Chap. 0260 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year ending june thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations, and for certain new activities and projects.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations, and for certain new activities and projects, the sums set forth in section two, for the particular purposes and subject to the conditions stated therein, are hereby appropriated from the general fund or ordinary revenue of the commonwealth, unless some other source of revenue is expressed, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, in said section two referred to as the year nineteen hundred and forty-five, or for such other period as may be specified; this act being enacted in advance of final action on the general appropriation bill for the next fiscal year pursuant to a message of the governor dated March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and forty-five.

Section 2.

Service of the Legislative Department.

Item

0101-04 For compensation for travel of representatives for the year nineteen hundred and forty-five, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $212 00

0101-05 For the salaries of the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose       . 1,500 00

0101-06 For the salaries of the assistant clerk of the senate and the assistant clerk of the house of representatives, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 625 00

0101-18 For personal services of the counsel to the senate and assistants, including not more than four permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose       ....        1,362 50

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0101- 19   For personal services of the counsel to the

house of representatives and assistants, in-eluding not more than seven permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose $1,500 00

0102- 01    For traveling and sueh other expenses of the

committees of the present general court as may be authorized by order of either branch of the general court, to be in addition to anv amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .        8,828 91

0102 04 For expenses in connection with the publication of the bulletin of committee hearings and of the daily list, with the approval of the joint committee on rules, including not more than two permanent positions in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose 5,600 00

0102 !3 For the purchase of outline sketches of members of the senate and house of representatives, to be in addition to any, amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 1,500 00

0102-22 For expenses of the committee on conservation in connection with its investigation relative to the acquisition by the United States of property in this commonwealth for the establishment of migratory bird reservations, as authorized by an order of the general court...... 4,000 00

Service of the Organized Militia.

u40o- 15 To cover certain small claims for damages to private property arising from military maneuvers, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose    . f>0() 00

Service of ttie Stale Library.

0423 02 For personal services of the regular library assistants, temporary clerical assistance, and for services for cataloguing, including not more than twenty-two permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose    .       .       . 1,995 00

Service of the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.

0442-01 For personal services of employees, including not more than three permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .       . 1,850 00

Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

0504-05 For services and expenses of the electoral college, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 250 00

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-Ceneral.

0601-02 For salaries of officers and employees holding positions established by law and additional clerical and other assistance, including not more than thirty-eight permanent positions, to be in addition to an}' amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose    .       .       . !i,052 00

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0601 03   For services other than personal, traveling e\ penses, otlice supplies and equipment, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose   .... .$700 00

Service of the Stale Emergency Hublic Works Conwristrion.

0000 01 For personal services and other expenses of the state emergency public works commission, including not more than six permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose    . 7,100 00

Service of the Deportment of Agriculture. 0908-01    (This item omitted.)

Service of the Department of Conservation.

Division of Fisheries and Game: 1004 32 I''or other maintenance expenses of game farms and fish hatcheries, and for the propagation of game birds and animals and food fish, to be in addition to'any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose       .       . 2,000 00

Damages by wild deer and wild moose: 1004-35 For the payment of damages caused by wild deer and wild moose, for the year nineteen hundred and forty-five and for previous years, as provided by law, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose......1,000 00

Bounty on seals: 1004-01    For bounties on seals, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose ....... 100 00

Service of the Deportment of Education.

Administration: 1301-02 For personal services of ollieers, agents, clerks, stenographers and other assistants, including not more than forty-nine permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose     . 1,51500

University Extension Courses: 1301-02   For other expenses, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated  for the purpose....... 5,000 00

Division of Public Libraries:

1303- 01    For personal services of regular agents and

other assistants, including not more than eight permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose    ...... 480 00

Division of the Blind:

1304- 21   (This item omitted.)

Massachusetts Maritime Academy: 1300-01 For personal services of the secretary and officv assistants, including not more than three permanent positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .       .       .       .       .       .       . 25 00

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1306-10 For the maintenance of the academy and ship, mcluding not more than thirty-two permanent, positions, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . .....$18,000 00

Ser,iee of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Board of Registration of Public Accountants: 1414-02 For expenses of examinations, including the preparation and marking of papers, and for other expenses, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose ....... 500 00

Service of the Deportment of Labor and Industries.

Massachusetts Development and Industrial Commission:

1603 02 For administrative expenses, including office rent and other incidental expenses, and for the promotion and development of the industrial, agricultural and recreational resources of the commonwealth, to be in addition to anv amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . .       10,000 00

Service of the Department of Correction.

1803 22   For the purchase and installation of certain

kitchen equipment at the state prison .       .       17,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

Division of Juvenile Training, Trustees of Massachusetts Training Schools: 1908-50 For the cost of a vocational and educational stud}' of the institutions under the control of the trustees of the Massachusetts training schools     .       . ... 5,000 00

Service of the De]>arlmcnt of Public Work's.

2202 04 For the compensation of dumping inspectors, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose    .       . 500 00

For Expenses on Account of the Existing War Emergency.

The appropriations under this heading are-for certain agencies and activities made necessary by the present war emergenc}-. Expenditures under these items shall cease not later than sixty days after the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall have proclaimed that the existing emergency has ended. No part of these appropriations shall be available for the salaries of positions on a permanent basis, and persons whose employment is created b.y reason of money herein appropriated shall not be subject to civil service laws or the rules and regulations made thereunder, but their employment and salary rates shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the division of personnel and standardization. The amounts herein appropriated are to be in addition to any amounts heretofore authorized for these purposes.

Adjutant General: 3204-01   (This item omitted.)

3204-03 For personal services and other expenses in connection with the operation of the war records project, so called ....       $6,600 00

Item

3204-04 For personal services and other expenses in connection with the operation of the Massachusetts women's defense corps, so called  .       $3,500 00

Emergency Conservation Director: 3204-44   For personal services and other expenses 2,500 00

Seasonal Farm Labor Committee: 3204-45   For personal services and other expenses 1,500 00

Educational Committee on Personal and Religious Liberties: 3204-03   For personal services and other expenses 500 00

Veterans' Rehabilitation and Re-employment Committee:

3204-04   For personal services and other expenses      .        4,000 00

Massachusetts Committee on Recreation: 3204-08   For personal services and other expenses      . 000 00

Victory Garden Program: 3204-69   For certain personal services and other expenses in connection with the operation of the victory garden program, so-called . 2,000 00

Reformatory for Women: 3218-06   For expenses for boarding prisoners at the

Greenfield jail ....        4,500 00

321S-07   For personal services for boarding prisoners at

the Greenfield jail   .... 1,850 00

The unexpended balances of amounts heretofore provided from the War Emergency Fund, as authorized by section ten of chapter three hundred and seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-three, are hereby made available for expenditure until the end of the present fiscal year.

The following appropriation is made from the Port of Boston Fund:

Sendee of the Department of Public Works. 3132-14   For personal services and other expenses of the cost of operating the Logan airport, to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose    ....     815,000 00

Totals:

General Fund.....$124,340 41

Port of Boston Fund $15,000 00

Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 26, 194-5.