Chap. 0443 An Act in further addition to the several acts making appropriations for expenses authorized the present year, and for certain other expenses authorized by law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified in certain acts and resolves of the present year, and to meet certain other expenses authorized by law, to wit: -
For the payment of salaries at the reformatory prison for women, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter three hundred and twenty-seven ot the acts of the present year, being in addition to the twenty-four thousand dollars appropriated by chapter twenty-one of the acts of the present year.
For clerical assistance in the office of the commissioners of prisons, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars, as
authorized hy chapter three hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of the present year, being in addition to the seventeen hundred dollars appropriated by chapter two of the acts of the present year.
For the salary of the agent for aiding discharged female prisoners, a sum not exceeding seventj'-five dollars, as authorized by chapter three hundred and thirty of the acts of the present year, being in addition to the seven hundred dollars appropriated by chapter twenty-one of the acts of the present year.
For the payment of salaries at the Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter three hundred and thirty-live of the acts of the present year, being in addition to the fifty-eight thousand dollars appropriated by chapter twenty-one of the acts of the present year.
For the preparation and publication of supplements to the statutes, as provided for in chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars.
For the compensation of the commissioners known as armory commissioners, as provided for in chapter three hundred and eighty-four of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For the salary of the secretary of the Commonwealth, the sum of five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter three hundred and eighty-five of the acts of the present year, being in addition to the three thousand dollars appropriated by chapter two of the acts of the present year.
For certain apparatus, buildings, insurance, repairs and furnishing at the Massachusetts agricultural college, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter sixty-six of the resolves of the present year.
For the purchase of printing materials and presses for the state prison, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter sixty-seven of the resolves of the present year.
For the publication of a new edition of the statutes relating to public schools, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter sixty-eight of the resolves of the present year.
For certain expenses attending the meeting of the national prison association, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter seventy of the resolves of the present year.
For a new building and for certain repairs at the Lyman school for boys at TVestborough, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, as authorized by ehapter seveiuty-one of the resolves of the present year.
For printing extra copies of the report of the state board of health relative to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine and butterine, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, as authorized by ehapter seventy-two of the resolves of the present year.
For the purchase of horses and eows and for certain repairs at the Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding ten thousand one hundred dollars, as authorized by ehapter seventy-three of the resolves of the present year.
For certain repairs and improvements at the state house and Commonwealth building, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter seventy-four of the resolves of the present year.
For the New England industrial school for deaf mutes, the sum of two thousand dollars, as authorized by ehapter seventy-five of the resolves of the present year.
For firing a salute in honor of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, the sum of four hundred dollars, as authorized by ehapter seventy-seven of the resolves of the present year.
For certain improvements at the state normal school at Worcester, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter seventy-eight of the resolves of the present 3rear.
For Ellen C. Johnson, the sum of two hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter seventy-nine of the resolves of the present year.
For the town of Florida, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter eighty of the resolves of the present year,
For expenses in relation to public records of parishes, towns and eounties, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter eighty-one of the resolves of the present year.
For the erection of buildings in the city of Waltham for the use of the Massachusetts school for the feeble-
minded, as authorized by chapter eighty-two of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
For expenses in connection with the investigation of the pollution of ponds and streams from which ice is cut for domestic use, as provided for in chapter eighty-four of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For expenses in connection with the centennial celebration of the settlement of Ohio and the establishment of civil government in the northwest territory, as authorized by chapter eighty-five of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding live thousand dollars.
For expenses in connection with the acceptance and dedication of a statue of Josiah Bartlett by the Commonwealth, as authorized hy chapter eighty-seven of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For the erection of new buildings at the state farm at Bridgewater, as authorized by chapter eighty-nine of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars
For the salary of the additional officer on the district police force, provided for by chapter three hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding nine hundred and sixteen dollars ; and for the expenses of said office, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
For the better protection of the reformatory prison for women against fire, as authorized by chapter ninety of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
For the publication of a list of Massachusetts officers, sailors and marines who served in the navy in the late civil war, as provided for in chapter fifteen of the resolves of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars.
To carry out the provisions of the act relative to the payment from the treasury of the Commonwealth of funds received from public administrators, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, being in addition to the four thousand dollars appropriated by chapter fifteen of the acts of the present year.
For expenses in connection with the act to provide for
the definition and preservation of town boundary lines, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
For compensation of assistant doorkeepers, postmaster, messengers and pages to the senate and house of representatives, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, being in addition to the twenty-three thousand one hundred dollars appropriated by chapter three of the acts of the present year.
For compensation and expenses of the commissioners authorized by chapter three hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, in relation to improving the sewerage of the state normal school at Westfield, the sum of five hundred twenty-two dollars and seventy-two cents.
For the salary of the agent to expedite the settlement of claims for pensions, bounty and back pay of citizens of this Commonwealth against the federal government, as provided for in chapter three hundred and ninety-six of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred and twenty-five dollars ; and for clerical assistance, travelling and other expenses of said agent, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For the council of administration of the grand army of the republic in the department of Massachusetts, the sum. of three thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter three hundred and ninety-six of the acts of the present year.
For building hospital cottages for children at Baldwins-ville, as authorized by chapter ninety-one of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
To enable the governor and council to devise and report a plan for the better accommodation for the state government in the city of Boston, as provided for by chapter ninety-two of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For new steam boilers, for repairs to heating apparatus, and for making connections with the main supply pipes at the state normal school at Bridgewater, as authorized by chapter ninety-three of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For authorized expenses of committees of the present legislature, to include clerical assistance to committees authorized to emplo}T the same, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars, being in addition to the amounts heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.
For the protection of the town of Hadley against the further encroachments of the Connecticut river upon said town, as provided for in chapter ninety-five of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
For aiding discharged female prisoners, as provided for by chapter four hundred and seventeen of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars, being in addition to the twenty-three hundred dollars appropriated by chapter twenty-one of the acts of the present }rear.
For the payment of postage and expressage on documents forwarded to the members and officers of the general court under the direction of the sergeant-at-arms, as authorized by an order of the house of representatives adopted May twenty-eight of the present year, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses in the department of in-door poor, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to enable said department to employ an additional inspector of immigration, made necessary by the great increase of immigration at this port, being in addition to the twenty-eight thousand dollars appropriated by chapter twenty-eight of the acts of the present year.
For expenses in connection with the centennial celebration of the settlement of Ohio and the establishment of civil government in the northwest territory, as provided for in chapter ninety-seven of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding twent}'-five hundred dollars, being in addition to the five thousand dollars provided for in chapter eighty-five of the resolves of the present year.
For the compensation of the ten additional members of the inspection department of the district police force, as provided for in section thirteen of chapter four hundred and twenty-six of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for travelling and other expenses of said inspectors, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.
For expenses in connection with the act authorizing the gas commissioners to license certain gas companies to make and sell water gas for illuminating purposes, as authorized by chapter four hundred and twenty-eight of
the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
. Foi expenses in connection with an investigation into the subject of the abolition of grade crossings on rail-louds, as provided for by chapter ninety-nine of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For the purpose of aiding small towns to provide themselves with school superintendents, as authorized by chapter four hundred and thirty-one of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.
For the salary of an additional clerk in the office of the auditor of the Commonwealth, as authorized by chapter four hundred and thirty-two of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars.
For the purpose of aiding the smaller towns in the Commonwealth in supporting their public schools, as provided for in chapter one hundred and one of the resolves of the present year, the sum of forty thousand dollars.
For a new school building and for repairing and enlarging Crocker hall at the state normal school at Fram-ingham, as provided for in chapter one hundred and two of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
For furnishing ballots to be sent to the town clerks by the secretary of the Commonwealth, provided for by chapter four hundred and thirty-four of the acts of the present year, being an act to provide for taking the vote upon the question of granting liquor licenses in towns and for taking such vote in cities in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Section 2.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 29, 18S8.