Two thirds vote of voters required in certain cases. Repeal. of town of Bridgewater not impaired. than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. SECTION 9. No purchase of the franchises, corporate property, rights and privileges of said Bridgewaters Water Company and no loan under this act shall be authorized except by a two thirds vote of the voters of the town present and voting thereon at a town meeting. SECTION 10. So much of chapter one hundred and ninetytwo of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven as is Certain rights inconsistent herewith is repealed; but nothing herein shall impair the right of the town of Bridgewater to purchase the franchises, corporate property, rights and privileges of said Bridgewaters Water Company on the terms and conditions stated in said act, and, in case it shall purchase the franchises, corporate property, rights and privileges of said Bridgewaters Water Company, to contract with the town of East Bridgewater for supplying said town with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic, manufacturing and other purposes upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by said Submission to voters, etc. towns. SECTION 11. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by a two thirds vote of the voters of the town of Bridgewater present and voting thereon at a town meeting held within six months after its passage; but for the purpose of being submitted to the voters as aforesaid it shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 14, 1925. Chap. 16 AN ACT RELATIVE TO SURETY BONDS OF OFFICERS AND EM G. L. 168, $24, etc., amended. Bonding of officers and employees of savings banks. Penalty. PLOYEES OF SAVINGS BANKS AND CO-OPERATIVE BANKS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the eleventh and twelfth lines, the words "showing when such bonds expire" and inserting in place thereof the words: of such bonds, and by striking out, in the fifteenth and sixteenth lines, the sentence "Said bonded officers shall give new bonds at least once in five years", so as to read as follows: Section 24. Every treasurer, vice treasurer and assistant treasurer shall give bond to the trustees in such amount and with such surety or sureties and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe, and shall file with the commissioner an attested copy thereof, with a certificate of its custodian that the original is in his possession. Such bonded officer shall notify the commissioner of any change thereafter made therein. If he fails, within ten days after the date thereof, to file such copy, or to notify the commissioner of any such change, he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. The commissioner shall keep a record of such bonds, and the changes so notified, and, when in his judgment it is necessary for the security of the depositors, he shall require a new bond in such amount § 9, amended. and with such surety or sureties and conditions as he may approve. The trustees may require bonds of such other officers or employees and in such amounts as they deem necessary. The treasurer, vice treasurer and assistant treasurer, and any Blanket or other officers and employees required to give bond, may be schedule bonds. included in one or more blanket or schedule bonds; provided, Proviso. that such bonds are approved by the commissioner as to the amounts and conditions thereof and as to the sureties thereon. SECTION 2. Section nine of chapter one hundred and G. L. 170, seventy of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:-, provided that such treasurer and other permanent employees may in the discretion of the commissioner be included in one or more schedule or blanket bonds, so as to read as follows:- Section 9. The treasurer Duties of shall keep the accounts and have charge of all books and papers co-operative necessary therefor, and dispose of and secure the safe keeping banks. of all money, securities and property of the corporation, in the manner designated by the by-laws, and the treasurer and all Treasurer and other permanent employees having access at all times to the give bond. cash or negotiable securities, shall each give, subject to section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight, a bond for the faithful performance of their respective duties in such amount as the board of directors may require, provided that such treas- Proviso. urer and other permanent employees may in the discretion of the commissioner be included in one or more schedule or blanket bonds. Approved February 14, 1925. AN ACT RELATIVE TO CONTRACTS FOR THE CARE OF UNDER- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: treasurers of employees to Chap. 17 amended. SECTION 1. Paragraph (31) of section five of chapter forty G. L. 40, § 5, of the General Laws, inserted by section one of chapter two par. (31), etc., hundred and forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words: or for the care and treatment of underweight and undernourished children of school age by contract as provided by section sixty-two H of said chapter one hundred and eleven, - so that said paragraph (31) will read as follows: (31) For Appropriations the establishment and maintenance of children's health camps, towns for chilas provided by sections sixty-two A to sixty-two G, inclusive, dren's health of chapter one hundred and eleven or for the care and treat- care of underment of underweight and undernourished children of school age school children. by contract as provided by section sixty-two H of said chapter one hundred and eleven. by cities and camps or for weight, etc., section after SECTION 2. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General G. L. 111, new Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section sixty-two G, $62G, etc. inserted by section two of said chapter two hundred and fortyeight, the following new section: Section 62H. A contract Contracts for for the care and treatment of children coming within the pro- underweight, visions of section sixty-two A, entered into by the commission etc.. school on children's health camps of a city or town which accepts or deemed comhas accepted sections sixty-two A to sixty-two G, inclusive, or laws relative pliance with care, etc., of children to be to children's health camps. Approval of contract. camps by a commission on union children's health established or to be established under section sixty-two F, with the persons having control of any institution approved by the department in or near said city or town, shall, while such contract remains in force and effective, be deemed satisfactory compliance on the part of such city or town or union with the provisions of said sections sixty-two A to sixty-two G, inclusive, relative to the establishment and maintenance of children's health camps. No such contract shall become effective until it has been approved by the department. Approved February 14, 1925. Chap. 18 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP 1922, 521, § 2, par. (b), etc., amended. Definition of word " em in Boston retirement act. Be it enacted, IN THE BOSTON RETIREMENT SYSTEM. etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section two of chapter five hundred and twentyone of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, as amended by section three of chapter three hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph (b) and inserting in place thereof the following:- (b) "Employee" shall mean ployee as used any regular and permanent employee of the city of Boston or county of Suffolk (except teachers who, on September first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, are employed by the city of Boston and are members of the state teachers' retirement association) whose employment is such as to require that his time be devoted to the service of the city or county, or both, in each year during one half or more of the ordinary working hours of a city employee, or any regular and permanent employee of this commonwealth whose compensation is wholly paid by the city of Boston or by the county of Suffolk, and the working superintendent and his employees of the index commissioners of the county of Suffolk. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 19 AN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE TIME DURING WHICH THE 1919, 115 (S), § 1, etc., amended. CITIES OF LYNN, PEABODY, SALEM AND BEVERLY AND THE Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 66 SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as amended by section one of chapter sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth lines, the words nineteen hundred and twenty-two, nineteen hundred and twenty-three and nineteen hundred and twenty-four" and inserting in place thereof the words: -nineteen hundred and twenty-five, nineteen hundred and twenty-six and nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, - so as to read as follows: Lynn, Peabody, Section 1. The cities of Lynn, Peabody, Salem and Beverly Salem, Beverly thorized to purposes. and the town of Danvers, authorized to take water from the and Danvers SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT VALIDATING CERTAIN ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE Chap. 20 TOWN OF CHATHAM AND OF ITS PARK COMMISSIONERS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chatham and commissioners. SECTION 1. Chapter two hundred and eight of the acts of 1923, 208, amended. nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following: All acts and proceedings of the town Validation of of Chatham and of its board of park commissioners from and certain acts and proceedafter June sixteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, in so ings of town of far as said acts and proceedings might be invalid by reason of of its park the failure of said town legally to accept sections one to nine, inclusive, of chapter forty-five of the General Laws or legally to elect its board of park commissioners, are hereby confirmed and made valid, and said sections are hereby declared to be in full force and effect in said town, to the same extent as if the same had been accepted by said town as then provided in section two of said chapter forty-five, and the de facto board of park commissioners in said town is hereby declared to have been lawfully elected under said sections and to constitute the lawful board of park commissioners of said town, with full authority to act in said capacity until the election and qualification of their successors as provided in said chapter forty-five. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 16, 1925. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH TO LEASE A Chap. 21 PART OF THE WHARF AND PUBLIC LANDING IN SAID TOWN. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Plymouth may lease such part of Town of the wharf and public landing, erected under the provisions of lease part of Plymouth may wharf, etc. chapter one hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 22 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF HAMPDEN TO PAY A CER Hampden county may pay certain sum of money to Lydia M. Tanner for services as of deeds. TAIN SUM OF MONEY TO LYDIA M. TANNER FOR SERVICES AS Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obligation of the county of Hampden, the county commissioners of said county may pay to Lydia M. Tanner, who, from the decease of the register of deeds for said county on May sixteenth, acting register nineteen hundred and twenty-three until December nineteenth in said year, performed the duties of the office of register of deeds, the sum of eleven hundred and ninety-five dollars and ninety-nine cents, being the difference in the salary established by law for said register and that received by her as assistant register during the period between said dates. The said sum shall be in addition to any other sums payable to her by said county. Submission to county commissioners. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance, prior to December thirty-first in the current year, by the county commissioners of said county. Approved February 16, 1925. Chap. 23 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF BRISTOL TO PENSION Bristol county may pension Frank St. John. Submission to county commissioners. FRANK ST. JOHN. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The county commissioners of the county of Bristol shall, forthwith upon their acceptance of this act, retire Frank St. John, who has for approximately twenty-five years served said county faithfully and efficiently as janitor in the county court house at Fall River and may pay him an annual pension not exceeding seven hundred and eighty dollars, payable in equal monthly instalments. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance, prior to December thirty-first in the current year, by the county commissioners of said county. Approved February 16, 1925. Chap. 24 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF HAMPDEN TO PENSION Hampden county may B. Brockett. OSWIN B. BROCKETT. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The county commissioners of the county of pension Oswin Hampden shall, forthwith upon their acceptance of this act, retire Oswin B. Brockett, who has for fifty-three years served said county faithfully and efficiently as court messenger and may pay him an annual pension not exceeding one thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly instalments. |