See WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
EXPENDITURES — Of
and Institutions - Authority of Governor and Council to in- vestigate
See GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL. 1.
Proposed Statement or Estimate - Investigation of Officers, De- partments or Institutions
The word "building" as used in St. 1904, c. 370, § 3, as amended by St. 1905, c. 280, pro- viding that no building shall be erected or used in any city or town for the keeping, storage, manufacture or sale of gunpowder and certain other explosives without a license from the mayor and aldermen of a city or the select- men of a town, a permit from the Chief of the District Police, or some person designated by him, applies to and includes an iron tank, closed except by pipe connections, and placed upon an uncovered brick foundation, designed and intended as a "container" for gasolene, and would apply to and include such a struc- ture, even if under ground, from which the liquid is taken by means of a pump.
EXPRESS BUSINESS—On any Rail- road, Railway, Steamboat Vessel in the Commonwealth Computation of Excise Tax See TAXATION. 4.
EXTRADITION Governor Duty of
Where the papers accompanying the demand of the Executive of another State for the arrest and extradition of an alleged fugitive from the justice of that State appear to be legal and in proper form, and no question is raised as to the identity of the person demanded, or testimony offered to contradict the sworn evidence in the affidavits accompanying such demand that on or about the date of the alleged crime such person was in the demanding State and there-
R. L., c. 32, § 73, as amended by St. 1903, c. 253, creating a firemen's relief fund, to be used "for the relief of firemen . . . who may be injured in the performance of their duty at a fire or in going to or returning from the same," does not authorize the use of such fund for the relief of firemen who may be injured while taking part in drill, or while exercising the horses of the department by order of the superior officers.
Food and drug inspectors appointed by the State Board of Health are employees of the Commonwealth within the meaning of R. L., c. 204, § 47, as amended by St. 1910, c. 311, providing in part that "any employee receiv- ing regular compensation from the common- wealth shall not be entitled to a witness fee before any court or trial justice . . . in a cause in which the commonwealth is a party," and are not entitled to witness fees for at- tendance at court or allowances for travel in any cause in which the Commonwealth is a party.
FISHERIES AND GAME Pursuit of Wild Fowl-Launch or Power Boat
The shooting of wild fowl from a launch or power boat, which has been used to reach a place frequented by such wild fowl, and is there anchored, constitutes a violation of the provisions of R. L., c. 92, § 11, as amended by St. 1906, c. 241, which forbids the pursuit of wild fowl "with or by aid of a boat propelled by steam or naphtha, or of a boat or vessel propelled by any mechanical means other than sails, oars or paddles."
Schools Nonresident Pupils 315 See SCHOOLS. 4.
FOREIGN CORPORATION Continued. poration operating a railroad in this Common- wealth to acquire, own or hold, directly or indirectly, the stock or bonds of any street railway company having a location in any city or town in this Commonwealth, or to lease the franchise and property of any such street railway," and in section 2, that "upon petition of the attorney-general of the Com- monwealth to the supreme court in equity
a receiver shall be appointed who shall take possession and control of the prop- erty of any street railway" included in sec- tion 1, with further provision in section 4 for forfeiture of the charter of such company, after due notice and hearing, is ineffective to prevent the purchase of the stock of a domestic street railway by a railroad corporation char- tered in another State and duly authorized thereto by the laws of that State.
Such bill prohibits the leasing of the fran- chise of a domestic street railway company by a railroad corporation operating a steam rail- road within the Commonwealth.
By reason of the provision for the dissolution of the charter of a domestic street railway company if its stock or bonds are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a railroad corporation operating a steam railroad within the Commonwealth, such bill would prevent such acquisition and control.
- Of Insurance Company Investment
GAME LAWS Violation Convic- tion Plea of Nolo Case placed on File Registration
A plea of nolo where the case is placed on file and such plea is not followed by a sentence or other form of final judgment, is not a con- viction" within the meaning of St. 1911, c. 614, § 11, which provides that "every person convicted of violating the game laws shall immediately surrender to the officer who secures such conviction his certificate of registration. . . .
Master in Chancery Removal from County - Vacancy pointment 186 It is the duty of the Governor, under the provisions of R. L., c. 165, § 52, to appoint masters in chancery as vacancies occur, that the number thereof in the several counties shall be eleven in Suffolk, nine in Essex, seven in Middlesex, seven in Worcester and not more than five in any other county;" and where a master in chancery appointed for the county of Middlesex removes therefrom with the in- tention of permanently residing elsewhere, a vacancy is created in the list of such officers for such county, which the Governor is author- ized to fill by appointment.
Statement or Estimate of Proposed Expenditures Investigation of Officers, Departments or Institu- tions of the Commonwealth Employment of Agents or Ex- perts
403 The authority of the Governor under St. 1910, c. 220, § 1, in substance requiring that certain statements and estimates should be submitted to the Governor and Council, and that the Governor should transmit the same to the General Court with such recommenda- tions, if any, as he might deem proper, was not extended by the provisions of St. 1911, c. 82, authorizing him "to employ such persons as he may deem proper to make such investigation of any of the commissions, departments or institutions of the commonwealth as he be- lieves is necessary to enable him to carry out the provisions of chapter two hundred and twenty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and ten," and his power to investigate, by means of agents, investigators or experts em- ployed under the provisions of the chapter last cited, any officer, department or institution, must be predicated upon the existence of a statement of proposed expenditures and of
Constitutional Law Bills and Five Days
Resolves Action- Sundays Holidays
Under the provision of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, Part II., c. I., § I., Art. II., that "if any bill or resolve shall not be returned by the governor within five days after it shall have been presented, the same shall have the force of a law," the governor is to be allowed five full days, beginning at 12 o'clock midnight next following the time when the bill is presented, in which to exercise his right either to signify his approval by signing such bill or to return it with his objec- tions in writing to the Senate or House of Representatives.
In computing such period of five days, Sunday is to be excluded and holidays included.
Under the provisions of St. 1911, c. 82, that "the governor is hereby authorized to employ such persons as he may deem proper to make such investigation of any of the commissions, departments or institutions of the common- wealth as he believes is necessary to enable him to carry out the provisions of chapter two hundred and twenty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and ten," and that for such purpose he may "expend such sums out of the amount authorized by chapter five hundred and forty-nine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight as may be approved by the governor and council," the Governor, acting independently of the Council, has no power to determine, by contract or otherwise, the rate of compensation to be paid to the persons employed by him to make the re- quired investigations.
Since the purpose of St. 1910, c. 220, pro- viding in substance that statements or esti- mates for appropriations for State commissions, departments or institutions shall annually be submitted to the Governor and Council, and transmitted by the Governor to the Legisla- ture, with such recommendations as he may deem necessary, the Governor and Council may not legally allow persons employed under authority of St. 1911, c. 82, above cited, compensation for investigations or for reports thereon made since the prorogation of the General Court for the year in which they were employed, nor compensation for time spent in
Where certain bills, due under the provisions of Article II of Section I of Chapter I of the Constitution of the Commonwealth to be re- turned on May 27 by the Governor, with his objections thereto in writing, to the House of Representatives, in which branch such bills originated, were found, on the morning of May 28, on the desk of the clerk of the House of Representatives, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, on a point of order, ruled that the vetoes were not properly re- turned until received by the clerk at 8 o'clock upon the morning of May 28, and such bills were transmitted by the clerk to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, with a statement of the above facts, it is not the duty of the Secretary to determine whether or not such bills were seasonably returned, and he should receive and record them among the laws of the current year, leaving the question of their validity to be determined by the proper tribunal.
It would seem, however, that the duty de- volving upon the Governor under the provi- sions of Article II of Section I of Chapter I of the Constitution, if he has objection, to return a bill or resolve within the prescribed period of time to the branch of the Legislature in which it originated, should be performed with sufficient formality to insure that the return shall be made to some proper officer of the Senate or House of Representatives, as the case may be, if the branch to which the bill or resolve and the objections are sent is not in session.
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL - Continued. whether or not money appropriated by the Legislature for the several departments and institutions which, or the expenditures of which, are by law subject to their supervision, is being expended in a proper manner; but they may not constitutionally prevent the expenditure of money so appropriated for the purposes for which it was appropriated.
The committee on ways and means of the Legislature may at any time ask the advice of the Governor and Council in regard to a pro- posed appropriation, but is not required so to do.
St. 1910, c. 220, § 1, requiring that every officer or board having charge of any depart- ment, institution or undertaking which receives an annual appropriation from the treasury of the Commonwealth, shall annually submit to the Auditor statements in detail showing the amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year and required for the ensuing fiscal year, and that the Auditor shall combine such statements with a like statement relating to his own department in one document, to be printed and submitted on or before the first Thursday in January to the Governor and Council for examination, and by the Governor transmitted to the General Court with such recommendations as he may deem proper, does not confer upon the Governor and Coun- cil, or upon the Governor alone, any new or additional authority to examine, for the pur- pose of verifying or otherwise investigating such statements, the expenditures or books of accounts of, or to prescribe for such purpose the method of accounting which shall be used by any State officer or board.
Reclamation and Sale of Wet Lands-Eminent Domain Award of Profits of Sale by Commonwealth to
To Veterans of Civil War
missioned Officer
GREAT POND - Right to determine Height at which Water shall be maintained
See CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. 6.
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