Chap. G. L. 80, 4, etc., amended. Collection of assessments. 3 AN ACT RELATIVE TO NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS OF BETTER MENTS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section four of chapter eighty of the General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twentythree, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "accordance" in the fifth line the words:-, except as to the date of notice, so as to read as follows:Section 4. Within a reasonable time after making the assessment the board shall commit the list of assessments upon land in each town with their warrant to the collector of taxes thereof, and he shall forthwith send notice in accordance, except as to the date of notice, with section three of chapter sixty, to the person designated under section one as the owner of each parcel assessed, and any demand for the payment of such assessment shall be made upon such person Except as otherwise herein provided, the collector (shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to such assessments as in the case of the annual taxes upon real estate, and the law in regard to the collection of the annual taxes, to the sale of land for the non-payment thereof and to redemption therefrom shall apply to assessments made under this chapter, so far as the same are applicable; but the owner of land assessed shall not be personally liable for the assessment thereon. Every collector of taxes receiving a list and warrant from the board shall collect the assessment therein set forth, and at such times as the board shall direct shall pay over to the treasurer of the body politic on behalf of which the assessment was made the amounts collected by him. Approved January 27, 1927. Chap. 4 AN ACT EXPEDITING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BREAKWATER 1926, 388, § 1, amended. OR SEA WALL AT GREAT HEAD IN THE TOWN OF WIN- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: - Section one of chapter three hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six is hereby amended by striking out, in the eighth and ninth lines, the words "July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, nor until", so as to read as follows: Section 1. Subject to the conditions herein imposed, the division of waterways and public lands of the department of public works is hereby authorized and directed to construct a breakwater or sea wall with such backfilling as it considers necessary along the easterly and southerly sides of Great Head, socalled, in the town of Winthrop for the purpose of protectNo work until ing said Great Head from erosion by the sea. No work shall be begun until the town of Winthrop has assumed Division of waterways and public lands to construct breakwater or sea wall at Great Head in town of Winthrop. town of Winthrop has state one half liability for damages that may be incurred hereunder in assumed liability for the manner provided by section twenty-nine of chapter damages, and ninety-one of the General Laws, nor until said town has has paid to contributed and paid into the treasury of the commonwealth of cost, etc. one half of the maximum total cost of such improvement hereinafter set forth, which together with such sum, not exceeding one half of such maximum total cost as aforesaid, as may hereafter be appropriated by the commonwealth Appropriation in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall con- 1927, etc. stitute a fund for the improvement herein authorized; pro- Provisos. vided, that the total cost of such improvement shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, and provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid fund remains after the completion of such improvement one half of such remainder shall be paid to said town. Approved February 2, 1927. by state in AN ACT REGULATING THE TAKING AND POSSESSION OF LOCH Chap. 5 LEVEN TROUT. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: etc., amended. Sec- Buying, sell ing, taking, Section forty-nine of chapter one hundred and thirty of G. L. 130, § 49, the General Laws, as amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by section one of chapter nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "rainbow" in the sixth line the words:-, Loch Leven, so as to read as follows: tion 49. Except as provided in section fifty-two, no person etc., of trout shall at any time buy, sell or offer for sale a trout or take or regulated. have in possession trout between August first in any year and April fifteenth of the year following; or have in possession at any time a brook trout less than six inches in length or a rainbow, Loch Leven or brown trout less than eight inches in length, or a trout less than twelve inches in length if taken from that section of the Deerfield river lying between Shelburne Falls and the state line at Sherman, Vermont, unless taken by a person lawfully fishing and immediately returned alive to the water whence it was taken. Approved February 2, 1927. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TAKING, POSSESSION AND SALE OF BLUE GILLS AND SUNFISH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Application to certain part of Chap. 6 Chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws is G. L. 130, hereby amended by striking out section seventy-eight A, 78A, etc., inserted by chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and amended by section four of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and inserting in place thereof the following: Section 78A. No person shall take or have in possession more than six black bass, fifteen Restrictions on etc., of certain taking, sale, fresh water fish. Penalty. pickerel, forty horned pout, forty yellow perch, five wall eyed pike, sometimes called pike perch, or forty blue gills or sunfish, taken from the waters of the commonwealth in any one day. Nor shall he take from said waters or have in possession horned pout between March first and June fifteenth in any year, yellow perch between March first and April first in any year or blue gills or sunfish between December first and July first of the year following, nor shall he at any time buy, sell, offer or expose for sale or have in possession for the purpose of sale a horned pout, yellow perch, blue gill or sunfish taken from the waters of the commonwealth. Nor shall he have in possession at any time a blue gill or sunfish taken from said waters which is less than six inches in length except when taken by him while lawfully fishing and immediately returned alive to the water whence it was taken. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars for every fish in respect to which such violation Approved February 2, 1927. occurs. Chap. 7 AN ACT FIXING THE TIME OF MEETINGS OF THE ADVISORY G. L. 15, § 12, etc., amended. Division of immigration ization, organization. BOARD OF THE DIVISION OF IMMIGRATION AND AMERICAN- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section twelve of chapter fifteen of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter four hundred and fortynine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the ninth to eleventh lines, inclusive, the words "at least once a month, and at such other times as it may determine by rule and when requested by the director or by" and inserting in place thereof the following: - quarterly and at such times as may be determined by the director; provided, that a special meeting shall be called by the director on the written request of, so as to read as follows:- Section 12. The and American- division of immigration and Americanization shall consist of a director and an advisory board of six persons. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director of the division, his successor shall be appointed for five years by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. Two members of the advisory board shall be appointed annually for three years each, by the governor, with like advice and consent. Said board shall meet quarterly and at such times as may be determined by the director; provided, that a special meeting shall be called by the director on the written request of any three members. The director and members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Approved February 2, 1927. Time of meetings. Proviso. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BEVERLY TO ESTABLISH Chap. 8 A TRUST FUND TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN OF SAID CITY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Beverly may trust fund ment for public SECTION 1. The city of Beverly is hereby authorized City of to appropriate a sum of not less than fifty-nine hundred establish a dollars out of its receipts under authority of chapter four to provide hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and medical treattwenty-four, being "An Act providing for the return to the school children. cities and towns of certain surplus funds collected to provide suitable recognition of those residents of Massachusetts who served in the army and navy of the United States during the war with Germany", and to set the same apart as a trust fund, said fund, together with such other money as may be contributed to it from time to time, to be known as the To be known World War Veterans' Memorial Fund, the income of which as World War shall be used only to provide medical treatment for the pub- Memorial lic school children of said city and medical appliances for use among said children, as approved by the school physicians. An unpaid board of three trustees, consisting of the mayor and Board of city treasurer of said city, ex officiis, and the commander of manage, etc., the Earl T. Wardell Post No. 12, American Legion, ex officio, income. so long as the post continues to exist and thereafter a worthy citizen of the city of Beverly appointed by the mayor of said city, shall manage and control the fund and distribute the income in accordance with the terms of the trust. Veterans' Fund. trustees to to be custodian SECTION 2. The city treasurer shall be the custodian of City treasurer said fund and its securities and shall invest and reinvest the etc. same and expend therefrom moneys as directed by said board. The treasurer shall furnish a bond satisfactory to Bond. said board for the faithful performance of his duties. The Board to board shall keep a record of its doings, and at the close of and make keep records each financial year shall make a report to the city showing report to city. the total amount of the fund and its investments, receipts and disbursements on account of the same, setting forth in detail the sources of the receipts and the purposes of the expenditures. Said report shall be incorporated in the Report to be printed annual report of said city. Approved February 2, 1927. printed. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL Chap. 9 CHILDREN AT PUBLIC EXPENSE BY THE NEW BEDFORD AND ONSET STREET RAILWAY COMPANY IN THE TOWNS OF BOURNE, MARION, MATTA POISETT, ROCHESTER AND WAREHAM. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: MIDDLEBOROUGH, SECTION 1. Section one hundred and eight of chapter one G. L. 161, § 108, hundred and sixty-one of the General Laws shall not apply to payments not applicable to payments for transportation, on and after October first, for transporta tion of school children over New Bedford and Onset street railway by certain towns. Submission to voters, etc. nineteen hundred and twenty-six, of school children over the lines of the New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Company by the town of Bourne, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Rochester or Wareham. SECTION 2. This act shall take full effect as to any of said towns upon its acceptance by vote of the town in town meeting, but for the purpose of such acceptance it shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 3, 1927. Chap. 10 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH TO EX Town of certain land forming part of Great Hill park. CHANGE CERTAIN LAND FORMING PART OF GREAT HILL Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The board of selectmen of the town of may exchange Weymouth, or a majority of them, may, if authorized by vote of the town, convey to Peter B. Bradley and Robert S. Bradley, or their nominee, certain land forming the easterly portion of Great Hill park, so-called, located in said town and accept in exchange therefor a deed of an equal area of land on Great Hill located northerly, westerly or southerly of the present Great Hill park. Land received in exchange to be held by town for park purposes. SECTION 2. Land so received in exchange shall be held by said town for park purposes in like manner and upon the same terms and conditions as the present Great Hill park. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 9, 1927. Chap. 11 AN ACT RELATIVE TO EXEMPTION FROM LOCAL TAXATION OF Emergency preamble. G. L. 59, § 5, cl. seventeenth, etc., amended. Exemption from local taxation of widows, aged persons and CERTAIN PROPERTY OF CERTAIN UNMARRIED WOMEN. Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Clause seventeenth of section five of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the third line of said clause, the words "of an unmarried woman above the age of twenty-one," so as to read as follows: Seventeenth, Property, to the amount of one thousand dollars, of a widow, of a person above the age of seventy-five, or of certain minors, any 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 person does not exceed in value the sum of one thousand dollars, exclusive of property otherwise exempt under the etc. Proviso. |