AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EX- Chap. 74 PENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE BOARD OF 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 salaries and expenses of the state board of charity and for sundry charitable expenses, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to wit: STATE BOARD OF CHARITY. salaries, etc. For expenses, including travelling of members and salaries Members, and expenses in the board's central office, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thousand dollars. For printing and binding the annual report, a sum not Annual report. exceeding three thousand dollars. For travelling and other necessary expenses of the auxiliary Expenses of visitors of the board, a sum not exceeding five hundred ry dollars. visitors. poor. of state For salaries and expenses in the division of state adult State adult poor, a sum not exceeding eighty-two thousand dollars. For transportation of state paupers under the charge of Transportation the state board of charity, including transportation of paupers. prisoners released on probation from the state farm, and travelling and other expenses of probation visitors, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding twentyone thousand dollars. dependent For the payment of suitable aid to mothers with de- Mothers with pendent children, for the present year and previous years, children. a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the burial of state paupers by cities and towns, for Burial of state the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding paupers. eight thousand dollars. diseases. For expenses in connection with smallpox and other Dangerous diseases dangerous to the public health, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding eighty thou sand dollars. For the support of sick state paupers by cities and towns, Sick state for the present year and previous years, the same to include paupers. cases of wife settlement, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand dollars. Temporary aid, etc. State minor wards. Tuition of certain children. Indigent and neglected children, etc. Unsettled pauper infants. For temporary aid given to state paupers and shipwrecked seamen by cities and towns, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For salaries and expenses in the division of state minor wards, a sum not exceeding ninety-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For tuition in the public schools, including transportation to and from school of children boarded or bound out by the state board of charity, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding sixty-four thousand dollars. For care and maintenance of indigent and neglected children and juvenile offenders, for the present year and previous years, to include expenses in connection with the same, a sum not exceeding five hundred sixty thousand dollars. For the support and transportation of unsettled pauper infants in infant asylums, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding fifty-nine thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 75 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EX Appropriations. Sergeant-atarms, salary. First clerk. Additional clerks. Cashier. Chief engineer, etc. PENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the salaries and expenses in the department of the sergeant-at-arms, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to wit: For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, thirty-five hundred dollars. For the salary of the first clerk, twenty-two hundred dollars. For the salary of additional clerks, the sum of twentynine hundred dollars. For the salary of the cashier, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars. For the salaries of the chief engineer and other employees in the engineer's department, a sum not exceeding forty thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. For the salaries of the watchmen and assistant watch- Watchmen and men, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars. assistants. For the salaries of the messengers, porters and office boy, Messengers, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand four hundred and porters, etc. fifty dollars. For the salary of the matron, a sum not exceeding eight Matron. hundred and fifty dollars. For the salary of the carpenter, the sum of sixteen hun- Carpenter. dred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses and for mailing Incidental legislative bulletins, a sum not exceeding eight hundred expenses, etc. dollars. For books, stationery, postage, printing and advertising Books, ordered by the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding four stationery, etc. hundred dollars. phones, etc. and power. For rent of telephones and expenses in connection there- Rent of telewith, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars. For heat, light and power, including coal, water, gas and Heat, light removal of ashes, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars. For the care of the state house and grounds, including Care of state repairs, furniture and repairs thereof, and such expenses as may be necessary at the various buildings now occupied by state departments, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars. house, etc. For new furniture and fixtures, a sum not exceeding fifty New furniture, thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 10, 1916. etc. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES IN CON- Chap. 76 NECTION WITH THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE EM PLOYEES OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ment system of common SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriapriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth tions, retirefrom the ordinary revenue, for expenses in connection with for employees the retirement system for certain employees of the com- wealth. monwealth, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day. of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to wit:For the necessary expenses of administration, including Expenses of clerical services, office supplies and expenses, a sum not ex- tion. ceeding ten thousand dollars. administra Annuity funds and pensions. To provide for the necessary annuity funds and pensions for employees retired from the state service, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1910, 344.] Chap. 77 AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE 1910, 344, § 1, amended. Powers of Insurance and Trust Associa tion enlarged. POWERS OF THE METHODIST MINISTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section one of chapter three hundred and forty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and ten is hereby amended by inserting after the word "retired", in the seventh line, the words: - and the wives of Methodist ministers, so as to read as follows:- Section 1. The Methodist Ministers Relief Association, a corporation duly Ministers Relief organized in this commonwealth and subject to chapter one hundred and nineteen of the Revised Laws, is hereby reincorporated as the Methodist Ministers Relief Insurance and Trust Association, for the purpose of insuring the lives of Methodist ministers, either active or retired, and the wives of Methodist ministers, or granting to them endowments or annuities, with all the powers of a mutual life insurance company, and for the further purpose of the care, management and disposition of funds now held or which may hereafter be contributed or bequeathed for the relief in any proper contingency of Methodist ministers, their widows, children and dependents, and for defraying the expenses of sickness and burial; with such powers of a trust company as may be necessary to carry out these purposes. The said corporation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter five hundred and seventy-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven and of any amendments thereto, so far as the same are applicable. Approved February 10, 1916. Chap. 78 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF LYNN TO APPROPRIATE City of Lynn may appropri MONEY FOR THE LYNN HOSPITAL. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The city of Lynn is hereby authorized to ate money for raise annually, by taxation, a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and to appropriate the same toward the maintenance of the Lynn hospital. Lynn hospital. mitted to voters, etc. SECTION 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of Act to be subthe city of Lynn at the city election in the current year, and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon. Approved February 10, 1916. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SALARIES AND Chap. 79 EXPENSES OF THE BOARD OF HARBOR AND LAND COM- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tions. SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are hereby Appropriaappropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the board of harbor and land commissioners, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to wit: For the salaries of the commissioners, eighty-seven hun- Commisdred dollars. sioners, salaries. For travelling and other necessary expenses, a sum not Travelling exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars. expenses, etc. For the compensation and expenses of engineers, and for Engineers. clerical and other assistance, a sum not exceeding twentynine thousand dollars. expenses. For incidental and contingent office expenses, to include Incidental printing and binding the annual report, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. harbors, etc. For surveys of harbors, for improving and preserving the Surveys of same, and for repairing damages occasioned by storms along the coast line or river banks of the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. For the removal of wrecks and other obstructions from Removal of tide waters, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. wrecks. port warden of For furnishing and maintaining suitable quarters for the Quarters for port warden of Gloucester and Rockport, as authorized by Gloucester and chapter seven hundred and forty-seven of the acts of the Rockport. year nineteen hundred and fourteen, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars. triangulation For re-establishing and permanently marking certain Marking certain triangulation points and sections established by order of the points, etc. land court, as provided in section one of chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |