and place for appoint time a hearing. SECTION 2. The selectmen shall appoint a time and place Selectmen to for a hearing and shall cause notice thereof, together with a copy of the petition, to be served personally upon the owner, if known and residing in said town, or upon his agent, tenant or attorney, if a non-resident, or left at the last and usual place of abode of such owner or agent, tenant or attorney, fourteen days at least before the time appointed for the hearing. the necessity SECTION 3. The selectmen shall hear the parties at the Shall determine time and place appointed, or at an adjournment thereof, for land and as soon as may be thereafter shall consider and adjudi- taking. cate upon the necessity of such taking, and upon the quantity, boundaries and value of any land adjudged necessary to be taken, and the damages resulting from the taking and any other matters pertaining thereto, and shall forthwith file a description of such land with a plan thereof in the registry of deeds for Norfolk county, and thereupon such land shall be taken and held in fee by said corporation as a part of its burial ground. of damages. SECTION 4. If any of the land so taken is subject to a Apportionment mortgage, the selectmen shall determine what portion of the award for damages shall be paid to the mortgagee for release of the mortgage incumbrance on the parcel taken; and said cemetery corporation shall pay to the mortgagee of record the sum so determined, and such payment shall thereby release and clear said parcel from said mortgage incumbrance; the balance of the award shall be paid, or tendered, to the owner of record within thirty days from the day of the filing in the registry of deeds. be taken. SECTION 5. A party aggrieved by the award of damages Appeal may SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage. of costs. Chap. 38 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF Payment of interest on the direct debt of the commonwealth, etc. INTEREST ON THE DIRECT DEBT AND TEMPORARY LOANS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. A sum not exceeding one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, for the payment of interest on the direct debt, as provided for by chapter two, section one, article eleven, of the constitution of Massachusetts, also for interest on temporary loans; the same being the estimate of the treasurer and receiver general. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 11, 1915. Chap. 39 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF REGIS Appropriations. Members, salaries. Travelling expenses, etc. Agent. Stenographer, etc. Expenses in connection with drug shops. TRATION IN PHARMACY. 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 salaries and expenses of the board of registration in pharmacy, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: For the salaries of the members, thirty-eight hundred dollars. For travelling and other expenses of the members, a sum not exceeding seventeen hundred and twenty-five dollars. For salaries and expenses of the agent, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars. For a stenographer, witness fees and incidental and contingent expenses, to include printing the annual report, a sum not exceeding twenty-two hundred dollars. For expenses in connection with the act to provide for the registering and licensing of shops for the transaction of a retail drug business, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE REIMBURSE- Chap. 40 MENT OF CITIES AND TOWNS FOR LOSS OF TAXES ON LAND USED FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ment of cities loss of taxes on SECTION 1. The sum of forty-five thousand dollars is Reimbursehereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the and towns for commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for reimbursing certain land. cities and towns for loss of taxes on land used for public institutions, during the fiscal year ending on November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, as provided for by chapter six hundred and seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and ten and by chapter four hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF Chap. 41 PREMIUMS ON SECURITIES PURCHASED FOR THE MASSA- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: securities the Massachu SECTION 1. A sum not exceeding five thousand dollars is Premiums on hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the purchased for commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the payment setts School by the treasurer and receiver general of premiums on se- Fund. curities purchased for the Massachusetts School Fund, as provided by section three of chapter forty-one of the Revised Laws. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 11, 1915. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSES OF Chap. 42 THE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD AND THE STATE BOARD OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, SITTING JOINTLY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: trial accident SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriapriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth tions, indusfrom the ordinary revenue, for the expenses of the industrial board and state accident board and the state board of labor and industries, and industries, board of labor sitting jointly. Expert assistants. Printing, postage, etc. Travelling expenses. Clerical services. sitting jointly, during the fiscal year ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: - For salaries and expenses of expert assistants, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. For printing, postage and contingent expenses, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For travelling expenses of the board and experts, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For clerical services, a sum not exceeding five hundred. dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 43 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EX Appropriations. Auditor, salary. Deputy auditor. Second deputy auditor. Supervisor of accounts. First clerk. Second clerk. Additional clerks, etc. Messenger. Printing expert. Incidental, etc., expenses. PENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AUDITOR OF THE 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 auditor's department, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: — For the salary of the auditor, five thousand dollars. For the salary of the deputy auditor, four thousand dollars. For the salary of the second deputy auditor, three thousand dollars. For the salary of the supervisor of accounts, twenty-five hundred dollars. For the salary of the first clerk, twenty-five hundred dollars. For the salary of the second clerk, twenty-four hundred dollars. For additional clerks, examiners and stenographers, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars. For the salary of the messenger, nine hundred dollars. For the salary of the state printing expert, a sum not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, a sum not exceeding forty-nine hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SALARIES AND Chap. 44 EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION ON ECONOMY AND EFFI- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tions, commis SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriapriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth sion on from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses of efficiency. the commission on economy and efficiency, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: For the salaries of the members of the commission, a sum Members, not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars. salaries. etc. For the salaries of the secretary, experts, clerks, and Secretary, SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EX- Chap. 45 PENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the department of the secretary of the commonwealth, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: For the salary of the secretary, six thousand dollars. Secretary, For the salary of Herbert H. Boynton, deputy, four salary. thousand dollars. Deputy. For the salary of the second deputy, three thousand Second deputy. dollars. For the salary of the chief of the archives division, two Chief of thousand dollars. archives. For the salary of the cashier, a sum not exceeding twelve Cashier. hundred dollars. clerk. For the salary of the commission clerk, fifteen hundred Commission dollars. |