designated upon his discharge as a conscientious objector. State aid shall not be subject to the trustee process, and no assignment thereof shall be valid. No back state aid shall be paid, nor shall state aid be paid to or for any person convicted of crime unless the municipal authorities and the commissioner of state aid otherwise determine, nor shall state or military aid be paid if the pensioner, soldier, sailor or nurse deserted from the service of the United States either in the war of the rebellion, the war with Spain, the Mexican border or the German war service, or is wilfully absent from his family and neglects to render them such assistance as he is able to give.

SECTION 14. The full amount expended for state or military aid by any city or town, the names of the persons aided and the classes to which they severally belong, the amounts paid to or for each person, the reasons therefor, the names of the persons on account of whose services the aid was granted, the names, if any, of the companies, regiments or vessels in which they respectively enlisted, or to which they were appointed, and in which they last served, and the relationship of each person who was aided to the soldier or sailor on account of whose service the aid was granted, and such other details as the commissioner of state aid may require, shall, within the first ten days of the month following the month in which the expenditure was made, be certified, under oath, by the mayor, treasurer and city clerk of any city or a majority of the selectmen of any town disbursing the same, to said commissioner on blank forms to be provided by him, and in a manner approved by him. The commissioner shall examine the certificates thereof and allow and endorse thereon such amounts as, in his judgment, have been paid and reported according to the provisions of this act, and shall transmit the certificates to the auditor. The commissioner may decide upon the necessity of the amount paid in each case, and may allow any part thereof which he may deem proper and lawful and which, in cases of payment to or for persons of the third or fourth class entitled to receive military aid, he shall also find to have been made according to his orders; but he shall allow and endorse the amounts which he has specifically authorized to be paid under and according to his decisions made under section eight of this act. The whole of the amounts legally paid as aforesaid and so allowed for state aid, and all payments to or for persons of the third or fourth class entitled to military aid, and one half of all payments made to persons of the first or second class entitled to military aid, but none of the expenses attending the payment of state or military aid, shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns on or before the tenth day of November in the year after such expenditure.

SECTION 15. The commissioner may, with the consent of the governor, appoint, as occasion may require, one or more disinterested persons who shall investigate any claims against the commonwealth for state or military aid, may examine any persons to or for whom such aid has been paid, investigate the reasons therefor and all matters relating to the granting of such aid, and shall report their doings to the commissioner. The reasonable expenses of the commissioner, and the expenses and compensation of any such disinterested person, approved by the commissioner, and allowed by the governor and council, shall be paid by the commonwealth. Municipal authorities charged with the disbursing of state or military aid shall from time to time, after its original allowance, make such investigations of the necessities and qualifications of the person aided as to prevent any payment thereof contrary to the provisions of this act.

SECTION 16. The words "pensioner", "soldier", and "sailor", as used in this act, shall be held to include a commissioned officer, and the word "sailor" shall be held to include a marine.

BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS, ETC.

SECTION 17. The mayor of each city and the selectmen of each town or, in Boston, the soldiers' relief commissioner, shall designate a burial agent, who shall not be one of the overseers of the poor or be employed by them, and who shall, under regulations established by the commissioner of state aid and pensions, cause properly to be interred the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine who served in the army or navy of the United States during the war of the rebellion, or during the war between the United States and Spain or the Philippine insurrection after the fourteenth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and prior to the fourth day of July in the year nineteen hundred and two, or in the Mexican insurrection of nineteen hundred and sixteen and of nineteen hundred and seventeen, or in the present war with Germany: provided, that the soldier, sailor or marine dies in such service or after an honorable discharge therefrom or release from active duty therein, and also the body of his wife, widow or dependent mother, and the bodies of such army nurses as are entitled to state aid under section three of this act, if they die without sufficient means to defray funeral expenses; but no wife or widow of any soldier, sailor or marine of the civil war shall be entitled to the benefits of this section unless she was married to him prior to the twenty-seventh day of June in the year eighteen hundred and ninety, and no wife or widow of any soldier, sailor or marine of the Spanish war, or the Philippine insurrection, unless she was married to him prior to the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and ten; and no wife or widow of any soldier, sailor or marine of the Mexican insurrection or of the present war with Germany unless she was married to him prior to his final discharge from such service. If an interment has taken place without the knowledge of the burial agent, application may be made to him within thirty days after the date of the death, or after final interment if the soldier, sailor or marine dies in the German war service, and if upon investigation he shall find that the deceased was within the provisions of this section and the rules of the commissioner of state aid and pensions, he may certify the same as provided in the following section.

SECTION 18. The expense of a burial as aforesaid shall not exceed sixty dollars, two dollars of which shall be paid as compensation to the burial agent who caused the interment to be made; but if the total expense of the burial, by whomsoever incurred, shall exceed the sum of one hundred and thirty-five dollars, no payment therefor shall be made by the commonwealth. The burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground which is used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead, or in any part of any cemetery or burial ground so used. Relatives of the deceased who are unable to bear the expense of burial may be allowed to conduct the funeral. The full amount so expended, the name of the deceased soldier, sailor or marine, the regiment, company or vessel in which he served, the date of death, place of interment, and in case of a wife or widow the name of the husband and date of marriage, and such other details as the commissioner of state aid may require, shall be certified under oath to him, in such manner as he may approve, by

the burial agent and the treasurer of the city or town expending the amount, within ninety days after the burial; and the commissioner shall endorse upon the certificate his allowance of such amounts as, in his judgment, have been paid, and reported according to the foregoing provisions, and shall transmit the certificate to the auditor. The amounts legally paid and so allowed, with no expense for disbursement, shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns on or before the tenth day of November in the year after the expenditures have been made.

SECTION 19. So far as the provisions of this act are the same as those of existing laws, they shall be construed as a continuation thereof and not as new enactments. SECTION 20. This act shall take effect on the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and twenty. [Approved July 7, 1919.

CHAPTER 307.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TERM OF THE BONDS TO BE ISSUED TO PROVIDE SUITABLE RECOGNITION OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR WITH GERMANY.

Whereas, A delay in the taking effect of this act would cause great inconvenience in the issue of notes and bonds to carry out the purpose of chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the General Acts of the current year, therefore it is declared to be an emergency law necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with the recommendations of the governor contained in his second supplemental budget message of the present year the bonds to be issued under the provisions of chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the General Acts of the present year shall be for a term not exceeding five years. The treasurer and receiver general is hereby authorized in his discretion to issue notes under the provisions of said act in anticipation of the permanent notes or bonds, and said notes in anticipation shall be payable within not more than one year from issue. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved July 14,

1919.

CHAPTER 312.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF ARMORIES BY VETERANS OF THE WAR WITH GERMANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Subdivision (a) of section forty-eight of Part I of chapter three hundred and twenty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended by chapter sixty-four of the General Acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "civil", in the first line of the fifth paragraph, the word: German, so that the said paragraph will read as follows: A meeting of an organization composed of veterans of the civil, German or Spanish wars, a board of trade, a chamber of commerce or an occupational organization, or a meeting to raise funds for any non-sectarian charitable or non-sectarian educational purpose. [Approved July 15, 1919.

CHAPTER 315.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS TO EMPLOY ADDITIONAL WATCHMEN AT THE STATE HOUSE.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat its purpose, namely, to provide without delay necessary protection for the government of the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The sergeant-at-arms is hereby authorized to employ, for a period of one year, at annual salaries not exceeding twelve hundred dollars each, eight special watchmen for service in and about the state house, in addition to those already authorized, and such further number as the governor may at any time within the said period determine to be necessary.

SECTION 2. As to all appointments hereunder, citizens of Massachusetts who served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war and have been honorably discharged therefrom or released from active duty therein, shall be entitled to preference, and shall not be required to take a civil service examination.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved July 16, 1919.

CHAPTER 316.

AN ACT EXTENDING THE TIME FOR APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS CHIROPODISTS TO PERSONS ABSENT FROM THE COMMONWEALTH BY REASON OF MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat its purpose to provide without delay for equal opportunity for certain persons formerly in the military or naval service of the United States, 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. Any person absent from the commonwealth by reason of military or naval service, under call of the president of the United States, who was eligible for registration under the provisions of paragraph I of section five of chapter two hundred and two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended by chapter fifteen of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall be granted, upon application before the first day of October in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, all the rights and privileges provided for in said chapter two hundred and two as amended, to the same extent as if he had made application within the time specified by said paragraph.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved July 16,

1919.

CHAPTER 317.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE GRANTING OF PLUMBERS' LICENSES TO CERTAIN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

Whereas, Justice requires that the recognition of the state's obligation to her soldiers and sailors, herein contained, be accorded without delay, 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 state examiners of plumbers are hereby directed to grant a credit of five per cent to the examination standing of each applicant who has served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war and has been honorably discharged or released from active duty. This act shall apply to all applicants for examination by them who have taken the examination subsequently to the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen and before the date on which this act takes effect, and to all applicants whose applications are hereafter filed within one year of their discharge or release as aforesaid.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved July 16,

1919.

CHAPTER 322.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TAKING OF JURATS IN APPLICATIONS FOR SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' BONUSES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat its purpose, 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. An oath on any application or document in relation to payments by the commonwealth, under the provisions of chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen made before a member of the general court, to and including the first day of September, nineteen hundred and nineteen, shall be accepted in lieu of any jurat provided by law.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved July 18, 1919.

CHAPTER 333.

AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS IN EXISTING LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 5. Chapter six hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven as amended in clause fifth of section one by section two hundred and ninety-nine of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby further amended by striking out the said clause, and substituting the following: - Fifth, A person who enlisted and was mustered