traffic. the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby authorized white slave to expend from the unexpended balance of the appropriation made in the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, the sum of one hundred and sixty-two dollars and nine cents for certain expenses incurred in distributing the said report. Approved May 15, 1915. RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A SUM OF MONEY Chap. 100 Payment of a sum of money Medfield for Resolved, That there be allowed and paid from the treasury of the commonwealth to the town of Medfield the sum of to town of six hundred ninety-two dollars and twenty-nine cents, this educational sum being equal to the amount that Medfield would have purposes. received had not an error been made in the valuation of said town in April, nineteen hundred and fourteen. Approved May 17, 1915. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE FAMILY OF THE LATE JAMES MCGOVERN OF BOSTON. Chap. 101 James McGov ern of Boston. Resolved, That the metropolitan water and sewerage board Family of late is hereby authorized to pay to the dependents of the late James McGovern of Boston the sum of five hundred dollars, in compensation for injuries sustained by him by an explosion which occurred at the East Boston pumping station on June first, in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, and from the effects of which he has since died. The payments shall be made from the North Metropolitan Sewerage Fund. Chapter one hundred and fifty-four of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby repealed. Approved May 17, 1915. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR FIRE ESCAPES AT THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. STATE Chap.102 state industrial Resolved, That a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars Fire escapes at be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the school for girls. ordinary revenue, to be expended under the direction of the trustees of Massachusetts training schools, for fire escapes at the state industrial school for girls. Approved May 17, 1915. Chap. 103 RESOLVE RELATIVE TO A WATERWAY BETWEEN THE CITY OF Survey of route of proposed Taunton to Brockton. TAUNTON AND THE CITY OF BROCKTON. Resolved, That the board of harbor and land commiswaterway from sioners is hereby authorized to make such examinations and surveys as it may deem necessary of that part of the Taunton river from Weir Village in the city of Taunton to the dam across said river in that part of the town of Bridgewater known as Pratttown, and of the territory lying between said dam and the city of Brockton, for the purpose of determining the advisability, practicability and approximate cost of providing a continuous waterway between the Taunton river and the city of Brockton, utilizing wholly or in part the Taunton river as far as said dam and constructing in connection with said river a canal between said dam and the city of Brockton. The board may expend for the purposes of this resolve a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, and shall report the result of its examination and surveys to the next general court on or before the second Wednesday in January, with such recommendations for legislation, if any, as it may deem expedient. Approved May 17, 1915. Chap. 104 RESOLVE RELATIVE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HAMP Hampshire county sanatorium, maintenance. SHIRE COUNTY SANATORIUM. Resolved, That of the fourteen thousand dollars appropriated for building county buildings under chapter fiftythree of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, ten thousand dollars shall be used for the maintenance of the Hampshire county sanatorium. Approved May 17, 1915. Chap.105 RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE Improvements at Massachusetts School for the FeebleMinded. ury MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasof the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, to be expended at the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded, under the supervision of the state board of insanity, for constructing a barn, silo and hay barn at Templeton colony. Approved May 19, 1915. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE Chap. 106 MONSON STATE HOSPITAL. at Monson Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- Improvements ury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, a state hospital. sum not exceeding four thousand dollars to be expended at the Monson state hospital, under the direction of the state board of insanity, for increasing the supply of surface water. Approved May 19, 1915. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE Chap.107 STATE INFIRMARY. at state Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- Improvements ury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, a sum infirmary. not exceeding eighty-six thousand seven hundred and fortyone dollars, to be expended at the state infirmary under the direction of the trustees thereof, for the following purposes: For a hot water circulating system, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars; and for a nurses' home, for one hundred nurses, a sum not exceeding seventy-two thousand eight hundred and sixtythree dollars. Approved May 19, 1915. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE Chap.108 GARDNER STATE COLONY. at Gardner Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- Improvements ury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, a state colony. sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars, to be expended at the Gardner state colony, under the direction of the state board of insanity, for the following purposes: - For constructing a permanent system of sewerage, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, and for purchasing or taking the estate now or formerly belonging to Hiram Ray and making necessary alterations therein, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars. Approved May 19, 1915. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE Chap.109 WRENTHAM STATE SCHOOL. at Wrentham Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- Improvements ury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, a state school. sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand one hundred at Wrentham state school. Improvements dollars to be expended at the Wrentham state school, under the direction of the state board of insanity, for the following purposes: For constructing and furnishing a dormitory to accommodate one hundred and five inmates, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand dollars; for constructing and furnishing a home to accommodate twenty-two employees, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand five hundred dollars; for constructing a farmer's cottage, a sum not exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars; and for installing two boilers, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars. Approved May 19, 1915. Chap.110 RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR A POWER BOILER AT THE WEST Power boiler at Westfield state sanatorium. FIELD STATE SANATORIUM. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to be expended under the direction of the trustees of hospitals for consumptives at the Westfield state sanatorium, for the purchase and installation of a one hundred and fifty horse power boiler. Approved May 19, 1915. Chap.111 RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUMMER Summer pavilions at North Reading state sanatorium. PAVILIONS AT THE NORTH READING STATE SANATORIUM. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, to be expended at the North Reading state sanatorium by the trustees of hospitals for consumptives, a sum not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars for constructing suitable summer pavilions to accommodate eighteen patients. Approved May 19, 1915. Chap.112 RESOLVE TO CONFIRM THE ACTS OF ROBERT E. BUFFUM AS Acts of Robert E. Buffum as justice of the peace confirmed. A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Resolved, That the acts of Robert E. Buffum, now of Cambridge, and formerly of Somerville, as a justice of the peace, between the twenty-seventh day of February in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen and the tenth day of April in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, are hereby confirmed and made valid, to the same extent as if during that time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of the said office. Approved May 20, 1915. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MATTER Chap.113 OF CONSERVING AND EQUALIZING THE FLOW OF WATER IN THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. and equalizing in rivers and Resolved, That the board of harbor and land commis- Investigation sioners is hereby authorized and directed to investigate the as to conserving matter of conserving, utilizing and equalizing the flow of flow of water water in the rivers and natural streams of the common- streams, etc. wealth, and may expend in carrying out the purposes of this resolve during the years nineteen hundred and fifteen, nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeen, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, in addition to the unexpended balance of the appropriation made to carry on the investigation authorized by chapter ninety-five of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen; but not more than ten thousand dollars shall be expended in any one year except that an unexpended balance in any year may be used in the succeeding year for the same purpose. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as applying to any river or natural stream under the jurisdiction and control of any state board or commission other than the board of harbor and land commissioners. Said board shall report to the general court, in print, the results of its investigations and its recommendations. Approved May 20, 1915. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR AN INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE Chap.114 FOREST COMMISSION RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHING A STATE FOREST ALONG THE MOHAWK TRAIL IN THE COUNTIES OF as to estab Resolved, That the state forest commission is hereby Investigation directed to investigate the practicability and advisability, lishing state and to estimate the cost, of establishing a state forest along forest along the Mohawk trail, so-called, in the counties of Franklin and trail, etc. Berkshire, and also such other connected matters as it may deem important, and to report to the next general court, on or before the second Wednesday of January, with such recommendations as the commission may deem expedient. For the purposes of this resolve there may be expended from the treasury of the commonwealth a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars. Approved May 22, 1915. |