Board of registration in pharmacy. Travelling expenses, etc. Agent of the board. Incidental and contingent expenses. the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and eight, to wit: For the salaries of the members of the board of registration in pharmacy, thirty-one hundred dollars. For travelling and other expenses of the members of the board, a sum not exceeding seventeen hundred and twentyfive dollars. For the salary and expenses of the agent of the board, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars. For a stenographer, witness fees and incidental and contingent expenses of the board, the same to include the printing of the annual report, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 73 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH TO Attleborough Water Loan, 1908. Proviso. Payment of loan. ISSUE WATER SUPPLY BONDS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Attleborough, for the purposes mentioned in section four of chapter sixty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for paying the expenses and liabilities of the water department incurred in necessary extension of the works and for paying the cost of laying additional water mains, may issue from time to time bonds, notes or scrip to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in addition to the amount heretofore authorized by law to be issued by said town for water works purposes. Such bonds, notes or scrip shall bear on their face the words, Attleborough Water Loan, 1908; shall be payable at the expiration of periods not exceeding thirty years from the date of issue; shall bear interest, payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceed ing four and one half per cent per annum; and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and countersigned by the water commissioners. The town may sell said securities at public or private sale, or pledge the same for money borrowed for the purposes of this act, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper: provided, that the securities shall not be sold for less than the par value thereof. SECTION 2. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing said loan, provide for the payment thereof in such annual proportionate payments, beginning not more than three years after the first issue of such bonds, notes or scrip, as will extinguish the same within the time prescribed by this act; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which with the income derived from water rates will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works and the interest as it accrues on the bonds, notes or scrip issued as aforesaid by said town, and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under the provisions of this act shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of said town in each year thereafter, in a manner similar to that in which other taxes are assessed under the provisions of section thirty-seven of chapter twelve of the Revised Laws, until the debt incurred by said loan is extinguished. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept- When to take ance by the town of Attleborough. Approved February 10, 1908. effect. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE DISPOSITION OF THE SURPLUS Chap. 74 OF SINKING FUNDS OF THE CITY OF MEDFORD. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Whenever and so long as any sinking fund required to be established by the town or city of Medford under any statute heretofore passed authorizing the issue of water bonds, notes or scrip, whether under chapter one hundred and sixty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy, or under any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto or by reference embodying any provision of said chapter one hundred and sixty, is sufficient in amount to meet at maturity the debt for which it was established, the surplus of the net income derived from the water works in said city shall no longer be set apart as a sinking fund as required by section seven of said chapter one hundred and sixty, or paid over to the sinking fund commissioners of said city, but may be used and applied, as far as necessary, for the general purposes of the water supply in said city, and the remainder, if any, as the said city may determine; and the income from said sinking fund, during each year, shall be paid by the sinking fund commissioners of said city of Medford to the treasurer of said city on the first day of January of the year following, Disposition of sinking funds Medford. the surplus of of the city of Proviso. Surplus to be transferred to etc. except as to income received during the year nineteen hundred and seven, which shall be paid upon the passage of this act, and by him applied to the payment of interest, when due, on any water bonds, notes or scrip outstanding: provided, that if said income shall be insufficient for the payment of such interest, when due, the deficiency shall be paid from the income of the water department, that the provisions of this section shall apply to income from said sinking fund received by the sinking fund commissioners since the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and six, and that any surplus of said income not needed for payment as aforesaid shall be repaid by the treasurer to the sinking fund commissioners and by them added to the principal of any sinking fund. SECTION 2. Whenever there is any surplus in the prinother funds, cipal of any sinking fund required to be established under the provisions of law, over and above the amount necessary to meet at maturity the debt for which such sinking fund was established, said surplus shall be transferred by the sinking fund commissioners of said city of Medford to such other sinking fund or funds of said city as said commissioners shall determine. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 75 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE PROPERTY OF PERSONS UNDER Certain property of a spendthrift may be transferred to the wife, etc. GUARDIANSHIP AS SPENDTHRIFTS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Any probate court having jurisdiction of the property of a person who is under guardianship as a spendthrift may, on petition of such ward, and after such notice as the court may determine, authorize the guardian of the ward to pay, or to convey, such portion of the ward's real or personal estate, either principal or income, as the court may designate, to the wife or any child, or children, or grandchildren, of the ward; and such property, when so paid or conveyed, shall become the property of the donee or grantee. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE BOUNTY ON SEALS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap. 76 repealed. SECTION 1. Section one hundred and thirty-nine of R. L. 91, § 139, chapter ninety-one of the Revised Laws, establishing a bounty for killing seals, is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 10, 1908. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE RATE OF INTEREST WHICH THE Chap. 77 CITY OF LYNN MAY PAY ON BONDS ISSUED FOR THE EREC TION OF A CITY STABLE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. erecting a city SECTION 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and 1907, 341, § 1, forty-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven is hereby amended by striking out the word "four", in the ninth line, and inserting in place thereof the words: four and one half, — and by adding at the end of said section the following new sentence: Any premium received by the city upon the sale of the securities hereby authorized shall be added to the capital of the municipal debt sinking fund, - so as to read as follows:- Section 1. The city of Lynn may borFor the purpose of purchasing land and erecting thereon row money for a stable suitable for the accommodation of the highway stable. and other city departments the city of Lynn may incur indebtedness to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, beyond the limit of indebtedness fixed by law, and may from time to time issue bonds, notes or scrip therefor, payable at periods not exceeding twenty years from the dates of issue, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four and one half per cent per annum. premium received by the city upon the sale of the securi- premium. ties hereby authorized shall be added to the capital of the municipal debt sinking fund. Any Disposition of SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 78 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF LYNN TO CHANGE THE 1907, 192, § 1, amended. Lynn School Loan, Act of 1907. RATE OF INTEREST ON INDEBTEDNESS HITHERTO AUTHOR IZED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven is hereby amended by striking out the word "four", in the twelfth line, and inserting in place thereof the words: four and one half, and by adding at the end of the said section the following new sentence: Any premium received by the city upon the sale of the securities hereby authorized shall be added to the capital of the municipal debt sinking fund, so as to read as follows:Section 1. For the purpose of purchasing land and erecting thereon a building for the use of the classical high school of the city of Lynn, said city may incur indebtedness to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in excess of the debt limit fixed by law, and may from time to time issue bonds, notes or scrip therefor, payable at a period not exceeding twenty years from the date of issue. Such bonds, notes or scrip shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the treasurer of the city, shall be denominated on the face thereof, Lynn School Loan, Act of 1907, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceedDisposition of ing four and one half per cent per annum. Any premium received by the city upon the sale of the securities hereby authorized shall be added to the capital of the municipal debt sinking fund. premium. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 79 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN TO MAKE Additional Act of 1908. AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Franklin, for the purpose of Water Loan, moving its pumping station and of extending and improving its water service, may borrow money from time to time and issue therefor negotiable notes or bonds to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. Such notes or bonds shall bear on their face the words, Additional |