Extraordinary expenses. Indexes, etc., to statutes. Arrest of fugitives from justice. For the payment of extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the governor and council, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. For the preparation of tables and indexes relating to the statutes of the present and previous years, under the direction of the governor, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives from justice, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 4. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES IN Appropriations. Attorney-gen eral. Assistants, etc. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE COMMON- 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, to meet expenses for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to wit: For the salary of the attorney-general, five thousand dollars. For the compensation of assistants in the office of the attorney-general, and for such additional legal assistance as he may deem necessary in the discharge of his duties, and also for other necessary expenses in his department, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved January 28, 1898. Chap. 5. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF Appropriations. Commissioners of savings banks, chair. man. THE COMMISSIONERS OF SAVINGS BANKS. 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, to meet expenses for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to wit: For the salary of the chairman of the commissioners of savings banks, thirty-five hundred dollars. For the salaries of the two associate commissioners Associate of savings banks, three thousand dollars each. commissioners. For the salary of the first clerk of the commissioners First clerk. of savings banks, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the second clerk of the commis- Second clerk. sioners of savings banks, fifteen hundred dollars. clerks, etc. For such additional clerks and expert assistants as the Additional commissioners of savings banks may deem necessary, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars. For travelling and incidental expenses of the commis- Expenses. sioners of savings banks, a sum not exceeding thirtythree hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF THE GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS. Chap. 6. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- Appropriations. propriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, to meet expenses for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to wit: For the salaries of the gas and electric light commis- Gas and electric sioners, eight thousand dollars. light commissioners. assistance. For clerical assistance to the gas and electric light Clerical commissioners, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars. For statistics, books and stationery, and for the neces- Expenses. sary expenses of the gas and electric light commissioners, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES IN THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR. Chap. 7. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- Appropriations. propriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, to meet expenses for the year ending on the Bureau of statistics, chief. First clerk. Second clerk. Special agents. Clerical assistance, etc. Statistics of manufactures. Expenses. Rent of rooms, etc. Rent of rooms for storage. Rent of additional rooms. Expenses of special census. thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to wit: For the salary of the chief of the bureau of statistics of labor, three thousand dollars. For the salary of the first clerk of the bureau of statistics of labor, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the second clerk of the bureau of statistics of labor, sixteen hundred and fifty dollars. For the salaries of the two special agents of the bureau of statistics of labor, twenty-four hundred dollars. For such additional clerical assistance and for such expenses of the bureau of statistics of labor as may be necessary, a sum not exceeding six thousand dol lars. For expenses in connection with the annual collection of statistics of manufactures, a sum not exceeding sixtyfive hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the bureau of statistics of labor, to be expended under the direction of the sergeantat-arms, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For rent of rooms for the use of the bureau of statistics of labor, and for services of a janitor, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars. For rent of rooms for the bureau of statistics of labor for storage purposes, a sum not exceeding five hundred and fifty dollars. For rent of additional rooms for the use of the bureau of statistics of labor for such period of time as may be required for the purposes of the decennial census, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars. For expenses in connection with taking a special census in towns having an increased resident population during the summer months, a sum not exceeding three hundred and fifty dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 8. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SALARY AND EXPENSES Appropriations. OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS. 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, to meet expenses for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to wit: For the salary of the general superintendent of prisons, General superthirty-five hundred dollars. intendent of prisons. assistance. penses. For clerical assistance to the general superintendent Clerical of prisons, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. For travelling expenses of the general superintendent Travelling ex. of prisons, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of the general Incidental superintendent of prisons, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SALARY AND EXPENSES expenses, etc. Chap. 9. OF THE STATE PENSION AGENT. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- Appropriations. propriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, to meet expenses for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to wit: For the salary of the state pension agent, two thou- State pension sand dollars. agent. sistance, etc. For clerical assistance, travelling and other necessary Clerical asexpenses of the state pension agent, a sum not exceeding four thousand five hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ERECTION OF NEW Chap. 10. BUILDINGS AT THE WORCESTER LUNATIC HOSPITAL. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: lunatic hospital. SECTION 1. The sum of forty thousand dollars is Worcester hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to be expended at the Worcester lunatic hospital, under the direction of the trustees thereof, for the erection of new buildings, as provided for by chapter eighty-one of the resolves of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved January 28, 1898. Chap. 11. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WORCESTER POLY Worcester TECHNIC INSTITUTE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as provided for by chapter four hundred and seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 12. AN ACT MAKING AN Massachusetts Chap. 13. Massachusetts APPROPRIATION FOR Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association, as provided for by chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS IN- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of twenty-nine thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 14. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR Massachusetts SCHOOL FUND. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: THE MASSACHUSETTS SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the Massachusetts School Fund, as provided for by |