- hibited without trapping li etc. twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the fourth and fifth lines, the words a citizen of the United States", so as to read as follows: Section 3. Except as Hunting, fishprovided in sections forty-four, forty-nine, sixty-two, eighty- ing, etc., tho two or eighty-three, no person shall hunt, pursue, take or sporting or kill any bird or quadruped, and no person, unless he is under cense, except, eighteen years of age, shall fish, except as hereinafter provided, in any of the inland waters of the commonwealth stocked by the director or his predecessors since January first, nineteen hundred and ten, without first having obtained a sporting or a trapping license, as the case may be, authorizing him so to do, as provided in the following sections; pro- Proviso. vided, that nothing in sections three to fourteen, inclusive, shall be construed as affecting in any way the general laws relating to trespass, or as authorizing the hunting, pursuing, taking, wounding or killing, or the possession of, birds or quadrupeds, contrary to law, or the taking of fish, or the possession thereof, contrary to law. But said sections shall Residents not prohibited from not prohibit any person who is a legal resident of the com- hunting, etc., monwealth from hunting or trapping on land owned or etc. leased by him or from fishing in any inland waters bordered by such land; provided, that he is actually domiciled thereon, Proviso. and that the land is used exclusively for agricultural purposes, and not for club, shooting or fishing purposes. on own land, ing and trap etc., as to SECTION 2. Said chapter one hundred and thirty-one, as G. L. 131, § 6, amended in section six by section three of said chapter four etc., amended. hundred and sixty-seven and by section five of said chapter two hundred and ninety-five, is hereby further amended by striking out said section six and inserting in place thereof the following: - Section 6. Except as herein provided, a To whom sportcitizen of the United States and an unnaturalized foreign ping licenses born person resident in this commonwealth for at least ten may be granted. consecutive days and owning real estate in the commonwealth assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars may be granted sporting and trapping licenses. No Restrictions, sporting license shall be granted to a minor under the age of minors. fifteen and no trapping license shall be granted to a minor under the age of twelve, nor, as a matter of right, shall a sporting license be granted to a minor between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, or a trapping license to a minor between the ages of twelve and eighteen, but any town clerk may issue a sporting license to any minor between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, if such minor is a citizen of the United States, and a trapping license to any minor between the ages of twelve and eighteen. Every application for a license hereunder from a minor under the age of eighteen shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the written consent thereto of the parent or guardian, which shall be preserved by the clerk. SECTION 3. Said chapter one hundred and thirty-one, as G. L. 131, § 9, amended in section nine by section six of said chapter four etc., amended. hundred and sixty-seven and by section eight of said chapter two hundred and ninety-five, is hereby further amended by Sporting and trapping licenses, issue to whom and fees. Resident citizens. Non-resident citizens. Class A. Class B. Proviso. Class C. Proviso. Unnaturalized foreign born residents. Proviso. Fee for trapping license issued to minors. Trapping li censees to make etc. striking out said section nine and inserting in place thereof the following: - Section 9. Sporting and trapping licenses shall be issued to the following classes of persons and for the following fees, payable for each kind of license: (1) A citizen of the United States resident in this commonwealth for at least six months, for which the fee shall be two dollars and twenty-five cents, except as hereinafter provided for a trapping license to a minor. (2) A citizen of the United States, not a resident of this commonwealth for at least six months, for which the fee shall be five dollars and twenty-five cents; or, if he comes within one of the three following classes and resides or last resided in a state extending like privileges to citizens of this commonwealth, the fee shall be two dollars and twenty-five cents. Class A. Owner of real estate in the commonwealth assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars. Class B. Member of any club or association incorporated prior to nineteen hundred and seven, for the purpose of hunting, fishing or trapping upon land owned by such corporation; provided, that the land owned is equal in value to five hundred dollars for each member and that the membership list of the corporation shall be filed with the clerks of the various towns within which such land is located. Class C. Invited guest of a club or association conducting fox hunts and incorporated under the laws of this commonwealth who, on the written invitation of a member of said club or association, attends its meetings for the sole purpose of hunting foxes; provided, that the membership list of such club or association shall be filed with the clerk of the town where the hunt takes place; also, a non-resident member of any such club or association. (3) An unnaturalized foreign born person, resident in this commonwealth for at least ten consecutive days, provided that he is the owner of real estate in the commonwealth assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars, for which the fee shall be fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents. The fee for a trapping license issued to a minor between the ages of twelve and eighteen, if he is resident in this commonwealth for at least six months, shall be seventyfive cents. Each person licensed to trap shall within thirty days sucannual report, ceeding January first in each year make a written report upon blanks to be furnished by the division of the number of quadrupeds trapped by him in the preceding calendar year. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven. Effective date. Approved May 17, 1926. AN ACT RELATIVE TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE Chap 353 PURCHASE OR SALE OF SECURITIES AND CONTRACTS THERE FOR. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tence: actions involv or commodities, tion that there pale, etc. purchase or Section four of chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of G. L. 137, § 4, the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the amended. word "therefor" in the twelfth line the following new senA purchase or sale of securities, or a contract therefor, whether calling for present or future deliveries, made on any stock exchange or board of trade established for a period of at least ten years prior thereto, and recognized as valid and enforceable by the law of the jurisdiction where made, shall be deemed an actual purchase or sale within the meaning of this section, so as to read as follows: Section 4. Whoever upon credit or upon mar- Certain transgin contracts to buy or sell, or employs another to buy or ing purchase or sell for his account, any securities or commodities, intend- sale of securities ing at the time that there shall be no actual purchase or etc., with intensale, may recover in contract from the other party to the be no actual contract, or from the person so employed, any payment made, or the value of anything delivered, on account thereof, if such other party to the contract or person so employed had reasonable cause to believe that said intention existed; but no person shall have a right of action under this section if, for his account, such other party to the contract or the person so employed makes, in accordance with the terms of the contract or employment, personally or by agent, an actual purchase or sale of said securities or commodities, or a valid contract therefor. A purchase or sale of securities, or a contract therefor, whether calling for present or future deliveries, made on any stock exchange or board of trade established for a period of at least ten years prior thereto, and recognized as valid and enforceable by the law of the jurisdiction where made, shall be deemed an actual purchase or sale within the meaning of this section. If a purchase or sale of the securities or commodities Certain purordered to be bought or sold is made by the person so em- of securities or ployed on a stock exchange or board of trade, and other commodities to purchases or sales of such securities or commodities are tual purchases made on the same day on such exchange or board by such and sales, etc. person for others in due course of business, and the balance of such purchases or sales of securities or commodities is received or delivered by such person by direction of the clearing house of such exchange or board on the day when such purchase or sale or contract therefor is made, or on the regular clearing day of such exchange or board next thereafter, which shall not be more than four days after the making of such purchase or sale, or contract therefor, such purchases and sales shall be deemed actual purchases and sales within the meaning of this section. Approved May 18, 1926. Certain pur chases or sales of securities or contracts therefor to be deemed actual purchases or sales, etc. chases or sales be deemed ac Chap.354 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE Emergency preamble. Appropriations for maintenance and debt re quirements, OF CERTAIN COUNTIES, FOR INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIRE- Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause substantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated of certain coun- for the counties hereinafter specified for the year nineteen ties, for interest hundred and twenty-six. No direct drafts against the account known as the reserve fund shall be made, but transprovements, etc. fers from this account to other accounts may be made to meet extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures upon the request of the county commissioners and with the approval of the director of accounts. for certain im 6,500 00 8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su- 10 For transportation expenses of county and associate 4,000 00 1,000 00 11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments 2,000 00 12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex- 1,500 00 7,000 00 15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build- 13,000 00 Item 16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and land damages, a sum not exceeding sixtyfive thousand dollars 19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars 20 For the infirmary, a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars Appropriations, etc., and county tax, $65,000 00 Barnstable. 11,000 00 23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars 45,000 00 3,000 00 1,582 31 23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred eighty-two dollars and thirty-one cents 24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars And the county commissioners of Barnstable county are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of Berkshire County. 1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars. 3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by law, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars 12,500 00 40,000 00 35,000 00 25,000 00 8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su- 10 For transportation expenses of county and associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars 15,000 00 1,200 00 11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the insane, a sum not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars 5,500 00 12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex- 1,800 00 14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars 8,000 00 15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand five hundred dollars 16,500 00 16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty thousand dollars 160,000 00 17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars 1,000 00 |