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SPECIAL ACTS
AND
RESOLVES
PASSED BY THE
^tmul ^0ttrt 4 ^i^muhuuitn,
IN THE YEAR
1915.
PUBLISHED BY THB
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
BOSTON :
WEIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,
32 DERNE STREET.
1915.
SPECIAL ACTS AND RESOLVES
OF
MASSACHUSETTS 1915.
SPECIAL ACTS.
An Act making appropriations for the compensation (^/^^^j 1 of the members of the general court, for the com-
PENSATION of certain officers THEREOF AND FOR EX- PENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representathes in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the compensation of senators, forty-one thousand coSfpensktion dollars.
For compensation for travel of senators, a sum not ex- Travel. ceeding thirty-two hundred dollars.
For the compensation of representatives, two hundred Ji^eJ^compen- and forty-one thousand dollars. sation.
For compensation for travel of representatives, a sum not Travel. exceeding nineteen thousand dollars.
For the salary of Henry D. Coolidge, clerk of the senate, cierk of the thirty-five hundred dollars. ^^^^ '^'
For the salary of James W. Kimball, clerk of the house of hou'sl"^ *^^ representatives, thirty-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of William H. Sanger, assistant clerk of the Assistant cierk senate, twenty-five hundred dollars. °^ '^^ '^''^'^■
For the salary of Frank E. Bridgman, assistant clerk of Assistant cierk
11 i> • niiiiii of the house.
the house oi representatives, twenty-five hundred dollars.
For such additional clerical assistance to the clerk of the clerical senate as may be necessary for the proper despatch of public sl^te."*'^' business, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
For such additional clerical assistance to the clerk of the clerical house of representatives as may be necessary for the proper hoife^'"'^'
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 1.
Doorkeepers, etc.
Assistant
doorkeepers,
etc.
Pages.
Chaplains.
Expenses of committees.
Advertising hearings, etc.
Witness fees, etc.
Manual.
Publication of bulletin.
Senate stationery.
House stationery.
Contingent expenses.
despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate and house of representatives, and the postmaster, five thousand dollars.
For the compensation of assistant doorkeepers and mes- sengers to the senate and house of representatives, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand four hundred dollars.
For the compensation of the pages to the senate and house of representatives, a sum not exceeding sixty-one hundred and twenty dollars.
For the compensation of the chaplains of the senate and house of representatives, twelve hundred dollars.
For authorized expenses of committees of the present general court, including clerical assistance to committees authorized to employ the same, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
For expenses of advertising hearings of the committees of the present general court, including expenses of preparing and mailing the advertisements to the various newspapers, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For expenses of summoning witnesses, and for fees of such witnesses, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.
For printing and binding ordered by the senate and house of representatives, or by concurrent order of the two branches, a sum not exceeding fifty-eight thousand dollars.
For printing and binding the manual for the general court, under the direction of the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, a sum not exceeding fifty-four hundred dollars.
For expenses in connection with the publication of the bulletin of committee hearings, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars.
For stationery for the senate, purchased by the clerk, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars.
For stationery for the house of representatives, purchased by the clerk, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
*For contingent expenses of the senate and house of repre- sentatives, and necessary expenses in and about the state house, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage.
Approved January IG, 1915.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 2, 3.
An Act to authorize the city of woburn to borrow (7/^^^ 9 money and issue notes in anticipation of the col- lection of revenue.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Tlie city of Woburn is hereby authorized wo^ufmn^y to borrow an amount not exceeding sixty thousand dollars borrow money in anticipation of the collection of the revenue of the financial of revenue, etc. year nineteen hundred and fourteen, the amount so borrowed to be payable therefrom; and the treasurer of the city is authorized to issue a note or notes of the city, counter- signed by the mayor and auditor, for the whole or any part of said amount. Said notes shall be paid not later than the first day of July, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and if issued for a shorter period may be refunded by the issue of new notes payable within the required period and no appropriation shall be made chargeable to revenue derived from the taxes of nineteen hundred and fourteen until all loans incurred on account of such taxes shall have been paid.
Section 2. Securities issued under authority of this act securities shall be deemed to be outside the statutory limit of indebted- debt limit. ness of the city.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 23, 1915.
Chap.
An Act making appropriations to cover subsidies to cities and towns for establishing and maintaining
tuberculosis HOSPITALS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A sum not exceeding one hundred twenty- subsidies to nine thousand eight hundred sixty-eight dollars and forty- for elt^abiishiLg! four cents is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the fosig hospiuis treasurv of the commonwealth from the ordinarv revenue, to certain cities and towns for amounts to which they are entitled for establishing and maintaining tuberculosis hos- pitals, during the period ending November thirtieth, nine- teen hundred and fourteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 21 , 1915.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 4, 5, 6.
Chap. 4 An Act to incorporate the Cambridge funeral as- sociation.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Alfred Belanger, Edward J. Peltier, Walter W. Terrio, Ovide Arel and Peter D. Nadeau, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Cambridge Funeral Association, to be situated in the city of Cambridge for the purpose and with the power of providing, through assessments upon its members, the funds necessary for defraying the burial expenses of deceased members and of their deceased dependent children; the membership to be limited to French people and their de- scendants who are or have been residents of Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont or Watertown. The said corporation, except as herein otherwise provided, shall have and may exercise all the powers, rights and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties, liabilities and requirements conferred or imposed by laws now or hereafter in force applicable to fraternal beneficiary corporations.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 29, 1915.
Cambridge
Funeral
Association.
Purposes.
Membership limited.
Powers, rights, etc.
Chap. 5 An Act making an appropriation for the Massachusetts
state firemen's association.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
MaL'ac^hi^sttts' Section 1. The sum of fifteen thousaud dollars is hereby issocirtlor^''^ appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the common- wealth from the ordinary revenue, for the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association, as provided by chapter one hundred and seventy-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and six. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Chap. 6 An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- penses in the state library.
Be it enacted, etc., as Jolloics:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commouAvealth from the ordinary revenue, for the state library, for the fiscal
Appropriations, state library.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 7, 8. 9
year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the librarian, four thousand dollars. Librarian,
For clerical services, for the accommodation of visitors, aertweJ! etc.^ and for any other services required for the care, maintenance and working of the library, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand and ten dollars.
For incidental expenses, including the printing and bind- ing of the annual report, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars.
For books, binding, cataloguing and indexing, a sum not bSding, etc exceeding ten thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Incidental expenses, etc.
An Act making an appropriation for the Massachusetts Chap. 7
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars Massachusetts
, , „ , Institute of
is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury oi the Technology. commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the salary and Chap. 8 expenses of the commissioner of public records.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations,
, „, ^'^,, commissioner
priated, to be paid out of the treasury oi the commonwealth of public from the ordinary revenue, for the commissioner of public ''^*'°'^ ^' records, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salary of the commissioner, three thousand dollars. ^°™™'®^'°°^'''
For travelling, clerical and other necessary expenses of Expenses. the commissioner, including the printing of the annual re- port, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine hundred and seventy- five dollars.
For the purchase of ink for public records, a sum not ex- Purchase ceeding four hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 9, 10, 11.
Chap.
Appropriations, state ballot hiw commission.
Commissioners,
Expenses.
9 An Act making appropriations for the compensation and expenses of the state ballot law commission.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the state ballot law com- mission, for the year ending on the thirtieth day of No- vember, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For compensation of the commissioners, a sum not ex- ceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
For expenses, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Chap. 10 An Act making an appropriation for the Worcester
polytechnic institute.
Worcester
Polytechnic
Institute.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the common- wealth from the ordinarA' revenue, to the Worcester Polv- technic Institute, as provided for l)y chapter eighty-seven of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and twelve.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Old provincial state house, maintenance.
Chap. 11 An Act making an appropriation for the maintenance OF the old provincial state house in the city of
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The sum of fifteen hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the common- wealth from the ordinary revenue, toward the maintenance of the old i)rovincial state house in the city of Boston, during the present fiscal year, as provided by chapter two hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and ten.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 12. 11
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- Qjid'r) \2
PENSES in the executive DEPARTMENT OF THE COM- MONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for salaries and expenses in the executive department, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the governor, ten thousand dollars. Governor,
For the salary of the lieutenant governor, two thousand jfe^ufenant dollars; and for the salaries of the council, eight thousand governor and dollars. For travelling expenses of the council, from and to their homes, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol- lars.
For the salary of the private secretary of the governor. Private
four thousand dollars. secretary.
For the salar\' of the assistant private secretary of the Assistant governor, two thousand dollars. se"re^ta%.
For the salary of the executive secretary, twent^'-fIve Executive hundred dollars. ' ^'^^'^'^'^■
For the salary of the present stenographer, a sum not ex- stenographer. ceeding eighteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the messenger, twelve hundred dollars. Messenger.
For the salary of the assistant messenger, one thousand messenger, dollars. ^^'^^y-
For contingent expenses, a sum not exceeding three Contingent
,1 1 1 11 expenses.
thousand dollars.
For postage, printing and stationery, a sum not exceeding Postage, fifteen hundred dollars. printing.
For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives from justice. Arrest of
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. "^' ^^^^'
For travelling and contingent expenses of the governor Travelling
1 .1 .■ ^• , . n -i ^ ^ expenses, etc.
and council, a sum not exceeduig twenty-five hundred dollars.
For postage, printing and stationery for the council, a Council, sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. postage, e
For the preparation of tables and indexes relating to the Tables and
,,,j>,i , 1. , indexes to
statutes 01 the present year and previous years, a sum not statutes. exceeding six hundred dollars.
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fxpenses.'"^'^^ FoF payment of extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the governor and council, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Chap. 13 An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- penses IN THE OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF COL'^'TY
accounts. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Appropriations. Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the controller of county accounts, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
Sary^^^^*^' ^^T thc Salary of the controller, twenty-five hundred
dollars.
First deputy. p^^. .j-j-^g salary of the first deputy, eighteen hundred
dollars. Second deputy. ^oT the Salary of the second deputy, fifteen hundred
dollars. Third deputy. Yqt the Salary of the third deputy, fifteen hundred dollars. Fourth deputy. ^oT the Salary of the fourth deputy, twelve hundred
dollars. offic7ixpln^M. For travelling and office expenses of the controller and his
deputies, including printing and binding the annual report,
a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915,
Chap. 14 An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- penses in the department of the treasurer and receiver general.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Appropriations. SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the department of the treas- urer and receiver general, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
Treasurer p^^j. ^|^g salarv of the treasurer and receiver general, five
ana receiver • o '
general, salary. tllOUSaud dolUirS.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 15. 13
For the salary of the deputy treasurer, three thousand ^1^^^^^^^ dollars.
For the salary of the accountant, twenty-five hundred Accountant. dollars.
For the salary of the receiving teller, two thousand dollars. Receiving
For the salary of the assistant receiving teller, fifteen ^Iltltant hundred dollars. receiving
For the salary of the paying teller, two thousand dollars. Paying teller.
For the salary of the assistant paving teller, fifteen hun- Assistant
dred dollars. ' paying teller.
For the salary of the cashier, twenty-five hundred dollars. Cashier.
For the salary of the assistant bookkeeper, fifteen hundred bookkeeper. dollars.
For the salary of the fund clerk, fifteen hundred dollars. Fund dark.
For the salary of the bond clerk, eighteen hundred dollars. Bond clerk.
For the salary of the warrant clerk, twelve hundred Warrant cierk. dollars.
For the salary of the record clerk, one thousand dollars. Record cierk.
For the salary of the stenographer, twelve hundred dollars, stenographer.
For the salary of the messenger, one thousand dollars. Messenger.
For such additional clerical assistance as may be necessary clerical for the despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding ^^^'^^'"^''^■ forty-five hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, a sum not ex- incidental and
T • x1 1 J n contingent
ceeding six thousand dollars. expenses.
For such expenses as the treasurer and receiver general Additional
n J • ' i j-l • • £ xu expenses.
may nnd necessary in carrying out the provisions oi the act imposing a tax on collateral legacies and successions, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
For expenses in connection with preparing and advertising Preparing, etc., bond sales, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the board of reg- njidy 15
ISTKITION IN dentistry.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios: ""
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the board of registration in dentistry, for the fiscal year end- ing on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 16, 17.
Members, salaries.
Clerical services.
For the salaries of the members, seventeen hundred dollars.
For clerical services, postage, printing, travelling and other necessary expenses, to include printing the annual report, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1015.
Appropriations.
Chap. 16 An Act making appropriations for the board of reg- istration IN veterinary medicine.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the board of registration in veterinary medicine, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salaries of the members, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars.
For travelling and other expenses, a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Members, salaries.
Travelling, etc., expenses.
Appropriations.
Chap. 17 An Act making appropriations for salaries ant) ex- penses in the department of the attorney-general.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the department of the attorney- general, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the attorney-general, seven thousand dollars.
For the compensation of assistants in his office, and for such additional legal assistance as may be deemed necessary, and also for any other necessary expenses, a sum not ex- ceeding fifty thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1015.
Attorney- general, salary
Assistants, compensation.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 18, 19. 15
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- (Jjidj) jg
PENSES in the department OF THE COMMISSIONER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the commissioner of weights and measures, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salary of the commissioner, two thousand dollars. Commissioner, For the salaries of inspectors, nine thousand dollars. TlTlctovs
For clerical services, travel and contingent office expenses, clerical a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars. services.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the compensation (JJidy \q
OF VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, PRISON OFFICERS AND CERTAIN OTHERS RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INJURED IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations, priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the compensation of veterans of the civil war and veU'rana. certain others formerly in the service of the commonwealth and now retired from that service, a sum not exceeding sixty thousand dollars.
For the compensation of certain prison officers and in- Retired prison spectors formerly in the service of the commonwealth and °*'''="' ''''=• now retired, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars.
For compensation of district police officers formerly in the Retired district service of the commonwealth and now retired, a sum not po^'^^^ o^'^""- exceeding two thousand dollars.
For a certain veteran of the civil war formerly employed ^^''oveeof at the Massachusetts Soldiers' Home and now retired, a Massaahusetts
, i-r^iiiiii Soldiers Home.
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 20, 21.
Injured employees.
Annuities to soldiers, etc.
Pensions.
Appropriations .
^pToyeM^rf^^ For compensation of certain women formerly employed at-armr^'"*^ by tlic scrgeant-at-arms in cleaning the state house, as authorized by chapter seven hundred and eleven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, a sum not exceed- ing seven hundred and eighty dollars.
For the compensation of certain public employees for injuries sustained in the course of their employment, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For the payment of annuities to soldiers and others, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand five hundred and sevent}'- four dollars.
For pensions, the sum of two hundred and eighty dollars. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its pas.sage.
Ajjproved January 30, 1915.
Chap. 20 An Act making appropriations for the salaries and
EXPENSES OF THE STATE BOARD OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the state board of conciliation and arbitration, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salaries of the members, seventv-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the secretary, fifteen hundred dollars.
For travelling, incidental and contingent expenses, in- cluding printing and binding the annual report, and the compensation of expert assistants, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 30, 1915.
Chap. 21 An Act to incorporate the board of trade of the
TOW^ OF WESTFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Frank Grant, George D. Roe, Archie D. Robinson, Harry C. Lane, Herbert X. Kingsbury. George II. Sharp, Lewis C. Parker, Lewis B. Allyn, John O. McKeon. Robert Gowdy, Ralph G. Rogers, Frederick F. Shepard, George L. Maschin, Denison II. L(K)mis, Percy X. Ilall,
Members, salaries.
Secretary.
Travelling, etc., expenses.
Wcstfield Board of Trade.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 22. 17
James R. Gladwin, Luther E. HoIIister, LeRoy C. Coburn, George H. Plourd, William P. Crane, Henry S. Miller, Richard T. Carrier, Fred G. Farr, Thomas J. Cooley, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Westfield Board of Trade.
Section 2. The purposes of the corporation shall be to To advance
-i-ij-i i'''j. J. £ commercial,
advance the commercial, industrial and civic interests oi etc., interests the town of Westfield, to promote integrity and good faith, ° just and equitable principles in business, uniformity in com- mercial usages, and to acquire, preserve and distribute in- dustrial, commercial and civic statistics and information of value, to discover and correct abuses, to prevent or adjust controversies, and to establish and maintain a place for business and social meetings.
Section 3. The corporation shall have all the powers Poweraand and privileges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions ^" and liabilities set forth in all general laws now or hereafter in force, applicable to such corporations and not inconsistent with this act.
Section 4. The corporation shall have power to make May make suitable by-laws, and to carry out all powers hereby granted, ^' ^'^^' including provisions as to the admission, suspension and ex- pulsion of members and a delegation of power to officers, committees and directors.
Section 5. The management and control of the prop- Board of erty and affairs of said corporation, subject to its by-laws, shall be vested in a board of ten directors, who shall be elected as may be provided in the by-laws, and there shall be such other officers, with such duties, as the by-laws may prescribe.
Section 6. The corporation is hereby authorized to hold eSSte*^^^^^' real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, with authority to sell, purchase, mortgage, lease or rent the same or any part thereof.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- (JJkij)^ 22 penses in the judicial departjvient of the common- wealth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follmvs:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 22.
from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the judicial department of the commonwealth, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
Chief justice and associate justices, salaries.
Retired
justices.
Clerk.
Clerical assistance to clerk.
Clerical assistance to justices.
Expenses.
Reporter of decisions, etc.
Officers and messengers.
Clerk, Suffolk county.
Assistant clerk.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
For the salaries and travelling expenses of the chief jus- tice and of the six associate justices, seventy-four thousand dollars.
For the salaries of the retired justices, twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For the salary of the clerk, three thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance to the clerk, eight hundred dol- lars.
For clerical assistance to the justices, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars.
For expenses of the supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For the salary of the reporter of decisions, four thousand dollars; and for clerk hire and incidental expenses of said reporter, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For the salaries of the officers and messengers, twenty-four hundred dollars.
For the salary of the clerk for the county of Suffolk, fifteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant clerk for the county of Suffolk, five hundred dollars.
Justices, salaries.
Assistant clerk. Printing, etc.
SUPERIOR COURT.
For the salaries and travelling expenses of the chief justice and of the twenty-seven associate justices, two hundred thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant clerk, five hundred dollars.
For printing, transportation of papers and documents, and for incidental expenses of the superior court, a sum not ex- ceeding one thousand dollars.
Judpc of probate and insolvency, Barnstable.
Berkshire.
COURTS OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Barnstable, eighteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Berkshire, twenty-five hundred dollars.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 22. 19
For the salary of the judge for the county of Bristol, ^"3*°^- forty-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Dukes County, Dukes County, thirteen hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the two judges for the county of Essex, Essex. eight thousand dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Franklin, Franklin, eighteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Hampden, Hampden, thirty-eight hundred dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Hampshire, Hampshire, eighteen hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the two judges for the county of Middle- MiddieseK. sex, twelve thousand dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Nantucket, Nantucket. thirteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Norfolk, Norfolk. five thousand dollars.
For the salary of the judge for the county of Plymouth, Plymouth, twenty-seven hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the two judges for the county of Suffolk, Suffolk. fourteen thousand dollars.
For the salaries of the two judges for the county of Worces- Worcester. ter, nine thousand dollars.
For the salaries of retired judges, a sum not exceeding Retired judges, thirteen hundred and fifty dollars.
For the compensation of judges acting in other counties judges acting than their own, a sum not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars, counties.
For the salary of the register for the county of Barnstable, Register of sixteen hundred dollars. fnTo^vlncyf
For the salary of the register for the county of Berkshire, Barnstable. nineteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Bristol, Bristol, thirty-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Dukes Dukes County. County, one thousand dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Essex, Essex. thirty-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Franklin, Franklin. sixteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Hampden, Hampden, thirty-one hundred dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Hampshire, Hampshire. six-teen hundred dollars.
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Middlesex. Nantucket.
Norfolk.
Plymouth.
Suffolk.
Worcester.
Assistant
register,
Barnstable.
Berkshire.
Bristol.
Essex.
Franklin.
Hampden.
Hampshire.
Middlesex.
Norfolk.
Plymouth.
Suffolk.
Worcester.
Clerical
assistance,
Barnstable.
Berkshire. Bristol.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 22.
For the salary of the register for the county of Middlesex, five thousand dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Nantucket, one thousand dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Norfolk, twenty-seven hundred dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Plymouth, twenty-two hundred dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Suffolk, five thousand dollars.
For the salary of the register for the county of Worcester, thirty-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Barnstable, eight hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Berkshire, twelve hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Bristol, twenty-three hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the assistant registers for the county of Essex, forty-one hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Franklin, eight hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Hampden, fifteen hundred and fifty dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Hampshire, eight hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the first and second assistant registers for the county of Middlesex, fifty-three hundred dollars; and for the salary of Nellie H. Philbrick, third assistant register, twenty-three hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Norfolk, thirteen hundred and fifty dollars.
For the salary of the assistant register for the county of Pl;^Tnouth, eleven hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the assistant registers for the county of Suffolk, six thousand dollars.
For the salaries of the assistant registers for the county of Worcester, thirty-five hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Barnstable, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Berkshire, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Bristol, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 22. 21
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of q^^^^^ Dukes County, a sum not exceeding three hundred dol- lars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Essex. Essex, a sum not exceeding seven thousand sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Franklin. Franklin, a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Hampden. Hampden, a sum not exceeding thirty-one hundred thirty- three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Hampshire. Hampshire, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of ^^'^'^^®^°^' Middlesex, a sum not exceeding ninety-one hundred sixty- six dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Nantucket. Nantucket, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of N°'f°^''- Norfolk, a sum not exceeding thirty-six hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of I'lyi^o"'^'^- Plymouth, a sum not exceeding twenty-one hundred thirty- three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of ^^^°^^- Suffolk, a sum not exceeding seventy-one hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance to the register for the county of Worcester. Worcester, a sum not exceeding seven thousand sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For the salary of the clerk of the register for the comity of ^gj^gter! Suffolk, fourteen hundred dollars. Suffolk.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
For the salary of the district attorney for the Suffolk District district, seven thousand dollars. Suffolk '
For the salaries of the first, second and third assistant j^Jstanta. district attorneys for the Suffolk district, eleven thousand four hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the deputy assistants of the district ^gP^^^g attorney for the Suffolk district, forty-four hundred dollars.
For the salary of the district attorney for the northern Northern district, four thousand dollars.
For the salaries of the assistant district attorneys for the Assistants. northern district, forty-four hundred sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 23.
Deputy assistant.
Eastern district.
Assistant.
Southeastern district.
Assistant.
Southern district.
Assistant.
Middle district.
Assistant.
Western district.
Northwestern district.
Travelling expenses.
For the salary of the deputy assistant district attorney for the northern district, a sum not exceeding eighteen hun- dred dollars.
For the salary of the district attorney for the eastern district, three thousand dollars.
For the salary of the assistant district attorney for the eastern district, two thousand dollars.
For the salary of the district attorney for the southeastern district, three thousand dollars.
For the salary of the assistant district attorney for the southeastern district, two thousand dollars.
For the salary of the district attorney for the southern district, twenty-four hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant district attorney for the southern district, sixteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the district attorney for the middle district, twenty-four hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant district attorney for the middle district, sixteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the district attorney for the western district, twenty-four hundred dollars.
For the salary of the district attorney for the northwestern district, thirteen hundred and fifty dollars.
For trayelling expenses necessarily incurred by the district attorneys, except in the Suffolk district, a sum not exceeding twenty-fiye hundred dollars.
Commission on probation.
COMMISSION ON PROBATION.
For salaries and expenses of the commission on probation, including printing the annual report, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1915.
Chap. 23 An Act making an appropriation for a new building
AT THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . The sum of one hundred twenty-two thousand and five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealtli, to be expended at the Massachusetts Agricultural College under the direction of the trustees thereof in building and equipping an agri- cultural building to contain offices, class rooms, laboratories
Appropriation,
agricultural
building.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 24, 25. 23
and an auditorium, as authorized by chapter eighty-two of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, this amount to be in addition to any amount heretofore appro- priated for this purpose. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February Jj., 1915.
An Act making an appropriation for the representa- (jjid^ 24
TION OF THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sum of sixty-nine thousand dollars is Representation hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the wedth'^r' commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to be expended fx^'Jfg^fon by the board of Panama-Pacific managers under the direction of the governor and council, for the representation of the commonwealth at the Panama-Pacific international ex- position, during the year ending November thirtieth, nine- teen hundred and fifteen, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- Qhr,^ 95 penses in the department of the sergeant-at-arms. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses in the department of the sergeant-at-arms, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, thirty-five hundred Sergeant-at-
, ,, " ° ' t/ arms, salary.
dollars.
For the salary of the first clerk, twenty-two hundred First cierk. dollars.
For the salaries of additional clerks, the sum of twenty-nine Additional hundred dollars. '^^"^^■
For the salary of the cashier, a sum not exceeding twelve cashier. hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the chief engineer and other employees chief engineer, in the engineer's department, a sum not exceeding thirty- ^*°' four thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 26.
Watchmen and
assistants.
Messengers, etc.
Matron.
Carpenter.
Incidental, etc., expenses.
Books, stationery, etc.
Rent of tele- phones, etc.
Heat, light, etc.
Care of state house, etc.
New furniture, etc.
For the salaries of the watchmen and assistant watchmen, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand six hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the messengers, porters and office boy, a sum not exceeding ninety-two hundred dollars.
For the salary of the matron, a sum not exceeding eight hundred and fift}' dollars.
For the salary of the carpenter, the sum of sixteen hun- dred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expen.ses and expense of mailing legislative bulletins, a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fiftv dollars.
For books, stationery, postage, printing and advertising ordered by the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars.
For rent of telephones and expenses in connection there- with, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
For heat, light and power, including coal, water, gas and removal of ashes, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For the care of the state house and grounds, including repairs, furniture and repairs thereof, and such expenses as may be necessary at the various buildings now occupied by state departments, a sum not exceeding thirty-one thousand dollars.
For new furniture and fixtures, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 6, 1915.
Chap. 26 Ax Act relative to the reinstatement of williari j. o'leary in the public works deparTxMENt of the city
OF boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs: Section 1. William J. O'Leary, formerly an inspector
Reinstatement of William J.
O'Leary in the jj^ ^hc sauitarv division of the public works department of
public works . ♦- • i i i > i
department the City of Bostou, may. With the approval ot the mayor and of the commissioner of public works, be reappointed as such inspector without undergoing a civil service exami- nation. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 6, 1915.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 27, 28. 25
An Act making an appropriation for a new site and (JJki^ 27 the construction of buildings for the state normal art school.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars Acquisition of is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the construcdon°of commonwealth, to be expended by the board of education ^tatenomai in the acquisition of a new site and the construction of new ^^^ school. buildings for the state normal art school, as authorized by chapter seven hundred and eighty-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, this amount to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for this purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the board of regis- (Jfiart 28
tration in medicint:.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropna- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth registration^ °^ from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of ^'^ "medicine. the board of registration in medicine, for the fiscal year end- ing on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salaries of the members of the board, forty-three Members of hundred dollars. *^^' '^'^"^•
For travelling and other expenses of the board, a sum not Travelling, exceeding four hundred and seventy-five dollars. ^ "" ®''^''^'
For clerical services, the sum of one thousand dollars. Clerical .
For printing, postage, office supplies and contingent ex- iMntTng, penses of the members of the board, to include printing the p^^^^^- etc. annual report, and for rent of rooms outside the state house, a sum not exceeding seventeen hundred and ten dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1915.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 29, 30.
[1889, 107, 216; 1890, 417; 1896, 148.]
Chap. 29 An Act to AUTiiORizE tiie citi^ of quincy to appropriate
A SUM OF MONEY FOR THE CITY HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six is hereby amended by striking out the word "five", in the second line, and inserting in place thereof the word: — ten, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The city of Quincy is hereby authorized to raise by taxation a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars per year, and appropriate the same towards the maintenance and support of the city hospital in said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1915.
1896, 148 § 1, amended.
City of Quincy may appropri- ate money for the city hospital.
[1850, 144; 1857, 4; 1889, 295; 1890, 152; 1891, 46.)
Chap. 30 An Act to authorize the new Bedford gas and edison light company to maintain gas pipes and c.\.bles
UNDER the ACUSHNET RIVER BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD AND THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
GlTan^Edifson SECTION 1. The Ncw Bedford Gas and Edison Light Light Company Companv is licrebv authorized to maintain such gas pipes
may mamtain iii'p i •• pi •• ii-i
gas pipes, etc. and cablcs tor the transmission or electricity under the tide waters of the Acushnet river between the city of New Bed- ford and the town of Fairhaven as have heretofore been laid by said company under licenses heretofore granted by the board of harbor and land commissioners, subject, as to future maintenance, to the provisions of chapter ninety-six of the Revised Laws and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
Section 2. The New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Company is hereby authorized to lay and maintain gas pipes and cables for the transmission of electricity, in addi- tion to those heretofore laid, under the tide waters of the Acushnet river between the city of New Bedford and the town of Fairhaven subject to the provisions of chapter ninety-six of the Revised Laws and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1915.
May lay gas pipes and cables.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 31, 32. 27
[Sp. Laws, Vol. 2, p. 421; 1852, 2; 1859, 34.]
An Act relative to the boston dispensary. Chav 31
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The act of February twenty-six, eighteen Act incorporat- hundred and one, incorporating the Boston Dispensary is ofs^e^^y, hereby amended by striking out section three of said act and '^'nended. inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. Be Election of it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the '°'^'^'^^®''^- contributors to said institution shall meet annually at Boston on the second Thursday in October, for the purpose of electing by ballot managers, public notice of the time and place of holding such meeting being given once at least in two of the newspapers published in said town seven days before the day of meeting; and votes may at all elections be given either in person or by proxy. The number of managers shall be such as the by-laws may from time to time prescribe. Said contributors may also meet at other times in Boston at such time and place as the managers may designate, public notice thereof being given as herein- before prescribed in respect to the annual meeting.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1915.
[1888, 347; 1889, 256; 1891, 243, 255, 401; 1892, 373; 1895. 279; 1899, 237; 1900, 216, 270;
1902, 105; 1911, 301; 1914, 704.]
An Act relative to filling vacancies in the city QJi^j^ 32 council of the city of quincy.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of chapter three hundred and forty-seven of ^^I'^^td ^ ^' the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight is hereby amended by striking out the words " or if a vacancy in said office shall occur subsequently and more than three months previous to the expiration of the municipal year", in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth lines; by striking out the words "vacancy in the office of councilman shall occur subsequently and more than three months previous to the expiration of the municipal year", in the twenty- first, twenty-second and twenty-third lines, and inserting in place thereof the words: — person elected to the office of councilman shall refuse to accept the office or shall die before qualifying, — and by adding at the end thereof the words: — If a vacancy in the office of councilman occurs after the oath of office has been administered to a majority of the council,
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 33.
Mayor, councilmen and members of school committee to be elected by ballot.
If no choice of mayor.
Vacancies.
the vacancy shall be filled bv the citv council itself, and the vote of a majority of all the members thereof shall be neces- sary for a choice, — so as to read as follows: — Section 5. At such municipal election the qualified voters shall give in their votes by ballot in the several wards for mayor, council- men and members of the school committee then to be elected, 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 ofllce the several persons, up to the number required to be chosen, receiving the 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, the city council shall forthwith cause warrants to be issued for a new election, and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects as are hereinbefore provided for the election of mayor, and shall be repeated until the election of a mayor is completed. If the full number of members of the city council has not been elected, or if a person elected to the office of councilman shall refuse to accept the office or shall die before qualifying, the council shall forthwith cause a new election to be held to fill the vacancy or vacancies. If a vacancy in the office of council- man occurs after the oath of office has been administered to a majority of the council, the vacancy shall be filled by the city council itself, and the vote of a majority of all the mem- bers thereof shall be necessary for a choice.
Approved February 10, 1915.
CJiap. 33 An Act to authorize the city of newton to pay a sum
OF MONEY TO NELLY L. HEATH.
City of Newton may pay a sum of money to Nelly L. Heath.
Time of taking effect.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Newton is hereby authorized to pay to Nelly L. Heath, widow of Daniel C. Heath, an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars, to compensate her for services rendered and for expenses incurred or money ad- vanced by her in connection with the laying out of, and the purchase of land for Lowell avenue, formerly Appleton and Murray streets, in the city of Ne\vton.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the board of aldermen of the said city, and upon approval of the mayor. Approved February 10, 1915.
[Accepted March 17, 1915.)
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 34, 35, 36. 29
[1896, 514; 1910, 617; 1914, 738.]
An Act to authorize the city of boston to transfer Chap. 34
THE LAND AND BUILDINGS OF THE PARENTAL SCHOOL TO THE HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT OF THE SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to city of Boston transfer the land and buildings of the parental school of the w /nd city of Boston to the hospital department of said city, to pSentafschoor be used for hospital purposes. dep^^tmeTt.*^
Section 2. So much of section eight of chapter seven Repeal, etc. hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen as restricts the right of the city to transfer the land and buildings of said parental school to any department of the city, to be used for municipal pur- poses, is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 10, 1915.
An Act making an appropriation for the develop- Chap. 35 ment of the port of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is Appropriation hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the ment of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to be expended ^"*^ ° by the directors of the port of Boston for the improvement of Boston harbor, as provided by chapter six hundred and thirty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, the same to be in addition to any amount hereto- fore appropriated for this purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 10, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the salaries and Chap. 36 expenses of the public service commission.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- Appropriations, propriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the common- wealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and ex- penses of the public service commission, for the fiscal year
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 37.
Commis- sioners, salaries.
Secretaries.
Tariff depart- ment.
Engineers.
Experts.
Accounting department.
Telephone department.
Inspection department.
Clerical assistance, etc.
Reports of hearings.
Rent and care
of office.
Printing and binding.
Stationery, books, etc.
ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salaries of the commissioners, forty thousand five hundred dollars.
For salaries of secretaries, a sum not exceeding ten thou- sand five hundred dollars.
For salaries and expenses in the tariff department, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of engineers, a sum not exceed- ing eleven thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of experts, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses in the accounting department, a sum not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars.
For expenses of the telephone department, a sum not ex- ceeding sixty-five hundred dollars.
For salaries and expenses in the inspection department, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance and messenger service, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
For stenographic reports of hearings, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For rent and care of office, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For printing and binding the annual reports, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For stationery, books, maps and office supplies, and con- tingent expenses, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajjproved February 10, 1915.
Chap. 37 An Act to authorize the trustees of the terr.\ce hill
CEMETERY CORPORATION TO TAKE AND HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE IN THE TOWN OF WALPOLE.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:
TcrracTmii Section 1. Tfic trustccs of the Terrace Hill Cemetery
^orati'on^m^"'^' Corporatiou may, upon direction of such corporation, make
take lands, etc. application by written petition to the selectmen of the town
of Walpole for the enlargement of Terrace Hill cemetery, and
the taking therefor of any lands lying adjacent to said
cemetery.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 37. 31
Section 2. The selectmen shall appoint a time and place selectmen to for a hearing and shall cause notice thereof, together with a and°p?ace^r copy of the petition, to be served personally upon the owner, * ^'^'^"^s. if known and residing in said town, or upon his agent, tenant or attorney, if a non-resident, or left at the last and usual place of abode of such owTier or agent, tenant or attorney, fourteen days at least before the time appointed for the hearing.
Section 3. The selectmen shall hear the parties at the shaii determine time and place appointed, or at an adjournment thereof, foManT^'*^^ and as soon as may be thereafter shall consider and adjudi- ^^'^'^s- cate upon the necessity of such taking, and upon the quan- tity, boundaries and value of any land adjudged necessary to be taken, and the damages resulting from the taking and any other matters pertaining thereto, and shall forthwith file a description of such land with a plan thereof in the registry of deeds for Norfolk county, and thereupon such land shall be taken and held in fee by said corporation as a part of its burial ground.
Section 4. If any of the land so taken is subject to a Apportionment mortgage, the selectmen shall determine what portion of ° *™^ses. the award for damages shall be paid to the mortgagee for release of the mortgage incumbrance on the parcel taken; and said cemetery corporation shall pay to the mortgagee of record the sum so determined, and such payment shall thereby release and clear said parcel from said mortgage incumbrance; the balance of the award shall be paid, or tendered, to the owner of record within thirty days from the day of the filing in the registry of deeds.
Section 5. A party aggrieved by the award of damages Appeal may may, on application therefor to the superior court or to the county commissioners of Norfolk county within six months after such filing in the registry of deeds, have a jury to de- termine the matter of his complaint as in the case of assess- ment of damages for land taken for highways, and all the proceedings shall be conducted as in such cases. If the Payment sum allowed for damages, including the value of the land, is °^ ^'^^^' increased by the jury, the sum so allowed by the jury and all costs shall be paid by said corporation; otherwise, the costs arising upon such application for a jury shall be paid by the applicant.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1915.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 38, 39.
CJiap, 38 An Act ^la-king an approprl\tion for tiie payment of
INTEREST ON THE DIRECT DEBT AND TEMPORARY LOANS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. A sum not exceeding one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, for the payment of interest on the direct debt, as provided for by chapter two, section one, article eleven, of the constitution of Massachusetts, also for interest on temporary loans; the same being the estimate of the treasurer and receiver general.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1915.
Payment of interest on the direct debt of the common- wealth, etc.
Appropriations.
Chap. 39 An Act m.\king approprutions for the board of regis- tration IN pharmacy.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the board of registration in pharmacy, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salaries of the members, thirty-eight hundred dollars.
For travelling and other expenses of the members, a sum not exceeding seventeen hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For salaries and expenses of the agent, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars.
For a stenographer, witness fees and incidental and con- tingent expenses, to include printing the annual report, a sum not exceeding twenty-two hundred dollars.
For expenses in connection with the act to provide for the registering and licensing of shops for the transaction of a retail drug business, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1915.
Members, salaries.
Travelling expenses, etc.
Agent.
Stenographer, etc.
Expenses in connection with register! ns, etc., retail drug shops.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 40, 41, 42. 33
An Act making an appropriation for the reimburse- QJkij)^ 40 ment of cities and towns for loss of taxes on land used for public institutions.
Be it enacted, etc., as follcncs:
Section 1. The sum of forty-five thousand dollars is Reimburse^ hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the ^"d to°wns f^ commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for reimbursing |^tafn*w.°° cities and towns for loss of taxes on land used for public institutions, during the fiscal year ending on November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, as provided for by chapter six hundred and seven of the acts of the year nine- teen hundred and ten and by chapter four hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1915.
An Act making an appropriation for the payment of (JJiq^jj 41
PREMIUMS ON securities PURCHASED FOR THE MASSA- CHUSETTS SCHOOL FUND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A sum not exceeding five thousand dollars is premiums on hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the purch^^d for commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the payment setts^sTh^i'^" by the treasurer and receiver general of premiums on se- ^"'^^• curities purchased for the Massachusetts School Fund, as provided by section three of chapter forty-one of the Re- vised Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1915.
An Act making approprlitions ior the expenses of (^/^^^ 42 the industrial accident board and the state board of labor and industries, sitting jointly.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ folloivs:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth tr?rfkccid^'t from the ordinary revenue, for the expenses of the industrial ^^J!^ of kbof^ accident board and the state board of labor and industries, f-tfing'-^ntiy '
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 43.
Expert assistants.
Printing, postage, etc.
Travelling expenses.
Clerical services.
sitting jointly, during the fiscal year ending November thir- tiethj nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For salaries and expenses of expert assistants, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For printing, postage and contingent expenses, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
For travelling expenses of the board and experts, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
For clerical services, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ay proved February 11, 1915.
Appropriations.
Chap. 43 An Act making appropriations for sat^\ries and ex- penses IN THE department OF THE AUDITOR OF THE COMMON^'EALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- propriated, to be paid out of tlie treasury of the common- wealth from the ordinary revenue, for the auditor's depart- ment, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the auditor, five thousand dollars.
For the salary of the deputy auditor, four thousand dollars.
For the salary of the second deputy auditor, three thou- sand dollars.
For the salary of the supervisor of accounts, twent>'-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the first clerk, twenty-five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the second clerk, twenty-four hundred dollars.
For additional clerks, examiners and stenographers, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars.
For the salary of the messenger, nine hundred dollars.
For the salary of the state printing expert, a sum not ex- ceeding eighteen hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, a sum not ex- ceeding forty-nine hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1015.
Auditor, salary.
Deputy auditor.
Second deputy auditor.
Supervisor of accounts.
First clerk.
Second clerk.
Additional clerks, etc.
Messenger.
Printing export.
Incidental, etc., expenses
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 44, 45. 35
An Act making appropriations for the salaries and (Jfiaj), 44
EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION ON ECONOMY AND EFFI- CIENCY.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth slCn^iir™'"'^" from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of efficiency!''^^ the commission on economy and efficiency, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salaries of the members of the commission, a sum Members, not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars. ^^ ^^^^'
For the salaries of the secretary, experts, clerks, and fte"^*^"^^' other assistants, and for such other expenses as may be deemed necessary and proper, a sum not exceeding twenty- five thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
A'pyroved February 11, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- (7/^^^) 45
PENSES in the department OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
* Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the department of the secre- tary of the commonwealth, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salary of the secretary, six thousand dollars. Secretary,
For the salary of Herbert H. BojTiton, deputy, four ^^^""^^ thousand dollars.
For the salary of the second deputy, three thousand Second deputy. dollars.
For the salary of the chief of the archives division, two chief of thousand dollars. ^'^ '^'^^'
For the salary of the cashier, a sum not exceeding twelve Cashier. hundred dollars.
For the salary of the commission clerk, fifteen hundred Serk""'^^'"" dollars.
36
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 45.
Messengers and extra clerks.
Incidental, etc., expenses.
Postage on documents, etc,
Preservation of records, etc.
Registration books, etc.
Regimental histories.
Preservation of certain town records.
For messengers and additional clerical assistance, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, a sum not ex- ceeding fifty-five hundred dollars.
For postage and expressage on documents, and for print- ing and mailing copies of bills and resolves to certain state, city and town officials, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hun- dred dollars.
For arrangement and preservation of state records and papers, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For registration books and blanks, indexing returns and editing registration report, a sum not exceeding three thou- sand dollars.
For the purchase of histories of regiments, batteries and other military organizations of the Massachusetts volunteers who served in the civil war, a sum not exceeding one thou- sand dollars.
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.
Pamphlet edi- tions of acts, etc.
Cumulative index.
Blue book.
Publication of laws, etc.
Reports of decisions, etc.
Purchase of paper.
Public documents.
PRINTING LAWS, ETC.
For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hun- dred dollars.
For printing a cumulative index of the acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For printing and binding the blue book edition of the acts and resolves of the present year, twelve thousand dollars.
For the newspaper publication of the general laws and of information intended for the public, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
For the reports of decisions of the supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For the purchase of paper used in the execution of the contract for the state printing, a sum not exceeding fifty- five thousand dollars.
For printing and binding public documents, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.
Primary
elections.
PRINTING MATTERS REL.\TING TO ELECTIONS.
For expenses in connection with primary elections, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 46, 47. 37
For printing and distributing ballots, a sum not exceeding Ballots, eight thousand dollars.
For blanks for town oflScers, election laws and blanks and Blanks for instructions on all matters relating to elections, and for the expense of advertising the state ticket, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For the purchase of apparatus to be used at polling places Purchase of in the canvass and count of votes, a sum not exceeding two '^pp*'"^*"^ hundred and fifty dollars.
For furnishing cities and towns with ballot boxes and for Ballot boxes, repairs to the same, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1915.
An Act siaking an appropriation for tiie PA-iiviENT of Chap. 46
CLAIMS arising FROM THE DEATH OF FIREMEN KILLED OR injured IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ^
Section 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby Payment of appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the com- account of
1.1 ji'ii j» J i> 1 death of certain
monwealtn, as authorized by section seventy-seven oi chap- firemen. ter thirty-two of the Revised Laws, for the payment of such claims as may arise in consequence of the death of firemen belonging to the regularly organized fire depart- ment of a city or town, or of members in active service of any incorporated protective department, or of any person doing fire duty at the request of or by order of the authorities of a town which has no organized fire department, or of any person performing the duties of fireman in such town, who are killed or who die from injuries received in the discharge of their duties at fires, during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the salaries and Chap. 47 expenses of the land court.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth court. from the ordinary revenue, for the land court, for the fiscal
38
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 48,
year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : — Judge, salary. YoT the Salary of the judge of the court, eight thousand
dollars. Associate judge. YoT the salary of the associate judge of the court, eight thousand dollars.
For the salary of the recorder of the court, forty -five hundred dollars.
For clerical assistance in the office of the court, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For the salary of the court officer for the sessions of the court, seventeen hundred dollars.
For sheriffs' fees, advertising, surveying, examination of titles and sundry incidental expenses, a sum not exceeding twenty-eight thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayyvoved February 11, 1915.
Recorder.
Clerical
assistance.
Court ofiBcer.
Sheriffs' fees, etc.
Commission on public works for the town of Marion established.
Offices abolished.
[1907, 268; 1908, 43; 1914, 513.]
Chap. 48 An Act to establish a commission of public works in
THE town of MARION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of sewer commissioners, the water commissioners, the office of surveyor of highways, the road commissioners and the board of health in the town of Marion are hereby abolished and all the powers vested in said boards and surveyor, or any of them, shall be trans- ferred to and vested in a commission to be known as the commission of public works. Said commission shall consist of three members, who shall be elected at the next annual meeting of the town after the acceptance of this act, as hereinafter provided, by the qualified voters of the town by ballot as follows : — One to hold office for one year, one for two years and one for three years, each successive elec- tion thereafter to be for the term of three years.
Section 2. Said commission shall have and exercise all the powers of every nature and be subject to the liabilities and duties vested in and imposed upon the sewer commis- sioners, water commissioners, surveyor of highways, road commissioners and board of health of the town of jNJarion under any general or special laws now or hereafter in force,
Powers, etc.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 49. 39
or by contract or grant from any municipal corporation, person or private corporation, or by virtue of any order or by-law of the town.
Section 3. The commission shall have authority to May appoint appoint such superintendents and subordinate officers as |^bordmates, it shall deem necessary, and to establish their terms of office. The commission shall, subject to alteration by the town, have authority to fix the compensation of said superin- tendents and subordinate officers, and shall also have au- thority to employ and discharge such laborers and other employees as, in its opinion, may be necessary to carry out the work devolving upon the commission.
Section 4. This act shall not affect any pending suit, Not to affect or any existing contract or obligation, and all duties and ut^tion. obligations now payable or owing to the board of sewer commissioners or to the water commissioners shall be payable or owed to said commission of public works.
Section 5. Said commission shall constitute a depart- shaii ment of the town of Marion within the meaning of the town departme^nt. orders and by-laws. The members of the commission shall receive such compensation for their services as the town shall determine.
Section 6. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^'b^ttt'e^d to the town of Marion at the annual town meeting in the ^nnuai^o^ present year, or, if this act shall not be passed in season for meeting. the vote to be taken at said meeting, it shall be submitted to the voters of said town at a special town meeting called for the purpose; and, if accepted by a majority of the legal Jg™ t °^ ^^^''^^ voters present and voting thereon, it shall take effect as above provided. Ayyroved February 12, 1915.
[Accepted March 1, 1915.]
[1824, 133;,1906, 113; 1913, 129.]
An Act to change the name of the first religious Chap. 49
society in roxbury.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The name of the First Religious Society in Name Roxbury, incorporated by an act approved February twenty- "^ ^""^^ ' sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby changed to First Church in Roxbury.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1915.
40
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 50, 51, 52.
Police com- missioner of Maiden to pension Thomas F. Dunn.
To be sub- mitted to the city council.
Chap. 50 An Act to authorize the police coMMissio>rER of the
CITY OF ALA.LDEN TO PENSION THOMAS F. DUNN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The police commissioner of the city of Maiden is hereby authorized to retire upon a pension of six hundred dollars a year Thomas F. Dunn, who has per- formed faithful service in the police department of said city for over fifteen years and who has now become physically unfit for useful service therein.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the city council of the city of Maiden and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority vote of the members present and voting in each branch, and upon approval by the mayor.
Approved February 15, 1915.
[Accepted April 20, 1915.] Cha 51 [1912.699.1
^' An Act to authorize the metropolitan park commis- sion TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A BRIDGE OVER BLACK's creek IN QUINCY FOR THE EXTENSION OF FURNACE BROOK PARKWAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as folhws:
Section 1. The metropolitan park commission is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge without a draw over Black's creek, so-called, in the city of Quincy, as a part of Furnace Brook parkway, and to provide for the construction and maintenance of said parkway from Quincy Shore reservation to Hancock street in said city, as authorized by chapter six hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of the vear nineteen hundred and twelve.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1915.
Chap. 52 An Act making appropriations for the salaries and
expenses of the civil service commission.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the civil service commission, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
Metropolitan park commis- sion may construct, etc. a bridge over Black's creek.
Appropria- tions, civil service com- mission.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 53. 41
For the salaries of the commissioners, sixty-five hundred ^^^'^a'aiaries. dollars.
For the salary of Joseph J. Reilly, chief examiner, thirty- Chief examiner. five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the deputv examiner, a sum not ex- Deputy
T A 1 1 1 1 11 examiner.
ceedmg twenty-nve hundred dollars.
For the salary of Warren P. Dudley, secretary, thirty-five Secretary. hundred dollars.
For the salary of the physical inspector, a sum not ex- Physical ceeding twenty-five hundred dollars. *°^^^ °^'
For the salary of the pay roll inspector, twelve hundred ^pector. dollars.
For the salary of the registrar of labor, two thousand i^blr.*'^'"^ °^ dollars.
For clerical assistance and for office, printing, travelling, clerical and incidental expenses, advertising and stationery, in- cluding printing and binding the annual report, a sum not exceeding forty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1915.
[1872, 343; 1875, 127; 1884, 105; 1888, 131; 1900, 391; 1913, 684.]
An Act relative to the construction of a filter plant (Jjidj) 53
FOR THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter six hundred and ^^g'^^^^^ ^• eighty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by inserting after the word *'act", in the third line, the words: — and of said chapters three hundred and forty-three, one hundred and thirty-one and three hundred and ninety-one, including the cost of filters, basins and such other equipment as may be necessary to improve said water supply, — so as to read as follows: — • Section 3. Said town, for the purpose of paying the necessary Filter plant for expenses and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this Brookiine. act and of said chapters three hundred and forty-three, one hundred and thirty-one and three hundred and ninety-one, including the cost of filters, basins and such other equip- ment as may be necessary to improve said water supply, may issue from time to time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized bv law to be issued by the town for water supply purposes. Bonds or
42 Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 54, 55.
Town of notes issued under authority of this act shall bear on their
winter Loan, face the words, Town of Brookline Water Loan, Act of 1913; Act of 1913. gj^^ij j^^ payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after the date of the first issue thereof, as will extinguish the loan within thirty years from the date thereof. The amount of such annual payment of the loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. Each au- thorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. The bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and countersigned by a majority of the selectmen. ^^puwlc 0°°*^^ '^^^ town may sell such bonds or notes at public or private private sale. gale, upou such tcrms and conditions as it may deem proper, but they shall not be sold for less than their par value. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajyproved February 15, 1915.
Chap. 54 An Act making an appropriation for additional ex- penses OF the recess committees authorized by the general court of nineteen hundred and foltiteen.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tJr^Id^iitonl^ Section 1. A sum not exceeding twenty-two hundred recL^ss^com- ^^"^ dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury i^ld b^^ th*i9i4 ^^ ^^^^ commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for certain general court, expciiscs of the rcccss committcc on the subject of city charters, and for certain expenses of the recess committee on the introduction of matters for legislation, which com- mittees were authorized by the general court of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for this purpose. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1915.
Chap. 55 An Act making appropriations for payment of state and military aid and expenses in connection there- with.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Appropria- Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro-
tions, payment ^v^vi ^ j^
of state and priatcd, to bc paid out of the treasury ot the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes of state and
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 56, 57. 43
military aid, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the commissioner of state aid and pensions. Commissioner, twenty-seven hundred dollars. saary.
For the salary of the deputy commissioner, twenty-three Deputy
, 1 1 1 11 commissioner.
hundred dollars.
For the salaries of agents, thirty-eight hundred dollars. Agents.
For the salaries of clerks, a sum not exceeding forty-two cierks. hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, to include neces- incidental
1 ^• re i i 1 i 11 expenses, etc.
sary travel, a sum not exceedmg niteen hundred dollars.
For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid on Reimbursing
*^ v oitips jinfi towns
account of state and militarv aid to Massachusetts volun- for money paid. teers and their families, a sum not exceeding seven hundred thousand dollars, the same to be paid on or before the fifteenth day of November in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayyroved February 15, 1915.
An Act making an appropriation for taking the Chap. 56
DECENNIAL CENSUS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand ft?^a°king*'°° dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury ^1^^^^'*^ of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for taking the decennial census, as provided by chapter six hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, said sum to be in addition to the fifteen thousand dollars appropriated by chapter seven hundred and seventy- five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayyroved February 15, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- Qfiap. 57
PENSES IN the bureau OF STATISTICS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriation, priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth sutllt'ics.^ from the ordinary revenue, for salaries and expenses in the bureau of statistics, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salary of the director, four thousand dollars. Director,
salary.
44
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 58, 59.
Deputy director.
Clerical
assistance,
etc.
Contingent expenses.
Establishment, etc., of free employment offices.
For the salary of the deputy director, twenty-five hundred dollars.
For additional clerical assistance, and special agents, a sum not exceeding fifty-three thousand four hundred dollars.
For contingent and office expenses, including printing and binding the annual reports, and travelling and other expenses in connection with the annual collection of statistics of manu- factures, also expenses in connection with municipal returns, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.
For the establishment and maintenance of free employ- ment offices in this commonwealth, a sum not exceeding thirtv-five thousand five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1915.
Chap. 58 An Act making appropriations for sal.^.ries and ex- penses IN the department of the surgeon general
OF THE MILITIA.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the department of the surgeon general, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the surgeon general, twelve hundred dollars.
For medical supplies for use of the volunteer militia, and for incidental and contingent expenses of the surgeon general, including clerical services and printing the annual report, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred and fifty dollars.
For expenses in connection with the examination of re- cruits for the militia, a sum not exceeding thirty-two hun- dred and fifty dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1915.
Appropria- tions, surgeon general of the militia.
Surgeon general, salary.
Medical supplies, etc.
Expenses in connection with examinations.
Chap. 59 An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- penses in the department OF the insur-vnce com- missioner.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Appropria- Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro-
tions, insurance --^ ^ , . , n i o ^ i. U
commisaioner. priatcd, to be paid out oi the treasury ot the commonwealtn from the ordinary revenue, for the insurance department,
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 60. 45
for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November,
nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salary of the commissioner, five thousand dollars. Commissioner, For the salary of the deputy commissioner, thirty-five Dgp'^^y
hundred dollars. commissioner.
For the salary of the examiner, three thousand dollars. Examiner.
For the salary of an additional examiner, twenty-five Additional hundred dollars. "='^'"'^"-
For the salary of the actuary, twenty-five hundred dollars. Actuary.
For the salary of the assistant actuary, two thousand actulry'!* dollars.
For the salary of the chief clerk, twenty-five hundred chief clerk, dollars.
For additional clerks and assistants, a sum not exceeding Additional fifty-four thousand dollars. ''^^'^'- "*"•
For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent incidental for rooms outside the state house, a sum not exceeding twelve ^^p®'^^®^' thousand five hundred dollars.
For printing and binding the annual report, a sum not Printing and exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the salaries and Qhav. 60
EXPENSES OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth acddentlwiT' from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the industrial accident board, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salaries of the members of the board, a sum not Members, exceeding twenty-three thousand dollars.
For the salary of the secretary, a sum not exceeding three secretary. thousand dollars.
For the salaries and expenses of inspectors, a sum not ex- inspectors. ceeding fourteen thousand four hundred dollars.
For the salary of the medical adviser, a sum not exceeding Medical four thousand dollars. adviser.
For clerical services, travelling and other necessary ex- clerical penses of the board, a sum not exceeding sixty-three thou- ^'''''''^• sand dollars.
46
Rent of office.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 61, 62.
For rent of oflBce, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayprcrced February 15, 1915.
[Sp. Laws, Vol. 2, p. 283; 1845, HT; 1846, 206; 1847, 168; 1855, 293; 1857, 74; 1894, 483;
1895, 305.]
Chap. 61 An Act relative to the taking of stones, sant) and
GRAVEL FROM CERTAIN BEACHES.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventeen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and forty-five which prohibits the removal of stones, gravel or sand from certain beaches in the town of Chelsea, is hereby repealed; but this repeal shall not affect the jurisdiction or authority of the metropolitan park commission in regard to any beach.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayyroved February 15, 1915.
1845, 117, repealed.
Taking of stones, etc., from certain beaches.
Acts of Trustees of Groton School, vahdated.
[1893, 94; 1903, 208; 1914, 92.]
Chap. 62 An Act to validate the acts of the trustees of groton
school.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All the acts of the Trustees of Groton School purporting to be acts of a corporation of that name, done under and by virtue of chapter ninety-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, chapter two hundred and eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and three, and chapter ninety-two of the acts of the year nineteen himdred and fourteen, and being within the powers intended to be conferred by said statutes, are hereby ratified and confirmed as legal acts of said corporation, notwith- standing the failure of the corporators named in said chapter ninety-four to organize within the time fixed by law; and the said corporators, or the persons now acting as successors to said corporators, are hereby authorized to organize according to the general laws now applicable to such cor- porations, with the same effect as if said organization had been cftected within two years after the passage of said chapter ninety-four: jjrovided, that nothing herein shall affect any rights or remedies of any person arising out of
Proviso.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 63. 47
the failure of the corporators named in said chapter ninety- four to organize as required by law. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayyroved February 15, 1915.
[1911, 413; 1913, 367; 1914, 765.]
An Act relative to the retirement fund for laborers (jfidj) 53
EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . Section two of chapter four hundred and amended.^ ^' thirteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by section two of chapter three hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen and by section one of chapter seven hundred and sixty- five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and four- teen, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "city", in the eighteenth line, the words: — who has been in the service of the city continuously for a period of not less than fifteen years and, — so as to read as follows: — Section 2. Any laborer employed by the city of Boston Retirement who has reached the age of sixty years and who has been in iabore°J^ the service of the city for a period of not less than twenty- t^^city^of^^ five years, and who is physically incapacitated, shall, at his ^o^^^^"^- request and with the approval of the retirement board above provided for, be retired from service, and shall receive for the remainder of his life an annual pension equal to one half of the compensation to which he would have been entitled for full employment during the last year of his service for the city; but in no case shall such pension exceed in amount the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars per year. It shall be the duty of the said board so to retire any laborer in the service of the city who has reached the age of seventy years and has served the city for a period of not less than twenty-five years: 'provided, however, that said retirement Proviso, board may, upon the request of the mayor and city council, retire any laborer employed by said city who has been in the service of the city continuously for a period of not less than fifteen years and who, owing to injury, physical in- competency, old age or infirmity, may be incapacitated from further performance or discharge of his duty or labor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
A-pproved February 16, 1915.
48
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 64, 65.
City of Boston may pay a pension to the widow of William Magner.
Chap. 64 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a
PENSION to the widow OF WILLIAM MAGNER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston Is hereby authorized to pay to the widow of William Magner an annual pension of not less than three hundred dollars so long as she lives and remains unmarried, the said William ]Magner having formerly been a member of the fire department of the city of Boston and his death having occurred in consequence of an injury received by him in the course of his emplosTnent as a fireman.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ance by the city council, with the approval of the mayor of the city of Boston. Approved February 16, 1915.
Time of taking effect.
1914, 680. § 35, amended.
[1914, 680.1
Chap. 65 An Act relatwe to the approval of municipal ex- penditures IN THE city of ATTLEBORO.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirty-five of chapter six hundred and eighty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "made", in the seventeenth line, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Every bill, pay roll or voucher covering an expenditure of money shall be approved by the signatures thereon of a majority of the board, depart- ment or committee having control of, or incurring the expenditure; and after such approval, the bills, pay rolls or vouchers shall be turned over to the city auditor, — so as to read as follows: — Section 35. No sum appropriated for a specific purpose shall be expended for any other purpose; and no ex]:)enditures shall be made or liability incurred by or in behalf of the city, until an appropriation has been duly voted by the municipal council, sufficient to meet such expenditures or liability, together with all prior unpaid liabilities which are payable out of sucli appropriation, except in accordance with the wTitten recommendation of the mayor to the municipal council, approved by a ma- jority of the whole municipal council, tlie vote to be taken by yeas and nays: provided, however, that after the exi^iration of the financial year and until the passage of the annual
Approval of municipal expenditures in the city of Attleboro.
Proviso.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 66, 67. 49
appropriations, the mayor may authorize each of the ad- ministrative officers and boards to incur liabihtics to an amount not exceeding one fifth of the total sum appro- priated for the same purpose in the preceding year, and such liabilities shall be paid from the annual appropriations subsequently made. Every bill, pay roll or voucher cover- Bills, etc., to
1' , n Till 11,1 nave signatures
mg an expenditure or money shall be approved by the of heads of signatures thereon of a majority of the board, department ^^''^p'^*'"®"*^' or committee having control of, or incurring the expendi- ture; and after such approval, the bills, pay rolls or vouchers shall be turned over to the city auditor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayproved February 16, 1915.
[1915, 230, 252, 264, 319.] [1914, 244.1
An Act to revive the American submerged exhaust ^f^^V' ob
CO., AND TO CONFIRM THE ACTS OF SAID CORPORATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The corporation heretofore known as Ameri- sXmefg°ed can Submerged Exhaust Co., and formerly having its place ^vWed^Sc" of business at Newburyport, is hereby revived and con- tinued, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities which pertained to it prior to the passage of chapter two hundred and forty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen.
Section 2. All acts done by the said company which ^ngrmed'*'^ would have been legal and valid if chapter two hundred and forty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen had not been passed are hereby ratified, confirmed and made valid.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
A'pyrowd February 17, 1915.
An Act making an appropriation for expenses in con- Chap. 67
NECTION with THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENTS BY SAVINGS BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria-
^lOTlS ilIG
priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth insurance
n ,1 f ,1 iiiiiTi- departments in
irom the ordinary revenue, to be expended under the direction savings banks. of the trustees of the General Insurance Guaranty Fund for necessary expenses in connection with the life insurance
50
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. G8.
departments of savings banks, during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : — Actuary, salary. ^oT the Salary of the actuary, the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant actuary, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of the medical director, the sum of twenty- five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the assistant medical director, the sum of six hundred dollars.
For the salary of the secretary, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. Rent of offices. ^ov the rcut of officcs, the sum of nineteen hundred and
forty-four dollars. t er expenses. "p^j. ^^j^gj. ncccssary cxpcnscs, a sum not exceeding sixty- five hundred and fifty-six dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1915.
Assistant actuary.
Medical director.
Assistant
medical
director.
Secretary.
Chap. 68 An Act making appropriations for the salaries and
EXPENSES OF THE BOARD OF HARBOR AND LAND COM- MISSIONERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the harbor and land com- missioners, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salaries of the commissioners, eighty-seven hun- dred dollars.
For travelling and other necessary expenses, a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For the compensation and expenses of engineers and for clerical and other assistance, a sum not exceeding twenty- nine thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent office expenses, to include printing and binding the annual report, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For surveys of harbors, for improving and preserving the same, and for repairing damages occasioned by storms along the coast line or river banks of the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundr(>(l dollars.
Appropria- tions, harbor and land commissioners.
Commissioners, salaries.
Travelling expenses.
Engineers.
Incidental expenses, etc.
Surveys of harbors, etc.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 69. 51
For removal of wrecks and other obstructions from tide Removal waters, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
For the improvement and protection of rivers, harbors, improvement, tide waters and foreshores, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in addition to any amount here- tofore appropriated.
For expenses of the examination and inspection of all ^ta™r^*'°°' monuments, or other marks, defining the boundary lines of monuments. the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ay'proved February 17, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the salaries and Chap. 69
EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT POLICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth poiice.'^'^*'"*'* from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the district police, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salarv of the chief, three thousand dollars. Chief, salary.
For the salary of the first clerk, fifteen hundred dollars. First clerk.
For the salary of the second clerk, one thousand dollars. Second clerk.
For the salary of a stenographer in the office of the chief, for^chSf.^^"'^ a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For stenographers in branch offices, a sum not exceeding stenographers fortv-one hundred and twentv-five dollars. offices.
For the salary of the storekeeper, nine hundred dollars. storekeeper.
For postage, printing, stationery, telephone, telegraph. Postage, incidental and contingent office expenses, including printing and binding the annual report, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars.
detective department.
For the salary of the deputy chief, twenty-four hundred Sfary*.^ ''^'^^' dollars.
For the salary of the clerk, twelve hundred dollars. ^•'^''^
For the salaries of the stenographers, thirty-four hundred stenographers. dollars.
For the compensation of the members, a sum not exceed- Members, ing forty-six thousand three hundred and eight dollars.
52
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 69.
Travelling expenses.
Special services, etc.
For travelling expenses of the members, a sum not exceed- ing fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For special services and expenses of persons employed under the direction of the deputy chief of the detective department in the investigation of fires, including witness fees, travel, contingent and incidental expenses, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars.
Deputy chief, salary.
Stenographers.
Members.
Travelling expenses.
BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
For the salary of the deputy chief, twenty-four hundred dollars.
For the salaries of two stenographers in the inspection de- partment, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred and seventy- five dollars.
For the compensation of the members, a sum not exceed- ing thirty thousand six hundred and forty-nine dollars.
For travelling expenses of the members, a sum not exceed- ing seventy-six hundred dollars.
Deputy chief, salary.
Stenographers. Members.
Travelling expenses.
Board of boiler rules.
Expenses.
Expenses
Steamer
Lexington.
Moving picture apparatus.
Investigation work.
BOILER INSPECTION DEPARTxMENT.
For the salary of the deputy chief, twenty-four hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the stenographers, a sum not exceeding twenty-eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For compensation of the members, a sum not exceeding forty-one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
For travelling expenses of the members, a sum not ex- ceeding ten thousand nine hundred dollars.
For compensation of the board of boiler rules, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For expenses of the board of boiler rules, a sum not ex- ceeding one thousand dollars.
For expenses of operating the steamer Lexington, used in the enforcement of the fishery laws of the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding ninetv-five hundred dollars.
For maintaining in good condition apparatus for testing applicants for moving picture licenses and furnishing sup- plies to operate the same, a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars.
For investigation work and apparatus and for mainte- nance in the boiler inspection department, a siun not ex- ceeding one thousand dollars.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 70. 53
For expert assistance in the enforcement of the statutes Expert relative to explosives and inflammable fluids and com- pounds, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ay'proved February 17, 1915.
[1816, 63.]
An Act to amend the charter op the fragment society. Chap. 70 Be it enacted, etc., as jollows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-three of the isie. 63 § i. acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixteen is hereby ^™^° amended by inserting after the word "indigent", in the eighth line, the word: — and, — and by striking out the word "five", in the twenty-third line, and inserting in place thereof the word : — ten, — so as to read as follows : — Sec- The Fragment tion 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of repre- incOTporated. sentatives in general court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that Mary Francis, Margaret C. Welch, and their associates, together with such others as may become subscribers to the same institution, in the manner here- inafter provided, be, and they are incorporated for the purpose of aiding and assisting indigent and sick persons in the town of Boston, by the name of The Fragment Society; and by that name shall be a corporation forever, with power to have a common seal, to make contracts relative to the objects of their institution, to sue and be sued, to establish by-laws and orders for the regulation of said society and the preservation and application of the fund thereof: pro- Provisos. vided the same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, to take, hold and possess any estate, real and personal, by subscription, gift, grant, pur- chase, devise, or otherwise; and the same to improve, lease, exchange or sell and convey for the sole benefit of said institution; provided the value of the real estate of the said society shall never exceed twenty thousand dollars, and the annual income of the whole estate of said society shall not exceed ten thousand dollars.
Section 2. Section three of said chapter sixty-three is isie, 63 § 3, hereby amended by striking out the words "second Monday amended. in October", in the second and third lines, and inserting in place thereof the words : — first Tuesday in December, — by striking out the words "first and second president", in the fourth line, and inserting in place thereof the words: —
54
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 70.
Date of annual meeting, etc.
Proviso.
1816, 63 § 4, amended.
Treasurer to be a woman.
1816, 63 5 7, amended.
president and vice president, — by striking out the word "nine", in the fifth line, and inserting in place thereof the word: — ten, — by striking out the word "twelve", in the sixth line, and inserting in place thereof the word: — four- teen, — by striking out the words " first or second presi- dent", in the thirteenth line, and inserting in place thereof the words : — president or vice president, — and by adding at the end of said section the words: — The members of the society may vote either in person or by proxy at any annual or special meeting, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3. Be it further enacted, that the said society shall meet in Boston on the first Tuesdav in December annuallv, for the purpose of electing by ballot from their members, a president and vice president, a treasurer, secretary, and a board of not less than ten, nor more than fourteen managers, all of which officers shall hold their said offices for one year, and until others shall be elected to succeed them; and the managers for the time being shall publish a notification of the time and place of each annual meeting in one or more of the Boston newspapers, at least seven days before the time of holding the same. Upon any urgent occasion, the presi- dent or vice president, or when requested in WTiting by fifteen members of said society, any five of the managers may appoint a special meeting of said society, to be notified in the same manner as the annual meetings. And at any regular meeting of the board of managers, they may remove any manager from office, and by ballot fill any vacancy so or otherwise made; provided two thirds of their whole num- ber shall concur. The members of the societr mav vote either in person or by proxy at any annual or special meeting.
Section 3. Section four of said chapter sixty-three is hereby amended by striking out the word "single", in the second line, and by inserting after the word "shall", in the third line, the words: — if required by the board of man- agers, — so as to read as follows: — Secfioji 4- Be it further enacted, that the treasurer of said society shall be a woman of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, and shall, if re- quired by the board of managers, give bond with sufficient surety or sureties to account annually, or oftener, if required by said society or the board of managers, for all money and ])roperty of said society, and in general to tlischarge the duties of said office with fidelity.
Section 4. Section seven of said chapter sixty-three is hereby amended by striking out the wortls "first or second
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 71. 55
president", in the fourth and fifth lines, and inserting in place thereof the words: — president or vice president, — so as to read as follows: — Section 7. Be it further enacted, orcJn^yance, that all instruments of conveyance or contract, which may signed""^ lawfully be made by said society, if approved by the board of managers, shall be signed by the president or vice presi- dent, and countersigned by the secretary; and if necessary, sealed with the common seal of said society; and when so executed, shall bind the said society and be valid in law. Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1915.
[1888, 374; 1889,228, 346; 1890, 69, 82, 85, 253; 1891, 380; 1892, 149; 1897, 172; 1900, 114,
115, 224; 1914, 372.]
An Act relative to the superintendent of public Chap. 71
WORKS OF THE CITY OF WOBURN.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. Section six of chapter three hundred and amended. ^ ^' seventy-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by striking out the word "in- structions", in the sixth line; by inserting after the word "regulations", in the same line, the words: — not in con- flict with sections sixteen and seventeen of chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and by inserting after the words "city council", in the sixth line, the words: — with the ap- proval of the mayor, — so as to read as follows: — Section Superintendent 6. The superintendent of public works shall be sworn to of the city of the faithful performance of his duties by the mayor, or by ^° "^"' the city clerk, or by a justice of the peace, and shall receive such compensation as the city council, with the approval of the mayor, shall determine, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations not in conflict with sections sixteen and seventeen of chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven as the city council, with the approval of the mayor, by its vote may impose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1915.
[1915, 171, Sped
56
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 72, 73.
[1894, 161; 1910, 542.]
Chap. 72 An Act to authorize the city of beverly to pay" perma- nent MEN IN ITS FIRE DEPARTMENT THREE DOLLARS A DAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs: Pay for SECTION 1. The citv of Beverlv is hereby authorized to
permanent men • -i n ^ "
in Beverly fire pay permanent men ni the nre department a wage of three dollars a day.
St°^ ^'"'''''^ Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ance by the board of aldermen of said city.
Approved February 17, 1915.
[Accepted February 23, 1915.] [1915, 141, Spec]
Salem rebuilding commission may take certain lands for streets, etc.
[1914, 777.]
Chap. 73 An Act to authorize the city of salem to take certain tide water lands for streets and for the preserva- tion OF THE public HEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. For the purpose of extending Derby street to Lafayette street in the city of Salem, the Salem rebuild- ing commission, established by chapter seven hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, may from time to time purchase or take so much of the South river or the lands and flats lying therein or in Bowker's dock, so-called, for a distance of not more than four hundred feet easterly of Lafayette street, as may be necessary or convenient for the extension aforesaid.
Section 2. The said commission shall file from time to time in the registry of deeds for the southern district of the county of Essex, and cause to be recorded therein, a de- scription of any lands or flats taken as aforesaid, sufficiently accurate for identification, with a statement signed by the said commission that the same are taken in the name and behalf of said city under the provisions of this act; and the act and time of the filing thereof shall be deemed to be the act and time of the taking of such lands or flats, and to be sufficient notice to all persons that the same have so been taken. The title to all lands and flats so taken shall vest absolutely in said city and its assigns forever.
Section 3. The city shall be liable for all damages to property sustained by any person by reason of the taking of
Description of lands taken to be filed.
City liable for all damages.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 74. 57
any lands or flats as aforesaid. The said commission shall Commission
» 11 11 1 • • 1 to have full
have full power to settle by agreement or arbitration the power to settle
nil 1 ' i> 111 damages, etc.
amount or such damages; and, it not so settled, the same may be assessed by a jury of the superior court for the county of Essex, upon a petition filed at any time within one year after the taking. The provisions of sections seventy-two, seventy-three and eighty-seven of chapter one hundred and seventy-three of the Revised Laws shall apply to any such proceeding; and the rights of persons having different, separate or contingent interests or estates in any parcel of lands or flats so taken shall be the same, in respect to the disposition of the damages agreed upon or awarded as aforesaid, as are provided by law in respect to damages for land taken for highways.
Section 4. The said commission may from time to improvement time fill with suitable material and otherwise improve any lands and flats acquired as aforesaid, or any portion thereof, and may lay out and extend Derby street to Lafayette street upon and over the same and across South river, and may sell and convey, or otherwise dispose of any portions of said lands and flats not required for public uses.
Section 5. All things done under the authority of this Acts subject to
,. 1 ,.1 , 1111 i»,/,i •• certain statutes.
act in and over tide water, shall be subject to the provisions of chapter ninety-six of the Revised Laws and all amend- ments thereof.
Section 6. This act shall take effect when accepted by JJ™e of taking the city council of said city.
Approved February 18, 1915,
[Accepted March 3, 1915.]
An Act to authorize the town of Greenfield to (JJiar) 74
APPROPRIATE money FOR PUBLIC BAND CONCERTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Greenfield is hereby authorized SSnfieidmay to appropriate a sum of money annually, not exceeding one ^o'^nev'f'or*^ thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the public band selectmen, for defraying the expense of public band con- certs.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 19, 1915.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 75, 76.
[1845,212; 1847,60,152; 1848,229; 1850,24,30; 1852,177; 1853,171; 1855,74,76,488; 1857, 2; 1859, 287; 1863, 149, 153, 163; 1868; 52, 228; 1869, 360; 1870, 316; 1871, 180; 1874, 324; 1875. 140; 1876, 36, 92; 1879, 162; 1883, 34; 1884, 57; 1886, 309; 1888, 104; 1889, 167; 1890, 342; 1891, 251; 1893, 430; 1896, 246, 266; 1898, 237; 1901, 155; 1902, 460; 1912,278,341; 1914, 141,271.]
Chap. 75 An Act relative to the city solicitor of the city of
NEW BEDFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
NewfiSord"^ SECTION 1. The mayoF of the city of New Bedford may how appointed, appoint annually in the month of January, or as soon there- after as may be practicable, a city solicitor who shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. The mayor may at any time remove the city solicitor without assigning any cause therefor.
Section 2. The city council of the city may fix the com- pensation and define the duties of the city solicitor.
Section 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed and all ordinances of the city
of New Bedford inconsistent herewith are hereby annulled.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 19, 1915.
Compensation, etc.
Repeal, etc.
(1911, 78.)
Chap. 76 An Act relative to town meetings in the town of
PEABODY.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Chapter seventy-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby amended by striking out section three and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. Whenever any question is brought before the town meeting involving the raising, paying or appropriating of money, the disposal of any property of the town or any interest therein or in any way creating a town debt or expenditure, the vote upon such question shall be taken by ballot, if, before the main question is put to vote, ten legal voters shall so request. But if an amendment to any report of the finance committee, other than an amend- ment offered by said, committee, is voted by the town meet- ing, the proposed amenflinent shall be voted uj^on by ballot without the request of ten legal voters. The ballot shall be prepared and voting booths used as in the Australian ballot svstem.
1911, 78. § 3, amended.
Vote to be taken by ballot on certain questions.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 77. 59
Section 2. This act shall take effect when accepted by Time of a majority of the voters of the town voting thereon by ^ '"^ ^ ^^ " ofRcial ballot at any regular town meeting or at any special meeting called for the purpose.
Approved February 19, 1915.
[Accepted March 8, 1915.]
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- Qf^Q^y 'j'j
PENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TAX COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the department of the tax commissioner and commissioner of corporations, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nine- teen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the salary of the tax commissioner and commissioner Commissioner, of corporations, five thousand dollars. saary.
For the salary of Charles A. Andrews, deputy commis- Deputy sioner, four thousand dollars.
For the salary of the second deputy commissioner, three second deputy
,1 1 1 II " commissioner.
thousand dollars.
For the salaries of four assistants, eleven thousand dol- Assistants. lars.
For the salaries of examiners, a sum not exceeding two Examiners. thousand dollars.
For the salarj^ of the first clerk, twenty-five hundred i^ii'^*^ ^lerk. dollars.
For the salary of the second clerk, eighteen hundred dol- Second eierk. lars.
For the salaries of the supervisors of assessors, seventy-five Supervisors of
I-,.... "" assessors.
hundred dollars.
For additional clerical assistance, a sum not exceeding clerical
a . • .1 1111 assistance.
lorty-nme thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent of ^xp°nslsTe*tc. rooms outside the state house, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars.
For travelling expenses of the commissioner and other Travelling officers and employees of the department, a sum not ex- ®''P''°^®^- ceeding four thousand dollars.
For valuation books for assessors of cities and towns, a valuation sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars. °° ^'
commissioner.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 78, 79.
Printing and binding.
For printing and binding the annual report of the table of aggregates, including lists of corporations for the use of assessors, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 22, 1915.
Chap. 78 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum
OF money to the widow of JOHN F. KENNEDY.
City of Boston may pay a sum of money to Anna Kennedy.
Time of taking effect.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to pay to Anna Kennedy, widow of John F. Kennedy, a sum of money equal to the amount of salary to which said John F. Kennedy would have been entitled as a schoolhouse com- missioner of said city had he lived to complete his term of service.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the city council of the city of Boston, with the approval of the mavor.
{The foregoing was laid before the governor on the sixteenth day of February, 1915, and after five days it had "the force of a law", as prescribed by the constitution, as it was not re- turned by him with his objections thereto within that time.)
Chap. 79 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay an
annuity to the widow of frank J. PENDERGAST.
City of Boston may pay an annuity to Helen M. Pendergast.
Time of taking effect.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to pay an annuity not exceeding five hundred dollars to Helen M. Pendergast, widow of Frank J. Pendergast, who was em- ployed by the city at the Freeport street bath houses and who died on the fourteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and fourteen, while in the discharge of his duties as such em- ployee. Said annuity shall cease in case the widow marries again.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ance by the city council of the city of Boston, with the approval of the mayor. Approved February 22, 1915.
[Accepted May 6, 1915.]
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 80, 81, 82. 61
An Act to authorize the city of boston to dispose of (Jjidj)^ gQ
A PART OF THE DORCHESTER SOUTH BURYING GROUND,
Be it enacted, etc., as jollows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to city of Boston sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of a pan of the that part of the Dorchester south burying ground on Dor- ^uTh burying Chester avenue in said city formerly used as a passageway srouad. from Washington street to said burying ground.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Time of taking by the city council of the city of Boston, with the approval of the mayor. Approved February 22, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay an Chap. 81
ANNUITY TO THE WIDOW OF JOHN LINNANE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to city of Boston pay an annuity of not more than three hundred dollars to ™f/uity^to° Maria E. Linnane, widow of John Linnane, so long as she i^nnaiS'. remains unmarried. The said John Linnane while in the discharge of his duties as a laborer in the public grounds de- partment of the city received injuries which resulted in his death.
Section 2. This act shall take eflFect upon its acceptance Time of taking by the city council of said city, and upon approval by the ^ mayor. Approved February 22, 1915.
(Accepted June 16, 1915.] [1885, 128.]
An Act to extend the existence of the improved (jfidj) g2 dwellings association in the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Improved Dwellings Association, in the charter city of Boston, shall be and remain a body corporate for the ^'^®°'^®'^- period of thirty years after the expiration of its present charter, subject to the provisions of all laws now or here- after in force relating to such corporations.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 22, 1915.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 83, 84, 85.
Chap. 83 An Act to authorize the city of lynn to pay a sum op
MONEY TO JOHN E. STEVENSON.
City of Lynn may pay a sum of money to John E. Stevenson.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Lynn, with the approval of the committee on claims of the municipal council, is hereby authorized to pay to John E. Stevenson of Lynn, who was injured by the fire apparatus of that city on the tenth day of November, nineteen hundred and fourteen, such sum of money, not exceeding five hundred dollars, as it may deem appropriate to compensate him for the injury so incurred.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 22, 1915.
Chap. 84 An Act to authorize the towtst of needham to pay a
SUM OF money to CLYDE E. COOKSON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Needham is hereby authorized to pay a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars to Clyde E. Cookson, a member of the fire department of that town, on account of serious injuries sustained by him while in the discharge of his duties as fireman.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 22, 1915.
Town of Needham may pay a sum of money to Clyde E. Cookson.
[1854, 338; 1856, 189; 1861, 118; 1863, 72; 1864, 104; 1867, 269; 1870, 155; 1871, 361; 1872,
31; 1873, 196; 1874,86; 1875,97; 1876,64,66,232; 1877,81; 1878,64; 1880. 56; 1881,
268; 1882,117; 1884,145; 1889,61; 1891,151; 1892,81; 1895, 384, 455, 488, § 22; 1896, 202; 1899,380; 1900,365; 1902,351; 1911.750; 1912,281; 1913,315; 1914.47.]
Chap. 85 An Act to authorize the city of Worcester to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING ITS WATER SUPPLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
wo^'ceJter may SECTION 1. The city of Worcestcr is hereby authorized borrow money ^^y borrow, from tiuic to time, such sums of monev as it mav
to mcrease its ' ' • ^ '
water supply, dccm ncccssary, to the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, in excess of the amount heretofore au- thorized, for the purpose of defraying the cost and ex'i:)enses incident to carrying out the purposes authorized by chapter three hundred and fifty-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two, including the i)ayniont for lands, water and water rights taken or purchased, and to issue therefor notes
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 86. 63
or bonds. Such notes or bonds shall be denominated on the Worcester face thereof, Worcester Water Loan, Act of 1915; shall be Act^of mT" payable by such annual payments, begmning not more than one year after the respective dates thereof, as will extinguish each loan within thirty years from its date; and the amount of such annual payment of any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of said loan payable in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. Said bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the city and countersigned by the mayor. The city may sell the said securities at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but they shall not be sold for less than their par value. The proceeds of any such sale shall be used only for the purposes herein specified.
Section 2. The said city shall, at the time of authorizing Payment the said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ° accordance with section one of this act; and when a vote to that eifect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works and the interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the city, and to make such payments on the principal as may be re- quired under the provisions of this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of the city annually there- after, in the same manner in which other taxes are assessed, until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ai^yrozed February 23, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum (jjyjip gg
OF MONEY TO CHARLES W. MILLER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city council of the city of Boston, with city of Boston the approval of the mayor, is hereby authorized to pay to ™m of money Charles W. Miller, a sum not exceeding twenty-one hundred Miiw^'^^'^ ^^' sixteen dollars and fifty cents, as indemnity for expenses incurred by him for legal and stenographic services in his defence of the case of the Commonwealth versus Charles W. Miller, which case was brought against him for acts done in
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 87, 88.
the performance of his duty as a police officer; and said payment may be charged to the appropriation for the police department of the city of Boston. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 23, 1915.
[1893, 478, 481; 1894, 548; 1895, 440; 1896, 492; 1897. 347, 500; 1899, 375; 1902, 114, 534; 1903, 190; 1904, 167; 1905, 187, 460, 466; 1906, 213. 520; 1907, 258, 573; 1909, 455; 1911, 741; 1913, 775, 810; 1914, 636, 644.]
Chap. 87 An Act to authorize the boston transit commission
TO PAY the cost OF CERTAIN ALTERATIONS IN THE TRE- MONT STREET SUBWAY OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN BONDS.
Boston transit commission may pay the cost of certain alterations in the Tremont street subway, etc.
Time of taking effect.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Boston transit commission is hereby authorized to pay the cost of the changes in the outlet of the ventilating chamber in the Tremont street subway, formerly under the sidewalk on Tremont street opposite the Wilbur theatre, to an amount not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars out of the funds received from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five, the amount so paid to be charged to the cost of the Tremont street subway.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the Boston Elevated Railway Company.
Approved February 23, 1915.
[Accepted March 29, 1915.] [1915, 130, 270. Spec]
Chap. 88 An Act to authorize the city of brockton to pay a
pension to JAMES KEOUGH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
vSection 1. The city of Brockton is hereby authorized to pay to James Keough, who was an employee of the city for thirty-three years and retired from the service of the city on account of physical incapacity in the year nineteen hun- dred and eleven, the same annual j^ension to which he would be entitled if the city of Brockton had accepted the pro- visions of chapter five hundred and tliree of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, relative to pensioning laborers in the emjiloy of cities and to^^^ls, while said Keough was in the employment of the city.
City of Brockton may pay a pension to James Keough.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 89. 65
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Time of taking by the city council of the city of Brockton, with the ap- ®^^''*" proval of the mayor. Approved February 23, 1915.
[Accepted March 22, 1915.1
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- r^;,^^ on
PENSES IN the department OF THE STATE BOARD OF ^'
AGRICULTURE AND FOR SUNDRY OTHER AGRICULTURAL EXPENSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth agriculture. °^ from the ordinary revenue, for the state board of agriculture, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the secretary, twenty-five hundred dol- secretary. lars.
For the salary of the first clerk, eighteen hundred dollars. First clerk.
For the salary of the second clerk, fourteen hundred dollars. Second clerk.
For additional clerical assistance and for lectures before clerical the board at its annual and other meetings, a sum not ex- assistance, etc. ceeding sixteen hundred dollars.
For travelling and other necessary expenses of the secre- Travelling tary, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. IeCTeta?y.
For travelling and other necessary expenses of the mem- Travelling bers, a sum not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars. mem'tes.
For incidental and contingent expenses, including print- contingent ing and furnishing extracts from trespass laws, a sum not expenses, etc. exceeding two thousand dollars.
For printing and binding the annual report, a sum not Annual report, exceeding six thousand dollars.
For compensation and expenses of the state nursery in- state nursery spectors, including expenses in connection with the im- ^°^p^''*^°''^- portation of nursery stock from any other state, province or country, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
For compensation and expenses of the inspector of apiaries, inspector of a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. apiaries.
For compensation and expenses of the state ornithologist, state a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars. °'^"' ° °^^ '
For disseminating useful information in agriculture by Disseminating means of lectures at farmers' institutes, a sum not exceeding Tnfo^mation. six thousand dollars.
66
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 90.
Executive officer.
General agent. Assistants, etc.
Encouragement of orcharding.
Bounties to
agricultural societies.
Encourage- ment, etc., of poultry breeding.
Dairying, etc.
Agriculture, etc.
Special exhibitions.
For the salary of the executive officer of the dairy bureau, five hundred dollars.
For the salary of a general agent, eighteen hundred dol- lars.
For assistants, experts, chemists, agents and other necessary expenses, including printing the annual report, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars.
For encouragement of orcharding, the sum of five hun- dred dollars.
For bounties to agricultural societies, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
For bounties to encourage and improve the breeding of poultry, the sum of two thousand dollars.
For the encouragement of dairying and the protection of milk and dairy products of superior ciuality, a sum not ex- ceeding five thousand dollars.
For the encouragement of agriculture among children and youths, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For the encouragement of agriculture by the holding of special exhibitions, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol- lars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
AyiJroved February 23, 1915.
Appropriations maintenance of independent industrial schools, etc.
Chap. 90 An Act ]vl\king appropriations for the maintenance of
INDEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER SLMILAR SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for meeting the commonwealth's proportion of the cost of maintaining certain agricultural, independent industrial, household arts, practical arts and continuation schools for the period previous to the first dav of December in the vear nineteen hundred and fourteen, to wit : —
For the cost of maintaining non-agricultural schools in certain cities and towns, as approved by the board of edu- cation under authority of chapter four hundred and seventy- one of the acts of the year nineteen hinidred and eleven, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-nine thousand nine hundred eleven dollars and eighty-eight cents.
For the maint(Miance of agricultural schools and depart- ments in certain cities and towns, as aj)})rovcd by the board
Maintenance of non-agricul tural schools.
Agricultural schools, etc.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 91. 67
of education under authority of chapter four hundred and seventy-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven and chapters five hundred and sixty-six and five hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thou- sand five hundred eighty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents.
For the maintenance of practical arts classes in certain Practical arts cities and to^vns, as approved by the board of education ''^''^''^• under authority of chapter one hundred and six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, a sum not exceed- ing nineteen thousand one hundred seventy-six dollars and seven cents.
For the maintenance of a continuation school in the city Continuation of Boston, as approved by the board of education under Boston!'' authority of chapter eight hundred and five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, a sum not exceeding fifty-eight hundred eight dollars and sixty-eight cents.
For the tuition of non-resident pupils in non-agricultural Jertahrp°upiis, schools maintained in certain cities and towiis, as approved »" '}°'^- , by the board of education under authority of chapter four schools. hundred and seventy-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thou- sand twelve dollars and seventy-one cents.
For the tuition of non-resident pupils in agricultural JertahTp^upiis schools and departments maintained in certain cities and sciSi".''"^"^^ towns, as approved by the board of education under au- thority of chapter four hundred and seventy-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven and chapter five hundred and sixty-six of the acts of the year nineteen hun- dred and twelve, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred fourteen dollars and fifty-three cents.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Afiwoved February 23, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of boston to take Chap. 91
CERTAIN LAND OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THE WIDEN- ING OF HARVARD STREET.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of street commissioners of the city of Boston city of Boston is hereby authorized to take in fee, on such ^rt^ainiLdof terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by said board weliTiTtS'"'' and the state board of insanity, so much land of the com- ^ree" ^^'^^^'^'^
68 Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 92, 93, 94.
monwealth in the Dorchester and West Roxbury districts of said city as may be necessary for the widening of Harvard street. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajyproved February 23, 1915.
Chap. 92 An Act relative to the veterinary surgeon of the
FIRE department OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Say apSint"" ^hc firc commissioneF of the city of Boston may appoint Daniei^p. Daniel P. Keough, the veterinary surgeon of the Boston fire
veterinary department, a regular permanent member without re- surgeon, ec. q^^jj-jj^g \y[jy^ ^o qualify under the civil service laws; but his appointment or service heretofore or hereafter, shall not entitle him to a pension. Apyroved February 23, 1915.
Chap. 93 An Act to authorize the town of hull to pay a sum
OF money to EUGENE MITCHELL, JUNIOR, AND WILLIAM B. G. MITCHELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
may"pay^"um SECTION 1. The towii of Hull is hereby authorized to gjnoneyto rcimbursc Eugene Mitchell, Junior, and William B. G. Mitchell, Jr., Mitchell in the sum of seven hundred seventy-nine dollars b! g. Mitchell, and thirty-eight cents, being the amount of a judgment recovered against them together with counsel fees and dis- bursements for the false arrest of Charles A. Eldredge in the discharge of their official duties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. {The foregoing was laid before the governor on the seventeenth day of February, 1915, and after five days it had "the force of a law", as -pr escribed by the constitution, as it was not re- turned by him with his objections thereto witMn that time.)
[1896, 516; 1897, 388; 1898, 248.]
Chap. 94 An Act to revoke the authority of the city of boston
TO issue certain bonds.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Authority of SECTION 1. The aiithoritv of the citv of Boston to issue
city of Boston >^i>v>* ^ .^_ . ijj
to issue certnin farther bouds uiKUT tlic provisious 01 chapter two hundrca
, evo c . ^^^^^^ forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundrod and
niiudy -eight is hereby revoked, that part of Atlantic avenue
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 95, 96. 69
in the said city between Kneeland street and Dorchester avenue, having been discontinued by an order of the board of street commissioners on tlie seventh day of December in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayproved February 24, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of everett to pay a (Jhav. 95
PENSION TO JAMES T. FARMER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city council of the city of Everett, with city of Everett the approval of the mayor, is hereby authorized to pay to peMion^to James T. Farmer an annual sum equal to one half of the F^mer^' annual compensation which he was receiving from the said city as a schoolhouse custodian at the time of his retire- ment; said payment by the city to date from the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 24, 1915.
[1848,32; 1849,16,210; 1850,191; 1855,313; 1856,272; 1857,95; 1860,96; 1862,35; 1864, 61; 1865,196; 1866,199; 1868,195; 1871,1; 1873,183; 1877,193; 1883,26; 1887,236. 306; 1888, 360; 1893, 444; 1894, 430, 475; 1902, 128, 274; 1903, 180; 1906, 462; 1910, 140, 178, 203, 239, 250, 252, 267; 1914, 64, 223, 312, 461.]
An Act relative to the term of office of the city (jji^rf 96 treasurer and collector of taxes of the city of worcester.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-four of the i9i4, 64, § i, acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby ^™''° amended by striking out the words "by ballot", in the fourth and fifth lines, so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . c^ty treasurer The city council of the city of Worcester shall, in the month of taxes of of January next following the passage of this act, and in election, term, every third year thereafter, by concurrent vote, the board ^^^' of aldermen acting first, elect a city treasurer and collector of taxes, to hold office for three years from the date of his election, and until the election and qualification of his successor, unless sooner removed in accordance with law.
Section 2. The said act is hereby further amended by Powers and the addition of the following section : — Section 4- The city treasurer and collector of taxes elected as hereinbefore provided shall have all the powers and perform all the
70
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 97, 98.
Previous acta ratified.
duties prescribed by the city charter and the ordinances of the city of Worcester, and by all i)rovisions of law, so far as they may apply, relative to city and town treasurers and collectors of taxes for cities and towns.
Section 3. All acts done by the city treasurer and collector of taxes for, and in behalf of, the citj^ of Worcester since the fourth day of January, nineteen hundred and fifteen, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
A-p proved February 24, 1915.
[1015, 97, Spec]
City auditor of Worcester, election, term, etc.
[1915, 96, Spec.]
Chap. 97 An Act relative to the term of office of the city
AUDITOR OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city council of the city of Worcester shall, in the month of January next following the passage of this act, and in the month of January of every third year thereafter, by concurrent vote, the board of aldermen acting first, elect by viva voce vote a cit}^ auditor to hold office for the term of three years from the date of his election and until his successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner re- moved according to law.
Section 2. When a vacancy occurs in the office of auditor it shall be filled forthwith by election in the manner above provided, and the person so elected shall hold office for the unexpired term for which his predecessor was elected.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the city council of the city of Worcester.
Approved February 24, 1915.
(Accepted May 5, 1915.]
Vacancy, how filled.
Time of taking effect.
Chap. 98 An Act making appropriations for the compens.a.tion
AND expenses OF THE MINIMUM WAGE COMMISSION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are apj^ro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the compensation and ex- penses of the minimum wage commission, during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
Appropria- tions, min- imum wage commission.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 99, 100. 71
For the salaries and expenses of the commissioners, a sum Commis- not exceeding two thousand dollars. sioners, sa anes.
For the salary of the secretary, two thousand dollars. Secretary. For necessary clerical assistance, a sum not exceeding Clerical
, . 1 1 1 1 11 assistance.
thirty-two hundred dollars.
For the salaries of agents and investigators, a sum not Agents and
,. p J. 1 1 11 investigators.
exceeding tour thousand dollars.
For the compensation and expenses of wage boards, a wage boards,
, ,. . , n 1 11111 compensation.
sum not exceeding twenty-nve hundred dollars.
For office rent, the sum of sixteen hundred dollars. office rent.
For travelling and contingent expenses, including printing Travelling and binding the annual report, a sum not exceeding twenty- six hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ayyroved February 24, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for expenses in con- (Jfidr), 99
NECTION with THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE EM- PLOYEES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth re'th-ement from the ordinary revenue, for expenses in connection with empWeelof the retirement system for certain employees of the common- health™"""'*" wealth, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the necessary expenses of administration, including Administration
1 • 1 • nn 1' 1 ■ expenses.
clerical services, omce supphes, and expenses, a sum not ex- ceeding nine thousand dollars.
To provide for the necessary annuity funds and pensions Annuity funds
p 1 x'i£j.ixx • a. and pensions.
tor employees retired trom the state service, a sum not ex- ceeding thirty-one thousand dollars. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajjproved February 24, 1915.
[1855, 47; 1912, 526.]
An Act to extend the provisions of the civil service (JJidj) IQO
act to the chief of the fire DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The provisions of chapter nineteen of the r. l. 19. etc., Revised Laws, entitled "Of the Civil Service", and all acts ^'^'''^'^-
72
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 101.
Civil service rules to apply to chief of the Watertown fire departmeut.
Repeal.
Act to be submitted to the voters, etc.
In amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and the civil service rules made thereunder and all acts now or hereafter in force relating to the appointment and the removal of members of the fire department of the town of WatertowTi shall apply to the chief of said fire department.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here- with are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the town of Watertown at the next municipal election, and if accepted by the majority of the voters voting thereon shall take effect upon such acceptance; otherwise it shall not take effect. Ayiwoved February 24, 1915.
[Accepted March 1, 1915]
Stoneham Water Loan, Act of 1915.
[1872, 335; 1877, 136; 1883, 85, 139; 1894, 187; 1S96, 212; 1897, 436, 473; 1901, 81; 1907,
522, 559; 1911, 335; 1912, 19S, 199.]
Chap. 101 An Act to authorize the town of stoneham to incur
INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING ITS WATER SUPPLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
stOTehamma SECTION 1. For the purposcs mentioned m chapter borrow money two huudrcd and twclvc of the acts of the year eighteen
to increase its , , , i • x • xi j. e Ox 1. • U U
water supply, hundred and ninety-six, the town or btonefiam is hereby authorized to borrow, from time to time, such sums of money as it may deem necessary, to an amount not ex- ceeding thirty thousand dollars, and to issue therefor bonds or notes. Such bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, Stoneham Water Loan, Act of 1915; shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after the respective dates thereof, as will ex- tinguish each loan within thirty years from its date; and the amount of such annual payment of any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of said loan payable in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. Said bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the to^vn and countersigned by the selectmen. The to^vn may sell the said securities at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but they shall not be sold for less than their par value. The proceeds of any such sale, except premiums, shall be used only for the purpo-ses herein speci- fied.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 102. 73
Section 2. The said town shall, at the time of author- ^/^j^^^"* izing the said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance with section one of this act; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works and the interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the town, and to make such payments on the principal as may be re- quired under the provisions of this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of the town annually thereafter, in the same manner in which other taxes are assessed, until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1915.
[1867,208; 1870,160; 1872,238; 1878,57; 1885,336; 1887,126; 1890,220; 1891,417; 1892, 225, 278; 1893, 309, 433; 1895, 331; 1902, 415; 1907, 171; 1909, 150.]
An Act to authorize the city of melrose to incur (7/ia».102
INDEBTEDNESS FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The city of Melrose for the purpose of ex- city of Meirose tending and improving its system of water works is hereby Soney°to°^'' authorized to borrow, outside its statutory limit of indebted- 'v^te°Iuppiy. ness, a sum or sums not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars and to issue therefor, from time to time, bonds or notes in addition to the amount heretofore authorized. Such bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, Melrose Water Loan, Act of 1915; shall be signed by the MeiroscWator treasurer and countersigned by the mayor of the city; shall [^15°"^''*°^ bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum ; and shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after the date of each issue, as will extinguish each loan within thirty years from its date, and the amount of such annual payment of any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of said loan payable in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. The city may sell such securities at public or private sale or pledge the same for money borrowed for the purposes of this act, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper: provided, Proviso. that they shall not be sold for less than their par value, and
74
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 103.
Payment of loan.
the proceeds shall be used only for the purposes herein specified.
Section 2. The said city shall at the time of author- izing said loan or loans provide for the payment thereof in accordance with section one of this act; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expenses of operating the water works and the interest as it accrues on the bonds and notes issued as aforesaid, and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under the provisions of this act shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of the city annuall}^ thereafter in the manner in which other taxes are assessed, until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1915.
1913, 661, § 2, etc., amended.
[1910, 604; 1911. 639; 1913, 661, 839; 1914, 772.]
(7/iap.l03 An Act to authorize tfie town of blackstone to take
ADDITIONAL LAND FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two of chapter six hundred and sixtv-one of the acts of the vear nineteen hundred and thirteen, as affected by chapter seven hundred and eighty- four of the same year, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "to\^^l", in the fifth line, the words: — and Shoddy Mill pond, so-called, with land bordering thereon or adjacent thereto, known as the lowest privilege in the town of Uxbridge, or may take a ground water supply by means of wells, filter galleries, or other works from the land border- ing on or adjacent to said Shoddy ]Mill pond, — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. The said town may obtain its water supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells, or may take, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold the water of any pond, stream or spring, or artesian or driven well, within the limits of the towii, and Shoddy INIill pond, so-called, with land bordering thereon or adjacent thereto, known as the lowest privilege in the town of Uxbridge, or may take a ground water supply by means of wells, filter galleries, or other works from the land bordering on or adjacent to said Shoddy Mill pond, and the water rights connected with any such water sources, and also all lands, rights of way and easements necessary for holding and
Town of Blackstone may take additional land for water supply purposes.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 104. 75
preserving the water and for conveying the same to any part of the town: lyroiided, that no source of water supply Proviso, for domestic purposes and no lands necessary for preserving the equality of such water shall be taken without first obtain- ing the advice and approval of the state board of health. Said town mav also erect on the land taken or held as Erection of
„ .. *■. I'll* • 1 ^ • dams and other
aioresaid, proper dams, buiidmgs, reservoirs, standpipes, structures. tanks and other structures, and may make excavations, pro- cure and operate machinery, and provide such other means and appliances as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of complete and effective water works; and may construct and lay conduits, pipes and other works under or on any lands, water courses, railroads, railways or public or private ways, and along any such ways, in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and for all proper purposes of this act the towai may dig up any lands or ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel. The town shall not enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within the location of any railroad corporation except at such times and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corporation or in case of a failure so to agree, as may be approved by the public service com- mission.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the auditing of QJiav 104
MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS AND THE TAKING OF A SUMMER CENSUS BY THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand ^oraudfting dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of audit- "^ municipal ing municipal accounts, the same to be met by assessments upon the municipalities for which the work is done. A sum not exceeding one thousand dollars is hereby appro- special census. priated to pay the expenses of taking a special census in towns having an increased resident population during the summer months, the same to be met by assessments upon the towns for which the work is done.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
76 Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 105.
(1871, 95; 1872, 178; 1873, 322; 1883, 72; 1885, 140; 1889, 52; 1893, 90; 1895, 342; 1898, 482; 1901, 271, 276; 1906, 317, § 10; 1910, 486, § 2, 568; 1911, 472.]
Chap. 105 An Act to authorize the town of westfield to make
AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
KtfieWmay SECTION 1. The town of Westficld, for the purposes make an mentioned in chapter three hundred and fortv-two of the
additional p ^ -i iii i • " n
water loan. acts of the year eighteen hundred and nmety-nve, may borrow money from time to time, and issue therefor ne- gotiable bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized by law to be issued by it for the same purposes.
wertfieid Water SECTION 2. Bouds or notcs issued under authority of
1915"' ^'^^ °^ *^^^ ^^* ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ their face the words, Towti of West- field Water Loan, Act of 1915; shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after the date thereof, as will extinguish each loan within thirty years from its date; and the amount of the annual paj'ment of any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of said loan payable in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. Said bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually; and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and countersigned by a majority of the water commissioners. The town may sell the said securities at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but they shall not be sold for less than their par value, and the proceeds shall be used only for the purpose herein specified.
?noan°* Section 3. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accord- ance with section two of this act; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income de- rived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works, and the interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the town, and to make such payments on the principal as may be re- quired under the provisions of this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of the town annually thereafter, in the same manner in which other taxes are
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 106, 107. 77
assessed, until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is ex- tinguished. Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
Chap. lOQ
[1893, 233, 278; 1894, 495; 1895, 47; 1896, 340; 1897, 108; 1899, 89; 1901, 165, 204; 1902,
480; 1910, 386.]
An Act relative to the regulation of sewer assess- ments IN THE CITY OF NEWTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The mayor and aldermen of the city of g^tCT^lsi^ss-^ Newton are hereby authorized to amend, repeal or rescind mentsin the
citv oi Wcwton.
any or all existing orders or ordinances of the city of Newton which establish a method of sewer assessment and by which any assessments for sewers have been made, and the city is further authorized to adopt and establish by ordinance or by order, any method of sewer assessment now authorized by law and to make, by its board of aldermen, with the approval of the mayor, assessments and reassessments thereunder: provided, that no change shall be made in Proviso, assessments already levied at the time of the passage of this act.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of salem to construct a (7/j^r) 107
NEW bridge over THE SOUTH RIVER IN SALEM AND TO DISCONTINUE THE UNION STREET BRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Salem is hereby authorized and cityofsaiem directed within two years after this act takes effect, subject "newTridg'f to the provisions of this act and of chapter ninety-six of the ri^er, etc! Revised Laws, of all amendments thereof, and of all other general laws which may be applicable, to discontinue that part of Union street, a public highway in the said city which extends over the South river; to remove the existing bridge at said Union street; and to lay out and construct a new highway over the tide water known as South river.
Section 2. The bridge shall be constructed with a draw Bridge to have and shall be of such width, grade, material and construction, *^'''''^- and shall be constructed at such place and between such
78
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 107,
Necessary approaches,
etc.
Taking
of property.
Payment of damages.
City to pay cost, etc.
points as the Salem rebuilding commission, with the approval of the harbor and land commissioners, shall determine.
Section 3. The Salem rebuilding commission shall con- struct all necessary approaches to the said bridge on each end thereof; shall cause shoals to be dredged or otherwise removed, so as to afford vessels passing to or through the draw of said bridge a depth of water equal at least to that now afforded; and shall take or purchase such lands for the approaches to said bridge as it shall deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act, and shall cause all lands so acquired to be properly filled and graded.
Section 4. The Salem rebuilding commission, for the purpose of laying out and constructing said bridge and approaches, is hereby authorized to take the property of any person, firm or corporation, and shall, within ninety days after the taking of any such property, file in the registry of deeds for the southern district of the county of Essex a description thereof sufficiently accurate for identification, with an appraisal of the damages, if any, awarded by them to the owner of such property. Any person aggrieved by the award may, within one year after the filing of the description aforesaid, apply for a jury in the superior court to appraise said damages in the manner provided by law in the case of land taken for highways.
Section 5. The Salem rebuilding commission, in the removal of the Union street bridge or abandonment of so much of the streets and ways as may be made necessary by such removal, shall proceed under the same laws, so far as they are applicable, which govern the laying out of high- ways in said city. The city of Salem shall pay only such damages to property as it would be obliged by law to pay for highway damages on account of the abandonment of so much of the streets and ways as may be made necessary by such removal of the Union street bridge and such damages shall be recovered in the manner provided by law for high- way damages in said city.
Section 6. The cost and expense incurred in the laying out and construction of the said bridge and the removal of the I^nion street bridge shall be paid by the city of Salem, and the said city is herebv authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars and from time to time to issue its notes or bonds therefor; and the same shall not be reckoned in determining the statutory limit of in- debtedness of the city. Such notes or bonds shall bear on
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 107. 79
their face the words, Congress Street Brids-e Loan, Act of Congress street
^„_,,, , 1111 1 !•• Bridge Loan,
1915; shall he payable by such annual payments, begnuung Actof lois.
not more than one year after their respective dates as will
extinguish eacli loan within thirty 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 bonds
or notes shall constitute a separate loan. Said bonds or
notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one
half per cent per annum payable semi-annually. The city
may sell the said securities at public or private sale upon
such terms and conditions as it may deem proper; but
they shall not be sold for less than their par value, and the
proceeds, except premiums, shall be used only for the purposes
herein specified. No money shall be expended or any con- Plan, etc., to
tract made or entered into or indebtedness incurred for the harborTnl'^ ^
purposes aforesaid until the plan and specifications for the ''^"^ com-
missioners.
bridge and its approaches have been approved by the harbor
and land commissioners. All proposed contracts for the Contracts, etc.,
construction of the new bridge or the removal of the Union by commb^on.
street bridge shall be approved by the Salem rebuilding
commission.
Section 7. In case any street railway is granted a Certain street location upon said bridge it shall pay into the treasury of porUorof" ^^^ the city of Salem, as its part of the expense of the construction '^°^^^' ®*''" of said bridge, a sum amounting to fifteen per cent of the total expense incurred by the said construction and any sum received on this account shall be used only for the purposes specified in this act or for the payment of indebted- ness incurred for said purposes: provided, hoivever, that no Proviso, such location shall be granted upon said bridge except upon the condition that the said company shall enter into an agreement with the said city to keep that part of the roadway on said bridge lying between the tracks of the company and eighteen inches outside thereof on both sides of said tracks in reasonable repair and safe for public travel.
Section 8. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Time of taking by the Salem rebuilding commission; and for the purpose of being submitted to the said commission this act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 2, 1915.
[Accepted March 10, 1915.]
80
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 108, 109, 110.
[1902, 526.]
Chap. 108 An Act relative to the cost of the disposal of surface
DRAINAGE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five hundred and twenty-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two is hereby amended by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 1. The expense of the construction and maintenance of sewers in the city of Boston designed for the disposal of surface drainage solely, except the ex- penses incurred in the improvement of brook courses or streams for sewerage works purposes, shall be borne wholly by said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
1902, 526, § 1, amended.
Cost of disposal of surface drainage in city of Boston.
C/iap. 109 An Act to authorize the city of taunton to pay a
SUM OF money to DANIEL J. SULLIVAN.
City of Taunton may pay a sum of money to Daniel J. Sullivan.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Taunton, acting through the mayor and municipal council, is hereby authorized to pay to Daniel J. Sullivan, formerly employed in the street depart- ment of the city, who is becoming totally blind as a result of an injury received in the discharge of his duty, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars in one payment or in equal monthly instalments.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
Chap. 110 An Act to authorize the city of taunton to pay a sum
OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF PATRICK KENNEALLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Taunton, acting by its mayor and municipal council, is hereby authorized to pay to Annie Kcnneally, widow of Patrick Kenneally, who, while walking on the sidewalk in said city, was run into and instantly killed by a fire truck of the city, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars in one payment or in equal monthly instalments.
Section 2. This act shall take oflect u]^on its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
City of Taunton may pay a sum of money to Annie Kenneally.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. Ill, 112, 113. 81
An Act making appropriations for certain expenses Chap. Ill
OF THE trustees OF HOSPITALS FOR CONSUMPTIVES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth ofhospitLy^ from the ordinary revenue, for the expenses of the trustees ["ve's"''^^™^" of hospitals for consumptives, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : — •
For the salary of the secretary and clerks, a sum not ex- secretary and
T n J^^ ' i*j_ • 111 ipj. • J. clerks, salaries.
ceedmg nve thousand sixty-nme dollars and lorty-nine cents.
For travelling and other necessary expenses of the trustees, Expenses to include printing and binding of their annual report, a ° "^^^ ®^' sum not exceeding forty-seven hundred dollars.
For the salary of an agent to inspect hospitals in cities and ^^*'°*' ®''^^^" towns, fourteen hundred dollars.
For the salary of a trained social worker to look up dis- sodl° worker. charged patients, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum Chay. 112
OF MONEY TO JOHN CORRIGAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to City of Boston pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars to John Cor- S^money to^^°^ rigan, an employee of the public works department, on Jo^^ Corngan. account of serious injuries sustained by him in the month of October, nineteen hundred and thirteen, while in the dis- charge of his duty as such employee.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Time ot taking by the city council of the city of Boston, with the approval of ^ ^'^ ' the mayor. Ayyroved March 2, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum Chav. 11^
OF money to PATRICK SHEEHAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to city of Boston pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, to Patrick S^moTey to^" Sheehan, an employee of the park and recreation department, sheehan. on account of serious injuries sustained by him in the month
82
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 114, 115.
of March, nineteen hundred and twelve, while in the discharge of his duty as such employee. IbZV^ *^^'°^ Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the city council of the city of Boston, with the approval of the mayor. Apprnved March 2, 1915.
Chap. 114: An Act making appropriations for the compensation
AND EXPENSES OF THE BOARDS OF PAROLE AND ADVISORY BOARD OF PARDONS.
Appropria- tions, boards of parole, etc.
Members.
Chairman and deputy commissioner.
Clerical assistance.
Travelling expenses, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the compensation and ex- penses of the boards of parole and the advisory board of pardons of the commonwealth, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the per diem compensation of the members of the boards of parole and advisory board of pardons, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.
For the compensation of the chairman and deputy com- missioner, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For travelling and contingent expenses of said boards and their officers, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1015.
Chap. 115 An Act to authorize the town of leominster to appro- priate money for the celebration of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of its in- corporation.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Leominster may, at any town meeting held during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, appropriate money for the celebration of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of its incor])oration, and may raise by taxation such amount of money as may be authorized by a two thirds vote at such meeting.
Section 2. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage.
Approved March 2, 1915.
Town of
Leominster
may
appropriate
monoy for
celebration,
etc.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 116, 117, 118. 83
[1896, 536; 1899, 347; 1900, 473.]
An Act to extend the civil service law and rules to Qh„^ i ig
EMPLOYEES AT THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION OF THE PENAL INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All appointments to positions at the house of fJi^^'lxtJnXd correction of the penal institutions departments of the city to employees
QX flOUSG 01
of Boston shall hereafter be made in accordance with the correction of civil service law and rules of the commonwealth. No person now employed in said department shall be required to take a civil service examination in order to retain his present position.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of JJ™^ °^ t^'^s January, nineteen hundred and sixteen.
Approved March 3, 1915.
An Act making appropriations for the expenses of Qhnj) WJ
THE MASSACHUSETTS NAUTICAL SCHOOL. .
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth M°^kchusetts from the ordinary revenue, for expenses of the Massachusetts ^'^'^^^^^^ school. nautical school, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: —
For the current expenses of the school, a sum not exceed- Current ing sixty-two thousand dollars. expenses.
For expenses of the commissioners, the salary of the commission- secretary, clerical services, printing, stationery, contingent ^[^•^^'"'^'^^y' expenses and printing and binding the annual report, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 4, 1915.
An Act making an appropriation for the publication (^/j^r? 118
OF A RECORD OF MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby Publication of appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the common- jlS^achusetts wealth from the ordinary revenue, for expenses in con- l^'^j^'^e^c*^
84
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 119, 120.
nection with the pubhcation of a record of Massachusetts troops and officers, sailors and marines in the war of the rebellion, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 4, 1015.
[1854,257; 1869,245; 1881,78; 1885,269; 1890,275; 1902,393; 1913,299.]
Chav.W^ An Act to authorize the board of overseers of the
POOR OF THE CITY OF FALL RIVER TO MAINTAIN DIS- PENSARIES FOR OUTDOOR RELIEF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of overseers of the poor of the city of Fall River may establish and maintain one or more dispensaries or places for outdoor relief of the needy, not- withstanding the provisions of chapter two hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, in the same manner and with like effect as before the passage of said act.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here- with are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 4, 1915.
Board of overseers of the poor of the city of Fall River may maintain dispensaries, etc.
Repeal.
C/iap. 120 An Act to authorize the city of revere to funtd a
certain portion of its indebtedness.
City of Revere may fund a portion of its indebtedness.
City of Revere Funding Loan, Act of 1915.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Revere, by vote of two thirds of the members of the city council, taken by yeas and nays, with the approval of the mayor, is authorized to incur in- debtedness to an amount not exceeding seventy-five thou- sand dollars, outside the limit of indebtedness fixed by law and to issue notes or bonds therefor bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, the same to be denominated on their face. City of Revere Funding Loan, Act of 1915. The proceeds shall be applied exclusively to the cancellation and extinction of certain indebtedness represented by notes issued in anticipation of taxes and certain obligations of the town of Revere issued or outstanding prior to January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 121. 85
Section 2. The indebtedness incurred under this act ^^f^^^^* shall be paid in such annual payments, beginning not more than one year after its date, as will extinguish the loan within ten years after the date of the issue of the first note or bond issued in accordance herewith, and in such manner that the amount of principal payable in any year shall not be less than the amount of principal payable in any subse- quent year. After a vote has been passed in accordance with the provisions of section one, the annual amount required shall, without further vote, be assessed under the provisions of section thirty-seven of Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, until the debt is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 19 IS.
An Act making appropriations for the expenses of the QJiQjf ^21
TRUSTEES of MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth Massachusetts from the ordinary revenue, for the expenses of the trustees of schwi"^ Massachusetts training schools, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary and office expenses of the secretary of said ^^la^y^etc trustees, a sum not exceeding forty-four hundred dollars.
For travelling and other expenses of the trustees, to include Travelling printing and binding the annual report, a sum not exceeding ^''p^'^^^- twelve hundred dollars.
For salaries and expenses of such agents as the said trustees Agents. may employ, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand two hundred dollars.
For expenses in connection with boarding out children Expenses from the Lyman and industrial schools for boys, for the chfidl^en^ °"* present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
For expenses in connection with the care of probationers Expenses from the state industrial school, to include boarding out and proTItioLrs. other expenses of girls on probation, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand two hundred dollars.
86 Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 122, 123, 124.
chiid"en!°e°c°^ For iiistruction in the public schools of children boarded out by the trustees of the Lyman and industrial schools, a sum not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1915.
Chap. 122 An Act making an appropriation for the maintenance
OF the state industrial school for girls.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Appropriation, Section 1. A sum uot excccding eighty-two thousand
tXe's/atT"''° °^ ^^^ hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out
industrial of the trcasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary
revenue, for the maintenance of the state industrial school
for girls, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of
November, nineteen hundred and fifteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1915.
Chap. 123 An Act making an appropriation for the mainte- nance of the LYMAN SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^fnienin^ce^' Section 1. A sum not cxcecding one hundred twenty- of the Lyman -j-^tq thousaud four hundred dollars is herebv appropriated,
school for boys. i i p i
to be paid out oi the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the maintenance of the Lyman school for boys, during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1915.
Chap. 12^ An Act making an appropriation for the maintenance
OF the industrial school for boys.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
mamXlncco'f Section 1. A suui uot cxcccding eighty thousand seven the Industrial hundred dollars is herebv appropriated, to be paid out of
school for boys. '^iic i t
the treasury oi the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the maintenance of the industrial school for boys, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nine- teen hundred and fifteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1915.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 125, 126, 127. 87
An xA-ct making an appropriation for exterminating Qhn^ 195
DISEASES AMONG HORSES, CATTLE AND OTHER ANIMALS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. A sum not exceeding one hundred thirty- Appropriation, three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out ofrontLgtouT of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary animals."""""'^ revenue, for the extermination of contagious diseases among horses, cattle and other animals, for the present year and previous years.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1915.
Chap. 126
An Act making appropriations for salaries and ex- penses in the department of animal industry.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropria- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth department of from the ordinary revenue, for the department of animal f^^^^^ industry, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit : —
For the salary of the commissioner of animal industry, Commissioner, thirty-five hundred dollars. ^ '^'^'■^■
For clerical assistance and contingent expenses, a sum not clerical
T J. n J 111 11 assistance, etc.
exceedmg seventy-nve hundred dollars.
For compensation of inspectors of animals, a sum not ex- inspectors. ceeding sixty-five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1915.
An Act making an appropriation for the employment QJiu^ 227 OF certain needy persons by the state forester.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand employment °' dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury °eedy^CTsons of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to be ex- pended under the direction of the state forester in the em- ployment of certain needy persons, as authorized by chapter two of the resolves of the present year; and there is also hereby made available for this purpose the unexpended balances of the appropriations made under the provisions "
88
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 128, 129.
of chapter seven hundred and fifty-nine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen and chapter five hundred and ninety-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajjj^roved March 6, 1015.
[1913, 83.]
Chap. 12S An Act relative to the number of members of the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BROCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INCORPORATED.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. Section five of chapter eighty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by striking out the word " twelve ", in the third line, and inserting in place thereof the word: — eighteen, — so as to read as follows: — Section 5. The management and control of the property and affairs of said corporation, CommCTceTinc. subjcct to its by-laws, shall be vested in a board of eighteen directors, who shall be elected as may be provided in the by- laws to be adopted by the corporation, and there shall be such other oSicers with such duties as the by-laws may pre- scribe.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Amjwred March 8, 1915.
1913.83 §5, amended.
Number of directors of Brotrkton Chamber of
Chap
City of New Bedford may supply water to the town of Acushnet.
Town of Acushnet may install water equipment.
11863, 163; 1868, 52; 1872, 222, 292; 1874, 219; 1875, 217, § 10; 1877, 142; 1878, 140; 1883, 95; 1887,114,356; 1888,104; 1894,171,345; 1909,202; 1911, 65; 1912, 75; 1913,314,511, § 3; 1914, 188.]
.129 An Act to authorize the city of new Bedford to supply water to the town of acushnet.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford may furnish and sell by meter water to the towTi of Acushnet at the boundary line between said city and town at a rate to be agreed upon by the city and town, but which shall not be less than that prevailing in New Bedford.
Section 2. The towi\ of Acushnet may at its owti expense install mains, service pipes and all other equipment in the highways and other places of the toAMi necessary to receive and distribute water purchased from the city of New Bedford. Approved March S, 1915.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 130, 131. 89
[1915, 87, Spec]
An Act to authorize the boston transit commission to (Jjku) ]^3Q make contracts for temporary use of portions of the dorchester tunnel.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The Boston transit commission in the name Boston transit and on behalf of the city of Boston may execute contracts in m^^nake^ writing with the Boston Elevated Railway Company for tempora?/°use the temporary use of such parts of the Dorchester tunnel as °^ p'S''°'J,^ °/ may from time to time be completed, on such terms as may tunnel. be agreed upon by the Boston transit commission and the Boston Elevated Railway Company, Such contracts shall terminate when the use of said tunnel shall begin under the contract made on the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred and eleven, under and in accordance with the pro- visions of section three of Part I of chapter seven hundred and forty-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajyproved March 8, 1915.
(1915, 270, Spec] [1877, 8; 1879, 32; 1882, 100.)
An Act to authorize the veteran association of the C/iap. 131
INDEPENDENT CORPS OF CADETS TO HOLD ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred of the ^^I^^Jj^^j ^^ ^' acts of the j^ear eighteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended by striking out the words "two hundred and fifty", in the last line, and by inserting in place thereof the words: — seven hundred and fifty, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1. The Veteran Association of the Independent Issodationof Corps of Cadets, incorporated by chapter eight of the acts of ^J^l cfJ^ps'o"/' the vear eighteen hundred and seventv-seven, mav hold real fadets may
'' ^ " 1 • " 1 hold additional
and personal estate to an amount not exceeding seven hun- property. dred and fifty thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1915.
90 Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 132, 133.
Chap. 132 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum
OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF RICHARD POWER.
!;'.!;! °L?°^i?" Section 1. The citv council of the citv of Boston, with
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The city con Mar'°p6Ver ^^^ approval of the mayor, is hereby authorized to pay to Mary Power, widow of Richard Power, an employee of the city, who was killed in the performance of his duties as a driver of a paper wagon, a sum of money not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1915.
Chap. 133 An Act making appropriations for the salaries and
expenses of the state board of insanity.
Be it enacted, etc., as ]ollows:
Appropriations, Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- insanity. priatcd, to bc paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth
from the ordinary revenue, for the state board of insanity, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: — Chairman, ^ox the Salary of the chairman of the board, the sum of
fifty-five hundred dollars, and for the salaries of the two other members, the sum of ten thousand dollars. Officers and Yov the Salaries of officers and employees, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty-SLX thousand five hundred dollars. Travelling ^oY travelling, office and contingent expenses, including
printmg and bmdmg the annual report, a sum not exceedmg ten thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. ^uon'oTstate For trausportatlou and medical examination of state paupers. paupcrs uudcr the charge of the board, for the present year
and previous years, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dol- lars. Support of Por the support of insane paupers boarded out in families,
etc!" ' under the charge of the board, or temj^orarily absent under
the authority of the same, for the present year and ])revious years, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Support of Por the support of state paupers in the HosjMtal Cottages
paupers. for Children, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
investiRation jTor the cxpcuses of au investigation as to the nature,
of mental ,, » ii* iifx
diseases, etc. causcs, Tcsults aiul treatment or mental diseases and detects.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 134, 135. 91
and for the publication of the results thereof, a sum not ex- ceedinsr twentv-five hundred dollars. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1915.
An Act to authorize the city of lynn to pension Chav.l^^
GEORGE LEAVITT.
Be it enacted, etc., as jollows:
Section 1. The city of Lynn is hereby authorized to city of Lynn pay to George Leavitt, who was an employee of the city for George*' Lea vitt. forty-two years and retired from the service of the city on account of a paral>i:ic shock, in the year nineteen hundred and twelve, the same annual pension to which he would have been entitled if the city of Lynn had accepted the pro- visions of chapter five hundred and three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, relative to pensioning laborers in the employ of cities and towns while the said Leavitt was in the employment of the city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Time of taking by the municipal council of the city of Lynn. ^^^^^'
Approved March 8, 1915.
[1865, 198; 1886, 265, 279; 1887, 396; 1893, 366; 1896, 255; 1897, 425; 1898, 462; 1902, 245,
439; 1905, 84, 335; 1911, 347.]
An Act to authorize the election of a prudential nhnrt 135
COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE GREAT BARRINGTON fire DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act as here- Great Barring- inafter provided, the Great Barrington Fire District shall, tr^t^may^'fect at its annual meeting to be held in April, nineteen hundred commlttee^etc and sixteen, elect by official ballot five persons who shall serve and be known as the prudential committee and board of public works, and who shall hold office, one until the ex- piration of three years, two until the expiration of two years, and two until the expiration of one year, from the said annual meeting in nineteen hundred and sixteen. There- after two such members of the prudential committee and board of public works shall be elected annually to serve for the term of three years, except that in every third year one such member only shall be elected, to serve for the term of three years therefrom, or until their or his successors are elected and qualified.
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 135.
Choice of chairman and clerk.
S>mmi°si^nws^ Section 2. Upoii the election of said prudential com- etc, aboUshed. mittee and board of public works, the boards of water com- missioners and sidewalk and sewer commissioners shall be abolished, and thereupon all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of said boards of water commissioners and sidewalk and sewer commissioners in said fire district shall be con- ferred and imposed upon the prudential committee and board of public works created by this act. No contracts or liabilities, existing at the time of said election, shall be affected hereby, but the board hereby created shall be in all respects and for all purposes whatsoever the laA\'ful successor of the boards of water commissioners and sidewalk and sewer commissioners.
Section ,3. Immediately after their election the said board shall organize by choosing a chairman and a clerk. The clerk may be any qualified yoter of said fire district, and upon his appointment the office of clerk of the fire district, as an electiye office, shall be abolished, and the clerk of said board shall thereafter be, by virtue of his office, clerk of said fire district. Said board is also empowered and required to appoint a superintendent of public works, who shall have, subject to the authority of the board, entire supervision of the sidewalks, sewers, drains and water works of the district, and be subject to removal at any time by the board.
Section 4. The nomination and election of all officers to be voted for in said fire district shall be made and con- ducted in the same manner and by the same form of ballot as the nomination and election of officers of the town of Great Barrington.
Section 5. This act, except as provided in section six, shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the Great Barrington Fire District present and voting thereon at a legal meeting called for the purpose at any time before the first day of March, nineteen hundred and sixteen; but the number of meetings so called shall not exceed two. Said vote shall be by an official printed ballot, prepared by the clerk of the fire district, having thereon the following question : — " Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, entitled 'An Act to authorize the election of a prudential committee and board of public works in the Great Har- rington Fire District', be accepted?"
Section 6. So much of this act as authorizes its sub- mission as aforesaid shall take effect upon its passage.
A'pjjwved March S, 1915.
[Accepted, April 23, 1915.)
Appointment of superintend- ent of public works.
Nomination and election of officers.
To be
submitted to voters, etc.
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Time of taking effect.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chaps. 136, 137. 93
An Act to incorporate the roxbury board of trade. QJiqj) 135 Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Frank Ferdinand, Timothy Smith, Victor A. ^f Tra'dT, ^"^"'^ Heath, Albert J. Foster, Frank S. Waterman, Henry C. incorporated. Crine, Simon Goldsmith, Frederic W. Rugg, James G. Knowles, William L. Russell, Ernest R. Biiffington, George Melhado, Wilfred Carter, Edward C. Hall, Junior, George O. Cutter and Thomas F. Connor, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a corporation under the name of the Roxbury Board of Trade, to be situated in that part of the city of Boston called Roxbury, for the purpose Purpose, of advancing the commercial interests and development of the Roxbury district of Boston. Said corporation may establish and maintain a place of meeting for its members and may secure and furnish to its members and to others reports, information, quotations and assistance in the matter of trade development and expansion.
Section 2. Said corporation shall have a president, officers, treasurer, secretary, a board of directors of not less than seven members, and such other officers as may be provided for by the by-laws of the corporation, all of whom shall be elected in accordance with the by-laws.
Section 3. Qualification for membership in said corpora- Membership, tion, the manner of electing members, the raising of revenue J^eetmgs, etc. from its membership, the times for the annual and other meetings, and the duties of the officers shall be as provided bv its bv-laws.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1915.
An Act to incorporate the glenwood cemetery asso- nhn^ 137
CIATION in the town OF NATICK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. William Karb, Caroline V. Schaller, Ida L. cienwood C. Diehl, William Diehl and Joseph Schaller, their associates Association,
J -i-L^i j."-Lj.i incorporated.
and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Glenwood Cemetery Association, for the purpose of maintaining and improving the cemetery in the southern part of Natick, known as the Glenwood cemetery, and for the purpose of acquiring such additional land as may be necessary or convenient, with all the powers and privileges of
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Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 138.
Membership.
Proceeds of sales, etc.
Powers.
By-laws.
cemetery corporations, and subject to all general laws now and hereafter in force applicable thereto.
Section 2. All persons now or hereafter owiiing lots or any interest in lots in said cemetery may become members of the corporation on application to the secretary, and when any person shall cease to be the proprietor of a lot or of an interest in a lot in the lands of the corporation he shall cease to be a member thereof.
Section 3. The net proceeds of sales of lots in the lands held by the said corporation, and any bequests made to it, shall be applied to the preservation, improvement, embellish- ment, protection or enlargement of said cemetery, and to paying the incidental expenses thereof, and to no other purpose.
Section 4. The said corporation is hereby authorized to take and hold any grant, gift or bequest of property, upon trust, and to apply the same or the income thereof to the improvement, embellishment, protection or enlargement of said cemetery, or of any lot therein, or for the erection, repair, preservation or removal of any monument, fence or other structure therein, or for the planting or cultivation of trees, shrubs or plants in or around any lot, or for improving said premises in any manner consistent with the object of the corporation, according to the terms of such grant or bequest.
Section 5. The said corporation may by its by-laws provide for such officers as may be necessary, and may define their powers and duties, and may also provide for the care and management of the cemetery and for the sale of lots therein, and for the management of any funds which the corporation may hold, and for any other matters incident to the purposes of the corporation.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1915.
Chap. 13S An Act making appropriations for the salaries and expenses of the state board of labor and in- dustries.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of the state board of labor and industries, for the fiscal year
Appropriations, state board of labor and industries.
Special Acts, 1915. — Chap. 139. 95
ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, for the following purposes, to wit: —
For the salaries of the members of the board, a sum not ^f^J^^"' exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the commissioner and deputy com- Commissioner missioners, a sum not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars, commissioners.
For the salaries of inspectors and investigators, a sum inspectors and not exceeding forty thousand dollars.
For the salaries of stenographers and clerks and other stenographers assistants, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand eight ^" hundred and twenty-four dollars.