Chap. 258.   An Act providing that a city or town clerk shall
CERTIFY THE  DOMICILE  OF A  VETERAN FOR  PURPOSES OP THE VIETNAM  BONUS ACT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 6 of chapter 646 of the acts of 1968 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the words "an assessor" and inserting in place thereof the words: — the clerk, — and by striking out, in line 8, the word "assessors" and inserting in place thereof the word: — clerks.
Approved May 6, 1969.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Department, State House,
Boston, May 6, 1969.
The Honorable John F. X. Davoeen, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State House,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Francis W. Sargent, pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution, the Referendum II, Emergency Measures, hereby declare in my opinion the immediate preservation of the public convenience requires that the law being Chapter 258 of the Acts of 1969, entitled "An Act providing
THAT A CITY OR TOWN CLERK SHALL CERTIFY THE DOMICILE OF A VETERAN
for purposes of the Vietnam bonus act." and the enactment of which received my approval on May 6, 1969, should take effect forthwith.
I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emergency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as follows: —
134           Acts, 1969. — Chaps. 259, 260, 261.
The original act for the Vietnam bonus gave the duty for certifying the domicile of a veteran to an assessor. This act would give this duty to the clerk of a municipality since he has the appropriate records indicating the domicile of a person or veteran.
Postponement of the operation of this act would defeat its purpose which is to expedite the awarding of claims under the Vietnam Bonus Act.
Sincerely,
Francis W. Sargent, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, May 6, 1969.
I, John F. X. Davoren, Secretary of the Commonwealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement was filed in this office by His Excellency the Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at two o'clock and five minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter two hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.
John F. X. Davoren, Secretary of the Commonwealth.