The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-11-02
LEGAL NOTICE.

~ me Governor and Council.
The measure strikes out chapter
lisa OK the General Laws (Ter. Ed !.
and inserts in its place a new chapter
entitled Adequate. pensions for cer-
II Is provided that pensions here
under srall be paid from the date OF
application therefor but in no event
before the applicant reaches the age
Of sixty The Commission shall
render decision In not less than
thirty days from the date Of applt-
cation for a pension or a request for
an increase OF the amount thereof.
such pension shall, wherever prac-
ttcahte, be paid to the aged person
ia his own home rim lodgings or IN
y boarding home, which for the pur-
poses hereof shall include any in
stltution providing shelter. care and
treatment for aged persons whicr is
not supported in whole or IN part by
public funds; provided, that no in
mate Of such a boarding home or in
stitutlon shall be cliible for a pension
under this chapter while being cared
for Gnder a contract Such pension
shall be paid by check or In cash
which shall he delivered to the PEN
sioner at his residence, II he so re-
quests, and shall be paid semi
monthly unless the pensioner prefers
less frequent payments Such pen-
sion shall be on the basis of need
and the amount thereof shall be de-
terminod in accordance with budge-
tary standards established by the
Commission. Budgetary standards
shall be- such as 10 enable an indi-
yidual pensioner to maintain a stand
ard or living compatible with deCency
and health Such pensions except
as hereinafter provided. shall be at
the rate of not less than $4S 90
monthly. The pensioners budget at
such times as may be required shall
Include medical care, II recommended
BY recognized physician, eye
glasses, II recommended ny recog-
nlzed optician, dental care and false
teeth, if recommended by recog-
nized dentist.
In computing the pensioners pay
ment under this chapter, the Com
mission shall deduct from the pen
siuner's budget or the minimum pay
ment, whichever Is greater. the
amount Of income the person paid
or to be paid pension hereunder
may be receiving from any source,
and may deduct therefrom such rea-
sonable amount as may be deemed
70 represent the financial value OF
board. lodging or other assistance
which is being furnished to such
person from any source.
Upon the death of a person draw
ing pension, whose funeral cost
does not exceed the sum Of two
hundred and fifty dollars and in
whose estate there are insufficient
assets to cover the fun cost Of the
funeral, the Commission shall nay TO
the funeral director the difference
between the assets and the cost of
the funeral sum not exceeding
one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Expenses for medical, hospital and
other services rendered to a pen
sioner, which remain unpaid at the
time OF his death or commitment to
an institution as an insane person,
shall be paid directly to the person
rendering such services.
No pension under this chapter shall
be discontinued nor shall the amount
trereof be decreased until the expira-
ton OF fifteen days after notice has
been given by the Commission to the
pensioner.
Provision rs made by which a per-
son receiving a pension may be alb
visit without having such pension sus-
pended.
1t is provided that General Laws
Ger. Ed, c. 273, sec, 90 which re-
lates TO the support Of parents by
children, shall not apply when par
ents are eligible TO receive a pension.
Provision IS made that there shall
be set up In the Commission a sub
division Of appeals under the jurisdic-
ton of supervisor Of appeals. Any
person aggrieved by the failure Of the
Commission to pay an adequate pen
sion under this chapter. or ny tho
failure Of the Commission to approve
or reject an applca ton for a pen
sion or a request tor an increase IN
the amount thereof, within theirty
days after receiving such application
or request. shall have a right to q
fair hearing, after due notice, upon
appeal to the subdivision Of appeals
in tho form and manner prescribed
by the Commission; provided that
such appeal is received the sub
division Of appeals within sixty days
after official notice Of the action
taken by the Old Age Pension Com
mission has been received BY the APP
plicant or pensioner. The decision OF
the subdivision OF appeals shall be
final and binding upon the Commits
sion.
The Commission or any interested
person aggrieved by any decision in
any proceeding before the subdivision
Of appeals may obtain judicial review
OF such decision by filling, within
twenty days Of the date Of mailing
Of such decision, a petition for review
thereof In the district court within
the judicial district wherein the PEN
sioner on the applicant for a pension
| lives.
In any proceeding for review tire
findings Of the subdivision Of appeals
as to facts shall be conclusive such
proceedings shall be heard in a sum-
mary manner and given precedence
over all civil cases. From the de-
cision Of district court upon review
On lsa1 L. Aa1-s 4. &C..
preme judicial Court.
The possession by an applicant for
| pension under this chapter Of assets
consisting Of cash, active securities
or inactive securities, or any COM
| bination Of suor assets, shall not dis
qualify him from receiving such pen-
sion; provided, that the total OF such
assets, figuring the present cash
value of such inactive securities at
the sum determined by the Old Age
/ Pension Commission, does not exceed
the sum Of $500.
A person is not to be disqualified
from receiving a pension because Of
tire owership OF an equity In vacant
| land from which there Is insufficient
! Income to provide for his budgetary
| needs or minimum payments, or the
ownership 0f an equity in real estate
! by an applicant who resides thereon
| or who, In the opinion Of the Commits
| sion Is feslulng elsewhere because OF
| physical or mental ineapacity, pro-
| vided that II such equity on the basis
/ Of assessed valuation exceeds an av-
erage Of $4,000 during the five years
| Immediately preceding application for
| the pension, the applicant shall exc
| cute q bond in the penal sum for the
/ amount OF the equity IA excess Of
I So, 900 conditioned on repayment 10
I the Commonwealth OF all amounts
I paid as such pension without inter-
I est such bond to be secured by a
1 mortgage on the applicants real es-
4 tate. Provision is made for the re-
i cording Of such bond and mortgage
without fee and the apportionment
! % the proceeds realized from any OF
| them between the Federal govern
mant and the Commonwealth.
! a person Is not To- be disqualified
] from receiying II pension by reason
/ of the ownership OF q policy Of group
/ insurance or Of a policy Of Insurance
/ IN an emunt not exceeding $1,000 or
| of a policy Of insurance In an amount
not exceeding $4,000, having a cash
/ surrender value not In excess Of
! effect not less than fifteen years.
/ 81 600, II such policy has been In
effect not less than fifteen years.
No pension shall be granted to an
applicant who at any time within
ave zteors IN, ~ q 1fo fof.- ,,rfor 80 tbe