AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT TO Chap.143 REGULATE THE PROCURING OF PERSONS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF EMPLOYEES DURING STRIKES, LOCKOUTS OR OTHER LABOR DISPUTES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: etc., amended. SECTION 1. Section four of chapter three hundred and 1914, 347, 84, forty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and eight of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the words "conciliation and arbitration ", in the fourth and fifth lines, and inserting in place thereof the words: - labor and industries, so as to read as follows: Section 4. Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any late procuring provision of this act shall, upon complaint of and after take the places investigation by the state board of labor and industries, be during strikes, punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for etc. each offence. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Enforcement of act to regu of persons to of employees AN ACT RELATIVE TO CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION. Chap. 144 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Part I, § 5, certain females, and minors SECTION 1. Section five of Part I of chapter four hun- 1909, 490, dred and ninety of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and amended. nine is hereby amended by striking out the ninth clause and inserting in place thereof the following: - Ninth, The Property of property, to the amount of five hundred dollars, of a widow, aged persons of an unmarried woman above the age of twenty-one years, exempt from of a person above the age of seventy-five years or of any taxation. minor whose father is deceased, who are legal residents of the commonwealth, whether such property be owned by such persons separately, or jointly, or as tenants in common: provided, that the whole estate, real and personal, of such Proviso. person does not exceed in value the sum of one thousand dollars, exclusive of property otherwise exempted under the provisions of this section and exclusive of the value of the mortgage interest held by persons other than the person to be exempted in such mortgaged real estate as may be included in such whole estate; but if the whole estate, including the value of such mortgage interest, exceeds the Proportional exemption. 1909, 490, Part I, §5, amended. Property of soldiers and sailors. Provisos. sum of five hundred dollars, the amount so exempted shall not be less than five hundred dollars. If the property of a person entitled to such exemption is taxable in more than one city or town, or partly without the commonwealth, only such proportion of the five hundred dollars exemption shall be made in any city or town as the value of the property taxable in such city or town bears to the whole of the taxable property of such person. No property shall be so exempt which the assessors shall adjudge has been conveyed to such persons to evade taxation. A person aggrieved by any such judgment may appeal to the county commissioners within the time and in the manner allowed by the provisions of section seventy-six. SECTION 2. Said section five is hereby further amended by striking out the thirteenth clause and inserting in place thereof the following:- Thirteenth, The property of the following classes of persons who are legal residents of this commonwealth to the amount of two thousand dollars in the case of each person: provided, that only two thousand dollars of the combined estate of any veteran and his wife shall be exempted; and provided, further, that the whole estate, real and personal, of the person so exempted or the combined property of a veteran and his wife does not exceed five thousand dollars, exclusive of the value of the mortgage interest held by persons other than the person to be exempted in such mortgaged real estate as may be included in said whole estate or combined property; but if said whole estate or combined property, including the value of such mortgage interest, exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars, the amount so exempted shall not be less than two thousand dollars: First, Soldiers and sailors, who served in the military or naval service of the United States in the war of the rebellion and who were honorably discharged therefrom, and who, by reason of injury received or disease contracted while in such service and in the line of duty, lost the sight of both eyes, or lost the sight of one eye, the sight of the other having been previously lost, or who lost one or both feet, or one or both hands. Second, Soldiers and sailors who served as aforesaid and were honorably discharged as aforesaid, and who, as the result of disabilities contracted while in such service and in the line of duty, have become permanently incapacitated for the performance of manual labor to an extent equivalent, in the judgment of the assessors, to the loss of a hand or foot. Third, Wives or widows of soldiers or sailors who would be Proportional entitled to exemption under either of the two preceding exemption. paragraphs. If the property of a person entitled to such exemption is taxable in more than one city or town, or partly without the commonwealth, only such proportion of the two thousand dollars exemption shall be made in any city or town as the value of the property taxable in such city or town bears to the whole of the taxable property of such person. The certificate of the granting of a pension by the United States to a soldier or sailor for an injury or disability shall, while the pension continues, be sufficient evidence of the receiving of the injury or disability; but the assessors may receive other evidence thereof. A person aggrieved by the judgment of the assessors may appeal to the county commissioners within the time and in the manner allowed by the provisions of section seventy-six. Part I, § 5, from taxation SECTION 3. The fourteenth clause of said section five, as 1909, 490, amended by chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the etc., amended. acts of the year nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby further amended by striking out said clause and inserting in place thereof the following: - Fourteenth, Soldiers and sailors Exemption who served in the military or naval service of the United of certain States in the war of the rebellion, and who were honorably veterans, etc. discharged therefrom shall be assessed for, but shall be exempt, at their request, from the payment of a poll tax, and the property of soldiers and sailors who served as aforesaid and were honorably discharged as aforesaid, but who would not be entitled to exemption under the preceding clause, and the property of the wives or widows of such soldiers or sailors, shall be exempted from taxation to the amount of one thousand dollars in the case of each person: provided, that the combined estate, real and personal, of Provisos. the person so exempted and of the husband or wife of such person does not exceed in value the sum of five thousand dollars, exclusive of the value of the mortgage interest, held by persons other than the person to be exempted in such mortgaged real estate as may be included in said combined estate; but if the combined estate, including the value of such mortgage interest, exceeds the sum of one thousand dollars, the amount so exempted shall not be less than one thousand dollars; and provided, further, that the combined exemption of such a soldier or sailor and his wife shall not exceed one thousand dollars. If the property of a person entitled to such exemption is taxable in more than one city Proportional exemption. or town, or partly without the commonwealth, only such SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.145 AN ACT RELATIVE TO CERTAIN APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS Disposition of certain applications and reports made to the district police. MADE TO THE DISTRICT POLICE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Applications to the chief of the district police for his approval of entertainments proposed to be given on the Lord's day, under the provisions of chapter ninetyeight of the Revised Laws and amendments thereof, reports and records kept under the provisions of sections forty-eight, sixty-two and one hundred and forty-four of chapter five hundred and fourteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, which sections were repealed by section five of chapter seven hundred and twenty-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, inspection reports of theatres and halls, made under the provisions of section thirty-four of chapter six hundred and fifty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, and applications filed for permits for the special exhibition of pictures, under the provisions of section twelve of chapter seven hundred and ninety-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, may be destroyed or disposed of by order of the said chief after the lapse of two years from the date of their receipt, and any proceeds received in the course of their disposal shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE SALE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.146 not prohibited day. SECTION 1. Section three of chapter ninety-eight of the R. L. 98, § 3,, Revised Laws, as amended by chapter four hundred and etc., amended. fourteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two, by chapters one hundred and twenty-six and two hundred and seventy-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, by chapter three hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, and by chapter seven hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "day", in the sixteenth line, the words: nor the sale by licensed innholders and common victuallers of meals cooked on the premises, such as are usually served by them, not to be consumed on the premises: provided that such meals shall not consist in whole or in part of intoxicating liquors, so as to read as follows:- Section Certain business 3. The provisions of the preceding section shall not be on the Lord's held to prohibit the manufacture and distribution of steam, gas or electricity for illuminating purposes, heat or motive power, nor the distribution of water for fire or domestic purposes, nor the use of the telegraph or the telephone, nor the retail sale of drugs and medicines, nor articles ordered by the prescription of a physician or mechanical appliances used by physicians or surgeons, nor the retail sale of tobacco in any of its forms by licensed innholders, common victuallers, druggists and newsdealers whose stores are open for the sale of newspapers every day in the week, nor the retail sale of ice cream, soda water and confectionery by licensed innholders and druggists, and by such licensed common victuallers as are not also licensed to sell intoxicating liquors and who are authorized to keep open their places of business on the Lord's day, nor the sale by licensed innholders and common victuallers of meals cooked on the premises, such as are usually served by them, not to be consumed on the premises: provided that such meals shall not consist in Proviso. whole or in part of intoxicating liquors, nor the operation of motor vehicles, nor the letting of horses and carriages or of yachts and boats, nor unpaid work on yachts and pleasure boats, nor the running of steam ferry boats on established routes, nor the running of street railway cars, nor the prep |