which he would have been entitled had he lived and con- SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.201 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES AT Appropriations. State Farm. Expenses. THE STATE FARM. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated, 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: For salaries, wages and labor at the state farm, a sum not exceeding forty-six thousand dollars. For other current expenses at the state farm, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.202 AN ACT Bristol County TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A CERTAIN BOUNTY TO Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. There shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth to the Bristol County Agricultural Society, located at Taunton, the sum of six hundred dollars, being the amount to which the society was entitled for the year nineteen hundred and one, in accordance with the provisions of section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Laws. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 19, 1902. Chap.203 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of twelve thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association, as provided SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES IN Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.204 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 salaries and expenses in the office of the state fire marshal from January first to May first of the present year, to wit:For the salary of the state fire marshal, fifteen hundred State fire mardollars. shal. For the salary of the deputy fire marshal, eight hun- Deputy. dred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents. etc. For salaries of the clerk, aids, stenographers and mes- Aids, clerk, senger in the office of the state fire marshal, a sum not exceeding fifty-two hundred dollars. expenses. For travelling, contingent and incidental expenses, the Travelling same to include the services and expenses of persons employed in secret investigations under the direction of the state fire marshal, and fees of witnesses, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars. For postage, printing, stationery, telephone, telegrams office expenses. and incidental and contingent office expenses of the state fire marshal, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 19, 1902. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.205 snow and ice from sidewalks. SECTION 1. Any town, the population of which ex- Certain towns ceeds three thousand, which shall adopt the provisions the removal of of this act at an annual town meeting, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, may annually appropriate and expend money for the removal of snow and ice from its permanent sidewalks constructed of brick, stone, cement, concrete or asphalt, and may provide that the Certain persons may procure assessment, etc. board of assessors may assess upon the estates abutting on said sidewalks, from which snow or ice has thus been removed, the whole or any part of the cost of such removal; and the amount of such assessment upon each estate, unless previously paid, shall be certified by the board of assessors to the collector of taxes of the town, who shall include the same in the next tax bill issued for an annual tax upon such estate, and the same shall be a lien upon such estate, and shall be considered as part of, and shall be levied, collected and paid or abated in the same manner as, the town taxes on real estate. SECTION 2. Any person, or the agent of any person, exemption from owning an estate abutting on any sidewalk as aforesaid, may, on or before the first day of November in any year, procure the exemption of such estate from the assessment aforesaid for the following year by a stipulation in writing with the selectmen that he will remove snow and ice from the sidewalk on which the estate abuts, at such time and in such manner as the selectmen or road commissioners shall direct; and if he fails to fulfil his stipulation the assessment above provided for shall be made and collected as if no such stipulation had been made. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.206 AN ACT RELATIVE TO DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Cities and towns having isolation receive persons towns. SECTION 1. The board of health of any city or town hospitals may which has established or which may hereafter establish from adjoining within its limits a hospital for the reception of persons having smallpox or any other disease dangerous to the public health, may receive for care and treatment in such hospital persons from an adjoining town who are infected with any of said diseases, provided the approval of the board of health of the city or town into which such persons are to be taken shall first have been obtained. R. L. 75, § 46, amended. SECTION 2. Section forty-six of chapter seventy-five of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words: The removal authorized by this section may be made to any hospital in an adjoining city or town established for the reception of persons having smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health, provided the assent of the board of health of the city or move persons contagious town to which such removal is to be made shall first have been obtained, so as to read as follows: Section 46. Warrant to reA magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases infected with may issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of the county disease, etc. or his deputy, or to any constable or police officer, requiring them under the direction of the board to remove any person who is infected with contagious disease, or to impress and take up convenient houses, lodging, nurses, attendants and other necessaries. The removal authorized by this section may be made to any hospital in an adjoining city or town established for the reception of persons having smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health, provided the assent of the board of health of the city or town to which such removal is to be made shall first have been obtained. Approved March 19, 1902. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE NEW BEDFORD AND ONSET STREET Chap.207 RAILWAY COMPANY TO EXERCISE ITS CORPORATE POWERS IN THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN AND IN THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ford and Onset Street Railway operate in FairBedford, etc. Company may haven and New SECTION 1. The New Bedford and Onset Street Rail- The New Bedway Company may enter upon, use and operate upon and over such parts of the railway of the Union Street Railway Company in the town of Fairhaven and in the city of New Bedford, and under such terms as to the conditions of such entry, use and operation, and the compensation to be paid therefor, as said companies may from time to time agree upon: provided, however, that such Proviso. entry, use or operation shall not take place in the town of Fairhaven until authorized by the selectmen of that town, nor in the city of New Bedford until authorized by the board of public works of that city, and neither in said town or city until also authorized by the board of railroad commissioners. And said New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Company in such entry, use and operation shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties and limitations set forth in chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and one, and in all other laws applicable hereto. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 25, 1902. Certain provi sions of law to apply. Chap.208 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARI Appropriations. Revised Laws. Bulletin of committee hearings. Clerk of police court of Lowell. Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Wife of State normal school at Fram. ingham. Ellen Ford. Compensation, etc., of committee appointed under resolve 101, 1901. TABLE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY AND THE LOWELL TEXTILE SCHOOL, AND FOR SUNDRY MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES AUTHOR IZED BY LAW. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified in certain acts and resolves of the present year, and for certain other expenses authorized by law, to wit: For printing and distributing additional copies of the Revised Laws, as authorized by chapter one of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred dollars. For expenses in connection with the publication of the bulletin of committee hearings, as authorized by chapter three of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars. For the clerk of the police court of Lowell, as authorized by chapter six of the resolves of the present year, the sum of three hundred dollars. For the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, as authorized by chapter seven of the resolves of the present year, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. For the wife of Alexander McDonald, as authorized by chapter eleven of the resolves of the present year, the sum of forty-seven dollars and one cent. For certain improvements at the state normal school at Framingham, as authorized by chapter twelve of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars. For Ellen Ford, as authorized by chapter thirteen of the resolves of the present year, the sum of five hundred dollars. For compensation and expenses of a committee appointed to determine whether compensation should be paid to the towns of Clinton, Sterling and Holden by reason of the construction of the Wachusett reservoir by the metropolitan water and sewerage board, as authorized by chapter one hundred and one of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and one, a sum not exceeding thirty-three hundred dollars. |