lot of Governor

For altering, improving and for the perpetual care of Care of burial the burial lot of governor William Eustis in the town of William Eustis. Lexington, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter eighty-six of the resolves of the

present year.

pharmacy.

For the better enforcement of the law regulating the Practice of practice of pharmacy, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter eighty-seven of the resolves of the present year.

missioner of

For printing extra copies of the fourth report of the Report of comcommissioner of public records of parishes, towns and public records. counties, as authorized by chapter eighty-eight of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.

school.

To provide for repairing damage caused by fire at the State primary state primary school at Monson, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter eighty-nine of the resolves of the present year.

for reporter of

For clerk hire and incidental expenses of the reporter Clerk hire, etc., of decisions of the supreme judicial court, the sum of one decisions of thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter three hundred cial court. and eighty of the acts of the present year, being in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.

For expenses in connection with the state printing con- State printing tract, as authorized by chapter ninety of the resolves of contract. the present year, a sum not exceeding two hundred

dollars.

For expenses in connection with an investigation of the Paupers, etc. burdens imposed on the Commonwealth by the immigration of paupers and criminals, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter ninety-one of the resolves of the present year.

insane asylum.

For the purchase of land and buildings and for the con- Westborough struction of a silo for the Westborough insane hospital, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter ninety-two of the resolves of the present year.

for arranging

For compensation and expenses of the commissioners Commissioners for consolidating and arranging laws relating to elections, election laws. as authorized by chapter ninety-four of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.

harbor and land

For the payment of expenses in connection with the Hearing before hearing before the harbor and land commissioners relative commissioners. to building a bridge between Boston and East Boston, as

Room for state board of health.

New England industrial

authorized by chapter ninety-five of the resolves of the
present year, the sum of one thousand dollars.

For leasing and furnishing a room to be used as a labor-
atory by the state board of health, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter ninety-six
of the resolves of the present year.

For the New England industrial school for deaf mutes, school for deaf the sum of two thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter ninety-eight of the resolves of the present year.

mutes.

Doorkeepers,

etc.

Commissioner

of public records of parishes, etc.

Ballot law commissioners.

Massachusetts agricultural college.

Transportation of state publications.

Improvement

of lands at

For the doorkeepers, messengers and pages of the senate and house of representatives, the sum of forty-two hundred and sixty-eight dollars, as authorized by chapter ninety-nine of the resolves of the present year.

For services of the commissioner of public records of parishes, towns and counties, from the first day of March to and including the thirty-first day of May of the present year, the sum of five hundred dollars, being in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the salary of said commissioner; the rent, clerical assistance and incidental expenses of said commissioner during the time as above stated shall be paid from the appropriation for travelling, clerical and other expenses in chapter three hundred and eighty-five of the acts of the present year.

For compensation and expenses of the ballot law commissioners, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter four hundred and six of the acts of the present year.

For providing a tool house and for rebuilding the Durfee plant house at the Massachusetts agricultural college, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter one hundred of the resolves of the present year.

For the payment of transportation of state publications furnished to free public libraries, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter four hundred and twenty-two of the acts of the present year.

For such expenses as may be necessary to carry out the Provincetown. provisions of chapter four hundred and twenty of the acts of the present year relative to the improvement of lands. belonging to the Commonwealth at Provincetown, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.

Office of the secretary of the Commonwealth.

For incidental and contingent expenses in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth, to carry out the provisions of section eighteen of chapter four hundred and

sixteen of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, being in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated.

For building an asylum for the chronic insane, as pro- Asylum for vided for by chapter four hundred and twenty-five of the chronic insane. acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; for the compensation of the building committee provided for in said act, a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars, and for the travelling and other necessary expenses of the trustees of said asylum, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.

McDonald.

For Mary McDonald, a sum not exceeding one hun- Mary dred dollars, as provided for in chapter one hundred and two of the resolves of the present year.

Natick.

For the town of Natick, the sum of thirty-two dollars Town of and four cents, as authorized by chapter one hundred and four of the resolves of the present year.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 16, 1892.

An Act relating TO THE EQUITY DOCKET OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Chap.440

IN THE COUNTIES OF SUFFOLK AND MIDDLESEX.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section five of chapter two hundred and 1883, 223, § 5 twenty-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as amended by chapter three hundred and sixteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, is amended to read as follows:- Such suits shall be entered upon the same docket as other cases in Equity docket. the superior court, except in Middlesex and Suffolk counties, where they shall be entered upon a separate docket, which shall be called the equity docket. All process shall be made returnable at the term next after Process fourteen days from the service of the process, if required returnable. to be served fourteen days before the return day, or at the term next after thirty days from such service, if required to be served thirty days before the return day, or at any rule day within three months after the service of the process.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on the first day To take effect of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

July 1, 1892

Approved June 16, 1892.

RESOLVES.

Chap. 1 RESOLVE Authorizing thE PUBLICATION OF A BULLETIN OF COM

Bulletin of committee hearings.

MITTEE HEARINGS.

Resolved, That the committee on rules be authorized to publish, twice a week or oftener, a bulletin of the matters assigned for hearing before committees, and be authorized to employ clerical assistance at an expense not to exceed five hundred dollars for preparing the same, and to have it printed by the state printers.

Chap. 2 RESOLVE AUTHORIZING THE

Treasurer may borrow money

of revenue.

Approved January 25, 1892.

TREASURER TO BORROW MONEY IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE.

Resolved, That the treasurer and receiver general be in anticipation and he is hereby authorized to borrow, in anticipation of the receipts of the present year, such sums of money as may from time to time be necessary for the payment of the ordinary demands on the treasury, at any time before the expiration of fifteen days after the meeting of the next general court, at such rates of interest as shall be found necessary; and that he repay any sums he may borrow under this resolve as soon as money sufficient for the purpose, and not otherwise appropriated, shall be received into the treasury. Approved February 5, 1892.

Widow of
Charles F.
Loring.

Chap. 3 RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE WIDOW OF THE LATE CHARLES F. LORING. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid from the treasury of the Commonwealth to the widow of the late Charles F. Loring, councillor elect, the amount of salary to which said Loring would have been entitled had he lived until the expiration of his term of office.

Approved February 12, 1892.

Chap. 4 RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the soldiers' home. treasury of the Commonwealth to the trustees of the

Massachusetts

soldiers' home in Massachusetts, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, the same to be used towards the maintenance of a home for deserving soldiers and sailors.

Approved February 13, 1892.

RESOLVE PROVIDING AGAINST DEPREDATIONS BY THE INSECT KNOWN
AS THE OCNERIA DISPAR OR GYPSY MOTH,

Chap. 5

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Gypsy moth. treasury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, which sum may be expended under the direction of the state board of agriculture in continuing the work of exterminating the insect known as the ocneria dispar or gypsy moth, as provided for in chapter two hundred and ten of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. The above sum shall be in addition to any balance remaining unexpended of the appropriations of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Approved February 19, 1892.

RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE WIDOW OF THE LATE GARDINER TUFTS.

Chap. 6 Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the widow of treasury of the Commonwealth to the widow of the late Gardiner Tufts. Gardiner Tufts who died on the twenty-seventh day of November in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and who served as superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory from the time it was first opened until his death, and who for many years was a faithful servant of the Commonwealth, the sum of three hundred fifty-nine dollars and seventy-two cents, being the amount of salary he would have received had he lived to perform service as superintendent as aforesaid to the end of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Approved February 29, 1892.

RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE TOWN OF OXFORD.

Chap. 7 Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Town of treasury of the Commonwealth to the town of Oxford, the Oxford. sum of two hundred sixty-six dollars and nineteen cents, to reimburse said town for money paid the Danvers lunatic hospital for the board of Sarah B. Dodge, a state lunatic pauper. Approved March 4, 1892.

RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF JOANNA L. Cox.

Chap. 8 Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Joanna L. Cox. treasury of the Commonwealth to Joanna L. Cox of Dux