Item

235h For John F. Osborn, for the refund of a certain payment made on account of an income tax erroneously assessed for the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of fifty dollars

235i For William J. Fortune of Boston, for injury to his gunning camp in West Barnstable caused by gun fire of certain members of the national guard in nineteen hundred and twenty-two, the sum of fifty dollars

235j For Č. Philip Curtis of Sharon, for damages to his automobile as a result of a collision with a motor vehicle operated by an employee of the division of highways of the department of public works, the sum of fifty-eight dollars and twenty-two cents

235k For Louis E. Fletcher of Fitchburg, for reimbursement for expenses incurred in the year nineteen hundred and thirteen as a member of the state board of agriculture, the sum of twenty-four dollars and forty-nine cents

2351 For Alfred R. Goodwin of Worcester, for damages

to his automobile as the result of a collision with
a motor vehicle operated by an employee of the
division of highways of the department of public
works, the sum of ninety dollars

235m For Bryant Bigelow of Boston, for damages to his
automobile as the result of a collision with a motor
vehicle operated by an employee of the division
of highways of the department of public works,
the sum of two hundred forty-five dollars and
eighty-eight cents

235n For Josephine V. Lincoln of Wareham, for reimbursement for income taxes illegally assessed, the sum of three hundred sixty-nine dollars and sixtythree cents

2350 For Wilmot Thompson of Malden, for compensation for injuries sustained by reason of an accident while a member of the national guard, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars

235p For John Wills of Adams, for loss of a cow injured by the national guard, the sum of one hundred dollars

235q For Fred Bourdo of Adams, for loss of a cow injured by the national guard, the sum of seventy-five dollars

Item

Астѕ, 1923. — CHAP. 494.

R. S. Whitten. 235v For R. S. Whitten of Foxborough, for damage to
property caused by a grass fire started by sparks
from steam roller owned by the division of high-
ways of the department of public works, the sum
of seventy-five dollars

American Sugar Refining Company.

235w With the approval of the attorney general, for the
settlement of all claims of the American Sugar
Refining Company against the commonwealth for
sugar alleged to have been contracted for by state
institutions, a sum not exceeding two thousand

dollars

$75 00

2,000 00

Total

Service of the Department of Agriculture. Department of 2584 For the supervision and care of school boys working Agriculture.

a sum

upon farms during the present season,
not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be ex-
pended with the approval of the commissioner

Service of the Department of Conservation.

Administration:

Department of 262 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
Conservation.

ceeding five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose

$8,336 82

$2,000 00

$500 00

Division of Forestry:

Division of
Forestry.

270 The appropriation heretofore made for the suppres-
sion of gypsy and brown tail moths, in item two
hundred and seventy of the general appropriation
act, shall be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the present fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year.

Myles
Standish
Monument.

Division of Fisheries and Game.

Myles Standish Monument:

276 For expenses of repairing damage done by lightning
to the statue of Myles Standish in the town of
Duxbury, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars

For certain improvements to be made under the
direction of the Division of Fisheries and Game,
as follows:

289 The appropriation made in item two hundred and
eighty-nine of the general appropriation bill shall
be in addition to any unexpended balance of ap-
292 Of the sum of fifteen hundred dollars appropriated
propriations made in the preceding year.
for improvements at the Sandwich fish hatchery,
five hundred dollars may be used for improve-
ments at the Amherst rearing station.

293 Of the sum of fifteen hundred dollars appropriated
for improvements at the Sandwich bird farm,
five hundred dollars may be used for improvements
at the Marshfield game farm.

294a The unexpended balance of an appropriation made
in nineteen hundred and twenty-two for improve-
ments at Martha's Vineyard reservation is hereby
made available for expenses of the current year.

Total

Item

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Division of Savings Bank Life Insurance: 317 For services other than personal, printing the annual report, and traveling expenses, office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

$1,000 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

320 For the salaries of certain positions filled by the commissioner, with the approval of the governor and council, and for additional clerical and other assistance, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

321 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Division of Accounts:

327 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

328 For services and expenses of auditing and installing municipal accounts, the cost of which is to be assessed upon the municipalities for which the work is done, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

329 For the expense of certain books, forms and other material, which may be sold to cities and towns requiring the same for maintaining their system of accounts, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Reimbursement for loss of taxes:

330 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes on land used for state institutions, as certified by the commissioner of corporations and taxation, for the fiscal year ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Total

Service of the Department of Education. 3414 For aid to certain persons receiving instruction in the courses for vocational rehabilitation, as authorized by chapter four hundred and thirtyfour of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars

Massachusetts Agricultural College:

$2,000 00

1,500 00

1,000 00

4,000 00

2,000 00

4,500 00 $15,000 00

$2,500 00

Department of
Banking and
Insurance.

Division of
Savings Bank
Life Insurance.

Department
of Corporations
and Taxation.

Division of
Accounts.

Reimbursement to cities and towns for loss of certain taxes.

Department of
Education.

Item

For the maintenance and improvement of the
state normal schools, and the boarding halls
attached thereto, with the approval of the
commissioner of education, as follows:

Worcester normal school.

Normal art school.

388 Worcester normal school, a sum not exceeding three
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose
390 Normal art school, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

$300 00

200 00

Purchase of 394 For the purchase of manuscript of historical im

historical

manuscript.

Purchase of historical manuscript:

portance to Massachusetts, prepared by Raymond
L. Bridgman, to be expended with the approval
of the commissioner of education, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen hundred dollars

Total

1,500 00

$5,500 00

Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Board of Registration of Nurses:

Department of 412 For services of clerical assistants in their office, a

Civil Service and Registration.

Board of

Registration

of Nurses.

sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose

$100 00

Service of the Department of Mental Diseases. Department of 449 For personal services of officers and employees, a

Mental
Diseases.

Institutions under control of Department of Mental

Diseases.

sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose

454a For expenses incurred by the department of mental
diseases for the preparation of preliminary studies
and estimates, as required by section nine of
chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws, where
no appropriation is made to carry out the improve-
ment requested, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars, and such additional sum as may be re-
quired may be paid from item two hundred and
thirty-four of the general appropriation act

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Mental Diseases:
454b For providing additional sums for the maintenance
of the several institutions in the department of
mental diseases, particularly for personal services,
food, coal and other necessary supplies, milch
cows, additional fire protection and certain equip-
ment to produce increased efficiency in power
plant operations, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred ten thousand dollars, this sum to be trans-
ferred by the department of mental diseases to
the several institutions from time to time as is
warranted by facts which develop during the
balance of the fiscal year

470 For replacing a dwelling house destroyed by fire at
the Templet
Templeton Colony of the Massachusetts
School for Feeble-Minded, a sum not exceeding
forty-five hundred dollars

$2,000 00

6,000 00

210,000 00

Item

Belchertown State School:

491a For the purchase and setting of an additional boiler, a sum not exceeding seventy-eight hundred dollars; 'for the building of walks, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars; and for repairs to gutters and conductor pipes damaged by freezing, the sum of twenty-four hundred thirty-one dollars and twenty cents. The total for these improvements, amounting to fifteen thousand two hundred thirty-one dollars and twenty cents, shall be taken from item five hundred and seven of the general appropriation act of nineteen hundred and twenty-two for the extension of spur track and construction of a trestle and coal pocket.

Total

Service of the Department of Correction. 493 For personal services of deputies, members of the board of parole and advisory board of pardons, agents, clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Correction:

501 State farm, a sum not exceeding eight thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

502 State prison, a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

503 Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding ninety-one hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

505 Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Total

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
Division of Aid and Relief:

519 For the transportation of state paupers under the
charge of the department, for the present year
and previous years, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose

The following item is for reimbursement of cities
and towns: