@Chap. 0618 An Act to provide that labor unions shall file certain statements and reports with the commissioner of labor and industries.

Be it enacted by the People, and by their authority as follows:

Section 1. No person or association of persons shall operate or maintain a labor union unless and until there has been filed with the commissioner of labor and industries a statement in writing signed by the president and secretary of such labor union, setting forth the names and addresses of all of the officers of such union, the aims and objects of said union, the scale of dues, initiation fees, fines and assessments to be charged to the members, and the salaries to be paid to the officers.

Section 2. The president and secretary of such labor unions shall thereafter make an annual report to the commissioner of labor and industries in such form as he may prescribe, and signed by the president and secretary of such labor union, setting forth the amount of money collected for initiation fees, dues, fines and assessments, and setting forth the amount paid in salaries to officers, listing their names and addresses, and the amount paid to each of such officers, and setting forth all other expenditures, listing the name and address and the amount paid to each person.

Section 3. The commissioner shall have the power to require by summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of books, papers and documents and to administer oaths.

Section 4. The commissioner of labor and industries shall keep a record of all statements and reports submitted to him under the provisions of this chapter, all of which shall be open to public inspection. He shall report to the attorney general instances of neglect or omission on the part of any person or association of persons to comply with the provisions of this chapter for the enforcement of the penalties therefor.

Section 5. Whoever violates either section one or section two, or whoever knowingly makes or files a statement or report under section one or section two, which statement or report is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

Office of the Secretary, Boston, November 27, 1946.

I hereby certify that the foregoing law entitled "An Act to provide that Labor Unions shall file Certain Statements and Reports with the Commissioner of Labor and Industries " was approved by the People at the State Election held on November 5, 1946, pursuant to the provisions of Article XLViil of the Amendments to the Constitution.

F, W. COOK, Secretary of the Commonwealth.