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That the Town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lay a sewer in Vinnin Street, Salem, Mass., for the purpose of connecting two Swampscott houses, a distance of about 275 lineal feet and that the sum of $3750.00 be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Account for this purpose.
Voted: To omit the reading of Article 10.
Voted: Article 10. That the portion of Beverly Road as described and shown by plan on file in the office of the Board of Selectmen bearing signature of the Town Engineer and approved by said Board, be discontinued.
(Dated June 6, 1946, filed in office of Town Engineer, June 6, 1946.)
Voted: Article 11. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendation as follows:
That the Town transfer the following amounts from the Account of Plymouth Avenue Sewer:
To Bates Road sewer account $700.00
To Ocean Avenue sewer account 175.00
To Brooks Terrace, Lexington Avenue and Lexington Circle sewer account 100.00
Total $975.00
Voted: Article 12. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendation as follows:
That the Board of Park Commissioners be authorized to sell or trade the 1936 Spray Machine and any money received therefor be accounted for as provided by Chapter V, Section 5 of the Town By- Laws.
Voted: Article 13. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendation as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 14. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendation as follows:
That the Town construct a sewer in Hawthorne Road a distance of approximately 290 lineal feet, that the said construction be done under the supervision of the Water and Sewerage Board and that the sum of $3050.00 be appropriated therefor from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Voted: Article 15. That the Town increase the salaries of all full- time elected or appointed employees, with the exception of the Police and Fire Departments, as set forth in the several requests of the heads of Departments to the Finance Committee, also to include the Health Department and the Department of the Tax Collector and Town Clerk, and make such raises retroactive to January 1st, 1946, and the sum of $16,367.90 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund and $911.00 from Water Available Surplus for the Water Department.
Dissolved at 9:42 P.M.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk
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[Dec. 31
RETURN ON THE WARRANT
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices and at least two public and conspicuous places in each precinct in the Town, and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Saturday, June 8, 1946, the posting of said notices being ten days before the time of said meeting.
STATE PRIMARY Tuesday, June 18, 1946
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant the voters of Swamp- scott assembled at their voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 7 o'clock A.M. by their presiding officers. The Warrant with the return thereon was read by the Clerk in each precinct.
The following were appointed Precinct Officers and qualified for same:
PRECINCT ONE
Warden.
J. Hervey Blackford
Clerk
Harriett T. Kain
Inspector Lauretta Fournier
Inspector. .Christina A. Pearce
Teller Cornelia T. Moore
Teller.
Mary L. Ronzano
Teller
Beatrice F. Hamel
Teller.
Catherine Hogan
PRECINCT TWO
Warden
William T. Pearson
Clerk
Claire B. Howland
Inspector.
James E. Connor
Inspector. Lillian A. Currant
Teller Doris Smith
Teller.
Virginia Olson
Teller. Ruth Conley
Teller. Sarah Norcross
Teller
Miriam Magee
Teller
Sarah Holbry
PRECINCT THREE
Warden
Stuart P. Ellis
Clerk
Walter L. Kehoe
Inspector Alma A. Jackson
Inspector Donald L. Sawyer
Teller Winnifred Jacobs
Teller. Marion S. Lees
Teller Elizabeth M. Callahan
Teller Dorothy I. Legere
Teller
Cleora V. Tilden
Teller.
Margaret Stinson
PRECINCT FOUR
Warden Herman B. Betts
Clerk. Bessie F. Maguire
Inspector. Horace P. Fifield
Inspector. Henry P. Grace
Teller
Lucille V. Duggan
Teller. Anna C. Howard
Teller. Martha L. Graham
Teller. William Patton
Teller
Hazel C. Sibley
Teller. Henrietta C. Brown
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PRECINCT FIVE
Warden.
J. T. Morrison
Clerk.
Doris A. Coletti
Inspector Joan Brown
Inspector.
John H. Philpot
Teller
Helen E. Gillen
Teller. Alice E. Leslie
Teller
Florence E. Scanlon
Teller
Francis H. McCarron
Teller
Sydna H. Collins
Teller
Bessie P. Laxton
PRECINCT SIX
Warder
Irving Curtis
Clerk
Anna Burke
Inspector
Anna Mather
Inspector
Lucy Nickerson
Teller
Eva Evans
Teller.
Katherine Lamkin
Teller
May S. Mader
Teller
Helen Greene
Teller
Doris L. Torrey
PRECINCT SEVEN
Warden.
.Glover Swindlehurst
Clerk.
George C. Cotton
Inspector
Annie L. Ward
Inspector
Earl M. Bailey
Teller
Grace Russell
Teller Elizabeth C. Maloney
Teller
David F. Carroll
Teller
Madeline Costin
PRECINCT EIGHT
Warden
Etta J. Minton
Clerk
.Patrick Lyons
Inspector
Irene H. Johnson
Inspector
Margaret A. Donlon
Teller
Anna T. Connors
Teller.
Mary Beaton
Teller.
Irene L. Perkins
Teller
Pauline Duncan
Teller.
Gladys Williams
Teller.
Margaret Nolan
The polls opened at 8 A.M. and the count started at 3 o'clock P.M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
Precinct Three was the first to make a return, at 8:26 P.M.
Precinct Two was the last, 9:05 P.M.
The following number of votes were cast:
For Governor:
Republican
Democrat
Precinct
1
193
16
Precinct 2
297
20
Precinct
3
212
17
Precinct
4
260
20
Precinct
5
263
21
Precinct
6
211
18
Precinct
7
337
24
Precinct
8
272
18
2045
154
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REPUBLICAN BALLOT
Precinct
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total
Robert F. Bradford,
Cambridge
144 246 181 232 241 169 277 248
1738
Blanks
49
51
31
28
22
42
60
24
307
For Lieutenant Governor:
Albert Cole, Lynn
136 168 111 125 110 100 175 125
1050
Arthur W. Coolidge, Reading
47
119
94 125 148
94 133
142
902
Blanks
10
10
7
10
5
17
29
5
93
For Secretary:
Frederic W. Cook, Somerville
149 241 181 228 244 166 266 254
1729
Blanks
44
56
31
32
19
45
71
18
316
For Treasurer:
Fred J. Burrell, Medford.
65
85
61
69
63
67
78
67
555
Laurence Curtis, Boston
88 169 123 155 178 106 190
188
1197
Blanks
40
43
28
36
22
38
69
17
293
For Auditor:
Wallace E. Stearns, Boston
46
78
57
51
59
53
90
64
498
Russell A. Wood, Cambridge 102 157 106 163 174
98 151 176
1127
Blanks
45
62
49
46
30
60
96
32
420
For Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes, Mansfield
149 240 180 219 234 158 258 250
Blanks
44
57
32
41
29
53
79
22
357
For Senator in Congress: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly
162 263 194 226 242 183 281 257
Blanks
31
34
18
34
21
28
56
15
237
For Congressman:
George J. Bates, Salem
146 243 180 218 233 167 274 241
1702
Blanks
47
54
32
42
30
44
63
31
343
For Councillor:
David D. Black, Lynn
64
98
69
100
70
53
84
74
612
Louis J. Dempsey, Lawrence
3
7
7
2
1
7
5
3
35
Joseph L. Dupont, Lynn ......
38
66
39
59
45
16
43
30
336
Alfred C. Gaunt, Methuen ...
36
35
36
37
101
74
99 116
532
John M. Kelleher,
Newburyport
22
43
34
24
19
13
29
22
206
Blanks
32
48
27
38
27
48
77
27
324
For Senator:
Grayce M. Lawrence, Swampscott
145 243 171 202 231 154 254 246
1646
Blanks
48
54
41
58
32
57
83
26
399
For Representatives:
Eben Parsons, Marblehead ..
82 135 108 108 145
95 138 162
973
Edmond Talbot, Jr., Salem ....
37
67
35
53
49
42
61
64
408
Swampscott
138 219 127 176 153 112 201 135
Samuel F. Hyland, Salem
14
42
17
27
20
15
9
16
160
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Swampscott
108 120
91 113 111 109 135 156
943
Herbert A. Remon, Salem ..
15
13
11
6
8
8
10
5
76
Kendall A. Sanderson, Marblehead
73 140 102 139 167 105 170 174
1070
Blanks
112 155 145 158 136 147 287 104
1244
1688
1808
Robert G. Byrne,
1261
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For District Attorney
Hugh A. Cregg, Methuen ...
146 239 178 216 223 152 249 239
1642
Blanks
47
58
34
44
40
59
88
33
403
For Clerk of Courts :
Archie N. Frost, Andover. ...
85 158 123 157 160 112 168 181
1144
Harold L. Armstrong, Gloucester
33
44
29
28
37
23
36
26
256
J. Frank Hughes, Danvers ...
51
53
35
32
35
26
41
32
305
Blanks
24
42
25
43
31
50
92
33
340
For Register of Deeds:
A. Franklin Priest, Haverhill 148 230 171 208 232 153 243 251
Blanks
45
67
41
52
31
58
94
21
409
For County Commissioner:
Albert William Glynn, Haverhill
16
17
19
24
19
11
33
15
154
William Henry Haskell, Marblehead
81 133
88 127 125 100 146 154
954
Walter B. Morse, Danvers ....
21
25
20
16
30
18
37
17
184
George B. Sellars, Lawrence
12
5
0
3
2
0
3
1
26
Arthur A. Thompson,
Methuen
46
79
62
53
60
42
53
57
452
Blanks
17
38
23
37
27
40
65
28
275
For Register of Probate and Insolvency:
Edward A. Coffey, Salem
34
77
66
66
46
46
71
47
453
Charles F. McGee, Salem ....
18
9
14
10
11
19
14
8
103
Richard J. White, Jr., Lynn 121 181 119 163 193
119 197 201
1294
Blanks
20
30
13
21
13
27
55
16
195
For County Treasurer:
James D. Bentley,
Swampscott
166 262 184 216 233 179 270 226
1736
William F. Desmond, Lynn
16
24
18
30
18
17
23
30
176
Blanks
11
11
10
14
12
15
44
16
133
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
For Governor:
Maurice J. Tobin, Boston ....
11
17
11
13
17
17
19
16
121
Francis D. Harrigan, Boston Blanks
1
1
1
2
2
1
4
0
12
For Lieutenant Governor: John B. Carr, Somerville ....
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
9
8
10
14
15
10
14
9
89
3
3
1
1
0
1
0
2
11
3
5
3
5
6
7
7
7
43
1
3
1
0
0
0
3
0
8
For . Secretary :
John J. Concannon, Boston .... Benedict F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Cambridge
3
1
2
2
2
0
2
0
12
8
9
8
10
11
8
11
11
76
Leo Moran, Boston
2
4
0
2
0
1
1
1
11
Paul H. Snow, Boston
1
1
3
1
3
2
4
2
17
Blanks
2
5
4
5
5
7
6
4
38
For Treasurer:
John E. Hurley, Boston
14
16
13
14
17
15
18
14
121
Thomas Khoury, Boston
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
2
10
Blanks
1
3
2
4
4
2
5
2
23
...
4
2
5
5
2
0
1
2
21
Paul A. Dever, Cambridge .... Daniel J. O'Connell, Boston .. Roger L. Putnam, Springfield Blanks
1636
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For Auditor:
Thomas J. Buckley, Boston ....
12
14
15
13
17
14
19
12
116
Blanks
4
6
2
7
4
4
5
6
38
For Attorney General:
Harry E. Casey, Boston ......
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
2
7
Michael F. Hourihan, Boston Edward A. Hutchinson, Jr., Boston
6
2
2
10
4
0
5
2
31
Francis E. Kelly, Boston ..
1
5
0
5
3
3
7
6
30
Joseph M. McDonough, Boston
4
5
9
3
6
6
8
4
45
Blanks
1
4
2
0
3
6
2
2
20
For Senator in Congress:
David I. Walsh, Fitchburg .... Blanks
4
5
6
10
5
6
6
3
45
For Congressman:
Blanks
16
20
17
20
21
18
24
18
154
For Councillor:
Robert V. O'Sullivan, Lawrence
11
11
12
9
12
10
14
12
91
Blanks
5
9
5
11
9
8
10
6
63
For Senator:
Charles V. Hogan, Lynn
13
14
14
14
14
11
17
16
113
Blanks
3
6
3
6
7
7
7
2
41
For Representative:
Blanks
48
60
51
60
63
54
72
54
462
For District Attorney:
Hugh A. Cregg, Methuen .. Blanks
5
9
9
11
6
8
9
4
61
For Clerk of Courts:
Archie N. Frost, Andover ....
7
9
5
10
9
6
9
3
58
Harold L. Armstrong, Gloucester
4
5
8
4
7
4
8
5
45
Blanks
5
6
4
6
5
8
7
10
51
For Register of Deeds: A. Franklin Priest, Haverhill Thomas F. Duffy, Lynn ......
9
14
9
7
11
8
13
11
82
Blanks
3
4
2
3
7
5
9
5
68
For County Commissioner:
Edward J. Grimley,
Lawrence
3
4
7
5
5
2
6
3
35
William J. O'Leary, Haverhill
11
11
6
7
9
9
9
9
71
George B. Sellars, Lawrence
0
1
1
8
0
1
1
2
14
Blanks
2
4
3
0
7
6
8
4
34
For Register of Probate and Insolvency:
John James Costello, North Andover
1
13
Cornelius P. Donovan, Lynn
5
6
3 3
2 5
2 6
0 7
1 3
11
46
David N. Roach, Lynn ...
7
11
10
10
9
8
18 2
5
78
Blanks
2
1
1
3
4
3
1
17
4
2
6
10
3
5
2
2
34
11
11
8
9
15
10
15
14
93
4
2
4
1
5
2
1
2
21
12
15
11
10
16
12
18
15
109
....
2
2
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For County Treasurer:
John M. Bresnahan, Lynn .... William G. Hennessey, Lynn Blanks ....
Adjourned at 10:30 P.M. Attest:
7
8
7
7
11
10
14
13
77
8
8
8
11
6
7
4
2
54
1
4
2
2
4
1
6
3
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MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
May 23, 1946.
On the above date notice was received of the approval of the Attorney General of the by-law adopted by the Town of Swampscott under Article 5 at the Special Town Meeting held March 19, 1946.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 32 of Chapter 40, the by-law adopted by the Town of Swampscott under Article 5 was pub- lished in the Lynn Item and Telegram, June 26 and July 5 and 6, 1946.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
On the above date notice was received of the approval of the Attorney General of the by-law adopted by the Town of Swampscott under Article 39 at the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting held March 19, 1946.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 32 of Chapter 40, the by-law adopted by the Town of Swampscott under Article 39 was published in the Lynn Item and Telegram June 26 and July 5 and 6, 1946.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
July 3, 1946.
On the above date the following committee was appointed by the Moderator to expend the money appropriated under Article 1 at the Special Town Meeting held Tuesday, June 11, 1946, to celebrate the return of men and women who were affiliated or associated with any branch of the armed forces of the United States in World War II as provided in Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1946:
Robert G. Byrne Frances (Mrs. Harold) Fletcher
John H. Cropley, Jr.
Jane Hathaway, Lt., USNR
Rev. Leonard J. Kramer
Robert B. Hegarty
John R. Hurlburt
Harvey P. Newcomb Harry M. Shanahan Henry S. Baldwin
Charles P. McGettrick
Winthrop M. Sears
Henry F. Bufalino
Jacob Shactman
Frederick R. Champion
October 14, 1946.
On this date, Lois Munsey was appointed Assistant Town Clerk, term to run concurrently with that of the Town Clerk, and she was sworn in accordingly.
Attest:
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
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STATE ELECTION
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott, in the said County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in their respective precincts in said Swampscott on
Tuesday, November 5, 1946
at 7 o'clock A.M. for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Election Officers on one ballot for the following officers:
Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Representative in General Court (1, 2 or 3); District Attorney; Clerk of Courts; Register of Deeds; County Com- missioner; Register of Probate and Insolvency; County Treasurer.
TO VOTE YES OR NO ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
QUESTION NO. 1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall this measure, which by amendments of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) provides for payment by the Commonwealth of adequate pensions to deserving citizens sixty-five years of age or over in need of relief or support, who shall have resided in the Commonwealth not less than five years immediately preceding the date of application for such pension, and who shall have resided in the Commonwealth contin- uously for one year immediately preceding said date of application, which is further described as follows :-
The measure, by amendments of General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 6, provides for an old age pension commission of three persons, one to be a qualified physician, another to be an attorney at law and a third to be a non-professional person, who are to be appointed and may be removed for cause by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Council, and are to serve under the Governor and Council. Not more than two members of said Commission shall be members of the same political party. Original appointments of members shall be for one, two and three years respectively, and thereafter appointments are to be for three years. Such members are to devote their whole time to the work of the Commission during business hours and be engaged in no other business, occupation or profession. One of their number is to be desig- nated as chairman by the Governor and shall receive a salary of $6,000, and each other member $5,500 per year, with their necessary expenses. The commission is empowered to make and enforce rules and regulations as it may deem necessary in the performance of its duties and as may be approved by the Governor and Council.
The measure strikes out chapter 118A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.), and inserts in its place a new chapter entitled "Adequate pen- sions for certain aged citizens."
It is provided that pensions hereunder shall be paid from the date of application therefor ,but in no event before the applicant reaches the age of sixty-five. The Commission shall render a decision in not less than thirty days from the date of application for a pension or a request for an increase of the amount thereof. Such pension shall, wherever practicable, be paid to the aged person in his own home or in lodgings
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or in a boarding home, which for the purposes hereof shall include any institution providing shelter, care and treatment for aged persons which is not supported in whole or in part by public funds; provided, that no inmate of such a boarding home or institution shall be eligible for a pension under this chapter while being cared for under a contract. Such pension shall be paid by check or in cash which shall be delivered to the pensioner at his residence, if he so requests, and shall be paid semi-monthly unless the pensioner prefers less frequent payments. Such pension shall be on the basis of need and the amount thereof shall be determined in accordance with budgetary standards established by the Commission. Budgetary standards shall be such as to enable an individual pensioner to maintain a standard of living compatible with decency and health. Such pensions, except as hereinafter provided, shall be at the rate of not less than $48.00 monthly. The pensioner's budget at such times as may be required shall include medical care, if recommended by a recognized physician, eye-glasses, if recommended by a recognized optician, dental care and false teeth, if recommended by a recognized dentist.
In computing the pensioner's payment under this chapter, the Commission shall deduct from the pensioner's budget or the minimum payment, whichever is greater, the amount of income the person paid or to be paid a pension hereunder may be receiving from any source, and may deduct therefrom such reasonable amount as may be deemed to represent the financial value of board, lodging or other assistance which is being furnished to such persons from any source.
Upon the death of a person drawing a 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 full cost of the funeral, the Commission shall pay to the funeral director the difference between the assets and the cost of the funeral, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Expenses for medical, hospital and other services rendered to a pensioner, which remain unpaid at the time of his death or commit- ment 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 thereof be decreased until the expiration of fifteen days after notice has been given by the Commission to the pensioner.
Provision is made by which a person receiving a pension may be absent from the Commonwealth on a visit without having such pension suspended.
It is provided that General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 273, § 20, which relates to the support of parents by children, shall not apply when parents are eligible to receive a pension.
Provision is made that there shall be set up in the Commission a subdivision of appeals under the jurisdiction of a supervisor of appeals. Any person aggrieved by the failure of the Commission to pay an adequate pension under this chapter, or by the failure of the Commis- sion to approve or reject an application for a pension or a request for an increase in the amount thereof, within thirty days after receiving such application or request, shall have a right to a fair hearing, after due notice, upon appeal to the subdivision of appeals in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission; provided that such appeal is received by the subdivision of appeals within sixty days after official notice of the action taken by the Old Age Pension Commission has been received by the applicant or pensioner. The decision of the subdivision of appeals shall be final and binding upon the Commission.
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The Commission or any interested person aggrieved by any deci- sion in any proceeding before the subdivision of appeals may obtain judicial review of such decision by filing, 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 pensioner or the applicant for a pension lives.
In any proceeding for review the findings of the subdivision of appeals as to facts shall be conclusive, such proceedings shall be heard in a summary manner and given precedence over all other civil cases. From the decision of a district court upon review an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Judicial Court.
The possession by an applicant for pension under this chapter of assets consisting of cash, active securities or inactive securities, or any combination of such assets, shall not disqualify him from receiving such pension; 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 $300.
A person is not to be disqualified from receiving a pension because of the ownership of an equity in vacant land from which there is in- sufficient income to provide for his budgetary needs or minimum pay- ments, or the ownership of an equity in real estate by an applicant who resides thereon or who, in the opinion of the Commission, is residing elsewhere because of physical or mental incapacity, provided that if such equity on the basis of assessed valuation exceeds an average of $3,000 during the five years immediately preceding application for the pension, the applicant shall execute a bond in the penal sum for the amount of the equity in excess of $3,000 conditioned on repayment to the Commonwealth of all amounts paid as such pension without in- terest, such bond to be secured by a mortgage on the applicant's real estate. Provision is made for the recording of such bond and mortgage without a fee and the apportionment of the proceeds realized from any of them between the Federal government and the Commonwealth.
A person is not to be disqualified from receiving a pension by reason of the ownership of a policy of group insurance or of a policy of insurance in an amount not exceeding $1,000 or of a policy of insurance in an amount not exceeding $3,000, having a cash surrender value not in excess of $1,000, if such policy has been in effect not less than fifteen years.
No pension shall be granted to an applicant who at any time within five years immediately prior to the filing of an application for such pension has made an assignment or transfer of property so as to render himself eligible to such pension. No pension shall be subject to trustee process or assignment, and no applicant for a pension, who knowingly makes any false statement or perpetrates any fraud or deception in relation to his application, shall be granted any pension nor be eligible for one during one year thereafter. A person, his executor or adminis- trator shall be liable in contract to the Commonwealth for expenses incurred by it for a pension paid to such person under this chapter if such person or his estate is in possession of funds not otherwise exempted thereunder.
If an application for a pension under this chapter is effected by the eligibility of the applicant to receive aid under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 115, which relates to State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief, the applicant shall be entitled to exercise such options and execute such waivers as may be necessary to receive the pension which he seeks.
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1946]
All cities and towns in the Commonwealth shall furnish suitable headquarters for the carrying out of the duties of the commission in such cities and towns.
The measure further provides that there shall be established and set up on the books of the Commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Old Age Pension Fund, consisting of receipts credited to said fund under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) c. 64B, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 128A, § 15, as amended, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 138, § 27, as amended, and all pro- ceeds of taxes assessed under Acts of 1941, c. 729, § § 9 and 9A.
The Old Age Assistance Fund as in force immediately prior to the effective date of this act is hereby continued in existence, but shall hereafter be entitled "The Old Age Pension Fund."
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