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SPECIAL ACTS
RESOLVES
PASSED BT THE
^mtrul ^mxt of ^u^mthmtih,
IN THE YEAR
1918.
PUBLISHED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
BOSTON:
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,
32 DERNE STREET.
1918.
SPECIAL ACTS AND RESOLVES
OF
MASSACHUSETTS 1918
SPECIAL ACTS.
An Act making an appropriation for pay for soldiers Qhav. 1
AND SAILORS FROM THIS COMMONWEALTH IN THE VOLUN- TEER SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand Appropriation, dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of the treasury salkJrJ'^payln of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue for the present war. pay of soldiers and sailors as provided in section one of chapter two hundred and eleven of the General Acts of nine- teen hundred and seventeen, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated or raised for this pur- pose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 4, 1918.
An Act authorizing the town of wellesley to pay ^t q
the cost of insuring the lives of its residents in ^* war service.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Wellesley is hereby authorized ^°]^^if ^^^ to expend a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars for pay for insur-
J.1 „ . J 1 ^•e J J.V ing of residents
the payment oi premiums and charges on lire and other in war service. kinds of insurance taken by residents of said town in the military and naval service of the United States under the provisions of federal law. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 7, 1918.
An Act to authorize the town of whitman to refund Chap. 3 certain indebtedness.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Whitman, for the purpose of '^^XmL may refunding twenty-five thousand dollars of indebtedness repre- refund certain
" "■ indebtedness.
6 Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 4, 5.
sented by revenue notes of the year nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby authorized to incur indebtedness to that amount and to issue notes of the town therefor. Such notes shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after the date of the first note issued, as will extinguish the whole loan within five years from the date of the first note issued, and the amount of the annual payment in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal payable in any subsequent year. The said notes shall bear on their face the words. Whitman Refunding Loan, Act of 1918, and shall bear such rates of interest as the treasurer and selectmen may determine. The amount required to pay the interest and principal maturing each year shall be raised by taxation, and shall, without further action of the town, be assessed by the assessors in the same manner as other taxes until the whole debt is extinguished. The proceeds, except premiums, shall be used only for the payment of revenue loans for the year nineteen hundred and seventeen now outstanding. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1918.
Chap. 4 An Act to vALroATE the current annual meeting of
THE TOWN OF WESTFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
weltUd cur Section 1. The annual meeting of the town of Westford,
rent annual to be held February eleventh of the current year, shall not
dLTed"^^^' be invalidated by reason of failure to post the warrant in
accordance with the law and vote of said town, but may be
legally held as if said warrant had been properly and legally
posted.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1918.
[1913, 522.1
Chap. 5 An Act to defer the retirement of john baker.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: John^Baker, Section 1. Johu Bakcr, employed as custodian of the
deferred. ' military archives in the department of the adjutant general, and engaged in the important work of indexing the archives, who, under chapter five hundred and twenty-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, would be retired on March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 6, 7. 7
after thirty-three years of continuous service in the employ of the commonwealth, may because the exigencies of the service so require be retained by the adjutant general in said service and work until March fifteenth, nineteen hun- dred and twenty-one, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him. At retirement he shall be subject to the provisions and entitled to the benefits of chapter five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, to the same extent as if his time of service had not been extended. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1918.
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum Chap. 6
OF MONEY TO GILBERT H. SMITH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to city of Boston, pay to Gilbert H. Smith a sum not exceeding thirteen hun- Gilbert h. dred and thirty dollars and seventy-five cents to reimburse ""* him for expenses incurred for legal and stenographic services incident to the trial of his suit against said city to obtain re- instatement in the office of building inspector, from which he had been removed without good cause; and said pay- ment may be charged to the appropriation of the building department of said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1918.
An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to retire Qfiap. 7
AND PENSION ELLA A. LOTHROP.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Cambridge is hereby authorized bHdKe!rew to retire Ella A. Lothrop, clerk in the office of the registrars LoThrop.^"'' '^' of voters, on an annual pension not exceeding the sum of four hundred and ninety-four dollars, this sum being one half of her annual compensation
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- council, etc. visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 11, 1918,
[Accepted March 7. 1918.1
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 8, 9, 10.
Chap. 8 An Act to authorize the city of new Bedford to
PENSION HENRY C. RUSSELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford is hereby author- ized to pay to Henry C. Russell, until recently employed in the street department of that city and a veteran of the civil war, a pension equal to one half of the compensation which he received from the city at the time of retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ance by vote of the city councU of said city subject to the provisions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year. Approved February 11, 1918.
City of New Bedford may pension Henry C. RusseU.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc. Proviso.
CMp.
City of Cam- bridge may pension El- bridge G. Stevens.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc. Proviso.
9 An Act to authorize the city of Cambridge to pension elbridge g. stevens.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Cambridge is hereby authorized to retire, at his request, Elbridge G. Stevens, a cashier in the treasury department, on an annual pension equal to one half of the compensation paid to him at the time of his retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 11, 1918.
[Accepted February 21, 1918.]
Chap. 10 An Act to authorize the city of new Bedford to
pension DAVID A. COBB.
City of New- Bedford may p>en8ion David A. Cobb.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc. Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford is hereby author- ized to pay a pension of fifteen dollars a week, during his lifetime, to David A. Cobb, a member of the fire depart- ment who was permanently injured whUe in the performance of his duty.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- visions of its charter,^ provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 11, 1918.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 11, 12, 13. 9
An Act to authorize the city of holyoke to pay an (JfiaT). 11
ANNUITY TO THE WIDOW OF MICHAEL KELLEHER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Holyoke is hereby authorized to city of pay to the widow of Michael Kelleher, at the time of his pa°y^antMmty death a member of the fire department of said city, a smn Mid!fer°^ not exceeding three hundred dollars a year for five years. Keiieher.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance j^"^^®/^^^;;^ by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- council, etc. visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 11, 1918.
[Accepted March 6, 1918.1
An Act to authorize the city of holyoke to pension Chap. 12
NELLIE CLIFFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The city of Holyoke is hereby authorized to city of retire Nellie Clifford, who has been an attendant at the ^en^on^i^nL Holyoke city farm for twenty-one years, on an annual cufford. pension of two hundred and sixty dollars, payable monthly.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- to be sub- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior ™uncfi,^tcf^ to the thirty-first day of December in the current year. Proviso.
Approved February 11, 1918.
[Accepted March 13, 1918.]
An Act to authorize the city of quincy to pension fihni) 13
LAWRENCE KEEGAN. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The city of Quincy is hereby authorized to city of Quincy retire at his request Lawrence Keegan, a teamster in the Lawrencf °° street department, on an annual pension equal to one half Keegan. of the average compensation paid to him during the two years next prior to his retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- "un^i,*^tc!*^ visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior P""**^"^- to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved FebrvMry 11, 1918.
(Accepted April 6, 1918.]
10
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 14, 15.
Chap. 14 An Act to authorize the heirs of ransom c. taylor
TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A BRIDGE OVER TREMONT STREET IN THE CITY OF WORCESTER.
City of
Worcester may permit heirs of Ransom C. Taylor to con- struct bridge over Tremont street.
Restrictions.
Damages, how- paid, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as folio ivs:
Section 1. Upon petition, and after seven days' notice inserted in at least three newspapers published in the city of Worcester, and a public hearing thereon, the board of aldermen of the city of Worcester may, by a two thirds vote, with the approval of the mayor, issue a permit to the heirs of Ransom C. Taylor, late of said Worcester, to build and maintain a bridge over Tremont street in said city, for the purpose of connecting the fifth stories of buildings occupied by them on opposite sides of the street, upon such conditions and subject to such restrictions as said board may prescribe- Any permit so issued may be revoked by vote of the board of aldermen, with the approval of the mayor.
Section 2. Any bridge built under a permit granted as aforesaid shall be constructed and maintained at a height not less than eighteen feet above the grade line of the street and shall be not more than twelve feet in width, and no part of said bridge or of its supports shall rest on the surface of the street.
Section 3. Any person^ whose property is damaged by reason of the construction and maintenance of a bridge as aforesaid may have the damages determined by a jury upon petition filed in the superior court within one year after the approval of the permit by the mayor, as above provided, and when so determined shall be paid by the heirs of the said Ransom C. Taylor.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved Febritary 14, 1918.
11900, 51; 1907, 125; 1908, 119.1
Chap. 15 An Act to authorize the crompton and knowles loom
WORKS TO maintain BRIDGES OVER WYMAN AND TAINTER STREETS IN THE CITY OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon petition and after seven days' notice inserted in at least three newspapers published in the city of Worcester, and a public hearing thereon, the board of aldermen of the city of Worcester may, by a two thirds vote,
City of
Worcester may permit the Crompton and Knowles Loom Works to con- struct bridges
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 16. 11
with the approval of the mayor, issue a permit to the Cromp- over Wyman ton and Knowles Loom Works, of Worcester, a corporation, streets. to build and maintain a bridge over Wyman street and one over Tainter street in said city, for the purpose of connecting the buildings occupied by said corporation on opposite sides of said streets, upon such conditions and subject to such re- strictions as the said board may prescribe. Any permit so issued may be revoked by vote of the board of aldermen, with the approval of the mayor.
Section 2. Any bridge built under a permit granted as Restrictions. aforesaid shall be constructed and maintained at a height not less than eighteen feet above the grade line of the street and shall be not more than twelve feet in width, and no part of said bridge or of its supports shall rest on the surface of the street.
Section 3. Any person whose property is damaged by Damages, how reason of the construction and maintenance of a bridge as ^^^ ' '^ °' aforesaid may have the damages determined by a jury upon petition filed in the superior court within one year after the approval of the permit by the mayor, as above provided, and when so determined shall be paid by the said Crompton and Knowles Loom Works.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 14, 1918.
(1915, 292, Spec., 380, Spec]
An Act to extend the time for certain construction nh^jj. ia
and operation by the HAMPDEN RAILROAD CORPORA- ^'
TION.
Be it enacted, etc., as folio ivs:
Section 1. The time within which The Hampden Rail- Hampden Rail- road Corporation, incorporated under the general laws in tion, extension the year nineteen hundred and eleven, is required to locate tIinToVs°ruT" and complete its lines to Holyoke and Chicopee Falls, and *'°"- open them for use, is extended to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February I4, 1918.
12 Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 17, 18, 19.
Chap. 17 An Act making a further appropriation for pay for
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM TfflS COMMONWEALTH IN THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
4y£e°rs^and°' Section 1. The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand sailors' pay in dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue for the pay of soldiers and sailors as provided in section one of chapter two hundred and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated or raised for this purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February I4, 1918.
Chap. 18 An Act to authorize the Massachusetts highway com- mission TO EXPEND CERTAIN BALANCES OF APPROPRIA- TIONS HERETOFORE MADE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Massachusetts SECTION 1. The Massachusetts highway commission is mission may hereby authorized to expend during the years nineteen baiancMof" ^ hundred and eighteen, nineteen hundred and nineteen and proprratl^s. nineteen hundred and twenty the unexpended balance of the five million dollars authorized for the construction of state highways by chapter seven hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and the unexpended balances of such appropriations or authorizations as have been heretofore made by the general court for the construc- tion of specific highways or routes, in accordance with -the several provisions of law originally authorizing said ex- penditures.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 14, 1918.
Chap. 19 An Act relative to the payment by the city of
boston of a pension to WILLIAM E. STAPLES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1914, 112, § 1 Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and
etc., amen e . .j.^g|^^g ^£ ^l^g ^^^^ q£ nineteen hundred and fourteen as
amended by chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 20, 21. 13
further amended by striking out the last sentence and substituting the following: — The said payment by the city shall begin on the date of the approval of this act by the mayor, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The city City of Boston. council of the city of Boston, with the approval of the pension to mayor, is hereby authorized to pay annually to William E. stapfeT. Staples a sum equal to one half of the annual compensation which he received from the city as call man in the fire de- partment during the year prior to his retirement therefrom after twenty-three years and eleven months of service. The said payment by the city shall begin on the date of the ^^^^o^*^^^°g approval of this act by the mayor. of approval
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage, y'^^^"'^-
Approved February 14, 1918.
[1917, 252, Spec.]
An Act to legalize the conveyance of certain ceme- (jfidj)^ 20
TERY PROPERTY BY THE FIRST CONGREGATIONALIST PARISH IN THE TOWN OF CHATHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The act of Solomon C. Atwood of Chatham, in the county Conveyance of of Barnstable, acting for, in the name of, and as the only tery'by Fi^st known surviving member of the First Congregationalist aUs'tPansC Parish in said Chatham, in conveying to, the Union Ceme- Chatham. tery, a corporation, by quitclaim deed dated August four- teenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen and duly recorded, certain cemetery lands in said Chatham, known as Union Cemetery, is hereby confirmed and made valid; and said deed is hereby declared to be a legal and valid conveyance by said parish to said corporation of the lands therein described. Approved February 14, 1918.
11888, 374; 1889, 228, 346; 1890, 69, 82, 85, 253; 1891, 380; 1892, 149; 1897, 172; 1900, 114, 115, 224; 1914, 372; 1915, 71, Spec, 171, Spec; 1917, 181, Spec, 182, Sped
An Act to change the time of the inauguration of QfiQj)^ 21
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WOBURN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The first sentence of section ten of chapter one hundred ^^g'^^^^ § ^''• and seventy-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, is hereby amended by striking out the words "at three o'clock in the afternoon", in the second and third lines, and substituting the words: — at eight o'clock in the evening, — so as to read as follows: — The mayor elect and City of Wo-
burn, change
14
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 22, 23, 24.
augumHonoT the aldermen elect shall annually on the first Monday in ddermen.'^ January, at eight o'clock in the evening, meet and be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties.
Approved February 14, 1918.
[1918, 87, Spec.]
Chap. 22 An Act to authorize the city of haverhill to pension
ALBION M. PERKINS.
City of Haver- hill may pen- sion Albion M. Perkins.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc. Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Haverhill is hereby authorized to pay to Albion M. Perkins, in consideration of his faithful services as foreman in the street department for more than thirty years, a pension of thirty-five dollars a month during incapacity for work.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 14, 1918.
Chap. 23 An Act to authorize the city of everett to pay a
pension to lindley r. woods.
City of Everett may pension Lindley R. Woods.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc. Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Everett is hereby authorized to pay to Lindley R. Woods, beginning with the first day of March in the current year, a pension equal to one half of the annual compensation which he received as superintendent of the water department of the said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 14, 1918.
[1881, 192, 306; 1883, 135, 136; 1885, 243; 1888, 309; 1890, 248; 1892, 48; 1893, 335; 1894, 95; 1912, 267, 340; 1913, 109.]
Chap. 24 An Act relative to the tenure of the city engineer
OF BROCKTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
tonftfnureo^' Section 1, In the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, en^neJr ^^^ every third year thereafter, the city of Brockton shall
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 25, 26. 15
elect a city engineer in the manner provided in its charter, to serve for a term of three years from the date of his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- council, etc. visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior p™^'^- to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 14, 1918.
[1918, 25, Spec.) (1918, 24, Spec]
An Act relative to the tenure of the collector of Qhap. 25
TAXES OF BROCKTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In the year nineteen hundred and nineteen cityofBrock- and every third year thereafter, the city of Brockton shall cofiectoi^of ° elect a collector of taxes in the manner provided in its charter, *^®^" to serve for a term of three years from the date of his elec- tion, and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- council, etc. visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior ^'^°^'^- to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 14, 1918.
An Act to provide for the reinstatement of clair p. Chap. 26
CHAINEY IN THE REVERE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The mayor of the city of Revere is hereby City of Revere, authorized to reinstate Clair P. Chainey as a member of the of ciair p. police department of said city without civil service exami- ^°^^" nation.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- rauncii, etc! ^ visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior P''°^'^°- to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 14, 1918.
[Accepted March 19, 1918.]
16
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 27.
Chap. 27 An Act making appropriations for deficiencies in
APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES AUTHORIZED IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the common- wealth from the ordinary revenue, for certain expenses in excess of the appropriations therefor in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen, to wit : —
For the purchase of paper used in printing for the com- monwealth, the sum of fifteen thousand two hundred fifty- nine dollars and one cent.
For blank forms for town officers, thirty-seven dollars and thirty cents.
For printing the Blue Book, the sum of four hundred ninety dollars and twenty-six cents.
For the compensation of judges acting for others, two hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For militia pay and allowances, fifty dollars.
For the maintenance of armories of the first class, four hundred fifty-four dollars and twenty-three cents.
For the prevention of forest fires, seven hundred nine dol- lars and fifty-five cents.
For the maintenance of the Rutland state sanatorium, the sum of twenty-nine thousand two hundred ninety-six dollars and twenty-five cents.
For the maintenance of the state infirmary, the sum of six thousand seven hundred ninety dollars and thirty-five cents.
For the maintenance of the state industrial school for girls, the sum of six hundred seventy-four dollars and ninety- one cents.
For the maintenance of the prison camp and hospital, the sum of seven hundred fourteen dollars and thirteen cents.
For the maintenance of the state prison, the sum of twenty- four hundred seventy-four dollars and sixty-six cents.
For the travelling expenses of the board of education, the sum of ninety-four dollars and sixty-two cents.
For school registers and blanks, three hundred thirty dol- lars and nineteen cents.
For county teachers' associations, the sum of two hundred dollars.
Appropriations for deficiencies in 1917,
Purchase of paper.
Blank forms.
Blue Book.
Judges' compensation.
Militia pay,
etc.
Armories.
Forest fire prevention.
Rutland state sanatorium.
State infirmary.
Industrial school for girls.
Prison camp and hospital.
State prison.
Board of education.
School reg- isters, etc.
County
teachers'
associations.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 28, 29. 17
For the payment of certain expenses authorized by the Saiary investi- governor and council in the investigation of certain salaries, ^'^*'°" '^''p'^"^^- a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1918.
An Act to authorize the city of Cambridge to pay Chap. 28
CERTAIN BILLS CONTRACTED BY CITY OFFICIALS IN EXCESS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Cambridge is hereby authorized brMgfmaT to expend a sum not exceeding nine thousand five hundred ^?i[g*"''"*^'° dollars for the payment of bills incurred by its officers and departments, in excess of their respective appropriations, prior to April first, nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1918.
An Act to authorize the town of Norwood to refund qi^q^j) 29
certain TEMPORARY LOANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1 . The town of Norwood is hereby authorized Town of Nor-
n I a • • 1 ' 1 I wood may re-
to refund from time to time temporary loans made or to be fund certain made under authority of chapter seven hundred and nineteen losms!"^^'^^ of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen in anticipation of the issue of serial notes for the construction of a building for school purposes pursuant to the action of the town under article two of the warrant for the special town meeting held on the thirtieth day of January in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen, by the issue of other notes maturing within a period not exceeding three years from the date of the passage of this act: provided, hoivever, that there shall annu- Provisos, ally be raised by taxation and applied in reduction of such other notes so issued a sum equal to the amount which would have been required to be raised and applied if said serial notes were issued in accordance with the provisions of said chapter seven hundred and nineteen; and provided, further, that the time in which said serial notes shall be paid shall not be extended beyond the time fixed for their pay- ment in the vote authorizing their issue. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1918.
18
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 30, 31,
City of Pitts- field may pen- sion Jason N. Shepardson.
Chap. 30 An Act to aitthorize the city of pittsfield to pensioist
JASON N. SHEPARDSON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Pittsfield is hereby authorized to pay Jason N. Shepardson, who was in the sendee of said city or of the state for over twenty-eight years, and is now incapacitated, a pension of five hundred dollars a year, be- ginning with the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eighteen. His record of service is as follows: — six years as foreman and superintendent of streets, two years as probation officer, one year as constable, six years as deputy sheriff, and seven months as police officer, at the expiration of which time he was shot and obliged to retire from the force; two years on the district police force, and eleven years as registrar of voters.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 20, 1918.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc.
Proviso.
11889, 411; 1891, 217; 1895, 302; 1901, 308; 1904, 389; 1911, 732; 1912, 107.]
Chap. 31 An Act to establish the tenure of certain officials
of the city of pittsfield.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1911, 732, Part I, § 20, etc., amended.
City of Pitts- field, tenure of
Section 1. Part I of chapter seven hundred and thirty- two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as affected by section one of chapter one hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby further amended by striking out section twenty and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 20. The city council shall annu- eerudn" officials, ally, as soou after its organization as may be convenient, elect by joint ballot in convention, a city physician and a city solicitor, who shall be legal voters, and shall hold their offices for the term of one year from the first Monday of February then next ensuing, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. In every third year, as now pro- vided by law, the city council shall elect by joint ballot in convention a city clerk and a city auditor, who shall be legal voters, and shall hold their offices for three years from the first Monday in February following their election and
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 32, 33. 19
until their successors shall be elected and qualified. In the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, and in every third year thereafter, the city council shall, as soon after its organization as may be convenient, elect by joint ballot in convention, a city treasurer and a collector of taxes, who shall be legal voters, and shall hold their offices for the term of three years from the first Monday in February following their election, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified: provided, however, that any officer named in this Proviso. section may be removed at any time by the city council for sufficient cause. Vacancies occurring in the above named offices may be filled at any time in like manner for the un- expired term. The compensation of the officers mentioned in tlws section shall be that provided by the concurrent vote of the city council.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- mundx. etT^ visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior Proviso, to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 20, 1918.
An Act to provide a Saturday half-holiday for Qhav 32
CERTAIN employees OF THE CITY OF QUINCY."
Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:
Section 1. Laborers, teamsters and mechanics em- city of Quincy. ployed by the city of Quincy shall hereafter receive a Saturday hoii'day for cer- half-hohday without loss of pay. ^^° employees.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of '^^ ^®/y^
i'(»/~v* 1 • 1 • • 1 i> i> niitted to
the city 01 Qumcy at the next city election in the form of voters, etc. the followmg question to be placed on the official ballot: "Shall the laborers, teamsters and mechanics employed by the city of Quincy receive a Saturday half- holiday without loss of pay?" If a majority of the voters voting on the said question vote in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect; otherwise it shall not take effect. Approved February 20, 1918. *
An Act to authorize the city of lynn to construct a Qfi^jj 33
HIGHWAY through PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Lynn is hereby authorized toC'tyofLynn lay out and construct as a public highway under the pro- highway
through Pine
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 34, 35.
Grove Ceme- tery. Proviso.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc.
Proviso.
visions of law, an extension of Parkland avenue to Quebec street through Pine Grove cemetery, provided that the ex- tension shall not exceed sixty feet in width within the said cemetery or be constructed through any part of the cemetery which is or has been used for burial purposes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 20, 1918.
Chap. 34 An Act to place the chief of the fire department
OF the city of SPRINGFIELD UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The chief of the fire department of the city of Springfield shall hereafter be subject to the civil service laws and the regulations made thereunder.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters of the city of Springfield voting thereon at the state election in the current year.
Approved February 20, 1918.
City of Spring- field, fire chief under civil service laws.
To be sub- mitted to voters, etc.
Chap. 35 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay an
annuity to the widow of FLORENCE J, DONOGHUE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: City of Boston SECTION 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to
mav pay an- . p i i i i i n t-» • » t-\.
nuity to widow pay au annuity or three hundred dollars to Bessie A. Don- Donoghue^ ' ' oghuc, widow of Florcncc J. Donoghue, late a member of the fire department in that city, who died from exposure suffered in the performance of his duty; said pajnient to continue so long as she remains unmarried, and to be charged to the appropriation for fire department pensions and an- nuities.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 20, 1918.
[Accepted April 23, 1918.]
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc.
Proviso.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 36. 21
[1917, 289, Spec.l
An Act relative to the polling time at preliminary Chav. 36
ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF METHUEN.
Be it enacted, etc., n^ follows:
Section 1. Section eleven of chapter two hundred and l^/^'f^g^j^^ eighty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by striking out the word "preliminary", in the eleventh line, and by inserting after the word "afternoon", in the fourteenth line, the following: — -The polls shall be opened at such time and for such period at all preliminary elections as shall be determined by the city council, — so as to read as follows: — Section 11. City of On the third Tuesday preceding every city election at poUinr^'me at which any officer mentioned in this act is to be elected, eiectSn"!"^^ there shall be held a preliminary election for the purpose of nominating candidates for such offices as, under the pro- visions of this act, are to be filled at such city election. Voters qualified to vote at a city election shall be qualified to vote at a preliminary election. No special election for mayor or any other officer shall be held until after the ex- piration of forty days from the calling of the preliminary election, except as is otherwise provided herein. At every annual and special election the polls shall be opened at forty-five minutes past five o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open until four o'clock in the afternoon. The polls shall be opened at such tune and for such period at all pre- liminary elections as shall be determined by the city council. The laws of the commonwealth relative to annual city *
elections shall apply to all preliminary, special and annual elections held under this act, except as is otherwise specifically provided herein, but nothing herein shall be held to prohibit the sale of liquors on days of preliminary elections.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- rauncii.^etc!*^*' visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior Proviso. to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 20, 1918.
22
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 37, 38.
[1821,110; 1822,107; 1823,2; 1824,28,49: 1829.80; 1830,7; 1831,38; 1834.158; 1835,128; 1838,123; 1850,167; 1851.337; 1852,266; 1853,354; 1854,448,449; 1862,64; 1870,337; 1872,15,322; 1874,60,179; 1875,176.185.243; 1876.246; 1877,228; 1878, 243. 244; 1879, 163,198; 1880,134,225; 1881,221,229,291; 1882.204; 1884,123,250; 1885,266,361; 1887. 210; 1888, 286; 1889, 147, 337; 1890, 122, 418; 1892, 97, 314; 1893, 473; 1894, 276, 454; 1895. 244, 449, 502; 1896, 204, 363, 393, 410, 547; 1897, 296, 361, 375, 395, 440; 1898, 227, 410, 554, 558; 1899, 355; 1901, 400, 473; 1903, 426; 1904, 404; 1908, 292, 393, 398; 1909, 486; 1912, 550; 1913, 484; 1914, 646, 730.)
Chap. 37 An Act changing the form of nomination papers in
ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifty-three of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by section four of chapter seven hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the following jurat at the end of the form of nomination paper therein prescribed :
1909, 486, § 53, etc., amended.
City of Boston, change of form of nomination papers in city elections.
'commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston,
19
Suffolk, ss.
Then personally appeared _ who, I
am satisfied, is one of the signers of the witliin nomination paper, and made oath that the statements therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that his post office address is
Before me.
Justice of the Peace."
Approved February 20, 1918.
[1918, 93. Spec]
Chap. 38 An Act to extend the provisions of the civil service laws to the superintendent of streets of the city
OF CHICOPEE.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1. The civil service laws and regulations shall apply to the superintendent of streets of the city of Chicopee, but no examination shall be required of the present in- cumbent.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said city at the next municipal election and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon. Approved February 20, 1918.
City of Chicopee, superintendent of streets under civil service laws.
To be sub- mitted to voters, etc.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 39, 40, 41. 23
(I860, 136; 1864, 209; 1866, 45; 1869, 347; 1882, 211; 1883, 46; 1895, 124; 1898, 86, 153; 1902, 387; 1909, 448; 1910, 176; 1912, 247.]
An Act to establish the salary of the mayor of the (jfiQ^jj 39
CITY OF TAUNTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter four hundred and ^^09, 448, § 13,
.,», p • ^ ^ 1 ^ • • amended.
lorty-eight 01 the acts or nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by striking out the word "twelve", in the first hue, and substituting the word : — twenty-five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 13. The salary of the Cityofxaun- mayor shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum and mayor. '*'^^° the salary of each councilman shall be five hundred dollars per annum.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the qualified '^9^!'®/!'^'
. , '■ . mitted to
voters of the city of Taunton at the next municipal election voters, etc. and, if accepted by a majority of the said voters voting thereon, shall take effect at the beginning of the next mu- nicipal year; otherwise it shall not take effect. ■
Approved February 20, 1918.
[1914, 780.]
An Act relative to the rate of interest on certain (Jfiaj) 40 bridge securities of the town of watertown.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Such bonds or notes as may hereafter be Town of issued by the town of Watertown under the provisions of Jl'te^onXVest chapter seven hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen bridge'^s^ hundred and fourteen shall bear such rate of interest as its curities. treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the selectmen, s
may determine.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1918.
[1918, 91, Spec]
An Act relative to the annual meeting of the nhn^ 41 united society of christian endeavor and of its
BOARD OF trustees.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The United Society of Christian Endeavor united society is hereby authorized to hold its annual meeting, and also the Endelvor?" annual meeting of its board of trustees, at the time and Ingl^ilc.""^*"
24
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 42, 43.
place its international convention is held in any city or town in the United States or the Dominion of Canada; and any meeting so held, if otherwise conformable to law, shall be deemed to have the same legal effect for all purposes as if held within this commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1918.
Chap. 42 An Act to authorize the town of great barrington TO take certain land for school purposes.
Town of Great Barrington may take certain land for school purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Great Barrington is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of general law not in- consistent herewith, to acquire by purchase or otherwise land in said town not exceeding four acres in extent, to be used for the Justin Dewey school, said land adjoining that already held by the town for the same purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1918.
[1837,160; 1852,255; 1853,322; 1856,290; 1861,12; 1865,153; 1866,89; 1868,13; 1872,157; 1875,145,165; 1880,126,171; 1884,256; 1886,344; 1888,137,159; 1892,135,421; 1893, 363; 1894,85,255,520; 1895,354; 1897,100; 1899,212; 1904,90; 1910,490.]
Chap. 43 An Act relative to the use of income from the water
WORKS OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The income received by the city of Cam- bridge from its water works shall be applied to meet the expenses incurred for maintenance and operation, renewals, extensions, additions and improvements of said works, interest, sinking fund and debt requirements.
Section 2. The sinking fund requirements shall be calcu- lated annually and such an amount annually paid over to the sinking fund commissioners as, with its accumulations, together with the existing fund, will be sufficient to meet all water works debts issued and outstanding for which sinking funds are being acciunulated.
Section 3. All acts and parts of acts requiring the pay- ment of a percentage of the debt and all unexpended balances into the sinking fund are hereby repealed except that the annual sums required as above shall be paid annually into the sinking fund, and if the income from the water works is
City of Cam- bridge, use of income from water worlcs.
Sinking fund requirements.
Repeal.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 44, 45. 25
insufficient to meet the expenses of maintaining and operating the same together with the interest, debt and sinking fund requirements, the deficit shall be raised by taxation and shall Deficit to be be assessed by the assessors in the same manner as other taxation. taxes. Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1918.
[1910,474; 1913,838; 1915, 247, Spec. ; 1916, 132, Spec; 1917, 170, Spec, 173, Spec]
An Act relative to the rate of interest on certain n^n^j aa.
SECURITIES OF THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Such bonds or notes as may hereafter be city of New issued by the city of New Bedford under the provisions of of^'intert^ron chapter four hundred and seventy-four of the acts of nine- tfes^'^'" secun- teen hundred and ten, as amended by chapter eight himdred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, chapter two hundred and forty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, and chapters one hundred and seventy and one hundred and seventy-three of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall bear such rate of interest as the treasurer of said city with the approval of its mayor may determine.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1918.
[1907, 524; 1917, 269, Spec]
An Act relative to the installation of water meters nhn^y 45 IN the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The provisions of section one of chapter five city of Boston, hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred wat^r meters and seven shall not apply to the city of Boston for one year ^^f®"^®'^ after the taking effect of this act, in so far as the same re- quire the equipment with water meters of five per cent of water services in said city which were unmetered on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and seven.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon the tenth day Timeof of April, nineteen hundred and eighteen.
Approved February 25, 1918.
26 Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 46, 47.
Chap. 46 An Act to provide a teacher's retirement allowance
FOR JENNIE I. WARE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
drementa^^w- Jennie I. Ware, for thirty-nine years a teacher in the ance for Jennie pubHc schools of the common Wealth, the last twenty-five of which were in the public schools of Boston, shall, beginning with the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eighteen, receive the retirmg allowance that she would receive had she been eligible to join the state teachers' retirement associa- tion upon its estabhslunent and had then become a member thereof, and had she been retired by the teachers' retirement board on the date on which her resignation from the service of the public schools of Boston took effect, having contributed such regular assessments as she would have paid under the provisions of chapter eight hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and amendments thereof, from the time of said establishment to the date of Proviso. YiQY retirement, provided that she shall pay into the retire-
ment fund of said association before July one, nineteen hmidred and eighteen, a sum equal to the total contributions which she would have paid had she actually been a member thereof during the said period, with interest thereon as de- termined by the teachers' retirement board.
Approved February 25, 1918.
Chap. 47 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pension
JACOB SCHAFFER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
maypenfkfif" Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to Jacob schaffer. pensiou Jacob Schaffer, a former member of the fire alarm service of the city who was permanently disabled by an injury received in the course of his employment and was discharged. The said pension shall be paid monthly and shall be equal to one half of the compensation which said Schaffer was receiving at the time of his discharge. To be sub- Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
mitted to city . .,„.,. ,. ,
council, etc. by votc of the city council of said city subject to the pro- Proviso. visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior
to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 25, 1918,
[Accepted April 10, 1918.]
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 48, 49, 50. 27
An Act to authorize the city of Worcester to (jhn^ 48
PENSION DANIEL T. COURTNEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Worcester is hereby authorized wofc^ter ma to pay to Daniel T. Courtney, who after a service of more pension Daniel
, • ^ J^^ 1 p 1 • T. Courtney.
than twenty-seven years in the employ ot the city as a foreman in the street department, retired on account of blindness in nineteen hundred and seventeen, an annual pension of six hundred and twenty-four dollars, payable monthly.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- Sundi.^tc'^^ visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior Proviso, to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 25, 1918.
[Accepted March 29, 1918,]
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pension (Jfidj) 49
THOMAS J. GORMAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:
Section 1. Thomas J. Gorman, a clerk in the collector's city of Boston office of the city of Boston, shall, at his request, be retired Thomi^"j.°" from active service, and shall receive from said city an g°''™^- annual pension equal to one half of the compensation paid him at the time of retirement, provided that a physician, designated by the mayor of said city, certifies in writing that by reason of physical incapacity, he is unfit for further service.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- c"uncn *etc'^^ visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior Proviso, to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 25, 1918.
[Accepted April 10, 1918.] [1913, 513.]
An Act relative to the rate of interest on certain fii ra
WATER securities OF THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY. ' ^' '
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Such bonds or notes as may hereafter be Town of issued by the town of Wellesley under the provisions of SI'of '"''''
28 Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 51, 52.
interest on chapter fivc liimdred and thirteen of the acts of nineteen securities. hundred and thirteen shall bear such rate of interest as its
treasurer, with the approval of a majority of its water and municipal light commissioners, may determine, ^bondi"***^* Section 2. The treasurer of said town, with the approval of a majority of its water and municipal light commissioners, is hereby authorized, without further action by the town, to determine the rate of interest on bonds pre\aously au- thorized by vote of the town taken in accordance with the pro\isions of said chapter five hundred and thirteen. Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1918.
(1918, 51, Spec] (1915, 301. Spec; 1918, 50, Spec]
Chap. 51 An Act relative to the rate of interest on certain
SEWERAGE SECURITIES OF THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Tov>w ^^ Section 1. Such bonds or notes as may hereafter be fix inter^t rate issucd by the towu of Wellcslcy under the pro\'isions of eragrsecurltres. cliaptcr tlircc huiidrcd and one of the Special Acts of nine- teen hundred and fifteen shall bear such rate of interest as its treasurer, with the approval of a majority of its selectmen, may determine. Rate ofinterest SECTION 2. The treasurer of said town, with the ap- proval of its selectmen, is hereby authorized, without further action by the town, to determine the rate of interest on bonds previously authorized by vote of the town taken in accordance with the provisions of said chapter three hun- dred and one.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1918.
Chap. 52 An Act relative to the interest on loans of the city
OF boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
C'ty of Boston Section 1 . All loans hereafter negotiated by the city of est rate on Bostou shall bear such rate of interest, and the interest thereon shall be payable at such times, as the city auditor, the city treasurer, and the mayor may determiine.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1918.
loans.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 53, 54. 29
(1828, 70; 1851, 23; 1854, 195; 1855, 71; 1859, 195; 1916, 281, Spec]
An Act to authorize the warren institution for (JJidnj 53
SAVINGS to hold ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . The Warren Institution for Savings, in- warren insti- corporated by chapter seventy of the acts of eighteen hun- ings°may'^hokr dred and twenty-eight, approved February twenty-first, estele°"''' ^"""^ eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby authorized to purchase and hold, and to invest in, real estate in the city of Boston to a value not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars.
Section 2. Chapter two hundred and eighty-one of the 1916, 281 (sj. Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby re- '■®p®^'°'*- pealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1918.
[1849, 89; 1850, 184; 1852, 182; 1854, 16; 1856, 159; 1859, 213; 1861, 107; 1864, 109- 1867 95; 1868, 308, 345; 1870, 147, 209; 1875, 66; 1883, 27; 1886, 83, 253; 1890, 110, 435; 1891* 132, 338; 1892, 261, 369; 1893, 313, 378; 1894, 247; 1895, 265; 1896. 318; 1900," 151 367- 1904, 76; 1905, 217; 1906, 112; 1909, 178, 372; 1910, 602; 1914, 135; 1917, 340, Spec] '
An Act to extentd the veto power of the mayor of Chav 54
THE city of LYNN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. Section thirty-one of chapter three hundred I^IJ'^^^ '•^j^i,
IP pio -lAi*' 1 , S ^^' amended.
and forty oi the Special Acts oi nineteen hundred and seven- teen is hereby amended by striking out the words " mvolving the expenditure of money", in the second and third lines, and substituting the words: — relative to the affairs of the city, except the election of officers, — so as to read as fol- lows:— Section 31. Every order, ordinance, resolution or city of Lynn, vote adopted or passed by the city council, relative to the mayor"*"^°^ affairs of the city, except the election of officers, shall be ''''*''"'^'''^- presented to the mayor for his approval. If he approves it, he shall sign it; if he disapproves it, he shall return it, with his objections thereto in writing, to the city council, which shall enter his objections at large on its records, and again consider it, and the same shall be deemed approved and be in force if it is not returned by the mayor, as herein provided, within ten days after it was presented to him. If the city council, notwithstanding such disapproval by the
30
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 55, 56,
mayor, shall again pass the order, ordinance, resolution or vote by a two thirds yea and nay vote of all the members, it shall then be in force, but the vote thereon shall not be taken before ten days, nor after thirty days, from the date of its return to the city council. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1918.
Town of Bridgewater may impose ■ewer assess- ments.
Proviso.
Chap . * 55 An Act to authorize the town of bridgew^ater to
IMPOSE sewer assessments.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The town of Bridgewater, acting by its selectmen, is hereby authorized to collect from owners of estates benefited, which abut on ways, public or private, in which sewers have been or shall hereafter be laid, such pro- portion of the cost of constructing said sewers as the town shall determine, provided that no estate shall be deemed benefited until the sewer is constructed and in operation, and the amount assessed upon any particular estate shall be determined by, and shall not exceed, the value of the benefit to such estate from the construction of the sewer. All assessments made under the pro\isions of this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter forty-nine of the Revised Laws and amendments thereof. That part of the cost of the sewers which is not paid by the abutters as aforesaid shall be paid by the town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1918.
Chap. 56 An Act to provide for a commission to hold -and manage the high school stadium and athletic field in the city of haverhill.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. There shall be appointed a commission to be known as the Haverhill Stadium and Athletic Field Com- mission, consisting of five members, including the mayor of the city of Haverhill and the president of the school com- mittee ex officiis, and three others each of whom shall be elected annually on the first Monday in April by the mu- nicipal council for a term of three years, except that at the first election one shall be elected for the term of three years, one for a term of two years and one for a term of one year.
Haverhill Stadium and Athletic Field Commission created.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 57. 31
Section 2. The commission may acquire, in the name Commission of the city of Haverhill, the land which has heretofore been SrteirTiand! leased by the said city of Haverhill to the Haverhill High ''*''■ School Athletic Field Association, and also the structures thereon and hold, manage, control, lease or let the same for the purposes of high school and other athletics and other public events.
Section 3. The city of Haverhill, for purpose of ac- Haverhiu
, p 'ijj • .111 stadium Loaa.
quirmg the aforesaid structures, may mcur mdebtedness not exceeding the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, and may issue bonds therefor, each issue constituting a separate loan. Such bonds shall be denominated on their face, Haverhill Stadium Loan, shall be signed by the city treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the municipal council of the city, shall bear interest at such rate as the municipal council shall determine, and shall be payable by such annual pay- ments, beginning not more than one year after the dates thereof, as will extinguish each loan within ten years after its date. The amount of such annual pa;yTnent of any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan, payable in any subsequent year. The city may sell the said securities at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but not for less than their par value.
Section 4. The revenue derived from the leasing or Revenue to be letting of said land shall be devoted to the following uses certain pur- and purposes, namely: — First: To the up-keep and main- ^°^^^' tenance of said land and the structures thereon. Second: To the payment of interest charges and the retirement of the bonds. Third: To the enlargement and improvement of the grounds and the development and encouragement of school athletics. Approved February 26, 1918.
[1917, 157, Spec]
An Act to revive the corporation known as the Chav. 57
MILLETT SANATORIUM, INCORPORATED.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:
The Millett Sanatorium, Incorporated, a corporation Miiiett Sana- which was dissolved by chapter one hundred and fifty-seven re^dved. ""^ ' of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby revived with the same powers, duties and obliga- tions as if the said chapter had not been passed.
Approved February 26, 1918.
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 58, 59, 60.
11912, 725; 1915, 235, Spec.; 1916, 255, Spec.. 346, Spec]
Chap. 58 An Act to extend the time for completing the rail- road OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD COR- PORATION.
Southern New England liail- road Corpora- tion, time for completion extended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The time within which the Southern New England Rail- road Corporation may complete and open its railroad for use is hereby further extended to the thirty-first day of December in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Approved February 26, 1918.
City of Brockton, civil service laws extended to certain officers of fire department.
To be sub- mitted to voters, etc.
Chap. 59 An Act to extend the civil service laws to the chief
ENGINEER AND THE FIRST AND SECOND ENGINEERS OF THE BROCKTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The civil service laws and regulations, and all acts now or hereafter in force relating to the appointment and the removal of members of the Brockton fire department, not inconsistent herewith, shall apply to the chief engineer, and to the first and second assistant engineers of said de- partment, but no examination shall be required of the present incumbents.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said city at the municipal election for the current year, and if accepted by a majority of the voters voting thereon shall thereupon take effect; otherwise it shall not take effect.
Approved February 26, 1918.
[1916, 261, Spec; 1917, 166, Spec]
Chap. 60 An Act relative to preferential voting at xe\v'ton
CITY elections.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section six of chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "office", where it
occurs in the ninth and twenty-first lines, the words: — or, if
no candidate receives a majority, — and by inserting after
the word "combined", in the fifteenth line, the words: —
or a plurality in said votes if there are only three candidates,
City of — so as to read as follows : — Section 6. The city clerk
preferential shall thcu determine the successful candidates in the follow-
;S.^^''^ ing manner:-
1916, 261 (S), § 6, amended.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 60. 33
The candidate or candidates for any office receiving a Successful majority of the first-choice votes cast for candidates for Swdeter-' that office shall, to the number required and in the order of °"°®^- the number of their first-choice votes beginning with the highest, be elected to that office : provided, that if the candi- Provisos. dates who receive such a majority are fewer in number than the number of candidates to be elected to that office, or, if no candidate receives a majority, the second-choice votes received by each candidate for that office who shall not have received a majority of first-choice votes as aforesaid shall then be added to the first-choice votes received by every such candidate, and the candidate or candidates receiving a majority in said first-choice and second-choice votes com- bined or a plurality in said votes if there are only three candidates shall, to the number required and in the order of the number of first-choice and second-choice votes com- bined received by such candidates, beginning with the highest, be elected to that office; and provided, further, that if the candidates then elected are fewer in number than the number of candidates to be elected to that office, or, if no candidate receives a majority, the other-choice votes re- ceived by each candidate w^ho shall not have been elected as aforesaid, shall then be added to the first-choice and the second-choice votes received by each such candidate, and a candidate or candidates, to the number required and in the order of the number of first-choice, second-choice and other- choice votes combined begiiming with the highest, shall be elected to that office.
A tie between two or more candidates shall be decided in Tie vote favor of the one having the largest number of first-choice candidates, votes. If two or more are equal in that respect, then the candidate among them having the largest number of second- choice votes shall be elected. If this will not decide a special election shall be held.
Whenever the word "majority" is used in this section, it "^'^^?''i*^^ shall mean more than one half of the total number of first- choice votes cast at such election and counted and returned as hereinbefore provided for candidates for the office in question: provided, that whenever the number of candidates Proviso, to be chosen to an office is two or more, such word "ma- jority" shall mean more tlian half the total number of ballots on which a first-choice was counted and returned for candidates for that office. Approved February 27, 1918.
34
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 61, 62, 63.
Town of Westborough,
certain nomination papers for town officers validated.
Chap. 61 An Act relative to certain nomination papers filed
IN THE town of WESTBOROUGH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Nomination papers for town officers filed in the town of Westborough on or before the twentieth day of February in tlie current year shall be valid, notwithstanding any failure to comply with the provisions of section one hundred and ninety-nine of chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen as amended by chapter eighty-two of the General Acts of nine- teen hundred and seventeen which require that all such nomination papers shall be submitted to the registrars on or before five o'clock on the afternoon of the Friday preceding the day on which they must be filed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 28, 1918.
[1867, 334; 1871, 117; 1887, 167; 1896, 74.]
Chap. 62 An Act to defijJe the number of the trustees of the
CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
The Clarke School for the Deaf, number of trustees defined.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The trustees of The Clarke School for the Deaf, incorporated by chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, under the name of the Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes, which name was changed by chapter seventy-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall be not more than fifteen nor less than nine in number.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon itg passage.
Approved March 1, 1918.
Chap. 63 An Act to provide for promoting and stimulating the
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth a sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direc- tion of the governor and council, for the purpose of promoting and stimulating the production and conservation of food
Appropriation for conserva- tion of food products, etc.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 64, 65. 35
products, and for like purposes growing out of the present war emergency.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 1, 1918.
11852,210; 1866,201; 1869,355; 1874,163; 1875,44; 1885,340; 1887,73; 1889,155; 1892, 185; 1894,91; 1895,339; 1896,114,278; 1900,305; 1906,81; 1907,265,514; 1908,267, 357; 1909,293; 1910,290; 1911,407,476,580; 1916, 114, Spec; 1917, 275, Spec]
An Act to extend the time within which the city of (Jfidj)^ 54
PITTSFIELD MAY EXTEND ITS WATER SUPPLY TO THE TOWN OF LANESBOROUGH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two of chapter two hundred and seventy-five of ^^a^'^^gJIed the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by striking out the words "current year", in the last line, and substituting the words : — year nineteen hundred and eighteen, — so as to read as follows: — Section Time within 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the seid may Ix- city council of said city, with the approval of the mayor: suppiy'to^'^ provided, such acceptance and approval occur on or before Lanesborough. December thirty-first in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen. Approved March 1, 1918.
An Act to authorize the board of health of the town Qjidj) 55
OF RUTLAND TO LICENSE PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND HOUSES FOR THE CARE OF TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of health of the town of Rutland r°^°J ^^^y may, upon an application in writing, license any suitable license private person or persons to maintain hospitals or private houses hospitals. in that town for the care and treatment of tuberculous patients. Licenses granted hereunder may be revoked at any time, and shall expire with the last day of the calendar year in which they are issued, but may be renewed. The said board may fix reasonable fees for the said licenses and renewals thereof.
Section 2. Whoever maintains a hospital or private Penalty. house in the town of Rutland for the care or treatment of tuberculous patients unless the same is in charge of, or under the direct personal supervision of a licensee hereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Approved March 6, 1918.
36
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 66, 67.
City of Springfield may take land for school purposes.
[1895, 211; 1896, 301; 1907, 342; 1917, 106, Spec, 302, Spec]
Chap. 66 An Act to authorize the city of springfield to take
LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The city of Springfield may take in fee, by vote of its city council, any land not appropriated to public uses and lying within the limits of that part of the city bounded by Berkshire street. Bay street, Boston Road, and Harvey street, and measuring five acres or less in area, for the purpose of erecting thereon a building or buildings to be used as a public school or schools, notwithstanding the pro- visions of section forty-seven of chapter twenty-five of the Revised Laws limiting the amount of land that may be taken for such a purpose, but subject to all other provisions of law relative to such takings.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 7, 1918.
Chap. 67 An Act making appropriations for the maintenance
OF PARKS, PARKWAYS AND BOULEVARDS UNDER THE CON- TROL OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK COMMISSION AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWERAGE AND WATER SYSTEMS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be expended by the metropolitan park commission and the metropolitan water and sewerage board, for -the maintenance of parks, parkways and boulevards and for the expenses of the metropolitan water and sewerage systems during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of Novem- ber, nineteen hundred and eighteen, to wit: —
1. For the care of the Charles river basin by the metro- politan park commission, an amount not exceeding one hundred sixty-seven thousand one hundred fourteen dollars and eighty-four cents, said amount to be provided for by assessment on certain cities and towns in the metropolitan parks district in accordance with the findings of the apportion- ment commission under authority of chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
Appropria- tions,
metropolitan parks, sewerage, and water systems.
Charles river basin.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 67. 37
2. For the maintenance of reservations under the direction Reservations. of the metropolitan park commission, a sum not exceeding
five hundred twenty-three thousand six hundred forty-three dollars and thirteen cents; and for certain pensions, a sum not exceeding five thousand seventy-three dollars and seventy-five cents; to be assessed upon certain cities and towns in the metropolitan parks district in accordance with the findings of the apportionment commission under authority of chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
3. For the care and maintenance of boulevards and park- Boulevards
1 1. .1 . 1-. 1 • . and parkways.
ways m charge or the metropolitan park commission, a sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-three thousand three hundred eighty-five dollars and ninety cents, to be assessed upon the metropolitan parks district in accordance with the findings of the apportionment commission under authority of chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to be in addition to the amount to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth as provided in the appropriation bUl for the maintenance of departments, etc.
4. For the care and maintenance of the Nantasket beach ^g*"^^''®^ reservation by the metropolitan park commission, a sum not reservation. exceeding forty-eight thousand two hundred sixty-one dollars
and sixty-five cents, the same to be provided for by assess- ment upon certain cities and towns in the metropolitan parks district in accordance with the findings of the apportionment commission under authority of chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
5. For the care and maintenance of Wellington bridge by Wellington the metropolitan park commission, a sum not exceeding nine " ^^' thousand four hundred two dollars and twenty cents, the
same to be provided for by assessment upon certain cities and towns in the metropolitan parks district in accordance with the provisions of chapter two hundred and ninety-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, the same to be in addition to the amount provided for in the appropriation bill for the maintenance of departments, etc.
6. To enable the metropolitan park commission to provide Band concerts. band concerts in parks and other places under its control,
at such times as it may determine during the present fiscal year, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
7. For the maintenance and operation of a system of ^oj-th
,. , r. 111. metropolitan
sewage disposal, a sum not exceeding two hundred thirty- sewage dis-
posal.
38
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 68, 69.
South
metropolitan sewage dis- posal.
Metropolitan water system.
five thousand seven hundred dollars, to be assessed upon the cities and towns included in what is known as the north metropolitan sewerage district.
8. For the maintenance and operation of a system of sewage disposal, a sum not exceeding one hundred forty-five thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars, to be assessed upon the cities and towns included in what is known as the south metropolitan sewerage district.
9. For the maintenance and operation of the metropolitan water system, to be assessed upon the cities and towns com- prising the metropolitan water district, a sum not exceeding six hundred one thousand five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 7, 1918,
1891, 335, amended.
§1,
[1843, 28; 1891, 335.)
Chap. 68 An Act to authorize the American oriental society to
HOLD ALL ITS MEETINGS OUTSIDE THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter tliree hundred and thirty-five of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one is hereby amended by striking out the words "provided, however, that said society shall meet within this common- wealth at least once in three years", in the fifth, sixth and seventh lines, so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The American Oriental Society, a corporation organized under the laws of this commonwealth, is hereby authorized to hold its meetings in any state or territory of the United States and in the District of Columbia,
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 7, 191C.
American Oriental Society may hold meetings outside Com- monwealth.
Chap. 69 An Act to authorize the city of salem to pension
MICHAEL P. DUGAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Salem is hereby authorized to pay in monthly instalments to Michael P. Dugan, for many years engineer at the Salem pumping station, and now incapaci- tated, an annual pension not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars.
City of Salem may pension Michael P. Dugan.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 70. 39
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the pro- JSuncii.^etc'!^ visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior p'^°'^'^° to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 7, 1918.
[1917, 118, Spec.]
An Act to coNSOLroATE the Massachusetts baptist Sunday nhnj) yn
SCHOOL association AND THE MASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Massachusetts Baptist Sunday School g^t^'sun-'^ Association and the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary day school Society, corporations established under the laws of the com- andMassachu-
1x1 1 1- "I'JxJ* J.' 1 setts Baptist
monwealth, are hereby consolidated m one corporation under Missionary the name of the Massachusetts Baptist Convention, which ^SoMated. shall, in all respects, be a continuation of, and the lawful successor to, the corporations hereby consolidated, and all devises, bequests, conveyances and gifts heretofore or here- after made to either of said corporations, however described, and all the powers and privileges thereof, shall vest in said consolidated corporation, and all trusts now or hereafter vested in either of said corporations shall be preserved in- violate, and all provisions relating thereto shall have full force and effect in the said consolidated corporation.
Section 2. The officers of the existing Massachusetts officers to Baptist Missionary Society shall be, until their successors etc. are chosen and qualified, the officers of the consolidated corporation, which shall be governed by the by-laws of said existing corporation until the same shall duly be superseded. The treasurer of The Massachusetts Baptist Sunday School Transferor Association is hereby authorized to execute all necessary papers and documents for effecting the transfer of the property of said last named corporation to the consolidated corporation.
Section 3. The said consolidated corporation may receive May receive gifts in consideration of annual payments to be made by it hold proiij^ty to the donor or donors or to other designated persons, and *°*''"'''^- it is hereby authorized to contract for the payment of the same, without rendering the property so given liable to taxation, and may, except where appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of trustee, receive and hold property in trust
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 71, 72, 73.
without judicial appointment, but in no case shall said cor- poration be required to furnish any bond as trustee or to render any account other than that appearing in its printed reports. All gifts heretofore received by either corporation hereby consolidated in consideration of annual payments to be made by it to the donor or donors or to other designated persons may be held and enjoyed by the said consolidated corporation, subject to such annual payments, without ren- dering said property liable to taxation.
Approved March 7, 1918.
Chap. 71 An Act authorizing the city of springfield to acquire
LAND IN THE TOWN OF LONGMEADOW FOR PARK PURPOSES.
City of Springfield may acquire land in Long- meadow for park purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. The city of Springfield, by its board of park commissioners, may take from time to time by gift or devise upon such conditions as said board may deem advisable, and hold in fee or otherwise, and maintain for the purpose of a public park, land lying within the town of liOngmeadow, subject however to the provisions of chapter twenty-eight of the Revised Laws and acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, in so far as the same may be applicable.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1918.
Chap. 72 An Act to authorize the appointment of john t. roche
AS A PERMANENT POLICE OFFICER OF THE CITY OF NEWTON.
City of Newton may appoint John T. Roche a permanent police officer.
Be it enacted, 'as follows:
The mayor of the city of Newton is hereby authorized to appoint John T. Roche a permanent police officer of that city. Approved March 8, 1918.
[1865, 84; 1899, 137.]
Chap. 73 An Act relative to the residence of the trustees of
THE PRATT FREE SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. Section four of chapter eighty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-five is hereby amended by striking out the words "said Titicut parish", in the fifth line, and substituting the words: — the town of Middle-
1865, 84, § 4, amended.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 74. 41
borough, — so as to read as follows : — Section 4- Any Pratt Free
• "11 1 i» J J 1 mi 1 School, trustees
vacancies occurring m said board ot trustees, may be lilled required to by a majority vote of the remaining trustees, at any meeting MidSeto^ough. called for that purpose: provided, that no person shall serve Proviso. as a trustee who is not a resident of the town of Middle- borough.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1918.
[1907, 485; 1908, 376, 514; 1909, 247; 1911, 612; 1912, 348.]
An Act relative to the construction of sewerage (jfmr) 74
WORKS within the WATERSHED OF THE CHARLES RIVER BASIN BY THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. No work shall be done by the city of Boston Construction in the construction of sewerage works within the watershed worll^twn of Stony Brook or other watershed areas tributary to the bi'stn wa^Jr-"^ Charles river basin above the Charles river dam between ^^^ ^y "*y
T-> i/~ii'i • • Boston,
Boston and Cambridge, except m accordance with plans approving which have been presented to, filed with, and approved by a board, hereinafter called the approving board, to consist of the state commissioner of health, the commissioner of health of the city of Boston, and the commissioner «of public works of said city, and the approving board may designate in writing such streets or areas as in its opinion should be provided witli works for the disposal of sewage and of surface or ground water. The officer or board having charge of the construction of sewerage works in the city of Boston shall, upon request of the approving board, file with the appro\ing board plans showing the works necessary to complete the separation of sewage from the storm water within the water- shed of Stony Brook and the other drainage areas herein described, or in such portions of said watershed and districts as the approving board may from time to time designate; and said officer or board shall, on or before the thirtieth day of November in each year, file witli the state department of health a statement and plan for record showing clearly the sewers, drains or other sewerage works which have been con- structed within the preceding twelve montlis.
Section 2. The supreme judicial court and the superior Enforcement court shall have jurisdiction in equity, on the complaint °^*^''^*' of the state department of health or of any party in interest, to enforce the provisions of this act.
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 75, 76, 77.
Appropria- tion, pay for soldiers and sailors.
^onJmay'bD Section 3. The city council of the city of Boston may, dty^^OT^'u^cii ^"^^^ ^^^^ approval of the mayor, make appropriations each year for doing any work contemplated by this act. Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
A-pproved March 11, 1918.
Chap. 75 An Act in addition to the acts making appropriations
FOR PAY FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM THIS COMMON- WEALTH IN THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue for the pay of soldiers and sailors as pro\dded in section one of chapter two hundred and eleven of tlie General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated or raised for this purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1918.
Chap. 76 An Act to authorize the city of lynn to retire and
PENSION WARREN H. MCCLAIN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Lynn is hereby authorized to retire Warren H. McClain, a foreman in the water depart- ment of the city, on an annual pension equal to one half of the annual compensation received by him at the time of retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the pro- visions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 11, 1918.
Chap. 77 An Act to authorize the county of essex to pay the
BALANCE OF THE SALARY OF EDWARD B. GEORGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county of Essex is hereby authorized to pay to the widow of Edward B. George the balance of the salary for the year nineteen hundred and seventeen to which he would have been entitled if he had lived and continued to
City of Lynn may retire and pension Warren H. McClain.
To bo sub- mitted to city council, etc., proviso.
County of Essex may pay balance of salary of Edward B. George.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 78, 79. 43
hold the office of clerk of courts for the county of Essex, in consideration of the faithful services rendered by him to the ^
said county as clerk of the Haverhill police court, of the superior court and of the supreme judicial court for the said county, covering a period of thirty-eight years.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Acceptance by by the county commissioners of the county of Essex. commissioners.
Approved March 11, 1918.
[1901, 504; 1906, 164.]
An Act to consolidate the water and sewer depart- nhn^ 7c
MENTS OF the TOWN OF AMESBURY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of water commissioners and the Town of board of sewer commissioners of the town of Amesbury are w^CT^a^ild' hereby abolished, and the powers and duties of the said departments boards shall hereafter pertain to a new board of three mem- consolidated. bers to be known as the water and sewer department, which shall in all respects be the successor of the boards hereby abolished. The members of the said department shall be nominated and elected by the town in the same manner as other town officers. Those first elected shall hold office for one, two, and three years, respectively, as the voters shall designate, and thereafter as the term of each member expires, his successor shall be chosen for a term of three years.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of '^° K^^b-
•PI mitted to
the town at the annual town meeting tor the current year, voters, etc. or at any subsequent meeting called for the purpose, and if accepted by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, shall take effect upon the election of the members of said department at the annual town election next following such acceptance. Approved March 11, 1918.
An Act relative to pensioning call members of the nhnry jq
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Arlington, Town of upon the recommendation of the engineers of the fire depart- retire^and "'"'^ ment, shall retire from active service and pension any call cerlahTcaii member of the said department whom the town physician Bremen. certifies in writing to be permanently disabled, mentally or physically, from further performing duty as such member.
44
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 80, 81.
Proviso.
Pensions.
To be sub- mitted to voters, etc.
by reason of injuries sustained or illness incurred through no fault of his in the actual performance of duty; and any call member of said department who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty-five years, if in the judgment of the board of selectmen such member is disabled for useful service m the department: provided, however, that any call member who has performed faithful service for a term of twenty-five years and has attained the age of sixty years shall be retired upon .his own request.
Section 2. The said town shall pay to retired call fire- men certified by the town physician as disabled under the provisions of section one the same pension payable to retired permanent firemen who performed similar duties. To all others retired under this act, it shall pay pensions equal to one half their annual compensation during their last year of service. All pensions hereunder shall be paid monthly.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the town of Arlington at a meeting called for the purpose by vote of two thirds of the voters present and voting thereon.
Approved March 11, 1918.
Chap. 80 An Act to provide a Saturday half-holiday for laborers
AND OTHERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF WALTHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. Laborers, teamsters and mechanics employed by the city of Waltham shall hereafter receive a half-holiday on Saturday without loss of pay.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the said city at the city election in the current year in the form of the following question to be placed on the official ballot: "Shall the laborers, teamsters and -me- chanics employed by the city of Waltham receive a half-holiday on Saturdays without loss of pay?"
If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise. [Approved March 11, 1918.
City of Wal- tham, Saturday half-holiday for certain employees.
To be sub- mitted to voters, etc.
When act takes effect.
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YES |
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Chap. 81
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay an annuity
to the widow of JOSEPH C. REISER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: City of Boston SECTION 1. The city of Boston may pay a sum uot cxcecd- ^nm^y^to" ^"g scveuty-fivc doUars a month to Florence R. Reiser, the
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 82. 45
widow of Joseph C. Reiser, late a member of the police depart- jjjjh c. ment of the said city who was murdered while in the discharge Reiser. of his duty. The said annuity shall be paid to the widow so long as she remains umnarried, but if she shall die at any time within sixteen years after the passage of this act, leaving any minor child or children of Joseph C. Reiser surviving, the said annuity shall continue to be paid for the benefit of such child or children as joint tenants until the expiration of six- teen years as aforesaid.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of the said city, with the approval council, etc., of the mayor, provided that such acceptance occurs prior pr°"^'^o- to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 11, 1918.
[Accepted March 26, 1918.]
[1853, 70; 1855, 158; 1861, 140; 1885, 346; 1887, 229, 397, 400; 1888, 439; 1891, 276; 1894, 420; 1895, 326; 1898, 91; 1899, 322; 1901, 468; 1902, 481; 1904, 447; 1907, 326; 1910, 289; 1911, 621; 1914, 363.]
An Act relative to the polling hours at primary (j^q^t.^ g2
ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . Section eight of Part II of chapter six hundred ^^^^i ff ^-^ g^ and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven amended, is hereby amended by striking out the words "be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and shall not be closed before four o'clock in the afternoon", in the second and third lines, and substituting the words : — be open during such hours as shall be fixed by the city council, — so as to read as follows : — Section 8. At every preliminary election the City of polls shall be open during such hours as shall be fixed by the poiung hours city council, and, except as is otherwise provided in this act, eL^ueSs."^^ every such preliminary election shall be called by the same officers and held in the same manner as an annual city election. The polling places shall be designated, provided and furnished, and official ballots, special ballots, ballot boxes, voting lists, specimen ballots, blank forms, apparatus and supplies shall be provided for every such preliminary election, of the same number and kind and in the same manner as at an annual city election, and the same election officers shall officiate as at an annual city election.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 16, 1918.
46 Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 83, 84, 85, 86.
[1915, 306, Spec]
Chap. 83 An Act relative to the corporate purpose of the
SHIRLEY-EUSTIS HOUSE ASSOCIATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
l^tf&e Section 1. The purpose of The Shirley-Eustis House
TOT^mtl°°' Association, incorporated under chapter one hundred and
purpose defined, tweuty-fivc of the Re\'ised Laws on February twenty-eighth,
nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall be to purchase, preserve
and maintain as an educational, historic and patriotic museum
the Shirley-Eustis House, so-called, situated in Boston.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 16, 1918.
Chap. 84 An Act to establish a minimum wage for laborers
employed by THE CITY OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
^w°iter '^^^ ^^^y council of the city of Worcester, with the approval
may fix mini- of the mavor, is hereby authorized to establish bv ordinance
mum wage for •• *". *.
laborers. a mmimum wage for all city laborers, or for laborers in speci-
fied departments. Approved March 16, 1918.
Chap. 85 An Act authorizing the city of boston to reinstate
EDWARD L. KENNEY IN THE PENAL INSTITUTIONS DEPART- MENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
may?iins°l^" SECTION 1. The city of. Boston may reinstate Edward Edward L. L, Kcnucy as an employee in its penal institutions depart-
Kenney as an . "^ . ., . • .
employee. mcnt without civil scrvicc cxammatiou.
mkteVto' Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
mayor. by the mayor of said city. Approved March 16, 1918.
Chap. 86 An Act to authorize the city of lowell to pay a sum
OF money to the widow of GEORGE TEEL.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloics: City of Lowell Section 1. The city of Lowell is hereby authorized to sum of money pay to Lucy Tecl, widow of George Teel, a former employee
to widow of n"^! • 1 1 • I'll 111
George Teel. oi the City, a sum cqual to the pension which he would have received had he lived and been granted the same in accordance with chapter four hundred and forty-seven of the acts of
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 87. 47
nineteen hundred and twelve, from the date 'When he petitioned the city therefor, namely, March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and fifteen, until the date of his death, October twenty-third, nineteen hundred and sixteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub- by vote of the city council of said city subject to the provisions council, etc., of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs prior to the ^^°'^^- thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 16, 1918.
[Accepted April 9, 1918.] [1918, 21, Spec]
An Act to establish the board of health and charities Chap. 87 IN the city of woburn.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The board of health and the offices of over- cityofvvobum, seers of the poor of the city of Woburn are hereby abolished, and overseers and in place thereof and in succession thereto there is hereby fshed? and° established a board to be known as the board of health and ^a'^chari'tfe^i*^ charities to consist of three members, one of whom shall be a established. physician practising in said city. The said board shall be vested with all the powers and duties heretofore exercised and performed by the board of health and the overseers of the poor, or hereafter given to or imposed upon boards of health and overseers of the poor of cities.
Section 2. The mayor of the said city shall appoint, '^''•^®?pj prior to the first Monday in June, in the year nineteen hun- mayor. dred and eighteen, three members of tlie board hereby es- tablished to serve, for terms of one, two, and three years, respectively, and thereafter one member of said board shall be appointed annually by the mayor in the month of May to serve for the term of three years from the first Monday in June next ensuing and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The mayor shall annually designate one of the chairman. members of the said board as chairman.
Section 3. The mayor shall also appoint an agent of the Agent to be said board, who shall be its secretary and administrative mayor.*^ ^ officer and shall perform such duties and have such powers as shall be specified from time to time by its rules. The board is hereby authorized to delegate to the agent from time to time any of its powers and duties, and the agent shall be subject to such instructions, rules and regulations as may be given or made by the board. The agent shall be appointed
48
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 88, 89.
Repeal.
To be sub- mitted to city council, etc.
under and shall be subject to the civil service laws and regulations.
Section 4. So much of section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled an act to re\ise the charter of the city of Woburn, as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Section 5. So much of this act as provides for the ap- pointment of the members of said board shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of the city with the approval of the mayor. The remainder of the act shall take effect upon the appointment and qualification of the members of the board hereby established.
Approved March 16, 1918.
Chap. 88 An Act to validate the current annual town meeting
OF THE TOWN OF STURBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. The acts and proceedings of the town of Sturbridge at the annual town meeting, or any adjournment thereof, in the current year, and all acts done in pursuance thereof, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if the said meeting had been held and conducted in strict compliance with law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 18, 1918.
Town of Stur- bridge, current annual town meeting validated.
Trustees of the Home for Aged Men in the city of Brockton, incorporated.
Chap. 89 An Act to incorporate the trustees of the home for
AGED MEN IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Francis B. Gardner, William A. Boyden and Warren A. Reed, trustees appointed under the will of Horace W. Howard and their successors in said trust, are hereby made a corporation under the name of the Trustees of the Home for Aged Men in the City of Brockton, for the purpose of erecting, establishing, managing and directing a home for aged men in the city of Brockton, with all the powers, privileges and exemptions and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such corporations. Interest of Section 2. The interest of said trustees in the estate of
trustees in
Estate of Horacc W. Howard shall be exempt from the state mcome
Howard ex- tax Icvicd duriug the year nineteen hundred and eighteen
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 90, 91, 92. 49
under the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine empt from of tlie General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen. for i9i8.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 20, 1918.
An Act to exempt george w. brown of newburyport Qfidj)^ qq
FROM the provisions OF THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT ACT REQUIRING RETIREMENT AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The provisions of section six of chapter eight Br?^? exempt hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and from retire-
, . ^ ^ . p , „, ,, ment under
thirteen requiring the retirement or members oi the teachers teachers' retire- retirement association at the age of seventy shall not apply to George W. Brown, now principal of the Jackman grammar school in the city of Newburyport; but the said Brown may continue a member of the teachers' retirement association, subject otherwise to the provisions of said chapter. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 20, 1918.
[1917, 299, Spec; 1918, 40, Spec]
An Act relative to the rate of interest on certain QJiQfn 91
SECURITIES of THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:
Section 1. Bonds or notes of the town of Watertown Town of hereafter issued under the provisions of chapter two hundred interlstTrt'e and ninety-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sec^itkis'! seventeen shall bear interest at a rate to be determined by its treasurer and approved by a majority of the board of selectmen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 20, 1918.
An Act to authorize the county of Norfolk to pay a nhnri 92
SUM OF MONEY TO THE DEPENDENT SISTER OF THE LATE ADOLPH F. A. SCHULZ.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county of Norfolk is hereby authorized S'"?*,]^"^ to pay to Georgiana E. Schulz, dependent sister of the late pay sum of Adolph F. A. Schulz, a sum of money not exceeding seven Tiate AdXh'^ hundred dollars. The said sum represents the balance of ^' ^- ^''^'^^-
50
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 93.
Acceptance by Norfolk county com- missioners.
the year's salary which would have been paid to the said Adolph F. A. Schulz as probation officer of the district court of northern Norfolk had he lived and served for the remainder of the year nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the county commissioners of the county of Norfolk,
Approved March 20, 1918.
City of Boston,
assessing
department
reorganized.
Mayor to appoint, etc., assessors.
[1918, 37, Spec]
Chap. 93 An Act to reorganize the assessing department of the
CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The assessing department of the city of Boston shall hereafter be under the direction of a board of three assessors who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of assessors of taxes.
Section 2. The mayor of the city shall appoint, and may at any time remove, in accordance \vith the provisions of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, three assessors to hold office for terms of one, two, and three years, respectively, beginning with the first day of April in the current year. As the term of each assessor expires, the mayor in like manner shall appoint his successor for a term of three years from the first day of April in the year of appointment. The mayor shall also fill any vacancy for the unexpired term. The mayor shall designate the chairman of the board who shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars; the two other members of the board shall each receive an annual salary of forty-five hundred dollars.
Section 3. The mayor may also appoint, for a term of three years from the first day of April in tlie year of appoint- ment, and may at any time remove, in accordance with tlie provisions of said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, such deputy assessors as may be necessary, not exceeding five in number. Appointments at the expiration of a term or to fill vacancies shall be made in like manner. Each deputy assessor shall receive an annual salary of thirty-five hundred dollars, and shall perform such duties as the board of assessors may prescribe.
Section 4. The board of assessors may, subject to the approval of the mayor, appoint and remove such assistant assessors as the work of the department requires, and each
Mayor may appoint, etc., deputy as- sessors.
Board of assessors may appoint or remove assist- ant assessors.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 93. 51
assistant assessor shall receive annually a sum not exceeding
twelve hundred dollars as compensation for such services as
the board of assessors may prescribe. Such appointments
may be made from persons now ser\dng as first assistant
assessors or who have within six years of the passage of this
act so served, or from the cIaiI ser\'ice list of persons eligible.
The board of assessors may also, subject to the approval he^d°derk?etc*^^
of the mayor, appoint and fix the compensation of a head
clerk, and such other clerks and employees as may be found
necessary.
Section 5. For the purpose of assessing poll taxes, the Listing board listing board of the city shall furnish the board of assessors a^e^rewith •with, copies of the lists made for the use of the election com- mad?for dec- missioners of the city and prepared by the listing board under s|onere°etc^" the provisions of sections eight, nine, and ten of chapter twenty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, and the board of assessors shall assess to every such person whose name appears thereon a poll tax, and shall not be required to make the lists provided for by section fifteen of chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. The election commissioners shall also certify to the board of assessors the names of all per- sons resident in Boston on the first day of April subsequently placed on such lists in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of said chapter twenty-nine, and the assessors shall have the same powers to assess such persons as are granted to tlie assessors under the pro\'isions of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the powers and duties of the assessors in the assessment, collection, and abatement of poll taxes, except as is herein expressly provided.
Section 6. The oath required of a person, firm or corpo- oath required ration bringing in the lists specified in section forty-one of mfmstered by Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety of tlie acts of '="*^'" persons. nineteen hundred and nine and m the amendments thereof, may be administered by any of tlie board of assessors, by any of the deputy assessors, or by the head clerk, or by any notary public whose jurat shall be duly authenticated by his seal, or said oath may be administered in this commonwealth by a justice of the peace.
Section 7. So much of this act as provides for the ap- when act pointment of a board of three assessors, for the appointment
52 Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 94, 95.
of deputy assessors, for the furnishing of lists by the Hsting board, and for the administering of oaths, shall take effect upon its passage; all other provisions shall take effect upon the qualification of the board of assessors, foUo^ving the app^o^^al of their appointment by the ci\al ser\ace commission.
Approved March 23, 1918.
[1918, 94, Spec]
[1918, 93, Spec]
Chap. 94 An Act relative to the term of office of the >l\yor
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 1909, 486 § 45, Section 1 . Sectiou f ortA'-fivc of chapter four hundred and
amended. . <• i n • "' i i i • • i i
eighty-six of the acts of nmeteen hundred and nme is hereby amended by striking out the words " , except as hereinafter provided", at the end thereof, and substituting the words: — -and shall not be eligible for election for the succeeding Cityof B^ton term, — so as to read as follows: — Section 45. The mayor mayor. of the city of Boston shall be elected at large to hold oflBce
for the term of four years from tlie first Monday in February following his election and until his successor is chosen and qualified and shall not be eligible for election for the succeed- ing term. Repeal. Section 2. Scctiou forty-six of said chapter four hundred
and eighty-six as amended by section two of chapter seven hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby repealed. Approved March 25, 1918.
Chap. 95 An Act in .\ddition to an act al'V.king appropriations
FOR SUNDRY MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Appropri- Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro
ations, sundry - - ■ •• ■•
LisoeUaneous printed, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth expenses. fj-QYa the Ordinary revenue, unless otherwise speciJSed, to
wit: — Certain special For authorizing the chief of the district police to reimburse
police oincers . . , ' ^ i' m J
reimbursed ccrtam pcrsous appomtcd as special police omcers under authority of chapter forty-three of the General Acts of nine- teen hundred and seventeen for loss of wages due to their relinquishment of other employment, a sum not exceeding
for loss of wages
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 95. 53
one thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter twenty-one of the resolves of the present year.
For the payment of certain expenses contracted by the Constitutional constitutional convention in excess of the appropriation ^"^dces'and therefor for stenographic work, clerical services and printing, P"°ti°g- a sum not exceeding two thousand seven hundred thirty-five dollars and forty-one cents, as authorized by chapter twenty- two of the resolves of the present year.
To provide for certain recess expenses of the constitutional Recess
• 1 1111 • 1 1 expenses. ■
convention, to be expended by the committee on rules and procedure, subject to the approval of the governor and council, a sum not exceeding seven thousand nine hundred and forty- five dollars, as authorized by chapter twenty-three of the resolves of the present year.
For the expenses of the investigation relative to the use ipswich river, of water from the Ipswich river, as required by chapter "xpensrs'^of ' seventy-three of the resolves of the year nmeteen hundred investigation. and seventeen, the time within which the state department of health should report to tlie general court the results thereof having been extended, a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to the sum pro- vided for by said chapter seventy-three, as authorized Tay chapter twenty-six of the resolves of the present year.
For contingent expenses of the bureau of statistics, for the Bureau of
o ,• ,• ••• I'll- p statistics,
purpose or meeting certain printing bills in excess oi appro- contingent priations therefor, the sum of two hundred fifteen dollars ^''p®'^^®^- and thirteen cents.
For certain expenses at the Northampton state hospital ^"[g^^pg'^ta" incurred by the superintendent thereof during the year nine- teen hundred and sixteen, the appropriation for which has reverted to the treasury, as provided by law, the sum of thirty- one dollars and twenty-five cents.
For Peter P. Monahan, the sum of three hundred twenty- Peter p. nine dollars and seventy-one cents, as authorized by chapter twenty-seven of the resolves of the present year.
For the trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, soicUers' the sum of one hundred and thirty-six thousand seven hun- MaSlciTusetts. dred dollars, as authorized by chapter twenty-eight of the resolves of the present year.
To provide for the instruction of the adult blind at their instruction of homes, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, as au- ^'^"^* ^^'°^" thorized by chapter fifty-five of the General Acts of the present year, to be in addition to any amounts heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.
54
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 96.
Legislative bulletins and documents, expenses of mailing.
Travel of senators.
Travel of rep- resentatives.
Travel of door- keepers, etc., of general court.
Table of changes in blue book, etc.
For services other than personal, including mailing to sub- scribers the legislative bulletin and certain other legislative documents by the sergeant-at-arms, as provided by chapter fifty-nine of the General Acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.
For additional compensation for travel of senators, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter sixty-two of the General Acts of the present year.
For additional compensation for travel of representatives, a sum not exceeding four thousand three hundred dollars, as authorized by said chapter sixty-two.
For the compensation for travel of the doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers and messengers of the general court, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter sixty-six of the General Acts of the present year.
For tables of changes in the blue book of nineteen hundred and seventeen and binding one hundred copies of each of the two volumes in full sheep, the sum of five hundred fifty-eight dollars and fifty cents, said amount being in excess of the appropriation therefor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1918.
Chap. 96 An Act MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY MISCELLANEOUS
EXPENSES AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the common- wealth from the ordinary revenue unless otherwise specified, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen, to wit : —
For annuities to Sarah B. Pocknett and Rebecca C. Hammond of Mashpee, the sum of tliree hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter three of the resolves of the present year.
For an annuity for the benefit of Alice Gigger of Chelsea, the sum of one hundred eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents, as authorized by chapter nine of the resolves of the present year.
For an annuity for Charles F. Pidgin of Brookline, the sum of five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter ten of the resolves of the present year.
Appropri- ations, sundry miscellaneous expenses.
Annuities, Sarah B. Pocknett and Rebecca C. Hammond.
Annuity to Alice Gigger.
Annuity to Charles F. Pidgin.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 96. 55
For Edmund F. Merriam of Brookline, a sum not exceeding Edmund f. fifty dollars and forty cents, as autliorized by chapter thirteen ^"'^'"■ of the resolves of the present year.
For Thomas Nelson Perkins, Stedman Buttrick and ^ifo'firrgl' George H. Morrill, trustees under the will of George H. h. Momii. Morrill, late of Norwood, a sum not exceeding nineteen hundred seventy-five dollars and sixty-eight cents, as au- thorized by chapter fourteen of the resolves of the present year.
For the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, chlritfbif "^ the sum of forty-five thousand dollars, as authorized by Eye and Ear chapter fifteen of the resolves of the present year.
For the New England Industrial School for Deaf Mutes, New England the sum of thirty-ifive hmidred dollars, as authorized by schwi?or chapter sixteen of the resolves of the present year. ^"^^ ^^'^^^^'
For printing the report of the insurance commissioner, insurance com- the sum of nine hundred ninety-tliree dollars and seventeen printi*ng report. cents, this amount being in excess of the appropriation therefor.
For compensation and expenses of the recess commission Sociaiinsur-
. ., . ' 1-11 I I 11 ^ice commis-
on social msurance, as authorized by chapter one nunared sion, compen- and thirty of the resolves of nineteen hundred and seventeen, expenses'! a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred dollars, this amount being in excess of the appropriations heretofore made for the expenses of said commission.
For Caroline L. Howard for damages, expenses and interest, Caroline l. the sum of fourteen hundred eleven dollars and ninety cents, ment for being the award of the commission on waterways and public dlm^'ages^'' lands for damages to her land in the construction by the com- monwealth of a sea-wall between Gun Rock and Green Hill in the town of Hull, as authorized by chapter one hundred and eight of the resolves of nineteen hundred and seventeen.
For incidental expenses in the office of the state treasurer. Treasurer and the sum of fifty-two dollars and sixty cents, being for rubber eratlncidlntai stamps and other purchases made by him during the years expenses. nineteen hundred and fifteen and nineteen hundred and sixteen the bill for which was not rendered in time to be paid out of the appropriations for those years, the said appropria- tions having reverted to the treasury in accordance with the general laws of the commonwealth.
For examination of certain recruits of the national guard ^f^rufts°° for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and fourteen, nineteen national guard. hundred and fifteen, and nineteen hundred and sixteen, the sum of one hundred fifty-one dollars and seventy-four cents.
56
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 96.
Industrial acci- dent board, printing of report.
Board of labor and industries, investigation of certain hours of labor.
Treasurer and receiver gen- eral, expenses of military department.
Rent of rooms in Houghton and Dutton building.
Board of appeal on fire insur- ance rates.
Certain veteri- nary expenses.
Use of certain horses by battery C.
For prmtiiig the report of the industrial accident board, the sum of three hundred ninety dollars and eighty-three cents, said amount being in excess of the appropriation therefor.
For expenses in connection with an investigation by the state board of labor and industries of the hours and con- ditions of labor of employees in hotels and restaurants, as pro\'ided for by chapter seventy-four of the resolves of nineteen hmidred and sixteen, a sum not exceedmg fifty dollars.
For clerical assistance and such otlier expenses as may be necessary, to be approved and expended by the treasurer and receiver general to enable him to administer the pro- \asions of chapter two hundred and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen providing state pay for soldiers and sailors from this commonwealth in the volunteer service of the United States, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
For rent of rooms in the Houghton and Dutton building formerly occupied by the industrial accident board, and now occupied by a part of the bureau of statistics and by a local exemption board, the sum of nine thousand dollars, this being the amount of the rental of said rooms for which the commonwealtli is liable until the thirtieth day of November of the present year, said amount to be paid under the direction of the governor and council.
For services and expenses of the board of appeal on fire insurance rates, as provided for by chapter four hundred and nmety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, the sum of fifty dollars and forty cents.
For certain expenses mcurred between December twenty- third, nmeteen hundred and thirteen, and June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the care of a sick horse and for veterinary services and care of horses belonging to the commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state armory at Metliuen, Massachusetts, tlie sum of one hundred and sixty-three dollars.
For the use of six horses by battery C, first Massachusetts field artillery^, at Salem, Massachusetts, between October third and sixth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, the sum of forty-five dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1918.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 97, 98, 99. 57
An Act making an appropriation for certain claims Chav. 97
AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH FOR LAND TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE STATE HOUSE GROUNDS.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars is Appropriation hereby appropriated to be paid out of the treasury of the certain claims commonwealth from the ordinary revenue for the purpose to'^improte ^"^ of paying certain claims against the commonwealth for |r*^uld^°^^^ land taken to improve tlie state house grounds, under au- thority of chapter two hundred and fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, such claims to be approved by the governor and council.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1918.
An Act to enable st. Paul's episcopal church of stock- (Jfidr) 98 bridge to acquire certain church property in the village of south lee.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Stockbridge, st.Pauis a religious corporation, is hereby authorized to acquire by church of deed, the real estate and buildings of the South Lee Union ^^^''a^cqmr'e Church, situated in the village of South Lee in the county erty'^jn s^u^h of Berkshire; and the South Lee Union Church, its pro- Lee. prietors or trustees, are hereby authorized to convey the said property to the St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Stock- bridge. When so acquired the property shall be used by St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Stockbridge for any religious, charitable or benevolent purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1918.
An Act to extend the provisions of the civil service Chap. 99
LAWS to the chief OF POLICE OF WAREHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The chief of police of the town of Wareham Town of shall be subject to the civil service laws and to tlie regulations chief of police made thereunder, but no examination shall be required of the ciVii'service present holder of the office. ^''^^■
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 27, 1918.
58
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 100, 101.
Town of Blackstone may borrow money for erecting high school.
Blackstone High School Loan, Act of 1918.
Chap. 100 An Act to authorize the town of blackstone to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING A HIGH SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and equipping a high school building and procuring land therefor, the town of Blackstone is hereby authorized to borrow a sum not ex- ceeding thirty thousand dollars in excess of the statutory limit of indebtedness, and to issue notes or bonds therefor. Such notes or bonds shall bear on their face the words, Blackstone High School Loan, Act of 1918, shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after their respective dates, as will extinguish each loan within twenty years from its date, and the amount of such annual payment in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of notes or bonds shall constitute a separate loan. Said notes or bonds shall bear interest at such a rate as may be fixed by the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen. The town may sell the said securities at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but not for less than their par value, and the proceeds, except premiums, shall be used only for the purposes herein specified.
Section 2. The town shall, at the time of authorizing the said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in • accordance with the provisions of section one of this act, and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum sufiicient to pay the interest as it accrues on the said notes or bonds and to make such pa;yTTients on the principal as may be re- quired by this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of the town annually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred by the loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Apj^roved March 27, 1918.
Chap. 101 An Act relative to the renewal of licenses for the keeping, manufacture and sale of explosives and inflammable fluids in the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^newii^r'""' Section 1. In the city of Boston certificates of renewal of licenses for Hceuses for the keeping, storage, manufacture or sale of any
Payment of loan.
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 102. 59
of the articles named in section two of chapter three hundred tnRammiue'^ and seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and four, and ^^"^8. acts in amendment thereof or m addition thereto, shall be filed annually for registration with the fire commissioner, accompanied by a registration fee of one dollar.
Section 2. So much of section three of chapter three Repeal, hundred and seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and four, as amended by chapter two hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and five, by chapter five hundred and two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, by section one of chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, by chapter four hundred and fifty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and by chapter one hundred and sixty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, as is inconsistent herewith and so much of any other act as is inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 27, 1918.
(1896,516; 1897,388; 1898,248; 1899,215,231,466; 1901,330; 1902,141; 1904,59,266; 1905, 208; 1909, 233; 1911, 741; 1914, 745.]
An Act relative to the appointment of trustees of Chap. 102
THE BOSTON TERMINAL COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter five hundred and i896, sio, §3, sixteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-six is ^™^" ^ hereby amended by striking out the words "from its di- rectors, ", in the fifth and sixth lines, so as to read as follows: — Section 3. The immediate government and direction of the Boston affairs of said terminal company shall be vested in a board of co^'^ny, five trustees, to be appointed at once on the organization of t°usteeretc of said company one of whom shall be appointed by each of said railroad corporations to hold office as such trustee at the pleasure of the corporation by whom he is so appointed ; any vacancy to be filled in like manner. The trustees shall elect one of their number to be chairman, and may elect another to be vice chairman, and shall choose a clerk who shall be sworn, and a treasurer who shall give bond in the sum required by the by-laws, with surety, for the faithful ^
discharge of his duties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 27, 1918.
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 103.
1895, 148, § 4, amended.
City of North Adams, munic- ipal election and municipal year fixed.
1895. 148, § 5, amended.
Election of city officials by voters.
[1895, 148; 1897, 76; 1904, 254; 1909, 241; 1917, 141, Spec]
Chap. 103 An Act to amend the charter of the city of north
ADAMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby amended by striking out section four and substituting tlie following: — Section 4- The municipal election shall take place annually on the second Tuesday of December, and the munic- ipal year shall begin on the first Monday of January follow- ing. All meetings of the citizens for municipal purposes shall be called by notices issued by order of the city council.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is hereby amended by strikmg out section five and substitut- ing the following : — Section 5. At such municipal election the qualified voters shall give in their votes by ballot in the several wards for councilmen, and for the members of the board of assessors, board of trustees of the public library, and of the school committee, then to be elected, and in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen and every two years thereafter, a mayor, and the person receiving the highest number of votes for any office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such office; and whenever two or more persons are to be elected to the same office the several persons up to the number required to be chosen receiving tlie highest number of votes shall be deemed and declared to be elected.
If it shall appear that there is no choice of mayor, or if the person elected mayor shall refuse to accept the office, or shall die before qualifying, or if a vacancy in said office shall occur subsequently and more than six months previous to the expiration of his term of ofiice, the city council shall forthwith cause notice to be issued for a new election, to fill such un- expired term, and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects as hereinbefore provided for the election of mayor, and shall be repeated until the election of a mayor is com- pleted. If the full number of members of the city council has not been elected, or if a vacancy in the office of council- man shall occur subsequently and more than six months previous to the expiration of the municipal year, the council may forthwith elect some person or persons to fill the vacancy or vacancies until the next annual municipal election. The board of assessors shall consist of three persons who shall be
Elections to fill vacancies.
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elected in the manner provided in section forty-one for the election of trustees of the public library, and any vacancy which shall occur in said board of assessors may be filled by the city council, in the manner provided by section seven of chapter twenty-six of tlie Revised Laws, until the next annual election and the qualification of a successor.
Section 3. Section seven of said chapter one hundred imendtd.^ '^' and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out the word "warrant", in the fourth line, and substituting the word: — notice, — so as to read as follows: — Section 7. The city Wardroom
• 1 1 •, 1 piiT*^ meetings may
council may, when no convenient wardroom for holding be held in the meetings of the citizens of any ward can be had within fn cTrtaL'^^'^'^^ the territorial limits of such ward, appoint and direct, in *^''^- the notice for calling any meeting of the citizens of such ward, that the meeting be held in some convenient place within the limits of any adjacent ward of the city; and for such purpose the place so assigned shall be deemed and taken to be a part of the ward for which the election is held.
Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is f^l'^^^^^ § '"• hereby amended by striking out section ten and substituting the following: — Section 10. The mayor and the councilmen- inauguration elect shall, on the first Monday in January next following '^'^'^'''^^■ their election, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, meet and be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties. The oath shall be administered by the city clerk, or, in his absence, by any justice of the peace, and shall be duly certified on the journal of the city council. In case of the absence of the mayor-elect on the first Monday in January, or if the mayor shall not then have been elected, the oath of office may at any time thereafter be administered to him, and at any time thereafter, in like manner, the oath of office may be ad- ministered to any member of the council who has been pre- viously absent or has been subsequently elected; and every such oath shall be duly certified as aforesaid.
Section 5. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is isqs, hs, § n, hereby amended by striking out section eleven and substitut- ing the following: — Section 11. After the oath has been Organization administered to the councilmen present they shall be called °^ "*^ ''°"""'' to order by the city clerk, or in case of the absence of the city clerk, by the oldest senior member present. The council shall then proceed to elect one of their own number president of the council by ballot. If no quorum is present an adjourn- ment shall be taken to a later hour or to the next day, and thereafter the same proceedings shall be had from day to
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 103.
Choice of city clerk, etc.
Removals.
1895, 148, § 15, amended.
Auditor of accounts to be elected by city council.
1895, 148, § 16, amended.
day until a quorum shall be present. If any person receives the votes of a majority of all the members of the council, such person shall be declared chosen president thereof. If on the first day on which a quorum is present no person receives the votes of such majority they shall proceed to ballot until some person receives the votes of such majority, or an adjournment to the succeeding day is taken, and on such succeeding day a plurality of those voting shall be sufficient for an election. No other business shall be in order until a president is chosen. The president shall be sworn by the city clerk, or in case of the absence of the clerk, by any justice of the peace. In the year nineteen hundred and twenty and every third year thereafter, the council shall then proceed to elect a city clerk in the manner provided by section seven of chapter twenty-six of the Revised Laws, who shall hold office for the term of three years, from and after the date of his election and until the election and quali- fication of his successor. A majority of the votes of all the members shall be necessary for the election of said city clerk. Either the president or the city clerk may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the council taken by roll call. The president of the council shall have the same right to vote as any other member thereof.
Section 6. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out section fifteen and sub- stituting the following: — Section 15, The city council shall in the month of January in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and every third year thereafter, elect an auditor of accounts in the manner provided by section seven of chapter twenty-six of the Revised Laws, who shall hold office for the term of three years from and after the date of his election and until the election and qualification of his successor. A majority of the votes of all the members of the council shall be necessary for the election of such auditor, and he may be removed by the council by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the council, taken by roll call.
Section 7. Section sixteen of said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out the words "in the months of March and April", in the second line, by striking out the words " ten days at least prior to the annual election,", in the tenth line, and also by striking out all after the word "debt", in the thirteenth line, so as to read as
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 103. 63
follows: — Section 16. The city council shall appropriate Appropri- annually the amount necessary to meet the expenditures of city council. the city for the current municipal year. It shall take care that no money is paid from the treasury unless granted or appropriated, and shall secure a just and proper accounta- bility by requiring bonds with sufficient penalties and sureties from all persons entrusted with the receipt, custody or dis- bursement of money. It shall as often as once in each year, cause to be published for the use of the inhabitants a particu- lar account of the receipts and expenditures of said city and a schedule of all city property and of the city debt.
Section 8. Section twenty of said chapter one hundred imendtd.^ ^°' and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out the words "The appointment of all the officers and members of such department shall be vested in the mayor exclusively, who shall have authority to remove from office any officer or member for cause", in the eleventh to fourteenth lines, in- clusive, so as to read as follows : — Section 20. The city Fire depart- council shall establish a fire department for said city, to estebiisled by consist of a chief and of such officers and members as the city *^'*^ "ounci . council by ordinance shall from time to time prescribe; and said council shall have authority to define their rank and duties and in general to make such regulations concerning the conduct and government of such department, the manage- ment of fires and the conduct of persons attending fires, as they may deem expedient, and may fix such penalties for any violation of such regulations or any of them as are pro- vided for breach of the ordinances of said city. The chief and officers shall be the firewards of the city.
Section 9. Section twenty-two of said chapter one hun- i895, i48, § 22, dred and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "department", in the fourth line, so as to read as follows : — Section 22. The city council shall es- Police depart- tablish by ordinance a police department, to consist of a chief Stabiished by of police and such officers and men as it may prescribe, and "*^ council. make regulations for the government of the department.
Section 10. Section twenty-eight of said chapter one 1895, ms, § 28, hundred and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out ^"^^^ the word "solely", in the second line, by striking out the words "and control", in the fifth line, and by striking out the words "municipal year", in the ninth line, and substitut- ing the words : — term of two years, — so as to read as follows : — Section 28. The executive powers of the city Mayor, powers, shall be vested in the mayor, and may be exercised by him et™
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 103.
1895, 148, § 29, amended.
Mayor may make appoint- ments to and re- move persons from municipal offices.
Person re- moved from office, etc., may have hearing.
City council may prefer charges against city officials.
either personally or through the several oflBcers and boards of the city in their departments, under his general super- vision. In case of a vacancy in any office to which appoint- ment is made by the mayor, he may personally perform the duties thereof, but he shall not be entitled to receive any salary or pay attached thereto. The mayor shall hold office for the term of two years beginning with the first Monday in January following his election unless sooner removed, and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Section 11. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-nme and substituting the follo-\\ang: — Section 29. The mayor shall have the sole power of appointment to all the municipal offices established by or under this act, including officers and members of the fire and police departments, unless herein otherwise provided; he may, by and with the approval of the city council, except as herein otherwise provided, remove from office, lower in rank, transfer, or suspend by written order any officer or member so appointed hereunder, for just cause and he shall in such order specifically assign the reasons therefor. Such order of removal, lowering, transfer, or suspension shall take effect upon the filing of the same with the city clerk, approved by the city council, and the service of a copy thereof upon such officer or member so removed, lowered, transferred, or suspended, either personally or by leaving the same at his last and usual place of residence.
The person sought to be removed, lowered, transferred, or suspended, shall if he so requests, be given a public hearing, and be allowed to answer the charges preferred against him either personally or by counsel. A copy of such reasons, notice and answer, and of the order of removal, lowering, suspension, or transfer shall be made a matter of public record.
Any member of the city council may prefer charges against any such officer or member for misfeasance in office. Such charges shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of the city council. If the city council shall vote to consider such charges, the president shall appoint a committee composed of three members to try the issues. A time and place shall be fi.xed by said committee for hearing the e\'idence for and against such charges, and notice thereof and an opportunity to appear with counsel and to be heard shall be given the accused, and said committee shall report its findings to the city council.
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If said committee shall report to the city council in favor Mayor shaii of sustaining such charges or any one of the same, and two officer upon thirds of the city council shall vote to approve the report cityToundi. of the committee, the mayor shall be notified thereof, and it shall be his duty to remove forthwith such officer, in the manner above provided.
Section 12. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight ^^g-^^^/j ^ ^^' is hereby amended by striking out section thirty and sub- stituting the following: — Section 30. Whenever by reason Acting mayor,
a • 1 f e xl'j. xl_ j.l' provisions for
01 Sickness, absence from the city or other cause tlie mayor determining shall be unable to attend to the duties of his office, the presi- p^^'^""^- ^*'=- dent of the city council, or in case of his absence from the city or disability, the city solicitor, shall act as mayor. Such officer shall during the continuance of such sickness, absence from the city or other cause have all the rights and powers of mayor, except that he shall not when so acting have the power of removal, unless thereto authorized in any instance by vote of the city council, nor any power of appointment unless such sickness, absence or other disability of the mayor has continued for a period of thirty days, and then subject to the approval of the city council, nor power to approve or disapprove any ordinance, order, resolution or vote until within twenty-four hours of the time when it would take effect without the approval of the mayor. In case such vacancy in disability of the mayor continues for a period exceeding when.° '"*^'°'"' sixty days the city council may at any time after the expira- tion of such period declare a vacancy to exist in the office of mayor.
Section 13. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight isgs. i48, § 34, as affected in section thirty-four by chapter seventy-six of ^ '^" '^"^^" the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby amended by striking out said section thirty-four and sub- stituting the following: — Section 34- There shall be the Administrative following administrative officers, who shall be appointed by a^^^nt^ by the mayor, and who shall perform the duties by law and here- ™a,yor. inafter prescribed for them, respectively, and such further duties not inconsistent with the nature of their respective offices, as the city council may prescribe: — 1. A commis- sioner of public works. 2. A city treasurer, who shall also be collector of taxes. 3. A city solicitor. 4. A chief of police. 5. A chief of the fire department who shall also be assistant inspector of buildings under the direction and con- trol of the inspector of buildings. He shall devote his whole time to the city. 6. A board of health, consisting of three
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 103.
Date of appointments and terms of office.
Provisos.
License com- missioners.
Appointment of certain subordinate officers.
1895, 148, § 35, amended.
City clerk and assistant city clerk, duties, etc.
persons who shall have control of the enforcement of the regulations relative to plumbing. 7. A city physician. 8. An overseer of the poor who shall exercise and discharge all the duties and powers prescribed by law for overseers of the poor. He shall also be the city almoner and commissioner of public burial places of said city. The above named officers shall be appointed on or before the first Monday in February in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, and every two years thereafter, and shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years, beginning with the first Monday in February following their appointment, unless sooner removed and until their respective successors are* appointed and qualified: provided, hoivever, that the appoint- ment of the chief of police shall not be for any specified time but shall hold good until his death, resignation or removal by the mayor and council; and provided, further, that the chief of the fire department shall be appointed on or before the first Monday of February, nineteen hundred and nine- teen, for the term of three years and every third year there- after. They shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful dis- charge of the duties of their respective offices, which oath or affirmation, or a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. 9. A board of license commissioners as prescribed in chapter one hundred of the Revised Laws and amendments thereof.
The board of assessors shall be entitled to choose a clerk who shall not be one of their own number. The commis- sioner of public works shall have authority to appoint a city engineer who shall be inspector of buildings, a clerk, and such assistants as he may deem necessary from time to time to carry on the outdoor and other work of the department.
Section 14. Section thirty-five of said chapter one' hun- dred and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out the word "warrants", in the third line, and substituting the word: — 'notices, — and by inserting after tlie word "clerk", in the twelfth line, the words : — and assistant city clerk, — so as to read as follows : — Section 35. The city clerk shall have charge of all journals, records, papers and documents of the city, attest all notices and do such other acts in his said capacity as the city council may require of him. He shall be the clerk of the council and shall keep a journal of all votes and proceedings. He shall engross all the ordinances passed by the city council, in a book provided for that pur- pose, and shall add proper indexes, which book shall be
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 103. 67
deemed a public record of such ordinances. He shall per- form such other duties as are required by law or shall be prescribed by the council. In case of the temporary absence of the city clerk and assistant city clerk the president of the council may appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall be duly qualified.
Section 15. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight Hf'l^-^/lj! as affected in section thirty-seven by chapter seventy-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby amended by striking out said section thirty-seven and sub- stituting the following : — Section 37. The commissioner Commissioner of public works shall have cognizance, direction and control : duties and ""^ ^' — • (a) Of the construction, alteration, repair, care and light- ^°""^^^- ing of streets, ways and sidewalks, (b) Of the construction, alteration, repair and care of public buildings; except that the care, construction, alteration and repair of all school buildings shall remain under the control of the school com- mittee, (c) Of the construction, alteration, repair and care of public sewers and drains, (d) Of the construction, altera- tion, repair, care and maintenance of public bridges, (e) Of the laying out and caring for public parks, and all work in or upon the same, (f) Of the construction, extension, alteration and repair of the public water works, (g) Of the care, superintendence and management of the public grounds belonging to said city, except such grounds as are under the control of the school committee, and of the shade and orna- mental trees standing and growing therein, (h) Of the supervision of fire-alarm, electric light, power, telephone, telegraph and trolley wires, and electric light, telegraph and telephone poles and gas pipes. The said commissioner may require that no person or corporation authorized by the city council to dig up any public street or sidewalk in said city shall begin such digging before furnishing to suth commis- sioner of public works security satisfactory to him to restore such street or sidewalk to its former condition. The said commissioner shall also, except as herein otherwise provided, have, exclusively, the powers and be subject to the duties, liabilities and penalties, which may be by law given to or imposed upon road commissioners of towns.
Section 16. Section forty of said chapter one hundred i^endtd ^ ^^' and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out the words "have sole charge and control of and shall attend to all the engineering work of the city. He shall", in the second, third and fourth lines, b.y striking out the word "board", in the
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 103.
City engineer, duties and powers.
1895, 148, § 44, amended.
Administrative officers and boards may appoint and remove employees.
fourth line, and substituting the word : — commissioner, — by inserting after the word "council", in the twelfth line, the words : — or commissioner of public works, — and by striking out all after the word "herewith", in the thirteenth line, so as to read as follows : — Section 40. The city engineer shall give his whole time to the city and shall, at the request of the commissioner of public works, prepare plans and esti- mates of any proposed alterations in or construction of public sewers and drains and conduits, streets, sidewalks, water works and other public works. He shall assist the city solicitor as far as possible in defending the city against suits and claims brought against it for damages sustained by reason of any defect or want of repair in any public way, or for any cause whatever. He shall perform such other duties as the city council or commissioner of public works may prescribe, not inconsistent herewith.
Section 17. Section forty-four of said chapter one hun- dred and forty-eight is hereby amended by inserting after the word "committee", in the twenty-first line, the words: — provided, however, that the school committee by a two thirds vote of all its members may delegate to tlie commissioner of public works, before the first day of February in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, or any year thereafter, the construction, alteration and repair of school buildings and the furnishing of fuel for the same, also the maintenance of school grounds; the authority so delegated shall be permanent and thereafter be exercised by said commissioner in addition to the powers and duties prescribed by section thirty-seven of said chapter one hundred and forty-eight, until said committee shall, before the first day of February, in any year, by a two thirds vote, rescind said delegation of authority, — and by inserting after the word "and", in the same line', the words: — said officers, — so as to read as follows: — Section 44- The administrative officers and boards above-named in this title, and all administrative officers and boards here- after established by the city council and not coming within the department of any officer or board so above-named, shall have the power, except as herein otherwise provided, to appoint or employ and to remove or discharge, all ofiicers, clerks and employees in tlieir respective departments. Such appointments shall not be for any specified term but shall hold good until removal or discharge. Orders of re- moval shall state the reason thereof and shall be entered upon the records of the officer or board making the same, and
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removals shall take effect upon the fihng of a copy of such order with the city clerk in a book provided for the purpose and open to public inspection. The above-named adminis- Administrative trative officers and boards shall, in their respective depart- boards may ments, make all necessary contracts for work and for the Sntracts.^'° furnishing of materials and supplies for the city, and for the construction, alteration, repair and care of public works, institutions, buildings and other property; except such prop- erty as shall be under the control of the school committee: provided, however, that the school committee by a two thirds Proviso, vote of all its members may delegate to the commissioner of public works, before the first day of February in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, or any year thereafter, the construction, alteration and repair of school buildings and the furnishing of fuel for the same, also the maintenance of school grounds; tlie authority so delegated shall be permanent and thereafter be exercised by said commissioner in addition to the powers and duties prescribed by section thirty-seven of said chapter one hmidred and forty-eight, until said com- mittee shall, before the first day of February, in any year, by a two thirds vote, rescind said delegation of authority, and said officers shall have, subject to the mayor, the direc- tion and control of all the executive and administrative business of the city. They shall at all times be accountable Account- to the mayor, as the chief executive officer, for the discharge of ^yor". ° their duties.
Section 18. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight isss, m § 46, is hereby amended by striking out section forty-six and sub- stituting the following : — ■ Section 46. The following salaries Salaries of shall be paid, viz.: — Mayor, one thousand dollars each "'*^''®"'^^^''''*'' year. City clerk, sixteen hundred dollars each year. Tax collector and treasurer, two thousand dollars each year. City solicitor, nme hundred dollars each year. Members of the school committee, seventy-five dollars each, each year. Members of the board of assessors, chairman, eight hundred dollars each year; other members, seven hundred dollars each, each year; clerk of the board of assessors, three hundred dollars each year. City physician, two hmidred and fifty dollars each year. Members of the board of healtli, one hundred dollars each, each year. City engineer, eighteen hun- dred dollars each year. Overseer of the poor, thirteen hun- dred dollars each year. Keeper of the almshouse, seven hundred and fifty dollars each year. Commissioner of public works, eighteen hundred dollars each year. Clerk of the
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Salaries of city officials, etc.
1895, 148, § 47, amended.
City officials to be residents of city.
Repeal.
1895, 148, § 52, amended.
Appropriations to be duly voted before expenditures are made.
commissioner of public works, nine hundred dollars each year. Auditor, thirteen hundred dollars each year. Chief of fire department, fifteen hundred dollars each year. Deputy chief engineer of the fire department, three dollars and twenty-five cents per day. Permanent firemen, first year, two dollars and fifty cents each per day; second year, two dollars and seventy-five cents each per day; and third year and thereafter, three dollars each per day. Captains of the fire department, one hundred and twenty-five dollars each, each year. Lieutenants of the fire department, one hundred and twelve dollars each, each year. Call firemen, first year, sixty-five dollars, each; second year, eighty dollars, each; and after second year, one hundred dollars each, each year. Chief of police and keeper of lockup, four dollars and eighty-five cents per day. Captains of police, four dollars and twenty cents each per day. Permanent patrolmen, first year, two dollars and seventy-five cents each per day; second year, three dollars each per day; and third year and thereafter, three dollars and sixty-five cents each per day; reserve officers, when on duty, two dollars and seventy-five cents each per day. The compensation of all persons not employed by boards or heads of departments, and not herein provided for, shall be established by the council, and no new salaried office shall be established except as required by law, nor any increase of salaries established hereby be made, except upon a two thirds vote of all the members of the city council, approved by the mayor.
Section 19. Section forty-seven of said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is hereby amended by inserting after the word "department", in the third line, the words: — commissioner of public works, — so as to read as follows : — Section Iff. No person shall be eligible to any of the oflSces of the city government, except superintendent of schools, chief of police, chief of the fire department, commissioner of public works, or city engineer, unless he is a citizen and has been a resident of the city for at least two years.
Section 20. Sections forty-nine and fifty of said chapter one hundred and forty-eight are hereby repealed.
Section 21. Said chapter one hundred and forty-eight is hereby amended by striking out section fifty-two and sub- stituting the following: — Section 52. No sum appropriated for a specific purpose shall be expended for any other purpose, and no expenditure shall be made, nor liability incurred, by or in behalf of the city, until an appropriation has been duly
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voted by the city council sufficient to meet such expenditure or HabiHty, together with all prior unpaid liabilities which are payable out of such appropriation, except in accordance with the written recommendation of the mayor to the city comicil, approved by the yea and nay vote of two thirds of the council: provided, however, that, after the expiration Proviso. of the financial year and before the regular appropriations have been made by the city council, liabilities may be incurred and expenditures made payable out of the regular appro- priations to an amount not exceeding in any month sums spent for similar purposes during any one month of the pre- ceding year, or may expend in any one month for any officer or board created by law an amount not exceeding one twelfth of the estimated cost for that year. Every bill, pay roll or Approval of
., , . ■,.. r, 1 11 1 vouchers, etc.
other voucher covermg an expenditure oi money shall be approved by the signatures, on such bill or voucher, of the majority of the board or committee having control of, or incurring such expenditure, and after such approval such bills, pay rolls or vouchers shall be turned over to the auditor. The financial year shall begin with the first day of December Financial
1 year fixed.
m each year.
Section 22. This act shall be submitted to the qualified ^^tt'eVt"o^' voters of the city of North Adams at the annual state election voters, etc. for the current year, in the form of the following question to be placed upon the official ballot : — Shall an act passed in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, entitled "An Act to amend the charter of the city of North Adams", be accepted? And if a majority of tlie voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative the same shall thereupon take effect.
Approved March 27, 1918.
[1907, 550; 1908, 336; 1909, 313; 1910, 284, 631; 1911, 342; 1912,259, 369, 370, 713; 1913, 50, 577, 586, 704, 729; 1914, 119, 205, 248, 595, 782; 1915, 254, Spec, 346, Spec, 352, Spec; 1916, 248, Spec, 277, Spec; 1917, 221, Spec]
An Act eelative to the use of asphalt shingles in (7/i(xx> 104
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The twentieth paragraph of section thirteen of chapter 1907, 550, § i.'?, five hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and amended*^ ' seven, as amended by section three of chapter seven hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by section three of chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen and by chapter two hundred and seventy-seven of the Special Acts of nine-
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Buildings in Boston, regula- tion of fire resisting material.
Provisos.
Section, how construed.
Proviso.
teen hundred and sixteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the words " , asphalt shingles of a quality, weight and thickness satisfactory to the building commissioner", in the second and third lines, and by inserting after the word "authorize", in the tenth line, the following: — Asphalt shingles may also be used: provided, that each package of shingles is inspected and labelled and that the shingles are made and laid in conformity with the specifications pro- mulgated by the National Board of Fire-Underwriters as modified from time to time by said board; and provided, further, that within the lines at present constituting the building limits of the city of Boston such asphalt shingles may be used only on buildings of third class construction, and that they shall not be used within the building limits of said city as they existed prior to September twenty-second, nineteen hundred and thirteen, — so as to read as follows: — No material other than brick, tile, slate, metal, asbestos shingles, or slag, shall hereafter be used to cover or roof any building, or the tops, sides and outsides of the frames of any dormer window, or any other projection of the roof of any building, except wooden cornices on wooden frame buildings; but on flat roofs composition of asbestos and asphalt or tar and gravel may be used, or such other composition of fire- resisting roofing as the commissioner may authorize. Asphalt shingles may also be used: provided, that each package of shingles is inspected and labelled and that the shingles are made and laid in conformity with the specifications promul- gated by the National Board of Fire-Underwriters as modified from time to time by said board; and provided, further, that within the lines at present constituting the building limits of the city of Boston such asphalt shingles may be used only on buildings of third class construction, and that they shall not be used within the building limits of said city as they existed prior to September twenty-second, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of materials approved by the commissioner for repairing any roof now covered with wooden shingles or to prohibit covering with such approved materials the roofs of buildings less than sixteen feet in height: provided, that the building is not altered in height or otherwise generally reconstructed. Approved March 27, 1918.
11918, 115, Spec]
Special Acts, 1918. — Chaps. 105, 106. 73
[1917, 234, Spec]
Ax Act extending the time for the organization of Chap. 105
THE BAY STATU LI^E INSURANCE COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section three of chapter two hundred and thirty-four of amended ^^'^^' the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by striking out the words "twelve months", in the sixth hne, and substituting the words: — two years, — so as to read as follows : — Section 3. The capital stock of ?^y ^*^*^« ^"^
. ^ Insurance
the corporation shall be two hundred and fifty thousand Company, dollars, divided into ten thousand shares of the par value of organization twenty-five dollars each. The capital stock together with ^^ ®" ^ • a surplus of not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall be paid in in cash within two years after the date of the passage of this act; and no certificates of shares and no policies shall be issued until the whole capital stock and surplus are paid in. Approved March 27, 1918.
Ax Act making appropriations for the maintenance of C/ia/O.lOG
DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND certain ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of the several ^rmamtenance departments, boards, commissions and institutions, and of °f depart-
, , . , . . ments, etc.,
sundry other ser\aces, and to meet certain requirements and interest, imposed by law, the sums set forth in section two, for the and bond re- several purposes and subject to the conditions therein speci- *^'"'^®™®'^ ^• fied, are hereby appropriated from the general fund or or- dinary revenue of the commonwealth unless some other source of revenue is expressed, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, or for such other period as may be specified. Section 2.
Service of the Legislative Department. For the compensation of senators, the sum of forty-one
thousand dollars, ....... $41,000 00 Legislative
For compensation for travel of senators, a sum not ex- Department.
ceeding thirty-two hundred dollars, . 3,200 00
For the compensation of representatives, the sum of two
hundred forty-one thousand dollars, . . , 241,000 00
74 Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
Legislative For compensation for travel of representatives, a sum not
department. exceeding eighteen thousand dollars, . $18,000 00
For the salary of Henry D. Coolidge, clerk of the senate,
the sum of four thousand dollars, .... 4,000 00
For the salary of James W. Kimball, clerk of the house
of representatives, the sum of four thousand dollars, . 4,000 00
For the salary of William H. Sanger, assistant clerk of the senate, the sum of two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, 2,750 00
For the salary of Frank E. Bridgman, assistant clerk of the house of representatives, the sum of two thou- sand seven hundred fifty dollars, .... 2,7.50 00
For such additional clerical assistance to, and with the approval of, the clerk of the senate, as may be neces- sary for the proper despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, 1,500 00
For such additional clerical assistance to, and with the approval of, the clerk of the house of representatives, as may be necessary for the proper despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hun- dred dollars, 3,500 00
For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate and house of representatives, and the postmaster, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not ex- ceeding fifty-two hundred dollars, .... 5,200 00
For the compensation of assistant doorkeepers and mes- sengers to the senate and house of representatives, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand nine hundred dollars, . 32,900 00
For the compensation of the pages of the senate and house of representatives, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding six thousand one hundred twenty dollars, ..... 6,120 00
For the compensation for travel of messengers of the senate and house of representatives, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding nineteen hundred dollars, 1,900 00
For the compensation for travel of the pages of the senate and house of representatives, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding one thou- sand dollars, . • . • „ • • ^'^^ ^
For the compensation of the chaplains of the senate and house of representatives, the sum of twelve hundred dollars, 1,200 00
For authorized expenses of committees of the present general court, including clerical assistance to com- mittees authorized to employ the same, with the ap- proval of a majority of the committee incurring the expense, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dol- lars, . 15,000 00
For expenses of advertising hearings of the committees of the present general court, including expenses of pre- f>aring and maiUng advertisements to the various newspapers, with the approval of the auditor of the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding sLx thousand dollars, 6,000 00
For expenses of summoning witnesses, and for fees of such witnesses, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, . . 200 00
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
75
For printing and binding ordered by the senate and house of representatives, or by concurrent order of the two branches, with the approval of the clerks of the re- spective branches, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand dollars, .......
For printing and binding the manual for the general court, under the direction and with the approval of the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, a sum not exceeding fifty-two hundred dollars, .
For expenses in connection with the pubhcation of the bulletin of committee hearings, with the approval of the joint committee on rules, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, ......
For stationery for the senate, purchased by and with the approval of the clerk, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars, .......
For stationery for the house of representatives, purchased by and with the approval of the clerk, a sum not ex- ceeding twelve hundred dollars, ....
For contingent expenses of the senate and house of repre- sentatives, and necessary expenses in and about the state house, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding ninety-two hundred dollars.
Legislative department.
Total,
Service of the Executive Departmetit.
For the salary of the governor, the sum of ten thousand dollars, ........
For the salary of the lieutenant governor, the sum of two thousand dollars, .......
For the salaries of the eight councillors, the sum of eight thousand dollars, .......
For travel and expenses of the lieutenant governor and council from and to their homes, a sum not exceed- ing three thousand dollars, .....
For salaries of officials and employees holding positions with salaries fixed by statutes, the sum of twelve thousand seven hundred dollars, ....
For contingent office and travelling expenses of the gov- ernor, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For postage, printing and stationery for the governor's office, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars,
For travelling and contingent expenses of the governor and council, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, ........
For postage, printing and stationery of the council, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, ....
For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives from justice, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For payment of extraordinary expenses and for transfers made to cover deficiencies, as authorized by chapter five hundred and forty-nine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, with the approval of the governor and council, a sum not exceeding one hun- dred thousand dollars, . . . . .
Total, . .
$51,000 00
5,200 00
8,000 00
800 00
1,200 00
9,200 00 $466,620 00
Executive $10,000 00 Department.
2,000 00 8,000 00
3,000 00
|
12,700 00 |
|
5,000 00 |
|
2,000 00 |
|
3,000 00 |
|
500 00 |
|
1,000 00 |
100,000 00 $147,200 00
76 Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
Service of the Attorney-General's Department.
Ge*n''aF ^^^ ^^^ Salary of the attorney-general, the sum of seven
Departoent. thousand dollars, . $7,000 00
For the compensation of assistants in his office, and for such other legal and personal services as may be re- quired, a sum not exceeding forty-four thousand five hundred dollars, ....... 44,500 00
For services other than personal, travelling expenses, office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars, ..... 4,500 00
Total, $56,000 00
Service of the Auditor of the Commonwealth.
Common-^ *^^ ^°^ personal services of the auditor, deputies, office and wealth. other assistants, a sum not exceeding forty-eight
thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, . . . $48,750 00
For services other than personal, travelling expenses, office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, ....... 5,000 00
Total, $53,750 00
Service of the Supervisor of Administration.
Supervisor of For personal services of the supervisor, deputies, clerks Administra- ^jj^j regular office assistants, and for such extra
tion.
personal services as may be required, a sum not ex- ceeding thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars, . $33,600 00 For services other than personal, and for travelling ex- penses, printing the annual report, office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine hundred dollars, 2,900 00
Total, $36,500 00
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver General and for Certain Claims.
Treasurer and For the salary of the treasurer and receiver general, the
G^eraf sum of five thousand dollars, $5,000 00
For services of employees holding positions established by the statutes, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thou- sand five hundred dollars, ..... 24,500 00
For services of such additional clerical assistants as may be necessary, a sum not exceeding fifty-eight hun- dred dollars, 5,800 00
For services other than personal, travelling expenses, office supplies and office equipment, a sum not ex- ceeding seven thousand dollars, .... 7,000 00
For services and supplies necessary in preparing and ad- vertising bond sales, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, 1,500 00
For personal services in investigation and collection of the sums due under the law imposing a tax on collateral legacies and successions, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, 600 00
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For the expense of premiums on securities purchased by the treasurer for the Massachusetts School Fund, as provided by section three of chapter forty-one of the Revised Laws, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, . . . . . . ... $1,000 00
For reimbursing officials for premiums paid for procuring sureties on their bonds as provided by existing laws, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, . . 4,000 00
Treasurer and
Receiver
General.
Total,
$49,400 00
Service of the Tax Commissioner's Department.
For personal services of the commissioner, deputies, assistants, supervisors of assessors, stenographers, clerks and other assistants, exclusive of the income tax division, a sum not exceeding eighty-seven thou- sand four hundred fifty dollars, . . $87,450 00
For other services and for necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars, 17,000 00
For necessary travelling expenses, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight hundred dollars, ..... 3,800 00
For the printing of valuation books, table of aggregates, Usts of corporations and the annual report, a sum not exceeding three thousand four hundred fifty dollars, . 3,450 00
Tax Com- missioner's Department.
Total,
$111,700 00
For the maintenance of the income tax division : — Expenditures authorized in the three following items are to be deducted by the treasurer and receiver general from the receipts^ from income tax receipts before the same are distributed to the cities and towns : —
For personal services of the deputy, assistants, assessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenographers and other necessary assistants, a sum not exceeding two hun- dred twelve thousand dollars, ....
For services other than personal and for office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding eighty-six thousand six hundred dollars, ......
For necessary travelling expenses of the members of the division, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars,
Total,
Income Tax Division.
$212,000 00
86,600 00
6,000 00
$304,600 00
Service of the Controller of County Accounts.
For personal services of the controller and deputies, the sum of eighty-six hundred dollars, ....
For services other than personal, travelling expenses, printing the annual report, and for supplies and equip- ment for the oflSce, a sum not exceeding two thou- sand dollars, .......
Total,
Controller of 5,600 00 County
Accounts.
2,000 00
$10,600 00
78
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
Secretary of the Common- wealth.
Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
For personal services of the secretary, deputies and office assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars, $67,700 00
For services other than personal, and for travelling ex- penses, necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-four hundred dollars, 7,400 00
For postage and expressage on public documents, and for mailing copies of bills and resolves to certain state, city and town officials, a smn not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars, 4,500 00
For the arrangement and preservation of state records and papers, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol- lars, ... . . . 1,000 00
For printing registration books and blanks, indexing re- turns and editing registration report, a sum not ex- ceeding three thousand dollars, .... 3,000 00
For personal services in the preparation of copy for the publication of the province laws, a sum not exceeding twenty-two hundred dollars, ..... 2,200 00
For the purchase of suitable supplies and equipment, and for other things necessary in connection with the re- production of manuscript collection designated " Mas- sachusetts Archives", a sum not exceeding one thou- sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any sum heretofore appropriated for the purpose, 1,000 00
For the preservation of town records of births, marriages and deaths previous to the year eighteen hundred and fifty, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, . 15,000 00
Total,
$101,800 00
Printing laws, etc.
For printing laws, etc. : —
For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding eight thou- sand doUars, . . . $8,000 00
For printing and binding the blue book edition of the acts and resolves of the present year, a simi not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars, ..... 13,000 00
For the purchase of reports of decisions of the supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, _ . . 2,000 00
For the purchase of paper used in the execution of the contract for the state printing, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, .... 100,000 00
For printing and binding public documents, a sum not
exceeding twenty-three thousand dollars, . . 23,000 00
Total, $146,000 00
Election matters.
For printing matters relating to elections: — For personal and other services necessary for preparing and printing ballots for the primary elections, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars, . . $36,000 00
For the printing and distribution of ballots, a sum not ex- ceeding ninety-three hundred dollars, . . . 9,300 00
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79
For the printing of blanks for town officers, election laws and blanks and instructions on all matters relating to elections, and for the expense of advertising the state ticket, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol- lars, . . .
For the purchase of apparatus to be used at polling places in the canvass and count of votes, a sum not exceed- ing two hundred fifty dollars, ....
For furnishing cities and towns with ballot boxes and for repairs to the same, a sum not exceeding one thou- sand dollars, .......
Total,
Service of the Ballot Law Commission.
For compensation of the commissioners, a sum not ex- ceeding fifteen hundred dollars, . . . .
For services, including travelling expenses, supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding two hundred dol- lars, .........
|
Election matters. |
|
|
$5,000 00 |
|
|
250 00 |
|
|
1,000 00 |
|
|
. $51,550 00 |
|
|
$1,500 00 |
Ballot Law Commission. |
200 00
Total,
$1,700 00
Service of the Commissioner of Public Records.
For personal services of the commissioner and his office assistants, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars, ........
For the purchase of ink for public records of the common- wealth, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
For all other services, travelling ex-penses, office supplies and equipment, printing the annual report, and ex- penses necessarily incurred in administering the duties prescribed by the statutes, a sum not exceeding one thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars,
Commissioner of Public $4,500 00 Re^^rds.
500 00
1,375 00
Total,
,375 00
Service of the Commissioners for Consolidating and Arranging the General Laws of the Commonwealth.
For the salaries of the commissioners, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, ... . .
For clerical, legal and other personal services, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars.
For services other than personal, including printing office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, . . . . ,
Total,
Service of the Bureau of Statistics.
For services of the director and deputy directors, clerks, stenographers, special agents and assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars, . . . . . ...
Commissioners $15,000 00 for consoli- , dating and
|
18,000 00 |
arranging General Laws. |
|
! 6,000 00 |
|
|
. $39,000 00 |
|
|
I |
Bureau of Statistics. |
|
, $68,900 00 |
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
Bureau of
Statistics.
For services other than personal, printing and binding the annual report and other publications, travelling expenses and office suppUes and equipment, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand two hundred dol- lars, .........
$19,200 GO
For the maintenance of free employment offices as set forth in the two f olloAving items : —
For personal services, a sum not exceeding twenty-eight
thousand three hundred dollars, .... 28,300 00
For other services, including rent, necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding ten thousand two hundred dollars, 10,200 00
For completing the work in connection with taking the decennial census and printing the results thereof, as provided by chapter sL\ hundred and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, . 15,000 00
Which sum is to be in addition to amounts heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.
Total, $141,600 00
For personal services and expenses for auditing and in- stalling municipal accounts, the cost of which is to be assessed upon the municipahties for which the work is done, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, . $15,000 00
For personal services and expenses of taking a special census in towns having an increased resident popula- tion during the summer months, to be covered by assessments upon the cities and towns for which the work is done, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, 1,000 00
Total, $16,000 00
Civil Service Commission.
Service of the Civil Service Commission.
For personal services of the commissioners and certain of their employees with salaries prescribed by the statutes, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand three hundred doUars, $20,300 00
For personal services of other clerks, stenographers and other assistants, a sum not exceeding thirty-four thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars, . . 34,379 00
For services other than personal, printing the annual re- port, and for office supphes and equipment, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand five hundred twenty-one dollars, ....._• 17,521 00
For services and travelling expenses necessary for inves- tigators conducting investigations as provided by chapter two hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, 4,000 00
Total,
$76,200 00
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106. 81
Service of the Board of Retirement.
For personal services in the administrative office of the Board of
board of retirement, a smn not exceeding sixty-two Retirement,
hundred dollars, . . . $6,200 GO
For services other than personal, printing the annual re- port, travelhng expenses and for office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-one hundred dollars, 4,100 00
For requirements of annuity funds and pensions for em- ployees retired from the state service under authority of the statutes, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thou- sand dollars, 52,000 00
Total, $62,300 00
Service of Certain Pensioners and Other Persons receiving Compensation under Authority of the Statutes and for Certain Other Aid.
For the compensation of veterans of the civil war and Pensions, etc.
certain others formerly in the service of the common- wealth, now retired from that service, a siun not ex- ceeding sixty-six thousand five hundred dollars, . $66,500 00
For the compensation of certain prison officers and in- structors formerly in the service of the common- wealth, and now retired, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars, . 18,000 00
For the compensation of district police officers, formerly in the service of the commonwealth and now retired, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars, • . 900 00
For the compensation of certain women formerly employed by the sergeant-at-arms in cleaning the state house, and now retired, a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred forty-eight dollars, .... 1,248 00
For the compensation of certain public employees for injuries sustained in the course of their employment, as provided by chapter eight hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars, . . 13,000 00
For the payment of certain annuities and pensions of soldiers and others under the provisions of certain acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding twelve thou- sand one hundred fifty dollars, .... 12,150 00
For the relief of firemen and their dependents, with the approval of the commissioners on firemen's reUef, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, .... 18,000 00
For the payment of such claims as may arise in conse- quence of the death of firemen and certain persons acting as firemen, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, 8,000 00
Total, . . . . . . . . $137,798 00
Service of the Department of the Sergeant-at-Arms and Maintenance of the State House.
For the personal services of the sergeant-at-arms and Sergeant-at- office assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thousand Arms' De- two hundred dollars, $10,200 00 ^fSnan^cS of
For personal services of watchmen and assistant watch- state House, men, a sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand
nine hundred dollars, 23,900 00
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Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
Sergeant at- Arms' De- partment and maintenance of State House.
Judicial Department, supreme judicial court.
For personal service.s of engineers, firemen and assistants in the eftgineer's department, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand three hundred forty-six dollars, . $51,346 00
For personal services of messengers and porters, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand one hundred seventy dollars, ....... 17,170 00
For other personal services incidental to the care and maintenance of the state house, a sum not exceeding seven thousand eight hundred thirty dollars, . 7,830 00
For other services, supplies and equipment necessary for the maintenance and care of the state house, including repairs on furniture and equipment, a sum not ex- ceeding forty-two thousand eight hundred fifty-four dollars, . _ 42,854 00
For services, supplies and equipment necessary to fmriish heat, light and power, a sum not exceeding seventy- one thousand dollars, 71,000 00
For the service of telephones in the state house, and ex- pense in connection therewith, a sima not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, .... 25,000 00
For services other than personal, including mailing the legislative bulletin, and necessary office suppUes and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred dollars, 1,300 00
For new furniture and fixtures, with the approval of the state house commission, a sum not exceeding twenty- nine thousand dollars, . . ' . . . 29,000 00
Total,
$279,600 00
Service of the Judicial Department.
Supreme judicial court, as follows: —
For the salaries and allowance for travelling expenses of the chief justice and of the six associate justices, a sum not exceeding seventy-four thousand dollars.
For the pensions of the retired justices, a sum not exceed- ing thirty thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars, ........
For the salary of the clerk for the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars,
For clerical assistance to the clerk, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars, ......
For clerical assistance to the justices, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, ......
For office supplies, services and, equipment of the supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, ........
For the salary of the reporter of decisions, a sum not ex- ceeding four thousand dollars, ....
For clerk hire and office suppUes, services and equipment in the office of the reporter, a sum not exceeding fifty-two hundred dollars, ....
For the salaries of the officers and messengers, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, .
For the salary of the clerk for the county of Suffolk, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars,
For the salary of the assistant clerk for the county of Suffolk, a sum not exceeding five hundred doUars,
Total,
$74,000 00
30,375 00
3,000 00
900 00
3,000 00
2,000 00 4,000 00
5,200 00
2,400 00
1,500 00
500 00
$126,875 00
Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
83
$249,600 00
Probate and $71,000 00 insolvency courts.
Superior court, as follows: —
For the salaries and allowance for travelling expenses of the cliief justice and of the twenty-seven associate justices, a sum not exceeding two hundred thirty- - eight thousand fiv6 hundred dollars, . . . $238,500 00
For pensions to retired justices, a sum not exceeding
ninety-sLx hundred dollars, ..... 9,600 00
For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk county, a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, . . 500 00
For printing, transportation of papers and documents, and office supplies, services and equipment, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, . . 1,000 00
Total,
Probate and insolvency courts, as follows: —
For the salaries of judges of probate of the several counties, a sum not exceeding seventy-one thousand dollars,
For the compensation of judges of probate when acting outside of their own county for other judges of probate, a simi not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, . . 2,500 00
For pensions to retired judges, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars, . 3,000 00
For the salaries of registers of the several counties, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars, . . . . , . 38,800 00
For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not exceeding
thirty-two thousand one hundred fifty dollars, . 32,150 00
For clerical assistance to registers of the several counties,
as follows : — Barnstable, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, 600 00
Berkshire, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, . 1,000 00
Bristol, a sum not exceeding four thousand seven hundred
sijcty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, 4,766 67
Dukes, a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars, . 400 00
Essex, a sum not exceeding eight thousand one hundred
seventy-five dollars, ...... 8,175 00
Franklin, a siun not exceeding six hundred dollars, . 600 00
Hampden, a sum not exceeding four thousand thirty-three
dollars and thirty-three cents, .... 4,033 33
Hampshire, a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars, . 700 00
Middlesex, a sum not exceeding nine thousand seven
hundred eighty-two dollars and sixty-seven cents, . 9,782 67 Nantucket, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, 300 00
Norfolk, a srnn not exceeding four thousand one hundred
thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, . 4,133 33
Plymouth, a sum not exceeding twentv-two hundred
dollars, " . 2,200 00
Suffolk, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred dol- lars, 7,500 00
Worcester, a sura not exceeding seven thousand five
hundred thirty-two dollars and sixty-seven cents, . 7,532 67
For the salary of clerk of the register for the county of
Middlesex, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars, 1,500 00
For the salary of clerk to the register for the county of
Suffolk, a smn not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, . 1,500 00
Superior court.
Total,
$202,173 67
84 Special Acts, 1918. — Chap. 106.
District attorneys, as follows: — D^trict For the salaries of the district attorney, assistants and
a rneys. deputy assistants for the Suffolk district, a sum not
exceeding twenty-three thousand four hundred dollars, $23,400 00
For the salaries of the district attorney, assistants and deputy assistants for the northern district, a sum not exceeding ten thousand two hundred dollars, . 10,200 00
For the salaries of the district attorney and assistant for the eastern district, a sum not exceeding sixty-four hundred dollars, 6,400 00
For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants for the southeastern district, a sum not exceeding sixty- four hundred dollars, 6,400 00
For the salaries of the district attorney and assistant for the southern district, a sum not exceeding fifty-four hundred dollars, 5,400 00
For the salaries of the district attorney and assistant for the middle district, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, 5,000 00
For the salary of the district attorney for the western district, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, 2,400 00
For the salary of the district attorney for the northwestern district, a sum not exceeding one thousand four hundred fifty dollars, 1,450 00
For travelhng expenses necessarily incurred by the district attorneys, except in Suffolk district, a sum not ex- ceeding twenty-eight hundred dollars, . 2,800 00
Total, $63,450 00
Service of the Commission on Probation.
Commission Yov personal services of the deputy commissioner, clerks on ro a ion. ^^^ stenographers, a sum not exceeding ninety-seven
hundred dollars, S9,700 00
For services other than personal, printing the annual re- port, travelling expenses and office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-six hundred dollars 2,600 00
Total, $12,300 00
Service of the Land Court.
Land Court. For Salaries of the judge and associate judge, a sum not
exceeding sixteen thousand dollars, . $16,000 00
For salary of the recorder, a sum not exceeding forty-five
hundred dollars, . 4,500 00
For salary of the court officer, a sum not exceeding seven- teen hundred dollars, ...... 1,700 00
For engineering and clerical assistance for' office, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand three hundred dollars, 13,300 00
For personal services in the examination of titles, cost of pubUshing and serving citations and other services, travelhng expenses and supplies and equipment for office, a sum not exceeding twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars, 28,500 00
For the preparation of sectional plans showing registered
land, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, 500 00
Total, $64,500 00
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Service of the State Department of Health. Division of administration, as follows: — For personal services of the commissioner, health council niient of Health
and office assistants, a sum not exceeding nineteen
thousand dollars, $19,000 00
For services other than personal, printing the annual re- port, travelling expenses and office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dol- lars, 9,000 00
Division of hygiene, as follows : —
For personal services of director and assistants, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand nine hundred dollars, . 10,900 00
For services other than personal, travelling expenses, suppUes and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand sLx hundred dollars, .... 13,600 00
Division of communicable diseases, as follows : — ■
For personal services of director, district health officers and their assistants, epidemiologist, bacteriologist and assistants in the diagnostic laboratory, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand two hundred fifty dol- lars, . 51,250 00
For services other than personal, travelUng expenses, laboratory, office and other necessary supplies, in- cluding the purchase of animals and equipment, a smn not exceeding thirteen thousand six hundred dollars, 13,600 00
For providing ophthalmia neonatorum outfits, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, .... 1,000 00
For personal services in the investigation and production of antitoxin and vaccine lymph and other specific material for protective inoculation, diagnosis or treatment, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars, . . . . . . . . 18,000 00
For other services, supplies, materials and equipment necessary for the production of antitoxin and other materials as enumerated above, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars, .... 22,000 00
The unex-pended balance of the appropriation made under authority of chapter forty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the prevention and suppression of syphilis, is hereby reappropriated to the extent of the sum of five thousand sixty-eight dollars and two cents, . . . . . 5,068 02
Division of food and drug inspection, as follows : —
For personal services of the director, analysts, inspectors and other assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty- seven thousand four hundred dollars, . . . 27,400 00
For other services, travelling expenses, supplies, material and equipment necessary for the division, a sum not exceeding fifty-six hundred dollars, . . . 5,600 00
Division of water supply and sewage disposal, as follows : — For personal services of the director, engineers, laboratory director, chemists, clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding forty-seven thousand three hundred dollars, . . , 47,300 00
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State Depart- ment of Health.
For other services, travelling expenses, supplies, materials and equipment necessary for the work of the division, a sum not exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars, $9,500 00
For personal and other services and necessary supplies and equipment for the state examiners of plumbers, a sum not exceeding forty-eight hundred dollars, . 4,800 00
Total, $258,018 02
Trustees of Hospitals for Consumptives.
Service of the Trustees of Hospitals for Consumptives.
For administrative service of the trustees of hospitals for consumptives and subsidies to cities and towns for maintaining tuberculosis hospitals : —
For personal services of the secretary, stenographers, clerks and other assistants assigned to the office in the state house, a sum not exceeding eighty-seven hundred dollars, . . . . $8,700 00
For services other than personal, printing the annual re- port, travelling expenses and office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, . . . . . ■ . . • 3,500 00
To cover the payment of subsidies to which certain cities and towns are entitled under the provisions of chapter five hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by chapter two hundred and ninety of the General Acts of nine- teen hundred and seventeen, for the period ending November thirty, nineteen hundred and seventeen, a sum not exceeding one hundred eighty-eight thousand nine hundred seventy-nine dollars and fifty-nine cents, .........
Total,
188,979 59 $201,179 59
Sanatoria, maintenance.
For the maintenance of the sanatoria, subject to the
approval of the trustees of hospitals for consumptives,
as follows : — For Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding one
hundred sixty-seven thousand two hundred dollars, . $167,200 00 For North Reading state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
one hundred twenty-three thousand dollars, . 123)000 00
For Rutland state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding two
hundred fifty-four thousand dollars, . . . 254,000 00
For Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty-six thousand dollars,
Total,
156,000 00 $700,200 00
The sums collected as receipts of the above named institutions and paid into the treasury of the common- wealth and held as separate funds shall be transferred and used as a part of the general fund or ordinary revenue.
Department of Animal Industry.
Service of the Department of Animal Industry.
For personal services of the commissioner, clerks and stenographers and office assistants, a sum not ex- ceeding ten thousand seven hundred dollars, .
$10,700 00
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For services other than personal, printing the annual re- port, traveUing expenses of the commissioner, and office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-two hundred dollars, .....
For the personal services and reimbursements for traveUing expenses for veterinarians and agents engaged in work of extermination of contagious diseases among domestic animals, a sum not exceeding sixty-two thousand dollars, .......
For reimbm-sement of owners of cattle and horses kUled, travelling expenses, when allowed, to inspectors of animals, incidental expenses of killing and burial, quarantine and emergency services, and for laboratory and veterinary supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-four thousand dollars.
For the reimbursement of certain towns for compensation paid inspectors of animals in accordance with the provisions of section twelve of chapter ninety of the Revised Laws, a sum not exceeding sixty-two himdred dollars, ........
Total,
Department of Animal Industry.
$4,200 00
62,000 00
74,000 00
6,200 00 $157,100 00
Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.
For personal services of the members of the board, a sum not exceeding forty-two hundred dollars,
For other services, printing the annual report, travelling expenses, office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, .
Total,
The accumulations from fees for examinations paid into the treasury of the commonwealth prior to the first day of December, nineteen himdred and seventeen, and held as a special fund, shall be transferred and used as a part of the general fund or ordinary revenue.
Board of Bar t,200 00 Examiners.
2,500 00
5,700 00
Disposition of accumulations from certain fees, etc.
Sendee of the Board of Dental Examiners.
For services of the members of the board and clerical assistance, a sum not exceeding two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, $2,150 00
For other services, printing the annual report, and for rent, travelling expenses, office supplies and equip- ment, a sum not exceeding twenty-five himdred and fifty dollars, 2,550 00
Total,
Board of
Dental
Examiners.
$4,700 00
Service of the Board of Registration in Embalming.
For compensation of members of the board and services of their clerk, a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred thirty-sbc dollars, .....
For services other than personal, travelling expenses, office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred, sixty-four dollars, .
Board of Registration 1,236 00 in Embalming.
1,264 00
Total,
$2,500 00
Special Acts, 1918.