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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 


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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. 


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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 


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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. 


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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. 


10 


The  Legislature  of  1927 


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 


12                                     Chapter  1  [1927 

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 


1927]                               Chapter  1  13 

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 


14                                     Chapter  1  [1927 

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 


1927]                               Chapter  1  15 

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 


16                                     Chapter  1  [1927 

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 


1927]                               Chapter  1  17 

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 


18                                     Chapter  2  [1927 

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.] 


1927]  Chapters  3,  4  19 

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 


24  Chapter  11  [1927 

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- 


1927]  Chapter  12  25 

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.] 


1927]  Chapters  14,  15  27 

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- 


1927]  Chapter  17  29 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  19  31 

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 


1927]  Chapter  19  33 

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 


34  Chapter  19  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapter  20  35 

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 


1927]  Chapter  27  39 

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 


1927]  Chapter  33  43 

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 


44 


Chapter  34 


[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 


1927]  Chapter  34  45 

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 


1927]  Chapter  37  47 

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 


1927]  Chapter  39  49 

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.] 


1927]  Chapters  41,  42  51 

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.] 


1927] 


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.] 


1927]  Chapters  45,  46  55 

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.] 


62  Chapter  53  [1927 

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 


64  Chapter  54  [1927 

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 


GG  Chapter  54  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapter  54  67 

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- 


1927]  Chapter  54  69 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  55  71 

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: 


72 


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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 


1927]  Chapter  56  73 

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- 


1927]  Chapter  63  79 

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.] 


1927]  Chapter  65  81 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  65  83 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  67  85 

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 


1927]  Chapter  73  89 

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.] 


1927]  Chapter  74  91 

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; 


94  Chapter  76  [1927 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  77  95 

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 


96  Chapter  78  [1927 

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.] 


1927]  Chapters  79, 80  97 

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. 


98  Chapter  81  [1927 

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- 


1927]  Chapter  82  99 

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- 


100  Chapter  82  [1927 

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- 


1927]  CHAPTER  83  101 

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 


102 


Chapter  84 


[1927 


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- 


1927]  Chapter  85  103 

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- 


104  Chapter  85  [1927 

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- 


1927]  Chapter  86  105 

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- 


106  Chapter  87  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapter  88  107 

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 


108 


Chapter  89 


[1927 


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 


1927]  Chapter  89  109 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  89  111 

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- 


112  Chapter  89  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapter  90  113 

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 


114  Chapter  91  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapters  92, 93  115 

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 


1927]  Chapter  97  119 

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.] 


1927]  Chapters  98, 99  121 

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.] 


1927]  Chapters  100,  101  123 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  105  127 

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- 


1927]  Chapters  107,  108  129 

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 


136 


Chapter  115 


[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. 


144  Chapter  123  [1927 

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. 


1927]  Chapter  127  147 

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 


1927]  Chapter  131  151 

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 


156 


Chapter  137 


[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 


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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 


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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; 


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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. 


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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- 


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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. 


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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, 


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$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; 


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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- 


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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. 


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$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 


1927]  Chapter  202  207 

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 


1927]  •     Chapter  203  209 

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; 


1927]  Chapter  203  211 

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; 


212  Chapter  203  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapter  203  213 

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. 


214  Chapter  203  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapter  203  215 

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 


216  Chapter  203  [1927 

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. 


218  Chapter  205  [1927 

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 


1927]  Chapter  212  223 

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, 


234 


Chapter  227 


[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. 


1927]  Chapter  229  237 

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.] 


1927] 


Chapter  230 


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 


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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 


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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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Chapter  236 


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), 


1927]  Chapter  236  249 

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 


252  Chapter  237  [1927 

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- 


254 


Chapter  240 


[1927 


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 


1927]  Chapter  241  255 

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 


256 


Chapter  242 


[1927 


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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Chapter  244 


[1927 


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- 


1927]  Chapter  244  259 

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.] 


260  Chapter  245,  246  [1927 

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 


«» 


1927]  Chapter  246  261 

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 


1927 


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 


268  INDEX  [1927 

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 


1927] 


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 


INDEX 


[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 


286  INDEX  [1927 

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   ^^ 


288  INDEX  [1927 

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 


290                                              INDEX  [1927 

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