ACTS
RESOLVES
PASSED BY THE
deneral ^ourt n| gHausatlmsetts
IN THE YEAR
1936
TOGETHEK WITH
TABLES SHOWING CHANGES IN THE STATUTES, ETC.
PUBLISHED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
BOSTON
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING COMPANY
1936
ACTS AND RESOLVES
OF
MASSACHUSETTS 1936
^F" The General Court, which was chosen November 6, 1934, assembled on Wednesday, the first day of January, 1936, for its second annual session.
His Excellency James M. Curley and His Honor Joseph L. Hurley continued to serve as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, for the political year of 1936.
ACTS.
An Act validating certain acts and proceedings of (JJidj) i
THE SUDBURY WATER DISTRICT OF SUDBURY. ^'
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. The organization, the election of officers and all other acts, proceedings and votes of the Sudbury water district of Sudbury, established under chapter one hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-four, at its first meeting held April twenty-fifth in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-four and at the adjourned session of said first meeting held May second in said year, and the election of officers and all other acts, proceedings and votes of said district at its annual meeting held September twenty-fifth in the j^ear nineteen hundred and thirty-five, in so far as said organization, meetings, elections, acts, proceedings and votes, or any of them, may have been invalid by reason of any failure legally to petition or apply for, to call and to give notice of said meetings, or any of them, are hereby validated and confirmed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 13, 1936.
Chap.
An Act relative to the preparation of voting lists to be used at party primaries and to nomination papers therefor.
Whereas, It is essential that this act apply to voting lists Emergency for use at party primaries in the current year, therefore it is preamble. hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the pubHc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section fifty-five of chapter fifty-one of the g. l. (Ter. General Laws, as most recently amended by section fifteen ftc'^ 'amended of chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: — Notwithstanding voting lists the foregoing, the voting list to be used at party primaries ^°i^ari^ shall be that of the year preceding, revised as aforesaid.
Section 2. Section seven of chapter fifty-three of the g. l. (Ter. General Laws, as most recently amended by section sixteen ftc;!amendld.'^ of said chapter two hundred and fifty-four, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "more" in the eleventh
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Signatures on nomina- tion papers.
line the following new sentence : — Notwithstanding the fore- going, every voter signing a nomination paper for party primaries shall, in lieu of stating his residence on January first preceding, state his residence on January first of the year preceding the year of such primaries.
Approved January 22, 1936.
Chap. 3 An Act making the provisions of the civil service
LAWS applicable TO THE TOWN OF DEDHAM WITH RE- SPECT TO ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and the rules made thereunder, including those relative to the employment of laborers designated as the "labor service", shall be in force in the town of Ded- ham with respect to all appointive offices and positions in the department of public works of said town.
Section 2. Chapter twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the current year in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting: — "Shall an act passed by the gen- eral court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, en- titled 'An Act making the Provisions of the Civil Service Laws Applicable to the Town of Dedham with Respect to its Department of PubHc Works', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast in answer to said question are in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise. Approved January 22, 1936.
Chap. 4 An Act relative to the certification of names on nomination papers in the city of boston except in
THE case of city ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Chapter fifty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seven, as most recently amended by section two of chapter two of the acts of the current year, and inserting in place thereof the fol- lowing:— Section 7. Every voter signing a nomination paper shall sign in person, with his name as registered, and shall state his residence on January first preceding, and the place where he is then living, with the street and number, if any; but any voter who is prevented by physical dis- ability from writing or who had the right to vote on May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, may authorize some person to write his name and residence in his presence; and every voter may sign as many nomination papers for each
G. L. (Ter. Ed.), 53, § 7, etc., amended.
Nomination papers, signa- tures; form, certification of, etc.
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office as there are persons to be elected thereto, and no more. Notwithstanding the foregoing, every voter signing a nomination paper for party primaries shall, in lieu of stating his residence on January first preceding, state his residence on January first of the year preceding the year of such primaries. Every nomination paper of a candidate for a state office and, except where otherwise provided by law, of a candidate for a city or town office, shall be submitted, on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the Friday pre- ceding the day on which it must be filed, to the registrars of the city or town where the signers appear to be voters; pro- vided, that in the city of Boston the last day for the submis- sion of such nomination papers, other than those for city elections, shall be the Tuesday preceding the day on which such papers must be filed. In each case the registrars shall check each name to be certified by them on the nomination paper and shall forthwith certify thereon the number of signatures so checked which are names of voters both in the city or town and in the district for which the nomination is made, and only names so checked shall be deemed to be names of qualified voters for the purposes of nomination. The registrars need not certify a greater number of names than are required to make a nomination, increased by one fifth thereof. Names not certified in the first instance shall not thereafter be certified on the same nomination papers. The state secretary shall not be required to receive nomi- nation papers for a candidate after receiving such papers containing a sufficient number of certified names to make a nomination, increased by one fifth thereof.
Section 2. Section forty-six of chapter fifty-three of ^do.' 53]"' 46 the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edi- ameAded. tion, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the following: — ; provided, that in the city of Boston the last day for such submission shall be the Tuesday preceding the day on which such papers must be filed, — and by adding at the end of the second paragraph the fol- lowing:— ; provided, that in the city of Boston the days for holding meetings for such purpose shall be the four Tuesdays or the two Tuesdays, as the case may be, next preceding the date on which such papers are required so to be filed, — so as to read as follows : — Section 46. Every Certification nomination paper shall be submitted, on or before five paperT.'umi-" o'clock in the afternoon of the Friday preceding the day on candrdatls which it must be filed, to the registrars of the city or town in which the signers appear to be voters, who shall check each name to be certified by them on the nomination paper and shall forthwith certify thereon the number of signa- tures so checked which are names of voters both in the city or town and in the district for which the nomination is made, and who are not enrolled in any other party than that whose nomination the candidate seeks, and only names so checked shall be deemed to be names of qualified voters for the purposes of nomination; provided, that in the city
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of Boston the last day for such submission shall be the Tuesday preceding the day on which such papers must be filed.
The provisions of section seven relative to the number of names to be certified and received, and to names not certi- fied in the first instance, shall apply to such papers. For the purpose of certifying to the names on primary nomina- tion papers the registrars shall hold meetings on the four Fridays next preceding the date on which such papers are required to be filed with the state secretary, except that for primaries before special elections the meetings shall be held on the two Fridays next preceding such date; provided, that in the city of Boston the days for holding meetings for such purpose shall be the four Tuesdays or the two Tuesdays, as the case may be, next preceding the date on which such papers are required so to be filed.
No person shall be a candidate for nomination for more than one office; but this shall not apply to candidates for membership in pohtical committees or delegations to the state convention.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 27, 1936.
Chap. 5 An Act authorizing the town of brimfield to vote
AT A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING IN THE CURRENT YEAR ON THE QUESTION OF GRANTING LICENSES FOR THE SALE IN SAID TOWN OF ALCO- HOLIC BEVERAGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Brimfield are hereby authorized to insert in the warrant for the next an- nual town meeting or a special town meeting held in the current year an article or articles enabling the voters of said town to vote at said meeting on the questions con- tained in section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty- eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nine- teen hundred and thirty-three, and in section eleven A of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, as most recently amended by section six of chapter four hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five; and the votes at said meeting on said questions shall have the same force and effect from and after said meeting as if taken as provided in said sections eleven and eleven A.
Section 2. The votes under section one shall be taken by ballots prepared by the town clerk which shall set forth said questions and the directions to the voters, all as pro- vided in said sections eleven and eleven A. The ballots shall be distributed at the polling place under the direction of the town clerk, and the polls shall be open for voting on said questions not less than four hours. The provisions of
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the general laws relative to the ascertainment of the result of the voting at state elections and returns thereof shall, so far as practicable, apply to the votes taken hereunder.
Section 3. The votes, if any, last taken in the town of Brimfield under the provisions of said sections eleven and eleven A shall have no further force or effect from and after the taking of the votes authorized by section one.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 27, 1936.
An Act authorizing the town of worthington to vote
AT ITS current ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF GRANTING LICENSES FOR THE SALE IN SAID TOWN OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Worthington are hereby authorized to insert in the warrant for its annual town meeting in the current year an article or articles en- abling the voters of said town to vote at said meeting on the questions contained in section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and in sec- tion eleven A of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, as most recently amended by section six of chapter four hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five; and the votes at said meeting on said questions shall have the same force and effect from and after said meeting as if taken as provided in said sections eleven and eleven A.
Section 2. The votes under section one shall be taken by ballots prepared by the town clerk which shall set forth said questions and the directions to the voters, all as pro- vided in said sections eleven and eleven A. The ballots shall be distributed at the polling place under the direction of the town clerk, and the polls shall be open for voting on said questions not less than four hours. The provisions of the general laws relative to the ascertainment of the result of the voting at state elections and returns thereof shall, so far as practicable, apply to the votes taken hereunder.
Section 3. The votes, if any, last taken in the town of Worthington under the provisions of said sections eleven and eleven A shall have no further force or effect from and after the taking of the votes authorized by section one.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 27, 1936.
Chap.
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Chap. 7 An Act authorizing the town of cummington to vote
AT ITS CURRENT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ON THE QUES- TION OF GRANTING LICENSES FOR THE SALE IN SAID TOWN OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Cummington are hereby authorized to insert in the warrant for its annual town meeting in the current 3^ear an article or articles en- abling the voters of said town to vote at said meeting on the questions contained in section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and in sec- tion eleven A of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, as most recently amended by section six of chapter four hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five; and the votes at said meeting on said questions shall have the same force and effect from and after said meeting as if taken as provided in said sections eleven and eleven A.
Section 2. The votes under section one shall be taken by ballots prepared by the town clerk which shall set forth said questions and the directions to the voters, all as pro- vided in said sections eleven and eleven A. The ballots shall be distributed at the polling place under the direction of the town clerk, and the polls shall be open for voting on said questions not less than four hours. The provisions of the general laws relative to the ascertainment of the result of the voting at state elections and returns thereof shall, so far as practicable, apply to the votes taken hereunder.
Section 3. The votes, if any, last taken in the town of Cummington under the provisions of said sections eleven and eleven A shall have no further force or effect from and after the taking of the votes authorized by section one.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 27, 1936.
Chap. 8 A.N Act authorizing the city of new Bedford to acquire,
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE HOMEr's WHARF IN SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford may acquire by purchase or may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws the wharf property therein known as Homer's wharf, and may maintain and operate the same as a wharf and make regulations as to its use.
Section 2. For the purpose of acquiring and improving said wharf property, the said city may appropriate the whole or any part of the available balances now in its treasury to the credit of the Municipal Hospital Loan, of Wharf Land
Acts, 1936. — Chap. 9.
Sale or of Land and Building Loan; and it may borrow, within the statutory limit of indebtedness, such sums as it may deem necessary and proper for said purpose, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, — New Bedford Wharf Loan of 1936. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten years from their date. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 29, 1936.
An Act relative to the borrowing of money by the county of barnstable for the equipping of the jail and house of correction and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of furnishing and originally equipping the house of correction and jail of Barnstable county and the other building or buildings authorized by section one of chapter two hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-four, as amended by section one of chapter fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, and for other purposes in connection with the opening and use of such buildings, including taking by eminent domain under chapter seventj''-nine of the General Laws or acquiring by purchase of land for pasture and other agricultural purposes and land for a sewage disposal plant, the building of such plant, the construction of roads or ways on land so taken or acquired or land now owned by said county and the erection of power lines on and over said land, authority to take by eminent domain or to acquire land, to build a plant, to construct roads or ways and to erect power lines, all as aforesaid, being hereby expressly granted, the county treasurer shall, with the approval of the county com- missioners, issue bonds or notes of the county in a total amount not to exceed thirty thousand dollars, which shall bear on their face the words. County of Barnstable House of Correction Loan, Act of 1936, and such bonds or notes shall be payable in not more than five years from their dates of issue. Such notes or bonds shall be signed by the treasurer of the county and countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners. The county may sell the said securities at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the county commissioners may deem proper, but not for less than their par value. Receipts from the sale of such bonds or notes shall be applied to the pa^nnent of costs of the projects herein set forth. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 29, 1936.
Chap.
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Chap. 10 An Act establishing in the town of amherst represent- ative TOWN government BY LIMITED TOWN MEETINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the town of Amherst the form of representative town government by hmited town meetings hereinafter set forth. Upon the ac- ceptance of this act by the town of Amherst, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen of the town and the board of asses- sors, acting jointly and hereinafter referred to as the dis- tricting board, shall forthwith divide the territory of the town into not less than five nor more than eight voting pre- cincts, each of which shall be plainly designated and shall contain not less than two hundred and fifty registered voters. The precincts shall be so established as to consist of compact and contiguous territory, to be bounded as far as possible by the center line of known streets and ways or by other well defined limits. Their boundaries shall be reviewed, and, if need be, wholly or partly revised, by the districting board in December, once in five years, or in December of any year when so directed by a vote of a representative town meeting held not later than November twentieth of that year. Within ten days after any establishment or revision of the precincts, the districting board shall file a report of its doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the assessors, with a map or maps or description of the precincts and the names and residences of the registered voters therein.. The dis- tricting board shall also cause to be posted in the town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts as established or revised from time to time, with the names and residences of the registered voters therein; and it shall also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each precinct a map or description of that precinct, with the names and residences of the registered voters therein. The division of the town into voting precincts and any revision of such precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the districting board with the town clerk. Whenever the precincts are established or revised, the town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the state secretary, stating the number and designation of the precincts. Meet- ings of the registered voters of the several precincts for elec- tions, for primaries, and for voting upon any question to be submitted to all the registered voters of the town, shall be held on the same day and at the same hour and at such place or places within the town as the selectmen shall in the war- rant for such meeting direct. The provisions of chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, of the General Laws, relating to precinct voting at elections, shall apply to all elections and primaries in the town upon the establishment of voting pre- cincts as hereinbefore provided.
Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section three and in the by-laws of the town as town meeting mem-
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bers at large, the representative town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of the largest number divisible by three which will, as nearly as possible, provide one elected town meeting member for every twenty registered voters in the precinct in accordance with the list of registered voters on the first day of January next preceding the election. The registered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual town election held after the establishment of such precinct, and the registered voters of any precinct affected by any revision of precincts, at the first annual town election fol- lowing such revision, conformably to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters in the precinct, other than the oSi- cers designated in section three and in the by-laws of the town as town meeting members at large, provided for in the first sentence of this section, to be town meeting members of the town. The first third, in the order of votes received, of members so elected shall serve three years, the second third in such order shall serve two years, and the remaining third in such order shall serve one year, from the day of the annual town meeting; and thereafter, except as is otherwise pro- vided herein, at each annual town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in like manner, elect, for the term of three years, one third of the number of elected town meeting members to which such precinct is entitled, and shall at such election fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies then existing in the number of elected town meeting members in such precinct. In the case of a tie vote affecting the division into thirds, as aforesaid, the members elected from the precinct at the same election, other than those whose terms of ofiice are affected by such tie vote, shall by ballot determine which members receiving such tie vote shall serve for the longer and which for the shorter term. In the case of a tie vote affecting the election of town meeting members in any precinct otherwise than as to term of office, the members elected from such precinct at the same election shall by ballot determine which of the voters re- ceiving such tie vote shall serve as town meeting member from such precinct. The terms of office of all elected town meeting members from every precinct revised as aforesaid shall cease upon the election as hereinbefore provided of their successors. The town clerk shall, after every election of town meeting members, forthwith notify each such member by mail of his election.
Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be limited to the town meeting members elected under section two, together with the following town meeting mem- bers at large, namely: any member of the general court who is a registered voter of the town, the moderator, the town clerk, the selectmen, the assessors, the members of the school committee, the town treasurer, the collector of taxes, the town accountant, the chairman of the finance committee,
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the chairman of the board of health, the chairman of the board of pubhc welfare, the chairman of the town planning board, and such other town meeting members at large as may- be provided for by the by-laws of the town, and authority to adopt such by-laws is hereby conferred. Any elected town meeting member who becomes by appointment or election one of the officers designated as town meeting members at large shall, upon such appointment or election, cease to be an elected town meeting member. The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of the time and place at which representative town meetings are to be held and the notices shall be sent by mail at least seven days before the meeting. The town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be the judges of the election and qualifications of their members. A majority of the town meeting members shall constitute a quorum for doing business, but a less number may organize temporarily and may take a recess or adjourn from time to time, but no town meeting shall adjourn over the date of an election of town meeting members. All town meetings shall be pubhc. The town meeting members as such shall receive no compensation. Subject to such conditions as may be determined from time to time by the members of the repre- sentative town meeting, any registered voter of the town who is not a town meeting member may speak at any representa- tive town meeting, but shall not vote. A town meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the town clerk, and such resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A town meeting member who removes from the town shall cease to be a town meeting member, and an elected town meeting member who removes from one pre- cinct to another may serve only until the next annual town meeting.
Section 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting members to be elected under this act shall be made by nomi- nation papers, which shall bear no political designation, but to the name of a candidate for re-election ma}'^ be added the words "Candidate for Re-election". Nomination papers shall be signed by not less than ten voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides, and shall be filed with the town clerk at least ten days before the election. No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto when filed.
Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town meeting, so far as they relate to the election of moderator, town officers and town meeting members, and, as herein provided, to referenda and all matters to be acted upon and determined hj ballot, shall be so acted upon and determined by the registei-ed voters of the town in their respective pre- cincts. All other articles in the warrant for any town meet- ing, beginning with the town meeting at which said town meeting members are first elected, shall be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members at a meet-
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ing to be held at such time and place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting, subject to the referendum provided for by section eight.
Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at each annual town election, and shall serve as moderator of all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law, until a successor is elected and qualified. Nomination for and election of a moderator shall be as in the case of all other elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for that purpose. If a moderator is absent, a moderator pro tempore may be elected by the town meeting members. •
Section 7. In the event of any vacancy in the full num- ber of elected town meeting members from any precinct, the remaining elected members of the precinct may choose from among the registered voters thereof a successor to serve until the next annual town election. Upon petition therefor, signed by not less than ten town meeting members from the precinct, or if the entire number of town meeting members from said precinct is less than eighteen, by a majority thereof, notice of any vacancy shall be made promptly by the town clerk to the remaining members from the precinct wherein the vacancy or vacancies exist, and he shall call a special meeting of such members for the purpose of filling such vacancy. He shall cause to be mailed to every such member, not less than five days before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and place of the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the members from such precinct shall constitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their own number a chairman and a clerk. The election to fill such vacancy shall be by ballot and a majority of the votes cast shall be required for a choice. The chairman and clerk shall count the ballots and shall make a certificate of such election and forthwith file the same with the town clerk, together with a written acceptance by the member or mem- bers so elected, who shall thereupon be deemed elected and quahfied as a town meeting member or members, subject to the right of all town meeting members to judge of the elec- tions and qualifications of the members as set forth in section three.
Section 8. No article in the warrant shall at any repre- sentative town meeting be finally disposed of by a vote to lay upon the table, indefinitely to postpone or to take no action thereunder. A final vote of any representative town meeting passing or rejecting a measure under any article in the warrant, except a vote to adjourn, or a vote authorizing the expenditure of less than five thousand dollars, or votes appropriating money for the payment of notes or bonds of the town and interest becoming due in the then current financial year, or votes for the temporary borrowing of money in anticipation of revenue, or a vote declared by preamble by a two thirds vote of the town meeting members present and voting thereon to be an emergency measure, necessary
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for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety or convenience of the town, shall not be operative until after the expiration of five days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, from the dissolution of the meeting. If, within said five days, a petition, signed by not less than two hundred registered voters of the town, containing their names and addresses as they appear on the list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen, asking that the question or questions involved in such vote be submitted to the registered voters of the town at large, then the operation of such vote shall be further suspended pending the determination of such ques- tion or questions as hereinafter provided, and the selectmen, within ten days of the filing of such petition, shall call a special town meeting, which shall be held within fourteen days after the issuing of the call, for the sole purpose of pre- senting to the registered voters at large the question or ques- tions so involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the afternoon and shall be closed not earher than eight o'clock in the evening, and all votes upon any question so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precinct meetings in the same manner as in the election of town officers. No ballots shall be re- moved or counted before the closing of the polls. The ques- tion or questions to be submitted to be voted upon at said special town meeting shall be stated on the ballot in sub- stantially the same language and form in which they were stated when finally presented to the representative town meeting by the moderator, as appears from the records of such town meeting. Such question or questions shall be determined by a vote of the same proportion of voters at large voting thereon as would have been required by law had the question or questions been finally determined at a representative town meeting, but no action of the representa- tive town meeting shall be reversed unless at least twenty per cent of all the registered voters shall so vote. Action of the representative town meeting, if reversed, shall be null and void; otherwise it shall take effect immediately upon the declaration by the selectmen of the vote upon the refer- endum. If such petition is not filed within said period of five days, the vote of the representative town meeting shall be- come effective and operative upon the expiration of said period.
Section 9. The town of Amherst, after the acceptance of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and be bound by its town meeting members, who shall, when con- vened from time to time, as herein provided, constitute representative town meetings; and the representative town meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal corporation. Action in conformity with all the provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town affairs in town meeting, shall, when taken by any representa- tive town meeting in accordance with the provisions of this
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act, have the same force and effect as if such action had been taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the town as organized and conducted before the establishment of rep- resentative town government.
Section 10. This act shall not abridge the right of the inhabitants of Amherst to hold general meetings, as that right is secured to them by the constitution of this common- wealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative town meeting in Amherst the power finally to commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or changing its form of government, without action thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the ballot and check Ust therefor.
Section 11. This act shall be submitted to the registered voters of the town of Amherst for acceptance at its annual town election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six. The vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the provisions of the general laws, so far as the same shall be apphcable, in answer to the question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers: — "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled ' An Act estab- lishing in the town of Amherst representative town govern- ment by limited town meetings', be accepted by this town?" If accepted by a majority of the voters voting thereon, this act shall take effect for all purposes incidental to the annual town election in said town in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven and shall take full effect beginning with said election.
Section 12. If this act is rejected by the registered voters of the town of Amherst when submitted to said voters under section eleven, it may be submitted for acceptance in Uke manner to such voters at any annual town election in said town not later than the annual town election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and, if accepted by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, shall take effect for all purposes incidental to the next annual town election in said town, and shall take full effect beginning with said election. Approved January 29, 1936.
An Act extending the time for holding pre-pkimary Chap. 11
CONVENTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section fifty-four of chapter fifty-three of |j^;^|"^| 54^ the General Laws, as most recently amended by section one etc.. 'amended'. of chapter four hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nine- teen hundred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the second line, as appearing in section twenty- one of chapter three hundred and ten of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, the word "fifteenth" and inserting in place thereof the word : — thirtieth, — so as to read as
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State con- ventions of political parties.
G. L. (Ter. Ed.). 52, i 2, etc., amended.
Ward and town com- mittees, election, terms, etc.
follows : — Section 54. A political party shall, upon the call of its state committee, but not later than June thirtieth, in a year in which a biennial state election is held, hold a state convention for the purpose of adopting a platform, electing such number of members at large of the state committee as may be fixed by the convention, nominating presidential electors and endorsing for nomination candidates for offices to be filled by all the voters of the commonwealth, to be voted for at the ensuing state primary, and for such other purposes consistent with law as the convention may deter- mine. Such convention shall consist of the delegates elected at the party primary as hereinbefore provided. The number of delegates shall be one from each ward and town and one additional for every fifteen hundred votes, or major fraction thereof, above the first fifteen hundred votes cast at the pre- ceding biennial state election in such ward or town for the political party candidate for governor. At the second party primary following the redivision of a city into wards under the provisions of section one of chapter fifty-four there shall be elected one delegate from each ward as established by such redivision and such additional delegates, if an}^, from such city as would be elected from the wards thereof if no such redivision had been made. The state committee shall apportion the number of said additional delegates by wards and notify the state secretary of such apportionment on or before March first preceding said party primary. In case of a vacancy occurring for any reason except a tie vote such vacancy shall not be filled. Nothing herein contained shall affect or diminish the operation of the laws relating to state primaries contained in sections forty-one to fifty-three A, inclusive.
Section 2. Section two of chapter fifty-two of the Gen- eral Laws, as most recently amended by section two of chap- ter two hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun- dred and thirty-four, is hereb}^ further amended by striking out, in the sixth fine, the word "fifteenth" and inserting in place thereof the word : — thirtieth, — so as to read as fol- lows: — Section 2. Each political party shall, in every ward and town, elect at the party primaries immediately preced- ing each biennial state election from among the enrolled mem- bers of the party resident in such ward of town a committee to be called a ward or town committee, whose members shall hold office for two years from June thirtieth following their election and until their successors shall have organized.
Section 3. The terms of office of members of ward and town committees in office on June fifteenth of the current year are hereby extended to June thirtieth next following.
Ay-proved January 29, 1936.
Acts, 1936. — Chap. 12. 17
An Act amending the provisions of the law relative to Chav. 12
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat Emergency its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency p"^'^^^^- law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and ej^/JiT fifty-one A of the General Laws, as appearing in section § 12,' etc., ' five of chapter four hundred and seventy-nine of the acts *™^°'^^'i- of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, is hereby amended by striking out, in the tenth and eleventh lines, the words : — ", if required by federal law,", — so as to read as follows: — Section 12. The state treasurer shall deposit or invest the investment fund under the super^'ision and control of the commission, <*f^"'»'^- subject to the provisions of this chapter; provided, that upon the establishment by the United States government or its authorized agency of an unemployment trust fund, from which the state treasurer, as the state agency which is custodian of the fund, may be entitled to requisition at any time such sums standing to his account therein as may be required by the commission to carry out the purposes of section ten, said treasurer shall deposit or invest the fund therein and keep it so deposited or invested, except sums requisitioned as aforesaid, so long as such trust fund exists and remains subject to such requisition.
Section 2. The paragraph defining "Suitable employ- g. l. (Ter. ment" contained in section nineteen of said chapter one f'lg.'et^c^^' hundred and fifty-one A, as so appearing, is hereby amended amended.' by striking out the clause numbered (2) and inserting in place thereof the following new clause : — (2) if the wages, Payment of hours or other conditions of the work offered are substantially benefits, less favorable to the employee than those prevailing for similar work in the locahty;
Section 3. Said chapter four hundred and seventy- 1935,479, nine is hereby amended by striking out section seven and ^ ^' ^™ended. inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 7. Chap- Effective ter one hundred and fifty-one A of the General Laws shall '*^^®- become operative upon the approval of this act by the Federal Social Security Board, as provided in section nine hundred and three of Title IX of the federal social security act, if such approval occurs during the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six; provided, that the provisions of said chapter requiring contributions by employers subject thereto shall, in the event of approval as aforesaid, become operative as of January first of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six. If, after approval as aforesaid, the provisions of said federal act relating to unemployment compensation are repealed, or become inoperative because of unconstitutionality or otherwise, the operation of this act shall thereupon cease,
18 Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 13, 14.
and the funds standing to the credit of the commonwealth shall be distributed in such equitable manner as the general court may prescribe, except in case the governor prior to such repeal or becoming inoperative has officially declared that eleven of the following states (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Mary- land, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South CaroHna, Tennessee, Vermont) have in operation unemployment compensation laws which impose burdens on employers substantially similar to those imposed by this act; but if such official declaration is made sub- sequent to such repeal or becoming inoperative, such provi- sions of this act as are not dependent upon said federal act shall thereupon again become in full force and effect.
Approved January SI, 1936.
Chap. 13 An Act abolishing the close season on skunks.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G.L. (Ter Sectiou ninety-seveu of chapter one hundred and thirty-
etc!, amended.' oue of the General Laws, as amended by chapter seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the
Close season word ", skuuks", — SO as to read as follows: — Section 97.
on skunks. jsjq pcrsou shall, exccpt as provided in section ninety-nine, hunt or trap, or have in possession the living or dead bodies of, minks, otters, muskrats or raccoons, except that such animals, other than raccoons, may be taken by shooting or trapping between November first and March first, both dates inclusive, and that raccoons may be taken with the aid or by the use of dogs or guns between October first and January first, both dates inclusive, and by trapping between November first and January first, both dates inclusive; but not more than twenty raccoons shall be taken by one person in one open season. Approved February 1, 1936.
Chap. 14 An Act authorizing the town of marblehead to vote
AT ITS CURRENT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF GRANTING LICENSES FOR THE SALE IN SAID TOWN OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Marblehead are hereby authorized to insert in the warrant for its annual town meeting in the current year an article or articles en- abfing the voters of said town to vote at said meeting on the questions contained in section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and in section eleven A of said chapter one hundred and thirty-
Acts, 1'936. — Chaps. 15, 16. 19
eight, as most recently amended by section six of chapter four hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five; and the votes at said meeting on said ques- tions shall have the same force and effect from and after said meeting as if taken as provided in said sections eleven and eleven A.
Section 2. The votes under section one shall be taken on the ballot used for the election of town officers which shall set forth said questions and the directions to the voters, all as provided in said sections eleven and eleven A. The ballots shall be distributed at the poUing places under the direction of the town clerk, and the polls shall be open for voting on said questions not less than four hours. The provisions of the general laws relative to the ascertainment of the result of the voting at state elections and returns thereof shall, so far as practicable, apply to the votes taken hereunder.
Section 3. The votes, if any, last taken in the town of Marblehead under the provisions of said sections eleven and eleven A shall have no further force or effect from and after the taking of the votes authorized by section one.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 3, 1936.
An Act changing the date of the biennial municipal Chap. 15
ELECTION in THE CITY OF WESTFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Beginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirty- seven, the biennial municipal election in the city of West- field for the choice of mayor, members of the city council, members of the school committee and members of the board of directors or trustees of the Westfield Athenaeum shall be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November.
Approved February 3, 1936.
An Act relative to the aggregate amounts of tem- Chav. 16 porary loans by cities and towns in anticipation of revenue.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section four of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, as g. l. (Ter. amended by section one of chapter eleven of the acts of ^ttl'amendt'd. nineteen hundred and thirty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the eighth line, the words "bank, cor- poration, street railway" and inserting in place thereof the word : — corporation, — so as to read as follows : — Section Temporary 4. Cities, towns and fire, water, fight and improvement d^esand districts may, by a majority vote, incur debt for temporary to^^s. loans in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year in which the debt is incurred, and may issue notes therefor to an amount which for cities and towns shall not exceed
20 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 17.
in the aggregate the total tax levy of the preceding financial year, together with the corporation and income tax received during the preceding financial year, exclusive of special or additional assessments or revenue from any other source except payments made by the commonwealth in lieu of taxes on account of property taken for institutions or for metropolitan district purposes. Such notes shall be payable, and shall be paid, not later than one year from their date, and shall not be renewed or paid by the issue of new notes, except as provided in section seventeen.
Approved February 8, 1936.
Chap. 17 An Act making the provisions of the civil service
LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT WITH respect to CERTAIN APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE ACCOUNTING, ASSESSORS, CEMETERY, ENGINEER- ING, HEALTH, LIBRARY, MOTH AND TREE W^ARDEN, PARK, POLICE, PUBLIC WELFARE, SCHOOL AND WATER AND SEWER- AGE DEPARTMENTS AND OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, AND TO THE JANITOR OF THE TOWN HALL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, and the rules made thereunder, including those relative to the employment of laborers designated as the "labor service", shall be in force in the town of Swamp- scott with respect to the following appointed officers and employees of the following town departments : —
Department. Officers or Employees.
Accounting . . . Town accountant and clerk.
Assessors Cemetery- Engineering Health . Library . Moth and Tree Warden Park Police
Public Welfare School Water and Sewerage
Clerk.
Superintendent. Engineer and two assistants. Agent, clerk, nurse and laborer. Librarian, three assistants and janitor. Three laborers. Three laborers. Clerk.
Investigator and clerk. Seven janitors, three clerks and nurse. , Superintendent, a clerk and nine laborers. Also with respect "to the clerk in the selectmen's office and the janitor of the town hall.
The incumbents on the effective date of this act may, however, continue to serve in their respective offices and employments without taking a civil service examination.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the current year or at the annual town meeting of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting: — "Shall an act
Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 18, 19. 21
passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled 'An Act making the Provisions of the Civil Service Laws applicable to the Town of Swamp- scott with Respect to Certain Appointed Officers and Em- ployees of the Accounting, Assessors, Cemetery, Engineer- ing, Health, Library, Moth and Tree Warden, Park, Police, Public Welfare, School and Water and Sewerage Depart- ments and of the Board of Selectmen, and to the Janitor of the Town Hall', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast in answer to said question are in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.
Approved February 3, 1936.
An Act relative to the giving of fidelity bonds by Chap. 18
TOWN CLERKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section thirteen of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, o. l. (Ter. as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended Amended. ^ ^^' by striking out, in the sixth and seventh lines, the words "the following section" and inserting in place thereof the following : — section fourteen, — so as to read as follows : — Section 13. Every town clerk shall, within ten days after Town clerks his quahfication and thereafter, at intervals of not more bonds^ than one year, so long as he continues to hold said office, give bond to the town for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum as the selectmen shall approve. If he does not give bond as herein required the selectmen may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed in section fourteen.
Approved February S, 1936.
An Act placing the office of inspector of buildings of Chap. 19
THE TOWN of NATICK UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW^S.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of inspector of buildings of the town of Natick shall, upon the effective date of this act, become subject to the civil service laws and rules and regu- lations, and the tenure of office of any incumbent thereof shall be unlimited, subject, however, to such laws; provided, however, that the present incumbent of said office may continue to serve as such without taking a civil service examination.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the current year in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting: "Shall an act passed by the Gen- eral Court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled 'An Act placing the office of inspector of buildings of the town of Natick under the civil service laws', be
22 Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 20, 21.
accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said question are in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.
Approved February 4, 1936.
ChaV. 20 ^^ ^^'^ FURTHER EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN LAWS AUTHORIZING DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS TO CONTRIBUTE TO CERTAIN FUNDS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
Emergency Whereus, The deferred operation of this act would tend
preamble. ^^ defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty- three is hereby amended by striking out section three, as most recently amended by chapter four of the acts of nine- teen hundred and thirty-five, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. This act shall become inopera- tive at the expiration of six years from its effective date.
Approved February 6, 1936.
ChaV. 21 ^^ ^^^ RELATIVE TO THE OPEN SEASON ON DEER IN BARN-
STABLE COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. SECTION 1. Sectiou One hundred and nine of chapter
f 109,^ etc., one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws, as most amended. recently amended by section one of chapter five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the fourth and fifth lines, the words "except Barnstable,", — so as to read as follows: — Open season Scction 109. Subjcct to the restrictions and provisions here- inafter contained, any person duly authorized to hunt in the commonwealth may hunt a deer, by the use of a shotgun or bow and arrow, in all counties between one half horn- before sunrise and one half hour after sunset of each day beginning with the first Monday in December and ending with the following Saturday, and in any or all of the counties of Berkshire, Frankhn, Hampden and Hamp- shire, if the additional hunting period hereinafter specified is authorized in such county or counties by the director, as evidenced by an order filed in his office and advertised in a newspaper or newspapers published in such county or counties not less than ten days prior to the first Monday in December, between one half hour before sunrise and one half hour after sunset of each day, beginning with the second Monday in December and ending with the following Satur- day. No person shall, except as provided in the preceding section, kill more than one deer. No deer shall be hunted
Acts, 1936. — Chap. 22. 23
on land posted in accordance with section one hundred and twenty-three, or on land under control of the metropolitan district commission, or in any state reservation subject to section one hundred and fourteen except as provided therein. No person shall make, set or use any trap, torch Ught or jack light, salt lick or other device for the purpose of ensnaring, enticing, taking, injuring or killing a deer. No person shall use or carry on his person an arrow adapted for hunting purposes unless it is plainly marked with his name and permanent address. Whoever wounds or kills a deer shall, within forty-eight hours thereafter, send to the director a written report, signed by him, of the facts relative to the wounding or killing. Whoever violates any provi- Penalty, sion of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Section 2. Section one hundred and twelve of said chap- g. l. (Xer. ter one hundred and thirty-one, as most recently amended f fi2,^etc., by section two of said chapter five, is hereby further amended. ' amended by striking out, in the second line, the words "ex- cept Barnstable", — so as to read as follows: — Section 112. Hunting with No person shall in any county between one half hour orb™id before sunrise on the first Monday in December and one °g y'lft;^ half hour after sunset on the following Saturday, or, in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire or Hampden county, between one half hour before sunrise on the second Monday in December and one half hour after sunset on the following Saturday, if such additional period for hunting deer is au- thorized in such county under section one hundred and nine, hunt a bird or mammal with a rifle, revolver or pistol or by the aid of a dog, or have in his possession, or under his control, in any wood or field, a rifle, revolver or pistol, or a dog adapted to the hunting or pursuing of birds or mammals, or, while in pursuit of birds or mammals, have in his possession, or under his control, on any highwa}^, any such firearm or dog.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 6, 1936.
An Act eliminating certain statements from Nomina- Qhn^ 92
TION PAPERS OF CANDIDATES FOR STATE COMMITTEES. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section forty-five of chapter fifty-three of the General g. l. (Ter. Laws, as amended by section thirteen of chapter three hun- ^tc'.!'amendtd'. dred and ten of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "for" in the sixth line the word: — state, — so that the first paragraph will read as follows : — Every nomination Nomination paper shall state, in addition to the name of the candidate, contents of.
(1) his residence, with street and number thereof, if any,
(2) the office for which he is nominated, (3) the political party whose nomination he seeks, and, except for candidates
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for state, ward and town committees and delegates to con- ventions the paper may state, in not more than eight words, the pubUc offices which he holds or has held, and, if he is an elected incumbent of an office for which he seeks renomina- tion, that he is a candidate for such renomination.
Approved February 6, 1936.
Chap. 23 -^N Act changing the dates of certain reports relating
TO PENAL institutions.
G. L. (Ter. Ed.), 35, § 40, amended.
County treasurers, returns of.
G. L. (Ter. Ed.), 124, § amended.
Annual re- port of com- missioner of correction.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section forty of chapter thirty-five of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking out,, in the ninth line, the word "October" and inserting in place thereof the word: — Jan- uary, — and by striking out, in the twelfth Une, the words "September thirtieth" and inserting in place thereof the words : — December thirty-first, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 40. The treasurer shall annually, in November, notify all officers required to account for and pay to him any fines, expenses, forfeitures, fees and money, to make the returns thereof, specifying the laws requiring the same. He shall annually, in January, return to the director of accounts a sworn statement of all such items received by him in criminal matters during the preceding year, from whom received, and the name of each magistrate or officer failing to comply, and what proceedings have been taken by reason thereof. He shall also, annually, on or before January fifteenth, make a return to the commissioner of correction, upon blanks to be provided by said commis- sioner, of all amounts paid or received by him on account of any jail or house of correction for the year ending on the preceding December thirty-first.
Section 2. Section six of chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in the third line, the words " , prison camp and hospital", — and by striking out, in the fourth and fifth lines, the words "September thirtieth" and in- serting in place thereof the words: — December thirty-first,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 6. He shall make an annual report setting forth fully and in detail the actual condition on November thirtieth of the state prison, Massa- chusetts reformatory, state prison colony, state farm and reformatory for women, and on December thirty-first of each jail and house of correction, the number of inmates in each, such statistics from the reports required by section eight as will show the results of criminal prosecutions, and such statistics from the reports required by section nine, and by section one hundred of chapter two hundred and seventy- six, as he considers proper. The report shall state the in- dustries which have been carried on in the institutions named in section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven
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during the year, the number of prisoners employed in each, the greatest and smallest number thereof at any one time, the kind and quantity of goods manufactured, the amount thereof sold to such institutions and elsewhere, and the prices received therefor. The report shall include the reports made to him by the officers in charge of the penal and re- formatory institutions of the commonwealth and of the board of parole.
Section 3. Section ten of chapter one hundred and EdV'm'^* twenty-seven of the General Laws, as so appearing, is § i6,' amended, hereby amended by striking out, in the first line, the word "December" and inserting in place thereof the word: — January, — by striking out, in the third line, the words ", of the prison camp and hospital", — and by striking out, in the fourth and fifth fines, the words "annually, on or before October fifteenth,", — so as to read as follows: — Section 10. Annually, on or before January fifteenth, the Annual re- warden of the state prison, the superintendents of the ^Jf[cerf of Massachusetts reformatory, of the reformatory for women, pertain penal of the state prison colony and of the state farm, and sheriffs, county commissioners and the penal institutions commis- sioner of Boston, shall make a report to the commissioner of the salaries of prison officers, of the number and cost of sup- port of prisoners, and of such other details relative to the management and discipline of the several prisons as the commissioner may prescribe. The warden or superintendent shall also include in his report the amount of liabilities and outstanding claims of said institutions, the names of their debtors and creditors, the amounts due to or from each and when they are payable, detailed accounts of expenditures for the prisons for the year ending the preceding thirtieth day of November, the cost of all changes made in the buildings thereof, the names, position, pay and allowances of every officer or employee thereof, the average cost of the support of each prisoner, the number of volumes in the library of each prison, and such other facts relative to said prisons as the commissioner considers proper. An officer who refuses or neglects to make such report at the time prescribed or who withholds it after said date shall forfeit one dollar for each day's neglect, which shaU be deducted from his salary or compensation at the first monthly payment after his default has been reported to the proper auditing or dis- bursing officer. Ayyroved February 6, 1936.
An Act authorizing the town of lunenburg to vote (JJku) 24 at a town meeting on the question of granting licenses for the sale in said town of alcoholic beverages.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Lunenburg are hereby authorized to insert in the warrant for its annual town meeting or any special town meeting in the current
26 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 25.
year an article or articles enabling the voters of said town to vote at said meeting on the questions contained in sec- tion eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three; and the votes at said meeting on said ques- tions shall have the same force and effect from and after said meeting as if taken at the last biennial state election.
Section 2, The votes under section one shall be taken by ballots prepared by the town clerk which shall set forth said questions and the directions to the voters, all as pro- vided in said section eleven. The ballots shall be distrib- uted at the polling place under the direction of the town clerk, and the polls shall be open for voting on said ques- tions not less than four hours. The provisions of the gen- eral laws relative to the ascertainment of the result of the voting at state elections and returns thereof shall, so far as practicable, apply to the votes taken hereunder.
Section 3. The votes taken in the town of Lunenburg at the last biennial state election under the provisions of said section eleven, shall have no further force or effect from and after the taking of the votes authorized by section one.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 10, 1936.
Chap. 25 An Act restoring to members of the ancient and honorable artillery company their exemption from liability to serve as jurors.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G-L.(Ter Section one of chapter two hundred and thirty-four of
etc!, amended' the General Laws, as amended by section eleven of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun- dred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "militia" in the twentieth hne the words: — ; members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Jurors, quaii- — SO as to read as follows: — Section 1. A person qualified
ncations and , ± e ± ±- ± J^^ i xij.!.
exemptions. to vote for representatives to the general court, whether a registered voter or not, shall be liable to serve as a juror, except that the following persons shall be exempt:
The governor; lieutenant governor; members of the council; state secretary; members and officers of the sen- ate and house of representatives during a session of the general court; judges and justices of a court; county com- missioners; clerks of courts and assistant clerks and all regularly appointed officers of the courts of the United States and of the commonwealth; registers of probate and insolvency; registers of deeds; sheriffs and their deputies; constables; marshals of the United States and their depu- ties, and all other officers of the United States; attorneys at law; settled ministers of the gospel; officers of colleges;
Acts, 1936. — Chap. 26. 27
preceptors and teachers of incorporated academies; regis- tered practicing physicians and surgeons; persons over sev- enty years of age; persons under twenty-five years of age; members of the volunteer mihtia; members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; superintendents, officers and assistants employed in or about a state hospital, in- sane hospital, jail, house of correction, state industrial school or state prison; keepers of lighthouses; conductors and engine drivers of railroad trains; teachers in pubhc schools; enginemen and members of the fire department of Boston, and of other cities and towns in which such exemption has been made by vote of the city council or the inhabitants of the town, respectively. Approved February 10, 1936.
An Act authorizing the town of Norfolk to receive Chav, 26
AND ADMINISTER THE PROPERTY OF THE NORFOLK CEME- TERY ASSOCIATION IN SAID TOWN, SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL DECREE AS AFFECTING TRUST PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Norfolk Cemetery Association, a corpora- tion duly incorporated under general law and situated in the town of Norfolk, may, by deed executed by the treas- urer, and three trustees or a majority thereof, of the cor- poration thereunto duly authorized, convey and transfer to said town, and said town is hereby authorized to receive, and thereafter to hold and maintain, but for cemetery pur- poses only, and subject to all rights heretofore existing in any burial lots, the real and personal property of the cor- poration not subject to any trust, and thereupon, and upon the transfer of trust funds as hereinafter provided, the corporation shall be dissolved; and the cemetery of the cor- poration shall be and become a public burial place, ground or cemetery.
Section 2. In so far as authorized by the decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and in compliance with the terms and conditions of such decree, said town may receive from said corporation a conveyance and transfer of, and administer, all funds or other property held by it in trust for the perpetual care of the lots in its cemetery and for other purposes, and also any property devised or bequeathed to said corporation under the will of any person living at the time of said transfer or conveyance or under the will of any deceased person not then probated. Interest and dividends accruing on funds deposited in trust with any savings bank, under authority of section thirty-seven or thirty-eight of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws, or with any other banking institution, for the benefit of the corporation, or of any lots in its ceme- tery, may, after such conveyance and transfer are author- ized by such decree, be paid by such bank or institution to the treasurer of said town; and upon such payment said
28 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 27.
treasurer, under the direction of the cemetery commission- ers of said town, shall use the same for the purposes specified in such decree.
Section 3. All real and personal property, and property rights, acquired by said town from the corporation under authority of section one shall be held and managed by said town in the same manner in which cities and towns are authorized by law to hold and manage property for ceme- tery purposes; provided, that all rights which any persons have acquired in its cemetery or any lots therein shall re- main in force to the same extent as if this act had not been passed and such transfer had not occurred. The records of the corporation shall be delivered to the clerk of said town, and such clerk may certify copies thereof.
Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its ac- ceptance by a majority of the registered voters of the town of Norfolk present and voting thereon at the annual town meeting of said town to be held in the year nineteen hun- dred and thirty-six, or at a special town meeting called for the purpose to be held prior to December thirty-first, nine- teen hundred and thirty-six.
Approved February 10, 1936.
Chap. 27 An Act placing the office of chief of police of the
TOWN OF NORFOLK UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of chief of police of the town of Norfolk shall, upon the effective date of this act, become subject to the civil service laws and rules and regulations relating to the appointment and removal of police officers in towns, and the tenure of office of any incumbent thereof shall be unlimited, subject, however, to such laws; provided, however, that Douglas Rockwood, the present incumbent of said office, may continue to serve as such without taking a civil service examination.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the current year in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting: "Shall an act passed by the Gen- eral Court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six entitled 'An Act placing the office of chief of police of the town of Norfolk under the civil service laws', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said question are in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise. Approved February 10, 1936.
Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 28, 29. 2d
An Act changing the date of biennial municipal elec- Chap. 28
TIONS IN THE CITY OF MALDEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three is hereby amended by striking out, in the second hne, the word "thirty-three" and inserting in place thereof the word : — thirty-seven, — and by striking out, in the fifth line, the word "December" and inserting in place thereof the word : — November, — so as to read as follows : — >Sec- tion 1. Beginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, municipal elections in the city of Maiden for the choice of mayor, aldermen, common councilmen and members of the school committee shall be held biennially on the second Tuesday in November in each odd-numbered year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1936.
An Act establishing biennial municipal elections in Chap. 29
the city of BEVERLY AND MAKING CERTAIN OTHER CHAR- TER CHANGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter five hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten is hereby amended by striking out, in the fifth Hne, the word "seven" and inserting in place thereof the word: — nine, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3. The administration of all the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of said city, and the government thereof, — except the affairs of the pubhc schools, the administration, management and control of which shall be vested in a school committee of nine mem- bers, — shall be vested in an executive department which shall consist of one officer to be called the mayor, and in a legislative department, which shall consist of a single body of nine to be called the board of aldermen, the members whereof shall be called aldermen. The legislative depart- ment shall never exercise any executive power, and the executive department shall never exercise any legislative power, except as may otherwise be provided herein.
Section 2. Said chapter five hundred and forty-two is hereby further amended by striking out section seven and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 7. Be- ginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, regular city elections shall be held biennially in each even- numbered year on the Tuesday after the second Monday in December. The municipal year shall begin on the first Monday in January in each year, at twelve o'clock noon, and continue until the first Monday in January next follow- ing at twelve o'clock noon.
30 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 29.
Section 3. Section eight of said chapter five hundred and forty-two is hereby amended by striking out, in the first fine, the word "annual" and inserting in place thereof the word: — biennial, — so as to read as follows: — Section 8. At the biennial city election the qualified voters of the city shall give in their votes by ballot for mayor and members of the board of aldermen and of the school committee, or for such of them as are 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 office 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 for mayor, or if the person elected to that office shall refuse to accept, or shall die before qualifying, or if a vacancy in the office shall occur more than four months previous to the expiration of service of a mayor, the board of aldermen shall forthwith cause warrants to be issued for a new elec- tion 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 the members of the board of aldermen has not been elected or if a vacancy in the office of alderman shall occur more than three months previous to the expira- tion of the term of office, the board of aldermen shall forth- with elect from among the qualified voters of the city or ward, as the case may be, some person or persons to fill the vacancy or vacancies for the remainder of the unexpired term. In case a vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur within four months previous to the expiration of the unex- pired term, the board of aldermen may in its discretion order a new election for mayor to be held as aforesaid to fill the vacancy; and may, likewise, should a vacancy occur in the office of any member of the board of aldermen within said period of three months, fill said office in the manner aforesaid.
Section 4. Said chapter five hundred and forty-two is hereby further amended by striking out section nine and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 9. At each biennial city election beginning with the one held in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, there shall be elected by ballot by and from the qualified voters at large a mayor and three members of the board of aldermen, and by and from the qualified voters of each ward one member of said board, each to serve for the term of two years be- ginning with the first Monday in January then next ensu- ing. The member elected at large receiving the highest number of votes at any biennial city election, including the biennial city election in nineteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be president of the board of aldermen.
At the biennial city election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, the quahfied voters of the whole city, voting
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at large, shall elect by ballot from their own number an additional member at large of the school committee, to serve for the term of four years beginning with the first Monday in January next ensuing. The terms of office of the two members of said committee, one from ward one and one from ward five, expiring on the first Monday in January in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, are hereby extended until the first Monday in January in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine. The term of office of the member at large of said committee expiring on the first Monday in January in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-eight is hereby extended to the first Monday in Janu- ary in the year nineteen hundred and forty-one.
Commencing with the biennial city election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, a successor to each of the elected members of the school committee whose term will expire in January then next ensuing shall be elected by ballot, for the term of four years from the first Monday in January then next ensuing, by the quahfied voters of the whole city, voting at large, from the qualified voters, either of the whole city or of a ward thereof, as in the case of the election of the member whose term will so expire.
The mayor, aldermen and members of the school com- mittee shall hold office for their respective terms and until their respective successors are quahfied.
Section 5. Section twelve of said chapter five hundred and forty-two is hereby amended by inserting after the word "January" in the second line the words: — of each odd-numbered year, — and by striking out, in the twenty- first line, the word "municipal" and inserting in place thereof the words : — biennial city, — so as to read as fol- lows:— Section 12. The mayor-elect and the aldermen- elect shall, on the first Monday in January of each odd- numbered year at twelve o'clock noon, meet and be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties. The oath may be administered to the mayor by the city clerk, or by a judge of a court of record, or by a justice of the peace. The oath may be administered to the members of the board of alder- men by the mayor, he having been duly sworn, or by any of the above named officials. A certificate that said oath or oaths have been taken shall be entered in the journal of the board of aldermen. In case of the absence of the mayor- elect on said day, or if a mayor shall subsequently be elected, the oath of office may at any time thereafter be adminis- tered to him, and at any time thereafter in like manner the oath of office may be administered to any member of the board of aldermen, who for similar reasons shall not have taken the oath on the day named. All such oaths subse- quently taken shall be entered in the journal aforesaid. After the oath has been administered to the aldermen pres- ent they shall organize, with the member elected at large receiving the highest number of votes at the preceding biennial city election, as president, as provided in section
Acts, 1936. —Chap. 29.
nine. The president shall be sworn by the city clerk, or in case of the absence of the clerk, by any justice of the peace. Nothing in the duties of his office shall be held to deprive him of his right to vote and act as a member of the board.
Section 6. Section fourteen of said chapter five hun- dred and forty-two is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following: — The board of aldermen shall in the month of January in each odd-numbered year, as soon after its organization as may be, elect a city clerk, a city collector of taxes, a city messenger, a city treasurer, a city physician and a clerk of committees, all for the term of two years from the first Monday in said January and until their respective succes- sors are qualified.
Section 7. Said chapter five hundred and forty-two is hereby further amended by striking out section thirty- seven and inserting in place thereof the following: — Sec- tion 37. The school committee of said city shall consist of the mayor, ex officio, and of eight members who shall be elected as provided by section nine. Said committee shall have the entire management and control of the schools of the city, may elect a superintendent of schools, and may appoint such other subordinate officers and assistants as it may deem necessary for the proper discharge of its duties and the conduct of its business; shall define the terms of service, duties and compensation of such officers, and may remove and discharge them at its pleasure. The school committee shall be the judge of the election and qualifica- tions of its members, and shall determine the rules of its proceedings. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. Should a vacancy occur in the office of an elected member of the school com- mittee for any cause, the mayor shall, as soon as may be, call a joint convention of the board of aldermen and the school committee, at which the president of the board of aldermen shall preside, and the vacancy shall, by vote of a majority of such joint convention, be filled by the election of a member according to the vacancy existing, to serve for the balance of the unexpired term.
Section 8. Section forty-one of said chapter five hun- dred and forty-two is hereby amended by striking out, in the fifth fine, the word "two" and inserting in place thereof the word : — three, — so as to read as follows : — Section Jfl. All sessions of the committee shall be open to the pub- lic, and a journal of its proceedings shall be kept which shall be subject to public inspection. The vote of the com- mittee upon any question shall be taken by roll call when the same is requested by at least three members.
Section 9. Section forty-five of said chapter five hun- dred and forty-two, as amended by chapter three hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and thir-
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teen, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "bank" in the thirtieth hne, as appearing in said chapter five hundred and forty-two, the words : — or trust com- pany,— so as to read as follows: — Section 1^.5. No con- tract for the purchase of materials or supphes, or for labor to be furnished, except labor to be rendered in person, in- volving the expenditure of more than three hundred dollars for any one specific purpose, shall be valid unless the same be in writing and signed in behalf of the city by the mayor and the officer, or a majority of the board or committee, authorized to incur the liability. No such contract shall be made until proposals shall have been invited by an adver- tisement printed three times in one or more newspapers for at least ten days before the time designated therein for the closing of bids, unless, in the case of any particular con- tract, the mayor shall in writing recommend that the same be not advertised. In such writing, the mayor shall fully set forth the necessity for such recommendation, and his reasons for the same, and in such case the provisions herein for advertising shall be suspended if the board of aldermen by a two thirds vote approve the recommendation. At the time and place appointed in said advertisement all bids received shall be opened publicly, and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder complying with the regulations, who, in the judgment of the officer, mem- ber or committee authorized to incur the liability, is com- petent and can procure the means to perform the contract satisfactorily, but any and all proposals may be rejected if such a course is deemed to be for the interests of the city. No proposals shall be considered unless received within the time designated in the advertisement, nor unless properly sealed and accompanied by a duly certified check for the amount, if any, specified in such advertisement, to be drawn on some national bank or trust company in the common- wealth and payable to the order of the city treasurer. The check shall be returned to the depositors as soon as the con- tract is awarded, except that if the successful bidder does not duly execute the contract upon request and sign any bond which may be required by its terms, the check accom- panying his proposal shall be dehvered to the city treasurer for collection. No bond shall be furnished of less than one quarter, nor shall it exceed one half the total amount of the contract. A duly executed copy of every such contract shall be filed with the city clerk forthwith upon the signing of the same. Every such contract requiring the employ- ment of mechanics and laborers in the construction of pub- He works shall contain the provisions required by law to the effect that preference be given to citizens of the com- monwealth, or if they cannot be had in sufficient numbers, to citizens of the United States.
Section 10. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, the terms of office of all officers and members of boards of the city of Beverly in oflace upon the effective
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date hereof shall be unaffected hereby, and such officers and members shall, unless sooner removed by authority of law, continue to serve for the balance of the terms for which they were severally elected or appointed.
Section 11. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the registered voters of the city of Beverly, at the bien- nial state election to be held in the current year, in the form of the following question, which shall be printed on the official ballot to be used in said city at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nine- teen hundred and thirty-six, entitled 'An Act establishing Biennial Municipal Elections in the City of Beverly and making Certain Other Charter Changes', be accepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the affirma- tive in answer to said question, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise. Approved February 11, 1936.
Chap. 30 An ■Ac'^ changing the period covered by the annual
REPORT OF the BOARD OF PROBATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one hundred and one of chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in the third line, the words "September thirtieth" and inserting in place thereof the words: — December thirty- first, — so as to read as follows: — Section 101. The board of probation shall make an annual report to the general court of the probation work of the courts for the year end- ing on December thirty-first preceding. The report shall include such information as the board may consider useful, with its suggestions or recommendations.
Section 2. The board of probation shall include in its first annual report under this act, but as a separate part thereof, a like report for the period beginning October first, nineteen hundred and thirty-five, and ending the following December thirty-first. Approved February 11, 1936.
G. L. (Ter. Ed.), 276, §101, amended.
Annual report.
Temporary provisions.
Chap. 31 An Act relative to annual returns and reports as to cases in the superior court and to the making of certain annual returns by sheriffs.
G. L. (Ter. Ed.), 9, § 17, etc., amended.
Annual re- port of the state sec- retary, contents of.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seventeen, as amended by chapter thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-four, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 17. He shall, in addition to the special reports re- quired by law, make an annual report showing the trans- actions of his department for the preceding fiscal year. He shall include therein a report showing the aggregate vote, both affirmative and negative, on every act or part of an
Acts, 1936. — Chap. 32. 35
act which shall have been referred by the general court for acceptance or rejection to the voters of any political sub- division of the commonwealth or to the city council of any city during the year. He shall also include in such report a record of the work of his department in respect to public records under chapter sixty-six, with recommendations and suggestions relative thereto.
Section 2. Section twenty-three of chapter thirty-seven g. l. (Xer. of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edi- amended.^ ^^' tion, is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the words "state secretary" and inserting in place thereof the words: — director of the division of accounts, — so as to read as follows: — Section 23. Sheriffs shall annually, on sheriffs' an- or before October fifteenth, return to the director of the nuai returns. division of accounts on blanks provided by him a sworn account of all money received by them for the year end- ing on the preceding September thirtieth, designating the amounts received from the county treasurer and from all other sources, and specifying the amounts received for fees in civil and criminal processes. They shall also return the number of days of attendance upon the courts and upon the county commissioners, and also the number of days of attendance upon more than one of said tribunals simul- taneously. If a sheriff neglects to make such return, he shall forfeit two hundred dollars.
Section 3. Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the g. l. (Ter. ^ General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section amended.' " ' twenty-four, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 21^. The clerks of the courts for cierksof the several counties and the clerks of the superior court for m^ke^nnuai civil and for criminal business in Suffolk county shall an- retpmstoju-
n-Ti ci ••! -y • • 1 ^ • "'cial council.
nually m July make returns of the civil and criminal busi- ness of the superior court for their respective counties for the last preceding year ending June thirtieth to the judicial council upon suitable blank forms to be prepared by said council. The judicial council may in its discretion verify such returns in such manner as it deems advisable, and for this purpose may inspect the dockets and records of said officials and shall be furnished by them with such further information as the council deems necessary to complete such returns. Approved February 11, 1936.
An Act providing in certain cases for the return to Qfiav 32
PENAL institutions OF PRISONERS REMOVED THEREFROM TO DEPARTMENTS FOR DEFECTIVE DELINQUENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the General EdViJs^new Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section one hun- section iiVa, dred and seventeen, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edi- ^'^'^^'^• tion, the following new section: — Section 117 A. When, in Return of cer- the opinion of the commissioner of correction and the super- to'penar"^"
institutiona.
36 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 33.
intendent of an institution wherein a department for de- fective delinquents has been estabHshed, or, in case of such a department estabHshed at the state farm, the medical director appointed under section forty-eight of chapter one hundred and twenty-five, the mental condition of a person removed from a penal institution to such department under section one hundred and fourteen is such that he should be returned to the penal institution from which he was removed, they shall so certify upon the order of removal, and notice, accompanied by a written statement regarding the mental condition of such person, shall be given to the warden, superintendent, keeper or master, as the case may be, of the penal institution from which removed, who shall thereupon cause such person to be reconveyed to such in- stitution, there to remain pursuant to the original sentence, computing the time of his confinement in said department as part of the term of his imprisonment under such sentence.
Approved February 11, 1936.
Chap. 33 A.N Act authorizing the city of lawrence to construct
AND MAINTAIN A FIRE ALARM SIGNAL SYSTEM BUILDING AND A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL ON CERTAIN LAND WITHIN THE LIMITS OF JOHN J. MULLANEY PARK, AND A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL WITHIN THE LIMITS OF STORROW PARK IN SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Lawrence is hereby authorized, notwithstanding any limitation contained in chapter forty- five of the General Laws, to build, equip and maintain an isolated fire alarm signal system building, covering an area of not more than twenty-six hundred square feet on the ground, within the limits of John J. Mullaney park, also known as Bodwell park, in ward five of said city, which park was acquired by said city for park and recreational purposes bj^ deed of gift from the Essex company dated November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and recorded in the registry of deeds for the northern dis- trict of Essex county. Said building shall be located at the northeasterly end of said park, on the triangular area of land bounded by Bodwell street on the north and the municipal gravel bank on the south, and said building shall be so located as not to interfere with or infringe upon the use for recrea- tional or athletic purposes of any part of the park area then so used.
Section 2. Said city is hereby further authorized, not- withstanding any limitation contained in said chapter forty- five, to build, equip and maintain, for the free recreational use of the public, a swimming pool within the limits of said John J. Mullaney park, covering an area of not more than sixteen thousand square feet on the ground, to be located near the southwesterly end of the park, at a distance of ap- proximately two hundred feet from the line of School street.
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Said swimming pool shall be so located as not to interfere with or infringe upon the use for recreational or athletic purposes of any part of the park area then so used.
Section 3. Said city is hereby further authorized, not- withstanding any limitation contained in said chapter forty- five, to build, equip and maintain for the free recreational use of the public, a swimming pool within the limits of Storrow park, so called, in ward one of said city, covering an area of not more than sixteen thousand square feet on the ground, said park having been acquired by said city for park purposes by deed of gift from the Essex company, dated December third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and recorded in the registry of deeds for the southern dis- trict of Essex county. Said pool shall be located at the southerly end of said Storrow park at a point approximately two hundred and fifty feet westerly of the hne of High street and approximately two hundred feet northerly of the line of Storrow terrace.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act regulating the election and employment of /^^^^ 04 teachers in the public schools of the city of lowell. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee of the city of Lowell shall establish by means of written and oral examinations, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the committee, with the approval of the department of educa- tion, may prescribe, an eligible list of candidates for positions as teachers in the public schools of said city; and no person shall be elected to or employed in such a position unless his name then appears on such list, nor unless he is recommended therefor by the superintendent of schools of said city. Ex- cept as otherwise herein provided, chapter seventy-one of the General Laws shall continue to apply to teachers in the public schools of said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act authorizing the town of northbridge to con- nhf,^ oc
STRUCT AND MAINTAIN A WATER SYSTEM AND TO ACQUIRE ^'
WATER FOR THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF FIRES AND FOR DOMESTIC AND OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Northbridge is hereby authorized to supply and distribute water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes to the inhabitants of said town.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid said town may construct, lay and maintain conduits, pipes, standpipes.
38 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 36.
reservoirs, aqueducts, fountains, hydrants and other works and may purchase any necessary materials. The town shall not, however, enter upon any lands or ways not owned by it, except at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with the owner or owners thereof. The town may, for the purposes aforesaid, acquire by purchase, lease, or gift, any land or interest in land, but shall not, by virtue of this act, have the power of eminent domain.
Section 3. Said town, acting through its board of selectmen, may, for the purposes aforesaid, acquire water, by contract or otherwise, from any person or corporation, and may distribute the same to the inhabitants of the town and fix just and equitable prices and rates for the use of said water; provided, that no source of water supply and no works necessary for treating, protecting and preserving the purity of said water shall be taken or used without first ob- taining the advice and approval of the department of public health.
Section 4. For the purposes of this act or any one of them, said town may, from time to time, borrow money and may issue bonds and notes therefor. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, and, so far as applicable, to chapter three hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, as heretofore or hereafter amended.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 1936.
Chap. 36 An Act limiting the time within which the furnace village water district of easton may borrow money prior to distributing water.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fort5'--seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-one is hereby amended by striking out section thirteen, as most recently amended by section one of chapter three hundred and twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 13. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by a two thirds vote of the voters of said district present and voting thereon at a district meeting called, in accordance with the provisions of section eight, within four years after its passage; but no loan shall be issued under this act after the expiration of ten years from the date of its acceptance unless, prior to the expiration thereof, said district shall have begun the distri- bution of water to consumers.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 1936.
Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 37, 38. 39
An Act relative to the control of archers pond and Chav 37
LAKE pearl in THE TOWN OF WRENTHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Wrentham, through its board of selectmen, may from time to time make rules and regula- tions as to the erection, maintenance and control of all pub- lic bath houses on the shores of Archers pond and of Lake Pearl (formerly known as Whitings pond) in said town.
Section 2. Said town, through its board of selectmen, may from time to time make rules and regulations governing fishing, boating, bathing, skating and other recreational activities in or on Archers pond and Lake Pearl in said town. Such rules and regulations relative to fishing shall be subject to the approval of the division of fisheries and game of the department of conservation, and such other rules and regu- lations made under this section shall be subject to the ap- proval of the department of public works, and, in either case, when so approved shall have the force of law.
Section 3. Any pohce officer of said town may patrol any part of the waters of said pond and lake and shall have authority to arrest any person violating any law of the com- monwealth in, on or adjacent to the waters of said pond and lake or violating anj^ rule or regulation established under this act.
Section 4. The violation of any rule or regulation estab- lished under this act shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to abridge the powers and duties of said department of public works under chapter ninety-one of the General Laws.
Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act authorizing the town of west newbury to Chav 38
SUPPLY ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER AND VALIDATING ACTION TAKEN IN RELATION TO SUCH WATER SUPPLY PRIOR TO SUCH AUTHORIZATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of West Newbury may supply itself and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish fountains and hj^drants, relocate or discontinue the same, and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect rates to be paid for the use of the same.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said town, act- ing by its board of water commissioners hereinafter pro- vided for, may contract with any other municipahty, acting by its water department, or with any water company, or with any water district, for whatever water may be required, authority to furnish the same being hereby granted, and
40 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 38.
may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or other- wise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of any pond, brook, spring or stream or of any ground water sources, by means of driven, artesian or other wells or filter galleries, within the limits of said town, not already appro- priated for purposes of public water supply, and the water rights connected with any such water sources; and also for said purposes may take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and other easements necessary for collecting, storing, holding, purifying and treat- ing such water and protecting and preserving the purity thereof and for conveying the same to any part of said town; provided, that no source of water supply and no lands necessary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water shall be taken or used without first obtaining the advice and approval of the department of public health, and that the location and arrangement of all dams, reser- voirs, wells or filter galleries, filtration and pumping plants or other works necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be subject to the approval of said depart- ment. Said town may construct and maintain on the lands acquired and held under this act proper dams, wells, reser- voirs, pumping and filtration plants, buildings, standpipes, tanks, fixtures and other structures, including also purifi- cation and treatment works, the construction and main- tenance of which shall be subject to the approval of said department of public health, and may make excavations, procure and operate machinery, and provide such other means and appliances and do such other things as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of com- plete and effective water works; and for that purpose may construct, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works, under or over any lands, water courses, rail- roads, railways and pubHc or other ways, and along any such way in said tov/n in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purposes of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of this act, said town may dig up or raise and embank any such lands, highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to pubHc travel thereon; pro- vided, that all things done upon any such way shall be subject to the direction of the selectmen of said town. Said town shall not enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within the location of any railroad cor- poration except at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corporation or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department of public utilities. Said town may enter upon any lands for the pur- pose of making surveys, test pits and borings, and may take or otherwise acquire the right to occupy temporarily
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any lands necessary for the construction of any work or for any other purpose authorized by this act.
Section 3. The land, water rights and other property taken or acquired under this act, and all works, buildings and other structures erected or constructed thereunder, shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they shall deem for the best interest of the town.
Section 4. Any person or corporation injured in his or its property by any action of said town or board under this act may recover damages from said town under said chapter seventy-nine ; provided, that the right to damages for the taking of any water, water source or water right, or any injury thereto, shall not vest until the water is actually with- drav/n or diverted by said town under authority of this act.
Section 5. Said town may, for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred under the provisions of this act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, issue from time to time bonds or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the aggregate, seventy-five thousand nine hundred dollars, which shall bear on their face the words. Town of West Newbury Water Loan, Act of 1936. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accord- ance with the provisions of section five; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from the water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works or the purchasing of water and the maintenance of its pipe lines, as the case may be, and the interest as it accrues on the bonds or 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 said town annually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned, held or used by said town under the authority and for the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said town three times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by im- prisonment for not more than one year.
Section 8. The selectmen of said town shall serve as water commissioners until the election and quafification of
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water commissioners at the annual meeting in nineteen hundred and thirty-seven or at such later date, if any, as the town may elect water commissioners. Whenever the phrase "board of water commissioners" or "board" or "commissioners" occurs in this act it shall mean and include the board of water commissioners or the selectmen acting as such, as the case may be. Said town shall, at the annual meeting in nineteen hundred and thirty-seven or at such later date, if any, as it may vote at a meeting called for the purpose, elect by ballot three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years, one until the expiration of two years, and one until the expiration of one year, from the next succeeding annual town meeting, to constitute a board of water commissioners; and at the annual town meeting held on the day on which the shortest of such terms expires, and at each annual town meeting thereafter, one such commis- sioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority granted to the town by this act, except sections five and six, and not otherwise specially provided for, shall be vested in said board of water commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such instructions, rules and regulations as said town may impose by its vote. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. After the election of a board of water commissioners under authority of this section, any vacancy occurring in said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by said town at any legal town meeting called for the purpose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily in the manner provided by section eleven of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, and the person so appointed shall perform the duties of the office until the next annual meeting of said town or until another person is quahfied.
Section 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi- table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe the time and manner of payment. The income of the water works shall be appropriated to defray all operating expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal as they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be appropriated for such new construction as the water commissioners, with the approval of the town, may determine upon, and in case a surplus should remain after payment for such new construc- tion the water rates shall be reduced proportionately. All authority vested in said commissioners by the foregoing provisions of this section and by section three shall be sub- ject to the provisions of section eight. Said commissioners shall annually, and as often as the town may require, render a report upon the condition of the works under their charge, and an account of their doings, including an account of the receipts and expenditures.
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Section 10. The acts and proceedings of the town of West Newbury at the special town meetings held on Octo- ber tenth and eleventh, in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five in so far as such acts and proceedings relate to the subject matter of the foregoing provisions of this act, and all acts done in pursuance thereof are hereby confirmed and made vahd, to the same extent as if said meetings had been called, held, conducted and adjourned subsequent to the effective date of this act.
Section 11. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ance by a majority of the voters of the town of West New- bury present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose within three years after its passage; but the number of meetings so called in any year shall not exceed three. Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act establishing in the town of amesbury repre- nj^rjj. qq
SENTATIVE TOWN GOVERNMENT BY LIMITED TOWN MEET- "'
INGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the town of Amesbury the form of representative town government by limited town meetings hereinafter set forth. Upon the ac- ceptance of this act by the town of Amesbury as hereinafter provided, the selectmen shall forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than six nor more than ten voting pre- cincts, each of which shall be plainly designated, and shall contain not less than five hundred registered voters. All precincts shall contain approximately an equal number of registered voters.
The precincts shall be so established as to consist of com- pact and contiguous territory, to be bounded, as far as pos- sible, by the center line of known streets and ways or by other well defined limits. Their boundaries shall be reviewed and, if need be, wholly or partly revised or the number of precincts changed within the aforesaid limits by the select- men in December, once in five years, or in December of any year when so directed by a vote of a representative town meeting not later than November thirtieth of that year.
The selectmen shall, within twenty days after any estab- lishment or revision of the precincts, but not later than January twentieth of the succeeding year, file a report of their doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the assessors with a map or maps or description of the pre- cincts and the names and residences of the registered voters therein. The selectmen shall also cause to be posted at the town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts as established or revised from time to time, with the names and residences of the registered voters therein. They shall also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each pre- cinct a map or description of that precinct with the names
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and residences of the registered voters therein. The division of the town into voting precincts and any revision of such precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the selectmen with the town clerk. When- ever the precincts are established or revised, the town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the state secre- tary, stating the number and designation of the precincts. Meetings of the registered voters of the several precincts for elections, for primaries, and for voting upon any question to be submitted to all the voters of the town, shall be held on the same day and at the same hour and at such place or places within the town as may from time to time be deter- mined by vote at a representative town meeting under an appropriate article in the warrant therefor, or, in default of such determination, as the selectmen shall in the warrants for such meetings direct. The provisions of the general laws, relating to precinct voting at elections, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall apply to all elections and primaries in the town upon the establishment of voting precincts as hereinbefore provided.
Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section three as town meeting members at large, the representative town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of the largest number divisible by three which will admit of a representation of all precincts by an equal number of mem- bers, and which will not cause the total elected town meet- ing membership to exceed two hundred. The registered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual town elec- tion held after the estabhshment thereof or at a special town election held prior to such annual town election, and at the first annual town election following any precinct re- vision where the number of precincts is changed, conform- ably to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters in the precinct, other than the officers designated in section three as town meeting members at large, provided for in the first sentence of this section, to be town meeting mem- bers of the town. The first third in order of votes received of members so elected shall serve three years, the second third in such order shall serve two years, and the remain- ing third in such order shall serve one year, from the day of the annual town election, if elected at such election, and, if elected at a special town election, shall also serve from the date of such special town election to and including the day of the next following annual town election; in case of a tie vote affecting the division into thirds as aforesaid the members elected from the precinct shall by ballot determine the same; and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein, at each annual town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in Hke manner, elect one third of the number of town meeting members to which that precinct is entitled for the term of three years, and shall at such election fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or
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vacancies then existing in the number of town meeting members in that precinct. Upon every revision of the pre- cincts where the number of precincts is changed, the terms of office of all town meeting members from every precinct shall cease upon the election of their successors. The town clerk shall, after every election of town meeting members, forthwith notify each member by mail of his election.
Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be hmited to the voters elected under section two, together with the following, designated as town meet- ing members at large; namelj^, any member of the general court of the commonwealth from the town, the moderator, the town clerk, the chairman of the board of selectmen, the town treasurer, the town counsel, the chairman of the plan- ning board, the chairman of the board of assessors, the chairman of the board of health, the chairman of the board of public welfare, the chairman of the school committee, the chairman of the water commissioners, the chairman and the secretary of the finance committee and the town accountant. The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of the time and place at which representative town meetings are to be held, the notices to be sent by mail at least seven days before the meeting.
Section 4. The town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be the judges of the election and quahfications of their members. A majority of the town meeting members shall constitute a quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize temporarily and may adjourn from time to time. Notice of every adjourned representative town meet- ing shall be given by the town clerk by publication in a newspaper published daily and commonly circulated in the town of Amesbury; and the town clerk shall also notify the members by mail of the adjournment at least twenty- four hours before the time of the adjourned representative town meeting, if the period of adjournment will permit. The notices shall state briefly the business to be acted upon at any meeting and shall include notice of any proposed reconsideration. All town meetings shall be public; and, subject to such conditions as may be determined from time to time by the representative town meeting, any voter of the town who is not a town meeting member may speak at any representative town meeting, but shall not vote. A town meeting member may resign by filing a written resig- nation with the town clerk, and such resignation shall take effect upon the date of such fifing. No elected member whose official position entitles him to be a member at large shall act as a member at large during such time as he re- mains an elected member. A town meeting member who removes from the town shall cease to be a town meeting member and an elected tovv'n meeting member who re- moves from one precinct to another or is so removed by a revision of precincts, shall not retain membership after the
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next annual election as an elected member from the precinct from which he has or is removed. The town meeting mem- bers as such shall receive no compensation.
Section 5. Nomination of candidates for town meeting members to be elected under this act shall be made by nomination papers signed by not less than twenty-five voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides, and filed with the town clerk at least fifteen days before the election; provided, that any town meeting member may become a candidate for re-election by giving written notice thereof to the town clerk at least thirty days before elec- tion. No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose written acceptance is not thereon or at- tached thereto when filed.
Section 6. The articles in the warrant for every town meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moder- ator, town officers, town meeting members, and, as herein- after provided, to referenda and all matters to be acted upon and determined by ballot shall be acted upon and determined by the voters in their respective meetings by precinct. All other articles in the warrant for any town meeting, beginning with the town meeting at which said town meeting members are first elected, shall be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members at a meeting to be held at such time and place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting, sub- ject to the referendum provided for by section nine.
Section 7. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at each annual town meeting and shall serve as moderator of all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law, until a successor is elected and qualified. Nominations for and election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for that purpose. If a moderator is absent a moderator pro tempore may be elected by the town meeting members.
Section 8. Any vacancy in the full number of town meeting members from any precinct, whether arising from a failure of the registered voters thereof to elect, or from any other cause, may be filled until the next annual elec- tion by the remaining town meeting members of the pre- cinct from among the registered voters thereof. Notice of any vacancy shall promptly be given by the town clerk to the remaining members from the precinct in which the vacancy or vacancies exist and the town clerk shall call a special meeting of such members for the purpose of filling any vacancy, and shall cause to be mailed to every such member not less than seven days before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and place of the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the mem- bers from such precinct shall constitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their own number a chairman and a clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall be by written ballot
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and a majority of the votes cast shall be required for a choice. The chairman and the clerk shall count the ballots and shall make a certificate of the choice and forthwith file the same with the town clerk, together with a written ac- ceptance by the member or members so chosen who shall thereupon be deemed elected and quahfied a town meeting member or members, subject to the right of all the town meeting members to judge of the election and qualifications of the members as set forth in section four.
Section 9. No final vote of any representative town meeting passing or rejecting a measure under any article in the warrant, except a vote to adjourn or dissolve, or votes appropriating money for the payment of notes or bonds of the town and interest thereon becoming due within the then current financial year or votes appropriating money necessary for the performance of any contract entered into by the town in accordance with a vote or votes of a town meeting previously held or votes for the temporary borrow- ing of money in anticipation of revenue, or a vote declared by preamble by a two thirds vote of the town meeting members present and voting thereon to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety or convenience of the town, shall be operative until after the expiration of five days, exclusive of Sundays and legal hohdays, from the date of dissolution of the meeting. Any such measure disposed of by a vote to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, or other dilatory vote, shall be deemed to have been rejected in the form in which it was presented and perfected or changed by such amendments, if any, as have been adopted by the said meeting. If, within said five days, a petition, signed by not less than twenty-five registered voters in each precinct, con- taining their names and addresses as they appear on the list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen request- ing that the question or questions involved in any such vote which has not become operative as aforesaid be submitted to the voters of the town at large, the operation of such vote shall be further suspended pending its determination as hereinafter provided, and the selectmen, within ten days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special meeting, which shall be held within fourteen days after the issuing of the call, for the purpose of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so involved. All votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precinct meetings in the same manner as in the election of town officers. The question so submitted shall be determined by vote of the same proportion of voters at large voting thereon as would have been required by law of the town meeting members had the question been finally determined at a representative town meeting. The questions so submitted shall be stated upon the ballot in substantially the same language and form in which they were stated when presented to said representa-
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tive town meeting by the moderator as appears from the records of the said meeting. If such petition is not filed within the said period of five days, the vote of the repre- sentative town meeting shall become operative upon the ex- piration of the said period.
Section 10. The town of Amesbury after the acceptance of this act and the first election of town meeting members thereunder, shall have the capacity to act through and be bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute representative town meetings; and the representative town meetings shall exercise exclusivel}^, so far as will conform to the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of law now or hereafter apphcable to the transaction of town affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any repre- sentative town meeting in accordance with the provisions of this act, have the same force and effect as if such action had been taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the town as heretofore organized and conducted.
Section 11. This act shall not abridge the right of the inhabitants of Amesbury to hold general meetings, as that right is secured to them by the constitution of this common- wealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative town meeting in Amesbury the power finally to commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or changing its government, without action thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check list therefor.
Section 12. This act shall be submitted to the registered voters of the town of Amesbury for acceptance at the annual town meeting in nineteen hundred and thirty-six. The vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the provisions of the general laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to the question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nine- teen hundred and thirty-six, entitled 'An Act establishing in the town of Amesbury representative town government by limited town meetings ', be accepted by this town?" This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon.
Section 13. If this act is rejected by the registered voters of the town of Amesbury when submitted to said voters under section twelve it may be submitted for acceptance in hke manner from time to time to such voters at any annual meet- ing in said town within three years thereafter.
Approved February 12, 1936,
Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 40, 41, 42. 49
An Act relative to the establishment of reserve Chav 40
FUNDS BY CITIES. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty of the General Laws is hereby amended EdViJ^new by inserting after section five, as appearing in the Tercen- section 5a. tenary Edition, the following new section: — Section 5 A. ^'^^®*^- To provide for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures, a city may, prior to the date when the tax rate for the year is fixed, appropriate a sum not exceeding one per cent of the tax levy for the preceding year to be known as a reserve fund. No direct drafts against this fund shall be made, but transfers from the fund may from time to time be voted by the city council upon recommendation of the mayor, and the city auditor or ofticer having similar duties shall make such transfers as are so voted. Approved February 12, 1936.
Reserve fund in cities.
An Act authorizing the city of Gardner to furnish QJiqj) 41
WATER to the BALDWINVILLE WATER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF TEMPLETON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of supplying the Baldwin- ville water district in the town of Templeton with water for domestic and other purposes, the city of Gardner may contract with said district for whatever water it may re- quire; authority to furnish and to purchase such water and to enter into such contract being hereby granted. Water furnished hereunder shall be delivered into a main water pipe of said district at such price as may be mutually agreed upon by the city council of said city, with the approval of the mayor, and by the water commissioners of said district.
Section 2. This act shall take efifect upon its accept- ance by the city council of the city of Gardner, subject to the provisions of its charter.
Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act making certain perfecting changes in the law (Jhav 42 relative to water liens.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section forty-two A of chapter forty of the o. l. (Ter. General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter one f 42A?etc.. hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred amended. ' and thirty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the twelfth hne, the words "during the" and inserting in place thereof the words : — within a period of one, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1^.2 A. If the rates and ^j^^ter rates, charges due to a city or town or water district, which accepts lien upon this and the five following sections by vote of its city council '^^^ estate. or of the voters in town or district meeting and, by its clerk,
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G. L. (Ter. Ed.). 40, I 42B, etc., amended.
Lien, when to take effect.
files a certificate of such acceptance in the proper registry of deeds, for supplying water to any real estate at the re- quest of the owner or tenant, including interest and costs thereon, as established by local regulations, ordinances or by-laws, are not paid within sixty days after their due date, the same shall be a lien upon such real estate in the manner hereinafter provided, but such lien shall attach only for water supplied within a period of one year next prior to the filing of the statement in the registry of deeds as provided in section forty-two B. Each register of deeds shall record such certificate of acceptance in a book to be kept for the purpose, which shall be placed in an accessible location in the registry. The five following sections shall also apply to a water district which has accepted sections forty-two A to forty-two F, inclusive, and whose clerk has so filed the certificate of acceptance, and wherever in said sections the word "town" and the phrase "board or officer in charge of the water department" or "board or officer having con- trol of the water department" appear, they shall also mean and include such water district and its water commissioners or officers exercising similar powers, respectively, A fire district authorized to supply water shall, for the purposes of said sections, be deemed a water district.
Section 2. Said chapter forty is hereby further amended by striking out section forty-two B, as amended by section one of chapter fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 4^B. Such lien shall take effect upon the filing for record in the registry of deeds for the county where the real estate lies of a statement by the board or officer in charge of the water department that the rates and charges for water supplied to the real estate therein described, including interest and costs, to an amount therein specified, have remained unpaid for sixty days after the due date, and said lien shall continue for two ^''ears from the first day of October next following. Such statement shall contain the name of the owner of record of such real estate on January first of the year in which the lien is filed and a description of such real estate sufficiently accurate for identification. The register of deeds shall receive and record or, in case of registered land, file and register, said statement. Such lien may be dissolved by filing for record in such registry of deeds a certificate from the collector of taxes of the city or town in which such real estate is situated that all rates and charges for which such lien attached, together with interest and costs thereon, have been paid or legally abated.
Approved February 12, 1936.
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An Act authorizing the town of winchendon to estab- Qfidj) 43
LISH A BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS EXERCISING THE POWERS OF CERTAIN OTHER BOARDS, DEPARTMENTS AND TOWN OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There shall be established in the town of Winchendon an unpaid board of public works, herein- after called the board, to consist of three members. The initial members thereof shall be elected one to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, from the date of the annual town election at which they are elected, and thereafter, when the term of any member ex- pires, his successor shall be elected to serve for three years. In all cases the members shall serve until their successors are qualified. The members of the board shall, forthwith after each annual town election, elect one of their members to act as chairman for the ensuing year. In case of a va- cancy, the remaining members of the board, if they con- stitute a quorum, may fill such vacancy until the next annual town election, when a new member shall be elected to fill the unexpired term. No person shall serve on the board who holds another elective or appointive office in the town.
Section 2. Upon the qualification of the initial mem- bers of the board, the board shall have all the powers, rights and duties now or from time to time vested by gen- eral or special law in the following boards, departments and officers in said town, to wit: water commissioners, sewer commissioners, cemetery commissioners, highway depart- ment including the superintendent of streets, and the tree warden, and such boards, departments and offices shall thereupon be abolished during such time as this act is in effect as to them, respectively. No contracts or liabilities in force on the date when this act becomes fully effective shall be affected by such abolition, but the board shall in all respects be the lawful successor of the boards, depart- ments and offices so abolished.
Section 3. The board shall appoint and fix the compen- sation of a superintendent of public works, who shall exer- cise and perform, under its supervision and direction, such of the powers, rights and duties transferred to it under section two as it may from time to time designate. He shall be responsible for the efficient exercise and performance of such powers, rights and duties, and shall hold office subject to the will of the board. He shall be specially fitted by edu- cation, training and experience to perform the duties of said office, and may or may not be a resident of the town. Dur- ing his tenure he shall hold no elective or other appointive office, nor shall he be engaged in any other business or occupation. He shall give to the town a bond with a surety company authorized to transact business in the common-
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wealth as surety, for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum and upon such conditions as the board may require, and shall, subject to the approval of the board, appoint such assistants, agents and employees as the exer- cise and performance of his powers, rights and duties may require. He shall keep full and complete records of the doings of his office and render to the board as often as it may require a full report of all operations under his control during the period reported upon; and annually, and from time to time as required by the board, he shall make a synopsis of such reports for pubhcation. He shall keep the board fully advised as to the needs of the town within the scope of his duties, and shall annually furnish to the board, not less than ten days prior to the expiration of the fiscal year of said town, a carefully prepared and detailed esti- mate in writing of the appropriations required during the next succeeding fiscal year for the proper exercise and per- formance of all said powers, rights and duties.
Section 4. The town may rescind all or any part of the action taken by it in pursuance of this act by a majority vote of the legal voters present and voting thereon by ballot at any town meeting held after three years following the annual town election at which this act becomes fully effec- tive and at least thirty days before the annual town election next to be held after such meeting, and thereupon said town shall, at said next annual town election, nominate and elect such officers as are necessary to exercise and perform such of the powers, rights and duties transferred to the board under section two as are affected by such later vote.
Section 5. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the legal voters of said town at the annual town election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, in the form of the following question which shall be placed on the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said election: ''Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled 'An Act au- thorizing the Town of Winchendon to establish a Board of Public Works exercising the powers of certain other Boards, Departments and Town Officers', be accepted?" If a ma- jority of the votes cast in answer to such question are in the affirmative, this act shall become fully effective beginning with, and for the purposes of, the annual town election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven; otherwise it shall be of no effect. Approved February 12, 1936.
Chap. 44 An Act authorizing the appointment in the town of
WINCHENDON OF A TOWN PHYSICIAN,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of selectmen of the town of Winchendon may, annually in April, appoint a registered physician to be the town physician of said town, who shall
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serve for one year from May first following his appointment and until the quahfication of his successor. Said town physician shall receive such compensation as the town may annually vote at its annual town meeting, and such appoint- ment shall not bar him from the general practice of his profession. All medical services furnished by the town to indigent persons resident or commorant therein shall be per- formed by said town physician. The appointment herein authorized shall be in addition to that authorized by sec- tion twenty-seven of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the registered voters of said town present and voting thereon at the annual town meeting in the current year in the form of the following question, which shall be placed on the official ballot to be used for the election of the town officers at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six entitled 'An Act authorizing the appointment in the town of Winchendon of a town physician', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said question are in the affirmative, this act shall thei*eupon take effect, but not otherwise. Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act relative to the payment of the cost of con- Qhav 45
STRUCTION OF PARTICULAR SEWERS AND CONNECTING DRAINS IN THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. The town of Braintree, through its board of sewer commissioners, may, upon the application of the owner of any estate abutting on any way where a main drain or common sewer is constructed, lay in such sewered way and in the private land of such owner such particular sewer or connecting drain as may be necessary to connect any building on such estate with such main drain or sewer, and said board may make all necessary contracts in the name and behalf of the town for such purpose. The ex- penses thereof shall be paid out of any appropriation that may be made by the town therefor.
Section 2. The cost of constructing each particular sewer or connecting drain shall be assessed by the board of sewer commissioners upon the estate benefited thereby. Such assessment shall be made by filing with the board of assessors of the town a certificate, designating the way and the private land in which such particular sewer or connecting drain has been constructed, and giving the name or names of the owners of the estate for which such connection has been made and the amount of the assessment to be paid by such owner or owners. A copy or duplicate of this certifi- cate shall, within ten days after the filing of the same with the board of assessors, be recorded in the registry of deeds
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for the county of Norfolk, or, in the case of registered land, filed in the office of the assistant recorder for Norfolk county registry district. The board of assessors shall, upon receipt of such certificate, forthwith commit such assessments or charges with their warrant to the collector of taxes, who shall forthwith make a demand in writing for the payment of such assessments or charges, and every owner shall, within three months after such demand is served upon him or on the occupant of such estate, or sent by mail to the last address of the owner known to the collector of taxes, pay to the collector of taxes the sum so assessed or charged.
Section 3. Except as herein provided, the provisions of general law relative to the assessment, apportionment,. division, re-assessment, abatement and collection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor and to interest thereon shall apply to assessments made under this act. In applying said provisions to assessments made under the act, the notice referred to therein shall be deemed to be the demand of the tax collector required by section two hereof. The lien for any assessment made under this act shall attach upon the recording or filing for registration of the copy or duphcate of the certificate of assessment. In the apportionment of assessments made under this act, no instalment shall be less than five dollars.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the voters of the town of Braintree at a town meeting held in the current year. Approved February 12, 1936.
Chap. 46 An Act authorizing the city of beverly to compensate
THE MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Be it ejiacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter five hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following: — Its members shall receive in full compensation for their services as members of the board of aldermen, or of any committee thereof, such salary as may be established by ordinance, but not exceeding three hundred dollars per annum for each member, — so as to read as follows: — Section 13. The board of aldermen shall, so far as is consistent with this act, have and exercise all the legislative power of towns and of the inhabitants thereof, and shall have and exercise all the powers now vested by law in the city of Beverly and in the inhabitants thereof as a municipal corporation, and shall have all the powers and be subject to all the Habilities of city councils and of either branch thereof, and it may by ordinance prescribe the manner in which such powers shall be exercised. Its members shall receive in full compensation for their services as members of the board of aldermen, or of any committee thereof, such salary as may be established by ordinance, but not exceeding
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three hundred dollars per annum for each member. Sessions of the board whether as a board of aldermen or as a com- mittee of the whole shall be open to the public, and a journal of its proceedings shall be kept, which journal shall be sub- ject to public inspection. The vote of the board upon any question shall be taken by roll call when the same is requested by at least three members. Nothing herein shall prevent the board, by special vote, from holding private sittings for the consideration of nominations by the mayor.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the registered voters of the city of Beverly at the annual city election in the current year in the form of the following question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court in the current year, entitled 'An act authorizing the city of Beverly to compensate the members of its board of aldermen', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the affirmative, this act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, otherwise it shall have no effect.
Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act relative to the transfer or delegation of fhr/jy 47
CERTAIN powers, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS VESTED BY ^'
SPECIAL LAW IN THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF MARION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Marion, to the extent authorized by general law and in accordance therewith, may from time to time transfer or delegate to any officer or board thereof, now or hereafter elected or appointed, any of the powers, duties and obligations which were, by chapter thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, vested in and imposed on its selectmen, as successors to its commission of public works established under chapter forty-eight of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, notwithstand- ing any provision of said chapters.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said town at its annual town meeting in the current year; and, if accepted by a majority of the legal voters present and voting thereon, section one of this act shall take effect, but not otherwise. Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act authorizing the town of north reading to
SUPPLY itself and ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of North Reading may supply itself and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish fountains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect rates to be paid for the use of the same.
Chap. 48
66 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 48.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said town, acting by and through its board of water commissioners hereinafter provided for, may contract with any other municipahty, acting through its water department, or with any water company, or with any water district, for whatever water may be required, authority to furnish the same being hereby granted, and may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of any pond, brook, spring or stream or of any ground water sources, by means of driven, artesian or other wells or filter galleries, within the limits of said town, not already appropriated for purposes of public water supply, and the water rights connected with any such water sources; and also for said purposes may take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and other ease- ments necessary for collecting, storing, holding, purifying and treating such water and protecting and preserving the purity thereof and for conveying the same to any part of said town; provided, that no source of water supply and no lands necessary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water shall be taken or used without first obtaining the advice and approval of the department of public health, and that the location and arrangement of all dams, reser- voirs, wells or filter galleries, filtration and pumping plants or other works necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be subject to the approval of said department. Said town may construct and maintain on the lands ac- quired and held under this act proper dams, wells, reser- voirs, pumping and filtration plants, buildings, standpipes. tanks, fixtures and other structures, including also purifica- tion and treatment works, the construction and maintenance of which shall be subject to the approval of said department of public health, and may make excavations, procure and operate machinery, and provide such other means and appliances and do such other things as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of complete and effective water works; and for that purpose may construct, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works, under or over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways and public or other ways, and along any such way in said town in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purposes of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of this act, said town may dig up or raise and embank any such lands, highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel thereon; provided, that all things done upon any such way shall be subject to the direction of the selectmen of said town. Said town shall not enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within the location of any railroad corporation except
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at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corporation or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department of pubUc utiHties. Said town may enter upon any lands for the purpose of making surveys, test pits and borings, and may take or otherwise acquire the right to occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the construction of any work or for any other purpose author- ized by this act.
Sectiox 2A. Nothing in this act shall affect or limit any right of the town of North Reading to draw water from Swan's pond therein.
Section 3. The land, water rights and other property taken or acquired under this act, and all works, buildings and other structures erected or constructed thereunder, shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they shall deem for the best interest of the town.
Section 4. Any person or corporation injured in his or its property by any action of said town or board under this act may recover damages from said town under said chapter seventy-nine; provided, that the right to damages for the taking of any water, water source or water right, or any injury thereto, shall not vest until the water is actually withdrawn or diverted by said town under authority of this act.
Section 5. Said town may, for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be in- curred under the provisions of this act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, issue from time to time bonds or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars, which shall bear on their face the words. Town of North Reading Water Loan, Act of 1936. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than thirtj'' years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the provisions of section five; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from the water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works or the purchasing of water and the maintenance of its pipe lines, as the case may be, and the interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid, and to make such pay- ments on the principal as may be required under the pro- visions of this act, shall without further vote be assessed by the assessors of said town annually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol- lutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
58 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 48.
held or used by said town under the authority and for the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said town three times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be re- covered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by im- prisonment for not more than one year.
Section 8. The water committee of said town appointed at a special town meeting held October twenty-second, nineteen hundred and thirty-five, shall serve as water com- missioners until the election and qualification of water commissioners at the annual meeting in nineteen hundred and thirty-seven or at such later date, if any, as the town may elect water commissioners. Whenever the phrase "said board of water commissioners" or "said board" or "said commissioners" occurs in this act it shall mean and include the board of water commissioners or the water committee acting as such, as the case may be. Said town shall at the annual meeting in nineteen hundred and thirty-seven or at such later date, if any, as it may vote at a meeting called for the purpose elect by ballot three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years, one until the expira- tion of two years, and one until the expiration of one year, from the next succeeding annual town meeting, to constitute a board of water commissioners; and at the annual town meeting held on the day on which the shortest of such terms expires, and at each annual town meeting thereafter, one such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority granted to the town by this act, except sections five and six, and not otherwise specially provided for, shall be vested in said board of water commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such in- structions, rules and regulations as said town may impose by its vote. A majority of said commissioners shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. After the election of a board of water commissioners under authority of this section, any vacancy occurring in said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by said town at any legal town meeting called for the purpose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily in the manner provided by section eleven of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, and the person so appointed shall per- form the duties of the office until the next annual meeting of said town or until another person is quahfied.
Section 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi- table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe the time and manner of payment. The income of the water works shall be appropriated to defray all operating expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal as they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be appropriated for such new construction as the water commissioners, with
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the approval of the town, may determine upon, and in case a surplus should remain after payment for such new con- struction the water rates shall be reduced proportionately. All authority vested in said commissioners by the foregoing provisions of this section and by section three shall be subject to the provisions of section eight. Said commissioners shall annually, and as often as the town may require, render a report upon the condition of the works under their charge, and an account of their doings, including an account of the receipts and expenditures.
Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ance by a majority of the voters of the town of North Reading present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose within three years after its passage; but the number of meetings so called in any year shall not exceed three. Approved February 12, 1936.
An Act relative to liability for violation op certain nhnry 40
PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF THE ROAD. ^
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency substantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared to p'''^'^'"^!''- be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser- vation of the pubhc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of chapter eighty-nine of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter. as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended Amended.* ^' by striking out all after the word "dollars" in the third hne, — so as to read as follows : — Section 5. Whoever violates Penalties. any of the provisions of the four preceding sections shall, upon complaint made within three months after the commis- sion of the offence, forfeit not more than twenty dollars.
Approved February 13, 1936.
An Act authorizing the town of Manchester to borrow fhrfj. kq
MONEY FOR MEETING ITS SHARE OF THE COST OF DREDGING ^'
MANCHESTER HARBOR IN SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of meeting its share of the expenditures required to dredge Manchester harbor in the town of Manchester, with a view to improving the said harbor for navigation, all of said work to be done by the state de- partment of public works under and subject to the provisions of section twenty-nine of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws, said town may, within five years from the passage of this act, borrow a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars, and may issue notes for any moneys so borrowed, each of which notes shall bear on its face the words, Manchester Harbor Dredging Loan, Act of 1936, and shall be payable within five years from its date; provided, that no money shall be borrowed and no notes shall be issued hereunder
60 Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 51, 52.
unless the sum of at least four thousand dollars toward pay- ment of expenses aforesaid has been appropriated from avail- able revenue funds or voted to be raised by taxation in the year in which the loan is authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be inside the statutory hmit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 13, 1936.
Chap. 51 An Act relative to the powers of the teachers'
ANNUITY GUILD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Teachers' Annuity Guild is hereby em- powered, at any time it deems best, to employ the services of some fiduciary agent outside the membership of said guild, or to contract with some bank or trust company to take over the assets of said guild and to administer the same in accord- ance with the provisions of such trust as said guild may establish for the purposes of said guild.
Section 2. Any provision of chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the General Laws or of any amendments thereto relating to fraternal beneficiary associations incon- sistent with the provisions of section one of this act, shall not apply to said guild, Approved February 13, 1936.
Chav. 52 An Act relative to the establishment in the town of
IPSWICH OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO MANAGE THE LAND OF THE TOWN AT GREAT NECK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Ipswich is hereby authorized to elect by ballot, at its annual town election in the year nine- teen hundred and thirty-seven, three persons to constitute a board of trustees for the management of the land owned by the town at Great Neck, in said Ipswich. One of such trus- tees shall hold office until the expiration of three years, one until the expiration of two years, and one until the expiration of one year, from said election; and at each annual town election thereafter one such trustee shall be elected bj^^ ballot for three years. Said board of trustees shall be subject to such instructions, rules and regulations as said town may from time to time impose by vote.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the registered voters of the town of Ipswich at the annual town meeting in the current year. If a majority of the votes cast thereon at said meeting are in the affirmative, this act shall take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved February 13, 1936.
Acts, 1936. — Chaps. 53, 54. 61
An Act authorizing manufacturing and dealing in (Jhav. 53
PAINT REMOVER OR VARNISH REMOVER WITHOUT A LICENSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section three hundred and three A of chapter ninety-four o. l. (Ter. of the General Laws, inserted by section three of chapter f sosl^etc. three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nineteen hun- amended. dred and thirty-four, and amended by chapter three hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "sol- vent" in the sixth hne the words: — or paint remover or varnish remover, — so as to read as follows: — Section SOS A. ^^lf,°i „,
_ ' . 1 1 • 1 11 • nietnyl or
No person other than a registered druggist shall engage in wood alcohol, the business of manufacturing, buying, selling, transporting, ''^^^ importing, exporting or dealing in methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol, so called, or any preparation, other than shellac varnish or shellac solvent or paint remover or varnish re- mover, used for manufacturing or commercial purposes which contains more than three per cent of methyl alcohol and is intended for use other than as a beverage, without being licensed so to do as provided in section three hundred and three B. Approved February Id, 1936.
An Act dissolving certain corporations. Chap. 54
Whereas, It is necessary that certain delinquent and other Emergency corporations be dissolved in the current year, therefore this p''^*""'^^^- act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Such of the following named corporations Certain as are not already legally dissolved are hereby dissolved, duTolved!''** subject to the provisions of sections fifty-one, fifty-two and fifty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws : —
A. A. Martin Company, AAR Corporation, The, ABC Laundry Company, Incorporated, A. B. Manufacturing Company, A. Baume, Inc., A. Bloom Shoe Company, A. C. Farr, Inc., A. Doykos & T. Pappas, Inc., A. E. Perry Com- pany Inc., A. E. Sibley and Sons, Inc., A. L. Brooks Com- pany, A. L. Smith Iron Works, The, A. T. 0. N. Beauty Shop and School, Inc., Abbott Business Service Inc., Acme Motor Car Co. Incorporated, Adams & Powers Co., Addo Corporation, The, Air Line, Inc., Aircon Corporation T, L. Reenstierna System, Albert W. Nelson, Inc., Alden-Chand- ler Chemical Co., The, Alden Printing Company, Alden Wood Heel Co., Alemite Company of N. E., Alert Awning & Canvas Goods Company, Inc., Alfred Sears Co., Alham- bra Rubber Company, The, All American Oil Burner Corp., The, All Metal Die Company, Allan A. Gillis Construction
62 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 54.
Company, Allen Tours Company, Allied Automotive Cor- poration, Allied Productions Corporation, Allied Weekly Publications, Inc., Allinmesh Transmission Company, All- ston Auto Body Repairing Co., Inc., The, Al's Shoe Store, Inc., Ameha Rosenau, Inc., American Colonial Furniture Co., American Consolidated Electric Co. of New England, American Curatex Corporation, American Educational Guild, Inc., American House, Inc., American Mattress Company, American Products Distributors, Inc., American Rubber Company, American Theatres Co. of Gloucester, Amherst Brick Company (1920), Amherst Consumers' Cooperative, Inc., Amory Shoe Co., Amplex Blending Co., Inc., The, Anderson Chemical Company, Andre Rubber Mould Company, Inc., Andrew Schlehuber, Inc., Andrews Milk Company, Anessa Loan Association, Inc., Ann-Lee, Inc., Anna S. Caramanis, Inc., Appleton Electrical Co., Appleyard Motor Company, Aqua Chemical Company, Inc., Arch Restaurant, Inc., Arden Shoe Company, Inc., Ariel Company of New England Inc., Arno's, Inc., Arthur H. Abbott, Inc., Arthur H. DuGrenier Sales Corporation, Arthur H. Tucker & Son, Inc., Aspinwall Hospital Inc., Associated Golf Clubs, Inc., Associated Laundries, Inc., Associated Merchants and Manufacturers of New England, Inc., Associated Metals Incorporated, Assonet Reclaiming Corporation, Assonet Rubber Company, Aster Oil Burner Product Co., Athens Bankers' Corporation, Atlantic Adver- tising Agency, Inc., Atlantic Coast Shipping Company, In- corporated, Atlantic Electric Lamp Co., Atlantic Importers and Beverage Company, Inc., Atlantic Park Company, At- lantic Shipper Publishing Company, Atlas Fuel Company, Atlas Oil Burner Co. Inc., Atlas Wharf and Storage Co., Atmospheric Engineering Corporation, The, Attleborough City Manufacturing Company, The, Auburn Orchard Com- pany, Incorporated, Audet Bakery, Inc., Austin Manufac- turing Company, Austin W. McLean Company, Auto Fi- nance Corp., Auto Smock & Clamp Company, Automatic Regulator and Valve Corporation, The, Automatic Safety Valve Co., Automatic Sales Company, Inc., Automotive Service, Inc., Avenue Fish Co., Avenue Pharmacy Incor- porated, The, Avery & Lowry Company, Avis Products, Inc., Avon Brick Corporation, Avon Realty Corporation.
B. A. Carroll Stevedoring Company, Inc., B & W Lines, Inc., The, B. S. & C. O. Littlefield, Inc., Bailey Chevrolet Co., Bailey Embroidery Goods Company, The, Bailly Wood Heel Company, Baker & Selesnick Co., Baker Supply Com- pany, Ballardvale Flock Corporation, Ballou Construction Company, Banner Shoe Company, Inc., Barber Electric Manufacturing Company, Barger Furniture Corporation, Barille, Brunelle Furniture Company, Barnstable County Creamery, Inc., Barnstead Manufacturing Co., Barr & Bloomfield Shoe Mfg. Co., Bassett Cranberry Company, Batchelder and Felton Coal Company, Bay State Contract- ing Co., Inc., The, Bay State Corporation, The, Bay State
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Distributors, Inc., Bay State Doughnut Corporation, Bay- State Hospital, Incorporated, Bay State Loan and Finance Corporation, Bay State Motor Car Company, Beach's Mar- ket, Inc., Beacon Hill Taxicab Corporation, Beacon Mar- kets, Inc., Beacon Rubber Company, Beauticians, Inc., Beaver Lake Amusement and Realty Co., Inc., The, Beaver Realty Corp , Becket Publishing Co. Inc., Bedell Company of Massachusetts, The, Beecher Falls Company, Inc., Be- lisle Printing and Publishing Company, Bell Manufacturing Company, Bello Corporation, The, Belmer Products, Inc., Belmont Development Company Inc., Belmont Mfg. Co., Benj. D. Solomon, Inc., Bennett Bros. Co., Bergardi Clothes Inc., Berkeley Drug Co., Berkshire Art Studios, Inc., Berk- shire Laundry Machinery Company, Berkshire Motors, Inc., Berkshire Rubber Co. of Mass., Inc., Bernard F. Smith, Inc., Berry Drug Co. Inc., Bertram Realty Corporation, Bigelow, Kent, Willard & Co. Inc., Blackmer Pharmacy, Inc., Blaine, Inc., Blanchard-Pennock Co., Blewett Bread Co., Block's, Inc., Blodgett & Dykes Inc., Blue Bird Baby Carriage Co., Blue Hills Cafeteria, Inc., Blue Ridge Finance Company, The, Bob Comins Sporting Corporation, Bogan Heating Corporation, Bolton "Friend" Co., Bon-Air Radi- ator Corporation, Bonded Adjustment Service, Inc., Bo- nelli-Adams Co., Bonnar Atwood, Inc., Boss Dry Goods Company, Boston- Amsterdam Despatch Inc., Boston Broad- casting Company, Boston-Burlington Express, Inc., Boston Caporative Cap Works, Boston Concrete Corporation, Bos- ton Conservatory of Music, Inc., Boston Credit Co., The, Boston Dental Co., Boston Fibre Co., Inc., Boston Finan- cial News, Inc., Boston Flexotile Floor Company, Boston Hebrew National Sausage Co. Inc., Boston Hupmobile Company, Inc., Boston Meat Market Inc., Boston Plaster Co. Inc., Boston Plating Supply Company, Inc., Boston QuaHty Shoe Manufacturing Company, Boston Rubber Shoe Company, Boston Securities Corporation, Boston Shamrock Lacrosse Club, Inc., Boston Sheet Metal & Ster- ihzer Company, Inc., Boston Shoe Buyers, Inc., Boston So- nera Corporation, Boston Toy Company, Boston Wool Associates, Inc., Boston Wool Auctions, Inc., The, Bos- tonia Drug Co., Inc., Bowdoin Shoe Co. Inc., Bowen Con- tracting Company, Bowmar's, Inc., Boylston & Tremont Corporation, Boylston Cafe, Inc., Bradley's Inc., Braeburn Realty Company, Inc., Braintree Building Company, Brain- tree Oil Processing Company, Brewer's, Inc., Brewery De- velopment and Management Co., Brideau Construction Company, Bridgeport Coach Lace Company of Massachu- setts, The, Broad Realty Corp., Broadway Drug, Incor- porated, Broadway Poultry Co., Inc., Brockton Drug Company, Brody Drug Company, Bronlee Motors Inc., Bronlow Realty Corporation, The, Brookhne Neighborhood Theatre, Inc., Brooks Reed Gallery, Inc., Brownell and Burt, Inc., Browning, King & Company, Inc., Bruner Health Inc., Brunswick Shoe Co. Inc., Buchholz Company,
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The, Building, Weatherproofing & Sandblasting Corp., Buker's Incorporated, Bulletin Advertising Company, Bun- ten Hardware Co., Burdett Steel Construction Co. Inc., Burke's Sporting Club, Inc., Burns Burner Company In- corporated, Burt Drug Company, Inc., Burtman Rondeau Co. Inc., Burton & Rogers Manufacturing Company, Bur- ton Ethnological Society, Incorporated, The, Burton- Web- ber Company, Business Management Corporation, The, Business Survey, Inc., Buzzard's Bay Realty Trust Inc., Buzzell's Supply House Incorporated, Byproduct Fuel Company.
C. C. Anthony, Inc., C. C. Temple Company, C. C. Whitte- more's Inc., C. D, Brown Co., C. D. Swain & Co., Inc., C. E. Buell Co., C. E. Buell, Inc., C. F. Hatch Company, The, C. M. Callahan, Inc., C. M. Ryder Company, Inc., C. P. Rockwell, Incorporated, C. Q. & R. Inc., C. R. Corwin Com- pany, C-V Products Corp., Cabot Drug Corporation, Caccy's Candies, Inc., Cadorette Electrical Co., Inc., Cafe de Mar- seille Company, Caledonia Realty Company, Calvin Shoe Co., Cambridge Trucking Company, Camp Shari, Inc., Campo-Majestic, Inc., Campon Company, Canadian Club Corporation, Canton Beverages Inc., Cape Ann Amusement Company, Inc., Cape Ann Quarries, Inc., Cape Cod Sea Foods, Inc., Capitol Tailor Shop, Inc., Capobianco Construc- tion Company, Carl E. Forsberg, Inc., Carl E. Johnson, In- corporated, Carney-Spicer Company, Incorporated, Car- nicelli and Collins, Incorporated, Caroline Peabody, Inc., Caron's Market, Inc., Carroll Electrical Company, Carter Shoe Company, Carver System, Incorporated, The, Cas-Co Beverage Corporation, Casey-Foster Co., The, Causeway Print, Inc., Cecil T. Bagnall Company, Cedar Acres Con- servatories, Inc., Cedar Hill Investment Corporation, Central Berkshire Mortgage Corporation, Central Beverages Incor- porated, Central Corporation, Central Market Inc., Cereal Meal Corporation of Massachusetts, The, Cethn's, Inc., Champion Window Company, Inc., Charles B. Russell, Inc., Charles Costas Co., Charles Hetzel Associates, Inc., Charles Real Estate Co., The, Charles T. Wheelock and Co., Inc., Charme Company Inc., Chase & Williams Coal Co., Chase Discograph Corporation, Chauncey Neckwear Company, Checker Dining Car Company, Chester Granite and Polish- ing Works, Chief Dairy, Inc., Chinese American Restaurant Corporation, Chocco- Yeast, Incorporated, Church St. Gar- age Inc., Cinema Salon, Inc., Citrus Products Equipment Co., The, City Coal Co. of Fitchburg, City Fuel Transport, Inc., City Hall Garage, Inc. of Lowell, City Lunch Inc. of Revere, City Motor Parts, Inc., Clam River Turnpike Cor- poration, Clancy Stable Company, Clark Coal Co., Inc., Classic Maid Underwear Mills, Inc., Clear View Windshield Company, Cleen-Well Corporation, Clifford Cobb Company, Coastal Tankers, Inc., Cobb-Manley Co., Coca-Cola Bot- tUng Works of Worcester, Coin-A-Day Clock Company, Colas Roads Inc., Cold Spring Brewing Company (1933), Colla-
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more & Opp Corp., CoUieson Bros., Incorporated, Colonial Furniture Shoppe, Inc., Colonial Insecticide Company, Col- pak. Green & Fine, Inc., Columbia Construction Company, Inc., Columbia Record Sales Co., Columbia Sales Company, Comfort Orthopedic Co., Inc., Commercial Credit Company, Commercial Loan and Trust Corporation, Commonwealth Development Company, Commonwealth Hygienic Ice Com- pany, Commonwealth Sand Company, Community Retailers Association, Inc., Co. G. 101st. Infantry United States Veterans A. E. F. Inc., Concord Heel Company, Inc., Con- roy Motor Company, Consolidated Amusement Co., Con- solidated Luggage, Inc., Consumer Sales Corporation, Con- tinental Shoe Corp., Converse Building Inc., Cook Wood Heel Company, Inc., Cooper & Brush, Inc., Copeland Realty Co., Cornhill Lunch, Inc. (1934), Cotton City Curtain Co., Inc., Cotuit Transportation Co., Credit Advisors Inc., Credit Mens Mutual Protective Corporation, Credit Reporting Bureau of Haverhill, Inc., Creditors & M[erchants Protective Assn., Inc., Creme-Supreme Inc., Criterion Realty Company, Inc., Culver Boot Corporation, Cumings Garage, Inc., Cum- mington Corporation, The, Cunningham Drug Co., Cunning- ham Packing Co., Cunningham Witch Hazel Company, Curran, Myers, Carleton Co., Curtis Automatic Products Inc., Curtis Engineering Corporation.
D. & W. Sprinkler Mfg. Co., D. C. Lunch Co., D. F. Flagg Company, D. J. Daley Co., D. Leverone & Sons, Inc., D. W. Packard Motor Company, Da-Kins Laboratories, Inc., Dailey Hotel Trust, Inc., Dairy Products Co., Dame-Homer & Co., Inc., Danforth Institute of Business Administration, Incorporated, Daniel B. Desmond, Inc., Daniel Creed, Inc., Daniel Mazza Co., Daniel's Mens Shop, Inc., D'Arcy Inc., David B, Isenberg Co., David H. Quinn & Company, Inc., David Kammarman Incorporated, David Lemelman Co., Davies General Tire Company, Daymitsha Padding Com- pany, Dayton A. Webster Inc., De Luca Interior Decorat- ing Corporation, Dedham Ice Cream Inc., Del Monte's, Inc., Delano, Potter & Co. Inc. (1919), Dependable Motors Inc., Des Moines Gekco Company, The, Dill & Co. Inc., Directo Company, Distillers Company, Incorporated, Dis- tributors Oil Corporation, Dix Realty Co., Inc., Dr. A. J. Fortunati and Associated Dentists, Inc., Dr. Bafalis Dental Studio, Inc., The, Dr. McKnight, Inc., Dr. Rouse Company, Dr. Saunders Dental Co., Dole Bros. Hops & Malt Co., Inc., Don-Mac Manufacturing Co., Don Simonds Company, Donald A. Adams Co., Inc., Donoghue's Express Co., Inc., Donovan's, Inc., Dorchester Milton Garage, Inc., Down East Stages, Inc., Drews World Standard Shows, Inc., Driscoll Motor Freight Inc., Du-Ray Corporation, Durgin- Park & Company, Dyson Drug Company.
E. D. Ward Company, E. Desmarais Plumbing & Heat- ing Co., E. H. Clapp Rubber Products Company, Incorpo- rated, E. I. Donahue Inc., E. J. Fitzwilliam Company, E. J. Jones Company, E. M. Sime, Inc., E. S. Company, Inc.,
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Eagle Super-Market, Inc., East Boston Columbus Associa- tion, Incorporated, East Street Corporation, Eastern Cast Stone Company, Eastern Distributors, Inc., Eastern Drug Company, Eastern Expanded Metal Company, Eastern Import Co., Inc., Eastern Insurance Agency, Inc., Eastern Mortgage Corporation, Eastern Motor Sales, Inc., Eastern Service Company, Eastern Trucking Corp., Easton Co., Inc., The, Eaton & McGee Inc., Eaton-Dikeman Company, The, Economy Electric Co., Eddy Refrigerator Co., The, Edgar- town Garage Company, Edgerly Realty Corporation, Edison Cleaners & Dyers, Inc., Edward T. Harrington, Inc., Edwin B. Dwelley, Incorporated, Edwin Bartlett Co., The, El Prado Club Cigar Co., Electric Gas Lighting Company, Electric Shop, Inc., The, Electro-Lyne Corporation, Elite Distributing Co., Elhot's, Inc., Ellis Construction Co., The, Ely Rosenbloom, Incorporated, Emile Ossen & Klein, Inc., Emmel Bros., Inc., Employee Associates, Inc., Enterprise Oil Burner Co. of New England, Enterprise Oil I3urner Sales Corporation, The, Equitable Mortgage Company, Erie Petroleum Corporation, Erving P. Morse & Co., Inc., Essex Bag Co., Inc., Essex County Greyhound Association, Inc., Essex County Wrecking Service, Inc., Essex Dry Goods Store, Inc., Essex Publishing Company, Essex Store Co., Estate Analysis Corporation, The, Estate Builders Corpora- tion, Esther Abelson Inc., Etablissements Textiles Franco- Beiges, Inc., Eugene J. Murphy Company, Eugene LeBoeuf, Ltd., Eugene Selg Co., Inc., Eureka Realty Company, Evans Manufacturing Co., Evens Knitting Company, Ever-Ready Oil Heat, Inc., Everett City Lumber Co., Everett Knight & Whippet, Inc., Everett Oil Burner Company, Incorporated, Everett Oil Process Company, Everett Sales Co. Inc., Everybody's Fruit Market, Inc., Ewings, Inc., Excavation Sales and Service Co., Inc., Exchange Fruit & Produce Co.
F. A. Moulton, Inc., F. E. Greenlay Co., F. H. Sadler Co., The, F. H. Young Company, F. J. Mathieu Shoe Co., F. L. Maynard Company, F. P. O'Connor Company, F. P. O'Connor Corporation, F. W. Hunt Company, Facey- Merrill Inc., Factor Corporation, The, Factual Service, Inc., Fair Sex Shoes, Inc., Fairfield Realty Company, Faneuil Express Co. Inc., Fargo Street Warehouse Company, Farmer's Incorporated, Farms Company, Farragut, Inc., The, Fashion Cloak Co. Inc., Fay Wood Heel Co. Inc., Fears Land Company, Federal Garage of Brockton, Inc., Feder- man Associates, Inc., Fehx Schaul Neckwear Co., Inc., Fenway Shoe Co., Fidelity Construction Company, Fidelity Realty & Mortgage Corp., Field Brothers, Inc., Fine Rubber Co. Inc., The, Finnish Trucking Co., Inc., The, First Syn- dicate Stores, Inc., Firth-Smith Company, Fisherman Cold Storage Company, Fishermen's Stabilization Corporation of New England, Fitchburg Cattle Co., Fitchburg Cleaners & Dyers, Inc., Fitchburg Grinding Machine Corporation (1926), Fitchburg Shoe Company, Inc., Fleet Travel Service, Inc., Flexnit Co., Inc., Flood Square Pharmacy, Inc., Ford
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Furniture Company Inc., Foreign Oil Company, Foss & Crabtree, Inc., Foster Realty Company, Foulds Manufac- turing & Sales Company, Inc., The, Foxboro Wood Com- pany, Framingham Last Co. Inc., Frank Booth Co., Frank Imhof Co., Frank Mattie, Inc., Frank McCann, Inc., Frank Nason Electric Company, Frank W. Dallinger Co., Franklin Amusement Co., Franklin Cafeteria, Inc., Franklin Finance Corporation, Franklin Spring Co., Franklin Street Securi- ties Corporation, The, Franklin- Wear Company of Melrose, The, Fred Gahm & Son Company Inc., Fresh Fruit Prod- ucts, Incorporated, Friendly Products Company, Fritz Construction Co. Inc.
G. A. Adams Shoe Co., G. & L. Shoe Company, G. F. Goldthwait Furniture Company, G. F. Wilhams & Son, Inc., G. H. Barrel & Co., Inc., G. H. Hoji; and Son, Incor- porated, G. J. Keller, Inc., Gard Electric Supply Co., Inc., Garden City Auditorium, Inc., Gardner Chair Company, Garfield Investment Corporation, Gas Apphance Corp., Gas-Electric Shop, Inc., The, Gekco Company of Birming- ham, The, Gekco Company of Detroit, The, Gekco Com- pany of Fort Worth, The, Gekco Company of Houston, The, Gekco Company of Indianapolis, The, Gekco Com- pany of Kansas City, The, Gekco Company of Minnesota, The, Gekco Company of Richmond, The, Gekco Company of St. Louis, The, Gekco Company of Salt Lake City, The, Gekco Company of San Francisco, The, Geller Mees Co., General Amusement Company, General Art Co., Inc., General Chain Company, General Sound Service Company, General Spinning Corporation, General Wines & Spirits Corporation of Mass., Genesee Distributors, Inc., Geoffrey Shoe Company, The, Geo. A. Fernald Co., George D. Hall Company, Geo. E. Keith French Stores, Inc., George E. Marsh Company, The, George F. Fish, Inc., George H, Benware, Incorporated, George K. White, Inc., George M. Lepper, Inc., George N. Konos, Inc., George Nye Company, George O. Gustin Company, George U. Bauer & Associates, Inc., Geo. W. Reinhardt Co., Inc., George's Cafeteria, Inc., Gertrude's Specialty Shop, Inc., Giant Furniture Corpora- tion, The, Giant Store of Cambridge, Inc., The, Gibbons Contracting Company, Gilbert Shoe Co., Gillespie Labora- tories, Inc., Glazer Drug Co., Gleasondale Woolen Mills, Glendon Oil Service Co., Inc., Globe Amusement Co., Glossy Lamp and Shade Manufacturing Company, Inc., Goddard Mfg. Co., Gold Medal Laundry, Inc., Gold Star Products, Inc., Golden Home Packing Company, Goodwin Bros. Inc., Gorevitz-McNamara Shoe Co. Inc., Goulet Bros. Inc., Grace Home Galleries, Inc., Grady Sporting Goods Co., Graham Company, The, Grant Shoe Co. Inc., Gray Gables Realty Co., Inc., Great Eastern Label Com- pany, Green-Paul Inc., Green's Market Inc., Greenwood Motors, Inc., Greylock Mills, The, Grove Cafeteria, Inc., Grove Hall Automobile Co., Inc., Grover Nickerson Co., Inc., Guild's Florist, Inc.
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H. & J. Brewer Co., H & K Grocers, Inc., H. E. Strick- land Co. Inc., H. T. Sanborn, Inc., H. W. Carter Paper Company, H. W. Clark, Inc., H. W. Hale, Incorporated, H, W. Small, Inc., Haines Furniture Company, Hall Realty Company, Hall-Rowe Co., Inc., Hamilton & Jerome Com- pany, Incorporated, The, Hamilton Theatre Co., Hammell & Co., Inc., Handy Chocolate Company, The, Haney- Curtis, Inc., Hanna DowHng Inc., Harding Inc., Harding Walcott Company, Harmar Corporation, Harper Shoe Com- pany, Harrington Land Company, Harrington's, Inc., Harris Shoe Co., Inc., Harry Blaisdell Incorporated, Harry Brom- berg, Inc., Harry Eisner Co., Harry I. Rifchin Inc., Harry's Shoe Shop, Inc., Hart Mohawk Trail Lines Inc., Hartwell Bros. & Hartley, Inc., Harvard Gardens, Inc., Harvard Manufacturing Company, Harvard Square Chevrolet Com- pany, Harvey Roberts, Inc., Hastings-Fhnt Company, The, Haufbrau Restaurant, Incorporated, Haverhill Holding Company, Haverhill Mortgage Loan Company, Haverhill Realty Corporation, Hawkes Household Appliance Co., Haymarket Clothing Co., Haymarket Fixture Co. Inc., Heat Appliance Company, Hebert's, Inc., Heirs' Finance Corporation, Helen Crosby Inc., Helfand's Dry Goods Stores, Inc., Hemmoll Co. Inc., The, Henken Realty Com- pany, Inc., Henriques-Gage Printing Service, Inc., Henry Goldberg & Company, Inc., Herbert L. Hill Company, Herbert L. McClearn & Company Inc., Herman Gould Company, Inc., Herndon Corporation, The, Herold, Middle- ton & Co., Inc., Highland Sea Grill, Inc., Hill & Delaney, Inc., Hill Shoe Co., Hillcroft Woolen Company, Inc., Hinch- chffe Motor Car Company, Hingham Motor Company, Hinsdale Smith & Co., Inc., Hollywood Restaurant, Inc., Hollywood Restaurant of Springfield, Inc., The, Holyoke Strand, Inc., Home City Fuel, Inc., Home Designers Guild, Inc., Home Pharmacy Inc., The, Home Utilities Company, Homer Bros. Company, Homer R. Feltham Company, Hope Laundry Company, Inc., Hostess Laundry Inc., Hotel Maplewood, Inc., Hotel Oakwood Corporation, Hotel Operating Co., Hotter Coal Corporation, Howarth Electrical Company, Inc., Howe & Fenlon, Incorporated, Howes Brick Company, Hromada's Market, Inc., Hub Cornice and Roofing Company, Hub Motor Coach Line, Inc., Hub Re- search Corporation, Hudson Clothing Manufacturing Com- pany, Hudson Combing Company, Huntington Drug Com- pany, Hunts' Department Store, Inc., Hyannis Arms Hotel Company, Hyde Park Pharmacy, Inc., Hydraulic Motors Corporation.
Ideal Nut Co. Inc., Imperial Drug Company, The, In- dependent Fisheries Company, Independent Grease Co.. Indian Inn, Inc., Indian Oil Company, Inc., Indian Overall Co., Inc., Industrial Administrators Inc., Industrial Bankers of Dorchester, Inc., Industrial Bankers of Lynn, Inc., In- dustrial Bankers of Massachusetts, Inc., Industrial Bankers of Middlesex, Inc., Industrial Bankers of Springfield, Inc.,
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Industrial Bankers of Suffolk, Inc., Industrial Film Corpora- tion, Industrial Fitters, Inc., Industrial Hardware Corpora- tion, Industrial Textiles Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand Com- pany of New England, Installment Finance Corporation, Insurance Budget Plan, Incorporated, Inter Urban Estates, Incorporated, International Beer Gardens, Inc., Interna- tional Counter Co., Interstate Distributing Corporation, Interstate Oil & Gas Corp., The, Interstate Wood Heel Co., Inc., Investments, Inc., Investors Counsel, Incorporated, Investors' Realty Corporation, Irwins, Inc., Isaac Coffin Company, Ives & Stewart, Inc.
J. & A. Transportation Co., Inc., J. B. Boston Amuse- ment Show Co., J. C. Coleman & Sons Company, J-C Fi- nance Corporation, J. D. Clark Co., J. F. Morgan & Son Company, J. F. Ryan & Co. Inc., J. Freedman Thread Co., J, G. Hatch, Inc., J. J. Cotter Company, Inc., J. J. Men- ton, Inc., J. J. Shannon Company, J. M. & C. J. Buckley Company, J. M. McCracken Co., J. M. McCracken Co. of New York, J. R. Hampson & Co., Inc., J. S. Lovering Co., J. Sugarman Company, Inc., J. W. Doon & Sons Co., J. W. Rogers, Inc., Jack's Auto Sales Co., Jacob Rothner, Inc., James F. Mooney & Co. Inc., James H. Knowles & Son Inc., James I. Glaser Corp., James J. White Company, James R. Estes Insurance Agency, Inc., James S. Cassedy, Inc. (1929), Jay's Market Inc., Jean, Inc., Jeantex Corpora- tion, Jensen Realty Company, Inc., Jewelers Exchange, Inc., Jiffy Corporation, John A. Murphy Company, The, John B. Adams Produce Company, John C. Dow Com- pany, Inc., John Carver Investment Corporation, John H. McCarthy Company, John J. Flanagan Company, John L. Minigell, Inc., John Pearce Company, Inc., John S. Parker, Inc., John W. Gately & Sons Co., Johnson-CIaflin Inc., Johnson Laundry Company, Inc., Johnson Products Co., Johnson's Lynn & Haverhill Express, Inc., Jones, Peterson Company, Inc., Jotan Company, Judson Pharmacy Inc., Julep Tobacco Company (1934).
K. B. Chickering Co., Inc., K Bros. Shoe Co., K Certified Upholstering Co. Inc., Kacavas, Inc., Karalekas Fruit Ex- change, Inc., The, Katzman-Brindis Shoe Company, Inc., Keith Memorial Operating Corporation, Kelsie Steves, Inc., Kendall Shoe Co., Kendrick Construction Co., Kensington Farms, Inc., Kent's Laboratories, Inc., Kenyon Company, The, Kibbe Brothers Company, Kibbe Securities Company, Kiley Hardware Company, Kimball Cab Company, Inc., Kimball Hat Co., Inc., Kimball Investment Company, Kimball Roadstands Corporation, Kincaid Kimball Com- pany, King Clothing Co., Inc., King Hooper, Inc., King's Auto Supply Co. Inc., King's Drug Store Inc., King's Public Market Company, Kirk- Young Company, Ktchen Appliance Corporation, Klevaner Realty Investment Corpo- ration, The, Knickerbocker Gardens, Inc., Knox-Rust Steel Paint Co., Inc., Kushionseat Valve & Manufacturing Com- pany.
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L. & M. Realty Company, Inc., L & T Garment Com- pany, L. C. Fisher Co., Inc., L. G. Abizaid Mfg. Co., Inc., L. G. Walden Company, L. Goverman Co., L. Lee Phillips, Inc., Lady Lou Dress Co., Inc., Lafayette Square Motor Sales Corporation, Laganas Shoe Manufacturing Company, Lake Chevrolet Co., Inc., Lakeview Market, Inc., Lakin Drug Co., Lamb & O'Connell, Inc., Lancaster Amusement Company, Landlords' Inn Corporation, Lansing Realty Corp., Lawrence Crushed Stone Company, Lawrence Rac- ing Association Corporation, Lawton & Co. Inc., Le Lyn- nois Publishing Company, Incorporated, Leader Oil Cor- poration, Leader Publishing Company, The, Leal Motors Incorporated, Leavitt's Apparel Shop, Inc., Lee & Com- pany, Inc., Lemona Products Company, Lenasons Shoe Company, Inc., Lent and Sawyer Leather Company, Leon E. Gingras Company, Inc., Leonard & Barrows, Inc., Leslie Dry Goods Company, The, Letsas Home Bakery Company, Levine & Lipof Dress Co. Inc., Libby's Dress Shoppe, Inc., Liberty Commission Co., Liberty Filling Stations, Inc., Lib- erty Motor Mart, Inc., Liberty Paper Box Company, Lib- erty Premier Corporation, Lido Venice Show Boat Operat- ing Co., Inc., Lightbeam Laundries Inc., Lincoln Laundry, Inc., Lincoln Polishing Company, Lincoln-Ray Manufactur- ing Company, Lincoln Shirt Company, The, Lincoln Tav- ern, Inc. (1934), Lind Shoe & Slipper Co., Lindsay & Com- pany, Inc., Linstrom Sign Co., Inc., Liquidating Fund Inc., Liquor Distributing Co. Inc., Little Women Dress Com- pany, Inc., Littleton Ice Company, Lloyd's Bonded Adjust- ment Bureau, Inc., Locke Realty Co., Inc., Loeffler's Gas and Oil Distributing Company, Inc., Log Cabin Grill, Inc., Lord-Kendall Laboratories, Inc., Louis B. Brady, Inc., Louis K. Liggett Company, Louis Messerman Co., Lowell Hardware Specialty Company, Lowell Mills Company, Lualdi and Drew, Incorporated, Lubrair Corporation, Luce & Co. Inc., Lucerne Dresses, Inc., Lucius Beebe & Sons, Inc., Lumber Supply Company, Lund Mfg. Co., Inc., The, Lyman and Company, Inc., Lynco Shoe Mfg. Co., Inc., Lynford Shoe Company, Inc., Lynn Amusement Co. Inc., Lynn Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc., Lynn General Contractors, Inc., Lynn Machine & Tool Co., Lynn Photo Engraving Co., Inc., Lynn Publish- ing Company, Lynn Sawdust Company, Inc.
M & M Discount Corporation, The, M. Elkon & Co. Inc., M. G. Shoe Company, MacDonald Bros., Insurance Ad- visers, Inc., Mack's Tap & Grill Inc., Magnolia School of Theater Art, Inc., Maine Oil & Supply Co. Inc., Maine Travelers Exchange Inc., Maintien Brothers Incorporated, Majestic Haberdashers and Hatters Inc., Majestic Shoe Co., Maiden Art Store, Inc., Malonite Inc., Malton Specialty Company, Manning's Bakery, Incorporated, Manning's, Inc., Manors & Little Grey House, Inc., The, Manufactur- ers' Liquidating Company, Manufacturing Equipment and Engineering Company, Marathon Investment Co., Inc.,
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Marblehead Yacht Yards, Inc., Marcus Ward, Inc. (1921), "Marie" Inc., Marilyn Shoe Company, Inc., Mario Wrought Iron Corporation, Marion Manor, Inc., Mark Mara & Sons Inc., Market Cafe, Inc., The, Markwett Company, Marlboro Dairy Company, Inc., Marni, Incorporated, Marsh Street Liquidating Corporation, Marshall Son & Co. Corpora- tion, Martha's Vineyard Hardware Store, Inc., Martin BANKNOTE Company, Martin Chemical Products Co., Martin-Forbes Company, Martin- White, Inc., Martin Wood Heel Company, Marvin Beverage Corp., Mary Louise Shop, Inc., Massachusetts Contracting Company, Massachusetts Home Development Corporation, Massachusetts Lawyers' Manual Corporation, Massachusetts Linotyping Corporation, Massachusetts Liquor Co., Mass. Merchants Inc., Massa- chusetts Parlor Frame Company, The, Massachusetts Rab- bitries, Inc., Massachusetts Stables Co., Mattapan Provi- sion Co., Inc. (1922), Maugus Construction Co., Mayflower Bus Lines, Inc., Mayflower Candies, Inc., Mayflower Mar- kets Inc., Maynard Shoe Stores, Inc., Maj^pole Company, Inc., The, McCracken & Company, Inc., McGovern Coal Co., Mcintosh Machinery Company, The, McLean-Jones Oil & Supply Co., McVey & Berry, Inc., Mechanic St. Pro- vision Co., Medford Builders Finish Co., Mello Beverage Company, Melrose Community Garage Inc., Melrose Truck- ing Company, Inc., Melvin S. Boyd Inc., Menici Construc- tion Company, Mercantile Finance Company Inc., The, Merchant Box and Cooperage Company, Merchants Mer- cantile Corporation, Merigold's, Inc., Merrill-Pullman Co., Methuen Building Wrecking Inc., Metropolitan Candy Stores, Inc., Metropohtan Food Distributing Corporation, Metropolitan Lumber Co., Middlesex Beverages Company, Middlesex Garage, Incorporated, Middlesex Laundry Inc., Middlesex Oil Corporation, Milford Grit Company, Inc., Mill Realty Corp., Millbury Drug Co., Milwaukee Distrib- uting Company, Mitchell Men's Shop, Inc., Mix-Matic Corporation, Moback Tool and Machine Manufacturing Corporation, Modern Home Publishing Co. Inc., Modern Machine Co., Modern Motor Mart, Inc., Mohawk Lodges, Inc., Mohawk Paper Board Company, Monadnock Press, Inc., The, Monarch Company, Inc., Monmouth Construc- tion Company, Incorporated, The, Monroe Drug, Inc., Moore Leather Company, Morgan's Inc. of Somerville, Morgan's Inc. of Waltham, Morin's, Inc., Morse Furniture Company, Morton Ice Company, Inc., Morton Upholster- ing Co. Inc., Movie Cut-Ups Co., Inc., Municipal Service Stations Corporation, Munro's Department Store, Incor- porated, Murray Tire Sales Co. of N. E., Mutual Associ- ates of Lawrence, Inc., Mutual Vending Machine Corp., Mystic Housing Corporation.
N. Levy, Inc., Nahant Hotel Corporation, Nantasket Restaurant Co., Napier Shoe Company, Narrows Land Com- pany, The, Nash-Orr Motor Company, Nason Rubber Mfg. Co., Nathan Nirenstein's One Hundred Per Cent Preferred
72 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 54.
Real Estate Locations in the United States, Inc., National Art Sign, Inc., National Brush Company, Inc., National Cost Accountants Inc., National Discount Corporation of Boston, National Fireworks Distributing Co., National Hat and Cap Company, National Library Association, Incorpo- rated, National Liquor Dealers Association, Inc., National Marine Exhibiting Co., National Road Service, Inc., National Scale Corporation, National Stationery Co., National Wine and Liquor Company, Incorporated, Neckwear Workers Co-operative Shop, Inc., Needham Dairy, Inc., Needle & Davis Inc., Nehi BottUng Co. of Springfield, Nelson Currie Tile Co. Inc., Nelson, Incorporated, Neutralon Products, In- corporated, New Boston Broom and Brush Handle Com- pany, Inc., The, New England Adjustment Service, Inc., New England Advertising Company, New England Boiler & Furnace Co., New England Broadcasting Company, New England Equity Corporation, New England Fencing Co., Inc., New England Five Cent Specialty Company, Inc., New England Garages, Inc., New England Gasoline Service, Inc., New England Home Improvement Co., New England Management Corporation, New England Manufacturers' Foundry, Inc., New England Milling Company, New Eng- land Plush, Inc., New England Steel Roofing Company, New England Tourist Company, Inc., New England Warehouse Corporation, New Era Housing Corporation, New Strand Amusement Company, New Way Products Co., New York Cut Rate Grocers, Inc., Newbury Cafe Inc., Newbury Fruit Company, Inc., Newfoundland Publishing Company, In- corporated, Newhall Fruit and Produce Co., Newport Novelties, Inc., Noble Construction Company, Inc., North Adams Motor Company, North Broadway Improvement Assn. Inc. of Maiden, North Oxford Dining and Amusement Co., Inc., North Shore Fruit Co., North Shore Hotel Com- pany, North Star Japanning Company, Northern Dairy Company, Northfield Printing Company, Northland Farms Inc., Nuttings Lake Water Company, Inc., Nye & Benson Inc.
O. J. Powers & Sons, Inc., O. L. Story Scenic Company, O'Hara Waltham Company, O'Hara Waltham Dial Com- pany, Old Colony Engraving Company, Inc., Old Mill Tavern of Oxford, Inc., The, Oldsmobile Worcester, Inc., onto Italian Restaurant, Inc., The, Ohva-Rees Bakeries, Incorporated, Olympian Products Corp., 169 Corporation, The, One Piece Shoe Patent Corporation, Orpin Desk Com- pany, Oscar Moberg, Inc., Osgood Shoe Manufacturing Co., Otis Hill Corporation, Otter River Board Co., The, Outlet Sales Co. Inc., Owl Trading Post Patent Medicine Co., Oxford Granite & Marble Works, Inc.
P. F. Brine, Inc., P. H. McCarthy & Sons, Inc., P. J. Hennessey & Co., Inc., P. Tasho Co., Pacific Factors Incor- porated, Package Confectionery Corporation, Paine Drug Inc. (1927), Paint Corporation of America, Palaisade Cafe, Inc., Palm Gardens, Inc. of Fall River, Palmer Steel Com-
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pany, The, Panorama Publications Inc., Paparo's Market, Incorporated, Pappalardo Bros. Inc., Paramount Men's Shop Inc., Paramount Motor Sales, Inc., Parco Plan, In- corporated, The, Park Electrical Supply Co., Park Enter- tainments, Inc., Park Finance Corporation, Park Garage Company, Park Hotel, Inc., The, Park Leather Co., Park Square Corporation, Park Stores, Inc., Parker Coffee Com- pany, Parker, McCracken, Potter Inc., Parker-Philbrick- Teele Associates, Inc., Parker's Delicatessen and Health Food Products, Inc., Parker's Express, Inc., Parker's Res- taurant, Inc., Parks Refining Company, Patten Hat and Gown Shop, Inc., Paul L. Eldridge Company, Inc., Paxton Polo Realty Company, Inc., Pearlbeck Shoe Co., Peerless Manufacturing Company, Peerless Petticoat Co., Pelham Hall Cafe, Inc., Perin- Walsh Co., Perry Stations, Inc., Peter Carando Company, Inc., Pettingell-Andrews Company, Philbrick Realty Corporation, Philco Shoe Corporation, Pierce Insurance Agency, Inc., Pignat-Vicenzi Mosaic Co., Inc., Pilgrim Hotels Corporation, Pilgrim Parlor Furniture Co., Pillsbury and Gale, Incorporated, Pittsfield Homestead Company, Plumbing and Heating Supply Adjustment Serv- ice Co., Plymouth Co-operative Association, Plymouth County Publishing Company, Inc., Plywood Tile and Floor Co., Pollak Upholstering Company, Inc., Pollard Company, Inc., Porcelain Products, Inc., Premier Amusement Enter- prises, Inc., Priscilla Shoe Company, Inc., Property Analysts, Inc., Protective Union Company, The, Provident Sales Cor- poration, Province Service Co., Prudential Investors, Inc., Public Adjustment Company, Publix Shoe Corporation, Pullman Diners Inc., Pure Distilled Water Company, Inc., Purity Distilled Water Company of Worcester.
Q & S Beer & Wine Co., Inc., Quaker Beef Co., Inc., Queen Anne Company, Queen's Buy way, Inc., Queensberry Build- ing Trust, Inc., Quincy Furniture Company, Quincy Invest- ment Corporation, Quincy Poultry & Egg Co., Quincy Realty Company.
R. A. Kelly Company, Inc., R & L Transportation Com- pany, R. B. Crocker Co., R. D. Gillett Construction Com- pany, R. F. Ney and Company, Incorporated, R. H. Baker Company, Inc. (1928), R. L. Emerson & Co., Inc., R. L. Polk & Co. of New England Inc., Rami Securities Corpo- ration, Ramo Furniture & Fixture Co., Inc., Rantoul Chev- rolet, Inc., Ranch Shoe Company, Raymond White, Inc., Raytheon Lamp Company, Rayzet Inc., Re-Nu Ribbon Serv- ice, Inc., Read\'ille Speedway, Inc., Real Estate Reconstruc- tion Corporation, Redlow Corporation, The, Reed Gas Brake Company, Inc., Reliable Furniture Company, Inc., Reliable Label Co., Inc., Reliable Stay Company, Reliance Paper Corporation, Reno Italian Food Products, Inc., Richardsons Drug Company of Boston, Incorporated, Ridgeton Corpora- tion, Rivett Lathe and Grinder Corporation, Robert E. Kramer, Inc., Roberts Boiler & Iron Works, Inc., Robert's Fruit Juice Company, Roberts Piano Co., Roberts Realty
74 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 54.
Co. of Springfield, Inc., Robertson Paper Company, Roches- ter Farms, Inc., Rock Quarry Co. of Quincy, Rockport Country Club Realty Company, Rockrimmon Realty Cor- poration, Rodney Wallace Company, Rogers Co. of Holyoke, Inc., The, Roloff Inc., Rose Milicent Johnson School, Inc., Rose Realty Company, Rose Whitney Smith, Inc.. Roseland Kennel Club Inc., Roseland Realty Co., Rosemont, Inc., The, Rothley Pharmacal Co. Inc., Roto Manufacturing Company Incorporated, Rounds Chocolate Company, Rox- bury Crossing Service Station, Inc., Royal Paper Box Co., Inc., Royal Tanning Co., Inc., Rubber Latex Research Cor- poration, The, Rumbletop Corporation, Ryan and Buker, Incorporated.
S & S Transportation Company, Inc., S. Cuetara Co., Inc., S. G. Harriman, Incorporated, S. Hass & Sons, Inc., S. J. Reed & Co., Inc., S. P. A., Incorporated, S. Safer Inc., Sachem Company, The, Sage Trunk and Leather Goods Co., Inc., St. Moritz Cafe, Inc., Salisbury Market, Inc., Sahsbury Mills, Inc., Saltang Seafood Co., Inc., Sam's Market, Incorporated, Samuel H. Pitcher Company, Sand- ler Shoe Corporation, Sands, Inc., Sanford Manufactures, Inc., Sara Fredericks and Yvonne, Inc., Saugus Racing Association, Inc., Savannah Manufacturing Company, Inc., Sawyer Brothers, Incorporated, Sawyer System, Inc., Scargo Realty, Inc., Schuyler Realty & Construction Co., Inc., Science Service, Inc., Scudder Brothers Coal Company, Seals Auto Supply Stores, Inc., Seaver's Inc., Seiberg's Inc., Service Leather Company, Inc., The, Settlow Farms, Inc., Seven Twenty Main Street Corporation, Shalit Shoe Co., Sharper Bros. Furniture Co. Inc., Shaw Company, The, Shawmut Manufacturing Corporation, Shawmut Station Garage, Inc., Sheepraise Corporation, Shepard- Woods Com- pany, Incorporated, Sheridan Pharmacy Inc., Sherwins Inc., Sherwood Realty Company Inc., The, Shirley Marston Corporation, Shoe City Wood Heel Corporation, Sidney Davis & Company, Inc., Silver Lake Development Company, Silver Sheen Fox and Fur Ranch, Inc., Silverman's Luggage Shop Inc., Simbroco Cast Stone Co. Inc., Simpson and Row- land Company, Sisters Investment Corporation, Smith & Porter Press, Inc., Smith & Vogel, Inc., Smith Carriage Com- pany, The, Snow & Parker, Inc., Snow- Jo Corporation, Somerset Sand & Gravel, Inc., Somerville Company, The, Somerville Roofing & Painting Company, Inc., Sootkoos Drug Company, Inc., Southworth Realty Co., Spanish Gardens Inc., Speare Construction Co., Spencer Holding Company, Splendor Macaroni Company, Sportology Cor- poration, The, Sprague, Grout & Lowe, Inc., Springfield Alcoholic Beverages Co., Inc., Springfield Automobile Com- pany, Springfield Ladies Handbags, Inc., Springfield Nash Company, Inc., Springfield Paper Box Company, Inc., Springfield Realty Corporation, Springfield Woolen Co., Inc., Sproul's Shipping Service, Inc., Standard Dentifrice Co., Standard Equipment Company, Inc., Standard Live Fab-
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rics, Inc., Standard Marine Service Inc., Standard Photoplay Company, Inc., Star Cooperage Co., State Fair Provision Company, State Film Corporation, Steacie & Company, Incorporated, Steel Roll Repairing Co., Sterling Finance Corporation, Stern Brothers of New York, Inc., Stiles and Van Kleek, Inc., Stock Market Finance, Inc., Stone & Row, Inc., Stone Mill Company, Stone Operating Service, Inc., Stone's Market, Inc., Stoughton Amusement Co, Inc., Stratton Garage, Inc., Strout, Stritter and Co. Inc., Stuart Laundry Machinery Company, Style Craft Dress, Inc., Su-Co Incorporated, Sub-Cal-Gun Corporation, Suburban Newspapers, Inc., Suffolk Construction Co., Inc., Suffolk Sportwear, Inc., Sunshine Bedding Co. Inc., Sunshine Creamery Companj^, of Somerville, Sunup Lamp Works, Inc., Super Markets Incorporated, Super Stores Liquor Mart Inc., Superfine Coal & Ice Corp., Superior Botthng Company, Inc., Superior Brands, Inc., Superior Cherry Corporation, Superior Loan Company, Superior Trading and Transportation Co., Supreme Puzzle Distributing Co., Swain Construction Company, The, Swain's Inc., Swampscott Motor Co., Inc., Swerling & Young, Inc., Sylvester, Inc.
T. A. Dewire & Son Co., T. A. Ridder Co., Inc., T. Berman, Inc., T. J. Beahn, Inc., T. R. & AV. F. Burke Trucking Co. Inc., Tahaferro, Millett & Co., Inc., Tar-Me-Cine Labora- tories, Inc., Taunton Drug Company, Taunton Knitting Co., Tavel-Constantine, Inc., Taylor & Burchard, Inc., Taylor-Brown Manufacturing Company, Ted's Mens Shops, Inc., Teele Soap Manufacturing Company, Terminal Garage Inc., Textile Development Co., Theatre Advertising Co. Inc., Thibeau & Comeau, Inc., Thomas G. Andrews Com- pany, Thomas Incinerator Co., Inc., Thomas M. Kennedy Corporation, The, Thomas Whalen & Sons, Inc., Thornby Service Lunch, Inc., Thule Real Estate Company, Thurlow Shoe Company, Tica Coffee Co., Inc., Toplifter, Inc., Tops- All Baldng Company, Treadwell-Solomon, Inc., Tremont Plaza, Inc., Trimount Dredging Company, Trull Pharmacy, Inc., Trull Shoe Store, Inc., Tudor Press, Incorporated, The, Twentieth Century Lines, Inc., Twin City Kennel Club, Inc., The.
Ultrex Products Corporation, Uncle Jack's, Inc., Uneeda Laundry, Inc., Union Associates, Inc., Union Baking Com- pany, Inc., United Amusement Corporation, The, United Ballrooms, Inc., United Discount Corporation, United Jewelry Co., United Live Poultry Company, United Novelty Shoe Co., Inc., United States Credit Corporation, United States Linen Corporation, United States Stucco Company (1933), Unitread Company, Universal Lock-Tip Company, Universal Products Corporation, Uproar Company, Utility Products Manufacturing Co., Inc., Uxbridge Outlet Stores, Inc.
Valentine Cleansers & Dyers, Inc., Valid Oil Company, Valley Mills, Inc., Vanity Shoe Corporation, Veino Chevrolet Company, Inc., Velodrome Athletic Co., Inc., Venus Shoe
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Corp., Vet's Cafe, Inc., Victoria Hotel Corporation, Vincent E. Squiers, Inc., Vineyard Development Company, Vogue Neckwear Co.
W. C. Johnson & Co., Inc., W. C. Miles Co., W. E. Wood Company, W. H. Langshaw & Co., Inc., W. J. Bailey Co., W. J. Gardner Company, W. P. Stone Co., W. W. Hender- son Incorporated, Wakefield Portable Building Co., Wal- buck Crayon Company, The, Walker Lithograph & Publish- ing Company, Walker Wool Company, Walkover Boot Shop of Springfield, Inc., Walpole Factories, Inc., Walter A. Needle Inc., Walter & Eddie Inc., Walter B. Steeves Company, Waltham Printing Machinery, Inc., Waltham Roofing Company, Walton's, Inc., Ward S. MacKenzie, Inc., Ward Sales Co., Inc., The, Ward's Inc., Warehouse Furniture Outlet, Inc., Warner Steeple Engineering Corp., Warshaw's Inc. (1926), Washington Boston Amusement Company, Inc., Washington Shoe Manufacturing Co. Inc., Waverley Spa, Inc., Waverly Street Garage Inc., Wawbeek Springs, Inc., Wayside Realty Company, Webster Drug Company, Weekly Review, Inc., The, Weiss & Weiss Inc., Weldon Shoe Co., W^ldons Market, Inc., Wellesley Shoe Co. (1926), Wellington Farm Company, Wells and Fogg, Inc., Wesley Realty Co., West Drug Company, West End Kosher Wurst Co., Inc., West End Stables, Inc., West Everett Corporation, West Newton Ice Cream Inc., West Shoe Company, Westwood Motor Sales, Inc., White Enter- tainments, Inc., Whitman Wharf and Storage Company, Whitney Pictures, Inc., Wianno Dredge Co. Inc., AVickleib Productions, Inc., Wm. Archard & Son, Inc., WilHam B. Cary Co., William E. Hodge Incorporated, William F. Bennett Co. of Worcester, Wm. F. Larkin and Son, Inc., William H. Feltham & Son, Inc., William H. Walkey Co., William J. Fenders Wood Heel Company, Inc., William J. Thompson & Co., Inc., Wilham Lee Heirs Corporation, WilHam M. Eraser Incorporated, WiUiam R. McLoughlin, Incorporated, WilHams & Poore, Inc., Wilmore Specialty Sign Co., Inc., Winchendon Mortgage & Loan Co., Win- chester Construction Co., Winchester Tailors, Inc., Windsor Realty Co., Winemeat Corporation, Wingate Sole & Shank Company, Inc., Winsor Gleason Company, Winthrop Mills Company, Wirth and Hamid, Inc., Wistaria, Inc., Wolf man Co., Inc., The, Woodbury Drug Co., Inc., Woodman Con- veyors, Inc., Woodward & Powell Planer Co., Woolf-Hirsch, Inc., Worcester Co-operative Merchants Association, Worces- ter County Associates Inc., Worcester Discount & Finance Corporation, Worcester Protane Gas Service Company, Inc., Worcester Rent-A-Car, Inc., Worcester Street Motor Mart, Inc., Worcester Supply Company, The, Wordell & McGuire Company, Workmen's Circle Cooperative Bakery, Inc., \yorld-Wide News Service, Inc., Worrick Inn, Inc., Worthington Associates, Inc., Wright Hudson-Essex Com- pany.
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Y-D Dining Car, Inc., Y. D. Tallow Products Co., Yankee Metal Works, Inc., Yankee Publishing Company, The, Yankey Manufacturing Company, Young & Mink, Inc.
Zephyr Craft, Inc., Zoppo & Civitarese Co. Inc.
Charitable and Other Corporations.
Arlmont Country Club (1924).
Boston Young Men's Christian Association, The Trustees of the.
Camp Sago Association, Cliftondale Social Club, The.
Dedham Club Incorporated, The, Dennison Airport Fly- ing Club, Inc.
Ellis Brett Neighborhood Center of Community Service of Brockton, Inc.
Hale Hospital, The, Harvard Co-operative Bank of Dor- chester, Harvard Economic Society, Incorporated, Home Club of Edgartown, The, Hopkinton Athletic Association Inc.
Ladies Helping Hand Auxiliary to the Home for Destitute Jewish Children, The, Library Art Club, The, Local Retail Code Authority for Boston, Inc., Local Retail Code Author- ity for Springfield, Massachusetts, Incorporated, Local Retail Jewelry Code Authority for Boston, Inc., Lucy Stone Home, The.
Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary, Inc., Middlesex Dairy Farmers' Association, Inc.
Neighborhood Club of Ashmont.
Old Town Skeet Club, Incorporated, Our Lady of Good Help Association.
Park Club of Lynn, Inc., The.
Quinobequin Canoe Association.
Rio Vista Camp Association, Rockport Country Club of Rockport Massachusetts.
S. H. Knopf Employee Associates, St. Patrick's Educa- tional Association, Salem War-Chest Association, Sarah E. Sherman Memorial Association, Scandinavian Build- ing Association of Dorchester, Self-Help Association, Inc., The, Stearns Club Inc., Stickney Fund, Trustees of the, Sunset Club, The (1900).
Teanese Circle, Union and Progress, Luigi Tansillo, Tip Top Club, Inc. of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Visagraph Institute, Inc.
Public Service Corporations.
Amherst Gas Company.
Clinton Gas Light Company.
Easthampton Gas Company.
Lee Electric Company.
Palmer Gas Company.
Seekonk Electric Company.
Western Counties Electric Company.
78 Acts, 1936. — Chap. 55.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect any suit now pending by or against any corporation mentioned herein, or any suit now pending or hereafter brought for any liability now existing against the stock- holders or officers of any such corporation, or to revive any charter previously annulled or any corporation previously dissolved, or to make valid any defective organization of any of the supposed corporations mentioned herein.
Section 3. Suits upon choses in action arising out of contracts sold or assigned by any corporation dissolved by this act may be brought or prosecuted in the name of the purchaser or assignee. The fact of sale or assignment and of purchase by the plaintiff shall be set forth in the writ or other process; and the defendant may avail himself of any matter of defence of which he might have availed himself in a suit upon a claim by the corporation, had it not been dissolved by this act.
Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to reheve the last person who was the treasurer or assistant treasurer, or, in their absence or incapacity, who was any other principal officer of each of the corporations named in this act, from the obhgation to make a tax return in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six as required by chapter sixty-three of the General Laws. The tax hability of each of the corporations named in this act shall be determined in accordance with the existing laws of this commonwealth.
Section 5. This act shall be operative as of January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six.
Approved February 17, 1936.
Chap. 55 An Act exempting persons registered under the hair- dressing LAWS, so called, FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATIVE TO THE PRACTICE OF MASSAGING.
Eme^ency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva- tion of public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^'ilo^' Section 1. Section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and
§51 'etc.; forty of the General Laws, as most recently amended by amended. scctiou three of chapter four hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, is hereby fur- ther amended by inserting after the word "twelve" in the tenth line the words : — or as a