INDEX TO OPINIONS.

Banks, co-operative, power to loan on matured shares,
Boston Elevated Railway Company, locations of; revocability and
abandonment of,
Boston Finance Commission, whether State Board or Commission;
powers of; witnesses; necessity for summons; procedure; rules
of; powers of mayor,

Boston & Maine Railroad Company, history of acquisition of control by
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company,
Cape Cod Canal, interpretation of contract for construction of; extra
work, powers of joint board,

Cities, wards, division into precincts, time for action,

Civil service, grades of stenographers and clerks; promotions; increase
of salary,

Violation of traffic regulation not a crime against laws of Common-
wealth,

Constitutional law, equal protection of the law, discrimination,

Police power, freedom to contract,

Taxation, dry dock in Boston Harbor a public purpose,
Corporations, attempted incorporation of company to use franchise in
public way under business corporation act, trackless trolley,
Crime, violation of city traffic regulation, not a,
Directors of the Port of Boston, authority to construct dry dock,
Authority to remove wrecks,

52, 56

23, 43

113

97

121

1

81

Power to license erection by city of Boston on area granted to it by
Sp. St. 1915, c. 326,

Dry dock, authority of Directors of the Port of Boston to construct,
A public purpose,

Electricians, journeymen, license of; right to do contract work, employ-
ment of apprentices,

Executive Council, no jurisdiction to reconsider removal of public officer

after appointment of successor,

Extradition, power of Governor to revoke executive warrant,
Firemen's relief fund, nature of injury entitling firemen to benefit of,
Firewards, office of, not abolished by St. 1907, c. 475; appointment by

selectmen; jurisdiction of,

Flag, misuse of, interpretation of statutes relating to,
Gasoline, when permit not needed to keep,

Health, boards of, of cities and towns, jurisdiction of, manufacture and
sale of ice-cream,

Boards of, reports to, of tuberculosis patients receiving treatment in
State sanatorium,

State Department of, prior regulations of, not revoked by St. 1914,
c. 792,
Insane persons, temporary treatment by insane hospitals not authorized
at request of probation officer,

39

Insurance, fraternal orders, when not subject to insurance laws,

Life insurance, accident insurance, two classes in one policy,
Stock companies, participating policies, restriction to one class of

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Interstate Commerce, what is; discrimination,
Intoxicating liquors, transportation of, into no license towns, permits for,
Labor, hours of, for employees for or upon public works,
Master in chancery, member of Legislature may be appointed a,

Mayor of city of Boston, authority to limit powers of Boston Finance
Commission,

Minimum Wage Commission, authority of, to establish wage board; effect
of change of statutory method of selection,

Motor vehicles, carrying passengers, constitutionality of bill requiring bond for,

Newspapers, statute regulating sale of, unconstitutional,

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, history of acqui-
sition of control of Boston & Maine Railroad Company,
Osteopath, no authority to issue physician's death certificate,
Petroleum, license for storage of, required,

Pharmacist, registered, who may be licensed as; ownership of stock in corporation,

122

Physicians, applicability of statutes requiring registration to persons em

ployed in State institutions,

Probation officer, not a police officer within St. 1911, c. 395, as amended by Gen. St. 1915, c. 174,

Public officer, when removed, Executive Council cannot take initiative to reinstate,

Public warehouse, place of storage of second-hand goods or furniture in,
Savings bank, deposits in, payable to person other than depositor,
School teachers, constitutionality of bill to prevent inquiry into religion of,
Statutes, general and special, latter not repealed by codification of general
statutes; Boston Consolidated Gas Company,

Tax collector, bond of, right of town to discharge,

Tuberculosis cases, report of, to State Board of Health,

Taxation; income from annuity; contract issued by savings bank, Corporation franchise tax; merchandise; tangible property held in pledge,

128

130

105

United States District Court, decree of, effect of compliance with as violation of the laws of the Commonwealth,

Wage boards, vacancies in, how filled,

124

Wages, may not be reduced below minimum by fines or payments to cover sick benefits,

124

Of employees at the Reformatory for Women,

120

Wrecks or obstructions in Boston Harbor, authority of Directors of the
Port of Boston to remove,

LIST OF CASES

IN WHICH THE

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

HAS APPEARED

DURING THE YEAR 1915.

GRADE CROSSINGS.

Notices have been served upon this department of the filing of the following petitions for the appointment of special commissioners for the abolition of grade crossings:

Berkshire County.

Lanesborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Valley Road and Glen Road crossings. Railroad Commissioners appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Frank H. Cande appointed auditor. Auditor's third report filed. Pending.

North Adams, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of State Street and Furnace Street crossings. Edmund K. Turner, David F. Slade and William G. McKechnie appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Pending.

Pittsfield, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners.

Petition for

abolition of Merrill crossing in Pittsfield. Thomas W. Kennefick, Frederick L. Green and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Pending.

Stockbridge, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of South Street crossing. Railroad Commissioners appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. A. W. DeGoosh appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Stockbridge. Berkshire Railroad, petitioner. Petition for abolition of Glendale station crossing. Pending.

West Stockbridge, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossing at Albany Street. James D. Cote, Charles W. Bosworth and James L. Tighe appointed commissioners. Pending.

Bristol County.

Mansfield. Directors of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossing at North Main, Chauncey, Central, West,