[CHAP. 38.]

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENT TO COUNTY TREASURERS BY CLERKS OF COURTS OF INTEREST ON MONEY PAID INTO THE SUPERIOR COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. Except in the county of Suffolk, all money paid into the superior court shall be placed at interest, if possible, by the clerks of courts, and the interest over and above the amount accumulated on pending cases, shall be paid over to the county treasurer between the first and tenth days of January of each year, to be used for general county purposes. SECTION 2. Interest which has accumulated on money already paid into the superior court, over and above the amount accumulated on pending cases, shall be paid over to the county treasurer between the first and the tenth days of June, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to be used for general county purposes.

SECTION 3. So much of any act as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(The foregoing was laid before the governor on the eighth day of March, 1916, and after five days it had "the force of a law", as prescribed by the constitution, as it was not returned by him with his objections thereto within that time.)

[CHAP. 39.]

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS ON THE BONDS OF COURT OFFICERS IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The county of Suffolk shall hereafter pay all premiums on the bonds of court officers or deputy sheriffs in attendance on the superior court in said county.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the city council of Boston. [Approved March 15, 1916.

[CHAP. 40.]

AN ACT RELATIVE TO EMPLOYEES IN THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. Section five of chapter five hundred and seventy-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by chapter two hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby further amended by striking out the said section and inserting in place thereof the following:- Section 5. The commissioner may, with the approval of the governor and council, appoint, and with their consent remove, a first deputy commissioner at an annual salary of thirty-five hundred dollars, a chief examiner at an annual salary of three thousand dollars, an examiner at an annual salary of twenty-five hundred

dollars, an actuary at an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, an assistant actuary at an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and, at salaries subject to like approval, such additional deputies, examiners and inspectors as the service may require. He may employ in his department auditors, clerks and assistants at an expense not exceeding such amount as the general court may annually appropriate. In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner, and during his absence or disability, the first deputy commissioner shall perform the duties of the office, or, in case of the absence or disability of such first deputy, the deputy commissioner who has been longest in the service of the insurance department. The insurance commissioner shall transmit forthwith to each register of probate and insolvency the names of all corporate surety companies as they become, or cease to be, qualified to do business in this commonwealth.

SECTION 2. Chapters one hundred and forty-nine, four hundred and seven and six hundred and eighty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its March 15, 1916.

passage. [Approved

[CHAP. 41.]

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF FLOUNDERS IN WATERS ADJACENT TO BEVERLY AND MARBLEHEAD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful during the months of February, March, April and May to catch any flounders in any fyke or gill net or to set such a net during said months for the catching of flounders in any waters lying westerly of a line drawn from Hospital Point Light, so-called, in Beverly, to Peach's Point, so-called, in Marblehead.

SECTION 2. The harbor master of Salem shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this act as well as any other persons having such authority under the general laws or acting under authority of the board of commissioners on fisheries and game.

SECTION 3. Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Approved March 15, 1916.

[CHAP. 42.]

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF MOTOR

VEHICLES OWNED BY NON-RESIDENTS RESIDING WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. Any person owning a motor vehicle who resides in an adjoining state within fifteen miles of the boundary line of this commonwealth and who has complied with the laws relative to motor vehicles and the operation thereof in the state in which he resides, may, upon applica

tion to the Massachusetts highway commission and the payment of a fee of two dollars, have such motor vehicle registered and may operate the same upon the highways of this commonwealth within fifteen miles of the boundary line of the state in which he resides, provided such state grants similar privileges to residents of this commonwealth. The foregoing privilege shall be in addition to any rights or privileges granted to nonresidents by the provisions of existing law.

SECTION 2. The Massachusetts highway commission shall furnish at its office, without charge, to every person whose motor vehicle is registered as aforesaid, number plates of suitable design with a distinguishing number or mark thereon, which shall be displayed upon said motor vehicle in the manner now provided by law for the display of number plates.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of July in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen. [Approved March 15, 1916.

[CHAP. 43.]

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CITIES AND TOWNS TO LEASE VOTING MACHINES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. Section two hundred and fifty-one of chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by inserting after the word "purchase", in the fifth and seventeenth lines, the words: - or lease, also by inserting after the word "purchased", in the twenty-first and twenty-third lines, the words: - or leased, also by inserting after the word "purchasing", in the twenty-eighth line, the words: - or leasing, so as to read as follows: Section 251. The mayor and aldermen of a city, or the body corresponding thereto, or a town, may, at a meeting held at least thirty days before the primary or election at which the voting machines are to be used, determine upon and purchase, or lease, one or more voting machines approved as provided in section two hundred and forty-nine, and order the use thereof at primaries and elections of state, city or town officers in such city or town; and thereafter at all primaries and elections of state, city or town officers in that city or town, until otherwise ordered by the aldermen in a city, or the board corresponding thereto, and the selectmen in a town, said machines shall be used at primaries and for the purpose of voting for the officers to be elected at such elections and for taking the vote upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors and upon other questions submitted to the voters. In Boston, the power to determine upon, purchase, or lease, and order the use of voting machines shall be vested in a board consisting of the election commissioners and the mayor; and the expense so incurred shall be deemed an expense of the election department of the city; and the machines so purchased, or leased, shall be used at primaries and elections in that city until otherwise ordered by said commissioners. Machines purchased, or leased, may be paid for either by appropriation, by the issue and sale of bonds, or by the issue and delivery of certificates of indebtedness or other negotiable obligations, of such amounts and payable at such times as shall be determined by the board or officers purchasing, or leasing, the machines.

For polling places in which voting machines are to be used no ballot boxes or ballots shall be furnished.

SECTION 2. Section two hundred and fifty-six of chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by inserting after the word "purchasing", in the tenth line, the words:—or leasing, and by inserting after the word "purchase", in the fourteenth line, the word: - lease, so as to read as follows: Section 256. When voting machines or ballot boxes are purchased by the commonwealth or by a city or town, the person or persons of whom the purchase is made shall give to the secretary of the commonwealth, or city or town clerk, as the case may be, or in Boston to the election commissioners, a bond with sufficient sureties to keep such machines or ballot boxes in working order for two years. Such persons shall also give a bond with sufficient sureties, conditioned to defend and indemnify the commonwealth or cities and towns purchasing, or leasing, and using the machines or ballot boxes against any suit at law or in equity and for any expense, damage or inconvenience which they may incur or suffer by reason of any suit brought against them for infringement of patents or other rights, arising from the purchase, lease, or use of such machines or ballot boxes. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved March 15, 1916.

[CHAP. 44.]

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT OFFICES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. District offices may be established by the commissioner of weights and measures in such places and on such terms as may be approved by the governor and council.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved March 16, 1916.

[CHAP. 45.]

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE STATE INSPECTOR OF APIARIES AND TO HIS

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

DEPUTIES.

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and twenty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby amended by striking out the last two sentences and inserting in place thereof the following: The inspector of apiaries, with the approval of the said board, may appoint such deputies as he may deem necessary. The inspector shall receive five hundred dollars annually for his services under this act, and his travelling and other necessary expenses, and may expend for office assistance such amount as may be necessary. Each of his deputies shall receive a sum not exceeding five dollars for each day of service, to be fixed by the inspector of apiaries with the approval of the said board, and his travelling and other necessary expenses, so as to read as follows:- Section 1. The

state board of agriculture shall annually appoint some person qualified

by scientific training and practical experience in bee keeping to be state inspector of apiaries, who shall be responsible to said board for the performance of his duties under this act, and may be removed from office by said board for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. The inspector of apiaries, with the approval of the said board, may appoint such deputies as he may deem necessary. The inspector shall receive five hundred dollars annually for his services under this act, and his travelling and other necessary expenses, and may expend for office assistance such amount as may be necessary. Each of his deputies shall receive a sum not exceeding five dollars for each day of service, to be fixed by the inspector of apiaries with the approval of the said board, and his travelling and other necessary

expenses.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved March 16, 1916.

[CHAP. 46.]

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE POWERS OF THE DAIRY BUREAU AND TO THE SALARY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. Section eleven of chapter eighty-nine of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words "disseminate such information", in the seventeenth line, and inserting in place thereof the words:take such action, and by inserting after the word "thereof", in the eighteenth line, the words: - and improve the dairy industry, and by inserting after the word "officer", in the nineteenth line, the words: and secretary, and by striking out all of the said section after the word "direction", in the twentieth line, so as to read as follows: - Section 11. The dairy bureau of the board of agriculture shall consist of three members of said board, one of whom shall annually, before the first day of July, be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for a term of three years, or for such shorter term as he may continue a member of the board. The governor may, at any time, terminate the service of any member of said bureau, and thereupon, or upon any member thereof ceasing to be a member of the board, he may appoint another member in his place. Each member of such bureau shall receive five dollars for each day of actual service and his travelling expenses, which shall be paid by the commonwealth out of the fund provided for in the following section. The bureau, under the general direction of the board of agriculture, shall inquire into the methods of making butter and cheese in creameries or cheese factories, investigate all dairy products and imitation dairy products bought or sold within the commonwealth, enforce the laws for the manufacture, transfer and sale thereof, and shall take such action as will tend to produce a better quality thereof and improve the dairy industry. The secretary of the board of agriculture shall be the executive officer and secretary of the bureau, subject to its control and direction.

SECTION 2. Section four of chapter eighty-nine of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and eighty-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, and by chapter two hundred and fifty of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further