diseases. For expenses in connection with smallpox and other dis- Dangerous eases dangerous to the public health, for the present year and for previous years, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars. tain children. For tuition in the public schools in any city or town in Tuition of certhe commonwealth, including transportation to and from school, of children boarded or bound out by the state board of charity, for the present year and for previous years, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars. For the support of sick state paupers by cities and towns, Sick state for the present year and for previous years, the same to in- paupers. clude cases of wife settlement, a sum not exceeding seventythree thousand dollars. For the burial of state paupers by cities and towns, for Burial of state the present year and for previous years, a sum not exceed paupers. ing sixty-five hundred dollars. aid. For temporary aid given to state paupers and ship- Temporary wrecked seamen by cities and towns, for the present year and for previous years, a sum not exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars. For the support and transportation of unsettled pauper Unsettled infants in this commonwealth, including infants in infant pauper infants. asylums, for the present year and for previous years, a sum not exceeding seventy-two thousand dollars. For salaries and expenses at the Penikese hospital, a sum Penikese not exceeding six thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EX hospital. Chap. 97 PENSES AT THE STATE FARM. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tions. SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriapriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and eight, to wit: For the payment of salaries at the state farm, a sum not State farm, exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars. salaries. For other current expenses at the state farm, including Expenses. the printing of the annual report, a sum not exceeding one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 17, 1908. Chap. 98 AN ACT RELATIVE TO BY-LAWS OF FIRE DISTRICTS AND TO R. L. 32, § 67, amended. approved, etc. THE PUBLICATION THEREOF. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter thirty-two of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by striking out section sixty-seven and inBy-laws to be serting in place thereof the following: - Section 67. No by-law, rule or regulation which shall be adopted by a fire district and which imposes a penalty shall be in force until it is approved by the attorney-general and published at least three times in one or more newspapers published in the town, if there be any such, in which the fire district is situated, otherwise in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the fire district is situated. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 99 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE COLLECTION OF TAXES AND TO Persons arrested for non-payment of taxes may be allowed to go free in certain cases. Collector to be credited with, etc., fees and charges in certain cases. ARREST FOR NON-PAYMENT THEREOF. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. A collector of taxes who issues a warrant for the arrest of a person for non-payment of taxes, or the officer to whom he commits the warrant, may at his discretion, after the service of the warrant, allow such person to go free for a period not exceeding fourteen days after said service, at which time, if said person does not pay his tax with all fees and charges due thereon, including one dollar for service of said warrant and five cents for each mile travelled by said officer in the performance of said collection, the said officer shall then arrest the said person on the aforesaid warrant, and commit him to the jail of that county. SECTION 2. When a collector is credited, pursuant to the provisions of section eighty-three of chapter thirteen of the Revised Laws, with the amount of taxes assessed upon any person committed to jail for the non-payment of his tax, who has not paid his tax, said collector shall also be paid and credited with the fees and charges which have become a part of said taxes and to which he or the officer acting under his warrant is entitled. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE RATE OF INTEREST ON THE Chap.100 REVERE SCHOOL LOAN NOTES OR BONDS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: loan. SECTION 1. The notes or bonds which, under the pro- Revere school visions of chapter two hundred and thirty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven, the town of Revere is authorized to issue, may bear interest, payable semiannually, at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum, instead of at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum as specified in said chapter. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- When to take ance by the town at any regular or special town meeting. Approved February 22, 1908. effect. AN ACT RELATIVE TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY Chap.101 OF FALL RIVER. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. SECTION 1. Section three of chapter three hundred and 1902, 393, § 3, ninety-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two is hereby amended by striking out the word "second", in the second line, and inserting in place thereof the word: — first, so as to read as follows: Section 3. The mu- Municipal nicipal election shall take place annually on the Tuesday election, etc. next after the first Monday of December, and the municipal year shall begin on the first Monday of the following January. mitted to voters, etc. SECTION 2. The question of the acceptance of this act To be subshall be submitted to the legal voters of the city of Fall River at the state election in the present year. The vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the provisions of chapter eleven of the Revised Laws and of acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to the question:- Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act relative to municipal elections in the city of Fall River" be accepted? and the affirmative votes of a majority voting thereon shall be required for its acceptance. Unless so accepted it shall not When to take take effect, but if so accepted it shall apply to the annual municipal election to be held in the year nineteen hundred and eight. Approved February 22, 1908. effect. Chap.102 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE HAVERHILL AGRICULTURAL Haverhill Agricultural porated, etc. SOCIETY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Charles H. Hayes, Warren Emerson, Moses Society incor- G. Calef, Edward H. George, George C. Elliott, Frank H. Rand, W. M. Nichols, Roswell L. Wood, George W. Bickell, Harry H. Rogers, George L. Martin, Greenleaf Clark, Ernest Gilman, John Eddy, George M. Warson, George H. Hoyt, C. F. Tattersall and Byron G. Kimball, their associates and successors within the cities of Haverhill and Lawrence, and the towns of Methuen, Merrimac, West Newbury, Groveland, Boxford, Georgetown and North Andover, are hereby made a corporation under the name of the Haverhill Agricultural Society, to be located at Haverhill; for the encouragement of agriculture, horticulture and the arts by the distribution of premiums and otherwise, with the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all general laws now or hereafter in force applicable to such corporations; and the said corporation is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, and to hold, real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. May hold property, etc. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.103 AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF CERTAIN TRUANT Certain truant schools, names changed. SCHOOLS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The truant school at Springfield in the county of Hampden, the truant school at Chelmsford in the county of Middlesex, and the truant school at Walpole in the county of Norfolk shall hereafter be called, respectively, the Hampden county training school, the Middlesex county training school, and the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth union training school; and any school hereafter established pursuant to section one of chapter forty-six of the Revised Laws relative to truants and truant schools shall be called a training school. All laws now or hereafter in force relative to truants and truant schools shall apply to SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE SUPPORT OF WIVES AND MINOR Chap.104 CHILDREN BY PERSONS PLACED ON PROBATION. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: revived, etc. SECTION 1. Chapter three hundred and seven of the acts 1905, 307, of the year nineteen hundred and five, relative to the support of wives and minor children by persons placed on probation, is hereby revived and continued in full force, and all proceedings taken, and all orders made by any court since the first day of September in the year nineteen hundred and seven, are hereby confirmed and made valid, to the same extent as if said chapter had not been repealed. SECTION 2. So much of section twenty-six of chapter Repeal. five hundred and sixty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven as repealed said chapter three hundred and seven is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EX PENSES IN THE OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCA- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.105 SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriapriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth tions. from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and eight, to wit: education, For the salaries of the secretary and agents of the state State board of board of education, and for clerical assistance to the board, salaries, etc. a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of the said board Expenses. and of the secretary thereof, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. |