twelfth, twentieth and twenty-first clauses of this section and Approved February 9, 1927. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF Chap. 12 WORCESTER TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE, LARD AND VINEGAR IN SAID CITY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. milk, etc., of, for the city of Worcester. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and 1906, 462, § 1, sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and six is hereby amended by striking out, in the eighteenth line, the words "city counsel" and inserting in place thereof the words: board of health, so as to read as follows: Section 1. Inspector of The board of health of the city of Worcester is hereby appointment authorized to appoint an inspector of milk, butter, cheese, lard and vinegar in said city. Upon the passage of this act, such inspector shall be appointed to serve from the date of his appointment until his successor is appointed and qualified; but he may be suspended or removed by said board for cause after a hearing of which he shall have at least forty hours' written notice, with a statement of the reasons for the contemplated suspension or removal. At the hearing he shall have the right to be present and to be represented by counsel. Any vacancy in the said office shall be filled by Vacancy, how appointment as aforesaid. The said inspector shall be filled. sworn before entering upon his duties. He shall have the Powers and powers conferred and perform the duties imposed by law duties. upon inspectors of milk, butter, cheese, lard and vinegar in said city, and he shall perform such other duties as said board may assign to him. He shall receive such compen- Compensation. sation as the board of health of the city may determine. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 9, 1927. Chap. 13 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE REVOCATION BY THE TOWN OF 1895, 121, two new sections after § 3. Revocation of special spaces railways by MILTON OF RESERVATIONS OF SPECIAL SPACES FOR THE USE Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby amended by inserting after section three the two following new sections: Section 34. The reservation of any special space for use of strect for the use of street railways, under the provisions of this act, may from time to time be revoked in whole or in part by the vote of a majority of the voters voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose. Such vote shall designate by description sufficiently accurate for identification the space as to which such reservation is revoked. Such vote shall be passed in open town meeting and need not be placed upon the ballot. majority vote at open town meeting, etc. Certain sections of act not to apply to revoked reserved spaces, etc. Upon such revocation the provisions of sections one to three, inclusive, of this act shall cease to apply to the whole or that part of such special space as to which the reservation is revoked. Revocation as above provided shall not affect the validity of any location theretofore granted to street railways, but such location may be altered in accordance with the provisions of section seventy-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the General Laws, except as provided in the following section. Section 3B. If the reservation of any such special space is revoked in whole or in part as aforesaid and the whole or that part thereof as to which the reservation is revoked is made a part of a public reserved spaces highway for general travel by the town of Milton, said town shall not assess any part of the expenses thereof, due to paving, alteration, change of grade or otherwise, upon the street railway company holding a location in such formerly reserved space, and shall reimburse such street railway company for any expenses necessarily incurred by it to adapt its railway to the highway as thus changed. Town not to assess street railway company for expenses of paving, etc., revoked made public highway, etc. Reimbursement. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 14 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF DUKES COUNTY Dukes County may borrow money for purchase of land in Gay Head for highway and ΤΟ BORROW MONEY FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND IN THE TOWN Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. For the purpose of purchasing certain lands in the town of Gay Head for highway and park purposes, the county commissioners of the county of Dukes County may from time to time borrow upon the credit of the county park purposes. such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, twenty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Dukes County Highway and Park Loan, Act of 1927. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than five years from their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the county and countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners. The county may sell the said securities at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the county commissioners may deem proper, but not for less than their par value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General Laws. Dukes County Highway and Act of 1927. missioners of SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to by the county commissioners of the county of Dukes County; county comprovided, that such acceptance occurs during the current Dukes County. year; but so much thereof as authorizes its acceptance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 9, 1927. Proviso. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD TO SELL Chap. 15 AND CONVEY CERTAIN PARK LAND. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: land. The city of Springfield may, upon such terms and for such City of Springfield may sell considerations as the city council of said city may approve, and convey convey the whole or any part or parts of certain park land certain park in said city within a district bounded northerly by the Boundaries. northerly line of Court street extended westerly across Columbus avenue to the Connecticut river; westerly by the Connecticut river; southerly by Elm street easterly of the land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, and by the land of the United Electric Light Company westerly of the land of said railroad company; and easterly by Columbus avenue; and may, upon the terms and for the considerations aforesaid, grant an easement or easements in or over any part or parts of such park land. Approved February 9, 1927. AN ACT INCLUDING THE KEARSARGE ASSOCIATION OF NAVAL Chap. 16 VETERANS, INC. AMONG THOSE ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF WHICH CITIES AND TOWNS MAY CONDUCT THE PROPER OBSERVANCE OF Be it enacted, etc., as follows: MEMORIAL DAY AND OTHER cl. (12), etc., Clause (12) of section five of chapter forty of the General G. I. 40, § 5, Laws, as amended by section six of chapter four hundred and amended. eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by chapters two hundred and two and four hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "States" in the eighteenth line of said clause the words: and under - Cities and towns may appropriate money for decoration of and for observance of Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays, etc. Inc., the auspices of the Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans, so that said clause will read as follows:- (12) For erecting headstones or other monuments at the graves of persons who served in the war of the revolution, the war of soldiers' graves eighteen hundred and twelve, the Seminole war, the Mexican war or the war of the rebellion or who served in the military or naval service of the United States in the Spanish American war or in the World war; for acquiring land by purchase or by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, purchasing, erecting, equipping or dedicating buildings, or constructing or dedicating other suitable memorials, for the purpose of properly commemorating the services and sacrifices of persons who served as aforesaid; for the decoration of the graves, monuments or other memorials of soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and the proper observance of Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays under the auspices of the local posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, United Spanish War Veterans, The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and under the auspices of the Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans, Inc.; or for keeping in repair graves, monuments or other memorials erected to the memory of such persons or of its firemen who died from injuries received in the performance of their duties in the fire service or for decorating the graves of such firemen or for other memorial observances in their honor. Money appropriated in honor of such firemen may be paid over to, and expended for such purposes by, any veteran firemen's association or similar organization. Approved February 9, 1927. Chap. 17 AN ACT VALIDATING CERTAIN ACTS OF HUGH J. CLEARY Acts of Hugh acting inspector of buildings of validated. Salary and reimbursement for expenses incurred. Submission to city council, etc. Proviso. ACTING AS INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The acts of Hugh J. Cleary, performed by him during the period from July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five to January twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, both dates inclusive, purportedly as inspector of buildings of the city of Malden, in so far as the same were invalid by reason of their performance prior to his qualification as the legal incumbent of said office, are hereby validated and confirmed, and the said city may pay to the said Cleary the salary pertaining to the said office, and may reimburse him for expenses incurred in the course of performing the duties thereof, during said period. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs during the current year. Approved February 9, 1927. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE QUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN CITY Chap. 18 AND TOWN OFFICERS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Town clerk, ime of enter ing upon duties. oath of office. Section one hundred and seven of chapter forty-one of the G. L. 41, § 107, General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the amended. word "one" in the seventh line the following:-, before entering upon his official duties shall be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, either by the moderator in open town meeting or by the town clerk, and, so as to read as follows: Section 107. A person who is elected town clerk shall be sworn either by the moderator or by a justice of the peace, and shall enter upon the performance of his duties on the seventh day succeeding his election or as soon thereafter as he is qualified and shall hold office during the term fixed by law, which shall begin on the seventh day succeeding his election, and until another person is qualified in his stead. Every other town officer designated by name in section one, Other town before entering upon his official duties shall be sworn to the officers, oath, faithful performance thereof, either by the moderator in open town meeting or by the town clerk, and, unless other provision is specifically made by law, shall enter upon the performance of his duties on the day after his election, or as soon thereafter as he is qualified, and shall hold office during the term fixed by law, which shall begin on the day after the annual meeting, and until another person is qualified in his stead. Approved February 9, 1927. etc. AN ACT RELATIVE TO ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT ON Chap. 19 THE STAFF OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE MILITIA. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: etc., amended. Section twenty-two of chapter thirty-three of the Gen- G. L. 33, § 22, eral Laws, as appearing in chapter four hundred and sixtyfive of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "equivalent" in the twenty-first line the word: active, so that the paragraph contained in lines eighteen to twenty-three, inclusive, of said section will read as follows: No person Eligibility to shall be eligible to appointment on said staff unless he has appointment served at least six years in the volunteer militia of the com- commandermonwealth, at least two years of which shall have been as a commissioned officer, or has had equivalent active service in the army or navy of the United States, or in the organized militia of other states. Approved February 9, 1927. on staff of in-chief. |