MANU- Chap. 11 AN ACT RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE MANU- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: etc., amended. Section two of chapter three hundred and twenty-five of 1914, 325, $2, the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, as affected by chapter twenty-two of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth and fifth lines, the words "fine or imprisonment at the discretion of the court", and inserting in place thereof the following:- a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, so as to read as follows:- Section 2. Who- Penalty for ever carries on an establishment for the manufacture of establishments sausages or chopped meat of any kind, or for the breaking for manufac or canning of eggs without a license as provided herein shall etc., without be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved February 19, 1917. carrying on license. AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC ADMINIS- Chap. 12 TRATORS IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: etc., amended. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and R. L. 138, § 1. thirty-eight of the Revised Laws, as amended by section one of chapter five hundred and ten of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, and by section one of chapter two hundred and forty-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "county", in the second line, the words: except in the county of Middlesex where they shall not exceed six, so as to read as follows:- Section 1. There Number of shall be in each county one or more public administrators, istrators in not exceeding five in any county, except in the county of Mex Middlesex where they shall not exceed six, appointed by the creased to six. governor with the advice and consent of the council, who shall hold office for the term of five years from the time of their appointment, but they shall complete, as soon as they lawfully may, the administration of estates in their hands public admin Middlesex county in of which the administration is not complete at the date of SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 13 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE PACKING, GRADING AND SALE OF 1915, 261 (G), § 5, amended. Closed packages of apples to be marked. APPLES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section five of chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen is hereby amended by striking out the words "of the packer or", in the sixth line, by striking out the words "name and address of the repacker, or the", in the eighteenth line, and by striking out the words "original packer", in the last line, and inserting in place thereof the words: person by whose authority they were originally packed, so as to read as follows: - Section 5. Every closed package of apples packed or repacked in the commonwealth and intended for sale, either within or without the commonwealth, shall have marked in a conspicuous place on the outside of the package in plain letters a statement of the quantity of the contents, the name and address of the person by whose authority the apples were packed, the true name of the variety and the grade and the minimum size of the apples contained therein, in accordance with the provisions of sections two, three and four of this act, and the name of the state in which they were grown. If the true name of the variety is not known to the packer or other person by whose authority the apples are packed, the statement shall include the words "variety unknown", and if the name of the state in which the apples were grown is not known, this fact shall also be set forth in the statement. If apples are repacked, the package shall be marked name, etc., of packed", and shall bear the name and address of the person by whose authority it is repacked, in place of that of the person by whose authority they were originally packed. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 20, 1917. "Repacked" apples to bear packer. 66 re AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PENALTY IN THE SALE OF COM- Chap. 14 MODITIES BY WEIGHT. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: etc., amended. Section thirty-nine of chapter sixty-two of the Revised R. L. 62, § 39; Laws, as amended by chapters one hundred and sixtyfour and eight hundred and one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:- Any violation of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence, so as to read as follows: Section 39. If commodities are sold by Penalty for weight, it shall be understood to mean the net weight of all of commodities so sold; and all contracts concerning goods by weight. sold by weight shall be understood and construed accordingly: provided, however, that in respect to commodities not Proviso. intended for food or fuel reasonable tolerances or variations shall be permitted in accordance with established trade customs. Any violation of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence. Approved February 20, 1917. illegal sale AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TESTING AND SEALING OF Chap. 15 APOTHECARIES' WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. Section twenty-seven of chapter sixty-two of the Revised R. L. 62, § 27, Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "inspected", in the fourth line, the words: - and if any weight or weighing or measuring device is so small as to render it impracticable to seal the same in the usual manner, he shall furnish a certificate in such form as may be approved by the commissioner of weights and measures, specifying every such weight or weighing or measuring device tested by him, so as to read as follows: Section 27. If a sealer Testing and of weights and measures cannot seal any weights, measures apothecaries' and balances in the manner before provided, he may mark weight and them with a stencil or by other suitable means, so as to show that they have been inspected; and if any weight or weighing or measuring device is so small as to render it impracticable to seal the same in the usual manner, he shall furnish a certificate in such form as may be approved by the commissioner of weights and measures, specifying every scaling of measures. Penalty. such weight or weighing or measuring device tested by him; Chap. 16 AN ACT RELATIVE TO VACATIONS FOR LABORERS IN CITIES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Certain cities to vote upon acceptance of act relative to vacations for laborers. Certain provisions of law to apply. SECTION 1. The question of accepting the provisions of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, relative to vacations for laborers, shall, in cities that have not accepted said provisions, be placed upon the ballot to be used at the next state election, and the said provisions shall take effect in any city in which the said question is answered in the affirmative by a majority of the voters voting thereon. SECTION 2. The provisions of chapter sixty of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen relating to vacations for laborers shall apply to any city which, under the provisions of section one hereof, votes to accept the provisions of said chapter two hundred and seventeen. Approved February 20, 1917. Chap. 17 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE EXPENSES OF CITY OFFICIALS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: R. L. 19, § 33, amended. SECTION 1. Section thirty-three of chapter nineteen of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "cigars", in the second line, so as to read as follows: Section 33. No city shall pay a bill incurred paying certain by any official thereof for wines, liquors or cigars. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 21, 1917. Cities prohibited from expenses of officials. SECTION 2. AN ACT RELATIVE TO FIXING THE AMOUNT OF BONDS GIVEN Chap. 18 BY CERTAIN OFFICIALS FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: bonds given by SECTION 1. Bonds now required by law to be given by Amount of superintendents of institutions and principals of normal certain school schools conditioned on the faithful performance of their officials fixed. duties shall hereafter be for such amounts as the treasurer and receiver general and the auditor of the commonwealth may prescribe. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE MANNER IN WHICH RECORDS OF Chap. 19 CITIES AND TOWNS SHALL BE KEPT. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: which records be kept. SECTION 1. The words "in books" wherever they occur Manner in in the Revised Laws relating to the records of cities and of cities and towns shall not be held to prohibit the making of such towns shall records on separate or loose leaves: provided, that such Proviso. leaves shall be bound in a permanent book upon the completion of the record of a sufficient number of them to make an ordinary volume. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO STARLINGS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap. 20 etc., amended. Section seven of chapter ninety-two of the Revised Laws, R. L. 92, § 7, as amended by chapter two hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and three, and by section one of chapter two hundred and fifty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "jays", in the fourth line, the word: starlings, so as to read as follows: Section 7. Penalty for Whoever takes or kills a wild or undomesticated bird not wild birds. named in sections two, three, four and five, except English sparrows, crow blackbirds, crows, jays, starlings, the following named birds of prey, sharp-shinned hawk, cooper's killing certain |