Preparation, etc., of a manual of revised school laws. Taunton insane hospital. Completion of State industrial school for girls. Lyman school for boys. Expenses of team of militia national rifle present year, a sum not exceeding ten thousand five hundred dollars. For preparing and publishing a manual of the revised school laws by the state board of education, as authorized by chapter eighty-five of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For certain improvements at the Taunton insane hospital, as authorized by chapter eighty-seven of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars. For the completion of the monument on Dorchester Heights in the city of Boston, as authorized by chapter eighty-eight of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose. For certain improvements at the state industrial school for girls, as authorized by chapter eighty-nine of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding twentyfour thousand one hundred dollars. For expenses in connection with the disposal of sewage at the Lyman school for boys, as authorized by chapter ninety of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars. For the expenses of a team of the militia to attend the to attend inter- international rifle match at Sea Girt, New Jersey, as authorized by chapter ninety-one of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. match. State fire marshal. Salaries, etc., of railroad and ors. For salaries and expenses in the office of the state fire marshal, from May first up to and including May ninth of the present year, the sum of one thousand sixty-seven dollars and sixty-one cents. For the salaries and expenses of the railroad and railrailway inspect way inspectors of the board of railroad commissioners, as authorized by chapter four hundred and two of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose. Additional clerical assistance. For additional clerical assistance for the register of probate and insolvency for the county of Bristol, as authorized by chapter four hundred and twelve of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose. Phillipston. For the town of Phillipston, as authorized by chapter Town of ninety-three of the resolves of the present year, the sum of four hundred thirty dollars and forty-six cents, to be paid out of the moiety of the income of the Massachusetts School Fund payable to towns for educational expenses. For repairing and adding to the standard weights, Standard measures and balances of the Commonwealth, as authorized by chapter ninety-four of the resolves of the present Commonwealth. year, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose. weights, measures and bal ances of the For the widow of John N. Ball, as authorized by chap- Widow of John ter ninety-five of the resolves of the present year, the N. Ball. sum of one hundred dollars. school at Fitch For a dormitory at the state normal school at Fitch- State normal burg, as authorized by chapter ninety-seven of the re- burg. solves of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars. school at North For a dormitory at the state normal school at North State normal Adams, as authorized by chapter ninety-eight of the re- Adams. solves of the present year, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars. ground. For certain improvements at the state camp ground, as State camp authorized by chapter ninety-nine of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars. For travelling, incidental and contingent expenses of the state board of conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TOWN RECORDS Be it enacted, etc., as follows: State board of arbitration. conciliation and Chap.470 Commonwealth SECTION 1. Whenever the record of the births, mar- Secretary of the riages and deaths, previous to the year eighteen hun- to purchase dred and fifty, of any town in this Commonwealth, shall printed copies be printed and verified in the manner required by the records of commissioner of public records and the board of free riages and of certain births, mar deaths. Provisos. Distribution. public library commissioners, acting jointly, and the work shall appear to them to have been prepared with accuracy, the secretary of the Commonwealth shall purchase five hundred copies of such record at a price not exceeding one cent per page: provided, that the written copy of the town records shall become the property of the Commonwealth, and shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth; and provided, further, that not more than fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended by authority of this act in any one year. SECTION 2. The volumes purchased as aforesaid shall be distributed by the secretary as follows:- One copy to the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth; one copy to the commissioner of public records; one copy to the free public library of each city and town in the Commonwealth; one copy to each state and territorial library in the United States; one copy to the library of congress; one copy to each incorporated historical society in the Commonwealth; one copy to the library of each college in the Commonwealth; one copy to each registry of deeds, and one copy to the court of registration. The remainder shall be placed in the state library for purposes of exchange. Approved June 11, 1902. Chap.471 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SALARIES OF THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT Salary of first assistant district attorney for Suffolk district established. Salary of second assist ant district attorney for established. ATTORNEYS FOR THE SUFFOLK DISTRICT. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The salary of the first assistant district attorney for the Suffolk district shall be thirty-eight hundred dollars a year, to be so allowed from the first day of July in the year nineteen hundred and two. SECTION 2. The salary of the second assistant district attorney for the Suffolk district shall be thirty-eight hunSuffolk district dred dollars a year, to be so allowed from the first day of July in the year nineteen hundred and two. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved June 11, 1902. Chap.472 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF SWANSEA TO BORROW A Swansea Highway Loan. CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Swansea is hereby authorized to expend the sum of fifty thousand dollars in the construction, repair and improvement of highways in the said town, and to issue notes, scrip or bonds therefor to an amount not exceeding said sum. Such notes, scrip or bonds shall be denominated, Swansea Highway Loan, and shall be issued in such amounts, subject to the above limitation, and at such times as the town shall determine. They shall be payable in periods not exceeding thirty years from the dates of issue; shall bear interest, payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding three and three quarters per cent per annum, and shall be signed by the selectmen of the town and countersigned by the treasurer. The town may sell the same at public or private sale, or pledge them for money borrowed for the purposes above stated; and such securities, or the proceeds thereof, shall be used for no other purpose. SECTION 2. The town shall, in accordance with the Payment of provisions of chapter twenty-seven of the Revised Laws, loan. either provide a sinking fund for the payment of any securities issued hereunder, or provide for such annual proportionate payments as will extinguish the same at maturity. effect. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept- When to take ance by a two thirds vote of the voters of the town of Swansea present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose within one year after its passage. Approved June 12, 1902. AN ACT RELATIVE TO TAXES UPON COLLATERAL LEGACIES AND Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.473 cessions. SECTION 1. In all cases where there has been or shall Taxes upon collateral legabe a devise, descent or bequest to collateral relatives or cies and sucstrangers to the blood, liable to collateral inheritance tax, to take effect in possession or come into actual enjoyment after the expiration of one or more life estates or a term of years, the tax on such property shall not be payable nor interest begin to run thereon until the person or persons entitled thereto shall come into actual possession of such property, and the tax thereon shall be assessed upon the value of the property at the time when the right of possession accrues to the person entitled thereto as aforesaid, and such person or persons shall pay the tax upon coming into possession of such property. Provisos. Chap.474 R. L. 145, § 4, amended. Care and custody of minors. The executor or administrator of the decedent's estate SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF MINORS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section four of chapter one hundred and forty-five of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by striking out the word "father", in the fifth line, and inserting in place thereof the word: parents, by inserting after the word "minor", in the same line, the word:-jointly, -by striking out the word "his", in the same line, and inserting in place thereof the word :-the,-by inserting after the word "death", in the same line, the words: of either, and by striking out the word "mother", in the sixth line, and inserting in place thereof the words : surviving parent, so as to read as follows:-Section 4. The guardian of a minor, unless sooner discharged according to law, shall continue in office until the minor arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and he shall have the custody and tuition of his ward and the care and management of all his estate, except that the parents of the minor, jointly, if living, and in case of the death of either, the surviving parent, they being, respectively, competent to transact their own business, shall be entitled to the custody of the person of the minor and to the care of his education; but the probate court may order that the guardian shall have such custody, if, upon a hearing and after such notice to the parents or surviving parent as it may order, it finds such parents or parent to be unfit to have such custody, or if it finds one of them unfit therefor, and the other files in such court his or her consent in writing to such order. Approved June 12, 1902. |