Abatement of taxes (see Taxation).
Absconders (see Absentees, estates of).
Absentees, estates of, proceedings to settle, participation of state

treasurer in

receivers of, appointment of, petitions to probate courts for, en-
try fees for

Absentee voting, application for ballots for, form of
appropriation
Academy, Derby, Trustees of, name established, provision as to
trustees and authorized to hold additional property
Accidents, industrial, department of (see Industrial accidents, de-
partment of).

workmen, to, compensation for (see Workmen's compensation
law).

Accountants, public, registration of, appropriation

Accounts, cities and towns, of (see Municipal finance).

claims, and, unclassified, appropriation supplementary

director and division of (see Corporations and taxation, department of).

public (see County finance; Municipal finance; State finance). Actions, civil, admission of material facts and papers and documents in

attachment of property in (see Attachment of property). divorce actions, appeals in, from probate court to supreme judi

summary process, of, certain, discretionary stay of proceedings in, act providing for, and temporarily abolishing fictitious costs therein, amended and duration extended

trusts, certain, against .

See also Equity; Evidence; Practice in civil actions; Service of process.

Acts and resolves, approval of certain, withheld by governor Page blue book edition of, appropriation

cumulative index of, appropriation

effective dates of certain acts passed at current session of general

Acushnet, Fire and Water District, officers of, election of certain, validated

325

river, dredging of, and its tributaries in New Bedford, Acushnet and Fairhaven, investigation as to

Resolve

53

appropriation

398

622b

Adjutant general (see Militia).

town of (see Cities and towns).

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON: in general, appropriation

reclassification of certain appointive offices and positions in
government of commonwealth and investigation of cer-
tain statutory and other salaries, duties as to Resolve
appropriation
budget commissioner, mental diseases, department of, consulta-
tion by, with, in investigating as to additional hospital
accommodations for patients in charge of said department
Resolve

comptroller, accounts against commonwealth on account of state
paupers and other poor persons, etc., certification by
Dukes county, judge of probate for, salary of, deduction from,
by, when
Newcomb, Amey F., payment to, certification as to, by
Resolve

Affirmation (see Oath).

Agricultural College, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College).

Administration of estates of deceased persons, petitions for,
fees for entry of, in probate courts

Administrators (see Executors and administrators).
Admissions, material facts and papers and documents, of, in actions
at law or suits in equity

Agents, insurance (see Insurance).

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, apples, grading and packing of, laws regulating, 35

enforcement by

264

appropriation .

79

supplementary

398

1, 5, 6
235-253
251a

birds, report on, second volume, publication by

appropriation

reclamation board, state, membership on, by one employee of,

etc.

393

service in

commissioner, apples, grading and packing of, laws regulating {

393
35
264

plant pest control, regulations as to, approval by

31

1

divisions, etc., of:

apiaries, inspector of, regulations by, enforcement of
dairying and animal husbandry, appropriation

markets, appropriation

23

79

241, 242

79

247, 248

245, 246

79

243, 244

1, 2

249-251

Aid, state and military (see State and military aid).

state, and pensions, commissioner of (see State aid and pensions,
commissioner of).

Aid and relief, division of (see Public welfare, department of).
Aircraft landing field, East Boston, improvement of .
lease to United States, period extended

385

275

Aldermen, corporations, certain, change of location by, written
consent for, by

247

incorporation and change of name of, investigation and report
as to, by

violation of liquor or gaming laws on premises of, etc., notice

to state secretary by .

108

1,2

innholders, common victuallers, etc., conducting certain amuse-
ments, etc., licensing by

See also City councils; Mayor and aldermen.
Alewife brook valley, in city of Cambridge, additional main sewer
in, construction by metropolitan district commission
Alewives (see Fish and fisheries).

Alien minors, fishing by certain, in certain waters permitted without
license, etc.

trapping licenses, issuance to certain
Americanization, immigration and, division of (see Education,
department of).

Amusements, corporations created for club purposes, conducting
by, of certain, regulation by cities and towns

innholders, common victuallers, etc., conducting certain, etc.,
licensing of

Andrews-Wasgatt Company, revived

Animal husbandry, dairying and, division of (see Agriculture,

department of).

Animal industry, division of (see Conservation, department of).
Animals, injuries by, to certain shrubs, plants, trees, etc., civil and
criminal liability for permitting

inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for, appropri-

ation

See also Game.

Annuities, Lord's Day League of New England, contracts by, to pay
soldiers and others, of, appropriation

state employees, of, appropriation.
See also Retirement systems and pensions.

Anthracite coal, legal standard of sizes for, sold in commonwealth,

establishment of

382

Apiaries, inspection of, appropriation

laws regulating, enforcement of

APPEAL, BOARDS OF:

commissioner of corporations and taxation, from decisions of,
appropriation

corporation taxes, appeals as to, to
income taxes, appeals as to, to

fire insurance rates, on, appropriation

motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, on, appropriation
secretary and clerical assistants, appointment by

Appeals, superior court, to, taxes, income, abatement of, for.
local, abatement of, for

supreme judicial court, to, felony cases, in, certain, and provi-
sion for elimination of delay in all felony and certain
other criminal cases

law questions, argument before full court, when:
probate court, from, in divorce actions

Apples, grading and packing of, laws regulating, enforcement of
uniform, made, with laws on same subject in other New
England states

APPROPRIATIONS:

absentee voting

accountants, public, registration of

79 405, 405, 406

accounts, and claims, unclassified

state employees

department of education

Agricultural College, Massachusetts

deficiency

supplementary.

agriculture, department of

supplementary.

aid, and pensions, state, commissioner of

and relief, division of, in department of public welfare

Americanization, immigration and, division of, in department of
education

animal husbandry, dairying and, division of, in department of
agriculture

animal industry, division of, in department of conservation
supplementary.

animals, inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for
annuities, soldiers and others

apiary inspection, department of agriculture

appeal, from decisions of commissioner of corporations and taxa-
tion, board of

on fire insurance rates, board of, in department of banking and
insurance

on motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, board of

398

arbitration, conciliation and, board of, in department of labor
and industries

Assabet River Reclamation District, certain work by, to benefit

archives, Massachusetts, reproduction of manuscript collection

armories

superintendent of

armory commission

arsenal, superintendent of

art commission

deficiency

state land

398

622b

79

97-100

138-141

239

79

79

398

398

398

319

356-359
Page 501
356a, 356b

235-253
251a

79

145-147

498-505

338, 339

241, 242

283-290

287

supplementary.

and insurance

auditor of the commonwealth

automobiles, registration of, in department of public works

ballot law commission

banks and loan agencies, division of, in department of banking

bar examiners, board of

Barnstable county, forest fire prevention in certain towns in
Belchertown state school

supplementary.

blind, adult, instruction, aid, etc.

deaf and, pupils, education of

division of, in department of education

blue book, printing and binding of

79

186

blue sky law, so-called, administration of

boiler, inspection service, department of public safety

rules, board of, in department of public safety

79

581, 582

225

213

208, 209

208

438

439

79

586, 587

79

519

398

519

79

521

398

521, 521a

79

513-515

79

bulletin of committee hearings, general court, publication of

Bunker Hill monument and adjacent property, maintenance, etc.
supplementary.

census division in department of secretary of the common-
wealth

parkway or boulevard on southerly side of, from Bay State
road to North Harvard street in Boston, construction of
chief quartermaster

398{

649c, 649d,
659c, 659d

child guardianship, division of, in department of public welfare
chiropodists, registration of, department of civil service and

79

506-510

registration

79

389

circumferential highway, so-called, sections of, in Saugus, Mel-
rose and Hyde Park district of Boston, construction of