[1915, 337, Spec.] Chap.363 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION Construction and operation of a street railSummer street way between and the commonwealth piers in Boston. Payment of cost. OF A STREET RAILWAY BETWEEN SUMMER STREET AND Be it enacted, etc., as follows: AVENUE IN SECTION 1. The directors of the port of Boston, with the approval of the governor and council, are hereby authorized to construct street railway tracks with all the necessary equipment for the proper operation of a street railway from Summer street, in that part of Boston, called South Boston, over such streets, viaducts and ramps and over such lands of the commonwealth as will best connect the piers owned by the commonwealth on Northern avenue with the tracks of the Boston Elevated Railway Company on Summer street. Said directors may operate, or may lease the said railway upon such terms and conditions, subject to the approval of the governor and council, as will best conserve the interests of the commonwealth. SECTION 2. The cost of the construction and equipment of the said street railway, shall be paid out of the Port of Boston Loan Fund. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.364 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF HOLYOKE TO PAY A SUM City of Holyoke may pay a sum of money to Anastasia Lynch. To be submitted to board of aldermen, etc. OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF JOHN T. LYNCH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The city of Holyoke is hereby authorized to pay to Anastasia Lynch, widow of John T. Lynch former chief engineer of the fire department of the said city, the sum which he would have received as such member if he had lived until the end of the present municipal year. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the board of aldermen of the city of Holyoke, with the approval of the mayor. Approved May 27, 1915. [Accepted July 10, 1914.] [1915, 282, Spec.] AN ACT TO REVIVE THE CHARTER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.365 Massachusetts pany revived, SECTION 1. The corporation heretofore known as the Charter of Massachusetts Loan Company, and having its place of Loan Combusiness in Cambridge, is hereby revived and continued, pun with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities which pertained to it prior to the passage of chapter two hundred and eighty-two of the Special Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen. SECTION 2. All acts done by the said company which Acts confirmed. would have been legal and valid if said chapter two hundred and eighty-two had not been passed are hereby ratified, SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE GRANTING OF CERTAIN PENSIONS BY THE CITY OF SALEM. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.366 pensions by firmed. SECTION 1. The action of the city council of the city of Granting of Salem, or of any officers of said city, in granting pensions to the city of Charles H. Cole, William H. Cunningham, Timothy Halla- Salem conhan, Amos Stillman, David N. Cook, Fred J. Dennett, John J. McMahon, Patrick Bagley, Thomas D. Tucker, Humphrey Haley, Charles H. Miller, Michael Flynn, Charles A. Goldthwaite, John P. Ryan, John B. Skinner, Charles E. Burns, Joseph L. Tivnan, George A. Nichols, Ira M. Berry and William O. Arnold is hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if, in the granting of said pensions, all of the requirements of the charter and ordinances of the city and all other provisions of law had been complied with. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 27, 1915. [1913, 767; 1914, 238.] Chap.367 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL 1913, 767, § 4. etc., amended. Approval by the city council of Fall River of plans for the improvement of the Watuppa ponds, etc. OF FALL RIVER OF PLANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section four of chapter seven hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the word "board", in the second line, and inserting in place thereof the word: - department, and by striking out the word "July", in the fifth line, and inserting in place thereof the word: - October, so as to read as follows: Section 4. When said plans have been approved by the state department of health, the Watuppa ponds and Quequechan river commission shall submit to the city council of Fall River, not later than the first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifteen, a full report, giving in detail all plans and estimates of the total cost of all proposed works, and estimates of damages to be allowed and benefits to be assessed, and showing the amount of such total costs to be provided for by the city of Fall River. Upon receipt of said report, the city council shall, within thirty days, take positive action on the report, and may refer the same to said commission for revision or with suggested changes, and said commission shall thereupon reconsider said plans and resubmit the same with such changes as it shall approve; or the city council may approve or disapprove said plans. If said plans are finally approved by the city council such approval shall authorize the construction of said proposed works by said commission in accordance with the provisions of this act. Should the city council finally vote to disapprove said plans, without referring the same to said commission for revision, or with suggested changes, the duties and terms of office of said commission shall cease. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE Chap.368 OVER THE CHARLES RIVER BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEWTON AND THE TOWN OF WESTON. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: of a bridge over the Charles river SECTION 1. The metropolitan park commission is hereby Reconstruction authorized and directed to alter or reconstruct the present bridge and culvert which form part of the highway across between Newthe Charles river between the city of Newton and the town ton and Weston. of Weston at the westerly end of Commonwealth avenue, or in its discretion to remove said present bridge and to build such new bridge, culvert and other incidental structures as it may deem necessary to provide for said highway and for the use of the shores of the river as a part of the metropolitan park system, and may expend therefor a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars: provided, that all general Proviso. plans for construction shall be approved by the board of aldermen of the city of Newton and by the selectmen of the town of Weston. Parks Loan. SECTION 2. To meet the expenditures incurred under the Metropolitan provisions of this act the treasurer and receiver general is hereby authorized, with the approval of the governor and council, to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, as an addition to the amounts already authorized by chapter four hundred and seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three and acts in addition thereto and in amendment thereof and as part of the Metropolitan Parks Loan. The said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum, shall be issued upon the serial payment plan, and shall be payable in such amounts and at such times, within a period not exceeding ten years, as shall be determined by the treasurer and receiver general, with the approval of the governor and council, to be for the best interests of the commonwealth. bonds and SECTION 3. The annual serial bonds and interest require- Assessment of ments shall be assessed upon and paid by the following interest reparties: Fifty per cent by the cities and towns of the metro- quirements. politan parks district, in the manner set forth in chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one; twenty-five per cent by the city of Newton; ten per cent by the town of Weston; and fifteen per cent by the county of Middlesex. The amounts due Control and maintenance. Payment of damages. Acceptance of act. from the cities and towns of the metropolitan parks district, the city of Newton and the town of Weston shall be included in the sum charged to each of said cities and towns in the apportionment and assessment of its state tax, and the amounts due from the county of Middlesex shall be assessed and payable on November fifteenth of each year. SECTION 4. Upon the completion of the said structures the control and maintenance of the same shall vest in the city of Newton and the town of Weston, and the expense of the maintenance thereof shall be borne by the said city and town respectively in the same manner as the maintenance of the previous structures was borne. SECTION 5. Damages sustained by any person or corporation by the exercise of the powers herein contained shall be estimated and determined in accordance with the provisions of section seven of chapter four hundred and seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. SECTION 6. This act shall take effect when accepted by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Newton and by the selectmen of the town of Weston. Approved May 28, 1915. [Weston, accepted, June 7, 1915; Newton, accepted, June 9, 1915.] Chap.369 AN ACT IN FURTHER ADDITION TO THE ACTS MAKING APPRO Appropriations. Clerical assistance, etc., PRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES AU- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, unless otherwise specified, to wit: For clerical assistance and contingent expenses in the in office of the office of the department of animal industry, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose. department of animal industry. Norfolk state hospital. Temporary aid furnished state paupers and shipwrecked seamen. For the maintenance expenses of the Norfolk state hospital, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose. To reimburse cities and towns for temporary aid furnished to state paupers and shipwrecked seamen, for the present year and previous years, as approved by the state board of charity, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, |