Chap. 174.   An Act extending the time for the acceptance by
ANY TOWN OP THE VETERANS RETIREMENT LAW, SO CALLED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notwithstanding the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section sixty of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-two shall be in effect in any town which accepts said sections prior to January first, nineteen hundred and seventy by majority vote of the selectmen.
Approved April 18, 1968.
Chap. 175   An Act making appropriations for the maintenance
OF HAMPDEN COUNTY, ITS DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND INSTITUTIONS,"OF SUNDRY OTHER SERVICES, FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, FOR INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENTS, AND TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF LAW AND GRANTING A COUNTY TAX FOR.ISAID COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of Hampden county, its departments, boards, commissions and institutions, of sundry other services, for certain permanent improvements, for interest and debt requirements, and to meet certain requirements of law, the following sums for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in section two are hereby appropriated, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of county funds and the approval thereof for the year nineteen hundred and sixty-eight:
Hampden County.
Item
1.    For interest on county debt...................         $28,000 00
2.    For reduction of county debt..................         144,100 00
3.    For county commissioners, salaries and expenses          43,709 80
4.    For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners.......................               600 00
5.    For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses.......         167,087 26
6.    For county treasurer, salaries and expenses.....          49,151 33