Chap. 70. AN ACT INCREASING THE AMOUNT THAT MAY BE EXPENDED Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the acts of 1963 is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence, as amended by section 1 of chapter 467 of the acts of 1965, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-The county commissioners of Essex county, for the purpose of advertising the recreational, industrial and agricultural advantages of said county, may expend such sums, not exceeding, in the aggregate, forty-five thousand dollars in any one year, as may be appropriated therefor; provided, that such expenditures from money so appropriated shall not at any time be more than triple the sum which shall have been contributed by public subscription or by donation deposited with the county treasurer for the purpose aforesaid. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance during the current year by the county commissioners of Essex county, but not otherwise. Approved March 22, 1967. Chap. 71. AN ACT INCREASING THE AUTHORIZED WEIGHT LOAD FOR PURPOSES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: The fourth sentence of the first paragraph of section 19 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter 573 of the acts of 1951, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "four" and inserting in place thereof the word: six, so as to read as follows:A trailer which with its load weighs not more than six thousand pounds may be operated or drawn upon any way, if such trailer is used exclusively for agricultural purposes, but this provision shall not prevent any trailer, if used exclusively for such purposes, from being operated without registration upon any way in the manner provided in section nine. Approved March 22, 1967. Chap. 72. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The county commissioners of Franklin county are hereby authorized to install an elevator in the Franklin county court house in the town of Greenfield. Said commissioners may remodel, alter or make such additions to, said court house as may be necessary for such installation. SECTION 2. Said county commissioners are hereby authorized to sell bonds, in the amount of thirty thousand dollars, now held in the postwar rehabilitation fund, established under the provisions of chapter five of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-three, and to use the proceeds of such sale for the purposes set forth in section one of this act, and may in addition thereto, subject to appropriation, expend for such purposes the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Chap. 73. Approved March 22, 1967. AN ACT RELATIVE TO BORROWING BY CITIES, TOWNS, AND Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 4, as most recently amended by section 1A of chapter 46 of the acts of 1967, and inserting in place thereof the following section: Section 4. Cities, towns, and districts may, by a majority vote, incur debt in the year in which the vote is taken and in the ensuing year for temporary loans in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year in which the debt is incurred, and may issue notes therefor to an amount which for cities and towns shall not exceed in the aggregate the total tax levy of the financial year preceding the year in which the debt is incurred, together with the net amount received during such preceding financial year from the excise on motor vehicles and trailers, as provided by chapter sixty A, and the payments made by the commonwealth in lieu of taxes on account of property taken for institutions or for metropolitan district purposes; and for districts shall not exceed the receipts from taxes, rates and services of the year preceding that in which the debt is incurred, and for newly established districts which have not yet had receipts from taxes, rates and services throughout an entire year an amount as fixed by vote of the district. Such notes shall be payable, and shall be paid, not later than one year from their date, and shall not be renewed or paid by the issue of new notes, except as provided in section seventeen. SECTION 2. Section 5 of said chapter 44, as most recently amended by chapter 37 of the acts of 1939, is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: To provide necessary funds to meet liabilities authorized by section thirteen, the town treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the selectmen, may borrow on notes of the town during any one month between January first and the next annual town meeting a sum not exceeding one twelfth of the amount obtained by adding the tax levy of the previous year and the net amount received during such previous year from the excise on motor vehicles and trailers as provided by chapter sixty A. SECTION 3. Section 5A of said chapter 44, as amended by section 4 of chapter 68 of the acts of 1935, is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: To provide the necessary funds to meet liabilities authorized by section thirty-four, the treasurer of a city, with the approval of the official whose approval is required by the city charter in the borrowing of money, may borrow on notes of the city, during any one month between the beginning of the financial year and the time when the revenue loan order shall become finally effective, a sum not exceeding one twelfth of the amount obtained by adding the tax levy of the previous year and the net amount received during such previous year from the excise on motor vehicles and trailers as provided by chapter sixty A. SECTION 4. Any city or town which votes or, prior to the effective date of this act, has voted to incur debt for temporary loans in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year nineteen hundred and sixty-seven may, if such vote would permit the issuance of notes to an amount not in excess of the limit set forth in section four of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, incur such debt to an amount not to exceed the limit therefor set forth in section four of said chapter fortyfour as amended by section one of this act. Approved March 22, 1967. Chap. 74. AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN CORRECTIVE CHANGES IN THE Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The fourth paragraph of section 8 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, inserted by chapter 521 of the acts of 1964, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 16, the word "division" and inserting in place thereof the word:- director. SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 15 of said chapter 31, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 720 of the acts of 1964, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 26, the word "such" and inserting in place thereof the word: an. SECTION 3. The second sentence of the second paragraph of section 16A of said chapter 31, as appearing in section 2 of said chapter 720, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 20, the word "such" and inserting in place thereof the word: - an. SECTION 4. The first paragraph of section 47A of said chapter 31, as appearing in chapter 278 of the acts of 1948, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 11, the words "in said city or town". SECTION 5. The second paragraph of said section 47A of said chapter 31, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence: The provisions of this paragraph relative to the classification of any office or position or the appeal or change relative to a rating shall not apply in the cases of those offices or positions which are subject to the provisions of section forty-five of chapter thirty. SECTION 6. The second paragraph of section 47B of said chapter 31, as appearing in section 5 of chapter 701 of the acts of 1945, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words "sealers or deputy sealers of weights and measures" and inserting in place thereof the words: sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures or inspectors and deputy inspectors of weights and measures. SECTION 7. The third paragraph of said section 47B of said chapter 31, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 8 and 9, the words "sealers or deputy sealers of weights and measures and inserting in place thereof the words: sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures or inspectors and deputy inspectors of weights and measures. Approved March 22, 1967. Chap. 75. AN ACT EXTENDING THE DESIGNATION OF A CERTAIN Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chapter 270 of the acts of 1961, as amended by chapter 36 of the acts of 1965, is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: That portion of state highway route 25 extending from AMVETS Memorial Highway in the town of Raynham for a distance of approximately eighteen miles to Furness road in the town of Wareham shall be designated and known as the Massachusetts State Guard Veterans' Highway. Chap. 76. Approved March 22, 1967. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF FALL RIVER TO APPRO- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obligation, the city of Fall River is hereby authorized to appropriate money for the payment of and after such appropriation the treasurer of said city is hereby authorized to pay Leclair Construction Co., Inc. an unpaid bill, incurred by said city in the amount of five hundred and thirty-three dollars and sixty cents for services rendered and materials supplied to said city in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-five, said bill being legally unenforceable against said city. SECTION 2. Said bill shall not be approved by the auditor of said city for payment or paid by the treasurer thereof under authority of this act unless and until certificates have been signed and filed with said city auditor, stating under the penalties of perjury that the services or materials for which said bill has been submitted were ordered by an official or an employee of said city, and that such materials were delivered to and actually received by said city or that such services were rendered. to said city, or both. SECTION 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate required by section two which is false and who thereby receives payment for services or materials which were not received by or rendered to said city shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or both. Chap. 77. Approved March 22, 1967, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK TO IN- Be it enacted, ete., as follows: SECTION 1. For the purpose of promoting the public good, the county of Suffolk may pay not exceeding six thousand five hundred nineteen dollars to the chief probation officer of the municipal court of the Roxbury district to indemnify him for losses sustained by larceny on December third, nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and again on January tenth, nineteen hundred and sixty-four, and by burglary on February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and sixty-four. If after such payment such officer receives any sum in reduction of such losses, he shall forthwith pay over the same to said county of Suffolk. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 78. Approved March 27, 1967. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DELIVERY TO THE DEPART- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Upon request of the department of public works, the county commissioners and county engineer of Essex county are hereby authorized and directed to deliver to said department the original plans, tracings, blueprints, records and other data relating to the nine bridges transferred to the control of the department of public works under the provisions of chapter six hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved March 27, 1967. Chap. 79. AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING THE REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO AWARDING CERTAIN CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES OF Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section 4B of chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in line 5, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 592 of the acts of 1960, the word "one" and inserting in place thereof the word: - two. SECTION 2. Section 103 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 13, the words "one hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words: two hundred and fifty. SECTION 3. Section 28 of chapter 43 of the General Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 25 of the acts of 1951, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 4, the word "one" and inserting in place thereof the word: two. SECTION 4. Section 29 of said chapter 43, as most recently amended by section 10 of chapter 448 of the acts of 1959, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "one" and inserting in place thereof the word:Approved March 27, 1967. Chap. 80. two. AN ACT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH MAY Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Clause (46A) of section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 57 of the acts of 1959, is hereby further |