Chap. 99 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TAKING OF LAND OF THE COMMON Certain land in Bridgewater may be taken for a highway. WEALTH AT THE STATE FARM IN THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER FOR A HIGHWAY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The county commissioners of the county of Plymouth may take such land of the Commonwealth occupied as the state farm in the town of Bridgewater as may be necessary for widening and straightening the highway known as Titicut street, from Conant street to the Taunton river, as shown on a plan made under the direction of said commissioners by Harrison L. House, their engineer, and on file in their office. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.100 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF STONEHAM TO APPROPRIATE Town of Stone ham may appro priate money for a reception MONEY FOR A RECEPTION AND CELEBRATION. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Stoneham is hereby authorized to raise by taxation and to appropriate, a sum not and celebration. exceeding three hundred dollars, for a reception to those veterans of the civil war who were members of the sixth Massachusetts regiment in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for a celebration of the forty-first anniversary of the passage of that regiment through the city of Baltimore. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.101 AN ACT TO FIX THE TIME WHEN PROPERTY SHALL BE DEEMED TO Description of property to be recorded, etc. BE TAKEN FOR THE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE WORKS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The metropolitan water and sewerage board, in order hereafter to take any property by right of eminent domain for the metropolitan sewerage works, shall sign and cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county and district in which the property to be taken is situated, a statement containing a description thereof, as certain as is required in a common conveyance of land, and stating that the same is taken for the metropolitan sewerage works; and upon such recording the rights, easements and other property described in SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF HUDSON TO REFUND A PART OF ITS DEBT. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.102 son may refund a part of its SECTION 1. The town of Hudson is authorized to bor- Town of Hudrow, for a term not exceeding ten years, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of debt. paying the balance of a note for forty thousand dollars, which becomes due on the twelfth day of April in the year nineteen hundred and two. For the sum borrowed under this act the town shall give a note which shall provide for such annual proportionate payments of the principal thereof as will extinguish the same at maturity. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 24, 1902. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY AGRICULTURAL EX PENSES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.103 SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- Appropriations. propriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and two, to wit: culture, secre For the salary of the secretary of the state board of Board of agriagriculture and executive officer of the state dairy bureau, tary, etc. three thousand dollars. For the salary of the first clerk of the secretary of the First clerk. state board of agriculture, eighteen hundred dollars. For the salary of the second clerk of the secretary of Second clerk. the state board of agriculture, fourteen hundred dollars. Clerical assist ance. Travelling expenses, etc. Incidental expenses, etc. Expenses of secretary, Farmers' institutes. Bounties. Agent of dairy bureau. Experts, chem. ists, etc. For other clerical assistance in the office of the secretary of the state board of agriculture, and for lectures before the board at its annual meeting and at other meetings, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars. For travelling and other necessary expenses of the members of the state board of agriculture, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of the state board of agriculture, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars. For travelling and other necessary expenses of the secretary of the state board of agriculture, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For disseminating useful information in agriculture by means of lectures at farmers' institutes, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. For bounties to agricultural societies, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars. For the salary of the general agent of the dairy bureau, twelve hundred dollars. For assistants, experts, chemists, agents, and for other necessary expenses of the state dairy bureau, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.104 AN ACT Care, etc., of certain boulevards, etc. MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF BOULEVARDS AND PARKWAYS IN CHARGE OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK COMMISSION. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. A sum not exceeding eighty thousand three hundred and thirteen dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the care and maintenance of boulevards and parkways in charge of the metropolitan park commission, during the year ending on the thirtyfirst day of December, nineteen hundred and two. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF QUINCY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: OF Chap.105 amended. ment of Quincy. SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of chapter three hun- 1888, 347, § 22, dred and forty-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight is hereby amended by striking out the words "one assistant engineer from each ward", in the third line, so as to read as follows: Section Fire depart. 22. The city council may establish a fire department for said city, to consist of a chief engineer and such other officers and men as it may prescribe; and it may make regulations for the government of the department. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 24, 1902. AN ACT RELATIVE TO LIFE INSURANCE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.106 amended. collect, etc., and fees. SECTION 1. Section fifteen of chapter one hundred and R. L. 118, § 15, eighteen of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "policies", in the second line, the words: - of a domestic company, - so as to read as follows:-Section 15. He shall collect and pay into Insurance comthe treasury charges and fees as follows: for valuation missioner to of life policies of a domestic company, two and one half certain charges mills for each thousand dollars of insurance; for each examination of a domestic company's qualification to transact business, thirty dollars; for filing copy of charter or deed of settlement of each foreign company, thirty dollars, and for filing statement with application for admission and for each annual statement, twenty dollars; for each license to procure fire insurance in unauthorized foreign companies, twenty dollars annually; for each license to an insurance broker, ten dollars; for each license or renewal thereof to an insurance agent, two dollars; for each certificate of the valuation of the policies of any life insurance company and for each certificate of the examination, condition or qualification of an insurance company, two dollars; for each service of lawful process upon him as attorney, two dollars; for each copy of any paper on file in his office, twelve cents a page and one dollar for certifying the same; and all other fees and charges due and payable into the treasury for any official act or service of the SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.107 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SURVEYS, IMPROVEMENTS Preservation of harbors, etc. AND PRESERVATION OF HARBORS, AND FOR REPAIRING DAMAGES Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, for surveys of harbors, and for preserving and improving the same, and for repairing damages occasioned by storms along the coast line or river banks of the Commonwealth, during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and two. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.108 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL PAYMENT BY THE STATE TO R. L. 32, § 71, amended. Allowance to THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section seventy-one of chapter thirtytwo of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by striking out the word "ten", in the first line, and inserting in place thereof the word:-twelve, so as to read as follows: Section 71. The sum of twelve thousand State Firemen's dollars shall annually, before the first day of July, be paid by the treasurer and receiver general to the treasurer of the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association out of the money received from taxes on fire insurance companies doing business in this Commonwealth, and it shall be known as the Firemen's Relief Fund of Massachusetts. Association. R. L. 32, § 72, amended. Treasurer to give bond. SECTION 2. Section seventy-two of said chapter is This act shall take effect upon its passage. |