RESOLVES. RESOLVE TO CONFIRM CERTAIN ACTS OF JAMES O. OTIS AS Chap. 1 A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. O. Otis as peace con Resolved, That the acts of James O. Otis as a justice of Acts of James the peace, between the sixth day of February and the sixth justice of the day of November, nineteen hundred and fourteen, are armed. hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of the said office. Approved February 8, 1915. RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN Chap. NEEDY PERSONS. persons. 2 Resolved, That the state forester be directed to provide Employment employment for needy persons deemed by him to be worthy of certain needy thereof, preference being given to residents of the commonwealth and to persons who have others dependent upon them for support. The moneys authorized to be spent under the provisions of this resolve shall be spent upon the improvement and protection of forests and in any other public work which may in the opinion of the state forester be proper. There shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth for this purpose the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, together with any unexpended balances of the amounts appropriated to be used under the provisions of chapter seven hundred and fifty-nine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen and chapter five hundred and ninety-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this resolve, the state forester may appoint his duly accredited agents as special police officers to serve for such period as may be determined by him and subject to removal by him. Such officers shall serve without pay, except their regular compensation as agents or employees of the state forester, and shall receive no fees for services or return of criminal process. They shall have, throughout the commonwealth, the powers of constables and police officers to arrest and detain any person violating the law of the commonwealth, but they shall not have power to serve any process in civil cases. The civil service laws and the rules and regulations made thereunder shall not apply to this resolve or to any action taken hereunder. Approved February 9, 1915. Chap. 3 RESOLVE CONFIRMING THE ACTS OF FRANCIS S. BECKFORD As Acts of Francis S. Beckford as justice of the peace confirmed. A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Resolved, That the acts of Francis S. Beckford as a justice of the peace, between the twenty-eighth day of August and the eleventh day of November, in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, be hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of the said office. Approved February 9, 1915. Chap. 4 RESOLVE EXTENDING THE TIME OF THE COMMISSION AP Time for making report extended. POINTED TO REPORT UNIFORM METHODS AND PROCEDURE Resolved, That the existence of the commission appointed under authority of chapter one hundred of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, and the time within which it was ordered to report a bill or bills embodying as nearly as possible uniform methods and procedure by which land may be taken for public purposes, are hereby extended to the tenth day of February, nineteen hundred and fifteen. Approved February 11, 1915. Chap. 5 RESOLVE AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL TO ORDER THE TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL TO ISSUE Resolved, That, if it shall appear by clear and unequivocal proof to the governor and council, after hearing upon a petition presented by the trustees under the will of Edward Wells, late of Burlington in the state of Vermont, that said trustees are the rightful owners of a certain water loan bond of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, numbered three thousand two hundred and fourteen of a par value of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, due in the year nineteen hundred and forty-two and bearing interest at the rate of three and one half per cent per annum, and that said bond has been lost or destroyed without bad faith on the part of said owners, that it had been duly registered on the books of the treasurer and receiver general, and that it was unendorsed by the owners or rightful holder thereof at the time of its loss or destruction, the governor and council may in their discretion order that said trustees shall give to the treasurer and receiver general a bond in such amount and with such sureties as the governor and council may determine to be reasonably necessary under the circumstances; conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the commonwealth from any claim on account of said lost or destroyed bond. Upon the issuance of any such order by the governor and council and upon the receipt from said trustees of their bond of indemnity in such amount and with such sureties as the governor and council may prescribe, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the commonwealth from any claim on account of said lost or destroyed bond, the treasurer and receiver general is hereby authorized and directed to issue to the trustees under the will of Edward Wells a registered duplicate bond payable at the same time, bearing the same rate of interest and for the same amount as the bond lost or destroyed, and so marked as to show the number and date of the original bond. Approved February 15, 1915. RESOLVE CONFIRMING CERTAIN ACTS OF JOHN C. L. CLARK Chap. 6 AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. C. L. Clark as peace con Resolved, That the acts of John C. L. Clark as a justice of Acts of John the peace, between the first day of October and the sixteenth justice of the day of December, in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, firmed. are hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of the said office. Approved February 15, 1915. RESOLVE RELATIVE TO THE REPORT OF THE STATE DEPART- Chap. 7 MENT OF HEALTH AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE Resolved, That the time within which the state depart- Time for ment of health and the municipal council of the city of Lynn extended. making report |