Acts, 1938.
— Chap.
155
186.
An Act
relative to exemptions from the payment of Chav. ISQ
POLL TAXES AND RELATIVE TO THE ANNUAL LISTING OF
RESIDENTS OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
Be
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Section four of chapter fifty-one of the Genhereby amended by striking out the first paragraph, as most recently amended by section one of chapter
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and
Except as otherinserting in place thereof the following
wise provided by law, the assessors, assistant assessors, or
one or more of them shall annually, in January or February, visit every building in their respective cities and towns,
Section
eral
Laws
1.
is
:
—
g. l. (Ter
etc!,
'amended,
Assessors to
S'^certaln
residents, etc.
and, after diligent inquiry, shall make true lists containing,
as nearly as they can ascertain, the name, age, occupation,
nationality if not a citizen of the United States, and residence on January first in the preceding year and in the current year, of every male person twenty years of age or older,
residing in their respective cities and towns, liable to be
assessed for a poll tax; and shall also make true lists containing the same facts relative to every woman twenty
years of age or older residing in their respective cities and
towns.
Said chapter fifty-one is hereby further g^^-^^^K
Section 2.
amended by striking out section eight, as most recently etc!, amended.
amended by section two of said chapter one, and inserting
Section 8. If a male resi- Assessment
in place thereof the following
dent in a city or town, except in one having a listing board, Cot^pn>viousiy
on January first was not assessed for a poll tax, or if a ^^^essed.
woman in such a city or town was not listed under section
four, such person shall, in order to establish his right to be
assessed or listed, present to the assessors before the close
of registration a sworn statement that he was on said day
a resident of such city or town, and a sworn list of his polls
and estate. If the assessors are satisfied that such statement is true, they shall assess or list him, as the case may be,
and give him a certificate thereof.
Section 3. Chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws is S-,^iJ®r.
hereby amended by striking out section one, as amended etc!, amended.
by section one of chapter two hundred and two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and inserting in place
In the year nineteen poii tax.
thereof the following
Section 1
hundred and thirty-nine and annually thereafter a poll tax
of two dollars shall be assessed on every male inhabitant
of the commonwealth above the age of twenty, whether a
citizen of the United States or an alien.
Section 4. Section five of said chapter fifty-nine, as S^^•ip^5
most recently amended by chapter forty-seven of the acts etc!, amended.
of nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, is hereby further
amended by inserting after clause Seventeenth the following
:
:
new
clause
:
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—
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Acts, 1938.
156
Exemptions.
— Chaps.
187, 188.
Seventeenth A, Male inhabitants of the commonwealth
are seventy years of age or over, or who, during the
preceding calendar year, were recipients of old age assistance
or of aid furnished by municipalities from funds appropriated by them for the relief, support, maintenance and employment of the poor, shall be assessed for, but shall be
exempt at their request from the payment of, a poll tax.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect on December thirty-
who
Effective
first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-eight.
Approved April
C hap. 1S7 An Act
Be
it
7,
1938.
relative to the appointment of the clerk of
COMMITTEES IN THE CITY OF FALL RIVER.
enacted,
Section
etc.,
as follows:
The
clerk of committees in the city of Fall
River shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the city council, to hold office for two years and
until his successor is qualified, notwithstanding any provision of chapter forty-three of the General Laws to the con1.
trary.
of
Section
January
2.
This act shall take effect on the first Monday
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine.
Approved April
7,
1938.
Chap. ISS An Act providing for the election or appointment of
AN appropriation, ADVISORY OR FINANCE COMMITTEE BY
THE TOWN OF HOLLISTON.
Be
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Section 1. The town of Holliston, notwithstanding the
provisions of section sixteen of chapter thirty-nine of the
General Laws, may provide by by-law for the election of an
appropriation, advisory or finance committee, as well as
for the appointment of such a committee under said section
sixteen. Any by-law of said town authorizing the election of
such a committee adopted prior to the effective date of this
act, and all acts done by a committee so elected, are hereby
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if this act
had been in effect at the tim.e of the adoption of such bylaw.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the registered voters of the town
of Holliston voting thereon at the annual town meeting in
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine or at a special
town meeting held prior thereto.
Approved April 7, 1938.