the Laws of 1885, relating to the number of members of said
society, by striking out the words "five hundred" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words, an unlimited number of, so
that said portion of the charter as amended shall read as fol-
lows: That the New Hampshire Medical Society shall here-
after be authorized and empowered to admit and receive into
their society an unlimited number of members.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 17, 1927.]
1927] Chapters 225, 226 233
CHAPTER 225.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF CONCORD TO ISSUE BONDS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN ITS WATER-WORKS SYSTEM.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. City of Concord authorized to
issue bonds for water-works
system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Concord, Water Bonds. For the purpose of acquiring,
developing and constructing additional sources of water
supply, additional means of water storage and pumping, and
additional means of distribution of water for its water-works,
the city of Concord is hereby authorized and empowered to
issue from time to time not in excess of three hundred thou-
sand dollars ($300,000) of its serial bonds payable not later
than thirty years after the date of the bonds but otherwise
to conform to the provisions of chapter 59 of the Pubhc Laws.
2. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 226.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH TO RAISE
MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS FOR A NEW SCHOOLHOUSE.
Section
2. Regulations for
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. City of Portsmouth authorized
to issue bonds for new
schoolhouse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Bonds Authorized. The city of Portsmouth in the
county of Rockingham is hereby authorized and empowered
to borrow, hire and raise such a sum of money, not exceeding
five hundred thousand dollars, as the city council shall vote to
raise and appropriate, for the purpose of erecting and furnish-
ing a building for a schoolhouse or for the purpose of erecting
and furnishing an addition to the present high school building,
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[1927
notwithstanding by so doing, the net debt of the city may be
increased to an amount exceeding three per cent of the value
of the taxable property in said city as appraised for the pur-
pose of assessing the taxes thereon. And the sum of money
so borrowed, hired, raised and appropriated shall not be in-
cluded as a part of the debt of the city in ascertaining and
fixing the net debt of said city under the provisions of chapter
59 of the Public Laws.
2. Issue. Said city of Portsmouth is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue and sell the bonds of said city for the
sum so borrowed, hired, raised and appropriated by the city
council, as above provided, not to exceed in amount the face
or par value of five hundred thousand dollars, which bonds
shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of said chap-
ter 59 of the Public Laws; excepting that section 7 of said
chapter shall not be applicable thereto or affect the same.
3. Takes Effect. Section 7 of chapter 59 of the Public
Laws, entitled "Municipal Bonds," so far as it relates to, or
affects the borrowing, raising and appropriating of the money
and the issue of the bonds above provided for, 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 March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 227.
AN ACT TO ENABLE THE CITY OF NASHUA TO HOLD THE HOME-
STEAD OF THE LATE JOHN F. STARK FOR HISTORICAL,
EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE USES AND
TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.
Section
3. Trustees, no compensation.
4. Takes effect.
Section
1. Nashua authorized to take title
to John F. Stark homestead.
2. Management, board of trustees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Authority to Take Title. Whereas, the Stark Improve-
ment Corporation has acquired ownership of the homestead of
the late John F. Stark of Nashua, New Hampshire, a great
grandson of General John Stark, consisting of a large tract of
1927] Chapter 227 235
land with the buildings thereon situated at the junction of
Concord and Manchester streets in said Nashua, and whereas
said corporation voted January 15, 1927 to offer and later
offered to said city of Nashua, a gift of said real estate in fee
simple to said city as soon as the title can be conveniently
made clear and free, with the purpose and upon the condition
that the city accept and receive title to this property and
devote it to historical, educational and charitable purposes;
and whereas said city, by its board of aldermen on February
8, 1927, voted to accept said gift for the foregoing purposes;
now therefore, the city of Nashua is authorized and em-
powered to acquire by deed of gift as aforesaid from the Stark
Improvement Corporation the land and buildings known as the
John F. Stark homestead, located in said Nashua, and to hold,
maintain and care for the same for historical, educational and
charitable purposes and to make appropriations therefor from
time to time.
2. Management. The control and management thereof
shall be vested in a board of seven trustees comprising the
mayor of the city and five citizens and one alderman to be
appointed by the mayor with the consent of the board of
aldermen ; the mayor and the president of the board of alder-
men and their successors to hold office during their municipal
terms, and the other five trustees to hold their offices as fol-
lows: two for six years, two for four years, and one for two
years respectively, from the date of their appointment. Up-
on the passage of this act the board of aldermen upon
nominations submitted by the mayor, shall choose five trus-
tees for the terms and purposes aforesaid; and thereafter,
upon the expiration of each of said terms, the mayor with the
consent of the board of aldermen shall appoint a trustee or
trustees, according to the vacancies to be filled, each for the
term of six years next ensuing and until his successor shall
have been chosen and qualified. Any vacancy in the office
of an appointed trustee, arising from any cause other than
his expiration of office, shall be filled by appointment of the
mayor with the consent of the board of aldermen, but only for
the unexpired term of the trustee whose place is thus filled.
3. No Compensation. The said trustees shall receive no
compensation for their services.
236 Chapters 228, 229 [1927
4. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 22, 1927.]
CHAPTER 228.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING SULLIVAN COUNTY TO REFUND ITS BONDED
INDEBTEDNESS.
Section
2. Takes effect.
Section
1. County of Sullivan authorized
to refund its bonded in-
debtedness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Authority. The county of Sullivan is hereby authorized
to refund its bonded indebtedness without compliance v^ith
the provisions of chapters 35, 38 and 59 of the Pubhc Laws.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 229.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NASHUA RE-
LATING TO DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WARDS.
Section
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. Nashua, city wards defined.
2. , representatives, num-
ber.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Nashua, City Wards. Amend section 3 of Part I, chap-
ter 427 of the Laws of 1913, being the charter of the city of
Nashua, as adopted by vote of the inhabitants of said city, by
striking out the same and by inserting in place thereof the
following : Sect. 3. The city of Nashua is hereby divided into
nine wards, which shall be constituted as follows :
Ward 1 shall include all that part of said city now included
in the boundaries of ward 1, as at present constituted.
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Ward 2, all that portion included within the following boun-
daries: Beginning at the bridge on Main street across the
Nashua river, thence easterly down said river to a point op-
posite the center of Tolles street, thence northerly to the
center of said street, and continuing northerly by the center
line of said street to the northerly end thereof and thence
continuing on the same line to the Merrimack river, thence
northerly up said river to the line of the town of Merrimack,
thence westerly by said town line to said Concord street,
thence southerly by Concord and Main streets to the place of
beginning.
Ward 3, all that portion included within the following boun-
daries : Beginning at the center of Crown street at the Merri-
mack river, thence westerly by Crown street to the Nashua
and Lowell railroad, thence northwesterly by said railroad to
the easterly boundary of ward 2 as hereinbefore described,
thence northerly and easterly by the boundary of ward 2
aforesaid, to the Merrimack river, thence down said river to
the place of beginning.
Ward 4, all that portion of said city lying east of Main
street, south of the Nashua river, southwesterly of the Nashua
and Lowell railroad, and northerly and westerly of the lines
of ward 7, as hereinafter described.
Ward 5, all that portion of said city included in the follow-
ing boundaries : Beginning at the bridge on Main street across
the Nashua river, thence westerly up said river to a point
opposite the center of Pine street, thence southerly to the
center of said street and continuing southerly by the center
line of said street to the center line of West Hollis street,
thence easterly by West HolUs street to Main street, thence
northerly by Main street to the place of beginning.
Ward 6, all that portion of said city included in the follow-
ing boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of Main and
West Holhs streets, thence westerly by the center line of West
Hollis street to the center line of Pine street, thence souther-
ly by the center line of Pine street to the center line of Lake
street, thence easterly by Lake street to Main street, thence
northerly by Main street to the point of beginning.
Ward 7, all that portion of said city included in the follow-
ing boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of Main with
Prospect street, thence easterly by Prospect street to the cen-
238 Chapter 229 [1927
ter line of Harbor avenue, thence northerly by Harbor avenue
to East Hollis street, thence easterly by East HoUis street to
the main track of the Worcester and Nashua railroad, thence
easterly by said main track to the Nashua and Lowell railroad,
thence southerly and easterly by the boundary of ward 3
aforesaid, to the Merrimack river, thence down said river to
Salmon brook, thence westerly up said Salmon brook to Main
street, thence northerly by Main street to the place of begin-
ning.
Ward 8, all that portion of said city not included in any of
the above described wards, nor included in ward 9, as herein-
after described.
Ward 9, all that portion of said city included in the follow-
ing boundaries : Beginning at the intersection of Kinsley with
Pine street, thence northerly by the center line of Pine street,
to the northerly end thereof and thence continuing on the
same line to the Nashua river, thence westerly up said river
to the line of the town of Hollis, thence southerly by Hollis
line to the highway leading from Runnels bridge to Nashua,
thence easterly by said highway to a point northerly from
Kinsley street, and where a line drawn from the westerly end
of said Kinsley street northerly, at right angles with said
street, will intersect said highway, thence southerly by said
last described line to the center line of Kinsley street, thence
easterly by the center Une of Kinsley street to the place of
beginning.
2. Representatives, Number. Until another general cen-
sus of the state is taken and officially promulgated, the follow-
ing named wards of Nashua may send representatives to the
general court under the authority of the constitution, as fol-
lows: two representatives each from the following wards, 2,
4, 5, 6; and three representatives each from wards 1, 3, 7, 8
and 9.
3. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take
effect on the first day of June, 1927.
[Approved March 24, 1927.]
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239
CHAPTER 230.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE LAWS RELATIVE TO THE UNION
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CONCORD.
Section
Section
L Official ballot.
5. Polls open ; check-lists
V «-»»-n*-»i »-i 4 • ^.»-.
when.
Lt. f prcy<ii tiiiun.
3. , form.
6. Vacancies.
4. Manner of voting.
7. Tenure of office.
8. Financial budget.
9. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Official Ballot. For all elections of moderator, clerk
and members of the board of education of Union School Dis-
trict in Concord, the voting shall be upon an official ballot only.
2. , Preparation. Such official ballot shall be prepared by
the clerk at the expense of the district, in such form not in-
consistent herewith and in such quantity as he may deter-
mine, and upon such ballot shall appear the names of all per-
sons who, not less than five nor more than thirty days prior to
the day of the annual meeting, shall have notified the clerk of
the district in writing of their desire to become a candidate for
any of the offices herein named.
3. , Form. Above the name of the candidate shall be
printed the designation of the office for which he is a candi-
date, also the number of candidates to be voted for. At the
right of each name and on the same line there shall be a
square. When there is more than one candidate for a given
office the names of the candidates shall be arranged in alpha-
betical order, and below the printed names there shall be as
many blank lines as there are persons to be elected to such
office.
4. Manner of Voting. The voter shall make a cross (X)
in the square opposite the name of each candidate for whom
he desires to vote. If he desires to vote for a candidate whose
name is not printed upon the ballot, he may do so by writing
in the name of the person for whom he desires to vote on the
line prepared for that purpose. In case there shall be more
persons voted for for one office than are to be elected to that
office, the ballot shall be disregarded as to that office and no
vote shall be counted for or credited to any candidate for that
office with respect to such ballot.
240 Chapter 230 [1927
5. Polls Open; Check-lists Used When. At all annual
elections in said union school district, at which check-lists are
used as herein provided, the polls shall be open for a period of
not less than four hours and for such further time as the
moderator may determine, and shall not be closed earlier than
seven o'clock p. m., and there shall be inserted in the warrant
for the meeting such statement of the hours of the opening
and closing of the polls as the moderator shall indicate. Upon
petition addressed to the moderator and signed by not less
than seventy-five legal voters of said district,, presented in
January, or if the district at any annual meeting shall have
voted that check-lists be used at future meetings, balloting
for officers herein named shall be conducted by the use of
check-lists under the direction of the moderator. Such check-
lists shall be the check-lists of the various wards of the city
of Concord, any part of which lies within union school district,
as corrected and used at the preceding November election,
corrections being made so as to exclude from such check-lists
voters who are not resident within the limits of the district.
The supervisors of the various wards, shall, upon request of
the moderator, deliver to him a true copy of the check-lists of
their respective wards corrected as above provided, and such
supervisors as he may request shall attend said meeting
and assist in checking the voters on such lists. The district
shall pay to the supervisors attending such meeting the sum
of ten dollars, which shall be in addition to their regular an-
nual salary. If it shall appear to the moderator that the name
of any person who is entitled to vote in district meetings has
been omitted from such check-lists, he may, upon proof satis-
factory to him of the qualification of such person, direct that
the name of such person shall be added to the check-lists for
the purpose of voting at such district meeting, and such per-
son shall thereupon be allowed to cast his ballot at such meet-
ing. No person shall be denied the right to vote at school
meetings because of removal from one ward to another within
the district.
6. Vacancies. In case there shall be a vacancy in the
office of clerk during the interim between meetings or in case
the clerk shall be unable to perform his duties, the moderator
of the district may designate a temporary clerk who shall
perform the duties of the clerk until the vacancy is filled by
1927] Chapter 230 " 241
election or until the disability is terminated. In case a vacan-
cy shall occur in the office of moderator during an interim
between meetings or in case the moderator shall be disabled to
perform his duties, the powers of this act vested in the moder-
ator shall be vested during the interim in the clerk, or in case
of a concurrent vacancy in the office of clerk or the disability
of the clerk, the power to appoint a temporary moderator
shall be vested in the board of education and such temporary
moderator shall perform the duties of the moderator until the
vacancy is filled by election or until the disability is terminat-
ed.
7. Tenure of Office. The moderator and the clerk of union
school district elected at the last annual meeting of said dis-
trict shall severally perform the duties imposed by this act
upon those officers until their successors are elected and quali-
fied; and each moderator and clerk hereafter elected by said
district shall hold office for one year and until his successor is
elected and qualified.
8. Financial Budget. The board of education shall an-
nually prepare a financial budget, in such detail as to be under-
stood, of the amount of money necessary to be raised by the
district at its annual meeting, and shall cause the same to be
pubHshed in the newspapers printed in the city of Concord at
least fourteen days before the date of the annual district
meeting; and shall fix a time and place not less than three
days before said annual meeting when it will hold a public
hearing at which any person may appear and be heard with
respect to any item of such budget.
9. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act shall not apply to said union school district, and
this act shall take eff'ect upon its passage.
[Approved March 24, 1927.]
242 Chapters 231, 232 [1927
CHAPTER 231.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD ON
THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1927, IN THE
TOWN OF HEBRON.
Section I Section
1. Proceedings legalized. | 2. Takes eflfect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Proceedings Legalized. That the votes and proceedings
of the special town meeting held on the first day of February,
1927, in the town of Hebron, be and hereby are legalized and
confirmed.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 24, 1927.]
CHAPTER 232.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PETERBOROUGH HOME FOR THE
AGED.
Seciion
5. Tax exemption.
6. First meeting.
7. Takes effect.
Section
1. Incorporators.
2. Powers.
3. Board of trustees.
4. By-laws, rules and regulations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Incorporators. That Mary E. Templeton, Adeline E.
Nichols, Helen L. Farrar, Lenora S. Hunter, Emma P. Cum-
mings, Hattie F. Miller, Helen B. Cutler, Mary L. Farrar,
Ezra M. Smith, Charles W. Jellison, James B. Sweeney and
John W. Derby, all of Peterborough, be and they hereby are,
constituted a corporation by the name of the Peterborough
Home for the Aged, and they and such others as shall be duly
elected members of said corporation at any meeting thereof
according to such by-laws as may be hereafter established,
shall be and remain a body corporate and politic by said name
and from the passage of this act, for the purpose of founding
and establishing a home for aged people of both sexes such as
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is usually provided by similar institutions, and said corpora-
tion is vested with all the powers and privileges incident to
corporations of a like nature.
2. Powers. Said corporation by that name may sue and
be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execu-
tion, and shall have power to take, acquire and hold real and
personal estate to an amount not exceeding one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, by lease, purchase, donation, bequest,
or otherwise, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
a home at Peterborough aforesaid, and may convey or dispose
of the same at pleasure ; and may erect suitable buildings and
properly furnish the same with whatever may be desirable or
necessary for the successful operation of said institution.
3. Board of Trustees. The government of said home and
the general management of the financial and prudential affairs
of said corporation shall be vested in a board of trustees,
whose number shall be determined and who shall be chosen in
such a manner, at such times and for such a term of office as
may be prescribed by the by-laws of said corporation to be
hereafter adopted.
4. By-laws, Rules and Regulations. Said corporation may
adopt such by-laws and make such rules and regulations for
the management of said home as may be deemed necessary;
may determine the number, manner and time of choosing its
officers, 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.
5. Tax Exemption. This being a charitable institution,
without profit to any person, no fee shall be charged by the
state for this act, and the property of the corporation shall be
exempt from taxation as long as it shall be used for the pur-
pose named therein,
6. First Meeting. The first three persons named in sec-
tion 1, or any two of them, may call the first meeting of said
corporation by giving notice to each of the persons named in
this act, by mail, five days prior to said meeting.
7. Takes Effect. This act shall take eff"ect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 30, 1927.]
244 Chapter 233 [1927
CHAPTER 233.
AN ACT RELATING TO PENSIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIRE AND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS OF THE CITY OF BERLIN.
Section
4. Pensions, amount.
5. Takes effect.
Section
1. Pensions, fire department.
2. , public works depart-
ment.
3. , police department.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Fire Department. The mayor and city council of the
city of Berhn may, at the request of the chief of the fire de-
partment, retire from active service any permanent member
of said department who is sixty-five years of age and who has
performed faithful service in the department for a period of
twenty consecutive years; 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 received while engaged in the
actual performance of his duties at a fire, for a period not ex-
ceeding one year at a time. In computing such term of twen-
ty consecutive years, a permanent member who has served for
fifteen consecutive years shall be accredited with his term of
service as a call man, two years' service as a call man being
regarded as equivalent to one year's service as a peraianent
member providing the requisite number of years of service as
a call man and as a pei'manent member combined shall have
been continuous service. Before a pension is granted to a
disabled member the physician of the local board of health
shall certify to the mayor and city council that such disabled
member is incapacitated either mentally or physically for per-
forming his duty as a member of the department.
2. Public Works Department. The mayor and city council
of the city of Berlin may, at the request of the head of the
public works department, retire from active service any
permanent member of the said department who is sixty-five
years of age and who has perfonned faithful service in the
department for a period of twenty-five consecutive years; or
any member of the department who has been disabled while
in the actual performance of duty ; and may grant a pension to
1927] Chapter 234 245
such retired member for a period not exceeding one year at a
time. Before a pension is granted to a disabled member the
physician of the local board of health shall certify to the
mayor and city council that such disabled member is incapaci-
tated either mentally or physically for performing his duty
as a member of the department.
3. Police Department. The mayor and city council of the
city of Berlin may, at the request of the chief of the police de-
partment retire from active service any permanent member
of said department who is sixty-five years of age and who has
performed faithful service in the department for a period of
twenty-five consecutive years; or any member of the depart-
ment 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 received while
engaged in the actual performance of his duties, for a period
not exceeding one year at a time. Before a pension is granted
to a disabled member the physician of the local board of
health shall certify to the mayor and city council that such
disabled member is incapacitated either mentally or physically
for performing his duty as a member of the department.
4. Amount. The pension paid to any retired members of
the fire, police and public works departments of said city shall
be equal in amount to one half the pay received by such mem-
ber during the twelve months immediately preceding his re-
tirement.
5. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 234.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DERRY CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION TO CHANGE ITS NAME.
Section I Section
1. Name changed. I 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Name Changed. Derry Co-operative Building and
Loan Association is hereby authorized and empowered to
246 Chapter 235 [1927
change its name to Derry Co-operative Bank. Said change of
name shall be approved by a majority of the directors of said
association and due notice of said change of name shall be
given to the secretary of state and to the bank commissioner.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 235.
AN ACT GRANTING AUTHORITY TO THE TOWN OF DERRY TO RE-
FUND ITS WATER BONDS BY ISSUING THIRTY-
YEAR SERIAL BONDS.
Section
1. Town of Derry authorized to
refund water bonds.
Section
2. What bonds.
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Refund Authorized. The town of Derry is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to refund its water bonds, $52,000 of
which become due July 1, 1927 and $44,000, November 1, 1930,
by issuing bonds of the town of Derry payable in annual pay-
ments, the first payment to be made not later than two years
and the last payment not later than thirty years after the
date of the bonds issued therefor. In all other respects said
refunding bonds shall comply with the provisions of chapter
59 of the Public Laws and any amendments thereto.
2. What Bonds. The provisions of this act shall apply to
the $52,000 water bonds maturing July 1, 1927 and to the
$44,000 water bonds maturing November 1, 1930.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
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247
CHAPTER 236.
AN ACT TO DISSOLVE CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.
Section
1. Charters repealed.
2. Remedies preserved.
Section
3. Reinstatement.
4. Continued existence for what
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Charters Repealed. The charter or certificate of incor-
poration of each of the following named corporations is hereby
repealed, revoked and annulled:
Abenaque Machine Works, The (Walpole, 1895),
Adams Garage Company (Pittsfield, 1921),
Alvaro Realty Company (Nashua, 1904),
American Burnishing Machine Company, The (Nashua, 1881),
American Moore Peg Company (Lisbon, 1920),
American Twist Drill Co. of Concord, N. H. (Concord, 1891),
Ashuelot Gas & Electric Company,
Ashuelot Shoe Company (Keene, 1907),
Automobile Diamond Chain Co, (Manchester, 1925) ,
Bailey Manufacturing Company (Claremont, 1895),
Bay State Shoe-Fastening Company (Nashua, 1887),
Berlin Dry Goods Co. (Berlin, 1895),
Berlin Telephone Company, The (Berlin, 1896),
Berlin Water Company, Incorporated, The (Berlin, 1923),
Berry Spring Sleigh Company, The (Concord, 1889),
Boynton Bottling Works, Incorporated (Portsmouth, 1921),
Brandt Machine and Engineering Company (Claremont, 1923),
Brockton Grater Company (Boston, Massachusetts, 1900),
Canaan Manufacturing Company (Canaan, 1923),
Cavanaugh Bros. Horse Company (Manchester, 1915),
Central Market Company (Keene, 1914),
Chabot Motor Company Incorporated (Manchester, 1923),
Cinder Club, Inc., The (Francestown, 1922) ,
City Band, Manchester, N. H. (Manchester, 1905),
Claremont Furniture Company, Inc. (Claremont, 1927),
Clawson-Hamilton Commercial College (Keene, 1908),
Cobe Engineering Corporation (East Candia, 1924),
Colburn Construction Company (Concord, 1922),
Colebrook Driving Park, Inc., The (Colebrook, 1919),
Columbia Investment Company, The (Manchester, 1890),
248 Chapter 236 [1927
Columbian Manufacturing Company (Boston, Massachusetts,
1922),
Commercial Mica Company (Groton, 1919),
Como Apparatus Company (Manchester, 1925),
Conant Manufacturing Company, The (Hopkinton, 1892),
Consumers Coal Company (Manchester, 1921),
Contoocook Valley Telephone Company (Hillsboro, 1893),
Cook Varney Shoe Company, The (Farmington, 1924),
Co-operative Store No. 1 (Nashua, 1875),
Cosmone Company, The (Warren, 1922),
Daniels Cornell Company (Manchester, 1892),
Derby Company, J. C. (Concord, 1899),
Dover Beef Company (Dover, 1887),
Dover Bobbin Company, The (Dover, 1886),
Eagle Drug Co., The (Manchester, 1923) ,
Eclipse Wrapping Band Company (Keene, 1924),
Elliott and Company, Alonzo (Manchester, 1909),
Equitable Endowment Order (Concord, 1891),
Equitable Investment Company, The (Manchester, 1890),
Essex Gold Mining Company, The (Lyman, 1879),
Esty Hosiery Company (Laconia, 1894),
Fairfield Shoe Company, The (Manchester, 1920) ,
Fairmont Tanning Company (Merrimack, 1924),
Falconer-Blood, Inc. (Raymond, 1922),
Farmers' Co-operative Creamery Company of Colebrook, The
(Colebrook, 1919),
Farmington Building and Loan Association, The (Farmington,
1912),
Fifield Company, The H. B. (Conway, 1917),
Fuller Sons Company, George A. (Alton, 1923),
Gas & Electric Appliance Company,
Gilmanton Iron Works Building Corporation (Gilrnanton Iron
Works, 1900),
Globe Investment Association (Manchester, 1890) ,
Golden Company, Inc., C. A. (Manchester, 1923),
Goodrich Company, J. A. (Manchester, 1901),
Grafton County Motor Sales, Inc. (Plymouth, 1924),
Granite Bottling Company (Concord, 1922),
Granite State Fox Ranch, Inc. (Cornish, 1924),
Guay Oil Company, The T. J. (Laconia, 1915),
Halliday-Penfield Lumber Company (Rochester, 1923),
Ham the Hatter (Dover, 1916),
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Hamilton Jewelry Company (Deerfield, 1898),
Hampshire Pottery (Keene, 1917),
Hanover Street Garage (Manchester, 1916) ,
Healy Brothers Tailoring Company (Manchester, 1910) ,
Hillsboro Shoe Company (Manchester, 1922),
Hodgdon, Incorporated, J. W. (Portsmouth, 1916),
Hood and Sons, H. P. (Derry, 1889),
Howard, Robinson Company (Jackson, 1910),
Jady Hill Land Company of Exeter, New Hampshire, The
(Exeter, 1913),
Jennings Company, The E, A. (Epping, 1891),
Jones Company, George R. (Manchester, 1912),
Jones Motors, Inc. (Laconia, 1920),
Jordan-Manchester Co. (Manchester, 1921),
Keene Gas & Electric Co. (Chartered 1860 as Keene Gas Light
Co.),
Kingston Supply Company (Kingston, 1921),
Laconia Gas & Electric Company,
Lake City Ice Cream Company, The (Laconia, 1923),
Lake Land Co., The (Nashua, 1892),
Lang Realty Co., Walter M. (Manchester, 1918),
Little Giant Investment Association, The (Manchester, 1891),
Lyons Trailers Corporation (Manchester, 1923),
Marshall Co., Caleb B. (Nashua, 1910),
Maxwell Ice Company, The (Manchester, 1903),
Meany & Co., Inc., James P. (Claremont, 1917),
Merrimac Realty and Shoe Manufacturing Company (Man-
chester, 1909),
Meyers Cash Store, The (East Jaffrey, 1921),
Mutual Construction Company, The (Manchester, 1918),
Mutual Protective Association of America, The (Manchester,
1890),
Nashua and Acton Railroad (1907),
Nashua Automotive and Electric Company (Nashua, 1923),
Nashua Granite Company (Nashua, 1896) ,
Nashua Homes Corporation (Nashua, 1919) ,
Nashua Radio Corporation (Nashua, 1924),
National Bond and Investment Company, The (Concord, 1890) .
Needham Basket Company, H. B. (Peterboro, 1906) ,
New England College of Languages (Boston, Massachusetts,
1899),
250 Chapter 236 [1927
New England Fireside Publishing Company, The (Nashua,
1888),
New Hampshire Association for the Blind (Concord, 1914),
New Hampshire Highland-dress Bagpipe Band (Manchester,
1916),
Oil Cities Electric Company,
Palace of Sweets (Manchester, 1918),
Partridge Company, The Horace (Boston, Massachusetts,
1906),
Peaked Hill Electric Light Company (Bristol, 1926),
Peerless Manufacturing Company (Newport, 1887),
Pembroke Grange Co-operative Company, The (Pembroke,
1887),
People's Investment Association (Manchester, 1890),
Picard Leggett Motor Co. (Laconia, 1923),
Pilgrim Hall Association of Salem Depot, N. H. (Salem Depot,
1911).
Piper Company, The B. H. (Manchester, 1890),
Plaistow Electric Light and Power Company, The (Plaistow,
1911),
Portsmouth Brewing Company, The (Portsmouth, 1875),
Prescott Company, The (Concord, 1901),
Princess Theater, Incorporated (Plymouth, 1922),
Providence Cylinder Company (Nashua, 1886),
Puritan Biscuit Company (Boston, Massachusetts, 1903),
Radia Vacuum Products Company (Nashua, 1923) ,
Real Estate Improvement Co., The (Nashua, 1883),
Reynolds Loan Company, The (Manchester, 1892) ,
Rockingham County Agricultural Credit Association (Epping,
1923),
Rugg Company, E. H. (Hanover, 1918),
Somersworth Machine Co. (Dover, 1848),
Soucy & Gagnon (Nashua, 1916),
Souhegan Valley Electric Company,
Squam Lake Lumber Company (Ashland, 1906) ,
Sta Manufacturing Company (Lynn, Massachusetts, 1885) ,
Steel's Department Stores, Inc. (Concord, 1922),
Stevens Company, R. P. (Manchester, 1900) ,
Stoddard Lumber & Turning Corporation (Stoddard, 1920),
Strand Amusement Company (Dover, 1919),
Studio Shop, The (Manchester, 1916),
Sugar River Creamery (Goshen, 1886),
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Sullivan Gold Mining Co. (Nashua, 1887),
Swan Island Guano Company (Concord, 1895),
Taylor Adjustable Shoe Company (Nashua, 1884),
Textile Manufacturing Co. (Meredith, 1919),
Theatre Realty Corporation of New Hampshire, The (Man-
chester, 1923),
Thomas & Company, Incorporated, Andrew P. (Manchester,
1923),
Thompson Granulated Flour Company (Nashua, 1884),
Times Publishing Company (Portsmouth, 1906),
Twin Mountain Telephone Company (Whitefield, 1916),
Union Electric Company (1893),
Virginia Wood and Lumber Company (Nashua, 1897),
Vishnu Springs and Land Company (Nashua, 1896),
Walker Woolen Company (Winchester, 1922),
Warsaw Floral Company, Incorporated (Warsaw, New York,
1924),
Waumbec Woolen Company (Milton, 1898) ,
Waumbek Hotel Co. (Jefferson, 1877),
Weeks, Lanpher Company (Tilton, 1911),
West Derry Sewerage Association (Derry, 1897),
White Mountain Novelty Company (Littleton, 1920),
Wilkinson Shoe Company, The (Pittsfield, 1924),
Wilhs & Co., Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts, 1923),
Winnepesaukee Transportation Company, The (Moulton-
borough, 1894),
Woodbury Heel Company (Nashua, 1887),
Worrall Clutch Works, The (Manchester, 1896).
The principal place of business and date of year of incor-
poration, when given in the above list, are included for the pur-
pose of distinguishing corporations of the same or similar
names.
2. Remedies Preserved. No remedy against any such cor-
poration, its stockholders or officers, for any liability previous-
ly incurred, shall be impaired hereby.
3. Reilistatement. Any such corporation may, within
ninety days after the date that this act takes effect, reinstate
itself as a corporation by the payment of any fees in arrears
and the filing with the secretary of state of any annual returns
required by law and a statement under oath, signed by the
clerk or secretary of such corporation, that it desires that its
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chai'ter or certificate of incorporation shall remain in full force
and effect.
4. Continued Existence for What Purposes. The corpora-
tion so dissolved shall, nevertheless, continue as a body cor-
porate for the term of three years, for the purpose of
presenting and defending suits by or against it and of gradual-
ly closing and settling its concerns and distributing its assets,
including the disposition and transfer of all or any part of its
property, and for no other purpose; provided, however, that
the superior court shall have power at any time when it shall
be made to appear, upon the petition of any interested party,
that the protection of proprietary or other rights requires the
doing of any act or thing by or in behalf of any such corpora-
tion, to order the doing of such acts or things, and for this
purpose may appoint and authorize an agent to act for and in
the name of such dissolved corporation and any action so
ordered and done shall be effective corporate action.
[Approved March 31, 1927.]
CHAPTER 237.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF ST. MARY'S SCHOOL
FOR GIRLS.
Section
3. Takes efifect.
Section
L Membership increased.
2. Property limit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Membership. St. Mary's School for Girls, a corporation
established by chapter 167 of the Laws of 1885 is hereby au-
thorized to increase its membership to a number not exceeding
twenty-one, but the number shall not be less than eleven.
2. Property Limit. Said corporation may acquire and hold
by gift, bequest or otherwise, real and personal estate to an
amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars.
3. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
1927]
Chapters 238, 239
253
CHAPTER 238.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF BONDS BY THE SOUTH AN-
TRIM VILLAGE FIRE PRECINCT, IN THE TOWN OF ANTRIM.
Section
2. Regulations for issue.
3. Takes effect.
Section
1. South Antrim Village Fire
Precinct authorized to issue
bonds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Bonds Authorized. The South Antrim Village Fire Pre-
cinct, in the town of Antrim, is hereby authorized to borrow
upon its credit a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dol-
lars ($35,000) for the alteration, repairing, renewing and ex-
tending its present water system.
2. Issue. For the purposes set forth in section 1 of this
act, said precinct is hereby authorized to issue its notes or
bonds at the lowest rate of interest obtainable therefor, pay-
able serially within a period not exceeding twenty years from
the date of their issue. The amount of each payment of prin-
cipal together with the interest on the indebtedness thus in-
curred to be assessed and collected annually.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 239.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE FIRE PRECINCT IN THE TOWN
OF WOLFEBORO TO EXCEED ITS LIMIT OF BONDED INDEBTED-
NESS AS FIXED BY PUBLIC LAWS, CHAPTER 59, SECTION
7, AND TO ISSUE SERIAL NOTES OR BONDS.
Section
1. Wolfeboro Village Fire Pre-
cinct authorized to exceed
limit oi^ indebtedness.
Section
2. Bond issue authorized.
3. Tax exemption, rate.
4. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Debt Limit Increased. The village fire precinct in the
town of Wolfeboro is hereby authorized to incur indebtedness
in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for the pur-
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pose of improving- its electric light plant ; said amount to be in
addition to the amount already authorized by Public Laws,
chapter 59, section 7.
2. Authorized. The commissioners of the village fire pre-
cinct are hereby empowered and authorized to issue for and in
behalf of said district serial notes or bonds to the amount of
fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of improving its electric
light plant. Said notes or bonds shall be issued in conformity
to the Public Laws, chapter 59, covering a period of not exceed-
ing fifteen years.
3. Tax Exemption, Rate. Said serial notes or bonds shall
bear interest at not exceeding five per cent, and shall be ex-
empt from taxation in New Hampshire, and shall be signed by
the precinct commissioners or by a majority thereof and coun-
tersigned by the precinct treasurer.
4. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 5, 1927.]
CHAPTER 240.
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE CITY OF DOVER TO INCUR DEBTS TO THE
AMOUNT OF SIX PER CENT OF ITS VALUATION.
Sfxtion
3. Prior debts validated.
4. Takes effect.
Section
1. Debt limit increased.
2. Municipality and school dis-
trict.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Debt Limit Increased. The city of Dover may at any
time have and incur debt for all purposes including school pur-
poses to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate six per cent
of its last assessed valuation, provided however, that in ascer-
taining the amount of such debt so to be compared with said
six per cent, indebtedness lawfully incurred outside of said
limit shall not be considered and deductions may be made as
specified in the Municipal Bonds Statute and acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto. So long as the aggre-
gate net debt of said city for school purposes and all other
purposes shall not exceed said limit of six per cent, the city
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may incur school debt in excess of the limit of two per cent
imposed upon school districts by said Municipal Bonds Statute.
Except as herein provided all indebtedness of said city,
whether or not incurred for school purposes, shall be subject
to said Municipal Bonds Statute and acts in amendment there-
of and in addition thereto.
2. Municipality and School District. Said city shall con-
stitute a single municipal corporation with powers for munici-
pal and school purposes, including all the powers of a school
district. All provisions of law or of the charter of said city
affecting school districts or schools shall, so far as not incon-
sistent herewith, continue to apply to said city.
3. Prior Debts Validated. All indebtedness of any govern-
mental subdivision territorially coextensive with said city
hitherto incurred for school purposes, in whatever form or
however incurred, and all orders and votes authorizing the in-
curring of indebtedness or the issuance of bonds or notes or
other obligations for school purposes by any such subdivision,
or by the city, are hereby confirmed, ratified and validated.
The city treasurer is hereby authorized to reimburse the city
treasury for any sums advanced therefrom temporarily to pay
any portion of said indebtedness pending the receipt of pro-
ceeds of school bonds or notes which may be issued within
said aggregate debt limit.
4. Takes Effect. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved April 6, 1927.]
CHAPTER 241.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF THE NORTHERN
RAILROAD.
Sfxtion
2. Takes effect.
Sf.ction
1. Additional officers; qualifica-
tions of directors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Additional Officers; Qualifications of Directors. Amend
chapter 190 of the Laws of 1844 by adding a new section to be
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section 3-a, as follows : Sect. 3-a. The directors may also elect
a vice-president and an assistant treasurer and confer upon
them such powers and duties as they may deem to be expedi-
ent. At least five of the directors shall be citizens and resi-
dents of New Hampshire.
2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 7, 1927.]
CHAPTER 242.
AN ACT TO DISSOLVE A CERTAIN CORPORATION.
Section
1. Charter repealed.
2. Remedies preserved.
3. Reinstatement.
Section
4. Continued existence for what
purposes.
5. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Charter Repealed. The Winnipesaukee Telephone Com-
pany, being a corporation organized under the general laws of
this state, is hereby dissolved and the charter or certificate of
incorporation of said corporation is hereby repealed, revoked
and annulled.
2. Remedies Preserved. No remedy against such corpora-
tion, its stockholders or officers, for any liability previously in-
curred, shall be impaired hereby.
3. Reinstatement. Such corporation may, within ninety
days after the date that this act takes effect, reinstate itself as
a corporation by the payment of any fees in arrears and the fil-
ing with the secretary of state of any annual returns required
by law and a statement under oath, signed by the clerk or sec-
retary of such corporation, that it desires that its charter or
certificate of incorporation shall remain in full force and effect.
4. Continued Existence for What Purposes. The corpora-
tion so dissolved shall, nevertheless, continue as a body
corporate for the term of three years, for the purpose of pre-
senting and defending suits by or against it and of gradually
closing and settling its concerns and distributing its assets,
and for no other purpose ; provided, however, that the superior
court shall have power at any time, when it shall be made to
1927] Chapter 243 257
appear, upon the petition of any interested party, that the
protection of proprietary or other rights requires the doing
of any act or thing by or in behalf of any such corporation, to
order the doing of such acts or things, and for this purpose
may appoint and authorize an agent to act for and in the name
of such dissolved corporation and any action so ordered and
done shall be effective corporate action.
5. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 243.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NEW LONDON WATER SYSTEM PRE-
CINCT TO BORROW MONEY AND EXTEND ITS WATER-
WORKS SYSTEM.
Section I Section
i. Authority granted. | 2. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Authority Granted. The New London Water System
Precinct is hereby authorized to incur indebtedness, in addition
to the indebtedness already incurred by it, not in excess of
$10,000 and to pledge its credit therefor, for the purpose of ex-
tending its water-works system to take advantage of section 4
of chapter 43 of the Public Laws, and to issue its notes and
bonds therefor as provided in chapter 59 of the Public Laws,
whenever the inhabitants thereof shall by vote deem it advis-
able to extend said water- works system; provided, however,
that no additional notes or bonds shall be issued by such dis-
trict for any other purpose until the total of indebtedness in-
curred by said district for the original construction of its
water-works system, and the extensions constructed with the
proceeds of the notes or bonds hereby authorized, shall be re-
duced to such an extent that any further issue will not increase
the total indebtedness of said district to an amount in excess of
the legal limit of indebtedness of said district.
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2. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 244.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF MANCHESTER TO ACQUIRE
AND TO OPERATE A RECREATION FIELD AND AN AVIATION FIELD.
Section
1. Recreation field.
2. Aviation field.
3. Use of fields.
4. Board of trustees.
Skction
5. Revenue.
6. Powers of board.
7. Repeal.
8. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Recreation Field. The city of Manchester is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to construct, manage and own a recre-
ation field for all purposes incident to recreation, and for that
purpose may take, purchase, lease and hold real estate and
erect, construct and maintain such buildings as may be neces-
sary.
2. Aviation Field. The said city of Manchester is further
authorized and empowered to construct, manage and own an
aviation field for all purposes incident to aviation, and for that
purpose may take, purchase, lease and hold real estate and
erect, construct and maintain such buildings as may be neces-
sary.
3. Use of Fields. Said city is authorized to contract with
individuals or corporations who may desire to use said recre-
ation or aviation fields and to make such contracts, establish
such tolls and charge such rent for the use of said fields as
shall be deemed reasonable.
4. Board of Trustees. To carry out the provisions of this
act the mayor shall, upon the passage of this act, appoint two
aldermen, and with the approval of the board of aldermen,
shall appoint three citizens of Manchester, who shall constitute
a board of recreation and aviation trustees, said aldermen to
serve until the first Tuesday in January, 1928, and said citizens
to serve until March 1, 1928, March 1, 1929, and March 1, 1930,
respectively, or until their successors are appointed and quali-
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fied. Biennially thereafter in the month of January, the mayor
shall appoint two aldermen to serve for terms of two years;
and annually, in the month of February, with the approval of
the board of aldermen, shall appoint one citizen to serve for a
term of three years from March first, or until his successor is
appointed and qualified. As soon as convenient after the ap-
pointment of said trustees, they shall organize by choosing one
of their members chairman and one clerk. Meetings of said
trustees shall be held upon call of the chairman or mayor on
such dates as said trustees shall designate.
5. Revenue. All money received on account of the recre-
ation and aviation fields shall be paid monthly or oftener into
the city treasury and a receipt taken therefor. Such sums
shall be placed to the credit of said recreation and aviation
fields and shall not be paid out except under provision of the
following section.
6. Powers of Board. Said board of recreation and aviation
trustees shall have full charge and supervision over such recre-
ation and aviation fields as shall be assigned to their custody
by the board of mayor and aldermen but shall have no control
over public parks, playgrounds, and commons now under the
jurisdiction of the parks and playgrounds commission or con-
templated in the act creating such commission. They shall
have the expenditure of all money appropriated by the board
of mayor and aldermen for this department, and shall have au-
thority to employ such persons as may be necessary to carry
out the work of the department and to establish such rules and
regulations as they may deem proper for the efficient super-
vision and management of said recreation and aviation fields.
7. Repeal. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this
act are hereby repealed, except that no provision of this act
shall be construed to repeal any of the powers of the mayor of
Manchester.
8. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved. April 14, 1927.]
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CHAPTER 245.
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE TOWN OF WOLFEBORO TO ESTABLISH
THE OFFICE OF TOWN MANAGER.
Skctiox ]. Authority granted.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Authority Granted. All the provisions of chapter 339 of
the Laws of 1925, entitled "An Act empowering the town of
Lebanon and such other towns as may hereafter be authorized
to establish the office of town manager," may be accepted and
adopted by the town of Wolfeboro by vote of the legal voters
of said town, as provided in sections 11 and 12 of said act; and
in case the provisions of said act shall be so accepted and
adopted by the town of Wolfeboro, the town of Wolfeboro shall
thereupon have all the powers and authorities which were con-
ferred by said act upon the town of Lebanon.
[Approved April 14, 1927.]
CHAPTER 246.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 355 OF THE LAWS OF 1911
RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF LACONIA TO RAISE
AND APPROPRIATE A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRO-
VIDING A SITE FOR A STATE ARMORY BUILDING
IN SAID CITY.
Skction
L Site of Laconia armory,
amount to be raised for.
SbXTlOX
2. —
3. Takes effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened:
1. Amount. Amend section 1 of chapter 355 of the Laws
of 1911 by striking out the word "five" in the fifth line thereof
and inserting in place thereof the word twenty, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows : Section 1. The city
of Laconia is hereby authorized and empowered by majority
vote by the members of its city council present at any regular
meeting of said city council or at any special meeting of said
«»
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city council duly called for that purpose to raise and appro-
priate a sum of money not exceeding twenty thousand dollars
for the purpose of providing a lot of land in said city for the
erection thereon of a state armory building. And said city of
Laconia by its mayor or other officer or officers duly authorized
is hereby empowered to convey any or all land which may be
acquired under the provisions of this act by proper deed of
conveyance to the State of New Hampshire for the considera-
tion that said state shall use said land for the purpose of erect-
ing and maintaining thereon a state armory building, and said
deed to be conditioned that whenever said state shall cease to
use and occupy said land for state armory purposes that the
title to said land shall revert to said city of Laconia. Said con-
veyance of said land by said city to said state shall be made as
aforesaid whenever the state by its duly authorized officer shall
notify said city that an appropriation has been made by the
state for the erection of a state armory in said Laconia, and
that said state is ready to proceed with the erection of the
same.
2. . Amend section 2 of chapter 355 of the Laws of
1911 by striking out the word "five" in the second line thereof
and inserting in place thereof the word twenty, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows: Sect. 2. For the
purpose of providing said sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars authorized to be raised and appropriated under section
1 of this act said city of Laconia is hereby authorized and em-
powered to issue its notes, bonds or obligations therefor in
such denomination and payable at such times and at such rate
of interest not exceeding six per cent as its city council may
determine.
3. Takes Effect. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved April 15, 1927.]
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Office of Secretary of State,
Concord, June 15, 1927.
I hereby certify that the acts and resolutions and changes of
names contained in this volume have been compared with the
originals in this office and found to be correctly printed.
INDEX
INDEX
TO
NEW HAMPSHIRE LAWS
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1927 .
Adjutant-general, salary 78
Adjutant-general's department, appropriation 166, 171, 172
Agricultural experiment stations, acceptance of Purnell Act in
regard to 1 76
Agriculture, apples, grading and packing 31, 35
commissioner of, administrative authority granted in
regard to grading and packing
apples 33, 34
duties as to co-operative marketing
associations 44, 45
may order vaccination of domestic
animals, when 143
to prescribe rules as to branding cer-
tain packages of apples 33, 34
department of, appropriation 165, 171
Alexandria, Sugar Loaf road, guard rail, appropriation 183
Alstead, Warren pond, ice fishing prohibited for five years IS
Alton, empowered to erect judge's and band stand at Alton Bay. . . 221
Amateur athletic contests, public playgrounds, admission may be
charged 121
Ammonia, standard of quality 22
Androscoggin river, brook trout taking 82
ice fishing, prohibition of, repealed 85
Animals, diseases of, appropriation 165, 171
domestic, sale and use of vaccines for diseased animals,
regulated 143, 144
vaccination ordered, when 142, 143
wild, in captivity, duties of fish and game commissioner
as to , •• 43, 44
'Antrim, school district lines changed 221
South Antrim Village Fire Precinct, bond issue authorized 252
Apples, closed package, defined "^
information required to be marked thereon Zl, 33
commissioner of agriculture to enforce provisions of chapter 2>Z, 34
forbidden designations ■^"'
minimum size, definition
265
266 INDEX [1927
Apples, misbranded, defined 35
packages, size of lettering thereon 33
penalties for violations of provisions of chapter; exceptions 34
standard barrel, dimensions 31
bushel, capacity 31
grades, quaUfications 31, 32
violations of provisions of ch;ipKr, notice and hearing .... 34
Apportionment for assessment of taxes 11-18
Appropriations, adjutant-general's department 166, 171, 172
agriculture, department of 163, 171
Alexandria, Sugar Loaf road, guard rail 183
animals, diseases of 165, 171
armory, Laconia 200
attorney-general's department 164, 169
bank commission department 163, 169
Bennington and Saratoga, battlefield markers 203, 204
blind, register of 165, 170
Boston & Maine R. R. investigation 204, 205
bounties 166, 172
bovine tuberculosis, emergency 182
charities and correction, board of 165, 170
chiropractors, board of 166, 172
Dalton bridge 178
Daniel Webster Birthplace 168, 173, 193
Dover, repayment to 19, 20
education, state board of 167, 173
Elliott, George H., in favor of 192, 193
emergency fund 46, 47
enforcement prohibitory law department 164, 169, 170
executive department 163, 168
factory inspection 165, 170, 171
Firemen's relief fund 168, 173
First New Hampshire Infantry, history 181, 182
forestry department 166, 172
Foster, General John G., portrait 176
free employment bureau 165, 171
G. A. R. department 166, 172
Granite State Dairymen's Association ■ 165, 171
Deaf Mute Mission 165, 170
Hampton Falls, improvement of common 183, 184
Hanover, Ledyard bridge 18.i
health, board of 166, 171
Healy, Jeremiah B. Jr., in favor of 202
highway, in Barrington 201, 202
Bath, Landaff and Easton 190, 191
Brookfield 1S8
Chichester 187, 188
Deerfield 195
Dummer and Milan 194, 195
Hudson 185, 186
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INDEX 267
Appropriations, highway in Jaffrey, Poole memorial road 189, 190
Jefferson 190
Laconia 188, 189
Madison 201
Meredith 195_ 195
Rumney 186^ 187
Tamworth 189
Wilmot, Kearsarge mountain road .... 186
Wilton to Greenville 187
hygiene, laboratory of 165, 171
indexing, department of 156, 172
industrial school 167 173
girls' cottage 198, 199
insurance department 163, 169
interest charges 167, 173
investigation of marsh lands of Hampton and Sea-
brook 149
Kelley, Martin A., in favor of 179
labor bureau 165, 170
Lachance, William, in favor of 177
Laconia State School 167, 173
new dormitory 160, 161
law enforcement department 164, 169, 170
legislative employees 206, 207
legislature 164, 170
organization 175
Mahoney, Peter, in favor of 179, 180
Maine and New Hampshire boundary line, marking 136
Mara, William H., in favor of 179
markets, bureau of 165, 171
maturing bonds 168
military organizations 168, 173
Morin, Arthur O., in favor of 203
moth suppression 165, 171
New Hampshire Historical Society 168, 173
Horticultural Society 165, 171
Sheep Breeders' Association 165, 171
Veterans' Association 19o
Old Home Week Association 168, 173
optometry board 166, 172
pharmacy commission 166, 172
Pierce, Franklin, homestead 168, 173
Plymouth normal school 192
Prisoners' Aid Association 168, 173
probate courts 164, 170
public library commission 167, 172
service commission 163, 169
publicity, board of 165, 171
purchasing agent's department 163, 169
repayment to city of Dover 19, 20
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Appropriations, Rockingham county, bridge over Exeter river 181
Ross, Onslow, in favor of 193
Seabrook, Black Water river l)ridge 184, 185
secretary of state department 163, 168
soldiers' home 167, 172
Soucise, Frederick, in favor of 2C2
special, not to lapse until obligations contracted for
have been fulfilled 22, 23
state auditing department 163, 169
dental board 166, 172
expenses, ending June 30, 1928 162-168
expenses, ending June 30, 1929 168-173
hospital 167, 173
laundry machinery, etc 197
nurses' home 159, 160
refrigerating plant 178
house department 166, 172
library 166, 167, 172
prison 167, 173, 180, 181, 191
sanatorium 167, 173, 197, 198
stream flow gauging stations 177
superior court 164, 170
supreme court 164, 170
decisions, publication 194
tax commission 163, 169
treasury department 163, 168, 169
tubercular children 165, 170
patients 165, 170
University of New Hampshire 167, 173
veterinary surgeons, registration 166, 172
vital statistics 165, 171
Webster, Daniel, Birthplace 168, 173, 193
weights and measures, department 165, 171
white pine blister rust 166, 172
Wiggin, Arthur H., in favor of 203
Armory, Laconia, appropriation 200
city authorized to appropriate money for site .... 260, 261
Arson, attempts, penalty ■ 119
bridges, etc., burning, penalty , •' 1 IS
buildings, burning, penalty 118
insured property, burning, penalty 119
personal property, burning, penalty 1 18, 119
setting of fire to buildings, etc 118. 119
Ashland, designation of state-aid road to New Hampton 148
Attorney-general's department, appropriation 164, 169
Aviation field, Manchester ^-"'8. 25,
Ayer's pond, Harrington, name changed -^o
Bail, false statement of surety, penalty '*>'
Bank commission, appropriation 1"^'
1927] INDEX 269
Banks, may acl as executors when 154
national, sec National banks.
safe deposit boxes, .v<V Safe deposit iioxes.
savings, sec Savings banks.
Barrington, highway in, appropriation 201, 202
names of certain ponds in, changed 36
Bath, Landaflf, and Easton, Lost River road, approjirialion 190, 191
Belknap County Cemetery, name changed 231
Bennington and Saratoga, markers on battlefields, apprupriation . . . 203, 204
school district lines changed 221
Berlin, pensions for certain city employees,
fire department . . . .• 244, 243
police department 243
public works department 244, 243
Bethlehem Village District, annual meeting, change in date 219, 220
Bleaching fluid, standard of quality 22
Blind, register of, appropriation 163, 170
Boarding houses, serving of milk for drinking purposes, regulated 119, 120
Bondsmen, professional, affidavits as to sufficiency of security in
criminal cases 42, 43
definition 42
fee or commission 43
penalty for violation of law 43
registration with clerk of court 42
Boston & Maine Railroad, issue of prior preference stock exempt
from certain provisions of law .... 231, 232
investigation, appropriation 204, 203
Boundary line, Maine and New Hampshire, see Maine.
Bounties, appropriation 166, 172
Bovine tuberculosis, emergency appropriation 182
Bridge, Black Water river, Seabrook, appropriation 184, 183
Connecticut river, Dalton, appropriation 178
Hanover, appropriation 183
Exeter river, reimbursement of county of Rockingham .... ISl
Piscataqua river, investigation of possibility of constructing 184
Brook trout, taking 81-83
Brookficld, highway in, appropriation 1S8
Buildings, setting of fire to, penalty 118
Bureau of markets, appropriation 16.i, 171
Business corporations, see Corporations, business.
Campton, part of Bog Brook designated as Rowbartwood Lake .... 129
Candia, authorized to exceed limit of indebtedness, for improvement
of Candia cut-of¥ ^^-7
Cataloguer, state library, salary 11^
Cats, wild, bounty for killing -i:^, •"'6
Census, federal, see Federal census.
Charities and correction, board of, appropriation 16:^, 170
Charters, certain, repealed 247-232, -oo, 2o7
270 INDEX [1927
Cheshire countj', commissioners, salary increase 132, 133
house of correction designated as jail for commit-
ment of prisoners 114, 115
open season for taking deer 71, 72
sheriff, salar\' increase 97
Chichester, highway from central trunk line to Suncook-Ossipec
road, appropriation 187, 188
Children in boarding homes, keeper of home and parent or guardian
responsible for school tuition 74, 75
Chiropractors, board of, appropriation 166, 172
Claremont, municipal court, salar}' of justice 122
sewerage system, method of voting for maintenance 217, 218
to Lebanon, continuous highway established from Central
road in Claremont to junction with Dartmouth
College Road in Lebanon 136-138
Coal, sold by weight, certificate of public weigher required when... 5.^
Commissioners, Cheshire county, salaries 132, 133
county, may employ prisoners in county jails 133
Conch, taking from Hampton river, not limited to residents of state ^7
Concord, bond issue authorized for improvements in water-works
system 2ij
municipal court, salary of justice 122
Union School District, annual elections, polls open ; check-
lists used, when 240
board of education to prepare and
publish finanacial budget 241
moderator and clerk, regulations
for filling vacancies 240, 241
official ballot to be used for elec-
tion of officers 239
Connecticut river, bridge over, at Dalton, appropriation l/^!
at Hanover, appropriation 185
in Coos county, brook trout, taking 82
Constitutional con\ention, taking sense of voters on the question of
calling 191, 192
Co-operative marketing associations, copy of by-laws, marketing
contracts, etc., filed .with
commissioner of agricul-
ture, when 44. 4.-'
investigation by commissioner
of agriculture 4r
systems of accounting pre-
scribed by commissioner of
agriculture, when 4.i
Corporations, business, annual return to be filed on or before April 1, 102, 103
date when secretary of state shall send notice
of failure to file annual return 102
fees in case of stock reduction 48, 49
minimum fee for amendments to record of
organization ^^
1927] INDEX 271
Corporations, certain charters repealed 247-252, 256, 257
foreign, registration fee 76
County officers, publication of campaign receipts and expenditures
required 15S
Courts, municipal, see Municipal Courts.
])robatc, sec Probate court, (irafton county.
superior, sec Superior court,
supreme, sec Supreme court.
Criminal cases, appealed, report to lower court retjuircd after ter-
mination in superior court 23, 24
Dalton Bridge, appropriation 178
Dan Hole pond, 1)ruok trout, taking 81
Deer, Cheshire county, open season for taking 71, 72
transportation of, regulations 1()4, 105
Deerfield, highway in, appropriation 195
Dental board, state, appropriation 166, 172
Departmental expenditures regulated 151, 152
Dependent mothers' aid. appropriation 167, 17>5
approval of employment by stale board of
education 106, l;)7
emergency allowances 106
Derry, authorized to refund water bonds 2-16
Co-operative Building and Loan Association, authorized to
change name to Derry Co-operative Bank 245, 246
Digest, supreme court decisions, appropriation 194
Dog kennels, licensing 77
Dogs, breeding, licenses, fees 77
Dover, authorized to incur debts to the amount of six per cent of
, its valuation 254. 255
municipal court, salary of justice 122
repayment to city for overpayment of state tax 19, 20
to Rochester, layout of state-aid highway provided for 138
Dublin pond, brook trout, taking 81
Dummer and Alilan, highway in, appropriation 194, 19?
Durham, School District, authorized to exceed limit of indebtedness 230, 231
water system 127, 128
Eastern States Exposition, committee authorized to investigate
proposal to erect New Hampshire building 182, 183
I'^flucation, state board of, appropriation 167, 1 73
institute proceedings for taking oL land
by eminent domain for normal schools .lO
may excuse normal school graduates
from compulsory teaching in state.. 26
may make emergency allowances to de-
pendent mothers ' ^^^^6
may require appointment of additional
truant officers when 40, 41
272
INDEX I 192;
Elections, primary, date I55 137
expenditures, amounts limited 157, 138
nominations by party committees 157
paid agents, affidavits required 158
registration 158
penalties for violation of law 158, 159
Elliott, George H., in favor of 192, 193
Emergency fund, appropriation, to protect interests of state 46, 4/
Enforcement prohibitory law department, appropriation 164, 169, 170
Executive department, appropriation 163, 168
Exeter, municipal court, salary of justice 122
Factory Inspection, appropriation 163, 17(», 171
Farmington school district, authorized to exceed limit of indebtedness 223
Federal census, co-operation with federal government to secure
more accurate separation of urban and rural population of state 128, 129
Fees, bondsmen, professional 43
business corporations 48, 49
dogs, breeding 77
foreign corporations, registration 76
fraternal benefit societies 36, 57
fur dealers 113
motor vehicles, second hand, licenses 64
tractors 116, 117
public weighers 54
Fire insurance contracts, time when adjustment of losses must
begin ; penalty 49, 50
Firemen's relief fund, appropriation 168, 173
Fires, camp, regulations for lighting 59, 60
liability for, without permit ^9
permits to kindle on land of another 59
First New Hampshire Infantry, history, appropriation 181, 182
Fish and game, Alstead, Warren pond, ice fishing prohibited for five
years 1?
brook trout, limit to be taken in one day 83, 84
taking 81-83
closed seasons, in emergency, by proclamation .... 40
commissioner, duty to enforce law in regard to
wild animals in captivity 43, 44
may make regulations as to sale of
furs ll-^
to certify to governor killing of wild
cats for bounty .-'.\ .->6
conch, regulations in regard to taking, not to apply
to Hampton river or tributaries -^7
deer, taking, in Cheshire county 71. 11
Fitzwilliam, Scott pond, ice fishing prohil)itcd 87
fund, payment to be made from, for bounty on wild
cats 00, .-56
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INDEX 273
Fish and game, furs, purchase and sale 113 114
f^^s '.''.'.'.'.'.'.'. " 113
hcenses 1 1 :>
penalties I J4
records of sales II4 115
rules and regulations by fish and game com-
missioner I l_i
Greenfield, Sunset lake, ice fishing i)rohil)ited for
five years -1
Hancock and Nelson, certain ponds, ice fishing
prohibited for five years 35
horned pout, limit to be taken in one day 3S
lake trout, limit to be taken in one day 83, 8-1
taking 83' g4
licenses, penalties for violations ,SG
oysters, taking " j,,; i,^^
pheasants, taking in Merrimack county 32
pickerel, taking ,S4 83
private ponds, sale and transportation ul hsh from 39
salmon, limit to be taken in one day 83, 84
taking 83, 84
smelt, fresh water, taking 38, 39
salt water, taking 51, 52
transportation,
deer by non-residents 1()4. ]()},
by residents 104
lish or wild game by non-residents 103, 104
by residents 103
penalties for violations of law 105
special permits authorized when 105
iMtzwilliam, Scott i)ond, ice fishing prohibited 87
FcKjd, ice cream, sale and manufacture 2]
sanitary production, enforcement of law 20, 2i
Forest fires, prosecutions 38, 59
improvement fund, created 149, 150
receipts from sale nursery stock credited
to 150, 131
lands, public, tax abatement to towns containing, procedure.. 57, 58
protection, regulation of fires 58-60
I'Orester, state, to make regulations in regard to ])erniits for kindling
fires near forests, etc 58, .i9
Forestry department, appropriation 1()6. 172
Foster, General John G., appropriation for ixntrait of 1 7(i
Franconia Notch, appropriation for purchase, to lajise when 91
Franklin, municipal court, salary of justice 122
Fraternal benefit societies, fee for filing annual statement 56, 37
Free employment bureau, appropriation 165, 171
Furs, dealers in, sec Fish and game, furs.
274
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[1927
G. A. R. Department, approjjiiation 1()6, 172
Gasoline, mixed with illuminating oils, sale forbidden; exception... 41, 42
Gilman I'aper Company, rights as to water power extended for
six years 224
Governor and council, authorized to appoint conmiittee to investi-
gate marsh lands of Hampton,
etc 149
to aj)point recess commission to
study question of consolida-
tion of state departments .... 20o
tax revision. 205, 206
to appoint surveyor to perambu-
late Maine, New Hampshire
boundary line 13.5
to deed certain real estate in
Keene to Mary A. Lampros. . 228
to take land by eminent domain
for placing monuments on
Maine boundary 136
may issue regulations as to expenditures for
travel and board of department heads
and assistants 151, 152
authorized to appoint committee of investigation for
building at Eastern States Exposition . . . 182, ISo
to raise emergency state force of militia .... 78, 79
to receive certain funds as trustee for national
guard 1 74, 175
clerical assistance 46
may cxi^end emergency fund for state departments 40, A7
may order by proclamation enrollment lists of male
citizens 77, 7S
salary 40
Grafton county, probate court, terms of 2(1
Power Company, charter amended 22.1-227
Grand Army Hall, Nashua, to lie held in trust for use of patriotic
organizations --'-'
Granite State Dairymen's Association, appropriation 16?, 171
Deaf Mute Mission, appropriation 165, 170
Greenfield, Sunset lake, ice fishing prohibited for five years' 51
Groveton, state-aid highway designated, to West Milan 13^
Hamptox and Hampton Falls, marsh lands to be investigated,
for remedy for coast erosion 149
Hampton Falls, appropriation for improvement of common 183, 184
Hancock and Nelson, Nubanusit lake and Spoonwood pond, ice fish-
ing prohibited for five years ^^
Hanover, Ledyard bridge, appropriation 1"^"'
Harrisville, North pond, name changed to Lake Sketutahkce ^7
Hay, sold by weight, certificate of public weigher required when . . . .i3
1927] INDEX 275
Health, local boards of, authorized to enforce law in regard to
serving of milk for drinking purposes
in hotels, lunch rooms, etc 119, 120
to enforce regulations regarding sanitary
production of food 20, 21
state board of, appropriation 166, 17!
authorized to enforce law in regard to serv-
ing of milk for drinking purposes in
hotels, lunch rooms, etc 119, 120
Healy, Jeremiah B., Jr., in favor of 2C2
Hebron, meeting of Feb. 1, 1927, legalized 242
High schools, tuition paid by district, when 30
Highway commissioner, joint authority with motor vehicle commis-
sioner in regard to excess loading emergency permits
for motor vehicles 9.t, 96
continuous, established from Central road in Claremont li>
junction Dartmouth College Road in Lebanon 136-l.V
department, authorized to enter private prt)perty for erec-
tion of snow fences 140
to investigate possibility of constructing
bridge over Piscataqua river between
Durham and Newington 1S4
surveyor to be appointed to perambulate
Maine boundary l-\"'
Dover to Rochester, layout of a state-aid highway author-
ized ^^^
Pierce, Franklin, designated -^^
Somersworth, authorized to take state aid on Rollinsford
road 139
state-aid, designated from Groveton to West -Milan 139
Laconia to Pittsfield 147
New Hampton to Ashland . . . 141^
Sugar Loaf, guard rail, appropriation 183
Highways, apfjropriation in Rarrington 201, 202
Bath, Landaff and F.aston 190, 191
Brookfield 188
Chichester 187. 188
Deerfield 193
Dummer and Milan 194, 195
Hudson 185, 186
Jaffrey, Poole memorial road 189, 190
Jefiferson 190
Laconia 188, 189
Madison 20i
Meredith 195, 196
Rumney 186, 187
Tamworth l^-*
Wilmot ^S6
Wilton to Grccn\ illo 187
276 INDEX [1927
Highways, changes in location to a\oid raih-oad crossing may be
ordered by public service commission 125
powers of selectmen to regulate use of and pre\cnt abuse
of 101, 102
regulation of, notices to be posted; penalty for violating 101, 102
snow fences, authority gi\en to enter private land to
erect 140
time same may remain erected, limited .... 140
state aid, no excess to towns unless sufficient state funds
are available 124
town, percentage required to be raised by town for state
aid 98. 99
repairing, way over obstructions must be provided.. 96
trunk lines, commissioner to regulate use of 101, 102
Horned pout, limit to be taken in one day 38
Hospital, state, sec State hospital.
Hotels, register of guests to be kept ; open to inspection 86
serving of milk for drinking purposes, regulated 119, 120
Household chemicals, sale and use of ammonia and bleaching lluids
regulated 22
Hudson, highway in, appropriation 185, 186
Hvgiene, laboratory' of, appropriation 165, 171
Ice Cre.\m, defined 21
regulating the sale and manufacture of 21
ice fishing, Alstead, Warren pond, prohibited for five years 18
Fitzwilliam, Scott pond, prohibited for five years ^7
Greenfield, Sunset lake, prohibited for five years 51
Hancock and Nelson, ponds in, prohibited for five years 36
Illuminating or fuel oils, sale of, test required 41, 42
Indexing, department of, appropriation 166, 172
Industrial school, appropriation 167, 173
girls' cottage, appropriation - 198
l)ond issue authorized 1*^9
Insurance department, appropriation 163, 169
fire, contracts, adjustment of losses must begin when,
penalty ■ • • • -+9, .-^0
foreign companies, insuring only through agents, excep- ■
tions 1^7, 118
motor vehicle liability policy:
defined ^"^
form to be approved by commissioner ... 68, 69
provisions required 68, 65
Interest charges, appropriation I'j' • '■ '^
Investment contracts, included in definition of securities 79
1927] INDEX 277
Jaffrey, Arthur E. Poole memorial road, appropriation 189, 19i)
Jail, Cheshire county, house of correction designated 114, 113
Jefferson, highway in, appropriation 19U
Jewish rabbis, solemnization of marriage Ijy 35
Junk dealer, motor \ehicles, provisions regarding licenses, ,?<■.■ Motor
\ehicles, second hand.
Kearsakge Mountain road, Wilmcjt, appropriation -. 186
Keenc, governor and council to deed to Mary A. Lampros certain
' real estate in 22S
municipal court, salary of justice 122
Kelley, Martin A., in favor of I7^j
Kerosene, sale of, test required 41, 42
Labor Bureau, appropriation 163, 170
Lachance, William, in favor of 177
Laconia armory, appropriation 200
bond issue authorized 200, 201
authorized to appropriate money for site for state armory
building 260, 261
Belknap County Cemetery, name changed 231
highway in, appropriation 188, 189
municipal court, salary of justice 122
State School, appropriation 167, 173
new dormitory, bond issue authorized 160, 161
Lake trout, taking 83
Lampros, Mary A., governor and council authorized to deed certain
real estate in Keene to 228
Law enforcement, commissioner, salary increase 133
department, appropriation 164, 169, 170
Lebanon, municipal court, salary of justice 123
Legacy and succession tax, transfer of questions of law to supreme
court 48
Legislature, appropriation 164, 17(1
bills proposed to be introduced may be filed with secre-
tary of state prior to meeting 141, 142
employees, appropriation 206, 207
members of, to receive mileage from homes to most
convenient railroad station 141
organization, appropriation I'D
Libraries, public, s*ee Public Libraries.
Lien, bridge •.
Liens for water rates
88
public works, surety bonds required to protect 107, 108
Lisbon School Set-off, so called, restored to the town of Lyman.. 228, 229
278 INDEX [1927
Lost River road, appropriation 190 191
Lyman, school district lines changed 228, 229
Madison, highway in, appropriation 201
Mahoney, Peter, in favor of 179, 180
Maine and New Hampshire boundary line, marking, appropriation 136
map to be pre-
pared and
filed 133, 136
monuments to
be placed. 133
perambulation
by survey-
or appoint-
ed by gov-
ernor and
council . . 135
taking lands
for monu-
ments ... 136
Manchester, authorized to acquire and operate recreation field and
aviation field 258, 259
municipal court, salary of justice 122
purchase of new uniforms for police, authorized when 224
Mara, William H., in favor of 179
Marketing, co-operative associations, sde Co-operative associations.
Alarriage, solemnization by Jewish rabbis 55
Maturing bonds, appropriation 168
Memorials, Bennington and Saratoga, markers for 203, 204
Mendham pond, Barrington, name changed 36
Aleredith, highway in, appropriation 195, 196
Merrimack county, pheasants, open season for taking 52
sheriff, salary 75, 76
Milan, Dummer and, highway in, appropriation 194, 195
Military organizations, appropriation 168, 173
Militia, adjutant-general, salary increa.se 78
emergency force, governor authorized to raise 78, 79
enrollment lists, governor may order by proclamation .... 77, 78
time for filing 7i^
governor authorized to receive as trustee funds for national
guard 174, 175
Milk, serving of, in hotels, lunch rooms, etc.
enforcement of law by state and local boards of health . . . 120
limitations of act 120
original bottles must be used 119, 120
penalties for violations 120
standard of quality required 120
Morin, Arthur O., in favor of 203
Moth suppression, appropriation 165, 171
1927] index' 279
^fotluTs' aid, see Dependent mothers' aid.
Motor vehicle, dealer to include person engaged in Imyini; promis-
sory notes secured by mortgage upon 61
road toll, amount 92
distributors required to re]iori to motor
vehicle connnissioner anKniiii ni fuel
used 144
Motor vehicles, commissioner of, duties as to nt)n-rt'sident jirivilege
registration 1.''4, L^?
joint authority with hrghw ay com-
missioner to grant emer-
gency permits for motor
vehicle excess loading 93, 96
excess loading, emergency permits granted 95, 96
non-resident privilege registration, application to be
filed 134
certificate issued without charge 134
law does not apply to owners living
within 15 miles of state line 13.i
limitation, sixty days 134
number plates to be furnished by com-
missioner 134
operator's permit 134, 13?
number plates for succeeding year may be displayed
December 27 to December 31 92, 93
operator's license, form of application 2?
parking regulations 94
permit fees, basis of computation 2.-1, 26
registration, form of application for 24, 2d
second hand, application for licenses 62
fees for licenses 64
penalties for violations of law 64
plates furnished by commissioner.... 62, 63
premises may be entered by commis-
sioner, police or selectmen 63, 64
record book to be kept by licensee . . 63
registration ; distinguishing number . 62
revocation of license in discretion of
commissioner 64
rules and regulations as to purchase,
sale or exchange 63
separate registration for each place
of business 62
use of cars for demonstration or ser-
vice in connection with business
only 63
vehicles and parts must be held four
days before sale 6.-)
280
INDEX
[1927
Motor vehicles, security in case of accidents:
cash, etc., as security ; regulations 70, 71
certificate of insurance acceptable ; to be filed
with court 67
insurance policy, form 68, 69
limitation of act 71
petition for security 66
dismissed when 70
hearing upon 69, 70
l)reliminary hearing not evidence 70
registration suspended upon failure to furnish
security 66, 67
reinstated, when 67, 68
security ordered by court 66, 67
speed, prima facie evidence 93, 94
regulations 93, 94
tractors, fees 116, 117
Municipal courts, salary of justices fixed 121, 122, 123
motor vehicle permits, fees, basis of computation 25, 26
water-works, liens for water rates 88
Municipalities, highway departments, authorized to enter private
property for erection of snow fences 140
may abate local taxes on manufacturing establish-
ments 155, 156
may adopt provisions for public scales 54
may petition for change of location of highway to
avoid railroad crossing 125
public playgrounds, authorize collection of admis-
~ sion fees for amateur athletic contests thereon 121
see also Towns.
Xames Changed, Barrington, Ayer's pond 36
Mendham pond 36
Swaine's and Bodge's pond 36
Belknap County Cemetery 231
by probate court 208-213
by superior court in divorce proceedings 213-216
Derry Co-operative Building and Loan Assn. . . . 245, 246
Harrisville, North pond 37
Highway No. 9 ' 57
Sons of Veterans, N. H. division 218. 219
Nashua, authorized to hold John F. Stark homestead for historical
purposes and make appropriations therefor 234-236
empowered to hold in trust for use of patriotic organiza-
tions, Grand Army Hall 229
ward lines changed 236-238
National banks, may act as executors l-"*
report of cashier to selectmen of towns of stock-
holders, requirements ^"9, 130
Nelson, Nubanusit lake, ice fishing prohibited for five years 36
1927] INDEX 281
New Hampshire boundary line with Maine, marking 133, 136
College of Agriculture and llie Mechanic Arts, sec
University of New Hampshire.
Historical Society, appropriation 168, 173
Horticultural Society, appropriation 163, 171
Medical Society, charier amended in regard to
membership 232
Poultry Growers' Association, funds distributed
to, from state college 146, 147
Sheep Breeders' Association, appropriation 163, 171
Veterans' Association, appropriation 196
New Hampton, designation of state-aid road to Ashland 14.S
New London Water System Precinct, authorized to liorrow money
and extend
water - works
system 257, 238
to refund limited
portions o f
bonds 230
Newport, municipal court, salary of justice 122
Normal school graduates, obligation to teach in state excused, when 26
Plymouth, appropriation 192
schools, taking of land for, procedure 50
North Conway Lighting Precinct, annual meeting and adjourn-
ments legalized • 219
North pond, Harrisville, name changed 37
Northern Railroad, charter amended as to additional ofticers and
qualifications of directors 235, 236
Nurses' home, state hospital, appropriation 159, 160
Oils, Fuel, see Illuminating oils.
Old Home Week Association, appropriation 168, 173
Optometry, board of, appropriation 166, 172
Oysters, taking 105, 106
P.^ROLi-: Offickr, state prison, compensation 85, 86
Pensions, town employees, maximum amoimt 29
Personal property, conditional sales, consent of vendor required for
resale 97
existence of first lien must be
endorsed before second lien
executed 98
penalties for violations of regu-
lations in regard to resale
and second liens 9c
penalty for falsehood in regard
to affidavit 97
setting of fire to, or aiding in burning, penalty. 118, 119
Peterborough Home for the Aged, incorporation 242, 243
Pharmacy commission, appropriation 166, 172
282 INDEX [1927
Pheasants, taking in Merrimack county 52
Pickerel, taking g4_ §5
Pierce, Franklin, highway designated 5/
homestead, appropriation 168, 173
Piscataqiui river, highway department to investigate possiliility of
constructing bridge between Durham and Newington 184
Pittsfield, Gilmanton and Laconia Province Road, designated 147
Playgrounds, public, towns may authorize collection of admission -
fees for amateur athletic contests thereon 121
Plymouth normal school, appropriation, Mary Lyon Hall 192
Poole, Arthur E., Alemorial road, Jafifrey, appropriation 189, 190
Portsmouth, bond issue authorized for new schoolhouse 233, 234
municipal court, salary of justice 122
Primary election, see Elections.
Prison, state, see State prison.
Prisoners' Aid Association, appropriation 168, 173
Prisoners in county jails, county commissioners may employ 133
Probate court, Grafton county, terms of . .« 20
Probate courts, appropriation 164, 170
Public Laws, repealed, amended, etc. :
chapter 4, -t. 16, members of legislature, mileage 141
9, J'. 5, normal schools 50
s. 8, purchasing agent, assistants S7
10, s, 17, salary cataloguer, state library 115
.s\ 38, state library, assistant secretary 99
^•. 51, public libraries, trust funds 99, 100
J". 54, public libraries, trustees llX.'
i". 56, trustees, duties 100, 101
s. 58, defunct libraries 101
14, s. 13, salary deputy secretary of state 152, 153
15, -s". 6, deposits of public moneys 19
.f. 11, forest improvement fund 150, 151
J. 23, salary deputy state treasurer 153
s. 34, special appropriations, lapse when 22, 23
19, .y. 11, departmental expenditures 151, 152
s. 34, governor's salar3r 46
J. 34, renumbered 35 46
s. 35, renumbered 36 " 47
^. 36, renumbered 37 47
-f. 37, renumbered 38 and amended 47
25, JT. 4, primary date 156, 157
new .f. 23-a, nominations by party committees 157
34, s. 5, primary expenditures 157, 15S
s. 24, campaign receipts 158
new s. 24-a, paid agents 158
s. 26, penalties 158, 159
38, s. 28, Cheshire county commissioners 132, 133
1927] INDEX 283
Public Laws, repealed, amended, etc. :
chapter 42, j-. 5, special tuwn meetings 12, 73
s. 32, public playground 121
J'. 45, pensions, town employees, amount 29
43, .<■. 13, added, liens for water rates 88
47, i". 15, highways, regulation of 101, 102
05, s. 18, income tax return 28, 29
70, ^■. 5, national banks, report of cashier 129, loO
73, new iW. 29 and 30. transfer tax reciprocal exemp-
tion 47, 48, 126
SO, jr. 28, town highways, obstructions during repairs. 96
84, J-. 22, highways, state aid 124, 125
87, .r. 6, town highways, state aid 98, 99
99, .f. 1, IV, motor vehicle dealer, defined 61
100, i-. 1, motor vehicle application for registtration,
form of oath 24, 25
s. 14, motor vehicle municipal permits 25, 26
new ss. 44-56, motor vehicle junk licenses 62-64
101, s. 1, motor vehicle, operator's license, form of
oath 2?
102, s. 1, tractors, fees 116, 117
JT. 1, fee, motor vehicle junk licenses 64
103, -s". 2, motor vehicles, number plates 92, 93
new s. 16-a, motor vehicles, parking regulations 94
i-i-. 17, 18, motor vehicles, speed regulations 93, 94
.<•. 22, motor vehicles, excess loading 95, 96
104, .S-. 3, motor vehicle road toll 144
J-. 4, motor vehicle road toll, amount 92
116, .y. 21, normal school graduates 26
JT. 40, dependent mothers' aid 106
J-. 44, approved employment, for dependent mothers 106, 107
117, s. 34, additional truant officers, appointed when... 40, 41
i-. 39, school supervisory unions, date of annual
meeting 27, 28
118, J-. 11, school tuition, non-residents 74, 75
119, .s-,<-. 10, 11, salaries of school district ofiicers 27
y. 26, high school tuition, paid by district when . . 30
120, -f. 3, special school district meetings 73
121, jr. 5, school money, payment to district treasurer,
when 3:i
122, .V. 23, schoolhouses, locking devices 89, 90
s. 24, schoolhouses, exits 90
124, -v. 9, militia enrollment lists 17 , T^
s. 10, militia enrollment lists, time for filing 78
.<•. 63, adjutant-general, salary 78
i-. 104, new section added, emergency forces 78, 79
137, s. 6, sanitary production of food, enforcement ol
regulations '^*'' '^'
139, s. 17, ice cream, sale and manufacture of ^-
284 INDEX [1927
I'uhlic Laws, repealed, amended, etc.:
chapter 144, i\ 74, law enforcement commissioner 153
150, s. 10. licensing breeding dogs 77
161, ,f. 3, salary weights and measures inspectors 152
new .v.w 41-48, public scales ri3, 54
.s-.v. 41-43, renumbered 49-51 54
162, s. 25, sale of illuminating oils 41, 42
j\ 27, repealed J?
new .w 55-a, ammonia and bleaching fluids 22
165, apples, grading and packing, new regulations 31-3'
171, new .?j-. 7, 8, 9, hotels and lodging houses, register St
180, .i-. 5, University of N. H. trustees 88, 89
^■. 8, University of N. H., water system 127, 128
i". 28, state college, poultry department extension
work 146
^.f. 29, 30, 31, repealed 147
187, .s-j. 37, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, sale and use of vaccines.. 143, 144
191, .y. 32, forest fires, prosecutions 58, 59
.y. 34, forest fires, permits 59
J-. 35, liability for fires without permit 59
.y. 36, fires, imlawful, penalties 59
.s\ 37. camp fires, regulations 59, 60
192, s. 7, forest improvement fund 149, 150
i". 16, tax abatement on account of public forest
lands 57, 58
197, .?.?■. 10, 11, 12, fish and game, transportation 103-105
new .S-. 33-a, temporary closed seasons for fishing
and hunting 4J
j-. 63, bounty on wild cats 55, 56
198, i-. 2, deer, taking 71, 72
.s'jT. 6, 7, repealed 105
.y. 22, dealers in furs 113, 114
199, .S-. 3, pheasants 52
200, .S-. 1, brook trout, taking 81-83
.«•. 2, salmon, taking 83
.S-. 3, lake trout, taking 83
6-. 5, limit 83, 84
•,-.?. 11, 12, pickerel, taking •. . • • 84, 85
i\ 15, horned pout, limit to be taken in one day . . 3S
s. 17, fresh water smelt, taking 38, 39
s. 33, salt water smelt, taking .il, 52
.f. 40, oysters, taking 105, lOi)
jr. 42, conch, taking from Hampton river 37
201, .S-. 14, sale and transportation of fish from private
ponds 39
202, .y. 13, fish and game licenses, penalties for violations 80
s. 16, repealed ^^-^
216, new .s-.v. 30-a, 30-b, 30-c, 30-d, 30-e, perscmal proper-
ty, conditional sales 97, 98
217, s. 12, bridge Hens 10^
1^-^27 J INDEX 285
Public Laws, repealed, amended, etc. :
chapter 224, new .«-. 6-a, 10-a, 31 -a, 39-a, co-()pcrati\c market-
ing associations 44 45
225, .sw. 87, 88, business corporations, annual returns... 102, 103
s. 92, business corporations, fees 48
•T. 95, business corporations, fees 48, 49
231, s. 1, foreign corporations, registration fee 76
237, s. 10, salary public service commission 145
240, s. 2b, public utilities, discontinuance of service 145, 146
249, .S-. 8, highways, changes in location 125
261, s. 20, savings departments of trust companies 130
262, s. 3, II, savings bank investments 108, 109
•s". 6, VI, savings bank investments 109
.V.S-. 7, 8, savings bank investments 109, 110
.S-. 9, savings bank in\ estments 110
s. 12, VIT, IX, X, XII, XIV, X\', savings bank
investments 110-113
J. 12, Vlll-a, added, receivers' certificates Ill
264, s. 13, banks as executors 154
275, .r.s-. 18, 19, foreign insurance companies 117, 118
276, s. 10, fire insurance 40
s. 13, fire insurance 49_ io
283, s. 68, fraternal benefit societies 56, 57
284, s. 2, sale of securities 79
286, J". 34, solemnization of marriage 55
295, s. 9, Grafton, county probate court, terms 20
315, s. 15, salaries, supreme court justices 74
316, ,s-. 1, superior court, number of justices 60
.f. 5, salaries, superior court justices 74
323, s. 32, municipal courts, salary of justices 121, 122
324, s. 27, sheriffs' salaries 7?, 76, 97, 115, 116
356, J. 20, II, trustee process, exemption from 41
366, .S-. 2, criminal cases, procedure in superior court.. 23. 24
•s". 4, recognizance forfeited, report required .... 24
369, .S-. 29, parole officer 85, 86
382, s. 1, wild animals in captivity 43, 44
397, ,s- 7, Cheshire county house of correction to be jail 114, 115
J. 22, employment of prisoners 133
391, ss. 1, 2, 3, arson 118. 119
ss. 4, 5, repealed, burning- projjcrty ()0
new .«•. 4, 5, arson 119
400, s. 2, stale prison, warden 123
.S-. 8, IX, repealed, state prison 123
s. 15, repealed, state prison, convicts 123
jr. 24, repealed, state prison, borrowing bj^ warden 124
i'ublie libraries, defunct, certain property to be returned to state. . 101
trust funds to be held by town trustees of trust
funds 99, 100
trustees, duties 100, 101
organization 100
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Public library commission, appropriation 167, 172
lodging house, defined ^f,
register to be kept ; open to inspection 86
moneys, state treasurer authorized to deposit in banks . . 19
service commission, appropriation 163 169
authorized to make investigation of Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad... 204, 205
to discontinue service of
public utilities upon fail-
ure to render service.... 14.\ 146
may order change of location of high-
ways to avoid railroad crossings, in
certain cases 123
salary of commissioners 143
scales, adoption of provisions by municipality 34
certificates of weighers required when 33
maintenance by municipality 34
penalty for illegal sales 34
public weighers, appointment 33
fees 34
penalty for violation of duties 34
utilities, service may be discontinued by public service com-
mission, upon failure to render service 143, 146
Publicity board, appropriation 165, 171
Purchasing agent, assistants, compensation 87
agent's department, appropriation 163, 164, 169
Purnell Act of congress, acceptance of 179
Rau^road, change of location of highway to avoid crossing, may be
ordered by public service commission; expenses, how divided.. 12:<
Road toll, motor vehicle, amount 92, 144
Roadside booths or stands, serving of milk for drinking purposes
regulated 119, 120
Rockingham county, appropriation for reimbursements for rebuild-
ing bridge over Exeter river ISl
Ross, Onslow, in favor of 193
Rowbartwood Lake, designated ■ 129
Rumney, highway in, appropriation 1^6, 187
Safe Deposit Boxes, rent unpaid for two years, notice 131, 132
sixty days thereafter contents of box may be
placed in storage vault, procedure 131, 132
Salary, adjutant-general ^^
cataloguer, state library H-
Cheshire county commissioners ^^2, 133
deputy secretary of state '^^^' ^^"^
state treasurer '^ —
governor
secretary _^
law enforcement, commissioner 1-^"'
municipal court justices ^'-^- '" • ^ _
public service commissioners ^^^
1927] INDEX 287
Salary, sheriff, Cheshire county 97
Merrimack county 75, 75
SulHvan county 115, 116
sheriffs of the several counties 115, 116
superior court justices 74
supreme court justices 74
weights and measures, inspectors 152
Sale of securities, term defined 79
Salem, empowered to issue bonds for expenses incurred in tax
litigation 220
Salmon, taking 83
Sanatorium, state, see State sanatorium.
Saratoga, marker on battlefield, appropriation 203, 204
Savings banks, determination of assets of savings department of
trust company for dividend purposes 130
investments, "company" to include corporations do-
ing water, heat or ice business 109
in Canadian National Railways, bonds 109
in capital stock of senior preference of
certain companies 112
* in Colony of Newfoundland bonds.... 10<J
in New England manufacturing com-
panies, stock and bonds 112, 11,5
in public service companies Ill
in real estate mortgages secured by ap-
proved guaranty 108, 109
in receivers' certificates Ill
in steam railroad companies, stock 110
in telephone and telegraph companies,
stock Ill, 112
limitations 1U9, 110
Scales, public, see Public scales.
School district meetings, special, emergency appropriations, pro-
cedure for calling 72, 73
officers, payment of salaries 27
salaries determined b\' school district 27
districts, not maintaining high school, payment of tuition
when '^"
money, selectmen to pay to district treasurer as school board
may require ■^-"'
supervisory unions, date of annual meeting 27, 28
tuition, non-residents 74, 7.->
Schoolhouses, locking devices regulated 89, 90
Schools, high, tuition paid by district when 30
normal, graduates excused from obligation to Icacli in
state, when 26
taking of land for ^^^
Seabrook, Black Water river bridge, appropriation b'^4, 18.-1
marsh lands to be investigated for remedy for coast
149
erosion ^^
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Secretary of state, authorized to provide for printing of bills prior
to meeting of legislature 141, 142
department, appropriation 163, 168
deputy, salary increase 1S2, 133
notice to business corporations of neglect to file
annual returns, date 102
to obtain from town officers metes and bounds
of compact parts of certain towns, and
transmit same to federal director of census 128, 129
Selectmen, time for filing enrollment lists of militia 78
Sheriffs, county, salaries 75. 76, 97, 115, 116
Ship shares, included in definition of securities 79
Smelt, fresh water, limit to be taken between 12 o'clock noon and
12 o'clock following day 38, 39
salt water, regulations as to taking 31, 32
Snow fences, damages, assessment of 140
erection on private property 140
may remain in place from November to April 140
Soldiers' home, appropriation 167, 172
Somersworth, authorized to take state aid on Rollinsford road 139
municipal court, salary of justice 122
Sons of Veterans, New Hampshire Division, authorized to change
name 218. 219
Soucise, Frederick, in favor of 202
Speed, motor vehicles, what shall be lawful 93, 94
St. Mary's School for Girls, charter amended 252
Stark,- John F., homestead, city of Nashua authorized to hold for
historical purposes 234-236
State auditing department, appropriation 163. 169
college, see University of New Hampshire.
dc])artments. consolidation of, recess commission to study 206
limitation of departmental expenditures as to
travel and board 131, 132
hospital, appropriations 167, 173, 178, 197
nurses' home, bond issue authorized l.-i9, 160
house department, appropriation 166. 172
library, appropriation .166, 167, 172
cataloguer, salary 1 1-^
commission may employ assistant secretary; fix com-
pensation
99
prison, appropriation 167, 173. 180, 181, 191
parole officer, compensation 8.i, So
warden, tenure of office 123
sanatorium, appropriation 167. 173, 197, 198
tax, assessment and collection 16-
treasurer, authorized to deposit public moneys in certain banks 19
deputy, salary increase '■^•^
to keep separate account of receipts from sale nur-
sery stock ^■^•^'' 1-^^
1927] INDEX 289
Stream flow gauging stations, appropriation 177
Sullivan county, authorized to refund its bonded indebtedness 236
sheriiif, salary increase 115, 116
Superior court, appropriation 164, 170
clerk of, duties as to registration of professional
bondsmen 42, 43
report to lower court of forfeited recog-
nizance, within ten days 24
required to report to lower courts, ter-
mination of appealed criminal cases 23, 24
joint committee for investigation of salaries, au-
thorized 174
number of justices increased 60
salaries of justices 74
Supreme court, appropriation 164, 170
digest of decisions, publication, appropriation 194
joint committee for investigation of salaries, au-
thorized 174
salaries of justices 74
Surety on bail, false statements as to property, penalty 43
Swaine's and Bodge's ponds, name changed 36
Tamworth, highway in, appropriation 189
Tax abatement, towns having public forest lands, procedure 57, 58
commission, appropriation 163, 169
Taxation, governor and council to appoint recess commission to
study general question 205, 206
interest and dividends, form of oath on return 28, 29
legacy and succession tax, questions of law may be trans-
ferred to supreme court 48
local, on manufacturing establishments, abatement by
municipalities 155, 156
transfer tax, questions of law may be transferred to
supreme court 48
reciprocal exemption 47, 48, 126
Taxes, apportionment of public 11-18
Tilton and Northfield School District, created 222, 223
Town employees, pensions, maximum amount 29
meetings, special, emergency appropriations, procedure for
calling 12, 72)
officers, required to report, when requested, metes and bounds
of compact part of towns, for use in federal census 128, 129
Towns, may adopt provisions regarding public scales 54
tax abatement on account of public forest lands, procedure 57, 58
see also Municipalities.
Tractors, fees 116, 117
Treasury department, appropriation 163, 168, 169
Trout, taking 81-84
Truant officers, additional, appointed when required by state board
of education 40, 41
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Trust tunds. public libraries, held under management of town trus-
tees of trust funds 99, 100
Trustee process, exemption from, wages, to what amount 41
Tubercular children, appropriation 165, 170
patients, appropriation 165, 170
University of New Hampshire, appropriation 167, 173
trustees authorized to install
water system 127, 128
election and appoint-
ment 88, 89
use of funds for poultry exten-
sion work 146, 147
Vaccines, regulations as to sale and use for diseased domestic
animals 143, 144
Veterinary surgeons, registration, appropriation 166, 172
Vital statistics, department of, appropriation 163, 171
Webster, Daniel, Birthplace, appropriation 168, 173, 193
Weights and measures, department of, appropriation 165, 171
inspectors, salary increase 152
public scales, sec Public scales.
Wentworth's Location, Big and Little Greenough ponds, brook trout,
taking 81, 82
White pine blister rust, appropriation 166, 172
Wiggin, xA.rthur H., in favor of 203
Wild cats, bounties on 55, 56
Wild game, transportation of, regulations 103, 104
Wilmot, Kearsarge mountain road, appropriation 186
Wilton to Greenville, main highway, appropriation 187
Winnipesaukee Telephone Company, charter repealed 256, 257
Wolfeboro, empowered to establish the office of town manager 260
village fire district, bond issue authorized 253, 254