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therein at any time before hearing by
. ton. This act shall further not apply
to long distance telephone wires. or
lines Of poles used for the support
thereof. For the purpose OF th isn ACT di no
lance Telephone wire which does not
extend twenty miles at least in direct
line from a central office.
conferred on municipal officers under
the provisions of this act are IN adoI-
ton to those vested in municipal Of
fifty-fve of the revised statutes: and
nothing herein contained snail De con.
strued as giving to any party the right
of appeal from r any or or nermts or ai
terations thereof, of the municipal Of
fcers under the provisions of said
Section 4 The provisions Of this act
shall apply only to cities having q
population of more than forty thousand
Inhabitants (Approved April %
Chapter 237.
An Act to amend Section eighty nine
of Chapter four of the Revised stat
utes, relating to right 10 taRe ,i iamo
Section eighty-nine of chapter four OF
the revised statutes is hereby lame. amen nae:,
by inserting after the word squares
in the seventh line of said section the
word backgrounds" so that said Sec
ton as amended shall read as follows.
Section SO. Any city or town; conan conan
ing more than one thousand inhabitants,
upon petition in writing signed by at
least thirty of it's taxpaying citizens'
directed to the municipal officers, de-
scribing the land to be taken as ne rs,
owners thereof so far as they are KNOWN
at a meeting of such town. or or tn ne,
mayor aldermen and councH OF Sucil
to take suitable lands for public parks.
squares, Fairgrounds, or pubic library
building; and thereupon such omcers
may take such land for such purposes;
hut NOT without consent of the owner, II
at the time of filing such petition, WIN
such officers. or in the office OF tne
clerk of such town or city, such lana
is occupied by a dwelling-house where
in the owner or his family reside. TAP
proved April p
Chapter 238.
An Act to amend Chapter fifteen OF the
Revised Statutes in relation TO Eou-
cation. ...
the revised statutes as amended by chap.
ter forty-eight of the public laws OF
nineteen hundred and five, IS herepy
amended by inserting after the, WORD
"chapter" in the fifteenth line thereof
the following: =.
.Truant officers. when so directed in
writing by the superintendent OF schools
or the experimenting school committee
of their respective towns. may visit the
manufacturing, mechanical. mercantile
and other business establishments IN
their several cities and towns during the
hours in which the public schools or such
city or town are in session, and ascer-
tain whether any minors under the age
of fifteen years are employed therein
and shall report any cases OF Sucn EN-
or the experimenting school committee
of their city or town. and II employed
therein contrary to the provisions OF
chapter forty, shall also report such lille
gal employment to the inspector of fac
tories, workshops, mines and quarries
The owner, superintendent, oVerseer or
agent Of all manufacturing, mechanical
mercantile or other business establish
the inspection of such truant officers all
certified copies of records of birth and
baptism, passports and age and school-
ing certificates required to be kept on
file in such establishments under chap
ter forty of the revised statutes SO
that said section when amended shall
read as follows:
Section 81. Cities and towns shall an
nually elect one or more persons, to be
designated truant officers, who shall in
quire into all cases of neglect of the
duties prescribed in section forty-nine
and ascertain the reasons therefor
to the experimenting school COM
mittee, and such truant officers or any
S Sy them he se sha e wmsm or
perintendent in writing, prosecute in the
name of the city or town. any person
neglecting to perform the duties pre-
scribed in said section. by promptly en-
tering a complaint before a magistrate;
and said officers shall, when notified by
any teacher that any pupil is irregular in
attendance, arrest and take such pupil
to school when found truant; and, fur
Their such officers shall enforce the pro-
visions of sections one hundred and
eighteen to one hundred and twenty. in
elusive. of this chapter. Truant officers,
when so directed in writing by the SUI
perintendent of schools or the superin-
tending school committee of their re-
spective towns may visit the manu-
featuring. mechanical, mercantile and
several cities and towns during the
hours in which the public schools of such
city or town are in session. and ascer-
tain whether any minors under the age
of fifteen years are employed therein.
and shall report in writing any cases of
such employment to the superintendent
of schools or the experimenting school
committee of their city or town, and
if employed therein contrary TO the pro-
visions of chapter forty, shall also re-
port in writing such illegal employment
to the inspector of factories. workshops
mines and quarries. The owner, super
lntendent, oyerSeer or agent of all man.
ufacturing. mechanical mercantile or
other business establishments, upon re-
of such truant officers. all certified copies
of records of birth and baptism, pass
ports and age and schooling certificates
required to be kept on file in such es-
adjustments under chapter forty of the
revised statutes. Every city or town
neglecting to elect truant officers and
truant officers neglecting any duty re-
CURED of them under the provisions of
this chapter, shall forfeit not less than
ten nor more than fifty dollars. The
municipal officers shall fix the compen-
sation of the truant officers elected as
prescribed in this section. Superintend-
ing school committees may fill vacancies
occurring during the year, and shall
elect truant officers at their first meet
ing after the annual meeting of the
town. in case the town neglects to do
so, or the truant officers elect, or any
of them, fail to qualify. '-(Approved
April -
Chapter 23o.
An Act amendatory to Chapter seventeen
of the Revised Statutes relating to the
practice of Medicine, Surgery and
Dentistry.
Amend section nine of chapter seven
teen of the revised statutes as follows:
Omit all of said section after the word
council in the fifteenth line thereof so
that said amended section shall read as
follows:
Section 9. The governor with the adj
vice and consent of the council shall an