Acts, 1949.
— Chap.
711
806.
eastern Middlesex and third district court of eastern Middlesex shall be nine thousand dollars each. The salary of the
justice of the second district court of Bristol shall be eight
thousand dollars. The salaries of the clerks of said district
courts shall be sixty-seven hundred and j&fty dollars each
except the clerk and assistant clerks of the central district
court of Worcester and the second district court of Bristol.
The salaries of the first assistant clerks of said courts shall
be equal to seventy-five per cent, the salaries of the second
assistant clerks of said courts shall be equal to sixty per
cent, and the salaries of the third assistant clerks of said
courts shall be equal to forty-five per cent of the salaries
Such justices and
of the clerks of their respective courts.
clerks shall devote their entire time during ordinary business hours to their respective duties and shall not, directly
or indirectly, engage in the practice of law. Each of said
justices shall sit in his own court and, in addition, perform
such other duties as district court justice as the administrative committee may from time to time assign to him.
Section 2. Section 78 of said chapter 218, as amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 11 and
12, as appearing in section 3 of chapter 667 of the acts of
1948, the words "second district court of Bristol,".
Section 3. The salary of the clerk of the second district
court of Bristol shall not be increased by reason of the
increase of the salary of the justice of said court as provided
in section one of this act.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved August 31, 1949.
gjx'-^'fg''-.
etc!,
^g
'amended.'
An Act
providing for a sergeant-at-arms of the house Chav.806
OF representatives, and increasing the number of
appointees of the sergeant-at-arms of the general
COURT.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^Zfwe.'^
to defeat its purpose, which in part is to have its provisions
become effective immediately, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Section 1. Section 15 of chapter 3 of the General Laws,
as amended, is hereby further amended by adding the
The house of representatives may
following paragraph:
choose a sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives
who shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the
committee on rules of the house, and in case of the disability
or necessary absence of the sergeant-at-arms of the general
court he shall perform the duties of said sergeant-at-arms
during such disability or absence. He shall receive such
salary as may be established by the committee on rules of
the house.
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l. (Xer.
etoi.'amend'^.
Sergo«nt-at-
of'repreMntaauthor\l^'^^-
Acts, 1949.
712
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 3. § 16,
amended.
Assistant
sergeant-atartns, authorized.
Section
2.
— Chap.
Said chapter 3
is
807.
hereby further amended
by-
and inserting
in place thereof the
In case of the disability or necessary absence of the sergeant-at-arms and of the sergeantat-arms of the house of representatives, the sergeant-at-arms
may appoint, with the approval of the presiding officers of
the two branches of the general court or, during its recess,
striking out section 16
Section 16.
following:
—
of the governor, an assistant sergeant-at-arms to perform
the duties of the sergeant-at-arms during such disabihty
or absence. His compensation shall be paid by the sergeantat-arms, who shall be responsible for his fidelity and good
conduct in office; but for misconduct or other sufficient
may be removed by the general court
by the governor and council.
cause he
recess,
G. L. (Tcr.
Ed.), 3, § 19,
etc.,
amended.
Doorkfiepers,
court officers,
etc., increased.
or,
during
its
Section 3. Section 19 of said chapter 3, as amended by
chapter 210 of the acts of 1935, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the word "forty-three" and insixty,
so as to read
serting in place thereof the word
Section 19. The number of doorkeepers, assistas follows:
ant doorkeepers, general court officers and pages of the senate
and of the house shall not exceed sixty in all.
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Approved August 31, 1949.
Chap. S07 An Act making certain changes in the retirement law.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
preamble.
to defeat its purpose, which is, in part, to make the changes
Emergency
in the retirement
law provided thereby effective without
delay, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be
G. L. (Ter
Ed.), 32,
§ 28D, etc
amended.
^ct'[?^ment of
members
of the
anTcoMt'itntionai officers,
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby
striking out section 28D, inserted by section 2
of chapter 589 of the acts of 1948, and inserting in place
Any provisions of
Section 28D.
thcrcof the following:
sectious oue to twcuty-eight, iuclusive, to the contrary
notwithstanding, any member of the general court or any
member of the executive council or any constitutional
officer who has served as such for not less than six years in
the aggregate and who shall cease to hold office as such and
who has attained age fifty-five shall, upon his request, be
retired by the state board of retirement; provided, that
such applicant became a member of the state employees'
Section
1.
amended by
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retirement system prior to the date he ceased to hold such
office and has paid into the annuity savings fund of said
system such sums and under such conditions as are provided
by section seven of chapter six hundred and sixty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-seven for prior service,
and if not so retired the accumulated total deductions may,
upon request by such member or officer, be withdrawn,
otherwise the retirement allowance shall be deferred as
provided in subsection (3) of section ten.