Acts and resolves passed by the General Court

Acts, 1956.
504
— Chaps.
600, 601.
Chap.QOO An Act relative to the retirement allowance of
LIEUTENANT EMANUELE MONTIBELLO, A FORMER MEMBER
OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF LYNN.
Be
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of general or
special law, nor any action taken by the retiring authority
or board of the city of Lynn with reference to the retirement
of Lieutenant Emanuele Montibello, a former member of the
fire department of the city of Lynn, the appropriate retiring
authority in said city shall pro\ade that said Lieutenant
Emanuele Montibello be examined by a medical panel con-
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sisting of three physicians, to be selected as follows
one
by the city of Lynn, one by the state department of public
health and who shall, so far as practicable, be skilled in the
particular branch of medicine or surgery as may be involved
:
in the case of the said Montibello, and one by the said
Montibello.
If the said retiring authority finds from all
the evidence and the report of the medical panel that
Emanuele Montibello became permanentlj'" disabled because
of injuries sustained through no fault of his own while in
the actual performance of his duties as a member of the fire
department of said city, it shall increase his retirement allow-
ance to the amount he would have received had he been reat two thirds of the highest annual compensation
received by him at the time of his retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the city of Lynn, subject to the
provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved August S, 1956.
tired
Chap.QOl An Act to authorize a conditional transfer of a certificate, PERMIT, OR LICENSE TO A TEMPORARY VENDEE
OR LESSEE OF INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIERS DULY APPROVED BY THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
Be
G
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
iTa,'
of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 11 the following section:
Section
SansferTf*
In the event temporary approval for transfer under
^^^ Interstate Commerce Act has been granted by the
Chapter 159B
L. (Ter.
new
§
added.
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11 A.
iTssee^s^'or
Commerce Commission and upon application and
payment of the fees required by section eleven, the departHient may, after hearing and upon a finding that such action
interstate
is
Interstate
certificates,
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tempo"a?y
^Vo'i-i'zed!'^"'
otherwise cousisteut with this chapter, conditionally
transfer to the person so authorized thereunder for a period
of six months or less, or for any further period authorized by
the Interstate Commerce Commission or the department,
any interstate license issued under section ten and which is
covered by such temporary approval, and any other cerpermits held by the proposed transferor. After a
final order has been issued by the Interstate Commerce
tificates or
Acts, 1956.
— Chap.
602.
605
Commission authorizing a permanent transfer and upon
application and pa3''ment of the fees required by section
eleven, the department may permanently transfer such
certificate, permit or license in proceedings held in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
Approved August S, 1956.
An Act establishing the Massachusetts rehabilitation phn^ ano
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COMMISSION.
Be
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 17, as most recently
amended by section 1 of chapter 584 of the acts of 1955,
and inserting in place thereof the following section
SecThe armory commission, the art commission, the
tion 17.
commission on administration and finance, the commissioner
of veterans services, the commissioners on umform state
:
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g. l. (Ter.
5^17; etc.,
amended.'
office^rTto
""Il^i'i'^L
governor and
council.
laws, the public bequest commission, the state ballot law
commission, the board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in
Massachusetts, the board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home
in Holyoke, the milk regulation board, the alcohohc beverages control commission, the state housing board, the trustees of the state hbrary, the state racing commission, the
Greylock reservation commission, the Port of Boston Commission, the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, the state airport management board, weather amendment board, council for the aging, the Massachusetts
aeronautics commission, and the Massachusetts rehabihtation commission shall serve under the governor and council,
and shall be subject to such supervision as the governor
and council deem necessary and proper.
Section 2. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended g l. (Xer.
Section 74. new '§§'74-84.
by adding at the end the following sections:
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There shall be a commission on the vocational rehabihtation
of handicapped persons to be known as the Massachusetts
commission, in this section and in sections
rehabihtation
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nil
called the commission,
^^^^led.
re>abmtXon^
commission.
established.
seventy-live to eighty-four, inclusive,
consisting of a commissioner of rehabihtation and an advisory council of eleven members as hereinafter described.
The commission shall co-operate with the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare or its successors
in the administration of Pubhc I-aw 565 (83rd Congress, 2nd
Session 1954), and amendments thereto, relating to the vocational rehabilitation of handicapped persons, and may
expend such state, federal or other funds as are available for
the vocational rehabihtation of handicapped persons.
Section 75.
The commissioner of rehabihtation shall be commissioner
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of t/on^^term*e'to
the council for a term of six years and until his successor is
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duly appointed and qualified. He may be removed from
oflSce by the governor with the consent of the council.
He
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