city and the streets and ways thereof and adjacent thereto certain land. SECTION 2. For the purposes aforesaid, so far as is au- May acquire thorized by law, said city may take or acquire by purchase or otherwise, on the northerly side of said Nonantum square, more land and property than is needed for the actual construction of said highways and streets, to wit: the parcel of land bounded northwesterly by Centre street, northeasterly by Washington street, southerly by the northerly side line of the location of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Lessee; and after so much of said land has been appropriated for such highways and streets as is needed therefor, may sell the remainder for value, with or without suitable restrictions, all in accordance with the provisions of Article XXXIX of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth. certain strip SECTION 3. The city is further authorized to take or May purchase acquire by purchase or otherwise a strip of land, or such of land. easement therein as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of this act, the said strip of land to extend along the easterly and northeasterly line of Centre street and Washington street between Jefferson street and Herman terrace for such distance as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the provisions of this act, and to be not more than twelve feet in width from the present line of the said streets. The city shall have the right to remove the whole or any part of the buildings upon the land so taken or in which an easement is taken, and may make necessary alterations in any buildings upon the land taken or upon the remaining land of the owners thereof. SECTION 4. Any person suffering damage by any taking Damages. of his property or by any other act hereunder shall be entitled to recover the same in the manner prescribed by law for the recovery of damages in the case of land taken for streets and ways in the said city. Approved March 12, 1915. [1897, 347.] Chap.178 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO LEASE OR City of Boston may lease or sell certain land, etc. Repeal. SELL CERTAIN LAND BETWEEN HAVERHILL AND CANAL Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to lease or sell the whole or any part of the land between Haverhill and Canal streets, transferred to the city by the Boston transit commission, as provided by chapter three hundred and forty-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. SECTION 2. So much of section one of said chapter three hundred and forty-seven as requires said land to be used for a market or other public purpose is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 18, 1915. Chap. 179 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EX Appropriations, educational expenses. Commissioner, deputies, etc., salaries. Travelling expenses. Rent of office. Incidental expenses, etc. Printing and binding. PENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 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, for salaries and expenses, to be expended with the approval of the board of education, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: For the salaries of the commissioner, deputy commissioners, assistants, agents, and for clerical and messenger services of said board, a sum not exceeding forty-eight thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. For travelling expenses of the commissioner, deputies, agents and assistants, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. For rent of office for use of the board of education, a sum not exceeding forty-four hundred and eighty-five dollars. For incidental expenses of the board, travelling and other necessary expenses of the members thereof, and for obtaining information regarding educational methods in other states, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars. For printing and binding the annual reports and bulletins, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars. For furnishing school committees with rules for testing the Rules of testing sight and hearing of pupils, a sum not exceeding eight hun- sight and dred dollars. hearing. etc. For school registers and other school blanks for cities and School registers, towns, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. ents for small To enable small towns to provide themselves with school Superintendsuperintendents, a sum not exceeding eighty-one thousand towns. dollars. certain For the payment of tuition of children in high schools Tuition of outside of the town in which they live, as provided by children. section three of chapter forty-two of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter four hundred and thirty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding seventy-nine thousand six hundred and ten dollars. of certain For the payment of transportation of high school pupils Transportation to outside high schools in certain cases, a sum not exceeding pupils. twenty-four thousand dollars. For training teachers for vocational schools, a sum not Training exceeding five thousand dollars. teachers. For aid to pupils in state normal schools, a sum not ex- Aid to normal ceeding four thousand dollars, payable in semi-annual in- school pupils. stalments, to be expended under the direction of the board of education. For expenses of teachers' institutes, a sum not exceeding Teachers' five hundred dollars. institutes. Teachers' For the Massachusetts Teachers' Association, the sum of Massachusetts three hundred dollars, subject to the approval of the board Association. of education. For expenses of county teachers' associations, a sum not County exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars. teachers' associations. To provide for the instruction of the adult blind at their Instruction of homes by the Perkins Institution and the Massachusetts adult blind. School for the Blind, the sum of five thousand dollars. deaf pupils. For the education of deaf pupils of the commonwealth in Education of the schools designated by law, for the present year and previous years, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twentyeight thousand dollars. Massachusetts For the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for Perkins the Blind, as provided by chapter nineteen of the resolves Institution and of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the sum of the Blind. thirty thousand dollars. For salaries and necessary expenses of state normal schools, State normal the following sums: schools. Bridgewater. Fitchburg. Framingham. Hyannis. Lowell. North Adams. Salem. Westfield. Worcester. Normal art school. Bridgewater, a sum not exceeding sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-six dollars. Fitchburg, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-four dollars, in addition to certain sums received from the city of Fitchburg. Framingham, a sum not exceeding fifty-six thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars. Hyannis, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. Lowell, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars, in addition to certain sums received from the city of Lowell. North Adams, a sum not exceeding forty-two thousand three hundred and one dollars. Salem, a sum not exceeding forty-nine thousand nine hundred and twelve dollars, in addition to certain sums received from the city of Salem. Westfield, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty-four dollars. Worcester, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine thousand six hundred and ten dollars. Normal art school, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 180 AN ACT Promotion of certain members of the police the city of Springfield. [1852, 94; 1902, 134; 1909, 244.] RELATIVE ΤΟ THE PROMOTION OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The mayor and aldermen of the city of Springfield are hereby authorized to appoint without further department of civil service examination the police patrol drivers and the clerk of the police department now employed in said capacities by the city, as regular members of the police department with the same standing as regular patrolmen in said department. Powers and duties may be delegated. SECTION 2. The powers and duties conferred and imposed by section one of this act upon the mayor and aldermen may be exercised and performed by the city council in such manner as it may prescribe, and wholly or in part through the agency of any persons acting as a board whom it may designate and with such limitations of power as it may by ordinance determine. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 18, 1915. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPRESSION Chap.181 OF THE GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: of the gypsy tail moths. SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred and seventy-five Suppression thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of and brown the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths and for expenses incidental thereto, as authorized by chapter four hundred and fifty-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, the same to be in addition to the amounts heretofore appropriated for this purpose. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SALARY AND EXPENSES OF THE STATE FORESTER. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.182 SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations, priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth state forester. from the ordinary revenue, for the state forester's department, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to wit: Clerical For the salary of the state forester, five thousand dollars. State forester, For clerical assistance and incidental and contingent ex- salary. penses, and for establishing forest tree nurseries, a sum not assistance. exceeding twenty thousand dollars. reforestation. For the purchase of land for reforestation, ten thousand Land for dollars. To provide for the better prevention of forest fires, a sum Prevention of not exceeding twenty-eight thousand dollars. forest fires. in preventing For aiding towns in preventing or extinguishing forest Aiding towns fires and in making protective belts or zones as a defence fires, etc. against forest fires, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 18, 1915. |