Town annual report of Swampscott 1946, Part 6

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 232


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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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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[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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[Dec. 31


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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[Dec. 31


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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RECORDS OF THE TOWN CLERK


1946]


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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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


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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1946]


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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[Dec. 31


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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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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