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as aforesaid, and may cause to be printed said brands or Printing and labels and may dispose of or cause the disposition of the by commissame at reasonable prices. A written application to the sioner. commissioner requesting permission to use said brands or for use. labels and a written authorization thereof by the commissioner or a duly authorized assistant shall be a condition precedent to the use of such brands or labels. The commis- Revocation or sioner may revoke or suspend the right to use such brands suspension of or labels determined as aforesaid whenever it appears on use brands investigation and after a subsequent hearing before said commissioner or authorized assistant that such brands or labels have been used to identify such farm products not in fact conforming to the grade or standard indicated.

Approved February 29, 1928.

right to

or labels.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE HOLYOKE SAVINGS BANK TO ERECT Chap. 58

A NEW BANK BUILDING IN THE CITY OF HOLYOKE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

ings Bank

building in

Holyoke.

SECTION 1. The Holyoke Savings Bank, incorporated by Holyoke Savchapter twenty-five of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty- may erect a five, may, subject to the approval of the commissioner of new bank banks, invest in the erection and preparation of a suitable city of building on a site recently acquired in the city of Holyoke, to be used for the convenient transaction of its business, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty-seven thousand dollars in addition to any sums heretofore authorized to be invested under clause eleventh of section fifty-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws or corresponding provisions of earlier laws.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1928.

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF QUINCY TO ACQUIRE LAND Chap. 59

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE EXTENSION OF THE QUINCY

SHORE RESERVATION IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

amended.

may acquire

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and 1927, 229, § 1, twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twentyseven is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: The said city may acquire by City of Quincy purchase or gift, or by eminent domain under chapter sev- land for purenty-nine of the General Laws, such lands or interests therein poses of extenas may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, and Shore Resermay appropriate money for such purchase or for land dam- vation. ages in case of a taking as aforesaid.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1928.

sion of Quincy

Chap. 60 AN ACT PERMITTING THE DEPOSIT IN SAVINGS BANKS OF THE

G. L. 168, § 31, etc., amended.

Amount of deposits in limited.

FUNDS OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH-
OUT LIMIT AS TO AMOUNT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by section one of chapter one hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

or of the funds of any state, county or municipal retirement or pension system or association, so as to read as follows:- Section 31. Such corporation may receive on desavings banks posit from any person not more than four thousand dollars; and may allow interest upon such deposits, and upon the interest accumulated thereon, until the principal, with the accrued interest, amounts to eight thousand dollars; and thereafter upon no greater amount than eight thousand Limitation not dollars; but this section shall not apply to deposits by a religious or charitable corporation or labor union, or credit union, or in the name of a judge of probate, or by order of any court, or on account of a sinking fund of a town in the commonwealth or of any trust fund held by a town for public uses, or of the funds of any state, county or municipal retirement or pension system or association.

applicable to certain corporations, etc.

Approved February 29, 1928.

Chap. 61 AN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE TIME DURING WHICH THE

1919 (S), 115, § 1, etc., amended.

Lynn, Pea-
body, Salem,
Beverly and
Danvers

further author

ized to take water from

Ipswich river

for emergency purposes.

CITIES OF LYNN, PEABODY, SALEM AND BEVERLY AND THE
TOWN OF DANVERS MAY TAKE WATER FROM THE IPSWICH
RIVER FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as amended by section one of chapter sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by section one of chapter nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twentyfive, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth lines, the words "twenty-five, nineteen hundred and twenty-six and nineteen hundred and twentyseven" and inserting in place thereof the words: - twentyeight, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and nineteen hundred and thirty, so as to read as follows:- Section 1. The cities of Lynn, Peabody, Salem and Beverly and the town of Danvers, authorized to take water from the Ipswich river or its tributaries during the months from December to May, inclusive, under the provisions of chapter five hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and one and chapters six hundred and ninety-eight, six hundred and ninety-nine and seven hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and thir

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teen, are hereby further authorized, in case of emergency, to take water from said river or its tributaries during the months from June to November, inclusive, in the years nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and nineteen hundred and thirty, or any of said years, in quantities not exceeding those which may be taken from December to May, inclusive, as set forth in said acts, whenever, in the opinion of the department of public health, the taking of water during the months aforesaid in the years mentioned, or any of them, is necessary to provide an adequate water supply for the cities and town herein mentioned, subject otherwise to the remaining provisions of said acts. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 1, 1928.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO NOISE FROM MOTOR BOATS IN MARBLE- Chap. 62

HEAD HARBOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

harbor motor

annoyance.

SECTION 1. Whoever operates or causes to be operated, Penalty for operating in in Marblehead harbor, a boat propelled in whole or in part Marblehead by an internal combustion engine unless the same is provided boats causing with an under-water exhaust, or a muffler approved by the unreasonable harbor master of said town, so constructed and used that the noise of the explosions of the engine shall not unreasonably cause annoyance to persons in the vicinity shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. The harbor Enforcement. master and the police of said town shall enforce the provisions

of this section. The provisions of section fifteen of chapter G. L. 102, § 15, one hundred and two of the General Laws shall not apply in not applicable said harbor.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 1, 1928.

in harbor.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE LAYING OUT AND CONSTRUCTION Chap. 63

OF CERTAIN TOWN WAYS IN THE TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM
AND TO THE ASSESSMENT OF BETTERMENTS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

of town of

for purpose of

certain town

and confirmed.

SECTION 1. All action by the town of Framingham and Certain action by any of its boards or officers for the purpose of laying out Framingham and constructing Hillside street, Brewster road, Mt. Wayte laying out and avenue, Ordway street, Sanger street, Thompson street, constructing Pearl street, Pine Hill road, Cove avenue, Pratt street, ways validated Arthur street, Prindiville avenue, Robertson road, Brigham road, Hillcrest road, Shawmut terrace, Berry street, Gorman road, Lincoln street, Bethany road, Beacon street, Seminole avenue, Palmetto avenue, Chatauqua avenue, Dunning avenue, Oriole avenue, Burdette avenue, Mansfield street extension, Larrabee avenue, Summit street extension, Wellington avenue extension, America street, Nipmuc road, Gil

Proviso.

Assessment of damages, etc.

Assessment of betterments, etc.

Proviso.

When lien for assessment shall take effect.

bert street extension, Lake avenue and B street as public
town ways in said town in so far as such action may be
invalid by reason of failure to comply with any provisions of
chapters seventy-nine, eighty and eighty-two of the General
Laws, is hereby validated and confirmed; provided, that an
order of taking is adopted in each case by the selectmen of
said town and recorded in the registry of deeds in accordance
with said chapter seventy-nine not later than thirty days
after the effective date of this act, and entry made not later
than one year after the effective date of this act in any case
where entry has not already been made. The time within
which petitions for assessment of damages for takings for the
aforesaid improvements may be brought shall run from the
recording of said orders of taking, if entry has been made,
otherwise from the date of entry, subject otherwise to the
provisions of said chapter seventy-nine. Notwithstanding
the provisions of section one of said chapter eighty limiting
the period for assessing betterments to six months after the
completion of the improvement and the provisions of section
two of said chapter eighty prohibiting any such assessment
unless the order of taking, plan and estimate are recorded in
the registry of deeds within thirty days from the adoption of
the order, betterments for such of said improvements as were
laid out under orders which expressly stated that betterments
were to be assessed, may be assessed, subject otherwise to the
provisions of said chapter eighty, at any time within six
months after said effective date or after completion of any
such improvement not already completed, if otherwise in
accordance with law; provided, further, that if any land
within the area so assessed has been alienated between the
date of the original laying out of said way and the recording
of said order of taking under this act, said town shall assume
the betterments thereon. The lien for any such assessment
shall take effect as of the date of the recording of the order
of taking for the improvement.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 1, 1928.

Chap. 64 AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS TO MAKE

Emergency preamble.

Certain cities and towns may make

TEN YEAR EMERGENCY LOANS TO REPAIR CERTAIN EXTRAOR-
DINARY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE GREAT STORM OF
NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Any city or town, found by the board described in clause (17) of section seven of chapter forty-four of the General Laws to have suffered extraordinary damage to its highways, loans to repair bridges and/or other public works as a result of the storm of

ten year emergency

certain ex

damage result

vember, 1927.

Flood Dam

November third and fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-traordinary seven, may borrow, during the current year, for the purpose ing from great of meeting in whole or in part appropriations made or to storm of Nobe made to repair such damage or for the refunding of loans already lawfully issued for such purpose under the provisions of said clause (17), such sums as shall be approved by said board, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Emergency Flood Damage Loan, Act Emergency of 1928. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate age Loan, loan, and such loans shall be paid within such periods, not exceeding ten years from their dates, as said board shall fix. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to the provisions of said chapter forty-four, exclusive of the proviso inserted in said section seven by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three. Approved March 1, 1928.

Act of 1928.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL AND REINTERMENT BY Chap. 65

THE TOWN OF DANVERS OF THE REMAINS OF CERTAIN
SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Danvers may

of certain sol

SECTION 1. The town of Danvers, acting through its Town of board of selectmen or other authority designated by said remove and board, may cause to be removed to and interred in Porter reinter remains cemetery in said town the remains of Amos Putnam and of diers of the Nathan Putnam, now interred in land belonging to George revolution. M. Brigham and located on Sylvan street in said town, and the remains of Seth Richardson, now interred in land belonging to the O'Connell and Sullivan Real Estate Trust and located on Margin street in the city of Peabody, formerly a part of said town, the said Amos and Nathan Putnam and the said Richardson having been soldiers in the revolutionary war. Said board of selectmen or other authority shall give Publication not less than thirty days' notice of its intention to effect said of notice of removal and interment by advertising the same in a news- interment. paper published in said town and also in a newspaper published in said city. Said board or other authority shall not Removal not cause the removal and interment of the remains of any such next of kin soldier to be made if any of his next of kin objects thereto in objects, etc. writing, nor unless the owner of the land wherein such remains are now interred waives in writing all claims for damage resulting from such removal. The town of Danvers is hereby Appropriaauthorized to appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred tion, etc. dollars for carrying out the purposes of this act and may purchase and take conveyances of such lot or lots in said cemetery as may be necessary therefor.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 1, 1928.

removal and

to be made if

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