AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SALARY OF THE CLERK OF THE DIS- Chap.374 TRICT COURT OF SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: established. SECTION 1. The salary of the clerk of the district court Salary SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE BOND OF THE TREASURER OF THE Chap.375 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. Massachusetts SECTION 1. Section three of chapter one hundred and 1892, 177, § 3, seventy-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two is hereby amended by striking out in the fourth line, the words "double the sum received by him from said treasurer", and inserting in place thereof the words: the sum of ten thousand dollars, so as to read as follows: Section 3. The treasurer of the Massachusetts Treasurer of State Firemen's Association shall give a bond with good state Firemen's and sufficient sureties to the treasurer of the Common- Association to give bond, etc. wealth, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties under this act; and shall make a detailed report under oath to the treasurer of the Commonwealth of expenditures of the appropriation made under this act, on or before the fifteenth day of July in each year. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES TO Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.376 delegates to represent Commonwealth at SECTION 1. The governor is hereby authorized to ap- Appointment of point from among the state officials delegates, at his discretion, to represent the Commonwealth at such national certain convenconventions as may be held in any part of the United tions. States for the purpose of considering questions of charity, reform, statistics, insurance and other matters affecting the welfare of the people; and the necessary expenses of such delegates may be paid from such appropriations as the general court shall make from year to year for the travelling and contingent expenses of said officials. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 12, 1894. Chap.377 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE DUTIES OF JUDGES OF PROBATE AND Judge of probate and be assisted by county in certain cases. INSOLVENCY. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. When a judge of probate and insolvency insolvency may is unable to perform his duties or any part of them from judge of another sickness or interest, or when, in his opinion, the court requires the assistance of another judge in order to transact the business with proper despatch, or when there is a vacancy in the office of the judge of probate and insolvency in any county, his duties, or such of them as he may request, shall be performed in the same county by the judge of probate and insolvency of any other county designated by the judge, or, in case of failure to so designate on the part of the judge, designated by the register of probate and insolvency, from time to time, as the need arises: provided, that with the written consent of all parties interested, any case may be heard and determined out of said county in the performance of such duties by such other judge, and he may send his written decree in regard thereto to the probate office in which the case is pending. Two or more sessions of either court may be held at the same time, the fact being so stated upon the record. Proviso. Register to certify number of days' duty performed by judge of another county. Compensation. Repeal. SECTION 2. The register of probate and insolvency shall certify on his records and also to the auditor of the Commonwealth the number of days and the dates of the same in which said duties are performed by the judge of another county under the provisions of the preceding section. SECTION 3. The judge performing the duties aforesaid shall be entitled to receive from the treasury of the Commonwealth, in addition to the amount otherwise allowed to him by law, the sum of fifteen dollars a day for each day that he performs said duties. SECTION 4. Sections one, two and three of chapter three hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 12, 1894. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH STANDARD RECORD INKS RECORDS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: FOR PUBLIC Chap.378 records. SECTION 1. No person having the care or custody of Ink for public any book of record or registry in any of the departments or offices of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city or town therein, shall use or allow to be used upon such books any ink excepting such as is furnished by the secretary of the Commonwealth. Commonwealth proposals to furnish ink, etc. SECTION 2. The secretary of the Commonwealth shall Secretary of the from time to time advertise for proposals to furnish the to advertise for several departments and offices of the Commonwealth, and of the counties, cities or towns therein in which books of record or registry are kept, with inks of a standard, and upon conditions to be established by the secretary, at such periods and in such quantities as may be required, and may contract for the same. examined by SECTION 3. The inks so furnished before accepted by Inks to be the secretary shall be examined by a chemist, to be desig- chemist, etc. nated by the secretary, and if at any time any of said inks shall be found to be inferior to the established standard the secretary shall have authority to cancel any contract made for furnishing said inks. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon the first day To take effect of September in the year eighteen hundred and ninety- Sept. 1, 1894. Approved May 12, 1894. four. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SALARY OF THE ASSISTANT CLERK OF Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.379 established. SECTION 1. The salary of the assistant clerk of the Salary municipal court of the South Boston district of the city of Boston shall be eight hundred dollars a year, to be so allowed from the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap.380 Certificate of payment of capital to be filed, etc. Conveyance of property to be deemed suf ficient payment of capital in certain cases. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENT OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Immediately after the payment of the capital of an aqueduct or water company, as authorized by the commissioner of corporations, a certificate shall be signed and sworn to by its president, treasurer and at least a majority of the directors, stating the fact of such payment, the manner in which the same has been paid in and the manner in which such capital has been invested, or vcted by the corporation to be invested, at the time of making the certificate. Such certificate shall be approved by the commissioner of corporations and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth. SECTION 2. A conveyance to the corporation of property, real or personal, at a fair valuation, shall be deemed a sufficient payment of the capital stock to the extent of such value, if a statement is included in the certificate, made, signed and sworn to by its president, treasurer and a majority of its directors, giving a description of such property and the value at which it has been taken in payment, in such detail as the commissioner of corporations shall require or approve, and endorsed with his certificate that he is satisfied that said valuation is fair and reasonable. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 12, 1894. Chap.381 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE ADMISSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN COR Admission of certain foreign do business in this Common wealth. PORATIONS TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, corporations to association or organization of another state or country, except life insurance companies as provided in chapter two hundred and fourteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to engage or continue in the Commonwealth in any kind of business the transaction of which by domestic corporations is not permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth. The commissioner of corporations, the insurance commissioner, and any other officer of the Commonwealth whose duty it is to examine and decide whether a corporation, association or other organization is privileged to file any papers under chapter three hundred and thirty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, chapter two hundred and fourteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, chapter four hundred and twenty-one of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety, chapter forty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, or any act in amendment thereof, shall refuse to accept or file the charter, financial statement or other papers, or accept appointment as attorney for service for any corporation, association or other organization doing a business in this Commonwealth, the transaction of which by domestic corporations is not then permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth. Jan. 1, 1895. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon the first To take effect day of January in the year eighteen hundred and ninetyfive. Approved May 12, 1894. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS TO BE USED AS THEATRES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap.382 buildings to be SECTION 1. In no building which shall hereafter be Construction of erected, excepting in the city of Boston, and designed to used as theatres. be used in whole or in part as a theatre, and in no building in which hereafter any change or alteration shall be made for the purpose of using the same as a theatre, shall the audience hall be placed above the second floor of said building. The audience hall and each gallery of every such building shall respectively have at least two independent exits, as far apart as may be, and when the audience hall is on the second floor the stairways from said floor to the ground floor shall be enclosed with fireproof walls from the basement floor up, and shall have no connection with the basement or first floor of the building. Every such exit shall have a width of at least twenty width of inches for every hundred persons which such hall, or gallery from which it leads, is capable of accommodating : provided, that two or more exits of the same aggregate Proviso. width may be substituted for either of the two exits above required. None of the exits above required shall be less than five feet wide. It shall be the duty of such members of the inspection department of the district police force as may be assigned to such duty by the chief of such force to enforce the provisions of this act outside of the city of exits, etc. |