Chap. 811.   An Act providing that certain traveling expenses
AND MEMBERSHIP DUES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS BE  PAID BY THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 23 of chapter 12 of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence: — In each district the traveling and contingent expenses incurred by the district attorney, or his designee, while attending conventions that have been convened for the purpose of considering questions of law reform or statistics and other legal matters affecting the welfare of the people, and the membership dues of the district attorney, or his designee, in the National District Attorney Association, shall, subject to appropriation, be paid by the commonwealth, upon receipt of a certificate from the district attorney that they were necessarily incurred under the provisions of this section, and upon the approval of a justice of the superior court.                       Approved August 27, 1970.