For compensation of the persons appointed to prepare Revised Laws. for printing the Revised Laws, as authorized by chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and one, the sum of four hundred dollars. inspector of For the salary of the assayer and inspector of liquors Assayer and from the first day of January to and including the twenty- liquors. fifth day of February of the present year, being the date of the abolition of said office by chapter one hundred and ten of the acts of the present year, the sum of one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-nine cents. For Ledyard Bill, executor, as authorized by chapter Ledyard Bill. fourteen of the resolves of the present year, the sum of one hundred dollars. For John P. Ryan, as authorized by chapter seventeen John P. Ryan. of the resolves of the present year, the sum of seven hundred and twenty-nine dollars. Ashford. To reimburse the town of New Ashford for expense Town of New incurred in repairing certain highways, as authorized by chapter eighteen of the resolves of the present year, the sum of five hundred dollars. auditors. For collecting portraits of auditors of the Common- Portraits of wealth, as authorized by chapter nineteen of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For the town of Peru, as authorized by chapter twenty Town of Peru. of the resolves of the present year, the sum of one hundred fifty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents, the same to be paid out of the moiety of the income of the Massachusetts School Fund payable to towns for educational expenses. School. For the Lowell Textile School, as authorized by chapter Lowell Textile twenty-one of the resolves of the present year, the sum of twenty thousand dollars. ance in office of For stenographers and for such additional clerical as- Additional sistance as the auditor of the Commonwealth may find her assist necessary for the proper despatch of public business, as auditor. authorized by chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose. For Ella Raymond, as authorized by chapter twenty- Ella Raymond. two of the resolves of the present year, the sum of three hundred dollars. Lowell Textile State normal school at Westfield. Samuel Hillman. Memorial to Massachusetts soldiers who took part in For a heating and ventilating plant for the Lowell Textile School, as authorized by chapter twenty-three of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For certain repairs and improvements at the state normal school at Westfield, as authorized by chapter twenty-four of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. For Samuel Hillman, as authorized by chapter twentyfive of the resolves of the present year, the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars. For the erection of a memorial to Massachusetts soldiers who took part in the siege of Vicksburg, as authorized by siege of Vicks chapter twenty-six of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. burg. State normal school at Westfield. Charles H. Bristol county agricultural society. For the construction of a new dormitory at the state normal school at Westfield, as authorized by chapter twenty-seven of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to the fifty thousand dollars authorized by chapter ninety-five of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and one. For Charles H. Sargent, as authorized by chapter twenty-eight of the resolves of the present year, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For the payment of a bounty to the Bristol county This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.209 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SALARY AND EXPENSES Appropriations. State pension agent. OF THE STATE PENSION AGENT. 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 salary and expenses of the state pension agent from the first day of January to the first day of July of the present year, to wit: For the salary of the state pension agent, one thousand dollars. For clerical assistance, travelling and other necessary Expenses. expenses of the state pension agent, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 26, 1902. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EXPENSES OF THE BOARD Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.210 of contagious animals. SECTION 1. The sum of eight thousand dollars is Extermination hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of diseases among the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to meet expenses authorized by the board of cattle commissioners in connection with the extermination of contagious diseases among horses, cattle and other animals, from January first to April fifteenth of the present year. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE INVESTIGATION AND REPORT OF CER- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: so as to Chap.211 amended. assessors in SECTION 1. Section two of chapter four hundred of 1901, 400, § 2, the acts of the year nineteen hundred and one is hereby amended by inserting after the word "Boston", in the ninth line, the words: - except as to such assessments as are made between the fifteenth day of June and the twentieth day of August, the report upon which shall be made on or before the thirtieth day of August, read as follows:- Section 2. Each of the said assessors First assistant shall annually, in his district, personally make investiga- Boston, duties, tion as to every person who has been assessed for a poll etc. tax supplementarily to the original assessment, in accordance with the provisions of section twenty of chapter five hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and shall, within ten days after any such person was so assessed, report in writing to the assessors of Boston, except as to such assessments as are made between the fifteenth day of June and the twentieth day of August, the report upon which shall be made on or before the thirtieth day of August, whether such person Repeal. actually resided at the place at which he was so assessed SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.212 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TAXATION OF THE CENTRAL MASSACHU Certain allowance may be made in estimating value of property, etc., Massachusetts of the Central Railroad Company for taxation. SETTS RAILROAD COMPANY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. In estimating the value of the corporate franchise and property of the Central Massachusetts Railroad Company for taxation the tax commissioner may make an equitable allowance for the value of such of its shares as have been acquired by the Boston and Maine Railroad under the provisions of chapter four hundred and twenty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred, and also for the value of such of its shares as are still outstanding, for which the Boston and Maine Railroad has actually issued stock under the provisions of said chapter; but such allowance shall be made only while the shares so acquired remain in the treasury of the Boston and Maine Railroad and while a tax is assessed and actually paid on the corporate franchise of the Boston and Maine Railroad. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.213 AN ACT RELATIVE TO COMPENSATING CITIES AND TOWNS FOR CAR ING FOR PERSONS INFECTED WITH THE SMALLPOX OR OTHER Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Reasonable expenses incurred by the board of health of a city or town in making the provision required by law for persons infected with the smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health shall be paid by such person or his parents, if he or they be able to pay, otherwise by the city or town in which he has a legal settlement, upon the approval of the bill by the board of health of such city or town; and such settlements shall be determined by the overseers of the poor. If the person has no settlement such expense shall be paid by the Commonwealth, upon approval of bills therefor by the state board of charity. In all cases of persons having settlements a written notice sent within the time required in case of aid given to paupers, shall be sent by the board of health or by the officer or board having the powers of a board of health in the city or town where the person is sick, to the board of health, or to the officer or board having the powers of a board of health in the city or town in which such person has a settlement, who shall forthwith transmit a copy thereof to the overseers of the poor of the place of settlement. In case the person has no settlement such notice shall be given to the state board of health, in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-two of chapter seventy-five of the Revised Laws. not to be deemed SECTION 2. No person for whose care and maintenance Certain persons a city or town or the Commonwealth has incurred expense paupers. in consequence of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria or other disease dangerous to the public health shall be deemed to be a pauper by reason of such expenditure. SECTION 3. Section fifty-seven of chapter seventy-five Repeal. of the Revised Laws is hereby repealed. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 26, 1902. AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD RELIEF Chap.214 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Maine Railroad SECTION 1. The Boston and Maine Railroad Relief The Boston and Association is hereby exempted from the provisions of chapter one hundred and nineteen of the Revised Laws, relative to fraternal beneficiary corporations. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Relief Associa from provisions tion exempt of R. L. 119. Chap.215 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MILLVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. tery Associa rated. |