AN ACT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.195 amended. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter fifty-eight of the P. S. 58, § 1, Public Statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words "may annually", in the second line of said section, and inserting in place thereof the words: - shall annually in the month of April, also by inserting after the word "slaughter", in the third line of said section, the words: -or kept for the production of milk, so as to read as follows: Section 1. The mayor and aldermen of cities Inspectors of and the selectmen of towns shall annually in the month of provisions and April appoint one or more persons to be inspectors of pro- tended for visions and of animals intended for slaughter or kept for kept for the the production of milk. Such inspectors shall be sworn milk. faithfully to discharge the duties of their office, and shall receive such compensation as the city council or the selectmen shall determine. of animals in slaughter or production of SECTION 2. Said inspectors, in addition to the powers Powers and conferred upon them by section two of chapter fifty-eight duties; report. of the Public Statutes, may inspect all animals kept for the production of milk, and shall report to the board of cattle commissioners all suspected cases of tuberculosis which come to their notice among animals intended for slaughter or kept for the production of milk. amended. isolated or SECTION 3. Section thirteen of chapter two hundred 1887, 252, § 13, and fifty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven is hereby amended by inserting after the word "of", in the ninth line of said section, the word: - tuberculosis, and by adding, at the end of said section, the words: and may also pay a reasonable sum for the animal destroyed, should a post-mortem examination prove that said animal was free from the disease for which it was condemned, so as to read as follows: Section 13. Animals to be When the commissioners, by an examination of a case of killed, etc. contagious disease among domestic animals, become satisfied that it has been contracted by intention or negligence on the part of the owner, or of a person in his employ, or by his consent, or by the use of food material liable to contain the germs of contagion, they shall cause such animals to be securely isolated at the expense of the owner, or they shall cause them to be killed without appraisal or payment; and in all cases of tuberculosis, farcy or glanders, the commissioner having condemned the animal paid an equitable sum, etc. infected therewith, shall cause such animal to be killed Owner may be without an appraisal, but may pay the owner or any other person an equitable sum for the killing and burial thereof, and may also pay a reasonable sum for the animal destroyed, should a post-mortem examination prove that said animal was free from the disease for which it was condemned. Repeal of P. S. 58, § 7. SECTION 4. Section seven of chapter fifty-eight of the SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.196 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE FISHERIES OF THE TOWN OF MASHPEE. 1884, 264, § 1, amended. Section one of chapter two hundred and sixty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four is hereby amended by striking out the first four lines of said. section, and the words line drawn from Gooseberry island to Mashpee neck", in the fifth line, and inserting in place thereof the following words: - No person shall fish for or take or destroy in the waters of the town of Mashpee, leased by said town to any person, any fish, shellfish or eels, except as permitted by such lease; and no person not an inhabitant of the town of Mashpee shall fish for, take or destroy in the waters within said town, — also by inserting after the word "however", in the fourteenth line of said section, the words: - that the foregoing provisions shall not apply to Hamlin's pond and its outlet, nor to the trout fishery in Popponessett bay, south of a line drawn from Gooseberry island to Mashpee neck; and provided, further, so as to read as follows:- Section 1. Fisheries regu. No person shall fish for or take or destroy in the waters of the town of Mashpee, leased by said town to any person, any fish, shellfish or eels, except as permitted by such lease; and no person not an inhabitant of the town of Mashpee shall fish for, take or destroy in the waters within said town any fish, shellfish or eels, without a written permit or lease from the selectmen of said town, stating the time, place, manner and number in which the same may be taken; nor shall any inhabitant of said town at any one time take more than three bushels of shellfish for bait, or take any fish, shellfish or eels for the purpose of selling the same, without a written permit from said selectmen, who may grant the same for such sum, to be lated in Mash pee. paid to the use of said town, as they shall deem proper: AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE TOWN OF GROVELAND FROM PART OF THE Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.197 ment of cost of Groveland The county commissioners of the county of Essex shall Reapportionreapportion the cost of maintaining Groveland bridge and maintaining the draw connected there with so as to relieve the town of bridge. Groveland of some part of its present yearly expense, and so that the amount from which the town of Groveland is exempted shall be apportioned upon and paid by the several towns and cities most using said bridge. Approved April 22, 1892. Chap.198 amended. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CHANGE OF NAMES OF CORPORATIONS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and 1891, 360, § 1, sixty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninetyone is hereby amended by inserting after the word “chapters", in the third line thereof, the words: - eighty-two, -and by inserting after the word "ten", in the fifth line of said section, the words: - one hundred and eleven, so as to read as follows: Section 1. The commissioner Commissioner of corporations may authorize any corporation subject to may authorize the provisions of chapters eighty-two, one hundred and tions to change six, one hundred and seven, one hundred and eight, one hundred and nine, one hundred and ten, one hundred and eleven, one hundred and twelve, one hundred and thirteen, one hundred and fourteen, one hundred and fifteen, one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and seventeen, one hundred and eighteen and one hundred and nineteen of the Public Statutes, and acts amendatory of any of said chapters, to change its name, upon notice and hearing, as hereinafter set forth: provided, such corporation shall, Proviso. previously to its application to the commissioner of corpo their names. rations for change of its name, at a meeting called for SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.199 AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN Proceedings of town meeting confirmed. Chap.200 Certain officers entitled to fees for arrests for drunkenness. Return to be made in certain cases. Certain special police officers not entitled to fees. MEETING OF THE TOWN OF GARDNER. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The proceedings of the annual town meeting of the town of Gardner held on the seventh day of March in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and any adjournment thereof, shall not be invalid by reason of the omission in the warrant calling such meeting, of a specification of the time of opening the polls and the time of closing the same, or by reason of any action taken by said meeting with reference to keeping open said polls or closing the same. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT IN RELATION TO FEES FOR ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS BY Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. When an officer whose sole compensation for services in criminal proceedings is derived from taxable fees, makes an arrest for drunkenness, and the person arrested is discharged without being brought into court or before a trial justice, the officer making such arrest shall be entitled to the same fees therefor as in cases where persons arrested are taken into court or before a trial justice, and complained against. If the arrest be made without a warrant, the officer making the same shall make a sworn statement in writing of his fees, in the nature of a return upon a precept, which statement he shall send to the court or trial justice having jurisdiction of the offence. SECTION 2. Special police officers making arrests for drunkenness in cities and towns in which the police officers or constables receive salaries shall not be entitled to fees under this act. charge without SECTION 3. When trial justices discharge without In case of discomplaint persons arrested for drunkenness, they shall be complaint. entitled to the same compensation as in cases where there are trials. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATING TO CHANGES IN THE NAME OF CERTAIN CORPO RATIONS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.201 1891, 360, not to SECTION 1. The provisions of chapter three hundred Provisions of and sixty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and apply, etc. ninety-one shall not apply to any corporation organized or transacting business under the provisions of chapter four hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, or acts amendatory thereof. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. An Act fixing the TIME AND PLACE OF HOLDING PROBATE COURTS Chap.202 IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: in SECTION 1. After the first day of June next the ses- Probate courts sions of the probate court for the county of Suffolk shall the county of be held at Boston on every Thursday in each year, except the first, second, fourth and fifth Thursdays of August, instead of at the times now provided by law. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO EXEMPT FROM TAXATION CERTAIN REAL AND PERSONAL Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.203 taxation. SECTION 1. The real estate of the odd fellows' home Property of Massachusetts situated in the city of Worcester, and exempt from the personal property belonging to said home or held by the trustees thereof for the purpose of said home, to the amount provided in chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Public Statutes, shall be exempt from taxation so long as said real and personal property shall be used for the purpose of said home, in accordance with the rules and regu |